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‘| Reports of Delegates at the Cheboygan

Convention.

The following are among the reports
made by local delegates at the Cheboygan
convention:

Charlevoix (R. W. Kane)—The Associa-
tion the past year has not made progress
numerically. While new members have
joined our ranks, others have gone out of
business and we can only report twenty-two
members. Our collection department has
been maintained with satisfactory results,
but we believe the efficiency of this part of
the work would be increased: by dispensing
with the local lists and inserting all the
names of delinquents in the State sheet.
The Association has also held a banquet,
which was a pronounced success in
every way. Weare also able to report that
the antagonism which the Association en-
countered at first has been gradually disap-
pearing, both among the residents of our
town and among the farmers, as the true
nature and objects of the Association have
been shown in its practical workings. Some
who opposed it at first now indorse it, be-
cause of the negative compliment it pays
the honest man. Soon after the State meet-
ing at Flint, the Charlevoix Association
made an attempt to interest the local organ-
izations in Northern Michigan in a scheme
for advertising the resources and natural
advantages of this part of the State, witha
view to inducing a better class of settlers
to till and develop the large tracts of splen-
did farming lands now very poorly culti-
vated, as well as to attract capital and man-
ufactories to this part of the country to as-
sist in the development of these resources.
In accordance with a call issued by the
Charlevoix Association, a convention was
held at Petoskey last winter, at which dele-
gates from a number of associations were
present; and when the project was quite
thoroughly canvassed, and an agreement
reached to undertake the work. The com-
mittee appointed to take charge of the mat-

| ter, however, have failed to receive the

co-operation of the different associations,
which was necessary to the execution of the
plan, and the project is now—not dead, we
hope, but sleeping. Who shall arouse it
and start it on its way to succéssful accom-
plishment? Our meetings have not been
as well attended as we could have hoped,
and the interest in the other objects of the
Association have been to the few enthusias-

tic members painfully slack. We need ed-

ucation in the objects and accomplishments
of the Association to stimulate us to more
concerted action. The delegate who at-
tended the State meeting last year found it
so profitable that he induced the Associa-
tion to send three delegates this. year, in
the hope that the interest may be at least
three times what it has been and that the
benefits to the Association the next year
may be correspondingly increased.

Lansing (W. E. Crotty)—The Lansing
Business Men’s Association was organized
in May, 1887, and celebrated the first anni-
versary of its organization by a very enjoy-
able banquet at the Lansing House. The
representation in this convention makes the
second time it has had the pleasure of
taking part in the proceedings of the State
Association. And as half of the present
delegation took part in the convention last
year, it shows how well we appreciated the
proceedings of last year’scenvention. Our
membership is 101, and from expressions
from individual members there would seem
to be no danger of it being any less. Bus-
iness and professional men have been ad-
mitted to membership and the question has
been raised if it would not be better
for all concerned to have only the mer-
chants in the main local associations
and professional men in a separate body,
bu t auxiliary to the merchants’ association.
Like all other auxiliary branches, we
have suffered from non-attendance at meet-
ings, and the subject has been under consid-
eration for some time. It has been sug-
gested if we had a hall of ourown it would
help. We hold sessions on the first and
third Wednesdgys of each month in the
council chamber. The secretaryship has
been filled by amember engaged in business.
Finding he could not attend to it as
sharply as the business required, an assist-
ant was given him, and for the coming
year a paid secretary has been engaged, and
it is expected by his prompt attention to
accounts handed him for collection and
other duties pertaining to the office that its
importance to even the doubting business
man will be demonstrated and he made to
feel he cannot get along without the
B. M. A. The business men of Lansing do
not take kindly to bonuses to any institu-
tion, but say, ‘‘We offer you a central loca-
tion, the best of railroad facilities from four
different lines, extending to the four cardi-
nal points, and a transit railroad from your
factory door to these lines of railroad. If
your works are built along or near the river,
the transit railroad: mentioned consists of a
regular track of railroad, on which cars are
taken at night to or from all the manufac-
turing institutions in the city, and there is
plenty of room along it for more manufac-
tories to locate.” A matter of some discus-
sion before the Association during the year
was the electric light. We pay $85 per
light for forty lights to 12 o’clock and $80
per light for four lights, a total of eighty-
four lights at an average of about $82.50
per light. We deemed this price too high
and concluded from investigation that $50
per year a light would bea liberal sum to
pay. We showed the city council that
Jackson and Bay City got their light for
about one-half what we did, but as the con-
tract had been made with the light company,
no action has yet been taken on our report.
We recommended that a city sealer of
weights and measures be appointed, which
the council promptly did. We would here
add that it is the expression of the Lansing

|B. M. A. that each city should own its own

lighting plan at least if it is an electric
plant. The water works, which are owned
by the city, give the best of satisfaction,
and we believe at less rate than any where
owned by a private company.. Another
question. of interest to local associations,
we think, has been discussed by us, ‘‘Shall
the business man pay all the expense of

watering the public streets?” We say,

“No.” We will pay for sprinkling before

our stores, but the city at large. should pay.

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the city gets $300 for the water. If we get
water free, we can get sprinkling done for
twenty-five cents per week or less. We
called the water board’s attention to this.
They acknowledged its justness and replied
that if thecouncil would grant them the ex-
pense of same, would so furnish, but they
would not be willing to do so free, as it
would not make a good showing for the
water receipts. .
Allegan—I will abbreviate as much as
possible, as our time is limited. A gentle-
man said yesterday that he didn’t: know un-
til an hour before he left home that he was
a delegate. I didn’t know until an hour af-
ter I left home that I was a delegate.
There was one thing that the Secretary
wished me to bring before this convention,
and that was our collection system. We
have a system of our own. It isthis: Af-
ter they had exhausted all the three letters,
they devised another letter, organized what
they call an executive board and the Seecre-
tary told me to tell this convention that
they had placed in the hands of this board
all the bad debts that the three letters had
failed to collect, and 50 per cent. of the bad
debts of our town have been collected by
this method. The following is the letter:
Collection Department of the Allegan Bus-
imess Men’s Association: .
ALLEGAN........ 188
Mr etc oy oe we
DEAR Sir—Your name has been placed
in our hands for investigation, having been
reported by our Association as delinquent
to the amount of....due.... We trust you
will spare us the necessity of publishing
your name in the Delinquent List of our As-
sociation, to be republished in the State list;
for you have been regarded by us a citizen
worthy the confidence of all. And we urge
you to reconsider this matter before it is too
late. If there is any cause why this ac-
count should not be paid, please notify us
and we will cheerfully do allin our power
to right the wrong, if any exists. For we
desire to guard the interests of debtors as
well as creditors, and will in no case report
as delinquent those who have not been fair-
ly dealt with, or who, through misfortune,
are unable to meet all just demands prompt-
ly. Let us hear from you on or before. ...
that this matter may be honorably and fair-
ly adjusted, and your credit unimpaired.
Yours truly,
W. J. GARROD,
Irvine F. CLAPP,
S. S. DRYDEN,
Executive Board A. B. M. A.
After the other three letters had run
their course, with this they collected 50 per
cent. of the debts. That is all I can say of
the collective department. We started out
with twenty-nine members. We now have
sixty-one. We havea population of a lit-
tle over 4,000. We have raised in the last
year and one-half $5,355 through the Busi-
ness Men’s Association that has been paid
incash. We have raised $500 for a new

railroad, $200 for a new court house, raised’

$1,500 for the soldiers and sailors’ reunion
which meets at our town on the 22d of this
month. We raised $2,650 for an oil well
and got the oil—five barrels a day—the on-
ly oil well in Michigan with five barrels of
oila day. We raised $500 for the Fourth
of July. Iam proud of what we have done.
And I would say that there are just as good
towns in this State—small towns—full of
pluck and vim; and if you will send this
Secretary out and get them into this Asso-
ciation we will boom the State of Michigan
as it never has been before.

Nashville (W. S. Powers)—This Associa-
tion was organized the 22d day of March
last, by Mr. Stowe, the State Secretary,
with a membership of twenty-one business
men, which number has increased to twen-
ty-eight. The organization was perfected,
by-laws adopted and duly incorporated ac-
cording to law. We have but a small vil-
lage, but for energy, push and enterprise
we think it has few equals in the State.
The Association is made up of live, ener-
getic business men who fully appreciate the
importance of the work such an organiza-
tion can accomplish, and all believe and ex-
pect that their connection with the Associa-
tion will be beneficial to them individually
as well as to the community at large. On
the same day we left to attend this meet-
ing, a delegation of our members left for

| Alma to attend a railroad meeting in the in-

terest of a contemplated road to be built
from Bay City to Battle Creek, via Nash-
ville. Our members desire me to urge up-
on this Association the importance -of or-
ganizing auxiliaries in every village, hamlet
and city in the State. Nashville business
men feel a special pride and interest in this
matter, for the reason that they claim to be
the pioneers of this movement, or rathera
movement of which this is an improvement.
Some four years ago, H. M. Lee, a clothing
merchant and now the President of our As

sociation, conceived the idea of some such
an organization and circulated a paper
among the business men of our town and
organized an association with some of the
features of the present one. The meetings
were kept up at irregular intervals until the
organization of the present Association,
when they were both merged into one. We
feel confident that the coming year will wit-
ness good results from the organization.

_ Ashley (Geo. E. Clutterbuck, by letter)
—At a regular meeting of the Ashley B. M.
A., it was decided by a unanimous vote that
1 should write you, expressing our regret
for being unable to attend the convention.

Davison (L. Gifford)—The Davison As-
sociation has not very much to. report to
this convention, as we are yet young, hav-
ing been organized only since May 10. In
a little more than a month after our organ-
ization, we had secured nearly all the busi-
ness men of our village as members, one
harness-maker being tle only one to escape
us. Since then, we have received into our
membership the merchants of our neighbor-

ring villages of Richfield and Elba, and our

present number is thirty-five. Although
having a goodly number of members for a
small village of 350 inhabitants, our Union
is small, financially speaking, only one of
the members being reported worth $5,000.
Our principal object in organizing was to se-
cure the benefits of the Blue Letter collec-
tion system aad we have not as yet given
our attention much to other subjects; nev-
ertheless, negotiations have been opened to-
ward establishing a weekly newspaper
there, ‘with good prospects of success.

| Through the Blue Letter system, which our

members can never praise too highly, we

‘have secured satisfactory arrangements to
settle.or collected

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fifty-six accounts amount-

 

ing to $444.75. One of these accounts had
been standing more than fourteen years, be

ing among the first contracted by our oldest
merchant., We notice a more friendly feel-
ing and greater confidence among the busi-
ness men and many are the remarks made
by customers, as well as the members them-
selves, that this will prove to be one of the
most beneficial organizations that ever came
into life in Davison:

Kalamazoo (Chauncey Strong) — You
could searce expect one of our age to have
much to say. Our Business Men’s Associa-
tion was organized in May, nearly three
months ago, and we have hardly got be-
yond creeping. We started out with 150
members and now have 160. This com-
prises a goodly representation of our best
business men—our solid men—the wealthy
men in the mercantile and manufacturing
departments, and then we havea large num-
ber who have no interests to share in that
body; that is, they are not in active mer-
cantile labor or any pursuit that would
make the Blue Letter system of any bene-
fit.. I am very sorry that some of the older
associations have presented noreport. I
came here to learn something and was
much interested in the reports from the dif-
ferent localities. In speaking of celery, I
would say that there is not, in the State of
Michigan, any interest that brings as much
in cash into the city as celery brings to Kal-
amazoo. In the matter of wheel vehicles,
it is said that we manufacture more than
any other place in the world. In the way
of local legislation, we have accomplished
something, on a point not mentioned in this
convention—not the peddler and not the
‘‘dead-beat”—but the tramp business man,
the man who comes into a town with a
stock of bankrupt goods to sell cheap and
settles for business. Our council passed an
ordinance that any man establishing him-
self in any trade, for the sale of any article,
should pay a license fee of $100, and we
are going to see if itis good for anything.
I am glad to have been here, because of the
enthusiasm I hope to convey from this con-
vention to our own Association, and to give
them some of the benefits the members
might have received had they been able to
attend our session.

Fife Lake (P. H. Bernstein)—Your dele-
gate would report as to the workings of the
Fife Lake B. M. A. that we have only fif-
teen members, the-interest in the Associa-
tion fair. The use of the Blue Letter has
proved efficacious and of value. The work
of our Association has been of unquestioned
value to the town. We have raised $700
for the purpose of removing the depot from
South Fife Lake to the north town and we
propose to raise additional money to secure
other industries. We hold ourselves will-
ing to offer a liberal premium to a hemlock
bark extract manufacturer, if he will locate
in our town. We have already shipped, or
are shipping, 1,000 to 1,500 cords of bark
and the chances are good for this kind of
business. Our place is unrivalled as a lo-
cality for the manufacture of hardwood
lumber or other products made from hard-
wood, as it can be shipped via Traverse City
by water or by the G. R. & I. Railway. To
all we say, Come, and we will do you good.

Tustin (A. Wenzel)—The Tustin Busi-
ness Men’s Association, although small in
numbers, is proud of its record during the
past year, and in point of energy and inter-
est manifested, we think that it will com-
pare favorably with the results attained by
larger associations. We have nineteen
members and hold regular meetings every
second and fourth Monday evening in,each
month and for the past year there has been
a regular attendance of ten and nine six-
teenths members. Our Association has re-
sulted in much good in more ways than
one. It has been the means of uniting our
business men in a more. brotherly regard
for each others’ interests and the general
welfare of our village. We have made our
meeting an enjoyable and social affair and
have reaped much benefit therefrom. In
the collecting department we have all
realized that there is great power and effi-
cacy in the Blue Letter. We have brought
about a system of water works, which is
not yet completed; but will bein the near
future, by the way of a large cistern cen-
trally located, getting the water there by
force pumps driven by the power of a large
wheel, placed in a small creek about forty
rodsaway. Thenuisanceot a tramp, which
is called peddler, is now and then bothering
us and we respectfully ask the M. B. M. A.
to take such steps as to benefit the business
men in unincorporated villages as well as
corporated towns.

Cheboygan (E. O. Penney)—The B. M. A.
of Cheboygan, from a membership of forty
on August 1, 1887; had grown to fifty-four
on August 1, 1888. While we may deplore
the fact that such an organization as this
originally was, became a necessity, we can
not doubt the wisdom of its originators,
and must with one accord pronounce it a
grand success. But now that its object is
broadened, its success must necessarily be
greater. Aside from the benefits derived
by its members incident to the original ob-
ject of its organization we have actually
accomplished but little. We have, how-
ever, sown seed from which we hope very
soon to gather arich harvest. This seed
consists partly in thousands of copies of
Cheboygan papers, which have been dis-
tributed largely over New York, Pennsy]l-
vania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and our own
State, setting forth the natural facilities of
Cheboygan as a manufacturing town. As
a result of this seed sowing so far, our
Secretary has received numbers of letters,
asking questions in regard to matters not
fully set forth in the newspapers, and we
have every reason to believe that very soon
we shall have at least two manufactories
established here that will rapidly convert
into money some of the timber of Northern
Michigan, which up to this time has been
used for firewood, or simply burned for the
purpose of clearing the land. We have

been very successful in our collection de-|-

partment and can only wonder from our
success that the number of the associations
chartered by the State Association has not
reached 176 instead of 76. We have had
no picnics, but we propose to have one be-
fore we are through with this convention.

Eaton Rapids (Will Emmert)—One year
ago, we had 26 members. Now we have
thirty-three. The great trouble with us*is,
to get the members to attend meetings.
During the last six months, we have had
but one regular, and several special meet-
ings, and no delinquent sheets—either State

or local—have. been distributed since Feb- |

ruary last. The question is, what can we-
do to get more genuine enthusiasm into:
our Association? The members are alk
good, business men, but fail to enthuse.
We have done considerable collecting, and
many names are on our old list, but partie

ular good has been done the city by the
Association. A special meeting was called

during the ‘‘Gale” excitement for the pur-

pose of inducing the city to raise $30,000
with which to ‘‘catch” some great institu-.
tion, but it failed. We celebrated the
Fourth, but instead of closing the stores,
every merchant wanted to make more money:
than at any other time. Our city has also.
had some experience with the peddler and
is liable to stand a suit for arrest and false
imprisonment, the Circuit Court declaring a.
license ordinance ‘‘no good,” as it diserim-
inates between persons, contrary to the con—
stitution.. It might, therefore, be well for.
Associations to go slow in prosecuting cases
for imprisoning the peddler, unless their or-
dinance has been tested and declared valid.

Kalkaska (Alf. G. Drake)—Il will make.
my remarks short. About two years ago,
when Messrs. Stowe and Hamilton came to.
our town, they found it somewhat of a dead
place—just existing, like many other towns.
In the twenty months which have since
elapsed, we have incorporated our town,
have much better streets, better sidewalks,
etc. We have have taken up a railroad:
scheme for $10,000 stock and the survey 1s.
completed. In the last three months we
have lighted our city with electric light.
We have a large factory that engages sev—
enty-five or 100 men and two others on the:
string. All this has been done by our-
Business Men’s Association. As far as the
business men themselves are concerned, we-
have canceled old accounts, established a.
better feeling among them socially and oth-
erwise. This is the prosperous condition.
of things brought about by the Business
Men’s Association.

Seotts and Climax (E. L. Carbine)—In
behalf of the Scotts and Climax B. M. A.,
1 beg leave to offer the following report as
to our condition, financially and socially.
Having been preyed upon for—well, as the:
brother from Plainwell said, ‘‘ever sinee-
the flood”—by a class of chronic ‘“long-
timers” and dead-beais, we began to look:
around for some means of protection—
something that would lead us to do mis—
sionary work by compelling dishonest men.
to be honest ones. We examined every
collection agency available very carefully
and some too carefully to the extent of
membership fee, without deriving any ben-
efit. We believed them all no good or un-
safe, until we gavethe B. M. A.a thorough
examination. Then we thought we hak
found the remedy sought after, and so we-
found it, and shall continue to find it, if we-
work together as brothers and true men ang
live up to our privileges and the golden rule..
We organized on February 22 last with:
twenty charter members, with nearly solid’
flanks in both Scotts and Climax. We have
gleaned a little closer and added to our
number from adjacent villages until we now
number twenty-five business firms, consti--
tuting about forty individual members. Our-
population in either village is about 350,
although in enterprise and push we number-
350,000. We have received grand results.
from the Association work, collected many,
accounts we deemed worthless and, in faet,.
having been so successful, have gone to the
garret and cellar, unearthed our old ledgers:
and begun life over again by collecting old
accounts that we had long since buried, sup-
posing them dead, but with the B. M. A.
work found, to our great delight, we had
buried them alive. Hence, brothers, our
success lies in union of action, union of
strength, union of purpose. We not only
gain financially, but socially. We get rid
of the ideat that every other business man ‘
in our town or locality is our enemy. By
knowing them better, we make them our
warmest friends. Therefore, to advance
your Association socially, use good judg-
ment and pull together. The result will be
a grand success for the army behind the
counter, at the bench, or on the farm.

Bellaire (Geo. W. Albrecht)—The most:
recent work that we have accomplished was-
stumping our court house square; but when.
I tell you that there was something like 250.
stumps there, you will see that it was quite-
an undertaking and we accomplished it sue--
cessfully.. We have also taken some rail-
road stock—raised about $10,000. Wehave
not received any new industries, but there
are plenty waiting to come as soon as we
have our railroad. Through the efforts of
the business men, we have induced private.
individuals to commence a system of water:
works, which will be completed in about.
sixty days. A small item coming through.
the efforts of the Business Men’s Associa-
tion is the establishing of a newspaper for-
the purpose of booming the city; but, as I
am the chief boomer, I will say nothing
about what that has done.

Muskegon (P. J. Connell)—Muskegon is.
the largest association in the State, though:
not the largest city, and we have the most:
sawdust, sand and grit. We have 2@
different system of collecting. We employ
a collector. The members whose advantage-
it is to use him pay him $5 per annum—for-
that amount he does the work—and colleets.
for those, and those only. We have our-
own room—association headquarters. After
our Blue Letter has done its work and our-
delinquent list comes in, we hand them to.
our collector and he visits each one of them..
In this way we cut off a great many names.
that would otherwise appear on the list, for
we find that our merchants are a little neg-
ligent in keeping their accounts correct and?
clerks make mistakes. Our city has taken

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A BELATED IDEA.
The newsmongers send us a fresh report
of a conference of members of the royal
caste of Europe, to settle the future of Bul-
garia without the: slightest reference to the
wishes of the Bulgarian people. This time
itis the Duke of Cumberland who is to be
thrust. into the place Prince Ferdinand is
filling to the apparent satisfaction of all but
the Czar. Of course, it would be very
handy to have him in Bulgaria as prince.
_ Bismarck would like it, as it would save
him from having to restore the Duke to the
rights the Chancellor stripped from his
father. The royal caste generally would
like it as a provision for a rather impecu-
nious member of their set. England might
be supposed to like it, as Cumberland is the
only descendent in the male line of the
House of Hanover, and looks back to the
three Georges as his ancestors. But would
the Bulgarians like the induction of a
prince who would come plédged to subser-
vience to Russia, and who belongs to a
‘family much more notable for their obstinacy
than for their respect for constitutional ob-
ligations and pledges? :
The truth is that the royal caste is belated
in its ideas.. It no longer has the power to
transfer kingdoms and principalities by pri-
vate conference, and to hand over countries
to its members by way of reward for merits
or compensation for losses. That business
ame to an end when the rights of nation-
ality obtained distinct recognition in the
‘diplomacy of Europe, and it now is recog-
nized that no settlement of the Bulgarian,
the Irish, the Polish, or any other question
-ean be final, unless it is acceptable to the
nation it concerns.

Recent developments in the insurance
situation — developments which THE
‘TRADESMAN is not at liberty to;disclose at
present—coupled with the work recently
aundertaken by the insuranee department of
the Michigan Business Men’s Association,
give good grounds for the belief that there
will be a revolution in present insurance
methods before another year has elapsed.
As the old campaigner deems it essential
to keep the enemy ignorant of his move-
ments, so the men active in this work find
it desirable to make as little noise as pos-
sible until the time. has arrived to deal the
insurance monopoly a death-dealing blow.

The Standard Oil Co. jumped oil up %
cent per per gallon on Monday, in face of
the fact that two other oil- houses are con-
sidering the project of establishing dis-
tributing stations at this market. The
Standard Oil Co.—acting through its local
representative, the West Michigan Oil Co.—
evidently believes in making hay while the
sun. shines.

Tribute to the Traveler.
A young lady admirer of the Gripsack
Brigade pays the commercial traveler the
following tribute :

Of all men living, the commercial man is
one whose varied experience is most inter-
esting, and whose life is one long list of
romantic incidents, some extremely sad, in-
deed, and some of infinite mirth. No won-
der he is a man of resources, and great of
heart. He obtains the experience of more
people than any other man on the face of
the earth. His own experience is the
cream of all those poured into his eager,
listening ear, or snatched by his watchful
eye. His nimble wit is at the command of
every man he meets. Are you heartsick
and sadly burdened with troubles? His
tongue is tipped with humorous philosophy
that drives away sorrow and disarms
troubles of all their stings. Are you in
financial difficulty? His hand flies to his
pocket and relieves your monetary distress

as easily and as heartily as he does your
«mental woes. To sum up, he is everything
that goes to make up a great and splendid
ananhood. Of course, there are some
**bad ones,” but they only serve to enhance
and bring out in greater prominence the vir-

, tues of the majority. _ He is a walking en-
cyclopedia of practical, every-day knowl-
edge, and you can get more real, solid,
‘satisfactory information on any subject, be
“it business or pleasure, from one commer-
~cial man than you can from ten ordinary
‘men. He isa moving, breathing, hustling
edition of Rand-MecNally, and his brain is
“one seething mass of facts, fun and figures.
‘He has been accused of living rapidly. He

_ ‘does, indeed. He eats, drinks and sleeps
--0n the run, and his brain and all ideas move
iat the same rapid gait. Truly, our commer-
cial friend lives a ‘‘fast” life. Never too
‘fast, though, to hear the cry of distress and
pass unheeding by. Never too fast to give
up his seat te that aged lady. (For the
~drummer has a mother somewhere.) Never
_ too fast to amuse that fretful child, and
give its poor, weak mother a few moments’
rest and quiet. Never, in fact, too fast to
do the needful. The commercial man may
be fast in a way, but he is adandy, and I

aim in Jove with him,

Saturday paper is going

send-off. Among the con- |

ributors to thefirst issue (which will appear

Peters furnished the ‘stock.
Cory Bros. & Co. have put in a general}

‘and Island streets, which will probably be

| foundation for a new store building. _—.

