é ' § Michigan Tradesman. Chas. Pettersch, JOBBER OF Imported and Domestic Cheese Swiss and Limburger a Specialty. 161--163 West Bridge St., Telephone 123 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. AYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK. DETROIT, MICH, 500,000 TO INVEST IN BONDS Issued 7 cities, counties, towns and school dis trie*s of Michigan. Officers of these municipali ties about to issue bonds will find it to their advantage to apply to this bank. Blank bonds and blanks for proceedings supplied without charge. All communications and inquiries wil) have prompt attention. January, 1890. Ss. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer. BASEMENT TO RENT. The large, light and? dry basement under the Steele meat market, in the MeMullen block, 19 and 21 So. Division street. Large doors in rear open even to alley. Apply on premises to W. G. SINCLAIR & CO. P. O. Voorheis, GENERAL INSURANCE AND LOAN AGENT, TELEPHONE 980. 41 Widdicomb Building, Grand Rapids. HARWEY & HEYSTEK, Wholesale Dealers in al| Picture Frame Paper SEMEL AND GENTE Mouldings. Also a complete line of PAINTS, OILS and BRUSHES Correspondence solicited. 74 & 76 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich SEEDS! Write for jobbing prices on Mammoth, Medium, Alsyke and Alfalfa Clover, Timothy, Orchard * Grass, Red Top, Blue Grass, Field Peas, Beans, Produce and WOOL. C. Ainsworth,| 76 So. Division St., Grand Rapids. tohi BUSINESS UNIVERSITY West Michigan “sx NorMAL scHooL, (Originally Lean’s Business College—Est’blished 8 y’rs.) A thoroughly es. rmanently estab- lished and pleasantly located College. The class rooms have been especially designed in accord- ance with the latest approved plans. The faculty is composed of the most competent and practical teachers. Students graduating from this Insti- tution MUST be efficient and PRACTICAL. The best of references furnished upon application. Our Normal Department isin charge of experi- enced teachers of established reputation. Satis- factory boarding places secured for all who apply tous. Do not go elsewhere without first personally interviewing or writing us for full particulars. Investigate and decide for your selves. Students may enter at any time. Address West Michigan Business, University and Normal School, 19, 21, 23, 25 and 27 South Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, : D. D. Mason, UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER Prompt service given at all hours. Telephone 1002. 34 South Division St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Playing Gards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Danie! Lynch, 19 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. W. C. WILLIAMS. A. SHELEY. A. S. BROOKS. WILLIAMS, SHELEY & BROOKS Successors to Farrand, Williams & Co., Wholesale Druggists, AT THE OLD TAND Corner Bates and Larned Streets, Detroit. ALLEN DURFEE. A. D. LEAVENWORTH. Allen Durfee & Co., FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 103 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. Fehsenfeld & Grammel, (Successors to Steele & Gardner.) Manufacturers of BROOMS! Whisks, Toy Brooms, Broom Corn, Broom Handles, and all Kinds of Broom Materials. 10 and 12 Plaintield Ave., Grand Rapids. Potatoes, Onions. FOR PRICES, WRITE TO Grand Rapids, Mich. A. E. YEREX, J. U. Lean, Principal. Sec’y and Treas. BERNEYY BROS, ““cemnss— FOOD INSPECTION. The Necessity of a State Inspector-- Where the Dairymen Stand. No inconsiderable portion of the time of the recent convention of the Michigan Dairymen’s Association, held at Allegan, was devoted toa discussion of. the neces- sity of securing the enactment of a measure providing for the appointment and maintenance of a State Food In- spector, whose duty it shall be to en- force the numerous laws now on the statute books having for their object the improvement of the food supply of the people. The President and Secretary of the Association both recommended such an enactment, the Committee on Legis- lation reported in favor of the measure, and Hon E. N. Bates, the Moline cheese- maker, came to the rescue with the fol- lowing comprehensive paper on the sub- ject: One needs to go among the people in all their different capacities, in order to get an adequate idea of the condition of the public mind. The producer needs to come in contact with the consumer, that the wants of the one may have their modifying effect upon the products of the other. When the contact is thus close, there is less difficulty in arriving at conclusions satisfactory to both parties than when there are several intermediate hands. In the case of one class, at least, of dairy products, the intermediate treat- ment may be wholly responsible for the unsatisfactory condition of the article when it reaches the hands of the con- sumer, and as complaint comes wander- ing back it leaves the one who is not to blame in a doubtful state of mind as to what he must do to avoid a repetition of offenses. Needed legislation! ‘*Well,’’ said a grocer with whom I was recently talking, ‘‘I think that we ought to havea law that would punish a farmer for mak- ing a lot of bad butter and then bringing it into town to sell, and, furthermore, we ought to have a law that would punish a man who would make a lot of A No. 1 butter and then keep it until it is spoiled and then try to palm it off as good!’ Yes, that sounds well, but would not such a law necessarily have, as a basis, a knowledge of the exact amount required for consumption, so that production and consumption could travel on exactly parallel lines? Without doubt, we will probably get that about the same time that we arrive at certain other idealistic positions of which we sometimes dream. Our present law is competition and not co-operation, and that law has very strong provisions of just such acharacter as that of which our friend, the grocer, spoke. The express terms of that law are that every pound of butter shall be bought and sold upon its comparative merits; that is to say, if Mr. A. produces a better article than Mr. B., he must receive more for it, and the law has provided an officer to see that these provisions are lived up to, and that officer, under our present competitive system, is the dealer. Let us stand by and notice its work- ings. Here comes a lady customer, bring- ing a jar of butter. Her appliances at home are not of the best and, in fact, she is not very neat about her work, and the product shows it in several ways. The grocer puts his trier down through it and smells and tastes of that brought out and thinks—oh, but I dare not tell what he thinks, for he is like the Dutchman’s boy who was punished for swearing — ‘the tinks vat he dare not say.’’ Buta part of what he does ‘‘tink’’ is in the form of a soliloquy and runs about like this: “Mrs. A. is a good customer of mine, and, although her butter is poor, I shall lose more if I lose her trade than I will 1890. __. WO me on what little butter she makes; and, if [tell her her butter is. worth less than the market price, she will go across the street, and they will buy it just to get her trade.’? So he takes the butter and says, ‘‘We will allow you 14 cents, the highest market price.’’ But here comes Mrs. B., also with a jar. She does not make a specialty of butter-making and is not near any large town; so she markets here what extra butter she makes, as it helps to pay the grocery bill. The grocer tries it, as before, and thinks, ‘‘I’ll take that home with me to-day,” or, *‘V’ll keep that for Mr. C. He told me to save him some nice butter.’’ So he says to Mrs. B., ‘‘We will allow you 14 cents for your butter.”’ Now, Mr. Officer, we have an indict- ment against you. Under the great and glorious law of competition under which we are now working, you, as an officer, were charged with the duty of discern- ing between the merits of articles brought to you for inspection and of dealing out rewards in aceordance therewith. You were charged with the duty of not only dealing out rewards according to merit, but of proclaiming merit, that in this way producers might be stimulated to bring forth articles of more excellence. You have failed to proclaim merit, and you have awarded to one that which belongdd to another. You have appro- priated meritorious goods and declared market values on inferior articles, and your punishment shall be loss of mer- itorious goods anda surplus of inferior ones; and, you, producers, who have taken no pains to learn the better way and who have thrust upon the market goods of exceeding great strength, to your action is due the fact that good goods are brought into competition with one devoid of merit except that it is cheaper and will, perhaps, keep longer than pure butter. This, I fancy, is the real cause why I have been required to publish this paper. The condition of trade in this class of goods this winter is almost without pre- cedent. Grocerymen’s cellars and com- mission houses, as weil as cold storage houses, are full of old butter, which is a constant menace to the trade. What is the cause? Have the people really con- sumed less than usual? The price early in the fall was very fair; in midsummer it was low, as usual. Many were storing their butter in expectation of very high prices, on account of dry weather, and, while they were saving their butter to spoil, the imitation butter man got in his work in good shape irrespective of law. The States of New York, Ohio, Wis- consin, Minnesota and some others have appointed Dairy or Dairy and Food Com- missioners, who have given their time to seeing that the laws enacted in those States prohibiting the sales of impure goods, including dairy products, were enforeed. The New York Commissioner, in his 1889 report, says: ‘‘No oleomar- garine or imitation butter is now made in this State, so far as we have been able to ascertain, and itis confidently believed that none is made.’’ He also says, in Perfection Scale. The Latest Improved and Best. = Does Not Will Soon Save Its Cost on any Counter. For sale by leading wholesale grocers. this report, on page 484, that six of the leading manufacturers of oleomargarine, in a statement over their own signatures, say that, in 1886, there were manufac- tured 100,000,000 pounds of this article, and we must remember that nearly all of this was put upon the market as butter and at a price equal to that asked for but- ter. But, says some man, ‘“‘If it could not be told from butter and tasted like butter, where was the harm?’ With equal propriety we might ask if a spurious $10 bill which could not be told from a good one by ordinary men is found in circulation and answers every purpose of a good one, where is the harm? The fact is that they are both counterfeits and both deserve the same treatment. In 1887, it was enacted by the people of the State of Michigan that ‘Any per- son who knowingly sells, or offers for sale. any oleomargarine or butterine as butter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and every hotel keeper or restaurant or boarding house keeper who shall use the same without causing a sign or notice of the fact to be posted in some conspic- uous place in the dining room, so that all who eat at suck a place may know what they are eating, shall also be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.”’ I have never seen anything that looked like com- pliance with that law, and yet I know of several so-called first-class hotels where butterine is used: and when I have tried to contract with them to furnish them with butter, their only plea was, ‘‘We can get the other cheaper.” During the first year that the cheese factory was run in our place, a lot of cheese was sold to a certain wholesaler, and after a few days one cheese was re- turned with a brand around the cover in large capitals. ‘Jersey Full Cream.’’ Accompanying the cheese was a state- ment that it was not merchantable. Our salesman immediately returned the box, saying that there must be some mistake, as we did not make or sell that kind of cheese at our factory. During the session of 1889, there was enacted a law in relation to cider vin- egar, which said: ‘*‘All vinegars sold or offered for sale shall be without arti- ficial coloring and shall have acidity equivalent to the presence of not less than 4 per cent., by weight, of absolute acetic acid, and, in the ease of cider vinegar, should contain, in addition, not than 1°4 per cent. of cider vinegar solid.’’ Speaking of the results of this law, the editor of Tue MicuiGANn TRADESMAN says : “This law went into effect on July 1, 1889, but all sorts of vinegar continue to be sold under the brand of ‘cider’ or ‘apple’ vinegar, and quite as much vin- egar below the standard is sold as ever. When the law went into effect, there was a general sentiment in favor of observ- ing its provisions, but as soon as it was seen that no concerted effort was made to punish those who violated the law— that no provision was made for an officer to attend to its enforcement—all thought of the law and its penalties faded into forgetfulness.”’ President Almendinger is reported to have said. in the course of his annual address before the Fruit Manufacturers’ Association, which convened recently at Benton Harbor: “I saw a single shipment of glucose jelly from a Detroit concern of 4,000 gal- lons to one wholesale house, labeled, ‘Pure Fruit Jelly’ and sold as such, when there was probably not 100 pounds of pure fruit in the whole lot, that single shipment taking the place of more than 750 barrels of cider boiled into jelly.’’ Commenting upon the above, the editor of THE TRADESMAN continues : “True as the above charge probably is, the cities do not turn out all the un- wholesome food. The fruit manufact- urers themselves are not faultless in the matter, as a circumstance known to THE TRADESMAN bears sufficient evidence. Within a hundred miles of Grand Rap- ids, a jelly factory converted into jelly hundreds of barrels of cider made from rotten apples, straw, manure and other articles of a foul character. A glance at the pile of filth shoveled into the cider press was enough to turn the strongest stomach.”’ Mr. President, we might continue to less THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | cite instances of the |spices, candies, lards, liquors, etc., and 'especially of spices. It is stated in one | of our National Agricultural Reports | | that it isa common thing for wholesalers | 'on a large scale to enquire what priced | goods their customers desire, and then | put into the hopper as much pure as can | be afforded for the price named and make up the weight with useless material. Now, some one will doubtless say, ‘Why did you not prosecute the keeper of the hotel who told you he could get butterine cheaper than he could your butter 2”? Well, simply because I could not afford to, and, besides, almost all such prosecutions have the appearance of simply gratification of spite; and, furthermore, it is not right that such prosecutions should be done at the ex- | pense of individuals, nor should it even | No. be done at the expense of a class of in- dividuals—that is to say, it is neither my | place nor the place of the Dairymen’s | Association to prosecute such cases. It is an expense for the benefit of the pub- | lic and should be instituted and carried through by an officer appointed for that | purpose. It is the testimony of the New York State Dairy Commissioner that, | while his efforts were strongly resisted at first, there came afterward a senti-) ment so much in favor of the object he was seeking to accomplish that resist- ance has given place to assistance, and dealers have expressed a desire to aid in compelling every article to go upon the market under its appropriate name. So, Mr. President, I believe that we} need, first, alaw for branding these so that the different qualities will bear their proper marks, and, if butter can be helped by the same method, then compel | every maker of butter to brand the date upon which made—and, if required, any- one could have a private brand by making application to the Commissioner, giving | statement of process used, number of cows kept. submitting to inspection, ete.—and, last, but by no means least, we should have a Dairy and Food Com- | missioner appointed, to see that these laws are strictly enforced. Among other | ithings, it should be his duty to visit every factory, either in person or by | deputy, and report its condition, and where difficulty is met he should be ready | to assist and give instructions in the manufacture. He should be required to | prosecute every case of adulteration where the same comes to him with satis- factory evidence and proof, and thereby stamp out this tendency to cheapen goods by the addition of useless or harmful material. I was one of a committee to this matter was given in charge at the last convention, and, after looking it over, we did not recommend it, because we saw the apparent ease with which new officials are created and understood their wonderful tenacity of life; and, furthermore, we confess to not have given the other side of the question due consideration: but, after seeing what has been azcomplished in New York, Ohio and other states through their Dairy Commissioners, we are thoroughly con- | vineced that it is more necessary to have what laws we have at present enforced, than to continue to pile up enactments | only to be wholly ignored. A very good | example in this line is the history of ou: game and fish laws. Perhaps no class of enactments were observed as little as those for the protection of game and fish whom until after the appointment of Game| Warden Smith, but, during the time | from March 15, 1887, until December 15, 1888, there have been not less than 482 arrests, or an average of 29 per month, and of this number 398 were convicted and fines were imposed and collected to the amount of $5,632. And when we think of the relative importance to the people of this State of | the dairy interests as compared with fish and game, and when we see the utter dis- regard of the present laws relating to | dairy products, and also remember the necessity of more stringent laws to com- | pel all products of this kind to bear the appropriate brand, then do we feel like saying, ‘‘Let this Association take the initial step toward securing such an | officer, and let the effort be backed up by | all lovers of good laws and their observ- ‘ance, as the legislation most needed.” E.G. Studley, adulteration of | Crockery & Glassware LAMP BURNERS. Bicycles, Tricycles, Velocipedes AND General Sporting Goods Agents for A. G. Spalding & Bro.’s Sporting and Athletic Goods and American Powder Co.’s Powder. We have on hand a complete line of Columbia. Victor and other cheaper bicycles, also a splen- | did assortment of Misses’ Tricycles, Children’s Velocipedes and small Safety Bicycles. Call and see them or send for large, 4 Monroe 8St., illustrated cata- GRAND RAPIDS logue, SUSPENDED! mo mityT Aq asodmy 0} 1a[vep 94} FULMOT[R 10g uBvy} 10430 FUISsseid eoug mig BuTTyTes Warranted not to Thicken, Sour or Mold }) any climate. Quality Guaranteed Against Injur: by Freezing. All others worthless after frees ~ See quotation. MARTELL; BLACKIN¢ CO., Sole Manufacturers, Chicago, Ill. Remus ROLLER MILLS, Remus, Mich., Jan. 20, 1890. —* Middlings Purifier Co., Grand Rapids, micn.: Gentlemen—The roller mill put in by you last August has run from twelve to fifteen hours every day since it started | and is giving entire satisfaction. Your Purifier and Flour Dresser are dandies. I have used nearly all the best purifiers and bolting machines made, and can say yours discounts them all. Any miller who intends making any change in his mill will save money to use |your machines, for They Can Do the | Work. Yours truly, D. L. GARLING. BE: Old Grocers eo ee 36 a 38 Unanimously agree that the famous Mae * oo... 58 Weer... 2. .... 