ce eens VOL. 7. REMPIS & GALLMEYER, FOUNDERS General Jobbers and Manufacturers of ae Lawn Vases, Roof Crestings, Steps, Hitehing Posts and Stair Steps. 54-56 N. Front St. Grand Rapids, Mich. Best and Cheapest Thorough, Practical and € Jomplete. __ (The West Michigan | Business University, = NORM AL SCHOOL, McMullen. ‘Block, 23. South ee St., *. GRAND RAPIDS, MICE Is the Best Place to obtain a ee. Prae tical and Complete Education. The Best ACTUAL BUSINESS Department in the State. The most thorough and practically conducted Short-Hand and Typewriting Department in the West. Do not fail to write for particulars. YEREX, President. SEEDS! Write for jobbing prices on Mammoth, Medium, Alsyke and AlfalfaClover, Timothy, Orchard Grass, Red Blue Top, Grass, Field Peas, Beans, Produce and WOOL. ——— , , Grand Rapids. C. 76 So. S. G. KETCHAM, DEALER IN Lime, Hair, Cement BRICK, SEWER PIPE, TILE, ETC., 14 West Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, - ai Division S MICH Something New Bill Snort Carriage | | | GRAND RAPIDS, “WED SEEDS if in wantof Clover or Timothy, Orchard, Blue Grass, or Red Top, fact, Any Kind of Seed, send or write to the or, in Grand Rapids Seed Store, 71 Canal St., GRAND RAPIDS. W.T. LAMOREAUX. YNESDAY, JUNE 25 1890. OUT OF EGYPT. When Abraham Lincoln set the slaves of my father’s Maryland household free, ihe left me bound—bound with a double jchain of pride and prejudice to old tra- | ditions and old habits, and hugging the fetters which no process of law could disannul. I had been very rich, and 1 was now very poor. Between the iron clasps that bound together had and now, what misery lay—war, famine, pesti- lence, poverty! The first three had done their worst, and gone; the last, and melancholy, sat down on olated hearthstone and promised me his perpetual companionship. It did not seem to me at that time that I could help it. Work or beggary was the avenue of escape, and I fancied one wag just as disreputable as the other. Nor did it help me to see my companions gradually abandoning their principles. Emily Latrobe had gone to school-teach- ing; Julia Home was helping her mother to keep a boarding house. Even Richard, | | Fehsenfeld & Grammel, (Successors to Steele & Gardner.) Manufacturers of BROOMS Whisks, Toy Brocms, Broom Corn, Broom Handles, and all Kinds of Broom Materials. 10 and 12 Plainfield Ave., Grand Rapids. who had always sworn I was perfect, be- gan to listen silently, and to shake his head at what he called my ‘‘impracti- cable views.”’ “1711 tell you what it is, Lulu,’’ he re- plied one night, after I had been talking a great deal about Emily’s degradation, ‘old Latrobe was as grand a gentleman as | shall ever see again, and Emily as Sell-Ammual Clearance Sale Fine Millinery. A Fine Opportunity to Buy Hats and Bonnets Cheap. Adams & L0., 90 MONROE ST., OPPOSITE THE MORTON HOUSE. Trimmed dainty a little lady; but it was either work or starve with her.’’ “Then she ought to have starved. Many of the old French nobility did do it, rather than degrade their order.’’ “Stuff, Lulu! We are nearly a cen- tury older now, and we know better. Besides, 1 tried starving in camp in Vir- ginia last year, and it is hard work. And, what is more, if business does not come soon, I shall pull down my shingle and teach or preach, or do any kind of work I can get to do.’’ ‘‘Very well, sir. In that case, our en- W. C. WILLIAMS. A. SHELEY. A. 8S. BROOKS. WILLIAMS, SHELEY & BROOKS Successors to FARRAND, WILLIAMS & CO., Wholesale Druggists, AT THE OLD STAND. Corner 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 Cigar Mfg 6o., CHARLEVOIX, MICH. Have an Electric Bell Full | @an be put up by any one in one In your residence. Complete outfit $2.50, instructions. Address PENINSULAR CO., Grand Rapids. hour. | | | | j | | | ALLEN DURFEE. A. D. LEAVENWORTH. Allen Durfee & Co., FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 103 Ottawa St., S. A. Morman, WHOLESALE Grand Rapids. PETOSKEY, MARBLEHEAD AND OHIO y AKRON, BUFFALO AND LOUISVILLE CEMENTS, Stueco and Hair, Sewer Pipe, Fire Brick and Clay. Write for prices. 69 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS. Bates and Larned Streets, Detroit. gagement would terminate.”’ We had many such disputes, and Richard grew graver and sadder each time, while Emily’s and Julia’s new dresses and bright faces continually irri- tated me. They began to give advice: I was a splendid musician. Why did I not try and make a little money ? ‘Make a little money!’ I replied, seornfully. ‘‘Make money and lose my self-respect ! The Pelhams never worked for their living.”’ ‘“Well,’’? said Emily, ‘‘I think it is time you began to redeem their character. Come, Lulu; Mrs. Home says you can have Nettie to begin with.”’ My message to Mrs. Home was nota flattering one, and a few more such con- versations broke up the friendship of a lifetime. One night, while still smarting from some such rencontre, | saw Richard com- ing up the avenue. What a lazy grace was in his supple form! What slumber- ing power in his magnificent length and strength of limb! And when he came closer, I saw the fire of a new purpose in his eye. This purpose was to abandon his profession, and accept a situation in New York which a friend had procured for him. I was amazed and indignant. “Gointo trade, Richard, what nonsense!’ We had many bitter words; and when he went away with a sad heart but resolute step from my presence, I knew that I had sealed my own misery. less and less, and daily grew more and more unlike the society around me, which was changing continually, as it assimi- lated itself to the new order of every- thing. Butin 1870 I-stood where I had stood in 1860—a relic of a class which would soon be atradition. In the first week of 1870, however. a fire occurred, which destroyed my sole remaining prop- erty, the rent of which was my only means of procuring actual bread. 1 had | gaunt | my des- | only | After Richard’s departure, I went out | Michigan Tradesman. now achance to put my fine theories into practice, and starve, but such a dernier ressort never oceurred tome. That fire seemed to liberate all the latent energy and power of my nature. I took prompt and rapid counsel with myself, and de- termined at once to break away from every old association; to come to New York and teach, or sew or write, or any other thing my hand found todo. Per- haps some hope of meeting Richard again was at the foundation of this re- solve; but if so, I did not acknowledge it, though I had been longing for any ex- cuse which would enable me to renew our old relation. Whatever was my motive, | followed out my design, though for many long, weary weeks nothing prospered with me. Work was very hard to get, and when I had succeeded, I was in actual want before my first quarter’s salary was due. I suffered so much, that I began to be afraid of my own pale, thin face, and of the hunted look in my eyes, and to solemnly wonder, if I should die in the night, whether Richard would hear of it, and bury me decently. But when the tide has ebbed quite out, then it be- gins to flow again. One night, as I came up Broadway, faint and weary, and wondering how much longer 1 should be able to suffer, some one put his hand upon my shoulder from behind, and cried out, with a great pity: “Oh, Lulu! Lulu, daring!’ tf knew it was Richard, but I was too faint and sick to do more than look into his face and put my hand in his. He placed me in a carriage and took me somewhere, I don’t know where, but the light and warmth and comfort seemed Paradise; and he got me wine and food; and pretty soon I had made a clean breast of all my mistakes and sufferings. A great tempta- tion came to me when he asked where I lived. For a moment the mean, miserable thought of hiding my real residence urged me; but only fora moment. The next one, 1 looked him steadily in the face, and said, frankly: ‘‘My home, Richard, is inasmall room on a third Bleecker street.’’ I am how much it cost me to say tlushed with floor in sure he knew this, for he pleasure as he answered: ‘“‘You dear, brave little woman!’ Then he put my arm in his, and walked with me to my abode. With that confession, the last link of my chain fell from me. ‘The sting of poverty is in being ashamed of it. We were not married until the summer vacation; for 1 was determined to show Richard that I had learned the obligation of business arrangements. Our home was quite down town, and I dare say fashionable people would not acknowl- edge that they had ever heard of such a place; but we had three bright, pretty rooms there, and it was near to Richard’s place of business, and quite accessible to those whose friendship is not limited by localities. I suppose you will say that I only came out of one bondage to go into another. Well, that was twenty years ago, but Richard is a better master to me than ever I was to myself. I have never felt my bonds, and I look upon the little gold emblem of my captivity with more love and respect than if it was an amulet of the saints. AMELIA E. BARR. > -¢ <> -----— The Line of Distinction. From the Detroit News. The peculiar scruples of one corner grocery-keeper were nicely illustrated on Crawford street, on arecent Sunday. A domestic was sent with a pitcher to get some vinegar. The woman of the house took the pitcher and inquired: ‘‘Beer ?’’ ‘No; vinegar.’? ‘‘We don’t sell grocer- ies on Sunday,’’ remarked the woman as | she slammed the door. oo a ee Fourth of July goods of all kinds. PuTNnaM CANDy Co. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. A MERRY MERCHANT. What He Could Get for Fitting out a Rural Picnic. Written for THE TRADESMAN. The merchant sat on a box on the wide platform in front of his store and smoked his. pipe while the girls and boys of the village went by on their way to a picnic in the grove. There was amighty flutter of mull and lawn and muslin in the fresh June air, and amore dazzling array of ribbons was never seen since the world began. **I] shall be sick on account of it,’’ said the old gentleman, pointing with the long stem of his pipe toward the procession, **I] know I shall be sick of it.”” Then he jumped off the box to chase the son of a prominent citizen away from the cracker barrel, which feat successfully accom- plished he came back to his seat and his story. “ve been asked a thousand questions and rejected a million propositions over every square inch of the attire of that dg ‘You think when you come in here from the fields procession,’’ he continued. and the shops that I have a blamed easy time sitting on this box, don’t you, now? Well, if you’d been me when the mother of that tall girl with freekles on her nose came in to negotiate for that picnic out- fit you’d have gone out somewhere and let the oxen walk on you. ‘The first time she came she wanted to trade a load of cowslip greens for those festive habiliments. Greens are nice things to trade off for dry goods! Yeu can find more greens in every back yard of this village than you can find temper- I don’t object to temperance votes, but I draw the line at ance votes in Sparta. greens. “If the woman had brought in a supe- rior article of rabbit tracks, perhaps I might have done business with her. Ever brace up your system on rabbit tracks ? They are said to be mighty popular with defeated politicians and men out ona long strike. You get ’em inthe morning after a light fall of snow, and you must be careful not to break the snow around the track when you pick ’em, as that spoils the flavor of the broth. But she didn’t have rabbit tracks; she had greens, and went away mad because I wouldn’t take ’em. ‘She came back in the afternoon with a clipping from a Grand Rapids paper showing that butter was selling for eighteen cents a pound there. She wanted me to take a crock of butter at seventeen cents. I tried to compromise by saying that if she would pay for the girl’s shoes | in freight cars and iron nails and rights of way, sothat | would stand some chance | of getting her butter to market at a profit, | I might pay her seventeen cents a pound for it- She wouldn’t do that, and went away mad again. “I followed her out past the black- smiths shop to see if she wouldn’t try to trade a punched cable ticket for a new wagon wheel, but she didn’t. ‘The next day she came in with some | money that 1 had paid her husband for | stave bolts. When she showed up that money she owned the store. There wasn’t anything good enough for her, or | I felt like going out and | cheap enough. pulling down the house, but I had to stay there and sell goods. Grand I knew that some confounded Rapids drummer would be along next day who wouldn’t | trade his goods for cowslip greens. “Gentlemen, the colors in everything Playing Cards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Daniel Lynch, 19 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. BEACH’S New York Goffee Rooms. 61 Pearl Street. Five Cents Each for all dishes served from bill of fare. Steaks, Chops and All Kinds of Order Cooking a Specialty. FRANK M. BEACH, Prop. KDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker = Jeweler, 4h GANAI. SY, Grand Rapids - Mich. WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. If you have any of the above goods to | ship, or anything in the Produce line, let | us hear from you. Liberal cash advances made when desired. EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. | Reference: FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. | A. J. Bowne, President. Gro. C. PIERCE, Vice President. H. W. Nasu, Cashier - $300,000. CAPITAL, - - Transacts a general banking business. i j Make a Specialty of Collections. Accounts of Country Merchants Solicited, I. M. CLARK & SON,, Importers and Jobbers of Fine Havana, Key West and Domestic CIGARS! Sole Agents for V. Martinez Ybor & Co., ‘‘E] Principe de Gales’? Factory, Key West; Baltz, Clymer & Co.’s ‘‘El. Mereto’’ and ‘‘Henry Clay’”’ brands; Celestino Palacio & Co.’s ‘‘La Rosa’’ (full line); Seiden- berg & Co.’s ‘Figaro’ and ‘‘Knapsack.’’ We want your trade on Havana and Key West goods and are prepared to give you satisfaction in every instance. I. M. CLARK & SON. THR WALSH--DE ROO MILLING CO. HOLLAND, MICH. te Daily Capacity. 