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VOL. 6.

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY,

JULY 31, 1889.

NO. 306.

 

Daniel G. Garnsey,
EXPERT ACCOUNTANT

AND

Adjuster of Fire Losses.

Twenty Years Experience. References furnished
if desired.
24 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

186 EAST FULTON ST.

The Leading Lavndry

IN GRAND RAPIDS.

Any one wishing agency in towns outside
will please write for terms.

OTTS BROS... Props.

 

 

 

SFECIAL OFFER-—This style of ovalease; best
quality; all glass, heavy double thick; panel or
sliding doors; full length mirrors and spring hinges;
solid cherry or walnut frame, with or without metal
corners, extra heavy base; silvetta trimmings;
6 feet long, 28 inches wide, 15 inches high. Price,
$11, net cash. a i

I make the same style of case as above, 17 inches
high, from walnut, cherry, oak or ash, for $2 per foot.

Boxing and cartage free.

Db DD. COOK,

106 Kent St., - Grand Rapids, Mich.

Raton, Lyon & Go,

Base Balls,
Rubber Balls,
Marbles.

Base Ball Bats,
Fishing Tackle,
Archery.

BOXING GLOWES. “STATIONERY.

Raton, Lyon & 6o.,

20 and 22 Monroe St.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Read! Ponder!--Then Act!

 

 

 

OF

OFFICE
KING & COOPER,
Fancy Grocers.

JosEPH, Mick., Feb. 23, 1889.

Sr.
DANIEL LYNCH,Grand Rapids:

DEAR SIR—Permit us to con-
rratulate you Upon the trade we
ire working up on Your Imperial
Baking Powder. We have had
1+ tested by the most competent
cooks in the city and they pro-
nounce it fully equal to any
powder on the market;

Yours very truly.
KING & COOPER.

FJ, DETTENTHALER

JOBBER OF

Fresh and Salt

Lae sh

—_—_AND=—

Ocean Fish

receive prompt attention.

 

 

 

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Mail

orders
See quotations in another column.

GRAND RAPIDS.

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

A. J. BoWNE, President.
GEO. C. PIERCE, Vice President.
H. W. Nasu, Cashier

CAPITAL, - - - $300,000.

Transacts & general banking business.

 

 

BUY
Muscatine

ROLLED
OATS

Will not turn bitter in hot
weather.

Best the year around.

 

 

 

 

 

TOURISTS

 

Pranks and Traveling Bags

MADE TO ORDER.
The Largest Line of Traveling Goods in
the City at the Lowest Price.

Repairing neatly done on short notice at

Groskopf Broe.,

TELEPHONE 906.

Business Practice

+ at the Grand Rapids
DepartMeNt fasiness College. Ed-
ucates pupils to transact and record business as
itis done by our best business houses, It pays
togoto the best. Shorthand and Typewriting
also thoroughly taught. Send for circular. Ad-
dress A. S. PARISH, successor to C. G. Swens
berg.

91 CANAL ST.,

 

 

and: and we can

Are in great dem
] ao r + + 0 a ad
handle any amount to good ad-

vantage. Send us all the choice
stock youcan. Thesixteen-quart
case is the best package.

Prompt reports made.

BARNETT BROS.
CHICAGO.

illers, Attention

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

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

Send for descriptive cata-
logue with testimonials.

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

KDMUND B. DIKEMAN

THE GREAT

Watch Maker

= Jeweler,
hh CANAL SY,
Grand Rapids, -

 

 

 

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That contains any in-
ferior tobacco. ‘‘ill-
flavoring’ or other in-
jurious ingredients!

QUALITY
COUNTS.

Our “BEN AUR?
CIGARS have proved
so popular over all
other 10c Cigars in the
market that the de-
mand overwhelm-
ing.
SOLD BY ALL
DEALERS.

on

Smoke
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Cigar

HEADQUARTERS
92 Woodward Ave.

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* of ee cntry Merchants Solicited.

  

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(Formerly Shriver, Weatherly & Co.)

CONTRACTORS FOR

Galvanized Iron Garnice,

 

Plumbing & Heating Work.

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Dealers in

Pipes, Etc., Mantels
and Grates.

Weatherly & Pulte,

GRAND RAPIDS, = a

Pumps,

 

ALLEN DURFEE, A, D. LEAVENWORTH.

Allen Durfee & Co.,

FUNERAL DIRECTORS,

103 Ottawa St.,

Wim. R. Keeler,

 

 

 

 

Grand Rapids.

 

 

Confectionery Cigars,

412

GRAND RAPIDS.

So. Division st.,

Penny Goods a Specialty.

I have a complete line and will eall
all le within

Grand Rapids.

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MAKERS.

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Prices Lower than Ker

QUALITY THE BESY.

W rite for Prices.

63—65 CANAL ST.

SEEDS!

 

 

If in want of Clover, Timothy,
Hungarian, Millett, Orchard or
Blue Grass, Seed Corn—Early
Yellow or Dent, Turnip or Ruta
Baga, or, in fact, Any Kind of

Seed, send to the

Seed Store,

71 Canal St.. GRAND RAPIDS.

W.T. LAMOREAUX.

Ask for Geo. Moebs ;

ANNUAL ADDRESS

 

Cf President Wells, of the Michigan
Business Men’s Association.

To meet changing conditions, to sur-
vive their. action and to be benefited by
their influence, is the justification for
the continued existence of any creation
possessing the attribute of life. We
usually say of such an existence, that it
has proven itself to have a mission.
Modern science expresses the fact, in the
statement that in the struggle for exist-
ence it has shown itself the fittest to
survive. However we may regard the
theory which these latter terms suggest,
most of us recognize the fact of the ex-
istence of the struggle and feel keenly
conscious of our own share in its uncer-
tainties. From the minutest organism
revealed to our senses, up through order,
genera and species, to humanity, the
contest is relentiess and never ceasing.
Myriads have gone down and will con-

| tinue to go down during the strife, and

 

only the few are spared. Human life
and human action. though they show no
exception to this grand generalization of
nature’s plan, are subject to modifica-
tions which, in some directions, seem to
limit the effect of the law. These arise
from those higher mental characteristics
which distinguish man from the brute,
those emotions and moral instincts which
lead him to aid those of his kind who fall
by the wayside in the struggie. But the
lower instincts are never absent, and
only their activity is in a greater or less
degree modified by that higher nature,
which is humanity’s noblest birthright.

The propensity to appropriate all that
he can of the substanees and agencies
which are necessary to existence, man-
shares with the lower animals,
and shows little less selfishness than
they in securingthem, Influenced in the
opposite direction, by the continual de-
velopment of his moral nature, he has
sought, by laws and other artificial re-

| strictions, to place barriers upon human
| greed.

| imperfectly, and secure to those whose
micu. | 1! is

Unlike natural laws, these work

physical or mental endowment is small,
but limited immunity from the rapacity
of their more favored brethren. Rapidly
changing conditions constantly develop
new methods of oppression and wrong,
and, to meet these, it‘becomes necessary
to continually erect new barriers. From
the earliest records of humanity, down
through all the ages to the present time,
the history of the race exhibits upon one
side selfishness, cruelty and wrong, and
upon the other attempts to alleviate suf-
fering and diminish burdens. These
two forces, which continually war against
each other, are as active to-day, as in the
past. Gradually the minds of men have

i become more and more dominated by a
| spirit which leads them to endeavor to

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remove some of natural inequalities
of their kind, and thereby furnish
those who are born into the world inad-
equately equipped for the struggle for
existence, some compensation.

This spirit has manifested itself in the
formation of governments, ,the enact-
ment of laws securing to individuals the
right to life and liberty of conscience,
the promotion of education, the sanctity
of the home, the teaching of morals based
upon human experience and religious be-
lief. the building up of commercial sys-
tems and business methods founded upon
justice and honesty. and all the other
complex relations and interests, of which
present social condition is the ulti-
It is the spirit which
has lifted the race from barbarism to its
present altitude in its long and tedious
through sorrow and wrong and
pioodshed. As we read the story of its
toilsome progress, we are impressed with

to

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marcen

 

the rapidly accelerating speed of its
mareh during the period of the present
generation. ‘‘Every cause produces a
multiplicity of effects’? is an aphorism
of science. Constantly multiplying

effects. which, in turn, have become effect

producing causes, have in the fullness of | : :
time brought us to a period where events | many large manufactories, because ceas- |

ocenr and conditions change with start-|

ling rapidity. These compose the be-

 

 

wildering variety of business, political.

religious and social thought and

action, which surround and influence us
!

environ-
insti-
best
best

They constitute our
ment, those of us and of the
tutions we form which shall prove
adapted to this environment, will
flourish. The changes wrought within
the life-time of most of my hearers to-
day. consequent upon the increased con-

to-day.

and

trol man has attained over the forces of
nature. have vitally affected the methods

of business and the interests of business
men. Through the aid of labor-saving
machinery. the result of one man’s work,
in a given time, “‘measured by quantity
in ratio to a given amount of labor,” far
exceeds what it was possible for him to
accomplish twenty or thirty years ago.
It is impossible to estimate, with any de-
gree of accuracy, how much of saving in

time and labor has thus been saved in
the world’s great work of production
and distribution.

Political economists have recently

given this subject much attention, but
the data upon which to base an estimate
is quite meager. Some facts, however,
bearing upon the subject, gleaned from
various sourees, may not be uninterest-
ing. Aceording to the report of
United States Bureau of Labor for 1886,
the gain in the power of production in
some of the leading industries of the
United States has been as follows: In
the manufacture of agricultural imple-
ments from 50 to 70 per, cent., in the
manufacture of shoes 80 per cent., car-
riages 65 per cent., machines and ma-
chinery 40 per cent., silk 50 per cent.
Mr. Edward Atkinson, who has made this
subject a special study and who may be
regarded as excellent authority, estimates
one-third as the minimum that should be
accepted for the displacement of labor
during this period. Other authorities,
however, make the average much higher.
Whatever the ratio may be, the results
have been exceedingly important in sev-

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eral ways and bid fair to be much more
so in the future, unless influences now at
work to restrict production shall succeed.
The cheapening of transpertation has
proved a powerful incentive in stimu-
lating production of agricultural pro-
ducts. Steam has rapidly supplanted
sailing vessels upon the ocean, for the
carrying of produce. The expense for
freight has thereby been greatly reduced.
It costs now less than two cents per
pound for transporting fresh meat from
New York to Liverpool, while boxed
meats have been transported from Chi-
cago to London for one-half cent per
pound. In 1860, twelve cents was the
lowest price charged for the transporta-
tion of grain from New York to Liver-
pool, while in 1886 the average cost was
five cents. Great, however, as has been
the cheapening of ocean freights, the re-
duction in the cost of railroad trans-
portation has been even greater. It is
stated by David A. Wells that, ‘‘Taking
the American railroads, in general, as
representative of the railroad system of
the world, the average charge for moving
one ton of freight per mile has been re-
duced from about 2.5 cents in 1869 to 1.05
in 1885; or, taking the results on the
New York Central, from 1.95 in 1869 to
{68 1 ESso. 7

The effect of this cheapening of freight
upon the ocean and upon the land has
been to place the grain producers of our
Western States, and the cattle raisers of
our Southern plains, on nearly an equal
footing with those engaged in the same
pursuits nearer the central markets of
the world. This condition has not only
stimulated producers of farm products,
but it has also stimulated the building of
railroads into regions where the ax of the
pioneer had scarcely begun its work. In
our own State a still further incentive
for building railroads beyond the bounds
of civilization has been our valuable for-
ests of pine, for which the world was
clamoring. The development, from this

eause, of the northern portion of our
State has seemed almost miraculous.

These are all evidences of the cumulative
effects, during the past thirty years, of
man’s knowledge and mastery of the
forces of nature and reveal the causes of
the vast production, during that period,
of the articles needed for sustenance and
comfort in the daily life of humanity.
Increased supply caused by cheaper
means of production and distribution
always signifies lower prices. It means
more and better food for the poor and a
larger share of all the comforts of exist-
ence. Hence, to the philanthropist of
the period, nothing could have been more
cheering than the events we have related.
He contemplated the increase and confi-
dently predicted that we were approach-
ing a time when none need go naked or
hungry. But, amid this profusion, there
arose disturbed conditions of commerce,
trade and industry. Business of all kinds
suffered a peculiar depression, which
seemed to be confined to no locality within
the bounds of the civilized world. If its
effects were more visible at one place
than at another, that place was where
production had been greatest through the
instrumentality of labor-saving ma-
chinery and improved facilities for trans-
portation. Beginning in 1873, this depres-

sion of-business and the unsatisfactory
returns from all classes of inves:ments

in productive industries have extended,
with occasional variations, almost to the
present time. Conditions of the most
significant importance had been rapidly
changing. A transition had suddenly
taken place from the shop to the factory
and from hand labor to the tireless toil

 

of the steam engine. The world was not
prepared to purchase the daily increasing
supplies which this development of the
forces of nature for. man’s use enabled
the producer to offer. Forced meet
these changed conditions, a struggle for
existence among manufacturers, differing
only in the methods from those which
characterize struggles in forest and jun-

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gle, ensued. The voluntary closing of

1
ing from work meant less of loss than |
vorking, and the enforced closing of |
others by reason of strikes from dissatis- |
fied laborers, became one of the noticeable |
features of struggle. One after |
another, in this way, succumbed to others
more fitted than themselves survive.
Those who were left continued the con-
flict. They placed in the field an immense
army of commercial travelers, selected
from among the most competent and en-
ergetie men in the country. Armed with
sample cases, these invaded all the
smaller towns and f

this

tO

hamlets and fairly
swarmed in the cities. Inmany instances,
their attack was made directly upon the
retailer, ignoring their old-time allies,
the jobbers. Here, we may note in pass-
ing, began a struggle for existence on the
part of the latter, who sought to meet |
the changing conditions and survive their |
action by filching from the retailer the |
portion denied him by the manufacturer.

But the employment of

 

commercial |

travelers upon this grand scale was not |
the only means made use of by the sur- |
vivors to protract their existence. |

Through the instrumentality of the trav-
eler, prices were reduced tothe minimum |
of profit and sometimes even below that

point. Post dating of bills became ex- |}
tremely common, cash discounts were |
allowed long after the customary time |

for such discounts had passed and mer- |
chants were induced to purchase much |
larger stocks than business prudence |
would sanction. Thesituation permitted |
little caution in the extension of credit. |
The merchant from the village no longer |
went to the city soliciting credit based
upon a full statement of his financial con- |
dition. All that was necessary for him
to do was to rent a store, erect a sign, |

. . |
and, no matter how small his capital |

; sugar

| well as the rich,

| FOr

; compose

marked the application of steam, of ma-
chinery and of scientific knowledge to
the various industries of mankind. Dar-
ing all this period we have been consider-
ing, consumption more than kept pace
with increase in population. It failed to
keep pace with production. How to
secure interest upon capital invested in
manufacturing enterprises without over-
stocking the market, was the problem
presented to the producer of every mer-
chantable article used by man. None of
the numerous means adopted had solved
this problem. They had only served to
build into systems the various departures
from former business methods which had
been tried. The problem remained and
its terms became every day more com-
plex.

Among the first to feel the effect of
competition resulting from overproduc-
tion were railroads. The large increase
of these produced intense rivalry, espe-
cially among the trunk lines, and led to
unfair methods for securing custom. Re-
lief was sought by means of agreements,
which were made at the end of long tariff
wars and as often broken, through the
manipulations of shippers, who cunningly
played off one line against another. After
innumerable failures, that ingenious de-
vice known as ‘‘the pool’? was created.
The principle involved in the pool is the
furnishing each road becoming members
of it with a certain ratio of business de-
cided upon at the outset and which is
varied from time to time to conform to
changes in patronage bestowed upon the
various roads by certain officers of the
pool known as ‘‘eveners.’’ Rates are
then established and competition ceases.
From the standpoint of the railroad, pool-
ing may be regarded as having accom-
plished everything expected of it.

It could searcely be supposed that
those engaged in manufacturing indus-
tries and desirous to suppress the undue
competition, resulting from overproduc-
tion in their departments, could witness
the suecess of the railroads without an
attempt to imitate their plan.
ingly, after numerous efforts to secure
these results, by means of syndicates,
combinations of various kinds and the
other methods we have considered, all
of which proved failures, there suddenly
appeared, fully equipped for its work,
that peculiar organization known as the
modern Trust. Eurekas went up from
the lips of manufacturers all over the
land. The long-sought solution of the
problem had been found. Since their
advent, Trusts have grown with a rapid-
ity truly marvelous. The system tran-
secends all previous experience or concep-

tionin its subversion of the most ordinary |

axioms of political economy. It aims to
entirely destroy competition through
organization and the power of capital.
Its method is simple, but radical. ‘‘In the
most approved’ form of Trust, such of the
concerns to be affiliated as are not incor-
porated are transformed into jo
companies. Then all the companies, new
and old, transfer their property the
Trust, an unincorporated board which
represents each of the unified concerns.
The trustees then exchange Trust certifi-
cates for the various companies’ shares,
usually on the basis of a trebled or quad-
rupled valuation. Control is
cised by the board over all the operations
of the industry thus organized: one refin-
ery or mill is enlarged, another is closed;

int

Int stock

to

 

then exer-

territory is apportioned to each active |
is |

member of the combination;

regulated; prices are fixed.’

output

Manifestly. the rewards which tempt |

good business men to relinquish direct
control large enterprizes in
they have invested time, jabor and capi-
tal, must be alluring and certain. 7
public official intelligence
upon these or any other facts connected
with the workings large mo-
nopolies. Being unincorporated. they owe
allegiance to law regulating
action. We know them. however, by
their fruits. We know what the great
Trust has accomplished during
he short period of

of

hea
ile
FEcetve . Ho

of these

no

its existence.
a necessity alike to the
and dietated the price
which it shall be This price
has been close to the at which
refined sugar could

paying the tariff of 5 cents per pounc
and cost of transportation. During
present year this kind sugar has ad-
vanced 75 per cent.
is not responsible for all this

come poor as

sold.

margin

of

advanee,

a European combination having its share |

in creating the burden, yet the former is

Acecord- | ! . : : , :
|investigations of this powerful and re-

which |

their }

It has |

itaken this article of food, which has be-

combinations increase in magnitude and
power. It takes a million of dollars to
properly build and equip a sugar refinery.
There are now more of them in existence
than can properly besupported. Thereis
still uncertainty about the continuation
of this complex and unnatural Trust.
Under these circumstances it is not sur-
prising that there should be timidity in
the embarking of capital in a venture
which may be rendered valueless before
any returns can be looked for. It is un-
der these conditions of doubt and un-
certainty that this great union of pro-
duction proves itself fittest to survive.
As its fingers deftly take from every
sugar bow] in the landatribute governed
in quantity by no law but that of exi-
gency, and with as little remorse as the +
honey bee feels inextracting sweets from
the clover, it proudly points to the sue-
cess of a great industry.

The Standard Oil Trust is another
example of the unification of capital and
effort in gaining control of an important
article of human want. Its history,
which dates back less than twenty years,
has been disreputable from the begin-
ning, and its successes do not tend to in-
spire in the minds of youthful business
men a belief in the truth of the adage
that ‘‘Honesty is the best policy.’’ Its
managers have been men of intelligence
and shrewdness who have never permitted
principle or sentiment to stand in the
way of the accomplishment of their de-
signs. It early sought and secured from
railroads large freight concessions in the
form of rebates, not only upon all oil
shipped by itself, but likewise upon all
shipped by its competitors. With these
atrocious and shameful privileges, its
remarkable growth not surprising.
Its rapidly increasing wealth enabled it
to obtain practical control of the oil fields
constantly being developed and to secure
patents, machinery and talent to make
the product available. The struggle to
secure and maintain its monopoly devel-
oped characteristics more akin in ferocity
to the brute than to humanity. The

is

lentless organization at Washington and
Albany exhibit a chapter of rapacity un-
equaled in the annals of suecessful busi-
ness enterprizes. It there shown
that frand and violence were the chief
elements that has secured to this Trust
its present position. Its rivals have
been removed from its path by means of
bribery of clerks and workmen, the de-
struction of stills and machinery and by
a system of espionage as despicable as

was

 

jany that has ever disgraced human his-
| tory. It is claimed by those whose in-
|terest it is to explain and excuse these

iacts that threugh the instrumentality of
| this Trust oil has been kept at the lowest
price at ich skill and capital can pro-
duce it. 1e low price of oil is not due
to this cause. It is due to the bounty of
nature. which has stored up for man’s use
vast basins of crude petroleum, the loca-
tion of which is being constantly revealed
to him. With the material on hand in
practically unlimited quantities, very
ordinary business sagacity would dictate
that the greatest profit lay in increasing
consumption, by low prices to its highest
limit. This the Standard has been en-
abled to do and still receive a margin
which has been enormous owing to the
quantity sold. Wherever and whenever
competition shows its head this margin is
not only obliterated but oil is sold much

 

 

 

 

 

below the cost of production until the
limpertinent intruder is driven to the
| wall.

| This monster is now stretching his
tentacles to enclose other products. It
has already seized cotton seed oil, tur-
pentine. white lead and linseed oil.
These, unlike petroleum, are in limited
supply. and ‘eet of placing them in
a Trust has like that of refined

 

 

to

one

enhance their prices.
Trust has been
this ended in disaster,

sugar’,

i But

greatly

internationa!

 

tested.

owing to the greed of its promoters, we
may confidently expeet that the glitter-

il prompt other ettorts
eventually prove as
Trusts in own

ing prize offered wi
and that wi

i successful

 
  

these
as. éhe our

i eountry which now claim our attention.

  

| favored

be imported after |

  

the |

Although the Trust |

responsible for just as much of it as the)

conditions permit. An eminent author-
ity, William M. Wilson, in a series
admirable articles on ‘Trusts and
nopolies,’? now being published in the
Baltimore Sun, states that the profits of

June of the present year, after the pay-
ment. of dividends, was $23,000,000.

i'This giant was capitalized at $50,000,000, |

an amount probably more than double
its original cost. Hence, the profits of
the past year have been greater than the
entire value all the refineries that

of
the Trust. In the meantime,

of |
Mo-|

writing these lines, I have been
by inspection of the
pectus of the North American Salt Co.,
which is international in its character.
This trust claims that ‘‘it isnot a Trust,’’
but at the same time attention to
the fact that it has secured 130 different
works, representing seven-eighths of the
output of this necessity of human life,
on American continent. It coolly
'observes that. under ‘‘vigorous and ex-
perienced management,’’ the profits may
seem so unusually promising as to excite

Since

pros-

an

ealls

the

surprise and, perhaps, criticism. This
profit, it avers, will be at the outset 20
iper cent. It has a kind word for the

lthe sugar trust for the year ending with |

Sugar Trust, which, it states, is not re-
sponsible for all the advance in refined

| sugars, although it admits that its prop-

erties are worth four times what they

i were when the Trust was formed. The
{Standard Oil Trust. it finds, has been
doing a vast amount of good under its

| tion.”

sugar refineries are many of them idle, |

while their proprietors wax rich upon
the substance they filch from the toiling
millions of anation. Is thereno remedy
for this? Must we go on paying to a
great corporation an annual tax upon
3,000,000,000 pounds of an article which
enters into the daily life of every inhabi-
tant? Beside reduction or abolition of
the tariff, the two sources of relief most
obvious are legal restriction and compe-
tition. The former has

cripple or destroy these organizations.
Thus far success in this direction has

been small, and it is questionable if, in}

might be or how unsavory his business | the future, law can do much more than

antecedents, he was at once urged to|to compel them to make their actions| have led. I may say in passing, to
buy not only all he needed, but much | and methods public.

more than he could either sell or pay for.

has heretofore been the potent regulator

We have not time to point out all the|of the evils which modern combinations
effects which were the natural outcome | have so vastly increased and intensified,

of the vast increase in production that ' becomes less and less efficacious as these ithis meeting.

been invoked in |
many of the states by laws aiming to!

