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GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1905

Number 1134

 

 

 

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

BONDS

Correspondence Solicited,

H. W. NOBLE & COMPANY

BANKERS

Union Trust Building, Detroit, Mich,

 

 

William Connor, Pres. Joseph 8. Hoffman, Ist Vice-Pres.
William Alden Smith, 2d Vice-Prea.
M. C. Huggett, Seoy-Treasurer

The William Connor Co.

WHOLESALE CLOTHING
MANUFACTURERS

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

Our Spring and Summer samples for 1905 now
showing. Every kind ready made clothing for all
ages. All our goods made under our own inspec-
tion. Mailand phone orders promptly shipped
Phones, Bell, 1282; Citizens, 1957. See our
children’s line.

 

‘Commercial
Credit Co., «4

Widdicomb Building, Grand Rapids .
Detroit Opera House Block, Detroit
‘. Good but slow debtors pay
upon receipt of our direct
mand letters. Send all other
accounts to our Offices for collec-

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tion.

 

Collection Department

R. G. DUN & CO,
Mich. Trust Building, Grand Rapids
Collection delinquent accounts; cheap, ef-
ficient, responsible; direct demand sys-

tem. Collections made everywhere for
every trader. C. E. McCRONE, Manager.

 

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

Three Years

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withdrawn from - with the exception of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

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

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

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SPECIAL FEATURES.
Page.
2. Window Trimming.
3. Gone Beyond.
4. Around the State.
5. Grand Rapids Gossip.
& Editorial.
9. Cyrus Gray Luce.
12. Little Novelties.
14. New York Market.
16. Clothing.
29. Clerks’ Corner.
22. Butter and Eggs.
24. Raisin River Massacre.
28.. Woman’s World.
32. Shoes.
36. The Bankruptcy Law.
38. Dry Goods.
39. Fifteen Factories.
40. Commercial Travelers.
42. Drugs.
43. Drug Price Current.
44. Grocery Price Current.
46. Special Price Current.

 

 

DIRECTORS SHOULD DIRECT.

One by one and two by two the
directors are resigning from the
board of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society. Their action is prompt-
ed by a desire to cut loose from a
disagreeable and disreputable affair
and because they no longer desire to
be identified with such management
as this corporation has and has had
for some years. Resigning is not al-
together the bravest or the best thing
for good men to do under such cir-
cumstances. If these men, who are so
careful about their reputations that
they do not desire to be longer con-
nected with an institution run as this
has been, had taken a little more
trouble about it beforehand, things

would not now be found in such dis- |
The fact about it |

graceful condition.
is, of course, that the managers
sought to have a lot of good names
to advertise as their board directors
and these men, for reasons which to
them seemed sufficient, accepted the

and
work.

positions and carefully evaded
avoided most of the active
When a man accepts the responsibil-
ity of a directorship or a trusteeship
it is his business to see to it that so
far as he can be of influence, the af-
fairs shall be properly, honestly and
wisely conducted.

The Equitable and some of its di-
rectors were sailing under false col-
ors. The company in publishing and
widely advertising the names of emi-
nently and thoroughly trustworthy fi-
nanciers led people to believe that in
the management of its affairs it had
the benefit of the wisdom and counsel
of men whose success had been excep-
tional. People were thus induced to
make investments with the company
On _ the
other hand these men gave the use
ol their names, but did not spend any
time or give any attention, and per-
mitted abuses to grow up until the

on these’ representations.

conditions became intolerable and
revelations were decidedly disadvan-
tageous. The disclosures are dis-
creditable. The worst of it is that

they tend to create uneasiness and oc-
casionally lack of confidence in

 

 

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similar institutions which are better |
managed. If these directors, instead
the
been disclosed and they were criticis- |
ed by the people, had devoted them-

of resigning after trouble had}

selves to preventing the abuses or to
remedying them, they would have}
rendered much more valuable serv- |
ice. These directors can not escape |
responsibility nor ought they to es-|
cape criticism. It is idle for them to;
say they did not know, for while that |
is true, it was their business to know.
Positions of this character should not |

be accepted unless the incumbent is

willing to and proposes to give the en-|
terprise a reasonable amount of care-|
ful attention.

 

MUNICIPAL GRAFT.
The city administration of Chicago,
under its newly-elected
Mayor, Judge Dunne, is engaged in

Democratic |

an active struggle to get possession |
of, and to operate under municipal
control, the street railroad system of
that city, most of the lines composing |
it having reverted to the city’s con-|
trol under, of course, certain condi- |
tions.

The Chicago Tribune, with charac-
teristic enterprise, has sent a member |

of its staff to Glasgow, Scotland,
where the street railways are success- |
fully operated by the city govern-

ment. In a dispatch to the Tribune, |
“Why are

honest, and}

the correspondent asks:
British cities generally
why are American cities generally
dishonest, so far as municipal govern- |
ment is concerned? There should be |

|some approach to a solution of these |

great questions before any serious at-
tempt is made to. turn
properties, involving the expenditure |
of hundreds of millions of dollars, to
the grafters and the loafers who make |
the rank and file so often of the or-|
dinary civil service in our American |
cities.”

Whatever the
swer to this question, the fact remains |
that the city governments of most
American cities rotten po-
litical corruption and graft.
commonly under the control of poli-

Over Preat}

may be proper an-

are with

They are

ticians of the pot house and trades
union stripe whose sole ambition ap-
pears to be to perpetuate themselves
or their agents in office and to enrich
themselves at the
This is not to be wondered at when it
that

devotes

public expense. |

is recalled practically
trades union itself
wholly to the creation and perpetua- |

every |
almost |

tion of grafting practices.

According to the correspondent |
mentioned, Glasgow is in the hands |
of its business classes exclusively, so
far as all actual management is con- |

cerned. The Lord Provost, Sir John |

| most

| Saginaw and Bay City

anarchistic

Russian

he undertook the duties of his present
Since then, of course, he has
worked for the

office.
municipality all day
long withouta penny of pay and with
no reward except the honor of having
done well by his native place, and be-
ing given a baronetcy instead of the
knighthood, which is the ordinary re-
ward for the chief magistrates of the
large cities. He is of the best type
of the British merchant, and his as-
sociates in the Council are exclusive-
ly the same kind.

Theoretically, municipal ownership
and control fill all the requisites of

| the American idea of popular govern-

ment, but in practice they have failed
woefully. It is a frightful re-
flection on the American people that
their politics, and particularly their
city governments, are so corrupt, but
the fact
citizens

remains. The alleged best

could have it otherwise if

they would, but they do not, and it
must be assumed that they are satis-
fied with the corruption and grait—if
they are not parties to them.

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The usefulness and popularity of

; the rural free delivery system are at-

tested by the fact that 4,708 petitions
for the establishment of
The

service is proceeding as

Hew rFoures

are now on file. work of ex-
tending the
rapidly as possible. Rural routes are
being ordered into effect at an average
month.

With the beginning of the next fis-

rate of about six hundred a

cal year, July 1, when the new ap-

propriation for rural free delivery

becomes effective, a large number of

tablished, the service
New York has

many

routes will be es
to start on August I.
1,630 active routes, counties
being entirely covered by the service
Only seventy-eight petitions from this
State are now pending.

The union street car employes at
are having all
kinds of fun stoning cars, cutting trol-
ley wires, obstructing tracks and as-
saulting and maiming the employes
who refuse to quit work at the behest
of the Let
have their fun now. In a short time

walking delegate. them

there will be no street car union in

either city. Union ruffians and slug-
gers and murderers will be relegated
to the background and the cars will
industrious,

be manned. by _ sober,

| thrifty men who would sooner cut off

a hand than join an oath-bound or-

ganization whose sole object is the
support of the saloon, the brothel and
doctrines and tendencies.
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the
home. As
left
in service there is not much danger

The Japanese are to send all

naval prisoners

Russia has no important ships

Ure Primrose, for instance, is a flour|that the prisoners will do any more
merchant, or at least he was before | fighting.

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

 

Brilliant Window in Hardware Es-
tablishment.

The person
who revels in
toxicated with it, would rave over the
gorgeous display to be this
week in the large east window of
Foster, Stevens & Co.

who is fond of color,

seen

The general study of ceramics is a
fascinating one, but
art in pottery is considered one has
a most engaging field of investigation
before him.

when Japanese

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The following information, taken
more or less bodily from a noted au-
thority, throws considerable light on
the subject for the layman:
Nothing definite was known of
Japanese art until the holding, in
1867, of the Paris Exhibition, when
the goods brought from that Orien-
tal country surprised and delighted
those especially interested in

Their historians claim that

the making of pottery wis quite ex-

people.
tensively practiced by them as eiry
as 660 B. C., the art developing fron
the introduction of the potter’s wheel
by a priest named Giyogi, living in the
Province of After the inva-
sion of Corea, 200 A. D., by the Em-
press Jingo (who but the
Yankee “By Jingo!” and the modified
“By Jinks!” come from this sou-ce?)
a number of Coreans settled in Japin
and worked at the making of wares.
By the end of the seventh century
they had established factories in H1-
zen, the Raku factory at Kioto some-
where near 1550, one at Seto about
1590 and later one at Hagi. None of
these had a lasting influence on Jap-
anese art, with the exception of the
celebrated kilns at Satsuma, the pot-
ting invaders forming themselves in-
to a distinct and clanish colony. They

Idzumi.

knows

were forbidden to intermarry with the
Japanese.

China had a stronger influence on
the pottery of these ancients.

In the introduction of Tea Cere-
monies is found an important effect
on the art, about the fifteenth cen-
tury.

About the close of the sixteenth
century Europe began to receive spec-
imens of Japanese pottery, carried
thence by Portuguese traders. This
was followed by the most stringent
laws forbidding these commercial re-
lations on pain of death, so bitter
was the feeling against the traders.
However, about 1673, an intrepid por-
celain manufacturer of “Old Japan”
in Hizen continued to carry on the
proscribed trade with alien nations in
defiance of the laws. He was dis-
covered and “compelled to commit
hara-kari.” The possession of the Is-
land of Deshima was allowed _ the
Dutch and they continued business
relations with different European
countries. Hizen, hiving the best
materials, has unceasingly made the
choicest porcelain of any of the Prov-

|

it, who fairly gets in- |

 

the |
progress of the far-off little yellow |

 

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inces, exporting it from the seaport! beauty in the modern Moriagi ware— |}
c

de-
Miaco, now called the
Owari, Kaga, Satsuma
Provinces have
contributed their quota toward mak-

whence “Imari ware”

ives its name.
”

of Imari,
r
Province of
and several other

ing Japanese pottery famous. The
coarsest wares

the
from the Province of
Seto in Owari, also Kiyomidzu in the |
vicinity of Kioto, the the |
having the merit of extreme
individuality.

are produced at

Kutani, while finest fabriques

come Hizen,
work of
latter

The author to whom I am indebted
for the above information pays this
tribute to the Japanese artist in pot-
tery:

“In the animal and vegetable king-
dom he finds his inspiration and com-
binations of lovely colors. In flowers,
foliage and birds, so true in form and
tender in feeling, and yet withal so
bold and graphic, the Japanese have
no rival. The chrysanthemum, wis-
teria, the wild plum flower, the fir
and the bamboo are the favorite flow-
ers and trees. The crane, the eagle,

 

the carp, and less frequently the horse |

to me it is hideous—though the an- |
tique, with the foreign influence lack-
ing, is more pleasing.

The Jap flag in the center of the
half tone belongs to Mr. C. C. Rood.
Mr. Charlie Camburn was the posses-

|sor of the two gay paper umbrellas,

but the immense one in the center

has been sold to an out-of-town cus- |

tomer, who intends using it in his |

dining room. The handle is to be |
cut off and from the extremity of the

ribs are to be hung, at regular inter- |
vals, tiny Jap lanterns. Of course, the
umbrella will be hung “right side up.”
It will contribute more than a mag-
nificent bit of color to the room for |
which it has been purchased. The|
rest of the room will be carried out |
in harmony with this These |
resplendent umbrellas are also very
decorative for porcH purposes.

The wicker ginger jars have a cu-
rious history as to how they came to
be used in this country and in Euro-
pean lands as lamps and jardinieres.
This, and many other bits of lore
graciously furnished by Miss Emma

idea.

 

 

 

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and fox, figure largely, whilst the ex-| Leichner, in regard to the bric-a-brac

Fusiyama is
A keen sense of
humor is his, though sometimes lead-
i broad Beautiful
fret borders abound. .* * * His
sense of diversity prevents his using
one design only; frequently on one
surface there are a dozen, bespeaking
an immense wealth of creative power.
* %* %* Tf he uses medallions they
are generally of different shapes, ir-
regularly disposed the surface,

tinct volcano of

much in evidence.

ing to caricature.

on

and as often as not overlapping each
other. He can imitate almost any-

thing in pottery, wood with its differ-

ent grains, ivory, brass, bronze, bas-
ket work—anything.”
The author goes on to state that

the Japanese potter has begun to
model his work after European con- |
ceptions, “though why,” says he, “it
is difficult to understand.”

The specimens of Moriagi ware

 

 

the small vases in the right  fore-
ground of the picture—are examples
of the copying referred ‘to. ‘The

very |

 

coarse colors and broad treatment of
the Austrians is imitated, overlaid
‘vith a delicate tracery of beading pe-
culiar to themselves. I can see no

in this very charming window of Mr.
Arthur Haines, I would like to touch
on, but I have already exceeded my
allotted space.

 

>> —_.
Importance of Flint as a Vehicle City.
Flint, June 12—The importance of
this city as an industrial center was
never before more forcibly or con-
vincingly demonstrated than on
Wednesday of last week, when 600
or 700 vehicle workers marched in the
big jubilee parade. Even this turnout
was not more than a fairly good rep-
resentation of this class of mechanics
who find employment here, many of
whom their own hun-
dreds of others not being in line for
the reason that they had neglected
to provide themselves with the uni-
form that was adopted for the occa-
white duck

own homes,

sion, consisting of
throughout.

In consequence of the jubilee festiv-

 

| dustrial as
| have
|require some extra hours during the

ities the two full days of the celebra-
tion and encroaching to some extent

ion the other days of the week, in-

well as other conditions

been much disturbed, and it will

next few weeks, in addition to those

that have been since the

beginning of the year on account o.

necessary

the heavy business, for the factories
in the city to get back to a normal
basis. These institutions
great deal of time and effort in pre-

Spent a

paring for the jubilee.

The celebration last week witnessed
the dedication of two public buildings
and the laying of the cornerstone of
a new postoffice, representing a total
outlay of $190,000, of which $65,000
have yet to be expended in labor and
material.

(
Will Run Trains By September 15.

Boyne City, June 13—A large force
of men are at work on the extension
of the City & Southeastern
Railroad from the eastern terminus to

3o0yne

Gaylord, a distance of 14.6 miles. The
road crosses the G BR. & L
grade at North Elmira about seven
and three-quarters
The road bed is being
ballasted with gravel and 7o pound

above

miles south oi

Boyne Falls.

| rail is being laid the entire distance.

General Manager Agnew predicts that

| cars will be running into Gaylord bs
| September 15 at the latest.

+ 2
When Expense Did Not Count.

| Mamma—Have some more sugar,
Willie?
Willie-—-Why, you always tell me

that more than one spoonful is bad
for my health!
Mamma—That’s “at

home. You're

at a hotel now—take all you want.

 

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GRAND RAPIDS
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY

W. FRED McBAIN, President
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

The Leading Agency

 

 

In Time of Peace
Prepare for War

Now is the time to have your Steam
or Hot Water Heating Apparatus put
in working order for next winter's use.

This is part of our business, and we
want your orders before the rush
comes on.

WEATHERLY & PULTE

Heating Contractors
97-99 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have the facilities, the experience, and, above all, the disposition to
produce the best results in working up your

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If we are not represented in your city write for prices and particulars.

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GONE BEYOND.

Edgar A. Hill, President Northwest- |

| sponsible for its use to God and his

ern Yeast Company.
A. Fill,
Northwestern Yeast Co., who
been ill nearly a year, died at the fam-
ily residence at Evanston
The funeral and
ment took place on Friday.

Edgar

Wednesday. inter-

Mr. Hill was a fine type of Ameri-
can manhood. He learned from prac-
tical experience under exacting em-

President of the|
had }

last |

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

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|
| ble efforts. He felt that he was the |

|trustee of his great wealth and re-

fellowmen.

He sacrificed ease and coveted rec-

limpaired his health by his labors in
ithe many benevolent enterprises with

| which he was connected, and in seek-

ing the most effective methods for
distributing the money he

nually in public and private charity.

gave an-

ployers and in minor positions the dif- |

ficulties and  discouragements of
young men struggling for pay and
promotion. It made him in after|

years exceedingly thoughtful and con-

siderate of his working forces. He}
never asked as much of others as he|
had willingly done himself in these |

trial periods of his life. Before he
came into his fortune he was a train-
ed and able man of affairs, and dem-
onstrated those qualities of sensitive
honor and
are the sureties of success.

efficient industry

The characteristic of his work was
conscientious thoroughness.
to be that the
clearly right before he would lend his
matter
he prospects of profits. He

satisfied thing

influence or money, no

alluring

worked while others played and over- |

detail
Temporary failures

came mountains of
left to assistants.
might discourage others, but
His

departments

energized his efforts.
with the heads of his
made work a pleasure for these offi-
cials and won their best exertions and
loyal service.

high positions whom he recognized
as young men of promise, watched |
with solicitude and promoted. His}
confidence was unbounded in those
whom he trusted. The men_ who!
were the longest and most closely |
associated with him will cherish as|

their choicest memories many striking
evidences of his unquestioning faith in
their integrity and intelligence.

When he accepted a place as a di-|

rector or trustee for business, educa-
tion, charity or the church, he felt

committed to give to it careful con-|

sideration and financial assistance. Se-

rious risks and the advancing of large |

sums of money were often the penal-
ties of the positions he had assumed.
His business career is rich with enter-
prises he saved from bankruptcy and
organizations and individuals he sus-
tained until they were successful.

He gave most generously and his
gifts covered a wide field. Few don-
ors ever did so much good with an
equal amount of money. He knew the
wastefulness and wickedness of indis-
criminate doles. His sensitive con-
scientiousness, methodical methods,
careful investigation and rigid ac-
counting governed his relations with
benevolent organizations and charita-

which |

He had |

was |

how |
generally |

they |
relations |

Many are now holding }

Personally, Mr. Hill was a_ high-
minded gentleman in all the relations
oi life.
not petty; he was not mean-spirited.

He was not sordid; he was

His catholicity extended from his pol-
itics to his religion. He was never a
trimmer and never a_ time-server.
What he did, he did, and it remains
to his everlasting credit that he never
attempted to shirk his responsibility
for it or to saddle the burden upon
another. He was an American of
| Americans in ambition, in sentiment
!and in spirit. He served his family,
| his business associates, his state and
his country faithfully, intelligently,
|} honorably and patriotically, and the
full record of his achievement gives
i him a high place in the history of his
city, his state and his country.

The secret of Mr. Hills brithant
| career was threefold. He knew how,
and loved, to discover talent. Into

the hands of dozens of obscure and
untried men he put the key of oppor-
ltunity. Wholly national

jantipathy, race prejudice, or

free from

social

ants by the single standard of ability |

to produce results. As an organizer,

as a co-ordinator and manager of

men, his rare gifts would have
brought him fame in public life. He
had an eagle’s eye for opportunity
and an insatiable appetite for fresh
enterprise in fields that
perceived by the dull vision of the

the arts of mercantile

remain un-

mediocre. In

construction he was a gifted archi-

reation to promote the welfare of hu-|
manity, and wore out his strength and |

narrowness, he measured his lieuten-

| tect, and to build was the darling oc- |

|}cupation of his bold and

mind. Every actuality, every present-
that could affect the
welfare of his company was the ob-

| day condition

aspiring |

|ject of his assiduous study, but his |

|also was the rarer power to connect |

the present with the distant future
He had the
statesman’s instinct for tendencies as
ten-

| by new lines of policy.

well as realities; and when the

to-morrow it found him armed
prepared.
a true leader, he feared no rivals; he

that his lifework might
author, that the company
his labor was dedicated might thrive

to which

and prosper during the generations
Fidelity to a trust receives

 

to come.

dency of to-day became the fact of |
and |
With the magnanimity of |

reared and trained his own successors |
survive its |
| gage for $50,000.

expression
make

its supreme, its heroic

when the trustee strives to
himself dispensable.

AS a just tribute to a life rich in
and in defer-

ence to the sentiments of a wide cir-

effective performance

cle of surviving friends, we record
this testimony to the noble character,
the massive and solid integrity, the
large, warm, generous heart, the bril-
liant and gifted mind, the abounding
As long
as life and memory may linger in our

mortal

energy of our beloved friend.
shall cherish the
lofty
winning manners, simple, sweet ant

frames we
recollection of his spirit and

|
genial. The benevolence of his heart
shone out in the engaging smile, in
the keen and penetrating yet kindly
eye, which gained for him a friend in
every acquaintance. No man evel
lived whose granite-like probity in-
spired quicker or more lasting trust

Edgar A. Hill

him; to know him well

To know was to like

was to love

him and trust him to the gates of
death. And what living creature. ever
trusted him m vain? His simple

word was a tower of strength. When
did he ever fail in the whole span of
his short but shining life to fulfill his
plighted faith with a chastity of hon-
or that knew no stain—nay, when did
he fail to beggar his promise by the
epulence of his performance? Gifted
he was, but his strength lay as much

in moral weight as in mental endow-

ment, and his remarkable success
was only the destiny of character.

—- eo?
Recent Business Changes in the

Buckeye State.
Belletille—J. W.
by Black & Coleman in the boot and

Blair is succeeded

shoe business.

Dayton—J. G. Zwiesler, grocer and
meat dealer, is succeeded by Eli Gus
tin.

Findlay—B. A.

Wolf is closing out
his stock of confectionery and cigars
and will discontinue business.
Springfield—H. J.
tinue the grocery business formerly
conducted by W. H. White.

Vienna Cross Road—A. T. Robbins,

Kropp will con-

poultry dealer, has gone out of busi-
ness.

Wapakoneta—The jewelry business
formerly conducted by. Henry Hart-
man will be conducted in future by
O. A. & C. S. Hartman.

Dayton—The creditors of Sievert J.
Lewis, retail jeweler, have filed a pe-
tition in bankruptcy.

Findlay—L. McManness, who con-
ducts a flour mill business, has uttered
a real estate mortgage for $10,500.
Vehicle

Co., which does a manufacturing busi-

Mansfield—The Richland

ness, has uttered a real estate mort- |

Toledo—Suit
against Frank Warneke, ladies’

has been
tailor,
on a claim for $108.

commenced |

Port Clinton—The creditors. of
James McGrath, dealer in fruit and
confectionery, have filed a petition in
bankruptcy.

W arren—The Oats
Ltd., has made an assignment.

Cream of Co:,

A
Recent Business Changes in the Hoo-
sier State.
Fort Wayne—Frank W. Kelsey has

sold out his stock of kitchen sup-
plies.
Indianapolis—M. Blieden, whole-
i

sale dealer in men’s furnishings, is

succeeded by Blieden & Blumberg.
Indianapolis—The Muir Millinery

Co., which does a wholesale business,

has increased its capital stock to $30,-
000.

Mrs. Ryan, of

which deals in hats and

Indianapolis Kate
the Ryan Co.,
is dead.

caps and furnishings,

Logansport—The name _ of _ the
Bridge City Manufacturing Co., which
does a machinery business, has been
changed to the Western Turbine &
Foundry Co.
Michigan City—Aug.

succeeded in

Wilke, gro-

cer, is business by
Krueger & Hartwig.

Ballard

drug

& Snyder are

business. by

Richmond
succeeded in the
Wm oH

Whiting

:

ceeded in the dry

Dickinson.

Harry Gordon is suc
goods business by
Morris Reiner

Atlanta _A
has been

chattel mortgage for

uttered by Menden-

Co., clothiers and men’s furn-

 

The

. Sindlinger has been attached on

Indianapolis meat market oi

a claim for $700.

: 1
receiver has beer
K. EL Wells & Co,
dealers in picture frames.

Ia Porte-—-A receiver has been ap*
pointed for the C. H. Michael

manufactures

Indianapolis—-A

appointed for

Manu-

facturing Co., which

fanning mills, gates and

mattresses.

Making Money in Isle
County.

Millersburg, June 10

Presque

-The town has
been the mark for a number of fakirs
the past week or two, but the crown-
ing glory of all was the work of one
slick gent who was selling a com-
good for all the ills that flesh

is heir to.

pound
He came here-from Ona
had

as of necessity forced to

way, where he unloaded all his

stock and w

make more. He went to the drug
store, bought fifty-four bottles and

corks, green wrapping paper, 20 cents’
worth of bitter aloes and some burnt

‘Then with the aid of a few

strgar.

pails of rain water he compounded

his dope. In two days he sold the

whole business at cents to
bottle,

pailful of the

from 25
St a with the exception of a

“remedy,” which he

left in his room at the hotel. We
expect to hear of great results trom

ithe “medicine.”

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

 

Alpena—Wm. L. Curtis succeeds
Margaret Healy in the grocery busi-
ness.

Harbor Beach—Frost & Lorie suc-
ceed E. Ryan & Son in the drug busi-
ness.

Cedar Springs—D. A. Keech, gro-
cer, is succeeded by Kester & Cay-
wood.

Port Huron—Bert Selby has open-
ed a grocery store on Twenty-fourth
street.

Alma—J. L. Miller & Son are suc-
ceeded by Roy H. Miller in the gro-
cery business.

Portland—D. C. Jones has purchas-
ed the meat market business of Sny-
der & Wescott.

Ionia—-Broad & Plant have
chased the Estep meat market
East Main street.

Cedar Springs—D. A. Keach has
sold his dry goods and grocery stock
to Caywood & Kester.

Detroit—The capital stock of the
Central Drug Co. has been increased
from $100,000 to $200,000.

Elmdale—John Longcor & Son suc-

ceed C. L. Kelley & Son in the gen-
eral merchandise business.

Watervliet—Chas. Allen will con-
tinue the meat business formerly con-
ducted by Chas. J. Danneffel.

Port Huron—William Sanders has
opened his new grocery store in the
Dixon block, on Military street.

Detroit—Geo. Beck will continue
the business formerly conducted by
the Michigan Beef & Provision Co.

Mt. Clemens—H. V. Groesbeck will
continue the cigar business formerly
conducted by Groesbeck & Kracht.

Benton Harbor—Mrs. Louise Ham-
mond, dealer in musical merchandise,
is succeeded by Heimberger & Ham-
mond.

Bay City—Ella M. Clarkson
ceeds John G. Clarkson in the whole-
sale and retail cigar and tobacco
business.

Kalamazoo—C. Maul and R. John-
son have purchased of J. Mead the
West End meat market on West
Main street.

Saginaw—The livery business form-
erly conducted by David B. Freeman
will be continued in future by Mar-
garet C. Murray.

Covert—The grocery and meat firm
of Carpenter & Wick, has dissolved
partnership, L. C. Carpenter buying
out Jay Wick’s share.

Cadillac—Little & Wheeler is the
firm name of the new owners of the
Cadillac Pharmacy, having purchased
the business from T. Burke.

Charlotte-—-C. M. Aulls and M. Hey-
man have formed a copartnership un-
der the style of C. M. Aulls & Co. and
engaged in the meat business.

Pellston—John Imerman has _ pur-
chased the store building formerly
owned by Jas. Bryant and will occupy
same with his general stock. The
purchaser has already made plans for
a new structure on the lot, to be built

of brick. =

pur-
on

suc-

 

Port Huron—L. F. Scott has sold
his harness business on Butler street
to David Ramshaw. Mr. Scott will
go on the road for a wholesale har-
ness house.

Detroit—The business formerly
conducted under the style of the
Goodyear Rubber Store will be con-
ducted in future by the Goodyear
Rubber Goods Co.

South Haven—Mark Remington has
sold his interest in the drug firm of
Remington & Patterson to his part-
ner, Robert Patterson, who will con-
tinue the business at the old stand.

Muskegon—The store in the Hack-
bank building formerly occupied
by the Leahy Co. will be occupied by
the Independent Co. as a store for the
sale of 5 cent and Io cent goods about
July 1.

Alpena—The new grocery firm of
Watson & Rix has been dissolved by
the retirement of Mr. Rix, his inter-
est in the business being acquired by
Mr. Watson. Mr. Rix retires by rea-
ill health.

St. Clair—M. H. Millikin, of Birm-
ingham, Ala., has entered into part-
nership with his father in the grocery

ley

son of

and drug business and the firm name
will be changed from T. J. Millikin
to Millikin & Son.

Sault Ste. Marie—Fred W. Roach
announces that he will soon open a
dry goods, clothing and shoe store in
the building at the corner of
Portage avenue and Greenough street
in the eastern part of the city.

Sault Ste. Marie—N. C. Morgan has
sold his south side grocery business
to A. P. and ©. H. Moore, will
continue the business under the firm

new

who

name of Moore Brothers. They wiil
handle groceries, flour and feed.
Kalamazoo—Benjamin F. Witwer

has merged his baking business intoa
stock company under the style of the
Witwer Baking Co., which corpora-
tion is capitalized at $10,000, all of

which is subscribed and paid in in
property.
Boyne Falls—Mrs. Olive J. Gager,

who with her husband did business
in this place for a number of years,
has rented the Pat Doyle store and
will soon open up a new stock, after
a residence of three or four years in
Petoskey.

Jackson—Eugene Crane has sold his
bazaar to W. P. Shenk & Co.,
will continue the business at 140 W.
Main street. The above firm has
stores in Chelsea and Grass Lake. H.
J. Dancer is the local manager of the
store here.

Coldwater—cC. Carroll is erecting a
building, 30x50 feet, adjoining his gro-
cery store on Morse street, the first
story of which will be used as an ad-
dition
and the second story will be divided
into three flats.

Kalamazoo—The first of the sea-
son’s crop of celery will be shipped
from here within a few days. The
present year has been unusually cold
and wet, and the plants have been
slow in developing, but the old Hol-
landers who have been raising this
crop for thirty years say the yield for
1905 should be one of the best in a
decade.

who

to his present grocery store

 

Corunna—S. M. Cooley, of May-
ville, has decided to remove to Co-
runna and open a jewelry store.
has secured a store in. the

stock arrives. He has stores

bine the two stocks here.

St. Joseph—W. R. Cochrane
Harry Stone have formed a copart- |
nership under the style of Stone &|
Cochrane to continue the jewelry
business of Harry Stone, the under-
taking and bazaar business of Geo.
M. Baitinger and the millinery busi-

E. Bradford.
ze.

ness of ‘Sarah

Reading—Geo. Crane has
5S

his stock of clothing and furnishings | °

to E. C. Corbett, of Jonesville, who
took
Crane
ness here

possession.
clothing busi-
He

immediate
has been in the
is

for twenty years.

President of the Greene-Ennis Fence |

Co. and intends to devote his energies
in pushing that enterprise.
Mears—Ward & Walker will move

their general stock to Hart about
July 1. They will occupy the store
now used by the Lester Bargain

stores, near the First National Bank.
Hart—A. M.
his two stores about July 1 and will
occupy the double store in the Jones
block now under construction.
Flint—At a meeting of the creditors

Lester will consolidate

A. W. Hixson, Wm. R. Franklin,
of this city, was elected trustee, and
his bond was fixed in the sum of
$8,000. Another meeting of the cred-
itors will be held at Bay City on June
17. The Hixson stock, exclusive of
the book accounts, has been sold to

W. A. Paterson for $2,975. It is likely
that the stock will be transferred to
another party and that the business

will he continued at the old stand.
River Rouge—The new River
Rouge Savings Bank now being or- |

ganized by Rouge business men with |

the assistance of J. H. Johnson, Cash-
ier of the
of Detroit,
ters.

Bank
quar

Peninsular Savings
will have handsome

itself which, it is said, will be up-to-
both its ap-
pearance and appointments. The plans
The officers
of the new institution will be elected

in

date in all respects, in

are now being drawn.
a few
Muskegon — Extensive
ments have been begun on Koon
Hopperstead’s Central drug
The Purity Candy Kitchen adjoining
on Jefferson street has been moved
one door south and its former quar-
ters are given over to an enlargement
of the drug store. The gallery at the
back of the drug store has been mov-
ed into the addition. New oak shelv-
ing and a steel ceiling will be placed

days.
improve-
&

store.

throughout the store, and a new plate |

be added the
Western avenue entrance.

Traverse City—The
Beecher Co.,

be 0k

store

glass front will

at

the
and a

proprietor of

store in this city
Big Rapids,
Le
Rapids, for years one of the firm, has
disposed of his interests in both
to A. S. Hobart and his two
R. R. and A. V. Hobart. The
new firm will hereafter be operated

under the title of the Hobart Co. A.

in has been

solved. Beecher,

stores

Sons,

He|
Bacon |
block and will open up as soon as his |
at May- |
ville and North Branch, and may com- |

and |

sold |

Mr. |

 

The bank will build a home for |

| S. Hobart and A. V. Hobart will have
Traverse City store,

Rapids store will be
R. Hobart, as hereto-

| charge of the
the Big
operated by R.

while

fore. °

 

Manufacturing Matters.

Flint—Glenn W. Jones has opened
a cigar factory at 521 Saginaw street.
| Flint—McGillivary Bros.
ceeded in the manufacture of sleighs
|by Frank S. Miles.
|. Kalamazoo—The
| Lumber Co.
| the Godfrey
| Detroit-
| chinery

are Ssc-

Godfrey-Monger
has changed its name to
Lumber Co.

~The Robert Mitchell Ma-

Co. has reduced its capital

| stock from $30,000 to $20,000.

| Port Huron — The Crosby-Pool

Ltd., which manufactures
woodwork, has changed its

the Manufacturing

Company,
| plumbers’
to
Lid.
| Potterville—

| Potterville Elevator Co.
grounds and business
Elevator Co., of

name General
i Co.,
The stockholders of the
have’ sold
their building,
to the Stockbridge
Jackson.

Boyne City—Harry Hulbert and
Byron McKimball have sold their in-
in the firm of Hulbert
planing mill operators, to Geo.
or,

terest Kerry,
& Co.
M.
business.

Detroit—A
formed under the style of

Kerry, who will continue the

been
the Grape

corporation has

Products Co., which will manufacture
and sell wines. The company has an
authorized capital stock of $20,000, all
of which has been subscribed and
$4,000 paid in in cash.
‘The EF. M.

been incorporated

o

Bronson— Rudd Milling
Co. the
purpose of conducting a general mill-
feed business, being
at $30,000, $15,000 common
$15,000 all of
|is subscribed and paid in in property.
Petoskey—W. L. McManus has
his lumber business into a
under the

McManus
deal

The corporation is

has for

 

flour and
| capitalized

| and

ing,

preferred, which

merged
stock company of
the WEL.
vhich will
timber.

style
Lumber Co.,
in lumber and. ali
capitaliz-
ed at $50,000, all of which is subscrib-
ed and paid in in cash.
Marshall—The case of Dr.
G. J. Ashley et al.
in a verdict for the defend-
Dr. Gubbins, who lives in Ce-
resco, made a contract to buy the
plant and business of the Hibbard
Food Company, Ltd., of Battle Creek.
He was to pay $40,000, of which $1,000
was paid down, and he was to pay
$3,000 more on July 21, 1903, or for-
feit the $1,000 he had paid. His at-
torney told him that the company
could not make the second payment.

 

M.

re-

K,
Gubbins vs.
sulted
ants.

 

 

firm of Hobart- |
City
large |
dis- |

of Grand

He then brought suit to recover the
money.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oe

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

The Produce Market.

for small bunches,
$1.50 for large and $2 for Jumbos.
The demand is good in spite of the
abundance of berries and other fruit.

Bananas—$1

Beet Greens—soc per bu.

3eets—New command $1.50 _ per
box.

Butter—Creamery is steady at 20c
for choice and 2tc for fancy. Dairy
is in plentiful supply at 15c for No.
1 and 13c for packing stock. Reno-
vated is steady at 18c. Receipts are
is above the
average, owing to the heavy grass

heavy and the quality

crops.

Cabbage—Southern commands $2
= +

per crate.
Carrots—New fetch $1.25 per box.
Cucumbers—Home grown are in
at 45¢ per doz.
Southern fetch $1.50 per box of four
to five doz.

plentiful supply

-Local dealers pay about
count, holding

The demand is still

Eggs
I4(MI4%2c
candled at

for
16c.
nearly equal to the receipts as, on
of the favorable weather,
eggs are still being stored in liberal
quantities. There is little doubt but
that the country is loaded up to the
Chicago and

case

account

brim with storage eggs.
New York are reported to be full of
them, and this market is not far be-
hind.

Fruit—Florida stock
mands $6 per box of either 64 or
54 $2
cheaper.

Grape com-

size. Caliiormia stock is
Green Onions—tI5c per doz. bunch-
es for Silverskins.
Green Peas—$1.35 per bu. box.
Honey—Dealers hold dark at 10@
12c and white clover at 13@ISc.
Lemons—Messinas are at
$3. 25@)3. Californias have
been marked up to $3@3.25. With the
warmer weather the demand has in-

steady
50 per box.

creased noticeably. Supplies are
fairly liberal.

Lettuce—7c per fb.

Onions—-$1.35 per crate for Ber-

mudas or Texas; $1.35 per 70 fb. sack
for Louisiana.

Oranges—There has been re-ar-
tangement in the orange list and
extra fancy navels are no_ longer

quoted. The oranges of this variety
that are on the market, while good,
A
large assortment of sizes in Mediter-
ranean the market.
Prices on these are about the same as
they Seedimgs and St. Mi
chaels are also unchanged. Navels are
strong at $4 for choice and $4.25 for

are hardly classed as extra fancy.

Sweets is on

Were.

fancy. Mediterranean Sweets, $3.25
(@3.50. Seedlings, $3@3.25.

Melons—Receipts of melons in the
past week have been small but they
have been heavy enough to supply
the demand at the prices asked.
Within a week or so, the supplies
should be more liberal and prices will
get down to a working basis.

Parsley~25c¢ per doz. bunches.

 

| favorable

 

Pineapples—Prices are steady, rang-
ing about as follows: Crate of 18,

$3.50, 24, $3.25, 30, $3, 36, $2.75, 42,
$2.50, 48, $2.25.
Pieplant—soc for 40 tb. box.

Plants—Tomato and cabbage fetch
75¢ per box of 200.

Pop Corn—goc for rice.

Potatoes—As the new potatoes be-
come cheaper less interest is mani-
Prices on the
$1 and the
From now on the
receipts of new will increase rapidly
and they will soon take the place of
the old.

fested in the old stock.
former are now about
movement is good.

Stock is still coming from
Texas. Old potatoes are steady at
one,

Poultry—The demand is strong and
all varieties are scarce. Live poultry
the following
Chickens 12@13c; fowls, 11
young turkeys, 14@15c; old
Dressed fetch 2c
live.

readily commands
prices:
(Oi2¢;
turkeys,
per 1b.

(@28c

121 3c.
Broilers,
$1.75@2 p

more than
iD:

doz; pigeons, 75c per doz.

27

per squabs, er

Radishes—ti2c per doz. bunches for

round and 15c for long.
Spinach—soc per bu.
Strawberries—Home

grown are

|} now in full possession of the market,

ae

ranging in price from $1@1.25

10

per

qt. The crop is large in

case.
volume and fine in quality and, with
weather, the outcome is
likely to be very satisfactory to all
concerned.

Tomatoes—$2 per 6 basket crate.

Turnips—$1.25 per box.

Wax Beans—$2 per bu. hamper.

ll tf

The Wurzburg department store,
which started out to do the grocery
business of Canal street about five or
and which went into
liquidation a couple of years ago and

Six years ago

settled with its creditors at 15 cents
on the dollar, has decided to retire
from the grocery business altogether.
Several causes are assigned for this

| °
j action, the one most generally accept-

ed being lack of capital
——_ +> ~ —-—

Shea, the notorious, says that he
expects to live to see every teamster
forced into the union or taken to the
Shea may
be a good judge of whisky and an au-
thority on slugging and boycotting,

hospital or the morgue.

but as a prognosticator of the future
he been

union teamster in Grand Rapids since

iS al fizzle, Phere Has no
Shea came here a year ago and landed
im jail.

———__+ oo —- —

Wm. H. Taylor, who claims to be
identified with C. N. Rapp in the fruit
and produce business, has been tied
up by garnishment process during the
of numerous
debts he contracted while a member
of the retail grocery firm of Taylor

& Williams.

past week on account

 

2 -@ -

Guy Reynolds and Henry Tice have
formed a copartnership under the
style of Reynolds & Tice to engage in
the grocery business at Hart. The
Worden Grocer Co. furnished the

stock.
> --2- ———
It is always easier to make a bad
matter worse than a good thing bet-
ter.

 

 

The Grocery Market.

Sugar—The raw sugar market is in
all respects about in the same position
as last week. Refined sugar is un-
changed also. All the
the same basis—s.65c for
granulated—the independents having
decided to give the same extra Io-
point rebate as the Trust. The de-
mand for refined sugar is about ordi-
nary for the season.

refiners are

now on

Tea—The market in Japan is now
within half a cent of the price a year
The current de-
mand, however, is limited.
crop teas have been received in this
but the
them is for the honor of having the

ago on high grades.
Some new
scramble for

market only

first of the crop. There is no short-
age of the old anywhere.
Coffee—Rio and are

sc lower. This the fact
that the new crop coffees are begin-
ning to come in and that the general

Santos both

I due to

is

Buyers are not tak-
ing hold and the business doing is
from hand to mouth wholly. Stocks
of coffee in the interior of the Unit-

tendency is dull.

ed States are smaller than for years,
but this condition is largely offset
by the fact that the stocks at sea-
board points are larger than for years.
It can hardly be doubted that to mar-

ket their seaboard stocks sellers
would have to make some conces-
sions. As the large holders seem to

have confidence in the future, how-
there is not much coffee press-
ing for sale. June is naturally a dull
month in the coffee market and this

year will probably prove no excep-

ever,

tion. Mild coffees are steady and un-
changed, as is Java. Mocha is firm
and unchanged.

Canned Goods—The demand for

The abun-
dance of strawberries and the coming
California deciduous

canned fruits is moderate.
on of various
fruits has had a tendency to cut down
the consumption of the cans. This
will be still more noticeable later in
There is a good demand
spot tomatoes and for
The latter are in exceptionally

the season.
for canned
peas.
large demand and prices are some-
Corn
well but is not creating any excite-
The first of the new crop gal-

what firmer. is doing fairly
ment.
lon rhubarb was received on this mar-
ket the past week. Prices are about
the same as last year and the quality
of the pack—which came from New
York- The pack of Co-
lumbia River salmon still runs about
50 per cent. short of last year and the

-is excellent.

trade anticipates that there will be
an unusual call for Alaska salmon
if this shortage continues—which it

is practically certain to do.

Dried Fruits—Peaches on spot are
There is a fait
demand from retailers, but very little
first hands. Stocks are small,
the East and the coast.
Future peaches are in particularly
light demand. Seeded are
dull and inclined to be weak. Packers
have named prices on freshly seeded
raisins, 1904 crop, for fall shipment a
full 1%c above prices now ruling.
There is some demand for loose rais-
ins. Prices are firm and stocks light.
Apricots are quiet and unchanged. It
looks like a pretty close clean-up be-

dull and unchanged.

from

both in on

raisins

 

fore new cots come in. Currants are
in good demand, chiefly from the bak-

ers’ supply people. Prices are un-
changed. Prunes are in good de-
mand. The basis is still low, but is
higher’ by %@%c. This is due to
the fact that the future market is

very strong and the spot stock light.
Buyers seem willing to pay the ad-
vance, as they seem to realize that
the It
about certain that the carry-over on
the will not represent more
than one-quarter of last year, which
means 25 per cent. of last year’s sur
plus of 35,000,000 pounds. This is not
excessive in face of the coming short
The of prunes
have named no figures, desiring first
to get
the crop

situation is strong. is now

coast

crop. big shippers

as to how
The
quotations have all been withdrawn
and there is nothing now under 23%
with a premium for large sizes.

more information

will turn out. 2c

’
Cc,

Molasses and Syrups—Molasses is
expected at this
Retailers for the
most part have large stocks on hand
to carry them
through the hot weather, as the ship-
ping of heavy grades of molasses dur-

moving as well as

season of the year.

