A DESMAN Nineteenth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1902. Number 977 —Glover’s Gem Mantles— For Gas or Gasoline. Write for catalogue. Glover’s Wholesale Merchandise Co. Manufacturers, Importers and Jobbers of Gas and Gasoline Sundries Grand Rapids, Michigan Commercial. Credit Co., tte MACK) Me oC OLE Te MST dCe ks Detroit Opera House Block, Detroit Good but slow debtors pay upon receipt of our direct de- ey =5 oe me-8 0 accounts to our offices for collec- mand _ letters. other WILLIAM CONNOR WHOLESALE READYMADE CLOTHING » > > > > > » of every kind and for all ages. > All manner of summer goods: Alpacas, » Linen, Duck, Crash Fancy Vests, etc., > direct from factory. ; William Alden Smith Building, > Grand Rapids, Mich. P Mail orders promptly seen to. » daily from 7:30a.m. to 6 p. m., except » Saturdays to 1 p. m. Customers’ ex- > penses allowed. Citizens phone, 1957. 4 Bell phone, Main 1282. Western Michi- gan agent Vineberg’s Patent Pants. GOSS LOOOHOOOO0OOOOOO Sboabii dbbhbhboba te trbrtr tr brntnbntn trtni Collection Department R. G. DUN & CO. Mich. Trust Building, Grand Rapids Collection delinquent accounts; cheap, efficient, responsible; direct demand system. Collections made everywhere—for every trader. Cc. E. MCCRONE, Manager. ELLIOT 0. GROSVENOR Late State Food Commissioner Advisory Counse: to manufacturers and jobbers whose interests are affected by the Food Laws of any state. Corres- pondence invited. 1232 [Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. Conservative Management Capital and Surplus $150,000 JNO. A. COVODE, Pres. HENRY IDEMA, Vice-Pres J. A. S. VERDIER, Cashier. A. T. SLAGHT, Ass’t Cashier. DIRECTORS JNO. W. BLODGETT, F. C., MILLER, J. A. COVODE, T. J. O’BRIEN, . T. STEWART WHITE, J. A.S. VERDIER. E. CROFTON Fox, HENRY IDEMA, KENT COUNTY SAVINGS BANK, Cor. Canal and Lyon Sts., Grand Rapids. Tradesman Coupons IMPORTANT FEATURES. The Rural Home. Around the State. Grand Rapids Gossip. Getting the People. Condition of Carpet Market. Editorial. Editorial. Clothing. Shoes and Rubbers. - Dry Goods. Butter and Eggs. The New York Market. Woes of the Tender Hearted Grocer. Woman’s World. Hardware. Village Improvement. Commercial Travelers. Drugs and Chemicals. Drug Price Current. Grocery Price Current. Grocery Price Current. Grocery Price Current. The Produce Market. 27. 29. 32. TRADE WITH THE TROPICS. The commerce that has created the greatest riches has been that between the North and the South, that is to say, between countries which, having dis- similar products, find it desirable to exchange commodities, The greatest trade of ancient Rome was carried on with Africa in ships across the Mediterranean Sea by way of Alexandria, at the mouth of the Nile, Not only the products of the rich Nile Valley were thus carried to the world’s capital, but an extensive commercial intercourse was also had with Asia by way of the Red Sea and the Fersian Gulf. Countries in the same zone of climate have the same agricultural products, and do not, as a general rule, need to exchange each with the other but countries in the temperate zones find it of the greatest advantage to trade with the tropics, and vice versa, since each produces something that the other has not, but greatly needs, The great commercial wealth of Eng- land came through trading with the tropical countries of Asia, America and Africa. Cotton from these Southern States of ours has long been the most important article of trade carried to European countries, and it continues to be an absolute necessity to them. Hon. O. P. Austin, Commissioner of Statistics for tae United States Treasury Department, in the June Forum has an article on the trade of the United States with tropical and subtropical regions, and he notes that tropical and subtrop- ical fruits are now in the reach of all, and are found on every table. It should be remembered that the Southern States of the Union enjoy to a considerable ex- tent. a subtropical climate, and besides furnishing a great part of the people of the earth with the cotton which supplies their clothing, also produce in large quantities sugar, rice, sweet potatoes, melons and other fruits appropriate to the latitude and climate. Sugar and coffee and tea and cocoa, which by earlier generations were con- sidered luxuries, are now necessaries of daily life everywhere. The average consumption of sugar, which in the year 1870 was thirty-three pounds per capita, was in I9oI sixty-eight pounds per cap- ita; and the quantity of coffee con- sumed has increased from six pounds per capita per annum in 1870 to nearly twelve pounds per capita in 1901; that of cocoa is six times as great per capita as in 1870, while that of tea is still as great per capita as in 1870, despite the great increase in the use of coffee and cocoa. Silks and satins, which were luxuries only a generation or two ago, are now considered a necessary part of the wardrobe of a large share of the population. India rubber, which a gen- eration ago was almost unknown, is now utilized everywhere for clothing, for household requirements, for machinery, and even for the tires of our carriages. Countries in the heart of tropical con- tinents, remote from the sea and pos- sessing no navigable rivers, are being penetrated by railroads so that their treasures of sugar, coffee, spices, cocoa, fruits, nuts, gums, furniture woods, dye stuffs, silk and other fibers and rubber are made directly available for com- merce. Commissioner Austin shows that in the year just ended the importation into the United States of goods usually con- sidered as of tropical or subtropical production amounted to $400,000, 000 or considerably more than $1,000,000 for every day in the year, including Sun- days and holidays, while thirty years ago they amounied to but $143,000, 000, or less than $400,000 per day. Even these figures fail to show the real growth in the importation and con- sumption of the products of the tropics, because the reduction in the value per unit of quantity is so great that in many cases a dollar’s worth to-day means a much greater quantity of the article im- ported than it did in earlier years. The cost of sugar in the country from which it was imported averaged about 5 cents per pound in 1870, and 2.3 cents per pound in 1901, or less than one-half that of 1870. The cost of the coffee imported in the ‘‘seventies’’ averaged from 12 cents to 18 cents per pound; in 1899 and Ig00 it averaged 6.5 cents, and in Igo! the average was 7.3 cents per pound, The average cost of tea imported from 1870 to 1880 ranged from 24 cents to 37 cents per pound at the port from which it was shipped to the United States, while in 1901 it averaged 12.3 cents per pound; and raw silk which cost over $5 per pound in 1870, now costs but lit- tle over $3 per pound. GENERAL: TRADE REVIEW. On account of the retarding influence of the coal strikes in Pennsylvania the Wall Street markets are making records for dulness as compared with many months past. But in spite of this influ- ence the course of prices keeps upward owing to favorable conditions in every other branch of trade. Among especially favorable features may be mentioned the ending of the African troubles, with the opening of the Transvaal mines and industries as affecting the world’s trade. Then a most favorable domestic feature is the vast and increasing volume of railway business, and that at the season of least grain traffic. There is also the tremendous pressure of demand for American industries which carries con- tracts in some lines well into 1903. The uncertainties of the labor troubles are enough to engage attention, and thus prevent business in the speculative mar- kets, but they have little influence on gen- eral industrial trade outside of the lo- calities immediately concerned. There is no abating of activity in the iron and steel industries except in cases of labor disputes. Of course it is impos- sible that any great industry should con- tinue under such pressure without the la- bor factor making an appearance, and especially in a case where it is to the in- terest of the manufacturers to keep the price of their products down. High premiums are still the rule for early deliveries. Foreign material is still being received and it is significant that much of it is manufactured in bond to avoid paying duty, the product going directly out of the country again. In textiles woolen mills are increasing production with no effect on prices, and the cotton trade show a similar con- dition. Eastern shoe houses are get- ting considerable business for fall deliv- eries, but the interior factories are still having the lion’s share. THE REIGN OF THE MOB. Not all the mine owners in Pennsy]- vania are rich and powerful corpora- tions. At Beaver Brook, in that State, there is a little coal mine producing twenty-five tons a day, owned by one man. He works it with the assistance of his six sons, a team of mules and a small engine. He employs no labor, and so hitherto has never had any ques- tion of union or non-unionism, and as he and his six sons dwell together in harmony, they never had any labor troubles, strikes or disturbances. One would naturally suppose that this man was in a very independent position, and that he and his sons might make a little extra money now that the price of coal has advanced. The striking miners take another view of it. They have declared that no coal shall be mined, and accordingly they marched the other day on the man and his six sons and ordered him to stop work, threatening to compel him to do so by force if he did not capitulate witheut violence. As he is only one man and poor, he can not employ po- licemen nor guards of any kind to _ pro- tect him in his work, and he is not of sufficient influence to call on the county or the State, and so all he can do is to obey the orders of the strikers and de- sist. Should he and his six sons con- tinue to work their coal mine they are told by the union miners that their prop- erty will be destroyed and their lives placed in jeopardy, which is the usual argument of unionism in enforcing its demands. How long will the American people continue to tolerate the tyranny of unionism and the reign of the mob, making the Constitution a mockery and the liberty of the individual a sham? The enterprising merchant is he who sells goods that give perfect satisfaction and afford him a fair profit. 2 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN THE RURAL HOME. Some Essential Ideals Which Should Be Observed. Michigan stands among the first in agricultural and horticultural educa- tion, thanks to the progressiveness of her wideawake, farseeing farmers in their constant and vigorous support of those institutions which make rural home life possibilities easier of attain- ment. The subject of possibility nat- urally impels me to prophesy to some extent. But the true prophet speaks not for the future, but for the present, and his knowledge is based on an _ interpre- tation of the past. Really there is no past, no present, no future, that can be separated from each other. They are as links in a chain or meshes in a net— take hold of them where you will, they still cling together. In view of what has transpired re- garding rural homes in the past three decades, one might well ask, Is there anything that is impossible? Indeed, what might we not expect of the more intelligent and enterprising of that heroic class, namely, the founders, builders and proprietors of country homes. The occupants of a majority of our pioneer log cabins were men and women of sterling worth, with eyes ever ready to feast on the beautiful and with imaginations just as alert and as sparkling as those of their descendants. But, alas, their finances were limited, their homes were deprived of nearly everything except actual necessities— their very outlook was circumscribed by the great forests and their longings for finer or more convenient surroundings were dwarfed by the ever-present heavy labor necessary in clearing a home and supporting and educating—God bless them !—a good sized family. Two facts retarded the development of the rural home- First. Thousands of early set- tlers were too busy carving a living out of the wilderness. Second. Many lacked the knowledge and skill or even the suggestion that their homes might easily be made an ideal permanent place for joyful living. These objections are rapidly disappearing. Wealth has been slowly accumulated by the perse- vering, industrious and economical till- ers of the soil. The hard, desperate toil of clearing off land and rooting out stumps has been nearly accomplished. What was once a vast forest, swamp or uncultivated prairie is now a fairy land of fields and groves and orchards full of unlimited resources, the forests having receded until we are demanding that re- serves be made for the enjoyment of fu- ture generations. The well to do farmers—with broad acres cleared, fenced and drained, with tools and implements greatly improved, with agricultural and horticultural ma- chinery not even dreamed of by our an- cestors—have time to beautify the home in its immediate surroundings by clear- ing away the cluttered, unsightly yards. They must recede and be screened by fruiting trees and curving banks of foli- age. Remove the moist, disease-breed- ing chip pile and replace it witha heavy sod and let the sunshine and the grass show what they can do in the way of sanitation around the back door. Free rural delivery, the improvement of roads, the wonderful uses of electricity not yet dreamed of; acetylene, gaso- line and electric lights; trolley cars and automobiles passing our doors, telling us of rapid and frequent ways of transit ; the voice of the nation over the long distance telephone—all indicate how it is possible to bring to the rural home many of the conveniences and luxuries of town or city without their unpleasant features. Those living on an electric line may now enjoy the daily paper not one hundred minutes from the press— even thirty miles distant. With all these recent innovations; with greater educational advantages, through the or- ganization of granges, farmers’ clubs, and agricultural and horticultural socie- ties; with publications bearing on every possible phase of rural life, and with better social facilities, are not the pleas- ures of farm life greatly enhanced? The meetings of the State Horticul- tural Society are proof, in themselves, that the leaven of popular education is working and will some day leaven the whole State. The interesting topics on the programmes are a good omen for the future. Yet only a beginning has been accomplished—not one family in twenty has a bountiful supply of fresh garden vegetables, appetizing small fruits and beautiful flowers. Speaking of beautiful flowers, my memory reverts to a long walk with my parents, when a child, through the wild- woods to visit our neighbors, and such a scene of rustic beauty delighted us as, merging: from the great forest, we came suddenly upon their small enclos- ure! A log house nearly covered with vines. Morning glories, hops and sweet peas vied with each other to cover the rough walls and the tiny garden was filled with such old-fashioned flowers as the peony, larkspur, hollyhock and Indian tassel or ‘‘ Kiss me over the gar- den gate.’’ The picture of that humble abode has often been recalled and proves to my mind that wealth is not always necessary to make a home en- vironment beautiful. Careful planting of common seeds, with skillful training, may create beauty where only a short time before were unsightly objects. The ideal farm house of the future should stand on a slight elevation in the midst of a spacious lawn, remem- bering that what is done in the way of enlarging and beautifying the home grounds is sure to be reflected in the moral and social life of the home in- mates. Much of man’s energy and suc- cess, as well as of happiness, depends on the character of his surroundings. Round out the corners of the lawn with graceful shrubbery. Plan it large enough to include croquet and tennis. Have trees—not too much shade—and under them place a hanging swing chair, with hammocks for both beauty and comfort. Plant vines. Nothing is more charming than a fragrant honey- suckle or climbing rose, nothing more gorgeous in autumn than woodbine or bittersweet, nothing more health-giving and invigorating than plenty of grapes, For interior decoration the more tender vines and a few blooming plants. Let me here insert a poem describing our own sunny sittingroom ivy, that we have enjoyed the past two winters, writ- ten by my husband: We have a vine, A lovely, rambling vine, And you will fail to guess, As others have, Whence it comes or how, Unless in these few lines I tell you now. Its starting place Is in the basement warm; Outside the great stone wall, In slanting window Large and light and long, It grows in native soil, With tendrils strong. Here in the floor Two tiny holes were made And through them it was led With greatest care To sittingroom above, Where all enjoy it still With ardent love. It climbed the walls Close by the window’s side And, spreading out and ‘round With double branch, It loosely hangs and twines *Mongst pictures peeping Through the vines. The ‘‘Wild-eyed Stag,’’ As it from forest came, Looks through the twigs more wild Than formerly ; And quiet, docile sheep Try hard from browsing leaves Themselves to keep. And old ‘‘ Farm Scenes’’ That's told for many a year, In accents grandly dear, Of rural life Now sings in vineclad lays Of dearest home life then In bygone days. My wife and daughter Claim its better half And I from winter’s cold Its roots defend, While all enjoy its going Round the sunny room As it keeps growing. And o’er this desk At which I sit and write It casts a charming glance Of friendship true, Which you may share with mine If in these lines you see Our lovely vine. The rural home is to become the best in every way for the future: a home the young people will be loth to leave, the old delight to spend their declining days in and the like of which will be the aim of the city inhabitants, many of whom are already seeking the quiet beauty and restfulness of the real coun- try. Weare beginning to realize that those engaged in agricultural and horti- cultural pursuits may remain in their rural homes, where they meet their ed- ucated friends on equal terms and are still all they would desire in any sphere of influence or culture in society. Among the greatly needed possibili- ties are conveniently arranged houses, simplified in both apartments and fur- nishings, one large home room con- taining ample fireplace and a large ex- tension window, besides ordinary ones, Here should be musical instruments of various kinds. Let light folding furni- ture replace much of the cumbersome, dust-retaining pieces now in use. Have comfortable chairs, a library table with shaded light, a small well-selected library including a modern dictionary and encyclopedia, and a few really fine pictures. It is possible now, even in rural communities, to depend largely for book reading on the public grange or traveling libraries, and to some ex- tent on the traveling art collections. Every rural home should have a simply furnished dining room, with kitchen on the same level, with linoleum floor cov- erings, and with cupboards and dumb waiter between, the waiter ascending to the commodious, well-lighted attic, as well as descending to the small, neat, well-drained and well-ventilated cellar. Let the kitchen be as small and as con- venient a laboratory as woman, not man, can possibly plan, with ever arti- cle as light to handle as will warrant for the work required of it. Both fuel and water should be obtainable without go- ing from. under shelter—many a woman's life bas been sacrificed by be- ing obliged to run from warm air out in the cold or rain for these necessi- ties. It is possible to arrange a tank to catch fresh rain water from the upper eaves, thence pipe to the kitchen, bath- room and woodhouse, thus saving much strength and time in pumping soft water. All this would take time, plan- ning and some expense, doubtless, but the comfort given and health saved would well repay the outlay. The same economy of steps and physical effort should pervade every portion of the house. Needless bric-a-brac calls for extra care. The world and they that dwell therein have been longing, with an insatiable desire, for things; but it may be possible to educate ourselves not to want so many things, only those that are worthy, that will give lasting pleasure without constant care. Oc- casional family excursions to the city are possible, to visit museums, to see fine pictures and statuary, when they can wander up and down the fine streets, feasting the eyes on the con- tents of the various show windows until satisfied, and on returning home feel thankful that they are not required to dust, polish, oil, varnish and otherwise care for all the beautiful things they have enjoyed, and are not responsible for their breakage or wear and tear, and may thus experience a foretaste of heaven, where moth and rust do not de- mand so much of their very soul. Do you divine the idea—the possibil- ity of more simplicity for the rural home; less worry and anxiety, both physical and mental; less purchasable outlay ; more time for outdoor exercise, including frequent trips to the woods and meadows for wild flowers; more en- joyment of orchards and grand old trees, of landscape, garden and lawn; more leisure for carriage drives, time for music, sociability and discussion of the timely topics in the late magazines; in a word, less rea) work and more en- joyment in homes more compact, more convenient, more artistic, with less elaboration? Intothis beautiful new, or remodeled, rural home confidence and industry should be constant occupants, for where these are lacking pleasure, happiness and even love will soon ‘‘fly out of the window.”’ There are houses we know of great beauty, There are dwellings of loftiest dome That could not be called by the title Of that dearest of names, ‘‘ Home, sweet Home!’’ For home is a place where love lingers, Where it flourishes, blossoms and thrives, Where its fruitage is known by its ac- tions In helping and blessing all lives. Mrs, J. J. Snook. ————>--9 > ____ Actual Experience With Horse Meat. Speaking of the possibility of using horse meat because of the high price of beef, the editor of the Milwaukee Wis- consin says: © The horse is the cleanest of all ani- mals, and therefore his meat is not un- healthful. We have had some experience in horse beef and know what it is. In 1870 we were shut up for two months in the siege of Paris, and horse beef was served up by not a few of the restaurants under the title of ‘‘fillet du mouton.’’ It is a palatable diet, but inasmuch as there is no fat in the beef it is not very nourishing. Meredith M. Read, who was our Consul General at the time in Paris, told us that he lived during the whole siege on horseflesh. It satisfied hunger, but was not a nourishing diet. That is really the only objection to horse meat. The animal, before being slaughtered, was carefully inspected by a veterinarian, and if pronounced free from disease it was sold to the public. It is strange there should be any pre- judice against horse beef. The animal, In all its habits, is nearly human—it is so cleanly. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN It is not good policy to offer substitutes for Royal Baking Powder, nor to sell the cheap alum powders under any circum- stances. ‘The consumer whose trade 1s most valuable wants the best and purest goods, and in baking powder this is the “Royal.” If he does not find the Royal at your store he will go elsewhere for it, and in so doing there Is a liability that he will carry all his orders with him. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK. | 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Albion—Robert L. Staples will shortly retire from the shoe business. Pontiac—Alexander Taylor has sold his grocery stock to Wm. Magee. Onaway—J. S. Snyder has bought out the bakery of McKenzie & Cassidy. Cambria—Jcs. Babcock has purchased the drug stock of F. T. Hackett & Co. Bay City—Frank W. Wilhelm has purchased the drug stock of Henry Gag- ner. Mecosta—J. H. Loucks, general mer- chandise dealer, will discontinue busi- ness. Mendon— Waugh & Co, have closed out their grocery stock and retired from trade. Farnsworth—L. G. Van Valkenburg, general dealer, has sold out to J. E. Cassler. Imlay City—J. I. Wernette, of Cale- donia, has purchased the bazaar stock of John Lee. Lapeer—A. H. Ainsworth & Co, suc- ceed Adelbert H. Ainsworth in the hardware business. Hersey—S. G. (Mrs. Fred) Kincaid will succeed Mrs. Louisa M. Hines in the drug business July 1. Lansing—Geo. S. Armstrong, dealer in musical merchandise and bicycles, has discontinued business. Fremont—Pearson & Kelley is the style of the new firm which succeeds Frank H. Smith in general trade. Luther—W. H. McQuarrie has sold out his stock of dry goods, drugs and shoes to E. R. Spencer, of Belding. Nashville—Marple & Stout is the style of the new partnership which succeeds A. C. Marple in the bakery business. Calumet—Holman & Williams, gro- cers, have dissolved partnership. The business is continued by Stephen Wil- liams. Alpena—E. Des Jardins, the Chisholm street "grocer, was badly injured in the Sunday excursion wreck near Black River. Dowagiac—The Dowagiac Furniture Co, has merged its business into a cor- poration. It has a capital stock of $10, 000. Benton Harbor—Wm. Haydon, Jr., & Co. is the style of the firm which suc- ceeds Wm. Haydon, Jr., in the jewelry business. Alpena—Winterhalter & Ryan have opened a cigar and tobacco store on the Chisholm street side of the Holmes & Reynolds block. Charlotte—The E. V. Abell Co. stock of genera] merchandise has been sold to parties at Milford, Ind., and has been shipped to that place. Portland--H. F. Caswell, formerly engaged in the mercantile business at this place, has purchased the grocery stock of Derby & Robinson. Grayling—The Grayling Mercantile Co. is the style of the new concern which succeeds Joseph Hyman in the clothing and dry goods business. Alpena—J. E. Cheney, who bas spent all of his time at his Kalamazoo shoe store this spring, has returned to spend several weeks at his Alpena store. Constantine—H. G. Geer will occupy the store room next adjoining his pres- ent location by cutting an archway be- tween, using both rooms. Groceries and crockery will occupy one room, while the other will be filled with a line of dry goods, notions and boots and shoes. He expects to open the new store about July 15. Reed City—J. Scheidegger & Son have sold their jewelry stock to C. J. Grill, who has been station agent and operator at Ashton for the past ten years, Bay City—McLeod & Friebe, dealers in tinware, groceries and meats, have dissolved partnership. Malcolm W. McLeod continues the business in his own name. Charlotte——Samuel Robinson has opened a drug store in the Newth block. He has secured the services of Aaron Losey, of Marquette, who isa registered pharmacist. Alpena—W. H. Campbell has moved his plumbing festablishment into the old Alpern property, recently purchased by him. He has put in a new front and otherwise repaired it. Allegan—Gustav Stern has retired from the firm of H. Stern & Co., of Kalamazoo, and will continue the cloth- ing business at this place under the style of G. Stern & Co. Onsted—M. P. Wemple has sold his interest in the lumber and grain firm of Onsted & Wemple to Charles Kerr. The business will be continued under the style of Onsted & Kerr. Alpena—J. D. McDonald will move his vehicle and harness stock into the new McLearn block about June 15. A. McLearn will occupy the other half of the block with his wagon shop. East Jordan—J. J. Votruba, for the past nine years engaged in the harness and grocery business at this place, has sold out to John R,. Vankeppell, of Hol- land, who will continue the business at the same location. Edmore—J. H. Gibbs has let the con- tract for building a new brick block, four stores, bank and hotel. He recent- ly purchased the electric lighting sys- tem here, which has been materially added to and a new brick building erected therefor. Fruitport—John H. Westover has sold his general stock to R. D. McNaughton, who was for many years engaged in general trade at Coopersville and for the past three or four years engaged in the same line of business at Honor. The transfer will occur July 1. Detroit—The Detroit National Bank, through Theodore D. Buhl, Annie W. Wright, James Davidson, Allan Shelden and Alex McPherson, has made applica- tion to have the name of the bank changed to the Old Detroit National Bank, with a capital stock of $1,500,000 and a surplus and undivided profits of $500, 000, Manufacturing Matters. Holland—O. R. Johnson, of the O. R. Johnson Cigar Co., manufacturers, is dead. Adrian—The McNeal Chemical Co. has been organized with a capital stock of $5, 000, Rockford—The Rockford Canning Co. is the style of a new enterprise here. The capital stock is $7,700. Sault Ste. Marie—The Soo Woolen Mills has been established at this place. The capital stock is $15,000. Saginaw—Articles of association have been filed by the Sifter Stove Polish Co. The capital stock is $100,000, Crystal Falls—The Crystal Falls Woodenware Co. has been organized with a capital stock of $10,000. Fremont—The capital stock of the Fremont Canning Co, has been _in- creased from $20,000 to $30,000, Flint—Edwin A. Atwood (Peninsular Cabinet Co. ), manufacturer of revolving hat cases, has sold out to Alfonso R, Duboise, Zeeland—The VanDerMeer & Tim- men Lumber Co, succeeds Elenbaas & Co. in the planing mill business. St. Johns—Ward & Baker, of Fenton, who are owners of a broom factory at that place, were in town last week look- ing for a site suitable for their fac- tory. Constantine—Pickhaver & Raudman, wagon and carriagemakers, have dis- solved partnership. Harry Raudman will continne the business at the old stand. Detroit—The American Ginger Ale Machine Manufacturing Co. has been formed with a capital of $100,000 to manufacture ginger ale machines in De- troit by a new patented process. Mt. Clemens— The Chesterfield Cream- ery Co. will erect a $2,000 skimming plant at this place. It now has similar plants at Valdenburg, Meade and Ches- terfield, each handling about 10,000 pounds of milk per day. Muskegon—The Amazon Knitting Co. has let the contract for a new addition, 42x164 feet, which will be used asa bleaching department. The building will be of brick with concrete floors and will be ready for occupancy in two months. Detroit—The Detroit Drug Specialty Co. has been organized with a paid-up capital of $200,000, Charles G. Andrews, Grant H. MHackett and Howard C, Marshall each have a third interest. The company owns the stock located at 62 and 64 Griswold street. Plymouth—The Plymouth Creamery Co. has filed articles of association with a capital stock of $6,000 divided into 600 shares of the par value of $10 each, of which sum $600 has been actually paid in. There are fifty-two stockholders with shares varying in number from 1 to 229. Belding—The Ballou Basket Works will shortly begin the manufacture of coal sacks from canvas, having recently purchased the patents and right for the New Labanon coal sacks. The company will also experiment in the manufacture of laundry and other baskets of canvas over sfeel frames. Detroit—The National Bag Co., Ltd., capitalized at $50,000, has filed articles of association, Of the $10,000 paid in Robert M. Grindley, Chairman, holds $3,350; Conrad H. Smith, Vice-Chair- man, $3,350; John O. Hibbard, Secre- tary, $1,650, and Richard G. Lam- brecht, Treasurer, $1,650. The com- pany will manufacture cloth and paper sacks and packages, Kenton—The Sparrow-Kroll Lumber Co. has secured a contract from a Buffalo concern for 7,000 pieces of Nor- way piling. This is the largest single contract awarded to an Upper Peninsular firm in several years. The piling will be from 45 to 75 feet long, and will fill 500 cars. The timber will be used in Buffalo in the construction of the foun- dation for a large steel plant. Lansing—The Clark Carriage Co, has under advisement the erection of another large addition to its Grand street fac- tory. If the new structure is built, work will be begun early in September. The building will be goxioo feet in dimen- sions and two stories in height. When the new addition is completed, the com- pany will occupy 120,000 square feet of floor space and will have a manufactur- ing capacity of 6,000 vehicles a year. Caro—The Lacy Shoe Co, has begun the erection of its factory building. It will be one story high, shaped some- thing in the form of the letter T. ‘The office will be located in the center of the building and the general work room will extend 150 feet on Cemetery street, running back 4o feet. It will then nar- row to 40 feet wide, running 68 feet farther back. It is expected that the plant will be in operation in about ninety days. McBride’s—-B. E. Cadwell and C. W. French, of Stanton, have purchased of C. H, LaFlamboy his feed mill plant at this place and, in connection with it, will erect a grain elevator, The new elevator will be 32x32 feet in size and 50 -feet high, and will have a capacity of 15,000 bushels of grain. Work on the new building is now being rushed with the expectation of having it completed in time to take care of this year’s crop. The new firm will be known as B. E. Cadwell & Co. Union City—The Peerless Yeast Co., Ltd., has been formed here with a cap- ital stock of $400,000, of which $115-, ooo is declared fully paid in. The officers are as follows: Chairman, D. D. Buell; Secretary, Holmes W. John- son; Treasurer, A. J. Boyer; Board of Managers, D. D. Buell, A. J. Boyer, H. W. Jobnson, J. W. McCausey and H. T. Carpenter. The stockholders are the gentlemen named above, together with J. S. Nesbitt, N. E. Tower, L. S. Parsons, J. R. Paterson, T. B. Buell, W. D. Baker and Geo. Oakes. The company will manufacture a dry yeast cake upon which it holds patents. Fac- tory buildings constructed of cement will be built at- once. Detroit—The Ward Cigar Co., of Pon- tiac, has engaged three floors of the old Biddle House property for use as a cigar factory. It is stated that the company will give employment from the start to at least seventy-five hands, and that this force will be increased as the business develops. The removal of the factory is said to be due to the inability to se- cure competent help in Pontiac. It is thought, however, that the company sees a good opportunity to secure skilled la- bor owing to the strike which is on at Brown Bros,’ factory. The Wards, it is also said, will make a bid for the trade formerly supplied by Brown Bros, be- fore their factory was absorbed by the tobacco trust. ——----0- > The Doctor’s Advice Too Late. A story of a man who went to see a doctor. The doctor examined him care- fully, and, with a grave face, told him that he was very ill, and asked him if he had consulted any one else. ‘*Oh,’’ said the man, ‘‘I went to see a druggist and asked his advice, and he—’’ ** Druggist!’’ the doctor broke in an- grily. ‘‘What was the good of that? The best thing to do when a druggist gives you advice is to do exactly the oppo- site.’’ ... And he,’’ the patient continued, advised me to come to you.”’ For Gillies’ N. Y. tea,all kinds, grades and prices, call Visner, both phones. REMEMBER We job Iron Pipe, F ittings, Valves, Points and Tubular Well Supplies at lowest Chicago prices and give you prompt service and low freight rates. 20 Pearl Street GRAND RAPIDS SUPPLY COMPANY Grand Rapids, Mich. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip Hogan & Gorton have purchased the grocery and _ confectionery stock of Charles A. Brink, at 1187 South Divi- sion street. W. H. Ferris has in operation at his store at 157 Monroe street a new gas coffee roaster, which enables him to roast coffee at any time during the day. Milton Chubb has leased the store building at the corner of Palmer and North Coit avenues of Lyman Townsend and will shortly occupy it with a grocery stock. Fairfield & Kolvoord, of Allegan, succeed M. Joseph McCarthy in the feed business at 706. South ~ Division street. The business will be in charge of George Fairfield, brother of the senior member of the firm, and the store will be made a distributing point for their flour and other products manu- factured at Allegan. S. H. Benham and Frederick Benham have formed a copartnership under the style of S. H. Benham & Co. to engage in the drug business at Trufant. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. has the order for the stock. The business will be managed by S. H. Benham, who was prescription clerk for Dr. John Black when he was engaged in the drug busi- ness at Trufant. —_—6—___—— The Grain Market. Wheat has not changed in price. Con- ditions seem to be as strong as ever, but they go for naught when sentiment is against wheat. Our surplus is melt- ing away at the rate of over 2,000,000 bushels per week which leaves the vis- ible only about 27,000, 000 bushels, which is as low as it has been in many years. Besides, there have been a few places added, such as Ft. Williams, Galveston and Port Arthur. These places have been added only within the last few years, The amount omitted at these places would leave the visible consider- able lower. Taking everything into con- sideration, wheat should sell consider- ably above the present low level. How- ever, the contrary is the case, and wheat seems to be sagging little by lit- tle. The bears have been looking for- ward to an early new wheat movement, but their expectations are not likely to be fulfilled on account of the large pre- cipitation of water all over the winter wheat belt. Even in the Northwest re- port has it that the wheat is not all sowed, while some early sowed is stand- ing in water, but then there is plenty of time yet to make wheat. In our own section wheat seems to be growing too rank, which means lots of straw and short heads, and it is liable to lodge, which may cause rust. The supply and demand situation does not seem to be ‘taken into consideration whatever. Many traders are watching for the Gov- ernment crop report, which is due to- day and which will give the acreage and conditions of spring wheat, also winter wheat up to June I, which prob- ably will gain a few points. However, since June 1 we have had considerable rain, which is not conducive to im- provement. Corn has been sluggish, but no change in price has taken place, notwithstand- ing there have been extra efforts made to advance the price. Reports are to the effect that where corn is not sub- merged in water, it has a good stand and is growing well, ‘especially in Texas, where it is claimed it never looked better. Oats seem to be quite strong, espe- cially the undertone, on account of the wet weather, which: has put a damper on the grand outlook for the cropa couple of weeks ago. Rye went off tc, but is still high, as the outlook for a good crop in Germany as well as the United States is very en- couraging, indeed, and lower prices may be expected in this cereal. Beans are virtually the same as one week ago, with a leaning toward lower prices, as the general anticipation is for a large crop throughout the bean dis- trict. Flour remains steady at present prices and millers can not afford to shade the price, on account of the scarcity of wheat. Mill feed, notwithstanding pasturage is in splendid condition, still remains firm and seems to be very scarce, on ac- count of many mills only running half time, and as mill feed is necessary for feeding purposes, especially for dairy stock, prices are held up. Receipts of all grain have been of a diminutive character, being as follows: wheat, 32 cars; corn, I car; oats, 5 cars; flour, 8 cars; malt, I car; hay, 2 cars; straw, I Car. Millers are paying 77c for wheat. C. G. A. Voigt. Safety of Gasoline for Lighting Purposes. One of the most practical explanations of the safety and danger of gasoline ever given in this city was made at the store of the Perfection Lighting Co. last Sat- urday evening by J. W. Kitten, Vice- President of the Safety Gaslight Co., of Chicago. The audience was composed of insurance adjusters, insurance agents, representatives of the fire department and local newspaper men. Mr. Kitten proved to the satisfaction of his auditors that many of the ideas commonly preva- lent regarding gasoline and _ gasoline lighting are erroneous—that, rightly and properly handled, gasoline is one of the safest lighting agents known. He has made repeated efforts to get the ex- perts who establish the rules for the fire insurance companies to acknowledge the injustice and unfairness of their edict that only one gallon of gasoline may be used in a lighting machine at a time, but without result. The Safety machine invented by him takes several gallons at one filling, which precludes the ne- cessity of replenishing the reservoir by artificial light or when the generator is in operation, whereas the small genera- tors which take a gallon or less oil fre- quently run out of gasoline during an evening and have to be refilled while hot. The insurance men present ad- mitted the truth of the argument and practically pledged themselves to se- cure a revision of the present stringent rule regarding the use of gasoline for lighting purposes in larger quantities than one gallon. After the demonstrations the party boarded a chartered street car which took them to the Lakeside Club, where the evening was enjoyably spent ina private dining room, partaking of a bountiful spread tendered by the Perfec- tion Lighting Co. 8 The Boston Egg and Butter Market. Boston, June 9>—Receipts of eggs de- creased during the past week about 4,000 cases and the market was steady to weak most of the time. Fine Northern stock sold as low as 17%c; storage packed eggs from other sections, 16344@I17c. There is considerable buying for stor- age. About forty cars went into the house. The decline in value is prob- ably due to the cool weather in the pro- ducing sections. Receipts of butter are slightly less than last week and the market is barely steady at 23c. There are in store here about 30,000 packages of butter less than last year, which probably accounts for lack of change in the market. Smith, McFarland Co, The Grocery Market. Sugar—The raw sugar market is much stronger, prices showing an advance of I-16c on g6-deg. test centrifugals, with the market very firm at the advance. But few sugars were placed on sale and holders were very firm, having full con- fidence in the future market. The con- tinued active demand for refined sugar maintained a strong tendency to prices. The world's visible supply is 3,210,000 tons, showing an increase of 930,000 tons over the corresponding time last year. The firm and higher market for raw sugar caused a stronger feeling in the refined market and prices show an advance of five points on all grades. The demand for sugar the last four or five days has been very heavy indeed, and as this is the month for the usual active demand, it is expected that busi- ness will continue brisk from now on and that prices will not go any lower. Most orders were for prompt delivery, which confirms previous reports of short supplies throughout the country. Canned Goods—The situation in gen- eral shows very little change. Tomatoes manifest considerable strength, with spot goods showing some slight ad- vance. There is considerable enquiry for spot tomatoes, but it is very difficult to secure any, as they are so closely cleaned up and what few there are are so firmly held. Futures are in fair re- quest at unchanged prices, although some packers are a little firmer in their views and show some disposition to ask higher prices. There has been a rather active demand for corn during the last few days, especially for the cheaper grades. Prices are steady. In futures only a moderate interest is noted. There is a good demand for Igo! pack of small peas, owing somewhat to the fact that the new pack of peas in Baltimore shows a great scarcity of the small grades. There is a great abundance of the standard grades and trade in this class of goods is light. The pack in sections outside of Baltimore may show a greater percentage of the small peas, but this, of course, remains to be seen. The demand for new pack pineapple is fair, with prices steady. There is con- siderable enquiry for gallon apples, but it is difficult to secure any, as stocks are so closely cleaned up. Salmon is ina very strong position, both for spot and future goods. Stocks are being reduced constantly under a heavy consumptive demand and the situation will be in excellent shape when the new pack is ready for the market. Owing to light stocks and the heavy demand expected during the next few weeks, the tendency of the market is toward higher prices. Reports from the Columbia River state that the salmon pack so far this season is about the same as it was at the same time last year—about 20,000 cases. This is the estimate given by several cannery men. It is stated that the fish average smaller this yeat than last. Sardines are steady, with fair demand. Owing to the scarcity of 3¢ mustards, it is expected prices will be advanced shortly. Dried Fruits—The dried fruit market shows no particular interesting features, but is in good condition. In prunes the market shows very little change of im- portance and there is a good demand for nearly all grades. It is estimated that sizes 70-80, 80-90 and go-1oos of the new crop will be scarce and that 40-50, 50-60 and 60-70s will be most freely offered. The present demand for prunes is satis- factory and it is believed that the entire quantity of prunes now held in Califor- nia will all pass into consumption be- fore the arrival of the 1902 crop. Rais- ins are in strong position and stocks are light. The demand for loose is good and seeded are meeting with a good de- mand at unchanged prices. Apricots are firm, with stocks very light and prices easily maintained. Probabilities point to a full crop which will come on a practically bare market as the Igo! crop will be entirely exhausted before the new crop is ready forshipment. The demand for apricots is increasing every year and at reasonable prices for the new crop it is evident that the demand for this year will greatly exceed that of previous years. Peaches are in fair de- mand at previous prices, with light stocks on hand. Dates are in good re- quest, with prices on some grades show- ing an advance of 4c. Stocks are great- ly reduced and a further advance in price is looked for shortly. Figs are scarce and meet with good demand at unchanged prices, but the tendency is upward. Rice—The rice market is quiet but steady, with only moderate demand. Stocks of all kinds on the spot are fair- ly large and considered sufficient for immediate needs. Molasses—The continuance of warm weather, coupled with the usual dull trade conditions at this time of the sea- son, has restricted business in molasses and the movement is small in all vari- eties. Prices, however, are firmly main- tained. Fish—Trade in fish is moderate and about as usual at this time of the year. Mackerel is firmly held, but demand is only fair. There is, however, a good demand for codfish at unchanged prices. Rolled Oats—The rolled oats market is exceedingly firm and active with prices showing an advance of 35c per barrel, 15c per case on competitive cases and t5c on Banner. —_—~> > —___—_ Hides, Pelts, Tallow and Wool. Eastern tanners hold off from buying hides with a stick-to-itiveness unprece- dented. The situation is unchanged. Poor stock is still offered at a low value, with few sales. These low prices help to make a lower value to the general market on good stock. The leather mar- ket, being lower, tamners see no encour- agement to buy, even good hides, at the prices held. The quantity is not large and there is no accumulation. Both wool pelts and shearlings are in good demand and in larger receipts, at fair prices. Tallow is weaker, with no accumula- tions. Soapers are well supplied with oils and fats. The export trade has been in edible, the demand being good abroad for this grade. Trade has not been large at best. Trade in wouls in the East has been small and the market drags. An ad- vance can not be obtained. Territory wools have been attractive and have been taken at higher values than the Eastern market would warrant. A strong excitement among buyers has existed in the states and extreme prices have been paid, and although they are not weaker, have eased off, in consequence of which there is not felt the anxiety to buy ex- cept on a firmer basis. Much of the State wools have gone into the hands of the Eastern buyers and is being shipped. It is in good condition. No higher value is looked for at present. Wm. T. Hess. —__~_2 Virtue should be as highly prized in a man as in a woman and any deviation from its path should be as severely punished in one as in the other, + Asem MPS Pace ROR IES proper tat ote Sees hit SET ESR ipa a le are ee ain eC a >IT SEES TAGS OME RTOER lila, setifis) BERNE fig in sy ies em ee Gah ab i MOG eee Boos SSRI ER ST A MRA] Shs. 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Getting the People “L’Art Nouveau” and Newspaper Adver- tising. It is a question whether the facile, flowing lines of the new styles of deco- rative designing classed as ‘‘l’art nouveau’’ have aided so much in the embellishing of the advertiser’s work as they have detracted from it in their in- trusion in so many ways into the pages and columns outside of this field. The ease with which so-called decorative effects can be cheaply produced and re- produced brings its ragged sketchiness into requisition for ornaments, headings and halftone borders to an extent which ~makes the average newspaper, if not a thing of beauty, at least an exhibition of curious conglomeration. Not that all the stuff which defaces the columns of the press should be classed as the new art, yet its license and freedom are re- sponsible for much more than its own ere : symmetrical and well-proportioned border on an advertisement in many cases is an addition of value. It seems to set it apart from its surroundings, to give it homogeneity, clearness and strength. Some good designs for such borders may possibly be classed as the production of the new art, but its gen- eral effect is toward a looseness of de- sign which defeats the main purposes of its use. But the greatest injury to advertising display is through the intrusion of ragged, sketchy designs(?) in neighbor- ing columns. It is getting so that the enterprising publisher must have his department headings sprawled over two columns with a scrawly ornamenta- tion (?) in the new style. Then, if he has a continued story, he must have a two or three column sketched heading for that. If there are illustrations there must be a wealth of flourish in their borders and decorations which com- bines to make a hodgepodge fearful to behold. Advertising display on such a page is at a decided discount. What I particularly deprecate in the interest of good advertising is the use of borders in picture ornamentation. There is no question but that halftone illustration in the daily and weekly press have come to stay and is a great advance in journalism. The appearance of such an illustration on a page is no detraction from its value as carrying advertising, but rather the reverse. But, to be artistic and suitable, it should appear for what it is, not as a nucleus for a scrawl. The best shape for such an illustration is square, in harmony with the genera] plan of the paper and the most natural shape for pictures. Other simple forms may be used, but they are not an improvement. These may be simple circles or ovals or pos- sibly portions of these figures. There is nothing more hideous than the cutting of a halftone into some ugly, erratic pattern and then surrounding it with bordets and flourishes all out of har- mony with everything else on the page. Possibly there will be several different productions of this kind on the same page as much out of harmony with each other as with everything else. Poorly fares the advertiser who is forced to ap- pear in such a neighborhood. The first newspaper in this country to use halftones on the lightning perfecting presses was the New York Tribune. It now has a corps of photographers ob- taining copy for its illustrations the same as it has its news reporters. These illustrations usually appear in square faery tater Se yt tearm to ny ¥ PETS Et: Sager setps oy a aa =a 3 aiDESREE RY REASONS WHY WE ARE ENTITLED TO YOUR Shoe Trade, ist. Because we have Shoes for Men, Women and Children that are guaranteed to give satisfacti ns : : : ction, ora new i in exchange. ’ ew vair will be given 2nd. Because we have the most compl te i ete sto town and can give youa perfect fit. » ee 3rd. Because we sell at a small profitand aim ‘to give our cns- tomers the most : : cae wear, style and comfort possible at any given 4th. we haveacompléte stock of Rubbers best and quality obtainable. eo Our Gents and Ladies storm Rubbers i 35 hI are made with a new extension heel and the misses and childrens with extension heel andtoe. These improvementssive doubl. wear 2 and cos than the oruinary rubber, sepia LEWIS’ CASH’ STORE, Lewiston, Mich. SUMMER GOODS oa ‘The cool days of the past week have not checked the en- thusiastic buying of Summer Goods at our store. It is because our stock of Shirtwaists, Skirts, Muslinwear and Waist Fabrics IS so large, so well assorted and contains so many inter- Today our stock is atits best, and we are offering many 1 | | esting features to attract economical buyers. exceptional values in our i AND Wash Goods Department. F. E. Sissons =—& Co... Corner Main and State Streets. Fishing Tackle We are fishermen ourselves and under- We Sell stand the needs of our local fishermen. GROCERIES We carry a full line of the goods that : are best adapted to your needs. Call] and Prompt Deliver see our outfits. P y Low Prices Best Goods VAUGHAN BROS., oruss, A Combination Wail Paper, Fishing Tackle. Hard oi a F, E, SISSONS & CO saree iane enententnen ret ne Aarnmneegeeheenem meee mee rt NMEA IR SE RR SN Nt ra me eT i ea ray; ary Te ieT in ms Sind = =~ Pia r Doe RE SRES RCT SRP Ra aera pees plain finish and so are a help to the ad- vertising. But the disciples of yellow journalism fill their pages with hetero- geneous scrawls and so-called ornaments to an extent which largely diminishes their advertising value. Decorative or- naments on newspaper pages will not be successful until the entire page is made into one harmonious design—an achieve- ment not very probable. +e Lewis’ Cash Store shows a well writ- ten and well printed general advertise- ment, which may be of value asa change. For getting new trade, how- ever, I think a few definite descriptions with leading prices would tend to in- terest. There is nothing like definite- ness in advertising. It is difficult to find just the object of the architectural display in the season- able advertisement of S. Buckner. Had the room occupied by the bird and its support been proportioned to increase the white space around the matter it would have been much more valuable. The border is about as poor for news- paper use as could be devised, as it is so fine that enough of the characters are bound to print black to make it appear spotted. Then the cutting of the border to make room for the signature is un- necessary and is not good. The writing is good for the general character of the advertisement and if the matter had been centered, one dash less used, with a better style of type for the signature and an address added the result would not be bad. Vaughan Bros. write an excellent no- tice of their fishing department and in the main the printer's work is good. I would center the paragraph and put the lower display to the right so as to bal- . ance better. F. E, Sissons & Co. write an attrac- tive advertisement for one of a general character and the printer has treated it simply but witha unity of design which gives it character. ——_>-2 > ____ Method in His Madness. Hortense—I was talking with Mrs. Cheffer about the stories they tell of women’s cooking. She says she does not believe one word of them. Her husband, she says, always eats what she cooks, without a word of complaint. Fanchette—But perhaps he thinks that is a convenient way to commit suicide and so be relieved forever from her cooking. Open Screen Halftones For use in Newspapers and General Printing This size and smaller, $1.50. Mail, $1.60. Finer plate for $2. TRADESMAN COMPANY Grand Rapids te Tenney MICHIGAN TRADESMAN @ Condition of the Carpet Market. The carpet situation is characterized by a very healthy outlook. In the manufacturing end business is exceed- ingly active, the turning out of the very heavy initial business having just com- menced. Practically all the mills in the country, barring those affected by the labor strikes, are fully employed, and they promise to be so for many weeks to come. New business of fairly good proportions is coming in every week, and aside from the low level of values, the present state of affairs is as favorable as one could ask for. Western jobbers feel confident of securing good business for fall goods from their trade or their purchases in the Eastern market would not be as heavy as they are. Trav- eling men report encouragingly on the prospects for a good fall trade, not only in the West, but also inthe South, Good grain and cotton crops will substantiate these reports very materially, and as far as they are concerned to-day, noth- ing of an unfavorable nature has been reported. Financially, these sections of the country are very prosperous, the public in general being well supplied with cash, and good, liberal carpet sales this fall should be looked for. In three-quarter goods the outlook is all that can be wished for. Eastern manufac- turers are loaded up to the eyes with business and more is coming in each week. The low values are somewhat of a setback to the manufacturer's antici- pations, but nevertheless they are satis- fied under present conditions. When the first favorable opportunity presents it- self,it can be safely assumed that strong efforts will be made to put prices ona higher level, but until that opportunity arrives, no complaint should be made concerning prices. Conservative manu- facturers have contended right along that if prices were raised beyond a cer- tain point at the opening this season, the trade would receive such a blow that it would take some time to recover, and there is no doubt but what the big East- ern factors of the trade realized this be- fore coming to a final understanding in regard to the opening prices. The de- mand this season, according to the manufacturers themselves, does not in- cline so strongly toward the better lines of goods as toward the medium-priced fabrics, such as the velvets and tapes- tries. This does not imply that the Wiltons and Brussels are not receiving their usual call, because they are; they are receiving a demand that is fully up} Last season |f to the expectations of all. at this time, tapestries and the low- priced goods were not as active as they might have been, but this season the re-|f quests of the consumers are of a very | SY different nature. For carpet-sized rugs made in Wiltons and body Brussels, the request is very large, and many weavers are sold up fora good part of the sea- son, Ingrain weavers are very busy on their initial business with plenty of new business coming in every little while. Prices are still the strong barrier against which the manufacturers are contending, but for the present it seems probable that ruling rates will hold. While it is generally acknowledged that weavers are justified in asking better prices, it is‘ feared that with the unchanged and even lower prices %{ goods are being quoted at, competition will become so keen that the public will go over to the tapestries and the cheap jute and other 4-4 carpets. In Philadelphia ingrain manufacturers are said to be obtaining slightly better rates than the large East- ern mills and they seem to be drawing in a large amount of business at these rates. A further advance is looked fora little later, just when is not known. The labor troubles seem to have been settled satisfactorily to all, some concessions having been granted to the workers by the manufacturers, Aluminum Money Will Increase Your Business. Cheap and Effective. Send for samples and prices. C. H. HANSON, 44 S. Clark St., Chicago, Ill. Bicycle Dealers Who have not already received our 1902 Catalogue No. 6 pertaining to Bicycles and Bicycle Supplies should ask for it. Mailed free on request. We sell to > dealers only. eRe: ADAMS & HART 12 W. Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 3070; 0°0;0°0,0° *,@.0:°,@.0°,@.0* peed % The Road = To Success # a ses se see He BS ze : Sei a es ry : ays sa: ee » e a A Be ae ses es i Be a5 x sen a ye 38: se ~- BE i: a tt oe ire 33 for a merchant lies in se- ge es lecting and selling goods oe rs of known quality. ae % a <3 D Crackers eh oo have a reputation for supe- BY Ru rior quality unsurpassed Ry x and bring a good profit. 385 it) ACs a E. J. Kruce & Co. & ce ey Detroit, Mich. it oe Not in the Trust. 33 CCIE a a “Sure Catch” Minnow Trap Length, 19's inches. Diameter, 9*3 inches. Made from heavy, galvanized wire cloth, with all edges well protected. Can be taken apart at the middle in a moment and nested for convenience in carrying. Packed one-quarter dozen in a case. Retails at $1.25 each. Liberal discount to the trade. Our line of Fishing Tackle is complete in every particular. Mail orders solicited and satisfaction guaranteed. MILES HARDWARE CO. 113-115 MONROE ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. a e e = @ The gold brick man must have a new trick or § e s find a new victim for each sale, but the man who § s . e ™ sells CEREsOTA flour finds it easier to sell the § a e : second sack than the first. = a ° OLNEY & JUDSON GROCER CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. § . Distributors for Western Michigan : s onenenenonenenencuonenenenenenonenonenenesenenenene ‘Asphalt Torpedo Gravel | Ready Roofing Our goods and prices will surely interest you. We make the best roofings on the market. : H. M. Reynolds Roofing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich, Ne cceeceeeeececeeecececeeeeeeeeeeeceeeccececeeccee A Picture Book | : 99999000 00006909000000 ENTITLED Simple ‘¢ Michigan in Summer” Account File Simplest and Most Economical Method of Keeping Petit Accounts File and 1,000 printed blank ball Readss oo ou $2 75 File and 1,000 specially printed bill heads...... ABOUT THE SUMMER RESORTS ON THE Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway “The Fishing Line”’ will be sent to anyone on receipt of sa cents. It is a handsome ooklet of forty-eight pages, containing 280 pictures of the famous Michigan Summer Resorts: Petoskey Omena Harbor Point Northport Ne-ah-ta-wanta Les Cheneaux Islands Mackinac Island ‘Traverse City Walloon Lake Wequetonsing 3 00 Charlevoi 4 4 an — Gentian taeek Printed blank bill heads, Gives list of hotels and boarding houses, per thousand........... I 25 ae ae oo pscso og fares, Specially printed bill heads, Fishermen will want ‘Where to go Fish- per thousand........... 1) Se ing’’—postage two cents. C. L. Lockwood, G. P. A. 64 So. Ionia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. Lbb bbb hb bbhbii iii iibbbbbbobibbhbhbbhbbbbbhbbbbbbbbbae FUSS VS SS SVG SS SOS VV SU EE VV VV VE VV EVO ; Lae einer _— ae 2 bea: pepe Tsar paciat te icdiadiedseaaseieliomnaaderte Be eis ii Lats stipe cs bash Aas aie Liae Saacia! =e Higa dart aS SSR ? MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY One Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance. Advertising Rates on Application. Communications invited from practical business men. Correspondents must give their full names and addresses, not oe for pub- lication, but as a tee of — aith. ribers may have the mai address of their rs c ged as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the ——- until all ar: es 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 at you saw the advertise- ment in the Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, EpITor. WEDNESDAY, - - JUNE II, 1902. STATE OF of Kent | 88. y sworn, de- 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 June 4, 1902, 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 seventh day of June, 1902. oT B. Fairchild, seg —— in and for Kent County, ich. THE SOUL OF THE WORLD. All written records are either litera- ture, science or history. Science and history belong to the domain of utility ; they may be classed among the useful arts. Literature belongs to the fine arts, and is, therefore, in the ordinary sense of no practical use in the struggle for life. When people talk about success in life to-day, they mean money. Wealth is generally held to be the object most to be desired, and those who have it usually call for more consideration than do those who have it not. It is not con- tended that this is the regular rule by which men in general are judged, but wealth is, nevertheless, a thing of weight. Coming back to science and history, it is plain that the former is vastly more valuable. Science is made up of the body of facts ascertained concerning material things. Science is' the key which unlocks the secrets of nature, and these secrets can be turned to account to enable us to make money. Armies of trained investigators and experi- menters are every day engaged in ex- ploring the mysteries of nature, so that they may transmute them into gold by selling them to manufacturers and others who are concerned in exploiting and developing the material resources of the various countries. Doubtless not a few scientists are engaged in their studies for the sake of science itself, but if they discover anything that has a money value, it is eagerly seized on to be used in making money. As to history, it is valuable in the fact that it instructs us concerning past peoples, their works and their acts. It is only from studying the past that we can reasonably forecast the future; but historical knowledge and _ discoveries have not a very high money value. Literature, as an expression and de- lineation of the human passions, emo- tions and sentiments, has no money value. People will buy and read books of fiction simply for the amusement, entertainment and diversion obtained from them, but with the masses of the people a book once read ceases to have any value, and its place in popular in- terest is immediately taken by another, and thus it is that a modern novel, after having been sold to the number of hun- dreds of thousands of copies, is soon lost sight of, and is thought of no more. Those great amassers of wealth whom it has become the custom of their flatterers to characterize as the ‘‘cap- tains of industry,’’ as a rule, have but a poor opinion of literature and would look upon a live poet as a particularly useless creature in this world of worry and work to get money. Nevertheless, that apparently worthless something which we call literature is a record of all that is noble, lofty, true, faithful, de- voted to duty, grand, heroic and _ glori- ous in human life. It is a record of sen- timent and of all that sentiment has in- spired men to do. Without sentiment there would be no religion, which is a crystallization of all the purest, loveliest and most up- lifting of all human sentiments, and, without religion, it is doubtful if there would be anything in human life save what is gross, material and sensual, and thus it is that literature in which are embalmed sentiment ‘and religion in every age of human experience, so far as we have any knowledge of it, is really the repository of what may be called the soul of the world. These observations were suggested by the dedication of a library a few days ago in an Illinois town. The library was one of those which had been do- nated by Mr. Carnegie. Probably there was nothing in the exercises of any spe- cial note beyond the locality in which they took place, except an address de- livered on the occasion by Colonel George R. Peck, a prominent lawyer of Chicago. Some sentences from the ad- dress of the orator have been printed in a Chicago paper and they are full of suggestion. J.iterature is all-embracing. It includes all those books of the Sacred Scriptures that are not merely historical, and the poetry and romance of all the peoples of the earth in every age. Said the speaker referred to: The ancient tomes which will find here a place, the scripts of people long passed away, the warnings that come to us of our own mortality, only. feed the flame of enquiry, only reiterate the question—Why? ‘The Greek beauty of thought and the Greek beauty of ex- pression will minister to the minds of other generations as it has ministered to ours. Here will be preserved the immortal dialogues that have made Plato a perennial spring from which the thinkers of all the world have drunk. Some eager minds will perhaps have here their first glimpse of Homer, the deep-browed, the immeasurable. What would be the condition of man- kind without the Psalms of David and the Sermon on the Mount? And after them come the Odyssey, the Aeneid, the noble thoughts of Shakespeare, Dante, Cervantes and the hosts of lesser ones still great. Inthe Iliad and the legends of Arthur and his Table Round are crystallized all the romance and all the heroism of human life. The heroes portrayed in the one were, according to our view, pagans, and yet they hada religion full of lofty and inspiring sen- timent. In the other Christianity was the star that illumined their way, and yet their deeds were no more splendid and without reproach, and it is only in books of literature that these inspiring records are to be found, Said the speak- er quoted above: All the beautiful imagery of the world, all the high thoughts, are not gone. The human mind is not ex- hausted—it has simply been turned into another channel. Poems are yet to be produced, epics, odes, lyrics, and son- nets, better, perhaps—although I fear not—than any pen has yet written. Some one has said that al] which has actually happened in the world is small and unimportant compared with what has happened in the dreams and fancies and imaginations of genius. That is the secret of Shakespeare’s unrivaled power in the intellectual world. His creations are real. A library which has Shakespeare in it—and every library worthy the name has—where we can feast