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“economical and progressive administra-

The magnitude of this latest
addition to the list of Trusts, its inter-
national character, the article of prime
necessity it seeks to control and its im-
pudent claims of virtuous and benev-
olent intention, give it a character in
some respects somewhat beyond its con-
geners for selfishness and greed.

But it is not alone in productive in-
dustries that combinations seek to mo-
nopolize. Insurance, the telegraph and
the telephone, each in its domain has
destroyed, or is endeavoring to destroy,
competition. The two last have been
| practically successful in this. The pe-
culiar tactics of those interested in in-
surance have been discussed at previous
These

imeetings of our Association.
the

Competition, which | adoption of a plan of insurance by our

Insurance Committe, with which you are
| familiar, and which, it is expected, will
be considered and acted upon by you at
The Committee deserve

 

 

 

 

The Michigan Tradesman

 

 

great credit for the labor they have be-
stowed upon this plan, and also to se-
cure the co-operation of our membership
in its adoption and in the organization
of a company under its provisions.

In making the subject of modern Trusts
and combinations especially prominent
to-day, my motive has been to call your
attention, as business men, to their evil
influence and to the conditions which
called them into existence and which
make them successful. It requires no
prophet’s vision to foresee that within a
few years, unless checked, all important
branches of industry will be brought un-
der their control. When the Trust has
reached its ideal perfection, and when
the manufacturers and producers of all
the materials used by man have invoked
its power, we may look for a return to
many of the conditions existent before its
development. With little or no compe-
tition, manufacturers can dispense with
the services of traveling men and them-
selves retain the vast sums now paid for
the salaries and expenses of this class.
No efforts will be made to overstock deal-
ers, no bills will be post dated and no
cash discounts beyond the customary
time will be allowed. Some of these re-
sults are certainly desirable. Unmixed
evils are rarely seen, and if a return to
the situation before the Trust reveals
some good, it should not blind us to the
greater evils of the remedy. One lesson
of the Trust, which I wish to make most
impressive to-day, is the importance of
the formation of associations of business
men all over the country which shall aim
to curtail the power of these monopolies
by stimulating competition whenever
offered and by bringing them under goy-
ernment control. This should be done
before their daily increasing power be-
comes so great as to influence legislation
in theirinterest. In what way and to what
extent legislation and competition should
be invoked, if at all, might and should
be discussed in both our State and local
bodies. Many of the latter are languish-
ing, the meetings being but slimly at-
tended. The dead-beats have all been
listed, the peddler anathematized, new
enterprises, for which the necessary cap-
ital is not forthcoming, talked over and
they have settled intoastate of lethargy.
Why should not this subject of combina-
tions and Trusts, involving, as it does,
efforts on the part of railroads, manufac-
turers and insurance organizations to
restrict production and destroy competi-
tion, receive such attention as its inpor-
tance demands from every business man?
Comparison of ideas and diffusion of
knowledge upon this subject would pre-
pare members to come to our annual
reunion with a purpose in view and an
intelligent conception of the best means
for its fulfillment.

I have endeavored to present to your
view what seem to me to be some of the
salient conditions affecting business in-
terests at the present time. These, with
other conditions more or less important,
constitute the environment of the mem-
bers of our Association. Under the in-
fluence of this environment, shall our
organization not prove itself to havea
mission—shall it not show itself fittest
to survive? During the three years of
its existence, the M. B. M. A. has ac-
complished more than its founders could
have predicted for it during so short a
period.

The report of the Treasurer will show
that the debt which existed at the begin-
ning of the year has been paid, and we
have now asmall balance in the treas-
ury. This result has been brought about
through the increase in the per capita
tax from twenty-five to fifty cents. The
Seeretary’s report will show an increase
in the number of auxiliary associations
and a falling off in membership. I
earnestly commend to your consideration
this report, as the practical knowledge
and experience of this officer concern-
ing the needs and work of our Associa-
tion—it is of the greatest value. These
needs and this work have been always
largely local in their nature and have
been brought to our attention through
the reports which have come up to us
from auxiliary associations, at our an-
nual meetings. These reports have
nearly all presented records of successes
in our collection system of listing all
persons found unworthy of credit. They
have shown how, in many ways, the ma-
terial advancement of their various lo-
ealities has been stimulated through the
efforts of these associations; how man-
ufacturing interests have been built up,
roads constructed, railroads induced to
locate and all beneficent enterprises fos-
tered. They have also indicated an in-
erease of those friendly relations and
social enjoyments which add so much to
the happiness of our lives. The work
which these reports chronicle and the
needs they express should receive no less
attention from us in the future than in
the past, for it must always be local
wants which lead to the creation and
healthful existence of local bodies.

While taking the most active interest
in these foundation stones of our organ-
ization, it behooves the State Association
to discuss topics outside the limits of
purely local concern and to act upon sub-
jects of more general interest than
usually occupy the attention of auxiliary
bodies. Of this class was the effort
made by the M. B. M. A. to secure a
standard form of insurance policy for
our State. The effort was successful,
and not only business men but the entire
community are indebted to our organiza-
tion for a valuable safeguard against
fraud or error on the part of insurers of
property.

There are problems which affect the
entire business community constantly
presenting themselves for some compe-
tent authority to settle. Why should
not our Association be the court at whose
bar such problems may be adjusted when
adjustment is possible? Such a court,
to be valuable, must have the power to
execute its mandates. We know of but
onee source whence this power can be
obtained—that source is a membership
far greater than our Association now
boasts, and the right of each member to
all the privileges of the Association.
The latter can readily be secured by a
change in our organic law, making all
members of auxiliary associations mem-
bers of the State Association. The
former is of much greater importance,
and more difficult to obtain. In view of
the advantages of this power which a

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largely increased membership will onl

fer, itis my firm conviction that efforts
should be made to secure such increase.
To accomplish this but one way seems to
me to promise satisfactory results—j
the employment of a competent organ- |
izer. Ibelieve our Association should, |
at least. test the efficacy of this means}
by afew months’ experiment with such |
an officer during a portion, at least, of |
the next year. The cost need not be)
large for a brief period, and possibly all |
expenses resulting therefrom may be paid ;
from the first year’s per capita tax of the
new organizations formed. Irecommend |
earnest consideration of this matter, |
with the hope that in the way suggested |
or in some better way, the State may}
become thoroughly organized and our)
Association placed upon the high plane |
of usefulness which the Business Men’s
Association of this great State should |
occupy. The recommendation of Presi- |
dent Hamilton, in his address last year, |
that our colleetion system be improved |
by a B. M. A. Exchange for all moder- |
ately sized towns, I most heartily en- |
dorse. A system whereby all persons}
likely to seek credit of merchants may |
be rated as to their responsibility and

credit in the same way that dealers are

in Dun and Bradstreet is one that should

commend itself to every business man,

I hope some of our local associations

will give this plan a practical test dur-

ing the year and report the results at

our next annual meeting.

To Secretary Stowe, whose untiring
devotion to the interests of the Associa-
tion is so well known and so highly ap-
preciated by every member, we owe, this
year, a special debt of gratitude. With
characteristic liberality he published a
full report of our meeting one year ago,
in excellent form for use and preservation,
and furnished a copy without expense
to every member in the State. However
willingly such a burden may be assumed,
self-respect forbids that we shall here-
after permit any individual to bear it.
I, therefore, recommend that, in the
future, the Secretary be instructed to
have the proceedings published, in num-
ber sufficient to supply each member in
good standing and to be paid for from
the funds of the Association.

In the past, the fate of individuals, of
communities and of states was often de-
cided by single combat. To-day ‘‘In the
world’s great field of battle’? victories
are achieved only by united effort. Or-
ganization is pitted against organization,
the individual performing only a subord-
inate part. The field upon which are
arrayed to-day all the forces of human
exertion presents to our view vast aggre-
gations of units. Each combination
bears a banner upon whose folds words
emblematic of its purpose may be traced.
These purposes range between the two
extremes of good andevilintent. Among
this host we stand, in numbers small but
in purpose noble. Upon our flag, borne
well aloft, shines brightly that word
which has distinguished our calling down
through all the ages—Honor.

>a —_—_—_
Gripsack Brigade.

Seott Swigart went to East Saginaw
Saturday, where he will spend a couple
of weeks.

A. H. Brown, traveling representative
for G. S. Abbott & Son, of Chicago, was
in town over Sunday.

They say Will Campbell is about to
leave the road, as he is now learning the
Carpenter trade at Sturgis.

Fred Blake and wife are happy over
the advent of a 91-pound daughter, who
put in an appearance last Tuesday.

J. F. Hammell, the Ionia traveler, is
steadily improving from his recent
dangerous illness and will soon be on the
road again.

Jas. D. Wadsworth has severed his
connection with F. W. Wurzburg’s Sons
& Co., to take a position as house sales-
man for Lemon & Peters.

You can impose upon Ed. Frick all
you want to now and he cannot resent it,
an accident on the firm’s elevator last
Thursday having disabled his right arm.

L. M. Mills and family put in Sunday
at Ottawa Beach. The report that Mills
constructed an ‘Ode to Black Lake,’’
during the day, is probably without
foundation.

The boys would like to know what
takes J. L. Kymer to Greenville so often
of late. Rumor has it that he is about
to give up the book business and learn
the Miller trade.

A. L. Braisted, the feather-weight
traveling representative for the Voigt
Milling Co., has taken his pug dog ona
pleasure trip to the Northern resorts. His
family remains at home.

It is said that Dave Holmes has been
highly elated since he hustled ‘‘By Gee
Crip’’ over the counter, until Will Swan
went up to Woodville the other evening,
put him into a trunk and sat upon the lid.

Landlord Buck, of the Elliott House,
Sturgis, says he will have to advance the
rates of the house with Will Campbell,
as he cannot afford to feed Carpenters as
cheap as traveling men, for they work
harder and, therefore, eat more—pie.

The Hotel Committee of the Knights
of the Grip has secured the following
additions to the hotel agreement during
the past week: Sherman House, Flint;
Moore House, North Branch; Tremont
House, Cass City; Marathon House,
Columbiaville. The Pipp House, at
Kalkaska, voluntarily signed the agree-
ment several weeks ago, but the matter
was inadvertently overlooked.

Fred Aldrich called on Fred Blake’s
customers last week, while the latter
stayed in to get acquainted with his new
daughter. Aldrich was. badly delayed
by the girls at Lake Odessa and could
not resist the temptation to stop and
pitch a couple of ball games at Bowen’s
Mills and Hoytville.e Judging by the
dilapidated appearance of his physiog-
nomy, the country players were too many

 

for him.

AMONG THE TRADE.

GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.

Edwin Fallas has over 40,000 pounds
of butter in cold storage.

 

D. O. Courtney has removed his grocery

| stock from 85 to 78 Stocking street.

 

Perkins & Co. have foreclosed their
chattel mortgage on the shingle mill of
Cc. E. Johnson, at Mecosta.

J. K. Delbridge succeeds Delbridge &
Ingalsbee in the manufacture of cigars
at 341 South Division street.

G. Van Dam has engaged in the grocery
and notion business at the corner of
Wenham avenue and Lagrave street.

A. Heston & Co. have engaged in the
boot and shoe business at East Jordan.
Rindge, Bertsch & Co. furnished the

| stock.

Meloy & Rich haye received a carload
of Star feed mills, which they have
stored in their warehouse on Fifth
avenue.

O. A. Ball bid in the general stock of
F. A. Gansen, at Lakeview, in behalf of
the Grand Rapids creditors, at attach-
ment sale last Friday.

 

It is reported that the local agent of
the Western Union Telegraph Co. is to
be removed shortly, owing to the numer-
ous complaints made against the man-
agement of the office.

The Martin’s Middlings Purifier Co.
has sold two purifiers to Frederick W.
Stock, Hillsdale; a purifier and a flour
dresser to D. L. Darling, Remus; and five
purifiers each to M. G. & N. Sage and
the Elkhart Milling Co., Elkhart, Ind.

The W. C. Denison agricultural
implement stock was bid in at chattel
mortgage sale by the McCormick Harvest-
ing Machine Co., whose representative
has placed the business in the hands of
its former owner, who will conduct the
same under the style of W. C. Denison,
Agt.

Wm. M. Wurzburg and Wm. F. Wurz-
burg have retired from the firm of F. W.
Wurzburg’s Sons & Co. The business
will be continued by Fred A. Wurzburg
and Zachariah T. Aldrich, under the
style of F. A. Wurzburg & Co. The
change will carry with it an increase in
the capital employed and the stock car-
ried.

 

AROUND THE STATE.

Ubly—Jas. A. Richardson has sold his
grocery stock.

Detroit—The National Wire and Iron
Co. is going out of business.

Tustin—Elmer Skaglin succeeds G. A.
Skaglin in the meat business.

Waldron — John L. Bates
Crow Brothers in general trade.

Blanchard—Chas. Robinson has bought
the meat market of W. H. Caswell.

Allegan—F. R. Rudd succeeds Rudd &
Williams in the dry goods business.

Kalkaska—L. D. Curtiss succeeds Cur-
tiss Bros. in the furniture business.

Paris—H. A. Cone has bought Silas
Barker’s interest in the meat market.

Trufant — Samuel Goldstein has re-
moved his general stock to Gladstone.

Grayling—Lyon & Conner have moved
their general store here from Metamora.

Detroit—Becker Bros. have discharged
the $800 mortgage on their bakery stock.

Marshall—F. D. N. Van Slyke has sold
his millinery stock to Mrs. Conrad Nover.

New Lathrop—Townsend Bros.’ hard-
ware store has been closed by creditors.

Jackson—F. J. Jaycox, dealer in cigars
and tobacco, has been closed by creditors.

E. K. Bennett, the jewelry salesman,
has lately purchased a fine residence at
Lansing.

Bradley—Gunn & Allgeo succeed S. J.
Gunn in the elevator, feed and produce
business.

Middleton—D. McLeod succeeds D.
McLeod & Co. in the drug and grocery
business.

Mt. Pleasant—Tapping & Colby suc-
ceed Chatterton & Balmer in the grocery
business.

Ishpeming—S. P. Sandmark’s jewelry
stock has been foreclosed on chattel
mortgage.

Sherwood—cC. T. Lipes succeeds Clark
Lichtenwalter in the grocery and crock-
ery business.

Grand Haven—H. Bloeker succeeds H.
Bloeker & Co., machinists. The style
remains unchanged.

Muskegon—P. J. Connell is building a
one-story brick building for P. M. Roedel,
at White Cloud. It will be used asa
bank.

Howard City—J. W. Lovely has pur-
chased the F. W. Foster hardware stock,
at Newaygo, and is removing it to this
place.

Prattville—Edgar Hackett and Bert
Van Ness are building anew store and
will engage in the drug and grocery bus-
iness.

Flushing—H. H. Chatters is building a
three-story brick block, which will be by
far the finest block in town. He expects
to complete it hy November 1.

Muskegon—Dr. YV. A. Bergeron has
purchased the drug store of W. A. Stev-
enson at 558 W. Western avenue, and
will operate the same in conjunction
with his other store.

succeeds

 

Vermontville—C. E. Demming has re-
tired from the grocery firm of Lemmon
& Demming. The business will be con-
tinued by Lincoln A. Lemmon.

Lakeview—F. Shellman has sold his
grocery stock and _ store building to
Casper Schutt, formerly engaged in the
grocery business at Howard City.

Mendon—F. E. Riley will remove his
drug stock from this place to Climax,
where ‘he will continue in the same bus-
iness and will add a line of groceries.

Shelby—S. Kohler has purchased the
interest of W. A. Smith in the meat mar-
ket firm of Smith & Willetts. The new
firm will be known as Kohler & Willetts.

Muskegon—J. R. Tweedale & Co. have
disposed of their drug stock to C. L.
Brundage. It is understood that Mr.
Brundage will move the stock to the
empty store in the Dearborn & Snyder
block.

Middleville—The safe in Otto Bros.’
hardware store was blown open by bur-
glars last Tuesday night, who succeeded
in getting only $4 in currency. The
firm has lost, in the past five years,
about $1,000 through burglars, in goods
stolen and property destroyed. There is
no clue to the perpetrators of the deed.

Lansing—Loeal officers have arrested
William Mower, who has been selling
eutlery and revolvers too cheap about
town. In his satchel were found six
revolvers and thirty-seven pocket knives
and a lot of shears and silver spoons. A
hardware store at Leslie was robbed on
July 16, and it is thought Mower robbed
it. He is an old prison bird, having
served two terms, and twenty years ago
was an inmate of the State Reform School.

Reed City—Richards & Shaw have as-
signed their grocery and provision bus-
iness to Wm. H. Hawkins. This firm has
been in financial difficulties for some
time, and gave a chattel mortgage on the
stock last spring to the William Steele
Packing and Provision Co., of Grand
Rapids, who closed them up on a writ of
attachment. Each partner blames the
other for the trouble. This is the first
failure of a business house in Reed City
for eight years.

 

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Smyrna—Spencer & Hill succeed F. L.
Spencer in the manufacture of lumber.

Dorr—Clark & Weber have taken the
management of the Eureka flouring mill.

Detroit—Ruxton & Tilley succeed B. H.
Ruxton in the manufacture of picture
frames.

Port Huron—Smith, Jenks & Co. suc-
ceed Brooks, Joslyn & Co. in the lumber
business.

Bay City—Bousfield & Co. succeed
Bousfield, Perrin & Co. in the manufac-
ture of woodenware.

Holland—Brink & Co. succeed the
Werkman Manufacturing Co. in the man-
ufacture of furniture.

East saginaw—J. H. Freeney will not
rebuild the shingle mill on the site of
the one burned a week ago.

Woodville—Robinson & Blodgett have
sold their lumber, tie and telegraph pole
business to the Union Tie Co., of Chicago.

Bellaire—Mrs. B. A. Nixon succeeds
T. R. Dunson in the furniture business,
under the style of the Bellaire Furniture
Co.

Kalamazoo — Thos. Wilson has been
appointed receiver of the Bird & Crane
Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of
pulleys.

Port Huron — Brooks, Joslyn & Co.
have sold their lumber stock to O. W.
Smith and Frank Jenks, leasing them
their yard property.

Mancelona—The Antrim Iron Co. is
building a warehouse, 24x144 feet in
dimensions, which will be filled with
lumber and farm implements.

Lansing—The Lansing Lumber Co. is
negotiating for the purchase of the
Mason clothespin factory. If the pur-
chase is made, the factory may be re-
moved to Clare county.

Manistee—The East Shore Novelty Co.
has been organized here, with a capital
of $10,000, and will manufacture bed-
slats, step-ladders, curtain-rollers, ete.
The company will occupy the old skating-
rink for its factory.

East Saginaw—J. C. Brown, who is
putting in logs on the Ocqueoe, will fin-
ish his summer contract about the middle
of August, and will then commence cut-
ting for Sibley & Bearinger, on his reg-
ular fall and winter job.

Bay City—It is reported that one mill
firm in this city is negotiating with the
owner of Canadian timber for the trans-
fer of 50,000,000 feet of logs to this
river, in lots-of 10,000,000 feet the first
season and 20,000,000 feet for the others.

Hastings—The Hastings Furniture Co.
has been organized with a capital stock
of $15,000, to be paid in as needed. The
directors are A. E. Dickerman, Edward
De Groat, Archie McCoy, C. D. Beebe,
W. H. Powers, S. Greusel and D. S.
Goodyear.

Marquette—Findley Morrison bought
180,000 feet of pine stumpage on ten acres
of land pre-empted by Clarance McDer-
mott, and Morrison was arrested, charged
with trespass. The United States Court
here dismissed the case, holding that
McDermott was j ustified in selling the
timber and Morrison was all right in cut-
ting it.

 

Muskegon—Owing to late transfers of
stock in the L. L. Arms Shingle &
Lumber Co., a new election of officers
was held, at which L. L. Arms was made
President, C. H. McKnight Vice-Presi-
dent, and Albert Waldron Secretary and
Treasurer.

Marquette—Hewitt & Smith have sued
the Chicago Lumbering Co. in the United
States Court here for a shortage of lum-
ber. The plaintiffs contracted for the
sawing of 3,000,000 feet of logs by the
defendants, but received only 2,000,000
all told. Defendants say the logs escaped
from the boom and that they cannot be
held liable. :

East Saginaw—L. D. Sanborn is cut-
ting 10,000,000 feet of logs in Gladwin
eounty, which are being railed here.
He will complete this job about the mid-
dle of September, and will also cut a
quantity of logs on another tract. He
has sold about 5,000,000 feet of lumber
this season, of which 3,000,000 in one lot
went to local yard dealers.

East Saginaw—Charles Lee is arrang-
ing to erect a planing mill on the site of
the one destroyed by fire a year ago. Mr.
Lee is over seventy years old, and when
his mill burned he sustained a loss of
$70,000, without a dollar of insurance—a
loss that would have appalled many a
younger man. He has a bountiful supply
of sand, however, and comes up smiling
and determined to rebuild.

Bay City—The good that men do lives
after them, and there are a few who in
life pursue a course that makes the
axiom applicable. Among those who
are, through their abundant means, doing
something for the well-being of the race
is H. W. Sage, who is largely interested
in lumbering here. He has done much
for West Bay City, and is one of the
foremost promoters of the Cornell Uni-
versity. He has just bound himself to
pay $200,000 for the Cornell library
building, the contract for which has been
let, provided the Fisk University will
suit 1s decided against the university.
Mr. Sage’s mill here is manufacturing
30,000,000 feet of lumber annually, his
salt works turned out 72,967 barrels of
salt last year, and he is largely inter-
ested in pine on the Rifle and Au Gres
rivers, in upper Michigan and Wisconsin.
He also owns over 40,0)0 acres of fine
hardwood land in upper Michigan.

—_—_ a
Wool, Hides and Tallow.

Wools show no improvement in firm-
ness or prices. The dealers are bulls
and manufacturers bears on the market.
Sales are fair in quantity, from the fact
of concessions between seller and buyer.
Dealers now realize that they have paid
too much for the clip, in order to have
the manufacturer take it at any price he
ean realize from his cloth. Receipts of
wool on seaboard are large and it is
piling up, which makes buyers think
they will get itcheaper later. These are
of high cost and are held firm at pres-
ent. In the meantime, the holders have
a firm and advancing market abroad to
sustain their views and lend them hope
for the future. No change need be
looked for before September.

