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The Cranberry Crop. 4. Around the State. 5. Grand Rapids Gossip. 6. Window Trimming. 8. Editorial. 9. Genuine Success. 10. Buttons and Buttons. 11. Study of History. 12. Butter and Eggs. 14. The Old Men. 16. Clothing. 20. Women Criminals. 22. Woman’s World. 24. Emergency Circulation. 28. Shoes. 29. Next Best Thing. 30. Bank Robbers. 31. Belts and Buckles. 32. Clerk’s Corner. 34. New York Market. 36. Will He Marry? 38. Dry Gocds. 40. Commercial Travelers. 42. Drugs. 43. Drug Price Current. 44. Grocery Price Current. 46. Special Price Current. CURIOUS STRIKE. There has been in progress in Mar- seilles, France, a sort of strike or labor upheaval, which is quite unique in its way. It has now been in prog- ress for fully two years and untold damage has been done not only to the commerce of the port of Mar- seilles, but to French shipping gener- ally. The strike has involved serious fighting and rioting, which have ne- cessitated the calling out of the troops, and although work on_ the Marseilles docks has not been sus- pended during the entire period, it has been so trequently interrupted that shipowners have been unable to properiy conduct their business. Unlike most strikes, this one has not been dominated by a demand for increased wages so much as Other problems intimately connected with the general labor question. The sail- ors have struck against the discipline maintained on the ships, and the jongshoremen and freight handlers along the docks have stopped work out of sympathy. No sooner would the sailors be mollified than the freight handlers would strike afresh for some amelioration in their condi- tion. As a result of this disturbed and distorted condition of things in the great French port, the shipping busi- ness has become demoralized and shipowners are sending their vessels elsewhere, so as to be out of the strike atmosphere and beyond the reach of the agitators, who appear to be primarily responsible for the per- petual turmoil which prevails. Pas- sengers now avoid the French ships, owing to the lack of discipline which prevails on such vessels. This is not the fault of the shipowners, but is the result of the perpetual agitation go- ing on among the sailors, and the fact that the shipping people have been compelled to consent to all sorts | of unreasonable conditions in order to operate their vessels. The steamship lines centering at Marseilles are gradually withdrawing from that port and making Genoa their regular port of call and base of operations. Whether this withdrawal of business will bring the Marseilles agitators to their senses remains to be seen. It is no wonder, under such conditions, that the French merchant marine is declining instead of ad- vancing. Discipline is as necessary on a ship as it is in an army, and without it vessels can not be success- fully operated at a profit. eee A strike is no respector of persons and it often lands in unlooked for places. Organized labor has a very firm hold on San Francisco. A strike out there is usually quickly followed by a boycott and then sandwich men, as they are called, at once begin to| parade up and down the street in| front of the store, restaurant or shop, carrying the announcement that the | Elace is boycotted and bidding every- | body keep away. The union’s atti- | tude to the sandwich men is that of | employer. Acting on good business | principles in a recent strike in that | | city, the union, trying to get the| work as low as possible, refused a | demand for an advance in wages and | thereupon the sandwich men struck. The incident | merriment and created considerable | comment, but at} last accounts both the union and the | sandwich men stood firm and the| k-reach, instead of being closed, grew} wider. i Surgery may yet make us normal | A boy in Indianap- | olis was regarded as incorrigible, and | was such a terror in the public| schools which he attended that he} was sent to a reform institution. A surgeon performed an operation on him, removing a bony growth which pressed on the brain, and as a re- sult the boys nature has changed completely and he is now a model If this line of operation is to be generally adopted the surgeons will be obliged to work overtime, so numerous are the subjects. in our behaviox. youth. Sawdust is now lending itself to many uses. Shipbuilders in England, France and Germany are using what is called “stone-wood,”’ a mixture of sawdust with certain minerals, which, hydraulic formed into slabs under pressure, makes a surface which is| safe to walk upon and will not burn | or permit one to slip. This sub- | stance can be worked like any hard | wood and is being extensively used. | Anyone who iacks sawdust for ex-| periments in this direction can prob- ably procure equally good results with breakfast foods. | chant. | sider whether the Number 1097 THE VALUE OF MIDDLEMEN. Theoretically, business should be done directly between the distribut- ing merchants and the manufactur- ers. The broker, the commission mer- chant, the traveling salesman, or any other person who stands between the producer and the consumer, has to be paid, and theoretically the various amounts paid to such persons could be saved if there were in every de- partment direct trade between the producer and the consumer. This is what many people have said, and it is what the Japanese, who are most careful economists, are saying. The Chronicle, an English journal, published at Kobe, Japan, in a recent issue, says that at the close of the war with Russia a determined effort is to be made by the Japanese to enter into direct trade relations with foreign countries, the object be- jing to exclude the middleman, who in this instance is the foreign mer- Whether such a policy will be successful depends, however, not on the wishes of the Department of Finance or the hopes of the Japanese merchant, but on considerations of economy. Experiments in the past in direct trade have not proved so successful as to warrant others being undertaken without the greatest cau- Meanwhile it may be well for the Japanese to con- tion being observed. middleman does not serve a purpose in the commer- cial economy. The Iron Age, of New York, re- |cently pointed out that one of the aims of the great trusts and consoli- dations organized in America was to eliminate the middleman and_ save his. profit to the consumer, and when the tidal wave of consolidation was at its height prophecies were freely made that brokers, and even jobbers, would find their occupations gone and would have to seek new fields of en- deavor. But the prophecy has not been fulfilled. There are fully as many jobbers, brokers and manipula- tors as ever in all the great cities, and they are just as necessary as ever. Buyers find in the hands of the right sort of agent or middleman a larger assortment and a greater va- riety than if they attempted to deal with the mills alone, and the conve- nience resulting from such conditions is worth the commission to such an agent. Of course, it is necessary that the agent shall be honest, intelligent and fully posted in his business. When that is the case he is of great service to both buyer and seller. ND Don’t make a remnant counter of your efforts—beginnings and_ ends, without any middles, command only catch-all prices. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN CRANBERRY CROP. Some Facts Concerning Its Growth and Marketing. Cape Cod folks are gathering their cranberries. Ina little while the New Jersey, Michigan, Wisconsin and Min- nesota marshes will swarm with pick- Then the full red and white tide that annually sweeps across the coun- crs. try from the cranberry districts will make itself felt, and the forerunner of the Thanksgiving turkey become a commodity of present importance with both wholesaler and grocer. There will many berries this year as last. The vines seem to have been impressed by that conservatism which hedges about a Presidential year and to have decided to keep well within a defined yield limit. Last year United States grow- ers raised 1,250,000 bushels. The crop of 1904 will be from 15 to 20 per not be so cran- cent. less, New Jersey showing the greatest decrease, where it is_ be- lieved the crop will be 60 per cent. Still, prices are not expected to go any higher, for good old-fashioned apple sauce has of late years become a formidable competitor of cran- berry sauce, and this keeps the fig- ures at normal. Still, even with the reduced yield, there will be enough berries to make sufficient sauce for every turkey that survives the perils of getting wet and eating too much. The first Cranberries come from Cape Cod bogs or marshes. There the harvest begins the last week in August. That attractive dark-red berry whose blush is on view in stores early in September is from Cape Cod. Color is the cranberry standard of value, and so the New Jersey grow- ers wait until the early Cape Cods are well out of the market before they make shipments in quantity. The Jersey grower is a most careful hus- bandman, always with an eye to the main chance. It is said that some years ago the New Jersey Legisla- ture made what is known as a bush- el-crate standard; that is, formally declared the crate in question con- tained, when filled, a bushel of ber- ries. i For a time all went smoothly, but presently the men who handle cran- berries in New York City discovered that the so-called bushel crate con- tained only thirty quarts instead of the regulation thirty-two. The thrifty Jerseymen had been receiving pay for two quarts in every crate that they never furnished. This was some years ago, so now in New Jersey a bushel is not a bushel when it is a crate of cranberries. The cranberry harvest may be said to continue from the last week in August to the middle of September, or until the severe frosts put an end to the season. Long Island’s har- vest is coincident. with that of New Jersey, but its limited yield averages higher in quality than New Jersey’s and generally brings top-notch prices. October is the cranberry month in the Middle States and west thereof. Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota are all cranberry states, the former leading in the size of its crop. Wis- consin used to be a large producer of cranberries, but forest fires ruined the majority of the bogs a few years ago and since then the yield has been a fraction of what it formerly was. The Western berry, rarely finds its way into markets of the East. Chicago buyers capture it and wholesale it to Western points. nowever, the New York, New Jersey, Pe.nsyi- and New England consume about one-fourth of the Nation’s cran- berry yield. The remainder goes West and South, to Canada and a lit- tle to Europe. vania New York is the leading shipping point, with Chicago and Kansas City and third. New York _deal- ers handle 250,000 bushels of a one- million bushel crop. Of this amount second 100,000 to 150,000 bushels go ‘to local consumers. The balance is shipped to many points. Texas is becoming a notable patron of cranberry, and California is as fond of the berry as it is of its own lus- cious productions. All the cranber- ries sent abroad go to London and Liverpool, but the total is small. Liking for cranberries seems to be an acquired taste across the water, and though shipments have _ in- creased somewhat in the last twenty cr twenty-five years, the’ gain is exceedingly small. The cranberry grower will this year receive from $5.50 to $6 a Ioo-quart barrel for his crop. That is, he will average that for what the cotton buyer calls good ordinary. The re- tail price promises to be about Io cents a quart, but the factor in this is the abundance of the yield. Sift- ing these figures, it will be seen that a large amount of money goes to some one between the producer and consumer, but it must be borne in mind that cranberries, like apples, must pay the price of long storage. Sometimes, when the producer can afford it, he puts away a large por- tion of his crop and lets it remain in storage until the last of December or the middle of January, when, as a rule, the price advances. In the spring of 1902 a consignment of cran- the | berries sold at from $18 to $20 a bar- rel. Those figures are rarely reached, but $12 to $15 a barrel is not uncom- mon at out-of-season times. Even at present prices this will be a prosperous season for cranberry growers outside of New Jersey, from Cape Cod, where American cranber- ries were first grown, to the remote island of Kodiak, Alaska, the north- ern and westernmost point where the fruit is grown. Of all familiar fruits it is safe to say that there is none of which so little is generally known as_ the cranberry. Originally it grew wild as, in fact, it does to-day in sev- eral of the states bordering on the Canada line, in the salt marshes of the coast States, in the glades of the Alleghanies, and as far South as Virginia and the Carolinas. Unlike the strawberry, the wild cranberry is distinctly inferior to its cultivated rel- ative. Both grow on a small, hardy shrub about six inches in height. The fruit takes its name from the appearance of the flower, which, just before expanding into bears a marked resemblance to the neck, head and bill of a crane. Hence the name “craneberry,’ which usage has made into “cranberry.” perfection, | | Sand and peaty ground forms the) bog. Instead of fertilizing, grower is obliged to give the vines The ground must be low, as it is kept under water most of the time. The marsh or bog, as it is variously termed, is so arranged that any sec- cretion of the -grower, the system of those used in irrigating the lands of the West. the bog is an expensive process, in- volving an expenditure of from $300 five years lapses before the yield is really profitable. After that, each year should give a larger return on the investment. No rotation of crops is necessary, and the shrubs live and bear and increase endlessly. INSIDE ARC LIGHT 1000 CANOLE POWER | proper soil for a cranberry marsh or | the | or bushes liberal coatings of sand. | tion of it may be flooded at the dis- | ditches and sluices being the same as | arid | The making of | to $500 an acre, and an interim of | | SINGLE INSIDE LUGHT jf 500 CANOLE POWER Planting a new section of bog is a simple process. A small handful of twigs is twisted together and thrust deep into the sand. They take root immediately, and within a year put forth new uprights and begin to send The planting is eight or ten inches apart in rows. Gradu- ally the space between fills up, and in an old bog the shrubs grow as thick as buffalo grass. All they then require is weeding, sanding, and flooding. Flooding is necessary not only for the growth of the plant, but to pro- tect it from the early frosts of Autumn. It is no unusual sight to see a half hundred pickers at work in one section of a bog, while the ad- joining section is eighteen inches out runners. HARNESS We want your harness and collar orders We have cut some new styles and prices. Send us sample orders. We have got our collar factory going and can give you the best on the market. Our new catalogue is nearly ready. Send for one. Wholesale Only BROWN & SEHLER CO. West Bridge St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Ratesevery day to Grand Rapids. Send for circular. PILES CURED DR. WILLARD M. 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Thousands of our systems are in daily use giving perfect satisfaction. We have had years of experience. See us before you buy. Agents wanted. MANUFACTURED BY NOEL & BACON CO., 345 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich, A careful ¢xamination of an 9 SA DROP GREE: _eenenmneenesrnst te neseceneNtoONre caper eer rear Riga Ne aig Fore Np = — SERRA SO IS AP passione ep OR ee Sencar gapseam, abides, coal MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3 under water. Beneath the transpar- ent covering the berries are seen, the water only intensifying their brilliant coloring and the deep green of the surrounding leaves. Picking cranberries is a task for nimble fingers. The picker, sitting or kneeling on the damp sand, plunges both hands, with fingers slightly spread, among the vines, and with a quick movement strips the berries from the stems and tosses them into a waiting pan. When the pan is filled it is emptied into a pail holding one-third of a bushel. The size is uniform, and the pickers are paid by the pail. The berries are finally put into crates and barrels. Before they are ready for market, however, they are winnowed, with the aid of a winnowing machine, of leaves and weeds, and are then ready for the consumer. Cranberry scoops are largely used on cranberry marshes. A _ scoop is a box-like contrivance fifteen inches long, with wooden fingers. It is used to strip the vines of berries, and by its aid the task of gathering the berries is greatly expedited. Cranberry growing is called a “young man’s work.’ This means that a young man who chooses cran- berry farming as a road to affluence must be willing to wait and work steadily and with perseverance while he waits. A few years ago a wealthy resident of Detroit, stirred by glorified accounts of cranberry- raising profits, invested $250,000 in an attempt to raise the berries on a large scale. He abandoned the enter- prise at the end of the second year, losing almost the entire investment. > Why High Prices for Grain Are In- _ evitable. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 26—The present grain situation is the most peculiar known in half a century, with the exception of a short period during the civil war. Indeed, it is doubtful if there is a man now living who has seen a similar condition of affairs, where the demand for home consumption was so great and the export demand so small, while yet the crop promises to be deficient in supplying the demand for home con- sumption. With the European grain crop 120,000,000 bushels short, as re- ported, it needs no deep mathemati- cal calculation to reach the conclu- sion that wheat will bring a high price before the May settlements are made, and that the farmer has a good thing in sight in all grains. It is improbable that much grain will be exported during the next twelve months, although the short- age in Europe may cause foreigners to bid up the price and thus aid in sustaining the value in the markets of the United States. It appears now that the whear yield of the country will not exceed 525,000,000 bushels, as against 670,000,000 bushels for 1903, when exports were about 120,000,000 bushels, the lowest in many years, while the consumption for the same period was the largest in the history of the country. Now, with the consumption in- creasing and ahsolutely nothing to export, and the consumption exceed- ing the home product, what may be expected? Unusually high prices— the demand exceeding the supply. These are natural conditions. They are conditions confronting the mill- ers and which are forcing them into a combine to minimize the loss of crops until the new grain can. be bought annd stored in the elevators. These are picturesque conditions and wholly outside the natural conditions and natural possibilities. For several days the elements have contributed to dishearten the grain grower and reduce the yield. The tresher is teliing a tale of wheat yields far below the average, but it is the truth that the thresher is now at work in the poorest fields of the Northwest, where rust did great damage. During the next two weeks threshing machines will tell a differ- ent story, although the most san- guine do not concede an average yield of over ten bushels per acre for the entire Northwest. Indeed, should the average yield reach nine bushels per acre, the aggregate pro- duction for the three Northwest States will exceed that of last year Dy 20,000,000 bushels. In a previous article it was as- serted that the yield of Minnesota and the Dakotas would equal that of 1903 under favorable conditions. There is no reason to change these views provided the favorable condi- tions continue. In a talk with J. J. Hill that prince of crop experts de- clared to the writer that he believed the wheat yield, while 70,000,000 bushels under what it should be, would reach the yield of last year, and that other crops would bring the tonnage of railroads up to 25 per cent. greater than a year ago. It is not necessary for Mr. Hill to go into the wheat fields to know the prospects. Like any experienced stu- dent of crop conditions, he is able to form his estimate by conditions at seeding time. In May he said: “We will not have a big crop of wheat. There will be many bad spots. The spring has been too wet in some places and too dry in others. There will be early wheat and there will be late wheat. Both are likely to be damaged. But there will be a good crop which is neither early nor late nor too dry nor too wet.” During the past week the returns from the threshing machines have justified the above conclusions. The yield of wheat in the Dakotas, Min- nesota and Northern Wisconsin should be about as follows: Bushels Netth Dakota 100.0030.) 65,000,000 MGNeSOea a 68,000,000 Seance” Dalat 30,000,000 Northern Wisconsin...... 18,000,000 OE 181,000,000 Last year, according to the Gov- ernment estimate, the Dakotas and Minnesota raised 173,000,000 bushels of wheat. But in addition to this, and which should be figured in the Northwest receipts, is the yield of Montana—not less than _ 15,000,000 bushels tributary to the big Minne- sota and Eastern mills, making a to- tal of 196,000,000 bushels of wheat for the American Northwest, not includ- ing the Pacific Coast States. —__.-~.___ Apple Crop Appalls Dealers. The apple market throughout Wayne county has practically come to a standstill, for dealers are fright- | ened at the size of the crop. Earlier in the season there was a fair de-| mand for choice apples at 90 cents | per barrel, the purchasers furnishing | Now there is practically | the barrel. no market. The outlook on green ap- ples never suited the buyers as little as it does this fall, and the more they investigate the situation the less they like it. It begins to look as though the farmer would have to do business without middlemen. The best price talked now is 75 cents per barrel, and scarcely ‘a dealer can be who will buy at any price. more lively, although dealers are not active. Dealers are advising their old customers to go slowly, drying their own appies before they con- tract for other orchards. for this is that the dealers look to see evaporating apples drop cents later in the season. 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Moon has en- gaged in the bazaar business. Ludington—W. D. Bridge will open a new music store about Oct. 1. Port Huron—Patrick H. Mahar will shortly open a new shoe store. Jackson—Edward C. Morrisey is closing out his stock of boots and shoes. Detroit—Ritter & Schmidt have purchased the grocery stock of Wm. Waldeyer. Saginaw—John Enszer has _ pur- chased the meat business of Julius Catterfield. St. Johns—W. A. Hunt has pur- chased the market business of John P. Snyder. Mason—H. O. Halstead has pur- chased the clothing stock of Caven- der & Mehan. Lansing—Kelso & Bartel have en- gaged in the grocery business in the Hawes buildine. Muskegon—Alfred A. Ball has closed his Palace bakery and _ dis- continued business. Ann Arbor—N. Generaux will shortly engage in the confectionery and tobacco business. Detroit—Collins & Schuler have purchased the cigar and_ tobacco stock of John J. Griffith. Traverse City—Geo. L. Purkiss, the Northport fish merchant, has engaged in the fish business here. Coldwater—Alpha Boyden and Frank Kohler have each opened new bakeries here during the past week. Bellaire—Mrs. Luella Pray, of Williamsburg, has purchased Mrs. Alma Clymer’s millinery stock and business. South Haven—E. W. Fitzgerald will succeed Griswold & Fitzgerald in the men’s furnishing and grocery “business. Schoolcraft—E. L. Mosher, form- erly engaged in business at Otsego and Vicksburg, will open a jewelry store here. Holland—H. J. Fisher, the drug- gist, has let the contract for a new business block, to be occupied by his drug stock. Alpena—C. A. McGregor has pur- chased the stock of the Star Shoe Co. and will continue the business at the same location. Lansing—Beasley & Wells have sold their grocery stock to F. H. Bar- teaux, who will continue the business at the same iocation. Cheboygan—Julius Bohn will open 2 hardware store in about three weeks in the building formerly oc- cupied by Frank Lockhart. Lansing—Rossa Bros. have open- ed a new grocery store and meat market in the H. E. Johnson build- ing. They haii from Durand. Alma—T. E. Pringle has purchas- ed the interest of F. J. Emmer in the clothing stock of Pringle & Em- ‘mer and will continue the business in his own name. Paw Paw—Tice & Decker, who re- cently bought the Longwell de- partment store, have sold it to A. C. Martin and A. W. Showerman. Lyons—The general stock of W. Halsted & Co. and the grocery stock of S. W. Webber have been con- solidated under the _ style of the Lyons Grocery Co. Yale—Wallace Ballentine has sold his general stock to F. A. Griswold and Frank Newell, who will con- tinue the business under the style of Griswold, Newell & Co. Vassar—Rutherford & Rowley, dealers in agricultural implements, wagons, buggies, etc., have gone to the wall. The assets are estimated at $500 and the liabilities at $3,000. St. Johns—R. W. Stone, who has been in the grain business at Alto for seven years, and R. D. Bergin, of Lowell, have purchased Osgood’s elevator and grain and hay and coal business, and will continue it at the same location. Boon—E. A. Losie, who has man- aged the general store of J. Cornwell & Son here tor several years past, has formed a copartnership with J. M. Hayden and purchased the stock. Business will be continued under the style of Losie & Hayden. Onaway—The grocery store and meat market of Walter Smith was closed last Friday by M. A. Quick & Co., who held a chattel mortgage on the stock. It was adjusted later by Smith giving Quick a bill of sale of the entire stock, and the latter is now in charge. Detroit—The stock and good will of the Harris Paper Co. has been purchased by Lester H. Cheeseman, who will continue the business un- der the style of the Cheeseman Pa- per Co., a corporation with $25,000 paid-in capital stock which will be organized for the purpose. Albion—E. T. Bornor, in partner- ship with J. A. Gibbs, has purchased the business of Francis E. Steele and will sell wood, coal, flour, feed, brick, cement, salt, tile, etc. Mr. Bornor has had experience in this line of business as he has been connected with the Parma Mercantile Co. for some time past. Bellaire—Geo. Otis, of East Jor- dan, has: purchased the implement stock of H. E. Dickerson and will move the business into the new ce- ment block. F. L. Knapp, harness- maker with Mr. Dickerson for sever- al years, will have charge of the business for Mr. Otis, which will in- clude harnessmaking. Hudsonville—L. M. Wolf, the general dealer at this place, owns and cultivates a forty acre farm on the edge of the village. Included in the farm is seventeen acres of muck jand, on which the humus is about thirty feet deep. On this land Mr. Wolf raises remarkable crops. of onions and celery. From seven acres of onions and celery last season he realized nearly $1,100. He has on exhibition at his store this week six onions which weigh 634 pounds and he insists that on the five acres he planted to onions this season he will have at least 250 bushels which aver- age over a pound apiece. Holland-—The Frank S. Gray gro- cery stock has been purchased by E. Heeringa and Nicholas Tannes, who will continue the business un- der the style of Heeringa & Tannes. The stock has been the cause of con- siderable legal controversy, due to the utterance of a chattel mortgage for $375. The principal creditors were the Musselman Grocer Co. and A. E. Brooks & Co. Rudyard—Nicholas De _ Kruyter, formerly book-keeper for the Linn Murray Furniture Co., Ltd., of Grand Rapids, has purchased an interest in the shoe and harness business of his father, to which they will add a line of groceries, furnished by the Mus- selman Grocer Co., and a line of dry goods, furnished by P. Steketee & Sons. They will also engage in the shipping of hay and grain, and the firm name hereafter will be J. De Kruyter & Son. Dorr—J. Neumann, the _ veteran general dealer at this place, died suddenly last Friday as the result of the illness from which he has suffered for several years past. Mr. Neumann was a good merchant and a good citizen and his death leaves a2 wide gap in this community. The funeral and interment, which took place Monday, were the most large- ly attended of any event of the kind ever occurring in Dorr. Business was suspended at every business house in the place. Howard City—W. Fred Watson, who has conducted a bakery and res- taurant business here for several years, has made an alleged sale of his stock to his father and departed for parts unknown. His assets were ap- proximately $700 and his liabilities $1,000. This circumstance affords a fresh illustration of the necessity of a sale-in-bulk law such as the mer- cantile interests of the State have pleaded for for several years and which would now be on the statute books but for .the ignorance and treachery of the present Governor. Manufacturing Matters. Detroit—Harris Bros. & Co., man- ufacturers of shirts and have discontinued business. Big Rapids—Jones & Green are razing the old Crawford sawmill and will put it up near their planing mill. Cassopolis—C. W. Bunn has nearly completed the erection of a new sawmill to replace the mill recently burned. Petoskey—The Petoskey Block & Manufacturing Co. manufacturer of butchers’ blocks, will shortly add refrigerators and butchers’ fixtures. Bay City—The Aylea Lumber Co., a local concern, has’ established a lumber yard at South Bay City for the purpose of handling stock to the retail trade. Detroit—Isaac N. Petry, formerly Secretary-Treasurer of the Harding & Petry Lumber Co., has disposed of his interests to H. W. Harding and the company’s name is now the H. W. Harding Lumber Co. Sparta—The Sparta Milling Co. has leased the elevator at Grant and will operate it in connection with its business here. E. W. Smith, overalls, who has been on the road for the company, will have charge of the Grant establishment. Lansing—F. Thoman has bought the interest of J. P. Thoman in the well-known milling and grain firm’ of F. Thoman & Brother, associated in business here for the past twenty- cone years. The mills have resumed business under the management of C. J. De Roo, who has for a num- ber of years had charge of ‘the Walsh-De Roo Milling Co., of Hol- land, and Frank H. Thoman, a son of the owner. Menominee—The Peninsular Box & Lumber Co. has secured an un- usually large contract from the Sing- er Sewing Machine Co., of South Bend, Ind. Arrangements have been made between the two compan- ies whereby the Menominee concern will furnish all the sewing machine company’s boxes and crates from now until January 1, 1906. The com- pany uses about 14,000 crates per month and as many boxes. Cheboygan—Nelson & Clark have sold their sawmill property here to M. D. Olds, who has ‘large tracts of timber tributary to Cheboygan. The crew will all remain with the new owner, until the close of the present season, when ail the skilled help will remove to Wilmington, N. C., where Nelson & Clark and F. W. Wheeler, of Detroit, have acquired 200,000 acres of land covered with cypress, juniper and other varieties of valua- ble timber located on Juniper Creek. Haakwood—The Haak Lumber Co. has sold its tract of hardwood and hemlock, aggregating 23,000 acres, to Frank Buell & Co., of Bay City. The timber will be shipped by rail to Bay City, where it will be manufac- tured in the mills of the purchasers. This sale practically closes the oper- ations of the Haak Lumber Co. here. The sawmill burned last winter and was never rebuilt. The flooring mill and other movable property are to be taken to some other locality in the State. Detroit—The Detroit Sulphite Fi- bre Co. has been adjudicated bank- rupt by order of Judge Swan. ‘The inventory totaled $511,522, with $23,- 115.63 bills receivable. The _ liabili- ties were scheduled at $510,597.90, the Old Detroit National Bank being a creditor to the extent of $56,776; the First National Bank, $30,539.33, and E. Jennie H. Richardson, surviving trustee of the estate of David M. Richardson, $45,000. The matter has been referred to Referee Davock and the Detroit Trust Co. and J. H. Mc- Cormick, receiver, will continue to act, with a $15,000 bond, until the creditors take action. Commercial Credit Co., t« Widdicomb Building, Grand Rapids Detroit Opera House Block, Detroit but “slow debtors pay receipt of our direct de- letters. Send all other accounts to our offices for collec t n ( MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 The Produce Market. Apples—Wealthy, Maiden Blush, King and Strawberry varieties com- mand $1.50@1.75 per bbl. The de- mand has improved during the past week. Bananas—$1@1.25 for small bunch- es; $1.50@1.75 for Jumbos. The mar- ket is well supplied with good stock and prices hold steady. More inde- pendent bananas are coming into the United States each year, and it may be that some day the “trust” will have a- rival that will really be of some good to the trade. Just now, the combination is as bitrary as a setting hen. Beans—$1.50@1.65 for hand picked mediums. however, ar- Beets—4oc per bu. Butter—Receipts of dairy are by no means as plentiful as a few weeks ago, in consequence of which the price has advanced to 1r@12c for packing stock and 16@17c for No.1. Renovated is also slightly higher, commanding 17@17%c. Creamery is steady at 20c for choice and 2ic for fancy. Cabbage—45c per doz. Carrots-—soc per bu. Cauliflower—$1.20 per doz. Celery—i15c per doz. bunches. Crabapples—6oc per bu. for Siber- ian; 50c per bu. for General Grant. Cranberries—$7 per _ bbl. Cape Cod berries have come in abundant- ly the past week and the color of the stock is better than the early ar- rivals. Prices are about a quarter a barrel lower, with the movement as- suming bigger proportions. Wis- consin berries will arrive before long. Cucumbers—toc per doz. for large; 18c per too for pickling. Eggs—Receipts have been equal to the demand and the market is steady at 17@18c for case count and 19@ 2zoc for candled. In the ordinary course of events the market should advance soon, as it is now 1%c un- der last year and 2c under 1902. Eggs that are now coming candle out fairly well, although they con- tinue to show more signs of being held longer than the receivers like. Egg Plant—8sc per doz. Grapes—Delawares command 1I5c¢ per 4tb. basket. They cannot be ship- ped, because the railroads will not accept them unless the baskets are covered and no covers can be obtain- ed. Niagaras fetch 15c per 8fb. bas- ket. Wordens command 14c for same size package. Blue varieties in bu. baskets fetch 8o@ooc. Green Corn— Ioc per doz. Green Onions—Silver Skins, per doz. bunches. Green Peppers—65c per bu. Honey—Dealers hold dark at 10@ 12c and white ciover at 13@I5c. Lemons—Californias and Messinas fetch $4. The demand is only mod- 15¢ erate. “ Lettuce—6oe per bu. Musk Melons—Home-grown osage fetch 50@6o0c per crate. Small Rocky- fords command $1.25@1.50 per crate. Onions — Southern (Louisiana), $1.10 per sack; Silver Skins, $1 per crate; Spanish, $1.40 per crate. Home grown are coming in freely, com- manding 60@75c per bu. The crop is large and the quality appears to be fine, although the yield is affected in some districts by the maggots. Oranges—Mexicans bring $4@4 25 per box. As the season advances the orange market continues to firm up and choice sizes become harder to get. The condition is not unusual this year, although it may be that a little later the fruit will be unusually dificult to obtain at any price, as the reports have it that the late crop is being cleaned up very close. Parsley—25c per doz. bunches. Peaches—Chilis, $1@1.25; Crosbys, $1.10@1.35; Crawfords, $1.50@1.75; Champions (white), $1@1.25; Gold Drops, $1@1.25. Plums—Green Gages are_ scarce and in active demand at $1.50 per bu. Blue varieties, $1.25@1.5o0. Pears—Flemish Beauties and Sugar fetch $1 per bu. Potatoes—Local sales range from 345(@40c per bu. Dry weather and the absence of killing frosts have done and will do much yet to put the crop in good shape and stave off the threatened rot. So far as stock com- ing to this market is concerned there is some rot shown on it, but the po- tatoes seem to stand up a reasonable length of time. Pop Corn—goc per bu. for either common or rice. Poultry—Live is quiet, due to light demand and _ moderate receipts. Spring chickens, Io@1Ic; hens, 8@ gc; coarse fowls, 6@7c; spring tur- keys, 12@14c; old turkeys, I10@12c; spring ducks, 9@1oc for white; Nes- ter squabs are dull and slow sale at $1.25. Dressed poultry (drawn) ranges about 2c per fb. higher than live. Radishes—Round, China Rose, I5¢. Squash—Hubbard commands 1%4c per tb. Sweet Potatoes — Virginias are steady at $1.90 and Jerseys are in good demand at $3 per bbl. Tomatoes—60@75c per bu. Turaips—soc per bu. Watermelons--i1oc apiece for home grown. toc; long and ——_~»-» <+___- Messrs. Waldron, Alderton & Melze, wholesale shoe dealers of Saginaw, have just bought the en- tire stock of the Scheurmann Shoe Manufacturing Co., of Bay city, at an extremely low figure. This stock consists principally of | women’s warm shoes, Nullifiers, etc., and, on account of the low price at which it was bought, puts this enterprising house in a position to give their customers some rare bargains, which will, no doubt, be appreciated at this time of year. et Great men have no time to tell the multitude how to be great, and no- body is going to listen to a little man, no matter how persistently he squeals the directions. The Grocery Market. Sugar (W. HH. Edgar & Son)— Since we wrote you on Sept. 20 the market has remained nominally un- changed. Spot raws are firmly held at 4 5-16@4%%c, with no transactions. A cargo of Javas en route was re- cently sold at a shade above 4%4c and later an additional cargo at equal to about 4.31c. We now learn of recent purchases by our princi- pal refiners of practically all unsold Javas afloat, two cargoes due in two weeks at about 4.31c, while two car- goes which can not arrive until De- cember were sold at a shade under 4%4c. These purchases indicate in a marked degree the underlying strength of the position. With re- finers willing to purchase for De- cember arrival at equal to 4%c, duty paid, any expectation of lower prices for sugar would seem to be without substantial basis and with little pros- pect of realization. In our last referred to continued advances abroad. After a slight reaction the advance movement was renewed, un- til to-day, when quotations for best sugar figure to a parity with centri- tugals at about 4.40c for September shipment and 4.48c for October. The same rélative advance has_ taken place in cane descriptions, and this general upward movement is ac- counted for in the conviction that the total production of sugar during the coming campaign will hardly be sufficient for ordinary requirements. Refined is unchanged and _ strong, with a possibility of higher prices at any time. Withdrawals continue heavy and the volume of new busi- ness is increasing from day to day. There is no sign of a let-up in the demand, consequently there is a slight improvement only in deliveries. We have every reasonable tion of an unusually heavy October consumption and, in view of the strength of the whole situation, we suggest the safety as well as the ad- visability of providing well in ad- vance for wants. Coffee—-All statistics point to a continued strong situation and this is the supposition that the large roasters are working on at present. Demand for coffee, as reported by the jobbers, shows no particular fea- tures. It is of good size, as the trade is regaining confidence in the market and is laying in its fall sup- plies. Tea—lIt is quite evident that good tea in nearly all lines will be want- ed during the entire season. There has been no change in the situation during the week. Holders of lower grades are reported as having some difficulty to get rid of their tea, and this fact may cause some concessions in price a little later. Canned Goods—Tomatoes are not attracting any great amount of at- tention. The jobbers and brokers express very little doubt that there will be plenty of them packed, in spite of some stories of short crop. Much speculation is still being in- dulged in as to the pack of corn, but, as usual, these guesses are of little value. As far as heard from the weather has been reasonably good we expecta-— in all corn-producing districts the past week, and that will go toward assuring a good output. California fruits are moving as well as _ usual at this except possibly peaches, which are so high that they are slow in starting. Salmon holds firm at the prices last stated. It is hardly probable that the market will even keep its present during the winter, the pack fell very much short of last year’s, as noted before. French high and promise to be higher before the next season. The catch was small, according to the brokers, although a United States Consul at Nantes says the catch this year was a large one. There you have it. Dried very firm, and the demand is light on ac- count of the high prices. Standard and choice grades are nearly unob- tainable, the only grades offered be- ing: extra choice and fancy. The ten- dency is upward. Raisins are. in small demand. The new seeders’ syn- dicate has infused some strength in- to the situation, and the price is a2 little firmer than a week ago, be- cause the holders who offered cheap raisins when the syndicate named its new prices have gotten all the orders they want. Loose raisins are in fair demand at probably 4c advance over prices of a week ago, especially on 3 and 4-crowns. Apricots are begin- ning to show some demand at. un- changed prices. Prunes are unchang- The still light the price low. There is an improve- ment in the demand, however, but none is looked for in the price. season, basis as sardines are Fruits—Peaches are ed. demand is and Syrup and Molasses—Glucose has made no change during the’ week. Compound syrup is still quiet, but will improve in demand from now on. Prices are unchanged. Sugar syrup is in excellent demand, both for export and manufacturing pur- poses at home. Prices are unchang- ed, but are hardening. still unawakened and changed prices. Fish—The market on mackerel is still firm, as the catch shows no im- provement. Stocks are very light and the trade are simply picking up what they can. A few Norways are coming in, selling on a basis of $23 for 2s and $21 for 35, m a larce way. They. were snapped up_ at once. Nothing new has developed in sardines. Practically all fear ofa shortage now disappeared, and packers expect to make full deliver- ies. Prices are unchanged. Cod is getting firm, although no change has ccecurred during the week. The ten- dency in both cod and haddock, how- ever, is upward. The demand is im- Ocean whitefish is selling at unchanged prices. Salmon is unchanged and quiet. ne so-called Molasses is rules at un- has proving. well The banana trust has transferred its local branch, which has been conducted under the style of the Williams Fruit Co., to the Yuille-Zemurry Co. a Tf Destiny still refuses to give you what you want, camp out on her doorstep. She will throw you some- thing before long to get rid of you. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Some Notable Windows Shown This Week. The Heystek & Canfield Co. this week shows a lot of pictures suitable tor dens “and sich,” also several sam- ples of paper to render the walls in keeping with the “atmosphere” of these delightful snuggeries. Most of the pictures deal with Dutch charac- ters in their native environment. The coloring of some of the little chil- dren of the Netherlands is softer in tints than is usualiy seen, the effect being really pastel. Several of the flat Flemish oak frames have a windmill extension in one corner. A three-panel picture of youthful Chi- nese has two sizes of cute little lan- terns (flat) strung along the upper part of the frame. The window as a whole is so rich and warm in tone that it would chase away a fit of the blues. ‘+ = A little farther down Monroe street every one stops to look into the one large window of the above f:rm’s competitors—C. L. Harvey & Co. lover of wall decoration, and what person does not enjoy looking at beautiful pictures, even though their possession be denied him? I know ene woman whose _§ slender _ funds must be employed only for the “most absolute’—if I may use such an expression—of necessities but who manages to extract a deal of pleasure in simply looking at the lovely things in the store windows—things as un- attainable for her as the ownership of the Kohinoor. The person with a touch of the Oriental burning in his veins will ad- mire the picture of veiled Turkish women lazily watching the sinuous dancing of four beauties of the Far East. Their feet are bare, with bracelets gleaming on their white shapely ankles. Turkish pipes re- pose on floor and tabourette, and the smoke is slowly rising. The woman supposed to be the handsomest of them all is gracefully reclining ona luxurious leopard skin, and_ rugs, cushions and zll the other appurte- nuances of this sort of life are seen in the most lavish profusion. + > If I did justice to Herkner’s west window this week I should want nothing less than a page of the Tradesman to be placed at my dis- posal. The products of the jewel- er’s art there displayed must be seen to be appreciated. Such goods can not be looked at as we inspect those of other stores—they are too dainty in workmanship, the designs are too intricate to receive a mere passing glance. Bracelets are again adopted by the chief devotee at the shrine of the artificer in fine gold. One struck my fancy particularly—just a little nar- row round band of smooth copper- colored gold reflecting the light from It is always of interest to the) its polished surface and compelling you to love it the moment your eye rested on it. The ends overlay each other, each terminal set with a spar- kling amethyst—just the thing fora radiant brunette. One of the many exquisite brooches is composed ofa large topaz with threads of pearls standing out all around it. A tiny watch, seemingly more for ornament than use, is thickly seeded with pearls on either side. Even the watches unembellished with jewels are indescribably beautiful with their thick incrustations of the precious metal. All the brooches displayed are marked by extreme simplicity of design, and herein lies their chief charm. *k * * Let not the man of taste pause in front of Baxter’s if his purse lack that plethoric condition so satisfying to the soul of the luxurious liver, for he is foreordained from the founda- tions of the world to deep gnawings of envy at his more fortunate broth- er’s situation in life and to execra- tions on a stern fate that says him Nay, Nay! when he would gratify his longings for the condiments but must satisfy his hunger with plain bread and butter—or go without eat- ing entirely. All those’ elegant traveling-y things—what delightful *board-ship days do they suggest! How the thick steamer rugs and the wool caps speak of warm cozy comfort in wind- sheltered nooks! If your pocket- book is nice and fat just notice those umbrellas and canes that come in sets, the handles being exactly alike and the pairs fastened firmly to- gether in two places with stout lit- tle fancy leather straps. The hand- dles of gun metal with the inlaid sil- ver four-leaf-clovers especially pleas- ed me. And the Baxter filmy silk hosiery, I must not forget to mention that. Talk about a girl’s “swiping”’— that’s not my slang, it’s what the Lords of Creation designate it— talk about her just quietly appropri- ating to her own use her brother’s little belongings in the way of neck- ties, stick-pins, neckerchiefs and um- brellas—why, actually, if you exam- ine closely those delicate black silk sox in the suspender window—soxa pair of which you could without the least difficulty draw through a lady’s fingerring—you can readily imagine your younger, or even elder, brother guiltily sneaking to your darling sup- ply and cutting the tops off to meet his shorter requirements, and that without any great stretch of the im- agination, either! * * * One of the most beautiful windows I have ever seen is that of Hopkins & Oliver, the Wealthy avenue gro- cers, who have used grape vines with the fruit on exclusively. The effect is very striking. The vines are from the Vinecroft grapery. ——_+~++___ The Optimist In Business. Stupendous—the creative power of optimism! Before we are done prophesying the better day is here. No sooner are we prepared than the improvement is come. To will, to believe, to act is to have the battle half won. There would seem to be a mag- netic power in earnest preparation. How often have we seen a man put in another department, another plant, another machine, with no actual as- surance that the move was warrant- ed; and yet the business was forth- coming to justify it. It is, of course, quite possible to be over-sanguine. We are presum- ing a practical business head. When it comes to being visionary the nar- tow, hidebound, over-conservative man takes the palm for seeing things which are not there. His visions are all of disaster and defeat. It is as impractical to conjure up an impos- | sible disaster at each step as to see) Golconda in every enterprise. The impractical man of either sort | : | will never accomplish much because | he is not clear of vision; and of the | two men the sanguine has the better | of it, because he feels good, and) about all we get out of life is the | 'the remotest alley of the town. The great thing is to see true. All| the good work of the world has been | aone by clear seeing, buoyant men. | way we feel about it. When their vision has reached far beyond their day they have suffered for it. were dead. be too far in Commercial undertakings can wait long for recognition, but it is well to keep always just enough ahead so that the world and one’s) contemporaries never quite catch up. Recognition came after they | Leadership, by never so little, means separation from the mass. The race crowd invariably knows the col- ors that are leading. It is not al- ways possible to distinguish the rel- ative places of those in the bunch. We must be buoyant to achieve. The meanest thing one can say of man or beast 1s to call him a poor spirited creature. If a horse has too much mettle it may be toned down by age and training, but little can be done with a man or a colt that mopes and drags his feet. George Dyer. —_2--2 Treatment of a Fact. There was once an Ugly Little Fact that had no home. So he trotted along the highway until he came to the community where he belonged, when he sat down on his haunches in the square and began to howl. And as the people hung over the fence in great numbers, looking at him, he howled more loudly than be- fore, telling the truth about the Com- munity in tones that penetrated to Then a Leading Citizen came for- ward with a large brick, remarking: “This will never do.” And so say- ing, he landed the large brick neatly on the head of the Ugly Little Fact. And other Leading Citizens followed | his example. In business life it does not pay to) advance of the time. | not | “We do this,” they explained, “not because you are true, but because you are uncomplimentary, and should be treated as a Malicious Slander.” ————_2.2—>———— A rifle has a small mouth, but you remember what it says. The Smile that Won’t Come Off The Smile that means delight and mirth, The Smile that beams around the earth, The Smile that smiles for all it’s worth— The Smile that Won’t Come Off. el el tee The Smile that widens in delight, That makes all frowns fly out of sight, The Quaker Oats smiic_ —that’s all right! The Smile that Won’t Come Off. Pe isaeheneiaenmseenciennmmenesssisiieneniaiaiatiniasi MICHIGAN TRADESMAN t Review of the Hardware Market. Wire Nails—Improvement contin- | ues in the volume of business in wire nails. So many large orders have been placed since the last official re- duction in prices shipments from the mills for the Western trade are be- ing delayed. Except at points where competition is very keen prices are held firmly. The tendency to do away with arbitrary differentials con- tinues; carload lot prices being ac- cessible to carload buyers whether jobbers or large retailers. The most prominent manufacturers are not ac- cepting orders for delivery beyond 30 days. Quotations are as follows, f. o. b. Pittsburg, 60 days, or 2 per cent. discount for cash in 10 days; carload lots, $1.60; less than carload lots, $1.65. Local quotations are as follows: Single carloads, $1.79%; small lots from store, $1.85@1.90. Cut Nails—The volume of business “in cut nails has not increased as much proportionately as that in wire nails. The natural requirements for fall consumption have stimulated buy- ing to some extent, but the bulk of the demand is for the wire products. The majority of manufacturers are holding their products at $1.60@1.65 for carload lots and less than carload iots, respectively, but in the territory west of Pittsburg prices are on a basis of $1.65 in carload lots, f. 0. b. Pittsburg, with an advance of 10} cents in less than carload lots. Lo- cal quotations are as follows: Car- loads on dock, $1.74; less than car-|] loads on dock, $1.79; small lots from store, $1.85. Barb Wire—With the recurrence of fence-building time, the demand for barb wire is increasing noticea- bly. The regular price schedule for fencing is as follows, f. 0. b. Pitts- burg, 60 days, or 2 per cent. dis- count for cash in to days. Painted Galv. Jobbers, carload lots..... $1 75 $2 05 Retailers, carload lots... 1 80 2 10 Retailers, less than car- load Tots) ola. le oo | 2 20 Smooth Wire—The orders for emooth fence wire are also greatly augmented and most of the recent contracts call for immediate shipment. Quotations are as follows, fo fh. Pittsburg, 60 days, or 2 per cent. dis- count for cash in 10 days: Jobbers, carloads, $1.45; retailers, carloads, $1.50. The above prices are for the base numbers, 6 to 9. The other numbers of plain and galvanized wire take the usual advances. +2 The Little Woman’s Retort. The mild business man was calmly reading his paper in the crowded trolley car. In front of him stooda little woman hanging by a strap. Her arm was being slowly torn out of her body, her eyes were flashing at him, but she constrained herself to silence. Finally, after he had endured it for twenty minutes, he touched her arm and said: “Madame, you are standing on my foot.” “Oh, am I?” she savagely retorted, “T thought it was a valise.” >>> No animal envies a human beast. nn THE WORLD’S GREATEST MARKET Laid on Your Desk OUR UNABRIDGED FALL AND WINTER Catalogue No. C390 a Sent free to dealers only on request. 228 pages of holiday goods. 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POSITIVELY NO COODS SOLD TO CONSUMERS Floor broom, wt. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN SicrncangpapesMAN DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERES!S OF BUSINESS MEN. Published Weekly by TRADESMAN COMPANY Grand Rapids, Mich. Subscription Price One dollar per year, payable in advance. After Jan. 1, 1905, the price will be in- creased to $2 per year. No subscription accepted unless accom- panied by a signed order and the price of the first year’s subscription. Without specific instructions to the con- trary, all subscriptions are continued in- definitely. Orders to discontinue must be accompanied by payment to date. Sample copies, 5 cents apiece. Extra copies of current issues, 5 cents; of issues a month or more old, 10c; of is- sues a year or more old, $1. Entered at the Grand Rapids Postoffice. B. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY - SEPTEMBER 28, 1904 THE QUEST FOR THE POLE. Undeterred by the many failures to reach the elusive North Pole, a constantly increasing number of as- pirants for the honor is steadily de- veloped. The dangers, the sufferings and even the tragedies which make up the history of the quest for the pole, instead of frightening off ex- plorers and dampening the spirit of adventure which prompts this ambi- tion for fresh discovery, only serve to sharpen the desire to succeed where so many have already failed. These excursions in quest of the North Pole are expensive ventures, but people have always been found willing to put up the money in the hope that the mystery will finally be solved. Even governments have aided in providing the cost Of these expeditions. Men have been found prepared to try the most dangerous and risky plans which promised the remotest prospect of success. The unfortunate Andre with his balloon was one of these daring spirits. One of the most persistent, as well as successful, of the long list of Arc- tic explorers, is Commander Robert E. Peary, United States Navy, who has made several expeditions to the Arctic seas, and although he did not reach the coveted goal, he added something to the further knowledge of the route that must be traversed and contributed largely to the general information about the Arctic region. Commander Peary has announced his intention of making one more voyage in search of the pole, and although he does not claim with confidence that he will succeed, he clearly indi- cates that he has strong hopes of succeeding. Having made the at- tempt several times before, he has the advantage of a thorough knowl- edge of the route as well as the risks and dangers he will have to encoun- ter. He is in a better position to make preparations in advance for the difficulties he will have to overcome than any former explorer. Com- mander Peary believes that by mak- ing an early start and pushing as far north in his ship as it is possible to go, and then wintering, he will be in 2 position to reach the pole the ensu- ing summer by starting, as soon as there is enough light, in sleds over the ice pack and frozen polar basin, making a bee line for the pole. Having become convinced in his own mind that his plan is practicable, Commander Peary has set about con- structing a vessel such as will best carry out his designs. Heretofore ships intended for Arctic explorations have depended mainly on sails with limited auxiliary steam power. Com- mander Peary will build a small ship provided with high engine power and with only sufficient sails to move the vessel slowly in the event that the coal supply should fail. The engines will give about as much power as the average Ocean-going tug possesses and are expected to drive the ship through the ice, thus enabling her to get farther north than has been the case heretofore. The vessel will be constructed of wood, sheathed with steel, and the bow will be so ar- ranged as to lft under the pressure of the ice floes, thus preventing the crushing of the ship. In order that there may be an abun- dance of fuel, the crew will be quar- tered on deck and the hold will be given over entirely to coal and stores. With such a ship Commander Peary expects to get farther north than ever before, thus leaving a shorter distance to travel by sled. Americans will welcome the an- nouncement that Commander Peary is to try again to secure for this country the honor of the discovery of the pole. The courage and persist- ence of the dauntless explorer have eppealed strongly to the average American, hence it is certain that his enterprise will not lack the financial support which it is stated is still need- ed. For an American officer to dis- cover the pole is an honor which Americans wil consider worth pay- ing for, and it is safe to predict that by the time Commander Peary is ready to start all the money needed will be on hand. The best and healthiest trade in the world is that of dye-making from coal tar. There is no manual work that comes near it, for tar and the smell of it are the best of all tonics and tissue builders. The average life of a tar worker is eighty-six years. The mortality is 80 per cent. lower than in any other factory trade. Malignant diseases are al- most unknown in aniline dye factor- ies, and even in epidemics the work- ers suffer very little. And there ‘is nothing like a tar works for ke*ping off influenza. Yet the work of actual- ly making the tar, which falls to the gas and coal works, is virulently un- healthy, because of the sulphur fumes; but when the tar is “finished” it brims with health and ‘strength, and the weakliest men improve while working it. An Ithaca woman has taken first prize at a baby show with a waif that she found on her doorstep. Still it is not expected that people gen- erally will be pleased when they find other people’s children left on their doorsteps. They are not all prizes. The wind does not whistle through the barn that is full of wheat. PROGRESS OF THE WAR. Very little news can be given from day to day of the progress of events in the Far East, probably because there is really very little news to relate as far as actual happenings are concerned, but the silence proba- bly points to momentous events in preparation. Just such a dearth of news commonly immediately pre- cedes some important action. It is known that the Japanese, having rested after the labors connected with the battle of Liao-Yang, are again on the move, with Mukden the objective. With their usual cunning the Jap- anese generals have covered their | entire front, with outposts pushed } far enough forward to screen their actual movements. It is the belief that while advancing steadily along the railroad towards the Russian po- sition, General Kuroki on the right and General Nodzu on the left are pushing columns forward in order to flank the Russian position at Muk- den. Whether the Russians accept battle at the Manchurian capital or fall back to Tie-Ling Pass, the flank- ing movement will still be the same. | The Tie-Ling Pass, while a strong position, can be readily turned witha sufficient force. In just what condition the Rus- sians are for defending Mukden is not known. They have no doubt been re-enforced, but to what extent it is impossible to say. Some author- ities do not believe that Mukden will be defended, but the Russians area dogged race and they will probably not retire from the Manchurian capi- tal without a sharp fight. While the Japanese have greatly strengthened | the captured position at Liao-Yang, the capture of Mukden was a part of their original programme, hence it is safe to say that they will make every necessary effort to drive the enemy out. The Japs have undoubt- edly been considerably re-enforced, and after a fortnight’s rest they are again in excellent trim for a resump- tion of the campaign. According to General Kuropatkin, the Cossacks have been engaged in keeping in touch with the enemy and have unmasked several of his move- ments. While the Cossack may be of some value as a scout, he has a very poor reputation as a fighter. No troops in the world are more over- rated than the dreaded Cossacks. They are simply a horde of irregu- lars, with whom plunder and cruelty are strong characteristics, but who are of very little value in the fore- front of battle. Fighting has been apparently re- sumed in front of Port Arthur, but just what the extent of the fresh assault which the Japanese are mak- ing will assume is hard to deter- mine. That matters are reaching a desperate pass in the beleaguered fortress seems certain, although many of the stories brought out of the con- ditions there by refugees are un- doubtedly much exaggerated. That desperate fighting has occurred is certain, but that both sides have set aside all rules of civilized warfare and have engaged in a contest of savage extermination is highly im- probable. The story accredited toa certain young with a princely title is no doubt Russian lieutenant highly colored. How soon the for- tress is likely to fall is as much a problem as ever. There are several stories of the watch which Pope Pius carries. This version is said to be authentic. One of the cardinals was at the vatican re- cently, and while talking with the Pope, Pius took his watch from his pocket to see what time it was. The | cardinal noticed that the timepiece was a cheap nickel affair with an old shoestring attached to it in place of a chain. The cardinal drew his own costly chronometer. from his pocket and asked the Pope to take it as a gift,, and give him the nickel one. Then the Pope’s face lighted up with one of those smiles which, if one has been fortunate enough to see it, can never be forgotten, and said that the old watch was quite good enough for him. He added that it was given to him when a lad by his mother, who saved up her hard earn- ed coppers until she could buy it, but there was no money left for a chain. One of his sisters gave him the shoe- string for that, and he was so pleased with his gift that he promised his mother he would carry it as long as it kept time. The Pope has never had another watch, and says that he | never will. Because a determined man insisted on having a seat, an extra car was put on a Reading train at Tamaqua, Pa., the other day. The man walked | through the train and, finding every seat occupied, took up a position on the platform. | Spires to the primates and magnates | : or i ass practicable ratifying the severe “agreed” of England, terms of ransom tween them. Seat.) 23) mans |) AL) 1D), took Harfleur, in France, to an English colony. Sept. 22, 1761, George IIT. Henry V.- and his} Ly, reducing it | : Te ° "| or events quoted above and it will be | How | when it holds captive the fact that | Dates are but | | other events upon be-| |sion of every historical event | Queen Charlotte crowned at West- | consequence than that which he es quired by the process of memoriz- | ing. To attempt to learn history by| cramming the mind with facts chron- | clogically arranged differs in no es- | sential particular from the futile ef- | fort to learn a language from | a } dictionary. Dictionaries and chronol- ogies have their uses. They are| store-houses of information to be | drawn upon when required, but they | contain much useless lumber, which | it would be senseless to transfer to| the brain even if that repository had the capacity to take care of it. What | possible benefit can any one derive | from knowing the exact day of the | month and year in which George III. was crowned, or the date of the death of the Roman poet, Virgil? | much the mind broadened | is Henry IV., of Germany, and Richard | the Lion Hearted, of England, | agreed as to the terms of the ransom | | of the latter on the 22d of September, | 1103: What connection has the | cession by the Oneidas of their lands | the | the | to the State of New York on 22d of September, 1788, with occurring on other} twenty-seconds of September? These | {events thus virtually bracketed have | |no more relation to each other than | |a number of figures set down at ran- | | | dom; therefore, it is unwise to associ- | 1 ;ate them together, for the inevitable | result must be the production of con- | tusion in the minds of pupils. To teach history as it should be} taught in our public schools the | | methods of the universities must be | |adopted. The scholar should not be required to load his mind with dates; | the aim should be to give him a vivid impression of the doings, not only of the chief actors but of the people of | the period treated. It is perfectly to apply the system adopted by Mommsen to the discus- | and | personage. Take all of the incidents seen that it is not difficult to give them a setting which would interest | the matter of dates might be imi- tated with lecture on histerical subjects. Text-books | profit by all who talk or | not be dispensed with entirely by| teachers in our public schools. Prop- | erly used they are a valuable adjunct | in the work of teaching history, but interest must be developed in the | subject before they become of real | service to the scholar. That can be best done in the manner above sug- gested. No real advance can be made by the student who is merely | crammed with dates and the bare| bones of events. By such adventi-| tious aids he may qualify himself to pass an examination, but he will never know or understand history until he learns the relations of men| and things during the period in | | of those who followed them. and chronologies can} which they lived and occurred, and their bearing on the lives and actions The teacher who can not help those he seeks to instruct to a perception of these relations is not fit to teach his- tory. Frank Stowell. i pl a wet heh “Slant Hi 7 td gids c 5 pith lemniba Lbeilhr bbe Maf-- te fevinhp ie The. E. H. Folding Pocket Delivery Receipt Outfit Showing Binder Open Sheets can be removed or inserted instantly. As fast as sheets are filled with signed deliveries | they are removed and placed in a post binder, which is kept in the office where it can be referred to at | any time, thereby keeping the office in touch with deliveries, Let us send you full descriptive circular and price list. THE Milidd: Co. Loose Leaf Devices, Printing and Binding. 8-16 Lyon Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan BETTER THAN THE BEST There’ s one thing better than the best, and that’s the dest for the purpose. minster. : pais. and instruct. To tell a pupil that Vir- Ro oe fice cha A « tea ra ¢ > SZ | ° i : | 2 yng sas ‘ as i And about fifteen more of the s | gil died on a certain date and that he | +t ‘Sie ewe a5 De I q y—a chemical analysis is all rig sort. | was an excellent poet is not calcu- | . 1Cal analysis 18 all right int but zesu//s are what count. Diamond Crystal Salt is used exclu- sively in a majority of the largest cream- It is about as hopeless a task to} impart historical knowledge by this method as it would be to teach a/| way, lated to arrest the attention; but} link his name with the literary and} -child the English language by caus- ing it to study and get by heart fif- teen or twenty words a day of the unabridged dictionary, which is said to contain a quarter of a million def- initions. Something like this plan is adopted in many of our schools, and ling up historicai information of value because with advancing age the pu-| pil masters enough of the tongue he | hears spoken at home and elsewhere to express himself fairly teachers and parents imagine that the system works well in practice. As a matter of fact, however, it is not the few words and definitions laboriously equipment of the speaker and writer; were he to depend upon them, his resources would indeed be slender. It is what he has picked up imper- ceptibly that stands him in real stead. What he adds to his vocabulary after leaving school is of infinitely more : : | of millions. learned by rote which constitute the | other exploits of the Romans of the century before the beginning of our era and that object will be accom- plished. The date of the hegira of very little consequence in itself, and the teacher who thinks that the pupil who fixes it in his mind is lay- is is mistaken. The flight was an| event in the life of Mohammed, but | the really important thing .for the| student to grasp is a comprehension | of the achievement of the man who gave a religion to the world whose votaries are numbered by hundreds It is not impossible to do this in a comparatively brief talk | in which genuinely useful knowledge | may be conveyed together with in- teresting anecdote. It does not re-| quire the genius of a Plutarch to do} this, 2lthough the practice of the | garrulous old biographer of avoiding tediousness by being too exact in eries, not because it analyzes 99% pure (though it does analyze that way), but because repeated tests have demonstrated that it works freer, goes farther and pro- duces better butter than any other. The progressive grocer who sells to the small dairyman will do well to take a leaf from the note-book of the creameries. Give your trade a chance to try The Salt that’s ALL Salt, and then order your next stock according to the reports received. Write for our book of letters from But- termakers of National Reputation. Or better—send in an order zow for a stock of our ‘4 bushel (14 Ibs.) sacks, which retail at 25e. <_- DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT COMPANY, St. Clair, Mich. Riese pe MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Observations of a Gotham Egg Man. Discussing tie merits of the egg situation with a number of different people, all more or less interested, it is sometimes amusing to observe the lengths, the depths, the heights to which some folks will go in the search for “pointers.” After talking the situation over a half dozen times with as many egg men one will not only have mulled over the apparent comparative supply of reserve stock, the scale of receipts and rate of out- put, but his attention will have been directed to the effects of the recent meat strike, the character of immi- gration as affecting the demand for eggs, the evidence that the farmers are selling off an unusual quantity of poultry (and vice versa), the ef- fects of the moulting season, various views as to the extent of present pro- duction, etc., etc., dictions as to the future weather con- ditions. I sometimes think the average egg man, in his keenness to size up the probable course of values aright, delves into too great a range of causes when he might better save his gray matter and stick closer to a consideration of effects. always in the future of the egg mar- ket, especially as we approach the winter season, important elements affecting the situation that can only be guessed at; these may as well be sized up on a system of general aver- ages. And as for the remoter causes which bear upon present conditions, they may as well be ignored in favor of the consideration of their average and general or combined effects as shown in the actual movement of goods, so far as available statistics of | such movement are obtainable. One hears, at times, some curious interpretations of facts, or supposed facts, affecting the egg situation. In conversation. with a holder of refrig- | crator eggs, the other day, he declar- ed, as an indication of light fall pro- | duction, that farmers must be sell- ing off an unusually large number of | he re-} fowls. “Why shouldn’t they?” marked; “just look at the high price they can get for their fowls.” Now, I have not looked up the matter and don’t know whether fowls are really higher priced than usual at this sea- son, but it struck me as peculiar logic to argue that, if fowls are high (in relation to egg values) it was an in- dication that an unusual number was being marketed—it seemed to me to} other way. But| point just the after all what’s the use of going to the motives of the farmers to find} out what can be so much more di- rectly learned irom a comparison of | actual receipts in the leading mar- | kets? Information from interior points af- fecting the prospect of fresh egg sup- | plies for even a short time in ad- vance is often very conflicting and | perplexing. A gentleman who had been traveling through the egg sec- even down to pre- | There are} | tions of Missouri and adjacent states 'remarked on his return: “There are | no eggs coming in down there; never | saw so few at this season.” The next | /man I chanced to meet was a receiv- | cr; I asked him how his invoices | were running and he said, “Unusually | iarge;”’ he added that he had just re- | ceived word of the shipment of a/| straight car of fresh stock from a/| Missouri point. | But sometimes these conflicting | statements come from one and the| same source. An egg man showed | me a letter the other day, written by | a shipper who was forwarding regu- | lar consignments. In it he said that eggs were getting very scarce in his | territory and that he felt certain that | the New York market would very} soon have to advance; he enclosed an | invoice for a shipment of about the | usual size and wound up by advising that he expected to forward a larger lot next time. The scale of egg movement to the principal distributing centers and the rate of reduction of accumulation of | stock at representative points seem | at present to afford the most relia- ble guide to general egg market con- | ditions; but even this information is, | unfortunately, not always accurately | obtainable, and, even if it were, there | is always room for a _ considerable range in the interpretation of its sig- nificance—New York Produce Re-| view. -- > Licensing Cheese Factories and Creameries. To protect the fruit industry of | our country it has been deemed ad- visable to pass legislation regarding | the packing and shipping of our ap-| ples, etc. Why, then, should not this | | principle be applied on behalf of the | dairy industry? Generally speaking, we Canadian people do not like to be} compelled to do things by the law, | yet, to protect our country and the reputation of our products and to facilitate trade, law sometimes be-| comes necessary. To have our cheese | factories and creameries in a proper sanitary condition is a question in which the public are interested. The time has arrived in our dairy indus- try when the reputation of our dairy | | products is in danger from unsanitary | conditions and impure water at fac-| tories and creameries. Anyone who has visited the factor- ies and creameries must know thata great number of them can not have | pure water under the existing con- | ditions around the buildings. At the present time many of the fac- tories which are doing a very good paying business have floors which leak and cause conditions under and around the buildings which are sim- | ply awful. In the interest of dairying and pub- | lic health, should such conditions be | allowed to exist because some propri- | etor or company is careless or indif- | ferent to the requirements of the) trade and public health? At the| present time about three-quarters of | the Ontario cheese factories and} |creameries are paying a fee for in-| struction. All the instructors can do | |under the present system is to point | Lone the defects, and leave the mat Egg Cases and Egg Case Fillers Constantly on hand, a large supply of Egg Cases and Fillers. Sawed whitewood | and veneer basswood cases. Carload lots, mixed car lots or quantities to suit pur- ‘chaser. We manufacture every kind of fillers known to the trade, and sell same in | mixed cars or lesser quantities to suit purchas2r. Also Excelsior, Nails and Flats ‘constantly in stock. Prompt shipment and courteous treatment. Warehouses ana | factory on Grand River, Eaton Rapids, Michigan. Address L. J. SMITH & CO., Eaton Rapids, Mich. Butter, Eggs, Apples, Pears, Plums, Peaches. I am in the market all the time and will give you highest prices and quick returns. Send me all your shipments. R. HIRT, JR.. DETROIT, MICH. Poultry Shippers I want track buyers for carlots. Would like to hear from shippers from every point in Michigan. I also want local shipments from nearby points by express, Can handle all the poultry shipped to me. Write or wire. William Hndre, Grand Ledge, Michigan Fresh Eggs Wanted Will pay highest price F. O. B. your station. Cases returnable. Cc. D. CRITTENDEN, 3 N. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Wholesale Dealer in Butter, Eggs, Fruits and Produce Both Phones 1300 Distributor in this territory for Hammell Cracker Co., Lansing, Mich. HONEY WANTED ALSO JOBBER OF BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE HENRY FREUDENBERG 104 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Citizens Telephone, 60948; Bell, 443 Refer by Permission to Peoples Savings Bank. You Won't Have Trouble IF YOU BUY Ladd’s Full Cream Cheese We guarantee the best quality of goods, prompt shipments and right prices. Manufactured and sold by LADD BROS., Saginaw, Mich. If not handled by your jobber send orders direct to us. If you are shipping five to fifty cases FRESH EGGS each week, we will buy them if price is right. Check day of arrival or after exchange of references will honor sight drafts, Bill Lading attached. L. 0. SNEDECOR & SON, Egg Receivers 36 Harrison Street, New York eR Patra iti er RG DENS ape a EME SIO TL OPTS PES EERE LNT INI LN Dr MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ter in the hands of the factorymen. Many of the factories not paying anything, or not employing the in- structors, have very much greater need of them than those who are. To overcome this condition the question of licensing plays an impor- tatn part, and should be fairly con- sidered. If every factory and cream- ery had to be put up to a certain standard before being allowed to manufacture cheese or butter then they would have to be in a sanitary condition. The fee paid for a license could be applied to pay for proper in- struction, and each factory would re- ceive equal instruction and atten- tion. The department under which the work would be carried on would know exactly how much revenue would be derived from the factories, and arrangements could be made to engage the required number and properly qualified men to carry on the work satisfactorily. Many of our progressive dairymen are in favor of some such scheme to improve the conditions of the dairy industry, as the present conditions are not satisfactory, because all fac- tories are not on an equal basis. One man or company may have their fac- tory or creamery so situated that they are compelled to keep it in proper repair, while their next neigh- bor may have his buildings in such a location that filth and rubbish are not so noticed by the public, and the business is run on much _ cheaper lines, thus causing unfair competi- tion. If each factory paid an equal fee and this fee would guarantee them proper inspection and instruction, the difference betwen our best factories znd our poorest ones would become very much less, and the average standard would be raised greatly. The quality of the goods could not help being more uniform, and our repu- tation in the foreign market would improve, as nothing will enhance the reputation of dairy goods as quickly as the fact that better sanitary con- ditions exist, and greater cleanliness, along with up-to-date methods, is being practiced. Australia has found it necessary to take up the question of licensing fac- tories and creameries, and Wiscon- sin has been compelled on behalf of the public and the dairy interests to enact rigid laws regarding clean and sanitary factory conditions. When we consider the enormous magnitude of the export trade of Canada in dairy products, and the vast sums invested in cows, buildings, apparat- us for manufacture, curing, refrigera- tion and transport, the country is assuredly warranted in taking such legislative precautions as will secure the permanent success and safety of the industry. We would be glad to have an expression of the minds of men concerned in the well-being of this great industry upon the neces- sity and practicability of the licens- ing proposition, which carries with it a universal and thorough system of instruction, with suggestions also as to the speedy enactment and carry- ing out of such regulations.—Farmer’s Advocate. Science in Feeding Poultry. The Experiment Station in North Dakota makes a report on an inter- esting experiment with poultry as tollows: “That food has as much to do with the egg production as it has with beef or butter there is but little ques- tion. We _ placed two pens of fowls, under exactly the same conditions as far as the temperature, room and care were concerned, but fed them with an entirely different object in| view. One pen we wished for breed- | ing purposes and did not want them | to lay until the breeding season open- ed, so that we can get a more steady egg production than if they were} made to lay during the entire winter. | “The other pen was not intend-| ed to use at all for breeders, but to| produce the greatest number of eggs | possible at the time of year when| they would bring the highest price. | During the month of December the | pen which was intended for laying | experiment contained nineteen pul-| lets, and the one intended for breed- | ing purposes contained sixteen pul- | les. During this month the laying | pen laid sixty-three eggs, the non-| laying hens laying no eggs. During | the month of January the laying pen | 324 eggs, the non-laying pen seven | eggs. During the month of Febru- | ary the laying pen I09 eggs and the | 1non-laying pen twelve eggs. During | the month of March the laying pen | 168 eggs and the non-laying pen for- | ty-three. During the month of April | the laying pen 129 and the non-laying | pen 1809. “We began the last of March to get our breeding pen, which has so far been designated as the non-lay- ing pen, into good laying trim, with the result as stated. From this time on the breeders, although less in number than the other pen, laid a great many more eggs. For the month of May the laying pen laid 142 eggs, the non-laying pen 381 | eggs. “The method of feeding that we employed to bring this about was substantially as follows: The morn- ing feed for those which were _in- tended to produce eggs consisted of boiled lean meat, scraps from the ta- ble, the fat having been removed, all the wheat screenings they wanted to eat, mixed with corn twice a week. “Those which were not intended for producing eggs were fed on wheat screenings of poorer quality, with corn. These gradually increas- ed in weight until they had the ap- pearance of being overfat. This pen, although not put to laying until the first of April, averaged 150% eggs to each hen during the season. They were pure breed Plymouth Rocks. The other, which was put to laying during the entire winter, averaged 153 eggs to each hen. The average price of the eggs was 18 cents a doz- en. The average price of those those which did not begin until April I was 11% cents a dozen at regular market price. This shows a marked difference in the average price, due principally to the high price of eggs during the months of December, Jan- uary, February and the fore part of March.” STORE YOUR APPLES with us and get top prices in the spring. Liberal advances made. Grand Rapids Cold Storage Co. For fifteen years I have worked to build up a Good Michigan Cheese Trade I have it. Last year I manufactured at my own factories 25,462 boxes of cheese, 1,016,000 pounds, selling in Michigan 23,180 boxes, or over 91 per cent. of my total output. I solicit trial orders from trade not already using Warner's Oakland County Cheese. Stock paraffined and placed in cold stor- age if desired. Fred M. Warner, Farmington, Mich. Butter Is gaining just a trifle and think we will see good demand right along; but of course with the heavy rains and fine feed now in sight we can not expect much in the way of much higher prices. E. F. DUDLEY, Owosso, Mich. eR hehe a 14 THE OLD MEN. How They May Overcome the Hand- icap of Age. “A place for the old man? In our modern, killing paced commercial life there is no place for him.” There is little doubt that if a poll of the busy men could be made upon the question of finding employ- ment for the man who has grown old and still must work for a living the above or something similar would be the verdict. A prominent business man, in discussing this phase of American life as it is to-day, said: “The question used to be: ‘What shall we do with our sons?’ Now it is: ‘What shall we do with our fathers? The business life of this country has multiplied and increased so in all ways that the old man, the one who has become gray without gettinz into business for himself, is out of piace, pushed out by circum- stances.” The man who said this is an em- ployer of a great number of men in many lines of work, and he added further to his statement by saying that in his own establishment there frequently arose instances where a man got too old in his place and the firm was forced to dispense with him or set him down to a lower posi- tion. No man is ever engaged in this establishment who is over 40, and this is a set rule with many busi- ness houses of the city. But, despite this hostility toward the old man, which is a creation of economical conditions as they are to-day, there are positions where the old man is employed, sometimes even in pref- erence to the young man, and, al- though these places are by no means plentiful, in this city, they are of sufficient number to take care of a large number of men of advanced age who are out of other and more lucra- tive employment because of their years. “It is a fact, and one which can not be more forcibly learned than in a place like this, that the old man is emphatically not wanted in most business houses in the city,” remarked George W. Geary, Super- intendent of the. Free Employment Bureau. “Still, there are places, quite a number of them, to be found for this class of the unemployed. Neces- sarily, the positions open to the old man are restricted. There are few trades open to him, absolutely no class of manual labor will have him, and business houses in general are extremely chary of giving him a trial. Even if he is experienced in any line of work and can prove that he is competent in every way, the employer will look at his gray hair and quickly turn him down. “He may be one of the best men in the world at his trade, if he has one, ard he may have letters of rec- | ommendation to prove the same, but that he has the task of his life on his hands when he tries to get back. | The class of work that is most open to aged man, which offers something akin to satisfactory compensation, is MICHIGAN TRADESMAN without doubt clerical work. There | are other things that he can get in-| to, and does, and the easiest work | for him to find employment at is as | a watchman or houseman, but in| these the remuneration paid an old) man is so low that it is barely suffi- cient for him to live on, no matter | how economical he may be. But at clerical work, if he can do that, and! it happens frequently that the old man out of work was once a clerk or business man, he can often pro- cure employment at the same wages as paid for younger men.” At the office of the Free Employ- ment Bureau the greatest number of men who seek help in_ obtaining | positions are old men. The small call for o!d men in business or trades to-day may be judged when it is told that of the number of these men who scek empioyment only a_ small percentage ever find work, despite | the special efforts of the Bureau to place old men. Practically the only | class of employers who send in re- quests to the office for old men are those who wish to engage a watch- man or an old man for other work | about a house or store. Janitors and helpers around hotels, watchmen and housemen—these are apparently the only kinds of work in which there is a real call for the old man. and there only because the old man can} be had for half of what it would be necessary to pay a young man. The trades, the professions are all closed against him because he is old. He} seldom is given an opportunity to demonstrate his ability if he has any. As 2 watchman an old man often | can find employment, and generally proves a success, but simply because he is an old man and it is known that he can be had for less than a young man he is paid small wages, even if his work is just as satisfactory as that of a younger man. But if a man has grown old without saving enough to make him independent in his old age he is apt to be willing to take anything that offers a way to make a living, and at the employ- |ment headquarters there are always recently | more men waiting for this kind of | employment than there are posi- tions. There are several kinds of work | that are included in this, such as watchmen in downtown buildings, housemen, and sometimes platform | men on the elevated roads, and in| some cases in small buildings old| men are employed as janitors. The} wages are always low, running from a couple of dollars a week to about | $40 or $50 per month, and the work | is often only temporary. The Bu-| |reau has sent appeals to employers of this class of labor to try to give the old men a show wherever it is| possible. Generally where an em- ployer agrees to do this the old man “makes good,” and is retained, and |sometimes gets an immediate ad-| once !et him get out of a place after | he has grown old and he will find | vance in wages. But, according to Supt. Geary, the | only work that pays fair wages for | the services of the old man is the work of the clerk. Often an em-| ployer sends in a request for a clerk} and specifies that he must be an old | Grand Rapids, Michigan Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates every day to Grand Rapids. Send for circular. TACKLE f Send us your mail or- ders. Our stock is com- plete. If you failed to receive our 1904 Cata- logue let us know at once. We want you to have one as it illus- trates our entire line of tackle. Shakespeare’s Level Winding Reel. Nilesh 113-115 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Michigan Agents for Warren Mixed Paints, “White Seal” Lead, Ohio Varnish Co.’s “Chi-Namel” at wholesale Buy Glass Now Stocks in the hands of jobbers are badly broken and jobbers are finding difficulty in getting desirable sizes. Glass factories have stopped for the summer and will not resume operations until September or October. This means glass cannot reach our terri- tory until the middle of November. In 30 days glass will be higher. The time to buy is NOW. Send in specifications and let us quote you. Grand Rapids Glass & Bending Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates to Grand Rapids every day. Send for circular. Use Tradesman Coupons man. Many employers say that when they want a clerk and a clerk only, not 2 man who is young and ener- getic enough to grow up with the house, but simply a man who can do a certain kind of work satisfac- torily, they prefer an old man for many reasons. The old clerk is gen- erally a better man than the young one; he is mor? accurate, often quick- er, and always takes more pains and care with his work than the young man. The old style clerk is more often a fine nenman than the new, and occasionally a firm has a -place where it needs a man who can turn speed. Then an old man is sought | ane day ae or Pe | cessful 5 and 10 cent store is the Ten SRG & Peace Sr Tee Re GO | prominence given to real bargains— man. Then, also, an employer knows that the young man will not work with the regularity of the elder, and in clerical work the “ often sought. “T believe that a majority of the men who come in here who are over 50 years old are either broken down machine man” is | : er Y | values, would soon discover many not despised, but, on the contrary, is | | retailer. |that would pay a profit at 2 or 3] business men or office workers, and | there are some of the finest clerks in the world that come to this Bureau for heip in seeking work in the city,” says Mr. Geary. “There is absolute- ly nothing the matter with these men; they are still in possession of all their mental faculties and are just as skillful and accurate at their work | as ever. The only thing the mat- ter with them is that they have grown old. They are generally re- spectable in appearance, but we have | bigness in the foreground, inducing | | dimes for many more things that | might be priced at 3 or 7 cents—that, | seemingly, is the key to the lucrative- our troubles trying to convince the | employer that they can use this kind of aman. We find places for many of them, however, and sometimes at good wages, but to obtain this a man must be exceptionally experienc- ed and exceptional workman. “He has to overcome the handicap er, and the old man who has no particuiar ability or knowledge finds it hard to get work of any kind, no matter how small wages he will work for. If he can find a job as watchman, janitor or houseman he is generally to be considered lucky.” Jonas Howard. —_»+.—___ Two Profits in Five and Ten Cent Goods. There is a double profit in 5 and 10 cent goods—one, that on them- selves, and the other, that from in- creased sales in other lines, due to the larger trade drawn to the store by the pulling power of large num- bers of things in one place marked to sell at a uniform price. The largest § and 10 cent store syndicate started twenty odd years ago with one store building stocked with cnly $300 worth of goods. Now it owns over a hundred stores in leading cities, and it opens a new store «bout every month. ' In the West there is a ten-year-old syndicate that began with a_ single store and a capital of less than $10,- 000. To-day it operates stores in twenty or more Middle and Western cities, sells over $1,000,000 a year, and | And, also, he dares to get a juicy | profit cn most of his wares. | the capital invested, why should YOU /not earn a profit by running a 5 and/| out fine work without regard to /10 cent store “on the side?” | large enough to draw general notice— of age by his excellence as a work- | |anywhere between these extremes. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN it is said that the profits of the busi-| ness have paid for every store start- | ed since the first one. In almost every city of 20,000 or | more, not occupied by one of the syn- | dicates, there is an individual 5 and | Io cerit store, which probably makes | as much net, with a stock worth a few thousands, as other merchants in that city make with a capital five times as large. Now, if such a store in a live city of 20,cco or more is the best business proposition on earth in proportion to | The most striking thing in a suc- that is, well-known goods priced even | lower than their cost to the ordinary | But, you, a merchant who knows things offered at 10 cents that cost | from 48 to 72 cents a dozen, and| many other things marked 5 cents| cents. A tew real bargains of irresistible | a cheerful giving up of nickels and_| ness of 5 and Io cent stores. | And the mere fact that the store | does not name odd prices seems to satisfy the occasional person inclined to ask why things are not sold for less than 5 and 10 cents. The successful 5 and 10 cent mer- chant has two kinds of courage. He dares to pay $1.50 per dozen, on occa- sion, tor goods to retail at a dime. Adopting some of his methods— taking a loss on an occasional thing, shrewdly mixing with the losing arti- cles other things that will more than €éven up—you could make a 5 and Io cent store on the side pay as well,in proportion, as the exclusive 5 and Io cent stores are mgde to pay in the larger towns. By a 5 and Io cent store on the side, we mean simply some one place in your store where are collected, in little or big lots, goods to be sold at 5 and socents. The size of your town and the amount of space you can spare are the only limitations that need to be considered. A single counter—a series of coun- ters down the center of the store—a section of a side wall—the basement —the upstairs—the adjoining room— any one suitable place, little or big, will do. And the investment may be as small as $50, as large as $3,000, or Simply group a big lot of suitable articles by theinselves—these, marked 5 cents, those marked 10 cents—fol- low the methods successfully pur- sued by the exclusive 5 and 10 cent stores, and make your similar store “on the side” yield more good twice over than any of your other equal investments in stock.—Butler Bros.’ Drummer. TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR. When the Tradesman was started, nearly twenty-one years ago, the subscription price was fixed at $1 per year. the Tradesman then com- prised four pages in newspaper torm—about-the same as eight pages of the present form of the Trades- man. Since then the size of the pa- per has been increased from time to time until it now comprises fifty- two pages—nearly seven times as large as it was when the subscription price was placed at $1 per year— and it is now conceded to be the largest one dollar weekly trade jour- nal in the world. Having still further improvements and extensions in prospect, the Tradesman deems it only fair to it- self, as well as to its subscribers, to announce an increase in the subscrip- tion price from $r to $2 per year, the change to take effect Jan. 1, 1905. In keeping with the liberal policy of the publication, however, an op- portunity will be given its readers to continue the paper to their address on the present basis so long as they care to pay in advance. A remittance of $5 will secure a credit for five years and a payment of $10 will car- ry a credit for ten years. Likewise, if any one cares to pay $20, he will receive a receipt for twenty years’ subscription. This arrangement will temain open for six months, termin- atime at midnight Dec. 31, | 1904. Many have already availed them- selves of this opportunity and enroll- ed their names far in advance, and others will be welcomed on the dol- lar basis at any time within the pe- riod named. The increase in the subscription price, which will ultimately double the receipts from that source, will enable the Tradesman to add several new features which have long been under consideration, as well as en- large and improve other features al- ready in existence. The step is taken advisably, after being under consideration several years, during which time hundreds of the readers of the Tradesman have been con- sulted. Reproduced from the Tradesman of July 6. 15 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN | | | | } | Large Neckties Are Ordained by} Fashion. Very small scarfs are a thing of | the past, and can only be sold in very | small and remote towns, where it! takes longer to accept changes in | styles. The South still demands | some 1% and 134-inch four-in-hands, | and wants them reversible. Here | and throughout the East and West} the call is for 2-inch as the narrowest, | 2% as the popular and 2% and 234- | inches for the fine and really fash-| ionable widths. Both manufacturers | and dealers welcome the big cra- | vats, for it means greater possibili- | ties in weave and design and broader | profit in selling. It means more} goods made and sold about $1 and/| it means a holiday business that will | enable the retailer to put his cravat | department upon a more paying and | satisfactory basis. The vogue of | large forms may make it harder for | the exclusive $4.50 and $2.25 houses} to give as full values, but there is no room for, doubt that the industry as a whole is benefited by it. The fold. collar will occupy a secondary place | next autumn and the wing will lead | all the reigning collar forms. De Joinvilles never lose the ap- | proval of a certain class of men who will take no other form of cravat. The big shapes ordained by the mode | will make the de Joinville appear to | the best advantage, for it is always | a full, capacious cravat to be knotted | loosely. The demand for de Join-| villes is by no means general and | they will not figure conspicuously in sales, but they are, nevertheless, a factor in the high-class trade. Few manufacturers care to go into de Joinvilles, because first, the demand is restricted to the exclusive set, and second, the goods must be im- ported from France and personally selected. Plain red silk scarfs are very popu- lar. The fine wale is the most desira- ble and the assortment of shades is very large. Browns and tans are especially in demand. There is no question now that in 50-cent neckwear the 2%4-inch _four- in-hands will be the leading shape, with some 2-1nch and 2'%4-inch, and in the better goods 2%-inch will have the lead, with occasional orders for 234 and even 3-inch. The latter is, of course, extreme, but the higher class exclusive furnishers want ex- tensive styles, and the men who wear them know how to tie them properly, so they do not look ex- treme, but have an exceedingly at- tractive appearance. Another new and decidedly texture is a silk poplin in moire antique effects. It is of plain colors, but must look very handsome when made up. Several quite new shades in these are shown. The fleur de lis figure is again utilized, and it is safe to say that there is no figure more rich silk, | sell?” Naturally there appropriate and more beautiful. snansinenansmnsetsanite gens juatectnnninaneeanncnanmton gene { There will be an increased demand | for ascots. Men have learned how to} tie them, and 1t gives them a chance | to display a handsome scarf-pin. The | double-under folded square will be | | the correct shape for ascots. When | | the proportions of this scarf are cor-| rect it can be utilized as a four-in- | | hand as well, and a very swell scarf | it is when properly tied. When prop- | erly proportioned it is expensive, as it takes 5% yards of silks to the| dozen, and anv imitation, made of | less material, will cheapen it and will | not answer the purpose for which it is intended. Loud neckwear is not popular any more—in fact, plain colors and) shades are in good demand and all | shades in browns are especially de-| sirable. Olive and sea-green are al- | so good, and these shades have been | utilized in combination with navy} «nd crimson, which are very effec-| tive. Hair line stripes in rep silks are | new and are taking well. The stripes | or lines are separated 1%4 inches and | they are cut on the bias. The scarfs | are 214 inches wide and when tied | are very swell. Summer dressing gowns made! from China (urndyed) silk are seen in|} the Broadway stores. They are lin-| 'ed with surah silk of crimson or blue, | and finished with colored cord to/| match the lining. The girdles are! either flat, made also from China| or heavy cords. The chief topic of conversation | and argument in hat circles at the! present time does not, strange to say, concern the style or shape of) the hat or hats that will prove the | most popular this season. The one! absorbing query is, “Will brown hats | exist many | differences of opinion on this inter- | esting subject. There is no doubt} that brown stiff hats are duly entered | for the fall race for popularity. How | well up in the running they will be| is a matter yet to be determined. | There is no doubt that the brown | hats will rank well among the favor- ites entered end should show ex-| cellent staying qualities. They ought | to be well up in front and bring good | prices in the selling. It is evident | that there is a strong determination | on the part of the stiff hat manufac- | turers this season to make brown | bats more popular than they ever | have been. Every order so far taken | calls for brown hats and in qualities | that vary according to the extent of the customer’s trade. Manufacturers say the sales on brown and black hats have so far been about equal. This augurs well for the colored goods. The shapes are practically the same as are shown in black hats. | The colors of the shapes range from light to dark brown, the lighter shades having bands and bindings of contrasted color. The opportunity is now at hand for the retailers to in- crease their business and profits by pushing the brown hats. No special effort is necessary to sell black hats, and the majority of people who will purchase a brown hat will also buy a black one before the season is over. Consequently a little extra effort at this time will result in a substantial 4 Fall and Winter 1 Style Booklet = Row Ready « Give us your name and address and tell us how many you want. Any quantity for the asking—GRATIS. Don’t be afraid to ask for a few hundred because you never bought Electros, Posters and other advertising matter. Write to-day and we'll attend to your wants promptly. any goods of us. Wile Bros. & Weill Makers of Pan-American Guaranteed Clothing Buffalo, PN. Y. THEY FIT Gladiator Pantaloons 2 Clapp Clothing Company Manufacturers of Gladiator Clothing Grand Rapids, Mich. increase to the business. 125 Years Before the is a good recommendation and that is the length of time of the founder of THE WILLIAM CONNOR CO. We ask retail clothiers to see our line, who will soon see advantages in placing orders with us, having such immense lines to choose from tor Fall and Winter trade. Then our Union Made Line is just as great, especially in medium priced goods, none so cheap and few as good. We manufacture CLOTHING for all ages and also Stouts and slims. Our overcoats are perfection. Mail and *phone orders promptly shipped. If you wish, one of our representatives will call upon your address. See also our advertisement on first white page and first column of this paper The William Connor Co., Grand Rapids Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers Bell Phone, Main, 1282 Citizens’ 1957 2 Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates to Grand Rapids every day. Write for circular. SOSSSSSS 9222290829H99990 92009200 9999S99O99< © 9OSSOSSS MICHIGAN TRADESMAN NOVELTY IN NECKWEAR. Campaign Cravats Are Selling For Souvenirs. Novelty in neckwear lines is the call on all sides. “Something just a little out “of the ordinary,” is the way a merchant puts it. Judging from the sales of campaign cravats it would seem that every devotee of Roosevelt and Parker will add one of these novelties to his collection. The idea of using them for souvenir purposes is growing rapidly. The merchant, by the way, that fails to take advantage of this year’s cam- paign is courting considerable loss in sales. Allover designs of highly contrasting hues and fancy weaves in Oriental shades are well liked by the buyers of 50 cent neckwear. Purchasing of three-inch cravats has taken a jarge jump in the last two weeks. The most popular of these extreme sellers is made up of the heaviest of silks with the raw finish. Holiday purchasing is almost entirely in favor of dark and subdued tone effects in two-and-one-half inch Shapes. Ring ctayats, tecks, are selling exceedingly well and will be noticed in the great majority of ear- ly fall displays in retail. First, last and always plains should be shunned in the fall and winter purchasing by all merchants, except who wish to cater to the highest class buyers. those Because of tying made- the difficulty in the forms of cravats, the up shapes will be more prominent than last autumn in low-priced goods. Puffs and flats, especially, will be sought to take the place of the regu- iar Ascots and one-overs by men who can not cateh the trick of knotting the cravat gracefully. Lin- ed and reversible four-in-hands will their old place in $2.25 and The upper-class cra- big occupy $4.50 goods. vats will be the folded-in of French | be al- seam forms. Open squares will fully as good as last year. Ties, though among the early sellers, will be superseded later on by four-in- hands and open squares. There are signs that the tie exhausted its favor this summer and has been cheapened. Anyway, the tie does not allow very distinctive designs, but limits pat- terns to conventional treatment. The four-in-hand, though, gives wide latitude. Folded-in four-in-hands will be the smartest, with the French seam following. The high-class trade will take the 2%-inch four-in-hand, while the extreme trade, such as the ’var- sity favor the 3-inch. Ties will be about 134 inches in the cen- ter and 2-inches at the ends. All- over effects are prominent in_ the Shaded ombres, dull- radizmeres, iridescent set, will buyer's finished changeants and shot weaves of many different sorts command notice. Per- ians are not considered good save in very new designs. Grey has been done to death and is less favored. Brown is still strong, particularly in mixtures. Myrtle, prune and royal purple have come to the fore and more gold and golden brown are used in what may be termed illumin- eye. The heavier the silk the bet- ter it takes the knot and the less it shows wear. A leading manufacturer has brought cut a_ glace-surfaced weave that he shows in thirty-seven different color combinations. admirable color for combina- effects, especially in the sub- dued shades, and it harmonizes well in almost anything. fronts ating. Green iS an tion Fancy in shirts are things to be considered in the purchasing of the nobby fall line. One of the mst popular fall fancies of white has a body cambric and the bosom and cuffs of a dark lavender nue. These color contrasting styles cover a wide range Fancy grounds in liked by the white double plaits are now country buyer. Buyers. from. the larger city stores declare them- selves in favor of mercerized ox- fords in blue, brown and cham- bagne. Plain front negligees and all- printed grounds are liked best where the most OVET contrasting color are used. Some shirt schemes manufacturers would be pleased to see the laundered single pleat fancy shirt restored to a full share of former favor. As re- marked by a “Phe old stiff bosom preserved the negligee in its place as a shirt. Now it a two-season gar- ment, and when a furnisher gets stuck on his summer stock he orders bosom Broadway man: fancy one-season is very few for winter, and when he gets stuck on his winter stock he lets it stand as a partial check on his summer orders. might the Although along written on the the matter is be meat chapter subject, of tersely expressed by the Broadway man. The underwear business has been exceptionally good and hosiery has. if anything, been ahead of it. The lines that the haberdashers and de- partment stores have on hand now are badly broken and there is little There have been speciai stocks of hosiery made up to meet the emergency have found ready left to advertise in sales. and they Solid colors and two tone effects have been the best sellers, but some of those that include in their make-up as many as four and five colors have been taken readily. Of the brown and tan es have been big demand with other features as well suits A brown perhaps, a figure, or stripe of a contrasting col- different shade of the same color has been among the good sellers. sale. course various shade in in common of haberdashery and shoes. as or tan groundwork with, clock of 2 OF OF Since the initial opening of spring lines many misleading rumors have been circulated regarding the ex- tremely low prices of balbriggans. Two of the largest handlers of bal- briggans are willing to give an affida- that their lines have not been One of these lines is a very important factor in the market, and reduction would naturally work much harm. Things in the knit-goods trade are certainly a lit- vit reduced. its tle backward, and these disquieting rumors tend to make things even worse. These positive declarations from two of the largest makers ex- plode another set of untruthful state- ments about cut prices. No matter what the disposition of buyers has been in other directions, it is apparent that none of them have stinted their sweater stocks. This to indicate that the knitted garment has come to stay in definitely. Some making pop- ular-priced goods for men and boys seems outer mills have already increased their fall busi- ness Over 50 per cent. Similar re- ports come to light regarding the novelties and manufacturers who have had ingenuity enough to evolve new ideas and keep up with the styles in children’s clothes have Belted fancy made new blouses and fixtures of the best Right combinations and already records. of the wear some children’s sellers. are among WEaves are showing good results in the duplicate way. Colored have been of designs the man handkerchiefs with of appropriate than popular refined but very men the for taste, some seem colored of either best more brethren for 2 fash- Plain hemstitched, in OF ion. white colors, ate in favor, with the narrow hem next. Brown continues to be the for the fall suits, shirts, keynote of color overcoats, in ho- and winter neckwear, siery, shoes, gloves and_ perhaps manufacturer has made strenuous efforts to outdo his neigh- bor hats. Every in producing a shade num- of that will take the fancy of the consumer. or ber shades of brown or tan The woolen manufacturers have pro- duced literally thousands of sample | pieces that partake of this general | tone, either in solid colors or fancy | effects. The manufacturers of neck- wear have created magnificent ‘‘cham- pagne,”’ “old iron” and other shades with every expectation of securing a large part of the business. Ho-| Siery is to be seen in every tone from a delicate cream to the .color | of a dark Havana cigar. The manu- facturers of underwear have fallen into line, and some curious effects have been evolved in these garments. The question is, how long is this fashion for brown going to keep up? lt certamly will not go out alto gether this winter or but will it that? by next spring, prove permanent beyond ee The Young Papa. “Popley’s baby is beginning to talk now.” “Has he been boring you with some stories about it?” “No: but I sat next to him at the lunch counter to-day, and I heard him say, absent-mindedly, to the waiter: | ‘Dimme a jink o’ water, p’ease.’” ee RUG Ss” FROM CARPETS THE SANITARY KIND f | We have established a branch factory at Sault Ste Marie, Mich. All orders from the Upper Peninsula and westward should be sent to our address there. We have no agents soliciting orders as we rely on Printers’ Ink. nscrupulous persons take advantage of our reputation as makers of “Sanitary Rugs” to represent being in our a rn them down). Write direct to f us at either Petoskey or the Soo. A book- ‘ let mailed on request. Petoskey Rug M’f’g. & Carpet Co. Ltd. Petoskey, Mich. a GR. Go OR OER HE woe a, SE, SS, ws ._ re, AT ee MA EDT re eye awa tiy, SWING POGKETS,FELLED SEAMS FULL SIZE Adal a oe 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Loose-Fit Clothing Is In Fashion Again. ; Collars on the popular sack suits are a little wider than formerly. The | single breasted coat is selling equally | well in three and four button lengths. | Buying to date seems to be divided between the and the equally breasted styles. single about | double breasted | Selling at retail for autumn | has so far been in favor of the single | breasted coat. Fancies in are breaking all records. Last week the military coat and baggy hip trousers were reduced, and this fall there is a still further modification of the lines of the old vogue. Now there is a general loose-fit to clothes, with the coat full and medium between former extremes. The three-button sack coat has lost much of its old identity. Its outlines are straight and full. There is wider spacing between the buttons, with more skirt, indicating the*increased length. The cut-away front is less sharp than before. The slightly shaped and the back full. long, and trousers a sides are front artd The collar and lapels are cheviots | iment, 41 extremes of the} which nature intended he should have, full-chested and natural from the waist down, hence the new model frock is made with long skirts, falling straight from the hips and without that wide flare or bell shape and spring at the waist so peculiar to the Parisian Beau Brummel. The American frock fol- lows the lines of the latest English model. The length for a 39 size is, waist 18% inches, full length of gar- inches from collar to bot- tom of skirt. Lapels are silk faced to the buttonhole, only one button- hole placed in the left lapel. The la- pels are broad and long. broad-shouldered, The morning coat, which came so prominently to the front at the New} York Horse Show last year, has since i been worn by fashionable men as an broad, the latter about three inches | at the widest point, yet the opening is long. Shoulders are broad covered. The sleeves have and | deep | vents and three buttons to match the | three-button