400 Bbls. BRANDS: SUNLIGHT, DAISY, PURITY, MORNING STAR, IDLEWILD, DAILY BREAD, _ ECONOMY. SPECIALTIES: Graham, Wheatena, Buckwheat Flour, Rye Flour, Bolted Meal, Rye Meal, Wheat Grits, Buckwheat Grits, Pearl Barley, Oat Meal, Rolled Oats. Wall Paper and Window Shades, House and Store Shades Made to Order. NELSON BROS. & CO., 68 MONROE STREET. WHO URGES YOU TO BREEP SA POLIO’? THE PUBLIC! By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers cre ate a demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods in stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. Without effort on the grocer’s part the goods sell themselves, bring purchas- ers to the store, and help'sell less known goods. ANY JOBBER WILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS. GEO. H. REEDER, State Agent { Lycoming Rubbers and Jobber of Medium Price Shoes. Grand Rapids, Mich. -soqane Zuryqoo0zg Zur ~180M % 3u1}}17 880g OTT, hited sae! that woman bought that day are fast. I The proprietor was chatty, his wife know, because she tried every dod gasted | Was sociable, and I made the most of my »ppor 2V ec , ‘ one of them in a barrel of rain-water that | °P! tunity; it never harmed me. | had ;}evidence afterward that my work that I keep out here to make things nice and day was a stepping-stone in my career, comfortable for the boys who come here and I might almost call itone of the turn- every night to serape my molasses bar- | ing-points in my life. rels and tell smutty stories under my : ce err ea windows. Some of the colors were so Fire Works—Immense line. fast in getting out of the fabrics that 1 | PurNnaM CANDY Co. am afraid most of the boys will have red | Cook & Bergthold, splashes on their shirts fora few days. MANUFACTURERS OF Fast! Dexter wasn’t a circumstance to the fastness of those colors. “She didn’t buy any of that kind. She said she wanted goods that would wash. 1 offered to let her take half a dozen bolts of cloth home so that she could | wash ’em out in lye and lay ’em on the 8 | grass to bleach for afew days, but she | said she couldn’t very well do it and get her girl ready for the picnic. 1 guess she’d have done it, though, if Vd offered to furnish the lye and the grass. ‘When she went out, a mild sort of a woman came in. She wanted to geta muslin dress in exchange for a farm gate that a peddler had worked off on her husband. She said she would take the goods home herself if ’'d drive her out | as far as the swamp, and | could go out and get the gate anytime 1 wanted it. | She said I'd find it in the pond where the | boys had used it for araft when they wanted to fish nights. I haven’t a word | Prices Lower than those of any competitor. Write for cata- | logue and _ prices. 67 Canal St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. FIT FOR \ (rentlemans Table: All goods bearing the to say against the gate. 1 rather think | name of from the many pleasant things | have | THURBER, WHYLAND & CO., heard said of it during the past five years oR that it is quite a gate, only it must have ALEXIS GODILLOT, JR, caught its quota of suckers long before | this. | Grocers visiting New York are cordially invited a . " : | to calland see us, and if they wish, have their **] stood this kind of racket until aj correspondence addressed in our care. We shall man came in and offered to tell me where | ?° eS eae eee Leould find a bee tree if I'd fit his boy | | ; a el THURBER, WHYLAND & 00, out withadrum. Then I shut up the| West Broad Reade & Hud § . ’ * * . j BoC store and didn’t open it again until after | est Broadway, heace udson Streets, this procession started. Um going to | New York City. contract with a drummer to run this | store during the next picnic epidemic. | OUTS for BOOM EDITIONS If he gets through without trading a aE a sample trunk for an iron-beam plow with PAMPHLETS the heaves, I’1] start him in business.’’ i TT) tl thy rel t k dal For the best work, at reasonable prices, address ren the wor hy merchan knoe ed | THE TRADESMAN COMPANY. the ashes out of his pipe to go in and} Chiendl Maids, Mitek. reject an offer of a string of red peppers | for a tin lantern with a picture of) Napoleon worked in holes on one side. ALFRED B. Tozer. | 4 Don’t Stand on “* Your Rights.” | An old and successful merchant re- | lates the following anecdote : | , When I was quite an old clerk—that is, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. : Pitage, Bertsch & Co., For warm weather we would call attention of the trade to our line of walking shoes at popular prices. We carry a line of russet , = and black,in turn and M.S., tips and plai in, opera and common isense toes, and invite inspection. We also solicit your fall order for Boston and Bay State rubber goods, and guarantee prices and terms as low as any house selling the same brand. 12, 14 AND 16 PEARL STf., > 7 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. mr iee VV OR K SS! I have the agency for several of the best manufacturers of fireworks in the | country and am prepared to quote lower prices than any other dealer in my line. WM. R. KEELER, Wh olesale Confectioner, AND JOBBER IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS. . 412 SOUTH DIVISION ST. TELEPHONE 092-3R, Send for Price List. We Manufacture Everything in the line of Candy Correspondence solic- ited and prices quot- ed with pleasure. Write us. MOSEL.EY BROS. —WHOLESALE-—— Fruits, Seeds, Oysters? Produce All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty. lf you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes, will be pleased to hear from you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., - “ GRAND RAPID: We are receiving from two to four earloads of bananas ai a week, whi is a which is Remember more fruit than can be handled by any other house at this market. old for the years I had been clerking, | though only twenty years of age—l was | AT | told by the head clerk one morning that | the senior member of the firm had di-| rected me to be sent to his residence as | eC SOT), soon as I appeared. “The porter is to go with you,’’ said MI tt : the head clerk. Dt a eC] Something in his face made me _ think i that he knew what | was wanted for, so & ~* l asked: O Ss ‘“‘What’s to pay ?’’ *‘He wants you and Bill to take up and shake his carpets,’’? was the answer, given | —— with a peculiar smile. | : For a second I thought of my rights. L| oT Y LES : had hired out to be entry-clerk and book- | keeper, and here I was expected to go} N eC W down to the residence of the proprietor | and beat carpets! I was troubled with | ( ts ea Pp as much pride as the average young man | ? of twenty possesses, and that is no small ; amount. I don’t remember anything Mediu my) more distateful ever offering itself to me; AND but I said: : ‘“‘All right; ’'m ready when Bill is.’’ E > pe FI aI Ve. We went at our task. I didn’t pout, | a or sulk, or assume an aggrieved air, but He went on my knees pulling up the carpet x e as cheerfully as Leould. We had a day Large \ ariety and of it; the carpets to take up, be beaten, | a and then put back. Prices Low, | We Are Headquarters. |GRAND RAPIDS FRUIT AND PRODUCE CO. A. J. BROWN, Wholesale dealer in Foreign, Tropical and Domestic Fruits and Seeds, Direct Receiwers of California Oranges—— Ff Fe i HEADQUARTERS FOR BANANAS, —— Messina Lemons, When in want of large lots of California Oranges, we are prepared to make you low prices from fresh cars. 16 and 18 North Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. send for Price List, Issued Weekly AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Manistee—Anton Schleif has opened a meat market. Rondo—M. M. Pike in general trade. Goodrich—Chas. Moorland has engaged in the drug business. Hudsonville—J. N. Wait has moved into his new store building. Royal Oak—Charles N. Marshall, miller and general merchant, is dead. Muskegon—C. H. Butzer succeeds M. W. Steiner in the meat business. Marion— Chas. M. Kilmer Geo. E. Orr in the meat business. Oscoda—Chas. Trumbley has purchased the stock of groceries of I. Aubin. Palms Station — Sam sold his general stock to Chas. Owosso — Warren Woodard furniture will soon engage Snay. will en- gage in the business about Jatly 1. Cheboyg ran—Barney Brogan will open a grocery and meat market in the near future. Chase — J. 8. Reed City, this place. Pierce, meat Hesperia—Dayid Maize has added a} line of candies meat market. Bancroft—John J. Atherton has closed his meat market, and will open a line of groceries. Lake Odessa—Geo. A. Weed & Co. suc- ceed Weed & Cass in the furniture and undertaking business. Calumet—Chas. E. ware dealers, have dissolved. F. continues the business. Kalamazoo—Edwards & Chamberlain succeed Edwards, Chamberlain & Co. in the hardware business. Plainwell—W. L. Squier is closing out his stock preparatory to moving to Grand Rapids. Owosso—W. S. Lusk has sold his boot and shoe stock to Geo. Bartholomew, who and canned goods to his soon Lyon & Bro., of groceries, will continue the business. Cheboygan—Frank J. Todd has stock of groceries pur- chased John Quay’s and continues the business. Bellaire—J. Childs & Co. have pur- | chased the stock of dry goods and gro- eeries of Owen Schoolcraft. Detroit—W. N. Winans & Co. have opened a branch store at the corner of Woodward and Grand avenues. Grand Ledge—B. S. Pratt & Son’s jew- robbed of $200 watches and jewelry the night of the 16th. Marson, elry store was worth of Stephenson—Chas. B. under- dealer in flour, feed and fur- succeeded by Winther & Mar- taker, and niture, is son. Eaton Rapids—W. sold his stock of boots and shoes to Il. N. the bus- B. Reynolds has Reynolds, who will continue iness. Hudsonville—Starkin Bros. have leased the store J. N. Wait and will shortly put in a gen- eral stock. Saginaw — Morley building formerly occupied by Bros., camp supplies and all kinds of heavy with a cap- dealers in hardware, have incorporated, ital stock of $350,000. Traverse City—Anton Novotny has dis- continued his Frank Stepan has rented the building and will open a line of meats and vegetables. Vicksburg—G. M. Clement, who pur- chased the dry stock of C. EB. Mason, has removed the same to Wex- meat market. goods succeeds | Callaghan has | dealer of | has opened a branch store at hard- B. Lyon | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ford, where he will continue the business. Manistee—Buckley & Douglas are evi- dently not going to be caught with a fire, if precautions will prevent it, and, be- sides having hydrants from the city water works all over their yard, they have recently put in a complicated sys- tem of mains of their own, and have set up a powerful pump with a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons in twenty-four hours. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Romeo—The Morton Manufacturing | Co. will remove its business to Muskegon, for a bonus. Detroit—Fauleoner & Emery, whoie- sale lumber dealers, are succeeded by ©. R. Emery. a Fairfield has bought an interest with S. A. Guard in the Men- del flouring mill. Detroit—The Hercules Keg & Barrel |Co. has been incorporated, with a cap- ital stock of $500,000. Big Rapids—Putnam & Co. is the name of anew bakery firm on the north side. W. A. Verity is the Co. Tecumseh—Heesen Bros. & Co. are erecting a building and furnace for the | moulding of gray iron castings. Wakeshma — Hubbard & Hampton, harness makers, have dissolved. The business will be continued by Mr. Hub- bard. Jonesville—The Jonesville flour mill is building a 35,000 bushel grain elevator and increasing the capacity to 200 barrels | per day. | Clarion—Buckley, Milor & Co.’s wood- enware factory burned on the 18th, with 1,500,000 feet of maple. Loss, $15,000; no insurance. Reed City—Joe Entrop has added a line of pipes, cigar holders, and manu- |factured chewing and smoking tobaccos to his cigar factory. Albion—The firm of Parmelee & Sons has been dissolved, Clark Parmelee re- tiring. -In the future F. R. Parmelee & Co. will run the planing mill. Saginaw — E. T. Unicorne has con- tracted to construct the road bed for four miles of a logging railroad for Whitney & Batchelor and Murphy & Dorr. Hancock—The Houghton Wood Work ing Co. has located a hoop and barrel fac- tory at this place. The company has a capital of $5,000, and 2,000 acres of wood land. Albion—Rousseau & Alsdorf are moy- ing into their new harness factory. L. Y. Hill, of Allen, will occupy the store va- eated by them witha stock of general merchandise. Gladwin—J. Baker has shut down his sawmill, having cut 1,500,000 feet, a con- siderable portion being basswood, which is now being shipped to Ohio. The shin- gie mill is still running. Bay City—The men at Miller Bros.’ mill quit the other day, wanting their pay once in two weeks, instead of monthly. The firm conceded the request and the mill resumed operations. Bay City—The new mill of Green & jraman, on Stone Island, is doing good work, cutting from 40,000 to 50,000 feet daily. Itis not unlikely that a planing mill will be erected this fall by the firm. 3ay City—Seaver & Babst shut down their box factory on the 14th and paid off their men. They have been paying | $125 a month rental for the building and machinery, and unless a reduction is made they propose to seek a new loca- ' tion. Ludington—The Pere Marquette Lum- ber Co. sawed alot of 510 logs, recently, which were so small that they ran about forty-four to the thousand. According to this, they must have been little better than broomstick timber. Detroit—The $58,000 chattel mortgage of the Detroit Steel & Spring Works, is- sued last March, has been extended to May 1, 1891. Mrs. Helen Newberry, who owns $75,000 worth of bonds of the com- pany, has waived her prior claim in favor of the banks holding the mortgages. Detroit—The Home Knitting Works has begun a replevin suit against the Western Knitting Co. to recover several thousand dollars worth of goods which the Home concern claim it should have got, but did not, out of the old Wert- heimer Bros., failure three or four years ago. Manistee—The boilers for Louis Sands’ sawmill, at Lake City, which were built at this point, left by rail last week for their destination. Charles Sands is to have charge of the operations, and his experience in the yard business at South Chicago will stand him in good stead in this new venture. Saginaw—John A. McLean, a plaining mill owner, recently disappeared, and at- tachments aggregating $1,200 have been placed on his property, which is worth $8,000. The strikers declare that McLean has gone away to avoid acceding to the demands of the union men, and that the other mill men will probably make good his losses. Saginaw—E. R. Ayres & Co. purchased the old salt block of Warner & Eastman, and are removing it to their planing mill plant. They have considerable refuse, which they argue would cost them a good deal to get rid of, and they can utilize it to advantage in the manufacture of salt, even at the low price of fifty cents a barrel. They expect to have the new block in operation about September 1. Shepherd—One of the industries of this placé is a clothespin factory. It is operated day and night, giving employ- ment to thirty-five hands, and turns out a car-load of clothespins every eight days. The concern is at present filling an order for fifty car-loads. The pins are made of beech, maple and birch. It is not unlikely that a toothpick factory will be added to the industries of the town. There are several small sawmills in this vicinity, cutting from 10,000 to 18,000 feet of hardwood each, daily, which is shipped by rail from here. > - <> Substitute for Butter. A lady went to one of the groceries in Wildwood, Fla., and bought two pounds of butter that had been bought in the country by the merchant. When the nice yellow lump was cut in two there was found in the center of ita large Irish potato, nicely peeled and carefully cov- ered over with butter. —~_- 2 > P. of I. Gossip. Brush Ridge correspondence Hastings Banner: *‘Some of the P. of IL. are dis- satisfied with the order.’’ Rice & Webster, the Dowling general dealers, signed the P. of IL. contract on a 12 per cent. basis on the 14th. ——_—-_~ -6 Two Good Things. “Nothing succeeds like success,’’ said a cynic. “Except a failure,” business man. ————> -2- Good Words Unsolicited. C. E. Morse, general dealer, Seney: not do without it.” remarked an old “Could He Knew the Cigars. Detective (to country grocer who has been robbed)—What kind of goods did the burglars take? Storekeeper—No goods; only money; didn’t even touch my cigars. Detective—Ah, there’s a clew; must have been somebody who knew the place. —> -- <> VISITING BUYERS. Geo T Wilson, Dowling we & Mills, a E S Botsford, Dorr mith & Bris: A Evers, So Blendo: wi D Struik, Byron "Center Sullivan Lum Co. “Sullivan wR Lawton, Berlin A Bilz, Spring Lake 8 H Ballard, Sparta JIB Watson, Coopersville Den Herder & Tanis, CB Shafer, Kalkaska Vriesland DrDB Kilpatrick, Woodland Herder & Lahuis, Zeeland Hessler Bros., Rockford T Van Eenenaam, Zeeland G Ten Hoor, ‘Forest Grove M M Robson, Berlin A W Fenton. Bailey J F Hacker, Corinth APSriver, Burnip’s Cors Ellen Kinney, Ensle. Geo J Stevenson, Bangor LM Wolf, Hudsonville F L Heath, Hastings Jno Farrowe, So Blendon Dr@B Nichols, Martin A Purchase, So Blendon Neal McMillan. Rockford H Van Noord, Jamestown GS Putnam, Fruitport John De Vries, Jamestown 8 T Colson, Alaska ~ GH Remington, Bangor CL Glasgow, Nashville B F Winch, Bangor Carrington & North, Trent Morrell & Crawford, JN Wait, Hudsonville Kalkaska CA aera: gs John Gunstra, Lamont WD Wing Co., Wingleton Geo A Sage, Rockford AD Lashell, Oakfield EE Hewitt, Rockford - Heyboer & Bro., — oo Bros., Tren’ A Side, Kent Cit: DenHerder &Son, Overisel asians & Puen, i Cook, Bauer ForestGrove N Harris, Big Springs John Damstra, Gitchell Gus Begman, Bauer N F Miller, Lisbon J Riddering, Drenthe GN Reynolds, Belmont GH Walbrink, Allendale J R Harrison, Sparta Jas Barnes, Austerlitz Fred Ashley, Howard City Isaac Quick, Allendale Ezra Brown, Englishville GM Hartwell,Cannonsburg AM Church, Englishville W McWilliams, Conklin C 8 Comstock, Pierson AJ Patterson, East Paris D F Watson, Ada CE Pratt, Moline 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 25cents. Advance payment, BUSINESS CHANCES. = oes WHEELS, UPRIGHT AND PRESS, n manufacture of "excelsior, for sale cheap. Donker & Zulet, 216 Elizabeth St.,Grand Rapids. 651 OR SALE—AT A GREAT BARGAIN, A FIRST-CLASS water power, fully developed, with ten acres of land; good house, barn and other out buildings. For particulars, address E. B. Martin, Reed City, Mich. 50 EAT MARKET FOR SALE—DOING GOOD BUSI- ness; to a practical mana good chance. W.H, Davis, Elk Rapids, Mich. 32 OR SALE—GROCERY STOCK AND FIXTURES consisting of shelving, counters and complete set of grocery tools; willselicheap. Also wanted to buy for spot cash a stock of dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, men’s furnishing goods, etc. H. P. —— South Boardman, Mich. ANTED—I HAVE SPOT CASH TO PAY OR A general or grocery stock; must be cheap. - dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. 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 HELP WANTED. ANTED—AT ONCE REGISTERED PHARMACIST, good habits. Address Benson & Co., Woodland. 48 ich. V ANTED —SALESMAN EXPERIENCED IN SOAP trade, able to show record. Address B. A. Lynde & Son Company, Warren, Pa. 42 gg poe GOOD TINNER, GIVE EXPERIENCE references. Address A. W. Gammer & Co., Box 10, ‘Saeen, Mich. 25 MISCELLANEOUS. _ AGENTS WISHING AN ELEGANT SIDE LINE, which will — than pay their running expenses, we will on receipt of $1.25 send the outfit. Gringhuis’ Itemized Ledger Co., No. 28 Canal St., Rooms 15 ~~, ~ Telephone 388, Grand Rapids, Mich. OR SALE—ONE MILLION FEET OF aEMEOCE bill stuff in lots of ten thousand feet or more. For prices write Walter N. Kelley, Traverse City, Mich. 33 A BOLISH THE PASS BOOK AND SUBSTITUTE THE Tradesman Coupon, which is now in use by over 5,000 Michigan merchants—all of whom are warm in raise of its effectiveness. Send for sample order, which will be sent prepaid on aa of $1. The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. AMPLES OF TWO KINDS OF COUPONS FOR RE- tailers will be sent free to any dealer who wiil write for them to the Sutliff Coupon Pass Book Co., Albany, N. Y. 564 Embossed Cards, PictUre Advertising Cards, Advertising Folders, Having a lot of the above goods, consisting of several thousand of different designs, we offer the cards much less than our usual prices. The Tradesman Company, GRAND RAPIDS, How to Keep a Store. By Samuel H. Terry. Some Bananas. The Grand Rapids Fruit and Produce Co. has handled twenty-eight carloads of bananas so far this year, which they | claim is more than was ever handled by any other Grand Rapids house in an en- tire year. regularly from two to three carloads of New York bananas every week. —__> The Challenge Accepted. Granp Rapips, June 21, 1890. H. S. Robertson, Grand Rapids: DEAR Srr—In behalf of a nine of ex- pert ball manipulators, I hereby accept the challenge promulgated in the last issue of THE TRADESMAN to play a| | a match game of base ball, time and place | We are now ready to make contracts for the season of 1890. to be hereafter determined by personal agreement. J. N. BRADFORD. The company is receiving | HIRYH & KRAUSE, HEADQUARTERS Russet Sho Porpoise Shoe Laces in light, medium FOR Polish, Buttons, Laces, and heavy. Parisian Leather Reviver, Glycerine Leather Reviver, ‘‘Rubberine”’ a waterproof dressing. We carry 13 distinct shoe dressings and a complete line of Shoe Store Supplies. Send us your orders. The New, Simple Way for Bookkeeping. Have you Gringhuis’ Itemized Ledger ? If not, sénd at once for sample sheet and price list, for time is money, as the above book will more than pay for itself inside of two months. See what the bookkeeper of Keen Bros. & Stedman, hardware dealers at Elkhart, Ind., says of the ledger: Gents—I purchased one of your yee item ized ledgers over a month ago and I cannot speak too highly of it. We have found it very convenient in making settlements, and it is so simple that any of the clerks can understand it, as well as the person who keeps the books. Yours —_. H. J. Bostwick. We have hundreds of other testimonials from persons who highly recommend the ledger. Office at 28 Canal street, Grand Rapids, Rooms 15 and 16. Telephone 38s. Bicycles, Tricycles, Velocipedes AND General Sporting Goods 5 [ Established 1780.] “LA BELLE CHOCOLATIERE.” W. BAKER & CO.’S ReGIsTERED TRADE-MARK. No Chemicals are used in any of II ‘alter Baker & Co.’s Chocolate and Cocoa Prep- arattons. These preparations have stood the test of public ap- proval for more than one hundred years, and are the acknowledged standard of purity and excellence. We respectfully call your attentino to the fact that we carry the most complete stock of seeds in Western Michigan. Send for our wholesale price list and eatalogue before buying Clover, ONION SKTS, Timothh, Red Top, Kte., Ete. In fact, everything in our line at lowest market values. 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. E. G. Studley, 4 Monroe St., Call and see them or send for large, illustrated cata GRAND RAPIDS logue. Brown's. Seed 5101S GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. DO YOU NEED AN Kngraving of Your Store In advertising your If so, The Tradesman Company is glad tosend samples and quote prices. business ? N.B.| ———— SS = MLO) i 81 SOUTH DIVISION ST., [Caen Se ‘CLAIR a — = CK | ee Correspondence solicited. GRAND RAPIDS. 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADES SMAWN. Dry Goods. THREE ROCKS On which Many Young Business Men are Stranded. Andrew Carnegie gives the following advice to young men: There are three great rocks ahead of the practical young man who has his feet | upon the ladder and is beginning to rise. First, drunkenness, which, of course, is | fatal. There is no use in wasting time upon any young man who drinks liquor, no matter how exceptional his talent. Indeed, the greater his talents are the greater the disappointment must be. I do not mean by drinking liquor, the taking of a glass of beer or wine at meals. It is not necessary for a man to be a total abstainer in order to be tem- perate. The rule should be: never en- | ter a bar-room and never drink liquor} except at meals. | The second rock ahead is speculation. The business of a speculator and that of a manufacturer or man of affairs are not | only distinct but incompatible. To be | sueceessful in the business world, the | manufacturer’s and the merchant’s prof- its only should be sought. The man-} ufacturer should go forward steadily, | meeting the market price. When there | are goods to sell, sell them; when sup- | plies are needed, purchase them, without | regard to the market price in either case. l have never known a speculative man- ufacturer or business man who scored a permanent success. He is rich one day, bankrupt the next. Besides this, the manufacturer aims to produce articles, and in so doing to employ labor. This furnishes a laudable career. A man in this avocation is useful to his kind. The | merchant is usefully oceupied distrib- | uting commodities; the banker in pro- viding capital. The third rock is akin to speculation— endorsing. Business men require irreg- ular supplies of money, at some periods little, at others enormous sums. Others being in the same condition, there strong temptation to endorse mutually. This rock should be avoided. There are emergencies, no doubt, in which men} should help their friends, but there is a} rule that will keep one safe. No man should place his name upon the obliga- tion of another if he has not sufficient to | pay it without detriment to his own bus- | iness. It is dishonest todo so. Men are | trustees for those who have _ trusted them, and the creditor is entitled to all | his capital and credit. For one’s own firm, ‘‘your name, your fortune, your | sacred honor;’’ but for others, no matter under what circumstances, only such aid | as you can render without danger to/| your trust. It is asafe rule, therefore, to give the cash direct that you have to| spare for others, and never your endorse- ment or guarantee. ——_—__ + A Grate Fire Is Also a Fire. What is a fire? is the question which a Paris court was recently called on to} decide. The Countess Fitzjames had had all her effects insured by the Union Fire Insurance Co. for 685,000 franes. Inthe list of jewels covered by the policy was a | | is pair of pearl earrings valued at 18,000 franes and insured for 10,000. One after- noon, while dressing, the Countess | knocked the ear-rings, accidentally, from | the mantelpiece into the open fire. De- | spite her strenuous efforts with shovel and tongs, the jewels were destroyed. She recovered the gold, valued at sixty | franes, and demanded from the company 9,940 francs indemnity for the loss of the | pearls. The company refused to pay a | eent, on the ground that an ordinary grate fire was not the kind of a fire con- | templated in the insurance policy. The | Countess appealed to the courts and got | a decision in her favor. The Judge held | that ‘“‘an insurance against fire was an | insurance against all kinds of fire—that | was, insurance against any loss caused | by any flames.’’ et Detroit—Calvin A. Hunt, P. M. Gamble, | Emery J. Vance and Edward Leech have | with | '83 Monroe and 10, 12, 14,16 & 18 Fountain Sts, GRAND RAPIDS, incorporated the Hunt Chair Co., $50,000 capital, paid in. a MINS. Prices Current. Amoskeag. . bg(Jaffrey..........++- 11 = — === 9072. a ta Riimeeneer rR UNBLEACHED OoTToNs. : . brown . oh Law rene e, 902 a wl — ic ° See. ce 1144) VO, 22 — eter chee ee ee Everett, blue.. ..12 . No. 250....11% ae J oe Brand 5 og : 28 i No 230 10% & a. se World Wide. 634 Mi brown. ‘oi. an NO. tees 2 ma oe. = OR wc GINGHAMS. ees 5% |Full Yard Wide..... oy Gienmerven.......... 6%4/Lanc aster, staple... 6% oe... ......- . @elmonest Width....... 6% | Lancashire..:....... 6%4/ a” fancies 7 Archery Bunting... 4144/Hartford A.......... 5% | Normandie......... 7% Y Normandie 8 Beaver Dam A A... 5%!Madras cheese cloth 64; | Renfrew Dress...... Gi Westbrook... ...... 8 Blackstone 0, 32....5 (Noibe R..... .o. Oi» | Toll du Nord... “jo@ue eee mee 10 Sock ek ........ 7 ‘Our Level Best..... 6% Amoskeag a eae 6% Beat 4%............ Wicetore & .......... 6% AvC...... 20, eamepion.... . .....- 6% Chapman cheese cl. 3% ar agg ae ee eee cee 2 eee we 844) Windermeer.... .... 5 t,o i OE. on os EO eee 634;Cumberland.... .... 5 Dwight Star......... 14/Top of the Heap... 7 | Warwick.... 814| Essex OO 4% BLEACHED COTTONS. CARPET WARP. Amsburg ... . 9 sien ia. 7 Peerless, white...... 18%/Peerless colored. ..21 Blackstone A A..... 8 |Gold oe... 8. 7% Bats An............. 4%\Green Ticket....... 84 GRAIN BAGS. i : fad. .... ... y iGvoat alls... 64 Ayecekese......... oe alley City.......-.-. 16% ae eee "4 Harmony.... ee 16% s/Georgia Lee seen on 16% ie el 6%\Just Out...... 4i@ 5 Stark........-....-- 20 | eee Lede eee oo Dwight Anchor..... 9 King Phillip... .... 7% | American..........- M4 shorts. 8% | or... 7% THREADS. Edwards. . ue 6 |Lonsdale ¢ cea "10% Clark’s Mile End....44 |Barbours..........- 88 a, _% |Lonsdale...... TE —a a = ieareeeire.... ...... 88 ee... 7% |Middlesex.... @5 Molyene.... 5... RY | Fruit of the Loom.. 8%/No Name............ 7% KNITTING COTTON. Fitchville ..... .... 74|Oak View..... .... 6 White. Colored. White. Colored, eee Fee... «0+ 6% Our Own. - *e!lw > ‘ ¢ z ¢ ° i. > ma ¢.. 2 — imo. M.......37 42 | Fruitofthe Loom %. 8 |Pride of the West _.12 “ 8 34 me 43 | Paiemount.......... ee Tel « a as ee 44 | Pull Value........_- 6%|Sunlight............. —a—is« oo le ate of 45 Geo. Washington... 814 \V aoe 8% i el c CAMBRICS, HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. ee 4% {|W ashington ne 4% ee —— Anchor..... 