Hides are still dull and lifeless, and
yet tanners are looking for prime stock,
as they can begin to see something in the
future. Hides are in their prime, andif
it will pay to work them at any time, it is
now. The leather market has been
fairly well sold out, especially of cheap
sole and some other grades, and any
great demand would create a shortage.
In fact, the leather market is in better
shape than for some months past.

Tallow and grease are some firmer,
with a slight advance, with the hot
weather against the shipper, so that the
advance is lost in the heavy shrinkage.

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Attention is directed to the advertise-
ment of Barnett Bros., the well-known
Chicago commission merchants. This
firm stands at the head of the commis-
sion business and when the Messrs. Bar-
nett say they will pay the highest mar-
ket price for whortleberries, the trade
can depend upon their doing just as they
agree.

 

 

FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC.

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

 

 

 

BUSINESS CHANCES,

ENERAL STOCK OF MERCHANDISE FOR SALE—
A nice clean stock of dry goods, clothing, carpets,
boots and shoes, furnishing goods and groceries ina
good live town. Largest trade in the place. First-
class investment. Address Knapp & Parker, Fowler-
ville, Mich. 470
OR SALE—HAVING OTHER IMPORTANT INTER-
ests, we offer for sale our stock of drugs, groceries,
erockery, glassware, wall paper, paints, oils, ete.; one
of the best stocks in best county seat in Michigan; will
invoice about $7,000; will trade out $1,000. ddress
Bartram & Millington, Paw Paw. 468

OR SALE ON EASY TERMS—A STOCK OF GEN-
eral merchandise in a small town in the best farm-
ing country of Southern Michigan; profits on sales,
$2,500 per annum, as per sales book; reason for selling,
failing health. Address, No. 467, care Michigan Trades-
man. 467

OR SALE—STOCK OF DRUGS, MEDICINES, GRO-
ceries and provisions; will also sell store building,
22x36, two-story, with cellar and store room and lot
4x8 rods; also dwelling house, with two acres of land;
building built within two years; reason for selling,
poor health; no drug and medicine competition; terms
easy. A. D. Loomis, Levering, Mich. 463

$1 OOO WILL BUY RESTAURANT, FURNITURE,
i ’ fixtures, stock and good will of the pres-
ent owner; only restaurant in the city of Marquette;
good reasons for selling cheerfully given on applica-
tion; first-class ice cream trade aspecialty. Address
F. Heppner, 105 Superior St., Marquette, Mich. 64

SITUATIONS WANTED.

TANTED—POSITION AS SALESMAN OR MANAGER
dry goods or general store, by a young man of
experience; best of reference furnished. Addrees, A.

Robertson, Martin, Mich. 471
V ANTED—SITUATION AS CLERK IN SMALL GRO-
F eery or dry goods store by a reliable young man.

Address O. D. Cleveland, Harrison, Mich. 469

MISCELLANEOUS.

ANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR
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samples.

 

OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—FARM OF 80 ACRES—

Splendid land, 34% miles from county seat; also
house and lot, two blocks from business center of same
city of 3.500 inhabitants, in Central Michigan; will ex-
change for stock of merchandise. Addtess No. 465,
eare Michigan Tradesman. 465

OR SALE—GOOD RESIDENCE LOT ON ONE OF

the most pleasant streets “‘on the hill.’ Will ex-

change for stock in any good institution. Address 286,
care Michigan Tradesman. 286

ANTED—SEND A POSTAL TO THE SUTLIF¥ COU-

pon Pass Book Co., Aibany, N. Y., for samples

of the new Excelsior Pass Book, the most complete

and finest on the market, and just what every mer-

chant should have progressive merchants all over the
country are now using them. % 437

 

 

 

 

 

Our Fall Stock

Is now Complete and Ready for Inspection.

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(Successors to F. W. Wurzburg’s Sons & Co.)

Exclusive Jobbers of

DRY GOODS, HOSIERY,
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ESTABLISHED 1870.

CHAS. SCHMIDY & BROS.,

Manufacturers and Dealers in Foreign and
American

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MonUments as Statvary

Having erected a New Granite Factory
with the Latest Improved Machinery, we
can Guarantee all Work First Class and
Fill Orders Promptly.

WORKSHOP AND POLISHING MILLS:
Cor. West Fulton and Straight Streets.
OFFICE AND SALESROOM:
93 Canal Street.

GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH.

 

EXCLUSIVE

 

Carpets,
Oil Cloths,
Rugs,
China Mattings

Draperies,
and
Parlor Screens

Smith & Sanford,

Ottawa and Pearl Sts., Ledyard Block.

 

 

 

LION
COFFEE

 

Merchants,

YOU WANT THIS CABINET
Thousands of Them

Are in use all over the land.

It does away with the unsightly barrels so
often seen on the floor of the average grocer.
varnished and put together in the best possible manner.

Beautifully grained and
Inside each

cabinet will be found one complete set of castors with screws.

 

Rvery Wide- Awake Merchant

Should Certainly Sell

ON, THE KING OF COFFERS.

An Article of Absolute Merit.

It is fast supplanting the scores of inferior roasted coffees.
Put up in 100-lb cases, also in cabinets of
For sale by the wholesale trade everywhere.

only in one pound packages.
120 one-pound packages.

Packed

Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States.

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Spice Co.,

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L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.

 

 

 

 

 

RED SCHOOL ROUSE SHOES

Product of Our Factory at Dixon, Il.

 

In view of the fact that we have GREATLY INCREASED our FACILITIES
for MANUFACTURING in OUR THREE FACTORIES and owing to the PECULIAR
and CLOSE COMPETITION existing in MICHIGAN, C. M. Henderson & Co. have
concluded to MAKE A DECIDEDCUT ON VARIOUS LINES of our goods, which
will ENABLE ME to make it to YOUR ADVANTAGE to purchase your stock

NEARER HOME the coming fall season.

Our LADIES’ FINE GOAT, DONGOLA, GLOVE and OIL GRAINS to retail at
$2, and FINER GRADES of GOATS and DONGOLAS, which consumers can buy at
$2.50 and $3.00, together with the MEDIUM PRICED lines of MEN’S CALF, DON-
GOLA, and KANGAROO Shoes of our own make, and all having the MERIT of

SOLIDITY and STYLE—with satisfaction guaranteed—will

CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.

be worthy your

Our heavier grades of SPLIT, GRAIN, KIP,

VEAL, and CALF BOOTS are UNEQUALED, and the ‘‘Celebrated Red School
House Shoes’? AS USUAL takes the ‘‘First Place.’’

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Headquarters for the Celebrated Wales Goodyear Rubber Goods

 

Factories:

Fond du Lac, Wis.
Dixon, Ill.
Chicago, Ql.

Willard H. James,

Salesman for the Lower Peninsula,
P. O. address,

Morton House, Grand Rapids, Mich,

 

We furnish electrotypes of our Specialties to Customers,

PRN ety,

 

 

 

 

  

ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT.

Michigan Business Men’s Association.
President—Frank Wells, Lansing.
First Vice-President—H. Chambers, Cheboygan.
Second Vice-President—C. rae Kalamazoo.
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
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freasurer—L. W. Sprague. Soot

Executive Board—President; C. L. Whitney, Muskegon;
Frank Hamilton, Traverse City; N. B. Blain, Lowell;
Chas. T. Bridgman, Flint; Hiram DeLano, ‘Allegan;

ocfemittes’ on Insurance—Geo. B. Caldwell, Green-
ville; W.S. Powers, Nashville; Oren Stone, Flint.
Committee on Legislation—S. E. Parkill, Owosso; H.
, Ea Hydorn, Grand Rapids; H. H. Pope, Allegan.
ttee on Trade Interests—Smith Barnes, Traverse
vegies Geo. R. Hoyt, East Saginaw; H.B. Fargo, Mus-
€
Comimitice on Transportation—James Osborn,Owosso;
oO. Conklin, Grand Rapids; C. F. Bock, Battle

ok
Committee on Building and Loan Associations—Chaun-
cey oon Kalamazoo; Will Emmert, Eaton Rapids;
W. E. Crotty, Lansing.
Local Secretary—P. J. Siemnioll: Muskegen.
Official Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

The following auxiliary associations are op-
erating under charters granted by the Michi-
gan Business Men’s Association:

 

No. 1—Traverse City B. M. A.
President. J. W. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings.
No. 2—Lowell B. M. A.
x. B. Blain; Secretary, Frank T. King.
No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A.
President. H. 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn.
ee
Ne. 4—Grand Rapids M. A.
President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.
No. 5—Muskegon B. M. A.
President, John A. Miller; Secretary, C. L. W hitney.
No. 6—Alba B. M. A.
President, F. W. Sloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.
No. 7—Dimondale B. M. A.
President. T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger.
No. 8—Eastport B. M. A.
President, S = Thursten; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston.
o. 9—Lawrence B. M. A,
President, = M. Marshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.
No. 10—Harbor Springs B. M. A.
President, ow. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson.
No.11—Kingsley B. M. A.
President, H. P. Whipple: Secretary, D. E. Wynkoop.
No. 12—Quincy B. M. A.
President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon.
wilco eis
No. 13—Sherman B. M. A.
President, H. B. Sturtevant; Secretary, w. J. Austin.
No. 14—No. Muskegon B. M. A.
President, S. A. Howey: Secretary, G. C. Havens.
No. 15—Boyne City B. M. A.
President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.
No. 16—Sand Lake B. M. A.
President, J. V. Crandall; Secretary, W. Rasco.
No. 17—Plainwell B. M. A.
President, Geo. H. Anderson; Secretary, J. A. Sidle.
No. 18—Owosso B. M, A.
President, Warren P. W oodard; Secretary, S. Lamfrom.
No. 19—Ada B. M. A.
President, = F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.
20—Saugatuck B. M. A.
President, ee Henry; Secretary, L. A. Phelps.
No. 2i— Wayland B. M. A.
President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.
= Teslcen ss
No. 22—Grand Ledge B. M. AL
President, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W. R. Clarke.
ci chica Se
No. 23—Carson City &. M. A.
President, John W. Hallett: Secretary, n A. Lyon.
No. 24—Morley B. M. 4
President, J. E. Thurkow; Secretary, WwW. . Richmond.
No. 25—Palo B. M. A.
President, H. D. Pew; Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson.
No. 26—Greenville 1. M. A.
President. A. C. Satterlee; Secretary. E. J. Clark.
27%7—Dorr B. - =
President, E.S Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.
No. 28—Cheboygan B. a A
President, A. J. Paddock; Secretary, H. a Dozer.
No. 29—Freeport B. M.
President, Wm. Moore; Secretary, A. J. Chieebroush
No. 30—Oceana B. M.
President, A.G. Avery; Secretary, E. 8. aie
No. 31—Charlotte B. M. A.
President, Thos. J. Green: Secretary, A. G. Fleury.
No. 32—Coopersville B. M. A.
President, W. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson.
No. 33—Charlevoix B. M. A.
President, L. D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W. Kane.
No. 34—Saranac B. M. A.
President, H. T. Johnson; Secretary, P. T. Williams.

President, N

 

 

 

 

No. 35—Bellaire B. M. A.
President, H. M. Hemstreet; Secretary, C. E. Densmore.

 

 

Ne. 36—Ithaca B. Me AL
President, O. F. Jackson; Secretary, John M. Everden.
No. 37—Battle Creek B. M. A.
President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, E. W. Moore.
No. 38—Scottville B. M. A
President, = E. Symons: Secretary, D. w. Higgine.
. 39 —Burr Oak B. M. A.
President, a S. Willer: Secretary, F. W- Sheldon.
No. ae Rapids B. M. A.
President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert.
No. 41—Breckenridge B. M. A.
resident, C. H. Howd; Secretary, L. Waggoner.
No. 42—Fremont B. M. A.
President. Jos. ‘Gerber; Secretary C. J. Rathbun.
0. 43—Tustin B. M.A. __
President, ak s Luick; Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom.
No. 44—Reed City B. M. A.
President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith.

No. 45—Hoytville B. M. A.
President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay.
No. 46—Leslie B. M. A.

President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould.
No. 47—Flint M. U.
President, W. C. Pierce; Secretary, W. H. Graham.
No. 48—Hubbardston B. M. A.
President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W.3. Tabor.
No. 49—Leroy B M. A.
President, A. Wenzell; Secretary. Frank Smith.
No. 50—Manistee B. M. A.
Eres: A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C. Grannis.
©. 5i—Cedar Springs B. M. A.
President L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon.
0. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A.
acelin: a 8. Kedzie; Secretary, F. D. Vos.
No. 53—Bellevue B. M. A.
President, Frank Phelps; Secretary, A. E. Fitzgerald.
No. 54—Douglas B. M
President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller.
No. 55—Peteskey B. M. A.
President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A A. C. Bowman.
No. 56—Bangor B. M. A.
President * W. Drake; Secretary, Geo. Chapman.
0. 5i1—Rockford B. M. A.
President, na G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.
No. 58—Fife Lake R. M. A.
President, L. S. Walter; Secretar; ,C.¢ Plakely.
No. 59—Fennville B. M. A.
President F. 8. “Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen.
No. 60—South Boardman B. M. A.
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, S. E. Neihardt.
No. 61—Hartford B. M. A.
President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.
No. 62—East Saginaw M. A.
President, Jas. H .Moore; Secretary, Cc. W. Mulholand.
No. 63—Evart B. M. A.
President, C. V. Priest; Secretary, C. E. Bell.
Ne, 64—Merrill B, M. A.
President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.
No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A.
President, As G. Drake; Secretary, C. S. Blom.
o. 66—Lansing B. M. A.
President, oe Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.
No. 67— Watervliet B.M. A
President, _W._L. Garrett: Secretary, F. H. a
No. 68—Allegan B. M. A.
dent, H. H. Pope; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.
No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. M. A.
President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. 8. Willison.
No. 70—Nashville B. M. A,
President, H. M. Lee; Secretary, W. S. a
No. 71—Ashley B. M.
President, M. Netzorg; Secretary, Geo. E. aii
No. 72—Edmore B. M. A.
No, 73—Belding B. M. A.
President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster.
No. 74—Davison M. U.
President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary. C. W. Hurd.
No. 75—Tecumseh B. M. A.
President, Oscar P. Bills; Secretary, F. Rosacraus.
No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M. A.
President, S. S. McCamly; Secretary, Chauncey Strong.
No. 77—South Haven B. M. A.
President, E. J. Lockwood; Secretary, Volney Ross.
No. 78—Caledonia B. M. A.
President, J. O. Seibert; Secretary, J. W. Saunders.
No. 79—East Jordan and So. Arm B. M.A.
President, Chas. F. Dixon; Secretary, L. C. Madison.
No. 80—Bay City and W. Bay City R. M, A.
President, F. L. Harrison; Secretary. Geo. ‘Craig.
No. 81—Flushing B. M. A.
President. L. A. Vickery; Secretary, A. E. Ransom.
No. 82—Alma B. M. A.
President, B. S. Webb; Secretary, M. E. Pollasky.
No. 83—Sherwood B. M. A.
President, = P. Wilcox; Secretary. W. R. Mandigo.
o. 84—Standish B. M. A.
President, p M. a Secretary, D. W. Richardson.
o. 85—Clio B. M. A.
President. J. Mi Dohienin: Secretary, C. H. May.
No. $6— Millbrook and Blanchard B. M. A.
President. =~ . Preston: Secretary, H. P. Blanchard.

o. 87—Shepherd B. M. A.
President, x °: Bent; Secretary, A. W. Hurst.

 

 

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Association Notes.

The Traverse City Ladies’ Library Association
gave areception te the B. M. A. of that town
ohe evening last week.

Plainwell Enterprise: At a special meeting of
the Business Men’s Association, Friday even-
ing, Geo. H. Anderson was chosen delegate to
the meeting of the State body at Muskegon, with
Jas. N. Hill as alternate.

Rockford Register: At the meeting of the
Rockford branch of the Michigan Business Men’s
Association, Messrs. J. Coon, D. R. Stocum and
J. J. Ely were elected to represent Rockford at
the State meeting at Muskegon.

Palo correspondence Ionia Standard: The
Palo Business Men’s Association continues in a
thriving condition. The members met Tuesday
evening and initiated C. L. Grace as a full-
fledged member. The Association has done
much to unite the business interests of Palo. It
has come to stay.

Muskegon News: Secretary Whitney has re-
ceived a postal from the Traverse City delegates,
on the back of which is a picture representing a
man with a grip sack, followed by wife and an
interminable string of children, all walking on

a country road, past a sign reading: “To Mus
kegon.”’ Above them floats the motto: “We'll
be there.”’

Cheboygan Tribune: The Michigan Business
Men's Association holds its annual meeting at
Muskegon Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
of next week. A very interesting programme
will be presented, closing with a grand banquet,
tendered by the citizens, Thursday evening. We
regret that the Cheboygan Association is not to
be represented, at least no delegates have yet
been chosen.

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Grand Rapids Mercantile Association.

At a special meeting of the Grand Rapids Mer-
eantile Association, held at THe TRADESMAN
office Tuesday evening, July 23, Thos. Keating
acted as chairman, owing to the absence of
President Herrick.

M. C. Goossen, of the Boat Committee, reported
that $24.25 was expended for boat rides at the
picnic and that $31.75 was collected, leaving a
balance on hand of $7.50. The report was re-
ceived and Mr. Goossen and his associates
thanked for their efforts in making the picnic
the success it was.

E. A. Stowe introduced the following resolu-
tion, which was unanimously adopted:

Resolved, That the hearty thanks of the Grand
Rapids Mercantile Association be and are hereby
tendered to the wholesale dealers and commis-
sion men of Grand Rapids, who so generously
provided a collation on the occasion of our third
annual picnic.

Election of delegates to the State convention
resulted in the choice of the following: 0. F.
Conklin, E. J. Herrick, Thos. Keating, C. L.
Lawton, M. C. Goossen, B. S. Harris, Leonard
Kievit, L. Winternitz and A. Rasch.

Thos. Keating was selected to make a report
of the work of the Association, and the meeting
adjourned.

2 4 __
The Attendance Good at Saugatuck.
SavuGaTUcK, July 25, 1889.
E, A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

DEAR S1tR—I think we will have two delegates
to Muskegon next week. I will go, and if I can
persuade President Henry to go with me, I will
do so.

The attendance at our regular meetings is good
—about 50 per cent. of the membership.

Yours respectfully,
L. A. PHELPs, Sec’y.

—_———__— << ——_————
AFTER DINNER.

The Toast Programme, so Far as
Arranged.

The following shows the responses, so
far as arranged, which will be heard at
the Muskegon banquet on Thursday even-
ing:

1. Our Officers—How Shall They Be

Fed to Secure the Most Work?—
Upon what meat has this, our Cesar, fed
That he has grown so great!

FRANK WELLs, Lansing.

2. ‘No Overdrafts Allowed’’—

I know a bank whereon the wild time
grows.
Hiram DELano, Allegan.

3. The Legislature—lts Relation to the

Business Interests of the State—

When the state is most corrupt, then
the laws are most multiplied.
Supr. C. A. GowER, Lansing.
Muskegon—
She needs no sentiment.
P. J. CONNELL, Muskegon.
The Honest Lawyer—
Do as adversaries do in law — strive

mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
Myron H. WALKER, Grand Rapids.

6. Our Guests—
See, your guests approach:
Address yourself to entertain
s rightly,
And Jet's be red with mirth.
C. L. WHITNEY, Muskegon.

7. The Man of Samples—

—— poetic about that.
H. S. Ropertson, Grand Rapids.
8. Sawdust Hospitality—
I can no other answer make, but, thanks,
And thanks; and ever oft good turns
Are shuffied off with such uncurrent pay.
L. W. SpracueE, Greenville.
9. Our Noble State—Her Genius and
Her Grangers—
Breathes there a man with soul so dead
Who never to himself hath said,

This is my own, my native land?
GOVERNOR LUCE.
———_—_—_—> ae
An Inexperienced Financier.

Many are the absurd transactions
which take place in banks, some of them
showing an overcautiousness in the care
of money, and others, like the following,
an amusing ignorance of its value:

A Georgia paper says that a negro, the
fortunate possessor of a valuable house
lot, one day sold his property for $10,-
000.

He was given a check for that amount,
which was carried in due time to one of
the banks. The paying teller asked him
how much of the money he wanted in
cash.

‘J wants all dat ar paper calls fur,’’
replied the negro.

‘What! You don’t want $10,000
cash?’’

‘‘Jesso, sah.”’

‘‘All right,’? answered the man, and in
five minutes he began piling the money
on the counter.

As he laid the $500 packages on the
counter the negro’s eyes grew larger and
larger. Finally, when twenty of the
packages had been placed before him, he
looked intently at them for a moment,
and then, with a broad grin on his face,
said:

“T’s jist paralyzed! Gimme a dollar’n’a
half, ’n’ you kin keep de rist till I call
acin.”’

4.

oe

them °

in

What He Saved.

‘What did you save from the fire at
the hotel?”? was asked of a drummer.
‘“‘Anything of value?”’

‘‘Well, I should say so,’’? with a wink.
“T saved payee oe weeks’ board bill.”’

OFFICIAL PROGRAMME

 

For the State Convention at Muskegon
This Week.

TUESDAY—1:30 P. M.

Call to order.

Prayer—Rey. 8. M. Cramblet.

President’s address.

Secretary’s report.

Treasurer’s report.

Report of Executive Board.

Appointment of special Committees on
Credentials, President’s Address,
Secretary’s Report, Order of Busi-
ness and Resolutions.

Reports of delegates.

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TUESDAY—7:30 P. M.
Music—Opera House Orchestra.
Prayer—Rev. J. N. Rippey.

Music.

Address of Welcome—S. H. Stevens.

Response—

Music.

Address by Governor Luce.

Music.

Address—‘‘Legal and Business As-
pects of the Bonus,’? H. H. Pope,
Allegan.

Music.

Paper—‘‘The Business Man and_ the
Railways, and their Relative Rela
tion,’’? Chas. Clarke, Ovid.

Volunteer addresses.

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WEDNESDAY—9 A. M.
Report of Committee on Order of
Business.
Report of Committee on Credentials.
Report of Committee on Insurance.
Report of Committee on Trade Inter-
ests.

. Report of Committee on Transporta-
tion.

Report of Committee on Legislation.
Report of Committee on Building and
Loan Associations.

Reports of delegates.

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WEDNESDAY—2 P. M.

Excursion on Steamer Van Raalte on
Muskegon Lake and Lake Michigan; ex-
hibition drill of life saving crew; visit to
Interlake Park; returning to city in
time for supper.

WEDNESDAY—7:50 P. M.

Consideration of report of Committee
on Transportation.

2, Paper—‘*The Best Method of Secur-

ing Manufacturing Enterprises,
A. O. Wheeler, Manistee.

3. Consideration of report of Committee
on Legislation.

Paper—*‘How Shall We Deal with
Jobbers Who Retail?’’ W. J. Clarke,
Harbor Springs.