front. inch vents at the side seams. breast pocket with a trifle The back has five | The slant 1s] placed on the left side. The hip pock- | ets have flaps shaped like the front. The fength of this garment is 29 inches. The double inches long, has two rows of three- agreeable substitute for the full frock for just such occasions as the frock was used for, as being correct for morning and afternoon calls, for street and fact, ail semi-formal wear, even including aft- ernoon receptions and weddings. For church, in formal or the latter event, however, the frock | is the more conventional garment for the groom and his attendants. The cut of the morning coat is similar to the English walking coat above described excepting that it has no breast or hip pockets. It is plain- ly made. A style of morning coat which has become more fashionable than usual and has been introduced for fall is bound with braid, the | widths of the binding varying froma | narrow piping to half an inch. This | braid follows the outline of collar and lapel «nd cuffs, and is also put on the) breasted coat is 29| buttons, with iong collar and extra| wide lapels with roll. points of the lapel slant downward, long The and are slightly rounded, not cut to} a sharp point, as formerly. The width of the lapels adds much to the | broadness of the chest, to the sides, full under the armholes and tapering a little at the waist, There are four buttons with vent at the sleeves and a inches long in the full. center vent five back, which is ing suit coat for business wear are the improved contour of the skirt fronts, which are cut more than in recent designs, the bottoms being rounded, and the opening wider than in the approved styles for spring. The skirt falls straight over the garment being cut with a slight spring to the waist. This style is practical for business or morning dress. The pockets, placed below the waist seam and below the armholes, are serviceable and within easy reach of the hands, are so placed to overcome all drag upon the buttons. The collar and lapels are wide, with ample neck opening so as to show a fancy waistcoat beneath if Only three buttons are used for fas- tening, the fourth button being for ornament. This model of a walking coat gives a man a broad-shouldered, full-chested appearance, decidedly mannish. The frock coat for fall is modeled to give a man the aspect in clothes away the hips, | desired. | Vicunas, worsteds cheviots are the cloths favored. formal morning coat is made of black cloth, although a deep gray is good form. waistcoat. and | The | They are also made in light-| |er shades and mixtures and with pock- | | the breast | being cut full, with a slight spring | ets, but in such styles are less dis-} tinctly for formal wear. The 38-inch topcoat is by far the most popular of the short models for autumn wear. from the collar down It has graceful lines | over the| shoulder and the lapels are angular | in the extreme. This coat has the | ~ | isame effect as a long coat from the The noticeable features in the walk- | standpoint of fullness and carriage. It is a little longer than the accepted style last season. The raincoat as an all round gar-| ment is cutting a bigger figure in market buying than heretofore. From the standpoint of stylish outline and serviceableness it should be seriously considered by country merchants this fall. The raincoat selling to-day can be had in either the sack, belted back, paletot or surtout styles. To the re- tailer seeking variety in his clothing line there are many commendable features entailed in the 1904 raincoat. The best selling styles are made so full that the old objection of bother- some skirts has been eliminated. Fancy mixtures in boys’ suits are more than popular with the visiting buyer. The tendency in purchasing seems to be toward Scotch mixtures, although fancies in dark browns are well hked. The reefers which are selling best are double breasted and have wide Eton-shaped velvet collars. The style which has received the largest num- ber of orders to date has two rows of ornamental buttons and is made of a heavy rough fabric. The autumn overcoat for boys is similar in style to that best liked last spring, viz., very full and quite short. There is a little flare from the waist line. The boys’ overcoat favored by country buyers from the medium sized towns has a long fly front and reaches almost to the shoe tops. The belted back overcoat for boys is taking much better than was ex- pected earlier in the season. + The Old Lady and the Lawyer. A certain lawyer, famed for high charges, had incurred the enmity of an old lady on account of the same. Wishing to get even with him she consulied him about drafting her will. As she was a very wealthy old lady without near relatives, she had many charitable associations to ben- efit, and the accurate draft of the will required much patience, skill and time. Among the provisions she made a generous bequest to this law- yer and nominated him executor. After the execution of the will she called for her bill, whereupon _ the. lawyer, with the vision of ample fees in the prospective settlement of the estate, and the memory of the gen- erous bequest, told the old lady that under the circumstances he should charge nothing, but finally to satisfy her business scruples, made out a re- ceipt in full to date for a $1, whereas the smallest sum he could have properly charged would have been $100. The old lady marched home with her will, set herself to work, copied it out carefully word for word, leav- ing out the bequest to the lawyer and ncminating a new executor. In the course of time she died, and the disgust of the lawyer at the contents of the will was so great that he inadvertently let out the secret, to the huge delight of his brother lawyers. New Oldsmobile Touring Car $950. Noiseless, odorless, speedy and safe. The Oldsmobile is built for use every day in the year, on all kinds of roads and in all kinds of weather. Built to run and does it. The above car without tonneau, $850. A smaller runabout, same general style, seats two people, $750. The curved dash runabout with larger engine and more power than ever, $650. Oldsmobile de- livery wagon, $850. Adams & Hart 12 and 14 W. Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Overalls and Coats STARUNION > an ae ae. BRAND Registered Trade Mark. 330-332 Lafayette Ave. In Blue Denim from $4.75 to $10.00 per dozen. All High Grade. Get Our Prices on Your Requirements. Plain Blue, White, Fancy Stripes. Good Goods. Better Service. H. R. STOEPEL Union Made. Best Prices. Detroit, Mich. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Coats for Men Have Broader Should- ers. The country merchant who has not visited market to date will do well to note the characteristics and oddi- ties of the new fall styles. Probably a great many cf these style changes border too closely on the novelty, yet the wisdom of noting the prevailing tendency in style holds good. One of the most noticeable characteristics of the coat is the broad-shouldered effect. A new broadness of shoulder has been effected by increasing the width of the shoulder of the coat about half an inch on each side. This taises the collar somewhat and to quite an extent increases the space between it and the sleeve. Then again, the length of the shoulder seam has been increased by making the top of the back part of the shoulder about one-half inch narrow- | er than usual on each side. There is little doubt that the dou- ble-breasted sack will be the popular business coat until cold weather sets in. The lapel tops are almost square | and the trousers are of Conservative width at the hips, falling in almost straight lines to the bottom. In dress suits the better class mer- chants have unanimously declared themselves in favor of the peaked lapel. The skirt is tapered a little still adheres to the lines followed out on last spring’s apparel. There will be a short spring overcoat, 36 inches in length, full English box, raw edge Kersey, sack and double- | breasted, with wider collar and la- more than usual and the roll is ex- ceedingly The edges of the| better grades are blind stitched. long. In the novelty overcoat line one of | the most popular sellers is a double- breasted ulster with yoke. The box plait which falls down the back is a little more narrow than the favored style of last season. The coat with the extreme wide collar, full mili- tary back with vent, is proving ex- | ceedingly popular. The tendency in overcoat buying would suggest that belt overcoats will be more popular than was suspected a few weeks back. The dressy surtout and paletot and the Chesterfield are selling at the usual rate. In the boys’ line fancies dark with bright col- ored yarn showing here and there are well liked. As market buying progresses there seems to be a grow- toward the fanciful or mercerized mixtures. In the over- coat for boys the long ulster- like model is growing more and more popular. and grounds ing tendency line Retailers have already done a fair business in tan and olive covert top- coats. While the weather is propi- tious these are being pushed, and re- placed by raincoats as the weather indicates their acceptableness. This season the swell paddock and pale- tot have been taken up by all the pop- ular clothes and department stores, and there is general confidence in the style selling well. If such preves to be the case it will strengthen the position of the skirted overcoat for winter. Two styles are held to as ieaders, one buttoning through the front, and the other with a fly or sack front. In the former garment the waist line encircles the garment and is shaped back and sides, while in the latter the back is shaped and the front is fuil an dloose. The consensus of retail opinion is ‘coat may supplant | especially for this style of garment |are used. that worsteds in double and single- breasted sacks, medium and dark gray and fancy mixtures, will sell well. Serges are no uncertain quality and may sell well with many pretty and attractive worsteds to men who buy two suits a season. Manufacturers are at present deep into plans for spring. Designers are} still occupied with new patterns. Some of the houses have their first sample lines ready. Among the con- servative there is a tendency to adopt the long styles with suitable modifi- cations. The popular trade, although varying somewhat from former styles, pels than have been made here in several seasons. The regular fall overcoat length ap- pears to be 45-6 inches. The garment is in the Chesterfield or sack style, iull and roomy throughout, with wide collar and lapels and less depth of opening than in the old style. It is estimated that it is the most accept- able gentleman’s garment for busi- ness and general wear. Extreme lengths will for the most part be confined to the belted-back, which will be less in number than they were this season. The full ulster type of long over- the belted-back. The ulster is a plain back, cut very full from the shoulders down’ with extra wide sweep at the bottom; single and double-breasted with wide collars and broad lapels. The gen- eral length is 50 inches. Fabrics made | Thev are fancy in designs and weaves in attractive colors. For dress wear the surtout, paddock | and paletot will be given prominence. | this winter these garments | will all probability be a_ signal | success with good dressers, and are looked to nence than they occupied last. Vests for fall are mostly collarless, the opening corresponding with that of the coat, the first button of the vest coming under that of the coat. Six buttons are the bottoms being quite sharply pointed. Trous- er measurements are of medium pro- portions, about I9 inches in the leg, and 17 at the bottom for a 33 waist, the tendency being to get away from the fullness of the pegtops. Coats, too, have less of the shaped-in cut than before, being longer and looser. During in as assuming more promi- | used, a Meney in an Optical Outfit. A Chicago oculist announces the interesting and important discovery that ->—_____ Made To Ride In. Customer (angrily)—Look at these boots! I only bought ’em a week ago! Shopman—Ah! you must have been walking in them. “Why, of course!” “Ah, well, we only deal with car- riage people here.” some- | thing and now I can’t remember what | Thank you, | in | He | | The Old National Bank GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Our certificates of deposit are payable on demand and draw interest at 3% Our financial responsibility is almost two million dollars— a solid institution to intrust with your funds. The Largest Bank in Western Michigan Assets, $6,646,322.40 Freight Receipts Kept in stock and printed to | order. Send for sample of the | NEw UNIFORM BILL LaDING. BARLOW BROS., Grand Rapids salesmen. Cc. C. O'NEILL MERCHANTS Do not wait any longer in getting rid of your summer goods. NEW IDEA SALE at this time will dispose of your summer goods and attract large crowds to your store, bringing people who have never been there before. bring in cash—it will prepare you for the best fall business. dising business. Do not be beguiled by the numerous so-called this line and make the special sale business our special study and sole pursuit. Write today. C. C. O’NEILL & CO. 272-274-276-278 Wabash Ave., Our It will We are specialists in the merchan- & emember we are the oldest house in Chicago, Ill. CORN syRUP Teaoe maak every time. properties as bees’ honey. Karo and honey look alike, taste alike, are alike. honey, or honey with Karo and experts can’t separate them. bees can’t tell which is which. cept that Karo is better than honey for less money. Try it. Put up in air-tight, friction-top tins, and sold by all grocers in three sizes, 10c, 25c, 50c. Free on request—‘Karo in the Kitchen,” Mrs. Helen Armstrong’s book of original receipts. CORN PRODUCTS CO., New York and Chicago. f@ro When it comes to a question of purity the bees know. Youcan’t deceivethem. They recognize pure honey wherever they see it. They desert flowers for They know that Karo is corn honey, containing the same In fact, Karo and honey are identical, ex. a VPS ‘ Ul ny < CORN SYRUP Mix Karo with Even the rf 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN EMERGENCY CIRCULATION. Some Weak Spots in the Monetary Situation. The money question is a kaleido- scope, each turn in affairs presenting new combinations with varying forms and cclors, difficult to describe, still more difficult to forecast; and yet all these changes are subject to natural laws, save where statute laws or the concurrent action of many men or many interests, consenting for a common purpose, serve to produce zrtificial conditions. It is indispensable that bankers be familiar with the basic principles of finance, the laws of supply and de- mand, the varying production in the different fields of industry ranged zelongside of the varying demand of the consumer, the commodity move- ment necessary to offset a distribu- tion quite satisfactory to the public need, and the motive power—volume of money—necessary to effect such movement. And still, the proper understanding of these matters does. not fully equip the modern banker. In these days of cut and thrust, corner and trust, the complex affairs of modern com- merce are intensified and amplified by the power of concentrated wealth, inspired by the popular mania for amassing large fortunes. Prices are manipulated, normal conditions upset, natural laws reversed. Witness the retrograde movement ef cotton during last season, from warehouse and mill in New York and New England back to New Orleans to meet delivery on speculative con- tracts, at prices of raw cotton lifted beyond the point of profitable manu- facture, by people who use this great staple as a basis for speculative con- tracts—contracts whose only intend- ed relation to the actual commodity has sole reference to the price as de- termined by quality and quantity. The great cereals of the country are the popular football of specula- tion, and are subject to similar treat- ment, with analogous results. If the artificial prices thus created were tealized by the producer, it would be a compensatory advantage, but the “corner” and the “squeeze” are only possible when the crop has “come in sight,” its volume determined, and has passed into the hands of the middleman. Whether a bank’s funds should be loaned at all to aid in unduly ad- vancing the price of commodities, and to what extent such advances may be made with safety, are added questions entirely apart from the or- dinary principles upon which the credit is based. Unduly enhancing the cost of any commodity, or the cost of money—interest rates—ad- versely affects general business, the immediate and perhaps the most baneful effects of which are experi- enced by banks... Commercial bank- ing, in order to experience the largest measure of success, requires stable conditions; with speculative banking it may be different. It is well known that fluctuations in rates of transportation, or cutting of rates, although they enable the move- ment of goods more cheaply, and hence seemingly increase the dealer’s profits, tend, nevertheless, to demor- alize business, and are of real ad- vantage to no one. The extreme fluctuations in the money rate, frequently ranging as high as 20 per cent., as it did in rgor- 04, indicate the existence, legislative or otherwise, of unnatural and un- wholesome conditions. The strong demand for money at full rates that lave generally prevailed for the past three or four years, followed by an accumulation of unloanable funds at the present, is a natural result and se- quence of the industrial debauch through which we have passed, but from which we have not yet recov- ered. The individuzl who closed out his securities at top prices, and kept out, was fortunate. The manufacturer or merchant who sold out at the height of the boom realized more than his property was worth, and was propor- tionately fortunate. The average successful man who was in business eight years ago, and has remained in to the present time, would be better off to-day had an average degree of prosperity characterized this period instead of the wide fluctuations in values and extremely high prices which prevailed. The manufacturer who can _ sell more than his output at almost any price he chooses to demand usually imcreases his capacity, notwithstand- ing the fact that the cost of labor and material are at the maximum, and thus permanently over-capitalizes his plant, and impairs his economical production in the future. I seek by these ‘Illustrations to emphasize the fact, with which we are all familiar, that the public prospers most with average conditions and stable influ- ences, and with the natural laws of trade in force unvexed by artificial influences. Banks are the barometer of trade; bankers are dealers in credit. Their business consists in swapping a well- known for a less-known credit. To succeed they must study and be fa- miliar with all branches of industry, and the changing conditions of the business world as well as the chang- ing conditions of the individuals and corporations with which they deal. it follows that bankers of all people desire freedom from boom and de- | pression, and it seems to me that cur labors, as individuals and as an association, should be directed to- ward vindication of tatural laws in trade and finance. As to currency, there is little likeli- hood of change in our laws for some time to come. It would be the part of wisdom to perfect our currency upon well grounded principles, in the light of experience and along scien- tific lines, at a time when the public is free from currency agitation. But large legislative bodies seldom proceed in such manner. Their ac- tion is taken at some crucial period and in response to an acute public de- mand. There is nothing to suggest such demand in the near future. Our currency is good beyond question, but rigid as the laws of the Medes and Persians. It is quite similar to the currency of England. We have $346,- 600,000 in United States notes, issued directly by the Government, made le- gal tender, and which are, in effect, a forced loan. The greenbacks are redeemable in gold so long «as the credit of the Government is such that its bonds can be sold for gold. They are good beyond question, are practically gold notes,.and I think they have come to stay. I am not arguing against any proper scheme for perfecting our currency, but as practical men we should recognize facts and probabili- ties. The volume of currency in the aggregate and per capita exceeds any previous period in our National exist- ence and is certainly adequate to the public needs. The perennial output of our mines will satisfy any in- creased demand which may accom- pany increase of population and ex- panding business. Our sub-treasury system, which withdraws from circulation the daily customs receipts of the Government and locks them in the Treasury, from which they can only be withdrawn by an appropriation of Congress, is an arbitrary and artificial interference with currency conditions, enacted at a time when the Government pro- fessedly was afraid to trust its in- come funds in the hands of the banks. Whenever the Government’s income exceeds its expenditures, the daily ab- sorption of money by the Treasury becomes an important consideration that must be taken into account by every banker and business man in determining their course of action. The natural course of business is marred or modified by the Govern- ment’s strange adherence to this ab- surd provision of law. Its absurdity may well be illustrated by noting the consequences which would ensue in case municipalities and _ individuals should adopt the same cowardly con- servatism. Suppose each state, each city, county, town and village should hold all their receipts for taxes in their treasury or strong boxes, until the same should be paid out in regu- lar course in meeting their direct ob- ligations. The effect of such a course upon the money in circulation and the violent fluctuations in volume necessarily produced can easily be foreseen. Go a step farther, and suppose each individual and corporation should adopt the same course, and it is easy to see that the whole superstruc- ture of credit would fall to the ground. Congress has given some signs of a disposition to repeal this law, albeit the same was accompanied with a provision that the banks pay not less than 2 per cent. interest to the Government for the privilege of keeping these funds in circulation. The weakest point in our currency system is shown during those periodi- cal crises commonly called panics. A panic means business paralysis. Some climax to a series of adverse influ- ences operating upon the public mind temporarily destroys credit; and ina country like ours, where go per cent. of business transactions are consum- mated by means of credit, it means a practical stoppage of the wheels of industry. I am aware that some people ob- ject that an emergency circulation would have a bad effect upon the public mind. They seem to think that the public would only know of the emergency through such an_ issue. Any financial or industrial disturb- ance that may occur will be known to the business and reading public step by step as it occurs, and an emergency circulation would be re- ceived by the public as a remedy and a relief, and any one who thinks otherwise pays a poor compliment to the intelligence of the American peo- gle. I am strongly of the opinion that there should be some modification of existing laws so as to permit banks to’ protect the business interests of the country in times of greatest need. | think so all the more from the fact that the time has gone by when clearing house certificates may be successfully used to mitigate the rig- ors of a panic. I think I am safe in saying that it 1s the general opinion among bankers that clearing house certificates will no longer prove a measure of relief unless it may be under most exceptional circum- stances. Recurring to the initial thought of this paper—the desirability of sta- ble business conditions and uniform cost of transportation, and reasona- bly uniform rates for money, we,as bankers, entirely apart from legisla- tive or coercive measures, can exer- cise great influence in bringing about such conditions. Much of the hos- tilities to banks, much of the animos- ity existing between different sec- tions of the country is traceable to the unequal distribution of banking power, credit facilities. A borrower in the interior or remoter sections reads of the very low rates of inter- est prevailing in the money centers, compares the same with the full rate he is compelled to pay, and concludes that his immediate creditor is reap- ing an undue advantage in charging him undue or extortionate rates. Reasoning something like this fur- nished the backbone of the _ silver propaganda, whose disturbing influ- ence has cost the country so sorely during the past twenty-five years. People in the newer sections of the country, aware of the rich, natural resources of their localities, which only awaited development to be transformed into wealth, -clamored for an increased volume of currency. What they needed was capita! to transform latent wealth into tangible wealth; what they thought they need- ed was more currency, and this con- viction served to swell the ranks of the advocates of cheap money. The Credit Foncier of France is a great mortgage bank. It takes mortgage obligations from its cus- tomers and gives in exchange its own debentures or obligations. Such ob- ligations are listed and have a daily quoted value upon the Paris Bourse, and the Credit Foncier is not permit- ted to charge its customer in excess of five-eighths of 1 per cent. above the day’s quotations for its securities. = SERS PIEPER ES senniintieammntiaiti Ppt se OF nnn Aaseagene qeisrye tee SVR eer MT gceEN eR ANTON At a apa RR LAR FEN EOE I PGI seetia \¥ \ e PRE NE RORERARMAIE < Ig pet RTI iE ene i ' MICHIGAN TRADESMAN _ Ai relic of Z/HY do you rent a store, buy fixtures, hire clerks? Why do you 4 invest money in merchandise? ‘To get, more money, do you not? Yet, where do you put that money when you get it---the money for which you have invested your savings, the money for which you have worked so hard? What do you do with it? Do you put it away carefully where nothing can happen to it---where you can be sure of getting every cent of the profit you have earned? + Or do you put it into a common cash-drawer, an ordinary box under the counter, used, maybe, by your great-grandfather along with his hour-glass, his tallow candle and other ancient fixtures ? You put your hard-earned money into this relic of antiquity unchecked and practically unprotected. Ashes are dumped into a barrel in much the same careless way. You use a scale in order that you may not lose money by giving a customer more of your goods than he is entitled to. ou weigh these goods with infinite care. es Yet the hard-earned money for these same - goods is dropped into the ancient makeshifi =% under the counter with much less thought than you expect your clerks to take in splitting an ounce of sugar. Let us show you how you can keep a check on every transaction involving money in your store. How you can guard every penny of your receipts. How you can increase your cash sales and add 25 per cent. to the efficiency of your clerks. The demonstration will cost you nothing and put you under no obli- gation to buy. You can pay for the system out of the money it will save you. antiquity Tear Off This Coupon and Mail to Us Today NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO., DAYTON, OHIO i I owna____store. Please explain oT Address TS eas ee what kind of a register is pest suited for my business. This does not put me under obligation to buy. No. of Clerks___ 26 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN This secures the borrowers siecapiatdie: | thacaaiee the duties and responsibil- out France a uniform rate. A : f fact, the Credit Fon- | Sc ees TT av er " | Hard to Stop Trickery of Dishonest cier gives to its borrowers money | The | to limit the ex-| or such funds as they desire. above law serves change or service charge to _ five- eighths of I per cent., and secures to all borrowers of the same date the same rate of interest. As you are all aware, the Bank of France charges the same rate of discount each day at all its branches throughout France. ly carried out in densely populated France may not be at all praticable in the United States, but | ities of citizenship. A. B. Hepburn. Clerks. Misrepresentation of goods by | salespeople is a source of loss to the | department stores that they are con- |stantly seeking to eliminate. The more highly a store values its repu- tation the more it is injured by a single instance of misrepresentation. | Likewise the man or woman used to | strictly honorable lin i Of course, what may be successful- | ceeeiy rable dealings is more | offended by dishonesty than is one with in- | creasing wealth and growing popula- | tion something approximating the Credit Foncier may become practi- cable and would seem to be desirable. Terminal wheat receipts in Duluth and Minneapolis are regarded as the | Then, besides, be sarely expects 16 id ied |meet you as a customer again. He why not cotton in New Orleans, Gal- | best of collateral by banks generally; veston, Mobile, Atlanta, Savannah, | Charleston and other important points? Some attempts have been made by warehousing companies to make the staple products of the coun- | try, warehoused in the locality of! their production, available as collater- al with banks generally. Insufficient capital and insufficient business ex- perience have thus far deprived the project of a fair trial. With sufficient funds, management of experienced men of well known character and ability, it seems to me the project ought to succeed and prove an advantage alike to borrower and lender. for instances to illustrate the convic- tion I have that the best way to do away with sectional prejudice in our country, with the general prejudice which exists against banks and under the} and mer- used to the false pretensions cheap chaffering of low class chants. It doesn’t hurt a banana _ peddler much to be detected in tucking in one black banana in a dozen. You expect and are on the lookout for just that from a merchant of his class. thinks that he can always find new customers to cheat among a whole city full. So with the cheap stores. They kaven’t an immaculate reputation any- way. Then there are such _ hosts of careless people in the city waiting to be cheated that there will always be enough left to go around, no mat- ter how often or how badly they are gulled. But a store which aims to reach and hold the better class must be more precise in its dealings. Such | people have better memories, as well I give these | as finer sensibilities, and they donot expect and will not put up with mis- representation. Therefore, the higher |class the store is and the higher the against capital—the best way to puri- fy our politics and prevent business ‘long run by presenting goods just as from | they are, because it is for his best interests and property values becoming the football of each recur- ting political campaign—is to bring 2bout, so far as lies in our pow- er, reasonably unform conditions of commodities and rates for money fluctuating within reasonable limits. sults by bringing the resources under er underlying and controlling our class of people who patronize it the more carefully it must guard against all misrepresentation on the part of its salespeople. A clerk in such a store gains in the |interests to hold the confidence of | his customers so that they will come | back to him again and again. On the : | other hand, a clerk’s salary is based throughout the country, with the cost chiefly on his weekly sales reports, so that an unprincipled man is under | constant temptation to misrepresent We tend to accomplish such re- | goods in order to increase the amount | of his sales. our control, which is the motive pow- | industrial fabric, closely in contact | with the material product—the per- ennial output—of the business public, | and by making that contact as close breadth of the land. our influence along these lines, we can best serve the material interests He sees, for instance, that a cus- tomer hesitates about purchasing a dress pattern because she thinks there |is a thread of cotton in the goods. If the clerk-admits the shoddy she may |leave the counter without purchas- as possible throughout the length and | By exercising | ing, and then all the time he had spent on her would be wasted. Then ja clerk is tempted to trade on the }ignorance of timid or inexperienced | committed to our charge, and best| customers when by so doing he can make a sale. All this is short sight- ed and in the long run works against a clerk’s own interests, but not all of them believe it. To guard against such misrepresen- tation is part of the duty of the head of each section. He is supposed to know all that is going on in his de- partment. The floorwalkers, too, are supposed to have their eyes and ears open to guard against any kind of poor work on the part of clerks, but it is obviously impossible for these few overseers to hear everything said by each clerk. Out of the scores of sales going on around him the head of the section can keep track of only a few, and the foorwalkers only a few more. So the great majority of sales are necessarily trusted entirely and absolutely to the salespeople. Another mode of supervision is the reporting of one clerk by another. But this does not amount to much, be- cause, no matter how important to the firm is the information conveyed, tattling is dishonorable. A_ clerk’s loyalty belongs first to his firm, yet} few men or women are so hardened | that they can “tell on” a fellow work- | er without feeling ashamed. The management also requests cts- | tomers to report all cases of misrep- | resentations. These requests are} made frequently, so that the fact is | well advertised that such reports will | be investigated, and in all cases jus- | tice done the customer. But many | people will not take the trouble or| spend the time to make a_ report. | Mrs. A. is a busy woman. When she} finds that the handkerchiefs are part | cotton which a certain clerk told her | were every thread linen, she simply | goes to some other store the next | time she wants to buy anything in| linens. | All clerks in the best stores are | clearly instructed to present goods | on their merits, and under no circum- stances to base a sale on misrepresen- tation. All the management can do after so instructing them is to sup- pose that the combined reports of customers, fellow clerks, floorwalk- ers, and heads of departments will eventually disclose the clerk who misrepresents. Still there is some ground not thoroughly covered by these practical safeguards. After all, the character of the sales- people must be relied upon. If they are not strictly honest they can make sales by misrepresenting goods. But when found out they are always rep- rimanded, and if they do not care enough for their future to follow in- structions, even if they are not honest from principle, they are dismissed. We Are Distributing Agents for Northwest- ern Michigan for & John W. Masury & Son’s Paints, Varnishes and Colors and Jobbers of Painters’ Supplies We solicit your orders, Prompt shipments Harvey & Seymour Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates to Grand Rapids every day. Write for circular. every-day NECESSITY. recognize this fact. The telephone that supplies A Well-Known Fac The Telephone is no longer ranked as a luxury but an actual, Progress demands that GET IN LINE telephone you NEED and MUST HAVE. Over 67,000 subscribers and more than one thousand towns in Michigan reached over our long-distance lines. Michigan State Telephone Company, - C. E. WILDE, District Manager, Grand Rapids YOU your every réquirement is the TRY THEM NOW D owe Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates to Grand Rapids every day. Write for circular. 5c igar a = ete: 28 cast ae nell eM ee ae Py. j » 4 4 ‘ : 3 ; ; ; ‘ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27 TOM MURPHY SERIES—NO. 15. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Business Improving in the Shoe Trade. Shoe manufacturers and jobbers say the further the season progress- es the more encouraging it becomes. While the number of buyers who visit this market at ihis period of the year is not large, still quite a number were in the city last week, and they placed some iair-sized orders... The majority of the retail shoemen are looking forward to a good fall and winter trade, ard are making prepar- ations accordingly. Stocks that were held over do not look so lasge and 2re considered less of a handicap than many feared. Wholesalers predict the reign of the conservative shoe this fall, al- though they aver that the best sell- ers will have a slight tinge of the coming style for spring. Radical de- partures are predicted for the com- ing spring season and these predic- tions should be of great suggestive value to the shoe buyer. The new pointed toe with an outward swing to the last will sell well this fall. One of the best seiling shoes, however, for the trade, and the shoe which market visitors favor, is one of Eng- ish enamel with waterproof sole and calf topping. From the standpoint of style there is nothing extreme about it and it makes a sensible all- round shoe for the business man and the conservative patron of the coun- try store. Among the men there seems to be < growing demand for the sort of sub- | stantial shoes with which over-shoes | | _need never be worn. Bluchers are going to be popular and patent shoes will be worn tu a great extent. De- mand will continue for the Cuban heel on women’s shoes, if present indications count for anything. It is believed tha: tans will sell better than ever next summer. They will delicate flesh color to dark chocolate tints and will be worn by infants, women, children and men. The white can- vas shoe seems to have taken the market by storm and a continued de- mand is looked for,next season. In short, shoes for this fall have small heels and all in all the military ef- fect. The largest buyers are avoid- range in shade from. the ing extremes. There will be no decided change in shoe styles this fall, although the spring season will open up at retail with « few style departures. Some stores will experimen 1 a few]; “4: periment with a feW|jent condition of the horses attest uew styles and on their success will | SS a ae ae rest the country merchant’s decision «s to what styles will be favorably received by his trade. The market buyer this fall will find exceptionally good values for his money. Each season’s goods, in fact, show a decided advancement in the detail of counters, linings, innersoles and up- per and sole stock. In toe styles for boys there is a decided tendency toward the conserv- atively roomy shape. The two styles taking best are the full round toe, the medium toe, the medium wide toe) with a modified freak look about it, | « medium narrow toe with somewhat | of a Po-toe swing to it, the Po-toe | last with straight inside and a mark- | ed outward swing. In the child’s line | the popular styles are the medium | full ordinary toe, the narrow dressy | toe, the Po-toe with straight inside | with outside swing, the Po-toe with more breadth over the toe and a trifle | freakish, the full, neat square effect and the extreme wide toe. In the women’s line, bluchers are selling remarkably well. One of these popular sellers has mat kid top, cap toe, single sole and beveled edge. The tendency in market purchasing would indicate that those styles which enable tie foot to take its nat- ural position are coming in vogue. | That this tendency is growing can | be seen in the outward swing last, | which promises to be very popular. | The old time cramped effect will be | superseded by styles giving the Po-| toe effect without causing injury to the feet. Although new, this foot- iorm line is already a strong seller. | It is made in vici, russia and patent | colt, oak soles, new substitch proc- | ess, innersoles soft and smooth, and has more strong talking and selling | points than any other shoe.