Twenty-Second Year

GRAND RAPIDS,

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1904

Number 1107

 

 

Collection Department

R. G. DUN & CO,

Mich. Trust Building, Grand Rapids
Collection delinquent accounts; cheap, ef-
ficient, responsible; direct demand system.
Collections made everywhere—for every

trader. Cc. BEB. McCRONH, Manage.r

 

We Buy and Sell
Total Issues
of
State, County, City, School District,
Street Railway and Gas

BONDS

Correspondence Solicited,

NOBLE, MOSS & COMPANY

BANKERS

Union Trust Building, Detroit, Mich,

 

Willlam Connor, Pres. Joseph 8. Hoffman, Ist Vice-Pres.
William Alden Smith, 2d Vice-Pres.
mM. C. Huggett, Secy-Treasurer

The William Connor Co.

WHOLESALE CLOTHING
MANUFACTURERS

28-30 South lonia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Our Spring and Summer samples for 1905 now
showing. Every kind ready made clothing for all
ages also always on hand, Winter Suits, Over-
coats, Panis, etc. Mail and phone orders prompt-
ly shipped Phones, Bell, 1282; Citizens, 1957.
See our children’s line.

 

WID DICOMB BLDG. GRAND RAPIDS,
DETROIT OPERA HOUSE BLOCK,DETRO!T.
FURNISH 10N AGAINST

a PROTECT! “woRTHLESS ACCOUNTS”

AND COLLECT ALL OTHERS

 

 

Have Invested Over Three Million Dol-
lars For Our Customers in

Three Years

Twenty-seven companies! We have a
portion of each company’s stock pooled in
a trust for the protection of stockholders,
and in case of failure in any company you
are reimbursed from the trust fund of a
successful comnny The stocks are all
withdrawn from sale with the exception of
two and we have never lost a dollar for a
customer.

Our plans are worth investigating. Full
information furnished upon application to
CURRIE & FORSYTH
Managers of Douglas, Lacey & Company
1023 oe Trust Building,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

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ILLUSTRATIONS QF ALL KINDS
STATIONERY & CATALOCUE PRI 7

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

 

 

 

 

SPECIAL FEATURES.

age.
Window Trimming.
Around the State.

Grand Rapids Gossip.
Dry Goods.

. Out of Work.

Editorial.

Men With Programme.
Butter and Eggs.

Meat Market.

Fruits & Produce.

N. Y. Market.

Reasons for Success.
Dangers of the Air.
Clothing.

Model Store.

Buckwheat Production.
Borrowed Brains.

Even Unto Death.
Looking Backward.
Woman’s World.

Makes as Well as Mars.
The Death Penalty.
Shoes.

Men With Ideas.
Hardware and Crockery Quotations.
Commercial Travelers.
Drugs.

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43. Drug Price Current.
44. Grocery Price Current.
46. Special Price Current.

 

 

AUSTRIA AND ITALY.

The relations existing between the
Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of
Austria-Hungary have not been over-
cordial for a long time. It is true
that both countries are parties to
the agreement known as the Triple
Alliance, but, as is well known, that
arrangement, which figured so large-
ly during Bismarck’s time, plays but
a very minor part in inter-national
relations in Europe at the present
day. The septennial period during
which this alliance runs is nearing its
end, and it is certain that Italy at
least will not renew it.

Where the general relations be-
tween two countries are the reverse
of cordial it does not take a very big
incident to create a crisis. Such an
incident has occurred in the recent
rioting at Innsbruck, Austria, where
a large number of Italian students
have been attacked by the populace,
and the situation became so serious
as to compel the police to charge
upon the people with bayonets, injur-
ing many and killing several.

This incident has aroused the bit-
ter feeling entertained towards Aus-
tria in Italy to fever heat, and at-
tacks upon Austrian consulates in
Italy are likely. Of course, the Ital-
ian students attacked are not Italian
subjects, but natives of those Italian
provinces which are under Austrian
rule. The Italians have always felt
keenly the fact that Austria should
retain her hold on provinces which
should be an integral part of the Ital-
ian kingdom. -It is safe to assume
that the great mass of the Austrian
Italians would prefer to be under
Italian rule, and the Austrian gov-
ernment has not made any special
efforts to conciliate these Italian sub-

 

jects so as to reconcile them to their
rather unnatural allegiance.

With Italy entertaining pretty much
the same feeling with respect to her
former provinces which France feels
towards Alsace and Lorraine, it is no
great wonder that the sentiments en-
tertained towards Austria are at no
time over-cordial, and that they
should become dangerously near an
open exhibition of hostility under
such provocation as the Innsbruck
riots.

Nothing has actually occurred to
indicate that a rupture is near at
hand, but it would be foolish to ig-
nore the fact that the situation is so
delicate as to cause apprehension that
a crisis may arise at any time. Aside
from the racial and national preju-
dices at the bottom of the present
situation of affairs, there is also an
important trade antagonism to be
taken into account. Hungary is jeal-
ous of large Italian imports into Aus-
tria, particularly Italian wines

garian products.

ble that Hungary would

Italian trade with Austria. A

 

and |
breadstuffs, which compete with Hun- |
Trade antagonism |
is in its way quite as powerful as/|
race prejudices, and it is not improba- |
welcome
anything that would tend to check |
war |
with Italy would be popular with the |

ruling classes in Hungary, and would |

no doubt tend to knit together the

watring races and nationalities of the |

dual Empire. Such a war, however,
would be a formidable affair,
both powers have large armies and
good navies, and they are so close
together as to permit of sharp
quick campaigns.

as

John D. Rockefeller is using some |

GENERAL TRADE REVIEW.

Although the present term of im-
provement in trade has_ continued
some months there has been no time
when favorable reports were so gen-
eral. In almost every line increasing
demand is putting more at work and
this in turn increases the capacity to
buy. The principal factor in support-
ing these conditions, of course, is the
enormous volume of agricultural pro-
ductions.

With such support the course of
the stock market values is necessari-
ly upward. Predictions are that such
a long advance will have serious in-
terruptions, and efforts of bean oper-
ators to bring them about have ef-
fect in occasional slight reactions, but
rallies are very prompt and the gen-
eral movement is almost steadily up-
ward, reactions being confined to
The average
value of sixty principal railway stocks
is marked

a
few speculative lines.
advance, com-
ing within $9 of the record of 1902,
an advance of over $4 for the week.
Earnings continue to show gains over
last year and the outlook for. divi-
dends grown proportionately
brighter. Sales of stocks are just
about double, day by day, as com-
pared with the business of a year ago.

making a

has

Reports from industries are uni-
formly favorable except m some
branches of textiles. Increasing ex-

pansion of railway business is bring-
ing many orders for rails and other

equipment and all lines of iron and

| steel production are on the increase.

and |

of his money in the suppression of |

the liquor traffic in Tarrytown onthe

There is a man who keeps a saloon

which Mr. Rockefeller is obliged to|

pass and which is objectionable to
him. He has tried to buy the man
out and to have his license cancelled,
and having failed is buying all the
property in the neighborhood so that
the saloonkeeper’s patrons are stead-
ily decreasing, and in time he will be
forced to quit on Rockefeller’s terms.

 

St. Louis is shocked by the discov-
ery that a man living within twenty
miles of that city had not heard of
the Exposition which came to a close
yesterday. St. Louis will forgive this
man, but it will not forgive the mil-
lions who did hear about the Exposi-
tion, but did not attend. The Expo-
sition has repaid the

The approach of winter is bringing

a more favorable condition in the
labor market. There are more than
|usually favorable reports from the

textiles field, demand, especially for

woolen goods, being good, but the

| cost of raw materials is not yet sat-
Hudson, where he has a large estate. |

 

Government |

loan, and will be able to settle all}

claims, but will make no return’ to
those who subscribed to the fund
used in the erection of the buildings,
etc.

isfactory. In cotton there is yet the
unsettled condition of the market for
the staple and resumption of Fall
Footwear
orders are abundant, but the cost of
to the stockyards
strikes, is still increasing.

River operatives is slow.

hides, owing

 

After being idle a very long time
the mills of Fall River are starting
up and some of them are doing
good deal of work.
though

a
The strikers, al-
they have had considerable
outside help, have still suffered griev-
cusly from lack of work and wages.
To many the hardship has been very
have to
found The pre-
diction is that before Christmas the

severe. Some gone other

places and work.
mills will practically be running again
as they were before the strike and
without any advance pay. the
closing of the great Fall River mills
has prevented a large amount of cloth
from being thrown upon the market,
still further to depress it.

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

Holiday Window Exhibits and One.

of Different Character.

If one had kept no definite track
of the calendar he could tell that
Christmas is approaching by the
placards in the windows, as nearly
town from one
to half a dozen cards calling atten-
tion to its goods as appropriate for
presents useful or otherwise.

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every store in has

Some of the shoe stores have a

window

 

slippers. Witness Mayhew’s display
in the window nearer the Morton
House. Here is housewear for all |
ages of boys—from young boys 5

years old up to old boys 7o years |
old. Next to a child’s red slipper re- |

poses a black one big enough for the
man whose domain Jack the Giant

Killer started out to investigate. ’Tis |

a whale of a slipper.
ber ever to have seen a foot large
enough to wear it.

Slippers are always practical, sen-
sible presents and a man’s family are
reasonably certain to include those in
the gifts for Paterfamilias if he needs
—or soon will need

 

will have the work of adjusting mat-
ters before New Year’s rolls around.

But, then, there was no fitting to be|
purchase, so|

the time of
things even themselves up.

done at

Mayhew’s has a sidewalk show case |
filled with woolen slippers of various |

sorts, bearing this suggestion:
Warm
Wooley
Woolens.
Shoes to walk in
or sleep in.
You would find
Them very comfortable
These cold nights.

If the store’s card writer had put
a little more time on the lettering of
the above he would have spelled the
second word “woolly.”

The western Mayhew window dis-
plays a sample of ladies’ shoes of
dozens of varieties. These, also, like
the slippers opposite, are of all sizes,
from those scarcely large enough for
a good sized doll to big mannish-
looking shoes for the athletic girl
of the period.

Buttoned shoes are once more hav-
ing their innings, and right good they
seem for a change. It will be hard
to get used to them once more, but
dealers are pushing them for all they

are worth and it won’t be long before |

we shall see as many of them as of
the laced.
With the ladies’ shoes goes _ this

short announcement:
Shoes

for
all ages.
“+ +

At Christmas time people are going

to indulge in the purchase of dain- |

almost wholly devoted to}

I don’t remem- |

a new pair. Of |
course a clerk sells such goods know- |
ing full well that half of them will be |
likely not to fit the recipient and he |

Po :
| tier articles for gifts for friends or

| relatives than at any other season of
|the year. Steketee has borne this in
'mind and carried out the idea in the

arrangement of the east window: In}

it, among other delicate things, are

|

| out

a number of the frailest of long wide |

the
Some of these
| have roses printed on the ends and
some have embroidery at the hem.
They require the most careful han-
dling on the part of the wearer.
Rough usage would mean their ruin.
Some could wear them a_ lifetime,
'while a single evening would perish
| them in the hands of others.

chiffon scarfs, also several of

| finest crepe de chine.

pecially so to zoologists, hunters and
others who love to study the habits
| of animals—is a large block of wood
/in Steketee’s fur exhibit section. This
| block is in the shape of a tree trunk
‘almost gnawed in two, the work of
The top chunk hangs at
an angle of 45 degrees to the lower
|and larger piece, and it looks as if
/at any moment the top would fall
|off. The bark has been almost com-
pletely removed and the separate
| pieces have each been gnawed away
until they are cone shaped, joined at
the apices. If some humans possess-
| ed an iota of the patience here shown
| by these rodents life with them would
| be a most pronounced success.

One naturally reads the card which
rests near the demolished tree trunk:
Stump of an ash tree
cut by beavers,
found on the west branch
of the
Manistique River, Schoolcraft Coun-
ty, Michigan,

November 24th, 1904,

beavers.

by
John M. Steketee.
ae

When such devices as this are util-
iized by city storekeepers to attract
attention it does seem strange that
| more country dealers do not resort to
similar methods. the
|latter must possess some queer relic
|or perhaps freak of nature—or if he
has them not in his own home he
| knows some one on whom he could

Every one of

| draw for such—and always occasions
arise when such objects are peculiar-
ly apropos. Then his name is sure
to be mentioned in the same breath
and he gets advertising for just the
same as nothing.

Then, too, so many attractive con-
ceits may be manufactured from
everyday articles in stock—for  in-
stance, soap. If Muir’s arrangement of
common Castile soap is in the west
window next time the general dealer
| visits Grand Rapids let him take the
|time and trouble to hunt it up—
northeast corner Monroe and Ottawa
| streets-—and take a hint from the in-
genious presentation. Oblong bars

 

| of white Castile soap, long strips of
| paper marked like a railroad track,
i half-staves from kegs, some drug-

a : ! :
| gists’ twine, a few little sticks, a

| small pasteboard car, a frog or two,
| and, lo and behold, a long viaduct is
|formed with a railroad underneath.
What could be simpler? And any
j|small boy with gumption can con-
struct such an_ exhibit—probably

Of interest to every one—and es- |

 

 

could be secured for just the honor | the spring of next year. The demand

of having his: name attached to the
work, and would consider
fun!

Make the most
nary goods in your. store show off in

Of: a. rut.

|

it mere
: | proportions that the available supply
Live up to your opportunities—get |
ordi- |

your windows in some extraordinary |
| way not likely to be thought of by

will
without in-

your
your store

competitor and you
talked about
curring any extra expense.

In a word be different from
neighbors.

——_-o-2___ _.

Review of the Hardware Market.

General Hardware—The constant-
ly improving demand for general
hardware is resulting in the establish-
ment of higher prices for heavy and
shelf goods which are naturally af-
fected by the increased cost of iron,
steel and copper. Trade is unusually
active in all lines and the prospects
are excellent for an _ exceptionally
prosperous winter season. The heav-
iest buying among the domestic job-
bers and retailers is naturally in the
lines which have not yet been ad-
vanced in value, but which will sell
at considerably higher figures within
the ensuing month. While the de-
mand is growing in this country the
movement of domestic hardware to

your

foreign countries is also assuming
large proportions and promises to

give the business of the present year
a commanding position in the statis-
tics of foreign trade. Despite the ob-
stacles in the form of the preferen-
tial tariff business with Canada _ is
growing rapidly and trade with South
American countries is increasing
daily.

Wire Products—Although the re-
cent advances in the prices of wire
nails and other wire products excit-
ed considerable comment at the time

 

they were made, it is generally under-

stood that these and _ similar ad-
vances recently announced by the
various manufacturers are of minor

importance compared with those that
will be made before Jan. 1. Among
the most important revisions. of
prices recently made are the advances
of $3 per ton or 15 per cent. per hun-
dredweight in the quotations on gal-
vanized sheet steel, the advance of
$2 per ton in black sheet steel and
the advance of 7%c in copper rivets,

burrs, brass shoe nails and_ other
brass goods.
Winter Goods—The sstrictly cold

weather lines are the most active
at present, and big orders are being
filled daily in sleds, skates and snow
shovels. Business in builders’ hard-
ware, registers, stoves, furnaces and
other accessories has been record-
breaking for the past month and con-
tinues heavy owing to the continu-
of favorable building weather
and the increasing prosperity of ag-
ricultural communities.

ance

Pig Iron—Founders, pipe, stove
and steel makers have placed many

orders for various grades of pig iron
within the past few days, aggregating
more than 200,000 tons, and as their
requirements for the next half year
are only partially covered the present
activity is expected to continue
throughout the winter and well into

ithe first quarter of 1905.
get |

 

for many of the low silicon and forge
grades has reached such enormous

of the.e brands is almost exhausted,
and exorbitant prices obtained
by all producers who are able to

are

within
Bessemer
iron is also being purchased freely,
although the bulk of the business is
in basic foundry grades. The Re-
public Iron & Steel Co. made one of
the largest recent purchases of Bes-
semer last week, amounting to 25,000
tons.

book contracts for deliveries

Steel—Convinced that prices of
steel plates will be advanced about
$2 per ton at the expected meeting
of the pool on Dec. 20, pressed steel
car and shipbuilding manufacturers
continue to cover prospective re-
quirements in this class of finished
steel at prevailing figures. The plac-
ing of many contracts for bridges and
new buildings is also leading to a big
volume of business in all kinds of
structural material, which is_ still
quoted at premiums of $1@2 per ton.
As it is a foregone conclusion that the
official price of standard steel rails
will be maintained at $28 per ton the
interest of the trade is now centered
in the extent of the advance which
will be made in the values of other
lines of steel products. In view of
the advance of $3 per ton recently
made in the prices of the iron bars
produced by the Republic Iron &
Steel Co., it is likely that there will
be a readjustment in the prices of
both iron and steel bars in order to
re-establish the parity formerly exist-
ing in quotations. An active demand
is also noted in track supplies, includ-
ing splice and angle bars, spikes and
bolts. The largest railroads are now
covering their needs in these
for 1905 and are also planning to
place heavy orders for standard rails
as soon as the official price is an-
nounced. The requirements of all
the roads in the ensuing year are esti-
mated at 3,000,000 tons of Bessemer
rails, $40,000,000 worth of steel freight
cars and about $80,000 worth of new
steel and iron bridges.

lines

Copper—The decided increase in
the domestic demand, which is now
reaching a magnitude almost equal
to that of the European and Oriental
manufacturers, has caused a further
stiffening of the market for American
copper within the past few days, and
unless there is an unexpected dimin-
ution in the present volume of orders
the present upward movement of
values will continue for several
months, until the 17c mark is again
reached. So large are the require-
ments of the electrical equipment
makers and brass founders in this
country that producers are now com-
pelled to curtail the size of their for-
eign business in order to fill home
needs before seeking another outlet
for their output. As many of the

contracts with the Chinese and Euro-
consumers were made _ several
months ago the tonnages pledged to
these purchasers will not be reduced,
but the volume of orders to be book-
ed in future with these foreign deal-
considerably

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

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Movements of Merchants.

Rapid City—-Joseph Ruttan
opened a new meat market.

has

Hartford—Simpson, Martin & Ford
have opened a new meat market.

Mt. Pleasant—The
Co. is closing out its grocery stock.

Hersey—Charles Magher succeeds
A. J. McFarlane in the meat business.

 

Gaylord—A. J. Smith, merchant
tailor, is to succeed Alfred A. Ed-
gar.

Ishpeming—J. A. Voelker has

opened a bazaar stock in the Gylling
block.

South Boardman—Frank Labar has
sold his meat market to Mrs. R. M.
Doherty.

Breckenridge—E. O. Sperry has
purchased the B. H. Thompson jewel-
ry stock.

Muskegon—C. S. Ensinger has
opened a notion store at 96 W. West-
ern avenue.

Newberry—A. E. Lafkas has open-
ed a confectionery store in the Ros-
enthal building.

Cheboygan—L. Shelk will close
out his jewelry stock and remove to
Portland, Oregon.

Henderson—A. T. Baker succeeds
Milo Crane as Secretary of the Hen-
derson Butter Co.

Clio—Will G. Goodrich is to con-
tinue the grocery business of Good-
rich & Armstrong.

Greenville—J. T. Ridley will short-
ly begin the work of rebuilding his
egg and poultry warehouse.

Greenville—Frank S. Gibson has
purchased the furniture and crockery
stock of W. G. Nelson & Co.

Pomona—E. Maine has purchased
the general stock of Crandall & Cran-
dall and has taken possession.

Holland—Notaras & Spero will
open a confectionary store in the
Slagh & Zuidewind building.

Traverse City—Peter Schneider has
opened a meat market at the corner
of Union and Fourteenth streets.

Saginaw—Wm. F. Schaper, who
formerly conducted a meat market,
is to be succeeded by Peters Bros.

Bay City—Robert C. Bialy, dealer
in hardware and paints, is to be suc-
ceeded by the Bialy Hardware Co.

Kalkaska—C. Lannin has purchas-
ed the Ketzbeck & Clapp candy
kitchen and has taken possession.

Port Huron—C. E. Mudford will
open a retail cigar store in the store
now occupied by Miller’s coal office
on Huron avenue.

Spring Lake—John A. Bolt has pur-
chased the grocery stock of J. Kos-
ter and will continue the business at
the same location.

Lakeview—Sheriff-elect J. W. Gaf-
field has sold his half interest in the
grocery and meat business of Robin-
son & Gaffield to J. Bretz.

St. Clair—The L. Goldstein dry
goods stock will be sold at public
auction at 2:30 p. m., Dec. 13, by or-
der of the Referee in Bankruptcy.

|
| | Paris—C. B. Fuqua has purchased

Peak Grocery |

 

Ann Arbor—Michael Staebler is to
be succeeded in the hotel business by
Staebler & Johnson, who will carry a
line of implements, coal and bicycles.

 

the Wm. E. Dockry drug stock, at
| Big Rapids, and removed it to this
| place, where he has resumed  busi-
| ness.

| Sault Ste. Marie—M. J. Weaver has
sold the Peck confectionery store on
| Ashmun street to W. B. Sprague, who
will continue the business at the same
stand.

Mackinaw City—G. M. Harris has
purchased the dry goods, clothing
and shoe stock of D. W. Willetts and
will continue the business at the same
location.

St. Johns—W. J. Gonderman, of
Loraine, Ohio, formerly of Flint,
has purchased the New York Racket
store and moved an additional stock
of goods here.

Chatham—Alfred Olson and R. J.
Burrows, of Munising, have purchas-
ed the J. H. Gatiss store building
here and will engage in the drug and
general merchandise business.

Detroit—C. W. Restrick, the well-
known lumber dealer, has purchased
ground east of Russell street and
north of the Michigan Central Rail-
road, to be utilized for a new lumber
yard.

Northport—H. E. Gill has sold his
groceries, crockery and stoves to
Kehl Bros. and will go out of those
lines entirely and devote his time to
his other mercantile lines and his
produce business.

Lowell—Chas. H. Alexander and
Frank G. Taylor have retired from
the grocery and produce firm of
Chas. McCarty & Co. The business
will be continued by the remaining
partner under the style of Chas. Mc-
Carty.

Holland—The firm of Slagh &
Brink has dissolved partnership. Mr.
Brink will take the stock of books
and move into the DenHerder build-
ing on River street and Mr. Slagh
will continue in the paint and wall
paper business at the old stand.

Manistique—E. N. Orr will enlarge
the room now occupied by his drug
store by utilizing space which will be
left by the First National Bank when
the new bank building on the corner
of Cedar and Walnut streets is ready
for occupancy. In carrying out this
plan almost a third more room will
be secured.

Port Huron—The Pingree Shoe
Co., on behalf of itself and two other
firms, with alleged claims aggregat-
ing $2,000, has filed a petition in the
United States District Court to have
B. C. Farrand, the Water street shoe
dealer, adjudged a bankrupt. Chas.
B. Sawyer has been appointed receiv-
er on a $12,000 bond.

Traverse City—Frank Gannett has
sold his interest in the Johnson Drug
Co. to W. T. Roxburgh, manager of
the store. Mr. Gannett will retire
from the drug business. He has re-

turned from Chicago, where he com-
pleted arrangements to take the man-
agement of the Midland Accident As-
sociation for Northern Michigan, with
headquarters in this city.

 

 

Flint—The furniture stock of B. F.
Cotharin at 522 South Saginaw street
has been purchased by H. W. Wat-
son, Jas. Martin and W. J. Pegg, all
of this city, who will continue the
business at the old stand under the
firm name of the People’s Furniture
Co. The business will be carried on
under the personal direction of Mr.
Pegg, who has had thirty-five years
of actual experience in the furniture
line.

Pontiac—O. H. Pike has disposed
of his grocery business on South
Saginaw street to O. E. Pike, and
hereafter the store will be known
as’ The ' Strand. Mr. Pike
formerly senior member of the firm of
Pike & Aldrich, which established the
business at 77 South Saginaw street.
Mr. Aldrich later retired and the busi-
ness has since been conducted by
Mr. Pike who now retires because of
failing health in favor of his son.

was

Pontiac—Ike Walters, who former-
ly conducted the Huron street meat
market, has purchased the W. A. Lin-
abury market at 7 South Saginaw
street and is now in possession. A
short time ago W. A. Linabury dis-
posed of the market to D. E. Windi-
ate, Mr. Linabury retiring to devote
his attention to other business. Mr.
Windiate retained possession until
this week, when he disposed of the
business to Mr. Walters. The latter
has long been identified with the
meat business here.

 

Manufacturing Matters.

Mattawan—The American
Juice Co. (Ltd.), manufacturer, has
filed a chattel mortgage for $2,117.

Big Bay—The old mill of the Big
Bay Lumber Co. was destroyed by
fire last week. The flames had their
origin in sparks from the new mill.

Frankfort—The Frankfort Furni-
ture Co. has changed hands, Mr. Nay
having purchased the interest of his
partner, W. E. Wilson, and he will
conduct the business at the old stand.

Sagola—The Sagola Lumber Co.
has installed air blast grates in the
fireboxes in its boiler room for the
purpose of burning green sawdust
and grindings,
slabs for market.

Alpena—Eli Gittelson, who for the
past four years has been engaged in
the manufacture of cigars on Second
avenue, has sold his business to
brother, Meyer Gittelson,
continue the
stand.

South Boardman—S. A. Wellman
& Co., manufacturers of cant hook
handles, have purchased the stock of
general merchandise of O. J. Legg,
who has given the purchasers a long-
time lease of the building, but will re-
main as head clerk of the store.

Detroit—Press of business has
caused the Pingree Co. to prepare
for the erection of a temporary two-
story building adjoining its shoe fac-
tory on Jefferson avenue, for manu-
facturing purposes. The site is that
of the old Michigan Exchange build-
ing.

Saginaw—The C. Merrill & Co. saw-
mill, idle the past two years, has been
dismantled, the mill frame being now
in process of demolition. The mill

thereby saving the

his
who will
business at the old

 

Fruit |

 

 

was built in 1880 on the site of the
old mill built in 1853. The machin-
ery was purchased by Wickes Bros.
and was taken out last spring.
Munising—W. H. Acker has finish-
ed cutting his timber holding at Six-
teen Mile Lake, near this place. Mr.
Acker has not yet determined upon
his future movements, but he ex-
pects to purchase a tract of timber
at some favorable point and to re-
move the mill to the new location.

 

Saginaw—Fire destroyed the plant
of the Berst Manufacturing Co. Dec.
1. It was a three-story building on
the corner of Maple and Toothpick
avenues, and was used for the manu-
facture of toothpicks and wooden
butter dishes. The cause of the fire
is unknown at present. The loss is
estimated at $25,000. to $30,000.

Ontonagon—Joseph Atkinson has
sold his heading and stave factory,
sawmill and other property here to
James Bowls, of Sarnia, Ont. The
deal was closed last week and Mr.
Bowls has assumed charge. Mr. At-
kinson purchased the plant in 1902
from L. Groesbeck & Son and great-
ly improved and enlarged it.

Cheboygan—-The completion of the
Detroit & Mackinac Railway, through
to Cheboygan will result in that line
handling a large quantity of forest
products north of this place. It will
haul 2,500,000 feet of manufactured
lumber just sold here to Detroit par-
ties, and the company is figuring on
extending a branch into 400,000,000
feet of fine hardwood timber tribu-
tary to the road. There will also be
considerable lumber shipped from
other Lake Huron points over the
road during the winter.

 

The scandalmonger is always sure
of an audience.

 

 

A GOOD INVESTMENT

We have for sale 6,000 acres of land in
the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This
land is well timbered with red birch, elm,
bass, hemlock, maple. cedar and spruce.
that will cut upwards of 6M to the acre,
50 per cent. of timber being red birch
and hemlock. ‘:.e land is rich clay
loam, level and slightly rolling and con-
veniently located to railroads with a 12
cent rate to Chicago and Milwaukee on
forest products. Railroads pay 25 cents
for hemlock ties on their right-of-way.
The copper and iron mines consume vast
quantities of timber that can not be used
in the manufacture of lumber. There is
also a good market for cord wood. The
price we ask for our land is $10 per acre.
Men who are informed on prices of tim-
ber lands north of Grand Rapids and
Saginaw will note the difference in price
per acre. and we are able to obtain a
better freight rate to Chicago and Mil-
waukee than Lower Michigan points north
of Grand Rapids and Saginaw to the
same points. We have. sold_ several
tracts of land to Southern Michigan lum-
bermen during the last year, and we can
furnish references in regard to our esti-
mates being correct.

CHOCOLAY LAND CoO., LTD.,
Marquette, Mich.

 

‘Commercial
Credit Co., ta

Maite Ms Tiel hy Am Ole Teme PL h
Detroit Opera House Block, Detroit

Good but’ slow debtors pay

upon receipt of our direct de-

mand letters. Send all other
accounts to our offices for collec-

areyo

 

 

 

 

The Grocery Market.
Sugar—London cable advices re-
port beet sugar firm and rising, with
December showing an advance of 34d
and January 134d up. Cane is also firm
The

market shows a firm tone, in view of

with little offering. American

the advancing tendency abroad and
Cuban sellers. show a disposition to
hold for very firm prices. In many
cases it is reported that offerings of
Cuban sugar for January shipment
have been withdrawn, but as Cuba has
sold about all the sugar she can con-
veniently handle for January ship-
ment, it is the general opinion that
she can hold back and await develop-
ments. On the other hand, it is
pointed out that most of the sugar
which has already been marketed has
been sold by moneyed interests on
the north side of the island, while the
smaller planters on the south side
have held off in anticipation of higher
prices. In case of a break in the Eu-
ropean market it is probable that the
latter interests would force the mar-
ket. The market for refined is dull
and featureless. The American Sugar
Refining Co.’s list is as follows:

Crvctal Domine us o 20)
Parle tablets ooo a 6 65
Ne 6 I0
Se ee 6 15
ee 5 85
Bagle: powdered) 60000020000... 43 5 70
eS 5 70
ma A powdered: 100.606 o., 5 60
Moarse powdered .....0:...0.... 555
Frat poweere@ 20.06... oe 5 45
POWOC Oe 5 55
Magle Wme San 5 45
Moarse Seam oC 5 45
Mtaudard raw 5 45
Petra He Tage 6 el. 5 45
ene Sian 5 65
ee Cra Gne orams ol 5 60
oy Bags fe Sram) oe 5 60
Sth. bacs He erage) ll 5 60
Peamone Ae 5 45
Conrectioners Aud occu c so 5 30
ct) Columbia Aloo leo. 5 20
(2) Windsor A oo 5 20
(2) Ridpewood Ao. .2.000 00000. 5 20
(4) Papers A a 5 5
(Ss) Rmowe Aoi us. a 5 to
Be 5 05
Be eg 5 00
ee 4 90
Ee 4 85
CO 4 80
Ee 4 70
EE ee an 4 65
Ce 4 60
eu 4 60
ets Sica oo 4 60
Ce 4 60

Tea—The tea market is strong and
higher grades are very likely to go
higher. That is all that can be said
of the general condition of the mar-
ket. Some jobbers report an in-
creased demand for the finest grades
of goods, supposedly for the holiday
trade, although this is one of the sta-
ple lines that are not usually affect-

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

ed very much by the Christmas sea-
son.

Coffee—Brazilian grades are strong
and tending higher. Options have
advanced about 30 points and actual
coffee has moved up about %c. This
applies, however, only to Brazils.
Mild coffees are very firm, but with-
out change, and Javas and Mochas
are in the same position. The cause
of the advance is the fact that the
time for heavy receipts is over, cou-
pled with anticipations of a decline
in the world’s visible supply for No-
vember. Further than this the ex-
pectation that the visible supply will
show a continuous falling off during
the balance of the crop year—seven
months—aids to make the situation
very strong. The demand for coffee
is seasonable.

Rice—The low range of prices has
attracted more than ordinary atten-
tion, as they afford opportunities for
good margins and at the same time
extend the volume of trade. This
increase of consumption has been
particularly noticeable with those
who, in their distribution, make their
prices fairly relative to present cost,
instead of adhering to the old scale
established a decade or two _ ago.
Honduras styles are well assorted
and the low prices at which Japan
sorts are obtainable have quickened
demand. Advices from the South
note fair movement on the Atlantic
coast. Prices are more in accord
with competing markets and as a
consequence there is less accumula-
tion of stock than at the same period
last year. At New Orleans the mar-
ket is strong with good demand.

Dried Fruits—Peaches are selling
fairly well at prices that are still un-
changed in secondary markets. The
coast, however, is stiffening. Apri-
cots are unchanged, but the fancy
grades are in better demand than the
cheap. The demand is only moder-
ate. Seeded raisins are much quieter
than they should be at this season.
Eastern markets still rule “%c_ be-
low the coast quotations. Loose rais-
ins are in fair demand, but also rule
below the coast basis, although not
%c below. Currants are quiet, so far
as spot business is concerned. Fu-
ture contracts are now being filled.

Prunes are in fair demand at un-
changed prices. There seems to be
no indication of any immediate

change except on 30’s.

Canned Goods—Corn is considered
quite cheap, but it is not moving par-
ticularly well at present. Retailers
have their initial orders in and will
not be in the market for large quan-
tities again until present stocks are
exhausted. Tomatoes are less active
than they were, due in a large part
to the past and the approaching holi-
day season. They are too common-
place to attract attention just now.
Other vegetables show no change of
importance. Canned pumpkin is in
good demand. Peas, beans, aspara-
gus, etc., are all moving in moderate
volume. The fall pack of salmon has
turned out better than expected and
it is possible that prices on some va-
rieties—reds, for instance—will not
be so high as predicted. Sardines are
firm, but are moving quite well.

 

Syrups and Molasses—There seems
to be no longer any doubt that the
refiners have effected a truce and are
going along together. The demand
for compound syrup is fair. Sugar

Syrup is in excellent demand at un-|
changed prices. Molasses is un-|
changed, but the demand is’ very}

good. Fine goods are still scarce,
but so-called fine molasses is quoted
at all sorts of prices. It is impossi-
ble, however, to get any concessions
on good molasses.

Fish—The market is extremely dull
throughout. There is no demand
for any line, and will be little or
none until after the turn of the year.
Mackerel shows no change in price
and

much

not demand. Trade is|
very dull. Codfish, hake and had-
dock are still maintained on the

former high basis, although in very

 

light demand. Sardines are quoted
at varying prices, although in small |
demand. The bottom seems to be}
$2.80 for quarter oils, Eastport. Lake |

fish, whitefish, herring, etc., are all|
very dull at unchanged prices.
——_2-2»—___
Bignall, the Corunna shoe}
dealer, has uttered a chattel mortgage
on his stock, securing creditors to
the amount of about $3,600. The cred-|
itors are divided into classes, which |

Geo.

would -probably be construed as a}
violation of the bankruptcy law.
Either the mortgage must be dis-
charged and a new one placed on rec-
ord or those creditors who are in
class 3 will throw the estate into
bankruptcy. The stock is claimed to}
be worth about $3,800. Bignall re-|
serves his exemption, stipulating that |
it be paid out of the book
counts.

ac- |

it

The trustees of the mortgage ut-
tered by Deatsman & Mapes, of Sun- |
field, have sent out checks represent- |
ing 20 per cent. of the claims secured
inder the mortgage. Some of the)
creditors are reported to have re-|
turned the checks and_ others are}
holding them for developments.

————_+ +.
Nearly all the creditors of the Far- |
rell & Host Co. have agreed to ac- |
cept the 30 per cent. settlement offer-
ed by the members of the company. |
Ii the acceptances of all are secured |
by Friday of this week the public
sale advertised for that date will be}
rendered unnecessary.
ee
Gaylord—J. Lee Morford has sold!
an interest in his furniture and un-
dertaking stock to Arthur W. Green.
A. D. Fisher has sold his grocery
stock at 445 Lyon street to Harry}
Van Dam.

nt et

Tiefenthal & Worm have arranged
to engage in general trade at Dorr.
The order for the dry goods stock has
been secured by the Grand Rapids
Dry Goods Co.

 

———_. o-___—.
It is no use praying that all

the
world may have the bread of life|
when your own life has about as
much nourishment in it as a brick-

bat.

—__¢~¢ oS

Land, this love!—_the more I see}
of it the better I like—boarding-house |
biscuit.

|; cago monopolists.
| Armour

| to

| mour—now

5

Another Deception Practiced by Ar-
mour & Co.

Thomas A. Reagle, local represen-
tative for Armour & Co., has been
eggs,
claiming that they are from Kansas.

soliciting orders for fresh
The price made is lower than local
dealers could offer, being 3@5c_ be-
eggs at the

When the eggs were

low the cost of fresh
present time.
delivered it was found that they were
storage and not fresh stock,
having been held so long that they
were badly shrunken and rattled like
peas in a bladder. The dealers who
were thus victimized kept the goods,
as a rule, but they were not up to
grade and did not comply with the
terms of sale.

Por or
eggs

The retail trade of Michigan has
come to expect anything but fair

treatment at the hands of Armour &

| Co., who apparently regard the re-

tailer as a football, to be tossed and

| kicked about at the will of the Chi-

A few years ago
& Co. out a letter to
their soap salesmen, instructing them
to the department stores
and ignore the regular retailer. The
Tradesman exposed the fallacy of this
policy at the time, and the elder Ar-

sent

cater

deceased—published a

card in the Tradesman, disavowing
the stand taken by his house on this
question and agreeing that the policy
previously pursued by the soap. de-
reversed. The

Tradesman evidently was not circu-

partment would be
lated in the soap factory of Armour
& Co, the policy
was not reversed, but pursued more

because original

relentlessly than ever, in consequence

of which no self-respecting retailer
will permit any article bearing the
Armour name to remain on_ his
shelves.
Chattel Mortgage Sale.
By virtue of a chattel mortgage,

executed by the Farrell & Host Co..

!a corporation of the city of Grand

Rapids, to Peter Doran, Trustee, of
the city of Grand Rapids, dated at
Grand Rapids the 12th day of Novem-

i ber, A. D. 1904, and filed in the office

of the Clerk of the city of Grand
Rapids on the 12th day of November,
in the year aforesaid, and upon which
default has been made, I have taken
and shall sell the property therein
mentioned and described, to-wit: All
its stock of merchandise, consisting
ot women’s and_ children’s
clothing, hats and furnishings, mer-
chant tailoring goods, in bulk and in
course of being made up into suits, all

men’s,

| store furniture and fixtures, shelving,
| counters, one fire-proof safe, and all

book accounts, notes and debts due
to said corporation, all of which said
above described property is now at
their at 35, 32 and 25 Canal
street, in the city of Grand Rapids,
Mich., at public auction, at the
front door of their store, known as
35, 33 and 35 Canal street, in the
city of Grand Rapids, on Friday, the
gth day of December, A. D. 1904, at
1o o'clock in the forenoon of said
day. Peter Doran, Trustee.
Dated at Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov.

StOre,

| 29, 1904.

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly Market Review of the Prin-|

cipal Staples.
Ginghams—A change has_ been
made in the status of the staple ging-
hams by the receipt of reorders for
spring lines. There have been lines
that sold well from the opening of
the season, because of a fresh and

new tone to their patterns; but as a

general thing the movement of ging- |

hams of all classes and grades has
below the
month. In the

somewhat
present

been average
up to the

crders that have come to hand re-

cently the staple checks, stripes and |

plaids in browns, greens, biues and
blacks have not been accorded much
attention. The future business on
staple ginghams for the spring
son is counted on to absorb the small
stocks in first hands.
dress ginghams, that range from 8%
@to%ec at present market prices, the
demand from jobbers shows an im-
provement and the yardage for the
year is stated to be up to the average
of recent seasons. A phase of the
business as now conducted is the
large quantity of goods
placed on the market under various
titles, although in construction they
are ginghams. The mills that have
made the greatest departures in pro-
ducing special fabrics have for several
years kept their looms busy, and have
not felt the decline in business that
mills have which kept close to their
old lines.

Knit Goods—A majority of manu-
facturers of hosiery and
as well as many buyers have been

For the fine

that are

underwear

disposed to await the appearance of
the Government’s cotton crop. re-
port before accepting or placing large
orders. This report is expected to
Saturday forenoon, is
have a decided effect upon the cotton
markets. A Government

expected to

and yarn
report indicating a yield above II,-
500,000 bales would mean lower prices
for cotton and yarns than have ruled
for the past month, although it is
believed that a estimate
has been pretty well discounted on
the cotton

large crop

exchanges. But despite
the bearish trend of the cotton mar-
ket, last week spinners of cotton were
not inclined to
concessions on yarn prices, as they
had not been convinced by the pre-

make any general

from the
Census Bureau that the cotton crop

liminary ginning reports

would be any in excess of demand
at prices which would justify holding
yarns on the present basis. Natural-
ly, under such conditions there has
been a hesitation all along the line
from manufacturer to consumer. To
add to the hesitation caused by un-
certainty as to cotton prices reports
are current that certain lines of un-
derwear and hosiery, especially the
former, had been offered in the West
at concessions from the generally ac-
cepted quotations for standard goods.

