The Michigan Tradesman. * VOL. 6. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1888. NO. 273. Our complete line of ; ? . Sata? Stationers’ and Druggists FANCY GOODS * Holiday Novelties are ready for inspection. Every dealer, when visiting Grand Rap- ids, should be sure and look through eur lines. "Raton, Lyon & bo. 20 and 22 Monroe St. BOOK-KEEPING WIPED OUT] Sh Pass Books! No Charging! No Posting! No Writing! No Disputing of Accovnts! No Ghange to Make! TRADESMAN * Gredit COUPON Book! THE NEWEST AND BEST SYSTEM ON THE MARKET. We quote prices as follows: $ 2 Coupons, per hundred..........----+++: $2.50 25h a 3.00 oe OU ee eee wietos 4.00 =o OO ee eee 5.00 Subject to the following discounts: Orders for _ Or OVEr.......--..-_.- = per cent. - os ee cee - “400 we 8 Send in sample order and put your business on a cash basis. RK. A. STOWE & BRO., Grand Rapids. VER STARS No Equal in the State. Wherever Introduced itis a Stayer’ TO THE TRADE: i I guarantee “SILVERSTARS” to bea long, straight filler, with Sumatra wrapper, made by union labor, and to give complete satis- faction. A. S. DAVIS, Sole Manufacturer, 70 Ganal St., GRAND RAPIDS, WALKS - GOODYEAR and Connecticut Rubbers. THE PARAGON Misses’ and Children’s, Heels and Spring Heels. G. RR. Mayhew, 86 Monroe 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 guaranteed 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. CASH SALE CHECKS. Encourage your trade to pay cash instead of running book accounts by using Cash Sale €nrecks. For saleat50 cents per 100 by E. A. STOWE & BRO., Grand Rapids. in Ladies’, BUY Muscatine ROLLED OATS IF _ YOU WANT THE BEST! DANIEL LYNGH Successor to FRED D. YALE & CO.,. Manufacturer of Flavoring Extracts, Baking Powder, Bluing, Etc., And Jobber of Gr0cer’s and Draggists’ Sundries. Fine Line of Perfumes for the Holiday Trade. Call and inspect our new establishment when in the eity. 19 S. IONIA ST. CHICAGO yOu LAME V WN ISH And all dealers are invited to send sam- ples and write for prices that can be ob- tained in this market. We do a COMMISSION BUSINESS and our aim is to obtain the highest mar- ket price for all goods sent us. Not only BEANS but also ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE. We can sell as well as anyone. We invite correspondence. BARNETT BROS., 159 So. Water St., CHICAGO. REMOVE: The Telfer Spice Co. HAS REMOVED FROM 46 Ottawa Street, ry More Room! Better Facilities! The Inspection of the Trade is Solicited. Our old store, three floors and base- ment, with gas engine and elevator, for rent on favorable terms. REMOVED. THE GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX FAGTORY, W. W. HUELSTER, Proprietor, Formerly located at 11 Pearl St., has been removed to 81 & 88 Campau St. Cor. Louis, where I shall have more room and far better facilities for the manufac- ture of Paper Boxes. All work guaranteed first class and at the lowest rates. Write or call for esti- mates. Telephone 850. SAFES! Anyone in want of a first-class Fire or Burglar Proof Safe of the Cincinnati Safe and Lock Co. manufacture will find it to his advantage to write or call on us. We have light expenses, and are able to sell low- er than any other house representing first- = work. Second-hand safes always on and. Cc. M. GOODRICH & Co., With Satety Deposit Co., Basement oi Wid- dicomb BIk. *. KDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker = Jeweler, 44 CANAL SY., Grand Rapids, - Mich. ACTUAL BUSINESS PRACTICE 2 the Grand Rapids Business College. Ed- ucates pupils to transact and record business as it is done by our best business houses. It pays to goto the best. Shorthand and Typewriting also thoroughly taught. Send for circular. Ad = A. S. PARISH, successor to C. G. Swens- berg. TWO GREAT LEADERS The above head-line does not refer to the great leaders in the political parties, but to two of the GREATEST SELLING Cigars on the market to- day—namely: Warren's Spoekled Havanas AND THIQR RUNNING MATES Warren's Silver Spots. The “‘Speckled Havanas’” for a Ten Cent Cigar and the ‘Silver Spots’? for a Five Cent Cigar stand without rivals wherever introduced. Ev- ery dealer in Fine Cigars should secure these two brands, as they are TRADE WINNERS. Full —— in regard to prices, terms, etc., can be had by addressing GKO.T. WARREN & GO, Mfrs. High Grade Cigars, T, : MICHIGAN. WH BB fk SS Full line. Cash prices this month. GRAHAM ROYS, - Grand Rapids Mich. KDWIN FALLAS, Proprietor of Valley Gity Cold Storage. Packer and Jobber of the Popular Solid Brand AND Daisy Brand OF OYSTERS. Butter, Eggs, Sweet Potatoes, Cranberries, Etc. Sole Proprietor of Mrs, Withey's Home Made Mince Meat Made of the best material. The finest goods in the market. Price, 7 cents per lb. in 25 Ib. Pails. Salesroom, No. 9 N. lonia Street, GRAND RAPIDS. Lean's Business Gollege AND SHORTHAND INSTITUTE. Established SEVEN YEARS. Young men and young women taught Book- keeping, Penmanship, Shorthand, Typewriting, Telegraphy, Commercial Law, Business Corres- pondence, Practical Arithmetic and other stud- ies, by nine professional teachers of established reputation. Send for College Journal. Address LEAN’S BUSINESS COLLEGE, Shepard-Hartman Building, Fountain Street, Grand Rapids, Mich, — WELTON’S — 2 Business College. Room 8 Shepard-Hartman Blk., Offers the most reasonable terms, the most com- fortable rooms, the best disciplined school, and the most extensive course of study in commer- cial branches. .d. W. WELTON. Prop, for 10 years Principal of Swensberg’s Business College. PLACE to secure a thorough and useful educationis at the GRAND RAPIDS (Mich.) Busi- NESS COLLEGE. write for Col- lege Journal. Address, C. G. SWENSBERG. Her Appeal to the Legislators. When Judge Roberts entered Katherine Wright’s little parlor, he found her con- templating three bonnets laid on the ta- ble in front of her. They were of vel- vetand trimmed with feathers, but one was blue, one violet and the third a dark poppy red. The sunlight shone in; it was quite early in the morning and Kath- erine looked pretty and gentle. The Judge liked to stop in for odd moments. Hehad known Katherine ever since she was a little girl, and he felt she needed some supervision. ‘Why, you have gone into a new bus- iness,”? he said. ‘‘Did you make all these bonnets ?”’ “Not one of them. I had them sent from Madame Fontaine’s, and I am try- ing to decide which one I shall take.”’ “The blue one is pretty,’’ he said. “Yes,’”? And she took it up and turned it around. ‘Men always like blue; I suppose I ought to think of that.’’ At this remark the Judge smiled. “T did not suppose women ever did forget that point.’’ “You don’t suppose women dress for men’s eyes? If we did we would care more for beauty and less for fashion. We dress for each other, sir.”’ Then she took up the red bonnet and looked at it. “This is lovely,’’ she said; ‘‘just look at the shadows in it.” “Take it, then. Isy’t it becoming ?”’ ‘Now,’ she brightly answered, ‘‘you have hit the very point. Itis becoming. I have tried them all on and I know I look best in this one.’’ ‘Take it,’’? he repeated. “But my hair ?”’ “What is the matter with your hair?” ‘Tt Is red, also.” “But not the same shade.”’ “No, it isn’t, and this shade subdues, kills it alittle, but you know there isn’t a woman in the city who wouldn’t say I look horrid init. Girls who have red hair wear blue or purple, you know.”’ ‘Well, you are an absurd creature!’ said the Judge. ‘‘Do you know why I came here? It was to give you a point for your speech. JI expected to find you buried in notes, in ink, in ideas, and be- hold you are worrying over bonnets! Is your speech ready ?’’ “Oh, yes,’’ she replied, pushing up the red feathers with a lead. peneil, ‘‘or it will be. I know pretty much what I shall say. Don’t you want to give me a judicial opinion concerning these col- ors 2”? and she jumped up and went to the glass carrying the bonnets. She put on the blue one and turned to him. ‘That iS wery miee,, he said. "4 think it will do first-rate.”’ Then she put on the purple one. “That makes your hair look red, I con- fess,”? was his comment, ‘‘still it is pretty.”’ She tossed it aside. “Oh, [I shall not take dat!’ she ex- claimed, and she smoothed back her hair, pulled out the little curls on her temples, and with care and deliberation tried on the red bonnet. She was quite right in thinking it was becoming, and her radiant satisfaction did not diminish the effect. The Judge nodded. ‘Fake it,7 he said: “prepare to con- quer all womankind.”’ “Oh, but this time I have the legis- lators to consider! There isnot a woman ou that committee who has said a word to me about my speech, but each one in turn has told me to dress well. Dol usually dress so badly ?’’ ‘You always look very well,” he re- plied. ‘I do not suppose any one would expect you to look like a woman of fash- 100277 “Still,’? she said, glaneing mischiev- ously at him, ‘‘that is my present ambi- tion. LIintend to make aneffort. The only trouble is, I never thought of it be- fore Tuesday, and so I’ve had to hurry.”’ “T hope,’’? he replied, ‘‘that you have also thought of your speech? Of course I suppose you want women appointed on a board of streetinspectors or you would not have consented to talk to our eminent legislators on the subject ?”’ ‘‘Certainly Ido. Oh, when I begin to speak I shall be intensely interested. It will seem the most important thing in the world tome. But as I am to meet them at Mrs. Elliot’s house, I must look all right.’’ ‘““Nonsense!’? he exclaimed. ‘*‘What possible difference can your clothes make if only they are neat and appropriate ? Did you know that in 1847 a bill very similar to the one you are interested in was before the Legislature ?”’ ‘*T wish it had passed,’’ she said. ‘**Do you know I would dearly love a reform in operation? Was there ever one ?’’ He smiled very slightly. ““Well,’’ he said, looking a little an- noyed, ‘‘you know I never approved of any of this. Mrs. Elliot shows little wisdom in inviting those men to her house to be talked to, and I don’t think you need have consented to talk to them. I said nothing because it was none of my business, and I also thought you were deeply interested in the ques- tion. Now I find you are interested in bonnets.”’ “Yes,’? she answered, ‘‘I have a fever for bonnets! And it has come late in life. Consider, lam -twenty-four years old and I have never had a complete ‘costume I have been a creature of shreds and tatters, and I have worn last year’s coat with next year’s hat. NowlI am to have a ‘toilette.’ A velvet dress, sir, and—a train and gloves with ten but- tons !’ ‘‘And for what? ‘To meet a lot of lubberly men! What will they care for your ten buttons ?”’ Katherine laughed. “The men are the excuse. Why, a wedding would do as well. But perhaps my attack of vanity will be as short as it is violent.’’ “T hope so,’’ he said, standing up and holding out his hand. ‘I thought you were superior to all this.”’ ‘TI am not,’”’ she replied, gravely. ‘‘I am a victim toit.’’ ‘“‘You have my best wishes for looking well. May I also hope for the success of your appeal ?’’ Katherine now looked at him with real gravity. She feafed her frivolity had carried her too far, but he turned and walked out of the room. He looked perplexed as he hurried to his office. He did not like this. He had considered Miss Wright a very sensible girl and he had not objected to her liking for politics, nor had he cared because she made speeches at ladies’ meetings and semi-jubilee affairs. He would not have liked all this in his wife or sister, but Katherine was neither. He was nearly forty; he was a bachelor, distinguished and not poor, but he was not a marrying man. Suddenly he stood still. ‘‘*A fever for bonnets ’’? he repeated. ‘‘A fever for bonnets! The next thing she will be getting married! And ‘her hair! What a fool I was! Of course that is it.’’ Then he laughed. And then he won- dered who it was. It couldn’t be one of the legislators ! That evening he wrote her a letter: My Dear Miss Wricut—I saw the very bon- net for you this afternoon. It was gray and it was tied down, and might be described as fuzzy or woolly. I think it very superior in style and color to the ones you were worrying over. A very pretty girl had it on. Of course, I couldn't ask where she bought it. Very truly, GEORGE L. RoBERTs. When Katherine read this note she was confounded. Her ‘‘fever’’? was of such very late date that she had had short time for preparation. Even now she had to go to her dress-maker’s, she had to buy lace and natural flowers. The re- ception was at 3 o’clock; it was now after 9, and from half-past 9 to half- past 10 she hada music lesson to give, and it was pouring rain. She had more than a half mind to wear her old cashmere. A gray beaver! That was what the Judge meant, and he was right. _<. Put It in a Safe Place. Business man to new confidential clerk —Here, Waggley, is the safe’s combina- tion—be very careful that you don’t lose it. ‘eS, Sir’? Business man, next morning—What, haven’t you opened the safe yet? ‘No, sir; I couldn’t.’’ “You haven’t lost that slip, I hope?’’ “No, sir; but I put it inside the safe last night.’’ BUSINESS LAW. Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts of Last Resort. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS—BANK POSITS. The statute of limitations does not be- gin to run as regards funds deposited in a bank untilademand is made for the same, according to the decision of the Supreme Court of Arizona. DE- CONTRACT—BREACH—STRIKE NO EXCUSE. A strike in a manufacturing concern is not a legal excuse for the non-fulfillment of a contract by the proprietors thereof, according to the decision of the General Term of the New York Supreme Court in the case of Nightingale Silk Works vs. Eisemann et al. NATIONAL BANK—ATTACHMENT. Under the federal statutes the state courts cannot issue an attachment before final judgment against National banking associations or their property, and any attachment so issued is illegal and void. So held by the Supreme Court of Minne- sota in the case of First National Bank of Karson, Minn., vs. La Du. RAILROAD—PASSENGER STATION. Within the meaning of a statute for- bidding the ejecting of a person from the ear for non-payment of fare except ata passenger station, a passenger station must at least be a stopping place where passenger tickets are ordinarily sold, according to the decision of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire in the case of Baldwin vs. Grand Trunk Railway. INTEREST—CONSIDERATION—ORAL ISE. The Iowa code provides that the rate of interest shall be 6 per cent. unless the parties agree in writing to pay a different rate. The Supreme Court of Iowa held that under this provision an oral promise to pay 10 per cent. constituted a sufficient consideration to support a subsequent security for the debt which included 10 per cent. interest up to the time of its execution. PROM- NATIONAL BANK—INTEREST—USURY. The Supreme Court of Nebraska held, in the case of the Schuyler National Bank vs. Bolling, that state courts of record have jurisdiction of actions against National banks to reeOver back usurious interest paid; that where such interest is taken from the face of the note by a National bank it can recover only the face of the note less the usurious interest, and that where usurious interest has been paid in advance the borrower can recover double the amount of the interest he paid, RAILROAD COMP’ Y—BAGGAGE—AGENCY. Where a railroad company’s trains by an arrangement with another company regularly enter and depart from the de- pot of the latter, and the former intrusts to the latter the business of handling and checking the baggage of the passengers and furnishes its own checks therefor, the latter company must be deemed the agent of the first-named company in respect to such business, according to the decision of the Supreme Court of Minne- sotain the case of Ahlbeck vs. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway. INSURANCE — STIPULATION — OTHER SURANCE. a An important case involving a point of insurance law was decided lately by the United States Circuit Court at Little Rock, Ark. It was a suit brought by the Union Compress Company of Little Rock against the London, Liverpool & Globe and twenty-seven other insurance com- panies, to recover insurance on cotton destroyed by the burning of the cotton compress building in November, 1887. It appears that poficies had been taken out by the Compress Company to protect the interests of the railroads which had issued bills of lading for the shipment of the cotton as well as to insure itself against loss. The policies contained a clause making them void in case marine insur- ance was taken out on the cotton, not by the compress company but by the con- signees, and the insurance companies in consequence refused to pay the policies, holding that they were void. The com- press company got a verdict jor the full amount claimed. a When a merchant has a regular set of customers who trade with him altogether, and to whom he gives credit, he is apt to think that his trade is sure with most any kind of astore, so long as his eus- tomers stick by him, and are compelled to do so on account of the credit extend- ed to them. Butif he settles himself to think that way, and lets his store run itself in a great measure, he will find sooner or later that he has made a great mistake. For his old customers will soon see the difference between his store and one thatis better attended to, and wilt make a change whenever they can do so without personal inconvenience or loss. Then, with old friends dropping out and no new ones coming into make their places good, the store-keeper will find himself practically bereft of power and patronage at the same time. Te Having bought goods right, and put them into a store, the next thing in order is to show them up properly. The in- terior arrangements of a store and the attractive dressing of windows, goes a great way toward securing and keeping customers. The eye is a great educator of the mind, and presents the most di- rect channel of communication with the heart and the pockets. 1 —_—___~<»>-+9—<>— Old Lady (in shoe store) felt slippers ? Small Boy Clerk (solemnly) — Yes, ma’am, many a time. ‘ Have you 97 The — Tradesman Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Retail Trade of the Wolverine State. EK. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. Subscription Price, One Dollar per year. Advertising Rates made known on application. Ei:tered at the Grand Rapids Post Office. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDN ESDAY, DFCEMBER 12, 1888. STATUS OF THE PEDDLER. ic isa little significant that the first act of the newly-organized East Jordan B. M. A. is the arrest and prosecution of a wringer peddler. Fortified the masterly opinion of Judge Cooley on the Coldwater peddling case, which was ac- quiesced in by all the other members of the Supreme Court, it is difficult to see wherein it is possible to secure convic- tions in any court, in case the ordinance under which the prosecution is brought is regular. Referring to the attempt of the busi- ness men of East Jordan to curtail this evil, the Enterprise very appropriately remarks: The question of the peddler is at the present moment of particular interest to this community, and if people were only aware of the tricks of that fraternity, the peddler would soon be starved out, in- stead of enriched. First of all, the ped- dler has no locus standi—no position— and no particular field of labor in which he hasa reputation at stake. He can swindle a district to his heart’s content, and then seek fresh fields for further depredations. He has no fear of the ven- geance of his victims, for they cannot find him, and he won’t find them. With a pack full of gaudy trash, fitted to catch the eye of the unsuspecting victim of his designs, his oily tongue will foist off brass for gold, shoddy for wool, cotton for linen, mohair for silk, sham for real, all the way through, and at prices far above the genuine articles. The peddler has no opposition in his vicinity. There isno other pack or store on the same street, where the buyer can step in and ‘find another man’s quotations for the same article. He has no occasion to cut prices, for there is no one to cut against. by He has it all his own way, and when he has gone and the neighbors step m and criticize the things he has left behind him, their remarks are not always conducive to the peace of mind of the buyer. The peddler pays no rent, no taxes, and owns not a cent’s worth of property in the town. He has no interest in any improvement, nor would he care a fig if the whole place burned up ina night. When a poor man’s horse dies, or the man himself meets with asad accident, or a family is found to be without food, does the ped- dier put his name down on the subscrip- tion list ? Does he ‘‘pony up’? for Fourth of om 'y celebrations and other fetes? Neve 3ut the resident merchant is a every time. He the man’ who supports freely all these things, with the contents of his pocket-book, and his en- ergy, and his influence. It is he who im- proves your town, makes business for the place, and causes the money to fly about where you can eatch some of it— is and he is the man to receive your sup- port in return. All he makes is made honestly, and is spent again in the town. If a merchant makes enough to build him a residence or a store, that money is circulated again among the workers in wages and dealers, and when the build- ing is up, he pays his it, and thus every one Look at the bridge graded streets, the share of taxes on receives benefit. 1, the town hall, the sidewalks and the waterworks—who pays for all these? Why, the heavily taxed store-keeper, not the peddler. Is it wise to pay a ‘‘Wan- dering Jew” $7 for a wringer, when for $5 your own merchants can sell youa better one? The Chcenee Heim are bringing their children up to believe in the teach- ings of Spies and They might better bring them up to appreciate the value of American hemp as a sérver of law and order. arsons. pre- Dakota, if she is smart, will keep her blizzards locked up in the icehouse until after she gains her coveted the Union. her out. admission to Otherwise they will freeze A “Sensation” that was not Bootless. A characterless sheet styled the Weekly World came out last Saturday witha list of ‘‘druggists’’ which the editor claimed were selling liquor contrary to the State law, asserting that had ‘taken great pains and spared no ex- pense to investigate the matter.’’ His statements are shown to bea lie by the fact that his ‘‘list,’’ so-called, contains the names of two men who have not been in the drug business for many months, while Mills & Goodman, who are charged with selling liquor contrary to law at South Union street, are dealers in druggists’ publications solely, the address given being the private residence of Mr. Goodman. These contradictions are suf- ficient to show the utter unworthiness of the statements made by the fellow. Among the druggists named in the ‘list?’ was Alderman Hayward, of the West Side drug store, who sought a per- sonal interview with the originator of the sensation. A short time afterward a red-haired editor was coming down the stairway in close proximity with the toe of Hayward’s boot, and the eperation was repeated, with variations, for aspace of several minutes, at the end of which time Carroll found himself on the opposite side of the street. ‘ he one oui seen AMONG THE TRADE. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Elmer Smith has purchased the bazaar stock of Mary Withey. Wm. West has moved his grocery stock from Lake Odessa to this city. Wm. Steady is succeeded by J. C. Well- ington in the crockery business. The Grand Rapids Portable House Co. is merging its business into a stock com- pany under the same corporate style. D. Rankin, general dealer at New Era, has added line of boots and shoes. Reeder, Palmer & Co. furnished the stock. J. R. Harrison is closing out his general stock at Sparta and will re-engage in trade in this city shortly after the first of the year. a J. H. Rippey & Son, grocers at Berla- mont, have added a line of boots and shoes. Reeder, Palmer & Co. furnished the stock. The Telfer Spice Co. has nearly com- pleted the work of moving from the old location on Ottawa street to the new quarters on Pearl street, Jas. Ward has engaged in trade at Griswold. I. M. Clark & Son furnished the groceries and A. C. McGraw & Co. the boots and shoes. general Magie Bros., of Milwaukee, here, with W. H earry a full eral mill supplies. oil and grease merchants, have opened a_ branch . Swan in charge. They grease and gen- line of oils, D. E. Copper has opened a general store at Berlin. Ball, Barnhart & Put- man furnished the groceries and F. W. Wurzburg’s Sons & Co. supplied the dry goods and notions. A. E. Landon and Freeman Brown have formed acopartnership and engaged in the hardware business at Nunica. Foster, Stevens & Co. furnished the stock, Frank R. Miles taking the order. G. S$. Goldsmith, the Manistee drug- gist, has purchased the remnants of the Tonchett Bros.’ drug stock at East Lake, and opened a branch store at that place, placing his brother in charge. The bal- ance of the stock was furnished by the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Andrew Flanagan, the Marion mer- chant who recently made an assignment, was in town last Friday and Saturday and settled with all his creditors on the basis of 50 cents on the dollar. The necessary funds were raised by Flan- agan’s father and brother, the former of whom lives near Lowell and the latter in this city. AROUND THE STATE. Rodney—T. W. Avis has opened a meat market EIk—M. (Mrs. Harvey) Yozer has sold her general stock. Alpena—Meyer & Menthey out their meat business. Clayton—M. L. Squier. stocking the Abbott store. Muir—Geo. Pringle Bros. in the grocery Ludington Roussin has openeda grocery store on James street. Scottville—Dr. E. P. Thomas has moved his drug stock into his new store. Sheridan — Frank Sinclair succeeds H. F. Messinger in general trade. Burr Oak—D. A. Snyder has sold his general stock to Wm. Shaw & Son. Alma—Lockwood & Moore succeed G. W. Pulfrey in the grocery business. Grayling—Peterson & Growloff sueceed A. Peterson in the jewelry business. Pinnebog—Alex. B. Arthur has out his agricultural implement stock. Bay City—Jas. Shannon has opened a grocery store at 1008 Twelfth street. Bad Axe—S. B. Wright has sold his grocery stock to Darjardins & Phelps. Vermontville—Luther Dean succeeds L. R. Acker in the hardware business. Ludington—C. L. Tripp is closing out his grocery stock, and will move to Utah. Frankfort—Watson & Penfield succeed F. A. Watson & Co. in the furniture bus- iness. Laingsburg—Harbard E. have sold Hudson, is of sueceeds Pringle business. sold Kellogg has moved his grocery stock into his new store. Flushing—E. S. Benham has sold _ his merchant as establishment to Geo. Green. Clare—Fagan & Derby, dealers in fur- niture, have dissolved, O. S. Derby suc- ceeding. i Middleville—Loomis & Co. have sold their general stock to T. H. Dean, late of Chicago. Kent City—Chas. Parrish has sold half interest in his meat market to John McKinnon. Laingsburg—J. H. Benson has moved his furniture stock into Frain’s new brick store. Sheridan—F. R. Messinger has sold his dry goods stock to F. T. St. Clair, late of Port Austin. Rodney—Geo. Bell has removed his meat market to the vacant building owned by Dr. Barry. Belding—Lightstone Bros. have post- poned the removal of their stock from Rodney and Chippewa Lake to this place until after January 1. Constantine—Wm. W. Bronson has given a chattel mortgage for $900 on his millinery stock. Cedar Springs—Geo. Joslin has closed out his grocery stock and will soon move to Gulfport, Miss. Nashville—T. D. Young, late of Mar- shall, has rented the Walwrath building and engaged in the bazaar business. Graafschaap—John Lueas has sold all his property here and will move to Grand Rapids to engage in the meat business. Ishpeming—Edward Kennedy has as- signed his clothing stock. The assets are $10.000 and the liabilities about the same. Summit City—Jas. his grocery stock to Messrs. and Tomlin and will Rapids. Clayton—Gratton & Son have arranged to putin anew hardware stock. They will occupy the store formerly used by Peck Bros. Elk Rapids—Dr. A. Hanlon has par- tially completed arrangements to sell his drug stock to Geo. E. Coleman, of Cadil- lac, and John W. Baleom, of South Board- man. Carson City—The B. Tripp drug and grocery stock has been sold to Kelley, Petteys & Co., a firm composed of D. Kelley, the Lyons druggist, and M. J. Miner, W. Petteys and Geo. W. Cadwell, all of Carson City. Broderick has sold Pulver, Todd remove to Grand STRAY FACTS. Hillsdale—O. J. Harrington, agricultural implements, dealer in is dead. Manistee—Horace Tabor, of the saw- mill firm of Horace Tabor & Sons, is dead. East Saginaw—C. K. Eddy & Co. have purchased the Michigan Dairy Salt Works. Woodmere—A petition has been filed to the dissolution of the grocery firm of C. H. Meyer & Co. and the appointment of a receiver. Vermontville—The Jewett Stove Co. has levied an attachment on the hard- ware stock of L. R. Acker, to satisfy a claim for $400. St. Charles— Detroit creditors have seized Charles Deitzler’s stock of dry goods. He owes $3,000, and the stock in- ventories at $4,500. Sault Ste. Marie—Geo. S. Stanley, late a clerk in the grocery store of Eccles & Adams, now conducts a restaurant on the Canadian side of the river. Vassar—B. Netsorg, who recently as- assigned to T. W. Davis, exhibits assets of $8,000, with liabilities of $15,000. R. V. Bray has possession of the stock by virtue of a chattel