5. Consideration of report of Committee

op Building and Loan Associations.
6. Paper—‘‘The Business Man and the
Legislature,’’ Hon. Milan Wiggins,
Bloomingdale.

7. Paper—‘*Why Not Become a Nation
of Cheese. Eaters??? Hon. E. N.
Bates, Moline.

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THURSDAY—9 A. M.

Paper—‘‘Mutual Insurance,’’ M. C.
Kelley, Muskegon.

2. Consideration of report of Committee

on Insurance.

3. Address—‘‘How to Deal with the Pat-
rons of Industry,’’ C. L. Whitney,
Muskegon.

Reports of delegates.

5. Question box.

THURSDAY—1:30 P. M.

Paper—‘‘Permanency in Business,”
O. F. Conklin, Grand Rapids.

2. Consideration of report of Committee

on Trade Interests.

. Report of Committee on President’s
Address.

Report of Committee on Secretary’s
Report.

5. Reports of special committees.

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4.

THURSDAY—7:30 P. M.
Exhibition of fire department and
chemical engine.

THURSDAY—S8 P. M.
1. Election of officers.
2. Unfinished business.
3. Adjournment.
THURSDAY—9:30 P. M.

Complimentary banquet at Occidental
Hotel, tendered by members of Muskegon
5: M.

———_—_ oe
A Plucky Ohio Woman.

One of the most enterprising business
men of Carmel, Ohio, ifa woman. Miss
Annie Lancey, of that town, having
leased a mill property there, is doing a
big business, operating the same day and
night. She employs fourteen men and
can make every one of them hustle, too.
During the day she runs a rotary on long
lumber, and at night her gang stand by
the shingle and lath machines.

 

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Great Falls E....... new era. 6%
Honest Width....... 6% Merrimack D fancy. 6%
Hartford A.......... 5% “ shirtings... 54%
Integrity XX... ... 4% & Reppfurn . 8%
ing, E See Pacine taney. ..... 6
eee 6 «  Fobes...... 5. 6%
oR Gee in: 5%| Portsmouth robes... 6
a SPs: mo Simpson mourning.. ne
Boonen... .....-- 4 : prevs.......
New MarketB...... 5 ee aaa black. oe
Noe Bo eos. 5%/|Washington indigo. 6%
Newson 4°... .-. - 6% ‘* Turkey robes.. 7%
Our Level Best..... 6%| ‘“ India robes.... 7%
sepa 9 Sees i . plain ca ky X%, 88
en Esiagnd i... ae
Sharon B es - : ottoman tur
Top of the tle oe) ey POG 2. 5: 6
Williamsville. . a *|Martha Washington
Comet, 40in........ 8 Turkey red %..... 7%
— . tees 7% gs W eee ‘
New Market L, 40in. 7% Ureey roa... 9%
BLEACHED COTTONS. |Riverpoint robes.... 5 ;
Blackstone A A....: 73%4|Windsor fancy...... 6%
Beate Avis... 434| me gold ticket
Cleveland ...... .-- © | ‘indigo blue. .....- 10
Capon 2s 744) TICKINGS.
Cabot. %.. 9. 2.3225... 634/Amoskeag AC A....13
Dw ight “Anchor. 9 (Hamiton N...:..... 7%
shorts. o%4| freart W6yer. 4... 3. 123%
Hdwards...-..-... -: DEMINS,
Manpire 7 | Amoskeag ees. 13%
Farwell.... .....-..- 8 |Amoskeag, S02: i
oe — Loom. . 8% aaa Cr te... ++ 11M
ielhvie oo. . MeECte 2c cs 12
Barst Prize |... . "Lawrence me 138%
Fruit of the Loom %. 8 | GINGHAMS.
Pammount......... 414|Glenarven.. 6%
Lonsdale Cambric. .1014|Lancashire.. 1. 6M
Eousaaie.. 7... ...- Bs Saran eee. 8
Middlesex og 4\Renfrew Dress...... 8
No Name... 1... 2: me ‘Por du Nord. :.....- ..10
iGak' View. 02.5... CARPET WARP.
Our Own. ..-. 3 .-- 514/Peerless, white...... 188
a - Se 44 . eolored..
Vero GRAIN BAGS.
HALF BLEACH’D COTTONS| OREM ec cee. 191
Cabot ea 744|Franklinville...... A84
Werwelt 3. §'4| American ......-_.-- 614
Dwight Anchor..... 9 |Windsor.... ..:..0). i6id
- a - JEANS. [Valley City......-... 16
RaGgerora. -2.. 2... 5. 6 iGeorsia (3s) 2 15%
Brinewick. .... -.-- 6% Pacific a 13%
Naumkeag satteen.. 7 [Burlap ee eco oe i
Rocieport..-... . 6%) : aa a
PRINTS. iClark’s Mile En
American fancy... = Costs’, J. & PF...
. indigo... siHolvoke ...-...:...- ou

See
Trade in Fancy Groceries.

An inspection of the retail grocery
stores in many cities will convince any
observant person that the consumption
of delicacies in the grocery line is mn no
danger of overtaking production, for the
reason that sufficient endeavors are not
made, as arule, to push their sale. Yet
no other article in the retail grocer’s
stock pays such good profits. It is mani-
fest that there is a limit to the consump-
tion of staple foods except in years of
unusually low prices, and any increase
of the individual dealer’s trade must be
at the expense of his neighbors. Witha
keen perception of this fact, the average
retailer tries his hand at it, generally
cutting prices in order to succeed. But
if the same energy and enterprise were
expended in pushing the sale of fancy
groceries, cutting would be unnecessary,
because dealers have in this line in many
neighborhoods practically a virgin field.
There is, of course, a large trade annually
in every town and eity in many descrip-
tions of fancy groceries, but it is gener-
ally restricted to afew establishments,
and there are great possibilities of further
development of the trade by the smaller
stores. Especially does this statement
hold good at this season of the year, and
during the late summer and early fall,
when the average palate inclines to
lighter and more toothsome foods than
those consumed in cooler weather. There
are many appetizing delicacies suitable
for hot weather, the consumption of
which is quite limited, owing to the neg-
lect of the retailer to properly push them.
The mere display of show cards descrip-
tive of summer beverages and salad dress-
ings’and the usual hot weather goods is
sufficient now-a-days to insure a steady
sale, but there are many less widely
known articles which must be seen to be
appreciated and createa demand. Many
of these delicacies are put up in glass
and tin, and are admirably adapted for
display, especially those in glass, as the
contents are visible and present such an
enticing appearance that patrons need
little urging to give them atrial. Such
goods should not only be displayed in
the show window, but on the counter in
a neat manner, where customers can have
a good view, and convenient to the hands
of the proprietor and his assistants when
an opportunity presents itself for calling
the attention of patrons to their peculiar
qualities and merits.

 

Peter Brautigam, the North Dorr mer-
chant, was in town last Friday.

 

 

GOOD

Close to the different railroads.
ment.

In abundance.

 

City Improvement Committee,  -

MANUFACTURERS

Desiring a good location will find the City of

Hastings, Mic

A very desirable place. The Common Council and the Citizens will furnish

SITES

They will take stock and give every encourage-
We have

Hard VVood L.ijmber

Address at once

City of Hastings,

 

Learn to Speak Respectfully.

I stood in a store, the other day, when
a boy came in and applied for a situa-
tion.

“Can you write a good hand ?’’ was
asked.

“Vaas.’’

“Good at figures ?”’

‘Vaas.??

‘Know the city well ?’’

*Yaas.”7

“That will do—I don’t want you,”’
said the merchant.

‘“‘But,”’ said I, when the boy had gone,
“T know that boy to be an honest, indus-
trious boy. Why don’t you give hima
chance ?”’

“Because he hasn’t learned to say
‘Yes, sir,’ and ‘No, sir.’ If he answers
meas he did when applying for a situa-
tion, how will he answer customers after
being here a month ?’’

What could I say to that? He had
fallen into a bad habit, young as he was,
which turned him away from the first
situation he had applied for.

~<a
VISITING BUYERS.

John Smith, Ada Sullivan Lumber Co,
Wm Hewitt, Campbell Sullivan
John Kamps, Zutphen A W Fenton, Bailey
John Damstra, Gitchell Spring & Lindley, Bailey
G Ten Hoor, Forest Grove F Narregang, Byron Center
P Vanden Bosch, Zeeland P Brautigam,No Dorr
D F Clement, Spring Lake ES Botsford, Dorr
John Gunstra, Lamont Maston & Hammond,
C H Deming, Dutton Grandville
Carrington & North, Trent Walling Bros,Lamont
A Hester & Co, E Jordan Dr 8 J Koon, Lisbon
N F Miller, Lisbon Geo P Stark, Cascade
L Cook Bauer CB Shaver, Kalkaska
OB Granger, Plainwell J T Perham, Kent City
M M Robson, Berlin Jno Fitzgerald, Baldwin
SS Dryden & Sons, Allegan E White, Lee
J Raymond, Berlin F D Warren, Martin
J W Lovely, Howard City J DenHerder&Son, Overisel
Silas Loew, Burnips Cors Smallegan & Pickaard,
B Gilbert & Co, Moline Forest Grove
S J Martin, Sullivan
H Dalmon, Allendale
Wm Karsten, Beaver Dam
H pg Jamestown
H Van Noord, Jamestown
M A Side, Kent City
J W Mead, Berlin
Sauerbier & Schoefer,
Big Rapids

F B Watkins,Hopkins Sta
J P Cordes, Alpine

John DeVries, Jamestown
John Giles & Co, Lowell
C ECoburn, Pierson
John Baker, Chauncey

H A Dailey, Lumberton W Ver Meulen, Beaver Dam
J Kinney, Kinney Alex Denton, Howard City
RB Gooding eSon ,Gooding L M Wolf, Hudsonville

Geo A Sage, Rockford EE Hewitt, Rockford

HARDWARE.

The Hardware Market.

The sheet iron market is firm, with an
advancing tendency. The tin market
in London and New York is firm, heavy
handlers holding for higher prices.
Rope is weak. The rumors relative to
the abandonment of the American Straw-
board Co. are without foundation, the
combination having been reorganized on
the basis of $6,000,000 capital, including
26 mills and all the personal property
appertaining thereto. The manager in-
timates that the price will probably be
advanced from 32 to 35 cents.

 

 

 

 

 

Prices Current.

 

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

 

 
 

AUGURS AND BITS, dis.
yes OMSIG
BC as 60
Cogn 6 ee ee. 40
Jennings’, genuine...........--... sees eee 25
senuings Paitaigon --..- 50&10

AXES.
Hirst Quality, S. B. Branze....-..- 2.2.2... $ 7 00
= © & Bronze... ..... 8. 11 00
Sf S Steel... 0...) 8 50
° Be sea 13 00
BALANCES, dis.
Spree ee 40
BARROWS. dis.
Banread $8 14 00
Gorden 8 net 30 00
BELLS. dis
Hoa: 60810410
Gow ee 70
Ca ee —
Gane. eee
oor, Sargent... 60&10
BOLTS, dis.
EOC —
Carriage new list.......
Piege ee 40610
Sleigh Shee is ess 70
Wrens Barrel Bolts, 2.000, 60
(Cust barre! Ges... es 40
Cast Barrell brass Emobs.--................ 40
Cast Square Spring ee ee cee ee 60
Goat Chain oe. 40
Wrought Barrel, brass Knob...... eteeteee 60
Wrought Square a 60
Wrought Gui Wisi os 60
Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Flush.. .60&1
yes Heer... 60610
BRACES. dis.
Marber ...:. oss 40
Backus .......- 50&10
Spotrerd -.-... 50
Rae Bee ee net
BUCKETS.
Wel mise $ : 50
Well Swavel. es 4 00
BUTTS, CAST. dis.
(Cast Loose Pim fgeured.  -: se T&
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed. .-........:- &
Cast Loose J: oint, genuine bronzed.......... 60&
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 60&10
Wrought Loose Pa —_—

 
 

Wrought Loose Pin, acorn tip.
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned
Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silvertipped.
Maoucm. taple oe... ee 60.
Wrougnt Inside Blind.....-...._.-.---..._.
Wroucnt Brass...
ine CINr eee eee
Blind, Parkers. 9. ee:
Blind, Shepares 22.

  
  

 

Ordinary Tackle, list t April 7, 185... se 40
CARPET SWEEPERS.

Bissell No. Boece ee eee cees eee c eee es per doz. $

Bissell No. 7, new drop pan ........

dssetl Grane .

Grand Rapids. 22000000 ee

er -

CRADLES.

Graig dis. 50&02
CROW BARS.

Gast Stee. per b 4%
dren, Steel Peimts.... -. 3%
CAPs,
Cee ee esc per m 65
ners © Bo 60

Oe . 35
MPaskGCE 8. < 60
CARTRIDGES.

Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list.. 50
Rim Fire, Waited States (2900. dis. 50
Central Fire... ee dis. 25
CHISELS. dis.
Roeicee WiftMOr. oo 70&10
Socket PEamimg. 2.000000. os 70&10
SGGWEUCOTMOP oo ss se 70&10
Soeket SUGCES 20400005. 70&10
Bovchers. tanscea Farmer - (| wee 40
Barton's Soeket Firmers......:....0.500 0. 20
ONG occ e eo net
COMBS. dis.
Gury: Eawrenees 40&10
Giese 25
CHALE,
White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10
cocks.
Brass, MaGKIWe A.
Bo a ee
ee 40810
Wenns ..0...570). 2202. oc
COPPER.
Planished, 14 oz cut to size...... per pound 28
Taxis, 14558, Pee cl. 26
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.... ........... 24
ola Hotled, tax45 0 24
Magers ee 25
DRILLS. dis,
Morse a til SIGCRG, 40
Paper and straight Shank................... 40
Morse’s Taper SHARE... 6)... 2... 0.6... 1... 40
DRIPPING PANS.

Small sizes, ser pound .....-........-+.2 ees 07
Large sizes, per pound... .-.. 5.5.4... 2... 6%4
ELBOWS.

Gem. 4 piece: Gin... 3. doz. net. %
GOerneeeee ees oe dis. 20&10&10
WiGHRIARIC Gos ce ce gta dis. %&10

SPEREIL, SCRAPERS.

 

No. 3 3

 

 

No. 1 holds 7 feet of earth.
No. 2 “ 5 sé “cc

 

 

Foster, Stevens & Co.,

WHOLESALE

10 and 12 Monroe St.

HARDWARE.

33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis St,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

EXPANSIVE BITS. dis.
Clark's, small, $16; jurce: €25................ 30
yes). 1, We: 2 wet Se 25

FILEs—New List. dis.
American File Association List............. 60&10
SAGs ee 60&10
New American........ 60&10
INIGHOIAOHS oe: 60410
OCUIOE ee 50
eller s Horse Haspe 50

GALVANIZED IRON.
29 and 24: 2% and 26; 27
14 ,

y

Nos. 16 to 20;

List 12 13 . =
Discount, 60
u GAUGES. dis.
Stanley Rule and Leyel Co.’s..... ......... 50
HAMMERS,
Neavdoele g@es.000) 6 oT. dis. 25
ea dis 25
Werkes & Pimp s....5......:....¢.0.0.: dis. " 0&10
Maron Sold Cast Steel...) 30¢ list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand....30c 40&10
HINGES.
Gate. Clarus 1.2.3 .05...0..-25. 2. dis.60&10
See per doz. net, 2 50

Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and

oe 34%
Screw Hook and Eye, ee net 10
Sea net 8%

o c es met 1%

Y a ‘ ee net %%;
Soe ee dis. 70

dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mig. oR Wood track... .50&10

Champion, anti-frietion...........-........ 60&10
Midder, wood rae 40

HOLLOW WARE

ce bees sd clerea calc 60&05
Mertles ese 60&05
Ge —
Gray enameled (0)... 2
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
Stamped Tin Ware................. new list 70410
aapained Pin Ware... 6... os. 25
Granite fron Ware ............... new list 3314410
HOES.

Grab $11, dis. 60
Grapes $11.50, dis. 60
Grape #12, dis. 60

HORSE NAILS.

Aa sae dis. 25&10@25&10&10

Prgms dis. 5&10&2%&2%

IMGriEWOeHterH. 0000. dis. 10&10&5
KNOBsS—New List. dis.

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. a

Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings...... ee 55

Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... ao

Doge, porceluin, trimutings ...-_.......-... =

Drawer and Shutter, porcelain es
Picture, H. E. Judd & Covg............ 4010
HICMACHe

LOCKS—DOOR. dis.

Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55

Mallory. Wheeler @ Co/s................... a

Cea ee ae 55

DNOTWIAIEOR oo 56
LEVELS. dis.

Stanley Rule and Leyel Co’s............... 70

MATTOCKS,

GAO EVO $16.00, dis. 60

Hunt Bye $15.00, dis. 60
AGH Se €18.50, dis. 20&10.
AULS. dis.

Sperry & Co.’s, Post, ‘handle Fe eet cele 50
a _

Coffee, —— Co. 40

ES. & WW. Nite, Co.’s Malleables... 40

. Landers, erry & Clark's. ........... 40

cS FACPRTING 25
MOLASSES GATES. dis.

Steppins Pattern...) ..).. 3-2... 8s. 60&10

Cepbin s Genuine oj. 60&10
Enterprise, self-measuring.............-...- 3

NAILS

Advance above 12d nails.

FENCE AND BRADS.

Sod to GG. 8 ees

ee ee

ee

Clana | ee...

aed one oe
3d

CASTING AND BOX.
id to 30g
0d

SSssass S88 Sssshok

 

COMMON BARREL,
A
ee ena 2 25

CLINCH.
1% and — inch Bee oe cee cout e 1 35
ee ip
2% and oy ee ee 1 60
3 inch ee 85
Sie and S26 Ae 75
‘Each half a 10 cents extra.
OILERS, dis.
@ine or tim, Chase's Patent. .-............... 60&i0
ine. with DESES DOOM... -. 1-5... 50
erase GECOMper 60 266580 50
IRCRDEE ee per gross, = net
Olmasteaa’s .........-..5.-..25.0.0 2. 50&10
TLANES. dis.
@hio Poo! Cas: Taney... --: 5... |... 40@10
Seiota Boneh. 3 ie ec @60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.. a . 40@10
Benen fret quay @60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood... .... 20&10
PANS.
Wry, AGme 2 24) s dis. 60
Common, peliadied Se oa dis. 70
RIVETS. dis.
Trog cd Tinmeea. 8 wt 50
Copper Rivets and Burs.........--.-....--.- 50
PATENT FLANISHED IRON.
‘4’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20
‘“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27. 9 20
Broken packs 4c per pound extra.
ROPES.
Sisal. +4 neh and larver .............-...... 12%
Manta ee 14%
SQUARES. dis
Steovaned AVON oe oto %5
Wry aug eVels. 6 eo 60
ee 20
SHEET IRON.
Com. Smooth. Com.
Woe 16 te 14. 200 se #4 2 $3 00
EEE ee 4 20 3 00
ore 28 Ge 42 3 10
MiGs CRIO A ob es 4 W 3 15
eS - 126 ce 4 40 $35
ING Wee ee 4 $3

60
oa sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches
wide not less than 2-10 extra

 

 

SAND PAPER.

Riecacer ss oo. dis. 40
SASH CORD.

Silver Lake, White AU. list 50

ia +........ ........._.. = 55

« Witte 6.2.10... 1... .. . 50

: Iwep Bo... . 55

eu White €......-... 5. eae 35

Discount, 10.

He SASH WEIGHTS.
Selig tyes per ton #25
SAUSAGE SUUFFERS OR FILLERS.

Miles’ ‘‘Challenge”’....per doz. $20, dis. 50@250&05
Perry... per ‘doz. No. 1, #15; No. 0,

ee #21; dis. 50@50&5

Draw Cut No.4... 1... each, $30, dis 30

Mnterprise Mfg. Co....-............. dis. 20410@30

ee, dis. 40&10

SAWS. dis.

Dissiows Circuiae. oo cl. 45@45&5

na Crees Cae. cs . 45@45&5

. Hand. . .BO@O25H5

*Extras sometimes giv en ‘by. jobbers.

ARS) CUCU dis. 9
Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70
Special Steel Dex X Cuts, perfoot.... 50

** Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot: .
“Champion and Electric Tooth X

   

Curses yer feces. 28
TACKS. dis.
mmericns, all kinds...) .3.........-...... 60
ecel, SI Made 60
swea@ce air ids 9... ce “a
Cumpand isee 60
Cigar Sox Nails |... 8... ee... ee 50
Hitmen Nats... 8 t 50
Common and Patent Brads.. eee. 56
Hungarian Fails and Miners’ ‘Tacks........ 50
Prune and Clow, Natig. 3 50
Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails .. 45
beathered Carpet Taema =. 35
TRAPS, dis.
Sieel Game. ee 60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... 7
PEOLCHISA 70
BS ee w. Mee Cae oo, 7
Mouse) choker 18¢ per doz.
Mouse, delusion.. / . 81.50 per doz.
WIRE, dis.
Werivet Greet 67%

ORIG MEEHCS, sk 70&10

Copperea Sarket. 8. =
xtra Bee

Ouuned Market... eave
mines room... per pound 09

ined MeatGnees. |g. per pound “4
Coppered Spring Steel.....
Tinned Spring Steel.

 
 

 
 

 

Ria Wenee er pound 03
Barbed Fence, 3 75
WIECS 3 00
COmpee 1ew list net
BYaee
| WIRE GOODS. dis.
ee. -70&10&10
Rerew EVER. oo. .-70&10&10
Boggs ec . - -70&10&10
Gate Hooks and Byes............... . - 70&10&10
' WRENCHES. dis.
Baxter's Adjustable, nickeled..... ..... 30
Coes Genuine... ... 50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, ere Meee cens 75
Coe’s Patent, malleable.. 4c. er
MISCELLANEOUS, dis.
ire Cae ce, oe) ee 50
Pumps, Cistern....................252--+- >
Nerews, New Eigg
Casters, Bed and Plate............ 2... 50&10810
Pampers, Amerigan........................ 40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 65
METALS,
PIG TIN.
Pig Daree. 28¢
Pee Bare. 2... ee ee 30¢
COPPER.

Duty: Pig, Bar and Ingot, 4c; Old Copper, 3¢
Manufactured (including all articles of which
Copper is a component of chief value), 45 per
cent ad valorem. For large lots the foltenwbne
quotations are shaded:

INGOT.

Tce ccm easy a 18%

“Samenee, Brame lc 18
ZINC.

Duty: Sheet, 2%c per pound.

Geinound Cages 6%

rer poue: I@7%

Duty: Pig, # per 100. nie Old ceet 2c per

pound. Pipe and Sheets 3c per pound.
American

Ce @5
Ber ee
ee ee 8e, dis. 20
SOLDER,
ee 16
Extra Wiping ............0.-.-- eee ee eee es ees 13%

The prices of the many other qualities of
solder in the market indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.

ANTIMONY.

Ceebaen r pound 14
Paes oe ™ EP 114% 4

TIN—MELYN GRADE,

10xi4 IC, Charcoal Le ---8 6 00
eee ee so. OCD
12x12 IC, ee eee coe. GC ae
14x14 IC, eS ese sess 20 OG
UN woes

10x14 IX, ee ‘oe
14x20 IX, Es eas ud ol oe core 2.
12x12 1X, ee eco Oe
14x14 IX, ee I touns Ie oe
20x28 IX, en ST Ie SS

Each additional X on this grade, $1.75.