—or enough well

ing the summer is not advisable. Corn

Syrups are strong and in moderate

demand. Maple and sorghum are sell-
ing fairly well.

Rice—There is a very firm tone to

the market, due to recent advances
and the prospect of further advances
in the near future. The acreage in

the South is not over half what it was
last year and fully half of the rice
actually planted has been destroyed
or injured by floods and high water.

Fish Cod, haddock

unchanged and Herring

hake and are

quiet. are
unchanged and in moderate demand.
The

demand is opening up a little. Lake
fish and whitefish are quiet and un-

Salmon shows no development.

The event in the fish mar-
ket during the week has been the of-
fering of new shore mackerel at $13

changed.

This is an unexpectedly
due to the heavy
fish. The de-
mand seems to have taken them, how-
Sardines are still in the dumps.
The general situations is unchanged

per barrel.
high price and is
for the

demand fresh

CVer.

and there seems no chance of any ad-
vance.

a
Lansing and Bay City To Exchange
Visits.

Lansing, June 12—Lansing and Bay
City grocers will probably exchange
A delegation of
recently visited
the latter city and were so pleasant-
ly entertained that a recommendation
will be made to the local association
that the annual excursion be run to
Bay City August Io.

A number of Bay City grocers vis-
ited this city last week and were
given a good time by the members of
the Lansing Association and, in con-

excursions this year.

local business men

sequence, they decided to come _ to
Lansing with their excursion on
July 27.

Mrs. Margaret A. Britton, who has
been book-keeper for the Vinkemuld-
er Co. for the past six years, has gone
to Los Angeles, which place she will
make her future home,

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

OUT OF THE RUT.

Novel Ideas Originated by New Eng-
land Merchants.
Written for the Tradesman.

A dry goods firm in Cambridge,
Mass., made the following rather
startling announcement in a recent
issue of their weekly store paper:
“A seashore house lot free. Watch
for this remarkable offering in next
week’s Courier.”

Of course this served to whet pub-
lic curiosity and the next issue of the
paper was eagerly awaited.
number, headlines,
nounced:
Just 1,000 of them.”
it was stated that, beginning at Io
a.m. on May I, every customer whose
purchase amounted to one dollar or
more would be given the title to a
seashore lot containing 1,500 feet, in
Martha’s Vineyard,
of New England.” The lots were
situated on high and dry land, witha
beautiful view of the ocean, and a
clear title was guaranteed.
further stated that a land agent would
be at the store with a plan of the
property and that each customer

in big was. an-

would have the privilege of choosing |

from the plan—a case of first come
first served. The only expense at-

tached was a charge of $2 for a war- |

ranty deed, which was to be drawn
up and delivered on the spot.

This was a right royal bonus for a}
firm to give and the scheme was a)
rattling good one to start the season }

with and get the people interested
ir the store.
To stimulate the interest of

clerks in their shoe department dur-

ing one of the dullest of the summer |

months, the members of large
firm laid a wager with the head of
that department to give a dinner at
one of the leading hotels to the buy-

one

er, the head and the clerks if the
receipts for that month reached a}
certain figure. The local papers com-

mented favorably on the plan, the
clerks did considerable extra hustling,

and at the end of the month it was)
found that the receipts on shoes con- |

siderably exceeded the figure stat-|
ed—in fact, the business had _ been|
away above the average for that |
month.

A big department store in the East

has recently added a piano salesroom |

to its numerous other lines, and took

this method of making the public ac-|

quainted with their pianos: They ad-

vertised that up to a certain date seal- |
ed bids would be received on one of |
all deposited |

their $190 pianos, and
in a locked box in the department.

On

the date specified the bids were to be |
be |
awarded to the person making the|

opened, and the piano would

highest bid.
It was necessary to visit the depart-

ment to find out the full particulars |

of the contest, and also to get a

card on which to write the bid. The}

management claimed that this scheme
brought a large number of people in-
to the store, thus giving an oppor-

tunity to display their pianos and dis- |

tribute literature concerning them.
An excellent idea is employed by
one firm to call attention each week

Sure |
enough, on the first page of the next |

“Seashore lots given away.|
Following this |

“the garden spot |

It was |

the |

to one particular line of their goods.
Every Sunday, in their newspaper ad-
vertisement, they offer three substan-
tial cash prizes for the best three
advertisements sent in during the
week regarding the line specified—one
week it may be dress goods, another
millinery, gloves, hosiery, shoes, etc.
During the week a special window
display is made of the goods desig-
nated, and contestants are invited to
study the display, visit the depart-
ment, inspect the goods and compare
them with those sold by other stores,
|ask questions of the salespeople—in
| short, to take every means possible
'to inform themselves regarding the
goods, so that they may be able to
| write an advertisement intelligently
i descriptive of the goods.

 

The winning advertisements,
the names of the winners, are pub-
lished in connection with the firm’s
advertisement in the next Sunday edi-
tion. This idea needs no comment.
As a scheme for drawing attention to
each department in their store in
turn it is one of about the best that
| could be devised.

In addition to their military genius,
the resourceful little Japs are adding
to their laurels as among the most
wide-awake merchants of the day. A
| firm which has existed for more than
a century in Japan recently opened a
| Japanese art store in Boston, which
| represents much more closely the real
Japanese type than any of the other
Oriental shops in America. A new
| idea is that of keeping the bulk of the
stock stored away, so that they may
have a constantly changing display
| of novelties and selected articles. This
directly opposed to the ethics of
American merchandising,

is

policy is to aim to display everything
as soon as it is received,

| we are prepared to listen with due
respect to ideas on almost any sub-
ject that emanates from the Mikado’s
loyalists.

Another innovation in this store is
| the giving of informal teas on certain
| afternoons, which are served with all
|the grace and daintiness for which
this nation is famous.

The proprietor of a small shoe
store has shown discrimination
in installing in one show window a
mirror, and in the other a clock, both
bearing his advertisement. No wom-
an passes without a glance in the
mirror to see that her millinery is
j not askew, and a man likes to know
'the time without the trouble of tak-
ing out his watch, thus the gaze of
many pedestrians is daily directed to
the windows and the wares displayed
therein.

rare

When enlarging and otherwise im-
proving their photographic depart-
|ment recently, one big store invited
|its patrons to call and inspect their
fine collection of photographic land-
portraits, etc. These were
hung in a large room in the rear of
the department, which was artistical-
lighted by candles and Japanese
|lanterns. The catalogues were given
cut by a young lad dressed as a
| gnome, who sat in a darkened corner
|surrounded by hemlock boughs,
whose darkness was only relieved by

scapes,

ily

with |

a weird red light which came from a
huge Japanese lantern.

The exhibition afforded pleasure to
a great number of picture lovers, and
the unique way in which it was car~
ried out proved a good drawing card
for the house. Bertha Forbes.

+22
Will Turn Out Pianos.

Ann Arbor, June 11—The Ann Ar-
bor Organ Co. is about to engage in
a new branch. The large factory has
been rearranged and a high grade
piano is being manufactured. The out-
put for the first year will be 600
pianos, which will be increased as the
trade demands. Piano experts from
the best factories have been brought
here to act as heads of the different

departments essential to the work and |

 

company will be put into the piano
departments. The Ann Arbor Organ
Co. has a big trade in foreign coun-
tries already.

—_»+++>—___

Fishes That Attack Cows.

The Journal of Agricultural Topics
calls attention to a very curious fish,
occurring in great numbers along the
banks of the Amazon, which attack
cattle. The animals frequent the
shallow waters during the heat of the
day, and while thus exposed are at-
tacked upon the legs and udders by
the fish. The bites are quite severe,
frequently totally disabling the ani-
mals and sometimes producing death.
In one instance a dairyman is report-
ed to have lost over 400 cows from

gradually the employes of the organ | this cause in a single season.

 

 

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
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is largely a ques-
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to the retailer that the jobber can fill orders
promptly and completely, and that prices are

with the market.

A look at our stocK and con-

veniences for shipping is convincing.

Send us your orders.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates every day to Grand Rapids.
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

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New Projects Under Way in Celery
City.

Kalamazoo, June 12—W. E. Hill &
Company will soon begin the erection
of a new factory building on Pitcher
street. The company manufactures
various kinds of heavy machines and
engines, and is located in cramped
quarters on Church street. The
factory is to be built during the sum-
mer and it is expected that the entire
plant will be removed from its pres-
ent location in the fall.

A special committee of the Board

f Trade appointed months
ago to investigate the merits of the
proposition of the American Clock
Company, which offers to remove its
from Chicago to Kalamazoo,
will report to the board next Thurs-
It is understood that the
will make
port on the matter,
that the board take no action for the
reason that the proposition is too large
the city to undertake.

At the last session of the Board of
Trade a proposition was submitted
by Luther of Battle Creek.
He is seeking to interest local capital
in a company
milk bottles, egg cases and a special
coated paper, on which grease has no
effect. The patents have been secured
on the articles named and Brown is

new

several

factory
day night.
committee a favorable re-

but will suggest

for

3rown,

to manufacture paper

at work perfecting special machinery
for their manufacturé. The proposi-
tion is viewed with favor by Kalama-
zoo men and at an early date a com-
pany be organized to manufac-
ture the paper articles.

may

President and General Manager
John H. Hatfield, of the Kalamazoo
Corset Co., stated to-day that his
plant would give its employes their
annual vacation on June 24 for two
weeks. While the company every
year makes a practice of giving its
employes a brief vacation, regardless

of the rush of business, this year the
plant’s idleness will be most oppor-
tune. A new five-story brick addi-
of the same dimensions as the
old structure, has just been completed,
vacation period the
changes at the factory will be made.
New for the additional
building will arrive next week and the
work of putting it in place is to start
at once. The office of the company,
located in the old building, will
be changed to the new part and their
equipment will be most modern. By
the middle of July the plant will be
in readiness for operation again and
the capacity will be more than dou-
bled.

tion,
and during the

machinery

now

oe -
Retail Trade Is Spreading Rapidly.
12—-With a

amount of building under way

Lansing, June larger
Lan-
from wet
weather ever since opened.
There have been scarcely three days
in succession during the past seventy
it has not rained, and in
builders have been seri-

sing has suffered severely
spring

days that
consequence
ously delayed in their operations and
material damage resulted.

The work on all buildings has been
pushed as rapidly as the weather con-
ditions would permit, but none of
them will be ready for occupancy un-
til long after the time hoped for. The

has

Prudden building, which will doubt-

less attract a most desirable class of |

tenants because of its commanding

lecation in the business center, is in-| .. :
Sa ._ | direction.
closed and the work of finishing is |
It will con- |
tain a large number of desirable office |
suites and will be ready for occupancy |
| turing plants have been restricted by

being vigorously pushed.
§ g ¥

about the
The

first of August.
Cameron & Arbaugh depart-

ment store building is up to the third |
stories are to be|

Two more
The building will be one of
It wil]

story.
added.
the most imposing in the city.

revolutionize the south portion of the |

business section in appearance,

promises to attract business in that

Already two additional
business blocks are insured for that
immediate neighborhood.

Operations at a number of manufac-
the week. Some
plants were forced to shut down en-
while others found it necessary
work

which occupied the lower ground.

high water during

tirely,

to suspend in

and

departments

Accounted For.
“Where on earth did you ever learn
asked the law-
yer of his clerk who had been copy-
for him.
was the

to spell, young man?”
documents
“My sister taught me,
| youth’s reply.

“Well, ]

that your sister is no school teacher.”

ing some

Sir,

judge from your spelling

“No, sir,” replied the modest boy;
“she’s a stenographer.”
oo nt aaa
The cloth may make the clergy,

but the man makes the minister.

 

 

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BUY “GARDEN CITY’”’

FIREWORKS

FROM LYON BROTHERS

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any price.

Buy

alogue free to dealers.

They are sure to please your trade
and give perfect satisfaction.
have always done so—and they are
better this year than ever before. It
does not pay to buy an interior
brand of fireworks—they are dear at

Garden City

are known the world over and recog-
nized as a standard, and for this rea-
son we handle no other brand. They
are so thoroughly reliable that we
positively guarantee them.
are unequaled for brilliancy and
colors, and the varieties are more
extensive than ever.
lower than others ask for unknown
and untried makes.
Garden City fireworks.
Write for it.

Our prices are

Buy the best.

‘They

Fireworks

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that ten weeks—it is often longer—

|
the one proposed. Let it be a
is the average length of the er

| vacation and that it is too short. The |
DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS

| 4, 1905.

new plan, let us say, begins on Sept. |
At the end of every four |
|

| weeks throughout the year there is |

|a two weeks’ vacation.

This divides |

ithe year equally, giving eight vaca- |

Two dollars per year, payable in ad- | : :
months, thirty-six weeks for school |

vance.
No subscription accepted unless ac-

companied by a signed order and the)

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Without specific instructions to the con-

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definitely.
be accompanied by payment to date.
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Entered at the Grand Rapids Postoffice.

 

E. A. STOWE, Editor.

 

Wednesday, June 14, 1905

 

 

TWO WEEKS OR FOURTEEN.

The world, educational and unedu-
cational, startled, if not
shocked, by the announcement by one
high in authority and influence, that

has been

everything considered two weeks’ va-
cation in summer is long enough and
that more than that is provocative of
mischief.

The shock comes with special force
to an almost overwhelming majority,
who believe that the school popula-
tion are already overworked and that

nd

more of rest and frolic and sunshine

is what these puny children need with
the text-books put carefully away un-
til cool weather shall make more
tolerable the wearisome study which
goes on with monotonous regularity
for nine or ten months of the year.
It would be this point to
recount a long list of the woes com-
plained of by the anxious parent in

behalf of the

easy at

overworked child—the

crowded curriculum of study, its be-

wildering variety, the rapid progress

which prevents thoroughness, the in-
creasing demands of the different
grades and the appalling examina-

tions at the end of each—but putting

these aside the question is, ‘

mer vacation of two weeks long
enough for the child’s physical well-

being?”
Whoever
with children of any grade n

has

be told that the strain fron
ber to June is too great.

is any real study—and there is an
abundance of it—the passing examina-
tion leaves the pupil “pretty well used
op Eor the

child who has
1

first few weeks th

all has

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ing siege from September until the
holidays. Then aiter a f
night—sometimes not even that—the
grind goes on until June. and so
furnishes abundant proof that a two
weeks’ vacation would be wholly in-
adequate for the renovation required
of it.

The opposite view furnishes
for reflection.

The exhaustion complained of is the
inevitable

food

result of the present ar-|

|tions of two

weeks each—sixteen
weeks during the year—leaving nine

work. No one can reasonably con-
clude that a month’s study, supposing |
it to be severe, will not be counter- |
vacation, and |
it must be conceded that from the
point of view taken—the health of the |
child—-the best thing to do is to di-
vide the school year into nine terms |
of four weeks each separated by a|
two weeks’ vacation.

Yes: but in that case the child will
be in the school room the first and
the last week of June, the first three
weeks of July and with the exception
of the first four days all of August—
the hottest part of the summer. True;
but the monthly vacations throughout
the year have prepared the child for |
this, and, it is submitted, with this |
preparation the school room is the |
best place for him. Here, too, is the |
strong part of the system. The wear-
iness of the vacation is avoided. A/ft-
er the end of the first two weeks of
the long vacation the child is a
plague to and to all
ought to have control over him. The
rest of the time is worse than wast-
ed. He becomes With
the lack of bringing up usually found
in the American home, he follows his

himself who

demoralized.

own will, and that, then, asserting it-
self he is the terror of all he comes
Without the whole-
some discipline of the school room he
not
but the anarchistic ruler of the fami-
him the home centers
He gets up when he pleases and goes
to bed when he likes. He eats when
he chooses and his preparation for the

in contact with.

becomes only his own master,

ly. Around

mealtime depends upon his
“When he is best,
than a boy; and when he is worst, he
is little better than a beast; so that |

1 like
her beasts in general, he has a tam-

fancy.
he is a little worse

he time the fall term begins,

ing-down process to go through witl

before real work begins. All of
child’s
convincing proof that President Eliot
is right and that the two weeks’ va-

for the}

which on the account

cation even in summer is
child’s good; by far the best.

Is nothing to be said on the other
side?

There is no other side. If the teach-
er is to be considered—which does!
not follow—it may be said in the first
place that the school is intended for
the child only.
ed it may be
that the same benefit would accrue.
It is doubtful which is worse after the

examinations are over. pupil or teach-

If the point be urg-
said with much truth

o

r. The strain of the long terms tells
severely on the teacher, and often the
first six weeks of the vacation are re-
quired to repair damages. Then, too,
the long vacation without work is not |

all that fancy paints it to the teacher |

| being a

gives | 3:

often equal to the long season of en-
forced idleness—a condition of things
not at all in harmony with the idea
that long summer vacations are bet-
ter.

The plea that the short vacation
would seriously interfere with the
home is a matter the question has
nothing to do with. It is the child
and its welfare that is to be looked

lafter. Around him must all consider-

ations center, and if theory and ex-

| perience are worth anything, it is sub-

mitted that, take it all in all, the two
weeks’ vacation will be found to be
the arrangement which will best ac-
complish the purposes desired.

 

REVELATION OF CHEMISTRY.

Calcium is a white metal extremely
light, being but little more than half

| as heavy as aluminum, and it oxydizes

by exposure to the air, so that it is
soon destroyed, being converted into
the white powder known as quick-
lime.

Heretofore it has been regarded as

‘little more than a curiosity of chemis-

try, produced in very small quanti-
ties and at a very high price.
cently, however, United States Con-
sul Liefeld at Freiberg, Germany, re-
ported that it would seem to be 2
risky speculation to invest in the rarer
metals. One day they may be worth
$100 to $500 per ounce, and the next
day they may be placed on the mar-
ket by the ton. Something like this
has happened in the case of the once
calcium. A month
there was only an ounce or two in
England, and now the metal can be
ordered by the hundredweight.

Its price per ounce, according to
| Sts. changed in the

rare metal

hemists has

c
f

fr

273.73: 1904, $121.66; 1905 (January),

$43.80: 1905 (March), 36 cents. From

has become cheap enough to experi- |
with the|

ment with in connection
manufacture of armor plate or hard-
ened steel, and already manufacturers

are asking for whole hundredweights

, for this purpose.

The discovery which has brought
about this extraordinary

slump” was
made by two German chemists, who
have patented their process. Orders
are pouring in from scientists, such
as Sir William Crookes and Sir Wil-
1 schools, such as Har-
Borough Polytechnic;
>] manufacturers.

 

row and the

 

Calcium was first made in minute

a
| quantities by Humphrey Davy. In the

chloride of calcium is
in a receptacle and fused by
ysis. An iron cathode forms

a basis upon which the molten cal-|

cium deposits itself, and the once rare
metal builds itself up into an irregu-

When the stalk has grown to the
ah
arafin wax to preserve it
n of the air.

point proved by the new
hat metallic calcium is
white and not yellow. So rapidly does

 

process is t

it change its color—owing to the ac-|
tion of the air—from white to yel-
low that the white tinge has not

rangement, and the surest remedy is | whose poorly-paid-for services are not | previously been observed.

Re- |

ago |

ollowing remarkable manner: 1903, |

mere laboratory curiosity it|

ight length it is chipped off and dip-|

“LEST WE FORGET.”

While the flood of 1905 was, for-
tunately for all concerned, not so
serious as the great flood of 1904, it
was sufficiently menacing to impel the
thinking portion of the community
to consider the causes and, if possi-
ble, evolve a solution of the difficulty.
The Tradesman took up this subject
a year ago and, under the heading
of The Penalty of Avarice, published
the following editorial:

In the good old days of forty years ago,
when those who are now prominent in
business in this city were better ac-
quainted with canoes, shotguns, muskrat
traps and bows and arrows than with
other utensils, the east bank of Grand
River passed, from Lyon and Campau
streets, diagonally to about where the
present entrance to the Fourth National
Bank is seen. Thence it took a southerly
direction to Louis street where it turned
islightly to the west and extended to a
|point on Fulton street directly at the
rear of the old Barnard House, which is
still standing. About 125 feet west of this
shore was the east bank of Island No. 1,
whose length was from about 100 feet
north of Pearl street to an equal distance
south of Louis street. The eight-rod
channel thus indicated was deep enough
from the opening of navigation to June
1. and sometimes until August, to permit
the several steamboats plying between
this city and Grand Haven to land regu-
larly just below Pearl street. During the
freshet seasons, these boats would come
up the east channel, tie up about where
the French Room of the Hotel Pantlind
now flourishes, unload the freight and
lie there until morning. With passengers
and freight aboard, the lines would be
east off and around the head of the Is-
land the boats would go on the down-
river journey.

In the geography of Grand Rapids 40
years ago, our river at Feari street was
about a thousand feet wide because of the
little bay that set in at that point to-
ward Canal street. In the present geog-
|raphy our river at that point is about
600 feet wide and ahout the same ratio of
difference is shown from 500 feet above
the Bridge street bridge to the city’s
public lighting station.

Forty years ago the only obstructions to
ithe high water flow of Grand River at
|this point were Bridge street bridge and
| the islands. the latter being entirely sub-
|merged early each spring. To-day five
i bridges span the remaining six-tenths of
the old channel. Forty years ago there
|was no ‘Turner street tunnel opening
under the bed of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way, so that the deluge brought down
Indian Mill Creek was held within bounds
until it reached the rrver.
| All of these changes account for the
irecord flood of 1904 and the ‘‘made land”
obstructions were the chief causes. [Es-

made that our flond ic me
this vear will aggregate a million dollars.
This figure will not be reached, in all
| likelihood, when the books are balanced,
| but the aggregate of flood losses the past
decade will much more than
balance the aggregate of profits made by
the filling in of our river on either side.
And, worse than that, while
profits have been enjoyed by a few per-
sons the losses have affected the peace
jand pockets of thousands of our citizens.
| Indeed, it seems quite probable that the
depreciation in real estate values through
the flooded districts. in consequence of
our experience the past week, will repre-
sent the cost of a levee 20 feet high on
both sides of the river from the “Big
Rend” to the Plaster Mills. Dame Na-
ture submits to more or less imposition
at times, but she collects heavy tolls
eventnally.

All that the Tradesman said a year

ago holds good to-day. In

 

 

 

| timates are

 

   

eounter-

these

 

  

narrow-
ing up the channel from 7oo feet to
300 feet and producing a funnel shap-
ed pocket, the people have undertaken
to circumvent Nature, and Nature
will not be circumvented, but insists

upon asserting herself on occasions.

We may not have another flood for
fifty years—there was an interval of
| half a century between the great flood
| of 1854 and the greater flood of 1904—
| but whenever the next flood
come, the situation will be just as
menacing and the results just as Se-
vere if something is not done to get
in harmony with Nature’s laws and
Nature’s requirements.

does

 

 

 

| A fellow never realizes how many
| people want to treat until he has
sworn off,

 

 

 

 

 

 

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

9

 

CYRUS GRAY LUCE.

 

Tender Tribute To the Memory of a
Noble Man.*

He was great from the view point
of those who believe that greatness
is the child of rich scholarship, ora-
tory or emanates from victories won
on land or sea. If, however, great-
ness lies in contentment to reach a
station where all men can _ truthful-
ly say, “He was a credit to himself,
his family, his friends and his State;”
if measured, I say, by such a standard,
we might truly say that Cyrus Gray
Luce was a great man.

In the quiet walks of life, by appli-
cation to duty and faithful devotion
to those underlying principles upon
which alone true manhood is builded,
he toiled.

Assembled here in these legislative
halls, this perfect summer day, to pay
tribute to the memory of a man who
did everything he could to build and
maintain the institutions of our State,
the simplest truthful thought that
comes to one and all may be ex-
pressed in few words, “He was_ in-
deed a manly man.” His early life
was spent in Indiana. Born at Wind-
sor, Ohio, July 2, 1824, he moved to
Indiana in 1836. In 1849 he settled
in Gilead, Branch county, Michigan,
where he lived and died. For eleven
years he was Supervisor of this town-
ship. For two terms he was. the
Treasurer of Branch county. In 1854
he was elected to the Legislature. In
1865 he was elected to the State Sen-
ate and served for two terms. In
1886 he was elected Governor of the
State. For several years he served
as a member of the State Board of
Agriculture; was Master of the State
Grange and President of the Society
under whose auspices we have met
to-day. He was also President of the
State Library Commission. He per-
formed the duties appertaining to
every office to which he was elected
acceptably to the whole people. A
plain, blunt man, he was not afraid
to state his convictions and when he
spoke it was to the purpose.

It would be idle presumption in me
to attempt in this presence an analy-
sis of his character or a portrayal of
his magnificent manhood. In most
touching and eloquent phrase this
has been done by Mr. Campbell, who
served him as Private Secretary and
who was closely and intimately iden-
tified with him. In nothing were the
traits of Mr. Luce more sharply em-
phasized than in the pride he felt in
the institutions of his State and in the
enthusiasm with which he cherished
the confident assurance of their up-
lifting. His whole heart and his whole
ability were always in his work; al-
most from his majority to his death
he was officially connected with some
organization tending to advance the
interests of his State. The same un-
tiring zeal which made him promi-
nent in agricultural pursuits was con-
tributed to everything with which he
was associated. The people of this
State soon recognized in Mr. Luce
a man of keen and far-seeing judg-
ment, a ‘natural leader of men, con-

*Address by Hon. P. T. Colgrove, of

Hastings, before annual meeting Pioneer
and Historical Society.

 

 

servative and at the same time pro-
gressive. His counsel was often
sought and was always on the side of
right, justice and morality.

On the pages of history, where are
found the names of illustrious sons
of Michigan who have proven them-
selves worthy and won their spurs by
faithful devotion to the upbuilding
and uplifting of the institutions of the
State, Cyrus G. Luce’s name will be
conspicuous.
were no secrets in his life, no hidden

record which he feared would leap |
The consciousness of this |

to ite.
fact and that every act of the past
in the service of the people was from
a pure motive fortified him for the
duties before him.

It is said that true genius lives

two lives—the first with its own gen- |
eration; the second in the thought of |

 

He was clean—there |

 

to use the ability he possessed for
good. The light he carried with him
was always the light of the true and
the just.

In this capitol of the State he loved
so well, in these halls of legislation
where his voice was so often heard,
/we may well bow our heads and sit in
we do not
only to Ex-Governor Luce, a former
President of this organization, but to

silence while reverence

a plain man who, in all things and in
life, exemplified the
highest type of true nobility.

every walk in

men who pride them-

i selves upon being “hard-headed” and

There are
| “practical,” who sneer at book learn-
ling and point to Lincoln and many
| other great Americans who had no
| opportunity to obtain a college edu-
cation. While Mr. Luce was a hard-

headed, practical man, he recognized

Hon. P. T. Colgrove

subsequent ages. The student of
Michigan history in the decades to
come will not fail to be inspired by
the noble life of this plain man, who
had no higher ambition than to per-
form well each duty that devolved
upon him and to lift higher and still
higher the banner of the State he lov-
ed so well.

Mr. Campbell has spoken of his
loving and kindly nature. All he has
said is true. He might have added,

however, that Mr. Luce could and|

did hate with all the intensity of his
soul all that was a sham and false.
He hated hypocrisy and deceit. He
hated those who were false to their
profession. He hated the despoilers
of men’s characters and despised him
who would rob his fellowman of his
good name. He had no use for the
pretender. He called upon every man
who was admitted to his friendship

oe felt keenly the advantages to be
derived from a broad and

| life

education. He _ believed that the
practical men of the world and the
men who boast of being level-headed
and hard-headed—that these men of
sterling qualities would have been
able to have served their State better
and been more useful if they had en-
joyed the advantages of a college edu-
cation. Believing this, he was ever
ready to give assistance to our edu-
cational institutions. He was a man
who from boyhood did not wait for
something very distinguished to do.
He believed it was better to do well
whatever was before him than to fail
It
was one of the strongest elements of
his nature that all labor seemed hon-

in something more conspicuous.

orable and he believed that everybody

could dignify and make honorable
whatever task he had to perform.
He believed that an aimless life

could be none other than a wasted

and that to only to fulfill

live

ithe pleasures of to-day, to disconnect
| to-morrow from the present, to disin-
|tegrate the years and to live for spots

land single days was a crime.

| tion

We
find to-day thousands of men who
have failed of the purpose of life,
not because they were vicious, not
because they were criminal, not be-
cause they were not clever in many
respects, but because there was noth-

ing toward which they aimed. Mr.
Luce believed that only the earnest
man succeeds and that the man who

throws aside every weight and keeps
his the goal is the man to
And so, deprived of the ad-

eye on
reach it.
vantages of a broad education, we find
him the Chief Executive of one of the
the Na-

to. the

greatest commonwealths in

1

because he subscribed
things I have spoken of.
We shall not profit by a study of
kis history if his example does not
inspire us to a singleness of aim and
unconquered persistence. He believ-
ed not only in keeping on, but bend-
ing and blending all our energies up-
the subject before It may

on us.

| be truthfully said of him that he be-
| lieved in putting aside whatever would

| waste

our time and dissipate our

|energies and to press steadily along

the path of choice, uphill and down,

| and ‘not be satisfied until we attained
| our aim and achieved at least an hon-

| orable position.

literal | you unless

He believed that cen-
never hurt. “If
“they can not hurt
you are wanting in char-

sure and criticism

false,” he said,

 

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MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

 

acter; if true, they show a man his

|one or more other retailers, urging

weak points and forewarn him against them to do likewise, and so on indefi-

failure and trouble.”

We murmur not at the wisdom of |
natural laws that affect alike the mon-
arch and the surf.

Poor, indeed, this world would be}
without its graves; without the mem- |
ories of its noble dead. “Only the
voiceless speak forever.” Lights and |
shadows in the warp and woof of |
life give to it its greatest value and |
to man his highest and best views of |
his fellows. The lights and
shadows in the life of Mr. Luce give |
to it its greatest value as we look|
back over the years of faithful, loyal
and devoted service, because we see
in him the real citizen, who loved and
revered his State and Nation with
all the fervor and earnestness of his
great and loyal heart, applying al- |
ways a clear intellect, a tender and}
unselfish devotion to the good of hu- |
manity. May I not say he needs no
imposing shaft of bronze or marble |
to remind posterity of his manly deeds |
because he has left to us an imperish-
able memory of goodness and truth? |

In the bosom of the great State. |
among the people who loved him and |
whom he loved so well, and in our |
hearts he rests forevermore.

His chair is vacant, his work is
ended, his star is set, but,

Set as sets the morning star, that

Goeth not down behind the

Darkened west, but fades away
In the brightness of the rising day. |
—____.—-——— |

Concerted Action To Curtail Mail Or-
der Houses.
Farmington, Iowa, June 12—Do you |
wish to be placed in a position to be |
able to compete with the mail order}
houses? Will you agree to attend a|
grand convention of retail merchants |
to be held soon at a place to be nam- |
ed by the leaders of this movement? |
At this convention you will be shown
the way. If you have a better plan, |
and can show it to be so, the conven- |
tion will consider it. Now, you must |
not hang back and wait for your
neighbor, but act at once and urge |
others to do likewise. Bankers, will

“you attend this convention and there-|

by encourage the movement and urge |
your local retail merchants to fall in|
line? Do you know that the mail|
order houses in Chicago, with assets |
running into the tens of millions of |
dollars, are offering and guaranteeing
to their customers, who are also your
customers, throughout the country 7 |
per cent. per annum on deposits in
amounts from $5 up to $1,000, sub- |
ject to check at any time and in any |

amount, without waiving their inter- |
est? Do you see how this will af-|
fect your business? Will not this |
militate against the welfare of every |
enterprise in your town? Then isn't}
every citizen in your town interested
in the promotion of this movement?

Will every retailer and banker who |

is in sympathy with this movement, in | : :
«a mace | that no more fitting selection could be

every state from Ohio to Colorado,

pledge themselves to attend such a)
convention, if consistent to do so,|

by at once writing me a letter? Also
write to one or more retail mer-
chants of your acquaintance, calling
attention to this call, and urge them

| publish this worthy appeal.

| to your interest.
|tendance of not less than five thous-
land retail merchants at this conven-

|nitely. Do not put this off until to-
| morrow. Now is the time to act. Ask,
| by letter, the daily paper you read to
Do not
fail to do this. Send the editor the
clipping. This will aid powerfully, es-
pecially in the Chicago Sunday pa-
pers. Every retailer, no matter what

line engaged in, is expected and urg-
ed to respond to this call. Local
newspapers, too, please copy. Your

| merchants are the bone and sinew of

your towns. Will you not help them?
Retailers, do not slumber, but awaken
Let us have an at-

tion. W. H. Gentner.

—_—_++»__—_
| Excellent Legislative Record of Mich-

igan Merchant.
In the Legislature of 1905, which

| adjourned sine die last week, no mem-
|ber took a more commanding posi-

tion or reflected greater credit on

| himself and his constituents than C.
| L. Glasgow, the well-known hardware

dealer of Nashville. Senator Glas-
gow talked right and voted right on
every measure which came before the

'Senate for discussion or action and
ithe esteem in which he was held by
| his associates was shown in his elec-
tion to the position of President pro

 

 

Hon. C. L. Glasgow

 

tem of the Senate, over which he
presided with fairness and precision.
Senator Glasgow has always stood
high as a merchant and his experi-

lence in two consecutive sessions of

the Legislature—both in the upper

| house—have so enhanced his reputa-

tion as a good citizen, a safe and

| cautious legislator and a faithful rep-
| resentative of the interests of his con- |

stituents that it is not at all unlikely
that he may be called upon, two
| years hence, to accept the nomina-
tion for Governor on the Republican
ticket. Those who know him best
and appreciate his worth will agree
with the Tradesman in the statement

| made and that Mr. Glasgow would be
|found fully equal to discharge the
dificult duties incumbent upon the of-
| fice with credit to himself and with
| satisfaction to both party and people.

| ———
| A lone widow is seldom alone if

to write me and for them to write to| she is young and pretty.

 

 

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But how far would $10.00 go?
ads. and have sold enough books for more money than
any ad. writer ever received for an equal number of ads.
Meet Me Face to Face They’ve helped to build my clothing and furnishing
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My book containing 500 tested ads. costs $10.00. The 500 have been

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Well, I write my own

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How Farley Broke Strike on New | the minute that the strike breaker
York Railways. | wired “Come.”

 

It took just one day for the Inter- | These men were those that had
borough Rapid Transit Company, of | been weeded out from the thousands
New Yrk, to break the resent strike | that had applied for work. They had
on its lines. Twenty-four hours after | been first asked if they would stick
the union men had gone out the strike | by the road in case of a strike, and
was over, so far as any possibility | 0" answering in the affirmative were
of the union’s winning was concern-| told what the situation was in New
ed. The power houses were running | York. If they were willing to go to
to supply motive power on all the help break the strike they were given
lines, new men were at the windows | OMe day’s pay and told to wait for
of the ticket booths ready to take | orders.
fares, and the cars were running with| All the work of organizing this
but little inconvenience to the road | small army of skilled men was carried
or to the traveling public. Five|on so quietly that the union in New
thousand skilled railroad men had) York was in entire ignorance of the
suddenly stepped into the places left | railroad’s plans. The day before the
empty by the strikers before the first strike was called special trains began
day was over, and the cars went on | to bring the strike breakers into New
almost as if nothing had happened. | York. Fifteen hundred of them were

 

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There are few instances on record
of such a clean and complete job of
strike breaking as was this. The
unions, when they went out, were

sure they would win their strike easi- |

ly. There were nearly 6,000 of them
—motormen, trackmen, electricians,
engineers, power house employes and
ticket “choppers.” They operated the
most complicated local railroad sys-
tem in the country. They were all
skilled men in their lines—men whom
it would be hard to replace at short
notice--and they had thousands of

dollars in the unions’ treasuries to |
keep their fight going. They were not |

of the poorly paid classes of work-
ers; most of them had saved some-
thing. They could afford to lay off
for a long time. And when they
went out they tied up the system
tighter than a cat in the proverbial
sack. Yet the battle was lost to
them before the first day’s fight was
well over. They had been replaced
and the cars were running.

One James Farley, strike breaker
and detective, is the man who made

it possible for the railroad to win this |

strike in such short and decisive or-
der. Farley began work more than
two weeks before the strike was call-
ed to make preparations to win the
strike for the company. He was
called in by the road’s officials at the
first mutterings of the unions and told
what would be required of him.

“You'll have to have 5,000 men here
ready to begin work within a day
after the strike is called,’ was what
the officials said. Farley has got
used to such orders. He left the office
and went quietly to work.

All through the country, in cities
of any considerable size, Farley has
men stationed the year around who
act as his agents when skilled men
are to be needed to break a strike.
To these he wired news of the situa-
tion in New York, along with instruc-
tions to round up all the skilled elec-
tric railway men that would be availa-
ble. The agents put small advertise-
ments in the papers of their towns
stating that men were wanted for
work on a new road at a higher scale
of pay than was obtainable in their
town. Applicants came for the places
by the hundreds, and in the course of
two weeks there were 5,000 men on
Farley’s pay roll in various cities who
were ready to start for New York

| put aboard a steamer as soon as they
|arrived and sent out into the harbor
|to wait for the crisis. Others were
| quickly housed in small crews in the
| quieter parts of the city.

| When the unions, secure in the
'knowledge that they embraced prac-
| tically all the skilled electric railroad
| men in their section of the country,
|presented their ultimatum and, upon
| its being refused, called the strike, the
| strike breakers had been assigned to
| their various positions along the line |
'and were within an hour’s reach of |

|
|

It was 4 o’clock in the morning
| when the strike was called. An hour
|later the experienced ones among the
| labor officials who had helped to
| bring about the strike realized what
|they were “up against.” Cars were
| going out of the company’s barns,
| and they were in the charge of skilled
| men, men who knew the motors un-
| der their charge just as well as the
men who laid down the controllers
an hour before. Before the day’s end
skilled engineers and stokers had
stepped into the vacant places in the|
power houses, tower men, ticket
agents and bosses—all new men and
all experienced—were in their places
or hurrying to get into them, and the
| strike was won for the railroad.

Ben. Insley.
—__—~>-» 9

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LITTLE NOVELTIES.

How They Bring Wealth to Their
Inventors.

In modern Chicago a man who can | ue ane
. : : f | pesition, the description filed

prove that his business is the inven-| |, _ ou :
: oe : .| the patent office containing 204 pages,

tion of novelties in the wide sense of | seiale
the term may establish the conven-|. 4 . : .
; aan ; a } ings, $5,000 having been spent in pre-
tional “visible means of support’ to a “
ae ean : | paring the case for the patent office,

the satisfaction of any court of rec- ‘ i Cea
: 'and a plump $2,000,000 going into the

ord.

manufacturer, jobber or retailer has
been developed in recent years until
enough men devote their time to it to
rank it as a business. Incidentally the

novelties is such as to invite the at-
tention of thousands of those who are
of the disposition to “have ideas,” if
only as a side line.

the simplest possibilities in the novel-
ty field have made fortunes for the
one who has availed himself of his
inspiration through the patent office.

The man who conceived the idea
of a little brass paper fastener which,
made of a doubled brass strip in “T”
shape, could be sold by the quart at
a cost of a few cents made a fortune
for himself and for his manufacturers.

this is the story of one of the most

complicated and costly ventures in|

the typesetting machine patents.
This was the Paige typesetting ma-
chine, which handled the newspaper
type itself, setting it, justifying it, and
aiterward distributing it. A first ma-
chine was built more or less crudely
in order to demonstrate its practica-

|
|

|

bility, after which a company was
formed to manufacture it.
ly the first machine built cost $1,000,-
000, having 15,000 pieces in its com-
with
mechanical draw-

160 of these

: ; _|manufacturers’ scrap heap before the
Inventing novelties to the order of |

[ene are,

whole field of promise in patented | versal demand, even if it be

company decided to go out of busi-
ness altogether.

In the eye of the expert in patent
fields, the ideal conditions for a pat-
first, that it shall be in uni-
some-

| thing that shall sell for 1 cent. Ex-

perience points to the fact that in

| these days of the busy penny, a nov-

Some of the most}
unexpected ideas concerning some of |

elty that must retail for as much as
5 cents never becomes popular in the
widest sense of the term. Two cents

for a simple novelty that may be

|manufactured for every school child

| die struck, perhaps at the
In the sharpest possible contrast with |

at a fraction of a penny each has all
the suggestions of a modern gold
mine to the patent attorney of experi-
cack.

In a practical way the majority of
such inventions are of metal, and are
rate of
scores in a minute, with the stretch-

‘ing of the metal to the last limit of

economy. In the manufacture of such
novelties the greatest cost is for the

| production of something entirely dif-

Practical- |

| dies that shall strike the article at a|

}

blow, for ordinarily the manufacturer

|
|

of such an article has made other sim- |

ilar die struck articles and with only

a change of dies in a machine little |
other alteration is necessary for the}

ferent.
Something distinctly whimsical and
novel, coming within marketable fig-

ures, making it within the reach of|
anybody to whom it will appeal, is |
preferable to something costing 25 to)
Household nov- |

50 cents and more.
elties of practical use will stand a

retail price of 25 cents, but to exceed |

5 cents as the limit on the small nov-

elty designed to amuse is to make the
thing not worth while unless the in-|

vention be of striking interest.

There is scarcely a patent attorney | O-
$500,000 out of it.

or a person interested in a patent of

his own who does not refer to the}

old return ball of twenty-five years
ago, and repeat the story of the $150,-
000 which the inventor made of it.
The original toy at the time was of a

character to interest everybody in the |
household, from grandfather to baby, |

while it was simplicity and cheapness
to the point of ideality.
soft pine, attached to an India rubber
strip two feet long,
ing about 14 of a cent, retailed for a
nickel in those days, and everybody
in the
sconer or later.

In all the line of small inventions,
perhaps no novelty ever cost its ex-
as much money for advertis-
did the little metal hook
known to everybody in the
country who could read, by that pio-
neer of catch lines, “See that hump?”
Tons of those bits of
sold, for, ail

concerned.

ploiters
ing, as
made

minute

were and money made

Not all of the physically small nov-

A ball of |

the whole cost- |

household had to have one, |

wire |

 

 

elties belong strictly to that classifi-
| cation. The metal “link belt” was
| one of these small things which revo-
| lutionized former methods of trans-
| mitting power. One of its first no-
ticeable applications was to the chain
| bicycle when the modern wheel bur-
ied the old high pattern for all time.
From the bicycle the chain has pass-
ed to the automobile, where it is most
| frequently seen, but its field of useful-
lness extends te nearly every condi-
tion where power is transmitted to
mechanisms. This inventor
man, and he made

| geared
was a Chicago

Chicago’s place among the cities
turning out inventions of universal
use is still further attested in the fact
that the modern mechanism for lift-
|ing transoms and securing them from
closing, and against any _ possible
depredator from the outside, originat-
ed there, as did the first spring mat-
tress and the first folding bed.

To get a patent on the average
small novelty which is in a class not
requiring the limit of investigation
into the patent office records will cost
the average inventor about $65, and
he will have to wait from two to
three months for the completion of
‘the necessary routine. Some of this
routine involves a good deal of red
tape, but the patent attorney appre-
ciates some of the difficulties in his
own investigations, whether his client
| does or not.
| For example, the fact that no such
thing as the inventor has completed
| can be found on the market does not
| indicate that no such thing was ever

 

Window Glass Prices Advanced
June 12th

You received one of our postal cards, giving prices quoted to-day.

we want you to write and we will send one.

Another Meeting of Jobbers is Scheduled
for June 27th

and there are strong forces working for a further advance.

If you did not,

We advise you to buy now. Quotations may be withdrawn any day.

Grand Rapids Glass & Bending Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Bent Glass Factory, Kent and Newberry Sts.

Office and Warehouse, 199, 201, 203 Canal St.

 

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

13

 

patented. Mere lack of energy inthe
inventor has buried scores of other-
wise valuable productions in the scrap
piles of the patent office, where many
of them are merely obstructing crea-
tions blocking more or less the later
ideas of other men on the same lines.
that have
their origin in Chicago and elsewhere
nowadays are the result of invitations
from manufacturers of novelty goods
who have need for a newer novelty or
who have seen an opening in the in-
dustrial world for some appliance that
is needed and will make a hit.
Edward De Long.
a
Clean Life Best Road To Success in
World.