, | house of Jas.

avenue. Lemon, Hoops &

stock near Harrison. Ball, Barnhart &
Putman furnished the stock. oe

J. F. Reed has engaged in the drug bus-
iness at Walkerton, Ind. The Hazeltine &
Perkins Drug Co. furnished the stock.

Louisa: Harroun has opened a grocery
store on Jefferson avenue, one-half mile be-
low the city limits. Lemon, Hoops & Peters
furnished the stock.

THE TRADESMAN has it on good author-
ity that a wholesale hat and cap house js
shortly to be established at this market by
three gentlemen of leng experience and
ample capital.

Wm. Widdicomb, assignee for Thompson
& Maclay, sold the stock last week to A.
May and Moore & Co., who picked out all
they wanted and shipped the balance to
Geo. P. Gore & Co., of Chicago, to be sold
on commission on their account. The as-
signee declines to disclose the terms of sale.

Walter E. Cummings and Fred. D. Yale
have formed a copartnership under the style
of Cummings & Yale for the purpose of
engaging in the sale of crockery, glassware
and kindred lines, having secured the
agency of a number of leading importing
and manufacturing houses. The firm has|-
leased three rooms in the Blodgett block,
on South Ionia street, and is arranging a
line of samples which ought to take well
with the trade.

Fred. A. Wurzburg and Wm. N. Wurz-
burg, sons of F. W. Wurzburg, and Wm.
F. Wurzburg, nephew of F. W. Wurzburg,
have formed a copartnership under the style
of F. W. Wurzburg’s. Sons & Co. for the
purpose of engaging in the wholesale dry
goods business. The firm has leased one-
half of the second floor of the new McMul-
lin block, on the corner of South Division

ready for occupancy about October 1.

The remarkable success of the Grand
Rapids School Furniture Co. has led many
to think that there are large margins con-
nected with the business. The failure of
a Detroit seating concern, a few days ago,
eoupled with the fact that a small concern
has been whanging away at school seat
manufacture here for the past half-dozen
years, without attaining the dignity of a
one-horse factory, rather leads to the opin-
ion that the success of a school seat factory
is a question of management wholly and
that the profit involved is no greater than in
the case of ordinary furniture.

AROUND THE STATE.

Belding—H. A. Lamb & Co. have opened
a grocery store.

Belding—Ingersoll & Sons have opened a
new boot and shoe store.

Empire—The Empire Lumber Co. is
moving into its new store.

Breedsville—S. E. Brown & Co.’s grocery
has been closed by creditors.

Muir—Chas. E. Stevens’ general store
has been closed by creditors.

Lowell—Geo. T. Howard has moved his
stock of clothing to Kalkaska.

Pentwater—Frank Harris succeeds
Fisher in the harness business.

Vassar—H. C. Dean succeeds J. R. Ban-
croft in the hardware business.

Hudson—James Dennis succeeds John
R. Bate in the hardware business.

Saranac —Brown Bros., of Charlotte, will
soon open a branch clothing store.

Stanton—J. K. Gillman succeeds Epley
& Gillman in the grocery business.
Hartford—Grosse & Son have sold their
meat market to a man named McGlure
Lansing—J. Wilson Roe succeeds Wright
& Co. in the grocery and stationery bus-
iness.

Kalkaska—S. R. Haynes succeeds Haynes
& Wadsworth in the grocery and provision
business.

Shephard — Pratt & Robinson succeed
Wellman & Walling in the meat market
business. :

Lansing—A. J. McNeal, formerly of
Brighton, has opened a general store at 455
Franklin street. ,

Sparta—J. O. Norton has. rented the
Nash store building and will engage in the
commission business.

New Era—Olaf Cedarquist has removed
his boot and shoe stock to Ferry, leaving
New Era without a shoe store.

Stetson—Dr. A. A. Sherleck and James
Bogue have purchased Geo. North’s drug
stock and will continue the business under
the style of Sherlock & Bogue. ;

Flint—L. J Hitchcock has retired from
the produce firm of Hitckcock, Kline & Co.
The business will be continued by the re-
maining partners, Geo. Kline and L. G.
Goodenough, under the style of Kline &
Goodenough.

STRAY FACTS. .
Vicksburg — Rayner & Prentice have
started their fruit dryer.
Petoskey—E. Grimes & Co.
chased the Vienna Cafe. —
Port Huron—Chas. A. Jex, the whole-
sale confectioner, is dead.
_ Sunfield—L. H. Wood is getting in the

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lock bark this season. a
-Sunfield—Ed. Stinchecomb has begun the
erection of atwo-story brick block, 40x70
feet in dimensions, which he will occupy
with his general stock. : :
Muskegon—A. V. Mann & Co. have pur-
chased 100,000 acres of pine land in -Ar-
kansas, which they will cut when they will
finish that which they have in Osceola and
Wexford counties. |
Ithaca—Frank P. Merrill’s drug stock was
destroyed by fire on the night of August 30.
The loss is about $3,000, half covered by
insurance. The fire was caused by spon-
taneous combustion or a lamp explosion in
the oil room. :
Detroit—The Detroit Seating Co. has filed
two chattel mortgages covering all the stock,
machinery and other personal froperty.
One is for $16,151.18 to A. Ives & Son,
bankers, and covers six promissory notes.
The other is for $411.15, and runs to the
Standard Foundry and Manufacturing Co.,

fof Cleveland. H. T. Thurber, attorney for

A. Ives & Son, says that the trouble came
from a suit for $10,000, on contract, brought
against the company by the Frost Veneer-
ing Co., of Sheboygan, Wis. This suit im-
paired the credit of the company, and finally
forced it into its present position.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Ionia—J. F. Faude has engaged in the
manufacture of cigars. i

Adrian—L. Ladd’s canning factory has
started up for the season, with a larger
force than ever before.

Shelby—Paton & Andrus have concluded
to remove their sawmill from New Era to
this place and will convert the plant into a
manufacturing establishment another sea-
son.

Benton Harbor — The Benton Harbor
knitting factory will close down for a spell
pretty soon to wait for better demand for
knit goods. Some Eastern parties are also
trying to gather up an interest in the con-
cern.

Detroit—Articles of incorporation of the
Michigan Gas Enricher Co. have been filed
with the county clerk. The company will en-
gage in the manufacture and sale of a pat-
ent invention for purifying and enriching
gas.

Detroit—The American Paper Clothing
Co., capital stock $50,000, of which $40,000
is paid in, is the newest Detroit corpora-
tion. The company will manufacture all
kinds of paper clothing, under a patented
process. The stockholders are Riehard E.
Mudge, Edgar M. Masson, Louis Reed and
Frank T. Collver.

Detroit—The embarassed Frost Lumber
& Woodenware Works have resumed opera-
tions under the direction of James T.
Campbell, assignee. About fifty men, out
of a former force of eighty-nine, were put
at work. Orders will be filled, and stock
on hand worked up, and a permanent
course will be decided on.

>_< __-
Grnpsack Brigade.

L. L. Loomis is back from Denver, in
fairly good health and capital spirits.

Sampson’s ‘‘Heavy Hitters” are all right,
only they couldn’t hit Aldrich. That’s all.

Wm. B. Edmund’s infant child lived but
two weeks, dying from the effects of
cholera infantum.

John McIntyre changes his allegiance
from Arthur Meigs & Co. to Lemon, Hoops
& Peters next Monday.

Vermontville— Browning & Co. will
shortly begin the manufacture of furniture
in their new factory building.

Sam. B. Morrison is still laid up with his
sprained ankle, but hopes to get out among
his customers again next week.

G. W. Feldner, traveling representative
for Gray Bros., of Syracuse, is spending his
usual summer vacation in this city.

The recent sale of a drug stock at Walk-
erton, Ind., makes two new stocks Cor-
nelius Crawford has put into Hoosierdom
this summer.

Perhaps Geo. Seymour hasn’t worked like
a beaver for the past five days. Any one
who doesn’t believe he has should look at
the tired expression in his eyes.

Se ee ee
After the Standard.
From the American Artisan.

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, of Grand
Rapids, figures out the percentage of profit
made by the Standard Oil Company’s repre-
sentative in that city. The cost of water
white oil in Cleveland is reckoned at 6 cents,
freight in tanks 3{ of a cent, inspection 14
of a cent, total cost in tanks at Grand
Rapids 7 cents. This is sold to the retail
trade at 10 cents, leaving a profit of 3 cents
per gallon, out of which is to come the cost
of delivery. ‘The cost per gallon in barrels
is figured at 834 cents. This oil is sold to
the retail trade outside of Grand Rapids at
123 cents per gallon, giving the monopoly
a profit of 33¢ cents per gallon. When sold
through the jobber it still affords the mon-
opoly a profit of over 2 cents per gallon.
THE TRADESMAN regards these profits as
extortionate and is o§ganizing a scheme to
give the trade competition with the Stan-
dard Oil Company’s monopoly. .

>.
Bank Notes.

Mark D. Bailey has taken the position of
Assistant Cashier of the Northern Kent
Bank at Cedar Springs.

A national bank will probably be started
at Buchanan to succeed the Farmers &
Manufacturers’ Bank, which is goihg into
voluntary liquidation. eae

_. Merchants should remember that the cele-
brated “Crescent,” ‘White Rose” and

 

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ree OT at Detroit. Bey
Agreeable to previous arrangement, a
number of Detroit traveling men arrived in
the city last Friday night and were domi-
ciled at Sweet’s Hotel. Further accessions
, were received Saturday morning, the fore-
noon being devoted to visiting the various
jobbing houses and making the acquaint-
ance of the Grand Rapids traveling men
who thronged the hotel. At 2 o’clock p. m.,
the two nines started via street.cars for the
Reed’s Lake ball grounds, accompanied by
Wurzburg & Bronson’s brass band.

THE GAME.

When the bells had quit tolling and the
tremendous sighs of the stricken maidens at
the sight of so much handsome manhood
had ceased to attract attention, the grand
stand was startled by what appeared to be a
man wheeling himself out to third base ona

taking his position.

The game was by no means a repetition
of the game in Detroit the week before, but,
on the contrary, the 500 spectators were
given an exhibition of ball playing that
would not have disgraced professionals.
The position of the players was as follows:

DETROIT GRAND RAPIDS
Evans;........:2....sCateher...-....:..5: McKa

Boucher.............Piteher....:....... Aldric

Nessen............. First Base......... Freeman
Morant............ Second Base......... Beecher
Musliner.......... Third Base........ Robertson
Carpenter......... Short Stop...... VanLeuven
Mangum......... Center Field............Bush
Coleman.......... Right Field........ McDonald
Morgan............ Left Field.........MceKelvey

In the first innings, Evans hit the ball for
a safe hit and reached second on Boucher’s
sacrifice, scoring on Musliner’s hit to short
stop. Boucher couldn’t run fast enough to
beat the ball to second. Nessen fanned
out and Mangum started an easy grounder
to first. One run. For Grand Rapids,
VanLeuven swiped the first ball that came
to him for a base, and Bush covered himself
with everlasting glory by knocking the cov-
er off the ball for two elegant bags, bringing
in Van. Beecher flew out to right field and
Aldrich made a scratch hit for one base, ad-
vancing Bush to third. McKay bunted the
ball to short and was out at first, Bush scor-
ing. Freeman gave the pitcher an easy
liner and the ning was done. Detroit, 1;
Grand Rapids, 2.

In the second, Morgan fanned wind three
times, but was given his base by McKay
letting the ball go by, stole second and
scored on wild throw to third by McKay.
Morant, Coleman and Carpenter, not having
glasses with them, couldn’t see the ball and
fanned the ambient ozone violently three
times each and retired the side. For Grand
Rapids, McDonald rolled an easy one to
first, and Happy Hi. whirled himself
around and bunted the ball to the pitcher,
who tossed it to first base before Hi. had
made up his mizid to run. McKelvey played
in great luck and reached first by being hit
by the baH, though it did him no good, as
Van fouled out to Evans. Detroit, 1;
Grand Rapids, 0.

For Detroit, in the third, Mr. Aldrich
gave Evans, Nessen and Boucher an assort-
ment of in-and-out shoots and up-and-down
shoots and retired them in one-two-three
order. Bush got to first on passed third
strike and error of first base and was put
out while running on a foul, which Beecher
hit to Evans. McKay went out on a little
one to Boucher to first. Detroit, 0; Grand
Rapids, 0.

In the fourth, it looked as if Detroit was
going to make a bushel basket full of runs.
Musliner thought the ball had shrunk and
hit three times at what was only .the shad-
ow of the ball. Mangum surprised himself
by knocking a fly to third, which Hi. kindly
let fall, falling himself at ghe same time,

Mangum reaching first safe. Then Morg
found the ball for two bases, but Mangum
was out at the home plate on a beautiful
throw from center and a great stop by Mc-
Kay. Morant lifted his bat up and down
three times and was out. For Grand Rap-
ids, Freeman got to first on a hot one to
short stop and reached third on McDonald’s
out to first, and scored ona passed ball.
Happy Hi. ambled up to the plate, grunted
violently three times and trotted back to his
seat. McKelvey, also, might have- stayed
on the bench, as he three times struck at
the ball when it was in the catcher’s hand.
Detroit, 0; Grand Rapids, 1.

In the fifth, Evans was put out at third,
after reaching second on muff by center-
field. Coleman and Carpenter fanned wind
and another goose egg was added to the
Detroit’s list. For Grand Rapids, VanLeu-
ven struck out, Bush sent an easy grounder
to short-stop and was out. Beecher madea
base hit, stole second and came home on
Aldrich’s safe hit to first. McKay fanning
out, left Aldrich on" third. Detroit, 0;
Grand Rapids, 1. |

In the sixth and seventh, Aldrich struck
out six Detroit traveling men so quick and
easy that not one of them was able to charge
up an extra ’bus ride in this week’s expense
book. For Grand Rapids, in the. sixth,
Freeman struck out, McDonald popped up
‘a nice soft one to third base, and Hi. sur-

 

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down it was discovered to be Hi. Robertson | Aldrich

good run. In the seventh, McKelvey wink-|
ed three times and the: umpire said “out.” 2
‘Van took first on five bails and scored on|

Beecher’s base hit. Bush hit for one bag
and scored with Beecher on McKay's two-
bagger. Aldrich went out to first and
Freeman out to short step.

In the eighth and ninth, Detroit made a
noble effort, but nineteen men struck out
was too much for their nerve and they only
added two more ciphers. In the eighth,
Grand Rapids made 0. :

;  SCORE—DETROIT.

Nessen, 1st... oc lc. 0
Boucher; Dis. oc cc cc. cca ce 0
Musliner, 3d............05 0... 0
Mangum, c.f.....:....5;3..... 0
Morgan. li fi. 300 s00..006 02.
Morant, 2d.............
Coleman, r.f..........
Carpenter, 8.8...............

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Freeman, Ist............0.... 1
McDonald,r.f................ 0
Robertson, 3d................. 6
McKelvey, 1.f................ 0

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Grand Rapids ~Two-base hits, Bush, Aldrich,
cnay. :
Detroit—Two-base hits, double
play, Evans, unassisted.
SCORE, BY INNINGS.

Innings...... 1234567 8 ORB
Gd. Rapids....2 00110383 0 0—7
Detroit....... 0.0 0 2

1100 0
BASE HITS.

What’s the matter with Grand Rapids ?
Chorus, ‘‘She’s all right.”

Bootblack—Wat’s goin’ on in Sweet's
Hotel, pard ?

Newsboy—Prohibition convention.

B. B.—Wat they doin’, kid ?

N. B.—Passin’ resolutions.

Both together—In glasses, o’ course.

Detroit is not very enthusiastic or they
would send more than fifteen delegates to
this great game. As it was, there were six
committeemen to each visitor.

Our boys responded nobly and turned out
500 strong with their wives and ladies to
see the game. It takes Grand Rapids trav-
elers to do these affairs up right. Always
ready with money and time to help along
anything that would redound to the honor
of the fraternity.

What a pitcher Fred Aldrich is!
teen men struck out is a great record.

Happy Hi. did look awfully unhappy as
he lay in the dust in the fourth inning.
Neither his feet nor his nose touched the
ground. As one lady said, ‘‘He seems to
have struck a happy medium.”

Aldrich throws a wicked ball. He threw
once to Hi. and Hi. madea great bluff to
step the ball and did hold it and put a man
out. How the grand stand yelled!

Some talk of playing Owosso or Flint
traveling men. Getting late in the season,
however, for base ball.

It is estimated that over $60,000,000
worth of wholesale houses were represented
at the game. And yet we woider at crime
when we see such men as Tom Morant
throw abatatth€wind! Jesse LANnGr.

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THE BANQUET.

After the game, the visitors were intro-
duced at the boat house of the O-Wash-ta-
nong Club, where some of the party im-
proved the opportunity to take a row on
the lake. The return trip was made with-
out incident, the evening being spent in
social enjoyments until about 10 o’clock,
when the doors of the dining room were
thrown open and 115 persons sat down to a
collation gotten up and served in Landlord
Johnson’s best style. Hi. Robertson rapped
the assemblage to order and introduced
Mayor Weston, who welcomed the visitors
to the city and expressed the hope that they

 

might enjoy every moment while here. He

paid the fraternity due praise for the part
it played in building up great houses and
large cities and closed by hoping that he
might have the opportunity of extending a
similar welcome some time in the future.
Sunday forenoon was spent in visiting
and resting, and in the afternoon a drive
was given the visitors around the city and
‘to the Soldiers’ Home. Some left on the
Sunday evening trains and the balance de-
parted the following morning, all bearing
with them—THE TRADESMAN hopes—
pleasant memories of their short stay in

the Second City.
oOo

Barnett Bros., the Chicago fruit men,
whose monogram on our first. page is famil-
iar to all of our readers, write us that the
outlook is very favorable for those having
Bartlett pears to sell, The New York crop
is practically controlled by canners, and but
few will come West. . From their position
as large shippers of fruit all over the North-
west, Barnett Bros. can well gauge the sit-
‘uation, and they report a sharp local de-
mand as well as shipping jnquiry. If any
one is interested as to* particulars, a line to
the firm would, no doubt, be promptly an-
swered. They also report damage to the
peach crop by drought and cool weather,
but grapes are looking well.

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Advice to Prospective Merchants.
Written for THE TRADESMAN.

There are numerous ways of succeeding
in trade, the principal one—the one way
leading to the glorious finale of clipping
coupons from government bonds in the back
office—is not to go into trade at all. The
other methods of success are graduated by
the ambition of the party in trade. I have
seen men go into business with a capital of
thousands of brightcrisp dollars. In a year
or two they would have a varied assortment
of job lot experience and some one else
would be the owner pro tem. of the bright,
shining dollars. I have seen others go into
trade with absolutely nothing and get trusted
for their first stock of goods, and in a few
years’ time they would have accumulated a
large indebtedness to the wholesale trade
and be either well on their way to Canada
or playing checkers with their nose behind
the bars. But, young and rosy youthlet,
with the abnormal desire to see your fath-
er’s son’s name painted in eighteen-inch
letters over the door of some emporium, be
not discouraged! He that will must do.
The men that go into trade, simply to open
a store, without a due regard for the want,
necessity or urgency of the town they at-
tack, generally fail. The men that go into
trade and begin operations by selling goods
so much cheaper than their competitors
usually awake some fine, radiant morning,
when the smell of sweet flowers and new-
mown hay fills the air, to receive an intro-
duction to the deputy sheriff and find their
name occupying a reserve seat in Brad-
street’s report for the day.

The men who hire two clerks and stand
behind the desk all day themselves, or hire
three clerks and go to the city every other
day on the thin excuse of picking up bar-
gains, do not usually fill any very conspic-
uous place in the temple of commercial
fame. The men who let the clerks and the
delivery boy tend shop, while they go out
with every traveling man that invites them
to play pedro, and who are always ready to
enter into a political debate in the back of
the store, while customers wait in front, do
not wear real diamonds, or leave large for-
tunes to orphan asylums. Take the men
who have the chance to do trade and,
through cowardice, don’t buy enough goods
or the right kind; the men that try to palm
off inferior grades on a public that is be-
coming every day more and more discern-
ing—they don’t lay awake nights wonder.
ing how to dispose of their surplus or pass-
ing resolutions to take off the tax on some

are employers are doing, and you don’t
have to lay awake nights wondering how
you will meet this or that bill, but you can
“Let Smith walk” and know thatat the end
of the week your salary has made a net
profit of so many dollars to you.

JESSE LANGE.
_—_ 7

Above His Trade.

He was an economic man,
No money did he waste.
He took things as they came along,
Nor to get rich made haste;
He lived for years above his store
Where he his money made,
And spiteful people used to say
He was above his trade.
—Cleveland Leader.
—>_ ao

J. M. Crossman, whose creamery at Wil-
liamston was burned to the ground on
July 4, expects to rebuild the coming win-
ter, but has not fully decided as to details of
arrangement and construction.

——==>>_0 <> ——____—__——

By far the handsomest heading ever
adorning a Grand Rapids newspaper will
appear with the initial issue of Gage’s
Saturday Gazette this week. It is the
handiwork of the Fuller & Stowe Company.

ee OS
Hester & Fox report the sale of- an en-
gine and boilor to Klise & Son, the Sullivan
sawmili operators, and a boiler to the
Waverly Stone Co., of Holland.

 

 

FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted under this head for
two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a
word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise-
ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment.

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FOR SALE.

Fe SALE—WELL-SELECTED GROCERY STOCK,

situated on good business corner. Stock and fix-
tures will inventory about $3,000. Reason for selling,
other business. Address Henry, care Michigan Trades-
man, Grand Rapids.

ARDWARE STORE FOR SALE—STOCK OF SHELF
hardware, stoves, tinware, tinners’ tools, glass,
oils, paints, sash and doors, pumps, etc., at Elkhart,
Indiana; 12,000 inhabitants; live, growing town, in-
creasing business; stuck particularly clean and well
assorted; stock $5,000 to $6,000, reduced to suit pur-
chasers; no trade. Address proprietors, Thompson &
Co., Elkhart, Ind. 276
OR SALE—ONE 9x24 ROWNDS’ SECTIONAL ROLL-
er mill, with elevators and scalpers complete; one
Webster bran duster; one OO Geo. T. Smith purifier.
The above machines are allin good condition. Enquire
of owner, D. C. Briggs, North Branch, Mich. 277
OR SALE—BAZAAR BUSINESS, WELL ESTAB-
lished in one of the liveliest and best business
townsin the State. Proprietor’s health failing. In-
voice about $1,400. Now is the time to buy for fall and
holiday trade. Address A B C office of this paper. 272

OR SALE—CLEAN GENERAL STOCK OF GOODS
and store building in a growing railway town sit-
uated in excellent farming region. Stock will inven-
tory about $5,000. Reason for selling, too much other
business. Will exchange for Grand Rapids property.
Address No. 262, care Michigan Tradesman. 262

OR SALE—CLEAN GROCERY, DRY GOODS AND
Crockery stock, situated in a railway town, with
good line of customers. Stock will inventory about
$2,000. Will take part cash and balance on time. Ad-
dress A. S. Musselman & Co., Grand Rapids. 260

OR SALE—DRUG FIXTURES AND SMALL STOCK
of drugs. Address Doctor, Box 242, Rockford. 258

OR SALE—OR EXCHANGE FOR STOCK IN TRADE,
Grain Elevator, ten carloads capacity; horse
power, large grounds; fine town on C. & G. T. railroad;
good wheat and produce market. Write for particu-
lars, W. B. Tyler, care B. P. & D. A. Co., Grand ways,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

income so as to reduce their wealth. But | mich

the man who opens up his store himself,
while his clerk is still enwrapped in balmy
sleep; the man who takes off his coat and
takes his calisthenics by vigorously chasing
the broom up and down the store; the man
who minds his own business and tries to
give honest weight; the man who does not
have a big cud of tobacco in his mouth
while selling his wares to ladies—-he gen-
erally begins in a small way and saves, his
money. He invests in trade journals and
keeps himself posted on the ‘‘leaders” that
all wholesale houses advertise, and, when he
finds one he can use, he buys it. Hemakes
one suit of clothes last a year or more, and,
if he has a wife, she helps him, as a rule.
Then he moves to a larger store and in-
creases his stock, and pretty socn he dis-
counts his bills, and before long he retires
from trade and goes to Europe for a pleas-
ure trip or stays at home and runs for Con-
gress. o
Glowing as are the prospects for success
in trade, gay as is the picture, it takes years
of hard work to succeed, and then you may
fail. Ihaveseen men who were like Rob-
ert. Bruce’s spider, in ‘‘trade” and ‘‘busted”
many times. If you havea good position

and are making eyén a living only, itis|

 

Wayland Cheese Factory, “Wayland.

more than three-fourths of the men who

 

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ich.

