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GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1902.

Number 982

 

 

Kent County

Savings Bank Deposits
exceed $2,300,000

 

3%% interest paid on Sav-
ings certificates of deposit.

 

The banking business of
Merchants, Salesmen and
Individuals solicited.

 

Cor. Canal and Lyon Sts.
Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

—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.,

Widdicomb Building, Grand Rapids
Detroit Opera House Block, Detroit

Good but slow debtors pay
upon receipt of our direct de-

mand letters. Send all other

accounts to our offices for collec-

 

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WHOLESALE
READYMADE CLOTHING

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> All manner of summer goods: Alpacas,
> Linen, Duck, Crash Fancy Vests, etc.,
> direct from factory.

y = William Alden Smith Building,

> Grand Rapids, Mich.

> Mail orders promptly seen to. Open
> daily from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p. m., except
> Saturdays to 1 p. m. Customers’ ex-
> penses allowed. Citizens phone, 1957.
> Bell phone. Main 1282. Western Michi-
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Collection Department

R. G. DUN & CO.
Mich. Trust Building, Grand Rapids

Collection delinquent accounts; cheap, efficient,
responsible; direct demand system. Collections
made every where—for every trader.

Cc. E. MCCRONE, Manager.

ELLIOT 0. GROSVENOR

Late State Food Commissioner
Advisory Counsel to manufacturers and
jobbers whose interests are affected by
the Food Laws of any state. Corres-
pondence invited.

1232 [Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich.

Tradesman Coupons

 

 

 

 

IMPORTANT FEATURES.
Page.

 

2. Men of Mark.

4. Around the State.

5. Grand Rapids Gossip.

6. Getting the People.

8. Editorial.

9. The Commercial Spirit.
10. Clothing.
12. Shoes and Rubbers.
15. Dry Goods.
16. Butter and Eggs.
19. The New York Market.
20. Woman’s World.
22. Hardware.
24. Trolley Lines Injure Country Stres.
25. Commercial Travelers.
26. Drugs and Chemicals.
2%. Drug Price Current.
28. Grocery Price Current.
29. Grocery Price Current.
30. Grocery Price Current.
31. National Gideons,
32. News Items.

 

 

TEN IN ONE.

 

Consolidation of Several Wholesale Gro-
cery Houses.

About two years ago Frank C, Letts,
who had enjoyed a widespread reputa-
tion as a successful wholesale grocer
and manager of a chain of wholesale
groceries, conceived the idea of merg-
ing about a dozen wholesale grocery
houses in Iowa into one corporation un-
der the style of the Western Grocery Co.
Mr. Letts assumed the management of
the business, including the direction of
the buying from a central headquarters
in Chicago, and the results have been
so satisfactory that he has for some
time been negotiating with certain
wholesale grocery houses of Michigan,
Indiana and Illinois, with a view to
forming a second combination of a sim-
ilar character. These negotiations have
culminated in the organization of the
National Grocer Co., which now in-
cludes about ten representative houses,
to which other houses will be added
from time to time. Harlow N. Higin-
botham will be President of the corpora-
tion, Mr. Letts First Vice-President,
Amos S. Musselman Second Vice-Pres-
ident, Wm. C, Phipps Third Vice-Pres-
ident, Harry Higinbotham Treasurer
and H. S. Griggs Secretary. The com-
pany has been organized under the laws
of New Jersey, McGeorge Bundy, of
this city, being now in that State for
that purpose. Mr. Higinbotham will
assume the financial supervision of the
company, Mr. Letts will attend to the
buying and Mr. Musselman will super-
vise such matters of detail as are not un-
dertaken by Messrs. Higinbotham and
Letts. Included in the combination are
the Grand Rapids, Traverse City and
Sault Ste. Marie stores of the Mussel-
man Grocer Co., the Jackson Grocery
Co., Phipps, Penoyer & Co. and Gus-
tin, Cook & Buckley. Another Grand
Rapids house will be admitted to the
combination, to which will be added
one store in Detroit in the near future.
In speaking of the combination, a gen-
tleman who has been in close touch with
the movement from the start and who
occupies a prominent position in the
organization, says:

‘*The idea of a ‘grocers’ trust’ is in-
conceivable to those who know anything
about the business. For several years
the margin between the cost of doing

 

business and the gross profit has been
getting narrower, until it is only by
doing a large volume of business that
anything-is left as a compensation for
the hard work and worry of the busi-
ness. The large manufacturers are
working in harmony, as well as the
large importers, and for several years
the idea has been in many minds that
something must soon be done to safe-
guard the large investment of capital
necessary to conduct a wholesale busi-
ness—that manufacturers were looking
for large distributive power, and that
if this could be offered it would receive
the consideration it deserved. About
two years ago Frank C, Letts, of Iowa,
decided to act upon this theory and at
once went to work to form a chain of
jobbing houses. He soon got under way
some eight or ten and his experience
was and is so satisfactory that he de-
cided to send the principle to other lo-
calities and on a broad enough basis to
care for future growth. For several
months the work has been progressing
until the results have taken form in the
organization of the National Grocer
Company. The houses joining in the
movement do not lose their identity or
individuality. They will be conducted
as before, as branches of the parent
company, and the managers will be as
independent as though operating alone,
deciding for themselves when to buy
heavily and when sparingly, but all the
purchases will be bunched and make a
grand total. No concern that is not on
a fair paying basis will be admitted to
the ranks, and it is the intention to
work for a portion of the business.’

It is claimed that the greatest saving
in the new arrangement will be in the
matter of buying goods, due to the
willingness of manufacturers and im-
porters to make concessions to a large
distributor of merchandise which would
not be permitted in the case of a single
house. Instances are cited in the his-
tory of the Western Grocery Co. where
inside prices and exceptional conces-
sions have been made, which in them-
selves amount to a handsome profit on
the preferred stock.

The National concern will gain con-
trol of the largest houses in Illinois
(outside of Chicago), Indiana, Ohio,
Missouri and Michigan. The National
and Western companies are not to be
merged, but, retaining separate organi-
zations, will have a close working ar-
rangement.

The National Grocer Co. will buy
direct from importers, manufacturers
and sugar refiners, and also will make
direct importations through the Chicago
office.

The company will lease or erecta
large house and a cold storage plant in
Chicago, and the plans also include the
building and operating of a large man-
ufacturing house.

It is understood that the house in-
tended to be taken in at Detroit is C.
Elliott & Co.,which enjoys an excellent
reputation at that market. Mr. Elliott
is understood to be holding out for a
better proposition than has yet been
made him, but will eventually swing

 

into line. It is claimed that no other
Detroit house will be asked to join the
combine, which is composed exclusive-
ly of houses which have an established
reputation and record as money-makers.

——__—4>——____
Standing Room Will Be at a Premium.

From the Kalamazoo Gazette.

Word has been received here by the
officers of the Grocers’ and Meat Deal-
ers’ Association that the grocers and
meat dealers of Northern Indiana are in
hearty sympathy with the big celebra-
tion which is to be held in this city
August 7 and that many of them intend
to come here on that day. Accordingly
it has been decided to send official in-
vitations to the members of the trade in
South Bend, Elkhart and Fort Wayne.
The invitations will be accepted with-
out doubt and the fact will serve to
make even more certain the success of
the celebration.

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An amusing piece of news comes from
Marion, Ind., to the effect that a move-
ment is on foot to establish a trades
union church at that place. Such an in-
stitution would be about as anomalous
as a heavenless heaven or a helless hell.
The basic theory of unionism is narrow-
ness, selfishness, bigotry, anarchy and
public and private disorder. Not a
precept of Jesus or one of the ten com-
mandments promulgated by Moses finds
a lodgment in the theory or practice of
unionism, which is anti-Christ in every
form and manifestation. Any effort to
reconcile true religion and unionism is
as futile as the attempt to make a mix-
ture of water and oil. The promoters of
the Marion monstrosity announce that
applicants for membership in the or-
ganization will not be required to sub-
scribe to any doctrinal belief—-that the
possession of a union card will be all
that is necessary to render an applicant
eligible for admission; in other words,
a belief in the infallibility of the strike
manager and walking delegate and an
alliance with an oath-bound organiza-
tion which defies every law, human and
Divine,are all that is necessary to qual-
ify a man for membership in a so-called
‘‘church’’ which will necessarily have
to reverse the moral code of the Bible
and the preaching and practice of the
lowly Carpenter of Nazareth to conform
to the infamous doctrine of selfishness
and sedition which evely union man is
compelled to subscribe to and maintain.

8

As an illustration of King Edward’s
tactful and forceful way of administer-
ing a rebuke the following story, which
is now going the rounds in London, is

pertinent: The King was present at
a recent reception where the guests
were not all blue-blooded. One wasa

wealthy costumer of international repu-
tation. Approaching the King he re-
marked, somewhat airily: ‘‘The crowd
is rather mixed this evening, your Maj-
esty, is it not?’’ The King replied with
an amiable smile which debarred all
resentment for the lesson and rebuke:
‘Well, my dear sir, we can not all be
tailors, you know.’’
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Many a man has discovered just after
a good dinner that the world is full of
good fellows.

  

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MEN OF MARK.
Wm. H. Anderson, President of the Fourth
National Bank.

There are many standards of success.
Such a standard may be gauged from a
material, intellectual or moral stand-
point. Very often it is riches which are
sought. Broad acres, a big bank ac-
count, an elegant mansion in which to
live, are regarded by many as the high-
est rung of the ladder of life which can
be reached. These acquirements give
leisure, comfort, social standing, influ-
ence, and no wonder they are so gen-
erally coveted.

There are others whose natures thirst
for prominence and power. If these
men can be governors, senators or con-
gressmen, they grasp the position with
a feverish avidity, hoping it may be a
step to something higher. Then we see
others whose highest ambition isto lead
companies, regiments, armies—to kill
men. War alone stirs their natures. The
devastation and suffering which follow
in their wake are as nothing to them.
Never having appreciated the sacred-
ness of life they have no regard for it.

In the intcllectual world there are
scholars and thinkers, who care liitle for
prominence, power and wealth. The
midnight oil blanches their cheeks. It
may be a poem that for years they are
thinking out. It may be a musical
composition. It may be an argument
in answer to some other arugment. It
may be a book that will mold opinion
or drop dead as it fails from the press.

Then there is the inventor, the profit
of whose life work, asa rule, goes to

others. His mind is full of wheels and
levers. His sleep is disturbed by pos-
sible combinations which he hopes

may bring about unheard of results.
He excludes himself and dreams of the
unknowable and unobtainable; often in
the eyes of the world be becomes a
crank, doubted by friends and. shunned
by capitalists. In instances the alms-
house or the insane asyfum is kinder to
him than the world has been, for it
opens its doors to receive him.

The writer of this once sat by the side
of an astronomer in his observatory.
While others slept this man was record-
ing what his great glass revealed. At
that time he was in search of a star—a
star that in astronomical circles would
be called new, yet which had been giv-
ing forth its light for millions of years.
To tell the world something about the
wonders of the universe was this man's
ambition. Society with its artificial
ways, politics with its intrigues and
shattered hopes, war with its carnage,
creeds with their sophistry, did not at-
tract him. Cold, exact science was the
stimulant on which he lived.

We tip our hats to all these phases
and conditions of men. They are nec-
essary else they would not exist, .yet at
the same time we must record the protest
that none of them is the highest stand-
ard by which a life can be gauged.
That man who is charitable, who is
hopeful, who is patient, who is full of
courage at all times and a tower of
strength in emergencies, who never
swerves from his ideas of duty and respon-
sibility and knuws no sucb word as de-
feat—he is the king among men, al-
though the world at large may see no
gems in his crown which glitter. He
may not be known outside his own
township, no telegraphic notices of
death may be flashed here and there,
no monument may mark his final rest-
ing place, but the perfume of his life
spreads and sweetens other lives, fitting
the soil for flowers where before weeds

 

grew. It is far wide from the intention
of the writer to ascribe to any man those
characteristics which he does not pos-
sess or to throw around him any glamour,
but there are a thousand men who will
say that the qualities enumerated in this
paragraph are those which make up the
character of Wm. H. Anderson, the
subject of this sketch. By common
consent of all who know him they are
his,

William H. Anderson was born in
Plymouth, Mich., on September 6, 1853,
and two years later went to Kent county
with his parents and located on a farm
in Sparta township. His early educa-
tion was obtained in the village and
country schools, and he was brought up
as a farmer's boy. He followed farm-
ing until 1883, liked the vocation and
was successful in its pursuit and man-
aged to accumulate considerable prop-
erty.

 

for four of the corporations which have
built gravel roads out from the city of
Grand Rapids, and which have been a
great factor in the progress of the city.
His long experience in the building and
maintenance of gravel turnpikes has
made him an authority on all matters
of road management in this part of the
State.

He has been prominently identified
with the Grand Rapids Board of Trade
for a number of years, and for three
years was the executive officer of that
body, In the organization of the Grand
Rapids Clearing House he was very
prominent, and his counsel in prefect-
ing this organization so as to bring all
of the banks into harmony with each
other in their methods and movements
was of great value.

After moving to Grand Rapids, he
quickly became interested in all civic

But he saw opportunities in the | movements looking towards the better

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his farm property, moved to Grand Rap-
ids during that year,and engaged in the
real estate and loan business. Since this
removal he has been identified with
some of the city’s most substantial in-
terests.

Mr. Anderson became interested in
the Fourth National Bank in 1891, was
its cashier for six years and since then
has been its President. Aside from
his position with this institution, Mr.
Anderson has many other interests. He
is a director in the Peoples Savings
Bank and a director and Treasurer of
the Grand Rapids Railway Company.
He has a considerable investment in
the Anti-Kalsomine Company, of which
he is President, and is also connected
with several other manufacturing con-
cerns.

Mr. Anderson has for nearly twenty
years been identified with the good
roads movement and is a practical and
successful road builder, He is manager

 

in no sense an offensive partisan, has
taken an active part in ‘politics, acting
upon the well-grounded belief that it is
every citizen’s duty to do his part in
making the political history of the city
and State.

A few years ago Mr. Anderson again
invested in farm property, and owns at
present a highly improved farm of 220
acres in Sparta township. The financial
success which has crowned his efforts
he attributes to his determination to
keep out of debt. He never speaks ill
of his neighbors or competitors. The
strictness with which he observes this
rule of life accounts for his popularity
and ability to make and hold friends
everywhere. He is pre-eminently a
man of affairs and a keen observer of
men. To this may be attributed in large
measure the success of his enterprises.
His intimate connection with financial
undertakings, the executive work of his
bank and his close attention to business

 

have all aided in giving him that fund
of information essential to the expres-
sion of intelligent opinion and no one
who knows him will doubt his conserva-
tism.

In person he has an admirable
physique and enjoys the gvod health
which induces a spirit of optimism and
courage, These attributes, together with
his untiring energy, fit him for large
enterprises and an easy dispatch of
business so essential in the career of an
active and successful man.

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The Barn Didn’t Dodge.

‘‘The first job I got at my profession
after leaving the university several
years agu,’’ said a graduate of Ann Ar-
bor, ‘‘was up in New Hampshire, and
it was no job at all. In other words, I
was fishing along a creek when a farmer

warned me _ off and wasn’t a bit gentle
about it, either. He wanted stone for
the foundation of a new barn and he
was going to get it by blasting a big
rock on the steep hillside back of the
spot. I took a look at the route it would
have to travel and I made up my mind
that the old barn would suffer. J de-
cided to have my revenge on him by
not saying a word, but by and by my
conscience got the better of my pique
and | said to him:

‘« “Tf you set that rock rolling down
hill you'd better figure on where it's
going to bring up.’

‘* ‘I have,’ he replied.

‘**Do you want the old barn made
kindling wood of?’

‘* “No, of course not.’

‘* *Well, then, you'd better go slow.’

‘* ‘Who are you?’ asked the farmer,
as he turned on me.

‘* “A civil engineer, sir.’

‘* *What’s them?’

‘* “Fellows who can see an inch or
two beyond their noses.’

‘*He asked no more questions, but got
a blast under the rock and let her go.
She went. She took a bee line for that
barn and knocked the structure into the
middle of next week, and, as the pieces
ceased to rain down, the old farmer
spat on his hand and held it out to me
and said:

‘**Durn my cats if you don't know
as much as a lightning rod man! Why
didn’t you tell me that the old barn
couldn't dodge?’ ’’

—_@ 60>
John B. Gough’s Quick Wit.

An effort of one of John B. Gough’s
tours of the West was to arouse his con-
verts to a political movement in favor of
prohibition; and in several states the
politicians began to give consideration
to the cry,says the Philadelphia Times.
The distillers and liquor dealers are
said to have been so frightened that
they employed men to follow the lec-
turer, sit among the audience, and en-
deavor to confound him witb questions.
He had worked a Topeka, Kan., audi-
ence up to a fine pitch of excitement
and, in his effective manner, cried:

‘*Temperance! Temperance!! Tem-
perance!!! It will mean money in your
pocket, clothes on your back, happiness
in your home, and God in your heart!’’

Up leaped one of the paid interrupt-
ers and shouted to the audience:

‘Money in our pockets! Why, fel-
low-citizens, follow this man’s ideas
and we'll all be in the poorhouse!
Ihink of the fields of tasseled corn that
stretch on every side! Whisky is made
from corn, We sell millions of dollars’
worth of corn to the whiskymakers.
Stop the manufacture of whisky, and
what'll we do?’’

Then turning to Gough, he went on:
‘‘You, Mr. Smarty—what’ll we do?
Tell us, if prohibition cores, what'll
we do with our corn?”’

‘‘Raise more hogs, my friend,’’ re-
plied Gough, without a second’s hesita-
tion—‘‘raise more hogs!’’

—____~> 6.

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three most troublesome clients he ever
had were a young lady who wanted to
be married, a married woman who

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affords a good profit to the dealer, and
its lively sale adds to the reputation of
any store.

The United States Government when
advertising for baking powders rejects
alum powders in toto or at any price,
because of their unhealthfulness. Yet
makers of these powders will be found
in almost every town urging their sale.
Alum powders are a discredit to any
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Around the State

Movements of Merchants.

Port Huron—Herman F. Hebner is
succeeded by the Henber Harness Co.

Colon—Miller Bres. have purchased
the hardware stock of Clayton E. Baird.

Flint—Mrs. F. H. Ball has pur-
chased the millinery stock of Mrs. A.
Hope.

Marlette—The Marlette Canning Co.
is incorporated with a capital stock of
$10, 000,

Woodland— Deli Garns has purchased
the drug stock formerly conducted by
H. P. French.

Port Huron—Charles Gleason & Co.
have opened their new dry goods store
on Huron avenue.

Harrisville—C. W. Conkling, of Bing-
hampton, N. Y., is erecting a seed ele-
vator at this place.

Alaska— John W. Noble, miller, has
retired. The business is continued by
Geo. N. Doty & Son.

Lapeer—Fred W. Cary has discon-
tinued the grocery business, having sold
his stock to John Neely.

Parnell—Joseph J. Joyce has sold his
drug stock to Dr. Geo. E. McAvoy, who
will continue the business.

Lansing—The Grand River Electric
Co. has filed articles of association.
The capital stock is $50,000.

Mt. Pleasant—L. Stark is erecting a
potato storage house, 40x48 feet in di-
mensions, adjoining the Ann Arbor
tracks.

Lyons—I. A. Harper has sold his
stock in the Ash-Harper Co. to C. R.
Herrick, D. L. Straight and E. H.
Shoup.

Saline—Professor Tooze has purchased
the drug stock of Charles F. Unterkircher
and will continue the business at the
present location.

Bay City—The C. & J. Gregory Co.,
Limited, succeeds the C. J. Gregory
Co. in the book, stationery and print-
ers’ and binders’ supplies.

Millbrook—Currie & Pattison, deal-
ers in hardware and notions, have dis-
solved partnership. The business is
continued by Wm. Currie.

Port Huron—Walter & Thomas Davis,
who will shortly open a grocery store in
the Davis block, are making repairs, in-
cluding new floors and steel ceiling.

Sault Ste. Marie—F. B. Raymond
and M. E. Sayles have engaged in the
furniture business in the new Greeley
block under the style of Raymond &
Sayles.

Vicksburg—G. A. Ramsdell will
shortly have two machines installed in
his glove and mitten factory and will
manufacture a grade of goods not now
on the market.

Lansing—Our retail grocers have not
decided definitely when and where they
will hold their picnic, but it will prob-
ably be held at Pine or Park Lake the
first week in August.

Durand—A. E,. Dutcher, of Owosso,
known here in the firm of Dutcher &
Conn, shoe dealers, has sold his interest
to L. L. Conn, who will continue the
business in his own name.

Flint—The semi-annual meeting of
the Michigan Hay Dealers’ Association
will be held in this city July 30. The
chief feature will be a banquet, at
which hay will not be served.

Bellaire—A. B. Large has sold his
bazaar stock to H. E. Dickerson and
removed his jewelry stock back of the
drug store of G. J. Noteware, where he
will take charge of the business, on ac-
count of the ill health of that gentle-
man.

 

 

 

Cadillac—The People’s Savings Bank
is now open for business, with the fol-
lowing officers in charge: C. E. Rus-
sell, President; C. E. Drury, Vice-
President; Geo. Chapman, Cashier.

Hastings—C. H. Osborn, the clothier,
and Fred L. Heath, the druggist, whose
stores are adjoining, are preparing to
enlarge their capacity by building a 50
foot, two-story addition on the south.

Holland—Al. Vegter has purchased
the boot and shoe stock of A. H. Brink,
on River street. Mr. Vegter has sold
his cigar and tobacco stock to Peter
Boven, who will continue the business.

Manistee——-Benjamin Russky and
Philip Bolland have leased the building
now occupied by Bidelman & Lane and
will open up in time for the fall trade
with a stock of men’s and boys’ cloth-
ing.

Brown City—The three business firms
known as McGeorge Bros., Frutchey &
Co. and Harnden & Reeves have been
dissolved and a new company organ-
ized, known as the Brown City
Grain Co.

Ypsilanti—D. C. Batchelder and S.
C. Case have sold their majority. hold-
ing of stock in the Ypsilanti Spring Bed
Co. to H. P. Glover, M. S. Hall, Ed-
ward Geer and Thomas Shaw, who wil!
continue the business.

Mason—The Battle Creek Food Co.
has been organized here to manufacture
health foods. The first block of shares
was easily sold at 25 cents on the dollar
and the second block is now going at 50
cents. The officers are: A. G. Ball,
Chairman; L. T. Hemans, Secretary;
D. P. Whitmore, Treasurer.

Muskegon—Jacob E. Heethuis, who
for nearly six years has been proprietor
of the grocery at the corner of Pine and
Isabella streets, has temporarily moved
bis stock of groceries into the store
building at 235 Pine street. He has
had the corner store torn down and will
have a new brick veneered building
put up in its place.

Brookfield—R. Sherman and W. M.
Milton, under the firm name of Sherman
& Milton, will shortly re-engage in the
hardware business at this place, their
store building now in process of con-
struction being nearly completed. This
firm was one of the houses which
suffered by the fire which swept the
town several months ago.

Jackson—E. C. Greene has sold his
clothing and shoe stock, at 115 and 117
East Main street, to Horace G, Marvin,
J. Clyde Burnett and Arthur A. Mitch-
ell. The new concern is incorporated
and is known as the Greene Coaipany,
being composed of old employes of the
establishment. Mr, Greene will retain
some stock and will act as President.

Evart—This is probably the first town
in Michigan to try the experiment of
farmers’ rest rooms, where farmers and
their wives can make their headquarters
when in town. The rooms are free to
all who come and are supplied with
comfortable chairs and other modern
conveniences. The idea originated in
the East, where farmers’ rest rooms are
provided in many rural towns,

Lansing—The meat dealers of this
city have perfected an organization for
the purpose of mutual helpfulness in
trade problems. Fred W. Bertch was
elected President and Fred Trager Sec-
retary. The first stroke of business done
by the Association was the formation of
a strong anti-trading stamp alliance.
All of the butcher shops in the city are
represented in the crusade and the de-
cision to abolish the stamps is under-
stood to be unanimous. Some Lansing

 

grocers, it is understood, stand ready to
abandon the stamp business if their
competitors will do likewise. There are
others, however, who favor the trading
stamp strongly.

Saginaw—The butchers and grocers
of this city, reinforced by a Jarge num-
ber of butchers of Flint and Bay City,
are enjoying their annual excursion to
Port Huron to-day. An_ interesting
programme of sports was arranged, one
feature being a base ball game between
Saginaw and Port Huron butchers. The
committee in charge is composed of
Jobn Beierwaltes, Robert F. Edelhoff,
Andrew Fink, William Miller, John
Kundinger, John Gardei and George
Stingel, Jr.

Muskegon—Jacob L. Heeres, who last
week sold his meat market on Apple
street to Martin Roos, has purchased
the grocery stock of Henry W. Korfker,
at 201 Spring street, at the corner of
Ionia street, and will take hold of the
new business next week. There has
been a grocery at that corner for many
years. In 1893 Henry Mellema, who then
was proprietor of the store, sold out to
Wm. H. Korfker. His sons John and
Henry, took charge of the business for
him, but a year Jater John moved to
Grand Rapids. For three years Henry
continued in charge of the store, when,
in 1897, he bought out his father. He
has continued the business up to the
present time and disposes of it because
he intends to enter the theological
schoo! of the Christian Reformed church
at Grand Rapids in the fall to prepare
for the ministry. Mr. Korfker will re-
main with Mr, Heeres for three weeks
and will then move his family to Grand
Rapids,

Detroit—John Ballantyne, receiver of
W. J. Gould & Co., has filed a report
in which he shows that under the deed
of trust, which allowed the firm of W.
J. Gould & Co. to carry on the business
for four months after execution of the
deed, he took possession of the business
on July 11. From the time of his ap-
pointment up to July 11, he received
from the business and still has on hand
$38,697.61, and he values the stock in
trade now on hand, and which is being
inventoried, at between $20,000 and
$30,000, and the book accounts and bills
receivable at the same amount. He
sets up that the business is valuable as
a going concern and that, among the
assets, are certain trademarks which are
valuable only when used in a going
business. For this reason he thinks
more can be realized from the assets if
they be sold with the good will and
trademarks as a going concern than if
the business be stopped. He recom-
mends that he be permitted to carry on
the business for thirty days, and in the
meantime to advertise for bids for the
business and Judge Donovan made the
order asked.

 

Manufacturing Matters.

Custer—The Custer Canning Co. bas
been organized with a capital stock of
$10, 000.

Detroit—The Miami Stone Co. has
increased its capital stock from $120, -
000 to $200, 000,

Lansing—The Lansing Pure Food Co.
bas begun operations. The name of the
output is Malt-Ola.

 

 

 

Grand Haven—The Walden Shce Co.
has merged its business into a corpora-
tion, with a capital stock of $22,000,
a.Ypsilanti—William F. Carpenter, of
Chicago, has been elected manager and
processor of the Ypsilanti Canning Co,

Marlette—The Marlette Canning Co,
is the style of a new enterprise at this
place. It has a capital stock of $10,000,

Detroit—Louis Blitz and A. H,
Green, of the Solvay Process Co., are
about to start a glass factory in Delray.

Lansing—E. Bement’s Sons _ broke
ground last week for a handsome new
office building in connection with their
extensive plant.

North Lansing—Christian Breisch &
Co,, proprietors of the Pearl flouring
mills, are about to build a substantial
addition to that structure.

Albion—The style of the Riverside
Elgin Creamery Co. has been changed
to the Albion Creamery Co. and the cap-
ital stuck increased to $5,500.

Jackson—The Her Ladyship Corset
Co., which has removed from Chicago
to this place, has filed articles of asso-
ciation, the capital stock being $25,000.

Vicksburg—The Eclipse Governor
Co, has begun the erection of a build-
ing in the rear of its works, which will
be designed especially for an iron and
brass foundry.

Lakeview—Butler, Cogswell & Co.
have their grain elevator nearly com-
pleted. It is an up-to-date plant,
equipped with all the latest and most
modern machinery.

Manistee—Wm. Batty, who has con-
ducted a saw factory at 267 First street
for about thirty-five years, has sold out
to J. O. Batey, of this city, and L. H.
Cooper, of Petoskey.

Battle Creek—The McLane & Swift
Co. is contemplating the erection of an
elevator to replace the one destroyed by
fire last summer. It will probably be
located on Porter street.

Leonidas—The Leonidas’ Elevator
Co. has sold its elevator to Smith &
Giime, of Goshen, whe have also pur-
chased other elevators along the Battle
Creek division of the M. C. Railway.

Vassar—Frank Miller, who is en-
gaged in the saw and planing mill,
lumber, grain and coal business here
and at Rose City, will continue busi-
ness at the latter place under the style
of the Frank Miller Lumber Co.

Detroit—The Columbian Brush &
Fibre Co, has filed notice of dissolution
on the grounds that the business is not
paying. The main stockholders were
Geo. C. Wetherbee, Mary E. Wether-
bee, W. T. Crooks and Chas. P. Wether-
bee,

Jackson—The Celery City Health
Food Co., Limited, has been inau-
gurated with a capital stock of $20,000.
It is composed of N. H. Branch, Presi-
dent; N. S. Potter, Vice-President ;
Geo, J. Genebach, Secretary and Treas-
urer,

Muskegon—F. E, Jones, Secretary of
the Automatic Wringer Co., has pur-
chased an interest in the Shaler Hart-
grink Co., of Waupun, Wis., umbrella
manufacturer, and will dispose of his
interests here to take a position with
that company.

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The Grain Market. ;

Wheat has been rather sluggish dur-
ing the week. As has been previously
stated, this seems to be a weather mar-
ket and there is not much change to re-
port in wheat during the week. Cash
No. 2 red winter is about tc higher,
while No. 1 white is fully 1c higher.
However, it would make no difference
even if it was toc higher,as there is none
to be had. Spring wheat futures re-
main the same. There seems to be con-
siderable new wheat arriving, but very
little of it grades No. 2. On account of
the damp weather, wheat is not in as
good condition, consequently good wheat
is scarce yet. Should the pleasant, fine
weather continue—and we hope it will—
farmers will have a good chance to do
their harvesting in good shape in this
section, and give usa good quality of
wheat, even if the quantity is not large,
We have reports that wheat cutting has
commenced in this immediate vicin-
ity. Reports from the Southwest, es-
pecially Kansas, are not of the most
flowery kind. The millers, as well as
the grain dealers, complain of a very
poor yield and of an inferior quality.
Some sections report the wheat testing
only 48 to 54 pounds to the bushel,
while last year it tested 61 pounds. One
county where they had 6,800,000 bushels
last year reports that they will hardly
get 2,000,000 bushels of the inferior
grade of wheat this year. Foreign crops
seem to be in very fair condition, not-
withstanding the wet weather, so in all
probability our exports will not amount
to as much the coming year as they did
last, which was a banner year, exports
being a trifle over 250,0co,000 bushels.
The visible and invisible supply at
present is at low water mark and new
wheat comes along none too soon. There
will probably not be much change in
present prices for some time.

Corn dropped yesterday and to-day
fully 23 per bushel, July corn closing at
65%4c, while it has sold as high as 87 to
89c during the week. The corn corner
seems to be getting demoralized, owing
to the large amount of contract corn ar-
riving. Report has it that 500,000 bush-
els came in Saturday and an equal
amount on Monday, and in all proba-
bility about 750,000 bushels to-day
(Tuesday), which, of course, the corn
bulls have to take. As cash corn is
worth about 61c in Chicago and July
corn is worth 81c, it will readily be seen
that those who are manipulating the July
corner will have to take a great deal of
high-priced corn in order to sustain the
price and eventually it may be that the
profits that have been large on paper
will not be realized in their pockets. Of
course, the weather, as usual, helped the
conditions.

Oats, to be in line with corn, also
slumped off about 5c during the week,
as new oats are expected within a few
days and of verv fine quality, so it is
reported prices will go still lower, and
the bulls who anticipated a very nice
margin on July oats will be sadly disap-
pointed.

