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GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER, 15, 1902.

Number 995

 

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William Connor Co.
Wholesale Ready-Made Clothing

Men's, Boys’, Children’s

W2 can stock your store completely, for
we represent the largest manufacturers,
making everything from children’s to
adults’, and can show you the very cheap-
est as well as the very best.

28-30 South Ionia Street
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

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.

C. E. MCCRONE, Manager.

ELLIOT O. 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.

 

 

You ought to sell

LILY WHITE

“The flour the best cooks use”

VALLEY CITY MILLING CO.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

Gas or Gasoline Mantles at
50c on the Dollar

GLOVER’S WHOLESALE MDSE. CO.
MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
of GAS AND GASOLINE SUNDRIES
Grand Rapids, Mich,

 

CURRIE & FORSYTH,

1023 Michigan Trust Bdg.
Grand Rapids Branch of

Douglas, Lacey & Co., New York

Dividend Paying
Mining, Oil and Smelter Stocks
Our customers are protected by the stock
in the trust fund of 21 companies, where,
in the fai ure of any company, the stock
is called in and made good ina success-
ful company, giving our customers abso-
lute protection from loss. Full particu-
lars, etc , sent free on application,
Citizens Phone 1651.

Tradesman Goupons

 

 

 

IMPORTANT FEATURES.

Two in One,

Dream of Wealth.
Around the State.
Grand Rapids Gossip.
Getting the People.
Editorial.

Editorial.

Syndicate Advertising.
Merchants’ Day.
Hardware.

Clothing.

Shoes and Rubbers.
Dry Goods.

Woman’s World.
Butter and Eggs.

The New York Market.
Window Dressing.

25. Commercial Travelers.
26. Drags and Chemicals.
2%. Drug Price Current.
28. Grocery Price Current,
29. Grocery Price Current.
30. Grocery Price Current.
31. The Unsuccessful Experiment.
32. The Grain Market.

 

THE GARNISHMENT LAW.

It is very evident that a determined
effort will be made at the coming ses-
sion of the Legislature to repeal the
present garnishment law and restore the
former wage exemption of $25. The la-
bor unions are already very active in
the matter, having secured pledges from
many candidates for the Legislature to
work and vote for the amendment.

From present indications, it looks as
though the effort to restore the old
schedule would be successful. The la-
bor unions are not strong, but they have
a way of going after what they want in
band wagon fashion which gives them
an appearance of strength which they
do not possess and impresses the aver-
age legislator with the desirability of
working in harmony with them, how-
ever much he may detest their leaders,
condemn their methods and despise
their cause.

As the Tradesman pointed out at the
time of its enactment, the present law
is an unfortunate one, because it does
not afford the mercantile classes ade-
quate relief and its enactment was at-
tended by exceptionally unfortunate cir-
cumstances, due to the inexperience of
the youthful swellhead who assumed to
himself the management of the crusade
conducted in the Legislature two years
ago and the reckless and reprehensible
manner in which he unnecessarily an-
tagonized the trades unions and all sin-

cere friends of legislative reform who

questioned his motives and deplored h.s
methods.

The Tradesman has had considerable
experience in dealing with trades
unions and has usually been able to ar-
rive middle ground where both
sides to a controversy could come to a
satisfactory understanding. If the gar-
nishment legislation of two years ago
had been placed in the hands of an ex-
perienced legislator,instead of entrusted
to a man whose sole ambition.was_ per
sonal aggrandizement, the business in-
terests of the State would now be in the
enjoyment of a law which would be in
every way much more satisfactory than
the present statute and, besides, an ex-
perienced man would not have antag-
onized the trades unions to the extent

at a

 

of jeopardizing the permanence of any
efficient law on the subject.

One of the most obnoxious features of
the present ill-omened statute is that
the unmarried man—the  non-house-
holder, to be more exact—is given an
exemption, which was not the case_ un-
der the old law. This is a decided Joss
to the mercantile interests which will
probably never be recovered, because
the feeling against garnishment legisla-
tion is now so bitter that it will prob-
ably be impossible to secure even as
favorable a law as was on the statute
books for so many years.

It is reported that efforts are already
being made to raise a fund to defeat the
attempt to amend the present law. The
Trademan trusts that the effort will not
survive the formative stage, because it
is our experience that money raised for
alleged legislation purposes seldom finds
its way to Lansing, but is almost inva-
riably sidetracked into the pockets of
the men who act a promoters and ex-
ploiters of proposed legislation. This
may not always be the case, but, whether
itisor not, the fact that a fund is being
created gives the opponents of a meas
ure an opportunity to raise the cry of
boodle, which is generally sufficient to
accomplish its defeat.

One of the results of the long contin-
uance of the coal strike, even if it is
soon settled, wil! be the establishment
of substitutes for anthracite as fuél,
which will have an appreciable effect
upon the market. Companies are being
organized for the manufacture of
briquettes, which are nothing more nor

less than blocks of compressed coal
dust. In the neighborhood of every
mine, bituminous or anthracite, there

are heaps of this dust which hitherto
have practically been regarded as waste.
In Europe briquettes are largely made
and freely used for domestic purposes.
They are represented as clean as an-
thracite, able to produce as much heat,
and it will be possible to make them
in this country, selling at a profit fora
figure less than anthracite before the
strike. if it couid have been confidently
predicted three months ago that the

strike would continue until now it would |

have been possible to put a large supply
of these briquettes on the market and
they would have had ready sale. If
people’s foresight were only as reliable
as their hindsight what a lot of
they could make.

money

 

In England where winter is not so se-
vere as in this country comparatively

little bard coal is used for domestic
purposes and now the American de-
mand has increased prices to such an

extent that English people will be more
than ever prejudiced against it. Incon-
trast with this state of affairs it is pre-
dicted
the use of soft coal in this country and
that its use will be continued to a large
degree after the strike has ended.

 

Find fault with other people if you
want to. Why, you have a perfect right
to do so, but then remember—they, too,
have certain rights,

 

that the strike will popularize |

GENERAL TRADE REVIEW.

Too

great activity for the ready
money at hand continues the rapid
fluctuations in Wall Street, and there

seems little likelihood of a settled con-
dition in that market as long as the un-
usual demands for money for the West-
ern and Southern
tinues,

crop moving con-
The increasing probabilities of
a settlement in the coal section operate
and strengthen the market

long series of wild fluctuations

to steady
after a
which in other times would inevitably
precipitate

[ panic. As it is the public

t
understand that there is sim-
ply too much demand for norma! supplies
of money violent declines are
quickly checked to be followed by ral-
lies until the deficiency in cash again
becomes manifest. Call rates

seems to
y

and so

continue
to fluctuate violently, averaging 10 per
cent,, but sometimes talling to 6 per cent.

Merchandise distribution continues
active for the season. Demands of rail-
way transportation are to rushing all
that line. Earnings are
constantly reported as breaking all
records. Retail distribution is meet-
ing all expectations, and the outlook for
winter and spring jobbing trade is most
promising. The continued coal! panic
disturbing influence in some
localities, but its influence in the gen-
eral situation is not material.

The assurance of great agricultural
harvests serves to settle the question of
continued supplies of money for keep-
ing up the tremendous domestic de-
mand. Small supplies in hand hold
prices at a position which assures am-

supplies in

exerts 2

ple profits. Latest reports indicate a
record breaking yield of corn and oats
and a yield cf wheat only twice sur-
passed,

Iron and steel continue the greatest
activity with orders for structural and
transportation into next
year. Structural steel is needed much
more rapidly than it can be delivered.
For many months shops have been oper-
ated to their utmost capacity, but the
meeting of demand is hopeless,

Ra ea

A Scranton man has ju:t confessed to
a murder committed by himself and a
companion twenty years ago for which
two innocent men were convicted and
imprisoned for a term of nine years,
The man who has now confessed says
that his sufferings have been far worse
than any punishment that could have
been inflicted upon him and _ that he
often contemplated When he
for-
men he had wronged,
he exclaimed: ‘Thank God, my mind
lis now free. Instances of this kind
lare not common, but they are frequent
enough to cause conjecture if

supplies well

 

suicide,
had told his story and begged the
giveness of the

there are
| not many innocent in prison and many
| guilty ones at liberty.
La

| As drowning men grasp at straws so
do those who fear the coal famine seize
upon of a mild winter. The re-
port that the squirrels are laying in only
| scanty stores of nuts is, however, hardly
| sufficient to assure people that they will
not need to have their coal bins filled.
Perhaps nuts are as scarce as coal,

signs

 

  

  

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

TWO IN ONE,
Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. and Olney &
Judson Grocer Co.

The wholesale grocery establishments
of the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. and
the Olney & Judson Grocer Co. will be
consolidated cn Nov. 1, at which time
the capital stock of the new corporation
will be increased from $100,000 to $200, -
ooo. Mr, Ball, who has been for so
many years the principal factor in the
old house, will take an active position
in the new house and become a _ stock-

holder in the new company which will
be formed to succeed both of the old
companies. This act closes the career

of the oldest wholesale grocery house
at this market and one of the most
prominent wholesale establishments in
the State.

The founding of this house dates back
to the fall of 1865,when the late Charles
H. Taylor and Frank McReynolds
formed a copartnership under the style
of Taylor & McReynolds and engaged

 

 

 

 

 

 

in the wholesale and retail grocery busi-
ness at the corner of Canal and Erie
Streets in the building now owned by
Jobn Caulfield and occupied by Wegner
Bros. The building was then owned
by the late Lowell Hall. Business pros-
pered with the new house, its daily re-
ceipts sometimes reaching $1,000 in

cash. About three years afterward the
business was purchased by Charles D.
Lyon and D. D. Cody, who removed

the stock to Monroe street, opposite the
old Rathbun House, where they con-
tinued the business -under the style of
Lyon & Cody. In 1870 the interest of
Chas. D. Lyon was purchased by his
partner, who continued the business for
a time under the style of D. D. Cody &
Co. Mr. Cody subsequently sold a half
interest in the business to Charles E.
Olney,who up to that time had been on the
road for J. W. Doane & Co., wholesale
grocers at Chicago. The firm name was
then changed to Cody & Olney. Mr.
Olney remained inside, while Mr, Cody
traveled about a third of the time. Two
or three years later Cody & Olney be-
came interested in the lumber firm of
Putman, Barnhart & Co., while Enos
Putman and Willard Barnhart became
interested in the grocery house of Cody
& Olney, at which time the firm name
was changed to Cody, Olney & Co. A
little later Orson A. Ball became iden-
tified with the house in the capacity of
city salesman. In 1881 he purchased
the interest of Charles E. Olney, when
the firm name was changed to Cody,
Ball & Co. Mr. Ball came into full
charge of the business in 1882 and has
continued in this capacity during the

 

changes in name to Cody, Ball, Barn-
hart & Co., Ball, Barnhart & Putman
and Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. Dur-
ing the quarter of a century he has been
identified with the grocery business, he
has made many lasting friendships, and
it will be a source of satisfaction to the
trade to learn that he is to continue to
be actively identified with a new house
larger and stronger and more aggressive
even than the old one.

During all these years, Mr. Ball has
given to the business his best thought
and best effort. He has worked early
and late for the success of the business,
and the fact that he has succeeded in
retaining the respect and friendship of
his associates to that extent that they
refuse to make any change which he
does not recommend speaks volumes for
his faithfulness to the business, his loy-
alty to his friends and his recognized
ability as a safe and successful business
man.

No history of the Ball house is com-
plete that does not include a reference
to Heman G., Barlow, who is now the
oldest groceryman in Grand Rapids,
having entered the employ of Cody &
Olney April 17, 1872. He remained
with this house until April 7, 1870,
when he spent a year with Charles W.
Jennings and another year with Jobn
Caulfield, returning to the house in
i881, where he remained until the fai]
of 1889, when he retired from the busi-
ness. The Michigan Tradesman of
Nov. 21, 1889, contained the following
reference to this change:

Heman G. Barlow resigned his _posi-
tion with Ball, Barnhart & Putman, and
sold his interest in the firm, last Thurs-
day, and before night engaged with the
Olney & Judson Grocer Co., becoming
a stockholder and director in the cor-
poration. Mr. Barlow’s experience in
the wholesale grocery business covers a
period of seventeen years, Chas. E. Ol-
ney and Lewis E. Hawkins being the
only active men in the trade who dis-
tance him in years of service. Entering
the employ of Cody & Olney in the

 

 

spring of 1872, he remained with that
house for seven years, when he worked
a year for John Caulfield and a similar

period for C. W. Jennings. Returning
to the employ of Cody, Ball & Co. in
1881, he has followed the fortunes of
that house with fidelity up tothe present
time. As an instance of the esteem in
which he is held by the jobbing trade,
it may be stated that, as soon as it was
known that he had severed his relations
with the old house, three offers of part-
nership in other establishments were
made in as many hours,

Another man whose name shouid, by
all means, be mentioned in this con-
nection is Jas. E. Granger, who re-
ceived his preliminary instruction in the

 

Ball house, leaving its employ to locate
in Duluth, where he has made his mark
as a jobber in groceries and dry goods.

George Williams, house salesman for
the Olney & Judson Grocer Co., is an-
other man who owes his introducticn to
the wholesale grocery business to the
Ball house.

D. C. Underwood, who at one time
enjoyed the reputation of being the best
traveling salesman out of Grand Rap-
ids, was for several years in the employ
of this house,

The late Arthur J. Holt, who was
book-keeper for the house for many
years, will be remembered for his genial
disposition and his ability to write up
his books quickly after they got behind
through his fascination for electricity.
He went from this house to the Michi-
gan Iron Works and from there to the
Brush Electric Works, of Cleveland,
where he was enjoying a salary of $5,000
a year at the time of his death.

 

   

——_—_—_—_6»—__
Thoughts.
A thought within a busy brain
nce grew and grew apace,
Until it could no more remain
In such a narrow space.
So spri gy from the loosened tongue
It winged its airy flight

In loving, helpful words that sung
And made a sad heart light.

Another little thought, as sweet,
$y silence was held fast

Till the great Reaper stayed his feet
And set it free at last.

It found its life in flowers rare
And tears and tender speech,

But they that Death’s pale colors wear
No loving words can reach.

Ah, little thoughts, fly forth to-day,
A flock of white-winged birds.

Go, full of love, to cheer the way
As kindly, precious words. ’

Rest not, inactive, useless, vain,
For Death your torch to light,

But shine right now, through sun and rain,
And make each dark place bright.

Pauline Frances Camp.

 

The Selfish Man Who Succeeds.

‘Tf you are perfectly selfish, and per-
fectly good-natured, you can get all you
want in tbis world,’’ some one re-
marked, and the assertion is, on the
whole, true. That is to say, good na-
tured insistence goes a long way, and
when selfishness is added they undoubt-
edly make a strong team. ‘‘I knowa
man,’’ the speaker continued,, **
universally liked. He is immensely
popular, and has more invitations to de-
sirable houses than he can accept, and
when there he always gets the best.
The best horse is always given him to
ride; he manages to have the most de-
sirable seat at dinner. If he keeps peo-
ple waiting he is never blamed, and so
it gces on about everything. But what
people do not seem to realize is that he
is intensely selfish, and is always look-
ing out for number one; but he does it
in such a charming way, and has such
a delightful smile, that he is considered
one of the best natured people in the
world (which he possibly is), and his

self-seeking is never detected. ”’
—_—~» -@
Questions of the Day.

See the coal.

Where has the coal been?

Has the coal heen in the coal bin?

Is the coal mine mine, or is the coal
mine not mine?

If not mine, where is mine?

Has the coal been in the mine, and if
the coal bin is mine, why can [ not
mine in the coal mine for my coal bin?

If the coal in the coal bin was mine,
why has not the coal been in the coal
bin, instead of in the coal mine that is
not mine?

ee oe
She Knew Him.

Inefficient Man—My dear, I think I
have at last found the key to success.

His Wife—Well, just as like as not

 

 

 

  

you'll not be able to find the keyhole.

 

  
  

 

 

 

they are right.

justly assailed.

I am surprised to learn that a repre-
sentative of the State Food Commis-
sioner has begun action against me at
Muskegon, alleging that my

Extract of Lemon

does not conform to the pure food laws.
I am prepared to defend the purity of
my goods to the uttermost extremity.
I know how they are made and I know
I shall defend this
suit to the court of last resort, firmly
believing that my position will be fully
sustained and that the people of Michi-
gan will concede that I have been un-

C. W. Jennings

Proprietor

Jennings Flavoring Extract Co.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     
     

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a

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3

 

 

DREAM OF WEALTH.

 

Came Out Like Most Dreams of That
Kind.

Pomeroy had often dreamed such a
thing in his day dreams. It would be a
day dream of night—of night in some
lonely thoroughfare, which by some odd
chance he would be walking. He would
—in this day dream, of course—be
striding briskiy along, when his foot
would strike against something soft. He
would stoop to investigate and would
pick up a bulky pocketbook—very worn
and shabby and tied about with a piece
of ordinary wrapping twine, but fat to
bursting. He would untie the string
with trembling fingers, open the pocket-
book and find it stuffed with bills to a
fabulous amount. Sometimes they
would be hundred dollar bills, with a
few loose tens and twenties; sometimes
they would be twenties, with scattering
fives and twos. But there were times
when Pomeroy’s fervid imagination
would fill that pocketbook with nothing
less than thousand dollar bills.

At last it actually occurred. The
place was not as desolate as the place of
his dreams, but there was no one near
when his foot struck the pocketbook.
He stooped and picked it up and
glanced anxiously around. There was
a man about a block away, but he was
walking toward Pomeroy, and therefore
he could not be the owner. Still, Pom-
eroy did not stop to examine his find
then. He slipped it into his pocket
and walked briskly home, feeling sur-
prisingly like a criminal. Even when
he reached his house he did not take it
out at once, but sat down to his dinner
gloating over the consciousness of the
mysterious bulk that pressed against his
hip. Mrs. Pomeroy glanced at him
suspiciously two or three times, and he
knew that she was looking at him and
that she suspected him. He only smiled
at the teapot in an absent minded man-
ner. But preseatly, when he shook salt
upon his raspberry preserves and poured
cream liberally on his beefsteak, Mrs.
Pomeroy thought it was time that he
confided in her, and she told him so.

‘*I was just wondering whether it
would give you any pleasure to godown
to-morrow afternoon and pick out the
swellest and altogether out and outest
hat that money can buy,’’ said Pomeroy.

‘Oh, that was it?’’

‘*Yes, or perhaps to-morrow morning
would be better, and then you could call
at the office for me and we could go out
to lunch together, and you could recruit
your flagging energies with a nice hot
bird and a cold, cold bottle, so as to be
fresh for a session with your modiste in
the afternoon. Come to think of it,
though, that would be too stereotyped.
I think we could do better than that.
Clams and consomme souveraine, with
a filet of sole a la Dieppoise, or some-
thing like that, and then a larded ten-
derloin and some sweetbread patties,
with mushrooms and a squab au cresson
and—’’

‘*It would be nice, but I don’t think
I have any business with my modiste to-
morrow. By the way, the man called
with the gas bill this morning. If you
don’t attend to that we shall have the
gas cut off again.’’

‘‘Remind me to send him a check,’’
said Pomeroy. ‘‘I was going to pro-
pose that if you have no other engage-
ment for the evening we might goto the
theater. I'll telephone for seats right
away. I forgot, though. Well, it will
hardly be worth while .to have a tele-
phone put in now, since our stay here
is to be so short. We’ll see that we

 

 

have one in the new house. I had

thought of taking a little trip abroad |

while the house was being built if I

found an architect that I thought I could |

depend upon.’’

‘‘Where have you been to-day?’’ de-

manded Mrs. Pomeroy, sternly. ‘* Look
at me straight. Let me see your eyes.’’

‘*They’re all right, and so am J. It}
has always been one of my trials that |

you will never take me seriously.”’

‘‘It was a more serious matter than [|

realized when | did take you. I'll ad-
mit that,’’ retorted Mrs. Pomeroy.

‘‘I’m afraid it was,’’ said Pomeroy,
pensively; ‘‘but it was a happy day for
me. You have been a good wife to me
—a faithful and uncomplaining help-
meet, and at times a rather entertaining
companion.”’

‘‘That sounds
epitaph, ’’

‘‘We have had our little trials,’’ re-
sumed Pomeroy, with an eloquent ges-
ture. ‘‘I have hitherto been unable to
surround you with the pomp and luxury
your eminent merit so richly deserves.
We have, in fact, had our little vicissi-
tudes, and you, my wife, have borne
them nobly. But to the darkest night
succeeds a radiant dawn, and there is,
as the poet has observed, a silver lining
to every cloud, and now the time has
come when—’’

*“Richard Pomeroy !’’ exclaimed his
wife, with a kindling face, ‘‘you don’t
really mean to tell me that they have
increased your salary at last!’’

‘No, my dear,’’ replied Pomeroy,
gravely, taking out the pocketbook,
““not that, but I have here—"’

He undid the worn clasp and opened
the pocketbook and pulled out and laid
on the table a bundle of bills neatly
docketed for collection and a small pack
of business cards—nothing else. He
drew a long breath,

‘*Just about what I thought,’ he said.

Saitek aie ae
Hungarian Linen Work.

Hungarian work is attracting the at-
tention of the linen loving women these
days. It is done by the Hungarian
peasant women, the material used be-
ing linen of various texture in white or
brown Holland tin. Red is the prin-
cipal color used for embroidering it,
although blue is often mingled with it,
sometimes other tints as well, and the
white embroidery is lovely, so is a bril-
liant gold silk on white crepe cloth.
There are curtains, portieres, table-
cloths, bags, bedspreads, etc., as_ well
as peasant women’s gala frocks, beauti-
fully worked.

something like an

 

ee
Count the pages in this paper and you
will find thirty-six; scan the pages
and see if you can find a quack or
humbug advertisement anywhere in it;
note the quality of the paper used and
the few typographic errors; read critic-
ally and carefully everything in it, ad-
vertisements and all.

 

 

 

2 Michigan
eel - Rotary

« Washing
, Machines

Are the finest, easiest running and most simple ma-
chines made.

 

 

They are all fitted with the new im-
proved roller bearings, The
enforced by tongue and
them stronger than any
strong, easy

bottoms are also re-
groove strips which make
others. They are simple,
running and noiseless. Do not jar «
pound when reversing at high speed.

The Michigan machines are the
best and most popular on the mar-
ket. Up-to-date
ways keep a stock on hand.

f
merchants al- j

Write for pamphlets and prices
to-day.

Muskegon
Washing Machine Zo.
Muskegon, Mich.

 

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CHAS. C. WILMOT, MANAGER

            
   
  

  

 
 
 

M:8- MARTIN. ADV, GRD.RAPIOS, MICH.

 

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

_ Around the Stat

Movements of Merchants.

Saline—F,. J. Tocoze has sold his drug
and stationery stock to O. G. Wheeler.

Lake City—J. E. Gleason, grocer and
meat dealer, has removed to Bruce,
Wis.

Manistee—Louis Larsen, of Eastlake,
will soon open a general store at Park-
dale.

Belding—The W. S. Canfield Co. has
sold its grocery stock to the Bradley &
Unger Co,

Ano Arsor—Dawson Bros. have pur-

chased the drug stock of Walter N.
Salisbury.

Redman—Wm. Woodard has _ pur-
chased the grocery stock of Kinch &

McIntyre.

Mancelona—Eastman & Charles have
added a line of fresh meats to their gro-
cery stock,

Whitehall—Geo. H. Nelson has pur-
chased the boot and shoe stock of Young
& Edlund,

Flint—The Flint Grocery & Drug Co.
succeeds the Flint Grocery Co, in the
retail business.

Traverse City--H. W. Smith has pur-
chased the grocery stocks of Curtis &
Rollston and Goble Bros.

Lapeer—Thompson & Cary, whole-
sale grocers, have dissolved pattner-
ship, the former succeeding.

Colon—Wolfinger & Smitley have en-
gaged in the hardware business, having
purchased the stock of Chas. L. Leland.

Detroit—The estate of Leopold Kirch-
ner is succeeded by the Leo Kirchner
Co., Limited, in the dry goods and no-
tion business,

South Haven—Chas. H. Rogers has
sold his drug stock to J. L. Congdon,
formerly engaged in the drug business
at Pentwater.

Lapeer—Frank Thompson succeeds
the Lapeer Mercantile Co. in the whole-
sale and retail grocery, produce and
elevator business.

Plainwell—Goss & Goss, undertakers
and dealers in furniture, have dissolved
partnership. The business is continued
by Goss & Murray.

Manistee—F, Firzlaff & Son, who
succeeded F. C. Larson in the wholesale
grocery business one year ago, have re-
moved to larger and more convenient
quarters,

Onaway—L. Abbott will occupy his
new store building Oct. 20 with his
stock of furniture and crockery. The
new structure is 30x76 feet in dimen-
sions, two stories and basement, with
plate glass front,

Sault Marie—W. H. Plummer
has purchased the Parent Bros. grocery
Stock at 53'4 cents on the dollar. The
stock was sold under a mortgage held by
Henry Vivian and the proceeds will
barely cover his claim.

Traverse City--The Hamilton Cloth-
ing Co. has leased the store building
formerly occupied by Parker Bros. This
will enable the company to display its
goods all on one floor and afford better
accommodations for its rapidly increas-
ing business,

Elk Rapids—G. A. Johnson, of Man-
istee, has purchased the boot and shoe
stock of the Elk Rapids Iron Co., and
has placed his brother, A. F, Jobnson,
in charge of the business. Mr, Johnson
is now the owner of five shoe stores in
different parts of the State,

Detroit—The Leo Kirchner Co...
Limited, has filed amended articles of
association with the Register of Deeds,
The company is capitalized at $17, 300, of
which Caroline J. Kirchner holds

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$17,000, and Arthur C., Fred L. and
George H. Kirchner $100 each. The
concern will conduct a dry goods and
clothing business. $

Manufacturing Matters.

Millbrook—N. P, Larke has his new
roller mill in running order.

Newaygo—Arthur Dysinger will short-
ly establish a cigar factory at this place.

Albion—The National Spring & Wire
Co. has been organized with a capital
stock of $10,cCco.

Detroit—The Detroit Chemical Works
has increased its capital stock from
$100,000 to $150,000,

Port Huron—The Marcotte-Forbes
Cement Brick & Tile Co. has filed arti-
cles of association. The capital stock is
$5,000.

Detroit—The Pyramid Portland Ce-
ment Co., organized some months ago
with an authorized capital of $520,000,
bas filed notice of dissolution with the
Secretary of State.

Detroit—A. G. Douglas, H. A. Lom-
ason and A. Cloutier have organized the
Douglas & Lomason Co, for the manu-
facture of carriage hardware with a
capital of $25,000, of which $9,000 is
paid in,

lonia—The Clark Marble Works will
hereafter conduct its business under the
style of Clark & Weeks, the latter gen-
tleman having purchased an interest in
the business, which began operations
under the new style Oct. 1.

Jackson—The Central Food Company,
Limited, will build its new factory ona
portion of the old Heyser planing mill
property near the Michigan Central and
Lake Shore tracks, thus affording the
concern excellent shipping facilities,

Wells—The 1. Stephenson Co,
erecting a large flooring manufacturing
plant at this place. The frame work of
the building is completed, but it will
require several months’ time before the
machinery is installed and the plant
ready for operation.

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Stephenson—W. P. Kezar, general
dealer at this place, is exhibiting some
samples of mar! found on lands owned
by him near this village. Mr. Kezar
thinks that he has a fortune in the marl
beds, and it is not unlikely that a com-
pany will be organized to manufacture
the marl into cement.

Saginaw—The Saginaw Whistle Co.
has filed articles of incorporation. The
company is capitalized at $5,000 and
will manufacture brass whistles and
their appurtenances. The stock is di-
vided asfollows: Isaac Anderson, 175;
Conrad Riis, 25; Conrad Riis, trustee,
200, and Martin Micholke, 100 shares.

Kalamazoo—The Gibson Mandolin-
Guitar Manufacturing Co., itd., has
been organized to enlarge the output of
the mandolins and guitars made by O.

H. Gibson. The stock is fixed at
$12,000, in shares of $10 each. Officers
of the company are John W. Adams,

Chairman; Sylvo Reams,
Samuel] Van Horn, Treasurer.
Detroit—The Douglas & Tomason
Co., for the manufacture and sale of
carriage hardware, has filed articles of
association with the county clerk. The
capital stock $25,0C0, with $9,000
paid in,and the following are the stock-
holders: Alex G, Douglas, 300; Harry

Secretary ;

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A, Tomason, 300; Albert J. Cloutier,
300, and Harry T. Tomason, trustee,
1,600,

Detroit—A $500,000 company com-
posed of Russell A. Alger, Jr., John S.
and Truman Newberry, H. B. and R.
P. Joy, Charles A, Ducharme, D. M.

 

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Joseph Boyer, has been formed to ac-
quire the Ohio Automobile Co.’s plant
at Warren, Ohio, This will be operated
until a suitable site can be obtained in
Detroit, when the business of the con-
cern will be greatly enlarged.
Detroit—A new pure food company
has been organized and will do business
in Detroit, starting in with a plant that
will have a capacity of 10,coo pounds
of product a day. It is the Manna Ce-
real Co., capitalized at $500,000, For
the present the company will occupy 45,
47 and 49 East Congress street. The
machinery has all been ordered, The
food, which is prepared from wheat,
was discovered by Dr. J. M. Francis,
head chemist of Parke, Davis & Co.
Saginaw—The Christie Buggy Co.
has been organized to engage in the
manufacture of all kinds of carriages.
The members of the new concern are
Alexander Christie, who has been en-
gaged in the carriage manufacturing

business for several years at 309 Ger-
mania avenue, and S. C. Crump, of
West Bay City. The factory is located

at 820 South Tilden street and will be-
gin operations about Nov. 15, employ-
ing twenty men and having a capacity
of 300 buggies per year,

Three Rivers—The Three Rivers
Foundry & Machine Co. has been or-
ganized in this city,the capital stock of
which as a starter will be $10,000, with
immediate increase within a very short
time. The officers elected are W. W.
French, President; L. B. Place, Vice-
President and General Manager and
Frank B. Watson, Secretary. This
company is the outgrowth of the Eames
Pulley Co., secured to the city through
the efforts of the City Improvement As-
sociation.

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Price of Pork Thirty-four Years Ago.

Among the relics carefully preserved
by the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co, is an
invoice for a barrel of pork rendered
John Killean Nov. 3, 1868, by Lyon &
Cody, predecessors of the present house
of the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. Most
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in 1868, as shown by the accompanying
fac-simile representing the invoice, will

era of high prices is not to be compared
with that which prevailed prior to the
close of the war and fora few years
thereafter.

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Eastern Grape Crop Short—New Variety.