To the question, “What would you
urge on the young man of to-day
as the first principle of success?”
replied:

Some of the novelties

a prominent man recently
“The clean fe’’
“Evidently been reading Wagner’s
‘Simple Life,’” ventured the friend
who had asked the question.
“NO,”

ple life doesn’t hardly apply when a

was the answer.

question of winning in the race for |

3ut as
the first principle for the guidance

success to-day is considered.

of the young man who wants to win |
success I would place clean living. It |
is only the clean liver who wins suc- |

cess nowadays.”

The man who spoke thus is just a}

practical, Chicago business
Pleasant theories have nothing
attractive to him.

whatsoever nature,

plain,
man.

appeal to

is all business. When he says that
clean living is the first and foremost

requisite for success, when he places |

this above education, training and
even the hard work success regime
advised by most men who lay down

rules for the young man to follow}

to wealth and position, it is up to
the voung man to pause and give his
words consideration.

He does not advise clean living be-

cause be is particularly interested in|

welfare of the young
He worries not about

the spiritual

man of to-day.
the future of the human race.
when nailed for the

principle of
says, “Live clean.” And he knows,
for he came up from the bottom him-

down prime

self and has hundreds of men under |

him now.
There is nothing Utopian nor fini-
cal about the “clean life” proposition.

There are a whole lot of young men |
who
could give a good definition of the|
phrase from having dabbled deeply |

in every city in the country

in its exact opposite. It means to
live in a way that is best calculated
to keep the body and mind free from
disease or decay—to live clean.

In these days when it is the strenu- |
ous life that obtains in business af-|

fairs, it is the man of health, the
man of good physical stamina, ener-
getic, clear minded and_ sane, who
wins the position worth having. The
weakling who has spent his_ best
days in dissipation that has cost him
his health is the man who winds up
at the bottom of the ladder, in the
places where the failures of the age

“The sim- |

All questions, of |
him |
on the practical side or not at all. He|

But |

a recipe for success he}

tering that the hand of Fate is turned
cruelly on them and that less capable

over their heads through
ere.
We all know this type.

country has them-—-the Men
Kick.
|in their lines, and it seems incredi-
| ble that they do not rise.
them up after hours, see how they

spend their evenings, their half days

 

reason for their failure to rise.
times out of ten they will be found
to be “sounders,” “sports,”
there
an explanation
they are the

“rounder.”

are any

words, “sport”

A young fellow is paid $15 a week.

He pays out of this $6 for his board|
and Out of the rest he trices to be a}
He goes out with the “boys” |
at night, drinks and dissipates as far |
will take him, then |

“Sport.”
/as his money
home at
“knocked out.”

night logy, tired,
He has a hard time
getting sobered to go to work in the

goes

morning and he leaves
to go home and get the
lost at night.

Then, when the system
rid itself of the poison that he shot

4 i
days.

3ut look |

men than they are being promoted |
influence, |

Every of- |
fice, store and business house in the)
Who |

Many of them are good men}

off, and see if you can not find the|
Nine |

and = 11}
words that suffice as}
why some men fail |
and |

off at noon|
rest that he}

He is not himself for three or four |
has |

into it, he has another opportunity |

to go out and he a
takes him
from

the human system is adaptive

will secrete much poison before mak-

° ~ . |
ing the final outcry that brings down |
not do}
his best work while he is living in|

fhe crash But a man can

this manner, and if a man wishes to|

work first, last and all the time.

The clean liver can do this. He
knows that it is not well to try to be
a ‘sport. | Ee not have any
religious scrupies nor be para-
gon of virtue. But he is sensible, and
he knows it does not pay. It is sim-
ply a question of dollars and cents
with him, and he solves the question
in the right fashion.
|made in the office or store that he
|is in he gets it. Maybe he is not a
| better worker than the other fellow,
(the) ‘sport;’ He may even! be less
capable than the “sport” is when he
is “sieht.” But the clean liver is
reliable, he can be depended upon to

may
any

last.
whose energy is continually below
par, sees the other fellow get the
promotion, curses his superiors for
favoritism, and goes out to get drunk
over it. Soon he is one of that large
army of “booze fighters,” who drink
because their system craves liquor.
When they lose their jobs and go
'to the bad, and finally fall victims to
the drink habit, their friends all say,
“Too bad.” And the clean liver is
then just getting into the prime of a
long and satisfactory life.
Henry Oyen.

 

“sport.” And it|
the same time to recover |
this night as from the other. |
|And a man can keep at this for a |
long time, an awfully long time, for |
and |

win nowadays he has to do his best |

 

do his work day after day, and to|
The man who plays the sport,

 

are relegated. The pace is too swift  [iISNAIIIINIIININEan see nny ne ear te titres

for them and they drop behind mut- |

Michigan Fire and Marine petroit

Insurance Company

Cash Capital $200.000.

Michigan

Established 1881.

Assets $1,000,000.

Surplus to Policy dolders $625,000. | Losses Paid 4,200,000.

D. M. FERRY, Pres.
GEv. E. LAWSON, Ass3’t Treas.

OFFICERS
F. H. WHITNEY, Vice Pres.
E. J. BOOTH, Sec’y

DIRECTORS

M. W. O’BRIEN, Treas.
E. P. WEBB, Ass’t Sec’y

D. M. Ferry, F. J. Hecker, M. W. O’Brien, Hoyt Post, Walter C. Mack, Allan Shelden
R. P. Joy, Simon J. Murphy, Wm. I.. Smith, A. H. Wilkinson, James Edgar,
H. Kirke White, H. P. Baldwin, Charles B. Calvert, F. A. Schulte, Wm. V. Brace,

. W. Thompson, Philip H. McMillan, F. E. Driggs, Geo. H. Hopkins, Wm. R. Hees,
James BD. standish, Theodore D. Buhl, Lem W. Bowen, Chas. C. Jenks, Alex. Chapoton, Jr.,
Geo ti. Barbour, S. G. Caskey, Chas. Stinchfield, Francis F. Palms, Carl A. Henry,
David C. Whitney, Dr. J. B. Book, Chas. F. Peltier, F. H. Whitney.

Agents wanted in towns where not now represented. Apply to
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Heating and Ventilating Engineers.

tention given to Power Construction and Vacuum Work.

Plumbing Goods

High and Low Pressure Steam Work. Special at-

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Special Features of the Grocery and
Produce Trade.
Special Correspondence.

New York, June 10—The general |
tendency of the coffee market is to- |
ward a lower basis and speculators |
have been liquidating to quite an ex-
tent. The market for spot stock has
been quiet, as buyers are not dis-
posed to make purchases ahead of!

current wants, as they think the de-|
clining tendency may continue. Rio}
No. 7 is worth 73%4c. In store and |
afloat there are 3,903,883 bags, against |
2,801,403 bags at the same time last |
year. Mild grades, in sympathy with |
Brazil sorts, have been quiet and the |
tone is anything but cheerful. Good |
Cucuta, 9'%@9%c; good average Bo-|
gotas, 1034@11c. In East India |
grades there is a light volume of|
business at about recent prices.

New business in sugar has been
quiet all the week, but there is a
steady improvement in withdrawals
under old contracts and the market |
generally exhibits a better tone than |
last week, as naturally might be ex- |
pected. In fact, the demand of the|
past day or so has caused some of |
the refineries to be behind in deliv-
eries from three to five days.

There has been a very small ~
mand for teas. The consuming pub- |
lic seem to have enough on hand to
cause them to refrain from calling
on the retailer and the latter has
stocks sufficiently large to tide him |
over. Prices are pretty well held and
dealers seem to think a fair trade
will spring up this fall.

There is a fairly active trade in rice |
and holders are quite well pleased |
with the outlook. There is a good |
call reported from the consuming |
public and stocks in the hands of deal- |
ers are not especially large, so the |
situation, upon the whole, is in favor |
of the seller.

In spices there is no interest in |
anything save pepper. Advices indi- |
cate a very limited crop this season |
and already the markets of the world |
are exhibiting a hardening tendency.
Singapore is now worth 1134@I2c;
West Coast, 114@I134c.

Stocks of molasses are running |
light and dealers are making no spe- |
cial effort to dispose of holdings, as |
a higher range is anticipated later in|
the season. Quotations are well main- |
tained and unchanged. Syrups are |
steady and about unchanged.

In canned goods there is not much}
to note. The Maryland pack of peas |
promises to be very short, and not- |
withstanding this the trade is not |
much disposed to interest itself. The |
new pack shows fine quality and will |
probably move freely after a month or |
so. Corn is about as dull as the |
trade has ever known it to be, no}
interest whatever being shown in fu- |
tures. Tomatoes of desirable quality |
would be rather hard to pick up be-}

low 65c for standard Maryland and |

|

futures are quite generally held at | 621-23-25 N. Main. St

| tra creamery, 20@20%4

| @I15 renovated, 15@17%c.

| 6774. Salmon is steady, but there
lis mighty little business going for-|
ward. |
Dried fruits are moving about =
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| well as might be expected in summer.
i show some advance, owing

|to higher prices abroad, and Axe |
seems to be the rate here for un-}
| cleaned in barrels. Prunes are firm |
and tend to a higher basis. Little is|
| doing in futures for peaches or apri-
cots.
The butter market is decidedly dull |

i this week. While current arrivals are |

not especially large, they have seem-
ingly been sufficient to meet require- |

| ments and, as there was quite an ac-|
| cumulation, prices have sagged. Ex-|

c; seconds to |
firsts, 17%4@19%4c; Western imita-|
|tion creamery, 16%4@I8c; Western |
a firsts, 16@16%4c; seconds, 15/

The sono market is in a little bet-|
ter condition and, although prices are |
still on a pretty low level, there is a|
better feeling. New full cream, 9@|
| 9%
Arrivals of eggs continue fairly lib- |
eral, but there is no great abundance |
of really desirable stock. Best West- |

| ern is held at 17%@18c; average best, |

17c, and from this down through |
every fraction to 15¢ or lower. |
——_—_~+~ > ___
Fearless and Independent.
The Chicago Record-Herald is a

| conspicuous example of the success |
[with which the public rewards fear-|

lless nonpartisanship in the columns
| of a great metropolitan daily paper. It}

lis an independent newspaper, inj

which men and measures are invaria- |
bly viewed wholly from the stand-|
point of the public good, and not from |

| that of the interests of any particular |

political party. It is the very reverse |
of neutral—fearless and outspoken on |
all the great questions of the day, but |
presenting its editorial opinion upon |
independent judgment and entirely re-
gardless of political affiliations. Par-
tisanship is barred as strictly from the |
news columns as from the editorial |
page. All political news is given)

| without partisan coloring, thus ena-|
| bling the reader to form correct con- |
| clusions for himself. In the ordinary |

partisan newspaper political news is|
|usually colored to such an extent as}
ito make it difficult if not impossible |

| for the reader to secure a sound ba-|
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Twelve Thousand of These
Cutters Sold by Us in 1904

We herewith give the names of several concerns |
showing how our cutters are used and in what!
quantities by big concerns. Thirty are in use in|
the Luyties Bros., large stores in ‘the city of St.
Louis, twenty- five in use by the Wm. Butler
Grocery Co., of Phila., and twenty in use by the |
Schneider Grocery & Baking Co., of Cincinnati
| and this fact should convince any merchant that |
this is the cutter to buy, and for the reason that
we wish this to be our banner year we will, for a
short time, give an extra discount of 10 per cent.

COMPUTING CHEESE CUTTER CO.,
ANDERSON, IND.

 
  

  
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
     
    
   
   
    
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
      
     
    
   

June
Is The Month

When you will sell a lot of Lily White
if you are careful to keep well supplied.
The demand for this flour is increasing
every day; although our mills have been
increased in capacity time and time
again, there are periods during the year
when we are unable to make flour fast
enough.

The great success of Lily White is
due to its merit and its reliability.

Good every time.

It is easy to claim reliability and
uniformity in flour but it is quite an-
other matter to live up to it. And peo-
ple soon get disgusted with flour that
isn’t uniform. They can’t depend on it
and they lose time, patience and
money every time they buy it.

When you sell them Lily White
they feel grateful to you for giving them
such good flour. They remember it
and come back for more and say,
‘Your flour is so good I’m going to try
some of your tea,” or whatever they
happen to need at the time.

Thus you get more of their trade
and they tell their neighbors about you
and you get the neighbors’ trade. And
so it goes on and on until eventually
you get most of the trade of your town.

The buying of Lily White doesn't
need to worry you because you can
always sell it. If you have to pay
more for it you can get more from your
customers. Many of them would pay
twice what you ask for it rather than
go without it. The people who use it
are those who want good, reliable
goods. They don’t buy shoddy of any
kind and their trade is worth more
than all other trade combined :
Get Lily White and get that trade.

 
 

       
       
   
 
     
 

Valley City Milling Co.

Girand Rapids, Mich.

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN | 15

 

Plea for Annual Vacation for Clerks.
Written for the Tradesman.

Once more the time has come when
every one, from the bundle boy to the
general manager, is dreaming large
variegated dreams of a week of un-
limited ball playing in the back lot or
a period of undisturbed bliss by the
lapping waves or among the moun-
tain crags, according to his situation
in life and condition of pocket book.

This same question of a vacation
is just now disturbing many people.
There are some, like John D. Rocke-
feller, who never took a vacation in
their lives and they think that no one
else should. These are the employers
who are filling the breasts of their
employes with woe and, as they drag
through the weary round of the day’s
duties, it does not take a Sherlock
Holmes to deduct the fact that these
are the people who are worth the
least to their employers.

lt is a long-recognized fact that the
human body is but a machine and,
like all machines, needs repairing and
oiling to do good work, but the man
behind the business cheerfully goes
ahead in his misguided way telling
the humble supplicant for rest that he
wants people who do not need a va-
cation and if the aforesaid supplicant
wants one he can take it for the rest
of his life as far as he, the employer,
is concerned. So the poor clerk goes
back to his duties with his lack-lus-
ter eye, his pale cheek and his halt-
ing step. He is cross to the cus-
tomers and unwilling in his work, and
things go wrong in general.

And yet the perverse employer
wonders what is awry. Surely every
one is there attending to his business.
If half the force was off on a vaca-
tion there would be some excuse, but
here he mops his pale and beaded
brow and goes down and soundly be-
rates deserving and _ undeserving
clerks alike because he is run down
and nervous and needs a vacation
himself. Many men who have the
ability to engineer great deals, to han-
dle a large business in all its minute
details, have not the good common
“horse sense” to know that every one
connected with the establishment, in-
cluding himself, would be greatly
benefited by a period of rest during
the hot summer days.

Let the reader who likes to find
out things for himself look around
at the clerks in all the stores he en-
ters this summer. He will see a
brown faced girl going about her
work with a vim and zest that are
commendable. She is just back from
her vacation, and had you seen her
two weeks ago you would not have
recognized in the pale-faced, droop-
ing girl the proud creature radiant
with health who now stands before
you pleasantly enquiring as to your
needs.

Go down the street a block or two
and go into the store operated by the
commercial Napoleon who never took
a vacation. See the limp-looking
young man loafing behind the counter
and avoiding your eye that he may
escape waiting on you. Notice the
spiritless young lady who seems by
the expression of her face to be tak-
ing a most pessimistic view of life.

 

Here are no active young people who
enjoy their work and are anxious
as to your wants. They are waiting
until 6 o’clock, when an hour or two
at some inadequate park and a night
of tossing in a sultry bedroom is ex-
pected to remove from them all
traces of the toil of the previous day.
It is needless to ask which are the
more valuable to their employers.

If the employer would but conjure
up visions of shady pools where the
sunlight filters through the trees and
dapples the surface of the water in
the cool depths of which the speckled
trout is lurking, then might the toil-
ing people behind the counter be
given a chance for recuperation. For
to but dream of these delights is to
long for them, and the man who
comes back from the enjoyment of
them is filled with a desire to make
every one else happy in the same way.

Let us hope—for the sake of the
workers, most of all, for the sake of
the masters, too—that the day is not
far off when a vacation will be a
recognized and usual part of every
one’s year. Burton Allen.

a
Don’t Grind.

Don’t grind. Work and work hard
—but there’s a difference between ac-
tual, accomplishing labor and _ heart-
heavy, slavish plugging-away. Get
your breath—deep inspirations are
needed for clever ones. Before you
moisten your palms and go grimly
at it again, settle back and rest a bit.
The strenuous life is all right. So is
the simple existence. But it is the
philosophical mixture of the two that
produces ideal living. Laziness never
brought happiness. Enforced idle-
ness is worse than enforced toil. But
there is little to be accomplished by
hammering, and hanging on, and hold-
ing fast to the thing in hand until
specks come before your eyes and
your head thumps, and you _ are
atremble with the strain of vain think-
ing. Give the thoughts a chance to
come. Give business tangles an op-

portunity to straighten themselves;

out.

The moment your work becomes
unpleasant; the moment it becomes
a sort of ogre demanding your all,
that moment you are beginning to
hurt your work. Then it’s time to
relieve the tension and give your
think-machinery a rest. For soon as
you cease striving after the idea, or
struggling for the solution of a busi-
ness problem, it is pretty certain to
come and perch within easy reach.
Don’t grind. D. Herbert Moore.

ey

A man with a pull is worth two in
the push.

 

 

The Grand Rapids
Sheet [etal & Roofing Co.

Manufacturers of Galvanized Iron Cornice.
Steel Ceilings, Eave Troughing, Conductor
Pipe, Sky Lights and Fire Escapes,
Roofing Contractors
Cor. Louis and Campau Sts. Both Phones 2731

AUTOMOBILES

We have the largest line in Western Mich-
igan and if you are thinking of buying you
will serve your best interests by consult-
ing us.

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“You have tried the rest now use the best.’’

 

Cen Reasons Why You Should Buy

Golden Korn
Flour

Reason Ro. 6.—Profit Producing.

The dealer’s first consideration is profit. First have a good article, then
sell it at a profitable figure and push sales to the utmost. It is the business-
getter who makes the money these days. The man who starts something—
who makes things happen. Confidence and enthusiasm get the business.
Any dealer can make better profit on a good article by employing energy
and brains in the sale than by selling cheap goods at cut prices.

GOLDEN HORN FLOUR is always reliable, a good seller and a
money maker. Every sale makes a customer and every sack sells another.
This is true because no better flour is made. It is sold on its merits and at
reasonable prices. Your profits will increase in proportion as you increase
the sale of Golden Horn. It depends on yourself. Double your energy
and enthusiasm and double your profits. Our particular delight is a cus-
tomer who wants something better than the ordinary and will not waste
his time looking for the lowest bidder. One who knows a good thing
when he sees it.

Manufactured by

Star & Crescent Milling Zo., Chicago, TH.
Che Finest Mill on Earth

Distributed by

Rov Baker A Grand Rapids, Mich.

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our liberal guarantee to the consumer

‘‘ Satisfaction or Money Back?”
Get a trial lot from

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Market Conditions in Underwear and
Hosiery.

 

Salesmen returning from their
Western and Southern trips report
that almost during the whole time
they were out they encountered good
weather, with a plenty of repeat or-
ders, while the Eastern contingent
found the weather East so cool that
there was practically little duplicat-
ing for the present season. From the
West and South, however, there has
been an active demand for high grades
in undersuits. It appears from the
general call from all parts of the
country as if the better grades have
the call and that there is a more
widespread trading up tendency than
characterized last season’s business.
Even the light duplicating indulged
in by Eastern dealers is for the best
qualities.

Standard goods are in excellent re-
quest, and as the best alway
quality it is not surprising that both
domestic and foreign agents report
that they are shy about accepting too
large orders for immediate delivery.
doubting their ability to make ship-
ments, owing to the scarcity of stock
in the best grades. Some _ under-
wear people go so far as to predict
a scarcity of fine qualities of light-
weight undersuits. Last year the sit-
uation was directly opposite, there be-
ing a pronounced scarcity of low-
priced goods. Jobbers say they had
not anticipated so active a market on
good merchandise and are them-
selves not oversupplied with stock.

There is, however, a generous sup-
ply of popular grades, and it is be-
cause there is such an overstock of

S Catry

cheap goods in the market that some
very large sales of undersuits have
already been held early this season
by the big dry goods emporiums, and
has been a

slaughter of stock, either by the mill

at prices indicating there

s
or the jobbers. However, much of
this stock has been of defective char-
acter and represents the first ship-
ments from the mills of “seconds.”
As one buyer explained his position
to the writer: “I had the same lot
that Messrs. So-and-So are selling

offered to me at a very low price, but

I figured that as the weather was
against its selling, it would pay me
to let it go and wait for another ship-
ment from the same mill, because the

second lot is bound to be better in|

quality and I don’t expect Ill have
to pay any more for it. Usually they
pick the worst out to put in the first
lots shipped, and by waiting I stand
a better show of getting nicer goods
and striking a more favorable time
for my sale.”

Realizing that woolens are not go-
ing to be any cheaper, buyers have
been more plentiful as fall operators
during the fortnight. As previously
reported, the orders placed for fall
are large, and every dealer is in need

of heavyweights, and while the great |

bulk of the season’s business has al-

iready been secured, there are some
buyers still holding off, either through
ignorance of the actual course of the
market on woolens, or else because
they expect prices to drop _ before
they will actually need the merchan-
dise, and are, therefore, playing a
waiting game in expectation of sav-
ing some money. But the tardy buy-
er will either have to pay more
money for his woolens or be satisfied
with goods of inferior quality, as
where the mills have not advanced
prices in conformity with the higher

cost of raw goods, they have taken |
the equivalent of the increase cost out
of the quality of their products. It
is said by the mills and jobbers that
another rise is inevitable before many
weeks.

Repeat orders for summerweight
mesh goods of linen and ramie are
coming in satisfactorily. There is an
increasing call for short sleeve shirts
and knee-length drawers. Orders are
also coming from the West for union

 

suits of mesh goods. These are spe- |
cial orders, however, as few if any
of the mesh goods houses care as yet}
to venture the making of combina- |
tion suits for stock.

The hosiery line continues to grow |
ir importance, and notwithstanding |
that trade has been light in under- |}
suits the same can not be said of|

half-hose, which continues to be one |

of the most active lines in the furn- |
ishings stock. Just now there is un-
usual demand for plain black cotton |
the fancy varieties the clocked and
embroidered instep styles are selling
best in solid but dark colors. As
previously noted, there is a very nice
business in white hose with self and

black clocks in lisle and silk, but this |
demand is peculiar to the upper class |

trade only.—Apparel Gazette.
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business the better for the business |

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Fall Goods Shown in the Neckwear
Line.

Although the low temperature pre-
vailing up to this month had a re-
tarding influence on the general neck-
wear business, there was a little ac-
tivity in retail stores on certain types
of neckdress. This activity was large-
ly distributed to white cotton goods
and string ties. According to the
judgment of retailers, the good de-
mand for silk ties and cotton scarfs,
despite the cool weather through-
out May, is accepted as significant of
popular taste and indicates a large
summer business in these goods. At
this writing interest is held by Rum-
chundas and cottons and _ retailers
everywhere are giving prominence to
both, but without results satisfactory
enough to induce repeating orders,
and not until they have been forced
into market to repeat their initial
buys will the business in neckwear be
declared satisfactory.

Some dealers believe that wing col-
lars will be worn through the sum-
mer and that the turndown collar
with its wide spreading points be-
coming more and more popular, the
wide forms in four-in-hands will be
in demand, especially with young fel-
lows. But while more turndown col-
lars are being worn, it appears from
a canvass of the retail trade that al-
though great exptctations are enter-
tained of the revived old-fashioned
collar vogue, it is yet only in its ex-
perimental or trial stage, as at best
the collars are selling by twos and
threes. With this style of collar the
string tie with its wide ends is as
swell as a large knotted four-in-hand,
and it appears from the sales so far
that the 2%4 cotton four-in-hand is
as popular as the bow tie. Yet the
printed twills, pongees and Shantungs
are more plentiful this season, and are

shown in greater variety than ever |
And as retailers are selling |
long in|

before.
four-in-hands fifty
these materials at half a dollar, the
scarfs made up in reversible and
French seam styles, they are giving
excellent values and should reap suc-
cess on the printed silks, as their
attractiveness has never been dis-
puted. So that just what will be
in greatest vogue for summer is yet
uncertain.

The backward spring trade with
retailers does not make the fall out-
look extra encouraging for manufac-
turers, and just now there is no de-
sire to get out early with new lines.
The new trips are now being plan-
ned, and with a view of getting sales-
men off the last week of this month
or the first week in July.

Plain or solid colors will again fig-
ure prominently in the fall collec-
tions, but the new types present a
different order of weaves than has
heretofore been introduced in solid
colors. The call for new weaves is
more insistent than ever before, and
the problem of getting them out has
never taxed the weaver so severely
as at present. Many of the old weaves
have been revived in a new form in
varying combinations of weave and
colors as well as effects. Among the
old favorites are natte and mogadore,
the latter in its improved state being

inches

 

 

 

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more like a French faille. It is loom
finished and very soft and lustrous.
In fact, all of the season’s cravattings |
are more lustrous because of the new |
loom finish now given to them, which |
renders the fabric soft and pliable
and better wearing, a finish particu-
larly suited to the plain weaves and
solid colors now so much in request. |
Even the new natte weaves are com-
bined with effects and}
grounds, resulting in an exceedingly |
rich scarfing eminently suited to high-
grade goods. |
The new failles have been introduc- |
ed in solid colors with bias pencil |
stripes in contrasting colors; also in
broad stripes of two matching colors,
such as garnet and maroon, royal |
and indigo, bronze and myrtle, bishop |
and King Edward purple, the broad |
stripes separated by pencil lines of |
white and contrasting colors. |
Faconne iridescents are shown in
two and three color changeables with
set and fancy figures of unique de-
The new types in fancies re-
flect this same order of fancy weave |
grounds with separate figures of a |
more or less set character, the sepa- |
rate

mogadore

sign.

figure designs being favored |

above all-over patterns.

An inspection of the various lines
brought out for fall shows preference
given to bias stripes, changeables and
fancy weaves in solid colors. And
the principal colors for the holiday |
lines are dark buff, a new shade of|
brown between chocolate and the|
lighter golden brown of the past sea- |
son, garnet, maroon, bishop and King }
Edward purples, olive, a new reseda,
as green as green can be without be-
ing obtrusive, and not unlike a light
Russian green; blues, begining with
China blue and including royal and |
indigo, pearl gray, and pearl with}
white to produce a still softer tone. |
Pearls and lavenders are holiday fav-
orites.

 

“Alpak” is a new weave recently in-
troduced here and brought out in
London last fall. It met with big
sales on the other side, and is al-
ready a success here. Its name is
derived from the peculiar weave, and |
end-and-end construction in two col-
ors, resembling a two-toned alpaca.
This ground in the new cravatting is
brocaded with set and all-over de-
signs, which show plenty of the
ground. The fabric is soft and dura-
ble—Apparel Gazette.

 

 

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you are not giving your customers
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Every seller of clothes who critic-
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MADE IN BUFFALO

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ESTABLISHED 1877

 

 

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We are now located in our large new quarters

31 North lonia St.
Right on the way to the Union Station

Where we will be pleased to meet all our old customers and
prospective new ones.

Clothing, Woolens,
Tailors’ Trimmings

Immediate delivery on Spring and Summer Clothing, as
we still have a nice line to select from for the benefit of our
customers. Mail and phone orders promptly attended to.
Citizens phone 6424. If preferred will send representative.

Grand Rapids Clothing Co.

Dealers in Clothing, Cloth and Tailors’ Trimmings
Grand Rapids, Michigan

One of the strong features of our line—suits to retail at $10 witha
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18

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

Autumn and Winter Styles in Shirts.

Cold weather has put a spoke in the
wheel of spring business. Early buy-
ing was brisker than in several years,
and hopes ran high, but the demand
was not sustained. However, if sum-
mer proves really and truly sum-
instead of blowing hot and
blowing cold by turns, the business
of retailers will go much beyond the
normal volume of the last few sea-
sons. In fact, some manufacturers
are preparing to meet a scramble for
goods during June and July, believ-
ing that retail stocks will melt quick-
ly under the thawing influence of fav-
orable weather. First purchases by
retailers were not as large as the
probable measure of demand seemed
to warrant, and it is likely that quite
a few dealers will be “caught short”
when the sun begins to blaze. All in
all, the prospects for summer are
bright. Owing to the large quanti-
ty of goods carried over during the
last few seasons, the retailer has been
on his guard against overbuying and
stocks are in a healthy condition. |
An old but ever applicable warning |
is not amiss here. Cutting prices
during the flush of the summer sea-
son has greatly upset the shirt trade
in former years without bringing any
real benefit to the price-cutter. It)
is perfectly legitimate to “mark | haps trimmer and more convenient,
down” when the season has run its | does not launder so well nor keep its
course and the deck must be cleared | shape——Haberdasher.

Cross stripe bosoms are shown for
autumn in limited lots and mostly in
neat effects. Buyers have not ap-
proved of bold cross stripes and they
are too risky property for the aver-
age shop. Pinks and helios are still
gaining measurably, although _ blues,
blacks and even tans are yet leading
colors in autumn garments. Plaids
and checks are worthy of being con-
sidered, and embroidered figures on
white grounds have found some de-
Dark colors are sought
stiff bosom shirts. Combination
shirts have been brought out in many
new and effective designs, and there
is a noticeable absence of the clash-
ing colors which marked former sea-
sons and have proved the undoing of
the combination shirt.

Pleated white shirts for wear with
the dinner jacket appear in the con-
ventional models save one—a_ shirt
with bosom pleats so fine as to con-
stitute practically a stiff front with-
out the binding discomfort of the or-
dinary stiff front. Embroidered pique
shirts for afternoon wear, although
an extreme development of fashion,
have the endorsement of one of the
smartest metropolitan haberdashers.
There is a tendency to make the cuffs
on dress shirts less narrow than here-
tofore, as the narrow cuff, while per-

mery,

gree of favor.
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for winter goods, but it is the blind- | ee
est of policies deliberately to sacri-| Some Things Men Will Wear This
fice staple shirts for the mere sake | Season.

There will probably be enough
serges to go around this summer, but
one might doubt it, judging by the
great to-do being made by wholesale
clothiers, who can not get the piece

of shout-and-hurrah, and to the hurt |
of the whole season.

Regular stiff bosoms and pleated
stiff bosoms are dividing attention
for autumn. It is now established be- |

 

 

 

 

A claim so broad that it becomes
a challenge to the entire clothing
trade.
ee A claim which is being proven
Clothing in the by the splendid sales record we
United States | have already rolled up for Fall.

. Hermanwile Guaranteed Clothing
is well made and well finished—AND IT FITS better
than any clothing at $7. to $12. in the market.

Every retailer who wants a splendidly advertised line,
GUARANTEED TO GIVE ABSOLUTE SATISFAC-
TION, should see Hermanwile Guaranteed Clothing before
placing his order.

Our salesmen cannot reach every town—the express
companies can—at our expense, too.

Write for samples.

HERMAN WILE & CO.

BUFFALO, N.Y.

NEW YORK CHICAGO
817-819 Broadway Great Northern Hotel

MINNEAPOLIS
512 Boston Block

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goods to begin to fill the demand. |
While there will be many more men |
than usual who will wear a_ blue, |

yond a doubt that the stiff bosom |
will be a prominent factor in sales,
and many retailers who hesitated to) f
order when the lines were first shown | black or gray serge this summer |
bought freely last month. The fact | there - always enough who prefer |
that the stiff bosom was not very | other material to Eve a spice of va-|
successful last year was due in aj" © the clothing business.
measure to the shortsightedness of | :

some dealers who did not recognize | business of catering to fancies just a
its possibilities and withheld orders | little ahead of the styles are looking
until the manufacturers could not get | with much favor upon the latest nov-
the goods to fill them. Signs multi- |
ply that the consumer is tiring of the |
negligee, pure and simple, and that |
next autumn he will be ready to re-|
turn to the stiff bosom and its half
brother, the pleated stiff bosom lined |
in the back. Of course, as we have
maintained from the beginning, the
future of the stiff bosom rests with |
the retailer himself. He has it in his |
power to launch the autumn season |
with distinctively winter styles or |
with styles which are simply repro- |
ductions of spring garments and)
which exert no strong claim upon the |
attention of the consumer. The con-
ditions which brought about what has |
resolved itself into virtually a one-|
season shirt business have lessened
sales to such a degree, that a change |
back to normal conditions is impera- |
tive. Makers and dealers working to-

The exclusive tailors who make a

elty, which promises to become a very |
smart fashion indeed. This is an |
Irish handwoven homespun, or wool |
crash. The original fabric is import- |
ed in small quantities from Ireland}
and Scotland, and is expensive, but it |
can be imitated to perfection by}
| mills which use the native Irish, Eng- |
lish luster, or Scottish wools, and |
which pay particular attention to the}
weaving, which must be nearly per- |
fect to approach comparison with the |
product of the handloom.

Indeed, there are representatives of |
American mills abroad at the present |
time who are credited with attempt- |
ing to corner the market on certain |
lines of Scotch and Irish wools. There |
are a number of Scotchmen in the}
mill business in the United States |
who are past masters in the art of)
, making homespuns and crashes. They |
gether can do much to form public) are anticipating a busy summer, mak- |
taste—indeed, the makers have al-|ing the goods which will reach the|
ready done their share. It remains | consumer next summer. This fact is |
for the dealer to decide whether he | important as an indication that home- |
shall govern conditions or shall be | spun suitings and wool crashes will

governed by them. | be among the leading fashions of next

 

The Unanimous Verdict

That the Long Distance Service of this Company is

Beyond Comparison
A comprehensive service reaching over the entire State and
other States.
One System all the Way

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Michigan State Telephone Company
C. E. WILDE, District Manager Grand Rapids

 

 

 

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Wholesale Ready Made Clothing
For Men, Boys and Children

Manufactured in our own factory and under our personal supervision. Our fall and
< winter line for coming season 19056 is making a great hit, being of very best quality,
make and fit, and biggest line by long odds shown in Michigan at equitable prices,
reasonable terms and one price as usual to all. Many retailers prefer to come here
( and make selections, but we will gladly send our representative if so desired. Mail
and phone orders promptly shipped. Bell phone 1282—Citizens 1957. The founder of

this business established 26 years. We still have a nice line of Spring and Summer
goods to seleet from.

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THE WILLIAM CONNOR CO.
28-30 South lonia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

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year. The man who is_ fortunate
enough to obtain a suit of this fab-
ric this year, therefore, will be able
to regard it as a wise investment.
With the advent of real hot weather
and the approach of the vacation sea-
son there are few fabrics which ap-
proach the wearable qualities and the
sightliness and style which it is pos-
sible to obtain in a homespun. With
the outing flannel they constitute the
bulk of the suits worn for outing pur-
poses. The most appropriate colors
in homespun are black and white ef-
fects, some browns and greens, anda
few yellowish plaids. The simon-
pure gray effect, which will be pre-
dominant this year and next, is ob-
tainable in homespuns and_ wool
crashes to perfection. Owing to the
absence or rather the impossibility of
cotton or shoddy adulteration the col-
or and style effects of the homespun

are bright and clear, and have that |

snappy effect essential in latter-day
suitings.

The weave, as stated, must be per-
fect, the threads being laid close to-
gether and the body of the cloth hav-
ing great firmness and elasticity. The
roughness, which is the quality of the
homespun fabric first appearing to the
lay observer, comes only from. the
coarse, harsh wool employed. This
very harshness is the dominant quali-
ty of the Scotch and Irish crossbred
wools used, and by means of it the
elasticity of fiber is obtained which
makes the homespun so valuable for
summer clothing. Dampness or ill-
usage should not affect it, nor will
it be easily stretched, pulled, creased
or wrinkled. The best way to tell a
good homespun is to see if you can
crush it into wrinkles.
is not elastic and stays wrinkled,
not buy it.

do

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The Great Importance of Governing |

One’s Temper.
Written for the Tradesman.

The art of governing one’s temper
is a necessary acquirement. Onevery
hand we find instances where a hasty
temper has caused much loss and sor-
row.

From childhood we find it is of
great moment to us to be able to
govern our temper—in school life, in
society and in business.

In school life we form the acquaint-
ance of companions and professors
and we may cause them to be our
friends or to dislike us by the use
of our temper.

In society we make friends only to
lose them by the ill use of our tem-
per. Our friends fear us and avoid
us because our ungovernable temper
makes all surrounded in the atmos-
phere of fear. Something might hap-
pen that would cause us to flare up
and render all those near us humiliat-
ed; consequently we lose friends and
favor.

In business numerous things pre-
sent themselves every day over which
we must preside with great care, so
that our temper will never get the
better of us. We will never be suc-
cessful unless we can. We lose pat-
ronage, favor and the good will of
all. We do things, say things, which
we are ashamed of when we take time
to reflect on our past. We make our-

If the fabric |

 

jcerns the origin of life, Adam
| Eve, and other questions of great in-
The professor is |

|alleged to have stated bravely, that |

| he considered it merely the result of

 

ican say to ourselves,

selves and those around us miserable;
make people who try to be our|

friends fear us, and others despise us. |

We should, for the sake of ourselves |
and others, act wisely and govern |
our own temper, thereby helping
others to control theirs. We should |
so live that in after life we will have |
but few regrets. Can we do this|
while our temper is fiery and irrita- |
ble?

No, we must learn to control |

ourselves, think before we speak, lay |
plans, and do so wisely before we act. |
Every word or deed should be watch- |

ed
and weighed before spoken, then judg-
ed as to whether or not it would be
as we would wish it to be.

over,

every sentence thought out |

Then another essential thing is for |

us to learn to deal lightly with the
things which would have

to sour our dispositions. Let them

a tendency |

pass as if unnoticed; heed them not, |
and in a short time they will disap- |

pear.
less to attempt to ruffle us, and they
will cease to try, and in a short time
we will notice that our life is in
more peaceful state,

our conscience |

Others will see that it is fruit- |

a |

clear and our brow crowned with a}

wreath of eternal sunbeams when we
“T have fought
the foe and have won.”

Lucia Harrison.

Se ee
Frenzied Science.

The newspapers are fond of print- |
ing the strange cerebrations of certain |
Chicago professors who seem to make |

a specialty of “frenzied science.” The
“Chicago professor”

brand of science |

is highly entertaining, even although |

it is usually denied in toto within

from two to ten days after publica- |

tion.

The latest effusion of this type con-
aa
and

terest and antiquity.

life could be prepared artificially; that
certain physical and chemical com-
binations. “There is no doubt in my
mind,” he is reported to have said,
“but that in a short time real life will
be produced. Wonderful advances
have been made in physiological
chemistry in the last decade. It
now only a question of a short time
before some scientist will discover the
process of the final stage. We can
now make everything but the nucleus
in the laboratory.”

All of which is considerably more
daring than original. Others have
preached of the magical power of
chemistry and prophesied of wonders
to come, but the fulfilment is rather
long in coming. So long as physio-
logical chemistry is still groping in
dense ignorance of the composition of
proteids and peptonoids, the raw ma-
terials in life’s laboratory, talk about
the manufacture of living beings
seems a bit premature. There will be
time enough to begin figuring on the
artificial creation of the animal when
science has learned to produce the
food necessary to keep the poor beast
alive.

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“Least said, soonest mended.”
Quote this to the crank who would

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

Where the ae Should ake as a

Clerk.
think
your

“What

man’s

do you of the young

chances in store today?”

This question was asked of four dif-

ferent men who, as heads of stores
in four lines and of four sizés, are in
a position to know just what the an-
swer to the question should be. Here

answers condensed and weld-
“Just as good, I think,

in an of-

are the
ed into one:
as the young man’s chance

The

won.

fice. big positions are there to

filled from

It

be They are always

the ranks of the man in the store.

is up to the man.”

Business men have a way of ex-

pressing themselves tersely and to the
point. “It is up to the man,” migh
stand

the

as a epigram for
shall I
means

Of it.

permanent
“How
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the
cheerful

basis of any suc-
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appears on

the

than face

carries with it

of the man who knows what it is to
succeed through his own efforts, and
the stern, just decision that it all de-
pends on the individual.

The writer has been both store em-
ploye and office clerk. Of the two
the office w a. ca more, but it was
the more narrow—the less develop-
ing—of the two. In an office there
are the desk, the ledger, the pen and
ink, and the same never ending rou-

. : 1 1
tine of the day’s work to go through
se jnw atter day ack at ‘ P
with day alter day, Week arter week,

until

year after year, pr I
comes, if it does come. There is lit-
tle or no contact with the outer
world As 2 consequence the clerk

A
. : :
est of men, the least acquainted with
Af i 1. lanct fitted
ire at re, and so the least fittec

 

ce i : ed
for battling with the world in genera!

ec 1

of any of the better class

He must succeed by staying with one

or so long that prom otion is

ni I
sure to come to him, or else by leav-
ing the work. He gains little or no
active experience in real business

wee

uc.
The situation is different in a store

clerk or

3 ~ o
dozens—poss

salesman

  

iDiy

 

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low pay

 

|
lat his door, and in the meantime he

|wants to earn just much
!

The average store,

as money

as he can. wheth-
ler large or.small,
any high pay for the beginner.

If an inexperienced applicant in one

|of the large department stores is of-

does not hold forth |

fered a position at more than $7 a
|week he may consider himself fortu-
pate. This rate will prevail in most |
stores of any size, for it is calculated |
that an inexperienced man is_ not}
worth much. Yet here is the pay
received by men in different lines, ac-
cording to themselves and their em-
ployers:
Salesman department store.....- $18
Salesman wall paper house...... 22
Patesian Nat Store... cl... 25
Salesman jewelry houwse......-.. 25
Salesman grocery house.........- 18

It must be borne in mind, how-
ever, that these are all experienced
men in their various lines. Still this

is not an excessive average for good
store salesmen.

The beginner, of course, will be ut-
terly incompetent to sell many lines.

To

quires a good working knowledge of

seli wall paper competently re-

of wall pa-

the wall paper business,

per hanging, and a good eye for ef-
fects and colors. In any line a man
must be familiar with the goods he
is kag before he may hope to

make a customer believe what he is

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light of a profession or trade. They
stay behind the counter, selling one
kind of goods in a half hearted cmn
kind of goods in a half hearted man-
ner and making no effort toward
learning anything outside their own
narrow domain. Many a clerk, after
he has sold goods for a few weeks . :
: : 80 ne Some of the most gigantic robbers
is prone to think that he could run| i
: _| that the world has ever known, men
the store with one hand and play golf |
: i : | who have accumulated hundreds of
with the other without being at all oe :
THe i > | millions by wicked methods, are by
worried. But the man who is in the| | ' .
some persons praised and flattered
for their liberal gifts to churches and
colleges and missions. Such an esti-
mate does not represent the Chris-
tianity of to-day.

 

while he is making his fortune, not
after it is made, that he must prove
himself a Christian.

 

Gifts, no matter how munificent, |
which have been heaped up by extor- |
tion and trickery, are not Christian
benefactions.

store manager’s chair got there by
taking the business of the store seri-
ously and by learning it while he was

drawing small pay in a minor posi-
tion. There is no time for him to

learn it after he gets into the chair. The Christian of to-day distinctly

sees that the Christianization of the
great realm of industry and traffic is
the most urgent problem now before
him. It is a tremendous undertaking,
but not too arduous for the all-con-
quering grace of him who has banish-
ed infanticide, abolished slavery and
lifted women to an equality with men.

How long before the clerk will
experience his first promotion will
depend entirely upon himself. He
may be a salesman for three or four
years. Then, if he is the right man
in the right place, he will find that
there are plenty of other places where

a good man can be used to advantage He oo
The state is just as truly a divine

institution as the church is, and the|
governor, the mayor, the superintend- |
i i : : H |ent of police, the member of the leg- |
nities for showing the kind of stuff}. !

i islature or the city council or the
school board is just as much a min- |
ister and servant of God as I am.

 

in a store besides behind the counter.
As he rises his pay will grow pro-
portionately larger and his opportu-

that is in him will increase.

Not that success is to be had for
all in this line any more than in
others. But it is certain that most
of the men in high positions in large
stores and most owners of smaller
establishments came up from the

I have just as good a right to use
my opportunity in a church to en-
rich myself or to push my personal |

ambitions as they have.

If the scandal in the case of a pas- |
tor would be greater than that of a|
public servant it is only because our |

ranks of the salesmen and other store
employes. They were good sales-

men, and as salesmen they received :
notions about the service of the state

have been terribly perverted.
Washington Gladden.

the training that makes them good
business men now. The man who
will make a good salesman will, with
further training, make a good active TTT REAR
In some parts of the West and}
South the people are getting inter-|
ested in a new paving material, call-|
ed Kentucky rock asphalt, that is|
said to have peculiar qualities fitting |
it for road making. It is ground up, |
|

business man.