While there is not much doing in rye,
it seems to have climbed 3c during the
week, but as new rye will be in the
market in about a week, we do not see
how the present high price can be sus-
tained, especially as there will be no
foreign demand this season,

Spot beans, for some unaccountable
reason, have gone up toc during the
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sprung up, presumably for army pur-
pose, which probably caused the ad-
vance.

Flour has remained quiet and steady.
Dealers are laying in old wheat flour,
While some Western new wheat has
come in, and in good shape for grind-
ing, still dealers prefer old wheat flour
yet.

Mill stuff remains very firm—no
change in bran and an advance of $2 in
middlings, prices being $20 for bran
and $25 for middlings.

Receipts of grain during the week
have been as follows: wheat, 45 cars;
corn, 3 Cars; oats, 4 cars; rye, 3 cars;
beans, I car; flour, 1 car; straw, I car;
potatoes, 7 cars.

Millers are paying 76c for No. 2 red
wheat. C. G. A. Voigt.

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The Produce Market.

Bananas—Prices range from $1.35@
1.75 per bunch, according to size.
Jumbos, $2.25 per bunch.

Beeswax—Dealers pay 25c for prime
yellow stock.

Beets—2oc per doz. for new.

Beet Greens—Soc per bu.

Butter—Factory creamery is steady at
22c for fancy and 21c for choice. Dairy
grades are moving moderately at 17@
18c for fancy, 16@17c for choice and 13
@i4c for packing stock.

Cabbage—Home grown command 6cc
per doz,

Carrots —1oc per doz.

Caulitlower—$1.10 per doz.

Celery—Home grown is in limited
supply at 17c per doz.

Cherries—Sour, $3.50 per bu. Sweet,
$4 per bu.

Cucumbers—3oc
house.

Currants—Cherry, $1.10 per 16 qts.
Small, go per 16 gts.

Eggs—Local dealers pay 16%@17%c
for candled and 15@16c for case count.

Figs—Five crown Turkey command
14@15c.

Gooseberries—$i per 16 qt. crate.

Green Onions—tic for Silver Skins.

Green Peas—85c per bu. for Tele-
phones and Champions of England.

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 10@IIc.

Lemons—Californias, $4@4.25; Mes-
sinas, $5@6.

Lettuce—Head commands 7oc per bu.
Leaf fetches soc per bu.

Maple Sugar—io%c per Ib.

Maple Syrup—$1 per gal. for fancy.

Onions—California, $2.25 per sack of
too Ibs. ; Kentucky and Louisiana,$1.50
per sack of 70 lbs.

Oranges—California Valencias, $5.50.

Parsley—25@3oc per doz.

Pieplant—2c per Ib.

Pineapples—Floridas command $4.25
per crate of 24 to 36 size, one kind or
assorted,

Potatoes—Old stock is weak at 6oc,
New stock is in active demand at 7oc.

Poultry—Receipts are liberal, espe-
cially of young poultry. Live pigeons
are in moderate demand at 50@6oc
and squabs at $1.20@1.50. Spring broil-
ers, 12@13c; chickens, 8@g9c; small
hens, 7@8c; large hens, 6@7c; turkey
hens, 10144@11%c; gobblezs, g@ioc;
white spring ducks, g@Ioc.

Radishes—toc per doz.

Raspberries—Red, $1.50 per 16 qts,
Black, $1.25 per 16 gts.

Spinach—45c per bu.

: Squash—Summer fetches 6oc per bas-
et.

Tomatoes—75c per 4 basket crate.

Wax Beans—75c per bu. for home
grown.

Whortleberries——$3@3.50 per bu.
Most of the receipts thus far have been
very wet and soft, which renders ship-
ping very precarious.

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A man may run himself to death and
then find in the end that he is on the
wrong road. It is exceedingly sensible
to find out at the beginning whether we
are on the right track or not.

per doz. for hot

 

The Grocery Market.

Sugars—The raw sugar market shows
no material changes. On account of the
moderate supplies on hand, few sales
were made at any price and the market
has a somewhat lower tendency. The
world’s visible supply of raw sugar is
2,850,000 tons, showing a decrease of
80,000 tons under July 3, and an in-
crease of 950,000 tons over the corres-
ponding period last year. It is reported
that the *isible production of sugar in
Cuba to date is estimated at 768,000
tons. Trade in refined sugar is rather
quiet just at present, sales being mostly
for such lots as are needed to supply
immediate wants. However, the warmer
weather is having a stimulating effect
on consumption and supplies in hands
of the trade are rapidly decreasing, which
will compel buyers to enter the market
again in the near future. Prices remain
steady and no change is looked for
in the immediate future.

Canned Goods—Trade in the canned
goods line is rather quiet on almost
everything except tomatoes, which con-
tinue to be the chief item of interest in
this line. New pack Maryland goods
for prompt delivery are being offered
quite freely and buyers are taking hold
very well, being glad to get these goods
to supply their wants until they can get
their goods which were purchased for
future delivery. As the warmer weather
continues and the prospects for a good
crop of tomatoes are so bright, there is
a little easier feeling in the market for
futures, but no change in price has been
made. Neither the jobbers nor the pack-
ers are carrying any stocks of last year’s
pack. In fact, it has been a long time
since the jobbers were so closely sold
up on their last year's holdings, It will
take an enormous quantity of canned
tomatoes to fill up that gap, and, while
it is, of course, very hard to estimate
the quantity required, it is safe to say
that as fast as the tomatoes are packed
from now until September, they will
move. Indeed, it is a question whether
or not any surplus stocks will be accum-
ulated until after September 1. This,
of course, means that the prices will be
sustained. Corn is steady and in fair
demand at full prices. Futures are
very strongly held. Gallon and 3 |b. ap-
ples for future delivery are meeting with
a ready sale. Spot goods are so closely
cleaned up that there are absolutely
none to be obtained. There has been
an unusually good demand for wax and
string beans during the past week. This
unusual demand was somewhat of a
surprise as these articles have been
practically neglected for the past few
months. Salmon of all grades is firm
and in good consumptive demand.
Stocks are becoming greatly reduced.
Sardines are in good demand at full
prices.

Dried Fruits—The dried fruit mar-
ket, as a whole, shows no change, but
the buying is chiefly of small lots for im-
mediate requirements. Prunes remain
steady, with good demand for all sizes.
Stocks are being reduced to small com-
pass. Raisins are slightly firmer and
in good demand. The tendency is to-
ward higher prices, particularly for
seeded, which are meeting with very
good sale and which are in only fair
supply. Apricots and _ peaches are
steady and in fair request. Dates are in
an improved position and show an ad-
vancing tendency. Stocks are consid-
erably lighter than at this time last
year and holdings are said to be mostly
1g00 stock. Figs are firm and are mov-
ing out well at previous prices.

 

Rice—The rice market is firm, but
with only small demand at present.
Trade up to the last two or three weeks
has been unusually good for this season
of the year, but as the warmer weather
approaches, shows a falling off. Ad-
vices from New Orleans state that half
of the Louisiana rice crop has been
ruined and prices have been advanced
Ye per pound. The Louisiana rice
crop is estimated at 3,500,000 sacks,
This imparted a stronger feeling among
dealers here and the tendency of prices
was firmer, with an upward movement
to set in at any moment pending further
reports as to the damage to the crop.

Molasses—The continuance of warm
weather has materially checked the
movement and business in molasses has
practically come toa standstill. Deal-
ers are not anxious to market their hold-
ings, which are light, preferring to
carry supplies in store until the fall in
the expectation of obtaining higher
prices.

Fish—Trade in codfish is good and
prices are unchanged.

Nuts—There is no marked change,
but a very strong situation is shown in
peanuts, which are meeting with a good
demand at full prices. Walnuts are
somewhat stronger and prices have a
hardening tendency. Almonds are scarce
and prices asked are firm.

Rolled Oats—There is practically no
market on rolled oats, as almost none
are being offered. Buyers have made
heavy purchases, but are experiencing
great difficulty in getting shipment, as
the mills are so heavily oversold,

 

Hides, Pelts, Tallow and Wool.

The hide market was without change
of price until tied up by strikes. Now
there is a little enquiry from parties
wishing stocks to work where they can
dodge Chicago transit.

Pelts are without change,
offerings at present.

Tallow was some firmer from specula-

with no

tion. No edible is being offered. No
reports of late as everything stands
guiet. No delivery can be made ex-

cept to outside points.

Wool holds firm at late prices, but no
further advance can be obtained at pres-
ent. Many Eastern buyers have left the
State. Lots have been well cleaned up.
What remains is held for higher values,
which are not apparent at present. The
supply offering is ample for present
needs and futures are uncertain.

Wm. T. Hess.

At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Swaverly Telephone Co., held at
Kalkaska July 8, it was decided to in-
crease the capital stock from $50,000 to
$100, 000.

The Michigan Telephone Co., which
has been giving its residence patrons in
Ishpeming and Negaunee free service
since the Marquette County Telephone
Co. began doing business, has served
notice on its customers that after Aug. 1
the price of residence service will be $1
per month.

H. A. Cone, grocer at 477 South Di-
vision street, will open a grocery store
in the corner store of the Loraine apart-
ment building, corner East Fulton and
Lagrave streets. The Worden Grocer
Co. has the order for the stock.

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The capital stock of the American

Tailoring Co,, 115 Canal street, has
been increased from $5,000 to $10,000,

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Stock of clothing and men’s furnish-

ing goods to be sold at auction. See
advertisement on page 7.

 

 

 

 

 

6

Getting the People

Taking Advantage of Public Opportuni-
ties.

It is pretty generally conceded that
the main dependence for the seeker
after publicity is the newspaper. But
the merchant who thinks that he can
live as though he had no other relation
to the community than the selling of
goods and the crying of his wares
through this medium will only achieve
a partial success, and that slowly. The
live merchant is a member of the com-
munity and nothing will serve more
effectually to supplement and aid the
direct appeal of the advertisement than
the assertion of one’s place in civic
and social life.

I have no use for the man who forces
a position, especially through social or
religious affiliations, as a means sim-
ply of achieving business success. As
a general rule the pretensions of such
men are sufficiently transparent and
they succeed in making themselves
thoroughly despised. A man must be
sincere in all that he does—must be
actuated by correct motives—or the com-
munity will soon place his pretensions
at their real value. It may seem _ para-
doxical that one must take an active
part in such ways on account of busi-
ness and yet, when he does so on that
account simply, he makes a_ failure.
The explanation lies in the fact that
there are other reasons why every busi-
ness man should take his proper place
in the community, and the advice to
do so is pertinent for the reason that too
many are apt to plead devotion to
business as a reason for neglect of other
duties. It is a coincidence—I do not
mean an accidental one—that the
broader activity a man _ brings to his
relations to those about him the greater
will be his business success. Business
must not be neglected and every man
should be able to judge as to where his
activities should be bestowed. There
are many business wrecks caused by
undue devotion of energy to other things
than business.

An active position in the life of the
community brings opportunity. There
is no less advertising value in engaging
in pubijic activities from the fact that
one is in the habit of doing things. On
the other hand, when the community is
startled by some unusual proceeding on
the part of one who is not in the habit
of doing things it may create a sensa-
tion, but in the resulting confusion as
to the motives governing the action the
advertising effect may be dissipated.
But the man of recognized public spirit
may take his place in local official po-
sitions or in moves for public advance-
ment--such as highways and village
improvements—or in philanthropic
work. For example, let a case of desti-
tution in some tributary locality come
to his notice. If he can quietly and
unostentatiously move to the relief of
the sufferer it will be a grand business
opportunity. But it must be something
to which he is accustomed, a natural
thing for him to do, to have its proper
advertising effect. This kind of adver-
tising is no more possible in spasmodic
attempts than is advertising through
the press or any other kind. All adver-
tising must be persistent, continued.

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The Freeport Clothing Co. writes a
businesslike argument, the best feature
of which is the price list. The words
‘‘quality considered’’ are out of posi-
tion and so appear to refer to the kind
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

price.

We agree to sell you Suits for Men. an

And ali others in proportion.
Goods. All of the Latest Patternsand Best Makes
and Prices. Eggs taken in exchange ior goods, or we will pay you the highest cash market

Respectfully Yours,

SAVE YOUR MONEY!

Until You Have Seen Our Clothing and Furnishings.

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We have a complete line of Hats and Gaps and Parvishing
We ask only a fair Comparison of Goods

     

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There Are Six Main Points

If these points appeal to you as essentiaito the Best Prescrip-
tion Werk, we should be pleased to serve you. Askany physician -
about this matter when he bands you a prescription for medicine.

S. B. JONES, Mzr.

To remember in PRESCRIPTION work

‘They are:
Brains, Accuracy,
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Is more attractive than the
old-time house, because in
place of the stif, hair-cov-
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find all the

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all graceful and attractive.
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BIG TALK.

; Our Discount Season Lasts the
Whole Year.

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We are going to rub out the profit by putting prices on g9;
all our Summer Clothing, Hats and Furnishings, that °3:
will make the Dollars in your pocket fairly jump. :
We have had a splendid business during the season just 3
closed, and now all lightweight things muct get a move sf
on themselves to give us room for Fall business. No- 6%
body ought to pay us, or anyone else, full price for 35
Clothing, when he can get just about the same thing for °9°
half to two-thirds. All wool, of course; sewed with silk, ¢
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discounts on Clothing appear. These *‘spasms” always Sf
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prices than other stores. In the suit line you will always 39:
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less on the same quality.§ ce:
We know that this is the best method for building and
holding business. &
You can save from 50c to $1.00 on Hats, and Furnishing je;
Goods are always less price here than elsewhere. Come °9°
in and see about it.

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Men’s, Women's, Boys’, Misses’ and Children’s Summer
Shoes, and now we are going to make them move.

No one with feet should stay away from this sale. Re-
member the date, if you stay away you are the .oser.

GEO. F. ANDRUS,

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AN OPTICIAN MOST KNOW TRE
REFRACTIVE CONDITION OF AN
EYE. KNOW IF IT ly POSSIBLE
TO IMPKOVE PRESENT VISION
WITH GLASSES OR NOT, AND
KNOW WHY. THE OPTICIAN
MUST HAVE

A SPECIAL EDUCATION,

iN THAT LINE aND HAVE >PE-
(LAL ENSTRUMENTS TO WORK
WITH, AND HE MUST BE A SYU-
DENT.

If you are Not Getting good re-
sults from your Glasses, or
cannot see plainly.
call on me.

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‘*suits.’’ ‘‘ Respectfully yours’? is bet-
ter omitted.

The People’s Drug Store makes a
strong appeal to the importance of care
in prescription work. The _ border
would be improved by the use of
mitered corners. The printer has done
well to preserve unity in style of dis-
play type.

A seasonable and sanguinery adver-
tisment is that of Howard & Pearl Drug
Co. It is noticeable for being entirely
set in display type. The printer has
done well in proportioning his white
space so as to give each item promi-
nence.

The clothing announcement of Geo,
F. Andrus has many good points and
the humorous turns are well sustained.
I would give prominence, however, to
some display of the line in question
and would cut out fully half of the
reading. There is material for at least
two such advertisements,

A. R. Van Allsburg bas a well pro-
portioned furniture advertisement and
the display is in the line cf the subject.
This will sell goods.

E. F. Murray makes a small display
of a seasonable specialty which is
treated suitably bythe printer. Several
such with different subjects could be
scattered through a paper in lieu of one
big display to advantage.

F. R. Pancoast writes a spectacle ad-
vertisement which is calculated to ap-
peal to the judgment of those in need of
such aids to vision. The idea is a good
one and is well carried out except that
the specialty should be indicated in the
display. ‘*‘The days’’ has no meaning
and is not calculated to gain attention.
I would set the paragraphs in lower case,
to be more easily read, and would not
introduce so many styles of display
type.

A judicious use of the blue pencil
would have ieft a good advertisement
for Willman & McLean. Cut out the
ornaments (?) under ‘‘merchant,’’ or
substitute a line, also cut out the stuff
around ‘‘tailors,’’ space the word out a
little and puta line under and the re-
sult would be a good, strong, clear ad-
vertisement. As it is, it is a striking
example of how a good display may be
spoiled by lack of care in ‘‘flinging
in’’ ornamentation.

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$9391.90

Stock of Clothing and Gents’ Furnishing
Goods

I will offer the above stock at Public Auction on Thursday, July 24,
at 3 p. m., as a whole to the highest bidder. This is a good cle1n stock,
and is a bargain for someone. Stock open for inspection at any time
previous to sale.. Am odliged to move or sell. Have determined to g
sell, and must do so on the above date. Come and look it over and you
will be here to bid on it.

H. WARD LEONARD

Manistee, Michigan

 

Second Hand Machinery Lamps
For Sale to Burn

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4 42 inch x 20 feet 2 flue boilers.

Our prices will make customers of you.
Write to-day as this stock will be dis-
posed of at once

Ames & Clark, Detroit, Mich.

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DETROIT, Miche,

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Guardians

Harness

We call special attention

The Michigan Trust Co. fills
| all the requirements of a guard-
ian both of person and estate.
Weare considered competent
to pass upon all questions of
education, training, accom-
plishments, etc., of the ward.
We have an extended and suc-
cessful experience in caring
for the interests of minors, in-
sane, intemperate, mentally
incompetent persons, spend-
thrifts, and all questions can
be met with greater skill and
economy than are likely to be
found inthe average individual
guardian wno meets such prob-
lems for the first time.

The Michigan Trust Co.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

to our line of single and
light double harness This
is the time of year they

sell. We are showing

some new Styles. Extra
good values. Send us a
trial order.

We still have scme good

values in dusters and nets.

Brown & Sehler
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

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surance policy, and when the winds blow and the floods come
it stands the test unflinchingly.

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County of Kent sae

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
July 9, 1%902, 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 twelfth day of July, 1902.
Henry B. Fairchild,
Notary Public in ake Kent County,
Mich.

STATE OF of Kent |

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NEEDLES AND PINS.

The Census Bureau has issued an in-
teresting bulletin on these apparently
trivial, but necessary articles. Anyone
who has seen a thorn used for pinning
things can readily imagine that nature
furnished the first pins,and when Mother
Eve found it necessary to improve her
toilet she pinned her fig leaves together
with thorns from a convenient bush.

Explorations of ancient ruins furnish
abundant examples of pins made of
bone, ivory, bronze, copper and iron.
The most prominent discoveries made
in this line were in Egyptian and Scan-
dinavian tombs and on sites of the an-
cient lake dwellings of Central Europe.
From the lacustrine stations in Swit-
zerland alone more than 10,000 pins
have been taken. These ancient pins
are in various forms, and in cases
where the ornamental head is used they
are very curious and beautiful. They
are longer than those now in use and
differ from the modern pattern in that
they taper gradually from the head to
the point. Some were found in Central
Europe with double stems like the mod-
ern hairpin, and a few were found at
Peschiera, Italy, fashioned like the
modern safety-pin. Many of the single-
stemmed pins varied in thickness, and
others had heads formed of a_ loose
ring in an eye at the blunt end.

In ancient and mediaeval times pins
were made of bronze, and this was the
principal material used until metallurgy
had advanced far enough to give a bet-
ter material in brass. It is said that
the early Anglo-Saxons and Britons
used ribbons, loopholes, clasps, hooks
and eyes, and skewers of wood, bone,
brass, silver, or gold for their fastenings
instead of pins. The brass-wire pin is
supposed to be an invention of the
French, although by some authorities it
is credited to the Dutch. In England
pins of iron wire were made during the
fifteenth century, but the brass-wire pin

 

was unknown until 1543, when it was
brought from France by Catharine How-
ard, one of the numerous wives of
Henry VIII. of England.

The pins of the present day are made
wholly by machinery from brass wire,
which, by ingenious mechanism, is cut
into required lengths, sharpened and
headed. At first pins were made by
hand, the heads being separate and then
slipped down to a shoulder, when the
projecting end of the pin was riveted
down with little hammers in the hands
of girls. Now the brass wire is fed into
machinery, from which it comes in the
form of perfect pins. They are after-
wards silvered, when they are ready for
market. The pins are stuck into papers
by machinery.

Doubtless the pin antedated the
needle, but from the nature of the case
fig leaves pinned with thorns must have
been soon discarded. When it became
necessary to piece out garments by fas-
tening skins of animals together, the
needle became a necessity.

Remains of civilized and uncivilized
nations bear evidence of the use of
needles made of various materials.
Some excellent specimens made of fish
bone, horse’s bone, and bronze have
been found in caves near Brunequel,
France, and on the sites of the ancient
lake dwellings of Central Europe. In
Eygptian and Scandinavian tombs
bronze needles, varying in length from
2% to 8 inches, have been found. This
material, which quite likely suggested
itself for use in needle manufacture be-
cause it was an alloy easily worked, was
for many centuries the material prin-
cipally used, especially among the early
Europeans and Western Asiatic peo-
ples. Whether other materials than
bone, ivory and bronze were used by
ancient nations for the construction of
the needle we have no means of know-
ing. These early needles were clumsy
affairs, and during the dark ages were
superseded by steel needles.

Needles are made by machinery from
steel wire, which is cut into lengths,
each of which is ground to a point, the
eye is punched, the needle is grooved
at the eye, and then polished, coming
out in the form in which it is used.
Needles and pins are made chiefly in
Connecticut, but there are also factories
in Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
New York and Pennsylvania. There is
in each of the States of Illinois, Mary-
land, Michigan, New Jersey and Ver-
mont one factory, while in Missouri
there are two. ‘The production of
needles in the United States yearly is
about one million and a quarter gross,
the gross being twelve dozen, and they
are valued at considerably more than
one million dollars. As for pins, they
are made to the extent of fifty million
gross a year, of a value of about one
million dollars.

The consumption of pins is enormous,
and since they are never destroyed in
use, the question is often asked,
‘‘What becomes of them?’’ It is easy
to see that from their size and shape
they get into cracks in the floors of
houses, and are so lost, while those that
get swept out of doors soon become cov-
ered with dust and dirt, and so disap-
pear from view. Fifty million gross is
600,000,000 pins, which are used by the
American people every year. When
in future ages the ruins of our houses
and cities shall be dug up, there will
be pins in abundance to tell of the im-
portance of that little article to human
society in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries.

 

THE ENORMOUS FIRE WASTE.

Although the present year made a
most unpromising start in the matter
of fire losses, there has been some lit-
tle improvement in more recent months,
which, while not bringing the waste
down to a reasonable figure, still enables
the statistics to show some betterment
over the two preceding seasons, a fact
which is at least encouraging.

The New York Journal of Commerce,
which makes a specialty of collecting
statistics showing the fire losses in this
country and Canada, reports the loss
during June as aggregating $10,245,350,
which is a trifle larger than during the
corresponding month in I901. The fig-
ures for the six months of the year
which have elapsed are below tke cor-
responding months of the previous
year, as well as of 1900. The only rea-
son, however, that we make a better
showing than last year is due to the fact
that during May, I9o1, there occurred
the disastrous Jacksonville fire, which
ran the losses for that month up to
$22,380,000, Were it not for that heavy
ioss, the figures for 1902 would show a
gain over Igol, as far as the first half
of the year is concerned.

There is no good reason why the fire
losses in this country should assume
anything like the proportions they do.
They represent too heavy a drain on
the national resources, and have made
the insurance business so unprofitable,
taking the country as a whole, that the
underwriters have been compelled to
make a radical increase in premiums.

The idea that, because the insurance
companies make good the losses, the
people are not the true sufferers is en-
tirely erroneous. Insurance companies
are able to pay losses because they col-
lect premiums from a great number of
people. Ifthese premiums do not suffice
to meet the losses over and above a
reasonable profit to the shareholders in
the insurance companies, rates will be
raised. As the entire population prac-
tically must have insurance, the heavy
fire waste is made good by the addi-
tional tax placed upon everybody. The
loss is, therefore, a national one, and it
is, moreover, a loss which is irrepar-
able.

While a portion of the loss is undoubt-
edly due to criminal intent, the great
proportion is undoubtedly traceable to
careless building, imperfect electrical]
installation and badly protected steam
plants in factories. Our system of fac-
tory and store construction is entirely
too flimsy, and the disregard of fire
limits and fireproof construction is a
prolific cause of undue fire waste. It
seems impossible to hope for reform ex-
cept through a gradual increase in
premiums for insurance. The pressure
of high rates will eventually compel re-
forms, but it does seem as if American
business men will stand a good deal in
the matter of rates rather than resort to
substantial, if costly, construction and
high-class workmanship in electrical
installation and factory building.

GENERAL TRADE REVIEW.

In spite of a number of strong bear
influences in different industries, the
general course of the Wall Street mar-
kets is upward. Unfavorable conditions
in Copper and in one or two other great
properties serve to make irregular de-
clines, but these are conditions affecting
only the immediate stocks concerned,
as a general strength pervades all that
are dependent on the industrial condi-
tion of the country. Transportation
stocks continue to mark new high

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records in spite of the long labor dis-
turbances in Pennsylvania and the
freight tie-up in Chicago. These would
seem to be enough to create serious dis-
turbance in the transportation interests,
but as yet the effects are scarcely notice-
able in stocks.

The gold accumulation in the Treas-
ury continues to make new records, but
the cutting off of revenue taxes is al-
ready apparent in a reduction of the
total cash balance. This is fortunate as
the activity all over the country is de-
manding heavy sums and it would not
take much to create a stringency in the
usual market conditions. European
money market conditions are improv-
ing and the probability of gold export
is past. Bankers are not looking for
any material stringency.

Even without making due allowance
for the season and the large number of
wage earners voluntarily idle, the busi-
ness situation compares most favorably
with earlier dates. Prices are high, and
this is evidence of a liberal consump-
tive demand, which alone could sustain
values at the level occupied during the
last six months. Food products are
leading in strength, partially owing to
last year’s deficiency, but even in new
vegetables, fruits, dairy products and
eggs, which are being marketed freely,
there is no evidence of weakness, Wear-
ing apparel also commandsa ready mar-
ket, not only in retail lines, where sum-
mer fabrics are in brisk demand, but
jobbers and wholesalers have a good
volume of orders from traveling sales-
men,

Lumber regions enjoy exceptional ac-
tivity, all kinds of wood finding a ready
market at firm prices. Building opera-
tions are very heavy, and would be
much more so but for the exorbitant
demands of labor. Wages and material
are both at an unusually high point,
making structural work exceedingly
expensive, and contracts can not be car-
ried out on specifications made a year
ago. Higher prices for pig iron have
not affected consumption, the latest re-
turns of furnace stocks showing no ac-
cumulation, although production is
steadily attaining new high records, in
the face of interrupted deliveries of
fuel. Ovens are turning out more coke
than ever before, yet shipments are not
sufficient to meet requirements. A few
steel mills have closed for the usual
summer overhauling, but curtailment in
this industry will be less than custom-
ary, since orders have been placed for
much of next year’s output, notably for
structural shapes and railway equip-
ment.

 

The scientists often have their trouble
for their pains. Things that look big
with hidden meaning have no signifi-
cance whatever, Dr, Dorsey, of the Field
Columbian Museum in Chicago, an-
nounces that the supposed inscriptions on
the adobe houses of the Hopi Indians
that the anthropologists have been trying
to decipher and read for years have
been found to be nothing more than the
scratches made by mischievous Hopi
children in the mud of the adobe houses
after they had been freshly built.

An ounce of prevention is well known
to be worth a pound of cure. Societies
whose mission is to prevent are in ex-
istence in all the cities of the country.
Now a cynic rises to suggest the for-
mation of a ‘‘Society for the Prevention
of Things Not Already Prevented."’
All he needs to do is to join the trades
unions. They want to stop everything
except the breweries.

   

 

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THE COMMERCIAL SPIRIT.

 

A Tendency Not Altogether to
plored.

If there be one word which more than
another characterizes the time in which
we live, it is the word commercialism.
The word and the idea which it repre-
sents have taken full possession of us.
They are in the very air we breathe.
They have permeated all the relation-
ships of life. The dollar is to-day not
only the standard by which we measure
the value of material things but tuo
often, alas, itis the yardstick by which
we are attempting to measure off the
value of spiritual things. This com-
mercial sentiment has taken possession
of educational life and educational in-
Stitutions, of our religious life and our
churches, and fortunate are we if it has
not found a lodgment in our homes,
The success of our colleges to-day is
being determined not by the character,
the quality, the temper and _ spirit of
the men which they are producing, but
by the number and size of their build-
ings, by the variety of their curriculum,
by the extent of their endowment and
by the number of their students. The
college president is chosen not so much
for intellectual and scholarly attain-
ments or even for pedagogic ability,
but for financial ability—the ability to
charm the elusive dollar and drop it
into the coffers of the institution. The
sentiment contained in that somewhat
apocryphal remark credited to the late
President Garfield, that Mark Hopkins
at one end of a log anda boy at the
other constituted a college, would meet
scant recognition in the educational
thought and life of to-day. Such senti-
ment is obsolete. Mark Hopkins him-
self, were he alive, would, I fear, be a
back number in the present educational!
world.

This commercial spirit has also taken
possession of our religious life and of
our churches. Their success is esti-
mated not by the type and quality of
spiritual life there engendered and
nourished, but by the size and archi-
tectural effect of the buildings, the size
of the audiences and the wealth of the
offerings. The popular estimate of the
minister too is not based upon his com-
munion with God and the frequency of
his approach to the throne of grace, by
means of which communion he scatters
perpetual benedictions upon his people
as he goes in and out among them, but
upon his ability to draw the crowd and
get the money.

Is it not true, also, that this commer-
cialism is finding some place in our
domestic relations and home life? May
it not taint that holiest of all human re-
lationships, the relationship of husband
and wife? May not the wife in her es-
timate of the husband have injected in-
to that estimate her view of his com-
mercial ability, his ability to provide
as compared with his fellows? Is the
complete estimate of the wife by the
husband free from her relationship to
social distinction? Is not the child’s es-
timate of the home based somewhat
upon the number and size of the rooms
and the luxury of the furnishing in
which that home is confined?

I need not express the platitude that
the growth of this spirit of commercial-
ism and materialism presents grave
dangers and that these dangers are per-
sonal as well as national—they are
spiritual as well as economic.

But this spirit and tendency is not al-
together to be deplored. Let us remem-
ber in connection with it that our esti-
mate of the spiritual can only be ex-

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pressed in material terms. We have no
yardstick by which to measure spiritual
values.

What standard may we find by which

to measure the value of a soul saved?
What standard may we find to measure
the value of a broken heart comforted?
What standard may we find to measure
the value of a careless, indifferent and
purposeless life inspired? Our expres-
sion of spiritual values so far as they
may be expressed must be mainly in the
terms of commercial statistics. Then
again the commercial spirit need not be
aitogether deplored because it is the
spirit of large things. There is an in-
spiration in dealing with large things.
There is an inspiration in joining hands
with a great company to bring to pass
some great thing. There is an inspira-
tion in watching the brain of man _ con-
ceive some great thing and in watching
brain and hand make that conception a
reality.
. Then, too, it must be remembered
that while we are seeking spiritual
things we are living in a material world
and with a material environment. In
the advancement of spiritual things
many of the most important and effec-
tive tools put into our hands are mate-
rial. So I say this commercial and ma-
terial spirit and tendency which charac-
terize the time in which we live more
than any other time and the land in
which we live more than any other
land are not altogether to be deplored.
But what of righteousness? How is it
faring in the midst of this commercial-
ism? Is it being choked to death as
the grass in our lawns is destroyed by
the. dandelions? Or is righteousness a
leaven which is diffusing itself through-
out our great commercial life and enter-
prise and will continue so to diffuse it-
self until the whole is leavened?

Our answer to that enquiry will! de-
pend upon our point of view, our tem-
perament and our faith in God. It
would be no difficult task for me to
make an argument here to prove beyond
peradventure of doubt to any pessimistic
soul that righteousness is being ban-
ished from the earth.

The argument will not be a weak and
specious one, but full of logical virility.
Nor need we go far afield to find abun-
dant evidence to support it. 1 could
point you to the selfishness and greed
which possess the great commercial
world. 1 could tell you of the economic
conditions which seem to be in wrought
into the very fiber of our material life,
which develop such selfishness and
greed.