mortgage. Charlotte—A. C. McGraw & Co., Detroit, with a claim of about $500, the Goodyear Rubber Company, of Cleve- land, with a claim of $1,400, and Duane Armstrong & Co., of Rochester, with one of $600, replevined on the Gibbard shoe stock Saturday, taking possession of all the goods they could find which, it was alleged, had been purchased of their re- spective houses. of MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Big Rapids—Morehouse & Park have sold their mill and plant in Newaygo county to H. J. Dudley, of Fre- mont. Leroy—H. M. Patrick has purchased of Wenzel! Bros. the timber on 1,080 acres of land, which he will convert into shingles. The timber is sufficient to run his mill about two years. shingle Kalkaska—C. B. Shaver, who has been lumbering in Mecosta county several years for A. B. Long & Sons, with head- quarters at Blanchard, has established himself h@e to undertake a job of put- ting in 60,000,000 feet of logs. He ex- pects to complete the job inside of three years. Detroit—The Craig Shipbuilding Co., capital stock $125,000, has been incorpor- ated by the following stockholders: John Craig, Trenton, 4,765 shares: Geo. L. Craig, Trenton, 1,225 shares; James rourlay, Detroit, 5, and George Craig, Detroit, 5. The company is really the old Craig shipyard company, incorpor- ated, with the addition of Mr. Gourlay. Allegan — Mrs. has sold her flour-mill in this place—the old Kellogg mill—to Messrs. Harvey & Young, for $9,000, who are in possession. This property has an interesting history in many respects and has probably marred more fortunes than it has made. It was once sold for $15,000 and once for $13,- 500, the latter being the figure the Wet- more brothers paid and then spent half as much more in repairing, only to lose every cent they expended. ~~... ___ A few years ago it was reported that Scott Gerrish, who was commonly sup- posed to be mouldering in his grave at Hersey, was alive and conducting a bus- iness in Brazil. Now comes a similar report to the effect that Michael Engel- mann is not dead, as people have been led to think, but is living in retirement in Europe. The latter report is not given much credence by the people of Manis- tee. Brown rr s E. J. Moss, of Coldwater, raises 4,000 pounds of horseradish a year, and the people there weep whenever they think of him. Gripsack Brigade. Fred. Walther, for several years sis salesman for Rindge, Krekel & Co., has gone on the road for Rindge, Bertsch & Co. Chas. J. Bush, traveling representa- tive for the Bay City Fish Co., of Bay City, was in town a couple of days last week. .. O. A. Freeman has transferred his alle- giance from the Grand Rapids selling agency of the Detroit Safe Co. to the house itself. ! Wm. H. Downs left yesterday for Bos- | ton, where he will spend a week or ten | days, returning home by of New York and Philadelphia. Bellaire Breeze: M.M. Mallory, repre- senting Olney, Shields & Co., was here one day last week. The merchants are glad to see Mallory every time. Louis J Koster, the handsome Teutonic | traveler of Detroit, put in a couple of days here last week. He is still unmar- ried, but just as anxious as ever. Frank L. Kelly has gone to Mt. Clem- ens, to test the curative properties of the mineral waters there. His rheumatism is no worse than it was a year ago, when a three weeks’ stay put him in excellent shape. L. M. Mills now wears a first-class plug hat—for the first time on record— contributed by his friend Sheffield, down at Benton Harbor, as the sequence of a bet on the general result on the recent election. Geo. L. Douglas, for several years traveling representative for the Reed Harrow Co., of Kalamazoo, has taken the Ohio agency of the Advance Thresher and Engine Co., of Battle Creek. He will make his headquarters in Toledo. Greg. Luce will be a Benedict after next Wednesday, on the morning of which day he will lead to the’altar Miss Saddie Howard, of Holland. They will go to Minneapolis on a wedding trip, re- turning home shortly after New Year’s H. B. French, traveling representative for Wm. Sears & Co., paid an election bet at Traverse City several days by wheeling Male. Winnie in a wheelbarrow from Park Place Hotel to Hannah, Lay & Co.’s bank. French based his faith on Cleveland. O. A. Perry has resigned his position as traveling salesman for the Grand Rapids agency of the Detroit Safe Co., to take the position of collector for the house. He will remove to Detroit as soon as he ean dispose of his home on Crescent avenue. If there is a city in the country where the traveling men pull together as unan- imously as in Grand Rapids—in a social and fraternal way—THE TRADESMAN would like to know it. No brother is allowed to remain in distress, if the kindly offices of his fellows can mitigate his suffering. way ago Byron 8. Davenport, traveling repre- sentative for Olgey, Shields & Co., was married on Thanksgiving eve to Miss Kittie Dalziel, of Green township. Me- costa county. Miss. Dalziel has _ fol- lowed the occupation of a school teacher for several years and was well and favor- ably known in the educational circles of Mecosta county. Mr. and Mrs. Daven- port have taken up their residence on North Lafayette street. — Purely Personal. J. H. Welch, the Ionia grocer, was in town last Friday. J. H. Manning, the Ashland general dealer, was in town Monday. O. B. Granger, the Plainwell hardware dealer, was in town last Friday. Chas. Young, the Allegan druggist and wall paper dealer, was in town Monday. S. C. Scott, the Howard City druggist, was in town for a few hours one day last week. Clarence A. Fellows, the Big Rapids druggist, buried his wife last week. She died in Colorado, whither they had gone in hopes of benefiting her health. Gaius W. Perkins, President of the Grand Rapids School Furniture Co., and Chas. J. Reed, Secretary of the same corporation, are spending the week in Chicago. W. H. Buckley, for several years with H. Cliff, the Spring Lake hardware dealer, is in town for a few days for the purpose of looking up a place in which to engage in the hardware business G. W. Barnett, senior member of the firmof Barnett Bros., reputable commis- sion merchants of South Water street, Chicago, was in town last Tuesday in at- tendance on the annual convention of the State Horticultural Society. Robert M. Floyd, well known to the merchants of Michigan, was married on December 2 to Mrs. Henderson Reid, daughter of the famous New York florist. The ceremony occurred at St. Stephen’s church, in Philadelphia, and, after a brief wedding trip, the happy couple returned to their future home at 1605 South 15th street in the quaint old Quaker City. Farewell to ‘‘Scotch Oats Essence.’”’ The effects of the Scotch Oats Essence | Co. were sold by the sheriff at New York last Friday for $39,610. Several thousand bottles of the greatly-advertised elixir of life brought 4 cents per bottle, although the retail price is $1. Save by Keeping Accounts. From the New York Independent. if all men, whether engaged in business or acting as employes and receiving sal- aries or daily wages, would keep a reg- ular account with themselves, in which should appear in detail all the money they receive and all- they expend, they would live more wisely and, as a rule, far more successfully. Here, for exam- ple, isa man whois in receipt of a sal- ary. The salary he receives is in twelve monthly payments. Let us suppose him to keep an account himself. When he receives a monthly payment he charges himself as debtor to that amount, and during the month he credits himself with all he | pays out, item by item. At the end of | the month he settles this account with himself, and sees on paper where his money came from and just where it has gone. If he has spent less than he has received he carries the surplus forward | to the next month in the same way, and | thus continues for the whole year. At ithe end of the year he can look back over the whole period and see in black and white just how he has lived in the matter of personal and family expenses. If his whole salary has been spent he can see how it was spent, and if a part of it has been saved he can equally see how he managed to save it. i East Saginaw Jottings. It is rumored that one of our wholesale houses will change hands soon. The Hoyt Dry Goods Co. reports bus- iness along ways ahead of expectation. The Jas. Stewart Co. is moving into its mammoth new store. They expect to be settled by the last of the week. | with The wholesale trade report business as improving and collections better, while the retail trade, outside of the grocery line, say that they do not look for much of an improvement until next week. F. E. Jones, late with Harry Hamilton, has purchased an interest in the drug and mineral water business of D. E. Prall, at 111 South Jefferson street, and the two will continue the business under the style of Prall & Jones. They have rented the store adjoining their present location and will engage in the wholesale business in asmall way, increasing their stock as the growth of the enterprise demands. a Bank Notes. Bank, at Cedar Springs, is now enclosed and will shortly be ready for occupancy H. E. Allen, Assistant Teller of the First National Bank of Detroit, has gone to Chicago to take a position with Geo. H. Hammond «& Co. Frank A. LeSuer, Teller in the First National Bank of Charlotte, will take the position of cashier for Lamb & Spencer, the Charlotte greece on January 1. oe > we Buy on aed by the Cres- cent Roller Mills. Every sack warranted. Voigt Milling Co. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. ern Rn 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. FOR SALE. fe SALE—THE UNDIVIDED ONE-HALF INTEREST ina hardware business in a lively town of six thousand inhabitants uated in Northern Michigan. Now doing a yearly b siness of over sixty thousand dollars Address J. B. Frost, Jackson, Mich. 334 GOR EXC SHANGE—$5,000 stock of ‘ary goods, grocer- ies, boots and shoes, for farm or city property. G. W. Watrous, Real Estate Agent, Lansing, Mieh. 3S | ae SALE—AT A BARGAIN, A YOKE OF OXEN medium weight, quick action and well tr ained. Address C. C. Rood, | Grand Rapids, Mich. 332 Foe s ‘THE ONLY DRUG STORE IN A LIVE to of 600 inhabitants on the Michigan Central Railway. 