3ut it is not only in the store that
the salesman may win his way. His
experience fits him for many things.
He can go on the road if the op-
portunity is offered him; he can be-

ome ok ees eee, oe spread over a prepared roadbed to}

the thickness of three-fourths of an|
inch and thoroughly rolled. With- |
out heating it becomes in the course |

the many positions in a_ business
house that call for a man with tact,
ability and business sense he will be | °° ' : i
ready for after a course in a store. of a few days solid, resembling |
i asphalt pavement. Ht is said to be|

Perhaps it were well to advise a} ’, i alia a
dustless, free from mud and not slip-

man to time his service in the store
with care. If nothing to satisfy you
looms up in sight after you are in
the thirties quit the work and get
into something else. But you will
hardly regret that you put in a few
years in a store. Jonas Howard.
—_—>-»

The Christian Business Man’s Re- Don’t Buy an Awning
sponsibility.

The Christian of to-day is begin-
ning to get a new idea of what it
means to carry his religion into his
business: he has found out that it sig-
nifies an earnest effort to make his
business not only a means of gain,
but an instrumentality of help and
service to all his fellow men. An-
drew Carnegie said some years ago,
for instance, that a man may be as
selfish as he pleases in the accumula-

pery.
——_s2s__
Some of us are not content with a}
little profit unless we are threatened |
with a big loss.

 

 

Until you get our prices.

 

i . We make a specialty of store, office
tion of a fortune if he will only be | and residence awnings. Our 1905 Im-
benevolent in the distribution of the| proved Roller Awning is the best on the
fortune after it is made. That is not|market. No ropes to cut the cloth and a
the best theory of the business man’s sprocket chain that will not slip. Prices

eee : on tents, flags and covers for the asking.
responsibility. His greatest opportu-

nities of benevolence are those which CHAS. A. COYE

 

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received
The First Grand Prize
at the
St. Louis Exposition

for caising

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come to him in his business. It is/Il and 9 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

        
     
    
 
  
  
 
  
  
    
     
   
 

 

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Toledo, Ohio

  

129 Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Hens in Lead in Egg Lay-
ing Contest.

 

The American hen has proved her
worth in an international egg laying
competition for the second time. The
great profit possible

|

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

: |
ord of 1,224 eggs. An American pen}
of Rose Comb White Leghorns from |

| America was third with a record of|

| 1,179 eggs.

The next best American |

| pen was composed of White Wyan- |
| dottes, which stood ninth with a rec- |

lord of 1,101.

An American pen of}
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns stood |

| sixteenth with a record of 1,071 eggs, |

and an American pen of Rose Comb |

| Rhode Island Reds stood eighteenth |

from poultry |

keeping has been demonstrated by '|

the strictest test ever made.
dred hens, kept under observation

Six hun- |
|to as low as 532.

in pens for one year, made a profit of |

$1,240 after paying for the feed they
consumed.

things concerning poultry keeping
which are shown in the result of the
third Australian egg laying competi-
tion, which ended April 1 at the
Hawkesbury Agricultural College,
near Sydney, New South Wales.
The care given these hens was only
the ordinary good care which may

with a record of 1,056 eggs. Twenty-|
seven of the 100 pens produced more |
than 1,000 eggs during the year, and
forty pens produced from 899 eggs
The pen next to the |
last was Silver Wyandottes, and the |
lowest of them all was a pen of Part-|

iridge Wyandottes.
These are a few of the interesting |

| year.

Averaging the whole lot the produc-
tion of eggs per hen was 152, mak-
ing a total of 91,200 eggs during the
These were sold in the regu-
lar market at Sydney for eating pur-

iposes at am averace of 24 cents a

be given on any farm in America or |

Australia. The feed was of the kind
that any farmer conveniently can pro-

The cost of feeding each hen
during the year was $1.07, and the

dozen.

average amount received for the eggs
from each hen was $3.06, leaving a

| profit over feed of $1.99 for each hen.
}

| This is merely a

cure, and all the details were carried |

out without any attempt to force egg
production.
Three of these competitions have

of exchange.

comparative
mate, not figured exactly at the rate
The profit received

esti- |

'from eggs was $1,240.

been held in Australia. No American |
hens were entered in the first. At}

the end of that one a poultry editor
in the United States scoffingly said the
Australians ought to send over for

some American hens if they wanted |

real egg producers.
challenge to send over four pens of
six hens each for the next competi-
tion, and this was done.

This competition ended April 1,
1904, with a record never before reach-

This led to a}

ed. An American pen of Rose Comb |
| other days.

Brown Leghorns stood second, with
a record of 206 eggs each.

In the meantime arrangements were
made to send American hens for the

competition beginning on April 1,

1904, and seven pens of six hens each}

were entered. These hens were se-
lected from pullets hatched after April
I, 1903, and were sent to Australia
in November of that year in order to
acclimate them.

Going from this country at the end
of the summer, they entered Australia
at the beginning of the spring, south
of the equator, and were given good
until April I, 1904,
competition began.

care when the

The birds were fed bran and mid-
dlings, mixed, in the morning, boiled
liver, chopped up, twice a week at 10
o’clock, and a grain mixture of three
parts wheat to one part corn in the
evening. On the days that meat was |
not fed, green stuff, such as rape or
alfalfa, was fed at 10 o’clock. The
bran and middlings were mixed with
the water in which the liver had been
boiled on the days when liver was
fed, and with hot
and cold water in summer, during the

water in winter,

Prof. Thompson, who had charge
of the birds during the contest,
a tribute to America’s
corn, by saying that last year twice

pays
great cereal,
as much corn was fed as this year
with better results, and that he be-
lieves the results would have been

| better if more corn had been used
in the competition just ended.
The weather during the year of

‘to I15 above, in the

| Leghorns

A pen each of Rose Comb Brown }

Leghorns, Rose Comb White Leg-
horns, Single Comb White Leghorns,
Rhode Island Reds,

Partridge Wyandottes were sent over.

White Wyan-| winning breed did not show so great
dottes, White Plymouth Rocks, and} aa ee

against best results, but the Ameri- |

can hens showed their quality.

One |

hundred pens of six hens each were} ca ‘ :
| you it’s an unmistakable sign that he

entered in the competition, seven of
which were from America. Four of

the American pens were among the)

first twenty at the end of the com-

petition, and, curiously enough, three |

of them were among the last twenty.

The winning pen in the competi-
tion was a pen of Silver Wyandottes
bred in Australia, which made a rec-

|
|

competition varied from 24 above zero
shade in both
cases.

In breeds, the Rose Comb Brown}
made the largest average |
record, 178 eggs each; the Rhode Is- |
land Reds, next largest, 176 eggs each. |
Both the pens making this record
were from America. The reason the

an average was that some poor hens

: i were in the competition.
The weather during the year was ,

Miller Purvis.
—_~+-+____.
If the other fellow gets there before

hustles.

 

 

Buyers and Shippers of

POTATOES

in carlots. Write or telephone us.

H. ELMER MOSELEY & Co. |
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH

Butter

I would like all che fresh, sweet dairy

    
   
 
  

  

butter of medium quality you have to

  

send.

   

E. F. DUDLEY, Owosso, Mich.

 

W. C. Rea A. J. Witzig

REA & WITZIG

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

We solicit consignments of Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Live and Dressed Pouitry,
Beans and Potatoes. Correct and prompt returns.

REFERENCES
Marine National Bank, Commercial Agents, Express Companies
Shippers

Established 1873

Poultry Wanted

Our new Poultry Feeding Plant
completed.

Trade Papers and Hundreds oi

 

 

 

We are in position to handle 20,000 (twenty
thousand) head of poultry per day.

We can make it pay you to buy poultry
for us in your territory.

We furnish coops. Write us for prices.

 

 

Empire Produce Company
Port Huron, Mich.

 

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

23

 

Men Who Try New Jobs Are Ones
Who Succeed.

The popular idea that the man who
dabbles in many kinds of work be-
fore settling down to the work that
1s to be his life vocation is worthless
is hardly applicable to things as they
are. Most men nowadays try many
kinds of work before striking the line
that is to be theirs for life. In the
sense that the old proverb, “a rolling
stone gathers no moss,” is used to
apply to the man who shifts from one
position to the other, most men to-
day are rolling stones. Some roll
farther and longer than others. But
they all roll considerably before lodg-
ing in the spot that is to be their
permanent resting place.

If you are the average American
citizen with a settled occupation at
present, you have changed your occu-
pation more than once. Leaving the
firal district, where a2 man is 2
farmer or nothing, out of the case,
the average man changes his occu-
pation something like three times be-
fore he finds the work that he sticks
to. This is not saying that it only
requires three changes for one to find
the life work, or that every man finds
it at all. But this is close to the prop-
er number of changes that the aver-
age city man makes before he gets
the “job” that he holds, according to
a man who makes a specialty of find-
ing positions for people. Seldom is
it that a man falls into the line that
he is especially adapted for at the
first trial. It matters apparently not
if he is especially trained for a voca-
tion, he usually must change before
he is in the right one.

Take the case of the average city
boy with the high school education
starting out in life. Usually he is
able to secure a position that holds
forth good prospects for the future.
As a minor clerk in a large house
he has only to “stick” long enough
and he will be rewarded by a posi-
tion high enough to satisfy any mod-
erate ambition. This, at least, is the
theory.

But he seldom sticks in one place
or even in one line long enough to
win success by the slow process
working up, despite the success stor-
ies of prominent men to the contrary.
There are any number of possible
reasons why he should not stick. The
greatest reason is that it
may not be his work. This in it-
celf is enough to insure that he will

first and

change occupation before he “settles”
into a place.

No man works long at any work
which is not congenial or to which he
is not adapted without the fact soon
becoming apparent, and as soon as
this fact is established with a man’s
employer it will not be long before
he will be spared the necessity of do-
ing his changing himself. On_ the
other hand, the average man, if he
is not a shirk and a loafer, will not
hesitate in making the change as
soon as he knows that he is the
right man in the wrong place. If he
does not he will suffer the fate of the
square peg in the round hole and
never fit in properly. But most men
change.

Nor do they usually find the line

ort |
| will

 

for which they are adapted on the
second trial. There are hundreds of
circumstances and conditions that
work against a man staying in the
second, or even third, work that he
essays, even without the supreme fact
that he does not in them find the work
that shall be his.

Employment agencies of the bet-
ter class are frequently in a position
to see the number of times a man
may change work before finding
something which he stays at perma-
nently. Often they are the medium
of effecting the changes. Some men
have a penchant of changing from one
line of work to the other in a man-
ner that passes all belief, but the ma-
jority of men who work in a city are
only sincerely anxious to find the
work wherein they can labor to the
best advantage.

“A try at an office clerkship, as a
store employe, possibly at a trade, and |
then a good position where the ex-|
perience and knowledge of human na-
ture gained in the previous positions
can be utilized to the best advan-
tage, this may be said to be the ca-
reer of the average, untrained city
man in his search for a vocation,”
said a man who finds hundreds. of
men places each year. “With the
trained man, the man with a business
school training, for instance, the

course is different. Naturally, if he |
fails to find his work in a clerical]
position he will try for something

better, an executive position prefera-
bly. But it takes him usually as many
tries as it does the untrained man be-
fore he makes a hit. It is simply a|
auestion of finding the line that he
can work best in.

“Even professional men have to}
change their profession sometimes be- |
fore striking the one that just suits |
them, and there are dozens of profes- |
sional men who tried their luck in|
other lines before starting to study |
what has turned out to be their life |
But so long as a man event- |
ually settles down into the right ca-|
reer it does not matter how many
changes he makes in getting to it. In
fact, he is all the better for it, his
knowledge of life is broader, and this
help him matter what line
he settles into. One has only to look}
about and see that there are a whole |
lot of misfits who would be the bet- |
ter off for making a shift or two.” |

W. S. Beard.

No. 2
30 doz. Egg Cases

At a Sacrifice

10c each while they last, for new
white wood cases, nailed up.

 

work.

no

 

 

 

Cummer Manufacturing Co.
Cadillac, Mich.

ELLIOT 0. GROSVENOR

Late State Food Commissioner
Advisory Counsel to manufacturers and
jobbers whose interests are affected by
the Food Laws of any state. Corres-
pondence invited.
agai Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich

 

 

 

EGGS

That’s what we want.
For storage and present use.
Phone, wire or write us.

COYNE BROS.

CHICAGO

References Michigan Tradesman and Egg Reporter.

 

 

We want Butter, Eggs, Poultry and Veal

We pay highest prices all the year around.
GRAND RAPIDS PRODUCE CO.

40 S. Division St.,
Reference

5TH NATIONAL BANK

Citizens Phone 3083
Bell Phone 465

 

Egg Cases and Egg Case Fillers

Constantly on hand, a large supply of Egg Cases and Fillers.
and veneer basswood cases. Carload lots, mixed car lots or quantities to suit pur-
chaser. We manufacture every kind of fillers known to the trade, and sell same in
mixed cars or lesser quantities to suit purchas2r. Also Excelsior, Nails and Flats
constantly in stock. Prompt shipment and courteous treatment. Warehouses ana
factory on Grand River, Eaton Rapids, Michigan. Address

L. J. SMITH & CO., Eaton Rapids, Mich.

We Want Your Eggs

We want to hear from shippers who can send us eggs every week,
We pay the highest market price. Correspond with us.

L. O. SNEDECOR & SON, Egg Receivers

36 Harrison St., New York

Sawed whitewood

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are car load receivers and distributors of

Strawberries

 

Also Bananas, Oranges, Lemons, Pineapples, and all kinds of
Early Vegetable.

THE VINKEMULDER COMPANY
14-16 OTTAWA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

 

Butter, Eggs, Potatoes and Beans

I am in the market all the time and will give you highest prices

and quick returns. Send me all your shipments,

R. HIRT, JR... DETROIT, MICH.

 

 

 

 

Fresh Eggs Wanted

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

Cc. D. CRITTENDEN, 3 N. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Wholesale Dealer in Butter, Eggs, Fruits and Produce
Both Phones 1300

 

 

 

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

oe

RIVER RAISIN MASSACRE.

Monuments Erected To the Memory
of the Heroes.

It was the morning of August 16,
1812, that the traitorous American
General, Hull, made his ignominious
surrender of two thousand men, with
arms, ammunition, supplies and docu-
ments, to the British General, Brock,
at Detroit.

Colonels Cass and McArthur, with
their commands, had been ordered
from the River Raisin and marched
all night and reached Detroit in time
to be included in this disgraceful ca-
pitulation.

Capt. Elliot, a British officer, was
immediately sent to Col. Brush, who
occupied the River Raisin block-
house, which is near the city of Mon-
roe. Brush, being informed by a
scout of the approach of a white flag,
sent out a guard, who blindfolded El-
liot and his Indian companions and
brought them into the _ stockade.
When Brush was given a copy of the
capitulation, he would not believe that
Detroit had surrendered, did not see
how it was possible that it could have
been taken and thought the copy a
forgery. The next day the surrender
was confirmed by an escaped Ameri-
can soldier from Detroit. Brush lost
no time, but hastily gathered all the
supplies and ammunition he could
carry, even taking Elliot’s horse to
carry the sick and wounded, and, driv-
ing his cattle before him, escaped in-
to Ohio, leaving word to release EIl-
liot the next day from the stockade.

The settlers were not idle. During
the night they carried away and se-
creted all the supplies they could ob-
tain from the fort.

When the released Capt. Elliot
found Brush had escaped, his indig-
nation knew no bounds. He sent for
the noted Indian chief, Tecumseh, and
ordered him to pursue Brush and rav-
age the settlement.

This surrender of the Northwestern
army was a great surprise to the
whole country. The Northwest was
now open to the incursions of the
The British considered De-
troit and Amhertsburg the keys of the
Western country and the aid of the
Indians of infinite importance.

An army was hastily gathered un-
der Gen. Harrison, with the avowed
intent of retaking Detroit. Gen. Win-
chester commanded a part, camp-
ed at Maumee Rapids, waiting for
other troops, when an urgent request
came from Frenchtown, near Monroe,
a settlement of thirty-five families on
the River Raisin, to come to their

savages.

assistance.
agement that he could help them, but
messengers came the second and third
day imploring help, as the whole set-
tlement was threatened with massacre
by the Indians and that only a small
force of British held the place and
that prompt action alone would avert
the danger.

Gen. Harrison called a council of
officers and decided the true object
of the expedition was to protect the
frontier from the merciless Indians,
as well as to retake their lost ground.

Col. Lewis, with four hundred men,
started for Frenchtown on the morn-

He gave them no encour- |

ing of January 17, 1813. This. was
five months after the surrender of
Detroit. He was instructed to at-
tack and rout the enemy. His force
was followed a few hours later by
Col. Allen, with one hundred men. |
Deep snow lay on the ground. They |
had their own paths to make and it |
was bitterly cold. On the morning |
of the 18th they were within six miles |
of the River Raisin before they were
discovered by the enemy, who were |
commanded by Major Reynolds with |
one hundred Canadians and four hun- |
dred Indians under the noted Chiefs
Roundhead and Splitlog. When Lew-
is and Allen reached the frozen river,
now near the old docks, they were}
fired upon by the enemy, on the north
side of the river. They moved steadi- |
ly forward, finally making a furious
charge with bayonets, driving the Ca-
nadians and Indians from their posi-
tion. The battle lasted from 3 p. m.
until dark. The Kentuckians were so
impetuous that they were drawn into |
an ambush and lost thirteen men. The
Americans returned to the river, oc-
cupied the abandoned British camp |
and established guards at the picket |
fences. The enemy retreated to Mal- |
den, eighteen miles away. Col. Lew- |
is hastened to inform Gen. Winches- |
ter of his victory. On the 19th two}
hundred more Americans arrived un- |
der Col. Wells. On the afternoon of |
the 20th Gen. Winchester came with |
Col. Madison and_ three hundred, |
whose forces were united with Lewis |
and Allen at the upper camp, while |
Gen. Winchester took up his head- |

|

|

 

quarters in the house of Col. Navarre,
on the south side of the river, about |
three-fourths of a mile from his army, |
now the residence of Mrs. A. I. Saw- |
jyer and daughter. Scouts brought |
| Winchester word that the British and
| Indians were preparing with three
ithousand men before his reinforce-

 

ments could arrive, as they were de-
termined the Americans should not
get a foothold in this Northwest ter-
ritory. Again and again _ settlers
brought word to Winchester and tried
to impress on his mind the enemy
would soon attack.
missed them with a laugh and made
no preparations to meet them. Late
at night word was brought to Col.
Lewis that a large force of Canadians
and Indians were at Stony Creek, only
four miles away. Again Winchester
was warned. Even this did not dis-
turb his slumber. Col. Lewis, who
remained at his post nearly all this
night of terror, was startled between 4
and 5 on that dark wintry morning
with a sharp crack of the sentinels’
guns, followed by shell and canister
The shots
of the almost-invisible British and the
terrible yells of the savages made
them think their last day had come,
which, alas! was too true for many.
This was the morning of January 22.
The British force, under Gen. Proc-
tor, was led against the upper camp,
occupied by Major Madison and Cols.
Lewis and Allen, and the Indians,
commanded by the Chiefs Roundhead
and Splitlog, were led against the
lower camp, defended by Col. Wells,
with only two hundred men. The In-

Winchester dis-

 

from the six field pieces.

| render.

 

 

dians were so impetuous, the Ameri-

can force so small and the yells of
the savages so terrifying that, after
a brave struggle, they gave away and
ran across the river. They were met
by Cols. Lewis and Allen, who at-
tempted to rally them and lead them
under cover of a bank to the upper
camp. The war hoops so confused
them that they fled across instead of
up the river. They ran over the so-
called Hull road on the way to Ohio,
pursued by the revengeful Indians,
who outran them, getting ahead and
surrounding them. Some of the sold-

iers had thrown away their arms and.

were thus defenseless. These were
slaughtered in the usual Indian way
and their scalps taken to Detroit to

'receive the promised price offered by

the British government.

The upper camp was so well de-
fended that Gen. Proctor was re-
pulsed, and withdrew. While those
Americans were breakfasting, a white
flag was seen approaching. Major
Madison, supposing it was a flag of
truce from the British to get leave
to bury their dead, went out to meet
it. What was his surprise and indig-
nation to find it was borne by one of
Gen. Winchester’s staff, accompanied
by Gen. Proctor, with an order from
Winchester for an unconditional sur-
render of all troops and prisoners of
war. This Madison flatly refused to
do. Winchester then went to Madi-
son and told him his own life and
the safety of the army depended up-
on his prompt and unconditional sur-
Madison again refused, but
was finally persuaded to surrender on

condition that all private property |

 

should be respected; that sleds be pro- |
vided to take the sick and wounded to |
Malden; that a guard should protect |
them and their side-arms be restored |

to them at Malden. This

agreed to faithfully do.

Proctor |
thousands of

Winchester had been taken prison- |

er by the Indian Chief Splitlog and led
to Proctor, who now felt he held the
whiphand, as the Americans
without a commander.

were started for Malden. Before this
Proctor had forfeited his word by
allowing the Indians to plunder the
settlement. All departed except the
sick and wounded American soldiers,
guarded by only two or three British
soldiers. They were left to wait for
the promised sleds that never came,

but instead three hundred painted In- |

dians determined
wounded Americans in revenge for
their loss the previous day. Break-
ing into the houses where the de-
fenseless Americans were, everything
of value was taken, the
tomahawked and the houses set on
fire. If any attempted to crawl out
they were pushed back into the flames
and consumed. Thus, sick and wound-
ed and alone, without care or protec-
tion, these nameless heroes gave up
their precious lives for their country’s
defense.

All honor is their due. Some still
lie where they fell. In later years all
that could be found of them was
gathered and buried in the old ceme-
tery at Monroe that for so many
years was a blot and disgrace to that

were the past three years had been gather-

to massacre the|

Americans |

city. Perhaps you have seen a simi-
lar one. Surrounded by an old brok-
en-down board fence, all overgrown
with weeds and underbrush, the head-
stones at various angles! We could
not speak of it without a blush. Spas-
modic attempts had been made to
change this, but it remained for the
Civic Improvement Society of the
Women of Monroe to determine and
do what had been neglected so many
years. Through process of law, per-
mission was granted to take charge of

the cemetery, which has now _ been
made into a_ beautiful Memorial
Place, with smooth lawns, walks,
fountains and flowers.

The Legislature was importuned

and $5,000 was given by it to build a
monument for this beautiful memorial
place to commemorate the battles and
massacre of the River Raisin. Sept.
13, 1904, saw the culmination of our
efforts in the dedication and unveiling
of this monument.

Hon. H. V. McChesney, Secretary
of State of Kentucky, represented that
State in the absence of the Governor.

Judge Robbins, of the Monument
Committee, presented the monument
to the State, and Gov. Bliss, of Michi-
gan, responded an acceptance.

The American flag that veiled the
monument was withdrawn by de-
scendants of those active in River
Raisin battles. Senator Burrows was
orator of the day, followed by Col.
Bennett H. Young, of Kentucky, and
ex-Gov. Crittenden, of Missouri, a
former Kentuckian, and_ greetings
from patriotic societies of the United
States. At the close Bishop Foley
pronounced the benediction and the
Bugle Corps stepped to the front and
sounded taps for the slain warriors.
It was a beautiful day and the im-
pressive ceremonies were attended by
distinguished people
from this and other states.

A committee of four members from

|our Civic Improvement Society for

|ing data and looking up _ historical
On the morning of the 23d Gen. |
Winchester and the other prisoners |

|
|
|

|

|
|

places, consulting with aged people
and histories, visiting again and again
historical and alleged historical places,
determined that before it would be
forever too late these places should no
longer remain unmarked. There was
no money in the treasury that could
be spared for this purpose. We then
got up a newspaper, sold badges and
buttons with pictures of the monu-
ment, got up ball games between city
and county officials, between doctors
and lawyers, and in various other ways
raised the money. We found every-
one kind and willing to help the good

| cause along. We built a monument of

|

cobble-stones or round-heads, on the
actual scene of the River Raisin mas-
sacre. This monument is twelve feet

| high, seven feet broad at the base.

 

with two granite tablets on opposite
sides, bearing inscriptions.

While excavating for the founda-
tion, parts of four skeletons were
found, thus demonstrating the site of

the battle field. This monument is

situated on the north bank of the
River Raisin, between the Michigan
Central Railway and the Lake Shore
Railroad, and is beautiful and artistic.
It was dedicated October 14, 1904.

 

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*% MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 25

Perpetual

Half Fare

Trade Excursions
To Grand Rapids, Mich.

Good Every Day in the Week

The firms and corporations named below, Members of the Grand Rapids Board of Trade, have
established permanent Every Day Trade Excursions to Grand Rapids and will reimburse Merchants
visiting this city and making purchases aggregating the amount hereinafter stated one-half the amount of
their railroad fare. All that is necessary for any merchant making purchases of any of the firms named is to
request a statement of the amount of his purchases in each place where such purchases are made, and if the
total amount of same is as statedbelow the Secretary of the Grand Rapids Board of Trade, 89 Pearl St.,

will pay back in cash to such person one-half actual railroad fare.
Amount of Purchases Required

   

     
     
    
          

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If living within 50 miles purchases made from any member of the following firms aggregate at least..........-...-. $100 00
If living within 75 miles and over 50, purchases made from any of the following firms aggregate .........----++-- 150 00
If living within 100 miles and over 75, purchases made from any of the following firms aggregate ....-......-..--. 200 00
If living within 125 miles and over 100, purchases made from any of the following firms aggregate ,..........--..--- 250 00
If living within 150 miles and over 125, purchases made from any of the following firms aggregate .......- .....---- 300 00
If living within 175 miles and over 150, purchases made from any of the following firms aggregate ......----+--.+--- 350 00
If living within 200 miles and over 175, purchases made from any of the following firms aggregate ..........---.---- 400 00
If living within 225 miles and over 200, purchases made from any of the following firms aggregate ....-........- 1 AO Oe

If living within 250 miles

Read Carefully the Names

and over 225, purchases made from

you are through buying in each place.

Automobiles
Adams & Hart

Richmond-Jarvis Co.
Bakers

National Biscult Co.

Belting and Mill Supplies
F. Raniville Co.
Studley & Barclay
Bicycles and Sporting Goods
W. B. Jarvis Co., Ltd.

Billiard and Pool Tables

and Bar Fixtures

°

Cement, Lime and Coal
S. P. Bennett & Co. (Coal only)
Century Fuel Co. (Coal only)
A. Himes
A. B. Knowlson
S. A. Morman & Co.
Wykes-Schroeder Co.

Cigar Manufacturers
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.

Geo. H. Seymour & Co.

Crockery, House Furnishings
H. Leonard & Sons.

of purchases required.

any of the following firms aggregate .

Hardware
Clark-Rutka-Weaver Co.
Foster, Stevens & Co.

Jewelry
W. F. Wurzburg Co.
Liquor Dealers and Brewers
D. M. Amberg & Bro.
Furniture City Brewing Co.
Grand Rapids Brewing Co.
Kortlander Cow
Alexander Kennedy

Music and Musical

Se 500 00

as purchases made of any other firms will not count toward the amount
Ask for ‘‘Purchaser’s Certificate’ as soon as

Safes
Tradesman Company

Seeds and Poultry Supplies
A. J. Brown Seed Co.

Shoes, Rubbers and Findings
Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co.
Hirth, Krause & Co.

Geo. H. Reeder & Co.

Rindge, Kalm‘h, Logie & Co. Ltd

Show Cases and Store
Fixtures

Brunswick-Balke-Collander Co. i : .

Drugs and Drug Sundries Instruments Grand Rapids Fixture Co.
Books, Stationery and Paper Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. Julius A. J. Friedrich
Grand Rapids Stationery Co. Oils Tinners’ and Roofers’

Grand Rapids Paper Co.
M. B. W. Paper Co.
Mills Paper Co.

Confectioners

A. E. Brooks & Co.

Putnam Factory, Nat‘l Candy Co

Clothing and Knit Goods

Clapp Clothing Co.

Wm. Connor Co.

Ideal Clothing Co.

Clothing, Woolens and
Trimmings.

Grand Rapids Clothing Co.
Commission—Fruits, Butter,
Eggs Etc.

Cc. D. Crittenden
J. G. Doan & Co.
Gardella Bros.
E. E. Hewitt
Vinkemulder Co.

Dry Goods
Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co.

P. Steketee & Sons.

Electrical Supplies
Grand Rapids Electric Co.

M. B. Wheeler Co.

Flavoring Extracts and

Perfumes
Jennings Manufacturing Co.

Grain, Flour and Feed
Valley City Milling Co.
Voigt Milling Co.
Wykes-Schroeder Co.

Grocers
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.
Judson Grocer Co.
Lemon & Wheeler Co.
Musselman Grocer Co.
Worden Grocer Co.

Republic Oil Co.
Standard Oil Co.

Paints, Oils and Glass
G. R. Glass & Bending Co.
Harvey & Seymour Co.
Heystek & Canfield Co.
Wm. Reid

Pipe, Pumps, Heating and
Mill Supplies
Grand Rapids Supply Co.
Saddlery Hardware
Brown & Sehler Co.

Sherwood Hall Co., Ltd.
Plumbing and Heating
Supplies

Ferguson Supply Co., Ltd.
Ready Roofing and Roofing

Material ,
H. M. Reynolds Roofing Co.

Supplies

Wm. Brummeler & Sons
W. C. Hopson & Co.

Undertakers’ Supplies
Durfee Embalming Fluid Co.
Powers & Walker Casket Co.

Wagon Makers

Belknap Wagon Co.
Harrison Wagon Co.

Wall Finish

Alabastine Co.
Anti-Kalsomine Co.

Wall Paper

Harvey & Seymour Co.
Heystek & Canfield Co.

If you leave the city without having secured the rebate on your ticket, mail your certificates to the Grand Rapids Board
of Trade and the Secretary will remit the amount if sent to him within ten days from date of certificates.

 

 

26

 

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

The public and parochial schools were
closed. The children whose pennies
had been given so they could have a
part in its erection were assembled,
each given a tiny flag and a program,
with the order of exercises and songs,
“Michigan, My Michigan,” “Old Ken-
tucky Home” and “America,” and
marched in an imposing body to the
bank of the River Raisin, adjacent to
the monument. This day was more
especially -for our Own young peo-
ple and children, that they might
know the significance of these exer-
cises.

Hon. E. R. Gilday was master of
ceremonies, Rev. Shaw gave the in-
vocation, Ex-Mayor Martin presented
the monument and Mayor Sisung ac-
cepted and Rev. Father Downey made
the address, followed by chorus sing-
ing by the assembled school children
and citizens.

A marble tablet on the corner of
the mammoth electric power house
at Monroe marks the spot where the
block-house stood, and where the first
American flag was raised on Michi-
gan soil.

Four bronze tablets placed on four
huge boulders mark the various other
historical spots.

Not in our hearts alone, but as long
as marble and granite will endure,
these will show to our children and
those that come after the love and
honor we bear for those brave sold-

Josephine D. Elmer.
——
The Difference Between Success and
Failure.

Some recent newspaper utterances
on the difficulties encountered by
clerks in retail establishments, who
desire to improve their positions and
work into somcthing better, interest-
ed me to such an extent that I start-
ed on a tour of investigation in or-
der to satisfy myself of the facts in
the case. I have recently spent con-
siderable time in going through a
number of the large retail establish-
ments and some of the smaller ones
as well.

I have carefully observed the clerks,
their methods of work, and have al-
so taken the pains to make the ac-
quaintance of a number of them and
get their ideas in regard to their
work and the opportunities which it
offers for advancement.

Then, in order to get further light
on the subject, T went to the employ-
ers and got their views on the sub-
ject of salespeople and the chances
for their bettering themselves, and
after hearing both sides of the ques-
tion and being aided by my own
observations, I have come to the con-
clusion that the retail clerk, in most
instances, has as great an opportuni-
ty for an increase in salary and an
advancement to 2 better position as
has a person in any other line of
work.

As in all other callings, his success
or failure depends almost altogether
upon himself.

In my trips through the various
stores I found it a comparatively easy
matter, after a little observation, to
put the clerks into two classes. In
the first class was the alert, cour-
teous salesman of neat appearance,

iers.

who was always on the lookout for
an approaching customer and ready
to serve such an one promptly and
pleasantly.

In the second class were the care-
less clerks, who were either too
listless or too indifferent to notice
the approach of a customer and who,
when a customer directly applied to
them, responded in a very perfunctory
manner, evincing no interest as_ to
whether a sale was made or not, and
in many cases displaying a lack of
courtesy and tact which was not only
displeasing to the customer but which
frequently sent the would-be purchas-
er to some competitor.

Later on in conversation with the
managers of these stores I found, al-
most without exception, that the
clerks whom I had placed in “Class
1” were given the same standing by
the managers; while, to a greater or
less extent, the deficiencies of the
others were equally well known to
them, and it was merely a question of
time when-“Class 2” clerks would be
replaced by others.

The proprietor of one of the larg-
est department stores, when I asked
him what was the greatest trouble
he had to overcome with his sales-
people, instantly replied, ‘“Indiffer-
ence.”

While acknowledging that a retail
clerk had much to contend with, in
the way of dealing with disagreeable
and discourteous customers

 

| came indifferent his chances for  in-
|creased salary and promotion were

| gone.

what he considered the most impor-
tant qualities in his clerks, he re-
plied, “Unfailing courtesy and willing-

which |
might tend to make him gradually be- |
come indifferent, yet he very emphat- |
ically asserted, that the minute a|
clerk yielded to this feeling and be-|

When I asked this same proprietor |

ness to work.” When I asked him
if, in an immense establishment like
his, it was not extremely probable
that the work of 2 courteous, patient
and efficient salesman might be over-
looked among so many employes and
given no more credit than that of the
lazy, indifferent and  discourteous
salesman, he very promptly replied:
“No, sir, not by any means. It is|
the duty of every department mana- |
ger in this establishment to quietly
and unostentatiously, but nevertheless
thoroughly, familiarize himself with |
the work of each clerk in his depart-
ment, and we can give you a pretty |
accurate estimate of every clerk in|
this establishment who has been with |
us for any length of time.”

Continuing he said: “Let me prove
to you that this statement is correct.
You go down right now into our shoe
department. Unless he is busy, the |
first man to step up and ask if he
can serve you will be a young fel-
low about 25 years old, of medium |
height, with black hair, dark eyes and |
weighing about one hundred and fifty |

 

We

Carry in Stock

a large line of
Top Buggies
Driving Wagons
Spring Wagons
Surreys, etc.

We make
Prompt Shipments

Brown & Sehler Co.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Wholesale Only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DO IT NO

Pat. March 8, 1808, June 14, 1898, March 19, 1roor.

 

   
     
   
         
        
    
 
    
  

     

W

Investigate the

Kirkwood Short Credit
System of Accounts

It earns you 525 per cent. on your investment.
We will prove it previous to purchase. It
prevents forgotten charges. It makes disputed
accounts impossible. It assists in making col-
lections. It saves labor in book-keeping. It
systematizes credits. It establishes confidence
between you and your customer. One writing
does it all. For full particulars writ er call on

A. H. Morrill & Co.
105 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich
Both Phones 87.

 

 

You have had calls for

HAND SAPOLI

If you filled them, all’s well; if you

didn’t, your rival got the order, and
may get the customer’s entire trade.

HAND SAPOLIO is a special toilet soap—superior to any other in countless ways—delicate
enough for the baby’s skin, and capable of removing any stain.

Costs the dealer the same as regular SAPOLIO, but should be sold at 10 cents per cake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

pounds.
him from this description.

I guess you can recognize
His name
is Mr. There are not apt to be
many people in there at present and
I do not think you will find him
busy. I want you to let him show
you some shoes. Let him show you
a dozen different styles; find fault
with them; tell him they are not com-
fortable on your feet; make all the
objections you can and do not put
yourself out to be particularly pleas-
ant about it either, and then come
back and tell me what you think of
him.”

I did not really like the job that he
had laid out for me, but I went down
into the shoe department neverthe-
less, and sure enough the first man
to greet me was the man he had de-
scribed. I told him I wanted to look
at some shoes. He pleasantly asked
me to be seated, and then removing
a shoe from my foot he noted the
size and style of it. I happened to be
wearing a button shoe, although I
am not particularly addicted to them.
He brought several pairs of button
shoes, some of them similar in style}
to the ones I was wearing, and also |
several new styles.
me, calling my
ference in style
price.

While I was examining these he
brought several styles in lace shoes,
at different prices, which he offered
for my inspection and then proceed-
ed to try on a shoe which I had been
looking at with some show of inter-
est. I proceeded to make objections
in accordance with the instructions I
had received, and he continued to
try on one shoe after another, with
unfailing good and an
apparent degree of interest in getting
me fitted to my entire satisfaction.

 

These he showed
attention to the dif-
and the difference in

nature with

I did not like the part I was play-
ing, but I carricd it out to the best
of my ability, and must have tried
that young man’s patience very sore-
ly, but, to make a long story short,
he proved equal to every emergency.
His good nature never failed for a
moment. He was extremely cour-
teous, although | fear that he would
not say the same of me. He showed
tact all through, and most

won a

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

| wherever he went; but we don’t pro-
| pose to let him leave us. On the con-
| trary we intend to make him manager
|of that department in the very near
| tuture.

| “It is the same way in all our de-
partments,” he continued. “We know

|Our people thoroughly and can tell

| you who the good ones are and who |

| are the indifferent and lazy ones. The
| good ones we advance as fast as op-
| portunity offers, and the poor ones
| we get rid of as rapidly as we can
| find some one who w
| better. Every department
as a clerk. Every buyer we have
started in the same way.

“You ask me if there are oppor-
tunities for our clerks to get ahead.
There certainly are. Anyone
brains, a determination to succeed,

get ahead.
“T do not mean by that that he is

sider the accumulation of wealth a
sure indication that a man has been
successful. If he has determination
and the desire to work and in addi-
tion to these two qualities a fund of
good common sense, his future is as-
sured.

“Many men feel that they are doing
all that they are paid for and very
carefully avoid doing anything more
than what they consider a fair return
for the amount of wages paid them.
They are too short-sighted to see
earn more.
to come in the morning just barely on
time or even « few minutes late. 1

for that matter, stand on the cor-
ner for fear they would get into the
store a few minutes early and thus

forgets the clock and who is as much
interested in the business as his em-
ployer is, always succeeds.

“Six years ago a young man from

e think will do |
manager |
in this store started in our employ)

with |

and fondness for work is certain to}

sure to get rich because I do not con- |

that the only way to get more is to|
These men are the first |
to get out at night and they manage

have seen such men, and girls, too, |

give their employer a little extra
time. Such people never amount to
much. The employe who temporarily |

forgets how much his salary is, who |

| the country came to work for us at
|$10 per week. He is now 25 years
|old and we are paying him $50 per
| week, and he is only at the beginning |
| of the splendid career which lies be-|

fore him, for he is a great worker |
|and intensely interested in his em-
| ployer’s business.

“As a general thing it is not the
brightest clerks who succeed the best.
| It is the plodders; the industrious fel- |

lows who never give up, who never
| get tired but keep constantly at it,
who make the greatest success.

“There is no rcyal road to success;

it is work, work, work which counts.

“Once in a while we run across a
| genius who does things without any
| effort and apparently succeeds with-
out toil, but the average man must
earn his bread and achieve his suc-}
|cess by ‘the sweat of his brow.’ ”

Such words coming from a man
who is to-day the head of one of the
biggest mercantile institutions of the
country with immense stores in De-
troit, Cleveland, Buffalo and Toledo, |
and who has fought his way up from |

|there is an opportunity for

27

|

'a humble clerkship in a country store,
| should certainly
| courage every cierk who is wondering

inspire with new

whether it will pay him to do his
best.

As I stated at the commencement

|of this article, I firmly believe that

every
clerk who will earnestly and consci-
entiously work, in season and out of
season, for his employer’s interests.
If his present employer does not ap-
preciate his vaiue, he may rest as-
sured that some cther employer will.

In being always alert, courteous,
prompt and faithful, he is making a
reputation and many friends for him-
self. These are his assets which are
bound to make him valuable to his
present employer or to another mer-
chant, and sooner or later assets of
this kind can be-turned into dollars
and cents. Tohn Robert Dyer.
—_—__> +

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if you don’t like it, or can’t make it
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decided victory, for I ended up my
experiment by purchasing a pair of
$5 shoes for which I had no earthly
need.

I went back to the office of the
proprietor, who greeted me with a
smile and the one word, “Well?”

I had to smile, too, and holding out
my recent purchase I simply said,
“He sold me a pair of $5 shoes which
I didn’t need.”

After a hearty laugh at my _ ex-
pense, the proprietor said: “That
young man is my idea of a first-class
salesman. As you found him this
morning, so yon find him every day
in the week, always bright, cour-
teous and good natured, with a won-
derful amount of tact and a manner
which makes friends of every cus-
tomer he waits on.

“He has done much to help us build
up the big shoe trade which we now
have, and I haven’t a doubt but that,
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Some Women We Can Get Along
Without.

There are times, I suppose, when
all of us are filled with intensest
envy of Adam before Eve was creat-
ed, because there were no women in
the world to bother him. There were
no female reformers, no women with
missions, no mothers of infant prodi-

gies, no ladies with careers, and life |
glad, |

must have been to him one
sweet song of untrammeled freedom
that the balance of us can never know.

Of course, this mood does not last.
We are bound to have women, if for
nothing else than to have someone
to complain to and somebody to lay
the blame on when things go wrong.
They are, so to speak, a blessing
thrust upon us. Nevertheless, it is
sadly true that woman is far from
being always the soothing presence
that she is poetically reputed to be,
and there is no denying that a con-
siderable proportion of our feminine
fellow creatures exist as a kind of
mustard-plaster, whose chief mission
seems to be to irritate and raise a
blister upon society.

To aver this is rank heresy. These
are the days of woman-worship, when

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woman regards herself as a guardian |
angel with a divine commission to |
run the universe, and the suggestion |

that she does anything but add to the
sweetness and beauty of life will be
hotly resented.

Nobody is going to question hu-
manity’s debt to woman in general.
But for her we would not be here at
all, or have the privilege of working,
or the diversion of taking patent med-
icines. Still, great as has been the
sex’s service to the world, the indi-
vidual woman is frequently an afflic-
tion that reconciles us to the brevity
of life, and in our secret hearts we all
keep a little list of the women who
never would be missed did an inscru-
table Providence see fit to remove
them.

First and the
who has a mania for tendering
sought advice. Whenever there is a

foremost is woman

| changing servants?
|hear of it, and toddle around to tell |
you that you ought to hire an Irish

 

un- |
| own consciences to suit themselves,

call for a Solomon in any community |
she always bobs up, ready to answer |

all the conundrums for everybody
around her. It makes no difference
that she has. not ordered her own
affairs successfully; that her house is

notoriously ill kept; that her children |
are badly reared; that she is chroni- |

cally out of a servant. She may not

know what she ought to do herself |

but
knows what you ought to do, and she
has no hesitation in settling the great
problems of your life for you, gratis

Do you contemplate moving to a

under all circumstances,

new house?
off to come and tell you that you
should move to such and such a street
because of its being a _ fashionable

she |
,and cheerful and above reproach you |
|may have esteemed your family life

| ceives the weakness and laxness and |
She takes an afternoon |
| have fallen, and that you are auto-
| mobiling along on
| grade at about ninety miles an hour.

|terly incapable of arising to the gen-
|erosity of allowing other people to

|and she has no false modesty about

| even if one does not have to live with

neighborhood, or being high and dry, |

or she counsels you not to take the
place that you had picked out—and

some particular locality. Are you

reasons that have caused you to select |
She is sure to}

woman, or a Swede, or a colored girl, |
or a Jap, when the truth is that all |
nationalities look alike to you if they |
know how to cook and to sweep un- |
der the beds. Have you a child so}
delicate and nervous that a harsh’!
word almost shatters its sensitive or- |
ganism? She makes no bones of im- |
pressing on you that it is your duty |
to whip its nonsense out of it, al- |
though you may know that a blow|
would almost be fatal.