R SALE—GENERAL STOCK, GOOD TRADE, LONG

or short lease of store. A bargain for some one.

Must sell. Want to goSouth. Address Box 12, Grand-
ville, Mich. 242

OR SALE—THE DRESS OF TYPE NOW USED ON

“The Tradesman”—600 pounds of brevier and 200

pounds of nonpareil. A good bargain will be given
purchaser. 206

 

 

WANTS.

ws TED—BY A YOUNG MAN UNDERSTANDING
the meat business, to buy an interest in a meat

 

market in a good town. Address Cleaver, care Michi-
gan Tradesman. 280

VE Se LPeeen TO SELL OUR CHOICE VA-

rieties of nursery stock, either on salary or com-

mission. Permanent employment to successful men

Address, with references, May Brothers, Nurserymen,
Rochester, N. Y. 278

ANTED—A LIVE, ENERGETIC MAN WHO IS SO

- ber and honest, to consolidate stocks with me, in

a No. I location, where a trade of $20,000 a year can be

done, Don’t write unless you are all right and mean
business. Address Lock Box 129, Collins, Mich. 275

ANTED—PART INTEREST IN DRUG OR GENERAL
store by practical registerad pharmacist. Ad
dress Robert, care Michigan Tradesman ‘ 271

Wy Ae eve STORE-KEEPER WHO READS
5 this paper to give the Sutliff coupon system a
trial. It will abolish your pass books, do away with
all your book-keeping, in many instances save a the
expense of one clerk, will bring your business down to
a cash basis and save you all the worry and trouble
that usually go with the pass-book plan. " Start the Ist
of the month with the new system and you will never
regret it. Having two kinds, both kinds will be sent
by addressing (mentioning this paper) J. H. Sutliff,
Albany, N. Y. 213
ANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR
Improved Coupon Pass Book System. . Send for
samples. EH. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids. 214

MISCELLANEOUS.

OR RENT—A GROOERY STAND IN NORTH KALA-
ae Address J Van Zolenburg, PORES: |

OR RENT—-TWO WELL LOCATED STORES O
South Division street... Size 22 x 80 feet. G. K. Nel-
son, 68 Monroe street. i fe Ee

) CASH BUYS MANUFAOT URING ‘BUSI- 3
1,20 ness penne per cent. Best of rea-
sons‘ for selling. Address Chas, Kynoch, St. Ignace, ae

 

 

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Committee on Transportation—James Oxsborn,Owoxs0;

. F. Conklin, Grand Rapids; Cc. FP. Bock, Bai

ary—P. J. Connell, Muskegon.

uxiliary associations are op-
The following harters ¢1 Och by the Michi-

erating under c¢
<% Brag Business Men s Association:

: _ No. 1—Traverse City x aS a
x President, Geo. E. Steele; Secretary, L. rts.
No. 2—Lowell B. M. —
President, N. B. Blain; Secretary, Frank T. King.
No. 3—Sturgis B. M. Aa:
president, H. 8. Church; Secretary, Wn. Jorn.
No. 4—Grand Rapids M. A.
President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.
No. 5—Muskegon B. M. A.
2 President, H.. B. Fargo; Secretary, Wm. Peer.
No. 6—Alba B. M. A.
President, F. W. Sloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.
No. 7—Dimondale B. M.A.
President, T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger.
No. 8—Eastport B. M.
President, F. H. ‘Thurston; Secretary, Geo. hahah
No. 9_Lawrence B. M. A.
President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.
No. 10—Harbor Springs B. M.A.
President, W. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson.
No.11—Kingsley B. M. A.
President, H. P. Whipple; Secretary, C. H. Camp.
No. 12—Quincy B. M. A.
President, C. McKay; Secretary, Sa
No. 13—Sherman B. M.
President, H. B. Sturtevant; Secretary, W. J. Austin.
No. 14—No. Muskegon B. M. A.
President, §. A. Howey; Secretary, G. C. eee
No. 15—Boyne City B. M.A.
President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. (sibee:
No. 16—Sand Lake S M.A.
President, J. V. Crandall; Secretary, W. Rasco.
No. 17—Plainwell B. M. A.
President, E. A. Owen, Secretary, J. A. Sidle.
No. 18—Owosso B. M. A.
President, H. W. Parker; Secretary, 8. Lamfrom.
No. 19—Ada B. M. A. =
President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chape:
No. 20—Saugatuck BK. M. A.
President, John F. Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps.
No. 21— Wayland B. M. A.
President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. nove
, 22—Grand Ledge B. M.A.
ee a B. Schumacher; Secretary, W. R. Clarke.
No. 23—Carson City B. M. A. :
" President, F. A. veeaesion Secretary, C. G. Bailey.
No. 24—Morley B. M. A.
President, J. E. Thurkow; Secretary, W. H. Richmond.
No. 25—Palo B. M. A.
President, Chas. B. Johnson; Secretary, H. D. Pew.
0. 26—Greenville 14. M. A... :
President. 8. RB. Stevens; Secretary, Geo. B. Caldwell.
No. 27—Dorr B. M. A.
President, E. 8. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.
No. 28—Cheboygan B. M.A
President, Fred 8. Frost; Secretary, H. G. Dozer.
, 29—Freeport B. M. A
President, a Moore; Secretary, A. J. secon
No. 30—Oceana B. M.
President, A. G. Avery; Secretary, E. S. Houghtaling.
No. 31—Charlotte B. M. A.
President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury.
No. 32—Coopersville B. M. A.
President, W. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. —
33—Charievoix 8. M. A.
pe sie, D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W. Kane.
No, 34—Saranac B. M. A.
President, H. T. Johnson; Secretary, P. T. Williams.
No. 35—Bellaire B. M.A.
President, Wm. J. Nixon; Secretary, C. E. Densmore.
. 36—Ithaca B. M.A
President, Gun igonaan: Secretary, John. M. Everden.
“No. 37—Battle Creek B. M.A. :
President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, W.F. Baxter.
No. 38—Scottville B. M. A.
President, H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins.
No. 39—Burr Oak B. M. A.
President, W. 8. ‘Willer; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon.
0. 40—Faton Rapids B. M.A.
bein QC. T. Hartson; Secretary, will one
i— Breckenridge B.M
cucelont oO: ‘Watson; Secretary, C. “B. Scudder.
No. 42—Fremont 8. M. A.
President. Jos. Gerber; Secretary C.J. Rathbun.
No. 43—Tustin B. M. A,
President, G. A. Estes; Secretary,W. M. Holmes.
No. 44—Reed City B. M. A.
President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith.
: No. 45—Hoytville B. M. A.
President, DE. Sealieaneck: Secretary, O. A. Halladay.
No. 46—Leslie B. M. A.
President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould.
No. 47—Flint M. U,
President, G. R. Hoyt; Secretary, W. H. Graham.
No. 48—Hubbardston B. M. A.
President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor.
No. 49—Leroy B. M. A.
President, A. Wenzell; Secretary. Frank Smith.
No. 50—Manistee B. M.
President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary, J. P. :
o No. 51—Cedar Springs B. M. A.
: Presiiont Le Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon.
No. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A.
President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, Wm. Mieras.
No, 53—B@levue B. M. A.
President, Frank Phelps; Secretary, John H. York.
No. 54—Douglas B. M. A.
President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller.
No. 55—Petoskey B. M. A.
President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman.
No. 56—Bangor B. M. A.
President, x W. Drake; Secretary, Geo. Chapman.
0. 5i—Rockford B. M. A.
President, a G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.
No. 58—Fife Lake B. M. A.
President, E. Hagadorn; Secretary, E. C. Brower.
No. 59—Fennville B. M. A.
President F. 8. Raymond: Secretary, P. S. Swarts.
No. 60—South Boardman 5B. M. A.
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, S. E. Neihardt.
No. 61—Hartford B, M.A.
-President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.
No. 62-—East saginaw M. A.
' President, G. W. Meyer; Secretary, Theo. Kadish.
No. 63—Evart B. M. A.
President, W. M. Davis; Secretary, C. E. Bell.
No, 64—Merrill B. M. A-
President, C. W. "Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.
No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A.
‘President, Alf. G. Drake; Secretary, C- 8. Blom.
No. 66—Lansing B. M. A.
President, Frank Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.
: No. 67—Watervliet B. M. A.
. President, Geo. Parsons; Secretary,J. M. Hall.
: ’ |’ No. 68—Allegan B. M. A.
President, A. E. Calkins; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.
No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. M. A.
’ President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. 8. Willison.
i No. 70—Nashville B. M. A,
‘ 2 M. Lee; Secretary, W. 8. Powers.
a ~ No. 71—Ashley B. M. A,
President, M. Netzorg; Secretary, Geo. E. Clatterbuck.
CS AP CEE SS
: No. 72—Edmore B. M. A.
No, 73—Belding B. M. A.
President, A. L: Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster.
} e No. 74—Davison M. U.
President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary. L. Gifford.
No. 75—Tecumseh B. M. A.
President, Osear P . Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacraus.
_ ——T""No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M. A.
Peankeet, LMC amy: ‘Secretary, Chauncey Strong.

~ Special Enterprises Wanted,

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1 Tdesire to
; | the subject of e:

», OWOREO; i

and Loan Associations—Chaun- |
; Will Emmert, Eaton Rapids;

or. your 7 pital \
ot ‘laws ae to con-
sider the proper

‘| that such laws may.
: rat aig ome ene ‘to the pices oa:

“The ees which I shall

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will ‘be designed to’keep pace Wi

ttle | gress and advancement, of the oat State of

Michigan, in development, in prosperity
and in wealth.

J hold, Mr. Chairman, that a law which |
does not keep.pace with the progress: and
advancement of a state is not only an un-
just law, but in time becomes positively
mischievous. Asa changed condition of
things takes place in the mercantile world,
so the laws pertaining to such business
should keep pace with such change.

The exemption law upon our statute books
to-day is practically the law as it was pass-
ed more than forty years ago; and who.can
say that a law which was applicable to the
wants of our people forty years ago would
to-day be in keeping with the progress and
development of our State? The law that
‘was necessary for the pioneer who was
building him a home in the forests of our
State—when markets were miles away,
railroads had not penetrated these forests,
the currency of the country was scarce and
nearly every transaction was barter, neigh-
bors and friends were miles apart—would
not be a law that to-day would be either
necessary or beneficial.

It is not the honest, toiling masses who
refuse or neglect to pay their honest debts,
but the dead-beat, who will not earn his
bread by the sweat of his face. ‘*They toil
not, neither do they spin;” for such, nolaw
can be too strict, nor too rigid in its require-
ments. Nor would I advocate the passage
of a law which would be a burden or hard-
ship upon the laboring class of this State.
Rather would I say that if favors are to be
shown, let it be to the honest, toiling mass-
es whose brawn and brain have made the
wilderness blossom like a rose. I would
make a law that would be applicable to ev-
ery class and individual. Class legislation
has been the bane of our country—it has
made paupers and millionaires—but a law
which places the debtor and creditor on an
equal footing cannot fail to be both edquita-
ble and just.

The present law exempts a homestead
worth $1,500; also,

1. Spinning wheels, weaving looms and
all stoves kept in a dwelling house.

2. Seat, pew or slip in house of public
worship, etc.

3. Cemeteries,
burial.

4. All wearing apparel of every person
or family.

5. Library and school books of every
individual, $150.

6. To each householder, ten sheep with
their fleeces; two cows; five swine; provis-
ion and fuel for family six months.

7. To each householder, household
goods, furniture and utensils not exceeding
in value $250.

8. Tools, implements, stock, and so
forth, to enable any person to carry on his
own occupation, etc., not exceeding in value
$250.

9. Sufficient quantity of hay, grain, feed,
etc., to keep the animals exempted for six
months.

10. One sewing machine kept for use by
individual or family.

11. Twenty-five dollars for personal labor.

The articles which I have mentioned are
exempt from levy and sale for any and all
debts, except debts contracted for personal
labor. ‘These articles in the aggregate, at a
fair valuation, amount to upwards of
$3,800.

The lawyer, the mechanic, the preacher,
the doctor, the farmer or any other person
can gointo your store and purchase the
groceries to save his family from starvation,
a coffin for his loved one, clothing and boots
and shoes to protect himself and family
from the storm, and be the owner of nearly
$4,000 worth of property and you are pow-
erless to touch a single article of such
property.

I would not destroy or take away all ex-
emption laws, but I would so frame them
that a debt contracted for the actual neces-
saries of life would be collected without
first setting apart as exempt sufficient
property to enable a family to live in luxury
and not pay an honest debt, contracted, per-
chance, for the clothes that they wear or
the food they eat. I would make a law that
would say to the lawyer, You cannot go
into the tailor shop, order a $50 suit of
clothes, put them on, promise to pay for
them in ten days and walk out, go into the
dry goods store on the next corner, order
and take home a $75 silk dress for your
wife with a promise to pay for it in two
weeks, and when called upon to pay, to be
able to snap your finger in your creditor’s
face and say, “‘If you get it before I do,
let me know.”

Of course, I shall not present here to-day
a perfect draft of a law upon this subject,
but will only point out the defects and
practical workings of the law as it now ex-
ists. I would frame a law that’‘after a final
judgment had been obtained, the judgment
debtor could be cited to appear before the
court and show cause why, if any, his
property should not be applied in payment
of such judgment, and in such inquiry the
debtor be compelled to disclose fully and
fairly his circumstances, the cost of living,
the expenses actually necessary for the
maintenance of his family, and the amount
he was earning from his profession, occupa-
tion or employment from all sources, and
the amount any member of his family were
able to contribute towards the support of
the family, and then I would authorize the
court, after considering allsuch facts, to
make an order that such judgment debtor
pay intocourt, to be applied upon the judg-
ment, such amount, weekly or monthly, as
in the discretion and judgment of the court
could be done without distressing the
family.

I do not know what plea or obj ection any
honest man could make to such a law. I

tombs and rights of

| would not have it apply to any one class of

individuals, but to every one, no matter
what his occupation may be.

I can, sitin my store with more than
$3,000 worth of property which I can have

| the use and enjoyment of, my partner with

the same amount, and together we can do
business ona joint capital of upwards of
$6,000, from ‘which we can derive a com-

“ad.

will, fortable income, and gol into our neighbor’s |
“8 | store, buy furniture, fine

‘not one farthing can be collected by law;|'

clothing, etc., and

‘were compelled to appear before
disclose the amount and source
an order could be made that’

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ch a lav r, nO. -
nder the law. ‘as ‘it now atnds, L can

have around me nearly $4,000 worth of |:
| property, have an income of $100 per month | ©

‘and, if I am careful not to allow more than
‘$25 to be owing me at a time, Ican defy
‘my creditors, and not one cent can they

collect. But, under a law similar to what
I have outlined, an honest creditor could
collect an honest debt and the whole matter
be within the discretion and control of the
oe so that no SED could be prac-
t

Another subject of equal importance, and
closely connected with exemption laws, is
the rights and liabilities of a married

“woman.

While J would not make the wife, liable
for her husband’s debt, neither would I
make the husband liable for his wife’s
debt, except for supplies for the family,
and in such cases I would make the prop-
erty of both husband and wife chargeable
for family expenses, and authorize them to
be sued jointly or separately. As the law
stands in Michigan, a family may have
around them $10,000 in property, the wife

be the nominal owner, and her husband buy ;

her a $1,000 cloak, give his note for thirty
or sixty days and she sign it as his surety
and the Supreme Court of the State of
Michigan says she will not be liable; that
under the statutes of this State a married
woman cannot be surety for her husband.

- This law is a relic of barbarism, and is no
more founded in justice than the old law of
wager of battle, which was once in actual
practice, when disputes were settled by the
parties to. the controversy going out and
fighting a battle to determine which one
was right upon the supposititious idea that
the one who was in the right would prevail.

I hold, Mr. Chairman, that such laws are
stumbling blocks in the way of progress
and advancement. The laws of our State
and country should be in the van of pro-
gress, development and education. It is
time the business men of this country
turned their attention to these stumbling
blocks, that an effort was made to weed out
the old musty laws that have come down to
us burdened with the relics of barbarism,
and that such laws be enacted that the
rapid race of advancement in the commer-
cial and business world will not be con-
stantly obstructed and held back in such
development. I am giad the Business
Men’s Association of Michigan is ready and
willing to take hold of this matter, and I
have challenged your attention to only a
few of the many needed reforms. I hope
to see such an association as this organized
and aggressive in every state of this great
republic and hope tosee every business
interest represented in such an organization
throughout the entire republic, and, when
such an organization is perfected, it will
wield a power upon the legislation, the
business interests of the country far greater
than any other organization known. You
prosper the business and commercial in-
terests, and every thing must prosper.
Wise and equitable laws must be the busi-
ness man’s protector. A law which en-
forees the sacredness of a contract must and
always will bea just and equitable law.
And I trust, Mr. Chairman, at the next
session of our Legislature the Michigan
Business Men’s Association will present to
that body some of the inequalities of the
laws concerning the commercial interests of
our State, to the end that proper laws may
be enacted.

—_—————— >_<
Association Notes.

Lake Odessa business men have decided
to organize a B. M. A., as soon as the pre-
liminary arrangements can be perfected.

The special edition of THE TRADESMAN,
containing a verbatim report of the recent
State convention of business men, is
now in the hands of such persons as have
applied for it.

The Muskegon B. M. A. has  ahban-
doned the project of holding an annual pic-
nic, owing to the lateness of the season.
The dozen delegates the Assoviation sent to
the Cheboygan convention had their picnic
the first week in August.

Four years ago THE TRADESMAN began
sounding the tocsin of organization. It
has never regretted the part it has taken in
the unification of business men and business
interests, and is now able to say—with
greater emphasis than ever before—that or-
ganization is a good thing.

MWashville News: Next Monday evening
being school meeting, the Nashville Busi-
ness Men’s Association will meet Tuesday
evening, at which time it is expected every
member will be present. Questions of im-
portance to every member are discussed at
these meetings, changes are made from
time to time, and in order to know the
changes, protect themselves from violations
of the cegulations, members should attend
every meeting. No organization can be of
more benefit to our town than the B. M. A.,
if properly attended by its members.

>_< __
A Good Suggestion.

A correspondent of THE TRADESMAN
suggests ‘that the present peddling law
should be amended so that every peddler or
canvasser, while plying his vocation, should
be obliged to wear a badge procured from

‘some officer authorized to issue them; said

badge to be numbered and a register kept of
it, together with a description of the party,
so that if any misdemeanor is committed by
the party they can be more readily traced
by the number of the badge. And still
further, that no license or-badge should be
issued to a person who cannot show proof
of having a good reputation. Such a law
would prevent much of the swindling and
other crimes now practiced by the army of
lawless persons who roam the country for
that purpose, Gevonstbly as peddlers or can-
vassers.

‘Proprietor (to | clerk)—‘*What are 4.
changing them sizes for?”

Clerk—‘‘Why, you see, Miss Snobs is
ee in to buy a pair of shoes this morn-

Proprietor—"Well, for goodness’ sake,
mark the six’s down to ae s instead of
four’s.”’

Joseph Post, Clarksville:. “Please discon-

tinue your paper to me. -Lam out of trade and
don’t: need it any more, but can say for your.

———2,-2 = _—_
He Had Experience.

| Paper that itisa splendid publication for any
y of

 

Se “BILL'S BAR BAHGAIN.

How He Made a ‘Shopkeeper Do the Hon-
est Thing. ©
“Bill wuz old Jedge Hiram Cadwell’s
oldest boy—you recollect the Cadwells—
used to live on the toll road near the ceme-
tery. Old Jedge Cadwell wuz about ez
shif’less a man ez I ever see, but Bill hed a
great bizniss head—calc’late he must hev

inherited it from his mother, who come of.

the finest stock in Hampshire county.
When he wuz a boy, Bill wuz always trad-
in’ an’ swoppin’, an’ I s’pose he started out
in life with more jack-knives than’d stock a
store. An’ Bill preserved in manhood all
them talents which he exhibited: in youth.
‘Whenever you meet a man ’at looked ez if
he’d been run through a sieve you’d feel
mighty safe in bettin’ that he’d been havin’
bizniss dealin’s with Bill Cadwell.

‘One day Bill came into Eastman’s store
an’ allowed as how he’d be powerful glad to
git a knittin’ needle. His wife wanted one,
he said.

‘6 ‘Mr, Cadwell,’ sez Eastman, ‘a knittin’
needle will cost you just one cent.’

‘‘Bill looked kind uv surprised like, and
sez: ‘Knittin’ needles must hev gone up
sence I come in fur one last winter.’

** *Wall,? sez Eastman, ‘after payin’
freight ’nd one thing an’ another, I can’t af-
ford to let knittin’ needles go fur less’n a
cent apiece.’

‘Bill didn’t say anything fur a minnit or
two, but after lookin’ out uv the door at the
scenery, he turnt ’round and sez: ‘Look
here, Mr. Eastman, Pl tell you what Vl
do:, Pll trade you an egg fur a knittin’

needle.’

‘‘Hastman shook his head. ‘Why not?’
sez Bill. ‘You don’t suppose ’at a darned
old knittin’ needle is wuth ez much ez an
egg, do ye?’

‘* *T never heerd uy anybody payin’ freight
on hens,’ sez Eastman; he wuz the most
sarcastic cuss in the township, Eastman
wuz.

‘6 ‘No, nor I never heerd uv feedin’ knit-
tin’ needles,’ sez Bill. ‘It don’t cost nothin’
to raise knittin’ needles.’

‘“‘Well, Bill an’ Eastman argued an’ ar-
gued fur more’n hour about hens an’ knittin’
needles an’ things, until at last Eastman
give in an’ sez: ‘Wall, I s’pose I might jest
ez well swop ez not, although I hate to let
anybody get the advantage uv me.’ So
Eastman give Bill the knittin’ needle and
Bill give Eastman the egg.

‘But when Bill got to the door he turnt
*round an’ come back again an’ sez: ‘Mr.
Eastman, ain’t it the custom fur you'to
treat when you’ve settled with a customer?
You an’ me hev hed our dispute, but we’ve
come to a settlement and an understandin’.
Seems to me it would be the handsome
thing for you to treat.’

‘‘Hastman didn’t see it in just that light,
but Bill hung on so an’ wuz so conciliatin’
that finally Eastman handed out a tumbler
an’ the bottle o’ Medford rum.

‘* ‘T don’t want to seem particular,’ sez
Bill, pourin’ out half a tumblerful uv the
liquor, ‘but I liketo take my rum with an
egg in it.’

‘‘Now, this come pretty near breakin’
Eastman’s heart. He hed laid the egg on a
shelf behind a counter, an’ he reached for
it an’ handed it to Bill, sayin’, ‘Wall, I’m in
for it, an’ there’s no use uy kickin’.’

‘Bill broke the egg into the rum, and lo
an’ behold, it wuz a double-yelk egg! Gosh,
but Bill wuz excited!

‘* ‘Mr, Eas’man,’ sez he,
takin’ an edvantage over me.’

‘* ‘How so?’ asked Eastman.

‘* ‘Why, this egg has'got two yelks.’