500. Rent low, in good farming coun'ry. Stock, about $2,- give time on part with good security. Best of re asons with long iease. Prefer cash, but will given for wishing to sell. Address ‘*Good Luck,” care The Tradesman, Grand Rapids, Mich. 331 OR SALE—A COMPLETE OUTFIT OF DRUG FIX- tures, new last spring, andasmall stock of well- selected drugs. Less than $500, cash, will take outfit. Address M. H. Paseo, Rockford, Mich, 330 OR SALE—NEW UPRIGHT SIX-HORSE ENGINE and boiler, complete, $215. New upright six- horse boiler, $90. Ann Arbor Engine and Boiler Works, Ann Arbor, Mich. OR SALE—A CASHIERS DESK ADAPTED FOR OF- fice or store use. Willsell for $10, cost $25, new. W. W. Huelster, 81 and 83 Campau St., cor. Louis. 324 FOR SALE—STOCK OF CONFECTIONERY, SCHOOL supplies, cigars, ete. Also ice cream tables, re- frigerator and a good show case. Will take $100 for stock and fixtures. Callonoraddress Mrs.S A oat? 168 Stocking Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. I RUG STORE FOR SALE — IN CAATTANOOGA: Tenn. Population, 50,000. Good location, good trade. A bargain forsomeone. For full particulars, those who mean business, address P. O. Box 203, Chat- tanooga, Tenn. OR SALE—A GOOD HORSE AND DELIVERY " is on. Enquire at 193 Tenth Street. Fr SALE—OUR RETAIL STOCK OF GROC SRIES at 110 Monroe street, Grand Rapids. Goods are ali new. The stand is in the best location in town and ean be leased. Bemis Bros. 307 AOR SALE—A CLEAN, WELL-ASSORTED STOCK OF general hardware, stoves and tinware. Tin shop in connection. Will inventory about $6,000. Located centrally and one of the best points for retail business in the city. Good reasons for selling. Address Hard- ware, care Michigan Tradesman. Good as new. Address 298, this office. NOR SALE—GOOD RESIDENCE LOT ON the most pleasant streets “on the hill.” Will ex- change for stock in any good institution. Address 286, care Michigan Tradesman. 286 WANTS. JANTED—A REGISTERED PHARMACIST. GER- Y man preferred. Must be willing to workin gen- eral stock. Bert M. Brown, Stevensville, Mich. 336 eee ATION WANTED—A COMMERCIAL TRAVELER is open for engagement. Large acquaintance with grocery trade in Michigan. Address Jackson, care Michigan Tradesman. 825 V ANTED—EXPERIENCED DRUG CLERK, GER- man or Scandinavian prefered. Apply at once giving usual particulars. F.D. Paquette, —— V J ANTED—AN ASSISTANT PHARMACIST WHO IS y active, honest and efficient. State price, exper- ience and references. Address A. E. Gates, Crystal, Mich. 322 \ ANTED—SITUATION BY EXPERIENCED PHAR- macist. Speaks Holland. Registered by exami- — Best of references. Address Box 153, — ich. ANTED—EVERY STORE-KEEPER WHO READS is 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 you the expense of one clerk, will bring your business down to a cash basisand save you all the worry and trouble that usually go with the pass-book plan. Start the ist ofthe 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. = Albany, N.Y. ANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT — Improved Coupon Pass Book System. Send for / i samples. E. A. Stowe & Bro., Grand Rapids. 214 ; i MISCELLANEOUS. ELECTRO-GALViC POCKET ( UR WONDERFUL Battery should be owned by every business man, clerk, traveling man, book-keeper. Positively re- lieves headache or catarrh in three minutes, Send us one dollar for complete battery by mail. E. Clifton Fisk & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Agents wanted. 335 51, 20 CASH BUYS MANUFACTURING BUSI_ ness paying 100 per cent. Best of rea” sons for selling. Address Chas. Kynoch, St. Ignace’ Mich. 228 The new building of the Northern Kent | JOR SALE CHEAP —18-HORSE POWER ENGINE, ON = oe | Displaying Hardware. An English hardware dealer thus dis- plays some of his goods: Cutlery should be kept in a glass case, which should be fixed in a prominent position, as nothing looks more attract- ive than a well-arranged display of cut- lery. For table cutlery, where the same numbers are adhered to in ordering from time to time, a series of wood boxes, placed upright, with the top end open and narrow side facing, large enough to take a set of each table and dessert, an- swer well, and when faced with glazed green paper, and a knife of each size fixed on the front, they present a neat | appearance. The lower shelf may be made just | wide enough to take pockets of | Floridaz GEO. E HOWES & 60, Grand Rapids. pocket-knives, and as most firms now send them out in cardboard boxes, these may be arranged in the same way, with a pattern of the contents tied outside each packet. If space will admit, a row of scissors may also be shown, either with packets placed upon slightly slant- ing shelf, with a bead along the front to prevent them slipping, or a copper wire stretched across to keep the packets up- right. Screws for retailing in gross packages should be drawer or nest of shallow d lls feet deep, to hold a gross of each of the most useful sizes. For the smaller sizes open tin houses, to slip into the divisions, will be found handy, as they may be lifted out for serving. less than in kept in a rawers, say FANCY FRUIT---The Cele- brated Alligator Br :.:~ ct from Florida in car lots by Oranges MICHIGAN CIGAR CO., Big Rapids, Mich. MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED "ae. €. ©. y oa ¥ a” The Most Popular Cigar. The Best Selling Cigar on the Market. SEND FOR TRIAL ORDER. J YOU NOVICK YHIS' For this Month only? STYLE NO. 3. We will sell, FOR THIS MONTH ONLY, our No. 3 Show Case or our No. 1 Ovai Front Show Case No. 1 or 3,6 ft. long, 15 in. high, 28 im. wide, $10.75 No. 1 or 3.8 15 28 sas 14.50 Our No. 3, 17 m. a. high, 28 in. wide, 6 ft. long, 12.00 Our No. 3, 17 28 8 16.00 Remember, this is for this month only, to reduce stock. Take advantage of it. Heyman & Company, 63 and 65 Canal Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ED Se ee ee SCENE ON A COFFEE PLANTATION ————CONTROLLED BY————— We ensic oan "ae CHASE & SAN BORN. OUR COFFEES HAVE A NATIONAL REPUTATION REPRESENTING THE FINEST CROWN. SEAL BRAND COFFE in its richness and delicacy of flavor. JAVA and MOCHA, surpassing all others Justly called The A Aristocratic Coffee of America. Always packed whole roasted (unground) in 2 air-tight tin cans. CRUSADE BLE 8 A skilful blending of strong. fla- vory and aromatic hich grade Warranted not to contain a single Rio bean, and guaranteed to ane your taste as no other coffee will, at a moderate price. Always packed whole roasted (unground), in 1 lb. airtight parchment packages. RETAIL CROCER and selling our coffees, sainples to CHASE BROAD STREET, Tell us that their coffee trade has doubled and trebled since buying What it has done for them it willfor you. Send for & SANBORN, . BOSTON, MASS. Western Department, NO. 80 FRANKLIN STREET, CHICAGO, Phe. IF YOU WANT THE BEST ACCEPT NONE BUT iver Thread Sauer Kraut. Order this Brand from your Wholesale Grocer. * ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT. Michigan Business Men’s Association. sident—Frank Wells, Lansing. _ Frosi@ios Preaifent—H. Chambers. Cheboygan. Second Vice-President—C. Strong, Kalamazoo. Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. Treasurer—L. W. Sprague. Greeny Leet ds Executive Board—President; C. L. Whitney, gon; i -averse City; N. B. Blain Lowell; Reagan are oe Hiram DeLano, ‘Allegan; Chas. T. Bridgman, Flint; Secretary. ittee surance—Geo. Conamnitter powers, Nashville: Oren Stone, | lint. ae Committee on Legislation—S. E. onan 0 a ; ‘A. Hydorn, Grand Rapids; H. HE ope, + ea ee Committee on Trade Interests—Smith Barne~, Tra rerse City: Geo. KR. Hoyt, . oe . Mus kegon. mittee on Transp _S ay F. Conklin, Grand Rapids; eae ildi ssociations—Chaun- : i > ing and Loan Associations—Cha Committee on Famazoo; Will Emmert, Eaton Rapids; fe E. jrotty, Lansing, . eee J. Connell, Muskeger. Official Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. B. Caldwell, Green- East Saginaw; jon—James Osborn,Owosso; Saas Cc. F. Bock, Battle i ciliary jations are Op- he following auxiliary associatic 2 Op- anes under charters granted by the Michi gan Business Men’s Association: No. 1—Traverse City B. M. A. President, Geo. E. Steele; Seeretary, L. Roberts. s , Geo. E. Steele; set No. 2—Lowell B. M. a President, N. B. Blain; Secretary, Frank T. King. No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A. President. H. S. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn. "Wo. 4—Grand Rapids M. A. President, E. J. Herrick ; Secretary, E. A. Stowe. “No. 5—Muskegon B. M. A. B. Fargo; Secretary, Wm. Peer. N —— a B. M.A. No. 6—Alba Baldwin. President, H. Secretary, P. T. ¥. W. Sloat; President, V. Sloat; y,P —WNo. 7—Dimondale B. M. A. | President. T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger. No. 8—Eastport B. M. A. President, F. H. Thu ton; Secreta i i No, 9—Lawrence B. M.A President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, JH Kets. a No. 10—Harbor Springs b. M. a President, W. J. Clark; Seeretary, A. L Thompson. __ —— No.11—Kingsley B President, H. P. Whipple Se ary, —"wWo. 12—Quincy B. M. A. President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon. _ “No. 13—Sherman B. M. A. ae President, H. B. Sturtevant; Secretary, W. J. Austin. No. 14—No. Muskegon B. M. AL President, S. A. Howe} Secretary, G. C. Hav ens. | "No. 15—Boyne City B. M.A. President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chas e. 50. 