Linens—Retail buyers of linen
goods are showing -more conserva-

|a good spring season ahead supplies |
sea- |

tism in their purchases, hoping, appar-
ently, that prices will be more in their
'favor later on. This belief has been
strengthened to some extent by cer-
tain jobbers and importers who were
light buyers in the early part of the
| year, not believing that prices would

advance, and are now anxious to fill
in short stocks. Reports from the
markets abroad all point to a main-
tenance of present prices, and. as
certain mills are curtailing their out-
put, the high prices of|
yarns, there does not seem to be any
|reason for an accumulation of stock.
Demand from other countries outside
of the United States has been good,
and in some instances better prices
have been paid than are obtainable
in this market. There is no doubt
that stocks in both the agents’ and
jobbers’ hands are smaller than usual.
High prices in the markets abroad
resulted in small purchases, and with

owing to

are not believed to be sufficient to|
cover all requirements. New goods |
can only be obtained at present
prices and may mean a long wait for
Fine goods are well to
the front for spring, and if they prove
as important a factor in the demand
as present indications would lead one

deliveries.

 

to believe, there is more than a pos-
sibility of prices advancing. Dress
linens are considered exceptionally |
good property, and agents have been |
making large deliveries on or- |
ders placed several months ago, to |
jobbing houses in all sections of the |
country. Retailers have not as yet |
begun to make heavy purchases for |
the coming spring and summer sea-|
sons, but are due to enter the market |
shortly. What is termed the cutting- |
up trade has placed some sizable or- |

busy

ders for linen dress goods, which are |
now being made up into shirt waist |
suits and costumes for next year.

Plushes—Are popular up-|
holstery fabric. Some grades are not |

a very

in large supply, especially mohair |
plushes. The demand for mohair |
dress goods has taken an unusual |

amount of raw material and caused |
an advance in prices.
Table and Couch Covers—Are a}
line which this branch of the trade |
find profitable and the public to-day |
is being tempted by a very alluring |
display of fabrics ranging in retail
price from $1.50@5 and above. In|
the goods Oriental designs and col- |
orings are popular.
Upholstery—Business in covering
materials continues quiet, but many
large manufacturers have other class-
es of goods, which move better and |
to which
time at present. When cotton and|
yarn prices become settled for the
season the manufacturer and jobber}

they are devoting more |

will be able to undertake more busi- |
ness.

Rugs—Rugs in tapestries, velvet, |
Wiltons and Axminsters are continu- |
ing in public favor, although reports |
from some localities indicate a ten-|
dency to return to 34 goods. The
popular size is 9x12 feet. Wiltons are |
selling, wholesale, at about $30 each, |
tapestries at $12@14; velvets, $15@ |
17. Of the smaller sizes 27x63 inches |
jsell well. Among the many lines of

 

We
Do Not
Blame

the retail merchant for growing just a
little bit weary of these oft repeated
statements of the salesman and ad.
writer: “I am the largest,” “I am the
best,” “You cannot do business with-
out me,” etc.

You Are The Man Who
Pays The Bills

and in the conduct of your business
some few things at least ought to be
left to your judgment. We do not want an order that we have to take
out of a merchant with a corkscrew.

Puritan Corsets

Are all right, they are guaranteed and they will pay you a better profit
than any other line you can buy. That is our side of the story and
about all there is of it. So far as you are concerned you are the “coy
maiden,” we have made the proposal, it’s up to you to accept and be
forever happy or reject and make it necessary for us to talk some more.

         
   

“PURITAN”
j

STYLE/ON
‘Tf

   

 

 

 

PURITAN CORSET CO.
KALAMAZOO, MICH.

 

 

Collars and Cuffs

 

 

 

 

 

We make it our special aim to carry in stock all the
staple and best styles of linen and waterproof collars and

cuffs. Do you need any?

 

Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co.

Exclusively Wholesale

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates every day to Grand Rapids.
Send for circular.

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

7

 

small rugs shown this season is a|
new line of what are called bath rugs |
of a reversible cut pile fabric, plush |
surface, in handsome two-toned ef-|
fects. |

Carpets—Heavy purchases by re-
tailers from certain sections ofthe
country at the recent auction sale|
have for the time being caused them |

to entirely withdraw from the mar- |
ket and until the goods purchased
have to some extent gone into con-
sumption, these retailers will remain
out of the market. Others, however,
who were not large purchasers have
taken fair quantities of spring goods
and judging from the nature of these

orders buyers anticipate an advance |
in prices at an early date. Certain |
mills are reported to have reduced |

their output, owing to the high cost |
of raw material and the comparative-
of carpetings, while
manufacturers having supplies of car-
pet wool on hand have in some _in-
stances, it is stated, sold it to woolen
manufacturers at a handsome profit,
rather than put it into carpets. Man-
ufacturers of carpet yarns complain
that although they have been com-
pelled to pay heavy advances for
wool they have been unable to ob-
tain advance for their
yarns to cover themselves.
——__+ 2.
Recent Trade Changes in the Hoo-|
sier State.

ly low prices

 

a_ sufficient

R. Carmichael, |
druggist, is to be succeeded by Chas.
3oldin.

Bloomington—Luther Brown is to
carry on the grocery business former- |
ly conducted by F. M. Fodrill.

Edwardsport—W. Hollingworth &
Co. are to be succeeded by J. W.
Hedrick & Co., who will conduct a
general store.

Bloomington—F.

Indianapolis -—- The Indianapolis
Hardware Co., wholesale and retail
dealer, has gone out of business.
Logansport—The = Sturkin-Nelson |
Cabinet Co. succeeds John A. Stur-
kin, manager of the novelty works.
Rochester—H. J. Kistler succeeds
C. Kistler, grocer.
Winslow—Elmer Dyer is to suc-

 

a

ceed G. W. Brenton in the grocery
business.
—_—_..>2.-
Explaining the Decrease.
Former Senator George F. Ed-

munds recently visited one of the
mountain hamlets in Vermont, where
he had not been for many years.
Despite the fact that it was near a
railroad it appeared not to have in-
creased in size or changed a whit in
thirty years.

“What’s your population now?” the

Senator asked of the local hotel
keeper.
“Oh, somewhere between’ twelve

and fourteen hundred.”

“Why, this place used to have near-
ly two thousand, didn’t it?”

“Vep, thats so. “Faint so bic as
twas.”

“Well, I guess babies aren’t born
here very frequently, are they?”

“Oh, *bout once.”

>.

Some men are too busy to make
friends and others are too lazy to
make enemies.

 

| it is beyond the scope of the Trades-

| hogs, milk cows, feed stock and,

| housework.

OUT OF WORK. |

To Be Found.
Ann Arbor, Dec. 6—Realizing that

man to give space to extended discus-
sion of subjects which do not per-
tain to the mercantile field, I desire

| to briefly state a few facts and adda

few suggestions which may be help- |
ful to those who are at times in dis-
tress through being unable to secure !
remunerative employment.

The agricultural press asserts that
there is a great demand through all
the country for help at.farm work,
both in the field the house, |
and I know that true in this |
part of Michigan. The young men|
and women constantly
leaving the farm to seek their for-
tunes in the cities, and farmers are
unable secure sufficient help to}
fully _ cultivate their farms or to|
properly secure the crops which they
succeed

and in
it

is

young are

to

in planting without help. |
Women help their husbands, fathers
and brothers in the field, and in con- |
sequence have to give up buttermak- |
ing and send the milk to the cream- |
eries, cheese or condensed milk fac-
tories, and buy butter for the fami-
ly’s own use. Women drive the teams
on the binders, hay rakes, hay ted-
They |

ders, hay loaders, horse forks.

| pick fruit, work in the garden, pick | ne
| position

fork beans,
butcher
in |
fact, do every kind of work that they
are able to do whenever they can
possibly be spared from the necessary |

up potatoes, husk corn,

help load wood in winter,

housework.

Men receive from $25 to $28 per
month and board and washing on the
farm, and girls from $2 to $3 per|
week at housework, and are treated |
with all due respect and
There at
girls where one can be found to do|
Day receive
$1.25 and upward per day and meals. |
Many fine apples have been left un- |
picked this year because help was |
so scarce and the price offered by |

equality.

is demand for least ten

laborers

buyers would not pay for picking and |
hauling to market. |

Comfortable cottages with ample|
garden spots may be rented at $3 to
$5 per month, and with a cow, a small |
flock of hens, a garden and opportu-

nity to work on the farms many a
family could live in comfort who
ies. I have come to the conclusion |

|
|
must often face distress in the -)
that many men who are strong, able |
and understand farm work prefer to}
fight for a chance to work in the!
cities; that others do not know or|

realize the opportunities which
open
woman who is willing to work for |
living wages.

Now, just one or two thoughts of |
the many suggested by reading recent
articles in the Tradesman: The suf-
fering or distress of women appeals
strongly to men, but very few mar-
ried men can help a woman in any
way without making trouble in their
own homes. There is no use of dis~-
cussing why this is so. Just let a man
try it and if he doesn’t stir up a hor-

are |

in the country to any man or}

 

| his

| learned a valuable lesson.

| rebellion

ling to

i sents.

| with

net’s nest his- wife is an exception,

| Place Where Employment Is Always | that's: all.

The young man who

regular work

was out

for siz

ly admitted his own improvidence.

The woman who faced starvation for

two years does not acknowledge any

fault of her own, while

and murder in her
Coarse features may be so transform-
truthful

employers and associates come

ed by a submissive,
that

almost entirely to forget their exist-
ence.
Benevolent people who make care-

ful investigation usually find in every

| case of distress some fault or failure

in the person which they will not

try to remedy, even when made

known to them. No one of ordinary
intelligence and physical ability, will-
work, need be long out
the
The one who is so devoted
to some particular line of work that
he distrusts his own ability to do
deserving of sym-

employment in such times as

presente.

anything else is
pathy, and might be helped by en-
couragement to make an earnest at-
tempt at whatever opportunity pre-
Such a one was a printer of
ten years’ experience who was com-
pelled by ill health to give up his
foreman.
out
ln a

from

as His physician
bills to

secured

few
he

with a
short time

started him
collect.
others and,
to pa-

pers and occasionally a few days at

accounts several

soliciting subscriptions

typesetting, he made a decent living

| for his family, kept up his life insur-

ance and paid the interest on indebt-

| edness

of |

months |
He blam- |
ed no one for his condition, but frank- |

cherishing |
heart. |

spirit |

of |

little home for three
years until other opportunities came.
Country Merchant.
eg
Little Things Count.

on his

The smallest accommodation may
be the means of securing a perma-
nent customer for your store. Little

accommodations are appreciated, and
of merchant
large trade in his juvenile department

we know one whose

is due in a large extent to the fact

that he never misses an opportu-
nity to do little favors for the wom-
en who trade there. When, for in-
stance, a woman comes inte his store
carrying an armful of bundles, the
salesmen are instructed to see that
the many small packages are wrap-
ped together in one large one. Ifthe
purchases in that store are to be
delivered the salesman offers to

the same
If it is a warm day the wom-

send the other packages at
time.

an is offered a fan and a glass of ice

water, and under any circumstances
comfortable chairs are always at
hand. Some of the larger stores go
sO far as to have a maid im attend-

ance, and it is excellent advertising.

Think some of these things over,
then go thou and do likewise-—Amer-
ican Clothier.
—_——_oo~
It takes considerable cheek on the
part of some women to blush.
eh
How the long hours drag—from
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WEDNESDAY - DECEMBER 7, 1904

 

 

THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE.

If, as has been asserted, the surviv-
al of autocracy in the Europe of the
twentieth century is as_ singular
a phenomenon as would be _ the
browsing of mastodons in John Ball
Park, it must be remembered that
the existence of that monstrous
anomaly in Russia is made possible
by the fact that the Russian peasantry
is still in the Middle Ages. It may
be that the result of the present war
may compel serious changes in the
existing Muscovite system; but who-
ever may have the work of reorgani-
zation in hand may well hesitate be-
fore he decides just where to begin
and where to leave off. The great
mistake made by the supreme rulers
of Russia is their refusal to take the
steps necessary to prepare the people
gradually for the enjoyment of con-
stitutional freedom. There is al-
ways a danger that the hands of an
absolute government will be forced
and that when the deluge comes it
will sweep away all the muniments
of order. That is the lesson of the
Terror in France. The French peas-
antry had been brutalized by centur-
ies of repression and oppression, and
it is not strange that it took a brutal
revenge when the opportunity came.
Even the more intelligent classes in
the French cities were wholly inex-
perienced in self-government, and
were easily led away by visionaries
and sanguinary demagogues. But the
France of the Revolution was in
many respects far more advanced
than the Russia of to-day.

Russia is still pre-eminently anag-
ricultural country. The mujik—the
Russian peasant—says that brilliant
publicist, Calchas, in the London
Fortnightly Review, is the Atlas who
bears the vast orb of Slav fate upon
his shoulders. “Atlas, however, so
far from being nourished, is being
slowly bled to death. The peasants
are becoming more and more impov-
erished from year to year. The fer-
tility of the soil is being reduced. The
export of wheat is to a large extenta
forced and unnatural export, which
creates artificial starvation. Peasants,
to meet the demands of the Treasury,
and to finance Imperial policy, from
Crenstadt to Port Arthur, are com-

 

pelled to sell for money what they
should keep for food. The consuming
power of the nation as a whole is de-
clining faster than the population in-
creases. In other words, what exists
within M. de Witte’s prohibitive sys-
tem is a shrinking home market, and
one which, under present fiscal condi-
tions, must continue to shrink, and
will shrink alarmingly in case of the
disastrous conclusion of the war in
the Far East. This is the problem
of problems for Russia—to relieve the
peasant from part of the weight of
economic oppression which is crush-
ing him to the earth—to squeeze less
revenue out of him, and to use more
of it for his benefit.”

If this review were brought to the
attention of the Czar and his advisers
they would enquire how the military
establishment of Russia could be
maintained with a diminished revenue
when the existing revenue is barely
sufficient. To talk about diminishing
revenue just now, in the midst of a
great war, would seem to them espe-
cially absurd. Russia owes its rank
and influence as a great power to its
immense population and the contin-
uity of its vast domain. But it is in
reality very poor, and must remain
so until its material resources are
more adequately developed. M. de
Witte favored a policy of industrial
development. He insisted that to
maintain her place among the leading
nations of the modern world Russia
must become a great industrial and
commercial country. But the ad-
vance made in that direction, while
his advice prevailed, was soon check-
ed by the opposing influence of the
late Minister von Plehve, who argued
that the diversion of Russian energy
into industrial channels would be, in
effect, an attack upon the autocratic
system. To convert a considerable
part of the Russian peasantry into
factory hands would be to build upa
dangerous class—a class. peculiarly
susceptible to the influence of that
revolutionary propaganda which has
made such alarming headway with
the proletariat in almost every other
European country. At the same time
another dangerous class would be
built up—a middle class composed of
manufacturers and capitalists, whose
power over the people and over the
source of the nation’s strength would
steadily grow until at last the nobles,
great and small, would be forced into
the background. In short, he believ-
ed—and it may be he was right—that
industrialism, once introduced on a
great scale, would speedily subvert
the whole existing system of social
organization and government in Rus-
sia.

 

The Postoffice Department is now
sending out its winter stamps. Few
know that there is a difference be-
tween winter stamps and summer
stamps. In the cold months the gum
on the stamps is a little thinner and
softer, while that on those to be
used during the summer and in
Southern States is not so easily af-
fected by heat.

 

2
Many a man has spoiled a good
cook by marrying her.

A TRYING TIME.

From certain signs and omens in
the commerical sky it is not difficult
to conclude that there squally
weather ahead and that now if ever
is the time for a firm hand on the
helm and a watchful eye on the de-
ceitful trade winds. If we can rely
upon the weather prophet there has
been growling all along. It began
early and has been keeping at it. In
other presidential-election years busi-
ness has been at a standstill under
the plea of trimming the sails and
getting the ship ready for whatever
might come; but for the last few
months there has been nothing of
that. Assurance has taken the place
of doubt--that battle was fought in
the public mind a year ago—and with
the political horizon everywhere clear
there has been undue haste in buy-

is

ing because prices are on the rise, |

 

a result due to speculation upon ex- |

pected values.
many mounds in the commercial
graveyard to call for more than a
timely caution, there is great dan-
ger of allowing that to go too far.
With the financial policy of the coun-
try settled for the next four years
at a time when prosperity has be-
come a fixed thing recklessness el-
bows prudence out of the way and,
insisting that disaster is impossible,
ignores the fact that cost and wages
and prices have been too high and
that the adjustment needed to awak-
en and sustain demands proportion-
ate to the supply in the various lines
of production has not yet been effect-
ed. Until this has been done indus-
try and trade will drag and what-
ever depends upon them will find
safety in conservatism.

The non-responsible in trade lines
will laugh at this. Conservatism in
speculation? Stuff and nonsense!
The two are as antagonistic as black
and white are. In modern parlance
speculation is only a synonym for
poker; and does a gamester sit be-
hind his chips with conservatism fore-
most in his mind and expect to get
up from the table with the scooped
pot his? Let us be honest once in
our lives and admit that we are gam-
bling. The odds are in our favor.
The financial confidence of the coun-
try renders deals in futures safe—
that is, comparatively safe. The
crops are harvested. The prosperity
of the past four years is to continue
four years longer, business has al-
ready started off with a rush, prices
are rapidly rising, “First come first
served,” the big buyer to-day is to-
day the big seller with an enormous
profit as his reward. Shuffle the cards
and hurry up about it; what a pity
it is that dealing wastes so much
time! and yet a leading authority in
finance says with a great deal of earn-
estness, “There is danger in the hasty
speculation”—hasty speculation: will
the reader kindly mind that?—that
has begun and is supported rather by
anticipations and an easy money mar-
ket than by substantial results al-
ready achieved in productive indus-
try and profitable trade.

It is time
for keeping the head.

 

That opinion is a sound one and

While there are too)

 

comes not from the gambler in fu-
tures but from the genuine specula-
tor. There is little or nothing of the
uncertain about it. Everybody knows
that the country has before it an-
other period of business activity and
general prosperity; but it is not com-
ing with a rush. Its progress will be
slow and sure and it comes to Stay;
and so long as a proper conservatism
is adhered to financial affairs are like-
ly to follow one general direction
towards improvement, expanding
business and securing better times.
What the conditions promising this
prosperous future are hardly needs
recounting. The country has
mense wealth which is steadily
creasing. There is a constantly
creasing supply of money. The crops
are abundant, railroad earnings are
large and growing larger and _ the
industrial is moving with a greater
intensity than it has for a year or
more. This is speculation and has as
little to do with gambling as it has
with theft.

Such speculation intelligently car-
ried out can lead to but one result—
of prosperity that
promises to be the equal of the great-
est the country has enjoyed; and that
promised prosperity is dimmed bya
single shadow—a_ wild speculation
boom with the usual boom effect.
Whether this effect can be averted
remams to be seen. “The bankers
have it in their power,’ says
recognized authority, “to avert the
impending evil.” They, if they will,
can discourage and thwart the spirit
of speculation abroad in the land,
while on the contrary if they encour-
age this spirit they will do much to

im-
inl-
in-

a resumption

one

| hinder the coming of prosperity mov-

ing this way. After all, it may be
questioned whether the bankers can
do much to hinder the gambling rank
and file that are already at the front.
There, if anywhere, the whole matter
rests and if the spirit of the gam-
bler prevails the result of over-spec-
ulation can be looked forward to with
certainty.

There is every reason for confi-
dence in the business affairs of the
future. Our food stuffs are every-
where in demand and foreign mar-
kets are buying more freely than ever
of our manufactured products. There
will be no radical departure from the
sound policies which have been large-
ly instrumental in forwarding the
material interests of the country.
While, however, there are good and
sufficient reasons for confidence
affairs financial there is every reason
for believing that the best and surest
way out of the trying time before us
is the observance of a rational con-
servatism which has been, is, and will
continue to be the leading element
in all that pertains to the affairs of
this United States.

A
a?

in

The debts of the nations of the
world are now figured at $32,500,000.-
coo. In 1793, at the beginning of the
Napoleonic wars, they were but

$2.500,000,000. If every century makes
an equally large addition the world

is likely to become hopelessly insol-
vent.

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

  

9

 

 

 

MEN WITH PROGRAMME.

Greatest Need of the Country at This |

Time.

|

| hanged if he knows how to express it. |

The processes of the development |

of our country in the present are |

not the processes of the past. Our
development heretofore has been
marked by century periods. But our

first century was devoted to getting
a foothold on the continent; the sec-
ond was used up in getting rid of
the French, and the third was occu-
pied in the making of the nation, and
now we are in the fourth century of
our development.

We feel that we do not have to
prove that we are the greatest coun-
try in the world, but, like the lawyer
in the story, we admit it. Hereto-
fore we have been in the process of
making; we have just come out of
cur youth, and we are imbued with
al! the audacity of youth, and some-
times, I fear, with some of its in-
discretions. We have had three cen-
turies of beginnings, and what we
need now is not the original strength,
but the finished education.

What we need to-day is not irregu-
lar strength; want tested and
schooled strength. We have princi-
ples enough and idea!s enough; what
we need now is the method to apply
our principles. We have been toler-
ably good mechanics, and we now
are in the way to become skilled ar-
tists. Our task is to round off the
product, to show it in its finished
State.

we

The man of to-day must have a
programme. Take the trust ques-
tion, for instange. If our efforts are
to be confined to “trust busting” we
must approach the matter not only
from the standpoint of wanting to
wipe out a thing because it hinders
us, or because it grips us here and
there. That is the essence of selfish-
ness, and we shall never arrive at
anything by that route.

That subject,
be considered in a spirit of fairness;
fairness to capital as well as to labor.
We should no more seek to deprive
a man of his accumulated wealth than
to deprive the laborer of the fruits
of his labor. If you want me to con-
sider you witty I may ask you to
make a joke; if you want me to con-
sider you wise I will ask for some
other show of that wisdom than your
mere claim to it. If we are groping
to-day we are groping not for prin-
ciples, but for a way to apply those
principles which we have in plenty.

It is not Americanism to know my
job better than you know yours, but
to help you with my knowledge to
make you know your job better. We
have plenty of men who are skilled
and selfish. What we need is men
who are skilled and patriotic.

Any man can be a reformer. It is
easy enough to get into the chronic
state of finding fault with existing
conditions, but it is quite another
thing to put forth an applicable rem-
edy. If you want to make the re-
former understand this ask him to
frame a bill, and after he has worked
at it night after night he will be
likely to tell you that he knows just
exactly what he wants, but he’ll be

like all others, must |

 

| great and harmonious

|

OUFr

 

I consider that it is nothing less

than

immoral for a man to advo-|

cate pulling a structure down when |
1e can not tell you what to put up|
in the place of what he has or would |

destroy.

If the
that the
States is

cry so often heard of late |
constitution of the United |
not held in the veneration |

and esteem of years ago means that |
it is not interpreted by the Supreme |
Court of the United States as it was |

interpreted when the fathers had just |

framed it, then the critics are right.

There is no reason why it should be |

so interpreted.
not made to fit us like a straitjacket.
ness. There were blank pages in it,
into which could be written passages
that would suit the exigencies of the
day. it 1s constructed Hke one of
our great modern buildings, where
the nuts and bolts are so formed that
they give sufficiently to the strain
put upon them.

As Kipling writes in his story of
“The Ship That Found Herself,” the
different parts of the machinery cry
to each other to give just a little
under the tremendous pressure, until
finally the ship sails into port a
whole, with
part working with
other part, because the con-
struction had been such as to allow
it. The constitution was not made
to hinder us, but to help us. Hf
were not so we would long ago have
snapped the cords.

every smoothly

every

The difficulty of approaching a sub-

| ject from the broad standpoint, from

the unselfish view, is aptly illustrated
by the story of the Englishman who
said it was perfectly absurd for the
French to call bread “pain.” He was
told that it was no more absurd than
for the English to call it “bread,” to
which he replied: “But it is bread.”

If we need one thing more than
anything else it is to rid ourselves of

provincialism. Local pride is

| only a pleasant way of referring to

I remember some
years ago, when I was at that stage
that I felt as if I had arrived. I made
my first trip to the West, and I
found out there were few things they
could not tell me there better than
I could tell them myself. I came
back with a broader conception of
Americanism.

local provincialism.

To rid our young men of provin-
cialism I would have every young
man of the North educated in the
South, and every young man of the
South educated m the North. 1
would have every young man of the
West educated in the East, and, al-
though it is manifestly impossible to
carry out the matter to its conclu-
sion, every young man of the East
educated in the West.

The man who:travels across the
continent train does
not see the country or know it. He
must feel the people, feel the com-
munity, feel the country to know it,
and your so-called traveled man has
his erudition largely on the surface.
IT must look at a map of the United
States every week to feel sure that

in an express

The constitution was |

the Mississippi River is in the mitidle | known as one to be watched.

of the country. That may arise from '
the fact that I have only crossed it
twice, and it seems to me so _ far
if 1S
lieve the Pacific is quite as far from

away

lit as is the Atlantic.

We to-day are in the position of
arriving, and we will arrive all the
sooner and will do our work better
when we are free from that provin-
cialism which now mars us.

Woodrow Wilson.
—_2~ > ___
Integrity as a Credit Basis.

If we may judge by the views of
credit men expressed in addresses
jand articles written for publication

 

|

In its elasticity lies its chief great- | ee eee

world is con-
more. particular
Time was when a re-
tail merchant’s credit was established
when, having sufficient means to han-
dle the business in which he was en-
he paid his bills promptly. If
he discounted his bills his credit was
“high.”

stantly becoming
about credits.

gaged,

Enquiries related mainly to
the amount of capital and whether or
not his obligations were discharged at
maturity. Thus it was that men who
were disposed to take undue advan-
tage of a creditor and pursue a policy
not strictly in accordance with honest
teachings were rated as good credit
risks merely because they had suffi-
cient capital and did not permit bills
to become delinquent.

During the past decade a change
has been taking place. Capital is still
the first consideration, but enquirers
ask not to the time when
bills are paid but as to how they are
paid. Are they paid in full,
the merchant make deductions to
which he not entitled?

only as

or does
he

is Does

i; make demand for allowances not due

 

him? Does he abide by the terms of
contract? Does he deduct discounts
after the discount period has passed?
Does he remit local checks on which
heavy collection charges
ed against the payee? Year by year
the to enquire into the
dealer’s reputation on these points is
growing. To be a good credit risk
he must be right in these respects.
Wholesale factors realize that their
best interests require them to
and obtain information to and from
each other and this sort of reciprocity
is growing in popularity. The dealer
who has dealt unfairly with any of
his creditors generally

are assess-

disposition

give

becomes

almost impossible to be- |

It does
not always follow that credit is ac-
tually withheld from him, although
that happens to some well-rated men,
but to be watched means to be re-
quired to pay top prices; to be charg-
ed prices that will in some measure
the unjust if any
made. It means ignored
within the of the
creditor to put some of his customers
"on the floor.” And,
stated, it sometimes means the
tion of
ied by

absorb deductions

are to be

when it is power

ground as
rejec-
his orders unless accompan-
than
to conduct one’s business in
strictly and to com-

ply with the provisions of a contract

cash. It pays now more

ever a
honest manner
when not in conflict with one’s statu-

tory rights’—-Farm Implement News.

a
A Pointer From “The Simple Life.”

viive! been) reading the Simple
Lite, ~ said a man who employs a

“and I’ve been
what Pas-

good many other men,

by

impressed particularly
tor Wagner

ter of responsibility for repairing the
I j g

says about the little mat-

neglect of
his words: ‘Chil-
Coy: | of did) not
throw that object down, and I shall
pick it And the
part of men reason in the same way.
That is logical. But it is not the sort
of that turns “the world.”’

“And the
few remarks

damage done by the

ethers. These are

dren indignantly

not up!” greater

logic

pastor might have added
about clerks such
employed in my day, if he'd
known about them. It’s

failing to hold the notion that,

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10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

- Piles-Fistulae Cured

 

 

 

 

 

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Without Chloroform, Knife or Pain

 

In Bed For Three Months Before Coming
For Treatment.

Dr. Willard M. Burleson,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Dear Doctor:—

1 suffered with protruding and bleed-

ing piles between 15 and 20 years. For
the last eight years I followed railroad
office work and I thought they would

not bother me at that kind of work, but
I found it made no difference. Every
time I would ask a doctor about it all
the satisfaction I could get would be
that I would have to get them cut out,
and as that was a dread to me, I kept
letting them go and all the time I got
worse. Last October I was taken down
with them and could not walk. At last
about the first of January I had to go
to bed and they kept me there until
March seventh. During this time I suf-
fered everything and tried all the pat-
ent medicines ever heard of with no re-
lief. On March 7th I went to Grand
Rapids and saw Dr. Burleson. Upon ex-
amination he found that I had two large
ulcers. He treated me without pain and
cured me. To say that I was grateful to
him is putting it mild. It is a pleasure
to go to his office, as his method is pain-
less and he is a gentleman in every re-
spect. His charges are very reasonable
and he wants no pay until cured. I
have been working on a farm all summer
and have not tried to protect myself in

the least and can safely say, “I am
cured.” :
To anyone who has the piles, let me

urge you to go to Dr. Burleson, as there
is no use in wasting time and money
on medicines. I am,
Yours truly,
J. E. HARTER,
me Fe tf
Shelby, Mich., 1904.

Sept. 19,

 

On
For

His Way to Have Them Cut Out.
the benefit of anyone suffering
from piles, I would like to recommend
Dr. Burleson’s New Painless Dissolvent
Treatment being sure, quick, cheap
and practically painless. In fact, every-
thing he claims for it.

I had suffered with piles for a number
of years, and as my work (that of dray-
m2n) was rather hard, thev caused me
much inconvenience, becoming so painful
at last that I started for Ann Arbor to
be operated on, but was advised by a
friend to stop in Grand Rapids and see
Dr. Burleson. I did so and have been
thankful a thousand times that I did. I
was rather skeptical at first, the thing
seemed so simple that I could not be-
lieve the cure could be permanent. Sut
it is. I was operated on early in March,
the time consumed not being over an
hour and the operation being practically
painless, and came home and went to
work. My work was unusually hard the
first few days and I noticed a slizht re-
turn of the old trouble and went back.
(Let me say right here that the doctor
had explained to me that I might have to
take a second treatment.) The second
operation did not occupy more than ten
minutes and I have never felt a trace of
the old trouble since. As that was six
months ago and I have been lifting hard
and working in all positions and on a
wagon from 12 to 15 hours every working
day since, I am now positive the cure
is permanent, and can heartily reeom-
mend it to anyone suffering from piles.

as

In addition I would like to say that
a patient receives most kindly and
courteous treatment and that the cost

is very little compared with the bene-
fit one receives.
Yours very truly,
MARK CRAW,
254 Washington St.

Oct. 1. 1904. Traverse City, Mich.
Suffered 14 Years; Cured in 2 Treat-
ments.

Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 10, 1904.

Dr. Willard M. Burleson, City:

Dear Doctor—During the winter of
1890, I was taken with slight hemor-
rhoids, which were, I believe. only ag-
gravated by the use of the so-called
drug store pile cures, at any rate they
continued to grow worse untii I was

in such condition that it was impossible
to get a good night’s rest. With some
degree of suspicion I finally decided as a
last resort to try your treatment, and I
am now happy to: state that after two
treatments, I believe my case to be
cured. All suffering from hemorrhoids
of any form can, I confidently believe, be
cured by your method. Yours truly.

A. GREEN,
Engineer Dep’t G. R. & I. Ry.

| Sept. 10, 1904.

|Family Physician Did Not Want Her to |

Come.
Vermontville, Mich., Sept. 18, 1904.
Willard M. Burleson, |
Grand Rapids, Mich. |
Dear Doctor:— |

I am only too glad to do anything I}
for you to show my gratitude for |
the great benefit you have brought me |
and to bring others suffering as I was
to receive the same relief.

I have suffered with piles for about |
eight years and have at intervals of a
week or ten days been unable to leave |
my bed, and suffered intensely. With-
out exaggeration I have used at least 50
boxes of ‘‘Pyramid Pile Cure,’’ as well
as numerous other ‘‘cure-alls,’” without
-eceiving permanent relief. At last there
was no relief for me except through an
operation. I had often seen your adver-
tisement and in fact had written you and |
received one of your little books of testi-
monials, ete., but your claims and cures
seemed so impossible that I could hardly |
credit it. My brother, however, who}
was away from home and was sent for, |
being obliged to wait in Grand Rapids |
for some time, improved the opportunity |
to call on you, and was very favorably
impressed by you and came home with |
the determination that I go to you for |
treatment immediately. Therefore, on}
the first of May, last, against the advice
of my physician and all my friends I
went to Grand Rapids and took the first |
of 19 daily treatments. The relief was
immediate, as from the first I did not
suffer one-half what I had _ suffered
nearly every hour of the_ three weeks |
preceding, and from the fifth treatment |
on I felt more comfortable than I had
for the greater part of the time in eight
years, and far from being painful, the
treatments were actually soothing. I
have had no recurrences of the trouble

Dr.

ean

Dr.

Bad Case Cured in Two Treatments.
Ionia, Mich., Oct. 20, 1904.
Willard M. Burleson,
Grand Rapids. Mich.
My Dear Sir:
With reference to

of my family was afflicted with a very
severe case of protruding piles for a

|number of years and suffered intensely. |
| All kinds of medicine and several doc-

tors were tried, but to no avail. We
heard of your good work in curing such
eases, and without the administration of
anaesthetics, and we decided we would
try your new painless dissolvent treat-
ment. This was done with some mis-
givings, but we are now very thankful

that we did, for after two of your treat- | oe I
gone and the}

are all

ments the piles
health than before

patient is in better
in vears. :
I never lose an opportunity to speak

a good word for you and your treat- |

ment, and will gladly answer any IMm-

quiry. Yours very truly, :
HERBERT W. EVEREST.

Could Not Walk.
Dr. Willerd M. Bvrrleson,
Grand Rapids, Mich.,
Dear Doctor:—

Words cannot express my appreciation
of your kindness to me, and your skill
in treating me for piles. I had been
troubled for 12 years and for the past
few years had suffered all the time. I
2ould not work or even walk without my
piles coming out. I had driven team for
the past few winters and many a day
when the weather was below zero I had
to lie on my load, face down, in order
to keep .e piles inside. Although I
suffered much from the cold and nearly
froze te death many times. I chose it
as the lesser of the two evils, for when

 

EVERY CASE
CURED

|
since and from my own experience as |
well as personal observation. of other |
eases far worse than mine, I am_thor-

oughly convinced that you can do all |
you claim, while the extreme _ reason- |
ableness of your terms is sufficient to |

convinee anyone that you are working
to relieve the sufferings of humanity
and not to become a “Croesus.” and no
one need hesitate on account of lack of
funds.

I would most heartily advise anyone
suffering with piles to go to you for
treatment immediately and it will be a
pleasure to me to give the particulars
of my ease and answer any inquiries of
anyone desiring information. I am,

Yours most sincerely,
MRS. MYRAH C. BENNETT.

Piles 20 Years; Cured in One Treatment.

Dr. Willard M. Burleson,
Grand Rapids, Mich. |

Dear Doctor:— |
I cannot thank you enough for what |
you have done for me. suffered for |
twenty years with the protruding and |
bleeding piles. I was in misery all the |
time and could hardly work, but I am |
thankful to say that I am now well and
you cured me in one painless treatment. |
I am always pleased to relate my ex-
perience to other sufferers with piles.
I had spent hundreds of dollars for med-
icines and with other doctors, but got
no relief. I would not take a thousand
dollars and be back in the condition I

Wishing you success in your good work,
I am. Yours truly,
WM

BERG,
Grand Haven, Mich., R. F. D.

| it made me very weak.

| De.

{I spent some time

|
j
|
|
was before coming to you.

| Oct. 7.

the piles were out they pained me so I
could not stand it, and bled so much that
I had not gone
home from my work a night in years
without blood in my shoes from the in-
fernal piles. No one who has not had
these cursed things can realize what I
suffered.

When I went to you, you examined
me and told me that you could cure my
case, and I am glad to say that you had
no trouble in keeping your word. I have
regained my health and can now do more
work than I could before in years. I feel
very thankful to you for your kind treat-
ment and gladly recommend you to all
sufferers of rectal trouble. I a3,

Your friend
HOMER MIULI.ER,
Sherman City, Mich.

Oct. i, 1902

 

Piles Have No Terrors For Him.
Willard M. Burleson,
Grand Rapids, Mich.,
Dear Doctor:—
The piles have no more terrors for me.

I know where I can get relief if they |

ever return. I am_ beginning to feel
what it is to be a well man again, thanks

; to you and your method.

I have had a very pleasant summer.
D in Detroit and St.
Louis and now I am teaching in the
little village of New Era.

It will be a pleasure to speak a good
word for you whenever possible. I have
great faith in your method and I know

what you say you will do. I am,
Very respectfully yours.
RED KERR,

Shelby, Mich.

your treatment for
rectal diseases, will say that a member |

i twice by

| way

y | form of piles) whi
that you are just what you represent | Conuvaien a ee.
yourself to be and that you will do|

|
| Nervous Wreck Cured in One Treatment.

GOODRICH & STANLEY,
| Manufacturers of Cement Blocks
Brick.
Traverse City, Mich., Sept. 24, 1904.
Dr. Willard M. Burleson,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Dear Sir and Friend:—

I had suffered with bleeding and pro-
truding piles for 20 years and they grew
worse all the time, was operated on
injecting the tumors, which
almost took my life. Used all kinds of
ointments and suppositories to no effect.
My nerves became so wrecked that I was
obliged to go out of business. In some
{ saw Dr. Burleson’s advertisement
and decided to try once more to get re-
did not expect to get cured.
But I was cured with one treatment and
have been able to do any kind of hard
work since. I would advise any sufferer
from piles to go at once and see Dr.
Burleson and not spend your money as
I did for salves and on quacks. I will
gladly answer any questions of anyone
writing me, for I know that Dr. Burle-
son can cure you.

Yours respectfully,
E. STANLEY,
1159 W. Front st.

and

Swindied By a Quack.

Rockford, Mich., Gt: F: D. 23.) Oct. 10.
Dr. Willard M. Burleson,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Dear Doctor:—
For years I was a sufferer from pro-
truding piles, which caused me no end
of suffering and often incapacitated me

from doing my work. I tried to find
some medicine that would cure me, but
failed. Several years ago I was treated

by a specialist in your city, but he only
took my money and did me no good. It
took me some time before I realized that
I had run up against quack, and then
Ll qu. This ce pera made me sus-
vicious -and I was slow to try it again,
but I was finally driven to do something
and knowing of some cases that you had
cured, decided to go to you. You cured
me with the greatest ease and I never
had a bit of protrusion after the first
treatment.

I have recommended you to a num-
ber of my friends and you have cured
all of them as easily as you cured me.

Refer anybody to me, it always gives
me pleasure to say a good word for you.

Gratefully,
FRED ZIMMERMAN.

Cured in One Treatment Without Pain.

Pastor’s Study, M. E. Church.
Charles Hayward, Pastor.
Beaverton, Mich., Oct. 11, 1904.

Dr. Willard M. Burleson,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
My Dear Dr. Burleson:—

1 can cheerfully add my testimonial to
your list. You accomplished all you
claimed to do in my case. Really, I
felt that I must take time and see for
myself whether your work was a suc-
cess, but I must confess that I cannot
ses any signs of returning trouble. For
years I was afflicted with protruding and
bleeding piles, also a prolapse and you
cured me in one painless treatment by
your New Painless Dissolvent Method
You are welcome to use my name in
any capacity in which it will do good.

I am gratefully yours,
REV. CHAS. HAYWARD.

Protruding Piles Cured.
Dr Willard M. Burleson cured my wife
of a very bad case of protruding piles.

| Tie treatment was painless and caused
| her no apparent discomfort.

I hope to be able to convince many suf-
ferers of his great success.
> M. JENSEN,

Greenville, Mich.

| October 1, 1904.

Bad Ulcer Cured.

Dr Willard M. Burleson cured me of
a very painful Rectal Ulcer, and I am
pleased to recommend his treatment tc
others . E. PORR,
Oct. 21, 1904. Albion, Mich.

Fistulae Easily Cured.
Sebewaing, Mich., Sept. 16. 190+.
This is to certify that I was afflicted
about one year ago with a fistula (a
be more and
more aggravating, so that last spring I
consulted Dr. Burleson and consented to

| treatment, which has given me very sat-
|

| isfactory results and I gladly recom-
mend him to those persons similarly
afflicted, RICHARD MARTINI.

 

 

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MICHIGAN

11

 

Bad Case of Prolapsus Cured.

Chatsworth, Ill., Sept. 19, 1904.
Dr. Willard M. Burleson,

Grand Rapids, Mich.
Dear Doctor:—

In consideration of the lifelong bene-
fits I have received at your hands, I
deem it no more than human gratitude
to write thanking you for the services
you have rendered me, and trust you
may be able to use this letter in a man-
ner that will enable others who are suf-
ferers as I was to secure a lasting cure
as you have accomplished in my case.

I suffered for upwards of thirty years
with hemorrhoids and _ prolapsus, and
trying suppositories and lotions of all
kinds, and being treated by doctors and
receiving no permanent benefits, my state
of health had become almost unbearable
from intense suffering and loss of blood.
I was unfitted for business of any kind
on account of the nervous condition into
which the pain and inconvenience I had
suffered had gotten me. Through the
kindness of a mutual friend I learned of
you and your unparalled success in the
treatment of rectal troubles. On - the
seventh day of April I managed to get
to your office in Grand Rapids. The fol-
lowing day you operated upon me. Ten
days later you performed a second opera-
tion, and within a month after the time
of the first operation I returned to my
home in Chatsworth, cured of the ter-
rible trouble which had made the greater
part of my life almost a burden to me.