—N. vj Commercial. —_> 2» —__ On a Shopping Tour. The shades of night were falling fast As through a bargain store there passed A maid. who'd lingered till the last, Just shopping. Her mien was sad, her face looked worn; Her hat was crushed, her dress was torn; She’d jostled there since early morn, Just shopping. “Oh, stay,’’ the salesgirl said, “cand see Tnis lovely silk at forty-three A yard.’’ She answered, ‘“‘None for me, | I’m _ shopping.’’ “Mount not the stairs,’’, floorwalkers said, “The elevator’s just ahead.”’ But ur she crawled with lagging tread, Just shopping. At 6 o’clock. as homeward went The saleswomer on pleasure bent, They left her there by accident, Still shopping. A watchman making late his round Was seared by an unwonted sound; On the third floor the maid he found, Just shopping. There in the twilight cold and gray Sauntered the maid who'd shopped all cr ennai bought to take away— Still shopping. No Horsewhips in Moscow. There is a notable law in force in most of the large Russian towns concerning horses. Among the curi- cus things that arrest the attention on arriving in Moscow is the entire absence of whips among drivers of cabs, carriages and all sorts of vehi- cles. There is a law _ prohibiting their use and there is not a single whip in use in Moscow. The excel- humane law. Nothing can exceed the beauty of the sleek and well-groomed horses used in the carriages of Moscow. The Sharper Vision. “I believe there’s something be- tween our daughter and young Hug- gerly.” “IT seen then: in the parlor, last ight,” volunteered young brother, “an’ there wasn’t nothing between Business Opportunity For Sale—The stock and good will of a pros perous, well-established wholesale shoe business of highest reputation, in one of the best cities of the west. Parties wishing to consider such an open- ing will please address C. C., care of this paper, when full details and an opportunity to investigate will be given. Capital required, about $100,000. DOUBTI ESS the thought may not have occurred to you, but the very fact is in evidence, that to satisfy your customers, you should carry a complete line of Banigan Rubber Boots And Shoes the line to be depended upon to please, not only in Style, Work- manship and Fit, but in points that will meet all the requirements of the most critical. If you have never handled them it may be suggestive of other than fairness if you do not place a trial order, GEO. S. MILLER, Selling Agent 131-133 [Market St., CHICAGO, ILL. them.” Geo. H. Reeder J. W. Baldwin Our Business is Moving Briskly How can it help it when we handle the best lines of leather shoes possible to produce at the price, and are state agents for the celebrated Hood Rubbers? GEO. H. REEDER & CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. Our store is on the way to Union Depot and we are always pleased to see our friends and customers. H. L. Keyes Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates to Grand Rapids every day. Write for circular. ’ 3 j v4 ; 4 M | A ie ea. | Ce ee ASS cage beat MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 29 NEXT BEST THING. Reasons Why We Should Not Over- look It. When, for geod and sufficient rea- son, it becomes impossible to carry through business plans in the best way, do the “next best thing.” Knowledge of just what this next best thing is in any emergency of the affairs of life is essential to the busi- ress of doing it. But frequently when | the judgment has put its seal upon the necessity of the thing next to be done, the shock of not having been able to do the first thing intended stuns the individual until the oppor- | tunity for the next best thing is ir- revocably past. Common sense has come to be re- garded as almost uncommon Yet common sense is not all. thing called common an unlettered take the sense. sense might that if pole teach he could man positive of a great battery into both his hands and | its negative pole into both his hands, each with impunity. he could as safe- ly take the poles, one and iu hand. analogy does not hold. Common sense, for instance, never in the world suggested to Columbus that: the earth round, to Galileo that the world moved rather than the sun. Common sense revolt- ed at both and in the end was made the fool of the thing that is called for the lack of another Yesterday in history, to-day positive each But the was or “ovenius” name. in the present, and in all to-morrow, and of phe- perhaps, common sense was, is, the extent continue handmaiden to the that the nomena of nature are uncovered new to a world of conventional thinkers. later, must genius Success, sooner or must man in comparison with his fellow men. always And so long as success must continue the comparative thing it is, so long must there be the necessity for a man’s doing that “next best thing.” There ic a piactical business story not ten years old that illustrates the inspiration that may be necessary as a next best thing in backing up all that common sense had accomplished and yet failed in: A great cleaning powder was stum- bled upon by a chemist, who saw a fortune But the practical business men, upon whom it would devolve to sell the stuff, found an in- superable difficulty with the market. The powder was a shade seemingly impossible of producing the degree of whiteness that was the powder’s chief merit. “I couldn’t sell that stuff without hypnotic powers,” was the expert opinion of the man who knew the market. i tt But the manufacturer knew the “next best thing.” The shade that was so objectionable to the market was scarcely more than strongly sug- gestive of its failure as a bleacher. The chemist was called upon for a liarmless shade of artificial coloring that would so accentuate the natural shade as to allow the purchaser to see nothing els: but that color. Then the cleaning powder was named to carry with it this color description That | negative | determine the position of a| as the chief distinguishing feature of the powder. To-day to change the name of the powder probably would 1uin its prestige. A wise business man had done the | next best thing. There is the story of a mining en-! «ineer in the desert country of the| Great West who figured that in the development of a certain great placer | claim, a canal debouching from one great river into another great river parallel to it was essential. But the capital developing it would not see. | It was disputed that the water from | the Poudre River ever could flow in- | to the waters of the other stream. | Yhe engineer had begun to stand for | his surveys and the capitalists were | lining up for the expenditure of other | that | ithe water must run in the opposite | thousands in surveys to prove Then thought him direction. the He met the directors of the concern. “Gentlemen,” was his incontrover- tible argument, “either that water will River or it will flow from the River into the Poudre!” There are “frog farms” in various portions of the world out of which their owners are reaping harvests of standing conventional They are to money. lenges the inspiration to do the next best thing. When the frog hunter longer could find his wild quarry for no the supply of the market he turned, | tenced in the marshes, and domesti- | cated the creatures. He did the next best thing. The ability to determine this next | the business world is often the determining factor in mark- of best thing in ed successes. Thousands fessional life to accomplish a certain measure of success in a definite Some barrier has arisen which could } It served to inspire | not be crossed. the next best thing in the hearts of the and this next best thing has resuited in the attainment adventurers, of unexpected successes beyond the original first hopes of these thous- ands. The greatest problems in life con- tinue to be expressed in the world’s query, What 1s the next best thing? That “first” best thing will continue to be in the untried mind the easiest | of determinations; it is on the rock of the “next” best thing that for- tunes are wrecked or find founda- tions. John A. Howland. ————_. If You Are Weil Bred. You will be kind. You will try and make _ others happy. You will not be shy or self-con- scious. You will never indulge in ill-natured gossip. You will never forget the respect due to age. You will not swagger or boast of your achievements. You will think of others before you think of yourself. You will not measure your civility by people’s bank accounts. engineer be-| of the next best thing. | + How About Hunting flow from the Poudre into the Blank | Blank | chal- | common | sense; they are marked examples of| men | have started out in business or pro- | line. | | es : : | | You will be scrupulous in your re- | gard for the rights of others. You will not forget engagements, gumentative or contradictory. You will never make fun of the} peculiarities or idiosyncrasies. of | | others. affairs. You will never under any circum- stances cause another pain if can help it. You will not think that “good in- | tentions” compensate for rude or gruff manners. You will be as agreeable to your superiors. | promises or obligations of any kind. | In conversation you will not be ar- | | home You will not bore people by con- | stantly talking of yourself and your | you | | sorb conversation.—O. S. You will not sulk or feel neglect- ed if others receive more attention than you do. You will not have two sets of man- ners, one for “company” and one for use. You will let a refined manner and superior intelligence show that you have traveled, instead of constantly talking of the different countries you have visited. You will not remark, while a guest, that you do not like the food which has been served to you. You will not attract attention by | either your loud talk or laughter, or i'show your egotism by trying to ab- Marsden in | Success. social inferiors as to your equals and + All that glitters if not guilt. Boots? Is your stock in shape for the season? Ours is, and there is no doubt about our being head- quarters for everything in that line. We have a black grain lace boot at $3.50 and a tan one for $3.75 that are as good as can be made. Then we have others for less money. Just let us show you. | Waldron, Alderton & Melze Wholesale Shoes and Rubbers 131-133-7135 North Franklin Street, Saginaw, Mich. | GET“ AFTER THE MEN Sell them one pair.of gocd shoes and they’ll always come back for another pair. the kind of trade that pays. shoes that make such trade is the BRADLEY & METCALF $2 NULINE $2 GOODYEAR WELTS We make them in thr:e leathers—Velour, Box Calf and genuine Kangaroo—in three styles, Bal, Blucher and Golf cut. We are the only manufacturers making gen- uine Gcodyear Welts at $2 00 per pair. Bradley & Metcalf Co. | Where Quality is Paramount” 201 Past Water St., MILWAUKEE, WIS. Try “Our One Day Mail Order Department” for service. That’s The kind of ¥ + : : } 30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN BANK ROBBERS. Why They Usually Leave Big Vaults Alone. Merchants are robbed; the safes of country banks that carry a surplus of perhaps ten or twenty thousand dollars are often riddled by burglars. How is it that the millions quietly reposing within the doors of scores of banks in the larger cities are never attempted? For it is a fact that dur- ing the last twenty-five years no at- tack, successful or otherwise, has been made on any bank vault in the United States in cities of over 50,000 inhabitants. Most of the bank rob- beries occurring to-day take place in towns of 2,500 to 7,500 inhabitants. In the larger cities where the treasure really is no one even attempts to rob a bank. Why is this? the whole secret. The country banks depend on safes costing perhaps a few hundred dollars; a great city bank spends perhaps $150,000 for its burglar and fire proof vaults. And these vaults are proof. They are ab- solutely unassailable. The guarding of a bank’s money has been reduced to such a science that a banker, hav- ing once taken the proper precautions, never gives the matter a _ further thought, although he have millions of dollars within his doors. The fire proofing for a large vault can be constructed for from $10,000 to $15,000. It is the burglar proof steel lining that brings the cost of vault construction up to the six fig- ure mark. Think of a steel door weighing twelve tons or of a_ hinge alone weighing one ton! When that door consists of ten inches of drill proof steel, plate iapped on plate, do you wonder that’ even the most daring burglar has never attempted it? Such a great door usually has some four and twenty-two or three inch steel bolts which shoot out automatically in four directions as soon as the door is closed. The entire closing of the door is absolutely water tight. The closing has actually been tested one whole night under water. This clos- ing is of the “tongue and groove” variety and the groove is packed with packing. This formidable door is furnished with a time lock that can be set for any number of hours and that can not be op2ned until the hour for which it is set arrives. The door is furnished with perhaps three dupli- cate timers, so that if two should fail to work there would still be one to open the door. Inside the great door a massive grating called the day grate gives access to the vault. To this cham- ber, which, with its four inch walls of drill proof steel, is worthy of Vulcan himself, only the active officials of the bank have entrance. Here are the tellers’ safes, where they keep the money for the day’s business. Here are bags of gold, $5,000 in each, piled up like so many bags of buttons, each bag most securely tied and sealed. Here are packages of bills stacked up like bricks. The ones and twos in $1,000 packages; the fives in $5,000 packages; and the tens and twenties in $10,000 packages. The bills in each of these packages have been counted, tied up, and seal- ed by two persons in the presence of each other, so that the bank can guarantee the amounts as given on the labels without recounting. Here, beside the tellers’ safes, are compartments where the collateral received for loans to depositors is kept. But this is only the outer division of the vault chamber; beyond is another massive grating dividing the vault into two rooms. No single of- ficial can penetrate to the inner shrine, and one of the two officials necessarily present must be a direc- tor of the bank. holies, where repose the reserve funds Here is the holy of of the bank—millions of gold and |paper money. The reserve funds are . | Money can protect money. That is | | kept in safes on which the locks are timed to open every morning, so that if necessary the bank tellers could have the money ata moment’s notice. The two divisions of the _ vault form really one chamber with walls of drill proof steel. The walls are drill proof, yet, as a matter of fact, the up to date burglar does not work with drills. « - . ° | mite, some nitroglycerin in a bottle, | with alcohol, putty, candles, wire, wire nippers, and an exhaust pump are the principal items in his outfit. With these tools he often “makes an But a heavy impression” on a small safe. single charge of dynamite enough to open the joints of a big vault would wreck the whole building. Unlimited time, therefore, in which to work would be necessary to the successful wrecking of a drill proof vault by explosives. For it would be necessary to use a long succession of small charges; to work patiently at plate after plate and the condi- tions make this absolutely impossi- ble. The reason such great pains are taken to make all joints water tight is to guard against the introduction of nitroglycerin, which has about the consistency of honey or common gly- cerin. Nitroglycerin is not effective unless it is inside the safe or vault. The entire great steel made fire proof by being inclosed in brick, or tile, or cement walls, be- room ~ 1s tween which and the steel walls is an air space four or five inches thick. Air is a nonconductor of heat, and being interposed between the brick and the steel walls prevents the lat- ter from becoming overheated. So perfect is the protection that even when a building has been destroyed the contents of the vaults within have remained unchanged. Several such instances were noted after the Balti- more fire last winter. Notwithstanding these extraordi- nary safeguards against fire and thieves offered by these walls of steel and fireproof brick just de- scribed, the bank vaults are never left without human ~ guards. All night three watchmen. patrol the entire building. These men are re- quired to set off certain signals in various parts of the building every half hour. The record of these sig- nals is shown on an electric clock. If one watchman failed to make one A few sticks of-dyna-| signal at the proper time the record clock would disclose such failure. 3esides these ordinary signals there are alarm boxes near the vault door where the watchman can ring up the police, fire department, etc. Even shouid three watchmen fail in their duty—something hardly to be imagined, since it would mean matic alarm set off by any contact with the inner surface of the vault. by any means a thief could _ get ruin to the men—there is an auto-| So, if one can imagine the unimagin- | ahle and suppose the impossible, that | through the walls or the door of the | vault. the moment he reached the} inner surface a gong on the roof or in the street in front of the bank building would clang out an alarm that would be heard three _ blocks. A stil! further piling of Ossa on Pelion is the insurance which all the large bankers carry on their deposit- ors’ money, stocks, bonds and other collateral. Considering all these extraordin- ary safeguards which are commonly taken by a bank is it any wonder that, with the exceptions noted, no bank vault in the large cities has been even attempted during the last twenty-five years? John R. Driscoll. Not a Bad Shoe Boys--Solid Throughout No. 6512 Boys 2 to Be Me $I 50 No. 6412 Youths’ 12% 228. ...-..... S836 No 6612 L. G. 8 to 12 ee ec sei $1.15 Our Own Make Guaranteed A Genuine Box Calf Shoe For School rn oat Oe TEC Te eal For a Good Boy BUT JUST THE REVERSE >» Hirth, Krause & Co., Grand Rapids 16 and 18 South Ionia Street Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates to Grand Rapids every day. Write for circular. OREGON CALF LONG TAP This is one of the most popular, practical shoes we make. It is just that combination of a soft but extra durable upper with a heavy sole that a farmer or railroad man wants. The tap on this shoe ex- tends back to the middle of the shank and is a great advantage to the man who works. RINDGE, KALMBACH, LOGIE & CO., LTD. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates every day to Grand Rapids. Send for circular. 5 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 31 BELTS AND BUCKLES. Some New Things Now on Sale by the Jobbers. The past month has been a very good one for the belt men, but with the opening of this month the man- | ufacturers and wholesalers expect to start this Buyers have been waiting and watch- season in real_ earnest. ing the new things as they appeared without buying very heavily, they will all be busy and happy as well. Crush leather belts are in good de- | mand, and are going well in all class- | es of trade. the militory buttons are in good demand. clusive in style have the call in the retail stores. Although gilt will be good property this season, buyers are learning to be | rather cautious as to the exceeding- ly cheap grades, and try to move their stocks as rapidly The higher grades do not tarnish as as possible. readily, although even these require good care if they are pear their best in the customer. Fine Japanese leather belts are in good demand, and one house which makes a specialty of eccentric belts and fancy goods in general makes big displays of these belts, and they sell well, too. The designs are usual- ly odd and highly colored, and the | woman who is in search of a belt a bit out of the ordinary will natural- | ly look at belts of this kind with admiring eyes. Don’t Worry If You're In a Flurry But send us the order for your case needs. regular size cases from stock. regular work is made up for stoc in a thorough manner—when it goes to the finishing department for treatment. grade varnishes and finishing materials, in the hands of men who know their business, and ample time, we produce Right now we're in position to send you on a day’s notice any regular In other words, we can fill your order same day as received. Write us your needs today—return mail will bring our catalogue prices. Receipt the life-time finish characteristic of our cases. size case you may need, and give you seasoned work. Don’t court disappointment. but | when September is fairly under way | The very wide belts with | 3elts which are at all ex- grades | to ap- | eyes of the] these belts are perfectly plain, although numbers have ornate buckles, and they show up unusually well. | The leather is so handsome that it seems almost like gilding the lily to put a handsome | these belts. generally | The buckles on | | some | buckle on one of The mourning belts this season are of the materials imaginable, and the buckles are made of the fin- est enamel, one particularly quaint one having a small brilliant in the richest center of a pansy flower. The fabric beits show little change from the extreme summer style, the widths being much the same, and only gauged by the demand of the! trade of the different stores. In places where the wide novelty belts have a good sale the buyer would | have no use for conservative designs, | treme styles, and this season he chould have no difficulty in finding them. Belts made of figured silks in the light and dainty tones make pleasing odd belts. Tine buckles in a festive showing on the belts of the rhinestones make season, especially those of the light filmy materials for use with elaborate |! yowns for winter wear. These buc- 1 kles are made up of fine stones, and | | this season which would put him in retail! for prices which are by no means low, although when the value is considered they do not seem dis- | proportionately high. The gilt fad is with us this season /in a modified form, that is, the fine | buckles will show a liberal amount of of your order means prompt shipment. GRAND RAPIDS FIXTURES CO. Original Show Case Factory of Grand Rapids 140 SOUTH IONIA STREET, Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates every day to Grand Rapids. and is diligent in his search for ex- | You take no chances on dissati the gilt, but in the extreme novelties and enamel will be the correct things. Although buyers have rhinestones bad so much trouble with cheap gilt | during the past year they are not in | a position to complain as they insist upon the lowest prices possible. : Fine enamel and handsome designs are the order of the day, although enamel does not show its the inexperienced buyer. novice can see the value of gilt when skillfully worked out, but a fine enam- | el design will not make the show that a much inferior and cheaper article will do—the extra being put into the workmanship. value Some gay filigree designs are to be found in the fine import lines, and} bird end bug life seems to be the proper caper. A fine bumblebee with the wings of the filigree is one of the handsomest and newest designs brought over irom the other side. A broad belt made entirely of East- | ern embroider in white has a gold | value to} The veriest | | with rings or iolds buckle set with turquoise matrix. ‘This is a solid gold buckle, with a square center and two_ smaller | squares on either side. In each of | these squares 1s set a large cabochon of the turquoise, the largest in the center. It should not be a difficult matter tor the average buyer to select a line a position to sell belts in quantities never before keard of. In the first place, both leather and fabric belts | are good value, and they can be re- | | saw the advertisement in the Trades- tailed for prices surprisingly low, so that they will move rapidly. The materials are of good grade for low and medium-priced goods, while the high-class belts show material which only appeals to the people who un- derstand value and quality. As a rule, there is a tendency to- ward greater simplicity in belts, and too much metal is not deemed the best of gradually given way taste. The back-piece has to the back-piece and ornamented and shirrings of made of the fabric, the material. re From Church Ushers to the Peniten- tiary. In sentencing four youths to the penitentiary for life in Chicago the other day Judge Axel Chytraus took unions declared ended occasion to deprecate trades crime. He seldom as breeders of that without some of the strikers landing behind the This marked by the fact that two of the prisoners were strikers when they began their which included the murder for which they were sentenc- ed. The four youths, Peter Dulfer, David Kelly and James and William Formby were known as the “bandit cuartet.”” The Formby brothers were labor troubles bars. was career of crime, at one time ushers in St. Paul’s Con- gregational church, the pastor of whieh, Rev. Dr. Parr, in court when Judge Chytraus pro- nounced sentence. ———_o + + was present When you write Tradesman adver- tisers be sure to mention that you man. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Send for circular. We are equal to the task of filling your order on date of receipt for sfaction, for we take no chances on hurry-up jobs— k—each case being the embodiment of thoroughly kiln dried lumber—put together Here, by the use of the highest mate | 4} ; } i MICHIGAN TRADESMAN CCLERKS SCONE , Attention to the Personal Needs of | Customers. Have you ever thought of the ad- vantage stores in which you work of always to yourselves and to. the, | attempting to assist the customers | in some manner by suggestions of | information regarding the ing sold? I don’t mean the attempts of the mouthy kind of clerks to tell all they know in the first five min- utes of conversation with a customer, znd a little later attempt to tell some more stuff they don’t know. It won't help you or the store to spread in- formation thick and sticky, like a} coating of moiasses, everywhere you move and on every one who has a conversation with you, but you can aid everybody concerned by having your wits about you and making sug- gestions to a customer or offering information that may be of value to her. There is no cause for putting it in such a way that it may offend, if she already knows it, for it can be told, always, in such a way that no one can take offense, and most people will be glad to know what you have to tell. Suppose you have sold a customer something in silverware, either plat- | ed or sterling, and something has | been remarked about the liability to tarnish. When wrapping the goods, goods be- | or making change, you can say to the customer that a small piece of cam- phor gum put in the box where sil- verware is kept will prevent it from tarnishing; and that the gum can now be purchased in very nient compressed tablet most drug stores. conve- form at Not one house- keeper in fifty knows anything about that, and the chances are that she will go home and tell all her neigh- | bors what you said, with the result that your silverware and_ yourself will be much discussed in the next two or three weeks. Another customer is desirous of | purchasing some delicately dyed ma- | terial in silk or wool, but hesitates the lia- bility of soiling and spoiling the gar- ment is almost too much to persuade the sale. Tell such a customer that she need have no fears of a catastro- because it is so delicate and | phe, for the zoods, no matter how imuch soiled, can be soaked for an | hour or two—longer, if necessary— /in clean gasoline, squeezed lightly | through the hands, drained and hung | will it cause any in the wind to dry, without harming iabric or color in the least; the gaso- line will not remove wrinkles, nor more, the fabric coming out of the bath in exactly the same shape as it went in. Tell the - . customer there is no danger, except- | ing that the gasoline will destroy |rubber tapes or shields that may be | will thank you very much for the| in the garment, and it is best to re- chase of more delicate goods, when once convinced by trial of the possi- bility of cleaning them so easily. If vou will say to the customer who buys a pair of kid gloves and re- marks that the stitching soon wears, and it is difficult to mend neatly, that a fine cotton thread will work much nicer than silk and will not cut the fine leather so quickly as the ordi- nary sewing silk, which is twisted hard, vou will have helped that cus- and she will remember the in- formation a long time, to your cred- 1%t. Remark, too, thread will always hold on a button better than silk or linen, it is possible to use cotton. The already know that, but tomer that strong cotton wherever customer may if she doesn’t, she will be glad of the information and be willing to try it. These are only a few of the help- ful little hints you can throw out to a customer at times when you feel sure the customer will be glad to bear them. You must use tact and good judgment, for not every cus- tomer will thank you, although there are mighty few people who will be offended at anything of that sort when pleasant!y told. On the other hand, don’t tell anything for a fact unless you are sure of what you tell. Keep your eyes and ears open for such things and train your memory ito have ready any hints regarding |customers. Use your move them before cleaning. Few} people know that, and most people any goods that may be of use to information with carefulness and good judgment, and use it oniy to help along the business. When you do that you are |information, consenting to the pur- | | helping yourselves every time. It is not always the information that has the greatest amount of money-worth attending it that is the most valued. A woman will think as much of something that will assist her in her every-day duties as of something relative to the best way to care for her sealskin coat or her taffeta dress. But it is not my pur- pose to urge you to dip into matters worth many dollars; I just want to tell you the value of little hints that are worth something and which will be as carefully remembered for their source as though they represented the entire value of a customer’s ward- robe. Then there are little attentions to the personal wants of customers, that not one clerk in ten thinks anything zbout or attempts to put into prac- tice. A farmer’s wife comes into the store after a jong ride in the cold air, or perhaps after having been caught in a rain storm. She knows she is welcome to sit on a stool, that she can pile packages on the counter, that she can remove her wet wraps and place them where she pleases— that she can do a dozen things if she wants to. So do you know it, and that is the reason you think nothing about it. You don’t ask her if she won't let you take her cloak or shawl and hang it where it will dry a little; you don’t offer a chair by the fire instead of the stool she takes; you don’t sug- gest to her that you will clear a space of counter for her to lay her bundles, and tell her that she can bring all her purchases into the No. 76 Weightless. Even-Balance have from the first been the standard of computing scales and when a merchant 40 per cent. Gain Over Last Year MONEYWEIGHT SCALES wants the best his friends will recommend no other. We build scales on all the known principles: Even Balance, Automatic Spring, Beam and Pendulum, all of which will A short demonstration will convince you that they only require to be placed in operation to Pay for Themselves. Ask for our illustrated booklet “Y.” Manufactured by Save Your Legitimate Profits Computing Scale Co. Dayton, Ohio Moneyweight Scale Co. 47 State St., Chicago Distributors This is what we have accomplished in the first six months of this year over the corresponding months of last year. No. 63 Boston. Automatic Spring ee store and stack them up there; you don’t offer to run out to the wagon and get that basket of eggs she for- got. You don't do any one of a dozen acts that would make her smile and feel much relieved, even although she protested and even although she would probably refuse to be accom- modated by some of them. You have never been in the habit of it, and you don’t think anything about it. There is a certain danger in being too polite and too insistent on ac- commodating acts, but the danger is not one-tenth as great as that of not doing enough. It costs nothing to be polite, and few people are cranky enough to resent an act of the sort on the part of aclerk. Even although they may protest, they are secretly pleased at the attention. The best clerk I ever knew—mind you, I say the best clerk I ever knew—was of the kind who had a word of personal enquiry for every customer and some act that made the customer feel that it was done for her benefit alone. He | | tempt to take the trowel in hand and |sene. It both cleans and polishes the | : : | He jumps on and off the cars with de- often blundered, but he was a quick- witted Irishman and was always able to extricate himself from the difficul- ty and turn the laugh on himself, if it would clear the situation. He was polite and solicitous to the wife of the town scavenger as readily as to the wife of the county judge, and he made both feel that he meant his attentions in the best of spirit—and 1 believe he did, almost invariably, for he has totd me that he valued the good opinion of Mrs. Monohan as highly as that of Mrs. Van Dyke. His memory was excellent, but I have known him to enquire after the health of the baby of a young woman who was not married, and then ex- tricate himself by begging her pardon and adroitly finding out that it was really the baby of a sister or a cousin that he meant. Not once did I ever know a customer to be offended for any stutch reason for the fellow’s man- ner always indicated sincerity. He could recall the names of almost all the customers who came to_ the store, and if he happened to fail, he found some way of discovering the name before the customer left. . He did not pick up his character- istic by the roadside, nor was it en- tirely natural, although he was a very genial and companionable fellow, but he schooled and trained himself in it for a number of years. People would sit for a long time and wait for him to get through with custom- ers, when other clerks were not busy. He did not hold them by means of cut prices, nor by sop gifts, but merely through the attractions of his manners. Customers would say they preferred him to wait upon them because he was always so “jolly.” And although he did “jolly” some people, he had tact enough to know where it would work and where com- mon-sense talk must lead. Of course, he had to couple his manners with a good knowledge of goods and a surprising quickness at work. When the store was full of customers he would talk fast and work faster, would get hold of a cus- tomer’s wants and have her money almost before she had time to think MICHIGAN TRADESMAN what was going on. When there were | that nitro-benzol was used in some 33 | few customers, he had the faculty of | of these luster dressings, and Con the Conductor hanging on to a customer without |it has caused several deaths, nitro- tiring her, and selling her much more benzol being a poison. In the case than she intended to purchase. All| of a Toledo (O.) young man it was this was the result, very largely, of} claimed that the nitro-benzol pene- self-training, under the belief that he trated his shoes and stockings and | could make himself agreeable to got into his system, causing his everybody, and also under the belief death. that a clerk must not be a chooser; Another fault found with the luster of the people upon whom he waits | dressings was that the acids in them - the store, for the reason that it| ate into the leather and injured it, so 1S the money for the goods that is | enterprising manufacturers began to desired rather than a select parlor} look for something better and next party. | produced the cleanser and the fric-| Improvements in salesmanship and | tion paste. The cleanser was used to the general pleasing of the public | remove stains and dirt, and the paste are not accomplishments that can | polish, made chiefly of wax, was ap- come by mere contact. A clerk must | plied and rubbed briskly to a polish. | work and must train himself. How} But people coraplained that they had | soon, think you, would a man become | to rub their shoes twice in using this | an efficient bricklayer if he should | cleanser and friction paste, so black- | | sit on the sidewalk day after day and ing men combined the two and made watch the men at work on a new | a friction dressing which is much building? He might catch on to|vused to-day. This dressing is made| many of the tricks and manipulations | of simple waxes, dissolved in acids, | in theory, but when he should at-|and colored, sometimes with nigro- | do the work, he would find himself | leather with one application, and it| a very poor executor. The same is|is easy to use. true of all these points given you, Although shoe dressings are cheap- | and all these things talked about; un- | ly made, the best costing only from less you attempt to put them into ac-| $1 to $1.50 a gallon, yet many decep- tual practice and learn how to use| tions are practiced to cheapen the them as well as how they should be| cost. In some cheap polishes com- used, you will find yourselves sadly| mon yellow soap is used instead of lacking in executive ability. wax, and kerosene and wood alcohol What retailers want is not clerks} are used instead of the pure alcohol, | who have excellent theories of busi-| as a solvent. The cheap polishes ness, but clerks who know the right | quickly spoil shoes, while the high things to do and have the ability to| grade polishes do much to preserve do them.—Drygoodsman. the leather—Shoe Retailer. | Con the conductor, don’t try to con him. He’s on the rear platform, Oh, ain’t ita sin? Your nickel he’ll take with a cold, icy stare, One for his company, the next one his share. light, He relies on his HARD-PAN shoes that are right. Dealers who handle our line say we make them more money than other manufacturers. Write us for reasons why. Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co. Makers of Shoes Grand Rapids, Mich. —__22-—__— The Manufacture of Shoe Blacking. Shoe blacking is one of the inter- esting features of the shoe trade. Large quantities of it are used, for shiny shoes are more necessary in business and society to-day than ever before. Material progress has been made in the manufacture of blacking Owe owe eo oro or or oe ee — © Bought Out an Entire Sobbing Stock of Shoes and in shoe shining. To-day every city and town has boot black parlors, with thousands of patrons, who paya nickel or a dime for a shine. But it wasn’t so long ago that people took down the lump of mutton tallow from the kitchen shelf every Saturday evening and gave their high bootsa Sunday shine that lasted for the week. Even shoe blacking is get-} ting to be old fashioned, and those people who still continue to shine their own footwear now The old-fashioned blacking was often made of molasses and lamp black, a little oil and some muriatic acid. A good shine from this blacking de- pended upon a good muscle, and the harder the shoe was rubbed with the brush the more it shown. But with the advent of the rapid transit era people began to demand a rapid self-shining blacking, and the about the State. stock of new fresh goods. A few days ago The Lacy Shoe Co. (wholesale shoe dealers of Caro who are closing up their af- fairs) made us a proposition on their stock. So our Mr. Waldron looked the whole thing over and bought their entire stock of shoes and shipped them over to our Saginaw warehouse. This gives us an opportunity to offer some very interesting bargains to our many friends Would also call attention to the fact that we are State Agents for the celebrated Lycoming and Keystone Rubbers and have an immense blacking manufacturers put on tothe market what they called luster dress- ing. This was made of alcohol or ammonia, in which were dissolved shellac and a coloring matter. This dressing was spread on shoes, and as the ammonia and alcohol evaporated the shellac remained on the shoe and gave the leather its shine. It is said j f j f f f j i j j use self- j shining polishes or friction dressings. f j f j f j ‘ ; j j j ® Waldron, Hiderton & Melze Wholesale Shoes and Rubbers 131, 133, 135 Franklin Street, Saginaw, Mich. Qe we ee em EE SE SBS SS SSB SOE Ser ee SEA (TS Se PIES a heseseneers ry seeeein icine tes ea rere p ine -wedey- ioe yn Sebasotpepeionn ae Lote MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Special Features of the Grocery and Produce Trade. Special Correspondence. New York, Sept. 24—There is a| difference of opinion between buyer | and seller of coffee, and as a result | there has been precious little busi- ress done this week in the article. | Sellers are stoutly adhering to rates, | and buyers seem to think it is a game of bluff, so they are taking only small lots and awaiting the turn of events. There is an unmistakably strong un- dertone and quotations have tended | to a higher basis. At the close Rio} No. 7 is worth in an invoice way 8'%4c. In store and afloat there are 3,488,810 bags, against 2,612,739 bags | at the same time last year. - Re- ceipts of coffee at Santos and Rio trom July 1 to Sept. 22 amount to 4.050,000 bags, against 4,329,000 bags at the same time last year. There kas been more activity in mild sorts and firmness characterizes the situa- | tion all around. Good Cucuta is held | at O4@o%c and 11%c for good average Bogotas. East Indias are) firm at about unchanged rates. There has been a pretty active market for sugar all the week. The strong. tone of raws has been re- | flected in the refined article and some | good business has been done in| withdrawals under old_ contracts, | while new business has also been more “in evidence” than it was last week. Prices are very firm and are likely to remain so. Quotations of teas remain without change, but there is a better feeling | and more business is being done} week by week. There is, of course, still room for improvement in the range of values, but it is hardly like- ly any striking change will come this season. Some improvement is to be noted | in the rice trade and holders’ are inclined to be chary in making any concession. Mills are unwilling to} sell at prevailing rates and _ the chances are that before long there will be some advance. Prime _ to| choice domestic, 334@4c; Patna, 5@ | 532¢. Every article in the line of spices held at firm rates. Demand is as good as might be expected, sup- plies are moderate and the situation | generally is in favor of the seller. is With the approach of cooler| weather there is a steady improve- | ment in the call for the grocery grades of New Orleans molasses, and in the aggregate the volume of busi- | ness has been very satisfactory. Or- | Gers have come from both local and out-of-town dealers and as supplies | are moderate the situation is firm. | Low grades are in light supply and | the demand is quite active. More interest is shown in canned | goods now that frost has brought | canning operations to a sudden stop | | | | | | | | | | | | | | them, will recompense us. ‘jac made a week ago will soon be obliterated. Corn is likely to be a very short pack now in the East, but this will simply be the gain of the West. Prices are about the same as last noted, but with an “upward ten- dency.” Dried fruits have been rather de- moralized until within a few days, when more interest seemed to be shown, and at the moment the situa- tion is more encouraging than for some time. This is especially true of prunes, which have been so long neglected. There is a better feeling in the market for butter and fancy Western creamery shows a slight advance un- der the influence of more active en- quiry. At the close 19%@z20c are the established figures. Seconds to firsts, 16@19c; imitation creamery, 14 | @16c; factory, 13@14c, the latter for early makes; renovated, 13@I5c. A better feeling prevails in cheese, and at the close small colored fancy |tull cream New York State stock is well held at 9%4c, with the market not overabundantly supplied and the general tone in favor of sellers. Large cheese is in limited supply and held at 834@o9%4c. Arrivals of eggs have fallen off, but | there is no dearth of supply and the situation is about as last reported. Demand is very small and the out- look is for a continuation of present conditions. Fancy selected Western, | 22@23c; average best, 201%4@z2Ic. 2.2. Some Odd Occupations for English Butchers. It has become the practice now-a- | Gays to keep many irons in the fire |and to sink one’s capital in no iso- lated venture, but parcel it out ina | variety of concerns, so that if one fails surely the others, or some of Just as those who have money to_ invest adopt this plan, so does many a coun- try butcher rely upon no one under- taking to swell his banking account. T do not know why it should beso, but all tradesmen in the town havea certain unwritten etiquette and a certain amount of pride—as_ to whether or not it is proper pride I say nothing—which prevents them from entering into any dealings or | speculations except those strictly ap- pertaining to their business. own particular Sometimes this rule is broken through, and we find drapers | becoming bootsellers, and bootsellers | going in for furniture, furniture deal- | ers in turn becoming pot dealers and ironmongers. becoming This sort of thing is more common. every month, and so tar as the town is con- cerned the butcher seems to be the only tradesman to have held aloof from this combining of trades. No doubt in time we shall discover him pressing a lady who has just bought a pound of chops to purchase a pho- nograph, or should he have turned a literateur and gone in for the latest sensations in the world of books, he |may be persuading some young man (whose mother has not yet paid for last week’s meat and dare not come herself) to buy a heartrending story of “How I Became a Vegetarian and Office and Warehouse 2nd Avenue and Hilton Street, in Maine, New York and some other | sections, and quotations of ae ae Starved.” I am not a tradesman, so can not ‘ELLIOT O. GROSVENOR look at the matter from his stand- Late State Food Commissioner point. Were I a butcher I would | Advisory Counsel to reagecangye shoo ys want to make money by any legiti- | jobbers whose interests are affected Dy t . r ae : sty of | the Food Laws of any state. Corres- ee ee | pondence invited. the occupation of those around me, | and if, as a butcher, I could add en Majestic Building, Detreit, Mick. my income by retailing picture post- | cards, motor bicycles or butter- | scotch—indeed, almost anything but P oO ig A 7 O E Ss chipped potatoes, which smell nasty | and stamp a shop as having deterior- | ated—I would stock them, regardiess of the scowls of my neighbors, and | CLOVER TIMOTHY ALSYKE If in the market to buy or sell write us. ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CoO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Buyers and Shippers of in carlots. Write or telephone us. H. ELMER MOSELEY & CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ——We Carry FULL LINE CLOVER, TIMOTHY AND ALL KINDS FIELD SEEDS Orders filled promptly MOSELEY BROS. ecranp RAPIDS, MICH. Telephones, Citizens or Bell, 1217 The Vinkemulder Company Fruit Jobbers and Commission Merchants Can hindle your shipments of Huckleberries and furnish crates and baskets Grand Rapids, Michigan Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates to Grand Rapids every day. Send for circular. We are distributors for all kinds of FRUIT PACKAGES in large or small quantities. Also Receivers and Shippers of Fruits and Vegetables. JOHN G. DOAN, Grand Rapids, Mich. Bell Main 2270 Citizens 1881 Shipments of It would pay you to get our prices or telephone us at our expense. Both Phones. Lansing Cold Storage Co., Lansing, Mich. WANTED Daily shipments of Butter, Eggs and Poultry. We will pay the h’ghest market price F.0.B your station. Write or ‘phone us at once for prices. S. ORWANT & SON, eranp RapiDs, MICH. Wholesale dealers in Butter, Eggs, Fruit and Produce. References, Fourth National Bank of Grand Rapids and R G. Dun. Citizens Phone 2654. Bell Phone, Main 1885. eo the lack of analogy in my wares. I am not a tradesman, however, and therefore can not speak with any au-| thority on this matter or look at it} from a business standpoint. living for others, and not thinking of oneself. gels—or, at any rate, some of us— and we have not to worry about the £ s. d., and where the rent and gas bill wherewithal is to come from, we may pause and consider someone else, but I am thoroughly convinced that with everyone in this world who | has his livelihood to earn, No. 1 and} No. 1’s wife and bairns are the chief | consideration, and if you asked mel | should say, in spite of the prating about living for others—rightly so. Hence, if you are not making money quickly enough by your own business, add another to it; it is a free coun- try, and you may lay your bottom dollar on it, if it didn’t require a man with a nice judgment and some con-| siderable experience a butchering de- | partment would long since have been tacked on to chemists, sewing machine and ladies’ hat shops. charity begins at home. What the town butcher has _ hesi- | tated to do, his country brother has been doing for long—i. e., making | money by any possible fair means. And here I come to the real point | and subject of this article—i. e., the | remarkable combinations of occupa- tions which some of our rural butch- | ers—I think particularly in Yorkshire —engage in. Away down in the love- | ly valley of F: le, tl h which | a 6 a ee oe Many of them, of course, buy a good- | in on now runs the River Dove, closed both sides by towering hills purple with heather, resides one Jo-| Joseph has lived in| seph Mortimer. Farndale for many years, and is one | of its most respected inhabitants. There are only two butchers in the | tiene chanel and can as | a é y 7 and it is by no means a} re J Ppine e | whole dale small one—both of them are enthusi- asts of the hound and the horn, and one of them is a committeeman of| the Farndale Hunt, on which author- | ity the present writer has the hon- or of sitting. Now Mr. Mortimer, in| addition to being a butcher, is the landlord of the Feversham Arms Ho- | iel, and in addition to holding the li- cense of this excellent inn, he is also a farmer, and in addition to this he acts as a barber, may say he is 2 man of many parts. One great writer said, ter to say this one thing I do, than these forty things I dabble in”’— and he was right. Let it not for one moment be thought that these extra occupations are merely dabblements. They are nothing of the kind, they are taken as serious adjuncts to the| business, and my old sporting friend, Mr. Mortimer, has only recently add- ed to his farm 2 considerable amount of land in the lovely Yorkshire dale ———_ | Only Time His Name Was Men- tioned. Jim Webster was being tried for | bribing a colored witness, Sam John- | sing, to testify ialsely. | “You say the defendant offered | you $50 to testify in his behalf?” “Ves, sah’ “Now repeat what he said, his exact words.” “He said he would give | if—.” “He didn’t speak in the third per- using me $50 son, did he?” “No, sah; he took good ca’h dat dar were no third person ‘round; dar was only two—us two.” “I know thai, but he spoke to you in the first person, didn’t he?” “T was the first pusson myself.” “You don’t understand me. When | he was talking to you did he say, ‘I will pay you $50?” “No, sah; he didn’t ’boout you payin’ me $50. Your name wasn’t mentioned, ’cepting he told me ef eber I got into a scrape you was the best lawyer in Grand Rapids to fool de jedge and de jury— in fac’, you was de best in town to cover up rascality.” For a brief, breathless moment the trial was suspended, aM say nothin’ but his very appearance smacks of| It is a well-known fact | or are extraordinary persons. | 'traps, make them quiet and ad | and sell them for twice the amount ‘they gave for them. They attend | | | } | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35 AUTOMOBILES We have the largest line in Western Mich- igan and if you are thinking of buying you will serve your best interests by consult- ing us. ‘Michigan Automobile Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. has or Gasoline Mantles at 50c on the Dollar GLOVER’S WHOLESALE MDSE. CO. MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS of GAS AND GASOLINE SUNDRIES Grand Rapids, Mish, Comfort Produce Company, ship-| pers of butter, eggs and poultry and | manufacturers of fancy creamery but- | ter, Bad Axe: We feel that it would | be impossible for us to do without your paper, as we deem the informa- tion given every week very reliable | and a great help to every business man. Please find enclosed our re-| newal of subscription. —— Clever woman can pull the wool over even the yes of a bald-headed That is made by the most improved methods, by ex- FLOUR perienced millers, that brings you a good profit and satisfies your customers is the kind you should sell. Such is the SELECT FLOUR manufactured by the ST. LOUIS MILLING CO., St. Louis, Mich. FOOTE & JENKS MAKERS OF PURE VANILLA EXTRACTS AND OF THE GENUINE, ORIGINAL, SOLUBLE, TERPENELESS EXTRACT OF LEMON FOOTE & JENKS Sold only in bottles bearing our ai JAXON Foote & Jenks Highest Grade Extracts. JACKSON, MICH. P COLE! A Alaly = ERS Poultry Crates These crates are positively the lightest, strongest and best on the market for poultry shippers They are made of seasoned elm, 3-16 inch thick and put together with cement coated nails, which makes cm the strongest and light- est for handling, effecting a great saving in freight and express charges. We will build these crates any size desired. Prices on application. Wilcox Brothers, Cadillac, Mich. Contains the best Havana brought to this country. It is perfect in quality and workmanship, and fulfills every requirement of a gentleman’s smoke. 2 for 25 cents 10 cents straight 3 for 25 cents according to size Couldn't be better if you paid a dollar. The Verdon Cigar Co. Manufacturers Kalamazoo, Michigan 26 ee ee eaters teen enaetheeadcanneaahihe cuueeeaenggaeee aaa aoe MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WILL HE MARRY? Conundrum Which Confronts the Restaurant Cashier. | Written for the Tradesman. There is a pretty little romance in which I am greatly interested, and the outcome of which I am wonder- ing much over. It is about a tall slender Diana ofa girl. She earns her living, does this young woman, by occupying the po- sition of cashier in a certain restau- rant in a town contiguous to Grand Rapids. I can’t remember ever to _ have fi heard anything about her parents, so can not state whether they are alive a or no. At any rate, this girl does Ht not live at home, but has a room of her own with a respectable family in one of the large old houses that used to belong, years ago, to one of the old families of the town. She pays $2 per week (in advance) for | room rent, and takes her meals at i the place where she earns her bread \ and butter and jam. a As I said, the young lady is tall, 4 and-is always referred to as a “very i pretty girl.” Her hair is light—a golden tint—and she does it up be- comingly in a loose fluffy mass on top of her head. Little tendrils ca- ress her temples lovingly and the peachy complexion is a delight to contemplate. She blushes easily and her intimate friends are always teas- ing her, so as to see the red mount in her cheeks. Her features are reg- ‘ular, her mouth is Cupid’s own bow, her eyes are big, deep blue and inno- cent and above them’is the strange part of her face: With all her blond coloring she has a pair of arched eyebrows as black as the darkest night in Egypt. Not that I know just exactly how black the darkest nights in the “haythen” country really are, but anyway the expression sounds darker than anything else I know of. So we will let it go at that. The black brows always attract people’s attention and command for this young giri always a_ second 4 glance, if not more than that. Her f expression is very sweet and her i manners have the grace that manya society girl might envy. This young woman is really above the work at which she is now em- ployed; but the work is honest, the position one of responsibility and the pay good. She has been in this res- taurant for four years, now, and the proprietor often and often is heard to declare that he “couldn’t keep house without her.” Many times ; when he is called away at night the girl takes care of the cash and herself closes the restaurant, at 12 o’clock! ‘The street car which passes the house where she sleeps is but a step from her place of busi- ness, so that, fortunately, she hasa reasonable assurance of safety in getting, so late at night,.to the place she calls home. There is a certain childless couple : who have taken an interest in the neroine of this little sketch, The cirl has fallen in with them during the past year, and there is just the slightest prospect that the friendliness Se eS aaa grb ceerore. typ ns rene saree arming to aerate ehneraentin arenas ajanerivnn: eS wa SREY ELA ET begun within the twelvemonth may ripen into something of advantage to the young girl—I mean in the way of a permanent home. A favorite niece of theirs lived with the couple for years. Her people were not living and they took her to their hearts and home and did for her everything they would have done for an own, and only, child. But two vears ago the girl, whom they had come to regard as the apple of their eye, sickened and died after an ill- ness of but short duration. Their hearts were broken. By and by Chance guided their footsteps to this restaurant, where they met the young girl serving as cashier. A mutual liking sprang up at once between the older people and the girl, which finally resulted in an invitation to “come up to the house some evening,” which was de- lightedly accepted. One thing led to another, until row she is the most welcome of guests in the pleasant home. The lady of the house has given the cash- ier a number of pretty dresses that belonged to the worshiped niece, and has extended to her any number of little, and larger, kindnesses. For instance, the restaurant cashier hasa pronounced talent for music and the elder lady insisted that the younger one should come and take lessons on the piano, so long silent. The distance between the place and her own room is not far, so the cashier was only too glad to accept the offer. The aunt of the dead girl is still so heart sore over her loss that she can not bring herself, yet, to ask the cashier to take the place of the other girl, but mutual friends of the par- ties think that even that will come in time. And now comes the Young Man cn the scene! The cashier and a young lady friend of hers about three or four weeks ago attended, with a young gentleman friend, a dance at a nice club house in the vicinity. The Young Man was introduced to the two girl friends. He danced with them both several times, but seemed to take especially to the pretty cash- ier. He not only danced much with her but “sat out” as many more dances in a secluded cozy corner, where rap- id advances were made toward a pleasant acquaintanceship. The other fellow took the girls home, of course, but not before the Young Man had zsked permission to call on the cash- ier. The girl could not receive him at the house where she rooms, and anyway she wished to make enquir- ies about him before she would per- mit the Young Man to call on her. So she put him off with some excuse —she expected to go out of town, which was true but she didn’t know just when. Two weeks later the four young people again were thrown together at the same place of dancing. In the meantime the cashier had made investigation as to the Young Man’s character and occupation and had found both to be excellent, in the opinion of those who ought to know. This time the Young Man seemed more smitten than before and would not take “No” for an answer to his second request to be allowed to eall. The girl was afraid the Young Man would “look down on her” if he discovered her occupation and the fact that she had no home in which tc receive him and in a fit of em- -tarrassment to!d him he might call on her such-and-such an_ evening, naming the address of the couple who had taken such a liking to her! She put the time far enough off to allow her a chance to arrange with the eider lady for the evening the Young Man should come to see her. Well, everything passed off merri- ly when he came. The pretty cashier played and sang for him and her be- witching ways seemed to charm him more than ever. He invited her to the next dance, which invitation she saw no reason for refusing. She call- ed the people of the house in be- fore the Young Man left, and they both were more than pleased with the caller. I forgot to mention that the young cashier had dropped into the way of calling her benefactors, “Mother” and “Father;” and so now, when she in- troduced the Young Man to them, she used those titles. The latter, in ac- knowledging the introduction, quite naturally called them by the name cf the pretty cashier! The older people at once saw how matters stood and, wishing to “help things along,” did not explain the situation. The young lady has kept one of the “party dresses,” given her by her friend, at the latter’s house so she can dress for the evening there at any time. Well, to make a long story short, the Young Man called at the friend’s house for the cashier when he ac- companied her to the “next dance,” end, of course, brought her back there after it. This was followed by several more calls and an invitation o: two to the theater. Always he came for her at the friend’s house, and each time the friend had had her stay there all night. Now, that pretty cashier is in a “peck of trouble’ over her rashness in not “explaining” to the Young Man, at the beginning, her position in the restaurant and the fact that she is homeless. Every day she fears that he may drop into the place where she works and “discover her,” and she is afraid that in some way he will become acquainted with the fact that those friends are not her “real folks.” “If he does find me here, I shall die—simply die!” she wailed to the girl friend who was with her when she first met the Young Man. “I just know he will regard this as a humble position, and then he’ll find out my friends are not my parents. I don’t know what to do—what to do! I’ve got so I care for him a whole lot’—-this with a vivid blush—“yes, a whole lot, and every time a man comes in here io eat I look up quick- ly to see if it is he! I’m getting so nervous over this condition of affairs that I believe I’m losing flesh. It’s ‘all up’ with me if he finds me here!” But her young lady friend thinks that, if the Young Man is the sensi- ble fellow she takes him for, he will think just as much of the cashier as if he were a nobleman and she a “peeress of the realm.” I? I am waiting to hear from her young lady friend how the little love story “turns out.” The girl in the restaurant has a good education, and, zs I have said, is fine looking. The Young Man is a fellow of exemplary habits, has an excellent position in a wholesale house, and I am in hopes to hear that the acquaintance will result in a love match. i. 5. ee ana Advantages of the Mechanical Trades. It is one of the standing surprises of our social system that the advan- tages of the mechanical trades as a career seems to appeal to but a comparatively small proportion of American youths. Possibly the arti- ficial barriers which have been erect- ed by certain labor unions may de- ter some boys from seeking to enter those trades. But this is evidently not the only reason for their apparent unwillingness to engage in skilled manual labor. Those who are inter- ested in manual training institutions complain very generally that parents, even of the poorest classes, often object to their children being taught to work with their hands, preferring that they should study along com- mercial lines, under the mistaken idea that there is not only more dignity in clerking and kindred occupations than in the practice of a handicraft, but also more money. Nothing could be wider of the mark, as regards the youth of average qualifications and surroundings. On the one hand, in taking up the role of a clerk, he en- ters a field which has always been znd always will be overcrowded, while on the other, by learning a trade, he equips himself with an unfailing means of livelihood, for, in our rapidly growing country, there is room for an almost unlimited sup- ply of good workmen. Possibly the young clerk may secure more wages to start with than does the young mechanic, but to nine out of ten clerks the day comes when, grown older, they find they have reached the limit of their opportunity without having secured even a competency, much less anything like a leading po- sition in the community. But while the young tradesman may possibly have had to undergo the grind of hard work on a small income during the first few years of his career, he can, with diligence and persistence, secure for himself steady and well paying employment, with the pros- pect of early independence and a position, when he shall have reached the upper rungs of the ladder of his calling, such as but a small propor- tion of his clerking confreres can hope to aspire to. The pecuniary ad- vantages of the skilled workman, whose moral and mental qualifica- tions are sound, are infinitely supe- rior to those attaching to the ordi- nary run of cierkships. 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Of men’s knit gloves greys, tan and beaver shades are good—tans_ especially. for merchants | Solid colors seem to lead. For golf |and sporting generally white and red | stitched | Scotch plaids Should the present high | : prices of cotton be maintained there | will be continued firmness in spring | In the last few days buyers | re- | lines. have been acting more freely garding spring lines of knit goods | and a much better feeling is apparent on-their part. Up to the present time the feeling has been that, while prices are right, might occur yet. some that development would cause a break. The consensus of opinion is that spring goods have been quoted | much | that could lower and leave a profit for the manufacturer. Balbriggan goods are in good demand. Earlier in the sea- son it was feared that a considerable at prices not go deficit in the volume of knit goods | business for 1904 was probable. This feeling has gradually subsided. Knit- both in unions and two-piece garments, ted porous linen undersuits, arc | dividing attention with woven linen- | mesh productions. In the latter class there are more than two dozen differ- | ent brands in evidence. For spot de- livery nainsook sleeveless shirts and jean trunks are prominent factors. Bathing suit sales have high-water mark. houses say this ever,” ing. A brisk demand Havana brown lisle undersuits, in drop-stitch treatment. season is the reached the | Representative | “best | and the sales are daily mount- | is noted for | Leading sell- | ers in knit wool gloves include plain | effect. Cotton and wool mixtures are | commanding the sweater sales. Some excellent values in this style garment are offered to retail at popular prices. Features of these goods are concave shoulders and hand-fashioned collars. Union are shown in finer construc- Flat goods in union garments suits tion. are now regarded approvingly by the better trade. Hosiery— Half hose tumn and winter are tures. Plaited grounds demand with jacquarded leaders for au- heather are most in figures or mix- stripes and spots. There are many black grounds embroidered with fig- ures. Iron grey, dark gun-metal, champagne, olive, prune bordeaux, gendarme and seal brown make up most handsomely. When tan is sought it is always the deep shades. | self | silk with places. Bracelet introduced _ this factor in and plain their Dropstitch clocks hold hose, which spring, promise sales. Some have shepherd’s check bracelets, while others have lace bracelets just underneath the rib at the top. Heavy accordion ribs, dark tan, gun-metal, navy, black and myr- tle in iridescent colors are shown. Black silk French handsome half-hose are selling at $5 a pair. Rich self checks enhance the natural beauty of these goods. In medium priced solid color men’s hosiery the following are meeting with success: Navy, cardinal, Burgundy, beaver, electric blue, golf green, salte and were to be a also greatest attention in | | black are still used. and washable gloves find a ready sale in the college set and the best trade everywhere. with 3uyers may take knit gloves with the | assurance that they will sell in nor- | |mal quantities in fine goods. -—_—e + Novel Sofa Pillows Shown This Sea- | son. are pillows for show for utility in abundance shown in the shop windows. There pillows for the bizarre in the latest fad. In- cord and tassels to finish, all sorts of odd ornaments are conspicuously em- ployed, and the tesque. craze these pillows is stead of using give the desired A white satin pillow with a ping- pong table, and an almond-eyed maid- en at each end of it, on slender gilt cords. Another pillow—the tennis girl’s favorite—shows an athletic maid at one of her. favorite out-of-door sports. Each corner of the pillow has a cluster of miniature tennis racquets depending therefrom. A prime factor in a cozy corner is a2 cushion of green burlap, em- broidered with red raffia. is of clusters of cherries. ism of this pillow is further carried out by having ing velvet cherries on a green wire stem. Even the yachting girl cushion. has has a coil of rope, an anchor pretty yachting maid on it. is finished with a manila rope, which is knotted at the which hang tiny paddles. A Japanese sofa shows a pagoda design, has the cor- with little Jap dolls, in a group. Their broad scar- let sashes of ribbon are tied kimono fashion, and extend around the entire pillow, finishing it with an immense bow at one corner. A pine-needle pillow is of tinted brown cloth, and has brown cones and needles worked on it. It has the legend, “May thy slumber be sweet as the balmy fir.” To empha- size this wish, long clusters of pine cones hang from the corners of the pillow. Marine pillows have seashell orna- ments at the corners, and some of them are quaintly pretty, even if they are not practical. Sometimes the shells are made into a fringe to or- nament the cushion. Nor is the grotesque alone favored. | An artistic cushion is of white satin with violets embroidered on it, with tibbons. At each corner a_ big bunch of ribbon violets, well scent- ed, is attached to carry out the illu- sion. Violet velvet ribbon is tied corners, and from Indian canoes and cushion, ners finished three wool | and | To the | former class belong those which seem | to be more popular, and an eccentric | decorating | corners appcar gro- has tiny ping- | Pore balls hanging from the corners The design | The real- | the corners finished | with large bunches of natural-look- | || Watchword of Progress her | One made of green denim | and a] The edge | which | about the stems ends. | A fancy pillow, which has a paint- | in long loops and | ed wreath of this blossom on a pale | pink surface, at the corners, and a garland of pansies festooned on ribbon caught from corner to corner. a A good beginning is good; but a good ending is also to be desired. Observe the difference, for example, | between spiritual and spirituous! Manufacturers of Cloaks, Suits and Skirts For Women, Misses and Children 197-199 Adams Street, Chicago has clusters of pansies | ‘Percival B. Palmer & Company 39 Robes, Blankets and Fur Coats We carry the most extensive line in the State. Would be pleased to have you look over our line, or to send list and prices. Sherwood Hall Co., Ltd. Grand Rapids, Mich. an order dczen. Kimonas Those that are interested in wrappers and kimonas would do well to inspect our line before placing Our wrappers are well made, material and full sweep, at $900 and $1200 the Kimona: are made in the latest styles, prices $4 50 and $6 oo the dozen. you their lines. best of Ask our agents to show P. STEKETEE & SONS, Grand Rapids, Mich. Wholesale Dry Goods Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates every day to Grand Rapids. for circular. Send Hot Water o- Steam ‘Raprp HEATER.” our word for it. Michigan. just write. "(HE vital point in the selection of a HEATING System is to get a boiler which is ¢rzed and true, embodying the latest mechanical achieve- ments as applied to the science of heating. That’s just what you get when you buy a We don’t ask you to take Drop us a postal if you're in- terested, and we'll mail you a book of endorse- ments from many representative business men of No trouble for us to furnish estimates, Rapid Heater Co., Ltd., Grand Rapids, Mich. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Michigan Knights of the Gri President, Michael Howarn, troit; retary, Chas. J. Lewis, Flint; Treas- urer, H. B. Bradner, Lansing. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan Grand Councelor, L. Williams, Detroit; Grand Secretary, W. F. Tracy, Flint. Grand Rapids Council No. 131, U. C. T. Senior Counselor, S. H. Simmons; Secre- tary and Treasurer, O. F. Jackson. MANLY MEN. Tenderness and Faithfulness Most To Be Prized. When a girl is engaged to be mar- ried, it is then too late to give coun- sel; one can only offer congratula- tions. But if my girl friends talk over with me the interesting future world was swept away. He said not a word to his guests—the dinner was voted a wonderful success. He was not recklessly gay or depressed, but quietly self-controlled, This was a high order of courage. One of the guests, a millionaire, when he heard |of the catastrophe afterwards, was so impressed by the pluck of his host that he lent him $20,000, and a sec- ond fortune was made. The courage of mind over matter is perhaps the finest of all. For ex- ample, a man who was. terribly burned as a boy, his lower lip turned almost on the outside by a long scar, his cheek under the eye drawn, mak- ing visible the red inside of the eye- lid, and other terrible scars marring | the face, was cone of the most fasci- nating of men. He dressed exquis- itely, was radiantly clean, a brilliant and witty talker, and his manners unknown, I always advise them in| were exquisite, polite, sympathetic, choosing a husband to marry the | charming and deferential to women. man whose faults to the individual | He married two beautiful women and girl will be endurable. Some time | was adored by his children, which ago a young friend of mine announced | 80es to prove that perhaps a woman to me his engagement to a certain young girl. “What do you think of it?” he asked. “Well,” I replied, “to be frank with you, an intelligent host- ess would not send you down to din- | does love through the ears. That, | however, depends upon the woman. | The handsomest man I ever saw was | dry and uninteresting, and not even } ner together, and yet you contemplate | an eternal union.” She had all the faults of character which he particu- larly detested, and she was equally im- | patient of his shortcomings. A kindly fate threw them sufficiently together, | however, to quarrel all that attraction for each other away, and,. luckily for both, the engagement ended. Another girl of my acquaintance, | | | | | | a flirt; his wife, who was plain and clever, adored him. He was a good officer and danced exquisitely. The indefiniteness of sex is one of the least attractive thing in man, that is, feminine and masculine qualities in the same character. Justin McCarthy once said of a brilliant statesman and member of parliament that he had all the bad qualities of a woman, and | all the bad qualities of a man, and the modern (the word is used in its best | good qualities of neither. if a ‘man sense), who had read and thought | has so-called feminine qualities, it deeply, said to me: “When I marry | makes him much more difficult to un- I shall demand from the man purity derstand, because they do not really of life. I have a right to it—every| belong to a masculine nature—they woman has a right to it—but unless I find such a man I will not marry.” She fcund her ideal, and a true and beautiful union, blessed with charming children, has been the result. Is he perfect? No, he is vain and terribly self-centered, but he has a lofty and noble mind, a deeply affectionate na- ture, and she got what she demanded —a man with a clean and wholesome past. It is said a man loves through his eyes and a woman through her ears. Certainly orators, preachers, states- men and actors have great attractions for women. But so have soldiers and men of great action. The man on the loftiest pinnacle is a man of courage and determination; if these two qual- ities are united with patience, judg- ment and tenderness, then you have a nearly perfect man. Physical cour- age is fine and most admirable, and if a man gives his life in leading troops or some deed of valor, he gives all that he has; he hopes, how- ever, even against all odds to come out alive, and an uplifting spirit of exaltation seizes and carries him on, but he is not so brave as he who en- dures daily some hidden torture and conquers in the end. A man giving a dinner party at a fashionable hotel happened to look at the stock ex- change news in the hall and he saw that every penny he had in the |are excrescences. Petty mindedness, narrowness, prejudice, curiosity and love of gossip are all much more ex- cusable in woman than in man; her secluded life away from the real con- tact of the world (for no woman knows the world at its true value, save those who have worked to live) prevents her mind from broadening |}and developing; but if a man in the daily struggle and contact with his fellow beings still remains small minded and narrow, there is no hope for him. Principle is necessary in every character, but the strictest prin- ciples can exist coupled with under- standing as deep as a well. The most terribly wronged woman cf my acquaintance said to me a short time ago, “I haven’t seen my _ hus- band for years; I am going to see him this spring, for I have forgiven him everything My own suffering has been so great that I now under- stand all temptation, ail «San. ] pray andi | pardon” Her face, when she said it, looked like an angel’s. It is the good and wom- anly woman who forgives. It is the strong and broad minded man who pardons. The wife of a doctor ran away from him, he divorced her; when death approached and she was deserted and alone he went to her,for- gave her, nursed her, and she died in his arms. Only a man is capable of such forgiveness. He said: “She was not like other women; to understand her was to forgive her.” And yet for ten years she had darkened his life and left him almost bereft of hope. To him she represented a type of woman who call to us for pity and for help. If anything could have saved this doomed creature it was the man she married, but generations of other men had made her what she was—vain, restless, eager for amuse- ment, bristling with vitality, and no education, no drudgery to drill the mind into obedience, to direct the misdirected powers into a legitimate activity. For only now do women begin to have a separate individuality from men; they are demanding edu- cation, professions, trades. Wit and cleverness are delightful qualities, but tenderness and faithful- ness in man are more to be prized. The big simple nature that appeals to the maternal instinct in woman and arouses the best that is in her is the man to marry. One of my favorite heroes in lit- erature is Gabriel Conroy. Crude, uneducated, siow and dull of wit, he was manly in body, in heart, in mind, and the very soul of generosity to women. No matter how clever a woman was, he somehow felt her less fortunate than himself, and he was all tenderness to her The men who do not even understand a woman’s littleness or deceit have a much great- er advantage than those who. do, for a great nature makes her feel «shamed; she does not want to be “found out,” and so involuntarily she makes an effort to reach his ideal. If all the world of woman had a Col. Newcome for a father, a broth- er or husband, they would soon be- come ennobled by the contact with so perfect a nature. If he is not the cleverest hero in fiction, he is the most lovable, uniting, as he does, courage of both kinds: physical, for did he not win laurals at Argom and Bhartpour, and moral courage of so high an order that at the saddest per- iod of his life we wept for him when he did not weep for himself? He loved truth and he had the heart of a lit- tle child. ' What I like most in man is simplic- ity, courage, heart, tenderness, loyal- ty and truth. 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Ohio, will from now on represent | and the line will cross the Ontona-| \ Goldt . i a David B. De Young and will cover gon River on the bridge which the} — was born in er The Drug Market. the Western part of Michigan. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul is | Russia, Oct. 4, 1861. Not wishing | Opium—Is firm but unchanged | | Perkins Drug Co.) is jingling a bag of gold this week which he won at | Ontonagon. the West Michigan State Fair last | Wednesday. first prize in the $500 purse offered His mare, Camille, took | by the Grand Rapids Brewing Co., | winning three straight heats. Marquette Mining Journal: W. M. | Quinn, one of the best known and | most popular traveling salesmen re-| siding in Marquette county, has re- turned from Milwaukee, where he procured his new line of spring sam- ples. He starts out within the next few days on his eleventh year with the EF. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co. During the years Mr. Quinn has been with the Milwaukee concern he has its list ci traveling grow from sixteen to forty-four. He also has observed the sect business in- crease annually until now the con- cern 1s of the strongest shoe houses in the coun- try. “The record and history of the Mayer Co. are unique,” said Mr. Quinn eB the znd original owner of the concern, conducted a ‘cobbler shop’ in Mil- waukee nearly a half century ago. He worked along at his bench for accumulating a little money. One of Milwaukee’s first shoe man- recognized as one yesterday. Mayer, founder years, ufacturing concerns, conducted bya man named Goldberg, failed ‘the Ontonagon cfhices of the company The road will have nu- merous branches and will tap what is known as group 18, one of finest tracts of standing pine in the Upper Peninsula, besides almost an inlimited quantity of other timber. The building of this road will re- sult in much benefit to Ontonagon, this timber is be portion of to will be at| the | obliged to do at the age of 21, he immigrated to America with his wife and two small children in De- | cember, 1881, and settled in a lumber town called Provemont, near erse City. two years, working among the farm- lers in summer and in camps in the as if means that at least the greater | brought to Ontonagon and manufac- | ured into the Lumber & Cedar | Co.’s mill. + - | Negaunee Merchants Conclude To Touch Elbows. Negaunee, Sept. 26—Replying to| salesmen | | the your enquiry concerning our newly- | organized Retail Merchants’ Associa- | tion, I beg leave to state that we sent out a call to the retail merchants | of the city, asking them to meet for | first time Friday Tuly 19, to consider the advisability on of organizing 2n association. twenty-five merchants responded and formed a_ temporary evening, | About | organization. | Committees were appointed and an-| |other meeting called for Friday even- ing, Aug. 19, when we organized with | | about fifty members, which is near- some | twenty-five years or more ago. Mr. } tion sale, went in and managed the | business, making a success of the venture from the start. As Mr.| Mayer’s sons, George, Adam and) Fred, grew up they learned the busi- ness, and aiter the death of the tather they became sole owners. —_—-~2 New Railway Line Out of gon. Ontona- Ontonagon, Sept. 26—At a meet- ing of the stockholders of the tonagon & Southwestern Railway Co., held at this place recently, the final details in the organization of the company were perfected. The directors are: W. E. Tyler, of Chi- cago; Thomas G. Sullivan, of De- troit; Timothy Nester, of Saginaw, znd John Hawley and D. J. Norton, | of Ontonagon. Following are the officers elected: President—Timothy Nester. Vice-President and General Mana- ger—John Hawley. Secretary and Norton. ‘Treasurer. J. The company has a capitalization of $200,000 and its object is building and operating a railroad southwest from Ontonagon for a distance of twenty-five miies and perhaps far- ther to tap the vast forest in that locality. Engineers are about to make the survey for the proposed road and it is expected that some work will be done this fall. The road will run almost directly south- west from Ontonagon for five or six miles and then swing more to the west, extending along to the On- | ¢ | ization in sight. Mayer bought the factory at an auc-} vil iy all the merchants in the city. We gre now in good working order and | 4 1 think we have a successful organ- We solicit as mem- bers only merchants who are engag- ed in the retail merchandise business. We all merchants, manufacturers, etc., of the city into aim to combine an association for our mutual bene- fit, as well as «i benefit to the city as a whole. The officers of ciation are as follows: President—John Shea. Vice-President—S. S. Mitchell. Treasurer—Isaac Rosen. Secretary—Thomas H. Harris. Board of Directors—John Shea, Isaac Rosen, S. S. Mitchell; Thomas H. Hares, BH. G Mack, 7.1L. lins and John F. Allison. OuUF asso- I thank you for your enquiry and hope you will of use to pushing the good work along and be us in trust we may be of use to you. TB Parss, Sec’y: —_2-2. Compelled To Change Name. Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 19—Be- cause of the prior existence of a company of the same name, the Wis- Hardware Co., organized at Green Bay and Saginaw, Mich., to buy for $200,000 the property of the Gotfredson Hardware Co., of this city, the company has changed its name to the Morley-Murphy Co., with R. C. Morley, of Saginaw, as President. ——__.-<.—___ Cc. A. Van Denberg, general deal- er, Howard City: We want the Tradesman as iong as we continue in business. consin —_~2->———— A man can not have his interest in sin and keep his principle clean. winter, making railroad ties. Trav- | He remained at this place | Quinine—There will be nochange until after the bark sale on Oct. 6. Carbolic Acid-—While unchanged in | price, the article is very firm and has Gradually picking up the English | ed toward mercantile business, he purchased a stock of notions and a . | language and being naturally inclin- | finished product in} os £ turally inclin- | been advanced in the primary mar- kets on account of large orders for | Japan. Cantharides — Russian have ad- vanced this week 60c per pound. They are tending higher and there is very little to be had. Chinese are also scarce and high. Lycopodium—Is is very light sup- ply and has advanced and is tending | bigher. started peddling, going from town to | town the Grand Traverse | through A. Goldfarb region. He continued this business for two years, doing well, when he City—then a moved to Traverse town of 1,400—and took a position with Julius Levinson, with whom he remained two vears, when: Mr. I-ev- jinson moved to Petoskey. Mr. | Goldfarb then secured a position with Col-| Julius Steinberg, with whom he re- mained seven years, from 1886 to | 1893, when he resigned to go into | business at | J. Walter Levie, a prosperous business for himself. In the fall of 1893 he started in Elk Rapids. The hard |times which prevailed then all over the country did not miss Elk Rap- ids. The town was dead, but Mr. Goldfarb opened up a store withthe small capital which he possessed, gained the cofidence of the people end gradually worked up a_ good trade. ing which he occupies and has been doing business at the same stand for ten years. Mr. Goldfarb is the father of seven | children, five sons and two daugh- One daughter is the wife of mer- ters, chant of Wolverine. Mr. Goldfarb is a member of the KO. 2 i On AL aod) as Past Grand Master of the I. O. ©. F. Mr. Goldfarb attributes his suc- cess to the liberal treatment of his He now owns the store build- | Menthol—lIt is believed bottom has | been reached and reaction has taken place. Santonine—On account of short- age in new crop, it has again ad- vanced and is tending higher. Sassafras Bark—Is very scarce and | has advanced. Elm Bark—Has advanced and will be very high this winter. Onl Cloves_Has declined al- | though a lower price is not warrant- ed by the position of the spice. Oil Wormwood—lIs in small stock and has advanced. Linseed Oil—Is lower, due to com- petition among crushers. —_—__2 2-2 —___ | Keeps the Graft Up Just the Same. Under the auspices of the San Francisco Labor Council and_ the Building Trades Council various unions of that city are each week call- ed to donate funds to. the “striking” millmen at Fort Bragg. Thousands of dollars have been sub- upon scribed and sent on to some one who is making a fine thing out of it all. There is neither a2 strike nor 4 union at Fort Bragg. Every mill is }iunning full blast with non-union men |at work in all departments and there is not a semblance of unionism about the place. The union which struck two years ago has passed away, and cnly one or two walking delegates remain there because of the graft that comes to them week after week from the dupes at San Francisco. ——_---o ————- Tecumseh—The Tecumseh maca- factory has started and is now employing ten men and expects. to more in the course ofa At the rate the factory is running now from twenty-five to thirty barrels of the macaroni made in a The - factory soon be able to keep ten or twelve roni use several few weeks. are day. will girls busy packing. ———_. 2. —___ Manistee—The Buckley & Douglas lumber Co. has platted a proposed village at the northern terminus of River branch in Wex- county, to be known as Wex- Many lots have already been sold and the enterprises to be lo- cated there will include a steam saw- mill and a broom handle factory. os It is always easier to fight the dead sins of yesterday than to face the living ones of to-day. its Manistee ford tord. oe nrc ee oe Ssrptieginegt rer MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Michigan Board of Pharmacy. President—Henry Heim, Saginaw. Secretary,—Arthur H. Webber, Cadillac. Treasurer—J. D. Muir, Grand Rapids. C. B. Stoddard, Monroe. Sid A. Erwin, Battle Creek. Sessions for 1904. Grand Rapids—Nov. 1 and 2. Michigan State ee Associa- tion. President—W. A. Hall, Detroit. Vice-Presidents—W. . Kirchgessner, Grand Rapids; Charles P. Baker, St. Johns; H. G. Spring, Unionville. Secretary—W. H. Burke, Detroit. Treasurer—E. E. Russell, Jackson. Executive Committee—John D. Muir, Grand Rapids; E. E. Calkins, Ann Arbor; L. A. Seitzer, Detroit; John Wallace, Kal- amazoo; D. S. Hallett, Detroit. Trade Interest Committee, three-year term—J. M. Lemen, Shepherd and H. Dolson, St. Charles. Why Reciprocal Registration Is Not Practicable. Some good things have been said in favor of reciprocity in the regis- tration of pharmacists. When con- sidered simply as a theory the argu- ments advanced in favor of the prop- osition are not easily controverted. But the difficulties in the way of put- ting it into effective and equitable operation are so numerous that small promise is given for its speedy ac- complishment. A few of these are suggested: 1. State laws relating to pharmacy differ in essential particulars, many of them: radically. Nor is uniformity in these laws in sight, for the reason that there is small agreement among pharmacists themselves on _ vital points, and they are the ones who must take the initiative in such a movement. Experience has_ also shown that legislative bodies are not to be counted upon to make laws to order on any given subject. 2. There is reason to believe that the opinions of members of boards of pharmacy, in so far as they have been formed at all, have not crystal- lized toward a uniform agreement for reciprocal registration. 3. Boards of pharmacy change their personnel so frequently as to preclude any settled policy on im- portant questions. 4. Under the imperfect, not to say vicious, system by which some boards of pharmacy are created and perpet- uated, it is not to be expected that the best qualified men for this impor- tant position ire to be obtained with the result that the sort of examina- tions prepared by what are regarded as our best boards are far from ideal. 5. If, by extraordinary effort, a superior board is obtained for any State, its labor in securing for the citizens of such state a class of phar- macists of more than average quali- fications may be largely nullified when men registered in other states with a lower standard are admitted on certifiicates, and this objection will not be obviated by uniformity in legislation. 6. There is some room for belief that the methods of some boards in passing candidates for examination are not always above suspicion. One or two men on any board of phar- macy who have lax notions as to their responsibility or are amenable to improper influences may succeed in passing unfit candidates. This is bad enough for a single state, and it ought not to be made possible to afflict forty other commonwealths in like manner. 7. With all our assertions of na- tional unity, the United States is but a federation of many _ sovereignties. The autonomy of the states is recog- nized as paramount in the complete system of state governments, legis- lative, judicial, executive. Each makes and executes laws for the gov- ernment of its own citizens and the supremacy of these is_ universally conceded except in those rare in- stances wherein some state enact- ment comes in collision with funda- mental principies inimical to national unity and stability. This idea, call ‘it what you will, is so deep seated as to operate unfavorably upon any plan of interstate registration based upon justice and equality. To illus- trate, why does the agreement for in- terstate registration now existing be- tween boards of pharmacy in a few states provide a standard for can- didates in excess of the grade by which the candidate was passed in his own state? 8. The best pharmacists are not nomads and the agitation for recip- rocal registration does not emanate from this class. The public well-be- ing is best conserved, and profession- al standards are maintained at a higher average point, by requiring those who are much “on the road” to submit to frequent examination. 9. It is not a difficult matter fora well qualified pharmacist of good standing in any state, when finding it necessary to remove to another state, to demonstrate his competency to the members of any board of pharmacy competent to discharge its duties, without undergoing a severe ordeal; but all others should be re- quired to pass a rigid examination. 10. Prolonged discussion of the policy of reciprocity in certificates to teach in the public schools has not developed any satisfactory plan by which a school teacher licensed in ene state may be given like privi- leges in another state without exam- ination. 11. No evidence of moral charac- ter is required by any state law or any board of pliarmacy, so far as this writer is aware, and there is growing complaint from pharmacists of the incompetence of clerks through in- temperate habits. Such complaints are the most grievous which reach boards of pharmacy, and while inter- state registration would not change this state of affairs, nevertheless the narrower the field of action possible to men unfit to practice pharmacy through immoral practices, the soon- er they may be eliminated entirely from the ranks of pharmacists. This objection might be overcome by re- quiring preliminary evidence of mor- al character, if such evidence would be of any practical value. The first step towards reciprocal registration should be taken in a spontaneous effort towards uniform- ity in pharmacy Jaws by displacing | in each state existing acts with those | similar to the model pharmacy law | approved by the American Pharma-| ceutical Association in 1900. To ac-| complish this, however, will require many years of patient waiting and} unremitting effort, for reasons which | are patent to all those who have had | experience with legislative bodies. | With this attained it may then be possible to secure a working basis agreeable to all state boards upon | which a certificate of registration ob- tained by examination in one state | may be accepted in any other state as evidence of the holder’s compe- tency to practice pharmacy. But there must first be a far more | settled conviction among pharma- | cists of the necessity of reciprocal | registration than has as yet been) made manifest. W. R. Ogier. 2-2-2 Old-fashioned keepers of eating | houses in Sweden charge a smaller | amount for women’s meals than for | those of men, on the theory that. women, as a rule, do not exert them- | selves physically with so much stress | and strain as men do, and, therefore, the feminine appetite is smaller than | the masculine. —_—__2 + Even a fool may pass as wise when he is silent. HOLIDAY GOODS Our line is now complete Comprising everything desirable in Druggists’ and Stationers’ Fancy Goods, Leather Goods, Albums, Books, Stationery, China, Bric-a-Brac, Perfumery, Xmas Goods, Games, Dolls and Toys. OUR LARGE SAMPLE ROOM (25 x 125 feet) Is completely filled with one article of a kind. One Visit Will make you a permanent customer, as our line and prices are sure to please you. t25°A liberal expense allowance will be made on your holiday purchases. Write for particulars All goods in stock for prompt or future shipment. ‘Terms liberal. FRED BRUNDAGE Wholesale Druggist 32-34 Western Ave. Muskegon, Mich. Two Special PERFUMES SoroTHY VERNoy Distinctively new in character. Standard demand. Sold by the leading drug houses, isatia N | This new rose odor is now having a splendid sale. The advertising is effective Order one pint bottle Alsatian Roses with samples and rose art plates, also window display, all packed in box for shipment of your jobber or direct. The window display will be attrac- tiv: for your holiday line. 7 Jenne) ERFUMERy GRAND RAPIDS Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates every day to Grand Rapids. Send for circular. T Pocet City Paint gives the dealer more profit with less trouble than any other brand of paint. Dealers not carrying paint at the present time or who think of changing should write us. Our PAINT PROPOSITION should be in the hands of every dealer. It’s an eye-opener. Forest City Paint & Varnish Co. Cleveland, Ohio SOHORC HORODC HOnOROHOHORE 29 North Ionia St. to see the GRAND RAPIDS STATIONERY CO.’S display of HOLIDAY GOODS Grand Rapids, Mich. td before placing order. Liberal expense allowance to purchasers, DONT FAIL | FAIL GRAND RAPIDS STATIONERY CO. ed RAE ee heed deed eee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Advanced— Declined— dum Exechthitos ..... 4 25@4 50 Tinct Aceticum ........ 6@ 8/Erigeron ......... 100@1 10 pin Aconitum N: R Bensolcum, Ger.. 70@ 75 | Gauitheria -.-..-- .-3 00@3 10 | ‘sconitum Naps - Boracic .......... 17|Geranium ..... 1 — CC 50 Carbolicum se 25g zs |G Gossippil, Sem gal 2S a a - cum ......... 38@ 40¢|Hedeoma ........ .- Hydrochlor ...... 3@ 5 unlpera, lahat : 40@1 0 ee = Oxalioum 2.2.2: 12@ 14|Limonis ........ $0110 [At ope Belladonna 0 Phosphorium, dil. 15 | Mentha Piper. ..4 50@4 75 | Rurcut! Cortex .. 50 Salicylicum ...... 45 | Mentha Verid....5 00@5 50 | Benscin Go 1107” = Sulphuricum ..... 1%@ 5) Morrhuae, gal. ..1 50@2 50| perso, CO ------ = Tannicum ...... -110@1 20 | Myrcia 20.2.2. 4 00@4 50 | Conthavides 277” = Tartaricum 88@ 40] Olive. 2... .tt, 75@3 00 | Gansicum > a monia Picis Liquida .... 10@ 12| Gangcum -+++++ = Aqua, 18 @g.---- 4@ ¢|Ficis Liquida gal. | @ 85 |Cardamon Go’... = Aqua, 20 deg..... Etetaa. .. 90@ 94 Castor 100 Carbonas ........ — 18 Rosmarini ....... @100 Gta 50 Chloridum ....... 12@ 14] Rosae, oz ........ 5 00@6 00 Gickana | 50 niline Suceini ......222! 40@ 45 Cinchona Co a al 0 Wie 4.0255... 200@225|Sabina .......2!! 99@1 00 | Columba = Brown «+... +++ $0@100 | Santal ---..22.-. 2 78@7 80 | Cubebae 122-1. = Yellow ...........250@8 00 | Sinapis, ess, oz... Sia foe = accae fe | nele ce 150@1 60 | Digitalis . = Cubebae ...po. 25 Thyme cagtteress — 50 | mrgot ...2/211122! 50 Juniperus ........ 6 yimne, opt ...... 160 Ferri _Chiortdum 35 Xanthoxylum 30@ 35; Theobromas ..... 15@ 20] Genti cs 50 alsamum Potassium Ge os a Cubebas -- .-po. 20 12 ——_ ao ee 15 18 Gentian - oo wncececesecesc chromate ...... 13 16 | Gui ee. Canada. . = = —— eS = 45 laa 50 otutan .......... S@ Wicarh ............ HS ifodine .... |. 75 Cortex Chlorate 017@19 16@ 18 | Iodi s.. Abies, Canadian. 18|Gyaniae >... @ | Eine... wag — £0 CRUD cies sss gal meee 275@2 85 | Lobelia ......1 77° 50 Cinchona Flava.. 18/ Potassa, Bitart pr 7 Myrrh ooo! 50 Buonymus atro.. 80 | Potass Nitras opt 10 Nux Vomica a 50 Myrica aa = Fotase _—— ou i3 2 Le a 6 unus n TUaaere _....... 61 O . Quillaia. sliciee eS = Sulphate po ...... 15@ 18 Opil, gen 160 Sassafras .....po. > Guana 80 Ulmus ..25, gr’d. 46 dette Aconitum ........ BO Mitre --------- 59 Glycyrrhiza Gla... 24 $0) Alteec .......... 30: 33 Sanguinaria ._...” 50 Glycyrrhiza, po... 28 $6 | Anchusa ......... 10 12 Serpentaria ce 50 Haematox ....... 11@ 12) Arum po S ise 60 Haematox, is.... 18@ 14/ Calamus ........ 20@ 40/mointan 2777 6) Haematox, %8.... 14 15|Gentiana ..po 12@ 15 iia 50 Haematox, %8.... 16@ 17|Glychrrhiza pv is 16@ 18 | Veratrum Veride. Ferru Hydrastis, Can. @1 75 | Zingiber . 50 ees uae a es, : Citrate an uinia ’ Citrate Soluble & 1 —, = ec ee 22 Miscellaneous errocyanidum . _s° Aether, Spts Nit Solut. Chloride... a Aether, SptsNit4 34 38 Sulphate, com’l.. 3 ae DF Alumen, gr’d po7 ag 4 Sulphate, com’l, by aranta. @ Aumaite <........ 40@ 50 bbl, per cwt.. % Podophyitum po.. 22@ Antimoni, po .... 4@ 65 Sulphate, pure .. 7 — Seiten es er 90 | Antimoni et Po T 1@ 50 arson. en... me 10| Beh PY ooo: 750185 | Antifeorin 22. OB Anthemis ........ 22@ 25| cineuinarl, po 24 @ 22| Atsenti Nitras, oz g 48 Matricaria ....... 30@ 35/¢ i 65 9 |Arsenicum ....... 10@ 12 simian ee ote : = = Balm Gilead buds 45@ 50 Barosma ......... 80@ 33 /| Smilax, off’s H . @ 40 oa a i -2 20@2 30 awe 6 Slieee we 108 #3 |Galelum Chior, is @ 10 nnevelly ..... | a po ‘ Cassia, Acutifol.. 25@ %0|Symplocarpus .... 25 Sea @ = Salvia officinalis, Valeriana Eng.. 6 25|Capsici Fruc’saf. @ 20 %s a 168.... = = Valeriana, Ger — 20 | Capsici Frue’s po.. g 22 Uva Ursl........- Zinether lee iso = Cap’i Frue’s B po. @ 15 as ee 2 eee Caryophyllus .... 25@ = Acacia, ist pkd @ 65 Semen Carmine, No 40.. 30 Acacia, 2d pkd 48) Anisum ....po @ i1¢)|Cera Alba........ 50 Be Acacia, 3a pkd. 35 — {eravel’ 8). = 15 | Cera Flava ...... = 42 Acacia, sifted sts ped is .... . |). 4 Si Croce... 1 75@1 80 Acatts, Oe........ 45 65 ey a po 15 10@ 11| Cassia Fructus @ 35 Alice, Barb....... 12 34) Cardamom ....... 70@ 90/| Centraria _....... @ 10 Aloe, Cape........ 26 | Coriandrum. “: 10@ 12|Cetaccum ....... @ . Aloe, Socotrt @ 30/| Cannabis Sativa. 1@ pe rapa Seiaaee 55@ Ammoniac ....... 55@ 60|Cydonium ....... 75@1 00 = oro’m, Squibbs @1 10 Assafoetida ..... 35@ 40|Chenopodium .... 25@ 30 | Chloral Hyd" Crst.1 35@1 60 Benzoinum ....... 50@ 55) Dipterix Odorate. 80@100|Chondrus ........ 20@ 25 Catechu, 1s....... = Sas be 1 " uae” Gum 380 ‘3 cmc Ly 16 | Lint rte 49 6 Cocaine tao apt Ot ni, s E lonen oe 5@ 80} Creosotum asc frrem @ i 100 —- Cana’n ta. _ oo. pes bbl 75 g 2 ul ee rota, prep .°. |. 5 5 85 —— Fa sale 7 a oe” _- —. so " napis Nigra .... reta, Rubra .... 60 Creens oo. 00000... + 75@1 = @ 45 Spiritus _ | Cudnear ....... 1 g0 Frumenti W D....2 00@2 50) cy Cupri Sulph : . Shellac 60 Rrumenti ........ 1 25@160/ Dextrine ..._: a 1° 10 ed 65@ 70 Juniperis CoO T.1 65@2 00/| wther Sith | 78@ 92 Shellac, bleach Juniperis Co 1 75@3 50 Tragacanth ..... 70@1 00 a pe cae a Emery, all Nos.. 8 accharum N E ..190@2 10 Emery, pe 6 Herba Spt Vini Galli ...175@6 50 Ergota ..... po 90 85 90 Absinthium, oz pk 25 Vini Oporto ..... 25@200| Make White .... 12@ 15 Eu atorium os = = Vind Alba .......; 125@200|Galla ..........°° @ 23 Gambier 0.0.0... 8@ 9 Majorum ..oz pk 28 Sponges Mentha Pipozpk 33 | Florida _sheeps! wi anmn fonn ae Mentha Vir oz pk 25 carriage ....... 2 50@2 75 Gienre. Gt bom 7b & 6 me ........ oz pk 89 | Nassau sheeps’ wl Taek iin. bee 70 Tanacetum V..... 22 carriage .......250@2 75 Gh teen cs 1@ 13 Thymus = .0Z pk 25 | Velvet extra shps nwa 156@ 25 Magnesia aes eee ke a Calcined, Pat..... ee Oo eee. @125|Grana Paradisi .. 25 Carbonate, Pat... 18@ 20 Grass ‘sheeps’ wl Emus, oo... 250 55 Carbonate K-M.. 18@ 20 carriage ........ @100|Hydrarg Ch Mt. @ 95 Carbonate ....... 18@ 20 cece Gintama |. @100 | Hydrarg Ch Cor . @ 90 Oleum Yellow Reef, for Hydrarg Ox Ru’m = @1 05 Absinthium a 3 oe = gate wee ...... @1 40 Bare eras 50m" = i ic. aoe “= Ama..8 00@8 25 Syrups Hydrargyrum @ — 5@185| Acacia .......... @ 50] Ichthyobolla, Am. 90@1 00 antl Go ie Auranti Cortex @ 50|Indigo ........... ans gay Zingiber @ 50| Iodide, Resubl eo MEE. sioscccuss, @ 60|Iodoform ..... 21410 aioe od @ 50| Lupuli oo ion aes @ 50 | Lycopodium aan: Smilax Off’s -... 60@ 6) |Macis .....-.... . : Pmgem oo wl... quor rsen e Citronella. 40@ 46 |Scillac .22...0222! oa oe @ 2% Conium Mac..... 80@ 90/|Scillae Co ....... @ 50| Liq Potass Arsinit 19@ 12 opaiba ........-115@1 26 | Tolutan ......... 3 50 | Magnesia, Sulph.. 2 Spee cee RRST S| Pees wees 8 Be Bal Sa 4 00@4 50 Leng, We 4... Morphia, S P & W.2 35@2 60 Morphia, SN Y - : ae 60 Sapo, G Seidlitz Mixture.. Neatsfoot, w str.. oo . Moschus Canton . Spts. Turpentine Myristica, No. 1. Nux Vomica.po 15 Snuff, - Maccaboy, es Snuff, S’h De Vo’s Soda, >. (ecaa. Ochre, yel Mars’ 1g 2 eae ‘. 2 244@3 tote P D Co Picis Liq NN % Pil Hydrarg .po 80 oe Piper Nigra -_ 22 Green, Peninsular Lead, sed ........ 6%@ Whiting, waits S’n Whiting, Gilders.’ White, Paris, Am’r a Paris, Eng @1 Prep’d.1 10@1 20 Pixs Burgun ...... 10@ 12 Pulvis _ c et Opii.1 30@1 50 5 gal H Strychnia, ceyutnd 9091 15 : 8@ Quina, S P & W. Terebenth Venice 28 ae Fe No. 1 Turp Coach.1 10@1 20 Rubia Tinctorum. Saccharum La’s . No. 1 a Furn.1 00@1 10 | Extra T Damar..155@16 | Jap Dryer No1T 70@ Sanguis Drac’s... You are invited to inspect our oliday Line Sept. 12, 1904 in the Blodgett Building opposite our office Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan En en MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mailing, and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. ble to change at any time, and country merchants will have their orders filled at market prices at date of purchase. Prices, however, are lia- ADVANCED DECLINED Index to Markets By Columns Coi A Azle Grease ..........-- 1 B Bate Beek ......-...5. 4 Breoms ....-....... <= Brushes ....... once se ; = eer Osler .......... a. Cc memeetiems jw... oe li oe eee eee eee 1 Canned Goods ........ 1 Carbon Offs ........... 2 —— 2 ees eee cocce ; a... Sey bees ceas se o : ee ta RO ois co 3 Cocoanut ...........+- = Cocoa Sheiis Lee tan : : —........... § D Drie@ Fruits ........... 4 F Farinaceous Goods 4 Fish and Oysters .. : Fishing Tackle Flavoring extracts Fiy Paper ...... . Fresh Meats .. . - eee ot 11 AXLE re Aurora .. Castor Oil ee / IXL, Golden BAKED BEANS Columbia Brand 1tb. can per doz. 90 2%. can per dos. ...... 1 40 Si. cam per dem. ..... 1 80 BATH BRICK Aeperiean. ........ oui aes 2. BROOMS Mo. 1 Carpet ........ 3 75 Bie. & Crees ....-....: 2 35 Pio. 3 (eet ........... 215 Bo. © Carpet ......--... 176 Parlor Gem ..;... sscccu ae Common Whisk ...... &5 Fancy Whisk ..... coon Warehouse ....... BR tUSHES © crub Solid ie 3 Mm 2.00. 75 Solid Back, 11 in . Pointed Minds ......... No. Burteh COLOR . & Co.'s, 15c size.1 25 w.. x & S88: 25c size.2 00 ANDLES Electric Sieht, _— .-.. is -... Electric Light, Paraffine, 6s ..... Paraffine, am8 .... Wicki ng CANNED GOODS Apples 3 i. Standards.. %5@ 380 Gals, Standards ..2 00@2 25 Blackberries Standards s * issbassics Standard ....... Gallon. @ 1 40 @ 5 75 Brook Trout 2 Th. cans, — 190 Cla Little Neck, 4 D. 1 — = Little Neck, 2 Ib. Clam Boulllon Burnham's, % pt...... 1 92 Burshewrs, pie ....... 60 as a Joico 720 Lae ‘Standards. a — - oe be es a 5 Hides ana Pelle ....-.. 10 i ene 5 J a 5 L ees .....- 5 BD ooo oc re ee enw ee 5 M Meat Extracts 5 Molasses .. 6 Mustard 6 ee gc 11 ° ives 6 6 6 Playing Ceres ....-..... : aa G R ee a cc. 6 Salad Dressing ........ 7 ae : Be sig ucccuwas 7 eee : Shoe Blacking ......... 7 ee 7 ee ee 7 ok 8 ce ete eee 3 ee oe a cee 8 ee cee 8 eee 8 t Say SSS AE ip eae 8g eee oc 9 eee okies 9 Vv ee occ oo 9 Washing Powder ...... 9 eee. a ce. 9 Woodenware ........... 9 Wrapping Paper ...... - 10 Y Teast Gake .22000%-~ . 2 10 French Peas Sear Saure Pae........ 22 ere Pie ............ 19 ee eee ees 15 aan pel Gooseberrlies Pree... tc 90 Hominy ee Se ee 85 Lobster a 6 Se Ce 2 15 ae te. 3 75 Paces Tame. _...6.:.-. 2 60 Mackerel Rosterad, = @ .......- 180 Power 8 :...... 05 2 80 pease. 1... .........- 1 80 Boas. = ®.......-.2.- 2 80 Tomas, t wD... .... ee Teme, 2 We... -. 2 80 Mushrooms Pees 2.4. 8@ 20 Betsone .....-:-.. 22@ 25 ysters Come, Be... ....2..-.. 90 ee, 2. koe ia... @i 70 Cove, 1 Th. Oval . 100 eaches Sl. cscccccch S001 16 Yelow «:..;..-.. 1 65@2 00 Gianderd -....... @1 35 aes @2 00 Marrowfat ...... i 00 easy see 90 60 Barly June Sifted.. 1 65 60 ft. -.s-k oe 70 ft ..... 1 60 a . Cotton Wndsor Galvanized Wire No. 20, each 100 ft long.1 90 No. 19, each 100 ft long.2 10 COCOA eee 8 38 cSoverama ....:.....-.. 41 — - ecient e = onial, Oooo We eee kes cease aoe 42 MOE oc) oc. 45 9 — — “e cieehee Ros an Houten, \s ...... a. a o aa = an Houten, 1s ....... Piums i eek 31 etme, 468 ..-........- 41 75 oper, We ........... 42 55 COCOANUT | Dunham’s 2 —— s unham’s 1 0¢@ | Dunham’s preteens ee a aspberries Standard .... ts... le Russian Cavier “pl en ee ee 3 . Came... 22.222... Bis ee cect oe... 700 Pound packages ...... 4 2%) cae 12 00 COFFEE Salmon Rlo Col’a River, tails. @1 75 Pa aeaoa 11% Col’a River. flats.1 85@1 90 | Se 13 Red Alaska. Tec a 3 50 | A ceaoege ones = a pai a | ERROR wo 22 en naeo nee Sardines PRAMCY ..ccc | cescccese 18 Domestic, %s .. 34@ 3%. Santos Domestic, ee a _6 Common ce ee ee 12 Domestic, Must’d.. 6@ 9 Fair, ...-....---.-+---- 13% California, %s ... 11@14 | Choice. ........-.--+--- 15 California, %s ... 17@24 | Fancy. .--------+-++- 18 French, es ....... 71@14 | Peaberry ....... «+++. French, a ...... 18@28 Maracaibo rimps Pe fe 15 Standard ........ Oi 2) | Choice ...............- 18 Succotash penegses Pee 2.3.01... Choice ...... ccees 16% oe eee 2 ancy ....-. . ‘ a coo ee es Gua ema a aii 7 Strawberries 110 Choic ar? 15 n eee ava Fancy .....----+-- 7 Atricen — 2... 12 “ Tomatoes sO % aed Afvicam ...--.- 4 ce ............ Sa see. &@ .....c. (ieee 2.0.2... A ee 31 POET occ csccon 1 15@1 50 ocha Gallons. ........- 2 50@3 00) Arabian .............- 21 ae oe OILS Package Bar Perfection ...... a. Water White ... 12 | Dilworth Biot Site ye odor’ ap’a... bean Cylinder ....-.-- ae iS aioghtinne 2650 aeene 6... | . McLaughlin’s XXXX sold Black, winter 9 @10% to retailers only. Mail all CATSUP orders direct to F. ne a = ete ‘McLaughlin & Co., Chi- ‘olumbia, : Snider’s quarts . 8 25 eee Snider’s pints ... E Snider’s % _ ppsee 1 30 | Holland % gro boxes. 95 CHE _— | Felix, % gros# ....---- 115 Acme ....... @10% |Hummel’s foil, % gro. 85 Peerless... ou |Hummel’s tin, % gro.1 43 a City @10% | CRACKERS Emblem @ 9% | | National Biscuit Company’s Gem. Gin | Brands Tdeal 2? Butter - Jersey -.- @ Butters ...-- Riverside. @11% Ney ‘Gutters oe 6 Warners @10% | Salted Butters mom au Family — Leiden... . 15 Sodas ... Limburger 222.2, @H | Succt een Pineapple ...... 40 60 | Saratoga Flakes ...... as erie poms SE Oyster wiss, impor CHEWING (GUM. Bouare Oysters “200.2: ; American Flag Spruce. 55 | pluct we Deemees Pets ----- 4 oye 4 ac. cece c ee ces PPI Maries .......- 7 Largest Gum Made _ = Pate % on ee 55 ake coe Sen Sen Breath eres ‘Assorted Cake Yoraten ee sae saree 6S Bagley, Gems ... : oo elle Rose ...... : CHICORY | Bent’s Wiatee oo... 18 Bulk ........e eee ee eee S | Batter Thin .....-.... 13 Mae 25. 7| Chocolate Drops ae a: eee ec ue wees : ae — a ue eee ++ 20 Be oe ococanut Taffy ...... peers | ....--._...-. 6 | Cinnamon Bar ........- CHOCOLATE Coffee Cake, N. B. C..10 Walter Baker & Co.’s_ | Coffee Cake, Iced .... 10 German Sweet ....... 23 | Cocoanut Macaroons .. 18 —— sete eee eseeeee 41 | [racket ieee : ANIMA ..- cece ecesevece | Surrant BORE sec awcice MRE goo coc ew 35 | Chocolate Dainty 16 Hagle .......-2---eeees 28|Cartwheels ...........- 9 aoe LINES EAL ee = sal Flute ecoanut ...... 60 ft, 3 name extra..1069| Frosted Creams ..... : 72 ft, 3 thread, extra ..140| Ginger Gems ......... 90 ft, 3 thread, extra ..170 Ginger Snaps, N BC 7 60 ft, 6 thread, extra ..2 29 i ——e - - - — a Honey Fingers, Iced.. 2 _ RE SE a Sue 75 | Honey Jumbles ...... —— 99 Iced Happy Family ...11 ee ae a 105 |Iced Honey Crumpet . 10 ee oo 150 | Imperials .........- -.8 Cotton Victor Indiana Belle ......... 15 OP OD wncwnncncsteccess 2 10| Jersey Lunch ........- Lady Fingers ‘Lady Fingers,hand md 05 4 Lemon Biscuft Square. 8 lemon Wafer Lemon Snaps Lemon Gems... Lem Yen Marshmallow Marshmallow Cream.. Marshmallow waunut. Mary aia Mawes... .-- s ee 10 Mich™ Sues Fs’d honey.12 Milk Biscuit .........- Mich Frosted Honey .. Mixed Picnic ......... Molasses Cakes, Sclo’d 8 Moss Jelly Bar........ 12 Muskegon Branch, Iced 10 Newton I Oatmeal Crackers Orange Slice Orange Gem Penny Assorted Cakes. Pilot Bread Pineapple Honey Ping Pong Pretzels, andl made .. Pretzelettes, hand m’d Pretzelettes, mch. m’d Revere Rube Sears Scotch Cookies Snowdrops . Spiced Sugar Tops ... Sugar Cakes, scalloped ’ Sugar Squares Sultanas Spiced ‘Gingers Urchins Vienna Crimp Vanilla Wafer . Waverly Zanzibar CREAM — Barrels or drums .. Boxes. Square cans. 2 Fancy caddies. ......--.;- 5 DRIED FRUITS Apples Sundried@ ... ....<- Evaporated ..... -6%@7 Callfornia Prunes 100-125 25tb. boxes. 90-100 25 tb.bxs.. _ fnorw 80-90 25 Ib. bxs. 4% 70-80 25 Tb. bxs. 5 60-70 25%b. boxes 6 50-60 25 Tb. bxs. 6% 40-50 25 Ib. bxs ™% 30-40 25 tb. bxs \%c less in bu ww. cases Citron Corsican. ........ @15 — Imp’d. 1tb. pkg. @ 7% Imported bulie, = -6%@ 7 semon ices Soon ee 12 gi% eee 68 occas. Sccuag a Medium ....... cicene ae PREPe bec ec oe ———— = Bamboo, 14 ft., pr ds.. 66 Bamboo, 16 ft., pr ds. 65 Bamboo, 18 ft., pr ds. 86 FLAVORING EXTRACTS Foote & Jenks Coleman’s Van. Lem. fom. Panel ....... 120 = «675 |80z. Taper ........ 2 00 1 50 No. 4 Rich. Blake.2 00 1 60. Jennings Terpeneless Lemon iNeo 32D: C pede .... & No. 4 D. C. pr dz ....1 56 |No. 6 D. G. pr dz .....2 00 Taper D. C. pe ds ....1 Mexican Vanilla Ne. 2D. C4. or @ ....3 © |No. 4 D. C. pr dw ....38 'No. 6 D. C. pr dz ....3 06 —— D. C. pr dz ....3 © | GELATINE | Knox’s Sparkling, dz. 1 20 |Knox’s Sparkling, 14 00 |Knox’s Acidu’d., doz. 1 20 | Knox’s Acidu’d, gro .14 00 Ox ee 18 | Plymouth foc |... 1 20 VICIMOMR 5.36. coe 60 | Cox's, 2 at. sige ..... 1 61 iCoxzs, 1 @&: ofme ...... 110 GRAIN BAGS Peer... 100 in b’e. 19 | Amoskeag, less than b. 19% GRAINS AND FLOUR Wheat Old Wheat. [No. t White 7.70... 15 [Ne 2 ee oo ec, 1 Winter Wheat Fieur Local Brands pPateets oo. 40 Peecona Patents ...... 6 00 [eerorene ... 8... ee ao | second Straight. .....5 40 Peer oc 4 80 Cara «(Le SUCK WHCAL.: .........44 5 00 TO ee 4 20 | Subject to usual cash | discount. Flour in bbls., 26c¢ per | bbl. additional. Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand | Quaker, paper. ; Quaker, cloth. Spring Wheat Flour | Orange American Scie 12 | eee cee gs — oe alsins | 77 vl asc ae London Layers 3 cr 190: ilisbury’s Best, %s ..6 40 London Layers 3 cr 1 3s Lemon & Wheeler Co.'s uster crown. Bra Laem — : cr.. "si | Wingold, 1,s. igi Le 6 86 ,oose Muscatels, 3 cr.. ete eS, - Loose Muscatels, 4 cr.. by oe is ' ; MM Soedce Cp TER es r M. Seeded. %tb. i Judson Grocer Co.’s Brand Sultanas, bulk. .. 8 Ceresota, 48 .......... 7 00 Sultanas, package. Bs | Ceresota Ws .......... 6 90 FARINACEOUS GOODS | Ceresota, %s ......... 6 8) Dried cw | Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand oe eecer uae lt. ia 3 Med. Ha. Pk’d. ..2 00@2 Iv | Laure, 4 SS, Clot. Looe. 6 80 ilaurel %s cloth ..... 6 Ze Brown Holland ....... 50 | fou) ee) we 16 60 Farina | Laurel, ies regi 6 60 St 1%). packares. ....1 15) ee ee Bulk per 106 Ips: ..... 3 00) Meal Hominy ce ee 2 90 Flake, 50 tb. oe 2 ee Golden Granulated. ...3 00 Pearl, 200 Th. sack ...4 90) ak, 0 ek | Ble ee es Macearon! and Vermicelll i Wh. a Coen and Oats 22 G0 Domestic, 10 Tb. box .. 60) Gorn Meal, coarse. ..22 50 Imported, 25 tb. box ..2 50 Meal. .....:...:.08 Comment BAY gg | Winter wheat bran _20 00 eee ze | Winter wheat mid’ngs23 00 newer. 2... 2 fo} Cow feed 21 00 Magee oe 3 50 | ~ ce Peas Oats Green, Wisconsin, bu.1 35 | Car lots. . cus eeheees 33% reen, i eoccce | orn aires 41 Cor “ Rolled Oats | Ee 57 Rolled Avenna_ bbls...4 75 | Hay Steel Cut, 100}b. sacks 2 5¢ | No. 1 timothy car lots.1@ 50 Monarch, bbl ..... : ...4 50 | No. 1 timothy ton lots.12 50 Monarch, 10%b. sacks .2 10 | Quaker, cases ........ 3 10 | HERBS Sa — Sec ereasca scsi cece ¥ Mast tadia --........ - 5% | ORE ~~~ -seceee onoeeee German, sacks ........ 3% | Laurel Leaves ....... 15 German. broken pkg . 4 Senna Leaves ccocee ae Tapioca — Flake, 110%. sacks .... 4% | Madras, 5 56 Pearl, 130%. sacks ..3% 1S. F., 2,3, th ee 68 Pearl, 24 an pkgs....6 JELLY heat Cracked, bulk ........ - | a a or oe St OY WE «3 cccsccenies 6 pebassaeences 7] Pure ..... 80 : Sib i Ne ooo... : - ies ccee ce ose a s Root ii ee ee a ~— Lines 5 | Condensed, cm scene inc... : Condensed, 4 dz ......3 00 Mo. 3, 5 feet ........ 9 MEAT EXTRACTS mo. 4 50 feet i... 52... 10 | Armour’s, 2 0z ........4 45 Mo: 5, i tom ........ - 11] Armour’s 4 og ........ 8 26 No. 6, 15 feet ........ 12) Liebig’s, Chicago, 2 0z.2 75 So. 7, 15 feet ......... 15 | Liebig’s, Chicago, 408.5 50 No. & 18 feet ......... 18 | Liebig’s, imported. 2 om.4 55 Wo. 9; 35 feet... 24... 5. 20| Liebig’s, imported 4 oz 8 50 : MICHI = — TRADESMAN 9 | T | MOLAS | SES | SALAD DRESSI NG English Breakfast Clothes Pins , aie New Orlean a Open Kettle 1c Fair .. Gert Sen ely 49 Columbia, Se nr BE el iB ee r | ta : Half barrels @c extr os | eects large, i a 4 3 mi oe Silt aea ae coe ig” | Snider’s smali, ? doz. 8 25 mn a, per case ie 2 Snider's, — q — . a 4 os e+ ee & ’ oo | ig “i Horse oo Se 75 s all, 2 doz..1 33 —— ee ae Hors dish, 1 ALERAT 5 | Jaxon Boe deli.) = | CY reece seeeecs 40 {soma 8 Bayle’ Radish, 2 da ...2 7 Packed US one ‘ta a § | certon, cack” ea ‘ere ne yle’s C 2 és |. 