She knows—and she alone—if you |
are unfortunately married, whether |
you ought to get a divorce from your |
husband, or suffer and be strong. She |
knows how high your grocery bill |
ought to run, and whether a new |
dress is rank extrayagance or neces- |
sary self-respect. Only she knows}
whether you should encourage young |
Brigsby, who is honest and worthy |
but poor, to visit your daughter, or |
turn a cold shoulder on him in favor |
of old Gotrocks, who is rich but de- |
crepit; and whether you should send |
your son to college to study the pro- |
fession of football, or put him in a}
grocery store where he can acquire |
the price of salt codfish.

The old proverb that fools rush in}
where angels fear to tread was writ-
ten with special reference to the wom-
an with the free-advice habit. She is |
one of the greatest pests of society, |
and although an epidemic among her |
would cut down the census report 10 |
per cent., how heroically, nay, how!
cheerfully, would we do without her. |

Close akin to her is the estimable |

| lady who feels it her sacred duty to}

censor all your amusements and|
pleasures and little habits. She has}
an iron-bound code of ethics that con- |
sists of an unfaltering belief that |
everything that she does not enjoy is |
wrong. This is a_ nice, optimistic, |
self-conceited theory that is all right |
for the one who possesses it, but is |
pretty hard on the victims to whom it
is applied, for such a woman is ut-

have as good a right to have their
own point of view, and to run their

as she has. She is the Standard of
correct conduct and unimpeachable
morals and the only Christian virtues,

setting herself up as an example.
This world is, alas, a vale of tears
and sorrows, and in it none can hope
to escape visits from the Standard,
her, as is the unhappy lot of many.
She comes, and no matter how happy

to be, her eagle eye immediately per-

 

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general decadence iftto which you,

the downward

“Maria,” she says, sternly—for she
is not the coward to refrain from
saying an unpleasant thing merely be-

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all without knowing anything of the} cause it would hurt your feelings—‘is

| py if she could.

it possible that you allow your hus-
band to smoke in the parlor, and that
you have wine on your table, when
statistics show that rum and tobacco
pave the way to a drunkard’s grave?”
Or, she takes you sternly to task for
reckless extravagance, and a wanton
cultivation of a frivolous spirit, be-
cause you have put a few fluffy ruffles
on little Susie’s dress; and she bitter-
ly prophesies that your half-grown
son will bring your gray hairs in sor-
row to the grave, because you are
foolish enough to trust him with a
latch-key and put him on his honor
about his conduct, instead of keeping

| him a close prisoner under home sur-

veillance, which she is confident is the
only proper way to raise a boy.

It is idle to exploit to the Standard
your own theories of domestic expe-
diency—that the man who is permit-
ted freely to do as he pleases in his
home stays there of an evening; that
it is cruel to force a child to wear
ugly clothes when it may just as well
have pretty ones; that the boy who
can not go openly out of the front
door always sneaks out of the win-
dow, and that there is no way to
make the fruits of forbidden pleas-
ures so tempting as to build a high
wall about them. These are not the
Standard’s theories, and consequent-

| ly she knows that you are wrong. No

doubt the Standard has her uses in

| keeping us chastened and humble, but

we could worse spare a worse woman
and it is observable that men who
have been married to this kind of a
wife always bear up with a remarka-
ble fortitude under her death.

The lacrimose woman is another
sister that we could do without.
There are women who always salt
us down in their tears every time we
meet them. They wear depressing
black gowns and funereal gloves and
weepy veils, and they talk with a
sniff in their voices. This kind of
woman is melancholy and dyspeptic
by nature, and she would not be hap-
A death in the family
is a positive treat to her, a secret sor-
row that she can tell to everybody is
a luxury, while a husband who is a
drunkard and starves and beats her
is a perfect joy forever for the ex-
cuse he gives her for going on a per-
petual debauch of sorrow.

Our melancholy friends would not
be such an affliction if we could al-
ways remember, what is really the
truth, that when they are pouring
their tale of woe into our ears and
sobbing on our necks they are really
enjoying themselves, and that when
we pity them most they are having
the most fun. They would not be
comforted for pay. They nourish
their griefs by dwelling on them,
they feed their sorrows by talking
about them, they keep their wounds
sore by always pulling them open
when they show a sign of healing;
and they are so utterly selfish that
they do not perceive they are taking
their pleasure at our expense, for
there are few things that are a great-
er drain upon us than the never-end-
ing call that is made upon our sym-
pathies by the women with perpet-
ual sorrow that we are impotent
equally to remove or to assuage. In

 

2 world that has trouble enough for
even the luckiest of us, the woman
with the ever-flowing tear-duct is the
drop that makes the cup of misery
run over, and if she could be gently
and painlessly removed no one would
regret her.

The woman who achieves the repu-
tation of a fine conversationalist is
another of the bores of society from
which we would gladly escape if we
could. She is Cultured, with a big
C, and she feels that a charge is laid
upon her to enlighten the world. To
her all places are a rostrum, and
every gathering of people an audi-
She never talks. She never
gossips. She is never betrayed into a
colloquialism. She always orates, in
sounding periods and polished phras-
es, and she never by any chance lets
you get a word in edgewise. She nev-
er takes into consideration that the
sweetest earthly music to all of us is
the sound of our own voices, and that
we would rather babble about our
own affairs than listen to the elo-
quence of a Demosthenes. She as-
sumes that we consider it a privilege
to sit in silence at the feet of one
so gifted as she, and so she maunders
on, upon conversational stilts, with-
out pity or regard for the suffering
depicted in every face about her.

Like Samson, the brilliant conver-
sationalist has slain her thousands
with the jaw-bone of an ass, and it is
a singular proof of the restraining
influence of civilization that nobody
has retaliated upon her with her own
weapon.

Another woman that we could do
without is the unconventional woman.
Conventionality is the set of rules
that society drew up to keep us from
trespassing on our neighbors’ rights,
treading on their corns, and in conse-
quence being in perpetual shindy with
them, but the unconventional wom-
an refuses to play the game of life
according to Hoyle. If she lives near
you, she is always popping in at the
kitchen door instead of the front
door. If she comes to visit you, she
invariably surprises you, instead of
waiting for an invitation, and the re-
sult is inevitable. You hate her for it.

You ask her to dinner, and she
ruins your table by bringing along a
friend. You settle yourself for a
morning’s patching, and she runs in
unceremoniously, instead of waiting
for your At-home day. She asks you
impertinent questions, and tells you
home truths that your own mother
would not dare to utter—and all be-
cause she is so unconventional. There
is nothing in your house secret or
hidden from her, and if you could,
oh, how gladly would you shut her
up in the closet with the family skele-
ton and lose the key!

Perhaps, though, after all, the two
women that we could do best with-
out are the women who are paragons
themselves, and those who are the
mothers of infant wonders. The
woman who is a model is hard to bear
because she presents such a contrast
to the general faulty and dissatisfied
lot—a contrast to which’ she is never
weary of calling our attention. She
has the perfect house, the perfect
servants, the perfect dressmaker, the

ence.

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 29

 

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Capacity. Remove one-
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as well. The five greatest
troubles of a merchant—
the handling of cash sales,
credit sales, money re-
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paid out and money
changed for customers—
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perfect doctor, the perfect preacher;
or if these were not perfect aforetime,
they become perfect the minute they
pass into her possession. Her touch
is the Midas one that turns inferior
metal into gold.

“You should have Mme. Celestine
make your frocks. She does mine,”
she will say, with a complacent glance
toward her own commonplace dress
and a sniffy look at yours that bears
the sacred name of a Parisian house
on its belt. “I don’t see how you can
bear to live in town when the sub-
urbs are so much more _ desirable;
of course where [I live is the only real
place,” she will remark. “Is this the
way your cook dresses her salad?” she
will ask at dinner; “now the right
way, and the way I do it, is so and
so.” Such vanity is its own reward,
but common humanity demands that
such women should be shut up in sol-
itary confinement.

Quite as wearing, and more numer-
ous, is the woman who is the mother
of wonderful children, and what we
are all called upon to suffer from in-
fantile bons mots, and the precocious
performances of our friends’ children,
must surely be accredited to-us_ for
righteousness by the recording angel.
Who knows a house in which there
are children where the whole conver-
sation is not inspired from the nurs-
ery? Who has escaped having to
hear little Johnnie read, with the elo-
cutionary effect peculiar to seven, or
who has not had to applaud little
Mary’s recitation mendaciously, or to
perjure himself politely after writhing
under little Sallie’s strumming on the
piano? Who does not know the
woman who spends hours and hours
in a monologue that you dare not in-
terrupt, in which she exploits the ge-
nius of each particular child, in one
of whom she sees a Bernhardt, in an-
other a Gibson, in a third a Rockefel-
ler, in a fourth a presidential certainty
of the future, and in none of them the
commonplace, ordinary little creature
that it is?

We forgive much, for the world is
more charitable than it is reputed to
mother-love that makes a woman see
swans in all her ugly goslings; never-
theless there are very few of us who
are not ready to take to the woods
when the mothers of infant prodigies
dawn on our horizon.

Nor are these all of the women
that we could do without. From the
woman who giggles, from the woman
who tries to be vivacious, from the
woman who has an illusion that she is
a fascinator of men, and from all
women who talk of dress, disease and
domestics, good Lord deliver us!

For they never would be missed.

Dorothy Dix.
———_ +.

There is a vast difference betweer
wishing and winning. Many a good
man has failed because he had his
wishbone where his backbone ought
to have been.

++ +.

Have confidence in your line if
you would have your customers have
confidence in you.

———_o >

Competition is the life of trade,
of course. Don’t stifle it, but don’t
let it stifle you.

 

Woman’s Hardest Task To Overcome
in Business.

In all of a woman’s business life

she is handicapped by an overwhelm-

ing sense of her own personality. If

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she did but know it, it is a change of |
attitude, more than a change of hab- |

its, which will protect her from both
tears and knocks when she goes in-
to the business world. Upon her at-
titude toward her work her success
and happiness depend.

The situation which the working
girl confronts is this:

Ordinarily she |

has to make a choice of two evils in |
the way of business, both of which |
call for the suppression of her indi- |

viduality.

fice life or into the trades. In the

first she has only her employer to|
depends |

please, but her usefulness

upon her self-effacement and upon

Either she goes into of- |

the entire loss—during business hours |

—of her individuality.

In the second, |

where her usefulness depends upon |
her pleasing not only her employer |

but everybody else, her individuality

counts, but must become subservient. |

How does the working girl adapt |

herself to these conditions?
When the man called his stenog-

rapher “Queen” he hit upon a good|

word.

In almost every case the orig- |

inal attitude of the business woman |
is that of a queen going out to work. |

When she succeeds it is the meta-
morphosis of a queen into a working
girl.

If you doubt the

working  girl’s |

claim to royalty look her over as|

she is at home.

See how she dress- |

es, how she is deferred to, how she is |
worshiped by her father and mother, |
how she is admired by her friends, |

how she dispenses’ her

short, how she is the “whole thing.”

favors—in |

With all her airs of royalty she}

has other shining attributes.
generous, with an overabundance of
energy and a burning desire to con-
fer favors. So she gets herself a job.
She has definite ideas of how she will
fill it, which are after the spirit of
noblesse oblige. The first of them is
to put on becoming white turnover
collars and cuffs, and the second is
to get down on time. She concedes
this as important. Of course she ex-
pects to do what her employer says,
that is a disagreeable necessity, with
the less said about it the better. Be-
ing a man, he is not always unim-
pressed with her overpowering pres-
ence, and defers to it by ordering her
around as little as possible. More
men keep stupid stenographers  be-
cause they have not moral courage
to call them down or to tell them to
get out, than anybody except them-
selves and the stenographers know.
The girl who goes into this kind of
an office frequently does not abdicate
her throne, neither does she attain
any great usefulness in business.
When, however, a girl gets a job
where she bumps into the other
queens, her throne begins to totter.
“The most awful trial I have had,”
said a woman in a responsible public
place, which she keeps because of her
ability to be civil to women, “is to
smooth down every woman with the
little tribute to her personality which
she expects every time she comes

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

into contact with you. She demands | T1 The employe has to stand complete |

your attention and admiration at her |
blunders, when she even does such a
little thing as to sign a check. My)
whole success in my job is to as-
sume a society tone, which will make
her feel flattered, when I tell
how to do it.
her is that she hasn’t enough sense
to last her to bed.”

Any woman who makes this kind |

of a success in her business life has
only done so by losing her sense of
the importance of her own individ-
uality and keeping it in the back-
ground in her relations with others.
Ask any number of women what is
the hardest thing they have had to
learn, and nine out of every ten will
answer that it was to fight temper
or to form the habit of deferring to
other people instead of being the one
deferred to. Or the answer will be
that it was to overcome sensitiveness.
This last is a difficulty which she
experiences in relation to her
ployer, and which she avoids by con-
sidering herself a business unit in-
stead of an individual. The thing
that shocks the working girl to her
foundations is the ordeal of
corrected. From her point of view

it is a personal hurt rather than a

necessity demanded by the business. |
She puts it down to the fact that her |

employer does not like her. Until

she has recovered from her wound the

interests of the business are in the}
background of the picture and her |

own hurt individuality occupies the
front. Upon her quickness in recov-
ering from this point of view de-
pend both her usefulness and happi-
Upon it, too, often depends her
position.

ness.

One-third of the girls who try to
work downtown give it up and go}

home, because they can not stand up
under the first few corrections. On
this account some positions are clos-
ed to women entirely.
has been known to say that he would
not employ a woman because he could
This may sound
Sup-

Many a man

not swear at her.
absurd, but put it to yourself:

pose the employer wants to call the |

attention of the “young lady” work-
ing for him to an error in her way
of doing business, and he has to spend
as much time thinking how to ap-
proach her as he would to correct
the error. He is confronted by an
annoyance at once. Is she going to
weep?
The first and the last will make him
feel like a brute, and the other will
make him rage inwardly. The advan-
tage of regarding herself in an im-
personal way and the business as the
main thing is evident.

One of the reasons that a woman
often can get along with men em-
ployers where she can not with wom-
en is that he is, to a certain extent,
conscious of her personality aside
from her use to him as a business fac-
tor. There is an occasional bit of
homage to her as between sexes. A
woman employer has not, as a rule,
any interest in the personality of the
women who work for her. Her whole
idea is what can be got out of those
who are placed under her. She sel-
dom praises, and exacts to the utmost.

her |

What I feel like telling |

em- |

being |

Will she sulk? Will she flush? |

| self-effacement and to forego any ex- |
| pression of appreciation of her ef-
forts, which is life to the ordinary |
woman worker.
1 Ps

sensitiveness to praise. or
blame, if she could conquer it enough
to work

would

evenly

add to a certain extent to the
| woman worker’s value.
the it makes
avoid error and profit by hints that
would ordinarily not be
Usually, woman again
fers by her supersensitiveness here by
that the
remarks of her

Ii she is of

right sort

however,

considering
place employer

meant for her personal correction.

are

against the woman worker is the fact

is a great pressure of work. Here

of her own individuality.

| . . . .

|should fail is impossible to contem-
plate.
her

info a panic. The man m the

 

lt it
and if it is not it is because it
can not.

failure.

done,

| individuality

of work itself is often shown by the
kind of work which a woman takes
up.
| who begin as book agents and as free
lances in other directions which re-
quire the most skilled labor in order
to
most practiced

make them pay,

and other interests.
apparently
body that they control
|own time. It is only
perience with work of this kind that,

makes woman

else

in many instances,
think

conforming

a
it better to
by to the
employer.

| It is this same question of individ-
uality which makes a woman fail so
often with women boarders.
well until she observes that she works
hard all the time and that the other
women in the house are living a life
of ease.
to find ways to assert
oblivious of the fact that when she
made the arrangement the work was
the thing she desired.

 

gins herself,

One woman who kept a few board-
lers in her house had frequent appli-
cations from a neighbor to be allow-
ed to bring her family in to meals.
The compensation was good and from
some points of view the arrangement
desirable, but the question that the
woman put was: “Why do you not
get your meals yourself?” The ques-
tion of expediency was stronger than
Grace Clarke.

—_—_> +>

Banana on Fashion’s Horizon.

individuality.

3anana colors are Paris’ latest.
Banana red is a great favorite and
banana yellow is quite raved over.
{ All the hats are small. One of ba-
nana yellow crinoline (here we call
is a sunshine beauty,

shaded

it horse-hair)
charmingly trimmed with
roses.

 

perceived. |
suf- |

most common- |

She is up in arms and be-|

and unemotionally, |

her keen to}

One of the things frequently urged |

that she gets nervous whenever there |

again is the cause of her undue sense |
That she |

The mere thought of it drives |
same place admits the possibility of |

can be done it will be|

The fact that. women put their own |
and its effect upon other |
people away ahead of the importance |

There are thousands of women |

together with the |
subserving of time |
They do this|
so they can say to some- |
their |
some dire ex- |

take her chances |
work of an}

All goes |

 

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A Case With
A Conscience
A Word About Brackets

Now, well admit we haven't always

 

 

used this bracket we’re showing.
Frankly, we didn’t invent it; but as

soon as we saw it we ‘‘cinched”

 

We couldn't stay in business if we didn’t absorb
the good things.

No man should think of buying a case without
reading what follows.
Then he will do as he likes, but we think we
know what he'll like.

  

These brackets and standards are made entirely of
wrought steel, heavily nickel plated. They can be removed
from either end of the standard and can be adjusted with
the fingers. The set screws can be fastened more securely
by using a wire nail, and when fastened in this way the
brackets are perfectly safe for any weight of goods.

The standards are ruled to quarter inches as shown in
the illustration, making it very convenient to set the shelf at
any desired height.

When glass shelves are used, the brackets are fitted with
tight fitting steel rests. This prevents the shelves from
sliding off from the brackets.

In shipment the brackets are packed in the base of the
show case, the standards being in position inside the case all
ready for use. We carry these brackets in stock in 6, 8, Io,

12, 14 and 16 inch lengths.

  

Grand
Rapids

Fixtures
Co.

S. lonia and
Bartlett Sts.

GRAND RAPIDS,
MICHIGAN

NEW YORK OFFICE:
724 Broadway

BOSTON OFFICE:
125 Summer St.

   

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

Selecting a Name for a Shoe Store.

M. I. Fryman, the Petoskey shoe
dealer, recently offered a prize for the
best name for a shoe store. He re-
ceived several hundred entries, among
which were the following:

The Acme Shoe Store

Advance Shoe Store

The Alvarado

The Always
Store

The Amazon

The American Shoe Store

The Anchor Shoe Store

The Arbutus

The Arctic

The Artistic and C. S. Shoe Store

The Axle

The Banner Shoe Store

The Bargain Shoe Store

The Battery Shoe House

The Bee Hive

The Bee Store

The Bell Shoe Store

The Belle

The Best Understanding

The Blue Line Shoe Store

The Bon Ton Shoe Store

The Boss Shoe Man

The Boss Shoe Store

The Boston Shoe Store

The Bostonian Shoe Store

Buckhorn Shoe Store

The Busy Shoe Store

The Busy Bee

The Busy Shoe Store

Cain Shoe Store

The Cap Sheaf Shoe Store

Capitol Shoe Store

The Central Shoe Store

The Century Shoe Store

The Chadwick

The Challenger

The Champion

Chief of Petoskey

The Chief Shoe Store

The Cinderella Shoe Store

The City Shoe Store

The Climax

The Columbia Shoe Store

Comfort Shoe Store

The Crescent Shoe Store

The Crown

The Cub

Cyclone

The Daisy

The Diamond Shoe Store

Dimencio Shoe Store

The Dorothy Dodd Shoe Store

The Driving Down Shoe Store

The Dwarf and Giant Shoe House

Eagle Shoe Company

The Eagle Shoe Store

The Easy Fit

The Eclipse

The Economic

Economical Shoe Store

Economy Shoe Store

The Empire

The Emporium

The Enterprise Shoe Store

The Equality Shoe Store

The Equity Shoe Store

The Equivalent

The Eureka Shoe Store

The Eureka

The Eutopia

The Everlasting Shoe Store

Everybody’s Store

The Excelsior Shoe Store

Fair and Square

The Fair Bargain Shoe Store

The Fair Deal

The Fair Place

The Fair Play Shoe Store

The Family Shoe Store

The Famous Shoe Store

Fashionable

The Favorite Shoe Store

First Class Shoe Store

First National Shoe Store

The Fit-in Shoe

The Fitwell Shoe Store

The Fitwell Shoe Store

Come Back Shoe

 

The Flying Snow Shoe Store

The Fortress

The Forum

The Footery

Footwear Emporium

The Foundation Shoe Store

The Frost King Shoe Store

Fryman Foot

Fryman Foot Furnishing

The Fryman Footery

Fryman Honest Shoe Store

Fryman’s Footwear Fortress

Fryman’s Modern Shoe House

Fryman’s Reliable Shoe Parlor

Fryman’s Resort

Fryman’s Tuxedo Shoe Store

The Gem

The Gem of the North

Generous Shoe Store

The Gent

George Washington Shoe Store

The Giant Shoe Store

The Gilt Edge Shoe Store

The Gloge B. & S. Store

The Gold Contest Shoe Store

The Gold Medal Shoe Store

Gold Prize Shoe Store of Petoskey

The Gold Seal

The Golden Ball

Golden Beaver Shoe Store

The Golden Cross Shoe Store

Golden Gate Shoe Store

The Golden Rule Shoe Store

The Golden Star

The Good Luck Shoe Store

The Good Satisfaction Shoe Store

Governor

The Grand Central Shoe House

The Great Chief Shoe Store

The Great Foot Comfort Store

Great Northern Shoe Store

The Guarantee Shoe Store

Haberdasher

The Happy Foot Shoe Store

The Hee Haw Shoe Store

The Heel and Toe Shoe Store

The Herald

Highland Shoe House

Home of the Sole

The Home Trade Shoe Store

The Honest Deal Best Shoe Store

The Honest Jew Shoe Store

The Honest O. K. Shoe Store

Honest Reliable Shoe Store

The Honest Shoe Store of Petoskey

Honor Bright Shoe Store

The Honorable Shoe Store

Howard Shoe Store

The Hummer

The Hustler

I. X. L. Shoe Store

The Ideal Shoe Store

The Imperial Shoe Store

The Illalee

The Independent Shoe Store

The Invincible

Jerusalem Shoe Store of Petoskey

The Jewell Shoe Store

The King

The King Shoe Store

The King’s Empire

The Klondike Shoe Store

La Vogue Shoe Store

The Leader

Leading Shoe Store of Petoskey

Legion Standard Shoe Store

The Lily of the North

The Lion Shoe Store

The Little Traverse

The M. I. Fryman’s Great Bargain
Store

The

The

M. & E. Shoe Store
Main
The Majestic
The Mercury
The Metropolitan Shoe Store
Meyer Eye Shoe Store
Meyer & Fryman’s Uncomparable
Shoe
Michigan Shoe Store
Minnehaha
The Moccasin
Model Shoe House
Modern Shoe Store
The Monarch
The Money Back
Money Saver Shoe Store
The Moneyback Shoe Store
The Money’s Worth Shoe Store
The Monitor
The Morocco Shoe Store
National Shoe Store
The Nethersole Shoe Store
The New Equator

Furnishing Parlors

TOP-ROUND $3.50

No. 53. Always in Stock.

 

A staple shoe— :
one that is a great >
fitter, and for ser-
vice there is noth-
ing like our patent
which

guarantee. Let us

colt, we
send you a sam-
ple dozen freight

paid, and if not

 

as represented we

 

want them back. Write now. Our man is in your

State—let him call on you.
ga

White-Dunham Shoe Co., Brockton, Mass.

W. J. Marshall, Detroit, Michigan Representative.

 

 

 

 

GRAND RAPIDS
SHOE.

Wear

Our make of Boys’, Youths’ and Little Gents’
Shoes, made as they are from the strongest leather,
and properly strengthened at every point of strain,
contain an unusual amount of wear.
And wear in these shoes is so essential a trade
bringing quality that you can not afford not know- D
ing about so strong a line as ours.

We go everywhere for business.

Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie & Co., Ltd.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

“MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 33

 

The New Era Shoe Store
New Ideal Shoe House

 

The Unabridged Shoe Renew |
The Uncle Sam Shoe Store

The New Prosperous | The Union Shoe Store

The New Style The Universal Shoe Store ® e

New York City Shoe Store | Up-to-Date Shoe Store e ul in a S S 1 O n
New York Store | The Up-to-Date Shoe Store |

The Nimble Six Pence | Victor Shoe Store

The Northern Emporium | Victoria

The Northern Pearl | The Vogue 66 99
The Northern Star | The Wakeup an S
The Northern Victor Waukon

The Northland Champion B. & S.| ey 4 |

: Emporium | 1¢ Whirlwin a

The Northland Reliable Ee White House In Oxfords and High Cuts

< The Northland Shoe Store | White Lily Shoe Store W
The Novelty Shoe Store | The Wide-Awake Shoe Store For Summer ear
The O. K. Shoe Store | The Wolverine |
O-So-Easy Shoe Store | She Wonderland | Tans are bound to be the thing this summer. We have a
Old Honest Shoe Store The Worth More Shoe Store | full li ‘ i
The Old Reliable Ye Bootery ull line—all grades—all styles—all prices—up-to-the-minute
The Old Trusty | Your Money’s Worth | in every way. Send us your mail order for prompt service.
The Omega Shoe Store The Zenith Shoe Store
Only Honest Place in Petoskey a a OXFORDS
The Only Shoe Store | Don’t Neglect the Interior. | S18 Men's usin Calf Hla Qx.. Rex Cap Toe, Goody ia ey $0 5
The Open Eve Store i : i 813 Men’s Russia Calf Blu Ox., Rex Cap Toe, Goodyear Welt, 3, 4 and 5 wide. ..-.-$2 50
The Palace Shoe Co If you have good window displays, | 811 Men’s Russia Calf Blu Ox., Bronx Cap Toe, Goodyear Welt, 3, 4 and 5 wide ---- 2 25
The ta | your store inside should be kept up| 809 Men’s Russia Calf Blu Ox., Lenox Cap Toe, Goodyear Welt, 4 and 5 wide.------ 2 15

"p E a ce i | 806 Men’s Russia Calf Blu Ox., College Cap Toe, Goodyear Welt, 4 and 5 wide..--. 1 75

a in appearance with the window. If | ai; dk. Hi ed colees tee, 6S OG Side --.- 2
ihe eer css ! not, the ideas of neatness and taste |
The People’s Bargain Shoe Store| HIGH CUTS

cyoce 2 r ry r 4 rai? |
The People’s Shoe Parlor suggested by the window display wil!

The Perfect Shoe Store be much lowered upon the customer’s = — mae cae eae Set regains nares we me eee -%
: - : : L | 966 Men’s Chocolate Kid Bal, York Cap Toe, Goodyear Welt, 4 and 5 wide -.------ 2 0
The Perfection stepping into the store, and that of 956 Men’s Russia Calf Blu Bal, Lenox Cap Toe, Goodyear Welt, 4 and 5 wige....... 2
The Petoskey Best Store itself forms a bad impression. If} 938 Men’s Russia Calf Blu Bal, College Cap Toe, 1% D. S., M. S.,5 wide ---------- -- 1
The Petoskey Cow Hide Shoe Co, there is to be a difference between | 923 Men’s Russet Grain Blu Bal, College Cap Toe, % D. S., M.S., 5 wide------..---- 1 50

The Petoskey Easy Shoe Emporium a a Baa seas os 7 a,
eT ee Se > two, the store, as a w Hg i
Petoskey Gem City All Leather Be up-to-date and carry a line of TANS to meet the demand of your

resent tl better = are r
, Shoe Store ee ae - | trade. We also carry a swell line of Boys’, Youths’ and Little Gents’ Tan
e Petoskey Ideal Shoe Store there the ideals produced by  the| Sh aw ‘ : iy i i
The Petoskey Leader ciatew diales wii te ented cas oes an omen’s, Misses’ and Children’s Tan Oxford, Ties and

Strap Sandals. Don’t forget we are headquarters for good things in shoes.
Try us and get your money’s worth.

The Petoskey Monarch Shoe Store
Petoskey Palace Shoe Store

rendered more pleasurable by the

 

Petoskey Queen store display. Timely decorations |
Petoskey Shoe Arcade | help greatly to beautify a store, and |
Petoskey Shoe Co. the retailer would do well to give|

sens Shoe and Rubber Empor-| . one attention to them. Gorgeous | Cc E ¢ L h Sh c :
The Petoskey Shoe Market | and lavish decorations are not neces- | ° ° mit oe ompany, Detroit, Mich.
Petoskey Shoe Store sary, but something simple in char- Mention this paper when ordering.
Petoskey Star |acter and good taste will serve the

 

 

 

The Petoskey Universal Shoe Store
The Popular Shoe Store
The Power Shoe Store
The Pride

The Prince Shoe Store
The Prize Shoe Store

The Progressive

The Progressive Shoe Store
Prosperity

The Public’s Shoe Store | one
Quality Store of Petoskey | [2
: a The Queen Drawing Room Shoe
‘se Store
Red X Shoe Store
The Reliable Shoe Store
Rex
The Right Place
The Right Shoe

purpose.—Clothier and Furnisher.

 

 

 

   
  
 
 
  
   
      
    
  
   

 

Women’s
Oxfords

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Rock Bottom Shoe Store
The Roosevelt Bl \ 7 p
The Royal Axiom ac an atent
The Royal Oak Shoe Store il l / :
Satisfactory Shoe Store We Have Them in Stock for Immediate Shipment
Savi fatk < Store ,
a a ae 2478—Women’s Kid Sandal, ribbon tie.........---++e+eeeeees $1.00
The i sebdck i a | 2806—Women’s Kid Sandal, 4 strap............-eeeeereeeeeeee .80
The Shes Emporiam | i i dae aia gn a 2807—Women’s_ Kid Sandal, 4 strap.......-.-.ss-eeeee eee 1.10
Solid ee | aay ee ee ee Te 2809—Women’s Kid Blucher Oxford, patent tip.........-..+-- -80
cil Suceesahel Shoe Store | day 2480—Women’s Kid Blucher Oxford, patent tip........--.+--- 1.10
The tee Shoe Store | Has passed in the history, for business 2481—Women’s Kid Blucher Oxford, patent tip............-- 1.00
The Square ies! Shoe Store | don’t pay. 23783—Women’s Kid Oxford, patent tip.............seseeeeees 1.00
A Se ! i ee ee te 2805—Women’s Dongola Tan Oxford.......-++---eeeeeseeeeees 1.00
RS, si pg _Sa ees ae ee Ge ne ees... ys 1.15
The Star Shoe Store a“ 2813—Women’s Patent Vamp Oxford..........:seeseseteeeeees 1.20
Coes: al riod | For the HARD-PAN people are getting | 2814—Women’s Vici Blucher Oxford, patent tip.............- 1.20
The Submarine Shoe Store | the fruit 2439—Women’s Vici Blucher Oxford, patent tip.............-. 1.60
a The Success Shoe Store | with the HARD-PAN shoe of endurance 2444—Women’s Vici Tan Oxford, patent tip...........-.+-+-- 1.60
The Sun Shine | 1 2446—Women’s Patent Button Oxford, light Mee cee wee 1.85
The Sunshine Shoe Store — / 2503—Women’s Russia Calf Oxford, welt.........s.eeeseeeee 2.00
Superb Shoe Bank | But Charley the cobbler is lost by a 2504—Women’s Patent Colt Oxford, welt.........ssseeeeeeeee 2.00
he Superior mile. , | l
* Amp We know you will be pleased if you buy any of the
Sure Fit Shoe Store Dealers who handle our line say above. Try Ir.

The Tenderfoot
The Thoroughfare
Tip-Top Shoe Store
Top Notch Shoe Store |other manufacturers.

The Tornado
The Treadwell | Write us for reasons why. Geo. HM. Reeder & Co.
The Trilby Shoe Store

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

|
|
| we make them more money ai

The rt h Shoe Store
The B Saieeay Store Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co,

2 St
es * i Makers of Shoes Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

    

34

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

Silhouettes Seen in a Country Shoe
Store.

A click of the latch. A swinging
door on noiseless hinges. A breath
of sharp sweet air from the outside
world. The customer is in the shoe
store. The clerk is coming. The
customer waits. Waits that he may
be waited on. The clerk is coming.
They will meet. Never before in this
life. Never before. These two souls
have drifted in zig-zag courses
through this world, but always sepa-
rate. Sometimes they have been so
close together that their paths were
side by side, but neither knew it, and
their eyes did not meet. Now the
clerk is coming. The customer is
waiting. The customer is a woman.
The clerk is a man. She watches his
approach curiously. She feels that
somewhere, sometime, that face has
been familiar.
t is only a feeling she has.

glances mingle.

they gazed each into the other’s eyes. |
But |
“T would like a bottle |

They may never gaze thus again.
they have met.
of shoe strings,” she says.
confused.

But she is

The commercial traveler has been}

left alone in the shoe store. The pro-
prietor has gone to the bank to get

a deposit in before the institution |

closes its doors for the day. The

drummer is tending store.
traveling salesman, but he is mot a
shoe man.
course in shoe storing by correspon-
dence. He sold whips before he got
the job with the Scheuzenfitter Com-
pany. Before that he sold choice li-
quors to consumers from a Kentucky
distillery.
at the races. Before that—but it does
not matter. He can talk the Scheu-
zenfitter line all right, all right. But
he does not know retailing. As he
waits a customer comes. The cus-
tomer is a little one. Only about 58
inches long and size 2 B. How would
you like to be—but that is not in the
picture. “How do you do?” says the
substitute. “How do you do?” says
the entering one. Then there is a
pause. “I am staying here for a few
minutes while Mr. Lacey goes to the
bank.” This is said by the tourist.
Absolutely nothing is said by the cus-
tomer. (The customer is a “she.”)
“Mr. Lacey said,” continues he of the
sample cases, “that if any one should
come in I was to attend them.”

 

“Yes?” says the customer.

“Yes,” says the tourist.

“Just as if he were here?” says the
customer.

“The same as he would if he were

here,” says the commercialer.
“How delighiful,” says the cus-|
tomer.

“Can I not attend to you?” he
continues.

“IT do not know.”

“May I try?”

“T should think so.”

“What can I show you?”

“I’m sure I don’t know.”

“Tsn’t there something you'd like
to see?”

“Oh, yes; a great many things.”

She knows it has not. |
He lifts |
his eyes as he nears her and their |
Never before have |

He is a|

He has not even taken a |

Before that he sold pools |

“In the
course.”

“No, I think not.”

“IT am sure I can wait on you if
there is anything you have especially
|on your mind.”

“Perhaps so.”

“Have you anything especially on
your mind?”

“Yes, indeed.”

“Tf you don’t think that I could do
as well as Mr. Lacey, I trust you
will wait for him.”

“Yes.”

“Don’t you think I could do just
as well?”

“I’m quite sure you could.”

“Well, then, please let me try.”

“You’d probably refuse.”

“Indeed I would not.”

“T think you would.”

“T swear I wouldn’t. I never ’tend-
|ed in a shoe store, but I’ve done about
everything else on earth and I think
I could make good here.”

“Not in this particular case.”
| “Se any case.”

“Even if you could, you wouldn't
want to.”

“Try me.”

“Well, I am Mr. Lacey’s daughter,
and I want $10 with which to buy a
new spring hat.”

And just then the shoe dealer comes
back.

ae

shoe line, I mean, of

 

It is the early morning and a lad
|is coming down the village street. He
ic not whistling, but his hands are in
|his pockets. If he were a country
lad he would be whistling, even al-
though he had had no breakfast yet,
but he is a village lad, and works ina
shoe store, so he does not whistle. I
do not know why this is so, but it is.
Country boy, whistle, anyway;

lage boy, no breakfast, no whistle.

The shoe store is still two blocks
off, but he is beginning to feel in his
pockets for the key of the store. Now
he has found it, and as he walks along
he is trying to get the folding, old-
fashioned key unsnarled from_ the
piece of picture wire, and the wad of
string, the jack-knife with the weak
spring, the piece of pitch, the key
ring puzzle and the jew’s-harp with
which it mingled in the lad’s
pocket.

He is near the store now and all
articles have been stripped away from
the key, except the pitch, and as that
is on the handle it will not matter
and can be gnawed off at leisure. He
opens the door. The’ shoe store
smell comes out to greet him. You
do not know the morning smell of a
shoe store? Then you have never
|opened one when in an observing
| mood.

He spreads the door wide open and
blocks it with a settee, so that it

vil-

has

 

In Our New
Quarters

146 and 148 Jefferson Avenue

We are better able to take care of our

We carry a com-

customers than ever.
plete line of everything we handle and
can ship on a moment's notice. We had
a reputation for quick shipments be-
fore----we will improve on that reputa-

tion now.

Michigan Shoe Co.
Detroit, Mich.

 

 

 

 

|skall not blow shut—Bang! when he |
| opens the back, or rear door. He}
|drags all the rugs out on the walk |
| by their corners. He drags all of the |
| pieces of brussels carpet, which have |
| pieces of galvanized iron riveted on |
| the ends, out on the walk. Then he|
| mixes the sawdust and water in the|
| basin, until it looks like cornmeal |
| mush and throws it recklessly on the |
floor. His employer has told him a
great many times that torn bits of

 

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Slippers and Oxfords

 

 

 

 

 

Black, White and Tan for Summer Wear

No. 3552. Women’s White Canvas Blucher Oxford, 2% to 7...... $1.00
No. 3452. Misses’ White Canvas Blucher Oxford, 11 to 2.......... .80
No. 3352. Child’s White Canvas Blucher Oxford, 8% to 12........ 75
No. 3252. Child’s White Canvas Blucher Oxford, 5 to 8. ......... -70
Ne. 3554. Women’s White Canvas Southern Tie, 2% to 7......... .80
mo. som. Mews Waite Ches Bake, Oto tt... ac 75
No. sor. Men's White Canvas Bats, 6t0 tr. 02. 00 : 1.00
No. 502. Men’s White Canvas Blucher Oxford, 6 to 11........... 1.00

Hirth, Krause @; Co.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

old newspaper, soaked for a long
time, are better, and he knows that
it is so, for he has tried it once, but
ever since he has always forgotten
to put the paper soaking far enough
ahead. He gets a broom and goes
at the floor. He sweeps just as care-
fully in front of the do-up counter
as he does behind it. The dirt in
front of the counter he takes up on

a dustpan quickly, and with great |
care, but behind the do-up counter |
he has found a knot hole in the floor |
and he spends a great deal of time |

and extra labor sweeping all of that
dirt down through the knot hole.
Then he gets a feather duster and
rushes rapidly three times around the
store, hitting the ledge every little
while with the feathers and brushing

the polished top of the do-up counter |
vigorously. Then he takes the cloth |

from over the cash register, and is
about to sit down when a man with
his derby hat all crushed in sticks his

head in the door and asks him what |
(naughty |

he means by leaving his
words) old rugs out where a man
can not help stumbling over the

(naughty words) old things, and that |

he has a mind to come in and thump

(naughty word) out of him, but he |
goes on and then the little boy goes |

out and sweeps a clean place on the
sidewalk and unfolds a rug on 1
Then he beats the rug, and turns it
over and beats it again, and lays it

aside, and sweeps a clean place on the |

sidewalk and goes over the process
with the second rug,

fifth. And then he sweeps another |
clean place and lays a rug down and |
sweeps the top all off and then he |
rolls up one end of the and |
sweeps the rolled place, and keeps |

rug

it. |

and with the}
third, and with the fourth, and the}

| and thus do his share in “the develop-

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

village alike. Where taste and fitness
| are in concernment neither the one
| Nor the other cuts much of a figure
| in the purchases of many a store en-
|terer. Far too often they drift into a
| place without any definite need or de-
| sire to be satisfied, see something
| that strikes them as “rather pretty”
and straightway they say to them-
selves, a companion or the clerk,
“Guess I’ll buy that.” Maybe they
|stand in no more necessity of the

 

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|article in question than does a mal-|
tese kitten of an Easter bonnet, and |
perhaps the purchase is diametrically
| opposed to their express individuali-
ty; nevertheless, they buy it, seem-
ingly for no other reason than be-
|cause they have the dollars and they
| burn in their pockets to be spent.

 

Sometimes this burning lucre is
easy-come-and-easy-go money, some-
|times it is money wrung from those
who acquired it with
| and aching hearts.

aching se
Be that as it may,
the dispensers at the store appear |
en criminal in its vain and wreckless |
'throw-off. The “sense of the beauti-
ful” is no “arbitrary principle’ with
| them and the “guidance of reason” is
|nowhere in evidence.

In such circumstances it is a pity
that a clerk urges the procuring of
articles at once mediocre and inap-
propriate; but as he is handling mer-
'chandise to turn it into cash for a
| profit, the sooner he gets rid of it and
the bigger quantity the better, from
his view-point.

Let the one behind the counter seek
to educate his patrons to trade up.
Let him endeavor gently to influence
those on the other side to be govern-
ed by “delicacy and

correctness,”

ment of those laws that we find the

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of the largest shippers in this coun-
iy.

We Keep Copies of Every
Form We Print

Let us send you samples printed
for parties in your own line of
trade—you MAY get an idea—any-
way it costs you nothing to look
and not much more if you buy.

 

Barlow Bros.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

| buy.

35

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FROM
OLD

RUGS “eaves

THE SANITARY KIND

We have established a branch factory at
Sault Ste Marie, Mich. All orders from the
Upper Peninsula and westward should be
sent to our address there.
agents a

We have no

2 orders as we rely on
Printers’ Ink. nscrupulous persons take
advantage of our reputation as makers of
“Sanitary Rugs” to represent being in our
employ (turn them down). Write saencd to
us at either Petoskey or the Soo. A book-
let mailed on request.

Petoskey Rug M’f’g. & Carpet Co Ltd.
Petoskey, Mich.

SP a ee eR a, a,

 

Arc Mantles

| Our high pressure Arc Mantle for
|lighting systems is the best money can

| dozen.

NOEL & BACON

Send us an order for sample

Grand Rapids, Mich

 

 

HARNESS

Special Machine Made
144, 1%, 2 in.

Any of the above sizes
with Iron Clad Hames or
with Brass Ball Hames and
Brass Trimmed.

Order a sample set, if not
satisfactory you may return
at our expense.

Sherwood Hall Co., Ltd.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

sweeping as he rolls, and bye and |

bye all of the rugs are swept and

rolled up, and it is 7:45 and the next

clerk above him ought to have been| ‘The size of a family Bible doesn’t
e there a quarter of an hour ago, and | siways edinste: tha sneak of ee

he is hungry and he carries the rugS/ign there is in the family.

in and spreads them down.

And then he closes the back door} A little charity to the living is
and gets his gum from where it iS| worth a wagonload of flowers to the
tucked on the under edge of the end| qead.
of the ledge on the gents’ shoes side,
and the store is open—Ike N. Fitem
in Boot and Shoe Recorder.

true standard of taste.”
Jennie Alcott.

Our “Custom Made” Line

Men’s, Boys’ and
Youths’ Shoes

Is Attracting the Very Best Dealers in Michigan.

 

 

 

 

WALDRON, ALDERTON & MELZE

Your Children’s

—__. > 7 He al Wholesale Shoes and Rubbers
Patrons To th
Clerks ee ogi 1s op VPFAL TEPORTARCE State Agents for Lycoming Rubber Co. SAGINAW, MICH.

 

 

 

A large part of their time is spent in the
schoolroom and it becomes the duty of
every parent and good citizen to see to it
that the schoolrooms are free from disease
breeding germs. Decorate the walls with

Jrabastin

LAT ee

Cleanly, sanitary, durable, ar-
tistic, and safeguards health.

A Rock Gement Ricie° sat

delicate tints.
Does notrub or scale. Destroys disease
germs and vermin. No washing of walls
after once applied. Any one can brush it
on—mix with cold water. The delicate
tints are non-poisonous and are made with
special reference to the protection of pu-
pils’ eyes. Beware of paper and germ-ab-

Written for the Tradesman.