I am happy to be able to add that the
cure is a permanent one and do not be-
lieve that I will ever again be annoyed
by the old trouble.

During the time I was under treat-
ment by you, I met and conversed with
numerous patients who said they were
suffering with complaints of a nature
similar to mine, and for whom you ef-
fected a cure in much less time than
you -took to cure me. But after the
years of suffering which I endured, I
consider the month I spent under your
care to be the ‘‘best spent’? month of
my entire life, as I am now enjoying a
state of health and freedom from pain
and inconvenience formerly unknown to
me.

You are at liberty to use this letter
in any manner you may desire towards
letting others know of the wonderful
cure you have accomplished for me, and
I will gladly refer any ‘‘Doubting Thom-
ases’? to innumerable of my personal
friends who are familiar with the facts
regarding the cure you accomplished for
me. Yours truly,

JAMES A. SMITH.

 

Piles 10 Years Cured in 60 Minutes.

I was a sufferer for more than 10 years
with a very bad case of protruding,
bleeding piles. I tried many of the so-
called remedies, but received little if
any benefit from them. I was told by
several physicians that the only way I
could get relief was by an operation. and
even then they would not guarantee a
cure. About two months ago [| was
obliged to quit work and go to bed,
calling in the family physician, who rec-
ommended Dr. Burleson. I took his ad-
vice. and I am well and strong again.
Dr. Burleson cured me completely with
one treatment, and no one, except he
who has suffered in the same way, knows
what a relief it is to be free from this
painful and aggravating disease.

I gladly recommend Dr. Burleson and
will gladly answer any letters of in-
quiry that may be addressed to me.

Ss G PERCE.
October 1, 1904. Alma, Mich.

Piles Many Years; Cured in One Treat-

ment.
Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 17, 1904.
Dr. Willard M. Burleson,

Grand Rapids, Mich.
Dear Doctor:—

I was afflicted with protruding piles
for many years—so much so that I had
great difficulty at times about doing my
work. I tried numerous remedies, but
nothing helped me permanently until I
went to you, more than a year ago.

I cheerfully recommend your painless
method of treatment. It has done won-
ders for me. Shall always feel grateful
to you for the benefit received. Wish-
ing you success and again thanking you,
I am,

Yours very truly,
MRS. C. S. FORD,
432 Western Ave.
(Formerly of Cedar Springs, Mich.)

 

 

Willard M. Burleson, M. D.

Rectal Specialist.

Originator of the New Painless Dissolv-
ent Method of Treatment for the Cure
of Piles and all other Diseases of the
Rectum.

103 Monroe St.

 

Charges and Terms

My charges are always reasonable and
are for a complete, permanent and guar-
anteed cure. The exact amount can
only be determined upon a complete ex-
amination. Any person who is not pre-
pared to pay the entire fee at once will
be allowed to make payment as his con-

TRADESMAN

Don’t ask some one who knows no |
more about it than you do. Don’t ask |
some doctor who is trying to get you |
to submit to the knife. He is all one-
sided and can see nothing but the knife
and a small prospective fee. The ex-|
perience of A. J. White, as told in his
testimonial, is a good illustration of

sensible person could do—come to me
and was cured without submitting to a
barbarious surgical operation.

Any person who investigates honestly
and carefully would not think of submit-
ting tc any other method of treatment.

 

Guarantee

| guarantee to cure piles and all other
diseases of the rectum or accept no pay
for my services. Any person who doubts
my ability to cure need not pay one cent

until satisfied that | have done all 1!
claimed. IF FAIL THERE WILL BE
NO CHARGE. ! REQUIRE NO DE-
POSIT OR WRITTEN CONTRACT.
Write and ask any of the people whose

is not good.

again free of charge.

THE AMERICAN AUTHORITY

Matters of Sanitation and Hygiene.

 

BUSINESS OFFICE, 263-209 DEARBORN ST., CHICAGO.

 

venience permits.

Any person who Is too poor to pay will
be cured absolutely free of charge and
will receive as careful attention as though
he paid the largest fee. .| want no person
to be kept from the benefits of my won-
derful discovery for financial reasons.

Write any of the people whose testi-
monials appear here and ask them if
they were satisfied with my charges and
terms.

 

The Method

I cure Piles by a NEW PAINLESS
DISSOLVENT METHOD, which is my
own discovery, no other person using it
or knowing what it is. No hazardous
operation of any kind is employed and
no knife or chloroform used. Many bad
eases are cured in one painless treat-
ment and few cases require more than
two weeks for a complete cure. The
PATIENT CAN ATTEND TO BUSINESS
DURING THE COURSE OF TREAT-
MENT.

I have a booklet explaining my method
more fully than I can explain it here,
and I am pleased to send this booklet to
anyone who will ask for it.

Any sufferer solicitous for his own wel-
fare would not think of submitting to
any other method of treatment, after
investigating my Painless Dissolvent
Method for the cure of Piles and all
other Diseases of the Rectum.

SEND FOR BOOKLET. IT CONTAINS
MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION.

How to Find Out

Ask some one who knows, some ona
who has been cured, some one who has
tried everything else without relief. Write
to any of the people whose testimonials
appear here. They will tell you truth-
fully of their experience and _ without

 

 

prejudice.

 

The Chicago Journal of Health seeks the advertis-
ing of reliable houses only, and asks that prompt no-
tice be given by any reader who has cause for com-
plaint against an advertiser, that the matter may be
investigated ‘and the advertisement discontinued,
should the advertiser be proved untrustworthy.

 

Scmscurrrion Ratas: $5.00 rsx yearn or U. 8
£i 2s. mr Evrops.

 

WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR.

An Editorial Report Made From the Vantage Ground
of Absolute Independence for the Protection of tle
Public,

BY G. A. WARNER, M. D.
{Copyrighted 1904, by A. F. Leopold.)

“All roads lead to Rome.” This was true in the
time cf the Roman Empire. Rome was the center
of civilization and all roads led to it. But we are
living in the time of American civilization and we
live tar differently from what they did in the Roman
times. Competition is greater; the strain of life is
more intense ; social demands are more exacting and
household cares are more trying, and from out of it
all we find that all roads of modern existence lead
but to one end.

While the fiat of life is inexorable, and from ulti-
mate death there is no escape, many a one is sleep-
ing the long sleep under the leaves to-day, who
would have been well and healthy had they consulted
some reputable specialist, in chronic diseases, be-
fore the hour when the final breakdown came. Thou-
sands of brave men and fair women are dying to-dav
even here in Grand Rapids, who longed for life and
yet did not enjoy it, and over the graves soon can be
written the words: “Died Because They Had a Pre-
judice Against Consulting a Specialist.”

In medicine, as in everything else, it is the special-
ist who devotes his time, his energy, his intelligence
and his skill to the study and cure of certain dis-
eases; who applying to their treatment all the new
remedies, appliances and apparatus, begotten of the
progress of the age, who succeeds, and whose cures
of cases, given up by the family physician, border on
the miraculous. All this being true, the Chicago
Journal of Health offers no excuse for introducing
to its thousands of readers the eminent medical ex-
pert, Dr. Willard M. Burleson. That he is master
of his profession is universally admitted. Having
had years of training and experience in the greatest
hospitals of the world, besides being a graduate of
medical coileges of unquestioned authority. In his
extended and successful treatment of piles, the repu-
tation he enjoys, not only with his brethren of the

 

rofession in Grand Rapids, is as flattering as it is

this. He investigated for himself, how- |
ever, and then did the only thing any}

testimonials appear here If my guarantee |
if your trouble ever returns |
after | cure you, | guarantee to cure you | 4 1

| is conclusive proof that they are faking.

 

CHICAGO JOURNAL OF HEALTH

Testimonials and References

I have hundreds of cther testimonials
of cured patients which I have not room
to publish here. I can also refer you to
many prominent people who have known
me for years.

[I would say for the benefit uf out-of-
town people that I am a permanent resi-
dent of Grard Rapids and have practiced
m*dicine in this city for vears.

The enormous practice I enjov is con-
clusive proof of my success

 

Beware of Fakes

Every successful institution and method
have their imitators, and mine is no ex-
ception to the rule. Every day I hear of
quacks, and even doctors of some merit
right in this city, claiming that they have
my method and can apply it just as
successfully as I can

"hese claims are al! false, as I have
never instructed anyone in my method
and | am the only person who has ever
successfully applied electricity in the cure
of rectal diseases.

Mhe best proof I have to offer of the
above statements is the results obtained
by these imposters. They either get no
results at all or nearly kill the patient.

From one to three treatments by my
method is all that is necessary to cure
a case of piles. If they cannot complete
cure in this number of treatments, it

  
 
     

   

Dr. Burleson is Editoriaily Praised

In a Leading Medical Journal on the Merits of His Work.

AUGUST 23 1994.

well deserved. Dr. Burleson has probably treated a
greater number of patients during his residence here
than were ever before treated by any one physician.
His success has been phenomenal, but richly merited.

The thoreugh knowledge of anatomy and thera-
peutics possessed by Mr. Burleson, acquired through
his practical experience in the great hospitals of the
world, enables him to diagnose and treat piies with
greater success than those who profess to, but do not
possess the foregoing qualities.

In the interest of suffering humanity, this editorial
is written. It is not a paid advertisement; in fact,
Dr. Burleson was not even consulted before this was
written. What we have said here has been called
forth from a personal knowledge of the greatness of
his skill and ability, and on inclination to benefit the
thousands of our readers, who may desire to enjoy
perfect health and the blessings of life.

 

SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE CHICAGO JOURNAL
OF HEALTH.

During the ten years of its existence this publica-
tion has at all times adhered to its early declaration
that the editorial columns of a newspaper belong ex-
clusively to its readers, and that it is an imposition
upon the rights of subscribers to permit advertise-
ments or paid matter to appear in such a way that
deception is practived upon those who receive such
statements as coming from the editorial department.
Our advertising columns are open to all legitimate
concerns. Such space is for sale and may be ob-
tained for the purpose of advancing the interests of
any reliable product. Upon the other hand, we have
no space for sale in our reading columns, and all
suggestions contained therein reflect our unbiased
and candid opinions made after thorough investiga-
tion, and may be implicitly relied upon. At no time
have paid puffs or “write ups” been admitted to the
editorial columns of the Chicago Journal of Health.

 

WORTH TRYING.

Try swallowing saliva when troubled with sour
stomach.

Try taking your cod-liver oil in tomato sauce if
you want to make it palatable.

If the air of the cellar is damp it may be thor-
oughly dried by placing’in it a peck of fresh lime
in an open box. A peck of lime will absorb about
seven pounds, or more than three quarts, of water,
and in this way a cellar may soon be dried, even in
the hottest weather.

 

Unbiased Advice.

Readers may rely implicitly upon the fairness of
these reports, as paid advertisements are not al-
lowed entrance in the reading columns. All sug-
gestions made are based upon facts and not upon
the selfish interests of anyone.

 

Try buttermilk for removal of freckles, tan, and
butternut stains.

Dr. Willard M. Burleson

Rectal Specialist

103 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

 

Observations of a Gotham Egg Man.
The month of November showed
a considerable shortage of egg re-
ceipts at the leading markets, com-
pared with the very moderate arriv-
als for November, 1903, as follows:

 

1904. 1903.
mew PORK ooo cl. $23,720 121,016
Reber ooo 73,573 80,866
Resbee fee 45,067 . 51,671
Peuseeiptia. 2.2... |. 38,868 68,946
Uetats 2222... .) Bae a28 333/300

The Philadelphia receipts last year
were partly estimated and were, lat-
er, found to have been overstated;
but even if the decrease there has
been no greater in proportion than
in the other markets there is a very
considerable reduction which no one
could reasonably have anticipated.

There seems to have been a very |

good consumptive demand for eggs
in all parts of the country and, so
far as fresh production is concern-
ed, the demands at interior cities have
absorbed so much of the stock as to
leave but a small amount for ship-
ment to the seaboard markets. The
scarcity of fresh gods has opened

ator eggs, and although the output
from September 1 to October 15 was

very small we think the rate of move- |
ment from the latter date to the|
present time has never before been |

equaled in the same length of time.

Present information indicates that
the November output of
stocks in Chicago, New York, Bos-
ton and Philadelphia will amount to
no less than about 40 per cent. of
the stock on hand Oct. 31, and the
total remaining stock in these four

markets has therefore been reduced |

to about 650,000 cases.

The remarkably rapid movement of
refrigerator eggs during the past six
weeks has put a much brighter face
on the storage situation than it had
before the extremely small scale of
receipts was developed. It is now
evident that if the December output
of storage goods should equal that of
Novembet the total holdings to car-
ry into 1905, although liberal, would
not be excessive.

It is to be remembered that, apart
from the possible influence of ex-
treme cold weather, we are now at
about the lowest point of egg pro-
duction; also that there are plenty of
storage goods to supply the present
liberal rate of consumption up to

the time when, with moderate weath- |
er, the production of eggs in the|

South and Southwest would increase
materially. The

less encouraged by a lower level of
prices, so that on the present basis
of values we can hardly expect as

heavy an output of refrigerator eggs |

during December as we enjoyed dur-
ing November.
The future of the market depends

storage |

consumptive re-|
quirements are usually somewhat less |
in December than in November, un- |

chiefly upon the weather conditions
|at this season; and while the quanti-
‘ty of refrigerator eggs to be car-
‘ried into the period of greatest un-
certainty will evidently be less than
| was considered probable earlier in
the season, it is certainly enough to
last until there is a reasonable ex-
pectation of getting fair supplies of
new.

Considerable interest is now being
centered in the South, whence the

first increase in collections of fresh}

eggs is naturally expected. Texas
is shipping a few scattering lots this

way, but so far they have proven|

of poor average quality and evidently

consist largely of stale goods. It is|
|nearly time, however, for some in-|

| crease in the lay of eggs in Texas

and the production of that State is|

likely to be a factor of considerable |

importance in another month.

There is evidently a moderate pro- |
duction in Tennessee and Kentucky, |
for while the eggs from that sec-|
|tion are more or less badly mixed}

/some of them are beginning to show
|a fair proportion of new stock. But

no material increase can be expected |
from that section, or from _ other |
Southwestern points, until the holi- |
days, and then only if weather con-|

| ditions are fairly favorable in the|

| meantime.

As the season approaches when the |

1 id ces fri | Northern markets naturally depend |
an unusually wide outlet for refriger- | :
<p emmeucees : Set! more and more upon receipts from |

| Southern States it will be well for |
| Southern collectors to cater to the|

their eggs up in shape to meet the
|; wants of the better classes of trade.

requirements of our buyers and put}

| It will pay to candle the collections |

| before shipment, keeping the first
grade free from very weak, watery,
and badly shrunken eggs, as well as

so pay to use good, new No. 2 cases

from very small and dirty; it will al- |

|and pack with care. If this is done|

view.
0
Failures in Business.

| many failures, because there are too
on price than on quality, and there-

ers. They do not seem to grasp the
fact that, unless the food sold gives

shattered and the customer does not
cess.

The first feature that strikes the
observer in many cases is the untid-

 

|ance of which is far from being sug-
| gestive of that absolute cleanliness
which is necessary if a purveyor of
food products is to enjoy the confi-

serve. An untidy store may have

|on its shelves the very highest grade

Inferior goods are responsible for |

iness of the small store, the appear- |

|there should be no difficulty in get- |
ting top prices—N. Y. Produce Re-|

many retailers who put more Stress |

fore lose the confidence of consum- |

the buyer satisfaction, confidence is |

become a “repeater,” and it is repeat- |
ers that a store needs to win suc-|

No Market
Excels
Buffalo

Collect.

Predict fancy Turkeys 20-22, Chix 13

BAT

 

14, Dux 15 16, Fowls 11-12, Geese 13-14. Wire Third Nat. Bank.
TERSON & CO. A Poultry House.

 

 

 

Fresh Eggs Wanted

Will pay highest price F. O. B. your station. Cases returnable.

C. 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.

 

 

Butter, Eggs and Cheese

Consignments solicited.
Highest Market Prices and Prompt Returns.

HENRY FREUDENBERG

104 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Citizens Telephone, 6948; Bell, 443
Refer bv Permission to Peoples Savings Bank.

 

 

 

EGGS

 

 

We are the largest distributors of eggs in this

part of the country. We can handle all the

eggs you will ship us.

pers to send us any amount every week.
Write us.

L. O. SNEDECOR & SON, Egg Receivers

36 Harrison St., New York

We want regular ship-

 

 

 

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 inv
| 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,

Potatoes, Beans and Onions

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.

 

 

A. J. Witzig

REA & WITZIG

PRODUCE COMMISSION
104-106 West Market St., Buffalo, N. Y.

We solicit consignments of Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Live and Dressed Poultry,

|

Beans and Potatoes.

Correct and prompt returns.
REFERENCES

| Marine National Bank, Commercial Agents, Express Companies Trade Papers and Hundreds of

dence of the people he _ seeks to/!

|of goods, but the general untidiness |
iis a libel on the stock and under-|
mines faith in the store service. That |

| lost, success can not be attained.—
| American Grocer.

| >.

A wise man swallows his tongue.

j
|

|

hippers
Established 1873

oultry Shippers

I want track buyers for carlots,
every point in Michigan,

Would like to hear from shippers from

I also want local shipments from nearby points

by express, Can handle all the poultry shipped tome. Write or wire.

William Hindre, Grand ceage, michigan

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

  

13

 

 

 

Christmas Trims Adapted to Butch-
ers’ Windows.

“T see by the letters you show me
and the questions you ask that my
little talks seem to
tail butchers,” said the
window dressing expert. “I notice

that some of them ask me how I

but that’s an impossible proposition
without knowing the location of the
store, the size and shape of the win-
dows ‘and the character of the trade
catered to. Dealers should remem-
ber that these talks are only sug-
gestions, to be adopted or improved
I am perfectly will-
ing, however, to make special sugges-
For in-

upon by them.

tions for special displays.
stance, if anything big is going on
in a town, I shall be glad to do my
best to suggest a window appropriate
for the occasion.

my arrangement has to be

interest the re€-| the flue a goose or turkey too big |

Advocate’s |

which the sleigh should run can eas- |
ily be imitated with salt, and a snow |
Or he}

may be shown shoving a turkey in|

scene is always attractive.
each of a row of stockings hung over |
an easily made fireplace. A comic
window could be made by having a

wooden chimney, properly painted, of

| course, in the center of the window, ,
| with Santa Claus trying to push down |

for the purpose. In fact, there are|
any number of displays that could be |

: " : | arranged in a simple manner. A more |
would dress their particular windows. |

I would like to be able to tell them, |

lcara £E

But in every case |
adapt- |

ed to the particular window in which |

it is used. So, if your readers have a
fire parade or a carnival, or anything
else in their town, tell them to say
the word and I will try to help them
out with a display scheme.
suppose that, Thanksgiving
over, it is time to dig up a scheme
for Christmas There are
two kinds of displays of this charac-
ter. One is the exhibit arranged sev-

being

windows.

eral weeks before Christmas and con-
tinued without change until after that
holiday. For such a display in the
meat line, it would be necessary to
use imitation meats and poultry, as
it would not do to use the fresh
articles so long a time. Right here
I might that dealers will find
these property meats, etc., come in

say
mighty handy for window displays,
especially during the
it is a good scheme to buy them as
needed and put them away carefully
when a change of window puts them
temporarily out of business. <A per-
manent display of this kind can nat-
urally be made more elaborate than |
one which is only to last a few days.
The main feature of it should, of
course, be a figure of Santa Claus,
except in rare cases. I know children |
don't) buy meat as a tale, except}
when they are sent for it. But you |
get up a good Santa Claus window,

summer, and

 

and I will wager a box of Smokadoras | gf

against a bunch of Fumigatorettes |
that the youngsters of the town will

not alone see it themselves, but will! Butchers’ Advocate
C !

drag their mothers to your place to|
see it, too. Phats what 2 window |
display is for—-getting the mothers |
to look at your store. Having set-
tled on old Santa as the central fig-
ure, it remains to present him ina|
way that will draw attention to what |
you want to sell. For a sample dis- |
play he might be shown with several
turkeys slung across his back instead
of the usual bag. Or he may _ be
shown in a sleigh loaded up with
meats and poultry. The snow on

|

Well, 1 |

| window apparently full from top to
ithe light.

| pose.

elaborate show, which I think well

of, would be to have the window fix- |

ed up as a miniature butcher shop,

with Santa Claus in a long white |

apron acting as the butcher.
an exhibit is easily made and would
undoubtedly attract attention.

would have

Such |

For a|
something like |

one or more of the following verses, |

or any other jingles you can think of:

Christmas comes but once a year;
Eat and drink and have good cheer.
suy vour meat and poultry here;
Kat your fill and have no fear.

Peace on earth, good will to men.
Christmas time has come again.
Buy a turkey from this bunch,
Good for dinner, breakfast, linch.

In buying meats for Christmas day.
Listen to what we have to say:

No better in the town you'll find,
Or cheaper, either, bear in mind.
Santa Claus is a wise old cuss.

Ore day he says, says he to us:

The people of this town should eat
No other kind but your good meat.
for this week on Christ-

Next week I will try to give

So much
mas.
you some more.
ters the writer says he likes to bank
up his windows all right, but sucha

In one of. your let-|

display shuts off his light too much. |

That is true in most cases, and can |

not be avoided entirely.

However, [|

. . |
once saw.a window that I think could |
be used in the meat trade as a sub-|

stitute for the banking up.
roof of the window with
strong screw hooks—not screw eyes. |
Cut quite a number of fine strong |
cords—fishing best—and tie]
loop on the end of|
various |

line is
a good sized
Have the

Hang

each.
lengths.

strings of
each string by the}
loop to one of the books. Then tie |
poultry, hams, legs of lamb, etc., to th
ends of the strings, and you have a

bottom without shutting out all of
I would suggest that the |
strings be blackened for this pur-|
They are invisible at a short
distance, and are nearly so close up,
especially if shown against a dark|
background. The apparent suspen-|
sion in midair without visible means |
support should arouse the curiosi-

ty of the ladies, who, I am told,|
sometimes possess that attribute — |
—_>-2-—__ —

Do It Now!

When you've got a job to do,
Do it now!

If it's one you wish was through
Do it now;

If you’re sure the job’s your own,

You just tackle it alone;

Do not hem and haw and groan—
Do it now!

Don’t put off a bit of work,
Do it now!
For it never pays to shirk,
Do it now!
If you want to fill a place
And be useful to the race,
Just get up and take a brace—
Do it now!
Frank Farrington.

Fill the |
small but |

For fifteen years I have worked to build up a

Good
ichigan 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

I would like all the fresh, sweet dairy

      
        

butter of medium quality you have to

send.

E. F. DUDLEY, Owosso, Mich.

 

 

 

 

SUTTER

We can furnish you with

FANCY
FRESH-CHURNED
BUTTER
Put up in an odor-proof one pound
package. Write us for sample lot.

If you want nice eggs, write us. We
can supply you.

WASHINGTON BUTTER
AND EGG Co.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scientists Develop Oranges That

Will Withstand Cold.

Secretary

and he ate it with great satisfaction,
because it represented six years of
labor, care and_ cultivation.
“great freeze” of 1896 destroyed more
than half of the orange groves of
Florida and wiped out nearly half
the wealth of that State. It taught
a great lesson and convinced those
“who were in the fruit business that
the future prosperity depended upon
the discovery of an orange that could
endure cold weather. One of the
first official acts of Secretary Wilson,
when he came into the Agricultural
Department in
with Dr. Galloway, Chief of the Bu-

reau of Plant Industry, and instruct |

him to undertake the duty of finding
a frost-resistant. Experiments began
at once. The hopes of Secretary
Wilson and Dr. Galloway were based
upon the possibilities of a little,
hardy plant, a native of Japan, which
bears a worthless fruit, but has lots

of vitality and endurance, and _ is
used extensively throughout the!

North for hedges.
in any kind of soil and will survive
any amount of cold, and is familiar
as the Japanese orange, the mock
orange, the Trifoliata orange, and by
several other names.

The plant-breeders of the Agricul- |

the
orange
father,

tural Department took that as
mother and the sweet navel

of the Indian River as_ the

and sprinkled the pollen of one upon'|

the blossoms of the other. The re-
sult was a series of hybrids of many
variations and peculiarities.
the children were evergreen, like the
orange trees of Florida; others shed
their foliage in the fall like the Jap-
anese hedges. Some _ had

Some of

had no thorns at all. Some _ had
trifoliage leaves, while the leaves of
the others were round, oblong and
oval.

Between 25,000 and 30,000 seedlings |

were transplanted from the Washing-
ton propagating houses to the warm
soil of Florida, and in 1900, as soon
as they were large enough, the trees
were distributed throughout the Gulf
States and the Carolinas to test their
endurance of cold as low as zero. In
order to hasten their fruiting growing
trees were budded and grafted and
all of the tricks known to botanists
and nurserymen were resorted
Last year they began to bear fruit,

to.

and produced a great variety in size, |

shape, color, fiber and flavor. Near-
ly all of those so far produced are
palatable, but most of them are tart

and have a bitter tang resembling |

the Japanese pomelo more closely
than the American orange. The
pomelo resembles the grape fruit, and
is a great favorite on the breakfast
tables of Japan. Almost all of the

Wilson had a new kind of |
orange for his Thanksgiving dinner, |

The |

| young ‘trees wil be distributed
| of cost among the experimental sta- |

1897, was to confer |

It grows rapidly |

| that will be just

short |
thorns, some long thorns, and some |

!
| be suitable for marmalades and other
preserves, and among them two spec-

6 |imens were selected as the most val-

'uable and useful breakfast fruits.
They resemble the Japanese pomelo
ivery closely, and Secretary Wilson
jand Dr. Galloway are convinced that
| they will rapidly become popular and
| pay large profit to the growers.
These two new fruits have been
christened as “the Rusk” and “the
Willett,” in honor of the late Secre-
tary Rusk and the late Assistant Sec-
retary Willetts, of the Department
of Agriculture. Several thousand
free

tions, reliable nurserymen and com-

| petent fruit growers in the Southern

States, and it is expected that the
Rusk and the Willett will find their

way into the Northern markets ina |
|few years.
“They’re a go,” said Secretary Wil- |

son. “They can be grown in every

back yard south of the Ohio and Po- |
tomac Rivers, and will make an ex-|

cellent home fruit as well as an or-

chard fruit, and a popular foliage

plant as well as a money-getter.”
This fall more of the seedlings are

| fruiting, thus increasing still further

|the variety of the products of the}
union between the Japanese and the}
Indian River oranges. Among the
various freaks the officials of the;
Agricultural Department were de-|

lighted to find several large, luscious,
sweet oranges, full of juice and ofa
flavor equal to any that were ever

grown in Florida or the Western
States. Samples were received just
in time for Secretary Wilson’s
Thanksgiving dinner, and he re-

gards them as sufficiently important
to have been mentioned in the Presi-
dent’s Thanksgiving proclamation.
While the returns are not yet suf-
ficient to justify predictions, he i
convinced that the plant-breeders of
the Department have produced a sub-
stitute for the Indian River

1s

palatable and
tough enough to endure any frost
that may ever visit the Gulf States.
Samples have come from regions
where the ordinary Florida orange
could not possibly survive, and if the
convictions of Dr. Galloway and
assistants prove to be well founded
another valuable staple has been dis-

as

covered which will add to the wealth |
of all the states south of Mason and/|
The young trees have |

Dixon’s line.
already

which

endured four winters, in
the temperature

went as low as six degrees above

| zero, without suffering the slightest |
injury, and that will bring them with- |
in the reach of all the South Atlantic |

and Gulf States and the lower alti-
tudes of
Arkansas.

“When we cross different kinds of |
said Dr. Galloway, “the re- |

| Wilcox Brothers, Cadillac, Mich.

are |

| We are distributors for all kinds of FRUIT PACKAGES in large or
small quantities.
Also Receivers and Shippers of Fruits and Vegetables.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

plants,”
sult the same as will occur in
crossing different kinds of human be-
ings. No two men or women
alike; no two horses nor dogs are

is

alike; and there is just as great a va-|

|Tiety among plants. Our experience
lin the propagating gardens teaches
jus to expect most anything in hy-

fruit produced last year proved to | bridizing. Some of the results, and

orange

his |

frequently |

Tennessee, Kentucky and |

often most of them, are
worthless, and we are always thank-
useful and valuable. Hybridizing al-
marked individuality.

“Our orange experiments we con-
'sider remarkably successful. Only a
portion of our trees have fruited, and
we do not know what we shall get
when the returns are all in; but thus
far we have four distinct results that

usual economic value. In the first
place we have a tart and_ bitter
orange that is not suitable for the ta-

you ever tasted. Second, we have
a tart fruit with a beautiful flavor
| that is every bit as good as grape-
fruit, and will be quite popular for
table use. Third, we have a fruit as
isour as a lemon and full of juice of
equally good flavor, which will make
ia good substitute for the lemon
which is now imported from Sicily.
And, finally,
orange with as good a flavor as that
| produced on the banks of the Indian

River. and it can be grown anywhere
‘south of the thirty-fifth parallel. We
propose to distribute the trees as fast
as we can grow them, but it takes
several years for such fruit to ma-
;ture, and the public must have pa-
tience.”

The plant-breeders of the Agricul-
tural Department have produced still
another new fruit
which is sure to be popular and will
be distributed in the way. It
is the result of the marriage of the
pomelo of Japan and the tangerine
of Algiers. The fragrance of the
Mediterranean and the hardy vitality
|of the Northern Pacific Ocean have
met and the result is “the Tangelo,”
which has the flavor of the tangerine
and the size of the pomelo and can
be grown in any kind of soil and in
any climate where the temperature
does not go below zero.

The department is introducing the

 

for breakfast use,

same

mango tree from India and the Phil-
ippines and is trying to breed that
up to endure the climate of this |

entirely |
ful when we get hold of something |

ways produces freaks and plants of |
| hardier plant that can endure

are extremely gratifying and of un-|

le, but makes the best marmalade |

we have a sweet, juicy |

country. It is a delicious fruit, both
for table use and for preserving, but
it is now too delicate to survive our
frosty winters. It is hoped, however,
that it can be crossed with some
our
climate—-Wm. E. Curtis in Chicago
Record-Herald.
—_.-.——__

She is a foolish woman who calls
a spade a spade—if the spade ob-
jects.

 

 

MERCHANTS

We can sell out your stock or reduce same and

realize you
100 cents on the dollar.

We are the oldest and most accurate in this busi-
ness. Write for terms and particulars. Mention
size and kind of stock. We give reference with
each reply.

Cc. N. HARPER & COMPANY,
Room 606, 87 Washington St. Chicago, Il.

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.

IT PAYS TO SELL
GOOD GOODS!

Walter Baker & Co,’s
COCOAS

om AN D <a

CHOCOLATES

Are Absolutely Pure

therefore in conformity to the
Pure Food Laws of all the
States.

Grocers will find them in the
long run the most profitable
to handle.

 

 

 

 

TRADE-MARK

41 Highest Awards in
Europe and America.

 

Walter Baker & Co. Ltd.

ESTABLISHED 1780,

 

 

DORCHESTER, MASS.

 

 

 

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 them 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.

Standard Sizes

For Chickens
36x24x10, each....$ .55
42x26x12, each.... .65

For Turkeys

36x24x16, each....$ .65
42x26x16, cach.... .75

 

 

 

JOHN G. DOAN,
Bell Main 2270

Citizens 1881

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

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Special Features of the Grocery and
Produce Trade.

Special Correspondence

New York, Dec. 3—We are having
our first real snow storm. The weath-
er to date has been fine and the holi-
day spirit is in almost full blast.
Stores are crowded and _ everybody
seems to have money enough to meet
present requirements at least.

Lower grades of coffee this week
seem to occupied the major
of attention. Stocks of such
goods are said to be in comparatively
light supply and held in few hands,
so that it seems easy to control the
market. Aside from this there is
nothing much to note in the market.
Large receipts now looked for
at Rio and Santos and, accordingly,
speculators are keeping rather quiet.
In store and afloat there are 4,051,057
bags, against 2,281,409 bags at. the
a supply that
hardly warrants the hope of any im-
portant advance. The receipts of cof-
fee at Rio and Santos from July 1 to
Dec. I aggregate 6,983,000 _ bags,
against 7,367,000 bags during the
same time last year. Mild grades are
hardly as firmly sustained as a week
ago and buyers take only small quan-
tities. Sellers are not disposed to
make concessions, however, and good
Cucuta is still worth 9%c and good
average Bogotas tic. East
show little change and are firm.

Quietude prevails in the tea mar-
ket, as most of the attention is given
to goods of a holiday character. Sup-

have
share

are

 

same time last year

plies are ample for present require- |

ments and quotations are well  sus-
tained. About the same condition is
looked for during the remainder of
the year.

Hardly a bit of new business has
been the sugar trade and
not a great deal under old contracts.
Prices are very firm and the outlook
for some time ahead seems to be one
favor of higher quota-

done in

decidedly in
tions.

Quietude prevails in the rice trade
and, while prices seem to be quite
stable, they are on the low level that
has so long prevailed and there seems
to be little immediate prospect of im-
provement.

There has been a fair amount of
business done in spices during the
week: in fact, more activity than has
been shown for some time. Purchases
have not been very large in any case,
but there have been a good many of
them and, in the aggregate, they
amount to a handsome total. Quota-
tions are well sustained.

There is a firm and steady molasses
market. The market is well cleaned
up and sellers seem to be having mat-
ters their own way. The call is most-
ly for the better sorts, and low grade
goods, which were doing so well a
month ago, are biding their time—the
turn of the year. Syrups are steady
and firm.

Dried fruits are firm

and fancy

Indias |

stock for holiday demands is selling
freely at full quotations. Currants
are very firm, both for cleaned and
uncleaned.

There is a fairly legitimate amount
of business going forward in canned

ing very large amounts, as the time
of stocktaking is so close at hand.
Tomatoes are unsettled and goods
can be found at “any old price.”

 

will fetch full figures. Peas, string
| beans and other vegetables are quiet.
No special activity is looked for, al-
though some improvement may come
atfer the new year. Considerable
activity exists in the salmon market,
although orders generally are _ for
small quantities; in fact, no buyer is
taking a great amount of any kind of
goods.

Butter remains very firm and, with
lighter supplpies, the situation favors

There is a good call for grades from
21@23c and the market is_ pretty
closely sold up in lines of this charac-
ter. Imitation creamery, 16%4@20c;

1r6@i1g%e.

advanced.
and quotations are now on the basis
of 12c for full cream, small size; large
| sizes, 1214@12%4c.

| The supply of nearby, fresh gather-
led eggs is not nearly equal to the
demand and the 4oc mark has been
reached easily. Finest Western, 31@
32c, and average, 29/@30c.

2-2-2 __

| When Is a Cheese Not a Cheese?

 

propounded. Thus in Germany and
Scandinavia a cheese made from new
milk, half skimmed, quarter skim-
med or separator skimmed milk is a
cheese for a’ that. On the other
hand, in England when the word
cheese is used, it implies that it is
made from unskimmed_ milk,
and from a legal standpoint a cheese
made from skimmilk is not a cheese.
Although several cases (which went
against dealers in the lower courts
for selling as cheese half-skims with
only 14 to 15 per cent. fat) were re-
versed in the higher courts, the Dan-
ish dairy agent advises his country-
men not

new

to send any cheese with
less than 20 or 25 per cent. of fat, as
“cheese,” and he further says: “It
is not legal in England to sell a
cheese in the shape, appearance and
name of any kinds known in the mar-
ket with any appreciable less per-
centage of fat than customary for
that particular kind of cheese.”
“Skimmed milk cheese” must be sold
as such and so must “separated milk
cheese;” in short, these cheese are
not cheese, and must not be sold as

“cheese.” J. H. Monrad.
Ce a ct
Mary Managed It.
Mary had a little ring, ~
A solitaire, you know;
And everywhere that Mary went
The ring was sure to show.
i

Lots of people never get any bou-
quets thrown at them until the day
of the funeral.

 

goods and yet jobbers are not tak-|

Really desirable corn is wanted and |

the seller. Extra creamery, 26@
26%4c; seconds to firsts, 22@25'%c. |

The answer to this conundrum de- |
pends on the country in which it is}

 

Western factory, 16@17c; renovated, |

Cheese is fairly active and slightly |
There is a better demand |

 

 

Buyers and Shippers of

POTATFOES

in carlots. Write ortelephone us. |

H. ELMER MOSELEY & CO.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.)

 

PILES CURED

DR. WILLARD M. BURLESON
Rectal Specialist

 

 

 

103 Monroe Street Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

We Are Headquarters

for Sweet Potatoes, Cranberries, Figs, Nuts, Dates and Malaga Grapes.
Send your Thanksgiving order in early and avoid the rush.

The Vinkemulder Company

Grand Rapids, Mich.
Jobbers of Fruits and Produce

 

 

Shipments of

It would pay you to get our prices or telephone us at our expense.
Both Phones,

Lansing Cold Storage Co., Lansing, Mich.

 

 

WE ARE BUYERS OF

CLOVER SEED 4x» BEANS

Also in the

market for

Pop Corn, Buckwheat and Field Peas

If any to offer write us.

ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

WHOLESALE

Oysters

CAN

OR BULK

See our quotations in Grocery Price Current on page 45

DETTENTHALER MARKET, Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

TERPENELESS EXTRACT
FOOTE & JENKS’

    

Highest Grade Extracts.

 

FOOTE & JENKS

MAKERS OF PURE VANILLA EXTRACTS
AND OF THE GENUINE, ORIGINAL, SOLUBLE,

Sold only in botties bearing our address

JAXON [Foote & Jenks es eet a

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OF LEMON

  

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AND ALL KINDS FIELD SEEDS
Orders filled promptly

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Telephones, Citizens or Bell, 1217

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16

 

REASONS FOR SUCCESS.

Your Competitor May Be
Able to Win Trade.

You may find that your competitor
shows his goods to much better ad-
vantage, and more attractively than
you do, thus tempting customers. He
may be a better judge of human na-
ture.

Better

“You may be in a bad locality, not
in the current of traffic. It often-
times makes a great difference wheth-
er you are on the right side of the

street or not. The current of traffic

often changes from one side of a|

street to the other in an inexplicable
way.
that it often makes
side of the street worth almost dou-

This is such a powerful factor |
a store on one;

ble what it would be worth opposite. |
|derly; that you have a better class

It is easy to say that there is no

sense in this, but if you are a level-|
they are more polite and more ac-

headed business man you will take
things as they are. You will study
tendencies—facts, not theories.

Young merchants often make great |

mistakes in locating. They start out

with limited capital, and will often |

take stores on side streets

because |

they think the rent will be much less, |
| evidences of excellence and business |

and they reason that they will be
able to deflect the traffic and atrract

the tide of customers to their stores, |

but many a young merchant has met
his ruin in trying to draw trade out
of its natural channels.

vantage of the natural
trade or depend upon the tributaries
of the side streets and unfrequented
thoroughfares. A store right in the
current of traffic and on a
thoroughfare may be cheaper at $50,-
ooo rental than one at $3,000 two
blocks away on a side street. It may
be better for you to pay what seems

location.

You may not know the
power there is in an attractive
trance.
eral steps to enter your store it may
be a serious drawback. In some sec-
tions of one large city it has been

If patrons must ascend sev- |

It makes a}
great difference whether you take ad-|

| eral store managers, are succeeded by |
current of|

great

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

‘ter how unpleasant or how humiliat-
ing it may seem, may save you from
something worse.

One of the dangers to a large es-
tablishment comes from the fact that

the immense volume of business, the |
the |

vast number of employes and
infinite detail make it difficult to rec-
‘ognize the thousand and one enemies
which are indirectly undermining its
growth and healthy progress. By
ceaseless study of methods and com-

parison with your competitors you

will, however, be able to meet the |
situation, and putting your lessons in- |

to practice you will soon discover
that you are a more progressive mer-
chant. People will say that every-
thing has a more up-to-date appear-
ance about your store; that it is
neater, more attractive and more or-

of clerks than you used to have; that

commodating; that they are more in-

|clined to please; that there is evi-

dence of new blood in your business,

 

and they will wonder whether you |

have taken in new partners or new

capital, or gotten a new lease of life |

yourself, because all these things are

ability, and reputation for these will
bring you trade—Success.

——>--~
Recent Business Changes in the

Buckeye State.

Belle Valley—Hazard & Bass, gen- |

Hazard & Davidson.
Coaldale—German & Smith are to

continue the grocery business form-

erly conducted by Jesse German.
Dayton—Edward & Leo Focke are

to succeed Edward Focke, retail meat

dealer.

Heater,

Dayton—Samuel grocer,

: : | has discontinued business.
an enormous rent in the right loca- |

tion than to get rent free in a bad!

pulling
ci}

may keep away hundreds of custom- |

ers, since people do not like to climb be succeeded by Holdridge & Jud-

steps. Is your store badly lighted or
poorly ventilated? This has a great
deal to do with your patronage. |

pleasant place to visit and makes ex-

amining goods there easy and satis- |

f is i a a ery - | nln fie
St eee ot rey oe | C. A. Williams, dealer in bicycles and

| sewing machines.
There are a thousand and one rea- |

sons why a customer goes to one}

fective arrangement kills trade.

store and does not go to another. |

Make it a study to find out the rea-
sons, and you will be able to apply
the remedy needed in

your case.