5 | Arm 60 Ibs. i | inson oa | tener seal 2 Z 2 ¥ elery, 1 ao 50 Somaare il nceniaag box — ee Co. asi . g = a : or “ Bulk, 1 OLIVES — ‘Dwight’s Cow - 2 1615 umet Family . Ss cod ee er TE ; E a eae die cotcl mil ° | ne No. Dum " an Bulk’ 3 gal tet a oo 4 = Cuba 1 Family” ae 2 i | TOBACCO 48 | No. oe ‘eomplete +... a = a — Man . 5 gal ke ss | Wyana eee oe 2 20 pes Ss. Kirk Lee a : 85 | Cadil Fine Cut | plete.) on 4 = a @ # : a : pov: 22 ae is ae et eae iac .. Cork li oa: 38 2 w a. ae coe %s 13 00) pcan poetic a eae mag ttttttttt: a | Gus lined: 8 in ; te ee * Qu n, 19 oz Granula SODA i. a D'nd. 50 80z.2 8¢ Hiaw a a a 33 oa ee ate = : a i cai sc jap Hose , 100 60 80 | Tel atha, 10 pails Ced: Hed delta (icc ul 15 W ed, fine Stuffed, 5 eee. ———— 100% eseees 85 |Savon Im eae z..3 80| Pa egram . Ib. pails” 34 ar, § in. ol. 85 Unwash oe. Stuffed, 8 Hog - b paancomig bbls. cases.1 00 | White ent ae al 3 %| Prai cae 54 | oa a re ma é Stuffed, 10 Be w+ -2ese 90 | Dp, 145tb. kegs _.. re Dome, o ussian | Pr irie Rose ia — aprn Sticks | ce — tay a ba ae s = Protection ee 81 Eclipse an ne a d. ....22@25 Gay, Note: stem att foes cg Tiger 4 Bees 3 a : 7 = Docc ce amond C ee = a 5 ue : ; a , : r = = : 15 -— 40 | Ideal we mop — 85 | Standard ¥ ; ae 2 Cases agable | Big GO. Uns | a Cross lug | a7 eads.1 25 a Pera <= CKLES Barrels, 1003 gt aa Acme alo . es se one gamae 25 | Standa a rrels Th. ba ..1 49 Acme, pees Kylo Boca be Seeeaee a | a= jan tm ae 3 » Barrels Medium | Barrels, 50 6Ib. ba gs ..3 00 | Big M 100-% Ib. ba: steee 00 Hiaw: wecee Siccdecac a sam — andard OB ce Half bb 1,200 cc , 40 7Ib. bi gs 1.3 00) Snow aster . rs.. a 19 | Bat atha . ceeteeere +188 S-wire Bie eee : se F ags s7 |M Boy Pd’r. 100 4 A ele ae a ' 3-wire. Cable a umbo, 3 : : Co "2 75 | arselles d’r. 100 pk. 00 | attle AX vecyitts i: fre, Gane 000, 5 | Extra 21b. pains Rd _.3 (18 rrels, 320 er L P S ...56 pk.4 00 | Standa if) Bagia 01.) ag (| edar, all ie ...- oi 78 | Bae H, - _s : ‘purds 8 ~~ Po cea de kaa dans 4 00 | Spear rd Navy olla | Paper, EB red, shen nas 90 Olde eave in ce Barrels, Ago 2 icc i amble b | Spea ead 7 a. 37 | Fibre’ Sureka S ..1 2b e Time S c ee Sacks, ; a gs ..2 85 vory, seeeseces rands | r He oz. . | HBBEE --------- none ens = 30 tb. ugar / = Page bec a 10 | Sacks, 56 Ibs. ........ S Ivory, Fg se 85 | see ist cared 4 ee ae : : ; = — 2 ae oat ... 86 oe 67 | oT ny ee 00 | Old Hone Somes is = as = , No. 20, Rover ——— 2 | | Boxes, 24 — | Go B WHEY bode 3 75 | Toddy cate ewe, 39 eur an ne > | Competi oe No. at Bpeelal esd 60 | Brl Fay secess 1 50 | | oe ey brands 10 | [— EN | s | Ideal es a ; = a Rouse ne 36 olf, satin finish 1 ris, << ae ee er on pre reer 50 | "lle pee é e pa — : Bris, 280 tbs, ter | ao ae 3 > | — zaigidsick econ | Mouse, w aa 1 50 a AO GND NL 7 oe ie re Bos, Du. on Enoch ouring 0p pot TOOK ane ae-- | Mous ood, . h oyal tue TG m’t whist: | Co ags, 10- Ibs 3 0 Sapoli Morg: | Black $ p Twist °.": go |M e, wood, ols ere : % 48 POTASH ist2 25 | tton bags, 10 28 7 3 00 | Sapolio, fall SS — Sons i : Standard ist 11.460 | Mouse. wood é — rs ae i © ; B > cans } ' | Se LoL i Cadillac «2.2.2... 00000. “aed | cs : % Ee Ee a i 18 Soa Fall erase ies’ 00 | ROBS, ating ce = iat ade i. ay Loaf. ees ae seat | Se polio, h e boxes 50 | @ awigg (Rat, ae . ca Mnglish R PR eee 3 00 | dis barrel lots bulk... .2 40 | and .... Po. seine un 30 fe = a oe B OVISIONS lis 60 gaps , 5 per cent Boxes SODA -+-+2 25 | Sweet — "ee fF i : : = ee arreled Pork So —— lots, 7% 5 | | Kegs, English oe : 5% | Gres car : = a a4 7 = - oon . nts | _- per | ie |Great N trae 3 16-in., ard, N reel Ces “aa Ghee ne : Pace | rive ee ce SOUPS Ll. 25a Warpath Ca a |20-in., a No. a7 00 Hand ‘made lis Ss “ane “ 50 |e — . B, | Red ae lt Be nnn ne-o an = 24 «(| 16 in., Cable. No. 1 9 00 Cream mi 14% E ee : 00 3b. packs ; es ‘ colts ----3 00 /l7 = 1. & ¥ al 26 | Nona” Cable a pe = Oo F Fancy—in erie -12% Boecrteseeeeeeneess 0 a " = eS a e0 bib sacks srironcs 1 90 | Ww ICES 90 | Ho L, 16 ¢ an ae - | No. oa aan 0. 3 ..5 56| SY. Horehound is oe 4a 38 tot. Bs g0 Alls hole S roe ig De pails No. ae io c psy Heart Drop..10 ie Se Hes a. 56 tb sacks ee 1 70) oon a pices ee Block” a oH [a Us = Fude Bon aan ae E : ee i Bo: ss : a fer eons 12) Cane rat pala “ae | sesckieas Coie ees: 8 5S | oe a ee eeceee 12 S P OB iic6s eats i566 Warsaw - 5 | | Cassia, anton. ats. 2 Chips access. 40 | Dewe Globe . rds Sugar aan ae i * SP wa Gir Teco | Cassia, Batavia, bu: _. iC | Duke’ Dried 000), 133 | Double i ea ...3 suger Peanuts .. so. 2 | os a p a = Bs | Cassia —. cles. 28 | Duke's Mixture ae — — i ‘4 75 Starlight Kisse cL 7a Hams smoked M seeee gq | ags 20 | ic ves, Am n, in rol. 49 | Myrtle ee 39 | Smee a et 1220 ig = a Hams, ia - pcg 9 156 tb. Bs Rock hove, a — = | — 8 semen * — eae oo a Loaenae es 24 eng 16 tb. average..12 Bene ...... Mace ons oe 3 | Conn Yum, = isi og | || .44 aa + jane pais = | Champion ch eee | : = a aad | Nuunegs w6-80 1 asi Go| eo ea: oe 9 [Bouble Duplex eseeee 2 A champion, Choeolats . 10 Ham, dried bi erage. i1y NSO a Tne =. ay | pepper 3 10510 "200: ao. ‘Gorn Cake, itp oe ee 208 00 Ghampio == 4 oO reef ila " te eae Ww ‘a una ners : =< oe sey alos = Pepper, ne bik” Plow Boy, 1 _ cece cs = | i Wiis Cie 2 25 Moss yes Gum aa i = = a ee er re, bi 30 | Plow, Boy; 3% —— 36 = nm 4. Cleaners Lewaes gion seu rops. 8 Picnic ‘nia Hams @12 La Cod | Al ure Ground ia . 26 | Peerless, 3% oz ul ga | in. as eee | tal cre ta wi0 | Ani EDS egular, ancy 2 No. 3 per gro co Ip eS ... ae = j NUTS a = Bree ‘ 8 Regular, medium ae per BS .. | ck ae @9 |Al Wh S. : - itn Be ar, mes sa wo gross ---.60 Sm ressed eee a0 monds ole eae cates ae B gular, fa ee... ae ODENWARE_ 7% #%(|R oked White .... ‘Almonds, Tarra, a od 7 | i) gona. fs oe | Basket“ Ar — ae 32 | Bushel i. Bet Snapp | ae | Almonds Ivica ... . 16 Celery. sais 30 | — médidim “34 ‘Bushels, wide bana’ 22°2 3 Be eas : aa = i : & red, = = et so o| iC 16 — 14 @ = i “sto iet- ve | Splint, large doce OY . a4 | Filbert: Maou ae 16 | a aa vy ..43 nary Aas 25 | a aa = ia Deviled | Mustard esa 4 F Me 22@ | Splint, ree o SS Can . Ty elias 7 ed ae i tee = |e i . mabe : ‘annings . ee aon Fils "eit ie : : : ie | : e : = . ee | =e | sald oo 0 axtra nts r ¢ Bi se sl : = = é ES ee s “Moyune, “medium @14 | Willow * ious juan 00 | Derfection ‘St sa An “0 — pase ar fs a is — a | Willow Clot es, med’m 00 | Standards Stand: || 3a | Bees a ee Bae 9 Fair J: eS | Ha BLACKI aise ft fee .. . | Bradle hes, smal -6 00 as. _.. i. ao) a ee reget ois ten De @2% | —— Box, lar NG Pingsuey ancy .. . | 2Tb. oe Butter B 15 60|/F H Bulk Oysters. 25 a sae pei Ba = =. wi — CKING me abe i 40. | 3tb. siz , 24 in cas oxes Extr: Ceunts ers. “le hio new s per bu. Fair ae Japan. @4 —-* Royal mall ....12 Pingsuey. choice ‘lise | ol 8! e, 16 in ca e.. 72} ele a Selects -..... ae Chestnuts bat Ch ouisian - @4% iller’s C Polish .. 5 fanc woes | LOD ize, 12 i se .. | St: pli ced RH BO | Sestnute, pee Bin : * oice La. a hd. rown 85 Y Y ++ . size n cas eg 149 “sh — Fanc a be... @3% Polish. Choice oung H ee | , 6 in ca eo. Ga) Be 3 te Fengy Ta. ‘ha::: gels | Macoal gootchy | i» Bladde $5 |Choice vevwnsessereneo--B0 a ‘Bitter Plates Sp EE os tat 2 : Be Say ise oval, gpa |G H Ss ecan H sanuts. 7 @7 ot = ; Ned - 250 te. 49 | Green ides Wal alves . @ 1% = Formosa, fancy” Reg Qrak igi cues $8) Gores woe Fibers Meni : : eo in i 0 e No. oe Alicant gL ANNE Amoy, ee. = err 5 =o rate. 60) | Galtok Lape eet = eee ner ‘ a 2, | Galfekins, gre * pee 6 arrel e o 40\¢ skins oe * . . 15 gal. = . 2 55 | Ce alfskins, ced . 3 Peace ca = ch ..2 70 Calfskins: cured No. 1 Si | Roast st eer Hide “G0Ibo. 1 | ok se ” ts 12 c es - i 7 . over 9% Shoice, H. P. pte o8 on . P., Jum- ™ Ressted ....9 @ 9% 46 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN SPECIAL PRICE CURRENT AXLE GREASE Mica, tin boxes ..75 $ 00 Person ........-. 55 6 00 BAKING POWDER Jaxen Brand JAXON Ib. cans, 4 doz. case ~4 4b. cans, 4 doz. case 1 Th. cans, 2 doz. casel 60 Royal 10c size. 90 Y%tbcans 135 6 ozcans 190 | %ilbeans 250 | %iIbcans 375 = % tbcans1300 a §& Theans2150_ BLUING Arctic 4 0z ovals, p gro 4 00 Arctic & oz evals, p gro 6 00 Arctic 16 oz ro’d, p gro 9 00 BREAKFAST FOOD Walsh-DeRoo So.’s Brands Sunlight Flakes Per cone ............ $4 00 Wheat Grits Cases, 24 2 tb. pack’s.$2 00 CIGARS G. J. eee: *s bd. Less 50 oo = 00 500 sat awe Ropes ween 2 00 aes oF miere......... 31 00 COCOANUT Baker’s Brazil Shredded 70 %Ib pkg, per case..2 60 35 42Ib pkg, per case..2 60 38 %4Ib pkg, per case. 72 60 16 % ib pkg, per case..2 60 FRESH MEATS Beef je eee 4 @T% Forequarters. ... 4 @ 5% a 6 @ 8% Loins. Ss @12 Ribs. @i11 Rounds. @i7 Chucks %@ 5b Plates @4 ae @ 6% Cae @12% Boston Butts. ... @10% Seeeiees, | 5s. @ 9% Leal Lerd ..... @ 7% Mutton see a a 5 @ 5% See 6. € @8 Veal OS css 5144@ 8 1 Mecans 480) COFFEE Reasted Dwinell-Wright Co.’s Bds. ular NELL= WRIGH BOSTON, Prom White -House, 1 Ib...... White House, 2 Ib....... Excelsior, M & J, 1 Ib.. Excelsior, M & J, 2 tb.. lip Top, M & J, 1%b.... | | Royal ae | | Royal Java and Mocha.. | | Java and Mocha Blend.. | Boston Combination .... Distriouted by Judson | Grocer Co., Grand Rapids: | National Grocer Co., De- | troit and Jackson; F. Saun- | | ders & Co., Port Huron; | | Symons Bros. & Co., Sagi- | | naw; Meisel & Goeschel, | Bay City; Godsmark, Du- rand & Co., Battle Creek; Fielbach Co., Toledo. | COFFEE SUBSTITUTE Javril CONDENSED MILK 4 doz. in case Gail Borden Eagle....6 40 eikcwcec cane 5 | Champion ee 2... | Magnolia : — a Full line of the celebrated Diebold fire and burglar — safes kept in stock y the Tradesman Com- pany. Twenty different sizes on hand at all times —twice as many safes as are carried by any other house in the State. If you are unable to visit Grand Rapids and inspect the line personally, write for quotations. STOCK FOOD. Superlor Stock Food Co., Ltd. $ .50 carton, 36 In box.10.80 1.0 carton, 18 in box.10.s¢ 12% Th. cloth sacks... .84 25 Th. cloth sacks... 1.65 50 Th. cloth sacks.... 3.15 100 Th. cloth sacks.... 6.00 Peck measure ....... .90 % bu. measure...... 1.80 12% Th. sack Cal meal .39 25 Th. sack Cal meal.. .75 ¥F. O. B. Plainwel, Mich. SOAP Beaver Soap Co.’s Brands 100 cakes, large size..6 50 50 cakes, large size..3 25 = cakes, small size..3 85 ® cakes, small size..1 95 Tradesman Co.’s Brand Black Hawk, one box. .2 50 Black Hawk, five bxs.2 40 Black Hawk, ten bxs.2 25) TABLE SAUCES Hialtord, tetee ........ 3 75 | Halford, mee... 2 25 Place Your Business ona Cash Basis by using our Coupon Book System. We manufacture four kinds of Coupon Books and sell them all at the same price irrespective of size, shape or denomination. We will be very pleased to send you samples if you ask us. They are free. Tradesman Company Grand Rapids A Catalogue That Is Without a Rival There are someth.ng like 85,000 com- mercial institutions in the country that issue catalogues of some sort. They are all trade- getters—some of them are success- ful and some are not. Ours is a successful one. In fact it is THE successful one. It sells more goods than any other three catalogues or any 400 traveling salesmen in the country. It lists the largest line of general mer- chandise in the world. It is the most concise and-best illustrated catalogue gotten up by any American wholesale house. It is the only representative of the larg- est house in the world that does business entirely by catalogue. It quotes but one price to all and that is the lowest. Its prices are guaranteed and do not change until another catalogue is issued. It never misrepresents. You can bank on what it tells you about the goods it offers—our reputation is back of it. It enables you to select your goods according to your own best judgment and with much more satisfaction than you can from the flesh-and-blood salesman, who is always endeavoring to pad his orders and work off his firm’s dead stock. Ask for catalogue J. BUTLER BROTHERS Wholesalers of Everything— By Catalogue Only. New York Chicago St. Louis You should see our line of calendars | and | get our prices before placing your order. the We are | | calendar specialists of Michigan. Tradesman Company Grand Rapids 104 Wall Street New York “New Crop” Pocket Rice Big Money Makers For You 3-Ib. Fanciest Grades Grown Packed 1-lb., 2'4-lb. and 3-lb sizes Retail 8c, 20c and 25c Ask your grocer, or write us Orme & Sutton Rice Co., Mills, New Orleans Branch Offices ! Philadelphia, Bourse Bldg. (Chicago, 42 River Street wre mw we — - “. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 47 BUSINESS-WANTS DEPARTMENT Advertisements inserted under this head for two cents subsequent continuous insertion. No charge less a word tlie first insertion and one cent a word for each than 25 cents. . Cash must accompany all orders. BUSINESS CHANCES. the best little towns in Illinois. cheap: easy terms. ES. Viola, UI. For sale Patterson, 888 For Sale—Good, clean, up-to-date stock of groceries. Fine location, good trade. Address No. 889, care Michigan Trades- For Rent—An up-to-date meat market; | fine fixtures; steam sausage works; cor- Bakery—Well equipped shop, in one of | | Box man. 889 For Sale—First-class grocery, meat | market end fruit stand; an old estab- lished stand of thirteen years; god lo- eation; always made money; good reason for selling; price reasonable. Write 517 Wiiliams St., Dayton, Ohio. 894 For Sale—One nearly new nine drawer $530 National Cash Register. A. S. G lord, Axtell, Kansas. 895 For Sale or Rent—Forty-four room hotel and hotel barns ior sale or rent, do- | ing a good business; all rooms turnished; | city water and electric lights in the hotel. centraily located. For particulars to Box 424, St. Cloud, Minn. 896 We have some good farm lands for ex- change on cash basis for stocks of gen- eral merchandise. C. N. Sonnesyn & Co., Butterfield, Minn. 897 Will sell cheap, one National acetylene gas generator, No. 0, complete; suitable | Mae for lighting large residence; good as Bill, Madelia, Minn. storeroom or private new. Address J. J. 898 Sel] your real estate or business for eash. £ ean get a buyer for you very promptly. My methods are distinctly dif- ferent and a decided improvement over those of others. It makes write | im) one | Gocd reason for selling. Address No. 873, ner brick store; low rent; good establish- ed trade. Address J. J. Miller, Benton Harbor, Mich. 879 For Sale—Good established money-mak- ing confectionery and wholesale ice cream business; an exceptionally good bargain; investigate this. Confectioner, 786, Ludington, Mich. 880 For Sale—Stock of drugs in good town of 2,000 population, 40 miles from Chi- eago; only 2 drug steres in town; stock invoices $1,450 at fair values; will sell |for 80 cents on the dollar to settle es- tate. Address J. A. Ketring, Chester- town, Ind. 881 For Sale—Only exclusive clothing and no difference | where your property is located, send me | full description and lowest cash price and | I will eet cash for you. Write to-day. Established 1881. 3ank references Frank P. Cleveland, 1261 Adams Express Building, Chicago. 899 Natural Gas Plant for sale or rent. Cheapest power in the city. Desiring to build a new plant at our Jackson street men’s furnishing store in hustling county seat town. — Court investigation. Noth- ing but 100 certs considered. Cause of | selling, sickness. Clothier, care Michi- | gan ‘Tradesman. 872 For Sale—A good clean drug business of the best towns of Michigan. care Michigan Tradesman. : 873 For Sale—Bovk and Office Supply busi- ness. also stock of wall paper and paint. E. Mann, Owosso, Mich. 874 Look at our advertisement No. 735. We Wayland and Bradley milis left. Give us an offer. We want to sell them at onze. Henderson & Sons Milling Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 875 For Sale—Stock of dry goods and gro- ceries; new stock; old established trade; best town in Michigan; other business and if] health reason for selling. Lock Sox 728, Durand, Mich. 876 vantedLocation for stock of dry | goods. Would buy general store. Small | place preferred; invoice $3.000 or $4,000. E. BE. Tice. Paw Paw, Mich. 877 location, we ofter for sale our )present | factory at Gth and A _ streets, with or without ground. One 75 H. P. and one ao Et. P. line shafting to suit purchaser. divided into two small plants. gas engine with 4 gas main and Can be For full | ; man. particulars apply to Gernert Bros. Lumber Co., Louisville, Ky. 900 For Sale—Country store and dwelling house, also $1,720 stock general merchan- | dise. Address No. 2901, care Michigan | Tradesman. Business equipped with Bliss machinery, tools and dies for making dustpans; also patent on foothold dustpan; a bargain if sold 901 soon. Address John T. Adams, Frankton, 902 Ind. Excellent stock general merchandise in good shape; tarming town 1,200 popu- lation. Invcice about $4,000; good reason for selling. Correspondence solicited. Address 863, care Michigan Tridesman. 863 For Trade—Merchandise stock, inven- tory $6,700; about $1,900 cash required, balance trade for good land; drug stocks, jewelry store, anything traded anywhere; no charge for listing. W. Mottershead, Manhattan Bldg., St. Paul, Minn. 865 Wanted—Stock of merchandise. We pay cash and rent store. Address_par- ticulars, J. A. Becker, St. Charles, ~ For Sale—My stock of general mer- chandise, located in the village of Ham- mond, St. Lawrence county; one of the cleanest stocks in northern New York. Good reason for selling; store can be rented reasonably. For particulars eall or address C. C. Forrester, Hammond, n. ¥ 867 For Sale—At invoice about $7,000. The best hardware store in best location in a city of 25,000 in Western Ill. Doing good business; a money maker. Reason other business. Address Safety, care Michigan Tradesman. 868 Harness Business For Sale—A chance for a harness maker with small capital. I must sell. Address No. 869, care Mich- igan Tradesman. 869 Furniture and Undertaking for Sale— Undertaking alone nets $600 per year. chance for a man with small capital. Address No. 870, care Michigan Trades- man. 870 | inspection. if — tt —- —|} want a good thing, address at once, Box Chance—-Stamping works, | On account of failing health, I desire to sell my store, merchandise, residence, two small houses and farm. Will divide to suit purchaser. Address J. Aldrich Holmes, Caseville, Mich. 848 For Sale or Trade for small improved farm—Building and stock of groceries at good country location. Everything new. Address No. 850, care Michigan — 5 Look Here—$2,500 will buy a good gen- eral stock of merchandise located in the best town in Michigan. Business paying a handsome profit. ‘This will bear your you mean business and 156, Boyne City, Mich. 886 I want to buy and pay top prices for lot of Douglas, Walkover, Sorosis. Rad- cliffe, Queen Quality, Dorothy Dodd and other trade mark and specialty lines of shoes, also entire or part stocks unds- sirable goods, odd lots, etc. rr t& Feyreisen, 167 Dearborn St., Chicago. 887 To Exchange—Fine bearing orange |grove in Riverside, Cal.; value $15,000. Clear. Want stock of merchandise, farm or town property. Address Drawer J., Corning, Iowa. 852 To Exchange—My equity of $11,400 in a 360 acre Iowa farm; good location; fine improvements; can use dry goods or a general stock.. No traders need apply. Address Frank E. Jones, Corning, Ia. 53 Bakery—I will sell my bakery with or without property, a good chance. Write to Raymond Riede, Apen, Colo. 854 For Sale—Best paying stock of gen- eral merchandise in Northern Indiana, with store building and living rooms ad- joining. Owner wishes to go out of busi- ness. Address R. H., care Michigan Tradesman. 859 For Sale—Hardware stock, lot and building, for cash; in city of 20,000 popu- lation. Stock at $3,000, lot and building $2,500. Established seven years. Address Hardware, care Michigan Tradesman. 836 For Sale—First-class bakery with Hub- bard oven, lunch room, small grocery stock, 2 wagons, one horse, located in Owosso, Mich. Full particulars, address Ress & Cheney, agents for all kinds of stocks. Kalamazoo, Micn. 815 Wanted—Good clean stock of general merchandise. Want to turn in forty-acre nearly all fruit, close to Traverse Address No. 670, care Michigan Tradesman. : 670 Apple Barrels—We have a few car- loads of apple barrels for sale. For prices eall or address Darrah Milling Co., Big Rapids, Mich. 861 For Rent or Sale—Two-story brick building, also small stock of goods. Will sell cheap. Address Box 387, Portland, Mich. 860 For Sale—20 shares of 1st preferred stock of Great Northern Portland Cement Co. stock for $1,200. Address Lock Box 265, Grand Ledge, Mich. 835 For Sale—Profitable hardware business in prosperous city, Northern Illinois. In- voice $4,000. Half cash, balance gilt-edge real estate. gan Tradesman. 788 For Sale—Small amount of stock and fixtures. Good proposition. Chesaning, Mich. For Sale—Good up-to-date stock of general merchandise; store building; well established business. Stock will mven- tory $5,000. Located in hustling North- ern Michigan town. Michigan Tradesman. 744 Restaurant—Finest stand in Northern Ohio; doing a $28,000 to $30,000 business euch year; 40 years’ standing. Will take farm or good city property for part pay- ment. Jule Magnee, Findlay, Ohio. 666 For Sale—Bazaar stock $4,900 toe $5,000. Building and barn $1,100 cash. lots to trade for farm. care Michigan Tradesman. “For Sale—$1,800 stock general mer- SOs A firm of old standing that has been in business for fifteen years and whose reputation as to integrity, business meth- ods, ete., is positively established, de- sires a_man who has $5,000 to take an active part in the store. This store is a department store. Our last year’s busi- ness was above $60,000. The man must understard shoes, dry goods or groceries. The person who invests this money must be a man of integrity and ability. Ad- dress No. 571, care Michigan Tradesman. 571 |The Mempnis Paper Box Co. is an old Address No. 788, care Michi- | M | established Address No. 744, care | _ Retiring from clothing business. | cation at Grand Rapids, Mich. Address Lock Box 65, | 843 established, fine-paying business; will sell the business for what it invoices; proprietor is old and in feeble health. Address Jack W. James, 81 Madison St., s. Tenn. 736 Sale—Farm implement business, fifteen years. First-class lo- Will sell basement brick will inventory about $10,000. Good reason for selling. No trades desired. Address No. G/, care Michigan Traaesman. 67 or lease and building. Stock four-story POSITIONS WANTED. stered pharmacist desires “position. | Single, age 27, five years’ experience. Can furnish excellent references regard- ine character, habits and ability. Ad- Land and | “Poor Health,” | £2 chandise, shoes, dry goods and groceries. | Bow 2177, Mich. 763 Rubber profitable. small investors. Creates come for life and longer. W. Calkins, Grand Rapids, Mich. Nashville, Culture in Mexico. Safe and increasing in- Good opportunity for large or | Address Charles | Soa For Sale—A fine bazaar stock in 2 | lumbering town in Northern Michigan, county seat. Price right. Good reasons for selling. Must be sold at once. Ad- dress Rogers Bazaar Co., Greyling, Mich. eo | 06 Attention, wheat mills one of State; kins For Sale—Flour, feed, and elevator at Wayland; the finest elevator and feed mill Station and Bradley, Mich.; will sell together or separate; all are_first- class paying businesses, and and machinery in _ first-class our fast-increasing business in condition; this city buck- | ate i / : | Wanted—Ambitious, mills of its size in the | at Hop- | buildings | is the reason we want to dispose of our | outside mills at a bargain. Henderson & Sons Milling Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. | 735 For Sale—A 25 horse-power steel hori- zontal boiler. A 12 horse-power engine with pipe fittings. A blacksmith forge with blower and tools. Shafting. pul- leys, belting. All practically new. Orig- inal cost over $1,200. Will sell for $600. Address B-B Manufacturing Co., 50 Ma- sonic Temple, Davenport, Iowa 537 Wanted—To buy stock of general mer- chandise from $5,000 to $25,000 for cash. Address No. 89, care Michigan Trades- man. gs For Sale—A modern eight-room house Woodmere Court. Will trade for stock of groceries. Enquire J. W. Powers, Houseman Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. Phone 1455. 498 Wanted—Will pay cash for an estab- lished, profitable business. Will consid- er shoe store, stock of general merchan- dise or manufacturing business. Give full particulars in first letter. Confiden- tial. Address No. 519, care Michigan Tradesman. 51 For Sale—Fourteen room hotel, new and newly furnished, near Petoskey. Fin2 trout fishing. Immediate possession on account of poor health. Address-No. 601, eare Michigan Tradesman. 601 For Sale—480 acres of cut-over_hard- wood land, three miles north of Thomp- sonville. House and barn on premises. Pere Marquette Railroad runs across one corner of land. Very desirable for stock raising or potato growing. Will ex- change for stock of merchandise. C. C. Tuxbury, 301 Jefferson St., Grand a ids. 5 Cash for your stock—Or we will close out for you at your own place of busi- ness, or make sale to reduce your stock. Write for information. C. L. Yost & Co., 577 West Forest Ave., Detroit, Mich. 2 lor at private sale. | and dress No. 890, care Michigan Tradesman. S90 Wanted—Position by registered phar- macist of twelve years’ experience as clerk and proprietor of retail drug stores. Want lots of work and good wages. Ad- dress Lock Box 214, Marion, Mich. 893 Wanted—Position as bookkeeper or stenographer with wholesale shippers preferred. Address Competent, care Mich- igan Tradesman. 903 Wanted—Position as salesman in retail hardware store. fave had _ ten - years’ experience. Address Box 367, Kalkaska, Mich. 466 HELP WANTED. ~ Wanted—Salesmen to handle our table cutlery as side line to hardware and bazaar trade. Goods are quick sellers— commission liberal. Rodgers Bros. Cut- lery Co., Muskegon, Mich. 891 Wanted—Drug clerk with some ex- perience. Address Drugs, care Michigan Tradesman. 882 energetic men, who are interesting and convincing talk- ers. If vou have ability, you can bette> your financial condition in our legitimate business, requiring no capital; all we want is your time. Address P. O. Box 60, Grand Rapids, Mich. 864 AUCTIONEERS AND TRADERS Merchants, Attention—Our method of closing out stocks of merchandise is one of the most profitable either at auction Our long experience are the only means, new methods no matter how old your stock is. We |employ no one but the best auctioneers and salespeople. Write*for terms and date. The Globe Traders & Licensed Auctioneers, Office 431 E. Nelson 3t., Cadillac, Mich. 445 H. Cc. Kerry & Co., the hustling auc- | tioneers. Stocks closed out or reduced anywhere in the United States. New methods, original ideas, long experience, hundreds of merchants to refer to. We have never failed to please. Write for terms, particulars and dates. 1414-16 Wa- pyash Ave., Chicago. References, Dun’s Mercantile Agency. 872 MISCELLANEOUS. Oddfellows. K. P’s, Redmen, wanted to sell our gold plated, enameled emblem buttons. Send 25 cents for sample and catalogue. Fraternity Emblem Co., Brockton, Mass 878 | Merchants—Are you desirous of clos- ing out your stock or having a reduction sale? We positively guarantee a profit on all reduction sales and 100 cents on the dollar above ¢xpenses on a closing out sale. We can furnish you with ref- erences from hundreds of merchants and |the largest wholesale houses in the West. Write us to-day for further in- formation. J. H. Hart & Co., 242 Mar- Ket St., Chicago, fil. 871 To Exchange—80 acre farm 3% miles southeast of Lowell, 60 acres improved, 5 acres timber and 10 acres orchard land, fair house, good well, convenient to good school, for stock of general mer- chandise situated in a good town. Real estate is worth about $2,500. Correspon- dence solicited. Konkle & Son, Alto, Mich. 501 Want Ads. continued on next page. i aes * Pes paparemeenresicts § 5 ri 3 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Smeets are Sarees PENALTY OF PROSPERITY. It Does Not Excite Comment Like Disaster. Written for the Tradesman. Sault Ste. Marie, Sept. 26—When ene stops to consider the question he realizes that the life of a community is much the same as the career of an individual. It has been said that when a man starts on the toboggan slide of failure the world seems to rest from its other labors for a min- ute or two that it may grease the track and make his descent more swift. In every sense of the word this may not be true, but there is ro denying that it is easier to slide than to climb to the top. Time has shown that when _ dis- aster comes to cities and the hand of poverty and despair clutches at the throats of the people the remainder of the world seems to lend a helping hand in the work of destruction. The world takes more delight in reading of gigantic failures than of suc- cesses, probably because the failures are more spectacular than the suc- cesses. A few months ago the financial world was talking about the great Soo industries and people were read- ing in the newspapers long accounts of the doings in the Twin Cities by the St. Mary’s rapids. All this stir was occasioned because the mighty Clergue had fallen, because the Con- solidated Lake Superior Co. had gone on the rocks and the “dreams” of the man from Maine had come to naught. The newspapers told of thousands of rioters marching the streets, howling like maniacs and de- manding money and revenge for al- leged wrongs that had been commit- ted. People ch:mbed over each other in the scramble for papers—for the toboggan had been greased and one of the greatesz downward slides in the history of the world had com- menced. To-day éven the echoes of the crash have almost ceased. Things are moving in the circles of the great corporation and plant after plant is resuming operations. The great steel miil clouds the sky with smoke and leads one to think of Pittsburg. Within the past few days a record has been broken, 600 tons of rails being turned out, when the capacity of the mill was considered but 500 tons a day. Nearly a thous- and men are already employed about the plant and within a few more days—possibly by the time this arti- cle is in print—the great blast fur- nace will be in operation. Mines are being worked, the woods are rapidly filling with men and it is estimated that from now on the monthly pay roll in the Canadian Soo alone will amount to $100,000. The income of the street railway and ferry lines is $400 a day and increasing. In looking over present conditions on both sides of the river one must look, also, to the immediate future, if a true realization of the situation is to be obtained. New industries are proposed for both sides of the river. In the Canadian Soo a big stave mill, the ground for which has been purchased within the past few days, will be erected soon. A dy- namite factory will also be built and smelters are soon to be built and cperated. In the Michigan Soo_ prospects were never brighter, the confidence of business men is restored and there is every reason to feel that the com- ing ten years will be the most pros- perous in the history of the city. The Clergue interests will establish on this side of the river an immense coking plant, the product of which will be used in the steel plant across the river. This industry will use an- nually, according to a statement made both by Mr. Clergue and his attor- rey, about 350,000 tons of coal and will give employment to several hun- dred men. The city will be piped for gas and this by-product of the plant will be sold to consumers un- der a franchise recently granted. Work on the plant will be started this fall, as the franchise calls for the laying of mains within thirty days. A mill for the manufacture of copper wire, bolts, etc., is another institution that will be established on this side of the river. A tract of twenty acres of land has been set aside for the industry and I have it from an authoritative source that work on the buildings will be start- ed before long, possibly within thir- ty days. Power for this industry will be secured from the canal of the Michigan Lake Superior Power Co. - The handling of ore in this part of the country in blast furnaces and otherwise calls for the use of a high grade of 'mmestone. In view of the increase that can be expected in the use of the stone, several capital- ists have purchased land in the lime- stone district west of the Michigan Soo and will at once open a large quarry. The quarry will be connect- ed with the South Shore Railway by a spur and operations will be com- menced within the next few One of the gentlemen interested in this limestone deal is also interested in the wire mill proposition, has had charge of considerable experimental work in perfecting the electric smelt- er, and, although he has been a resi- dent of the Soo but a few months, has shown beyond a doubt that he is here to stay and occupy a prom- inent position in industrial circles. days. In citing these cases of renewed prosperity and the general satisfac- tory indications for the future, I do so to compare the present situation with that of a year ago, that the reader may come to realize that when a city or body of men meet re- verses the whoije world discusses the condition through a megaphone, but when the sun begins to shine on re- newed prosperity half the world nev- er hears of it. Mighty few people outside of the two Soos really know what is going on here at the present time cr how bright the prospects are, but a year ago there wasn’t a town in the United States that didn’t hear of the financial crash that shook the region of the great company’s oper- ations. When the great crash came every- Lody talked about it. Men whose features were adorned with luxuriant growths of Kansas-like whiskers gathered in grocery stores all over the country, arranged themselves along the tops of the counters and on boxes and barrels in picturesque tashion, and, with wisdom seeming to ooze from every pore, murmured, “IT told ye so, b’ gosh.” Headlines of the most amazing size fairly shrieked the story of the collapse of the Clergue undertakings. Magazine writers vied with each other in roasting “The Jason of Al- goma,” “The Wizard of the West.” They told of the days when as a boy he trudged through the streets of a town in Maine, dreaming of great things to come, evolving striking sen- tences relative to his rise from ob- scurity to the head of a corporation capitalized at more than a hundred millions of dollars. They printed his picture, and when it was impossible to obtain a picture of the “Wizard,” pictures of other people were used. Sometimes he had a mustache, some- times whiskers At other times he eppeared smooth faced, but the pub- lic was pawing the air for Clergue news and pictures—and they were handed out in large quantities, but oft- times spurious. Now that something meritorious is being accomplished, where are the people who climb over each other to hear and read about what is taking place? No answer greets the query, for the gentle readers of the- country have turned their eyes in the direc- tion of the Far East, where blood 1uns deep on fields of carnage. Per- haps to-morrow it will be a steam- boat or railroad disaster that will draw the eye or perhaps a new di- vorce scandal will be stirred up in the exclusive circles of the effete East. Why do the peopJe take so much interest in the operation of tearing down than in that most com- mendable of occupations, the build- ing up of something that shall result beneficially to mankind? Man is condemned if he goes wrong or mistake and the world after him in much the same manner that the urchins of the street follow the yellow dog with a tomato tied to But if he succeeds in doing something of value he passes along the highway of life without attracting attention. Is it surprising, then, that the per- centage of successful people is so small? What we need to learn is to accomplish something, and _ not spend our time scouring the country in search of human wreckage. Raymond H. Merrill. more makes a chases can his tail ————_»-.___ New Way to Make Widows. In most countries where civiliza- tion is somewhat backward marriage is apparently regarded as the neces- sary fate of every woman. This is so much the case in Russia _ that there, when the parents of a girl see her getting on toward old-maiden- hood, without any prospect of mar- riage, they take her abroad for a time. After a year or two she will reappear among her old friends as a widow, and although they may sus- pect that her late lamented husband never existed outside of the imagin- ation of those who invented him, yet the fiction is useful in giving her « certain status in society and en- abling her to avoid the mortifications of the “unappropriated blessing.” In Bermuda, on the other hand, girls are often prevented from mar- rying by the law of the land, which decrees that a woman who marries a foreigner shall not only lose what property she may happen to have, but shall also become incapable of inheriting any. Sometimes Bermudan girls re- nounce their birthright for love’s sake; but as a rule the charms of penniless damsels are not sufficient for men to desire them for wives, and, therefore, many of them are doomed to spinsterhood by the law. ++ Small. “How small have you felt?” she asked anxiously. “Well,” he replied, “I have felt as small as a man in the presence of the head plumber.” “That isn’t enough.” “T have felt as small as a man when his wife catches him in a lie.” “That isn’t anything.” “I have felt as small as the man who made a righteous complaint to the President cf a trolley line.” She shook her head again sadly. “That isn’t anything to the way I feel,’ she said. “You know I have never been to Europe and I’ve been talking with a girl who has just re- turned.” —__+ +. __- Millersburg—-The lumber, saw mill and mercantile firm of Lewis & Derry has gone to the wall. Their store has been closed by creditors, their mills and camos have been shut down and about all their manufactured lum- ber, personal property and unincum- bered timber iands have been placed under attachment for labor and other indebtedness. The failure will throw out of employment fully half the pop- ulation of the village and séverely cripple the merchants, who have hith- erto derived their support from the cmploves of Lewis & Derry. BUSINESS CHANCES. Wanted—A large second-hand fire preof safe; must be cheap. J. M. Perry, ‘Tustin ich 994 Wante y tock of merchandise in exchange for a well located improved farm. Address No. 906. care Michigan Tradesman. 906 For Sale—Ore of the best outside gro- cery stores in biint dcing a good business. Inventory $1,9C0. Good reasons for sell- ing. Write or call 2513 N. Saginaw St., Flint, Mich. 638 For Sale—A National Computing Scale, almost new; feney design; bottle green; all agate bearing. A good bargain. For $5 will send subject to examination. Ad- dress J. D. Humphrey & Son. Lenox. Ia. 909 For Sale—Bakery, confectionery and ice cream business; nice trade, good location; only bakery in city. Good chance for man looking for a small business. Ad- dress Jos. Hoare, Elk Rapids, Mich. 857 POSITIONS WANTED. Wanted—Position by general clerk; temperate and steady. Address ‘‘Referen- ces,’ care Michigan Tradesman. 907 HELP WANTED. Wanted—An_ experienced up-to-date, hustling dry gcods clerk, must be good salesman and stock man. Address Lock Box No. 28, Alma, Mich. 905 AUCTIONEERS AND TRADERS. J. L. MeKennan & Co., ‘The Hoosier Hustlers,”’ the noted merchandise auction - eers, carry the largest book of refer- ences of any firm in the United States— now selling $8,000 general stock at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. For terms and reference book, address Box 457.