I could tell of hypocrisy in our
churches, of dishonesty in business, of
disregard for the poor, of the pride of
the rich. Unrighteousness is in the
world in abundant quantity and evi-
dence, nor is it all outside of ourselves.
But, my friends, there is another and |
helieve a saner, a more wholesome and
a truer answer. Righteousness has not
departed from the earth nor has it be-
gun its exit. It is an active and grow-
ing factor in all our great commercial
life and enterprise. An acquaintance
with individuals whom we meet will
help us to this conclusion.

Does such an incident as this mean
nothing? A few weeks ago a young
man—a clerk—working for $9 a week,
was told by his superior that in the un-
usual rush of business he could draw
double pay for some Sunday work. He
replied, ‘‘l would be glad to earn the
muney and I'd be glad to help to get
the work up, but there isn’t money

 

enough in the treasury of this establish-
ment to get me to work Sunday.’’

One of the most prominent business
men in Chicago—a man of great wealth
and influence whose name would be
known to nearly everyone—had been at-
tending a convention of men gathered
from all parts of the country. He was
an important and influential figure in
the deliberations. Saturday night has
come. A company of gentlemen are
about him. ‘‘What time to-morrow can
we see you?’’ they ask. ‘‘To-mororw
morning I have an engagement to at-
tend church, the afternoon I spend with
my family. At as early an hour Mon-
day as you desire I shall be glad to be
with you,’’ is the reply.

One man whom I know says to his
numerous employes in settling im-
portant questions, ‘‘The first considera-
tion is, what is right?’’

These cases you may Say are excep-
tional. Not at all. Our business world
is full of men, employers and employes,
whose whole business conduct is gov-
erned by such considerations. They
are in the shops, in the stores, in the
factories, in the counting rooms. They
are not blatant nor conspicuous, but
quietly day by day govern their lives
and conduct by the principles of right-
eousness, They are injecting these prin-
ciples into the whole business world.
But look not alone at individuals but
at the great co-operative enterprises,
charitable, benevolent, philanthropic
and religious, whose combined cost runs
into the hundreds of millions yearly
and whose influences circle the globe.
Such enterprises are carried on largely
if not chiefly by business men. It is
their money, their thought, their time,
given unstintedly, which are thus pro-
moting such enterprises. Nor is it pos-
sible to account for these great move-
ments by motives of selfishness or pride.
That these often enter as motives we
can not deny. But in the main if money
and interest and time and labor are to
be sought for the on-going of such en-
terprises they must be sought success-
fully chiefly from those whose lives are
governed by righteousness. The most
successful appeal can be made to con-
science and not to pride.

Remember, too, the great multitude
who are thus enlisted. In the eloquent
words of President Bradley, ‘‘the twelve
apostles have become hundreds of thous-
ands and the little company of disciples
have become millions.’’

Millions throughout the world are
pledged to righteousness. Miliions there
are in that great army who are wearing
that breastplate. The cause is nota
weak one. The company is not meager
and puny.

I was introduced to a man who sat in
the seat in front of me, who wore a pe-
culiar button. It bore the imprint of a
pitcher. He told me it was the badge
of the Gideonites an organization of
which I knew nothing and of which I
had never even heard—an organization
of Christian commercial _ travelers.
Twenty-five hundred of them! Travel-
ing apostles of righteousness in the busi-
ness world!

My friends, if you get blue sitting
under some juniper tree,imagining that
yours is the only knee which has not
bent to Baal, get up and climb some
mountaintop where you can get a broad
view of the world, take into your lungs
some of the ozone of which the Al-
mighty has an abundant store, which
will change your pessimism to an abun-
dant and abounding optimism. Above
all, lift your eyes until you behold

 

through the veil which confronts them,
that throne which is from all eternity,on
which is seated the Omnipotent One.
His arm is not shortened. His king-
dom is a kingdom of righteousness and
He is pledged to the establishment of
that kingdom. S. S. Rogers.

 

 

PAYING INVESTMENT FOR MERCHANTS

The Kirkwood Short System of

Accounts

A system (placed as near the cash register or
drawer as possible) large enough to accommo-
date each customer with one of the system
books. The first leaf is printed in the form of a
bill (printing as submitted by the purchaser),
and perforated near the top so it can easily be
torn off. The second sheet, known as duplicate,
remains permanently bound in the book, which
is the merchant’s record. Draw off a list of the
balances of all your unsettled accounts and open
a book for each customer, by entering on the
“Amount Brought Forward” line the balance
now due on the account.

Be sure that the carbon sheet is between the
bill leaf and the yellow duplicate, so that every-
thing written on the bill will be copied on the
duplicate. Write the customer’s name and ad-
dress on the back of the books, on the pink strip
near the top and file them in the system in al-
phabetical order.

Suppose a customer buys a bill of goods, take
his book from the system and with the carbon
paper still between the bill and the yellow dupli-
cate sheet write his order with an ordinary
lead pencil, extend the price of the goods or-
dered, foot the bil and deliver it to the customer
with the goods. Place the carbon sheet between
the next two sheets of bill and copy paper, carry
the amount due as shown by the footing of the
last bill forward to the ‘“‘Amount Brought For-
ward” line of the next bill and place the book
back in the system. It will be clearly seen, by
this method of keeping accounts, that the cus-
tomer receives a bill of each lot of goods bought,
the charge is made and the bill and the exact
duplicate are made at one writing; it is evident,
by the Kirkwood System, there will be no forgot-
ten charges or lost slips, as by this method there
is but oue slip and that is the last one, which isa
complete statement issued to the customer and
constitutes an acceptance of account. The mer-
chant can tell at any time just how much a cus-
tomer owes by looking at the book; there is no
posting to be done or writing up of pass books
after hours.

The customers will soon get to expect a bill
with each purchase which will show the entire
amount of their indettedness, and having it,
will naturally have greater confidence in the
dealer and will be more frequent in payments,
instead of allowing it to run until it is so large
that if cannot be paid and they changing to an-
other store, causing the dealer the loss of a cus-
tomer and leaving him with a large and doubtful
account to collect.

Cabinet patented Mar. 8, 1298.

Book patented June 14, 1898.

Book patented Mar. 19 1901.

For further particulars write or call on

A. H. MORRILL, Manfrs.’ Agent

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Clothing

Some Advantages of High-Class Store
Management.

The importance of keeping an organ-
ization intact in a fine furnishing shop
was illustrated recently in a most in-
teresting manner by some _ incidents
which occurred in one of the swellest
stores in New York. The proprietor of
this establishment has been for many
years regarded by the club men and
others about town as ‘‘the last word’’
in the matter of ‘‘fixings.’’ When any-
one in the smart set was asked where he
obtained his shirts, ties, gloves, etc.,
he was more than likely to reply ‘‘at
Blank’s; they all know me there and
understand what I want.”’

In the course of time the proprietor
of this store, feeling his years, turned
the business over to a younger member
of the family. The latter, wishing to
modernize the shop, although it was by
no means behind the times, engaged
the services of a gentleman whose ideas
on furnishings were, without doubt, re-
markably good. He knew how to create,
to order, to show andto sell. But there
was one thing that he did not know, and
that was how to keep intact a corps of
efficient clerks. In a word, he lacked
the quality which some men never can
acquire, by reason either of tempera-
ment or bad temper,and that is execu-
tive ability, the knowing how to get
service and respect without the under
man feeling that he is being directed
contrary to his own ideas of the way
that certain things should be done.

Well, it was not very long before this
dissatisfaction ran riot in the store and
the resignations of several of the stand-
bys followed. The proprietor of the
establishment noticed this dissatisfac-
tion among the employes, many of
whom had been with the house a long
time. They had substantial friends
among the patrons. He accordingly set
on foot some enquiries and learned that
his manager was not getting along very
well with his force. It was also ascer-
tained that certain customers of the
house had gone elsewhere, because of
the changes in the personnel of the va-
rious departments. Shortly after this
discovery the manager’s resignation was
accepted. Then he applied to other
crack shops for a position, one in par-
ticular, a rival of the shop which he
had just left. In the latter were em-
ployed some of the young men who had
left the other, and when they learned
that there was a possibility of their for-
mer manager being engaged they threw
up their hands and said, ‘‘If he comes
here we leave!'’ And his application
for a position was not even considered
seriously, because it was feared, how-
ever good a buyer or general man he
might be, he would have a demoralizing
effect upon the staff.

This matter of customers liking cer-
tain clerks in the stores they frequent is
characteristic of very fine shops and
he is a wise proprietor who will keep
such salesmen when they have proved
their efficiency. They learn the wants
of fastidious customers and they are
able to answer questions with an ease
and affability which may be lacking in
a less-at-home clerk, There are custom-
ers, as dealers in the finer grades know,
who rely upon a man behind the. coun-
ter or at the table, and when he is ab-
sent or has left the house they feel a
sense of personal loss. The writer
knows of cases where customers have
gone from one end of the town to the
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whatever establishment he was con-
nected with would be one in which they
would be disposed to open an account,
feeling that in the hands of such a sales-
man their wants would receive due at-
tention.

In one of the best stores on Fifth av-
enue, New York, there is a salesman
who has a very fine line of customers;
they have been handed down from father
to son, as it may be said, for he has
been many years in the service of this
particular establishment. He is an
elderly man in years, but, having a
youthful temperament, has kept up with
the times. He has the fashions of the
moment always at his fingers’ ends. He
knows what to suggest and what to
recommend, when to urge and when
merely to hint at. Such a man is in-
valuable to an establishment and his
proprietors would be very unwise to part
with him. He could probably carry his
customers, who are mostly very rich peo-
ple, to whatever shop he went. The firm
have had the good sense to recognize his
value and besides a substantial salary
they give him an inteyest in his annual
sales,

The present writer has seen no_ indi-
cations of any great popularity of the
buffet system of showing and selling fur-
nishing goods, so far as New York is
concerned. It has been tried and in
effect is very attractive to the eye, but
the idea is not quite so practical as hav-
ing counters. To be sure, every fine
furnisher likes to give his store an air
of distinction, making it differ in its
interior fittings from those of his neigh-
bors, but in catering to this idea he
must not lose sight of the economic fea-
tures of storekeeping. The buffet sys-
tem does business against the wall and,
with wall cases and drawers, leaves room

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Manufacturers of
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The Good-Fit, Don’t-Rip Kind.

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in the middle of the store for chairs and
tables and bits of ornamental furniture.
But customers are not so easily waited
upon (it seems to us, and this is the
opinion of those who have had practical
experience) as where there are counters,
or ovals 1n the center or at the sides of
the store.

One of the plans brought up in a re-
cent conversation among some traveling
men, who had seen some pretty swift
specimens of storekeeping in the finer
element of the business, had for its cen-
tral idea the absolute concealment of
any initial evidences of ‘‘merchandis-
ing.’’ The shop was simply an apart-
ment furnished, as the small reception
room of a club might be furnished, with
easy chairs, tables and a few books and
the current publications here and there.
The clerks stood about without any ap-
parent desire to sell goods. When a cus-
tomer entered he was shown a chair.
The clerk, with great courtesy, ad-
vanced, and the customer stated to the
clerk that he desired to see something in
neckwear, for instance. The clerk re-
tired to another room and returned with
samples of what the customer had asked
for. Everything sold was of the
very finest character, and only the very
best trade in the city was sought. As to
whether this shop was actually in exist-
ence the traveling man replied that he
could not say, as he had heard of it
from some one else. There is, how-
ever, the shade of a shadow of a sug-
gestion in this ultra form of storekeep-
ing.

{It has frequently been asked whether
it would be possible for the very best of
furnishing shops to get along without
window dressing. Not any of them have,
as yet, reached this point, but, on the
contrary, throughout the country the
smarter the shop, the smarter the win-
dows. The only exception to this is to
be seen in the stores of Arnold, Con-
stable & Co., of New York, and Brooks
Bros., of that city, who make no es-
pecial effort, but simply put goods in
the window, that is, they make no at-
tempt at trimming. All others that the
write: can recall are expertly dressed
with a view to attracting attention and
causing people to visit the stores. The
windows are there and the managers use
them to the best advantage. It would
seem that a store with the fame that cer-
tain of cur metropolitan shops have
would not require windows, but that
their customers would drop in unat-
tracted. But this idea is not founded
upon experience. One needs to con-
stantly remind his permanent, as well as
his transient trade of his existence, and
that he has new things for their admir-

 

ation. Show windows in the fine trade
are especially attractive to transient
custom. The gentleman visiting the
city is by one of these windows re-
minded that there are beautiful things
in shirtings or underwear which are
new and which ought to be in his ward-
robe. Now, on the whole, it would
seem that the affirmative side of the
question must be taken and that show
windows are indispensable, and this is
said in view of the fact that the famous
A. T. Stewart, the greatest retail trade
goods merchant the world ever knew,
never used show windows, not a single,
solitary one, in his concern. Afte1 his
death the business fell into the hands of
other firms, finally becoming Hilton,
Hughes & Co. They continued without
show windows, but when John Wana-
maker, another marvel in the world of
merchandising, took the business he
lost no time in putting in show win-
dows.—Apparel Gazette.
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To Increase the Sale of Umbrellas.

For some time it has been evident
that sales of umbrellas to dealers in
men’s wear exclusively are not so large
as in former years. In fact, the falling
off has been so marked in some quarters
that manufacturers are heard to say that
the umbrella business for men’s styles
has become monopolized by the dry
goods stores. Dealers in furnishing
goods who fail to make something good
out of their umbrella business and who
allow the dry goods people to get this
trade have only themselves to blame.
If they will select the pieces judiciously
adhering to really good houses who have
some taste in the matter of handles and
general styles, if they do this and then
keep their umbrella stock in good
shape and the most attractive pieces
displayed so that they will attract atten-
tion, considerable business will be se-
cured.

Particular attention should be paid to
the young men’s trade. Two or three
important manufacturers of umbrellas
are making a specialty of just such mer-
chandise and specimens of their handi-
work are well worth prominent placing.
Young men are not especially inclined
to patronize dry goods stores nor to
leave the selection of their goods to the
female members of their families.
They like to do their own buying, and
if umbrellas are properly shown and
pushed considerable business can be
built up among this very element. In
the average store no effort is made to
show novelties in umbrella handles or
to keep up assortment of attractive
styles. It is a good thing to cultivate
the umbrella buying man on a $2 toa $5
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Patent Pocket Pants?

If not you are behind the times;

they are sold by all first-class
clothiers.
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DETROIT, MICH.

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Pants, Shirts, Covert and Mackinaw Coats, Sweaters,

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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 facto-
ries. LIalso 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 cus-
tomers’ expenses. Office hours, daily 7:30 a. m. to 6 p. m. except Saturday, then 7:30
a.m. to I p. m.

PANTS of every kind and for all ages. Sole Agent for Western Michigan for the
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Hotel; Business address

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ESTABLISHED A QUARTER OF A CENTURY
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Shoes and Rubbers

Hints on How to Wait on a Customer.

Begin waiting on a customer at the
door of the store or entrance to the de-
by courteous greeting and
seating. Quickly study the prospective
purchasers—‘‘size them up,’’ as it were.

 

 

If acquainted with customers address

them by name and if time permits talk
on current topics or the weather for a
moment or while removing the shoe be-
ing worn from one foot. It is sometimes
advisable to ask which foot the custom-
er desires to try shoes on, as some pe-
culiarity that one foot may have over
the other may make it desirable to try
shoes on the foot that causes the most
concern to the customer, whether it be
the left or right foot. Asa rule, try
shoes on both feet, as this course fre-
quentiy makes exchanges unnecessary.

Ascertain for what purpose customers
desire to use shoes; whether for busi-
ness, dress or walking purposes. If you
know a customer's calling, adapt your
selection to that. Do not be guided in
the selection of style, size or width by
what a customer is or has been wearing.
Use the judgment that you are paid to
exercise in all matters.

Show at once several styles and mate-
rials adapted tothe purpose designated.
Pay very little attention in this first se-
lection to price. It is advisable to
show better grades than perhaps your
judgment of a customer's circumstances
seems to warrant. It is easier to come
down the scale of prices than to go up.

I contend that it is foolish fora sales-
man to attempt to pass judgment ona
customer’s purse. A poorly dressed,
but affluent customer, may be insulted
by the offer of a cheap shoe, while on
the other hand the cheap appearing
customer may feel some satisfaction in
being shown a good article. It is, at
any rate, always advisable to show good
goods.

Having presented two or three styles
enlarge on the advantages of the one
that your judgment tells you would be
the best for wear, appearance and com-
fort along the lines of the use intended.
Do not contest a point with customers.
Commence by frank, practical and as-
suring words. Get into the confidence
of your customer.

Have your size stick handy and de-
pend on that for the size you are going
to try on. The use ofa size stick is
evidence to a customer that you under-
stand your business practically. Select
the size that the stick shows you should
be in accordance with the ratio that the
draught of the foot bears to the style
chosen. Ignorance in this matter will
make it necessary to try several styles
before the correct one is found, and fre-
quently make the customer despair of a
fit or make the foot irritable and the
customer hard to flease.

Before buttoning or lacing a shoe
cause a customer to settle the foot well
into the shoe by stamping the foot or by
standing in it. Lace a shoe either in
accordance with the old shoe or ask the
customer which way is preferred, for
if the customer should quickly decide to
wear the new pair, the way he or she is
accustomed to lacing them would natur-
ally be preferred. In buttoning a shoe
do not turn the hook or attempt to but-
ton if the strain is too great. Avoid
pinching the flesh in buttoning as it
produces irritability.

Satisfy the customer in every way as
nearly as you possibly can. Show that
is your aim, Attend to the matter of

 

serving your customers and avoid all
other matters for the time being.

Run your hand along the innersole
of shoes you try on so that you may dis-
cover in advance any roughness or tacks
that would cause discomfort to your
customer.

Warm patent leather before trying
them on, as a sale may be ‘‘queered’’
if a customer stamps his or her foot
down hard and causes the japanning to
check.

Do not deliberately lie about your
goods. Sell them on their merits strict-
ly. Nothing is gained by deception,
for some one else is liable to tell your
customer the truth about the purchase
from you; quite frequently the cobbler
does.

Wait on your customers as though you
were a servant and remember that ‘‘fa-
miliarity breeds contempt.’’

Do not cite your own shoes as evi-
dence that their style is proper for your
customer.

Do not hurry unless you are obliged
to, but still show familiarity with your
stock by prompt service. There isa
difference between promptness and
haste.

Do not show any impatience either
with the customer or over your trials to
fit or find the proper shoe,

Do not condemn styles you do not wish
to sell fur the sake of selling others.

Do not let a customé@r go because you
can not sell a'‘‘P. M.’’

Do not get your employer into *‘hot
water’’ by attempting to make a sale
through liberal guaranteeing. This is
one of the greatest follies of the day. In
fact, ‘‘anything to make a sale’’ is
mighty poor business. Remember that
the tendency of the times is away from
‘*fake’’ and towards fairness.

Take no notice of the odor of a cus-
tomer’s feet or condition of hosiery.

Having satisfied your customer show
other goods, if time permits, for other
purposes than the one selected; that is,
if you sell your customers a heavy walk-
ing shoe, show a light dress shoe and
perhaps another sale may be made. But
in this second exhibition show an en-
tirely different article from the one al-
ready sold, otherwise you might spoil
your sale already made.

Get your customer’s name and address
if possible by an offer to deliver the
purchase. Alter the custom:r has gone
record the name and address in an ad-
dress book together with the number,
size and width of shoe sold and period-
ically send your card, some printed
matter—catalogue, sale notice or season
announcement,

Deal with every customer, black or
white, rich or poor, ugly or handsome
in the same genial, cordial, cou:teous
manner.

Go with your customer to the exit and
courteously bid him or her ‘‘Good-day,
call again,’’ whether you have made the
sale or not —Nathan D. Dodge in Bout
and Shoe Recorder,

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The Leather Industry.

The Census Bureau recently issued a
report on the manufacture of leather,
tanned, curried and finished, which
shows a capital of $173.977,421 invested
in the industry. The value of the
products is returned at $204,038,127, to
produce which involved an_ outlay of
$3,158,842 for salaries of officials, clerks,
etc. ; $22,591,091 for wages, $7,023,416
for miscellaneous expenses and $155, -
oco,o0o4 for materials used. The total
production of the leather manufactures
named’ increased from $109,739,643 in
1850 to $615,720,395 in Ig00, or about
sixfold, while the population increased
about three and one-quarterfold. With
less than double the number of estab-
lishments the. capital increased nearly
ninefuld, the number of wage earners
employed nearly doubled and the wages
paid increased more than threefold,

 
       
   
      
   

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all grades of shoes from the ordinary everyday shoe
to the finest for dress wear, suitable for all classes of

trade. Mayer’s shoes give satisfaction where others
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Pros and Cons of Selling Advertised Priced
Shoes.

I own a shoe store in a small city. |
belong to the class of shoemen manu-
facturers like—do business year after
year in the same old way—no change in
buyers, except those which ‘‘ Father
Time’’ makes by taking us home to
rest; catering to the wants of the com-
munity,from the workman who can only
afford to buy an 80 cent Keily shoe, or
his wife who buys an 8 cent moccasin
or a 25 cent cack for the baby, up to
the customer with whom it is not a
question of price, if I have what she
wants. I can not afford, however, to
have special advertised or stamped
shoes.

Ihave often thought that I would
like to be a specialty man and be in
the swim ina large city, but I lacked
the nerve. I guess, however, they have
their troubles, too. I have been in and
about Chicago many years, and in that
city have seen phenomenal successes
and failures. Among others, I remem-
ber one where a youngster, with only
$15, started a store and did not know
anything about shoes, he got one of
my boys to help buy and trim, and to-
day he owns many stores in different
cities; another man with $60,000 who
lost it all in three years, I have seen
a common wire buttonhook sold for 25
cents, a 10 cent box of paste for 50
cents and an &o cent buff shoe for $6. |
have watched a_ policeman stand out-
side the door and warn prospective
buyers not to go inside.

1 have sat on a wagon in an auction
house and seen the boys get excited—
pay $1.85 for a split shoe, when the
factory price was only $1.15. I have
sat by a buyer's side and seen him or-
der $7,000 on one shoe—sizing-up or-
ders to follow—and he bought with less
care and attention than I would buy a $1
buff. I have kicked at paying $2 for
women's glazed-kid shoes, and have
had the maker turn back an order book
and show me where the big department
store was paying $2.25 for the same
shoe, buying in hundred lots, while |
was buying in dozens.

I am aware that some dealers say we
should all know leather, how it is made,
where it comes from, grade, etc. ; but
ever since | saw a tanner (a good one,
too) select a calfskin out of thousands
of skins and get it made intoa pair of
boots which did not wear a month, and
a ladies’ shoe manufacturer take the
kid samples, pull, roll, twist, chew,
cough, spit, swear, cuta slit and put
his fingers in and pull, I have come to
the conclusion that there are things un-
known about leather. As for patent kids
and colts, I long ago threw up my
hands. And when I look at 130 X,
labeled Eli calf oxford, costing $1.15,
and another costing $2.50, I ask mysell
which end is the calf. I write these
things that you may know that | am
somewhat posted about the game. And
when I ask myself can retailers afford to
buy advertised priced shoes? I say no,
because they are of no value.

Advertised shoes are often long lines
with few shapes that are sellers, and
cases are known where the retailer has
had to sign a contract to buy a certain
amount to the exclusion of other lines,
and after he has kept his contract the
shoes were taken from him and given to
another. As a_ body of honorable men
we are deserving of more consideration.
If you will figure your gross expense at
10, 15 or 20 per cent., whatever it may
be, and deduct the amount from the
profit on the shoe, you will be surprised

 

at the amount you will have left to
bank.

I figured the other day on a $3 line
of women’s shoes, and had 24 cents net
profit, providing 1 did not have any
odds and ends left over. You all know
what they are worth. We can not sell
shoes as the grocer sells sugar. He gets
as much for the last pound as he does
for the first.

Now | come tu ‘‘ manufacturers’ named
shues,’’ and I will give you one illus-
tration. For many years I had for op-
position an honorable firm that bought
a famous manufacturer’s line of wom-
en’s shoes, whose name was on each
carton and top facing. The firm adver-
tised them in every way until the shoes
became famous, not only in our city,
but also in the surrounding towns. They
built up a clientage that would not have
anything else.

One day the manufacturer changed
his lasts, measurements, etc., with the
result that the shoes did not fit or wear
as they did before. The firm’s custom-
ers would not have any other shoes, and
for two years they had a circus, every
day explaining and making conces-
sions. The firm were clever; they kept
the line and to this day their name goes
on their shoes. If you want a named
shoe, name it yourself—call it ‘' Floro-
dora,’’ ‘‘ Hannah,’’ ‘‘Jane’’—any name
so long as it is your own.

Shall we buy shoes from manufactur-
ers who have retail stores? I will give
my experience: A manufacturer who
has retail stores in many cities does a
mail-order business—sends his catalogue
everywhere and his men to the smaller
cities to make a _ house-to-house can-
vass. He thus called on me through his
traveling representative to put in his
line. 1 agreed to do so, providing he
would keep out. He accepted my prop-
osition, and I bought almost $900 worth
as a Starter. Shoes came in (discounted
bill), and three weeks after in comes
his salesman and peddles his shoes
about the town, and he has been coming
ever since. I can refer you to other men
who have had the same trick played
upon them. Manufacturers are pro-
testing about us ‘‘as one of the craft on
the other side of the fence,’’ but I. will
keep on kicking, and jt is not about
$1.60 shoes bought from a $2 sample,
but about kangaroo calf shoes that
changed en route to some kind of leath-
er that I never saw before. When an-
other salesman from the factory called
and got turned down, he wanted to know
what was the matter, and walked down
the store until he came to his shoes,

pulled down a box, and, with an ex-
clamation, said: ‘‘This is not the shoe
you bought, but this is,’’ pulling one
out of his sample case, and he conned
me into. giving another order. 1 built
the shoe up 15 cents a pair, but when
the new ones came in they were differ-
ent from the sample and predecessors.

Did you ever get shoes made of
scraps? I have—a box-calf men’s shoe
at $1.85. Did you ever order from a
jobber thirty-six pairs of shoes, 5 to 11,
and get sizes 5 to 7? Did you ever buy
$400 worth of shoes and ask the sales-
man if they were on the floor, and, be-
ing answered in the affirmative, go
home, and next day on opening one
case, find a ‘‘hodge podge’’ of sizes and
on the bill a pasted slip reading.
‘*Sizes not shipped—-back ordered?’’
Did you ever order five women’s shoes,
all widths, from factory and give them
four months to make them and have
them shipped partially in six different
shipments and the last shipment made
six months after the order was given?
Did you ever buy a shoe at $2 and find
out a larger buyer bought the same shoe
for $1.50 from the same house and sales-
man?—John R. Martin in Shoe Retailer,

 

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may never see. Our own make Shoes have the
right appearance. That’s halfthe selling battle.

Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Dry Goods

Weekly Market Review of the Principal
Staples.

Staple Cottons—The general charac-
ter of the market for staple cottons has
shown little change and, of all features,
perhaps the buying of bleached cottons
has been the most prominent, princi-
pally by the manufacturing trade, for
the jobbers seem to take little interest
in it. They have taken some goods, to
be sure, but in a most conservative
manner. Fine and medium grades are
very strongly situated, but in low-
priced lines there is quite a little irreg-
ularity to be noted here and there.
Wide sheetings have shown no change
in prices and the market is about on a
par with the previous week. Heavy
brown sheetings and drills for home
consumption have been bought on a
lighter scale, while for export there is
practically nothing to be reported. The
tone of the market is dull with leading
brands steady, but outside of these there
is much irregularity. Coarse colored
cottons are quite dull now, but prices
are held firm with no inclination toward
irregularity because of small stocks.

Prints and Ginghams—Printed cotton
goods have found a good sale during the
past week, although hardly up to the
recent average. A fair number of or-
ders have been received from the sales-
men on the road and customers direct.
Printed calicoes have shown no change
in either staple or fancy lines. The sea-
son’s business so far has been fully up
to expectations and on a fair average
with past seasons. Prices are firm and
with little danger of their becoming
otherwise, buyers readily meeting to-
day’s quotations, Percales are quiet
and steady at previous prices. Printed
napped fabrics in all the desirable pat-
terns are well sold ahead and deliveries
are behind time. Ginghams are in
good demand, but trading is handi-
capped by lack of supplies and sellers
are obliged to reject good orders fre-
guently. In all lines of fine ginghams
and other fine woven patterned fabrics
an excellent business has been done for
next year and prices are firm.

Dress Goods—The developments in
the initial dress goods market are of an
ordinary character. Generally speak-
ing, quiet conditions prevail, yet there
is a fair stream of modest-sized dupli-
cate orders coming forward on waistings
and staple dress fabrics from the job-
bing fraternity. The retail trade is not
buying very heavily of fall stuffs just
now, being pretty well engrossed with
the developments of their wash fabric
business. The retailer has evidently
pretty nearly covered his initial fall
needs and his purchases from now on
until the fall retail period starts up
actively will be simply with a view to
filling in and rounding out his stock.
The jobber has had a fairly successful
season so far and asa rule expects to
add materially to the sales already made
when once the retailer finds an outlet
for the goods he has aJready purchased.
There has been some little evidence of
a broadening interest in the fabric mar-
ket by the cutter-up. It can hardly be
said, however, that the skirt and _ suit-
maker are operating as though they felt
sure of their ground and are wiiling
to go ahead with their buying. The
cutter-up is not at all certain how the
retailer will take hold of the new fall
lines, nor on what class of garments the
substantial business will be done, and
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goods of the cheviot order are to play
a prominent part in the ready-to-wear
women's garments, for a substantial
yardage has gone forward for skirt, suit
and jacket purposes. The extent to
which the sheer fabrics will cut into the
suit business is a matter of some uncer-
tainty, but it is expected to be a factor
of some moment in the situation. There
is no doubt expressed as to the likeli-
hood of the skirt business approaching
the volume of a year ago, but it is felt
at the same time that the walking skirt
of conservative pattern, which neither
sweeps the ground nor is subject to
criticism on the score of being too ab-
breviated, but rather fills the happy me-
dium ground, reaching about to the
ankles, will be worn extensively... The
tendency of the separate skirt business
seems to be in favor of a sensible utili-
tarian garment, both as to length and
weight.

Underwear—The knee length under-
wear, which was placed on the market
for this season, has scored a distinct
victory, and the sales’ have been so
heavy that many of the retailers were
cleaned out before the first of July and
could not duplicate. The mills were
not prepared for this kind of a demand
and the results have been to open their
eyes for the next lightweight season.
There will probably be no dearth of
these goods in 1903, and also of the
knee length union made garments.

Sweaters—Have received a full com-
plement of business for the fall and are
among the best situated lines in these
goods. There is, of course, a comfort-
able assortment of college and society
colors, but in the regular lines for trade
plain effects have been by far in best
demand.

Hosiery—Although the present time
is a quiet one in the hosiery end of the
market, the season as a whole has _ been
so good thatnoonecomplains. Fancies
have been strong and there is still a fair
duplicate business coming to hand.
One of the features of this duplicate or-
dering is the request for greens. This
color is wanted for fall in all lines, but
there are very few mills in position to
supply these requests. Some of the fin-
est goods contain ranges of greens, but in
popular-priced lines it is said that there
are none to be found. This color has
been popular through the summer and
for fall promises to be even more so,
but one can never tell, the trend cf
fashion may change as suddenly to some
other color or combination,

Carpets—The carpet trade continues
active, with little, if any, change in
conditions over those of a week ago.
Manufacturers continue very busy on
old orders, so they are not in a position
where solicitation is necessary to keep
all bands running. In fact, it is the
consumer who is assuming the anxious
role, and it is he more than any one
else that is dependent upon the market
conditions in order that his business
can be booked and turned out at the re-
quired time. The weavers are becom-
ing more independent as the season pro-
gresses, and they are not in a_ position
where they are obliged to take business
at terms other than their own. While
they have not advanced the schedule
prices made at the beginning of the
season, conditions that have developed
during the past month have given the
market a strong tendency. The chief
factor which has affected the situation
is the yarn market. To-day spinners
are not making deliveries to their trade
at the usual periods, even if they are
striving hard to do so. There is too

Flannelettes For Fall

One of the strongest lines that we have for fall is
Flannelettes and Waist Flannels in fancy stripes
and figures, in widths from 28 to 36 inches.
Prices: 734c, gc, 10c, 1234, 15C, 20C, 25¢ and
32%4c the yard. Have our traveling men show
you their line before placing your order elsewhere.