upon the inexhaustible resources of him whom Coleridge called myriad- minded, is equa! to every demand of the intellect. And this is why I plead that you do not shut your hearts against the great imaginative works that constitute the world’s best literature. The dreams of the poet are real, be- cause he is a prophet and foresees that which is to come. A grave and great teacher once declared that when the tricksy Puck, ordered on an errand of quick dispatch, said, ‘‘I’ll put a girdle ‘round the earth in forty minutes,’’ it was an utterance of Shakepeare’s prophecy of the globe girdled by wire and. cable, and when that benevolent sprite, Ariel, said: ‘‘I go drinking the air before me,’’ it was still another prophetic view of swift transit that was not even dreamed of in Shakespeare’s time, save in the prophetic brain of the poet. It is true that what we would have of material progress would be as _ noth- ing without the aid of the mechanician, the engineer, the chemist and electric- ian, but so long as the human race pos- sesses those records which we term divine inspiration and the great thoughts and noble sentiments embalmed in the written records which the ancients termed letters, we could still lay claim to a very considerable degree of civili- zation, and but for the inspiration de- rived from those records there would be little of what the world to-day calls science. Albany, N. Y., is said to be flooded with spurious coins of almost all denom- inations, and besides it is said that there is an extraordinary increase in the number of mutilated coins in circula- tion. The counterfeit dollars and half dollars are said to be good imitations, but somewhat light in weight, while, on the other hand, the nickels, dimes and quarters are of the poorest kind of imi- tations. The counterfeit quarters are of the date of 1896, and are only thinly coated with silver, and are said to lose their luster after a half hour’s handling. They are moreover light in weight, have a dull pewter sound and are crude- ly molded. Yet with all these defects some hundreds have been accepted without question by local business houses, while the street car companies, saloonkeepers and soda water dealers have suffered considerable loss through the flood of nickels and dimes. It isa well-known fact in police circles that if one city is successfully operated by these counterfeiters it will not be long before other places are heard from, and in the face of the discovery at Albany it is just as well for the merchants of Michigan to be on the lookout. There is a God in Israel and the ver- dict of the jury in the McGarry case proves that there js a God in Allegan county as well, THE SHIPPING COMBINATION. There now appears to be good reason to expect that J. Pierpont Morgan will have competition in his efforts to con- trol the shipping business of the world. Although his company has succeeded in securing the control of a number of the leading English lines, his efforts have not encountered a friendly reception from the British shipping interests. The combination is recognized asa direct menace to the English shipping suprem- acy, and although the British govern- ment has not openly assumed a hostile attitude, it is known that the feeling entertained is far from friendly. Despite Mr. Morgan’s great financial successes, there are indications that in the shipping combination he has under- taken a task which is by no means as certain of success as most of his other ventures. He has organized what ap- pears to be at least nominally an Amer- ican company for the handling of the steamship lines which he now controls, but even with an American company he can not transfer the ships he claims to the American flag. Under existing American law no ships built abroad can be registered as American vessels with- out a special act of Congress. In the present humor of Congress there is not the least probability that American reg- istry will be granted to the British-built ships of the Morgan combination, hence the vessels will continue to be at the disposal of the British admiralty. From a purely economic standpoint the Mor- gan combination does not hold out the least inducement to American trade; on the contrary, the whole purpose of the combination is to increase freight and passenger rates, hence its opera- tions will merely add to the burdens imposed upon American products, The antagonism of the British ship- ping interests is manifested by a move- ment to organize a rival combination controlled in Great Britain. This pro- posed combination will include the cele- brated Cunard line, which has achieved a great reputation in the passenger business,and will also include the Allan line, the Elder-Dempster interests, as well as other lines. This opposing combination being distinctively a Brit- ish organization, expects to have assist- ance from the British government. As the opposing combination will have even greater tonnage than the Mor- gan organization, and as it will be backed by ample capital, the most wel- come effect it will exert will be to com- pel a reasonable schedule of freight and passenger rates. Active competition will be secured, which is the thing most to be desired by the business interests of this country. In the political fea- tures of the combination and counter- combination, the American public has little interest. Great Britain may have reason to fear that the Morgan arrange- ment may strike a blow at British su- premacy in the shipping trade of the world, but this country has nothing of this sort to anticipate. Our sole inter- est in the matter is to secure the cheap- est possible rates of freight in the handling of our produce, and the Mor- gan combination is antagonistic to these interests, hence is unfavorable to Amer- ican trade interests. Any arrangement which will secure the desired competition and consequent reasonable freight and passenger rates will be welcome whether the opposition be under British, French or German auspices, tee Beware of a man that does not talk and a dog that does not bark, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 STUDYING THEOLOGY SQUARELY. One of the great difficulties in ad- vancing religious truth comes from the education of the clergy in theological schools where everything is narrowed down to the limits of the denominational creed. The student is turned out with his head full of what it is permissible to teach, not with his mind instructed to understand the whole truth as it is seen from different points of view. Men trained under such narrow systems sel- dom or never come to know truth in its wholeness or integrity, and it is not sur- prising that they differ with one another under the influence of such a one-sided education. The trustees of the Andover Theologi- cal Seminary, in Massachusetts, voted the other day for a change of site from the little town of Andover to the seat of a great university. The decline inthe number of students, the decline in finan- cial resources and income, the drift of popular opinion away from the isolated seminary toward those seminaries which are under the eaves of universities and can affiliate with them, have all had their sobering effect upon the trustees and alumni of the institutions, as they must have upon those other seminaries of other denominations before the cen- tury is much older. The general move- ment of which this case is but a signal is one that is wider in its range than this country. The Scotch Presbyterians are facing the same trend, Glasgow and Edinburgh universities and their affiliated theological schools proving more attractive to the Scotch youth than the seminaries farther North and South. It is a movement on which President Harper, of the University of Chicago, dwells in his article on ‘‘The Trend of University Education’’ ina recent is- sue of the North American Review, and it is not confined to theological schools. It affects the law and the med- ical schools wherever they exist iso- lated. President Harper does not hesi- tate to say that ‘‘the ordinary theologi- cal seminary can not to-day provide the curriculum of study demanded by those who are to do the work of the ministry during the next quarter of a century. The churches demand a ministry of larger sympathies and wider views.”’ When this movement comes about, and the student may have an opportun- ity to broaden his outlook upon life, there will be felt in all the sectarian schools an increasing and insistent de- mand that theology be studied squarely. What is needed in these schools of the prophets is the study into questions for one’s self. The young men who are to carry weight into the pulpit, who are to exert a lasting, telling influence upon the intelligent men of the world to-day, must be trained to see things from va- rious points of view, and must be able to give a good reason for the faith that is in them. To study theology from the scientific point of view and get a reasonable basis for one’s faith is one thing; and to study it with the mind already biased to one narrow sectarian point of view is quite another. There is one place in the country where the great question of life and duty and faith are studied squarely. The Harvard Di- vinity School, since its reorganization in 1879, has given men training in un- sectarian theology, and has been used to a large extent by. the best men among those who have studied theology. Young men studying in such an institution see truth from various points of view, and when they graduate they turn for their life work -to-affiliate with whatever de- nomination their own personal convic- tions lead them to choose. There is a great demand in these days for thorough intellectual training in theology, and the best men everywhere are anxious to take advantage of it. PHONETIC SPELLING AND WELSH. Some years ago there was an agitation in this country for phonetic spelling, which for a time made considerable headway. It will be recalled that when the movement was at its height, the Board of Education of Chicago -and other educational bodies adopted the new system, also some newspapers, and periodicals were started in advocacy of the movement. Either for sentimental or utilitarian reasons the advances made did not prove permanent and for some time past very little has been heard of the matter. Advocates of phonetic spell- ing, however, have not been inactive and the agitation has been continued, with less demonstration, but quite as persistently. A writer in a recent issue of the New York Tribune advances a new argument in favor of the reform. He urges that the Welsh language, one of the most ancient of modern tongues, at least, has been able to survive and withstand the encroachments of the English because it is phonetically spelled. It is said that Welsh children learn to read their language in the Sun- day school alone and ina far shorter time than they learn English by daily attendance in public schools. Whether the Tribune writer’s declaration be correct or not, whatever expedites the mastery of reading and writing de- serves the attention of educators and if phonetic spelling aids in that direction it should not be discouraged. On the other hand, it is doubtful if a general adoption of phonetic spelling, assuming its practicability and superiority, would promote the desired end or add to the perfection of the language. The fact is that English is becoming more phonetic in its spelling daily by a natural process of development and that without the confusion which would unavoidably follow a sudden and arbitrary change. It is much the same with a language as with morals, it can not be radically re- formed by law, although a standard, es- tablished and maintained by statute at the proper time may possess educatior.. al value. The people of nearly all European countries sympathized with the Boers in their struggle against the British. They would have been pleased had the Boers won, for British prestige would have been weakened, but now that peace has come with a victory for the British there is recognition throughout Europe of the fact that South Africa will develop more rapidly under British rule and that there will be better opportunities for trade there than would have been the case if the Boers were to retain control. The worst enemies of the British are forced to admit that wherever they are in the ascendant equal advantages are offered to all. Herr Krupp, the great German gun- maker, has perfected a new gun which he has promised the Emperor to reserve exclusively for the German navy. The inference is that with this gun the German fleet will sweep the seas when they get ready, but it isto be remem- bered that the German navy knows nothing of war except in theory. The German army has won its laurels, but the German navy has as yet no victories of which it boasts. HOW FARMING PAYS. It is customary for the farmers of this State, and for that matter practically of every other state, to insist that while manufacturing and commercial busi- ness prosper, theirs does not. It is fre- quently and repeatedly alleged that farming does not pay and that in it there is no encouragement for well- directed industry. Some figures recently issued by the Census Bureau at Wash- ington are of interest in this connec- tion. They apply only to New York, and show that in June, Igoo, there were 226,720 farms inthat State. The total value of farm property in New York is calculated at $1,069,723,895. The total value of farm products in 1899, as shown by the census report, was $245,270, 600. Of this 61 per cent. comprised crops and 39 per cent. animal products. Other figures complete the details. In mercantile or manufacturing busi- ness that firm or corporation which is able to show a profit and declare an annual dividend’ of 6 or 8 per cent. is counted as being in a flourishing condi- tion. When these enterprises are able to pay a Io per cent. dividend they are counted as gilt edged investments and sell far above par. It is interesting, then to note what the census figures say to the effect that the income, based up- on the total investment in faims in the State of New York is 17 percent. This is certainly a very handsome showing and one which ought to be highly satis- factory to those engaged in that busi- ness. The so-called captains of indus- try who can make any such showing, count themselves very well satisfied, and the stockholders commend the management. The 17 per cent. spoken of by the census enumerators is the av- erage, and while there are many which fall below that figure, of necessity there must be very many which go far above it. -This would indicate that the farm- ers who use their heads as well as _ their hands, who are both intelligent and at- tentive, reap a very Satisfactory reward for their work. The figures, which pre- sumably are accurate and reliable, ought to add to the popularity of farming as a regular business and make it more gen- erally attractive. LET US HAVE ORATORS. A notion has gone abroad that oratory is of little value, because its place has been taken by the newspaper. It is claimed that the public speaker ad- dresses an audience measured in the extreme by the compass and reach of his voice, while the press is limited neither by time nor distance, but speaks far and near to thousands, while its ad- dresses are in a form which preserves and perpetuates them, so that they may speak even to future generations. Even if this be so, the press does not take the place of oratory. Written words seem cold and formal compared with those that are spoken, if the speech be athrill with life and feeling. How vast- ly different in fire and force are expres- sions which come white-hot out of the heart of the speaker from the self-same words written or printed, and how often it is that a statement when read seems commonplace and prosaic, but when it rushes from the lips of a speaker it is instinct with significance and meaning that perhaps were not previously ap- parent, or even discoverable. From this it is easy to understand the great power of oratory. Ideas are not wholly expressed in words. The tone of the voice, the movement of the hands, the writhings of the body, the working of the muscles of the face all have their part in giving expression to thought, and all these aids to speech are pos- sessed by the orator, while the writer has words alone with which to work. The expression of the face, the ges- ticulation of the hands, the changing positions of the body are most potential in giving expression to emotion and passion, so that words would weaken their meaning, and when it comes to speech, how infinitely expressive is the tone of the voice. Words often would be superfluous, All these advantages are possessed over the writer by the orator and the actor, the chief difference between the two being that the orator expresses his own thoughts and acts his own emo- tions, while the actor expresses and portrays the thoughts and passions of others. Let not our young men be deceived by the notion that the press has super- seded oratory. Human nature has not changed. It is as much under the do- minion of passion and sentiment as ever it was. The magic eloquence of Peter the Hermit set all hearts on fire with holy zeal, and he put in motion the crusades which held Christendom in their spell for centuries. The fiery ora- tory of 1860-61 did what all the news- papers in the Union could not do— called thirty millions of people to arms. Not all the printing presses in the world turning out religious books can accom- plish what is done by the electric ora- tory from many thousands of pulpits. The orator never speaks to empty benches. Oratory is the greatest power in the world to move the heart and arouse the feelings, and oftener the heart is right than the head. Then let our young men seek to continue and perpetuate that wonderful oratory that has been so long the glory and the pride of the American people. More than ever we need to appeal to sentiment and emo- tion, when the greed for gain is coming to be recognized as the master motive in this material age. RECENT ROYAL VISITS. This is the season of national love- making. Philanthropy is abroad, and the nations are to be benefited. On these shores Prince Henry, of Germany, was introduced to democracy; and let us hope he returned edified and had his mind broadened by coming in contact with all varieties of people. But this does not prevent German’ merchants from trying to shut out American goods from their markets. Soon after Prince Henry's visit the question was mooted in England as to the heir to the throne coming over to have his intellect, if possible, increased. Then President Loubet, of France, calls upon the Emperor of Russia and is received with open arms. The Rus- sians call the French valiant and the French return the compliment. Loubet congratulates the Emperor upon the magnificence of his domains and the valor of his subjects. The Emperor agrees, but has to excuse himself from accompanying his: guest to the ancient capital of his empire, as he might be the victim of a dynamite explosion or shot. President Loubet has given an ex- ample of great courage by appearing in St. Petersburg with the sovereigns. He must, indeed, be brave if he felt no fear, The feeling that he might be blown up along with the imperial family could not have given him the sense of being at home, BH NO He 10 Clothing Fads and Fashions Peculiar to America’s Greatest City. Blucherette. This word is far more terrible than the article it describes, an item in the sum of fashionable footwear. The name means that the object so des- ignated is a modification of the Blucher shoe. This innovation or revival is an oxford tie. To be a bit technical, I may describe it as having a quartér of mat kid and a vamp of patent kid made plain without tip. The toe is in the medium London school. The last is the long-straight, that is, without the out- swing. The lace holes are hand-worked. The bootmaker who showed me this style would not commit himself as to the future of the bulldog toe, but he rather thought from expressions which he had heard among his most fastidious customers and those who seemed to have the right of way to proper dressing, with a desire to lead rather than follow long accepted and widely indorsed styles, that the London or moderate toe was likely to be the immediate ‘‘it.’’ He also felt, for the same reasons, that the outswing last had reached the limit of fashionable approval and _ that straighter lasts, especially for semi- dress, would receive the approval of “‘the best of them’’ among his custom- ers this spring and summer. I rather fancy thatthe Blucherette, with its hand- made lace holes, will be rather a swell fashion for the seaside hotel porch, in combination with smart serge, flannel and duck trousers. Half-hose are go- ing to be very dainty this summer. Ex- quisite color effgct on white and black and white,and the new grays will be set off very richly with this new caprice in shoe wear. - + £ Jumping from the bottom to the top, I see that some chronicler whose imagi- nation is running away with his good sense says, with all the arrogance of a space-filler, that college bands will ap- pear on Panamas this summer. There is only one band which a sane man will wear, and that is the absolutely black in the narrow widths. The Panama hat is a noble, dignified article, becoming to most men, and worthy of good treat- ment. To caricature its uses by a flam- boyant or bizarre addition of any kind is a travesty upon the most ordinary form of common sense, To put a silk facing on a Norfolk jacket is almost in as bad taste. = ¢ 2 One of the most strikingly-dressed young fellows whom I have met recently wore a generous derby, with a French brim, in a medium brown shade. I did not like his big eyelets, although there is a great craze for them and there is no accounting for a fad. His double- breasted, two-button coat with its long sweep of lapel was of soft goods ina rather grayish shade—the fabric was on the vicuna order. The coat was the semi-military,that is, with a fair degree of breadth. to tke shoulders and shape- liness to the waist. And that fairish degree of looseness that seems to be so general in trousers was also in evidence. His gray wash waistcoat was visible about the opening of the buttoned coat, and this waistcoat opening was filled in with a black, neatly-figured silk ascot tied into a moderate puff and fastened with a pin. + +o Three-button, double-breasted sacks are in striped materials, say white on dark grounds, with trousers in the same MICHIGAN TRADESMAN goods. May be advantageously worn with a double-breasted tan waistcoat having long, rolling lapels. Such a coat, if made properly, may be worn unbuttoned. The two-button cutaway is an exceedingly popular garment and I note it in all varieties of cloths. The single-breasted coat in a business suit recently shown me is made of the black tweed and closed with three buttons. | understand that this garment has a strong London following. = ¢.¢ Mildness and neatness reign in all things wearable. Collars are lower, ties are extremely modest, half-hose on the quiet order and so on. And these effects are the ones affected by the ordinary as well as by very swell men. Just when the reaction should set in it would be hard to say. But for the nonce the thing is quietness strictly, so far as color and pattern are concerned. a As to the Norfolk jacket, about which more or less is heard, | am convinced that the best trade here will not accept it except for country and outing wear. It is worn with knee breeches for knock- ing about. -- = <= We are entering the summer season. So far I have seen nothing distinctly summerish, or even springish, except- ing the shops. The weather has been too cold to bring forth warm weather wear- ables. xk * * There is a wild profusion of modest effects in the new soft shirts. Some of them are pleated and none of them in the best qualities show any tendency to- ward the pronounced things which offended good taste and common sense so long. - x +£ Black and white figure a great deal in this season’s dress; shirts, socks and neckwear are full of it. + =. Among the new things that I have seen in canes are the rather heavy Malaccas. The boys seem to have tired of the sticks that are merely switches. Silver heads, somewhat old-fashioned looking, are seen, *x* * * Belts are moderately wide. One sees less of the extreme narrow widths, which were common enough last summer. * * * The growing concern in household uniforms makes the intelligence from Washington respecting the new White House liveries of interest. The Presi- dent and Mrs. Roosevelt selected liver- ies for their footmen and coachmen a short time ago. In describing these new garments and accessories our friends on the daily papers have made a few mis- takes which may perplex the unac- quainted. The new livery is rather gayer than usual. ‘‘There are white, tight-fitting doeskin knee breeches,’’ Says one daily scribe. That hurried writer means stockinette breeches. These breeches meet patent leather boots with russet tops, not ‘‘plain leather boots, ’’ as has been incorrectly reported. The footman’s body coat is of blue cloth with rounded corners. They are not cut away sharply, as one correspondent puts it. There are two rows of silver buttons on the skirt and a row of silver buttons in front. The coachman’s livery is prac- tically the same. The summer effect lies in the waistcoat. This is green and yel- low valentia, and finished with silver buttons down the front. A tall collar and a white tie lend the finishing touches. The hats are the regulation coachman's with red, white and blue cockade,—Vincent Varley in Apparel Gazette, Fall Line of Ready Made Clothing for Men, Boys and Children; every conceivable kind. No wholesale house has such a large line on view, samples filling sixty trunks, representing over Two Million and a Half Dollars’ worth of Ready Made Clothing. My establishment has proven a great benefit, as dozens of respectable retail clothing merchants can testify, who come here often from all parts of the State and adjoining states, as they can buy from the very cheapest that is made to the highest grade of goods. I represent Eleven different factories. I also employ a competent staff of travelers, and such of the merchants as prefer to buy at home kindly drop me a line and same will receive prompt attention: I have very light and spacious sample rooms admirably adapted to make selections’ and I pay customers’ expenses. Office hours, daily 7:30 a. m. to6 p. m. except Satur- day, then 7:30 a. m. tol p. m. PANTS of every kind and for allages. Sole Agent for Western Michigan for the VINEBERG PATENT POCKET PANTS, proof against pick pockets. Citizens phone, 1957; Bell phone, Main 1282; Residence address, room 207, Liv. ingston Hotel; Business address WILLIAM CONNOR, 28 and 30 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich, ESTABLISHED A QUARTER OF A CENTURY N. B.—Remember, everything direct from factory: no jobbers’ prices. Summer Goods-—I still have a good line to select from. This is to Certify That these Trousers are guaranteed custom tailor made, ae fitting, stylish cut, joined in the seat by double stitching with Belding Bros.’ best silk and stayed with double linen, which insures against rip- ing no matter how great a strain there may be on he seat seam. The buttons are sewed on by hand with linen thread and can not fali off. The hip pockets can not gap as they are stayed and stitched to the waist band seam. These are the only Trous- ers in the world fitted with the celebrated Vineberg Patent Safety Pockets which permit nothing to drop out and are proof against pickpockets. MANUFACTURED BY The Vineberg’s Patent Pocket Pants Co. Detroit, Mich. Sold by All First Class Clothiers. Wri. CONNOR, Western Michigan Agent, DETROIT, MICH. Grand Rapids, Mich. The Peerless Manufacturing Company. We are now closing out our entire line of Spring and Summer Men’s Fur- nishings at reduced prices, and will show you at the same time the most complete line for FALL and WINTER consisting in part of Pants, Shirts, Covert and Mackinaw Coats, Sweaters, Underwear, Jersey Shirts, Hosiery, Gloves and Mitts. | Samples displayed at 28 So. lonia St., Grand Rapids and 31 and 33 Larned street East, Detroit, Michigan. us [sb MILWAUKEE, WIS.U.SA. WE HAVE EVERY THING IN GLOVES & MITTENS. OLR ENG Ae 3 4 ee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN il Remarkable Growth of the Manufacture of Clothing. In the census bulletin on the manu- factures of the State of New York, which has just made its appearance, Chief Statistician North traces in’ brief the development of the ready-to-wear clothing industries in this country. In striking contrast to the humble origin of the business are the figures presented in the tables which are in- cluded in the report and which show that in 1900 there were in New York City alone 1,889 establishments en- gaged in the factory product of men’s clothing, representing a total invested capital of $36,842,799, employing 30,046 wage earners and producing in that year goods valued at $103,220,201. In the State of New York alone, there were 4,204 establishments, employing 90,017 wage earners, and their products were valued at $233, 370,447 or 10.7 per cent. of the total value of the products of the State. The factory manufacture of clothing is of comparatively recent development, says the report. It began probably in the second quarter of the nineteenth century and is particularly associated with two events since 1850, namely, the invention of the sewing machine and the civil war. Apart from army clothing, probably the only ready-made clothing sold in Europe or in this country in the earlier years of the nineteenth century was so-called ‘‘slop clothing,’’ which was bought for stocking sailors’ ‘‘slop- chests’’ prior to setting out upon long voyages. As early as 1830, however, New York merchants began to supply a demand for ready-made clothing in the South and. West. Many of them maintained retail stores in Southern cities for the sale of clothing made in New York fac- tories, the largest of which are said to have employed 300 to 500 hands each. In 1841 the value of clotbing sold at wholesale in New York City was esti- mated at $2,500,000, The trade was greatly stimulated by the requirements of Western emigrants, especially after the discovery of gold in California. Two or three years later the invention of the sewing machine put the business upon a substantial basis and enabled it to meet the demand for army clothing during the civil war. About 1870 cutting machines were introduced; first, a long knife, operating perpendicularly like a saw and cutting through eighteen thick- nesses: of cloth, later a circular disk operating like a buzz saw and cutting twenty-four thicknesses. But while the ready-made clothing business has now attained so large proportions, it is not a fully organized factory industry. The clothing is not, as a rule, made in large factories under the supervision of tpe manufacturer, but in small workshops or tenement rooms through the intervention of a contractor. Various causes contrib- ute to this backward state, one of which is the presence in cities of large bodies of unskilled workmen, whose ignorance of the English language prevents them from finding more remunerative employ- ment than that offered by the ‘‘sweater.’ But the principal cause is the great va- riety of styles and patterns, which ne- cessitates extreme specialization. This can be more readily accomplished by distributing the different designs among contractors than by undertaking to make all patterns under one roof. Garments of a standard design and cloth, such as overalls,are made in large factories out- side the great cities. But the manufac- turer of overcoats and suits finds it more profitable to locate in a large city, where he can find an abundant supply of labor and contractors who will relieve him of the necessity of investing money ina plant that would lie idle half the year. New York’s dominance of the clothing trade is undisputed. oe What Is the Ideal Woman ? Curious to know how the ‘‘ideal young woman’’ appears to other than minister- ial eyes, Rev. M. E. Harlan, pastor of the First Church of Christ (Disciples), Brooklyn, was prompted not long ago to send a list of ten questions to 100 young men. Following is the list of questions: 1. Must the ideal young woman be a Christian? 2, Will she use slang or speech or lead a poodie? Are dancing and card playing or wine drinking accomplishments which you admire in her? 4. Does it mar or help her as an ideal to be able to keep house or make her own clothes? 5. Shall she help to make her own living—i. e., will she keep house or board? 6. Would you educate her ina fe- male school or a mixed school? 7. Shall we judge her by the same standard of morals by which we judge men? Shall she have fewer liberties than have young men? Why? 8. What one thing do you admire most in young women? 9. What are some common faults among young women? 