656 | White Ster...... be 434 | lRed Cross. Oereeee.. .....-.. 6 Cocheco fancy...... 6 |Martha Washington | SEWING SILK. ‘“* _ madders... : Turkey red X..... 7% | Corticelli, doz.......85 {Corticelli knitting, | Eddystone fancy... Martha Washington twist, doz. .42'4| per Moe ball...... 30 Hamilton fancy. ... ey ‘Tarkey ved........ 9% 50 yd, doz. 4214| = staple ... 5%|Riverpoint rebes.... S HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS. Manchester fancy.. 6 | Windsor fane nn 6% | No 1 BI’k & Ww hite..10 |No 4 BI’k & White..15 | . new era. 6%} ' gold ticket 3 =i” &@ ” 0 | Merrimack D fancy. 6%4| indigo blue....... oy * 3 “ 12 - “ 25 TICKINGS : PINS. Amoskeag AC A. 13 JAC a 12% | No2—20,M C.......50 |No4—15, F 3% .40 Hamilton N %|Pemberton AAA....16 | ‘ 3—18,S C........45 ees 8%{York.. ee 10% | _ COTTON TAPS ts a 11. |Swift River......... 7,|No 2W hite & BY’k..12 |No 8W nite & BI’k..20 | Farmer............. 8 {Pearl River a —— | = 23 First Prize.......... 1144; Warren........ 14 a [ 17 ‘ . .26 SAFETY PINS COTTON DRILL. o 92 IN i ‘ | Atlanta, D..... RCC ig rr ee seesteaes ” ‘eee ‘a anita - ee Ce ee ec. i Clifton, K... G4] weer eee eee eee ef ie | eoeeooet.... ...... & : SATINES. Crowe s......, .... i 35'Gold Eyed...... 150 on... sey rial — 104 Mareneire......... 1 00 ea 18 |Blz ack oo. oe | TABLE OIL CLOTH. " eee cae 16 | ‘ot |s-4. 2 2 6—4...3 2/5—4....1% 6—4...2 6 ee 10%| ve om * 32a i. STEKETEE WHOL Ury Goods ESALE and Lawns, Challies, White Goods, Meineack| Outing Cloths--All Kinds. and Embroideries & SONS, Notions, ew Line Umbrellas and Parasols, Summer Gloves and Mitts. in all grades. Agents for Georgia and Valley City Bags. Wadding, We areselling Hammocks) Twines, Batts. » Bunting AND vii t LAQS AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Chas. A. Coye, 11 PEARL STREET. J.&P.COATS BEST SIX-CORD Spool Cotton WHITE, BLACK AND COLORS, FOR Hand and Machine Use. FOR SALE BY P. STEKETEE & SONS Volgt, Herpolsheimer & Go,, Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods Manufacturers of Shirts, Pants, Overalls, Ets. Complete Spring Stock now ready for inspection. guaranteed. 48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St., GRAND RAPIDS, Level-Headed Business Men | Use Coupons and on Chicago and Detroit prices MICH. | | put their Business a CASH BASIS. We are the largest manufacturers of | Coupons in this country and solicit a | trial of either our ‘Tradesman’’ or “Superior” brands. Note quotations in Grocery Price Current. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, HARDWARE. Men and Their Hobbies. A statement made by a wise man is that ‘Every honest man has a hobby.”’ The man in question did not use these precise words, says the American Culti- vator, but they amount to the same in substance. A man who is always tinkering around, making something or other in the me- chanical line, is never found spending his leisure hours in a gin-mill or saloon. The young man whose hobby is study will be found at his books as soon as his day’s work is done and supper is swal- lowed. The chap who has ‘‘music on the brain’’ will be puffing or seraping his instru- ment early and late, until his friends almost wish he would quit his hobby and relegate himself to the rum shop. Many young men ride a mechanical hobby, and are often building experi- mental machines, and making ‘‘young’’ steam engines. To such men, electricity possesses a most enticing field. There is no end to the directions in which thought may be profitably turned in con- nection with electricity. Well developed as it is, electricity is as yet an almost unknown thing, which will require life- times of study to reduce to the full understanding of all. Electricity is the future power of the world, as it has always -been its life, although unknown and uncomprehended for ages. That a young man will waste hours and days of his life in doing worse than nothing, when he has such a field before him, is scarcely to be comprehended, but it is a disgraceful fact. Let the young men awake to the idea that the advance of the world depends upon them person- ally; that the years to come may be bet- ter or worse, as they choose to study or to be idle, and it seems as though they would quit beer drinking, dice shaking, and card shuffling instantly, to avail themselves of the privileges before them. A man may be about what he makes himself nowadays, and if he chooses to become a sot, the way is open; if he chooses to become a power in the land, he can do so by going to work in that direction and keeping at it. pact A Hopeful View of the Situation. From the St. Paul Journal of Commerce. Altogether too much importance is attached to the co-operation threats of the Farmers’ Alliance. At best all such co-operative attempts will be short lived. In the very nature of things, it cannot be otherwise. A few years ago the writer lived in a county in Ohio where the grange store fever started up. These men had five or six large stores put in operation. The business was placed in the hands of honest farmers, who knew all about farming and nothing about the grocery business. They were regular suckers to sell goods to, and the jobbers reaped a rich harvest while it lasted, Things went at sixes and sevens. There were losses here and there simply because parties had undertaken to run and man- age a business they knew nothing about. Changes were made, new and experienced managers secured, but it was found to be a failure. No one who took stock in any of the grange stores got out whole. All were glad to go back to the old methods; all found it more satisfactory and cheaper. Retail merchandizing is astudy. It is a business that requires more care- ful training in all details than almost any other. There are more failures, by a large percentage, than in any other busi- ness. If the profits were so enormous, this would not be the case. Competition is so strong and sharp that it requires the most careful business methods to make a living. These facts are patent to men of common sense, but some fool fanatics must learn them by experience. Let them. The sooner the better, if they must. —_—_— oo - 2 Detroit—The crucible and hammer de- partments of the Detroit Steel & Spring Works, destroyed by fire on the 18th, will be rebuilt at once. The loss is now es- timated at about $40,000; insured for $21,000. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Prices Current. These prices are for cash bwyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. ee 60 Cee, 40 qonmreen @eminee....................-..... 2 SOnmInGn TeeNEIOM ........, 2... 1k... 50&10 AXES. First Quality, ©. weeaee........: es... 88 00 mw wromee.. wil... 12 50 _ SS See... 9 00 . De See. ................... 14 00 BARROWS. dis. eee 8 14 00 eee... net 30 00 BOLTS. dis. oe ee 50&10 Carriage Cee 70 ow, 06 40&10 Sleigh ee 70 BUCKETS. ae eee $3 50 ee See 4 00 BUTTS, CAST. dis. Cost Bogee Pin, Geurog........ ......-...... W& Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint eee a pk 60&10 Wrought Loose Te 60&10 roume WOMee ow. 60&10 Wrouent Inqide Bite. .................:.... 60&10 de Wrcuees beers... Blind, Clark’s.... i Blind, Parker’s. Blind, Shepard’s BLOCKS, Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85........... 40 CRADLES, Ee dis. 50&02 CROW BARS. CO perdb 5 CAPS. Deere ..........,........... Bias m @& Hick’s ic F- 60 a eee ee 35 Mueket SS . 60 CARTRIDGES. ( 50 Centre Pore................. dis. 25 CHISELS. OO eee Socket Framing........ Socket Comer.......... . (I Huscners Tengea Pumer................... 40 COMBS. dis. Curry, Lawrence’s...... 4 ee eee 40 EE eee 25 CHALK. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 COPPER. — = oz cut to size...... per pound 28 oe eee Pemee.......... ..,.. 26 Cold Rolled ree me eee 26 Cold Rolled; eee 26 Peroeee 8. ; 27 DRILLS. dis. ores Os eee... 50 Taper and straight Shank. ‘ 50 Mares Terer teee....................... H 50 DRIPPING PANS. el) eines, oo pow ...................... tg Daree ace, per pemnd................ ..... 6% ELBOWS. ome 4 wee Eres... 5... doz. net Corrugated ...... i Bayes... ...........-.. eet ee ee dis. 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. Clark’s, small, 818; lar: . oe... Ives’, 1, 818; 2, a4: 3, a List. (a 60&10 oe Boeetean................... - 60810 OE ee . 60810 OO ee 50 Tite 6 eee es. ........-....--....-... 50 @ALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and &%4; 2% and 2%; 27 28 List 12 13 14 5 18 Discount, 60 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 50 HAMMERS. Maydole ew 8. dis. 2 SE ... 75 9 o 1 00 Barrell % ee. 7 2 50 PLANES, dis. mee Voor (e 6 taney... ......... @30 ners eee QxK Sandusky Fool Cos, faney................. @a0 boace Mint quality... @x Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood... .... &10 PANS. a. Ae dis.60—10 Common, polished... . . dis. 70 RIVETS. dis. Tawiene Tinea... 40 Copper Rivets and Burs.................... 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 larger .................... 12% ee 15% SQUARES. dis. Ce 7 Po 60 —-. 20 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. mee i 18... a 83 10 OE eee 4 20 3 20 ee 4 20 3 20 Teo oe eee ee ee. 4 20 3 30 Nos. 2 25 MO eco eee u el ce .4 40 3 40 ( 4 3 50 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER. ine oS... dis. 40&10 7 Saoh wus Silv er Lake, Were 4.................... list 50 Wc eae iss " 55 . wae f.. ' 50 oe |....................,. C 55 . Waenec................_....* 35 Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS. Solid Eyes..... io .. per ton 25 SAWS. dis ' Hand . 2525. &5 Silver Steel Dia. X uts, per ‘foot, ‘ 70 ‘* Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot 50 ** Special Steel Dia, X Cuts, per foot . 30 ‘ Champion and Electrié Tooth X Cuts, per foer........ 2... Ls cage oe 28 TRAPS. dis. Steel, Game...... ..60&10 Oneida ¢ ‘community, New house's .... . 35 Oneida Community, Hawley « Norton’s | 70 Mouse, choker eee 18¢ per doz. Mouse, delusion.. : . . 81.50 per doz. WIRE. dis ee cee Meares... tt. Coppered Market.............. ee uae, Tinned Marset.......... ee Coppered Spring Steel.... 50 Barbed Fence, galv anized. 3 60 painted ' 3 00 HORSE NAILS Au Seo. ................._.. dis. : 25&10@25.410.805 Posen... dis. 05 Northwestern......... Lo. dis. 10410 WRENCHES. dis, Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 Coe’s Genuine . 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,, oe wT Coe’s Patent, malleable.... Wo MISCELLANEOUS. Bird Cages ..... ea. Pome, Cisterm............ 2... 5 Screws, New List. . a 50 Casters, Bed and Plate .50&1010 Dampers, American . 40 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel ‘goods 65 METALS, PIG TIN. re bowel. 26¢ ————... 28¢ ZINC, Duty: Sheet, ase da pound. 600 pound casks. . | Per pound.. eek ee ee | SOLDER. Y@%.... ao -16 ix tra Wi iping . 12% The prices of the many ‘other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY. (oe per pound 16 es 13 TIN--MELYN GRADE. oe i. Leese ee 14x20 le 6 60 10x14 1x. hae 8 35 14x20 IX, ¢ 8 35 Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. 10x14 IC, Charcoal — $600 14x20 IC, . eee eae wemeecaece Via. 6 00 10x44 TX, gee eee eee 7 5O 14x20 IX, aa : 7 50 Each additional X on this grade 81.50, ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, oo ......... 6 00 14x20 IX, e o due ce 7% 20x28 IC, . . 1 . fw 14x20 IC, “ Allawey Grade........... Sa 14x20 IX, . . . Lo. és 20x28 IC, . . ia 11 00 20x28 x, sc ‘6 i 14 00 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE, 14505 TX ..... $13 laud IX. -14 50 5 '8 — 7 tors No. 8 ‘§Botlert | per sual 9% N OTICE! Our quotation in last week’s issue on Intel=# ligent Oil Cans is withdrawn as it was an error. 2-Quart $4 per doz. The price should have read: 4-Quart $4.50 per doz, Foster, Stevens & Co., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 8 THE MICHIGAN [he Michigan Tradesman Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. Retail Trade af 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, JUNE 25, 1890. ANOTHER ERA OF PROSPERITY. In the midst of the discussion about the prevailing agricultural depression, it is refreshing to read the prediction that the time is near at hand when the farmer will be prosperous. In a May Forum ar- ticle the ground is taken that the absence of prosperity among farmers is largely due to excessive production of nearly all farm products. Statistics show that for a long period of years production in- creased much faster than the population. The writer assumes that the farmer can hope for prosperity only when the bal- ance between production and consump- tion has been restored, and domestic consumption shall absorb nearly all his | products. ‘*Assuming,’’ says the writer, “the population to be now 65,000,000, with the area in cereals producing aver- age crops, and current consumption fifteen per cent. greater, per capita, than in the five years ending 1874, present supplies are in excess of population as follows: Corn for 5,000,000 people, wheat for 14,000,000, cattle for 6,000,000, and swine for 11,000,000. Should popu- lation continue to increase as heretofore, and production not increase more than seems probable, home requirements will absorb all food products before the end | of the century.’