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is low priced.

We Have the Following Grades

Children’s Suits to retail at 50 cents and $1.00.

Women’s Suits to retail at 50 cents, $1.00, $1.50,
$2.25 and $3.00.

Men’s Suits to retail at $1.00, $1.50, $2.50 and $4.00.

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much business in their hands at the
present to do that successfully. Good
orders are too much of a temptation to
refuse, and more especially so if very
Satisfactory terms are offered as well. It
has been reported in Philadelphia yarn
circles that one large carpet yarn order
aggregating about 200,000 pounds was
taken not long ago by a local spinner
at very good rates. If one or two more
such orders were taken the chances of
the smaller manufacturer in getting
enough stock to keep his looms going
would be rather slim. As has been men-
tioned before, the extensive speculative
interest that has developed in yarn cir-
cles, largely worsted, has greatly en-
hanced prices—on the average, say, of
from 4 to 5 cents since a month ago.
This, of course, if continued any length
of time, will cause a proportionate in-
crease in the price of the finished fab-
ric. Manufacturers of % goods outside
of those affected by labor strikes are
extremely busy, some of them working
night as well as day. The large New
England mills, those who spin their
own yarns and have a surplus as well,
of course are not affected by the little
famine in yarns. It is evident, how-
ever, that the surplus stocks of yarn
that find their way into the trade are not
as large as usual. In jobbing circles the
3{ goods are the principal attraction. A
heavy business is going on in Brussels,
Axminsters and tapestries. Wiltons, of
course, are in for their share of the
business, but it can not be said that the
demand is as heavy as it was during
the season just past. This is probably
due to the higher cost of living and
other conditions that have been some-
what detrimental to an increase in the
popular demand. Tapestries are cer-
tainly one of the leaders of the season,
which is quite the opposite of six
months ago. Manufacturers of ingrains
are all favored with an exceptionally ac-
tive business, with good prospects ahead
for favorable conditions for some time
to come. While prices are quoted at the
old schedule, there is a tendency to ask
slightly higher rates on new business.
The large New England manufacturers
are practically out of the market,as they
are well filled up for the greater part of
the season, so the Philadelphia and
other weavers have only themselves to
compete with. The yarn situation so
far has affected only the manufacturers
of the better grades of ingrains in which
worsted stock is used. The worsted
yarns, 14s, for instance, which are
more largely used, are quoted to-day at
43 cents, where not more than a month
ago 38 cents was considered top price.
Common yarns are unchanged in price,
but hold very steady, with a little tend-
ency to become stronger. The granite
carpet weavers are well employed, as
well as those who make cotton ingrains.

Rugs—Manufacturers of rugs, other
than those not affected by labor troubles,
are very busy. Smyrnas of the smaller
sizes find a ready demand, which is not
the case with the larger sizes. Wiltons
are in big demand. Art squares are re-
ceiving a gocd deal of attention.

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Burglar-Proof.

‘‘My store was broken into last night
and not a thing taken away. Wasn't
that surprising?’’

Rival Merchant—Oh, I don’t think
so. The burglars had a lamp, didn’t
they?

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‘‘Well, they found your goods marked
up so high they couldn’t afford to take
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A Blessing in Disguise.

The two great freezes of the winter of
1894-1895, which completely annihilated
the orange industry of Florida and
Louisiana, seem to have been rather
in the nature of a blessing for Florida.
The ultimate effect of the freeze was to
compel the fruit grower to search for
other and less precarious crops than the
citrus fruits, and the result of what
might be termed more of a makeshift
than anything else in order to tide over
the years until a fresh growth of orange-
bearing trees could be raised has been
something remarkable. Eight years
ago there was practically nothing in the
way of fruit or vegetable grown for ex-
port beyond the limits of the State ex-
cept oranges. Now the range of prod-
ucts includes strawberries, grapes, pine-
apples, tomatces and every kind of
early vegetable, and the market of every
Northern city is familiar therewith.
The tomato industry alone is stated by
the Florida Agriculturist to have pro-
duced last year between 800,000 and
I,000,0cc crates, or aS many crates as
there were crates of oranges, while
their value was actually more, pound
for pound. One county is said to have
netted $1,000,000 from this source alone,
while the industry was only started six
years ago and may still be said to be
in its infancy. What it will be wren
it reaches maturity is beyond guessing
at, but that the State, as a fruit and
vegetable producer, is rapidly forging
ahead and is proving a serious compet-
itor to California is evident. The State
has one advantage over its Western
rival: it is close to all the great centers
of population. This will count in the
race for supremacy and the very con-
tiguity and the ease and dispatch with
which the more delicate fruits can be
laid down in the Northern markets will
be a strong factor in the development of

the Southern industry.
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Close Quarters.

At the time, now some years ago, says
Short Stories, when subscriptions were
being solicited for the erection of a
statue in New York City to President
Washington, a gentleman called to se-
cure acontribution from an old resident
who, although wealthy, was a little
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On learning the object of the visit,
the rich man exclaimed:

‘‘Washington! Washington! Why,
Washington does not need a statue. |
keep him enshrined in my heart!’

In vain were the visitor’s solicita-
tions, and he was naturally indignant
at the parsimony of the milHonaire.

‘*Well, Mr, R.,’’ he remarked quietly,
as he rose to leave, ‘‘all I can say is
that, if the Father of his Country is in
the position in which you describe him,
he is in a tight place!"’

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Will Try to Grow Tea in Texas.

Practical steps will soon be taken to
start tea culture in the vicinity of Port
Lavaca, Tex. Tea-growing in that
country is no longer anexperiment. The
crop is now regularly cultivated for the
markets on the coast of South Carolina
and is found to be highly profitable and
has come to stay. Tea isa plant that
thrives to best advantage in coast coun-
tries, where there is a dense atmosphere,
and as there are many similar points,
in a climatic sense, between the Caro-
lina lowland region and the Texas
coast, it has long been thought that the
crop could be made to pay there. The
first experiment will be made on lands
of the Placedo Canal and _ Irrigation
Co,, eight miles above Port Lavaca.

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

Butter and Eggs

Raised to Comparative Richness by An
Egg Corner.

‘*The ice is awful on the river,sonny.
I was nearly three heurs getting over
this morning. They ought to furnish
lunches. I guess it will be as had to-
night. I’m glad I’m not going back.’’

Little Joe Dempsey, who earned a
precarious living by doing odd jobs was
down to his last three cents. He was
carrying the valise of a man who had
just crossed the North River and if he
had been some boys the words he had
just heard would have passed in at one
ear and out of the other, but he was not
some boys, but just his own bright little
self, and he made up his mind to do
something that day to set him on his
feet. He walked to the Cortlandt street
station of the elevated road with the
valise and the the owner of it gave him
a quarter. He had noticed that Joe was
trying not to stagger under the weight
of it and the dime that he had intended
giving had swelied to a quarter on the
way.

‘*T’anks,’’ said Joe, his eyes gleam-
ing with joy.

He put the coin in his trousers pocket
and ran tc the nearest hardware store
which was not far away. He walked
into it with the air of a millionaire,
and said:

‘‘T want one of dose market baskets
wid lids fer a quarter.’’

‘‘Where’s the money?’’ asked the
cautious clerk.

‘Oh, I got der money, all right.
see???

He slapped the quarter down on the
counter, picked up the basket, looked
at it critically, and then marched out of
the store whistling the latest song of the
sidewalks.

**Chee,I hope de ice don’t give out,’’
said he to himself as he ran down
Washington street until he came to
Washington Market. Here he threaded
his way among the aisles to the stall of
a produce merchant.

“‘Hello, Joe. What's new?’’ asked
the man of eggs.

‘‘I’m go’n’ inter der egg business,
an’ I want youse togi’ mea start. Fill
me basket wit’ fresh eggs an’ I'll pay
yer termorrer, or else take it out work-
in’ fer yer.’’

Joe had an honest face and he talked
as if he meant business, and Jim Bags-
ley, who had known him forsome time,
counted out seven dozen eggs, packing
them carefully in the basket.

 

 

‘‘There you are, Joe. Those are
twelve for a quarter. That makes $1.75
you owe. That’s a week’s work if you

don’t pay me.’’

“We'll get dis ti’ng down in writin’.
Leave us have a pencil an’ a piece of
paper,’’ said Joe.

Then he wrote:

I, Joseph Dempsey, prommis to pay
Jim Bagsly one doler an’ sevveny fiv
scents or werk it out fer a weak.

Joe Dempsey.

‘‘Say, what are you up to anyway?’’
asked Mr. Bagsley.

“‘T'll tell yer ter-morrer, Jim. Do
you t’ink de ice in der river is go’n’
ter bust up?’’

“*Not if this cold weather holds. Go-
ing ice yachting?’’

‘‘Yes, ’m go’n’ ter git me iceboat out |:

an’ take a sail down der bay an’ |
t’ought we might git hungry.’’

‘You'll do,’’ laughed Mr, Bagsley,
and turned to wait on a customer.

‘*So long,’’ said Joe, and walked off,
but not as quickly as he had come, for

 

his burden was not only heavier, but
more valuable. All his eggs were in one
basket and he could not afford to
drop it.

He made his way to a court back of
an alley where since the death of his
mother, he had made bis home with a
kindly old Irish woman by the name of
Clancy. ‘‘Mrs. Clancy, I’m goin’ to
open a rist’-run an’ will youse boil me
dese eggs?’’

‘‘For the love of murder, where did
the bye git the beautiful eggs? What
are you go’n’ to do wid dose?’’

“*Go'n’ ter chuck ’m at a copper, an’
I wants dem hard. I'll gi’ yer 10 cents
ter-morrer if youse’ll boil dem.’’

‘‘Sure, I don’t want any money fer
bilin’ eggs But who wants hard biled
eggs in winter? That’s picnic vittles,’’

‘Well, maybe I’m go’n’ on a winter
picnic. I'll tell yer about it ter-mor-
i

Mrs. Clancy soon had the eggs ina
big iron pot that had come all the way
from Ireland with her, but it was a mat-
ter of nearly an hour before all the eggs
were hard boiled.

Meantime Joe had run anxiously down
to West street to see if by any chance
the ice had begun to break up. But it
was still firmly packed and the passage
of boats was slow and laborious.

The tide. of homeward travel set in
early that afternoon, as Jersey suburban-
ites did not want to spend an evening
on the ice. Joe waited until 5 o’clock,
and then he paid out his last three cents
and stepped aboard a Jersey Central
ferryboat.

The passage was very slow, but it was
not slow enough to develop any hunger
on the part of the passengers, and all
too soon, in Joe’s estimation, they made
the dock on the New Jersey side and
hurried off to be met by other passen-
gers hurrying on. Joe walked part way
up the float and then turned and came
back. He was a little afraid thata
deckhand might question him, but
no one had noticed him nor his
basket nor his bulging pocket con-
taining salt in a paper bag—a _ sug-
gestion of Mrs. Clancy’s.

Cru-u-nh ru-unh kerthug hugg went
the ice against the boat, but the en-
gines were strong, and she made her
way despite the pressure. There were
very few passengers on board.

‘*Chee!'’ said Joe to himself. ‘‘If we
was to get stuck now I couldn’t sell
more dan ten eggs.’’

He stood out in the nipping air and
anxiously watched the pilot. When they
reached the New York side the boat
made five trials before she finally ap-
proached close enough to be tied up.

It was now considerably after 6, and
this time Joe went to the other end of
the boat and stood there boldly. If a
deckhand tried to put him off he in-
tended offering him an egg, but again
he escaped notice.

This time the boat was loaded with
passengers and Jve was sorry that he
had not taken partners into his enter-
prise. He would not have eggs enough
to go around. _If his own stomach was
a good index, the passengers must be
getting hungry. The keen air had
sharpened his appetite, but he valued
his stock in trade too much to encroach
upon it himself just then.

The bell clanged and the great boat
pushed out into the sea of ice. The pas-
sengers, with thoughts of cosy dinners
awaiting them in Jersey, peered anx-
iously across the darkness to the lights
on the other shore, but the pack had
been getting more and more tightly

 

JOHN H. HOLSTEN,

Commission [lerchant
75 Warren Street, New York City

EGGS AND BUTTER.

Special attention given to small shipments of eggs. Quick sales. Prompt
Consignments solicited. Stencils furnished on application.

Specialties:

returns.

References: N. Y. National Ex. Bank, Irving National Bank, N. Y., N. Y.
Produce Review and American Creamery.

SEND YOUR

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to Year-Around Dealer and get Top Market and Prompt Returns,

GEO. N. HUFF & CO.
55 CADILLAC SQUARE DETROIT, MICHIGAN

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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.

POTATOES

New Southern stock arriving daily.

EARLY OHIO AND TRIUMPHS

Send us your order for 5, 10, 25 or 50 sacks. Can make you low price.

MOSELEY BROS., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

26-28-30-32 OTTAWA ST.

EGGS AND BUTTER WANTED

In our half century business experience we have made many customers who must
have under grades of butter. It will pay you to consign to our care your eggs and

butter of all grades.
Lloyd I. Seaman & Co.

148 Reade St., New York City
Reference: Irving National Bank, N. Y. City

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Butter

I always
want it.

E. F. Dudley

Owosso, Mich.
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17

 

wedged, and when they were in mid-
stream the boat answered a signal from
the pilot in advance of his giving it
and stopped. Joe’s spirits began to leap
in the dark like greyhounds. The pas-
sengers would soon begin to be hungry.

One hour went by and they were still
in midstream. And Joe had heard a
number of men make remarks about the
nearness of hunger and the distance of
dinner.

When two hours had passed Joe felt so
hungry himself that he took an egg out
of the basket and began to eat it with-
out salt.

‘*You’re in luck, Johnny,’
broker, who stood next to him.

‘‘It’s your luck fer ten cents,’’ said
Joe, with his heart in his mouth—along-
side of the egg. ‘‘I have dem fer sale.’’

‘‘Do you mean to say that you and
the Central road have cooked up a
scheme to rob us while we’re out here?’’

‘*Do youse want an egg fer a dime?’’
was Joe’s answer.

‘*E could eat a house.
instead.’’

‘*Gi’ us der dime.’’

A dime and an egg exchanged own-
ers, and then Joe remembered his salt
and offered a pinch of it to the broker.

said a

Sell me an egg

‘‘Now I think I'll live to see home
and mother,’’ said the broker, who
seemed a jovial sort of chap, ‘‘Say, was

this a flyer on your part?’’

‘*Yes, sir; but I guess 1 didn’t bring
near enough.”’

And he certainly had not brought
enough. The broker went around the
boat with him to see fair play and to
enjoy the fun,and he told him to put up
the price to 20 cents an egg, as it was a
golden opportunity.

Twenty cents put it beyond the pock-
ets of some who were hungriest, but
there were very few women on board,
and the broker treated every child on
the boat to a twenty-cent egg. And they
tasted as good as if they had cost 4o
cents,

It was, as Joe had said, a winter pic-
nic, and he could have sold ten baskets
of eggs, for when a man is hungry
money lessens in value.

It was agreed by the passengers that
the small boy had a long head, and no
one begrudged him the pocketful of
jingling coins that were his when the
basket was empty.

‘‘What are you going to do with that
money?'’ asked the broker when at 9
o’clock the boat slowly approached the
slip.

‘‘Go'n’ ter spen’ it,’’ answered Joe.

‘*Better put it in the Dime Savings
Bank. It wont’t be yours if you spend
it, but if you put it in the bank you’ll
feel like putting more there to keep it
from getting lonesome. Here’s my
card. Come and see me some day -
you're down near Wall street. hasace
long. Make hay while the ice lasts.’

‘*So long. | will.”’

Joe went ashore and treated himself
to a good warm dinner. Then he dared
the river again and by 11 o'clock he
was safe in Mrs. Clancy’s rooms, where
he counted up his returns. He had
eaten one egg himself and his dinner
had cost him 15 cents. That left bim
$16.45, which, as the result of a two.
dollar outlay, was not bad.

Next morning he told his story to
Mrs. Clancy and insisted on making her
share his good fortune to the extent of a
dollar. Then he went to West street and
found that to his sorrow the ice was on
the move. So he went to Jim Bagsley’s
and paid him for the eggs and gave
him a villainous cigar, which Jim

 

smoked with great relish after dinner
that day.

‘“That boy has a good heart,’’ said he
to his wife,

As for Joe, he took the advice of the
broker and opened an account in the
Dime Savings Bank, and it is not be-
yond the bounds of possibility that he
added to it from time to time. But that
does not belong to the account of his

corner in eggs.—C. B. Lewis in New
York Sun.
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Recent Changes hn Saati Mer-
chants.
Wabash—Blount & Carr, druggists,
have dissolved partnership. Blount &

Renner have formed a copartnership to
centinue the Business.

Avilla—Harvey Bros. have removed
their drug stock to Alexandria.

Bedford—Geo. W. House, dealer in
cigars and tobaccos, has sold out to W.
A. Johnston.

Berne—The Berne Overall Manufac-
turing Co, has merged its business into
a corporation under the style of the
Berne Manufacturing Co.

Crawfordsville—Moffitt & Morgan,
druggists, have discontinued business.

Decatur—Nachtrieb & Fuelling, drug-
gists, have dissolved partnership. W.
H. Nachtrieb continues the business in
his own name,

Fort Wayne—The Fort Wayne Special
Furniture Co, has filed articles of in-
corporation under the style of the Fert
Wayne Special Furniture Works.

Fort Wayne—The Horton Manufac-
turing Co., manufacturer of corn plant-
ers etc., has increased its capital stock
from $30,000 to $50,000,

Frankton—J. White & Bro. is the new
style under which the carriage business
of White & Sons is continued.

Huntington—E. Rittgers has pur-
chased the interest of his partner in the
furniture and stove business of Can-
field & Rittgers.

Indianapolis—Huntington & Page,
seedsmen, have increased their capital
stock to $100,000,

Indianapolis—Madden, Thomas, Son
& Co,, manufacturers of lounges and
parlor furniture, have incorporated un-
der the same style.

Leesburg—Binggesberg & Berst suc-
ceed Byrer & Berst in the hardware
business.

Martinsville—Jas. M. Cox & Co, suc-
ceed Jas. M. Cox in the clothing busi-
ness,

Rockville—Pierce & Gilligan, dealers
in buggies, have dissolved partner-
ship, John M. Gilligan succeeding.

Sullivan—John A, Mattix, dealer in
implements and hardware, has sold out
to Turman & aS

 

DO YOU WANT

The services of a prompt, reliable EGG HOUSE
during the spring and summer to handle your
large or Smali shipments for you?
Ship now to
L. O. SNEDECOR & SON,
Egg Receivers, 36 Harrison St., N. Y
Est. 1865. Reference N. Y. Nat. Fx. Bank.

Don’t Kick
IF YOUR RETURNS OF
BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY
are not satisfictory, but try
Lamson & Co.
Blackstone St., BOSTON.

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PELOUZE POSTAL SCALES

THE HANDSOMEST AND BEST mace

THEY TELL AT A GLANCE THE COST OF POSTAGE IN
CENTS, AND ALSO GIVE THE EXACT WEIGHT IN /20ZS
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THEY SOON PAY FOR THEMSELVES IN STAMPS SAVED
PELOUZE SCALE & MFG. Co.,

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Good weather now to sell

Watermelons and Lemons

To get the best stock and prices send your orders to

The Vinkemulder Company,
14 and 16 Ottawa Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
We can handle your huckleberries to your advantage.

 

 

SHIP YOUR

BUTTER AND ECCS

ma and

R. HIRT, JR., DETROIT. MICH..,
and be sure of getting the Highest Market Price.

 

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

SEEDS

All orders filled promptly day received.

 

Largest Stocks
Best Quality
Lowest Prices

 

Alfred J. Brown Seed @o., Grand Rapids, Mich.

GROWERS, MERCHANTS, IMPORTERS

 

Established 1864 MAX MAYER

HOEHN & MAYER
Produce Commission Merchants

295 Washington Street and 15 Bloomfield Street (op. West Washington Market), New York
SPECIALTIES:

DRESSED POULTRY, GAME AND EGGS

Correspondence Solicited

JACOB HOEHN, JR.

Stencils Furnished Upon Application

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Produce Commission Merchants

Boston is the best market for Michigan and Indiana eggs We want
carlots or less. Liberal advances, highest prices, prompt returns.
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

Failed to Evade the Oleomargarine Law.

Philadelphia, July 11—In an opinion
by Judge Orlady, the Superior Court
yesterday affirmed the judgment of the
Court of Quarter Sessions of Blair
county, in the case of the Common-
wealth against H.C. Leslie, who was
convicted of selling oleomargarine or
butterine unlawfully colored,in imitation
of butter, and fined $100 and costs.

The man was a retail dealer in butter,
eggs, etc., in Altoona. At the preced-
ing session of the court he pleaded
guilty to three indictments for selling
oleomargarine, containing colored mat-
ter. Subsequently he advertised that
he could ‘‘supply people with the col-
ored article,’’and provided printed slips
to facilitate the business by transmitting
orders for the goods to a Chicago deal-
er, the orders having been signed by
customers at his request. When asked
for oleomargarine he replied: ‘*‘We
don’t handle oleomargarine, but there
is a plan by which we can get it in a
few days.’’

His printed slips read as follows: To
William J. Moxley, Incorporated, Chi-
cago, lll.: Please ship to my address,
in care of H. C. Leslie, 10 pounds of
butterine as follows: 10-pound pack-
age Daisy Brand, two-pound rolls; ship
by Adams Express, C. O. D.

In his opinion Judge Orlady says:
This order was given to him in his store
in Altoona and by him mailed to the
Chicago dealer. The article ordered by
this particular customer was sent in the
same box with a number of others and
shipped to H. C. Leslie, agent. At the
time the order was given the customer
paid to Leslie $2, which was set by him
to the Chicago dealer. The defendant
admits that he supposed the manufac-
turer was sending colored oleomarga-
rine; that he advertised it as colored
oleomargarine and butterine, and furth-
er, that the arrangement had _ been
adopted by him to avoid liability under
the act of Assembly.

He solicited orders for an article,
the sale of which was prohibied by law.
He received the pay and delivered the
product. He was principal in the
transaction. While the bill of lading was
directed to Leslie as agent the principal
being undisclosed, yet, under the cir-
cumstances as detailed by him, the use
of the word ‘‘agent’’ must be held to
be a mere expedient to avoid the law.

The sale was consummated at Altoona
by the defendant’s delivery and on
Leslie’s own showing, the scheme or
plan was an unmistakable fraud de-
signed and consummated by him.

0

Color Used in Butter Pronounced Dan-
gerous.

Minneapolis, July to—Dairy Com-
missioner McConnel has been carrying
on a series of scientific tests of the
effect of butter color on animals to de-
termine whether it is injurious. The
tests were conducted by Dr, J. Frank
Corbett, bacteriologist of the Minneapo-
lis Board of Health. He fed certain
well-known and much-used colors to
rabbits, guinea pigs and cats, and in
almost every case death was the result.
Dr. Corbett says:

‘‘After feeding the color in large
quantities to rabbits, 1 almost concluded
the butter color was harmless and was
about to take a large dose myself to
finally determine this. Fortunately 1
did not, but fed a considerable quan-
tity to a pet cat, with the result that the
cat died.’’

He subsequently fed varying doses to
numerous cats and all died. He further
reports :

“*These experiments demonstrate that
butter color is capable of producing se-
vere disturbance of the nervous system,
ending even in death, that it is capable
of damaging the working part of the
kidneys and that this damage is of
such a nature as to indicate that it would
remain permanent. Aside from this is
some damage to digestive organs and
even to the lungs.’’

Dr. Corbett says that while it is true
that a single dose is not dangerous, as
the manufacturers assert, the danger
lies in the cumulative effect of the
continued use of the poison. It pro-

 

duces diseases of kidney, bladder and
lungs.

The department intends to pursue the
investigation at greater length and then
begin a crusade to prevent the use of it
in butter made in this State.

Mr. McConnel says that the results of
the experiments thus far prove conclus-
ively that the use of butter color should
be stopped, and if manufacturers can
not be induced to forego its use the law
should compel them to do so.

—__> 4.» —____—_
The Oleo Outlook in Pittsburg.

Pittsburg, July 143—The new oleomar-
garine law compelling the sale of all
oleomargarine made after the first day
of July to be uncolored has been in
effect two weeks. So far the only oleo-
margarine sold in the Pittsburg market
has had that bright carrot-like yellow
tinge that is supposed to make ‘‘bull
butter’’ resemble the real article made
from the milk of the cow.

There can be but one reason for this:
That is a large stock of oleomargarine
on hand, kept in cold storage, that was
manufactured before the day upon which
the law went into effect.

One dealer said: ‘‘The oleomarga-
rine makers put all their factories to
work sometime ago, at their full capac-
ity to turn out tons upon tons of the
imitation butter, that they might have
a chance to educate the butter-eating
public up to the point of using white
or uncolored when their stock of the
yellow is exhausted.

‘*The tax of Io cents a pound im-
posed on dealers by the new law passed
by Congress would be almost prohibi-
tive, as it would cause the consumer to
buy creamery or country butter at a less
price than the oleomargarine makers
could turn out colored and pay the tax
upon it. By the time the stock made
prior to July 1 is exhausted, they argue,
the people will have learned to eat
white oleomargarine, or they will have
been taught to color the stuff themselves,
and thus avoid the payment of the Gov-
ernment tax.

‘There will be some way found to
circumvent the law, you may be as-
sured. Coloring matter in liquid or
powder form will be supplied with each
roll of oleomargarine sold and the pur-
chaser can color the matter to suit his

taste.’”’
——__>9.>____

Dodging the New Tax on Oleomargarine.

Washington, July 11—The ingenuity
of the oleomargarine manufacturer is
something that passes all expectation.
Since the new law against the making
and sale of imitation butter went into
effect the sleuths of the Internal Rev-
enue Bureau have been more alert than
ever to detect attempts to evade the
mandate of the Government. No arrests
have yet been made, but the officials of
the Bureau are well enough satisfied that
they are going to have their hands full
to keep up with the oleomargarine mak-
ers. One manufacturer has been found
who proposes to send out with packages
of oleomargarine of from 10 to 100
pounds a sufficient quantity of coloring
matter so that the restaurant keeper or
boarding-house landlady can color his
or her butter to suit any taste.

‘The Armour Co, has notified the Com-
missioner of Internal Revenue that it is
its purpose to follow this plan, and it
claims that the new law does not forbid
the practice. Another manufacturer has
written the Commissioner to say that he
should like to use palm oil, which is
cheaper than cottonseed oil, and gives
a beautiful yellow color to oleo butter,
and he asks the Commissioner if it
would be lawful for him to do so. The
Commissioner decided that oleomarga-
rine, of which the chief constituent is
palm oil instead of the customary cot-
tonseed oil, is subject to the revenue tax
of 10 cents per pound as colored oleo-
margarine, instead of the lower rate of
one-fourth of a cent for uncolored,

_—___ +.
Slight Protection.

Dolly—There is only one fault I have
to find with this season’s bathing dress.

Madge—What's that, dear?

Dolly—It doesn’t matter where a girl
got vaccinated, the mark is sure to
show.

 

Boston is the best market for

 

Butter, Eggs and Beans

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the highest market price.

 

Che John &. Doan
Company

Manufacturers’ Agent
for all kinds of

Fruit Packages

Bushels, Half Bushels and Covers; Berry Crates and Boxes;
Climax Grape and Peach Baskets.
Write us for prices on carlots or less.

Warehouse, corner E€. Fulton and Ferry Sts., Grand Rapids
Citizens Phone 1881.

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Our Vinegar to be an ABSOLUTELY PURE APPLEJUICE VIN-
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Leslie, Mich., June 30, 1902.

Towhom it may concern: We have been using the Little Giant Gas
Machine, manufactured by the Allen Gas Light Co. nearly two years and find it satisfactory in
every way. Weare using twelve lights at an expense of twenty-four dollars a year. Have had
no trouble whatever. There are seven of the Allen plants in town at the present time. Whoever
J. J. MURPHY.

Responsible agents wanted in every town to install and sell Allen Light.

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The New York Market

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

New York, July 11—The spot market
for invoices of Rio No. 7 coffee stands
at 5%c. While there is a little more
actual business being done this week
than last, and while there may be said
to be a little firmer undertone to the
market, it is certain that prices have
not appreciably advanced and it does
not seem reasonable to suppose they will
do so. In store and afloat there are
2,629,527 bags, against 1,140,957 bags
at the same time last year. It seems
that at the end of the fiscal year, July 1,
there were over 4,000,000 bags of coffee
more than the world needed. This
amounts to about one-third the total
requirements. If we have another run
of such coffee crops within the coming
twelve months, it will be a serious mat-
ter to know what shall be done with it.
Mild coffees are fairly steady and dur-
ing the week some fair orders have come
to hand.

In sugars simply an even midsummer
trade is going forward. Not a specially
active movement, although, of course,
every day at this time of year calls for
a good deal of sugar. Buyers are not
disposed to buy largely ahead and the
list is practically without change. The
Federal Sugar Refining Co. is quoting
granulated at $4. 40.

Teas are steady. The firmness pre-
viously noted continues and sellers feel
confident of a good business for the re-
mainder of the year. Quotations are
certainly well maintained.

While rice orders have individually
been for rather small lots, there have
been a good many from all parts of the
country and together they have made a
respectable total. Dealers seem well
satisfied wih the outlook and hold prices
firm. Foreign grades are also well sus-
tained at quotations last noted.

Spices are quiet. Not an item of in-
terest can be picked up in the whole
market. Pepper is possibly firmer, but
there is room for improvement all
around.

Molasses is dull, as might be expected
at this time of the year. Grocers and
bakers are both ‘‘laying low’’ and are
careful not to have stocks on hand
greater than the necessities of trade re-
quire. Prices are well sustained and
dealers generally seem to be quite con-
fident that we shall have a good fall
trade. Quotations are without change.
Syrups are fairly steady.

In canned goods spot tomatoes are
worth $1.60 or more and are about as
hard to find as a needle in a_ haystack.
Futures are hovering around go@g24c
for standard 3s here. The market for
other lines is firm and a good many or-
ders are coming to hand. The floods up-
State have done enormous damage, but
with good weather from now on there
may yet be a lot of stuff put into
"tins. ””

Some little activity has been dis-
played in dried prunes and enquiries
are numerous as to futures. Prices as
made by dryers on the Coast are re-
garded as rather high, but will likely
prevail. Other sorts of dried fruits are
meeting with the usual midsummer de-
mand, which is not saying much.

Lemons have shown some advance at
auction, the range being from $2.75 up
to about $4.50 for fancy stock. Oranges
are firm and worth from $2.25 for poor
California budded fruit up to $6 for
fancy navels. Mediterranean sweets, $3
@4. Bananas are steady.

The egg market remains from day to
day about the same. Best Western
fresh gathered, loss off, 20%c; fair to
good, I9@19%c; Northern Ohio and
Southern Michigan, candled, fancy
stock, 1934c; ungraded, 16@17 sc.

While not over 10%c can be named
for New York State full cream cheese,
the market is firm at this and may pos-
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Ohio Cheesemaking in 1866.

It does one good, now and then, to
‘““get together’’ with some old friend
and live over the days of the ‘‘quiet’’
long ago; and this has to do with the
management of a cheese factory in 1866,
The other day a friend called to chat,
the first ‘‘boss’’ in the factory erected
here early in 1866; and of course
the talk was of our early days there. It
was the fourth or fifth factory erected in
Ohio, and the first buy-milk concern,
and has been run all these thirty-six
seasons by one man, and by the one
plan. How changed it all is now. This
boss went to the Bartlet cheese factory
and learned the trade in four days, and
was ready to manage, which he did for
years, and a most skillful maker he was
for those days. Milk was contracted
fora month atatime. It was weighed (?)
by putting a ruled stick down into the
milk in the receiving can, and each
space stood for a 10 |b. gallon of milk.
Testing milk, acid starters, ripening,
or the why or wherefore was to alla
sealed book.