10, Would she cease to be ideal if she had the right to vote in all — tions? profane u_»-+>___-_—_ Blessed Relief. Patron—I want to complain, sir, about one of your waiters. Restaurant Proprietor—I’m glad to hear it. Patron—You’re glad to hear it! Restaurant Proprietor—Yes, it'll be a relief to hear a complaint that isn’t about the food. Hard on Them. It must be rather a trying time for those who have been predicting: That high. water mark in the tide of prosperity has been reached. That the ebb had set in. That the crop losses would paralyze the West. That earnings. That everything was over capitalized. That the bottom would drop out. That money would be tight enough to strangle the business community. That the ‘‘trusts’’ would eat up all their little neighbors. That good times were over. That a slump was coming. When: The tide still rises. The West was never so prosperous. The railroads show uniformly creased earnings. railroads could not keep up in- The companies pay increased divi- dends, The bottom is wider and deeper. The money market was never easier, The independents are making money. The good times stay. The slump fails to materialize, a May She Live to Ride in a Flying Ma- chine. From the Baltimore Sun. Mrs. Sylvia Dunham, whose home is jin a village near Boston, counts her age | by the successive types of vehicles she has seen perfected. She was born in 1800. At 5 years of age she rode ina stagecoach, at 49 she boarded a rail- way train for the first time, at 99 she rode on an electric car, and at 100 she enjoyed an outing in an automobile. At the age of 102 years she stiil attends to her household duties, works in her little garden and reads an hour every day. the consumer. to help you make money from the Pan-Am- erican Cloth- ing. Detroit office— Room 19, Kan- } ter Building in} | charge of M. J. Rogan. | is always doing business. It spreads its own fame—makes mouth-to-mouth talk. That’s too slow for us though —we’re advertising this year from the dealer to Write us for a sales- man—he’ll tell you what we’re doing Suits and Overcoats for Men, Boys and Children. That’ Samples if you want to know more. There’s no sweat shop or ten- ement house work abcut Pan-American Guaranteed Cloth- ing—it’s made under proper sanitary condi- tions. $3.75 to $15.00—with a special accent on the $5.50, $7.00, $8.50 lines—that’s the range. Quality just a little better than all others. s all. FINE CUT UNCLE DANIEL. TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS INDEPENDENT FACTORY OUR LEADING BRANDS. SMOKING HAND PRESSED. Flake Cut. aS a) LHe Sm SCOTTEN- DILLON COMPANY & DETROIT, MICHIGAN KEEP THEM IN MIND. PLUG CREME DE MENTHE. OJIBWA. DOUBLE CROSS. Long Cut. STRONG HOLD. FOREST GIANT. SWEET CORE. Plug Cut. FLAT IRON. SWEET SPRAY. FLAT CAR. Granulated. SO-LO. The above brands are manufactured from the finest selected Leaf Tobacco that money can buy. See quotations in price current. es aches iE avctcasipccontncccieunmarannsstte Biter MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Rubbers How to Wait on a Customer in a Shoe Store. In the first place we meet the custom- ers at the door, seat them, remove the old shoe, ascertain the size and width, also the quality and fit of the old shoe. Here is one of the most important fea- tures of fitting shoes. It has been my rule to endeavor to fit the new shoe bet- ter than the old shoe has been fitted. In this way you make friends for yourself and good customers for your store. To have a customer leave your store with a shoe properly fitted is the best adver- tisement a store can have. Now, to go back to the quality of the shoe. Asalesman, who is a good judge of stock can tell about what price the customer paid for the old shoe. Show that price, or less, never higher, unless the customer states the price he wishes to pay. It is much easier to go higher in price if the shoe you have shown is not good enough, than to go lower. For the customer will not be satisfied with a cheap shoe after having seen a better one. Be careful not to recommend your goods beyond their actual wearing qual- ities, or your customer will expect too much ofthem. If you are asked to give your opinion of the shoe, give it as you yourself believe it. In this way you will gain the confidence of your customers. I have seen many feet fitted with the wrong shaped shoe. A foot that requires a straight shoe can not be fitted with a crooked one, and if so fitted the shoe will get out of shape and be uncomfort- able to the foot. The ordinary custum- er will not know what the matter is, but will lay the blame on the salesman and in consequence will go to your competi- tor to get the next pair. The hardest trials of a salesman are the customers who come to the store without any idea of what they want if they want any at all. Show your goods cheerfully. If you- find the goods you have shown have pieased the customers a little talk in the right direction may make a sale to a person who had no in- tention of buying. Even if they do not buy they will remember the kind treat- ment you gave them and come to you when they do want to buy. Be polite to every one in or out of the store. It will make you friends and friends be- come customers. While waiting on cus- tomers give them your undivided at- tention. Do not be talking to the other clerks. One of the hardest trials to the pa- tience of a salesman is where two ladies enter the store, one to buy the other to help select the shoes. It is a very diffi- cult matter to fit one person's feet and suit the taste of another. Nine out of ten times the lady will agree with every- thing her friend has to say about the shoes you are showing. I have found it good policy to turn my attention to the customer's friend. Show her as much consideration as if she were buying the shoes and you will win he: to your side, Then it is no trouble to sell one and maybe two pairs of shoes. Do not talk too much. A salesman should know when to talk and when not to. People who think for themselves can please themselves quicker than you can talk them into it. Be able to give any information a customer may ask in regard to stock, workmanship and wear. Show no partiality to any customer. Treat the poorer customer just as well as you would the people who buy your best goods, for although they do not buy the best they buy more pairs and at the end of the year you will find you have received as much money from them as from their richer neighbor, Do not be afraid to show goods. If the goods you have shown do not please a customer, start over again, show some- thing entirely different. If you havea good stock toe work on there is something in it that will please every customer that comes into your store. To havea customer leave your store with the im- pression that you do not care to show goods is a bad thing for your employer and a good advertisement for your competitor. For the customer will go there and buy and will never enter the store while you are emp loyed there. Never deceive a customer; make good your word. If you gaurantee a shoe and it does not wear right, see to it that it is made satisfactory to the customer. They will place confidence in you and your goods, and when wanting another pair of shoes will come to you for them. When the parents send their children to be fitted is the time the salesman should exercise the greatest care. The shoe should be fitted plenty long, so as not to crowd the toes or press too hard on the ball of the foot. A child’s foot will shape itself to the shape of the shoe, therefore great care should be taken that the shoe should be the proper shape. A baby that is brought to you for its first pair of shoes should be fitted carefully. Misfit baby shoes make hard feet to fit as they grow older. A great many sales- men make the mistake of putting any kind of a shoe ona baby. If the baby is walking, and the foot is allowed to run forward in the shoe, the toes will grow crooked and the ball of the foot become enlarged. The salesman gets the blame for this, and the store loses the patronage of the whule family and every other customer they can keep from coming to your store. Another point of importance is the rubber customers. A salesman should be careful in selling rubbers. Sell the right shaped rubber for the shoe they are wearing. A rubber that fits will wear twice as.long as one that does not. If I had been writing on the fit of shoes this essay would have been more appropriate. But as I believe that fit- ting is more than half the battle, a saiesman who can fit customers can make the sales. — Homer Hubert in Boot and Shoe Recorder. +> @—>__ Recent Changes Among Indiana Mer- chants. Decatur—John H. Mougey has sold his boot and shoe stock and retired from trade. Hartford City—Hance merchant _ tailors, business. Indianapolis—Brockport & Eppert, dealers in boots and shoes, have dis- solved partnership. The business is continued by Frederick W. Eppert. Indianapolis—The Novelty Neckwear Co. has merged its business into a cor- poration under the same style. Rockport—Clara K. Davis has pur- chased the general merchandise stock of Mrs. E. Feebrer, Saline City—W. M. Grayson, dealer in lumber, has discontinued business, Indianapolis—Thompson & Converse have uttered a chattel mortgage on their drug stock to the amount of $650. Lafayette—A receiver has been ap- plied for for the Samuel Born Co.,grain dealers. & Gehring, have discontinued ———_>_22>____ The man who has a small mind sel- dom has occasion to change it. erica a i a aa If you want a Good Honest line of SHOES come to us. We handle nothing but good, solid, reliable goods; the best that money can buy or leather will make. Send us a mail order for our No. 34, Men’s Casco CALF Bats, Doncota Tops, extra back stay, double decker and rope stitch; up to date in style and warranted in every respect. THE WESTERN SHOE CO. Toledo, Ohio wae WW. as a a a SCO © Buy Hood Rubbers f f there is nothing better made in Rubber Footwear. They please the wearer and are trade winners—and money makers —for those who sell them. We are headquarters for Michigan, Ohio and ' Indiana. Wait for our salesman or mail us your order. wh Wh Ww Ww. The L. A. Dudley Rubber Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Owen Ww Ww— Ww— w—~ w— wh wWa® Men’s Work Shoes Snedicor & Hathaway Line No. 743. Bal. Bellow’s Tongue. Kangaroo Calf. ¥% Dz S. Standard Screw. $1.75. Carried in sizes 6 to 12. Geo. H. Reeder & Co. Grand Rapids Have You Our new Shoe or Finding Catalogues? If not or- der one of each. Up-to- date Shoes for Little Folks; also full line Strap Sandals for Wom- en’s, Misses’ and Child- ren’s, HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. MUL UMA AMA AMA AMA AMA AMA GUA Abd Abd Jib Jbd Jbk Jbb Jb Jbb Jd Jhb Jhb Abb Abd Abd dba MAGMA UMA AMA UAk ANA Jbh bk JbA ddd dk bd VOFVTPNOP NT TEP NE NNT VED NTP NTT NTP ED NEP NT ATT UA E MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 13 Practical Hints Applicable to All Shoe Dealers. Every once in a while, some daily newspaper or magazine takes it upon itself to instruct the buying public as to what is necessary in connection with the purchase of a pair of shoes. We print herewith .a few of the latest hints to shoppers which we fee! are of much interest to retailers throughout the coun- try. lf you follow these instructions, I am sure that your trade will be much benefited thereby; by following one or two of them at least your store will lose all semblance of shoe parlors and be converted into a hospital. The article starts in in this manner. Here are some points on the buying of shoes that the average girl may find useful : Never wear a shoe that pinches the heel. Never wear a shoe or boot tight any- where, Never come from high heels to low heels at one jump. Never wear a shoe that presses up into the hollow of the foot. Never wear a shoe that will not allow the great toe to lie in a straight line. Never wear leather sole linings to stand upon. White cotton drilling or linen is healthier. Never wear a shoe with a sole narrow- er than the outline of the foot traced with a pencil close under the rounding edge. Never wear a shoe with a sole turning up very much at the toes, as this causes the cords on the upper part of the foot to contract. Never have the top of the boots tight, as it interferes with the action of the calf muscles, makes one walk bad and spoils the shape of the ankle. ‘*Never wear a shoe that pinches the heel.’’ There is one for shoemen, who are continually crying that heel seats are too large. Of course, there is no possi- bility of the shoe clerk taking the coun- ter and pressing it at the back so as to limber it up a little or drawing it at the flanges. That would be entirely out of place, and by so doing they would pre- vent a prospective customer from find- ing a shoe that will pinch at the heel. ‘* Never wear a shoe or boot tight any- where.’’ Now, this is a good one, and certainly something which the average individual is not aware of. It might be advisable in a case of this kind to have a couple of cork soles, a heel cushion inserted, so as to make the shoe propor- tionate all around. If the genius who wrote this article would assist us in finding out the divid- ing line between the two heels, we would be pleased to convey the informa- tion to our subscribers. ‘‘Never wear a shoe that presses up into the hollow of the foot.’’ Shades of St. Crispin! All ye old-time shoemak- ers who have sweat drops of blood try- ing to secure a pair of shoes for a cus- tomer, the arch of which supported the foot of the fair one, will begin to think when you read this hint that this is the date of the millennium. If the shoe does not fit in the arch you are in trouble, and every shoeman from now until the end of time will be in the same predic- ament. In order to fit the arch of the foot, is it not necessary that it should press slightly in that very important spot. ‘‘Never wear a shoe with the sole narrower than the outline of the foot traced with a pencil close under the rounding edge.’’ Some time ago we printed a diagram of a human foot and the diagram of the same size of sole pattern. This pattern was of a sole with a good wide tread, but if the flabby outline of the foot was permitted to spread (which we are told expands a full quarter of an inch with the weight of the body) it would certainly cover more than the sole of the diagram that was shown, and that sole was as nearly perfect as it is possible for one to be made. ‘*Never wear a shoe with a sole turn- ing up very much at the toes, as this causes the cords of the upper part of the foot to contract.’ From one view point this is a suggestion which has a semblance of right to it. But 1 wonder if our ‘‘wise-acres’’ have ever studied the human foot, and found that it has a tendency to raise up at the toes. This suggestion should be brought to the no- tice of all people who walk heel and toe, and in the language of the shoe- man, ‘‘turn the tip of the shoe so that it looks into their faces.”’ ‘*‘Never have the top of the boots tight, as it interferes with the action of the calf muscles, makes one walk bad and spoils the shape of the an- kle.’’ This is a very practical sug- gestion and will save the shoeman from sticking the button needle into his fin- ger every time he tries to change the three top—so that miladi migbt have a shoe which sti]l has some appearance of symmetry. It would be unwise to tell this to a prospective customer the first time she enters the store. You had bet- ter get on visiting terms with her he- fore you suggest to her the advisability of keeping the shoe loose at the top. We would like to hear the views of our brother shoemen on this subject; ex- pressions of opinion as to what they think of each one of these suggestions. Perhaps we ourselves are at fault. If so, we are willing to acknowledge it, but from our little experience, which covers some years in all branches of the shoe business, we are unable to grasp the full meaning of these hints to shoe buyers. —Shoe Retailer. ——__».>_4.>—___ Always Have Hope. Never give up hope as long as one broken plank of your wrecked vessel! is afloat for you to cling to. That broken plank may not land you high and dry, on a coast where every rock is a pure diamond, where pearls are equally mixed with the sand, where the hills are reefs of pure coral and the basest metal is gold; but that poor broken water-soaked plank may toss you against some coast where you can gain a foothold and crawling from the heavy sea,stretch your tired iimbs for rest on the hard after their fierce struggle with the wild waves, and, lying there in the cold piti- iess rain, naked and bleeding, you may even then feel a thrill of joy that you live; and when the storm passes, and the bright sunshine comes out how thankful you should be if you find you have reached a safe harbor where by honest effort and hard toil you may wrest your food and clothing from the yield of the rich soil. How many a shipwrecked mariner on the sea of life gives up because his plank is nota stately passenger vessel or a war ship! How many a poor sinner lets go of even the poor soaked plank and drinks his fill of the angry sea as he sinks for the last time, simply because the harbor in sight looks barren and rough, and he sees no hand of help stretched towards him and no pitying eye bent on his solitary battle! Lose not hope; it is the angel which will lift you from the lowest depth of degradation to the high- est pinnacle man has ever trod. —__>0.___ The man who lets his competitor alone in his advertising, and outwits him in buying and store methods, need not worry but what the public will find out. ground |' >————E—rrEEEEEeee, You Can Only Overcome Competition by Buying Goods Superior to Competition In every day shoes for out door life those made by us from Oregon Calf are just such goods. And they are not expensive. Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co., Ltd., Grand Rapids, Mich. OREGON CALF LONG TAP Mayer’s Shoes for the FARMER, MINER, LABORER, etc., are made of strong and tough leather. They are reliable in every respect and are guaranteed to give satisfactory wear. Dealers who want to sell shoes that give the best satisfac- tion and bring new trade want our line. Write for particulars. F. MAYER BOOT & SHOE CO., Milwaukee, Wis. Health Department Endorses It! Health officers recommend and Schoo! Boards adopt the World’s Only Sanitary Floor Brush because itis the only brush that mini- mizes the danger of spreading disease. Write us about it. Trial Brush on Request ‘Y Send for a sample brush; test it. If not wanted return at our expense, 7 \H Asi Nein 1 1 "| H | i WN i i Mi IGAR el | eo IT TAR OG ALA LLL B. J. Reynolds, Grand Rapids, Michigan DISTRIBUTING AGENT ) Oe BEST. pepkaease teeta ae See ee acm eee eats it ei 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Novel Method of Sweeping a Shoe Store. The methods usually employed in sweeping the store are a broom or brush on a dry floor, or on floors dampened by sprinkling, or with wet sawdust. An eminent authority shows most concius- ively that the broom is one of the most active agents against the well-being of humanity. The experiments were of a most exhaustive nature, starting out with the theory that bacteria stay sus- pended in the air. They or the particles of dust to which they are attached are too heavy to remain long afloat. Germs are foreign to the air, asa rule, for it does not furnish them enough moisture or organic nutriment. This would brand wet sawdust sweeping as an element of life te bacteria. The infer- ence is that every time dust is stirred up by the process of sweeping with the dry broom, it fills the air with obnoxious bacteria and death-dealing germs. A few of the figures arealarming: In a school room before sweeping 500 bac- teria to the cubic meter of air, and after the room has been swept over 18,000 were found in the same space. Again, in a small fiber 134 inch long, taken from a cocoa matting of a railroad car, 2,000,000 were found. This being true of school rooms and railroad coaches, it is a fair comparative test for the store room, and the sweeping is a most im- portant matter. A few suggestions in regard to the deleterious effects of dust, or rather the effect of bacteria carried by dust, may not be inopportune, and we quote from an eminent authority on the subject as follows: ‘‘It is apparent from observa- tion that in a room swept by the old methods a large amount of dust was raised as high as the ceiling of the room, and that this dust in settling will fall on the tops of the desks, window cov- erings and all projecting ledges, and that the removal of this dirt will con- sume a large amount of time on the part of the janitor, or in event of his failure to do this, currents of air will be contin- ually sifting the dust down to the floor. ‘‘The large amount of dust on the floor is constantly stirred up by the walking of the people, and the inhala- tion of a large amount of dust, particu- larly when laden with disease germs, is extremely dangerous. It has been found that diphtheria germs will become dried on particles of dust and will remain vir- ulent in this condition for a long time. It is well known that the tubercle bacil- lus, when dried, retains its infective properties for very long periods, and this is the usual way in which consump- tion is contracted—i. e., by the inhala- tion of dried tubercle bacilli. ‘While the germs of scarlet fever, measles, whooping cough, mumps, small- pox and chickenpox have not been _iso- lated and their exact mode of distribu- tion studied, it is unquestionably true that the above-mentioned mode of dis- semination holds good to a greater or less degree for these diseases. ’’ Kerosene oil has been used with more or less success in sweeping store floors by many merchants. There is no ques- tion but what the principle is right; it kills the dust, but the ordinary method of dipping the broom into a jar or pail partly filled with oil, or saturating an ordinary floor brusb, is wrong. Dipping the broom always results in more or less oil being scattered about the floor, around the pail or jar, which greatly increases the chance of a fire. Furthermore, it is always a case of too much or too little oil; so, while the principle is right, the method is wrong. A number of ordinary aa a aaa fiber brushes have been offered for the purpose, but they have the same dis- advantages as the broom. With the correct principle to work on, ingenious minds have devised the nec- essary tools. Doubtless sweepers are now offered which accomplish the de- sired result and eliminate all the dis- agreeable features attending the usual methods of sweeping. The sweepers are supplied with a tank for holding the kerosene oil, which feeds the brush at the will of the operator. Just enough can be used to kill all dust and not leave a streak of oil to dirty the floor. In fact, they are being offered for carpet-sweep- ing, and are quite the thing in this line. No danger of moths or germs where these sweepers are used on carpets or rugs. For hardwood polished floors nothing nicer could be asked for. The size adapted to store-sweeping is large, and every retailer who is desirous of keeping his store clean and of doing away with 95 per cent. of the dust will do well to supply his help with these dustless sweepers. —___ +. How to Tie a Woman’s Shoe String. It was a Wealthy avenue street car, comfortably filled, when a well-dressed young woman entered and took a seat next to a man. Presently she leaned forward and began to tie up her shoe- lacing. It proved rather difficult to do with her gloves on, but after a while the passengers witnessing the performance saw the feat accomplished and the lady sit back, calmly gazing out of the win- dow as if ‘‘she was aiways tying her shoe’’ in electric cars. At the next stop, the man beside her arose to get off, but lo! there came a struggle, and then hor- ror mutual and general. The two were fastened, not exactly hand and foot, but shoe and shoe! So diligently had the lady tied the knots that the lacing had to be cut by a ready pocketknife before the couple could be separated. Blushes and laughter, embarrassment and indig- nation were rife, for of all comical scenes to which street cars are subject this was one of the drollest. >_> —___ All the Same. During an encampment of the Na- tional Guard of Pennsylvania at Mount Gretna several years ago a party of officers went out for a stroll, and, hap- pening to pass a farm house near the encampment grounds, one of them sug- gested stopping in for a glass of milk. On going inside the yard they were met by the farmer’s daughter, who brought forth a can of buttermilk and some tumblers, saying : ‘‘This is the only kind of milk we have.’’ After each of the party had taken a drink one of them remarked: ““By George! that’s fine. Can't you let us have some more?’’ The lass replied: “*Oh, yes; take all you want. We We Challenge The World To produce a better shoe for the money than our Hard Pan Shoes Wear Like Iron Every inch of leather in these shoes is prime first quality stock. The upper leather we have tanned especially for these shoes. Everything is done to produce a shoe without equal for wearing qualities. Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co. Makers of Shoes Grand Rapids, Mich. Now is the time to buy Dusters and : - F Nets We have the correct styles feed it to the pigs anyway.’’ and our prices are very low. Sherwood Hall Grand Rapids, Michigan eA SE RE I ET EDI ET IE SOME NEW Penny Specialties WHICH ARE KEEPING US BUSY Base Ball Stars Cinnamon Jims Jack in Box Garden Tools MANUFACTURED BY The Putnam Candy Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Dry Goods Weekly Market Review of the Principal Staples. Staple Cottons—Heavy printed sheet- ings and drills for home account have found a moderate business, while for export there is very little attempt at any sort of trading. Prices stand practical- ly at the last quotations and there is nothing to indicate a very immediate change. Fine printed sheetings are steady and quiet. There has been a slightly better call for ducks at regular prices, but printed osnaburgs are excep- tionally slow. In bleached cotton there is a good demand for cambric finished goods, but outside of these lines there is little worth reporting. Prices show no changes. Wide sheetings are dull and cotton flannels also; cotton blankets however, have been growing firmer, while in coarse colored cotton there is an excellent demand for denims, al- though the market is pretty well sold up and other lines are quiet, although stocks are pretty generally well under control. Prints and Ginghams—The conditions in the market for printed calicoes are practically the same as we have reported for a couple of weeks past. Indigo blues, Turkey reds and mournings and other staples have shown a moderate amount of business for quick delivery. Light fancies are very quiet. In regard to fall business, buyers are showing an excep- tional amount of caution and apparently do not wish to commit themselves until prices are more fully determined and the attitude of the seller is shown. Fine printed lines for this season show a fair business, but for the spring of 1903 we receive reports of increased trading. Dark percales and printed napped goods are in good request for fall. Plain do- mets are steady and fancy woven fab- rics are in good request. Staple ging- hams are pretty well sold up now and orders are being turned down. Dress specialties are also reported as being in excellent condition. Practically all woven patterned goods for next fall have secured a satisfactory amount of busi- ness. Linings—The lining trade shows a very moderate demand for present re- quirements to something better for the fall. The general market has ruled quiet during the past week and the de- mand has been light for all descriptions of staples, both from the jobbing and manufacturing trades, but for mercerized and allied finishes there has been a bet- ter business transacted. Dress Goods—The initial dress goods market continues quietly situated, the orders coming forward from jobbers and garment makers being of a modest char- acter both individually and collectively. The jobber has apparently proceeded as far with the provision for his fall re- quirements as he feels justified in do- ing ; in some directions he is not meet- ing with the success in securing fall or- ders that he has hoped for; in fact, aside from the Western States the accomplish- ments of the jobbers’ salesmen in the way of fall orders have so far been of a rather disappointing character. Over a considerable portion of the country, including a number of the important re- tail centers, business is of a backward character; the jobber has found the re- tail trade in a rather unresponsive mood; not having enjoyed as briska spring trade as he had hoped for, the retailer has apparently retired into his shell and is, therefore, a difficult indi- vidual to do fall business with. June, it is hoped, will give an impetus to the spring retail trade and thus improve the mood and add to the confidence of the retailer. It is apparently futile, however, to expect the Eastern retail trade to give much consideration to his fall require- ments until he has been able to make greater inroads on his lightweight stock than has so far been possible. In the West and Northwestern States the re- tailer has shown a willingness to place some very fair orders for fall goods with the jobber, and such duplicate orders on fall fabrics as have reached the in- itial fabric market have come from the Western trade principally. They have included suck goods .as_broadcloths in medium and better grades, cheviots, cashmeres and other piece dye effects. There are evidences that are favorable to such medium weight goods as prun- ellas, soleils, etc. Mohair and zibeline effects have been taken to a fair extent by the high class trade, and the same is true of sheer goods of the character of the etamine, etc. Ona number of lines of fine foreign dress goods an advance in price of about 1o per cent. has been announced by agents, the reason given being the increased cost of fine wools on the other side of the water. There is a steady demand of modest volume for immediate uses for such goods as eta- mines, mohairs, grenadines, mistrals, etc., so jobbers report, which would seem to indicate that retailers’ holdings of such goods in certain directions are apparently none too large. Cheaper Than a Candle and many 100 times more light from Brilliant and Halo Gasoline Gas Lamps Guaranteed good for any place. One We agent in a town wanted. Big profits. Brilliant Gas Lamp Co. 42 State Street, Chicago I11. | HOT WEATHER GOODS FANS! We carry a complete line of fans in all shapes and styles. We have them to retail at Ic, 2c, 3c, 5c, Ioc, I5c, 25c, 50C, 75C, $1.00, We $1.50 and $2 oo each. Send us your order for sample dozens. will give it prompt attention and make good selections for you. P. STEKETEE & SONS, WHOLESALE DRY GOODS Grand Rapids, Michigan tes 14 Stitches to the Inch “=) “Alain” Petticoats If your Petticoat Department Isn’t Paying, Why not Dig & Up the Reason Perhaps you haven't gone at the buying in earnest. Perhaps you have never taken time to count the stitches in an inch.. Perhaps you are not getting “four- teen stitches to the inch.” Perhaps they are nct three yards around the bottom. Perhaps they have not the yoke fitting band. Perhaps they have not Lock- stitching; as the Chain-stitching will not hold Perhaps they have not the straight-front and gored-sides. Perhaps they have not strapped seams. The chances are that we can solve the problem for you and build up your petti- coat trade. Samples sent prepaid by express, Wm. H. Allen & Co., Detroit, Mich. Spieieie DRY GOODS CO. FORMERLY VOICT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CO. EXCLUSIVELY WHOLESALE Your orders will be promptly filled at BOTTOM PRICES and will be appreciated RAND RAPIDS 4 H Rearetueiccay kerb getcgnnn oo ote ee eon ee gemeieemmacouion taser ci tees Adee Sotnieamts 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Butter and Eggs Watergiass the Most Satisfactory Preserva- tive. The Rhode Island Station has been making some experiments in the pres- ervation of eggs. For this purpose va- rious sample lots of fertile and infertile eggs were placed in preparations of waterglass, dry table salt, limewater and salt brine, vaseline, ashes, gypsum, powdered sulphur and sulphur fumes, permanganate of potash, salicylic acid and salt brine. *“Of the different methods tested in this series of experiments,’’ the Station reports, ‘‘the old way of using slaked lime and salt brine proved to be very effectual, and has the advantage of be- ing inexpensive. It is also not difficult to practice. For a period of a few weeks only, smearing the eggs with vaseline may prove an effectual method of pres- ervation. In the place of vaseline al- most any clean, greasy substance may be used. Fora period of a few months only, packing in dry table salt is worthy of recommendation. Of all the sub- stances experimented with, the water- glass solution proved most worthy of commendation. The experiments showed that the waterglass solution could be re- duced to 3 per cent. and still retain its preserving quality. It can be obtained at most druggists at from 40 to 6oc per gallon, easily manipulated and the so- lution may be repeatedly used. The eggs should be completely immersed in the solution, and if any eggs float, an inner cover which will sink them below the surface of the liquid should be used. In several tests where the eggs were placed in sone jars, inverted saucers were used for this purpose. The expense for the water glass at even 6oc per gal- lon would amount to about two-thirds of a cent for a dozen eggs. Of course, this does not include the expense of the jar or other receptacles, which may be of stoneware, glass or even wood—Mass- achusetts Ploughman ———>_ > __ Observations by a Gotham Egg Man. 1 notice by a newspaper report that the Italian egg producers find them- selves in about the same position as did our Canadian neighbors when the tariff was first placed on foreign eggs in this country. It seems that Germany has increased import duties materially and that Italy, whence a large part of the German imports are drawn, is likely to suffer a material decrease in export business unless other channels of outlet can be found. Probably, like the Cana- dians, they will turn to England, which seems to be the mecca of all surplus food products. * * * The London Dairy contains the fol- lowing description of still another method of egg preservation: The method of egg preservation pat- ented by Mr. C. Aufsberg, of Wies- baden, consists in first killing all the germs on the shell, and then closing the pores so as to prevent any others from afterwards finding their way to the in- side of the shell. These objects are se- cured together in this method by im- mersing the egg in a hot solution con- taining from I5 to 25 per cent. of sul- phate of magnesia and % per cent. of sulphate of lime, fora time not exceed- ing five seconds, so as not to coagulate the white of the egg, and then immedi- ately transferring it to a cold solution of waterglass, The pores then become hermetically sealed by the silicates of magnesia and lime. The eggs so treated may be boiled without first pricking them, a precaution necessary with eggs preserved in waterglass only, ‘‘Never in all my experience,’’ said an egg receiver, ‘‘have I had so much trouble with consignments ‘of eggs reaching us in bad condition.’’ When asked as to the apparent cause of the trouble he said: ‘‘I am at a loss to ex- plain it; we are getting shipments from many different sections and by different routes in which there is serious break- age and it does not seem to be due to the packing altogether because some very carefully packed lots come in with the top layers badly broken and this would indicate careless handling in transit.’’ Ithink there is no doubt that breakage often occurs from careless handling in loading and unloading the cars, but in most cases where my atten- tion had been called to definite lots of eggs arriving broken there is some other reason sufficient to explain it. Poor, weak cases whether new or old, weak, flimsy fillers and a failure to secure the contents of the case by a sufficient amount of packing on top and bottom are the most prolific causes of damage. A little money saved by buying cheap egg cases or fillers is likely to be lost over and over again by breakage. And the loss is not only in the broken eggs; at this season of year when the’ weather is warm a few smashed eggs in a case reach a vile state of odor quickly and this permeates the whole case and drives buyers away except at cut prices. Cheap cases and fillers, if weak are no econ- omy, and the greatest care should be taken to put enough excelsior on top and bottom so that the cover when nailed on will draw down tightly and prevent the slightest shifting of the con- tents. Very often the fillers do not fit the case sideways; it is best to buy fillers and cases that fit perfectly, but when it happens that the fillers are not a close fit a little excelsior should be put into the open space. Packers should expect their goods to pass through some care- less hands and take every precaution to avoid consequent loss.—N. Y. Prod- uce Keview. a Onion-Flavored Butter. Much of the butter in the market this week was full grass and considerable of it was good enough to store. A line that was being offered in one of the cel- lars was objected to by buyers because it showed the flavor of ‘‘wild onion.’’ ‘““T guess,’’ said the salesman, ‘‘we will have to send this line to the coolers. I remember last year that we had the same trouble with this creamery. The first of the grass butter showed the ‘onion flavor,’ and we put it in storage rather than take a loss on it by forcing it on sale. When that butter came out of storage no one could discover the ‘onions.’ The cold had removed the bad flavor. We will probably have to do the same thing this year. And I’m sure, if we do, the line will come out of storage in good shape and minus the onions.’’—Chicago Dairy Produce. ——_—__2-02a___—_ Another New Cereal Novelty. The Meat Trust's grasp on the people may be broken by Eugene Barney, of Kalamazoo, who has perfected a substi- tute for meat which is made entirely from cereals. The new product looks like pressed beef, tastes like chicken or veal loaf, and can be fried, boiled or prepared in any way that meat can. The product can be manufactured at a nominal cost, and is alleged to contain 25 per cent. more nourishment than meat. Mr. Barney, the inventor, is the foreman of the steel rolling plant of the Harrow Spring Co. and has been exper- imenting for four years to perfect a food to take the place of meat. The product has no semblance to any of the health foods on the market. SEND YOUR BUTTER AND EGGS GRAND RAPIDS And receive highest prices and quick returns. C. D. CRITTENDEN, 98 South Division Street Successor to C. H. Libby Both Phones 1300 EGGS WANTED We want several thousand cases eggs for storage, and when you have ary to offer write for prices or call us up by phone if we fail to quote you. Butter We can handle all you send us. WHEELOCK PRODUCE CO. 106 SOUTH DIVISION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. . Citizens Phone 3232. “Co WE GUARANTEE © 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 SS ONE WEED THA R S We also guarantee it to be of full strength as required by law. We will Prosecute any person found using our packages for cider or vinegar without first femoving all traces of our brands therefrom. Ai... lee t Cisco or Co- J. ROBINSON, Manager Benton Harbor, Michigan. SEEDS CLOVER, TIMOTHY, FIELD PEAS SEEDS Send us your orders for seeds. Fill promptly. MOSELEY BROS., GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 26-28-30-32 OTTAWA ST. Our Cash—Your Eggs We will buy EGGS outright. Not on Commission. Any sized lot. Name your Lowest Price, F. O. B. Boston. THE GINTER GROCERY CO. BOSTON, MASS. References: Bradstreet’s and Dun’s, Faneuil Hall Nat’l Bank, International Trust Co JACOB HOEHN, Jr. Established 1864 HOEHN & MAYER Produce Commission Merchants 295 Washington Street and 15 Bloomfield Street (op. West Washington Market), New York SPECIALTIES: DRESSED POULTRY, GAME AND EGGS Stencils Furnished Upon Application Correspondence Solicited References—Irving National Bank, New York County National Bank. MAX MAYER ——— Se an ——— EAN MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 Claims There Is No Foundation For the Charge. As a buyer of live stock for export at the Chicago market during a greater portion of more than a quarter of a cen- tury, I have had no direct business in- terest with the Chicago packers against whom the Government investigation is now pending. | do not speak in the de- fense of these packers, but as President of the Chicago Live Stock Exchange I take this opportunity to explain the true condition of the case and to point to the fact that farmers and producers of cat- tle and live stock the country over are the ones who must suffer most severely from the present agitation. The original charges were that the prices for beef had been forced far above their legiti- mate level by a combination of the packers. It has later been charged that farmers and feeders have made enor- mous profits upon cattle that have been fed this winter. From my standpoint as an observer of conditions and an ac- tive participant in the fluctuations of this market from various causes, includ- ing corn famines and burned-up pas- tures, with attending high prices, and over-stocked conditions of farms and ranges and burdensome crops of corn and fodder, with very low prices, I de- clare with all possible emphasis that there is no foundation for these charges. Had the farmers and feeders failed to receive high prices forall classes of live stock produced from fattening foods at the highest cost ever known by many of them, it would have meant disastrous losses to the agricultural interests all over the country. Present prices for cattle, which are the highest here in al- most twenty years, are showing only moderate profits to the farmers who have produced them on corn at a cost of 60 cents or more a bushel. The light aver- age weight of cattle at this market, which for April this year showed more than ico pounds a head below the aver- age of the same month last year,tells the story of scarcity of feed and a cost so high that many fed it too sparingly to produce cattle of good weight and qual- ity. In some sections of the country that ordinarily produce large quantities of fat cattle, the drought of last sum- mer was so severe that not even rough fodder enough was produced to keep cattle at reasonable cost. ‘Thousands of regular feeders of cattle held out of the business this year, and other big feed- ers curtailed their operations to less tnan half the volume of former years. Cattle in great numbers have come here thin and light, and have not pro- duced sufficient beef to satisfy the most enormous and urgent demand that the history of this country has known. Had the foreign demand for our cattle been as great as usual, prices would have been forced to a much higher range than they have yet reached. It has been a case of the most imperative demand for beef from American consumers month after month, with cattle coming here to supply it in condition that made hardly 80 per cent. of beef that that number would have made in a year of plentiful supply of corn and other fat- tening foods. It would have been a physical impossibility for any combina- tion of packers to have forced the prices of meats to the high level of the last few weeks had not there been a general demand to consume it readily at the prices. History will show that each year a shortage of corn has been at- tended with high prices for cattle, as in 1882, when corn sold up to 81% cents and cattle as high as $9.30 per hundred- weight. The American farmer is en- titled to a reward for his labor and in- vestment this year in producing beef and other meats to feed the millions of people that have been clamoring for it even at the high price at which it has been sold for, these prices show him no unreasonable profits. For the encourage- ment of the farmers and feeders of live stock the investigation of this matter should be handled with caution and consideration to minimize the damaging effect on business in general, and the public mind should not be inflamed by wild-eyed charges for which there is no more than very doubtful foundation. Regarding the recent high prices of American cattle in foreign markets, which are about the highest paid there during the last ten years, it may be said that these prices, at the relatively high cost of cattle here, show very narrow and uncertain profits to the exporters. The best export cattle have been bought here recently at $7 per hundredweight, and it requires very close to 15 cents per pound dressed weight to show safe returns in the London or Liverpool markets. Some of our experts on this side of the water figure out about $20 as the expense of sending across a I, 400- pound steer at this time and converting him into dressed beef, forming about 57 per cent. of his live weight. Fifteen cents per pound is as high as any regu- lar sales have been made there this year. The cost of the prime I,4°0-poound ex- port steer here this week has been not less than $7 per hundredweight. A drop of % cent in the British market for dressed beef means a cut of almost $4 per head in the price of the 1, 400-pound animal. Figure it out for yourself, and find if you can the great and mysteri- ous profits the exporters are supposed to be making. Some cheapening of cattle prices may be expected when grass cattle begin to move, but unless the present agitation results in a permanent curtailment in the consumption of beef in some such proportion as that noted here during the last two weeks, the supply of good beef cattle throughout the summer is likely to be relatively small enough to hold prices above the level of recent years. But the great hope of all concerned in the business is that a favorable season will result in bountiful crops, from which cheaper beef miay be produced for the people of this and other coun- tries. Mr. Poels, one of the great for- eign exporters of sheep and cattle, re- cently told me that were the American people to adopt the plan of a great por- tion of the inhabitants of Europe and be satisfied with meat once a day, or even once or twice a week, it would not take long for the supply to overtake the demand. With a big,generous corn crop the coming season, that will give the farmers and feeders plenty of 30-cent corn to feed next winter, prices for cat- tle may be forced down considerably from their present level, and without serious injury to the agricultural inter- ests, which are most vital to the general prosperity of the country. Levi B. Doud, President Chicago Live Stock Exchange. oo Australia has become an important exporter of butter and other dairy prod- ucts. The province of Victoria alone exported to Great Britain in 1889-1900 17,000 tons of butter, representing a value of $8,000,000, The butter export of Victoria was 369 tons in 1889 and 759 tons in 1890. For the last ten years the export has been not less than 80,000 tons, EGGS We have ample cold storage facilities in our building for taking care of large quantities of eggs. Immediately upon ar- rival the eggs are placed in this cold storage where they remain until sold, consequently do not deteriorate while awaiting sale. For this service we make no charge to shippers. Ship us your eggs and we will give you entire satisfaction. HILTON & ALDRICH CO. 39 SOUTH MARKET STREET BOSTON The opportunity to establish satisfactory and S EC U R profitable business connections, by shipping your EGGS AND BUTTER ee LLOYD I. SEAMAN & CO. Established 1850. 148 READE ST., NEW YORK CITY HENRY J. RAHE .. Butter, Eggs and Poultry.. 56 West Market and 135 Michigan Sts., Buffalo, N. Y. Immediate sales and prompt returns. Highest market price guaranteed. Boston is the best market for Butter, Eggs and Beans and Fowle, Hibbard & Co. is the house that can get the highest market price. ee Smith, McFarland Co., Produce Commission Merchants Boston is the best market for Michigan and Indiana eggs. We want carlots or less. Liberal advances, highest prices, prompt eS rm rm hr returns. All eggs sold case count. 69 and 71 Clinton St., Boston, Mass. REFERENCES: Fourth National Bank and Commercial Agencies. b 6 6 6 bbb b, O Ob G b> bn bn Oy bn bn bn bn bo bn, bo bn bn, bn bn bn bn bn bn bn bn FOUVCVIVVT VTS VeVV VV VVUVVVVVVUVVUVeTVeVVVVTVeVUe .* 9OOOOO0OS 999000000000000S 00600000 99000060 60990004 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The New York Market Special Features of the Grocery and Prod- uce Trades. Special Correspondence, New York, June 7—Quite a fair amount of business has been done in coffee, but the general situation does not improve with a few sales. Supplies continue large and the crop receipts at Rio and Santos since July 1 of last year now aggregate 14,856,000 bags, against 10,433,000 bags during the same time last year,and 8,651,000 bags at the same time the previous season, so that within three years the crop has grown almost 80 per cent. In store and afloat there are 2,522,820 bags, against 1,208,655 bags last year—an increase of over 100 per cent. At the close in an invoice way Rio No. 7 is quotable at 53¢c. Mild sorts are selling in about the customary way, with supplies not especially large and quotations steady. Good Cucuta, 7%4@8 Kc. Japan teas remain firm at 22@27c in bond. Old Japans are also doing a little better, but, aside from these, the outlook is not especially encouraging for the seller. Indias, especially, are quiet. The season has so far advanced that the purchase of sugar can no longer be ut off and the business that has been so ong looked for seems to be on the way. Some purchases have been made that in- dicate the taking of supplies at least a few days ahead of current wants. Prices are about unchanged. There has been a fair demand for tice all the week and sellers seem to be “quite encouraged. Quotations are prac- tically without change. There is no special change to note in spices. The demand is, perhaps, as active as might be expected at this sea- son and pepper, according to its statis- tical position, ought to show some ad- vance. Cloves and nutmegs are quiet. Grocery grades of molasses are selling slowly and quotations show no appreci- able change. The supply is not over abundant. There is a steady average call for medium sorts of syrups at un- changed rates. Good to prime, 18@22c ; fancy stock will bring 28@3oc. The canned goods market is active and salmon and spot tomatoes are espe- cially ‘‘solid."’ The latter are worth $1.30@1.35 for Jersey 3s, and some quite large sales of Canada goods have been made at almost the same figures. The chances are that the remainder of the Canada goods will go to $1.40 and, pos- sibly, more. Reports of the pack now going on in Maryland are all very fa- vorable. The pack of peas will be of excellent quality and the output will be quite large. Everything indicates a profitable year for the ‘‘man behind the can.”’ Dried fruits show little change, Prunes are doing well, owing to some trading in an export way. Aside from this the demand is of the usual sort. Lemons, oranges, bananas, pineapples —the whole line of foreign fruits, in fact—are selling well and lemons show some advance, Sicily ranging from $2.75 @4.25. California navel oranges, $3.50 up to $6.50. Bananas, Aspinwalls, per bunch, $1.20@1.25. Butter is firm. Arrivals are easily taken care of and the market is in sell- er’s favor. Best Western creamery, 22 4C ; seconds to firsts, 20%4@22c; imitation creamery, 1744@20%c; Western factory, 17@I9¢. Full cream cheese is worth 9%@toc for colored; white, %c more. The mar- ket is steady. The demand and supply are about equal. Eggs are rather quiet, and yet prices are well sustained. Western fresh gath- ered, firsts, 18c; fairto good, 17@17%c; regular pack, 16@16%4s—__ Galifornia Grocers Bu ying Sugar Direct. California retail grocers can now buy sugar from the refinery. The California & Hawaiian Sugar Refining Co. has been selling direct to the trade through its local agent. While the sales through the agency have as yet been compara- tively light by reason of such heavy stocks being purchased during the period of price cutting, many dealers aver that they propose taking advan- tage of the direct buying, as the local agency carries stock in Portland, and the differential means much to a re- tailer. The California & Hawaiian Re- finery is fighting the Trust refineries, and in thus selling direct to the trade at refinery prices hopes to offset the ad- vantage gained by the Trust’s combina- tion with the jobbers. With the excep- tion of one firm, .the wholesale houses in Portland buy exclusively of the Trust, and the retaliatory measure adopted by the California & Hawaiia people of sell- ing direct is expected to weaken the combination and throw much of the trade to the local agent, as the differen- tial is a strong inducement to retailers, especially in the matter of sugar, on which there is so small a margin of profit. 38 HIGHEST AWARDS in Europe and America Walter Baker & Co.'s PURE, HIGH GRADE = COCOAS AND—— CHOCOLATES Their preparations are put up in conformity to the Pure- Food Laws of all the States. Grocers will find them in the long run the most profitable to TRADE-MARK handle, as they are absolutely pure and of uniform quality. In writing your order specify Walter Baker & Co.’s goods. OTHER goods are substituted, please let us know. Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. DORCHESTER, MASS. Established 1780 eS 1 i (i CAS} 5 We are the largest receivers of eggs in this section. We have a large and growing demand for Michigan eggs ; and can handle all you can send. We guarantee prompt returns and full market value on all consign- ments. We have been established 35 years and have a reputation for honesty and fair dealing. We refer you to the Third National Bank of Baltimore or the Mercantile Agencies. G. M. Lamb & Bro. 301 Exchange Place, corner South Street, BALTIMORE, Md. PSBEAAAESEASASASASACECE eS Butter I always want it. E. F. Dudley Owosso, Mich. GOHOOVOGHHHHYHHHHHHHHHHHHHHG OOOOOOOOO000000000000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 PINEAPPLES > > > , » Are now in great demand owing to the scarcity of other fruits. The supply of this de- ; licious fruit is larger and prices lower than in several years. We are the largest receivers > > > > > > SN SASaes S)CSCayal cS EMSS NSCS SASS SASS 6 | PSR ASSESS SEAS SAIS SESSSSSSSSSOSSSSSSSSSSS SESSSSSSSSSSOSSSSSOSSSSSS 3 in this market. Send us liberal orders. Weare headquarters for New Cabbage, New Potatoes, Tomatoes and all home grown and Southern garden truck. THE VINKEMULDER COMPANY 14 AND 16 OTTAWA ST-, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Ab bb bh bbb bbe hbhoe SHIP YOUR BUTTER AND EGCS Eee Ne ene R. HIRT, JR., DETROIT, MICH.., and be sure of getting the Highest Market Price. 7 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 Woes of the Grocer Who Was Too Tender Hearted. Unfortunate, indeed, is the merchant with a tender heart. ~ Nine chances out of ten he won’t be a good business man. He'll be buncoed right and left by people whose great specialty is pushing tender hearts along. He won’t be able to steel himself against tales of woe that ring brassy and false to men of less tender hearts, The best illustration of this is a gro- cer whom I have known well for years. He is a genial, whole-souled fellow with unlimited capacities for getting business, but very limited capacities for keeping bad debts down. This fellow was first a railroad con- ductor. He tired of the road and wanted to settle down, so he started a little gro- cery store on a side street in a smal] inland town. Well, as I say, the fellow was general- ly liked. His manners were pleasant, he was obliging and, above all, wasa hustler. He began to do business right away. Things went along all right with him until his trade outgrew his first little store and then he moved uptown and took a place about three times as large. Business prospered here, too, for he took the most of his old trade with him and soon got a lot of new. His bad debts grew just as fast as his business-—-if not faster. The man simply couldn’t refuse anybody credit. The worst old fakes in the town—people whom every boy knew were deadbeats— would go to Jim and get a big order of goods. Why, the mere labor of putting them down in the daybook was wasted, for he would never get a cent. Just to show the man’s temperament, I will recite a colloquy that 1 heard in his store once. An old colored woman came in, and bowed and scraped before him. ‘*Well, Mandy, what’s the matter to- day?’’ he asked. ‘* "Deed, boss, shuah!’’ she said. Then the old mammy went on to tell a bad-luck story. Her old man, who worked around a foundry, had the rheu- matiz so bad he had to lay off. She her- self could have gotten washing to do if she hadn’t had a bone felon on her hand, and she held up a _ bandaged finger to prove it. To make a long story short, the old lady wanted to buy some groceries on credit. She would be sure to pay for them as soon as her old man went back to work, which she thought would be next Monday. She called ‘‘Gard A'mighty’’ to witness that she was tell- ing the truth. fs The grocer listened as attentively as if some lawyer had been telling him that somebody had just left him a thousand dollars. Then he ordered a clerk to get her the goods. The clerk went about it so suilenly that when he came back to where I was to get a mackerel | said: ‘*You don’t seem to relish your job.’’ ‘*By gad!’’ he said, ‘‘that man ought to have a guardian! Why that old nig- ger is the worst dead beat in town! She’s beat everybody, and she’ll beat us. He knows it, too! Gad! I believe he’s the easiest mark on earth!’’ That was my friend Jim, by one of his clerks. Hecouldn’t help it—he was naturally born open-hearted. Go into his store with any kind of an old story and Jim would swallow it without wink- nuff’s de matter, ing. You can easily imagine the con- dition of his ledger. Jim stayed in his uptown store for about three years and his books got so clogged up with bad debts that he had to do something. He stubbornly refused to sue anybody, because he said it was his own fault—he shouldn’t have trusted ‘em. Ali of which was true, but the lesson didn’t do him any good—he’d do the same thing right over again. Finally he heard of a good opening in another state, about fifty miles away, and he sold out and went there. I understand he’s doing well there— Jim will always sell goods—but I'll bet anything that the crop of bad debts is already being sown. Jim told me himself when he left town that he had nearly $5,coo on his books. ‘“How much of it is good?’’ I asked. He hesitated. “*Not much,’’ he finally admitted. So he went away and left the whole muck behind—a rather costly monument to the foolishness of an unduly tender- hearted man. The man who succeeds in business is the one who is fond of using the phrase, ‘‘Business is business,’’ and who sees nothing wrong in,taking interest when he lends money to his own mother.— Stroller in Grocery World, >_> _ The Man Who Worked. ‘“You have been with that firm a long time,’’ said the old school friend. “‘Yes,’’ answered the man with the patient expression of countenance. ‘“What’s your position?’’ ‘*I’m an employe.”’ ‘But what is your official title?’’ ‘“T haven't any official title. It is like this: When the proprietor wants some- thing done he tells the cashier, and the cashier tells the book-keeper, and the book-keeper tells the assistant book- keeper, and the assistant book-keeper tells the chief clerk, and the chief clerk tells me.’’ ‘*And what then?’’ ‘‘Well, 1 haven’t anybody to tell, so I have to go and do it.’”’ ——__>¢.__ The miller who builds up his busi- ness, whether in flour or feeds, on qual- ity is bound to win. Besides this, he reduces his traveling expense. 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A eee RE ROY TN 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Woman’s World Keeping Up Tactics Which Were Success- ful Before Marriage. The question of whether a woman should remain as ugly as she was made or whether she has a right to circum- vent nature by art and be beautiful al- though ugly is a problem that originated with the first plain daughter of Eve and has been under active discussion ever since. Most women incline to the side of art, holding that a woman is as pretty as she looks and that how she does it is her own trade secret, which she is not bound to tell to anybody; but a curious complication has arisen in the situation through a legal decision that has recent- ly been handed down in lowa. Near Des Moines, in that - State, it seems that there was a young man who fell in love with a young woman whose chief glory was her lovely chestnut locks. It was the old, old story of beauty leading by a single hair. The amorous youth wrote sonnets to his lady’s tresses. He caressed the little tender curls above her white brow and wore a glorious silken curl, like a talis- man, above his heart, until, alas, in an evil hour he discovered that his sweet- heart’s hair was only hers by right of purchase. At this he was so infuriated that he broke off the engagement and cast the lady and her false locks out of his life forevermore. The forsaken damsel thereupon brought a suit for breach of promise, but the case was de- cided against her, as the court held that by wearing a wig she had won the man’s love under false pretenses. Fortunately, there will be few who will side with this unaesthetic opinion of the judge. In a charming comedy that was presented in New York during the past winter, the hero, a disgruntled youth, who is all for unadorned simplic- ity and the naked truth, rails out against society and the fact that one never sees women except with all their paint on. ‘‘And for that you ought to thank heaven for all its mercies,’’ re- turns his mother, who knows her world. And so say weall, Rational beings who want to get the most pleasure they can out of life are thankful for every- body who pads the angles of existence, and I, for one, never see a homely woman who has created an impression of beauty where there is none that I do not feel personally grateful to her. If all the women who have lost their teeth went about with toothless gums; if all the women with scanty locks scorned the coiffeur; if all the thin women dis- dained padding and all the fat ones looked as big around the waist as they are; if all roses were nature’s, and there were no powder or rouge or eyebrow pencils, what a lot of scarecrows we should have. Let us be thankful we are spared the painful spectacle. But this matter of winning love under false pretenses has another aspect and a very serious one. There can be no man- ner of doubt that a vast majority of the domestic infelicities in the world are brought about from the fact that both men and women, consciously or uncon- sciously, deceive each other. During the days of courtship they put up a bluff of virtues they do not possess, of beauty that is an optical illusion and charms that do not belong tothem. They are willing to make any kind of glib cam- paign promises, but when it comes to delivering the goods in the dull, prosaic years of matrimony, they fall short and the trouble begins. Now, so far as the right or wrong of rouging or dyeing her hair or wearing extenders is concerned, | hold that it depends on the way it is done, It is only immoral to rouge when you do it inartistically. I£ a touch of color on her cheeks or a dash of peroxide on her hair changes a plain woman into a pretty one, it is manifestly her duty to her fel- low creatures who have to look at her for a woman to do it, but if she en- snares a man’s affections by these arts, she has no right, the minute she is married to him, to drop the beautifying process. Many a man who marries a girl whose daintiness of appearance has charmed him and finds that, after a few months of matrimony, she has de- veloped into a dowdy sloven in mother hubbards and curl papers, must feel that he was as completely taken in by false pretenses as if he had bought a gold brick. Nor is this all. we put upon beauty, not many men really marry a woman because of her rosy cheeks or golden locks. Ninety- nine times out of a hundred what wins a man’s love is sympathy and what he marries for is to secure an unwearying listener to his hopes, his plans and bis troubles. Women realize this, and if you will watch one trying to please a man, you will see her hanging on his words as if they were the inspired ut- terances of an oracle and laughing at his jokes, although she may have heard them a hundred times before. In sharp contrast to this is the atti- tude of the average wife. She does not feign an interest she does not feel ; she does not pretend to be amused when she is bored. Nota bit! She lets her John or William have her opinion with a brutal frankness that is enough to shake the last lingering bit of conceit out of him. Now I maintain that this is not only a mistake on the wife’s part, but is dishonest as well. When a man under- takes to pay a woman’s board and clothes and keeps her in_ bargain-coun- ter money, he expects to get his reward in admiration from her, and whenever she stops burning incense before him she is cheating him out of his just due and what she led him to anticipate. It must be pretty rough on the man who loves flattery and who has married some woman because she has so deftly tickled his vanity, to find out that after mar- riage she is as chary with compliments as if they cost money. Never to have been loved is a misfor- tune. To have been loved and to have lost the love is a mortification, because it is a proof of incompetence. If more women would make good on their ante- nuptial platforms and keep up through married life the tactics that won them husbands, we should hear less of domes- tic unhappiness and straying husbands. Fewer men marry for money or for po- sition or for homes than women, and if a woman does not keep the love she has won, it is generally her own fault. This thing of winning love under false pretenses, however, is not an ex- clusively feminine device, by any means, Men do it continually. Every man, when he is in love, pictures to his sweetheart a kind of elysium in which they are to dwell and in which he is going to be continually kneeling at her feet, breathing vows of eternal devotion and feeding her on chocolate creams. Her will is to be his law, her slightest desire his command he picks up her handkerchief for her for fear she In spite of the stress |- A Drawing Card for Business Trade, in a steady stream, comes to the store that carries a well stocked line of In-er-seal goods. 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Some good 20c articles in the package. package; you will buy more. GEO. H. WHEELOCK & CO., South Bend, Ind. Try one MICHIGAN TRADESwWAN 21 will fatigue herself and then, as soon as they are married, he lets her get up and get breakfast and fetch in the coal. Do you suppose for a minute that the woman whose husband goes to his club night after night, leaving her to pass lonely evenings at home, would have married him if she had known she was to spend her life in solitary imprison- ment? Not on your life. He won her under false pretenses. She thought he desired her society. Do you suppose the woman whose husband growls over every cent he gives her and who makes her feel like a beg- gar every time she asks for a new dress, would have married him if she had known she would be degraded to the level of a street mendicant? Never in this world. She would have gone out to work and made her own independent living. He led her to believe he was the very soul of generosity; he lavished money on her in the days of courtship, and she never dreamed that it was all a false pretense. Do you suppose the woman who is married to the mummy man would have married him if she had known that all the conversation she would ever get out of him would be a growl? Not much. She would have looked farther. You would not believe it, but that man was gay and chirpy in society—he is still when he gets away from home—and what took her fancy was his geniality. You see, poor girl, she did not know it was not for home consumption and so she got taken in. And so it goes. Prabably there is no remedy for it and men and women will go on tothe end of the chapter trying to appear more attractive to each other than they are; but I repeat again, a deal of misery would be saved if, after marriage, they would keep up the tactics that were so successful before. Dorothy Dix. > 0» Co-operative Housekeeping Conducted on Practical Lines. Sioux City, Ia., thinks it has solved the problem of co-operative housekeep- ing. Twenty-one residents of the suburb of Morningside have lived now for twenty weeks in independence and de- fiance of the servant girl and have dis- covered that by co-operative housekeep- ing the head of the family will save one-fourth of the cost of satisfying the appetites of the family. The Parkside Co-operative House- keeping Association, organized in De- cember, has cost each of the members an average of $2.35 a week, and has saved 81 cents a week for each. The Association has found that its plan will mean an annual economy to a family of four members of $178.48. This union kitchen was the first of its kind in the United States, the members say, but so successful has it been that another asso- ciation has been organized there in the Reinhardt flats, and two more will be formed in Morningside, to begin opera- tions, next September. Following the example of Sioux City people, fifteen families of Marion, Ind., have formed a co-operative association and recently been taking their meals in a specially constructed building. The co operative housekeeping plan solves the servant girl problem, which has be- come the terror of housekeeping, re- lieves the housewife of all the worry and labor of superintending the preparations of three meals a day and saves the head of the family a fourth of the cost. All the members of this Association live within a block of the home of Charles Senift, and there they meet to take their meals at two large tables. Three rooms are rented from Mrs, Sen- ift for $10 a month, including light and fuel for all the rooms except the kitchen. The housekeeper and cook gets $7 a week and her board, and _ two assistants get $1 a week andtheir board. The five women of the club form a com- mittee that makes out the bill of fare each week, and a man is chosen as buyer to serve for two weeks as assistant to his wife, or, if single, some other man’s wife. The congeniality of the members is secured by requiring a unanimous vote before a new member is admitted. The Association buys its food from retailers, but the purchases are in large quantities and the Association practic- ally gets wholesale rates, amounting to a saving of 15 percent. The fuel costs no more practically than in one family, meaning a weekly economy of $1.50. There is but one cook for the Asso- ciation, and, while she gets $7 a week, it may be assumed that the five families would snend at least $3 a week each for a servant, together paying $15. Adding the $1 received by each of the assistants to the salary of the cook, the families save $6 a week by pooling. The Association gives the cook and the assistants board, and this is two persons fewer than would be boarded if the same families were eating on the old plan so that $4.60 weekly is saved in this way. The 15 per cent. cut in the prices of food amounts to 24 cents weekly for each member or $5.04 a week for all}. twenty-one, The items of economy for the twenty- one people, weekly, then, are as fol- lows: Amount Saved. Oe SD _..-§ T58 DeEVARE WARES 0 6.co Servant PEOAG@ 0 4 60 POO! ae ete ese ee clan 5.04 Total.... $17.14 This means a saving of 81 centsa week for each member, or $3.24 a week fora family of four, amounting in a year to $178.49 of actual economy. ‘The social feature is a strong point in favor of he Association,’’ said Mrs. W. W. Brown, who originated the plan. ‘‘One learns to look forward to the 6 o’clock dinner with pleasurabie antici- pations, ‘*The plan has worked wonders in bringing into the fresh airthree times a day women who have formerly housed themselves carefully from cc ld, wind and storm. Families in which mincing at table and delicate appetites have been the rule have developed stirtling an- preciation for their meals, and the table is surrounded daily by good eaters. ‘‘Company at meal time has lost its terror. When a visitor drops in before dinner there are no longer furtive glances through icebox and store clos- ets,and brain racking problems of feed- ing a crowd with a dinner prepared for a few. Instead, there is plenty of time for visiting and hostess and guest are undisturbed by culinary plans and prep- arations. ‘*The success of the enterprise has given rise to the suggestion that a suit- able building be erected, with one or more well-equipped dining-rooms, each of which will seat about thirty persons. Interest in the plan has been aroused in other cities and states, and the officers receive many letters asking for infor- mation and details.’’ Following are samples of the bill of fare for a weekday and for Sunday: Thursday—Breakfast: Cereal, griddle cakes, syrup, bread and butter and coffee. Luncheon: Cold pork, potatoes, baking powder biscuits and __ butter, plum butter, tea and coffee. Dinner: Liver, niashed potatoes, pickles, tea cakes, bread and butter, strawberry preserves and tea. Sunday—Breakfast: Ham, fried pota- toes, syrup, crackers, bread and butter and coffee. Dinner: Stewed chicken, mashed potatoes, celery, white and brown bread, butter, apple pie, oranges, nuts and coffee. Supper: Bread and butter, cake, canned peaches, suet pud- ding and chocolate. —__.> +» __ If some merchants would take the money they are spending for what they call advertising and put it into season tickets for base ball games, they would get more genuine advertising out of it. Stock it Promptly! —You will have enquiries for—— HAND SAPOLIO Do not let your neighbors get ahead of you. It will sell because we are now determined to push it. Perhaps your first customer will take a dollar’s worth. You will have no trouble in disposing of a box. Same cost as Sapolio. Enoch Morgan’s Sons Co. Shipped aa knocked re F “TT e down. a Fe | te Takes first class SUNDRIES CASE. freight Also made with Metal Legs, or with Tennessee Marble Base. rate. Cigar Cases to match. Grand Rapids Fixtures Co. Bartlett and S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. WORLD’S BEST Ss. wok : FIVE CENT CIGAR ALL JOBBERS AND G. J. JOHNSON CIGAR CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ia a3 3 Et: H Pe H tas, Pies Fee Tope ma Che rpeye aries UNE Me Eee see whew <3 owe. ae Seen . Br Sih i haan ne nl ce CO Te Wats reise ae ogUcl gh Aaey oaieaneet yaaa eased edocs leet a ro SHAG beet pecan lie ELIA LEE, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware Implement Dealers as Traveling Sales- men. Two implement salesmen were recent- ly discussing the folly of some imple- ment dealers in giving up a business which paid reasonably well to seek po- sitions as traveling salemen. ‘There are plenty of applicants for positions,’’ said one, ‘‘but manufac- turers and jobbers do not recognize the applications of every Tom, Dick and Harry who thinks he is capable of mak- ing big sales, and, as a rule, they do not allow these applications to enter in- to consideration when making up salar- . ies. I know that half a dozen inexperi- enced men have applied for my place, at a smaller salary, but I am still at it and get a raise every year.’’ The other did not think the market was overstocked with good, capable men; but his experience had been that the constant stream of applications had a tendency to keep wages down. Em- ployers were inclined to give new men a trial rather than advance salaries. ‘*T think it is a mistake,’’ said one, ‘‘for a dealer to quit a business that makes hima comfortable living, to take a position that lacks a great deal of comfort, if it does bring more cash. There is not much joy to be found on the road. Talk about blue Monday! What an ultramarine hue our Monday bears! Starting out on the early train, to be gone one, two or perhaps three weeks away from our families and friends, sleeping in strange, uncomfort- able beds and eating—well, what don’t we eat?’’ ‘What kind of road men do ex-deal- ers make?’’ ‘*The best and the poorest. Success- ful traveling men are born, not made. A man may be ten years in the retail trade and make a dismal failure on the road. Another may be one year a dealer and score a distinct success when he takes to the road. I was thinking over this matter the other day and as near as I can remember, the most successful traveling men that I know in our line were formerly dealers. And, as I con- tinued to think, I recalled that some of the worst failures were formerly dealers also. It depends largely on the man. Here is a case in point: A dealer ina Central Michigan town wound up his business and went down to Jackson to get a job on the road. He had done pretty well in business, but he felt that he was cut out for the road. He went to a jobbing house and offered to go out for a month without pay ; he was so sure of success. Confidence is a good thing, but something else is required too. Well, they were one man shy. So they sent him out. They gave him a splen- did territory and a line of popular goods. He traveled six weeks and the total volume of his sales was only $178. He is now back home and I understand he is going to open up a store again. ‘*Here is another case of the other kind,’’ he continued. ‘‘A man who used to be a farmer, then a dealer, went out for a wholesale house. His career as a dealer lasted one year and ended ina disastrous failure. He started out for a small salary five years ago and now he is at the top notch. Every year he gets a half a dozen offers from as many different houses and his salary naturally keeps on climbing. He sells piles of goods and they say the losses on his ter- ritory are practically nothing, because he controls the very best trade. Intel- lectually, he is inferior to the other fel- low, and when he commenced traveling he certainly knew less about imple- ments. So, you see, it all lies with the man,”’ —___~_0 The Foundation of All Good Advertising. The saying of President Lincoln that one could not fool all the people all the time could be amended to read that one could not fool anybody all the time, es- pecially when applying to advertising. The very nature of advertising tends to cast a suspicion upon the statements. The readers of advertisements naturaliy believe that a merchant is making the attractions of his goods just as strong as possible and probably overstating it a little. Their experience may have shown that the advertiser was overstat- ing it a good deal. There are only a few advertisers whose statements are accepted as absolute truth, yet truth in advertising is the only sure foundation. When a merchant has made the people believe that every statement he makes in his advertisements regarding the goods he _ has for sale or the conduct of his store is absolutely truthful, has won the battle for success. It is no uncommon thing—in fact, it is a very common thing—to find firms who without any special effort, without much advertising, with almost no get- up-and-hustle qualities, make a success of their business in face of the most ac- tive opposition. They continue placidly along, apparently unmoved, their exist- ence unruffled by the activities of their competitors. The reason for this is that they have the confidence of the public in their vicinity; their patrons know they will be treated right in this store. The very enthusiasm of the newcomer casts suspicion upon him. He has yet to prove that his advertising, his effort to obtain trade, is based on absolute truth and fair dealing. Misleading advertisements, backed up by deceptive goods, may win trade for one season, and perhaps if the per- petrator is careful and does not overdo his trickery too badly he may last for two or three seasons, but sooner or later the trading public will find out that the promises conveyed by his advertise- ments are not fulfilled in the goods he sells, and then his name is anything that has a distinctly buried significance. In these days of easy transportation and widespread advertising mediums, no firm has the monopoly of business in any town, however small or remote, for if the people of the town can not get what they want at home—and this in- cludes fair treatment and good goods— and if they can not readily travel to some other town, the mail-order house is ready, with its prompt service and its absolute guarantees, to come to their doors and supply their wants. A mer- chant may be the main support of his local church and belong to every society within the utmost radius of his capacity for joining, put his name at the head of every contribution list that is laid be- fore him, yet he has no absolute hold on the trade of his vicinity unless he treats his customers with absolute fairness and backs up his advertisements, whether they be printed in the newspapers, painted on the fences or spoken in the highways and on the cross-roads by his emissaries, with the exact quality of goods that he represents. A merchant is not fair to himself who does not make an honest profit; a mer- chant is not fair to his customers if he makes a dishonest one. If you should ask any of the very successful retail merchants of our day what it was that contributed most to the success of their business, they would say, in substance if not in words, that it was honest goods truthfully advertised and sold at fair prices, LOCAL AGENTS WANTED FOR OUR . SAFETY GAS-LIGHT MACHINE SINGLE INSIDE LIGHT 500 CANDLE POWER APER HOUR INSIDE ARC LIGHT 8000 CANDLE POWER 26¢ PER HOUR 3 We want a well-known and responsible mer- chant in every town to install one of our Gas Plants in his own store, thereby getting the advantage of the advertising benefit of hav. ing the best lighted store in town, and act as agent to sell and install others. Will save eost of plant in six or eight months’ time and add a tidy sum to his bank balance in com- missions. Costs about $3.00 to install a plant. Your local tinsmith can doit. Write us for particulars to-day. THE PERFECTION LIGHTING CO., 17 SOUTH DIVISION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. “Up-to-Date” Lighting Supplies, Wholesale and Retail. State Agents Cosmopolitan Light Co.’s Gas Mantles. Sporting Goods, Ammunition, Stoves, Window Glass, Bar Iron, Shelf Hard- ware, etc., etc. Foster, Stevens & Co., 31, 33, 35, 37> 39 Louis St. 10 & 12 Monroe St. Grand Rapids, Mich. © © © ® @ © ® ® ® ® ® © © © ® © © © @ © © © © © © AWNINGS AND TENTS We carry the latest patterns in awning stripes. We rent tents of all descriptions, Oil Clothing and Flags Horse and Wagon Covers Harrison Bros. & Co.’s Paints and Varnishes are the best. 7 ee sY Mill Supplies THE M. I. WILCOX COMPANY 210 to 216 Water St., Toledo, Ohio MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 Some Donts Peculiarly Applicable to the Hardware Business. The time is past when a man with a few hundred dollars, without previous experience, can start a hardware store and become opulent before he is bald- headed. The evolution of trade de- mands more capital invested and a bet- ter business training than were required even a few years ago, Competition is much sharper, expenses, as a rule, are higher and the percentage of profit is much less. We have the catalogue houses on one side and the jobbers on the other, both bidding for our customers’ trade, and the poor retailer often feels he is ‘‘between the devil and the deep sea.’’ We might adopt some of the methods of the catalogue house and _ the department store with profit to our- selves. We don’t want to adopt all of them if we expect ‘‘honorable success. ’’ Last fall one of our customers, whom we have accommodated with long credit on our books more than once, was tempted by the alluring price quoted to order a cook stove from one of the cata- logue houses. The stove itself is well described in the soliloquy of Shakes- peare’s Richard III.: ‘‘Cheated of features by dissembling nature, de- formed, unfinished, sent before my time into this) breathing world, scarce half made up.’’ It never was a real good stove and was not piously inclined. In its travels it fell among bad friends and, when at last it reached its pur- chaser, it was ‘‘all broken up’’ by its treatment. Don’t think ‘‘I nearly cried my eyes out’’ with sympathy for the fool and his money that had parted. To protect our interests and defeat the piratical practices of unscrupulous competition, we must look to the manu- facturers and jobbers to assist us. Some manufacturers who are claiming not to sell the catalogue houses, are selling job- bers who supply them regularly, and they know it. ‘‘Oh! wise and upright judge,’’ tell us the difference. They can, if they will, dictate the price goods shall be sold at, or cut off the supply. By and by, when this hardware associa- tion shall have grown to its desired strength, we may demand some reforms for our better protection, and if not granted, refuse to hold up the hands of manufacturers and jobbers who do not assist us. Napoleon has been called a genius; Emerson says he was a man who under- stood his business. His ‘‘business’’ was successful until Wellington proved himself the better manager. Have con- fidence in yourself and your business; you must have both to succeed, but don’t think you are the only oyster in the soup. ‘‘ Pride goeth before a fall and a haughty spirit before destruction.’’ Business conceit bas injured more than one merchant. A little of Job’s humility tempered with some of Saul’s zeal, is better than having a surplus of either. Don’t think you can run your business successfully without advertising. Just which kind is the most effective and profitable is something of a problem. Most of us have theories upon the sub- ject which we have tested with more or less success. It is surprising how few hardware merchants realize the value of their show windows for advertising purposes. When properly cared for, they can be made to pay big dividends for the labor and expense given them. Don’t waste the valuable space they occupy by neg- lecting to wash the windows and change the displays often. Don’t think be- cause many of the goods you sell soil your hands and clothes, that your store must be kept exceptionally dirty. It may look like business to have your goods in such disorder that you must paw them over to find what your custom- er wants, but it is not good business, and there is no excuse for such slovenly methods. The old adage that ‘‘goods well bought are half sold’’ is not more true than the modern one, ‘‘goods well displayed will sell themselves.’’ With the improvements now offered for dis- 4 playing goods, the added expense is but slight compared with benefits received. No one but a ‘‘mossback’’ should be contented with sampling goods upon the original package. Don’t accumulate old stock. A little care and extra effort will often dispose of an article of slow sale at a profit. Thebargain table can be used to advantage with this class of goods, and when better methods fail, use the ‘‘old junk pile.’’ Have some system of keeping your catalogues and price lists so you can readily refer to them, and use the system. Except in cases where lists and dis- counts are used as a convenience, don’t neglect marking plainly the cost and selling price of every article for sale. If there is anything that will makea fellow with a short memory ‘‘warm under the collar’’ when he is in a hurry, it is fail- ing to find the price marked and com- pelling a customer to wait until the in- voice is hunted up. Don’t ‘‘turn down’’ the traveling salesman with a rebuff. He is our best price and trade reporter, and it is an exception when he is not a gentleman. He and his mission were actually predicted by King David in the Ioth Psalm nearly three thousand years ago, and his peculiarities are aptly de- scribed. Listen! ‘‘Day unto day ut- tereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard; their line is gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world.”’ When the jobber’s sales- man who visits you denies that le so- licits orders from your home manufac- turers, don’t disbelieve him, because he is probably telling the truth. It is another representative from the same house that calls upon your trade, and like the traditional bedbug, the jobber ‘‘gets there just the same.’ Don’t ‘‘blow’’ against your competi- tor. He has hoth a moral and legal right to conduct his business according to his own methods, however much they may differ from yours. Your criticism will but advertise him and his business, It is much better policy to be on friendly terms and speak well of him. Make friends, for the more you have the greater will be yourinfluence ; but don’t slobber over them, for ‘‘a wet mouth accomplishes nothing.’’ Don’t be pessimistic. Notwithstand- ing our trials and tribulations, there are a good many rays of sunshine in our business, and our lives and the lives of others can be made happier and _ bet- ter by looking upon the bright side of things. ‘'I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the right- eous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.’’ F. A. Powers. The Imperial Gas Lamp Is an absolutely safe lamp. It burns without odor or smoke. Common stove gasoline is used. It is an eco- nomical = Attractive prices are offered. rite at once for Agency The Imperial Gas Lamp Co. 132 and 134 Lake St. E., Chicago F. Bements Sons f[ansing Michigan. ement Peerless Plow When you sell a Peerless Plow it seems to be a sale amounting to about fifteen dollars; but consider that purchaser must come back to your store several times a year for several years to get new shares, land- sides, mouldboards, clevises, jointer points and other parts that must sooner or later wear out. During this time he will pay you another fifteen dollars, and you will sell him other goods. Bement Plows TURN JHE FARTH. We make it our business to see that our agents have the exclusive sale of Peerless Plow Repairs. E Bement’ Sons Jansing Michigan. Alu GENUINE BEMENT PEERLESS R&PARrS --?- BEAR THIS EABEL-o~. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS ! our Legal Rights as Original Manufacturers will be protected by Law. Tay ee ere nee ¥ oT eT RRR cos ORs i lala DAA a Sporn Py oer res Se pone aoe ee ER Te ee eC ey ee She eee Bigatti 2 sheared Pet iia 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Village Improvement A Strong Ally of the Village Improve- ment Society. Written for the Tradesman. There is only an occasional meeting now of the Society 1 have in mind, but a remark made by a rural visitor at the last gathering tended to make the mem- bers present believe that the leaven in the meal is at work however slow may be its manifestation. ‘Somehow you don't have anything to say about the farm folks. We are not all ‘hayseeds’and I go by a dozen farm- houses every day that would be im- proved if the people living in them were touched up a bit,’’ It did not take long to answer that the Same principles apply to town and country alike and that the farmer who really wants to improve his surround- ings will find all that he needs in the reports of the Improvement Society wherever located. If, however, a paper on ‘‘The Improvement of the Farm Dooryard’’ is called for there is noth- ing that the Societies will more gladly present. There,if anywhere, can the best results be produced and there, if any- where, must the greatest difficulties be overcome. Admitted or not admitted, it is true that the Czar of all the Russias and the American farmer are at the present writing the only instances of absolute power on the face of the earth. The in- fluences that control the one are no_ less potent than those which sway the other. Precedent and prejudice in both in- stances must be overcome to effect a change. From the New England farmer of the olden time among the New Eng- land rocks to his descendants on the Western plains, there is an undyingdis- like against ‘‘fussing in the front yard.’’ To the man busy with the whole farm there is something belittling in pottering with a flower bed and being caught mowing the grass ‘‘front the house.’’ The culprit so discovered is profuse with apologies and so makes the first statement easy that the farmer’s prejudice must first be overcome before his premises will show signs of improve- ment. In one instance the Society found the farmer’s wife its efficient ally. It was an unpretending homestead but full of delightful possibilities. It had been rented for a number of years and, like many another so mismanaged, was ‘‘all run down.’’ It slopes gently to the south and all day long basks in the New England sunshine. The soil is thin and the rocks are plentiful, but the hillside is full of springs and the sweetest grass grows there. The same sun and the same soil made the orchards famous and when the needed care was given them the brimming barrels and heaped- up bins gave ample evidence that pros- perity had come to stay. The fields, upland and lowland, showed it alike with the well-filled barns, but the sur- roundings of these and the home acre were not a joy to the eye. The chop- ping log and the woodpile were prom- inent in the front or side yard. Chips rotted where roses ought to have bloomed and burdock grew green and rank where hollyhocks and sunflowers should have stood. Not even a June rose dared to lift its fragrant chalice for the summer wind to spill and the venturesome chickweed was the only blossom-bearer that insisted on finding sustenance among the chips and other rubbish. Finally, one day came a change. The queen of the kitchen—she was worthy of her crown—sitting one evening on the kitchen threshold—the country twi- light knows no worthier throne—willed that the approach to her palace should be a waste no longer. Her decree was made known at once and the American Czar laughed at it. The objections were the common ones; but the Czarina, with the determination of a Catherine, compelled the indomitable Peter to re- move at once the chop-log of his ances- tors to the back yard. It went. The remnants of a long line of woodpiles followed and the ascending sun next day witnessed the removal of the moun- tains of chips that the years had ac- cumulated. Thus far the Czar went, but would go no farther. He would have no fence with white palings. There should be no bank wall, no white gate and no stone steps. Not even a lawn mower should be allowed to do its ab- normal work if the grass did grow. If ‘‘Well begun is half done,’’ the prosperity of that front yard was only a question of time and that a short one. Rome was not built in a day nor were those chips removed in a week. —__ Both wonders were accomplished in time and, when the last chip was removed and a hint of green gave hopes of a future carpet, Catherine with her own fair fin- gers fashioned a pair of birch-twig brooms and forced the reluctant Czar to help her sweep the front dooryard—a fact I am the more pleased to record because my own astonished eyes beheld the as- tounding sight. > Thus swept by royal hands the out- come was just as royal: The long-fallow earth was quick to respond to the un- usual attention. Vines were planted and they grew. There are beds of bright jonquils and flaming tulips and pop- pies. Honeysuckles clamber over the rustic porch: and with their swinging censers perfume the farm. Hollyhocks guard the white paling which ‘‘ wasn’t going to be built.’’ A big syringa bush stands sentinel at the gate that was never going to swing and the lawn, green as grasscan make it, is cut regu- larly once a week by a lawn mower that never was going to click in that door- yard ; and that blot on that whole farm, otherwise a charming piece of ‘‘ Para- dise Regained, ’’ was removed once and forever by making that farmer’s wife the ally of one of the most far-reaching in- fluences of public good which modern times have found. R. M. Streeter. —____> 2. ____ Bad luck is usually the first thing that comes to the man who waits. Do not neglect your opportunities. You will find scarely an imperfect berry in a package. That’s one reason why people like it. OLNEY & JUDSON GROCER CO., Grand Rapids All Kinds ty PAPER All Kinds BOXES ot Folding Do you wish to put your goods up in neat, attractive packages? Then write us for estimates and samples. GRAND RAPIDS GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN PAPER BOX CO. Box Makers Die Cutters Printers Letter Filing System Free to You for a Trial a complete outfit for vertically filing correspondence, invoices, orders, etc. Capacity 5,000 Letters The outfit consists of a tray and cover, with strong lock and key and arranged inside with two sets of 40 division alphabetical, vertical file guides and fold- ers for filing papers by the Vertical Filing System. This arrangement is designed for different pur- poses, one of which is to file letters in one set of the vertical indexes and invoices in the other. This tray has a sony of 5,000 letters, or equiva- lent to about ten of the ordinary fiat letter file draw- ers, and may be used to excellent advantage by small firms or offices having asmall business to care for. Larger firms desiring to know something about this new and coming system of vertically filing should take advantage of these Trial Offers. You need not send us any money—simply pay the freight charges—and at the end of thirty days’ trial, if you are perfectly satisfied with the sample tray, send us only $7.90 and keep it. If you are not sat- isfied with the tray for any reason, simply return it to us and we will charge you nothing’ If you send us $7.90 with the order we will prepay the freight charges to your city. Write for our complete Booklet F, giving full de- scriptions and information. The Wagemaker Furniture Co., 6, 8 and 10 Erie St., Grand Rapids, Mich., U. S. A. bide Colt “t-s° Generator Does YOUR Store Suffer by Comparison - with some other store in your town? Is there an enterprising, up-to-date = -. atmosphere about the other store that is lacking in yours? You may not .-Z21W - have thought much about it, but—isn’t the other store better lighted than ‘ yours? People will buy where buying 1s most pleasant. ACETYLENE lights any store to the best possible advantage. It has been adopted by thousands of leading merchants everywhere. Used in the city as a matter of economy. Used in the country because it is the best, the cheapest and most convenient lighting system on the market. Costs you nothing to inves- tigate—write for catalogue and estimates for equipping your store. Acetylene Apparatus Manufacturing Co. 157 Michigan Ave., Chicago Branch ‘Offices and Salesrooms: Louisville, 310 W. Jefferson St.; Buffalo, - 145°147 Ellicott St.; Da Minneapolis, 7 Washington Av. N n, 226 S. Ludlow St.; Sioux City, 417 Jackson St.; MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 25 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip President, JOHN A. WESTON, Lansing; Sec- retary, M. S. BRowNn, Safiinaw; Treasurer, JOHN W. ScHRAM, Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan Grand Counselor, H. E. BARTLETT, Flint; Grand Secretary, A. KENDALL, Hillsdale; Grand Treasurer, C. M. EDELMAN, Saginaw. Grand Rapids Coancil No. 131, U. ¢. T. Senior Counselor, W. S. BURNS; Secretary Treasurer, L. F. Baker. Gripsack Brigade, M. J. Rogan, Michigan representative for Wile Bros. & Weill, sails from New York July 5 for a two months’ visit to the home of his parents in Ireland. N. L. Heeres, for the past seven years city salesman for Geo. Hume & Co. of Muskegon, has engaged to represent the Oiney & Judson Grocer Co. His terri- tory will comprise Muskegon and the towns on the Pentwater branch of the Pere Marquette. The sympathy of the traveling frater- nity is extended to F. E. Bushman, whose wife died at Detroit, June 10, A short service was held at the residence in Detroit, the funeral and interment being at Burlington, the former home of the deceased. Wm. I. Law, who sells groceries for the wholesale grocery house of Hulman & Co., of Terre Haute, Ind., and who is claimed to be the highest priced gro- cery salesman in the country—being in receipt of a regular salary of $10,000 a year—has locked horns with the trades unions. The latter declared a strike on the street railway company at Terre Haute and adopted their usual tactics of stoning the cars, maiming the passen- gers, intimidating the public and boy- cotting those who insist on using the street cars. Law has always been re- garded as friendly to labor, but he drew the line between labor and anarchy and utilized the street cars whenever necessary. The result was an onslaught on him and his trade by the trades unions, including the appointment of a committee of fifteen strikers to wait on the retail grocers of Terre Haute and warn them not to buy any goods of Hulman & Co. So far as the Trades- man’s information goes it appears that the boycott is making no appreciable difference with Hulman & Co.’s trade, the only grocers who are intimidated by the anarchists being those who run sa- loons in connection with their stores. > 2 > Meeting of Board Pirectors of the M. K. of G. Detroit, June 7—Meeting called to or- der by President Weston. Full board present. Minutes of last meeting read and ap- proved. Secretary's report read and approved, showing receipts of $91 in general fund, $3,200 in death fund and $127 in de- posit fund. Treasurer's report was read and ap- proved, showing receipts of $435.06 in general fund, $3,207.79 in death fund and $283 in deposit fund. Disburse- ment—$246. 14 in general fund, $1,637.49 in death fund and $145 in deposit fund. Balance on hand—$188.92 in general fund, $1,570.30 in death fund and $138 in deposit fund. The following bills were allowed: M. S, Brown, salary...-.....-.. $164.55 J. W. Schram, salary ........... 68, 48 Tradesman Company............ 1,03 Champion & Perrin, stationery.. 16.93 M. S. Brown, stamps........... 10,00 Wm. K. Mcintyre, printing..... 20.75 George H. Randall............. 7.86 I AL Meston. soc see tl 6.77 1 Osetia, 10,06 Manley Jones... 608). 020. 352}. 8.62 James Cook... 5.508 5.54 CN a, 7.54 Mi S) Browns eo ie 6.92 Moved that the assessments for 1902 of C. T. Ballard be paid out of relief fund. Carried. Communications from Mrs. Chitterling and M. Matson read and ordered placed on file. Report of Manley Jones in regard to death claim of Mr. Coon received. Or- dered accepted and placed on file. Moved that claim of E. F. Coon be allowed and a warrant for $498 be drawn. Carried. Moved that claim of Alois Hoener he allowed. Moved as an amendment that the claim be rejected. Amendment lost. Original motion carried. Moved that the claim of James A. Smith be allowed. Carried. Moved that the claim of George A. Dibble be allowed. Carried. Moved that the claim of George K. Brown be allowed. Carried. Moved that the claim of O. R. John- son be allowed. Carried. Moved that the next Board meeting be held in Saginaw on the first Saturday in September. Carried. Moved that a warrant be drawn for $50 in favor of Secretary for stamps. Carried. Moved that the Board of Directors be made a cummittee to visit Battle Creek on date set by President Weston for the purpose of encouraging and organizing a Post there; that a special invitation be given James Hammell and Jobn Hoffman to accompany Board on said trip. Carried. Moved that brother Cook be made a committee of one to interview brother Ex-President Northrup and report his findings by letter to each member of the Board. Carried. Moved that a vote of thanks be ex- tended to brothers Howarn and Schram for the very hospitable manner in which they entertained the Board with a theater party and luncheon, and especially the kindness shown the visiting ladies. Car- tied. Moved that a vote of thanks be ex- tended to the proprietor of Hotel Nor- mandie for the use of his parlors and general good treatment. Moved that the Secretary be instructed to procure files for membership blanks. Carried. Moved that we adjourn. Carried. M. S. Brown, Sec’y. ‘Vinton Sine Sis Geen: Meniand. The traveling salesman had removed his family to a new boarding house and was taking his first meal with them at the new place. ‘‘Waiter,’’ he said, ‘‘bring me some hash. *’ ‘*Some what, sir?’’ asked the waiter politely. ‘*Some hash, hash is?’’ ‘*No, sir; we don’t have it here.’’ ‘*Can't 1 get it if I want it?’’ he asked dictatorially. ‘‘No, sir. If you want hash you'll have to go somewhere else.’’ ‘*Well, bring me some prunes then,’’ he said, changing the subject. ‘Haven't any prunes, sir,’’ responded the water. **No prunes?”’ “No, Sit,” ’ “‘Can’t I get prunes here, either?’’ ‘*No, sir; not here.’’ The new boarder was becoming ex- cited. “‘Tell the landlady to come here,”’ he commanded. The waiter brought in the landlady. ‘‘l am informed, madam,’’ he said, ““that I can get neither prunes nor hash in this house.’’ ‘*You have been correctly infomed,’’ she admitted with some trepidation, for he looked like a man who could pay. ‘“‘Am I to understand that those dishes will not be served here under any circumstances?’’ ‘*That's the invariable rule, sir.’’ **Very well, very well,’’ he said ‘‘I’ll see you after this meal and pay you for Don’t you know what a year’s board in advance.’’ “Michigan in Summer.” The Grand Rapids & Indiana Rail- way, the ‘‘Fishing Line,’’ has pub- lished a 48-page book about the resorts on its line, and will send it to any ad- dress on receipt of a two-cent stamp for postage. Contains 280 pictures, rates of all hotels and boarding houses, and information about Petoskey, Bay View, Harbor Point, Wequetonsing, Oden, Walloon Lake, Mackinac Island, Trav- erse City, Omena, Neahtawanta, North- port, etc. ‘‘Where to go Fishing,’’ two cents, will interest fishermen. Summer schedule with through sleep- ing car service goes into effect June 22. New time folders sent on applica- tion. C. L. Lockwood, G. Pl & T. A, 64 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. The Warwick Strictly first class. Rates $2 per day. Central location. Trade of visiting merchants and travel ing men solicited. A. B. GARDNER, Manager. You ought to sell LILY WHITE “The flour the best cooks use” VALLEY CITY MILLING CO., GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Beautiful Large Grain Carolina Sutton’s Table Rice Cotton Pockets. Retails 25c. A Rare Chance Having taken a_ stock of Gravity and Pressure Gasoline Lamps on an account, I am desirous of turning them into cash as soon as possible. Will sell entire or in lots to suit purchaser while they last. Write to-day. H. W. CLARK, Ann Arbor, Mich. Livingston Hotel Stands for everything that is first-class, luxurious and convenient in the eyes of the traveling public. Grand Rapids “i E ~ oN 4 : i a aed Contains No Oil trade marks. 