N—ALLAWAY GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal Se ce eed ue $5
14x20 IC, 5
12x12 IC, . 5
14x14 Ic, a 9
29x28 IC, ~ 1
10x14 IX, Eee Se 6
6
7
1
4

14x20 IX, re

12x12 IX, sh

14x14 IX, Be ee eee cece Settee de teed ee 1

20x28 IX, ee cee cee aue sodas Gad vocuecae 1
Each additional X on this grade $1.50.

ROOFING PLATES

SRASSERRSS

Sam ic, “
14x20 IC,
14x20IX, “
mxes IC,  “ “
wasein, |“ “
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE,

BONGO PE #12
14x31 IX 3
14x56 IX, for No. : Boilers, |
14x60 60 TX, es

 

S238 S88SSSSRS

{ per pound....

 

4163

 

 

The Michigan Tradesman.

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association.

 

 

A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

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Retail Trade of the Wolverine State. |
E. A, STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. |
oe |

Subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable |
strictly in advance. |
Advertising Rates made known on application.

Publication Office, 100 Louis St.

 

Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office.

 

E. A. STOWE, Editor.

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1889.

 

 

 

THE RIGHT OF HIGHWAY. |
THe TRADESMAN must applaud the}
members of the Salvation Army who}
went to jail in Quincy, Mass., rather than
pay a fine for parading without a license.
They are defending the right to free use|

of the streets and highways of America, |
against preposterous restrictions which |
have grown up in some parts of our |
country. There is a notion that the|
community creates and
roads has the right to prescribe under |
what conditions they shall be used. The
fact is that the making of public high-
ways is acondition on which mankind
at large has consented to the establish-
ment of private ownership of the lands
and tenements past which such highways
run. The rights of the human race in
this planet antedate the rights of the
people of Quincy to their town lots; and
the latter are held in severalty on
condition that mankind shall be embar-
rassed as little as possible in its pagsing
fo and fro legitimate errands.

which streets

on its

Another false notion is that while one|
man ortwo men or five men may use

streets or roads without restriction. fifty
or a hundred moving together must ask
leave. Until it can shown that the
hundred obstruct needlessly the use by

be

one or five, the right of the hundred is
proportionally greater than ‘that of the
smaller number. To parade the
streets or highways is just as lawful as
to walk on them, and he who pays a fine
inflicted for parading abandons in so far
a natural and universal right, on which
parochial legislation has encroached.
This the position taken the
English courts as to the use of the streets
of English towns by this same Salvation
Army, when the mayors of the towns
tried to suppress their parades by the
authority of municipal ordinances.
Lastly, there is the modern and false
idea that religious meetings are properly
in-door affairs, and may be driven off the
streets whenever the public pleases. All
great religious movements—Buddhism,
Christianity, the Friars, the
2eformation, Quakerism, Methodism—

on

was by

primitive

|; were

| duction
| policy of

| with

 

 

 

 

made their power felt in the open air aud |
in masses who would not come to church. |
A formal and self-satisfied church may
encase itself in brick and mortar;
earnest church will out into the
highways and hedges and compel them

an

7 EO

to come in.”’
It always is said in such cases that the

applied

not have

should have for
and it would
That exactly what they
should not have done. To ask for per-
mission is to admit the right of refusal,
and that the Salvation Army never should

admit.

offenders a

*‘Jicense,”’ been

18

refused.

 

SET BACK FOR THE SALT TRUST.

About ten days ago the propagators |
of the salt trust. yclept the North Ameri-
can Salt Company, announced that sub-

|
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scription books had been opened in New
York and London for the $11,000,000 |

|
stock and $4,000,000 bonds which the|

corporation proposed to float, accompan-|

that there
undoutedly be twice as many offerings |
Such a statement |
was made by President Burt toareporter
of the Detroit Free Press last Tuesday,
at which time the Salt King claimed to |

ied by the statement would

as could be accepted.

have telegrams and cablegrams in his
to substantiate his claim.
When the books were on Thurs-
day night, however, it was found that
barely $2,000,000 had been subscribed,
which so disheartened the directors that
they authorized the Associated Press ta
make the following statement:

While the subscriptions have been very
numerous and in the aggregate large,
the trustees feel that they are not justi-
fied in proceeding to an allotment of
shares on the present basis without
further conference with subscribers and
venders. This, onaccountof subscribers
being on both sides of the Atlantic, and
the venders widely separated, will take
time, andit has been decided to return |
subscriptions and postpone further ac-
tion until these negotiations can be com-
pleted.

This action of the directors undoubt-
edly sounds the death knell of the pro-
posed trust. The refusal of capitalists
to invest in the enterprise plainly shows
the distrust with which men of money
have begun to regard large monopolistic
undertakings and presages the eventual
downfall of such aggregations of capital,
as soon as the people wake from the
lithargy in which they appear to have
fallen.

possession

closed

 

 

 

ee
A HARD NUT TO CRACK.
The Detroit Journal thus refers to a
subject which is perplexing the business
men of more than one Michigan town:
Several Michigan towns are trying

 

| testimony, it is

\tions organized in other states, where

 

very hard to see if water works really do

cut down insurance rates. Not answered |
yet.
It has been the experience of the past

| that the greater safeguards the business |
|'men adopted against fire and the more

perfect municipalities made their water |
works, the higher the insurance rates
Such the condition |
under the ‘‘board’’ system, which the
business men of the State impelled the|
Legislature to stamp with the seal of
infamy. Under the present system of |
“rating bureaus,’? which resemble the |
defunct ‘board’ in about the same pro- |
portion that the shadow does the sub-|
THE TRADESMAN that |

raised. was

stance, believes

| the insurance companies are endeavoring

to do the insuring public justice and that |

|} improvements tending to reduce the fire |

risk will bring about a corresponding re- |
rates. Such is cevtainly the |
the Grand Rapids manager,
THe TRADESMAN is

in

whose work
somewhat familiar.

—$—_———— LT

THE MUSKEGON MEETING.

As Tue TRADESMAN goes on the press
this week, representatives of the bus-
iness men of the State are gathering at
Muskegon for a three days’ discussion of
the subjects most vitally affecting their
interests. Previous conventions of this
character have wrought great good to the
business public and there is every reason
to believe that the fourth convention
will fully equal, if not exceed, its prede-
cessors in this respect.

The only regret suggested by the con-
vention is that every business man in the
State is not directly interested in the
meeting and its work and is not a part
and parcel of the Association which ren-
ders the holding of such conventions
possible.

OO ———

The investigation which has resulted
in the appeal of Convict Klemmer
against the infliction of death by elec-
has out a great deal
which was not known to the New York
Legislature when the law was passed to
substitute the electric shock for the
hangman’s noose. One electrician after
another has given testimony to the effect
that there is no absolute certainty that
sueh a shock will kill. It was said by
one witness that it was possible to raise
the tension to a point which he thought
would certain to produce instan-
taneous death, but it would be at the
risk of bursting the generating ap-
paratus and killing the attendants. Yet
the most powerful artificial current pro-
duces only a spark ef a few feet in
length, while people have recovered
from being struck by a flash of lightning,
which is at least half a milelong. Others

tricity, brought

be

doubted whether any shock would be
certain to produce death in every case.
The effect of electricity on different tem-
peraments differs as much as the effects
of alcohol, or What prob-

ably would be sure death to one, might

even more.
merely inflict the most terrible suffering
on another, or produch a temporary pa-
ralysis of the vital and sentient powers.
law pre-
seribing that death shall be inflicted by a
means which will not certainly put an
And it is unconstitutional
it would inflict the ‘‘cruel and
unusual punishment’ forbidden by the

Therefore, the is defective in

end to life.

because

State Constitution, where death was not
Under the weight of this
not unlikely that the
Court of Appeals will set the law aside

the result.

on constitutional grounds, and we shall
hear no more of this new fad in penal
legislation.

—_———

THe TRADESMAN regrets to note that
a number of building and loan associa-

the laws governing such organizations
are more lax than in Michigan, are gain-
ing a foothold in different parts of the
State. Michigan has law
in this respect and there is no reason

an excellent
for seeking outside connections, unless
the men who are aiding the invaders are
more anxious to build up Minneapolis
and other outside cities than they are
our own cities andtowns. Leaving aside
the responsibility of these outside enter-
prises, which in several cases is a matter
of grave doubt, THe TRADESMAN ques-
tions the policy of going abroad for any-
thing when a better article can be ob-
tained at home.

 

| the past.
| complished fully as much as we expected;

 

 

The Detroit News is making a desper-
ate attempt to secure a subscription foot-
hold in Grand Rapids, but this end of the |

|

institution does not appear to have the |

co-operation of the home office. The
yituperative editorial attack on the
West Michigan Fair, which is one of

the enterprises in which the Valley City |
takes especial pride, and the savage on-
slaught on President Ramsdell, are
hardly caleulated to increase the esteem
in which the News is held in this locality.

 

The American Express Co. is so forta-|
nate as to have an Angell in its employ,
but he is lacking in most of the attributes |
of the real angel. Business courtesy is |
a comparative stranger in his locality,
while fairness and equity are qualities |
he has never cultivated. Anyone who |
has suffered aJoss at the hands of his |
company, and placed the claim in his |
hands for adjustment, will appreciate |

the justness of the above criticism.

FADED/LIGHT TEXT

ANNUAL REPORT

 

| Of Secretary Stowe to the Muskegon

Convention.

A year has passed since we met at
Cheboygan, where we parted company
with the firm determination of pushing
the work of organization even more en-
ergetically than it had been pushed in
In some respects we have ac-

in other respects, we have not fulfilled
the promise of a year ago.
T assume that the first thing you will

 

 
 

want to ascertain is our financial condi-
tion. Our receipts have been as follows:
Aug. 21 Cheboygan..... ......----:- cg, 1 80
Sept. 4 Kalamazoo ..... -----+++ sess: 40 00
“43 Frank Hamilton..........----- 8 30
of Lowell fl ee eo ae

DE MPGKUD. 0. 6 oe ee ees we 10 00

: SO CWOREO 2.0 2 ee eee ee ee 36 50
Oct. 1 Davison....2.-..;-2.-5.-4....--3 17 00
e + Morley: .-.:.......---.->+.--.-. 10 50 |

S Dimondale ..2 5. :,.-.: 5°. Sa
So Nashville. 2. 0.5.5.0 502-2 ese 14 50

S Dor... 3... 6 50

S Aghley. _.....°....- ---.--.-... 8 50

& Seneacuen...:,.......-..-.... 15 00

6 Pa ee

6 Traverse City .-.-.....----.---- 50 00

@ Batiic Créeck:.....-.2.2,-....--« 46 00

73 AA ee oui 3 50

Fo PS) oe casa aie tesa oe 40 50

on Pelaire se. 10 00

30: Ploiuwell.....-_.°.-.-. = 5 19 50

4 39 South Haven. .:.....-.-) -- <5 21 00
Nov. @ Hife Lake ....---°...---- 2. 7 00
Dee. 6 Caledonta ....-..-..-.--.--.- 12 00
. do Boekford. 5... 16 50
12 Quiney.---.-.---- 17 50
re 13 Walerviiet......-..---.----.-.- 4 00

2 is Bape ee a
' 18 ‘Charievore. >. 5.2.05. 16s 15 00

Of Cereenymle. 9. oe ee a 35 00

. 26 East Jordan and South Arm.... 3 00

- 27 Bay City and West Bay City.... 3 00
Jan. 0 Preckentidge........-.--..--.-- 6 50
. S flusnine .- ... ee: 3 00
- @ Boyne Ciy...-..--..-_-.. 2... 6 00

8 Hast Sacmaw ....-.-..-.--.-... 26 50

S Winshie os 7 50
11 South Bavyen..-.----.---...._-.. 1 00

a i8 Bangor .:....-.----...-......... 19 50

rr 56 Atma 3 ee ee 18 50
" 30 Breckenridge............--..--- 50

= Si Sherwood..-.-.:...--...-- 2 oo
Feb. S Monwice 62). 15 00
. 5 South Boardman. ..........5_. 250

< 6 Cheboyean.-..--.------. 2... 10 00

Y Plainwelk oo...) 2 00

S kK npsiey --...-.--.--._. _-- Co. 2 oe

i 9 Harbor Springs.............----, 159.00

S Weanyi c................_...... 10 00

14: Grong Baven...-.°.-.. 1-0... 15 00

45 Meamistee 20k 14 50

. a7 Belevue........................ [ow
Mareh 5 Hyarh..-....--...2...-. 8. 6 25
ie ¢ Caledonin.._(:. -.-...---- 1 ¢0
re Sh) Standise..2..2.-.. 22.27. eS 10 00
April 2 HEvart..... .....2---- --ee secre 6 25
. a Oe. 12 00
hi K Shempood 9 2:.0-2...2 5)... 1 OD)
May %4 Millbrook and Biancherd..-... saree
July 3 Shepherd... .-..-...---.--- < DO
" 15 Millbrook and Blanchard...... 1 ®
10 Shemusn .....-........-.. _.... 7 OO

otal receipts: 640500) ste $74 10

Eleven new charters have been granted
during the past year—No. 77 to 87, inelu-
sive. from which the State body derived
a revenue of $33.

In accordance with the instructions of
the Executive Board, I deposited the
funds of the Association in the Kent
County Savings Bank, remitting same to
Treasurer Sprague as fastas the deposits
reached $100. I have, accordingly. made
the Treasurer eight remittances, as fol-
lows:

 

 

Sept. 1 Check No. 1.....-----+----+ eee $100 00
Oct. 8 . ee ee 100 00
cag 100 00
Dee. 15 100 00
“ie . 100 00
Feb. 6 100 00
48 100 OO
July 26 74 10
Motel... ese S774 10

Thave double vouchers for these re-
mittances—the receipts of the Treasurer
and the canceled checks.

Our receipts show a slight falling off
from those of the previous fiscal year,
which amounted to $841.06. Our mem-
bership also shows aconsiderable shrink-
age, having decreased from 2,456 to 150.
This is due to the failure of thirty-nine
of our local bodies to remit the per capita
tax. Had these’ reported on the same
basis as the year before, our total mem-
bership could not have fallen short of
3,000. Frequent notifications of the de-
linquency have been sent out during the
year, with but little apparent effect, no
amount of printed and written appeals
having produced the desired effect.

Two charters have been surrendered—
Eastport, No. 8, and Oceana, No. 30.

While no headway has been made, so
far as inerease of membership is con-
cerned, marked progress has been made
in several directions, a partial record of
which will be embodied in the reports of
the several committees. I note a grad-
ual growth of the respect in which the
Association is held, both on the part of
members and those who are not mem-
bers—a disposition to recognize in the
Association the embodiment of the best
aims and efforts of business men gen-
erally. This is certainly a partial com-
pensation for the thought and energy
given our organization.

The Association has come to be looked
upon as a mediator between the whole-
sale and retail trade, and its kindly
ofiices have frequently been invoked in
the interest of fairness.

We have been officially recognized by |

the Treasury Department, at Washing-
ton, and by the Insurance Departments
of several states. An exchange of court-
esies with the Insurance Commissioner
of New Hampshire has been  particu-
larly acceptable to us, as it has enabled
us to keep pace with the progressive in-
surance movement in the Granite State.

The delinquent reports not being suffi-
ciently numerous to warrant the publi-
cation of monthly sheets, as originally
intended, we have gotten them out bi-
monthly instead. This has been in the
interest of economy, at least.

Irenew my recommendation of a year
ago, that the State body undertake the
publication of all regularly listed de-
linquents on the monthly sheets. Aside
from bringing both State and local asso-
ciations into closer relationship, this ar-
rangement would furnish the local asso-
ciations their lists more regularly and
promptly than they now get them out
themselves, while the expense would be
yery much less than under the present
system.

I recommend that both State and local

constitutions be amended so that the Ex- |

ecutive Committee shall consist of the
chairmen of the various standing com-
mittees. In the State body, for instance,
the chairman of each committee is thor-
oughly conversant with the work of his
committee, and a number of such men
can more readily familiarize themselves
with the condition of the Association
than under the present system.
Recognizing the value of our report
and the demand for it for filing purposes
from Boards of Trade and other similar
organizations, I recommend that it be

| printed in book form, worthy of pres-
jervation, the contract to be let to the
| lowest responsible bidder, advance sheets
| to be furnished any journal wishing to
make use of same.

I come now to the mention of some
| matters of a personal character. I have
| filled the office of Secretary for three

years andits duties have always been a
pleasure to me; but I recognize the de-
| sirability of frequent rotation in office
and that the success of the Association
| can be best promoted by passing around
j the loaves and fishes. While it would
base like parting with an old friend to
|turn the duties of the office over to
|another, 1am fully persuaded that the
| best interests of the Association demand
| that the position be given to some one
| who can accord it more painstaking at-
| tention.

| In conelusion, I desire to express my
| thanks to President Wells and the other
| officers and committees of the Associa-
tion for the ready assistance they have
accorded me on every occasion where
assistance was possible, and to the mem-
bers generally for their forbearance and
| co-operation.

 

——~»+.>____—_

Final Preparations for the Convention
by the Sawdust Association.

From the Muskegon News, July 25.

The Muskegon Business Men’s Asso-
ciation met last evening at the rooms ef
the Association, in adjourned regular
session. Among the members present
were President J. A. Miller, Secretary
C. L. Whitney, Jacob Jesson, David
Hirschfield, Geo. Burdick, L. C. Mangold,
M. Duquette, M. H. Desky, Wm. Peer,
R. W. Greenizen, P. J. Connell, Ernest
Eimer, W. H. Barney and R. S. Squires.

At the session of July 17, the Associa-
tion devoted its time mainly to discus-
sion of the coming visit of the Michigan
Business Men’s Association here on July
30. Matters arose which could not be
settled then, and the meeting adjourned
to last evening. As it was an adjourned
regular session, the Association resolved
to first consider what other business
there might be befere it, and then devote
its attention to the matter in hand.

Ernest Eimer, chairman of the Com-
mittee on Manufactures, reported the re-
ceipt of the following communication :

DEAR Sin—We are negotiating for a
change in location. Our proposition is
to make a stock company of $50,000, cit-
izens of the city where we are to locate
to take $15,000 of stock, payable as fol-
lows : $5.000 when the machinery arrives,
35.000 when factory is ready to start,
$2.000 when we work twenty girls, $3,000
when we work forty girls. We propose
moving as soon as room can be obtained
for factory, and can be ready for work in
thirty days. We furnish machinery suf-
ficient for the manufacture of seventy-
five dozen corsets per day, and transfer
all our interest in valuable patents;
$5.000 of the stock to be held in the
treasurer’s hands, to be sold when neces-
sary, by order of the board of directors.

We shall employ seventy-five to 100
girls, as fast as they can be learned the
business. The stock will certainly pay
good dividends and the factory will be
of greater material benefit than male
employment. Girls earn from 35 to 37
per week. If you think your people de-
sire such a faetory and will probably in-
vest the amount named, we will meet
your people, provided that other parties
have not taken it.

MERCHANTS’ CORSET Co.

The communication was referred to
the Committee, with power to act in the
matter. Mr. Eimer proposes to show
the letter of the company to various
business men of this city, and ascertain
their views on the subject. This was
the course recommended by the Associa-
tion.

*

Cc. L. Whitney was selected to respond
to the toast ‘Our Guests.’? President
Miller stated that the club house: would
be open to the members of the conven-
tion and to visiting business men. A
circular will soon be issued to the busi-
ness men of the city urging them to at-
tend the sessions of the convention, as
the papers and resultant talks will be
to the point and of great benefit. There
is one special paper which should attract
a large attendance: ‘The best method
of securing manufacturing enterprises,”’
by A. O. Wheeler, of Manistee. This
and the discussion following will prob-
ably be one of the most important of the
meeting. especially to Muskegon.

Alternate delegates to the convention
were elected as follows. the regular del-
egates having been elected July 17: ,
D. Baker, R. W. Greenizen, J. D. Sheri-
dan, A. C. Truesde}], J. D. Huntley, Reed
| Davies. L. G. Mason, M. Duquette,
| W. H. Barney. Peter Wintermute, C. C.
| Moulton, W. H. Irvine.

After the adjournment of the Associa-
tion, the Executive Committee met to
consider some matters in connection with
the convention. Ernest Eimer. Geo. R.
| Forshee and L. ©. Mangold were ap-
| pointed a committee to attend to decor-
ating good templars’ hall, where the
business meetings of the convention will
be held. The same gentlemen were also
constituted a committee to attend to the
placing of banners in the street decora-
tions. A motion passed the committee
to hire the opera house orchestra for the
reception ceremonies at the opera house
on Tuesday evening: The matter of is-
suing complementary tickets to the excur-
sion and banquet, to persons outside
of the Association, was referred to the
Committee on Arrangements, with power
to act.

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—_——__—> --___—-
oThe simplest and most natural man-
ners are the easiest and best for a sales-
; man, but they are also the most difficult
'to acquire, for simplicity is the highest
attainment of art.

Muskegon Paper 6o,,

Dealers in

 

 

 

 

 

FINE STATIONERY, WRAPPING
PAPERS, PAPER BAGS, TWINES,
WOODEN DISHES, ETC.

 

 

 

Mail. Orders Filled.

44 Pine St., Muskegon, Mich.

Promptly

 

 

 

HARDWOOD LUMBER.
The furniture factories here pay as follows for
dry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls
out:

Fasswood, 10f- TU 00... 2 eos. ee 13 00@15 00

 
 
 
 
   

 

 

Birch, lop-eum., ... .. 60s) 1.2 OO
Birch. Nos. 4 and? ....-.. 3... 8k. @22 00
Black Ash, loprun:.:..:...-:..-.----- 14 00@16 00
Cherry, lon-tum. 2.20.3. see 25 00@40 00
@herry, Nos. 1 and 2..-......-..-.<-.. 60 00@65 00
Gherry, Cull...: .... ...: Oe ees eee owe @12 00
Manlé. loerun |. 20.5. ..255---- <s, -ine 12 00@13 00
Maple, soft, log-run..........-..--.--- 11 00@13 0
Maple, Nos. 1 and2.............----.-- @20
Maple, clear, flooring...............-- 5
no pe white, SELECLE@ 20.20... so

hea Oat. 0g ran. oo. oo. s es 20 00@21 00
Red Oak. Noss ane 2 200 26 00@2s8 00
2ed Oak, 4 sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@40 00
Red Oak, 4% sawed, regular............ 30 00@32 00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.........--. @25 0
Weinut. (Of fUn 2) oo...) en @
Walont, "0s, 1 and 7?.................. @i5 00
Wialieee Clit oo or @25 00
Grey Elm, log-run......--...-.--.--+-+ 12 00@13 05
White Aso, lop-rum..-......---.------- 14 00@16 00
Whitewood, log-run..........-...----- 20 00@22 00

White Oak JooTnn. oo okt... 17 00818 00
White Oak, 4 sawed, Nos. 1 and2....42 00@43 00

 

 

G. M. MUNGER & CO.,

GRAND RAPIDS.