They were full creams that were made
then. The curd was cooked down toa
sharp acid, and the dream of the future
starter was commenced then by adding
a big pail of sharp, sour whey to the
vat of milk in advance of the rennet.

This promoted fast working of the
curd; but what great blankets of whey
cream there were on the big whey vats.
Whey butter was a great feature, for no
maker then believed that all the fat
could be held in milk, much less in
once a day delivery. Great, large go to
110 lb. cheese were made, and were
cured on stringer ranges, with cheese
box covers for stelves. Heat and ren-
net were the then supposed two agen-
cies that cured cheese, and were used
accordingly. Curd tests were unthought
of, and floating curds, stinkers and pin-
holes, were unlocated enemies, and so
far as the maker was concerned, were
without generation. After the flush of
feed, all tne best and finest cheese were
stored back in the depths of the great
cavernous curing houses, and kept for
the late fall and winter trade.

Cheese was then consigned to com-
mission houses direct. The order trade
from factory to the grocer and supply
houses was unknown, and cold storage
of any sort, would have been ruled out
of court as nonsense, and sterilization
and bacteria had no existence. Winter
dairying was supposed to be against na-
ture, and the belief was general, at
least so practiced, that cows in the win-
ter only did their best on timothy hay
and ice water.—Jobn Gould in Hoard’s
Dairyman,

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were badly damaged last December by
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lower end of Lake Michigan. Estimates
from that county are for only Io per
cent. of the usual crop. It is almost
anomalous that Benzie county, the
northernmost peach raising county in
the State, promises a yield of 112 per
cent. of an average crop. The estimates
from Muskgeon are 100 percent. ; Kent,
89 per cent.; Ottawa, 38 per cent.;
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Woman’s World

Disadvantages Under Which Boys are
Reared.

In my opinion the real, downtrodden,
oppressed class in this country—the
people with a genuine grievance —are
boys. In nine families out of t2n boys
are regarded as an anomaly, something
that is neither fish, flesh, nor fowl,
nor yet good red_ herring — that
can neither be treated with the
reason of grown-ups nor dressed up and
shown off like a girl and for which
there is no place. They are little Ish-
maelites whose hands are turned against
the bric-a-brac and who are enemies to
peace and order, and there is a general,
if unexpressed, concurrence in the opin-
ion of the old bachelor, who said that
the only proper way to raise a boy was
to put him in a harrel and feed him
through the bunghole.

Every now and then a fond mother
makes a heroic effort to realize her ideal
of a perfect boy by dressing her little
Johnny up in Fauntleroy clothes and
having him learn the piano instead of
how to play marbles and letting his long
yellow curls hang down his back until
he gets almost to the voting age. When
a woman does this one of two things
happens: Either little Johnny arises
and tears off his lace ruffles and gets
tough to prove to other boys that he is not
as silly as his clothes or else he develops
into a sissy man, who all his life is
afflicted with nerves and secretly yearns
to sit in the house and embroider tidies,
instead of getting out into the world and
hustling with other men for a living.
Any child who will wear long hair after
he is big enough to reach the scissors
on his mother’s work table ought to be
taken off somewhere and gently chloro-
formed for the benefit of the human
race.

There is just one thing on earth that
is worse than the little Lord Fauntleroy
boy, who can not go out and play with
other boys for fear he will soil his
ruffles and muss his pretty curls, and
that is the prig boy, who is made to
sign a pledge never to touch liquor be-
fore he has ever drunk anything but his
mother’s milk and never to play cards
before he has ever heard of anything
beyond his kindergarten blocks and
who goes about exhaling moral precepts
and correcting his elders.

I have the misfortune to number two
such freaks among my acquaintance.
One of them is a poor little lad who is
the unfortunate victim of the misguided
affection of an adoring housefu! of
women, among whom he sits day after
day, doing fancy work and otherwise
conducting himself like a perfect lady.
He is always beautifully dressed and his
precocity is something fearful to con-
template, but he is a pale and anaemic
little creature who has learned to gos-
sip, and if he was my boy I would
rather hear him swear like a trooper
than talk scandal like a woman.

The other boy is the son of a saint,
and has already, although he is only 9
years old, joined all the anti-societies
his mother knows about. He is one of
the abnormal little creatures who think
of their souls instead of their stomachs,
and all the other boys hate him and avoid
him like a plague, because when you
give him a quarter he sends it to the
heathen instead of blowing it in for
sweets. That boy's fate is also fixed.
He will grow up into a canting hypo-
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the revulsion will come—the wild de-
sire for all the pleasures he has been
told were so fascinating and so wicked,
and he will break over the ropes and go
to the very limit of excess.

Fortunately, we have little to do with
these two types. They are rare, but the
ordinary, commonplace human boy,
who has an equal antipathy to fine
clothes and high moral sentiments, is al-
ways with us, and I contend that he is
the least understood and the least sym-
pathized with persun on earth and that
in every family he is the one thing of
utmost importance, the one subject that
will best repay the profoundest study
and the use of the finest diplomacy.

That he is not understood is because
his mother can not comprehend him and
his father will not. The barrier of sex
is between a boy and his mother and
the barrier of business is between a boy
and his father. No woman really ever
even understands a man whose thoughts
and ideals and ambitions and purposes
have settled. down into order. Still less
can she understand her son,all of whose
thoughts are chaotic and whose tastes
and desires are still formless and nebu-
lous. A mother instinctively under-
stands her daughter. She sympathizes
with Sally’s love of her doijly, with her
desire for fine clothes and with her
silly, sentimental school girl fancies,
because she has been every step of the
same way herself; but she does not sym-
pathize with her son because she has
never felt as he does and she never
wanted to do things he wants to do,
She never desired to carry worms around
in her pocket or to make hideous noises,
and she can not understand why her son
does.

Jobnny’s father knows, however. He
has been down the line. He knows how
a boy feels, he knows his desires, his
temptations, his weaknesses, his fine-
nesses and his faults, and the unpar-
donable sin for which Johnny’s father
will never be forgiven in this world or
the next is that he does not think it
worth while to save his son from the
mistakes that the boy is sure to make.
Johnny's father is too busy a man to
ever have time to really get acquainted
with his boy. He toils hard all day and
when he comes home at night he buries
himself in his book or paper. He can
tell you exactly the state of the stock
markets of the world and what the
French wits are saying and the German
savants reading, but he has not the
faintest idea of the state of Johnny’s
mind or what Jobnny is thinking or
reading. It is a sad and lamentable
fact that the average American father’s
sole idea of duty to his‘boy is chastising
him when his mother complains of him
and paying his bills. :

Thus is the boy left isolated, misun-
derstood, unsympathized with at home.
If there is a mean, dark, comfortless
room in the house it is the boy’s room.
If there are errands to be done, he is
expected to do them. His mother frets
about his tracking up the house. His
sisters deride him for being awkward
and ungainly. His hobbies are ex-
ploited before strangers as choice fam-
ily jests, and when hurt, humiliated
and full of dumb fury, he retires into
himself and thinks of running off to be
a pirate or an Indian fighter, he is
called sulky, and the one person in the
world who might understand him—his
own father—to whom he has a right to
look for comprehension, and sympathy,
and help, is too careless and indiffer
ent to do it.

Now, no woman is fitted by nature to

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raise a boy. Sometimes a woman makes
a lucky hit and strikes the bull’s-eye
and turns out a man who is an honor to
her and a credit to his country, but, as
a general thing, she makes a woeful
mess of it, and the reason there are so
many worthless, dissipated, miserable
men is because the job of raising them
was left exclusively in their moth-
ers’ hands,

Every woman wants her sons, of
course, to be models of all the virtues
and gentle and refined, and her idea of
the way to do this is to keep a boy in
quarantine. That would be a good idea
if you could build a wall that went all
the way around life, but you can not,
There comes the time when the boy
must break away from his mother’s apron
strings and go out into the world and
face the temptations of life, and ignor-
ance is not his best shield then.

A wise father teaches his sons from
the time they can understand anything
that the so-called pleasures of life are
dangers against which no paper pledge
is going to protect them; that a man
stands or falls by the strength that is in
him, and whether he lets enjoyment be

* his master or his slave. Few women are

broad enough to dothis. Ifa foolish
boy comes home intoxicated, after hav-
ing taken too much wine for the first
time, they nag him with temperance
lectures until they drive him to drink
through mere contrariness, but a sensi-
ble father, instead of having a fit over it,
will show the lad what drink leads to
and turns a searchlight on the derelicts
of life it makes, which presents a tem-
perance lecture that will forever turn
the boy from the danger of a drunkard’s
fate. I know one wise and cynical old
club man who has saved more boys by
two words spoken at the right moment
than a hundred hysterical reformers
have to their credit.

Another thing—a most important
thing, and one that parents are strange-
ly indifferent to—is finding out their
boys’ talents. Success in life is merely
a human being getting into the right
boat and at the oar that nature intended
him to pull. Half the failures are caused
by people trying to do the thing they
can never do. Every child inthe worid
by the time it is 10 years old must have
evinced some bent that should decide
its future education and destiny. In
these days of close and fierce competi-
tion, when the rewards go to the highly
proficient, it is folly not to train a boy
to do something superlatively well. Ii
a boy is not fond of his books and has
to be driven to school, it is idiocy te
try to make a professional man of him.
If he is clever with his fingers and deft
with tools, it is criminal not to give
him the advantage of a technical educa-
tion. If he loves to play store and is
forever trading with other boys, he
should be given the first impetus to-
wards making a merchant prince by be-
ing put young into business instead of
wasting years on schooling.

Surely, this is not much to ask that
parents should at ieast try to give their
sons a fair start in the race of life by
entering them into the class in which
they were intended by nature to run,
yet how seldom do they do it! A boy
is permitted to grow up, hit or miss,
to drift into any kind of occupation
that he chances upon, with no especial
training, no development of the talents
that heaven gave him,and half the time
he makes a mistake, and spends years
drifting about trying to get his bearings
and into the thing that he ought to have
done at first,

 

A boy is the most interesting thing in
the world, for he has in him the _possi-
bilities of the world, and for my part, I
never see a little fellow, no matter
whether he is rich or poor, handsome
or ugly, without wondering if I am not
looking at the hands that will sway the
destiny of nations, command armies,
drag the secrets of nature from her
breast or write the words that will fire
the heart of the world. The boy who
will do any one of these things may be

yours. Be careful how you use him.
Dorothy Dix.
——2_ 2.
Encroachment of Athletics in the Field of
Culture.

Members of the sedately intellectual
colony which for forty-six years past has
supported and maintained the pioncer
women’s institution of learning, the El-
mira College, New York, look askance
at the glorification of athletics among
the students. The recent athletic field
day was embraced by the girls as an op-
portunity to lavish quantities of femi-
nine adulation upon the prize winners
of the day.

Especially did the girls rave over
Miss Helen Downes, who won no less
than six events. These were events in
which girls find it hard to excel. She
won the fifty and seventy-five yard foot
races, the running broad jump, the
forty and sixty yard burdie races,and to
show her all around development she
put the shot 50 feet—2 feet and 1 inch
beyond the point reached by the con-
testant taking second prize.

Her powers of endurance are admired
by all the girls in the college, and were
commented upon in spirited and good-
natured envy which confirmed some of
the old supporters of the college in their
fear that there was more athletic than
intellectual ambition among the stud-
ents,

After winning the seventy-five yard
dash in 10 4-5 seconds, and the forty-
yard hurdle race in 9 4-5 seconds, Miss
Downes tackled the fifty-yard dash with
but a short rest intervening. Then she
won at putting the shot, and in the
rather strenuous sixty-yard hurdle race
without taking time for rest, the three
events following each other on the day’s
programme.

The sixty-yard hurdle race is fora
girl really a test of endurance in itself,
but Miss Downes did not stop at that,
but tackled the running broad jump,
with but one event, the discus throw-
ing, intervening on the programme be-
tween the hurdle race and the jump.
She covered 12 feet 5 inches in the
jump, winning the prize. She ran the
filty-yard dash in 6 1-5 seconds and the
sixty-yard hurdle in 10 4-5 seconds.

Miss Downes has certainly been set
upon a pedestal by her classmates, Al-
most beside her has been placed Miss
Bertha Burgett, 'o2, who distinguished
herself on the field day by breaking the
American record for girls’ colleges for
throwing the base ball, having pitched
the base ball 181 feet. Besides, she
won the basket ball throwing event.
The best previous record for throwing
the base bail was 163 feet.

Miss Burgett's excellence has aroused
a tremendous amount of feminine pride,
because it has shown that a girl can ex-
cel in throwing a ball. In the past
ever so much fun has been poked at
girls because they threw balls awkward-
ly and without force.

The set which fears that athletics will
win the girls away from their studies
has been pointing to the high ideals set
by the founders. Eimira College was
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served to this day. It was the first col-
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for its support, so that it might be in-
dependent of all doctrinal, social or
other dictation. It was determined early
that all the girls who studied there
should have the degree of B, A. when
they had achieved the same standard
which Hamilton, the most pclished of
early American statesmen, attained.
These are the ideals which it is alleged
old Elmira is growing away from.

In common with the other college
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passing fashion. In _ the athletic field
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desired freedom of movement without
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criticise. Cora Stowell.
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game is not worth the candle when a
man works all day up to 6 o’clock, goes
home to a hurried supper, and back at
7 to work until 9 or Io,

The youngster who complained to his
mother that ‘‘the man who stays around
here Sundays licked me’’ was probably
the son of a hardware dealer under the
old routine, for the man who works
morning, afternoon and evening hardly
has time to see his family at all.

This early closing movement varies
widely in different sections of the coun-
try. In some cities hardware stores
close at 6 o'clock and in some at 7;
some close early on stated days in the
week, This early closing movement has
just made its appearance among the
hardware dealers or ‘‘Ironmongers,’’ as
they are called in conservative Eng-
land, and judging from the tone of the
hardware press in that country the
movement is likely to become general.

The advantages of a local association
as regards a credit system are obivous,
It is all too common for some men with
a perverted sense of honesty to run up
a bill with one dealer and, after the
same has assumed considerable propor-
tions, to transfer their trade to another
victim. The local association by keep-
ing a list of undesiiable customers can
Save many times what it costs its mem-
bers in the course of a year.

The way one local association takes
hold of the credit system is by having
the Secretary at the end of each week
send each member of the association a
list of such customers as are poor pay
or pay slowly. It is an understanding
between members of the association that
customers who are dead-beats shall not
receive credit from any member of the
association until they pay up their bill
at the last place where they traded. If
they refuse to do this, they should not
be granted credit. This is certainly
common sense, for the dealer who grants
credit to the man who has failed to pay
his previous bill is giving away goods
in the great majority of cases.

In working this credit system, and
in issuing lists of customers who are
dead-beats, have it understood that any
merchant who is skeptical about the
rating given a customer can ascertain
how mucb he owes the other man by
calling upon the Secretary.

Suppose that Smith is a member of
the association, and receives a list on
which he sees the name of Jones.
If Jones is a man who bought a few
goods and paid him cash recently, Smith
naturally thinks he is all right, but the
appearance of his name on this list
should place him on the alert, and he
should ascertain from the Secretary of
the association just how much Jones
owes Brown. Possibly when Smith
starts looking up the matter he wiil find
from the Secretary that Jones owes sev-
eral hundred dollars in separate ac-
counts,and has never paid any of them.

This should be sufficient evidence to
Smith not to grant any credit to Jones
even if he has paid cash to him, and in
ninety-nine cases out of 100, if he isa
level headed business man, he will not
do it.

 

 

 

Of course, there are many other ad-
vantages of association work, such as
the interchange of views on matters of
business detail which one dealer can
give another. It must be remembered
also that this retail organization move-
ment is yet in its infancy.

It is a new giant, but it has not yet
recognized its power, and I will outline
several lines taken from other trades,
which possibly in time may be taken
up by local hardware associations.

One of these is the question of freight
service. The manufacturers of Buffalo,
N. Y., have a very powerful association
and an efficient working offiical corps.
The various manufacturers of the as-
sociation keep tab on the service they
receive from different railroads to
different competing points both as to
time of service, amount of breakage of
material, price, promptness and cour-
tesy in adjusting complaints, etc. Take
Erie, Pa., for example. There are five
railroad systems between Buffalo and
Erie. The manufacturers adopted a
system by which they kept tab on the
service of each road, and at the end of
three months’ time they reported as to
the road giving the best service. This
road thereafter received the entire pa-
tronage of the association.

Why is not this same scheme feasible
for the Rockford Retail Hardware Mer-
chants’ Association? There are two
roads, the Illinois Central and the
Northwestern, between this city and
Chicago. If your association were to
notify the local freight agents of both
roads that you had adopted a regular
system, by which you kept tab of the
rates charged for freight, promptness
of delivering shipments, settling for
losses in transit, the courtesy in answer-
ing complaints, etc., and that after a
period of three months the entire busi-
ness that was controlled by the member-
ship of this association would be given
exclusively to that road which gave the
best service, is there any doubt but that
you would get a No. 1 service?

The retail grocers of Duluth, Minn.,
have successfully adopted a co-operative
delivery system. There is no question
but that the hardware dealers of Rock-
ford could effect an important saving
if they made arrangements to hire all
their deliveries made by a co-operative
concern rather than have each dealer
maintain a separate delivery wagon,
driver, etc. The advertisement any in-
dividual dealer gets from his name on
a delivery wagon is hardly worth the
difference in cost between having an in-
dividual driver and wagon, and using a
co-operative system.

You will see that this scheme is more
or less visionary, but I am going to
proceed to those that are more so.

The paving contractors of Chicago
have an association which they charge
an outsider $1,coo to join. Every job
of paving in the city is carefully fig-
ured out at a certain price, to which is
added a decent margin of profit, ana
then the different contractors who want
the job put in hids for it and the iob
goes to the highest bidder, and his bid
is divided among the bidders who
placed a bid on the contract.

Why should not this scheme apply to
builders’ hardware? Suppose, for exam-
ple, that there was a job for supplying
the builders’ hardware in this city,
which would be reasonably certain to
go to some member of your association.
Suppose the job was for $200, The
members of the association would figure
a fair profit which would not be exorbi-
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would make $50 profit. Then the differ-
ent members of the association would
have a chance to say how much they
would give the association for the privil-
ege of getting this job. If ten of the
members bid on the job and one man
was determined to have it willy-nilly,
and actually offered to do the work at
cost, he would bid $50, and his money
would be divided among the ten mem-
bers of the association who bid, so each
would make as much on the job as he
did.

A few experiences of this kind would
naturally deter cut throat competition
and would not be for the detriment of
the consumer, as the association in fig-
uring out this original price at which
the job should be let could not make an
exorbitant figure,or it would cut its own
throat.

There is still another method that is
visionary that the association might use
in securing a fair profit on jobs, and
that is the one used by the Master
Plumbers’ Association of Boston.

Whenever there is any plumbing work
in Boston this Association has all the
members desiring the work make a bid
on the same. These bids are all opened
in the Secretary’s office—all the plumb-
ers being present—and are averaged up;
the bid nearest the average is the one
that gets the contract, and the other
bidders are bound by the rules of the
Association to protect the winning bid-
der in their subsequent bids.

Manufacturers are organized, jobbers
are organized, transportation companies
are organized and our mercantile class
can not prevent being pushed to the
wall except by organizing for self-pres-
ervation.

When the hardware trade reaches the
stage where every thriving city has a
strong, loyal, local association; where
each staie is well organized with these
aforesaid local organizations as a base,
and where the Nationa! Retail Hard-
ware Dealers’ Association is a powerful
body including in its ranks state asso-
ciations in every state in the country;
then hardware dealers will generally ac-
knowledge tbat the foundation of their
twentieth century success is due to the
co-operation of their triple organiza-
tions—local, state and national.

Sidney P. Johnston.
—___—_» 2 .__—_
The Way of It.

‘‘Where are you going this summer?’’

‘*I’m going to a stretch of barren
sand, where | can be surrounded by the
luxuries of the seashore.’’

‘* By yourself?’’

‘*No. Whole family. Wife and chil-
dren, servants, nurses, etc.’’

‘*Cottage?’’

‘‘Yes. Has eight rooms for sixteen
people. Each room will hold comfort-
ably about one-half of a human being.’’

‘*Cottage alone?’

‘‘Ob, no. We shall be next to a lot
of others. Each with an assortment of
children,’

‘*Nice people?’’

‘*Well, they’re people I wouldn’t
think of associating with on ordinary
occasions, but of course——”’

‘‘Oh, certainly. Where do you get
your vegetables?’’

‘*From the city.’’

‘*And your water?’’

‘‘From the nearest well."’

‘*Typhoid?”’

‘* Probably.”’

‘*Flies?”’

‘‘Heaps.’’

‘‘What are you going for?’’

‘*Two reasons: Because I can't afford
to and my wife wants to.”’

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man. The office can not break away

from the politicians, but never had the
offices more need to find men.

 

Passing of the Company Store in the Up-
per Peninsula.

Vulcan, July 14—On and after July 1
the two general stores—one at Vulcan
and one at Norway—will be operated
and managed by a new company, known
as the Penn Store Co. They will be
conducted absolutely independent of
the Penn Iron Mining Co., which has
owned them for so many years. We do
not know the entire roster of the in-
corporators, but have been assured that
the business of the two stores will be
conducted hereafter on an entirely new
system. This move marks the disap-
pearance of the last of the so-called
‘‘company’’ stores in the Upper Penin-
sula, the existence of which has been a
source of much adverse comment by
other merchants, It is, perhaps, a good
thing for these merchants that the stores
have not been closed, as such a condi-
tion would be the signal for the open-
ing of at least a half dozen other busi-
ness houses in an attempt to secure and
hold the trade which the local merchant
is sure would be his were the stores
closed ; and these new stores would not
in all cases be as honorable and fair
competitors as has been the Penn Iron
Mining Co. Many an employe has dur-
ing the past twenty-five years been car-
ried through sickness and trouble when
other merchants could not and would
not have helped him. The writer was
here to see the installation of the first
‘“company’’ store in 1880 by the Me-
nominee Mining Co. and had charge of
the accounts ‘twixt the men and the
company and is free to say that, at that
time when many began to build homes
for themselves and families, without a
dollar in hand, the company store was
indeed a boon; furnishing them with
food, raiment and building materials
(the latter at cost price) and carrying
many of them for years with better re-
sults to the employe than any building
and loan association has ever shown.
We are aware that many who read this
will join issue with us on the arguments
advanced, but we have data and facts to
bear us out in the assertion that the
company store system has been a boon
to many.

Ishpeming, July 14—It is many years
since a mercantile business has been
conducted by a mining corporation on
this range. The Iron Cliffs Co.’s_ store
at Negaunee, the last of the kind, was
closed out some eight or nine years ago,
The Cliffs people did not compel their
men to do all their trading at their
store. The workmen were paid in cash,
less the amount held out for merchan-
dise, and they could trade wherever they
pleased. The company stores of this
range met all legitimate competition
and not a few regretted that the Iron
Cliffs Co. closed out the Negaunee store,
as patrons had always been treated fair-

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A Job For the “Meenister.”

In a certain parish in Scoltand col-
lectors were lately going around solicit-
ing contributions for the kirk. On
coming to a wretched little hovel they
hesitated whether or not to enter, but
finally decided to ‘‘try their luck.”’

A hale old man greeted them, and _ to
him they explained their errand. But
he really had nothing to give them, he
said.

‘*Can’t ye gi’e up your whusky?’’ one
of the visitors asked.

No, be’ said, he didn’t drink
‘‘whusky.’’

Perhaps, then, he could forego the
pleasures of snuff? No, he didn’t use
snuff.

The collectors prepared to move on.

‘*Stop a bit,’’ cried the old fellow.
‘‘I pay Sandy, the barber, twopence
every Saturday night for shaving me.
Tel) the meenister he can have the two-
pence if he’ll] come and shave me him-

self.
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Request For Explicit Information.

‘‘Are you thinking only of the pres-
ent?’’ asked the serious man, ‘‘or, are
you doing your duty and trying to leave
something for those who come after you?’

‘*Those who come after me? ’ repeated
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Class of Country Stores Injured by the
Trolley Lines.

The trolley is unquestionably one of
the most developing institutions of the
age—there is no doubt about that.

But the trolley gong is sounding the
death knell of many a country store-
keeper—there is no doubt about that,
either.

The trolley links the city and the
country town together—makes it an
easy, a pleasant and a cheap matter to
go to town for things wanted; so the
people are getting to go to town and
their trade goes with them.

Take the case of one town I know of.
It is a typical country town of about
5,000. The grocery business is dead
there already and has been for several
years.

This place is about eighteen miles
from Philadelphia and up to now it
has had no trolley connections with
Philadelphia. The only connecting link
has been the Pennsylvania Railroad,
which is the most aggravating and in-
dependent concern on earth when it has
no competition, as it has not there.

The Pennsylvania Railroad trains
have taken an hour to go these eighteen
miles, and have charged 70 cents excur-
sion fare—a gold-plated rate for a tin-
plated service.

Now— i

A trolley between Philadelphia and
this town is almost ready for service.
The scheme is to carry passengers for
35 cents there and back—just half the
Pennsylvania’s fare—and to make the
trip in a little over an hour.

The result of this will inevitably be
the opening of that whole territory to
the Philadelphia merchants and the loss
of more trade to the country dealers.
Already the city grocers send goods
up there on five-package delivery, and
some of them even solicit there.

In the past it has been quite an event
for many people to come to Philadel-
phia from the town I referto, It was an
hour's journey and it cost nearly a dol-
lar.

Dollars, incidentally, do not grow on
trees in most country towns.

Many people have bought of the local
dealers because they had to—they could
not get to Philadelphia. The cutting
of the fare in half will make it a small
and unimportant matter to get to Phila-
delphia—35 cents is only a dime more
than a quarter.

The trolley will introduce the country
people to the city and foster trade be-
tween them. People will come often to
Philadelphia, and that they will spend
more of their money there follows as nat-
urally as that the thirsty horse will
drink when you Jead him to water.

In all of which the country merchant
has my sincere and konest sympathy.

In some cases the country merchant
is not entitled to much sympathy,
though—he has dug his own grave. He
has kept such an outrageously poor store
that the people fly from it to the city
stores with a sigh of relief.

Mind, I say in some cases this is so.

An instance: Touring the rural dis-
tricts with a friend some weeks ago I
came upon a small country village—
just the sort whose commercial life is
being sucked away by the trolleys.

It was lunch time and we were hunt-
ing a grocery store where we could get a
few loaves and fishes. Personally, I
never get hungry, but my friend has a
rubber stomach and if he does not get
his bottle of milk on the minute of 12
he cries like a baby.

The first store we went into was one

 

of the sort that consumers are glad to
escape from. The proprietor was a type
of the back-number country storekeeper.
He kept a general store, but the only
groceries he had out of which you could
make a lunch were cheese, dried beef
in cans and salmon.

This old man had about as much
salesmanship about him as a lamp-post.
He did not want to sell goods—he
would rather inveigle the two strangers
into listening to his conversation.

The result was that we had to leave
the store—without buying the goods that
we went there to buy—to get rid of his
gab. Another store farther on in the
village got our order, which was not one
to sneeze at.

Now, I feel as if I know this old man
as well as if I had grown up with him.
It is perfectly safe to say that nobody
would buy at his store if they could go
anywhere else, and that is his fault ab-
solutely. He has a little old, dusty, be-
hind-the-times stock—Why? Because
he is too busy giving advice to the
President and wagging his old jaw to
even think about improving his busi-
ness.

So the people of the community,
whose trade he ought to own almost in
fee simple, drop his store like a hot
potato when the trolley tothe city opens
up a way of escape.—Stroller in Gro-
cery World.

9
The New Sugar Company a Disturbing
Factor.

The new Federal Sugar Refining Co.,
which has begun the actual business of
selling refined sugar, has proved a dis-
turbing factor in grocery circles, not-
witnstanding that its output thus far
does not exceed 250 barrels per day. It
is expected that within a week or so
the new company will have a production
of 750 barrels daily, and that within a
month its present refinery will have
reached its full limit of 1,000 barrels,
This is the company that recently in-
creased its capital to $50,000,000 and
proposes to build refineries in various
sections of the country.

The disturbance the new concern has
created in the sugar trade is the result
of its method of selling its output and
not its volume, It has cast completely
aside all the old methods by which the
older refineries do business—discarding
the factor plan with the rest—and starts
in with a straight proposition to sell its
refined sugars at a net price to ali
classes of buyers, retail as well as
wholesale. No discounts of any charac-
ter are allowed, and any buyer with
sufficient credit can purchase regardless
of the uses to which he may put the
sugar. The net quotation for granulated
is 4.40c cash, seven days, while the
American Sugar Refining Co., the Na-
tional Co. and the Arbuckles are sell-
ing at 4.65c, less the usual discounts,
which figures down to about 4. 4oc net.—

New York Journal of Commerce.
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Minnesota Will Allow the Use of Borax.

There is nothing in the Minnesota
law to prevent packers from using pre-
servatives on the meat offered for sale
in the State. This point was decided
last week by the Supreme Court in test
cases against J. N. Rumberg and C. S.
Wagenhals, begun at Minneapolis and
appealed after the two butchers had been
convicted in the lower court. The Court
holds that the amendment to the Pure
Food law passed in 1901 applies only to
milk and cream, and that the use of
borax in meats is not illegal.

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Does your store suffer by comparison

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much avout it, but—isn’t the other store better lighted than yours? People
will buy where buying is most pleasant.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the
President, JOHN A. WESTON, nsing; Sec-
re’ , M. 8S. Brown, 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 Council No. 131, U. C. T.
Senior Counselor, W. S. BuRNS; Secretary
Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

 

 

 

 

THE CRAWFORD PACE.

 

Lee Hutchins Making the Race of His
Life.

Zeeland, July 14—A man who looked
more like a Sunday schoo! teacher than
a traveling man went through this town
early this morning, only stopping long
enough to call on the drug trade here.
He looked neither to the right nor to the
left, and the only words he uttered on
the street were that he was determined
to keep up the Crawford pace.

Holland, July 14—A strange man was
seen speeding through the streets here
this forenoon. His meteoric appearance
excited so much comment that the police
force was about to intercept him when
he was identified as the President of
the Grand Rapids Y. M. C. A. by one
of our local clergymen. After identifica-
tion, it was noticed that he was laboring
under great excitement and that he con-
stantly murmured to himself, as he
glided along the street, that he was de-
termined to keep up the Crawford pace.
He registered and took dinner at the
City Hotel, but in his haste forgot to
pay the bill.

Saugatuck, July 14—A gentleman un-
known to most of our people visited this
town this afternoon, reaching the place
on the interurban. He acted as though
he had been shot out of a cannon, and
lost no time in making a couple of calls
and getting over to the neighboring vil-
lage across the river, murmuring some-
thing about keeping up the Crawford
pace as he sped along the street.

Douglas, July 14—Those who were on
the street this afternoon witnessed a
strange sight in the person of a gentle-
man who appeared to be a drug sales-
man, who stopped at the drug store only
long enough to grab an order and re-
ceipt such unpaid bills as our druggist
might wish to liquidate. Through the
intercession of a friend, he was able to
get the captain of the South Haven boat
to hold the vessel ten minutes so that
he might ‘‘keep up the Crawford pace,"’
which is unintelligible to all except the
druggist here, who knowingly smiles
and insinuates that anyone who tries to
emulate the Crawford capacity to cover
territory will land in the insane asylum
before the end of the week,

South Haven, July 14—A Stranger ar-
rived on the boat here this evening ina
somewhat dazed condition. Luckily,
be ran across Sam Van Ostrand, who
took him to the hotel and put bim in
bed. The gentleman looked as though
he had seen hard usage fora day at
least and was so completely worn ont
that he fell asleep the minute his head
struck the pillow, murmuring something
about keeping up the Crawford pace.