12 India St. Also manufacturers of The perfect pure food dessert. quart of delicious pudding. Alpha “a New England ‘~ Salad Cream The Cream of All Salad Dressings This is the cream of great renown, That is widely known in every town. For even the lobster under the sea With THIS a salad would fain to be. 20 and 25 cents per bottle Valuable pillow tops given free for 5 H. J. Blodgett Co., Inc. Boston, Mass. Wonderland Pudding Tablets One tablet, costing one penny, makes a Benn RORORCEOROHCTOHOROHOHOHORONOZOReTONOKeEeZERS E@ TT, CTL CTE sett ree Nay “fa, Uff NAS & THe H.J BLopsertCo.Inc* BOSTON, MASS..U.S. A. >” mp Saen ee NAD acne glaesesbluk syeesrten gee slam rome neges eng oe as ea etna eala CM RE RE 4 Oy ces Pree errr a Re ae ese eee ee eee sirte-ctre ond eben trertne~ gn ae ienerr we ery nt reprise en SST ie, 26 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals Michigan State Board of Pharmacy Term expires HENRY Heim, Saginaw - - Dec. 31, 1902 Wirt P. Dory. Detroit- - - Dec. 31, 1903 CLARENCE B. STODDARD, Monroe Dec. 31, 1904 JOHN D. MUIR, Grand Rapids Dec. 81, 1905 ARTHUR H. WEBBER, Cadillac Dec. 31, 1906 President, Secretary, HENRY HEIM, Saginaw. Treasurer, W. P. Dory, Detroit. Examination Sessions. Star Island, June 16 and 17. Sault Ste: Marie, August 27 and 28. Lansing, N ovember 5 and 6. Mich. State Pharmaceutical Association. President—JoHN D. Murr, Grand Rapids. Secretary—J. W. SEELEY, Detroit. Treasurer—D. A. HAGENS, Monroe. THE DRUGGIST’S CALLERS. They Are Numerous, But Not Always Profitable. Written for the Tradesman, In this drug store where I go every day for a loaf, just as though it were a bakery, I have observed that a great many people who honor the druggist with their distinguished patronage are not highly profitable customers. They are just as particular as the man who has a $1.70 prescription put up and are apt to do a great deal more kicking about things than he does, There is, for instance, the woman who wants to buy patent medicines at cut rates. She thinks a dollar bottle of sarsaparilla ought to sell for about 98 cents, so the public could afford to buy more. She is one of these bargain-counter fiends and patrons of rummage and microbe sales and she thinks that everything ought to be sold at a discount of about 1% or 2 per cent. from the list price. I have no suggestions to offer as to how the drug- gist should deal with this customer. I can only narrate how this customer tries to deal with the druggist. Passing on,as the professional lecturer would say, to other highly profitable pa- trons of the drug store, we come to the postage stamp buyer. No druggist keeps stamps with the idea that they will yield him a profit, only in so much as the customer may happen to invest ina soda these hot days or buy some trifling article she has in mind to purchase on her shopping tour. The druggist ought not to bank too much on the post- age stamp as a trade puller. Have you ever noticed that your most regular post- age stamp patrons seldom buy anything else? Adhesive as the postage stamp is, it is not a success as a puller of trade. A good many of the druggist’s female customers seem to think that the druggist should sell postage stamps a little cheaper than the postmaster does in order to get the business. Tney imagine it is a case of competition be- tween the druggist and the local post- master, whereas in truth neither of them may care much whether he gets the postage stamp trade of the town or not. I once knew a man who had it in for the postmaster of his town. He used to send down to the county seat to buy his stamps, so the local dispenser of stamps would not get the business. He was a large buyer of stamps, but the post- master did not seem to feel very bad about losing his custom, since the man in question mailed all his letters at the home office. It was a fourth-class post- office and the postmaster’s salary was figured on the cancellations. We must not forget the small boy. To my mind he is the most unprofitable and the most forgivable of the bunch. He comes in on the druggist like bees into a buckwheat field—in swarms. Gener- ally he wants a free ruler, a calendar, an almanac or some empty cigar boxes. I.often wonder what the smail boy does with the empty cigar boxes he carries away. I have a suspicion the thrifty youngster is piling them up and when he grows to manhood he will have his mansion on Wealthy avenue equipped with hardwood floors throughout made from the cigar boxes he lugged away from the village drug store in boyhood. He certainly gets enough to do some such thing as that. I have heard that some of the boys, not so thrifty, convert these boxes into toy fiddles and bore holes into the bottoms of others, invert them and then go about inviting little lads in Lord Fauntleroy suits to see how many marbles they can drop through the small aperture—all that go into the box belonging to Fauntleroy and all that fall outside belonging to ‘‘the house.’’ If the small boy is successful in finding Fauntleroys he will not need to save up his cigar boxes—he can buy his hard- wood floors. I never feel vindictive toward the small boy ona still hunt for rulers and calendars and cigar boxes. It is the fault of his training. It is the great Yankee desire to get something for nothing, even although it may be worth less. His parents put him up to the almanac idea. Occasionally, his teach- er asks the school: ‘‘What boy will bring me a nice box to plant some seeds in for the school room window?’’ That afternoon there is a. deluge of empty boxes of all sizes and shapes, from the small wooden box, 1x2x3 inches with a slide top to the crate your last showcase came in. The teacher tells the boys they are all darlings and then goes and gets a box herself at the grocery. She does not give the druggist credit for a gen- erous heart and 800 feet of box lumber; neither should he fail to give the teacher all the credit for clearing his shed of desirable boxes. Then there is the one dose man, as 1 shall call him. He has a headache or a pain in the back or an earache or an ulcerated tooth, or perhaps, someone has discolored his eye or caused a nasal hemorrhage and he wants the druggist to do something for it. He only wants one dose. He thinks that will about fix it. He comes in with the expecta- tion that the druggist won’t have the nerve to charge him anything for his services. J think, if 1 were a druggist, I would disappoint him in this regard. He might discover it was more profit- able to lay in a supply of headache powders and liniment and _ toothache gum against such a contingency—and go to some other drug store and buy it. This article seeks rather to remind the druggist of his troubles than to pre- scribe a remedy. It certainly ought not to omit one man for whom the writer is at a loss fora name. He is the man who buys a 5 cent cigar, leans one el- bow and the weight of his person on your showcase until it creaks at the joints—the showcase, not his person— and blows blue rings of odorous smoke toward _ your newly-frescoed ceiling. When he is not blowing the smoke to- ward the ceiling he is wafting it toward the soda fountain until any patrons thereof that may be endeavoring to eat your cold concoctions in peace are forced to cover their mouths with their handkerchiefs and seek safety from suffocation in the open air. He makes the front end of the store look like the Newfoundland banks on a foggy day or the inside of a smokehouse in the busy season, What will it profit a man if he sell one 5 cent cigar and lose his soda fountain trade? If I were a druggist, I think I would display a sign something like this: Buy your three-fors here ; Smoke them in the alley. Douglas Malloch. ——__+ 02 —___—__ Field Occupied by the Registered Phar- macist. Written for the Tradesman. Is there anything about the knowledge a registered pharmacist must possess which makes him of any more value to the world than any other clerk? Of course a drug clerk is no better than any other clerk, but his responsibilities are far greater than those of the grocery or hardware clerk, He must spend time and money to prepare himself for his chosen profession. Night after night must he dig into chemistry until he is well enough versed in that science to satisfy the State Board. Many and many long hours must he spend over his materia medica until he knows as much of the science as the average practicing physician. He must cram his head with pharmacy until he knows from what source every drug or chemical is ob- tained, through what process it is put, what chemical changes have taken place and, besides the correct name, he must remember nearly all drugs by a half dozen different names by which they are known. After years of study and toil he may be able to pass the State Board exami- nation and secure his certificate. Then he begins to look about him for a situa- tion and naturally turns to the want columns of the various publications to which he has access. At the present time he is quite liable to find one which reads about like this: ‘‘Wanted—A__—siregistered pharmacist who understands how toruna soda foun- tain and can handle a paint and wall paper trade.’’ He has at last found his reward for his years of hard study. A chance to run a soda fountain, wash dishes and sell paint and wall paper, with now and then a prescription to rest up on! This is, indeed, a pleasant po- sition for a man who knows as much about medicine as _ half the practicing physicians, He thinks of the days when he was serving his apprenticeship, when he toiled all day and half the night at the soda fountain, or when, with his color card and step ladder, he ‘‘ handled a paint and paper trade’’ and longed for the time when he could become registered and could watch the appren- tice do this work. The time has now come—that is, he has become regis- tered—but the same kind of work is be- fore him. There is a slight difference, however: as he is registered now, his responsibility is increased and perhaps his salary is a dollar or two more than it formerly was. This is a pleasant state of affairs. It is enough to make a drug clerk quit his position and learn the blacksmith trade. It seems that pharmacy is nothing more than a trade, after all, and a registered pharmacist is nothing more than a la- borer and, instead of holding a ‘‘posi- tion,’’ ke has a ‘‘job.’’) = Tip Wills. The Drug Market. Opium—Is dull and without change. If anything, it is a little less firm than last week. Morphine—Is unchanged. Quinine—Is steady. Cod Liver Oil—Has advanced $5 per barrel and very much higher prices are looked for. Menthol—Is very firm and advancing. Paris Green—Is very scarce and ad- vancing under an active demand and a large crop of bugs in sight. Oil Spearmint—Is scarce and has ad- vanced. Oil Bay—Is scarce and higher. Oil Cloves—Is tending higher, on ac- count of an advance in the spice. Linseed Oil—Has advanced and is tending higher. - Fourth of July Celebration Buy your Flags, Welcome Banners, Torpedo Canes and Ammunition from the Grand Rapids Stationery Co. 29 No. Ionia St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Wrapping Paper and Twines It’s Like Throwing money to the birds paying a fabulous price when our $20 FOUNTAIN for a soda apparatus Will do the business just as well. Over 10,000 in use. No tanks, no charging a) oe required. Makes finest a ater for one-half cent a glass. Send ad- dress for particulars and endorsements. Grant Manufacturing Co., Inc. Pittsburg, Pa. FIREWORKS We makea Specialty of Public Exhibitions and can furnish Displays for any amount on short notice. Estimates submit- ted to committees for approval. Advise the amount you wish to invest ir Fireworks and send for one of our Special Assortments with programme for firing, giving the best possible effects. Catalogue on ap- plication. Fred Brundage, Wholesale Druggist, Muskegon, Mich. Buckeye Paint & Varnish Co. PAINT, COLOR AND VARNISH MAKERS Mixed Paint, White Lead, Shingle Stains, Wood Fillers Sole Manufacturers CRYSTAL ROCK FINISH for Interior and Exterior Use. Corner 15th and Lucas Streets, Toledo, Ohio. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27 WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT on Spearment, Paris Green. Linseed Oil. Decl Acidum Conium Mac......... 80@ 90} Scillze Co.. @ 50 Aceticum $ 6@s 8 Soe +--+ <- - Lape 1 25 t Potutan .... @ 50 Benzoicum, German. 7 15 Canone .. 0... 1 30@ 1 35} Prunus virg be al Sata @ 580 Boraole .. a 17 oe” ee ee oc : 00@ : = Tinctures a 2 29 cocces ss | Oe pe oltcum .. ean = 45 | Gaultheria .... 1.2.2 2 00@ 2 10 | Aconitum Napellis R 60 Hydrochlor.......... 3@ ~=sB | Geranium, o @ 75| Aconitum — 50 Ritroeam a 8@ 10 et. ‘Sem. eal. 50@ 60 | Aloe oe 60 Oxalicum............ 12@ 14 = - 165 : _ a S 15 untpera . ... -<:. ... 13 AXLE GREASE doz. gross aurora . ...55 6 00 Castor Oil.. ----60 7 00 on see tec = 425 i ah a eI 9 00 9 00 Mica, tin boxes.......75 3 ____eonienenere 6. & BAKING POWDER eosee © Egg 44 1b. cans, 4 d0z. case......3 75 % Ib. cams, 2 doz. case...... 3 75 1lb. cans, 1 d0z. case.....-. 3 75 5 Ib. cans, % doz. case...*..8 00 1% lb. cans, 4 doz. case...... 45 \& Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 85 1 Ib. cans, 2 doz. case...... 1 60 Royal 10csize.... 90 14 Ib. cans 1 35 6 oz. cans. 1 90 \% Ib. cans 2 50 % Ib. cans 3 75 ilb. cans. 4 80 3 Ib. cans 13 00 = 5 lb. cans. 21 50 BATH BRICK POROEIOIR oes occ nces coe eos 70 English.. toe eeceee ss OP “BLUING Arctic, 4 oz. ovals, per gross 4 00 Arctic, 8 oz. ovals, per gross6 00 Arctic 16 oz. round per gross9 00 Small size, per doz.......... 40 Large size, perdoz.......... 75 BROOMS Mo. 1 Carpet... ............2 ™® No. 2 Caton... 2 2 25 No. 3 Carpet... oases ce ae No. 4 Carpet... 1 75 Parlor Gem.. fesse ae Common Whisk. ieee oe nae Abi gga bbe aanines Warehouse. . acoso eee ae BRUSHES | Milwaukee Dustless Wie 1 00@3 00 Russian Bristle.......-. 3 00@5 00 Discount, 3334 % in doz. lots. Scrub Solid Back, 8 in............. 45 Solid Back, £0 oon ike, 95 Pointed Ends...............- 85 Shoe eS eo Gi eee ee 1 00 I i ees eee ee ence, 1 30 i _ENENRIRRE SEN ICA ES 1 70 ae Cs oe ie 1 90 Stove Be. Ss. ...5...... 7 No. 2 -1 10 No. 1 . -1 75 BUTTER COLOR W., R. & Co.’s, 15¢ size.... 1 25 W., R. & Co.’s, 25¢ size.... 2 00 = aga Electric Light, 8s cmap ee Electric sa 168....... -+-.12% Parafiine, 6s..... oe aeewa ig 5.10% Parafine, 128. pasa neke apes eke CANNED GOODS Apples 3 lb. Standards...... 110 Gallons, standards. . 3 35 Blackberries Standards ........... 80 Beans ea eae 1 00@1 30 Red Kidney.......-.- 75@ 85 eS 70 ee cee 75 Blueberries Standard ...........-.- 90 Brook Trout 2 Ib. cans, Spiced.......... 1 90 Clams. Little Neck, 1 Ib..... 1 00 Little Neck. 2 Ib..... 1 50 Clam Bouillon Burnham’s, % pint.......- 1 92 Burnham’s, pints.......--- 3 60 Burnham’s, quarts.......- 7 20 Cherries -_ ——— ee Wee. oe ee. oe Corn ae a 80 eee 85 weeny ....._......--- 1 00 French Peas Sur Extra Fine.........--- 22 Extra Fine.......--..+---- 19 MMR. oe ooo evens ee cien asec 15 Moyen Scns pues il Gooseberries Standard .........+.- 90 Hominy Btandard... ..---.-- 85 Lobster Star, % Ib........--+ 2 15 et ip... - 3 60 Picnic Talls.......- a 2 40 Mackerel Mustard, 11b.......- 1 75 Mustard, 2lb.......- 2 80 Soused, 1lb........- ° 1 75 Soused, 2 Ib......-.- 2 80 Tomato, 1Ib.......-. 1 75 Tomato, 2 Ib........- 2 80 Mushrooms * 18@20 Buttons... -.-.-- B 22@25 Oysters Gave: 4i..:....-.--- Gave, 21D... ..;:-.-.-- Cove, 1 1b Oval...... Peaches a Toe =... . Pears Standard ............ Moen. -: 3... Peas on ee 1 00 Early June.......... 1 00 Early pay Sifted. . 1 60 Plums Plams.....- 85 Pineapple ees ......----- +s 1 25@2 75 Hieee.. - 1 35@2 55 Pumpkin Fair .. 1 00 Good . 1 10 Fancy ne 1 15 Raspberries Standard........... i 1 15 Russian er 14 Ib. cans..... 3 75 46 Ib, CANS... -<. 022... 0. o+-- 7 00 1 Ib. can.. weno ae Salmon Columbia River, talls @1 85 Columbia River, flats @2 00 Red Alaska.......... 1 30@1 40 Pink Alaska......... 90@1 00 Shrimps Standard ............ 1 50 Sardines Domestic, \s........ 3% Domestic, %s rei 5 Domestic, Mustard. 6 California, 14s....... 11@14 California 4s...... - 17@24 French, }48s.......... 7@14 French, S....-..... 18@28 Strawberries Stan pees a ae OF oo 1 25 Succotash es Sos ck ee 95 LS ee 100 Panay 22 ...2 25. -.-. i 1 20 it 4 5 MOGG. .ocst ce 8 Pais... ..- ree 1 30| Dwinell-Wright Co.’s Brands. Se EE ey * page orm 1 35 5 Coffee Cake, Iced. 10 Gallons............ 3 60 Coffee Cake. Java..... ». 10 CARBON oms ee Barrels panei Lee couse nies 16 BOoeMe .... 22.2 002+ seee @il Pee Pe nen? eens Perfection..........-- . @10 Cream crisp pee ee ee 10% ee Currant Fruit 12” asoline......... @12%| [Renmeerraee = | Currant Fruit............. Deodorized Naphtha.. - e10% —- eared Be oceiieg ce 12 oe oe Ginger Gems,ligeoraimil 8 Black, winter........-- 9 @10% = er Snaps, = C..;. a CATSUP Grandma, Cakes. eeeceot ie Columbia, pints.. cece oe2 00 raham Crackers......... 8 Columbia, % pints... eocee ce voce 1 2 a aie Son. : - ‘ . Wingers...:........ 2 — White House, 1 Ib. cans.. or foney — bodes 0 Acme.. @12_ | White House, 2 lb. cans..... Imperials.. le Amboy .... @11% | Excelsior, M. & J. 1 Ib. cans Jumbles, Honey........... 12 Elsie... ..... ee eeee eee @i2 Excelsior, M. & J.2 1b. cans Lady Fingers.............- 12 — ie Box ae M. & J., 1 Ib. cans. Lemon Sna oe MM. ws 2 ee were ee ee ee oyal Java........-.------» | | Lemon Wafers.........¢.. Gold Medal. ........ @11% | Royal Java and Mocha...... ee i Ideal . enser se @ , | Java and Mocha Blend...... Marshmallow Creams..... 16 JOTSOY....... +--+ 2+ @12 | Boston a iN Marshmallow Walnuts.... 16 Riverside. penecennete D12 | Ja-Vo Blend,.... .....-.---- BE Bes cs ote pan 8 Brick.......-+------+ 4@16 Ja-Mo-Ka Biend..20.... Mixed Picnic.............. 11% Edam .......---++++++ Distributed by rOiney & Judson | yixk Biscuit............... ™ Leiden ......---++++- @17 | Gro. Co., Grand Rapids, C. El- | Molasses Cake.........--- 8 Pineapple... a re soo75 — . Co. ee B. aa Molasses Bar........-..--- 9 neap erg & Co., Kalamazoo, Symons | Moss Jelly Bar.........-.- ‘ Sap Sago.. - 19@20 _— & Co. > Saginaw, peten | aw oo ee 12% rocer Co., Jackson, Meise : CHEWING GUM Goesehel. ‘Bay City, Flelbach oo American Flag ee " > Co., Toledo. Orange Crisp...........00+ 9 eee ae epsin .. 05 | 5 Telfer Coffee Co. brands - Orange Gem.. ee ae a 9 a Se eae uuege enny Cake..... : Langons Gam Mate = No. 0...00000 0 ites 9% Pilot Bread, mu 7% Ce a te ee eee etzelettes, hand m Sen Sen Breath Perfume... 1 00) No" y40000° 0.2 14 | Pretzels, hand made...... 8% 5B | NO. 16.......--.eeeeee cere eee 16 | Scotch Cookies... a. Me Me eo. ee cee 18 | Sears’ Lunch.............. 7% Me ee 20 | Sugar Oake........ 2.2200. 8 Tee ee 22 | Sugar Cream. XXX.. 8 ee ee 24 | Sugar Squares,............ 8 oot NO ee OG | SHRMRER eo 13 Ce eee 28 Tutt Frutti.. os ae sis OL fico cae 20 | Vanilla Wafers............ 16 Schener’s.....--- Leaveves sess 6 Tied Crass 2.02). eo. 24 | Vienna Crimp............. 8 CHOCOLATE eee E, J. Kruce & Co.'s baked good Walter Baker & Co.’s. Se a 14 ee German Rweok.) 2.02 ...055t 23 Delivered in - Ib. lots. Writ Saar eae pales list emium. ss bale uae eerei o Breakfast Piebeh..- + ---0-2 MB) Common... oo os. oe sos 8 with interesting discounts. Runkel Bros. ee Scere eee oon ae 2 CREAM TARTAR Oe ae Series se sgieesecio a aa tance 5 and 10 Ib. waste boxes. ...30 et Bulk in sacks... ee Premium.......- DRIED ‘einen CLOTHES LINES Fair - “3 | sunartea . Apples Sisal Faney «ere. ceeese eevee coos Evaporated, 60 Ib. boxes. G0 60 ft, 3 thread, extra.. 1 00 | Peaberry......... ee eau teen Prunes 72 ft, 3 thread, extra.....- “ol . M eC nm aie a. ceases 90 ft, 3 thread, extra...... ee 13 80-90 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 4% 60 ft, 6 thread, extra...... 291 Choice... i "el Soe KOS ...... @ 5% 72 ft, 6 thread. extra.. > DOXOS ........ @ 5% jut stcictaiaie 60 - 70 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 6% — ClO 13 50 - 60 25 Ib. boxes ...... @i% WOT MARGY..c 17 40 - 50 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 8% 90 Guatemala 30 - 40 25 Ib. boxes ...... 9 Oe PIN an nse 13 1¢ cent less In 50 Ib. cases Java California Fruits IN oe oe oo occ co eee ees 12 80 | Fancy African .............. 17 10 Go See 25 8% (elie. oe 31 @o% Mocha , = Arabian....... etcees wets oe a1 Pack: ; = New York | Baste, “9 | Arbuckle....... ws a COCOA Valley City % gross.. 75 sins loveland..........-..-+--2-- 41] Felix % gross. PIII: 15 | London Layers 2 Crown. 1 75 Clev London La c Colonial, 4s . 35 | Hummel’s foil % gross te ‘sa — Ks. eile - Hummel’s tin % gross ...... 1 43 teen ames ne . ee a Gl Omen | eee meeneencrews | 2 Van Houiten, WS... -eceee eves 12 | Gail Borden Eagle ducucaszad seit e ae 4Crown Pe = a 8 = Crown... seddewettas cA timer ema ee —“; an Houte ecedccdecce ce aisy.. / oo ccee ee 7 ee ’ v= Houten, Mc eeu > Champion - ie 2 —- mee So dseteetauiss .. ces c - tea et ee ee Oe ’ Wilbur, 48.-:...-.:-----++- 41] Cha lenge Se ae a FARINACEOUS Goops Wilbur. 48 wiepsvoscoeoesoe oe 42 Dim BS ee Dried Lima.. i 5% COCOANUT Milkmaid De clcidic dol pews-eoaeee 6 10 | Medium Hand Picked” 1 75 ee POR 3 85] B H Dunham’s \4S.....---- ---- 26: | NWeatiog. 2 ‘osu —— seer ee? 25 Dunham’s 4s and 4S..... 26% | Highland Cream........-... 5-08 | os 3 tb, packawes na + oe Dunham’s 4S.----+-----+- 27 | St. Charles Cream.. -4 50 | Bulk, oe 100 Ibs.............2 80 Duakam S WS. - seer seee es = Peerless pees om 4 00 Ho ming" cacetet. iis cccsccccocmced coosece Flake, 50 Ib. sack. . ies 90 COCOA SHELLS N ational Biscuit Core brands | Pearl, 200 Ib. Dbl...........- os = 20 Ib. bags... ie % Buiter Pearl, 100 Ib. sack........... 2 50 Toss quantity --- De 3 _ = Seuae co san cosues = {Maccaroni Sogo Vermicelli De ebeu tan uk omestic, 10 Kiscascecs' OO Pound packages ......... © [Wamilg (ol... oss le 6% | Imported. 25 Ib. box......-.. 2 50 COFFEE I cee ee ae 6% Pearl Barley Roasted Weobverins., -............... 7 | Common... 4 eoce'cnocdcd OO F. M. C. brands Soda XXX . oo oS Ee eS 2 75 Mandehling..........---.-.. 90% | Soda, Clty. Is ae 7 Purity... .---+--++++--+-- "2.28 | Long Island a... ... 13 | Green, Wisconsin, bu.......1 90 Mot ete oo. 28 ZEDUYTOUE................. 1 Green, Scotch, bu........ : 72222 00 Monogram ........-...+++++- 26 Oyster Sone i ee an Special Hotel.:.............. 23 ace Sone eet aheues pegs 7% Ree Oats Parkerhouse.....:........... 21 seeeseeeee 7 | Rolled Avena, bbl...........6 40 Rimes... sc 17 Eatra aoe tiaies” Ses ce eaeae 7% | Steel Out, 00 ‘Tb. sacks...... 2 80 Fancy Maracaibo. . --16 | Saltine Oyster............. 7 | Monarch, bodl...... gcccawoee 5 00 Maracaibo................. 13 Sweet Goods—Boxes Monarch, % bbl.............2 62 Porto ea pi vee testers 15 ee acest eer toas 10 Monarch, 90 Ib. sacks.......2 40 Marexo csopereesccsessed ive ASDESOG ORMS....3....... 10 FP, CASOS..........2...-5 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 29 10 Grits GRAIN BAGS PLAYING CARDS Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand, Amoskeag, 100 in bale .... 1544 | No, 90, Steamboat......... 90 Amoskeag, less than bale. 15% No. 15, Rival, assorted “i i 20 Yo. 20, Rover, enameled.. 6 ee ee NG. 022, Speci#i:... ........ 1 75 Ww No 98, Golf, satin finish.. 2 00 ess, Wile. os. 79 No. 808, Bicycle : Wheat, red... wi 8, eet was : 00 Winter Wheat Flour 0. 632, ournam’t st. 25 Local — POTASH Patents.. poacecewe ed 2 Oo in case. Straight. wie . > Bepbits oo ees eer weeene 3 Second Straight. | ee . = —_ — enn a 2 Oe a d 3 60 Cases, 24 2 Ib. —— eh 2 00| Sackwheat.. | 4 30 rans Barreled Pork oan ee ace Mant tngia. 3... se. . 3 | Subject ‘to ‘usual cash dis- a ieee o = German, gg package.. 4 fe flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ae cut = = Flake, 110 1b. sacks......... 4% | “Bale: : MOMs 17 50 Pearl, "130 Ib. sacks....... . 3% uae ee as —_— Family Mess Loin... 20 00 Pearl, 24 1 Ib. p_ packages. ---- 64 | Diamond \s.........--.... , - Cease. @i18 50 kaa heat ws Diamond s.......... ri Dry Salt Meats 242 By, packages ....1...71..288| Worden Grover Cos Brana, enna = FISHING TACKLE Gunkor 45... .... ...s... 400 i Extra shorts......... 10% yo 6 ag ts 4 00 ditiiend tien He tos Mehes. .. 6:00...) 7 g Wheat Flour an ee 1% to2 inches............... 9 Clarke rowel Wolls = = Brand | Hams, 121b. average. @ 12% 1% to? tienes... .. 2.2.2. - 11| Pillsbury’s Best \s.. 4 50 | Hams, 141b. average. @ 12% a 15 | Pilisbury’s Best 44s. . 4 = — 16lb. average. @ 12% OG Wieeee ce 30 Hae 8 = is 43 _ - oo average. 3 = tt Li sbury’s Best %s paper. 4 30 | Ham dried beef..... No. 1, tofect.- ia suai 5 | Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper. 4 30 shoulders (N. . ¥. cut) @ 9% No. 2, 15 feet.. _........ | Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand cas —- Sesigess 12 @ 12% Nad ifoek g| Duluth Imperial }s....... 4 40 a a a hams..... 94@ 9% Wo. 4, 15 feet. 000 2. 10 | Duluth Imperial %s....... : 30 = . ow = 19 Coe 11 | Duluth Imperial 4s... ;..._ 4 20 | Plenic Bolle jams 14Q 11% ees n 2, 12| Lemon & Wheeler Co.'s Brand | Berlin Ham pr’s’d | 9@ 9% moe. 7 161600... :......-...... 15 Winwold 568.............. 4 40 nce Hams ....... 94@ Nec S todepe 18 | Wingold 348.............. 4 30 Lard No. 9, 1S feet 99 | Wingold %s.............. 4 20 | compound........... 8%@ 8% Linen Lines Olney, & Judson’s Brand | Pure.j...ecceccesess GUL LL EE a 20 | Ceresota 8. 4 60 | 60 lb. Tubs..advance % Tee, 6 26 | Ceresota 34s.. 4 40 80 Ib. Tubs..advance %& ME oo os cl 34 | Ceresota s.. 4 30 Ib. Tins... advance 50 Ib. Vv 4 Poles Worden Grocer Co. ‘s | Brand 20 Ib. Pails..advance x Bamboo, 14 ft., per doz.... . 50} Laurel %s... : 40 | 10 Ib. Pails..advance % Bamboo, 16 ft . per doz...... 65 | Laurel 48.........------+- ‘ 30 5 Ib. Pails..advance 1 Bamboo. 18 ft , per doz. 80 — , Bee Toanttay _ 4 20) s am Malle advanre fi) FLAVORING EXTRACTS iu a a8 D Pp V egetole. . - oe- seceee 8% ausages FOOTE & JENKS’ rola ot eens ceeceeee es 70 Bologna . . oe 6 Food and’ WiiisGaiin | | VOR cone --------0 8% rankfort ........... @8 St. Car Feed, screened.... 25 50) Pork ................ 8i% No.1 Corn and Oats... .. 2h 00 Blood ie 6 Highest Grade — —— o—_ —— a 2 co Tongue .. So anni o lla, on inter Wheat Bran....... 9 00 | Headcheese.......... 6% Lozteia 120 1o0zfullm go| Winter Wheat Middiings. 2 00 ee , 20zfullm 2 10 20z full m.1 25 | Screenings ................ 9 00 No. 8fan’v 2.15 No.&8fan’y 1 7F Oats Extra Mess.......... Carlota 46% | Boneless............. 14 00 Car lots, clipped........... 60% | Rump, New ... 15 50 Less than car lots......... Psy "Feet orn ¥ bbls., 40 Ibs....... 170 Corn, car — craces | GO ing 3 2 = ay i S., ae 7 50 Vanilla Lemon No. 1 Timothy car lots.... 10 00 Tripe 20z panel..1 20 20z panel. 75/ No, 1 Timothy ton lots.... 12 00| Kits. 15 Ibs 70 3 0z taper..2 00 40z taper..1 50 HERBS % bbls. 40 ibs... a 1 50 ——_ desde. sentence % bbls., 80 Ibs....... 3 00 — Laurel Leaves. .........----. 15 “ene ee ee 7 oa fe rounds. ........ * INDIGO Beef middles........ 12 Madras, 5 lb. boxes . as So | OB cies ccs cs 65 S. F., 2,3 and 5 Ib. bores.....- 50 Butteri —- Solid, dairy oe @14% < ag ge ~ dOZ........ 1 = Rolls, dairy....--..-- @15 —— : olis, creamery..... 17 Ge ty, PAM... sc 72 | Solid; creamery... 18% LICORICE Canned Meats Pure. 30 | Corned beef, 2 Ib.... 2 50 om 00 | Ear = oo . —; = Ib... 17 = No.4... 152 No.3T... 2 08| Siclly.............. oast beef, 2 Ib...... + 2 Oz. Assorted Flavors 75¢. t xe oc, = —— — i fl cllatalas = ur Tropical. ec 2 oz. full measure, Lemon.. 75 | Condensed, 2 doz............1 20 | Deviled ham, “s vets : << omen = a ~ Condensed, 4 doz....... 1.1.2 25| potted tongue, is. 50 Oz. m A , 4 oz. full measure, Vanilla. 1 30 MEAT EXTRACTS Potted tongue, s.. 90 Standard. Armour & Co.’s, 2 02...... 4 45 RICE 2 oz. Panel Vanilla Tonka.. 70) Liebig’s, 2 0z.............. 2.75 Domestic 2 0z. Panel yer gaa 60 MOLASSES — — Dee ene qemeic es 8% Tan wesink, er DOX.........- New Orleans Carolina No.2...............5% ig Pp Tanglefoot. per case... .... 3 20 | Fancy — —_ ee cee 40) Bromee ..... 22 os... is FRESH MEATS hoice . eee one e 35 Beef e Wee ec 2r Cc oa 2 eae. eee 22 Porequastara . 6%@7%! Half-barrels 2c extra Hindquarters ... — MUSTARD 2 @ Horse Radish, 1 doz......... 1 7E Horse Radish, 2 doz......... 3 50 Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz........ 1 75 OLIVES Bulk, 1 gal. kegs........ 135 Bulk, 3 gal. kegs 1 20 Bulk, 5 gal. kegs. 1 15 Manzanilla, 7 oz. 80 Queen, pints... 2 35 Queen, 19 0z 4 50 Queen, 28 02. 7 00 Stuffed, 5 oz 90 ee — 1 = oz. 2 Careass ........-.-++- 6 @ 8% PICKLES FRUIT CAN WRENCH. Medium Triumph, per gross.......- 9 60 GELATINE | Hair pbla; goo Sount...20-7778 0 | Knox’s Sparkling.....-... 12 xe rng mam Sutton’s Table Rice, 40 to the Knox’s Sparkling pr ae 00 Small bale, 2% pound pockets ....734 Knox's Acidulated........ 20 | Barrels, 2,400 count .........9 50 Knox’ s Acidulat d,pr gross 4 = Half bbis, 1,200 count .......5 25 Scie — orted. Ke nai 1 3 PIPES Japan, No. 2............5 @ WMS os. 5ee-es es 1 50 | Clay, No. 216.................1 70| Java, fancy head........ @ Cox’s, 2-qt size.........-.- 1 61 | Clay, T. D., full count....... 65) Java, No. 1....... ¢ Cox’s, 1-qt 81ze...... +... 110 Ee a Se Best grade Imported Japan, 3 agp pockets, 33 to _ Cost, ot packing in cotton “poek- ets only %c more than bul SALAD CREAM 2 doz. Alpha (large size)... 1 doz. Alpha (large size)... 3 doz. Alpha (small size).. SALERATUS Packed 60 Ibs. in box. oa Arm -— wnavmite 3 15 Deland’ 00 1 85 1 90 95 Dwight’s Cow.. aia Emblem. sed 10 L. a | Wyandotte. we 0 3 00 SAL SODA Granulated, bbis............ 95 Granulated, 100 Ib. cases....1 00 Lump, bbls.. oe Lump, 145 ib, kegel 95 SALT Diamond Crystal Table, cases, 24 3 Ib. boxes..1 40 Table, barrels, 100 3 Ib. bags.3 00 Table, barrels, 407 Ib. bags.2 75 Butter, barrels, 280 lb. bulk.2 65 Butter, barrels, 20 141b.bags.2 = Butter, sacks, 98 IDS......... Butter, sacks, 56 Ibs......... ar Common rn 100 3 Ib. sacks.. Sadec coe oo 60 5 Ib. sacks.. Se 28 10 Ib. sacks.......--...... 2 05 OG lh). GReNs. ... 8... 40 po 22 Warsaw 56 Ib. dairy in drill bags Ce 40 28 Ib. dairy in drill bags. .... 20 Ashton 56 lb. dairy in linen sacks... 60 = ns 56 lb. dairy in Iinen sacks... 60 Solar Rock SG HD. aaeks. 8 Common Granulated Fine.. acs oo Medium Fine.............. 90 SALT FISH Cod Georges cured......... @ 5% Georges genulne...... @ 6% —— selected...... @ 3% Sed scone @ 5¥ Strips or — - Pollock. .... @ 8% Strips.... Chunks.... Tr No. S fg) Ibe. 3... SO Not ibs. .............. 260 Ne. t 10s... 70 No.1 8lbs.. Scacees 59 Mackerel Mess 100 Ibs. . cone Se Mess 40 Ibs. . ccccceee 4 0 Megs i0ibe, 0000000001) 210 Mosse . Sibe. ....-... 0255. 91 ee ee ne ING: t Mie... Ee ee ee 8% ine. 2 100 ie... 8... 73 Mos SM. 0... 8 a) Na? Mie ........ 98 =. oe. ..wULULUCUC 73 Herring Holland white hoops, bbl. 10 25 Holland white hoopsbbl. 5 25 Holland white hoop, keg..75@s5 Holland white hoop mchs. 85 NOrWwOm@ian.....<. 2... os Round 100 Ips... ...........- 3 35 Hound 4 1ps............... 166 Seat nes 10% POGSONH. eo LL. Whitefish No.1 No.2 Fam oe is... .... 6 3 40 ae... .°.. 3 00 1 65 0 We... 223. 80 49 S es... .-.. 67 42 SEEDS Aes 8. So Canary, SMYyFAa..... c.ccc. oe 3% Caraway . - 06 Cardamon, Malabar... “+1 00 lise cole eral oe eclcecaal ed oa 1 Hemp, Russian.............. 4 Mixed Bird.. doisetecaccs & — white.. Sec ip cuales : oppy, deca cicecsice Cuttle Rone... .14 SHOE BLACKING Handy Box, large......... 2 50 Handy Box i: GMM. on... vn 3 1 25 Bixby’s Royal POH cos. 85 Miller’s Crown Polish..... 8 SOAP Beaver Soap Co. brands 100 cakes, large size......... 6 50 50 cakes, large size......... 3 25 100 cakes, small size......... 3 85 50 cakes, small size......... 1 95 Single box. . eT 5 box lots, delivered ....... 3 30 10 box lots, delivered ........ 3 25 Johnson Soap Co. brands— Serpor Mie ...... 23... c.. 3 65 Calumet Family.... ..... 2 75 — Panny... ...... 2 85 WG co 3 Jas. S. Kirk & Co. brands— Dusky Diamond.......... 3 55 Jan MORG ts 3 75 Savon Imperial.......... 3 55 White. Russian .......... 3 60 Dome. oval bars. ......... 3 55 Satinet, oval.. <., 2 58 White Cloud.. coves 4 10 Lautz Bros. brands—— ae Ramee. oo... 4 25 Oe eee 3 65 Miarsenies..-. ....... :.:. 4 00 Master 3 70 Proctor ‘& ‘Gamble brands— SS 3 35 Ivory, : - pete tee eae ae 4 00 very, er... -o.. 6 75 Schultz Py Co. brand— Se a ee 3 40 Search-Light Soap Co. brand. “Search-Light’’ Soap, 100 Pea solid bars...... 3 76 A. risley brands— Goce heer... .. 400 Old Cavity... <0 .<. so... 3 40 Scourin Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz...... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, 3 doz......... 2 40 SODA DORON Gg Megs, English. ....:......... 4% SNUFF Scotch, in bladders.. 37 Maccaboy, in jars.. ‘os oo French Rappee, in jars a 43 SPICES Whole Spices Manic... 2... 4... 12 Cassia, China In mats..... 12 Cassia, Batavia, inbund... 28 Cassia, Saigon, broken.... 38 Cassia, Saigon, in rolls.... 55 Cloves, Amboyna.......... 17 Cloves, Zanzibar........... 14 ee 55 Nutmegs, 756-80............ 50 Nutmews, 106-10. .......... 40 Nutmegs, 115-20............ 35 Pepper, Singapure, black. 18 Pepper, Singapore, white. 28 Popper. sec... .......... 20 Pure Ground in Bulk Allspice... 16 Cassia, Batavia... onnee 28 Cassia, Pee Sse 48 Cloves, ee 17 Ginger, African ........... 15 Ginger, Cochin. -. ........ 18 a —- Boe coeeee 25 Mustard Deca sek oe ee 18 Pepper, Singapore, black. 17 Pepper, — — 25 Pepper, Cavenne.. : 20 tage yh STARCH Kingsford’s Corn 1-Ib. pacKkages........... 7% 20 1-Ib. packages........... 7% Kingsford’s Silver Gloss 40 1-Ib. packages........... 7% 6 Ib. packages........... 8% Common Gloss 1- Ib. packages -_ packages. 5% 6-Ib. ee 6% 40 and 50-Ib. boxe: 4 Rae. 4 Common Corn 20 1-lb. packages.. 6 40 1-lb. packages.......... bY SYRUPS Corn ertom... ..... 2, 2s... oe alt ee ss 28 10 lb. cans, % doz. in case.. 1 80 5 Ib. cans, 1 doz. in case.... 2 05 2% Ib. cans, 2 doz. in case. ..2 05 Pure Cane MMIC os cecvccocspcesscarces | ae STOVE POLISH <= J.L. Prescott & Co. Manufacturers New York, N. ¥. a PE = S = y ‘ en Be f No. 4, 3 doz in case, gross.. 4 50 No. 6, 8 doz in case, gross.. 7 20 SUGAR DOMING o.oo eae a es 5 15 Crganeg : oo. ct. co 5 15 Cree... 4 90 Powdered . . £m Coarse Powdered. ....... 475 XXXX Powdered......... 4 30 Fine Granulated. .......... 4 65 21lb. bags Fine Gran... .. 4 85 5 lb. bags a Gfan...... 4 80 Mould a ee Diamond A 4 65 Confectioner’s A.. 4 45 No. 1, Columbia ri 4 36 No. 2) Wiideor 4... ... 4 30 No. 8, Ridgewood A...... 4 30 No. 4, Phoenix A ......., 42 No. 5, Empire A........ «a 22 ne Co a 4 05 NO fo ee we. 2. . . LO eee Ne tt. ........ Se WG. 1260 ae NG. Te cc ae Ne... ee Ne. te oe NG 16.0 3 65 TEA Japan Sundried, medium .......... 28 Sundried, choice........ ...- 30 Sundriod, fancy. ............ 40 Regular, medium............ 28 Regular, oholce ............; 30 Hoewular, faney .... 1 deccce 40 Basket-fired, medium....... 28 Basket-fired, choice......... 35 Basket-fired, fancy.......... 40 ee oe cue, 27 Sittings... ...:...'. Seeucuue 19@21 Panmngs............ 0... 20@22 Gunpowder Moyune, medium... Moyune, choice . Moyune, fancy.... Pingsuey, medium Pingsuey, choice...... ae Fingsuoy, fancy......2...... 40 Young Hyson ChOtee ee. ee 30 Maney......... Sic ee eeece cece 36 Oolong Formosa, fancy....... jececas 42 Amey, mediim..............20 Amo, choles... .... 1.2... 6.03 32 English ne oo on Choice. . 34 Oe occ. co ee 42 India Cavion, choice... .......5..... 82 A cece eee cs 42 ~eeeoee Cig: BH. &P. Drug C Co. *s + beans Fortune Teller... . 85 00 :& S Our Manager.. Quintette.. G. J. Johnson Cigar Cos cnn. Cc _~ oO. Wien ne ccs ust cl. Oe Cigar Clippings. per !b..... 26 Lubetsky Bros. brands Ee Be 35 Daily wanes eee eet 35 00 Fine Cut Unele Dawtiel........ 0000.5: 54 Oribwa. ......5....:. «04 Forest Giant.. . 34 ae Spray.. --38 Jadillac..... aie Soest Loma. ..38 Golden Top. 27 Hiawatha. 57 Telegram 26 Pay Car... 32 Prairie Ra 50 Protection. . 38 Sweet Burley 40 Sweet Loma 38 ee 39 Plug WAG FeO. 33 Creme de Menthe...........60 se oregapN Daina ours ise eo 39 ee ce 33 Swoot CR oe cas 37 One ee ae 33 ee ieee 82 ee ee ee 36 Pe ce cae 36 PRIORI oe occ s soee cs 41 tele Ave el a, 37 American Eagle............. 