5-1. a An astee % LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box. 6 doz. in box. ee eee 1% i i ace ee ee 1 88 se “ ..........:-......-...--..---.. 8 270 First quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp top............---- a a 2 2 o.t ~ e ee 2 40 as e oe he eS 3 40 XXX Flint. 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Having on hand a large stock of No. 1 Roasters—capacity 35 Ibs.—1 will sell them at very low prices. Write for Special Discount. ROBT. S. WEST, 48-50 Long St., CLEVELAND, OHIO. Nelson, Matter & Co., ———-- FOR-—_—_— Furniture. See what they can do for you. A.D. Spangler & Co WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FRUITS «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, tsi ene My 6 ' { ect 20 A BOARDING-HOUSE LITANY. John 8. Grey in the New Jersey Retail Merchant. From landladies who put on airs, And talk about their past affairs, When rank and opulence were theirs— May heaven preserve us! From tea too weak to stand alone: From tenderloins ali fat and bone; From eggs which have quite ancient grown— May heaven preserve us! From soup in which a mystery lies; From meat wnich human teeth defies; From pudding strange, and doubtful pies— May heaven preserve us! From poultry of a by-gone age, Which, stuffed with onions, bread and sage, Would put a Spartan ix a rage— May heaven preserve us! From butter, strong in smell and taste; From buckwheat cakes like office paste ; From mutton chop with cinders graced— ay heaven preserve us! From latch keys which are useless quite, To let you in when late at night, Though in the day-time they’re all right— May heaven preserve us! From Jady boarders, gaunt and lean, Who always better days have seen, Whose uncles have great statesmen been— May heaven preserve us! From rooms through which the draughts will play: From stoves which smoke by night and day; From modern boarding houses, pray— May heaven preserve us! 0 The Immorality in Competition. W. 5S. Lilly in February Forum. The cheapening of commodities by un- restricted competition has been the guid- ing idea of manufacture and of com- merece, during the last half century. To get out of men the utmost exertion of which they are capable, for the smallest wages they can be induced to accept, is very widely supposed to sum up the whole duty of an employer toward his ‘thands.’? We have forgotten that these “hands”? are men. Well, I say, unhes- itatingly, that to pit a destitute man among his destitute fellows, and to wring from him his labor for the scan- tiest pittance to which he can be ground down, is wrong. The necessity of the seller does not make it just to underpay him. If I give him less than a just pay- ment, an equitable price, for his work, I do in fact rob him. And this is at once the most common and most disgraceful form of theft. The most common, for it is found in all departments of life; the most disgraceful, because it is the most cowardly. But the very notion of a just price has well nigh died out of the pop- ular mind, which sums up its code of commercial morality in the maxim: ‘‘Buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest.’”? Freedom of contract? Good. But to constitute freedom of con- tract there must be parity of condition. What parity of condition is there be- tween the replete capitalist and his starving ‘‘hand ?”’ Assuredly, nothing can be less reason- able than the regime of competition, in support of which so many ponderous tomes of nonsense, dignified as political economy, have been inflicted upon a long-suffering world. The task which lies before the world is the reorganiza- tion of industry upon an ethical basis. The abuses of the old-world organization were manifest. They have disappeared. But the organization has disappeared, too. The old fellowship of labor is a thing of the past. The new fellowship of labor is the hope of the future. The era is certainly approaching when, in Herbert Spencer’s happy words, ‘‘One man will not be suffered to enjoy with- out working, that which another pro- duces without enjoying;’ when what Mr. Mill justly calls ‘‘the great social evil of a non-laboring class’? will no longer be tolerated; when the true an- swer to socialism, with its barbarous schemes for the abolition of capital, will be given by a vast extension of co- operation which will make every laborer a capitalist. Co-operation! That word is the key to a solution of the great problem. The introduction of machin- ery and steam, it is said, has brought about the vast conflict between capital and labor. Machinery and_ steam! Change in economic condition! There is more struggle. There is this: That our industrial system has been based upon competition, while it should have been based upon co-operation. ‘THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 4 ] a HARDWOOD LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for | E Cr G CA SES & PILLER Ss. dry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls | | out: | Agh, Binck, log-run. _................14 00@16 00 Having taken the agency for Western and Northern Michigan for the LIMA Bastwood, og tun 0000000 00 cae = | EGG CASES and FILLERS, we are prepared to offer same to the trade in any ees eee “etm lorena aoe — ee ose — cas z | No. 180-doz. Cases, complete.................-----.----- do 6 35¢. hana a Re BARR At @iz 0 | No. 1—Fillers, per set.......-.--. 2s. ee eee eee eee e ee eeees 93£e. 10¢. int Gres, loc ran... 12 00@13 00 | Parties ordering Fillers have to buy one Case with every 10 sets of Fillers (no marie’ UU conta = | broken cases sold),making 10 sets with Case $1.25 (10 Fillers and 8 Dividing Boards Maple Nos dandy @20 09 | constitute a standard set). Strangers to us will please remit money with their Maple, clear, flooring.............--.- @25 00 | orders or give good reference. Maple, white, selected.... 25 00@S0 00 : Red Ga tog anos ® W, T, LAMOREAUX, 71 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Red Oak, 4 sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@40 00 Red Oak, 4 sawed, regular..........-. 30 00@32 00 | Red Oak, No. t, step plank............ @25 00 | Vi @55 00 | Walnut, Nog, iand?.................. @75 00 | She Nati afl lJ (] ; Walnuts, cull ............ es @25 00 | i | Whitewood, log-run...................20 00@22 00 | WHOLESALE | White Oak, log-run..... ...17 00@18 00 | | WhitefOak Pgzsawed. Nos. 1 and 2....42 00@43 00 | HEADQUARTERS FOR | | } | | | } | CANDY Oranges, | Le EEN © CRES (fh | ge ae rm antes Oe) Nuts, etc. A. HIMES, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Lime, Cement, COAL AND WOOD | Fire Brick, etc. ' Yard and Warehouse on Line of Main Office, 54 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. G. KR. &L, C. & W. M. and L. S&S. & M.S. Rys. ———_ALL SHIPMENTS MADE PROMPTLY.—— MOSHELEY BROS. 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., - - 94 Miles the Shortest and the Quickest. ' ‘ . | Cincinnati to New Orleans. Time 27 Hours. | Entire Trains, Baggage Car, Day Coaches and | Sleepers run through without change. 110 Miles the Shortest. 7 Hvours Quickest. Cincinnati to Jacksonville, Fila. Time 27 Hours. The Only Line Running VSolid Trains and Through Sleeping Cars. ONLY LINE FROM CINCINNATI TO Chattanooga, Tenn., Fort Payne, Ala., Meridian, Miss., Vicksburg, Miss., Shreveport, La. 20 Miles Shortest Cincinnati to Lexington, Ky. 5 Hours Quickest Cincinnati to Knoxville, Tenn. 116 Miles the Shortest Cincinnati to Atlanta and Augusta, Ga. 114 Miles Shortest Cincinnati to Anniston. Ala. 26 Miles Shortest Cincinnati to Birmingham, Ala. 15 Miles Shortest Cincinnati to Mobile, Ala. GRAND RAPIDS EDWIN FPALLAS, JOBBER OF Batter, Egos, Fairfield Cheese, Foreign Fruits, Mince Meat, Nuts, ite. Oyster and Mince Meat Business Running Full Blast. Special Bargain in Choice Dairy Butter. Let your orders come. Direct connections at New Orleans and Shreve- port for Texas, Mexico and California. rains leave Central Union Depot, cincinnati, |OLce and Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. crossing the Famous High Bridge of Kentucky and rounding the base of Lookout Mountain. orronesrorosccerm Aran Rapids Frvitand Produce Go, Over One Million Acres of Land in Alabama, the future Great State of the South, subject to pre-emption. Unsurpassed climate. JOBBER OF FOREIGN FRUITS. Oranges, Lemons and Bananas a Specialty. NORTH IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS. For Rates, Maps, etc., address A, E. LIPPINCOTT, Northern Pass, Agent, 155 Jeffersen Ave., Detroit. oo Note quotations | We are headquarters for the cele- Are You Sof TRADESMAN | ai ‘ *: COUPONS in the | Using | | : : Grocery Price Cur- Coupons? sen brated Bluefield Bananas, Receiving regular consignments. Also direct receivers of CALIFORNIA ORANGES & LEMONS Send in sample | If Not, order, and we You lire your business on : : Losin : a CASH BASIS. : : l = Money! | THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, | Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, Mich. i { THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Manistee—H. P. Vandevender will open a grocery store. Manistee—Albert Mukautz has opened a grocery store. Muskegon—John Timmer has opened a dry goods store. Bronson—C. J. Kerps has sold his gro- cery stock to L. M. Leet. Allegan—D. H. Dowd has sold his meat market to Kent & Austin. Albion—E. F. Mills has sold his stock of dry goods to M. D. Galloway. Owosso—Chas. F. Goodhue is making preparations to go into the seed business. Leroy — Frank Sprague succeeds Sprague & Everett in the meat business. Edmore—L. M. Mills has sold his fur- niture stock to R. L. Carl, late of Sher- idan. Tustin—Compton & George succeed G. A. Skaglind in the flour and feed bus- iness. St. Charles—Mrs. E. Deitzler succeeds Chas. Deitzler Jr. & vg in the grocery business. Ann Arbor—Wines & Worden have sold their stock of dry goods to E. F. Mills & Co. Frank R. Miles is at Caledonia for a day or two, inventorying the Bergy hard- ware stock. Middleville—H. L. Moore has opened a candy store in connection with his boot and shoe store. Pewamo—Houck & Fox, general deal- ers, have dissolved. They are succeeded by Houck & Cotter. Carsonville—W. R. Harvey & Co., hardware dealers, have sold their stock | to Sherman & Reed. Ferris—Martha Walker is conducting a dry goods and grocery business in the} store formerly occupied by J. E. Bennett. Evart—Fred Mills - purchased the | interest of the late C. F. Leasia in the confectionery and fruit firm Leasia. Mulliken—B. I. Whelpley chased the interest of his partner, Cogswell, in the hardware business of Whelpley & Cogswell. Leroy—August Swanson has sold his has pur- Gustafson to Peter Olsen, and the firm is now known as Gustafson & Olsen. Adrian—Henry Meyer has sold bakery to Louis Emmer and | fence |the Ballard shingle mill, Kent City—Elmer Thompson has pur- chased the interest of the late John A. Holmes in the grocery and dry goods bus- iness of John A. Holmes & Co., and the new firm name is O’Connor & Thompson. Mr. Thompson was formerly in the em- ploy of L. B. Lull and of A. L. Power. Saranac—Johnson & Rogers, grocers, have not been getting along very pleas- antly for some time, and it was decided than an inventory should be taken with a view to the retiracy of one of the firm. The morning after the agreement, Mr. Johnson went to the store to find that during the night every dollar’s worth of goods had been removed. Mr. Johnson will appeal to the courts and establish his rights in the premises. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Zeeland—Jas. Boone has retired from the firm of De Pree, Boone & Co., wagon makers. Hamilton—The Hamilton Brick Manu- facturing Co. is succeeded by Veneklas- en’s Sons. Manistique — E. G. Sovereign has banked 2,000,000 feet of pine near here and is now cutting cedar ties and posts. lonia—Webber Bros. are putting ina small stock of pine logs, which come by rail from a point about sixty miles north of here. South Manistique—Hall & Buell have secured most of their anticipated cut of 50,000,000 feet for their mills here and hereabouts. Cadillac—W. J. Williams has rented at Pleasant Lake, and will run it this season. It was idle all last year. Manistee—The East Shore Furniture Co. has begun making cheap bedroom furniture and will work into the finer grades of goods. Eaton Rapids—Wm. Smith has the con- tract for making the wood work of 500 machines for the United States soon | Fence Machine Co., at Charlotte. of Mills & St. Ignace—J. B. Kanouse, of West | Bay City, is negotiating to operate the Alvin | sail of the Mackinaw Lumber Co., but |; wants a bonus from the business men of | the place. Schwarz, who will continue the business | under the style of Emmer & Schwarz. Bellevue—Tompkins & Squires, grain and produce dealers, have dissolved. Mr. Tompkins has purchased the interest of . : . a , | wool rug factory here. interest in the general firm of Swanson & | : 6 : y | | two institutions of the kind | township, Holt will start a lambs’ There are only in the coun- try now, one in Detroit and the other in Albion—W. C. ._ | Wyandotte. his | Joseph | 300.000 feet of Cadillae—G. A. Bergland has sold standing pine in Boon Missaukee county, to John Moon for $3,000. He will cut it into | square timber. his partner and will continue the bus- | iness. Plainwell — The death of Morrison Bailey dissolved the partnership lately formed with J. M. Travis, to engage in the drug business. The surviving part- ner, Mr. Travis, does not think it advis- able to embark in the business alone. Leroy—Frank Smith has added a line of drugs to his grocery stock. The new department will be under the manage- ment of Fred Pollock, who formerly clerked for M. V. druggist. Caledonia—A. & E. Bergy have bar- gained to sell their hardware stock to Stephen Brooks, formerly engaged in the meat and stock business under the style of Stow & Brooks. | $6,000 and will be | pacity next season. Wilson, the Sand Lake Unless a disagree- | Hamilton—The Zeeland Brick & Tile Co. has purchased the brickyard formerly owned by Oosting, Van Ark & Co. The yard will be improved to the extent of run to its utmost ca- The price paid was $7,500. Detroit—W. K. Anderson, Joseph Tay- ler and D. R. Shaw, of this city, and J. D. Norton, of Pontiae, are stockhold- ers in a $1,000,000 company organized to manufacture safety railroad signals, in- vented by Eugene Fontaine, of Toledo. The factory will probably be located in this city. , Kalamazoo — The American Playing Card Co. has been organized with a cap- ital stock of $50,000, to engage in the manufacture of playing cards. The fac- tory wil! have a daily capacity of thirty- five gross of packs of cards, necessi- ment occurs on the matter of inventory, tating the employment of about fifty ‘hands, mostly girls. the transfer will occur this week. Pinconning—Brown & Hudson, who have been cutting elm, ash, maple and other hardwood logs near here, have completed their cut of 1,300,000 and broken camp. The logs go to Bay City and Saginaw by rail. Bay City—The sawmill of Rust Bros. & Co. burned to the ground on the 17th, except the engine and boilers in the brick house adjoining the mill. The loss is estimated at $40,000, and the insur- ance $20,000. A drill house belonging to the salt block adjoining was destroyed, but there was $5,500 insurance on the salt block. None of the lumber in pile on the docks was injured. The mill was a pioneer establishment, having been built in 1861 with 4,000,000 capacity, but had undergone numerous alterations and improvements, and was a small circular and gang mill, with 20,000,000 annual capacity, with latest improved machinery which was being putin as fast as pro- duced. —-—~ + = P. of I. Gossip. Owosso Press: ‘‘M. L. Burch, of this city, has commenced suitin the Circuit Court against James Fee, Secretary of the County P. of L., for $2,000 damages, for slander.”’ Wexford correspondence Grand Tray- erse Herald: ‘*Two lecturers of the P. of I. held a meeting here last week, with a view to organizing an association. After the lecture closed, a secretary pro tem. was elected to receive names of charter members, but none responded.’’ Thomas Sloan is the leading merchant of ‘Dimondale. The Patrons recently placed a boycott on his town, and trade was rather slim forafew days. Tom didn’t like that, as he prefers to see things go off lively. So he came to Grand Rapids and counseled with the ablest legal luminary of the city. Then he went home and called a meeting of the bell-wethers of the P. of I. lodge. He firmly and plainly informed them that they must remove the boycott in- stanter or criminal suits for conspiracy would be promptly instituted. The com- mittee consulted an attorney, satisfied themselves that they were acting con- trary to law, and the boycott was de- clared off. An East Paris correspondent writes: “There was a meeting here last night for the purpose of organizing a P. of I. society. The speaker made the rankest kind of statements. He said he had no proofs of anything—all he knew about it was what he could see and hear. He made the statement that the retail gro- cers all had one price; that there were 250,000 traveling men in the United States, costing more money than would pay the National debt—and the farmer paid it all. He said he saw in THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN a statement that the wholesalers would not sell to private families, hotels and boarding houses, and that the retail grocers made from l¢ to 150 per cent. on everything they sold.’’ — > <> Suspension of the Free List. The change in form in THe TRADEs- MAN involves so much additional expense that it has been deemed necessary to sus- pend the free list altogether, except in the ease of trade journal and newspaper ex- changes. The few who have been re- ceiving the paper through the courtesy of the publishers will be reluctantly dropped from the list. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one centa word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise- ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. RAND OFFER—IF TAKEN BEFORE MAY 1, X willsell my stock of drugs and groceries ata dis- count of $1,000; a rare chance for some one. R. Baker, Vicksburg, Mich. 5 OR SALE OR RENT—FOUNDRY AND MACHINE shop in one of the finest villages in Michigan. Correspondence solicited by R. Baker, Vicksburg, Mich. 6 OR SALE—STORE, DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES, including postoffice fixtures, for sale on easy terms, owing to ill health; only drug store in town, situated in center of fine fruit section, Address Dr. 8. J. Koon, Lisbon, Mich. 4 OR SALE—AN ATTRACTIVE DRUG STORE FOR sale or exchange, situated on a principal business street of Grand Rapids; good reasons for selling. Ad- dress Physician, care Carrier No. 15. ANTED—GROCERY STOCK; MUST BE CHEAP forcash. Church & Fenn, Charlotte, Mich. 596 ASHVILLE, MICHIGAN, OFFERS FINANCIAL IN- I ducements te manufacturers looking for desir- able locations. Address C. W. Smith, ——— - provement Committee, for particulars. \ ANTED—TO EXCHANGE FARM OF 120 CRS OR village property for stock of goods, hardware preferred. Address No. 573, care Michigan — oo OR SALE—HARDWARE STOCK, INVENTORING about $4,000, doing a very prosperous business; ean reduce the stock to suit purchaser; best of reason for selling. Address A. L. Paine & Co., Reed City Mich. 568 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 hove the best of soil, are under good state of cultivaticn, and located between the cities of Grand Rapids and Muskegon. O.F. Conklin, Grand Rapids, Mich. HELP WANTED. \ J ANTED—REGISTERED PHARMACIST OR =" ant. A. E. Gates, M. D., Crystal, Mich. SITUATIONS WANTED. y= SITUATION BY REGISTERED PHARMA- cist; two years’ experience and graduate of Chicago College of Pharmacy. Address Box 94, Rich- land, Mich. 10 ANTED—A REGISTERED OR ASSISTANT PHAR- macist; would prefer one who speaks the Hol- land language. Jonker & Bruqma, Grand Rapids 8 \ ANTED—POSITION BY FIRST-CLASS DRUGGIST; nine years experience. Address C. M. Shaw, Sparta, Mich. 2 MISCELLANEOUS. V ANTED—EXPERIENCED MAN, WHO WILL FUR- nish outfit, wants partner with $500 or $1,000 to Address No. 7 care _ engage in the meat business. igan Tradesman. 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 EGIN THE NEW YEAR BY DISCARDING THE a | 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. Embossed Cards, Picture Aduertising Cards, Advertising Folders, Having a lot of the above goods, consisting of several thohsand of different designs, we offer the, cards much less than our,usual prices. The Tradesman Company, GRAND RAPIDS, Cook & Bergthold, MANUFACTURERS OF HOW GASKS. Prices Lower than those of any competitor. Write for cata- logue and prices. 06 Kent 8t., - Grand Rapids, Mich. WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. If you have any ef the above snag’ ship, or anything in the Produce ear from you. Liberal cash advances made when desired. EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Ghicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5 GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Peter Vegter has removed his bakery business from Zeeland to this city. E. H. Manley opened his new grocery store at 400 East street last Saturday. M. A. Bellows has opened a grocery store at Six Lakes. Lemon & Peteis furnished the stock. Evans & Co. have opened a grocery stock at Lagrange, Ind. The stock was purchased at this market. L. Sams has engaged in the grocery business at Woodruff, Ind. The stock was furnished by a Grand Rapids house. E. A. Bignall has opened a grocery store at the corner of East Bridge and Union streets. The Olney & Judson Co. furnished the stock. It is reported that a number of vin- egar manufacturers will shortly make a raid on the city trade, with a view to flooding the market with cheap goods— cheap in quality, as well as in price. W. H. Price, of the former firm of Hale & Price, general dealers at Orleans, will open a general store at Lyons about April 1. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnishes the groceries and Burn- ham, Stoepel & Co. the dry goods. The matter of establishing a city mar- ket is again under consideration in offi- cial circles. One of the most available locations for a market is the tract of land on the east side of Kent street, between Crescent avenue and Bridge street. L. F. Morton and C. J. Clark, formerly engaged in the manufacture of cigars at 462 South Division street, under the style of Morton & Clark, have formed a co- partnership under the style of the Dia- mond Cigar Co. and will engage in the same business at 463 South Division street about April 1, running a retail cigar store in connection. The bread bakers have cut the price of their product until 5 cents per loaf is now the ruling price, at wholesale, in this market. The reduction is due alto- gether to the fierce competition for the grocery trade, which has led the bakers into granting concessions which never would have been accorded retail custom- ers. The retail price remains the same as before—8 cents per loaf. A Gripsack Brigade. S. Mainzer is now on the road for Cur- tiss & Co. It is understood that Steve Sears is earrying a side line of crockery and queen’s-ware now—at least, such was the case at Pentwater one day last week. Leo A. Caro is confined to his house with a serious attack of inflammation of the bowels. He has suffered two weeks and is likely to spend another fortnight in bed. Chas. S. Robinson has been ealled to Fayetteville, N. Y., by the serious ill- ness of his father. His route is being taken this week by the immaculate dude, Will Granger. “By Gee Crip’? Jennings, who has pounded a pillow for past two weeks by reason of a severe attack of pneumonia, is rapidly recovering and will soon be on the warpath again. Tue TRADESMAN has in preparation a list of traveling men who live in Grand Rapids but represent outside houses, and solicits the name and house of every per- son coming under that head. % Will F. Griffith is out with a card to the trade, announcing the fact that he is now with the house of Farrand, Wil- liams & Clark, of Detroit. He will cover the same territory as in the past and will continue to reside at Howell. Geo. W. Kellogg, who has been behind the counter for the H. M. Patrick Co., of Leroy, for the past five years, has en- gaged with Leahy & Hardy, the Mus- kegon dry goods dealers, and will spend about haif his time on the road. Chas. W. Mansfield has purchased a farm of seventy-two acres, located in the suburbs of Ypsilanti, which he will con- duct as adairy and poultry farm. Mrs. Mansfield and daughter have gone to Toronto, where the latter will undergo medical treatment for a year. Frank Parmenter expects his wife home from Adrian Friday, where she has been for the past eight weeks in search of renewed health. The many friends of the family will be glad to learn that her health is almost restored and that she is on the speedy road to complete re- covery. L. L. Loomis requests THE TRADES- MAN to return his heartfelt thanks to Joe F. O. Reed for his generosity in re- turning the watch recently won by him in a raffle. Loomis thinks that Joe’s heart is built on the same plan as his body and will ever hold him in thankful remembrance. Five more omissions have been noted in the list of Grand Rapids traveling men recently published in Tut TRADESMAN— Leo Kymer and Geo. Rayner, who travel for Eaton, Lyon & Co., and Albert C. Antrim, T. P. S. Hampson and Geo. W. Gage, who represent the Alabastine Co. and the Anti-Kalsomine Co. Secretary Seymour is receiving very liberal responses to the request for con- tributions to furnish a traveling men’s room at the new St. Mark’s Home and Hospital. to state that all who have not yet con- tributed to the fund, and wish to do so, are requested to do so without delay. 2 Purely Personal. J. H. Williams, the ‘‘Slim Jim’’ grocer of Leroy, spent Sunday in the city. Walter H. McBrien succeeds H. F. Hastings as broker for Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Co. at this market. J. E. Bennett, the Madison avenue gen- eral dealer, spent several days at Vesta- burg and Ferris last week. Geo. R. Mayhew, the Monroe street boot and shoe dealer, has purchased the summer cottage of Gen. Withington, of Jackson, at Harbor Point. B. A. Hoxie, the West Side druggist, is rejoicing over the advent of a son, who put in an appearance on the 15th. Weight, nine pounds, avoirdupois. Gaius W. Perkins, President of the Grand Rapids School Furniture Co., and Chas. F. Pike, Receiving Teller of the Old National Bank, left Friday for New Orleans, where they will be joined by Jas. M. Barnett, Vice-President of the Old National Bank, and make a four weeks’ tour of Mexico. The belt formerly worn by John Caul- field, as the champion pugilist of the wholesale grocery trade, which has since been in the possession of Wm. H. Hoops and Wm. Widdicomb, is now claimed by Samuel M. Lemon, by reason of a victori- ous scrimmage which he recently had with a railway employe who attempted to collect a bill for demurrage, He requests THe TRADESMAN | Kgual to Gustom Made means a great deal. It means that extra care is taken in the cut; that great pains throughout is required in the ‘stitching; that every portion 0. une work must receive the closest attention; that the garment when completed shall be perfect. You do not often get these qualities in the shirts you buy. Itis just that fact that gives us (Michigan Overall Mfg. Co., Ionia, Mich.) such a trade on our shirts. We not only try to turn out a perfect shirt, but we DO. Our shirts are immense in size. Large enough to fit a double-breasted man, and fit him easily, too. Long, wide, ample, three big things in a shirt. These qualities,,zwhen combined in a well-made, neatly- fashioned garment, make shirts that sell--sell easily and at good profits. Our line of fancy chevoits and domets range from $4.50 to $7.50 per dozen. The styles are exquisite, all the new patterns and pleasing combinations of handsome coloring. We should like to have you ask us to send you, at our expense, samples of our line, that you can compare them with your present goods and see the difference in every way. Will you? Giand Rapids. We still continue to sell our oval or square front Show cases with metal corners for $1.50 Per Foot—6 Feet or Over. HEYMAN & CoO., PHRAREINGE & 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. Goods. A Pleased Customer. From the Dry Goods Economist. ‘‘l am disgusted with the majority of Dry salesmen and saleswomen whom I am obliged to employ,’’ said a buyer last week. ‘“‘What is the matter with them?’’ ‘‘The whole matter is lack of interest in the goods which they sell, lack of interest in the stock for which they work, and lack of interest in their cus- tomers. I have made innumerable plans for the mutual benefit of customer, firm and salesmen, and yet the best plans will not make a good salesman.’’ The gentleman was in a bad humor, and not without cause. He had just fin- ished selling a lady some hosiery under circumstances which will be readily recognized by buyer and customer throughout the length and breadth of the land. The lady, going up to the counter, said: ‘‘A friend of mine chased last week some striped hose from you, and I want to get some of the same. It is rather difficult to describe, but if 1 saw it I would recognize it at once.”’ ‘‘What kind of hose did you say?’’ It would be only tiresome to give the dialogue; but the questions were many. ‘“‘What price goods?”’ ‘“‘When were they bought?”’ “Did the elerk tell they were?’’ “Are you sure that your friend pur- | 9°) chased the goods here? The lady could give no information as | to price or quality, and it was plain that | she was not pleased with the examina- tion which she was undergoing, for she} arose to leave, when the buyer stepped up justin time, and saying ‘I will show you the goods you are after, madam,”’ threw out upon the counter box after ‘box, style after style, until the lady was dazzled with the display. Now, asamatter of fact, the buyer had no idea what particular pattern the lady was in search of, but he did know that she wanted to buy something in hosiery, and therefore he had a plain line to follow. Samples must be shown, and a favorable impression made. so that even if the particular thing which she desired was not in the lot, she would be just as well pleased with something else and purchase it. When the goods were spread before her, she saw the style which she wished, and exclaimed: ‘‘There is the very thing I was looking for, but I see so many other styles which are prettier, that I will select from them.’’ She selected two and a half dozen, only because she saw so many pretty styles that she did not know when to stop; but the best feature of the sale was the fact that she went away pleased, and a pleased eustomer always makes more, while a displeased customer can do more harm than a full page advertisement can do good. *“‘T have drilled my clerks to say little and do much with excellent results in some cases; but, as | said, with poor or no result in the majority. I believe the reason is that many young men and women think that all that is necessary to make them valuable employes is for them to go behind a counter and chin to the customer. They firmly believe that if they do that, the ducats will low out of the customer’s pocket into the cashier’s desk with the volume of a Niagara. These are the people that wonder why they are not taken into the firm, and can never get over the ‘dumb luck’ of other clerks whose books show a larger num- ber of sales. You take my word for it, and tell the Economist readers that the modern retail dry goods merchant does not so much want men who talk as men who act. The modern customer can often give points to the salesman. The best man that ever sold goods behind this counter was adumb man—or rather he had so exaggerated an impediment in his speech that he might as well have been dumb. He had a pad on which was written, ‘lam dumb, but I can hear all that you say, and I will be glad to sell you what you want.’ Did he sell any- thing? He sold more than any other three clerks in the place. He watched his customers’ actions so closely that he anticipated their wishes. pur- | you what quality | He is now! | drawing a large salary for a position | which he holds in the treasurer’s office | of one of our largest railroad companies.”’ | j ——————>2 Zeal in Selling Goods. MICHIGAN Mr. A. T. Stewart, in strolling through | overheard a new Every art his retail store one day, clerk trying to make a sale. of which the young man was master was | | brought into play, and at length the cus- tomer purchased some dress material. She was not pleased, however, for she had not been able to secure the article | she desired, and had purchased some- thing in its stead which the clerk had forced upon her by his eloquence and zeal. After the customer had departed, Stewart took the clerk aside and said: ‘‘] see that you are a new man and have not yet become familiar with my ideas of doing business. You will learn them in time, but there is one rule which I Mr. | wish you to learn at once—no customers | of mine must be made to buy what they | really do not want. You share of zeal, but it too much. If a customer takes home something which she has bought only to is have a good | not well to have | shut up a clerk’s mouth, she is not a sat- | isfied customer, and she will not return with pleasure to my store. I want my | customers to have only what they select themselves.”’ “T will do as you wish in future,”’ re- | plied the clerk, ‘‘but it is a great temp- tation to run up at bill.’ —_>- The Dry G Goods Market. Light prints have dropped to 4! standard indigoes to 53¢¢; Allen Cham- to and off brands can as low as 43¢4@5ce. Unbleached are about the same, two brands dropped ‘ge. Bleached cottons Fruit Lonsdale brays bought cottons having are a little firmer, being ‘4c higher. a ee Some elegant silks have alternate stripes of brocade and satin, others of plain goods and brocade in black white. Heavy surahs have stripes bars of both narrow and _ broad satin. In some instances the fine are increased in width and number till a plaid effect is produced. > Orleans—A. J. Hale is the name of the 54e, and suecessor to Price. Voigt, Herpolshelmer & Co, Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods Manufacturers of Shirts, Pants, Overalls, Kte,. Complete Spring Stock now ready for P. STEKETEE JOBBERS inspection. Chicago and Detroit prices | guaranieed. 48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St., GRAND RAPIDS, - + MICH. AWNINGS TENT and | and | white | lines | C3 | be | the general firm of Hale & | | Atlantic A.. ... 7 \Clifton CCC. - 6% | ......... 6% IC onqueror ee 4 - cee 6 |Dwight Star.......-.. 7% a Po oe es os 6% EA... 4|\Full Yard Wide..... 6% denies A. A. i om Great Falls H....... 7 | Archery Bunting. .. 4 |Honest Width....... 6% Suery.... .-.... . . Tha Hartford A.......... 54 Beaver Dam AA... 514'Integrity XX.. .s perweee f........... 6% |King, mee 6% Blackstone O, 32.. . | a 6% (eee Mock ........ 7 1 * BO ei..... Oe Boot, yi ae 63% |Lawrence LL....... 5% iy “ 4 iNew Market 5...... 5 -* sa.ee SR OAbe iL. ee AA... 4 |New a 2 PL, 40 inch... sislour Level Best..... 6% Continental, 1. 7i4\Riverside XX....... 4% D, 40-in 8% Sen inland i........ 6% B,@inld) (Sharon Bb ....... . 6% W, 45-in11 Top of the Heap.... 74 . H, 48-ini2 |W iNiamsville es eo 7 Chageesn........... @ (Comet, Sin... 84 Cosmet A........... Tee wk... 7% Cee ca. 7 \New Market L,40in. 7% BLEACHED COTTONS. Amsburg .... 7 |Glen Mills eae ——_ | Blackstone A A.. 6 Gold Medal......... 7% Beats All.. | 4% Green Ticket....... 84 Cleveland .. _.. © Mamet Pelee... 6% Peabo % i ee 7% a. -............ Migast Out...... 4y%@ 5 Dwight Anchor. . , ay |King Phillip ees 7% shorts. 8 ee es i’ : ees, .-........- 6 |Lonsdale C nee -10% ee. .........,. 7 iLonsdale.. @ 8% ai. ee 7% |Middlesex.... .. @5 Fruit of the Loom.. 8%|No Name........ ~»s 7 ee Te Tomek view..... ..... 6 Vest Prie.......... irae (i... os 5% Fruitofthe Loom %. 8 (|Prideof the West .12 reireeount.......... 4%4|Rosalind.. Loca Pol veres.......... 6 ag eee |... 4% Geo. Washington... 