‘“The outlook for grapes this season is
not encouraging,’’ writes D. O. Wiley,
of Detroit. ‘‘Shipments from New
York State have begun. Reports from
the East indicate that there will not be
more than 50 per cent. of the usual crop.
This due to the wet season, many
grapes rotting on the vines. The same,
I understand, is true of the Put-In-Bay
district. I do not anticipate half the re-
ceipts from the district that usually sup-
plies this market.’’

Wm. K. Munson has succeeded in
producing a new variety of tlue grape,
which he has named the King. It is
large in size and, under favorable con-
ditions, fine in flavor.

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Met the Requirements..

‘‘l understand,’’ said a handsome
young woman, entering the printing
office, ‘‘that you employ only girls and
that you are in need of a forewoman.’’

‘‘Yes,’’ replied the printer, ‘‘can you
make up a form?”’

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FOR SALE

A good retail grocery business: up-to.
date, well assorted stock.
and the oldest in the city.

Good location
Reason for

selling is that we are going to manufac-

ture a patent planter. Address quick

Bachmann Bros.
489-491 W. Western Ave.
Muskegon, Mich.

 

 

 

The

Season
for Heat
Is Here

  

And we respectfully request your
patronage for Wrought Iron Pipe,
Iron Pipe Fittings, Radiators, Radia-
tor Valves. Also Brass and Iron
Body Valves.
We carry above in all styles and
sizes.
Prompt shipment Right prices.
Grand Rapids Supply Co.,
20 Pearl Street,
Grand Rapids, Mich

 

 

We want
Potatoes, Onions,
Apples,
Poultry and Eggs

To handle on consignment.

M. O. BAKER & CO.

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

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Grand Rapids Gossip

The Produce Market.

Apples—Common, 25@75c per bu.,
fancy, $2@2.25 per bbl.

Bananas—Good shipping stock, $1.25
@z2 per bunch.

Beans—Large handlers of this staple
estimate that about half a crop was har-
vested before the four-day rain which
occurred the last week in September. Of
the remaining crop, it is estimated that
about 25 per cent. will be culls, 25 per
cent, fit only for canning purposes and
the remainder fairly good merchantable
stock. The prediction of a local daily
that beans will go to $3 is ridiculed by
large handlers of the staple, because the
importation of foreign beans already ar-
ranged for will prevent the price going
much above $2 a bushel, Those dealers
who sold beans for October delivery at
about $1.75 a bushel are squirming, but
they must either produce the beans or
walk up to the captain's office and _set-
tle.

Beeswax—Dealers pay 25c for prime
yellow stock.

Beets—5oc per bu.

Butter—Creamery is firmer and Ic
higher, conimanding 23c for fancy and
22c for choice. Pound prints from fancy
command 22c. Dairy grades are strong
and scarce, commanding 18@1gc for
fancy, 16@17c for choice and 14@15c
for packing stock.

Cabbage—Home grown command 40@
5ec per doz.

Carrots—35c per bu.

Cauliflower—$1.25 per doz.

Chestnuts—$5 per bu.

Cocoanut—$3.25 per sack.

Crabapples—Late Transparents are in
limited supply at $1 per bu.

Cranberries—Cape Cods are in ample
ey at $2.30 per box and $6.75 per

bl.

Celery—Home grown is in ampie sup-
ply at 17c per doz.

Cucumbers--75c per bu. for garden
grown and 25c per too for pickling
stock.

Dressed Calves—Fancy, 8%@oc per
Ib. ; fair, 7@7 4c per Ib.

Egg Plant—$1.25 per doz.

Eggs—Local dealers pay 19@2cc for
case count and 21@z22c for candled.
Receipts are too small to meet local re-
quirements, necessitating frequent with-
drawals of cold storage goods,

Figs—$1 per 1o lb. box of California.

Grapes—Blue, 15c per 8 lb, basket;
Niagaras, 16c per 8 Ib. basket; Dela-
wares, tSc per 4 Ib. basket; Malaga,
$5.75 per keg.

Green Corn—1toc per doz.

Honey—White stock is in ample sup-
ply at 15@16c. Amber is in active de-
mand at 13@1!4c and dark is in moder-
ate demand at 1o@IiIc.

Lemons—Californias,

 

$4; Messinas,
$3.75.

Lettuce—Head commands 7oc per bu.
Leaf fetches 5o0c per bu.

Maple Sugar—i1o%c per Ib.

Maple Syrup—$i per gal. for fancy.

Musk Melons—Gems, 5oc per basket;
osage, 75c per crate.

Onions—Home grown stock is in am-
ple supply at 60@65c._ Pickling stock,
$2@3 per bu. The Michigan crop is
large, but reports from other states are
to the effect that the crop is not up to
the usual standard, either in quality or
quantity.

Oranges—Jamaicas, $4 per box.

Parsley —2o0c per doz,

Peaches—White stock is in limited
supply at 75@o0c and Salaways at $1
@1.25. All the predictions made by
the Tradesman regarding the crop have
been inside the mark, as will be noted
by the official summary of carlot ship-
ments from this market, publisbed else-
where in this week's paper.

Pears—Sugar, $1 per bu.; Flemish

Beauties, $1.25 per be.; Keefer, $1
per bu,
Potatoes—Michigan will evidently

have about 60 per cent. of an average
crop. Chicago and other Western mar-
kets are now being supplied by Min-
nesota and Wisconsin tubers on the
basis of 25c per bu. Michigan buyers
can not pay over 2o0c on the basis of the
present market and get out whole, but

 

in many localities as high as 25c is be-
ing paid in the expectation that the
Eastern markets will start in buying
freely before long. The State of New
York will need a great many before the
winter is over, as that State is worse off
than Michigan regarding the crop. For
the first time in many years Grand Rap-
ids dealers are compelled to draw on
carlot shipments from Northern points
to supply local requirements,

Poultry—Prices are firm, owing to
small receipts. Live pigeons are in
moderate demand at 60@75c and squabs
at $1.50@1.75. Spring broilers, 9@
loc; small hens, 8@oc; large hens, 7
@8c; turkey hens, 10%@11%c; gob-
blers, g@ioc; white spring ducks, 8@
oc. Dressed stock commands the fol-
lowing: Spring chickens, 12@13c;
small hens, 1lo@tic; spring ducks, 12
@13c; spring turkeys, 13@14c.

Quinces—Local dealers are compeiled
to draw on Chicago for supplies. The
price ranges from $2.50@2.75 per bu.

Radishes—ioc per doz,

Spanish Onions—$1.25 per crate.

Squash—z2c per Ib. for Hubbard.

Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys, $3.25 per
bbl. ; Virginias, $2.25.

Tomatoes—5oc for ripe and 4oc for
green,

Turnips—soc per bu.

Watermelons—Home grown Sweet-
hearts are in ample supply at 16c.

———— a
Twenty-Eight Hundred Carloads.

The records of local railroad officials
disclose the fact that the carlot ship-
ments of peaches from Grand Rapids
during August, September and October
amount to 2,804 carloads, which is by
far the most wonderful record ever made
at this market. This does not include
the peaches which were shipped out in
less than carlots.

Secretary Van Asmus, of the Board
of Trade, has given considerable time
and labor to gathering information rela-
tive to the shipment of this staple crop.
According to his figures a total of 1, 284, -
880 bushels was marketed in Grand
Rapids. Of this amount 1,028,660 bush-
els were shipped to outside markets by
rail, 9,320 bushels were packed at the
canning factory and 246,900 bushels
were handled by the grocers and huck-
sters.

Figuring that the growers received
an average of 75 cents a bushel, the
value of the big peach crop was $936,-
660.

 

It is estimated that enough more
peaches were marketed at Casnovia,
Sparta, Lowell, Rockford, Kent City

and Ada to swell the total product of
Kent county to 2,000,060 bushels.
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Too Late.

A West Side boy, 5 years of age, who
had recently become the brother of an-
other little boy, was sent to George
Lehman’s grocery the other day to get
some loaf sugar. By mistake the grocer
gave him granulated and the boy was
sent back to have it changed.

‘*How do you like your new brother?’’
asked the grocer, as he was weighing
out the right kind of sugar.

*‘Ob, I don’t like him very much,”’
the little fellow answered. ‘*‘He cries
all the time.’’

‘“‘Why don’t you change him, then,
as you do the sugar?’’

‘‘We can’t change him now ‘cause
we've used him three days.’’

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Edward E. Steffey, formerly engaged
in general trade at Crystal, but who has
for the past few months conducted a
grocery business at St. Louis, has re-
turned to Crystal and opened a grocery
store. The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.
furnished the stock,

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

 

The Grocery Market.

Sugars—The raw sugar market re-
mains unchanged. Prices are very
firmly held, holders having great confi-
dence in the market. Refiners are,
however, very indifferent buyers, as
they claim to have sufficient supplies for
their present needs and very few sales
were made. The refined market is un-
changed in price, although the demand
shows some falling off. Now that the ac-
tive season is over, buyers are rather
indifferent and only purchase in suff-
cient quantities to fill immediate wants.
There is nothing new to report regard-
ing the beet sugar situation. On ac-
count of the recent unfaverable weather,
the factories were unable to start when
they expected to. None is in yet, but
it is expected there will be some offered
within a few days now.

Canned Goods—There is nothing par-
ticularly interesting in the canned goods

market. The enormous demand for
peaches noted last week continued un-
til almost everything desirable in the

State has been cleaned up and some or-
ders have been turned down on account
of lack of supplies. This unusual de-
mand for Michigan peaches is ac-
counted for by the fact that the Mary-
land crop is very short; also by the
fact that the Michigan peaches area
better flavor and better filled cans than
the Maryland goods, and those of the
trade who have handled the Michigan
peach once greatly prefer it to the Balti-
more goods. There is still considerable
interest centered in tomatoes. Probably
most of the packers in Michigan will
be able to fill the guaranteed quantity
of their contracts and a few who have
not sold any for future delivery will
have some to sell, but there is by no
means any surplus. Prices show no
change, but the tendency of the market
is a trifle easier. Corn excited quite a
little interest during the past week and
the demand was quite brisk. Prices
show no change, but all stocks are firm-
ly held. The demand for peas contin-
ues good, with the better grades very
closely cleaned up. The pack of ber-
ries was so short and so few are left that
the holders are very firm and will make
no concessions whatever. Gallon apples
have been very dull the past few weeks,
with practically no market for them at
all. Within the last day or two, how-
ever, the demand has picked up consid-
erably and some good sized sales were
made at full prices. Salmon and sar-
dines both continue in good demand at
previous prices.

Dried Fruits—The dried fruit market
shows no material change. Orders are
for lots of moderate size for immediate
use and no speculative business
noted. Trade in prunes is very dull. A

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concession in price seems to make no
difference whatever in the demand.
There is practically no consumptive

demand for the goods at this time of
the year, Trade in raisins now is quiet,
most buyers having made their pur-
chases for present requirements. The
impression is that prices will be held
at the opening figures. Sales have not
been as large as expected, but the As-
sociation could not afford to lower fig-
ures now, as it would certainly affect
sales already made. Spot stocks are
light and are firmly held. Peaches and

apricots are both firmly held, with
quite a good demand, Currants are un-
changed and in moderate demand.

Dates are moving out well, but figs are
meeting with a_ slow sale just at pres-
ent. Most buyers, however, have made
their purchases of California figs and

 

are now waiting to get the goods in so
as to distribute them among their trade.
Evaporated apples in bulk are rather
quiet, but the goods in 1 |b. cartons are
selling very fast—faster, indeed, than
they can be packed—dryers being now
about three weeks oversold. The market
is very firm and prices have been ad-
vanced kc on the package goods, with
some orders having to be turned down
on account of lack of supplies.

Rice—The rice market is firm but un-
changed, Demand is moderate, but is
expected to show considerable increase
with the advent of cold weather. Ad-
vices from the South are to the effect
that the crop has been somewhat dam-
aged by the recent heavy rains in Lcuis-
jana and Texas and that of the amount
produced in those States only about one-
quarter will be Japan rice.

Molasses and Syrups—With the ad-
vancement of the fall season, the con-
sumptive demand for molasses is in-
creasing largely and grocers generally
are adding to their stocks. Present
stocks are small and, with any mate-
rial increase in the consumptive de-
mand, dealers would have tc enter the
market for more supplies. Prices are
firmly held with no indications of any
decline in the near future. Corn syrup
meeting with a better demand and
prices are held very firm.

Fish—The fish market is very firm on
all lines and codfish and mackerel are
both in good demand at full prices.

Nuts—Trade in nuts is fair and shows
some increase every week and will con-
tinue to do so until the h: lidays.
ils show some advance, owing
duced supplies and good demand.
berts, almonds and walnuts
a good demand at full prices.
still remain dull with
price.

Rolled Oats—There is nothing new in
the rolled oats situation. Prices are
very firmly held and very few goods are
offered for sale.

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O. A. Marfileus, whose drug stock at
Standish was destroyed by fire about six
months ago, has arranged to re-engage
in trade at that place about Oct. 20. The
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. has the
order for the drug and stationery stock.

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Kendall & Slade have engaged in the

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also show
Peanuts
no change in

hardware and grocery business at Mill-
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brook. The hardware stock was {fur-

nished by Foster, Stevens & Co. and

the grocery stock was purchased of the
Lemon & Wheeler Company.
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Geo. F. Owen has removed his head-
quarters from the Eagle Hotel block to
75 Lyon street.

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Dr. Willard M. Burleson
Rectal Specialist
103 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

The Warwick

Strictly first class.

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

A. B. GARDNER, Manager.

 

 

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In Groceries I can do you

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make See our samples
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fabrics and tbe cost Js
slight compared to the
falisfaction

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ulster if it oceds repatre.

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and shipped the same day it ‘te received—often by
return mail.

So you have our big, busy, complete store
right handy—as near to you a your mail box. if
you haven't tried shopping by mail before now, let

us persuade you t) make at least one experiment
And be sure that your letter is addressed to
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China Sale

Our annual sale on China
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marked in plain figures at
just about

HALF PRICE.

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very handsome pieces that
are astonishingly low in
price. The sale will last
about 10 days

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take your choice,

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the last. Had there been another indi-
cating the line of trade the effective-
ness would have been greatly increased.
The type used in the line at the top is
much too heavy and black for such a
position. My principal criticism of the
writing is that there is too much of it—
too badiy scattered. There are subjects
here for at least four good advertise-
ments—stoves, groceries,, hardware and
farming implements; might be made
six. Scattering the attention to such a
degree as this makes the advertising in-
effective. If Mr. Gleason will take
up each subject separately for successive
weeks, display the main topic and con-
fine his wording to the least possible he
will be surprised to hear from some of
them.

At the expense of injuring the beauti-
ful simplicity and symmetry of the
hardware advertisement I would take the
word ‘‘heaters’’ in the center of the
paragraph and give it a strong, not too
large, display. If less people should
read it on this account more of those
who do will be attracted on account of
their interest in the subject and so re-
sults will be greater,

Boston Store presents a curious argu-
ment which will, no doubt, gain at‘en-
tion, but as to positive results in mail
orders I am not so sanguine. The mail
order business is, no doubt, educating a
large contingent to the use of catalogue
lists, but it bardly seems possible that
the average community is ready to se-
lect and order at random to any great
extent.

There is a suggestion, although ob-
scure, of the need of perfection in the
first display line of the advertisement of
Cota & Co. I am still old-fashioned
enough to believe that a display of some
word relating more directly to the sub-
ject will gain more interested attention.

A weil designed and printed speci-
men comes from F. E. Brackett. I
would have used plain dashes, however.
The argument is pertinent and well
written, but fewer words would have in-
creased the force.

If Geo. H. Davis is sufficiently well
advertised that his name suggests the
lines of goods he handles then there
need be little said as to the display. I

apprehend, however, that the word
‘clothing’’ might yet be well given
prominence in connection with his

name. Perhaps I am wrong.

Bigelow & Co. bring out the salient
points of their advertisement by the dis-
play. The argument is complete and to
the point and the printer has used good
judgment in Pannen his space.

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Big Enough to Look Out For Themselves.

Patrick Carroll tells the story of an
Irishman who, after reaching America,
was full of homesick brag, in which
nothing in America even approached
things of a similar variety in Ireland.
In speaking of the bees of the ould sod
he grew especially roseate and said:

‘Why, the baze in that counthry is
twice as big as in this. Indade, they're
bigger than that. The're as big as th’
shape ye have in this counthry !’

‘* “Bees as big as sheep!’ said his
incredulous listener. ‘Why, what kind
of hives do they have to keep them in?’

‘No bigger than the ones in this
counthry," w was the reply.

‘Then how do the bees get into the
hives?’ he was asked.

‘* “Well,” replied the Irishman,
their own dom lookout.’ ""

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Many a man’s crookedness is due to
his attempt to make both ends meet.

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prosecute any person found using our packages for cider or vinegar without first
temoving all traces of our brands therefrom.

J ROBINSON. Manager Benton Harbor, Michigan.

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WEDNESDAY - = OCTOBER 15, 1902.

STATE OF MICHIGAN Pi

County of Kent i
John DeBoer, being duly sworn, de-
poses and says as follows:
1 am pressman in the office of the

Tradesman Company and have charge
of the presses and folding machine in
that establishment. | printed and
folded 7,000 copies of the issue of
October 8, 1902, and saw the edition
mailed in the usual manner. And further
deponent saith not. John DeBoer.
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notary public in and for said county,
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Mich,

THE WORLD'S FUEL.

The world’s supply of fuel has heen
the subject of much discussion of iate
years. Much of this discussion has been
on purely academical lines,and thus rel-
atively of little value, but there has also
been much of a really practical na-
ture. On the whole, the discussion has
taken a rather pessimistic turn,and dire

predictions have been made as to the
giving out of the supply at a compara-
tively early date. The September Bul-

letin of the International Bureau of the
American Republics gives considerable
prominence to the views of Dr, Ferdi-
nand Fischer, of Goettingen. Dr.
Fischer is said to have given much
study to the subject, and while his de
ductions are open to criticism, they are
of interest as bearing on a question
which has been brought rather promi-
nently before American public
through the recent discoveries of oil
fields in Texas and Louisiana, and in-
cidentally through the strike in the an-
thracite regions of Pennsylvania. The
pity is that no particulars are given as
to just the methods by which Dr.
Fischer arrived at his estimate, and,
therefore, the results are given for what
they are worth. This estimate gives the
attainable supply of Germany at
160,000, 000, 000 tons: that of Great Brit-
ain, 81,500,000,000 tons: and that of
Austria-Hungary, Belgium and France
together as 17,000,000,000 tons. Dr.
Fischer makes no attempt to estimate
the attainable output for Russia, the
present knowledge of the coal measures
of that country being but very slight,
although it is conceded that the resources
are undoubtedly enormous, particularly
in the southern regions, from the goy
ernment of Poltava eastward into the
land of the Don Cossacks. For the
whole of America the resources are said
to be at least 684,000 coc, ooo tons, while
China is put down as capable of sup-
plying 630,000,000,c00 tons. Japan,
Borneo and New South Wales are known
to have rich deposits of coal, while

the

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168

Africa and South America are said to be
but comparatively poor in this respect.
From the above estimate it would seem
that there is plenty of coal to go around
for many years to come, but according
to the Goettingen professor the outlook
for Great Britain is very pessimistic,
and while he gives Germany 1,000
years to exhaust her deposits,the former
country’s supply will probably be ex-
hausted within the next fifty years, and
certainly within the next one hundred
years, if the present rate of output be
maintained. Here is where Dr, Fischer
trips up on his estimate. On his own
showing the availabie supply is 81, 500,-
000,0co tons, which, at the present rate
about 220,000,co0 tons per annum
219,046,945 gross tons in Igo), would
give the life of the British coal fields as
something like 375 years, a period too
remote to trouble the present genera-
tion, or even the next to follow. No
| account seems to have been taken of the
recent discoveries of additional sources
;of supply in the latter country. On
lthis line a paper recently presented to
| the North of England Institute of Min-
jing and Mechanical Engineers on ‘‘ The
| Under-Sea Coal of the Northumberland
|Coast’’ is of practical interest. This
| supy ly has already been tapped, and
seams are being worked some one and a
half miles from shore. Formerly it was
supposed that no coal could be safely
worked with a depth of cover between
| the ocean bed and the mine of less than
i600 feet. This has been proved to be a
mistake, and it is now believed by
practical mining engineers that work-
ings may be carried on to within 270
feet of the sea bed. This fact material-
ly increases the life of the Newcastle
deposits, as the seams are believed to
reach right across the German Ocean.
On the Western coast coal is being
mined some six miles from shore, with
no sign of the seams giving out. It
will thus be seen that much of the recent
talk of the early giving out of the Brit-
ish coal fields is pure twaddle. With
684,000,000,000 tons to draw on, any
speculation as to the giving out of the
American supplies is purely visionary
and outside the pale of practical
economics,

 

 

 

Kansans care for nothing superfluous

except in the way of crops. They are
especially opposed to superfluous
clothes. It is only recently that some of

their most prominent men_ have been
converted to the idea of wearing socks.
Chancellor Strong, who recently went
from Yale to take charge of the Kansas
University, tried to induce the professors
and students to adopt cap and gown, but
the proposition encountered nothing but
ridicule.

Sir Thomas Liptun has forwarded his
third challenge for the American cup.
It will, without doubt, he accepted and
thus New York harbor will next year

 

be the scene of another international
yachting contest. Lipton began with
Sbamrock I. and followed with Sham-

rock II, and will make his forthcoming
effort with Shamrock III, If he does not
win after three trials he may be justified
in concluding there is no luck in a
name.

 

Some amusing reasons are offered by
people who seek divorce. A Watertown
woman thinks she is entitled to divorce
because her husband compels her to
shave him and beats her when she does
not do a satisfactory job. A Chicago
woman asks for a decree because her
husband is more fond of automobiles
than he is of her,

 

 

[ee veto ne entioeer omen eeiennee cea te tern etm

A BIT OF COMMERCIAL BLUFF.

If any dependence can be placed upon
the tone of the European press the
United States has committed the unpar-
donable sin of scooping the trade of the
world. Pushed to the very verge of
despair the countries across the sea are
combining against American aggression
and are determined to get back the su-
premacy they have lost. These columns
have kept track of what each nation has
done and have commented upon it. The
contempt of the German agrarians, the
anger of the Austrian shoemaker, the un-
disguised jealousy of France and the
righteous wrath of our English cousins
are $O many unmistakable signs of that
commercial disintegration which pre-
cedes the downfall of what has been
the leading powers.

England, especially, bas been over-
shadowed by  soon-coming collapse.
Her spindles are rusting because the
American cottons and woolens are every-
where forcing them out of the markets,
Her forges are idle because American
iron and steel alone are calledfor. Our
engines are the only ones worth buying;
our bridges the only ones that are built
to stay. The cunning brain of the Yan-
kee alone can forestall a universal want
and provide for it and this, taken in
connection with the push and pull of
what we are delighted to call the genius
of the Western hemisphere, settles the
business and poor old England without
any future in sackcloth growls and
grumbles and vows vengeance against
this country for the ruin she has wrought
to English industry.

That part of this condition of things
which pleases us best is the stress laid
upon the invasion of foreign countries
by American goods. Here the Euro-
pean press has for years been laying it
on with a trowel. How has this alarm-
ing fact been accomplished? Has the
New World brought forth a new race of
men with keener intellect and more
sterling qualities? Is it our school sys-
tem? Is it the climate? Does the sun
shine brighter here and do the rain
and the dew bring from the stars to
American valleys and uplands an in-
tangible something which England does
not receive? To find out she sends over
her experts—humiliation follows re-
search; and all this time the British
failure has been putting up the biggest
game of bluff on record,

Poor old commercially-dying England,
in spite of her despair and in spite of
her disgraceful war with Africa, man-
aged in some way, in 1901, to export
into the Dark Continent about five
times as much as the United States did.
The growth of exports from the United
Kingdom to Africa has not been so
rapid as in the case of the United
States, but it has been steady and per-
sistent. In 1897 the total exports from
the United Kingdom to Africa amounted
to $120,000,000, and in 1901, $157,000, -
ooo. Of this exportation of more than
$150,000,000 worth of merchandise to
Africa, nearly two-thirds goes to the
southern part of the continent, the fig-
ures being: to Cape Colony, $62,700, -
000 ; to Natal, $29,500,000, and to Por-
tuguese Africa, chiefly that section lo-
cated on the southeastern front of the
continent and forming the most direct
entrance to the territory of the late Boer
republics, $6,020,000, The next section
in importance is Egypt, to which the
exports from the United Kingdom are
$31,238,000; next, British West Africa,
$13,222,000. Pocr old England, indeed!

An analysis of this market for over
$150,000, coo worth of British products—

rea emia

 

British, mind—shows that the chief ex-
ports to Cape Colony consist of cotton
piece goods, iron—wrought and un-
wrought—coal, provisions of all sorts and
manufactured articles, especially ap-
parel and haberdashery. To Natal the
exports are similar to those of Cape
Colony with the exception of cval, of
which a considerable quantity is pro-
duced in Natal itself. To Portuguese
Africa the shipments included cottons,
machinery and cther supplies, chiefly
for the Transvaal and Orange River
Colonies. To British West Africa cot-
ton goods, coal and iron are the most
important exported. To Egypt the ex-
portations included cotton goods to the
value of $1,086,000; coal, $8,320,000;
iron—wrought and unwrought—§$1, 630, -
ooo, and machinery, including steam
engines, $1,935,000 —in all of which the
United States can and does beat Great
Britain and every other manufacturing
country !

Now, then, with these facts before us
it is pertinent to ask if the time has not
come to ‘‘call’’ our British brother and
change the game. If we are as ‘‘smart’’
as we claim to be the importance of
Africa as a field for the producers and
manufacturers of the United States has
long been known and we should goafter
that trade. If Yankee wit and cunning
and vim are what we have cracked them
up to be we had better stop making fun
of poor old played-out England and al-
lowing her to beat us at our own game to
the tune of five to one. In spite of ber
crippled(?) condition she has got more
than her share of trade in South Africa
and contiguous territory—ours, if we
must say so—and if this must go on let
it be done in some other way than in
playing a game of commercial bluff.

RAEN

 

A novel advertising campaign is be-
ing conducted in Paris, A French
physician impressed with the evil effects
of alcohol upon the nation, has started
out to combat intemperance by adver-
tising. Upon bilibuards in omnibuses,
in the newspapers and magazines, on
the armor of sandwich men, in railway
stations and even on the backs of the
fans used by hospital patients he dis-
plays in the largest of types the pithiest
of warnings. ‘‘Alcohol is always a
poison,’’ ‘‘ Beware of bitters!’* ‘‘ Drink
makes consumptives,"' and so on, are
some of the repetitions of this clever
temperance advocate. He gathers sta-
tistics as to absinthe and insanity, wine
drinking and various diseases, alcohol
and crime.and prepares advertisements
as deceitfully readable as those in our
own papers which we take for genuine
news and peruse eagerly until we come
to somebody's soap at the end, The
unequaled spectacle is thus presented of
all Paris reading a temperance adver-

tisement.
a

Schenectady is to have a poor mans’
hotel and the motive behind the enter-
prise, as well as the generosity of the
promoters, is to be commended. Their
design is to help the needy but honest
by giving them shelter and food for a
nominal sum and an opportunity to work
in payment thereof. There can be but
one criticism of this worthy project—its
name. It savors of class distinction
and may keep away and repel the de-
serving whom it is sought to aid, Pov-
erty is no disgrace, but it is only those
who have become indifferent as to
what befalls them, that will give the
fact publicity by stopping at a poor
man’s hotel. But then that class of it-
self may be large enough to sustain suck
an establishment upona paying basis,

  

 

 

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

9

 

THE SOVEREIGN AND HIS DUTY.

When the men who made our Consti-
tution were at work upon it, they had
little or no idea of what this country
wasto become. To them, love of coun-
try and interest in its undertakings and
government were matters of course. It
occurred to them that there would be
differences of opinion and wide differ-
ences of policy and even fierce disputa-
tions; but they did not look forward to
a time when there would be indiffer-
ence, when thousands upon thousands
of men would not even vote and when
hundreds of thousands who did vote
would be taking no more active part in
the government than casting their bal-
lots. They believed that ‘‘eternal vig-
ilance’’ was assured and that, whatever
else might happen, at least all Ameri-
cans would keep an uninterrupted in-
terest in the Government of their coun-
try. The great trouble with us to-day is
that, in spite of the political excitements
and the seemingly intense interest
evinced in discussions, private and
public, there is, after all, but a very
small number of men who take an ac-
tive part in politics. Weare all of us
very ready to complain and to criticise,
but we are not as evidently willing to
undertake the tasks that would perhaps
alleviate the difficulties of which we
complain. Many men donot even
know what the preliminary processes
are which produce certain names on
election day, for which they must vote
or not vote at all, and they thus allow
themselves to be driven in one or an-
other direction without knowing why.
The root of all political evil is to be
found in the primaries, in the prelimi
nary caucus; and there is where every
citizen ought to be, and that is where
very few of us are.

 

Whenever in history the democratic
idea of government has taken posses-
sion of a people it is because their
tights have been infringed; and, there-
fore, in founding a new style of gov-
ernment, where each man should have
his rights and his part in the govern-
ment, it does not occur to them that in
a few years these rights will not seem
so dear, and that the greatest difficulty
would soon arise from the fact that men
would not trouble themselves to exer-
cise the very freedom for which they
fought. Right here is the puzzle of
every democracy, and what has_ proved
the ruin of some. It is not aitogether
a matter of swaggering bluster when the
American citizen calls himself a ‘‘sov-
ereign."’ A member ofa free democ-
racy is, in a sense, a sovereign. He
has no superior. He has reached his
sovereignty, however, by a process of
reduction and division of power which
leaves him no inferior. It is very
grand to call one’s self a sovereign, but
it is greatly to the purpose to notice
that the political responsibilities of
the free man have been intensified just
in proportion as political rights have
been divided. Already with us negli-
gence of the duties of citizenship on the
part of many men is our greatest dan-
ger. One of the indications of the pos-
sible danger in store for us may be had
from the following figures: In the
campaign of 1884 Mr. Cleveland's plu-
rality in Connecticut was 1284, while the
illiterate vote in that State was 9,So1;
in a word, in the State of Connecticut
the ignorant, the illiterate, vote was
about eight times larger than the plu-
rality of the successful candidate. Even
in educated Massachusetts Mr. Blaine’s
plurality was 24,372, while the illiter-
ate vote was 30,951, or more than

 

enough to have changed the result.
Eighteen of the states which cast 243
out of 369 Electoral votes had an illiter-
ate vote larger than the plurality of the
successful candidate. It is easy to see
what this means—it means that a Presi-
dential election, with all it involves,
might be changed by the illiterate vote
alone. Here is an overwhelming argu-
ment why the educated, the thoughtful,
the self-restrained men of this Nation,
ought to interest themselves in politics.
We have about 21,300,000 voters, and
over 2,300,0co of them are unable to
write. Now, a democracy depends al-
together upon the people for its safety
and for its permanence. Other coun-
tries may he interested in their kings,
queens and emperors, but we are anxious
about the people. They are king, and
their health and education and manners
and morals are to decide many of our
most important questions and to make
this democracy either a success ora
failure. Shall we, then, let the people
be only a part of the people? Shall only
those who go into politics for plunder
and those whom they can drive be the
people? That is the question; and it
must be answered in the negative or no
lasting republic is possible.