Grand Junction, July 15—The fore-
noon train from South Haven brought a
solitary passenger in the person of a
new drug salesman, who did business
here with the greatest dispatch ever
witnessed in this village. He was at
the Pere Marquette depot nearly three
seconds before the train pulled out for
Bangor and, as he mounted the steps,
he bade his customer farewell, hurried-
ly remarking something about the
Crawford pace.

Bangor, July 15—This town has been
the headquarters of a number of very
swift men, but the fastest gentleman
who ever came down the pike jumped
from the southbound Pere Marquette
train this forenoon and spent about half
an hour in calling on the drug trade
here, incidentally informing each cus-
tomer that he = endeavoring to keep
up the Crawford pace. :

Paartford, July 15—The retail drug-
gists here were electrified to-day by re-

 

 

ceiving a call from a gentleman whom
they have personally known heretofore
as the credit man for the Hazeltine &
Perkins Drug Co. He stopped only a
moment at each store, grabbing an order
and the money which had been pre-
pared for the regular salesman of that
house, vanishing out the front door
without hardly so much as saying good-
bye. As he took the train for Benton
Harbor, he murmured that up to this
time he had kept up the Crawford pace.
Benton Harbor, July 15—A local pho-
tographer who happened to be at the
depot on the arrival of the southbound
Pere Marquette train to-day saw a
strange-looking individual who was ap-
parently in very much of a hurry. As
st happened, the gentleman was de-
tained long enough to enable the pho-
tographer to secure a snapshot of the
figure, which it was decided to send to
the Tradesman, in the belief that that
publication would be able to identify
the individual.
_St. Joseph, July 15—A gentleman ar-
rived here this afternoon from Benton
Harbor, and the gait he struck toward
the hotel reminded the people here of a
Chicago bridegroom on his way to the

 

Gripsack Brigade.

Albion Recorder: Harold Beal will
go to Buffalo Friday. He has engaged
to travel in Western New York for the
Bourdeau Food Co., of Battle Creek.

E. S. Wiseman (Hazeltine & Perkins
Drug Co.) was taken suddenly ill at
Mecosta last week, but under the heroic
treatment administered by Dr. Snyder
was able to resume his route at Big
Rapids.

Owosso Press: J. B. McIntosh, who
has been State agent of the Clough &
Warren Co. for the past four years, has
sold out his retail business to Joseph
Rose and will be on the road all the
time for the firm named above.

Owosso Argus: George Haskell,
who for the past two years has been
traveling for George H. Grahame, of
Detroit, severed his connection with
that house Saturday to take a position
as traveling salesman for Hall Brothers,
Nichols & Dutcher, wholesale grocers.

Albion Leader: The traveling sales-

 

 

county clerk to get a marriage license.
Later in the day it was learned that he
was neither a Chicago bridegroom nor
an escaped lunatic, but that when he is
at home he is a sedate gentleman who
makes brilliant speeches before the
Grand Rapids Credit Men's Association
and introduces the lecturers who appear
before Grand Rapids audiences on the
Y. M. C. A. course. It appears that he
is covering the territory of Cornelius
Crawford and that, in his anxiety to
make a record, be has undertaken to
‘keep up the Crawford pace,’ as he
expresses it. Upto this hour he has
been able to do this, but from all ap-
pearances he will either be a raving
maniac or a victim of nervous prostra-
tion if he continues this way for the
next four days.

Elkhart, July 15—A gentleman who
evidently hails from Grand Rapids
reached this city on a late train this
evening, muttering something about the
Crawford pace. Whether he is en-
deavoring to avoid capture or is hot on
the trail of an escaped convict has not
yet been determined.

~~

Stock of clothing and men’s fuinish-
ing goods to be sold at auction. See
advertisement on page 7.

0» -

A man makes his maiden speech when

he asks a spinster to marry him,

men of the Gale Manufacturing Co. are
gathering in the city this week from all
points of the compass to get orders for
another season’s work. It is the cus-
tom to have the men come in each year
at which time the work is planned and
thoroughly talked over.

John P. Forbes, of Plainwell, travel-
ing salesman for D. M. Ferry & Co.,
of Detroit, committed suicide in Hous-
ton, Texas, last Thursday. His remains
were brought home. What means he
took or why he committed the act is not
known, He had written to his wife a
few days before that he was not well.

Cornelius Horsejockey Crawford is
attending the Blue Ribbon meeting at
Detroit this week and his route is being
covered in the meantime by Lee M.
Hutchins, Secretary and Treasurer of
the corporation. Mr. Hutchins is a
genial gentleman, a good judge of hu-
man nature and a credit man of rare
discernment, but selling goods is about
as congenial to him as indoor work
would be for Mr. Crawford.

Dowagiac Republican: A. J. Cleve-
land, who has just disposed of the

 

mortgaged stock of goods of the City
shoe store which was owned in partner-

 

ship by himself and wife, expects to go
upon the road as a traveling salesman
in the near future. He will remain with
Fred J. Young, the new proprietor of
the stock, for a few days. Eventually
it is thought Mr, and Mrs. Cleveland
will adopt Gobles or Otsego as their
home.

A Nashville correspondent writes: On
his last trip to this town, L. M. Mills,
the rotund traveling representative of
the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., pur-
chased a dog of J. C. Furniss. As about
twenty other merchants here also had
dogs for sale, they all wrote Mr. Mills
urgent letters requesting him to inves-
tigate the merits of their respective
canines. It is understood that the letters
were so bulky that the local postmaster
was compelled to utilize an extra pouch
for his Grand Rapids mail on that oc-

casion.
—__~>4+—_—_

The Boys Behind the Counter.

Cadillac—Lawrence Kramer, who has
been succeeded as cashier in the S. W.
Kramer dry goods store by Miss Oda
Heilbron, of Milwaukee, will be trans-
ferred to the dress goods department,
which is in charge of E. A. Rogers.

Grand Rapids—Stoel M. Frost has
engaged as head clerk in H. A. Cone’s
new grocery store in the Loraine block.

Champion—Louis Carneau, late of
Montreal, is employed as a clerk at the
Champion co-operative store.

Manistee—R. J. Ehrenfield, of Mil-
waukee, who has been employed in the
dry goods store of J. L. Steinberg, of
Traverse City, for some time, has been
engaged as head salesman and manager
of the Globe department store by S.
Winkelman.

—_ -+-+ 2>___—

‘‘The potato patch’’ pian of relieving
the poor, originated by the late Mayor
Pingree, of Detroit, continues in vogue
at Philadelphia with excellent results.
There are now 700 vacant lots under
cultivation there and it is estimated that
the crops from them will be worth
$40, 000.

 

 

THE ROYAL FRONTENAC
Frankfort, Mich.
Entirely New and Modern

Will open its First Season July ist. Coolest
Spot in Michigan. Music, Dancing, Boating,
Bathing, Fishing. Horseback Riding, Golf, Ten-
nis,ete. J.R. Hayes and C. A. Brant, Lessees

Also Lessees Park Hotel, Hot Springs, Ark.

The Warwick

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

A. B. GARDNER, Manager.

 

 

Livingston
Hotel

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is first-class, luxurious and
convenient in the eyes of

the traveling public.

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Drugs--Chemicals

Michigan State Board of Pharmacy

Term expires

oe HEIM, Saginaw - + Dee. 31, 1902

IRT P Pory Metroit - - - Pian, 81, 10°

ties B. STODDARD, Monroe Dee. 31, 1904

JOHN 1 MUIR, Grud naplas Dre. BL. te

ARTHUR H. WEBBER, Cadillac Dec. 31, 1906
Presiaent, Hes v + M, Saginaw

y JOHN D. Muir. Grand Rapids.

Treasurer, W. r. Vorx, vetrolt.

 

 

 

Examination Sessions.

Sault Ste’ Marie, August 27 and 28.
sing, November 5 and 6.

Mich. State Pharmaceutical Association.

President—JOHN D. Mu1R, Grand Rapids.

Secretary—J. W. SEELEY, Detroit

Treasurer—D. A. HAGENS. Monroe.
Annual Meeting—S 'ginaw, Aug. 12 and 13.

 

 

Disposing of Old and Unsalable Stock.

One of the sources of loss that a drug
store can suffer from is the accumula-
tion of old stock which through age has
become unsalable, or has at least de-
preciated in value. One of the worst
features of this loss by accumulation of
old stock is the silent and unnoticed
way in which the stock collects. There
are some goods even in a drug store
which are staple all the year around,
and will be staple year after year, but
the most of the goods that we carry in
stock will lose something of their value
by being in stock one vear. The great-
est losses from accumulation in a drug
store will occur in the stock composed
of sundries and patent medicines, es-
pecially the latter.

New goods generally command a bet-
ter price, and are certainly easier to
sell than goods which have been in
stock for any length of time. It is eas-
ier and more pleasant to sell a nice
clean bottle of a patent medicine than
one that is stained and soiled. It is
easier and much more pleasant to sell
a new syringe or alomizer than one that
has been in stock for a length of time.

The difficulty with respect to sundries
may be overcome in a large degree by
always putting the old goods to the front
when new goods are put into stock, and
-by the salesman, whether it is yourself or
a clerk, making it his object to get rid
of the old goods first. It should be the
object of every druggist not to allow
goods to remain in his store any great
length of time. This rule of keeping
goods as short a time as possible will
work to advantage in keeping the stock
clean. If you should get in some sun-
dries that do not seem to sell at the
prices asked, ] would advise you to
make an effurt to get the jobber or man-
ufacturer, as the case may be, from
whom you obtained the goods, to ex-
change them for something else that you
can sell. Failing this, reduce your price
and try to sell at cost or a little over, if
possible. 1am opposed to the cutting
of prices in drug store goods, and do
not advise it; but when you get stuck
with goods and can not get them ex-
changed, it is better, and it is good
business policy as well,to get them con-
verted into money as quickly as pos-
sible, even if it is at a loss. The goods,
if you keep them and do not sell them,
you can do nothing with. If you have
some money obtained by selling them
at a small price you can use it to buy
other goods that will sell, and so make
more money, thus turning an apparent
loss into a profit; and when you make
up your mind to dothis with any article
or articles in stock, the quicker you do
it the better it will be for you in a busi-
ness way, and the better you will feel as
well. The drug store that watches these
points carefully can very often avoid a
great many small losses and the accum-

 

ulation of old dead stock which be-
comes an eye-sore to every druggist.

In most drug stores the old or dead
stock in patent medicines is scattered
along the shclves among the good sal-
able stock, and most druggists, if asked
if they had much dead stock among
their patents would answer in the nega-
tive. A few out-of-date patents distrib-
uted among a fair-sized stock of patent
medicines do not show up to any great
extent to the visitor to a drug store, nor
even to the druggist himself. Because
he thinks he has little or no dead stock
among his patents he never, or very
seldom, makes any effurt to sell a pack-
age that might be considered dead
stock. A good thing to do is to go
through all your patent medicine stock
and select all patents for which no ad-
veitising is done, or for which there is
no demand, and put all this stock in
one place in one of your patent medi-
cine cases, and go to it and takea
mentil inventory of it every few weeks,
so that you always know what is there,
and then when customers come in ask-
ing fur something good for a cold or
cough you have an opportunity to recom-
mend one of your old patent medicines.
It may be that you can recommend it
just as conscientiously, and that it may
do as much good, as one of the more
lately advertised patents; and you will
have one less bottle of old stock and so
much mure money to the good.

J. fs Pepper.
— > 9
Points on Incompatibility.

Aside from specific knowledge of in-
compatibilities there are two or three
rules which can be safely followed, says
Professor Scoviile. If syrup of glycerin
is an ingredient of the prescription, add
it at an early stage in the mixing; not
necessarily first, but before all the other
ingredients are added. The reason for
this is that syrup and glycerin frequent-
ly prevent incompatibilities, or suspend
precipitates where a reaction is inevit-
able. When an acid and a carbonate
are to be mixed, the addition of a syrup
before the reaction is finished delays
the prescription; but this exception is
quickly learned, and other exceptions
are rare,

When two or more soluble salts are
directed together, dissclve each separ-
ately, mix one with the syrup or gly-
cerin (if present), and then add the
others; or dilute one as much as pos-
sible, then add the others. This method
is not always necessary, but it is always
safe.

If precipitation commences in a mix-
ture, agitate it vigorously and immedi-
ately to obtain the insoluble matter in as
fine and diffusible a condition as pos-
sible, Never filter a mixture unless you
are sure that the insoluble matter has no
medicinal value in the mixture at hand.

If an acid and a carbonate are di-
rected together, mix one with all the
water allowable, then add the other,
and bottle as soon as_ effervescence
ceases. Allow the effervescence to take
place in a mortar or graduate.

——_>_2.___
Sulphur For Nothing.

The pharmacist had been worried that
morning and his temper was none of the
sweetest. A customer called for and got
a yound of sulphur,

‘*How much?’’

‘*Ten cents.’’

‘‘Ten cents! Why, I can get a pound
of sulphur at Cutthroat’s store for five
cents any day.’’

‘‘Is that so?’’ snapped the pill-roller;

“if vou go to hell you'll get it for noth-
ing?’’

 

 

Extending the Olive Branch of Peace.

Grand Rapids, July 14—There was a
time when | cherished the thought that
the editor of the Tradesman was my
friend, but that halucination has long
since faded away. In the early days of
the Tradesman’s history I could get my
name in the paper on the slightest prov-
ocation, but you are now so chary of
your praise and so jealous of your space
that it appears as though I would have
to commit some dreadful crime or res
cue a beautiful girl from a watery grave
in order to win your attention or se
cure an approving paragraph at your
hands. It is true that you have been
charitable in dealing with my shortcom-
ings and that you let me off with a
poem when I was so unfortunate as to
keep the guests of the American House
awake one night by my snoring, but |
am willing to submit to the readers of
the Tradesman to decide that it was
carrving the jeke too far for vou to
suggest that Fred Hotop have his_ un-
derpining examined, with a view to de-
termining whether | had not caused the
superstructure to rock off the founda-
tion. That suggestion has caused me
no end of trouble and it is by no means
unusual for me to be refused lodgings
in the houses of my friends for fear I
may do damage to the building in my
dreams,

Now, I want you to understand that
I have bought a dog of John C. Furniss,
the Nashville druggist. He is one of
the finest bred dogs in this country and
1 expect to make much money in_ win-
ning prizes at the dog shows. I have
had bim_ photographed and I wish you
would have a cut made of him for use on
my cards’ If you wish to re-establish
our old time friendship you can do so
by publishing the cut in the Trades-
man, so that for once in my life my
friends may know that I am the sole
owner ofa fine bred animal. You may
think this is asking a good deal, but,as
you have permitted several affairs in
which | took a heroic part to pass by
unnoticed, I now insist that you make
amends for your neglect and indiffer-
ence by presenting the picture of my
dog to your readers, among whom |!
number several hundred customers and
friends, L. M. Mills.

An appeal of this kind, coming so
unexpectedly from so old and faithful a
friend as Mr. Mills, naturally meets a
hearty response. Here is the picture of
the dog:

 

Should Soda Tumblers Be Wiped?

This is a question that is often asked,
and to which the answer must vary ac-
cording to circumstances. Some dis-
pensers prefer to wash their tumblers
under the counter and then place them
on an ornamental rinser in full view of
the customer, from which they are taken
cool and clean, but dripping wet, and
filled with the sparkling beverage in
this condition. The tumbler-holder, of

course, prevents the customer from
soiling the hand or glove.
This method is, however, open to!

objections,and it is undoubtedly prefer-
able to have some means of drying the
tumbler. Nevertheless, the method
above given is far superior to wiping
the tumbler with an old towel that
leaves traces of lint on the inside of the
glass. :

If, however, the tumblers are used
dry, it is most essential that they
should have that polished, shining ap-
pearance which renders them so at-
tractive, and not the dullor streaky look
so often seen. Now, the soda-fountiin
boy does not usually recognize that it is
an impossibility to give a polished ap-
pearance to a tumbler without wiping

 

it. A tumbler, no matter how cleanly
washed, will have a dull appearance if
merely allowed to dry. It must be
rubbed and scrubbedto make it shine.

Again, a great requisite to secure the
desired result is hot water and soap. No
amount of ccld water and no amount of
soap will produce the lustrous effect
desired, even although the fountain boy
is not sparing of the elbow grease. Hot
water is an essential.

Many druggists who consider them-
selves particular in regard to the clean-
liness of their tumblers insist that the
latter shall be washed once every morn-
ing with soap and hot water, but dur-
ing the remainder of the day they are
satisied with a mere rinsing in cald
water without soap. It is undeniable
that the tumblers under this system are
perfectly clean, but, whenever possible—-
and it is always possible with proper
management—hot water and soap should
be insisted upon at each washing and
a fine polish be put upon each tumbler.
Nor should ‘‘any old rag’’ be used for
the washing and wiping. Special wash
rags and a good quality of toweling that
will not leave shreds or lint on the
tumbler must be strenuously insisted
upon and must be replaced whenever
necessary—and even before necessary.

Nor is it enough to properly clean the
tumblers and then place them on the
counter where they will become heated
and dusty and dirty again. Once clean
they should be kept inverted and ina
cool place. Thomas Warwick.

8
The Drug Market.

Opium—lIs very dull and has declined
5c per Ib.

Morphine—Is as yet unchanged.

Quinine—Is very dull and tending
lower.

Menthol—On account of scarcity, has
advanced.

Canada Balsam Fir—Is very firm and
is advancing.

Codeine—On account of lower price
for opium, has declined 2o0c per oz.

Atropine—lIs in better supply and has
declined 85c per oz.

Juniper Berries—Are in very small
supply and are advancing.

Oil peppermint—Has advanced 15c
per Ib.

0

To babble of your own affairs is folly,
but to rehearse those of an intimate is
dishonor.

 

 

FRED BRUNDAGE
wholesale
® Drugs and Stationery «
32 & 34 Western Ave.,

MUSKEGON, MICH.

 

The
Druggist,
Is Dead

to his best interest who
does not hold a member-
ship in the Commercial
Credit Co., which has on
file over 200,000 detailed
reports on Michigan
consumers and purchas-
ers of merchandise at
retail.

   
    
   
   
  
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

   

  

  

  
  
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RRENT Morphia, S., P.& W. 2 15@ 2 40 | Sinapis . wees ~~ @~ 18| Linseed, cL. 2:
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trina ok. 43@ 45 Ganitheria Sacre 2 00@ 2 10 Damn} Napellis R 60 Picis Liq., quarts... @ 1 00| Soda, Sulphas @ 2,{ Vermilion, Prime
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Acacia, = —- $ = plum (eta ibis) :; 2 = Cassia Fructus. oe @ 35 e O
eacia, ¢ eleons i oo | D dl
acacia. Se pene, | Shain . oo Te new lines. ur Mr. Dudley
Acacia, po. 45@ 65 Carui een eee. “PO. “15 10@ 11 Chloroform . 55@ ~=«=«60
Aloe, Barb. ‘po. .i8@20 12@ 14| Cardamon....... i 25@ 1 75| Chloroform, squibbs @ 1 10
Aloe, Cape....po. = g - Coriandrum.. ss tale 8@ 10| Chioral Hyd Crst.... 1 3°@ 1 60 ill 7.) :
Aloo, Socotrl..po- 40) | Cononhim wi 2. eee ae So will soon exhibit at convenient
Assafortida.. ..Po. 40 25@ 40| Chenopodium . 15@ 16|Cinchonidine,Germ. 33@ 48
Benzoinum .. ..- 6bO@ 55| Dipterix Odorate.... 1 00@ 1 10| Cocaine 4 20@ 4 50
Catecbu, 1S......--+- @ = —— ee @ 10) Corks, ‘ist, ‘dis. pr.ct. 75 : | ‘
a ue 16 Fenton cso” me OS CG points almost a carload of sam-
Camphor2 .. 69 | Lini, _ wees bbl.4 4 @_ 6|Creta, prep.......... eS &
Eu horbium.. “po. 35 @ 40| Lobelia 1 50@ 1 5‘ | Creta, precip........ 9@ 1
Ga — << aan 1 = Phariars ¢ Canarian. 5 7 : — _— ae @ 8 ] I il] t ] k
es apa cus eee eeaes a
Some ee po. 35 @ 35|Sinapis Alba.. 9 10 cae 7 = Pp es. t wi pay you O 00
Kino........P0. 30.75 @ 75|Sinapis Nigra. . 11@ 12] Cupri Sulph......... 6%4@ 8
a ce oe ce poe g = Spiritus Sy “ae a 10
yith.....--.. Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@ 2 50| peer a ” 1
Gp. p6: i849 8 oom 9 10) Rramendh Reo 3 ng 2 Erg al niin Qs them over before buying elsewhere.
Shellae -icached.... 40@ 45 | Frumenti.....-...... 1 25@ 1 50| Brg ee 0.90 85 «90
ane 70@ 1 o¢ | Juniperis Co. 0. T... 1 65@ 2 00 Flake Winite ; 5
ee Juniperis Co........ 1 75@ 3 50 an 93
Herba Saacharum N, E.... 1 90@ 2 10 a a 9
Absinthium ..oz. pkg 25 | Spt. Vini Galli... .... 1 75@ 6 50 @ 60
Eupatorium..oz. pkg 20} Vini O —- -- 1 26@ 2 00 35@ 60
Lobelia .....- oz. pkg 25 Vin A 1 25@ 2 00! Glassware, flint,box 75 & 5
Majorum .. .0Z. Pkg 28 a es Less than b :
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 23 | morida sheeps’ re Glue, brown... NT 1@ 3 ° e
Mea Ve eB atte egg, 10027 | Gus ee Hazeltine & Perkins
cata ¥ on. pkg an | Seseee are ee cous i i... = 5
9 earriage.. 2G 276) Se eS ‘
Thymus, V...0z. Pkg * | velvet extra sheeps’ Humulus . 23@ 55
Magnesia wool, carriage. . @ 1 50 | Hydrarg Chior Mite  @1 00
Calcined, Pat.....-.-. 55@ 60 /| Extra yellow sheeps’ Hydrarg Chlor Cor.. @ 9% ru Oo
Carbonate, Pat...... 18@ 20| wool, carriage. . @ 1 2 | Hydrarg Ox Rub’m, = @110 °
Carbonate, K.& M.. 18@ 20| Grass ‘sheeps’ wool, Hydrarg Ammoniat! @ 1 20
‘arbonate, Jennings 18@ 20 carriage @ 100 HydrargUnguentum 50@ «6
Oleum Wise Chtoer or © | tehthyoboia, Aas’. ug 7 : :
Yellow e or ’
Absinthium ......... 9:00@ 7 |” gato ues... ........ @140 I 75@ 1 00 Grand Rapids, Mich.
Amygdalz, Dulc.. 50@ 60 dhicsaraaaes tomes Resubi.. Lea 3 40@ 3 60
Amygdalz, Amare. 8 Fo 4 8 _ ane ae ae —-. ..-. 3 60@ 3 85
ec sa cescecee 1 60@ ' 65| Acacia .............. upulin ae
auranti — ia ten 2 10@ 2 20 ———— Cortex... .. @ 50|L pata. cue ae 7
Bergamil .....-.----- 2 60@ 2 75 | Zingiber............- @ 50 Macis 65@ 75
Cajiputi .........---- 80@ 85 Ipecag. nooo @ 60| Li ae “Arsen et Hy-
Caryophylll....... 75@ 80| Ferri lod............ @ So rarg I @ 2
Cedar .........------ 80@ 85} Rhel Arom.......... @ 50| Liquor otassArsinit 10@ 12
Erenopidl SIE 1 009 1 10 | Senoga cersses-scss@ 80 | Magnesia, Sulpn, boi Ou
innamonil .......-- Senega ........ eelcoee esia, 1
nn ee alee... |... & «| Marne Fe “a ] \

 

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT

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

 

ADVANCED

Corn Syrup in Cans
Kingsford’s Starch

Capers

Pearl Top Chimneys

Jelly Tumblers

DECLINED

Columbia River Salmon
Soap Chips

 

 

Index to Markets
By Columns

 

  
 

 

 

 

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- 15

4

5
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Bees Prete... ...52.50 5): 5
Â¥F

Farinaceous Goods.. —o-

Fish and Oysters............- 13

Fishing Tackle............... 6

‘lavoring Extracts........... 6

ce ae 6

ee 6... > wo oo 6

ee ee 14

Fruit Can Wrench........... 6
G

SS a mene ee 6

ee ee... 7

Grains and Flour ............ 7
H

Hides ee Pee... 13

Teco as eee oe 7

oc So. ce ee 7
L

Lamp Burners..............-- 15

Lamp Chimneys.............-. 15

MO. 6. ous 15

Lantern Globes.............- 15

IN coco ec css sen ieciben 7

LO. nse nec ce neces e ee eees wees r
M

eet Mxtraces......-......... 7

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Mica, tin boxes.......75
Paragon............ ..55

BAKING POWDER

Ib. cans, 1d0z. case...... 3 75
Tb. cans, % doz. case...... 8 00

JAXON

34 Ib. 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
1lb. cans. 4 80
3 1b. cans 13 00
2 5 1b. cans. 21 50

r,s
4 Ib. cans, 2 doz. case...... 3 75
5

 

BATH BRICK
a
English... ea
“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, per doz.......... 75
BROOMS
No. 1 Carpet. . 270
ee 6 2 25
_ : —— 2 15

0. arpet.. ‘ —
lor Gem.... eb acc ae
Common Whisk. ee
Fancy Whisk.. ce 10
Warehouse... : ooo ae
BRUSHES |
Milwaukee Dustless
UGE oe eco ae cs : 00@3 00
Russian Bristle........ 3 00@5 00
Discount, — in doz. lots.
9 rub
Solid Back, Sin scigkeuepoilb ac 45
Solid Back, 11 1n............ 95
Pointed Ends................ 85
Shoe

 

I ica ce nece sued, 12
ON ee nkosi cue 12
nel ie 3
‘as roe ov ae once 1
PUA, = sic ceasoe 13
Woodenware........... 2.2065 13
Wrapping Paper............. 13
Yy

Veoast Oake.............02002 18

 

-1 7%
BUTTER COLOR
W., R. & Co.’s, 15¢ size.... 1 25
W., R. & Co.'s, 25c size.. 2 00
gag
Beoctrte Liat, Se casa
Electric ht, 168. ae SS

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les
3 1b. Standards. Se
Gallons, standards...
Blackberries
Standards .......... :
Beans

Blueberries
piandaré .:....-:.....-
Brook Trout

2 Ib. cans, Spiced..........

Clams.

Little Neck, 1 ib.....
Little Neck. 2 Ib.....
Clam Bouillon

Burnham’s, % pint........

Burnham’s, pits fo cae

Burnham’s, quarts........
Cherries

Red Standards........

White

rar...
Good ..
Fancy .

 

French Peas
Sur Extra Fine............
Mites Finod.........:5..-.-.

Gooseberries
Standard ............
Hominy
Standard.............
Lobster

Sear, % ID. ....-.--
ar. 1. ..........-

Pienic Talis..........

Mackerel

Mustard, 1lb........
tard, 2 1b

 

Tomato, 2Ib.........
Mushrooms
eee .
Rees... se
Oysters
oe tm...
Goes. 20...
Cove, 1 Ib Oval......

 

Marrowfat ..........

Early June..........
Early June Sifted..

Plums

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Salmon
Columbia River, talls
re River, flats

Shrimps

Standard............
Sardines

French, 448..........
French, %8..........

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1 30
1 35
146
3 60
CARBON OILS
Barrels
Ne ot ae @il
Perfection. . se @10
Diamond White @9
D. 8. Gasoline 12%
Deodorized — @10%
Cylinder. ..........+0-

Engine. .... ........ 0. 9 22
Black, winter.........- 9 @10%
CATSUP

Columbia, pints.. ae
Columbia, % pints........... "238
CHEESE

Bi
@10%
@10%
11
Quly%
@'2
@l1
eee oe so niees wo
THCY 02. 220. seve cece @
Riverside 211%
— . 14@15
TE soca comin oe
ieeeen ............-- @17
Limburger. i eal 13@14
Pinea) ogee 50@75
Sap 19@20
pone Gum
American Flag Spruce.. 55
Beeman’s Pepsin.......-.- 60
Black Jack.....-.........- 55
Largest Gum Made....... 60
Sen Sen.. 55
Sen Sen Breath Perfume.. 1 =
ugar Loaf............+-+-
WHOAERR . .. «cons cece nonce 55
CHICORY
Eagle. ..... 00. cece cece ccccee 4
Franck’s .........02+ e200 cee 7
Sehoner SB. ... <<<. .n050508 wes 6
CHOCOLATE
Walter Baker & Co.’s.
German Sweet.............. 23
Prone. s,s. ee
Breakfast Cocoa............- 46
Runkel Bros.
Vienna Sweet .....-....---- 21
Welle... 522. 2st es 22 28
Pree oc ees 31
CLOTHES LINES
Sisal
60 ft, 3 thread, extra...... 1 00
72 ft, 3 thread, extra...... 1 40
90 ft, 3 thread, extra...... 170
60 ft. 6 thread, extra...... 1 29
72 ft, 6 thread, extra......  --.-
Jute
ee 75
a 90
oe igi iv cdc ese niesie-ou'ss 1 05
PT oo ee 150
80
95
10

 

Galvanized Wire

No. 20, each 100 ft long.... 1 90
No. 19, each 100 ft long.... 2 10

 

COCOA
Cee ec
ee We 35
Soe, 408... ... 5s cece Be
Epp Pols Switicie. acd «cee 42

ee ce ee 45
Van Houten, %S............. 12
Van Houten, 4s....... <a
Van Houten, %Ss............. 40
Vek Genten, is....... . ... 70

: 30
41
42
DURAN S Biya e esas. 26
Dunham’s %s and \s..... 26%
Dunham’s \4S............. 27
Dunham's %5............-
Pee a
COCOA SHELLS
io econ ce
Less — icc oes ee
Pound packages .........
COFFEE
Roasted
F. M. C. brands
Mandehling essa see sai pd 30
ieee deere ee 28
eet Wee... 28
a Ee 26
Special Hofel................ 23
eR io 5s. 21

 

 

 

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Dwinell-Wright Co.’s Brands.

ve H hs
an aera ce ae
BOSTON, MASS. __
Ceo a
<< eee ———_
White hace. 1 Ib. cans..
White —_— 2 1b. cans.....
Excelsior, M. & J. 1 Ib. cans
Excelsior, M. & J. 2b. cans
Tip Top, M. & J., 1 Ib. cans.
Royal A ee
Royal Java and Mocha
Java and Mocha Blend
Boston Combination
Ja-Vo Blend..... ...
Ja-Mo-Ka Blend..
Distributed by Olney & Judson
Gro. Co., Grand Rapids, C. EI-
liott & Co., Detroit, B. Desen-
berg & Co., Kalamazoo, Symons
Bros. & Co., Saginaw, Jackson
Grocer Co., Jackson, Meisel &
Goeschel, Bay City, Fielbach
Co., Toledo.

Telfer Coffee Co. brands
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No. 28.
Belle Isie........... a eee 20
oe (ross... sae
A ce 26
=. Speer cases scien uecibios 28
oe 14
Saban in 100 Ib. lots.
Rio
Common... -5 6.5.5.0: ones
Fair

  

 

Choice. ....- ne 18
Mexican
NB. tee ees 8 13
NOT a ene cece eases, 17
Guatemala
NN ioe veces wb ices ccs 13
ava
ae eee ay 12
ne BISOAR «sos S58 17
WR, See ees uence 31
Mocha
eee... ks. ce 21

New oF ore Bhat

Arbuckle.........
Dilworth.
—- oak

MeLaughlin’s xxxx
McLaughlin’s XXX*X sold to

retailers ae. Mail all orders

direct to W. F. McLaughlin &

 

  

  
   
 

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Highland Cream.....
St. Charles Cream....