Many a patient who has died might |
have averted the fatal disease if he had
had the courage to ask for a proper |

diagnosis by a specialist, but he did
not dare to. He was afraid that it
would be unfavorable, and _ that
knowledge of the fatal fact
kill him.
what the trouble is in your business,
a scientific diagnosis of what is caus-

would |
The actual knowledge of |

Dayton—Mrs. Anna Holme
sold her grocery stock.

has

Dayton—Frank Poffenberger, who |
formerly conducted a grocery store, |

has gone out of business.

Dayton—John Stengle & Co., fur-|

niture manufacturers, have reincor-
porated with a capital of $100,000 and

| will do business under the style of
found that even three or four steps | <i

The John Stengle Co.
Rudolph—J. M. Holdridge is to

son, who will carry a grocery stock.
Ashtabula—The creditors of the

 

: | Ideal Foundry Co. have filed -
Fverything that makes your store a| a . =

tition in bankruptcy.
Ashtabula
cy has been filed by the creditors of

 

Cleveland—The creditors of Philip
| Rogen, dealer in clothing and dry
goods, have filed a petition in bank-
| ruptcy.

Columbus—A petition in bankrupt-
cy has been filed by the creditors of
the merchants’ Premium Stamp Co.

Kent—The Phillips Canning &
| Pickling Company’s creditors have
filed a petition in bankruptcy.

Toledo—A receiver has been ap-
|plied for for the Turley
| Manufacturing Co.

<<
| Some men try to conceal the fact
|that they have been feminine easy-

ing the falling off of trade, no mat- | marks by jeering at woman.

 

A petition in bankrupt- |

Candy |

 

ESTABLISHED 1872.

Jennings’
Flavoring Extracts

  

Terpeneless Lemon

Mexican Vanilla

The Jennings’ Extracts have stood the
investigation of eminent chemists, also the ]
Supreme Court, and now stand unimpeached.

Quality and purity guaranteed.

 

 

 

 

;
Jennings Flavoring Extract Co. ‘
Grand Rapids, Mich. :
Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates every day to
Grand Rapids. Send for circular

Assorted Pralines

Chocolates, put up in 30 pound pails,
in five different flavors, are trade win-
ners. We also put them up in five
pound boxes. They make a fine display
of Christmas candies. Write to us or
ask our travelers about them.

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Kalamazoo, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Full Cream Caramels
Cream Mixtures q

Hand-made Bon Bons

Hara Boiled Goods, All Kinds

Genuine Everton Taffies

Marsh-Mallow Goods
S. B. & A. Kisses
Nuts, Figs and Dates

STRAUB BROS. & AMIOTTE
Traverse City, Mich.

 

 

 

 

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DELAY} |{

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Nuts, Dates, Figs, Etc.

 

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DANGERS OF THE AIR.

Difficulties of Defense Against Its
Unseen Occupants.

In the war which mankind is wag-
ing against disease science is con-
stantly scoring new victories. It be-
gins to look as if we might some

day live in comfort and do all man-|
ner of imprudent acts—overfeed and.

overheat and overexert ourselves, de-

pending upon the strong arm of sci- |

ence to rescue us from peril, with
little damage to our constitutions,
while surgery has already proved her-
self quite capable of putting us nice-
ly together again, no matter
sadly we are shattered in accidents

even help us to get along without

certain organs hitherto considered of |

prime importance, like stomachs and
lungs and _ livers.
septics and a vast and growing reme-
dial pharmacopeia, with official super-

vision over the purity of the drinks |

and foods we take into our system,
with sanitary plumbing and sanitary

underwear, and sanitary footgear, and |
with half of our early training de- |

voted to the upbuilding of a perfect
physical system that shall enable us
to resist disease, it really begins to
look as if we might some day have
all bodily ailments safely sealed up
again in that little casket of Pan-

dora’s, whence tradition tells us that |

they issued. Fortified within and
without, we would need give our-

certain great theater of action in

how |

What with anti-|

 

[tinue to disport themselves, and
| where all the weapons
| forge seem unavailing to get at
them. This is the atmosphere in
| which we live and breathe and have
| our being, and which the physicists
| tell us stretches forty miles above
us, a vast breeding and_ exercise
ground for these enemies of the hu-
man body.

| tells of the unavailing attempts to get
itid of these bacteria. It is

ithey yield up their lives readily to

commonplace chemicals as
|carbolic acid, corrosive

alcohol,
sublimate,

in water that has reached the boil-
ing point; but no way has yet been
hit upon by which these harmful bac-
teria can be rounded up for the
slaughter like the jackrabbits of
| Fresno. A few millions out of count-
| less myriads are slain by the process-
es of fumigation, spraying and dis-
infecting, resorted to in the case of
houses which deadly and contagious
disease has entered, but it is pointed
out that the entrance of a single
person into a house or hotel or pub-
lic lecture hall may introduce enough
bacteria to contaminate the air of the
entire building and set all these pre-
cautions at naught. Towns are sim-

‘ilarly infected, although this infection |
selves little concern about the possi- |
bility of sickness were it not for a/|

is considerably qualified by exposure
to sweeping winds, wherein lies San
“How-

| Francisco’s main protection.

easy |
; enough to destroy them, inasmuch as |

dry heat; many of them even sicken |

ata iand die when attacked with such very |
incident to modern traffic, and can |

while few of them can survive a bath |

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

| which these mischievous germs con-| ever man may improve the sanitation
| of his water supply and drainage, and

science can)

see to the cleanliness of his house
and his person, he can not tame the
roving air, that brings with it in
dancing motes the myriad wind-

‘blown spores it has collected. * *

Wherever human beings live in the
close contact that city life involves
the air will be inevitably contaminat-

|ed.” This is the writer’s final judg-
A writer in the Saturday Review |

ment, summing up the verdict of sci-
ence itself.

It is sometimes well to face the
ultimate. So long as one is perpet-
ually running from uncharted  ter-
rors, not knowing what moment the
enemy’s hand may be laid on_his
shoulder, there is small chance for
a sturdy resistance.
brings up against a wall, with his
back to it, that he has the best
chance to take the measure of his
enemy and to test his own strength.
In this case we may take heart from
two or three very pertinent facts:
One of these is that most of these
germs are very short lived. Another

It is when man

is that they each have their own un- |

relenting enemies among germ

kind—-kindly bacteria, which also fly

through the air and are constantly
on the trail of the mischief workers. |

Another very philosophical  reflec-

tion is that ever since man was born
into the world these microscopic or- |

ganisms have been preying upon him,
and that to-day he represents the sur-
vival of the fittest of a long line of
germ-bombarded ancestry, so that

he must carry in his own body an}

immense storage of resistance.

The other day some
scientists of note
on a healthy convict.
him up im a room

European
experimented up-
They shut
whose air was
absolutely freed from germs, and
they permitted no air to enter which
sterilized. His
subjected to

The man
promptly sickened and died, proving

was not
food and
sterilizing

absolutely
drink were

processes.

conclusively that a certain allowance
of germ life is essential to man’s well
being.

We may escape harmful
by betaking ourselves to the

bacteria
hills,
unknown and the
air is unpolluted by its microscopic
breeders. Whenever the constitution

where disease is

is weakened from any cause, making
it susceptible to their
tacks, this would seem the only ra-

insidious at-
tional refuge. As the most of us find
convenient to dwell
part of our
lives, our only resource is to rely up-

it mecessary or

in towns for the best

on the services of the bacteria help-
ful to the race, giving them all the
combating the  in-
roads of the vicious mites by right

aid we can in

living and a courageous spirit, which
will not yield supinely but maintain
its mastery of the enemy while our
wee auxiliaries are engaged in under-
taking their annihilation.
a
It is an unreasonable voter that ex-
pects a man to live up to his cam-
paign oratory.
a a pe
Life does give some of us benefits—
and then euchres us out-of all of the
| proceeds.

 

 

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

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Even Balance, Automatic Spring,

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This is what we have accomplished in
the first six months of this year over the
corresponding months of last year.

 

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Hints on Proper Advertising of a
Clothing Store.

The merchant that has procured in
the market the finest stock imagina-
ble to place upon his shelves must
busy himself at once to let the pub-|
lic know what his store consists of. |
His goods may lie for weeks andj}
months and grow old on his shelves
if he does not let the public share |
his secret. He must throw open his
store and show everything it. |
This he can do for the benefit of |
himself and his immediate neigh- |
bors, but the public at large will |
know nothing of the treasures buried
in his store until he advertises. He
must reach the people through his
newspapers, by presenting a
few leading features in a way to
suggest others not mentioned, and by |
following a system of this kind day
by day he will soon have planted
seeds that will grow and bloom and
ripen into fruitful knowledge of the
many good things he has to offer
the public.

in

town

A number of people advertise ex-
tensively—as they think—and receive
no returns or increase in their busi- |
ness. Such are apt to jump to the
conclusion that advertising does not |
pay. They do not stop to investi-
gate their methods of advertising to
see whether there is something
that, but lay the whole blame to the
practice of advertising. The right |
kind of advertising pays and there
is no mistake in that, and when no
returns come from an advertisement
one may rest assured that it is due
to the method and makeup of the
advertisements, and perhaps the class
of goods are not of the latest, or
the advertiser has become a_ back
number in the trade by allowing his
conservatism to kill any natural in- |
clination and desire to push new
ideas and new things in his trade.

It is not often that a man in busi-
ness lays his plans so as to test the
real value of advertising, but the!
writer recently met in his travelsa |
man taking up the work in a sys-
tematic way to make sure of his}
ground. In the early part of the
year he concluded to advertise and
set apart $250 a month for the pur-
pose, but the amount was not all re- |
quired. He has pursued his plan for |
six months persistently and judicious- |
ly, with results as follows: The per- |
centage of increase over the business |
of last year was in March, I12
per cent.; April, 144 per cent.; May,
163 per -céent:; June, 109 per cent.;
July, 100 per cent.; August, 109 per
cent. When our conversation took
place, on September 25,
man’s business for September to
date was nearly 3 per cent. increase
over any two months of the previous
year--and he was a Frenchman at
that.

 

in

oc

The above facts in a most emphatic | passing the corner

| ed.

| tive

|the ease

in Paris, this |

| haphazard method of advertising
'would meet with equally good

re-
sults. There must be system and
thoroughness in the methods adopt-
There must be newness and the
latest and fashions in the
goods to be advertised, not “any old
thing” be worked as an attrac-
advertisement. Rotten apples
may, in some way—if you “come and
count *em—serve a purpose, but they
would not afford very much attrac-
tion on the table. The fruit must be
ripe and fresh to create a desire for
it, and so with clothing and furnish-
ings. If they are old-fashioned in
general appearance no application of
printer’s ink can possibly make them
attractive and desirable.

We notice that the small produc-
tions of retail advertising are always
read, and where the change is daily
made people get into the habit of
looking for the advertisement as reg-
ularly as the morning or evening pa-
per appears. This method gives the
retailer an advantage over his com-
petitor that pursues the method of
column advertisements containing
something about everything he has
in the store.

If a merchant has an extra fine
coat to sell he compiles a_ neatly
worded advertisement and obtains

styles

call

an appropriate cut for it, and sends |

it out through his daily paper to
do its work. The largest retail cloth-
iers and furnishers in New York and

Chicago use ten of these little pro-|

 

ductions to one of a_ larger kind.
They rarely exceed three inches in
length, and are column width. The
type used is good size and very}
plain.

One idea is usually presented ata
time, but not the same
in the same form. If a hat is to be
presented it would not be good taste
to associate with it
small productions a suit of clothes.
The hat is a type of all hats, and in
advertising one the whole stock
made known. The same is true of

is

a suit of clothes, and so on with other |

articles of men’s wear.

Whatever may be done by using
small products, care should be taken
not to crowd the matter. Artistic
beauty .is not the thing to be aimed

iat, but a strong presentation of the

idea is the chief characteristic to be
kept before the mind. In many cases
your cut can interpret the produc-
tion, and that of itself affords pleas-
ure to the mind, which begets atten-
tion and interest, without which your
products would lack effectiveness.
The retailer that practices for a
while the making up of these small
advertisements will be astonished at
with which ideas come to
It will not take him long
the art and the
necessary to write sprightly and in-
teresting advertisements for his use.

You are doing some advertising—

aid.

to acquire

his
science

| why not give the windows a chance?

|time, as special goods

Not of necessity every time the dis-
play is changed, but from time to
are shown.

| Many a business man or shopper is

and would be

way prove the value of advertising, | prompted to go a few steps out of
but it by no means follows that any the way to see the window as adver-

idea twice |

in one of those |

 

tised. Merchants in many of the)
prominent centers of the clothing
and furnishing goods trade are be-
gining to entertain this idea and)
adapt it to their advertising. The gen- |
eral utility of the window is thus}
brought to serve an extra purpose. It |
is a well-known fact that there are)
many people who would go a con-|
siderable distance to see an article}
in the window with the price marked |
on it, sooner than go into a store|

and ask for it.
Bring it home to yourself; you may }

feel the need of some garment or}
other article of wearing apparel, |

know where you think it may be)
bought and still have a timidity about |
going into the store to ask for it. |
Should you know where it is on ex-;
hibition in a window, however, you |
will stop, even go out of your way, |
to see if it is what you wish, and, |
if so, will doubtless go into the store |
for a closer inspection. Let us re-
in preparing the next
regular newspaper ad-
Invite people to note
Tell something about |

member this
copy for the
vertisement.
the window.

the goods there displayed and the!
prices attached to the same. Try this
and the window will soon grow in!

importance to your business.

Now that we have transgressed our |
subject, let us ask a question: Do
you think the display in the interior
of the store should be changed
little oftener? Every day is not too
often to mean considerable saving in

a

merchandise—every day is not too
often to mean additional attractive-
ness to your customers. Try to

 

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TRADESMAN | / 19

 

make your inside display as strong |
as your windows. Make solid shows. |
—Clothier and Furnisher.

ee

|
Lack of Uniformity in Underwear |

Prices.
Much quiet comment is_ heard}
among underwear agents regarding |

Spring Demand Slow on Underwear | |the reported concessions granted by

Lines,

Initial demand on lines of under-
wear for the coming spring season
has proved disappointing to both the
agent and manufacturer. It is felt,
however, that this will ultimately re-
sult in large reorders, after buyers
have felt their ground and assured
themselves regarding the position of
the market. Their reasons for this
are based on the belief that stocks |
are low, not only with the jobber but |
also with the retailer. Last season’s
conservative policy regarding pur-

chases has resulted in having little |
on hand in the way of duplicate stock |

on which to draw. Consequently the
seller figures that with
conditions facing the country and
little stock in retailers’ hands, busi-
ness will be done on new goods, and

to meet this anticipated demand the |

retailer must soon begin to place or-
ders. The jobber has placed only
light first orders and is awaiting de-
velopments, after which he must
place duplicate orders to meet his re-
quirements. The high cost of raw
material and the uncertainty of future
prices on the manufactured goods has
also had more or less effect in re-
stricting orders. Although the man-
ufacturer is a firm believer in present
prices being maintained, even if no
advance becomes necessary, the buyer
is in many instances inclined to be-
lieve that lack of demand may result
in lower figures. For this reason he
has refrained from placing his orders
until the actual force of requirements
compels him to. Current requirements

with the jobber have been of a fair |

volume, but scarcity of goods, due to
the same old policy of conservatism,
prevents in many instances filling the
same. Ribbed goods have sold well
for fall with the retailer, and supplies
have been insufficient to meet the
demand. Fleeces have also sold_ to
some extent, but not as largely as in
former seasons.

On spring lines of hosiery demand
has not started up as yet to an ex-
tent that will permit of much predict-
ing on the final outcome of the sea-
son. Here, as on underwear lines, in-
dications, however, seem to point to
good orders to come. The brown
shades have held first place well into
the fall, but it is not believed that
these shades will be in favor again for
the coming spring. Fancy hosiery is
considered by many as good property
for the new season, while, on the
other hand, there are just as strong
supporters to be found of plain goods.
Jobbers have placed but light first
orders, awaiting developments. Man-
ufacturers claim that, with the price
of yarns advancing duplicate orders
can only be secured at an advance,
while in other directions agents have
not shown lines, not caring to name
prices before being sure that their
mills were supplied with raw material
at prices that would insure a margin

of profit.
a

prosperous |

}certain manufacturers from prices
|announced at the opening of their
new lines for the coming fall sea-
son. With this condition of affairs
facing him the agent sees much
|trouble ahead. if, as | reported,
| Western buyers have -succeeded in
| obtaining contracts at prices as low
| as $3.35 for 12% to 13-pound fleeces
| which were opened at $3.50, this ac-
|tion on the part of the mills, or.
their agents, will undoubtedly serve
| to entirely upset the market for some
|time to come. Other buyers will
little confidence in any
quotations that may be made, and, if
| purchasing at all, will do so in a most
conservative manner, pending further
developments. Ribbed goods, espe-

jhave but

ing, it is claimed,
last season’s prices.

situation said:
ent prices,

way clear to make any reduction in

 

facturer buys his yarns
spinner. Any one familiar with the
situation knows that cotton yarns are
not cheap.

|part of the spinner to do business.

| Wool and merino lines are not en-|

|tirely open as yet, but, where open,
business has been done at last year’s
figures. The manufacturer accepting
these orders, unless he purchased his
raw material at the beginning of the
year, which is not probable, will be

at a loss, or cancel the orders.
ers had been brought to a_ point
an advance.
to secure even last season’s figures.”

now on.

the steady advance and present high
cost of raw material. Cotton goods
remain practically at last season’s
figures,

to 5 per cent. are reported to have
buyer.

channels.

quirements,
difficulty in meeting buyers’ orders.
Retailers held their orders down to|
an exceptionally conservative basis /|
and are now endeavoring to fill in

requirements.
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A plain face needs no chaperon.

cially in women’s wear, are also re-|
| ported to have come in for a share |
of these reductions, concessions hav- |
been made from |
One agent in|
the market speaking of the present |
“With yarns at pres-|
I do not see how any |
manufacturer can consistently see his |

the price of manufactured goods. In|
the majority of instances the manu-|
from the|

Spinners are not. over'|
well covered, and any talk of conces- |
sions from present yarn prices will |
be met with a prompt refusal on the}

| compelled either to deliver his goods |
Buy- |

where they freely expected to pay!
Now it will be difficult |

Practically the entire range of fall |
hosiery lines has now been opened. |
Initial orders have not been large, |
but better results are looked for from |
Woolen and worsted goods |
show an advance of from 5 to Io per|
cent. over last year’s figures, due to!

although in some instances |
heavyweight goods show slight re-|
ductions and concessions of from 4}

been made in order to interest the |
Spring business continues to |
move along in somewhat moderate |
On goods for current re- |
however, jobbers report |

for the purpose of meeting pressing |

|
|

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M. Wile & Company have always
been known as creators and leaders
in the clothing world.

Every one of their garments shows

the art of a knowing designer.

‘Clothes of Quality”

possess a charm that is pleasing to

 

the wearer which grows day by day.
Retain your customers by selling

this justly famous clothing.

OUR SALESMEN ARE IN YOUR STATE

Do you want to see one?

 

 

M. Wile & Company

High-grade, Moderate-priced Clothes for Men and Young Men

MADE IN BUFFALO

 

 

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Wholesale Ready Made Clothing
Manufacturers

28=30 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Founder Established 25 Years.

Our Spring and Summer line for 1905 includes samples of nearly every-
thing that’s made for children, boys, youths and men, including stouts and
slims. Biggest line by long odds in Michigan. Union made goods if re-
quired; low prices; equitable terms; one price to all. References given to
large number of merchants who prefer to come and see our full line; but if
preferred we send representative. Mail and phone orders promptly shipped.

We carry for immediate delivery nice line of Overcoats, suits, ete., for
Winter trade.

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

!

|The basement is also to be used for |

| storing surplus stock. The building |

|rests on a cement foundation, is well |

| painted and finished inside and out,
Mitchell Brothers Company’s new | and has been completed at a cost of |

store building at Jennings, which was | about ten thousand dollars. It will)

constructed during the past | summer | be heated _ with steam, lighted by |

MODEL STORE.

 

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Mitchell Brothers Company’s Busi-
ness Building at Jennings.

 

 

 

 

 

THE OLD STORE, NOW USED AS OPERA HOUSE.

 

season, is not only one of the largest | electric lights, fitted with cash car-
in the State, but probably the largest riers, and have every convenience of
lumbering company store in the!a modern city store. About seven-
United States. It is 60 feet wide by teen clerks are employed, including
135 feet long, two stories high, with a registered pharmacist for the drug
a basement 60x75 feet. The lower) department. Cement walks have been |
floor is divided into a 24x60 foot gro- faid on the north and east, the streets |
cery department, — a 60x60 foot dry i graded and graveled, and with its 60)

 

 

 

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THE NEW STORE.

 

goods and furnishing department, a | foot glass front the new building pre-

| manager.
| Nov. 1 of this year show a gain of
| $14,000 in volume over the

30x35 foot meat market, a 20x30 foot
flour room and a 22x60 storage room.
In the center are Manager Holmes’

sents a very fine appearance. The
old store building opposite will now
be used as an opera house and will |

 

office and the cashier’s and stenog- | be suitably refitted and furnished.

rapher’s desks and in the rear a
freight elevator. On the second floor |

The store business was established |
about ten years ago by A. C. Mc-|

in front is a well lighted room, 60) Nitt. Two years later the store and |
feet square, used as a furniture, stove | stock were purchased by Mitchell |
and crockery salesroom. The rear Brothers, who fortunately secured the |
of the second floor is divided into | services of Mr. David Holmes, who |
several different rooms to be used | had previously acted as manager of |
for storage purposes and such other the mercantile departments of the |

uses as the business may demand./ Elk Rapids Iron Co., at Elk Rapids,

and the West Michigan Lumber Co., |
The first year Mr. |
Holmes was in charge of the business |
This year the |

at Woodville.

| the sales were $42,000.
sales will aggregate $150,000, plainly
demonstrating the wonderful devel-

opment of the business under the |

| guidance and control of a competent
The sales from July 1 to

corre-
sponding period last year.

The roster of the store is as fol-
lows:

Ole Hutchins, grocery and _§hard-
ware.

Robt. Blackburn, grocery and hard-
ware.

G. A. Wilson, pharmacist.

B. L. Curtis, cattle buyer.

A. W. Milks, meat cutter.

Forest Samis, drayman.

Allan Johnston, janitor.

ee
Value of Organization in Store Man-
agement.
No argument is required to prove

| that organization is to be preferred to

 

 

 

 

 

HOME OF THE MAN AGER, DAVID HOLMES.

D. Holmes, manager.

H. J. Anderson, book-keeper.

Alvin W. Mitchell, cashier.

M. F. Nackerman, stenographer.

C. Z. Robinson, manager dry goods
ee

.. H. Campbell, dry goods depart- |

ment.

 

 

AN INTERIOR VIEW

Myrtle cate a goods ho

ment.
Jno. J. Gage, grocery and hardware.

Yorgan Hanson, grocery and hard- |

ware.

Claude Perry, grocery and
ware,

hard- |

' chaos, and that system is far supe-

rior to a lack of it in the management
| of a store or any business. Yet how
| many firms are there that do fully
realize how great might be the in-
crease in the efficiency of their store
or business, did they but possess a
system of organization and _manage-

 

 

 

 

IN THE NEW STORE.

ment which would tend to that ideal
condition where every man, salesman
and manager is constantly working
to the common end—‘“the good of the
| proprietor?” A vital element in the
make-up of the industrious merchant
iis the application of energy along the

 

 

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lines where the greatest results can
be accomplished, and the elimination
of all waste which
such results.

interferes with | unpromising in their returns for many

clotheirs, have all shown gains here.
The organization in this store, one
| of the largest in the country, is the
| best we know of. Its atmosphere is
and there is not an un-
comfortable: being in the staff, from
the stock clerks up.

At this store a system is followed
out that is well worth emulation.
Salesmen are salesmen, stock clerks
are stock clerks, and each one to his
place, with the salesmen on

One morning last year a clothing
merchant, gifted with fore-
sight, and who, we might add, is a
multi-millionaire and occupies
“personal touch” position in a
ness doing several millions a
called to the manager of his store |
and told him to send the “boys” in-
to his office a few at a time. When
the first lot were assembled, all timid

who is

the
busi-
year,

| wholesome

and dispiaying signs indicating their
timidity, he turned to them

turn.
and

MICHIGAN. TRADESMAN

| history of that concern. The months! only can give you the good service
of August, September and October, | you expect to receive.

At this clothing store referred to
one of the floor men, and there are
several, greets you as your entrance
is announced by the boy who opens
the door for you. If your special
salesman or all the salesmen are en-
gaged the floor man gives you a chair
and requests you to be seated, that
you may await a and get
service from one experienced in the
handling of customers and the stock.
That store wants you properly wait-
ed upon, that you may leave satisfied.

salesman

 

 

 

 

21

time that you are apparently hard
to please. You leave, dissatisfied,
without making a purchase, and, per-
A stock clerk
is forced into service to keep down
At the end of the year his
salary is increased by a dollar. An-
other stock clerk, who kept his place
and did not sell customer he
got a asks for a
says, “Why, you
There’s Johnny
$6,000 last year; he
‘But you hired
stock clerk; I didn’t know

haps, go elsewhere.

expenses.

every
chance to
The

earned it.

serve,
raise. “bess”
haven't

fe 1.
Jones, who sold
earned his raise.”

He aS 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not even during the rush hours of|It takes no chances of having you| you wanted me to sell goods. I'll
TRADESMAN Co.
SOME INTERIOR VIEWS OF MITCHELL BROTHERS’ NEW STORE AT JENNINGS, MICH.
said: “Well, gentlemen, we have had | Saturday, when business is at its} get poor service through an ineffi-|do it hereafter.” “Yes; but, my
a : | ! ;
a bad year of it, business has been} height and customers stand or sit | cient stock clerk. dear boy, we want money in the
bad, very bad; worse than I have | a pout awaiting service, is a stock At another store, where they havea! cash drawer, and if you help to put

known it to be in a great many years. |
But it is not your fault. You have
all done your best. I will advance
all your salaries five doliars a week.
Now go back and pull up good and |
strong next year.”

clerk or one other than a salesman
| permitted to wait upon a customer.
When you go into a high-class res-
taurant and seat yourself at table
one of the supernumeraries approach-
This was repeated until all in|es your table, hands you your nap-
turn had passed before the “boss.” | kin, places a glass of water before
Did they go back and pull up? Was) you and extends you the bill of fare.
there harmony in that sales force?| He has given you the service he is
Was each one feeling comfortable in| engaged to perform. He would not
mind? The year now drawing to a|take your order. Only the experi-
close has been the largest in the' enced waiter is so privileged. He

large and efficient force of salesmen
for service during the week, when
the Saturday rush comes stock clerks
are pressed into service to wait upon

customers. You enter as a customer
intent on buying clothing to the
amount of thirty or forty dollars.

Your regular salesman is busy sell-
ing a pair of trousers. You are
turned over to an incompetent stock
clerk. To begin with, you are dis-
appointed. The boy does not know

the stock and you learn for the first!

it there you'll get along.”—Apparel
Gazette.
a ee sage ee

Once upon a time there were two
both striving to arrive. One
worked his way gradually up, while
the When the
first was half way up the ladder he
glanced at the top. Lo, the man who

men,

other worked men.

had started with him was already
there resting.
tl

Destiny is a dope peddler.

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

BUCKWHEAT PRODUCTION. |

Statistics Compiled by the Govern-|
ment.

Government figures on the buck-
wheat crop bear out the reports made
by our correspondents, as published |
in our October issue.

Preliminary returns to the chief of
the Bureau of Statistics of the De-|
partment of Agriculture make the)
average yield per acre 18.9 bushels,
against an average yield of 17.7 in
1903, 18.1 bushels in 1902 and a ten-|
year average of 17.9 bushels. The)
average for quality is 91.5 per cent., |
against 91.4 last year and 88.1 in|
1902. In other words, both the pro-|
duction and quality are slightly high-
er than last year.

The buckwheat crop of 1903 (14,-|
243,644 bushels) was a fairly good |
one, although below those of 1902)
(14,520,770 bushels) and 1901 (15,-|
125,939 bushels). The 1903 crop was, |
however, above the ten-year aver-|
age.

The largest single year’s produc-
tion during the past ten years was |
in 1895, when 15,341,399 bushels of
buckwheat were harvested. With the |
exception of that of 1901, this was|
the only crop that went over 15,000,- |
000 bushels in the ten years under |
review.

In point of value to the farmer the |
record crop was not equal to those |
of the last three years. The farm!
value of the 1895 crop on December |
I was $6,936,325, while those of I901,
1902 and 1903 were valued at $8,523,- |
317, $8,654.704 and $8,650,733, respec-
tively, on corresponding dates.

The opening prices on the 1904!
crop were high, in sympathy with |
the prices of other grains. An ex-|
amination of Government figures |
shows that as a rule the price of}
buckwheat is determined largely by |
influences other than the size of the |
crop itself. In 1866, when we produc- |
ed 22,791,839 bushels, the price was}
67.6 cents per bushel. The following |
year the production dropped to 21,- |
359,000 bushels and the price advanc- |
ed to 78.7 cents, but in 1868, when|
the crop was 19,863,700 bushels, the |
average price per bushel. was 78}
cents. The lowest price on record |
was in 1897, when the crop was 14,-|
097.451 bushels and sold at 42.1 cents |
per bushel. The other extreme was |
in 1881, with a crop of 9,486,200 bush- |
els and an average price of 86.5. In
1883 the yield was only 7,668,954

| bers, assassins and

  
  
  

 

of the case held that the action of
the union was illegal, and said:

|

“To proclaim a business or the pro- |

| prietors thereof unfair in this man-

ner is as infamous as to proclaim be-
fore a private dwelling that the in-
mates thereof are prostitutes. The
acts complained of are breaches of

'the peace, and it is safe to say that

if met by personal violence on the

| part of the boycotted, did he so elect,
| he would be justified by a jury. It

is the opinion of the court that no
one may promenade before the place
of business of any other person bear-
ing signs, placards or printed no-
tices of any kind reflecting on the

| honor or fairness of the business it-
|self or the proprietors thereof.”

To realize the absolute justness of
this decision it is only necessary for

the unionists to look at the other |

side and imagine an employer send-
ing men with such signs to parade
before union headquarters with ex-

| pressions to the effect that the union

membership was made up of rob-
criminals and

|our character.

| warning all employers against hiring

them. In such a case the unions

would take action without delay. And
yet why is sauce for the goose not
sauce for the gander?

Union lawlessness has been toler-
ated until unions have come to be-
lieve that they are a lew unto them-
others have no
But there

in public

selves, and that
rights to be respected.

has been a great change
sentiment in the past few
Unions can not expect to be treated
as unruly children all the time and
must learn sooner or later to modi-

years.

fy their claims and allow other peo-_

ple to enjoy to a reasonable degree
the inalienable rights of life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness.—Boot
and Shoe Recorder.
—_+- >

Advantages of a Good Education.
Written for the Tradesman.

Education is for the development
of our faculties and formation of
Fortune may be left
to us by our parents or relatives, but
we can not inherit learning. We

 

Hot

Cakes

 

With sausage and gravy.
ing out of a warm bed on a cold morning?

Blessings on the head of the man who first discovered them—he
knew what real breakfast food is.

Good old fashioned buckwheat flour is again coming to the front and
the breakfast food fad is dying—for the winter, anyway. This is the time
of year when the average man prefers good hot buckwheat cakes.

There s nothing like them for making a man feel warm, comfortable
and well fed on a cold morning.

We have the buckwheat.

It has the real, genuine buckwheat flavor.

Buckwheat

 

|road to geometry.”

| might be blacker.

 

 

 

| .
'must struggle for it ourselves, and,
| while fortune may be gained in ad-

vanced life, education must be ob-
tained in youth. If not it will be
almost impossible to make it up.
And it must be by hard work of the
brain. When Dionysius, the tyrant

‘of Syracuse, wished Archimedes to

instruct him in geometry by an eas-
ier method than common, the phi-
losopher replied, “I know of no royal
It is education
that makes civilized nations and to
it the possessor thereof owes the
superiority that he has over his fel-
low creatures more than to any ad-
vantage of nature. There are many
persons who would have risen high
had they been educated. Some peo-
ple do not appreciate the value of
having education and, therefore, do
not obtain it; but as the country
erows older it is valued more.
L. Harrison.
—_—_—_»+ > —__

When things are bluest it is mighty

little consolation to think that they

Isn’t that compensation enough for crawl-

It makes rich, brown

 
   

bushels, the shortest crop on record, |
but the price was only 82.2 cents per |

bushel—American Miller. |
——_»2>___
A Notable Boycott Decision.

A decision of special interest con- |
cerning labor union policies comes |
from California, where the unions |
have been having things their own
way for some time past. A firm of
grocers in San Francisco protested
against a boycott ordered’ by the
stablemen’s union because the gro-
cery firm refused to discharge non-
union stablemen from its employ.
The union forces carried placards
and transparencies labeled “unfair
firm; don’t patronize,’ and the firm
brought legal action against the
union,

 

The judge reviewing the law

cakes—not the white livered, pale, pasty things which never saw real
buckwheat, but the brown colored, luscious kind that mother made when
we were boys.

We put it up in 5, 10, 12% and 25 pound sacks so you can easily
hand out any quantity a customer wants.

It sells like “hot cakes” and now is the time to push your buckwheat
sales. You have no idea how much you can sell if you put a little ginger
into your selling campaign.

Let us have an order NOW.

Valley City Milling Co.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

BORROWED BRAINS.

They Are No Aid To a Man in the
End.

A -London paper tells of a young
man at Birmingham who has recent-
ly been discharged from an impor-
tant official position because it was
discovered that he had secured first
place in the examination by a pecu-
liar fraud. He had been coached by
what was curiously called a “brain
syndicate,” and he only succeeded in
obtaining a second class position at
the preliminary trial; then, when the
final examination was reached, the
syndicate, according to their agree-
ment, sent a substitute to sit in the
young man’s place. Thus it was that
his name figured at the top when
the results were published.

And this kind of thing appears to
be taking place more frequently than

is generally known, and has_ been
going on for some years past. So
far back as 1809 there occurred a

similar case to the foregoing, where-
in a young man, who was not only
dull

position

witted but illiterate, obtained a
Of much and
with a the
brain work of another; but when he
entered his duties it was dis-
covered he was utterly unfitted for
the post, and it was at once felt by
his employers that a grave mistake
had and _ ulti-
mately, after he had been removed,

importance

trust large firm through

upon

somehow been made,
and given a humbler position needing
less ability, the truth leaked out that
a great deception had been made up-
on the examiners who had reported

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

qualifying for the post. A double
had gone through the examination
and carried off the honors of first
place, which had won for the dullard |
the coveted situation, for which he
had turned out so unsuitable.
Another case of

more recent oc- |
that of a young wom-
an obtaining lucrative position, |
which needed considerable clerical |
ability; and she secured it, so it was
supposed, with the highest possible
honors, the girl being far and away
above all the other competitors. But
when it came to the performance
of the duties it was quickly noticed
that fell far behind what
expected and required of her,

currence was

a

was |
after |
such a searching test of her abilities, |
and it created much surprise. And |
she, knowing how unequal she was |
to the task which she had to per-|
form, became worried, and at last |
confessed that she had obtained the
berth by proxy—the examining tests
had all been borne by another. A
female friend of great ability had |
not only worked out the written an-
swers to the qualifying papers, but
had actualy sat at the examiner’s ta- |
ble for her for the final trials.
Then, again, these methods of
mental help have found their way
into school, when the old fashioned |

she

’

“cribbing” has not proved sufficient |
for the lazy boy, and by this means
he has obtained a certificate for com-
petency after various high grade ex-

aminations to which he was in no- |
wise entitled. |
I have just been informed of aj

| gle bit of it had he done.

| kinds abound.

  

23

| : : | | : :
|upon the merits of the candidates|case where a lad sat two years! fault with the fellow that hit you.

through a certain course of study and| Ask yourself what it means and what

failed each time. The parents. al-

most despaired at his backwardness, |

but later he came out on top, to the

the
work put in was not his; not a sin-
It had all
been accomplished by a substitute.

| surprise of all who knew him. Some |
|time after it was proved that

|and sneering at his philosophy

But aids to a weak brain are much |

more prevalent in America just now
than in other country in the
Here mental helps of various

any
world.
tion by

Mental institutions public-

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another.

ly profess to be able, and do offer, |
and |

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who |

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Almost any examina- |

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Instead of criticising Solomon
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MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

EVEN UNTO DEATH.

Woman Who Remained Steadfast To
the End.
Written for the Tradesman.

There are in Manton all told nine
hundred souls. It is a community
which thinks very kindly of itself and
considers it a commendable fact that
for the last generation or two the
population has remained in the close
vicinity of nine hundred. This nine
hundred in regard to sex is very
nearly equally divided and another
feature which is peculiarly Manton-
esque is that while all of them are
interested in the domestic affairs of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Maybury, the
man side of the community gives its
hearty encouragement and good will
to “Tom,” while his commendable
wife is certain of the moral support
of her sex in the good town of Man-
ton.

This condition of

things is very

easily and very satisfactorily explain- |

ed. Some thirty-five years ago when
Tom was about ready to cast his first
vote the mature life of the village
did not and could not look with ap-
proval upon much that Tom May-
bury did. He got tired of going to
Sunday school too soon.

had learned to read and spell.

sudden close an interview he had with

his father in the woodshed by seizing |
that good man by the wrists and|
he |
him |
He got into a crowd of fel-|
lows of his size and not of his age |
too soon, and early learned the es- |
sential points of high-low-jack-and- |

holding him immovable until
promised not to try to whip
again.

the-game and put his knowledge into

immediate and constant practice to}

the great scandal of the Manton

church-goers.

what was and is sold as “plug.” His

when the

disturbed by the rattling wheels ofa

rapidly driven buggy, the disturbed |

sleepers of the village turned upon
their pillows with execrations against
that Tom Maybury and the parents
that “put up with such goings on.”
There is no doubt that the young

fellow was a bad one, and just at}
the time when outraged Manton be- |

|

gan with lifted eyes and cold should- |

come in, bland and smiling as a
summer morning, but Mrs. Thomas
Maybury, Jr., ready with thread and
needle, thimble and scissors, to go
on with her share of the work in be-
half of the heathen.

Her opening sentence as a set-back
remains unequaled in sewing-circle
history: “You needn’t stop talking
nor change the subject because I’ve
come in, because I’ve come over to

that each of you married her hus-
band and I love him because he has
those manly qualities which a large
majority of your husbands haven't. I
was born here and brought up here
and I know. He, my Tom, is a man
clear through. He isn’t lazy. He
isn’t dishonest. He isn’t a fool. He

 

He had dif- |
ferences with the ruling powers at}
the school house and left before he |
He |
grew big too fast and brought to a}

loves me and I love him and we are
going to show the most of you here
in Manton how a man and wife can
live together without quarreling. You
think I’m taking a great risk. You
can’t help that and I’m not going to
ask you to; but I am going to sug-
gest to you that I am taking the risk

not you, and that you won’t help mat- |

ters by constantly talking about it.
The end of it all is going to be the
best man citizen in Manton and long
before ten years are over you're go-
ing to see that I am right.

“Long before Tom left the Sunday

He was getting hide-bound and re-
belled. He wasn’t born to drive
oxen any more than he was born to
go fishing. He broke out in the only
way. Take him at his worst and he
has done openly what the men here
in Manton have done under cover,
with a difference: they have never
gotten over it and he will; and just
as a bit of caution I want to say to

| you, while I’m here and we are talk- |
His mother found vis- |
ual and nasal proof in his pockets of |
|of some of the things I know about
breath was not always “the breath |
of the kine” the poet sings about and |
quiet of the very early)
hours of the morning at Manton were |

ing about it, if I hear too much about
Tom’s carrying on I’ll set a back fire

the Manton husbands.”
Then that impudent thing began
to talk about the prospects of a new

organ and did it so successfully that |

the gossips went home with that idea
on their tongues and ever afterwards

|if some venturesome woman hinted
/a word about Tom Maybury she was
|met by a glare and the suggestion
| that Mary Maybury was married with
| her eyes wide open and that it would

oy

be time enough to talk about her
affairs when Tom turned out the
good-for-nothing that everybody pre-

ers to give Tom Maybury an idea| dicted he was going to be.

of what they thought of him, what |

Time went by and the people of

does Mary Shelton.one fine June day Manton soon concluded there wasn’t

do but ride over to Clinton with him
and come back as his wife.
than that she had the impudence to

“come out bride” the next Sunday, |

and what was far worse she looked
the indignant villagers
with a look on her own which meant
“You kindly mind your own business
and I’ll mind mine.”