It is a great pity that we are coming
more and more to look upon politics as
a profession or a saloon-keepers’ asso-
ciation. While some of us go in for
athletics or collecting pictures or books
or for society, the saloon-keeper goes in
for politics. We get muscular develop-
ment or fine pictures or rare books or
social popularity, while very often he
gets the offices or controls them and dic-
tates the way the rest of us shall be gov-
erned. That is the way it is in most of
our cities. Somebody must do the work
of governing, somebody must attend to

 

the preliminary arrangements for elec-
tions, and so long as the majority will
not interest themselves a small minority
make a profession of it, make a living
out of it, produce, educate and exalt
our Tweeds and Crokers and attain a
tyrannical importance thereby.

The fundamental, eternal duty of
every citizen in a democracy is that he
shall interest himself in the business of
the government and do his share of the
work of governing ; and only by the in-
terest and wisdom of all the sovereigns,
not by a part only, is our style of gov-
ernment to flourish,

 

According to the census figures com-
piled by the Insurance Press, more than
II,00C,000 persons are injured every
year in the United States. It appears
that nearly 6 per cent. of all the deaths
in the United States are due to acci-
dental injuries, but it is even more as-
tonishing to learn that the probability
that a person will meet with some dis-
abling injury within a year is about
eleven times greater than the chance of
his death from any and all causes dur-
ing the same period. The death rate
due to accidents and injuries is highest
among persons 45 years of age and over,
The average age at death from accidents
is about 33.5. A person is more likely
to meet death by accidental injuries
than by any other single cause except
consumption, pneumonia or heart dis-
ease. A person is twice as liable to die
from accident as from cld age.

Lift up the poor fellows that are down

all around you, They need a helping
hand. Things have not gone well with
them and life turns its rough edge to-

wards them every day. You may make
things a little brighter for them by say-
ing a good word now and then, or doing
a kindly deed as you pass by. Why not
do it?

 

 

 

 

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

SYNDICATE ADVERTISING.

Is Seldom Ateoina te Country
Merchants.

Written for the Tradesman.

The question of whether it pays the
small merchant in the country town to
use syndicate advertisements has puz-
zled many a man who wanted to adver-
tise but did not know how to go at it.
The merchant knows, or at least ought
to know, that it pays to advertise, be-
cause all of the most successful houses
in the country expend hundreds and
thousands of dollars every year in tell-
ing the people the story of their busi-
ness through the medium of printers’
ink. If advertising was not a profit-
able investment these great concerns
would not pay high salaries to advertise-
ment constructors to handle that branch
of their business for them. They would
not pay the price of newspaper pubiic-
ity if the results were not satisfactory.
The country merchant realizes all this
and he wants to share in the great pros-
perity around him.

It is argued by the advertising expert
that if it will pay the city merchant to
employ an expert advertisement writer
to construct advertising matter it will
also be a profiatble investment for the
business man in the small town to do so,
The expert sends out circulars to the
country merchant, setting forth the great
advantage of having advertisements
constructed by him. He claims to know
all about the merchant’s needs. For
the small sum of 50c, 75c or $1 a week
he will supply the necessary copy. His
arguments seem plausible and the mer-

Why It

chant turns his advertising over to
him.
Probably the merchant never stops to

think that the city stores do not employ
men who are hundreds of miles distant
from the scene of action. The city ad-
vertisement writer is on the spot. He
has an opportunity to watch the busi-
ness from day to day. He notes the
movements of competitors and studies
the people of that particular locality.

He learns what kinds of merchandise
move fast and what kinds stay on the
shelves. Then, if he is a good advertis-

ing man, he governs his moves accord-
ingly.

The syndicate writer, on the other
hand, grinds out the same service to all.
The advertisement generally starts with
a little single column cut, which nine
times out of ten has no connection with
the reading-matter. Then follows a lit-
tle talk about the superior quality of
the goods handled, a little sermon on
how polite the salesmen are and, per-
haps, a paragraph on how low the
prices are. The advertisement is a
smooth article, so far as the use of the
English language is concerned, but
when it comes to selling goods, the
fellow who describes the articles and
tells the prices gets the trade.

Supposing, for instance, you are run-
ning a store in a town near a large
city. The big department stores send
out advertising matter by the wholesale.
They quute prices galore. They will
tell the people why they are selling pat-
ent leather shoes in the bargain base-
ment for 98 cents per pair, why they are
able to give 22 pounds of granulated
sugar for a doliar and so on through a
long list of articles. Of course, every
price quoted wil! not be a cut price, but
enough of such will! be included to in-
sure drawing a crowd. When the peo-
ple read those prices they will forget
all about the little picture and the
bunch of rhetoric in the syndicate ad-
vertisement. There won't be a woman

 

in town who will run into a neighbor's
house and remark to the lady of that

house that you are adyertising to sell-

none but the best goods at the lowest
living prices. Notmuch. But she will
ask the other lady if she has read the
advertisement of the big city store that
is selling goods so cheap. She will plan
to go to town and grab some of those
tremendous bargains before it is too
late, and while in the city she will
make alli her fall purchases. That is
where you will get it in the neck, Then
probably you will go out on the sidewalk
and kick because your town is no good.

The merchant in the smail town who
wants to land his share of trade must get
a move on. Advertising that his goods
are the best and his prices the lowest
will cut mighty little ice with a woman
after she has waded through a page of
city advertising. Women want bargains.
If they don’t buy them they like to read
about them and look at them. They like
to trade where the crowd goes. There
seems to be some sort of fascination
about a bargain sale that draws women
as syrup dves flies and, once they be-
come accustomed to this sort of thing,
they will have nothing else. They do
not care a rap about advertising gen-
eralities. And so the little syndicate
advertisement proves about as valuable
as a canoe in a big naval fight.

I would not say that the syndicate ad-
vertisement is without value to the mer-
chant. It is a source of much joy to the
printer who dislikes to have to keep
prodding the storekeeper about change
of copy, and it makes the merchant
happy because he does not have to
bother his head about inventing some-
thing new with which to fill his space.
And it also puts a little of the mer-
chant’s hard earned coin into circula-
tion, thereby helping out the whole
country.

However, it would seem that the
money paid for the little cut and the
copy might be better spent with the local
paper. The average rate of display
advertising in country papers is from
five or ten cents an inch. The price of
the syndicate matter would purchase
from a half to a full column of space
each week. Add this to the regular
space and the result will be surprising.

I believe that as a general thing mer-
chants try to get too much matter into a
limited space. Big space pays. It is
foolish to try to advertise special reduc-
tion sales in a_ space five inches long
and one column wide, and yet I know
merchants who do this and wonder why
their sales do not draw as big crowds as
the sales of their competitors who use a
whole page and quote prices galore.
People judge a store by the way it
spreads itself. If you are afraid to toot
your own horn they think you are scared
or behind the times, When you doa
thing it is always well to do it with
all your might. That is the way to do
when advertising. It is the only way
that leads to success.

Raymond H. Merrill.

 

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MERCHANTS’ DAY.

 

How It Is Regarded by a Leading Mus-
kegon Divine.

J. A. DeGraff, pastor of the Lake-
wood Heights M. E. church, recently
sent the Muskegon Chronicle the fol-
lowing letter, commendatory of the
mercantile picnic recently held in that
city:

The parsonage family attended the
merchants’ picnic and we wish to ex-
press our appreciation of this gala day
given by the business men of Muske-
gon. We rejoiced in the fact that our
merchants were going to have a holiday
from the daily routine of their business
life. If any class of men deserve such
a day it isthey. The public requires
so much waiting on and receives so
many favors from these men that I think
we fail to appreciate the cares under
which they labor.

Then the arrangements for the day.
We feared something of the nature of
the street ‘‘carnival,’’ but we under-
estimated the character of our business
men, for it was as pleasing, instructive
and clean an entertainment aS we ever
saw given under like circumstances.
The bawl of the lemonade and shade
fellow was not heard. Gambling de-
vices and games of chance were not in
evidence. The saloons were not near
enough for convenient patronage and
although the crowd was immense no
more drunkenness was seen than might
have been seen any day upon our streets
or the streets of any other city and we
but express our feelings when we heart-
ily say that we appreciate such a holi-
day for young and old as that planned
and carried out by our business men
last Thursday.

We were disappointed in not meeting
any of our ministerial brethren there.
And, by the way, brethren, suffer a
word of exhortation from the least
among you. We receive many personal
favors from our business men _ through-
out the year, and most of them are al-
ways ready to contribute to our church

 

and Sunday school festivities, as well
as responding uncomplainingly to our
many calls upon their stores for sociables
and entertainments. A large majority
of them are either members of our
churches or regular attendants and _ con-
tributors. We expect them to be inter-
ested in our doings. Should not we be
interested in theirs? We are here to ob-
ject to and decry the entertainments of
low moral character, with their de-
bauchery and Sabbath desecration.
Should we not by our presence and
hearty co-operation encourage an hon-
est attempt on the part of our business
men to give our city a good clean happy
holiday?

This letter seems to bear out toa
large degree the recent contention in
the Tradesman that the merchants’ pic-
nic serves to increase public respect for
the merchants in a community in which
it occurs. It also serves to emphasize
the importance, to those who have
charge of these events, of keeping them
on a good moral plane and free from

those things that savor of unlawful
carousal.
Merchants’ picnic day ought to be

made a day for the women as well as
for the men, for the children as well as
for the parents. There should be all the
free public amusement possible, but let
it be clean and wholesome, the kind
that the pastor can freely commend
from his pulpit, and in which not only
the merchant but also his wife and
babies can mingle. The Muskegon
merchants are certainly entitled to some
congratulation that their efforts to pro-
vide such a day have achieved suffi-
cient success to bring out this voluntary
word of commendation from a profes-
sional man outside their own calling.
It has already been said that the mer-
cantile picnic should not merely be a

 

should endeavor to interest the manu-
facturers and others in the day and try to
make it a community affair. This end
can be much more quickly and easily
achieved if the day is sucha one as
will appeal to the lawful and good citi-
zen,

There is no doubt that the merchants’
picnic works good to the community.
The people feel that this is distinctive-
ly their holiday, one not enjoyed by the
population of less favored towns. The
result is an increase in civic pride and
patrictism. As the people of the Swiss
towns meet together and setile affairs of
self-government, so the people of the
city mingle together and exchange
views, preferences and kindnesses.
Naturally enough, their thoughts and
their conversation turn largely to their
own city and their holiday leads to an
increase in the community spirit, which
forms the basis of all town improve-
ment.

We have been taught that pride is a
wicked thing; but it also has its uses.
It is the foundation of ambition; and it
is ambition that moves the world and
makes history. One must arouse civic
pride before he can accomplish much
in the way of civic change. The mer-
chants’ picnic cails public attention to
local advantages and arouses in the
public breast a neighborly good fellow-
ship.

There is likewise no doubt that the
mercantile picnic works much good to
the merchant himself. The fierce strife
of competition, although it should not
where all act fairly, may have aroused
some rancor among ourselves that the
merchants’ picnic will wipe away.
There is a vast difference between com-
petition and war. Business life should

 

be like a race, where all strain for the
goal without attempting to restrain the
others and the best horse wins. We can
have competition without jealousy.

If there have any differences arisen
the merchants’ picnic day is apt to
lessen the sharpness. If this holiday
serves to broaden and better us, to make
us more charitable and more public-
spirited, then it is certainly not without
its uses more important than supplying
the people with a fleeting interval of
pleasure. Charles Frederick.

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Recent Business Changes in Indiana.

Decatur—Yager & Hite, grocers, have
dissolved partnership. The business is
continued by S. E. Hite.

Denver—The Hooier Basket Co. has
gone into liquidaticn.

Dugger—J. H. Moore has purchased
the general merchandise stock of S. M.
Rector,

Evansville—Mary R. Zeidler has sold
her grocery stock to J. H. Wade.

Georgetown——-Lawrence Tresenriter
has purchased the interest of his part-
ner in the implement, feed and seed
business of Tucker & Tresenriter.

Indianapolis—The Indianapolis Chair
Manufacturing Co. is succeeded by the
Indianapolis Chair & Furniture Co.

LaPorte—Levin & Levin, clothiers,
have dissolved partnership and retired
from trade.

Marion—The Fowler Confection Co.
has discontinued business.

Richmond—Shohen Bros., fruit deal-
ers, have retired from trade.

Roanoke—Kress & Settlemyre, meat
dealers, have dissolved partnership,
Henry Kress succeeding.

Swanington—Jas. Hanawalt has closed
out his grocery stock.

 

  

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

Hardware

How heeenend naiaiennesien Have Less-
ened Tedious Labor,

Those who remember the day when
the spade, the rake and the hoe com-
prised the entire outfit of tools required
for the garden will appreciate the great
saving of labor accomplished by the use
of the improved implements of the pres-

ent day, and the wonderful changes that
have been made within a quarter of a
century. The tiresome, back-breaking

details of planting and cultivating gar-
den crops deterred farmers from grow-
ing the luxuries they now enjoy, while

small fruits were almost unknown in
some sections. The spading of the
ground, raking, marking of the rows,

dropping the seed, covering with the
hand and stooping over to remove the
weeds or surplus plants were slow work,
and consequently gardens were but small
plots upon which the weeds flourished
before the farmer could reap what he
planted. It was a conflict of labor with
nature, and labor would be vanquished.

At the 1 day the farmer can
devote ten acres to special garden crops
where before he could not cultivate one
acre. Improved implements enable him
to mark the rows, open the furrows and
cover the seed, at one operation, and,
with the ability to use larger areas, the

resent

plow often does the work of the spade,
Cultivation is easily done with the
wheel hoe, to destroy the weeds, or
with the horse hoe, to lousen the soil.
Many crops are harvested by appropri-
ate implements, and the details are in

many ways rendered easy. Fruits which
grew wild have been transferred to the
farm,and it is safe to assert that but for
the implements used in the garden, or

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for hand work on the farm, many of our

choicest varieties of fruits and vege- |

tables would be unknown.

The wheelbarrow is an old acquaint-
ance, and still holds a high place in the
affections of farmers. It has been used
for a great many purpuses,

|opening larger areas,

and many of |

the farmers who began business on the |

farm with
their success to the wheelbarrow, which

limited means owe much of |
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erations, but it demanded live power in|

its propulsion. The light wheelbarrow,
with its metal wheels and steel spokes,
weighing so little that it can be pushed
by a child, has superseded the
affair, and with the improvements that
have been made in its favor it isa
greater favorite to-day than ever, as a
farm without one or more wheelbarrows
would be a curiosity.

It is now difficult to draw the line be- |
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tween garden and field implements.

mated by the actual work exhibited on
the farm, as the increase of crops, by
will amount to
millions of dollars in value.

We may also refer to the spraying
appliances, and even the pump with its
handle, may also be classed among the
hand implements, yet the sprayer is also
used on wheels, and carries destruction
the farmer. The
growing of fruit would now be almost
fought and kept down. The spraying
appliances have been brought to the
highest degree of perfection,and are im-
portant adjuncts to all well-regulated
farms. Pumps that were formerly
worked by hand entirely have taken a
wide range. We now have force pumps

|that serve as safeguards against fire,

old |

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and which have so improved as to not
perform all the requirements, but
are durable and proof against frost. It

|is but a step from the hand-power to

fact, gardens are becoming fields, the |

rows being made as long as possible,

so as to use the horse in cultivation and |

to avoid frequent turning at the ends,

| of different design.

Nearly all the implements intended for |
hand use have also been elarged for |

horse-power, if necessary, but there will
always be hand work on garden plots,
because such labor is less exhausting
than before. Onions are now weeded
quickly, and at
compared with the old way, while root
crops, which the farmer could not _pos-
sibly grow except in patches, are now in
the regular farm rotation and are grown
in fields. What the aid of hand
ments has accomplished can not be esti-

 

a cost of but a trifle!

the windmill and the hydraulic ram,
Just where to draw the line between the
hand implements and _ those that work
by application of horse, wind, steam or
electrical power is difficult.

Even the primitive tools, which ap-
parently hold their own and remain, are
No one would rec-
ognize the old-fashioned hoes or rakes.
They are now light and sharp, and con-
structed to allow of a selection accord-
ing to the service to be performed.
Seeders are of all kinds, from the or-
dinary dropper to the long transverse
appliance on the wheelbarrow, which
broadcasts seeds evenly and in propor-

| tion to quantity desired on a given area.

imple- |

Even the hand drills combine all con-
trivances of the larger designs, regulat-
ing the distance and literally counting
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The runners attached to a fine carriage make a turnout
much more comfortable, elegant in appearance and con-
venient than the most expensive sleigh and at a cost very

No straps or other bungling devices are required to pre- ‘
vent them from inverting or flopping over when backing
or driving rapidly over rough roads.
Only one bolt is required to fasten
It may be observed from the cut that there
are four bolt holes in the collar which holds the hub, thus
giving four different widths of track, permitting an ex-
treme variation of six inches.

The malleable clips which grasp the axle permit free
oscillation and hold the runner securely to place.

Sleds for Farming, Logging, Mining

vators are weed killers to a certainty,
and some of them can, by the change
of a few nuts and bolts,be converted
into small spring-tooth barrows or hand
plows.

The human hand still performs a
prominent part in all operations, and
the implement has not yet been con-
structed that has brains. Wherever
hand work must be done the easiest
method for so doing will be given the
preference. The hand itself is useless
without tools fitted for the service to be
performed, and until machinery sup-
plants man in every department there
must be hand implements made and
they will be employed. The difficuliy
is not that they are prominently used,
but are overlooked. Hundreds of
farmers would lessen their work if they
would employ some of the smaller im-
plements, and especially in the early
portion of the season, when the weeds
are just coming out of the ground, as
they can do service where the horse can
not be allowed, and at a season when
the work must be done thorougbly.
Hand implements do not conflict with
those worked by the aid of horses, but
rather assist in the routine details, and
thus make field labor more thorough and
effective. The coming spring will, no
doubt, witness a large increase in the
manufacture of these useful implements,
as many of the dealers who have dis-
posed of them find that the farmers are
well pleased with them, especially as a
large number of farmers are now grow-
ing all kinds of vegetables and small
fruits, while the residents of the suburbs
of cities and towns consider them in-
dispensable for all kinds of garden cul-
tivation.

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America has long held a leading posi-
tion, and American tools are to-day ex-
ported to all countries where the soil is

tilled.
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Tool That Is Almost Human.

The most highly developed of ma-
chine tools is the automatic screw ma-
chine, and, like many other contriv-
ances for saving labor, its home is New
England. It is a development of the or-
dinary steel-working lathe, the inter-
mediate step being the monitor lathe,
in which the various cutting tools pro-
trude from the side of a steel turret like
13-inch guns from a battleship turret.
In the non-automatic screw machine the
turret is revolved by the operator so as
to bring each tool into play, just as the
turret on the old monitor was revolved
to bring one gun after another into ac-
tion. But in the automatic machine the
work is done without human guidance,

In making screws, nuts, bolts, studs
and other small pieces that must be
turned, drilled or threaded for watches,
clocks, typewriters, electrical instru-
ments and other mechanisms, all the
operator has to do is to feed the stock—
a thin rod of steel or brass—to the ma-
chine. The feeding mechanism carries
the rod slowly forward into the field of
action. The turret advances and puts
its first tool at work on the end of the
rod, When this tool has done its task,
the turret withdraws it, turns and ad-
vances a second tool into action. Each
cutting tool around the turret has its
distinct work to perform—one cutting
a thread, another shaping a head, an-
other putting on a point, another drill-
ing a hole, still another putting on
knurling. The turret automatically
brings each of perhaps six tools into ac-
tion, and when the work is finished the
completed screw drops into a pan, while
the stock is automatically fed forward
to begin the complex operation again.
A stream of machine oil pours continu-
ously on the work to carry away the
heat, and the little metal cuttings collect
in a heap under the machine.

Hour after hour this wonderful autom-
aton goes through its cycle of opera-
tions, the turret clicking every moment
as it brings a new tool forward. Small
brass pieces,on which but one tool cuts,
are dropped at the rate of four a second.
Large screws of complicated design,
upon which a whole turretful of tools
must work, are cut from a steel rod at
the rate of one or twoa minute. So
perfectly are these screw machines con-
structed that an unskilled workman can
operate a row of them. All he is re-
quired to do is to keep them fed with
stock. In some shops girls tend the
machines.

—_> 2+.

The Best Agricultural Implements.

Do not make the mistake, as some do,
of becoming wedded to a tool to such
an extent that you can not see the good
points in any other, no matter how
meritorious it may be, or can not ap-
preciate a better thing when you see it.
This is an age of constant improve-
ment, sotry some of the new things you
see and hold onto that which is best.
Do not start in to work with a poor-
working plow. The best plows for gen-
eral use are those with rather short
mold board that will break the soil up
and pulverize it to a considerable ex-
tent as the ground is turned, and that
leave the soil turned in not too flat a
condition. The harrow can then do its
work of pulverizing much better than if
the ground is turned completely upside
down. We need, then, a good, sharp
smoothing harrow and drag to put most

 

soils in first-class condition for spring
planting. Oats should be sowed early
and it does not ordinarily pay to wait
to break up the land. Here we need a
good disk harrow. Two diskings, one
at right angles to the other, will put the
oats sown broadcast in the ground in
good shape. Many farmers think that
when oat ground is broken with the turn-
ing plow, it is easier to turn the oat
stubble for wheat, but this is doubtful,
if the land is thoroughly disked. After
the early spring rains the soil usually
gets packed down hard,consequently the
first cultivation of the corn crop should
be deep to pulverize the soil again. For
this purpose we need a good bull-tongue
cultivator of some sort. Afterward a
one-horse cultivator that can be spread
out to cover the whole space between
two rows at one time can be used. On
clay lands weeders do not pulverize the
ground deep enough to suit some. They
will do in dry weather or after the
ground has been stirred with a deeper
running tool.
8
Potato Machinery.

The potato is no longer grown in
America without the aid of labor-saving
appliances. Potatoes for seed are cut,
dropped in the rows, covered, cultivated
and harvested with machines adapted
for each purpose. The American farm-
er can grow potatoes cheaper than it
can be done elsewhere, because he re-
duces the cost of growing the crop.
These light, handy and durahle ma-
chines are now finding favor in other
countries, and American manufacturers

are exporting them in large numbers.
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The editor’s wife sets things to rights
and he writes things to set. She reads
what others write and he writes what
others read. She knows more than he
writes and he writes more than she
knows.

 

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Different
styles and
sizes always
carried in
stock. Send
for our illus-
trated cata-
logue and
price list. It
will interest
youand bea
profitable in-
vestment.

CHOCOLATE COOLER COMPANY
Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

 

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.
Before you set up that stove
in the house of the pur-
chaser, obtain a special re-
port on the paying capacity
of your customer from the

COMMERCIAL
CREDIT
CO.

It is possible that detailed
information of this character
will satisfy you that a new
stove in your store is prefer-
able to a second-hand stove
in the possession of a man
who does not pay.

—— ee

 

Buckeye Paint & Varnish Co.

Paint, Color and Varnish Makers
Mixed Paint, White Lead, Shingle Stains, Wood Fillers
Sole Manufacturers CRYSTAL-ROCK FINISH for Interior and Exterior Use.
Corner 15th and Lucas Streets, Toledo, Ohio.
CLARK-RUTKA-WEAVER CO., Wholesale Agents for Western Michigan

 

Tents, Awnings,

Horse Covers, Wagon
Covers, Stack Covers;
Jute,

Flax and Wool Twines:

Cotton, Hemp,

Manila and Sisal Ropes.

 

Chas. A. Coye, 11 & 9 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Michigan

“Sure Catch” Minnow Trap

 

 

Length, 19's inches. Diameter, 93 inches.
Made from heavy, galvanized wire cloth, with all edges well protected. Can be
taken apart at the middle in a moment and nested for convenience in carrying.
Packed one-quarter dozen in a Case.

Retails at $1.25 each. Liberal discount to the trade.

Our line of Fishing Tackle is complete in every particular.

Mail orders solicited and satisfaction guaranteed.

MILES HARDWARE CO.
113-115 MONROE ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

We have the largest stock of
Shot Guns, Rifles and Am-

munition in this State. This
time of year is the retailer's
harvest on sportsmen’s goods.
Send us your order or drop
us a postal and we will have
a traveler call and show you.

Foster, Stevens & Co.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

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News and —_ we the im of the
Universe.

Readers of this publication who live
in lands where it is not raining all the
time may not believe it, but the most
interesting thing in the way of modish
news at the present writing is the water-
proof garment. We have had in and
about Gotham of late such a_ super-
abundance of vigorous drizzle that the
chap who invented the modern rain coat
receives our blessings. It is the one
distinctive and all-round beneficial in-
novation that has been made in the
realms of dress for men in very many
moons. Quite as useful as the ulster,
in its place, the waterproof has made a
place for itself that can scarcely be
measured. AsI said above, it is to-
day the most frequently encountered and
most often discussed article in the
world of masculine attire. The old-
fashioned rubber coat was an abomina-
tion, and its successor, the mackintosh,
not much better. These have been ut-
terly routed and displaced by the up-
to-date rain cloth; made in’ various
weights for all seasons of the year, it
is, indeed, a most excellent protector.

I wish I could feel so enthusiastic
about the buttoned jacket, with the silk-
faced shawl collar, which I note in some
quarters is called the logical! successor
to the dinner coat (a misnomer, by the
way) or Tuxedo, When the experts of
the sartorial industry know not what
else to do they plunge into the waters of
novelty and bring forth from the myste-
rious depths a change in our evening and
semi-evening clothes. The effect is
that men whose business is the buying
and selling of garments are constantly
in doubt as to where they are at
and what to say to their particular cus-
tomers on the subject of style.

For instance, what place in the sum
of formal or semi-formal dressing should
a buttoned jacket or sack coat (no mat-
ter whether it faced with silk or
Satin) occupy? The very truest answer
which can be made is to the effect that
the garment is a novelty waiting for
the right ‘‘party’’ to exploit it. Some-
body asks me what tie and what collar
should be worn with this closed-front
proposition. I should say the same that
are worn with the regulation dinner
jacket. And somebody elise wants to
know whether it will be good form to at-
tend the opera in this new conceit? To
which I should say it all depends on the
doorkeeper and the occasion. It cer-
tainly is not in any sense formal dress,
and where evening clothes are the code
the style in question will not go. Still
there is a place for everything in this
for

just

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world, even the Tuxedo a (name
which everybody does not like), al-
though I see a light in the world of
Style ‘“‘literature’’ says that it has no
place in the gentleman's wardrobe.
Well, it certainly has if be consults his

Own convenience and wears the garment
on the proper occasions.

There are not lacking signs that the
almost universal roundabout sack, in
the single-breasted form, is to share the
fall business-wear season with its
double-breasted brother. I should say
that the percentage of men one sees go-
ing about with bl _ coats having two
rows of buttons and closing with three
was quite enough to vary the monotony
of the everlasting hobby, single-breast-

ers. Black is a favorite color (thank
you, I_ know that black is not a color!)
and, taken in combination with the

fancy vest in a modest scheme of hue

 

and configuraiion, with a black or gray-
ish cast of trousers and one of the new,
big, round-brim hats, either light or
dark, the effect is not half bad.

Lining clothes throughout in black
silk or satin is getting more and more
to be the thing. Why should one’s
trousers be lined about the waist and its
vicinity with white anything? It is not
half so rich looking as black material, let
it be silk or something else within the
measure of one’s purse.

Probably the most decided change in
this season’s dress accessories over last
fall’s is in the neckwear one sees when-
ever the weather is clear enough to per-
mit us to see anything. There isan evi-
dent reaction against the high stand-up
turn-down collars in favor of those with
turned points—all sorts of points, at
that. Still the rather decided kind that
Start pretty far back and allow a man
to move his head from side to side witb-
out jaw-jabs are the most frequently en-
countered. They are not uncomfortable
and, to all but thin-necked men, quite
becoming. At any rate, they have
ushered in richer patterns and broader
widths in scarfs. Broad Ascots tied
into puffs are all right this fall, and so
we have a chance to properly wear out
our most impressive scarfpins once
more, There is a lot of red and green
in the season's colors, withscores of
novelties in fancy-patterned silk. Still
the majority of the men I meet are go-
ing in for deep,rich colors, and I do not
see any signs of black and white getting
on the wrong side of fashionable favor
at this time. This is one of those ever-
lastingly good things that popularity can
not kill even for the swells,

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more about the real thing for the fall in
men’s dress in another fortnight; mean-
while the rain coat receives a lot of our
attention.—Vincent Varley in Apparel
Gazette. ee

Vast Variety in Umbrella Handles.

Possibly no line of trade here in the
United States demands a greater variety
of styles or more frequent changes in
materials and designs than those in the
handles of umbrellas, Of all the um-
brella handles used in this country in
the manufacture of umbrellas taken to-
gether, by far the greater number is
made here in New York, and the propor-
tion of American handles used is in-
creasing. On the other hand, the
handles imported preponderate in value,
although the relative value of the Amer-
ican handles produced is, like their
proportionate number, all the time in-
creasing.

‘*Umbrella handles are made of a
great variety of materials,’’ said a
manufacturer to a reporter not long ago.
‘*Many of them are made of woods in
many sorts, both cheap and costly; of
gold, silver, ivory, rubber, paper, cellu-
loid, bone, horn, porcelain, and of
many fine and beautiful mineral sub-
stances, such as agates. Handles are
made also in these days of variously
named compositions, in imitation of
precious and semi-precious stones.
There have been made umbrella handles
of papier mache in imitation of wood,
and remarkably good imitations of buck-
horn handles are made of paper pulp,
pressed in moulds, such handles cost-
ing much less, of course, than those of
genuine buckhorn.

‘‘Any two or more of these various
materials may be used in combination.
such a handle in its most simple form,
forinstance, being of wood witha silver
mounting. You might have a handle of
onyx and gold; and so on _ indetinitely.
The stock of handles to be seen in any
large manufacturing — establishment
would be found almost bewildering in
its extent and variety, and it would be
found also to contain a great many ob-
jects of beauty. The fact is that the
sample stock of handles of a big um-
brella manufacturer makes a really mar-
velous display.