LULBLLELLEL

  

CRACKERS
National Biscuit Co.’s brands
Butter

 

 

 

   

BOGR Fisica cone 7
Soda, City.. 8
Long Island Wafers.. 13
Zephyrette..... ... 13
bys or
oe eee cas TT
Dee. oes cee 7
Extra] Farina pi oi cake es Uwe 7%
Saltine Oyster............. 7
Te Goods—Boxes
RUUEMR occ oe ee 10
‘aeaeiot Cake....2 2 10
Belle Rose. ..............6. 3
Bent’s Water.............. 16
Cinnamon Bar............. 9
Coffee Cake, Iced......... 10
Coffee Cake, Java......... 10
Cocoanut Macaroons...... 18
Cocoanut Taffy............ 10
CiReROe.. ..tt 16
Creams, food.... .......... 8
Creams OFIGD.. sn. cee 10%
Re 11%
Currant Fruit............. 12
Frosted Honey............ 12
Frosted Cream............ 9
Ginger Gems, l’r ae —— 8
Ginger Snaps, 6%
cc 10%
Grandma Cakes........... 9
Graham Crackers......... 8
Graham Wafers........... 12
Grand Rapids Tea... 16
Honey Fingers............ 1
Iced Honey ee bess 10
Imperials.. oe
Jumbles, Honey.. ieee 12
Lady Fingers... ... ....2:.- 12
Lemon Snaps secipeleces | oe
Lemon W: ers. ie orlpal ig 16
Marshmallow.............. 16
Marshmallow Creams.....

16
Marshmallow Walnuts.... 16
MARY A as 8
Mixed Picnic...
Mtik Biscuit....

   
 

Molasses Cake. 8
Molasses Bar... 9
Moss Jelly Bar. 12%
Newton. 12
Oatmeal Crackers 8
Oatmeal Wafers.. 12
Orange Crisp..... 9
Orange Gem...... 9
Penn eB. ... 8
Pilot Bread, XXX......... Th
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 8
Pretzels, hand made...... 8%
Scotch Cookies 9
Bears Tange............ .. 7%
peaner Canes... 8... wos 8
Sugar Cream. XXX....... 2
Sugar Serene bee silica mien
PRORRINND S oos c ec uu) ae
Tutti Frutti.....0/0 2222207. 16
Vanilla Wafers............ "
Vienna Crimp. ........005.-

E. J. Kruce & Co.’s baked ae
Standard Crackers.
Blue Ribbon Squares.
Write for complete price list
with interesting discounts.

CREAM TARTAR
5 and 10 Ib. a =—_ ne 30
Bulk in sacks...... ose
DRIED FRUITS
Apples
Sundri

ried . @6%
Evaporated, ‘50 Ib. boxes. @10%
California Prunes

100-120 25 Ib. boxes ...... 4
90-100 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 4%
80 - 90 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 54
70 - 80 25 Ib. boxes ...... 5%
60 - 70 25 Ib.-boxes ...... @ 6%
50 - 60 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ ix
40 - 50 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 8%
30 - 40 25 Ib. boxes ...... 9

1¢ cent less In 50 Ib. cases
ee Fruits

Nectarines 8
Co., Chicago. aici Peaches go ost
Valley Clty % gross........._ 75 Pitted Cherries. See -
Felix % gros ssecere+-l 15] Pryonnelles eens
. Feagnanel'e ta Sk ieee ce bkne 85 Raspberries .. Soe
Hummel’s tin & oom ceeeine 1 43 _ Oitron. ie
CONDENSED MILK Leghorn... ae a Clea ll
4 doz in case. Corian 12%
Currants
ee Te ——.. . “
mported, 1 lb package...... 7
Imported, bulk.............. 7

Peel
Citron American 19 Ib. bx...13
Lemon American 10 Ib. bx..13
Orange American 10 Ib. bx..13
Raisins
London Layers 2 Crown. 175
London Layers 3 Crown. 1 90

Cluster 4 Crown.........
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 7
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 1%
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown M4
L. M., Seeded, 1 Ib..... - as
» B.. ed, % sh a
Sultanas, bulk . nes
Sultanas, package .. eee aaa ity
—— GOODS
Dried Tama et 5%
Medium Hand _—— 1 75
Brown Holland..............2 25
Seiten
24 1 Ib. pac! i esa ee eae
Bulk, per 100 Ibs.............2 50
ominy”
Flake, 50 lb. sack..... ..... 90
Pearl, 200 Ib. bbl............ 5 00
Pearl, 100 Ib. sack........... 2 50

mi and Vermicelli
Domestic, 10 Ib. box......... 60
Imported, 25 Ib. box.........2 50

 

  

 

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Peari Barley
COMMONS eo oi cons cess ee
CROMER oo ee ee
Maeigire:..........-. -...----

Green, Wisconsin, b _
Green, Scotch, bu. .
Split, Ib.....

Rolled ‘Oats
Rolled Avena, bbl.......
Steel Cut, 100 Ib. er
Monarch, bbdl..........
Monarch, % bbl.
Monarch, 90 Ib. sacks.
Quaker, cases.

Gri
Walsh-DeRoo Co. *s Brand.

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3%
German, —— —- 4

‘apioc
Flake, 110 tb. tacks. ace 434
Pearl, 130 Ib. sacks.......... 3%
Pearl, 241 vWheat oa 6%
Cracked, bulk.. . 3%
24 2 tb. packages 1.2 50
FISHING TACKLE
See Paes ce cas. 6
136 C0 ¢ Teens. ............ 7
en

Pee Ges miches...:.......... ll
Bi i ee a 15
pS See 30
Cotton Lines
We: iG tees... 5
ne 2 tfees.:... ul. q
Ore, betes. ct 8. 9
Ne. S to feee. 3... 10
ING & U0 teer....... .......... li
Ne. 6 ip fees... 2. .. .te 12
Ney, 16 tect... .....-... eee 15
Wes feet... .....-... 5... 18
Wa: © f 1006... -.------. oe. 20
Linen Lines
PO ees cae 20
CO 26
EMO oc os ls. 34
Poles
Bamboo, 14 ft., per doz.... . 50
Bamboo, 16 ft . per doz...... 65
Bamboo. 18 ft , per doz...... 80

FLAVORING EXTRACTS
FOOTE & JENKS’

JAXON

Highest Grade Extracts

Vanllia Lemon
lozfullm.120 1lozfullm. 80
20z fullm.2 10 20zfullm 1 25
No. 8fan’y 3 15 No.8fan’y 1 75

 

 

 

 

 

anilla Lemon
202 pan anel..1 20 2o0zpanel. 75
3 0z taper..2 00 40z taper..1 50

 

2 0z. suseated Flavors Tbe.
Our Tropical.
full measure, Lemon..
full measure, Lemon..
full measure, Vanilla..
full measure, Vanilla..
Standard.
Panel Vanilla Tonka..
Panel Lemon..........

FLY PA

2 OZ.
4 OZ.
2 OZ.
4 0z.

2 OZ.
2 Oz.

Tanglefoot, oat ee es
Tanglefoot. per case.......- 3
FRESH — .

Carcass. Seeee
Forequarters .
Hindquarters ..- es olan

6
6
8
9 @14
8
8
|
“Pork”
Dressed ...........+-

cee ce
Boston _— es
Shoulders .. oe
Leaf d..

13

Mutton ee
es -- oc.
Lambs...............  8%@10%

Veal
CATCASS ow. 00. ceeeccce

 

 

FRUIT CAN WRENCH.

  

Triumph, per gross........ 9 60
GELATINE
Knox’s Sparkling........ 2
Knox’s pee gross 14 00
Knox’s Acidulated........ 2
Knox’ § Acidulatd ~ gross 14 00
ere... 75
Plymouth Rock.. . if
COO 1 50
Cons, 2G size............ 1 61
Cox's, 1-6 size... . 5... 5. 110
GRAIN BAGS
Amoskeag, 100 in bale .... 15%
Amoskeag, lessthan bale. 153%
GRAINS AND FLOUR
Wheat

Wheat, wittte. 8... 79
Wheat, red..

Winter Wheat “Fiour

—

Patents ....... «. £58
oe Patent.. 409

Mee... 3 80
cane Straight. 3 5)
Clear. 3 30
Graham ..... 352
— : =

Subject ‘to Usual “cash ‘ais.

ount.
Flour in bbls., 25¢c per bbl. ad-

ditional

Ball-Barnhart-Putman’ s —_—

Diamond \s.
Diamond 4s. .
Diamond \s... .

Worden Grocer Go.’s Brana
Quaker ee... oo...
CANOE OG...
Quaker \sS.....

Spring Wheat Flour
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand
Pillsbury’s Best %s.......
Pillsbury’s Best uae eae
Pilisbury’s Best s.......
Pillsbury’s Best Mes paper.
Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper. 4 55
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand

 

 

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PICKLES
Medium
‘| 1,200 count . wooed 68

If bbis, 600 count......... 4 50
Small
Barrels, 2,400 count .........9 50
Half bbls, 1,200 count . 2 oo
PLAYING CARDS
No. 90, Steamboat......... 90
No. 15, Rival, assorted.... 1 20
No. 20, Rover, enameled.. 1 60
Nb. S72, Special... ...... 1%
No 98, Golf. satin finish.. 2 00
No. 808, Bicycle 2 00
No. 632, Tournam’t Whist. 2 25
POTASH
48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s 1. aa ee OO
Penna Salt Co.’s..... 1.2.1... 3 00
PROVISIONS
Barreled Pork
ea, @18 75

aa pe eiogiale @19 00
Clear = @20 50
— cut.. ao @19 25

ee 22 00
Bean 18 9)
Family Mess. Loin.. 21 00
Clea @19 00
pa ‘Salt Meats
Bellies. . bees en 12
S P Bellies........ os 12%
Extra shorts......... lye
Smoked Meats
ams, 121b. average. @ 138%
ams, 141b. average. @ 13%
ams, 161b.average. @ 13%
ams, 7 — @ 13%
Ham dried beef..... @ 13%
Shoulders (N.Y. -_ @ 10%
Bacon, clear. . . 18%@ 14
California hams. .... @ 10%
Boiled Hams........ @ 19%
Picnic Boiled Hams @ 15

Berlin Ham pr’s’d. 9@ 9%

Duluth Imperial — .... 440| Mince Hams....... 34@ 10
Duluth Imperial Xs... 4 - Lard
Duluth Imperial ¥s... 4% Co a 21:
Lemon & Wheeler Co.'s Brand ee “ae
Wingold 48 eee ae aces 44 ©. -0se~ cece ce coos ce OuU%
Wingold 4s.............. 4 30 | 00 Ib. Tubs. advance 2
oa 4 20 | 80 1b. Tubs..advance 2
50 Ib. Tins...advance lg
Olney & J — 8 omnee 20 lb. Pails. advance %
Ceresota s.. - 4650/10 1b. Palls..advance %
Ceresota \4s.. ; 40} 5b. Pails..advance 1
Ceresota \s.. 30 | @ih Potlg. advance 1
Worden Grocer Go. ‘s Brana Vegstole../ 2... 8%
Laurel }s.. cocesee & 40 So
Rate: 4a. 4 30 | Bologna . = 6
Laurel 548. a. 6%
Laurel %s and 4s paper.. 4 20 Frankfort. @8%
Por 3
6
3 10 ¥
Feed and Millstufts 8%

. 28 00
27 50

St. Car Feed, screened ..
No. 1 Corn and Oats......

 

 

 

Unbolted Corn Meal ss 20 00
Winter Wheat Bran . 19 00
Winter Wheat Middiings. 22 00
Sereeniinegs .............-..- 20 00
Oats
Car Iole oe. 53%
Car lots, clipped. Bs cece on 56
Less than car lots.........
orn
Com, ear lots.-........... 68
Hay
No. 1 Timothy car lots.... 19 00
No. 1 Timothy ton lots.... 12 00
—
Sage.. be ccc cemcoeee cca Eel
“se co cce 15
Laurel Leaves.. ine 15
Sauna Loaves... -........- id
INDIGO
Madras, 5 Ib. boxes ........... 55
8. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes......50
JELLY
5 lb. —_ —? oan... 1 75
15 Ib. = ac ecee 45
ae 85
LICORICE
Pete ccc
Co a 23
WO oes eae ee 14
ee a 10
LYE
Condensed, 2 doz.. aseck 20
Condensed, 4 doz.. a2 oe ae
MEAT EXTRACTS
Armour & Co.’s, 2 02. . 4 45
Tioiee a, 5 On... 8. 2 75
MOLASSES
New Orleans
Fancy — — E aseee 40
Choice... Ses 35
Fair .... ieee . 26
Ge os 22
Half-barrels 2c extra
MUSTARD
Horse Radish, oo oak Te
Horse Radish, 2 doz......... 3 50
Bayle’s Celery. 1 . Se eevemes 1 75
Bulk, 1 gal. pew see cet -_ 2 oo
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs........... 1 20
Bulk, 5 Bal. mene |. ...--... 1 15
DO. Co ences 80
eee pints De dege ce aad 2 35
aa - Of... 8. ca. 4 50
mek, 28 G6... . 20.2... 7 00
cone Ip ae 90
Stuffed: an epee mrre 1 45
Stuffed. i OF... sc. Soceas 2 30
PIPES
CER, EO ks uae 170
Clay, T. D., full count....... 65
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Extra Mess..........

Boneless.. 14
Rump, New -.14 OC@15 03
Pigs’ Feet
44 bbis., 40 lbs.. 1 70
Te. 3 25
poe, Be... 7 60
Tripe
Wits, 16 ie... .... 70
14 bbis., 40 Ibs....... 1 50
Â¥% bbis., 80 Ibs....... 3 00
Casings
oes 26

5
12
65

Uncolored wattees
Solid, dairy.......... @Qi13%
ols, Gly... .. @14
Rolls, creame:
Solid, creamery. .... 16

Canned Meats
Corned beef, 2 Ib..
Corned beef, 14 1b...
Roast beef, 2 sae
Potted ham, \s.....
Potted ham, ts owes
Deviled ham, \s....
Deviled ham, s..
Potted tongue, 14s..
Potted tongue. %s..

RICE

Domestic
(Ceremas Gene... .....-:..... 6%
Coronas Me... . 2.2... 8
Caroma Me. 2... 2.5... ... Oe
Beene...

 

Sutton’s Table Rice, 40 to the
bale, 2% pound pockets....74

 

 

Best grade Imported Japan, ~
3 — pockets, 33 to _
Cost al pecking ta ee
ets only %c more than bulk.

SALAD DRESSING
Alpha Cream, large, 2 doz.
Alpha Cream, large, 1 doz...1 90
Aipha Cream, small,3doz.. 95
Durkee’s, large, | doz....... 415
Durkee’s, small, 2 doz....... 4 85

SALERATUS

Packed 60 Ibs. in box.

1 85

Church’s Arm and Hammer.3 15
Dee ew... 3 00
Dwight’s ee: coacca Se
Emble: Se og 10

Oe eo, 3 00
Wyandotte. ie Me. 3 00

SAL SODA
Granulated, bbis............ 95
Granulated, 100 Ib. cases....1 00
Lump, bbls. Seccecs, ae
Lump, 145 Ib. Kegs... cecdeee os 95
SALT

Diamond Crystal

Table, cases, 24 3 Ib. boxes..1 40
Table, barrels, 100 3 Ib. bags.3 00
Table, barrels, 407 lb. bags.2 75
Butter, barrels, 280 ib. bulk.2 65
Butter, barrels, 20 141b.bags.2 =
Butter, sacks, 28 Ibs

 

 

   
   
 

Butter, sacks, 56 Ibs.. ar
Common Grades
MOS. sacks... 2... ......2
60 5 Ib. sacks 2 15
25 101). QRORs,.... 5... 2 05
a 40
20 1b. GOORS. 8. se... 22
Warsaw

56 Ib. dairy in drill bags. .... 40
28 Ib. dairy in drill bags. .... 20
Ashton
56 lb. dairy in linen sacks... 60
Higgins
56 Ib. dairy in linen sacks... 60
Solar Rock
ne i: eacks 25
Common
Granulated Fine............ 85
Medium Fine... oo... 52. 22. 90
SALT FISH
Cod
Georges cured......... @ 5%
Georges genulne...... @ 6%
Georges selected..... @ 3%
Grand Bank........... @ 5%
@10%
@ 3%
et 1a... Ue
Mackerel
Mess 100 Ibs. . 1s. oe
Mess 40 Ibs.. 410
Mess 10 Ibs. . 1 10
Mess 8lbs 91
No. 1 100 lbs 8 50
No.1 40 lbs 3 70
No.1 10 Ibs 1 60
No.1 8lbs 83
No. 2 100 Ibs 7 2
0.2 40 Ibs 3 33
Ne. 2 Ie. ....... : 28
No.2 sibs naa 73

Herring
Holland white hoops, bbl. 10 25
Holland white hoopsbbl. Saeue

Holland white hoop, Keg. 5
Holland white hoop mc 85
Norwegian .............0..
Hound 106 tbs... ..... 22... 3 35
Mowe 40 iDé............ ......... 65
SP ces cs oa 11
Ue oo eoeen di sae
Whitefish
~— No.2 —_
160 Ibs... .... 7 50 3 85
a 1e........ 3 30 1 83
es 90 53
ee 45

 

 

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Anise...... Goes cocn.
ee Smyrna... Jas ccc Sem
OR So cos coe co caee va
Goes Malabar.........
Celery. ‘ oe ee
Hemp, i Russian. Cegsiceuses cece A
Mustard, "wha. 7
soe oes ee sys,
rc glss dclelecnis tate die 4
Ee
SHOE BLACKING
Handy Box, large.... 2 50
Handy Box, small.... . 1a
Bixby’s Royal Polish...... 85
Miller’s Crown Polish..... &5

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.. cousioeee men
5 box lots, delivered |. 227.7: 3 30
10 box lots, delivered ........ 3 25

Johnson Soap Co. brands—

Siiver Ming... 2... 3 65
Calumet Family.... ..... 2 75
ag eens. ...; ...... 2 85
Jen . Kirk & Co. brands—
Dusky Diamond.......... 3 55
dan BORG 2... 5... 5... 3%
Savon lmperial.......... 3 55
White Russian........... 3 60
Dome, oval —- Lee yecen oa 3 55
Satinet, oval.. cones ce a Oe
hite Cloud. 410
Lautz Bros. brands—
_ — Mee eeue oes cance 4 25
ee ee 3 65
Marsellis Reece en uo cee, 4 00
3 70
neuer & ‘Gamble brands—
cee otc u a 3 35
Ivory, = 4 00
Tyery, or... .....: 6 75
Schultz ms Co. brand—
See ace uee sods) Sececd 3 40
Soarch-Light Soap Co. brand.
“Search-Light’’ Soap, 100
big, pure, solid bars...... 3 8&5
. B. Wrisley brands—
GOod Cheer 0. 6.0... 3... 4 00
‘Old Country.-............- 3 40
Scouring
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz...... 2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz......... 2 40
SODA

Bete... ie
Megs, Mugen...

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Scotch, in bladders.. 37
Macca) caboy, in jars. eceee oe
French Rappee, in ‘jars eaten 43
SPICES
Whole Spices
POS ce a 12
Cassia, China in mats..... 12
Cassia, Batavia, in bund... 28
Cassia, Saigon, broken.... 38
Cassia, Saigon, in — 55
Cloves, Amboyna... 17
— Zanzibar... 14
ee Se 50
Nutmegs, 105-10.. occas 40
Nutmegs, 114-20.......... 35
Pepper, ae black. 18
Pepper, Singapore, white. 28
Pepper, Onee 26... 20
Pure Ground in Bulk

Allspice... 16
Cassia, Batavia... 28
Canasta, Saleen. 4... 2... 48
Cloves, Zanzibar........... 17
Gingor, Africa. ...:...... 15
Giger, Cochin... .... 18
=: ——. Se =
Mostar’. a 18

Pepper, Singapore, black. 17
Pepper, Singapore, white. 25
Pepper, ee cues ieee 20
Sage..... oe 20

STARCH
Kingsford’s Corn

40 1-Ib. packages...........

 

 

Kingsford’s Silver — as

40 1-Ib. packages...........
6 Ib. packages........... a%
2 — Gloss .
1-Ib. PACKAGES ..... 2... 2006
3-Ib. pacKages............. 5%
on ackages.. <dec ee
b0-ID. boxes......... 4
fre. : oe
Common ‘Corn
20 1-Ib. packages.......... 6
40 1-Ib. packages.......... 5K.
_SYRUPS
Corn
be a TE CT
Riad PM 30
10 Ib. cans, % doz. in case.. 1 85
5 Ib, cans, 1 doz. in case.... 2 10
2% Ib. cans, 2 doz. in case...2 10
Pure Cane

Fair . Peccedccuceca, aa
Choice | edie tds tieraid ol oclacccaise ¢ aa

STOVE POLISH

J.L. Prescott & Co.
Manufacturers
New York, N. Y.

       
    

No. 4, 3 doz in case, gross.. 4
No. 8, 8 doz In case, gross.. 7

SUGAR

DENG es) eae
oO 5 20
—: 5 20

coos 4 95

Cubes
Powdered.
Coarse Powdered
XXXX Powdered. .

   
  
 

Fine Granulated........... 70
2b. bags Fine Gran...... 4 90
5 1b. bags Fine Gran...... 4 85
MOG A... oo. - oe
Diamond A......... 470
Confectioner’s A... 450
No. 1, Columbia A. 4 40
No. 2, Windsor A.... 4 35
No. 38, Ridgewood A 4 35
No. 4, Phoonix A.... 4 30
No. 6, Empire A... 4 25
me. Go 420
hes ke ee eran 410
me. 6... 400
 ©....... " 3 95
Ne. ....... 3 90
No. 1... .. 3 85
No. 12 3 80
No. 13 A 3 80
No. 14 3 80
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TABLE SAUCES
LEA &
PERRINS’
SAUCE

The Original and

 

  
 

      

Hipe Genuine

J Worcestershire.
Lea & Perrin’s, pints...... 5 00
Lea & = toe. * 4 _— : 75
Malford, lar 3 75
Halford, a 2 25

PP sia
Japan

Sundried, medium.......... 28
Sundried, enmee... 30
Sundried, i : 40
Regular, medium............ 28
Regular, — Ce —
Regular NO es cede, 40
foieedeee modiam....... 28
Basket-fired, Gnciee, ........ 35
Basket-fired, Tey cl. 40
sittings Peete ec ea ced, 19@21

Ee enn 20@22

Gunpowder
Moyune, medium ........... 26
Moyune, enolee ..:.......... 35
Mevand, faner.......... 2... 50
Pingsuey, medium.......... 25
Pingsuey, choice............ 30
Pingsucy, fancy... ..... oe 40
Young Hyson

CMNOR oe esce ss.
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Oolong
Formosa, fancy
Amoy, medium.
EO, CIOS ooo ns cence cece 32

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G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand. Faucets : Mixed Candy
Cork lined, 8 in +6 ben's we'ece woes 65 Grocers.. a @ 8
Cork lined, 9in.............. 25 | Competition. @7
Cork lined; 10in...-......... 85 | Spoke @ 7%
ee, OP oe cc 65 nserv @ 7%
—- Sticks yal .. @ 8%
a seeeeese 90] Ribbon .. @9
pse a “spring 85 | Broken..... @8
No 1 common 75 | Cut Loaf. ............ @ 3%
No. 2 patent beak holder .. 85 | English Rock......:: @92
8.0. W.. 35 00 | 12 &. cotton mop heads.....1 25 | Kindergarten ....... @9
Cigar Clippings. “per Th ae 28 Ne WG Foes oboe cee 90 _— ee cece @ &&%
Lubetsky Bros. brands Pails Dany: TeaM....... g.0
L, ..35 00 | 2-hoop Standard.. --1 50 Hand ” Mads Gri
Daily Bee. es. ..35 00 3-hoop — ‘ : = ae psu @1%
a ae : eee. 11 80 crystal Cream mix.. @i3
Sweet Lom ..35 a all red, brass — 1 25 Fancy—In Pails
Hiawatha, 3 ib. pails . - 5 | Paper, Eure Ka. --2 25| Champ. Crys. Gums. 8%
Hiawatha, 10 Ib. pails. 2 | Pere... ...-.. ------2 40] Pony Hearts........ 15
7 ‘ Toothpicks Fairy Cream ane 12
] 30 ..2 50 | Fudge 12
: : .2 75 | Peanut 9
Protection, .... 2.2... ese ees- é .1 80 | Sugared 11
Sweet Burley................ 38 1 50 32 ted P 10
Tiger 36 Traps — h an
30 — —_— : — bese oes = ges, p @3
Mouse, wood, 4 holes........ 45] po Gres Be «coce
= Mouse, wood, 6 holes........ 70 — SDR ay
32 Mouse, tin, 5 (poles... 65 Eclipse Chocolates... @13%
oo. 80 | Quintette Choe... @1u
32 rie Victoria hance Qs
5 um Drops..........
ot | auineh, Standard, No. 1.;...7 00| Gaz oo lle
..89 18-inch, Standard, No.2....- 6 00 | Lemon — ee @9
48 16-inch, Standard, No. 3..... 5 00 = east @9
46 20-inch, Cable, No. 1 Be specie te pene Opera @12
34 18-inch, Cable, See 6 53 oa Cream _Bonbons
40 | 16-Inch, Cable, No. 3.........5 60] 20 Ib. pails......... eu
31 No. 1 Fibre... ahs euccoeeoe ae oiaside Chews, =
34 No. 2 Fibre..20 0. .0..0. 002. 795] Ib. ' @13
59 | No.3 Fibre.. ++ +7 20 Golden ¥ Waities @12
Boot Jac 81 Wash ‘Boards Fancy—In 5 Ib. Boxes
Honey Dip Twist............ 37 Bronze Globe.........-....-.2 50 @x0
Smoking Dewey soe ei ee cc kee Seo
Baek Gere... .......: accu 34 annie Aaaes. Spesticnicskee me
II son one oresncs 3’ | Single Acme.............. 2 3
Great Navy...........eeeeee 34 | Double Peerless........... 3 25
Se hee singe Foorions........--.---28 aa
i6 0 g Northern Queen ............
Pe BI 3a | Double Duplex 22122022218 00 Gs
I X L, 160z. pails........-... 28 | Good Luck ............---.- 2 7 @55
Honey Se ee I 23 @60
Gold’ Block... .... 2... .-000- 33 Window Cleaners @60
FlagMa ......---+++-+++ +++ RR  iseesnic lanes se a @60
OMIPS.... ...- + esses nese eeeeee ee aaa 85] Cream Bar.......... @55
Kiln Dried .................- 21 146 in.. i ...-2 30] Molasses Bar. . @55
Duke’s Mixture. ...........- 33 “We d Mowis Hand Made Creams. 80 @90
ale. -- +198 | 11 tn. Butter... ; ae as
Yum Yum, 1% 0z............ a. oe Butter......: tp | String Rock... .-.. @65
Yum Yum, 1 lb. pails........ 35 . - a ‘2 75| Wintergreen Berries @60
a ecee eres cove cere esses : 19 in. Bu tter..... “4 00 Cc els
Gorn Cake, 246 O2-----+------35 | Assorted 13-15-17. isidextneh on
Plow ie ee en 37 | Assorted 15-17-19 ... -2 50! Perfection, 20 Ib. pis @12%
Plow Boy, 334 02. 36 WRAPPING PAPER Amazon, Choe Cov’d @15
Peerless,-33% OZ........ 2.2.0 32 | Common Straw............ 1% | Korker 2 for 1¢ pr bx @55
Peerless, 1% 0Z............+- Fiber Manila, white....... 3%, | Big 3, 3 for 1c pr bx.. bs
NE Fiber Manila, — a : —, ~ = pr bx
Cotton, 3 ply........... eae . 1 Manila... : » DX @60
= : - iach ced . 3 | AA Cream Car’ls 3b @50
= c- msertbte cae = butane iw FRUITS
pe See 1 ax Butter, shor
oat te ae oe Wax Butter, fullcount.... 20 | moraa ee @
Wool, T 5a OMe. c 7 | Wax Butter, rolis......... Ss (oa e
ae heacigged CAKE Fancy Navels....... @
Malt White Wine, 40 grain.. 8 | Magic, 3 doz................. 1 00} Extra Choice........ @
Malt White Wine, 80 grain..11 Sunlight, Bees 1 0] kote Velen... @b 50
Pure Cider, B. & B. brand. .11 — 1% doz............ 50 | Seedlings............ @
Pure Cider, Red Star........11 Cream, 3 doz.. --1 00] Medt. Sica a @
Pure Cider, Robinson. ......11 Yeast Foam, 3 doz.......... 1 00] Jamaicas............ @
Pure Cider, Silver.......... 1 Yeast Foam.1% doz.... ... 50| Rodi.............. i @
WASHING FC POWDER _ FRESH FISH ca couoes
Diamon e er Ib.
a 3 25| Whitefish............. 98 ——a. CU
Gold Dust, regular.......... 4 BY ec @ 8% | verdelll’ a lai é
Gold Dust, 5¢ Jacorictee O05 DIR ANE... ..... <... w@ it Verdelll’ fey 360 @
Kirkoline, 24 moo 3 20 eS oe ecee @ 16 Call Laman 506. @4 00
] a ee 2 75 | Ciscoes or ——- © © | tecture 4 5x@v 00
A ae epee Te 4 19] Bluefish ..... 12 Messinas 3608....... 4 cane 00
Babbitt's — "...... 875] Live Lobster.......... a3. UL .
Roseine.. use See che 3 50 —— chases @ 2 Bananas
Armour’ s. Cees obbeseee seelas, 3 70} Cod.. a abet oi ll poeaey es --. 1 50@2 00
we clock... 55: 5... 3 +6 | Haddock .............. @ 10 Large bunches......
EI ae rap ghee 3 80} No.1 Pickerei © cece seco @i7w Fovelen Dried Fruits
hs pepactuarg Ee nn epee BOT PIED on... oe coos cece cece @iZz i
Rub-No-More................8 75] Perch.......... g 5 | Californias, Fan @
WICKING Smoked White........ 10 | Cal. pkg. 10 Ib. Sones @
No. 0, per gross.. : ooo Red Snapper. @ Extra Choice, Turk.,
No. 1, per gross.........-....30 | Ool — Salmon 246 13 10 1b. boxes... @
No. ?, per gross..............40 | Mackerel...........-.. 18 Fancy, Tkrk., 12 Ib.
No. 8. Der gross... -- - 55 iene AND sine WOMB s ccce ccs c cts. @
WOODENWARE Hides Pulled, 615. boxes... @
Bask Green No.1......... 7 Naturals, in bags... @
le gs | Green — O*. | ett ‘on ae
Bushels “wide band. -.22°.7: 1 . Cured No O.1.......- @ 7x | Fards in 60 Ib. cases. o
Splin nt large... ...-2 2200024600 Calfekins,arssti No i g 9% | Hallowl.............. 5 @bY%
Calfskins,green No. . , DOW.....
Splint, medium ...-........ 8 00) Caifskine;cured No.1 0 | Salrs, 60 1b. cases... 4% @
Willow cl Clothes, ..-..-5 60 | Calfskins,cured No.2 @9 NUTS
Willow Clothes, medium... 5 00 Pelts Almonds, Tarragona @16
Willow Clothes, small....... 475 “ Weeks. ..c62 5s 50@1 50 Almonds, — bes @
Bradley Butter Boxes mb. . sereeeeee 26@ BO ype gered ornia, see
2 lb. size, 24 in ease.. ih 72 cuekaen tows whe ee 2@ 40 came Se eeseee @10
3 Ib. size, 16 in case......... 68 Tallow Mites @13
5 Ib. size, 12 In Case......... es WO Be ce @ 6% Walnuts Grenobies. @12%
10 Ib. size, 6 in case......... Mime s. @ 5% = helled
Wool Walnuts, softshe
Butter Plates “oo — <0 California No.1... 1234913%
No. 1 Oval, 250 in crate...... 40} Wash - a @20 | Table Nuts, fancy... O13
No. 2 Oval, 250 in erate. Washed, ae aa @18 Pecans, 2 @10
No. 3 Oval: ain ora..." $8 | Uoashed: media, septs | Pecans Beas.” Qs
Churns CANDIES Hickory Nuts per bu.
Barrel, 5 gals., each......... 2 40 Stick mory. Ohio, new. @
Barrel, 10 gals., each........ 2 5S bis. pails | Cocoanuts, full sacks @3 58
Barrel, 15 gals., each........ 2 79 | Standard ....-..... 7 | Chestnuts, per bu... @
Clothes Pins Standard Twists... $ A Fancy, H. P ae 5%@ 6%
Bound head, 5 gross bor.... 50] Cut Loaf.....--....  @9 | Fancy, H. B., Sune
Ee pop cases Roas: Scedigiebacsine ~~ 7%
Jumbo, 32 Ib......... @ 7% f Choice, H. P., Extras 7
Humpty Dum ty ..........-2 26| Extra H.H...... ak 10% | Choice, H. P., Extras
No. 1, complete ............. 29 | Boston Cream....... 10 Roasted ........... @
No. 2, complete :..... seceeee 181 Boot Reor*  .. ..... 8 (Span.ShlldNo.in’w 5%@ 6%

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Ammunitior
Caps
G. D., full count, per m.. oes Galas 40
Hicks’ Waterproof, per n. coca 50
DOA, OEM se se in cc 75
Ely’s Wa rproof, per m. . ee 60
Cartridges
No. 22 short, per m paw. 2 59
No. 22 long, per m........... 3 00
No. 32 short, per m...... ee 5 00
TOO Go Oe Or ee ce. 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......... ae 80
Loaded Shells
New Rival—For Shotguns
: Drs. of 0z.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
135 434 1% 5 10 2 95
154 4% 1% 4 10 8 00
200 3 1 10 12 2 50
208 3 1 8 12 2 50
236 3% 1% 6 12 2 65
265 3% 14 5 12 270
264 3% 1% 4 12 2 70
Discount 40 per cent.
Paper Shells—Not Loaded
No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100. . 72
No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 64
siagaguapeaa te
Kegs, 25 Ibs., per keg....... cone 00
% kegs, 12% ibs., por kee... : 2
iq kegs, 614 Ibs., ‘per at“ Seer ale 1
Shot
In sacks containing 25 Ibs.