16—Sand Lake B. M. A. eae cretary, W. Rasco. President, J. V. Crandall: Se 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, S. Lamfrom. No. 19—Ada B. M. President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. No. 20—Saugatuck B. President, John F. Henry; Secretary, A. E. Chapel. M, A. L. A. Phelps. No. 21— Wayland B. M. A. President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt. : ‘i r A No. 22—Grand Ledge B. M.A. i Persident, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W. R. Clarke. 7 1) (Nel 23 Carson City 2- M, / President, F. A. Rockafellow; Secretary, C. No. 24—Morley B. M. A. : President, J. E. Thurkow; Secretary, WwW. Richmond. No. 25—Pato B. M. A. President, Chas. B. Johnson; Secretary, H. D. Pew. No. 26—Greenville I. M.A. President. S. R. Stevens; Secretary, Geo- B. Caldwell. a No 27—Dorr Bs M. A. _. President, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher. a See Gee a A No. 2 heboygan B. M. | President, Fred 8. Frost; Secretary, H. G. Dozer. No. 29—Freeport B. M. A. President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A. 3. Che No. 30—Oceana B. M. A. i President, A. G. Avery; Secretary, E. S. Houghtaling. No. 31—Charlotte 8B. M. A. / President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury. No. 32—Coopersville B. M. A. President, W. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson. No. 33—Charlevoix B. M. A. President, L. D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W. Kane. No. 34—saranac B. M. A. President, H. T. Johnson; Secretary, Pt. Williams. | L G. Bailey. esebrough. No. 35—Bellaire B. M. A. Ce President, H. M. Hemstreet; Secretary, C.E, Densmore. ~~ Ne. 36—Ithaca B. M. A. President, O. F. Jackson; Secretary, John M. Everden. No. 37—Baitle Creek B. M. A. President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, E. W. Moore. liens omens No. 38—Scottville B. M.A. President, H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins. No. 39 —-Burr Oak B. M. A. President, W. S. Willer; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon. No. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M. A. President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert. No. 41—Breckenridge B. M. A. President, W. O. Watson; Secretary, Cc. E. Seudder. No. 42—Fremont B. M. A. President. Jos. Gerber; Secretary Cc. 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, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, oO. No. 46—Leslie B. M. A. President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary B. M. Gould. fi Halladay. 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. presides, ese ee No. 49—Leroy B M.A. _ President, A. Wenzell,; Secretary. Frank Smith. Se No. 50—Manistee B. M. A. President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary, J. P. O'Malley. No. 51—Cedar Springs B. M. A. President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W.C.Congdon.__ No. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A. President, A. 8. Kedzie; Secretary, FE. D. Vos. No, 53—Bellevue B. x. A. : President, Frank Phelps; Secretary, John xo No. 54— Douglas B. M. A. President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, Cc. B. Waller. No. 55—Peteskey B. M. A. President, C. F. Hankey; Secretafy, A. C. Bowman. No. 56—Bangor B. M. A. President, N. W. D Secretary, Geo.Chapman. _ No. 57—Rockford B. M. A. President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham. No. 58—Fife Lake B. M. A. President, L. S. Walter; Secretary, G. G. Blakely. No. 59—Fennville B. M. A. President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, P. S. Swarts. No. 60—South Boardman B. M. A. President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, §. E. Neihardt. No. 61—Hartford B. M.A. wa President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes. No 62—KEast saginaw “i. A. | President, G. W. Meyer; Secretary, Chas. H. Smith. No. 63—Evart B. M. A. President, W. M. Davis; Secretary, C. E. Bell. Ne, 64—Merrill B, M. A. President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton. No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A. President, Alf. G. Drake; Secretary, C. S. 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. No. 70—Nashville B. M. A, President, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W.S. Powers. No. 71—Ashley B. M. A, President, M. Netzorg; Secretary, Geo. E. Clutterbuck. No. 72—Edmore B. M. A. No, 73—Belding B. M. A. Pyesident, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster. No. 74—Davison M. U. President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary. L. Gifford. No. 75—Tecumseh B. M. A. President, Oscar P. Bilis; Secretary, F. Rosacraus. No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M. A. Pyesident, 8. S.McCamly; Secretary, Chauncey Strong. No. 77—South Haven B. M. A. Prestdent—C. J. Monroe; Secretary, 8S. VanOstrand. No. 78—Caledonia B, M. A. President, C. F. Williams; Secretary, J. W. Saunders. we A Narrow Street. ‘“‘Where have you been, Bill: I haven’t seen you lately?’’ “TIT spent the summer at Sing Sing, a pretty little village up the Hudson.”’ **Yes, I know the town. I have friends living there on Pyramid street. Did you live near that street?’’ nas ‘‘Well, I don’t recall the name of the Peace . —er—street that I lived on, but I remem- ber that the number was 113.”’ ston; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston. | } | | j | Meeting of the Executive Board. ’ President Wells has called a meeting of the Ex- ecutive Board of the M. B. M. A., Lansing at 10 o'clock on the morning of Decem- to convene at ber 20, andscontinue in session until all the bus- iness properly coming before the Board is dis- posed of. The Insurance Policy Commission holds a meeting at the same time and place, so | that two birds can be killed with one stone. President Wells requests THE TRADESMAN to state that the Insurance and Legislative Commit- tees are also invited to meet with the Board and that suggestions from any member of the State | body will be thankfully received. ———~<»> 4 The First Act of 2 New Association. East JORDAN, Dec. 5, 1888. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Srr—Having taken the necessary steps in our Business Men’s Association to become auxiliary to the State body, I take the liberty of asking youa few questions in regard to a firm doing business in your City. Our village authorities have arrested a man by the name of Coleman (for peddling clothes wringers in our village without a license) who claims to be an agent of the wholesale firm of Plumb, Lewis & Co. We wish to know what bus- iness they follow? Do they manufacture a stand wringer Called the ‘“‘Leader’? What is the firm rated, or are they rated at all? An early reply will be appreciated. Yours truly, Cas, F. Divon, Pres. The Plumb & Lewis Manufacturing Co. is a de- funct concern. Goods are still sold under that name, but they are manufactured and put on the market by the Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co., which corporation absorbed the Plumb & Lewis Manu- facturing Co. several years ago. Even if the Company referred to was really en- gaged in active business, it would have no busi- ness sending on} men to peddle its product, un- less the men conformed to the license require- ments of each city and village in which they of- fered There is too great len- iency shown peddlers in general, but this species of itinerant merchandizing happens to be one on which the Supreme Court has set the seal of its disapproval, as shown by THE TRADESMAN, in its re-publication of the somewhat celebrated Cold- water case, several months ago. ——————q.]]—_-——___ The Boyne City B. M. A. Again in the Field. Borne Crvy, Dec. 7, 1888. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR SiR—Will you kindly let me know how much our Association is in debt _to the State As- sociation. We met last Wednesday evening and decided, unanimously, to re-affiliate and main- tain our identity with the parent body. I ought to have written you then. | How goes the insurance company? Will it be a success? I have just been elected Secretary of the Farmers’ Mutual of Charlevoix, Emmet and Cheboygan Counties. We have about 200 mem- bers and over $200,000 represented. We just filed papers, to-day, with the county clerk. Very truly, F. M. Cuase, Sec’y. Re-affiliation with the State body costs 50 cents per capita. In other words, if the Boyne City B. M. A. has as many members as it had enrolled a year ago—sixteen—it will cost #8 to join hands with the seventy odd affiliated bodies of the State organization until the close of the fiscal year, Sept. 30, 1889. The insurance project will be taken up atthe mecting of the Executive Board, to be held at Lansing on the 20th. Whether it will be asuc- cess, time only can demonstrate. THE MAN believes it will be a success. so > 4 —_ - goods for sale. TRADES- Bay City Retail Merchants’ Association. The retail grocers of Bay City met at the Wash- ington street rink last Wednesday evening for the purpose of considering the idea of organiz- ing an auxiliary association. F.G. Oatman was elected to act as Chairman and Thos. Walsh, of West Bay City, was selected to serve as secretary protem. —_o————- Annual Meeting of the Dorr B. M. A. Dorr, Dec. 7, 1888. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Str—The Dorr B. M. A. met at J. A. Beamer’s office Wednesday, Dec. 5, for the trans- action of the usual business. A goodly number were present and an interesting meeting follow- ed. Theannual election of officers resulted as follows: President—E. 8. Botsford. Vice-President—A. Patterson. Secretary—L. N. Fisher. Treasurer—W. W. Peirce. Two members of Executive Committee—W. H. Goodman and Wm. Trautman. The next meeting will be held on the first Wednesday in February. All our members are anxiously awaiting the result of the insurance business, as a number of policies soon expire. . Our Association is alive and we are here to stay. L. N. Fisnee, Sec’y. a A et Annual Meeting of the Grand Haven B. M. A. GRAND Haven, Dec. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR StrR—The Grand Haven B. M. A. met last Wednesday at the city hall and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President—A. S. Kedzie. Vice-President—G. Justema. Secretary—F. D. Vos. Treasurer—P. VanLopik. Executive Committee—J. Cook, J. Ball and G. A. Bottje. There was the largest attendance last evening that we have had for some time and much inter- est was manifested in the meeting. Yours, Wm. Mreras, Sec’y. 6, 1888. —_—__~>>-o— Caledonia Takes Chaiter No. 78. CALEDONIA, Dec. 5, 1888. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DgEaR SiR—The Business Men’s Association, recently organized at this place, is flourishing. We have eighteen members and several more have expressed their intentions of joining in the near future. Enclosed please find money order for 312—33 for charter and the balance for per capita dues on eighteen members. The business houses of our village are making better preparations than ever before for the holi- day trade and the crowd of people in town is growing larger each day, as Christmas grows nearer. J. W. SAUNDERS, Sec’y. ———_ Good Word from Davison. Davison, Dec. 1, 1888. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR StR—I herewith enclose a few names for your disposal. Think I sent you these on the “Information Wanted” sheet a few days ago, but will makesure by forwarding the whole number now. Two more applications for membership await our next meeting. This Union is strongly in favor of printing all the delinquent lists in one State sheet. Weare looking anxiously forward to see the charter numbers increase. Yours truly, L. GIrrorD, Sec’y. Association Notes. The Lansing B. M. A. is trying to secure the removal of the Allen knitting mill. from Michi- gan City, Ind., to Lansing. ' The Alma B. M. A. is arousing from the leth- argy induced by the warm weather and political campaign, and proposes to enter the active field again. Any association needing outside assistance would do well to notify the President or Secre- tary of the State body, in order that arrange- ments may be made to that end. The South Haven correspondent of the Alle- gan Gazette writes: The South Haven Business Men’s Association has lately become auxiliary to the Michigan Business Men’s Association, and is now a permanent, useful and flourishing organ- ization. The State Organizer putin two days’ work in the Saginaw Valley last week. On Wednesday, he assisted in the formation of an association at Bay City and on the day following he called on a number of the association workers at East Sagi- naw and worked up organization sentiment at Saginaw City. President Wells suggests the plan of holdinga special meeting of the State body at Lansing during the session of the Legislature. The sug- gestion appears to THE TRADESMAN to be a good one, providing the meeting is composed of vol- unteer delegates, instead of being made upona delegated basis. At the last meeting of the Flint Mercantile Union President Hoyt appointed a special com- mittee, consisting of Messrs. C. T. Bridgeman, Oren Stone and G. W. Hubbard, to interview the business men of Flint and ascertain what sup- port they would accord the proposed Business Men’s Mutual Fire Insurs nce Co. Cheboygan Tribune: ‘the Cheboygan Business Men’s Association held a meeting Monday night. A communication from W. O. Hughart, President of the G. R. & I. Railroad, written last month, was read, in which it was stated that at the first meeting of the Directors of the road the matter of a branch to Cheboygan would be considered. A communication from parties talking of tocat- ing a manufactory at this place was presented and referred to the committee on manufactures. A committee was appointed to make applicaticn to council for the use of the council room for holding meetings in. East Jordan Enterprise: N. H. charged on Saturday last on the information of D. C. Loveday with hawking and peddling with- out having first obtained a license. The first trial resulted in a disagreement of the jury, standing four two to for conviction. On Monday morning, a new jury was impaneled and pro- gressed till afternoon, when counsel for the de- fense Claimed that the record of the ordinance under which the complaint was made did not agree with the published copy and was not sign- ed by the President and Clerk. Deeming the ob- Coleman was jection insurmountable, the prosecution was withdrawn. Hudson Gazette: Kimbark & Co. having con- cluded to remove from Quincy, on account of poor transportation facilities and scarcity of tim- ber, the Hudson Business Men’s Association has commenced a correspondence with the firm, eall- ing their attention to the splendid location of the property recently vacated by Piatt & Co., and the advantages afforded by the Mackinaw for secur ing timber, and by the two competing lines for shipping: While the old spoke factory may not be suitable for their business, it could be used as a storage building and there is plenty of land in the immediate vicinity where a good building could be erected at a moderate expense. The Kimbark Co. does a large business and employs half a hundred men, and it is to be hoped that it may find Hudson a desirable place in which to locate. Cheboygan Tribune: From the report of the proceedings of the Council, given elsewhere, it will be seen that the Cheboygan Business Men’s Association was granted the use of the Council room for holding meetings in. At the meeting of the Association, Monday night, it was suggest- ed that application be made for the use of the Council room and that the meetings be open to the public, for the reason that there appeared to be a misapprehension as to the objects of the or- ganization. The impression seems to prevail that it is a sort of blackmailing institution, formed to oppress the unfortunate. It is nothing of the kind. No honest man, no matter how poor, need have any fears of anything done by the Associa- tion; but chronic dead-beats—men who do not intend to pay their honest debts—have reason to fear the work of the Association. ti 8 at Arrangements for the Executive Board Meeting. President Wells writes as follows relative to the arrangements he is making for the meeting of the Executive Board: I am much pleased with the result of your trip to Bay City and the Saginaws, and I con- gratulate you most sincerely on the effect of your labors at those places. Like many other placesin the State, they only required missionary work to bring them under the influence of the organization. The harvest is ripening and all that is required are laborers and the funds to compensate them. Iam glad you are pleased with the idea of a winter meeting at Lansing. I should prefer to have this meeting general rather than one of delegates. The only objection I can see to the former is the possible one that any work done by it might be regarded as unconstitutional. We can settle all this at our meeting on the 20th. I have written the members of the Executive Board and have urged them all to be present. I have also written Caldwell asking him to come with as many members of his committee as will do so. As we may decide toinvoke some legis- lation this winter, I have requested Parkill to be present. Iwill securearoom in the Capitol building for the meeting, so that we shall have ready communication with the meeting in the oftice of Commissioner Raymond. I hope we shall havea good attendance, and think that during the day and evening we can accomplish all that we shall find todo. If you can think of anything Iean do to make the meeting either interesting or valuable, let me hear what it is. ee We Will Be There. Detroit, Dec. 6, 1888. E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids: DEAR Str—A meeting of the Insurance Policy Commission will be held at the office of the Com- missioner of Insurance, Lansing, on the 20th day of December at 10 o’clock, a. m. As earnest protests have been filed with the Commission against the adoption of the New York standard form, itis hoped that a full at- tendance may be had at this meeting, to fully consider the subject and enable the Commission to satisfactorily complete its work. Urging your presence at the meeting, we are Yours respectfully, HENRY S. RayMonp, MosEs TaGGART, CHARLES BUNCHER, Commissfoners. Se The Hardware Market. Sisal and manilla rope are both higher, the former being quoted at 111¢ cents and the latter at 13!¢ cents per pound. The sandpaper combination has gone to pieces, in consequence of which prices are badly demoralized. The manufac- turers of agricultural tools have ad- vanced their prices 5 per cent. There is prospect of a pool among the manufac- turers of plain and barbed wire, to ad- yance prices. The same thing is ex- pected with steel nails. The Payment of Money. A man to whom payment is made is not bound, under ordinary circumstances, to give a receiptor makechange. A pay- ment made to the proper person in law- ful money of the United States is indis- putably good. By an act of Congeess the payment of debt with coin is regu- lated as follows: All gold coins and the silver dollar, at their respective values for any amount. The half-dollar, quarter-dollar, dime and half-dime at their respective values for debts under $5. Three-cent pieces for debts of any amount under 30 cents. One-cent pieces for debts of any amount under 10 cents. —__—<»-9 << Within a radius of forty miles of Ro- chester there are more than 1,500 fruit evaporators, giving employment during the autumn and winter to about 30,000 hands. Last season, the productien of these evaporators was about 30,000,000 pounds, worth at first cost about $2,000,- 000. A large proportion of the product is exported. a ee VISITING BUYERS. C Young, Allegan J H Manning, Ashland A J White, Bass River OB Granger&Uo, Plainwell JH Welch & Co.,Ionia Geo DVar Veanken,Cadillac SL Alberts & Co., Ravenna M Winnie, Traverse City H P Whipple, Kingsley N O Ward, Stanwood John W Hallett, CarsonCty