‘*‘Who invents all the new styles of
handles annually produced? Well, there
are some that, as you might say, invent
themselves, that are suggested by some
fad or fashion of the hour as in the case
of the handles in the form of golf sticks.
And then, of course, umbrella manufac-
turers are constantly designing new
handles in the endeavor to produce good
sellers, as one handle or another may
distinctly be.

‘*Horn umbrella handles come chiefly
from Austria; fine, fancy, ornamented
handles come from France or Germany,
the finest of them from Paris; although
most artistic and elegantly designed um-
brella handles of silver are now pro-
duced in this country.’’

—___~» 2. —____
The Meanest Man on Earth.

Bill Nye once said in a lecture: ‘‘A
man may use a wart on the back of his
neck for a collar button, ride on the
back coach of a railroad train to save
interest on his money until the con-
ductor comes around, stop his watch
nights to save the wear and tear, leave
his ‘‘i’’ or ‘‘t’’ without a dot or cross to
save ‘ink, Bieibive his mother’s grave to
save corn, but a man of this kind is a
gentleman and a scholar compared to a
fellow who will take a newspaper two
or three years and, when asked to pay
for it, put it the office and have it
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representing Wile Bros. & Weill,
Buffalo, will pay out of town custom-
ers’ expenses who meet him at the

MORTON HOUSE
Grand Rapids

Wednesday and Thursday,
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The dealer who buys where he gets the most
for his money is not worried by competition
for his customers buy in the same manner.
Our lines speak tor themselves.
customers’ expenses.

We pay our

William Connor Co.
Wholesale Clothing
28 and 30 South lonia Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

Ellsworth & Thayer Mfg. Co.

MILWAUKEE, WIS., U. S. A.

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Lot 125 Apron Overall
$7.50 per doz

Lot 275 Overall Coat
$7.75 per doz.

Made from 240 woven
Stripe, double cable, indigo
blue cotton cheviot, stitched
in white with ring buttons.

Lot 124 Apron Overall
$5.00 per doz.

Lot 274 Overall Coat
$5.50 per doz.

Made from 250 Otis woven
stripe, indigo blue suitings,
stitched in white.

We use no extract goods
as they are tender and will
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GRAND RAP/OS, MICH.

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

Shoes and Rubbers

Why So Many Fail in the Shoe Business.

Why do the boys who have been given
an opportunity in the shoe business not
prove their worth, in nine cases out of
ten fall down, and eventually drop back
into the original rut of selling shoes on
the floor? Very often you will hear
some one ask about a certain clerk, en-
quiring what has happened to him, and
why he has not been able to hold down
the position which was secured for him
by disinterested parties. Usually the
rejoinder is that he was found, in the
language of the trade, to bea **light-
weight’’—that is, a man who was all
surface, with little or no ability to
study conditions or advance new and
original ideas which would eventually
make him as one capable of leading in-
stead of following.

 

These experiences have been felt day
after day by men who have worked hard
and conscientiously in their endeavors
to reach the top of the ladder and secure
that which is most cherished by all
shoemen—a position as buyer in some
good, prominent house. Failures such
as these are not confined only to shoe
buyers, but very often you will find them
among men who have branched out in
business for themselves,

The real cause of half the failures in
the world to-day is the belief of a man
in his own ability. Fully imbued with
ideas of his own importance, he im-
agines that he ‘‘knows it all,’' and that
no one can tell him anything about the
trade which he has so long followed.
Shoemen do not seem to realize the fact
that hardly two stores can be found in
which the same conditions exist. A
man buying or selling a shoe in one
town imagines that if he leaves that
place and secures a job as buyer in an
other city, perhaps 1,000 miles away,
the same conditions which were appar-
ent to the trade in his former home
must exist in the new locality. This is
an erroneous idea, and is just where
most men fall down.

A man may be commended for be-
lieving that he knows his business be-
Cause it gives him courage. Self con-
sciousness of his ability is another
thing. It is perhaps a polite term for
a ‘‘big head,’’ and when a man is self-
conscious he is sure to be a failure,
The really clever shoeman who makes a
success in his new position is the one
who, after starting in his new berth,
goes very slowly, studies the town and
conditions of every store and depart-
ment, talks with the clerks who have
been handling the trade for years, and
also interviews good, responsible shoe
manufacturers and traveling men who
have been calling on the trade in that
territory and know exactly their require-
ments.

These are two channels whicb no man
should deny himself. Information ob-
tained from these sources is almost in
fallible, and a man can deduce from
what he learns from the expressions of
Opinions of travelers and salesmen ex-
actly what is necessary for the trade in
which he is located. That is the funda-
mental groundwork of success: that is
the first barrier between the new buyer
and failure,

The second barrier is when a man
places between himself and his friends
that friendship reserve which prompts
him to buy only that which is right, |
and which he feels positive will assist
in building up the trade in his depart-

 

ment or store. Many men believe be-

cause they have made a success of one
line of shoes, or one make of shoe, in a
certain locality that they are able to
make a success of that same manufac-
turer’s goods or shoe in another local-
ity.

Stores are graded according to the
character of their trade. Shoes should
be graded according to the character of
the patrons of the department. It isa
laudable ambition for a shoeman to feel
that he would like to build up the char-
acter of the shoes handled in his store
or department, but it is very foolish for
a man to immediately attempt to revo-
lutionize everything in his new berth
and break down al! the standards which
have attained success in the same store
in the past.

Let the new man be guided. Let
him be directed and assisted. Let him
take for granted some of the truths
which are given him by others—given
bim by those disinterested people who
are simply willing to advance informa-
tion when he asks it. Let him place a
little confidence in his help on the floor,
and let him call on a manufacturer or
two before he buys his goods for the
next season. If this were done many
of the failures which are chronicled
would be marked as_ successes.—
Shoe Retailer.

- —_——_>2>__—
Waste leads to want, and want leads

to woe; before you start consider which
way to go,

 

Be to your advantage to
send for samples of our
Over-gaiters, Jersey and
Canvas Leggins. Quali-
ties are A 1 and prices
right. Send for Catalogue
and deal at headquarters.

CHICAGO
hoe
tore

upply
COMPANY

154 Fifth av., Chicago

 

 

 

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Hard Pan Shoes

When in need of a shoe for boy or man,
That will wear longest in all kinds of weather,
Ask for ‘‘Herold-Bertsch’s Famous Hard Pan,’’
The greatest Shoe made out of leather.

Wear Like Iron

 

 

Work Shoes

Snedicor &
Hathaway

Line

No. 743. Kangaroo Calf.
Bal. Bellow’s Tongue. ¥% D.
S. Standard Screw. $1.75.

Carried in sizes 6 to 12.

Geo. H. Reeder & Co.

Grand Rapids

 

 

We would be pleased to have every shoe merchant in
the State carefully inspect and compare our

“Custom Made Shoes”

with any they may be handling. The season is fast ap-
proaching when such a line as ours will meet the de
mands of those who are looking for a

FIRST CLASS WORKING SHOE

Waldron, Alderton & Melze,

A postal card to us will bring the line to you. Saginaw, Michigan

 

 

Rush
Your Orders

in now for Hoop and OLp
CoLtony Ruppers. You
will soon need them and we
can take good care of you
now.

Either mail them or drop
us a card and we will have
our salesman call -on you
soon.

We are the main push on
the above goods for this part
of the country,

The L. A. Dudley Rubber Co.
Battle Creek, Mich.

 

 

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Stock No. 225
Price $1.75

A Test Case

The Michigan Tradesman claims it reaches more good dealers in Michigan and Indiana than any other trade journal in the country.
To test the truth of this assertion we will sell (if you will mail the orders direct to us and mention the Michigan Tradesman),

four shoes cheaper than any other factory in the West. Order our numbers:

225 Men’s Kangaroo Calf, 6 inch top, full double sole and tap bals, $1.75
225% Men’s Kangaroo Calf, 6 inch top, full double sole and tap blucher, 1.75
226 Men’s Kangaroo Calf, g inch top, full double sole and tap bals, 2.00

226% Men’s Kangaroo Calf, 9 inch top, full double sole and tap blucher, 2.00

These shoes are cut out of Albert Trostle & Son’s Kangaroo Calf and made in our Northville factory. “Rodgers” is

stamped on the sole of each shoe and “Rodgers Means Reliable ”

Order to-day.

The Rodgers Shoe Company

Toledo, Ohio
Factory at Northville, Mich.

 

What Properly Constitutes the Salesman’s
Portion.

We are ail agreed that the sum total
of the salary and traveling expenses of
salesmen is the largest item in our an-
nual expense account, and we are also
sadly aware of the fact that this time
has grown larger year by year, while the
margin of profit has as steadily de-
creased, The whole question of whether

our business shall show a profit or loss
hinges upon the proper adjustment of
this expense item, and it concerns us
ali so vitally that it is well that we
should throw upon it all the light which
can be contributed by the combined
wisdom and experience of business
men.

At the beginning of each year we fig-
ure that under no circumstances can we
permit the salary and traveling ex-
penses of a salesman to exceed a fixed
per cent. of the net amount of his sales,
We then proceed to renew contracts
with old salesmen and add to the lottery
risk by taking on some new and un-
tried men. The old men are told the
volume of their sales was too small, the
proportion of staple goods sold too large,
with their traveling expenses too high,
and that all these things must be
remedied next year or a cut in salaries
will be made. Frequently the response
is, ‘‘Well, Cutthroat, Price & Co., the
largest jobbers in Shoeville, have
offered me their line and a better salary
than | am now getting, so I guess I will
quit.”’

The usual result is we compromise by
contracting with the old men for a raise
of $300 per year rather than risk the ex-
periment of putting a new man in the
territory, and we trust to luck that bet-
ter crop conditions will enable us to
make up the extra expense somehow or
other. Naturally, the year is but a rep-
etition of former years’ experiences,
with the extra expense of going over a
territory three or four times a season for
business that should be got in one trip,
and the question, Where will this ever-
increasing drain on our profits end?

That it is costing too much to sell
goods all are agreed, but as to the rem-
edy there will be as many different
views as there are different minds. We
should instill into our salesmen the idea
that loyalty to the best interests of their
employers demands that they increase
the volume of their sales, and that the
increase shall be on lines which bear a
better profit than the staple goods now
so largely sold. They must be made to
realize as we do that a large volume of
business is the only thing that will en-
able us to get away from the unprofit-
able basis on which we are now work-
ing.

 

Most salesmen are lacking in an am-
bition which would lead them to make
strenuous efforts to reach a larger vol-
ume of sales, and, asa consequence, a
better salary for themselves. To do this
the salesman must have distinct person-
ality and enthusiasm for his whole line
which will enable him to sell bills in
which the staples and profitable goods
are more evenly balanced,

My judgment is that we will have to
adopt a fixed percentage basis for our
salesmen and adhere to it rigidly. The
unbusinesslike custom some jobbers
have adopted of selling certain promi-
nent staples at cost, or less, and deduct-
ing the amount of such sales from sales-
men’s orders, adds to the difficulty of
fixing an equitable basis for salesmen.
In general terms 1 would say that a
salesman’s salary and expenses should
not exceed 5 per cent. of his net sales,
and if they do he is not a profitable man
to travel,

The custom of the manufacturers of
paying a commission on actual ship-
ments and forcing salesmen to pay their
Own expenses without advanc4s being
made them is the only absolutely safe
basis, but the jobbers can not yet adopt
this basis on account of the demand for
capabie men being greater than the sup-
ply. The next best thing, then, seems
to be the adoption of a combination of
the guaranteed salary and commission
basis, which will divide the risk more
equally between the parties. On this
basis the salesman is spurred to his best
efforts to increase his sales and at the
same time he has a very direct interest
in keeping his expenses down to the
lowest possible point.

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Girls of Today—

Give their mothers to understand that
time has made changes in conditions.

Regard elaborate dressing as one of
the requirements of existence.

Are disposed to wonder if there was
such a thing as sentiment when ma
was young.

Call men boys and boys men with an
utter disregard of facts.

Take on swagger airs as soon as they
don long skirts,

Make remarks in public which cause
their elders to wonder what they mean.

Look upon it as a duty to read highly-
spiced romances.

Do not pretend to possess any knowl-
edge of historic events.

Take more interest in the sporting
page of a newspaper than in any other.

Insist that marriage is a question to
be considered only in after years,

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The Fullness of It.

Rev. Goodman—They tell me you
took a little outing on labor day. |
suppose you enjoyed it to the full.

Walking Delegate—What if I did? [I
paid my fine, so it’s nobody’s business.

 

When In Doubt |

Remember that Boston Rubber
Shoe Co.’s Rubbers are always
durable.

We keep in stock large as-
sortments of the various kinds
and sizes.

We make prompt shipments.

Kalmbach, Logie & Co., Ltd.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

  
 

 

 

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Are nobby and up-to-date in
style. They are made on
perfect fitting lasts.

Increase your Men's Shoe
trade by adding a line of
shoes that will bring satisfied
customers back to you.

  
 
   
 
 

Write for prices.

F. MAYER BOOT & SHOE CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

 

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

Dry Goods

Weekly Market Review of the Principal
Staples.

Staple Cottons—Neither the amount of
business nor the character of the trans-
actions has shown material change in
this part of the market for the week un-
der review. The home demand for
heavyweight brown sheetings and drills
has been fully up to the average, and
in this section it seems comparatively
easy to secure full prices. For the ex-
port trade, there is comparatively little
business being transacted, for the ex-
porters continue to make bids and en-
deavor to purchase goods at lower prices
than are quoted but without success,
Some small lots have been purchased at
the sellers* prices, but not enough to be
of any consequence. In fine yarn sheet-
ings, the market is pretty well sold up
and prices are naturally firm on this ac-
count. There is a steady demand for
bieached muslins which amounts to a
good total and prices are steady for all
grades. Bleached cottons are firm in
price and scarce. There has been no
change in the market for wide sheetings
and practically none for cotton flannels
and blankets, the well-sold-up condition
preventing any heavy transaction or
change of price. Coarse colored cot-
tons show a small supply on hand and
prices are firm.

 

 

Cotton Dress Goods—About the same
conditions exist in regard to printed
calicoes as did a week ago, the chief
request being for staple lines although
fancies have received some attention.
In the staples, indigo blues and mourn-
ings have received a good request and
there is a more moderate business in evi-
dence in reds and other shades. Shirt-
ings and prints have sold very well. In
ordinary fancy calicoes there has been
a fair business, but in special silk fin-
ishes and some other lines trading has
shown an improvement. The general
tone of the print market is very firm
and there are no indications of accumu-
lation of stocks in the hands of sellers.
and as a result no special efforts to
force goods on the market are made.
This is well sustained by the strength of
the market for gray cloths. Percales are
steady; printed and woven patterned
napped goods are hard to be found in
desirable lines. Both staple and dress
styles of ginghams are hard to buy for
nearby deliveries and are exceedingly
difficult for buyers to operate in any
way.

Woolen Dress Goods—There has been
a continued good request for wool and
worsted dress goods for both forward
and immediate delivery and the market
continues firm in almost all directions.
It is believed that a good many buyers
have already placed the bulk of their
initial spring goods orders, but from
other directions considerable business
has yet to come forward. The facts alone
that the leading corporations making
plain staples have already sold their
lines into a strong position and that a
considerable number of smaller factors
have also made a good showing are evi-
dence conclusive that operations for
spring have been carried on to a sub-
stantial extent. There are a good many
buyers who make it a point to delay
their orders, however, who have not
yet ordered anything like their full com-
plement of spring fabrics,and in the list
are included cutters-up and jobbers.
The Western buyer has carried his in-
itial. purchases closer to a finish than
the Eastern trade and has shown a

 

greater degree of confidence and liberal-
ity.

Underwear—The price of fleeced un-
derwear for 1903 is of considerable in-
terest to the trade now. It has not been
decided yet and probably will not be
until the price of cotton becomes more
settled and even then it is likely to be
influenced to a considerable extent by
the market conditions this season, which
naturally exert an influence for higher
prices. With conditions as they stand
to-day, as far as the price of cotton is
concerned, an advance of 40@s5o0c a
dozen would seem only necessary, and
where this season's conditions operate,
an even greater advance may be ex-
pected; yet very few agents look for
this. For next spring the lightweight
lines of knit goods are in excellent con-
dition and mills report themselves as
well sold up and many of them can take
no more orders for several months,
Prices are considered fairly satisfactory,
although there is, of course, a certain
amount of ‘‘kicking.’’ The agents have
assumed a stiffer attitude this season
and the results have borne out our oft-
repeated statement that it was only nec-
essary to do this in order to get better
prices and that it would not injure busi-
ness in any way in the long run. This
stand may not have been taken alto-
gether from choice, but it certainly has
resulted satisfactorily. It is a practical
lesson that manufacturers and agents
alike should not ignore.

Hosiery—The jobbing end of the hos-
iery business has for the past week seen
a somewhat lighter trading. Part of this
is due to the fact that early last week
prices were advanced slightly for the
more desirable patterns of fancies and a
number of buyers have withheld their
orders aS a consequence. For men’s
hosiery there has been a lessening de-
mand for fancies, especially for open-
work effects, although the retailers re-
port that they continue to sell fair quan-
tities. They expect a lighter business,
however, as cold weatber approaches. It

 

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Try “The Kady”—to wear or
to sell— you'll like it either way.

Leading jobbers handle “The
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Grand Rapids, Michigan

Have in stock at all times a full range of

Staple and Fancy Linings

and are now offering

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is considered safe to. expect a good
business in openwork for spring and
preparations have been made according-
ly all along the line. There has been an
excellent retail demand for many spec-
ialties, including knit golf jackets, and
some of the large stores say that they
can not get them fast enough. Sweaters
for both men and women have also seen
a most satisfactory amount of trading.

Carpets—The carpet season has ex-
perienced no particular change over
conditions prevailing a week ago, A
general closing of the season's business
is going on, so, as far as new business
is concerned, the narket is quiet.
Weavers as a general thing have more
business than they can attend to, and it
is no uncommon piediction that the or-
ders remaining unfilled will amount to a
good many hundred pieces. Every loom
that can be put in operation is done so
and all hands are worked to their ut-
most capacity to supply as much stock
as the machinery will permit. This
will continue up to the week the new
sample pieces are shown, when the new
patterns now being designed will be
woven, Many of the next season's de-
signs are ready for the loom and it will
not be long before all of the new ideas
will be put down on the designing
paper. The color effects, from what is
gossiped around the mills will show but
few changes from what they are at the
present time. Good, bright colors will
be in evidence. The figures will be in
as big a variety as in the past few sea-
sons, Large designs as well as the neat
smal] patterns will be made. The red
and green effects will be made in quan-
tities as large as ever. Old gold, it is
said, will be quite a prevailing color.
In the very choice Wilton carpets the
red and green backgrounds, with a fig-
ure a little darker than the prevailing
color, of the puritanic order, are likely
to be made as extensively next season
as this season. The carpet jobbers are
very busy attending to the deliveries of
goods taken some weeks ago. Some
difficulty is experienced in moving the
goods in sufficient quantities from the
mills, but not so much as was some
weeks ago. Retailers are hungry for
supplies and some stocks, larger than
has been the case in some years, have
been put in. The retail business, from
all reports received has been exceedingly
good thus far. The public have taken
hold with a vim that has met with full
expectations. The coal famine from all
appearances has hurt business but little.
The ingrain carpet trade report a very
active market. Little new business has
been taken, but weavers have all they
can do on old orders. More business
could be taken if mills were in a posi-
tion to do so, but more than sufficient
business is in hand than can possibly
be turned out before the new season be-
gins. Sufficient orders to keep machin-
ery running in the immeditae future is
what is worryig the weavers the least at
the present time. Future values are un-
der consideration by all. The higher
cost of everything put into the fabric
has caused this feeling, and from the
present outlook prices on all lines will
show a good advance. Worsted yarns
have had a loc advance over prices cur-
rent a year ago. Woolen yarns have not
shown such an advance, but they are
higher.

Both Too Far.

‘IT don’t see any difference between
the society woman's decollette gown and
the costume of a bailet girl.’’ !

‘‘The only difference is that one is too
far from the ceiling and the other too
far from the floor.’’

 

Discount Too Small to Justify,Borrowing
Money.

I have been considerably amused by
the articles published at different times
in regard to the amount saved by dis-
counting bills,and especially at the rate
of interest. Take the hat and cap line,
for instance, with terms Io days less 6
per cent., 30-5, 60-4, 4 months net. If
he discounts in to days at 6 per cent.
he gets $6 for the use of $100 for IIo
days, or at the rate of 19 9-10 per cent.
per annum. If he takes the 30-day dis-
count he gets 5 per cent. for go days,
or 20 per cent. per annum. If he takes
the 60-day discount then he gets 24 per
cent. for his money, which is the best
rate of interest he can get, and, of
course, would pay him better than the 10

days’ discount at a trifle less than 20 per
cent. per annum,
But let us see how it works in actual

business. Theory is all right sometimes,
but actual workings are different. Asa
general proposition, the average country
merchant buys of his hat house two bills
a year—one in the spring and one in
the fail, so that he can get his discount
only twice a year—not three times at 6
per cent., nor four times at 5 per cent.,
nor six times at 4 per cent., but only
twice, no matter which discount he
takes, so that, while 4 60 is figuring at
24 per cent. per annum, he only gets 8
per cent.; and while the 6 10 figures
scant 20 per cent. per annum, he really
get I2 per cent.

While figures do not lie, they are
sometimes very misleading, and the man
who figures on 20 or 24 per cent. inter-
est by discounting his hat bills will
come to the conclusion that some one
was mistaken.

Now, as to the actual amount saved:
any up-country merchant can ‘‘work’’
his jobber for 60 days’ extra time with-
out interest by simply taking it when
the bill is due, so that in borrowing of
his banker he must take that into con-
sideration. In this part of the world
the bankers are in it for what they can
make out of it, and 12 per cent. is not
at all bad for one who wants to borrow;
10 per cent. is a very reasonable rate,
and is just a fair average. So he _ bor-
rows at IO per cent and gets at the
most I2 per cent., making a profit of
only 2 percent. per annum in the trans-
action, an amount too small to look at
considering the trouble to get the loan.

Minor C. Badger.

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Modern Science.

Weary Willie—Please, mum, can't
you give a poor man some breakfast?

Mrs. Givemnit—Certainly. After you
saw that wood you may eat the sawdust.
It makes a fine breakfast food.

 

Kent County

Savings Bank Deposits
exceed $2,300,000

3%% interest paid on Sav-
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The banking business of

Merchants, Salesmen and
Individuals solicited.

 

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

 

  
   

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needs of any grocer.
Do your own baking
and make the double
profit.

Hubbard Portable
Oven Co.

182 BELDEN AVENUIE, CHICAGO

 

 

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Water does not affect it.

One gross large (10 cent size), $10.00.
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Write now.

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

Woman’s World

The Homely Woman Gradually Getting
Her Innings.

Time, it is said, brings strange re-
venges. A curious illustration of this is
afforded by a dispatch from Budapest,
in which it is stated that a law has been
passed making it a crime for any but
middle-aged and ugly women to be em-
ployed in restaurants or other public
places.

Thus, at last,does the homely woman,
so long passed over in favor of her
beautiful sister, get her innings and
justice make good its claim to being
blind instead of having one eye ona
peachy cheek and a taper waist.

Heretofore, among women, it has
been the young and comely who have
gotten all the plums. A_ blonde-haired
cashier who made mistakes in the
change has had the call over a stingy
female who was as accurate as a cash
register, while willowy typewriters with
melting blue eyes and and uncertain grip
on spelling could walk away with all
the good places from the hard-visaged
spinsters who were animated diction-
aries,

 

 

To the majority of women it will be
good news to learn that on one spot on
the earth, at least, this invidious class
distinction has been suppressed by the
stern hand of the law, for of all the in-
justice under which the female sex la-
bors, none is so grievous as the unwrit
ten fiat that demands that every woman
should be beautiful whether Nature
made her that way or not. Compared
to it the tyranny of taxation witbout
representation is a mere bagatelle, and
even the right to earn a comfortable
living for herself, instead of sponging
on somebody else, passes into innocuous
desuetude, for the favoritism shown the
pretty woman is a burning wrong under
which the homely woman smarts every
hour of the day.

Of course, men will deny that this is
true, and it is possible that they do not
realize the distinction they make them-
selves between beauty and ugliness. It
is not a premeditated insult—it is intu-
ition, unconscious instinct. Enter a
crowded car. A pretty woman, dressed
in rustling, silk-lined garments, comes
in and a dozen men spring to their feet
to offer her a seat. She might occupy
half the car if she wanted it, and they
would hang on to straps and beam on
her with bliss; but if she is old and
ugly and shabby, the one man whose
conscience drives him into reliquishing
his seat to her does it with the expres-
sion of an early Christian martyr.

Let a pretty woman cry and every
man in sight wants to comfort her and
have her weep out her grief upon his
shoulder; but when a homely woman
weeps even her husband tells her to
shut up and not make a fool of herself.

The fact that we make a fetich of
beauty, and place it above al! other
qualities in a woman, is a tribute to our
artistic taste but a sad commentary on
our intelligence and morals. Yet we do
it. When we hear of a woman, our first
question about her is not, Is she good?
Is she clever? Is she entertaining? But,
is she pretty? That, in popular estima-
tion, outranks all other charms, and if
she is sufficiently good-looking she may
smash the ten commandments into
atoms, and be as duli asa doornail, and
yet admirers will flock around her.

The crowning absurdity, however, of
our beauty worship is to be found in the
popular demand that even the woman

 

who does things must add pulchritude
to her achievements. Nobody cares
whether Edison is an Adonis or not,
nobody expects Marconi to look like a
matinee hero, or resents the fact that
Kipling is an ugly little fellow in dowdy
clothes, or Mr. W. D. Howells a fat
gentleman witha double chin. It is the
man's work, not his personal appear-
ance, that concerns us; but we do not
adopt this liberal attitude toward women.

Certain professions—notably the stage
and stenography—are practically barred
to her unless she is good-looking. An
ugly girl or a middle-aged woman finds
it almost impossible to get a job asa
typewriter, while on the stage nothing
but the most transcendent genius can
ever get her a hearing, unless she adds
pulchritude to ber attainments. There
bas been one Charlotte Cushman and
one Clara Morris, who have succeeded
in spite of their looks; but there have
been hundreds of Maxine Elliotts and
Lillian Russells who have succeeded
merely because of them.

The stage, being ina measure spec-
tacular, there is some show of reason in
demanding beauty in actresses; but
what idiocy to expect the woman who
does things in other lines to add good
looks to her brains. Yet we do. The
authoress of a popular novel is invari-
ably described by her press agent as
**young and beautiful,’’ the woman who
runs a sawmill or pilots a boat or takes
a contract for street-sweeping has _her-
self photographed in a _ low-necked
evening gown and a sweet-sixteen ex-
pression, as if her looks and not her
financial knowiedge and executive abil-
ity counted.

It is all very sad and very silly; but
no one need wonder why women spend
their time and their energy and their
talents trying to make themselves pretty
when such a premium is put upon good
looks,

The one right that men have that
women have a right to envy and to
shriek for until they get it is to be as
ugly as Nature made them, without
having any distinction made against
them. When an ugly girl has as many
partners at a ball as a pretty one; when
a homely woman can marry as well as a
beauty; when ability, and not looks is
considered when a woman applies for a
job—then, and not until then, will
woman have her rights.

In the meantime, the experiment at
Budapest will be watched with bated
breath by those of us whom fate has
not endowed with what old-fashioned
novelists call the ‘‘fatal gift of beauty.’’

Dorothy Dix.
—__ © 9» __

He who is of no use to himself is of
no use to any one.

 

   
 

DURABLE,
STRONG.

  

A Postal Card

Will get you prices on the
best store stools made.

BRYAN PLOW CO., Bryan, Ohio
Manufacturers

 

 

LAMPS

The ‘‘Royal’’ Center Draft Lamps, absolutely the best lamps
on the market. You can guarantee every one of them
They come complete with chimney and 1o inch dome shade.
Retail for $2.00 each. Cost you $13.50 per dozen.

Write for our illustrated lamp catalogue. It’s a beauty.

Geo. H. Wheelock & @o.,

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A Business Hint

A suggested need often repeated creates the
want that sends the purchaser to the store.

Every dealer should have his share of the
profit that reverts from the enormous amount
of money expended by the National Biscuit
Company in keeping their products constantly
before the eyes of the public.

These goods become the actual needs that
send a sieady stream of trade to the stores that
sell them.

People have become educated to buying
biscuit and crackers in the In-er-seal Package—
and one success has followed the other from
the famous Uneeda Biscuit to the latest widely
advertised specialty.

Each new product as it is announced to the
public serves as a stimulant to business and
acts as a drawing card that brings more custo-
miers to the store than any plan you could devise,

A well stocked line of National Biscuit goods
is a business policy that it is not well to overlook.

 

 

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Girl-Baby a Drug on the Market.

It it announced that the Governor of
one of the rural districts of Russia has
ordered that when a girl-baby is born in
a family the father shall be taken out
and knouted,

Inasmuch is no one ever desires a
girl-baby or has one on purpose, this
seems a bit like rubbing misfortune in,
and it calls attention once more to the
curious fact that, the world over, the
girl-baby is what diplomatists call per-
sona non grata.

In time parents get reconciled to her,
and even think she is the most wonder-
ful baby on earth; but she makes her
welcome; she does not find it ready-
made.

As for strangers, their attitude is ap-
parent from the start. The congratula-
tions showered upon young fathers and
mothers upon the arrival of the first
baby are polite but cold and_ perfunc-
tory if it isa girl. If the second baby
is another, the good wishes are tinged
with compassion. A third calls for ac-
tive sympathy; a fifth and a sixth
daughter are a cause for actual reproach
of her unhappy parents; whereas the
birth of a boy-baby anywhere from the
first to the seventh is a joyful occasion
that is popularly considered to justify
the father in getting drunk.

Yet why should the girl-baby be de-
spised? Primarily, it is supposed a
son is a help and a daughter an expense,
but, as a matter of fact, it generally
takes ten times as much money to pay
a boy’s college debts as it does to dress
a girl, and a daughter generally finds a
husband to support ber before a boy is
able to support himself.

Nor is this all. It is the daughters of
a family far oftener than the sons who
cheer their parents’ lonely old age and
give them sympathy and love. The
boy, who gets away from home, gets
absorbed in business, in his wife and
children; sometimes he even forgets to
write to his mother, and lets long years
go by without visiting his parents; but
a woman never goes so far that she for-
gets the old folks at home.

‘*My son’s my son until he gets him a
wife—my daughter's my daugbter ali of
her life,’’ says the old rhyme, and _ yet,
for all that, nobody wants the girl baby!

Cora Stowell.
——__~> 2 2
$28,000 in Tobacco Burned by a Judge.