‘*<“What uv that?’ sed:-Hastman.

‘* ‘Well, simply this,’ sez Bill, ‘that ef
yow’re inclined to do the fair thing you’ll
hand me over another knittin’ needle! ”

>_>
Purely Personal.

L. Winternitz put in several days at Chi-
cago last week.

Friend E. Tyron, formerly an active busi-
ness man of Edgerton, was in town one
day last week.

H. F. Hastings and family have returned
home from Waukesha, Wis., where they
spent the summer.

F. A. Wurzburg has gone East to pur-
chase a stock of dry goods for the new firm
of F. W. Wurzburg’s Sons & Co.

Walter E. Cummings has gone north, to
be absent about three weeks. He will
spend a portion of the time in the Upper
Peninsula.

Joel H. Penberthy, for the past year
book-keeper for Thompson & Maclay, has
gone to Chicago to take a similar position

‘you’v’ been a

-with the Nonatuck Silk Co.

J. B. Watson, the:Coopersville druggist,
who aspires to usurp the proud position
now occupied by Will Lamoreaux, waddled
around town one day last week.

W. A. D. Rose, the Deer Lake hustler for
the Osterhout & Fox Lumber Co., was in
town fora few hours Saturday. Mr. Rose
walks like a whirlwind and thinks like the
lightning. No flies rest on his frame.

D. C. Putnam, the Douglas general dealer
and fruit grower, was in town last Thurs-
day as a delegate to the congressional con-
vention. He says that more peaches will
be shipped from Douglas and Saugatuck
this season than ever before.

L. Winternitz has received intelligence
of the death of J. J. Kissinger, General
Manager of the Riverdale Distilling Co.,
of Chicago. He will be succeeded by Frank
W. Schwartz, who is well qualified to under-
take the duties incumbent on the position.

7

A Banana Trust.

An Atlanta dispatch, under date of Au-
gust 30, contains the following:

A banana trust is the latest. The tropi-
cal fruit men have combined, and consumers
will be unable to geta single banana or
plantain save through the courtesy of the
trust, which was organized in New Orleans
this week. A few days ago a circular was
sent to all the fruit men in the country call-
ing them to a secret conference in New Or-
leans. It was signed by six of the largest
fruit-houses in that city. There a trust was
formed, representing the combined capital
of $19,000,000. It will purchase the entire
offerings of tropical steamers. Members
will then fix prices to suit themselves, ‘ and
have for correspondents in other cities only
those whom they select.° The house of
which Mr. Phipps is head is in control of
this movement. Six million dollars has

been advanced by London. capitalists to

build railroads i in Honduras and elsewhere

, | so. as to concentrate the fruit market: at cer-
: tain oe ehpping eee ;

 

From the American Analyst.

We notice that some of our . exchanges

inthe grocery line publish regularly, under
the heading “In Favor of Pure Food,” a
list of persons who have sent in their cash
subscriptions to the National Pure Food
Association. The on manufacturers
atid wholesale dealers is $10 per year, and
on smaller fry $1 per year. What purpose
the money is to be applied to is not stated,
though it would seem to be an empty priv-
ilege to pay from $1 to $10 a year simply
for the’ privilege of being recorded as in
favor of honest dealing. Possibly the gro-
cers who are running the concern have some
project in their mind which will some day
call for the use of the money thus collected,
but as less than $150 have been contributed
down to this date, it is evident that the
grocery trade of the country is not sustain-
ing the ‘‘movement”’ with any great degree
of earnestness. We presume that the ma-
jority of them feel secure in the conscious-
ness that even though their names are not
paraded weekly as being ‘‘in favor of pure
food,” it by no means follows that those
whose names are omitted are conniving at
adulteration.
oe Oo

VISITING BUYERS.
The following retail dealers have visited
the market during the past week and placed
orders with the various houses:

C Ives & Son, Coopersville F Narregang, Byron Center
Alex Denton, Howard City H E Grand-Girard,
W G Tefft, Rockford Blg Rapids
H VanNoord, Jamestown J es Benbow, Cannonsburg
JL Purchase, Bauer F Williams, Caledonia
H Dalmon, Allendale Clark & Winegar, Lewell
WH Struik, Forest Grove J A Sheffield & Son
John Damstra, Gitchell Benton Harbor
J T Pierson, Irving AD Martin, Bitely
M A Hance, Bellevue E E Hewitt, Rockford
DenHerder & Tanis, Gus Begman, Bauer
Vriesland Eli Runnels, Corning

H Thompson, Canada Cors JL Thomas, Cannofisburg
§S N Ballard, Sparta Henry Burt, Whitneyville
Levi Fowler, Lake Odessa Geo A Sage, Rockford
CS Judson, Cannonsburg Gooding & Son, Lisbon
G Ten Hoor, Forest Grove seaddans Bros, Reed City
Walling Bros, Lamont D McNaughton,
Geo H one. Allendale Coopersville
Adam Newell N W Crocker,

Burnips Corners So Grand Rapids
W Vermeulen, Beaver Dam J B Watson, Coopersville
RT Parrish, Grandville DC Putnam, Douglas
JN Wait, Hudsonville J T Pierson, Irving
Dr H GC Peckham ,Fruitport J P Cordes, Alpine
Geo P Stark, Cascade John Giles & Co, Lowell
CH Loomis, Sparta John Eichele, Lansing
Paton & Andrus, New Era _ Perri W Campbell
M M Robson, Berlin Campau, Alaska
Wm DePree & Bro,Zeeland ; ik Flood, Hart
A &E Bergy, Caledonia

 

 

Daroware.

These prices are for cash buyers, who pay
promptly and buy in full packages.

AUGERS AND BITS
UVES’, Old: StVlO os ce ac aw ce dis
N. He dis
DOUBIESS oe ke ae esc cdect vee di
PPICEGOR od co. as soe ee cures hee oes comes dis
SHOWS es aoe ce es coe dis
COOKS fee eee ee ee dis
Jennings’, genuine............ cece eee dis
Jennings’, imitation.................... et
BALANCES.
BPIINQ. ses dis 40
BARROWS.
aUrOad: eros See aos cee eee $ 14 00
Garden eee es oe net 33 00
BELLS.

TANG ee ee dis $ 60&10&10
COW 5 oi 5) cea eres ies ieaccs dis

GONR ee uS
Door, Sargent .... ...........002.. dis
BOLTS.

SBtOVG. 2 ee ues ae eee bees eo) dis $ 0
Carriage new list......... ...dis %&10
IPIOW) oie ce cue vacel s,s ‘ di
Sleigh Shoe.....
Wrought Barrel Bolts..
Cast Barrel Bolts.......
Cast Barrel, brass knobs...
Cast Square Spring..........
Cast Chain oe esse acts. case cen dis
Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis
Wrought Square beget elon caues a tese ae
Wrought Sunk Flush................. dis
Wrought Bronze and Flated Knob

WOUSD so ee dis 60&10

 

 

7
80&15
60&10

FVO@S? DOOM. coos se ee oF as dis 60&10| LX,

BRACES.

Barber se ee ees oa oa dis $
BACKS eae ease eee: dis 50810
Spotord: 2.5 ae dis 50
Am Balloo eo oes: eee sh dis net

BUCKETS.
Well, Plain ye ee ee $ : e
Well, BWIVGL) Sos s oe eS es ccc kes ue

BUTTS, CAST.

Cast Loose Pin, figured............... dis
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis
Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint. .dis
Wrought Loose Pin.................. dis
Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned........ dis
eee Loose Pin, japanned, ae

ped 8
Wrousht MADE oo os ae ee dis
Wrought Inside Blind................ dis
Wrought Brasse. soos oho ks dis
Blind, Clark’s.... -. «dis
Blind; Parker's 2: -. 3 ...23. 3. so ee dis
Blind, Shepard’s...................... dis
Ely’s 1-10 pee 5

WV SIMO es ae eo a ee per m$ ‘
ao. C.F

eet BSS ee A eee ea

CATRIDGES. ;
Rim fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list....50
Rim Fire, United States.................. .dis50
Central Fire..... Taba amelie ee) Soe uts ae dis25

CHISELS.
Socket Wirmenr:: 0). 605. 6 ois dave selene. dis 70&10
Socket Framing.........0..........00- dis 70&10
Sockeb Commer: i626 ooo ks che sds ce ewes dis 70&10
Socket SUCKS. 4.50.65 20 0 ee dis 70&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............ dis 40
Barton’s Socket Firmers............. dis 20
COlGS oe eo net
COMBS.
Curry, Lawrence’s...........-..ecee0s dis 40&10
Hlotch iss oon. ee a oe dis
COCKS.
ae Racking’ sii 2. Po ee eer
Bibb’s

60

COPPER.
Planished, 14 oz cut to size.......... wee D 33
14x52, é

4x60
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60. 0 ee.
Cold Rolled, 14x48
TROCEOMIB Ee io ec acee cs aves wen cutaaekeecess
DRILLS :
Morse’s Bit Stock.................... dis
Taper and Straight Shank............ dis
Morse’s Taper Shank................¢ dig
ELBOWS.
Com. 4 piece, 6 in..
Corrugated ‘
Adjustable hg ros is ieee uae ek | dis &10
EXPANSIVE B
Clar’ B small, a a large, 25 00. dis
Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2 , $30 00. dis
FILES—New List.
American File Association List...... a
8

Heller’s Horse een arcane. dis
VANIZED IRO
Nos. 16 to 20, oo and 24, 25 ana 26, 2%
List 112 13 14 1b
Discount, 60.
UGES. ‘
Stanley Rule and Level 0.” 8.....:...di8
HAMMERS. :
Maydole OOO Rs oe eco sonene cane dis
Kip’s dis
Yerkes & Plumb’s...............0e+0 so 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............. 30 c list 50
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. .30 c 40&10

ae
oe. Clark’s, 1, a, 8

ee 2 eB weeese Be

were cepeccceseccess

dis
We oe aslo eke Mag cee csee per on ue, 2 30
Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 1
and longer... .......5....2..506 Seb ockes
Screw Hook and BVG, 36 .<css 5.555. net
Screw Hook and Eye %.............. net
Screw Hook and Eye %......-. neueuas net

| Screw tg and Eye, %......-.-...- net
Strap and T dis

Barn Door KidderMf Cos ‘Wood track
‘Champion, ant antiietion.... Seaseee IBS

weer ecccencssensseeoee eees

Kidder, wood traok............++. veel

ae

50| Steel, all kinds.......

99} Coe’s Genuine................ 6. eee dis

40 | Bird Camas ioe. cece. ores ate ceen ee

¥ | oe

 

Gray enameled............ ee ius
HOUSE FURNISHING aor

5 al) KNOBS—NEW LIST.
oor, mineral, jap. trimmin: tek
Door, porcelain, ip tr peek
= r, porous lated

oor, porcelain, ae
Drawer and Shutter,

Picture, H. L. Judd & Co
HIOMGCNS ooo ee dis

DOOR.
Russell & Irwin Mig Co.” 8 new list. .dis
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.'s dis

Brantora’s o.oo 265. 22.0553 oto scae aes dis
INOTWAIK Ss os ee ee dis

LEVELS.

Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............. dis 70

Adze Eye ek 00 dis 60
Sue eme ne tee fg.

Bt Bye.

$15 6
PRUNG Boe oe ake. $18 50 ais. 20 & 10

Sperry & Co.’s, Post, h handled. Wee he ae dis 50
MILLS.

Coffee, Parkers Co.’S.............. 00 cceces dis

Coffee, P.8.& W.Mfg. Co. ee . dis 40

Coffee, Landers, Ferry &Clar dis 40

Coffee, Enterprise....................000. dis 25
MOLASSES GATES.

Stebbin’s Pattern .................008 dis 60&10

Stebbin’s Genuine...... ............. dis 60&10

Enterprise, self-measuring.......... dis
NAILS —TRON.

ee Brad and Fone,

Ad and 0d 80Vi 66s 6 o5.6 bocce eee kk
OG RAVANCE: ee eee ek
3d fine AdVANEe.... 2 ses eee k cease ewes
C@lineh: nails; advise eee
Finishin 10d 8d 6a 4d
Size—inches f§ 3 2% 2 1%
Ady.@keg $125 150 1% 200
Steel Nails—2 10.
ILERS.

Zinc or tin, Chase’s Patent dues Jes Soc ae
Zine, with brass bottom.. 50
Brass ae Copper.........

FROQDGR oe kk er BB, 12 net
Oinisieaas oe. S12 ne 10

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fanoy Ben eee cue ee lale dis 40@10
Selota Beneh. ooo. soe oc. de cces cada dis @60
Sandusky Tool oe S, FANCY. os. s “ 40@10
Bench, first2qualit @60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood.. oaiee0e10
PANS.
ee gait Nara saluare ed a iuraaleidie'e cea ec dis 50&10

Fry, Acm

Gonaion: Solished Se eee emcees Woe ay dis60&10

Dripping ees sob Siok ves ccece ee “8 db 6%
RIVETS.

Iron and Tinned..................0.0. dis 55
Copper Rivets and Burs............. dis 50
PATENT FLANISAED IRON.

“A” Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24t027 10 20
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to27 9 20
Broken necks Ke 2 Ib extra.

OPES.
Sisal, % in. and laveoe Beet. Uo osaced pee ue’ 10
Meanie ee LB
SQUARES.
Steel and Tron... oo. cee cc ce cen dis 70&10
Try and Bevels...................e000- dis 60
INEIENO. eee ek dis 20
SHEET IRON.
Com. Smooth.
INOS: 10, to. 4. ooo oo seo $4 20

4 60
at sheets No, 18 and HELor. Over 3 inches
wide not less than 2-10 extr
SHEET ae
In casks of 600 tbs, @ D..................

0| In smaller quansities, #® tb..............

TINNER’S SOLDER.

O51 No.l, Refined: obec occ ca ces

Market Half-and-half...
Strictly Half-and-half...
TACKS.
American, all kinds.................. dis

Swedes, all kinds..
Gimp and Lace....
Cigar Box Nails. oio0. oc oko ok. dis
Binishing: Nails. : oo. es eo. cock. dis
Common and Patent Brads.......... dis
Hungarian Nails and Miners’ Tacks. dis
Trunk and Clout Nails................ dis
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails....... dis
Leathered Carpet Tacks............. dis
TIN PLATES.
IC, 10x14, Charcoal................ 6 00@6 20
10x14, Charcoal) voc. oo 08. oe eds 7 85
IC, §2xl2, Charcoal. ........5...2.2..<0 6 85
IX, 12x12. Charcoal....2.2222222222212) 8 35
IC, 14x20, Charcoal................4. - 635
1D.¢ 14x20, @Chareoaloi. 0. 5 ees Y 85
Ixx, 14x20, Charcoal Rare cieclelg os Gad ode acts 9
IxXxXx, 14x20, Charcoal................0000 11 37

RESSSSSSSSS

IXxxX, 14x20 Charcoal... ...... ai aan wee 13 15
IX, 20x28, Charcoal..................85 16 10
01 Dc, 100 Plate Charcoal.............. 2... 710
DX, 100 Plate Charcoal.................. 9 10
DXX, 100 Plate Charcoal.................. 11 10
DXXX, 100 Plate Charcoal................ 13 10
Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to
7 35 rates.

TIN—LEADED.
IC, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne........... 6 00
IX, 14x20, choice Charcoal Terne.......... 7 50

51 IC, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne........... 12 00

IX, 20x28, choice Charcoal Terne......... 15 00
TRAPS.
Steel: Gamer yo. se Pong
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s......... 35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s aDaio
FIGECHISS noo a oe eo ok 60&10
S) Pu@iwW. Mig Co.'s. 53. os es 60&10
Mouse; ChoRer, 00.2020 ooo. bk 18¢ # doz
Mouse, delusion.................000. $150 8 doz
WIRE.

Bright Market.......
Annealed Market.
Coppered se eEee.
Extra Bailing.....
Tinned Market..
Tinned Broom......
Tinned Mattress......... Dos
Coppered Spring Steel................. dis
Tinned Spring Steel.................... dis oe
PlaineWenees ne oc. orca le oe.
Barbed Fence, galvanized................... ", 00

PAM eg ee 3 25
COPPOR. heise. 5 ee ee new list net
Brae re a ae ic an new list net

WIRE GOODS.
70&10&10

Brighhooi ee, dis
oe VOR: ooo Oe oh dis 70&10&10
H 70810810

OOS a dis
Gate Hooks and Eyes............ dis 70&10&10
WRENCHES.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.......... “a
15
75&10

50
Pumps, Cistern................cceeees dis 75
Borews, NEW Hst. oo. sc. cece ccc ec cos 70&5
Casters, Bed and Plate............. dis50&10&10
Dampers, American .................02-- v

Coe’s Ptent A gricultural, wrought, dis
Coe’s Ptent, malleable dis
MISCELLANEOUS.

Forks, hoes, rakes an all steel goods...d
Copper Bottoms........... 22. cesses 30¢c

HARDWOOD LUMBER.

The furniture factories here pay as follows
for dry stock, measured merchantable, mi...
culls out;

Basswood, IOSAPUR Goons. ecco cos 13 00@15 00
Birch, log-run Beet Seine aoe dees venkan ~~ 0O@I16 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2..

Black Ash, log-run..

Cherry, log-run eo,

Cherry, Nos. 1 eet .

Cherry, cull.. i

Maple, log-

Maple, soft, log-run.............--.. 11 00@18 00
Maple, Nos. land2.............2.2... . @2@
Maple, clear, flooring. ..........0.00¢
Maple, ve selected........... ee @25
Red Oak, log-rum.... 2... ce... ccc eeans 18 00@20
Red Oak, Nos. 1] and 2.........6....04 24 00@25
Red Oak, 4 sawed, 8in and upw’d..40 00@45 e
Red Oak, ** “ regular........ 30 00@35

Red Oak, No. 1, step plank..........
Walnut, log-run Uaioe ead cee bie vas
Walnut, Nos. land?.........0..5. ed
Walnuts, culls ;

@25 00

oe 00
@55 00
@75 00

; ae @25 00
Elm, log-run. Nia) bie a eaeea eee 12 00@13 05
te Ash, log-ruin............0..
Whitowoud, log-run....... Sedady ioe
White Oak, log-run-.................17 O@I18 00

 

 

PLACE to gecure'a thorou h
and useful education is at
oe RAPIDS Sd Bust-

1:14 00@16 00.

=: a Steves & C0,

 

Weekly “Pointers,”

Not One in a Hundred

knows there is such a thing as~a Peach Parer,
but there is a little machine that made its ap-
pearance several years ago, which is a com-
plete success as a peach and apple parer. In
all probability, a peach is the hardest thing in
the line of fruit to. pare without waste, but
this machine, by the peculiar. motion of its
knife, makes a nice, clean, thin’ pare and saves
a@ great deal of labor. ‘Talking about paring

40 | machines, there is that little “O. K.” paring

knife that is one of the most convenientthings
about the kitchen. By changing the biddea
trifle, it will cut any desired thickness, and
you can slice more potatoes “Saratogas” in

25 ten minutes than with any other knife in one

hour, and have every slice the same thickness
or varied at pleasure. Being made of refined

25 steel, will last longer than any other, and can

easily be re-sharpened with a carving steel.
Handles of hard wood, enameled. Not affect-
ed by hot water. Made right and left handed.

F Oster, SleVENS & Co,

10 and 12 Monroe St.,
33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis Street.

pgKe

Weekly “Pointers,”

IT IS LAUGHABLE

to see how surprised most people are when
they see the

Troy Polishing Iron.

The majority of the people have been accus-
tomed to the nickel-plated polishers, and it
seems odd to see such a contrast.

The TROY polisher has a perforated or
rough surface, and will make a gloss on shirts,
collars or cuffs in ONE-THIRD the time the
old-fashioned smooth iron will. Itis used al-
together in the laundres and public institu-.
tions, and should be in every home where-
good ironing is appreciated.

Then there is that Taylor’s Patent Flour Can.
It is quite a novelty: it holds fifty pounds of
flour and has a sifter on the bottom or mouth
of it, so that you can sift out just as much
flour as you like without any waste. It hangs
on the wall and takes up no room that coulé
be used for any other purpose.

 

<{FOStEL, MEVELS & GO,

10 and 12 Monroe St.,
33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis Street.

pag

Weekly ‘Pointers,’

 

QUESTIONS without ANSWERS

WHY IS IT—That a universal table bever-.
age like tea or coffee, which may be prepared
and served by all as pure and clear as a deli-
eate wine, isso frequently set before us a bit
ter, strong, mixed or uncertain and unpalata~
ble decoction?

WHY IS IT-—That the “penny wise and
pound foolish’’ policy prevails to such an ex-
tent in the domestic economy as to lead so
many to purchase tea and coffee pots made of
very light and often positively poisonous coke
plate with adangerous ailoy of lead, witha
mere film of tin coating, which will hardly last.
a week? :

WHY IS IT—That some people, reaponiie
in other matters, and buying a good article of ©
tea or coffee, expect a delicate and wholesome
beverage prepared in these vessels, which are
utterly unfit for civilized beings to use?

WHY IS IT—That many people, extremely
nice and particular about the most cleanly
service in the dining-room, pay so little heed
to the impure, poisonous and absolutely un-
clean tea-pot or coffee boiler in the kitchen,
from which our palates are separated only by

00 | the thin mask of a silver urn and a china cup?

WHY IS 1T—That some people will buy this ©
tinware of ‘‘Cheap John” peddlers because it.

00 | is cheap, when itis the most dangerous and

costly thing that could be used about the

00 | house? 4

We are up to the times in the tinware line,
and have placed a brand on the market known

00} as the “F. & S.CO.” Tinware, made of I. X. X.

X. tin plate (our own make), and we guarantee
every piece to be first class, and it. comes but.
little above the price cf this cheap ware.

10 and 12 Monroe Sty
88; 35, 8%, 89 and 41 Louls eae

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mt I

back six years. At that: time, coming
‘from atour through the |
New England States where I had noted the
_ beginnings of organized efforts, of mer-
 @hants for self-advancement and protection
- from the many galling burdens that did so
- @ppress and worry them and having also
- frad the privilege o} meeting with the Bos-
- ton Association at their first annual dinner
and there looking into the faces of over 500
earnest, brave merchants, who, with cour-
sage worthy of their lineage, had dared to
‘say to all men, ‘‘We have come together to
anake our best efforts for honest. methods in
business: for more reasonable hours of
dabor, both fer ourselves and our employes;
for an honest, fair profit on all lines of

_ goods; for reliable goods against fraudulent
goods; for a conflict to the ‘end with all
aindersellers,” I there saw such a glow of
enthusiasm that the inspiration had not left
me when I reached your borders. In point
of fact, I feel that not a few of your mer-
chants had reason to regret that I was quite
so full of this subject, for when I got one
of them cornered so that escape was diffi-
cult, he was generally obliged to hear a long

, the end of which was ‘‘Organize.” I

i, however, with pleasure those who,

af they were busy, very busy, yet took time
to listen to the tale of hope 1 had to unfold.
Among the most ready and eager listeners I
recollect Paul P. Morgan, of Monroe, and

_ #. J. Herrick, of Grand Rapids, names that
‘will always have an honored place in your
Association, for they represent men who
dave a pioneer courage, a quality that is
not a acquirement but is a possession.
‘Your fortunate selection of officers has
‘been attested by your phenomenal success
‘from the first, for who can question the
splendid success of the B. M. A. of Mich-

igan ?