They did; but it was under pro-
test. The very next sewing society
at the parsonage was crowded—an
event in its history—and when the
one all-absorbing topic of conversa-

tion was at its height who should |

Worse |

in the face|

to be any “I told you so” about Tom
| Maybury. He didn’t drive oxen, but
|he could and did trade and the big
corner lot in the heart of Manton was
soon his and much sooner than
“they” expected there was built on
\it a likely house with “a piazza all
| round it.”

| he touched. He had the best house
|and the best barn and the best team
|in the county, and that was saying a
|good deal. Children were born to
|them “and they were good children.”
| Tom, Jr., showed signs about the
same age Tom, Sr., did of feeling

 

 

 

Thrift followed everything |

 

hide-bound; but his dad took him in

hand in season and he was soon cur- |
ed, although according to the Manton |

idea “it was scandalous.”

Young Tom was hardly turned 16,
when he and his father were seen}

riding off together “on a Sunday aft-

ernoon each leaning back and smok- |

ing a cigar for all he was worth,” and

Philander Collins told his mother that |

when he and a lot of fellers were

talk about just that and nothing else. | over at Clinton Tom Maybury would-

S ceeeeisik “tie Sou the eee vensen | n't touch a glass of beer because his

| father said beer was “low-down,” and |

that when he really wanted something
to drink he should help himself to
the wine on the sideboard. The re-
sult was that with such things at
home—“If you'll believe it Tom and

| Mary both play cards with the chil-

dren!”—-they didn’t care about them
anywhere else and when the time
came the children were married and
were in homes of their own, prosper-
ous and happy; and then when they
ought to have known better, Manton
was shocked to its center
that Tom and Mary Maybury were
going to be divorced! i

That is why Manton was divided,
the men standing “pat” for Tom and
the women for Mary. To young Tom
only would his father open his mouth,
and as the story went on, pitiful as

jit was, the son soon saw that it was
| going to be a war to the knife and

: i I
school I knew what was going —o on 26

handle.

“But, father—”

“No use talking, Tom, I won’t. I’ve
given up everything but that, but
right there I draw the line. For al-
most forty-five years I’ve had my ci-
gar and my cigar I’m going to have
in spite of any human being on the
face of the earth. So don’t say a
word to me. I’ve put my foot down
and down it’s going to stay.”

The son knew and everybody knew

| that it was going to be that way. So
| Mary Maybury knew; but, womanlike,
| she’d see.
'the wicked and the wicked now in-

There was no peace for

cluded the smoker, and she went at
it in the way that experience had
taught. When mild means failed she
used stronger ones and when finally
she settled down to the continual
nag, nag it was with a capital N and
she announced it was to be that to
the finish. Hence the talk of divorce.

Hence the opposition of the children at something, and the loving, careful,

and hence the unusual consumption
of what Mary called “the woman’s
enemy; and hence the fading
strength and energy of Tom May-
bury, Sr., who, smoking now upon
principle, smoked for a little more
than he was worth.

kept determinedly at it. He smoked

| himself into his easy chair and thence |

to his bed, and when it was too evi-
dent what the end was going to be
and that a fast approaching one,
young Tom determined to make a
final effort to restore harmony and
so recovery by a last appeal.
by the physician’s verdict, that unless
there was an immediate change the

end could not be far off, he entered |
the sick man’s chamber, his mother |

listening at the chamber door ajar.
“Now, father—”

to learn |

;acter come out more
| than in the daily task, it matters not
| how trivial it may seem, and from

Armed |

“Stop right where you are, Tom.
My mind’s made up. I’m going to
smoke and if I can’t do it in peace
|here, the sooner I get where I can
the better!”

It was a solemn moment. Tom,
|Jr., felt that he was standing in the
presence of death; but for all that
he laughed. Not so the listening
Mary. Eternity—and that particular
place in it—and her smoking Tom
shocked and appalled her. Like a
flash she flew to Tom’s den, took
from his choice box one of the “de-
lights” she found there, had young
Tom light it and then with her own
hands put it into her husband’s mouth.
A look of ineffable peace came into
his face and stayed there. Young
Tom stole quietly away and left the
old lovers together, and to-day, five
after, as I look out of my
window the two are enjoying the In-
dian summer afternoon on their pi-
azza, Tom smoking with all his might.
Richard Malcolm Strong.

years

oo
The Philosophy of Work.

There is a growing tendency mani-
fested in various ways to regard work
merely a means of reaching a state
of The prevailing mental
attitude seems to be that the only
standard of success is riches, and that
the only way to attain happiness is
with the least possible exertion to be-
a man of leisure, and to be
able to dawdle through life with noth-
ing to do. It requires but little ex-
amination of the real basis of happi-
ness, or knowledge of human nature
and under which we
are placed where we are, to show the
falseness of this position.

idleness.

come

the conditions

Man is constituted an active being,
seeking expression of his character

| and tastes, and, if he would continue

to exist and progress must _ labor.
His highest dignity lies in hon-
est and faithful labor, and

through it alone can_ he find scope
for the exercise of his best faculties
or for the adequate expression of his
individuality. When we linger in
admiration before a great work of
art it is not so much for what is rep-
resented as because we recognize that
the artist has put into it something
of himself, showing us how some one
who sees better than we has looked

painstaking toil he has bestowed in

representing it. Nowhere does char-
unmistakably

no other source does there come so

, | genuine satisfaction as from the con-
Of course it told on him; but he |

sciousness of work well and_ thor-
|oughly done. It matters not whether
|it is the painting of a picture, the
preparation of a law case, the keep-
|ing of a set of books, the making of
|a pair of shoes or the cooking of a
| dinner. Whoever does it in the
best way, with love for his work and
honest devotion to it, will get the best
| results and find his reward in it.
——__2-e~

Yes, this is the real reason why

some men get drunk—Eve offered

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LOOKING BACKWARD.

 

Boy’s First Journey Into the Great
Wide World.
Chapter VI.

Social diversions other than being
a boarder in the home of my boss
were open to me at Omaha during
the merry winter season. I was a
popular young fellow in my set; so
one Saturday night I cut out the keg
and shop stories to be among those
present at a Polish wedding. Up to
that time I never had witnessed a
marriage ceremony, but was more or
less familiar with some of the dire
results.

Murder, failure to provide, suicide,
and alimony, I knew, often followed
the golden chime of the wedding bell;
but that was the fault of the news-
papers. They had no Advice to
Lovers, no department of Health
Stunts for Girls and How to Manage
Husbands in those uncouth days.
The high contending parties knew
little of each other’s moods and tem-
peraments, and so rushed blindly in-
to compacts productive of much woe.
Thanks to the benign ideas of mod-
ern journals and the industry of their
matrimonial dope compilers, we sel-
dom hear of troubles in that line.
All hands now live happily ever after.

The gentleman who took the count
in this instance was an honored mem-
ber of our staff in the foundry, and
the only Pole in the bunch. With
keen insight into social requirements |
of his set, Mr. Blevitsky arranged |
his nuptials for Saturday night. This |
is an open date in the workaday
world; leaving guests the whole of
next day to sleep off the effects of
weddings and other functions.

Mr. Blevitsky was a nice but un-
healthy looking young man. He had
a nose like a window awning and no
chin to speak of. For days prior
to the ceremony, and while toiling
in the shop, he did nothing but
laugh. What it was about I never
did learn. No doubt Mr. Blevitsky
knew his part. It behooved any man
in his position to lay up _ laughs
against a time when this form of di-
version becomes naught but a mel-
ancholy memory.

My unfortunate shopmate perpe-
trated his wedding in a saloon in
the Polish setlement. There was
nothing to distinguish the saloon
from places of similar resort which
are built by the mile and sawed off
in sections to suit the needs of pub-
licans, grocers, shoe dealers, and hab-

‘erdashers in new towns. Mr. Blev-

itsky chartered the place for a long
term of hours and installed a band
consisting of two cornets and one
slide trombone. The happy man had
served one wedding breakfast, dinner,
and supper, and had set out the saus-
age and ice cream for another break-
fast Sunday morning when the police
felt obliged to be among those pres-
ent.

The nuptial feast raged all day
Saturday and had several laps to go
when I butted in at to o’clock that
night. Yellow lights blinked dimly
in the foggy atmosphere, and the
bridegroom’s special band was _ toot-
ing away on an independent scale.

 

Everything in the saloon was free
by courtesy of Mr. Blevitsky. Large
numbers of married men were there,
accompanied by their invalids, and

| scores of little children played among

the sawdust and cigar butts on the
floor. There were young people, too,
but I didn’t know any Poles or Pol-
ish. However, Mr. Blevitsky pressed
me to his white waistcoat and treat-
ed me to a bottle of pink pop. in
the presence of the multitude, which
put me in right with the elite. The
bridegrom was quite drunk = and
bleary, yet affable withal.

His bride was a small, swart maid-
en, with a littl face and big haztr,
and she had on all the clothes she
owned—a habit they acquire com-
ing over in the steerage. When Mr.
Blevitsky formally presented me
the bride arose, made a weary
bow, and sank limply into her seat.
Mr. Blevitsky beamed with love,
beer and tenderness. Placing one
arm around my neck, he drew me
aside and told me about the bride in
accents that left no doubt of his ab-
sorbing passion.

She was tired, he said. According
to her wont, and against his ex-
press order, she had gone out at 5
o’clock that morning with a gunny
sack to pick up. coal on the railroad
track. But what could a man do?
She had come back with more than
a bushel, and they were married at
10. o'clock. Moreover, he had se-
cretly inspected the coal, and there
wasn’t a single clinker among it. In
a further burst of sloppy confidence,
Mr. Blevitsky opined his wife was
a jewel—a woman of whom any man
might be proud.

Everybody danced, after a fash-
ion, and then sidestepped to the bar
the minute the band gave out. Mr.
Blevitsky superintended the whole
business, and sopped up most of the
loose liquid on the counter with the
sleeves of his wedding trousseau. He
was the life of the party. For mine,
I rubbered and soaked up impressions
that cling to me still.

Along toward midnight I became
absorbed in a bean colored young
woman—to her own notion the happi-
est one in all the glad throng. She
sat midway at one side of the hall op-
posite the bar, wearing that expres-
sion of proud and defiant agony seen
in pictures of Christian martyrs
burned at the stake. Her symptoms

-had puzzled me for an hour or so

when it dawned that she was the
woman with the High Insteps. Like
a statue she posed—her  slippered
feet thrust forward so as to star the
insteps. The tension in her limbs
necessary to arch the feet was so
great I could see the muscles bulg-
ing under the ball dress, and the loose
hair about her temples was sub-
merged in moisture. Many a man
has stumbled over the high instep
to his everlasting sorrow, but instead
of falling in love with the maiden,
I yearned to hand her a couple of
swift kicks on the ankles.

Nature and cramps at length called
a halt in this exhibition of maidenly
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tire assemblage of Poles, big and lit-
tle, talked at the same time. In the
confusion incident to this divertise-
ment a furtive Swede, unbidden to
the feast, drew from beneath his chair
an immense accordion and started to
drag therefrom a dismal tune. Some-
body threw a cream puff which hit
the Swede in the eye. The pastry
stuck just long enough for me to
observe how much the Swede looked
like a watch repairer at work; then
hostilities became general and a
fusillade. of food and furniture put
the pacificoes to flight.

There ‘wasn’t much furniture avail-
able for long range fighting, so the
combatants drew on the larder. The
three Polish musicians and the Swede
mixed it hand to hand. with their
instruments, and the guests hurling
victuals toward this common center
soon involved the whole company.
Mr. Blevitsky, with a boiled ham in
each hand, battled nobly for a cause
shrouded in some doubt. It was
time for trouble, and solely on that
account the bridegroom sailed in
and did the best he could.

When the lights were all knocked
out the fighting shifted to the side-
walk and was still raging when the
police got there and cracked a lot
of skulls. The Swede escaped and
the Polish orchestra was among those
locked up. It is ever thus. The man
who butts in and makes trouble for
others manages to slip out unhurt.
Still, Mr. Blevitsky’s wedding was a
huge and unqualified success. They
took nine stitches in his scalp. And

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

to molding with renewed a
One of my first plays was to pick|
out a preceptor—a sedate and finish- |
ed mechanic of mature years, whose |
mode a youngster might copy and|
thus become perfect. Mr. Spruce, |
champion all around sand pounder, |
the man who made the large fly-.
wheels and dry sand cylinders, filled |
the bill to my notion, and I copied |
him. In two months I was a second |
edition of this Royal Arch molder |
in mechanical grace, style and exe- |
cution. I even spat like Mr. Spruce. |

Anything he did I did and felt I'

| couldn’t go wrong. Mr. Spruce saw |

the lady with the High Insteps never |

knew she had put her feet in it, so
to speak.

Early next morning, impelled by
that morbid curiosity ever dominant
in the student of human moods and
passions, I strolled past the scene of
the late nuptial disaster. There was-
n't much doing, yet I felt repaid by
a glimpse of the saloon proprietor
wrestling with the aftermath. Mount-
ed on a stepladder and armed with a
putty knife, he was scraping lemon
meringue pie, layer cake, and cheese
from the building front, meanwhile
discoursing to himself in quaint Pol-
ish accents.

It may be fitting to observe here
that while social gayeties epidemic
in Omaha at that time were not so
recherche as similar affairs at New-
port and on Fifth avenue, they were
not without interest to the police.
At one they batter heads, at the other
the cops repel souvenir seekers who
would rip the garments off the bride
or bite chunks from the iron rail-
ings in front of the church.

The only place a fellow can get
wedded without police surveillance is
in one of those spots untouched by
the blight of civilization. Be he a
millionaire or mutt, this getting mar-
ried is a dangerous operation, which
should only be attempted as a last
extremity when ill or out of work.
In time I may lose my number and
decide to pay some good woman a
salary to make trouble for me, but
that possibility is too remote to wor-
ry about.

After the wedding I aplied myself

 

he had scored a touchdown back of |
goal with a lobster, and the knowl-|
edge pleased him, for he hypnotized |
me with tales about an engine bed |
plate he once cast in Sacramento that |
weighed sixty-four tons. Helpers |
hoisted him in and out of the sand |
mold with a derrick for a couple of |
weeks, he said, and when the plate |
was cast they had to tear the shop |
down to get it outside.

That job placed him in the front |
row of the peach class, and I beg-|
ged Mr. Spruce for his photograph. |
What Henry Irving is to the stage |
butler this master molder was to|
me, and I fairly worshiped the sand |
he handled. |

One evening after work Mr.|
Spruce, being a fatherly man with a |
good heart and kindly impulses, ask- |
ed me to his home to supper. As we |
left the shop on the outskirts of the |
town a freight train came along. We!
climbed to the top and rode half a |
mile or so to the place where Mr.|
Spruce got off. Instead of descend- |
ing the iron ladder and swinging to |
the ground after the manner of |
brakemen, he moved that we spring |
to the roof of a lonely box car stand- |
ing on a parallel track and descend |
at leisure. I said, “All right,” and he |
led the way.

Anybody but a lobster in the cua]
knows a brisk run on leaping from a}
moving train is necessary to main- |
tain a dignified equilibrium, but I
was in the clutch of a master mind.
Two seconds after Mr. Spruce hit |
the roof of the stationary car
was due to jump off at the far end, | |
going full speed. He arrived on |
schedule time and so did I, one lap|
behind. The fall on the frozen ties |
below telescoped Mr. Spruce’s spinal |
column, and I broke my own ‘aaa
and three of his ribs plunging down |

on top of him.

|
|

|
he |

Thus did an iconoclastic box car,
painted red, shatter my first and only
idol. Mr. Spruce went to the hospi-
tal, and when my nose subsided sol
could see around it I pulled my
freight for the warm belt in Dixie.
We never met again. Since then I
have traveled on the inside, outside |
and underneath box cars without a
chaperon, and never got hurt. This
mention is made not as a proud boast
but as part of a mottled career.

Charles Dryden.
——_+22>——_

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Women Close and Stingy Only in
Money Matters.

Written for the Tradesman.
An English paper has recently been

devoting much space to a discussion

|more freely than women.
|matter of treating, for instance. A|
;man feels that he must
| friends, and set up the drinks, or the
| cigars, even though he is behind in
|his rent and owes the butcher, and
|banker, and candlestick maker. He |

points of view, and that men do spend
Take the |

treat his

|must do it to maintain his character |
| of liberality, and so it often happens

of the question whether woman is |
stingy or not, and, unfortunately, the |

general concensus of opinion seems to

be that whatever her other and man- | : ‘cial :
j heads the published subscription list

ifest virtues when it comes to money
matters she is decidedly close and
mean.
forth in support of this theory—wom-
an’s passion for the bargain counter,
her inability-to buy anything without
first trying to beat down the price,
the adamantine and unshakable atti-
tude she takes towards the giving of
tips, and so on.

Every woman who reads this will

| date

Various things were brought |

ito the

that he is generous before he is just |
or honest. He will give although he
A woman reverses the |
pay, even if she|
Colonel Bluster always

will never pay.
She

never gives.

process. will

ot all the Booriboola Gha

in town; he is a liberal man and he

charities |

throws a $5 bill down on the bar and
invites all the loafers present to come |
a drink; he contributes
fund,

up and take

campaign and spends |

|money like water to elect his candi-

feel like entering a vigorous protest |

against such an unjust accusation, and
will deny the charge in toto. We are
mot stingy, and if, as a sex, we are
less free with our money and more
given to a cheeseparing policy than

men it is for the very sufficient rea- |
|new frock or Johnny lacked shoes, |

son that we have less money to
spend. Man, as a general thing, is
the money earner. He carries the
pocketbook and may do as he pleases
with his own, without giving an ac-
count to anyone. Woman seldom
has any money of which she has ab-
solute. control. What is given
for housekeeping, for clothes and
necessary expenses is the very least
with which the desired and expected
results can be accomplished, and ‘she
must needs look well to cent
and see that she gets the worth of
her money.

her

every

It is this necessity that
makes her the victim of the bargain
counter, and the trading stamp, and
the fakirs who sell
goods, where you get something for
nothing. She has literally nothing to
“blow in” on things that are a mere
gratification of the moment.

make-believe

As a matter of fact women are not
expected to spend much on purely
doubly hard for them to be accused

of stinginess. A man thinks nothing

from the even |

it his

*Steenth Ward,

family have to go on
rations, and pinch and pinch to pay
for it. Mrs. Colonel

counted a woman.

short

Bluster is ac-
She
no stock in any such liberality. An

close takes

unpaid bill is to her like a nightmare;

Mrs. Jones might go without soda|

she waited for her

to treat her while Mary needed a}

water forever if

and if a candidate’s election to office
in a woman’s club depended on her!
friends putting up money for it, she}
would never get into the president’s

i chair in the world.

The truth of the matter is that}

i whether liberality is a crime or a|

virtue depends altogether on circum-
stances. How often do we celebrate
the generosity of this or that young

man. He never asks the price of

things, he never neglects to  send|

flowers to his hostess or bonbons to |

| the debutantes, and he insists on pay- |

| her

, : | hearted
personal indulgences, and so it seems |

of ordering a lunch that will cost a|

dollar or two.

His wife may be just | ; til ii
oe 1good as liberality.
as hungry, and would enjoy it just|° ' i

as much as he does, but she hesitates |

before she treats herself to a glass of
s-cent soda. No

intelligent female |

stomach hankers for cream puffs and |

pie, as sO many seem to _ suppose.

|women. A

Women simply order them because |

they are satisfying and cheap, and

that not because of stinginess, but be- |
cause it was all they felt they could |

afford. If any woman spent as much
money on the gratification of a pure-
ly individual taste as a man does on
cigars she would be held up as a

|comes to a question of real want her
|hand is the

isave by scrimping here and pinching

warning to young men about to com- |

mit matrimony. Nobody would speak
of her as a liberal woman. They

|sionaries to the heathen.

would say she was recklessly, ruin- |

ously extravagant.

| this charge is oftenest brought up is
It can not be denied that men and the woman who keeps a boarding
women look at money from different | house. Mrs. Slimdiet’s stinginess has

ing everybody’s way on an excursion.

How parsimonious beside him ap-

counts

pears his sister, who every

penny, and washes her handkerchiefs

in her room and dries them on the

mirror, and who lets her friend pay
Sut then
some day we hear that in his expan-

own street car fare!
sive way of doing things the open-
embraced |
the contents of his employer’s cash |

|

young man_ has
drawer, and is a fugitive from jus- |

tice, and then we wonder if there|

are not times when honesty is as|

When it comes to real generosity—
the generosity that means self-denial
and very finest
found among
insist on
having the worth of her money, she
may refuse to treat or pay the way
of those who are perfectly able to
pay for themselves, but when _ it

self-sacrifice—the
flower of it may be

woman may

first and
the mites

quickest to
give. it: 1s that women
there and

mis-

build the churches
charities and send

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been the subject of the cheap wits |
for generations, who have rung the |
changes on ancient butter and the|
centipede legs of the boarding house
chicken ad nauseam. We have seen
her pathetic striving held up to ridi-
cule, her economies made mean and
sorid, but no one has said anything
about the other side of the question
—of the hundreds and hundreds of
times when she has given shelter
and home to poor girls out of work,
and of the weeks and months she
has let a board bill run along for
some young fellow who has lost a
job, and who but for her would have
neither food nor shelter. No one
whose fate has not taken them among
such people has any idea of the ex-
tent of the generosity—the generosi-
ty that does not even meet the poor
reward of a thank—that such women
bestow. It is given out of poverty,
and hard work, and bitter striving
and one girl so kept off of the street,
saved from tramping or
desperation is more real generosity

one man

and worth more than a line of col-
leges and charitable institutions built
from here to the Canadian line.
Behind the apparent stinginess of
many a woman lies a pathetic little
story that the world never knows.
Sometimes she is a well-to-do wom-
an, who is cloaking her husband’s
miserliness to her. Sometimes we
see her niggardly, and the servants
tell us tales of pinching and scrimp-
ing, and we can not know that she
is heroically standing, like a lonely
and deserted sentinel, over wretched
and ruined fortunes, trying to keep
up appearances until the girls are
married or the boys in business. It
is to his mother’s so-called stinginess
that many a poor boy owes his col-
lege education, and his career in
life. His father had not the courage
not to be liberal, because he could not
afford it. He must belong to lodges
and pay his part for expensive floral
designs when Pat Doolan died, and
contribute to the band when
idiot suggested presenting a medal
to the leader. He was esteemed the
soul of generosity, and the neighbor-

some

hood pitied him for having a stingy
wife. “They do say she can make five
pies out of three blackberries,” they
whispered and tittered behind her
back. But she went unmoved on her
way. She stinted the coffee here and
saved on the sugar there, and prac-
ticed a thousand heart-breaking econ-
omies, but she gave her boy an edu-
cation and a start in life.

Stingy? No! It is an unfounded
charge. Women are careful of
money; they are just with it, and
when there is need they are liberal.

Dorothy Dix.
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Enthusiasm As An Asset.

It has become trite to say that
perseverance, thrift, care for details |
and a score of other attributes are |

the chief factors in making a success
of life. Men who possess several or
all of these contributory factors oft- |
en fall short of achieving what the |
world calls success, because they |
lack the mainspring to
thusiasm.

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The boy who becomes the leader |
of his classmates at school and on
the playground is the one who sug- |
gests a game or some sport, and then
goes at it with heart and soul. When
he graduates and starts out in life
that lad wins the recognition of his
employers by going about his work |
as if he took a personal interest in|
its accomplishment. |

There comes to mind the case of
New

He was

a country boy who came. to
York “to make his fortune.”
one of the enthusiastic type of be-
His first attempts to find em-
ployment were unsuccessful. Jn ap-

ings.

pearance he was uncouth, and busi-
thought that under the
rough covering the lad himself was
of no better quality. After several
fruitless search he found a
typewriter concern that wanted a
boy to deliver machines in the city.
He was big and strong for his age
and met the requirements. Three
days after he had started to work}
there was a complaint made against
him by the other delivery boys. They
declared that he worked too fast,
that they could not keep up with|
him. The truth of the matter was
that when he had anything to do he)
did it promptly and with the evident
desire to get it out of the way so
as to turn to some other work. For
fifteen years he has kept his mind
on work during business hours and
now, a man of thirty, he is entrusted
with one of the departments in the
concern with started as
an errand boy.

So in any advice that can be given
to young men who have their for-

mess mcn

days’

which he

tunes to make it is safe to include
enthusiasm as a valuable asset. There
is no royal read to success. except

that of persistent labor. This being

ithe fact, every boy and man should

|
j
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W. L. Thomp, dealer in dry goods |

and clothing, Centreville:

“The |

Tradesman is worth three times its |

price, especially in its helpfulness to |. i ' :
iis a very intelligent animal.

the salespeople alone.”
-_—__~+<- »——__.

What is the good of telling the

whole truth when only half of it is}

pleasant?
a

Some of the cleverest men are
absent-minded.

ask himself this Who
among the world’s workers achieve |
success that raises them above the
ordinary men of their time? Upon
reading the life history of men of
eminence it will be found that, while
they may not have done more work
than others, or in instances work of

question:

ia lesser degree of merit, whatever

accomplished
Kipling

they undertook was
with a lieht' heart; or, as

|states it, they worked “for the joy

of the working.” |
—__.-+ 2».

Retains His Intelligence.
He—Believe me, that dog of mine |

She—Oh, then you haven’t owned |

him very long?
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Come, let us draw down the shades |
and keep the sunshine out, so the |
furniture will make a brave showing |
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And Your Flour Troubles Will be Over

We have been selling CERESOTA FLOUR since April
1896 with increased sales every year. The brand at that time
was new in this state, but we satisfied ourselves that it was
the best flour money could buy and we so guaranteed it to our

customers.

Our opinion has never changed
Our confidence in it is greater now that ever
It has stood the test and proved the best

We don’t ask you to take our word for it, but you may
safely rely on the testimony of those who use CERE-
SOTA. Buy a few barrels and if it suits your trade, buy
more.

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

| ]
MAKES AS WELL AS MARS. | until it had broken the heart and has-|

man Iils.
Once again has autumn brought
around the eternally interesting topic,

which, first under the title “Is Mar-
riage a Failure?” then under various

other headings, and now that of “The : :
8S, | lors seem to think, an overadvertised |
has revealed a}

’

Marriage Handicap,’
large number of prejudicial opinions
upon the relation of the sexes rather

than any serious and sane discussion -

of the question first raised.
There runs through a great deal of
the present day discussion a vein of

firm belief that absolute and perfect |

happiness is possible in this world to
all of us, and that by their plunge
into marriage the writers have miss-
ed it.

But is this belief borne out by
common experience? Are all the bach-

elors happy and all the benedicts mis- |

erable? Would the weak kneed men
who bewail their wives’ extravagance,
or the dismal women who take the
world into their confidence about the
selfishness of their husbands, have
been happier in the single than in the
married state?

It may be permitted to doubt it. A
little backbone is as necessary to the
unmarried as to the married, and the
men and women who, married, whim-
per over the expense of a tamily
would have whimpered, single, over
the extortions of the bookmaker and
the bonnet maker, who would have
been the most likely people to profit
by their spare cash.

Not that one can deny the hard-
ships, the risks, attendant upon mar-
riage, or the fact that an unhappy
marriage may be the ruin of a life.
Of such cases undoubtedly the worst
is that of a man with a drunken wife,
and with a family of children whose
mother she is. One first’s thought, in

such a case, is that the law should |

step in to his assistance; but I be-
lieve it would almost always be found
that the husband, in those’ cases
where he is himself blameless and de-
serving of all sympathy, would suffer

any misery rather than expose this |

domestic shame, or suffer the woman
who bears his name to sink any lower.

Fortunately, in these extreme cases,
the disease usually ends by proving
its own remedy; but I own, with sor-

row, that I have known two cases in |
which the wife’s vice did not kill her |

every human career.

| human ills.

a oe ae lt
Ries Sen a Gace foc Al Hn| ened the death of a husband of whom

she was utterly unworthy.

Matrimony is

| should find wives.

should find husbands, or that all men
So far from en-—

| couraging either sex to rush headlong

But the tragedies of marriage are | — Oy . would sce on i:
/not more frequent than the tragedies | ™@''Y es Serine ee

Oe 'you can not make up your mind, if
of every other human institution, of | YOU 47 not Py ,

‘you feel doubt or difficulty, remain

not, as some of the scribbling bache- |

patent medicine for the cure for all
In the ordinary individ-

ual it doubles the cares of life, while |

it doubles it satisfactions; it

to enjoy. You are an unlucky hus-
band if your wife does not feel your
successes and failures more keenly,
more passionately, than you do your-

limbs grow longer and their needs

ates, bet, om the other hand, you for the clamors of those who wish to

are a poor creature if you ever grow

old. For the youth of your children |
|is your youth; it spreads from them

young ambitions round you will stay

oe s ives is a handicap, that he can get on
ee ee ee more better without it, why should he not

unwed. The inevitable marriage is

seldom a mistake, and if it is you}

have the satisfaction of knowing that |
| mation every decade or so; even re-

there was no help for it.

If the bachelor feels that marriage

enjoy his freedom unmolested? I can

/not see why there should be such a
| rage for forcing him into bonds which

ihe wants to escape.

self, while if you have children you | how loudly some bachelors may cry

| may find life a hard struggle as their |

For, no matter

that they are pursued, that they are

| haunted, that they can not find rest

|force them into matrimony, the fact

'remains that their

abstention from

‘ : | marriage will not mean the extinction
like a contagion; the young hopes, the |

the withering hand of old age like a/|

charm.

On the other hand, it is a great mis- |

take to take it for granted that all
men and women are fit subjects for
matrimony. It would not be for the

| petting on comfortably in their cap-

 

of the race, nor will it even mean its |

deterioration.

With all the counter attractions of
absolute freedom on the one hand,
and of temporary ties on the other, to

tivity.

Full well have we thrashed out this
perennial subject, and amply have we
poured out our views, our prejudices,
our experiences into the common ear.
But have we done with it yet?

Not a bit of it. Politics grow stale
from generation to generation; sci-
ence undergoes a complete transfor-

ligion changes its aspect in an aston-
ishing way.

But from century to century men
remain men, and women women, and
the children come, and bring with
them the opening of a new world
every time. And so, just as surely
as the leaves turn red and brown next
autumn, the topic, the eternal topic
of marriage, will bob up again; there
will be nothing new for us to say,
nothing unwritten for us to write.
But we shall write it all over again,
and, either contemptuously or sym-

| pathetically, we shall read it, too.

Florence Warden.
————_. 2

Destiny laughs at the man who
despises a dimple—seeing his finish.
That he is making straight for the

|arms of some female suffragist.
draw them away from the matrimo- |
nial net, it is certain that most of |
benefit of the race that all women| them end by falling into it, and by |

——_+2.2. >.
Truly she ** a stupid woman who
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THE DEATH PENALTY.

 

Some Reasons Why It Should Be
Abolished.

Society is improving; the world is
growing better. More humanity is
creeping in. But anthropology, or
rather social science, has not passed
its elemental stage.

A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an
eye, and a life for a life, has been long
placed among the relics of barbarism
—excepting the phrase, a life for a
life. If the former clause is of this
among the first of criminal laws are
void, then the enquiring mind may
reasonably ask:
away with the death penalty for those
who murder?

The ancients

punished inanimate

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 31

|
| late the condemned from the coateidié

; world that it becomes impossible for |

| trustworthy and reliable of prisoners. |

| others as

objects for injury to man; an ax cut-|

ting a chopper was thrown beyond| _. . !
me PI i J | with prison work to help in the sup- |

the boundary of the province.
horse a person was tried
by jury and, when found guilty, the
animal was killed or confiscated to the
state.

injuring

ture or release, as they liked. In our
day, witnesses other than relatives
or friends of the deceased seem re-

The |

lin the

|

the condemned to’ heroize himself, |

and the public learns nothing of the}
scenes at his execution.

If the wardens of penitentiaries and
the sheriffs of jails were permitted to|
frame a new international criminal |
law there would be lacking all pro-|
visions for the death penalty. Prison |
officials and students of penology tell
us that the murderers are the most |

Life imprisonment, we have been}
told by prison officials, is worse than |

i | death, the murderer confined and see- |
Why not also do}

ing as the years go by prisoners come |
to places behind bars, and_ seeing|
constantly going out to)
freedom. Life imprisonment is safest |

for the state and for the convicted, ;

i. : : |
port of the unfortunates of society |
world outside. Abolish the}
death penalty and lynching will abol- |

|ish itself.

In bygone ages the captured |
murderer was surrendered to relatives | Se i : - |

Le i | wrong end of things, especially of |
or friends of the deceased to kill, tor- |
|out before the world fixes its
| door.
| taking so much time just now on the

luctant to testify when conviction in |

the trial carries the death penalty. Of
course, exception exists when public
conscience has long been aroused and

public indignation has reached a

The world persists in getting at the |

The horse always gets
barn
It is queer that the world is

social evils.

subject of divorce; it ought to turn its |
attention to marriage. Right employ- |

| ment in business, adaptability in mar- |
| riage, and correct environment—these |

high pitch, as in the case of the many |

murders committed by union men in
Colorado a few months ago. Albeit
there is an untoward acceptance of
the allegation that severity of punish-
ment fails to restrain others from the

commission of similar crimes. The
states providing life imprisonment |
have not more murders than other

states carrying the death penalty.
Less than 100 years ago the human
race had about too different offenses
which were punishable by death. This
number has decreased to possibly
three, or less, in civilized countries.

Treason does not usually bring death |
as its punishment except when the}

nation is actually engaged in war.
Everywhere it is growing more dif-

cult to get a jury that will recom- |

mend the death penalty.
in one of the Northeastern States pro-

A new law}

vides that each juryman must signa |
special clause to be added to their |

verdict, recommending the death pen-

alty, otherwise the punishment can

be no worse than life imprisonment.
New York and two or three other
states substituted -the

have electric

chair for the time honored gallows. |

This is a step towards the abolition
of the death penalty from our crimin-
al codes. As the extreme penalty for
murder China chops the head off
Russia exiles to Siberia; Germany
uses both the ax and the guillotine:
France guillotines; England hang
the United States imposes sentences
from life imprisonment to electroc1-
tion and hanging.

With the reduction of capital crimes
has grown a further limitation to pub-
licity at executions. Not long ago
all executions were public as a lesson

to deter others from crime, but may |

not the reverse be the effect in truth?
Not a few countries and states so iso-

| fathers with inhumanity and barbar-

| years hence call us inhuman
i barous’ for

; ideal society.

are elements at the foundation of an|
We persist in charging our fore-

ism when they inflicted the death
penalty for about too different crimes.
May not our posterity a hundred
and bar-
punishing murder by}
Elmer E. Rogers.
_——__o-—-o_— |
No man is so suspicious as he |
who has been often in love. |

death?

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

 

“Most Effective Method of Window

Trimming.
Shelves against the sides of the |
show window are desirable, since |

they add nearly 50 per cent. to the |
display space. Have them of glass, |
six inches wide and about one foot |
apart. They are excellent for the
display of babies’ footwear—which |
always looks out of place on the
floor of the window—and for slip- |
pers. Some shoe dealers use these |
shelves exclusive for their findings.
Shoe trees, paste, polish, rubber!
heels, etc., which invariably destroy |
the harmony of a display on the win-
dow floor, appear to splendid advan-
tage on the shelves. Those in boxes
can be arranged in pyramids and
turret effects that will add considera-
bly to the attractiveness of the win- |
dow.

|
|

| but the arrangement has to be modi- |
‘fied where there is but one window.

|low step or terrace, using the two
| sections as_though they were sepa-

|above program

| learning what the price was.

A good plan is to vary the dress- |

ing. In one trim give the shelves ex- |
clusively to shoe trees; in another

to bedroom slippers; another to pol- |

ishes; another to heel cushions; an- |
other to rubber heels, etc. It is a

fact that the public is more impress- |
|the heavy soles of men’s footwear. |

ed with a display of one commodity
than with a jumble of twenty-five or
thirty. Experienced window trim-
mers are well aware of this and that
is why the modern department store
window exhibits the merchandise of
one department, and not the products

of several, as was the case twenty |

and thirty years ago. Shoe dealers
should take a lesson from this. The
old style retailer who has two win-
dows piles a heterogeneous display
of men’s, women’s and_ children’s
goods into both, with the nooks and
corners filled in with findings, and)
imagines that he has done well in
showing the public a sample or two
of every item of stock he carries. As |
a matter of fact his windows are un- |}
attractive because there is too much |
in them. The pedestrian scans the |
variety and fails to be impressed
with any one thing.

A wiser arrangement would be to
devote one of the two windows to
special displays. The first week try
men’s goods exclusively. As a re-
sult every man and woman who
looks into the window will be im-|
pressed with the fact that you car-
Ty certain nobby styles of men’s
shoes at very reasonable prices. The
next week display women’s footwear |

in that window exclusively, and the |
third week children’s. The effect will |
be a hundred per cent. better than
the old method of exhibiting all to-
gether, and it will show in the sales.
On the fourth week give the window |
over to findings, arranged in the

and see if the sales of these articles
do not receive an impetus.

The above suggestions are intend-

| the heavy, metallic monogram

| strength to the shoe and pleasing

| will endeavor to ascertain a man’s |
| occupation by examining his

jas Summer Tans” is the announce-
| ment on a window card in a Boston
| shoe store.

|ter tans popular.
one : | these’ shoes is far superior to that in
most artistic manner you can invent, | the summer goods
jand therefore proof against water.
| Many of the winter tans are splendid

| high cuts, extending well over

ed for dealers possessing two show |

windows. When men’s goods appear

|shoes range in price from $3.50 to
in the special window, women’s and $12 per pair. They are popular with
i

|nevertheless it shows that a strong
| effort is being made to make win-

children’s will occupy the other, etc.,

In this case it is advisable to raise
the back floor of the window by a

rate windows. Then carry out the
as follows: Make
your special display of men’s goods |
in the front section, the first week, |
with the women’s and children’s foot- |
wear on the raised floor in the rear. |
The week after put a strong display |
of women’s shoes in front, relegating |
the men’s to the rear, and thus work- |
ing out the plan as though you pos- |
sessed two windows instead of one.
Unless you have a fashionable
shop, with a fashionable class of |
patrons, never make the mistake of |
putting shoes in the window that are |
not ticketed with their price. Many |
a man has turned away from the|
show window because he feared the/
price of a shoe he admired was more |
than he could afford to pay. And he|
was backward about going inside and |

Of course, if all your styles are
one price a prominent card in the
window announcing that fact is suffi-
cient. In fact, it is an improvement |
on having every shoe ticketed.

One of the new ideas of the sea-|
son is to stamp fancy initials on

The initial indicates the occupation |
of the wearer. Thus an “M” is
stamped on motormen’s shoes; “M.
C” on mail carriers’: “C” on con-|
ductors’; “P.” on policemen’s, etc. |
Oddly enough, the shoes are becom- |
ing popular with this class of trade, |
on |
of

the sole giving an appearance

the prospective wearer.

A Brook- |

jlyn, N. Y., shoe dealer is pushing

the fad for all it is worth, alternat-
ing his sales of policemen’s and mo- |
tormen’s boots. When the former |

|are advertised in the morning papers

he places a large card reading “Po- |
lice Shoes” in the center of his win- |
dow, and surrounds it with a dis- |
play of the footwear, adjusting the |
majority of the shoes so that the |
initial on the sole will be visible. |
On other days he features his mo-|
tormen’s boots in like manner. The |

police shoes are being purchased by |

|many who have no connection with |

the “force,” which fact will puzzle |

|amateur detectives this winter, who|

foot- |
prints.
“Winter Tans Will Be as Popular

The statement is an ex-
aggeration, as all shoe men know;

The leather in

It is non-porous,

the

ankle, and these stormy weather

 

| capital out of the

| the favorite red and black of

men who will not bother with rub-
ber footwear.

Enterprising shoe dealers are quick
to catch any fad or folly of the
passing season and utilize it as an
advertisement for their business. A
Washington, D. C., retailer is making
use of chrysanthemums. In the cen-
ter of his window is a beautiful cut-
glass flower stand in which he keeps
eight or ten magnificent ball-like
‘mums. The flowers make the most
attractive kind of a centerpiece, con-
trasting in pleasing fashion with the
surrounding display of shoes
of the window. They are
from a neighboring florist at small
expense, fresh ones being supplied
every morning.

Another retailer in the same city
keeps a jar of the flowers on his
findings case, presenting a bloom to
every female customer.

A shoe. dealer located in a college
town in Pennsylvania, where there
is bitter football rivalry between two
institutions of leatning, is making
situation. Recent-
ly he delighted the students of both
schools by dressing his show win-
dows with their colors.
dow was

the other was heavily festooned with
the

second school. in each

Prominent

display were fifty small pennants, ad- |

mirably adapted for waving from a
grand stand on a football field. These
red-and-black and red-and-white flags
were new in the town and, in fact,

and |
with the hardwood floor and walls |
rented |

One win-|
resplendent with the red|
| and white of one institution, while |

Bob the Blacksmith

 

 

Bob the blacksmith is hearty and hale,

Makes shoes for horses that never fail,

Wears shoes that are shoes upon his feet,

That don’t set him crazy on account of
the heat.

They are made by a firm who calls them
HARD-PAN

the

And they are never bunched with

“Aliso Ban.”

Dealers who handle our line say

j
|

we make them more money than
| other manufacturers.

Write us for reasons why.

Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co.