A fortune gone up in tobacco smoke.
Not by accident nor in wholesale specu-
lation, but at the seemingly impossible
rate of one cigar ata time. Thatis the
record of Judge Tighlman A. Hogan, of
Valparaiso, Indiana, one of the pioneer
residents and a leading Democratic poli-
tician of Northwestern Indiana.

Judge Hogan presides over the des-
tinies of the City Court of Valparaiso.
He has been on the bench since the
Legislature allowed the organization of
municipal courts, has never been de-
feated, although the Republican "ma-
jority of Valparaiso is several hundred
against him, and has just been unani-
mously renominated by his party for
another term. He is 76 years old, hale
and vigorous, and enjoys the personal
friendship of almost every man, woman
and child in Valparaiso. A resident of
the city since its earliest days, he has
been closely identified with its develop-
ment and growth at every stage. He
has a long and honorable career in the
common council to his credit and a
business record of more than the ordinary
number of ups and downs.

In the pioneer days of the village
“‘Uncle Till,’’ as he is universally
called, held a commanding position in
its little business world. He operated
a factory, amassed a comfortable for-
tune, as fortunes went in those days,
and was a leader in at As
the years went on, however, fortune

 

 

played an unkind trick or two upon her
erstwhile favorite, and bis financial fall
was heard. For a number of vears his
lot was an exceedingly precarious one,
but his old-time friends never wavered
in their loyalty, and after a while better
days came again,

The one personal habit which has al-
ways held Uncle Till a faithful devotee
is that of smoking. My Lady Nicotine
has few more devoted subjects. Ever
since his boyhood, it might be said, he
has averaged from eight to twenty-five
cigars a day. In his days of prosperous
middle age these were the most expen-
sive of imported weeds, costing from a
shilling to a half dollar each. His pres-
ent average is twenty five-cent cigars
daily.

A close estimate of the money Judge
Hogan has seen ascend in gracefully
cuiling ringlets during his lifetime
places the amount at $28,000—a comfort-
able fortune even in this day of capital-
istic combinations, It is, in fact, a
competency which would support a man
in modest comfort for the term of his
natural life if properly invested. It
will average something more thana dol-
lar a day for every single day of the
judge’s seventy-six years of life, with
no discount off for Sundays or legal hol-
idays. It is many times more than his
bread has cost him, probably more than
his meat has cost, for he is a moderate
liver upon plain and substantial fare.

Perhaps the most surprising feature of
the strange story is that Judge Hogan's
intimacy with My Lady Nicotine suc-
cessfully gives the lie to the baleful
prophecies and warnings of the tract
writers and physiclogists, for, notwith-
standing his unswerving fidelity to the
weed, he enjoys as good health at 76 as
the average man does at less than half
his age. He is hearty and vigorous, a
lover of the theater and good literature,
fond of the outer air and most method-
ical in his daily life. Nor is he in-
clined to at all begrudge the money that
his smoking has cost him. He believes
that he has received the equitable value
for all the money he has spent thus, and
unly remarked, when an bour’s careful
figuring brought forth the rather as-
tounding total of his aggregate expend-
itures for blue smoke:

‘If | had it to do again I would put
more of the money in straight five-cent
cigars and l|:ss in the higher priced
brands, and | would get just as good
smokes,’’

——
His Personal Opinion.

‘*But don’t you think it would be bet-
ter if the sale of liquor was stopped?’’
asked the old lady with the tract.

‘Yes, mum, on one condition,’’ re-
sponded Rummy Robinson.

‘What is that?’’

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22

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

_ Butter and Eggs _

Observations by a Gotham Egg Man.

Several weeks ago | made mention in
this column of the practice being en-
gaged in by a number of local small
dealers of packing very poor eggs intin
and freezing them. It now appears that
the business has been taken up by a
good many and that the demand for spot
eggs to be broken out in this way has
been so great as to give them a relative-
ly high value—somewhere about 7 0r8
cents per dozen, as I am informed.

It seems almost incredible that any
one can be found to buy this rotten stuf
for food unless the freezers of it have
found some method of deodorizing it;
but in any case the sale of spots and
bad eggs as food is outrageous and
ought to be stopped by the Board of
Health.

I understand that the Board of Health
is already taking steps in the matter
and that conferences between the health
officers and the Egg Committee of New
York Mercantile Exchange have been
arranged to consider what steps will be
most practical to stop the sale of this
deleterious stuff. I feel that 1 am safe
in saying that the health officers will re-
ceive every possible assistance from the
exchange officials in preventing the sale
of rots and spot eggs for food purposes
—whether they be frozen or otherwise.

If the freezing of these bad eggs for
sale to bakers’ trade is permitted to con-
tinue it will be damaging to the frozen
eggs trade as a whole and tend to ruin
the reputation of the goods,

I am requested again to call attention
to the folly of mixing refrigerator eggs
with fresh gathered stock at country
points. Many lots of eggs are showing
mixture with refrigerators, and it is evi-
dently done with the mistaken idea that
the held eggs can thus be worked
through with the fresh at the value of
the latter. But this is not the case; in
the first place the eggs are all candled
before being put out to retail trade and
the old eggs are certainly detected ; then
the old eggs are worth less to a man
who wants fresh than they are to a deal
er who wants old eggs; everything is
worth most to those who want it. When
a dealer buys fresh eggs and finds a lot
of refrigerator eggs mixed in he may
keep them but only at a low price—
lower than they could be sold for to
Some one enquiring for refrigerator
stock. As a rule the value of mixed
qualities is affected most by the value
of the poorer portion and the most
money can be realized when goods are
packed straight and as nearly uniform
as possible. Refrigerator eggs wiil
bring more money as such, packed sepa-
rately, than they will when mixed with
fresh eggs; and fresh eggs will also
bring more when packed alone.

Of course the current collections of
eggs at this season (and later) contain
many shrunken eggs that have never
seen a refrigerator. With many egg
packers it would doubtless be impos-
sible to confine a No. 1 grade to abso-
lutely full eggs at this season. But 1
feel sure that reasonably close grading
would pay and it should be close enough
to keep out of the first grade (both of
the clean eggs and the dirties) all bad-
ly shrunken, weak bodied eggs, which
should be packed and shipped sepa-
rately.—N. Y. Produce Review,

——>2.__
Tasters as Bad as Shop-Lifters,
From the New York Commercial.

All American shop-keepers—more es-
pecially grocers in provincial towns—
know what a draw on their profits the

sampling or tasting habit among cus-
tomers is. It is even worse in Eng-
land.

Up at the Calumet Club last night
was the manager of a huge supply es-
tablishment in London, Phineas Brum-
by. His place is one of the sort spoken
of in England as on the ‘‘stores order, "’
as distinguished {rom a shop. ‘‘Unless
you are inthe business,’’ he said, as he
slowly sipped his Scotch high-ball with
a party of New York wholesalers, ‘‘let
me say that you will find it hard to real-
ize the aggregate amount customers of
the ‘tasting’ kind—I do not now so
mucb refer to legitimate tasters, who
sample butter and cheese—cost a con-
cern like mine; and much of this tast-
ing is nothing but bare-faced pilfering,

‘‘Not to speak of the articles these
people take—the offenders are generally
women, I am sorry to say—the articles
such as raisins, nuts, biscuits, a grape
or two here, and a strawberry there,
hundreds and hundreds of them will
half-covertly help themselves toa peach,
an apricot or a blood orange, and when
they have several children witb them,
ail scattered about a shup and doing the
Same thing, the matter becomes serious.
It happens in scores of cases that the
articles taken in this way excede the
value of those bought by fourfold. It
a word is spoken to these people, their
indignation, mock or real, is a sight;
nothing can exceed their effrontery.

‘It has become a serious question—
one that is going to be debated with
others before long by West End _trades-
men—for it is calculated that we lose a
total of many, many thousands of
pounds a year by these tasters. We re-
gard women who deliberately allow
their children to take expensive fruits
in this way, and then refuse to pay, as
almost creating a tendency to shoplift-
cL we
_ ———>-2 > ___ __

Joke On the Man.

A Pontiac.undertaker relates that on a
certain occasion a farmer near the town
came in and. ordered a casket for his
wife. She was not yet dead, but the
prospect was so bright that her husband
said there was no chance of her living
the day out. The casket was tastily
trimmed, but a week elapsed and still
it stood in the shop, solemnly awaiting
the customer, Then the man reappeared
and said that, contrary to his plans, his
wife was ‘‘up around’’ doing her house
work. It was a year before that casket
was needed, and then it was for the
farmer instead of his wife.

—> +. ___
All Is Vanity.

Mrs. Dorcas—Why is Mrs. Gadsby so
glad she hasn't any children?

Dorcas—It gives her more time to at-
tend those mothers’ meetings.

 

 

 

 

How speculators in April eggs may come
out is still an open question which time
only will answer. just now we are more

 

 

interested in the current production and
want liberal consignments of the best
we Can get.

Est. 1840. LAMSON & CO.,

13 Blackstone St., Boston, Mass.

 

Established 1865

L. O. Snedecor & Son
NEW YORK

Egg Receivers

HAVE YOU EVER?
considered how necessary it should be for your
interests to ship eggs to an egg house that makes
a@ specialty of the one line throughout the year?
We want to double our business this year; we
have the outlet, so will rely on YOU to send
us the EGGS.
Reference: N. Y. National Exchange Bank.

 

Cheaper Than a Candle
and many 100 times more light from

Brilliant and Halo
Gasoline Gas Lamps
mee Guaranteed good for any place. One
§ agent in a town wanted. ig profits.
Brilliant Gas Lamp Co.
a 42 State Street, Chicago Il.

  

 

 

 

 

E. S. Alpaugh & Co.

Commission Merchants
16 to 24 Bloomfield St. 17 to 23 Loew Avenue

West Washington Market

New York

Specialties: Poultry, Eggs, Dressed Meats and Provisions.

If you anticipate shipping any produce to the New York market we advise
your Correspondence with us before doing so; it will pay you.

References: Gansevoort Bank, R. G. Dun & Co , Bradstreet’s Mercantile Agency, and
upon request many shippers in your State who have shipped us
for the last quarter of a century.

Cold Storage and Freezing Rooms

Beans

The bean market is very active. I can handle all you can ship me. Will pay highest price.
Write or telephone me for prices and particulars

¢. D. Crittenden, 98 S. Div. St., Grand Rapids

Both Phones 1300

Phil Hilber

Jobber of Oleomargarine
109 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Established 1864

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have State agency for several manufacturers and am prepared to

quote factory prices

 

Walker Celery Farm
Fine Celery and Cabbage.

Kelley Grace,

Citizens Phone 3793 R. R. No. 6, Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

POULTRY. BUTTER AND EGGS

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

GEO. N. HUFF & CO.
55 CADILLAC SQUARE

"ececceeee G6eeecee
EGGS WANTED

We want several thousand cases eggs for Storage, and when you have ary to offer
write for prices or call us up by phone if we fail to quote you.

Butter

We can handle all you send us.

WHEELOCK PRODUCE Co.

106 SOUTH DIVISION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Citizens Phone 3232.

NEW CROP TIMOTHY

We are direct receivers and recleaners of choice
Western grown Timothy Seed. We buy and sell

Clover, Alsyke, Beans, Pop Corn

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23

 

The New York Market

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

New York, Oct. 11—Big crowds
gather before the bulletin boards of the
printing offices, and still bigger throngs
line the streets where are located the
offices of the ‘‘powers that be’’ in the
great strike. It has gone past the joking
time and the crowds are serious. Mut-
terings, not loud but deep, are heard,
and on every hand is anxiety.

Coffee is steady and slightly higher,
although from no apparent cause. The
demand from jobbers and roasters has
been only of an average character, nor
can anything more be looked for. Gro-
cers are not Inclined to buy ahead of
current wants so long as the supply
seems so enormous and to do so would
be injudicious. In store and afloat there
are 2,772,669 bags, against 2,260,041
bags at the same time last year. Mild
coffees have been in good request all the
week and as offerings are light there
is a firm undertone to the market. Good
Cucuta is worth gc and is strong at tbis.
East India coffees are rather quiet, but
some trading is being done all the time.
Prices are unchanged.

Quietude has prevailed in sugar dur-
ing the week as compared with the busy
season of a fortnight ago, What little
trade is being done is in the way of
withdrawals on old account and new
business is almost nil. No changes have
been made in quotations,

Supplies of teas are moderate, and
this has been one great cause of a very
moderate volume of business during the
week. Quctations are well held and
importers seem to think there will be no
reaction. Lower grades seem to be
sought after with more eagerness than
the better sorts.

The rice market is firm. A fairly
satisfactory jobbing trade is being done
and prices are firm and unchanged.
Choice to head, 54% @6c.

In spices there is a little jobbing
business, but, as a rule, the market is
inactive. Prices are without change
and the best that can be said is that

 

 

as fast as they were packed. Salmon
are in light offering and quotations are
firmly maintained,

The dried fruit and nut market for
all goods in this line is in a fairly sat-
isfactory condition, although little, if
any, change has taken place in quota-
tions. Currants, old crop, are in very
limited supply and prices are firm. |

Lemons and oranges are selling in
about the usual autumnal manner. The
record-breaking price of $14 per box
was paid for some California oranges
this week, but this is not to be taken
as any guide to the market. Sicily
lemons are worth from $2.10@$4.75.

The butter market is pretty well
cleaned up and prices show a little ad-
vance, best Western creamery fetching
23c without any trouble, Seconds to
firsts, 20@224c; imitation creamery, 17

been done in an export way as our do-
mestic rates are too high.

Western fresh-gathered eggs, loss off,
24c; fair to good, 23@23%c. At mark
Western goods range from 2214@23c for
fancy candled goods down to 19@2Ic
for ungraded stock.

—> >
Turkeys as Star Witnesses.

A modern Solomon’s judgment, ap-
proved by a flock of turkeys, after the
decision had been referred for final ad-
judication to the latter, has just come
from Lower Providence township. The
flock of birds in question had strayed
from their own farm home, as turkeys
will, and had been cooped up by the
distant neighbor on whose fence rails
they roosted.

A warrant, a trial before a Justice of
the Peace and a proposition from the
real owner to let the birds settle the
question for themselves, prevailed.

‘I'll forfeit the lot if they do not go
home,’’ proposed the owner.

‘‘And so you shall,’’ responded the
Justice. ‘‘Turn them loose.’’

The liberated turkeys, as if they ap-
preciated the weight of their new legal
responsibility, went in a bee-line to
their home rvosts; and judgment was
entered for the plaintiff.

a
How One Housewife Makes Fuel.

She took four common bricks and
placed them ina pail. Over the bricks
she poured a gallon of kerosene oil and
let them stand until the bricks had ab-
sorbed all of the oil they would take up.
Then she took out two of the bricks and
placed them inthe kitchen range and set
fire to them. They burned fully two
hours, and the fire that they made was
one by which it was possible to do any
kind of cooking or other work requiring
considerable heat. The lady says in
this way it will be possible in her home
to get along with the cooking, washing
and ironing without resortto gas, There
was no unpleasant odor or any trouble
whatever, for the oil just blazed away
like a stove full of good wood.

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The Most American City in Canada.
From the London Daily Express.

Winnipeg is the Mecca of the immi-
grant to Manitoba and the Northwest.
A city of 60,000 inhabitants, with banks

 

Itisa surprising thing that busi-
ness men who are aggressive and
up-to-date, usually willing to adopt
new ideas, when those ideas have
been proven good ones, will still
continue to write their business
letters with a pen; these same men
will involuntarily form an opinion
of the standing of the wholesale
house which would do such a
thing, and yet tvpewritten letters
are easily within their reach.

A Fox Typewriter is easy to buy
and anyone can soon learn to oper-
ate it more rapidly than they can
write with a pen. In buying a
writing machine, though, get a
good one and save yourself lots of
annoyance, hence the necessity of
getting “A FOX,’

If you will advise us that you are
.nterested we will acquaint you
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POTATOES

Carlots only wanted. Highest market price. State variety and quality.

H. ELMER MOSELEY & Co.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
304 & 305 Clark Building,
Opposite Union Depot

Long Distance Telephones—Citizens 2417
Bell Main 66

 

 

Grand Rapids Messenger & Packet Co.

11-13 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

We make a specialty of handling Merchandise consigned to us in bulk to

be distributed to various firms and residences.

Our business in that line

increases every week. Contracts made for the delivery of handbills, cata-

logues, pamphlets, addressed or unaddressed circulars.
sonable. Give usatrial. Write for full particulars, etc., TO-DAY.

Alex. McLachlin, Manager

Charges very rea-

 

Cold Storage

This is the time of year to store your Apples.

Why not put

them where they are sure to come out as good as when picked?

Save shrinkage and sorting by storing with us.
Butter, Eggs, Poultry and Meats.

stored with us, where desired.
information.

Grand Rapids Cold Storage
& Sanitary Milk Zo.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Rates reasonable.

 

We also store
Liberal advances on produce
Write for

 

E. F. Dudley

Owosso, Mich.
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Sweet Potatoes, Spanish Onions,
Cranberries

   

@ioc; Western factory, 163{@18c, lat-
ter for fancy June make.

There is a fairly active trade in cheese
and quotations are showing some ad-
vance. Best New York State creamery
is quotable at 12%@12%4c. Nothing has

Fine fresh stock constantly arriving. We are in the market to buy
ONIONS, WINTER APPLES AND BEANS

The Vinkemulder Company, Commission Merchants
14-16 Ottawa Street Grand Rapids, Michigan

 
 
   
 

350 N. Front St.
Grand Rapids, Mich

 

   

 

 

 

 

24

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

Window Dressing

Utilizing Girls as Window Trimmers.

Women, especially young women,
have invaded very nearly every depart-
ment of business formerly occupied by
men. We have female book-keepers and
Stenographers galore, female drummers
who travel with samples which entail
excess baggage expense, and so on
through all the fields of salesmanship,
Canvassing and clerical work, while fe-
male reporters and advertisement
solicitors are growing numerous, Now
come female window dressers. These,
it seems, are likely to become con-
spicuous in Boston department stores.

There is no reason why women should
not dress windows. Usually they have
good eyes for color combinations, drap-
ing and beauty in general. The laborious
physical part of the work can be at-
tended to by male assistants, under the
tasteful direction of the fair trimmers,
For the benefit of the worried men in
the window dressing ‘‘profession,’’ it
may be remarked that the feminine in-
vasion is not especially strong as yet.
The superintendent of a large depart-
ment store says that he had noticed the
marked aptitude which two very clever
young ladies had shown in arranging
the counters in the stocks in which they
were employed. They gave him an
idea, which he expressed to the head
window dresser, and the result of that
conversation was the creation of a new
occupation for young women. The
girls in question were given a trial in
the window during the off summer sea-
son and proved themselves so capable
that they have been put to work on the
fall displays. ‘They assist the head win-
dow dresser with their ideas as to color,
C&C.

 

 

We can see how this feminine depart-
ment would operate in men's furnish-
ing windows, if the trimmer was at-
tractive as well as skilful. The chances
are that she would draw large crowds
especially if the work was done during
the evening with the shades up.

Recently all sort of things have been
done to attract attention to windows,
and in these attempts young women have
been employed to pose and show off
various wares. Recently we saw a
demonstration of belts by a young man,
If the demonstration had been made by
a young woman the crowd would have
been seven hundred and fifty times
larger.

Ah, these are queer times. The dis-
position to play the limit in the game
of attracting attention is very evident,

him into conversations with superin-
tendents of stores. He learns from them
that it is difficult to get girls with any
training, that is, girls who know how
to figure or write when necessary, or to
handle customers,

The principal says that the course
which his pupils will receive will not
be theoretical, but thoroughly technical,
Girls will be taught the manners and
deportment that go to make up a suc-
cessful saleswoman. They will be taught
about goods and merchandise of all
sorts, qualities, prices, etc. Much at-
tention will be given to penmanship, so
that they will write down addresses and
directions expeditiously and correctly,
The sponsor for this school says one
would hardly believe it, but there are
many girls who will, through careless-
ness, make unnecessary mistakes, They
will sell one article and write down the
name of another on their checks. They
are utterly unable to spell proper names
and to write addresses.

What a blessing it would be to the
furnishing goods dealers if someone
would only start a practical school for
the education of young men who pose
as retail clerks. He certainly would
fill a long-felt want. The demand for
efficient male clerks is indeed very
great. It is greater than anyone outside
of the business realizes.—Apparel

Gazette.
———_~>_2 >. ___

No More Questions Asked.

A badgering counsel found a tartar in
the person of a witness in a case where
a c:othier sued a customer for a suit of
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Commercial Travelers

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

Grand Rapids Council No. 131, 0. €. T.
Senior Counselor, 3. BURNS; Secretary
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Gripsack Brigade.
Monkeys imitate—don't be a monkey.

‘*Good news from home’’—a
with a draft.

‘*The noblest work
truthful man.

letter
of God” is a

Buy a home and prepare for your de-
clining years.

‘‘I’m saddest when
your neighbors.

‘*The bloom is on the
often on the nose.

I sing’’—so are
rye’’—it’s

Farmer traveling men often amuse
practical farmers.

Putty-minded men are poor friends,
Place no confidence in such men.

A man who can see only the short-
comings of others is narrow-minded.

‘‘God_ hates a liar''—every one does.

The best plan to keep stock—never
advertise.

Theoretical salesmen and _ practical
salesmen are different men. One fails
while the cther succeeds.

If you find fault people will pronounce
you a kicker. If you never make objec-
tions you are styled a stick.

The first of a series of dancing and
card parties by Grand Rapids Council,

No. 131, will be given at the lodge
rooms on Pearl street Saturday even-
ing, October 18 The committee in

charge have made all arrangements for
a good time, and it is hoped that every
member will be there.

A. P. McPherson, President of the
Frank B. Taylor Co., sailed from New
York yesterday for Germany, where he
will spend a month or six weeks in se-
lecting china, dolls and novelties for
mext season's trade. ‘‘Mack,’’ as he
is familiarly called, ought toknow what
to buy by this time, because he has
sold these goods to the trade for about a
dozen years and has carefully noted the
preferences and peculiarities of his cus-
tomers,

A traveling salesman who conducts
himseif in a proper manner—and, of
course, most of them do—is entitled to
all the courtesy that would be extended
to the head of the firm, which he repre-
sents. Nothing is gained by giving a
traveler the cold shoulder, You may
not want to buy, or perhaps may not be
in a taiking mood, but if you mistreat
him you are mistreating a friend. A
man who is forced by his calling to he
away from home and family nine-tenths
of the year is deserving of the kindliest
treatment. Every dealer can and should
help to make things pleasant for him.

Sometimes men engaged in business
go out among their customers ina social
way, often soliciting business also, as
opportunity offers. This is certainly
legitimate and some of our best and
most gentlemanly business men do not
deem it beneath them. When the pro-
prietors are in their places of business
it is always clear sailing as one gentle-
man knows how to treat another in a
call of this kind, but it takes some little
whiffet, clothed with a little brief au-
thority, to freeze with a chilling dignity
and render speechless by curt and frigid
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modest and unassuming he is, who
dares to approach the confines of his
presence. Is it any wonder that travel-
ing men and solicitors often being re-
pelled by men with more money and
self-importance than brains, should
quote Shakespeare as a safety valve:
‘‘Great God, on what meat doth this,
our Caesar, feed that he hath grown so
great?’’

A few traveling men never tire of tell-
ing of their sales and proving their wild
assertions by producing their order
books, In the hotels, on the cars, in the
stores, and in fact every place and on
Sunday, too, their only conversation is
about their great sales, They annoy
everybody and create a doubt in the
minds of every listener. The truly suc-
cessful salesman is quiet, and seldom
or ever mentions his sales, and never
thinks of giving the name of his heavy
buyers. There is policy in this plan.
Why should he advertise his good trade
and give competitors pointers that they
may go and secure the same? The suc-
cessful salesman is conservative and
never speaks of his wonderful sales, but
the shop talker constantiy reminds
everybody of his great success, and’ foc]-
ishly imagines that he is making a last-
ing impression upon the minds of his
hearers when he relates his great exploits
in the world of commerce. Wise sales-
men say nothing, but quietly observe
every remark and prepare to capture
some of this very desirable trade. In
nearly ever case where a salesman talks
shop, he feels that he is not a success,
and imagines every one knows it, but
hopes to remove the ice by loud talk
of his sales. The veteran remains mute,
grasps every idea and quietly does his
work, The successful old-timer never
has a good trade, at least he always
answers when asked the condition of
trade, ‘‘very dull,’’ but he continues on
his route when the great salesman is
forgotten. A shop talker is a certain
failure, and feeling conscious of his
weakness vainly endeavors to create the
impression that he isa glorious success,
but the successful salesman is not so
easily deceived, and takes advantage of
the weakness of his unwise competitor;
quietly securing his customers without
any noise. The shop talker is tire-
some. What do you care about his im-
mense sales? You rejoice, as every true
man does, to learn of the success of an-
other, but you expect to hear it from
disinterested parties. Do not talk shop.

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Growth of American Wealth.

The United States Census Bureau is
now making arrangements for an elab-
orate study of the growth of wealth in
the United States. Ever since the work
of the census itself was actually over
and the Bureau had really been placed
upon a permanent basis, it has been
steadily employed in investigating con-
ditions as tostate and municipal indebt-
edness in the various commonwealths. It
is the first step in the elaborate inves-
tigation into the growth of public wealth
which is to be undertaken. The statis-
tician is laying plans for an enquiry
which shall be more scientific and more
inclusive than anything of the kind
heretofore published. He wishes, first,
to attack the question of classification of
public wealth, and, if possible, to hit
upon some better basis of what ought to
be included in this category. To this
end he is thinking of sending out a cir-
cular letter addressed to the economists
throughout the country, particularly
those who occupy college chairs, asking
for their opinions on the best system for
classifying public wealth,

It is the gulilty man who is always
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Cassius L. Glasgow, the Nashville Hard-
ware Dealer.

C. L. Glasgow was born on a farm
near Jonesville, Hillsdale county, Feb-
ruary 16, 1858, He is of Scotch parent-
age. His father came to Michigan be-
fore the railroads had entered the State.
His education was received in the dis-
trict schools and the Jonesville union
school, finishing at Hillsdale College.

He remained on the farm until he de-
cided to start life for himself, when he
engaged to clerk in a hardware store in
Jonesville. Later, getting the Western
fever, he left his native State, bring-
ing up, after several weeks of investi-
gation, at Sioux City, lowa, where he
obtained employment in a_ wholesale
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his father’s family, he was persuaded to
remain in Michigan. In 1881 he went to
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conducted with
present time.

In 1896 he added a furniture depart- |
ment to his business, which has also}
proved a_ success, his lines now com-
prising hardware, farm implements and |
furniture.

His unquestioned honesty and _ frank, |
open manner in the treatment of cus-
tomers have won for him a bost of friends
and built up a large business and he is}
regarded as one of the brightest and
best business men in Barry county.

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He was born and raised a Republican
and has always been a willing and en-
ergetic worker for the success of his
party. He enjoys the confidence of
all political workers, being known as
a man who works for the party’s good
without thought of personal reward.

He has never been an office seeker in
any sense of the term and has never
held any office at the hands of the peo-
ple aside from President of the village
in which he lives, once by appointment
and once by election without an oppos-
ing candidate. At the Senatorial con-
vention recently held at Hastings, he
was the unanimous choice of the dele-
gates as their candidate for Senator from
the Fifteenth district, comprising the
counties of Barry and Eaton. As the
district is overwhelmingly Republican,
the nomination is practically equivalent
to an election.- As he is a man of excel
lent judgment and unusual tact, as well
as a forceful and convincing speaker,
his friends confidently expect to see him
make a good record on the floor and in
the committee rooms of the Senate.

Mr. Glasgow was married to Miss
Matie C. Miller, of Jonesville, in 1881,
after establishing himself in business at
his present location.

Mr. Glasgow possesses a charming
personality which naturally attracts and
holds men. One can not come in con-
tact with him without feeling that he is
in the presence of a true gentleman.
His aim is to do right, to stand for the
right and to be kind toall. He does
not preach to others, but he sets them
an example. In an unostentatious yet
magnetic manner he shows them the
way. ‘‘One of the best and finest of
men,’’ say all, anda man with that rep-
utation must have earned it.

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Drugs--Chemicals

Michigan State Board of Pharmacy
Term expires
Dec. 31, 1902

 

 

HENRY HEM, Saginaw - -

Wrst P. Dory, Detroit - - - Dec. 31, 1993

CLARENCE B. STODDARD, Monroe Dec. 31, 1904

JOHN D. MUIR, Grand Kapids Dec, &1, isu

ARTHUR H. WEBBER, Cadillac Dec. 31, 1906
President, HeNRY HIM, Saginaw.
Secretary, JoHN D. Muir, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer, W. P. Doty, Detroit.

 

Examination Sessions.
Lansing, November 5 and 6.

Mich. State Pharmaceutical Association.
President—Lou G. Moore, Saginaw.
Secretary—W. H BuRKE Detroit.
Treasurer—C. F. HUBER, Port Huron.

 

Best Method of Making Aromatic Waters.

It is not intended in this paper to in-
form pharmacists of a new method for
making aromatic waters, but to offer
them an opinion on the best method in
general use. Of three methods in mind,
that involving the employment of pre-
cipitated calcium phosphate is most
widely used, probably because recom-
mended by the Pharmacopoeia; it is
readily applied and yields a clear, strong
solution of the respective oils. But, in
the writer’s experience, waters made by
this process become somewhat musty
and opalescent on stand ing.

Another method used to some extent
is one in which purified talcum is used.
Commercial talcum, freed from impuri-
ties according to the directions under
‘*Talcum Purificatum’’ of the National
Formulary, is the chemical to which
reference is made.

The jast of the three methods may be
called the filter-paper method: the
water being made by the exposure of the
oil to distilled water by the aid of filter
paper. The modus operandi is to
drop the oil on a mass of picked or
shredded filter paper, then to drop this
oily paper into the required amount of
warm distilled water contained in a bot-
tle or jug, quickly stoppering. Set aside
with frequent agitation, preferably dur-
ing several days. When desired for use
filter through a filter paper, properly
folded, with the point resting in a
pledget of absorbent cotton, placed in the
neck of the funnel. The result will be
a perfectly clear water of a clean, strong
odor.

The object of this paper is to advise
all pharmacists to use the last men-
tioned method.

Let us, however, consider the advan-
tages and disadvantages of these several
methods. The precipitated calcium-
phosphate method has no advantage
over the other methods in preparation,
and leaves a water contaminated with
traces, and often more than traces, of
chloride and sulphate, as is proved by
analysis. This is due to the calcium
phosphate, as the commercial article is
usually contaminated with these impure
ities. To readily obtain a clear filtrate
more of the calcium phosphate is re-
quired and is used by many pharma-
cists than is directed by the Pharmaco-
poeia. Of course, the more impure the
caicium phosphate used, the greater the
contamination of the water. Purified
talcum answers the purpose much bet-
ter than the unpurified calcium phos-
phate, as all of the impurities, soiuble
and insoluble, have been removed ; yet
it involves a great amount of trouble to
purify talcum, and the commercial ar-
ticle, like calcium phosphate, contains
impurities, although not of the kind to
cause as much trouble in the general
use of aromatic waters.