Now, to return, what shall I say to you
“of ‘*‘The Successful Merchant?” One of
our best writers has lately said,  ‘‘Lofty
‘ideals, when not indulged in at the expense
sof lowly realities, have never been found
Aurtful to any one.” Following on this line
of thought, another has observed: ‘‘The
merchant’s function is to provide for the
nation. It should no more be his aim to
get profit for himself out of that occupa-
ation than it is of the true clergyman to get
this salary or the true physician his fee—
athese are necessary adjuncts but scarcely
*the.chief object in the lives of each. The
.paster’s work is to teach, the physician’s,
=o heal and the merchant’s, to provide. In

*the merchant’s case he must understand to
éhe-very root the qualities of the things in
~qhich he-deals, and he has to apply all his
= Sagacity and energy in obtaining and pro-
viding it in perfect condition and at the
~ cheapest rates.”
Measuring by these statements the mer-
-ehants of to-day occupy a place of great im-
_ portance, and relatively their place has
ymever been so important as now. If this is
~a matter of doubt to any alook into the
- past-a few decades will show how different
~are-ithe conditions of buying and selling
ken and now. Comparisons would show,
in a general way, that the methods and
morals of traffic have been elevated. For
instance, some thirty years ago, a boy left
this father’s farm life for the nearest large
town in New York State to become aclerk
for a merchant who had been educated for
athe ministry at a theological school but who
Hhad changed his mind as to his avocation.
«{Tbis fact is mentioned only to better show
‘that what follows was not done by an ig-
smorant, ill-advised person but was rather in

eaceordance with the ways of that time.)
“This clerk was instructed by his employer
sto lie and to cheat; was told that if he did
mot do this other clerks and stcres would
«do sthe business and make the sales; was
taught to show a good sample of tea but to
deliver one of much less value, and how to
measure cloth so as to give less than the
quantity charged for. Years afterward,
when this clerk had become a merchant
‘with a-store of his own, an applicant fora
‘clerkship came to him, bringing a letter
from .a well-known firm of another place.
‘This:letter procured thesituation. The ap-
splicant proved a thief, whose thefts ran
‘through several years before being de-
tected. The sequel of this story contained
za somewhat remarkable admission: the
senior member of the firm that gave the
detter of recommendation, after retiring
from business and thus-being out of harm’s
aveach, said to the unfortunate merchant,

-tthe victim of that letter, *‘It was an error
“for my firm to have glven that reference, as
‘that clerk: was discharged for stealing from
ws.” Now, why did that man play the
‘traitor to his fellow-merchant? Because

_ ‘that clerk had damaging knowledge of
‘frauds and dishonest weights and measures
being used by them; thus the dishonest
=o. ran on-and on, making weak many

ents.

I do not need to say to you, men of busi-
mess, that no amount of property thus got-
‘ten could to-day compensate any firm for
“the loss of ‘character such practices would
“involve and that the merchants who have
-stood the supreme test of the survival of
sthe fittest, upon whose brows the laurels of

_ -guecess gracefully rest, have builded on the
~ .granite of integrity. We who have seen
‘years and years pass on, and with them the
«changes of many names, have more and
«more realized that-shams and frauds do not
shold their place and that it takes pure,
«clean dlood’ to endure to the end of the
- xyace. ‘Now, as never before, the. merchant
~~ smust have special education and experience
-. Gn-the «line in which he proposes to deal. I
wmiight “illustrate. this by many examples,
‘Dut -one will serve. A prosperous machin-
ist, who, by years of industry, had accumu-
fated several thousand dollars and held a
as aniadte position on one of the railroads
of this State, aspiring to beeome a merchant

po d a grocery stock on Woodward
2 venue, Detroit. For some years he took
be sae himself the task of teaching other

, | one, oa weer a

various kinds and sizes, so adjusting |

‘comes that we all s ly recognize as
leaders any who hold this masterful spirit.
Looking over the lists of successful busi-
ness enterprises as they are now being un-

“successful merchant” must be possessed
of large organizing power, combined with
industry, intelligence and integrity. If any
question this, such need not go outside of
this State to find examples that will fully
illustrate this statement—they need go no
farther than Traverse City and there make
a call on your friend Mr. Barnes, or to Flint
and interview Smith, Bridgeman & Co.
The field which your Association has
taken—the work you propose to do in that
field—promises the best incentive to every
business man of this State to work for good
business methods. It says to him: ‘‘Not
alone have you to wage the struggle against
frauds, cutters and liars, against all un-
charitables, but rather, you are with the
increasing majority, who are ready to
second and sustain your individual efforts
for the good and the true, by an associated
effor tthat is rising and whose borders are
extending in all directions and will surely
continue to extend until every state of our
union will be embraced in one common or-
ganization.”
When this result is reached, you men of
Michigan will have special cause for pride
and joy, pring the pioneers of State organ-
ized. work.

 

: organizing, the power;
~ | that places others in the right positions, as| . -
|the wheel-right puts together wheels of Booee

rolled, it. is safe to perdict that the coming |:

 

 

 

that. harmony and added power come with | - je
each. ‘‘The world’s progress is continually |
outrunning its organizing power.” Thus it!

OUR LEADING BRANDS:
‘Roller Champion,
Gilt Edge,
Matchless,
Lily White,
Harvest Queen,
Snow Flake,
White Loaf,
Reliance,
Gold Medal,
Graham.
OUR SPECIALTIES:
Buckwheat Flour, Rye Flour, Granulated
Meal, Bolted Meal, Coarse Meal, Bran,
Ships, Middlings, Screenings, Corn, Oats, Feed.

Write for Prices.

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 

DP ck OO.,
JOBBERS, of SADDLERY HARDWARE
d Full Line Summer Goods.
i. CANA L STREET.

 

LEMON, HODES & PETERS,

Wholesale Grocers

AND
IMPORTERS.

GRAND RAPIDS,

 

Choice Chicago

SWIFTS

Dressed Bee

—AND—

; MU’T’YTON

Can be found at all times in full supply and at
popular prices at the branch houses in all the larger
cities and is Retailed by all First-Class Butchers.

The trade of all marketmen and meat dealere is

PUTNAM & BROOKS,

WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF

CANDY

And Heavy Jobbers In »

Oranges, Lemons,
BANANAS, NUTS,

Dates, Figs, Gitrons, Prinelis, kts.

PRICES QUOTED AND CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

ra, 38,17 Railroad Place GRAND) RAPIDS.

 

solicited. Our Wholesale Branch House, L. F. Swift
& Co., located at Grand Rapids, always has on hand
@ full supply of our Beef, Mutton and Provisions, and
the public may rest assured that in purchasing our
meats from dealers they will always receive the best.

Swift and Company,

Ky M pay
“OnD9

Cleveland Saxony Wool Plug Hats, Pear] Color.
Harrison Lit Brown

$10.50 per doz.

 

 

Lapel Buttons

For Both Parties.

MEDALS, ETC. LOWEST PRICES.

 

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Did rou get our Fall Catalogue?
send for one.

I. C. LHYTI,

B42 to 42 Canal Street.

If not,

“EP. CLARE & SON,

WHOLESALE '

COMMISSION MERCHANTS,

AND DEALERS IN

Seeds, Produce, Vegetables, Fruit, Buiter, Eggs, Cheese, Ets,, Rts... |

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

Big Rapids,

Michigan.

WALL PAPER & WINDOW SHADES *

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

 

68 Monroe Street,

NELSON BROS. & GO.,

Grand Rapids.

 

WM. SEARS & CO.
Cracker Manufacturers,

Agents for

AMBOY CHEESE.
37, 389 & 41 Kent Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 

21 & 23 SOUTH IONIA ST,

MOS 8, MUSSELMAN & (0,

Wholesale Grocers,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

Lots oF

SOA

but room for

JAXON

becauseit beatsthemall

IT Is

QUICK,
EASY,

It’s worth trying.

crs ie A =

MONEY,
TIME.
LABOR,
STRENGTH,
CLOTHES.

5 Cents

Is ALL IT

cosTsS.
That’s not much if
it’s bad, and is mighty
cheap if it does what is
claimed for it.

 

 

Union Stock Yards,

CHICAGO, ILL.

 

‘Send for

HESTHR & FOX,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW AND CRIST MILL MACHINERY,

INDIANAPOLIS, 1S IND.» wo S.A

 

a TMG WORKS:

STEAM ENGINES & ‘BOILERS. :

Cex Engines and Bollers in Stock ;

for immediate

Planers, Matchers, Moulders.and all kinds of eka aus acinar.
i Saws, Belting and Oils.

And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Sample

Write for Prices.

and become convinced.of their superiority.
44, 46 and 48 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

At Lowost Summer Prices)

ORDER YOUR COAL OF

/ A HIMES,

- Office under Nationa} City Bank. New|
. Yards, Shawmut . site re

 

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DIRECTIONS K—
Gi We have cooked the cornin this can [MWe
H) sufliciently. sihouid be Thuroughly |AM
sit Warmed (net couxed adding piece of [FX
wii Good Buiter (size of hen’segg) and gill |
E& 1) of fresh milk (preferable to water.) 17 Wa
Season to suit when on the table. None [Fay

genuine uniess bearing the signature ot °
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’

“THE Dog AND THE SHADOW

A Doe, crossing a bridge over a
stream with a piece of flesh in his
mouth, saw his own shadow in the
water, and took it for that of another
Dog, with a piece of meat double his
own in size, He therefore let go his own,

=. and fiercely attacked the other Dog,
= to get his larger piece from him, He
thus lost both. —sof’s Fables.

| It ALWAYS Pays to
= hold on toa good thing.

People who have tried
> Santa Claus Soap hold
on to it becauSe it is
= good. Some may think
that because there are

ethics ‘Soaps that give more in bulk forthe mo ey, that they are
cheaper; but such bulk is nace up with rosin. When quality is sacri-
ficed for quantity, such soap ‘is not cheap at any price. Santa
Claus Soap is the best, and is sold by all grocers, It is mat sie by

N. K. FAIRBANK & CO., ee Ml, &

 

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here is an old German legend of a ser-
vant who labored for °his master and his
master’s interests faithfully and honestly
for seven years, and when, at the expira-
tion of that time, he announced a desire to

» return to his home and kindred, it is related
- that his‘employer gave him for his wages a
piece of gold the sizeof his head. After
_ congratulating himself on his marvelous

good fortune, he set off on his journey, but
speedily becoming tired and annoyed at the
weight of his burden, he exchanged it for a

horse. After the animal had thrown him

two or three times, he was delighted at an
opportunity of trading him fora cow. Be-

- eoming disgusted at the minute quantity of

* milk produced by the cow, he found an op-
portunity of getting a fat pig in exchange
for it, but, after trying in vain to steer the
porker homeward, he was lucky enough to,
run across a stupid fellow who was willing

“to let him have a goose in its place, and, in
an unguarded moment, the goose was
allowed to fly away and hide itself in the
woods.

Nearly all of us have seen the specu-
lative-counterpart of Hans. We have seen
the lifetime accumulation of the first gen-
eration evaporated as foolishly as Hans’
lump of gold by the succeeding one. We
have seen long-established and profitable
business ‘houses, by a similar change of
proprietorship, speedily sink from their old-
time solidity and respectability and finally
become swallowed up in a succession of
speculative maelstroms; and we have seen
‘beautiful and productive farms, through
foolheaded bargainings, transformed from
one species of property to another, until
they were, perhaps, finally buried under a
few feet of earth in the carcass of a dead

horse.
* & * * * * *

We laugh at poor Hans’ stupidity, but
can we insure ourselves against stupidity
almost equally profound? Perhaps the
next time that you and I exchange our
money for merchandise, we will find the
transfer as senseless as the trade Of the
horse for the cow, or the cow for the pig.
‘Trade and traffic of any nature is only in-
fluenced by our speculative propensities, and
who is the infinitely wise individual who
¢an lay down fixed and invariable rules that,
if followed, will make our proposed spec-
ulations unfailingly successful? As long
as you and I, with all our years of prac-
tical experience, have made, and still con-
tinue to make, foolish and unprofitable
trades, are we reasonable and consistent in
laughing at Hans because his lump of gold
degenerated into a runaway goose or sneer-
. ing at young Subsoil, because the eighty
acres left him by his father was finally con-
centrated in a spavined and incurable
equine ?

* * * ¥ * * *

Mentioning the cases of Hans and young
Subsoil brings to mind a brief view which I
had of one of their ilk some years ago. I
was conversing with a mercantile friend, in
ne of the smaller cities of the State, when

a slouching, ragged and loaferish-looking’

young man came in and observed :

‘‘Hay, B——, can’t I stand you off fora
dime’s worth of tobacco to-day ?”

“No, Tim!” answered the proprietor,
‘*yvou can’t stand me off for a copper; but
Pll give you a little chewing !”

After the visitor had filled his cheek and
dieparted, my friend remarked :

_ **You’d hardly think that. that fellow, a
short time ago, was one of the wealthiest
men in this town, would you? No! But
at’s a fact that he was.

deft him what we call the opera house, with
_ three stores under it. It brought him in an
sannualincome of $2,000 above all expenses,
but in a little over twelve months he traded
athe property, even up; for a hotel that didn’t
pay over half the rent. About ninety days
afterward he exchanged the hotel fora
piece of pine land, which to-day would be
worth a hundred thousand. After holding
‘the land a short time he found himself hard
up for money, and sold it for about five or
-six thousand, which he invested in goods.
Not finding himself successful as a trader,
she dickered off his stock for a farm with a
big mortgage on it, and, being unable to
pay off the indebtedness, he exchanged the
farm for a house and lot intown. Then an
. Oilly-tonged patent right fellow got a deed
-of the residence for a certain amount of
‘territory,’ and Jim traded off the ‘territory’
sfor a lot of tools for moving buildings, and
eventually swapped them off for a stump-

_ ;pulling machine, which got burned up be-

’ fore he ever earned a dollar with it.
_ “Now,”: continued B——, after a brief

«silence, “‘you can’t lay ali this folly, and its
.  fesult, to the usual cause—intemperance.

_ never was a bummer. It is only the
me ef a foolish mania for trafficking,

and the want of what may be termeda

wheel in his make-up. But no mat-
at may be the cause, the effect which
nsformed the young fellow, in a few

problem that is rapidly becoming a very
serious and complicated one. If the celos-
sal fortunes of one generation should be
dissipated by the next, the fears which a
great many good people entertain that the
monied aristocracy of America is menacing
the rights of the masses, subverting the
principles that suggested our form of gov-
ernment, and gradually, but persistently,
forcing back the toilers of the land toa
social and financial position little better than
that of their trans-Atlantic, old-time ances-
tors, would be dissipated.

The originators of our fundamental laws
very wisely forbid the entafling of prop-
erty—a custom which, in England, has con-
centrated more wealth among two or three

— 8 for the country. | an tratns dally o
- *‘Jim”. Vanderbilt, anda “Jim” es

Gould, and a “Jim” Astor, and_ sundry
 fother “Jims” of millionaire ancestry, it| 2

| would go a good ways toward solving a

| Rapids & Indiana, ~
xcept Sunday. is
ae GOING NORTH. ey
Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 7:30 a.m
vers & Mackinaw... -9:40 am

 

: eeadode ewer ssoueeae 10:30 pm.
Saginaw express runs through solid.
8:00 a. m. train has chair car to Mackinaw City.
ae ot ity m. train has chair car for Petoskey and Mack-
.W. 5
- 10:30 p. m, train has sleeping cars for Petoskey and
Mackinaw City, :

Cincinnati 6:30 a m
Fort Wayne Express............... 10:30 am
Cincinnati Express................ 4:40 pm
Traverse City and Mackinaw Ex. .10:40 pm
7:15am train has aporior chair car for Cincinnati.
5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati.
5:00 p. m. train connects with M.C. R. R. at Kalama-
zoo for Battle Creek, Jackson, Detroit and Canadian
points, arriving in Detroit at 10:45 p. m.
Grand Rapids & Indiana.
, Arrive.
10:45 am
4:30 pm

GOING SOUTH.

Muskegon,

pm

COMM TD TG hat 'n'es op bade sey dans sink coesee ssicaks ch aL 745 pm
Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later.

C. L. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent.

Michigan Central.
Grand Rapids Division.
DEPART.

| AXLE
OIL

THE ACKNOWLEDGED KING of AXLE |.
LUBRICANTS. Neither Gums nor
Chills, never runs off the axle
and outwears any other
known oilor grease.

i ae ve THE TRADE.
Onys, per gross, $10. Packed in3 doz. &
- Retail at 0 cts. each. ee
Pints. per doz., $2.25. Packed in 1 doz. cases, |
Retail at 39 cts. exch.
Quarts. per doz., $4. Packed in 1 doz. cases.
a fered ut asa east .
allons, each, ¥1.20 acked 6 can s
Retail at $1.50 each oo Cee ‘
Each case con:ains a liberal assortment of
udvertinine matter, lithographs,
show-errds, ete,
THE TRADE SUPPLIED BY _
Grand Rapids,
Mich,

 

 

 

 

Write for Fall Prices and
-‘. Discounts

——

6. R. MAYHEW,

Grand Rapids, Mich..

Boston and Lawrence

OLNEY, SHIELDS &60,,

Felt and Knit Boots.

 

Detroit Express. ............cccccccccscecsesccese
DAY TOXMPPRR ois ss oes ook osc haces sos on oes cet

9

It’s a little less
than five years since his father died and:

hundred of the descendants of ancient | New York Express...
families than is possessed by the entire bal- | wixea

ance of the people. And it is safe to pre-
dict that, were it not for this fortunate pro-
hibition, the reckless spendthrift and the
*‘Jims” of unfortunate trading prepensities,
that are occasionally created for the express
purpose of dissipating the accumulations of
the American Croesus, that a half-century
more would witness a similar condition of
affairs on this continent.

rn er

Buy flour manufaccured by the Crescent
Roller Mills. Every sack warranted. Voigt | ?.ip

Milling Co.

St ear teae
SS S&SS5
Pe SvUUS
BB BBBBB

“Pacific Express......... Pueaae esis cee boas cscs ease
LOCAl Passenger. ... oe eset cece cece ccc sec oece
Mail. ........... pede abisecorsbhon casepisuvceces 3:15 pm
Grand Rapids Express...........ccccscscceseees 10:15 p m
Mixed : 5:30 pm

*Daily.. All other Geile except Sunday. Sleeping cars
run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from
Detroit.. Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand
Rapids Express to and from Detroit. Direct connec-
tions made at Detroit with all through trains East over
M. C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.)

QO. W. RUGGLEs, Gen’] Pass. and Ticket Agt., Chicago.

Cuas. H. Norris, Gen’! Agent. :

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Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
Kalamazoo Division. :

-

....Grand Rapids........... z
oss AHORA s. 2.50. ccnsce cs cs 5
oo KAalamazoo..........cees ‘
«...White Pigeon...........

ons MUIKDARC. 2.5. 6 oss vines aeoee 4:45

pm

sist CIMCAL On. ssc asecseecesce 11:30
a PUOICUO NS sci cccec ceases 11:25 10:00
-esOlevelang, .....c0iseccces 7:15 5:45
am pm
6:20 3:30 * ....Buffalo.............ccccee 1:00 11:40
Tickets for sale to all principal points in the U.S.,
Mexico and Canada at Union Ticket Office, Gro. Wit-

LIAMSON, Agt., Depot Office, M. Boortz, Agt.

A. J. SMITH, Gen’] Trav. and Pass. Agt.,
Cleveland, Ohio.

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i . Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

OUR FALL LINE OF GOING WEST. —

Coho | Suplis to coe
Fine Stationery

tThrough Mail...............cceeee 5:05 pm
+Grand Rapids Express........... 10:40 pm
*Night Express. ....... .cccccseece §:25am
GEOR eo iio oho seston cs ceiecee osss
— IS NOW COMPLETE.——
OUR TRAVELERS
J. L. KYMER (of our firm),
GEO. H. RAYNOR
and GILBERT J. HAAN

Will soon call upes oP aes with a complete
ine of samples.

. GOING EAST.
tDetroit Express.................- 6:45am
tThrough Mail... ...........ceece08 10:20am
tEvening Express.... eoeee 3:25PM
*Limited Express 2355

tDaily, Sundays excepted. *Daily.

Detroit Express has parlor car to Detroit, making
direct connections for ail points East, arriving in New
York 10:10 a. m. nextday. Limited Express, East, has
through sleeper Grand Rapids to Niagara Falls,
connecting at Milwaukee Junction with through
sleeper to Toronto.

Through tickets and sleeping car berths secured at
D.,G. H. & M Bly offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot.

AS. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent.

3:50 p m
6:30 p m

 

 

WARRANTED TO BE THE

FINEST and LARGEST SMOKE

For the money in the U. 8. ("Put up 50in a box. Ask
BN dealer for them. Manufactured only by
JOHN E.

EATON, LYON & C0,

20 and 22 Monroe St, Grand Rapids, NING & CO..

KOAL WOOD

ES. A. FAMILTON,
101 Ottawa St, Ledyard Block,

 

Telephone, 92o° 332

 

Wholesale Boots and Shoes.

SYAYE AGENTS FOR LYCOMING RUBBER 60., -
aa Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich., TELEEHONE

NO. 998.

 

Lorillard’s New “Smoking or Chewing”

YELLOW JACKET LONG QUT.

Packed in 3 oz., 8 oz. or 16 oz. Handsomely Decorated Papers.

To be had of all Jobbers at the very low price of *

a0 CENTS per POUND

Ir Is THE
Mildest, Smoothest Smoke Ever Offered for Less than 30 Gents per Pound.

MICHIGAN CIGAR CO,

MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED

a. c...c.”

The Most Popular 10c cigar, and

“LUM YUM,”

The Best Selling 5¢ Cigar in the ‘Market, Send for trial order.

BIG RAPIDS, - MICE

MOSELEY BROS.,

WHROLEISALE :

 

(Fruits, Seeds, Oysters & Produce,

‘KINDS OF FIELD SEEDS A SPECIALTY.
in Market to Buy or Sell Clover Seed, Beans or Pota-

ex

 

toes, will be pleased to hear from you.

ee
ms fs a

REEDER, PALMER & CO,

|Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

Re-paint

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=~ GR
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: ; f a Prepared ready for use.
a . i Sof 7 the ORIGINAL, all others are IMITATIONS. More of our brand sold than all the other brands on the market.

ACME WHITE L

NEAL’S CARRIACE PAINTS

your old buggy and make it look like new for LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR. Eight beautiful shades.
They dry hard in a few hours, and have a beautiful and durable gloss. They are

ANITE FLOOR PAINTS

The Great Invention. Six Handsome Shades. Ready for use. DRY HARD OVER NIGHT, and are very
durable. Give them a trial, and you wiil be convinced that it does not pay to mix the paint yourself.

EAD & COLOR WORKS

DETROIT,
Dry Color Makers, Paint and Varnish Manufacturers.

CUT THIS ADVERTISEMENT OUT AND TAKE IT TO YOUR DEALER, IT WILL SECURE YOU A PRIZc.

 

10!

PVA '
MOCHAr joRIO e

WOOLSON, SPICE CO.

SSRSAL CITY: TOLEDO-OHIO.

MERCHANTS!

MocHA; Jixic

COFFEE

WOOLSON SPIGE CO.

ee AVA
MOCHA; JERIO

FFEE

WOOLSQN SPIGE.C

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KERSAS CITY-NO, TOLEDO-CHIO.

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TOLEDO-OHIO.

Increase Your SALES AND PROFITS BY HANDLING

LION COPE HE.

IT GIVES ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION

To Consumers, and is, Consequently, a Quick. and Hasy Seller,

 

RETAIL GROCERS

Who wish to serve their Customers
with GOOD COFFEE would do well
to avoid Brands that require the
support of Gift Schemes, Prize Prom-
ises or Lottery Inducements.

— SELL———_

DILWORTH’S COFFEE,

Which Holds Tra&ile on Account of
Superior Merit Alone.

Unequaled Quality.
Patent Preservative Packages.

For Sale by all Jobbers at Grand Rapids, Detroit,

 

ONGEST y :
SIN SECT a anewarat fe FOR
EVER MADE >) on

THEO. B. GOOSSEN,

WHOLESALE

PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANT

Dealer in STOVEWOOD and Jobber of FOREIGN, TROPICAL and :
CALIFORNIA FRUITS. | Po

33 Ottawa Street, - _ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Orders for Potatoes, Cabbage and Apples in Car Lots solicited. Consignments
solicited. Sele Agent for MOLINE CHEBSE. é

PHREINS & HESS

DEALERS IN

 

_ NOS. 198 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. _
_ WE CARRY A STOCK OF CARB TALLOW FOR MILL USE.

Improved Roasting Process. | |

 

Lion Coffee has more actual Merit than any Roasted Coffee sold at the price either in Packages or in Bulk and storekeepers
ail over the State of Michigan and elsewhere who are not already handling Lion are urged to give it a trial. We cheerfully
answer all communications regarding prices, etc. Convenient shipping depots established at all prominent cities, securing
quick delivery. For sale by all the wholesale trade everywhere. Manufactured by the Woolson Spice Co., Toledo, Ohio.