To-day T ran across the following
quotation:

“An original sense of the beautiful
is just as necessary to aesthetic judg-
ments as a sense of right and wrong
to the formation of any just conclu-
sions on moral subjects. But this
‘sense of the beautiful’ is not an arbi-
trary principle. It is under the guid-
ance of reason. It grows in delicacy
and correctness with the progress of
the individual and of society at large.
It has its laws, which are seated in
the nature of man, and it is in the de-

 

You Are Out of
The Game

Unless you solicit the trade of your
local base ball club

 
   
 

  

 

 

They Have to
Wear Shoes

i aws that we| sorbing and disease-breeding kalsomines Order Sample Dozen
——— * — ” pearing fanciful names and mixed with hot
find the true standard of taste. . water. Buy Alabastine only in five * d B : th G

The foregoing quotation sotnds pound packages, properly labeled.
very nice a all that, but the “true Tint card, pretty wall and ceiling desi n e in e ame
standard of taste” is most lamenta-
bly lacking in the case of hundreds—
nay, thousands—of buyers, in city and

“Hints on Decorating,” and our artists
services in making color plans, free.

ALABASTINE C0.,
Grand Rapids, Mich,, or 105 Water St., N. Y.

SHOLTO WITCHELL Majestic Bld., Detroit
Everything in Shoes

Protection to the dealer my ‘‘motto.”’

Sizes in Stock

No goods sold at retail. Local’and Long Distance Phone M 2226

 

 

 

 

    

36

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

THE BANKRUPTCY LAW.

The Creditor’s Position Improved
Under Present Conditions.

In this line of business, as in other
lines, it is necessary to give credit,
but we are obliged to take greater
risks, for the reason that there is no
other. line of business which a man
can engage in with so limited a capi-
tal as the retailing of groceries.

In extending credits and opening
accounts we first obtain all the in-
formation we can as to the character
and ability of the applicant, this to
determine the moral risk, then the in-
vestment, etc., and if all is satisfac-
tory we extend to him the courtesy
to which he is entitled, thus placing
in him the utmost confidence. Mis-
takes will occur, and it is true that
large losses often come through mis-
placed confidence.

Before the bankruptcy law was
passed a merchant having the con-
fidence of the trade, with an unlim-
ited line of credit, and carrying a
large stock of goods, would discover
at the end of a few years that he
had lost money, his liabilities were
large, and if he could only avoid
paying his creditors he would be in
good shape financially. Now, what
was the first move? A mortgage to
secure a real or imaginary debt made
to his father or father-in-law, his
mother or mother-in-law, to his
banker or lawyer, or perhaps if he had
a warm spot in his heart for one of
his creditors he would prefer him.
Business would continue under the
mortgage, and about the only thing
that the other creditors got was
the hope that perhaps some day he
would pay.

When it would get out that a mer-
chant was in bad shape, how attor-
neys would rush from all directions
in order to be first on the ground,
the theory being that to the diligent
belong the spoils. If one of the at-
torneys who got left had a little
fighting blood in him then there was
the attachment, replevin and other
suits; but this is a thing of the past.
The bankruptcy law has_ brought
about good results.

I can cite instances where
have made settlements and received
our share pro rata. If it had not been
for the bankruptcy law _ creditors
would not have received one cent, but
IT wish to cite one case in particular:

A short time ago a merchant in
Northern Michigan failed. He took
his father-in-law in to help carry out
the deal, and on the face of it it look-
ed as if there would be nothing left
for the creditors; but by getting to-
gether and putting him into bank-
ruptcy, by investigating the case and
assisting the referee, a discrepancy
was found and the court ordered that
the bankrupt make a deposit of $1,500
or upwards into the court or be con-
fined in jail. Fifteen hundred dollars
touched the sore spot in his heart.
He went to jail with a cry that it
was an outrage, as his was an honest
failure. He then tried the sympathy
act. He had his wife go into court
with tears in her “eyes and a small
infant in her arms. The attorneys
claim that she pinched the child to

we

 

 

make it cry, so as to touch the heart | Evils of Saving Money—One Man’s

of the referee, but there was evidence
of dishonesty, and I am pleased to
say that the heart of the referee was
not touched. Jail life was not lik-
ed, and in a short time our friend

deposited the necessary amount, and |

the creditors received the share to
which they were entitled.

The bankruptcy law has great ad-
vantages, and when a merchant or
firm goes into bankruptcy, either vol-
untarily or involuntarily, if there is
any appearance of crooked work it

 

is the duty of every creditor to ap-|

pear in

court and by co-operation |

assist the referee and trustee in pre-|

venting the discharge of the dishonest

bankrupt.

From observation
I agree with the Hon. William H.
Hotchkiss, referee in bankruptcy for

the Western District of New York,} It is the spendthrift, and not com- |

and experience |

saving. The statement that money
is the root of all evil is untrue and
unjust. It is not money that is the |
source of evil—it is the saving of
money. No one teaches us to save
pebbles—unless we are in the gravel
| business—but silver dollars are no
more valuable than pebbles except
for the fact that we are taught to

Novel View.

“Save, save, save, save’—we hear
the cry from the cradle to the grave.
Our parents, our friends, our wives—
especially our wives—our sons, and
our daughters—everybody we know
preaches the gospel of saving money.

It is all wrong. We begin wrong
and keep getting further away from
right all our lives. What we should
teach and practice is spending—not

 

save them.

 

 

 

 

Richard J. Prendergast

who said
kind on the books of any commercial |
nation. The credit man would regret |
very much to have to go back to the |
old law that favored the preferred. I
say to you honestly that I believe
our commercial interests need the
bankruptcy law and the bankruptcy
law needs the honest co-operation of
creditors. It protects the honest man
and is protection against the dishon-
est one. It stands for equality for
all and a preference to none.
Richard J. Prendergast.

>>
You can not tell whether a man is}
humble in heart until you
with his inferiors in station.
——_>+
The devil snores right through peal
after peal of stolen thunder.
—— o< —_-
The hypocrite is the only one who

see him |}

 

is deceived by his antics.

it is the best law of its | petition, that is the life of trade—and

it is the saving of money that makes
hard times.

So many times we hear the spend-

| thrift rebuked and the man who has
|drawn his salary Monday night and
| spent

| spoken

it before Tuesday morning
of scornfully. Possibly we
should feel sorry for them and re-

gret that they have not more to

|spend, but instead of looking upon
| the spendthrift with scorn we should
|hold him up as the model for the

community.
The teaching of children that they

| must save money is the source of all

evil, and economy is the cause of
most human woes. If every child
was taught to spend all the money
it could get just as rapidly as possi-
ble, and if every one followed this
idea, every person in the world
would have all the comforts and

| by

| many of the luxuries, want would
| disappear, and theft and crime and
most of vice would become obsolete.

The socialist who can persuade the
people of the world to erect monu-
ments to noted spendthrifts will es-
tablish “immediate” socialism.

To see how it would work, figure
this way: Suppose a town of Ioo in-
habitants, where every one suddenly
decided to quit saving money and to
i spend all as fast as possible. If this
ltown were entirely cut off from the
|world—so that no outsiders could
come in and get the money—those
100 persons would be the most ideally
(happy in the world. The average
wealth per capita probably would be
$100, so there would be $10,000 in the
town. Everybody would rush at once
to buy everything he or she ever
|wanted. Trade would boom. Every
shopkeeper would be busy as long as
lthe doors remained open. Every
worker would toil diligently to pro-
iduce enough to supply the increased
demand and get more money to
spend. Public works would flourish,
new houses would go up, parks,
streets and gardens would be beau-
tified.

Crime would immediately disappear
because there would be no motive
for murder or theft. There would be
no jealousies because all persons
would be equal. The man who did
the menial work would have to be
paid the largest salary or he would
not do it, and what he lost in prestige
by being forced to clean a sewer he
would make up by spending more for
adornment or entertainment. Every
man could afford to keep his children
in school, every young man could af-
ford to get married. There would be
plenty of money for all who were
willing to work for it, and those una-
ble to work would be cared for at
public institutions or in their own
homes at the expense of the rest of
the community. No could be

 

man

|eievated above the other ninety-nine

because there
or misdemean-
ors and no officers would be needed.

Take the same town under present
is taught
Ten men prove
better savers than the others and ac-
cumulate $92,000 out of the $100,000.
Then five get the better of the other
five, and then two beat the three out
of their money, and eventually one
gets it all. One man then has per-
haps $85,000, and ninety-nine have
$15,000. The one loans money at 4
per cent. and in a few years has all
the money and mortgages on all the
property. Times are dull, people are
out of work, hungry, without peace
or comfort, crime and vice and dis-
order increase.

And yet we teach everybody to
save! Why?

Probably there is nothing new in
any of these statements of fact. The
world has known them for ages. No-
body disputes them. Yet everybody
keeps on saving, in theory at least,
and advising everybody else to save.
The ultimate result of all saving is
that the ninety-nine save for the one.
If the socialists prevailed and_ all
wealth was distributed, it would all

to office

crimes

election

would be no

conditions. Every man

from birth to save.

 

 

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

Weekly Market Review of the Prin-
cipal Staples.

Dress Goods—The condition in the
dress goods end of the market is
showing marked improvement. The
business here has not been so well
distributed as in the men’s’ wear
market. Certain lines of dress goods
were quickly sold up and taken off
the market, while others were scarce-

 

ly touched. The cutters-up were slow |

to operate, being too busily engaged

tion to those of heavier weight, and as
a consequence they were late in enter-
ing the market. Initial orders were in
many cases small. The duplicate or-
ders, however, are now being placed,
and because of this other lines are be-
ing withdrawn or sold up.
Hosiery—There is comparatively
little doing in the hosiery market to-
day, and judging by appearances it is
more than likely that this condition

will be brightened in the primary
market. Some business is being done
on fall lines, as many importers have
lines to show and are, because of price
considerations, moving goods in con-
siderable volume. It is reported by
jobbers who have taken thought of
the fall business that there is an in-
creasing demand for higher grades of
plain and fancy white goods.
Carpets—The improvement in the
carpet trade continues. Several lines
have been withdrawn from the mar-
ket, as the entire production of the
plants manufacturing the goods has
been sold up. The heavy demand for
rugs has also resulted in several lines
being withdrawn for the time being.

|The marked uncertainty and hesita-
in summer goods to turn their atten- |

tion with which the fall season open-

led up is undoubtedly fast disappear-

ing. Buyers are showing more and

;more confidence in the situation, and

of affairs will continue for a week or |

to come, unless
in the

two
ments

new

arise immediate future.

develop- |

every indication now points to a fav-
orable outcome. Large numbers of
salesmen are now visiting their re-
spective territories, and the orders
which are being forwarded to head-
quarters are ample proof of their
statements that business indications
promise well. The fear expressed by
carpet agents at the opening of the
present season, that there was still

|too much stock left over in retailers’

So far laces seem to be in the ascend- |

ant in favor, to judge by the com-

|

ments of buyers who have been in|

These

town looking over the market.

| measure been relieved. What has sur- |

goods have been eagerly sought for.|
in the past, and more than once com- |

plaint has been made on the score of
delayed deliveries, knitters

evidently been caught napping.

having |

Whether this feature of the situation |

will hold good during

months or

the coming
not remains to be seen,
but it would be by no means surpris-
ing, as the situation is inclined to
decided

Domestics—A fair demand is
ported and although activity is
so prevalent as to be noticeable, stil!
a fair volume of orders has been re-

show strength.

[c-

hands from the “Smith” auction to

| permit of liberal buying at the open-

ing of the new season, has in a great

prised the trade more than anything
else is the apparent unlimited capaci-
ty of retailers for consuming rugs.

Very large quantities of these goods |

were purchased at the auction sale;
yet the purchases this fall season have
been larger than ever. This is

 

ac- |

counted for in one way by the in-|

creased consumption in this country
during the past two or three years,
both of domestic and Oriental goods.

| Imports of Oriental rugs to this coun-

not | .
| show a heavy increase.

try since the first of the year already |

Not alone is

| this noticeable in the cheaper grades,

ceived, made up of many small instead |

of any large purchases. That prices
are not yet at the highest point is

vouched for by the amount of orders |}
| sold well, also tapestries and wiltons.

received on general lines, which have
been more than sufficient to maintain
present quotations, but still not large
enough to warrant advances. Coarse
yarn goods for
have been taken by converters, which
goods they are in need of.

White Goods—Are only in moder-
ate demand and the fabrics which
are being taken are the plain fabrics
at a medium price, for which the de-
mand is practically constant. Buyers
in most instances filled their summer
needs at the opening of the special
sales last month, and the buying of
the past week has been on the part
of those who either were unable or
did not wish to fill their wants at that
time. This market has been some-
what affected because of the unsea-
sonable weather conditions. The tar-
dy approach of hot weather has kept
the retailers’ stocks practically in-
tact. As white goods are expected to
be*a strong factor this summer, re-
tailers’ stocks will be depleted in the
near future and consequently business

immediate delivery |

but also in the more expensive fabrics.
In addition to the rug end, fall lines
of carpets have also shown a notice-
able improvement. Axminsters have

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The worst thing about patching up
a quarrel is that the patches always
show.

 

 

 

 

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The Latest
Fad

In neckwear is the four-in-hand made
of blue silk, having white dots or
neat, small white figures. We are
showing a fine assortment put up in
boxes of one-half dozen each. These
prove to be rapid sellers at fifty cents
each. Price is $4.50 per dozen.

Note also the following shapes and
styles now in stock which are excep-
tional values for the money:

FOUR-IN-HANDS
¥%, dozen boxes, black silk or satin
Mem or Gack cilors............ $4.50
dozen boxes, black silk or satin
and Tight or dark colers......... $2.25
dozen boxes, black silk or satin
arr eee). .......--..-..- $2.25
dozen boxes, assorted colors(one
inch wide), for ladies’ wear ....$1.25
dozen boxes, black silk or satin
(one inch wide), for ladies’ wear $2.00

ht

1 dozen boxes, changeable silks,
assorted (one inch wide), for
Beee «6st C.-L:

STRING TIES.
1 dozen boxes, black silk or satin
and light or Gark colors........ $2

1 dozen boxes, black silk (mid-
ee ee
1 gross boxes, white lawn at 90c,

$1.25 and

SHIELw» BOWS.
dozen boxes, black silk or satin
and Heht or dark colors. ........ $1.25
dozen boxes, black silk or satin
and light or dark colors (large
ee :
dozen boxes, black silk or satin
and light or dark colors (small
SAGE oe ee $2.00
dozen boxes, white lawn band
bows at 75c, 90c, $1, $1.25, $1.50
me $2.25
SHIELD TECKS.
1 dozen boxes, light or dark assort
eient (ion) 33.
% dozen boxes, black silk or satin
and light or dark colors (nobby
stuff)

Se

oi

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BAND TECKS.
1% dozen boxes, black silk or satin
and Heht or dark colors........ $2.25
4% dozen boxes, assorted colors. ..$4.50
WINDSOR TIES
1 dozen boxes, plain colors,
sorted. $..
dozen boxes, plain colors, light
or dark assortment and blacks..$2.00
dozen boxes, plain colors, light
assortment with embroidered fig-
a on eee... $2.25
Also the “Buster srown’’ (made
up having rubber loop to attach)
Sese@rred COMOTS .... 5 es lc, $2.25

ot

Give us a trial order by mail or
through salesman. Weare sure you
will be pleased.

GRAND RAPIDS
DRY GOODS CO.

Exclusively Wholesale

Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

 

Percival B. Palmer & Company

Manufacturers of
Cloaks, Suits and Skirts
For Women, Misses and Children
197-199 Adams Street, Chicago

 

CORL, KNOTT & CO.

Jobbers of Millinery and manufacturers of

Street and Dress Hats
20-26 N. Division St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

Mica Axle Grease

Reduces friction to a minimum. It
saves wear and tear of wagon and

 

|harness. It saves horse energy. It
|increases horse power.

Put up in

| and 3 lb. tin boxes, 10, 15 and 25
Ib. buckets and kegs, half barrels

‘and barrels.

Hand Separator Oil

‘is free from gum and is anti-rust

'and anti-corrosive.

Put up in ¥%,

‘1 and 5 gal. cans.

Standard Oil Co.

 

Forest City
Paint

gives the dealer more profit with
less trouble than any other brand
of paint.

Dealers not carrying paint at the

present time or who think of
changing should write us.

Our PAINT PROPOSITION
should be in the hands of every
dealer.

It’s an eye-opener.

Forest City Paint
& Varnish Co.
Cleveland, Ohio

 

|A Whole Day

 

for Business Men in

New York

Half a day saved, going and coming, by
taking the new

Michigan Central

‘*Wolverine’’

Leaves Grand Rapids 11: 10 A. M.,
daily; Sigg 3°40 FP. M..; arrives New
York 8:00 A.

Returning, "Thine Grand Rapids
Sleeper leaves New York 4:30 P. M.,
arrives Grand Rapids 1: 30 P. M.

Elegant up-to-date equipment,

Take a trip on the Wolverine.

 

 
  
   
   

This is a iene of ANDREW
B. SPINNE M. D. the only
Dr. Spinney . this country. He
has had forty-eight years experi-
ence in the study and practice of
medicine, two years Prof. in
= medical college, ten years in
3)sanitarium work and he never

fails in his diagnosis, He give:
special attention to throat and
/ lung diseases mak coe some

wondertul cures. Also all forms
of nervous diseases, epilepsy, St.
Vitus dance, paralysis, etc. He
never fails to cure piles

There is nothing known that
he does not use for private diseases of both sexes,
and by his — special methods he cures where
others fail. c would like an opinion of your

and har t will cost to cure you,

allyour symptoms ———s stamp for ym reply.
— >. B. SPINNEY. D.

 

Prop. Reed City Sani ann, Reed bin, nites

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIFTEEN FACTORIES.

 

Michigan Has Produced 110,000,000
Pounds of Beet Sugar.

The beet sugar industry has become |

of great importance to the communi-
ties in: which its operations are con-
ducted. In the State of Michigan
there were in actual operation last

year fifteen factories, which produced |

approximately 110,000,000 pounds of
refined granulated sugar. To produce

this sugar required 500,000 tons of)
beets, as from each ton there was ex- |

tracted 220 pounds of granulated sug-

ar. To produce 500,000 tons of beets |

required something like 65,000 acres
of land. For these beets the farmers
received in cash during the months of
October, November,
January $2,800,000. That is, the man-
ufacturer paid the farmer as the first

cost of the raw material an average |

price of $2.33 for each hundred
pounds of sugar, or 2 I-3 cents a
pound. The factories pay for more
sugar than they sell for the reason
that they assume all loss occasioned
by failure to extract all the sugar con-
tained in the root.

The manufacture of the juices of
the beets into marketable sugar of

December and |

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 39

« r ~ ‘
manufacturer has succeeded in ex-|
tracting 25 per cent. more of the sugar |
content, and has

a .
a the beet greatly increased, and the |
|

enormously de-|
creased the cost of manufacturing. |
American methods will still further
decrease the cost of production, and

f upon lands
costing much less than land made use
| of in

the American farmer,

Germany, will gradually in-
| crease the yield per acre and the sug-
| ar content.

If the industry is allowed time to|
develop America can produce her own
When the
industry started in this country, sev-

| sugar for her own people.

|enteen years ago, but 1,600 tons of
sugar were produced the first year. |
| Last year America produced 250,000
| tons, or 500,000,000 pounds of sugar,
worth $25,000,000. The number of fac- |
tories has grown so that to-day.there
are seventeen factories in Michigan,
ten in Colorado, seven in California,
| five in Utah, three in Wisconsin, two
in Nebraska, two in Idaho, one in|
| Ohio, one in Oregon and one in|}

| Washington.

fine quality requires intricate machin-| . : : 1"
| factured into refined sugar, was $250,-

ery securely placed and well housed.
The seventeen plants built in Michi-
gan represent an investment of some-
thing like $12,000,000.

The process of extracting the sugar
requires much heat and power, and
the quantity of coal consumed has

Last year in excess of 2,500,000 tons |
of raw sugar were imported for the
use of the American people. The!
value of this sugar, after being manu-

000,000. If the American people are}
permitted to produce sugar for their |

| home market, this enormous sum of |
| money will yearly go to our farmers, |

laborers and manufacturers and the |

| cost of sugar eventually cheapened to

created an enlarged market for the|
coal of the Saginaw Valley. The use
of limestone for the purpose of puri- |

fying the juices has created a new
use for the small stone quarried, and

| provided an unusual way for dividing

the stone quarries of Alpena and vi- |

cinity have found a new and lucrative
market.

The exact chemical control- of the
different Stages in the
manufacture demands the

process. of

| envelopes should be placed in a box,

: | portion of the property described on
training |

and employment of many chemists, |
and both the University of Michigan |
and the Agricultural College have in- |
augurated special courses for instruc- |
tion in the chemistry of sugar mak- |

ing. The young men who started as

chemists have, in a large measure, |

been able to replace the Germans |
who in the first years of the business |

in this country were the only ones
scientifically equipped to occupy the

positions and were able to obtain |
manufacturing su- |

large salaries as
perintendents.

| good habits. Experienced in all branches
|of the profession. Will conduct any kind
lof sale, but earnestly advise one of our

The American farmer knows that |

the German and French farmer pro-
duces, not seven or eight, but fifteen

la 300-page book by Stevens,
| ‘Wicked City,” story of

to eighteen tons of beets to the acre, |
having a sugar content higher than |

the American farmer has thus far
been able to obtain. Knowing this,
he believes that if the industry is
protected through the revenue laws
of the United States against competi-
tion from continental countries and
our colonial possessions he can ob-
tain, after experience has taught him
how to prepare the soil and attend
the beets when growing, the same
profitable crop.

Since the growing of sugar beets
began in this country the tonnage per
acre has nearly doubled, the sugar

 

Charles B. Warren.
>
Property Divided by Lot.
The will of an Australian detective

the consumer.

his property among his six children.
His estate, about $35,000,
most of realty. He ordered that six |

consisted |

each child to draw one and have the

the paper inside the envelope.

 

 

  

We face you with facts and clean-cut
educated gentlemen who are salesmen of |

“New Idea” sales, independent of auction,
to center trade and boom business at a
profit, or entire series to get out of busi-
ness at cost.

G. E. STEVENS & CO.

209 State St., Sulte 1114, Chicago.
N. B. You may become interested in
entitled
merchant’s
siege with bandits. If so, merely send us
your name and we will write you re-
garding it when ready for distribution.

 

Merchants, Hearken |

We are business builders and
money getters. We are ex-
perienced We succeed with-
out the use of hot air. We}
don’t slaughter prices. If we |
can't make you reasonable
profits, we don’t want your
sale. Nocompany in our line
can supply better references. We can convert
your stock, including stickers, into cash witho t
loss. Everything treated confidentially.

Note our two places of business, and address us

RAPID SALES CO.

609-175 Dearborn St., Chicago, lil.
Or 1071 Belmont St., Portland,-Oregon.

 

 

$2 Corset Retailing
at One Dollar

 

 

The sooner you get
away from the idea
that Price Repre-
sents Value the
more money you will
make and the greater
satisfaction you will

give your trade.

 

 

 

 

PURITAN CORSET CO.

- Kalamazoo, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

Summer
Underwear

Don’t wait too long in filling in your
stock of Summer Underwear. The good
Our stock this
spring is the finest we ever carried.

numbers are going fast.

Gents’ in balbriggan, Jersey knit and
plain black, which is being used very exten-
sively by firemen and engineers.

Ladies’ underwear, Jersey knit, in long
sleeves, short sleeves and sleeveless.

Prices ranging from $4.50 to $9.00 the
dozen.

P. STEKETEE & SONS, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Wholesale Dry Goods

 

 

 

 

 

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Michigan -— a of the Grip.
President, Geo. Randa, Bay City;
Secretary, Chas. J. Lewis, Flint; Treas-
urer, W. V. Gawley, Detroit.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan
Grand Counselor, L. Williams, e-

— Grand Secretary, W. F.
nt.

Grand Raplds Couneli No. 181, U. C. T.
Senior Counselor, Thomas E. Dryden:
Secretary and Treasurer, O. F. Jackson.

Tracy,

 

 

 

Story of the Salesman Who Sold
Himself.

When Keely—otherwise Henry P.
—struck Chicago, he was broke; that
is, financially. He had still an un-
limited supply of nerve—and what
better capital could a man desire?

Being broke is purely a_ relative
proposition. What constitutes that
state in some men would mean af-
fluence to others. Henry P. had in
his purse a ten-dollar bill and some
change. This to him, however, was
being broke. He could not recall
when he had been so near to hard
pan before. It behooved him _ to
“move” at once.

A little biography will aid the read-
er to appreciate Henry P.’s_ story.
Henry had for years been a sales-
man who had been up against a “hard
proposition;” these words are his. He
had been selling the “perfectly turned,
superhardened grind-stone,” an arti-
cle which he knew all about. He had
met with success and his head got
a bit swelled. Finally he conceived
the idea that he was cut out for
better things. Henry was by no
means modest.

His sales manager was not long}

in having this view of the case called
to his attention. Strangely enough,
the boss could not see it from the
same viewpoint, and as a result there
was a warm ten-minute interview, at
the close of which Henry emerged
from the private office without a job.
He drew his salary and cashed in his

expense slips, and then started out)
to make good his belief that he could |

sell a-line of cut glass and bric-a-
brac as well as grind-stones.

The first house he visited with the
idea of impressing this view upon
them turned him down cold. Grind-
stones were one thing; precious
wares and cut glass entirely another.

Henry was not phased, however,
and tried again. The second man
asked him a few questions as to the
relative value of Sevres as compared
with Dresden, and when Henry said
he would deliver them both f. o. b.
Chicago for the same price, the man
said “good-day” and left him.

These experiences happened in his
native city, which it is not necessary
to locate more specifically than to say
that it was in the East. Henry made
up his mind that he was cut out for
the way they did business in the
West. Hence his appearance in Chi-
cago broke.

After a night’s rest at one of the
numerous “two-dollar” hotels, and a
fairly good breakfast, he set out to
find the job which he felt sure was

awaiting his arrival somewhere in the
big city, where the only thing that
secures you an entree into business
circles is a satisfactory answer to the
question, “What can you do?” He
had spent twenty-five cents on a
shave, and this, with his good clothes,
made him a fairly good front.

It was twenty-five minutes after
nine when he sent his card to the
sales manager of the firm of Meck-
ling & Deerfoot, the makers and sell-
ers of the celebrated threshers and
grain separators. The reader will
please note that there had been a
modification of Henry’s ideals. Cut
glass was no longer the goal of his
ambition. The card which he sent
in was the only one he had—his old
grind-stone firm’s card, with his name
as salesman printed in the lower left-
hand corner.

“This fellow wants the purchasing
department,” growled Marshall, the
sales manager, to the office boy.
“Send him over to Connor.”

The boy returned in a few minutes.

“Please, Mr. Marshall, the man says
he guesses he knows who he wants—
it’s you.”

“Well, tell him to wait and Ill
see him in a few minutes,’ answered
Marshall, in a tone which bode ill for
the hapless Henry.

His ill humor was heightened by
the next letter which he took up. It
was from the President of his con-
cern. That individual wanted to
know, among other things, when the
sales department was going to get
action in the Eastern field. The writ-
er also begged to be informed if
Marshall knew that the trust had just
gotten away with a $700,000 contract
in Dakota which was rightfully theirs.

Marshall under his breath,
for the typewriter girl was in the ad-
joining room and the door was open.
Did he know it? Well, rather. He
had reason to know it, for the second
letter back had been from his man in
Dakota, who had fallen down on the
deal. The fact that the same letter
contained an expense account for
| $674.95 for the month tended to furth-
er fasten the happening in his mind.
| “That fellow has got to go,” was
Marshall’s mental conclusion. “This
house has no use for men who _ lay
down. What we need is men who
don’t know when they are beaten.”

Just at this point he was interrupt-
ed by the office boy, who came in and
said, “Mr. Marshall, that grind-stone
man says he can’t wait on you all
day.”

“Send him in,” snapped Marshall.

The boy went out, and a moment
later Henry P. Keely was in the pres-
ence of his future boss. That the
| boss was without knowledge of the
| relationship did not make a particle
|of difference to Henry.

“Mr. Keely, I believe,” said Mar-
shall, with the cordiality of a healthy
icicle.

“The same,” echoed Keely; “Henry
| P. Keely, late of the sales force of
Jones & Jones, handling the super-
| hardened grind-stone, of which you
|have doubtless heard.”

“Never heard of the firm or their
| product,” growled Marshall. “What
can I do for you, Mr. Keely?”

 

 

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“You can put me on your sales
force, at $150 per month and all ex-
penses paid,” came back Keely.

“Ts that all?” sarcastically queried
Marshall. Then, in spite of his bet-
ter judgment, “What on earth do
you know about our machines that
makes you think you can sell them?”

“Don’t know any more about your
machines than you do about grind-
stones; but I know that I wouldn’t
have let the trust put it all over me
like they did over that man of yours
in Dakota.”

“What do you know
deal?” asked Marshall,
“were you there?”

“Only what this paper tells me,”
and Keely pointed to a half-column
story in the journal of that morning,
giving the facts of the deal. Keely
had evidently not been idle while he
was waiting outside Marshall’s door.

Marshall read the story. It was
palpably a paid advertisement which
the trust had telegraphed all over the
country. It put the deal in its most
favorable light, and one reading it
would imagine the trust was an angel
of light and that the farmers of Da-
kota would receive their threshing
machines and grain separators for the
next year at a greatly reduced price
on account of the “large facilities for
manufacturing and the reduced rates
for shipping which the Harvesting
Machine Corporation had and could
secure.” It filled Marshall’s soul with
wrath. He almost forgot the man
who had brought it to his attention.

Henry P. not an individual,
however, who could be eclipsed for
more than a few minutes at a time
by anything less than a large-sized
landslide.

“Mr. Marshall,” he began, “I sup-
pose you have no use for a large
grind-stone, one, say, about five feet
in diameter, and a foot thick?”

“Oh, confound your grind-stones,”
almost shouted Marshall. “You cer-
tainly know that I have no use for
such a thing, and if you don’t know,
I want to tell you that this is not the
time, the place, nor am I the kind of

about that
interested;

was

a man who enjoys being made a
fool of.”
Marshall had forgotten the open

door and the typewriter girl.

“T have no intention of doing that,”
said Keely, in a tone which was so
even and earnest that Marshall could
not help but take notice.

“What I wanted to say,” continued
Henry P., “was that since you had
no earthly use for a grind-stone and
did not want to buy one, if [I can
get you to sign an order for one, will
you put me on your force at the fig-
ure named?”

Marshall liked the audacity of the
and his evident confidence in
himself. “If you can do it in six
minutes,” he said, “Fil go you.”

Keely moved over to a seat on the
same side of the desk on which Mar-
shall was sitting, drew out the leaf
and produced a pencil and pad. While
doing this, he was making up his plan
of campaign. It was a ticklish mo-
ment. In a flash his mind reverted
to the seven dollars and some odd
cents in his pocket, and it annoyed
him that this should occupy his mind

man

 

when he should have been thinking
of what to say to the man before
him. It came like an inspiration at
the last second.

Looking Marshall straight in the
eye, Keely began: “Mr. Marshall,
since you have no use for a grind-
stone in an industrial sense, I need
not quote prices to you. I want you
to know, however, that I am going
to sell you one. There are a number
of varieties of grind-stones, but their
purpose and use are the same. In a
nail mill they use the stones to sharp-
en the cutting tools so that they can
cut more and better nails; in the plan-
ing mills they use another kind to
sharpen the planers, the mortise chis-
els, and other edge tools, so that they
can turn out better window sashes,
doors, molding, and so on; in the
cooper shop they use them so that
their knives may make better pro-
portioned hoops and barrels. Is this
not so?”

Marshall was interested in spite of

himself. He nodded his head in as-
sent.
“These stones,” continued Keely,

“cost the owners of these mills and
factories money. They do not hesi-
tate to buy them, however, because
they need them in their business. I
come along with a contract for a new
grind-stone something like this (pro-
ducing a closely written sheet of pa-
per, with a few blank spaces), and I
say to them, ‘My grind-stone will do
the work; it will sharpen your tools
better than any other kind. You sign

your name here and one is yours.’
They sign and they get the best
grind-stone on earth.

“Now, you,” swinging about and

addressing Marshall personally, “do
not need this kind of a stone. You do
need something to sharpen up and
keep on edge the tools with which
you have been doing business in Da-
kota—you need a_ business’ grind-
I have here a little contract
in which, if you will permit me to
write the name of your respected
house, and affix your signature here,
will secure for you the best business
grind-stone on earth. Its name is
Henry P. Keely, and it is here boxed
or crated, no f. o. b. or anything else
to bother about. The cost is $150 per
month and expenses.”

Marshall, without a word, reached
for his pen and signed his name to the
contract, which he had read while
Keely was talking. He put the firm’s
name in the blank space, and Henry
P. Keely had his job.

“Come in this afternoon and we will
arrange the details,” was Marshall’s
parting comment as Keely went out.

Ten minutes had elapsed since he
had come in the door. Marshall re-
turned to his desk. The day seemed
brighter. He felt as if he had done
the right thing.

Henry P. returned to his hotel. He
was no longer broke.—J. W. Binder in
System.

stone.

 

 

AUTOMOBILE BARGAINS

1903 Winton 20 H. P. touring ‘car, 1903 Waterless
Knox, 1902 Winton phaeton, two Oldsmobiles, sec-
ond-hand electric runabout, 1903 U.S. Long Dis-
tance with top, refinished White steam carriage
with top, Toledo steam carriage, four passenger,
dos-a-dos, two steam runabouts, allin good run-
ning order. Prices from $200 up.

ADAMS & HART, 12 W. Bridge St., Grand Rapids

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarterly Meeting of the Directors,
M. K. of G.

Flint, June 12—The regular quarter-

ly meeting of the directors of

all members of the Board being pres-
ent.

 

the |
Michigan Knights of the Grip was |
held at Hillsdale Saturday, June 10, |

The report of the Secretary show- |
| extend a vote of thanks to Mr. Wat-

ed receipts for $2,392 in the death
fund, $38.50 in the general fund and
$78 in the entertainment fund, all of
which had been turned over to
Treasurer.

the |

The Treasurer reported a balance of |

$211.40 in the employment-relief fund,
$834.78 in the general fund, $4,027.59

in the death fund and $146 in the en- |

tertainment fund.

The following amendments to the
constitution were ordered printed and
mailed with the next assessment:

Article V., Section ITI.
from the

belonging to the Association

hands of the Secretary and shall disburse |

the same only upon the allowance by the
Board of Directors, the same to be de-
posited in the name of the Michigan
Knights of the Grip in some bank to be
designated by the Board of Directors at
their January meeting. All vouchers
shall be signed by the Treasurer
countersigned by the President
Secretary. The Treasurer shall furnish
a bond from an approved indemnity com-
pany in the sum of $2,000 or more to the
Board of Directors, condition for the
faithful care, accounting the payment
over of all moneys coming into his hands.
He shall be present at all board meetings
and submit a detailed report of the re-
ceipts and disbursements showing the
condition of the treasury.

Article IX., Section V.

The Employment and Relief Fund shali
consist of 5 per cent. of all Death Fund
collections at all times when there is less
than $1.000 in this fund, the Employment
and Relief Fund to be subject to the order

|o00 bushels.
| coming

and |
and |

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

Moved an assessment be called for
June 20, to close July 20. Carried.
Moved an assessment be called for

August I, with annual dues, to close |

Sept. 1. Carred.
Moved an order be drawn in favor
of Brother Matson for twelve weeks

at $7 per week. Carried.

Moved the President and Secretary |

son, of Smith’s Hotel, for courtesies
shown. Carried.

Moved we adjourn to meet in Jack- |

son at the Otsego Hotel August 28.
Carried. €. J. Lewis, Sec’y.
—_»-2—____

The Grain Market.

There has been very little change

in the cash wheat situation the past |
The demand for milling wheat, |

week.
both
good, while receipts have been only
normal. The visible

spring and winter, has

supply has

i | shown a decrease in wheat of 1,828,-
The Treasurer shall receive all money | i a
|oo0 bushels; corn,

1,180,000
while oats showed an increase of 406,-

out the toth, gave the
condition of the growing spring wheat
crop 93.7, and the
crop as 7 points lower

on

as

than on May

1, which would give an estimated
yield of both spring and winter

wheat of 714,000,000 bushels, as com-

| pared with an estimate of 624,000,000 |

bushels for the same date last year.

| This report is largely discounted by |
the trade, at the same time there is |

no inclination on the part of millers

|or grain men to go short on the mar-

of the Board of Directors for the relief |
of worthy distressed brothers and their |

families.

The following claims were allowed
and orders drawn to pay same:
Anna Sparks, claim of John Sparks

| good.

ket.

“The corn market continues very
strong and has shown an advance of
practically 2c per bushel on cash corn
the Stocks are compara-

tively light, while the demand is very

for week.

The outlook for the growing

crop is fair, the weather having been |

very favorable the past few days.

The oats market is dull, receipts are |

| fairly good and the demand up to the

| average,

but prices are dragging

heavily and the market is influenced

(ae ec... - $500.00 |
Ellen M. Higgs, claim of Wm.
Henry Higgs (3200) ........-..-- 500.00
Nellie M. Clark, claim of Alex. M. |
Clark Goat) ...........---...-.- 500.00 |
Emma Smith, claim of Richard H.
eee 500.00 |
Elizabeth A. Brooks, claim of Fred-
erick W. Brooks (4395) .....---- 500.00
Emeline M. Kinman, claim of
George A. Kinman (1871) ....-.-. 500.00
RP. Bigelow. claim of F. G. |
Hooper (4492) ...-.-.-.------------ 500.00 |
A. G. Pitts, claim of A. S. DeGolia
CS 500.00
Juliette Lingenfelzer, claim of
Henry Lingenfelzer (4299) .....-- 500.00
Minnie S. Humphrey, claim of
Newton E. Humphrey (5652) .... 500.00

le = Helling, claim of A. F. Peake
ce .... ....-..-e
Maria E. Hall, claim of Charles E.

Hall (3288) 500.00

by other grains.
L. Fred Peabody.
—_—_.2>—_—_

B.

largely

Chas.

Morgan, who was on the

|road for the former firm of Jennings

500.00 |

The following bills were allowed |

and ordered paid: |
C. W. Hurd, board meeting. .....-.- “=
ook 1
.88
60
.86

James Cook, board meeting. 4
H. C. Klocksiem, board meeting. .-.
G. H. Randall, board meeting. ....-
Cc. J. Lewis, board meeting. ....----
Chas. W. Stone, board meeting.
H. E. Bradner, board meeting. i.
H. P. Goppelt, board mcetine.....-
A. A. Weeks, board meeting.
M. S. Brown, expense to Detroit....
Cc. J. Lewis, expense to Detroit.....
J. A. Weston, expense to Detroit.
Cc. J. Lewis, salary
Cc. J. Lewis, sundries.
Cc. J. Lewis, stamps.
F. J. Pierson, printing.
H. EB. Bradner, salary ..

Moved and supported that
Cook be appointed a committee of
one to obtain as favorable rates as
possible for the annual convention.
Carried.

Moved and supported that an order
be drawn on the Treasurer for $50
for stamps and $50 for printing for

Carried.

James

annual convention.

Moved an order be drawn on the
Treasurer for $50 in favor of C. J.
Lewis for stamps.

Carried,

 

|

|

 

jeling men.

& Smith for five years prior to 1892,
but who has been traveling in Indiana

for several years past for Wm. E.
Cotten & Co. of Detroit, bas) Fe,

turned to his first love and will here-

lafter represent the flavoring extract

department of the Jennings Manufac-
turing Co. in the same territory. He
will make his headquarters at Logans-
port.

———_o-o_—_

A Marquette correspondent writes

as follows: John Johnson, of Hough- |

ton, formerly of this city, has com-

| pleted arrangements to bring a base-

ball team composed of copper country
commercial travelers to Marquette,
June 17, for the purpose of playing a
match game with the Marquette trav-
The game will be played

at the new fair grounds park.

ll
The Detroit Retail Shoe Dealers
Association has issued a call for a

general meeting for the purpose of
forming a State association, to be

held in Detroit Aug. 22, 23 and 24.

been |

bushels, |

The Government report |

winter wheat |

| Manufacturing Matters.
| Detroit—The Twitchell Brothers
| Manufacturing Co. has been incor-
porated under the same style and will
continue to deal
goods. The corporation is capitalized
at $50,000, $25,000 common and $25,-
|o00 preferred stock, all
and paid in in property.
Detroit—A

in wire and wire

subscribed

corporation has been

i ler-Brooks Aluminum & Brass Foun-

lturing and dealing in metal articles.
|The authorized capital stock of
|company is $6,000, of which amount

| $3,000 has been subscribed and $2,500

paid in in cash.
Detroit—The Twitchell Man-
ufacturing Co., dealer in wire, brass

Bros.

and other metal goods, has incorpor-

|ated with a capital stock of $50,c00.

| The stockholders are James |
| Twitchell, Frank C. Twitchell, Earl
Rosco Ryno, Andrew Smith and

Thomas J. Parker.

Clare—J. F. Tatman has purchased
ia half interest in the shingle mill of
McKeever and Mr.
has bought a half interest in the gen-
eral stock of Mr. Tatman. Although
equal partners in both projects, each
will continue to conduct the business

Geo. McKeever

which he formerly owned.
Hart A

formed for the production of gas and

corporation has been

electricity under the style of the Pere
Marquette Light & Power Co. The
capital
stock of $150,000, of which $75,000 has

company has an authorized

| heen subscribed and $25,000 is alleg-
|ed to be paid in in cash and $50,000
| in property.

Detroit—The National Co.
taking over the plant of R. L. Hall,
at 438-40 Franklin street, has filed ar-

Soap

ticles of association with the county
clerk. The capital stock is $50,000, of
|which $1,500 has been paid in in
|

cash and $13,500 in other property.
The stockholders are Robert L. Hall,
John E. Rowland, Albert H. Cramer
and Charles K. Latham.

| Owosso—C. W. Gale, H. C. Frieske,
| Tod Kincade and S. P. Watson, the
heaviest stockholders in the Vigoro
| Health Food Co., bid in the factory
at $16,622.66,

3

at mortgage sale June I

| the amount of their claim against the
| company. The purchasers will endeav-
to interest flour the
project to conduct a flour mill.
Ann Arbor—-Ernest W. Hurd
Charles Hurd, father and son,

or a miller in

and
have
the
Ernest

filed petitions in bankruptcy in
United States District Court.
Hurd places his liabilities

099.41 and his assets at $250, claimed
as exempt, while Charles Hurd says
his debts are $42,995.14 and that all
he now has is a $920 equity in an in-

$37,-

at

| .
| surance policy and household proper-

lty worth $250. Nearly all of the lia~

bilities are in promissory notes, and
|the Farmers & Mechanics’

losers. The Hurds were

lin the Peninsular Tool Manufactur-

formed under the style of the Hofel-| yfancelona

|
|
|
|
|

dry Co. for the purpose of manufac- |

the |

| illness.

4)

Antrim Iron Co., died June 5 as the
result of an incurable malady. Mr.
Vaughan was born in South Arm

township, Charlevoix county, Dec. 15,
1869, thus being in his thirty-sixth
He remained on his father’s
farm until about 12 years old, when
he went to Ironton, and took a po-
After
there five or six years he came to
clerked in the Hull
two years. He then
became a salesman in the store of the
Antrim Tron Co., where he remained
a faithful employe until compelled to
relinquish his position on account of

year.

sition in a store. remaining
and

Freeman store

Over six years ago he be-
came manager of the store, a position

ihe filled with rare ability.

Holland—Pharlo Soles has taken
the position of prescription clerk for
the Martin Estate drug store. Mr.
Soles was formerly head clerk for
Chas. E. Kellogg, of Grand Rapids.
Belding—Alfred Foy Ireland, who is’
a valued employe in the T. Frank
Ireland hardware store, was married

recently to Miss Marcia May Potter,

lof St. Joseph. The Tradesman ex-
tends congratulations.
Adrian—Fred Clark, clerk in the

 

 

| Wood, Crane & Wood clothing store,

while waiting on a customer June 9,
He

dropped dead from heart disease.
leaves a widow and two children.

—_—_+ 2+
| Record-Breaking Shipments of Iron

Ore.

A new record for iron ore ship-
ments from Lake Superior docks was
made in May, the total shipments be-
ing 4,619,431 tons, more than 500,000
in of previous
At this rate, there

tons excess any

month’s record.
will be no difficulty in handling 30,-

000,000 tons during the season.

 

le

It is a noticeable fact that since the
beginning of the war there has been
no change among either the military
or naval commanders of Japan. They
all things
whereunto they They
would prefer death to failure in any

have accomplished the

were sent.

enterprise confided to them.