Successors to Allen’s Laundry.
Mail and Express orders attended to with
p:omptness. Nice Work, Quick Time
Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Ww. E. HALL, Jr., - - - Manager.

WANTED.

POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED
FRUIT, BEANS
and all kinds of Produce.
If you have any of the above goods to
ship, or anything in the Produce line, let

us hear from you. Liberal cash advances
made when desired.

EARL BROS.,

COMMISSION MERCHANTS
157 South Water St., CHICAGO.

Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids.

FIVE DOLLARS FINE,

Or imprisonment for ten days, is the legal pen-

 

 

alty for selling tobacco in any form to a minor
without a written order from the parent or
To

Conform to the Law,

Merchants should procure a supply of blank

guardian.

orders, which will be sent postpaid on receipt of

postal note, as follows:

250 TOBACCO ORDERS -. .75
500 “ “ - 1.25
1,000 “ «“ - 2.00

All orders must be accompanied by remit-

tance.

RB. A. SYOWE & BRO., Grand Rapids.

 

 

—_—FOoR——_
cers and Hotels

—=—— =— The Best is the
aH Cheapest.
We offer you a first-
class article. Cut shows
our No. 62, in Antique
Ash, Air-tight Locks,
Padded Doors, Patent
, Interior Circulation of
Dry, Cold Air, seven
feet high, shipped in
sections, constantly in
stock for immediate
shipment. We pay
freight. Send for cata-
logue. Mention paper.
Also
LIQUID COOLERS
for milk, iced tea, etc.

 

 

    

 

tet
Sa)

red,

 

LONG HAVANA FILLER.
THEY HAVE NO EQUAL.

A. Ss. DAVIS,
127 Louis St., Grand Rapids.

THE “EDITOR'S CHOICE.

 

 

| FLINT, Migh.. April 9, 1889.
To Whom it May Concern:

| We, the undersigned committee, 8e- |
| lected by Geo. T. Warren & Co. to can-
| vas the list of names and select one for a
| Cigar Label from the many names sent
| in by the contestants, have this day

selected the following, viz: EDITOR'S

CHOICE, ‘sent in by Sig Wolf, of |

 

; Toledo, Ohio.

| JouN J. COON, Editor Flint Journal

| F. H. RANKIN, JR., of Wolverine Citizen
‘A. L. ALDRICH, of the Flint Globe.

 

 

OUR NEW BRAND OF CIGARS,

“EDITOR’S CHOICE”

Will be ready
t

 

 

for shipment in about
wo weeks.

Price, Thirty-Three Dollars per Thousand.

We shall be pleased to receive asample order

from you. Yours respectfully,

Geo. TY. Warren & Co,

c= No Chemicals.29

& CO0.’S

Breakfast Cocoa

Is absolutely pure

  
 
    

 

and it is soluble.

To increase the solubility of
the powdered cocoa, various expe-

a ee dients are employed, most of them
being based upon the action of some alkali, potash, soda or
even ammonia. Cocoa which has been prepared by one of
these chemical processes can usually be recognized at once
by the distinct alkaline reaction of the infusion in water.

W. Baker & Co.'s Breakfast Cocoa

is manufactured from the first stage to the last by perfect
mechanical processes, no chemical being used in
its preparation. By one of the most ingenious of these
mechanical processes the greatest degree of fineness is
secured without the sacrifice of the attractive and beautiful
red color which is characteristic of an absolutely pure and
natural cocoa.

 

We manufacture a full
line, carry a heavy stock,

W. Baker & Co., Dorchester, Mass.
and warrant our goods to

A | |) |" STRICTLY PURE and

B first class.

PUTNAM & BROOKS.

7 LEAD!

Let Others Follow.

 

 

 

 

Not a question of Who Can, but Who Will
sell the Best Goods for the Lowest Prices.

 

 

 

OUR NEW TEAS ARE NOW READY FOR INSPECTION.

 

 

Telier Spice Company

1 and 3 Pearl St., Grand Rapids.

 

S. K. BOLLES. E. B. DIKEMAN.

S. K. Bolles & Co.,

37 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

W holesale Cigar Dealers.

"TOSe UF tT

 

We will forfeit $1000 if the “TOSS UP”
Cigar is not a Clear Long Havana Filler of
excellent quality, equal to more than the aver-
age ten cent cigars on the market.

DEATH

To the Pass Book.

 

 

 

Such is the fate of the Pass Book System wherever it comes in
contact with the

Tradesman Gredit Govpon Book,

Which is now used by over 2,600 Michigan merchants. e

The Tradesman Coupon is the cheapest and most modern in
the market, being sold as follows:

$ 2 Coupons, per hundred.......-- -$2.50 | SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING DISCOUNTS:
$5 m i Sea aaah ay 3.00 | Orders for 200 or over....--- 5 per cent.
$10 ies na Goa las ; £00) | Se ee ee ae 10 uh ;
= < - en as. 20 «=

SEND IN SAMPLE ORDER AND PUT YOUR BUSINESS ON A CASH BASIS.

A.STOWE BRO, Grand Rapids,

PEHEREINS & HESS |

"DEALERS IN

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, |

NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,

 

 

WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE.

 

 

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The Michigan Tradesman

 

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1889.

 

 

WHAT CONSTITUTES A SALESMAN

 

Brief Opinions of a Number of Eminent |

Metropolitan Merchants.

The New York Press sent out its re-
porters to interview a number of the
leading firms and obtain their opinions
about the qualifications of a good sales-
man. The following are some of the
homeopathic points from these inter-
views:

A salesman must know how to sell.
To do this he must adapt himself to the
moods, whims and oddities of different
people. A great deal of patience is re-
quired of a salesman, especially in fitting
clothes and boots. Employers should
require that their salesmen know the
goods and tell the exact truth about them.
Honesty is the best policy, and while
policy may be a low motive, there can be
no doubt that its influence in business is
helped by the fact that it pays.—Frank
R. Chambers, with Rogers, Peet & Co.

The first requisite is tobe a good reader
of human nature and to possess the abil-
ity to judge people 1 rightly. The manner
of approach requires tact, skill and po-
liteness based upon a high standard of
morality; patience, attention, keen ob-
servation, pleasing, refined and easy
manners, are absolutely necessary if he
wishes to succeed. It is not great talk-
ers who are great salesmen or merchants.
The old saying that ‘‘Silence is golden”
is as trueas it is trite.—F. B. Thurber, of
Thurber, Whyland & Co.

A good address is important, but a ca-
pacity for judging human nature cor-
rectly and readily is better. An easy,
familiar manner, which might be effect-
ive and taking with one customer, might
offend another, while a polite reserve,
which would be proper in one case,
might be considered ‘‘uppish’”’ and
haughty in another. An extensive ac-
quaintance and a power of personality
are important factors in selling goods.—
Joshua Cregg.

There are salesmen and _ salesmen.
Many are buried in what we call the
grave of salesmen — the departments.
Most of the general salesmen are men
who have had vigor andambition enough
to rise from the grave of a department
and strike out boldy. A successful sales-
man must know the trade, be able to
remember names and faces. The inter-
est of the customer is the interest of the
house in the end.—Miles M. O’Brien,
with H. B. Claflin & Co.

A man must have a naturai aptitude
for the business to succeed. Salesmen
are born not made. Of course, he must
have knowledge of the business gained
by actual experience, but he will never
rise in his calling, unless he has the pe-
culiar gift of impressiveness in his favor.
—Benjamin Arnold, of Arnold, Con-
stable & Co.

An impressive manner. backed by
solid character, is the key-note to suc-
eess. The vast impetus given to bus-
iness by the monster establishments, the
superior organization and the improved
methods which they demand, give young
people more and_ better opportunities
than ever.—Thomas E. Ball, of Best
o CO.

A knowledge of the stock, a good eye
for form and trained eye for color will
help very much. A young man Or
woman of ordinary intelligence, who is
at all ambitious. is bound to get ahead in
salesmanship, become a buyer or head
of a department.—Mr. Pitt, of Macy’ s.

Persistence, patience to
there is achance of success. It would
be a good thing for our young men if
they had to learn their business thor-
oughly and properly by an apprentice-
ship of five or six years.—Robert Spen-
cer, of Lord & Taylor.

A young man. to be a successful sales-
man. must be honest. industrious and
intelligent. Then he must make up his
mind to give his whole attention to his

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work and not fritter his brains away
about outside matters.—John Sloan of
W. & J. Sloan.

He should be a gentleman, to begin
with, not only in outer appearances, but
in instincts. feelings and manners. Man-

ner is everything. He should understand
his customer’s nature, or mood, and
adapt himself to it easily.—Mr. Boyd, of
Brooks Bros.

Jewelry salesmen are born, they are
not made. The qualities which make a
good jewelry salesman are different from
those of a dry goods salesman, and it
would be very difficult to define the dif-
ference exactly.—Mr. Cook, Tiffany & Co.

A man must be mannerly and have
tact enough to judge of his customer’s
tastes. He must be possessed of a mar-
velous quickness of preception and ac-
tion.—Sheppard Knapp, of Sheppard
Knapp & Co.

Salesmanship can no more be taught
in a school or college than swimming can
be learned ashore. The store itself is
the best school.—Mr. Friedsam, of
Allman Bros.

To be a successful salesman SS
industry, assiduity and a display of rare
qualities of judgment and organization.—
E. J. Denning, successor to A. T. Stewart.

Strict attention to business is the main
requisite. Experience and a_ good man-
ner will do the rest.—M. T. Kelly.

— —< 9

A conceited, pretentious and affected
manner on the part of a salesman ‘dis-
gusts and repels, while one who is sim-
ple and natural in his manners attracts
and makes friends.

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For Lowest Wholesale Quotations on

Best Scranton Goal

Call on or address

A. B. KNOWLSON,

25 Pearl Street, - Grand Rapids.

 

DEALERS IN

Creamery, Cheese and Dairy
Sire Lino.

Burnap & burnap,
TOLEDO, OHIO.

 

WHOLESALE

Anthracite and Bituminous Coal.

State Trade a Specialty.
Before ordering your Coal write to us for prices.

KOAL

GRAND RAPIDS ICK & COAL CO.
HESTEHER & FOX,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY,

ATLAS ENGINE

WORKS

INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S. A:

i= line ae = MANUFACTURERS OF

STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS.

Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock Ramm
for immediate delivery.

52

GRAND RAPIDS,

Pear! Street.
MICH.

 

   
   
 
 
 
 
 

    
     
 
 

Send for ei
Catalogue i
and :

  
 

(i

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Prices.
a.

 

 

  

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tenes.

  

Me ‘m4
Pinner Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery,
Saws, Belting and Oils.

And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Samp:
Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.

Write for Prices. 44, 46 and 48 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH

 

The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast.

Grocers and Bakers not handling our yeast are requested to write for samples
and prices. One trial will convince all of its superiority for freshness and strength.

Z,. WIN TERNITZ, | Special care given outside shipments.

State Jobbing Agent, 2 isiting merchants are invited to call at
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. | the distributing depot, 106 Kent St.

DETROIT SOAP CO.,

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:

 

 

RES ATID EEE e
QUEEN ANNE, MOTTLED GERMAN, ROYAL BAR, CZAR,
TRUE BLUE, SUPERIOR, MASCOTTE, CAMEO.
PHENIX, AND OTHERS,
RA PO SE

 

 

 

For quotations in single box lots, see Price Current.
quantities, address,
W
e

G. HA WKIN S, Lock Box 173. ae

FL OUR Ste Paap Mlb

Just what farmers need.
Owl, Grown Prince, White Lily
Standard, Rye, Graham.

For quotations in larger

 

 

Bolted Meal,
Feed, Ete.

MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED.

NEWAYGO ROLLER MILLS.

 

The Cheapest, Durable,

Very

Slightest
in Draft and Most Rapid Grinder

 

 

AWNINGS

AND TENTS.

on the Market.

 

Agents Wanted for Every County

Michigan and Wisconsin.

in

 

FOR TERMS WRITE TO

1 MELOY & RICH,

oi || 20 LYON ST., GRAND RAPIDS,

Wm.

MICH.

 

Brummeler

JOBBER OF

 

 

Horse and Wagon Covers, Water Proof Coats, Buggy

Aprons, Wide Cotton Ducks, ete, Send for Ilustraved | Tinware, Glassware ont Notions.

Catalogue.
Rags, at Market

Chas. A. Coye,
Telephone 106. 11 PearlSt.| , Prices.
| %6 SPRING ST., GRAND RAPIDS,

31, ooG REWARD {| |WE CAN UNDERSELL ANY ONE ON TINWARE.

THE LARGEST AND BEST
‘LEAR LONG HAVANA FILLED

Rubbers and Metals bought

 

 

 

Crockery & Glassware

 

 

LAMP BURNERS.

   

    

  

No. 0 Sun Ce 45
WO ee es 48
SUMATRA WRAPPED CIGAR No.2 ee acs. oO
apular.... |. Re ce oe 75
or ; ’ LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box.
OLD FOR & CENTS. aes in ee ;
Bl : =r CSR ees . 1.28
benesassetitys ‘ET eres rs ee 2 00
yy : 5 mee 3 00
ae =| First quality.
3 No. 0 Sun, crimp LOD. eee ee cece cece eee eee AR 15
SE No. 1 soe ue US ae
ee — = No. 2 oc “c ce vi 25
= XXX Flint.
No. 0 Sun, crimp TOPs. ee sere eee eee ciaces ss ste OS
eo. 2 80
o> an OO 3 80
Pearl top.

_ 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled..

‘cs

No.
No. 2 Hinge, ss -

 

 
  

 

 

 

 

 

La Basti
No. i Sun, ‘plain bulb, per doz...; beoce sate 1 25
NOs ee ee Se 1 50
No 4 crimp, per COZ ee ee 1 40
NS 1 60
STONEWARE—AKRON.
aaa Butier Croces, per pal... os. os 06%
Jugs, % gal., per agor. .. 60 eo. 65
ras me 27 oe
; & *% eee eee ee 1 80
RS z ne AO ot nH Milk Pans, ¥ 6 gal., per. ‘doz. — bee)... 60
Ud S i 42 j Ul: we. .. 2
- ; FRUIT scien ine gro. $10 ta
c ARP ason’ TG i ie ee
SOLE AGENTS, “ quarts se 11 00
- - h Re PAMON oie. cscs Gees ee 14 00
ay APT AS Ler rey ig tning, —— ee eee ap ce cet ce ees 12 00
Waihteet RAI IDS. MICH. ¥%-gallon......- Daa ae ay 16 00

PERMENTUM

 

MICHIGAN CIGAR CO.,
Big Rapids, Mich.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED

The Most Popular Cigar. The Best Selling Cigar on the Market.

SEND FOR TRIAL ORDER.

SHAFTING, HANGERS,
AND PULLEYS A SPECIALTY.

FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT.

Send Specifications for Estimates before Contracting.

THE LANE & BODLEY CO.

2t048 JOHN ST., CINCINNATI, O.

CURTISS & CO,

WHOLESALE

Paper Warehouse,

GRAND RAPIDS,

W. STEELE

Packing and Provision Co.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

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

LARD

strictly Pure and Warranted, in tierces, barrels, half-bbls., 50 1b. cans, 201b. cans, 3, 5 and 101b. pails

Pickled Pigs’ Feet, Tripe, Etc.

Our prices for first-class goods are very low and all goods are warranted first-class in every in-
stance. When in Grand Rapids, give usa call and look over our establishment. Write us for
prices.

 

 

 

 

 

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= Ai sutticients Should be_ Thuroughly /=

Warmed uot cooked) adding piece ut

  

 
 
 

‘ Boor } Buiter (size ot hen’ gegg) and gil i
* fresh milk (preferable to waier.)

z I se Season to suit when on the tabie. None @
a genuine unless bearing the signature « 4
Davenport Cannirg Oo, :

Davenport, Ia.

 

     

 

H. Leonard & SONS.

——— —— Mich,

Near Union’ Depot. -

The Old Reliable.
WE ARE

Headquarters

FOR
Michigan.

26,160
Quick Meal

Stoves

Cor. Spring and Fulton Sts.

THE
Quick Meal

Gasoline

Stove
Has

Safety Points
Found
in no Other Sold
Stowe. in 1888,

Warranted to Give Satisfaction.
List Price.

 

 

 

 

 

Above Stove, with Russia Iron Oven, Self — ~ - - - $21.50
a s* Tin Oven, Self Lighter - - - 20.50

with Three Burners on Top, Russia Iron Oven, Self Lighter - - 23.50
. Tin Oven, Self Lighter - - - - 22.50

Send for Complete Illustrated Catalogue and write for Factory Discounts,
‘Useful Hints to Dealers in Quick Meal Oil Stoves’’ sent free on request.
Every dealer should have a copy.

H. Leonard & Sons.

 

“ASC. CJ." Y amy am

 

MOSELEY BROS.

—WHOLESALE——_

Fruits, Seeds, Oysters: Produce.
All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

If you are wh market to buy or sell Clover Seed. Beans or Potatoes,
pleased to hear from you.

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St.,

C. A. LAMB, Grand Rapids, Mich.

C.

Wholesale

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will be

GRAND RAPIDS.

F. J. LAMB & CO., Grand Rapids, Mich .

A. LAMA & CO.,

and Commission

Fruits

ee

Produce.

 

FRED CLOCK, Chicago, Ill.

Our Specialties:
CALIFORNIA FRUITS,
ORANGES, LEMONS,
BANANAS AND BERRIES.

56 and 58 So. Ionia St. Grand Rapids, Mich.

EDWIN FALLAS,

JOBBER OF

Butter, Egos, Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Mince Meat, Nuts, Figs, ite,

Eggs Crate Factory in connection. Price List furnished
on application.
Mail Orders Filled Carefully and Promptly at Lowest Market Price.
Cold Storage at Nos, 217 and 219 Livingstone St.

Office and Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich,
ALPReD J. BO VV ix,

WHOLESALE DEALER IN

Foreign, Yropical and Galitornia
FRUITS.

 

 

 

 

Headquarters for Bananas.

16 AND 18 NORTH DIVISION ST. - - -

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Fiucklieberries Wanted!
THEO. B. GOOSSEN,

WHOLESALE
Produce and Commission Merchant,
IS MAKING A SPECIALTY ON HUCELEBERRIES.

If you are in the market to buy or sell, or send on commission, will be pleased to hear

rom you. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

either

33 OTTAWA STEET,
Telephoue 269.

Grand Rapids Fruit and Produce 6o.,

(SUCCESSOR TO GEO. E. HOWES & CO.)

 

Jobbers of

FOREIGN FRUITS.

Oranges, Lemons and Bananas a Specialty.
3 NORTH IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS.

LEHIGH VALLEY COAL!

Will furnish at lowest circular prices Lehigh Valley Coal in
car lots. All coal of superior quality. Order at once and
save advance.

 

 

A. Himes,

TELEPHONE 490-1. MAIN OFFICE, 54 PEARL ST.

FIRE! FIRE!

We are selling the BEST RUBBER HOSE in
3-4, 1, 11-4, 11-2, 2 and 21-2 inch. Cotton Mill
Hose, Rubber Lined; also unlined Linen Hose, in all

 

sizes, for fire protection.

(ur Priggs are Rock Bottom

We have the Best Lubricators, Grease and Oil
Cups, Lath! and Fodder Yarn, Saw Gummers, and
the best General Stock of Mill Supplies in this State.

 

 

 

DEAFENING FELT
BEST

FOR STEWART’S BEADY ROOFING, AND
SHEATHING, IRON FIBRE PAINT AND CEMENT.

OF THE KIND IN USE.

SAMUBL LYON,

AGENTS

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un a ne s s wif a firs man! rk i han ise ne | ma 4 it Y, ax oubt of lots ere hidi of th sna ar will Pea ns Si ¢ per aid ‘er doz ctic, % si ia a ae beasts eae . t
latt aoe nas re = the b a: y. b sabe that to its y ap _ A ad 1 » bu work s of Geote no ing i er tehi out rive Ra a? Ib. aa cl bu oo . C8 eel i ea ‘ketad  . , barr ee
ter e lak rd is ner the vho | th usil ace usin nder of P g | case ippear s it ot ali t it wi ers t his orgi w, th it b efrac ng th of oa ate $2 . Clea nches u % b. ns, 6 d aa vvnonans n. | Pur oe Po De agg 5
ard part es. s maki ere at i 1ess I , prob ess-lik take at- be in slov adva ittle il t 10 s fath e set eha ehind tory e hat —— ot in terin 50 pe a nel : $ Ib. ae. loz. unte, in ba see 23 +o —
and tf of th On ing . sen ruck nen yably like nm 2 attai mov Ww. D nees j m ake “Cc er su t ha a you ears et. cui g lot iy mb ‘ Ib is OZ... “ i aa Gn ; Sugar ‘ eens
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ond ecre go to s. H. e ny thi mn i sult h l i , and ba of pinio ried the as ¢ Slit? repl ome jet: i era $1.25 toes 2iL¢ per! pe vale ae Te ig Ib. a ee 40 ent scceeee r. Le ae ia Diet
pay der t atio Bea _ Lea temp hin t h as ade i fully n th : obj he t?s b ace ba a £ whi R er as_Net per bu r cra stabli r fer a 1 , 100s "12 00 . ape : Bl | Sugar nap be, 30@
th aes = r La on * * gs t as f bee Ist y at ects ack s ha ck whi ile — ee ' te. et a s, ¥ Ib.‘ oe Vv ad oe oo 4@ | Frost Guess
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dnt of he Alle ct gente ee ition that “4 — a mc pune ‘gaan 7 Be
whi to lear a H.P — bo Fae s ine x. I Mere has 1 = a7 x ER ae ae RK IN Provisi POTR eect eee ee . 50 ee i kes pa Choke ceesees ar.
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ursd urred hed aes esi- ber nay work in a and | een Associ St a _* tre st. aa f ear’ he De orcs '. ; Bristol i a mecca 1B —— . impo eres ‘a — = Ose
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ari , inh Is] entle ten d RADES will ed al its wer i pub- _ f 10 lk Pail , 20in ge tna ee 8 A se v; re X 66 Holl a Se 2 “s | ee Dene a 30 >
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gc! aria out of thet Atl -| pas e? Ss has t rved HE ollo as — gig coc 63% an 40 gue LES | 15 Tr u . 1, Ye a 70 | | 86 . e
e ut of stay anti st m some hat the > M1 wed Me a bec iM Parafi r boxes : fae et 2 a. 70 | ‘aia
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ee ia oa ame a O oe of future fies og S st bec some spe o So a 1a “ aa and... a a sae cette 1s 3 coma cin s.
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m a li ’ ie wly ‘t, as i er b ent polic sociati tt hat i EEE 1 5 1b ! Ae @l im sa ; a ‘
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light heir th eatenin y. ana the rated oth in —— he more = asso ‘ : oaf, 25 boxes. ; s: a s, French aoe me a = 60 Saceme 56 “ bbl a5 an er 5
poe so- fs ae “ so ry mo "a ton, No. 2... ' r
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2 ne ai ae oe it ou eo — poliey _ men ases naan eee 103 omatoes, a ...2 15| Ki al gaa co 20 a Ce ce 7%
rate to r anua not ons * lized yt as we k ceed ey as e oo 10% ess $ | Kite poten eee
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predictin oe rane | Dut if t trade of other step | em Se ec oa 1 ae aKo8 = on tae
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cro lly fine t for that Ae ‘io soit si lox the ‘wholeson of iestion. wh eC Caramel Se ae 14 eee 100 Tam 5 881 Detroi ppee, Bee ces “ “ st tne Nene 1 60
p is frui an indi sti- ver al ve some i is wh and — 5 ae mps. i > | Su its sai a = i ; ths, No.1 5 7
s i av icati rl overm in sh at- Plai —— ante een HOH pli :
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profit ailure y cone s the N crop s|can n are by any parti its re indee a oa 15 Wem. ane = Mottled nne ie — G : : No.l 3 50
growers. nie as ag York exlange only b means. spwry to 9 Burt ig oe i |R bce 8 | Ota Ge Pai. oe “Nog 4
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. n ok i a bes an e utili rd, t 0 er ic 6@20 io, fa aaa FE Bi fermen .--..00, 85 a ro
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In h Michi i oO oul ov hy ine , but i ue ou srt 8 sl a ‘ “| Coc ri er. veers 7 ae =
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Drugs & Medicines.