Makers of Shoes Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

ee

5 and 5

Below prevailing trust prices have made our stock
of Lycomings, Woonsockets and Keystones go

some the past week.
Speak quick if you are
gains. Terms 30 days.

As we are now State Agents for the Celebrated

Hood Rubbers

We will close out all our stock of

Lycomings, Woonsockets and Keystones

At

Hustle in your orders and get them filled while
our stock is large.

 

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.

Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates every day to Grand Rapids.
Send for circular.

Per Cent.

A good assortment left.
looking for genuine bar-

Once

 

 

 

 

 

 

were made by a flag maker by order
of the shoe dealer. When the dis-

plays first appeared students of both |

colleges besieged the retailer asking |
him to put a price on the pennants,
which they wished to carry to the!
annual football contest between the |

two schools that was to occur a week |

later. But the shoe dealer replied |
to all: “Look in the window to-
morrow. You will then learn howto

obtain one.”

ing:
Carty 2
Pennant
Containing Your Favorite
Colors to the
Football Game
Next Week. Every Purchaser of a
Pair of $3 Shoes Will Be
Presented With One.

There is nothing to compare with

the enthusiasm of the collegian.
Young men and women who had

three, four and five pairs of shoes in

their wardrobe hastened to’ the
store to obtain one of the coveted
trophies. Before the end of the|

third day the last of the fifty pen-
nants was given out and the shoe
dealer’s gratification was marred by
only
ty more.

At this time his daughter, who was | past

a student in one of the schools, gave

him a suggestion and he again vis- |

ited the flag maker.
large banners measuring six feet by
three and one-half were and
delivered to the shoe dealer on the
day before the big game. He prompt-
ly hung them in the rear of
window and that night sent an in-
vitation to the athletic
each college asking to have a com-
mittee sent to his store on the fol-
lowing morning, as he had a presen-
tation to make to them. The boys
appeared early in the day, and each
college received its flag.

made

association of

These were

This card appeared in |

each window on the following morn-| ipy-. -
This is the second woman I have

}

| the street,”
| paused to stare.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN -

33

 

|

| particle of difference to her.
When both small boots were shin-

| tention, but it seemed not to makea/|

than ever deplore the passing of the

| good old times when every woman

| ing like mirrors and could not possi- |

| bly be improved upon she stepped
| from her exalted seat, and, handing
'the boy 10 cents, walked away up the
Street, without heeding the curious
|crowd which was standing on
|corner, ostensibly waiting for a car,
but really consumed with curiosity
over this unusual scene.

| seen lately in a bootblack’s chair on
said one of the men who|
“T saw another one |

only yesterday, in another chair, hav-

the |
sugar .unless it’s

| ing her boots cleaned, and I thought |
| maybe she was paying off a wager of

| tion I would have

some sort. If it had been after elec-

| but I see now it is only another fem-

;inine fad”—and he

did not look

| pleased.

To tell the truth, this thing of sit-
ting in a bootblack’s chair in a pub-

lic street is a new thing for the Bal-

| timore woman,

although for a

been sure she was,

long
| time she has been having her foot- |

| wear polished in exactly the same|
| fashion as her brother has his.
The day of the bottle of liquid |

one régret—that he had not fif- |

As a result two |

each |

biacking with its tiny sponge on the |

straw hats which have become

| end of a long wire has well-nigh gone |
When the bottle is used now |
}it is oftener for freshening up black |
dull |

and dusty than in any other capaci- |
ty. Every shoe-shop where women’s |
footwear is sold has among its para-|

phernalia one or more chairs for its |

feminine customers to use while hav-
ing their shoes blacked, and one or
more colored boys to do this very

|/important work.

These young men use paste black-

ing and liquid blacking, and brushes
land pieces of flannel,

and elbow ef-

'fort (which sounds more decent than

|elbow grease), and when they

mounted on poles and carried at the |

head of the procession of
students at the game that afternoon,
who did not forget to bring in a

cheering |

cheer for the enterprising shoe deal- |

er. His “college trade’ has received
a decide impetus——Shoe Trade Jour-
nal,

te

Fashion That Will Be a Long Time |

Getting Popular.

following account
fashion in shoe shining
scribes a custom that will
come popular in a long time.
can afford generous

darky bootblacks can afford to have

The
more

who

the heels of
of a Balti-|
de- |
not be-|
Ladies |
tips to |

get
through their labors they are reward-
ed with a coin of greater or less
value.

One colored youth said the
day that women much
generous than men—though, to be
woman

other
were more
sure, he said, occasionally a
came in and had her shoes blacketted
and never him a cent;
admitted that such was an exception.
the never blacken
the women’s
those of

gave

Of course, boys
than they do the
men’s, but then that is merely one of
their pleasing idiosyncrasies.

more

It is because the shoe-shop inaug- |

urated these chairs for the

inience of their patrons that women

their shoes polished elsewhere than |

on the public street. Put just the

gentlest imaginable emphasis on the |

word “Ladies” Even

accepting a'/|
free shine in the seclusion of a store |

is objectionable to a great many la- |
dies—which is, perhaps, a fine thing |

for the shoe merchant.

first gave up the bottle of blacking
used themselves, and
sometimes used as

which they

which was

manded,

shoes any |

cOnVE— |

 

but he |

dye |
and sometimes as ink, as occasion de- |
and there were those old-|

fashioned folk who thought that it|

was unpleasantly mannish
| members of the gentler sex to mount |

for the|

She was sitting in a bootblack’s | a chair with footrests and let a col- |

chair at the corner of two
himself polishing up her footwear |
she took in the landscape with a
blase air. There was no doubt that |
she was attracting a great deal of at-

 

|

busy | ored boy work away at their feet;

streets, and as the bootblack busied | but if this matter of sitting on a ea
on an open street becomes a regular |

| proceeding the respectable people of
‘the town will have their sensibilities
shocked very often, and they will more

|

was her own shoe-blacker.
—_——__ +.
Wanted It Congratulated.
Kitty dining at a neighbor’s
and when she was offered the sugar
cubes for her coffee she said shyly:
“No, thank you; I don’t care for
congratulated.”

was

Getting His Half.
“George looks happy since his un-

cle died and didnt leave him a
cent.”
"Yes. The lawyer for the estate

has promised him half if he’ll contest
the will.”
——__.+<___
Cupid is an orphan that no young

couple can afford not to adopt.

 

 

Which Storm Would You Rather Face

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

| wanted the Glove Brand Rubbers, do

you understand?

 

 

Merchants’ Half Fare

 

Your trade wants the best.
It’s the Glove Brand.

HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Excursion Rates
Send for circular.

every day to Grand Rapids.

 

 

 

Lest You Forget

We say this for your benefit and your advantage in knowing
of one place where your orders will have the very best atten-
tion possible, and where goods will be shipped same day as

receipt of order.

The time for replenishing and sizing up

your rubber stock will soon be here and our stock of

Banigan and
W oonasquatucket

Rubbers

As well as

Wool Boot and Stocking Combinations

Lumbermen’s with Leather Tops

Tennis and Gymnasium Shoes

will be yours to draw on.

Complete Assortment

Be sure to specify toes and widths when ordering.

 

 

GEO. S. MILLER, Selling Agent

131-133 Market St., CHICAGO, ILL.

 

 

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34

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

 

Thanksgiving Day Celebration in a
Shoe Store.

Speaking of peculiar observances of
the last Thursday in November, we
certainly had one here this year. It
came about in this way. At the meet-
ing of the Lasterville Boot and Shoe
Retailers’ Club the idea was broach-
ed of all having our Thanksgiving
dinners together. Some of the mem-
bers, however, are pretty strong fam-
ily men, and make a great feature
of carving their own turkeys for their
own families. Others had invitations
to family reunions, etc., so the idea
was given up.

It was decided to have the regular
meeting on the night before Thanks-
giving, with light refreshments, in-
stead.

This meeting was a great success,
and more than the stories, and the
light refreshments, and the good fel-
lowship which made it such a success,
was something which the Lasterville
shoe dealers did which was unique, I
think.

Old Mr. Ball proposed it. It must
have been either he or Mr. Laster,

 

and as it chanced the idea occurred |

to: Mr. Ball so that all that Mr. Las-
ter could do was to endorse it quick.
It came about in this way: Mr.
Izensole was lamenting the accumu-
lation of old styles and
goods. “They accumulate
mit everydings,” he said.
Mr. Tanner, of Oaks, Tanner &
Hyde, said that he did fairly well by
always having a bargain counter, on
which he put all of his shop keep-

in spite

ers for customers to pick among with |

the price cut away down.

“My indire sdore is bargains coun-
ters,” said old Izensole.

At which everybody smiled, for
Izensole’s frailty in the matter of job
lots is well known:

“The way to keep from having rem-
nants of lots and old styles,” said the
young Mr. Kidder, “is to drop the
price to cost on extreme styles and
odd sizes before they get to be shop
keepers,” which everybody enjoyed

in business for himself only a little
Over a year.

“V’ll tell you what would be a de-
lightful thing to do,” said Mr. Ball,
finally, “and that would be to get rid
of them all in a lump.”

“How?” queried Mr. Izensole,
scenting a purchase of all the shelf
worn stock in Lasterville for a great
bankrupt sale.

“Why, give it away at Thanksgiv-
ing time,” said Mr. Ball, not more
than half meaning what he said.

Old Izensole sank back into
chair, with a grunt of disgust.

“Well, now, it’s not such a bad
idea,” insisted Mr. Ball. “Nothing
makes a man feel so good along about
Thanksgiving time or the holidays as
to do something nice for somebody.”

“That’s so,” said Mr. Tanner. “We
might each make a list of all of our
poor customers.

his

I mean, of course,
our good customers who are _ poor,
and make them each a present of a
pair of shoes, a little out of style,
perhaps, but which are still servicea-
ble.”

“No, not that,” said Mr. Laster.

 

| had pink kid top linings.

“Let us not make an_ advertising
scheme of it or anything of the sort.
Let us do it as a club, and each do-
nate to the deserving poor of Las-
terville and vicinity all of the ‘cats
and dogs’ which are cumbering our
stocks.”

““He that giveth to the poor lend-
eth to the Lord,” said Mr. Tanner,
solemnly.

“Not quite correctly quoted,” said
Mr. Ball, but an excellent sentiment.

““The poor we have with us
ways, ”

al-
remarked Hi Ball, unhesitat-

ingly.
“T’ll bet a dollar that’s the only
verse he ever learned at Sunday

school, and he learned that because
it was short,” whispered young Sizer
to me. “Gee, I wish I could think
of one,” he added.

““Unt of all that Thou shald geef
me, I vill surely geef the denth undo
Thee.’” It was old Izensole who said
it, and as he spoke, sitting there be-
fore the fire, gazing straight ahead
into the coals of the great “Alaska”
stove that heats our store, with
long, thin in
spare strands to be grasped by his

his

beard hanging down

| knotted fingers, his face set and stern,

shop-worn |

| him,

he seemed, someway, to be for the
moment, not Izensole of the job lots,
but a twentieth century
tive of the patriarchs.
“Well, what do you think of that,”
whispered young Sizer, “from one of
them people?”
“Hush, you fool,”

tepresenta-

I hissed back at

“don’t you know they’re the

;most charitable race on earth?”

And after more discussion it
was all settled, and every dealer went
through his stock with a fine tooth
comb.

When got them

it was a motly sight.

so,

we all together,
There were
thirty-nine pairs of men’s needle toes,
some of them in calf
and half of them strictly hand-sewed
bench work.

and cordovan

There were three pairs
of curacoa kid, and over half of them

All

but

i five pairs were No. 3 C, but that isa
very much, for Mr. Kidder has been |

|<ix pairs of

There
children’s

minor matter. were twenty-

shoes, with

|heels of assorted styles and makes,

 

and there were just forty pairs of
women’s congress, with the
rubber stretched out. There were
three pairs of mismated, copper-toed

boys’ boots, and one pair that wasn’t,

serge

and there were seven pairs of 1883
low cut, round-toed opera
slippers, with all white linings, much
soiled, and which had been dressed
over so many times to cover the red
sheen which blushed through the
original color, that they looked like
a widower who was whisker-dying
for a second wife.

And, oh, what a lot of shoes there
were which had been, inadvertently
left in the window trim in the hot
sun so long that the sap had run out
of them, and hardened, and what a
lot more there were which had been

women’s

soiled by much trying on, or had been

ing of our gifts we had to call inthe

ladies—the women of the Lasterville |
put |
everything in their hands to handle)

Associated charities—and we

as they would.

They would not hear to doing such |
a thing without giving due credit, so

an article which made us blush ap-

peared in all of the local papers, with |

the names of each of our firms, and
on the day before Thanksgiving the
distribution made. The
got the use of the big meeting room
at the village building, and applica-

was ladies

tions were received for several days |

before, and every application thor-

oughly investigated as to worthiness |
Where the}
applicant was found worthy a card!
with the applicant’s name on it was|
the |

by the energetic ladies.

given out, to be presented at

village hall on the day appointed. I

didn’t quite like the idea of forcing |
people to parade their |

unfortunate
poverty, but the ladies couldn’t seem
to manage it in any other way.
Representatives from every
were detailed to help fit out the ap-

store |

Gas or Gasoline Mantles at
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BETTER IN FIT
AND
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Sold to the consumer for $2 50,
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brought back after being worn “only |

just a little, not enough
them.”

to

hurt |

We just had a jolly time sorting

them out and getting the stock
shape, but when it came to dispos-

in:

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Footwear in the State, all fresh new goods. Old rubbers are dear at any

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plicants. Sizer and I went over for
our store, and Sizer said that he
never knew customers to be so easily
pleased. There was a shortage of
shoes for boys and misses, but that
didn’t matter. Anything answered. I
sent one boy of fourteen away, hap-
py, in a pair of hand-sewed, button,
needle-toed cordovan, No. 9 B. He
certainly looked funny, but he didn’t
mind, and I’ll bet his feet will be
warmer and dryer this winter than
they have been for many a season.
The women’s 3 C’s went off like

hot cakes, many of them to misses |

who ought to have been wearing 13s,
and there were many heart burn-
ings because there were so few pairs
of boys’ mismated copper-toed boots.

3ut the old ladies. Ah, there was
i wrtins our hearts. The
congress, with the rubber
stretched out, was what they coveted.
Mr.
about that.
old lady customers had told him, and
he sent me over to the dry goods
store to buy two pieces of the wid-

where
serge

 

| very great and it would no doubt be
Laster knew just what to do|

One of our own poor, |

est rubber tape, and to every old lady |

we gave a half a yard and told her
to it edge
fit snugly up around their thin, old
ankles.

It would take too long to tell all

how sew

to edge |

about it, of how old Izensole rubbed |

his hands and chuckled, and worked
like a beaver in fitting the poor peo-
ple out with the greatest bargains he
had ever handled, and of how every-

}and drinketh much moonshine.

thing was disposed of except a few|
pairs which wouldn’t fit anybody, and |

donated to the mission barrel

the

were

af Ladies’

|reapeth twentyfold.
Aid Society of the|

Methodist church, and of how the dry |
goods men, and the clothing men, and |

the gents’ furnishing goods men saw
how we were enjoying ourselves and
how good it made us feel, said we
were a selfish lot not to tell them
about it, instead of sneaking off to
enjoy ourselves that way, and of how
promised that next time
take them all in and clean their old
stuff out and show them
to Thanksgiving

we

for them,

how make

| shot.
seem |

more as though we in a little meas- |
|

ure deserved what we were giving
There are a great many

deserving poor in Lasterville. I sup-

thanks for.

|three days or one doctor twenty-sev-

| his person.

pose they are everywhere.—lke N. |

Fitem in Boot and Shoe Recorder.
—_—__» --~____
A Lost Invention.

Fame and fortune await the lucky
individual who can rediscover the
combination of metals from which
the Egyptians, the Aztecs and the
Incas of Peru made their tools and
arms. Although each of these na-
tions reached a high state of civili-
zation, none of them ever discovered
iron, in spite of the fact that the
soil of all three countries was large-
ly impregnated with it. Their sub-
stitute for it was a combination of
metals which had the temper of steel.
Despite the greatest efforts, the se-
cret of this composition has baffled
scientists and has become a_ lost
art. The great explorer Humboldt
tried to discover it from an analysis
of a chisel found in an ancient Inca
silver mine, but all that he could find
out was that it appeared to be a

iness, and cometh back in scraps and
| fragments.

| He fisheth,

|} he may be jerked hence.
we'd |

 

combination of a small portion of
tin with copper. This combination
will not give the hardness of steel,
so it is evident that tin and copper
could not have been its only com-
ponent parts. Whatever might have
been the nature of the metallic com-
bination, these ancient races were
able so to prepare pure copper that
it equaled in temper the finest steel
produced at the present day by the
most scientifically approved process.
With their bronze and copper instru-
ments they were able to quarry and
shape the hardest known stones, such
as granite and porphyry, and even cut
emeralds and like substances. A re-
discovery of this lost art would rev-
olutionize many trades in which steel
at present holds the monopoly. If
copper could thus be tempered now
its advantage over steel would be|

preferred to the latter in numerous
industries. It is a curious fact that
although this lost secret still baf-
fles modern scientists it must have
been discovered independently by
the three races which made use of

it so long ago—-New York Her-
ald.
2

Tribute to the Kentuckyian.
“Man born in the wilds of Ken-
tucky is of feud days and easy virtue.
fiddleth, cusseth, and

fighteth all the days of his life.
“He shunneth water as a mad dog

“When he desireth to raise hell he
planteth a neighbor, and—lo!—he

 

“He riseth even from his cradle to |
seek the scalp of his grandsire’s ene- |
my, and bringeth home in his car- |
cass the ammunition of his neighbor’s |
wife’s cousin’s uncle’s father-in-law, |
who avengeth the dead. |

“Vea, verily, his life is uncertain
and he knoweth not the hour when

“He goeth forth on a journey ‘half-
shot’ and cometh back on a shutter

“He riseth in the night to let the
cat out, and it taketh nine doctors

en days to pick the buckshot from

“He goeth forth in joy and glad-

“He calleth his fellow man a lar,
and getteth himself filled with scrap
iron, even to the fourth generation.

“A cyclone bloweth him into the
bosom of his neighbor’s wife, and his
neighbor’s wife’s husband bloweth
him into the bosom of his Father
Abraham before he hath time to ex-
plain.

“He emptieth a deijohn into him-
self, and a shotgun into his enemy,
and his enemy’s son lieth in wait,
and—-lo! the coroner ploweth up a

forty acre field to bury that man.”
——__>-2

The devil has many a way to work
a woman, but a compliment is the

path that leads to them all. |

——__2. >

Self-love is that undying kind of |

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will be reduced. We carry acomplete stock and ship promptly.
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MEN WITH IDEAS.

They Mark the Real Progress of the |
World.
In the conduct of all rational and |
civilized men there are always three
things: First, the emotion, then the
idea and then the act. In the con-}
duct of the lower animals there are
always two things, emotions or in-
stincts, and actions. It seems to be)
man’s divine and glorious prerogative
to create this middle term—the idea |
or the thought. The skillful and in-
genious beaver who will work next
summer in the Lake of the Woods |
far North, constructing his
home, plastering the mud walls ever
so thickly in order to afford a pro-|
tection against the wind and the cold
of the coming season, does not think. |
God thinks for the beaver, and we
say the beaver does his skillful work
through instinct. There is in the |
beaver, so far as man can determine,
the feeling or the instinct, and then
immediately follows the action. The
great builder, Michael Angelo, who |
was planning at the close of the)
middle ages one of the greatest pieces
of architecture in the entire world, St.
Peters at Rome, before he laid a|
stone or brick or timber, was obliged |
to fashion this stupendous building
in his own mind--the length and
shape of every beam, the measure- |
ments for each girder, the junction
of every groin, the form and size of |
the scaffolding to be used, the shape
of each stone and brick—all_ these |
things were ideas before they ever
became realized in the great architec- |
tural pile. So, as we study the con-
trast between man and the animal |
that is beneath man, we find that
that which seems him his
supreme place is the fact that he is
able to construct this middle term be-
tween the primitive emotion and the |
ultimate act of his life.

winter |

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to give

Now, it may seem to be unneces- |
sary to spend any time in referring
to the power of thought; and yet,
just think for a single moment of |
the age in which we live, the age in|
which the young people are to do
their work in the world! It is in-
deed a splendid age. To be living
in an age like this is a magnificent
and a sublime thing. There are so}
many forces to-day, both
and spiritual, that are making for the |
progress of humanity; and yet our|
age, great and splendid as it is, is not |
without its dangers.

What is the one word that is be-|
ing used to-day more than any other, |
and which characterizes this age in
which we live? It is the word “com-
mercial.” They tell us in magazine
and newspaper, and in sermon and |
in lecture, that this is a commercial
age—an age in which the commercial |
spirit is finding expression in every
one of our manifold and complex ac-
tivities; and in such an age the ten-
dency is always strong to forget that
the thinker is, after all, the man of
greatest influence in the world and
in history. We speak to-day of our
corn kings and our cotton kings and
our oil kings and our coal barons and |
our railroad magnates; and yet I wish |
tc remind you that the true king of |

| cial influence, but the man with the

| with the life of society.

material | -

| freight cars; outside there are

honest and persistent thought—not |
the man with the dollar, not the man |
with the “pull,” not the man with so- |

idea, if he but know how to. make
himself the living embodiment of that
idea, is the great man, is the quiet |
influence, is the effective power in
the world to-day.

There sits in a little room upstairs
a quiet man in the heart of some
great bustlimg city. He is thinking

| his way deep down to some of these
|fundamental principles that have to|
| do with the life of the individual or

Outside in
the street there is the rumbling of

side there is the unloading of the
great vessels at the merchants’ |

| Jerusalem.
(for merchants from

| them all is the man of earnest id Hinton lives lived in that day have

entirely gone from the Athens of
to-day. Yet there has come down to
us through these centuries’ the
thought of that one man—the man
Socrates—and it influences the

'thoughts and councils of men to-day.

There was that other great city,
It was the meeting-place
Tarsus and Da-
mascus and from Babylon and Alex-
andria. There was Herod with his
unrestrained power and his danger-
ous lust for gain; there were the high
priest and his great multitude of fol-
lowers; there was the great temple;

| there was the ark of the covenant;
| there were the seven golden candle-
| heavy drays as they drag along their |
| loads of freight or merchandise; out- |

sticks; there were all the wonderful
symbols that belong to the race of

; the Hebrew people; and yet, to-day

Herod is gone, the chief priests are

 

J. Herman

wharves; outside there are the clang-
ing of the locomotive bell and the
coming and going of long lines of |
the
tremendous bustle and activity of the
civilization, and yet this
quiet man, unknown and unlettered
and undoctored although he be, sit-
ting in his little room upstairs, will be
remembered long after the merchan-
dise and vessels and freight trains
shall have forever vanished from the
scene.

material

Four hundred years before Christ |

ithe city of Athens was one of the

great cities of the world. There was
the shouting of the slaves, there was
the mingling of the merchants, there
was the bawling of the orators, there
was the noise of ship and market-
place and of field; and yet, the mer-
chants have vanished, the orators
have disappeared, all signs of the

 

| itself

this

 

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| gone, the temple itself is gone, the

ark of the covenant is gone, the sev-
en golden’ candlesticks were all
thrown into the River Tiber, they

| - «
| tell us, never to be discovered again,

the walls of Jerusalem razed to the
ground by the power of Rome, Rome
conquered and overcome
by the barbarians of the North; but

was

down through the centuries there have |

come, with increasingly vital power,
the ideas of the lowly Nazarene—this
peasant, who was followed by bare-
footed peasants himself.

If history teaches any one su-
preme lesson that, it seems to me, in
age and generation we are to

/remember, it is this great truth, that

the mind of man really is the ruler.
The great potentate to-day, and every
day,.is the man of thought, is the
man with the idea, is the man who
understands the secret things in the

 

| years
India rubber a practical
|man who was put into prison

great world that we call mental or
moral or spiritual.

Think, if you will, how this truth
may be applied to the world of in-
vention and practical discovery, the
world of material things. Everything
that man has ever consciously made
has always been a thought before it
became a thing. A thing is simply the
outside of a thought; or, to put it in
the contrary form, a thought is only
the inside of a thing; and that is ab-
solutely true, from the tiny pin that
you hold in your hand to the Gov-
ernment under which we live and the
great institutions that make our
country or any country truly to be
reverenced.

The man with the idea is the man
this world of invention and
discovery has been the leader, has
been the great benefactor, has made
possible the comforts and luxuries,
has made possible a wider world and
a larger life and a happier existence
for millions and millions of people
the whole world round. I never think
of this subject without thinking of
Charles Goodyear, that man in New
Haven, Connecticut, who for eleven
unceasingly to make
thine: a
for
man who was overwhelmed

who in

worked

debt, a

| literally by his poverty, a man whose

child died one day and he hadn’t
money to bury it, not even money

to keep the remaining five children

from starvation, and the neighbors

turned their backs upon him because

| of his neglect of his family, and they

called him by every scornful name—

| insane, crank, fanatic; but the time

came at the end of eleven years, when

| Charles Goodyear accomplished the

 

great end toward which he had been

working, the vulcanizing of India
rubber—something that is to-day

used in 500 different applications in
the industrial world, a thing that to-
day gives employment to thousands
and tens of thousands of people
throughout the civilized world.

The man with the idea—thank God
that you can not put beside him,
with any fair degree of comparison,

any other man of the whole world
and expect he will stand forth as
great, as sublime, as wonderful as

this man, unknown although he may
have been in his youth, illiterate al-
though he has been, poor, harrassed
by death and sickness oftentimes: the
man who nevertheless has persistent-
ly and earnestly worked toward the
realization in the living concrete thing
of the idea that possessed his own
mind and enthused his own heart.
3ut you may apply this great
truth in still a different sphere, and
as we look back over the page of
history we find all the great progres-
sive movements in the life of so-
ciety have always proceeded from the
idea in the mind, somewhere, of some
few, some little group of people. Car-
lisle, you know it is, who says, “tt
is never the age that leads in prog-
ress; it is always the individual.” |
suppose he means that the great
movements in our age, or any age,
what we call progressive movements,
can be traced back in the latest analy-
sis to their starting point, to some

 

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known and illiterate monk from the
Orient who one day broke into the
Roman arena and tried to prevent a
deathly combat between _ gladiators.
Although at command of a heartless
ruler he was stricken down by the
men with whose murderous work he
in his weakness had
declaration that such monstrous and
horrible exhibitions were wrong was
the beginning of their downfall.

There are some people now living |

who

can look back in memory to
that time when there dwelt in this
nation two opposing spirits. One was |

the spirit of the Old World that was
seeking to establish in this new land
the institutions and customs of the
Old World. The other was the new
spirit that was trying to establish

here the institutions and customs that |
could thrive best in this new atmos- |
The one spirit despised labor |

phere.
and the other spirit magnified labor;

the one spirit looked with scorn upon |
the laboring man, the other spirit dig-

-nified him wherever it found him.
The one spirit believed in the fact

that men are not born free and equal;

the other spirit believed, and sought |

earnestly to realize, the great truths

of the brotherhood of man and the|

fatherhood of God;
how these spirits came
more and more into conflict.
fifty or sixty years, in New Eng-
land there was a little group of
people who said, scarcely above their
breath at first, “Slavery is wrong—
slavery is wrong—slavery is wrong!”
The years went by and people from
platform and pulpit tried to prove
that slavery was justifiable. Minis-
ters from the pulpit, with their Bi-
bles in hand, sought to justify this
inhuman institution. Still this little
group of people, growing larger and

and you know

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larger, and uttering more clearly by}

pen and word their views, kept on
saying, “It is wrong. Nevertheless,
it is wrong. Let statesmen argue, let
preachers talk, let magazine editors
write—nevertheless we dare stand

and say, this is wrong, and slavery
ought not to exist in our land nor in
any place on the face of God’s globe.”
And you know how the day came at
last when those people in the North-

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Tin—Allaway Grade

tOut4 IC Ciareoat 2... ws. 9 00
faece i> Charcoal ... 2.8... 9 00
Dee Th. Ceca ................, 10 50
twee EX Gmareea) ...-.....-.-.02 57 10 50

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50
Boiler Size Tin Plate

| 14x56 LX, for Nos. 8 & 9 boilers, per Ib 13
| Traps
LO eee 7
| Oneida Community, Newhouse’s 40&10
Oneida Com’y, Hawley & Norton’s. 65
Mouse, choker, per doz. holes ...... 11 25
Mouse, delusion, per dom -........... I &
Wire
Pir  Dieret oo 60
Anvieoicd Miareect .......4...........4- 60
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Barbed Fence, Galvanized

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| Wire Goods
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Wrenc

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| No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100. 72
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% Kegs, 6% tbs., per % Kee ........ 1 6
Shot
In sacks containing 25 Ibs
Drop, all sizes smaller than B...... 1°85 |
Augurs and Bits
Suelrs .......... 60
seniines femine ...............-.- 25
gounmgn tiitation .................. 50
Axes
| Piret Quality, & B. Brcuee ......... 6 50
Piret Quality, D. &. Bronee. ..... 00
First Quality, -S. B. feel 2. 7 00
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Barrows
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Cmte ee 33 00

| Bolts
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(fiom. 6. 50
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Weal plats =... 4 50
Butts, Cast
Cust Loose Pin, Gaured ............ 70
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Chain
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Ives 1, $18: 2 $24: 3 930 -......... 25
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Galvanized Iron
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List 12 13 a6) ag
Discount, 70.
Gauges
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s - 60&10
Glass
Single Strength, by box .-........ dis. 90 |
Double Strength, by bem 22.0500 dis 90}
|e the Meme .. - 4. dis... 90
Hammers
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Warnes & Primes ... 66... ess dis. 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel ....30c list 70 |
Hinges |
Gate Clark's 1 2 3....:. dis 60&10 |
Hollow Ware
Pike ...- . ee beetle -..-50&10
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‘Horse Nails
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 Ool per Gow. ...........:....... 48
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mal meat tabs, Gach ...........-. 1 60
Gol meat tite @€nech ............ 2 25
fal ment tube, cach ........... 2 70
Churns
ot Genk perce ............. 616
Churn Dashers, per deg -.......... 84
Milkpans
% gal. flat or round bottom, per doz. 48
i gal. flat or round bottom, each .. 6
Fine Glazed Milkpans
% gal. flat or round bottom, per doz. 60
1 gal. flat or round bottom, each .. 6
Stewpans
gal. fireproof, bail, per dom ...... 85
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Jugs
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Pearl Top
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No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled 0 ao
No. 2 hinge, wrapped and labeled ....5 10
| No. 2 Sun, ‘small bulb,” globe lamps 80
| LaBastie
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mo. | Cray per Gom ............... 1 So
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| Rochester
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|IWo. 2 biint (S0e des) ................ 4 60
Electric
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11 gal. tin cans with spout, per doz. I 20
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a wal, THe COMM... cee eee 7 00
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN,

 

ern States who had been made to
feel the wrongfulness of the institu-
tion of slavery sent to the White
House that great man. He came to
us from the people, he lived in clos-
est contact with the people, and

died most gloriously for the sake of |

the people.

glowed with a super-earthly joy, it |

must have been the face of Abraham

Lincoln as he bent over the paper |

where that emancipation

tion was taking form and shape, giv- |
ing to those millions of dusky-hued |

brothers and sisters their
their freedom, as God’s children and
as man’s brothers everywhere.

as well as in the material or the
intellectual world, have always been
the men who have slowly and yet
surely and steadily led humanity on-
ward and upward.

What is the practical message to
the people of to-day?

The}. ce
: : ‘ © | independence or strength within me}
men with ideas in the moral world, |

he |

Ah! if ever a man’s face |

proclama- |

liberty, |

ce
i Not unless I am a weak man.

Let
| me think for myself, reverencing the
itruth of the past but believing that

|the light that shines from heaven up-

on my head to-day is the light that
jis to guide me in my thought and
| discovery in religious things. Shall T
|follow the vocation which my friends
would like to have me follow, sim-
ply because they wish me to do that
| work, or wish me to fit myself for
Not unless I am
I must fit myself and
|my ability to my talent and my op-

| that place in life?
|a weak man.

| portunity and my age and the open
door before me; and if I have any'|

 

I must decide where I shall cast my |

| lot, what place I shall seek to fill, |

|to think for yourselves.
It seems to me |

that the message is think, think; ob- |

 

serve; study, study—but in
name, think! ‘The old proverb is
true, as applied to the mind—Satan
finds mischief still for idle minds as
well as idle hands. Do not let your
mind lie fallow.
ilege; nay, more, it is our high duty,
to demonstrate to God and man, for

and
how to fashion idea, be-
cause we have learned how to think,
because we
cret of the process we call mental.

hood

know an

|of the great problems!

In the second place I believe our |

message is, Think for yourself. Look
back over the page of history and
what do we discover? Who were the
men and women that have lived in
the past and are honored and rever-
ed to-day?
in any age and clime who have dared
to think differently from somebody
else, who have dared to stand
apart from the common crowd and to
think their own

thoughts and_ to

| professor, I care not how great his|
| learning:
| 1 care not how wonderful the ability |
| with which heaven has endowed him, |
| has a mortgage on any problem or'|
They are simply the men |
|}and mine, and every man and every)
| woman, thank God, stands just as
out |
| Think of the great problems
{your life and character will take on

solve the great problems of society, |

ot politics, of religion and of science
for themselves; not bound, not dic-
tated to by any of the traditions of
the past. Think of the
those men have received—forsaken
by their friends, hated by their ene-
mies, ostracized by society, anathe-
matized by the church, put into the
dungeon cell, subjected to torture,
many times to physical death! It is
simply because they dared have ideas.
Yet there can be no shadow of doubt
that we are what we are to-day; that
we are where we are to-day, in the
great upward, progressive movement
of humanity, just because back there
in the past, back there in every age,
there have stood those heroic souls
who have dared to do their own
thinking.

Shall I vote just as my father vot-
ed politically, simply because he vot-
ed that ticket? Not unless I am a
weak man. If I vote a certain politi-
cal ticket let it be because in my own
thought and mind I have decided that
that is where I ought to cast my bal-
lot. Shall I believe religiously just
what my father and mother believ-
ed, simply because they believed it?

| life that spends its mental energy in

treatment |

|} about us.

God’s |

| many
| that so many men and women who|
|have gone through high school and
| gone through college and university
It is our great priv- |
| matter of the brain, use their mental
| energy, in thinking about things that
all time, our right to the name man-} are minor and trivial, comparatively
womanhood, because we |

|and the great problems that confront
have discovered the se- |

the kind of work I shall endeavor to)
do in the world. Ah, young men and
women, let me say to you, as one
of the great lessons of the past, learn

In the third place the message for
Think of the great prob-
Oh, the tragedy of so
Does not it lie here

us is this:
lems of life.
lives!

go out into life and use the gray

unimportant, as compared with the
great things and the great subjects

 

Oh, think |
No scholar, |

he be; no |
|

us to-day and every day?

I care not how. wise

no newspaper genius,

any set of truths. They are yours |

near the throne of truth as any other.
and

a breadth and symmetry and a great-
ness such as can never come to the}

dealing simply with the minor, im-
material things of everyday life)

Then, again, the more _ practical
the message is, think the problem
through to the end. How many peo-
ple are sidetracked in life—pessimists
we call some of them, cynics we call
others, skeptics many of them be-
come. Men and women think a lit-
tle way into the mystery, may think
a little about the problems, and then
they become confused, or perhaps
discouraged; or it may be that some
of them become a little frightened,
and they say, “I must stop thinking,”
and they turn their attention to
something else, and they become

 

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side-tracked—unable to go on in their
mental growth or development, una-|
ble to reach the great spiritual |
heights that lie beyond, towering
above every man and woman, be-
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through. The conclusion to which |
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phy; and it will be a solid foundation |

in your thought, and you will
be able to accomplish greater things
because you have your own philoso-
phy
some conclusion in your mind.

own

and because you have come to
Think
the problem through to the end. The
course of study graduates
completed

which
at the
year—what has been its real
purpose after all? Has it been mere-
lv to fill these minds with a
simply to
these minds with a certain
of knowledge? Ah, back these
things, which are good and necessary
in themselves, I believe the great pur-

have end of a

schoo!

certain

amount of facts, furnish
amount

of

pose underlying our system of in-
struction this country to-day—l
believe the great aim and end that
teachers and instructors
constantly before their
is the training of these young
men and think, to
their own minds, to go forth into life
possessed not simply
amount of information, but to
forth into life, wherever they
take their places,

in

these
had
minds,

have
own
women to use
of a) certam
go
may
the
power that makes a man a man; that

possessed of
lifts man above the animal—the pow-
er to. fashion an idea and create this
middle term the primitive
emotion of instinct and the ultimate
action.

Do not think,
lems are all solved.

between

then, that the prob-
The
of the past is but the faintest prom-
ise of the greatness that
Profounder philosophies
written; must yet be
penned; nobler fiction must yet be
loftier poems

greatness
shall be.
must be
truer histories
in

written literature;

must yet be sung. The great domain

of mystery that lies about us has
only been entered simply at the
threshold by the wonderful power
that we call science. The million

problems, political and social, press-
ing upon our country—they must,
aye, and thank God they shall!
some solution. For the man
able to think the true and
thought, for the woman who
is able to be possessed of a
idea, and to make himself or herself
the living embodiment of the thought
the idea—for this and for
this woman our age, like every

find
who
is noble
man or
great

or man
age,
most earnestly waits.

In closing I desire to reproduce the
lofty sentiment of Edward Rowland
Sill, which ought to lift our
above the plane of the commonplace
and keep them forever in the places
of dignity and grandeur:
night;

lives

and afternoon, and forenoon
and afternoon, and night;
and what? The empty song repeats

itself no more—yea, that is life. Make

forenoon,

| always

“Forenoon |

MICHIGAN

the covering; but,

is

just the same, this |

TRADESMAN

|
form the basis of your own itis | man’s head are more important than |

not a world of mind-readers, and
people are mighty likely to judge
by mere appearances when they are}
in a hurry. All other things being |

equal the neat young man with ability

is going to outstrip the ‘brainy’ slov-

en. Sometimes he will when he does |
not know as much.

This) is| particularly true of a|
young man looking for work. I’m

firm believer in the hypnotic quality

a

of an outward semblance of prosper- |

Fifth-avenue-
but
afford.
fellow in search
fifty doll
I believe I’d spend forty dollars of
it ‘front’ luck to
worry And

ity—not necessarily the
on-sunshiny-afternoons
the
If 7

standard,

best the young man can

were a young

a job and had only

ot

ars,

for 2 and trust to

aleng on the other ten.

then, when I’d found my chance

to |

prove that I was good for something |

clothes-rack,
bit; bat
sure about that.

lt could tell at
what a man is really worth
different.

besides a maybe

economize a Vm not
we
it would
3ut we are busy with
troubles. We
or less unconsciously, judging by the
outward
sort

grace

be

our own fo On,

and visible semblance and

of taking the inward, invisible
for granted;

look if

able to get along in the world.

people who as

I'd}

even |

a glance just}

more |

and we like to see
they’d been |
Get- |

ting a chance is more than half the|
battle, and a neat appearance is a

big help toward getting the chance.”
Ee
Victims of Old Fogy Notions.
“My wife and myself,”
cer jobber,
to
did not return by

She was the chauffeur. We
the same road. |
many

[onia.

hens

We

don’t know how we

over going and coming. did not
stop to count.
“Tt

dusty.

and the roads
the
it
cities

is dry time are

So much worse for the

hens. I suppose is
in the towns,
the country they
not yet learned to make proper cal-

the

but
have

and
roads

hens
along
culations for escape from auto-
hen is of
She

highway

mobile. The

turn of mind. rolls in
of the
drawn vehicle was ever known to run
She figures closely but
Now, it is different
when she comes to take the automo-
bile into consideration. She expects
the length of a horse.

not there and she falls

cal

dust and no

Over OC.

escapes.

to escape by
The
under the wheels of the juggernaut,
to notions not in

IS

horse

a victim old fogy

accord with modern speed devices

this forenoon sublime, this afternoon |

a psalm, this night a prayer, and time
conquered and thy crown is won.”
J. Herman Randall.
———_> + +—__
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jan

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said about how (‘it’s brains

count’ and how the contents of

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that |
a | the weather.

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Michigan Knights of the Grip.

President, Michael Howarn, Detroit;
Secretary, Chas. J. Lewis, Flint; Treas-
urer, H. E. Bradner, Lansing.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan |

Grand Counselor, Williams, De-
troit; Grand Secretary, W. F. Tracy. |
Flint.

Grand Rapids Council No. 131, U. C. T. |
Senior Counselor, S. H. Simmons; Sec- |
retary and Treasurer, O. F. Jackson.

 

 

Rules To Be Followed By the Road)
Man of To-Day.

In this era of
a man on the road, in order to be
successful in his vocation, must be up

|

progress and go,}

with the pace of modern times, must |
be alert, quick to decide and must |
always “be up and doing.”

The knight of the grip of old was |
a jolly, round-faced man, with lots of |
good cheer and an endless amount of |
humor and lots of loose change. But
to-day, although these are desirable |
requisites, they are non-essential re-
quisites to his pack.

Sound judgment, persuasive talk,
stick-to-it-iveness, coupled with per- |
sistent hard work, are some of the!
characteristics of the modern sales- |
man.