84 |Vinyard oe 8% HALF BL EAC HED COTTONS. Oe a 7 4 Dwight Anchor.. 8% | Peree....... 4... | UNBLEAC HED CANTON FLANNEL, | Tremont N. 544{Middlesex No. 1. .10 Hamilton N. . 6% | +... Ha Le r ee Middlesex AT...... S | 7 . z........ @ ft Y “— 8s... . Bo. 3.... 9 | BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Hamilton N......... 7% Middlesex AA onic hi Middlesex rr... tr - hlU 12 ee o A 62.22% ' CA ee i 17 zz F...... 10%| - ... 16 DRESS GOODS. Hamilton _& remeiem...... ..... 20 ee . | ge: 25 ee Se 2% GG Cashmere...... 21 ee 30 | Nameless ee 16 - nese es 18 a“ .35 CORSET JEANS Bideetond........... 6 |Naumkeag 6 satteen.. 7% Breet. .... .... 6%| Rockport... «1 Ol PRINTS. Allen, staple........ 54%|Merrim’ck shirtings. 43 - fancy........ 5 _ —e 84 . ee... \Pacifie fancy.. a | American fancy.... 6 Ce 6% | American indigo.. 5% Portsmouth robes... 6 | American shirtings. \Simpson mourning... 6% Arnold - 4} ctcys ...... OS . long cloth B. 1034 4 | ' ae black. 6% ‘ ©. 84%|Washington indigo. 6 “ eentury cloth 7 | Turkey robes.. 7% *< wold peal... .. 10%} “ India robes.... 1% | | | Hamilton B... D TRADESMA N. Prices Current. UNBLEACHED COTTONS. <« ‘Turkey red. .204) “ plain = "ky = x, Si Berlin solids. . 514 oil blue...... 6i4| Ottoman fur. ' re... 6% key red. Coe ns faney...... *|Martha Washington fe madders. .. 6 |. Turkey red %.. T% Eddystone fancy... 6 {Martha Ww ashington Hamilton fancy. ... “A ‘urkey ree........ 9 é staple . Riverpoint robes. 5 | Manchester ancy. 6 *| Windsor faney.....- . 6% new era. 6% . old ticket Merrimack D fancy. 6%| indigo blue.......10% TICKINGS. Amoskeag AC A... _ mee ss 12% %|Pemberton AAA....17 bene 8i4! York. : |. .10% . Awning..11 |Swift River.. eee cl 6% | ie. 5. 8 [Peet River.........2 | First Prize. .11%4!Warren........ - COTTON DRILL. . | Atlanta, D..... " = Stark Lo keniee eu ad oh 7% Se ea 7 “a ce = 10 | Clifton, j | Flags, Horse and W agon* Covers, Seat Shades, Large | 4 Monroe and 10, 12, 14,16 & 18 FoUntain Sts, GRAND RAPIDS Umbrellas, Oiled Clothing, Wide Cotton Ducks, ete. Send for Ulustrated Catalogue. CHAS. A. COYE, ti Peart Street. Telephone 106. DEMINS. Amoskeag eh ee Tey loairey........ ..... 11% Ooc.....164i Lancester........... 12% ' brown. 13 |Lawrence, 9oz...... 18% Ano, 5 11% _ No. 220.. Everett, blue.. . 12 . No, 250.. HK . brown. ....12 - No. 280... 101% SATINES. an PaO... . 2. ~ ae Oo ieepertal |... .. 10% “ ae 2@. 3 - See 2 oe 10% COmeNOS ... 2... ‘@INGHAMS. Glenarven.... ...... 6%|Lancaster, staple... 634 Leeeeeeine.......... 6% ' fancies 4 Normandie.. - . Normandie 8% Renfrew Dress...... Ww estbrook ce ewendes 8 Toil du Nord.. ii a 10 Amoskeag .. L. el 6% ARO “108 og oe wae 6% Pereem.......... 4. 8%|Windermeer. : Deeek.... .........5. 6% Cumberland.... .... . Warwick.... 814 — es ee - 4% CARPET WAR Peerless, white...... 18 geeukean colored. . .20% GRAIN BAGS. Ammoskeag........- -4096) Valeey City....,..... 16 ee, 1614 POR kee cies ye = es es 19% 4|Pacific. . ied ak Auecricam........... 16% ;|Burlap... Cool, ee i“ THREADS. Clark’s oa Brd,...@ (Garbeurs....... .... 88 Cone 3. &F....... - |Merweeirs.... ...... 88 Holyoke ee 22% KNITTING COTTON, White. Colored. White. Colored. ' a No. 6 oe 38 INo 42 C ........2. 39 ' 43 eo ee > i" 44 Poe 36 — 45 CAMBRICS, eer i. 4%|Washington......... 4% White Star...... i% ied Crone... 4% mea Gove... .... | L ooewone.... ...... 4% Newmarket..... * Feleane a eS lieu i 4% RED FLANNEL. Pireeen..,... ....- 3246) Mas ce ee RM a RY Teoa eek... ..... mt Ter aee......... 35 SieGmeenoes ......... Se eiacwore............ 32% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, — -40 \Grev GR W......... 17% Union &..... 22\4|Western W ......... 18% ieee. 1834) Per......... ey 6 oz Western ....... 21 \Flushing XXX......28% aon B......,. 22%4|Manitoba........... 23% DOMET FLANNEL, Nameless . -8 @ 9! Se, 9 @10% - 8%4G@10 | ne 12% CANVASS AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black.|Slate. Brown. Black. 9% 9% 91413 13 pe 10% lw% 1044)15 15 15 11% 11% 1144/17 17 1% 12% 12% 1244|20 20 20 DUCKS. Severen, 8 0z.. . 9%|Greenwood, 8 oz....11% Mayland, 8 0z. 10% | West Point, 8 oz ... 9% Greenwood, 7% ‘02. 9%! _ 100z....11% WADDINGS. White, doz.... . Per bale, 40 doz ...85 00 Colored, doa........4 | SILESIAS. Slater, Iron Cross... 8 {Pawtucket........ —_ ' Red Cross.... 9 | Dundie Lc \ . bes ......... ee pearord.... .... .. . . Best AA..... 1241 earey City... 10% CORSETS. OPN. on ew $9 50/Wonderful .. 2 3 Scars. ....-... 9 00 Brighton. . fe SEWING SILK. Corticelli, Gos....... 85 (Corticelli " aagiagy twist, doz. —- per %oz ball .....30 50 yd. doz. .42%4| HOOKS AND _ GROss, No 1Bl’k & White..10 [No 4 BI’k & White..15 “a > 4“ ~ 3 “ac 20 2 so | “= o ‘ ee "2 . 0 No 2—20, M C.. 0 No 4—15, F 3% .... 40 3—18, BC. a iace aes TAPE No : White & BI’ ‘K. 12 |No 8W hite & BI’k..20 +e " 23 ae : “oe thy } 66 12 “ee : 26 SAFETY PINS. Pee cic me ieee. ie 8. 36 | NEEDLES—PER M. ee OT i SO0|\Steamboat.... ...... 40 Cyeeweiy eo... i ae Eyed.. ee 150 Marshalls.......... 1 _ TABLE oa CLOTH, 5—-4....2 2 ..3 25/5—4....195 6—4...2 96 oo " oe 10] & SONS, OF Ury Goods and Notions Overalls, Pants, Shirts, Cotton and Calico Shirts in all qualities. Jackets, Jumpers, Waists, Flannel! Shirts, Domet Embroideries, Lace Caps, Ruchings, Linen Collars and Cuffs, Aprons, Lace Collars, Bibs, and a Complete Line of Ladies’ Windsor Ties. Selling Agents for Valley City, Twines, Batts, Peerless Warp, Waddings. Georgia and Atlanta Bags. Correspondence Solicited. HARDWARE. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Prices Current. Improvement in Locks. “I know of no recent improvement in the way of hardware specialties that equals the advance in locks,’’ remarked Edward T. Cooke, a St. Louis locksmith, tothe St. Louis Stoves and Hardware Re- porter. ‘‘Some of the new tumbler locks, for instance, are wonderful in the preci- sion and ingenuity of their mechanism, and they are afforded at fairly reasonable prices, too, considering their excellence. We handle locks of all kinds in our busi- ness and must know the ins and outs and merits and defects of each one. On gen- eral principles a cheap lock is of very lit- tle use as a protection or safeguard, since almost everybody can force it. But, do you know that the popular notion regarding the protection afforded by even a good lock is very peculiarly ex- emplified? For instance, a man will build a fine house and put an expensive lock on his front door. May be he will add an electric alarm attachment connect- ing with his bedside, and the minute any one monkeys with the front door the sleepers are aroused; and by an addition- al electric device a flood of light is simul- taneously turned on all over the house. Well, that protects the front door, cer- tainly, and in the case of several recent burglaries in the West End it was found that the front door was not so much as touched, let alone being carried off. This is easily explained. Burglars do not call at the front door; and householder had expended a small part of his outlay on that, in putting a good lock on his back doors, he might have been spared the attentions of the preda- tory visitor. But the average house- holder is content with the commonest kind of protection for the kitchen or cellar doors, and the burglars know them very well. The same protection afforded the rear of the house, where it is needed, as is now wasted on the front, would be economical; but men will continue to spend kundreds for burglar alarms for the front, whereas a good lock and elec- tric alarm connection is more necessary for rear doors and windows.”’ Rapid Depreciation in Value. In the published report, some days since, of the sale of the famous Planters’ Hotel, at St. Louis, Mo., the statement is made that the mammoth kitchen range, which was put into the hotel about three years ago at an expense of $5,000, was sold for less than $100. In this connec- tion the phrase, ‘‘How are the mighty fallen,’’ seems quite appropriate. This does not necessarily reflect upon the quality of the range. It only indicates that there was a poor market in St. Louis at the time for second-hand ranges of very large size. A company has been organized at Chicago, with a capital of $2,000,000, to build a plate glass factory at Elwood, Ind., which, it is said, will be the largest in the world. The incoporators claim that they have discovered a way to make plate glass which excels the French product. _—_—_— OS A California court has recently de- cided that a note reading, ‘‘On demand, after date, for value received, I prom- ise to pay,’’ etc., became immediately due without the formality of presenta- tion. if the| These prices are for cash buyers, who | Gate Hooks and Eyes.. packages. dis. pay promptly and buy in full AUGURS AND BITS. SO eee 60 i . = Jennings’, genuine en ee cemmrnan, Hales... BO&10 AXES. Pieet Guaiity, ©. B. Beonse.................. 8750 [ im o ecmee ................. . 00 o SBS Stee 8 50 . Sees... 13 50 BARROWS, dis. MN 8 14 00 ee. .., net 30 00 BOLTS. a e.. —— mew mee... . Sleigh shoe... ET uo BUCKETS. Wo, wae 83 50 Ween, weaver... Ce... 4 00 BUTTS, CAST. dis. (Cast Loose Pim, feured........ ............. W& Wrought Narrow, bright Sast joint.......... 60&10 Wrought Loose a A ETL ae HL 60&10 Were Pere... 60&10 Wrowent Inside Hlind....................... ~ Weoomems Clee a . Pee: Ceres. 70810 [eee ees 70&10 Peet, OS 7 BLOCKS, Ordinary Tackle, lat April 17, °86........... 40 CRADLES. ee dis. 50&02 CROW BARS. (Sameer... eee SS CAPS, he ee ae perm 65 yO a oS 60 ee ' 35 Musket SC . 60 CARTRIDGES. Ee 50 Conse Ware... oe dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. Becece Pivaier ws... 70&10 Bocmecwremrme................... Te 70&16 ee 70&10 oe eee 70&10 Duscher Tangod Pirmer................... 40 COMBS, dis ome CE 40 Hote. ‘ki ee eo. 25 CHALK. White Crayons, per gross..........12@12% dis. 10 COPPER. Planished, a oz cut to size...... per pound 28 idx! ie eee, Pee... SL, 26 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60... |....... 26 Coid Rolled; 14546... Bee oes eee cls. ol. 26 Co eee Pz) DRILLS. dis. Mrocos Ot Seeks... a... 50 Taper and straight Shank................... 50 Morse’s Taper Shank...... Oe eo ie eee : 50 DRIPPING PANS. re rr oe ee i... .e.....,.., Ov Lerge aeos, por pound................ ..... 6% ELBOWS. Cums, = ptcce Gin...... doz.net %%5 eee dis. 20&10410 PE dis. 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, email, G18: large, @26................ 30 iver, © We, 6 Oe 5 oe ................... 25 FILEs—New List. dis. Disston’s . eee cee cee ..60&10 ew ee 60&10 a ee . . 60810 ee 50 Heller's Reoeee We. 50 GALVANIZED IRON ! — 16 to 20; Band M; B and MB: 2 28 12 14 15 18 Teen 50&10 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... ..... ... 50 HAMMERS, Meawaue GUC 8... ........ 8. dis, & ee dis. % Yerkes & Plumb’s. daectces os. Cr are Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............. 30¢e list 60 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand... .30c 40410 | HINGES. Geom (ere tee... dis. ~~ OE Eee r doz. net, 2 Screw haga and Strap, to 12 In. 4% 1 14 and ‘ long : % Screw ‘Hook and Eye, ag bee ae “net 10 5g.. net 8% ~$6 66 sc % Ae net q - - - %.: --met 7% oepena se... dis. 70 HANGERS, dis. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10 Ciaptom, SOt-Pieten.................... 60&10 meee, Wood Weer... 40 HOLLOW WARE Poee....-..--..-. 60 = aay cusanabal ere as sce ee epee cas meeee 40810 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Seaepea Tie Ware................. new list 70&10 waenmee Tan Were.................... 25 Grane ron Ware ............... new list 3334 &10 VELS. dis. Stanley Rule and Level COO Bivcceece a WIRE e00Ds, dis. ee. 70&10&10 fomnal ee 70&10&10 Ce ee .. -70&10&10 . .70&10&10 KNOBS—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings . eee 55 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings. . 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings 55 Door, porcelvin, Cimiines ......... 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain.... 70 LOCKS—DOOR, dis, | Russell & Irwin Mfg. C - 8 new list 55 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s.......... 55 Branford’s . 55 Wor weree...............,........ 55 MATTOCKS. wane Bye .............. -.- «. 16.00, din, Hunt Eye.. ee 815.00, dis. 60 Hunt's a : . $18.50, dis. 20410. “MAULS. dis. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled......... 50 ae dis. Coffee, Parkers Co. . 40 P. 8. & W. Mite: Co.'s Malleables 40 ‘* Landers, Ferry & Cl: &’s. . 40 ‘Enterprise . 25 MOLASSES GATES. dis Stebbin’s Pattern 000000... -.... 60&10 Secweains Gempime, -.............- 60410 Enterprise, self- TCARUETG |. 25 = s NE EE 2 40 Wire nails, base..... ....... |... fe Advance over base: Steel. Wire. ee Base Base Mec sw ss, Base 10 el ee 20 >... 10 20 i 15 30 ee 15 35 oe oo. 15 2 10 20 40 ee ee ieee sae ea. 25 50 1a6 ........ 40 65 ee - = 90 ee 1 00 13 ee 1 50 2 00 Wied... 190 2 00 WO 60 90 De ee eee cee we, 75 1 00 a 6.. . 1% Finish 10. . & 1 00 : ee eee eens eee cc ae ce, 1 00 1% ai 2. io 150 Clinch 10 i 85 ve eee eee dee etre cou k. 1 00 90 MO eee ee cee cece, 1 1 00 Barrell % Se it 2 50 TLANES. dis. Onio Tool Co.'s, fancy ......... .. @a etees Bonen... ........ @x Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy............ @30 ener first quality... @50 | Stanley Rule and Level Co. .. Get PANS. Fry, Acme.. te eta a yaa Om | GO Common, polished... es dis. 170] RIVETS. dis. Tron ane Tinned............................ 40 Copoer Mivcte anc Pare... 50 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. ‘‘A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 | “B’? Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 20 Broken packs 4c per pound extra. | ROPES, Sisal, 4% inch and — 13 Manilla oo. ae “SQUARES. dis. | mee oe hem 75 (ree oem Devers... 60 | ee 201; SHEET IRON. | Com. Smooth. Com. | Nae wie Mw... ee $3 10! Ben Riel 4 20 3 20) oe eee e....................,... 4 2 3 20 ee ae 4 2 3 30) Nos. 25 to 26 4 40 3 40 Bom ...............__.. 4 60 3 20 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches | wide not less than 2-10 extra | Cookson... .. SAND PAPER. Seat seca 10 OS... dis. 40&10 SASH CORD. Silv er Lake, wae. list 50 aes... ao 55 . wae fl... 50 - 55 - White C . 35 Discount, 10, : SASH WEIGHTS. Solid Eyes..... o .. per ton €25 dis. H i “Saws. ng A 25Q254h5 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot, 70 ‘* Special Stee] Dex X Cuts, per foot 50 . a Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot 30 “ Champion and Electric a xX Cuts, per foot........ 28 TRAPS. dis. Steel, Game. . 60&10 Oneida © ommunity, Ne ewhouse’s 35 Oneida C ommunity, | Hawley « nae 8 70 Mouse, choker. : 18¢ per doz. Mouse, delusion. 81.50 per doz WIRE. dis. Eeiont Markct............... 65 Annealed Market..... 70 Coppered Market 60 Tinned Market. . 62% Coppered Spring ‘Steel 50 Barbed Fence, galv anized. 4 00 painted 3 40 HORSE NAILS, Au Sete ......... dis, A ea russe dis. 05 Northwestern — dis. 10&10 WRENC HES. dis. Baxter’ s Adjustable, nickeled 30 Coe’s Genuine 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, 3 Coe’s Patent, malleable mee aes 4. eee dis. MISCELLANEOUS. Bua Cases... a. Pumps, Cistern Screws, New List..... Casters, Bed and Plate Dampers, American Ke oa Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods 65 M “TA LS, PIG TIN. Pig irene Lo 26¢ Pig Bars.. 28¢ ZINC. Duty: Sheet, 2%c an — 600 pound cCasks.... . 6% Per pound. .... _.. 7 SOLDER. UQy ... : 16 Extra Wi iping 12% The prices of the many other qualities of | solder in the market indicated by private brands | vary according to composition. ANTIMONY. per pound 16 Hallett’s. " 13 “TIN—MELY N GRADE. ; wes UC, Chareoas... . 8660 | 14x20 IC, . 6 60 | 10x14 IX, e 8 35 14x20 IX, . 8 35 Each additional X on this grade, 81.75. | TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. | 10x14 IC, € ‘hare oal : : 86 00 | 14x20 1C 6 00 10x14 IX, o . 7 50 14x20 IX, . 73 Each additional X on this grade $1.50, ROOFING PLATES : 14x20 IC, Worcester .... 6 00 14x20 IX, Y . oD 20x28 IC, . . 12 50 14x20 IC, ““ Allaway Grade 5 25 14x20 IX, ‘ si nig 6% 20x28 IC, ny re na 11 00 re >. ' ee 14 00 | BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. | ieee Ex. 813 | 14x31 IX. ; 14 50 8 saeae tS for No. ote rs. t per ane 9% = ROPE! ROPE The rope market is high and advancing, and the price at present is as follows: SAL MANILLA If you cannot stand stock what is called 13c pound. 16c pound. these prices, we have in New Process Rope Which we guarantee is equal to Sisal. following sizes and quote: 1-4, 5-16, 3-8 7-16 and 5-8 Wad, YOU Tart Wr 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. LNA SAND THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Michigan Tradesman Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, The Tradesman Company, Proprietor. 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, MARCH 26, 1890. TRUTH ABOUT FARM MORTGAGES. Joel Benton, the individual who contrib- uted a prominent article on ‘‘The De- cadence of Farming,’’ in one of the pop- ular magazines, must hail from the India- rubber State, judging from the stretches he gave his vivid imagination in the em- ployment of figures to substantiate his arguments. It is a matter of serious re- gret that one should appear before the public as a writer on so vita a topic, without giving some authority for his arithmetical assumptions. It may be bold, but it cannot be said to be prudent, to assert that ‘‘in the Western States the farm mortgages amount to three billion four hundred and twenty-two million dollars. This is equivalent to a debt of two hundred dollars per capita for each person, or one thousand dollars to each head of a family.”’ It is not prudent, because the statement, without evidence of authoritative endorsement, carries no weight with it, and its influence may be bad on unsuspecting individuals. THE TRADESMAN inclines to the opinion that the figures were obtained from what has been peddied around the country as an ‘-authority in financial matters,’ a cer- tain bankers’ journal. That ‘‘author- ity’? says the mortgages on farms in the following states are: ao LL a... 635,000,000 O_o 576,000,000 a. 500,000,( 00 lt 357,000,000 —— ................ _..... eee ia. ee ee It must not be supposed that it is an easy matter to disprove such broad and sweeping assertions, in the absence of almost any official statistics bearing on the subject. Too frequently advantage is taken of just suchacondition of things by persons having a special axe to grind. Happily, in the case of Michigan, we have some definite information, which will not only enable us to place our State in its true light, but form a reasonably correct basis for calculations in the re- maining states. Hon. A. H. Heath, Commissioner of | Labor Statistics, in his most excellent | report for the year 1888, gives the follow- ing useful information: The number of farms embraced in the report was 90,803, or 58 per cent. of all within the borders of the State, and which had an value of $194,854,633. The true value of | these is estimated by that official at $243,- 568,291, and 43,079 farmers out of the 90,803 reported that their farms were carrying mortgages amounting in the aggregate to $37,456,272. There can be no disputing the figures thus far. The! Commissioner estimates the value of all the farms in Michigan at 335,000,000—their actual market value | $420,000,000. Assuming the same ratio | of mortgage on all farms as those actu-| ally known to be mortgaged, the total | mortgage indebtedness would be $65,000,- assessed assessed |feature of this | themselves, Patrons of Industry lodges, have contrib- |uted more than their just portion to | find | securities will be shaken, rendering it 000, or 154g per cent. of the figures assumed by the prolific calculator. It must be borne in distinct remem- brance that the vast quantity of money | that has been pouring into Michigan has not all been plastering mortgages on farms. A very large percentage has gone toward developing internal improvments, building up cities and enterprises of all kinds and character. If the statement of Mr. Benton were true, that each head of a family was saddled with an average financial burden of $1,000, we should be tempted to write down the State as hope- lessly bankrupt. But the commonest kind of common sense suggests the ab- surdity of such a statement. REGULARITY OF HABIT. One of the most difficult of all minor habits to acquire is that of regularity. It ranks with that of order. The natural inclination of most persons is to defer until the last possible moment, or to put it off to another time, where this can possibly be done. Yet habits of regu- larity contribute largely to the ease and comfort of life. A person can multiply his efficiency by it. All know persons who have a multitude of duties, and who perform a vast deal of work daily, who set apart certain hours for given duties, and are there at the moment and attend rigidly to what is in hand. This done, other engagements are met, each in order, and a vast deal accomplished, not by strained exertion, but by regularity. The mind ean be so trained to this that at certain hours in the day it will turn to aparticular line of duty, and at other hours to other and different labors. The very diversity is restful, when attended to in regular order. But let these run together, and the duties mixed, and what before was easy is now annoying and oppressive, and the exact difference be- tween many is at this point. There are those who confuse and rush and accom- plish little, while another will quietly proceed from one duty to another, and easily accomplish a vast amount of work. The difference is not in the capacity of the two, but in the regular methods of the one as compared with the irregular and confused habits of the other. ERRONEOUS STATEMENTS. So much misrepresentation has been made about the mortgaged indebtedness of Michigan farmers, that we may be pardoned if what may seem to be a more than proper amount of space is devoted to removing the false impressions pro- duced by them. One salutary effect these misleading statements wil! have will be an incentive to local organizations to gather together reliable statistics bear- ing on the subject. It is a strange matter that the farmers under the cover of their sending forth erroneous’ statements. This is done evidently under the smart- ing heat of other oppressions, which were not altogether allied to that of their own financial burdens. We are rather | inclined to think the weapon used will prove a boomerang, and that they will credit in farm loans as desirable difficult to procure funds at future dates when most needed by them. There has been taken a too narrow view of the debt question. The time ought to speedily come when } 1 every state will have a yearly census | taken, showing the extent of mortgage | indebtedness, both on farm and other} property. This would not entail a great | amount of additional expense and labor, if the work of the assessors could be made to include it; for we think this is where it properly belongs, where there are no separate bureaus or departments for that purpose. LIABLE TO INDICTMENT. Tue TRADESMAN has it on the author- ity of one of the leading legal counsel- ors of Grand Rapids that any one who votes to place a boycott on a merchant or the merchants of an entire community, because they refuse to contract to sell goods at a stipulated price, is guilty of conspiracy and can be indicted under the law for such offense. In the light of these facts, the Patrons of Industry who are placing boycotts on merchants and towns would do well to consider the liability attaching to their actions. Some farmers never make any money, simply because they don’t keep track, in a methodical way, of what they gain and lose. It is all guess work. Last year, in Virginia, sixty-five out of eighty-nine counties reported their farmers as keep- ing no accounts whatever. How long would a merchant or manufacturer stand that kind of business. Hastings Banner: THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN is now issued in book form. THE TRADESMAN is bound to get to the front and is one of the leading trade journals in this part of the country. Shoe and Leather Review: That ably edited journal, Tok MicuiGANn TRADES- MAN, has wisely abandoned the old-fash- ioned folio form. It is now issued in book form, with pages about the size of the Review. Northwestern Trade: Tur MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, an able journal published at Grand Rapid-, Mich., comes to hand this week in sixteen page book form, a handsome improvement over the old- fashioned folio which it succeeds. Pennsylvania Grocer: ‘‘THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN has been changed from the old-fashioned and troublesome blanket sheet to a neat sixteen-page paper. It is now one of the most attractive trade papers in the country, and deserves all the success it is getting.’’ Charlevoix Journal: THe MICHIGAN TRADESMAN has been changed to a four column paper of sixteen pages, stitched and trimmed. The change is decidedly for the better. It is convenient for handling, reading, filing, binding, and the paper can be increased in size, to suit convenience or necessity, by adding pages. It is the best possible style for a publication of the character of THE TRADESMAN. Merchant's Criterion: Tur MICHIGAN TRADESMAN comes to our table this week decked out ina new dress and made up in anew form. It is a vast improvement over the old way and we are glad to note this evidence of material prosperity. The success of one trade paper ought always to be a matter of congratulation to all the rest. It is evidence that the people are beginning to recognize the usefulness of such sheets, and the legiti- macy of their mission. Business World: When Bro. Stowe, of THE MIcHIGAN TRADESMAN, makes up his mind to do anything, he proceeds straightway to ask the advice of his sub- seribers and the rest of his enemies. The latest instance of this is the form of TuE TRADESMAN which came to us last week in a neat octavo, looking much like the Business World without a cover. The change promises to be more con- venient for the reader and advertiser than for the publisher, but we suppose the latter will have to endure it, if the former like it. | tract was subject to criticism. MULLIKEN’S MISTAKES. | Some Reasons Which Led to His Enforced Retirement. If THE TRADESMAN were to be called upon to enumerate some of the mistakes which rendered ex-Manager Mulliken so unpopular with the business public and finally induced the directors to ask for his resignation, it would epitomize them about as follows: 1. The overbearing, arrogant manner which characterized his treatment of men whom he did not consider his equals or superiors. 2. The almost prohibitive rate charged non-competing points previous to the enactment of the Inter-state Commerce law and the pools maintained at such points as Ionia and Big Rapids. Under the exhorbitant rate charged non-com- peting points, such towns as Grand Ledge, Portland and Greenville were stunted almost beyond the hope of recov- ery. Buyers of grain and produce were at a tremendous disadvantage, as com- pared with similar dealers at Grand Rap- ids, Lansing and Owosso, and the mer- chants were compelled to pay freights which were little short of prohibitive. The pool entered into with the D., G. H. & M. Railway, putting a higher tariff on Ionia than was exacted of Grand Rapids, was ahard blow to that city and the effects of the discrimination used against that place will be felt for many years to come. 3. Failing to cultivate the lumber traffic of Montealm, Isabella and Mecosta counties, to the end that the D., L. & N. might carry out the enormous quantity of fine timber naturally tributary to the line in those counties. By maintaining exhorbitant rates on the lumber business, the men who owned the timber were compelled to seek other outlets, as a result of which most of the timber which could have been diverted to the D., L. & N.—resulting in the creation of several lively towns, as well as increasing the business of the road—was permitted to go down Grand River by means of the Flat River and other tributaries. This mistake the road will never be able to recover from, as the lack of strong towns between Ionia and Howard City and Ionia and Big Rapids will militate against the profitableness of those portions of the road for all time to come. 4. The construction of a bridge across the Muskegon River at Big Rapids, which cost the system $60,000 and has never been used enough to keep the track from rusting. It was built for the ostensible purpose of bandling the freight traffic between Detroit and Muskegon, but the enactment of the Inter-state Commerce law rendered that route impracticable. 5. The construction of the connecting line between Grand Ledge and this city. However advantageous this route may be to Grand Rapids and Detroit, it was a sorry investment for the stockholders. No expense was spared in its construc- tion and thousands of dollars were wasted unnecessarily. The bull-headed policy pursued by the General Manager resulted in his paying twice what the right of way was worth and every con- It is re- ported that the contract for grading was let with the understanding that the Man- ager’s son-in-law should receive a salary of $500 a month as paymaster—a stipend fully $400 in excess of what the work performed was worth. The extension was built and equipped on the express THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. promise of the Manager that it would add $300,000 a year to the net earnings of the road. Asa matter of fact, it did not pay running expenses and will not do so for some time to come. The reason for this is obvious: The road is depend- ent almost wholly on local traffic, both freight and passenger. Through pas- sengers or freight go either over the Michigan Central or Grand Trunk sys- tems. 6. The purchase of the Saginaw Valley & St. Louis line, after the country tribu- tary to the road had been completely “skinned” by John Elwell. The passenger traffic is small and the country is passing through the transition period from lumber to farm products, which will not afford any considerable shipping business for years yet. ‘‘Mulliken’s Folly’? would seem to be a particularly appropriate name for this purchase. | 7. The unification of the C. & W. M. and D., L. & N. Railways, placing both under the same management at the munificent salary of $17,000 per year. 8. The adoption of an aggressive pol- icy toward Muskegon, resulting in the growth of acordial hatred of the road on the part of business men—a spirit which has culminated in turning over a fraction over half the freight business of the city to the G. R. & I. Railroad. 9. The leasing of the belt line of tracks at Muskegon—which could have been se- cured by no other man than ex-Manager Kimball—to the G. R. & I.—a concession which put the road at the mercy of a strong and better-liked competitor. This course was so contrary to the rules of business and the primary principles of ‘railroading as to give ground for the be- lief that the man who authorized such a transfer must have been actuated by sin- ‘gular motives. 10. Making Pentwater a_ terminus, when a short extension would carry the road to the thriving cities of Ludington and Manistee. To the ordinary observer, this looks a good deal like climbing to the gates of Paradise and then refusing to go inside. 11. Building an extension from Bald- win to Traverse City through a long stretch of country which would not sup- port a goat—the jack pine tract of Man- istee county. This extension will bea good thing for Traverse City and the country along the line, but it will not pay running expenses the year round carrying summer tourists during July and August. 12. The ‘‘rule or ruin’ spirit man- ifested at the time the T., A. A. & N. M. attempted to cross his line at Howell and the treatment accorded the Newaygo Manufacturing Co., at Newaygo, because that corporation attempted to prevent the railroad from trespassing on its property. 13. His inability to treat his subor- dinates with the commonest kind of re- spect. Nearly every man in the employ of the road was prevented from exer- cising his best judgment, by reason of the domineering spirit of the General Manager, who insisted upon dictating how every detail should be arranged and how every arrangement should be car- ried out. So offensive was Mulliken in this respect, that it was frequently stated that no one could serve under him and maintain his self-respect. While this statement is probably overdrawn, it is, nevertheless, a fact that the lieutenants of the deposed Manager labored with less enthusiasm than those of any other rail- way in the State. 14. His inability to meet shippers on common greund and treat them as equals, no matter how large might be their bus- iness or how profitable it could be made to the road. To this weakness is largely due the antipathy felt toward the road, in greater or lesser degree, at every point it touches. Such, in brief, are some of the mis- takes which caused Mulliken’s downfall and plunged the roads under his super- vision into the deplorable condition above depicted. It is to be hoped that the new Manager will profit by the experience of his pre- decessor, avoid the mistakes made by Mr. Mulliken, thus giving the roads un- der his charge a character and standing which one of them enjoyed, to a remark- able extent, while under the management of Mr. Mulliken’s ee > - <> a Directors Elected. At a meeting of the Michigan Lumber Manufacturers’ Association, held at East Saginaw on {the 20th, twelve directors were elected, as follows: A. T. Brown (Brown & Ryan), East Saginaw. John Torrent (Smith Lumber Co. Torrent), Kalkaska. H. M. Loud (H. M. Loud & Sons Lum- ber Co.),"Au Sable. Ephraim Smith Sons), Cheboygan. F. P. Eatherly (Moffatt & Eatherly), Detroit. & (Thompson Smith’s R. Hanson (Salling & Hanson), Gray- ling. W. W. Cummer (Cummer & Sons), Cadillac. W. H. Hoops (Tucker, Grand Rapids. F. W. Gilchrist, Alpena. H. Howard, Port Huron. John Welch, Bay City. J. Littlefield, Farwell. Another meeting will be held at East Saginaw on the 28th, at which time officers will be elected. +2 << Hoops & Co.), Impending Boom at Muskegon. Arrangements have been made by a syndicate of Muskegon gentlemen to in- augurate a real estate boom at that place in the near future. L. G. Mason, Geo. Erwin, Postmaster Holbrook and others have purchased a large tract of land south of the city, platted it some- what after the style of the Oakdale Park addition to Grand Rapids and have ar- ranged for the services of anumber of professional boomers, who will shortly put inan appearance. One street in the new addition will be set aside for man- ufacturing purposes, and business and residence lots will be sold on the guar- antee of the syndicate that a certain amount of manufacturing will be located on the addition within a specified time. —__<-o<>——__ Referred to the Board of Trade. IrHaca, March 20, 1890. Editor Michigan Tradesman: Grand Rapids is pretty well supplied with outlets, in the shape of railroads, but a line could penetrate one direction and open up a comparatively uncovered field. A railroad from Grand Rapids to this place, a distance of sixty miles, run- ning through Carson City and Belding, would undoubtedly be a good invest- ment, as it would penetrate splendid farming regions all the way. Should circumstances seem to warrant it, the road could be extended to Saginaw, thus making a connection thirty miles shorter than the Saginaw Valley & St. Louis. I suggest that you call the attention of your Board of Trade to this project, or, better yet, enlist the co-operation of a set of men with less sail and more MERCHANT. Our “Bijah.” THE KING OF PLOW SHOES! Made from fine Kip. Full double sole, Standard Screw. Solid, durable, fits perfectly. Bellows tongue to exclude dirt. Kept in stock constantly on F last. The Name BIJAH Is Registered, No. PINGREE & SMITH, Detroit. Manufacturers of Reliable Foot-Wear. Price, $1.60 10,848. SEND FOR SAMPLE CASE, ts Manufacture Everything in the line of Candy Correspondence solic- ited and prices quot- ed with pleasure. Write us. all Paper and Window Shades. House and Store Shades Made to Order. NELSON BROS. & CC, 68 MONROE STREET. KDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker Jewe kh CANAL SY,, Grand Rapids Mich. Katon, hyon & Go,, Fishing Tackle, Base Ballsand Supplies, Croquet, Hammocks, Lawn Tennis, Ete. State Agents for A. J. Reoch & Co.’s Sporting Goods. Send for Calalogue. EATON, LYON & CO., *20 & 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADES MAN. ets @ Me edicines.| | State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Two Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Four Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Meetings during 1890—Star Island, June 30 and July 1; 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. —. Committee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan; E. T. Webb, Jackson; D.E. Prali, East Saginaw; Geo. Mc- Donald, Kalamazoo; J.d. Crowley. Detroit. Next Meeting—At Saginaw, beginning third Tuesday of September, 1890. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. Se i ids Drug Clerks’ Association. resident ). Kipp; Secretary, Albert Brower. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, C. 8. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt. Gossip Among the Trade. Frank Bogard has transferred his alle- | giance from Williams, Sheley & Brooks to Farrand, Williams & Clark. L. M. Mills is sadly afflicted these days. The family cat died one day last week and the next day the dog disap- peared. C. A. Soule, of the drug firm of Brain- | ard & Soule, at Eaton Rapids, is taking a} course in the medical department at the Ann Arbor University. Harry Tremayne, formerly on the road for Jas. E. Davis & Co., but for the past two years traveling salesman for T. H. Hinchman & Sons, now represents Wil- liams, Sheley & Brooks. It is still thought that the drug house of John J. Dodds & Co. will be merged into the new house of Farrand, Williams & Clark, as negotiations with that end in view are still in progress. Many complaints come to THE TRADES- MAN of the failure of transportation companies to adjust losses sustained in the shipment of goods. Many payments are avoided in this manner, most of which are probably just claims. Unless losses are paid promptly and honorably, THE TRADESMAN’S advice is to bring suit against the company’s agent, as such a course almost invariably brings the companies to time. A recent shipment of goods to Owen & Bullis, at Maple Rapids, included a bar- rel of whisky. When the goods reached Fowler, one of the brakemen on the train attempted to unload the whisky alone, but let the barrel drop, the chime strik- ing on the rail and breaking it in such a munner that but two gallons remained in the barrel when it was righted. The man immediately left the employ of the | road, and Owen & Bullis are now en- deavoring to secure an adjustment of the loss at the hands of the railway com- pany—a proceeding the company will probably delay as long as Owen & Bullis desist from forcing collection by legal | process. a 2 A Dual Traveling Man. | A Carson City correspondent writes as | follows: Harry Tremayne was in town last | Friday, representing two drug houses at | the same time. Hesold B. F. Sweet a bill of goods for T. H. Hinchman & Sons | and went across the street and sold Kelly & Cadwell a bill for Williams, Sheley & Brooks. Just where the dividing line} between the two houses lies is just now amatter of speculation. One thing is| not in doubt, however—when Tremayne | is on the north side of the street, he represents Williams, Sheley & Brooks; when he is on the south side of the street, he is in the employ of T. H. Hinchman | & Sons. | The circumstance which appears to be! | 1886, |/autumn of 1887 the eyebrows were be- |coming darker, and the hair of the head This | | continued until the patches of hair were | patches of snow-white hair. | Soda ash, so singular to THE TRADESMAN’S corres- |pondent can be easily explained. Mr. Tremayne has transferred his allegiance |from Hinchman & Sons to Williams, |Sheley & Brooks and the old contract | probably terminated and the new con- | tract probably went into effect whiie Mr. Tremayne was walking across the street | on the day in question. oo © Hair Turned Black by Jaborandi. Dr. Prentiss relates a remarkable oc- currence following the use of jaborandi. The patient was a woman, had snow-white hair for twenty years. For the symptoms of beginning uremia, due to contracted kidney, twenty or thirty minims of extract of jaborandi was prescribed several times daily. The drug was taken from October, to February, 1888. During the became also darker in patches. quite dark, contrasting with the natural did not universally change before her death. In 1881 Dr. disease, pyclonephritis, treated with pilocarpine. The hair of the patient, a lady twenty- five years old, changed from blonde to} black under the influence of the drug. The pilocarpine was administered hy- |podermically (one-sixth of a _ grain) twenty-two times in the course of two months; the dose was thenincreased. In one month after beginning the treatment the hair changed from a light blonde toa} chestnut brown; four months later it was ‘‘almost a pure black.’’ factory to find that eight years after- | ward the hair is again a dark brown I Who Shall Draw the Trade. Which is the better way for proprietors to manage a business; to look to the clerks for drawing a trade, or to draw trade by their ownexertions and devices? | We like the instructions given by a certain large retail firm to their clerks. The firm says in substance: hire you for that purpose. iness to draw customers, ask of youis tosell them goods after they get here. We will do the drawing; you are to do the selling.’’ We believe it is a great mistake to de- pend upon the clerks for the drawing of | customers. By so doing the proprietor confers upon the clerks the work which he himself should do, and makes his future success depend upon holding that clerk and his ‘‘trade.’? We are aware that the amount of trade a clerk can con- trol is not as large as the clerk generally supposes, loss of trade. If the owners of a store do not know how to get customers into | their places of business, they had better resign, and let the clerk who can draw trade take their places. Is it any wonder that proprietors com- | plain that when they get a good clerk he | soon leaves and goes into business for} himself. Well, why shouldn’t he? He has been doing the business of the pro- | prietor before, and no wonder he prefers |to be proprietor for himself instead of | for someone else. When a merchant depends on his clerks | for trade, the wisest thing he can do is to} | give those clerks an interest in the busi- | | ness, and thus their services will be re- | tained, and they will bein their proper position as 8 proprietors. oo The ag in. There are no important changes to note this week. Quinine and opium are tend- ing lower. Morphia is unchanged. sal soda and bi-carbonate sodas | are higher. Japonica has advanced. Turpentine is higher. _ > <> They Come High. Customer—I'd like to get about fifty | cents’ worth of these cucumbers, if you | please. Dealer in fine groceries, tropical fruits, | ete. (with withering scorn)—Can’t you afford to buy a whole one? aged 72, who | The hair | Prentiss had pub- | | lished another case of kidney It is satis- | “We do| not expect you to draw trade, nor do we | It is our bus- | and what we} yet when a store is run upon | | that plan the loss of a clerk mean the A Bank Where the Directors Meet to Direct, and Do It. From the New York Sun. ‘“‘There is one bank in this country that will never get in trouble as long as it has its present Board of Directors,’’ said a well-known Orange county lawyer, ‘‘and that is the Chester Bank, in our county, up among the onion farmers. Every director of that bank is a farmer, and every Saturday the entire Board is pres- ent at the bank promptly at 2 o’clock to examine the affairs of the institution, to see that nothing has gone wrong. The | cashier is a man that any member of the Board would mortgage his farm to get money to loan to him, on his own secur- ity, if he wanted it, and the President the Board would trust with all its indi- | vidual wealth and take his word for the disposal of it. But when they meet at the bank of a Saturday, these rural cen- sors of its management drop all individ- juality. They are bank directors then, ‘and they are there to direct. They don’t take the cashier’s word or the | President’s word or statement for any- |thing. The cashier can’t show thema | package and tell them there is so much | money and such and such securities in it and then put it in the safe without being asked to show it up. These model directors say: ‘“<‘Fetch out your books. Empty the vault and safe, and undo all your pack- ages.’ “Every envelope is opened, eontents examined and noted. Every bill is counted and scrutinized. Every coin is enumerated down to the last cop- per in the till. Then the books are looked into and gone over with the same eare, and they have to balance to a cent or the directors will know the reason | then and there. The cashier of the bank told me once that at one of these weekly | examinations of the bank’s affairs, it was | discov ered that the cash on hand did not jagree with the books. There was | twenty-five cents entered on the books which was not on hand, and it could not jbe accounted for. Every package was | re-examined by each one of these farmer |bankers, and every dollar of cash re- | and its counted, but still the twenty-five-cent deficiency was apparent. After an hour’s search for the missing money without it ; being found, the President of the bank, |who had grown tired of the business, | said to the Board that as the discrepancy | was evidently the result of some little | error that the clerks would discover and eorrect on Monday, he would put the missing twenty-five cents in the cash out of his own pocket, so that the books could be balanced and the Board could adjourn. But, no, sir-ee! ‘“<*It may be an error, and it may be something else!’ said the watchdog of the bank’s treasury. ‘Whatever it is, it must be cleared up before this meeting adjourns.’ “The safe was emptied of its contents six different times, the counting gone | over every time, and the books examined 'as many times more. The sixth time the eontents of the safe were dragged out the missing quarter was found in a big envelope, where it had caught in some way under a loose flap. The coin was turned out on the table and counted in with the cash. This made everything all straight; the directors passed on the acts of the bank’s officers and approved them, and the meeting adjourned. after the affairs of the concern. a jugfull they couldn’ t. a Taking Very Little. ‘‘Have you taken anything for your | trouble ?’’? asked the doctor of a long, Not by | lank, hungry-looking man, who came to | him complaining of being ‘‘all run | down,”’ so that he didn’t seem to be ‘‘no | manner o’ correct,’’ his appearance veri- | fying his words. “Well, I ain’t been taking much of anything, doc., that is, nothing to speak of. Ituk a couple o’ bottles o’ Pink- |ham’s bitters a while back, an’ a bottle | of Quackem’s invigorator, with a couple \? boxes o’ Curem’s pills, and a lot o’ quinine and some root bitters my old The | | Chester Bank isn’t a very big one, but no | Claassen or Pell or any other ‘kiters’ or | wreckers could get their work in on it | while that Board of Directors is looking | woman fixed up. LDve got a porous plaster on my back an’ aliver pad on, an’ I’m wearin’ an ’lectric belt an’ takin’ red clover four times a day, with a dose or two 0’ salts every other day; ’ceptin’ for that I ain’t taken nothin’ ”’ CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address PECK BROS., “Gaanp Raribs.” Do You Observe the Law? If not, send $1 to THE TRADESMAN COMPANY For their combined LIQUOR & POISON RECORD, THE MOST RELIABLE FOOD For infants and Invalids. Used everywhere, with unqualified] success. Not a medicine, but asteam-} cooked food, suited to the veekest stomach. TZake no other. ists. 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Pyrethrum, py... ... ane 38 | a 2 3 | — 1 40 Lue cece ae f | re se 4 or x ci au an i oS - ibe 18 Eaprantst 33 $ ono oa a eo! 0 — ee Guinia, 8. ew “uo: al r err Venice..... a = Swiss V tie Be Paint 20 4 aaa S fe es @1 a a RY 2 oo ( heobromae ..... 5O@ 55 | SWiss Villa _——— ia kes 20 id Sueeiee oe = cohen Ce ”| Rubia nce. i 126 2 —— “* 9 00G16 00 Paints . --1 0@1 20 ici ——— eed ed eu 90@1 00 ita a Go.» | Saccharum Lactis pv. 6 a | Zinci Sulph........... 7@ 8 VARNISHES, ae = JOlumba ........---. -ee eee Salaci i No.1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 Brow eee oe 2 = = aaa an: oe - = cae ee —— Ce . — a Te whl G oe : ieee e, 1 boo! 70 ee ee eee 0G : oe | ee a Rol w . 1. Gal soac OGY ...........% queue Ge Red.. oo 1500 a >1 50 | Digitalis ........ 5 ------ | @4 50| Whale, winter........ <0 70 | No.1 T *urt 21 vie oe nna 2 BOS oo Thyme ot «of = Ergot. ig i ; ; i ay i = . OS ed | lant’ — a aaa ile a 55 oo etka Tak eee 7 Ol a ‘3 a @ 60 Ga aR eee i are o. | . = 50}Japan Dryer, N 12 p BACCAE, Theobromas........... 1@ | |, Ra 60 eee ay @ 15| Linseed, pureraw ... 62 65 “— sii : 70@ 7% Cubeae (po. 1 60....... 1 85@2 00 E OM 50 | = Juniperus .....-------- 8@ 10} BiCarb.. nnapensay 15@ 18] 7; ee = Xanthoxylum......... 25@ 30] Bichromate ........... 13@ 14 Seaton nT 50 a Bromide............. 37@ 40| tune. AMUS ................ 50 Copaiba oo Carb...........-.- 26... 122@ 15 “ ' idl tere tee DH a se 16@ 18 | Ferri a 2 = i Terabin, Canada ..... 45@ 5015 2¥OMAAE ......--- +++. 50@ | 55 | kino TREMOR : : Tolutan 40@ 45 oie 2 80@2 90 a 50 = Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 23@ 3) GSM 50 i CORTEX. Potassa, Bitart, com... @ 1 ge ae 50 i Abies, Canadian...........- 18 — Nitras, opt..... 8@ 10 O ii ee a =| COME oon ones oo see oe ees 11 Potass Nitras.......... 1@ R é amp! h ated | oe el 18 ear she 256 Zo) sc —— Se ee i 50 i Euonymus atropurp.. 30 -aneaam i ee LN 1b@ 18 ET A a My rica Virgin po. 20 RADIX. Queesia Cortex. 50 | @ unus Virgin 12 i s ¢ . 50 } Gail gra. oe m0 { a | ae eden ae 30 a 50 | Importers and Jobbe f Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... 10 | Arum, Bee Te @ Bb Cassia Acutifol. 50 | — i ee 20@ 50/8 CO... rod EXTRACTUM. Gentiana, (po. 15) ...... — 2 —— eee te ue oles 50 Glycyrrhiza Glabra... — = Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15). 16@ 18 aa. Cy = a 3 iydrastis ‘4 en Haematox, 15 lb. box... H1@ 12 t acne @ alan oon ie eee BO] ee occas so 14 ee Fe | alae! . e 1 St teue, pe... 15 2 MISC | oe nate. 2 ‘me 35 enmengsac nag FERRUM Iris plox (po. 0@22).. 18@ 2 Aither, Spts Nit,3 F.. 2@ 2 carbonate Precip... @, 18 | Marana, ii... OO Sl atumen nin Be OH ‘itra: 0 a. i ee ‘“ ee ° Citrate and Quinta... 3 3}| Podopnyittm, fo... 33% 18] round oo Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ 50 wy pn aaacen | ag B@1 00 eee se . a Solut Chloride........ @ 15 “ “ea ee m @1% Antimoni, ae UU yi Sulphate, com’l “an ta T5@1 35 PO..-....-.. 4@ 5) y COmrt.------ a 48@ 53 et Potass T. +a o Deal i por. ...... . @ 7) Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ PGreet |... 35@1 40 | — eae Serpentaria 01.0.0... 40@ 45 ce ne a @ B| a. 1® %| Argenti Nitras, ounce renee 8 cones 14@ 16] gj ie ae 5@ 50 Areenicum .......... = 7 j a . 5 gp | Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40 ¥3 v++ 5G ‘ Anthemis 30@ : M @ ® Balm Gilead Bud..... 38@ 40 | d Matricaria ...... ..-.. 30@ 351 Scillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12 Bismuth S. N. 2 10@2 2 | : § aris B8 FOLIA. Symplocarpus, Feeti- Calcium Chior, 18, (48 Sole A : : : Baro 10@ 12| ..4us, Po.-...---. 35 | 113 248, 12)...-.----- 9 | oie en ; rere ng ncutiéel, “Win. XD Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30) 3 35 Cantharides Russian, a gz ts3for the Oelebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints. j nivelly ....-. --..--+ 23@ 2 German... 1 ee | 1% | 2 i verre Alix. 35@ 50 | Zingibera............. 100 15 | Capsici Fructus,af... @ 18) Salvia officinalis, 48 Zingiber j.......... 2@ 2 7 : a.) eet ' and $48.....---0.+++- 10@ 12 SEMEN. ic po. @ 14! Wk 8@ 10| Anisum, (po. 20). @ 15 | Sazophylius, (po. 20) 15, 18 | We are Sole Proprietors of GUMMI. ns ek 10@ 12] Cera Alba, S @ & ‘i es 50m as | mah... ae... 4@ 6|Cera Flava............ 3 W y eo ee > gg | Carui, (po. 18)...------ Sid 18 bOdeens = = “ 3d a = pt Ceeeoe.............1 oot 25 > aang ne “a = = EATHERLY S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY “sifted sorts.. @ 65} Corlandrum........... 10@ 12 | Centraria ot nd ee 75@1 00 Cannabis Sativa. ...... 3K@ 4) Cetaceum ........ 01) .. 2 og Aloe, Barb, pe 6)... s0@ oo| Cydonium.... ........ 75@1 00| Chloroform .... 1.2... 50@ 55 | “’ Cape, ( lee Chenopodium ........ 10@ 12 squibbs .. i 2 00 : “ Sovoir, a. 60). @ 50 a -1 75@1 85 | Chloral Hyd ‘Crst 1 s04 =I vatechu, 1s, (448, 14 4s, ea - io | Chondrag) 000 Dm | i i as au 1s, ( v48, 1 Ms “ Foenugreek, = As : Ginchontaine, ssw 20h 25 We have in stock and offer a full line of Ammoniae ...........- ig SO | ate reer cece aoe: 4 @ 4 vert Assntetidn, (po. 3) = = Lint, grd, (bbl. 4). - aon e WW hiskics, B enzoinum.......----- 5 Se ee > 5 Cc camp) ae. Coenen ame Lee on = a Canarian.... 34@ 4% eae LE g 50 s. randies, ieeaeadlintis po 35 19 | R&PB «++ -aceee eee eee 6@ 7|Creta, (bbl. 75)........ @ 2| | Galbanum. Lee ee g Sinapis, _. i) Oe 1 = SI Gafbarum Oo @ Aba 89 prep. a 8 Gins, VW7ines, Ruxms. Guaiacum, (po. os... @ SPIRITUS. . bre ge | sae gag BP eee esses 3. = Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50 | CTOCUS ....-..--- 1. eee 35@ 38 Myrrh, (eo), | DB. R....-1 TBs | Cree niph eG 8 a 5 20)..----+: 3 mg 9 | Juniperis Co. 0. T....1 T@1 7% Dextrine ..........-... 10@ 12| el ee ; Se Tas ion Seige... 68@ 70) 7 : . bleached...... 2@ 35/8 See 80 | emery . ear na 2 3 sancharum 1 Taga op | Emery, all nomics.” @ § Ww e Sole Agents in Michigan for W. D. & Co., HERBA—IN ssciseieiaaiiaatia, Vini Oporto ........... 1 25@2 00 | Ergota, (po.) 60....... 50@ 85 | ‘ Aieiatbiom scr — 1 igo 00 | Flake Whiie....00.0. BB Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash upatorium .........----..-- 20 aos 6 eae | Lobelia....... oe 25 i sp song na a a 3 @9 Whi i ' j M ‘i -+++++ “9 | Blorida sheeps’ wool Gelatin, Cooper. ...... isk Menthe ‘Piperita ioc ae ican au 28 carriage... a. Scouse 2 25@2 50 ‘Preath oe wf = | y and Druggists Favorite ences 5 Nassau sheeps’ wool Glassware flint, 75 per cent | : eee PSMA 30 | «-Cattiage .... ....... 2 00| _ by box 6235 less a Rye W hisky oe OU | Velvet extra sheeps’ Glue, Brown.......... 9@ 15| " Thymus, ee 25 wool carriage. . 1 10 Wiws........... 13@ 25 | MAGNESIA i - yohew shacye aes on pins s.. “a al ' : ‘ Oe g5 | Grana Paradisi........ @ 15} ; Calcined, Pat.......... 55@ 60 — — s’ wool ca Humulus.. ; 25 Ca a... EG 2 satin lati ol 65 | Hydraag Chior. Mite.. = =| We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purp 1 Carbonate, K. & M.... 20@ 2% Hard for slate use. 5 @ 85) We give P on segpae Carbonate, JenningS.. 35@ 36 | Yellow Reef, for slate i = nonin @1 05 | t os f: eed ersonal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar- seu TEE 1 40 ‘“« Ammoniati. @1 15 &ntee Satisfaction. . Unguentum. 45@ 55 Absinthium. ......... 5 00@5 50 SYRUPS. : : i an i ian ia wo | Eydrarayrum 5... @ : iy ga are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we res Antal alae, Amarae....8 “ 25 | Zingiber ee iat Indigo... — reat ’ 7 50 — _— Send ma trial order. 4 Bail anne eee a aie G® | Todine, Wesubi. 11's 7508 $9 Bergamii ............. 2 80@3 25 i, in @4 70 | eo alee Sees ed Caryophyllt ... 