L. WINTERNITZ. Resident Agent.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

aconensesagaid E.G, STUDLEY,

Wholesale Dealer in

RUBBER BOOTS
AND SHOKS

Manufactured by

Candee Rubber Go.

Send for Large Illustrated Catalogue and
Price List.

PTR LeU |
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Sole.
Ball.

N J Telephone 464.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

& CO.

Successors to CURTISS & DUNTON.

Roa

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No. 4 Monroe Street,

 

WHOLESALE

PAPER WARKHUUSK,

Houseman Building, Cor. Pearl & Ottawa Sts.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICE.
THE PENBERTHY IMPROVED

Automatic Injector

-—AS A-—

cawr BOILER FEEDER pers:

16,000 in 18 Months Tells the Story.

IG WHY THEY EXCEL _<}

They cost less than other Injectors.

You don’t have to watch them, If they break they
will RE-START automatically.

By sending the number to factory on the Injector
can aay Bette renewed at any time. :

They are lifting and non-lifting. ee

Hot pipes don’t bother them and the parts drop out by
removi one yids. nut. . :

Every. man is m le Satisfied, or he don’t
the Injector and we don’t want him to.

 

Agents, HESTER & FOX,
Grand Hapids, Mich.

 

|PENBERTHY INJECTOR CO., Manufacturers, DETROIT, Mich.

 

meagre his
‘meagre will be the ¥
comes to a
+ >John cash when he has to buy,
a ao never gumblee or dria oF oe

or new devi

aves sha r oatching fools, 4

'y8—no ao arte teep the price—
“to rust and rot with his phar tools...

: 's garden gives of the best to ea
He’s | tonion bothered with doctor’s ills;
Joe lives mostly on bread and meat,
Stomach bitters and patent pills.
John works hard with muscle and mind,
4 eee on asp oe he stands;
oe is ng be ‘
Losing tis stip with both his hands.

This relation is strictly true,
Be no object to tell you a lie:
John and Joe live neighbors to you,
You know ’em just as well as {.
‘Whether you dwell where Naturefair
_. Blushes with roses or pales with snow,
‘John and Joe are sure to be there
Just abs I tell you—’specially Joe.
i Oa

Evaporated Fruit.

Rochester is the recognized center of the
evaporated and dried fruit industry of the
United States, which during recent years
has assumed very large proportions, the
goods being shipped in large quantities to
all of the leading markets of the world.
No finer fruit is produced on this continent
than is grown in’'the territory embraced un-
der the name of Western New York, com-
prising some twelve of the most fertile and
richest counties of the Empire State. The
cultivation of fruit, especially apples, has
superseded all other agricultural products,
and has proved the most remunerative to
the growers. The orchards of the farming
community are the chief sources of their
wealth, and the industry is prosecuted with
unabated vigor, largely aided by the ex-
perience, skill and resources of the great
nurseries of Rochester, famed throughout
the world. Whether due to this proximity,
‘the favorite climate and soil, or the superior

and skillful cultivation of ‘the orchardists,
one thing is certain, that the apples of
Western New York are sought with avid-
ity, and bring relatively higher prices than
those grown in any other portion of the
country.

The success and magnitude of the evapor-
ation industry is due largely to the fine qual-
ity of the fruit, easily and cheaply procur-
able in abundant quantities, and also to the
enterprise of the producers in adopting new
and improved evaporators and machinery
in place of the crude process in vogue years
ago, producing thereby a quality of fruit
fully as good and palatable to the sight and
taste as though it were in the fresh or un-
injured state. ‘Thousands of tons of apples
are produced every season from a quality of
fruit heretofore wasted and allowed to rot

~on the ground, and which now forms #
nice income to the grower. It is in the
utilization of these waste products that the
dessiccation of fruit becomes a valuable and
indispensable adjunct to every fruit grower,
and the business may be considered as yet
in its infancy.

Within a radius of forty miles of Roch-
ester there are more than 1,500 evaporators,
from .the small farm house drier, of a ca-
pacity of twenty-five bushels a day, to the
large stéam evaporators, drying 800 to 1,000
bushels of. apples. each twenty-four hours.
These evaporators give employment during
the autumn and early winter months to at
Teast 30,000 hands, who average from $5 to
$12 a ‘week, according to experience and
msefulness. New factories are erected ey-
ery season, proving that the business is
‘profitable when properly and economically
conducted.. Constant care and scrupulous
cleanliness are the first elements af success
in evaporating good fruit. . The’ production
during. the past season, 1887, may be well
vonsidered the largest since the inception of
the business, some fifteen years ago. A
eareful estimate places the total quantity at
about 30,000,000 pounds, worth at first cost
some $2,000,000. ‘To produce this quantity
of apples is required 5,000,000 bushels of
apples, 15,000 tons of anthracite ‘coal, and
the constant attendance, night and day, of
an army of men, women and children nuni-
bering 25,000 to 30,000. The water elim-
inated in the process of evaporation
amo'nted to 225,000 tons, reducing the bulk
of the green fruit to about one-eighth of its
original weight, each 100 pounds yielding
when properly evaporated twelve pounds
-on an average. The fruit is usually packed
in cases of two cubic feet measurement,
holding fifty pounds net, the product of say
eight and one-half bushels of green ap-

: he advantages in freight alone will be
apparent from the following comparison,
showing the cost of shipping one case to
Liverpool, England, which at existing
freight rates will cost a little less than thir-
ty cents, whilein the green or fresh state in
barrels the same quantity would cost $2.25,.
‘and in the canned state almost $2.10, with-
out considering the deterioration of the
green fruit and the dangers of fermentation
’ to the canned article, the apple in the evap-
orated state being transported without .any
. @anger of deterioration or decay. The re-
. “fuse of the apples, such as the parings and
ores, are dried and form the base of all the
- ghenp jellies manufactured at present. ‘The
quantity produced last season will aggre-
gate some 12,000,000 pounds, so that not a

. Particle of the fruit is wasted.

The principle consuming countries abroad
are Germany, England, Belgium, Holland
and France, in which the new product has
entirely displaced the old-fashioned sun-

» dried fruit. There were shipped alone to
_ Feance during 1887 some 18,000 barrels of a
- quality known as chopped or sliced apple,
_ which is dried without being either pared or
— sored, and is used chiefly for the production
of cider, cheap wines and distillation when
the vineyards of France suffer from the
~~ aphylioxera. Some 4,000,000 pounds : were
: i ence during the season, of which more
aren tees were shipped from Rochester.
a ork State evaporated fruits have se-
A ona a very favorable reputation and strong
a and can be had in almost

— “The goods are also tak-|(V
and aa aosteal a ese +.

 

need. your advice and assistance.
special order of. business is the
question—how we can best curtail the evil
‘and its accompanying
to that pass that either the legitimate mer-
chant or the illegitimate peddler must take
the back seat—it remains for the merchants
of Grand Rapids to say which it shall be.\ '

The September delinquent list was sent
out to the members along with the call for
the meeting.

een er
The Grocery Market.

In - fulfillment of the prophesy made by
Tue TRADESMAN last week, granulated
sugar has taken an upward turn. Not to
be outdone by the sugar trust, the Standard
oil trust has advanced kerosene another 4c
per gallon. Lard has advanced ge for
compound, and 4c for kettle rendered.
Sauerkraut has put in an appearance, and
will be very cheap on account of a large
cabbage crop.

CUMMINGS YALE

——AGENTS FOR——

 

 

Importers and Manufacturers of

Grockery ~
Glassware
Fancy Goods
Bottles
Corks, &ic.

Write for prices, with illustrations.
Visiting merchants are requested to call and
look over our samples.

19 SO. IONIA STREET,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

IER TAR

In the
EQUAL State

 

Wherever i: Anieplneed, It is a
Stayer.

TO THE TRADE:

I guarantee “SILVER STARS” to be
a long, straight cigar, with Sumatra
wrapper, made by union labor, and to
give complete satisfaction,

A. S. DAVIS,

Sole Manufacturer,

70 Canal St., GRAND RAPIDS.

Millers, Attention

We are making a Middlings
Purifier and Flour Dresser that
will save you their cost at least
three times each year.

They are teed to do
more work in less space (with
less power and less waste)
than any other machines of
their class.

Send for descriptive cata-
logue with testimonials.

Martin's Middlings Purifier Co,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

GRAND RAPIDS

Paper Box Factory,

W. W. HUELSYER, Prop,

Paper Boxes of Every Description Made to
Order on Short Notice.

 

 

We make a specialty of

Pigeon Hole File Boxes, Sample Trays
Sample Cases. Also Shelf, Shoe, Confec-
tionery, Millinery, Dress, Suit and
— Boxes. Druggists’ Slides

all kinds of Fine Work.

All work guaranteed first class and at low
prices. Write or call for estimates on any-
thing you may want in my line. Telephone 850

OFFICE AND FACTORY,

1] Pearl St, Grand Rapids, Mick

 

GRAND RAPIDS.

Successors to Allen’s Laundry.

Mail and Express orders attended to with
promp' Nice Work, Quick Time
* faction. Guaranteed.

Satis:
W. E. HALL, Jr., eo ee - Manager.

 

“We carry a full "ine of
Seeds of every variety,

es in want should
iF Write to or see the |

Btreet.

abuses. It has come| fm

G. M. MUNGER & CO., P

potter field and garden. |

rp os CANAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do not fail to attend the regular meeting | Ii
of the Association Tuesday evening, as a 4
ol

peddling |

ulk
Arctic, % D cans, 6 io :
4 4
\ \% oe ae

6 9
6

5 1 a
Victorian, 1 b (tall, 2 doz.
Diamond, “bul

Red Star % th cans te doz. ‘ e

3 ny

66 ee ee ry} 4 ts A 50

Absolute, ; b cans, 100°

cans in cas il 75
Absolute, % i cans, 50

cans in case 10 00
ca cigee oy 1b cans, 50cans

be

oe
so

ee
“6

Telfer’ 81 eans, 1 dozin
CABO sone eed eee 1

BROOMS.
No. PANE Sse cee 22 OO
No.1 Hurl.......... Rs 2 25
No: 2 Carpet........ 5... --2- 2 50
No: 1 Carpet. 20.56 500 2005. 2%
Parlor Gem ..........-.---- 3 00
Common Whisk ..... Loe a 1 00
Fancy Whisk....... Sao 125
Mill 3 75
Warehouse ........-.---+-+5 3/00
CHEESE.
Michigan full cream...94@9%

CHOCOLATE.
Runkle Bros’.. Vien. Sweet 22
ee oe Premium.. 33
Hom-Cocoa 37
Breakfast.. 48

“og COANUT

oo os

“oe ¥%
Maltby’ 8, a Speake a 1.2%
and WEB... 2-0 24
* 4s 244%
ea PAUS...- 0.05... 20
Peerle 18
Bulk, a or barrels. .16@18

COFFEE—GREEN
Mochi. sco. s- 3. 35 «- -25@28
Mandaling..... soe -23@26

ie
1s in tin aacun
8

Costi Rica..
Mexican.......
Santos.........
Rio, fancy..

Rio, common........

To ascertain cost of roasted
coffee, add 14¢ per tb. for roast-
ing and 15 per cent. for shrink-

e.
— COFFEES—PACKAGE,
30 lbs 60 Ibs 100 hs
410N. 2... 3k. 4 184
Lion, in cab...
Dilworth’s....
Magnolia......
ACMC. 225.605. 18
German ......
German, bins.
Arbuckle’ s Ariosa
Avorica

McLaughlin’ sxXxXxxX

COFFEES—50 LB. BAGS.
Arbuckle’s Avorica. .... .1

* Quaker City.......

‘© Best Rio..........6. 18

«© Prime Maricabo...

CORDAGE.
6u foot Jute..... ...... eo. 21.10
%2 foot Jute ..... .... aes 40
40 Foot Cotton. . ..1 50
50 foot Cotton... ......es00-- 1-60
60 foot Cotton......... oe, a 15
72 foot Cotton........<...--6 2.00
CRACKERS.

Kenosha Butter....... Soipenas The
Seymour Butter............. 6
Butter. oe ee
Family Butter. Po puis SieeesO
Fancy Butter.......0......2.. 5Y%
Butter Biscuit. . -. 6%
Boston .......-.-2 secre ereee a%

18%

Soda Fancy.............

Ss. Oyster...0.0.0L 6

PICHIC ee ci ces oe es eee 6
Fancy Oyster..
CANNED FISH.
Clams, | i, Little Neck..
Clam Chowder, BAD Soc ons a 12 1
Cove Oysters, 1 b stand,..1
Cove Oysters, 2 standb.. -1 70
Lobsters, 1 picnic. --1 %5
Lobsters, 2 ih, picnic..... ..2 65
Lobsters, 1 star.......... 195
Lobsters.’2 Ib star........-.. 2 90
Mackerel in Tomato Sauce3 25
Mackerel, 1 ib stand........
Mackerel, 2% stand........
Mackerel,3 b in Mustard..3 25
Mackerel, 3 ib soused...... 3 25
Salmon, 1b Columbia...... 2 20
Salmon, 2 oe 3 50
Salmon, 1 b Recraenp. --1 90
Salmon, 2 ib ok e
Sardines, domestic 4s.
Sardines, domestic s.
Sardines, Mustard s..
Sardines, imported 34s. '12@13
Sardines, spiced, %s..... 10@12
Trout. 3 ib. brook.........
- CANNED FRUITS.

Apes gallons, stand.....

Blackberries, stand..
Cherries, red standard..
Cherries, pitted...... 1
Damsons......... .. a
Egg Plums, stand....
Gooseberries.....

tio

habs

=

25@

SRRSRESES

°

ist tats

Green Gages..
Peaches, all‘yellow, stand.2 65
Peaches, seconds.......... 2 25
Foes: DIC es, 2S. 1 met SD 6a

Raspberries, Co. € ig: epee Rr 150
POG so. cide 150
Strawberries ......... 1-25@1 40
Whortleberries............. 1.20
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay....2 00
Beans, Lima, stand
Roane: ores a4 00@1 20
eans, NM ccc cous
Beans, Stringless, Erie. 90
Beans, Lewis’ Boston Bak.1 6@
Corn, Archer’ s Trophy.
iry.1 1b

Peas, French «1 60
Peas, extra marrofat.1 2001 40
» soaked

- French, extra fine. .20 00
Muskie, extra fine.... 20 00
Pumpkin, 3: Golden......
ae standard. . "1806

Squas
Tomatoes, Red Coat
Good E

a

“

- 9@10.

- Morn
Barly Gold. 1.15:

Confectione Ag.
e aA

@6 et Bond.

 

Bsisins, Loose California. 2 00
‘Raisins, On @10

aras, 288. |
Raisins. Sultanas....... @
‘Raisins, Valencias...... @10
Pee Imperials.......-.. 8 15
FISH.

Cod, whole......5...... @b%
Cod, boneless..... .... TAOS
Beate coe id, % bbl. 2 13
Foun! .

nee round, % bbl. 1 50
Herring, Holland, bbis. 10 00
Herring, Holland, kegs” wet
Herring, Scaled..
Mack. ph’ Tr se 1, 4 bbl. 8 3

| Climax. Weceaieorep eb ees.
Corner Stone Saeue eee ese soe
Double Pedro....... faalate gee, o
Whopper............. ceases 40
Peaen Pie. 2052. i sek ks a er
Wedding Cake, bik.. .-40
ROG NOR oc os ae
Sweet Basset ee ase ne 30@382
TOBACCOS—FINE CUT.
Sweet Pippin................ 50
Five and a Seven, Sepa ete yeas oe 50
Hiawatha boca: oe
Sweet Cuba...... aie wes
1 | Petoskey ee
Sweet Russet...
Thistle......

00 | Red Domino..

@65 | Rob Roy..

Gi vonmne one
Jennings’ ae Vanilla.
D. C.,2 ey 9 #41

As rs 140

©
ZR

No 3 Panel..

No. 4 Taper. i 60

ae oe 2 a

ae int, r’nd. 4 3

P 900 15
Standard: benioik Vanilla.
per gross.
English 2 Oz. - 12 9 60
“3 0Z....-- 900 12 00
40z.....1200 1500
6 OZ...... 18 00 24 00
FARINACEOUS GOODS.
Farina, 100 lb. kegs.........
Hominy, # bbl............. 400
Macaroni, dom 12 Ib. box..

*“ _imported...10 ou
Pearl Bafley......... - @3
Peas, Green..........
Peas; Split............
Sago, German........
Tapioca, fi’k or p’rl..
Wheai, cracked......
Vermicelli, import..

of domestic...

CHOI’ OD > 2 09
SSSSaaa

66
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MATCHES.
G. H. No. 8, square..
G. H. No 9, ‘square, 3 gro.. a ie
G. H.'No. 200, parlor....... 1 6
G. H. No. 300, er oe b
G. H. No. 1%, round...
Oshkosh, No. 2 Sew es
Oshkosh, Ne So 1

Ricbardson’s No. 8 8q..... a 00
Richardson’s No.9 8q...... 1 50
Richardson’s No. vis rnd..1 00
Richardson’s No. 7 ee 4 50
Woodbine, 300...... 115
MOLASSES. _

Black Strap.............- V@18
Cuba Baking....... - -22Q@25
Porto Rico..........

New Orleans, good......33@40
New Orleans, choice.... .44@50
New Orleans, fancy..... 50@52

\% bbls. de extra
OIL.

Michigan Test......... eee LO
Water White.......... vie ode 6
OATMEAL
BATTOlS . 66 bs cw. so aes wee 6 25
Half barrels..............-- 3 25
Cases........-+.-- poses ee 2 35

OATS—ROLLED.
Barrels: .2..0. sha ces - lee es 8 00
Half barrels ...... Dace see 3 25
@RSOB 62 oe ce Ske 2 26@3 35

“

Small, [Dy On AG ie eee é 50
%b

re 37518

RICE.
TRADIGS sooo eae s.c cs as
ORG es foes
DAVE. 3. s5-
PAIN... +. ee
Rangoon........
Broken ..

JAVA 5 esos eae eiee
SALERATUS.
DeLand’s pure.............-5%
Church’s ;

Taylor’s G. M

Dwight’s ..-...:4..-...... 06: 5
Sea bere DN e tS cose solheaee BM
Cap She
; ve ee in = box lots.

60 Pocket, F . >. Be adorn oe 215
28 Pocket ...........- eeseles 2 05

(1003. pockets............. 2 25

Saginaw or Manistee...... 85
Ashton, bu. bags........... 75
Ashton,4 bu. bags........ 2 5
Higgins’ bu. bags.......... 15
American, % bu. bags..... » 20
Rock, bushels.............. 25
Warsaw, bu. bags.......... 36

“oe \% se 19

SAUCES.
London Relish, 2 doz... ... 2 50
SOAP.

Dingman, 100 bars.......... 4 00

Don’t Anti-Washboard....4 75
RMON a Selgin es de oe 3%

5 | Queen Anne............... 3 8b

German Family............ 2 49
Big Bargain...............- 187

SPICES—WHOLE.
PNSDIGO cee os Le sci cess see 8
Cassia, China in mats...... [%

‘Batavia in bund....il

ss Saigon in rolls..... 42
Cloves, Amboyna......... 25”

 Danzivar.. 2.00. «5.6 42
Mace Batavia...........-... yi)
Nutmegs, ae Mego sie t vee 70

os

No. 2
Pepper, Singapore, shiccaty 1B
ite.
BNOtS ee eee 21
SPICES—GROUND—IN BULK.
Allspice.
Cassia, Batavia Le seedia cic a6
oo Saigon. 35
* Saigo

Cloves, iabagnd foc eearee 30
Zanzibar........... 28
Ginger, eee Sous eccss 12%
Cochin. 665.2055. 5. 15
@18
Mace Batavia............... 80
Mustard, English.. Seed 22
and Trie.25
af Prieste cso .0 565.5 27
Nutmegs, No. 2............ 70
Pepper, Singapore black. .22
white. .30
Cayenne.......... 2b
Absolute Popner, doz...84
Cinnamon “ ...84
Allspice >--00
Cloves --l 10
Ginger 2.48
Mustard «. 084
STARCH.
“Kingsfora’s
Silver Gloss, : bb b pkgs cathe q
OXeS....

“
66
oe
“

“ be
weo0ce

ouls
Pure, 1 pkgs.......
Corn, 1 ® pkgs...... peer %

0G,
oR RR

ered.
Granulated, ‘Stand:.
Off

mR

Stand:
No. i White Extra C.
No. 2, Extra C

0. 3 C, golden..

0. 40, dark...

YRUPS
Corn, bareois eee cata seals
Bor PbS eecnee kts oh
Corn, k *

HHHOHHOHHO9

Seo

@29
@31
a4

SWEET GOODS.
x

Ginger Snaps...... 0.8

Sugar Cre egencd
Oatmeal Crackers...

TOBACCOS—PLUG.
ee mye

49 | prices.

Beek CAreass.........:

 

Swamp Angel..
Stag

TOBACCOS—SMOKING.
ede te -. 26
Peerless........ peas als ee ses 26
Uncle Samo.) i. ese. 30
JACK PING... oc i

Yellow Jacket................
Sweet Conqueror........ 20@25

TEAS.

Japan ordinary. . .- -- 18@20
Japan fair to good.. acute 25@30
Japan fine................ aes
Japan dust.. LR@20
Young Hyson.. Wein ce aeg arcs
Su

Oolong.. is “sisiemers
CONROE. 5 a 25@30

VINEGAR.
40 gr. 50 gr.
1% 13
Above are the prices fixed
by the pool. Manufacturers
outside the pool usually sell
5 gr. stronger goods at same
$1 for barrel.

WOODENWARE.
Curtiss & Co. quote as fol-
lows:

os 66

5 %5
Pails, No.1, two hoop...... 1 60
** three hoop....1 7%
Clothespins, 5zr. boxes.. 60
Bowls, 15s, 17s and 19s...... 1.2 50
Baskets, market........... 40
bushelisc. 0 1 60
** with covers 1 90
willow clothes No. 15 50

‘ 2

“6 6 66

splint fe .
66

MISCELLANEOUS.

Bath Brick imported ...... 90
do American...... 75
Burners, No. 0 65
do N " 75

do No. 95
Chimneys, io. : BN Poe 38
ee ee 40

5 icrseucaee ase 52
Cocoa Shells, bulk

Condensed Milk, Eagle..
Cream Tartar

“6 be

Candles. Hotel. Gide eee. 1
Camphor, 0z., 2 Ib boxes..
seers Coffee, Vv.

Fire Crackers, per box..
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps..
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps..
Gum, Spruce............... “30
Jelly, in 30 b pails.. .5 @ soa
Powder, Keg... .. 605... 05 50
Powder, % Keg............ 2 8%
EOS eee ce ek ics e cae ce 15

CANDY. FRUITS and NUTS.

Putnam & Brooks quote as
follows:

Standard, 251 boxes el alae 9%
10

ist,
Cut Loaf ao

‘ MIXED.
Royal, 25 b pails..... @10
Royal, 200  bbis........... 9
Extra, 25 Ib pails........... i
Extra, 200 ib bbis........... 10
French Cream. 25 b pails. A
Cut loaf, 25 b cases........
Broken, 25 Ib pails......... iH
Broken. 200 ® bbls......... 10
FANCY—IN 5 b BOXES.
Lemon Drops................ 13
BOUT DrOPs ow... 6 os ve noc es 14
Peppermint Drops.......... 14
Chocolate Drops............. 15
HM Chocolate. Drops....... 18
Gum Drops 25.3. cso. 10
Licorice Drops............... 18
AB Licorice Drops.. 2. AZ
Lozenges, plain..........0...14
Lozenges, printed........... 15
Fmperials 5... cc. .cc see ee ss 14
MOClOGR eo eee. ke 15
Cream Bar... eo cosc see. 18
Molasses Bar...............6. 13
@OrAMCIB. 66. cco 19
Hand Made Creams.......... 19
Plain Creams................ Jé
Decorated Creams....... ... 26
String Hock.) o. 0... sec chit 14
Burnt Almonds............ 22
Wintergreen Berries........ 14

FANCY—IN BULK.
Lozenges, plain in pails..
Lozenges, plain in bbls..
Lozenges, printed in pails. By
Lozenges, printed in bbls.12%
Chocoiate Drops, in pails..13%
Gum Drops in pails....... 6%
Gum Drops, in bbls........ 5%
Moss Drops, in pails....... 10
Moss Drops, in bbis........ 9
Sour Drops, in pails....... 12
Imperials, in pails......... 12
Tmperials in bbls...... -li

_ FRUITS. &
Bananas .............. 1 25@3 00
Oranges, choice..... @
Oranges, Florida.....