But why should the pharmacist be
bothered with even an occasional un-
sightly mixture due to the use of impure

 

calcium phosphate, or why should he
be obliged to take the time to purify
talcum to aid in the filtration of aro-
matic waters when there is no necessity
for using these chemicals?

The filter-paper method will give a
water with a cleaner and stronger fla-
vor. Moreover, the flavor will last, and
the product will not become musty as
do the waters made by the other two
methods.

While the writer was using the pre-
cipitated calcium-phosphate ‘method
there were many cases of annoyances
resulting from the presence of the above
mentioned impurities of the phosphate.
Two or three of these are here speci-
fied:

On several occasions a physician or-
dered and waited for a mixture of equal
parts of peppermint and lime waters.
Upon mixing the two waters a flocculent
precipitate formed; this was removed
by filtration, but the precipitate con-
tinued to form. Meanwhile, the physi-
cian was out of patience.

Another case was of a prescription
composed of:

ree ¥% ounce.
Peppermint water.. 4 ounces.

A very heavy precipitate was caused;
the mixture had to he thrown away.
Diuretin costs $1 per ounce!

Fowler’s solution also causes a pre-
cipitate with the waters made with cal-
cium phosphate.

Many other instances might be men-
tioned. Still, if there were only three,
they should be sufficient to cause us to
use the water which produces no in-
compatibilities.

H. A. Brown Dunning, Ph. G.
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Sued For Counter Prescribing,

Another druggist has been sued for
counter-prescribing. It seems that a
piano polisher in New York City had
his finger lacerated, and on the way
home stopped at a drug store for some-
thing with which to dress it. Two boys
were behind the counter, and one of
them gave him some carbolic acid. The
next day the finger was perfectly white.
Some days laterthe member had to be
amputated at the second knuckle, and
three days later still it was cut off en-
tirely. Finally, gangrene set in, and
the palm of the hand had to be operated
upon. Sixteen weeks were spent put ina
hospital, and the patient now says that
he is unable to work and is forced to go
about on crutches. He thinks $10,000
little enough to remunerate him for the
damages suffered. In this connection,
however, it may be stated that a suit
somewhat similar was dismissed a year
ago in New York. Still, the present
case is enough different to prevent the
assumption that it will be disposed of in
a similar manner,

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The Government License.

One of our New York contemporaries
makes the statement ina recent issue
that a United States liquor license must
be taken out by every druggist. This is
anerror. We have before us a letter re-
ceived from the Collector of Internal
Revenue at Chicago, and he confirms
our impression that a durggist need not
take out a Government license unless he
sells distilled spirits, wines, or malt
liquors. The druggist has a perfect
right, without a license, not only to use
alcohol in making his tinctures and
other medicines, but to reclaim alcohol
used in the preparation of medicines
without the payment of special tax
either as retail liquor dealer or rectifier.

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Took Back All His Goods.

The druggists of three or four towns
in Iowa have recently been having some
sport with a member of the fakirs’ fra-
ternity. It all happened this way: One
Frank, a purveyor of corn cure, called
on the druggists and presented a ‘‘sure
thing’’ proposition. The goods were to
be sold for cash; a half-dozen men were
to be put into the territory to take or-
ders direct from the public and turn
them over to the druggists; a vigorous
campaign of newspaper advertising was
to be conducted; and all the druggists
would have to do would be to lie quiet
and rake in the shekels. What a glori-
ous prospect! After Frank had left the
town of Decorah, however, it was acci-
dentally discovered that he had not been
near the newspaper offices at all. The
druggists got a little suspicious and
telephoned their brethren in the near-by
towns. It was found that the same game
had been worked through the whole dis-
trict. Frank had sold the goods, got
the cash for them, and skipped out.
The Decorah druggists decided that they
would have to do a little clever maneu-
vering if they caught the fellow, and so
they telephoned to another town which
had not yet been reached, notified the
druggists of the situation, and asked
that Frank be held when he made his
appearance. By a little ingenious
diplomacy Frank, when he did appear
in the town, was kept on the ground un-
til the arrival of one of the Decorah
druggists accompanied by the sheriff. It
all turned out very nicely. Frank was
the most docile man imaginable. He
thought the druggists were not treating
him quite squarely, but he patiently
took back ail his goods, returned the
money he had secured for them, paid
the hotel bill which had previously es-
caped his memory, remunerated the
sheriff for all his trouble and expense,
and finally ‘‘stood treat'’ fora good sup-
per!

The Drug Market.
Opium—lIs firm at unchanged price.
Morphine—Is steady.

Quinine—Is very firm at the last ad-
vance.

Cocoa Butter—The last Amsterdam
auction sales were lower and prices have
been reduced in this market.

Epsom Salts—Are very firm and an
advance is looked for.

Menthol—Is higherin foreign markets
and another advance is looked for.

Balsam Copaiba—Has advanced and
is very firm.

Juniper Berries— Lower price is looked
for, on account of new crop soon com-
ing into market.

Oil Peppermint—Is very firm and ad-
vancing.

Oil Spearmint—Is very scarce and
higher.

Oil, Wormwood—Is in better supply
and lower.

Oil Tanzy—Is scarce and advancing.

Linseed Oil —Is unsettled and tending

lower.
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An Interesting Decision.

An interesting case has recently been
passed upon by the Supreme Court of
Indiana. It refers entirely to physi-
cians, but will nevertbeless prove read-
abie to pharmacists. A regularly li-
censed and practicing physician had be-
come the family doctor of one Charlotte
M. Burk. She became dangerously il]
and sent for her physician. The messen-
ger informed the physician of the
woman's dangerous illness, tendered
him his fee in advance, and declared that
no other doctor was procurable. With-

 

out offering any excuse whatever, the
physician refused to respond to the
call. Death resulted. The administrator
of Miss Burk brought suit to recover
$10,000 for causing her death; but the
court refused to decide against the de-
fendant. The defendant, said the court,
was under no common-law duty to re-
spond to every call, and neither did the
statute impose such a duty. ‘‘In ob-
taining the State’s license (permission)
to practice medicine, the State does not
require, and the license does not en-
gage, that he will practice at all, or on
other terms than he may cboose to ac-
cept. Analogies drawn from obligations
to the public on the part of innkeepers,
common carriers, and the like, are be-
side the mark.’’ The court was doubt-
less right both in regard to the common-
law duty and the effect of the statute,
but it is also probably true that the
statute might impose such a duty, and
perhaps should do so.
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No Ginseng Boom Coming.

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

There is no get-rich-quick possibility
in the culture of ginseng root, accord-
ing to the division of botany of the
Agricultural Department at Washing-
ton. Recently Chinamen who have
visited St. Louis have told in glowing
terms of the rare financial remuneration
to those engaged in this industry and
shipping their goods to China. A letter
was received from F. V. Coville, chief
botanist at Washington, yesterday by
the St. Louis Commission Company, in
which Mr. Coville says the division of
botany wishes to warn the public that,
in addition to the legitimate traffic
in seeds and live roots of ginseng, a
boom in these products is under way
based upon extravagant representations,
One dealer, says the chief botanist, has
been found to be selling as ginseng
seed at $3 per pound the seed of com-
mon turnip worth not over 20 cents per
pound. It should not be forgotten, adds
Mr. Coville in his letter, that the value
of our exports of ginseng have in no
year re?ched $1,000 000, having heen
$840,686 in 1807, $638,446 in 1898, $782, -
545 in 1899 and $833,710in 1900, Enor-
mous increase in the amount of ginseng
root produced will inevitably result in
a decrease in selling price.

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a eee 24@ 2
i... 8... 43@ 45
H arochior ote eee 3@.Sséi
N a Ee 8@ 10
eI oe cs oe 120@ 14
Prosphorians, dil.. @ 15
Salicylicum ......... 50@ 53
Sulphuricum ........ 1X@ 5
Tammeus ........... | ee t
Tartericum ........ 2B ®@
Ammonia
Aaa, 06 dee.....<... 4@ 66
iam — 6@ 8
Carbonas a. a oe
Chioridum., cp cctecese 12@ 14
Aniline
eae... 2 00@ 2 25
Brown... -.- Sie
Red.... 5 50
Velew..... .......... 2 50@ 3 00
Baccse
Caebee.... ..-- po, 25 = 24
SERIOPOE.. .... 2-20 <0 8@ 9
Xanthoxylum .. 1 50@ 1 60
Balsamum
Copaiba 5S0@ 55
Peru  geaiereelatel @ 170
Terabia, Canada... 60@ 65
a 15@ 50
Cortex
se Canadian..... 18
Cassi. 12
Cinchons Flava..... 18
Euonymus atropurp. 30
Myrica Cerifera, “a 20
Prunus Virgini 12
Quillaia, d 12
Sassafras...... 12
Ulmus...po. 18, a 25
Extractum
Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 24@ 38
Glycyrrhiza, ~ 23@ 30
Heematox, 15 lb. box = 12
Tapeeeon, 18........ 13@ 14
Hematox, 48 ...... 14@ 15
Heematox, —s...... 16@ 17
Ferru
Carbonate Precip... 15
Citrate and Quinia.. 2 25
Citrate Soluble...... 75
Ferrocyanidum Sol.. 40
Solut. Chloride. ..... 15
per sn oom... 2
"ae —" Bas
bbl, per cwt 80
Sulphate, pure.. 7
Wien
Aen... a 8
eae... 22@ 2
Matricaria.......-... 30@ 35
Folia
Meroe. ...-.. 5... 35@ 40
20@ 25
Cassia, cutifol, "Aix. 25@ 30
Salvia officinalis, 4s
oc 12@ 20
ee Cee ee. oe 8@ 10
Gummi
Acacia, ist picked.. g 65
Acacia, 2d picked.. 45
Acacia, 3d picked.. @ 35
Acacia, sifted sorts. @ 2
Acacia, po.. = 65
Aloe, Barb. po. 18@20 12 14
Aloe, Cape....po. 15. = &
Aloe, Socotri..po. 40 @ 3
ee... ....-- 55@ 60
Assafoetida.. ceed 40 25@ 40
Benzoinum . 50@ 55
Catechu, Is.......... @ 13
Catecnd, 468......... @ 4
Catechu, ‘4s.. , ee 16
Comenore .......... 69
ipo -_ 35 @
banum @ 1 00
GCemeose .......-. “Bo 80D =
Gualacum......po. 35 @ 35
Kino.. ~-Po. ™ 75 @ 7%
Mastic . @ 6
rn. ......,. 45 @ 4”
a po. ‘ioe. a0 3 00@ 3 10
hellae 33Q 45
Shellac, ‘bleached.. 40@ 45
Traeeeeee ........... 70@ 1 00
Herba
Absinthium..oz. pkg 25
Eupatorium..oz. pkg 20
Lobelia ...... oz. pkg 25
Majorum ....0z. pkg 28
Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 23
Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 25
me... 8... Zz. pkg 39
Tanacetum V = pkg 22
Chymus, V...oz. pkg 25
“acca
Celene’, Pat... .... 55QSC«
Carbonate, Pat...... 183@ = 20
Carbonate, K.&M.. 18@ 2
‘arbonate, Jennings 18@ 20
Oleum
Absinthium......... 6 50@ 7 0)
Amygdalz, Dulc.. 50@ sO
Amygdalz, Amare. 8 00@ 8 25
_—............... 1 60@ ' 65
Sarees Cortex...... 2 10@ 2 20
Sere... ........ 50@ 2 65
rr 80@ 85
——* 7 80
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Chenopaal @ 275
Cinnamoni 1 110
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Copaiba - 1:15Q 1 25| Tolutan..
Cubebee vl. 1 30@ 1 35 | Pras vee... ...... @

Esoohthia. es ce 1 50@ 1 60 | Siuetices

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Goss i @ 75) Foye N — F
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oattpn Bal. Oe , oo | Aloes and Myrrh...

Jeutpers 4a 50@ 2 00 | PE ica cou

Lavendula .......... 9@ 2 00 | Assafcetida noses oes

Limonis . 1 15@ 1 25 | Atrope Belladonna..

Mentha Piper. . 2 90@ 3 29 | Auranti — ieee

Mentha Verid..._. 2 2@ 2 30 | Benzoin.............

Morrhuz, ‘gal... ; 2 00@ 2 10 | Benzoin Co..........

Mev 4 00@ 4 50 eek wes ee tees es

Olive iG 75Q@ 3 00 cooa HIE OS +...» 0»

Picis Liquida....... 10@ 12 Cara CUM ...--. +202 +

Picis Liquida, gal.. @ 35 ee

Ricina............... 92@ 93 | Cardamon Co........

nr. @ 100 t

— ae Co 6 50@ 7 00
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Sassafras... 55@ «BO Ca ences os oe °

Sinspis, es5., ‘ounce. @ 65 — Acutifol......

1 50@ 1 60 aon —— Ce...

Taye. cea 40@ 50 ga sete ccecceees

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Bichromate ......__. De iB Guiaca ammon.

Bromide ......°..::.  60@ 55 | Hyoscyamus..

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Chlorate...po. i7@i9 16@ 18 | 1odine, ec colories:

Cyanide............. H@ 38) Poel:

TO 2 80@ 2 40 | yoo

Potassa, Bitart, pure 28@ 30 | VITN es eee eene es

Potass Nitras, opt... 7@ 10; Nux Vomica.........

Potass Nitras. 6@ 8 — il ae

Prussiate.. Lil 23@ 26 | OPH, Seotoriaat

Sulphate po....._... 1b@ 18 Geena deodorized. ....

Radix Hhatany. :

Ree 25

Alte eeec seco mo Sanguinaria ..

Anchusa . 10@ 12 | Gein ;

Arum po.. @ B — Tl

Calamus.. 20@ 40 Vale " + ded oe cede on

Gentiana......po.i5 12@ 15 Soe, aans

Glychrrhiza...pv.15 16@ 18 —ae Ae

Hydrastis Canaden. @ 7 sam

— “aba po.. @ 80 Miscellancous
ellebore a, ee 12@ 15/| Ather, Spts. Nit.?

Inula, po.. 18@ 22) Ather, spts. Nit iF ue

Ipecac, po. .. 2 75@ 2 80| Alumen ............. 2%@

Iris plox...po, 3888 35@ 40) Alumen, gro’d..po.7 3@

Jalapa, pr. . 25@ 30) Annatto.............. 40@

Maranta, \s.. he @ 35 Auten Oo. 4@

Fodophyilum, ” -. 22@ 25! Antimontet Potass T 4G

Rhe: 75@ 1 00)| Antipyrin . .- S@

@ 1 25/ Antifebrin .......... @

Pee ee 75@ 1 36 | Argenti Nitras, oz.. @

Spigelia . 35@ 38) Arsenicum . 10@

Sanguinaria.. ‘po. “15 @ 18! Balm Gilead | Buds.. 45@

ne capa 50@ 55! BismuthS . 1 65@

nega 8@ 85/ Calctum C lor. a @

Smilax, officinalis H. @ 40} Calcium Chior., \s.. @

pais, @ 2/ Calcium Chior., \s.. @

Scillz . 10@ 12) | Cantharides, Rus. po @

Symplocarpus, Feet | Capsici Fructus, at @
i ne... @ 25 | | Capsicl Fructus, po. @

Valeriana, Eng. po. 30 @ 25) CapsiciF ructus B, po @

Valeriana, German. 15@ = | Caryophyllus..po.15 12@

(oe ia 4@ 6 | Carmine, No. 40. .... @

aoe 25@ 27 | Coe spe... . 55@

| Cora. Wiava (0177 40@
a ce, @

Anisum . @ 15! Cassia Fructus...... @

— ‘ice 13@ 15/| Centraria.. nee @

| Bird, tg... .. 4@ 7 | Coeaeoume............ on

[Car.......... _ 15 10@ | Chloroform .....

Cardamon... -.. & of 75 | | Chloroform, squibbs @

Coriandrum.......... 8@ 10) | Chloral Hyd Crst.... 1 33@

Cannabis Sativa. .... o- 6 Cmenmras.......... .. 20@

| Cydonium . a 5@ 1 00 | | Cinchonidine,P.& W 338@

Chenopodium |... :! 1b@ 16 | a Germ. 38@

> ngage 1 00@ 1 10 | C oe: 4 05@

Feniculum .. nee @ 10) Corks. ‘ist, ‘dis. pr. et.

on po. baeys 7— Creosotum........... @

Lini . 4@_ 8! Creta.. .- bbl. 75 @

2 rd.....bbl. 4. By - 6 | Crota, prop... .... .... @
I oes 8, os 1 55 | Creta, precip........

Phariaris Canarian... 5 @ 6 | Creta, Rubra pis coun _
as cs op ’@ «6 —. Seaceusessc cs

Sinapis Alba........ 9@ 10| Cudbear............. @

Sinapis Nigra.. 11@ 12/ Cupri a 64

Spiritus an -

Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 2 50 :

Frumenti, D. F. = 2 00g 2 25 aaa _ numbers. g

Frumenti - 1 25@ 1 50 a. 10.99  85@

java 6 oO.8 4 65@ 2 00 — White. -P 12@

Juni a eee - 1 75 3 60 an @

Saac arum N.E.... 19@210| a co
Spt. Vini Galli..... 1 75@ 6 50 Gambier -.. oes 3

a oe orto. ........ io 2 00 | Gelatin; coat 35@
ni Alba........... 1 25@ 2 00/ Glassware, flint,box 75

Sponges Less than box.....

Florida sheeps’ wool Gia, Down. ........ 11@
~ae.......... 2 50@ 2 75| Glue, white......... be

Nassau sheeps’ wool Glycerina. . --++ 1TRA@
carriage... 2 BO@ 2 75 Grana Paradisi.. ssi @

Velvet extra sheeps’ Humulus - 25
wool, carriage. .... @ 1 50| Hydrarg Chior Mite ~“ @

Extra yellow cnecpe” Hydrarg Chlor Cor.. a
wool, carriage. .... @ 1 25 | Hydrarg Ox Rub’m @

Grass sheeps’ wool, Hydrarg Ammoniati @
I ioe cine @ 1 00 | HydrargUnguentum 50@

Hard, for slate use.. @ 75| Hydrargyrum....... @

Yellow Reef, for = a” lla, — =
ae abe... @140 eece

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Syrups lodoform.. oS ae

Bee ou .e @ 50} Lupulin.. @

Auranti aes ane be CS XL copodium. . 6@

Zingiber . IN @ 50] Macts 65

fees de open @ 60 Liguor Arsen et Hy-
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ame "“Officinalis 3@ 60) Magnesia, Sulph... 2@
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Morphia, 8., B&W. 2 2 15@ 2 40 |
Morphia, S8.,N. Y¥. Q. 2 15@ 2 40 |
Morphia, Mal........ 2 15@ 2 40 | Sau
Moschus Canton.... @ 4
Myristica, No. 1..... 65@ 80 |
Nux Vomica...po. 15 @ 10)
Cele... 33Q@ 37
a Saac, H.& P. |
Co. .......... @ i 00
Picis Lig. N.N.% gal if
Oe oe @ 2 00 |
Picis Lig., quarts .. @ 1 00
Picis Lig., pints. .... @ 8
Pil Hydrarg.. - po. 80 @
Piper Nigra...po. 22 @ 18}
Piper Alba....po. 35 @ 3
Piix Burgun.. ous @
Pree Acck......... 10@ 12)
Pulvis —e et oi 1 30@ 1 50
Pyrethrum, boxes
& P. D. Co., doz.. Oo
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Quassiz 8B 10
Quinia, 8. P. & W.. 28@ 38
Quinia, 8. German.. ‘Sm «8 |
Cae. 2. e......... 22@ 38
Rubia Tinctorum.. 12@ 14
Saccharum Lactis pv 20@ 22
ciasmaima he 4 50@ 4 75 |
Sanguis siemens ND BO)
Sapo, W..... —. oa 14 |
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Seidlitz —_— hoes “@ 22) Linseed, pure raw... 47 50
Sinapis . NS @ = 18! Linseed, bolled...... 48 51
a nud, ‘opt... ie aan @ 32} Neatsfoot, winter - 65 80
emma D a «4 Spirits Turpentine. 58 63
gnuft Scotch, De Vo's @ 41) Paints BBL. LB.
eee, pores... 9 11)
| Soda, Boras, po..... 9@ 11/| Red Venetian....... 1% 2 @8
Soda et Potass Tart. 25@ 27/| Ochre, yellow Mars. 1% 2 @4
Sede, Came... 1%@ 2) Ochre, yellow Ber... 1% 2 @3
| Soda, Bi-Carb 3@ 5 | Putty, commercial.. 2% 2%@3
ee 3%@ 4/ Putty, strictly pure. 2% 2%@3
| Soda, Sulphas....... @ 2) Vermilion, Prime
| Spts. Cologne........ @ 260; American 136Q@ 15
| Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ «+55 Verutiion, | Engiish.. 7 75
Spts. Myrcia Dom.. @ 2 00 | Green, Paris........ 14%@ 18%
| Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. @ | Green, Peninsular... 13@ 16
| Spts. Vini Rect. %bbl @ Lee, 100............ $ @ 8%
Spts. Vin! Rect. 10gal @ Loam, Wine. ........ 6 @ 8%
Spts. Vini Rect. 5 gal @ Whiting, white Span @
| Strychnia, Crystal... 80@ 1 05 | Whiting, gilders’ @
| Sulphur, Subl....... 2%@ 4| White, Paris, Amer. @1 2
| Sulphur, Roll........ 24@ 3%) Whiting, Paris, Eng.
Tamarinds .......... 6) ee... @140
Terebenth Venice.. 223@ 30) Universal Prepared. 1 10@ 1 20
Theobromz........ . £2
Velo 9 00@16 00 Varnishes
Zinei Sulph. . : 7@ 8 |
Olls | No.1 Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 20
| Bxere Tarp .......... 1 60@ 1 70
BBL. GAL. | Coach Body......... 2 75@ 3 00
Whale, winter....... 70 70 | No. 1 Turp Furn..... 1 00@ 1 10
tard, Gia... ...... 85 90 | Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60
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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 | DECLINED
Cheese Family Whitefish
Handpicked Beans Some Brands Soap
Mackerel | Buckwheat Grits
Herring Peanuts
No. 1 Whitefish | Pepper Spuce
j
Index to Markets { 2
By Columns AXLE GREASE icctrie LLANDEES
| ectric Lig ee
ee = aa...
Col. | | Castor Oli... cone To| ee 94
A | Diamond , bo. 4.25 | Parafiine, 128.22... 200

Akron Stoneware............ 15 | ee 9 00) Wicking
Alabastine .... At 9 00 | pasar 8 GOODS
Animonia...... | pples
a... 3 Ib. Standara® i 1 10

B Gallons, standards. . 3 3

a . eee cree 4 Blackberries

ee ee '
ee Re Standards .......... : 80
Breakfast Food.............. 1} Beans
ee a] | —.... + 1 00@1 30
Brushes . os ee | mon Eigeey......... 75@ 85
Rae Cole 1 — 70

Cc | TT 75
sori see eee ” | i Blueberries

andies . Mica, tin a. --00 6: © OS | Standard... ...

: y 9 | Oe... S00 Sinden
oo. heb sabe ant ae Brook Trout
Carbon Olls . 4 | BAKING POWDER | 2 Ib. cans, Spiced .......... 1 90
aa Clams.

Chicory. AS een 3 | Sm — — oe 3B 75 | Little Neck, 1Ib..... 1 00
eee 3) a La, Little Neck. 2 Ib..... 1 50
| 1 Ib. cans, 1 doz. case......
oo a ... eT | SID. cans, das chee. : | 5 | Clam Bouillon
ee |
ee 3 : Burnham’s, % pint........ 1 92
3 Burnham’s, pints.......... 3 60
ts JS A KON | Burnham's, quarts... 7 20
ieeoneee me, 4) %% Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... Cherries
eo oes... 15 | % Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... a5 | | Red Standards........ 1 8(@1 59
Co , 4/1 Ib. cans, 2 doz. case...__. 1 60 | White 1 50
i — 5}
D — | Fair 80
ee Oe 5 | seu | G en 85
F | 0 1 00
Farinaceous Goods.......... 5 | *4 Ib. cans 1 36) ces ein
Fish and Oysters............. 13 | 6 oz. cans. 1 90/| sur Extra Fine............ 22
Fishing Tackle............... 6 | 4 Ib. cans 2 50/ Extra Fine......... oe
Flavoring Extracts........... 6 | ch oe 6 ee... es
Fly Paper..................-. 6) siento ee 11
ee ers... 6 | 1 ‘ib. cans. 4 80} i
ae... 14 Gooseberries
3 1b. cans 13 00} Standard .... 90
G r iio...
Se 6 5 Ib. cans. 21 50| Hominy
Pon ce. 71 | Standard... 85
Grains aud Pidur .........__. 7 BATH BRICK Lobster
H See 75 | —ce C
TE 7 | English.. | Star,1Ib........ in
Pees eee Pelis.............. 13 | - BLUING Pienie Talis........ wo
I | Arctic, 4 oz. ovals, per gross 4 00 | ee, ee
compe at Oe | Arctic, 8 oz. ovals. per gross6 00 | a
J | Arctic 16 oz. round per gross9 00 | Soused,1ib..........
a. 7| | ts ’
L | Tomato, 11b.........
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Lemp UCilmneys.............. 15 | Mushrooms
eres.......... 15 | Bee 18@20
Lantern Giobes.............. 15 | oe . 22@25
ee tac cen
ae ee 7 haat Co, 85
M ret 1 55
meee Matrects................ 77 | Cove, ib on... 95
— 7 | Peaches
OE 7} | oT RE@ 90
ol | Yee 1 65@1 85
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Er | Large size, Per eoe.. 75 | Marrowfat....... .. 1 00
ee 7} i Early Jone.......... 90@i 6
— a) BREAKFAST FOOD ol June Sifted.. 1 60
: | Plums
8 ra. 85
| | Pineapple
ee 1 25@2 75
8+ Cass, 36 packages.......... —— . 1 35@2 55
renews. 4 40
Balad Eee. Le 4 sissies | wate Pumpkin
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Pe i Nikki As ‘sig 2
si Common Whisk 851... Russian Cavier
0) : i cee 375
a ea Wee 110 ¢ ib, cans....... oe
19 | Warehouse.. i. --++-3 BO! “T ip’ can. i
aI BRUSHES. ‘Salm
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eee Polish. 10 Solid Back, 8 nah TS 45 Columbia River, flats + 80
Sugar..... oi One Meek et 95 | Red Alaska... |... @1 30
Merete tnaggeersaneneete as. 85 | Pink Alaska S@ 0
Table cee anette 11 Shoe Shrimps
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Vv | No. 8......-....... Domestic, i55 ....... 5
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Woodenware................. Te name Feonch <% arten ht eee
Wrapping Paper...... oe eees 13 | BUTTER COLOR iain
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1 15
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CARBON OILS
Barrels
meee @i1
Pare... @10
Diamond White.. @ 9%
D. 3. Gasoline......... @14%
a a. @l2
—-- -.29 @34
ee. 16 @22
oe ics oo 8 @10X%
CATSUP
Colamiia, oinis.............8 08
Columbia, 4% pints.. Sco ee anne 1 2
CHEESE
ae... Bi12%
Ambo ee ee @13
Carson c ity. ee @i3
a @i3
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Gold Medal @i2%
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Riverside....... 213
Brick . 14@15
Edam...
Leiden @17
Limburger 13@14
Pineapple. . 50@75
Sap Sago..... a @
CHEWING GUM
American Flag Spruce.. 55
Beeman’s Pepsin .......... 60
EE 55
a Gum Made....... 60
ee eee 55
Sen Sen Breath Perfume.. 1 00
Peer Geer... 4... 55
wee... c. 55
CHICORY
a. .... i m 2
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COI nk co eee et ote 7
ememers...,..........-..... 6
CHOCOLATE
Walter Baker & Co.’s.
German Sweet.. : =
Premium ..... ce
Breakfast Cocoa........-.... 46
Runkel Bros.
Weems Seeee....... -... 21
as... 28
ren... 31
CLOTHES LINES
Sisal
GO, 3 thread, exira.. ... 1@
72 tt, 3 thread, extra...... 1 40
90 ft, 34hread, extra...... 1 70
60 ft, 6 thread, extra...... ia
v2, 6 Greed, O2ire...... ....
75
90
1 05
1 50
80
95
110
1 20
1 40
1 65
1 85
55
70
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Galvanized Wire
No. 20, each 100 ft long.... 1 90
No. 19, each 100 ft long.... 2 10
COCOA
Cleveland ...... ee |
Colonial, 4S fe ee owe 35
Colonial, 8 cei e 33
es 42
ul = Lehane od econ cucs 45
Van Eiouiben, %5............. 12
Van Houten, ¥s....... _ =
ven Boek, Vs............. &
Van Houten, is...... ..
ee. 30
Sree. 8... .... sss 41
ee. i............-.... 42
COCOANUT
ee e........ .... 26
Dunham’s %s and \s..... 26%
Dees Ue. .. 27
oes 6. 28
Ae a es 13
COCOA ne
20 Ib. bags... 23
Less quantity -. pace 3
Poun packages . Hae al 4
pantera
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Telfer Coffee Co. brands
mm Ss. 9
Pee 10
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ee ee ie 14
es 16
No. is... . iB
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No. 22... oo
mae... 24
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Excelsior, M. & J.21b. cans
Tip 7p. mm aJ.,t ‘Tb. cans.
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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-
Hott & Co., Detroit, B. 'Desen-
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McLaughlin’s XXXX sold to
retailers only. Mail all orders

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Valley City \ gross. . —
Felix % gross.. a
Humme!l’s foll % gross. eae 85
Hummel'’s tin % gross ...... 1 43