1 25@1 30| Similax Officinalis.......... i... oa 85 | , aa ele. 80 | Liguor Arsen et Hiy- | CStiemeeeds ......... -1 35@1 40 Scillae OAH SD a 2% | | aoe 2! < MAG... eee eee eee eee ees 50 | Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12) ay fe ‘ iia re 50 — Sulph (bbl pene at ten 1s Simeone ee oleae ae a a 5@ 50 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERIES. Wool, Hides, Pelts and Furs. There are no new elements in the wool trade. Woolis low and manufucturers are willing to take it at price, only as their wants require, ahead of those wants. but will not buy in the woolen goods trade does not help matters any for the better. While the sales are considerable in amount, the} prices do not give dealers a new dollar | for their old one by considerable. Hides are poor in quality and low in} price, with a fair demand for choice. Most tanners are stocked with early hides, and buy present take off only when offered at a low price. Tallow is low, in large supply. The market is weaker on account of soapers not being able to get caustic or vessels to get lading, owing to strikes in Eng- land. Large lots of stearine have been exported this week, which may relieve the market. Furs have had another black eye at the | Lampson and Hudson Bay Co.’s sales in London, and many exporters have quit. There is no demand at home or abroad, and dealers are tired and will at extreme low prices. only buy iranian: Failure of Walling Bros., at Lamont. Walling Bros., who have conducted a general store at Lamont for the past twenty years, On the afternoon of the cuted a chattel 18th, they exe- Co., Old National Bank, Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., Hawkins, Perry & Co. and Eaton, Lyon & Co., whose claims aggregate $4,000. The following day the stock and building were attached by Ed- son, Moore & Co., of Detroit, on a year- | old claim for $7,000, and on the 22nd the mortgage was foreclosed by the trustee, | who advertises the property for sale on |more flattering circumstances than the The stock is estimated to be worth | the 29th. $8,500 and the building about $1,500. The firm bought a stock farm several years ago, has been paid in the meantime, the firm has really no equity in the property. —__—. - > Sold to the Syndicate--Childs Stays Out. The J. P. board mill, at Battle Creek, has been transferred to the American Straw Board Association, but the business will be} managed, the same as heretofore, by J. P. Morgan. H. H. Childs, the Childs’ maker informs THE tinue business as an independent insti- tution. He does not make straw board for builders’ us merchants. CEE RGus ca nee She Might Regret It. e, but wrapping paper for Wife to-night will you have to go out between the acts to see a man. Husband—I’m very much afraid [ shall. Wife—Well, here’s a dollar and a half, extra. Geta ticket for him and let him sit with us. —_ oe Jas. T. Watson, shipping clerk for Foster, Stevens & Co., has invented an automatic alarm for elevators, which is the simplest device ever used for that purpose. A patent has been asked for on the invention. A heavy failure | have finally gone under. | mortgage to W. D.| Stevens, as trustee for Foster, Stevens & | paying $1,000 and giving a} mortgage for $3,500, but as no interest} Morgan Paper Co.’s straw | Mills paper | TRADESMAN that he} has been solicited to sell out te the Asso- | ciation, but says he would rather con-| John, if we go to the theatre} Sugars are a little easier and have de- clined about a sixpence, but there is no | particular reason for looking for a lower Currants, prunes, raisins and | The Grocery Market. | market. dried fruits are higher and firmer. The demand for currants is large and the price is rapidly advancing. It is pre- dicted that Ondara raisins will touch 12 in New York inside of thirty days. Sal soda is a little higher. Pearl barley has advanced a fraction. | a A | Will Need Vapor Burners No Longer. William C. North, of Cleveland, Ohio, /one of the pioneers in the vapor stove business, died recently of Bright’s dis- ease, aged 73 years. He began exper- imenting with vapor burners something like fifteen years ago, and for the past ten years has been identified with the manufacture of the ‘‘Front Rank’? vapor stove. Recently he brought out North’s ventilated broiler, which is well known to the trade. He was one of the organ- izers of the ‘‘Consolidated Vapor Stove Association’ and was active in all mat- | ters connected with it. a a 9 ee Dirty, but Dignified. ‘‘Mornin’ paper, sir?’’? sang out the newsboy. ‘‘Only two cents.’’ ‘‘Here’s five cents, sonny,’’ replied the facetious customer. ‘‘Keep the three cents, buy a cake of soap with it, and give your face a washing.”’ | The newsboy handed back the change with great dignity. ‘Keep the change yourself, sir,’’ he said, ‘‘and use it in buying a book on decorum, sir !’’ _ > <—- As a remarkable instance of rapid nat- ional debt liquidation, this country stands pre-eminent. Only afew years ago we paid in interest nearly as much as Great Britain; to-day we have to pay | only $35,000,000, against Great Britain’s $130,000,000; France’s $258,000,000; Aus- tro-Hungary’s $126,000,000; Italy’s $100,- 000,000; Russia’ s $220,000, 000, and Spain’s $56,000,000; while of the German states | Prussia alone pays $44,000,000. —~e 2 Few trade journals start out under New Jersey Retail Merchant, which bears every evidence of a long and profit- able career. 4 Association Notes. The Citizens’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co. was | organized at Muskegon last week, under the | auspices of the B. M. A. of that place. John A. Miller was elected President and M. C. Kelly Secretary. The company will confine its opera- tions to Muskegon, Oceana and Ottawa counties. It is understood that the Northern Michigan Development Association, recently organized at Traverse City under the auspices of the B. M. A. of that place, will hold another meeting in this city the latter part of April or the first part of | May. President Milliken is sending out circu- | lars to the jebbing trade, soliciting the co-opera- tion of that branch of business. a VISITING BUYERS. Alex Denton, Howard City John Damstra, Gitchell J B Watson, Coopersville H Seegmiller, Kingsley C F Sears, Rockford R Osterhoff, Ferrysburg Isaac Quick, Allendale Gs Putnam, Fruitport W H Pierce, Lyons Daimon, Alle ndale EE Hewitt, Rockford Den Herder & Tanis, JS Crosby, Olga Vriesland E S Botsford, Dorr G F Cook, Grove | @Ten Hoor, Forest Grove 8 H Ballard, Sparta Hessler Bros., Rockford E Heintzelman, Logan Carrington & North, Trent P Bresnahan, Parnell | Dr F B Smith, Coopersville Wm Barker, Sand Lake Henry Avary, T Armock, Wright Slocum’s Grove CA Warren, Milton Junc G M Huntley, Reno J Raymond, Berlin J © Scott,Lowell J Kinney, Kinney W E&C4J Darrah, Maston & Hammond, i Big Rapids Grandville S Cooper, Jamestown D RStocum, Rockford L Cook, Bauer M Heyboer & Bro., Oakland | C8 Comstock, Pierson John Gunstra, Lamont C H Deming, Dutton C Engels, Muskegon E Young, Ravenna Jno Farrowe, So Blendon H Brownyard, Lake A Purchase, So Blendon Walling Bros., Lamont L M Wolf, Hudsonviile | Boonegaard&Son,GdHaven Thompson & O’Conner, John Cole, Fremont Kent City O B Granger, Plainwell B Gilbert & Co., Moline J H Williams, Leroy Ashley & Bennitt, 8 C Sibole, Breedsville Howard City W R Lawton, Berlin L Schorck, Clarksville N Bouma, Fisher M J Butler, Sand Lake Eli Runnels, Corning Struik Bros, Byron Center Gilbert Bros., Trent Smallegan & Pickaard, Mrs E Scott, Dunningville ForestGrove RK Gannon, White Cloud | T H Condra, Lisbon homas, Cannonsburg H Van Noord, Jamestown F E Boosinger, East Jordan | PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Golden or Roxbury russets or North- ern Spys Command $3.50 per bbl. Beans—Dealers pay $1.25 for unpicked and $1.35 for picked, holding at $1.50@$1.65 per bu. Beets—40c per bu. Butter—Scarce and higher. Creamery is in fair demand at 26c. Choice grades of dairy are in active demand, dealers paying 15@17ec and holding at 17@19¢e Buckwheat Flour—#1.75 per 100 Ibs. ee per 100. Cheese—Fair stock of full cream commands 11@i2e. Cider—10@11c per gal. Cooperage—Pork barrels, 1.25; produce barrels 25c. Cranberries—About out of market. Cucumbers—Too high to quote. Dried Apples — Evaporated are held at 9@ 10c and sundried at 5@é6c. Eggs—Dealers now pay lic and hold at 13c. Consumption is enormous and the tendency is higher. Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $3.50 per bu.; medium, $3.50. Timothy, 31.50 per bu. Honey—White clover is in fair demand at 15c. Dark is in small demand at 12%c. Lettuce—1i5e per lb. for Grand Rapids grown. Maple Sugar —8@i2c per lb., according to quality. Onions—The high price has curtailed consump- tion very materially. Dealers hold at $1.90@2 per bu. Pop Corn—4c per Ib. Potatoes — The market is without material change. Dealers pay 25c and hold at 35c per bu. Radishes—35c per + Foy Squash—Hut bard, 2¢ per lb. Sweet Potatoes—Illinois stock commands % per bbl. Tomatoes—Early Southern stock commands $1 per peck (7 qts.) Turnips—25ce per bu. FRESH MEATS. Swift and Company quote as follows: Beek, oeecees ... c.f -. 54@ 6% . hind quarters as oe 7 @8 ” ek eee a 4@5 . mee ee @10 PN acs eas cece 8 @8% . We ee 8 @l10 —.... ......... .. . @6 ee @5 a @™% - oe... tis os @ 6 Sausage, booed or bend................. @5 — |... os @5 e Prenkrors............ i) ie @s Mitton ...........-...... 5... -8 @8&% CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK. Standard, = Ib. boxes Bs oe eee ee ty 9 ecient ea 9 Cut Loaf, = oe ee ee 10% IXED. Royal, = > Pe OOM. c. 9 ae eee a 8% Extra, 5 ib. -A08.......- a... 9% ane ani im pee... 8... 11% Fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. Rees Pe... ..:. «5. es cc. 12 NE TI nn ok ee tc rks Sees tenn ca cee 13 Peer TR 14 Me oc oe cee eect co 14 Ei. 2. Coipoeenee Troi... 18 re Cee... jas ooh tbe 10 DI os ee ck, a 18 AB ieee eee... 14 Lozenges, ee eee eas 14 eee. 15 eee 14 ee 15 rs eee eee eee ccc as = Molasses Bar........ a ee OT iéGis eee ee... 18 Peer Cee 16 eer re 20 —_— —_ ———————————— 15 ee cc 22 eeeeeeroen Berra... .... 14 FANcY—In bulk. | Lozenges, plain, eee... = ht eee... printed, > — bed a 12 ST Me ee 11% Chocolate Drops, in a ec Gum Drops, ll oo 6% ee ee 54 Moss Drops, a, EE oe 10 Eee ES era cara cae 9% Sour Drops, in pails.. a Imperials, 4 omg eed m etme cee ee ee ee 10% FRUITS Oranges, Messina, oe ee @ ) _ Piorida, ehaiee.......... .... 3 75@ 4 00 - 15: TOOT... 55.4500 .5. 4 25@ 4% . Riverside, fancy .............. 3 75@ 4 00 ' Mountain, ‘ ' Wash, Nayais, fancy......... 4 25@ 4 50 ” Valencias, large. i eae @ 6 00 Lemons, Messina, choice, oe @3 2% a - . fancy, Mee. .-i. 42... 3 75 ss ' a .......... Figs, Smy rna, new, fancy layers ih 14 Sis” choice ce ac 12 @12% eueioe. 7 me... .. ee eee eee tee @ Dates, frails, WO Os aie ck t ae cues vena cease @ ed @ - Fard, 10- m Oer.................. @10 “ “ ee @8 . Persian, 50- Pm Oee.........-..... 6 @ 6% NUTS. Almonds, a. - California. ee en ee ae Walnuts, eee @15% j I iain eye nse cees 13 ieee Tee ee... 10 @13 PEANUTS. Fancy, } : P., ae... 8% ae ners oe @10% Fancy, i, P., ccc eke gene eens @ 8% “ ‘Roasted edkeedouen us 104% Choice, H. Pes Mk he ees suas ad esc 7% " Boewed........ pecees 9% PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. quoies as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. oe eee... 11 00 Pe oe ee 10 75 xtra Clear pie, snort Cus.-................. 12 00 eee Geer, WONN i 12 00 I a i a eee 11 50 Bost Geir, Ont ems... ....... 12 00 Clear WhGk, Gecre Gut........... 2... ... 5.08; 12 00 Standard clear, pcre OME, DOW... 28. 12 00 saUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. i 6% Ham Sausage..... 9 Tongue Sausage........... a ee cues cee ee 9 Promerore ceeeene........ 8 A CO 5 me, ee 5 oe et ee 5 POO ec 5 LaRD—Kettle Rendered. toe 7% ee 73 ee 7% LARD—F amily. so a oe ee eee eee as 5% oe wm yee... 556 Si, Fee, coin 6 Came... 6% min, Pere, (ete oe eeee ............ 2.25. - 6% wot Pace, Gin Oca... ... . 6% ote cee tee 5% ee... 5% BEEF IN BARRELS, Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 6 50 Extra Meas, Chicago packing................ 7 00 Boncioss, tum Me & 50 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average ee 9 = Oe 93% c r Peewee 10 . Oe 7 . ee OeeeE. ce ewe 3 Breakrem HOO, DONGIONS.................... 8% Dried Deer, Wem prices........................ 8 Long Clears, heavy.... Bebeers, meee... ee 5 ' a... 6 OYSTERS and FISH, F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH. Whitefish. . oes Cee ce @%™%, ' Be @8 eee... le @ 6 Halibut... Laas — @15 a a SN eh ene @7 ee @4 OYSTERS—Cans, Pairhavyen Counts.............-........ @35 Ne ee eae 22 @2z7 oe eee ee wee @2 a... @18 Standards......... @16 ce ee @i4 oYsTERS—Bulk. em. ce @#1 15 oo. ck, @150 MO ne icc eee ela ee ole Ue. @!1 50 ee @1 50 a ea @1 50 ROU es eae @ % meen G@yuvers, porieg.......... ... .o1.. 1 00@1 WD “ clams, Se ee @ % If;in want of Clover or Timothy, Orchard, Blue Grass, or Red Top, or, in fact, Any Kind of Seed, send or write to the Seed Store, 71 Canal St, GRAND RAPIDS. W.T. LAMOREAUX. E. J. Mason & Co., Proprietors of Old Homestead Factory GRANT, MICH. MANUFACTURERS OF Preserves, Evaporated Apples Jellies and Apple Batter, 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. 1 $ & 1 4 ' } THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 18 Wholesale Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash bwyers wh: pay promptly and buy in full packages. APPLE BUTTER. E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 6 AXLE GREASE. Pg al ES SE $2 60 Bees. cc. 8... 1% aaa... 1 60 BAKING POWDER. Absolute, ¥% Ib. cans, 100s... 11 2 % Ib. 50s. .10 0€ a” 1. 50s..18 ” Acme, 4 Ib. cans,Sdds.... @& “ yy lb. “ 2 “oe ts _ te UE Se - ee 20 Our Leader, 24 1b. cans..... 45 nr 90 bg i 1 60 Telfer’s, - = cans, doz.. ] “oe ne 5 oe * = oe oo a 1 5O BATH BRICK. English, 2 doz. in case..... 80 Bristol, 2 _ | v American. 2 doz. incase... 70 BLUING. Dozen Mexican, ‘= oa 30 ome... ....::,.. 60 . 16 ss Sn eS 90 BROOMS A 1% wet 2 00 No, 2 Carpet 2 No. eee ee 2 50 Pesto Gem. ........_....... 2 35 Common Whisk eee y weed 90 Fancy i <1. 1 oo Mill . GS 25 Warehouse........ tc. = oe BUTTERINE Dairy, — packed. . _ Creamery, ‘solid ea =o CANDLES Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes Leas 10% — =. 7 I% ee 12 Wie. .......,..:..-. 25 CANNED na. Clams. 1 Ib, Little Neck. .... 1 20 Clam Chowder, $ Ib......... 2 10 Cove Oy sters, 1 Ib. a. -.4 16 2 1b. -.4 & Lobsters, > “picnic cams 1% Leleeise 2 65 ' 1 tb. ee Poe cue, 2 15 ° oo 2 15 Mackerel, te Tomato Sauce.2 85 Tip. otand.......- 1 20 “ 21 ea 2 00 . 3 1b. in ——- -2 8 . 3 1b. soused.. -2 85 Salmon, — Columbia... .2 00 > Abe. ....... 1 9 Sardines, domestic i 5 toh. cs @ 9 - uae ie. @9 “ peor eg xs.. —_— ’ Spiced, 4A....... Trout, 3 1 qos ee eae oe 2 60 CANNED Goops—Fruits. ples, gallons, stand. ....2 75 Sieokbeerice, eenied......... 90 Cherries,red standard 1 — 20 “ pitt aon... 1 40 a 16 Egg Plums, stand..... 1 a. 35 ee 100 Grape Green Gages.......... i "15@ D1 35 Peaches, yellow, stand1 75@1 85 e seconds ...... 1 10@1 45 " Pe 1 ee 1 2 Pineapples ........-...- 1 _ 50 ME oc ce cease 1 00 aspberries, ieee 2.2... 17 red.. Strawberries ..... Whortloberces.............- CANNED VEGETABLES. ae s, Oyster Bay...... Beans ima, eee... 85 «Green Limas.. @1 % - = ......... @ . Sirtneleas, Brie... .... 90 ** Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40 Corn, Archer’s Trophy...... 1 00 ° Morn’g Glory .1 00 “ “Early Golden.1 00 Pees, Vreeeh..............-. 1 68 “extra marrofat. . @i 2% ee ec 80 “« Jame, otend............ 1 40 a © pttted....... 1 ise 85 ‘s French, extra fine... .1 50 Mushrooms, "extra fine...... 2 15 Pumpkin, 31b. Golden... @1 10 Succotesh, standard... ..90@1 40 feueen........ .-...-....-.- 110 Tomatoes, Red Coat.. 95@1 00 Good Enough%@l 00 . BenHar ... 95@1 00 = oo — 95@1 00 Michigan Full oo ae aan Gane............: @16% CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. German Sweet.. .......... — Prem’ ........ 28 NOs ical cc, 38 eenentuak OOO oo... 48 roe... 37 CHEWING GUM. Rubber, = lumps Lier ae = ee 30 CHICORY. ee 6 See ee, 1% COFFEE EXTRACT. i City ; . cCOFFEE—Green. Rio, mc Ld @21 a — - 21 Q22 ' peal eee @23 “ fancy, washed... @24 eens... 233 @%4 Bameee. |... 22 @2& Mexican & Guatemala23 @24 eave, tnterior.......- . 24 @26 . Mandheling.... @30 Pesberry 2.0... . 2... 22 @rA Mocha, genuine..... 26 To ascertain cost of en coffee, add \%c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. COFFEES—Package. i Calaoeiw. 2534 McLaughlin’s XXXX....2514 Team... se 25 CLOTHES LINES, Cotton, f%....... per doz. 1 25 ' me [ 1 50 - mm... " 1% . wis....... - 2 00 . 80 ft. _ 2 Jute 60 ft. 1 00 © ate... - 115 CONDENSED MILK Pome... . 7 50 Anglo Swiss.........- 6 00@ 7 60 COUPONS. courpons—‘‘Superior.” 8 1 per hundred ee 2 50 fe ee 3 00 . * _ 4 00 $10, . Ce 5 00 — . Cieece +e. Oe coupons—‘‘Tradesman.” $1, DS hundred Sees cee 2 S A 25 25, “ CS 3 oO Hie e e : = a. Sas Subject to the following fis counts: 200 or. over. 2 per cent, 500 ieee — ~~~... 20 “ CRACKERS, Kenosha Butter...........- 7% yor § (ttt. 1: oS ee 5% i 5% " Wieewe... 6 ee 6% (a. oe..............-..... 7% - ee i” me Cee 5% City Oyster, XXX.. .. oe Mente 5% CREAM TARTAR, Strictly pure.. oe. eee 25 DRIED FRUITS—Domestic. Apples, sun-dried..... - 48 5 os evaporated. . @10 Apricots, . — @1i7 Blackberries “ _.0 @6 Reese ge ee 14 Peaches 2 nee ie 14 Plums Ye . Raaoewe 8. 25 DRIED FRUITS—Prunes. a 64@ 6% oe. se 64@ 63% Canrernia............ DRIED oie Eomen 2.8... 8 ee i, 8 DRIED FRUITS—Citron. In drum.. . : @23 here @25 DRIED nes aca Zante, in barrels..... @ 6 © in less quantity @ 6% DRIED FRUITS—Raisins. Oe @10 eee, cc, @il Geico... .......... 10 Gi London Layers, Cali- fornia.. -..2 30@2 London Lay‘ ers, for'n. @ Muscatels, California.1 75@2 25 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Warts, 100 Ib. kegs......... Hominy, per bbl 3 00 Macaroni, dom 12 1b box.. 60 . imported eee @ 9% Foert Haréy.......... @ 2% Pees, green... .. 2.5... @1 10 © eee... @3 Sago, German.. @ 6% Tapioca, fi’k or p’ rl. 6@ 7 Wheat, cracked.. @5 Vermicelli, import.. @10 domestic. . @60 FISH—SALT. Coe, weoele............ 5 @6 ~ Donciems.......... 6%4@ 74 Toes... 9% @10 Herring, round, % bbl.. 2 65 - ibbed.. 2% 2 00 . folland, pble.. 2 . ' kegs, new @ % . Sealed ........ma 2 Mack. sh’s, No. 2 2,% bbl 1200 12 Ib kit. -130 “ “ “ 1 a © Trout, if WM ci; 4 00@4 25 0 Ib, kits 60 ALT Diamond orn stal, in cases TOBACC os—Plug. S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands 37 Nimrod, 4x12 and 2x12........ 7 Reception, 2 2-5x12, 16 oz. 36 Vinco, 1x6, 4% to See Big 5 Center, 3x12, 12 oz. 34 Wire Gio... ............ aa Mriiket, O10, 9oe............. 25 Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands, Something Good...... 33 Dowie Pedro........... ... 