1

: @
Oranges, Naples.... @6 50
Oranges, OO.......... @
Oranges, Imperials.. =
Oranges Valencia ca.
Lemons, ch’ce to nae we %5
Lemons, .....
Figs, layers, new. Qos 15
Figs, Bags, 50 ib é
Dates, frails do...... Cis
Dates, 4 do do...... 5%
Dates, Fard 10 b box # b.. 3
Dates, Fard 50 box ®b.. 7
Dates, Persian 50 lb box .. @6
NUTS.

Almonds, Tarragona

Ivaca..

California
Brazile 23006. cs:
Filberts, Sicily.......
Walnuts, Grenoble..

French

, | Pecans, Texas, H.P. sos

Cocoanuts, # 100..... é
PEANUTS.
Prime Red, raw. a >
Choice do @
Fancy H.P. do ao @
Choice White, Va.do @ 5%
Fancy HP,. Va do 5 .@6%
Extra H. P.Va....... @ 5%

@4 50
@

OYSTERS AND FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as
follows:
OYSTERS.

FRESH FISH.

Black bass...........ssse00s 12%
Trout

FRESH ce :
4 @b%
hind OTe: 6 @6%
fore -3 @4

os

@cecaccvcces seccoeee

Hogs
42 Fork loins..... bts at A

_ GN

20 9c.

“PROVISIONS. | :
> The Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co.
[ase as follows:

PORK IN BARRELS.

‘Short cut ‘More BI Se eel oe,
, Short cut. .
Extra clear, heavy...........
Clear quill, short cut..........
Boston clear, short ee :
Clear back, short cu
Standard clear, short cut, best: ....

Pd “

Me genie 2 ee a an
ise est. boneless:..............
Bhoulders 006305 ee a,
Breakfast Bacon, boneless... Savas 3
Dried Beef, OCXUER es ele us eee k Woweees 8
Hem “prices: . 666s ce 9%
DRY SALT MEATS.
Long Clears, HEAVY ee ee
medium.. Wiebe c\ea diss wae
as A BAGG es hte ee 5

Tier
30 and 50 TWoPRUs ea ee

, _ LARD IN TIN PAILS.
3 ib Pails, 20 in a case................22.

36 | 5 Ib Pails, 12 in a case. ...
Sensation........0...0. 5000005 33

10® Pails, 6inacase...................

20 | 20 Ib Pails, 4 pailsin case...............

BEEF IN BARRELS.
Extre#Mess, warranted 200 Ibs..............
Extra Mess, Chicago Packing.............:

“ Kansas City Packing........ aa
PUBS os ae ese es ge,
PWxtre Plate; oe ee ee Ke
Boneless, rump butts.. wcawe
Ot eee acer "% bbl.

SAUSAGE—FRESH AND SMOKED.
Pork S#usage:: .6.c.. cos co ee 8
Hant Sausage. ooo ec cbs lec os 12
Tongue Sausage... co.cc oe ee

| Frankfort Sausage................c0.0 5 ween

8
Bloed (Sausaaa. oe 6
Bologna, straight.............c.ccccceesecees 6
Bologna, thie... 2c ee 6
Head Cheese :. ioe 30. 5 oie seis ce ho secs 6
PIGS’ FEET.

Anhalt barrels, ooo a 3 00
In quarter barrels.......... 0... cece cece eeee 2 00
eS TRIPE.

Wg BD ie ce oe ee ee 3 00
PM ABD oe ee ee ee 1%
EGS on eine bas ie Baa - 85

HIDES, PELTS AND FURS.
Perkins & Hess pay as ee:

HIDE

Green....g@ib4 @4% Cait skins, green

Part cured... 5 @ 5%| oreured....5 @6

Fullcured.... 6 @ 6%|Deacon skins,

Dy ees and | #® piece..... 10 @20
IDE... 56s.

Fine washed # 20@23| Course washed..
Medium 20@25|Unwashed
MISCELLANEOUS.

Sheep pelts, short shearing....... .. 5@30
Sheep pelts, old wool estimated....... @20
PPRHOW os iee eles nal cee a ie 4 @4%
Grease butter.......2...........0200665 @5
Ginseng, 00d... 8.0.0 ee, - @200

-18@23
-12@16

PRODUCE MARKET.

Apples—Buyers pay from 40c@§$1 per bbl.

Beans—Hand-picked mediums are very
scarce, readily commanding $2 per bu.

Blackberries—8&c per qt,

Butter—Good quality is scarce and high.
Dealers pay 15@1ltc and hold at 18c.
Cabbages—Home grown command $2@$3 per

Celery— 18@20c per doz.
Cheese—Fu!l eream readily commands 94@

Cider—10c per gal.
Clover Seed—Mammoth or medium, $4.50 per

u,

Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; produce par-
rels, 25c.

Corn— Green, 6c doz.

Cucumbers—50ce per bu.

Dried Apples—Jobbers hold sun-dried at 7c
and evaporated at 9c.
woe obbers now pay 13%c and sell at

72Ce

Grapes—Ives, 4c per lb. Concords, 6c per lb.

Honey—Sceare, not equal to the demand. All
epee offerings are grabbed up quick at lic
per

Hay—Baled is in small demand at $15 for No.
land $14 for No. 2.

Muskmelons—Osage, 7ic per doz.
50c per doz.

Onions—Home grown dry stock command

50c per bu.
25@$1.50 per bu,

Nutmegs,

Peaches—$§1.

Pears—Bartlett’s or Fiemish Beauties, $1.50
per bu.

Plums—Michigan, Dh 50@$

Pop Corn—2%e #8 b

Potatoes—J: obbing generally at 25c for
home grown.

Squash—Hubbard, 1%c lb.

Sweet Potatoes—Baltimores, $4.50 per bbl.
Jerseys, $6.50 per bbl

Tomatoes—25c per bu.

Turnips—25 per bu.

Watermelons—Indiana, ae apiece,

Whortleberries—$3 per bu.

GRAINS.AND MILLING PRODUCTS.

Wheat—City millers pay 8%c for both white
and red.

Corn—Jobbing generally at 58e in 100 bu.
lots and 58c in car lots.

Oats—White, 45cin small lots and 40cin
car lots.

Rye—50e #8 bu.

Barley—Brewers pay $1.30@$1.40 8 cwt.

Flour—Higher. Patent $5.70 8 bblin sacks
and $5.90 in wood. Straight, $4.70 # bbl. in
sacks and $4.90 in wood.

Meal—Bolted, $2.80 # bbl. Gran. $3.50 8 bbl.

Mill Feed—Screenings, $16 @ton. Bran, $15
# ton. Ships, $14.00 @ ton. Middlings, $17
# ton. Corn and Oats, $23 # ton.

jd per bu.

 

 

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THESE GOODS ARE RE “PAR EXOELLENON”’
Pure, Healthful and Reliable, warranted to give satis-
faction in every particular. For sale by wholesale and
retail grocers throughout tht United States. VOUWIE
Bros., Manufacturers, Cleveland and Chicago.

 

‘We also manufacture a full line of Sweet
Goods. Write for quotations
Roe oe and rs

 

| ‘CILIOTIOS WACHO TVIUL

MANUFACTURER oF

7 3 | Horse and Wagon Covers,

_ Awnings and Tents,
Flags and Banners,
Oiled Clothing,
Feed Bags,
Wide Ducks, etc.

Telephone 106.
73 CANAL ST., - GRAND RAPIDS

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sug un

JULIUS HOUSEMAN, Prex.,
A. B. WATSON, Treas..
Ss. F. ASPINWALL, Secy.
CASH CAPITAL, $200,000.

MAGIC COFFEE ROASTER

The most practical
hand Roaster in the
world. Thousands in
use—giving satisfac-
tion. They are simpie
durable and econom-

grocer

should be without

one. Roasts coffee

Pp and pea-nuts to per
fection.

Send for circulars.

Robt. §. West,

150 Long St.,
Cleveland, Ohic.

 

 

Brea (stads
eetetaens Manele aving a

Ko ie Nea aay ne “00 eZ
Woop & MCTAL. arena 3

are sto Nae
STANTON, SAMPSON & 60.,

Manutacturers and Jobbers of

Men’s Furnishirg Goods.

 

Sole Manufacturers of the ‘‘Peninsular”’
Brand Pants, Shirts and Overalls.

State agents for Celuloid Collars and Cuffs.
120 and 122 Jefferson, Ave.,

DETROIT, MICHI JAN.
GEO. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids;

Western Michigan Salesmaa.

WALKS - GOODYRAR

—AND—

GONNEGTICUT

Rubbers.

 

Write for Fal] Prices and Discounts.

G. R. MAYHEW,

86 Monrce Street,

GRAND RAPIDS.

xP TENTS " LUGKUS €. wae, ‘ate
Cree he ee anid Solicitor eo
d Foreign patents.

105 E. Main 8t. Kalamaros oO Mich U.S A Branch eT
oe London, Practice. in U. = 8. Co caring ,

TRE PROPERTY.

Five Acres at the corner of.
Burton Avenue and the new Un-
ion Boulevard, with ten-room
cottage, barn "and greenhouse.
Other parcels adjoining, 2 1-2 to
10 acres each. I will sell this |
property at prices which will af-
ford a good profit tothe pur-
chaser. H. E. THOMPSON.

Also enquire of E. J. HORTON, House-
man Block. Telephone iP

POTATOES.

We give prompt onal attention to
thesaleof POTATOES,APPLES,BEANS.
and ONIONS in car lots. We offer best
facilities and watchful attention. Consign-
ments respectfully solicited. Liberal cash.
advances on Car Lots when desired.

Wo. H Thompson & Co,

COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
166 South Water St., CHICAGO.

Reference
FELSENTHAL, Gross & MILLER, Bankers,

WANTE

POTATOES, APPLES,
FRUIT, BEANS |
and all kinds of Produce.

If you have any of the above goods to.

 

 

 

DRIED

: ship, or anything in the Produce line, let:

us hear from you.
made when desired.

EARL BROS.,

COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
157 South Water St., CHICAGO.

Reference: FIRSt NATIONAL BANK, Chicago.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapidge..

EDWIN FALLAS,

PROPRIETOR OF

VALLEY CITY COLD STORAGE,

JOBBER OF

Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Butter, Eggs.
and Egg Crates.

Liberal cash advances.

 

No. l egg crates, 37c. No. 2 egg crates,”
30c. No. 1 fillers, 13c. No. 2 fillers, 10c,

I have facilities for handling each line above
named that are unsurpassed.

I aim to handle the best that can be obtained.
Mail orders filled promptly at lowest market price. | A.
liberal discount on Egg Crates and fillers in large lots.

SALESROOW, - No.9 Ionia St, Grand Rapids.

 

ALFRED J. BROWN,

——JOBBER IN——

FOREIGN,
TROPICAL
ND
CALIFORNIA

FRUITS.
Bananas, Our Specialty.

16 and 18 No. Division St..

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

F, J. DRYYENTHALER

WHOLESALE

Lake Fish

AND OYSTERS.

°

Packing ea Warehouse,

Office, 1'7 Monroe St.,

GRAND RAPIDS, ~-MICH.

 

37 North Division Street.

 

WMLL, ELLIS & 60.

BRAND

Baltimore Oysters

Broker in CANNED GOODS.

Salt and Sea Fish.

B F, EMERY, - Manager,

) lyon Bt ¢ GRAND RAPIDS, |

 

November 6,. Tand&:
st at ‘Segond da; ay |

 

wen.
‘Opmny —W. L. White, John Muir,
Begular Mectings—First Thursday evening in each
‘annual IMeeting—First Thursday evening in November.

 

“| President, A. O. Hun
President, H.

 

 

 

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portan
: nehbiit the country continue to
| bear testimony to the expanding volume of

- | trade and the cheerful sentiment that pre-

 

 

a County’ Puariacstie aT Boston

President, H. M. Dean 3 Secretary, Hi SOY.
ty Dr ts
Clinton Coun aty ee ae Asiceiation.
Pharmaceuti Soci
utical —

Cha: oix Coun
roa Secretary, Geo. W. C

H.W. Willata; ‘Secre
Jonia County Pharmaceutical ‘poclety.
President, W. R. Cutler; Secretary, Geo. Gundrum.
Jackson County Phi tical Ase’n,
President, C. _B. Co Colwell; Secretary, C. E. Foote. ‘
“Kalamazoo Pharmaceutical Association.
President, D. O. Roberts; Secretary, D. McDonald.
"Mason oun * Barsneeeniens Society.
President, F’. N. La‘ rs Secretary, Wm. Heysett.
Mecosta County Pharmaceutical Society.
President, C. H. Wagener; Secretary, A. H. Webber.
“Monroe County Pharmaceutical Soci Society.
President, 8. M. Sackett; seer: Julius Weiss.
" Mus m County P aan, enecstion,
President, V m. B. Wilson; Sorts toe
Mus nm Drug Clerks’ soe ioe

| President, 0. 8. Koon; Secretary, Geo. L, LeFevre.

Newaygo County Pharmaceutical Boclety.

ity
"| President, J. F. A. Raider; Secretary, A: G. Clar

Oceana County Pharmacentical ae
President, F. W. Fincher; Secretary, Frank Cady.
Saginaw County omer egg gonna Sere .
President, Jay Smith; Secretary, DE. ty

 

 

WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT.

Declineda—Opium, opium po., quinine German, castor oil.

 

ACIDUM.
Aceticum .. 8@
Benzoicum, German 80@1
Boracic.. mcosacule
Carbolicum | wivetacsor
Citricum ............,
H eee Sc poeces
Nitrocum . ole
Oxalicum ............ [

Potass Nitr
Prussiate ......
Sulphate po....

10@
0@

SSRaRSBSE

§

Sulp one eee AEE :

Tannicum............ 1 Hydrasti Ca:

ipeeah an Secon

Baan OS

B.
Cubebae (po. I oO.
TUG Sooo 2 sce ces

entaria....
Sane oxylum Ce. padi
ALSAMUM

Sene

Scillae, (po. 35)..

55 Symplocarpus,
tidus, po

Valeriana, aie

ee Ger eo
ca Ue °
planus Virgini
Quillaia, grd....
Sassfras

Anisum, (po

‘ Uimus Po(Ground 12)
EXTRACTUM.
“Glycyrrhiza et

Coriandrum
2A@

Carbonate Precip.
Citrate and Quin a...
Citrate Soiuble.......
Ferrocyanidum Sol..
Solut Chloride.......
mente: oe Skee 1%@

$s 50 | Lobel

O66
Ss

15
Nigra.

6
Tt

14
Frumenti poe ae

RS

Juniperis Co...

&

Baro
Cassia | Asuitifol, Tin-

1 Keo auce

nivelly..

Salvia officinalis, Ms
d%

Spt. Vini Galli.
ini Oporto....
Vini Alba......

SB

S58

carriage
Nassau shespe
carriag:

e9e9 si By 8 S88
8

carriage
Grass. sheeps’
carriage...

Aloe, Barb, (po, 60)...
“’ Cape, (po. 20)...
“ Socotri’, (po. 60

: ee. 8 1s, (48, 14

_Amm: i niae

“Assafoetida, (po.30).

SRSSRssE

BRS Se ere we

Scillae..........
ty Co

eae an ounce packages.
Absinthium eee os ce

Asafcetida .....
Rue ...........----.-- - 80} Benzoin........
Tanacetum, V.......

Thymus. V

pice team Pat. Coeses
Carbonate, Pat......
‘Carbonate, K.&M.. W@
Carbonate, Jennings 30

Benzoin
ry}

Canth > agen

Capsicum..

Cardamon..
Co.

SB
eS SRVS RVSRRSRSR’

OLEDM.
ee sera: -6 00@5
FOL RE 10
1 85@1 95

or.
uassia........

Stromonium.

e

aS seereeeer

cecee gee

ee

Spts N:

 

‘'Potass Nitras, opt...
as

Gontians: (po. 15)..
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).

po. 35).
Hullebore, ‘Aiba, po. 15@

Spigelia cue.
Sepeninarin, (po. 25).

5@
Smilax, Otficinalis, H. @
M -@

erman..
11 | Zingiber a......
30 Zingiber j...... ;

10. 20)
an (graveleons).

Bird, 1s
Carui, (po. 18)..
Cardamom Benes

10@

oe Sativa..... wars 4%

onium......
: Pe eaean.
Dipterix Odorate..
Foeniculum....
Foenugreek, po......
Lini
Lini, grd, (bbl, 3)..
Phalaris Canarian..

Rapa

sinapis, A Albu..
SPIRITUS.

Frumenti, W., D. wee -2 00@2

Frumenti, D. F.R..

Juniperis Co. 0. T...

75@3 50
Saacharum N.E..... 1 75@2 09

SPONGES
Florida sheeps’

Velvet oRriva, sheer: 8
wool carriage...... y
Extra Yellow sheeps’

Hard for slate use..
Yellow Reef. for slate

be Pane
Smilax Officinalis..
Co..
Senega..........

Prunus virg....
TINCTURES.
Aconitum Napellis %

eccee

Atrope belladonna...

ee re

00 went oa ‘ridum..
Kino..... .

Gamphneeted is

00
2% | Auranti Cortex......

ev5ecce e

| Rhei
Coe Acutifol......
entaria..........

ven Veride....

gp neg nnrgee y
ther,
dither. Spts ni +E.
Alumen . ‘

Capsici Fructus, col es
Capsici Fructus,
Capsici Fructus,
Caryophyllus, (po. 5)
Carmine,-No. 40

Cera oe 8. & F...
Cera Flava..... pees
COCCUB 56 os
Cassia Fructus See he =o
Centraria .:..20..... ‘
Cetaceum °......5....
Chloroform .. :
Chloroform, Baits” 2
Chloral Hyd Crst. seo 1
Chondrus .. 10@
Cinchonidine, Paw bo
Cinchonidine, Ger’an 5@
Corks, list, dis. per

cent

Rod

ecccce

bebe STR BS ae

0@
16@
es

bad et
=e 8
bieeae ase ag ass

Creta, (bbl. 75). . ae
Creta prep...........
| Creta, precip.........

Creta Rubra..........
Crocus: 2.025 sn5
Cudbear..............
Cupri Sulph..........
Dextrine............:
Ether Suiph..........
Emery, - numbers..:
Emery,

18@
»@
30@

10@
Foe-

(po. 30) -@
1@

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| vades all departments of commercial activi- |

|ty. Clearing house:statistics are becoming

28|of gold.

2@3 |

2g

isq@ie | 20d the initials of both societies on the
WOH

more satisfactory and indicate a heavier
| volume of business than was in progress at
this time last year; the demand for mer-
chandise from jobbers as well as manufac-
turers is widening in nearly-all directions

{and reflects a feeling of confidence respect-

ing the future that is full of significance, |.
while speculation is oe the influence of
stimulating features that are both legitimate
and healthy. Crop prospects continue to
improve and are highly encouraging, and the
agricultural prosperity of the country seems

-| assured, although the corn crep has not yet
z reached maturity, and in some localities the
‘| outlook is not as promising as a few weeks
{ago. Whatis of equal importance is the

serious damage that has occurred to the
wheat and rye crops of France and Great
Britain, which appear to be going from bad
to worse, and which will create a large de-
ficiency, to be supplied from Russia, India
and this country. The two former localities
are likely to have an abundant yield, -but,
with only an average crop in the United
States, there is reason to expect a ready
market at comparatively high prices for all
the available surplus. Efforts to discount
this condition of affairs accounts for the fe-
yerish and excited condition of the wheat
market last week and the rapid advance. in
prices that took place—an advance that thus
far has not checked foreign buying and has
been in full sympathy with the bullish tem-
per of foreign markets, although the fluctu-
ations of the past three.days have been ir-
regular, and indicate a feverish and unset-
tled market. In other departments of spec-
ulative activity there is evidence of a
growing feeling of confidence—as, for
instance, the strong undertone that under-
lies the stock market and neutralizes every
effort of the bears to establish a decline, the
firm tone of petroleum and the bouyant
temper of coffee speculation. The stock
market is a very good indication of the con-
servative feeling that still predominates,
for notwithstanding the bullish feeling that
generally prevails in Wall street, together
with the stimulating influence of an. unpre-
cedented demand for coal, a distinct im-
provement in the relations of warring roads
in the West, increased earnings and an easy
money market, the volume of business
transacted from day to day has been com-
paratively moderate, and there seems to
have been very little disposition on the part
of the bulls to undertake aggressive opera-
tions. ° This is due no doubt to the fact that
those who have bought for a rise are pa-
tiently waiting for the outside public to
come into the market and relieve them of
their accumulations at a profit, and thus far
the outside interest in the marxet has been
comparatively narrow. There is, neverthe-
less, a confident expectation tiat increased
activity will be experienced in a few weeks
in response to the very favorable and en-
couraging outlook that is so generally ad-
mitted. The advance in coal, which takes
effect on the 1st of September, is. not con-
sidered a very wise step on the part of the
selling agents, and may result in checking
the demand, which, up to the present, has
been unprecedented at this season of the
year, and may be made the basis for a de-
mand for increased wages from the miners. ,
The experience of last winter has no doubt.
led dealers and consumers very generally to
stock up freely during the summer months,
so as to guard against a repetition of being
caught in a similar position, but there is a
possibility that a stiffening up of prices may

00 | curtail the demand, especially in view of

the unsatisfactory condition of the iron
trade. The monetary situation has under-
gone no important change since the close of
last week. The rates on call loans have
continued easy with abundant offerings,
notwithstanding a better demand for mer-
cantile as well as speculative purposes and
the shipment of currency to the interior,
which has commenced to deplete the bank
reserves, which, however, are nearly five
times greater than at this time last year.
Conservative bankers are of the opinion
that the Western demand for money from
this center will not be as urgent as it. was
last year, not only because ot the increased
volume in circulation, but. also, because the
interior banks are better supplied with
available funds, and hence an easy money
market is predicted during the autumn
months. Foreign exchange has ruled firm,
because of the scarcity of commercial bills,
as the want of tonnage interferes with the

50 | Shipments of produce, but the prospect of

increasing exports promises to prevent

0 higher rates, if thay do not result in lower

rates that would bring about importations
The large foreign investments
within the past year in American railroad

80) securities is an important element in regu-

lating foreign exchange, as anything that
might lead foreign holders to realize would

85 | suddenly turn the current against us unless

there should be a material increase in the
exports of produce sufficient to turn the
balance of trade in our favor.
sa __—_
Detroit Ready for Her Guests.
From the Detroit Journal.

The American Pharmaceutical Society
hasn’t met in Detroit for twenty-two years.
It has at last come to know the error of its
ways and will open a session next Monday
in the Light Infantry armory. A gorgeous

30 | exposition of drugs and druggists’ goods

will be held in the Detroit rink. One ex-

55 | hibitor will show $4,000 worth of sponges.

It will be the finest display of the kind ever
made in the west. ‘The parlors of the In-
fantry armory will be reserved for visiting
ladies, and a local committee will be on
hand to take care of the strangers and make
things as pleasant for them as_ possible
while the gentlemen are engaged at the
business meetings.

There willbe no complimentary entertain-
ments. Everything has been: placed upon
the regular list, and each member will have
the comfortable knowledge that his $3 badge
pays for everything he gets. The badge is
a very neat affair. Itis made of an inch
square chip of celluloid, bearing a graduated
scale and the member’s number on the front

back. One badge admits one person and
ladies must have badges of their own. Blue

| will distinguish local druggists, red outside

druggists and yellow those belonging to the
State. Members are requested not to wear
their badges-in their trousers’ »pockets, but

, | to pin them on conspicuously so that broth-

er druggists and doortenders . ‘may know
them.
‘AS soon as memibers come to town it is

| expected that they will register with’ the

Local Secretary in the exhibition building,

,| and take out cards entitling them. to pur-
: chase. bad
00

for the elves eon ladies.