CONDENSED MILK
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Cee ....... 5... +
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Peerless Ev: aporated Cream.4 00
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PO 42
Piemiaad Cream... 5 06
St. Charles Cream........... 4 50
CRACKERS
National Biscuit Co.’s brands
Butter
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Aseorwoe CORB...........; 10
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BOGS WOEOT.. ooo. we ses 16
Cianamon Har............- 9
Coffee Cake, Iced......... 10
Coffee Cake, Java......... 10
Cocoanut Macaroons...... 18
Cocosamt Taly............ 1
Ceo. 16
7onem. boee.............. 8
Creme (eee... .... 5... 10%
eee ee 11%
Cumeeat Prim. ............ 12
Proseaa Honey..........:. 12
Frosted Cream............ 9
a Gems, |’ se 8
Ginger Snaps, N. 3. C. 6%
Co ee 10%
Grandma Cakes. .......... 9
Graham Crackers. ... 8
Graham Waters.. 12
Grand Rapids Tea. 16
Honey Fingers.... . 12
Ieed Honey C rump 10
Imperials....... —_
Jumbles, Honey. eee. 12
Lady Fingers ee eee kta oece 12
Benes See... .. 12
Lomaon Warers............ 16
Ce 16
Marshmallow Creams..... 16
Marshmallow Walnuts.... 16
eee eee 8
Bxee Fisie.............. 11%
a 7%
morseees Cake... ........ 8
Perens Bee. 9
peoes Jouy Bar............ 12%
ee 12
Oatmeal Crackers......... 8g
Oatmeal Wafers.........,. 12
et: a 9
Creme Cem 8
Penny Cake...... ee 8
Pilot Bread, XXX......... 7%
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 8
Pretzels, hand — —- oo
Scotch C — ae 9
Sears’ Lunch.. 7%
Sugar Cake.... R
Sngar Cream, X 8
Sugar Squares,............ 4
Sven orem, 13
Oe) Pw 16
Varia Waters............ 16
Viemma Crim. ............ 8

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

CREAM TARTAR

5 and 10 Ib. nee anes Denys 30
Bulk in sacks... \

DRIED FRUITS
Apples

Sundried . @5
Evaporated, ‘50 Ib. ‘boxes. 7@ 8

California Prunes

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

¢ cent less In 50 Ib. eases
California Fruits

N ectarines .
Peaches ......
Pears

 

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Currants

California, 1 Ib. pac

Imported, 1 Ib — 7
Imported, bile 6%

Peel

Citron American 19 Ib. bx..
Lemon American 10 Ib. bx. 113
Orange American 10 1b. bx..13

Raisins
London Layers 2 Crown. 1 75
London Layers 3 Crown. 1 90
Cluster 4 Crown.........
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 7
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown

L. M., Seeded, 1 Ib..... a
L. M., Seeded, & Ib..

Sultanas, ata ES Po
Sultanas, package ......_._. 11%
FARINACEOUS GOODS
Beans

Dried Lima.
Medium Hand Picked”
Brown Holland.,

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2 25
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Flake, 50 Ib. sack. . 90
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Groen, Seoteh, bu. ..........1 &
Split, a
Rolled Oats |

Rolled Avena, bbl........... 5 75 |
Steel Cut, 100 Ib. sacks. . 2 98 |
Monarch, bbdl...... beese ee 5 50 |
Monarch, % bbl.. 2 a7 |
Monarch, 90 Ib. sacks. . -2 65 |
Quaker, cases....... 173 10

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Gomer, saeks.....-........ 3%
German, broken package.. 4
Tapioca
Pisko, 126 ib. seeks... ..... 444
Peari, 190 Uh. encme........_. 334
Pearl, 241 1b. packages. .... 644
Wheat
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1%, oo eres... .. 11
Deeg. aoe ees. 15
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Cotton Lines
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Linen Lines
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Modium. ....- .. 26
[a ....... 34
Poles

Bamboo, 14 ft., per doz.... . 50
Bamboo, 16 ft.. per doz...... <

Bamboo, 18 ft , per doz......
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D. C. Lemon
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4 0z. full measure, Lemon.. 1 50
2 0z. full measure, Vanilla.. 90
4 oz. full ere Vanilla.. 1 80
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GELATIN PICKLES es | SEEDS Common Corn
Knox’s Sparkling........ 1 <4 Medium | Japan, _* i. + | sae... |. coccccee 9 | 201-ID, pacKages.......... 6
Knox’s Sparkling,pr gross 14 (¢ | Japan, No. 6 @ | Canary, Smyrna... ctcenceccee Oe | EET. PRGEEEOS.......... 5%
| Knox’s Acidulated........ 1: 20 | | Barrels, 1,200 count ......... 8 00 | Java, fancy hea @ | Caraway . Th
Knox's Acidulat'd,pr gross 14 00 | | Half bbis, 600 count 212.221. 425) Java, No.1 vessssseee @~ | Cardamon, Malabar.........1 00 SYRUPS
a setae bet te ; Small Table... @ CO 1g . . Corn
a seagate 20 | Barrels, 2,400 oo Hemp, senna eet ee TED 4 POO os ies og oes oc ene ar od
z Nel a Peet eee ce celee 1 50 | Half bois. ea i “2 52 | Mixed Bird.. seececeeeeee 4 | Half Dbis................... 29
Ox’s, 2-qt size............ 1 61 | Mustard, white.. . 7 | 101b. cans, % doz. in case.. 1 85
Cox's, Cat size... ...... 1 10} PLAYING CARDS Poppy... 6 SIR ebiid, 1 dat. Gidasa. | 4 is
GRAIN BAGS _ 90, ee ee: ae 90 | Rape “pganse* ag a ae 9 deel tn game, 8 ie
100in bale .... 15% | No. 15, Rival, assorted.... 20 | Cuttle Bone. 14
Fees i eaneeis. eal ei 28, a + SHOE BLACKING | gar ee 18
Wel ovo Speslal 75 | __ I ee late on A a
GRAINS AND FLOUR | No 98, Golf, satin finish... 2 00| Handy Box, large. .... .... Be I kee iis se tere senesnse | SE
Wheat | No. 808, Bi 1 2 00 | Handy Box, smail......... 1 25 | Gnolee . 25
Wheat eo mo : Tans © . Wiiet, 2 os| Bixby’s Royal Polish...... 85
Winter Wheat wicer No. 632, —* oe Miller’s Crown Polish..... 8% STOVE POLISH
aa S SOAP
Patents. —" — 415/48 cans in case. Beaver Soap Co. brands J.L. Prescott & Co.
Second Patent......."7.."" 3 65 | Babbitt’s . te eeeee 4 00) Manufacturers
Straight........02.2.0..1221 3 45 | Pemma Salt Co.ta..2 2.222022. 3 00) gpl a ¥.
Second Straight. . 3 * PROVISIONS | —
so 3 20 | Barreled Pork |
Buckwheat....... 400) Memes @17 25 |
YO... canoe --ee--voeee-e, 8300) BACK ...... 2.2... ... @19 50;
— to usual cash dis-| Clear back........... @20 50 | |
count, — cut.. @I9 75 | | |
Flour i D., We per bel. ad- | Pig... 2... 8. 22 00 | } |
om. ‘ tPut aa anes @i17 50) | mn
a arnhar man’s ee | Family Mess Loin 21 00; | | No. 4, 3 doz In case, gross.. 4 50
Diamond ¥s.... 3 60 | oe 19 75 | — —_— es Japan, | | No. 6, 8 doz In case, groas.. 7 20
Diamond \s.. | a eo oe el ee eakes, lanes aie 6 50
cna tg ee, g | 100 cakes, large size.........6 50 SUGAR
Wades Goace Ca rama! | Cost of packing in cotton pock- | 5? cakes, large siz0.....--.-3 75) 6 76
Quaker 8. a 3 60 ets only 4%*¢e more than bulk. — aaa — orem ees te ro rep pu AL
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ee 3 66 SALAD DRESSING 5 15
Quaker s...... . ee Ss ked Meats Alpha Cream, large, 2 doz. .1 85 a : =, 4 90
a S Si was Flour Hams ain @ 13% | _—_ eens ree _—- 1 90 | Ae 7 + @) NE Powdered . a
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand ' i ‘ pha Cream, small,3doz.. 95 | Coarse Powdered. a7
Pillsbury’s Best %s....... <a | meee cemteeeee @ iss | Durkee’s, large, | doz....... 4 15 | Single box. . ves++-3 45| XXXX Powdered. 4 80
Pillsbury’s Best 4s....... 4 50) Hams, 20ib. average 13 % | Durkee’s, small, 2 doz...... 4385| 5 box lots, delivered __ are 40 | Fine Granulated....... 4 65
Pilisbury’s Best ¥s.. 4 40 5 sll @ at SALERATUS | 10 box lots, delivered ........ 3 35/| 21b. bags Fine Gran... .. 4 8&5
Ham dried beef..... @ 12% | s a a .
Pillsbury’s Best %s paper. 440) | | Johnson Soap Co. brands— 5 lb. bags Fine Gran..... 4 +0
Pi | Shoulders (N. Y.cut) @ Packed 60 Ibs. in box. | Silver Kin 3 65} Mould
lisbury's Best 4s paper. 4 49 | Bacon, clear. ........ 16 @ 17. | Churech’s Armand Hammer.3 15/ ¢; age 2 95 | Dee canhehanane re
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand | | | Calumet coe ae eine 275| Diamond A... LU 4 65
Duluth I fal 0 California hams... @ %% | Deland’s...... s+eee+++-3 00) Scotch Family... 2 85 | Confecti vi 5
ulu mperial Xs... . 440 Boiled Hams... @ 18 | Dwight’s Cow... “77°32 5 | pootch Family........... 2 85 | Confectioner’s de
Guluth Imperial Y4s....... 4 = Pienie Boiled Hams @ 13% | Emble 910 | tutes eee 3 2 35 | No. 1, Columbia A.. 4 35
Duluth Im — ‘45... 4 20| Berlin Ham pr’s’d @ %IL mblem. Ae eee a eo Jas. _ _—* brands a No. 2 Windsor A ea 4 30
Lemon & Wheeler Co.'s ‘ar | | ce | usky Diamon 355 | No. 3, ewood A...... 4 30
ae, racy Mince oe 9%4@ 10 | eanteia ote 3 09 | ie ee ae No. " moma en aa
99 | arc | RR ee way Bt 4
ae. CUlC CO SAL SODA | White Honea 00000 ans oe
Olney & Judson’s Brand Ce @i1% | Granulated, bbis............ 96| Dome, oval bars.. . 3 56| Ne 415
Coresota %... rp | 60 lb. Tubs... advance ig | Granulated, 100 lb. cases....105| Satinet, oval.............. 2 50 405
Ceresota 4s... 4 4) | 80 1b, Tubs. advance i, | Lump, bbis.. owes O60} White Cloud. .., f- 400
Ceresota 48 Tl aan 50 lb. Tins... advance ¥% | Lump, 145 Ib. ‘kegs... eee de on 95 | Lautz oe brands— ne 3 95
rocer Co.'s BI | 20 lb. Pails..advance | BE ACMO..-- ---- seer wee, & 2 3 95
pate a ene oon lg | 1b. Pale advance z| SALT | ae 3 6 3 oe
ona ea ay So Sib. Paila..advance . | Diamond Crystal | Mearsetiiog.......- .. oo 3 85
Laurel ‘s8.. Soccer | | ae ae
Laurel 8. a 4 em Petls advanaa 1 | Table, cases, 24 3 Ib. boxes..1 40 | ,Master........ eae 3 75
Laurel %s and qs paper. 4 10| Vegetole............. S| Table, barrels, yg bags.3 00 | | F —” Gamble brands— ia : 80
| Table, barrels, 407 Ib. ba: 8.2 7B | “sang = dhe ae ae hae ad ae 15
—  — ce — ‘i barrels, 280 Ib. bu oo a TABLE SAUCES
olte weereese 280) Eivar |. i i | Butter, barrels, 20 141b.bags.2 85 | Pe eet naan insti | RG '
Granulated. Li z $0 | Frankfort — | Butter, sacks, 28 Ibs......... 27 | Schultz & Co. brand— oo LEA &
Feed a Millatufts Pork 84@g _ | Rutter, sacks, 56 Ibs........ @7| Star... .....-.... 0... 5 40 |
St. Car Feed, screened... 24 25 ae 6 | Shaker.......... 00.0.0... 2478 | ae —_ a “4 — PERRINS’
No. 1 Corn and Oats... 24 25 | Tongue... .. : all Common Grades | big, caus said co 3 75 |
Corn Meal, coarse.. 5 25 | Headcheese......... 8% | | A. B. Wrisley brands— io SAUCE
Corn Meal, fine........ 4 00 | Beef Good Cheer 4 00
Winter Wheat Kran....... 6 00 | Old © t ‘ The Original and
Winter Wheat Middiings 12 00 | Extra Mess.......... Rear miraeisscenete alley Cea
ee ca... 17 60, Boneless... 222.202. | ceedte akan a oe so Cee Cone
Sereenings .. a se Lo... 2 Rump, New . | | Sapet hand, 3 doz. a Ce 40 | | Worcestershire.
cis Seen a as | Pigs’ ‘eat i Warsaw SODA | Lea & Perrin’s, P ints 5 00
JR AVOE LU W .... ccc vessces | | 6
a | 4 Dbls., 40 Ibs... 1 75 | 56 Ib. dairy in drill bags. .... 40 | Boxes........ 11. Soe | Lea & Ferrin’, ' 2 =
Corn, car lots............. 66 ae aa 3 3) | 28 Ib. dairy in drill bags. .... 20 | Kegs, English NUFF - 4% | Halford: email... 2227.7. 2 28
Ne. 1 Tissot ae ‘ a ea Ashton | Seoten, in anaes. 37 TEA
No : Timothy rel ag = nd | Kite, 15 Ibs.......... 89 | | 56 Ib. dairy in linen sacks... 60 | Maccaboy, in geo ---- 36 Japan
HERBS |g Dbls., @ Be... ' 50 Higgins wees ep ones ae ee -
ON ie crcsciewcar sec | ee ee 3 00! 56 Ib. dairy in linen sacks... 60 | Whole Spices Sundried, fancy.......-.....4
Hops . 15 | Casings Allspice 12 | Regul dies ;
Oe eee ence ee wens ones | ee Wacen even cous 4 tie, OGG koe
Laurel Leaves. 0001.00... 150... 15 Pork | nh 2R Solar Rock _| Cassia, China in mats..... 12 posieces tad weed ~
Senna Leaves.. .-.++++- 38 | Beef rounds. ..... 2. 5 | 56 1b. sacks. -++ 28) Cassia, Batavia,inbund... 28 | Regular, fancy .............. 43
INDIGO | Beef middles........ 12 ae | Cassia, Saigon, broken.... 40) Basket-fired, medium....... 31
| Sheep... .. . 65 Granulated Fine............ 75 | Cassia, Saigon, in — 55 | Basket-fired, choice......... 38
eae 5 Ib. boxes . | Uncol a “Be ‘tt i Medium Fine go | Cloves, Amboyna... been 17 | Basket-fired, fancy 43
8. F., 2,3 and 5 Ib. boxes. oo BO] LU — utter “as Pere nes ase aaa Zanzibar... La ae
JELLY | Rolls, dairy...” an @13% SALT FISH | Mace ...... . meal 19@21
SID. pails. per doe... 01... 1 °5 | Rolls, creamery... 18% Cod har 75-80... - Pi 20@22
15 ee 40 | Solid, creamery. .... me | targa woole........... a a ol a "
Se eae 80 Guanes Meats | Smal whole....... | Nutmegs, 115-20.........., 35 Gunpowder :
C orned beef, 2 Ib.. 2 BO | Pepper, Singapore, black. 19 | Moyune, medium ........... 29
LICORICE chips | Pepper, Singapore, white. og | Movyune, choles ............. 38
Corned beef, 14 Ib.. 18 8 ‘ aaa 4
ES 20 | Roast beef, 2 Ib. 3 6 | Pepper, shof.............. 20 | Moyune, fancy.............. 53
Calabria.. | Suiek ak el | ao Groundin Bulk | ey a trees 28
Sicil oe 14| Potted ham. Ks... eos ncaa : 16 | Fingsuey, choilce...... 3
— | evita nat, fa = ples ag >on on | Fingeney, fahey............. 43
| Deviled ham’ %s.. 90 | Cassia, Saigon............. 48 | Y¥ H
LYE Trout ie Fe | oung yson
Condensed, 2 doz............ 1 20 | | Potted tongue, 14s. Sitaimein.  §.... «ae Cloves, Zanzibar re a iy ie ——e.... 30
— . | Ganger, Alrican........... 15
Condensed, 4 doz............ 2 25 | Potted tongue. %s.. 7) No.1 @ We. .............. 2 50 | Ginger, Cochin............ 1g | Pancy......... merase eins 36
MEAT EXTRACTS Domestic age . _ —ananees oe ees a | Ginger, Jamaica.......... 25 | Oolong
Armour & Co.’s, 2 0Z...... 4 45 | Carolina head................ FE Spee wlieucns aaicatans mamta oder 65 | Formosa, fancy....... dinnsiieih 42
Tishee a. 2 66. 4m | Caretma Mat. 8% maaan Mustar' 18| Amoy, medium.............. 25
r i Carolina No. 2 6 | Mess 100 Ibs. ae eel img Singapore, black. | Amey Chloe 32
MOLASSES Broked (000007 ‘.'3% | Mess 650 Ibs. ! 7 75 | Pepper, Singapore, white. 25 !
_—_—_—_—$——_—V—— ee “? | Mess 10 Ibs. siete 1 62) | Pepper, Cayenne oe 20 English Breakfast i
Fancy Open Kettle.... 40 Mess 8 lbs. . ian cy na caanan ea Tait =
Choice........... ae _ 1 = eee 13 00 | STARCH Pe ANON ANN >
Far re eee am sto SO RRR --nsenreevnccoceerisne
A 7 ae No.1 40 Ibs. a India
eas 2¢ extra No. . soe ............. J COWIOM, CHONG. 6 ccc eke cus 82
eisiute moe : = — bee ee sae de oo ete cc cass ce. 42
Horse Radish, 1 doz.........1 75 No.2 11s. 22.2... 2..2.. nag
Horse Radish, 2 doz a 3 50 ee H.&P. ora Oa ‘i hein
ayle’s Celery. 1 doz........1 75 Herring /
. aia Holland white hoops, bbl. 10 ae se
a Holland white hoopsi4bbl. 5 a ee
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs........ ae Holland white hoop, keg.. @75 | :
= : = — ase : - Holland white hoop mchs. 86 | G. J. Johnson c ‘igar Co 08 1s brand,
, 5 gal. kegs... ' OC PN oes oe coer cnme we Ki ford’s C | 4
Manzanilla, 7 02. a 80 Bourne 100 tm... ..........- | 40 1-Ib. saalininen oe Bly
Queen, pints. 2 35 Bom the Kingsford’ SilverGloss | Cc
Queen, 19 Oz. 4 50 eae 11 40 1-lb. packages........... 8% | ~ r
Queen; 28 02...... wna = ee aah | 6 Ib. packages. ice %%| ON i
Stuffed, 8 0z..........0.... 145 Whitefish Sa
Seated, 10 aa. ll 2 80 No.1 No.2
Clay, N PIPES tases = _ idl oh ia : bi |
y 7. a ed eee |
Clay, T. D., fait count....... 65 | Sutton’s Table Rice, 40 tothe | 10 ibs........ 93 . 85 00
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Lubetsky Bros. brands ideas Faucets - Mixed Candy STONEWARE 2 9 S q
et 35 ee SOE Oi... i
Daily Mail, 5¢ edition....... 35 00 | Cork lined, 9in.............. 75 e : Butters Z .
Fine Cut ac tned, 10in....... [6a im Jal | ee, er ee 48 e a
54 eee. eee 65 @7%/| 1 tos gal., ee = u @ <
se ee ee one - Mop Sticks @ 8% | 8 gal. each ee le eee een a e a
ee as. la @92 ee e
Hiawatha, 5 1b. pails .. _.°6 | Trojan spring 12 gal. each 72 |8
Hiawatha. 10 Ib. cae. Bi Eclipse patent spring...... 85 a @8 ; gi r ais as err annie iueaes a= i. a
Tchieras cE z2 |Nolcommon......... See 75 ec @ 8% —— =a oe sete ttee eee ees cn le 2
Pa Car ca on «1 No. 2 patent brush holder.. 85/{ English Rock....__ |. @9g = —y aekeone oo sete ttet cece eens oa. 1s Zz
eee 12 tb. cotton mop heads..... 1 25 | Kindergarten ....... @9 > gai. meat-tubs, —— ot sete eees 4 a e
are eee. 7 ‘ims oe 90 | Bon Ton Cream. @ 8% | 30 gal. meat-tubs, each................ 2 55 e = 4
=... Pails French Cream......°  @ 9 Charnes a e |
Ti 38 | 2-hoop Standard... .......... 1 50} Dandy Pan......._.. @10 |. t l a 6 |@ Ss
BOF .--. ---- ---- eee ee eee a. 5| Hand Made Cre-~ Aer Ore e :
Plu hoop Standard... oe hurn Dashers, per duz............... “ |a
- 2-wire, Cable... .. -1 60 | mixed -......... 14% ' Sane a a
Rad CHORE... .-- 022-2200 v2. : Swe, Cie 1 89 | Crystal Cream mix 13 Milkpans € e |
PalO .... 2. esses ee enee eee é Cedar, all red, brass bound.1 25 Fancy—In Pats % ga. fiat or rd. bot., per doz......... 42 |@ a
Kyle. ee alate aR aria . oe, See. .......... ee Champ ik Sees 8% 1 gal. fat or rd. bot,, each............ 54 e
ee ne Pee Pony Hearts........ i 15 Fine Glazed Milkpans : S +e
American Eagle............. ing a ou Fairy Cream Squares 12 | 4 gal. flat or rd. bot., per doz... .... 60 le a
Standard Navy.....-........ 38 ——— sh terete perm - ee ee = 2 gal. Gat or ré. bet, each............ 6 a a
a soe Banquet...00 00000000000 1 80 | Sugared Peanuts... ui Stewpans e :
Nobby Twist ...... AA 4g | Ideal........ 0.22... eee. 1 50/ Salted Peanuts. ..... 10 | % gal. fireproof, bail, per doz... ..... & |@ 3
NE ee 36 Traps Starlight Kisses..... 10 1 gal. fireproof, bail, per doz......... 1 10 a e
ee 42 | Mouse, wood, 2 holes........ 22 | San Blas Goodies.... @i2 Jugs 3 a
Toddy.,.............+--.++.+-83 | Mouse, wood, 4 holes........ 45] Lozenges, plain...” @9 al. per dee ts | @ e
is bee ese 36 | Mouse, wood, 6 holes........ 70| Lozenges, printed. ee 1 ie Bee EAE... ~~~ 000-2 oone voor: . i =
Paper eee... €1 | Mouse, tin, 5 holes.......... 65 pee te og on a8 coal ae 7 in a
Ss 73 ae ee. hLhULLL!.LUhUL CU se Cho ae i ne tr ttt set ee eee cece
tg oa 3 Ci oie 75 | Quintette Choe...... @lz Sealing Wax = °
Black Standard............38 Tubs a DTOPS......---. S 5% | 5 Ibs. in package, per ID............... : i a
Cadillac .. sete e eee eee BB 20-inch, Standard, No. 1 io 7 00 aan, 77" 3 9 LAMP BURNERS a e
ee we ee eee, 0.8... 8 Oo SOUFS........ oe e , =
Nickel Twist. ...............60 aus Imperials............ mo | NoO8en Pees came ug 35 | @ and send an order for a supply of
NICKC 16-inch, Standard, No, 3. ....5 00 7H Ceenan Gipane me ime tee 3 (|a e
Smoking 20-inch, Cable, No. 1......... 7 50 Sal. Coeam Beubnas ee ee re re ir vie a e a
Sweet Core........... ...-..34 | 18-inch, Cable, ee 6 59) “50 Ib palls a nse g5 |= STANDARD e
Flat Car..... -3” | 16-inch, Cable, No. 3.........5 50 Molasses Chews, is Pee re rr nn cers 5 |o@ r 5
Great Navy.. 7 2 Oe " pails , — ae. Cer eeee sr ercccesenees s BUD e
7« Ne IA N a TE ie i . e Pr eereee sees RN RBDERENIE Se Cees COosee eeeree cecccs eeeeses .
en ee... ee OC -7 29 | Golden Wafiles...... Gi MASON FRUIT JARS a OYSTER e
[ao .. Se.........-...... --268 Wash Boards Fancy—In 5 Ib. Boxes tu With Porcelain Lined Caps e CRACKERS a
I X L, 16 0z. ree homme Glebe 0s ae Some... @50 eee. ee eel le ee alc, ; oo — . s
Hone ow ee ‘ ee gy 75 | Peppermint Drops.. @s0 Quarts Se ns 50 per gross bikie the a nit cuties baie
Gold Block..... Cor ene cman 35 | Double Acme............. -2 75| Chocolate Drops NT 6 50 per gross} ™ before the demand gets too great @
Flagman .................... = Single Acme.......... 2 25] H. M. Choe. Drops... @85 Fruit Jars packed 1 dozen in box © We will ship them the same day 5
Chips Ss ae i Me Ss es sk ie “a Double Peerless... 3 25 H. M. Choe. Lt. and LAMP CHIMNEYS—Seconds s f ; e
ee enn + """33 | Stngie Peerless... oF) ae. @1 00 Per box of 6 doz. | @ the order is received. .
ee Se. ww one... : - 2 x ee _ i :
Duke’s Camea.........--.... at ie ne. 22 — ea = No. 0 Sun........ i 16: |@ We guarantee the quality of these §
a 39 | (ood Lueck ..... > on | Lozenges, plain. ---. @55 | No.2 200 |§ crackers to be superior to any on @
Yum Yum, 1% oz............ | Gavel. -2 25 | Lozenges, printed.” aa i : 2 a
Yum Yum, 1 Ib. pails........ 37 icine Whieininan Im ae nc @60 Anchor Carton Chimneys @ the market. @
a fo Se ie 15) eee @e0 Each chimney in corrugated carton. e a
Corn Cake, 2% 02............ eS cic eee ‘i cum he a im sas in |@ ®
or cee, Be. ...........,.. 22 Oe . . / trereceeeeeed 85 Molesees Bas No. 0 Crimp............ elas enol ce dee ; 2 E J K & a
Pie ee 0 3 aE +8 90] Ee eae ONG ae No. 1 = Le 1 96 s a ruce Co. e
Plow Boy, 3% 02Z............. : Wood Bowls dand } . @% | No. 2Crimp......: setttesee eee eset ness ' : B
Peerless, 334 0Z.........-..-- S aie Ned re Pew. ee. First Quality 8 Detroit, Mich. e
Pee, OO... 34 =e String Rock. /"""7" @s5 No. 0 Sun, crimp top, w rapped & lab. I oI ] oe 3
ee - 36 ae Wintergreen Berrios @60 No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 218 |@ Not in the Trust. oe
nee Ce ae ee No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 303 |@ a
Country Club.............3 *s ce... 25 Caramels XXX Flint a e “a
Forex-XXXX....... cea ning Assorted 13-15-17 .... ........1 75 Clipper, 201b. pails.. @ 8% | No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 2 75 SBOE CBOBEGEO a: souenuesereren
ae ~~ | nee ....... eebiee ection, 26]b. pis @12% | No. 2 Sun; crimp top, wrapped & lab. 37
deg ol pala edaaagede WRAPPING PAPE Amazon, Choc Cov'd — @i3 | No. 2 Sun; hinge, wrapped Rlab... 4 00
Silver Foam_..........-.-.-- Common Straw............ 1% | Korker 2 for 1¢ pr bx @55 Pearl Top
TWINE Fiber Manila, white....... 334 | Big 3, 3 for 1c pr bx.. @55 | No.1 Sun, wrapped and labeled...... 4 60
on cee 16 | Fiber Manila, colored..... 4 | Dukes, 2 for te pr bx @60 | No. 2? Sun, wrapped and labeled... 5 20
ee i ae 4 oo - for Je, bx @60 No. 2 hinge, wrapped and labeled as 5 10
we -12 Sor a en rh ohee nnee a AA Cream Car’ls 31b @50 No. 2 — “Small Bulb,” for Globe Pm
Hemp, 6 ply................. 12 | Butcher’s Manila.......... 2% FRUITS vce ame ee nC an :
Pine. te ee 20 | Wax Butter, short count. 13 Pinianee Sa tein Our Catalogue Is
Wool, 1 Ib. balls............. 7% | Wax Butter, fullcount.... 2u iiaieteinins e No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........ 1 00
INEGAR Wax Butter, rolls......... ” ao No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........ 1 25 66 - 99
> eens YEAST CAKE a ££ tesomneeee 1 35 ur Drummer
Malt White Wine, 40 grain.. 8 eles 5 aon 1 09| Fancy Naveis....... @ eae Pp, seed A bE :.
Malt White Wine, 89 grain..11 5 a ight 0 a Sete oet ocee wee 1 09 | Extra Choice...|)|”’ @ aoe. See, Oe
ia | on... 2 wma 3 ‘itmemsia 3 59
Pure Cider, Red Star........ a (acti. 0 0 ae No. 1 Lime (6 ees
Pure Cider, Robinson.......11 ae oo a ichita iene ; = Medt. Sweets........ @ No. 2 Lime (7&¢ doz} -° o- eaes ones 4 00
Pure Cider, Silver........... 11 Scan maaan a. 50 | Jamaicas............ @4 00 | No. 2 Flint (80e doz)**--.... 2.2.0... 4 60
a EN ecennn ea, . @ thentet
WASHING POWDER * ISH i : ectric F
Diamond Flake......... .. 275 ee ae Lemons Ho. fimo (700 402)......-.-.--2---. 3
Gold Brick..... ............3 25] white fish --+-10B Verdelll, ex fey 300. . @ o. 2 Flin ie 2 its thee Leegient Sent 8 wens
Gold Dust, regular.......... 4 50 Trout...... evscceee @ 8%] Verdelll, fcy 300...__ @ OIL CANS ee
Gold Dust, 5c....... cuenta: S| Seek Bem............ 10@ 1t Verdelli, ex chee 300 @ 1 gal. tin cans with spout, per doz.... 1 30 eral merchandise in the world.
Kirkoline, 244 Ib........... 3 Bt I oi pesos @ 14 | Verdelii, fey 360..... @ 1 gal. galy. iron with spout, per doz: . 159 It is the only representative of
Pearline .........-....- +++... 2 i? | Ciscoes or Herring... @ 5 | Cali Lemons, 300..... @ 2 gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz.. 250 ce ' ;
on tr -4 10] Binefish....... a Messinas 300s....... 3 50@4 50 3 gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz... 3 50 one of the six largest commercial
Babbitt’s 1776............... 3751 Live Lobster.......... @ 20 | Messinas 360s....... 3 50@4 50/5 gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz.. 4 50 establishments in the United States.
ee 3 50 | Rolled Lobster........ @ 2 Bananas 3 gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz. . 375 It cil : i ay
Armour’s.................-..3 70 10d .-.......+.-..-2e++ @ 10 | Medium bunches... 1 50@2 00 | 5 gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz.. 5 00 co oe Sooty Tam any
Nine O’clock.......... mam 5 >) eldesk _... --+- @ 8 | Large bunches...... Coe Tee eee 7 00 four hundred salesmen on the road
vo lea ae ae 3 8 | No.1 Pickerel.-.722.". @ 8 Foreign Dried Fruits 5 gal. galv. iron Nacefas.............. 9 00 —and at 1-« the cost
Scourine Lt cigs phe es 3 50 ae @ 7 igs LANTERNS and a 5 »st.
Rub-No-More................8 7 one. g 5 Californias, Fancy.. @ No. 0 Tubular, side lift............... 475 It has but one price and that is
WICKING alt" nose ceee a.” wag a @1 00 No. 1B TUDULAT eee eeeececece cos 72 the lowest.
y bil eis Missin bom “elidel ’ “9 No. Ns ee ee cee eae 2 :
No. " vor gross... Tn “30 Col River Salmon...12%@ 13 wnt. Doxes........ @ No. 1 Tubular, glass fountain....._. | 7 50 Its prices are guaranteed and do
De. 2, pererom.............. 40 Mackerel....... mail @ 8 Fancy, Tkrk., 12 Ib. No. 12 Tubular, side lamp............. 13 50 not change until another catalogue
Stor es............ HIDES AND PELTS Pullea 613. b srtseeee @ No. 3 Street lamp, each.............. 3 60 is issued. No discount sheets to
a Green No.1 @ 7% | Naturals, in bags... @ No. 0 Tub ea iin aie bone oe 45 Sather yon. ~#
Sued ; 1... 2: : I ' stee 0. ub., . each, . ' :
Green Be? @ % Dates N ‘ " each’, box. ee ee a
a Wit. 1s\oe nat Ss iennhuee oe ne ST et ee lS cant fs the truth, the whol
Pe lL Pang 2. rer S * t= woe Whaeathaegar 5 @ 5% No.0 Tub., Bull’s eye, cases 1 doz. each 1 25 ith and nothing but the truth.
SO NR nce ce oes + Caen No? @e aoe @ BEST WHITE See ames It never wastes your time or
Spt, MONIT... 8... a * ty : Sat _——an. Roll contains 32 yards in one piece. Irges you to overlo: i,
an ae. 400 ie os @10% Sairs, 60 Ib. —- oo @ No.0, %-ineh wide, per gross or oor 5 18 urges you to overload your stock.
Willow Clothes, large.......6 00 | Calfskins,cured No. @ NUTS No. 1, 5¢-inch wide, per gross or roll. 24 It enables you to select your
Willow Clothes, medium... 5 50 Pelts Almonds, Tarragona @6 No. 2,1 inch wide, per gross or roll.. 34 goods according to your own best
Wiliow Clothes, small....... Si Om Wool... 50@1 +0 | Almonds, na ae @ No. 3, 1% inch wide, per gross or roll.. 58 judgment and wit! "freed
Bradley Butter Boxe i 45@ 75 ee ornia, mes COUPON BOOKS j ol ent and with freedom from
2 Ib. size, 24in case... ... 72 | Shearlings .... ..... w@ 75 casio MeN 50 books, any denomination.............. 1.50 undue influence,
3 Ib. size, 16 in case......... ‘= Tallow Fiiberts ..... tt @i3 100 books, any denomination .............. x It will be sent to any merchant
oo eee. Ce @é6 | Walnuts Grenobies. @13 500 books, any denomination. _ —. 1 : oo x :
10 lb. size, 6 in case......... eee @5 | Walnuts. softshelled 1,000 books, any denomination.............. 20 00 upon request. Ask for catalogue J.
Butter Plates ool California No. 1 @ Above quotations are for either Tradesman,
No. 1 Oval, 250 in crate. 40 | Washed, fine........ @20 | Table Nuts, fancy. ‘213% | Superior, Eeonomic or Universal grades. Where e
No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate...... 45| Washed, medium... @22 | Pecans, Med iis @10 | 1.000 books are ordered at a time customers re-
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate...... 50 | Unwashed, a -+s @i8 Pecans, Ex. Large... @i3 | ceive specially printed cover without extra
No. 5 Oval, 250 in crate...... 69} Unwashed, medium.  16@18 Pecans. Jumbos...__ @ia_| charge.
Churns CANDIES Hickory Nuts per bu. Coupon Pass Books
als., e: ‘ Stick Cand Ohi Can be made to represent any denomination |
Barrel, 5 gals.,each.... _...2 40 y oe @ from $10 down Butler Brothers
Barrel, 10 gals., each........ 2 5 emtore —— Gomanein, —_ i = Ce am
» rel, 15 als., each ue 2 70 ’ il ide i la ‘he: " os HOO ROe COCO COENEN Oh* Chobee Oe ee ee
Bar . s 7 Standard H. Hi...” @7 eanuts ee 2 50 230 to 240 Adams St.
Clothes Pins Standard ee... @ 8 Fancy a? Suns 5K@ 6% es... 11 50 ,
Hound head, 6 gross bor.... 88 / Cos Loat.... teteeee @9 | Fancy, H. P., Suns - aghaianeargit nC eee ee Ne ne ial 20 00 Chicago
Round ae cit % a me tid cases| Roasted.......... 6%@ 7% Credit Checks s
Egg Crates sumboe, 32ib... @ 7% | Choice, H. P., Jumbo 7%| 500, any one denomination................ 2 00 ]
Humpty Dumpty ........... 2 25| Extra H.H.... 2.22. @10% | Choice, HP’ Jumbo = 9% | 1,000; any one denomination.........._ : 3 00 We Sell at Wholesale only. i
No. 1, a 29 | Boston Cream....... @10 es 2 2,000, any one denomination..... 5 00 2
No. 2, complete ............. 18 ' Beet Ron . @& ‘Span. Shido in’* 6 @7 | Steel punch.............--. sce, 7