? A review is given of | the area of production of the principal | crops, and it is shown that the balancing process production and con- sumption is already at work. The corn area is approaching its limit, the rate of increase during the past three years be- | ing very small; by 1895 the probable area | under cultivation will just about supply the demand. The wheat area during the past five years has decreased; it seems to have reached and passed its limit. With-| in five years the supply will not exceed the domestic demand. This will be a most important change, since wheat is | by far our most important cereal export. In regard to the cultivated acres, the writer says : the assumption that the requirements | are now such as to employ 3.15 acres per | between of | rate of increase “Upon capita to produce the cereals, potatoes, hay, and home, and the tobaceo, cotton and ani-| produets exported, the statistics | show that the trouble of the farmer may be attributed to the bringing of too many new acres into cultivation in the fourteen | ending in 1884; and that the process of readjusting the disturbed re- | lations tobacco eotton consumed at | mal years between production and con- sumption has been in operation several years, as is clear from the rapidly dimin- ishing quantity of new land being em- | ployed in the production of staple crops.” In conclusion, he says that, assuming the substantial correctness of the esti- mates of area by the Department of Ag- | riculture, and that home requirements will be such as to employ 3.15 acres per the answer to the question, ‘When will the farmer be prosperous ?” ! capita, 'and far less intoxicating. | thing | pecially are carefully ‘‘built up’ to meet | the traditional taste, by the most careful | color adulterated brandy. resolves itself into a calculation as simple as the following: January, 1894, a popu- lation of 72,000,000 will require in staple crops an area of 226,800,000 acres; area now employed in growing such crops, 211,000,000; additions to be made to such area in four years, 12,000,000; acreage deficit, January, 1894, 3,800,000 acres. This deficit should be sufficient to neutralize any possible under-estimate of the area now in cultivation. There- fore, he claims that the evidence adduced shows that before this decade is half spent, all the products of the farm will be required at good prices, that lands will appreciate greatly in value, and that the American farmer will enter upon an era of prosperity, the unlimited continu- ance of which is assured by the exhaus- tion of the arable areas. AFTER THE ADULTERATORS. The Senate is invoked to secure ‘‘Pure Food’”’ for the country, and the House to secure it ‘‘Pure Beer,’’ by passing laws to prohibit and punish adulterations. This isa matter which has been dealt with broadly in legislation only within the two last decades. The English Adul- teration-of-Foods Act dates from 1872; the laws of Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey are more recent and generally copy the provisions of the English act. states is partial and sporadic, dealing with single articles, such as oleomar- garine. Just as the manufacture and ex- port of this article all but ruined the foreign market for our butter, so the |adulteration of other articles of food tends to check the demand for our pro- duce. Especially is this true of lard and other products of the hog, and the American farmer is beginning to discover | the need of some kind of government | inspection to keep up the reputation of his exports. The demand for the suppression of the adulteration of beer comes also from the | farmers, and the member responsible for | the bill before the House represents the Prohibitionist State of Kansas, the farmers cannot sell their malt and hops to the brewers as in old times, be cause the latter have discovered ways of | making beer out of cheaper materials. Beer by its very definition is a drink which has malt and hops for its chief | ingredients; but out of refuse rice, corn, coceulus indicus, and a score of other | substances the brewers claim to make a drink equally palatable and wholesome It may be so, and it is a And but the fraud to result is not beer, sell it as such. tested by acomparison of the physical health of American beer-drinkers with those of countries like Bavaria, where adulteration is prevented, the evidence is against this alleged ‘‘beer.’’ In wines and brandies adulteration has | now reached such a point that no European brand can be obtained in any- like purity. French wines es- application of chemical science. One European firm made last year 300,000 tons of a substance whose only use is to Formerly the French government threw into the Seine every package of adulterated wine which |was brought to the entrance of Paris. The law still requires it to do so, and when the authorities of the Republic The legislation of other | where | were asked why it was allowed to become a dead letter, they replied that its en- forcement would amount to the prohi- bition of drinking, and would make Paris the soberest city of the world. It is only in certain parts of America and Australia, and the remoter corners of the Mediterranean, that pure are made; and France draws her supplies of grape-juice from all these to manufac- ture clarets, champagnes and burgundies. A rigidly enforced law against the adul- teration of wines might give a world- wide prestige to the California vintages. wines KEEP OUT OF DEBT. Much has been written about the |eauses of and remedies for agricultural depression, but the fact is—says a sub- seriber with plain, common-sense views —there would be much grumbling about hard times among farm- ers if they had kept out of debt. The pay-as-you-go plan would have kept them free, independent and contented, and free from being grumbling slaves to debt. Since over ninety per cent. of the men who go in business fail, it is little won- der that so many farmers do not realize what they expected from the investment of borrowed capital. Where ten men in- vest borrowed money and succeed, ninety men fail. And the ninety who fail are the ones who rush recklessly into debt, and afterwards grumble at what was brought about by their own lack of fore- sight and business capacity. Crawl out from under that mortgage, and then keep out. less cause for The animus of the leaders of the P. of I. in stirring up strife between the farm- ers and business men | parent. is now quite ap- All have a large sized political | bee buzzing in their bonnets—from State President Partridge, who yearns for a nomination for Governor, down to the most insignificant organizer, who expects to be called upon to run for coroner. If the farmers consent to being led around by the nose in this fashion Tuk TRADES- | MAN is greatly mistaken. Wheneyer hear a man who has |made a failure of his business talk of we quitting it and going into something else, we are forcibly reminded of one of Josh Billings’ noted aphorisms. said that when a man begins to grow dissatis- | fied with his occupation and to imagine that he can make more money at some- thing else, it is usually just when he is beginning to know enough about his bus- iness to make a success of it. The ele- Josh |ments of success or failure generally lie | if the | wholesomeness of the compound is to be in ourselves, not in our business. ievil. It appears among all classes of | society and in many different forms. | | | vietims are numbered by legions. | 1 | lations, where the victims deceive them- | selves that speculation on margins is a legitimate business, instead of betting on | | : nm | |the future price of grain and stocks. | | The passage of a stringent national law jagainst dealing in options and futures | and all other similar forms of gambling | would prove to be of inestimable benefit jto the country. e Gambling creates no | wealth, but it isa heavy ax upon the | productive industries of the country. It jis plain o every one who will give the a a little reflection, that thel iving, the winnings and the stealfngs of the professional gamblers and speculators must come, in the end, from the earnings of honest labor. It is impossible to esti- mate the extent of the evil effects of gambling, but it is one of the most po- tent causes of hard times. Strict enforce- ment of stringent laws will abate this evil, which is one of the most insidious enemies of society. The work on the Nicaragua Canal is the largest undertaking Americans have on their hands outside their own country. It will furnish a comparative test of the efficiency and pluck of our people which Europe will watch with interest. It is true that the difficulties are not the same as at Panama. There is no Chagres to sweep away the works; no stony Cordil- leras to take the heart out of the work- men; probably no such prevalence of malaria as at the Isthmus. But, after all, the undertaking is one of gigantic extent and prodigious difficulty. Weare not to trust the rose-colored pictures of the route on which its projectors have dwelt. It is afar longer route than that at Panama. The country, like all of Central America, is unwholesome, and its unwholesomeness makes the labor problem difficult. There is no local sup- ply of labor on which dependence can be placed. There are forest growths to be cleared away, great cuttings to be made, and rocks to be blasted. Thus far the operations have confined to the eastern end of the work, where it is necessary to cut acanal from the Gulf to apoint on the San Juan River, as the mouth of the river is unavailable. The ground has been cleared of timber for the sixteen miles required, and a paral- lel railroad begun to facilitate excava- tion. Then will come the improvement of the river bed up to Lake Managua, and the final cutting from the lake to the Pacific. been The Goodyear & Barnes Failure. It is reported that Goodyear & Barnes, the Hastings general dealers, who ut- tered chattel mortgages to the tune of $9,200 about ten days ago, are offering 331¢ per cent. in full settlement. So far as learned, the unsecured creditors are holding out for an offer of 50 per cent. “T have not sold Goodyear & Barnes for some time,’’ said a leading represent- ative of the Grand Rapids traveling fra- ternity, the other day. ‘‘In order to sell Gambling is a great and widespread | Its | It is | | often disguised, and the disguise adds to | the danger, as in stock and grain specu- | them, I was always compelled to hunt around among the saloons for Frank Goodyear, and when I had finally found him I was liable to lose him again, if him in to take an- As the firm was getting be- ihind in its payments, I concluded that | some crony inviteu other drink. | business and whisky didn’t mix in that | ease, and pulled out. Lucky, wasn’t it?” ———_-—~> -2- << ———— The misunderstanding between Morris H. Treusch & Bro., the wholesale cigar | dealers, and the Cigar Maker’s Union of ithis city, amicably settled last Thursday. Treusch & Bro., were bound to be innocent of the charges brought by the cigar makers, and the Union made reparation by vindicating ) and exonerating the firm by nolle pros | the case, and by publishing their inno- | cence through all the daily papers. CC ri -_ © Moseley Bros. have been appointed distributing agents for this territory for the water melon trust, which comprises nine-tenths of the growers of Georgia. | The Best of Friends Now. | yas Messrs. OUT OF BUSINESS. Sale of the Carson City Savings Ban to Its Competitor. Special Correspondence. CARSON Crry, June 21.—The Carson City Savings Bank is now a thing of the past, the furniture, fixtures, lease and good will of the business having been sold to the State Bank of Carson City, which has taken formal possession of the new quarters. The sale was wholly un- expected and the announcement that it had been consummated fairly took the | breath away from a coterie of men who imagined they could dictate the policy of | the Bank, although they did not own a | dollar’s worth of stock in the institution. Conversation with one of the stock- holders of the defunct Bank enables your correspondent to give a fairly accurate account of the reasons which led to the transfer. Not to go too far back into ancient history, which would disclose many dark deeds implicating Sam. Web- ber and L. L. Trask, who is now a fugi- | tive from justice, I will speak of the Bank only since Frank Hale assumed the position of Cashier. Naturally bright and attentive to business, Hale attracted many friends and would undoubtedly have been able to put the stock above par in a short time, if he eould have had the benefit of good counsel. Instead of looking to the directors for advice and instruction, however, he sought both from men who were neither directors nor stockholders, thus making the business of the Bank common knowledge. Consort- ing with improper characters and making loans which no banker of experience would think of entertaining, he naturally ineurred the displeasure of the directors, td k approached one of the salesmen and said H) | Pp | ] rita i } O | _— e THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. = Cigar. The Finest 10 Gent Gigar (EGA ee. : : but the dealer had not seen it, when he 5 he wanted to buy a single article in the line mentioned. “We don’t sell at retail, sir,’’ politely replied the clerk, at the same time point- ing to the cardboard. “Oh, that’s all right. I understand all about that sort of thing. I am always) able to buy goods at retail.’’ ‘Not in this house, sir.”’ “EL PURITANO | MANUFACTURED BY DILWORTH BROTHERS, “Nonsense. There never was arule| 7% e i / eae sas | without some exceptions. Can’t you! —— 9) ? | “If you were in the trade, of course | you could buy just what you want, but | we have to adopt that rule in order to. protect our customers.”’ “Why, of course, I am in trade and) have been dealing with your house for | make an exception for me TRADE SUPPLIED BY I. M. CLARK & SON, Grand Rapids. \ BRADDOCK, BATEMAN & CO., ; Bay City. Detroit. FT. E. BREVOORT, - quite a while now.”’ | then, sir. It you had | “Kxeuse me, . |S. K. BOLLES. said that, of course, there had been no|” na E. B. DIKEMAN. Pu lobjection. A twelfth of a dozen, did SS) IX B Tl a & ¢ : | you say, sir ?”’ e es O © Ss Ocs | But the dealer concluded he would 17 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. | order a complete dozen, and, moreover, ferring to his memorandum book, | discovered that he had an order which | he intended giving toa rival establish- |ment, but under the circumstances he | | decided to make one bill of the lot. 99 = « T |Map Out Your Course, Young Man. | ; e | ‘The man who starts in pursuit of for- | |tune without carefully surveying the Wholesale Cigar Wealers. | on Fe | | who requested a reformation in both his lground and laying down his line of | habits and his method of conducting the | march beforehand, isa reckless Absalom, The “TOSS UP” Cigar is nota competitor Bank’s business. Both requests were | who is pretty sure .to be eaught by the | . disregarded and openly disobeyed, when | ‘‘wait-a-bit’? thorns of speculation, and | against any other 5c brands, but all 10c brands, the directors very properly asked for | left helplessly struggling in their midst, it, i n 10¢c cigar n the Hale’s resignation, which was reluctantly | a ridiculous spectacle to all right-think- because it is equal ~ s y 0 18 . tendered. Instead of stepping out of the | ing men. market. 