Staie Board of Pharmacy.

One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.

Two Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.

Three Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.

Four Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.

Five Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.

Next Meeting—At Lansing, November 5, 6 and 7.

Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n.

President—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.

First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.

Second Vice-President—H. M. Dean, Niles.

Third Vice-President—O. Eberbach, Ann Arbor.

Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.

Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.

Executive Committee—A. H. Lyman, Manistee; A. Bas
sett, Detroit; F. J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids; W. A.
Hall, Greenville; E. T. Webb, Jackson,

Loeal Secretary—A. Bassett, Detroit.

Annual Meeting—At Detroit, Sept. 17, 18 and 19.

 

 

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.
President. J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott.

 

Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association.
President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, Albert Brower.
Detroit Pharmaceutical Society.
President, J. W.Caldwell. Secretary, B. W. Patterson.

Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association.
President, C. 8S. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt.

 

 

 

Cantharidin in Pharmacy.

The use of cantharidin in pharmacy
has been very limited, as far as I have
been able to determine, although quite a
number of methods have been recom-
mended for separating this principle
from the flies. Most of these have been
used, no doubt, with a view of determin-
ing the quality of the flies, their value
being estimated by the amount of can-
tharidin, and as a matter of experiment.

My attention was attracted to the use
of cantharidin while making some can-
tharidal collodion. I noticed how easily
this principle could be separated by the
method adopted in that process. In the
preparation a considerable amount of
cantharidin remained undissolved by the
collodion, even after agitation for several
days.

It eccurred to me that it would require
but a little extra labor to remove the
fatty matter with carbon bisulphide, and
obtain the cantharidin in a tolerably
pure state, by which the quality of the
drug used might be estimated, and at the
same time a collodion, prepared of a
known strength, by simply adding the
cantharidin to the requisite amount of
flexible collodion. A preparation made
in this manner yielded satisfactory re-
sults.

A short time after this I was called
upon tomake some vinegar of cantharides
according to the British Pharmacopeeia.
I found the process a tedious one, especi-
ally that part of the process requiring
percolation, which was exceedingly slow
and unsatisfactory. A preparation
equally efficacious was readily made by
simply dissolving cantharidin in a mix-
ture of glacial-acetic and acetic acids
corresponding to the menstrum used in
the preparation.

While I have not made any further
experiments, I might suggest its use in
the liniment of cantharides, and the
cerate of the extract of cantharides.
Referring to the last-named preparation,
I have often wondered why the Pharma-
copeia is burdened with two cantharidal
cerates. The plain cerate of cantharides,
if properly made with a good specimen
of powdered flies, seldom fails to give
satisfaction. The claim for the cerate
of the extract is that it is an elegant and
efficient substitute for the ordinary ce-
rate, as the greater portion of the inert
matter is removed in the process adopted
for its preparation.

The object of this preparation, there-
fore, is simply to remove the vesicating
principle in as pure a state as possible,
and to combine it with a suitable base.
The process is somewhat cumbersome to
the druggist, as it involves percolation,
distillation and evaporation, the final re-
sult being the removal of the cantharidin,
associated with a considerable amount of
extractive. A more simple method would
be to add a chloroformie solution of can-
tharidin to a melted mixture of wax, lard
and resin, or the cantharidin may be dis-
solved by means of heat, in a mixture of
rape seed and castor oils, and then added.
In doing this, it would be necessary to
diminish the amount of lard, as the lard
would render the cerate too soft.

But is this elegant and efficient substi-
tute an improvement over the ordinary
cerate? So far as I can learn, such is not
the case. If the objection to this prepara-
tion be the mechanical admixture of the
powdered flies, I hardly think it justifi-
able, as these small particles of the hard,
exterior parts of the insect have a ten-
dency to irritate the skin, and thereby
facilitate the vesicating action.

I had oceasion, some time ago, to test
the relative merit of these two prepara-
tions. The cerate of the extract failed
to give the satisfaction which the cerate
had previously given. That the former
preparation contained sufficient canthar-
idin there could be no doubt, as six
months after its preparation I found the
entire surface thickly studded with can-
tharidin crystals.

Cantharidin dissolved in oil has been
used in Germany. In the last issue of
the ‘‘Pharmaceutische Rundschau,’’ New
York, May, 1889, a process is given for
making cantharidal oil, as formerly
recommended by E. Dietrich, Helfenberg,
Germany. It was made by dissolving
three parts of cantharidin in two thou-
sand parts of rape seed oil. It has been
shown by F. Eger that a portion of the
cantharidin in the preparation is precipi-
tated after a time, and he recommends
the use of castor oil. The following
formula is suggested for a permanent
preparation: 0.3 grammes of cantharidin
is dissolved in 20.0 grammes of castor oil
and 40.0 grammes of rape seed oil by
means of heat, after which 140.0 grammes
of rape seed oil is added.

The main objection to the use of can-
tharidin is its expense. In Merck’s
Index 1 gramme is quoted at $2. It can,
however, be made more cheaply by the
druggist himself.

The separation of cantharidin is not
difficult; it is easily accomplished by
percolating the powdered flies with
chloroform. Ihave used for this pur-
pose a narrow Whitall-Tatum percolator,
in the bottom of which a cork was in-
serted, containing a glass tube drawn out
to a fine point and curved upward. In
this manner I was able to prevent the
percolation from going on too rapidly.
The chloroform was recovered for future
use by means of an old-style alembic,
connected with an empty bottle, acting
as a receiver, and kept cool.

With a water bath placed over an ordi-
nary spirit lamp, the distillation can be
carried on until the greater portion of

 

the chloroform is recovered. The fat
can be removed after evaporating the re-
maining chloroform by means of carbon
bisulphide or petroleum ether. In this
manner it may be obtained sufficiently
pure for pharmaceutical purposes. The
powdered drug as found in this market is
generally good, containing about 8 per
cent. of moisture and a fair yield of
cantharidin.

Other processes have been recom-
mended, such as treating the flies with
alkalies, and subsequently with acid, be-
fore using chloroform or ether, by which
means a larger yield is obtained. Per-
haps the best method is that of dialysis,
recommended by E. Dietrich. But as far
as the commercial article is concerned, it
is yet too expensive to be used, at least
in this country.

I“would, therefore, recommend the
druggist to prepare it himself, as I be-
lieve that cantharadin could be used in a
number of the pharmaceutical prepara-
tions now kept in the stores, thereby
saving considerable time, besides secur-
ing preparations of known strength,
which is always an object to be desired.

F. A. GRAZER.
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Sunday Closing in Pennsylvania.

At the meeting of the Pennsylvania
Pharmaceutical Association, the prosecu-
tion of druggists for selling articles not
strictly medicinal was discussed. Accord-
ing to the newly-elected President of the
Association, John W. Miller, the sale of
a toothbrush on Sunday, in Alleghany
county, was punishable with a fine of
$25. This was regarded not only as un-
just, but as discrimination, since the fine
for similar offences in other counties of
the State was only $4. The paper was
withdrawn in deference to the sentiment
of the Association, who feared that it
may be interpreted as favoring Sunday
traffic, and a resolution passed that ‘‘the
Association recommends drug stores be
kept open on Sundays only for the sale
of necessary articles, with due regard for
the laws of God and the commonwealth.’’
Without discussing the moral involved
in the question, or attempting a defini-
tion of what constitutes ‘necessary arti-
cles,’? except that as cleanliness is next
to godliness, so shovld soap and brushes
also be necessary articles, if sold with
due regard to cleanliness, the Associa-
tion could scarcely be conversant with
the true inwardness of this prosecution
as conducted by the Alleghany County
Sunday League, or it would have set its
mark of disapproval of its methods and
the men composing it. If the resolution
is intended for the larger county on the
other end of the State, where the chief
business on Sunday in many drug stores
is the dispensing of liquors, because of
the closing of the saloons on this day by
the Sunday League, it may possibly have
a good moral effect, though it is feared
that something more is required than a
resolution to stop the liquor traffic in
drug stores in prohibition localities.

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Wholesale Poisoning with Arsenic.

A murder trial has just terminated in
Paris which was prolific of sensational
horrors. The accused, Pastre Baussier,
a student and apprentice in pharmacy,
stood charged with having poisoned with
arsenic no less than thirteen persons.
One of the victims was Madame Decamp,
the wife of his teacher and employer.
The motive assigned in this case was
revenge for having accused him of a
theft. Another victim was a fellow
student and clerk, the alleged motive
beiug the fact that the deceased stood in
his way in the matter of preference.
His master, M. Decamp, was killed be-
cause he suspected him. The mother-in-
law of his master and two servants went
the same road to the hereafter, because
(as was alleged) they had informed the
suecessor of M. Decamp inthe pharmacy,
of certain dishonorable acts of Baussier.
And so on through the list. The prose-
cution proved the motives, showed that
the deaths had occurred from arsenical
poisoning, and that Baussier was the
only person interested in getting the
deceased out of the way, but, owing to
the peculiar technicalities of French
criminal law, Baussier was acquitted!

et
Will Postpone the Meeting One Week.

Four members of the Executive Com-
mittee of the Michigan State Pharma-
ceutical Association — A. H. Lyman,
Manistee; A. Bassett, Detroit; F. J.
Wurzburg, Grand Rapids and W. A. Hall,
Greenville—met at the Hotel Cadillae,
Detroit, last Friday, for the purpose of
arranging a programme for the annual
convention appointed for Sept. 9, 10, and
11. The general features of the conven-
tion were mapped out and Secretary
Brown, who was present at the meeting,
was instructed to fill in the necessary
details.

The matter of postponing the con-
vention a week was then discussed, when
a resolution was adopted, favoring the
change and requesting the President to
call a special meeting, to be held at De-
troit August 7, for the purpose of chang-
ing the dates to Sept. 17, 18 and 19.

a
The Drug Market.

Quinine is firmer, with a higher ten-
dency. Opium is also tending upward,
being higher abroad. Morphia is un-
changed. Chloroform has declined. Bal-
sam copaiba is lower. Chlorate potash
is advancing. Quicksilver is higher.
Carbolic acid is tending upward. First-
pick Gum Arabic is out of market. Tur-
pentine is higher. Linseed oil is firm,
but unchanged. Oil wintergreen has ad-
vanced. Oil cubebs are higher.

ee

It takes a London court to decide a
question in accordance with ‘‘the eternal
fitness of things,’’ as some one called it.
A coal dealer filled the wrong cellar full
of coal, and when the mistake was dis-
covered the occupier of the premises re-
fused any further remedy than to pay ten
shillings per ton for the coal. As the
regular price was twenty shillings, the
coal dealer went to law. The court sim-
ply decided that the coal could not be
removed without the consent of the oc-
cupier of the premises where it was
mistakenly put.

 

COLLEGE TRAINING.

 

Is the College Training in Pharmacy
Better for the Studert than the Re-
verse ?

The query which the committee has)

propounded is a timely and important
one.

his requirements as to age and experience

practice.
So far as the writer’s knowledge ex- |

passed a by-law or resolution which |

dent or preceptor in this matter; there}
has neyer been anything to prevent a|
student from entering a college at any
period of his service, and taking the reg- |

 

| college (because it makes better students)
|and better for the community (for the
| same reason).

JOSEPH P. REMINGTON.

———<—___—_—
The Smallest Screws in the World.

| The smallest serews in the world are
'made in an American watch factory.

 

instead of sight, so that a blind man
could do it just as well as the owner of
the sharpest eyes. The heads are then
polished in an automatic machine, 10,000
at atime. The plate on which they are
polished is covered with oil and a grind-
ing compound, and on this the machine
moves them rapidly by reversing motion
until they are fully polished.

Polishina

This is the Time to Paint.

The Best is Always the Cheapest.

WE HAVE SOLD THE

“THE OLD ORIGINAL.”

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RE-PAINT
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seen very clearly.

the 120.

the frame, heads up.

i Formerly, the almost universal They are cut from steel wire by machine,
practice was for a preceptor to engage an | pyt as the chips fall down from the knife
assistant with the understanding that he - it looks as if the operative was simply
was to remain actively engaged in the ‘eutting up the wire for fun. The fourth
store fer at least four years, then, after | jewel-wheel screw is the next thing to
usually two years’ experience, the as-| being invisible to the naked eye. With
sistant was sent to a college of phar- 4 glass, however, it is seen to be a small
macy to attend his first course of lec-' .cpew. with 260 threads to the inch, and
tures, and then, after another course, if) with a very fine glass the threads may be
: i x These little screws
enabled him to apply for the final exam-' 2+. 4-1900 of an inch in diameter, and
ination in the spring, he came forward | tne heads are double the size. ,
and, if successful at this last test. he | 4 999.900 of them are made a month, but
graduated. The query is timely, because no attempt is ever made to count them.
a different practice is coming into vogue ], determining the number, 100 of them| |
to a_ slight extent, and is sometimes | gre placed on a very delicate balance, | |
recommended, and it certainly would be andthe number of the whole amount is
well to scan closely what might be called determined by the weight of these. All
an innovation upon the time-honored of the small parts of the watch are
| counted in this way, probably 50 out of
L Eocene a After being cut, the screws are
tends, no college of pharmacy has ever hardened and put in frames, about 100 to
3 Ss This is done very
aimed to control the choice of the stu- | rapidly, put entirely by sense of touch

 

 

cows.

FOR

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equipped for handling the milk of 400
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F. J. LAMB & CO.

Grand Rapids, -

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THE MOST RELIABLE FOOD

For Infants and Invalids.
Used everywhere, with unqualified]
success. Not a medicine, but asteam-
cooked food, suited to the weakest
stomach. Take no other. Sold b;
druggists. In cans, 35c. and upward.|

Woorricy & Co. on every label.|

 

 

 

 

CINSENG ROOT.

We pay the highest price forit. Address

PECK BROS,.,

Wholesale Druggists,
GRAND RAPIDS.

 

 

Wholesale Price Current.

 

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sible, because study and the acquisition | “Niet - 7-77" Scillae, (po. 35)....... . 10@ 12} Ether Sulph......1../. 68@ 70
of theoretical knowledge is much facil- CORTEX. Symplocarpus, Feti- Emery, all numbers... @ 8
itated by being carried on continuously — Canadian. ...-....-- = — es = dace Ts Ce @ s
- ; scas . <1 @aesee |..---.--------+--== . : . 2 (PO!) 250000! 40@
and without iatereeton- it will — Cinchona Flava ......----:- a ie German... 15@ 2] Flake White....9.... IE 15
be seen that the practice of entering col- | Ruonymus atropurp......-- 30 | Zingiber'a..-.....-... 16g 15) Gallas @ 2B
lege after first having had two years’ | Myrica Cerifera, po.....---- = Zineiper F000 000 000. 2R@ 2 a re TT 8@ 9
experience in a store was rational and| Qiilsia gid... B SEMEN. eee ee
based on good judgment. In addition to} Sassafras ......-..--.20+ ++ 12| Anisum, (po. 20)...... @ 15] Glassware flint, 75 & 10 per
this, the course of instruction at all col-| Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... 10 — “a = a=. less
leges of pharmacy presupposes some EXTRACTUM. Carai, (po: 18)......... a8 | “ "a Ba 25
practical familiarity and knowledge of | q@iycyrrhiza Glabra... A@ % Gardamon. )). ... 1 00@1 25| Glycerina............. 2@ 25
the objects used to illustrate the lectures So eee ee = pacar or teeeees on i ae =
on pharmacy. It is, perhaps, needless | Haematox, 19 ID. 0%; 13@ 14|Cydonium.... ........ 7%@100| Hydraag Chior Mite.) “@ $5
to say that the instruction would be much “ ne 14@ 15] Chenopodium ........ 1u@ 12 4G Cor... | 75
. . : 4 ty y z , if rr oe @
more likely to fasten itself in the mem- Ce Gee ae ale 16@G 1 = settee : = : i —— S ~
iE 2 ae ee OIG URS OEEEE le cos Li @
ory of the hearer, if he had the advan- FERRUM. 15 | Foemugreek, po... ' 6@ 8 «  Unguentum. 4@ 55
tage of some previous actual knowledge | Carbonate Precip.....- @ 15 | Lini .... 2.2.0. -.2.++- @ 4%| Hydrargyrum......... ‘
of the operation or of the physical prop- | Cats and guusis G3) Lint d Bb  e Am te
erties of the chemical or pharmaceutical | Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ 50] Pharlaris Ganarian.... 3%4@ 4% | Iodine, Resubi........4 00@4 10
preparation that is the subject of the] Solut Chloride........ Oe SQ Gi todotaum 0 @5 15
lecture. ——— seteees 1%4@ 2) Sinapis, Albu......... = 2 pease SS S5@1 00
Then again, the custom of first acquir- eR ae ao 0
g c Maer 85
ing some practical experience before en- . FLORA. “as Se ’ Liquor Arecn et Hy-
tering college, was aided by the fact that | Armica ... --------+++- 6} Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50}  drarg Jod............ @ w
: i i : a Wmihemis!...... 0... - 30@ 35 = DFP Ro 1 75@2 00| Liquor Potass Arsinitis 1 2
the diploma was not granted until the| Moatricaria ...... --..- 30@ 35 ee 1 10@1 50 oe, Sulph (bbl =
candidate had reached the age of twenty- FOLIA Juniperis Co. O. T....1 a 75 ES ee 23 «Ss
one years, and it was not only rational, | parosma ......,-.---- 10@ 12]. * Mt naeeee ee 75@3 50} Mannia, S. F.......... 45@_ 50
but in most cases obligatory on the part/| Cassia Acutifoly Tin- |. woo 6 30 |e ey & -
of students, to acquire practical experi-| nivelly ---.;----.,.- 2@ 23 | Vini Oporto........... imaeel CCo...... 2 55@2 7
ae « Abe) S5@) 50 [eas pea Le XQ)
ence at first; for the great majority en-| gaivia officinalis, 4s Vini Alba...........-- 1 25@2 00 ee fees @ 40
tered the drug business at about their} and \%s......-.------ 10@ 2 SPONGES. to “ :
seventeenth year, and it became neces- | Ura Ursi..-.----------- 8@ Florida sheeps’ wool Os Sepia B@ 22
sary to oecupy their time to the best ad- : — carriage............. 2 25@2 50 — Saac,H.&P.D.
vantage, and during the preliminary | Acacia, = picked... ot —— sheepe wool amt te tac © Ra @2 00
experience in the store they had the “« Ba “ 1... @ 80] Velvet ia choca i Goa ue a @2 00
opportunity of carefully investigating ‘sifted sorts... Be . wool carriage....... 1 10| Picis wage =~ seeee = 00
subi rork. ¢ if pO se cee 7 X0| Extra yellow sheeps’ ee eauihharaier Cs
acta = oe — = roe Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 60| carriage............. 85 = ByGene, (po. 80).. @ 50
sulting wi eir preceptors, and wi ’ Cape, (po. 20)... @ 12] Grass sheeps’ wool car- iper Nigra, (po.22).. @ 18
the older students as to the best method] “ Socotri, (po. 60). @ 50] riage ................ 65 nag Saami (pogs).... @ 3
of preparing for college. In some cases —— 1s, (48, 14 48 — = —— — Wea “us =
of exceptional ability it has happened ca 25@ 30 aa 1 4| Pulvis Ipecac et opii.'1 10@1 20
that enough money has been saved by | Assafeetida, (po. 30)... _@ 15 oe a a — H :
the student during the previous experi- ean erect be 38 Sears ean ne rns) ioe: Spee ae =
ence to pay his college expenses; and laaaien po thee le 8@ 10
there are many graduates in successful} Galbanum. ..... @ = ee an, eee > = sy. = 2
practi -day hav r eC Gamboge, po..- a.-s OO Ol Werd OG) 02) 50 ‘ a tees
practice to-day who ave eached emi Gade (po). @ Oi Anew Cores... 59| Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14
nence in their profession, who were} Kino, (po. 25).....---- AS ree 59| Saccharum Lactispv.. @ 35
compeled by straitened circumstances | Mastic... .......---- @1 00} Similax Officinalis.......... 60 eee vette witetes 2 2@2 35
early in their career, to earn the means | Myrrh, (po 45) = i “Co... oe eons nen ta a eaaaamteee — =
1 t € a 51 MantOHINe .o.0 28... 50
Opii, (pe enega : 50 @4
which paid for their education at college. | ghetia Osanna ey SaBe, eee os 12@ 14
The query asks whether a previous |,. © - -- ERS a eee me acne See =:
‘experience is better for the student,” eee ae 59; Seidlitz Mixture...... S@
and by inference it would be supposed ee P ge ee guy Gee eae @ 18
that the pecuniary question of ‘‘ways| fupatorium ...............-- 20 ‘ oe uel Gace fe -
and means’? was not a factor; for the} Lobelia............-.-.-+-++- 25 | Aconitum es Onn COl aaa Ce is Te @ 3
few who are so favored that they can eae aoa wreccecnsces = IE Teta i a Ri RN) = Sey thane ome age @ 3
afford to take their college training at} ~ a ee Seis ine renee i 60| Soda cient” 305 =
the beginning of their four year term Of | Rue...........--.-..:ee seer 30 ia settee tt te cess teen es = Soda Carp 000000. 00 7 2@ 2%
service, and wait two years before pas- | Tanacetum, V.......-.---+-- ee ee 0 | Soda, Bi-Carb......... 4@
= ae : ¢ hymns, Vii... soe 25 | Atrope Belladonna.......... 601 Soda, Ash 8@ 4
sing their final examination (for of course : Ce Berset  s 60] Soda; Sulphas.......1. =@ 2
they can not come into the examination | |... og Lamy e un ante SEN on al mean 50| Spts. Ether Co........ 50@ 55
room until they have produced evidence | Garponate. Pat... a Ha. 20| ‘ Myrcia Dom..... @2
ig < rf > LAL ...---- a ss Moereia Imp as @2 50
of having at least three and one-half} Carbonate, K.& M.... 20@ 25| Cantharides................. Wo) canal Rene Dbl.
years’ experience in a store), there still | Carbonate, Jenning5.. 35@ 36) Capsicum .-..........-.-.-.. 0b. ‘
remains the question, Which is better? OLEUM. Sr Se es Se Sal., cash tem days.
The writer is willing to grant that} Absinthium........... 5 00@5 50} Castor ..........-...--2..000- 1 00 a cen  ypaaaeae or
there may be an exceptional case here Soee oe vets a 50 “ Sel........ Sad.
and there which would require special | {hii eae, Seats ee ee Tamarinds ... -...-... 8@
consideration, and the ultimate object of | Auranti Cortex....... @2 50| Columba .....-....0. sssses- Saar ee
the student might not be the usual one, | Bergamii ........----- 2 50@3 00 | Conium ..............-..--.. 50) Vanilla... 2.02.22... 9 00@16 00
: ; : Cape 0 9@1 Cane 50| Zinci § 7,
that of becoming a retail pharmacist. | Garyophylli ..//1.°...- mt Miteisle oe a @
In all of the older colleges of pharmacy | Cedar ...............-- 35@_ 65 | Ergot............ 1 a Ors. i
there are constantly increasing numbers Chenopodii Sea te alae ne = = Gentian Le oe 50 Witale antes = =
of students who graduate, or take the | Gimmamonil ....-..-.-- We ee $0 | Lard, extra........... 55 60
instruction, who never expect to be/|Conium Mac.........- i. Seen es = =
ies, i Gopaiba lu a Wet OCT Zingiber |e 50 | + pure raw.... 62
spot ee Gupebse (00008 16 00@16 50 Speers Cee 50 | Lindseed, boiled .... 65 68
manufacturing departments, or become! Exechthitos........... Wat Otome a 75| Neat’s Foot, winter
chemists, physicians or professional men | Erigeron .............- 1 20@1°30} “ -Colorless............. " strained ..... a b 69
in some of the collateral sciences; in such — coos aso 2 — 20 Al Ciioridim. 0.2.5... 35 serene =a ta Rog
paces — career of - sindent |e dag oes Bie - Red Venetian... ..... 1% | 2@3
must be taken into account. ub it is) Hedeoma ‘tet Sie 59 | Ochre, yellow Mars....1% 2@4
S 4 s 70 years’ train- fper 2 N en fl “_ Ber...... 1% 2@3
usually safe to say that two years’ train- | Juniperi 50@2 = Nux Vomiea..............-. 50! Putty, commercial... 24% 2%@3
tail d t t the b Pavengwia 280.06. .6 9@2 Op ee ee 85 s
ing ina retail drug store at the begin-| fimonis ...22..20.00.2. 1 50@1 80] ‘“* Camphorated....... "Tl 50] {strictly pure..... 2% 2%@3
ning, with the varied experience that it | Mentha Piper.......... 2 sae 40 | (6) Deodor 0... 2 00] Vermilion Prime Amer-
affords, the opportunities to become Mentha Verid......... 2 50@2 60 | AurantiCortex....... 50 Vermili oe Seaeiiat Ll =
familiar with the physical ti f | Morrhuae, gal......... 80@1 00 | Quassia ............ 50| Vermilion, Bngusn.... Oat
rf e physical Properues OF | wyreia, ounce......... @ SO tithdtany 20.05.01. 50| Green, Peninsular..... WO@S
chemicals, galenicals and medicines in| Olive.................- 1 00@2 75 | Rhei.............. 50| Lead, acne vtteee sete es Bu@i4
c ie . at oe se 12 | Cassi ‘ ae mee 1t€ ......+---- 4£@7
common use, gives to all an education Figs Liawlda, Gel), 40, 3 | Cassie Acwfol cs oo) | Wauing, mate Span: as
that is lasting in its effects, and of ines-| Rosmarini.......): 75@1 00 | Serpentaria .. 50 _— Gilders’. |. @90
timable value all through life. If the) Rosae, ounce.......... @6 00 | Stromonium 60 | White, Paris American 1 00
student should be so fortunate as to se- ——— Re ele aes 40@ 45 | Tolutan 60 —s Paris Eng. “
cure a good, conscientious preceptor, a Reece ene + te ee ee - 50) pioneer Prepared Paintl 20@1 4
ea Santee (2.5.6.6... 50@7 Veratrum Veride............ 50 : te
there should be no hesitation whatever ! Sassafras. ............ 55@ 60 Swiss Villa Prepared
as to the course to pursue. In conclu- @ 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Painss ..-. 7... 1 00@1 20
sion, the query is answered by stating oe = ther, Spts ASS 26@ = io hie seer agg ioc
: See oe site : . Vs No. 1 Turp Coach..... P
that, in the writer’s be gaan’: it is better Theob OPl ---- eee rece i Alamen 6. 246 34 | Extra Turp...........- 1 60@1 70
for the student to have practical experi-| Theobromas........... 15@ 20 “ground, (po. Coach Body..........- 2 75@3 00
ence before entering college, better for ene POTASSIUM. is@ 18 “ pace eeeict oss 3@ a phere ees Cia. : oe =
ea Q ee =a cs wind ses es eis ae TARRUO . we ew cece ces 55@ utra Lur. amar....1 55@
professors (because of the greater intelli | Bichromate ........... 15@ 16| Antimoni, po.......... 4@ 5|Japan Dryer, No. 1
gence of the students), better for the Bromide............... 37@ 40 < et PotassT. SO (Dorp ois... 2... 70@ 75