Chas North, Trent Jno Avery & Son, Greenville HT Lewis, Hersey AL Power, Kent City JR Wylie, Richland Phil M Roedel, WhiteCloud SC Seot:, Howard City A MChurch, Englishvilie AE Landon, Nunica M M Robson, Berlin Chas H Loomis, Sparta J Raymond, Berlin H Colby & Co., Rockford CH Deming, Dutton W A Feazei, GrandJunction D D Harris, Shelbyville W N Hutchinson, Grant GS crutnam, Fruitport LA Scoville, Clarksville A PMcKinnon, Shelby Geo Lentz. Croton John Kamps, Zutphen H D Spaulding, Wayland D Cleland, Coopersville R D McNaughton, Coopers- ville L Cook, Bauer Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia Dr WS Hart, Lake Odessa E Wilson, Stanwood EE Rice, Cr :ton Dr Peter Beyer, Sullivan A Purchase, So Blendon LB Bellaire, Cadillac T D Hobbs, Kalkaska Jas S$ Toland, Ross Wm _ Vermeulen, Dam H Meijering, Jamestown J L Purchase, Bauer F P Hopper, Fremont Higby & Hugh, Morley Henry Dalman, Allendale Orion Hightower, Ferry Fred Stoner, Muskegon RT Parrish, Grandville C Stocking, Grattan Severance & Rich, Middle- ville D Rakin & Co, Shelby S J Koon, Lisbon Hunt & Hunter, Lowell G TenHoor, Forest Grove J B Watson, Coopersville AE Gates, Crystal H W Cleveland, Nunica Hesler Bros., Rockford C8 Keifer, Dutton F L Heath, Hasting Goodrich Bros, Fennville Carrington & North, Trent A & E Bergy, Caledonia Jas Ward, Griswold C E Coburn, Pierson Morley Bros, Cedar Springs H Bakker & Son, Drenthe JP Cordes, Alpine H Thompson, Canade Cor GC Willey, Summit City DW C Shattuck, Wayland Wright&Friend. LkeOdessa Wm Karsten, Vriesland Geo S Curtiss, Edgerton LM Wolf, Hudsonville D M Skidmore, Alto Jackson Coon, Rockford C B Moon, Cedar Springs JC Benbow, Cannonsburg C K Hoyt & Co, Hudsonvile Dunlap Bros.,Vermontville Smith & Bristol, Ada Geo J Stephenson, Bangor A Flanagan, Marion AG Clark & Co, WhiteCid E Roberts, Sparta JN Wait. Hudsonville James Fitzpatrick, StJohns RA Hastings, Sparta Beaver SPECIAL OFFER-—This style of ovalcase; best quality; all glass, heavy double thick; panel or sliding doors; full length mirrors and spring hinges; solid cherry or walnut frame, with or without metal eorners, extra heavy base; silvetta trimmings; 6 feet long, 28 inches wide, 15 inches high. Price, S11, net cash. Boxing and cartage free. I makethe same style of case as above, 17 inches high, from wainut, cherry, oak or ash, for $2 per foot. D Db. Cour. 21 Scribner St., Grand Rapids, Mich. F. J. DETTENTHALER, JOBBER OF OYSTERS Seid LS AO And Salt Fish. Mail orders receive prompt attention. 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Solid MVCs per ton $25 SAUSAGE SUUFFERS OR FILLERS. Miles’ ‘‘Challenge”’....per doz. #20, dis. 50@50&05 Perry... per doz. No. 1, $15; No. 0, ee ee ce . $21; dis. 50@50&5 Dray Cut No 4 7... each, $30, dis 30 Hnterprise Mie Co... 2... 5.2... dis. 20£10@30 SVR Se dis. 40&10 SAWS. dis. IDigstones Circular... .00 00.3) 45@45&5 e (regs Cub oo 45@45&5 ee Hand wee ee wees 25@2585 *Extras sometimes given by jobbers. Adkins, Cirenite 0 dis. 9 “= Silver Steet Dia. X Cuts, perfoot,.... (© ** Speeial Steel Dex X Cuts, perfoot.... 50 Special Steel Die. X Cuts, perfoot.... 30 ** Champion and Electric Tooth X Cites, per foot... 28 TACKS, dis. American Si kings. 3.00 8. 60 Sacel att hinds 60 wmcacd ml kinds. 60 Grapand Maceo 60 Cisne Hox Natis 50 Mimsnmas Neate 50 Common and Patent Brads.............___. 50 Hungarian Fails and Miners’ Tacks........ 50 Trunk and Clout Nans...................... 50 Tinned Trunk and Clout Naiis.............- 45 heathercd Carpet Tacks. =... 35 TRAPS. dis. Steer, Game 60&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35 Oneida Community, Hawley « Norton’s.... 70 PIOUGRRISS oe eee 70 IPOS a We Mite Coe i 70 MOUSG, GHOEEr 3 18¢ per doz. MOUse, GElMION $1.50 per doz. WIRE. dis. Gas Ci 67% Apnesica Maret 7O&10 Coppercd Meeker. 8. 62% Doe er ee 55 PeimnOee WOMIOG. 6214 ‘Tinned Bregm........--2 0.0)... per pound 09 mined Mattress. 03-2 00.25... per pound 8% Copperca Spring Steel... ; 50 fanned Spree Steel... 40&10 pissin emer. ee per pound 03 Barvea Fence, saivanized..-:-.-.. 8s... 3 75 i pete 3 00 Copper... ee... new list net a... ce WIRE GOODS, dis. Coe oe eee cece ese 70&10&10 Screw Eyes 70&10&10 Hooks 8 70&10&10 Gate Hooks and Hyves ...0......... 70&10&10 WRENCHES. dis. Baxter's Adjustable, niekeled.............- 380 Gecs Genuine 3. 50 Coe’s Patent Apricultural, wrought,........ 75 Coes Patent, matlicabie. -..... 75&10 MISCELLANEOUS. dis, Bird @apes 50 Pompe, €xstera 75 Setews. New Hint)... FO&05 Casters: Bed and Plate. ................. 50£10&10 Pampers, AMCriCAn 232. 40 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 6624 Copper Sottems 2 - 30¢ METALS, PIG TIN. Pie Taree... 28¢ ie We ee BS COPPER, Duty; Pig, Bar and Ingot, 4c; Old Copper, 3c Manufactured (including all articles of which Copper is a component of chief value), 45 per cent ad valorem. For large lots the following quotations are shaded: INGOT. LE 18% CAmenor BEanG oo 18 ZENC. Duty: Sheet, 24%4c¢ per pound. Mo pOund €Asks 6% Per pound. I@T% LEAD Duty: Pig, $ per 100 pounds. Old Lead, 2e¢ per pound, Pipe and Sheets 2c per pound. ACC @5 Ce eS @5 Shece 8e, dis. 20 SOLDER. TE ee 16 Pxgra Wiping 8 ee. 13% The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY. Cookson 0 per pound 1414 Haletes.....5 0 o 114% TIN—MELYN GRADE, 10x14 IC, Charcoal... $ 6 00 14x20 IC, ee. 6 00 T2xi2 Ic, Ce ee 6 2 ee 10 00 10x28 IC, Ce 10x14 IX, OE 1% oe i Rate 8 00 14x14 IX, ee 12 50 20x28 IX, — ee Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. foxitie, Charcoar oo $5 40 14x20 IC, ee ee 5 40 i2x12 iC, ee 5 65 14x14 IC, Te 9 25 ——sllmrmrr:Cs=CSCCC 11 80 Mae | 6 90 oe. 6 90 12x12 IX, — . . 7 14x14 IX, OO 11 65 20x28 IX, ee . 14 80 Eayh additional X on this grade, #1.50. ROOFING PLATES, jim ie Verne Mo $ 7 60 Ee 15 %5 14x20 IC, r Weorecster. oo. 5 50 14x20 IX, c ee 7 00 29x28 IC, ay Se 11 50 14x20 IC, Allaway Grade..-.......__ 4 90 14x20 IX, _ Mg CS 6 40 20x28 IC, : ce 10 50 20x28 IX, mn a ee 13 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. ee $12 00 — = eee el ee ES 13 50 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, } 14x60IX, “ “9 im (per pound..... 09 HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls out: Basawood, teg-muh «2.2... 13 00@15 00 Bie eran ee 15 00@16 00 Biren Nee fang? .. @22 00 ise Ann lee ran... 14 00@16 00 Chery, lopram.. 2)... ",..23 00@35 00 Cnemy Nos tf and 2......... 8... 50 00@60 00 @12 00 Cues €r ee TO Fan 2 Maple, soft, Jogrun............0-.. Mame, Noe tands..-.-.-.. ss... Mapic clear. fooring.......:........- Maple. winte, selected................ med Oak ipe-run........ .: Pe Ne mee Oak, Nos ands... 86... 2S , Red Oak, 44 sawed, 8 inch and upw’d.40 00@45 00 Red Oak, 4% sawed, regular............ 30 00@35 ied Oeil: No. 1: step plank............: Walnut, log run..... .. Saeed es Walnut,,Nos, } and 2)... ...... ee a WANES CH). 2. Grey Elm, log-run..................... White Aso, loe-ran. 2.2.42 Whitewood. loe-rat..) 0.0... 00@22 White Oak, loerun. 025. 0.5... le 17 00@18 00 ER®. NS fos! ey : Weekly “Pointers,” FIBREWARE INDESTRUCTIBLE) § 3 Have you ever investigated this ware? It is made of wood pulp and then pressed into shape, and cannot be broken or used up. We have it in Water Pails Milk Pails Stable Pails Milk Pans Keelers Bowls Wash Basins Cuspidors An investigation would be to our mutual interests. Foster, Stevens & G0,, 10 and 12 Monroe &t., 33, 35, 377, 39 and 41 Louis Street. Weekly ‘Pointers, _—- When in the city, don’t fail to call and investigate the mer- its of the Timby Barglar-Proof Sash Lock. Its simplicity, automatic ac- tion, strength, ventilating qual- ities and adaptability to vary- ing thicknesses of sash or in- side stops, render it more de- sirable than any other sash locks we offer for sale. It locks either or both sash in any posi- tion desired and is absolute se- curity against burglars. Oster, StEVEDS & CO, 10 and 12 Monroe 8t., 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis Street. Weekly “Pointers,” “T had rather part with my piano than my Van Range They take so little fuel; they burn eoal so nice; so little trouble to run them and I can depend on it to do nice work.’’ This is what a Sheldon street lady says of our Van Range. We have sold over two hundred of these Ranges in the eity, and as many more in Western Michigan, to whom we refer. They are used and conceded to be the best in the world by all hotel and restaurant men. They re- ceived the highest awards at Philadel- phia, Paris and Cincinnati, and are the best that money can buy. Not how cheap a range we can sell, but how good a range, is our motto. FOSTEr, SteVENS & GO, 10 and 12 Monroe St., 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis Street. BELKNAP |WAGON % SLEIGH GO. Manufacturers of Makes Washing easy The Michigan Tradesman . and pleasant. SAVES NOVELTIES IN PERPUMERY. A LARGE VARIBTY IN China and Glass Stands, Jugs and Vases, Send for sample lot of ANTA (LAUS \oaP ARRANTED TO BE Ww THE FINEST and LARGEST SMOKE For the money in the U. 8S. ("Put up 50in a box. Ask our dealer forthem. Manufactured only by N E. KENNING & CO., Grand Rapids. Send for prices. Features of the Coffee Market. From the New York Shipping List. Fhe past month has developed such interesting as well as significant features | JO respecting the statistical position of the world’s present and prospective supply of coffee that it will be instructive to group these features together and con- sider their bearing and probable influence in shaping the future course of events. This investigation will be all the more valuable and interesting in the light of a | very clear and exhaustive analysis of the | statistical position of coffee for the past ! | BELKNAP PAY. SLBIGHS Business and Pleasure Sleighs, Farm Sleighs, Logging Sleighs, Lumbermen’s and River Tools. We carry a large stock of material and have ev- ery facility for making first-class Sleighs of all \4 kinds. : Grand Rapids.