254 Bank promptly, as the penalty for be-| Map out your course, young man, be- traying and defying the directors, he sought to keep himself in position by fortifying himself behind some of the eustomers of the Bank, who signed an agreement to withdraw their business from the Bank in case Hale was dis- missed. This action temporarily kept him in place and he improved the oppor- tunity to set afloat statements to the ef- fect that his wages had been raised and that presents had been made to him by the directors—both of which were false. Satisfied that Hale was not capable of making the Bank a success, and deter- | mined that the men who had no interest | in the Bank should not dictate how it| should be conducted, the stockholders | accepted an offer from the State Bank, | with the result above mentioned. Carson City is now left with but one | banking institution, which is fully ade- | quate to the needs of the community anc is worth anything to a bank. x No Goods at Retail. “Positively no goods sold at retail’’ is a sign which nearly every wholesale house displays in one of other of its depart- ments. ‘‘All a mere pretense,’’ says the grumbling retailer, who, if he had the earth with a fence around it, would still ery because the fence was not braided with pink ribbon. But the average dealer who visits the city to buy a bill of goods knows that the sign means just | what it says, and that the house which { displays such a sign is one that he can | trust to protect him from that most pes- tilential of customers, ‘‘the man who has a friend in the business.”’ An incident which oceurred to one of | the grumbling kind of store-keepers, the other day, ought to cure him of his skepe ticism. He had been dealing for a short period with a house which recently added a new department. In a conspicuous place upon the walls of this department the aforementioned sign was displayed, | you, than you can be in the i| will undoubtedly receive all the business fer back to your chart. naturally tributary to this point, which | ~o 2 > | | fore you set forth on your business |journey. While you are yet out of the | tumult and toil of the busy world, adopt |aset of principles. Let them be such as | your conscience and your common sense lapprove. Then fashion a code of laws {for your future government—rules of | conduct, based on the duties you owe to | God, to your neighbor and to yourself. | Don’t wait until you are assailed by ltemptation or beset with difficulties to | | determine what you shall do in either | |dilemma. Determine in advance what | ‘ought to be done under certain cireum- | ¥ stances, and, when they occur, do it. | You are better qualified to judge rightly | what is just and prudent in any contin- | gency before the contingency is upon | moment of | difficulty. In your trouble, don’t trust | to the impulse of the moment. Impulse | \is a blind guide in serious matters. Re- This has been | ‘the practice of wise and good men from | time immemorial. | Experience no doubt, a capital | |teacher, but her lessons are bitter; and lif you begin life witha cool head, an} | honest purpose, a dauntless spirit and | BROWN & Dealers in ENGINES, BOILERS and MILL M Agricultural Implements, Wagons SHHLER, ACHINERY, Farm Machinery, and Carriages. | | | } Corner West Bridge and North Front Sts., Fine Frosting Sugar. and Pastry this Sugar has no equal, and only has to be used GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. is, For Fine Frosting | fixed prineples and rules of conduet of | to be appreciated. With it there is no trouble in making Nice, Soft, Smooth frost- | the right kind, you will be all the more|ing. No eggs, beating or cooking required; simply mix the sugar with a little water or milk to the proper consistency, flavor to taste and spread upon the cake with a thin knife. You can also use, in place of milk or water, Orange, Lemon or lin the beginning, and stick to it as| Pineapple juice, or the Syrup from any kind of Canned Fruit or Berries with most losely as you ean in storm and sunshine. | excellent results. Sold by all Grocers. Warranted Pure, and manufactured by 1@ \:Providence is the underwriter for those i“ . . |who sail this ‘‘sea of troubles” by tne PUTNAM CANDY CO., Grand Rapids, Mich, HESTEHR & FOX, | | |ehart of honor and the compass of pru- | Manufacturers’ Agents for idence, and evenif blown on the rocks | SAU AND GRIST:MILL MACHINERY, likely to escape the lash of that hard | |task-mistress. Lay your course straight | | they are not likely to perish there for | | lack of help. a Preliminary Call. Granpv Rapips, June 14, 1890. Send for ENGINE ee = | The fifth annual convention of the Michigan | —_— ; | Business Men’s Association will be held at Sagi Prices WORKS naw on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 19and | 8 INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S. A. MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM as BOILERS. Carry Effgifes and Boilers in Stock 20, convening at 9 o’clock a. m. of the day first named. The programme is not yet completed, but suffi | cient features have already been arranged for to warrant the statement that the meeting will be paw dase of the most pleasant and profitable conven- g aS tor immediate delivery. —— | tions ever held by the Association. : : : | All Joeal Business Men’s Associations are Planers, Matchers, Mouiders and ail kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, | requested to elect full sets of delegates and a w elting and Oils. | eordial invitation is extended all business men Saws, Belting to attend the convention. And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Sample | Come one, come all! , a Pulley and become convinced of their superiority. E. A. Stowe, Sec’y. | 44, 46 and 48 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MIOH. C. L. WHITNEY, Pres. Write for Prices. 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs #% Medicines. Stare ‘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. freasurer—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. Executive Committee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan; E. T. Webb, Jackson; D.E. Prall, East Saginaw; Geo. Mc- Donald, Kalamazoo; J.J. Crowley. Detroit Next Meeting—At Saginaw, beginning third Tuesday of September, 1890. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott. Grand Ra pids Drug Clerks’ Association. President, F. Db. Kipp; Secretary, W. C. Smith. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President, C.8. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt. WHY IT FAILED. Some Reasons for the Non-Success of the P. of I. Movement. Written for THE TRADESMAN. To deal with the subject trons of Industry from a mercantile point of view, it will be well to divide the contracting merchants’ into five clas es, in view when signing contracts. of the according to the objects they had | A : : J | who bought for cash in the cheapest mar- could not sell at prices to please the | | | Anyhow, | that ?”’ the fault was in themselves. Doubtless they were not shrewd enough to buy at | right prices, or did not know what kind | of goods their particular locality de- i|manded, or did not know how to sell. the P. of I. would be just the | thing to give them a lead; but the farm- ers soon realized the situation, then ean’t ask the trade committee, we get a better As the trade committee always secured the best one they can persuade to sign, the “Why | organization do not feel obliged to trade | there unless it is to their advantage, and | | so go elsewhere. | caused The merchants of the third class have frequently put clauses in their contracts their competitors had the bulk | |of the trade and they thought a contract | | with and, find- | ing goods sold cheaper by others, would | | | branch of trade for which he is best fitted. | | | | | | | | | | | of all in this. merchant than | has | | would have members of the) | know it was not and to the effect that individual Patrons were | | not to have the benefit of reduced prices until they paid up old accounts. The farmers who had old accounts trying to pay cash for all they bought found it hard to get money to supply their immediate wants, without paying back debts. This kind of any amount of displeasure | their part and was a complete failure. Pa- | The first and most considerable class is | 5 | Patrons, and the cases are frequent where | composed of those who went into it with the intention of using trickery and to make all they could, as long as the con- fidence of the farmers could be held. The second are those who ity to work up a trade in a legitimate way and expected to do so through this organization. The third class of merchants had a large number of past due accounts among lacked abil- | the Patrons and expected to make col- | leetions by signing. The fourth were heavily in debt and hoped by this means to clear themselves. | The fifth are business men, shrewd and | successful, who signed for reasons best known to themselves, but soon looked on it as one of the mistakes of their iness career. Review the history of any merchant who has contracted and you will see that bis case fits one or more of the classes named, and also that dissatisfaction has invariably been the result, if the con- tract has run long enough to be fully tested. At Lapeer, Holly, Saginaw, Bay City and many towns in the Eastern part of the State there has been very little satis- faction. One thing which has been no- ticed in particular is, that the larger the town, the sooner the idea is rejected; but even in the smaller towns, there is not that distressed feeling that there was a year ago. The merchants are less alarmed and the farmers have lost that tenacious enthusiasm with which they were then so completely filled. Travel- ing men were told by their customers that they must not sell to the P. of I. stores, but now they do not seem to care enough about it to ask whether they sell to Patron merchants or not. Let us consider a few reasons why the scheme has failed : The first class of merchants have usually lied to the Patrons about the cost of their goods, and covered up their deceit by having false or duplicate bills made with a good big percentage added; or have had an wholesalers that goods high 15 or 20 per cent. When the Patrons would enquire elsewhere regarding prices and find the same goods sold cheaper by other dealers, these merchants would ap- peal to their loyalty to the order and say, “They are selling below cost to run me out; of the they were to bill the organization;’? and the Patrons “‘stuck by’ until they saw into game. Continuance under these circum- stances could not exist, and the experience of many merchants in many proves it. The second class of merchants did not have a good, profitable trade and, per- | business; understanding with the | and allow a cash discount of | bus- | The merchant of the fourth class generally under the thumb of the whole- saler, with whom he was obliged to deal and pay whatever prices were asked. could not compete with the merchant ket, this sort of merchant has failed, after signing the contracts. Every business man, and were | contracts | on | was | He} soon | | & Pearson. however success- | ful he may have been, can look back and | see mistakes he has made. The fifth | class of merchants always look on their | signing P. of I. judgment. They usually realize it, too, before the first contract expires. Where competition is strong, contracts have been rejected after but two or three days’ trial. as a whole, the merchants who hoped to profit by this scheme have as a rule lacked, either in honor, or ability, both, | their just reward. In his Adrian speech State President | Partridge said there were several ques- | | tions to ask: | occupation First, What’s the remedy ? In every there are always some un- pleasant features, some disadvantages, something the matter, and every individ- Second, contracts as an error in | A man perfectly adapted to one line of trade may be unfit for another, and when | going into business he tries to select that |W hy shouldn’t a farmer study himself and his soil and then select that branch of agriculture that both are best suited for? It would be pleasing to see the farmers have better opportunities for ed- uecating their children, and then improve them. They deserve the encouragement | We realize that they have | some very discouraging obstacles to en- counter and, although the trade scheme meant ruin to many mer- it proven successful, we| could not be a suc- cess, and where it has spent its force let the old time friendly feeling be renewed | between dealer and farmer and it will} rebound to the benefit of both. Epwin G. Pree. | chants, had say City, June 23, 1890, a ee Repentance Column. The following are some of the merchants who | have been under contract with the P. of I., but | have found the level profit plan a delusion and | asnare: Belding--L. 8. Roell. Big Rapids—Verity & Co. Blanchard—L. D. Wait. Bridgeton—Geo. H. Rainouard,. Casnovia—John E. Parcell. Cedar Springs—L. A. Gardiner. Chapin—J. I. Vanderhoof. Chester—B. C. Smith. Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodseil & Co. Clio—Nixon & Hubbell. Coopersville—W. D. Reynolds & Co. Dimondale—Elias Underhill. Dushville—G. O. Adams. Eaton Rapids—E. F. Knapp, G. W. Webster. Fork Center—D, Palmer & Co. Fremont—J. B. Ketchum, W. By His “Better Half,” Harmon, Boone | Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted & Son. Grand Rapids—F. W. Wurzburg, Van Driele & | Kotvis, John Cordes, Huntley Russell. Harvard—Ward Bros. Hersey—John Finkbeiner. Hesperia—B. Cohen. Howard City—Henry Henkel. Ionia—E. S. Welch, Wm. Wing. Kent City—R. McKinnon. Lake Odessa—McCartney Bros., Fred. Miller. Lowell—Charles McCarty. Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich. | Marshall—John Fletcher, John Butler, Charles | | | Fletcher. So it can be truthfully said that, taken | or | and the failure of the scheme is | What’s the matter ? | ual is brought to more fully realize the | particular disadvantages of his own vo- | cation, and is apt to think they are greater than those of other callings, stood by himself. Some may not under- | have | greater disadvantages and more unpleas- | ant features than others. ease with farmers, their remedy surely is not in blaming their nearest and If this be the | | hooks in front best | | neighbor—the retail merchant. Let them | go to the root of their own difficulties. If | about tilling the soil, Mr. Partridge knows anything farming (and his position as president of the state organization would indicate that he does) lethim go about the country | telling his fellow men what he does know instead of what he doesn’t know about running a mercantile | let him explain to them how to work the ground to the best advantage; what can be raised most profitably; how flocks should be cared for, and | there show | them how to study out the cost of their) products; let him tell them ean be run with less expense and greater profit—not what needless expense thinks merchants are to. and seems successful merchant knows the cost of every article he has for sale and will not |handle a line of goods without a profit. you should stick by me for the good | the | Let the farmer do the same. It can done, and then he will know what he is doing. Ihave frequently heard farmers, and hard working ones, too, say | every bushel of grain they sold was pro- towns | | adapted to. in one line duced at a loss, and I have wondered if there was not something else that they themselves and their soil were better Merchants who have failed of goods have frequently haps, wondered why it was, not thinking ' proven eminently successful in another. The | how a farm | | he could have sold a pound of tea. he | Heis supposed | | to know all about the former | to know nothing about the latter. | best Mocha or Java coffee. be | | against her will that what he has to offer | is better than the article she wants. that | | where they will get about | Mecosta—Robert D. Parks. | Millbrook—T. O. (or J. W.) Pattison. Millington—Forester & Clough. Minden City—W. A. Soules, F. 0. & Son. Nashville—Powers & Stringham. Newaygo—W. Harmon. New Era—Peter Rankin. Olivet—F. H. Gage. Otisco—G. V. Snyder & Co. Ravenna—R. D. Wheeler. Reed City—J. M. Cadzow. Rockford—H. Colby & Co. St. Lonis—Mary A. Brice. Sand Lake—C. O Cain. Sparta—Woodin & Van Wickle, Dole & Haynes. S; ringport—Cortright & Griffin. Stanton—Fairbanks & Co. Sumner—J. B. Tucker. Williamston—Michael Bowerman. oO ae A Grocer Does Not Understand His Business. From the New York Retail Grocers’ Advocate. When he hangs his table celery on} of his store, where the| wind, sun and dirt can reach it. When he spreads his spinach or sprouts sun-cured, or leaves Hetfield | his salad uncovered. When he gives more potatoes for a peck than he ought to for a half-bushel. When he buys teas or coffees and de- pends upon others for the selection of quality. When he pays eight cents a pound for granulated sugar and sells it for seven. When he takes it for gospel truth that are aS many oranges in a box as marked and sells them accordingly. When he spends ten minutes selling a head of cabbage, when in the same time When he takes goods on sale and ac- cepts a bill for same, as if purchased outright. When he buys on credit, when he can save money by buying for cash. When he tries to palm off Peaberry for When he tries to persuade a customer When he keeps goods he ought to sell and sells goods he ought to keep. When he gives credit to those who ap- ply without strict enquiry as to their financial standing. When he looks after the horses in the stable while his clerks neglect patrons in the store. The Drug Market. There are no changes of importance this weeek. Opium, morphia and qui- nine are steady. Nitrate strontia is searee and higher. Quicksilver has again advanced. All mereurials will be higher. Balsam fir, Canada, is lower. Malaga oil has declined. Oil peppermint is very firm. Oil sassafras is lower. ——~ - 6 Milk Shakes and Ice Shaves. PutTNnAM CANDY Co. SUSPENDED |! fq WI uo UBy} 104}0 Sulssoig esodmy 0} 1d[Bop 9} FUIMOT[V 107 eoys miy Buys ET *’rD I IN &.. Warranted not to Thicken, Sour or Mold in any Climate. Quality Guaranteed Against Injury by Freezing. All others worthless after frees ‘ing. See quotation. MARTELL BLACKING CO., Sole Manufacturers, Chicago, 1. IF YOU soxes SES — RITE T0—— C. W. Johnson & Co, LABELS Tee DRUGGISTS’ PRINTERS, 44 West Larned St., DETROIT, MICH ——FOR CATALOGUE—— THEY CAN SAVE YOU MONEY Do You Observe the Law ? If not, send $1 to THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, For their combined LIQUOR & POISON RECORD. “THE WEAR IS THE — TEST OF VALU. We still have in oa well-known brand Pioneer Prepared Paint. MIXED READY FOR USE. Having sold same to our trade for over ten years, we can say it has fulfilled the manufac- turer’s guarantee. Write for sample card and prices before making your spring purchases. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SOLE AGENTS POLISHINA ™" sisisn CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address PEGK BRO ie Wholesale Dru ts, GRAND RAPIDS. THE MOST RELIABLE FOO For Infants and Invalids. \ Used everywhere, with ualifi success. cooked food, suited to the weakest stomach. Take no other, Sold b a. and up 8 O. on every ee ence seta Te 11@ 13 Phosphorium dil...... 20 Salicylicum ..-...----- 1 40@1 " Sulphuricum.... -- -- 1%@ : Tannicum......----+-- 1 40@1 60 Tartaricum......------ 40@ 42 AMMONIA. Aqua, * oe Dees 1@ 6 Oe cee 6@ 7 Cc aan CS en es 11@ 13 Chloridum .......----- 12@ 14 ANILINE. Miaoe.. .-.-+------ 2 0O@2 25 IN ow on woe ww ees 80@1 00 TE ie 45@G 50 Wollow ....-----+--++-- 2 50@3 00 BACCAE, Cubeae (po. 1 50...----1 6O@1 75 Juniperus .....---+++++ 8@ 10 Xanthoxylum .....---- 25 30 BALSAMUM. Copaiba .. .. & Pie. ey @1 30 Terabin, C ee oe 35@G@ 40 Tolutan . . ee = CORTEX. Abies, Canadian.....--+---- 18 ee le i. Cinchona Flava .....--+++-- 18 EKuonymus atropurp.....--- 30 Myrica Cerifera, po....----- 20 Prunus Virgini.....--------- 12 oan. GTA. .....--000+ ++ 12 GansafraS .....-----222°9 "°°" 12 Ulmus Po (Ground Te anos 10 EXTRACTUM. Glycyrrhiza =, A@ ®B 33@ 3 Haematox, 12 1b. “pox... a 12 aa... ee 13@ 14 . ae 14@ 15 ve os 16@ 17 FERRUM. Carbonate Precip. ...-- > 15 Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50 Citrate Soluble.....--- @ Ferrocyanidum Sol. ... 50 Solut Chloride......-- 15 Sulphate, eg 16 2 pure....... oe fT FLORA. DIOR ok. cone ees ss 14@ 16 Anthemin ......------- W@] 2 Matricaria ...... ----- 25@ 30 FOLIA. Barosma ....-..-..--+ 12@ wv Cassia “scutifol, Tin- niveliy .....- --+---- 2@ 28 “cs a“ At. 35@ 50 Salvia officinalis, 448 ME GB... coon ee oe ee 10@ 12 a! 8@ @UMMI. Acacia, ist picked.... @1 0 ee a 2 4 [6 eS . sifted sorts. . @ 65 C pe .....- .--.- T5@1 00 Aloe, Barb, (po. 60). 50@ 60 *« “Cape, (po. 20) . @ 12 * ~— Socotri, (po. 60) . @ Catechu, 1s, (148, 14 4s, THE MICHIG +A IN TRADESM AN. Wholesale Price Current. | Morphia, S. P. & W...2 83@3 10 Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 25, Lindseed, boiled ee | : SN. ¥. Q. & Sinapis..... .. @ 18|N F 7 7 i LT 2 85@3 10 > vogue G eat’s oet, winter oe : | sscnens : Q. ot... @ 30 | siratoed ......-... 50 69 eclined—Balsam Fir, Malaga Olive Oil, Oil Sassafras | ae me Ce 208 2 —_ Maccaboy, De | Spirits Turpentine.. Le 48 ; | Myristica, No. 1....... ton el Mees @ 3 : | Nux Vomica, (po20).. | @ 10| Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes @ 35; ——_ =’ ee re 14 00@14 50 ee | Oe, Sepia... - 30@ 32) Soda Boras, (po. is). r ak i Red Venetian..........1% 2@3 Sxechthitos...-....... 901 00 r | Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 30@ 33 | Ochre, yellow Mars... 1% 2@4 Erigeron as 1 20@1 30 Aconitum Napeitia R....... 60 | a Ss @2 0 | Soda Carb 1% b “ ek aa = POUIUmerae ............ 2 10@2 20 o .. got Pies Eig, 8. Peer G nmercial... 2 ( Geranium, ounce..... @ r | Aloes.. . ya doz ' _ 4 -” 2 00 | — _ ere @ 5 iP pgp commercial ....2%4 24@8 Gossipii, Sem. gal..... 50@ 75| ‘*. and myrrh.. 60 | Pici is Liq., quarts ... ei aa aa SH@ 3) | Vermilion Prlme Amer aie 2%@3 Hedeoma. ....... «aes ee I 50 "tal 00 | Soda, Sulphas.....---. @ 2 | i" een , eT ae A : pints . 70 | Spts. Ether C ( 5 | wets 3@16 anper eu roa? 00 | Asafostida................... 30 | Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80). @ 50 |e eercia oe er Vermilion, English... sass Lavendula ss a2 00) | Atrope Belladonma.......... 60 Piper Nigra, (po. 22). @ 18| “ Myrcia Imp... .. as =| Green, Peninsular i W0a75 Limonis ........++--++- 1 50@1 80 | Benzoin. ........... 0.2 +++ go | Piper Alba, —— @ %| “ Vini Rect. “Dbl. | eed, red. a ae Mente e828 | canguinata 022 eee wd) i 2 =| rntink sia: BA I arid.........2 50@2 60 | Sanguinaria.......... (|| 56) Erambi Aces ......- 14@ 15] Less 5eg sash ter * | Whiting, » ar Morrhuae, gal......... 80@1 00 Baroamia ....... ee 50 | Pulvis Ipecac et opii. A 10@1 20 | Stry aoe ms mone _ ays | W hiting, oo te Gon —— onmee........ ‘ -_ 50 ee eS) so as boxes H Sulphur, Subl. LG L4@ 2 WwW — Paris American i 00 ee OG@2 75 | Capsicum ............-.-+-+- 50) &E. , doz..... @1 2 «| Roll. 0 cane hiting, P E “er wager (gal. 38 7 _ 12 ia ee oo came pv Loe eee 30@ 35 | da be 4@ 3 10 i. cliff g — wer nee cece seceees 24@1 36} a 95 ~ 8@ 10); Terebe 2 2 > ior ar P spared Moemarini......... V@1 00 | Castor .......-..--. eee ee eee 1 00 Quinia, SEawW..... ae 46 | ferent ile 50D 33 | Swiss. Vv erst Prepared | 1 4 Rosae, ounce.........- a Ce eo 50 | S. German.... 30@ 36| Vanilla ig warts oo | Paints .1 00@1 20 Succini...........-+-+- 40@ 45 | Cinchona ..............----- 59 | Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14| Zinci Sulph.... Te Ne "8 Se a 90@1 001 “ fe " g9 | Saccharum Lactis pv... Se 1G VARNISHES. ee 3 50@7 00 | Columba ............ +. .+5- 50 | Salacin.... 1 80@2z 00 OILs No, 1 Turp Coach..:.1 10@1 20 mee | 0 Me I foe 0G | Sanguis pe =. 8. cis Torp......-.-.. 1 60@1 70 Sinapis, ess, ounce. @ eB Cubea 50| Santonine ............ @4 I : Bbl. Gal | Coach Body........... 2 T5@3 00 Tighii ieee ee @i 50 | Digitalis .............. +--+. 50 | Sapo, es 20 14| oon ro aga La = oi es 7 2 ee an a eee: ea oa ma — * . oe as i om ....... @ 60| Gentian ........-............ NG Bb Fp moecte git ee —— 1 Theobromas......- we Oe. 60 | te aa @ 15| Linseed, pureraw ... 62 65! Torp. -........ 10@ 75 _ POTASSIUM. oe Ss fe 50 | ee ee meee. 60 | Bichromate ..........- 130 $4 | MBI. ------0-2- sree eons 50 | Beaida | | 0 40 Hyoscyamus ................ 50 ae a 6 a % Chlorate, (po. 18)...... So RN inate 5 | Cyanide ssc iia aE a = Ferri Chloridum............ 35 | ieee 2 S0@2 90 Kino ......-2 22+ +22 seer eee eee 50 Potassa, Bitart, pure... 3@ 33 DC oe a ee en 50 | Potassa, Bitart,com... @ 15 Myrrh........---.---.---+-+- 50 Petass Nitras, opt .... 8@ 10 Wax Vomica resteeeee BO] Pos Wis... OF Opit SS ..rrrmhmLUrhLrrt~—r—~—~—~—SS 85 | See 23@ BW « Carmsphorated........... 50 Sulphate pe........--. 15@ 18 Rn ene at ence sent ea ci AurantiCortex...... ....... 58) ° sea Quassia ioeetbene : on | QUBSEIE .----------- eee e eee 50 | IR a no - 0@ = er --- 50 | i fi... aa | Bnet... Lise —. Lili... Te ae assia Acutifol. eee eyes tae 50 | rn eee re, OG... ...... @ 5 C 50 | Ee 0G WW ities ae 50 j Gentiana, (po. 15)..... 10@ 12 Stromonium....... LN 60 Glyehrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18] Tolutan.... a Hydrastis c anaden, Valerian cat 50 (pe. )... ........-. @ 3S/V eae 50 | = on om aoe Ae on. oA = ieratrom Veride............ | es Inula, Ne 15@ 20 MISCELLANEOUS. | pecac, po......-...--- 2 BQ? Bil : Tre « \ | Iris plox (po. 0@22).. 18 0 Aather, Spts Nit, 2 F.. 2@ 2) re me... 40@ 45 Alumen 4F.. an 334 | e avanta, 448.......... ao Bie ee ee : + ? « oe ae Chemical d Druggists’ Sund Rhei.. “LID %5@1 001 4 nnatio a - = ru 1StS unarics. a om 3, | Antimoni, PO. : . “ie a= 5 Reet ULL, @ 53 eT o i Sanguinaria, (po 25). @ pees oar a 1 35@1 40 Dealers in mana MUEGOTIM,.......-..., @ B erpentaria..........-. i 45 . “ Senees .. 1 50 — Nitras, ounce Sm % . oO 1 1 1 S ( = AYSODICUM .........+.-. Gd aI imilax, Mticinalis, a é 2 Balm Gilead Bud..... 38@ 40 | d ‘all B 161188 alll 8 | g Seillae, (po. 3) ....-... 10@ 12 Calcium Ch — wre 7 , , : Syn » Hoe 2 og arpus, Feeti 11: Me ig Is, 48 9 Sole A ents’ fe th Oo J ‘ vk Py i @ | canindtiaes “iiassiain g Xforithe Oelebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints. ata | 15 7 ...............,... @1 75 Zingiber a 10@ 15|Capsici Fructus, af.. @ 2 re Pinwior j.......... 2@ 2% 20 - @ 16 SEMEN, Sica Bia 23) a We are Sole Proprietors of x Anisum, (po. 20). - @ 15| Carmine, No. 4 ao ae Q3 i : a (graveleons) .. = 18} Cera Alba, S. & 7.2... 5O@ 55 | WEATHERL fea t4. |... 4@ 6| Cera Flava......... 38@ 40 | 4 Carui, (po. = eee Sd 12| Coccus ........ 0... ..+- G | S MICH G Cardamon.. .1 00@1 25 | Cassia Fructus.... a g 20 | I AN CATARRH REMEDY Corlandr um. sl Oe 2) Cenwara............. @ 10 Cannabis Sativa......-. 3) 4a 4} Cetaceum ............ i @ Ww Cydonium.... ....---. %@1 00| Chloroform ........... 30@ 5D Chenopodium ........ 10@ 12 squibbs .. @i 00 Dipterix Odorate...... 2 25@2 50 | Chloral Hyd Crst...... 1 > 75 s Foeniculum..........-. @ 1 Coomera .........-... 25 We have in stock and offer a full line of Foenugreek, po..... 6@ 8)C inchonidine, ra W te 20 Lint, ged (bbL a). ‘iia mae WwW F _ Oo .. 44@ 4% | Corks, list, dis. 2 Lobelia. ... .- so@ 40 Gems ............. — @ 60 hisixies, Brandies, — anarian.. io 34%@ 2. 1 Creasotum ............ @ Ww eae ye = 7 | Creta, (ODL. 7) ....-.--- a 2 Sinapis, ae 8@ 9 . hha os 3 5 Gins, VATines, Rums. Nigra.....--. 1@ 2 = seem .......... 8@ 10 “ SPIRITUS. ae 8 Frumenti, W., Pi Co. 2 00@2 50 | CTOCUS ....---. eee eeee 35Q 38 “ of 8 1 7x@2 00 Cudbear ee eee @ A a 1 10@1 50 Cupri Sulph........... s&@ 9 Juniperis Co. 0. T....1 T5@1 7 senha we eeee sees _ 12 WwW “6 ees eS DOr Uren... ......- 8@ TW ar in Mi + an W Saacharum N. E...... 1 7@2 00 | Emery, all numbers... @ © 6 Sole Agents ichig for * D. & Co Spt. Vini Galli....... 1 75@6 50 i IO nee eee neon @ & . Wind Oparte 0.5.0... 1 25@2 00 | Ergota, (po.) 60......- 50@ 55 Winit Oporto «00000000: | 52 00| Biske White w 50 $5 Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash ae... @ 2 SPONGES. Cambios. 000. 8 @9 5 ; ’ ; Florida sheeps’ wool Gelatin, Cooper oes 90 Whisky and Druggists Favorite | —— a 2 25@2 50) Giassw a a 40@ 60 assau sheepe’ wool | Glassware flint, 75 per cent. W i Cartage 0. 2.1. 2 00 | by box 62%5 less Rye hisky. Velvet extra sheeps’ Glue, Brown.......... 15 | wool carriage....... 110| “ White........... 13@ 25 | Extra yellow sheeps’ | Glycerina ..-......---- 194 @ 25 carriage ........ wees 85 ae eee. -- a. 22 Grass sheeps’ wool car- ; Sumo : 25 40 | W ee gs | Hydraag Chior Mite. ~ @1 00) bs sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. Hard for slate use.... %5 ‘“ Cor ... @ 88} 8 giv Hard for slate use Oxkubrim 1 10) give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar- ME oc cee ge sa anes 1 40 : ——, 4 @1 | antee Satisfaction. ‘ nguentum. 47@ 57 | oo | Hydrargsmam os “i —— are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we res ee thyob 3 50 | Wimeiver .....-++----- +++ «+++ 50 | Indig: ——" — ae 1 ei oD _— — Send in - trial order. a ee Somes, ee 3 TE@3 85 | — ‘"! 50] Todoform.............- @470| Arends Cortes... 0. 0..6. 5. 58 Lupulin Ce 851 00 | a Rhei Arom.........-. -+++: 50 | Lycopodium .......... 55@ 60 | ; Similax Officinalis.......... 60 | Macis .. 80@ 85 | ha ' Ce. .-... 50 Lic uor Arsen et “Hy- SOTO... <5 oo noe ioe ons soe 50 ee Oe P| Scillae. . th ceeds pesca csaeess 50 | Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12 ’ i | aetna Dee yee dete nee saa 50 —— Sulph (bbl ee 3 Prunus Virg........--+++0++ 50 | Mannia, S. F......... 45@ 50 GRAND RAP IDS, MICH. BON ee ee ap a i Ammoniae ........---- 25 30 Assafcetida, (po. 30)... @ 15 Benzoinum.......----- w@ 55 Camphore......--++-+- 5O@ 52 = yhorbium po ...... 35@ 10 Galbanum. ......