35 Peach Pic .. a Ww edding ( ‘ake, blk. 2 “Voreecea”.......... . Oe TOBACC os—Fine C uit. D. Seotten & Co.’s Brands. PS 62 Sweet Cuba.......... 35 Our Leader. 35 TOBACCOS “Smoking. Our Leader 3 Hector. Le Plow Boy, 2 ea «oe 206... «al . 16 ox.. oe VINEGAR. oe. 8 WO re $1 for barrel MISCELLANEOUS. Cocoa Shells, Wulk......... PAPER & WOODENW ARE PAPER. Curtiss & Co. quote as fol- Ows: Straw .. 4 - 160 Light. Weight... a 200 pugar ...... \ Hoek e e Paeerawere. .... ............. 256 De ou Oe i) Gooee............ .,....8 Jute Manilla.. Siseeice Red Express No.1 1. SS rl 4 TW i Ee. @ COMGM oc.) k -. oe Cotton, No. eee 20 | S......... ...... 18 | Sea Island, assorted....... 40 i he, & Herp... ......... 1.18 No. 6 Oe tiee essen uaceus 17 | Wool . ree | " WOODENW ARE. Pane Ne 7 00 . © Wem... aw 6 | ‘ No. 3. . 6 00 | Pails, No. 1, two hoop.. 1 50 i No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 7% i Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 60 | Bowls, dine 1 00 i. i tose 13 | s“ 15 | 15 00 pe wr, °o 7 er erones 27 o deena 17 sand 198 2 50 ‘ © 15a, Ifs and 198 2 75 | Baskets, meetee.... Oe | bushel 50 “ee PA _ i with covers 1 90 willow cr ths, No.1 5 7% No. 2 6 25 . No.3 7 2% | No.1 3 50 “ No.2 4 26 ‘ No.3 5 00 j | splint GRAINS al FE EDSTUFFS WHEAT. PWome ... ..... 80 ; Toe... SO All wheat, bought on 60 Ib. test. MEAL, MOMOG cs. 5.0... cc, 1 00 Granulated. . . 1 FLOUR. Straight, Mm saeks........, 4 " Derrom......, 4 30 Patent “ saeks......... 610 . “ Verve ....... 5 30 MILLSTUFFS, a ........ ... ... 12 00 Ships... 11 50 Bereen eee ................ 11 00 Middlings.. 13 00 Mixed Weed 13 50 Coarse meal. .............. 13 50 CORN, Saal toee..........,..... 36 Car eee eee a, 32 OATS, Small lots a 28 Car ye 26 RYE. 1... @35 BARLEY Mot. 1 10 POG ce 1 06 HAY No. 7. eae - 1000 No. 2 .. 2 HIDES, PELTS| and FURS, Pe rkins & Hess pay as fol lows HIDES. Treen 4@4% Part Cire... .......... @ 4 ull ai 4 @4% He: avy steers, extra. oe 15 @ 6 Pty Hips .............5 @6& Calfskins, green...... 3 @5 Gured...... 4K4@ 5 Deacon skins..........10 @20 4 off for No. § PELTS, SOMIee,...... .. +... 10 @2% Estimated wool, per 20 @2s8 FuRs—10 per cent. off. moe Gare............ 25@ 7% ' pale...... ...... Sa oe Peo. ............,. 40@ 80 Coenen. .......,.......,. a oo -_a............... Aa ror a ............ 1 25@1 50 ve 2 0O@5 00 "grey. .... 40@ 70 Ce ee al T5@1 00 . w.............. 50@ %5 Preoer.......,......... 4 00@5 00 Pyne... sn... 2 00@3 OC Martin, —.... ..... 1 26@3 00 pale & yellow 60@ 15 Otter, dark....... . 6 OAS 00 A ne 2 00@3 00 Bear. mena ts cee aoe ote Cee Beaver -2 NGG 00 ue lect 15@ 2 Deerskins, per !b...... 15@ % Above prices for No. 1 skins only. WOOL, Washed.. . -256@30 Unwashed... . 12@20 MISCELLANEOUS Tallow . i. 3 @ 3% Grease butter. 2 @ 3 Syren ._............ 1%@ 2 Ginseng. i ...2 OOM 50 Above p rices Q re nominal and for immediate delivery only. DETROIT SOAP CO’S FAMOUS Queen Anne Soap The Best Known, Most Popular and Fastest Selling Laundry and General Family No Grocery Stock Complete Oleograph, Size 15x20 inches, given for 25 QU E EN Laundry and Toilet Soaps are sold by all Wholesale Grocers. G. HAWKINS, coc ANNE Without Salesman for Weatern Michi Z BOX t73, This Brand. Handsome SOAP WRAPPERS. Our an, GRAND APIDS. = & BROOKS & CC), WHOLESALE MANUF ACTURERS OF 7 Pure Candies. 24 packages _-.... OF Common Fine ‘per ee 80 Solar gy 6G ID. sacks..... 27 i pock a 1 90 ek. 2 00 White, No. 1, % bbls. .5 50@5 75 | 100 qe 2 15 : 12 lb, Kits... 1 00) Ashton bu. bags .......-.... 75 . . 10 Ib. kite..... 80 | Higgins “ ec eee ee 5 ' Family, % bbls.... .250) Warsaw “ a. = ry Engines and Boilers in Stock & for immediate delivery. Planers, Matchers, Mculders and ail kinds of Wood- Workiny Machine: Saws, Belting and Oils. And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Pulley and become convinced of their superiority. 44,46 and 48 So. Division St... GRAND RAPTHIim wt Send for Sas: Write for Prices. ROM WATER : FREE py 4 — on , S/f i lp > = 2 _ 2 o € .\=s ~ 2’ c = ——} DIRECTIONS ea We nave cooked the corn in this can ss ienti Should be TAcroughly armed ‘uet ee adding piece o! hoo butter (size of hen’s egg.) and gil » fresh milk (preferable t6 water.) Season to suit when on the tabie. None genuine uniess bearing the signature vt < on — En AT HIS e« | FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. A. J. BowNE, President. Gro. C. PiERCE, Vice President. H. W. Nasn, Cashier CAPITAL, - - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. sakea Specialty of Collections. Accounts of Country Merchants Solicited. TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect March 16, 1890. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive. Leave. Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 7:10am | Traverse City Express............. : 20 am 11:30am Traverse City & Mackinaw..........3:2 25pm 4:10pm From Cincinnati 318 pm Cadillac (Mixed).. 6:30 pm Through coaches for Saginaw on 7:10 a m and 4:10 p m train. GOING SOUTH. Cincinnati Express................ 7:15am Fort Wayne Express........ ..-11:45am 12 25pm Cincinnati Express...............- 5:30 pm 6:00 pm From Mackinaw & Traverse City..10:40 p m Prots OGGTIIAG. ... 00.000. c sec errccessss 9:55 am Train leaving for Cincinnati at6p. m. and arriving from Cincinnati at 9:20 p. m., runs daily, Sundays in eluded. Other trains daily except Sunday. Sleeping and Parlor Car Service: North—7:00 a.m and 4:10 p. m. trains have sleeping and parlor cars for Mackinaw City. South—7:15a. m. train has chair car and 6 p. m. train Pullman sleeping car for Cincinnati Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect Nov. 10, 1889. Leave Arrive DN ick rece rcec tut i daercee cues meee - 10:15 am 3:45 pm Pm 8:45 pm 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. C. L. Lock woop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEST. Arrives. Leaves. *Moraing Expres. .........0000500. 12:50 p m 1:00 pm POUT MN ois ieee ee eee 4:10pm 4:20pm tGrand Rapids Express........... 10:40 pm PEATE TOME, «ones sone c ceca es 6:40am 7:00am Co 7:30am GOING EAST. Cpetrets Daerees.................. 6:50 am *Terouem eel. .......... 10:20 a m tEvenin $:45 pm *Night 10:55 p m +Daily, Sundays excepted. Detroit Express and Evening Express have parlor cars 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 oy eagel sleeping ear to Detroit, arriving in Detroit at 7:20 a. m. Through railroad tickets and ocean eile tickets and sleeping car berths secured ai D.,G. H. & M.R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot AS. CAMPBELL, Citv 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 MIGHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falls Route.” DEPART. ARRIVE ORE ON ois ee siccae anes 6:45am 10:15pm eee ou... .. 6:50am 5:30pm Dey Exprees............. 11:55am 10:00am *Atlantic & Pacific Express. 10:45pm 6:00am — TO ick c cece gence COO IS me ail y- 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. Brieas, Gen’! Agent. 85 Monroe St. G.S Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Otfice, 67 Monroe St. O. W. RuGeiEs, G. P. & T. Agent., Chicago Syed aaa Ader as Sag hen xg" aap SWCS, BRass RULE 7 uae Pa me FURNITURE aeRO r | SRR Ry re ae aay en THe MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 15 The P. of I. Dealers. The following are the P. of I. dealers who had not cancelled their contracts at last accounts: Ada—L. Burns. Adrian—Powers & Burnham, Anton Wehle, L. T. Lochner, Burleigh Bros., Sharp & Baker. Allendale—Henry Dalman. Almont—Colerick & Martin. Altona—Eli Lyons. Armada—cC. J. Cudworth. Assyria—J. W. Abbey. Aurelius—John D. Swart. Bay City—Frank Rosman & Co. Belding—L. S. Roell. Bellevue—John Evans. Big Rapids—W. A. Verity,A. V. Young, | P. Shankweiler & Co., ‘Turk, K. Sharp, A. Markson. Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr. Brice—J. B. Gardner. Bridgeton—Geo. H. Rainouard. Burnside—Jno. G. Bruce & Son. Capac—H. C. Sigel. Carlton Center—J. N. Covert. Mrs. oe Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. Y. Ses- | sions. Casnovia—John E. Cedar Springs—John Fish, B. Tripp. Pareell. Charlotte—John J. Richardson, Daron | & Smith, J. Goodby. Chester—P. C. Smith. Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell. Clio—John W. Hurd. Coldwater—J. D. Benjamin. Conklin—Wilson McWilliams. Coral—J. S. Newell & Co. Dorr—Frank Sommer. Dushville—G. O. Adams. Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt. Eaton Rapids—Knapp & Rich, H. Kosit- chek & Bro. Evart—Mark Ardis, E. F. Shaw, John C. Devitt. Fenwick—Thompson Bros. Flint—John B. Wilson. Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark. Fremont—J. B. Ketchum, W. Harmon. Gladwin—John Graham, J. D. Sanford, Jas. Croskery. Gowan—Rasmus Neilson. Grand Ledge—Frank O. Lord. Grand Rapids—Joseph Berles, A. Wil- zinski, Brown & Sehler, Volmari & Von Keppel, Houseman, Donnally & Jones, Ed Struensee. Greenville—Jacobson & Netzorg. Hart—Rhodes & Leonard. Hersey—John Finkbeiner. Hesperia—B. Cohen. Howard City — O. J. Knapp, Bros., C. E. Pelton. Hubbardston—M. H. Cahalan. Imlay City—Cohn Bros. lonia—H. Silver, Wm, Wing. Jackson—Hall & Rowan. Kalamo—L. R. Cessna. Kent City—M. L. Whitney. Laingsburg—D. Lebar. Lake Odessa—Christian Haller & Co., E. F. Colwell & Son, Fred Miller. Lakeview—H. C. Thompson, Andrew All & Bro. Langston—F. D. Briggs. Lansing—R. A. Bailey, Israel) Glieman. Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. nings. Lowell—Patrick Kelly. McBride’s—J. McCrae. Mancelona—J. L. Farnham. Manton—A. Curtis. Maple Rapids—L. 8. Aldrich. Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. per & Son, Jno. Butler, John Fletcher. Mecosta—Ferris & Parks. Andrews, Herold Etta Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. S.) Knight, Chas. | 3 Gauntlett, Jas. Gauntlett, Jr. Millington—Chas. H. Valentine. Morley—Henry Strope. Mt. Morris—H. E. Lamb, J. Vermett & Son, F. H. Cowles. Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara. Nashville—H. M. Lee. Newaygo—W. Harmon. North Dorr—John Homrich. Nottawa—Dudley Cutler. Ogden—A. J. Pence. Olivet—F. H. Gage. Onondaga—John Sillik. Orono—C. A. Warren. Potterville—F. D. Lamb & Co. Remus—C. V. Hane. Beneus, B. A. } CG. Fs Leek, &. i. | (Mrs. | H. Jen- | R. Lep- | Richard Butler, | Richmond—Knight & Cudworth, A. W. Reed. Riverdale—J. B. Adams. Rockford—B. A. Fish. Sebewa—P. F. Knapp. Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow. Sheridan—M. Gray. Shultz—Fred Otis. Sparta—Dole & Haynes. Springport—Powers & Johnson, Well ington & Hammond. Stanton—Fairbanks & Co., Sterling & Co. Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter. Traverse City—John Wilhelm, 8S. C. Darrow, D. D. Paine. Trufant—l. Terwilliger. Vassar—McHose & Gage. Wheeler—Louise (Mrs. |H. C. Breckenridge. A.) Johnson. White Cloud—J. C. Townsend, N. W. | | Wiley. | Whitehall—Geo. Nelson, John Haver- | Kate. | Williamston—Thos. Horton. + A Book-keeper Gone. | **Well,’? he said, as he steppe d aboard | | the « car, ‘‘my book-keeper is gone.’’ | “No !”? ““Ves,7’ “When did it happen ?”’ | “Last night.’” “Phew! Well, do you know, I’ve al- lw ays had my suspicions of that man, and | | once or twice I have felt as if I ought to How much are you stuck ? ro Why, the man is dead !”’ | warn you. ; “Stock | | ‘Oh! You meant that he died, instead lof skipping to Canada ?”’ | “Yes.” ‘‘Well, I always believed he would die | Or do something of the sortS He had a | bad, bad head on him.’’ SPROUL» Se SGURRIy aN 7 AND 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. 184 Kast Fulton St, Head of Monroe, Telephone No. 147. 21 Scribner Street, Telephone No, 1109. GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. La re as Y eT ate OA eS) IABLOW BROS.GRAND RAPIDS,MICH Runs Easy NO BACKACHE. ONE MAN, Write for descriptive cata:ogue con- noe testimonials from band is Of people who have sawed from 4 to 9 cords daily. 25,000now siceessfully use - Agency can be had where there isa vacancy. 4N INVENTION for fling saws sent free with each machine, i the use of this fm penance can file their own saws now and do it better than the greatest expert. can with- out it. Adapted to all cross-cut saws. Every one who owns asaw should haveone. Ask your dealers or write FOLDING SAWING MACHINE South Canal Street, Chicago, E CO., 808 to 811 CURTISS & CoO., WHOLESALE Paper Warehouse. EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR THE KEYSTONE BINDERS’ TWINE. Houseman Block, ~ Grand Rapids, Mich. Oranges, Lemons, Nuts, Bananas, Peanuts. Figs, Dates, Gitron, Ets. The Putnam Candy Co. VV ag on HEADQUARTERS FOR RULT | | SEND FOR PRICE LIST. | Duplex er Business One of the most perfect wagons ever produced, combining strength, durability and cheapness of price. Just the wagon for light delivery, farmer’s run-about, or for pleasure. Send for price list and description. THE BELKNAP WAGON & SLEIGH CO., Grand Rapids. GEO. H. REEDER, State Agent Lycoming Rubbers and Jobber of Medinm Price Shoes, Grand Rapids, Mich. Bertsch & Co. Satin Oil Calf The dandy line ‘19qgqnyY Zury00}3g Sur “180M 2 Bu17417 s80g ON, of medium weight Made in congress or bals, old gents’ width, and goods. regular or in first or second quality. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 12, 14 AND 16 PEARL WM.SEARS & CO., ——Gracker Manufacturers, 37, 89 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. ST., noise beeen See 8 ht UT ROAR tb nem EP ier inaes..datlinninciminnsaseiaidgilestis. Shinic sihietsNeins nbnhiise stereos os aatansomemen. 0 Mirani res ae hon th eA PB a SEN EET ah Eid, wshuabeaincdaasennauecenoaibininents. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. RANDOM REFLECTIONS. | Sentiment in favor of school savings | banks appears to be on the increase. And there would seem to be no reasonable | reason why the youthful mind should | not receive daily instruction in thrift, | economy and matters of finance, as well | as physiology and dozens of dry sub- | jects, some of which will not be of the least practical value in after life. It is mighty seldom that Latin nouns and Greek roots prove to be an aid in solving | the perplexing and intricate problems of the business day. This is a hustling age, and, to a certain extent, the mental training of our youth should conform in | some manner to its present and pros- pective demands. The National Bureau of Education has given its emphatic en- dorsement to the school system of sav- ings, and other educational bodies, and | men of thought and brain, have lent it | their approval. About $58,000 thus far | has been deposited by 9,700 scholars in | the different states. Aside from the ed- | ucationary effect on the youthful mind, the gratitude of parents throughout the country will be earned, if, instead of looking to legislation to correct such vicious and destroying habits as smoking cigarettes and the like, the habits of thrift, economy and the care of the phys- ical body, and the little pennies turned into these savings banks can be made to correct these pernicious evils. t+ & & The question of endorsing paper as an accommodation fora friend is one that recent occurrences in business circles have again brought into prominence. ‘‘It is time,’’ said a leading bank officer to a reporter, ‘“‘that the old weakness of en- dorsing and becoming security for others ona basis of friendship should be dis- continued. The woes that have followed this folly and wrong can never be ade- quately told. To be responsible, and to make oneself and one’s family responsi- ble for that which he cannot control, is too unbusiness-like an undertaking to be reasoned about calmly. The accommo- dation endorser. even for solvent friends, is always on the anxious seat, but when he allows himself to be used by aecquain- tances or friends who are not solid in business connections and financial stand- ing, he generally has to meet the loss himself. There is no act so irrational, from a business point of view, as this accommodation endorsing, and the friend who requests itis unjust in asking for it, and unfair in receiving it.’’ # % @ “The increase in the number of mer- chants who discount their bills is remark- able,’? observed Samuel M. Lemon, the other day. ‘I note that many dealers are now discounting who never thought of such a thing a year ago, and this leads me to repeat what I have stated a hun- dred times before, that the merchant who does not discount his bills is not a good merchant and is not doing squarely by himself. The change made by the sugar refiners in this respect—increasing the cost discount from { to % per cent.— shows the drift of public sentiment on this important matter. Although rich almost beyond computation, the refiners find it to be good policy to stimulate the discounting of their bills. The jobbers go them one better by granting the re- | tailer 1 per cent. discount on sugar, pork, ham, lard and provisions generally, and | the man who does not take advantage of | his discounts is sure to beleft in the race or supremacy.”’ Something New Bill Snort We guarantee this cigar the best $35 cigar on the market. Send us trial order, and if not ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY return them. Advertising mat- ter sent with each order. Charlevoix Gigar Mfg 6o., CHARLEVOIX, MICH. ‘Our Leader” Goods Having stood the test of time and the battle of competition and come off victorious, we have no hesitation in recommending to the BSE" trade our line of Our Leader Cigars, Ovr Leader Smoking, Our Leader Fine Gut, Ovr Leader Baking Powder, Our header Saleratvs, OUr header Brooms, FIT FOR A Gentleman's TABLE: All goods bearing the name of Thurber, Whyland & Co. or Alexis Godillot, Jr. F.d DEYTENTHALER JOBBER OF Fresh and Salt Lake Fish—== —AND— —=—(Jeean Fish Mail orders receive prompt attention. See quotations in another column. GRAND RAPIDS. We respectfully call your attention to the fact that we carry the most complete stock of seeds in Western Michigan. Send for our wholesale price list and catalogue before buying Clover, ‘ONION SKTS, | , Timothy, Red fo. In fact, everything Ete., in our line at lowest Ete j market values. Brown's Seed Store, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WHICH ARE NOW LEADERS IN FACT In hundreds of stores throughout the State. If you are not handling these goods. send in sample order for the full line and see how your trade in these goods will increase. IM. CLARK & SON. S. K. BOLLES. E. B. DIKEMAN. S. K. Bolles & Co., 77 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. W holesale Cigar Dealers. “| Vee wrt. 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. Lemon & Peters, WHOLESALE GROCERS. SOLE AGENTS FOR Lautz Bros. & Co,’s Soaps, Niagara Starch, Amboy Cheese GRAND RAPIDS.