Notice in the present war of the|
little Japs, occupying but a small is- |
land in comparison to the size of
the opposing force, and in wealth and
equipment having but a knapsack full
in comparison to the Russians’ trunk- |
ful, how courage, pluck, energy and
unceasing vim triumph and capture |
the laurels. So. it the salesman
with his tact can capture orders even
gigantic in size, when another would
not even try, complaining that his |
line was inferior, that the other fel- |
low had the advantage over him, |
satished to bag the little ones. Can/|
we get a more striking example where |
determination and work can under-
mine the most obstinate difficulties, |
can climb seemingly insurmountable |
heights of success? Work! Work!
Work hard! Work harder stiil!

I asked a young man who was my
senior in selling what was his aim in|
life, what he expected to accomplish |

is

| will bring you into more intimate ac-
| quaintance
| buyer just because he has given an
| order to you makes him feel that he

| whenever you approach your welcome
| greeting. Your customer should wear
| the expression:
| man that I like, here’s a fellow that I

| admire.”

| like to get around to your friends,
|1f your trade is what it should be.

}even if you

|age, leaves the scar of a frown on

| ness,
| ners and industry be your possessions.

|ington, chocolate, mince, apple and
| berry pies and several other varie-

isis you his confidence. The art of
| pleasing men is necessary before a
|sale can be made. You never will
sell a man a bill of goods who is in a
fit of rage with you.

It is not necessary to “blow in
your money” on your trade unless it

with -them. To treat a

has done you a favor and you are
now rewarding him.
If you visit your trade periodically,

should be the glad hand and hearty

“Well, here comesa
You will like the road because you

Cheerfulness reacts upon the giver
as sunshine upon the flowers. Cold
and morose dispositions are the fore-
runners of an icy reception. Be pleas-
ant; be free; wear a smile, even if it
is a borrowed smile. Be a rainbow
are dishearened and
blue. The cheerful man will be not
ouly the successful one, but the
healthier in mind and body.

The niggardly, grumbling, avar-
icious nature crops out in the vis-

the face, and even the voice utters
a harsh, guttural sound instead of a
pleasant orotund; therefore, let kind-
generosity, courteous man-

 

 

Albert L. Trostler in Salesmanship.
—_>- 2 ___
Just for Show.

A well-known traveling man

was |

| recently obliged to spend the night |

in a humble hotel—the best in the |
town. The bill of fare at dinner time |
was not very elaborate, but the trav-
eler noticed with joy that at the bot-
tom of the card, printed with pen|
and ink, was a startling variety of |

| pies.

|
|
He liked pies, and here were cus- |
tard, lemon, squash, rhubarb, Wash- |

He called the waitress to him.
“Please get me some rhubarb pie,”
he said.

ties.

“Giving Them Away.”

A good story is going the rounds
concerning a young American wom-
an who wished to be presented at
the court of the late King of Sax-
ony. The high officials, having en-
quired into her social standing at
home, objected. They represented to
her that the King could scarcely re-
ceive the daughter of a man who
sold boots and shoes. The young
woman cabled home and told her
father the situation. The next morn-
ing she received his answer: “Bosh!
It isn’t selling. Practically giving
them away. See advertisement.”
That solved the difficulty. She was
presented as the daughter of an emi-
nent philanthropist.—Footwear.

—_+-.___
_No Choice.

A traveling man who drove across
the country to a little town in West-
ern Kansas, the other day, met a
farmer hauling a wagon load of wa-
ter.

“Where do you get water?”
asked.

“Up the road, about seven miles,”
the farmer replied.

“And you haul water seven miles
for your family and stock?”

Yen

“Why, in the name of sense, don’t
you dig a well?” asked the traveler.

“Because it is just as far one way
as the other, stranger.”

~~
He swore that he was

straight to the devil—and he carried
out his threat that very day by

he

| buying an automobile.

offer for sale and lowest cash price.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

going

 

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find a ready cash buyer for
your property or business. My
methods promptly bring good
offers. My offices are head-
quarters for cash buyers. Send
me full description of what you
Write now.

 

Established 1881. Bank references.

Frank P. Cleveland, Real Estate Expert,
1261 Adams Express Building, Chicago, Ill.

LIVINGSTON
HOTEL

The steady improvement of the
Livingston with its new and unique
writing room unequaled in Michigan,
its large and beautiful lobby, its ele-
gant rooms and excellent table com-
mends it to the traveling public and
accounts for its wonderful growth in
popularity and patronage.

Cor. Fulton and Division Sts.
GRAND RAP.DS, MICH.

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GRAND RAPIDS
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY

W. FRED McBAIN, President
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DETROIT FUR CO.
253 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich.

 

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Every Stock Owner

Uses Stock Food

Think, Mr. Merchant, how many of your
| { ‘ customers are stock owners and how naturally
their trade would come to you if you handled

Superior
Stock Food

which is conceded by all the first-class stock-
men in the country to be unequalled in quality.
Put up in attractive packages which are easily
handled. Let us quote you price.

here. He said that all he wanted |
was to fulfill his own desires, and that |
he lived for his own self alone. He

“I’m afraid we ain’t got any rhu-
| barb pie,” she drawled.
| He took another glance at the

oe
Hi He |

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Superior Stock Food Co., Limited

 

 

is out of a job to-day, and I told
him that I could get fifty-seven jobs |
to-morrow, representing other firms, |
if I was desirous of doing so.

The knight of the grip should not
follow his line of work for the mone- |
tary consideration alone. His work |
will be a source of pleasure to him |
if he goes at it in the right spirit.

to make his brothers happy and con-

tented, to alleviate the struggle of |

those who think they are burdened

with troubles, he will unconsciously |

become a friend to his people, and a
man who can win the confidence of
his trade is the one who is going to
to leave with the big orders.

Get a man to tell you his troubles |

and you will generally be on the

right side of him, for he will have [if they could see her,

If |
he makes up his mind to do all the |
good to his fellow men that he can, |

list. “Well, get me some squash pie,
please.”

“We haven’t got that either.”

“Berry pie?”

hae

“Lemon pie?”

“No.”

“Chocolate pie?”

“im sorry, we—?

“Well, what on earth are they all
written down here for? On to-day’s
| bill of fare, too!”

“Well, T’ll tell you,” said the girl,
| apologetically, “that list is always
written down there for show when we
have mince pie, because when we
| have mince pie no one asks for any-
thing else.” :
—_>-.___

Mighty few women would be
jealous of their husband’s first love

Plainwell, Mich.

 

 

 

DETROIT,

Cash Capital $400,000.

D. M. FERRY, Pres.
GEv. E. LAWSON, Ass’t Treas.

R. P. Joy, Simon J. Mur,

H. Kirke White, H. P. Bal

J. W_Thompson,
james D. Standish,
Geo. H. Barbour,
David C.

Michigan Fire and Marine Insurance Gompant

Established 1881.

Surplus to Policy Holders $625,000.

OFFICERS
F. H. WHITNEY, Vice Pres.
E. J. BOOTH, Sec’y

DIRECTORS

D. M. Ferry, F. J. Hecker, M. W. O’Brien, Hoyt Post, Walter C. Mack, Allan Shelden,
hy, Wm. L. Smith, A. H. Wilkinson, James Edgar,
win, Charles B. Calvert,
Philip H. McMillan, F. E. Driggs,
Te a = Buhl, Lem W. Bowen,
. G. Caskey, Chas. Stinchfield, Francis F. Palms, Carl A, Hen
Whitney, Dr. J. B. Book, Chas. F, -

Agents wanted in towns where not now represented. Apply to
GEO. P. McMAHON, State Agent, 100 Griswold St., Detroit, Mich.

   

MICHIGAN

  
     

Assets $1,000,000.
Losses Paid 4,200,000.

       
 

M. W. O’BRIEN, Treas.
E. P. WEBB, Ass’t Sec’y

     
         

F. A. Schulte, Wm. V. Brace,
Geo. H. Hopkins, Wm. R. Hees,
Chas. C. Jenks, Alex. Chapoton, Jr.,

  
   
       
 
    
   
   
        
  
 

Peltier, F. H. Whitney.

  
     
 

 

 

One Initiation and Three Applica-
tions on File.

Grand Rapids, Dec. 3—The United

Commercial Travelers of this city

met in regular session this evening

with a large and enthusiastic at-
tendance and proceeded at once to
business.

Applications were received from

three travelers for admission and Ar-
thur M. Stow, of 45 Kellogg street,
Grand Rapids, was initiated.

One of the features of the evening
was the discussion of the many
wrecks on the Pere Marquette Rail-
road and the gross carelessness of
the employes or the niggardliness of
the officials of the road in curtailing
the amount of help and thereby de-
creasing the efficiency of those em-
ployed.
why the officers of the law have so
long closed their eyes to what has
been transpiring or have winked so
hard at it that their sight has become
impaired.
rooms of the Grand Rapids Council
are being largely attended, and all
those who have participated express
themselves in the highest terms of

the enjoyment they have received.
The gatherings are informal and

homelike, minus any frills or flounces,
and therefore the more pleasurable.

Another one will be given some time |
f g s ! A
LE : | pany and the Great Western Cereal
this month and we are authorized to} i :

i | Company will do the same.
not exclusively | i

State that they are
for the U. C. T's and their families,
but all friends of the will
be giadly welcomed.

A special committee was appointed,
consisting of Charley Reynolds, Har-

members

 

The boys propose to find out |

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

ers’ objections
known.

To this proposal many manufactur-
ers readily acceded, but one, the orig-

inator of coupon premium schemes in | ive see
connection with cereal products, the | ee a as
refused | mi

Great Western Cereal Co.,

conditions were not practical
premium plans.

Certain trade papers have intimat-
ed that our offer
good faith as the
impossible owing

in
execution of it was
to the large num-
ber of interests involved.

Our

was not made

desire is

|
|
|
}

i far less

to meet the wishes |

of the retailers in this matter square- |

lv. We believe them to be emphati-

plans. Any modification of present

| schemes will only result in the even-

ry Gregory and Fred Beardsley, to|

arrange for a dancing
time in February.

party
It is unnecessary
to make any comments, as the per-
sonnel of the committee is sufficient

some

fine. Nuff Sed.

——__+-._____

tual return to the conditions exist-
ing to-day or perhaps more objection-
able ones.

Heartily sharing in the retailer’s
in good faith, we
propose the following practical way
of accomplishing the desired result:

We will on January I, 1905, or any
other date agreed upon, do away with

offer was made

: | view and i c 0 pro z
The monthly entertainments at the | d in order to prove that our |

oe he . |ple have warm
oO € agreement, claimime the | f

- § | pulses, and a vast amount of money

and |

proposing a modification of present | .

age ' Pp |to burn holes in a good many pockets

Retail shoe dealers |

l
were unmistakably Christmas Money and How To Get
|

Ft.

A lot of money will be spent this |

Christmas by a lot of people who are

themselves thin

and generous im-

to
These good peo- |

during the next few weeks is going}

before it is spent.
ought to their wits to get
much of this money as possible in-
stead of letting it be spent in things
useful and valuable
shoes and slippers.

use as

than

In this connection we know of no
better method of getting Christmas

| : | money than by getting a stock ofthe
cally opposed to all coupon premium | i rp Se?

clever shoe certificates.
is the scheme.
should

Here Every retail

not only

tise that he has shoe certificates for

shoe dealer adver-

the time for suggesting to people how
to spend Christmas money to _ best
advantage. Merchants who sell jew-
elry, fancy goods, books and other
articles, useful for gifts, advertise lib-
erally before Christmas, well know-
ing that the are anxiously
looking for suggestions in regard to
purchasing presents for their family
and friends. Shoes would share in
the general popularity of presents at
Christmas it not that
not like to invite those whom we wish

people

were we do

to surprise pleasantly to enter a
|shoe store and be fitted. The true
Christmas pleasure consists largely

sale, but should explain by newspa- |
| per advertisements or by circufar that |

people can select the kind of rubber

!or leather boots or shoes or slippers

all coupons, checks or printed offers, |

either in the packages, printed on the

labels, or in the cases of all of our|

products, provided the

As most of the other cereal man-

H-O Com- |

| welcome

they desire to present to their friends.

The retailer on payment of the

in surprising those we wish to favor.
Vast numbers of people would infi-
nitely prefer a good pair of shoes

or slippers to trinkets and useless
things, which look pretty but are
without practical use.

Here is a sample advertisement

which might be displayed promin-
ently in a shoe store window or mail-
to selected list
inserted as

ed as circulars of

a

people, or an advertise-

|ment in local newspapers:

money will give a signed certificate |

in exchange, on which the name of
the recipient of the present would be
written.

For instance:
to
and

Smith
present,

give William
valuable

anxious a

and

lafter learning about the shoe certifi-

ufacturers have expressed a_ willing- |

ness to co-operate along these lines, |
the |

| of

with the assent of the above
thing is accomplished.

American Cereal Co.

2
The Boys Behind the Counter.
Cedar Springs—C. A. Johnson
Co. have engaged John Carten,

&
of

| Grand Rapids, as salesman in their
guarantee that it will be something |

| Culver has
|Frank Purdy in their grocery

Drastic Action by Durand Merchants. |

Durand, Dec. 3-—At the last meet-
ing of the Durand Business
Association the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:

Whereas—The American Cereal
Co. has devised and adopted a system
of coupons to be used in connection
and which would
prove detrimental to all persons en-

with premiums,

gaged in a retail business; therefore
be it

Resolved—By the Durand Business
Men’s Association that the members
will refuse to buy or offer for sale
any product of the American Cereal
Co. until at such time as it shall
withdraw its catalogues and coupons.

A. B. Freeman, Sec’y.

Offers To Discontinue Schemes.

Chicago, Dec. 5—Some weeks ago
we proposed through Fred Mason,
Secretary of the National Retail Gro-
cers’ Association, to agree to stop
the use of all premiums in connec-
tion with cereal products, providing
all other manufacturers, distributors
and wholesale dealers would do
likewise.

This, the first practical step toward
the elimination of premiums, was tak-
en by us as soon as the retail deal-

Men’s |

 

dry goods department, and Mindon
taken the _ position of

partment.

Gladstone—J. H. Uglo, a pharma-
cist employed at Powell’s drug store,
narrowly escaped being
burned by the explosion of a bottle
of benzine. He had gone to
basement and in the darkness it
supposed that he overturned the bot-
tle of benzine and the cork
out the liquid spread over the floor.
Mr. Uglo was forced to go to the
min-

is

basement again within a few
utes and in order to find his
struck a match, instead of turning on

way

the electric light, with the result
that instantly there was an explo-
sion. Flames filled the basement un- |

til the benzine had been consumed,
but when the fire department arriv-

ed the fire had nearly extinguished |

itself. The druggist was painfully

burned about the hands.

Hudson Gazette: Charles Mor-
ford, of Evart, has accepted a posi-
tion with the Hudson Manufacturing
Co., and will begin his labors Janu-
ary 1. Mr. Morford is a man of ex-
tensive and varied experience as a
traveling salesman, and will be a
valuable addition to the Hudson Man-
ufacturing Co.’s force in that line of
work.

de- |

islippers all that is necessary to do}

| size

cate plan might jump at the oppor-
tunity to visit the store that issues
the certificate and state that he wants
to give his friend $3, $4 or $5 worth
John may not know the
William’s

goods.

or width of

ithe kind of shoe that he prefers, and

| ordinarily could not surprise him with

| such
| take.
| John

i friend William
seriously |
| titling him to go and get exactly the |
the |

a gift, fearing to make a mis-
By the shoe certificate scheme

but after he has decided to surprise
William with a nice pair of shoes or

is to buy a certificate at the shoe
Christmas
would

store, and on day

receive this

| money you wish to spend.
| morning
John Brown may be}
| whom

| us no money but simply call and tell

SHOES ANU SLIPPERS
FOR
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

Shoes make very useful and acceptable
presents. Call and tell us what kind of
shoes you would like your friends or em-
ployes to have and we will give you SHOE
CERTIFICATES to the value of the
On Christmas
could present these hand-

engraved CERTIFICATES to
you seleet and they could call at
their leisure on us and we will give them
to the value of the price marked
the CERTIFICATE, and that would

the transaction. Your friends pay
us
that they want shoes to the value written

vou
somely

shoes
on
end

| on the CERTIFICATE, and after getting

|} exactlv

foot or|

the size. shape and quality de-
sired they present the CERTIFICATE in
full payment.

Think it over. No one can have too
many pairs of shoes. The CERTIFI-
CATES are very handsomely engraved
and would be appreciated far more than
j presents of trinkets and other’ things
| which would be far less welcome than
a good. strong pair of shoes.

Employers, benevolent persons and

others who wish
itude

to bring joy and grat-
to deserving people at this happy

| Christmas time could not do better than

need not worry over the matter, |

his |

handsomely engraved certificate, en-|

style, shape and size of shoe or slip-
per desired, and the certificate would

| pay for it, and the transaction would
be concluded to the satisfaction and |

falling |

 

pleasure of all concerned.

Shoe merchants could dispose of |
many of their goods by means of|
these Christmas shoe certificates. It

might pay them to suggest the cer-
tificate plan to employers of labor
who were disposed to give their men
employes Christmas
the shape of shoes.
Benevolent and generous
might also be induced to make up a
list of those to whom a present of
would be very acceptable; to
the certificates would be a
Shoes are about the

and women a

surprise in

shoes
them
great blessing.
most useful presents
receive. No one has too many oi
them, and it is a positive luxury for

persons |

that one can|

people to own two or more pairs}

of shoes, so that they can wear them
alternately, and thus prolong the life
of each pair.

A few weeks before Christmas is

“4
| sid

purchase SHOE CERTIFICATES. and
we invite them to eall.
Whvw not decide to make this a SHOF

CHRISTMAS so far as you are concerned
and see whether results do not please you
bevond all expectations?
JONES & Co.
~Shoe Trade Journal.
rn
Albert who
Michigan and Ohio fifteen years for

a

Linaweaver, covered
ylor, Kirk & Co., but who has re-
Philadelphia the
two years while engaged in financing

ed in for

past

the Montgomery Gold Mining & Re-
duction Co., has returned to his old
territory as the representative of

Longley, Law & Alexander.

 

 

 

Christmas
Umbrellas

You may have a call for something
different from what you carry in the
line of fine Christmas Umbrellas and
Canes. We are in position to send

you on short notice one-half dozen or
more on approval if you state the

style, size and price of umbrellas

desired Thousands of styles to

select from at

Platte’s Exclusive Umbrella Store
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

Michigan State Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion.

President—W. A. Hall, Detroit.
Vice-Presidents—W. C. 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,

|impurities existing in the benzin. The |
| quantity given in the formula

manganate solution subsiding and

| showing considerable reduction.
|

| essary is in direct proportion to the

ficient for a very crude article and
;may be reduced when manipulating

| sect powder”

with a purer distillate.
Martin Neuss.
~~ ___
History of Insect Powder.
Most of the so-called “Persian in-
now sold and used in

| this country is the product of a sin-

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
Dolson, St. Charles.

 

 

Proprietaries Go Up in Canada.

Canadian druggists are much wor-
ried over an advance in price of im-
ported proprietary remedies caused
by the “Anti-dumping Clause” of the
new Fielding tariff law. The object
of this clause was to protect the Ca-
nadian market against those foreign

manufacturers who at times send

| appearance the common field daisy, |

their goods and wares into the coun- |

try at low figures to the ruination. of
domestic producers. Patent medicines
are affected, but it is argued that the
clause should leave them out of con-
sideration for the reason that since
they are trade-marked preparations,
they can not be duplicated in Cana-
da, and do not therefore interfere
with domestic production. Previous-
ly it was the practice of proprietors
in the United States to give Canadian
jobbers a rebate equivalent to the
tariff, thus enabling them to sell the
goods at the figures which obtain
in the United States; and it is this
practice which has the
goods to the operations of the “Anti-
dumping Clause.”
now be sold the jobbers at full prices.
and the tariff borne by them also.
They have passed along the increase
in price to the retailers, and the
retailers fear that they may not be
able to recoup themselves.
—_+-.___
How To Deodorize Benzin.

subjected

To entirely take the odor from ben- |
perhaps, impossible, but the |

zin is,

following process will give a fairly |

odorless article:

Prof. Loder says: Mix together
8 fluid ounces sulphuric acid and 56
fluid ounces water, the

and when

mixture cools pour it into a two-gal- |
lon bottle; add 1 av. oz. potassium |

permanganate and agitate until dis-

solved; then add 1 gallon of benzin |
and thoroughly agitate and allow the |

mixture to remain in contact for

twenty-four hours, frequently agitat- |

ing.

in a similar bottle with a mixture of | : al
: : | tent, the salt may be dissolved in|
120 grains of potassium permangan- |
ate, 240 grains of caustic soda and 32)
fluid ounces of water, agitating fre- |

quently during several hours. Then |

separate the benzin and wash it thor-
oughly with water.

On agitating the benzin with the
acid permanganate solution an emul-

sion-like mixture is produced which | of second class people

The goods must |

Separate the benzin and wash |

gle farm 300 acres in extent
Stockton, California. It is derived
from a plant closely resembling in

| The quantity of permanganate nec- |

The Drug Market.

Opium—Is steady.
Morphine—Is unchanged.
Quinine—Is steady and

will not

5 |change in price until after the Am-
~ suf- | sterdam bark sale Dec. 15.

Carbolic Acid—Is higher abroad.

| Another advance is looked for here.

Balm Gilead Buds—Have again

|advanced on account of scarcity.

Bismuth and Bismuth Preparations

 

|—Have been advanced about 25 per |

near

and it is now known to depend for |
its efficacy upon a greenish vegetable

oil, which, although harmless to other

Not so very many years ago insect
powder cost sixteen dollars a pound,
whereas to-day it is sold for forty
cents or days. the
source of supply and the very nature

less. In_ those

of the product were a mystery. It |

had been in use in Asiatic countries
for centuries, being exported from
Transcaucasia, where the natives did
a large and profitable business in its
manufacture. Eventually an Arme-

kept secret, which was simply that

| now

er-heads of a species of pyrethrum |

that grew wild and plentifully among
the mountains.

came an important article of export |

from Dal-
Many attempts were

to all parts of the world
matia. made
to introduce the plant into the Unit-
ed States, but at first without suc-
cess, the sold to

because seeds

Later the stuff be- i
| vances since our report last week, one |

Crude is |

ed, to prevent them from sprouting. | .. :
| this week on account of higher price

7
Method of Frosting Mirrors.

What is understood in the arts by |

this term is the permanent frosting

of the surface of glass by means of |

rubbing with sand or the application
of hydrofluoric acid.

The best effects in the temporary
frosting of glass surfaces are obtain-

jluticn of epsom salt in fairly good
concentration. This ap-
| plied warm, either with a brush or

solution is

rag, and the operation must be con-
ducted quickly in order to secure the
best effects. It will be found, too,
that the addition of a little glucose
or acacia to the not
|} much, will make the preparation ad-
here more evenly to the surface; the
surface of most large sheets of glass
frequently contains just enough
grease to prevent crystallization oc-
|curring uniformly.

solution, too

Instead of aca-
|cia or glucose, either of which is apt
ito retard crystallization to some ex-

light beer and so applied.
Thos. Willets.
—_—O-2-—Q

There can be no economy, from a
| woman’s point of view, without hash
| for breakfast once in awhile.
| en Ae Cena
| Have you ever noticed what a lot
travel first

separates in a few seconds, the per-/| class?

|ed by applying a simple aqueous SO- | rare
| storax and 20 parts of benzoin in 90

 

: ° j are
Americans had been previously bak- |

 

cent. on account of higher price for
metal.
firm account of
higher foreign market.
Lycopodium—Shows
vance of 3c per pound.
Menthol—Stocks are
and prices are lower. It
that

Glycerine—Is on

another ad-
very large
is believed

the Japanese government

: e : a : | will place an export tax on the arti-
kinds of animals, suffocates insects. I : F

If it does higher prices will rule.
Sassafras Bark—Continues in very
small supply and prices are firm.
Wild ‘Cherry Bark—Has
ed on account of scarcity.
Oil Cajeput—Has advanced.
Oil Cloves—Shows a. slight
cline.
Oil and Cassia
firm and tending higher.
Oil Sassafras, Natural—Is hard to

cle.

advanc-

de-

Are

Anise

 

very

: : | quote as there is from 18@2o0c per
nian merchant discovered the long- |

pound difference in price asked by

} : | different holders.
the powder was the pulverized flow- |

Oil Wormseed—Crop is small and
prices have advanced.

Refined Camphor—Shows two ad-
of 2c and another of 3c.
very scarce and another advance is
probable.

Gum Mastic—It is reported
the cron is a failure and higher prices
asked.

Linseed Oil—Shows two advances

for seed.
soo
Carbon Points for Splitting Glass.

 

| country.

that |

| the departments in the

1. Dissolve too parts of gum ara-|

bic in 240 parts of water, and mix the
solution with a paste prepared by
triturating 40 parts of powdered trag-
acanth with 640 parts of hot water.
Then, having dissolved 20 parts of

parts of alcohol, strain the latter so-
lution and add it to the mixed mu-
cilage. Finally mix the whole inti-
mately with 240 to 280 parts of pow-
dered charcoal, so as to be uniform
The charcoal should
previously be passed through a fine
The doughy mass is cut into

throughout.

sieve.
suitable pieces, which are rolled be-
dusted
cylindrical

two boards
dust, until

about I centimeter in thickness
formed, which allowed to

tween
coal strips

are
are

over with |

dry |

slowly between blotting paper. When |

using them one end is pointed like |

a lead pencil and, after having pre-
viously made a scratch in the glass
with a file or a diamond, the heated
and glowing end of the pencil is car-
ried along the line in which the glass
is intended to be fractured.

2. Dissolve 8 to Io parts of trag-
acanth in about 100 parts of hot
water, add to the mixture, under stir-
ring, 30 parts of acetate of lead and
60 parts of finely sifted beechwood

 

i and

charcoal and proceed as in the pre-
ceding formula.

3. Sticks of soft wood (willow or
poplar) of about the thickness of a
finger, which must be thoroughly
dry, are immersed for about one
week in a concentrated solution of
acetate of lead, after which they are
again dried. When ignited these
sticks are said to burn like glazier’s
charcoal.

The first formula is said to yield
the best product as it burns much
slower than the others.

—__~+.___
Japan As An Educator.

Japan as a skilled student and imi-
tator is familiar. Japan as an exem-
plar and teacher is new. Hindoos now
go to Japan for their téchnical educa-

tion. The departments in all the col-
leges of the two universities of To-
kio and Kyoto are furnished with

all the most improved appliances, and

| the systems of education are found-

the best models of Western
It is stated that after
about eight months in Japan Indian
able to follow the lec-
The students

ed on

countries.
students are

tures fairly well. are

| advised to have acquired the English

German languages before they

leave India, so they may be able to

read technical books in these lan-
guages. Students arrive in Japan
three months before the beginning

of the session in September, during
which time they make a special study
language
and
customs of

of the Japanese and also
accustomed
the
The Indian student is pre-
pared for a severe but pleasant winter
As all

various insti-

become acclimated

to the habits and

and a hot, trying summer.

tutions are generally overcrowded,
send in their
beforehand

the Indo-

advised to
some time
President of

students are
applications
the
Japanese Association.

through

-———_ ~~» —____
Got His Vacaticn.

“Well,” said the old doctor, “you
have your diploma now.”

es.
worked very hard for it and now I’d
like to go away for a vacation, but
I have to start right in and prac-
tice.”

replied the young one, “I

“Well, that will give you a long
and much needed rest.”

 

 

 

You will make no mistake if you reserve your
orders for

Valentines

Fishing Tackle
Base Ball Supplies

Our lines are complete and prices right. The
boys will call in ample time. Late
orders and]re-orders for

Holiday Goods

promptly filled. We can supply your wants
till the last hour.

FRED BRUNDAGE
Wholesale Druggist
Stationery, School Supplies and{ Fireworks
32-34 Western Ave., Muskegon, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Anetionwn (0... 6@ . 8|Hrigeron ........ 1 00@1 10 ore
Benzoicum, Ger.. 70@ 75|Gaultheria ...... 2 40@3 60 | Aconitum Nap’sR 60
Boracie 200.00. @ 17|Geranium_....oz 75 | Aconitum Nap’sF 50
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Witrocaas |... ...  S@ 10| Lavendula _./ 01. 90@2 75 | ASaroetida ...... 50
Oxalicum :...... 10@ 12} Limonis ......... 90@1 10 | 4thgpe Belladonna 60
Phosphorium, dil. @ 15| Mentha Piper ..4 25@4 50 | Autanti Cortex .. 50
Salicylicum ..... 42@ 45| Mentha Verid ...5 00@5 50| Benzoin -....... 60
Sulphuricum ....1%@ 5|Morrhuae gal -:1 50@2 50 | Benzoin Co 50
eae 7@ 80|Myrcia .......... 3 00@3 50 | Barosma ........ 50
Tartaricum ..... $36 | Olive .... 88... 75@3 00 | Cantharides ..... 75
ee Picis Liquida . 10@ 12 Capsicum ....... 50
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a 2 2008 60 Sinapis, ess, oz... @ 65 | cassia Acutifol .. 50
i ceeeeeoe lil : assia cutifol Co 50
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Cubebae ...po. 20 15@ 18] Thyme, Opt ..... @1 60 Ergot ....- eee 50
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Siidiiinesitean Potassium Gentian Co. 60
Copaina 000... 5@ 50| Bi-Carb ......... 15@ 18} Guiaca .......... 50
Pen 2s ee — eo ---+: oe 3 eee -- 60 |
Tera bi 5 mOnMeG ...-.... 0M 45 yoscyamus 50 |
Cee ole .-------,- 12q 15| Iodine ........7. 75 |
Chiorate _._.. po. 12@ 14} lodine, colorless. 75 |
ate Geen. “i 34@ 38 | TSpel =
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Cassiae ......... 20 | Potassa. Bitart pr 30@ 32 a 50 |
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Buonymus atro.. 30 | Potass Nitras 6@ Opil 75
Myrica Cerifera.. 20 Deeg S---- 62 SiG a
3 ei brwesiate 20)... 23@ 26 pil, camphorated 50
Prunus Virgini .. 15} Sulphate po 15@ 18| Qpil, deodorized. . 1 50
Quillaia, sr ma. 12 : Quassia 50
Sassafras ..po 25 22 Radix Rhatany ........ 50
Rigas - 21.61... 40 —a oe. =~ = ti eee cee. 50
Althae ...... 2... i id 5
Gaia 24@ 30 ABCIAISS ........; 10@ = aacakata eeleea = |
Glycyrrhiza, po.. 28@ 30|ATum po ........ @ 25 | Stromonium 60
Hacmatox ......) 11@ 12 Calms ........ 20@ 40; Tottan ......... 60
Haematox, is... 13@ 14|Gentiana po 15.. 12@ 15) Valerian ........ 50
Haematox, 3 .. 14@ 15 Glychrrhiza pv 15 16@ 18] Veratrum Veride. 50 |
Haematox, 4s .. 16@ 17 Hydrastis, —— = 75 | 2inewber -....... 20
ydrastis, Can.po @2 00 |
Ferru 9 Ps
carbonate Peeelp. —_ ag | Hllebore: “Alte: 12@ 1) ascelianeous
ao = 2 = Ipecac. eee 2 00@2 10 | Aether, on Nit 3£30@ 35
ae te -« re plox ..-:::. 35@ 40 ether, Spts Nit 4f34@ 38
Ferrocyanidum 8. a0} Salapa!) pr...) 25@ 30|Alumen, grd po7 22 4
Solut. Chloride .. 15|Maranta, \s ... @ 325} Amnatto ......... pe 50 |
Sulphate, com’! .. 2! Podophyilum po. 15@ 18 | Antimoni, po .... 5 |
Sulphate, com'l, by meee ea 75@1 00 | Antimoni et po T 10@ 50
oe per owt -- ei Whel. cut ...... 1 00@1 25 | Antipyrin ....... @ 2%
Sulphate, pure .. 4 het pw 75@1 00| Antifebrin ... @ 20
Flora Srisella 205000. 30@ 35|Argenti Nitrasoz  @ 48
Arnica .........; 15@ 18] Sanguinari, po 24 @ 92) Arsenicum ...... 10@ 12
Anthemis .....—. 22@ 25|Serpentaria ..... 50@ 55] Balm Gilead buds 60@ 65
Matricaria ...... S6@ S51 Senega -....-....- $5@ 90| Bismuth SN ..2 s0@2 85
olia Smilax, offs H. @ 40} Calcium Chlor, 1s @
eee aoa = 33 — Mm @ 2% ae a @ 10
‘assia cutifol, Scillae po 35.... 10@ 12{ Calcium or %4S @ 12|
Tinnevelly .... 15@ 20|Symplocarpus ... @ 25] Cantharides, Rus. @1 85
Cassia, Acutifol.. 25@ 30] Valeriana Eng .. @ 25| Capsici Fruc’s af @ 20}
Salvia officinalis, Valeriana, Ger .. 15@ 20|Capsici_Fruc’s po @ 22)
4s and \%s .. 18@ 20] Zingiber a ...... 12@ 14|Cap'i Fruc’sBpo | @ 15
Uva Uret oc... + | (8@ 10 | Zingiber j ------- 16@ 20 ree —. 2a 28
Acacia, cae : @ 65 Semen en Ae aa ag “500° 55
Acacia, 2nd pkd.. @ 45|Anisum po. 20 @ 16| Cera Flava ..... 40@ 42
Acacia, 3rd pkd.. @ 35|Apium fa 's). 13@ 15|Grocus ......... 75@1 80 |
Acacia, sifted sts. @ 28| Bird, Is ......... 4@ 6] Cassia Fructus .. @ 35
Acacia, po.) .... 45@ 65 pent po 15 a = ——— : @ 10}
Aloe, Harp .....- 12 14 ardamon ... ‘ ataceum @ 35
Aloe, Cape ee $ 25 | Coriandrum 12@ 14]Chloroform ..... 42@ 52
Aloe, Socotri .... @ 45|Cannabis Sativa. 5@ 7|Chloro’m, Squibbs @ 95
Ammoniae ...... 55@ 60 2 tpnapaen| cats —. = ae Hyd Crst 1 oy 60
Asatoetian ...... 35 40 | Chenopodium ... ( Chondrus .. 0@ 25)
Benzoinum ...... 200 55 | Dipterix Odorate. 80@1 00] CGinchonidine P-W 38@ 48)
Catechu, 1s @ 13 Foeniculum ..... @ 18] Cinchonid’e Germ 38@ 48}
Catechu, %s .... @ 14 ae po.. 1@ : costes Ee 4 05@4 25 |
Catechu, } os 3G | ehh ------------- orks list d p ct. 7
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Et horbi 3s @ 4)]| Lobelia ........-;- ° wets :. 2... bbl 75 @
Gateast Zz : @ 0 | Pharlaris Cana’n 9@ 10] Creta, prep ....- @
aa oe. 2 1 3 | Rapa 5@ 6] Greta, preci 9@ 1
amboge ....po..1 25@1 < eee < -reta, precip @
Guaiacum ..po 35 @ 35|Sinapis Alba .... 7@ 9|Creta, Rubra @
Kine 100. ‘po 45¢ @ 45|Sinapis Nigra ... 9@ 10] Crocus ......... 75@1 8
Mastic 2.03... @ 60 Spiritus Wua@uene <....... @ 2
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T h 70@1 00 Ergota ....p0.65 60@ 65
ragacanth ..... S Saccharum N E.1 90@2 10 Bther Sulph 10@ gn
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Tanacetum V ... 92| carriage .....-- 3 50@3 75 | Glue, brown 11@ 13
Thymus V oz pk 25 — extra shps ose =. waite a 6@ 25
wool, carriage . @ Weerma ....... a 2
Calcined, — 5@ 60| Extra yellow shps’ Grana Paradisi .. @ 25
Carbonate, Pat .. 18@ 20| . wool carriage.. @1 25) Humulus ....... 25@ 55
Carbonate K-M. 18 20 | Grass sheeps’ wl, Hydrarg Ch Mt. @ 95}
Carhenate. <..... 18@ 20 carriage ......- @1 25| HWydrarg Ch Cor @ 90|
Oleum Hard, slate use .. @1 00 | Hydrarg Ox Ru’m @1 05 |
Absinthium ..... 4 90@5 00 Yellow Reef, for @1 40 Hydrars ——e —_ 35 |
Amygdalae, Dulce. 50@ 60| Slate use. ydrarg Ungue’m 60
Amygdalae Ama.8 00@8 25 Syrups Hydrargyrum .. @_ 75}
eS 1 75@1 85 | Acacia ......-.-- @ 50]Ichthyobolla, Am. 90@1 00
Auranti Cortex .2 20 2 40 | Auranti Cortex .. @ 50j|Indigo .......... 75@1 00
Berea .._....-. 2 85@3 25 | Zingiber ........- @ 50 | Iodine, Resubi ..4 35@4 40
Caja (00.0 ..0. 85 On incase 6.......-.. 60 | Iodoform ........4 10@4 20
Caryophylli ..... 1 30@1 40| Ferri Iod .....-- @ 50} Lupulin ... . @ 40
Seeker old . 50@ 90] Rhei Arom .....- @ 50 | lLycopodium -1 10@1 20
Chenopadii ..... : 2 25| Smilax Offi’s . 50@ 60|Macis ........---; 65@ 75
Cinnamoni ......1 10@1 20 | Senega ....----- @ 50] Liquor Arsen et
Citronelia, ........ 50 60 |Scillae ......-...- @ 50 Hydrarg Iod .. Dp 2
Conium Mac 80 90 | Scillae Co ....-- @ = ae — a 3 ! =
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| Morphia, S P & W2 35@2 60 Seidlitz Mixture. 20@ 22] 14nseed, pure raw 45@ 48
|Morphia, SN Y = 35@260|Sinapis ......... @ 18} Linseed, boiled .. 46@ 49
saeet nar aoe —_ : er ae eee @ 30|Neat’s-foot, wstr 65@ 70
| Moschus Can on. nuff, Maccaboy, Spts. T ine. 58@
| Myristica, No. 1. 28@ 30 Devoecs ..... . @ 51 - —
Nux Vomica pol5 @ 10| Snuff, Sh DeVo’s @ 51 Paints bbl L
Os Sepia ........ 253@ 28 Soda, Boras ..... 9@ 11]| Red Venetian ...1% 2 @3
Pepsin Saac, H & Soda Boras, po. 9@ 11] Ochre, yel Mars.1% 2 @4
| PpHeés @1 00 Soda et Pot’s Tart 28@ 30] Ochre, yel Ber ..1% 2 @3
| pj Soda. Carh ..... 1%@ 2| Putty, commer’l.2% 2%@3
icis Liq NN¥% Soda, Bi-Carb 3@ 5| Putty, strictly pr2% 2%@3
gal doz ........ @2 00 | Soda, Ash ...... 4@ 4| Vermilion, Prime
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| Picis Liq. pints. @ 60|Spts, Cologne .. @2 60} Vermilion, Eng... 75@ 80
| Pil Hydrarg po 80 @ 50|Spts, Ether Co.. 50@ 55/|Green, Paris ..... 144@ 18
| Piper Nigra po 22 @ 18|Spts, Myrcia Dom @2 00|Green, Peninsular 13@ 16
| Piper Alba po 35 @ 30] Spts, Vini Rect bbl @ Lead, red ...... 6%@ 7
| Pix Burgun -.... @ 7 |Spts, Vi'i Rect % a Lead, white .... C4@ 7
| Piumbi Acet ... 12@ 15 1Spts, Vint 10 . @ Whiting, white S’n @ 90
| Pulvis Ip’c et Opiil 30@1 50 |Spts, Vii R’t 5 gal @ Whiting Gilders’ @ %
|Pyrethrum, bxs H Strychnia, Crystal 90@1 15] White, Paris Am’r @1 25
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Pyrethrum, py .. 20@ 25} Sulphur, Roll .. 7a 3% Gm ce @1 40
Quassiag ........ S@ 10}] Tamarinds ......- 8@ 10} Universal Prep’d1 10@1 20
Quinia, SP & W. 25@ 35] Terebenth Venice 28@ 30 -
Quinia, S Ger ... 25@ 35|Theobromae ..... 45@ 50 Varnishes
Quinta, WV. .:.. 26@ 261 Vanilla .........9 €0@ No 1 Turp Coach 1 10@1 20
| Rubia Tinctorum 12@ 14 | Zinci Sulpn 0. 7@ §| Extra Turp --1 60@1 70
Saccharum La’s. 22@ 25 7 Coach Body ....2 T3@3 00
Saiein ooo. 50@4 75 Oils No 1 Turp Furnl 00@1 10
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We are dealers in Paints, Oils and

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We have a full line of Staple Druggists’
Sundries.

Weare the sole proprietors of Weatherly’s
Michigan Catarrh Remedy.

We always have in stock a full line of
Whiskies, Brandies, Gins, Wines and
Rums for medical purposes only.

We give our personal attention to mail
orders and guarantee satisfaction.