54 Standard Navy.............. 37 oo cee 56 OF. occ coca te , 8 02. eoeve cece 4 ees, 84... veer sere 4B oe aie ee eee panna LN AENEAN TO TORT SLi MICHIGAN TRADESMAN i3 14 Hardware Price Current eee ee eee 38 Mop Sticks Mixed Candy ao osiy. oe achebebecehe 44 Trojan sp ring wie. ae GroCers........cccece @6 a ween D4 Eelpse ‘patent spring. ...... = Competition Bea cc @ 1 le Piper nda No, 2 patent brush holder :: 85] Conserve... came @ 7% Boot Jack... ...... 202 cece ceee 81 12 b. — op heads..... ‘= Mr @ 8% Jelly Cake. . oo +86 | [deal No. 7.-........... e200 Ribbon @9 + anon dE ene a i Broken........ 2.0.0. 2s. ONney VIP LWISE..........-- -hoo Was cc ice Loads ue seine Smoking shane en seeceeceeecel 70} English Rock..... @9 49 | 2-wire, Cable.. aeeee.--el 60 | Kindergarten .... @9 Hand Pressed............... sche aie “1 70| Bon Ton G ; © 8% Ibe 28 ’ ream - “36 | Cedar, all red, brass bound. 1 25 @9 “"35 | Paper, Eureka. 2 25 @i0 37 | Fibre.......... ciel ae = os 29 inka oothpicks .....2 Bo | Crystal Cream mix.. @13 :.27 | Softwood . 1.2 75 Fancy—In Pails aioe: Banquet.. --1 50} Cham b. rye Gums. 8% BE Se 1 50 5 --37 Traps 12 --87 | Mouse, wood, 2 holes........ 22 12 --41 | Mouse, wood, 4 holes........ 45 9 34 | Mouse, wood, 6 holes........ 70. rt] Dried . 22 | Mouse, tin, 5 holes........ aoe 10 Duke’s Mixture. 38 wood... 005 ee 80 10 Duke’s — pisdee ss sccuue - Batceprin€. 2 chook. 75 @12 Wem vam ee | a TM re =: Cream... Phebe sade eo 2 Kelipse Chocolates... 3K Corn Cake, 244 02..-.+-+.-0+- 24 | 16-inch, Standard, No. 5 00) Quintette Choe...... @12 Corn Cake, 11b.............- 22 | 20-inch, Cable, No. 1.........7 50 Yictoris Chocolate @15 eu Mae. 1X =... 40 | 18-inch, Cable, No. 7 00) Cine Drops - 7. Plow wey 3% oz... co 16-inch, Cable, No. 3 6 00 | Moss Drops... soeecece @3 haenbeae ween SILENT ga | No.1 Fibre.........- [sa o9 Peerless, 13 OZ.......... +++ 36 | No.2 Fibre. 7 9 | Ti EA 9 Indicator, 244 0z......... —— -- -7 29) Teal. Cream Opera. 12 Indicator, 1 = pails Wash ‘Beards a ie Bonbons on 0 oice, ae Seuee --2 50] 201b. palls......... Col. Choice. 8 0Z....-.------ ‘21 - Z — —— = a - Pi Se Single Acme....000......-"""2 38] Golden Waities O12 ble Peerless........... a LEA & - Single Peerless...........-. 2 60 core cg ia 5 Ib. Boxes . PERRINS —s MINI 00] Peppermint Drops:. — @60 AUCE Good Luck..................-2 75 | Chocolate Drops.. = S Unieorsal 2 25 H. =. Choe: Drops. “I The Original and Window Cleaners Dk. oe @1 00 eee = gum Dra Ss or — s 2 30} Lozenges, plain. @55 Lea & Perrin’s, pints Co 5 00 Lozenges, printed.. @60 Lea & Perrin’s, % co 2% . 75| Imperials............ @60 ee - ee ee we - 375 “"1 00 Mo toes... @60 Balt oI ..1 75| Cream Bar.........- @55 Salad Dressing, large. .... 455 "777°" "2 59 | Molasses Bar.. @55 Salad Dressing, small..... 2 75} 591n. Butt “ttt '" I! "'g 00 | Hand Made Creams. 80 @90 TWINE aa 1 75 Cream Buttons, Pep. =. : > aaa : _ Assorted 15-17-19 . .---2 BO sont, Wink. ......... @65 yp BLT cee ew wees wo easesee WRAPPING PAPER Sees eccee @65 _. ” ply ee = Common Straw............ 14% | Wintergreen Berries @60 Flax im sae a eng Fiber Manila, white....... 3% Caramels Ww i, 1lb Dalis ce eer ae ™% Fiber Manila, —* ---- 4%] Clipper, 20Ib. alls. @ 8% 00! (Salle... ‘oi oe. : 4" | Setlection, 26 he pis 2. VINEGAR Cream Manila............. 3 | Amazon, Choc Cov'd @15 Malt White Wine, 40 grain.. 8 | Butcher’s Manila.......... 2% | Korker 2 for 1c pr bx @b5 Malt White Wine, 80 grain..11 | Wax Butter, short count. 13 | Big 3, 3 for 1c pr bx.. @b3 Pure Cider, B. & B. brand...11 | Wax Butter, full count.... 20 | Dukes, 2 for ic pr bx @60 Pure Cider, Red Star........12 Wax Butter, rolls......... 15 Favorite, 4 for ic, bx @60 Pure Cider, Robinson.......12 YEAST CAKE AA Cream Car’ls 31b @50 Pure Cider, Silver........... 12 ee 100 FRUITS WASHING POWDER _ nk, B@OR <5 scl 1 00 amen Diamond Flake......... .. 2 751 Sunlight, 1% doz............ 50 | riort —— @ oe 3 25 east Cream, 3 doz..........1 00 Florida Brig ht. a @ . --4 50) Yeast Foam, 3 doz.......... 100] paney Navel... o : = Yeast Foam, 1% doz........ 50 | Extra Cholee aoa @ 7] 2 65 FRESH FISH Per Ib. Late Valencias...... 2 » | Seedlings............ a LITE T 4 go] Mite fn. ....seeseee 9 8 ao. 4 00@4 50 Hoseine is guageominen $73 | Biaok Baa. wang c— CUD oe Halibut. “ i. as. eens bens Geeks 3 70 Lemons ’ s or Herring.... $ 5 ea hibcch« bees wbehinn ; = a g a @ 12 Verdelli, ex fey 300 @ Lcnasoes mene wanes nese Live i abet a @ 20 Verdelli, oe 3 a — *? @ 10 | Verdelli, fey 360..... @ Haddock |... ... "23 @ 10 | Cali Lemons, 300... @4 00 No.1 Fickerel oe @ 7 | Messinas 300s....... 4 50 = a ee OP8 Pa @ 7 | Messinas 360s....... 3 75@4 25 MENG. <.. .... 2. > ose 3 50] Perch... oS eS g 5 Bananas coo ae — @ 10 | Moatum bunches.... 1 50@2 00 No. 1, per gross..............80 | Col River Salmon...12%@ 13 Lar ne ane No. ?, per gross..............40 | Mackerel.............. @ 15 No. 8. per gross..............55 Oysters. : @ WOODENWARE On Oysters Cal. pkg, 10 lb. boxes @ Baskets F. H. Counts........ 60 | Extra Choice, al Bushels .. ee had Selects. .... vaney, Tia, ib @ Bushels. wide band. . ..1 15 | Selects ........-.--.. ancy, a0 : Market ....... -- 30 HIDES AND PELTS XOS...+0. @ 8 lint, Bee perc tke 6 00 Hides Pulled, 6 Ib. boxes... pint. i 5 00 7 ” 8. Spit me ic 8 o6 | ai aoe : Willow Clothes, @.......5 50 @ 8% —— _- xes 6% Willow Clothes, medium ....5 00 @ 7% a ae . CASES. @ Willow Clothes, small....... 4-75 @ 9% e Bradley Butter Boxes 2 Ib. size, 24 in case......... 72 @9 3 Ib. size, 16 in case......... 68 5 Ib. size, 12 in case......... 63 10 lb. size, 6 in case......... 60 ah — = Butter Plates No. 1 Oval, 250 in crate...... 40 Shoariings aoe ee 10@ 25 stat wha. 50 | No.1 nisi @6 Sean: mana i. , te eeee e Sees ee wees ee wees ts. reno es. 12: No. 5 Oval, 250 in crate...... 60 No. cteke og @sé — soft shelled 4 Churns hed a @18 California No.1... 12 @13 Barrel, gals. cach-........2 401 Washed’ medium... _ qar | Zable Nugs, fancy... i344 Barrel, 15 gals., each........2 70 | Unwashed, fine. .... 13@15 | Pecans, Ex. Large... @13 Clothes Pins oe — rename @14 Round head, 5 gross box.... = ekory Nuts per bu. @ Round head, cartons........ uts, fail sacks gs s — Chestnuts, Pean bu... yom co =a = > F HP — No. 2, complete ...... vise ha 13| 3 ee : 7 ~ 54@ 5% Faucets eens lea “et Cork lined, 8 in.............. 55 | Jumbo, 32 Ib... @™%% aioe H. P., Extras Cork lined, 9 in.............- 65 | Extra H.H... 10% | Choice, H. P., Cork lined, 10in............. 85 Boston Cream. 0 Beoeeeee . ...... 52. 3 Cedar. 81n............ese000. 651 Boot Rew 8 'Span.ShildNo.in’w 6%@ 6% ican tciienscilientsySaienbniensmetiicaiiebiinhlamast Ammunition ~~ G. D., full count, perm........... .... 40 Hicks’ Waterproof, per n. 50 Musket, per m....... Seis baie ee 75 Ely’s Wal rproof, ‘per m.. Cees 60 Cartridges | INO. 22 short, per m.... 2... 2........-; 2 50 No. 22 long, per m.. ee as 3 00 No. 32 short, per m.. Soe tas ace 5 00 Ne, 32 lone: perm... cock 5 75 Primers No. 2 U. M. C., boxes 250, per m...... 1 40 No. 2 Winchester, boxes 250, per m.. 1 40 Gun Wads Black edge, Nos. 11 and 12 U. M. C.. 60 Black edge, Nos. 9 and 10, per m...... 70 Black edge, No. 7, per m.............. 80 Loaded Shells New Rival—For Shotguns Drs.of oz.of Size Per No. Powder Shot Shot Gauge 100 120 4 1% 10 10 $2 90 129 4 1% 9 10 2 90 128 4 1% 8 10 2 90 126 4 1% 6 10 2 90 135 414 1% 5 10 2 95 154 4% 1% 4 10 3 00 200 3 1 10 12 2 50 208 3 1 8 12 2 50 236 3% 1% 6 12 2 65 265 3 1% 5 12 270 264 4 12 2 70 3% 14% Discount 40 per cent. Paper Shells—Not Loaded No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 72 No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 64 Gunpowder Kegs, 25 lbs., per keg......... 4 00 \% kegs, 12% Ibs a. % keg.. tome 2 25 4 kegs, 61% a ‘per << Hoe.......,.. 1 25 Shot In sacks containing 25 Ibs. Drop, all sizes smaller than B........ 1 65 es and Bits Snell’s.. Z 60 Jenning S ‘ge enuine. . 25 J nate imitation.. ooo 50 ‘ious First Quality, S. B. Bronze.. 6 50 First oe D. B. Bronze. . 3 00 First Guat ity, S. B.S. Steel. . 6 00 First Quality, D. BS Steel. . as 10 50 ines Se 12 00 Ne ee | oes Bolts Stov be ee opp acme ss os. 70 Carriage, new list’ pees ees ee cnet eee oo 60 "Buckets Wen, Pn Pemecige $4 00 Butts, Cast Cast Loose Pin, — ees a coe 70 Wrought Narrow . pe ae Sa 60 ‘Chain. ¥in. 6-16 in. % in. % in. Com... 2 ¢. 6 «... 6 e.. ie. B ies 84 i: .. 2 6 Bee... 8% 7. us OE 2 ee Crowbars Gast Steel, per tb... 0.0.06 sees ce cose 8 Chisels eens Peer 65 Ores PIA 65 ae 65 Socket Slicks.. ae eee ck ass 65 Elbows. Com. 4 piece, 6 in., per doz.. .- net 75 a oti doz..... Silat 1 25 Adjus : ----dis 40&10 ‘Expansive Bits : Levels Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s........ dis Mattocks AdZ@ Ey6...... 220.20 ceee sees ee $17 00..di8 Metals—Zinc 600 pound CAasKS..........cseceececccece ™% POP DOUG. oo... oocs oc cove 02 cwees ones se 8 Miscellaneous Bird Cages . sgbigies poss beeen 40 Pumps, on. ee 75810 Screws, New List Lok daeice 858&20 Casters, Bed and Plate... eeseee. 50810810 Dampers, American.............. gece 50 Molasses Gates Stebbins’ Pattern.. Sees 60810 Enterprise, self-measuring.. os foes 30 Pans ery, MOO: Fee el 60&108&10 Common, polished................-... 7085 Patent Planished Ir on “A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 80 ““B”’ Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 80 Broken packages 4c per pound extra. Planes Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.......... Sciota Bench.. poe oo Sandusky Tool Co.’ ; Bench, first quality...... &SS5 Nails Advance over aun on both Steel and = Steel nails, base............ 02. cceees 2 35 Wire nails, a coe BD OW BOVEMOO non oc. ooo ccs 10 to 16 advance.............. Sec cewe ics 8 advance............. a Casing 10 advance Casing 8 TE oo tcc ene Casing 6 advance... ...... 20s cece cece Finish 10 advance ..... 2.2.2... ..e0cees Finish 8 advance ................62 Finish 6 advance .......-..........c. 0. Barre: % Skvanee...................-. Ivon ana Tinned... ........:...... Copper Rivets and Burs........... Roofing Plates 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............. 14x20 1X’, Charcoal, Deets... .... 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean...... 14x20 IC; Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 14x20 Ix’ Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... Ropes —_, \% inch and larger............... anilla. eeeeecee — — List acct. 19, °86.. ie Sash Weights wees wees eece es wees cesses -.. dis Dold Myos, peor tem.... 5... .. 5... Sheet Iron com. smooth. es. tee Pee ee Cy ee e008. ee cece ceue see eee o a - 410 15 S8SS388S S&S RRSRaS mm = ON ON as RR 30 00 com, $3 60 8 7C 90 8 90 4 00 410 i) 4 ik Sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide, not less than 2-10 extra. Shovels and Spades First Grade, Doz..... Sia dice ence oe pace Second Grade, DoZ........ 2... 2.02000: Solder 8 00 aos ‘prices of the many other qualities of ener in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. Clark’s small, $18; large, $26 .......... 40 Squares Ives’ 1, $18; 2, $24; 3, Sige ice cae os Sy | GOON Ame TPO. oo. oo ok econ cee ccs 60—10—5 Files—New List| Tin—Melyn Grade oe = 0 ge me tea — 10x14 IC, Chareoal......-.---0-s0- oo $10 50 sues ec tics wave Secs eons Heller’s Horse Rasps... oH Va 12 00 iii Galvani = Each additional X on this grade, $1.25. 0s. 16 to an ani List 12 13 14 15 26; - = Tin—Allaway Grade Discount, 65 MES TO, CRAPOORL. on. oon. coco cs cose 9 00 Gauges me oned Ix, a. wees coee cece cose cces J = Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s... 60810 | 14x20 IX; Charcoal................. 2... 10 50 Glass Each additional X on this grade, $1.50 Single Strength, by box...............dis 85820 Double Strength, by ie... is $5820 | sa56 rx, ipormgact nt oe oe wee ee cece ee eee eel lS 2 per pound.. 13 ‘Phaidon 14x56 Ix; for No.9 Boilers, Maydole & Co.'s, new Uist ..sseesoe eons 8336 | ota6 Traps . erkes & Plumb’s.. ead S 40810 Oneida aseeaiin "Newhouse’s.... 40&10 Mason’s Solid Cast “ningee oes ek 30¢ list 70 Oneida C Community, Hawley & Nor. s on’s Lculeeopanes Gate, Clark’s 1, 2,3 -++++-.4Is 60810} Mouse, choker. per doz............... 15 Hollow ‘Ware Mouse, delusion, per doz........ .... . 1 25 re eee» eo — Wire PN ee ues oc BOPIEOS PEBTRO En. ooo acc ccc cese aces 60 SMe a ke 50&10 ‘Annealed Market. 60 Horse Nails Coppered Market.. 50&10 Au Sable . -dis 40&10 | Tinned Market.. 50&10 House Furnishing Goods porpered Sprin: Steel. : . ‘ence, ee ae iobek bon Fee 2 95 ie ‘en Bright Wire Goods ne gh fees seen sess eee te eceesecese 2 25 crates SeeeMeeee te eeee ts Hee SESE SHOE SEEs Pight Ban Scsw scab bale Se cies Cobacuecu. 3 crates oe yee LGuriéeblansewice mode sled cow = Knobs—New List 00. oe cece ce cccc ccc cs cecct Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........ 15 Gate Hooks and Eyes..........--...-- 80 Door, porcelain, e° . trimmings....... 85 Wrenches ores Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled........ 30 Regular 0 Tubular, Doz. Baiese 2s cect 5 08 | Coe’s Gen’ Geel eabesehiuib 30 Warren, Galvanized F pees 00} Con’s Patent Agricultural, jWrought..7° \ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Sl STONEWARE Butters $6 Gal, POF GOZ. 26... ooo. cece s cc weee 48 1 to6 gal., per gal.. .......c.cceseese 5% 8 gal. each..... ee coe 48 TOG GOOe a. 60 pe es ee ies 72 15 gal. meat-tubs, each................ 1 12 20 gal. meat-tubs, each...............- 1 50 25 gal. meat-tubs, each...............- 2 30 gal. meat-tubs, each.............--- 2 55 Churns Sto Geel. per eal... ................ 6 ‘aurn Dashers, per d0Z......... 2.4... 84 Milkpans % ga. fiat or rd. bot., per doz......... 48 1 gal. nut or rd. bot,, each...... i. 5% Fine Glazed Milkpans \% gal. flat 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, per doz......... 1 10 Jags Se gal PGF GOZ...-.-. 06-24) 8. . oe 56 Tg gal. POr dOZ.........--cecccesecesers 42 1 to 5 gal, per gal...... .............- 7 Sealing Wa 6 lbs. in package, per Ib......... eee 2 LAMP BURNERS 35 86 48 85 ey Sees 50 LAMP CHIMNEYS—Seconds Mo Gham... .:.. cl... coc. eceecuee No. 1 Sun...... Sec ecececce Secues Lecuat 1 54 We 2 Bi ne oe 2 24 Anchor Carton Chimneys Each chimney in corrugated carton. No.0 Crimp... ........ cabece toes ewes 1 50 No. 1 Crimp........... eee eee tee cae 1 78 Me SCrme.. ew 2 48 First Quality No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 1 85 No. 1 Sun, erimp top, wrapped & lab. 2 00 No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 2 90 XXX Flint No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 2 75 No. 2 Sun, crimp top, a & lab. 3 75 No. 2 Sun, hinge, wrapped & lab...... 4 00 Pearl Top No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled. 4 00 No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled. : 5 00 No. 2 hinge, wrapped and labeled..... 5 10 No. 2 Sun, “Sm Bulb,” for Glob PNAS. ooo occas s senecs ccscee se 80 La Bastie No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........ 1 00 No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........ 1 25 No. 1 Crimp, per doz...... cee wo ceee 1 35 No. 2 Crimp, per doz...... deco 1 60 Rochester No. 1 Lime (65¢ d0Z)........02 eee eens 3 50 No. 2 Lime (75¢ doz 4 00 No. 2 Flint (80c d0z)°*** .........200-6 4 60 Electric No. 2 Tine fave Oome...... 2.6... 4 00 No. 2 Flint (80¢ doz}.............- ace 4 60 OIL CANS 1 gal. tin cans with spout, per doz.... 1 gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz. . 2 gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz.. 3 gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz.. 5 gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz.. 3 gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz.. 6 gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz.. 5 gal. ne OUT soe antes 5 gal. galv. iron Nacefas.............. LANTERNS No. 0 Tubular, side lift............... Tubular....... No. 15 Tubular, dash........ No. 1 Tubular, glass fountain. No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. a No. 3 Street lamp, each.............. LANTERN GLOBE SIMO HOON ee SSSRSSRSE woes ae SSSRRa No. 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, box, 10c 45 No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 15c 45 No. 0 Tub., bbis 5 doz. each, per bbl.. 2 00 No.0 Tub., Bull’s eye, cases 1 doz. each 1 25 BEST WHITE COTTON WICKS Roll contains 32 yards in one “ eaeg No. 0, %%-inch wide, per gross or roll. . No.1, %%-inch wide, per gross or roll. . 24 No. 2,1 inch wide, per gross or roll.. 31 No. 3, 1% inch wide, per gross or roll.. 53 COUPON BOOKS 50 books, any denomination.............. 1 50 100 books, any denomination.............. 2 50 500 books, any denomination.... .... .... 11 50 1,000 books, any denomination.............. 20 00 Above — are for either Tradesman, Superior, Economic or Universal grades. Where 1,000 books are ordered at a time customers re- ceive specially printed cover without extra charge. Coupon Pass Books Can be made to represent any denomination from $10 down. 50 books .. oc See 1 50 100 DOOKS .... 2.2... cccccccteecevcccscccees 2 50 BOO DOGS 5 cco cise ssw ew ss iccns'ce eee ooeeae 11 50 1,000 books ...... suis ap epee is poe de dowels cinece 20 00 Credit Checks 500, any one denomination...............- 00 2 1,000, any one denomination...............- 3 any one denomination.............--- 5 2, Greed PUNE conse srenessscieben snerncecn scene Old. St I 00, 900, ip SENT ON APPROVAL! THE STAR PEANUT VENDING MACHINE For automatically selling salted shelled peanuts. Op- erates with a cent and is per- fectly legitimate. It is at- tractive and lucrative —not an experiment, but actual facts from actual results. Handsomely finished, and will increase your sales at : large profit. Try it; that’s mee we, som the test! My circular gives ee = full description and brings priceand terms. Shall I send it to you? Manufactured by W. G. HENSHAW, Kalamazoo, Mich. Acme Folding Basket Holder Brings high prices for your vegetables because they are UP out of the dirt and away from the dogs. Folded and out of the way when not in use. Vegetable and fruit dis- play. Made by Hirst Manufacturing Co. Holly, Mich. Sold by grocers and wood- enware Jobbers. SL Rugs from Old Carpets Retailer of Fine Rugs and Carpets. f Absolute cleanliness is our hobby as well as our endeavor to make rugs better, closer woven, more durable than others. We cater to first class trade and if you write for our 16 page illustrated booklet it will make you better acquainted with 4 our methods and new process. We have no agents. We paythe freight. Largest looms in United States. j Petoskey Rug Mig. & Carpet Co., Limited 455-457 Mitchell St., Petoskey, Mich. EO a a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The Produce Market. Apples—Ben Davis is about the only variety left. Choice stock commands $4.50@5 per bbl. Asparagus—‘soc per doz. Bananas—Prices range from $1.25@ 1.75 per bunch, according to size. Jumbos, $2.25 per bunch. Beeswax—Dealers pay 25c for prime yellow stock. Beets—4oc per doz. for new. Beet Greens—6oc per bu. Butter—The market for factory cream- ery is steady at 22c for fancy and 2Ic for choice. Dairy grades are in strong demand at 17@18c for fancy to 15@16c for choice and 14@1sc for packing stock. Receipts are heavy. Cabbage—Florida, $3 percrate. South Carolina, $2.25. Celery—California Jumbo commands 8oc per doz. Cucumbers—scc per house, Eggs—Local handlers pay 13%@l14c, case count. Receipts are heavy, but none too large to meet local consumptive requirements, igs—Five crown Turkey command 14@15c. Green Onions—12c for Silver Skins. Green Peas—$1.25 per bu. box. Honey—White stock is in ample sup- ply at 15@16c. Amber is in active de- mand at 13@14c and dark is in moder- ate demand at 10o@IIc. Lemons—Californias $3.75, Messinas $4@4.25. Pack Sess commands §1 per bu. Leaf has deciined to 7c per Ib. Maple Sugar—1o0%c per Ib. Maple Syrup—$1 per gal. for fancy. Onions—Bermudas, $2 per crate; Egyptian, $3.75 per sack; Louisiana, $4 per bbl. of 3 bu. Oranges—Mediterranean Sweets com- mand $4@4.25; California Valencias fetch $5@5.50; California navels have advanced to $5@5.50. Parsley—35c per doz. Pieplant—2c per Ib. Pineapples—Havanas command $3.50 per crate for 30 size; $3.25 for 36 size; $3 for 42 size. Fruit in barrels fetches 8@15c. Receipts are light. Plants—Cabbage and tomato, 75c per box of 200; pepper, g0c; sweet pota- toes, 85c. Potatoes—The market is stronger and higher than a week ago, owing to the scarcity and high price of new potatoes, which command $1.35 per bu. Old stock has advanced to 65c in carlots and 75c in bushel lots. Poultry—The market is strong and ending higher. Live pigeons are in moderate demand at 50@75c and squabs at $1.20@1.50. Spring broilers, 20@22c; chickens, 9@toc; small hens, g@1oc; large hens, 8@oc; turkey hens, 10%4@ 11%c; gobblers, g@1oc. Radishes—15c per doz. Spinach—Soc per bu. Strawberries—Home_ grown find an outlet on the basis of $1 per crate of 16 qts. The fruit is large and fine look- ing, but the fine flavor and saccharine quality peculiar to Michigan berries are largely lacking, due to the preva- lence of rainy weather and the absence of sunshine. Tomatoes—$1. 50 per 4 basket crate. Wax Beans—$1.75 per bu. box. —_> 0. —___ The Boys Behind the Counter. Charlotte—Harper Krebs, who has clerked in J. Wildern’s store the past eight years, has resigned his position and gone to Battle Creek, where he has secured a position in the Manufacturers’ store, which deals in crockery and house furnishings. Traverse City—Clarence V. Slater, stock-keeper in the store of his father, J. W. Slater, house furnishing goods dealer, was married June 4 to Miss Mabel Ingraham, of this place. The marriage occurred at the Catholic church, Rev. Fr. Bauer officiating. John O. Slater, brother of the groom, acted as bestiman. The happy couple went from the church to their newly fur- nished home on West Ninth street. doz. for hot- Alpena—Jos. LaBucque has resigned his position with Greenbaum Bros, as shoe salesman and is now manager of J. Geese’s shoe store at Onaway. Alpena—The clerks have had some trouble lately keeping the clothing stores closed after 6 p. m., according to agree- ment. One merchant, in particular, who had groceries and clothing com- bined and sold both after 6 o'clock, caused most of the trouble. The other merchants threatened to open up if this one was not closed up. The matter was compromised by the clerks agreeing to work Monday nights until 9 p. m. —_—__>-2+. Short Method of Computing Profit. The following is a quick method of arriving at the price any article must be sold at to make a certain per cent. when bought by the dozen: To make 20 per cent. profit, take the dozen price and remove the decimal point one place to left. For example, an article costing $12 per dozen, selling at $1.20 each, gives you 20 per cent. profit. To make 25 per cent. profit, remove decimal point one place to left and add 5 cents if cost is $12 per dozen, Io cents if cost is $24 per dozen, etc. To make 33% per cent. profit, divide the dozen price by 9. For example, $12 divided by 9 equals $1.3314—the selling price. To make 4o per cent., add 1-6 to the cost per dozen and remove the decimal point one place to the left. For exam- ple, $12 plus 1-6 equals $14—selling price $1.40. To make 50 per cent., divide cost of dozen by 8. For example, $12 divided by 8 equals $1.50—the selling price. _ Having the cost price per gross, to find selling price per piece to make 4o per cent., remove the decimal point two places to the left. For example, an article costs $40 per gross. Remove the decimal point two places to the left, which gives 40 cents—the selling price per piece. This will always give a fraction better than 4o per cent., but is near enough for all practical purposes. Wm. H. Rouse. —_—__~o6-2—___ In the settlement of the estate of the late James G. Fair, of San Francisco, fees amounting to nearly $2,000,000 were distributed among a dozen law firms. The larger the estate the longer the contest and the greater the cost. a M. M. Rickert, Secretary of the Safety Gaslight Co., of Chicago, is spending a couple of weeks in the city with the Perfection Lighting Co., which has taken the State agency for the Safety gasoline lighting system. It is not the man who prays the loud- est whose prayer is first heard by the Almighty. The Lord can hear the chat- ter of the chipmunk as easily as he does the roar of the lion. Busnes Nonls 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. re SALE—ONE STIMPSON COMPUTING Scale, capacity 125 pounds; first price $65, now $45. One Fairbank scale, No. 16; first price $5, now $2.50. One cheese case; first price $3, now $2. One Fairbank coffee mill, size 16; first price $25, now $15. One broom stand; first price $2.50, now $1.50. H. Drebin, Cadillac. 529 OR SALE—DRUG FIXTURES—ELEGANT wall cases, counters, show cases, prescrip- tion case; all light oak; will sell at half price. QO. A. Fanckboner, Grand Rapids. 534 NO. 1 OPENING FOR A PHYSICIAN who will purchase my property; price and terms reasonable. Address C. W. Logan, Tus- tin, Mich. 536 650 BUYS A BAKERY AND SODA FOUN- tain in a good town; doing a good business; e reasons for selling. Address No. 531, care ichigan Tradesman. 531 NOR SALE — $6,000 CLEAN STOCK DRY goods, furnishings, shoes and groceries in nicest, healthiest town of 700 in Northern In- diana, in fine farming community. Other in- = call me away. O. Tippy, New ——— nd. f OR SALE—WE HAVE A FEW CARS OF maple flooring. Flooring is 0. k. and price is o. k. If in need of any, let us quote you Tices. F.C. Miller Lumber Co., 23 Widdicomb uilding, Grand Rapids. 532 VOR SALE—HARDWARE BUSINESS IN good Northern Michigan town; stock in- voices $4,000; annual sales about $18,000; good reasons for selling; terms cash. Address No. 528, care Michigan ‘Tradesman. )OR SALE AT A SACRIFICE — DRUG stock in town of 10,0°0 in Upper Michigan; invoices about $1,800; asnap. Address No. 527, care Michigan Tradesman. 527 HE NEW WINNER SALES CO. CAN GET you money out of your stock quick and do it without loss; our methods are new, and are win ners wherever we go; write us for fuil particu- lars. Address New Winner Sales Co., Wone- woe, Wis. 526 OR SALE—GOOD TWO CHAIR BARBER shop in the liveliest town in Michigan. Ad- dress No. 524, care Michigan Tradesman. 524 NOR SALE— DRUG STOCK, INVOICING $1,000; fruit country and summer resort. Have been shut up twenty years. Must get out of doors on account of heaith. Address No. 535, eare Michigan Tradesman. 535 HOE STORE FOR RENT; EXCELLENT location; furnished complete, with lease. Peter Scott, Port Huron, Mich. 5 PUR SALE—ONE ELGIN CREAM SEPA- rator, two square churns and one butter worker; suitable for a largecreamery. Address No. 519, care Michigan Tradesmah. {OR SALE—GUOD DRUG STOCK, INVOIC- ing $2,800. in one of the best Southern Michi- gan towns. Terms on application. Address No. 521, care Michigan Tradesman. 521 POR SALE — FINE YIELDING 40 ACRE farm in Kalamazoo county; buildings; all under cultivation; value, $1,200. Address No. 522, care Michigan Tradesman. 522 NOR SALE—A REAL ESTATE AND COL- lection office; good money in it for two good men. Address Real Estate, 603 Bearinger Build- ing, Saginaw, Mich. 513 ‘OR SALE—A GENERAL STOCK OF DRY goods, groceries, shoes and undertakers’ supplies; stock all in Al order; good new frame store building, with living rooms above; can be bought or rented reasonably; stock and fixtures about $3,500; stock can be reduced to suit pur- chaser; situated in one of the best little towns in Northern Michigan. Address R. D. Mc- Naughton, Honor, Mich. 520 OR SALE —SELECT STOCK GENERAL hardware, $4,000 stock, situated in thriving town, county seat, 1,400 population; terms, cash or approved security; owner wishes to go West. Address K, care Michigan Tradesman. 514 VOR SALE—GENERAL MERCHANDISE stock, invoicing $2,500; last year’s. business, $12,000 cash; also store building, 28x62, with eight hardwood finished rooms upstairs; water and sewer connections; will sell cheap for cash only. Owner compelled to go to Europe. Ad- dress No. 511, care Michigan Tradesman. 511 HE 4 PER CENT. ANNUITY BONDS OF the National Life Insurance Co., of Vermont, can be purchased by a single payment; interest begins immediately and the principal sum is —_ at death. Founded 1850. Assets over enty-two millions. Wilbour R. Dennis, Gen- eral Agent, Michigan Trust Building. Grand Rapids. or William S. Pond, General Manager, Detroit. 510 OR SALE—FIRST-CLASS, EXCLUSIVE millinery business in Grand Rapids; object for selling, parties leaving the city. Address Milliner, care Michigan Tradesman. 507 GRAND OPPORTUNITY. A BUSINESS man of ability, experience and with $10,000 cash can have an active equal interest in an es- tablished department store in the best city in Michigan, where opportunity for expansion is ractically limitless; this year’s sales can easily e made to lap $100,000; but you must have am- bition and ability; money alone not wanted. Ad- dress No. 506, care Michigan Tradesman. OR SALE—STOCK OF HARDWARE AND furniture in Northern Michigan. Address No. 503, care Michigan Tradesman. £03 OR SALE—GENERAL STORE IN FIRST- - Class location; no competition; cash re- ceipts, $10,000 per year; expenses low; living rooms in connection with store; every conven- fence for doing business; price, $3,500; terms cas ers or sharks need not apply, as this is a first-class legitimate business. Address W. B., 375 Clinton St., Detroit, Mich. 495 GOOD STOCK OF NEW AND FRESH drugs in elegant location for sale. Address No. 490, care Michigan Tradesman. 90 OR SALE—SECOND HAND SODA FOUN- tain; easy terms. Chas. A. Jackson, Benton Harbor, Mich. A GENERAL STOCK IN THE BEST FARM- ing community in Michigan for sale; no old goods; the .. right to the right man for cash. Address J. W. D., care Michigan Tradesman. 488 HREE VACANT LOTS IN GRAND Rapids, free of incumbrance, to exchange for drug, grooety or notion stock. Address No. 485, care Michigan Tradesman. 485 OR SALE—PLANING MILL AND WOOD- working machinery, with feed mill attached; lenty of work; cause for selling, eyesight fail- ae sell cheap. H. ©. Branch, — ich. re SALE—DRUG STOCK; GOOD LOCA- © tion; ten miles from any other drug store; ood reasons for selling. - Address No. 477, care ichigan Tradesman. 477 OR SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MER- chandise in hustling town of 700; in good farming community; center of fruit belt; stock invoices from $6,000 to $3,000; rent reasonable; best of reasons for selling. Address No. 476, care Michigan Tradesman. 476 OR SALE—I DESIRE TO SELL MY EN- tire general stock, including fine line of shoes and store fixtures. No cleaner stock or better trade in the State. Business been estab- lished 25 years. Reason for selling, other busi- ness. P. L. Perkins, Merrill, Mich. 473 OR SALE AT A BARGAIN—TWENTY room hotel, six room cottage and good barn; delightfully located; fine bay view. Address 504 Front St., Traverse City, Mich. 472 NOR SALE—COUNTRY STORE AND dwelling combined; general merchandise stoek, barn, custom saw mill and feed mill, with good patronage; Citizens local and long distance telephones in store; bargain for cash. Reason for seliing, must retire. For particulars call on or address Eli Runnels, Corning. Mich. 474 yet SALE CHEAP—SECONDHAND NO. 4 Bar-Lock typewriter, in good condition. Specimen of work done on machine on applica- tion. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. 465 ANTED—TO PURCHASE LOCATION suitable for conducting hardware business in Northern Michigan. Address No. 455, care Michigan Tradesman. 455 = SALE—GOOD CLEAN HARDWARE stock and buildings; fine location; will sell whole at a sacrifice; this is the chance of a life- time. Address S. J. Doty & Son, Harrietta, Mich. 451 ‘OR SALE—MOSLER, BAHMANN & CO, fire proof safe. Outside measurement—36 inches high, 27 inches wide and 24 inches deep. Inside measurement—16% inches high, 14 inches wide and 10 inches deep. Will sell for $50 cash. Trad an Company, Grand Rapids. 368 rT SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MER- chandise, consisting of dry goods, groceries and men’s furnishing goods; also fixtures; in- voices about $4,000; good clean stock, mostly new; in one of the best sections of Michigan; a fine business chance. Address No. 445, care Michigan Tradesman. 445 OR SALE—A FINE STOCK OF GRO- ceries and fixtures in good location in town of 1,200 in Southern serge: wee will invoice about $1,500; good reason for selling. AddressG., care Michigan Tradesman. 439 OR SALE—A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR a stock and dairy farm, situated eight miles from Marquette, four miles from Negaunee, Marquette county, Michigan, on the D., 5. Ss. & A. Railway. Good markets; the best of water; buildings and railway station on the property. F. W. Read & Co., Marquette, Mich. 427 OR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES, invoicing about $2,000. Situated in center of Michigan Fruit Belt, one-half mile from Lake Michigan. Good resort trade. Living rooms over store; water inside building. Rent, $12.50 = month. Good reason for selling. Address 0. 334, care Michigan Tradesman. 334 gel er ad AND SECOND-HAND FIRE & and burglar proof safes. Geo. M. Smith Wood Brick Building Moving Co, 376 South Ionia St., Grand Rapids. 321 OR SALE—STOCK OF BOOTS AND shoes; fine location; well established busi- ness. For information address Parker Bros., Traverse City, Mich. 248 OR SALE—A NEW AND THE ONLY BA- zaar stock in the city or county; eee. 7,000; population of county, 23,000; the county seat; stock invoices %2,500; sales, $40 per day; expenses low. . Address J. Clark, care Michigan Tradesman. 157 MISCELLANEOUS AN YOU RAISE $400? IF SU, I CAN help you start a retail store. No old goods, but all brand new. If you don’t know a good town, I’ll help you find one. All about goods and methods free for the asking. G. S. Buck, 185 Quincy St., Chicago, Ill 523 W ANZED “CLERK WHO IS THOROUGH- ly familiar with dry goods to take charge of department and wait on customers in other departments of a large general store. State experience, names of former employers and salary expected. Address No. 530, care Mich- igan Tradesman. 530 ANTED — FIVE GOOD HIGH-GRADE salesmen to sell an article which pays for itself every three months. Every machine equipped with signals preventing down weight. Address Moneyweight Scale Co., 47 State St., Chicago, Ill. 525 ye — PURCHASER FOR MEAT market; only stand in town of 450. Ad- dress No. 515, care Michigan Tradesman. 515 1S. MIDDLE AGED AND EX- perienced, desires situation; no bad habits; references. Address Box 114, Woodland, Mich. SEE ee ras Ee on a WA 4 CLERK FOR GENERAL stores; must be steady and‘temperate and a hustler. Apply to Clerk, care Michigan , 518 Tradesman. ANTED—POSITION BY COMPETENT book-keeper, sober and industrious; can come well recommended; competent to manage on store in small town. Address W. H. V., care Michigan Tradesman. 502 ANTED—YOUNG MAN FOR FURNI- ture and undertaking business; hustlers only. Write at once to W. M. Davis, Evart, Mich. 505 ee AT ONCE—SIX GOOD TRAVEL- ing salesmen; none but men with good recommendations and experience need apply. Angle Steel Sled Co,, Kalamazoo, Mich. 499 VE ARTED 4 REGISTERED PHARMA- cist to manage a drug store in a good-town. Address No. 491, care Michigan Tradesman. ‘491 = hss: