The Michigan Tradesman.
VOL. 7.
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Remus ROLLER MILLS,
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MY SARAH.
Written for THE TRADESMAN.
The golden lilies, tall and trimmed,
With dewy diamonds studded,
Astors white and violet rimmed,
Dahlias bloomed and budded—
Each and all are handsome, very,
But none rival thee, my Sarah.
The graceful swimming of the swan
Through limpid, crystal water,
Coursing here, gliding on,
Gay aquatic daughter—
Grace nor beauty hath she, nary,
To compare with thee, my Sarah.
The fairest ladies I have wooed,
Sweet, rosy, modest, charming,
Seen them in their happy moods,
Diffidence disarming;
Each, in turn, I thought a fairy,
But none compared with thee, my Sarah.
But, Sarah, you have been romancing,
To lovers silly taffy giving;
While you are riding, flirting, dancing—
You have just three husbands living;
Four times a mother you are, Sarah,
Grass widow, heartless mercenary.
M. J. WRISLEY.
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WILD OATS.
-
They met every evening in the birch
grove above her father’s farm. There
| they sat under the drooping trees whis-
pering together, though there was no one
but the birds who could hear them.
Whenever a breeze stirred the leaves, a
| delicious shudder ran through him, while
| she was really frightened.
He had been
reading ‘‘Ivanhoe’’ and was thirsting for
adventures in love and war, and as there
was no war conveniently at hand, his
heroism could find vent only in love. It
was very romantic, too, he thought, to
love a maiden of lowly birth, and there-
fore, when one day he saw a pretty little
dimpled peasant girl at church, he made
eyes at her and the quick blush which
spread over her neck and face made her
look doubly beautiful. The same night
he watched his chance to escape from his
father’s company, and while the sun
hung large and red likea ball of fire over
the western mountain range, he ran as
fast as his feet would carry him toward
the birch glen which overlooked Lars
Tronnem’s farm. How it chanced that
Gerda, too, was abroad that night I do
not know, but probably she had been up
to milk the cows in the home pasture.
There was a faint odor of cattle about
her, something sweet, fragrant and pas-
toral, which reminded him of the idyls of
Theocritus. Then there was in her eyes
something dumbly appealing which
touched him indescribably. ‘I know you
will not do me any harm’’ each of those
innocent glances seemed to say. They
reminded him in some indefinable way of
the eyes of the kine, and they gave him
an idea of what Homer meant when he
ealled Hera heifer-eyed. In fact, he was
always reminded of something, and that
was what made this kind of courtship so
much more interesting than a conven-
tional drawing room flirtation. He was
only eighteen years old and had just en-
tered college, but he spent the summer
at home on his father’s estate. The old
gentleman was not rich by any means,
but he was the bearer of a great name
which imposed a considerable amount of
dignity and style upon its possessor. He
strained every nerve to enable his sons
to make an appearance worthy of the
family traditions, but he exacted of them
in return respect and strict obedience.
There was an old-fashioned stiffness in
his demeanor which admitted no one to
terms of equality. Even Albert, who
being the eldest was also his favorite son,
rarely saw him relax from his stately
attitude, and having in the city been
accustomed to livelier society he began
to find his vacations wearisome—that is,
previous to the incident which I have
just related.
What they said to each other up there
in the birch grove I do not know. It was
probably not of much consequence to
anybody but Gerda. She had such an
odd way of remembering all sorts of
nothings. She said very little herself,
but she listened with a wide-eyed devo-
tion which was extremely becoming to
her. Albert at least thought so, and
when he saw with what wonder and de-
light she devoured his most common-
place remarks, he felt his heart strangely
warming toward her, and her loveliness
grew irresistible. In such a moment of
overflowing emotion he kfssed her; it
seemed a natural thing todo and yet it
frightened her, only, as she afterward
remarked. because she had not expected
it. He found a dozen historic parallels
to just such arelation as theirs, and their
love derived in his eyes a romantic dig-
nity from the example of all the illustri-
ous men in history and fiction who loved
‘not wisely but too well.’? In this ex-
alted mood even death and disaster
seemed preferable to a tame Philistine
prosperity, and there was nothing which
he could not imagine himself doing rather
than deserting this sweet little creature
who trusted so implicitly inhim. It was
with a very heavy heart that he looked
forward to his return to college. Some-
how this relation had developed, quite
contrary to his purpose, into a serious
affair, and being a soft-hearted fellow
who had inherited a conscience and a
sympathetic susceptibility to suffering,
he could not contemplate the conse-
quences of his romantic folly without a
positive shudder. The pathetic trem-
bling of Gerda’s lips when he casually
mentioned the possibility of a temporary
parting cut him to the heart; for he was
perfectly well aware that the temporary
parting, in such a case, would but be
preliminary to a permanent one. He
racked his brains to invent some less
cruel compromise between conscience
and expediency, but nothing suggested
itself which seemed compatible with hon-
esty and self-respect. It was while this
conflict was raging within him that a
great English barque, the Childe Harold,
hove at anchor in the fiord, and the rumor
JANUARY 29, 1890.
went that she was bound for America. he met a man whose face was full of
That was a hint from Providence—an
easy way out of all perplexities. He
sold as secretly as he could all he had to
dispose of, and scraped enough together
to pay the passage for two. He spent
two days in anxiously watching through
an opera glass the movements on board
the barque, and being born and bred by
the sea he knew exactly what every com-
mand meant. It was toward night on
the second day that the breeze sprung up
brisk and the doleful wails of the sailors
announced that they were raising the
anchor. Then the runaway lovers stole
out ina boat together, he rowing, she
lying flat in the bottom hidden under a
tarpaulin, and thus, in spite of the clear
twilight, they reached the Englishman
without attracting notice. Half an hour
later they were tacking out of the fiord
before a stiff northwester. An invalid
clergyman was found on board who made
the sea voyage for his health, and by him
they were on the following day pro-
nounced man and wife. Nearly a week
elapsed before they reached Southamp-
ton, where they put in for a fresh cargo.
They felt happy and careless, and the
future opened large and radiant before
them. After some debate, they decided
to go ashore and take a look at the town,
and a sailor was found who promised to
fetch them back in a boat whenever they
should signal to him from the wharf.
With a buoyancy which sought vent
in sudden outbursts of song and gayly
extravagant speech, they skipped along
the deck, descended the ladders and took
their seats in the stern of the boat. It
was wonderful how large the world was!
There was elbow room for everybody,
apparently, and everything had such an
encouraging air—looked so fresh and
beautiful. In America they were going
to be rich; everybody grew rich in
America. Why, rail splitters, tailors
and all sorts of queer people were made
Presidents! It wasn’t true, however,
that the pavements in the streets were
made of silver. Gerda had it on the very
best authority that that was not true;
nor were they likely to find any money
in the gutters. But when they had grown
terribly rich, then they would return
home to Norway, and how they would
stun the people in the valley by their
grand airs and their beautiful clothes!
Albert should havea gold watch, that
was sure; and she, well she would have
along gold chain about her neck, fas-
tened at the waist so as to look as if she
had a gold watch. But as they would
always be together it was hardly neces-
sary that they should both wear gold
watches; extravagance was sinful, even
if they were ever so rich.
Thus ran their talk until the boat
struck against the pier. Albert sprang
up and took his stand on the stairs to
hand Gerda up, for the steps were slip-
pery. He seized hold of the railing and
swung himself up after her, but hardly
had he gained his footing when Lars
Tronnem, whose face he knew only too
well, came rushing at him and gave him
such a blow on the forehead that sparks
danced before his eyes. He reeled and
fell backwards into the water. He had
a sensation of shooting with a furious
speed through a luminous void, but
whether it was upward or downward he
did not know. Then a great calm came
over him; he floated blissfully in the
sun-steeped air, whose warm rays en-
folded him, and far below him lay the
crowns of the forests, the green meadows
and the populous world. He had never
felt such a calm before, and the thought
shot dimly through him that he must be
dead.
When he woke up he found himself in
his berth on board the Childe Harold,
which was steering westward from the
Irish coast with a lively breeze. He
raised himself painfully and looked about
the cabin, but he was alone and alone he
remained.
Il
Albert’s first thought on arriving in
New York was how he should get home
again. Having no money, he wrote a re-
pentant letter to his father requesting his
forgiveness and a check for one hundred
dollars. He lived on board the Childe
Harold as long as she lay in the harbor,
but when at the end of two weeks she
lifted anchor, he was forced to take some
practical steps to stave off starvation
until his father should forward him
money with or without his blessing. He
foresaw plainly that the old gentleman’s
temper would be terribly ruffled and in
all likelihood he would need time before
he could reconcile himself to the inevi-
table. But while he deliberated there
would be ample time for the son to starve.
Being vividly impressed with the peril of
his situation, he dressed himself up in
his best and started on a tour of recon-
noissance up Broadway. He had learned
English in school, understood it per-
fectly, and had during the voyage and
his stay on board improved the oppor-
tunity to enrich his vocabulary, which in
consequence had a quaint nautical flavor.
1 shall not attempt to describe his
gradual disillusioning nor to chronicle
his many cruel disappointments. Having
started with a high estimate of himself
as the possessor of a winning appearance
and w large fund of unapplied ability, he
arrived, at the end of a month, at the
disheartening conclusion that he was the
most miserable failure on God’s earth.
There was absolutely nothing to which
he could turn his hand with any hope of
success. He had sold or pawned every
article of clothing he possessed except
the shiny broadcloth suit he wore, and,
as he looked at his shabby figure reflected
in the shop windows, he felt for himself
a commiseration which was closely akin
to contempt. He felt positively grateful
to a man who thought him of sufficient
consequence to present him with a hand-
bill, which invited him in most alluring
language to have his corns extracted
without pain. lt was in this desperate
strait that he mounted at random a flight
of stairs, at the second landing of which
kindness and dignity.
‘‘Pardon me, sir,’’? he said, with an air
which was free from all fawning humil-
ity, ‘I am greatly in want of work. If
you would have the kindness to test me
before you reject me, you will—well, you
will save a man who is in a desperate
situation.”’
The strange man, who had listened
attentively while Albert spoke, stood for
a moment looking searchingly at him;
then he said abruptly:
“You don’t look like a rogue; 1 have a
good mind to help you; I have been de-
ceived a hundred times, but I would
rather be imposed upon once more than
withhold my aid from one who may be
worthy. What can you do?’
“T can doeverything indifferently well,
but as yet I canreally do nothing as well
as others might do it.”’
‘H’m, that is bad; and yet your reply
shows a degree of judgment which few
have gained at yourage. I suppose, at
all events, you can run errands?”’
‘You may try me.’’
‘Very well, then; here is a dollar; go
and get yourself something to eat; then
present yourself at this office to-morrow
morning at eight.”’ ’
Half of that dollar was spentin buying
a map of the city, which he studied dur-
ing the greater part of the night. There
is a good and a bad way of doing even
the simplest thing, he reasoned, and after
the sharp experience he had had of ad-
versity, he was determined to improve
even the slenderest chance to its utmost
capacity. He was no longer ashamed to
labor. A month of misery had made him
a good American.
TEL.
There are two distinct species of im-
migrants—one to whom America is but a
rich pasture inhabited by a nation of
thrifty barbarians, who are sadly in need
of the enlightened guidance of their
European cousins, and another to whom
she is, with all her imperfections, a land
of noble endeavors and brave exper-
iments in humanity’s behalf, the stan-
dard bearer of freedom who marches
fearlessly in the vanguard of the age.
Tho former class fight with might and
main against the process of American-
ization which they feel, in spite of all
their opposition, to be going on within
them, and only succeed in wasting much
of their energy, which might have been
consciously applied to the national pro-
gress. The latter class join with hearty
good will and undismayed by failures, in
the political and industrial labor of their
adopted country, and they lose, to a great
extent, their feeling for their. old father-
land, and would, if their names and
sometimes their accent did not betray
them, rarely be thought of except as
Americans. It was to this latter class
that Albert Westerholm belonged, and it
was, therefore, not strange that, outside
of the circle of his more intimate asso-
ciates, there were few who were aware
that he was a Norwegian.
It was now twelve years since he ar-
rived in the United States, and he owned
a large number of shares in the steam-
boat company of which his first employer,
Mr. Nettleship, was the president. He
held aresponsible position, and found
himself in possession of an income
which would warrant him in establishing
a household of his own on a liberal
seale. There was among his acquaint-
ances a certain lady, Miss Lucy Van
Hurst, about whom he had been hover-
ing with vague desires and half-form-
ulated aspirations for the last five years,
and as she obviously favored his suit, it
was a mystery toevery one that he did
not take some decisive step. After much
unaccountable delay, the engagement
was finally announced, and rumors of an
approaching wedding at acertain fash-
ionable mansion began to be discussed in
the matrimonial column of the society
papers. Miss Van Hurst was a striking
brunette, with that trimness of figure and
attire which characterizes the female
denizens of New York from the altitudes
of Murray Hill down to the very shop
girls. Although she was by no means
lacking in’ intelligence, a hasty observer
might have described her as a handsome
costume personified. It was delicious,
our Norseman thought, to gaze at those
clear, beautiful features, the cool tint
and perfect rondure of her arms, and
the gentle undulations of her tall, wil-
lowy form. Ido not know but that it
was the constant and irresistible desire
to touch her, which kept him for so
many years at her feet, until her frank
worldliness no longer grated upon his
ears, and her complete disavowal of all
youthful illusion began to assume the
character of an attractive rather than a
repelling peculiarity. He had, indeed,
himself become a little callous, and the
romantic fancies which once held sway
over him seemed to him now mere puerile
follies. The ideals of happiness and of
male and female perfection, which had
distorted all his notions of life during
his Walter Scott period, and led him to
commit one cruel and_irretrievable
wrong, he had now not only outgrown,
but there was even a smouldering re-
sentment within him against the poets
who, by fostering a morbid sentimental-
ism, had precipitated him into the follies
which had come near ruining his life.
He might have been a happy man now if
he had had a clean conscience—if a
sweet, blonde face, with wide, wonder-
ing child-eyes had not haunted his
dreams, and that trustful glance had not
pursued him with its mute reproach.
Often he walked at evening along the
esplanade of the Battery Park and
looked at the foreign steamboats that
came and went, debating with himself
whether he should not return to Norway
and ascertain the fate of her who was
before God his wife, instead of loading
upon himself a new guilt by a second
marriage. But then came the reflection
that a marriage performed at sea bya
foreign clergyman, between two minors,
without the consent of their parents,
would, according to Norwegian law, not
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be valid, and moreover it was only too
probable that Gerda, who undoubtedly
believed him dead, had married some
peasant lad and had long ago forgotten
him. At any rate, if she believed him
alive, twelve years’ desertion would give
her ground for divorce, of which she
had no doubt availed herself. It was
with such arguments that he tried to
sooth his troubled conscience, but out of
the depth of his soul came ever an ac-
cusing voice, distinct and terrible, like a
whisper in the dark. He did not love
Gerda any more; he demanded other
things now of the companion of his life
than dimples and innocence; but a ten-
der memory she always remained, and as
such she possessed a power to torment
him, which she would not have possessed
had she stood before his fancy armed
with the weapons of the law. With all
his sophistry, he never yet got beyond
the proposition that he was the offender
and she the one he had wronged.
With these lugubrious reflections, Al-
bert beguiled his leisure until his wed-
ding day was at hand; and although he
had resolved to make aclean breast of
everything to Miss Van Hurst, in the de-
cisive moment he lacked courage to
speak.
EV.
It was on a Sunday forenoon in May,
about a month after the wedding, that
Mr. and Mrs. Westerholm took a notion
to drive down to the Battery to look at
the immigrants who, according to the
newspapers, were at that time arriving
at the rate of four to six thousand daily.
Mrs. Westerholm had especially a desire
to see what her husband’s countrymen
looked like ‘‘in the rough,’’? and as a
steamboat had arrived direct from Nor-
way the night before, she would have
ample opportunity to satisfy her cur-
iosity.
They met a crowd which had gathered
about the gate of Castle Garden to see
the immigrants as they issued forth, dull-
eyed and clumsy figures, grimy with
steamboat soot, in all sorts of queer cos-
tumes, bent under the weight of their
heavy bundles. The police were push-
ing the crowd back so as to open a pas-
sage for the weary European pilgrims.
‘Ah, these are your compatriots, Bert,
are they?’ asked Mrs. Westerholm,
teasingly. ‘Did you look like one of
these when you arrived here, twelve
years ago ?”’
Her husband did not answer. The
sight of these toil-hardened, weather-
beaten men and women with their un-
couth forms and grave, rugged features
awakened in him a train of painful mem-
ories. If she were among them—she
whom he had wronged—would she look
like one of these? Had his eyes been
changed during these years of his ab-
sence from home and become estranged
from the sights that were once dear and
familiar to them? He shuddered to
think that the little dimpled, rosy-
cheeked girl whom he had once found so
lovely might now, through a life of te’l
and hardship, have developed into a
ecoarse-skinned and coarse-featured peas-
ant woman of thirty, and the thought
shot through his brain that no law, either
civil or divine, could demand of him
that he should, on account of a youthful
folly, deliberately sacrifice his life and
his happiness, by re-attaching to himself
one who was so widely removed from
him in culture and station. It was just
at that moment that a blonde-haired
woman witha red kerchief tied about
her head, and holding a bright-eyed little
boy ten or eleven years old by the hand,
came moving wearily through the throng.
She had the heavy and graceless walk
peculiar to peasants, and there was, in
spite of the deep lines of her face, a
kind of bovine innocence and wonder in
her expression. Her heavy, iron-heeled
shoes clattered on the pavement, and her
short black skirt. showed her
woolen stockings. Having gazed about
her fora moment ina bewildered way,
she paused before a policeman, and ad-
dressing him in Norwegian, said: ‘‘You
don’t happen to know a man named
Albert Westerholm ?’’
The policeman, who did not under-
stand a word of what she said, shook his
head.
‘TI know he is alive and he lives here
in America,’”? the peasant woman went
on stolidly. ‘‘I thought you might know
him. He is my husband, and this lad
here is his son.’’
The policeman shook his head more
emphatically, and, taking her by the
arm, pointed back toward the entrance
of Castle Garden, to indicate that there
she could obtain all the information she
desired.
Albert, realizing the necessity for self-
control, clenched his teeth and strove to
betray no emotion.. He felt a horrible
oppression which almost stopped his
breathing, and a chill numbness crept
over him. He glanced sideways at the
beautiful creature leaning upon his arm,
and it gave him relief to observe that her
face showed no sign of agitation. She
had apparently not heard his name pro-
nounced by the peasant woman, or, if
she had heard it, had failed to recognize
it with the queer Norse pronunciation.
“T never knew that innocence could be
so unattractive,’ she observed, brightly,
as her eyes met those of the immigrant.
‘We always picture it clean and lily-
like, with a sort of downy, infantine air.
But dirt and innocence are, in Norway, I
should judge, not incompatible. That
womap there has a pathetically dirty and
innocently bewildered look. She would
excite my sympathy if she were clean.
But, don’t you agree with me, Bert, it is
difficult to extend one’s Christianity to
the steerage ? If you had remained in
Norway, Bert, dear,’’ she added, revert-
ing to her favorite theme of banter, ‘‘is
that the style of woman you would have
married ?”’
He was about to answer, but just then
the little flaxen-haired boy caught sight
of him and pointed his finger at him with
evident admiration; and the mother’s
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coarse *
The Michigan Tradesman
AMONG THE TRADE.
GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.
Palmer & Crozier have removed their
boot and shoe stock from 29 to 18 Canal
street.
M. Torcuette, grocer at Volney, has
arranged to put in a sawmill] at that
place. Hester & Fox furnish the plant.
H. Barker has embarked in the grocery
and meat business at Pierson. The Ol-
ney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the
grocery stock.
Goossen & Daane, grocers at 149. Mon-
roe street, have dissolved partnership.
Business will be continued at the old
stand by M. C. Goossen.
Spaulding & Co. succeed L. 8. Hill &
Co. in the sporting goods line, the change
in style occurring at the time of the re-
moval from Pearl to Monroe streets.
W. D. Reynolds & Co., formerly en-
gaged in the grocery business at Coop-
ersville and Lake Odessa, have opened a
grocery store at Ionia. I. M. Clark &
Son furnished the stock.
The store now occupied by Wasson &
Lamb, at 120 Monroe street, has been
leased to the Morse’s, and the present
occupants will be compelied to find an-
other location by April 1.
L. M. Wilson, late of Kansas City,
has opened a grocery store on South
Diyision street, about a half-mile south
of the city limits. The Ball-Barnhart—
Putman Co. furnished the stock.
John Ten Hope has withdrawn from
the firm of Boss, Norton & Ten Hope,
dealers in carpets, at 27 South Division
street. The remaining partnérs will
continue the business under the style of
Boss & Norton.
The Martin’s Middlings Purifier Co
has voted to increase its stock from
$25,000 to $100,000, and is arranging to
place the new stock on the market. Two
new patents of Mr. Martin’s—a dust ar-
rester and a sealper and grader—have
been added to the line of goods already
manufactured by the company.
AROUND THE STATE.
Stetson—Geo. N. North has removed
his drug stock to Volney.
Owosso—W. S. Hunt opened
grocery store on the 25th.
Clarion—W. H. Ellis succeeds
Ellis & Co., general dealers.
Detroit—John B. Price, tailor, has
signed to Thomas O’ Rourke.
St. Johns—Clark Putt succeeds Putt &
Davis in the grocery business.
Moscow—E. D. Buck has removed his
notion stock to North Adams.
Flint—J. K. Montrose has sold his
stock of groceries to W. H. Brooks.
Harrison—Dr. H. Thompson is seeking
another location for his drug stock.
Richmond—Chas. Knight succeeds
Knight & Cudworth, general dealers.
Lawrence—O. E. Holmes, shoemaker,
has sold his stock to Chas. H. Holmes.
Vicksburg—A. B. Kingsbury has sold
his harness business to Cline & Mahn.
Hubbardston—J. M. Holbrook has sold
his stock of groceries to John L. Dommy.
Pine Grove—A. M. Byers, of Bloom-
ingdale, has gone into the meat business
here.
St. Johns—Albert Retan has sold his
dry goods stock to Thelan & Dever, of
Detroit.
Mt. Clemens—Geo. C. Fenton, dealer
in boots and shoes, has sold out to Frank
Ullrich.
Detroit — M. J. Ciganek succeeds
Ciganek & Steiger in the hat and cap
business,
Lowell—A. S. Howk & Son succeed
Howk & Bostwick in the boot and shoe
business.
Sherman—H. Saperston is closing out
his stock of clothing, dry goods, boots
and shoes.
Detroit—H. D. Harris & Son, cigar
dealers, have mortgaged their stock to
Henry George.
Tustin—G. A. Skaglin has opened a
meat market in connection with his flour
and feed store.
Grand Haven—John Duursema, suc-
ceeds Wm. Meiras & Co. in the bakery
and grocery business.
White Pigeon—John J. Davis, Jr., will
continue the business of Bracken &
Davis, general dealers.
Geo. Kerry, formerly engaged in the
commission business here, is now located
at Gale’s Creek, Oregon.
Detroit—Huettemann, Rademacher &
Co. succeed John F. Behlow & Co. in the
wholesale grocery business.
Carson City—Lane & Hamilton have
embarked in general trade, occupying
the former stand of B. F. Sweet.
Cheboygan—W. A. Lynn & Co., meat
dealers, have dissolved. The business
will be continued by W. A. Lynn.
Jackson—W. L. Seaton will close up
the affairs of the late firm of Pilcher &
Williams, of which he is assignee.
Nashville—W. S. Powers has sold his
interest in the grocery business of Pow-
ers & Stringham to C. H. Reynolds.
Fremont—Lewis Vallier has bought
the interest of his partner, Wesley Pear-
son, in the grocery and bakery business.
his new
Ww. a.
as-
Maple City—R. W. Burke & Sons have
embarked in the real estate business un-
der the style of Burke’s Real Estate
Agency.
Holland—Gilmore & Walsh, dealers in
furniture and carpets, have dissolved.
The business will be continued by Walter
C. Walsh.
Cheboygan—Martin & Silliman pro-
pose extending their business in the
spring by opening a branch office at Ash-
land, Wis.
Petoskey—Thompson Bros. have sold
their Elkhorn bakery and confectionery
business to G. W. Ferguson & Son, of
Jonesville.
West Windsor—Carman & Rumsey
have sold their grocery stock to Will
Kimball and Plynn Rumsey, who will
continue the business.
Battle Creek—Alva Davis succeeds the
agricultural implement firm of Davis &
Bayley, having purchased the interest of
his partner, John C. Bayley.
Middleton—The McLeod drug stock
has been purchased by D. H. Meeker, the
Perrinton druggist, who will continue
the business as a branch store.
East Jordan—J. E. Watson, of Cedar
Springs, has purchased an interest in the
hardware business of H. L. Page. The
firm will be known as Page & Co.
Detroit—H. E. Hatch, of Lapeer, will
remove to this city and enter into the
hardware business with John A. Boyle,
for many years with Standart Bros.
Greenville—Clark Bros. are succeeded
by E. S. Clark in the dry goods business.
The retiring partner, E. J. Clark, will
embark in the same business at Kal-
amazoo.
Vernon—Henry Clark, of this place,
and M. K. Clark, of Durand, have bought
the stock of dry goods and groceries for-
merly belonging to R. P. Nichols, and
will continue the business.
Carson City—Mr. Petteys has retired
from the drug and grocery firm of Kel-
ley, Petteys & Co. The business will be
continued by D. Kelley and Geo. W.
Cadwell under the style of Kelley & Cad-
well.
Grand Haven—T. Vanden Bosch &
Bro., dealers in dry goods and clothing,
have dissolved. T. Vanden Bosch &
Bro. continue in the clothing business,
and G. Vanden Bosch & Bro. continue
in the dry goods business.
Sault Ste. Marie—Curtis & Pelton,
dealers in dry goods, clothing, boots and
shoes, have dissolved. The business
will be continued by Ira Curtis. Mr.
Pelton will engage in the dry goods busi-
ness in Conneaut, Ohio.
Harrison—The drug stock of P. E.
Wither spoon sustained a loss of $500
one day last week by its sudden removal
from the store, when fire in adjoining
buildings led the proprietor to think
that his store would also be a prey to the
flames.
Detroit—John Barry, who has been
book-keeper and manager for Brand &
McCullough, painters and paper hangers,
for the past eight years, has taken the
place of Mr. McCullough in the firm,
which will be known hereafter as Charles
R. Brand & Co.
Grand Ledge—Geo. L. Coryell, who
runs a drug store and saloon under the
same roof, has settled the suit brought
against him by the widow of the late
George Shipman for $400. Shipman was
killed while under the influence of
Coryell’s whisky.
Kalamazoo—Huntley & Baker, dealers
in agricultural implements, buggies
and harnesses, were closed on chattel
mortgage by S. A. Browne one day last
week, a first mortgage having previously
been given L. Waterbury & Co., of New
York, for $620. While the stock was in
the hands of the sheriff, Mr. Baker broke
open the safe and carried away the notes
and books of the firm. As this property
was covered by Mr. Browne’s mortgage,
a criminal action is likely to follow in
the wake of the failure.
MANUFACTURING MATTERS.
Detroit—The Hoffman Machine Co. has
assigned to Chas. H. Fisk.
Charlotte—Deaninger Bros..
have sold out to Perkins & Moon.
East Tawas— Emery Bros., lumber
dealers, have dissolved. Temple Emery
continues the business.
Lowell—Misner & Burdick,
dealers, have dissolved.
will continue the business.
Owosso—T. J. Perkins, of Bennington,
has entered into partnership with Mr.
Greer, in the spoke manufactory.
Dowagiac—The Round Oak Stove Co.
has worsted the Indiana stove company,
which was stealing its trade mark.
Detroit—The Russell Wheel & Foun-
dry Co. recently shipped 100 heavy log-
ging cars to the Norfolk & Carolina Rail-
road Co.
Flint—Solomon Aberdee has retired
from the firm G. F. Warren & Co., cigar
manufacturers, his interest having been
purchased by D. D. Aitken.
Nashville—The Bell Furniture & Nov-
elty Co. has been organized, with a cap-
ital of $10,000, to engage in the manu-
facture of special lines in furniture and
novelties in wood. The officers are:
President, John Bell; Vice-President,
C. L. Glasgow; Secretary, E. M. Evarts;
Treasurer, C. A. Hough.
millers,
lumber
Fred Misner
West Bay City—Danforth, Lloyd &
Smith, manufacturers of staves and
heading here and at Gladwin, have sold
out to Kerns, Heisner & Co.
lonia—The Wagar Lumber Co. is ship-
ping to Mobile, Ala., thirty-five car loads
of mill machinery, railroad iron and roll-
ing stock. This is pulling up stakes in
earnest.
Manistee—It is rumored that Charles
Perry will build a hardwood and hem-
lock mill at Pierport, north of here, next
summer. He already has a grist mill at
that point.
Charlotte—The proposed consolidation
of the lumber business of the Richardson
Mill Co. and that of R. H. Bohn, of Ches-
ter, has not yet been carried into effect,
owing to a hitch in the negotiations.
Big Rapids—L. W. Bowen, formerly
manager of the Lansing Lumber Co., has
gone into the lumber and shingle _ busi-
ness here, having arranged to handle
the cut of several mills in this vicinity.
Charlotte—The common council has
voted John L. Dolson a bonus of $5,000,
in consideration of his erecting a_ brick
carriage factory, with a capacity for 200
workmen, and have same in operation by
October 1.
Plainwell—The annual meeting of the
Michigan Paper Co. closed a very pros-
perous year. The mill has done about
$10,000 worth of business a month, real-
izing a profit of 12 per cent. on the cap-
ital stock.
Detroit—James B. Delbridge, Frank J.
Dingeman, and Morral, Minnie T. and
Alice H. Cameron have organized the
Delbridge, Cameron & Dingeman Co.,
with a capital stock of $20,000, to op-
erate a planing mill.
West Bay City—E. M. Danforth, D. S.
Lloyd and Peter C. Smith have sold to
Kern, Heisner & Co. five acres of land at
Gladwin and a stave mill, the considera-
tion being $5,000. The purchasers will
begin the manufacture of staves at once.
Cadillace—The most active dealer in
pine here this winter is G. A. Bergland,
who last week made another sale, this
time 1,200,000 feet of timber in Hender-
son township to Salter & Munn, of East
Saginaw. This firm will get some square
timber from this tract, and probably
bank the rest of the logs on the Clam
lakes.
Manistique—The Manistique Railroad
Company, composed of the Manistique
Lumber Co., the Chicago Lumbering Co.
and Hall & Buell, all of Manistique, has
extended its logging road eight or nine
miles the past season. Hall & Buell are
putting in 50,000,000 feet of logs this
winter for the Manistique and Bay City
mills.
East Saginaw—E. O. & S. L. East-
man & Co. have purchased the salt block
on the C. & E. Ten Eyck shingle mill
premises, and will remove it to their
planing mill premises on the west side.
They expect to have the new block in
operation April 1, and will manufacture
100 barrels daily in connection with the
planing mill.
Flint—A new firm, consisting of W. G.
Braman, H. M. Sperry and Sol. Aberdee,
has been formed for the purpose of man-
ufacturing cigars. The two former gen-
tlemen have for a number of years con-
ducted a wholesale cigar store here,
while the latter, on the Ist inst., with-
drew from the cigar manufacturing firm
of Geo. T. Warren & Co.
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Purely Personal.
John W. Mead, the Berlin merchant,
was in town Monday.
Thos. Sloan, the Dimondale general
dealer, was in town several days last
week. He was accompanied by his wife.
Peter Steketee, of the firm of P. Stek-
etee & Sons, contemplates establishing a
matrimonial bureau, having already sup-
plied Geo. F. Cook, the Grove general
dealer, with a handsome partner of the
female persuasion.
O. B. Pickett, the presiding genius in
the general store of M. V. Gundrum &
Co., at Leroy, was in town Saturday, on
his way home from a trip of six weeks’
duration, which included Buffalo, Wash-
ington and Evansville, Ind.
Mrs. Maria Clark, wife of Nathaniel
Clark, the pioneer merchant of Reed
City, died recently of lung trouble. The
deceased was the mother of eleven chil-
dren—one of whom, N. B. Clark, is a
resident of this city—and possessed the
respect and friendship of everyone
fortunate enough to enjoy her acquaint-
ance.
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Rivals for Popular Favor.
Coal (to ice)—Never had a more com-
fortable season, thank you! Have been
allowed to stay in my bin undisturbed all
winter sofar. Usually about this time
a big ruffian has come along and, without
saying a word, or asking my leave, has
cremated me. Whereas, I would rather
be buried, as I am this winter, in a vault,
with a big brick monument over me.
Iee—Oh, well, if you think you have
been well treated, just wait until next
summer. You’ll see people so fond of
me that they won’t give me a minute’s
chance to run away, but will hurry me
into that same cellar you like so much.
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A Pertinent Question.
“J would like to ask you a question,’’
said a gentleman to a fellow who was
spreading himself over four seats ina
crowded railway car.
‘“‘What is it ?”’
“What brand of nerve food do you
use ?”?
P. of I. Gossip.
A. J. Halsted has thrown the P. of I.
overboard at Grand Ledge.
Shelby Herald: ‘‘The P. of I. have
been unable to find any one in Shelby
willing to contract to furnish them with
goods at a fixed percentage, and dis-
criminating between them and other cus-
tomers.”’
Allegan Gazette: ‘‘The P. of I. have
boycotted Bangor. It has been said that
they were going to combine together and
hold their wheat and force people to pay
them their price for it, which sounds bad
beside their everlasting cry of down with
monopoly.”’
Having satisfied themselves that they
can obtain no permanent advantage of
consequence in pursuing the present
policy toward the mercantile classes of
the State, the leaders of the P. of I. or-
ganization have concluded to tackle the
milling business, and announce their in-
tention of erecting and operating milling
plants at the principal business centers.
‘‘A fool and his money are soon parted.”’
Geo. H. Wright & Co., the Mt. Pleas-
ant notion dealers, write as follows:
‘“‘We notice in the last issue of your
paper thatG. H. Wright & Co. have en-
tered into contract with the P. of I.
society. We feel that a report of this
kind, going out among the business peo-
ple of this and other states, will do us a
great injury, and would be pleased to
have the matter made right, if possible.
We wish to have it distinctly understood
that we have no contract with the P. of
I., and never will have. We hope you
will see to it that the error is corrected.”’
A Harvard correspondent writes as
follows: ‘‘We had a P. of I. store in this
town for some time, but the Patrons
found that they were paying more than
12 per cent., which was the profit agreed
upon. For instance, they had to pay fifty
cents for Spearhead plug, while other
dealers sold the same brand for forty-five
cents. As it cost thirty-seven cents, the
contract dealer made a clear profit of 35
per cent. Inspite of such drawbacks,
however, the Patrons are now endeavor-
ing to secure a renewal of the old con-
tract, which leads us to believe that they
take delight in being swindled.”’
Cadillac News: ‘It is nowan es-
tablished fact that the Patrons of Indus-
try have formed organizations in Wex-
ford county. Delegations from some of
the branch societies were in the city, one
day last week, looking for merchants
who would agree to conform to their re-
quirements in order to secure the order’s
trade. So far as we can learn, no mer-
chant was found who thought his profits
too great, or who could afford to risk the
scheme of selling goods to one class of
customers at a lower rate than to others.
It is very probable that the Patrons will
have to establish their own stores, if
they have mercantile representatives in
Cadillac, especially in the grocery or
elothing line.’’
Geo. Vernier, the Crystal hardware
dealer, writes as follows: ‘‘Some time
ago you stated that the P.’s of 1. had
boycotted the village of Crystal, which
was true (with the exception of the drug
store and the saloon), and we are obliged
to make the best of it. We notice that
when a P. of I. enters a_ store, he looks
guilty, and acts as if officers were look-
ing for him to answer for some great
erime, when, in reality, he the one
who is plotting against his neighbor. A
Patron told me that he could not do as
well at a P. of I. store as at any other,
either in Carson City or Stanton. He
thinks itis all a humbug, and has had
all he wants of it; but there are some
who, instead of benefitting others by
their experience, try to induce them to
join, and be beaten as they were them-
selves. We understand that there has
been trouble in one of our lodges, and
that the president has withdrawn, but
we hope this not true, as we dislike to
see trouble in any family.”’
Hart Tribune: ‘‘Here’s a joke on a P.
of I., who doesn’t live a thousand miles
from Walkerville, of how he caught on
to their 10-per-cent.-above-cost plan:
A few days ago he went to their store
and bought some sugar and tobacco.
After the goods were done up, he paid
for them and then presented his card
and demanded arebate of 10 per cent.
in cash. The clerk informed him that
he had already got the benefit of the 10
per cent. on the purchase, and tried to
explain the matter, telling him they sold
everything at 10 per cent. above cost, but
his mind was not quite clear on the sub-
ject, and he left the store somewhat dis-
satisfied at the manner of doing business,
vowing to himself that he would look
into it. Having at last figured it out
satisfactorily to himself, he again visited
the store, wearing a confident, compla-
cent smile, and said to the clerk, ‘‘Well,
since I was here before I’ve been figur-
ing out this thing, andI think I’ve got
it,’’? at the same time laying sixty cents
upon the counter. ‘‘There’s sixty cents,
ain’t there? Well, 10 per cent. of sixty
cents is six cents, ain’t it ?’’ Being an-
swered in the affirmative, he said, ‘‘Give
me a pound of your sixty-cent tea,’’ and,
without more ado, he took his tea,
handed the clerk sixty-six cents and de-
parted, happy in the thought that he aj
last understood the difficult. solution of
buying goods at 10 per cent. above cost.”’
is
Wholesale
Jewelry
Messrs. W. F. & W. M. Wurzburg have returned from Providence (the
jewelry center of the world) and will soon call on the trade with the most attractive
line of jewelry ever shown in Michigan.
Our line comprises all the new novelties
in Ladies’ Lace Pins, Bar Pins, Brooches, Cuff and Collar Buttons, Hair Orna-
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A full line of Children’s Jewelry, and an elegant
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for the Dry Goods and Furnishing Goods
W.PL& VW. M.
trade.
WURZBURG,
EXCLUSIVE JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF JEWELRY,
NEW YORK—
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Widdicomb Building, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Will send dealers.small sample line, if desired, on approval.
Annual Meeting of the Salt Makers.
At the annual meeting of the Michigan
Salt Association, held at East Saginaw,
all of the salt producing districts were
represented. Mr. Burt’s report showed
that during the season of 1889 there
were made 3,847,000 barrels of salt,
being 19,000 barrels less than in 1888.
There were manufactured on account of
the Michigan Salt Association, in 1889,
2,986,000 barrels—280,00 barrels less
than in 1888. There were manufactured
in 1889, for parties outside the Associa-
tion, 860,000—260,000 barrels more than
in 1888. On December 1, 1888, the Asso-
ciation had on hand 1,883,000 barrels,
and December 1, 1889, 1,620,000 barrels—
a decrease of 263,000 barrels, or about
the same amount as the increase of the
manufacturers outside the Association.
December, 1, 1889, there were in the
hands of parties outside the Association
181,000 barrels.
During the season of 1889 the Associa-
tion shipped 3,140,000 barrels, divided as
follows:
Mian SHOre. 0.22.5) ot 98,000
'(Pawas.... . 92,000
Oscoda. (2... . : 219,000
Se Clatr River ss 97,000
Mangstee and fadington........ ...-....- 909,000
Bay County... 02-2 ee 790,000
Sastmaw County........---.--....---.... .. 935,000
December 1, 1889, there were 1,619,000
barrels in the hands of the manufac-
turers.
The sales of the Association during
the season of 1889 were 3,228,000 barrels,
as against 3,284,000 in 1888, a decrease of
56,000 barrels. In 1889, salt netted the
manufacturer 54 3-10 cents a barrel; in
1888, 58446 cents.
The grievance of the Ludington and
Manistee manufacturers was adjusted,
they being allowed a differential of 4
cents a barrel to make up for the differ-
ence in freight rates.
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A Thrifty Butcher.
From the Lowell Courier.
Lady—I paid you the full price, seven-
teen cents a pound for this steak, and
the weight was short.
Butcher—Madam, you are right about
the price. As to the weight, I don’t
know. I believe in the old adage, ‘‘Look
out for the pennies and the pounds will
take care of themselves.”’
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It pays to handlethe P & B. cough
drops.
FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC.
ees.
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two cents a word the first insertion and one centa
word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise-
ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment.
BUSINESS CHANCES.
eS. TRADE—a HALF SECTION UNIN-
cumbered land for stock of dry goods, groceries,
Address. F. A. Thorns,
ot
boots and shoes or hardware.
Newark, South Dakota.
OR RENT—GROCERY AND MEAT MARKET—GOOD
location; with or without stock. Apply at office
of Tradesman, Swift & Co.. or Telfer Spice Co. 580
OR SALE—AT ONCE—A NEW, WELL-SELECTED
stock of general merchandise in a live town and
wealthy and prosperous farming community on the
Michigan Centra] Railroad; inventory about $5,000;
annual business $28,000; new, modern, double, brick
store; best location; low rent and insurance; can re-
duce stock; reason for selling, poor health. Address,
Box 178, care Tradesman. 575
iS CHANCE TO BUY THE ONLY DRUG STORE
‘ in Central Michigan railroad town of nearly 400,
with fast-growing farming country; stock and fixtures
invoice $1,300; half cash, balance on easy payments;
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opening for young man; good reasons for selling. If
you wantit, address for particulars, L. M, Mills, 568
Wealthy Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. 578
hig \(\ STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHAN-
$10,000
dise to exchange for city property,
lumber’or shingles; we also have 3 drug stocks, 4 gro-
eery stocks, 3 hardware stocks and 3 cigar stocks for
sale orexchange. A.J. Fogg & Co., 3 & 4 Tower Block
576
OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—IN THE BEST TOWN OF
' itssizeon the G.R.& I. R.R.,a clean, new stock
of groceries and three houses, besides some vacant
lots; also five and one-half miles west of Traverse City,
an 80 acre piece of timbered land, all of which is owned
by a party who, for good and sufficient reasons, de-
sires to remove farther south; the village has a popu-
lation of about 2,000, andis the county seat; any one
wanting to buy or having 2 good business to exchange
for any or all of above, is invited to correspond; it will
bear investigation. Address K., care Michigan Trades-
oO
man. 70.
OR SALE—$5,000 STOCK OF HARDWARE, STOVES,
furniture and crockery, with full stock of tools
for tin, water and gas jobs; a bargain for cash or part
cashand time; lowrent for building. Lock box 73,
Greenville, Mich. 571.
OR SALE—STOCK OF DRUGS, LOCATED IN A VIL-
lage surrounded by a good country; good trade;
object of selling, practice here. Address Dr. H. E. Hun-
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\ ANTED—TO EXCHANGE FARM OF 120 ACRES OR
F village property for stock of goods, hardware
preferred. Address No. 573, care Michigan Tradesman.
573.
ARGAIN- $3,500 STOCK GENERAL MERCHANDISE
for sale cheap, or will exchange for improved,
rentable real estate; must sell soon. W. Wood, Sheri-
dan, Mich. 57.
OR SALE—HARDWARE STOCK,
about $4,000, doing a very prosperous business;
ean reduce the stock to suit purchaser; best of reason
a Address A. L. Paine & Co., Reed —
Mich. 568
INVENTORING
re SALE—STOCK OF CLOTHING, FURNISHING
goods and hats and caps in the best city of 6,000
inhabitants in the State; other business; no trade
taken. W.R. Dennis & Co., Cadillac, Mich. 567
F YOU WANT TO EXCHANGE YOUR STOCK OF
goods for a farm, large or small, write to No. 563,
eare Michigan Tradesman. 563
- SALE—CLEAN STOCK OF DRY GOODS, GRO
ceries. boots and shoes, hardware and drugs
situated in good trading point; will inventory about
$3,000; sales for past three years, $42,000; reason for
selling, owner has other business. Address No. 559,
care Michigan Tradesman. 559
HAVE SEVERAL FARMS WHICH I WILL EX-
change for stock of goods, Grand Rapids city prop
erty, or will sell on easy payments; these farms have
the best of soil, are under good state of cultivation,
and located between the cities of Grand Rapids and
Muskegon. O.F. Conklin, Grand Rapids, Mich.
OR SALE—WE OFFER FOR SALE, ON VERY
favorable terms, the F. H. Escott drug stock. at 75
Canal street, Grand Rapids, Hazeltine & Perkins Drug
Co. Peice, $4,000. 531
MISCELLANEOUS.
OMPLETE HISTORY OF THE PATRONS OF IN-
dustry, from the inception of the organization;
only a few copies left; sent postpaid for 10 cents per
copy. Address The Tradesman Company, G’d Rapids
V ANTED— LIVE TRAVELING MEN TO CARRY
paying side line; light samples; quick sales,
Merchants’ Specialty Co., Chicago, Ill. 577
EGIN THE NEW YEAR BY DISCARDING THE
annoying Pass Book System and adopting in
its place the Tradesman Credit Coupon. Send $1 for
sample order, which will be sent prepaid. E. A. Stowe
& Bro., Grand Rapids.
i OF TWO KINDS OF COUPONS FOR
retailers will be sent free to any dealer who will
write for them to the Sutliff Coupon Pass Book
Albany, N. Y.
Co,‘
564
Drummer vs. Druggist.
Commercial travelers are men of keen
perceptive powers and good judges of
humam nature, or they do not suecced in
their line of business. The druggist
may have a practical knowledge of
pharmacy, but the practical information
of the competent ‘‘drummer’’ covers a
far greater field, for it embraces an un-
derstanding of the varying propensities
of human beings. Not long ago a mem-
ber of the force representing one of our
large wholesale drug firms incidentally
referred to the manner in which a retail
druggist will expose his ignorance while
buying goods. The speaker said he
sometimes erred in his judgment, but
seldom failed when he set a druggist
down as a careless, incompetent pharma-
cist because he ordered a long list of
preparations which every druggist can
easily make at a good profit. His expe-
rience goes to teach him that the man
who orders paregoric, laudanum, medi-
cated waters and such readily prepared
articles is the one who will pay good
round prices for goods and think he is
buying for rock bottom prices.
10 W
FA. Wurzburg & Go,
Exclusive Jobbers of
DRY GOODS, HOSIERY,
NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR,
19 & 21 SOUTH DIVISION ST.,
GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH.
For Sale?
THE ENTIRE STOCK OF
DRY GOODS,
Notions and Fixtures
Of John J. Timmer, Muskegon, Mich.. the ap-
praised value of which is 82,200. Will be sold
at a great bargain.
FOR FULL PARTICULARS, APPLY TO
SPRING & COMPANY,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
GASKS
6-ftcase like
The above offe
snide work.
turn out only the BEST of work,
other cases at equally low prices.
HEYMAN & COMPANY,
63 AND 65 CANAL
Grand Rapids,
mo $9.00
~ -B-ft case, square, with metal corners, same price.
yr is no “binh” oF
We shall continue to
All
STREET,
Mich.
COFFEE
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Are in use all over the land.
Merchants,
‘YOU WANT THIS CABINET
Thousands of Them
It does away with the unsightly barrels so
often seen on the floor of the average grocer.
varnished and put together in the best possible manner.
cabinet will be found one complete set of castors with screws.
Beautifully grained and
Inside each
LION, THK KIN
It is fast supplanting the scores
only in one pound packages.
120 one-pound packages. For sale
WV oolson
Kvery Wide-Awake Merchant
Should Certainly Sell
6 OF COFFERS.
An Article of Absolute Merit.
of inferior roasted coffees. Packed
Put up in 100-lb cases, also in cabinets of
by the wholesale trade everywhere.
Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States.
Spice Co.,
TOLEDO, OHIO.
L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.
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ASSOCIATION DEPARTMENT.
Michigan Business Men’s Association.
President—C. L. Whitney, Muskegon.
first Vice-President—C. T. achicoamn: Flint.
Second Vice-President—M. C. Sherwood, Allegan.
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer—H. W. Parker, Owosso.
Executive Board—President; Frank Wells, Lansing;
Frank Hamilton, Traverse City; N. B. Blain, Lowell
Oo. F. Conklin, Grand
Chas. T. Bridgeman, Flint;
Rapids, Secretary.
Commnittee on Insurance—O. F. Conklin, Grand Rap
ids; Oren Stone, Flint; Wm. Woodard, Owosso.
Committee on Legislation—Frank Wells, Lansing;
H. H. Pope, Allegan; C. H. May, Clio
Committee on Trade Interests—Frank ‘Hamilton, Trav
erse City: Geo. R. Hoyt, Saginaw; -. . Sprague,
Greenville.
Committee on Transportation—c. T. Bridgeman, Flint;
M. C. Sherwood, Allegan; A. O. Wheeler, Manistee.
Committee on Building and Loan Associations—N. B.
Blain, Lowell; F. L. Fuller, Cedar Springs; P. J. Con
nell, Muskegen.
Local *Secretary—Jas. H. Moore, Saginaw.
Official Organ—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
The following auxiliary associations are oper-
ating under charters granted by the Michigan
Business Men’s Association *
Ne. 1—Traverse City B. M. A.
President. J. ‘Ww. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings.
No. 2—LowellyB. M
President, N. B. Plain; Secretary, eee e King.
No. 3—Sturgis B. M.A.
President, H. 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Jorn.
No. 4—Grand “Rapids M. A.
President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.
No. 5—Muskegon B. M.A.
President; Secretary, C. L. Whitney.
No. 6—Alba B. M. A.
President, F. W. Sloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.
No. 7—Dimondale B. M. A.
President, T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger.
No. 8—Eastport B. M. A.
President, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston.
No. 9—Lawrence B. M. A.
President, H. M. MarshaH; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.
No. 10—Harbor Springs B. M. A.
President, W. J. Clark; Secretary, A. L. Thompson.
No.1i—Kingsley B. M. A.
President, H. P. Whipple: Secretary, D. E. Wynkoop.
No. 12—Quincy B. M. A
President, Edson Blackman; secretary, W. i Lockerby.
No. 13—Sherman B. M. A.
President, H. B. Sturtevant; Secretary, W. J. Austin.
No. 14—No. Muskegon B. M. A.
President, S. A. Howey: Secretary, G. C. Havens.
No. 15—Boyne City B. M.A.
President, = R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.
o. 16—Sand Lake B. M.A.
cs v. Crandall; Secretary, W. Rasco.
No. 17—Plainwell B. M. A.
President, — H. Anderson; Secretary, J. A. Sidle.
18—Owosso B. M, A.
President, Bes ae. Woodard; Secretary, S. Lamfrom.
No. 19—Ada B. M. A.
President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.
No. 20—Saugatuck B. M. A.
President, John F. Henry; Secretary, N. L. Rowe.
No. 21— Wayland B. M. A.
President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.
No. 22—Grand Ledge B. M.A.
President, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W. R. Clarke.
No. 23—Carson City B. M. A.
President, _ W. Hallett; Secretary, L. A. Lyon.
. 24—Morley B. M. A.
President, ra ry Thurkow; Secretary, W. H. Richmond.
No. 25—Palo B. M. A,
President, = A. Hargrave; Secretary, I. 8. Jeffers.
o. 26—Greenville Bs. M. A.
President. 7 C. Satterlee; Secretary, E. J. Clark.
No 27—Dorr B.M. A.
President, =: S. Botsford; Seeretary, L. N. Fisher.
28—Cheboygan B. M.A
President, = = Paddock; Secretary, H. G. Dozer.
No. 29—Freeport B. M. A.
President, = Moore; Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough.
. 30—Oceana B. M. A.
President, A es “Avery; Secretary, E. S. Houghtaling.
No. 31—Charlotte B. M. A.
President, Thos. J. Green; Secretary, A. G. Fleury.
No. 32—Coopersville B. M. A.
President, W. G. Barnes; Secretary, J. B. Watson.
No. 33—Charlevoix B. M. A.
President, L. D. Bartholomew; Secretary, R. W. Kane.
No. 34—Saranac B. M. A.
President, H. T. 'T. Johnson; Secretary, P . T. Williams.
No. 35—Bellaire B. mA
President, H. M. Hemstreet; Secretary, C. E. Densmore.
No. 36—Ithaca B. M. rae
President, O. F. Jackson; Secretary, John M. Everden.
No. 3%7—Battie Creek B. M. A.
President, Chas. F. Bock; Secretary, E. W. Moore.
‘ No. 38—Scottville B. M.A. |
President, H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins.
No. 39 -Burr Oak B. M. A.
President, W. S. Willer; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon.
No. 40—Eaton Rapids B. M. A.
President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert.
No. 41—Breckenridge B.M. A.
President, C. H. Howd; Secretary, L. Waggoner.
No. 42—Frement B. M. A.
President, ses Gerber; Secretary C.J. Rathbun.
o. 43—Tustin B. M. A.
President, mee Luick; Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom.
No. 44—Reed City B. M. A.
President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith.
No. 45—Hoytville B. M. A.
President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay.
No. 46—Leslie B. M. A.
President, Wm Wm. Hutchins; | Secretary, B. , M. Gould.
No. 47—Flint M. U.
President, W. C. Pierce; Secretary, W. H. Graham.
No. 48—Hubbardston B. M. A.
President, Boyd Redner; Secretary,jW. J. Tabor.
No. 49—Leroy B. M. A.
President, A. Wenzell; Secretary, Frank Smith.
No. 50—Manistee B. M. A.
Pree A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C. Grannis.
o. 51—Cedar Springs B. M. A.
eee L, M. Sellers; Secretary, _W. C. Congdon.
No. 52—Grand Haven B. = =
President, A. 8. Kedzie; Secretary, F. D. V
No, 53—Bellevue B. M.
President, Frank Phelps; Secretary, A. E. eee
No. 54—Douglas B. M. A.
President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller.
No. 55—Peteskey B. M. A.
President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman.
No. 56—Bangor B. M. A.
President, Silas DeLong; Secretary, Geo. Chapman.
No. 5%7—Rockford B, M. A.
resident, Geo. A. Sage; Secretary, H. 8S. Holden.
No. 58—Fife Lake RB. M. A.
President, L.S. Walter; Secretar; ,€.= Blakely.
No. 59—Fennville B. M. A.
President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen.
No. 60—South Boardman B. M. A.
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, 8. E. Neihardt.
No. 61—Hartford B. M.A.
President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.
No. 62—East saginaw M. A.
President, aes a . Moore; Secretary, C. W. Mulholand.
o. 63—Evart B. M. A.
President, C. 7. Priest; Secretary, C. E. Bell.
No, 64—Merrill B, M. A.
President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.
No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A.
President, Ae G. Drake; Secretary, C. 8. Blom.
o. 66—Lansing B. M. A.
President, ieee Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.
No. 6%7—Watervliet B. M. A.
President, W. L. Garrett; Secretary, F. H. Merrifield.
No. 68—Alliegan B. M. A.
President, H. H. Pope; Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.
No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. M. A.
President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. 8. Willison.
No. 70—Nashville B. M. A,
President, Wm. Boston; ee "Webster.
No. 71—Ashley B. M.
President, M. Netzorg; Secretary, Geo. E. Fishnet
No, 73—Belding B. M. A.
President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster.
No. 74—Davison M. U.
President, J. F. Cartwright; Secretary. C. W. Hurd.
No. 75—Tecumseh B. M.
President, Oscar P. Bills; Secretary, F. vio
No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M. A.
President, 8. S. McCamly; Secretary, Chauncey Strong.
No. 77—South Haven B. M. A.
President, E. J. Lockwood; Secretary, Volney Ross.
No. 78—Caledonia B. M. A.
President, J. O. Seibert; Secretary, J. W. Saunders.
Ne. 79—East Jordan and so. Arm B. M.A,
President, Chas. F. Dixon; Secretary, L. C. Madison.
No. 80—Bay City and W. Bay City R.M, A.
President, F. L. Harrison; Secretary, Lee E. Joslyn.
No. 81—Flushing B. M. A.
President. L. A. Vickery; Secretary, A. E. Ransom.
No. 82—Alma B M. A.
President, B. 8. Webb; Secretary, M. E Pollasky.
No. 83—Sherwood B. M. A.
President, : P. Wilcox; Secretary, W. R. Mandigo.
o. 84—Standish B. M. A.
President. p i. soe Secretary, D. W. Richardson.
o. 85—Clio B. M. A.
President, J. uy ths i Secretary, C. H. May.
a -.2F Fay go and eae = M. A.
W. Preston; Secretary, H. anchard.
‘Ke. 87—Shepherd B. M. am
D. Bent; Secretary, A. W. Hurst.
President, H
“Ke - 88—Ovid B. M. A.
President, J. A. Andrews; Secretary, L. D. Cooley.
Association Notes.
At the annual meeting of the Bangor B. M. A.,
Silas DeLong was elected President and George
Chapman Secretary.
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The P. of I. Dealers.
The following are the P. of I. dealers
who had not cancelled their contracts at,
last accounts:
Adrian—Powers & Burnham, Anton
Wehle, L. T. Lochner.
Allendale—Henry Dalman.
Almont—Colerick & Martin.
Altona—Eli Lyons.
Assyria—J. W. Abbey.
Bay City—Frank Rosman & Co.
Belding—L. S. Roell.
Big Rapids—W. A. Verity,A. V. Young,
E. P. Shankweiler & Co., Mrs. Turk,
J. K. Sharp.
Blanchard—L. A. Wait.
Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr.
Brice—J. B. Gardner.
G. Bruce & Son.
Capac—H. C. Sigel.
Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. Y. Ses-
sions.
Casnovia—Ed. Hayward, John E. Par-
cell.
Cedar Springs—John Beucus, B. A.
Fish.
Charlotte—John J. Richardson, Daron
& Smith, J. Andrews, C. P. Lock, F. H.
Goodby.
Chester—P. C. Smith.
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell.
Clio—Nixon & Hubbell.
Conklin—Wilson McWilliams.
Coral—J. S. Newell & Co.
Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt.
Eaton Rapids—Knapp & Rich, H. Kosit-
chek & Bro.
Evart—Mark Ardis, E. F. Shaw, Stev-
ens & Farrar, John C. Devitt.
Fenwick—Thompson Bros.
Flint—John B. Wilson.
Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark.
Fremont—Boone & Pearson,
Ketchum.
Gladwin—John Graham, J. D. Sanford,
Jas. Croskery.
Gowan—Rasmus Neilson.
Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted & Son.
Grand Rapids—Joseph Berles, A. Wil-
zinski, Brown & Sehler, Volmari & Von
Keppel.
Hart—Rhodes & Leonard.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B. Cohen.
Howard City — O. J. Knapp,
Bros., E. C. Pelton.
Hubbardston—M. Cahalen.
Imlay City—Cohn Bros.
Jackson—Hall & Rowan.
Kalamo—L. R. Cessna.
Kent City—M. L. Whitney.
Laingsburg—D. Lebar.
Lake Odessa—Christian Haller & Co.,
E. F. Colwell & Son, McCartney Bros.,
Fred Miller.
Lakeview—H. C. Thompson.
Langston—F. D. Briggs.
Lansing—R. A. Bailey,
Israel) Glicman.
Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. H. Jen-
nings.
Lowell—Patrick Kelly.
McBride’s—J. McCrae.
Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich.
Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lep-
per & Son, Jno. Butler. Richard Butler,
John Fletcher.
Mecosta—Parks Bros.
Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. 8S.) Knight.
Millbrook—T. O. (or J. W.) Pattison.
Millington—Chas. H. Valentine.
Milton Junection—C. A. Warren.
Morley—Henry Strope.
Mt. Morris—H. E. Lamb, J. Vermett
& Son, F. H. Cowles.
Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara.
Nashville—Powers & Stringham, H. M.
Lee.
North Dorr—John Homrich.
Ogden—A. J. Pence.
Olivet—F. H. Gage.
Onondaga—John Sillik.
Orono—C. A. Warren.
Potterville—F. D. Lamb & Co.
Reed City—J. M. Cadzow.
Remus—C. V. Hane.
Richmond—Knight & Cudworth.
Riverdale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A. Fish.
Sand Lake—Brayman & Blanchard,
Frank E. Shattuck & Co.
Shelby—Angus Rankin.
Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow.
Sheridan—M. Gray.
Sparta—Dole & Haynes.
Springport—Powers & Johnson.
Stanton—Fairbanks & Co., Sterling &
Co.
Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter.
Trufant—lI. Terwilliger.
Vassar—McHose & Gage.
Wheeler—Louise (Mrs. A.) Johnson,
H. C. Breckenridge.
White Cloud—J. C. Townsend, N
Wiley.
Williamston—Thos. Horton.
So a
Getting Ready to Boom the Grand
Traverse Region.
The Traverse City B. M. A. has issued
the following call for a meeting of those
most interested in the material prosper-
ity of the Grand Traverse region :
TRAVERSE City, Jan. 16, 1890.
We desire to call your attention to the
Northern part of the Lower Peninsula of
Michigan. There are about thirty coun-
ties in this portion of the State that have
a large quantity of available farming
lands, and in addition, untold millions of
extremely valuable hard wood. This
territory needs immigrants tooccupy and
develop its farming lands and capital to
utilize its magnificent forests and in-
crease its manufacturing interests. Rail-
roads are pushing their extensions into
this region, capital is looking this way to
a limited extent, summer resort associa-
tions are learning of its attractions, its
own citizens fully appreciate its advan-
tages and opportunities; but the great
public does not know, or, if it knows,
does not realize its future possibilities
fully. It seems to need at this timea
combined effort by all interested to put
these facts properly before the public in
an exhaustive, legitimate, truthful and
persistent advertisement conducted on a
broad and liberal plan.
We believe that every transportation
line depending largely on the develop-
ment of this country for its business,
every real estate agent who wants to
make his loans a better investment, every
summer resort association, as well as
every town and county in the territory
named, should be keenly interested in its
J. B.
Herold
Etta (Mrs.
Ww.
development, and ready to assist in for-
warding it in every possible way.
The following plan has been suggested
as having some advantage as a method of
inaugurating this movement :
Such parties as are most directly in-
terested in this matter should, by them-
selves, or their representatives, meet for
general discussion at an appointed time
and place. At that meeting the follow-
ing questions might be considered :
1. The territory to be included in the
movement.
2. What interests are involved, as, for
instance, transportation lines, summer
resort associations, proprietors of towns
or villages, manufacturing industries,
real estate men, etc.
3. To what extent, and in what way,
these various interests can be enlisted in
pushing the development of the terri-
tory and advancing the enterprise.
4. How can finances be provided for
inaugurating and maintaining a sys-
tematic and well-digested plan g§ opera-
tions ?
5. The advisability of calling a con-
vention of all who are, or who are likely
to be, interested in the matter, at an
early day, at some place to be decided
upon at the initial meeting.
Other points will suggest themselves
to all.
Feeling confident that you will be di-
rectly interested in the matter, we ex-
tend to you a most cordial invitation to
meet, with others equally interested, at
Traverse City on the 13th day of Febru-
ary, at 9 o’clock a.m., for a friendly
consultation regarding this matter.
Trusting that out of this may come
something that may be of direct benefit
to your special interest, we are
Yours truly,
J. W. MILLIKEN,
S. BARNES,
S. E. Warr,
Advertising Committee, Business Men’s
Association.
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Approves of ‘‘The Tradesman’s” Stand
on the P. of I.
Muir, Jan.
Editor Michigan Tradesman:
I am always sure to read the ‘‘P. of I.
Gossip,’? and such other kindred news
items as are such welcome features of
Tue TRADESMAN to us injured dealers.
Accept my thanks for the stand you
have and are taking on the matter of the
PB. or 1.
The ‘‘Scene’* in the two leading stores
of your city call to mind the same weap-
on (falsehood) which is the stock in
trade of the organizations in this vicin-
ity. lf other merchants get their share
of the abuse which is heaped onto me
for not favoring the soulless institution,
I pity them. Scarcely a day passes that
I do not hear of some disagreeable lie
which the ‘‘county organizers’’ start, or
which are started ‘‘in secret session of
the various sessions.’’ One day it is
thatI say I do not want a P. of I. to
come into my store. The next day it is
stated as a fact that I turned out of my
store one of the leading farmers of the
vicinity. This is usually followed the next
day by the assertion that I have kicked
an old customer out of doors, because of
his leaning towards the P. of I. doctrine.
If Lopen the door for a lady customer to
leave the store, though done in the ut-
most civility, 1 look for the report, the
next day, that this same lady was turned
out of my store by the proprietor.
These are samples of what one hears
here, and if the whole State is in the
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1890.
same condition of things, then can I
truly say, I am sorry for the deluded,
misguided farmer, who is being led
astray by such false doctrines.
I hope the future will bring things to
the old stand, and that, if there is a way
for farmers to be benefitted by organiza-
tion, the present excitement will show
that way. Yours truly,
1, A: Eny.
—2 ~< —
Aroused His Suspicion.
Customer (getting measured for a
suit)—I want a pocket made to hold my
check book.
Tailor—Certainly, sir.
As the customer passed out, the tailor
observed to the clerk:
“James, be sure and have that coat
sentc.o.d. Ive been fooled by such
remarks too many times to be taken in
again.’’
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A Sign Which Failed.
Young Husband—Seems to me, my
dear, this chicken is pretty tough.
Young Wife—I know it is, and I can’t
understand it at all. I picked it out my-
self.
“Did you examine it closely?’’
“Indeed, I did. I looked in its mouth
the first thing, and I could see it hadn’t
even cut its first teeth yet.
oo
The Retort Courteous.
Customer (in tea store, tasting the
tea)—I don’t like this tea. It tastes like
hay.
Exasperated Clerk—I don’t know, sir,
whether it does or not. Pm not sucha
donkey as to know how hay tastes.
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No Pleasure in It.
First Boy—No, my mother never whips |
me. It doesn’t do her any good.
Second Boy—How’s that ?
“Why, she’s deaf, you know, and she
can’t hear me yell.’’ |
$6 -.<____—
A Slander on the Sex.
‘“‘Postage stamps at cost!’ is a sign in
a Chestnut street, Philadelphia, drug.
store, and 98 per cent. of the women who,
read it nearly run each other down in|
their haste to lay in a supply.
SO
Some men work harder to avoid paying
an honest debt than they would have to,
work to earn the money to pay it with.
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Promptness in Business.
Promptness in meeting money obliga-
tions is a quality that soon gives a man!
or firm a marked and enviable position
in trade circles, to say nothing of the
many advantages it gains.
Punctuality is, in part, at least, a habit
capable of cultivation, but to compel cir-
cumstance to wait upon obligations re-
brains of good fiber ! Foresight, wisdom,
caution and energy must be continually
exercised that one may be invariably at
a given point at a specified time, and the
man who does it secures the respect and
confidence of buyers and_ sellers, asso-
ciates, employes and friends, beside
gaining for himself a comfortable con-
science. Loose methods and procrasti-
nation in the matter of payments too
often react with severity upon innocent
parties. The relation of man to man is
necessarily close and dependent, and in-
dividual conduct often sets in motion a
train of circumstances, which, passing
individual control, may cause inconven-
ience, anxiety and sometimes loss of
character to persons whose intentions
are upright, but who are the victims of
procrastination, either intentional or
careless in others.
But perhaps it is in the matter of dis-
counts that the tradesman reaps the
most substantial benefits arising from
prompt payments, and by prudence and
sagacity he is often able to increase his
profits one-half from this source alone.
Jobbers always favor a prompt pay-
master, not only by giving him better
terms, but by keeping him in mind when
advantages arise. Bills taken up
promptly not only save money, but
worry also, and leave the mind clear and
the purse ready to ‘‘catch on’ to pass-
ing opportunities. It is also not only a
legitimate and proper way of making
and saving money, but one which the
trade like to see practiced, as it enables
all hands to see just where they stand
every time.
——_-2 << ____-
The Florida Orange Crop.
The Florida orange crop is large this
year, and began coming to Northern
markets in heavy shipments at least a
month earlier than in any previous |
season. Last year Florida shipped!
North 2,000,000 boxes of oranges, but
owing to the yellow fever epidemic
which prevailed, the shipments for the
holiday trade were light. The receipts
in New York alone last year for Novem-
ber were 45.900 boxes, and for December
147,000 boxes. This season the Novem-
ber receipts were 131,000 boxes, and for
December upward of 150,000 boxes. The
crop this year is said to be about 250,000
boxes short of a year ago, but it is esti-
mated that fully two-thirds of the crop
has left Florida by now. The quality of
the latest shipments is fair. The bulk
of the fruit sells in Boston at $2.50 to
$2.75 per box for good to choice, and at
$1.75 to $2.25 for ordinary. In New
York the fruit has brought at auction
from sl to $2.25 a box, and the fancy fruit
from $2.50 to $3. Prices are holding
firm, ues the commission men expect an
advance in January. New York takes
about ono-fourth of the whole crop, and
the proportion is growing larger as the
Florida orange grows in popularity. In
some parts of Florida the ‘‘lady bug’’ is
being [propagated for dissemination
among the orange groves infested with
what is called the whitescale. This pest
seems the most difficult to cope with,
and, had no remedy been found, the in- |
dustry in the sections affected by it
would probably have been destroyed.
———_ >_<
Keep Your Credit Good.
From the Inter-State Grocer.
The country merchant, as a rule, does
not think enough of his credit. Many a
good merchant, by allowing his bills to! y
run over time, from a week to ten days
and even flonger, has caused the city
house cwith whom he dealing
to lookfupon$ his account with dis-
favor. It should be the pride
of every good merchant to meet his
bills the day they become due, and thus
inspire the? trade with confidence and
make his business sought after. Country
merchants often write to their city
houses, asking why there is such a delay
is
often be found in the fact that the mer-
chant is behind in his payments and the
order is placed on file to await a remit-
tance. In all first-class city houses there is
an intimate relation existing between
the book-keeper and the shipping clerk,
and when the book-keeper cannot report
‘nothing past due,’’? the shipping clerk
is likely to be derelict in the matter of
fillingforders. Orders for goods received
by the credit man from those who make
prompt payments are seldom delayed in
shipment
———- —»>_- 8 -
An Unprofitable Salesman.
It was a Haverhill shoe manufacturer
who, on being asked if his salesman on
the road was a good one, replied: ‘‘You
can bet heis. He can sell shoes every
time cheaper than I can make them.”’
i rete
A Kalamazoo county man buried his
wife, put up a headstone, repainted his
| house, married a second wife and dug
five acres of potatoes within seventeen
days, and yet he says he can’t begin to
hustle as his father used to.
Dry Goods.
Prices Current.
UNBLEACHED COTTONS.
Atlantic Ay... .°.:.. Teiciuivon CCC... 2: 6%
= Hoo. % IConqueror XX... ... 5
‘ Poo 6 Eien SERPs. %%
‘ sss cs ts, Ou texceer A... :.. 6%
Pe eee 5% Full ard Wide..... 6%
Afiantea A.A......-. 6%/|Great Falls E.......
Archery Bunting... 444/Honest Width....... ox
OEY 2 okie 34| Hartford A.......... o%
Beaver Dam AA... 5%/Integrity XX........
Derwieke Fo)... 6. 6% King, 7 ss eee eM
Blackstone O, 32.... 5
Hisek Hock ../:...- 7 ie x 5 Sin. .=.;
Boat, ce. 6%|LawrenceLL.......
eee 6 |New MarketB...... By
“Oe .. Ba NOiDe B...0.5....5.. See
OO ee ee 724| Newton ...--.... - CE
“ PL, 40 inch... 8%4jOur Level Best..... 7
Continental, C2 s. 74!Riverside XX....... 4%
’D, 40-in 84%|Sea Island R........ 6%
ee i, 42-10 [Sharon B .... 63%
. w, 45-in11 of the Heap.... 7%
re H, 48- =— Williamsville. ...... %
Chapman. :-2.: .:.-. Comet, 40:in......: 8%
Cohasset A.......... i Corie — ..-...: 7%
Comeg 622305 ..5° New Market L, 40in. 7%
bac COTTONS.
Amegure ... | i. 2. 1 j@len Mis... 2)... ©
Blackstone AA..... § iGold Medal......... 1%
Bents Al... 3... 4%|\Green Ticket....... 84
Cleveland _..:.. _.- 7 \G@reat Palis.......... 6%4
— oo ce soc. CRORE. oo wee 1%
Caboe: % 5. c.5.... -" ast “Out..:. .. 44%@ 5
Dwight Anchor Gee King Phil Hip cca 82: 7%
shorts. 8% OF... .: 7%
Mawards...........- Lonsdale Cambric. "10%
MIHPEPe. 5.0.50. cc. ? Lonsdale. ....0. 2... 8h
Werwer. 2... 22.002... Tae Mid@lesex..... ...... 54%
Fruit of the Loom.. 8% oe om
Mitchyille 2... .... vale 6
lest Prive... : so x 5%
Fruit of the Loom %. 8 Pride of "the West.. .12
Bairmoung..... .<.-- 46 \Resalind..-...-....- 7%
Full Value.........- 6% iSunlight...... Coo 4%
Geo. Washington... 84%|Vinyard..........-.. 8%
HALF BLEACHED COTTONS.
Caper... ot 7%|Dwight Anchor..... 9
Merwe... . 7%
UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL.
G@remont NN! ....) 514(Middlesex No. 1....10
Hamilton N.. : . Co Boek
_ a es
Middlesex AT. ..... 8 ne ee
er ee. 9 . <- G....19
’ No 2S.... 9
BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL.
Bomilten NW... ... 74|Middlesex AA...... 11
Middlesex er 8 ry Bocce 12
AE 9 es AO... 12%
- 2a... .. 9 a .. 17
Se 10% - ee 16
DRESS GOODS.
: : INSMCICSE: 00.5 co =
oe —O ee 27%
G G Cashmere -..-. 21 oe 30
Nameless Pee 16 ee IS 82%
oe) ues 18 = ol
a
Simpson oe imperial 10%
eee eee 8 Bisek 10 0. 3. ee
he eee ee 16 — 10%
Caceheo .-. .. |: 10%
CORSET JEANS.
Biadeforad.......--.. 6 |Naumkeagsatteen.. 7%
Brunswick. .......-- 6%| ROCKPOFL...-... .... 6%
—
Allen, staple /.2._. Merrim’ ck shirtings. 5%
faney.....:.. 8% em furn . 8%
a PORES -.: 5... 6% Pacific fancy. . :
American fancy.... 6 TODES.......
Americanindigo.... 6%/|Portsmouth robes... 6
American shirtings. 54 |Simpson mourning. 6%
Arnold % . Sreys...°: 6%
. long cloth B. 10% . Solid. black. 6%
ni 84%4|Washington indigo. 6%
eentury cloth 7 “ Turkey robes.. 7%
“| gold seal: .. 10%| ‘‘ India robes.... 714
« ‘Forkey red. 1034 S plain T’ky x % 3”
Berlin solids........ ae
+ ‘oil bine... .. = * Ottoman wa
<= Sree. 6%| keyrea......... ..
Cocheco fancy...... 6 |Martha Washington
< madders... 6
Eddystone a: : 6
Hamilton fancy. ... 6%
staple . 6
Turkey red %..... 7
Martha Washington
Purkey red... 2... 9%
Riverpoint robes.... 5
Manchester ancy. 6 |Windsorfaney.._... 6%
new era. 6% 6s gold ticket
Merrimack D fancy. 6%} indigo blue....... 10%
TICKINGS.
Ammoskeas AG A. Issa C AL. os 12%
Hamilton Ne. 74 |Pemberton AAA...
Bo Sever 10%
Awning..11 Swift Iver. 4.02. 614
HOMMer oo). lt. .. §& (Peart River....._.__ 124%
iret Prize :........ Hite, Warren. oo: 14
DEMINS.
Amoskeag ee P24 lonterey 11%
9 Oz, .. =. 14%) Lancaster ...... .12%
a brown .13 pons ‘90Z......13%
Andover:.......-...- 11% | ber No. 220... .13
| Everett, blue.. = | i No. 250... .11%
«brown. ....12 | . No. 280....10%
COTTON DRILL.
ene, Po. 6% |Stark ee eee cee le 7%
Boa aoe 7
Clifton, Kos % a oo 10
GINGHAMS.
Glenarver.... ...... 6%|Lancaster, staple... 6%
laneashire..-....... 6% fancies... 7
Normandic..:.. .... 8 Normandie 8%
Renfrew Dress...... 8 Westbrook ee 8%
Toil du Nore.......- we 10%
Amoskeag feos eee © (Ore co 6%
AEG... 10%) Hampton... -. a. O56
Persian... ee 8% ‘Windermeer.... .... 5%
ois iw. = 14 ‘Cumberland... 15. 43%
Warwick... ..._.- Oe 4%
CA con WARP.
Peerless, white...... 184|Peerless, colored. ..21
GRAIN BAGS.
AmmOsECae ....-.-. 17 {Valley oe. Pee ae 16
Harmony... _ ...... 164% a Seca —
Stare 20 ‘|Paeific.. Seca
Apertent (2.005: 1% \Burlap. .. Be one a i
THREADS.
Clark's Mile End....45 {Barbour’s....... .-.; 88
Coats’, d. dP... 45 |Marshairs |... 88
Holyoke See ecg cee as 22%
KNITTING COTTON.
White. Colored. White. Colored.
No. G&.. ..28 ss |No. 14... 37 42
oe Sos. sot AG... 43
102s. 35 4004 i.) 39 44
ee ap | 20. ..40 45
CAMBRICS.
ERROR le 4%|Washington......... 4%
White Star med Cross... 6... 4%
Kid Glove.. _..
Newmarket.. 43%
Mawards.:......-. 5: [Bronswick ee 45¢
“RED FLANNEL.
Wireman 65 2.25. eee Wee. 22
Crecemore..-... ...: See ee le
Talbot MeX. oO Wine exeex 35
Wametess ----. -__: 2154| Buckeye... ---.- 82%
MIXED FLANNEL.
Red & Blue, plaid..40 (Grey S HR W......... 17%
Warton ie. 2 8. mee WeRtCrHh W ....... 5. 18%
Winder... . 1S @ oo 18%
G6 02 Western...-...- 21 | Nlashing XXX... 23%
Union Bo... 22'4| Manitopa.... ....... 234%
DOMET FLANNEL.
Nameless oa. 8 @ "1 CS, 9 @10%
oe 844@10 ne Ll 121%
CANVASS AND PADDING.
Slate. Brown. Black.|Slate. Brown. Black.
9% 9% 9314}13 13 13
10% 10% 1044} 15 15 15
11% 11% ae 7 17
12% 12% 214/20 20 20
DUCKS.
Severen, § 02z........ 944|Greenwood, 8 oz....11%
Mayland, Seg.....:- 11 |West Point, 802." . 9%
Greenwood, 7% oz. 9%4| . 10 oz. ..10%
WADDINGS,
White, dor......... = fr bale, 40 doz... .87 25
Colored, doz...
Fea
Slater, Tron Cross... §14| Pawtucket... ....... 10%
med Cross.... 9: 1Pundie.... .... 0...
. Bess..-.- .....10%4| Bedford Bes eee 10%
| Best AALS. 12) Valley City... 1014
CORSETS.
Corsiinie. :. 0) 12... 9 50|Wonderful . - =
Shines... -. 1... 9 00| Brighton... ........
SEWING SILK
Corticellt, doz .....- 85 {Corticelli knitting,
twist, doz. .42 per %oz ball...... 30
50 yd, doz. .42
HOOKS AND EYES—PER GR
No 1 BVk & White.. 10 No 4 Blk & White. 15
2 8 a
“cc a oe "42 “ce 10 ce "95
PINS.
No 2—20, M C....... 50 ey 4—15, F 3%...... 40
« 3-18, 5 €u.5- 1. e
No 2 White & BI. By ‘\No 8 “s White & Bk, 20
4 ie
“ ¢ 6c = | “ce ¥ “cc nes
SAFETY PINS.
Ho 2. 2s... ‘ee Depa occas 36
NEEDLES—PER M.
A APamesR ss ca. 1 50|Steamboat.... ...... 40
Crowely 8..25.25:4.-; 3 SalGold: Wyed.u.. 0.1.5 1 50
Marshall’s........... 1 00
TABLE OIL CLOTH.
225 6—4...3 26/5—4....195 6—4...2 95
“2 =) 2 foe eo
RUPE |
RUPE |
The rope market is high and advancing, and the
price at present is as follows:
SISAL
MANILLA -
13¢ pound.
16c pound.
If you cannot stand these prices, we have in
stock what is called
New Process Rope
Which we guarantee is equal to Sisal.
following sizes and quote:
. 1-4, 5-16, 3-8 -
7-16 and5-8 -
Wid, YOU TERY rf?
We have the
- 9 1-2c pound.
9c pound.
Foster, Stevens & Co.,
Wholesale
10 and 12 Monroe St.,
Hardware,
33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis St.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
HARDWARE.
Prices Current.
These prices are for cash buyers, who
pay promptly and buy in full packages.
AUGURS AND BITS. dis.
AORN 60
Oeen A... 250.12 40
Jennings’, gonuine.......-.................- 25
Jeniince, imitation .....0....5.0.-. 2... 50&10
AXES.
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.................. 8 7 00
° © © Bronze... 11 00
“ SBS Siecle 8 50
‘ DB Stee, 13 00
BARROWS. dis.
Ratroae $ 14 00
Guarcen ... se net 30 00
BOLTS. dis.
ee 50&10
onic Hew Met... 8 70
.., 40&10
Sleigh SHOG. oo ee. 70
BUCKETS.
Wolk pls 8 : 50
Well, So ee 4 00
BUTTS, CAST. dis.
Cast Loose Pin, figured ....... ...........-. T0&
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.... . .60&10
Wrought Loose 2 iE 60&10
Wrousht Table... 60£10
Wrourht inside Blind. .....--.- 60&10
Wrought Brass... ........-....... 2... 5
Bind) Clares 70&10
Blind, Pormeers..-:... 8-2. 70&10
Blind, SHGOATG'S 20 7
BLOCKS.
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85........... 40
CRADLES.
Cre dis. 50&02
CROW BARS.
Cong SteGk perb 5
CAPS.
mig S110 ee ——_ m 65
ier s € fc... 60
CD . 35
MUSES oe. - 60
CARTRIDGES.
fn ire 50
Central Wire. 0s) dis. 25
CHISELS. dis.
SOCECE Pmmtiee 7O&10
Socket Framing..... -70&10
SOGHCCO@Ornecr. --.70&10
Seenc, Silees. 70&10
Butchers’ Tanged Mirmer............-...... 40
COMBS. dis
Curey, EGwrences 2.00205. 2st. 40
AGQRCTERAGR oe 25
CHALK,
White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10
COPPER,
Planished, 14 oz Cut tosize...... per pound 28
ieee, 1E250, TOG 26
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.. 25
Cold Rolled; MaKe eo. og 25
Se ae 27
DRILLS, dis.
Morees Bit Steers 40
Taper and straight Shank........... ‘ 40
MOrse f TADPCE SHANG 40
DRIPPING PANS,
Small sizes, ser pound ................ a 07
barge sizes, per pound............ 2... 5... 6%
ELBOWS.
Com. 4 picée, Gin.:....-............ doz.net %
Comugated ....0.. 2... .. dis, 20&10&10
AGMIRGARIO. oe dis. 40&10
EXPANSIVE BITS. dis.
Clark's, small, €18: large, @6................ 30
Tye’, 1, O18; 2, Get: 8,980.1... sl... oc ae
FILEs—New List. dis.
Leo ee 60&10
Ree Seren... ..............,.........., 60&10
TIC HOIBOH 8 oo 60&10
ECO ee ec ae. 50
Heller's Horge Haape........................ 50
GALVANIZED IRON.
— 16 ani 22 and 2%; 7 27 28
15 18
Tae, 50&10
GAUGES. dis.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.s............... 50
HAMMERS.
Maydole &Co.’s........-... ............ dis. =
Ming eee dis.
Vorkcs & Plamos ........... dis. 40810
Mason's Solid Cast Steel................. 30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand....30c 40&10
HINGES.
o—_ Cirren £28. 2. dis.60&10
Gente se. per doz. net, 2 50
ae Hook and Strap, to 12 in. rt 14 and
VO es eo 3%
Screw Hook and Eye, Se ee net
ee os, net es
- " . ME eae cee ae net
- ee eee ese cece net 1%
SrA Oe dis.
HANGERS, dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10
@hampion, ang friction. ....-.... 6... 60&10
Kidder, wood track . eee cue 40
HOLLOW WARE
2 ee 60
Kettles. . .
Spiders ........ 3
Gray GuameIed 22. 2 40810
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
Stamped ‘Tin Ware...:..........-.. new list 70&10
dJapanned Tin Ware....... Deca ee 25
Cranise Iron Ware .....-.......-. new list 3334 £10
HORSE NAILS,
Au mente Peles cote es el, dis. a ce
GO ee
Nortiwosberh Me ees onan uaa dis. a
KNOBs—New List.
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. * 55
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings. . 55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings. : 2c 55
Door, porcelsin, trimmings... 2... 2... .... 55
Drawer and Shutter, porcelain: 2... J... 5. 70
LOCKS—DOOR. dis.
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55
Matiory, Wheeler & Co's...5..-....-....,.. 55
Retort ee es 55
GR WEIEE i250. i eet ed oe 55
EVELS. dis.
Stanley Rule and ton Oates. os. Ot 70
MATTOCKS,
NS NOS os ei ce ia ge $16. = dis. 60
WES EO es $15.00, dis. 60
Pe as $18.50, dis. 20610.
MAULS. dis.
Sperry & Co.'s, Post, handied............... 50
MILLS. dis.
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s... ae 40
P.S. & W. Mfg. Co.’ Malleables.... 40
* Landoes, Forry & Cl Ea... . 2... -.. 40
MeeereisG 25
MOLASSES GATES, dis.
Sieben s PRMCEN 60&10
Stebpi's Gemmine. 6 66&10
HMnterprise, self moasuring.................. 25
NAILS
GCCH Mitt BORG 2%
Wire nails, WARe 3 20
Advance over base: Steel. Wire.
ee eee ce 25 Base
3 10
BSLILWSHSSSSBSASSVEN
Clinch 10...
“ 8
fen eek pak be beh
1
oo 6 1 2
Borel 4... Lo 2
PLANES. dis
Obie Tool Cos faney @30
weiogs BCNGR ee @50
pandusky Teel Co.'s, fancy.............._.. @30
IBCHCH Hirst qualiey @50
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood... .... &10
. PANS.
Py, DO .
Common, polished... :... | aie 70
RIVETS. dis
ron ang ‘Tinmes 40
Copper Rivets and Bure... 50
PATENT FLANISHED IRON.
‘‘A’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20
‘*B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 2... O20
Broken packs 4%e = pound extra,
OPES.
Sisal, 4% inch and age dees shee ee oe 14
Mane 17
SQUARES,
Steel and Iron..... : CS i = %
try An Beyer 60
Mire: 20
SHEET IRON.
Com. Smooth. a
Noe 10te tf... 4 o 8 10
Mos tot. 4 2 3 10
Woes, 15t0e8 4 20 3 20
MOS eetO 28. 4 3 3
INGOs 2a te 2e 40 3 35
IG ee 4 3 45
60
All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inch
wide not less than 2-10 extra
SAND PAPER.
@
Ls]
Rast geet 19 So. dis. 40&10
SASH CORD.
Silv er Lake, — Be list 50
CE 55
. White ye: ° 50
o Drab ee sm 55
. Wee Ce. - 35
Discount, 10.
SASH WEIGHTS.
1
The prices of the many other qualities “7
solder in the market indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.
aie ANTIMONY.
A so ob we Seco eid wle alu wale cul kb r
PIGCR ee - — i$
—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal Seis aaUece etc stg 86 60
14x20 IC, ee 6 60
10x14 IX, Br eee cee deuseia co sa 8 35
14x20 IX, Fes eee cco eau ou 8 35
Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal a eN bode eeee as taco uae 8600
14x20 1c. We eee eee 6 00
10x14 IX, Meee mapa ee eee cos wee eu 7 50
14x20 IX, Oe eee eee cogs cece ecg 7 50
Each additional X on this grade 81.50.
ROOFING PLATES
14x20 IC, . Se Meas eeseg oo. cae 6 00
14x20 IX, fe . ~~ to
20x28 IC, - 12 50
14x20 IC, : 5 25
14x20 IX, . 6 75
20x28 IC, _ - are ua eaa gle a 11 00
20x28 IX, / fe Th deseo yu ocs, ee oe
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE,
RN ie, ae eee ek os ces 5a
ieee 1, fo % . ol
or 0. 8 oilers,
14x60 IX {per pound.... 9%
See: vee per ton 825
sAWS. dis.
- CO ea
_ Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot, . 70
‘¢ Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.. 50
‘* Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30
“ Champion and Electric Tooth X
Cats, per took. ts 28
TRAPS. dis.
meek Game 0&0
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s...........
Oneida Community, Hawley « Norton’s. 4
Mense, choker) 18¢ per doz.
Mouse, GClsION $1.50 per doz.
WIRE. dfs.
eteeeet BIRT R ee 65
PRUCRIOCH OTR E ee eae ce, 70
COPNETOR MATEO 60
Naimee MIRE OE 62%
Coppered Spring Steet... 50
Barbed Pence, saivaneed.................. 4 00
patisee sl 3 40
WIRE GOODS. dis.
ee 70810610
ss Ives... :
Gate Hooks and Myes.... 6... 8. =
WRENCHES.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. * 30
Coes Genuine ee. 50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........ %
Coes Patent, matlegble .. oct: 75&10
MISCELLANEOUS. dis.
RUE CC onc
Peripe, CANCE s
Serows, New bast
Casters, bea and Piste... wl. so&10&10
Dampers, PPRORICQH So ci el 40
Forks, hoes, rakes ana all steel goods...... 65
METALS,
eg 4 PIG TIN.
@ Peres. see
ae Ate me
Dut Sheet, 2% sen d.
uty: ee 4c per poun
600 pound casks.. pil ue 6%
Per DOUG ea
SOLDER.
TE ee 16
\S9
The Michigan Tradesman
Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association.
A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE
Retail Trade of the Wolverine State,
E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. \
Subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable
strictly in advance.
Advertising Rates made known on application.
Publication Office, 100 Louis St.
Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office.
E. A. STOWE, Editor.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1890.
RURAL HIGHWAYS.
Governor Hill found time to say a
word in behalf of the necessity of better
country highways in his annual message
to the New York Legislature. ‘‘Our
highways,’’ he writes, ‘‘are, as a general
rule, ina most unsatisfactory condition,
many of them being almost impassable
without great discomfort during large
portions of the year, while few are kept
in a proper state of repair. They are
inferior to those throughout England and
several other countries in Europe, while
the public roads of New England are
conspicuously better than ours.’”’ This
is a subject with regard to which there
has been avery general awakening of
interest, to which we have reason to be-
lieve our own articles on methods of
making good roads contributed not a lit-
tle. The newspapers of the State
ascribe the badness of the roads to the
old-fashioned method of allowing the
farmers to ‘‘work out their road tax’’ in
a lazy way which does very little for
their improvement. In early times,
when money was scarce and labor plenty,
this way of proceeding was unavoidable.
But, like many other usages of those
times, it has outlived its usefulness, and
the business of road-making should be
put into the hands of experts, who would
not be content with shoveling loose soil
from the roadside ditch into the middle
of the highway and spreading it there.
Very few, indeed, are the districts of this
country where a good road can be made
out of materials close at hand, and the
farmers are indisposed to incur the
trouble and expense of going to gravel
beds and quarries for the material needed
to construct a road-bed that will last.
But we have reached a stage in social
development when nothing less than this
should be tolerated by public opinion.
Governor Hill proposes that the State
shall set the example of doing better by
constructing two good roads in each
county. We fear that this would only
ease the farmers’ minds about the rest.
What is needed is an effective system of
State supervision, or, better still, that
road-making be taken over by the State
from the counties and townships. But
we do not expect to see the States under-
take this work effectively, so long as they
are obliged to depend on direct taxation
for the whole of their revenue. This is
one of the openings for the wise use of
the national surplus of revenue, which
our legislators of both parties seem most
anxious to throw away.
MUNICIPAL PROSPERITY.
Prof. Albert B. Hart, of Harvard Uni-
versity, has an interesting article on
“The Rise of American Cities,’? in the
Quarterly Journal of Economics, show-
ing the change which has passed over
the country within a hundred years. In
1789, not 100,000 of the something less
than 4,000.000 of our population lived in
cities. Nowthere are nearly sixteen
millions, out of less than sixty, gathered
in. some .350 cities. Looking at the
question on its economic side, Professor
Hart thinks that the possession of a port
like that of New York is the surest guar-
antee of a city’s permanent eminence.
We think that this is a mistake that grows
out of an overestimate of foreign trade.
If it were true, how should we account
for the early decay of Newport and
Salem, and the present deeay of Boston
in relative importance? And the rapid
growth of cities like Chicago, Minneapo-
lis and St. Paul, to say nothing of the
way in which Cincinnati holds its own
in the last three decades, while Charles-
ton, Savannah and Mobile have lost
ground, and New Orleans threatens to
take its place beside ‘‘the dead cities of
the Zuyder Zee,’’ is proof enough that
the secret of municipal prosperity is a
much more complex matter than Pro-
fessor Hart assumes. Indeed, he himself
abandons his own case when he admits
that the geological conformation of the
Mohawk Valley, admitting of canal com-
munication with the West, has been of
as great importance to New York as its
harbor; and yet that advantage declines
in relative importance with every year, al-
though it sufficed to put New York ahead
of Philadelphia after 1830.
It is said in the article that cities like
New York owe much to the stimulus of
direct contact with the rest of the world,
and are more open to new ideas than are
those of manufacturing centers. This is
true as far as it goes, but it remains un-
certain whether the real growth of a
community is to be traced to its eager-
ness to hear some new thing every day,
or to a more solid and earnest apprecia-
tion of the truths of its own intellectual
heritage.
It is given out by the officers of the
Detroit exposition that the net profits on
last year’s exposition were $27,000 of
which $10,000 went for a 5 per cent. div-
idend and $17,000 remains in the surplus
fund. It is understood, however, that
the net receipts were about double the
amount above given, as no account is
given of the receipts from exhibitors for
floor space. It was thought best to make
the showing as small as possible, in or-
der to avoid the impression that the ex-
position is such a money-making institu-
tion.
The man who attempts to combat the
P. of I. craze with argument is wasting
his breath. It is as reasonable to expect
to carry a point by argument before the
inmates of a lunatic asylum as to be able
to convince an ignorant individual who
is inflamed with unjust resentment
against the man who has been his best
friend. Fortunately, there is a weapon
when argument does not avail—a weapon
as keen as steel—ridicule. Its shafts are
piercing the rotten fabric of the P. of I.
on every side, and depleting the ranks
faster than any amount of facts and fig-
ures could do.
The present policy of the great naval
powers is to depend largely on convert-
ing ordinary merchantmen into cruisers
and transporters in case of war, instead
of depending on their navy alone. Mr.
Whitney took the first step in this direc-
tion, by having all the steamships sailing
under the American flag examined by
naval boards with reference to their war
capabilities. There are at least eighty-
two such steamships now afloat, of which
thirty-three could be converted into fast
cruisers for the capture or destruction of
ships of commerce, by the employment
of afew guns and some changes in their
structure. Thirty-nine others are capa-
ble of conversion into effective transport
vessels for carrying troops and stores.
All of these vessels except a dozen were
built on the Delaware, and most of them
within a few years past. The New York
Times very properly urges that the work
of preparing for such a use of these
ships should not be delayed until the mo-
ment when we may need to so employ
them. Alterations which would have to
be made should be made at once on govern-
ment account, and the necessary arma-
ment should be in readiness to fit them out
for this service. But thus far the Gov-
ernment has not been able to do any-
thing of the sort, because Congress has
not heeded its application for money for
such purpose.
A Better Pull.
“Do you expect a raise of salary on
the 1st ?’? he asked as they came down
town together.
“‘T do,’’ was the confident reply.
“So you did last year at this time, but
didn’t get it.’’
“T know it; but circumstances are dif-
ferent now.”’
“Going to marry the old man’s only
daughter ?”’
‘Better than that.’’
“Whew! You must have got an inside
track.”
‘So I have.’’
‘*What is it ?”’
‘“‘Last year he had three men of us
who knew how to mix beans, chicory and
coffee together to make O. G. Java. The
other two are dead.’’
“And you:
‘“‘A rival concern has offered me an ad-
vance of five dollars a week. He must
come up toit or I go. His only daugh-
ter! She isn’t shucks compared to 68
per cent. adulteration.”’
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Dirt in Lozenges.
A wholesale grocery house of St. Louis
recently made a claim against:the South
Shore Railway for damages to half a
dozen barrels of lozenges, shipped from
Boston. The railway company sent sam-
ples of the lozenges to a chemist, who
discovered them to consist ‘‘entirely of
terra alba bound together with a little
gelatine or gum.’’ Investigation showed
them to yet require dipping in syrups
flavored with peppermint, wintergreen,
sassafras, and the like, before being
ready for infantile consumption. As
terra albais amineral utterly msoluble
in the saliva or gastric juice—a danger-
ous compound to put within even a
healthy stomach—the railroad company
very properly refused to pay any dam-
ages, and the grocery house, fearing ex-
posure, ceased to press the claim.
The Board of Trade Journal, of Port-
land, Me., says that 6,000 tons of terra
alba were recently imported through the
port of New York alone.
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Must Be New.
Old Lady (from the country)—I’d like
to git a pair o’ shoes, young man.
Polite Clerk—Yes, ma’am. Something
pretty nice, ma’am ?
Old Lady—I want ’em good ’n’ stout.
Polite Clerk—Well, ma’am, here’s a
strong shoe, an excellent strong shoe. It
has been worn a great deal this winter—
Old Lady—Man alive, I don’t want no
shoe that’s been worn this winter nor
any other winter; I want a bran’ new
pair!
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An Average Irishman.
“Tf I put my money into the savings
bank,’’ said Pat, ‘‘when can I draw it out
again ?”’
‘““Oh,’? answered his fellow-country-
man, “if you putitin to-day, you can
draw it out to-morrow by giving a fort-
night’s notice.”’
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Heard on a Street Car.
From the Philadelphia Record.
“Going to open a drug store, I hear.
Got capital enough ?”’
‘Well, I’ve got a directory and a lot of
postage stamps, and Ill get the other
things together by degrees.’’
WHAT AILED UNCLE BILLY.
Written for THE TRADESMAN.
It was avery cold day, and the little
storm that had been in progress early
that morning had almost developed into
ablizzard. The crowd which generally
adorns the post-office on stormy days was
there, and was considerably augmented
by those who usually attended to their
own business, but through the inclement
weather were unable to continue their
customary avocations. Some one had
just suggested that it would be well to
call the roll, as all the loafers had come
in, when the door opened, and the griz-
zled visage of Uncle Billy Daniels ap-
peared in the aperture.
‘‘Hello, Uncle Billy,’’ ‘‘How do, Uncle
Billy,’ ‘“‘You here ag’in, Uncle Billy ?
Thought you was dead!’ ‘Bully for
you, uncle. Just needed somebody to
take the chair,’’ were some of the greet-
ings which were showered upon him al-
most with one breath.
“Yes, it?s me,’’ said the patriarch, as
he stepped inside and slowly and painfully
closed the door after him. ‘‘It’s me yit;
but the Lord knows it’s mighty nigh
bein’ somebody elst;’? and then we no-
ticed that he carried a crutch and limped
as he walked.
‘Why, what’s the matter, uncle ?’’
‘“‘Sakes alive? what ails you?’ ‘‘Hain’t
sick, be ye ?”’ were fired at him from all
sides, and several of the loafers made
places for him by the stove, and con-
ducted him in state to a chair.
‘‘Waal, boys, it?d be more like fer me
to tell ye what hain’t the matter of me
than to tell ye whatis. I’m a tarnation
old wrack, that’s what I be—a total and
onconditional old wrack. Say, any 0’
you fellers got any chewin’ ?’’
Half a dozen plugs and as many papers
of fine cut were tendered him. Uncle
Billy selected a piece of black twist,
and pulled off a liberal allowance. Part
of this went between his toothless jaws,
and the balance he held and gently rolled
between his fingers as he talked.
“Terbacker hain’t what it uster be,’’
he soliloquized. “TIT uster git toback-
er ae
‘“‘But say, Uncle Billy, you didn’t tell
us what made you lame.’’
‘“‘Bless me; guessI didn’t. I didn’t,
did I, boys? Waal, that’s afack, I didn’t.
Beats all how fergitful a feller’) git.
Now, I uster remember like a cuss. I
uster pride myself on allers rememberin’
everything. Never forgot nothin’.
C’d tell ye to the day an’ hour jess what
{'d done fer the month past. Now my
old woman, she was allers ter’ble fergit-
ful. Never c’d remember nothin’.
Oncet when we was ut
“But say, Uncle Billy, did you break
your leg ?’’
“No. Don’t interrupt a feller.’’
“Yes, but you were going to tell us
what made you so lame.’’
“Of course. Declare, but I must er
fergot. Why, I was took down with the
roomertiz week afore las’ of a Tuesday.
No, it wasn’t nuther. It was of a Mon-
day. Hold on, now, but I guess it was
of a Tuesday, arter all. It was the day
but one arter Jim brought home them
yoke of steers he got f?’m Pete Snyder. Say,
them’s as good a yoke o’ steers fer their
heft as the’ is in this county—don’t keer
a cuss whose. /Yist?day Jim had ’em
hitched up, ’n’ he tried ’em on a log, an’
cuss me, if —’?
‘‘Was it the rheumatiz that made you
lame, Uncle Billy 2”? asked Jack Jones.
“Hey 9.)
‘T say, did the rheumatiz make you
limp like that ?”’
‘*Nio.”?
“Well, what was it, then ?”’
“Tf you'll keep still for a minute,
young feller, mebbe you’ll find out. I
was just a tellin’ of ye.’’
‘No you weren’t, either.
telling about Jim’s steers.’’
Uncle Billy glared in silence upon his
inquisitor for a moment, and then re-
sumed :
“Granny Williams she came to our
house, an’ I was flat onto my back with
the blamed roomertiz.
You were
*<‘Mornin’ to ye, unele,’ ses_ she,
‘what’s the best word with ye, this
mornin’ ?’
** ‘Nothin’ very good,’ ses I. ‘I’ve be’n
took down agin with the bloody roomer-
tiz, an’ not to be a deceiving of ye,
granny, I never felt so tarnation mean
in ali my borned days.’
‘s ‘Lordy massy,’ ses she, ‘uncle, but I
kin help ye out of that, Ireckon. Got
any turkytime in the house ?’
** ‘Nary bit,’ ses I.
‘““‘Turkytime’s a prime thing fer
roomytiz,’ ses she. ,The’ hain’t nothin’
elst what’ll help it like that. You send
Jim right down town fer some turkytime,
an’ when you git it you rubit onto you
where the mos’ of the pain is, an’ that’ll
help it right away.’
‘Waal, Jim he got the turkytime an’
the old woman she rubbed iton, an’ I
>lowed it made me feel some better. But
along in the night I got to feelin’ wuss
ag’in, an’ the more turkytime ma rubbed
on, the wuss I felt, an’ finally I got Jim
to heat some flatirons an’ put to my back
an’ laigs, an’ I'll be tetotally chawed up
if it didn’t raise blisters everywhere
them irons teched.”’
‘Hurt any, uncle ?”’
“Hurt! Thunder an’ blazes! No, it
didn’t hurt. It don’t hurt to skin a fel-
ler alive, doit? It was nice. Somp’n’
like pullin’ teeth, ’cordin’ to my tell.’’
And Uncle Billy’s usually solemn vis-
age spread itself into a derisive grin.
‘“Waal,’? he resumed, ‘‘I was purty
nigh floored before, an’ that made me
wuss. I ketched cold f’m kickin’ the
kivers off, an’ then this here bloody la
grippy sot in an’ Icum within one 0’
croakin’ right there.”’
‘“We’re glad to see you out again, any-
way, uncle. Was it the grippe or the
blisters that made you lame ?”’
‘Blisters ? No. Them’s well. ’Twan’t
the grippy, nuther.”’
‘What was it, then ?’’ queried Jones
again.
“Say, young feller, ef you’d a kep’
still a while ago, you’d a found out.
When Jim had his steers hitched up to
that air saw lawg, yist’day, the tarnation
lawg slewed around and whacked me one
right onto my left laig. That’s what
ailded mean’ made me the mos’ lame
Of all’?
And then, as Uncle Billy concluded
his narrative, he centered a spittoon
about ten feet away with an accumulated
quantity of tobacco juice, tied his faded
searf once more about his wrinkled and
bearded throat, hobbled slowly toward
the door and was soon lost to view.
Gro. L. THURSTON.
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Verdict for the Plaintiff.
When John Jones and James Smith
were young men, Mr. Jones did a great
kindness for Mr. Smith, which Mr. Smith
at that time was not able torepay. Mr.
Smith, then, half in humor and half in
earnest, gave the following note to Mr.
Jones:
‘For value received, I promise to pay
John Jones the sum of $10,000, pro-
viding that at the time this note is pre-
sented, I shall have accumulated prop-
erty to the value of $100,000.
“JAMES SMITH.”’
The young men separated. Smith was
avery shrewd brain, and in time he be-
came wealthy. He located in St. Louis,
Mo., and Jones heard nothing from him.
Jones, in the meanwhile, never got along
in the world. He was of too generous a
disposition, and then, again, he had arun
of hard luck, until at last he found him-
self, as the physician told him, close to
death’s door, and he realized that his
wife and family would be left in want.
In rummaging through his papers and
assorting them out for him, his wife
came across this note for $10,000.
“Who was this Mr. Smith that you
went to college with?”’ she asked him.
“Oh, he was a friend of mine at that
time. He went to St. Louis. I believe
that he is now very wealthy.”’
‘And how about this note which you
have ?”’
‘“‘What note 2?’ asked Jones.
see it.’’
His wife handed it to him, and Jones
read it through carefully and thought
over it for a while.
“That is no use, I expect,’’ he said. ‘‘I
applied to Smith for some little help that
he might easily have given me. It was
only a matter of recommendation, not
money at all, and he refused it. That
was five years ago.”’
‘But,’? said his wife, ‘‘are you sure
that the note is not good ?’’
‘J doubt if I could collect it. He has
the money to fight, and I have not. I
think the best thing to do is to tear
it up.”
But his wife did nothing of the sort.
She took it to a young lawyer of her
acquaintance and asked him whether
anything could be done in the matter or
not.
“It is perfectly legal,’’ said the young
man, ‘‘but there might be some difficulty
in collecting it. You see, we would have
to prove that he was worth at least
$100,000, and that is sometimes a difficult
thing todo. But I haven’t any too much
business, and if you like I will take this
note in hand—it will cost you nothing—
and see what can be done with it.”’
The lawyer wrote to Mr. Smith, and
received an answer repudiating the affair
altogether. He had no recollection of it.
So the case was brought into court. The
document, it was easily seen by the law-
yers of the other side, could be proved to
beagenuine note. Their defense was
that Mr. Smith was not possessed of
$100,000. A schedule was then drawn
up, showing the actual possessions of
Mr. Smith, and that schedule put it up
to $99,700. Into it had been put all the
property of Mr. Smith that could be
easily traced, and the young lawyer was
nonplussed as to how to prove that Mr.
Smith owned more than this amount.
Smith, however, was a very avaricious
man, and thus it was that the lawyer
managed to secure his verdict.
Mr. Smith was sitting in his office,
when a gentleman called on him one day,
and said:
“JT understand that a frivolous suit has
been brought against you for $10,000
on some note that you gave when you
were a young man. Is this true ?”’
“That is perfectly true,’’ said
Smith.
“T hope then, sir, that you, in the in-
terest of the community, will fight the
suit to the last inch.”’
“TI intend to do so,’”’ said Mr. Smith.
‘‘T hope you will not spare any costs in
the matter, because it is something of
deep interest to the community in gen-
eral that the frivolous suits should be
unsuccessful as often as possible.’’
“T quite agree with you,”’ said
Smith.
‘“‘Now, sir, [am President of the So-
ciety for the Prevention of Needless
Litigation, and as the President of that
society I beg to say that we will stand
all the costs of this suit.’
“That is very good of you,’’ said Mr.
Smith.
“Tn order te show you that Iam not mak-
ing a promise that I am unable to fulfill,
I have the pleasure of giving you a check
for $500 with which to bear the prelim-
inary expense of the suit. If it comes
to more, 1 hope that you will call on us.’’
Mr. Smith took the check and looked
at it rather dubiously. He evidently ex-
pected that it was bogus, and the mo-
“Let me
Mr.
Mr.
ment the man was gone he called to his
clerk and said:
“Take that check to the bank and col-
lect the cash on it if it is any good.
don’t think myself that it is.”’
But when the clerk came back he said
the check was perfectly good, and he
handed to Mr. Smith the $500.
When the case came into court a few
days later, and the schedule for $99,700
was brought up, the lawyer on the oppo-
site side offered to give proof that Mr.
Smith was possessed of more money than
this. Mr. Smith had _ received, he
claimed, a check for $500 only a day or
two before, and in evidence his check
was produced as having been collected
by Mr. Smith and paid to his order.
That settled the matter. Mr. Smith’s
wealth was, therefore, over $100,000, and
the result was a verdict for the plaintiff.
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Dr. Jenkinson and Dr. Rybold.
From the — Tribune.
“This®’ said the man who was travel-
ing on the cars,as he opened his valise
and took out a bottle, ‘‘is a mixture
called Dr. Jenkinson’s Indispensable. I
never travel withoutit. It is the best
and most agreeable tonic nowon the
market, by all odds.’? , ‘I am not so
sure about that,’’ replied the man who
was occupying the seat with him. “I
have here (and he opened his own valise
and took out a bottle) a tonic called Dr.
Rybold’s Extract, which I have used for
several years, and consider it the very
best preparation made. No man ought
ever to ig
“T have no doubt it is a fairly good
medicine in its way,’’ broke in the other,
“but if you had ever tasted Dr. Jenkin-
son’s Indispensable you would throw that
stuff of yours away.’’
“T know all about Dr. Jenkinson’s nos-
trum, sir. I knowexactly what it is
made of.”’
‘You do, hey ?’’
“Yes, sir; and I know Dr. Rybold’s
Extract is made from precisely the same
formula, only from pure materials, in-
stead of the vile and adulterated ingred-
ients old Jenkinson uses.’’
‘It?s made from the same formula,
iSite”
‘“‘“Exactly the same.”’
‘“‘You lying old ignoramus, how do you
know what it is made of ?’’
‘How do I know, you insulting old
scoundrel? I’m Dr. Rybold, sir.’’
“Tam gladI have found you out, you
infernal villain. I am Dr. Jenkinson.’’
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Niagara Falls in Art.
The Michigan Central, ‘‘The Niagara
Falls Route,’’ has published @ remarka
bly fine reproduction of Graham’s water-
eolor of Niagara Falls. A limited num-
ber will be furnished the public at fifty
cents each, which is much less than their
commercial or artistic value, but not
more than two copies will be sent to any
one address. Send postal note or money
order for the amount to O. W. Ruggles,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
Chicago, Ill. 332
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Questionable Proof of Merit.
From the Boston Herald.
Old Gent (looking for a pair of stout
shoes for boy)—Can you warrant these
shoes ?
Dealer—I know of a pair of the same
make which have been in constant use
for three years.
Old Gent—Is_ that
them ?
Dealer—A messenger boy.
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Some of the Annoyances Incident to a
Drummer’s Life.
From the Merchants’ Review.
It has probably occurred to the mem-
bers of the Farmers’ Alliance by this
time that their resolution proposing the
extermination of that valuable factor in
trade, the commercial traveler, was not
calculated to reflect credit on their sa-
gacity. But whether the proposition is
commendable or not, there will be no dis-
puting the difficulty of enforcing it, and
the class aimed at is not likely to worry
itself over the matter, as no one knows
better than the drummer how necessary
heis to the proper distribution of the
necessaries of life. Necessary though
he may be, yet, considering the im-
portance and arduous nature of his
duties, they are not so remunerative as to
call for the expression of such sentiments
as the hayseeds gave voice to at
their recent convention. Only those
who have carried a ‘grip’? over
“the road’? can form the slightest
idea of the drawbacks of the drum-
mer’s avocation, and the generally
inadequate extent of its rewards. When
a customer has been secured by frequent
visits and an expenditure of skill and
patience that would surprise the unin-
itiated, the rest is by no means easy.
There is always the danger that travelers
for rival firms will secure him, and the
drummer has to be constantly on the
qui vive in order to retain the - trade.
Many of the drummer’s troubles are due
to the neglect or mistakes of shipping
clerks and book-keepers at headquarters.
First-class customers are either lost en-
tirely or made so angry as to endanger
the relations between them and the
salesman by the assiduity of book-keep-
ers in sending in statements before they
are due, or by drawing on the customer
before he has had time to check the in-
voices, or by errors in accounts. Then
the delay in shipping goods ordered in a
hurry is a fruitful cause of trouble to
traveling salesmen, also the careless
marking of goods, which causes them to
go astray; in the meantime the customer
becomes disgusted and orders from an-
other house. When such instances oc-
cur, the traveling salesman has a hard
time of it in pacifying patrons. To the
merchant, the drummer generally serves
as a shield, a guide and a faithful and
prudent counselor; to the large number
of dealers who have but little practical
knowledge of the goods handled by them
—gradually growing smaller year by year,
fortunately—he is their chief reliance
in the matters of quality and suitability
of the goods to the trade for which they
are intended. Lest the salesman should
wax too complacent and have too easy a
time, the firm generally provide a sure
specific in constant notifications that his
route must be worked over more energet-
ically and his trade extended. Profits,
however large, rarely satisfy the firm;
the cry is always that he is selling too
low. Interspersed between these hints
come requests to stir up his customers
and hasten collections. Customers also
help to make’the drummer’s lot a_bur-
den; being naturally as anxious to scale
prices down as the house is to scale
them up. The discomforts of the travel-
ing salesman’s life are too well known to
need mention, and unless a young man
has an unusually good constitution he
will find traveling on the road is not cal-
culated to ensure ahale old age. The
drummer has his faults, of course. The
temptation to induce a customer to over-
load is sometimes too strong to be re-
sisted, but this fault is common chiefly
among young, inexperienced salesmen,
who are ignorant of the fact that
there is no surer or quicker
way of killing trade than by in-
ducing customers to buy either in ex-
cessive quantities or of goods that are
not salable. Take him all in all, how-
ever, the drummer is a valuable member
of the community; to dispense with him
would necessitate a complete revolution
of the manner of distributing merchan-
dise, with no prospect of improvement in
efficiency or cheapening of the cost of do-
ing business.
tc
Understood the Monkey’s Weakness.
From the New York Sun.
One of the attractions at a church fair
recently held in this city was a lottery
conducted onasmall scale. Ten per-
sons contributed ten cents each. Each
subseriber drew aslip of paper from a
hat. The slips were numbered from 1 to
10. The papers were then placed in an-
other hat, and a monkey was allowed to
pick one out. The person who, at the
first drawing, had obtained the slip
selected by the monkey, was entitled to
90 cents, 10 cents going to the fair fund.
After each drawing by the monkey, the
slips were destroyed. One night a young
man won over $20 at this little game of
chance. Nearly every time, the monkey
drew the slip this young man had selected
at the first drawing. Those present mar-
velled at the young man’s luck, and but
for an accident they never would have
ascribed his winnings to any cause but
good fortune. Every slip of paper the
young man drew he rubbed with a piece
of lump sugar. Of course, the monkey’s
weakness for sweets led him to pick out
the sugared slip. The young man
dropped the piece of sugar while he was
rubbing it on a slip, and then his smart
little game was discovered.
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‘Professional Pricers.”’
Quite peculiar are the clever men and
women who are known as ‘“‘pricers,’’ and
who are employed by the proprietors of
the great shopping stores to learn the
prices at which their competitors are
offering goods, says Harper's Weekly.
These ‘‘pricers’”” must be very talented,
experienced and judicious specialists.
They must be able to judge of the qual-
ity and brand of an article, as well as to
discover its selling price. They must
hide their business from those they spy
upon as carefully and ingeniously as a
detective works among criminals. They
must pretend to be shoppers, messengers
from invalids wanting samples, eccentric
ladies who scarcely know what they
want, and so ask about many things.
They must in some cases work in one
great store and draw salaries from two,
the second salary being their pay for
acquainting a rival with their employer’s
business.
WANTED.
POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED
FRUIT, BEANS
and all kinds of Produce.
If you have any of the above goods to
ship, or anything in the Produce line, let
us hear from you. Liberal cash advances
made when desired.
EARL BROS.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
157 South Water St., CHICAGO.
Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Ohicago.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids.
TIME TABLES.
Grand Rapids & Indiana.
In effect Nov. 17, 1889.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
A.D. Spangler & Co
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
FRUIYS «xo PRODUGK
And General Commission Merchants.
EAST SAGINAW, MICH.
We buy and sell all kinds of fruit and
produce and solicit correspondence with
both-buyers and sellers.
Creamery Outfit For Sale or Trade.
I have on hand acomplete creamery
outfit, consisting of the following:
One 200-gallon square churn.
Two 200-gallon cream vats.
One Mason butter worker.
Six galvanized gathering cans.
One Reids’ shipping box, to hold 120
pounds of butter in trays.
One I. X. L. butter print machine,
1-pound prints.
Two skimming pails, covered.
One strainer pail.
One buttermilk strainer.
A quantity of glass testing tubes.
Lot of pointed skimmers.
About 100 514-gallon Fairlamb setting
cans.
Will sell the whole outfit at a bargain.
" a Arrive. Leave. | It is all practically as good as new, hay-
raverse City ackinaw........0- 7:10am } j > :
Traverse City Express..........++. 9:20am 11:30am _ oa but four months. The country
Traverse City & Mackinaw. “35pm 4:10pm| here is too new for the business. I will
From Cincinnati..........42 sseeees 8:50 pm
sell this ata big discount for cash or
Cadillac (Mixed)........0ssssesessees i :
good security, or will take in tradea
) 6:30pm
Through coaches for Saginaw on 7:10am and 4:10 p
ae cian aii: good team of work horses. Would take
Cincinnati Express............+-++ 7:15am|a good Perkins or Hall shingle mill ora
Fort Wayne Express......-+++e+0e+ 11:45am 12:50pm s “
Cincinnati Express. ........+.++++- :30 pm 6:00 p m planer and matcher, but machinery must
be in good repair, practically as good as
new. If parties have a good shingle
mill without power, will pay the differ-
ence. Is I can not sell all together, will
sell any of the articles separate.
JOHN KOOPMAN,
Falmouth, Mich.
5:30 p
From Mackinaw & Traverse City..10:40 p m
From Cadillac. .....cccccccsccsscccces 9:55 am
Train leaving for Cincinnati at 6p. m. and arriving
from Cincinnati at 9:20 p. m., runs daily, Sundays in-
cluded. Other trains daily except Sunday.
Sleeping and Parlor Car Service: North—7::0 a. m.
and 4:10 p. m. trains have sleeping and parlor cars for
Mackinaw City. South—7:l5a. m. train has chair car
and 6 p. m. train Pullman sleeping car for Cincinnati.
Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
In effect Nov. 10, 1889.
A ELLE LEE.
Leave vi HE MOST RELIABLE FooD
NN Oe eek cece eel acer ratese ee sens aces 10:15am For Infants and Invalids.
BT OH oe dni ccc eeeciceecissonscmocis 3:45pm Used everywhere, with unqualifie
5:40pm 8:45 pm isuccess. Not a medicine, but asteam-
cooked food, suited to the weakest!
stomach. Take no other. Soild b
druggists. In cans, 35c. and upward.
OOLRICH & Co. on every label.|
Fehsenfeld & Grammel,
(Successors to Steele & Gardner.)
Manufacturers of
Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later.
Through tickets and full information can be had by
calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at depot, or
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe St.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
CO. L. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent.
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.
GOING WEST. ,
Arrives. Leaves.
+Morning Express..........--+-+++- 12:50 pm 1:00 pm B rR O O M S) v
+Through Mail.............- cece £0 pm 4:20pm e
+Grand Rapids Express.. ..10:40 pm
*Night Express........ «++. -. 6:40 am 7:00am Whisks, Toy Brooms, Broom Corn, Broom
Wiixeg. se 7:30am] Handles, and all Kinds of Broom Materials.
+Detroit Express......... iL a 6:50am | 10 and 12 Plainfield Ave., Grand Rapids.
+Through Mail... 10:10am 10:20am
+Evening Express... :35 pm 3:45pm
*Night Express..... 30pm 10:55 pm
ok
+Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily.
Detroit Express and Evening Express have parlor
ears attached and make direct connections in Detroit
for all points East.
Morning express and Grand Rapids express have par-
lor cars attached. Night express has Wagner sleeping
ear to Detroit, arriving in Detroit at 7:20 a. m.
Through railroad tickets and ocean steamship
tickets and sleeping car berths secured at
D.,G. H. & M.R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot.
Jas. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent.
Jno. W. Loup, Traffic Manager, Detroit.
Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern.
For Toledo and all points South and East, take
the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Rail-
way from Owosso Junction. Sure connections
at above point with trains of D., G. H. & M., and
connections at Toledo with evening trains for
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton, Cincin-
nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville and all promi-
nent points on connecting lines.
A. J. Paistey, Gen’! Pass. Agent
A. FB BROOKS «€ ©.
WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF
Pure Candies.
The Only Hovse in the State which Puts Goods Up NEY WEIGHT.
NO CHARGE FOR PACKAGES,
CODY BLOCK, 158 EAST FULTON ST,, =
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; SAMPLE SHEET" PRICES
Sea AOE ORS sae
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH
GEO. H. REEDER,
State Agent
Lycoming Rubber:
and Jobber of
Medinm Price Shoes.
Grand Rapids, Mich
EGG CASES & FILLERS.
Having taken the agency for Western and Northern Michigan for the LIMA
EGG CASES and FILLERS, we are prepared to offer same to the trade in any
quantity.
‘r0qqny Suryo0yg Bur
~I18OM 2 BUT}41T S8OG ODL
v Lots of 100. Less than 100.
No. 1 30-doz. Cases, complete: :..--.. ee 35¢. 35¢
No. 1—36-doz. ‘ SE ee scale eal at 38e. 40c.
ING. Po ORRTIGES, CE Se ee a eie acinar aia). 10e. 10e.
Parties ordering Fillers have to buy one Case with every 10 sets of Fillers, mak-
ing 10 sets with Case $1.25 (10 Fillers and 8 Dividing Boards constitute a standard
set). Strangers to us will please remit money with their orders or give good
reference.
LAMOREAUX & JOHNSTON, 71 Canal St., Grand Rapids.
Putnam Candy Co.,
HEADQUARTERS FOR
FLORIDA ORANGES, LEMONS, NUTS, ETC
WM.SEARS & CO.,
Cracker Manviactvrers,
37, 839 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids.
PEREINS & HESS
DEALERS IN
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,
NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,
WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE.
Alired J. Brown,
WHOLESALE
Gl ETUAMS, Nuts, Dates, Figs,
16 and 18 North Division Street, Grand Rapids.
EDWIN FALLAS,
JOBBER OF
Batter, Eggs, Fairfield Cheese, Foreign Froits, Mince Meat, Nuts, ite.
Oyster and Mince Meat Business Running Full Blast.
Dairy Butter.
Special Bargain in Choice
Let your orders come.
Office and Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
rand Rapids Fruit and Produce ba,
JOBBER OF
FOREIGN FBPRUITS.
Oranges, Lemons and Bananas a Specialty.
3 NORTH IONIA S8T., GRAND RAPIDS.
MOSELEY BROS.
—WHOLESALE——
Fruits, Seeds, Oysters ? Produce.
All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.
If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes, will be
pleased to hear from you.
26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., - * GRAND RAPIDS.
LT FOR BUSINESS.
Do you want to increase your trade in a safe way .
Do you want to do your customers justice ?
Do you want the confidence of all who trade with you?
Would you like to rid yourself of the bother of ‘‘posting’’ your books and
‘patching up’? pass-book accounts 2
Did you ever have a pass-book account foot up and balance with the corre-
sponding ledger account, without having to “‘doctor’’ it?
Do not many of your customers complain that they have been charged for
items they never had, and is not your memory a little clouded as to whether they
have or not ?
Do you not want pay for all the small items that go out of your store, that
yourself and clerks are so prone to forget to charge ?
Then why not adopt a system of crediting that will abolish all these and a
hundred other objectionable features of the old method, and one that establishes a
CASH BASIS of crediting ?
A new era dawns, and with it new commodities for its new demands; and all
enterprising merchants should keep abreast with the times and adopt the
Tradesman Gredit Covpon Book,
Which is now in use by over 5,000 Michigan merchants, in every case giving the
most unqualified satisfaction.
PRICE. LIST.
$ 2 Coupons, per hundred.......... $2.50 | SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING DISCOUNTS:
$5 ss a ee 3.00; Orders for 200 or over....... 5 per cent,
$10 fc eS Oe ns Ce eR eal ad LO
= * . a ae, ~~ 7
Gvods prepaid to destination where cash accompanies order.
WE SHALL BE PLEASED TO SEND ANY NUMBER OF ANY DENOMINATION OF
BOOKS, AT REGULAR PRICE, AS A TRIAL ORDER.
The Tradesman Company,
SOLE OWNERS AND MANUFACTURERS,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH,
BF. J. DETTENTHALER,
JOBBER OF
Salt Fish.
Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. See Quotations in Another Column.
CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF WILD GAME SOLICITED.
GROCERIES.
Gripsack Brigade.
L. M. Mills has concluded to dispose
of his drug stock at Blanchard.
Geo. F. Owen, L. M. Mills and Jas. N.
Bradford are no longer disciples at the
throne of la grippe.
J. H. Brill, who was ill at St. Mark’s
Home for about six weeks, left for his
home at St. Clair last Saturday.
W. W. Gorball, formerly with Lemon
& Peters, but for the past two years on
the road for Hawkins, Perry & Co., has
gone back to the old love.
Frank Miles and wife are rejoicing
over the advent of a brand-new daugh-
ter, who arrived last Monday night and
tips the beam at 81¢ pounds.
N. A. Parker, traveling salesman for
Daniel Lynch, who has been confined to
his house by illness for the past month,
is out on the warpath again.
Those wishing invitations to the travel-
ing men’s ball, either for themselves or
friends, should communicate with Geo.
F. Owen, 181 Jefierson avenue.
Daniel Lynch’s traveling force for 1890
comprises J. C. Watson, N. A. Parker,
John M. Shields and H. B. Amer. The
latter covers the city trade of the house.
John M. Shields, for several years past
shipping clerk for Daniel Lynch, now
represents that house on the road, cover-
ing the trade formerly seen by Willis P.
Townsend.
A Hesperia correspondent suggests
that Max Mills’ recent illness was caused
by his eatiug too much turkey at Hes-
peria, in the vain endeavor to keep up
with Frank Utley.
W. J. Richards has concluded to re
main with the Massasoit Whip Co., of
Westfield, Mass., another year. He will
cover Michigan and all the Northwestern
States to Puget Sound.
Jas. N. Bradford has purchased stock
in the Olney & Judson Grocer Co. and
will hereafter ‘‘carry a key.’’ ‘‘Jim’’ is
a hard worker, and richly deserves all the
smiles Dame Fortune can lavish upon
him.
Murphy. Wesey & Co. have presented
the M. C. T. A. with three handsome
office chairs and a Detroit safe factory
has replaced the Fold safe with one of
more modern appointments at a moderate
figure.
D. G. Crotty, formerly with Henderson
& Peterson, of Muskegon, has engaged to
travel for Monroe, Rosenfield & Co., of
Detroit, carrying a line of notions and
fancy goods to the trade in Western and
Northern Michigan.
Cornelius Crawford was the owner of a
drug stock, at Middleton, for about one
hour one day last week. He took the
McLeod & Co. stock on a bill of sale,
subsequently disposing of it to D. H.
Meeker, of Perrinton.
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Must'Make Better Butter. \
While factory creamery butter readily
commands 26@27¢ per pound and gilt
edge dairy butter is always in active de-
mand at 20@30ce per
is literally glutted with poor farm butter,
which has particular market value
anywhere and is a source of annoyance
and loss to everyone who is connected
with the sale of the article. Referring to
this subject, the Allegan Gazette remarks:
Most of the time of the dairymen’s
convention will be occupied with dis-
eussion of domestic methods of butter
and cheese making. There is need
enough, too, of the butter part of the
programme, in view of the great amount
ef the miserable grease annually sold
here under the name of butter. A.
Stegeman recently said he had 2,000
pounds here and 4,000 pounds more in
Chicago for which he paid sixteen cents,
and which he -would be glad to sell for
seven.
Poor butter appears to have also be-
come a strong competitor of 4 cent tal-
low, judging from the following circular
from a New York tallow exporter:
A while ago there was a demand from
Europe for ‘‘edible tallow,’’ which re-
lieved us of a considerable quantity of
choice at good prices. But the very
heavy production of butter in this coun-
try this winter and big yield and exports
of oleomargarine have resulted in lower
—much lower—prices. Cotton oil, lard
and lard greases are so cheap and abun-
dant and the present shipments to Eu-
rope of tallow from other countries are
so great that tallow seems unlikely to go
much higher for quite a while.
The lesson to be drawn from the situa-
tion is that the average farmer stands in
his own light in not making a better arti-
ele of butter. Instead of continuing to
produce an article for which there is no
sale at remunerative prices, he should so
improve his product that the market
would seek him, instead of being con-
stantly compelled to seek a market him-
self.
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Wool, Hides, Furs and Tallow.
Manufacturers abstain from buying
wools only {as they are obliged to in or-
der to run their mills. They watch with
eare to avoid loss, hence the January
sales are limited. With the firmness
abroad, ' prohibiting importations, our
home market must sooner or later re-
spond and fall into line with that of
Europe. Wools suitable for combing
and worsteds, especially of the finer
grades, are sought after and wanted,
while territory and heavy shrinkage
fleeces are neglected and sold at ic off.
pound, the country |
and are on the turn for better prices.
Hides taken off from July to December
will bring a slight advance, while Jan-
uary to June, being the poorest in qual-
ity, are draggy. There is no excitement
or even strength to the trade, «1st or
west, but tanners have never before
bought at so low a price, and, conse-
quently, take all that are offered and fill
their houses. They have now three to
six months’ supply ahead, being more
than they have carried for some years,
and keep taking. Yet there is no end in
sight to the supply. Much or any higher
prices need not be looked for until the
quality is better.
Tallow is low and dull. The demand
is light and the supply large. The de-
mand from Europe for edible tallow has
stopped, from the heavy production of
butter in this country and the export of
oleomargarine and lard.
Furs are dull and lower, awaiting the
result of the London sales this week.
oO
Fighting Fire with Fire
Odessa.
LAKE ODESSA, Jan.
Editor Michigan Tradesman:
Last Saturday the Patrons of Industry
closed contracts with the following firms
in our village:
McCartney Bros., dry goods.
Fred Miller, clothing and boots and
shoes.
E. F. Colwell & Son, hardware.
This, with the grocer already arranged
with, completes the list, and, according
to the P. of I. plans, the remainder of
the dealers will have to emigrate. This,
of course, would seem a_ hardship, as
the most of those left out in the cold
have built their stores and shops, and, I
venture to say, are owing on them. It
has been truthfully said that Lake
Odessa is the only town yet heard of
since the P. of 1. came into existence
where the merchants ran after the or-
ganization, which must, if they carry
their point, tear down and ruin every
village.
A few evenings ago our citizens called
a business men’s meeting and all uni-
versally adopted deep-cut prices on
their wares, which, at the present writ-
ing, are below in prices the P. of I.
stores. At the same meeting the follow-
ing petition was introduced, which will
explain itself:
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
As we, citizens of Lake Odessa and
surrounding country, have no direct op-
portunity of buying clothing oer gent’s
furnishing goods, except to patronize
one store in the village which has re-
cently signed a contract to sell certain
persons at less price than to others, we,
therefore, are desirous of having another
store which will furnish goods to all at
one uniferm price; and we, the under-
signed, hereby pledge ourselves to pat-
ronize and use our influence in their be-
half.
Signed by 110 good, reputable. citizens.
Later—It is reported that one or two
parties will visit our village at once,
with a view to locating with a first-class
stock here. A PIONEER.
a aaa
In a Book Store.
Workman—What might that be, mis-
ter ?
Book Clerk — That’s
works.
Workman—What’s them ?
Clerk—Why, his plays, you know.
Workman—Durn me if I know howa
man’s play can be his work.
> 4a
Great Luck.
‘‘T vas in great luck.”’
‘How vas dot ?”’
“Vy, IL find $500 yesterday belonging
to dot miser, Marx, und ven I gif it back
to him dis morning he nefer sharge me
no interest for der use of dot monish for
twenty-four hours.’’
‘“‘Marx vas getting shildish.”’
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A Clearer Statement.
‘Now Patrick, in regard to wages, I’ll
give you thirty dollars a month, with
board, or fifty dollars without board.”’
“J don’t understand that, sor; but Pll
take fifty dollars a month and ate meself,
or I'll take thirty dollars, and lave me
ate you.’’
> _
The Grocery Market.
Sugars are quiet and a little lower.
Canned goods are moving more freely.
Raisins are higher, especially Ondaras.
Crackers and sweet goods are down ie
per pound.
at Lake
25, 1890.
Shakspeare’s
Elements of Success.
To be asuccess, a merchant must in
business matters ‘‘say what he means’’
and doit. A vacillating policy in prices,
terms, ete., is invariably followed by a
lack of confidence. A deception prac-
ticed upon the most unimportant cus-
omer has its inevitable rebound and con-
sequent effect. Failure with the best
and most honest management sometimes
happens, but in nine cases out of ten it
is the honest merchant who succeeds.
A. T. Stewart, the dry goods prince of
New York, always made it his invariable
rule that no article he sold should be
rated above its value. That rule created
the foundation of his immense patron-
age. People bought of him because they
knew he would not cheat them. He was
a hard master to his clerks, and far from
being a generous man; but the dry goods
his customers bought of him were always
up to the quality stipulated, for Stewart
had sense enough to know that honesty
is always the best policy. Deception
practiced or indulged in by the head of a
firm soon permeates the entire establish-
ment, from the confidential clerk in the
private office to the cash-boy at the
counter, and many a defaulter or dishon-
est clerk has received his first lessons in
larceny from his employer. Has not the
traveling salesman often been instructed
to deceive, and has not his compensation
oftentimes been based upon his power of
misrepresentation? If he can or will
work off old stock or inferior goods at
prices which he and his employer know
to be unjust and unfair, he is accounted
a smart man, sharp and shrewd, looking
out for his employer’s interests, to be
rewarded for his falsehoods and gullible
powers. As long as ke can successfully
practice his nefarious arts upon the cus-
tomer, all goes smoothly for him at the
house, but if the cheat be discovered by
the victim, the firm will quickly disavow
the action and throw all the onus on their
pliant tool. Should the traveling man,
following the example and precepts of
an unscrupulous employer, deceive him
in any way, by exaggerated expense ac-
counts, or seek for gain by indulging in
games of chance, how quickly is he
pounced upon, ‘‘hauled over the coals’’
and denounced as a swindling vagabond,
not fit to be trusted. Who offered him a
premium for deception, and encouraged
him in the devious ways of unfairness ?
As like begets like, so deceit practiced
by employer produces similar traits in
employe. It engenders for each a mutual
contempt. The robe of confidence,
which should be their common garment,
is rent in twain. It may be sewed to-
gether again with the thread of circum-
stances, but the warp and woof of es-
teem and trust is forever unraveled, and
the fair pattern of probity irredeemably
disfigured.
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He Was Not a Purchaser.
From the Commercial Traveler.
‘“‘T would like to look at an overcoat,’’
said a seedy-looking individual, entering
one of our leading houses the other day.
The gentlemanly clerk eyed him suspi-
ciously for a moment, and then said:
‘“‘A bout what price ?”’
“Oh, that’s no matter,’’ said the seedy
stranger. ‘‘Show me something nice and
warm.”’
‘““Aha,”? thought the clerk, ‘‘one of
those fellows from the country witha
pocketful of money. Just watch me
now.”’
He overhauled pile after pile of coats,
but nothing suited. Finally he brought
out a fine, soft coat, fur cuffs and large
fur collar. Only forty dollars. Just as
good as a tailor would charge you eighty
dollars for.
The stranger looked at it carefully for
about five minutes, and the salesman’s
eyes sparkled in anticipation of an easy
sale. Then the seedy individual turned
to the salesman and said with a sigh:
‘“Thankee, sir, thankee. It’s been so
long since I’ve seed a good warm over-
coat that I thought it would do me good
to see one again, sir. Lord bless you,
no, I couldn’t buy it, not if it was forty
cents. I jest wanted to see it, that’s all.
Good-bye, sir, good-bye.’’
Taking Time by the Forelock.
From the Chicago Herald.
One of the brightest advertising men
in Chicago made his rise through the fall
of another. It was some years ago,
when, as amere boy, he was tramping
the streets of Chicago, broke and in
search of any sort of a job which offered.
His last nickel had gone for food, and
one afternoon he was walking through a
down-town alley, tired and disgusted.
Happening to glance upward, he saw a
boy leaning out of a window. Ina mo-
ment the boy lost his balance and fell to
the ground with the customary dull,
sickening thud. The discouraged man
hastened to the boy’s side and discovered
that death had been instantaneous.
Looking up at the open window from
which he had fallen,
the stories and then sought the stairway |
near by. Mounting the stairs, he dashed |
into the editor’s room, for it was the
office of the Prairie Farmer, and blurted
out: ‘Do you want a boy?’ Looking
up in surprise, the editor answered:
“No, we have aboy.’? Then the man
said, ‘“I’ll bet you haven’ t—your boy
just fell from the window and is dead. I
want his place.’? Investigation found
that the man was right, and he was en-
gaged for his pushing way. Since then
he has risen by degrees and made money,
and very few of his friends know how
he gained his place.
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How Doctors Disagree.
The retail druggist is in a position to
observe peculiarities of human nature in
his customers, and it sometimes happens
that he finds individual or class charac-
teristics which he regrets to meet. The
observing druggist also becomes familiar
through his customers with methods and
practices of physicians. Among those
which every druggist must have observed
is the diversity of opinion held by physi-
cians in regard to what constitutes
wholesome food, and what is harmful.
One doctor will forbid his patients this,
while another will recommend the same
article of diet and denounce others as
injurious. This evidently comes from
the physicians judging others by them-
selves, and excluding everything which
does not meet with their individual
tastes. Of course, all physicians are not
subject to this criticism, but many of
them are, as can be testified to by the
druggist who is the confidante of his cus-
tomers.
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The Law Held Valid.
The law of 1885, providing for the in-
corporation of mercantile and manufac-
turing companies, has emerged intact
from its constitutional test in the Su-
preme Court. The application of Mr:
Jenkins, of Detroit, for a mandamus to
compel the Secretary of State to accept
the articles of association of a new man-
ufacturing company, drawn under the
provisions of the law of 1875, was denied
by the Supreme Court on the 24th, and,
in announcing its decision, the court
held that the present law is unconstitu-
tional.
>.
California’s Beet Sugar Experiment.
The San Francisco Bulletin says that
the California beet-sugar experiment is a
success. ‘‘Last year 2,000 acres were
planted, and yielded 13,500 tons of sugar
beets, from which were extracted 1,650
tons of sugar. This was done at the
Watsonville factory, which ran forty-
seven days. The beets brought an aver-
age of $5 a ton, and the farmers feel sat-
isfied that they can raise them at a profit.
They have guaranteed to greatly increase
the acreage this year, and the output
will probably be more than doubled.”’
The ditch digger is the man who al-
ways ‘“‘gets in his work.”’
——_—<>2<__—_-
VISITING BUYERS.
H Ade, Conklin G Ten Hoor, Forest Grove
G F Cook. Grove Smallegan & Pickaard,
J Raymond, Berlin Forest Grove
H Van Noord, Jamestown JW Mead, Berlin
JH Hoogstraat. Conklin John Pikaart, Fremont
J Coon, Rockford A E Bergy, Caledonia
Den Herder & Tanis, E Young, Ravenna
Vriesland C S Comstock, Pierson
Jorgensen & Hemingsen, Silas Loew, Burnip’s Cors
Ashland A M Church, Alpine
A Purchase, So Blendon DC Putnam, Douglas
L Mauer, Fisher Sta J W Dunning. Hesperia
J Gunstra, Lamont Jos Rodgers, Hastings
S Cooper, Jamestown J L Purchase, Bauer
W HStruik,. Forest Grove H Dalmon, Allendale
T Armock, Wright Geo P Stark, Cascade
Geo E McLaughlin. L’kev’w L M Wolf, Hudsonville
John Damstra, Gitchell EE Hewitt, Rockford
Jno M Cook, Grand Haven Eli Runnels, Corning
S MeNitt, Byron Center Gilbert Bros, Trent
GW Reynolds, Belmont W H Morris, Evans
N Bouma, Fisher Sta S T Colson, Alaska
F Narregang, Byron Center J B Watson, Coopersville
SH Ballard, Sparta Tucker, Hoops & Co, Luther
John Smith, Ada JN Wait, Hudsonville
W RLawton, Berlin John W Mead. Berlin
J R Harrison, Sparta Gundrum & Co, Leroy
JV Crandall ‘& Co.,Sand Lk Thos Sloan, Dimondale
AMChurch, Englishville 8 C Scott, Howard City
E. J. Mason & Co.,
Proprietors of
Old Homestead Factory
GRANT, MICH.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Preserves, Evaporated Apples
Jellies and Apple Butter.
Our goods are guaranteed to be made
from wholesome fruit and are free
from any adulteration or sophis-
tication. See quotations in
grocery price current.
The Grand Rapids trade can be sup-
plied by GOSS & DORAN, 138 South
Division street. Telephone, 1150.
Hides have apparently touched bottom
Ray PR
For*SaleEby Leading Wholesale Grocers.
the man counted |
PRODUCE MARKET.
Apples—Dealers hold winter fruit at #2.%@
| $2.75 per bbl.,
Beans—Dealers ay $1.25 for sapenes and
$1.30 for picked, = ding at $1.75 per
Beets—40c per bu.
Butter—Dead as a mackerel, pretty fair grades
of dairy not being in even ‘sluggish demand.
Country merchants, commission houses, jobbing
houses—all are loaded up with _— grades,
which will probably be consigned to the salt
blocks as soon as spring opens.
a aa Flour—# per bbl. for New York
stoc
Cabbages—S5@86 p
Cheese—Fair ase ‘or full cream commands
11@12e.
Cider—9@10e per gal.
Cooperage—POrk Sneath. $1.25; produce barrels
Gennberties--liall and Cherry isin fair demand
at $4 per box or $10 per bbl.
Dried Apples — Evaporated are held at 8@
8%c and sundried at 5@544c.
Eggs—The market is dull and sluggish Deal-
ers pay 14¢ per doz. for most offerings and hold
ative. The retail trade of the city manages to
pick up about all it needs at 15ce.
Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, #.35 per bu. ;
medium, $3.75. Timothy, $1.50 per bu
Honey—Quiet and slow sale. Clean comb com-
mands 15c per lb.
Onions—Good shipping stock is scarce and
high, $1 per bu. having been offered by dealers
during the past week, without enough coming
to the surface to fill all orders. Spanish stock
commands $1.25 pe 1box.
Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Pork—Buyers pay 4c, shipping out at 4c.
Potatoes—There is a fair shipping demand
from the South and East, but not strong enough
to build any high hopes on. Dealers continue
to pay 36@s8e per bu.
Squash—Hu bard, 2c per Ib.
Sweet Potatoes—Illinois stock commands #4
per bbl.
Turnips—a0e per bu.
PROVISIONS.
The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co.
quotes as follows:
PORK IN BARRELS.
MRCS HOW. 10 60
Spare COL 262. ee woes .- 10 58
Extra clear pig, short cut............ .. 12 00
exira clear heavy... 2. 12 00
Clear, fat Be 11 50
Boston clear. short €at. 06 ss es 12 00
Clear back, Shortcub. 12 00
Standard clear, Short Cut, besg..--. -) 38: 12 00
SMOKED MEATs—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 se De oe Sees eee ces ets ays
a iz fo 14108... ee iv
- Jo ee ee
- Cxl DORCICSS. 00 oes oy
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.......:.....:...... 8%
Dried beef, ham prices
Long Clears, heavy...
Briskets, medium... 5
oe 6
ig
LaARD—Kettle Rendered,
oo ee eee ee c
Oe a ee ace om
50 1 PP ee cece cake oe 7%
LaRD—Refined.
TOT ee secede 5%
a0 and 50 ib. Tubs ................ eae ae 6
Sib Pails 2010 9 €ss0.. ce ee, 6%
Bib. Pate 12 im sf Gane}. Oe
40th. Patis: Guile Cane. 6%
S01b, Pats: 43a @ease. ee. 6%
SO 1: One 6
BEEF IN BARRELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs.......-....4.- 7 60
Extra Mess, Chicago peeking... .-........-.. 7 00
Boneless: rump butts °-. 5. & 50
sAuUsAGE—Fresh and Smoked.
Pore Sausere. 3 eee - 6
ean Sanseme:)...: 66... oe. Oe ee dene ee 12
Tongue Sausage._.......... Oe ee ee soe. 9
Mravktore Gatiseee..- 1...) 2.
BGOG SAUSAPC ee 5%
IBOlOgNA, StTAIPHE 8 5%
Boloena, tiek es. 6 5%
Head Cheese: ee. 5%
FRESH MEATS.
Swift and Company quote as follows:
Beef, Gareass 7 44%4@ 4
hind quarters.......-.-........++- 5%@ 6%
cc fore 3%4@ ;
ei ne 8%@ 9 ¢
. Oe a 7 @rme
fonenes. | se @10
HON ee. 4 @1%
Poet tomes @ 6%
| shoulders. . See @ 4%
Bologna. @ 5
Sausaee, bDiood or head...) @5
. TiVer. 2... ee @5
° Pranitor. 9-3. 8 @8
Mutton . TL a gS
OYSTERS and FISH.
F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
FRESH FISH.
Whitehsh 02) @ 8%
ie SmOmeG (oo 2 ce. @8
Tout. ee ee @s
Filipas. oe @20
Mag@ies @7
CISEGCR® oc ees @ 6
OYSTERS—Cans.
Hairdaver Couns... .....5...... 2... @35
MOICCRR oc eee 22 @27
PS Pos @2
AMONOTS coos ee oe @18
Standards ... oe el. @16
MeyOrteeA.:- 22.00... @14
oYsTERS—Bulk,
Stauaaras....--- 7 ee @#1 15
Selects. @ 150
Clams... . @1 50
SCramps.....-....- @1 50
SegiiGps 0 se ee @1 50
Horsera@isnh.- 3. @ tw
Shell oysters, per 1600 eee. 1 00@1 50
«clams, a ee ee @
CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS.
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:
STICK.
Standard, 25 lb. boxes Ee ecco 9
Twist, eee 9
Cut Loaf, 2 es 10%
MIXED
Royal, 25 1b. pails.. deen eS
SO tp OOS 8%
Extra, 25 ee 10
S00 1b. Dols so. Se
Seonees Cream, 25 Ib. patis.:.... 133... L 11%
FaNncy—In 5 lb. boxes.
Hemoen Prope 5... ee 12
Seur Props 2.0. c 2... oe
Peppermint Drops...... -. 04
WHGEOINIG PEODA co ee 14
ME Caccolate Props:......... 18
Gam Deere ee 10
Ricorice DTOPR 18
A. SB. Eteoriee Props’... >... ee 14
Lozenges, es 14
oe 15
POE es 14
EOELOCR ee 15
Cream Ber. se 13
MIGIGHSES BOE ee. 13
arama 2260000 —
Hand Made Creams..... :
Plain Creams. .:.........-
Decorated Creams. ......:--........-.0 0.6 20
Sabine HOCK. es see eee 15
Burnt AaGwee 22
Winterorcen Berries oc) 14
Fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, = pales. 12
se ck 11
ss printed, = — ee eee 12%
- PS ce eet 11%
Chocolate Drops, in ae Re ee ee yas cee ue
Gum Drops, ARE OOS "a
26 Oe ee. n*
Moss Drops, oi OU
iis a 0%
Sour Drops, in pails................-.. “2
Imperials, = Pee ee.
WEDS 10%
PRUITS.
Oranges, Florida, choice........-......
: . ax Job. ee Oem ao
‘ . TOMO V ool. 3 50@4 00
fe te golden russets....... 3 25@3 75
Lemons, Messina, choice, 360...........
ee ay co @4 50
si - fancy, 360) 005.00... @4 50
' o . eee s @5 00
- Malagas, choice, ripe..-......
Figs, Smy Tha, new, fancy TAyOEA......: 14 15
encice = {iL 11 @12%
Mm GhGlGG ¢ 10.8 ee @
Dates, fraile Sob @
% frails, OG tc. se i @
- Ward, 1010. Per... coc... @10
- ee @ 8
- Persian. 503); DOR i.) 20. 0:5..... 6 @6%
NUTS.
Almonds, errarona. ..... 02-2... - @16
ee @15
OCelterink 2 es 15 @16
Owe oe eee ce eee @12
Walnuts, Grenoble. : ee @16
Caloris... 2-3... @i4
Poeens: Texas: HP i5.. ot... 9 @13
reap
Fancy, aH. P., @ 8%
c @10%
Fancy, H. P., Sun 8%
o "Roasted coe ces ee ania @10%
Choice, H. P,, a a 7%
tet ae) 6) Bonmted. 60 4.05500 @ 9%
Wholesale Price Current.
The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who
pay promptly and buy in full packages.
APPLE BUTTER.
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 5
AXLE GREASE.
Biggs a at San ei | aa $2 60
(PROMO csc sue os ey 1@
PismGee. 2... el: 1.60
BAKING POWDER.
Absolute, 4 = cans, 100s..11 75
wl ft 508: 10 00
- tip <<” BOB. 35, a0
Acme, x 1. cans, 3 doz.. ae
% 1 eee I 50
oe 1 = oc : oe 3 00
To 20
Our Leader, i4Ip- cans Sec 45
oe 90
. com ee ois 1 60
Telfer’ 8, = cans, doz.. 45
¥% lb ie
= ilb. “ “1 oe
BATH BRICK.
English, 2 doz. in ease..... 80
Brimo: 2 a... 75
American. 2 doz. incase... 7
BLUING. Dozen
Mexican, pe Seeds oes 30
© 670 60
bes 16 oa De coaas 90
BROOMS
0. 2 Hurl oes 1%
Pe ee ee a 2 00
No. 2 Carpet Reg cera c nese 2 2
Net oo 2 50
Parlor Gem... ........- oc
Common Wiisk:...........
Fancy :
MR 3 25
Warehbouse.. ;
BUTTERINE
Dairy, — packed.... ... a
so eas 3
opie solid packed.... 134%
e rons - 4
CANDLES
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes eet teak 10%
Sine 22 «<= 64.c.e. I%
Perggmge .. 2.0.0... 12
Wickes 25
CANNED eeops—Fish.
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck..... 1 20
Clam Chowder, 3 Ib......... 2 10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand.. . s
2 Ib. 1 2
Lobsters, 1 Ib. picnic elec. 1@®
Sip ou, 2 65
. 1 ‘Tb. PN coke 2 10
ee 2 iD, Saar... 5. .8 15
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 85
‘tIb. stand Seeecccs 20
S16 | 2 00
“ 3 Ib. in ee .2 8
. 3b. soused......- 2 85
Salmon, = Columbia... ..2 00
Ip. Alaska... .. - 1 90
a, domestic \4s...... 5
. . SQA. on @ 9
Mustard %s...... @ 9
es imported \4s...10%@16
x spiced. $68....... 10
‘Trout, 3 1b. Prook........
CANNED Goops—Fruits.
Apples, gallons, stand. ..... 2
Blackberries, pean
Cherries,red standard 1 10@1
. ‘pitted se 1
Wransons .. | |... 1
Egg Plums, stand..... 1 15@1
iGooseberrics .......-...-.... 1
25
90
20
40
15
35
00
GTapen ee
Green Gages.......... 1 15@1 35
Peaches, all yellow, stand..1 70
“seconds ...-.. 1 10@1 45
e Pie. ......... 1 i
Pears oe 12
Pineapples ...........- 1 10@1 50
Gumees oe 1 00
Raspberries, extra.......... 1%
o Tea... 40
Strawberries .........- 1 15@1 35
WHortleperrics.... 2°... |. 5
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay......
Beans, bia, stand....-....
*¢ Green Limas.. @i
«Sores: 0.3... @
‘6 Sermetess, Hrie......-
“ Lewis’ Boston Baked. .1
Corn, Archers Trophy .... .- 1
ia Morn’g Glory.1
Early Golden.1
SER
se “ce
Peas, Evenenh. |... 1
‘s extra marrofat... @1
= SOHECO. 2... --. 6.
«June stand: 2... J. 1
a sited... 2... 1 65@1
* Mreneb, extra fine... -f
Mushrooms, extra fine...... 2
Pumpkin, 3 1b. Golden. .85@1
Succotesh, standard....90@1
SQUSHH 200000. 2051... 1
Tomatoes, Red Coat.. %9%@1
Good Enough! b
. Ben Har ...
a stand br... -
CHEESE.
Michigan — — 114%@12
ai cuecnassepeseene
00
Sap Sago.. -16 @16%
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet. ......_-.. 23
lp ne 35
00 38
Breaktast Cocoa. __....... 48
ren cl <
CHEWING GUM
Rubber, a lumps oe =
icici ce toss i)
Sree 30
CHICORY.
Bulk.. ee
med mM
COFFEE— —Green.
Rio, fait 22.2... 1
- goad. ee 1814020
= peene.......-.
. Sees washed...19 eo
| golden... 2... 20 @23
Santee 2 8 2 17 @22
Mexican & Guatemalal9 @23
Peawperry -.. 2.2.5... 20 @23
dave, lmterior......... 20 @25
a Mandheling....26 @29
Mocha, genuine. . 25 @27
To ascertain cost of roasted
coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast-
ing and 15 per cent. for shrink-
age.
COFFEES—Package.
Bion... 2 ec. 24r4
s in Canimews . 22.60. ee 243%,
MeLaughlin’s XXXX... "2414
Durham Le oa ee
Thompson’ 8 ‘Honey “Bee... .26
er... 2...
Good Ming See ayes cea 24%
COFFEE EXTRACT.
Warley Cigg. 2)... 2. 85
Mone oe 10
CLOTHES LINES.
Cotton, 46 ft... .-.: per doz. 1 25
he SO ft... _ 150
be Ct... : f 1%
. i " 2 00
Seip... ... ts 2 25
Jute Gite... er 100
ag Moth. ig 2
CONDENSED MILE. :
Pigte 7 50
Aneio Swiss......-... 6 00@ 7 60
CRACKERS.
Kenosha Butter............ 1%
pepmgur a. 5%
oe 5%
© teniy.: 5%
fe Pise@it -.-) 5.2. 6
EE 614
eS very
OS Sed oe ewan ca ce Th
S Ogater - 6s... 5%
City Oyster, MXR... 5%
Pienie 5%
CREAM TARTAR.
Sericthy Were: ss. s 38
GreCere oc ee: 24
DRIED FRUITS—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried..... 5 @5%
evaporated. . @ 8%
= ricots, es CS @16
Blackberries “ ee ae 7
Meares 14
Peaches Ce ec ae 14
Plums Be eee
TaCEIICS 3 a
28
DRIED FRUITS—Citron.
Oot GPW 55 se @23
Tn DOxes.-.... ens @25
DRIED FRUITS—Currants.
Zante, in barrels...... @
- in less quantity @ 6%
DRIED FRUITS—Raisins.
8% | Jettine, 1 doz. in box......
SHOE POLISH.
Valencian ¢.-..... 2... @ 8% 15
- @ soDa,.
Sultanesg.....- 2.2.5... 10%@10% OR ee oo ce sa os
London Layers, — Kegs, English aciescl be ee
TORN ee es 2 50@z 75 |
London Layers, for’n. @ TEAS.
Muscatels, California.1 15@2 25 JAPAN—Reguiar.
DRIED FRUITS—Prunes. MOE ay ec 14 @16
Turkey.......-....++.. 4%@ 5 Go0d oo. oee eee 18 @2
Te. ea cw 54@ 6 Choice.. see a. a
California............. @10 | Choicest.. 32 @38
DRIED ibe ee
Pome 18 : SUN CURED.
Orange 18 Fair i eee 4 @15
FARINACEOUS GOODS. Good See cease 16 @20
Farina, 100 Ib. kegs......... 04 | Choice.........-... +... 24 @28
Hominy, per Dbl 3 59 | Choicest............... 30 @33
Macaroni, dom 12 Ib box.. 60 | BASKET FIRED.
. imported ope @ 9% Og ee ae @26
Peas! Barley... 2. ..- 2%@ 2% Choice. . @2
Peas ereen... 2... @1 CTIOICESE, ..:.. @35
‘ " = Ca a e z Extrachoice,wireleaf @40
ago, German... ... . GUNPOWDER.
Tapioca, f’k or p’rl.... 6@7 | Common to fair... na @35
eae meet ++: °. | Extra fine to finest... = @b5
alte. @e0 | Choicest faney.......- @s8
FISH—SALT. IMPERIAL,
Cod whee. |. 5 @6 | Common to fair....... 20 @35
& Heneless (|... ™4@ 8 | Superior to fine See ccee 40 @5C
HGMDES 02. 0... 9%4@10 | YOUNG HYSON.
Herring, bee \% bbl.. 2 %' Common to fair....... 18 @26
gipbed. 5... 2.7 Superior to fine....... 30 @40
" = bblis.. 12 00 OOLONG
a oKees, new, @ oa — to =— ...25 @30
oe anes perior to fine.......30 @B0
Mack. sh 8, No, 2.1% bbl 1200. wee te choi :
("18 Ib kit..1 30 Fine to choicest....... 55 @65
‘“ “6 6s 6 12 Bai ENGLISH BREAKFAST,
Trout, bbls es 00@ BIT Lo cece ccen ce cceeeee 2 @30
op i ‘ a ' 2 Ce G3
White, No. 1, ¥ bigs) 5 3 Best ..-..-.- 2.2 essere 55
Sih kite... 1 00) Lee Dust... 8 oto
. 0 Ib. kits..... 80 | TOBAccOos—Plug.
- Family, ZB — 2.50) S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands,
ee. 50 Renee’. 4x12 and 2x12........ 37
GUN Benicar | Reception, S2-0xt2, 16 oz...... 36
a—... 5 20 Vineo, 16, 456 tom... 30
Half nege 288 Big5 Center, Smile, 12 02...... 34
HERBS. Whee. Gta Bm... : 7... 2... 37
SAME a 9 Trinket, 3x9, a Ss ici aac 25
Bp ee ee 14 | Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands,
JELLIES, | Something Good.............. 38
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..6 | Double Pedro...::............ 38
Chieago goods... .......... 4 PeRer Fie ek cu, 38
t LAMP WICKS. Wedding Cake bix...:....... 38
NO. 0...2.-.-..22- eee ceeeees aU | POMACE ee sl, 38
NO. 1.....-.--. 2+ ---- 0000-0 40 Topaccos—Fine Cut.
MN es ee a 50 D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.
LICORICE, Hiawatns. ......:..... 62
eee 30' Sweet Cuba.. 37
Calabria......... -... o& Our Leader. . 35
CME. 18 TOBACCOS—-Smoking.
MATCHES, Our eater... ow... .
Ne. 9 sulpnur..... 1.23... ~GO Hector... ogee.
Anchor parlor...... Re sateee a 1 70 Plow Boy, 2 oz. eee 3
ING 2 heme... .-. 2... ol. 110 A On. J. ...... 31
MeRPOEL PAPtOr. 6.2: 5... 4 00 - 28 Ges, 32
MOLASSES, i TRADESMAN CREDIT COUPONS.
Bilsen Strap...) ...:... 20 8 2, per hundred See ase 2 50
Cuba Baking. ......: - A@2% eee. 3 00
Porte Hieo...... ........ 2a Gig, “ a 4 00
New Orleans, SOOG. >. 6.1. 2A@28 $20, ‘ ee. 5 00
GHOICE. .. . ._ 30@35 Subject to the following dis-
es fancy.. -42@45 counts:
One-half barrels, 3c ‘extra 200 or over, ........ 5 per cent,
OATMEAL: See 10 o
Muscatine, Borrelia ~...._.. . Se 1G Ce... 20 .
Half barrels..... 3 00 VINEGAR,
_ a BAC8. 2... 2 15@2 2% 40 = en gece de pete cs cucu. q
ROLLED OATS. OO Sr 9
Muscatine, Barrels. . @5 75 a ‘on barrel
Half bbis.. @3 00 MISCELLANEOUS.
= Cases... ._- 2 15@2 25 Cocoa Shells, bulk......... 5
orn. coe
Rechican Test... .... 2... 94 PAPER & WOODENWARE
Water White................ 104% PAPER.
PICKLES, Curtiss & Co. quote as fol-
Medium. Se 5 “a; 95 lows:
Pe ee 160
Small, put. 4 75 “ WLight Weight... .2... 200
% ae 80) SUSAR ow 180
PIPES Hardware .......... 0... 2%
Clay, 2s ee 1% Beker 2
a B. full count. ....... (eo 6
Cob, Noes | 1) con ete Mania. tl. 8
PRESERVES. Red Express No. 1 Deca nee 5
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 8 Eve. 24... 4
RICE. TWINES.
Carolina — Se eae ies = 45 COUOM go cic. 22
: Cotton, No. eo oe
< Me 2.2... Oe ee 18
e Sea Island, ere lees 40
SRAM oc sex No. 5 Hemp . cece sod as ke
SALT MOU. oes 17
Common Fine per bbl....... SF Woe 8
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks..... 27 WOODENWARE,
8 POCKCE. 1... cl. doo Pape NO eo 7
60 Be ees ee oe cee aes 2 00 2 Cl 6 00
ee 2 15 * mea...... . 500
Ashton Du. bags .....-..-... “ Pails, No. 1, two- hoop.. 1 60
Higgins ‘‘ ee 75 “ No, 4, three. -hoop.... 1%
Warsaw “ Causes as oe 85 Clothespins, 5 gr.boxes.... 60
i ee 20 Bowls, i) mien. 3... 1 00
SALERATUS. mt ee ee 1 2
Deland s, pure..............5 te ae. 2 00
Church's, Cap Sheaf........- 5 een ee a 275
De 5 ‘¢ assorted, 17s and 17s 2 50
eg . ‘¢ 15s, 17s and 19s 2 %5
ur beag@er cs. 4% Baskets, MIAEEOG. oc. . 40
SEEDS. Dashel 1 50
hixed bird... 5.58... 4% ‘* with covers 1 90
Caraway... 22.0.0. 05s. 9 “ willow el’ ths, a 15%
COMBEY ..............0....... 3% . No.2 6,25
Hemp 2.0... 1). + oy "ip “ No.3 725
Aamee. 623 4 . splint No.1 3 50
Maee 0... ols... Vf | a ci No.2 4 25
Musiuard.......-. 7% ' . “ . Noo oe
SNUFF. GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
Seoteh, in bladders. ........ ae WHEAT,
Maccaboy, in jars.. oo White... 78
French Rappee, in Jars.....43 ee 3
SOAP. All wheat bought on 60-1b. test.
Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands. FLOUR.
SEperien (0 fl 3 30 Straight, i SeeER......,. - 4 00
Queen Anne....-.:...-..... 3 85 GES. G., 4 20
German Family.. ........-- Patent “ sacks......... 5 00
Mottled German...........- 3 00 " Derreis, ......; 5 20
Old Geran |. - 2 70 MEAL,
U.S. Big Bargain.. ea 1 00
Brees, Wioater........... .4. of Granulated. ............... 116
Coens Osstilé,.........5...- 3 00 MILLSTUFFS.
Cocoa Castile, Fancy...... .. S346 Ben 11 00
Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands, | Bee. co. 11 50
Happy Waimily, 75.......---- MGrCCBIMPs oi... 11 00
- ae oo... : MIG 13 00
Ua Me... | Mixed Weed......... -.. 1 oe
aeueek a 3 to; Coaree meal... 6... 13 50
sPicEs—Whole. | CORN.
BUApICE 10 Small Tote... 33
Cassia, China in mats....... 8 Car a i a 30
. Batavia in bund....11 ATS,
bE Saigon in rolls...... 40 Small Inte 28
Cloves, Amboyna. ......... 26 :
Tisai a Ul
Maee Batiyin....... ......- 80 | No.
ee agra ete ecm ce oo |
No. fo... i | No.
“cc No. = .65 | No.
Pepper, Singapore, black. . oo |
white... .26 | No.
- SHOE. 6 ol, | No.
spic—es—Ground—-In Bulk. |
AMSG 15 | HIDES, PELTS and FURS.
Cassia, Besaven. 20 | Perkins & Hess pay as fol
i and —— 25 | lows:
S Saigon . a1 a | HIDES,
Cloves, Amboyna. . S| Greee 4 @4%
Zanzibar.. OE @ 4
Ginger, — oo oe Pu @ 4%
Coch: 6... 2... 1. 15 | Heavy steers, extra...
sé Jamaica. ie | Dev... 5 @6&
Mace Batavie..............: OO. | Dey Mapes 2... 5 @6
Mustard, English........... 22 | Calfskins, green...... 3 @4
and Trie. = { . Gured...... 44@ 5
Trieste se oa cesta aie oe | Deacon sking........... 10 @20
Nutmess, No.2 ........-.... 80 | 4% off for No. 2.
Pepper, mae! a: ‘= PELTS,
: _ white..... | Shearlings:.. 0.0. ....., 10 @25
e Cencaie. hee wes eee 25 | Estimated wool, per b 20 @28
SUGARS. | cua
eee a ee 250 7
Powdered .........-..- @ 7% Pale... 2+s eeeees 25@ 50
Standard Granulated. @6.69| Raccoon............... 40@_ 80
6c Hine 2... @6.69 | Skunk. a isai-a en's goin ws ool oy 80G 1 00
Confectioners’ A. : @ 6% Magkrat .. 15@ 20
White Extra C....... @ 6 Fox, red. . woe se sdbe cies 1 25@1 50
Extra C.. i oul. So 2 00@5 00
rea a ELLE pane Bie | OCR os. 40@ 70
OORT @5 | Badger.......-..-.--.-. 75@1 00
YOmt, Wile... 0G 7
SAL SODA. 1% BPIGHCE 22 oc. 4 00@5
es oe cae A
Coen. Domes 02000... 2 oe as ae + 38 00 =
SAPOLIO. | : —_* & yellow 0@ %
Kitchen, 3 doz. in box Sane 2 50; Otter, dark.. 6 00@8 :
wane 3.7 2 be) Wolk... as...
SAUERKRAUT. Dear cle ite o
Silver Thread, 15 gallons....2 90 Saemaie. aE So
n “30 “ ..-.445) Deerskins, per Ib...... 15@ 2%
SYRUPS. Above prices for No. 1 skins
Corn, barrels............-- @27 | only.
oe — = _ = j ‘ili:
re Sugar, Obi... :... 28: .
oe head PWN cscs paced 25@30
SWEET GOODS. D Unwaenned.... 0. 22... wc, 12@22
Ginger Snaps.......... 8 | MISCELLANEOUS.
Sugar Creams......... a | Tallow . sccees a ee
Frosted Creams....... % | Grease butter......... 3 @5
Graham Crackers..... Hi | Switches . 64002500004. 1%@ 2
Oatmeal Crackers..... s Cipneee ea 2 00@2 50
Drugs % Medicines.
State Board of Pharmacy.
One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Two Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Three Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Four Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Five Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
? Meetings during 1890—Grand Rapids, March 4 and 5;
Star Island, July land 2; Marquette, Aug. 13 and 14;
Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6.
Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n.
President—Frank Inglis, Detroit.
First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.
See’d Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Berrien Springs
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan; E. T.
Webb, Jackson; D.E. Prall, East Saginaw; Geo. Me-
Donald, Kalamazoo; J. J. Crowley. Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Saginaw, beginning third Tuesday
of September, 1890.
Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.
President. J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott.
Grand = Drug Clerks’ Association.
President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, Albert Brower.
Detroit Pharmaceutical Society
President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman.
Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association.
President, C. S. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt.
The Pharmacopeeia of 1890.
The coming of the Pharmacopeia of
1890 is looked forward to with much in-
terest by pharmacists, and doubtless by
physicians, as well. Its advent is like
the inauguration of a new ruler, and the
questions which are rife concerning its
publication are: In what manner will it
change established customs, issue new
edicts, reward those who are found
worthy, and discard those things which,
from past experience, are found to be
worthless and unsatisfactory ?
A large power is vested in the com-
mittee on the compilation to influence
pharmacy for the better or worse. How-
ever, when taking into consideration the
advance medicine and pharmacy have
made during the past ten years, we nat-
urally look for many improvements in
this new issue.
Among the several subjects that will
be treated, probably not one will receive
more careful attention than that of the
manufacture of fluid extracts. Hereto-
fore, the Pharmacopeia has sought to be
wide and liberal in its construction of
what a fluid extract should be, but un-
fortunately the conditions prescribed
have been such as to permit the un-
scrupulous to evade their intent, and
thus defeat their object. That a gramme
of crude drug of good quality, properly
manipulated, should produce a cubic
centimetre of fluid extract is a good rule,
but when one considers the variability
of crude drugs and the consequent varia-
bility of fluid extracts produced there-
from. one cannot but hope that the new
Pharmacopeeia will recognize a class of
fluids to be standardized upon some
safer and surer foundation, by which a
preparation must be produced which may
be used with some confidence in its defi-
nite therapeutic value.
Individuals and manufacturing houses
have, in a measure, recognized the neces-
sity for such a standardization, and have
in the past, in various ways, endeavored
to meet the requirements of the medical
profession. The most notable advance
made in this direction has been by the
introduction, in 1883, of ‘‘normal liquids’
—standardized fluids. The data upon
which these standards are based were
earefully compiled from numerous ex-
periments previously made during many
years in the laboratory of the house in-
troducing them, whose ample facilities
and wide experience gave them abundant
opportunities for thus accurately found-
ing their work. Their action, therefore,
being the inception of standardized fluids,
it must be natural to suppose that the
Pharmacopeial committee will carefully
consider the valuable information which
has already been contributed by this well-
known house, whose assayed products,
especially their ‘‘Normal Liquids,’’ have
become a desideratum in the practice of
medicine. Availing themselves of this
information, they will be quite willing. to
award to these enterprising and scientific
pharmacists, in return for the knowl-
edge they may receive on the subject, the
full meed of praise for their advance in
scientific pharmacy, dating almost back
to the issue of the Pharmacopeceia in 1880.
As the time approaches when this re-
vision is likely to take place (and
throughout the mind of thinking men
the standardization of fluid extracts is
already an accepted fact), there will, no
doubt, be many competitors for similar
honors. who, forcing themselves to the
notice of the committee, may claim, by
reason of a mushroom-like growth on the
field of this new departure, equal recog-
nition for scientific work.
Therefore, it will be necessary, on the
part of this body, to carefully investigate
the claims for scientic labors in this di-
rection. and when awarding the credit
for such work, to see that they do not
place the laurels upon the wrong brow.
Unsupported and disinterested scien-
tific labor, no matter from what source,
should always be welcomed with praise
and endorsement of scientific men, and
we sincerely trust that the efforts made
in this direction by those deserving it
will receive their full conpensation at
the hands of the scientific body now com-
piling our new Pharmacopeia.
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The Relative Value of Malt Extracts.
Malt extracts, if intelligently prepared,
possess both a nutritive and a digestive
value, the former depending upon such
predigested starch as may be present,
while the latter depends upon the veg-
etable diastase. Obviously, it is impos-
sible for manufacturers to attain more
than a certain fixed nutritive value, pro-
viding the consistency of all the extracts
be the same. In other words, one may
pretty accurately judge of the nourishing
value of malt extract — barring, of
course, adulterations—by the appearance
of the product. If one sample contains
50 per cent. of pre-digested starch, while
another sample contains but 28, the
former will be twice as thick as the
latter.
Digestive activity is quite another mat-
ter, aud here the measure of each man-
ufacturer’s success depends entirely upon
the skill and knowledge brought to bear
in the malting of the grain, its extrac-
tion, and the final treatment of the re-
sulting product.
Diatase, like pepsin, has never been
completely isolated, but one may safely
assume that very little of the pure fer-
ment by actual weight is contained ina
pint of even the best malt extract.
Therefore, the possibilities in this direc-
tion are unlimited.
By actual analysis, one preparation is
found to possess between two and three
times the amylolytic value of any other
product in the market; and as the ther-
apeutic merit really depends upon what
diastase is present, the relative value of
this extract becomes patent. This may
be illustrated thusly: If one product is
twice as active as another, and it is mar-
keted at the same price, it becomes a
matter of actual economy to prescribe
the former product, inasmuch as the phy- |
sician may legitimately expect to realize
the same effect from one-half the dose
required of the latter. If this relative
difference in commercial value is not at
once recognized, it may be emphasized |
by stating that if the physician will take |
one pound of a strong extract at, say
$1.25 and dilute it with a pound of glu-|
cose at six cents—which is nothing more |
than pre-digested starch—itwo pounds |
will result, at a cost of $1.31, which are |
fully as efficient and fully as nutritive as |
two pounds of a weaker at a cost of $2.50.
So much for the superiority of malt ex- |
tracts as considered from a commercial |
standpoint.
In physical appearance, one may be
clearer than another preparation; it may |
be lighter in color, and at the same time |
These are consider- |
far more palatable.
ations which should carry with them a
great deal of weight. One product may
be absolutely permanent, not only in
digestive activity, but also in its free-
dom from fermentative changes.
will grow dark in time, and gradually
lose their starch-digesting power.
—————qq.—_)———_——
How Can the National Formulary be
Made Most Useful to the Pharma-
cist ?
E. F. Allen before Minnesota Pharm. Ass’n.
This is certainly a subject of much in-
terest to all of us. Our shelves are be
coming more and more overloaded with
elixirs, syrups, solutions, etc., of a mul-
titude of manufacturers, to say nothing
of the vast and increasing number of
what I will designate as ‘‘semi-patents.”’
These ‘‘semi-patents’’ differ from the
regular line of patent medicines chiefly
in one particular; they are advertised to
the physician instead of to the public
generally. Wedo not intend to discuss
the merits or demerits of this class of
preparations, but rather a way to get rid
of them. The National Formulary seems
to present a way, and if properly used
will no doubt remedy this evil to a great
extent.
The method we have tried in our bus-
iness, and with which we have had some
suecess already, is the one I will recom-
mend. Itis similar to the way the dif-
ferent manufacturers of the goods we
complain of introduce theirs. As they
have had such wonderful success, we
concluded to try our luck with the same
process. It is as follows: First make
up asmall quantity of each of several
preparations, the ones most called for,
and take the trouble to show them to the
physicians with whom you are acquainted
and others, also, if you wish, giving
them the exact formule, and not being
too modest to inform them of the ‘‘su-
perior merits’? of these preparations;
how you know they contain exactly what
they are represented to contain, nothing
less and nothing more; that the only way
to be positive of this is to make them;
ask them to specify ‘‘N. F.’’ when want-
ing any of these preparations, and to
give them a fair trial. I believe, and
have partly confirmed this belief by ex-
perience, that the physician whose bus-
iness is worth courting will not only
commend the enterprise displayed, but
will become interested in the prepara-
tions and want to try more of them. At
the same time, it tends to strengthen the
confidence of the physician in the ability
of the pharmacist, and this is certainly
of great benefit to the pharmacist.
I would further recommend that after
getting the physicians interested in these
preparations, they be presented with an
epitome of the Formulary, which is
much better for their use than a copy of
the book itself. Either get up sucha
book or buy some of a house that does,
and distribute them liberally. A few
copies given out in this way will do more
good than thousands presented to phy-
sicians without first having interested
them somewhat in the preparations. It
would certainly bea good plan to get
our State Medical Society, as well as
local medical societies, to pass resolu-
tions favoring the use of the preparations
of the National Formulary by their mem-
bers; but these resolutions will amount
to very little unless we, as pharmacists,
make some effort to induce them to use
them.
As the condition of affairs as regards
these ‘‘semi-patents’’ and other prepara-
tions of which we complain so much
(and which are, sure enough, becoming a
burden), has been brought about largely
by the inactivity of the pharmacists, it
will necessarily require some activity on
their part to change this condition, but
by the proper use of this book and plan
we may succeed.
> + __—_
The Drug Market.
Gum opium has advanced and will
likely be still higher. Morphia has ad-
vanced. Quinine is higher. Corrosive
sublimate, calomel and red precipitate
have advanced. Malaga olive oil
tending upward. Jalap root is higher.
Gum camphor has advanced. Turpentine
is lower.
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A New Trust.
Minnie—I wish I were a small orange
dealer.
John—Why should a lovely orange
blossom desire to become amere plebeian
trader ?
Minnie—Because I hear of a trust
which is to be formed with the avowed
intention of squeezing the small dealers.
John constituted himself a trust.
2
The New German Pharmacopeia.
: It is rumored that antifebrin, antipy-
rin, phenacetin and sulphonal have been
incorported in the new German Pharma-
copeeia which will shortly appear: but
that lanolin, thiol and ichthyol have been
rejected.
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The P. & B. cough drops give great
satisfaction.
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Sensible Suggestions Concerning Fire
Insurance.
From the Boot and Shoe Recorder.
| Protection that protects is the one
_ thing needed for safety and peace. No
| protection is more productive of ease of
' mind to the hard-working and care-taking
|merchant than that afforded by his fire
insurance policies.
| The successful merchant pays his in-
| surance tax cheerfully, with the hope in
/his heart that he may never be obliged
| to draw its benefits.
That one’s goods should be properly
: protected by good and sufficient amounts
against loss by fire is theoretically ad-
mitted by all. Yet practically there are
many in the community who carelessly,
or for the sake of economy, run the risk
of loss for themselves, thinking that
others may suffer from fire, but they
themselves are almost sure to go ‘‘scot
iree.””
“To lock the barn after the horse is
stolen,”’ is a characteristic habit almost
| universal among mankind. So we find
| to-day many and various wise resolu-
tions and plans for the better protection
of property holders, the half of which
ultimately carried into effect would prove
a lasting boon to the public.
pens’’ is the experience of all. Accident
is the hardest element to guard against,
and its uncertainties and misfortunes no-
where reign more supreme than in the
realm of fire devastation.
As its causes and disastrous results
are, in the large majority of cases, un-
| mistakably beyond the loser’s control, it
jis unquestionably the duty of the care-
jless business man to protect himself
| against loss from that which is so often
brought about through another’s fault,
and unavoidable on the part of the suf-
ferer. One’s duty to himself, to those
dependent upon him, and to the creditors
or parties from whom his stock is pur-
chased should lead to care on this point.
Duty carefully followed also in this
ease brings with it as reward for the
time being ease and relief from the anx-
iety which is a constant companion with
the lightly-insured merchant, and which
becomes to him a heavy burden as an ac-
companiment to every stroke of the fire
alarm bell, unless it is ascertained to be
away from his own locality.
Said a party recently after paying for
an insurance on his household furniture:
“There, now, a man with a policy of in-
surance in a good company can sleep
better, and will not be quite so liable to
the temptation of risking his life for the
salvation of a ten-cent tin dipper.”’
So in more cases than one the sense of
security and additional ease of mind
is worth half the premium. Those ig-
norant by experience of loss by fire are
apt to groan at heavy premiums at the
time they are paid.
One fact, however, seems always to be
forgotten, i. e., that all the money that is
made is made on the premiums that
never meanaloss. A fire means loss
not only to the insured but to the com-
pany, and any loss must be a very trivial
one that does not completely swallow up
the paltry premium, not only for one
year, but for several even.
Lack of experience isa drawback to
success in any business or in the settle-
ment of any difficulty. Yet there are
situations where experience would be of
advantage to any party, but yet the get-
ting of experience by practical trial is a
lesson which none desire to learn.
This is characteristic in an especial
manner of fire losses. To know what
best to do under the circumstances, es-
pecially in the case of a total loss, is
something which any party has learned
well after they have suffered, but is also
one of those lessons well learned, from
which they have no desire to reap any
further practical results from their
knowledge. In other words, once is
enough, and the man who pays insurance
all his life and never draws a benefit is
the best off, as far as his pocket is con-
cerned.
The question of rates is a vexed and
disputed one between insured and_ in-
surer. Tosay that the insured almost
invariably thinks his rate is too high, is
to state a fact the truth of which can be
satisfactorily demonstrated in a _ short
time by any one who will make the tour
of his acquaintances and try them on the
subject. His own particular rate isa
tender subject to every man who gets
insured. He never insures for himself,
but always against his neighbor’s care-
lessness. That fires occur is not strange,
because everybody else is careless.
The average man never expects a fire
on his own premises and seldom makes
any preparation for it. In addition, he
is surprised that his neighbors do not
burn up. Do you doubt this? Makea
tour among your friends and see.
“In peace, prepare for war.’? When
everything is right and intact, is alsoa
good time to give some thought to what
may be necessary in case of loss. If the
loss never comes, the thought and prep-
aration may do somebody good.
The insurance adjuster will base his
ealeulations from the trial balance and
account of stock generally from the
season previous, or from that time when
the books were properly closed up. As
a consequence, it is timely and advan-
tageous for settlement of fire loss that
the books should be clearly and accu-
rately kept. A careful inventory of
stock is probably entered on every re-
liable firm’s books at the beginning of
the year. To this is added and sub-
tracted sales and purchases, so that with
deduction on profits and expenses the net
stock ought to be easily shown.
While the books show the amount of
stock, the item of machinery, tools fix-
tures, furniture and the numberless other
purchases which go to fit up a store,
often make very little showing upon the
books. Why? Because the successful
merchant does business fer a profit and
is apt to charge off many of these ex-
penditures and carry them into the ex-
pense of the business. As a remedy,
every merchant ought with his annual
stock-taking also to enter on his stock
book a careful and reliable inventory of
machinery and fixtures ata fair valua-
tion. This, if entered in the proper
place, will show for itself when needed,
even though a large proportion of it has
been charged off the books to close up
the year.
A good custom for any merchant is to
take an approximate running inventory
of his goods and belongings at regular
intervals between his annual stock-
takings. This keeps him posted so that
“That itis the unexpected that hap-|
he is neither liable to be overinsured or
likely to be caught with insufficient pro-
tection.
A drawback to quick and satisfactory
adjustments is often found in the fact
that the majority believe that an in-
surance company is formed to collect
premiums and then shirk out of losses.
When many start with this assumption,
is it strange is insurance adjusters do
sometimes attempt to get even? Insur-
ance is like every other business, it con-
tains all kinds.
A spirit of fairness and honor in every
trade is usually met more than half way,
and the disposition to secure what is
right and fair goes a long way toward
securing generous treatment.
Above all, avoid the fault of begrudg-
ing the amounts paid out for insurance
protection. Every serious fire gives the
companies the worst of it.
Carry a good line of insurance and
this means ease to yourself, confidence
on the part of your creditors, and also
leaves you in case of loss money in hand
to replenish a stock without any vain re-
grets.
For your own defense, look carefully
after your premises. A little care of the
waste paper, shavings and rags, may
save destruction; a little attention to a
clesely and compactly kept stock, every-
thing in its place, may be an aid to
saving property, when there is plenty of
warning.
Finally, take care of valuable papers,
especially those memoranda showing
amounts on hand at anyonetime, Ex-
amine your papers and judge what
would be wanted, if gone. Many a man
has been burned out to learn that certain
papers and books habitually strewn care-
lessly about the counters were worth
something. It is better to have a safe
large enough to put in one paper too
many than to mourn for some valuable
item which would not goin. Is this not
true ?
MICHIGAN CENTRAL
“The Niagara Falis Route.’’
DEPART. ARRIVE.
Detroit Express... 2.22... et cee 6:45am 10:15pm
OWE oe is ce aig ee nec ee eas ae -Oam 5:30pm
Day BxPreih. 2.20 ies ee ese eee se 10:55am 10:00am
*Atlantic & Pacific Express......... 10:45pm 6:Wam
Wow eecn epress. 62. CT 5:40pm 1:35pm
*Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express
trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand Rapids
Express to and from Detroit.
FRED M. Briees, Gen’l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
q@. 8S. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union Depot.
Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St.
O. W. RuGGLES, G. P. & T. Agent., Chicago.
Wholesale Price Current.
Advanced—Gum Opium, Gum Opium (po),
cipitate, White Precipitate, Morphia.
Jalap Root, Corrosive Sublimate, Calomel, Red Pre-
Declined—Turpentine.
ACIDUM. pe ee oxi ete 1 = = se eee 1 35@1 40
: Miiorate, €pe. 18) .-..... 16 rgenti Nitras, ounce @G 68
Benzoicum German. soo! = yee «co.cc. 50@_ 55| Arsenicum............ 5 7
Soe a Se Medes. 2 80@2 90| Balm Gilead Bud..... 38@ 40
Carbolicum ae 40@ 45 Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 33@ 3 | Bismuth S. N.........2 10@2 2
ae 50@ 55 | Potassa, Bitart, com... @ 15| Calcium Chior, 1s, (48
H eArouior | a 3@ 5 Potass Nitras, opt .... 8@ 10 ff. aS, Pe): @ 9
=. oc Raa 10@ 12| Potass Nitras.......... 7@ 9| Cantharides Russian,
Gralicum |. 7"""" 40@_ 12 | Prussiate..........---. PO 2 DO @1 %5
Phosphorium ao 99 | Sulphate po..........- 15@ 18 Capsici Fructus, ae: @ 18
Salicylicum ..........- 1 40@1 80 RADIX. i in — @ i6
Sulphuricum.... ....- 1%@ 5 : ‘ po, @ 14
7 erat 1 40@1 60 Aconitum ....... 0... 20@ 25; Caryophyllus, (po. 28) 23@ 25
an 43 | Althae..... a 25@ 30| Carmine, No. 40....... @3 75
Ns Anchusa 15@ 20| Cera Alba, S. & F 50@ 55
AMMONIA. —, Peo. an : = Miava....... .. 28@ 30
Ca renais (66 Sl POCEUS ooo kee. 40
Aqua, = =. re = : Gentiana, (po. 15)..... 10@, 12| Cassia Fructus........ Ds 15
Carbonas es eae 11@ 13 Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18] Centraria.............. @ 10
(aiden 12@ 14| Hydrastis Canaden, Cetaceum @ 35
Sc aa (po. By @ 45| Chloroform ........... 50@ 55
ANILINE. Hellebore, Ala, po.... 15@ 2 ne squibbs .. @1 00
fnuia, po... 15@ 20] Chloral Hyd Crst...... 1 50@1 75
peeae, pO. =... :o. 6c... 2 Oi@e 201 Chondrusg 20@ <
Red ) 45@ = plox (po. 20@22).. 183@ = Cinchonidine, a &W 15@ 2
Se 50@3 S1tpe. Peo: . See . yerman 0
COW, oe ees cat . = ane ee @ 35| Corks, list, dis. per =
BACCAE, oo po...... a 8 a c — ie ee ace @ 60
5 Gee 7 PECUROGHHE 8 50
a a -— oe @1 7%5| Creta, (bbl. 7%)... 22. g 2
Taucbisugieia Q5@ 30] 6 PVecee ee eeeeeeee ee Weal So) peep. a 5@ 5
an eee ca ey Spicelia ASG 58)“ precip... 10)... 8@ 10
BALSAMUM. : Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ 2) ¢ Rubra... @ s&s
Copaiba ......------»-- 70@. 7 | Serpentaria...........- 40a 55) Crocug ss. 35@ 38
Pera o.-ee @i 3D} sencea ...0.... ... .. 65 | Cudbear... @ uw
Terabin, Canada ..... 45@ 50 | Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40} CupriSulph........... 8s@ 9
Wolutan ....---.------- 45@ 50 os io M @ 20 Dextmac 10@ 12
Seiliae. (po. so)... . 100, 12) Ether Sulph. |... |: 68@ 70
CORTEX. : Symplocarpus, Feeti- Emery, all numbers.. @ &
i nadine. ......... # as, pO... sc. ° po... 6
aes De ee aces 11 | Valeriana, Eng. (po.30) @ 2) Ereota, (po.) 45....... aos 45
Cinchona Flava ......------ 28s German... 15@ 20 1229@ 15
Euonymus atropurp.....--- 30 | Zingiber a............. 10@ 15 Ee @
Myrica Cerifera, po..------- = WAnPIPCE F050. 5 6: 2@ 2% : %@ 38
Prunus Virgini......-.------ 3 ;
Quillaia, grd......---.++-+++ 12 : SEMEN. C 40@
Sassafras ....-..-2+----+ 20+ 12] Anisum, (po. 20)... .. _@ 15} Glassware flint, 75 & 10 per
Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... 10] Apium (graveleons).. 10@ 12 cent. by box 70 less
Bicd; is... e. 4q@. 6| Glue, Brown.......... 9@ 15
EXTRACTUM. pier (pe: 48). = 12 en White... 13@ 25
iza Glabra... 4@ ardamon............-1 ORME co WECEENS oo. ae 25
Glycyrrhiz pO. 35 dene br eee =o 12 _—_ Ee = 15
51b. box.. 11@ 12] Cannabis Sativa....... Y% 4 MIAHLUA 5 40
ee 183@ 14|Cydonium.... ........ oe) | Hoge ie a
“ aa 14@ 15| Chenopodium ........ 10@ 12 : Cor |. | a 8S
ss 348. ao. 16@ 17 | Dipterix Odorate...... 1 75@1 85 c Ox Rubrum @l1 05
aa MOCIICUIE. |... 2... @ 15 nr Ammoniati.. @1 15
a Foenugreek, po..... 6@ 8 “ -_Unguentum. 45@ 55
Carbonate Precip...... @ Sim 4 @ 4%| Hydrargyrum......... @ x
Citrate and Quinia.... @350/ Jini, grd, (bbl. 4 )... 44@ 4%| Ichthyobolla, Am..... 1 25@1 50
Citrate Soluble.......- @ SO igopeae 0 Sn 40 | endieo | 75@1 00
Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ 50| pharlarisCanarian.... 34@ 4% | Iodine, Resubl........ 3 75@3 85
Solut Chloride......-. @ 1 Rapa 6Q@; 7) dodoterm. 2001) @4 7
Sulphate, com’l....... 1%@ 2) Sinapis, Albu.. So OS) Papuan 85@1 00
“ pure. @ 7 ‘ Wise: )) 0... 11@ 12} Lycopodium .......... 55@
A Maeisg 80@ 85
ao i SPIRITUS. Liquor Arsen et Hy-
Arnica) 05. ./.2-- 2.2... 14@ 16} Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50 rare eee @ 27
Anthemis .......--+-+- 30@ 35 - D. F. R.....1 7%@2 00| Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12
Matricaria ...... ----- 30@ 3 Ce 1 10@1 50| Magnesia, Sulph (bb!
FOLIA Juniperis Co. 0. T....1 75@1 75 Le 3
10@ 12 . | 1. go@e 50) Mamnia, Ss... 45@ 50
Barosma “fol, Tin- Saacharum N. E...... 1 75@2 00] Morphia, S. P. & W...2 85@3 10
Cassia Acutiiol, o5@ 28 | Spt. Vini Galli........ 17@650| “ SN. Y.Q&
nivelly ..-;-. “Ars 35@ 50 | Vini Oporto ..........- {a2 00) Cea 2 85@3 10
a gee Vint Alba... .........- 1 25@2 00] Moschus Canton...... 40
Salvia officinalis, 48 Myristica, No. 1
ANd W48.....----e eee 10@ 12 SPONGES. Myristica, No.1....... 60@ 70
see ee s@ 10 . Nux Vomica, (po 2).. @ 10
ire OTse..---.-.------- ae Ge Sei 32
GUMMI. Carriage............. 2 25@2 50 — Saac, H. & P. D.
Acacia, ist picked.... @10C| Nassau sheeps’ wool OO ow. eee eee eee ees @2 00
«| Od ee carriage i a Picis Liq, N. C., % gal
« Sa .. @ Sl Velvet extra sheepe: — wetttttetteeeeees @2 00
“sifted sorts... 65] wool carriage....... 10} Picis Liq., quarts ..... @1 00
fe Out oe ace 5@1 00| Extra yellow sheeps’ Pil Hy pints ....... @ 70
Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@ 60) carriage............. 85 Pi Tydrarg, (po. 80).. @ 50
“~’ Cape, (po. 20)... @ 12] Grass sheeps’ wool car- iper Nigra, (po. 22)... @ 18
i Socotrt Que. 6): @ 50) singe 65 — Alba, (po g5).... @ 35
Catechu, 1s, (448, 14 48, Hard for slate use.... % Pla Burgun........... @ 7
16) eee @ 1 | Yellow Reef, for slate umbi Acet ....... .-- 14@ 15
Ammoniae (00000000. 25@ 30] use ae 1 49| Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20
neon eS Pyrethrum, boxes H
Benzoinum........-.-- 55 SYRUPS. & P. D. Co., doz..... @1 25
Camphore.......-++-++ 45 0 Vi Aceneia 59| Pyrethrum, pv........ 30@ 35
Euphorbium po ...... oe) AO aineiber 59 | Quassiae .............. 8@ 10
(abate lee @ Oiipeese ee 69| Quinia, S.P.& W..... 2@ 4%
Gamboge, po.--...---- Cited tee as S. German.... 37@ 47
Guaiacum, (po.55) .-. @ 50} Auranti Cortes............-. BO ia Tinctorum..... 2@ 14
Rarig! (po. 25). 6s @ Dipnel Aram! 59| Saccharum Lactispv.. @ 35
Mastie (0) @1 00 | Similax Officinalis.......... go} Salacin.......... oo 2 25@2 35
Myrrh, (po 45)......-- @ 40 “ 6 Gell 59| Sanguis Draconi -. £@ 50
Opii, (pc. 5 25)..------ 2 fo@s 80) Seneea 50; Santonine ...... @4 50
Sholise 0000020000 a, SS Serine | 50 | Sapo, W 12%@ 14
« bleached...... 2@ 35 ae SO). Meee ae eee. 8@ 10
Tragacanth ........--- som, (Tomine co Pe ong are tg ad @ 15
HERBA—In ounce packages. Pres vee 50 Sieapie Mixture...... . 2
Absinthium ......-.+-+++++-- = TINCTURES. ea Ope: @ 30
aa 95 | Aconitum Napellis R....... 6 eae
Majorum 00000) 0.ccc 2.2 28 c i 50} Snuff, Scoteh,De. Voes @ 35
Mentha Piperita........---. 23 | Aloes....-.-.-+-+- +++ --- 60] Soda Boras, (po. 12}... 11@ 12
oe, oe ee a ee 60) Soda Gb Patass Pact 30@ 33
ee oh) Arniea 50} Soda Carb i oS @ 2%
Tanacetum, V.....-----++-+- oa) Aeapetide Ol asta Bina 7” mt
Thymus, Se 25 | Atrope Belladonna.......... Osi A ae
eae Benzoin......-.-2-0 sees eee 60| Soda, Sulphas......... @ 2
€o.- 50] Spts. Ether Co 50@ 55
Calcined, Pat......-.-- 60 | Sancuinarin (0000000010020) 0 6 eee G2 00
Carbonate, Pat ......- 20@ 22| Barosma....... TS 50| « Myrcia Imp... .. @2 50
Carbonate, K.& M.... 20@ 25/ Cantharides................- 7 ec) a Ree | GE
Carbonate, Jenning5.. 35@ 36/ Capsicum ................-.- BO Si gey aes
oe Cardamon... .......--.-..-- 75) Less 5¢e gal., cash ten days.
Ce. es: 75| Strychnia Crystal @1 10
Absinthium . .......-- 5) 00G)5) SOC ee. 100] Suiphur, Subl......... 2u@ 3%
— Dulce... .. 45@ Wo @atecnn 50 ee ea ie 24@ 3
Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 25} Cinehona .................-. SO) @anindal &@ 10
BRE on eey es imge@| “Geis... OO] Seeebenth Vonics._ 28 30
Auranti Cortex......- @= oO) | Columba 800.0160. 50| Theobromae .......... 50@ 55
Bergamil .-.. 105.2... 2 Gh@S 2.4 Conti 4) DO) waite eG 9 00@16 00
Cajiputi ...........---- Set 0) 1 Cubens 2... 50] Zinci Suiph.. a 9 8
Caryophylli ........-.- 1 35@1 40 | Digitalis ......-....... 20... 50 ardent i
Ced 65 50 OIL.
1% Bbl. Gal
40 Whale, winter........ 70 70
ia _= — See dices aus = 60
ara. NO. to... -. 50
= ant ge — ca. oe 63
BO indseed, boiled .... 63 66
Exechthitos........... 00 Neat’s Foot, winter
Meare oo aus i 1 20@1 30 strained ............ 69
Gawltheria 00003000. 2 20@2 30 SpiritsTurpentine.... 4914 55
Geranium, ounce..... @ i‘ _ PAINTS. bbl. Ib.
Gossipii, Sem. gal..... 50@ 75 Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3
Hedeoma (02001... -.. 2 10@2 20 Ochre, yellow a A i 2@4
POMIBCr oo 50@2 00 ST ......
ama 90@2 00 eS io
Mee Piper 2. oclB 102 Vermilion Prime Aimer-
Mentha Verid......... 2 50@2 60 | AurantiCortex.............. Si ee ais caer 13@16
Morrhuae, gal......... Net 00 | Odassia 59 | Vermilion, English.... 75@80
Myrcia, ounce......... @ | mpatany ,5o| Green, Peninsular..... @75
Wii aS wee ‘59 | Lead, red.............. @in
Picis Liquida, (gal..35) 10@ 12| Cassia Acutifol............. 50 hite .........-- @i%
ew, 124@1 36) “ eT Me oct 50| Whiting, white Span... @70
Rosmarini......... 75@1 00 | Serpentaria ................. 50 bk omy Gilders’...... @20
Rosae, ounce.......... 06 | Stromoihim. 0000000000003 60 | White, Paris American 1 00
Suceini es a 45 Tolutan ee —— Paris Eng. “
eS Waleree oe a. es See
Santal oe 8 50@7 00 | Veratrum erlde 1000 50 ico agg Pag neg 20@1 4
eaieie one, ‘ounce.... @ 65 MISCELLANEOUS, Pang 2022... 1 00@1 20
Eo coe. @1 50 Ather, Spts Nit,3 F.. 6@ 28 VARNISHES.
ee se Be 6° 4B.) 30@ 32| No.1 Turp Coach.....1 10@1 20
PEsoeee 15@ 20 PoMreen.. 2. See. . 24@ 3% | Extra Turp............ 1 1 70
opments ese orca « "ground, (po. Gosek Boag. 0022-2: 2 00
POTASSIUM. 3@ 4| No.1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10
Bi Car cs) es 5@ 18} Annatto. Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60
Biechromate ......<..: . 19@ 14} Antimoni, po......-... 5 —— Dryer, No. 1
Drees es. 37@ 40 : et PotassT. 55@ 60 Pe ee ERS Ae 0@ 75
Plumbing,
Steam and Hot Water Heating,
Brooks’ Hand Force Pump, In-
stantaneous Water Heater, Hot
Air Furnaces, Mantels, Grates
and Tiling, Gas Fixtures, Ete.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Plumbers’ Supplies.
Telephone No. 147.
21 Scribner Street,
Telephone No. 1109.
GRAND RAPIDS, -
184 Kast Fulten St, Head of Monroe,
MICH.
POLISHINA
(TRADE MARK REGISTERED.)
The Best Furniture Finish in the Market.
Specially adapted for Pianos,
Organs and Hard Woods.
Polishina will add a lustre which for beauty
and durability cannot be excelled.
Polishina
directions accompany each bottle
Twenty-five Cents.
Polishina market.
furniture look fresh and new.
1 1 is for sale by all Druggists, Furni
Polishina ture Dealers, Grocery and Hard
ware Stores.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
FOR SALE WHOLESALE
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
will remove grease and dirt, and
is clean and easy to use, as full
; i is put up in LARGE BOTTLES,
Polishina and is sold at the moderate price of
is the Best Furniture Finish in the
Try it, and make your old
HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG 60,,
COMBINED,
Acknowledged to be the
Best on the Market.
LIQUOR & POISON RECORD
K. A. STOWE & BRO, cxano kavris
CINSENG ROOT.
We pay the highest price forit. Address
PECK BROS.,
GRAND RAPIDS,
Wholesale Drug; ;
ay
Bye <0) BA asasres
yi, ,
PRoIO& Zing Enar avin
aise LEADS SWES, BRass RULE
i —— $e
( nd
Bhan Woop 8 METAL ees
pee eeegeesTAVA PUL
CunRSs
mf : No.
"La Grippe
A sure cure for the
Russian Malady is
selling like Hot Cakes.
Order a sample dozen of your jobber.
Price $8 per doz. Or sent prepaid to any
part of the U. S. on receipt of $1 or six
for $5.
“La Grippe” Medicine Co.,
252 Grandville Ave.,
GRAND RAPIDS, - “ MICH.
Begin the New Year Right!
By using the “Complete Business Register,”
the best arranged book for keeping a record of
Daily, Weekly and Monthly Sales, Expenditures,
etc. Call at ‘‘The Tradesman” office and inspect
the books.
E. A. STOWE & BRO., Grand Rapids.
THE DETROIT NEWS COMPANY,
WHOLESALE
STATIONERY, FANCY
PERIODICALS.
The largest and most complete line of above goods in
the State, at reasonable prices. Dealers are invited to
call. Send for our cireulars and price lists.
OUR HOLIDAY LINE IS NOW COMPLETE.
Corner Larned and Wayne Sts., Detroit.
BOOKS, GOODS,
AYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK,
DETROIT, MICH,
500,000 TO INVEST IN BONDS
Issued by cities, counties, towns and school dis-
tricts of Michigan. Officers of these municipali-
ties about to issue bonds will find it to their
advantage to apply tothis bank. Blank bonds
and blanks for proceedings supplied without
charge. All communications and inquiries will
have prompt attention.
January, 1890. S. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer.
SUSPENDED!
4q WIR, uO
uv} I9yjO Sulssoiq
eoyg wWIYy Zul[[os
esOdmy] 03 Io[vop OY} FULAMO]]e 10g
Warranted not to Thicken, Sour or Moldin
any Climate. Quality Guaranteed Against Injury
by Freezing. All others worthless after frees
ing. See quotation. MARTELL BLACKING
CO., Sole Manufacturers, Chicago, Il.
antee Satisfaction.
ceive them.
HAZELTINE
& PERKINS
DRUG CO.
Importers and Jobbers of
DRUGS
Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries,
Dealers in
Patent Medisines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
Sole Agents for the Oelebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints.
We are Sole Proprietors of
WEATHERLY'’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY.
We have in stock and offer a full line of
Whiskies, Brandies,
Gins, Wines, Rume.
Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W.D. & tix..
Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash
Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite
Rye Whisky.
We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Gua:
All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we rv=
Send in a trial order.
Harelting & Perkins Drug bo,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
The Michigan Tradesman
ANTI-ADULTERATION.
Bill Prepared for Congress by the U.
S. Dairy and Food Commissioners’
Association.
_A Bill to Prevent Adulteration of Food
and Drugs.
Section 1. Be it enacted, etc., that
there shall be established in the Depart-
ment of a bureau to be known as
the Bureau on Adulteration. The Presi-
dent shall appoint by and with the ad-
vice of the Senate a competent chief of-
ficer of said bureau, who shall receive a
salary of $5,000 a year, and hold office
for four years and until his successor is
appointed. The chief of the bureau may
appoint, with the approval of the Secre-
tary of the Department of , such
ehemists, inspectors and clerks, not ex-
ceeding ten in number, with such salaries
as the Secretary of the Department of
may approve, provided that the
total expenses of inspectors and em-
ployes, but exclusive of suitable offices,
laboratory, stationery and_ supplies,
which shall be provided by the Secretary
of the Department of —, shall not
exceed $50,000 per annum.
Sec. 2. That no person or corporation
shall transport or cause to be trans-
ported from the State, district or terri-
tory in which he resides or does business,
into any State or territory, or from any
foreign country or other State or terri-
tory, into the State or territory in which
he resides or does business, for sale or
barter, or to be offered for sale or barter,
any article of food or drugs adulterated
within the meaning of this act, and any
person violating the above provisions
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall, for
the first offence, be fined nut more than
$100, and for each subsequent offence not
more than $500, or imprisonment not ex-
ceeding one year, or both, in the discre-
tion of the court.
Sec. 3. That no person shall, within
the District of Columbia, or in any of the
territories, or in any fort, arsenal, dock-
yard or reservation, or other place under
the jurisdiction of the United States,
manufacture, offer for sale, or sell any
article of food or drugs which is adulter-
ated within the meaning of this act; and
any person violating this provision shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be pun-
ished as provided in the preceding sec-
tion.
Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of all
collectors of customs, through the ap-
praisers or other proper officers, to cause
examinations to be made of articles of
food or drugs which may appear to be
adulterated, and if, on examination of
any article of food or drugs, imported
from any foreign country, itis found to
be adulterated within the meaning of
this act, a return to that effect shall be
made upon the invoice, and articles so
noted shall not be permitted to pass the
ecustom-house, or be delivered to the con-
signees, unless, on re-examination, as
provided for in this act, it shall be found
that the said articles are not adulterated.
Sec. 5. That the owner or consignee
shall have the privilege of calling, at his
own expense, for re-examination, and on
depositing with the collector of customs
such sum as said collector may deem suf-
ficient to defray such expense, it shall be
the duty of the collector of customs to
procure a certificate under oath, from a
public analyst, of a careful analysis of
the articles in question; and in case the re-
port by certificate of the analyst shall de-
clare the report of the officer who exam-
ined the goods to be erroneous and the
said articles to be unadulterated, the
said articles shall be returned to the
owner or consignee, and pass without
reservation on payment of duties, if any.
But in case the officer’s return be sus-
tained by the analyst, the said articles
shall be destroyed; provided that the
owner or consignee, on payment of
eharges of storage and other expenses
necessarily incurred by the United
States, and on giving bond, with sureties
satisfactory to the collector, agreeing to
remove said articles from the United
States, shall have the privilege of re-ex-
porting them at any time within the pe-
riod of six months after the date of the
report of the inspector or public analyst.
Sec. 6. That in order to carry into ef-
fect the provisions of this act, the Secre-
tary of the Treasury is hereby author-
ized to appoint, from names submitted to
him for that purpose by the National
Bureau on Adulteration, one or more
suitably qualified persons as inspectors
and public analysts for adulterated food
and drugs at such ports of entry, and
with such compensation, as the Secretary
of the Treasury may deem expedient;
and it shall be the duty of the National
Bureau on Adulteration to prepare in-
structions governing the work of such
inspectors and analysts, which, when ap-
proved by the Secretary of the Treasury,
shall govern their actions and that of
collectors of customs, in preventing im-
portation from foreign countries of food
or drugs adulterated within the meaning
of this act.
See. 7. That the National Bureau on
Adulteration shall make, or cause to be
made, examination of specimens of food
and drugs collected under its direction
in various parts of the country, and shall
publish in a weekly bulletin the results
of such analysis. If it shall appear
from such examination that any of the
provisions of this act have been violated,
the bureau shall at once report the fact
to the proper United States District
Attorney, with a copy of the results of
the analysis, duly authenticated by the
analyst under oath.
Sec. 8. That it shall be the duty of
every district attorney, to whom the
National Bureau on Adulteration or any
eollector of customs shall report any
violation of this act, to cause proper
Eroceedings to be commenced and pros-
ecuted without delay for the fines and
penalties in such case provided, unless
upon inquiry and examination he shall
decide that such proceedings cannot
probably be sustained, in which case he
shall report the facts to the National
Bureau on Adulteration. And for the
expenses incurred and services rendered
in all such cases the district attorney
shall receive and be paid from the Treas-
ury such sum as the Secretary of the
Treasury shall deem just and reason-
able, upon the certificate of the judge
before whom such cases are tried or dis-
posed of.
Sec. 9. That an article shall be deemed
to be adulterated within the meaning of
this act—
(a) In the case of drugs:
1. If, when sold under or* by a name
recognized in the United States Pharma-
copeeia, it differs from the standard of
strength, quality or purity laid down
therein.
2. If, when sold under or by a name
not recognized in the United States
Pharmacopeia, but which is found in
some other pharmacopeia or other stan-
dard work on materia medica, it differs
materially from the standard of strength
quality or purity laid down in such work.
3. If its strength or purity falls below
the professed standard under which it is
sold.
(b) In the case of food:
1. If any substance or substances have
been mixed with it, so as to lower or de-
preciate or injuriously affect its quality,
strength or purity.
2. If any inferior or cheaper substance
or substances have been substituted,
wholly orin part, for it.
3. If any valuable or necessary con-
stituent or ingredient has been, wholly
or in part, subtracted from it.
4. If it is an imitation of, or is sold
under the name of another article.
5. If it consists, wholly or in part, of
a diseased, decomposed, putrid, infected,
tainted or rotten animal or vegetable
substance or article, whether manufac-
tured or not; or in the case of milk, if it
is the product of a diseased animal.
6. If it is colored, coated, polished or
powdered, whereby damage or inferiority
is concealed; or if, by any means, it is
made to appear better or of greater value
than it really is.
7. If it contains any added substance
or ingredient which is poisonous or in-
jurious to health; provided that the pro-
visions of this act shall not apply to
mixtures or compounds recognized as
ordinary articles of food, if the same be
distinctly labeled as mixtures or com-
pounds with the name and per cent. of
each ingredient therein, and are not in-
jurious to health.
See. 10. The term ‘‘drug,” as used in
this act, shall include all medicines for
internal or external use. The term
‘“‘food,’? as used herein, shall include all
articles used for food or drink by man,
whether simple, mixed or compound.
Sec. 11. Every person manufacturing,
offering or exposing for sale, or deliver-
ing to a purchaser, any drug or article of
food included in the provisions of this
act, shall furnish to any person inter-
ested, or demanding the same, who shall
apply to him for the purpose, and shall
tender him the value of the same, a sam-
ple sufficient for the analysis of any such
article of food which is in his possession.
See. 12. Whoever refuses to comply,
upon demand, with the requirements of
Section 11, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and, upon conviction, shall be
fined not exceeding one hundred, or less
than ten dollars, or imprisonment not
exceeding one hundred, or less than
thirty days, or both. And any person
found guilty of manufacturing, offering
for sale, or selling an adulterated article
of food or drug under the provisions of
this act, shall be adjudged to pay, in ad-
dition to the penalties heretofore pro-
vided for, all the necessary costs and
expenses incurred in inspecting and
analyzing such adulterated articles, of
which said person may have been found
guilty of manufacturing, selling, or
offering for sale.
See. 13. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
—_——_>-><——__——-
The ‘‘House’”’ to Blame.
From the Ohio State Journal.
Much has been said and written about
the ability of the salesman to represent
his employer properly and build up a
trade to make it valuable to both of
them. The salesman, in many instances,
is blamed if a certain trade is worked
disastrously, but if it results in a good
and prosperous business being built up,
the house wants the large part of the
credit for ‘‘good goods,’’ low prices, etc.,
thinking any man of ordinary ability,
backed by their ‘‘modus operandi,’’
could have done as much, and perhaps
even go so far as to regret having paid
the salesman a large salary when a
cheaper man might have accomplished
the same results. The forces spoken
of, i. e., house and salesman, must work
in perfect harmony and operate with
the same end in view as to promptness,
earefulness and honor to insure success,
and without which hearty co-operation,
the result must be disastrous. Many a
good, competent, careful salesman has
had his reputation blasted by a careless
office force or bad help in getting out the
goods which were not up to the sample,
owing to mistakes in shipping the proper
articles, or being out of the ones desig-
nated on the order, something ‘‘just as
good’? has been substituted, but which
is not ‘‘just as good’’ to the purchaser,
and the salesman, being the only one
ever seen, must stand the abuse for the
house. An incident came under our ob-
servation recently which serves to illus-
trate. UNRIVALLED forSTRENGTH
ae. DURABILITY anob
°—-CLOSE REGULATION.
Ss. K. BOLLES. E. B. DIKEMA}
S. K. Bolles & Co.,
77 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Wholesale Cigar Dealers. °
"lVow wel
We will forfeit $1,000 if the “TOSS UP”
Cigar is not a Clear Long Havana Filler of
excellent quality, equal to more than the aver-.
age ten cent cigars on the market.
lonia Pants& Overall Co.
E. D. Voorhees, Manager.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Pants, Overalls, Goats, Jackets, Shirts, kts,
Warranted Not to Rip.
Fit Guaranteed.
to turn out a line especially adapted to the Michigan trade.
sent on application.
IONIA, MICH.
BEStrenr & Oz,
Manufacturers’ Agents for
SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY,
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INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S.A. -
MANUFACTURERS OF
gSTEAM ENGINES & BOILERS.
Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock
for immediate delivery.
aners, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery,
Saws, Belting and Oils.
And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Sample
Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.
44, 46 and 48 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
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Write for Prices.
We manufacture all our
goods. Warrant them pure
and first class. Carry an
immense stock. Fill orders
promptly and solicit the
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correspondence and patron-
age of all legitimate buyers
in our line.
PUTNAM CANDY CO.
WHO URGES YOU
TO HREEP
SA POLIO‘?
THE PUBLIC!
By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers cre
ate a demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods in
stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. Without effort
on the grocer’s part the goods sell themselves, bring purchas-
ers to the store, and help sell less known goods.
ANY JOBBER WILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS.
K. G. STUDLBY,
Wholesale Dealer in
Rubber
Boots and Shoes
Manufactured by
CANDEK RUBBER 60.
Send for Large Illustrated Catalogue {and
Price List.
TELEPHONE 464.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
No. 4 Monroe Street,
Workmanship Perfect.
Mr. Voorhees’ long experience in the manufacture of these goods enables him
Samples and prices
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CINCINNATI, O:
A. HIMES,
Shipper and Retail Dealer in 9 : a:
Lehigh Valley Coal Co.'s
Office, 54 Pearl St. Grand Rapids, Mich.
a SHIPMENT.
DETROIT SOAP CO.,
Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:
HEC IR NE A SN EMS EN A
QUEEN ANNE, MOTTLED GERMAN, ROYAL BAR, CZAR
TRUE BLUE, SUPERIOR, ' MASCOTTE, CAMEO,
PHCENIX, AND OTHERS,
eS aH RAIL AAR,
For quotations in single box lots, see Price Current.
quantities, address,
Ww, G, HN A WKINS, sees Co en Western Michigan,
GRAND RAPIDS,
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Rindge, Bertsch & Co.,,
MICHIGAN AGENTS FOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CO.
We carry a full line in stock and guarantee terms and prices as good as any house
selling the line. Correspondence solicited.
14 AND 16 PEARL ST., GRAND RAPIDS,
12, MICH.
YHE WALSH--DE ROO MILLING 60,
HOLLAND,
MICH.
Daily Capacity,
400 Bbls,
BRANDS:
SUNLIGHT,
DAISY,
PURITY,
MORNING ST
IDLEWILD,
DAILY BREAD,
ECONOMY.
= SPECIALTIES:
\== Graham,
Wheatena,
Buckwheat Flour,
Rye Flour,
Bolted Meal,
Rye Meal,
Wheat Grits,
Buckwheat Grits,
Pearl Barley,
Oat Meal,
Rolled Oats,
igh Co,
Mich.
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Correspondence Solicited.
The Belknay Wagon and S
Grand Rapids,
MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS IN
SLKIGHS.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
Road
Logging
Delivery
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