All orders shipped and invoiced the same
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2Ib. can, per doz 9)
0. Can, per doz _...3 46
alb. Can, per doz ....1 86
BATH BRICK
eee es ie
Pee. 85
BROOMS
De. 2 Caron -... 8
Po. 2 Pare oo z
ae. os Carpet ..... —
Poe. & Crete.
earlier am 22 co
Common Whisk ......
Pancy Witek -. 5. o.
Warchoneo .2......... 3 00
BRUSHES
Scrub
Geld Bark 5 in ....: 75
Sold Hack, 11 in .:.... 35
Potted ends .......... 85
Stove
me So. a ee
OS fo ee 1 10
i MR: es ire a ac dare ie is p Ba
Shoe
Pe. Be 1 09
Pie 1 30
No. : coe bieeees ccs 1%
moO. S 313s. i 90
BUTTER COLOR
W., R. & Co’s, 15e size.1 25
Vw. & & Co.’s, 25¢e size.2 09
CANwYciLES
Electric Light. 8s .... 9%
Filectric Light, 1€s ....10
Parsee, Ge i. cs 9
Paratine, 12s ......... 9%
ieee Ge
CANNED GOODS
Apples
3 Th. San. 15@ 80

Gals. Standards .1 90@2 90
Blac -erries
Standards ....... 85
Beans
ae 80@1 30
Red Kidney .... 85@ 95
See . 70@1 15
ame oo 75@1 25
Blueberries
Saeeare @ 1 49
Brook Trout
Cee, @ 5 75
2mb. cans, s.piced 1 90
Clams
i.ittle Neck, 1tb. 1 09@1 25
Little Neck, 2tb.. @1 50
Clam Boullion
Burnham's. 3% pt ....1 82
Buraham’s, pts ..:...3 66
Durnhams. ate ...... 7 28
Cherries
Red Standards ..1 39@1 50
Wake. .... 7)... 1 50
Corn
Pee 85@90
Pe oe ce 1 00
Wey oo el 25
French Peas
sur xtra Fine ...... 22
arn Pie cs. 19
ec es is
og 11
Gooseperries
aor we. 90
ominy
RE lS. 85
Lobster
Sear; tee 4; oe 2 15
eee 3 i
Pee Tee a... 2 6)
Mackerel
eee, ae 1 80
Perea, 2. ....5.-.- 2 80
See, Oe a ce 1 80
RO, Ba eon c eee uss 2 80
2emeto 20. 5654.8 1 80
 emate See... oo 2 8a
Mushrooms
Pees. ooo 15@ 20
Beton isso. 22@ 25
Oysters
foe, 2p. 42. 2-2 @ 90
ove, 26. oo. @1 70
Cove, 1tb. Oval @1 00
Peaches
e.g. ee 1 10@1 15
ole... 1 68@2 00

rs
oe Sipe 8 1 00@1 35
ce wee @
eas
marrowio£ ...... 90@1 00
cary Jae. ......; 90@1 6

Early June Sifted.. Zz

 

Plums
Pee 85
ineapple
Grated c-¢eeceak Coae to
Reece 35@2 55
i Pumpkin
ae 7)
a 89
Pee oe 1 00
eee 2 00
Raspberries
Standart. oo.) 6s.
Russian Cavier
es COE 3 75
im See 7 09
oe Oe ote, 12 00
Salmon

Col’a River, talls @1 75
Col’a River, flats.1 85@1 90

Red Alaska <.... 1 35@1 45
Fink Alaska:.: .. @ %
Sardines

Domestic, 4s
Domestic, %s .. 5
Domestic, Must’d 6 @ 9

. 34@ 3%

California, 4s ... 11@14
California, 34s...17 @24
Preach, 4458 ©... 7 ow
Rresce: 469 ..... 18 @2Zz
Shrimps
Standard ....... 1 20@1 40
Succotash
Pa ss .
cae...
Pee 1 25@1 40
Strawberries
Standard ........ 2:20
rane oe 1 4€
Tomatoes
wee oc @ 80
—— .. |. @ 85
oe 1 15@1 45
Goloms .........; 2 50@2 60
CARBON OILS
Barrels
Perfeetion ...... @iuy
Water White .... @i1i
D. 3S. Gasoline . @13
Deodor’d Nap’a.. @12
et 29 @34%
eee 16 @22
Black, winter .. 9 @10%
CATSUP
Cotumpin, 25 pts...... 4 50
Columbia, 25 %pts...2 60
Sreaers Guarts 2...) S23
Snbeer's pints .......2 20
Snider’s é nee PLS. Gis
EESE
Acme. — @13
Carson City) foe @14
Peeress .::..... @13%
Wee @15
Reems @
ee Sc a @14
oa @13%
ORR ec @i3ts
Pavcrsere _....... @13%
Warmers 2.0.3... @13
eee 2 @14
mae... @90
eee cs @15
iLamoureer .....- @i3
Pimcepeie  ... 2... 40 @60
Swiss, domestic . @i4
Swiss, imported . @20

CHEWING GUM

 

American Flag Spruce. 55
Beeman’s Pepsin ..... 60
mae JOG sl 55
Largest Gum Made .. 60
Bem See 55
Sen Sen Breath Perf.1 00
pear BOAT 55
Tecan ....--+-..4-2. 55
CHICORY
Pee ce 5
Oe 7
ibe, zs
Pres ec Z
Soe a 6
CHOCOLATE
Walter Baker & Co.’s
German Sweet ........ 23
PPP Agoda sal, 31
eae ee ee 1
Carnens: 200 35
ee 23
CLOTHES LINES
Sisal
60ft. 3 thread, extra..1 00
7zft. 3 thread, extra..1 40
Suit 3 thread, cxtra. 1 70
oeft. G6 thread, extra..1 29
‘2ft. 6 thread, extra..
Jute
Me ee Co oe 75
Wel oe eee ae 90
eee ce 1 05
in 3, a a CNC 1 50
Cotton Victor

MN i inti eit oa Picea paca oe 2.
a SN an 13
Wee bp ees 6s Selscesc kd Oe

Cotton Windsor

 

Galvanized Wire
No. 29, each 100ft. lengli 90
No. 19, each 100ft. lonz2 10

 

COCOA *
PONS os cea cas cae 38
CSCVEROE o.oo cg 41
CRS. SES 35
eoeomeal, 268... 5... <5 Ss
mes ee ~~ <
Reece - ew eau oe
wan Houten, %s ....... 12
Van Houten. 6 ow cles + 29
Wan Houten, 4s . 2... 40
Van Houten, 1s q2
Spee one cae ok
wt Bivar, ts i... 41
DME, he | ec. 42
COCOANUT.
Dunham's ts ...:..- 26

2
Dunham's %s & 148.. 26%

 

Denham’s \s 2a
Dunham’s \&s .. -. =
ROO es 13
COCGA Ae
ee a 2%
Less quantity acca iglesia 3
Pound packawes .... .... 4
COFFEE
Rio
Coens 12
ee es 13
ROMOO ice ee 15
Pane a.
Santos
Coaemeeen: 8 12%
We oo snc ae eg ee 13%
Choice. oie secs ae
Pay 18
Peevey ooo
on
eas et
COM 18
Mexican
CNN 16%
a 19
Guatemala
Ciosee |... ia
Java
ECMO oe cs 12
Fancy Trea oo. oe vie
E G. a lela ws aie v1
Mocha
Brabien ........ conc ome
Package
New York Basis
Avomrite. ........ oss eke be
erence. 13 00
IE oc ee, oy cola 13 50
OE oi ile Oa ee og e 13 59

McLaughlin’s XXXX
McLaughlin’s XXXX sold

to retailers only. Mail all }

orders direct to W. F.|
McLaughlin & Co., Chi-
cago,

Extract
Holland, % gro boxes. 95
Remus, % erose .. 2.2... 15
Hummel’s foil, % gro. 85

Hummel’s tin, % gro.1 43
CRACKERS
National Biscuit Company’s
Brands
Butter
Seymour Butters ....<. 6
me © Ebatters 2... 2... 6
Halted Duties oo. ..5. 6
Perty Buthera ....... 6
Soda
N.C Sedas .... 6
Bere ee &
Searatoea Plakes .... . 13

Oyster
Roun’ Oysters .......- 6
pauere Oysters ....... 6
i es 7%
PN sree seule eck
ext Varina ......2.. 7%
Sweet Goods

ieee a
Aseeied Cake .,...... 19
Bassey Gees 46.6. as 8
ee HOSE .. 6c ce wes 8
eee e WRIT 20. <4. 16
Buen TO... 2.34.25. 13
iChepolate Drops ..... J6
ee 10
Cecoenut Tey ook is 12
Cianamon ar o::.-... 9
Coffee Cake, N. B. C..10
Coffee Cake, Iced ....10
Cocoanut Macaroons ..18
OS a ci yas ce ws 16
Canta Wet .. 2... 10

Chocolate Dainty ....i16
Cartwheels

mae Ceokie=...:...... 8
Fluted Cocoanut ...... 30
Frosted Creams ....... 8
Keer Gewese us 8

Ginger Snaps, N.:B: C7
Grandma Sandwich ...10
Graham Crackers ee
Honey Fingers, Iced .12
Honey Jumbles ...... 12
Iced Happy Family ..11
Iced Honey Crumpet .10
Beers oi 8
tnaten Bete 22... ces 15
Jersey: Lemeck. ciccscc.

Lady Fingers

op

 

2
Lady Fingers, hand md 25

| Loose Muscatels, 3 cr.. 5%

4

Lemon Biscuit Square. 8
Lemon Wafer
Lemon Snaps ........ 13
Lemon Gems ......... 16
De OM osc svicinins
Marshmallow ....... ~e
Marshmallow Cream.. 16
Marshmallow wasmut. 16

ataee 2... 5. os ndesee “10
Mich Coco Fs’d aw 12
Milk Biscuit .........

Mich Frosted Honey . “1

Mixed Picnic ........
Molasses Cakes, Sclo’ a8
Moss Jelly Bar........ 12

Muskegon Branch, Iced =

I occ ces ce

Oatmeal Crackers .... 8
Orange Slice ......... 16
Orange Gem ....... -

Sea Amel Cakes.
ee ee ee |
Pineapple Honey .....15
Ping Pong 9
Pretzels, hand made .. 8
Pretzelettes, hand m’d 8
Pretzelettes, mch. m’d 7
See: ese coe
MDS BOGrs .... 5550.45
Scotch Cookies
OO in cues use 16
Spiced Sugar Tops ... 8
Sugar Cakes, on 8
Sugar Squares 8
erenns ........

— Gingers

 

Pp
Vanilla Wafer .
Waverly .....
Zanzibar

 

CREAM TARTAR
Barrels or drums ....... 2
ee ee cer cc
Square —— euencucaee 32
Fancy caddies, .......... 35

DRIED “FRUITS
pples
Sundried ... ...... @_
— oon ae 5%@7

alifornia Prunes
100- 138 25tb. boxes. 3%

90-100 25 tb.bxs.. 4
80-90 25 Ib. bxs. 4%
70-80 25 tb. bxs 5
60-70 25tb. boxes 6
50-60 26 Ib. bxs. 6%
40-50 25 tb. bxs. T%

30-40 25 th. bxs. @

\%ec less in bv ww. cases
Citron
ee @15
Currants
Imp’d. 1tb. pkg. . @ 7%

Imported = ge -6%@ 7

zemon ‘amadies Ee |

Orange American .....12
Ralsins

London Layers 3 cr 1 8

London Layers 4 cr i 9

Cluster 5 crown ... 2 60

T.oose Musceatels, 2 cr.. 5

 

Loose Muscatels, 4 cr.. 6
L. M. Seeded, 1 1b.6%@7%
L. M. Seeded, % Ib5 @6
Sultanas, bulk. ...
Sultanas. package. bu
FARI NACEOUS GOODS

—
ee
Med. Hd. "Pk'd. oo oe lv
Brown Holland 50

Farina
2. i. phe. ....)
Balk, per 100 We. .:... 3 00
Hominy
Flake, 50 Ib. on ick
Pearl, 200 Th. sack ...4 00

Pearl, 100 Th. sack ...3 00

Maccaron! and Sia
Domestic, 10 tT. box
Imported, 25 tb. box . 3 $0
Pearl Barley
en 60
hie kena e pa
empire = ....... ne oa ome

Peas
Green, Wisconsin, bu..1 25
Green, Scotch, bu......1 *
Split, tb.
Rolled Oats
Rolled Avenna, bbls ..4 25
Steel Cut, 100M. sacks2 10
Momence, We... .. =. 00
Monarch, 10%. sacks .1 90
(emer. OOMen .. 5. 3 10

East India

German, sacks

German, broken pkg 4
Taploca

Flake, 110Ib. saeks . 4%

Pearl, 130%. sacks cee

Pearl, 24 1b. pkgs....6

Wheat
Cracked, ae ae ededscce eee
24 2 tb. ~ae-8 OO
BF “TACKLE
ee
2M 00 S20 oes cece cee

  
 

 

 

 

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15

30
No. 1, 5
No. 2,
No. 3. 9
Moe. 4 35 mee .........
No. 5, 11
No. 6, 12
No. 7, 15
No. &, 18
No. 9, 20

Linen Lines
MD. cine ee seve ee ae: ae
DOP cseicicc cc ee
Poies
Bamboo, i: ft., pr ds..
bamboo, 16 ft., pr _ 4
Bamboo, 18 ft., pr
FLAVORING EXTRACTS
Foote & Jenks
Coleman’s Van. Lem.
2oz. Panel ........1 30 15
3o0z. Taper ........2 00 1 50

 

No. 4 Rich. Blake.2 00 1 50

Jennings
Terpeneless Lemon
Nos D> & or as 2.
No. 4 D. C. pr ds ....1 56
No. 6 D. C. pr dz .....3 66
Taper: D. C. pride ...:4

Mexican Van

No. 2 D. C. pr dz
No. 4 D.
We. 6 D. & pr as ....
Taper D. C. p

GELATINE

Knox’s Sparkling, dz.
Knox’s Sparkling, gro.1
Knox’s Acidu’d., doz.
Knox’s Acidu’d, gro .1
Mere 4... e en dewale ee
Plymouth Rock
Nelson’ s

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et be 60 bess

seeee

Sk&S2Kssss BS3e

a8 pak bok peta nt

Amoskeag, 160 fn b’e. 19
Amoskeag, less than b. 19%
GRAINS AND FLOUR

heat
1d Wheat.
Oo. LOWREEG 00: 2 ie
De. SC ee ee, 4

Winter Wheat Flour
Local Brands

Pmtents 220 6 20
Second Patents .......5 80
Parateme 62s... +. 5 6

Second Straight .:.
CeO ee
eee
Buckwheat
Ce
Subject to usual

discount.
bis., 25c per

   

Flour in b
bbl. additional.
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand
Spring Wheat Fiour

Quaker, paper .........5 69
Wuaker cloth .......-.6 a
Piilsbury’s Best, 7 «oe
Pillsbury’s Best, 4s 4 40
Pillsbury’s Best, 2: .6 30
Lemon & Wheeler Co.'s
Brand
Minced, Ws; . 6 60
Wingold, Ys eid ee ae 6 50
Wingold, es ee 6 40

Judson Grocer Co. —
Ceresota, es i oe
Ceresota. 4S
Ceresota, #8
Worden Grocer Co.’s ‘Brand

 

| Laurel, %s, cloth .6 69

| Laurel, \s, cloth <4 OO

Laurel, %s & ¥ 4s papers 2

Dane Ma
Meal

TS ek

2 90
Golden Granulated. ...3 00

Feed and Miltstuffs
St. Car Feed screened 22 09
No. 1 Corn and Oats 22 00
Corn Meal, coarse ...22 00
cn Meal .°. kee
Winter wheat bran .19 00
Winter wheat mid’ngs22 00

Low toca ..... 02... 21 00
Oats

ear t0fe ...2 7. 33%
Corn

Com, new 2: ae

I 60

Hay
No. 1 timothy car lots 10 50
No. 1 timothy ton lots 12 50

 

HERBS
Pee oo a
ae ..3.. a
Laurel Leaves ....... 168
Senna Leaves ........ 3

INDIGO
Madras, 5 tb. boxes .. 58
= -. 2 See: 65
5tb. pails, 70
15tb. pa 33
om. PON ...........4.
BS cock ec cc eccccenen ae
COON sockccccsuecea | ae
BCHEY  ceeccanceapecacca: Be
Ree ..65.c cen cuee am

LYa
Condensed, 2 = suceesk OO
Condensed, 4 dz ...... 3 00

MEAT EXTRACTS

Armour’s, 2 og ........4 45
Armour’s 4 oz ........8 20
Liebig’s, Chicago, 2 02.2 75
Liebig’s, Chicago, 402.5 50

Tfebig2’s, imported. 2 oz.4 5K
Liebig’s. imported 4 oz 8 50
MOLASSES
New Orleans
Fancy Open Kettle ... 40
oar ice Goceccce Cae

Be ae ah See ae ae 22
Half barrels 2c extra
MINCE MEAT
Columbia, per case, ...2 75

 

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‘caaen. a a Les . 95 | ndott veteeeeeennaes + 16 | Snow
— — oo 98 | Gra, em aes 15 | Marseles.
een, SB seseees G nu AL %s 2.3 00 | Pr es a
tuff: 28 ‘ r. law so 7 L oc . 00
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Stuffed, 8 ae see 7 00 | lame bbis. luvib c Secs | Iv eee al wale mble Go.
10 ee , 148Ib. kegs ases.1 82 | Star 6 Om eeeeeeees ® | Coyto In
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— eeteeeseod 0 Maren jaa — rt 4 yg Scourine, lanufac wens 22 wiper | Heidi eas | 16-in-” ae — 7 00 | Gonser' Reena
Pig en i sana Kegs big” 70 Ke ie, 10 =e 25 Hones. sii a oo No. 2 “1 80 Roval ae
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—_ Serre - 75 | ne r Pc aR @ 70 | Kegs, ue SODA ai os © Cadi Mone iwiet 2 66 | No. ; Fibre Bice 3 eae Broken cetteeneeeeens 78
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

SPECIAL PRICE CURRENT

 

AXLE GREASE

TD. cans, 4 des. 45
Th. cans, 4 doz. case 85
1 Th. cans, 2 doz. casel 60

Royal
- 10c size. 90
Y%lbcans 135
6 oscans 190
M%ilbcans 250
%Ibcans 375
i Tecans 480
5, 8 Ibcans1300
Fa 5 Thcans 2150
BLUING
Arctic 4 oz ovals, p gro 4 0°
Arctic 8 oz evals, p gro 6 00
Arctic 16 oz ro’d, p gro 9 06
BREAKFAST FOOD
Walsh-DeRoo So.’s Brands

  

 

ap Flakes

Per eee Se $4 00
wae hea Gri

Cases, 24 2 tt. sarte.$t 00
CIGARS

 

COCOANUT
Baker’s Brazil Shredded

 

 

70

85

38

16

FRESH MEATS

Beef

COPeees oo ca. 3%@ 6%

Forequarters. 4 5

Hindquarters ....5 @ 8

Loins 71

eee 7 *£

Rounds .. hoe

Chucks

T'lates

Reeneed .. 5'4@ 5%

Pees Ue os @ 8

Boston Butts ...: @ 615 |

Shoulders .....-. oa. |

herd. ..ccs. @ 7%

Mutton

Sarcasm ...:/:... 5 5%

SS ...c55... -*s 8
Veal

Coreees .:....... 54@ 8

aro

eer ereses

 

 

COFFEE
Roasted
Dwinell-Wright Co.’s Bds

are a,

 

 

WRIGHT
White House, 1 ID......
White House, 2 Ib.......
Excelsior, M & J, 1 Ib.
Excelsior, M & J, 2 tb..
‘Lip Top, M & J, 1 th....
Royal = BE eg RN

Royal Java and Mocha..
Java and Mocha Blend..
Boston Combination ....
Distrivuted by Judson |
Grocer Co., Grand Rapids;
National Grocer og |
troit and Jackson; . Saun-

 

CONDENSED MILK

4 doz. in case
Gail Borden Eagle....6 40

we oe 5 90
— Sects cess 4 62
eee eo 479
nemitie ec eke o 4 09
a cece sone a 4 40

ae... et 3 85

SAFES

 

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.

Superior Stock Food Co.,

Ltd.

$ .50 carton, 36 in box.10.80
1.0@ carton, 18 in box.10.se
12% fb. cloth sacks... .84
25 tb. cloth sacks... 1.65
50 Tb. cloth sacks.... 3.15
100 Th. cloth sacks.... 6.00
Peck measure ....... -90
% bu. measure...... 1.80
12% Th. sack Cal meal .39
26 Tb. sack Cal meal.. .75
F. O. B Plainwel Mict

SOAP

| teaver Soap Co.’s Brands

 

'. cakes, large size..6 5
60 cakes, large size..3 25
100 cakes, small size..3 85
50 cakes, small sise..1 95

 

 

Trad-3man Co.’s Brand

 

Hi k Hawk, one box..2 50
Black Hawk, five bxs.3 40
Rlack Hawk, ten bxs.2 25

TABLE SAUCES
‘Haliord, large ........ 3 76
aiford, sam... 2.5. 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 inst'tutions 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 isa 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.

lt 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.
Chicago

New York St. Louis

 

 

=a isa pe of ANDREW
PINNE M. D. the only

Dr  sulines ~ this couniry. He
has had furty-eight years experi-
ence in the study and practice of
medicine, two years Prof. in
S| = —- college, ten years in
| ium work and he never

   

/ lung diseases making some
woudertul cures. Also all forms
of nervous diseases, epilepsy, St.
Vitus dance, paralysis, etc. He
ed fails to cure piles.
‘ reis nothing known that
he does not use for sane diseases of both sexes.
and by his —. special methods he cures where
others Sail, ‘= would like an es of your
case and cat t will cost to cure you, w
all your symptoms aera stamp for your reply.
DREW B. SPINNEY, M. D.
Prop. Reed City Sanitarium, Reed City, Mich

 

Forest 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
SORORO ZOROKOC ROROROROROEO

 

A MEAN JOB
Taking Inventory

Send now for description of our Inven-
tory Blanks and rem: vable covers
They will help you.

BARLOW BROS., Gracd Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

which will
customers.

prices and

 

We make Calendars

Tradesman Company
Grand Rapids
Mich.

please your
Write for

samples.

 

 

 

 

 

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rted under this
subsequent continuous

head for two
insertio

No charge less

cents

BUSINESS-WANTS DEPARTMENT

Advertisements inse a word thie first insertion and one cent a word-for each

than 25 cents.

 

 

BUSINESS CHANCES.

 

,

y Saminens in the livelie 2st town

 

 

Be

sTop ‘hophone out-

Rent—Good two-story brick store

 

| reasons

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“id —saaiuaiea drug, paint,
s * | promptly.

» southern portion of Michi-

 

 

 

 

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gy | Building,

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A first-class busi-
Volney Strong, Clarksville,
4

cash or its equivalent.

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sales fifty dollars.
i Minnesota Realty _"

|
|
|
|

 

—Department store— |
one of syndicate business, mostly cash— |
> successful history.

Rare Opportunity

=

each in control of this store.

opportunities for profitable buying.

_| general merchandise;

 

-| dress No. 999,

 

located on Wal-
one of the most popular re-
sorts in Northern —_: sixty rooms,

modern in every respect;

trade established.

 

~ For Sale—Boilers 1 to 125 H. P.,
Address John Crowley, Tacks

ae
|

We for cash

offices in

can sell your property
and do it. quickly. We have
800 towns and cities We
sands of buyers monthly. We sell $15,-
000,000 worth of property yearly.
can sell your store, your
vour mill, your mine, your factory,
farm: in fact, property of any kind,
price, anywhere. We want to do
ness for you and can convince you that
we know our business. Write to-day
for our jjans. ie 1' uo.
to buy any kind of property write us
your wants and we vwvill tate pleasure
|in filing them. Address Central
ciation, LaGrange, Ind. 37

For Sale—
including corn
lease property.
Washington, D.

any

meal mill. Will
Address Leidy S.

sell or
Depue.
39

 

Flour Mill—Want to rent small water
power mill; if suited, would buy at end
of year; in answering Kindly give full

price and terms, location,
Morton, Kalamazoo, Mich.
For Sale—A good clean stock of hard- |
ware with tin shop in connection in a
town of 1,500 population. Good surround-
ing farming country.
rigent man. Address A. K. 7,
Tradesman Grand Sn Mich.

| desc ription,

; ae. 59

 

—

    

 

For Sa i Gf ist geal
stock of Great Marthe rn Portland Cement
Co. stock for $1,200. Address Lock Box
265 Grand l.edge. Mich R2

Wanted—To buy stock of general mer-
chandise from $5,000 to $25,000 for cash. |
Address No. 89, care Michigan Trades- |
man. R9
| For Sale—A clean new stock of cloth-
ing, shoes and furnishings in a hustling
town of 1,300. Two good factories and a
Erosperous farming country.
year over $15,000 cash. Stock will invoice
about $9,000. Il health the cause of
selling and must be sold quick. Cash
; deal. Address No. :61, care Michigan
Tradesman 961
| For Sale—Shoe stock, invoicing $3,000.
| Splendid opening in good city. Best of
for selling. Address No. 955,
Michigan Tradesman. 55

 
 

 

 

 

 

} care

 

For Rent at Holland, Mich.—Brick | -
| store 20xS$0 inside. Plate glass front; ex- |

cellent location on main business street.

No. 47 East Sth St. Has freight cie-

vator; now occupied by 5 and 10c store.

= Poceenicn given Nov. ist. Address C.

‘1 J. DeRoe, Cor. Ottawa and Grand Sts.,
Lansing, Mich. 928

For Sale—Shoe store. all new goods.

| Location the best. Write or see John

 

Indiana.

yvsie. Columbus, 976
Sell

your real estate or business for

leash. [| can get a buyer for you very
ferent and a decided improvement over
those of others. It makes no difference
where your property is located, send me
full description and lowest cash price and
| 1 will get cash for as Write to-day.
Established 1881. Bank references.
Frank P. Cleveland, 1261 Adams FE:xpress
Chicago. 899

200 Ferrets For Sale—Best stock. Write
for price. Lewis DeKleine, Jamestown
Mich 936
For Sale—480
wood land, three
| sonville. House
Pere
corner of land. Very
raising or potato
change for stock

 

 

acres of cut-over hard-

and barn on premises.
desirable for stock
growing. Will ex-
of merchandise. )

   

Tuxbury, 301 Jefferson St., Grand R: up- |
i j 83% 5 r
For Sele—Stock of hardware, paints
iand wall paper, invoicing £1,500. Town

600 pepulation, surrounded
ing country in the State. Best of reasons

 

for selling. Address No. 969, care Michi- |
gan Tredesman. a eS
For Sale—Good up-to-date stock of

store building; well
Stock will
Located in hustling North-
town. Address No. 744,
Tradesman. 744
buy clean stock general
Give full particulars. Ad-
care Michigan Tradesman.
999
business,

established
i tory $5,000.
ern Michigan
“are Michigin
Wanted—To

| merchandise.

business.

 

~ For Sale—Farm implement
| established fifteen years
cation at Grand Rapids,

 

Mich. Will sell

 

 

| or lease four-story and basement brick |
building. Stock will inventory about
| $10,000. Good reason for selling. No
i trades desired. Address No. 67, care
Michigan Tradesman. 6&7
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

have thou- |

We |
stock of gocds, |

your |
| er shoe

busi- |
Ii you want |

ASSO- |

A good paying feed business, |

etc. |

A bargain for the |

Trade last |

My methods are distinctly dif- | c

miles north of Thomp- | —

Marquette Railroad runs across one |

Sy best farm- | J. oH.

inven- |

First-class lo- |

|; methods,

For Sale—Foundry and _ cider’ mill. |
Everything in running order. First class |
location. Harrison & Moran, Chelsea,
Mich, 945

Wanted—Will pay cash for an estab-
lished. profitable business. Will consid-
store, stock of general merchan-

dise or manufacturing business. Give
full particulars in first. letter. Confiden-
tial. Address No. 519, care Michigan
Tradesman. 519

 

For Sale For Cash Only—Stock of gen-

 

 

 

érual merchandise with fixtures. Estab-
lished ten years. Good country ‘trade.
| Reason for selling, other business. a
write unless you mean business. -
Hosmer, Mattawan, Mich. 959
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, pulleys,
belting. All practically new.. Original
east over $1,200. Will sell for $600.
Address B-B Manufacturing Co., 50 Ma-
sonic ‘Temple. Davenport, Iowa. 537
POSITIONS WANTED.
Wanted—_A store management by a

 

 

 

 

 

man of all around business qualifications
in a zood, active Michigan town, after
January first. Address Method, care
Michigan Tr: idesman. 68
\Vanted by an experienced man, a city
| sa.esmanship in Grand Rapids. after Jan-
uary first. Address Activity, care Michi-
gan Tradesman. 67
Wanted—Position as salesman in retail
hardware _ store. Have had ten years
experience. Address Box 367, Kalkaska

Mich. 466

   

 

HELP WANTED.

 

 

 

Wanted, about ‘Je anuary ist, “registered
i pharmacist, one with city e«xperience
preferred. Address P., care Michigan
Tr: idesman. 73
Man ty Travel—References required;
salary $21 per week; expenses advanced.
JS ze islier & Co., 8 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, Ml. 63
Wanted—Salesmen to carry our brooms
as side line. Good goods at low prices;
tlenty of s.yles. Liberal commission. Ad-
dress Central Broom Co., Jefferson City,

Mo. 51
Wanted—Experienced lady clerk, one
competent to buy and keep up dry goods,
notion stock. Good place vied right party.
EK. A. Bowman, Howell, Micl 43
Wanted—Bright, ee ladies or
gentlemen to represent an attractive
proposition in fraternal insurance. Ameri-
an Equity Association, Owosso, Mich. 56
Wanted—An experienced salesman ina
clothing, hat, cap and furnishing goods
store. An American, unmarried, of good
address, a good salesman and_ stock-
keeper, who is apt in decoration and
window trimming, a bright, genial, ac-
tive worker. Address, giving references

 

 

 

stuting salary expected, experience, etc.,
Hemilton Clothing Co., Traverse City.
| Mic n. 38

 

 

" AUCTIONEERS AND TRADERS

Merchants—Are you desirous of closing
ou.t your stock or having a reduction
sale? We positively guarantee a profit
on all reduction sales and 100 cents on
the dollar above expenses on a closing |
out sale. We can furnish you with ref- |
e-onees from hundreds of merchants and |
ite largest wholesale houses in the West. |
Write us to-day for further information.
Hart & Co., 242 Market St., Chicago, |
Til. 871

Special and Auction Sale Facts—We |
sell the stock. We get eae every dol-
lar your stock is worth. A record of |
thirteen years that stands pre-eminent. |
Ve do not tell you one thing and do
another. Ovr reputation is at _ stake, |
therefore good _ service. We are in-
structors of merchandise selling at Jones’ |
College of Auctioneering at Davenport,
Iowa, therefore we must be thoroughly
competent. Leok us up there as well
as the hundreds of merchants for whom
we have sold. Our free advertising sys-
tem saves you many a dc ollar. Write us,
we can lift the burden. The A. W.
Thomas Auction Co., 417 Wi: ‘rahash ave.,
Chicago. 30

H. C. Ferry & Co., the hustling auc-
tioneers. Stocks closed out or reduced
anywhere in the United States. New
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-
bash Ave.; Chicago. Reference, Dun’s
Mercantile Agency. 872

 

 

 

 

  

Cash must accompany all orders.

| Now ae stock for

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The Produce Market.

Apples—Prices range from $1.75@
2.25 per bbl., according to quality
and variety.

Bananas—$1@1.25 for small bunch-
es; $1.50@1.60 for Jumbos. The de-
mand is seasonable, which means that
it is curtailed somewhat by the
weather. The first few cold days
always cut down the fruit trade. Aft-
er the winter is an established fact
shipments and business generally run
along more smoothly.

Beets— oc per bu.

Butter—Creameries have advanced
1%c, being now strongly held on
the basis of 26%c for choice and
27'%4c for fancy. Dairy grades are al-
so stronger and about Ic higher than
a week ago, fetching 20@z2tc for No.
I and 15@t16c for packing stock. Ren-
ovated is in active demand at 20@
oc.

Cabbage—35c per doz.

Carrots— 4oc per bu.

Celery—25c per doz. bunches.

Cranberries—Cape Cods are strong
at $7.25 for Late Blacks and $8.25
for Howes.

Eggs—Receipts of strictly fresh are
so small that they cut very little fig-
ure in the aggregate movement. Nor
do receipts grade high. It takes per-
haps four cases of the best current

receipts to make one of “new laid,” |

or the first quality. Then the price
of the top grade is getting so high
that the demand is curtailed consid-
erably.
@25c for case count and 26@27c for
candled. Storage is moving freely at
21@22¢c.

Game—Dealers
pigeons and $1.20@1.35 for rabbits.

Grapes—Malagas, $5.50@6 per keg.

Honey—Dealers hold dark at 10@
12c and white clover at 13@1!I5c.

Lemons—Verdillas and Messinas
command $3.75 per box; Californias
fetch $4. This is the beginning of
the heavy producing season and the
demand is naturally lighter with cold
weather.

Lettuce—Hot
per fb.

Onions—The price is strong and
higher, choice stock fetching 85c per
bu.

Oranges—-Floridas fetch $2.75; Ja-
maicas, $2.50; California Navels, $3.
The prospects gre for a very satisfac-
tory season in the orange business.
The trust has dissolved and there
will probably be none of the cut-
throat competition methods that de-
moralized things last year. Floridas
are on the market, of course, and are
being taken by the trade that desires
a sweeter orange than the early nav-
els.

Parsley—25c per dozen bunches.

Potatoes—The price ranges from
25(@30c, depending on local competi-
tion rather than outside demand. The
chief feature of the market is
ness. No radical fluctuations are
looked for before spring. At that
time it may become evident that the

 

house fetches 15c

crop is running short or over, or that

wstock did not keep and then prices
Swill change, but until then nothing
}ssfooking for but a possibly gradual
advance as the handling becomes
more difficult.

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Pop Corn—goc for old and 50@6oc
for new.

Poultry—Receipts are light and
the demand is steady, in consequence
of which the market is strong. Deal-
ers pay as follows for dressed—drawn
and heads off: Chickens, 11@lI2c;
fowls, 10@IIc; young turkeys, 17@
18c; old turkeys, 16@17c; young
ducks, 13@14c; young geese, Io@IIc;
squabs, $2@2.50.

Radishes—25c per doz. for
house.

Squash—tc per tb. for Hubbard.

Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Illinois
fetch $2.75 per bbl.

Turnips—4oc per bu.

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Detailed Review of the Grain Market.

There has been quite a change in
sentiment with regard to value oi
wheat since our last report. News of
damages to growing crops in Argen-
tine and Australia, continued drouth
in the South and Southwest and im-
proved milling demand have brought
about a sharp reaction in price and
an advance of about 5c per bushel
from the low point on the recent de-
cline. In the face of all this. the

hot

.visible supply. shows an increase the

past week of 1,265,000 bushels, stocks
of wheat at Minneapolis alone being
reported as_ 11,300,000 bushels, as
compared with 7,727,000 bushels at
the same time last year. The re-
ceipts of wheat, however, from first

| hands have been comparatively light
So-called fresh command 24 |

and sample wheat of good milling
quality has been in good demand
and at fair prices. One sale of

| 5,000 bushels of No. 4 hard wheat was
pay $1@1.25 for!

reported in Chicago to go to Kansas
City, which was practically returning
the wheat whence tt has -been
shipped the past three or four months
in large quantities. Can it be possi-
ble that the Southwest has sold itself
short of its requirements for the re-
mainder of the crop year?

The receipts of corn have been in-

creasing rapidly and the quality is|

much improved. At the same time

| there is a large amount of poor corn

being loaded and shipped into East-
ern markets, which will without ques-
tion arrive out of condition. Much
depends on the weather, however, for
should the weather continue mild
throughout December much of these
shipments will arrive at destination
practically worthless. Great care
should be exercised, therefore, in
purchases of corn for the next month
at least. Corn continues to decline
in price, showing a loss of about 2c
per bushel for the week.

Oats have declined slightly, in sym-
pathy with corn. The movement
has been moderate and the demand
has been sufficient to take care of
all offerings.
loss of %c for the week.

The movement of beans continues

liberal, but the quality is far inferior |
Many lots offer- |

to early deliveries.
ed now are picking heavy, ten to fif-

Futures have shown a/|

Increase in Fire Hazard from Holi-
day Decorations.

The use of Christmas greens, har-
vest specimens, and other inflamma-
ble material, such as draperies, scen-
ery, cotton to represent snow,
the like—especially in connection
with electric and other lights—is a
decided increase in the fire hazard, it
being impossible to make displays of
that nature perfectly safe.

One of the conditions of the in-
surance policy is that:
other-

“This entire policy, unless

wise provided by agreement, endors- |

ed hereon or added hereto, shall be
void, if the hazard be increased by
any means within the control or
knowledge of the assured.”

The making of such displays would,
therefore, under a strict interpreta-

tion of the conditions of the policy, |

render the contract of insurance
void, unless the policy were endorsed
with a special permission for the in-
creased hazard, which should be
granted only in consideration of an
additional premium, commensurate
with the hazard.

To guard against fire with its con-
sequent loss of life and property and
impairment of your business it is
becessary to exercise every possible
effort to avoid it. It is recommended
that you call your employes together
and caution them along the follow-
ing lines:

1. To acquaint themselves’ with
the location and use of fire apparatus
in the store; to see that such appa-
ratus is in working order, that same
may be quickly and successfully used
in case of fire.

2. Do not attach material of any
kind to electric wires; allow no pa-
per or combustible shades to be at-
tached to globes and in show
dows particularly keep material of

all sorts free from wire and globes. |

Any changes in your electrical equip-
ment should be approved by the city
electrician, or the insurance inspector.

3. Request customers to
gars or cigarettes into your store.
“No Smoking” signs should be prom-
inently displayed.

4. Great care should be exercised
as to disposition of paper, boxes, rub-
bish, packing material and_ similar
combustibles.

s. You should arrange, during this
busy season, to have all packing and
surplus boxes and paper removed
from premises every night.

6. After closing for the day an
employe should be detailed to go
cver the entire building and report
conditions to the management, and

 

night-watchman should be instructed
to make a similar report.

7. Do not store stock or material
on stairways, landing or steps; keep
bottom of elevator shaft clean and

|free from combustible material.

teen pounds, while the earlier offer- |

ings were-light at one to two pounds
loss to the bushel. The price has
steadied up somewhat and the de-

mand is good. L. Fred Peabody.
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8. See that fire doors and shut-
ters are operative and if not auto-
matic detail an employe to close them
before leaving premises each night.

9. Carelessness and untidiness es-
pecially are causes for many fires, and

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suggestions contained herein may be
the means of preventing a fire in
your peculiar risk.
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Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Po-
tatoes at Buffalo.

Buffalo, Dec. 7—-Creamery, fresh,

24@27c; storage, 2214@24'%4c; dairy,
fresh, 16@23c; poor, 12@15c;_ roll,
18@2oc.

Eggs—Candled, fresh, 32c; cold

storage, 211%4@22c; at mark, 20@atc.
Live Poultry — Chicks, 11@12c;
fowls, to@1o%sc; turkeys, 16@17¢c;

ducks, 13@14c; geese, 12@I13c.

Dressed Poultry — Turkeys, 18@
1gc; chicks, 12@13c; fowls, 10@12c;

old cox, 8@g9c; ducks, 14@15c.
Beans—-Hand picked marrows, new,
$2.75(@2.85; mediums, $2@2.15;_ peas,
$1.80@1.90; red kidney, $2.75; white
kidney, $2.75@3.
Potatoes—-Round white,
mixed and red, 40@45c.

Rea & Witzig.
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A Keen Retort.

He was one of those men who show
the animal nature by forever growl-
ing over their meals.

“You should be glad to have such
wife,” said the little woman
across the table.

“T don’t see why,” he snarled. “You
were husband-hunting when you bag-
ged me.”

His wife smiled sardonically.

“I used to think I was husband-
hunting,” she retorted, “but now I
think I must have been bear-hunt-
ing.”

43@50c;

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Detroit—The Rapid Motor Vehicle
Co., formerly a co-partnership, has
filed articles of association with the
county clerk, with Albert Marx, Bar-
ney Finn, Celia Grabowsky and Max
Grabowsky as stockholders. The cap-
ital stock is $100,000, of which $3,000
has been paid in in cash and $22,000
in other property, including the as-

sets of the former business.

2 - _____
Newberry—Southfield Bros., who
are building a sawmill along the Du-
luth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway
west of this place, expect to have it
in operation by December 10. The
operators will purchase logs from
farmers and will also cut lumber on

shares. The mill will manufacture
principally hemlock and hardwood
lumber.

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ror Sale Cheap—Elegant grocery busi-

ness, loc: ated in suburban’ store near
large factories in rapid growing city.
Store rent $8 per month. Reason for
selling going West. Address No. 76.
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For Sale or exchange for farm, go0a

meat business in good town, county seat.
Also some re al estate in same town. En-
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For Sale—Grocery and meat market, in-
voicitg about $2,500. Slaughter house,
team, harness, wagon, ete. Location in

Sustling town 1,200
Southern Michigan.
other business.
Michigan

population, in
Reason for selling,
Address No. 74, care
Tradesman. 74

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realized from an the patents. Balance
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