 

75 cts.

Pioneer Prepared Paint

For many years and

GUARANTEE

[jarriage

Same to S4ADE ONLY GY
Give Satisfaction. ACME a
Dealers in paints will find it to their White Lead and
interest to write us for prices
Rai ER REI RHEIN
CRM EE on A AN

Coler Works,

DETROIT, MICH.

and sample cards.

HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO,,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

LIQUOR & POISON RECORD

COMBINED,
Acknowledged to be the

Best on the Market.
K. A. STOWE & BRO., GRAND RAPIDS

OILS!

Snow Drop.

A Fine Water White Oil, High Gravity and Fire

 

 

 

 

AMOND YHA

CURES

Liver and
Kidney Troubles
Blood Diseases

Test, and ded ishi i e »
iste on ed to those wishing a High Cons tipa tion
Red Cross. a

(SPECIAL.)
Water White—A splendid oil.

Gasoline.

Our XXXX Red Cross brand is unexcelled. War-
ranted to Give Satisfaction.

Naptha.

Sweet and Free from Oily Matter, and has met
the approval of many of the largest consumers.

Red Cross Paint Oil

Is full of merit and needs but a trial to convince
all of its great value. For mixing with Linseed
itis without a peer, as it greatly reduces the
cost of same and without injuring its quality.

e
Mineral Turps.
Its peculiar composition is such that it can be
used with turpentine in fair proportion, the lat-
ter retaining full possession, and with perfect

Female
Complaints

 

Being composed entirely of HERBS, it
is the only perfectly harmless remedy on
the market and is recommended by all
who use it.

Retail Druggists will find it te
their interest to keep the, DIA-
MOND TEA, asit fulfills all that
is claimed, making it one of the
very best selling articles handled.

Place your order with our Wholesale

results. “4 cee ea

wubricating Ols \Diamond Medicine Go,
ou time an it xt. PROPRIETORS,

Grand Rapids Yank hing Go.,) © DETROIT, - micH.

WORKS—D. & M. Junction.
OFFICE ROOM—No. 4 Blodgett Block.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co,,
WHOLESALE AGENTS,
GRAND RAPIDS, -

 

Branch Scofield, Shurmer &
Cleveland, Ohio.

Teagle,

 

MICH,

 

3 HAZELTINE

& PERKINS
DRUG CO.

Importers and Jobbers of

—-DRUGS-

Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries.

Dealers in

Patent Medisines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes,

Sole Agents for the Celebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints.

We are Sole Proprietors of

WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY.

We have in stock and offer a full line of

Whiskies, Brandies,
Gins, Wines, Rumse.

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

We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.

We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar-
antee Satisfaction. =
All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we re=

ceive them. Send in a trial order.

Hazelting & Perkins Drvg Go,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

 

 

The Michigan Tradesman| For Sale!

do not prove ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY, MONEY REFUNDED. Guaranteed to write
best, sell best, and to be the best and most perfect pen made. Write for circu-

Fitted with Diamond Pointed Gold Pen. Length, 7 Inches, lars. Order sample. Agents coining money.
A great dry goods bazaar, f } i

Where the feminine tide came surging up One No. 18 Star Coffee Mill and Water — Se — = Antwerp, Ohio.
And rolled from near and far, . °
1d ru om n ind fa Motor. Capital - = sh a Hl —

And they gaze on him with a dreadful scorn,
The Belknap Wagon and Sleigh Co.,

With looks that wither and sting,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Improved “Rival’ Fountain Pen, It Stands at the HEAD! Price, $2.50. pesentorsits tpers)| T he Michigan Trust Company.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

 

 

 

The Man Among the Dry Goods.

He stood on the pavement before the store,

 

 

$200,000 «
Additional Liability of Stockholders - - $200,000

: One Coenfectioner’s Seale.
With looks of utter supreme contempt,
As a base superfluous thing.
He was reckoned wise ‘mong his fellow men,
And was numbered among the great,

One London Tea Balance.

 

One Boston Market Scale.

 
  

 

And they laid a: homage at his feet LEWIS H. WITBEY, President. D. D. CODY, 2a Vice-President.
As a ruler of the State: One Marble Top Butter Seale. z N Tice- si INPY

But there alone in that feminine throng I WILLARD BARNHART, Vice-President. A. G, HODENPYL, Secretary.
He stood like a trembling slave, our Fairbanks Counter Scales—Brass s

A fatal focus of withering eyes— Fo . : : DIRECTORS:
And he longed for the cool, green grave. Hoppers. LEWIS H. WITHEY, DANIEL H. WATERS, S. B, JENKS

WILLARD BARNHART JAMES M. BARNETT. JOHN W. CHAMPLIN,

Oh, a man may gain a deathless renown, : : ae ’
And all fame that the world can give; One 300-lb Floor or Sugar seaie. THOMAS D. GILBERT, WM. SEARS, HENRY IDEMA,
But if caught ina woman's dry goods crowd— DARWIN D. CODY, CHARLES FOX, A. G. HODENPYL,

JULIUS HOUSEMAN, T. STEWART WHITE, W. W. CUMMER, Cadillae,
ALFRED D. RATHBONE, R. B. WOODCOCK, JOHN CANFIELD, Manistee, ea
HARVEY J. HOLLISTER, N. L. AVERY, CHAS. H. HACKLEY, Muskegon.

He feels too mean to live. One 3-ton Truck or Farm Seale.

—_———_<—_o_<———__—~
A Story for Boys.
“Tt was the best boy’s story I ever
heard,’”? was what a lawyer said of the} Two Pair Trucks.
one I am about io relate to you:
“We have had a good many boys with
us from time to time,’’ said Mr. Alden, Tanks.
the senior member of a large hardware | One Large Hall Safe.
establishment on Market street, Phila- i
delphia, ‘-as apprentices to learn the
business. What may surprise you is
that we never take country boys, unless | NeW.
they live in the city with some relative} For particulars. Address,
who takes care of them and keeps them
home at night, for when acountry boy
comes to the city to live everything is
new to him, and he is attracted by every
show-windew and unusual sight. The
city boy, who is accustomed to these EAST SAGINAW, - MICH.
things. cares little for them. and if he
has a good mother he is at home andin| THE ALDINE FIRE PLACE
oe _ _ . S eas ee Ly Se === Before Buying Grates, get our
Pe ere ca Ga an circular, Sent Free. The Aldine
accepting one as an apprentice we must produces Warm Floors, Perfect
know that he comes of honest and indus- Ventilation; keeps fire over night,
i and is cleanly. Burnscoal, coke,
trious parents. wood or gas. Can be piped to com-
“But the best boy we ever had is now mon chimneys, or set like other
with us. and a member of the firm. He grates, and can be run at half the
is the one man in the establishment that

Tea and Coffee Canisters.
Brass Scoops.

This Company is now established in the offices formerly occupied by the Hartman Safety
Deposit Vaults, 19-21 Fountain Street, Shepard-Hartman Building. With ample capital, a Board of
Directors composed of men of established character and recognized financial responsibility—thus
securing conservative management—with every facility for the prompt and careful administration
of its business, this Company presents its claims to this community and to the people of Western
Michigan with confidence, and solicits the patronage of all who have occasion to require the
services of such an institution.

‘| One Cabinet Oil Pump. with Two 25-bbl.

All in perfect working order and nearly
Will sell all or part ata bargain. Under the laws of the State of Michigan, this Company is authorized and will undertake *

To Loan Money on Approved Real Estate Security.
To Loan Money on Approved Collateral Security.

To Act as Executor, Administrator, Guardian, Trustee,
Assignee, Receiver, Fiscal and Transfer Agent and Registrar of
Stocks and Bonds.

To Act as Agent for other persons or corporations, in the
Manufacturers of Delivery Wagons of all descriptions. | Also manufacturers full line of Delivery and Road Sleighs. (> transaction of any business that may be committed to it, to
Write for illustrated catalogue and price list. care for property, collect interest, dividends, coupons and rents.

p To Execute Orders for the purchase and sale of all kindsof 9
The Belkn ap WV agon and Slei oh Co. ° investment securities, making a Specialty of Local Stocks.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

To Receive Deposits of trust monies on certificate or sub-
ject to check.
he was with us for eleven years, % hal } : | oe Pr
Serer eae, | ee |
Then he first came we told him that for i ?
BROOMS!

To Receive Deposits of Court Funds.
along time his wages would be very Importers and Jobbers of The affairs and business of this Company are subject to the supervision and inspection of
Whisks. Tov Brooms. Broom Corn. Broom: =| - the Commissioner of the Banking Department of the State of Michigan, and for the still further
Handles, and all Kinds of Broom Materials. | = protection of its patrons THE COMPANY IS OBLIGED TO DEPOSIT $100,000 WITH THE TREAS- &
URER OF THE STATE.
We are prepared to act as Trustee for bondholders on Railroad or other mortgages. To act

To Maintain and Manage Safety Deposit Vaults.
small, but that if he proved to be a good a
| would be increased Dry Goods
certain rate every year, and as it turned 526 and 528 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids.
- i as agent for the purchase or sale of ail classes of INVESTMENT SECURITIES, RAILROAD

And to Transact a General Trust Business.
boy his salary would be increased: ata
out when, according to agreement, we STAPLE and FANCY. |
should have been paying him 5500 a year,
we paid him $900, and he never said a o i i cn ul Chain eer tcate all Mat hae : :
word himself about an increase of sal- By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers cre | BONDS, STATE, CITY, TOW NSHIP, SCHOOL or other bonds, and will undertake to negotiate
ate a demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods im | ‘m7 sue of any of the above classes of pons roe
stock ae se to aumely ine ards ccut te teu Weitere cuatucrion te te can Lecne ct lun mot Me
? rt the ods sell themselves brin urchas- Western Michigan, ABSOLUTE PROTECTION for the safe keeping of their Notes, Deeds,
on og i S pa d hel go ll 4 = = Pp Abstracts, Insurance Polices, Bonds, Stocks, Leases, Wills, Money, Jewelry, Paintings,
ers to e store, an eip se ess KNOWN gooas.

ary. From the very outset, he showed
NY JOBBER WILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS, | ""ine neasy sect “
A . . The heavy steel vault is fitted up with small safes which are rented at $5 and upward
memory of faces was equally remark-| Inspection Solicited. Chicago and De-

Overalls, Pants, Ete,
+}
(according to size) per year. Each safe has a different combination or lock, and it is impossible
able. He knew the name of every man troit prices guaranteed.

that he had an interest in the business. OUR OWN MAKE.
for any officer or employe of this Company, or any other person, excepting the renter or duly
appointed deputy, to gain admission toa safe, on account of the great precaution taken to insure
the complete identification of the renters. In the storage vault underneath the safe vault, large
packages, such as trunks, valises, boxes of silverware, paintings, bric-a-brac, sealskin garments,
i | laces, and other bulky valuables are cared for. All bulky articles are taken for safe keeping at
who came to the store to buy goods, what A) io 3
; i .
sey =| MWWVholesate Clomiers
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cost ofany other. AddressALDINE
; . MFG. CO., Grand Rapids, Mich.
we couldn’t do without. He was thirteen a
years old when he was apprenticed to us,

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A COMPLETE LINE OF | a fi i Aaa
Silver, Private Papers and valuables of any and all kinds. Our large steel vaults are protected

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       
 
 

in it catalogued and numbered. His \

 

 

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impart to others any information of tts transactions with its customers.

CORRESPONDENCE AND INSPECTION INVITED.

Seventeen Years on the Market |

He was prompt in the morning, and if
very moderate rates, according to value or space occupied. This vault is absolutely dark, dry and
he bought and where he came from. I
pWHY WEAR PANT
aT GA Liberal dis

kept alittle overtime at night. it never
moth-tight, making it a perfect receptacle for the storage of fur garments.
used often to say to him, ‘Jones, your
1
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' That do nov fit or wear satisfac- @ count to the

seemed to make any difference with h
He gradually came to know where e IS REACHED i
memory is worth more than a gold mine!
How do you manage to remember ?’
torily, when you can buy the trade. Special
s Detroit Brand, that are perfect in Inducements

“i ian |
thing was to be found, and if any in- Fancy Crockery and Ww eN IF E SAME IS
mal
| stvle and workmanship. to parties intro

formation was wanted it was to this boy,
Frank Jones, that every one applied. L ' LH | [ if
ancy woodenware Abd Gai.
i 8 j
)ADJUSTABLE( 7
he would say, ‘I know that if I can re-
member a man and call him by name 2 ‘
ducing this
system of store-

The entire establishment seemed to be
i
REVERSIBLE)“
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when he comes into the store, and can : : ; . 3 ee
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AT LOWEST PRICES.

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ask him how things are going on where
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until he had been with us eleven years,
when we concluded to take him in the
firm as a partner. We knew that he had

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‘| 83 Monroe St, and 19, 12, 14, 16 & 18 Fountain St,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

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WARRANTED NOT TO RIP.—

Dealers will always find Jennings’ Extracts saleable and profitable

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theater. He continued as at the begin- i
ning to board at home, and even when
his salary was the very lowest he paid
his mother two dollars a week for Ris
board. He was always neatly dressed,
and we thought it was very probable that
he had laid up one or two thousand dol-
lars, as his salary for the last two years
had been twelve hundred dollars. So
when we made him the offer to become a}
partner in the business, and suggested |
that it would be more satisfactory if he
could put some money into the firm, he
replied:

*< ‘Tf ten thousand dollars will be any
obje put inthat much. I have
saved out of my salary nine thousand
four hundred dollars, and my sister will
let me have six hundred.’

“T can tell you that I was never more
astonished in my life, than when that
fellow said he could put in ten thousand
dollars, and the most of. it his own
money. He had never spent a dollar, or
twenty-five cents, or five cents, for an

eo and Blankets, Yarns and Woolens Jennings AZ omith,

for Fall Trade. é
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Warns, Geese Feathers, SEE OUOTATIONS THIS PAPER.

Waddings, Batts THE OLD: RRIABLE

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HYDRAULIC
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| Water Motors and Specialties! WARRANTED NOT TO RIP, and. if not as re-

fl Gand eon Now Gatiibenc presented, you are requested to return itto the) STARK,
| shat : “ae | Merchant of whom it was purchased and receive | AMERICAN.
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Grand Rapids & Indiana. Barrels and Barrels.

GOING NORTH. vee Our lemons are all bought at

| Traverse City & Mackinaw 7:00am 7:30am the cargo sales in N ew Orleans
Eee eae en eee and areas free from frost or chil)
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Mackinaw City.

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unneces ate ae and had kept his * iS Cincinnati Express es 6 7:00 am The Frazer Goods Handled by the Jobbing
monev in bank where it gathered 2a all A Hort Wayne BEpross. 2.625. 11 a 12:45am . ae i
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placards in big letters up in the store.
On one was this text: ‘He thatis faith-
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Sleeping car rates—$1.50 to Chicago, Petoskey or
Mackinaw City; $2 to Cincinnati.

7:00am train has parlor chair car for Cincinnati. | i \
6:00 p m train has Pullman sleeper for Cincinnati. | —!
11:05 p m train has Wagner sleeper for Chicago, via | { :
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The most practical Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later.

hand Roaster in the C. L. LocKwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent.

world. Thousands in
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men.’ And Frank Jones’ success was
the literal fulfillment of these texts. He
had been faithful in the smallest things

Gracker Manutacturers,

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Co-operative Associations Fined. Address for Cata | *Night Express... e est itting toc |
In France, as in some other European logue and prices, a Souda iee |

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Market.

countries, associations similar to our
co-operative stores have been formed.
These undertake to furnish their mem-
bers with groceries, clothing and other
necessaries of life, at avery small ad-
vance upon wholesale rates. Recently
two of these societies were cited before
the correctional tribunal of Paris for
having furnished medicines to their
members upon the same terms, and, upon
a hearing. were convicted of a violation
of the pharmacy laws in each instance.
The court fined the societies 500 franes

*Petrorw. Mixpmecs. .....5-..5.5....- 6:45am
Robt. §, West, +Through Mail.. i 35
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2 Q *Limited Expres 6:45
48-50 Long St., +Daily, Sundays — rae '
bs . Detroit Express has parlor car to Detroit, making
Cleveland, Ohio, direct se Beas for all points East, arriving in New |
York 10:10 a. m. next day. |
Limited Express has parlor car to Detroit, making |
close connections for all points East, also makes direct |
connections at Durand with special Pullman through |
cars to New York and Philadelphia. Steamboat express |
has parlor car to Grand Haven, making direct connec- |
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rd Through tickets and sleeping car berths secured at

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t C veh a: " oe Jas. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent. |

Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern.

    

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Geo. H. Reeder,

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AT THIS MARKET.
Sole Agents,

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on each complaint, and assessed, besides,
damages to the extent of twenty-five
francs for each specified violation of the
law, the whole of the latter sum being
adjudged and ordered paid to the syndi-
cate of apothecaries who brought the
complaints and prosecuted the cases.

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DISOLEADS SWSS, BRass RULE AZT
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For Toledo and all points South and East, take |
the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Rail- |
way from Owosso Junction. Sure connections |
at above point with trains of D., G. H. & M., and |
connections at Toledo with evening trains for |
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton, Cincin-
nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville and all promi- |
nent points on connecting lines.

A. J. PaisLeEy, Gen’! Pass. Agent,

ranges |

We are wholesale agents for
the Fancy California Mountain
Seedlings and headquarters for
all kinds of Messina oranges.

PUTNAM & BROOKS,

WecarryalargestockofForeign &
and Domestic Nuts and are at all
times prepared to fill orders for
car lots or less at lowest prices.

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Putnam & Brooks.