Chas.
grocery and dry goods merchant, has
trust the pur-
securing his creditors, to
Burnham, Stoepel & Co. The assets
and liabilities will nearly balance.

Corunna- Davison, a_ focal

executed a deed, for

pose of

_—t oo
The Steele-Wedeles Company, of

Chicago, has inaugurated a pipe de-

partment under the management of

Gerson J. Brown, who is in charge

of the cigar department.

r

 

 

 

LIVINGSTON

HOTEL

3ank of |
Ann Arbor will be one of the heaviest |
interested |

ing Co., which has gone through ex- |

The steady improvement of the
Livingston with its new and unique
writing room unequaled in Michigan,
its large and beautiful lobby, its ele-
gant rooms and excellent table com-

mends it to the traveling public and

ee | accounts for its wonderful growth in
tended litigation the past year or | conchae oivicidasiae
more. | ee
—_-——_ > > ——_ al
The Boys Behind the Counter. | Cor. Fulton =e Division Sts.
Mancelona—Wm. FE. Vaughan, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

manager of the general store of the

 

 

 

 

 

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MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan Board of Pharmacy.
President—Harry Heim, Saginaw.
Secretary—Arthur H. Webber, Cadillac.
Treasurer—J. D. Muir, Grand Rapids.
Sid A. Erwin, Battle Creek.

W. E. Collins, Owosso.

Meetings for 1905—Star Island, June 26
and 27; Houghton, Aug. 16, tad and 18;
Grand Rapids, Nov. 7, 8 and 9.

 

Michigan State Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion.

President—W. A. Hall, Detroit.

Vice Presidents—W. C. Kirchgessner,
Detroit; Charles P. Baker, St. Johns; H
G. Spring, Unionville.

Secretary—W. H. Burke, Detroit.

Treasurer—E. E. Russell, Jackson.

Executive Committee—John D. Muir,
Grand Rapids; E. E. Calkins, Ann Arbor;

L. A. a es John Wallace, Kal- |

amazoo; Hallett, Detroit.
Ph mc Interest Committee,
-——J. M. Lemen, Shepherd, and
Se St. Charles.

 

 

Pathetic Plea for Larger Measure of |

Co-operation.

The week had held a peculiar and
puzzling experience. Among the
places to which my contracts had
been sent were two. small cities in
neighboring counties. The number

of retailers in each was about the

same, and I felt well acquainted with |
In addition |

the trade in both places.
to the circular letter that accompan-
ied the contract.
personal lines to each of the druggists
in these cities; [ had written as friend
to friend, for I was the friend of each,
and felt that eack was mine.

From one of ihe cities 50 per cent.
of the contracts were returned sign-
ed, within forty-eight hours; and with

nearly all of them came a few kind |
words of encouraging approval. One|

man had asked that I let him know
who had not signed, that he might
‘phone tc hurry them up;
others offered show-window space;

use his

there was hardiy one that did not}
evince some reai sentiment of fra-/|

ternity; and not one had failed to
clearly understand the proposition—
every retailer had signed by the end
of the week.
only 12 per cent.
been signed by the week-end, and the
only lines of writing with them were
in the nature of expressed doubt and
suspicion.

Both of these cities are organized.
Why were the results so different?
Even in the peace-and-love atmos-
phere of my own home this problem
was with me as [ sat in my easy chair
and tried to read the solution in
meerschaum-built castles of smoke.

“Papa, tock boy to sleep!” The
imperious command came from. the
lips of a little white-robed figure that
stood at my knee. I lifted my dar-

ling, and he cuddled snugly in my} j

arms.

“Papa, has my hobby horse got
real skin and a really, truly tail?”

“Yes, honey-hoy; horsey has_ real
skin and. real hair.”

“That little boy who came to play |
with me said my hobby-horse had
real skin. I love my horsey better
now, and wasn’t he a nice little boy
to tell me? I love to play with other
little boys, and when I am a great
big boy I am going to play awful

 

three-year |

I had sent a few}

From the other city}
of the contracts haa |

tots and—when I am—a big—big—-
| man I am going to play with other
| mans—and—I don’t want to be—like
Robinson Crusoe—and—have only a
bow wow—to play with—and—lI.”
My baby had gone to dreamland’s
playground, but not until with baby
words, from baby thought, he had
solved the problem that I alone could
not solve. He had shown me that the
spirit of progress, with or without
organization, is fraternity.

Of the two organizations that puz-
zled me, one was lighted by the glow-
ing bonds of true fraternity; the other

 

was merely a lcose collection of sel- |
fish units. The members of one of
these associations have learned that
community of commercial interests
can only be beneficial where all the
character, all the individuality of each
man is used for the general good
through real fraternal unity, while the |
members of the other organization
know each other as druggists only,
and have not learned that commercial
bonds alone are but shattering shac-
kles of clay.

 

If you, my brothers of the trade,
‘had lived and wandered for a_ few
|! weeks as I lived and wandered for
years; if you had but known the aw-
ful solitude of the crowd; if you had
sat as I have in the crowded lobby |
| of a hotel and locked upon the hun- |

| dreds of faces without seeing one you
knew; if you had day after day, week |
after week, spoken to scores of men
land not been able to call one your
friend, your brother; then you would
what fraternity really means,
|and would cherish this bright gem
lin the jeweled chain of life.

know

Look around you and see who they |
are that live in the sunshine of others’ |
smiles. See what sort of men they |

| are who cower in-the shadow of. soli- |
tude; see how the miser hermit trem- |
bles in fear of other men and then
the only gold he knew for |
| other men to spend, knowing nothing |
i but a self-made hell on earth; ex-|
pecting nothing but a deserved hell
| beyond.

leaves

| We seem to think that other men
|are unfit for our fraternal confidence |
because in the hours of business care |
they think and dc as we do. Suppose
that our forefathers had reasoned so; |
they were all limited in occupation |
to the axe, the gun, the plow or hoe; |
suppose that they had not learned to |
know each other as men,
home and church; the hand of each |
would have been against all the|
others, and each would have faced |
the red savage alone—and died.
We face the common trade-demor- |
alizing foe together, for a few mo-}
ments or at most a few hours at a
time, and then we glare at each other
in suspicion, break ranks and scatter.
Why not bivouac together? Why not
sit around the same camp fires and |
find greater strength for the battle |
of to-morrow by forgetting our trade |
war in talk of other things that will |
make us know each other as sons, |
|

|

|

|

within the |

 

fathers, men and brothers?

The hard commercial conditions of
the day have put upon nearly every |
business man a coin-hard mask, that |
hides his true character during the
Remember,

business hours at. least.

 

| yond; see the tears gather in his
;to your own;

|depth of fraternal feeling that no
| words can express; know, feel, that}

ithe world grows bright;
|}and you in the world grow strong. |

|a great cause no general, no ruler,
i} not even the

|tending higher on account of condi-

|ues to decline.
|very large.

| supply has declined.

|ed and is tending higher.

that it matters not how many things
a man may seem, he has but one true
self, one soul. The God within him
is that self. We call it mind. Let
us know each other truly and not |
superficially, let 1s learn to know each |
other as men first, and druggists last; |
then, as brothers, we can accomplish |
more for our drug interests.

Away back in the dark days, the|
days of wandering, I used to say that
happiness was a meaningless word.
That it was like to-morrow, a some-
thing that never comes. I know, row,
that happiness is real, beautifully real.
Why, boys? I am one of the happiest
and richest men in all the world, and
in my storehouse of happiness one
of the rarest gems is friendship. All
the men friends I have are in the

trade, and yet their friendship is not.
trade bound. ! know my friends in
their homes, aud they know me in
mine; we know each other’s wives
are friends first—-
druggists incidentally. Do you not
envy me? I hope you do, because
what we envy in another we strive
to gain for ourselves.

‘Bear ve one another’s burdens’—
how hard it is to do it when we think
See your
him take in
his hand the picture of some loved
one who has gone into the Great Be-

and children; we

of financial burdens alone.
friend in his home, see

 

eyes and feel the moisture springing
know the impulse that

draws your arm about his neck in

love in fraternity is as truly, purely
love as in parental, filial or conjugal
bonds.

Learn the beauty of fraternity and|

practice it|

o }
[To an army going out to battle for |

Ruler of the Universe
could give any more encouraging,
strengthening, manly advice than this:
“Love ye one another.”

Joel Blanc.
p< ___

The Drug Market.

Opium—Continues very firm and ts

 

tions in the primary market.
Morphine—Is unchanged.
Quinine
Norwegian Cod Liver Oil—Contin-

 

Is steady.

It is said the crop is
Menthol—Is very weak and tend-

ing lower.

Oil Sassafras—-On account of better

Dutch Caraway Seed—Has advanc-

 

 

 

Base Ball Supplies

Croquet
Marbles, Hammocks, Etc.

 

Grand Rapids Stationery Co.
29 N. lonia St.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

FIREWORKS

 

Invincible

119

As good as cigars can be made
for $33 and $30 respectively. If
you are not handling these brands
include a sample lot in your next
order.

Handled by all jobbers and by

the manufacturers

Geo. H. Seymour & Co.
Grand Rapids

 

 

 

 

 

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Specialty

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in stock and can ship
on short notice DIS-
PLAYS for any
AMOUNT.

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you desire to invest
‘and order one of our

 

Special Assortments
With program for firing.
Best value and satisfaction guaranteed.

Our line of Fireworks for the trade, cele-
bration specialties and decoration novel-
ties is the largest in Michigan. Wait for
our travelers.

FRED BBUNDAGE

Wholesale Drugs and Stationery
Muskegon, Michigan

 

 

June’s the month of

Roses

The advertising starts the sale

Sweet Alsatian
Roses

Quality of this Perfume Invites
New Customers to Your Store

Order through your drug house or
direct
PACKED
1 Pint Sweet Alsatian Roses
16 double sheets of Music, perfumed.
2 yards Roses, ‘‘
4 plates Roses, ‘‘Paul de Longpie’’
50 sample sheets music
2 printed hangers and streamers
Allin one carton for $5.00
The Jennings Perfume Co.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

PILES CURED

DR. WILLARD M. BURLESON
Rectal Specialist

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WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT
Advanced—
Declined— |
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Acidum Bvechthitos ~_ 0@@1 10
—— fees = d Sa ae ae 00@1 10 oe 60
enzoicum, “oe eee 4... 2 2 8.
Boracie ........- 17| Geranium .. — 73 — Nap’sF 50 |
Carbolicum ..... 26 29 | Gossippii Sem gal 50@ 60 | ett ----------- 60
Citricum. ........ a get tiedeoma .......1 40@1 60 | Te es ae” 50
Hydrochlior ..... Jenipere 2.0.1... 40@1 20 es “& Myrrh . 60
Nitrocum =. ... 10 | Lavendula 1... 90@2 75 Aamtotiin, 58
Oxalicum ...... 12 | Limonis ......... 90@1 10| 4° ae
Phosphorium, dil. 15 | Mentha Piper ...3 40@3 50 oe Cortex .. 50
Salicylicum ..... 42@ 45| Mentha Verid ...5 00@5 50| Benzoin Go 1... °
Sulphuricum ....1%@ 8 Morrhuae gal. ..1 25@150|Baroema 50
Tannicum ......- 80 | Myrcia .......... 3 00@3 5@ | Gantharides 50
Tartaricum ..... 88 mt Olve  ....... | 75@3 00 | Capsicum S wees 15
Pac Picis Liquida . “eG Gia, 50
nmin. © «al g 35 | Cardamon Co ... He
Aqua, 20 deg . 6 4 ticina st eeeeeees 92 96 | Castor oF =
Carbonas ....... 18@ 15|Rosmarini ...... @1 00| Catechu - 22.22... 1 30
Chloridum ....... 12@ 14| Rosae oz ......5 00@6 00 | Cinchona ........ 50
Succini Menene ........ 50
Aniline a - 40 45 | Cinchona Co
Black 2.005020 o0g@? 25 | Sabina .. -, 90@1 00 | Columba mn 7
WE cnc ne ees 80@1 ou | Santal . -2 25@4 50| Cubebae -......: 5
Wee iu sean 45@ 60 | S@ssafras . - 7@ 80 | Cassia Acutifol .. 50
Vellow ..ss55.-5 2 50@3 @¢ | Sinapis, ess, oz... 65 | Cassia Acutifol Co 50
_ Baccae Tine tire -110@1 20 | Digitalis ........ 50
Cubebas --.po. 20 36@ 18) Thyme, opt ..!1! | @1 $0 | Fert Chioridum: =
Xanthoxylum  . 3s Theobromas 15@ 20| Gentian ..... a oe
Balsamum Petassium — Co. 60
Lea cas... meee <-... |... 50
— j pana 45 1 ss Bichromate |... is ms Guiaca ammon .. 60 |
Terabin, Canada. 60 $s Bromide cE 25@ 30 == 50
tie coll Ce ee ret eee I 15 o |
Caen —— Bei po. 139 14 > |
nide ........ 34 |
ee ee 80@S 65 50
Cinchona Flava. . 18 owing Bitart pr 30@ %2 4
Buonymus atro.. sone jae ot 7 pi 15
— a i. Prussiate ....... 28 26 Opil, camphorated 50
s Sulphate po 15@ Opil, deodorized. . 1 50}
Quillaia, gr’d . 12 Pp 18 | Quassia ......... 50 |
Sassafras . .po 25 24 Radix Hpeteny ........ 50 |
Ulmus ...-- seeee 4@| Aconitum ...... 20@ 25 | Rhei ............ 5G |
Extractum hee 30@ 33 | Sanguinaria ..... 50 |
Glycyrrhiza Gla.. 24 g6; Anchusa ........ 10 32 | Serpentaria ..... 50 |
Glycyrrhiza, po.. 28@ %0| Arum po........ 95 | Stromonium 60 |
ete * 31@ 12| Calamus ........ 20@ 409| Tolutan ......... 68),
Haematox, is... 18@ 14|Gentiana po 15.. 12@ 15 Valerian ........ 50 |
Hacmatex, 0 .. 240) 18 | Givehrrhiza pv 15 16@ 1s | Veretrum Veride. 50 |
Haematox, {s .. 16@ 17 | Hydrastis, Canada. 1 90 | Zingiber ........ 20 |
a Hyédrastis, Can.po 2 00
icine Precip. 15 nn Alba. 12 15 Miscellaneous |
Citrate and Quina 2 00 iy ¢ |
Ipecac, po. 2 19 | Aether, Spts Nit 3f 30 35 |
Citrate Soluble -. §§ | Tris piox 7 40 | Aether, Spts Nit 4°34@ 38.
Ferrocyanidum 8. 40 Al
Solut. Chloride 15 | Jalapa, pr ...... 2 30 umen, grd po? 4
Sulphate, com’l . 0 2 eee ; eg = —— ‘po ae $3 |
Sulphate, com’, by ime. yilum po. 15@_ 18 Antimont et sh 0@ 50 |
cc Rhei, cut MtIpyre ........ 25
Sulphate, — e 1 Rhel. pv Antifebrin ... 20 |
ora Spigella .. 30 Argenti Nitras oz 48
Arnica ......-... 15 18 | Saneuinari, Arsenicum ...... $3}
an sseeeee = = Serpentaria ..... 50@ 55 | Balm Gilead me 60 65 |
atricaria er Meneen .......-. 85@ 90 ee SN = 85 |
ne olla 25@ 30 Smilax, off’s H. @ 40 aan pinay 7 9
-crateoqgage ane i 25 Smilax, M ...... esi | or.%s @ 10
assia Acutifo 9 | Scillae’ po 35... 10@ 12 Calcium Chlor %4s g 12 |
Tinnevelly .... 15@ 20) Symplocarpus ... @ 25 | Cantharides, Rus. 1 75 |
Cassia, Acutifol.. 25 30 | Valeriana Eng .. @ 25| Capsici Fruc’s af @ 20
Salvia’ officinalis, Valeriana, Ger .. 15@ 20| Capsici Fruc's po 22
Ys and %s .. 5g 20 | Zingtber a ...... 12@ 14|Cap'l Fruc’s B po 15 |
Uva Ursi Gecank 8 10 Pie oer 5 ....... 16@ 20 ——— 20 22
Acacia, ist pkd.. 65 Semen Cera ‘Alba : ea + zs
Acacia, 2nd pkd.. 45 | Anisum po. 20 Cera Piava .._.- 40 42
Acacia, 3rd pkd.. $5 | Apium (gravel’s). rece .-......- 1 75@1 80 |
Acacia, sifted sts. 2.) Ord, fe ....--.... Cassia Fructus .. 35 |
Acacia, pe ....-- 45 66 | Carui po 15 Ceéntraria ....... 10
Aloe, Barb ...... 12 74 | Cardamon ....... Cataceum ....... 35 |
Aloe, Cape .....- 26 | Corilandrum . Chloroform : 32@ 52)
Aloe, Socotri ... 45 | Cannabis Sativa. Chloro’m, Squibbs. @ 90)
Ammoniac ...... 65@ 60 | Cydonium ....... Chloral Hyd Crst 1 35@1 60 |
Asafoetida ...... 35 40 | Chenopodium ... Chonearam ........ 20 25 |
Benzoinum ...... 50 65 | Dipterix Odorate. Cinchonidine P-W 38 48 |
Catechu, 1s pe 18 | Foeniculum ..... Cinchonid’e Germ 38 48 |
— 2 ec = — po.. aS cs “ 05@4 25 |
: oe ie - or s . |
Camphorae .. 81@ 85/| Lini, grd. bbl. 2% Creosotum a i S|
Euphorbium a. 1 fable Crets ...... bb} 75 Z|
=. — a a : = — Cana’n ae prep ..... 5
amboge ....po..1 25@1 85 Rapa ............ reta, preci 9 11
Guaiacum ..po 35 35 Stuapis Ave .... Creta, ben es 8 |
mine .....- ‘po 45¢ 45 | Sinapis Nigra ... Crees .. 01... 1 20@13
a retinas g > Spiritus —— mes: @ 24)
Opil : wr eS orowst inne rina 10 10 |
rienti .......1 96? 66) wo om sane |
Sheling 24 $89 $8 | guniperis Go O'R a. H
ae uniperis eoce a |
ee aces” 0@1 | Saccharum N B.1 9 nor aie © fom 80 |
Abeinthium .....4 50@4 60 | Spt, Vint Galt «35 Flake White .... 12@ 15
a Dk 33 | Vina Alba ...... 1 25 ee gota reste a
Majorum_ ..oz pk 28 Sponges Gelatin, ae. 60 |
Mentha Pip oz pk 23 | Florida Sheeps’ wl Gelatin. French . 35@ 60)
Mentha Ver oz pk 25 | carriage ....... 8 00@3 50 | Glassware, fit box 76 |
ae a oz pk 89 | Nassau sheeps’ wl Less than box .. 70 |
Tanacetum V . 92 | carriage ....... 8 50@8 75 | Glue, brown 11@ 13)
Thymus V 02 ‘pk 96 | Velvet extra shps’ Glue. white ..... 15 25 |
Magnesia wool, carriage . @2 00| Glycerina .. 1 4 20 |
Calcined, Pat .. 55@ 60| Extra yellow shps’ Grana Paradisi . 25 |
Carbonate. Fat. = = Graes sheeps wl 7 @1 25 —— aoa 350 60
onate -M. i |
Carbonate Cue 18@ 20| carriage ....... 1 25 Hydrarg Ch it: 80 |
um Hard, slate use .. 1 60 drarg Ox Ru’m 1 05 |
Absinthium ..... 4 90@5 @@| Yellow Reef, for Hyd drarg Ammo’! 1 15 |
Amygdalae, Pule. = cng - slate use. @1 40 — Ungue’m 50 60 |
mygdalae Ama Syrups —— 75 |
Ae Cg... 2-e- oe 1 Ht 50 | Aca Dcreaiia @ 50 Iehthyo olla, Am. oi 00 |
Auranti Cortex 3 20@2 40 paral Cortex .. ce tae ..-........ 75@1 00 |
Bergamil .......- 2 50@2 60 | Zingiber .... ce 66 | Iodine, Resubi ..4 85@4 90 |
Cutiuitl ..<+.--- . BO 90 | Ipecac ...... €0 | Iodoform ........ 4 90@5 00 |
Caryophilli ...... oe 85 | Ferri Iod .. @ 50| Lupulin ......... e 40 |
a 50 96} Rhei Arom . 50 | Lycopodium 1 15@1 20)
Chenopadii ....-3 75@4 00 | Smilax Offi’s 50 60 acis .......-.;. 65@ 75 |
Cinnamoni ...... 1 00@1 10| Senega .... 50 oe Arsen et |
Citronella, ..... . = 65 |Scillae ...... 50 Tod
Cuno Mae ao —. = — Co 58 aa "Potass avin 109 2
opaiba .....++- qutan .......- agnesia, Su pb
Gubebae Ce ckaee on $0 Prunus virg ... $ 60 | Magnesia, Sul @ 1% |

 

 

 

 

   

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We are dealers

day received.

in Paints,

Varnishes.

Sundries.

We are Importers and Jobbers of Drugs,
Chemicals and Patent Medicines.

Oils and

We have a full line of Staple Druggists’

Weare the sole proprietors of Weatherly’s
Michigan Catarrh Remedy.

We always have in stock a full line of
Whiskies, Brandies, Gins, Wines and

Rums for medical purposes only.

We give our personal attention to mail
orders and guarantee satisfaction.

All orders shipped and invoiced the same
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Grand Rapids, Mich.

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ca SF. -“, $3, = sone M Le -_ 13 Lard. extra, 70
| Menthol .........2 40@2 09 | Sapo, G ......... ard, eo. f..... 6
Morphia, S P & W2 35@2 6® Seunits” Mixture.. “~— 22 | Linseed, pure raw 49@
Morphia, SN Y ‘? S60 | Sinapia _........ 18 | Linseed, boiled ...50@
einer aoe 5@2 = Suit, Macy sees @ 30|Neat’s-foot, wstr 65@
nu accaboy, hs
Myristica, No. 1. ng 30 Hevaes ..... ™ e 51 ae Se
Nux Vomica po 15 1@ | Snuff, 3 h DeVo’s 51 Paints bb! L
Om Sepia .2.... 8. 25@ 28 | Soda, Boras ..... = 11 | Red Venetian ...1% 2 3
Pepsin Saac, H & Soda, Boras, po. 9 11 | Ochre, yel Mars.1% 2 4
BO ere ox oo | Sous ob gre Tae eg 75 | Ochre lameariae fs
_ oo ....-.- 1 commer’
=— Liq N N% Soda, Bi-Carb 3@ 5| Putty, strictly pr2% ong
| gal doz ........ @2 @@| Soda, Ash ...... 3%@ 4] Vermilion, Prime
Picis Liq qts .... 1 @@ | Soda, Sulphas @ 3: Americean ..... 15
Picis Liq. pints. 60 | Spts, Cologne .. @2 60 | Vermilion, Eng.. 80
Pil Hydrarg po 80 60 | Spts, Ether Co.. 50 55 | Green, Paris ..... i 18
Piper Nigra po 22 18 | Spts, Myrcia Dom 2 00 | Green, ee on 16
Piper Alba po 35 30 | Spts, Vini Rect bbl eam fed ...... 7
Pix Burgan ..... a Spts, Vii Rect %b Lead, white .... 7
Plumbi Acet .. 12@ Spts, Vii R’t 10 gl a Whiting, white 9’ = 90
Pulvis Ip’c et Opi 30@1 to Spts, Vi'i R’t 5 gal @ Whiting Gilders’ 95
Pyrethrum, bxs Strychnia, ees 05@1 25 | White, Paris Am’r 1 25
P D Co. doz @ 75 | Sulphur Subl ..... 2%@ 4| Whit’g Paris Eng
Pyrethrum, pv .. = 25 | Sulphur, Roll ....24%4@ 3% Che 2.6.2... 1 40
Quassiane .......- 8 10 | Tamarinds ...... 8@ 10] Universal Prep’dl 109 i 20
| Quina, S P & W. 22@ 32) Terebenth Venice = 30
Quina, S Ger. .... 22@ 32 |Theobromae ..... ee 50 Varnishes
Goin, W. ¥. ....- S2@ 32)| Vanilla ......-..9 CG No 1 Turp Coach 1 10@1 20
—— Taco 12 44 Zinci Sulph ..... 7™@ 8 _— — aoe = ; a
accharum a’s oac oay .
Saige ...._.-.. 50@4 75 Olls No 1 Turp Furnl 00@1 10
—" Drac’s .. 40 50 bbl eal Extra T Damar .1 55@1 60
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Sa 4 a y corrected weekly, within six hours of mailing, | American Flag Spruce. 55 | Indiana Belle ........-15 ‘ue
and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices, however, are lia | Beeman’s Pepsin 60] Jersey Lunch ........ | ee
f : ac Mee oe. : Lady Fingers .<...-.. Iw -
ble to change at any time, and ccuntry merchants will have their orders filled a.| Largest Gum Made .. 60 ped Pian heal md 26 oa Se ae eros =
narkei prices at date of purchase Sen Sen .............- 55 | Lemon Biscuit Square 9 tong oe ae :=
j Sen Sen Breath Perf.1 00 | Lemon Wafer ........ 1 | a 6 Panel D C...... 2 00
H d pueer boat ........... 55 | Lemon Snaps .........12 Bie ggg «collage 1 50
} ADVANCED | DECLINED MN cect nas 55 | Lemon Gems 1 F oz, Full Meas. D. C.. 65
| CHICORY Tomo Gems sssreccrccH] [2 oz. Full Meas. D. C...1 20
i Imported Rice i Spring Wheat Flour. _— tt eeeeeeees -+e++++ 5| Marshmallow ......... 1¢ | 4 0 tall Meas. D. C..2 25
aie oe \ ca Bed --.seeeeeeee sree eee 7| Marshmallow Cream ..17_ | Mexican Vanilla
ate greceeeeeee ee eees 4 | tevenemow Walnut 17 |. ‘ Doz.
' ee 7 Mary Ann 3 8 No. 2 Fane ©... .. 1 20
er eae: aaere Cian 1 4 Panel D. C......23 00
ATE 4 so lan ee ee ee No. 6 Panel D. C...... 3 00 5
Walter Baker & Co.’s a "Coed Bet ' —- 12 | Taper Panel D. C.....2 00
—— ec vek ee - Mich. Frosted Honey fe 4 = — a > a = >
tteeeeee seen Mixed Picnic ...... % eas : ;
Vanilla .... 41 | Molasses Cakes, Scolo’d 9 | 4 oz. Full Meas. D. C. 3 00
index to Markets é 2 Caracas .. 35 / Moss Jelly Bar... 12 | No. 2 Assorted Flavors 75 :
| sis ‘Seaticaiians sees ee uskegon Branch, wae GRAIN BAGS '?
y AXLE GREASE Plums Baker's — es ee 1 tieemnom ..............- 2 | Amoskeag, 100 in bale19 a
Frazer’s Pl Oatmeal Crackers .... 9 A 3
j Col | 1b. wood boxes, 4 dz. 3 00 eo Pi due. - Colonial % cutee Speen See ----2--- =] ae 7 ni ;
i 2 : neapple on. Se... 39 | Oranee Gem .........- ND FLOUR -
| 2. tin demos, 3 des. 2 Grate’ .......... 1 25@2 75 | Colonial, %s .......... se | fume Ameeets 8 4
3461b. tin boxes, 2 dz. 4 25 Fl @ a rted Cakes 8 Wheat
- Sot palin aca gS O® 4 3 | Sliced .2070020.2: Ssccisleal | Sieedececeontoten 42 Pilot Bread’... -.++++. 7 | Old Wheat
: axle Grease ...... cvoweee 3 | a. per doz --720) rain | Pumpkin 7 | Van Houten, %s ...... 12} ae oS No. 1 White s.....-++, 96
: B ' BAKED BEA ne cc gq | Van Houten, \s ...... 20| Pretzels, hand made ..8%|  w Oe anos it 96
a NS ancy... 1 09 | Wan Houten, 1s ...... 40 | Pretzelettes, hand m’d 8% Winter Wheat Flour
i plies olum a Brand Gallon @2 00 | Van Houten, Is ....... 72 | Pretzelettes, mch. m’d 138 Local Brands
—_ i, Sarena it ae > —_, a dos a ee Shi Gusan Cockion Pees 2 2o ee ee; 5 70
Sree Ll a an oo ig = HY Standa © pesaupessiiags @ ‘waar eee evens anesits 6 io Tae : =
Roker Ce ee ey cere Muber, 4 |... > piconet
ameri@at4 BRICK i cilia deta! — | Richwood aceveccesees 11 | Second Straight ...... 470
Cc a 5 | %Ib. cans ..... 3 75 | | | Dunham’s Me 26 | Rube § a POeeee ow 410
§ Gonfections a - oes” * 85 — 4 ——— s = & \4s.. 26% | Scotch Cookies | |Graham fee eee : 50
i ——— — = e an ; Denham’s %s ie i ro Cone eneitns 60
‘ Canned Goode 2100.10. 4 ae cova Rivetimen _Dunham's %s .-. 2 | Snowdrops «+ a.oc-+- 18 Pais ae
ee ol’a River, CS | s-
et Oe. -------- al No. 3 Carpet 215 | Ocha River: ns eee oe COCOA SHELLS ‘ee Cakes. scalloped 9 | count:
® | wack Geen 2 4c Red Alaska ..... 1 35@1 45 | Gee. bee... cs 2% | Sultanas a Flour in barrels, 25¢ per ‘
2 Common Whisk 85 Fink Alaska @ 9% Less quantity ......... 3 Bere | oe 84 | Barrel additional. ;
2|Fancy Whisk ........ 1 20 aaa Pound packages _—- 4 | Spiced Gingers 2122122. 97 | Worden Grocer Co.'s nee
2| Fe cE Sardines eo ENN isd ogi | Quaker paper .......) 5 00 a
: Waschonee ........... 3 00 | Domestic, \%s 34%@ 3% Rilo — ce a aa 11 | Quaker cloth ...... 5 20
2 ——_ an Getic es ee 11 | Vanilla Water Llliiae | Spring, Wheat, Flour j
3| Solid Back 8 in ..... 73 | California, 4s... 11@14 | Choice 22, seccttt TR | Waverly ......ee sees ” | oeeen eee ee ‘
3 | Solid Back, 111n ...... 95 | California, 348. ..17 en — ig | Zanzibar ..........-.-. ) (Gees dee ees te
Painted ote. 2} Lairornia, “45.-.i4 @st | Fancy ......----- —- |G rn, bakers ..6 05
cf 85 — hs sees 7. Santos CREAM TARTAR Pure Rye, light ...... 4 45
7 - at nots @28 an ae 12 — er drains ....... 29 Se Rye. dark ..... 4 30
we 2 rimps BET. occ ceeenccse cece OXCS ...esccescces eo a coos Dd 40 “4
‘ - 'y eee = oes ......- 1 20@1 40} Choice. ............... o> «=| Square Cone ............ Be Deerperm |. ks. : 2 PE
Stioe ee Succotash en 28 UBaney caddies 2.000... 35 | Clark-Jewell-Wells Co. 8
Fr No. 8 ......... Je eeeeees 5 ere, == +t-*2-- co aaa | DRIED FRUITS | Gola Mine 4s clo
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Zerinaceous Goods a i! No. Uevetiecd 30 Good... eee eee, aoe _= Fair. i Aaa 15 aie | Gold Mine. us _ @s =
oe nt uN : << ee ele | Gold Mine, %s F
fishing Tackle ........ 4 No. a asareaed: pers * 90 Strawberries Mexican | Sundried ......... 4 @4% Gold Mine Eng a oe
Flavoring extracts ..... 5) wok @ Co's, isc size.1 25 Seangere ....... 2 1) (eles 28 16% | Evaporated. .....6 @7 | Gold Mine. _ paper ..6 45 4
i oor Pee... po. WW. R.& Cos. %5c ae $e Pamey .... 22... Se 19 | California Prunes | Tudson eeecns ‘Co.'s Be a ;
i om ee oe a Tomatoes Guatemala | 100-125 251 boxes. @3 (Ceresota. %s sult _ ;
i Be ence iates *=+ 11 | mectric Tight. 88... 9% | EAN -----0------- @ 80/|Choice ................ 15 | 90-100 25% boxes @ 3% | Ceresota, %s 11107717! — 4
“ e Flectric Light, 16s ....10 ol pasate 1 1561 46 | African 7 a | oe ee ee Se eet i... 2 :
Gelatine ................ §] Saamme SS -- eee 2 50@2 60 | Fancy African ........17 | ¢q —.6|6hS emon & Wheeler’s —— a
H oe Mee : Wicking. cence CARBON ite ba = Caren raat a = | | Bo 60 SID semana @ Be w noae us ee ; 0 ;
iH H a —— Barrels Co. a iz —~aatoe © 6% | Wingold. %s |....177 7! 6 20 ’
, pples Perfection ...... 1 \ oxes @ 1% Wordce @Coacee Ca*s i i 3
iit ee ae 5/3 tb. Standards.. 75@ _ 80 | Water White .... g teas — Package Ye less in 50% cases. Taurel. a <0
iy Hides and Pelts ...... 19 , Gals. ee oa 2 35 = - Gasoline . @i13_ | New York Basis Citron Laurel, 4s cloth .....6 50
5 beodard Napa ... @i2 | Arbmekie: .....--..... 13 50 Laurel. t%s & 1, AS pa 6 40
! Standards ....... 8 ic ease | Fi Corsican. ........ @15 canna
i wiinder 2... 1. 29 @34% | Dilworth. ............ 13 00 Lanrel, %s ........-... 6 40
i as Beans an’ Engine eeeccent: 16 or. eee 13 50 | ca meuerant® on —— Schroeder Co. _
oe eee a Jimaatee (09 @eaOM eaee 13 50 | Imp’d. pkg .. Sleepy Eye, %s cloth .6 30
: i. wes sided | McLaughlin's XXXX Imported bulk .. 64@ 7% | Sleepy Eye, 4s cloth ‘6 20
i mor 15@1 23 cinta Cane | McLaughlin’s XXXX sold | Peei Sleepy Eye, %s cloth .6 10
a ace aie Pillsbury's Vitos. 3 doz 4% |to retailers only. Mail all| Lemon American ....12 | Sleepy Eye, %s paper .6 10 ¢
H g | Standard ....... @ 1 40 | Bordeau Flakes, 36 iD 4 05 |orders direct to W. F.| Orange American ....12 | Sleepy Eye, 4s paper .6 10
H ie Malta Vita, 36 11D ....2 85 [ease ee a ee — 2 50
f on. ........ Grape Nuts, 2 doz. ....2 70 ondon Layers, 3 cr 1 50) ie
Ht 2tb. cans, 8. ay 1 90 Malta Pane. 24 1tb ; 40 on ; | London Layers 4 cr 1 95 Se, en Sina oe
i 5 Cla oo Holland, % gro boxes. 95 Giyster 5 crown 6 St. Car Feed screened 22 00
5 | rattle Week tie 1 cog 25 | Grea of Wheat, 36 2b 4 50 | Feltx, % gross -. -.---- .% 152 ween 5. | No. 1 Corn and Oats 21 00
6 | Litthe Neck, 2t.. @1 50 Egg-O-See, 36 pkgs ..2 85| Hummel’s foil, % gro. 85/7 a ae Peta ee p= >
atin $6 1 .. 6 os lo ’s tin. as | Lae ees, 8 oe. 8 ee ee =e = ;
cl Boulll i oe | cuconcamminait n. 4 sro Corn Meal, coars 22 :
am’ Bouillon xcello Flakes, 36 1b. 2 75 | CRACKERS | Loose Muscatels, 4 cr_6% | Oo 2
i Burnham's % pt ....-. 1 99 | Bxcello, large pkgs. ...4 50 | National Biscuit Company’s L. M. Seeded, 1 Ib.6%@7% | 1, rats han nnnt4 27 00 4
ai Nuts ................... 11 | Burnham's, pts ...... 3 60 | Visor, 36 pkes. . 9 75 | as y's! M. Seeded, % Ib5 @6 | Winter Wheat Bran..18 00
a ———s 7 pe , “36 ee re het B : Sultanas, bulk ..... @8s | Winter wheat mid’ngs 19 00
Cc ee ge mek 2... 4 50 | utter Sultanas, package @8% | Cow Feed ... 18 50
iia a Red Stendards Zot, 2 2 4 10 | Seymour Butters ...... 6% ' ' aan
iH eee Wh i. ~ 1 50 | Zest. 36 small pkgs ...4 50|N Y Butters .......... 6% | FARINACEOUS GOODS (Car lots .
it Ralston, 36 2% |... - 4 50 | Salted Butters ........ 6% Bean Hid ee ==
i Fair. a Dutch Rusk Family —- seeeceee 6% | pried Lima . 7 | Corn, new i 591
iy Good .. eee 4 75 oda + DPk’a 1 TE : ae i
i. oo aa 55 |N BC Sodas .......... — oa os oS oe
| lei French Peas __ PRolled Oats. Select .......-----++-+- ee a ee 7" No. 1 notes ton — 12 30
Ht Sar Extra Fine ...... 22 | Rolled Avenna, bbls _..4 50 Saratoga Flakes ...... 13 Farina ; ee
Mates Wie 19 | Steel Cut, 100% sacks 2 25 Oyster 24 1tb. packages. ....1 75 HERBS
— 15 | Monarch, bbl ......... 4 19 | Round Oysters ........ 614 | Bulk, per 100 Tbs. ..... 3 00 | Sage ...... lela eae coe oe
aa 11| Monarch, 100% sacks 1 90 | Square Oysters ....... 6% Homin Hops ..---. tesereeeeeee 15
s as Goosenerries Quaker, cases ......... 3 10 | —— or ee ras Te Flake, 50tb sack ....1 00 — —— seeeeeee 15
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i a Standard eee Os 13! 2th. packaecs ....... 2 50 | iu Goods 10 seacennae! and Vermicelll | <a pails, per doz ..1 70
Li Balt oeoeeeececceeeeeees T| Star, 34% Pe 2 15 CATSUP Assorted Cake ........ 11 | {Imported 251b box 12 80 | 30% eS
Belt Fis ceennens SMe Me 3 75 | Columbia, 25 pts...... 4 50 | Assorted Novelty ..... 8 : an comce
eo eee ee ---- 7| Picnic Talls ..........2 69| Columbia, 25 % pts...2 60 Bagley Gems .......-. 9 jG Pearl Barley Pine LICORICE i
Shoe as eeeeien 7 Mackerel Snider’s quarts ....... 3 25| Belle Rose ..... oe Tee oer cures: 2 00 c hi ah aah 1. 2
eee ee v.ee- 7/1 Mustard. If. .........1 80| Snider’s pints ........2 25 | Bent’s Water .........17 Chester ....+.+++++++-.2 20 — ttteteeceeeees 2B ?
ne 2 2 ee Sh 2 g0 | Snider’s % pints ...... 1 30’ Butter Thin ...... 1113. | Empire ......-.----.--. 3 25 = ae mes Soeee es 14
— oe — s Soused, 2 aa 1 80 CHEESE a Drops ..... = “ ae Peas cot. oe i— 0 11
— cs cee Met ee el ee oco Bar .......-.-..-1 reen, sconsin, bu..1 15
- h p-ehiececceoe ss Ot ee BO 1 80 x Ss ee 0. ag Cocoanut Taffy ....... 12 Green, Scotch, bu. ...1 26 coe 2 — --1 60
A. Sie 2 gn |Carson City .... @11, | Coffee Cake, %. B C.10 | Split, D. ....... eau o| ee ee 3 00
Syrups ........... ack © aeons Peerless ......--.  @10% | Coffee Cake, Iced ....10 Sune toc EXTRACTS
+ eee eee 15@ 20] Elsie ....--..---- @12 | Cocoanut Macaroons ..18 | ast India .. 3% P pemntnetin Z OZ .......4 45
Tea a nies 22@ 25 meer gg ee @11 1% Crecknels ..... Cee se 16 German. sacks ... coe T's OZ ......--8 20 ’ 3
I cose ccsaincess a ysters eee ’|Currant Fruit ........ 11 ecccar _—_ n pkg. 3% | Llebig’s, Chicago, 2 ox.2 75
CIEE 8] Soe mp. re @ go [Heal 2.0 @11” | Chocolate ‘Dainty’ 2-117 tee liane geome paneer
j eeccesces Goce Sb oo occ. 1 70 Sree Cartwheels ......... 10 e g's Importe 2 o”.4 55
| @ seeeeee Flake, 110Tb. sacks 3% | Liebi
Vv Cove, 1tb. Oval . @1 00 | Riverside Dixie Cookie .......... 9 Pearl, 130%. sacks ... 3 ebig’s, Imported, 4 o7.8 50
i Seer 3... 8 Peaches Warner's ........ 6 | Fluted Cocoanut ......11 | Pearl, 24 1%. pkgs .... 5 MOLASSES
i ee oes ee Sei > —— ee. 5 Frosted Creams ...... : : : aes Fane yor ng 40 we
ed es Ginger Gems .......... y Open Kettle ..
i Washing Powder ...... : Pears bride Ginger poet N B c 7% ee ee snc
i teceesecceeeces Standard ........1 00@1 35 | Limburgr. Grandma Sandwich ...11 Foote & Jenks Baty. + sssseeeeeeeseees
Weogenware 9
cere ae Wancy .......-.- 2 00 | Pineapple ...... Graham Crackers ..... 9 Coleman’s Van. Lem. | 2904 Sea ee ee
Wrapping ~—e ceecece Peas olan Sago. ....... @ Honey Fingers, Iced .12 | 20z. Panel .... _ +4 15 Half barrels 2e extra. |
| - Marrowfat ...... Swiss, domestic . @14% | Honey Jumbles ...,..12 3oz. Taper .... .3 00 1 50 MINCE MEAT /
Youst Cae ....0050000- oe Pees di i i 8 Swiss, imported | @20 |Iced Honey Crumpet ,12 | No. 4 Rich. Blake.2 00 1 $0 | Columbia per case ..2 15
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| Cag@imae ..... LL... - 54%
[Sweet Loma _...... .. 34

| Hiawatha, 5tb pails ..
| Hiawatha, 101D pails .

Teleeram ............ "30
sr ....,......... a2
Prairie Hoge .-........ 49
Protcetion ............ 40
Sweet Burley ........- 44
CC ee 40
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Pe ee eee 35
EMAWatna ............. 41
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Pater Awe el 37
American Eagle ...... 33
iStandara Nav, ...... aa
Spear Head 7 ox. . 47

Spear Head. 1434 oz. i

Nobby Twist.

Jolly Tar. 39
cna Woneaty ....... a2
Woady ................ 34
a. ©. os. Bs
Piper Elcidsick ........ 66
Boot Jacek ........ oo. an
Honey Dip Twist ne
| Black Standard .......40
| Cadilige ........ a
Peorse ...... Seceee ccc ae
Nickel Twist ..........60
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Great Navy ....... on
Smoking
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PBiat Car. ............. 32
Warpath... cs 26
| Bamboo, 16 om, ....... 25
Eom t. Si ...........; 27
[EX £, ¥6 oz. pails ....31
| Honey Dew 12. ......-. 40
| Gola Block ........... 40
Pepe nee 40
Ciaps |... .... 33
Mims Dried. ........... 21
i Dukes Mixture ....... 40
| Dukes’s Cameo ....... 43
i Reyriie Mavy ......... 44

| Cream

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Yum Yum, 1% oz ae

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Corn Cake, “Sib.
Boy,
Plow Boy, 3% oz.
| Peerless, 34% oz.
| Peerless, 134 oz.
| Air Brake.
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| Self Binder, 160z, 80z 20-22
| Silver Foam 24

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| TWINE
| Cotton, 3 phy ......... 20
| Cotton, 2 tiv ......... 20
| — 2 ply ........... 14
| temp, G phy ......... 13
| Niax, mediim ........ 20
Wool, im: bells ...... 6
VINEGAR

| Malt White Wine, 40gr 8
Malt White Wine, 80 gril

| Pure Cider,

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Pure Cider, Red Star.11

| Pure Cider, Robinson.10
| Pure Cider, Silver ....10
| WICKING
| No. © per groge -....: 0
No. ft per eroes ...... 40
| Neo. 2 per eross _.... 50
| No. 3 per eroga ....... Zz
WOODENWARE
Baskets
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| Marke Malem ee oa aie eeee
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Spimt, medium ....... 5
| Splint, smal .... +
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Willow Clothes, small.5
Bradley Butter Boxes
2Ib size, 24 in case ..
3tb size, 16 in case ..

| 5Ib size, 12 in case
10Ib

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Butter Plates

No. 1 Oval, 250 in crate
| No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate
| No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate
No. 5 Oval, 250 in crate

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gal., each
gal., each
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| Clothes Pins
| Round head, 5 gross bx

| Round head, cartons ..