Drop, all sizes smaller than B........ 1 60
Augurs and Bits
a ec 60
oonmings #ennime.......-..... .. . 25
Jennings’ imitation... ............ 02.006 50
Axes
First Quality, 5. > ree. 6 50
First Quality, D. B. Bronze. . 2 00
First Quality, S. B. "S. Steel. | 6 06
First Quality, D. B. Steel.. 10 56
Barrows
Ns 12 00
|
Bolts
Stove Sapte grinscs oes 70

Gunma. new list _. 7 60
i. Seed 50
‘Suckos
Well, plain .. ce cs $4 00
"Butts, Cast
Cast Loose Pin, aoe eer ee Since ees 70
Wrought Narrow . one aicelas 60
“Chain

% in. 5-16 in. % In. % In.
Com 7 <¢ Se. 6.6... ae
ae 8% Tm ... Gg 6
as... 8% 7. i. Oe 6%
Crowbars
Cast heel, porte. 6
Chisels
OGNEE Pim ee ec 65
peekes rami... es. 65
SOcmes COTO 65
Peete Oe 65
Elbows
Com. 4 piece, 6 In., per doz... eee OE 75
pte ay = sn Ss ea ena taMC Se 1 25
Adjustable. -.--dis  40&10
‘Expansive Bits
Jlark’s small, $18; large, $26 .. 40
Ives’ 1, $18; 2, $24; Oe es 25
Files—New List
New — Scoe nee 70810
Nicholson’s . Se cnn 70
Heller’s ; ee Rasps. Seat See soars ue 70
Galvanized Iron
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27, 28
List 12 13 14 15 16. 17
Discount, 65
Gauges
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......... 60&10
Glass
Single Strength, by box. . --dis  85&20
Double Strength, by box.............. dis 85&z20
By the ight eee oe eed ce one dis 85&20
Hammers
Maydole & Co.’s, new -.- Cees ese ee dis 3344
Yerkes & Plumb’s Oe a -dis 40810
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel......... 1.300 Hist 70
oe
Gate, Clark’s 1, 2, 3.. ‘ ---dis 60&10
Hollow ‘Ware
he ee os 50&10
eo i ss ccs. 50&10
TORRONE fs eeepc ek ibs cade ecient so 560&10
Horse Nails
Au Sable . -dis 40810
House Furnishing | Goods
Stamped (iy new = Peete oenness 70
Japanned Tinwar Pose antag eel 20&10
aan
ar BOR... 2. et paki genscoba 2 25 crates
Eiees Pa es... 3 c rates
Knobs—New List
Door, mineral, ae trimmings........ 78
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings..... os 85
Lanterns
0 Tubular, Doz............... a 5 08

Warren. “Galvanized Fount... Sipe a

 

 
   

Levels
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s........ dis
: Mattocks

Adze Eye............220002.+-$17 00..dis 65

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Bird Cages . Sd ucileoies eslccuucces ae
Pumps, aan 75&10
Screws, New List ..... pi 85 &20
Casters, Bed and Plate -- 50&10810
Dampers, American.............. cle

Molasses Gates
SRI 2 ROROOTE oo oe on, ccc ont oe 60&10
Enterprise, self-measuring............ 30
Pans

Bry, Ae. ssc tt oc ORI
Common. polished .... ..:. .... 5.2.2: 7085

Patent Planished Iron

“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 80
“B”’ Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 80

Broken packages %c per pound extra.
Planes
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.......
Sciota Bench a
Sandusky Tool Co.’s,
S8ench, first yuality..

  

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‘Nails
Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

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Roofing Plates

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean..............
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean..............
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.. Sis
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade...
14x20 Ix’ Charcoal, Allaway Grade...

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88S3s8ss

20x28 Ic, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 1
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 1
Ropes
Sisal, % inch and — etc e esa 1kh%
We ee 15%
Sand sae cxoute
List acct. 19, ’86.. .- dis 56
Sash fore
Solid Eyes, per ton... occu 36 00
Sheet Iron
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second Grade, DOZ........ n0.cnce cee:

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Tin—Melyn Grade
10x14 IC, Charcoal........ eek eet oe $10 50
14c20 10, Charcoal)... 8. ces ec 19 50
Mxtt TX Cmarcoal oie 2 css 12 00
Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.
Tin—Allaway Grade
Ie IC, Charcoal. |... .... ... conc. os 9 00
18x90 TC, CRAPOCAl, 2... oc. on cece cess 9 00
iGxte 2%, CRAPRORL ooo: cos ees cone 10 50
oug0 72. CeArogal. 2. 2... ck, . 10 50
Each additional X on this grade, $1.50
Boiler Size Tin Plate
14x56 IX, for No.8 Boilers,
14x56 IX: for No.9 Boilers, ¢PeF Pound. .
Traps
Steel, Gam a 75
Oneida Ceomniiedii: “Newhouse’s...... 40&10
—* Community, er - r- ‘i
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Mouse, choker per doz 15
Mouse, delusion, per do ee 1 25
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Bright MarkKet................. Site ouas 60
Annealed Market.. bees ecco 60
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Barbed Fence, [a doe ceb egos 3 25
Barbed Fence, Painted................ 2 95
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Screw Eyes. 80
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Gate Hooks and Ey: 80
Wrenches
Baxter’s Ashntadle, Nickeled........ 30
Coe’s Se eee ais 30

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

3l

 

NATIONAL GIDEONS.

 

Newspaper Summary of the Third An-
nual Convention.

The third annual convention of the
National Gideons of America, which
was held at Cedar Rapids July 4, 5 and
6, was largely attended. The _ proceed-
ings of the convention were thus sum-
marized by the Cedar Rapids Kepubli-
can:

The meetings of the convention one
and all were very helpful and seemed
filled with the spirit. The church serv-
ices were conducted by these business
men and conducted well. At the after-
noon meeting in the Methodist church
the men derived much benefit and it
was one of the most enthusiastic meet-
ings a body of Christian men ever held
in the city. The rain interfered some-
what with the attendance at the young
people's meetings in the evening but on
both sides of toe river they were well
attended and proved to he good meet-
ings despite the weather.

It was the mass meeting at the audi-
torium, the last meeting,that left a pic-
ture on the minds of all present which
will never be effaced, There was a
spontaneousness about the volley of
‘*Amens’’ which greeted the remarks of
the speakers, but underneath there was
a note of sincerity and earnestness
which forebade any thought of lightness.
They were traveling men so numerous
over the country here taking part and
conducting religious mectings. The
auditorium has held many kinds ot
meetings and assemblages in its short
existence, vet never was there such a
meeting as last night when the congre-
gations of the various churches joined
these knights of the grip ina_ religious
service.

After a song service by the audience,
W. H. Teetzel read tiie Jesson, includ-
ing the description of the preparati:n
of the band of Gideons for their battle.
At the words, ‘‘and they stood every
man in his place,’’ the Gideons present
arose and sang the ‘Sword of the Lord
and of Gideon.’’ Jas. Payne then
offered prayer for God's guidance and
that the Gideons might be set on fire to
gather the traveling men of the United
States into their organization. Fred
Woudcock tenderly sang, ‘‘Never
Alone,’’ and the report of the Com-
mittee on Resolitions was adopted.
‘The resolutions thanked the Ladies’
Auxiliary for their help during the year
and the retiring officers for their un-
swerving loyalty to the cause. Also the
mayor and citizens of this city for their
cordial reception and above all, the
Cedar Rapids camp for organizing the
details of the convention and all that
had helped to make the convention a
success,

Alter a duet, five little girls from
Sunshine Mission gave a very preity
motion song, ‘‘Throw Out the Line,’’
which was greatly appreciated by the
audience, the traveling men repeatedly
giving their salute with the handker-
chiefs.

Chaplain Smith, of Oshkosh, then
delivered his annual address to the con-
vention. He expressed the pleasure he
felt in being able for the third time to
address the annual convention and
took his text from the first chapter of
Second Timothy, ‘‘I am not ashamed
for | know whom I believe.’’ This
was spoken by the greatest traveling
man that ever lived who traveled over
the whole of the then known world in
his Master’s cause and suffered many
privations—the apostle Paul. The words
were spoken in prison, for all the
apostles were marked men and the ring-
leaders of the new religion of christianity
were caught and imprisoned in the effort
to stamp out the new religion. He was
a Roman citizen and a cultured, edu-
cated man who JIeft writings that are
honored among the literature of the
world. He was a Roman citizen and
in prison, the greatest outrage known,
yet he had nothing to be ashamed of,
for he knew whom he believed. Ap-
plying the subject to the Gideons, he
said the Gideons had no business to be
ashamed, Tbe Gideons should attend
the Christian Endeavor and Sunday

 

 

school and prayer meetings when at
home and they have a right to be at
home anywhere, No man sees the world
as a commercial traveler. The traveling
men are the ambassadors and the houses
are becoming more and more particular
in their employes. They want honest
sober men and if they are nct they can
find others. Piety and intellect help
make the perfect man. He then gave
the traveling men some good practical
advice. He said, ‘If you get into an
uninteresting prayer meeting, make it
interesting. The towns need nothing su
much as a good stirring up inthe prayer
meetings once ina while. ‘Il am not
ashamed.’ If either of those two men
who founded this organization had been
ashamed we would not be here to-night.’’
He also spoke of the influence of the
button they all wore. If the button is
worn the wearer will not receive the in-
vitation to cards or drink and the oath
will be checked on the lips. He closed
with reading the hymn, ‘‘Jesusi shall it
ever be that mortal man is ashamed of
thee?”

Mrs. Smith, the wife of the Chaplain,
then sang, ‘‘Just for To-day,’’ by spe-
cial request.

President Hill then read a message
the Ladies’ Auxiliary had sent to the
Gideons, after which the ladies arose
and sang, ‘‘| love to tell the Siory,’’
President Hill spoke feelingly of the
kindness to him shown by the men dur-
ing the convention and said he cvuuld
never forget them and the picture they
presented to him. Continuing he said,
**In my message to you yesterday I said
1 hoped God would raise up some cne
to take my place in the President’s
chair. This has been done and a man
elected who I believe will fill the office
better than it has been in the past. I[
now present to you your new President,
Frank A. Garlick, of Chicago.’’ The
new President introduced by the retir-
ing chief officer then made a brici
speech in acceptance. He said in part:
‘‘{ accept the honered position in the
name of the Master and at your request.
The time is short, but 1 want to leave
with you a message. ‘The first word is
that we must stand on the word of God
and that alone. Let us cleanse ourselves
of all filthiness of the flesh and spirit in
the fear of the Lord. Let this be our
text for next year. We must first clean
ourselves of all evil and then Christ wiil
come and help us,*’ Speaking a word
of caution to the Gideons he said,
‘‘We are not members of Gideonism.
We are not outside the church of Christ,
but are all members of some church.
Let us never say Gideonism. Neither
are we Gideonites. We belong to no
sect by that name. We are Gideons,
eacn one of us separately and individ-
ually. This is nct a Gideon band but
a band of Gideons. The Chicago camp
wish to see nothing so much as the good
of the national organization. The Presi-
dent has come tov the office unpledged
and expects to make mistakes, but they
will be mistakes of the head and not of
the heart. He shall have the interests
of the Gideons at heart all over the land
and be partial to no section. You have
elected new officers and must expect new
methods. They may for a time jar the
mind and conscience and distract from
the present cordial relations, but they
will be changes made in a thoughtful
spirit for the good of the organization. ’”’
He paid a tender tribute to the Ladies’
Auxiliary and presented his wife to the
convention and said, ‘‘We have been
elected to the presidency together.’’
The first act of the President was to
appoint D. W. Jobns, of Grand Rapids,
as State Superintendent of Michigan.
He thanked the Executive Committee
for their faithful work and the Gideon
circle was formed around the room.

All the Gideons, with the Auxiliary
members present, joined hands in a
circle around the wall of the auditorium
and sang, ‘‘Blest be the tie that binds
and the ‘‘Sword of the Lord and of
Gideon,’’ thus closing the convention.

D. W. Johns and J. C. F. Dillon at-
tended the convention as the representa-
tives from Michigan.

a

Read H. Ward Leonard’s clothing ad-

vertisment on page 7. It is interesting.

 

 

Easy Steps For Little Feet.
Humor is the eudemonological pes-
simism which includes within itself a
teleological evolutionary optimism,
which may cause a realistic, radical and
universal reconciliation to appear as
possible.—Kindergarten Magazine.
8
Where hatred flourishes love may.
—— grows upon only frozen
soil.

 

 

FOR SALE
SINGLE CIRCULAR SAW MILL

Stearns’ circular saw mill complete; 3 16-foot
bcilers and stack and 1 16-24 slide valve engine;
pertect repair. Wiil sell cheap and take pay in
jumber if desired.

Foster=-Winchester Lumber Co.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

Imported

03S) HIOGO

JAPAN RICE

 

 

HARDWARE

Retail Hardware Store at
Rockland, Mich., For Sale

Stock consist- of general hardware, buil4-
ers’ hardware, cutlery, paints, oils and
glass, ete. Tin and plumbing shop in
connection. Stoek will inventory $4 090;
e;n reduce same to suit purchaser.
Store paying but unable to give it per-
sonalattention. Address

ARTHUR T. EMMONS,

Care I. E. Swift Co. Houghton, Mich.

 

 

 

  

= FOR SALE

Everybody
Says

Must be
True”

An old adage and a very
The application

now lies this
way — that the knowing
ones among the retail mer-

true one.

of it just

 

chants say that

D CRACKERS

are the best. No need to
seek beyond the superla-

tive. Send to us for in-

formation.

E. J. Kruce & Co.
Detroit, Mich.

Not in the Trust.

  
   
   
   

 

 

   

Our Holiday
Display

Will be ready for inspection about
July 2oth.

  
    
   
 
   
  
 
     

The Finest, Selection we have
ever shown,

Examine our line before placing
your order.

Grand Rapids
Stationery Co.

29 No. Ionia St.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 
 

MIcHIeAn |

CENTRAL

THE NIAGARA FALLS ROUTE.

  
     
     
     
        

With Finest Through
Pullman Sleeping Car and
Dining Car Service.

  

Lv. Grand Rapids, 12.00 noon.
Air. New York, 10.00 a.m.

Commencing June 16, 1902.

For reservations and further information
address

  

W. C. BLAKE, Tkt. Agt. Union Station,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

| O. W. RUGGLES, Gen’l Pass’r and Tkt.f
. Agt., Chicago.

   

 

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.

ADAMS & HART
12 W. Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

You ought to sell

LILY WHITE

“The flour the best cooks use”

VALLEY CITY MILLING CO.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
  

 

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

News Items Too Late to Classify.

Union City—Geo. E. Conrike, meat
dealer, has sold out to Chas. Tyson.

Essexville—Howell Bros. have pur-
chased the grocery stock of Rothermel
& Co.

Belding—Earl Wilson has purchased
an interest in the City shoe store of Ed-
win R. Spencer.

Tigris—P. E. Thomas has sold his
dry goods, hardware and grocery stock
to Jas. A. Damrel.

Calkinsville—J. T. Harvie & Son
succeed Harvie & White in the general
merchandise business.

Albion—C. S. Tucker & Co. continue
the dry goods, carpet and wall paper
business of C. S. Tucker.

Tecumseh—Wm. Voorheis has pur-
chased the interest of his partner in the
meat business of Voorheis & Seckinger.

Wyandotte—Lewis Lyman is _ suc-
ceeded by the Lehr Lumber Co. in the
manufacture of lumber, sash and doors.

Detroit—The style of the Booth Man-
ufacturing Co., manufacturer of porch
columns, has been changed to the De-
troit Column & Mfg. Co.

Jackson—Smith & Malnight, proprie-
tors of the Jackson Skirt & Novelty Co.,
are succeeded by the Jackson Skirt &
Novelty Co., incorporated.

Standish—Leonard Nerreter, who has
owned a controlling interest in the Gray
Milling Co., which owns the large roller
mills, shingle mill and elevators here,
has sold his interest to Charles Edel-
man, of Saginaw, and will remove to
Saginaw, where he will live in retire-
ment.

Lansing—The Lansing Wheelbarrow
Co. has increased its capital from $250, -
000 to $415,000. It is about to material-
ly increase its plant in this city and en-
gage in the manufacture of road ma-
chines, and also build a new plant at
Memphis, Tenn., having purchased a
vast tract of timber land in that State.

Detroit—The Lee Injector Manufac-
turing Co. has filed articles of associa-
tion with the county clerk. The capital
stock is placed at $40,c00, divided into
4,000, shares and $30,000 worth of stock
is paid in. The stockholders are:
William O. Lee, Detroit, 1,350; Mel-
vin D. Cole, Romeo, 800; Franklin S.
North, Detroit, 50.

Vicksburg—The Vicksburg Clothing
Co., established to replace the branch
of the Kalamazoo Pant & Overall! Co.,
removed to Kalamazoo, has received
machinery and will begin making over-
alls in a few days at the same location
vacated by the Kalamazoo concern.
The new company is capitalized at
$7,000, one-half paid in.

Bay City—The National Chicory Co,
has been organized to take over the
business of the United States Chicory
Co., of West Bay City, and the Michi-
gan State Chicory Co., of this city.
The new company is capitalized at
$75,000, and W. H. Sharpe is President.
The combination of the two old com-
panies will make it possible to run the
factories more economically. The west
side plant has facilities for preparing
the chicory root for market, whereas the
Michigan company has heretofore sim-
ply dried the root and shipped it to
Eastern manufacturers to be roasted

and ground.

++ -6
Penalty of Doing Business with Strangers.
From the Litchfield Gazette.

G. E. Walworth, F. C. Thatcher and
L. C. Wright, accompanied by their at-
torney, O. J. Cornell, drove up from
Hillsdale yesterday to answer to the
summons issued from Justice Agard’s
court by the Homer Banking Co., in
which the latter company sought to re-

 

cover $25 from business men who had
given notes to that amount to obtain
membership in a co-operative collection
agency. The agency sold the notes to
the Homer Banking Co., which, as an
innocent purchaser, sought to recover.
The cases did not come to trial, as
the Hillsdale business men, being fair-
ly caught, and knowing to a dead moral
certainty that it was the same gold
brick furnished to their rural friends,
settled the cases out of court.
6
The Boston Egg and Butter Market.

Boston, July 14—The market on eggs
is practically unchanged from the previ-
ous week. Receipts are light and
cleaned up closely every day. Best
Northern Indiana and Michigan stock is
selling 18%@lgc, case count.

Receipts of butter this week . still
continue very heavy and a slightly easier
feeling has developed in consequence.
The total receipts this week were over
46,000 packages, of which between
25,00c and 26,000 have gone into stor-
age. Sales for consumption are com-
paratively small, but the market is
steady because of large stock put away.
We quote best Northern creamery at 22c,
packing stock at 16%@l17c and ladles
at 18@18%c. Smith, McFarland Co.

oe

Changed Conditions.

Mr. Westside—Is Briggs still paying
attention to your sister?

Eastside—Naw—they've been married
this two months!

Busines Hin

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUSINESS CHANCES.

ANTED—EVERY MERCHANT DESIR-
ing to close out write W. D. Hamilton,
Auctioneer, Galesburg, Il. 597
RITE TO GRAND RAPIDS MONU
ment Co for — and designs on monu-
ments, markers and cemetery corner posts. We
have a large stock; anxious to sell at small mar-
gins. 818 So. Division St.,Grand Rapids, Mich.
596

 

 

ANTED—CLEAN AND GOOD-PAYING

drug stock located in growing town or city

in Michigan. Spotcash. Address No. €05, care
Michigan Tradesman. 605

MPROVED #0 ACKE FARM FOR MER-

chandise. John W. Curtis, Whittemore,
Mich. 595

is SALE—FINE CLOTHING BUSINESS

in one of the best towns in Michigan. The

best of terms and reason given forsale. Address
915, Lake Koul -vard, St. Joseph, Mich. 602

\ ANLTED—ENTERPRISING PARTY WITH

small amount of capitai will be assisted to

start in business in own town. For further par-
ticulars address Lock Box 98, South Bend, Ind.
598

 

7) (RSALE AT A BARGAIN IF TAKEN IN
thirty days—a clean, up-to-date general mer-
chandise stock in a wide-awake little town in
northeastern Indiana; a regular money maker;
compelled to sell on account of very poor health;
no jockeys or auctioneers need apply. Ad-
dress No. 594, care Michigan Tradesman. 659!
PUR SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MER-
chandise, all new and up-to-date goods, well
established trade; best farming town in south-
ern Minnesota; stock amounting to about #5,000
or $6.000; will take out any part of stock buyer
don’t wish; no trade wanted; must be cash or
well secured paper; write me at once as I must
selisoon. Address J. C. Sovde, Granada, Minn.
599

 

OR SALE AT A BARGAIN IF TAKEN
this month—A clean stock of up-to date
groceries and tobacco; stock and fixtures will
invoice about $2,500; one of the best locations in
town; good reason for selling. Address A. N.
Smith, Harbor Springs, Mich. 582
te SALE OR TRADE FOR STOCK OF
oe or oa Morehandise—Three
ng houses in Battle Creek. .
V. Abell Co., Charlotte, Mich. ener:

OR SALE—OLD-ESTABLISHED HARNESS
business. John Sherman, 3i0 South Hamil-
ton St., Saginaw, Mich 606
VOR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND FIX.
tures; invoice about $1.7(0; no dead stock;
cash business. Situated in Northwestern Indi-
ana, on a beautiful lake. Address P. S. Will,
Hamilton, Ind. 589

re SALE—EITHER HALF OR WHOLE
interest in planing mill making sash, doors
and blinds, with retail lumber yard in conneec-
tion; only mill in town now running. Reason
for selling, ill health. Address Cowin & Marsh,
Greenville. Mich. 577

re SALE — SELECT STOCK GENERAL

hardware situated in one of the most thriv-

ing and beautiful towns in Northern Michigan;

owner wishes to go West; correspondence so-

licited. Address K, care Michigan Tradesman.
514

 

ORSALE AT A SACRIFICE—DRUG STORE

in best town in Copper country; invoices

about $1,800; a snap for some one. ‘Address No.
591, care Michigan Tradesman. 591

] HAVE FUUR VACANT LOTS IN GRAND
Rapids, free and clear; will trade for general
stock; will pay balance cash. Address No. 583,
care Michigan Tradesman. 583
OR SALE—DRUG BUSINESS AND MED-
ical practice, centrally located in a thriving
town in Kentucky; building 25x50, two stories,
with four rooms above; also a four-room cottage
with all modern improvements, barn, carriage
house, etc.; an exceptional opportunity for a
young doctor; will sell in a lump, including
practice, good will, etc., at a bargain; bad health
reasan for selling. Address Dr. C. H. Drane,
corner Poweil and MillSts., Henderson, Ky. 592
OR SALE OR TRADE—TWO HOUSES AND
three lots in Mattoon, Ill., for merchandise
stock or good farm. F. M. Hamilton, P. M.,
Cherryvale, ind. 581
JOR SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MER-
chandise invoicing about $6,000 to $7,000.
Sell on account of poor health. Noincumbrance
on stock; will sell or rent store building and fix-
tures. J. M. Wheeler, White Pigeon, Mich. 580
EST LOCATION IN MICHIGAN FOR DRY
goods business at Freeport. W. H. —

 

 

 

A PRODUCTIVE 80 ACRE FARM IN CEN-
tral Michigan, soil first class, for sale or ex-
change for stock merchandise. Address 570,
care Michigan Tradesman. 570
gens SALE CHEAP—FLOUR AND FEED
store in city of Muskegon; good location;
doing good business; reason for selling, have
other business; a bargain if taken at once. Ad-
dress R, 33 Morris St., Muskegon, Mich. 551
yo SALE OK EXCHANGE FOR A GRAIN

 

 

OR SALE — PLANING MILL, WELL
equipped and doing a fine business. Address

H. D. Cove, Charlotte, Mich. 559
‘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. Wilisell for $50 cash.

Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. 368
NOR 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

cS SALE—DKUG S1OCK 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
ermonth. G reason for selling. Address
0. 334, care Michigan Tradesman. 334

MAPLE FLOORING

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
prices. F.C. Miller Lumber Co., 23 Widdicomb
Building, Grand Rapids. a

MISCELLANEOUS

IRED OF WORKING FOR SOMEONE
else? Ifso, write me. I can help you open
a new store with a fraction of the money you'd
probably think necessary. Best business on
earth for moderate investment. Full informa-
tion and, if you like, I'll find you a location all
free. G. S. Buck, 185 Quincey St., Chicago, Lil. 601
IGAR SALESMAN WANTED FOR THE
following counties in Michigan: Allegan,
Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, Ottawa and Van
Buren. Must have experience and come with
the best of reference. Steele-Wedeles omes ny,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

elevator or other property—A farm of 120 Chicago.

acres land, oak openings, 90 acres improved, fair
buildings to accommodate two families; located
on main traveled road, 7 miles from West
Branch, Mich., 8 miles from Prescott. Will ex-
change for elevator located in pot:to and bean
section of Michigan. Address G. F. Gross,
Waterford, Mich. 549

NOR SALE—DRUG STOCK WORTH ABOUT
$2,000; good patronage; only drug store in
town of 800, with two railroads and lake port.
Will sell for $1,000 down, balance on time.
Address No. 574, care Michigan Tradesman. 574

ANTED—TO PURCHASE LOCATION

suitable for conducting hardware business

in Northern Michigan. Address No. 455, care
Michigan Tradesman. 455

OR SALE—FI*SE TWO-STORY STORE

with barn, on street car line; or will ex-

change for merchandise. Address 482 Wash-
ington Ave., Muskegon, Mich. 564

POR SALE—Ii 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—DRU‘ FIXTURES—ELEGANT
wall cases, counters, show cases, prescrip-
tion ease; all light o«k; will sell at half price
©. A Fanckboner, Grard Kapids. 534
re SALE—GUOD DRUG STOCK, INVOIC-
ing $2,800. in one of the best Southern Michi-
gan towns. Terms cn application. Address No
521, care Michigan Tradesman. 521
Ko SALE — FINE YIELDING 40 ACRE
farm in Kalamazoo county; buildings; all
under cultivation; value, $1,202. Address No
522, care Michigan Tradesman. 522
gms SALE—A GENERAL STOCK OF DRY
goods, groceries, shoes and undertakers’
supplies; stock all in Al order; good new fr«me
store building, with living rooms above; can be
bought or rented reasonably; stock and fixtures
aout $3,500; stoc- can be reduced to suit pur-
chaser; situated In one of the best little towns
in Northern Michigan. Address R. D. Me-
Naughton, Honor, Mich. 520
ee SALE—FIRST-CLASS, EXCLUSIVE
millinery business in Grand Rapids; object
for selling, parties leaving the city. Address
Milliner, care Michigan Tradesman. 507

HREE VACANT LOTS IN GRAND

Rapids, free of incumbrance, to exchange

fo~ drug, grocery or notion stock. Address No.
485, care Michigan Tradesman. 485

AFES—NEW AND SECOND-HAND FIRE

and burglar proof safes. Geo. M. Smith Wood

& Brick Building Moving Co, 376 South Ionia
St., Grand Rapids. 321

VOR SALE—COUNTRY STORE AND
dwelling combined; general merchandise
stock, barn, custom saw mill and feed mill, with
good patronage; Citizens local and long distance
telephones in store; bargain for cash. Reason
for sel.ing, must retire. For particulars call on
or address Eli Runnels, Corning. Mich. 474
OR SALE—A FINE STOCK OF GRO.
ceries and fixtures In good location in town
of 1,200 in Southern Michi; 3 Will invoice about
$1,500; good reason for selling. Address G., care
ichigan Tradesman. 439

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

)}XPERIENCED ELECTRICIAN DESIRES

position in light or power plant Best ref-

erences. Address 603, care Michigan —
man.

eS AS CLERK IN A
general or hardware store; three years’
experience; no bad habits; can furnish good
references. Address Box 35, Colonville, =

ANTED—POSITION IN GRAND RAPIDS

as bookkeeper or assistant by young woman
of 2% years’ actual experience. Best of refer-
ences. Address No. 606, care Michigan —

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ANTED—A REGISTERED PHARMA-

cist. Send recommendations and state
salary. Address No. 587, care Michigan Trades-
man 5-7
wy Seere ISITION AS CLERK IN DRY

goods or general store; city experience;
best of references. Address 584, care Michigan
Tradesman. 584

ANTED—SITUATION AS TRAVELING
salesman by young man of 33 years of age;
has had nine years’ experience conducting retail
gro-ery and six years’ experience selling to the
trade; is a good salesman and an Alt collector;
is well acquainted with Grand Rapids trade,
also some outside; best of references furnished.
Address 588, care Michigan Tradesman.

/IDOW WOULD MAKE PLEASANT
home for two or three old people. Address
Mrs. Lyon. Birmingham, Mich. 593

ANTED—SALESMAN TO CARRY OUR
harness enamel, show enamel and sto.e
polish as a side line Commissions large and
sales easy. Ann Arbor Paint & Enamel Co.,
Ann Arbor, Mich. 572
ANTED—SALESMAN TO SELL OUR
carbon paints to corporations and our other
lines to the trade. A hustler that wiil invest
$3,000 can draw a good salary. Company incor-
porated. Ann Arbor Paint & Enamel Co., Ann
Atbor, Mich. 571
ANTED — PURCHASER FUR MEAT
market; only stand in town of 450. Ad-
dress No. 515, care Michigan Tradesman. 515

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Live Drug business in Ann Arbor.
Cash sales $25 daily. Fine. central
location. Selling because of too much
outside business.

W. N. SALISBURY.
For particulars address Brownell &
Humphrey, 88-90 Griswold street,
Detroit, Mich.

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808 Union Trust Bldg.

   

The first. consolidated mortgage bonds of the Detroit. &

Pontiac Railway Company, guarant-eed by the Detroit. United

Railway, afford a safe investment, at an attract.ive rate of interest.
Price and full information on request.

NOBLE, MOSS ® CO.

Detroit, Mich.

 

 

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