 

 

| The exhibition building will is ee at|
all times to members and a public prome-

nade concert will be given there on ‘Thurs-
day afternoon. Local Secretary James Ver-
nor will be glad to hear what members are
coming, and how many ladies with each.
The printing is very tasteful and expens-
ive. It includes a circular letter, a hotel
directory, a reception programme and a gen-
eral programme of the week, consisting of
nine leaves. of cardboard. strung on a heavy
silk cord. The programme is especially
neat. Local Secretary James Vernor is to
be congratulated upon his arrangement.

————————— >_>? ——____—
Tributes to Women.

It was with a true appreciation of the
feminine mind that Sir Walter Scott wrote
in his poem, ‘‘Marmion :”

“O, women, in our hours of ease,

Uncertain, coy and hard to please,
And variable as the shade
By the light quivering aspen made,
When pain or anguish wrings the prow,
A ministering angel thou !”
Herder—Woman is the crown of crea-
ion.

Voltaire—Women teach us repose, civil-
ity and dignity.

John Quincy Adams—All thatI am my
mother made me.

Lessing—Nature meant to make woman
its masterpiece.

Lamartine—There is a woman at the be-
ginning of all great things.

Whittier—If woman lost us Eden, such
as she alone restore it.

F. S. Barrett—Woman is last at the cross
and earliest at the grave.

Beecher—No man can either live piously
or die virtuous without a wife.

N. P. Willis—The sweetest thing in life
is the unclouded welcome of a wife.

Voltaire—All the reasonings of men are
not worth one sentiment of a woman.

Beecher—Women are a new race, re-
created since the world received Christianity.

Leopold Schefer—But one thing on earth
is better than a wife—that is a mother.

Shakespeare—For where is any author in

the world who teaches such beauty as a| 3=

woman’s eyes ?

Michelet—W oman is the Sunday of man;
not his repose only, but his joy, the salt of
his life.

Louis Desnoyers—A woman may be ugly,
ill-shaped, wicked, ignorant, silly and stu-
pid, but hardly ever ridiculous.

Malherbe—There are only two beautiful
things in the world—women and roses; and
only two sweet things—women and mel-
ons.

Bulwer-Lytton—O, women! in ordinary
cases so merea mortal, how in the great
and rare events of life dost thou swell into
the angels!

Saville—Women have more strength in
their looks than we have in our laws; and
more power by their tears than we by our
arguments.

Emerson—A_ beautiful woman is a prac-
tical poet; taming her savage mate, plant-
ing tenderness, hope and eloquence in all
whom she approaches.

Anna Cora Mowatt—Misfortune sprin-
kles ashes on the heart of the men, but falls
like dew on the head of the women and
brings forth germs of strength of which

‘she herself had no conscious possession.

Oo <<
How Homes Are Wrecked.
From the Chicago News. e

A brief dispatch throws another high
light on a social evil which; while it works
untold misery, is almost entirely disregard-
ed or ignored. A prominent citizen of Kan-
sas City applies for a divorce from his wife
and the mother of his children—on the
ground of confirmed and incurable drunken
ness. The unfortunate woman admits the
justice of the action, and only pleads in ex-
tenuation that she ‘‘contracted the love for
liquor by taking it at first as a medicine.”

The physician who so prescribed it
has a heavy account to render at
some bar, either here or hereafter.
And there are numbers’ of others
equally culpable in every community. Here
in Chicago, hundreds of homes have been
desolated’through this medical crime, which
is not limited to prescribing whisky, but all
forms of stimulants and intoxicants—either
chloral, hasheesh, morphine, bromidia, etc.

The dipsomaniac is bad enough, but the
slave of the opium habit or chloral is in-
finitely worse. There is nothing too de-
grading, no trick or art which human in-
genuity can invent, no crime, even, too
monstrous, to which the devotees of these
infernal drugs will not resort to ebtain the
stimulant, narcotic or intoxicant. And in
immensely the greater proportion they have
been led to their terrible fate by the pre-
scription of the family doctor.

A writer in the September number of the
Popular Science Monthly, describing how
the opium habit is acquired, suggests cer-
tain means of preventing the spread of that
form of this social evil. We would extend
his suggestion so as to include alcoholic
liquor as well as opium, and require that
no prescription calling for any of this class
of agents should be filled more than once
by a druggist without having the physician
specifically renew the prescription. This
would undoubtedly do much to check the
spread of these enslaving and insidious
habits.

—_2. a ———_—_—
Tights Are So Comfortable!
From the New York Telegram.

‘*These are the very latest,” said a de-
mure little girl ina Fourteenth street dry
goods store yesterday.

The three weuld-be purchasers raised
their hands in astonishment. ~

“Yes, madam,” continued the girl, ‘‘they
are becoming very popular; you would be
surprised to learn what a number of nen-
professional women are wearing tights just
now.”

“But my husband is a respectable busi-
ness man. What would he say to them?”

‘T really don’t know, madam; but you'll
find silk tights the nicest thing to wear this
winter.”

The lady bought a pair ‘‘just to try,” and
one of her companions did likewise.

When the customers had taken their de-
parture, a reporter accosted the shop girl:

‘*Do any. so-called fashionable women re-
ally wear tights?” he asked, with an unbus-

'iness-like blush, which the girl reciprocated.

‘Indeed, they do. Lots of women like
them because of the novelty and because

they think itis a little bit racy to wear.

them. Others, who are going into the new,
bustle-bereft style of. clothing at full tilt,
wear tights so that they can show off their
shapes more completely than in the old

style of underwear.”
_ tYou don’t say. so!” gasped t the astound- cae

eporter..

 

“Don’t Fail | to See It.

Druggists ‘visiting Detroit this week to
‘attend the two conventions should not fail
to call at the Hotel Cadillac and inspect the
immense line of holiday and: fancy goods
there displayed by Charles E. Watson,
Michigan traveling representative for S. A.
Maxwell & Co., of Chicago. ; The display
oecupies two rooms, and: is the largest in
quantity andthe finest in’ quality ever
shown by any house in the West. Mr.
Watson has taken especial paius with this
year’s exhibit and any one. who misses
seeing his display will deprive themselves
of a pleasure they will always have occa-

sion to regret.
—_—__—~ -2-<

The Drug Market.

Gum opium is a trifle lower. Quinine is
lower for foreign brands. Balsam copaiba
is very firm and tending higher. Borax and
camphor gum are both firm. Gum shellac
are advancing. Linseed oilis very firm and
will be higher. Castor oil has declined 14

cent per pound.
>_——

Nearly 2,000 tons of watermelons have
been plucked this year in that portion of
southeast Missouri of which Charleston is
the principal shipping point.

Acne White Lead & Color Works,

DETROIT,

Manufacturers of the Ce ebrated
ACME PREPARED PAINTS,

Which for Durability, Elasticity, Beauty
and Economy are Absolutely Unsurpassed.

se. J. WORZBURG,

WHOLESALE AGENT,
Grand Rapids, -

 

TRADE SUPPLIED BY THE

Harling { Perkins Drag Co.

GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH.

And the Wholesale Druggists of Detroit
and Chieago.

HEAD! READ! READ!

PIONEER PREPARED PAINTS

ith ONLY Paint sold on a GUARANTEE.

n two or more coats of our PIONEER
PREPARED PAINT is applied as received in
original packages, and if in three years it
should crack or peel off, thus failing to give
satisfaction, we agree to re-paint the building
at our expense, with the best White Lead or
such other paint as the owner may select. In
case of complaint, prompt notice must be giv-
en to the dealer.

Write for sampie Cards and Prices.
have Supplied our Trade with this

Brand for more than eight years and it
is all the manufacturers claim for it.
We sell iton a GUARANTEE.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.

GENRRAL AGENTS,
GRAND RAPIDS, MIOH.

USE - NS
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Peckham’s ‘onlay » Remedy is prepares pd
pecially for childesd and is a safe and certaih
cure for Croups, Whooping Cough, Colds and
all bronchial and pulmonary complaints of
childhood. For attractive a ene matter
address the proprietor, Dr. H. C. PECK HAM,
Freeport, Mich. Trade supplied . whole-
sale druggists of. Grand Rapids, Detroit and
Chicago.

Should send $1to _
BR ona reone: = Bro.
for ox oof th t eirl Ta ppoved

LIQUOR h pOlsoN RECORDS

 

 

 

)RXELY NE

DRUG

Park

Importers and Jobbers of

-DRUGS-

Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries.

Dealers in

Patent Medisines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes.

We are Sole Proprietors of

WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN

CATARRH REMEDY.

We have in stock and offer a full line of

Wrhiskies, Brandies,
Gins, Wines, Rums.

Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W.D. & Co.,
Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash
Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite
Rye Whisky.

We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar-

antee Satisfaction.

All orders are Shipped and Invoiced

the same day we re-

ceive them. Send in a trial order.

flaxelting & Perkins Drug Go,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

RECOMMENDED BY EMINENT PHYSICIANS:

MALT - HOPS

ro

%8 Congress St., West,
Detroit, Mich., April 9, 1888,
Specialty Dept. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

GENTLEMEN—I duly received the case of
your ‘‘Best’’ Tonic and have since had a great
many in this institution. I must say that the
beneficial effects on weak and debilitated

atients have been most satisfactory, espec-
lally to those in a stage of recovery after se-
vere sickness.

I write this thinking you might like to have
my opinion on its merits. I certainly shall
prescribe it in future, where the system re-
quires building up. either from constitutional
weakness or otherwise.

Yoars truly,
WM. GRAY, M. D.
Medical Sup’t.

Midville, Geo., Feb. 24, 1888.
Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

GENTLEMEN—I think the ‘Tonic’ a splendid
medicine for all forms of Dyspepsia and Indi-
gestion. Itis giving me great satisfactiou.

Very respectfully,
J. M. JOHNSON, M. D.

Yardley, Pa., March 18, 1888.
Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

DEAR Sr1rs—I have given your ‘Malt Tonic”
& trial in several cases of Enfeebled Digestion
and General Debility, especially in the aged,
where the whole system seems completely
prastrated, with very satisfactory results. I

ave used many of the so-called “Malt Ex-
tracts,”” but believe your preparation ‘to be
superior. In the aged where the digestive
functions are exhausted, and there is a loss of
the nerve vital force, I found its action to be
rapid and permanent.

ELIAS WILDMAN, M. D.

Work-House Hospital,
Blackwell’s Island, Feb. 10, 1888.
Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

GENTLEMEN— AS a matter of personal inter-
est, Ihave used your “Best” Tonic in several
cases of impaired nutritition. The results in-
dicate that it is an agreeable and doubtless,
highly efficacious remedy. 1 am

ies Very we yours,
( W. FLEMING, M. D.

 

rOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Troy, New York, January 28, 1838.
Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co,,

DEAR Strs—Your agent left mea sample of
your liquid extract, Malt, and as I use much
such in my practice, I thought to compare
ele! product with some from another house

had on hand; and finding yours superior in
the great essential, the palitable nutriant as
well as in tonic stimulant properties, felt anx-
ious to know about what it can be furnished
the dispensing physician.

Yours om
JAY FIsE, M.D.

East Genessee Street,
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1888.
Specialty Depart. Ph. Best Brewing Co.,

GENTLEMEN—I have used the ‘Best’ Tonic
with most gyatitying resultsin my case of
dyspepsia. My case was a bad one, 1 had no
ape: headache in the morning; sour stom-
looking as though I had consumption,
and after taking this tonic I. never felt better
in my life. I think it will cure a bad case of
dyspepsia. You may recommend it for that

case. Wma. O. JAEGER.

822 South Fifth Street,
Philadelphia, Feb. 4, 1888,
Ph. Best Brewing Co., 28 College Place, N. ¥.,

GENTLEMEN—I have tested the sample of
“Concentrated Liquid Extract of Malt and
Hops” you sent me, and find in my humble
judgment that itis a very pure and safe arti-
cle. I will not hesitate to recommend it in
every case of debility where a Tonic of that
kind is indicated.

Reser ty
E. H. BE, M. D.

New Orleans, La., April 6, 1888.
Specialty Depart. Ph. Brewing Co.,

GENTLEMEN—Having tried your ‘Best’
Tonic to a great extent amon get my practice,
I will state in its behalf that I have had the
best results with nursing mothers who were
deficient in milk, increasing its fluids and se-
creting a more nourishing food for the infant,
also increasing the appetite and in every way
satisfactory for such cases.

Very respectfully,
D. BORNIO, M D.

For Sale By

au OT IE & Pas he bh

| _ Grand Rapids,

 

‘Mich.

 

 

t deal of internal improve-

. Our streets, covered with sand and

st, haye been improved by putting

a good many miles of cedar block

. so we are getting as good a sys-
tem of streets as anywhere. We have add-
| two lines of railroad to our city in the

_- qast two years. We have a slim attendance
-at our regular meetings. They are willing
that a certain few should do all the work,
‘and I feel certain that is the trouble with
our. Business Men’s Associations all over

Lowell (N. B. Blain)—The Lowell Busi-

ness Men’s Association reports that it is

“gro . ‘We arenot meeting with somuch
opposition as formerly, but whether to as-
“ ‘eribe that to a better knowledge of our ob-
jects orto our apathy we are unable to
- @etermine. We have held eleven mectings
in the last year, are having good results
from the use of the Blue Letter, have placed

no names on the delinquent list, but have
about twenty candidates for the next meet-
ing of the Executive Board. We have had

two picnics, one on our own hook, assisted
by the Grand Ledge Ladies’ Band, and one

' jointly with the Saranac B. M. A. on July
4—both successful. We have raised $2,500

- for the improvement of wagon roads in the.

past year.

Fremont (W. J. Hopper)—As our Secre-
tary failed to provide me with a report, I
shall be able only to give a brief verbal one,
’ as I cannot recall facts and figures which I
should like presented. Our Association is
one year old the present month and present
week. .We have thirty-four members.
We have succeeded in suppressing ill
feeling on the part of our farming com-
munity, an account of which was given in
the columns of THE TRADESMAN some
time since. We have organized a stock
‘eompany with a subscribed capital of $500
to put in a fruit evaporating establishment,
work on which has already commenced.
We have had excellent success with the
collection system. We hope to see the idea
of a Business Men’s Mutual Fire Insurance
Co. bear fruit, as we believe it tobe of great

importance. Wealso hope the peddler will |

receive his fvll share of attention.

Saranac (H. T. Johnson)—The Saranac
Protective Association was organized two
years ago by our Secretary, Mr. Stowe, and
held that name until last November, when it
was changed to the Saranac Business Men’s
Association and received charter No. 34
from the State body. We have a member-
ship of twenty. We secured two wool
buyers for our market during the last season
and in that way secured double the amount
of wool that has been marketed in Saranac
for years. We have secured a new wheat
buyer also for thecoming season. We held
a picnie with the Lowell Association on
July 4, all the places of business in both
towns closing during the day—the first
time such a thing ever happened in Sara-
nac. Least, but not last, we make peddlers
pay a license to peddle in our section, al-
though it was a hard battle. We have
driven one man tothe point of paying a
fine or his license, he taking out a license
for one month and I will say right here
that that gentleman will continue to pay
a license or will get in trouble, for we are
after them all. We find also a lack in some
offour members of usiag the collection sys-
tem.

. Duties of Local Officers.

The following paper was read at the Ghe-

boygan convention by Stanley E. Parkill, of

Owosso:

The duties of officers of local associations
are so well known, if we may judge by the
results that have been accomplished, that it
seems very much like carrying coals to New-
castle to descant on the subject here.

The great object of these associations is
to attain the greatest degree of usefulness
and to accomplish the greatest amount of
good for the city or town in which the
members live. The first and most import-
ant thing to secure this end is harmonious
work. Both officers and committee men
must work together, dropping matters of
. personal likes and dislikes and selfish inter-

ests and pulling together for the accom-
plishment of the work on hand. ,
The work and success of an association
depend very largely on its presiding officer,
~ ang/for that reason I maintain that the man
whio fills that office should be chosen solely
because of his fitness for its duties. The
place should not be a reward for goodfellow-
ship or for some special service rendered to
the association unless at the same time the
person has the qualifications necessary to
make a good presiding officer. Good meet-
ings are absolutely essential to a vigorous
existence, and good meetings are impossi-
ble unless the association is well officered.
My own experience is too brief to allow
of my laying down any set of rules for the

guidance of a presiding officer, and what I

have to say is said in the hope that it will
_ bring out discussions from more experi-
= persons that will be of value to us

In the first place, do the business of your
meetings in a business-like way. While
you are at your business make a business of
it and be as parliamentary about it as possi-
ble without appearing pedantic. Create all
the interest in meetings possible; nothing
wil} do this better than general discussions.
Most men enjoy meetings best. when they
take part in them; asa rule, however, afew
members in an association will do most of
the talking. To make the discussions more
general, call on some of the silent ones for
expressions of opinion. The more men you
get into a discussion, the more members

+ there are present who have enjoyed the
meeting and will feel inclined to come next
time. Keep your committees at work by
calling for reports of their work at every
 4meeting. Stir up interest by announcing
‘subjects for discussion beforehand. Ap-
_ point members to make reports on special
subje ‘Rush on, keep moving,” or,
rather, ‘Keep things moving,” is a good
o for the president of a business men’s

But all, perhaps the antithesis of
this question isa more profitable one for
@iscussion, viz., the duties: of members of
“Jocal associations. 1t makes no difference

may have all the genius of a
ig loquence of a

- may be, |
for or-| .

|QUEEN ANNE, MOTTLED GERMAN,

 

 

_ | stand faithfully by yourorganization—other | , UU Du VU ally
| societies, ignorant of your work, jealous of A oe oS a

| your suecess or through antagonism to the
|eash or good

| S$OLB MANUFACTURERS OF

ABSOLUTE SPICES,
Absolute Baking Powder,

credit system may strive to
raise a sentiment against you. A few mer-
‘chants, in the hope of present gain, may
misrepresent and slander you, your motives
and your actions, but, since your organiza-
tion contemplates nothing that is not busi-
ness-like, honest-and for the good of the
whole community, if you hang together and
ealmly pursue the even tenor of your way,
they can do you no harm.

This is the ideal association—-where ev-
ery officer knows his duties and attends to
them and where every member earnestly
supports the organization, both by attend-
ance at meetings and support of its meas-
ures—and wherever such an association is
found in all probability you will soon hear
that that city has a boom.

 

 

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BOX FASTENER

.JOBBERS OF

Teas, Coffees 2 Grocers’ Sundries,
46 Ottawa 8t, GRAND RAPIDS,

Richmond & Seymour,
MGS. OF ALL KINDS
Packing Boxes,
Shipping Cases,
ge Crates, etc.
4 and 6 Erie &t.,
GRAND EAPIDS

SHELF BOXES.
‘SuamMvaqa onud

 

 

“CELEBRATED”

Flavoring Extracts.

1872: Sixteen Years on the Market. 1888

SOLD BY ALL JOBBERS.

MANUFACTURED ONLY BY

JENNINGS & SMITH,

38 and 40 Louis St,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

WHEN ORDERING Ask For JENNINGS’ EXTRACTS’

 

 

Srpeue Paccne & Provision Co,

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

 

Fresh and Salt Beef,
' Fresh and Salt Pork,
Pork Loins, Dry Salt Pork,
Hams, Shoulders,
Bacon, Boneless Ham,
Sausage of all Kinds,
Dried Beef for Slicing.

Strictly Pure and Warranted, in tierces, ‘barrels, one-half
— 50 pound cans, 20 pound cans, 3, 5 and ro pound
pails.

LARD,

Pickled Pigs’ Feet, Tripe, Etc.

Our prices for first-class goods are very low and alf goods are warranted first-class
in every instance.

When in Grand Rapids give us a call and look over our establishment.

Write us for prices

Grand Rapids, Mich.

S. A. HOWES.

 

GEO. E. HOWES. Cc. N. RAPP.

GEO. E. HOWES & CO,,

JOBBERS IN

Apples, Potatoes 2 Onions.
SPHEOCIALATIES:
. Oranges, Lemons, Bananas.

Crown Prince

THE FAVORITE BRAND

With Grocers.

Orders from Retail Trade Solicited.

Newaygo Roller Mills

NEWAYGO, MICH.

W. C. DENISON, —

GENERAL DEALER IN

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*

Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers,

3%

Vertical, Horizontal, Hoisting and Marine Engines. Steam Pumps, Blowers and Ex
baust Fans. SAW MILLS, any Size or Capacity Wanted.
Estimates Given on Complete Outfits.

88,90 and 92 SOUTH DIVISION ST., - GRAND RAPIDS,:; MICH

 

3 Ionia St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICE.

f

~DSTEKETEE & SONS,

JOBBERS iN

DRY GOODS,

AND NOTIONS,
S83 Monroe St..
AND 10, 12, 14, 16 AND 18 FOUNTAIN STREET,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

‘

Peerless Carpet Warps and Geese Feathers
American and Stark A Bags

{A Specialty.

 

DETROIT SOAP CO,

DETRO rT. : MIOEx..
Manufacturers of the following well-known brands of

MICHIGAN, -KOYAL BAR,
_ MASCOTTE,

TRUE BLUE, SUPERIOR, _
MONDAY, | PHOENIX,

 

es NDAY, e

WABASH, —=—«s« CAMEO, |

DO YOU WANT A
eo eerie
Bran i

g '

If so, send for Catalogue and Price-List to

HHYMAN & CO., 63 and 65 Canal St.,

Grand Rapids.

TheStuaudard of Excellence

KINGSFORD'S

 

Kingsford’s Oswego CORN STARCH for Puddings,
_. Custards, Blanc-Mange,etc.
. “THE PERFEC

 

| By splendid

134 to 140 Fulton Street,
Grand Rapids,
HEADQUARTERS

ON

Fruit Jars

JELLIES,
STONE Preserve JARS
and J UGS.

Patented Jan. 5, 't5.
powace June,’ 72 |
at, April 25, 82. !

Per Doz.
1-2 gal. StonePreserve Jars $ 90
1 “ce ' 6e « 6 l 40
12 “ « Tomato Jugs,
with Corks - -
1 gal. Stone Tomato Jugs,
with Corks, - -

Fine Preserve Jars, see cut.

1-4 gal. Fine Preserve Jars
and Covers, - -
1-2 gal. Fine Preserve Jars
and Covers, - -
1 gal. Fine Preserve Jars with
Covers, - - -.
1 1-2 gal. Fine Preserve Jars
| with Covers - -
Ba 2 gal. Fine Preserve Jars,
with Covers, «- -

110
140
175

2 40

3 50

FINE cane JAR AND COVER.
Owing to the Rail Road Co.’s not receiving stone-
ware unless it is packed up, we are obliged to make
an extra charge of 1c per gallon for package, which
however is not all loss, as it now goes as Fourth
Class Freight, instead of First Class, as before.

 

|H. LEONARD & SONS

WHO URGES YOU

SA POLIO?

THH PUBLIC!

and expensive advertising the manufacturers cre
ate a demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods in
stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. Without effort
on the grocer’s part the goods sell themselves, bring purchas-
ers to the store, and help sell less known goods.

ANY JOBBER WILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS.

WwW EBHR
Grand, Square and Upright Pianos.

The Weber Piano is recognized beyond
controversy as the Standard for excellence
in every particular. It is renowned for its
sympathetic, pure and rich tone combined
with greatest power. The most eminent
artists and musicians, as well as the musi-
cal pnblic and the press, unite in the ver-
dict that

The Weber Stands Unrivaled.

Sheet music and musical merchandise.
Everything in the musical line.

 

Fischer Pianos,
Smith Pianos, A. B. Chase
Estey Organs, Hillstr6m

JULIUS A. J. FRIEDRICH,

(Successor to Friedrich Bros.)

30 and 32 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO.,

MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

BOOTS
BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO.

Weber Pianos,
reans,
rgans,

 

 

- ‘it4.and 16 Pea

Street, - Grand Rapids, Mic

AND SHOES.

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