Egg Crates
i Dumpty ..... 2

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2 complete

Faucets

Cork Iined, & im. ......

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MUSTARD Deland’s oo. -eesess0e. 3 00 | | Bis Master, 100 = 400
Horse Radish, 1 dz ...1 75 wale m Cow ......... : | Snow tar Waan acs @
Horse Radiah, 2 ds. ...3 60) Bmbiem .............. |
Bayle’s Celery, 1 dz .. a TE 3 00|_ Proctor & Gamble Co. _
_ OLIVES | Wyandotte, 106 4s ...3 00 | Loe ean 2 8%
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs - -1.00 | SAL SODA | Ivory. 10 ee 15
Buk 2 eel kegs -.-. 93) Granulated, bbis ..... Se 3 10
Bulk, 5 gal kegs. ... 90) Granulated, 100Ib casesi 00 | AB Wrisley :
ianieeiie. San .... SO) lamp Bels -.......... lead Giese) | 00
Queen, _. pecreet ea = | Lump, 145tb kegs 93 | Ola Country 600000007, 3 40
Queen, 19 0Z ........ = oy | SALT Soap Powders
Queen, 28 OZ ........ 7 00 | Common Grades Central City Coap Co.
Gtamoa. & Of -......- 20 1160 31h sacks (100... I 9 | Jackson, 16 og ....-..: 40
Stuffed, 8 0z .......-. 1 45 | 60 5Ib sacks ......... 1 85 |
Stuffed, 10 oz ......... 2 30| 28 10% sacks ........ 1 75 | Gold Dust, 24 large ..4 50
— | Be WO. seeks, 00 00, 30 | Gold Dust, 100-5c ....4 00
Clay, No. "a6 weeeeeee 209) os iiisnete 000 15 | Kirkoline, 24 4m. ..... 3 80
Clay, T. D., full count 65 Warsaw PPearine 00 3 75
Cob, No. ec ccsercece 85 | 56 Ib. dairy in drill bags 40 | Soapine -4 10
PICKLES | 28 Ib. dairy in drill bags 20) Babbitt’s te
Medium . Solar Rock Roseine 3 50
ergs — ——. 3 = SGM Saeks. . 2... 20 Armomrs 6000000050 : =
Half S., - Common Wisdom ............... 8
Smail | Granulated, fine ...... 80 Soap Compounds
Barrels, 2,400 count ..7 00 | Medium fine. ......... $5 | Johnsoen’s Wine ........ 5 10
ee ye 00 | SALT FISH | Johneon’s XXX 2 TE ‘ =
Ll Cod tne O'clock ..........
No. 90 Steamboat ... 85/ Large whole .... @ | Rub-No-More ......... 3 75
No. 16, Rival, assorted 1 20 | Small Whole _... @ 6% | Scouring
No. 20, Rover ———— = | § Strips or bricks. — | ‘i == aS os
No. pecial ...... : Poleek ......... 3% | Sapolio, gross lots ....
No. 98, Golf,satin annine = | Halibut | Sapolio, half gross lots 4 50
No. 808 Bicycle sarees PSttipg, 14 | Sapolio, single boxes ..2 25
No. 632 Tourn’t whist 2 25) Ghunks ............... 1414 | Sapolio, hand aa % 25
| Herring Scourine Manufacturing Co
48 cans in case | Holland | Scourine, 50 cakes ..1 80
Babbitt’s ..........---- 4 00) White Hoop,bbls 8 25@9 25 | Scourine, 100 cakes .--3 50 |
Penna Salt Co’s ..... 3 00 { White Hoop, %bbl4 25@5 00 | s
PROVISIONS | White Hoop, keg. 60@ 70} Boxes ................. 5%
Barreled Pork 9 | White hoop mechs @ 75 | Kegs, English ......... 4%
MeSS --2.seseeeees “+32 6 | evwemtan ...... | _ SOUPS
Fat Back. .........-- 14 00 | Round, 100tbs ........ [| Coe 00
Back Fat. : Hound, 461s _......... 1 75 | Red Better ........... 90
-_ Cut e | Sealed wotaeanneteteres 15 | oe
Pig ..--- — ie. 2) S00 foo... s. 7 50 | Alilspice ............... 12
Weeeeek. gece ee eee 15 | No. 1 hs .:........ 3 25 Cassia, China in mats. 13
Clear Family ........12 50|/ No. 1, 10IDs ......... 90 | Cassia, Canton ....... 16
Dry Salt Meats Lae. | Sie 75 | Cassia, Batavia, bund. 28
S © Belles ..:......-. 946 | Mackerel | Cassia, Saigon, broken. 40
Bellies .......+2e--eee- Sa) Mess 100s. ........ 13 50 | Cassia, Saigon, in rolls. 59
Beir Gheorts ........-. S4 | Meas Ais ||... 5 80 Cloves, Amboyna. 22
Smoked Meats Meas iia |...) 4 65 | Cloves, Zanzibar .....- 14
Hams, 12tb. average it (Wiese Sine 66) it 36 Mace Boece bocce cee ca. 55
Hrame, 14). average .-1t | wa 1. 10dths ...... 12 00 | Nutmegs, 75-80 bo keuee 45
Hams, 16Ib. average ..11 Mo i he ..._.. to Nutmegs, 105-10 _... 35
Hams, 18tb. average ee Noa. 4 iis |... ... i = ee ee ae =
Stinned Tiams ........ ito. 1, Ss .......,.. : ’ r . 5
Ham, dried beef sets ..13 Whitefish Pepper, Singp. white. =
Shoulders; GN. XY. cut) | No. 1 No.2 Fam Peper, set .......... "
Bacon, clear ee eae 50 6 50) ay Pure Ground In Bul os
oes Saeee. ----- ot OM ieee ig ee
Picnic Boiled Ham ...12 10%. 110 52 | Cassia. Saigon ........ 48
ee oe 2 BID. . +... +--+ 90 44! Gloves; Zanzibar 112277 18
oe SEEDS | Ginger, African ....... 15
— wr Ce aa, 15 | Ginger, Cochin ....... 18
Comedie 0000. ol. 5% |Canary, Smyrna ...... 6 | Ginger, Jamaica ..... . =
ee 8 Caraway .............. ——————————— 65
60Ib. tubs..advance y, | Cardamom, Malabar —— ana e aceeoneeag 1s
: a Ole, 2 | Pepper, Singa a
a oe : Hemp, Russian ....... 4 | Pepper, Singp. white . 28
50ID. tins.. advance % | Ae A a) Vee) Gaerne 20
20tb pails . advance % | Mixed Bird setteeeeeee i= pper, yenne ...... 30
10%b. pails ..advance % | Mustard, white ....... 8 poem ...............,.,
5ID. pails ..advance 1 _ petro | cos TARCH
Pape fis m
— ~~. : | Cuttle Bone ......---- 25 | ib packages ........ 4@5 |
Dele |... 8 | SHOE BLACKING fSm. Packases. _......- 414
Se 6% | Handy Box, large, 3 dz.2 50 | 6Ib packages .......... 5
Frankfort ......... .-- | Handy Box, small ....1 25 | 40 and 50Ib. boxes 2%@3%
= : by | Bixby’s Royal Polish .. 85 | Barres, ..2..... 2... @i%
Weel ....-............. 8 | Miners Crown Polish. 85 i, Common Corn
TOMmBUC 2... seeeeeeees It | SNUFF py ~~ as
Headeheess | ee 6% | Scotch, in bladders ....37 | package.
Be . | Maccaboy, in jars .... 35] SYRUPS
_—— Megs .......--- a - | French a in jars. 43 | i Corn ai
euricss -.. 2... 5 Z So. 2
Rump, new .......... 10 50 | 1 City Soap Co. | Half Barrele ......... ri
_ Pig’s Feet. a ae ad a r. .2 85 20Ib cans 1% dz in case 1 55
% bbis ...........--- 10 | Boro Naphtha ........ 4 00 | 10tb cans % dz in case 1 50 |
26 pois, 40ns. ........ 1 85 | Johnson Soap Co. | 5Ib cans 2 dz in case 1 65
— cis alee se eee 1 85 | 2441b cans 2 dzin case1 70
Steet teen eee e eee 28 ae ete ea 3 15| hues Cane
ripe ae S86 ee ee 16
Kits, 15 Ibs. .......-. | Calumet Family ...... ce ee TE 20 |
%bbis., 40 4s ........ | China, large cakes 1) | Chotes oo 25
Ybbis., 80Ibs. .......- 3 | China, small cakes ..3 75 | TEA
Casings Mina, 9 ox. (0007... 2 10 | ‘
Rees, Oen Ms 0.0...) 28 | ee Sag lll ll 2 30 | apan
ao roe. = oncee = | a = cables ...... : = | Sundrion, — _
eel m es, Set ..... ° | Galvanic ceeeeecosvcese > | Sundried, choice ......
Sheep, per bundle .... 70| Mary Ann ......--.-+- 235 | Sundried, fancy ......36
Uncolored Butterine | Mottled German ......2 25| Regular, medium .....24
Solid, dairy ..... | mew Mra ......-....... 2 45 Regular, choice ...... a2
Rolls, dairy. ...10%@11% | Scotch Family, 60 | Reeular, faney ........ 36
Canned _— Cakes .......:...... 2 30 | Basket-fired, medium .31
Corned beef, 2 ....... od | scotch ‘Family, 100 | Basket-fired, choice ...38
Corned beef, 14 eeesee 0 | CS ee 3 80 | Basket- fired, fancy ao
Roast Beef ......2 00@2 30 | Miclgom ......-4.--.-+. 2 85 | Nibs i
Potted ham, %s .... 45) Assorted Toilet, 50 car- ST too. Sapet
Potted ham, %s .... CS 3 85|Fannings ......... 12@14
Deviled ham, %s euceed Toilet, 100 Gunpowder
Deviled ham, %s : | Cartons. ------+-- : | Moyune, medium ..... 30
Potted tongue, %s .-.- Cocoa Bar, 6 oz = | Moyune, choice -......- 32
Potted tongue, %s ...- 85 | Cocoa Bar, 10 oz. | Moyune, fancy ........ 40
RICE 5, | Senate Castile -- | Pingsuey, medium ....30
Sereenings ........24%@2% | Palm Olive, toilet . | Pingsuey, choice ..... 30
Fair Japan ...... 3%@ 4 | Palm Olive, bath . | Pingsuey, fancy ..... 40
Choice Japan .... 44%@ 5 | Palm Olive, bath . | ‘tii seen
Imported Japan... @ Rose Bouquet .......-. Oe g
Fair Louisiana hd. @4% | J. S. Kirk & Co. PHOMGe .......-..--...- =
Choice La. hd. @5 | American Family ..... 4 05 Raney .......-.........
Fancy La. hd ..... @5%/| Dusky Diamond, 50 80z 2 80 | Oolong
Carolina ex. fancy @6% | Dusky D’nd, 100 60z...3 80 | Formosa, fancy ..... 42
SALAD DRESSING Jap Rose, 50 bars ....3 75 | Amoy, medium ....... 25
Columbia, % pint ....2 = | — — seeeeee : | | Amoy, choice ......... 32
Cotumiia, 1 pint ....4 00) fie Russian .......- 0 |
Durkee’s ‘sak 1 doz.4 50 | Dome, oval bars ...... 2 85 | English Breakfast ‘oa
, ; oe 445 | Medium 20).
Durkee’s small, 2 doz.5 = Satinet, oval ... =
Snider’s large, 1 doz...2 3 | Snowberry, 100 cakes. 4 00 + nail Seeenr sri a
pepe eee | LAUTZ BROS. & CO. baka a
Acme soap, 100 cakes 2 85|Ceylon, choice .......
Soak tamer. I 16 | Naptha soap, 100 cakes 400 | Fancy. ......--sse0+0-- 948

 

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Pails :
2-heop Standard ..... 1 60
iq -hoop Standard .....1 7a

  

2-wire, Cable ..:......1 7
o-wire. Cable ......... 1 90
| Cedar, all red, brass ..1 25
Paper, lonrema ........ 2 25
Wie fe 2 70
Toothpicks
| lavawoog ............0 60
PeOIeWOOG .....¢.0....; 2 75
Pee eae 1 50
figeat . 2... 1 50
Traps
Mouse, wood, 2 holes . 22
Mouse, wood, 4 holes . 45
Mouse, wood, 6 holes . 70
| Mouse, tin, 5 holes 65
Rae, WOOM ............ 80
Rat, spre ........... 75
Tubs
| 20-in., Standard, No. 1.7 00
| 18-in., Standard, No. 2.6 00
16-in., Standard, No. 3.5 00
| 20-in., Cable. No. i. ..7 50
18-in., Cable, No. 2. ..6 50
1G-in., Cable, Ne. 3. ..5 50
Wo. 1 Wibre .......... 10 80
| No. 2 Fibre _24
No. 3 Fibre 8 55
Wash Boards
| Bronze Globe ........ 2 50
Dewey 2.0... 5. 6... 1G
| Double Aeme ......... 2%
Sinete Acme .......... 2 25
i Double Peerless ...... 3 50
| Single Peerless ...... 2 75
| Northern Queen ...... 2 75
| Double Duplex ....... 3 00
| Good Euek ........... 2 7
| Universal ............. 2 65

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| 15 in.

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Butter
Butter
Butter ..
Butter ..
Butter
Assorted, 13-15-17
Assorted 15-17-19

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Common Straw ...... 1%
Fibre Manila, white .. 2%
| Fibre Manila, colored . 4
rio. t Manik _........ 4

|; Cream Manila

Butcher’s Manila . oo

| Wax Butter, short e’nt.13

| Wax Butter, rolie ....16

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YEAST CAKE

cases
atmmbe, S20 ......:... ©
Extra H. =, i —<-
Boston Cream .......- 16

Olde Time ee stick
30D case 12

Mixed Candy

Grocer |... 6
Competition. ........... a
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Conserve ........ te Th
Howes ..:... De eeececece 8%
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POON cicaes 4... oe
Cut test ..........,.. 9
Leader eee. Rhy
Kindergarten ie) mele cleecg aie
Bon Ton Cream ..... --
French Cream. ....... 10
Se ee a. pi
Hand Made Cream ..15

Premio Cream mixed 13
O F Horehound Drop 11

Fancy—in Pails
Gypey Tears ........
Coco Bon Bons
Fudge Squares
Peanut Squares ......
Sugared Peanuts .....

Salted Peanuts ........81
| Starlight Misses. ..... na
San Blas Goodies ..... 12
Lozenges, plain .....\., 10
Lozenges, printed ..... 10
Champion Chocolate ..11
Eclipse Chocolates ...13
Eureka Chocolates. ...13
Quintette Chocolates ..12

Champion Gum Drops 3%

Moss Drcpe ..........
Femen Sours ......... 10
Imperiais .......... oe
ital. Cream Opera 12
Ital.

Cream Bon Bons
20D pails i

Molasses Chews, 15Ib.
CONCH o.oo eee te. 12
Golden Waffles setcce. am

Topuag@ias ............
Fancy—lIn 5ib. Boxes
Lemon Sours ......... 55
Peppermint Drops ....66
Chocolate Drops ...... 60
H. ‘Mi. Choc. Drops ..36
mm M. Choc, Et and
Dark Mo. © ...:... 1 00
Bitter Sweets, ass’d ..1 25
Brilliant Gums, Crys.60
A. A. Licorice Drops --90

  

Lozenges, plain ....... 55
Lozenges, printed ..... ao
Ieperigia: oo... 60
Mottoes co.
Cream Bay... 0... l 55

G. ML Peanut Bar .
Hand Made Cr’ms. “30@9¢

Magic, J dda ........ 115| Cream Buttons, Pep.
| sumdieht, 3 doz. ...... 1 00 and Wintergreen. ..68
| Sunlight, 1% doz..... GG | Serine Hoek |... .. | 66
| Yeast Foam, 3 doz ....1 15 | Wintergreen Berries ..60
| Yeast Cream, 3 doz ..1 00/| Old Time Assorted, 25
Yeast Foam, 1% doz .. 58 i. Cage ............
Buster Brown Goodies
FRESH ee Ib 30Ib. noi
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|Ne. ] Whitetsh -- @ 3 | Ton strike Aasori-
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; Ten Strike No. 2 6 00
Ciscoes or Herring. @ 5 Ten Strike No. 3 8 00
| Bluefish. -+-++-10%@11 Ten Strike hn ae
| Live Lobster .... @25 a ; ce 15
| Boiled Papstad @25 SOruUment, ........... 5
a 12% Kalamazoo Specialties
Haddock Ue 7 ae Candy Co.
Wo. Pickerel __.... @ : Chocolate Maize .....
ce 7 Gold Medal Chocolate
co e: Abad ls, 18
hia eee 2 Chocolate Nugatines ..18
Ss Ma White .... 2 | Lhoc 3 °°
Red. oe oe ._ Quadruple Chocolate .15
|Col. River Salmon. @11 Violet Cream Cakes, bx90
Mackerel ......... 15@16 _, Medal Creams,
BGM co.cc aq
OYSTERS Pop Corn
Cans Dandy Smack, 248 ... 65
ee ee Per can| Dandy Smack, 100s ..2 75
: i MMREIES 6.44006. Pop — a _ 20
| Bulk Oysters Pop Corn oast, 100s
ih.  Counta 0)... a5 | Cracker Jack ......... 3 0
| - Pop Corn Balls, 200s ..1 or
Shell Goods NUTS—Whole
cl ' = Almonds, Tarragona ..15
Ppase se ee eee a 95 Almonds, Avica ......
YSters -.---- +000. -+-1 25) Almonds, California sft
HIDES AND PELTS ones new ..... 7 Os
ods 9% Filberts “lessees @13
PGreen No. 2 .......... gi, | Cal. No. 1 ..... @15
lGured Na 4 i” Walnuts, soft ‘ciamea
Cured No. F000 1) | Walnuts, Chili .... @12
Calfskins, green No. 113 009 | Table nuts, fancy @13
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BUSINESS-WANTS DEPARTMENT

PYehas

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ements inserted under this head for two cents

bahia ete er

No charge less

a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each

than 25 cents.

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BUSINESS CHANCES.

stock.

For Sale An “up- to-date shoe
Will invoice $2,500. Address No. 668,
care Mic hig an Tradesman. 668
For Sale- Clean stock of dry goods.
Will invoice $6,000. Address No. 669,
care Michigan . rade sman. 669 |

 

Sale—Furniture and undertaking.
invoice about $2,500. Address No.
care Michigan Tradesman. 670 .
For sale—Grocery and crockery stock.
A good clean stock, good store building
situated in best of location and on popu-
lar side of the street, in active up-to-date
town of 1,500 in the midst of good farm-
ing country. Address No. 666, care Michi-
gan Tradesman. i 666

~ Patent right for sale. Steam hot water
pump, one cylinder, uses no packing. Can
be seen in working order at 1405 Buchan-
an St., Des Moines, ca. 665

Location—For dry goods. or department
store in county seat town. Stock and fix-
tures for sale. Boston Store, Winchester,
Ind. 6 a4

For
Will
670,

  

 

| For Sale—32-station. Lamson Cable |
/Cash System, in fairly good condition;
price $25 per station. Address Herpol-

£0,090 feet Fei aaa.

| ville, Va.

 

Good location wanted for dry goods or |

general store. Northern Indiana

 

or H- |

| miles

j all kinds.

— simer Cc oO. —— = Mich. See

Aéesivabie lo-

especi ially for manufacture of

barrels and truckers’ packages of

Will sell at a bargain. Write

Williams, York-
623

cation,
boxes,

for ee fo EE. L.

 

Repr esentatives Hverywhere—Who can
present a financial proposition we believe
will pay greater profits than Bell Tele-
phone. which was bought for 50c and sold
at $4,000 a share. Our booklet (24 pages)
full particulars mailed free. Inventors’
and Finance Co., Hoboken, N. J. 622

For Sale—$3.500 buys one- -half or $7,000

buys whole hardware and grocery store; |

good town, buildings and location; sales
in 1904, $36,000. Address box 143, Ona-
way, Mich. 616
Quick—Wanted general stock or stock
shoes for cash. Give full particulars first
letter. .Address Ross E. Thompson, 1004
Iglehart St., St. Paul, Minn. 643
For Sale-—Clean general ‘stock and store
building and warehouse located in good
town on Pere Marquette Railway, 85
from Grand Rapids. Good farm-
country. Property will inventory

 

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ing

}about $8,000. Owner will sell for $4,000
down and balance on time. This is the

;opportunity of a

linois, Southern Michigan or Northwest-
ern Ohio preferred. Must. have good
room in good lively town of from 4,000 |
to 15.600 inhabitants. Give full particu-
lars im first fetter. Address Box 22,
Goshen. Ind. 663

"For Sale— ‘onfectionery, bakery and |
ice cream establishment in a university
town. standing population 18,000, with

all latest
only

improvements
up-to-date

students, 22,000;
and flourishing business;

eaterer in town; business must be
onee as owner died suddenly. Address
Kt. Trojanowski, Ann Arbor, Mich. 661

~ Exper rienced | I: idy
clerk in general store,

desires position
speaks German and

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Iinglish. Good references. Also under-
stands bookkeeping. Address Box 105,
Loyal, Wis. 660
For Sale-— ‘Stock groceries and fixtures,
confectionery. baked goods, cigars and
tohacco. Good location; three living
rooms. Invoice about $800. Reason for
selling, poor health. Address F. L. Gib-
bons. ee Ohio. 65
Bor Sale stock of general mer-
che wndise . aes of dry goods, cloth-
ing, boots. shoes and groceries. Located
in one of the best towns in Michigan.
Have lease of store building for term of
years and a fine grocery business. If you

want to locate in business that will make
you money from the start, it will pay you
to investigate. Address No. 6/6, care
Michigan Tradesman. 676
Wanted—To buy a good drug
contract Address No. care
Tradesman.
For Sale—Good clean stock general
merchandise in good town in Central Tlli-
nois. Invoices $6,000 to $7,000; not less
than two-thirds cash, balance time at 6
per cent.: no trades. Address W. H.
Hancock. Neoga, Il. 674
~ for Sale—Or will exchange, a_ good
general stock of about $7,000 for a well
improved farm. No traders need apply.
Address C. W., care Michigan Trades-
man ve
For Sale—Or
echandise, store

store on
Michi-

675

 

 

 

675,

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exchange for land or mer-
and lot in good Northern
Towa town; store 22x100: clear and in
first-class shape. Address W., care Michi-
gan Tradesman. 672
To exchange by owner, a first-class im-
proved Illinois farm for stock of goods.
Want a stock to run, and will trade on a
fair basis. No traders necd answer. <Ad-
dress J. D.,.care Michigan Tradesman. & 71
~ Wanted—Bstablished mercantile or
manufacturing business. Will pay cash.
Give full particulars and lowest price.
Address No. 652, care Michian Trades-
man. 652
For Sale—Hotel in thriving city. Steam
heated, electric lighted, 31 rooms, $2 per
day. Everything new and modern, fine
trade. Good location. Bar. Address No.
648, care Michigan Tradesman. 648
“Factory cost systems introduced and
faulty ones mended. Comprehensive
monthly reports formulated for boards of
directors. Business propositions looked
into for investors and fraudulent schemes
exposed. Disinterested advice in all mat-
ters of company incorporation, organiza-
tion, financing and operation. How to
underwrite stocks and bonds, realize on
patents, ete. Special terms to small con-
cerns and those just starting. Geo. F.
Card, M. & E. E., Three Rivers, —

 

lifetime.
Mic higan

Address No.
Tradesm: an. 656

Only bakery

556, care

 

fakery and confec tionery.

in county seat Northern Indiana, 2.500
inhabitants, doing paying business; good
| shipping facilities; seven living rooms

sold at |

 

 

above; cheap
well stocked;

rent; store and bake shop
price $650. Come and see
business compels me to sell.

it. Other
Geo. W. Brabrook, Knox, Ind. 644

Stores Bought and Sold—I sell stores
and real estate for cash. I exchange
stores for land. If you want to buy, sell
or exchange, it will pay you to write me.
Frank P. Cleveland, 1261 Adams Express
Bldg.. Chicago, Il. 511

‘Vanted—To buy stock of ‘merchandise
from $4,000 to $30,000 for cash. Address
No 253. eare Michigan Tradesman. 253

For Sale—Clean general stock and
frame store building, lécated at railway
point in Northern Michigan, tributary
to growing farming country. Only store
in town. Stock inventories about $1,500.
Terms to suit purchaser. Address No.
ob, care Michigan Tradesman. 561

‘Wanted—stock of general merchandise
or clothing or shoes. Give full particu-
lars. Address ‘‘Cash,’’ care Tradesman.

 

For Sale—Small stock of groceries and
notions, located in the thriving town of
Martin, Allegan County. Good reason for
selling. Write or enquire of Edward J.
Anderson, Plainwell, Mich. 539

Cash for your stock. Our business is
elosing out stocks of goods or making
sales for merchants at your own place of

 

business, private or auction. We clean
out all old dead stickers and make youa
profit. Write for information. Chas. L
Yost & Co.. Detroit. Mich. 250

 

For Sale—4xv acres of cut-over hard-
wood land, three miles north of Thomp-
sonville. House and barn on premises.
Pere Marquette Railroad runs across one
corner of land. Very desirable for stock
raising or potato growing. Will ex-
change for stock of merchandise. C. C.
Tuxbury, 28 Morris Ave., South, Grand
Rapids, Mich. 835

 

For Sale—Clean hardware stock estab-
lished 15 years. On excellent business
corner in Grand Rapids. Store is con-
ducted in connection with large general
stock, but in separate building. Stock
will inventory about $4,000. Rent of store
reasonable.

  

Lighting
condition,

System, used

will sell cheap.

Walker, Byron, Mich.
Sale—Old

one year, good
Address H. C.
649

   

 

For established wall

paint and picture frame stock, including

 

 

decorating and contracting business. An-
nual volume of business, $25,000. Reason
for selling, wish to leave city. Address
No. 651, care Michigan Tradesman. 651
~ Wanted--A partner in the banner town
of Calumet, Michigan, to take half in-
terest in the best selected, and most

popular styles of boots and shoes in the
eounty, having a fine trade, well-es-
tablished. No hard times here. Always
plenty of money. Address Box 504, Han-
cock, Mich. - 645

“Sale—A six-light Ann Arbor Store |

~ paper,

 

| tion.
| Hoboken, N.

| town

-business,

dress No. 532, care Michigan Tradesman.
Terms to be agreed upon. | 535
Address No. 545, care Michigan —

For Sale—-$8,000 stock of boots, shoes
and rubber goods. Good established busi-
ness and all new desirable goods. Only
exclusive shoe stock in city. Owner’s
health failed and stock will be closed
out for cash or good securities. Thrifty
town of 3,000 in Cantal Michigan. Ad-
dress Lock Box 83, Corunna, Mich. 641

For Sale—First-class general stock,
$3,500. Live town, 25 miles from Grand
Rapids. Apply E. D. Wright, care Mus-
selman Grocery Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
576

40-Acre Farm, wire fenced, 15 acres
cleared. Good frame house. Young or-
chard. Will sell or exchange for stock
of general merchandise. Address Lock
Box 227, Roscommon, Mich. 634
For Sale—Good clean drug stock, doing
good business in a hustling town of 500.
Invoices about $1,200. No competition.
Owner has too much other business. Ad-
c Box 213, Rose City, Mich. 637

e—First-class drug stock in
first- class Southern Michigan town of
1,300 inhabitants. Invoices $2,500. Will
sell for $1,800 if taken before July 1.
Other business. Address J., care Trades-
man.

Wanted-—Man to engage in an up-to-
date baking, confectionery and catering
business. Good location can be secured
and elegant opening for money making
business. in this line awaits the right man.
I would be willing to help good man
get started and back him financially if
necessary until he could carry it alone.
The town is greatly in need of an up-to-
date establishment of this kind and the
need is continually increasing, so a good
min could not fail to succeed. H
Edsall, Greenville, Mich. 628

Department store located in one of
Michigan’s best cities. Stock about $35,-
000. Annual business, $125,000. Will sell
or rent building. Apply for particulars
to al R.”" eare Michigan Tradesm: an.

For Sale—Having outgrown our pres-
ent quarters, we offer for sale the three
large buildings we now occupy on Ottawa
and Market streets and G. R. & I. rail-
road. with such portion of the power
plant as may be desired; 200,000 square
feet of floor surface,
out; location unsurpassed for wholesale
exhibition purposes. storage

or investment in_ central
business property. Apply to Wm. H.
Gilbert, Agent, 104 North Ottawa. Grand
Rapids Refrigerator Co., Grand Rapids,
Mic h. 618

Wanted—To buy stock of general me ee

  
 

 

  

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warehouses

 

chandise. $19,000 to $15,000. Outside of

Chicago. Address No 620, care Michi-

gan ‘:radesman. 620
Our 16, 18 and 21 ft. family launches

make an enjoyable outfit. We build all
kinds of pleasure boats. Main office and
works, McHenry, !11., on Fox river, con-
necting with Fox Lake regions. Hunter-
Weekler Boat Co., 138 Washington St.,
Chicago, HL 619
We pay cash for information. Repre-
sentatives everywhere, an opportunity to
increase your income $5 to $25 weekly
without interference with regular occupa-
No canvassing. Colburn & a
J. 21
For Sale—A large number of. -salestad
Delaware farms, beautifully located.
Write for free 1905 catalogue to Chas.
M. Hammond, Real Estate Broker, Mil-
ford, De:aware. 609
For Sale—Bakery. Good location. Doing
nice business. Apply to Judson Grocer Co.

589

 

~ Wanted—-To rent for term of years,
store for general merchandise in good
in Central Michigan. Would pur-

chase small stock to secure location. Ad-

For Saie or Trade—One hundred shares
of the Watson,

      

Durand- ‘Ka sper Grocery
| Co.’s capital stock, of Salina. _Enquire
Ww. 2. Hughes Box 367, Enid, oO. 598

 

| Slagle, Box 120, Park City, Utah.

 

or Sale—A good clean stock | -
eceries, lamps and _ crockery, mecuied in
one of the brightest business towns in
Central Michigan. Has electric lights,
water works and telephone system, popu-
lation 1,506 and surrounded by splendid
farming community. Store is situated

 

on popular side of the street and one of |
No |
be entertained, but reasons |
for selling will be entirely satisfactory to |
care |
2

the finest locations on the street.
trades will

| the purchaser. Address No.
| Michigan Tradesman.

Mining Investors Attention! For sale,
unlisted treasury stocks of merit.

422,

 

585

sprinkled through- |

Chris |

PCSITIONS WANTED.

Wanted—Position in snoe store

or manager. Have had 15 years’ experi-

ence. Best of references furnished. Ad-

dress No. 667, care Michigan Tradesman.
667

 

as clerk

“HELP WANTED.

~ Wanted—S commis-

alesmen to sell on
sion our line of overalls and jumpers;
only experienced need apply. Ben. J.
Martin Mie Co., Springfield, Mo. 659

 

Wanted Dry zoods salesman of ex-
perience. Wages $50 per month. Palmer
& Hobbs Co., _Kalkaska, Mich. 653

Wanted—A capable man of experience
to take charge of a set of books, which
handles branch house accounts. State
salary expected, age and experience and
give references. Address Frank H. Had-
ley & Co., dealers in eggs, poultry and
butter, Seymour, Ind. 662

Ws: mted_ Capable man to take charge

of clothing. groceries, boot and shoe and
dry goods departments. Address National

Supply Co., Lansing, Mich. 624
Salesman to carry a good side line that
will pay traveling expenses. Sells to
house furnishing, general and hardware
stores. Pocket model free. Season now
on. pstmt Mfg. Co.. Ottawa. T™M. _ 339)

“AUCT 1ON EERS AND TRADERS

“H. G. Ferry & Co., Auctioneers. The
leading sales company of the U. S. We
can sell your real estate, or any stock of

goods, in any part of the country. Our
method of advertising ‘‘the best.’’ Our

“terms” are right. Our men are gentle-
men. Our sales are a success. Or we
will buy your stock. Write us, 324
Dearborn St.. Chicago. Tl. 490

Want Ads. continued on next page.

 

 

| AM THE
AUCTIONEER
who has never had a fail-
ure. Let me be the doctor

and put new life into your
business. Consult me to-
day.
R. H. B. MACRORIE
AUCTION CO.,
Davenport, la.

US PROVE

 

 

1. S. TAYLOR , F. M, SMITH

MERCHANTS, “HOW IS TRADE?” Do
you want to close out or reduce your stock by
closing out any odds and ends on hand? V
positively guarantee you a profit on all podudieie
sales over allexpenses. Our plan of advertising
is surely a winner; our long experience enables us
te produce results that wil please you. We can
furnish you best of bank references, also many
Chicago jobbing houses; write us for terms,
dates and full particulars.

| Taylor & Smith, 53 River St., Chicago

YOU’LL BE SURPRISED

at the results obtained
from

Expert
Auctioneering

That’s our business
We promise little
We do much
We please
We satisfy
We get results
Our best references are
our present sales

 

 

Write today
| A. W. Thomas Auction Co.
477 Wabash Ave., Chicago

 

 

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UNION HEADQUARTERS.

They Are Usually Established in a
Brothel.

The opposition of the Tradesman
to union labor is due very largely to
the fact that bad men invariably get
to the front and that the more vena!
and unscrupulous the union leader
happens to be the mere enthusiasti-
cally he is encouraged and supported
and blindly followed by the poor
dupes who make up the rank and file
of the average trades union. The
Tradesman has known a good many
labor leaders in its day and has never
yet had the privilege of meeting but
one union leader who was not only
unscrupulous in business transactions,
and immoral in his personal relations,
but who invariably used his position
to extort blackmail and perpetuate a
system of graft. That exception was
the late P. M. Arthur, head of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, who had no more use for
unionism in its present form than a
child has for a hyena.

When the notorious and disreputa-
ble Shea came to this city to direct
and control the teamsters’ strike a
year ago, his first enquiry at the ho-
tel where he stopped was for the lo-
cation of the barroom. His next en-
quiry was for the nearest house of
prostitution and, from all reports, he
made full use of both institutions.

When President Roosevelt permit-
ted such a wretch to appear before
him and make an address, which con-
tained an insulting allusion to the
American people and the American
army, the Tradesman felt that the
President had stultified himself and
brought discredit upon his high office
and upon the American people who
love him dearly. Recent disclosures
in Chicago tend to confirm all the
Tradesman has had to say in this
connection, judging by the following
report, which was sent out from Chi-
cago last night by the Associated
Press:

In connection with the graft charges
the grand jury will listen to testimony
by women from “Kentucky home,” 2317
Indiana avenue, the disorderly house used
as chief rendezvous of President Cor-
nelius P. Shea, who is ‘‘bossing’’ the
present strike.

The women who will appear before the
grand jury are Mrs. LaSalle, keeper of
the resort; Blanche Morgan and Maude
St. Clair. Other women may follow, as
the detectives are searching for some who
have left the house.

The story that the women from ‘‘Ken-
tucky Home” will tell the jury reaches
back to a month before the strike. One
woman will swear that Shea has been in
the house many times, in spite of his
assertions that he was there but once.
The house, she told the detectives, was
used as a meeting place by the labor
men. They never came there alone.

The police also have discovered a
young man who lived in the house for
several months, and who was present at
many of the ‘orgies’ in which Shea and
his men are alleged to have engaged.

“I have seen Shea there a half dozen
times,”” this man told the police. ‘He
talked freely to the women, and spent a
good deal of money. He talked so much,
in fact, that Mrs. LaSalle threatened to
reveal some of his secrets unless he paid
her part of the money. Driscoll was at
the house often. He lived with a woman
in the neighborhood. The talk among
the women in the house was epen, and
they made no secret of the source of the
money that was flowing into the coffers
of Mrs. LaSalle.

The three women who will be taken
before the grand jury were kept under
police guard last night.

Inspector Lavin, who has charge of
the investigation under Assistant State’s
Attorney Fake, is hunting for women
who have left the place and is trying to
discover other resorts frequented by the
labor men. Inspector Lavin believes that
damaging evidence will be revealed by his

 

women prisoners.

“When it is known,” he said, “just
how Shea spent the money he got for
working the strike to suit the men who
paid him he and his confederates will lose
their jobs, or they ought to.

“Shea spent hundreds of dollars there
some nights. He was a fool for talking
so much, for he told those women things
that ought to put him behind the bars.
This was not the only place where he was
in the habit of spending money. There
are half a dozen, but this was the chief
one and the one where they all met when
something big was on.”

It is declared that on one occasion Dris-
coll gave a woman attached to the house
a pair of diamond earrings valued at
$600 and a sealskin coat.

——

 

Great Activity in Summer Hardware
Goods.

Though the demand for builders’
hardware continues excellent, the
business in strictly summer goods
is far in excess of that in any other
lines. Some manufacturers and job-
bers of wire products and other minor
lines are shading prices slightly, and,
although the quotations on most
classes of general hardware are be-
ing well maintained, it is now consid-
ered doubtful whether any radical ad-
vances in prices will be made until
the autumn. The manufacturers are
no longer experiencing much’ diffi-
culty in making prompt deliveries on
their orders.

The volume of orders booked by
the jobbers in all lines during the
month of May was considerably
larger than that secured in the cor-
responding month last year. Insome
instances, there is a tendency among
the retailers to be conservative in
their purchases for forward require-
ments, but as general conditions are
favorable and full of encouragement,
this tendency is not spreading rapid-
ly.

Wire cloth continues rather weak,
selling to retailers in less than car-
load lots at $1.20 per 100 pounds.
The only articles in the list which
appear likely to be advanced in price
within the near future are cast and
steel punched registers. Both gal-
vanized and black sheets are weak
and there is considerable competition
in the trade so that these products
are generally selling at prices ranging
from Io to I5c per 100 points below
the official prices. Cut nails are also
easing off slightly, several sales hav-
ing been made recently at toc below
the official basis for wire nails.

—_>-~__
Kalamazoo Grocers To Picnic at Ot-
tawa Beach.

Kalamazoo, June 13—The Kalama-
zoo Retail Grocers’ Association, ata
meeting held last evening, named Ot-
tawa Beach as the destination for the
excursion of this year, and Thursday,
June 22, as the date.

As usual, there will be a program
of sports, including baseball, a tug of
war, apple ducking and cheese cut-
ting contests and various other sports.
It is expected that there will 2lso be
a balloon ascension. A band will ac-
company the excursionists from this
city. The committe in charge is made
up of H. R. Van Bochove, Oliver
Rasmus, William Moerdyke, A. L.
Hoekstra, J. E. Van Bochove, E. Pur-
dy, H. J. Schaberg and W. C. Hipp.
Complete arrangements as to accom-
modations and fare have not been
made yet, but will be shortly.

 

Preparations for the National Con-
vention in August.

At the last meeting of the Master
Butchers’ Association of Grand Rap-
ids, over seventy-five members were
in attendance, and much interest was
manifested in the various matters
brought up for consideration. Impor-
tant among these was the summer
half-holiday and the Sunday closing
propositions. It was the decision of
the meeting to close every Thursday
afternoon during the months of July
and August. An amendment was
made to this motion making it sub-
ject to the decision of the Grocers’
Association. It was also decided by
the butchers to close their markets
all day July 4.

Another matter which received se-
rious attention was in regard to Sun-
day closing. It has been learned that
many of the markets are not closed
on this day, a direct violation of the
trade laws. It will be the endeavor
of the butchers to bring about a
rigorous reformation in this respect
and secure the closing of all markets
on Sunday. The matter was placed in
the hands of a committee to investi-
gate and report at the next meeting.
A committee from the local associa-
tion, which visited Kalamazoo, Battle
Creek and Jackson recently, report-
ed that all of these cities are in
favor of running excursions to Grand
Rapids during the national conven-
tion of the Master Butchers’ Asso-
ciation, which will be held in Grand
Rapids August 1, 2, 3 and 4.

The following committees were ap-
pointed to arrange the details of the
big picnic, which is to be held at the
West Michigan fair grounds on Au-
gust 3:

Grounds—L. J. Katz, S. J. Hufford
and W. J. Kling.

Programme and FPrintine—S. J.
Huftord, Fred W. Fuller,
Hoelzley and August Schuschardt.

Louis

3adges—L. J. Witters, J. H. Bow-
ditch and Frank Padelt.
Music—-S. J. Hufford, Leon Cen-

tilli and Henry Uhrbrock.

Privileges—L. J. Katz, John Rauser
and R. Burton.

Sports and Attractions — Henry
Giebe, John Roesink, F. J. Ferguson,
John Gezon, Frank Burns and Homer
Klap.

Parade—John Den Herder, C. M.
Bradford, Charles Wertsch, Walter
Thomasma and John Lindermulder.

Information—Albert Stein, James
Wickham, Warren Cole and Arthur
Watkins.

Judges—J. A. Van Zoren, G. Waltz,
Jacob Sanford, John Eble, J. H. Mc-
Cleary, Ralph Andre, Frank Merrill,
Herman DeBoer, Ed. Compton and
Ed. Wykel.

The Reception Committee will be
composed of all of the-members of
both associations.

——___. > ————_
Status of the Potato Market at St.
Louis.

St. Louis, Mo., April 12—The pota-
to market both on new and old, and
especially old, not only in St. Louis
but in every market in the country,
is about as uncertain as anything
could possibly be. The quality of
the stock, on a whole, is about as
poor as anything we ever saw. Most

 

 

of the stuff is in bad condition, is
poorly sorted, has not been properly
handled, is crowded into the cars and
arrives in a heated and damaged con-
dition.

In St. Louis the market for good
potatoes this week has been good,
but a very small percentage of the
arrivals have been in good shape,
most of them showing rot and are
heated and damaged, and they have
sold at a wide range of prices. The
market to-day in St. Louis for strictly
first class stock, good size, well-sort-
ed and in good, sound condition is
so@55c per bushel. Yet new pota-
toes, which, if they had been handled
properly, wouid be good, show dirt,
poor quality, are generally undesira-
ble and are selling at prices ranging
from 20@4oc per bushel.

There is an abundance of this stock
selling at low prices, while good new
potatoes, such as we describe above,
are very scarce and wanted, and really
fancy new potatoes, clean, bright, dry
and firm, would bring to-day 60c per
bushel. There is very little of such
stock offering.

The Arkansas and Indian Territory
potatoes are very dirty, so are the
Louisiana from around Alexandria
and that section; this is most unde-
sirable and not at all satisfactory to
the trade. A number of the cars
which we have sold were in such con-
dition that they could not possibly
go beyond St. Louis. A good many
cars were sold here for freight
charges by the railroad companies,
because the potatoes were in such
bad condition that they were not
worth the freight charges. This makes
a very unsettled market, but the
poor, trashy stock is cleaning up now,
the quality of the arrivals is better
in the last two days than it has
been and prospects for next week
show a better market, better prices
and more favorable conditions.

Miller & Teasdale Co.
a
Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Po-
tatoes at Buffalo.

Buffalo, June 14—Creamery, 18@
20c; dairy, fresh, 14@17c; poor, 12@
T4c.

Eggs—Fresh, 164@17%4c.

Live Poultry — Fowls, r2@r3c;
ducks, 12@13c; geese, 1o@IIc.

Dressed Poultry—Fowls,
old cox, Ioc.

13@14¢;

Beans—Hand_ picked marrows, new,
$2.75@2.85; mediums, $2.15; peas,
$1.75@1.80; red kidney, $2.50@2.60;
white kidney, $2.75@2.90.

Potatoes—Round white, 25@28c;
mixed and red, 23@25c.

Rea & Witzig.

BustnsDinls

BUSINESS CHANCES.

For Sale—Drug_ stock, first-class, in
good town. Doing good business, $1,500.
Address Quinine, care Michigan Trades-
man. 677

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POSITIONS WANTED

 

Wanted—Position by young man. Ex-
perienced at grocery business. Capable

manager, buyer, salesman and advertise-
ment writer. Will accept position as
manager or clerk. Gilt-edge references.
Address Grocer, care Tradesman. 678

 

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