 

 

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The Unsuccessful Experiment of Jimmy’s
Brothers,

One of the passengers on a tramp
steamer that left New York last week
for Southampton, England, was a dis-
consolate, disgruntled young Irishman
named Jimmy. He had come over about
nine months ago to conquer America,
and had not succeeded.

If I remember rightly, I have pub-
lished something about this young fel-
low before. His older brothers came
over here several years ago and _ started
a grocery store. They were successful,
and Jimmy got such a longing to come
after them and get in the swim, too,
that he pestered them tc death with let-
ters, and finally they sent him his pass-
age money.

The brothers needed a new man in
the store anyway, and they thought they
could fit Jimmy into the vacant space
as well as anybody.

So Jimmy came over, raw but confi-
dent, and went straightway to work as
roustabout in his brothers’ grocery.
The store, incidentally, was in a large
Eastern city, and of fair importance
for a local stand.

The brothers gave Jimmy nine
months’ trial, and had to send him
home again, because he was a nuisance.
He got them into all sorts of snarls.

One of these men told me a few things
about Jimmy’s vagaries last week.
Even as a boy, he said, he was always
a self-opinicnated cub—thought he knew
more than anybody else and full of wild
schemes for doing things different from
anybody else.

He was the same Jimmy when he en-
tered his brothers’ grocery store. As
soon as he had got the raw soil of old
Ireland brushed off him, and had begun
to feel at home, the same old character-
istics began to bubble up.

Jimmy was tne most independent in-
dividual with his brothers’ customers
you ever saw. One day a fussy old
Spinster, who bought a lot herself and
had influence with a good deal more—a
good thing, she was—sent back a roast
of veal that she said was tainted.
Jimmy was alone in the store at the
time, and as he had noticed that his
brothers were a good deal too truckling
in their treatment of customers, he re-
solved to put tbe store on record in the
right way.

So he sent the roast back with a curt
message, and the brothers had a deuce
of a time smoothing the old lady over.

Jimmy got one peach ofa roast for
that, but one roast can not change a
leopard’s spots.

Another time he was in the store one
Sunday morning when another good
customer who had forgotten to order the
day before, sent up to know whether he
would not please let ber have a can of
tomato soup as a special favor.

Jimmy sent back word that no, he
wouldn't; they didn’t sell goods on
Sunday.

That made an awful time, too. The
lady in question had company for Sun-
day dinner, and soup was the one thing
needful. She got white-hot when she
was refused it, and raised an awful stew
with the older brothers the next morning.

This woman refused to be pacified
and left. Jimmy got it in the neck
again, but by this time he was feeling
perfectly at home in the store and did
not mind it.

He felt that the store needed reform-
ing, and that he was the man to do it.

Well, Jimmy had his brothers up
against it all the time. He had never
learned—and never could have learned,

 

in fact—that it is necessary for a grocer
to take sass from customers sometimes.
When a woman got lippy in the store
over some goods she had not liked,
Jimmy would get lippy, too. He would
fling his Hibernian repartee back at her
until she got green in the face,

And his brothers could not educate
him out of that—Jimmy enjoyed a ver-
bal scrap better than his meals, and it
only needed a touch to set him going.

Once I heard an irate boarding -house
keeper kicking about something in the
stere. Jimmy's conciliatory remark was:

‘‘Why don’t ye buy good stuff, mum?
Ye buy the cheapest there is—what
d’ye expect? Sure ye can’t get silk fur
the price of cotton,’’

Imagine how soothing that was toa
customer who had, or thought she had,
a good kick.

WelJ, to make a long story short, the
brothers svon got their little stomachs
full, and Jimmy was notified that he
had to go home. He did his best to
show his brothers that the store had
really not been a store at all until he
came, but they seemed obtusely unable
to see it, and the disconsolate Jimmy
had his ticket bought for him and was
packed off to New York in post haste.

And now the brothers are canvassing
hotly for business, and their siogan is,
not good goods or good service; but:

‘‘Jimmy’s gone, mum.’’—Stroller
Grocery World.

8
The American Tin Industry.

In 1893 the United States Geological
Survey gave the information that there
had been produced in this country up
to date 162,000 pounds of tin, valued at
$32,400. This was, of course, a very
puny amount of tin compared with what
this country requires, but it was hailed
by the American tin enthusiasts as a
great beginning tbat was very soon to
increase into a sufficient supply for all
the United States. This hope was
doomed to swift and complete disap-
pointment. There is tin in the Black
Hills, probably a great deal of it, but
so badly scattered that it costs more to
mine it than it is worth. In the year
1893 the total tin product of the United
States was only 8,938. That year saw
the collapse of this industry and ever
since 1893 there has been in each annual
report of our mineral production the
dismal record, ‘‘tin, none. About
$20,000,000 was invested in efforts to
make the tin industry ‘‘go’’ in this
country. If there had been anything in
it this amount of money would have es-

in

tablished the tin industry here. But
the tin fields in the Black Hills have
been deserted. The machinery set up
there at the cost of millions is rusting
out and is now almost worthless, even
as junk,
>
Supply and Demand.
A rich man sat him down one night

to dine ;

Rare was his food, superb his price-
less wine.

A poor man, hungry, lurked without
the gate,

And craved a crumb from off the rich
man’s plate.

Yet neither rich nor poor man ate that
night;

One had no food ; one had no appetite.

Sam S, Stinson.

lt is the | pol lished villain who beats
the bootblack out “of his fee.

    

 

 

 

The Imperial Gas Lamp

Is an absolutely safe lamp. It burns
without odor or smoke. Common
stove gasoline is used. It is an eco-
nomical light. Attractive prices are
offered. Write at once for Agency

The Imperial Gas Lamp Co.
206 Kinzie Street, Chicago

For Sale

One of the largest and finest photograph studios
in Chicago. Located in prominent theatrical
building on West Side. Best operators, printers
and finishers that money can hire; largest oper-
ating rooms, finest reception, printing and fin-
ishing rooms fitted with all modern improve-
ments. Latest and most successful methods.
Steam heat, electric and gas light. Long lease.
#93 per month. Receipts, $125 per week. Busy
season more than double. Price, $1,800 cash.
This will bear closest investigation. Address

A. M. Barron,
Station A, South Bend, Ind.

Things We Sell

Iron pipe, brass rod, steam fittings,
electric fixtures, lead pipe, brass
wire, steam boilers, gas fixtures,
brass pipe, brass tubing, water
heaters, mantels, nickeled pipe,
brass in sheet, hot air furnaces,
fire place goods.

Weatherly & Pulte

Grand Rapids, Mich.
= me SD... = = SP.
NSsSsss fT fesse

Holiday
Goods

We extend a very cordial
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\ shown in Western Michigan.
Complete in every respect.
AN Will make liberal allowance

for expense.

Grand Rapids
Stationery Co.

29 North Ionia St.,
Grand Rapids, Mich. 2

 

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John Knape
Machine Co.

The new machine shop. Up-
to-date machinery. Location
central. Manufacturers of

CLIPPER PARTS
and extra parts for all makes of

BICYCLES

Full assortment extra Clipper
parts carried in stock. Also
manufacturers light machin-
ery to order, modeis for pat-
ents, dies and tools of every
description.

Estimates given on each piece
of work.

Office and Shop 87 Campau Street
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Citizens Telephone 1197.

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Lee & Cady, Detroit, Mich.
Taylor, McLeish & Co. Detroit, Mich. {
Musselman Grocer Co.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Musselman Grocer Co.,

Traverse City, Mich.
Mussel] man Grocer Co.,

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Worden Grocer Co.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.
Phipps-Penoyer & Co. Saginaw Mich.
R. A. Bartley, Toledo, Ohio,
Huntington Grocery Co.,

Huntington, Indiana.
Riddell Grocery Co.,

south Bend, Indiana,

Moellering Bros. & Millard, :

Ft. Wayne, Indiana,

Rice Cook Book containing 200
recipes will be sent free to anyone
sending us trade mark cut from any

“O & S” rice pocket.

Orme & Sutton Rice Co., y
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

The Grain Market.
Wheat, owing to several causes, cut
loose from both corn and oats and went
up the ladder alone. Cash winter wheat

gained 2c since last week, while De-
cember options advanced 1%c. The
visible increase was smali—less than

half a million bushels. Exports are
fair. Receipts at initial points are way
below last year. The estimate of the
present crop is about 100,000, 000 bushels
less, besides the damage by wet weather
will further reduce the crop. Good
wheat will be looked after, as all the
millers are looking only for the better
quality. There is plenty of low grade
wheat, but that is not fit for any miller
to use if he wants to hold up his grade
of flour, There is less wheat in sight
than there has been for several years,
besides farmers are in such condition
that they do not have to sell their wheat,
as other products are bringing them a
good price and they are holding their
good wheat for an advance. They have
disposed of the poor wheat before this.
Our visible to-day is 12,000,000 bushels
less than last year, being only 26,000, -
ooo bushels, against bushels
last year. In England, as well as on
the continent,the complaint is too much
damp and wet weather, and the wheat
is being spoiled in the fields, so we do
not look for any lower markets at pres-
ent.

Corn, owing to the fine sunshine dur-
ing the last week, has settled back in
price fully 2c. The Government crop
report also helped to reduce the price,
as the estimate was 2,10C,000,000 bush-
els merchantabie corn. Should this be
true, corn is too high, All depends on
the weather conditions. We certainly
shall have corn enough, providing we
have favorable weather from now on.
The visible in corn declined

38, 000, 000

534,000

bushels, which leaves only 2,541,000
bushels in sight, against 13,414,000
bushels last year. There is consider-

able being
England States

shipped East to the New
from Chicago, which
leaves Chicago with only  1,000,c00
bushels on hand. It will not take very
long to ship that out and then the ques-
tion arises, Where is the corn to come
from?

Oats only increased 8,000 bushels,
which is something very unusual, tak-
ing the large crop that has been har-
vested into consideration. The demand
has been quite brisk and all offerings
of oats were taken promptly. The vis-
ible increase for the last four weeks was
from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 bushels per
week, and why this all stopped at cnce
seems to be a conundrum. The farmers
may be in more ofa selling mood in
the near future. However, as the vis-
ible is nearly 1,006,000 bushels more
than a year ago, there will be plenty cf
oats and no advance in price.

Rye made a feeble spurt of 1c per
bushel, notwithstanding the market is
slow, with no snap, so there is not
much show of verv much advance.

Beans have been very steady, owing to
the partial failure of the crop. Beans
will be high unless importers ship them
in, the same as they did eight years
ago when the late Wm. T. Lamoreaux
was dubbed the Bean King. I consider
$2.40@2.45 for cash lots rather high.

Flour remains steady, with a strong
upward tendency and the enquiry is
good. Prices are firm, both local
well as domestic.

as

Mill feed is still held firm in price
and it looks as though present prices will
remain as the demand is fully up to the
supply.

 

Receipts of grain have been as fol-
lows: wheat, 63 cars; corn, 2 cars:
oats, 6 cars; flour, 2 cars; beans, 2
Cars; potatoes, I car,

Mills are paying 69c for wheat.

CG. A. Voigt,
—_——_>2+~.—__
Can ?

Can a saw-buck?

Can a chimney smoke?

Can a monkey-wrench?

Can a horse-fly or a horse-fiddle?

Can a cow-slip or a bed-spring?

Can a chocolate-drop or a buck-saw?
Can corn-stalk?

Can butter-fly?

Can wood-box?

Can clothes-line up?

Can a horse-shoe tobacco?

Can a cake-walk or a sheep-tick?

Can butter-milk or cats-rpaw?

Can fire-shovel, stove-pipe jack-snipe,
Carpet-stretcher or a fish-hook?

Can a bed-rock, a spring “‘creak,’’ a
codfish-bawl, a cat fish, a ginger-snap,
a rail-fence, a railroad tie or a banana
“pear

Can a crosus?

Can a dragon-fly?

Can a brick-walk?

Can a newspaper-press?

Catydid! Well, anyhow a catkin!

How would a crash-suit?

But isn't the weather-vane?

Well, well, well! Fare-well!

. > —>____—
Stingy and Narrow-Minded.

Her husband's brother had through
his own efforts become very rich.

'" Now,"’ be said, "1 will du some-
thing for her and the children. I am
under no obligation to them, but they
are poor and | feel that it will be no
more than right for me to help them.’’

Therefore he bought a comfortable
home for them and gave her the deed.
Then he tock her to the furniture stores
and they secured carpets, beds, chairs,
and cther things that were neccssary to
make them comfortable and he paid for
them, after which he went about his
own affairs rejoicing.

She sat in her new home, with her
hands clasped in her lap and a sad lock
on her face,

‘What is the trouble?’’ her neighbor
asked.

“I was thinking of the selfishness and
meanness of some people,’’ she sorrow-
fully replied. ‘‘ Think of all tke money
he has. Yet he is too stingy, too nar-
row-minded even to give us a piano.’’

 

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insertion and one cent a word for each
subsequent insertion. No advertisements
taken for less than 25 cents. Advance
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YESS CHANCE
\ TE SELL ARMS, RESIDENCES OR
business propertyforeash. Your property
can be sold. no matter where located. send us
good description and price asked and get our
successful pian. If you have a photograph of
your property send it along with the desvription
and price asked. If you want to dispose of your
property quickly let us try to sell it for you.
Notice a few bargains below:

No.60—A Big Bargain. A stock of genera!
merchandise, invoicing about $8,000, located on
Blue River in Kenszas; also store building 48x4s;
double store, with part two stories. Price for
building $2,600. Write us for full description and
price. Best of reasons for selling.

No. 1101—Worth the money. <A nice, neat gro-
cery, flour and feed store, good fixtures and de-
livery wagons; will invoice $4,000 to 84,500; busi-
ness good; sales per year, $25,000. Room where
stock is kept, 25x90. Kents for $15 per mouth
Also an 8 room residence with good barn, coal
house and other improvements; up-to-date;
water and electric light in house; blue grass
lawn; 4 lots 200 by '50. Prices on residences prop-
erty, $2,000 Write us for more complete descrip-
tion, as this is a bargain.

No. 1102—A good home at a bargain. A house
and 8 lots in Smith county, Kansas, on the Sal-
mon River; price $1.600, $<00 down and balan-:e
plenty of time if good security; 8 room house,
good barn, chicken house and yard; plenty of
all Kinds of fruit trees, bearing pears, peaches,
apricots, also grapes, strawberries and raspber-
ries; plenty good water, with wind mill: water
piped to barn; a good cave and al! other im-
provements first class. Write us for more com-
plete description.

If you want to buy any kind of property write
us. We have anything you want and anywhere
most that you wantit. You will find our ad in
most all the le.ding papers in the United States.
Great American Real Estate Co., P. O. Box 104,
Mankato, Kansas. 785

 
 

 

OR SALE—CASH GROCERY BUSINESS

in town of 1,000; splendid opportunity; stock
will invoice about $700; owner has other busi-
ness and must sell at once. Address No. 783.
eare Michigan Tradesman. 783
a SALE—A CLOTHING, HAT AND

furnishing goods stock in small town; doing
$11,000 business; rent, $200 a year: amount of
stock and fixtures, about $5,000, which will be
sold for 55 cents on the dollar; good reasons for
selling; no traders need write. M.J. Rogan, 1
Kanter Bldg., Detroit. 782

ys SALE—TWO BUSINESS BUILDINGS
in best location in town; cost $3,x00; also a
stock of men’s furnishing goods and shoes in first-
class condition; will invoice $3.000; if taken with
in 30 days both can be bought for $4,500 cash.
Real estate will have a big advanee here before
next spring. For further particulars address
Box 343, Munising, Mich. 78l

QPLE MANUFACTURING PLANT;

 

 

YPLEN DID

experienced business men with capital can

have immediate possession with stock taken.
Address Box 253, Hastings, Mich 780

oe AND GROCERY SALESMEN TO
/ sell our cigar slot machine, as side line; sells
on sight toevery cigar and grocery store; big
profits; write today. Michigan Novelty Co.,
Vicksburg, Mich. 779
‘OR SALE—DRUG SFO.K IN ONE OF
the best business towns in Western Michi-
gan; good chance for a physician. Enquire of
No. 778, care Michigan Travesman. 778
SUR SALE—BEST DRUG SfeCK IN
Northern Indiana; invoices about $800, Ad-
dress No 777, care Michigan Tradesman. 777
a SALE FOR CASH, NU TKADES, GEN-
eral store; «ll new goods less than 1 year
old; stock and fixtures invoice about $5,000; sales
$50 per day; must sell at once; other business
reason for selling. Address P.O. Box 15, Bea-
man, Iowa. 776
| ence SALE — SMALL STUCK GENERAL
merchandise, about $1,200; a bargain for
someone; can lease store if desired. Apply 482
Washington Ave., Muskegon, Mich. 784
pew SALE—200 10 PEK CENT. PREFERRED
stock shares in an incorporated mercantiie
company bow on a solid paying basis, or will
trade for merchandise; good position to buyer if
he wishes it. For furth r particulars address
Baker Mercantile Co , Nashville, Mich. 788
\ TANTED- SECONDHAND GROCERY DE-
livery wagon. H. b. Outwater, Cass City,
Mich 789
_— SALE—STOCK OF MEN’S FURNISH-
ings and shoes; new gvods; suburban town
1,800; good business; best reasons for selling;
excellent chance, young man. Address Box 433,
Plymouth, Mich. 790
a SALE—A STOCK OF DRUGS AND
patent medicines, cigars and confectionery
in one of the best fruit and grain sections in
Michigan. Stock all new, clean and salable, no
dead stock; invoic+s about $1,800; will discount.
Sickbess reason for selling. Address No. 774,
eare Michigan Tradesman 774
ee oe SrOCK AND FRUIT

 

 

 

y tarm of 156 acres, free and clear, located
near Lowell; want a general stock of merchan-
dise. Address Chas. EK. Mereer, Widdicomb
Building, Grand Rapids. 741
{OR SALE—StOCK OF GROCERIES AND
furnishing goods. Good reasons for selling;
located in small town in Central Michigan. Ad-
dress M.&S., care Michigan Tradesman 770
\ .ANTE D—QUICK MAIL ORDERS.
Overstocked; must keep the factory run-
ning; telescopes, sult cases. whips; low prices.
For special discounts and illustrated descriptive
list address Olney Telescope & Harness Co.,
Box 155, Olney, IIL. 769
F MR SALE OR TRADE—FOR LAND OR
merchandise, a store or lotin good town in
Northern lowa; store 22xiv0 feet; first-class
shape. Address CC W, 136 5th Ave., Clinton,
lowa. 768
\ TANTED—STOCK OF GENERAL MER-
chandis® for cash; must be cheap to be
removed. Address Reval, 221 Fifth Ave., Chi-
cago, Ill. 767
i «0 ACRE FARM IN EMMET COUN-
ty for sale or exchange for merchandise.
Lock Box 2-0, Cedar Springs, Mich. 766

 

 

 

ge SALE—OLD ESTABLISHED DRUG
business at 617 South Division street, Grand
Rapids. Reason for seiling, must retire on aec-
count of sickness. Enquire or address above
location. 77
ye SALE—DRUG STORE IN MICHIGAN

town of 10,000 population; invoices about
$1,600; cash sales over $400 a month; will sell at

a bargain. Address No. 775, care Michigan
Tradesman. 7

>
\ TANTED FOR CASH—LUMBER OF ALL
kinds; also shingles and lath. Will eon-
tract miil cuts. Belding-Hall Mfg. Co, Belding,

Mich. 764
yes SALE—GROCERY AND MARKET
dolhg good business; one of the best loca-
tions in East Saginaw; good opportunity; ex-
pt nses low; best reasons for selling; investig» te.
Address No. 76 ,esre Michigan Tradesman. 761
bee SALE—THE BEST PAYING GRv-
cery business in the best town in Michigan,
doing strictly cash business; no credit; stock
willinvoice about $1,600 and in elegant condi-
tion; reason for selling, have other busiuess that
needs attention. Address Grocer 129, Colfax

avenue, Benton Harbor, Mich. 760

os SALE—$5,000 SLOCK OF GENERAL
merchandise; stock, with exception of a
few shoes and groceries. all new within last six
months; can be reduced to suit purchaser; lo-
cated in hustling town of 600 in the best farming
section in Central Michigan. sood reasons for
selling. Address No. 759, care Michigan Trades-
man. 759
ro SALE—DRUG STOCK AND FIX-
tures; only one in good prosperous town on
railroad; good business; stock about $1,200;
cash, no trades. Address George, care Hazel-
tine & Perkius Drug Co., Grand Rapius, " gg
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OR SALE—A STOCK OF GROCERIES,
hardware and other merchandise amounting
to $2,000 will be sold at a bargainforecash. This
stock formerly belonged to Palmeter & Pratt. of
Ashley, and was assigned to me by them for the
benefit of their creditors. For particulars write
to Chas. H. Smith, Trustee, Saginaw, Mich., care
Wm. Barie Dry Goods Co 757
“ SALE—DRUG STOCK, INVOICING
$200; only drug stock in town; sales last
year, $2,900; good reason for selling. Address
754, care Michigan Tradesman. 754
y J ANTED—STOCK OF MERCHANDISE
for improved Iowa farm. Want to get
into business and will exchange on right basis
and give good bargain. Notraders need answer.
Address No. 763, care Michigan Tradesman. 763
age SALE—BRICK STORE BUILDING, 22
x60 feet, with frame addition on back, 22x40
feet, two stories, with living rooms above For
Ernest address J. L. Farnham, Mancelona,
Mich. 707
pros SALE—A GOOD FIRST-CLASS 10
horse livery; only one in town of 9¢0; good
trade and everything in good order. Address
Philip Taylor, Saranac. Mich. 6°6
i OW TO WIN ON THE NICKEL-IN-THE-

 

 

 

slot game of chance machines. Send stemp
for sample of slugs or chee:s. H. Morris, 1133
756

Bellevue Ave. , Detroit, Mich.

ue SALE—FIRST-CLASS, EXULUSIVE
millinery business in Grand Rapids; object
for selling, parties leaving the city. Address
Milliner, care Michigan Tradesman. 507

SAKES—NEW AND SECOND-HAND FIRE

and burglar proof safes. Geo. M. Smith Wood

& Brick Building Moving Co., 376 South lonia
St., Grand Rapids. 321

“ SALE—#1,700 DRUG STOCK AND FIX-
tures; can be bought at great discount for
Address P. O. box 222, Saginaw, Mich.
674
eee SALE—HOME IN FLORIDA; FOUR-
teen acres, eight acres bearing orange trees;
good buildings; good neighbors; near railroad;
healthy location; will sell for $3,000 cash or take
clean stock of merchandise (Northern Michigan
or Wisconsin preferred) in exchange. Address
No. 672, care Michig+n Tradesman. 672
— SALE—DRUG STOUK{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
per month. Good reason for selling. Address
No. 334, care Michigan Tradesman. 334
WANT TO BUY SOME KIND OF BUSINESS
and residence (not connected); what have
you to offer? Give iull description and price.
A. M. Barron, Station A, South Bend, Ind. 745
HAVE SOWE REAL ESTATE IN GRAND
Rapids. Will trade for a stock of general
merchandise, Address No. 751, care Michigan
Tradesman. 751
Vo SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR FARM
property in or near Kent county—A good
clean stock of general merchandise and fixtures,
invoicing about $4,500. Stock consists of dry
goods, groceries, men’s furnishing goods and
crockery. Located in good lake port town of
25,000. The true reason for selling given on ap-
plication. Address No. 731, care Michigan
Tr.desman. 731
I RUG STOCK FOR SALE IN A GOOD
live town of 1,500; will invoice about fifteen
hundred dollars. Reason for selling, other busi-

 

 

 

cash.

 

 

 

  

ness. Address No. 738, care Michigan Trades-
Ney a:
\ JILL PAY SPOT CASH FOR STOCKS
_ dry goods, boots and shoes, hardware,
pg or groceries. Lock Box 74, Ypsilanti,
ch. 715

H ARD TO FIND—A FIRST CLASS DRUG
store in city of 50,000 people in Michigan for
sale. Best of reasons for selling. Address Mrs.
B., Room 801, 377-9 Broadway, New York City. 694

MISCELLAN

\ 7 ANTED—REGISTERED PHARMACIST;
give references. Address Drugs, care Car-
rier No 18, Grand Rapids. 787

 
 
   

 

 

\ 7. ANTED-—REGISTERED ASSISTANT
pharmacist or person with at least two
years’ experience; good references required.
Address ©. E. Van Every, Kalamazoo, Mich. 786
} ELP WANTED—AN EXPERIENCED
young man in dry goods and clothing: must
be an up-to-date decorator and a good salesman;
State age, whether married or sinele, and wages
expected 8. Cohen, Northville, Mich. 153

 

 

 

Merchants

Will you close out
your
of merch-
andise? Ifso, our
New Idea Sale
does it without
loss. We have a
style of advertis

or reduce

stocks

ing which is dis-
tinctly our own
and which draws

an immense crowd
to your store, peo-
ple who have nev-
er been there be-
fore. We take
sales on a commis-
sion busis, vou to
set your own price
on the goods we
are to sell and we

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. dispose of odds
and ends at the beginning of the sale. Write us
for full particulars or call on us w hile you are in

the city. Remember that we also buy and sell
store fixtures or take them on consignment
Cc. C. O'NEILL & co,
Special Salesmen and Auctioneers
256 Dearborn St., Suite 408-9
Chicago, Ill.