----- @3 00 Gamboge, po.....----- 80@ 9 Guaiacum, (po. a. 6 6S Kino, (po. 25)....----- @ ® Mae... .....- 2. @1 00 Myrrh, (po a @ 40 Oni, (pc. 5 20).....--- 3 50@3 % Oe 25@ 35 ' bleached...... 27@ 35 Tragacanth .......---- WQ 7H HERBA—In ounce packages. sai. Eupatorium .......------+-+- 20 ase sce ice eu coe eceeees 25 Majoru a Mentha. Piperita. a Sl 23 Vir oc 25 ee 30 ‘Tanacetum, V.....---------- 22 ‘Tigran, V..-...-.-..-.----- 25 MAGNESIA, Caieined, Pat.......--. 55@ 60 Carbonate, Pat . W@ 22 Carbonate, K. & _ wW@ 5 Carbonate, Jenning®.. 35@ 36 OLEUM. Absinthium. .........5 00@5 50 Amygdalae, Dule... .. 45@ 75 Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 25 RE eo hceiais ates 1 90@2 00 Auranti Cortex....... @2 50 Bergamil ..........-.- 2 80@3 25 oe 901 00 Caryophylli ..........- 1 25@1 30 ome 2s. 35@ 65 Chenopodii . @1 75 Cinnamonii ...........1 35@1 40 oo @ Conium Mac.......... 35@ 65 Copaibe ....-....+-c0e. 1 20@1 30 GROCERIES. Making Purchases. from the American Grocer. Overbuying is a common fault with re- | tailers. Stock and fresh. With tre unsportation facilities frequent and prompt, there is no longer | necessity. except in exceptional instances, of carrying a heavy stock. There is no economy in the extra discount if loads and makes an interest avainst the goods greater than the induce- ment offered to purchase. Besides consideration is anothef of greater portance; the the goods. Shelf goods find quicker sale | if the labels have a bright, new appear- anee, if there is no dust on the tops of tins or about the neck of the bottles. Learn to withstand the _ cajoling. smooth words of vood-natured drummer. and treat him fairly, but purchasing where an extra discount or some advantage. dealer whose store wears a fresh and where they see, or think they see, something new at every visit. Often times in introducing new it pays to buy a liberal quantity, larly if a special price is made. In such ease, push the goods at about cost for a limited period, thus advertising the ar- ticle and the store at trifling expense, but with grand results. the spevial price time. demand. Use him well, fight against goods ~~ & —- Weak---Hides Lower. The market is more depressed than for a long time. Wool Firm --- Tallow wool shutting down or running short time. Failures are frequent and it is said more | are to follow. The low price of goods and a dragging market have had their effect, that no tariff legislation can affect | for the better. manufacturers | markets with all goods tariff can or growers of Foreign will flood our possible before effect need not a new wvol better in dealers look for prices for a long time. Hides but offerings are larger and equal to demand. No higher prices looked for in the near and anything remain firm, need be future. Tallow is lower. The demand is light, with light offerings and no accumulation. >_> © > A Happy inchinnt. From the Western Merchant. One of the most popular and successful grocers in this city is to-day doing busi- ness on a eash basis, strictly. A year ago he was doing a credit business, but bad accounts, postponed payments, and the expense of making out bills and col- lecting them, sickened him, and he sud- denly resolved to give credit no longer. The abrupt change was a surprise to customers and employes alike, and for a while things looked blue. But the grocer kept the neatest of stores and the best of goods, had no interest to charge slow- paying patrons, and a few trials convinced his customers that if cash went further with the merchant it also went further with them. To-day, this grocer is trans- galarger business than ever, and the smile on his face is as bright as the eagle on anew silver dollar. He buys for cash and sells for cash, and he smiles because he is free from care. i i elie - The Grocery Market. Sugars are down about 3¢c since a week ago and the tendency of the mar- ket is undoubtedly downward, although higher prices will probably rule in a couple of weeks. actin Pickles are so scarce that the price has gone out of sight. Other the line are about articles in grocery steady. —_——_--—~_. - > Pineapples good and cheap. Putnam CAnpDy Co. k should always be bright | dealer, was in town a couple of days | j THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Purely Personal. Frank A. Jenison, the Manton general dealer, spent Sunday with friends in this | city. Geo. T. Wilson, the Dowling general s last | week. W. F. Dermont, Manager of the W. D. | Wing Co., Limited, of Wingleton, was in it over- | account | that | im- | quality and appearance of | | the only inducement is | other trifling | Customers soon find out the} look | town one day last week. David Holmes, buyer for the West Michigan Lumber Co., at Woodville, spent Sunday in the city. Dr. G. B. Nichols, the Martin druggist, | was in town last week, in attendance on | the meeting of the State Medical Society. The wife of Howard Mosher, general Saeco } > | dealer at Cloverdale, was seriously in- attery oF the cheery, | jured by lightning on the 17th. It is| thought she will recover. A. L. Thompson, who has purchased | an interest in the Tibbs drug store, on Monroe street, will continue to reside in | Plainwell for the present, spending Sun- particu- | 4 |Germany he left Do not continue | : beyond the specified | a ae. This is a splendid way of creating | | day at the family hearthstone. Augustus Kuppenheimer leaves for New York next Monday, whence he sails | on the 3d for Hamburg, couple of months among the friends in behind twenty-three S. A. Sears assumes the mantle of Manager of the Sears cracker factory— | hereafter known as the New York Bis- Manufacturers are | take | cuit Co.—with becoming modesty, prom- ising that the business shall be conducted even more aggressively in the future than it has been in the past. Frank Inglis, the Detroit-druggist, was in town a couple of days last week, called hither by the annual convention of the State Medical Society. He improved the opportunity to call on his friends among the drug trade, all of whom were glad of the opportunity to shake the | hand of the President of the M.S. P. A. | one-half the rates Thos. A Hazlitt has started an oppo- sition ’bus line at Manistee, charging of the old line—25 eents fora round trip and 25 cents for each trunk. Mr. Hazlitt has the en- dorsement of the ’Bus Committee of the K. of G. and will undoubtedly receive the patronage of traveling men gener- ally. oo Stolen Wool. Perkins & Hess are the first sufferers from wool thieves so far this season. W. C. Nesen, their Lansing buyer, took in about 1,000 pounds of wool on the 16th, which was stolen the night before from a farmer near St. Johns. The wool was taken to Lansing by two men in lumber wagons, who remained in the city all day long, being shadowed in the meantime by the sheriff of Clinton county, who had tracked the thieves to the Capital City. In attempting to ar- rest one of the men, as he was driving away from town, the sheriff was pushed out of the wagon, when the thief whipped up his horses and escaped. The other thief also escaped, but left his team and wagon behind, which have been attached at the instance of Perkins & Hess. One of the men has been iden- tified as Charles Johnson, who recently served a term in prison, having been con- victed and sentenced in this city. nr A Courteous Concoction. Feedem—Send over six pounds of tea, will you? Sandham—Certainly. Green or black? Feedem—Blackest you’ve got. Um eatering for a big colored wedding on the west side. spending a| For the finest coffees in the world, high grade teas, spices, ete., see J. P. Visner, 17 Hermitage block, Grand Rapids, Mich. Agent for E. J. Gillies & Co., New York City. 352tf ——> << Fire Crackers all sizes and prices. PutTNAM CANDY Co. NOOL Iam in the market for WOOL. WANT TO BUY. Parties having — for sale, if they will notify me, ifin car | load lots, I will come and look at - and ttry tobuy it. If in small lots, you will send it to me, I will open it . and report by return mail what I ean give for | it, before taking it into account. There | will be no charge on it, after it is once at | my store. W T LAMOREAUX, 7) CANAL STREET. PRODUCE MARKET Apples—Dried, 626'¢c¢ for sun-dried and 10@11¢ for evaporated. The market is quiet. Asparagus—30e per doz. bu. Beans—Dry stock is scarce and firm, ¢ -ommand ing $1.85@#2.10 for city hand-picked. Beets—New, 35¢ per doz. Butter— “Not in shape to make any quot ations, Cabbages—Cairo stock comm: inds $1.75@32 per crate: Baltimore stock is out of market. Cabbage Plants—50c per 100. Cheese—Full cream stock ene T@se. Cherries—Sour fruit, $3 per Cooperage—Pork barrels, 81. m Cc. } | hid | j | } | a | produce barrels Cucumbers—40e per doz. Eggs—The market is steady. and hold at 13c. Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $3.50 per bu.; medium, $3.50. Timothy, $1.60 per bu. Green Beans—Wax, Bo per bu. String, $1.50 r bu. Lettuce—i2e per Ib. for Grand Rapids grown. Maple Sugar — 8@i0c per lb., according to quality. Magle Syrup—7x@85e per gal. Ouioes—Green, 10@12¢ per doz. | per sack Peas—Green, 75¢ per bu. Pieplant—#1 per crate of 50 lbs. Pop Corn—4c per Ib. Potatoes—Old stock is a little more active, finding « moderate sale at 40c per bu. New Southern is in fair demand at S083 | 50 per bbl. Raspberries—Both black and red are in good demand, commanding $1.50@#2 per crate. Radishes—2’¢ per doz bunches. Straw herries—Home-grown fruit will probably be out of market by the end of the week, 16 qt. eases commanding #1 for good fruit. Tomato Plants—35@40e per 10°, Watermelons—Georgia, $30 per 100. PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. om, mew. .-... ne a ee Se oo Extra clear pig, short cut..............-.... Mites biome, DOeyy.........--...........-... Dealers pay 12¢ Southern, $2 (lear, tat back....... . 12 50 Boston clear, short cut. Leet, Clear back, short cut. . ee Standard clear, short cut, a ae 13 00 saAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. Pork Sausage. . ee cue e beens acta s coee sees o Ham Sausage.. ee Eg Tongue Sausage.. eee ee ee ea ey 9 ee ee 8 Biood Seueere....... ....- le Bologna, = ce Se —e Bologna, thick ee Head Cheese. 5 LaRD—Kettle ‘Rendered. eee 7 es ce oe 7% ee 1% LaRD—Family. ey eres a eked cee 6 eee 64 Soh. Pelee Pte we Clee... :.-... 4.22... st 7 cis Pie ie ace... et 6% 16th Palle, 618 8 Ghee......-.................. 6% ots Fate 4tn a caee....... ......-......... Oe ee ee 6% BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 7 06 Mxtra Meas, Cuicago packiig.............-.. 7 00 Homeiens, rumen butts. ...............-....-..- SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average a peacee Ae i cs pene 104 . o i re........ ee ' a 7 ” ee NOE, nee es a ecaon Breakfast Bacon, boneless.............----++- 8% Dried beef, ham prices...........--.---+++ ee 9 Long C lears, TAO oe ee cee ae oo ce 6 Briskets, aie a 6 . i se ae OYSTERS and FISH, F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH. WIR. oe eck es eee es @%% - INE ooo ce sc cee wee ton @8 a ee ede w aime @T™%* eee le sewn eee ot on @15 Ciscoes a eS cue pe ee ee @4 oysTERS—Cans. Bairhaven Counts..........-.-++4.--«s- @35 os aS eee @30 TE @25 FRESH MEATS. Swift and Co ney — as follows: Beef, carcass. - 54@7 . meee quarters. . tee eres 7 @8 " fore cessessesseesesssnes SH & e loins, No. 3.. ne @9 ” eee ee @%% . songues......-.. co ee eee @ 9 Ny ie ie eee eee ee em @ 5% BIN wow a oa oe es oe os _ @5 a ee oe ee eee @s3 FO a ee ek ee new ns @6 Sausage, blood or head.. @5 eee @5 - es @8 tie te se det es le CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK. Standard, 25 lb. boxes. ed ee eee ea 8% Twist, | eee eee eea ss beens 8% Cut Loaf, 25 Ree cece eee eee ee MIXED Royal, 3 i pails . . Cee eee cee on 8% Te, Rs vo nnn eee 8 Extra, 2 Ib, Wc ee eee te ewe een es 10 _ 300 ie eae 9 French Cream, 25 Ib. pails... ... .-....++++- 11% FANcY—In 5 lb, boxes. Teeth DROW. oo ane a as oes we esas coon ee 2 Sour Drops .. eee ee Peppermint Drops. ee ea lane 14 Chocolate Drops............ Lop ee pete: cokeueuce 14 H, M. ChecoiatenDrope....... 5... 55. e ees ee 18 Gon Drops... 6... cccececccesessceses coseoes 10 el + A. © Uiceies Deee...............,..,..-... 14 Lozenges, eeepc tes cp eee nc ewen es 14 RR is ie as ew bisaceeue ee IMAPOrIAls, ... .. --. se. 0+ + --os red bey dace eras 14 ET eee 15 ee eee ee ee 13 i eee 13 ik cee eee ee ee — Maas ae Cs, ...- ... Pie Cone... .....---.-.....4..:. 36 eee 20 Gira Oe Burnt Almonds.. ce ee Wintergreen TE 14 FaNncy—In bulk. Lozenges, plain, in _-. oa I oe ee ee 10% . printed, ee 12 f ee 11 Chocolate Drops, in pedin...................... 12 Gum Drops, —— ee - 6% “ Oi ee ee ee 54 Moss Drops, 7 —_ a 10 SE Sa en en 9 Sour Drops, in pails...........--+---ee seer ees 12 Imperials, ee 11 eke cee ee 10 FRUITS. | Oranges, Rodi, choice, tine en oe @ 6 50 “ cee @ 6 50 2a Florida, Ce oe @ . ee @ - Riverside, fancy............-- @ “ Mountain, “ eaouee @ Wash. Navals, fancy.. bees Gene @ _ Valencias, large... tie @ Lemons, Messina, choice, Mee tees 5 00@ 5 50 _......... @ 5 25 e ’ fancy, Oe eda eee @ 6 00 . ee ee @ 6 00 Figs, Smy rha, new, fancy Aayers...... 15 @16 — ll 133 @ 14 MU Fk ee te @ eee. Ge oe i... <2... @ - ES ae @ . Fard, 10- = box ose cece ayes @10 _ el cae @ 8 - Persian, 5o:Ib, WON... ols 54@ NUTS. Almonds, Tarragona. . @16 i eee ic nese @i5 - Cee sc @l4 es educa we @lil1 Walnuts, Grenoble. Lee cone ccna ues = ba EE ——— @15 SCO EE ee 11 @l4 eee @A 50 PEANUTS. Fancy, . P., PR ae ay @ 9% “Roasted @11% Fancy, H. P. » Game ¢ WCE... 55 -os. @ 9% e Bonsted...... @11% Fancy, H. P., Pe ee ci 9 Bs ‘Roasted maka y Cc hoice, H. P. a 2. @ 8 o Roasted. 10 @10% Fancy, H. P,, Steamboats Voletes see wuce @ 8% . r pomsted....... 1 @19% hag irun Care mats Inv ee Lo = For Sale by Leading Wholesale Grocers. . Aart ee s+ ~ s nimnater aan scenes THE MICHIGAN TRADES SMAN. Wholesale Price Csek. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash bwyers who pay promptly and buy in ia ee APPLE BUTTER. E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 6 AXLE GREASE. ee ae $2 40 Aurora.. ee Diamond. | 80 BAKING ‘POWDE R. Thepure, 10¢ — -- $1 20 4 Ib ca ee 1 56 : 6 02 fee 2 28 a eh “ . 2% na 12 02 as 4 20 ° 1 Ib. bi a. oo ' 5 1b. ene 126 CO Less 20 per cent. to retailers. Absolute, ip cans, = iu .10 00 ' 4 ib Y pal .18 Acme, < ~ cans, 3 doz. + 2 ae cf 50 ney aib . i « | so © We i a oe 20 Our Leader, a cans..... 45 a a 90 a Cs 1 60 Telfer’s, _o cans, doz.. 45 2 %1 85 “ 1 ~ ae oe ma i 50 BATH BRICK. English, 2 doz. in case a 80 eae te ”ChCUhUCC Ck e American."2 doz. - case... @ BLUING. Mexican, 40z. ’ & oz . os ........-.. 90 BROOMS. No. 2 Hurl a ee 1% ee ee ee cues a 2 00 No. 2 Carpet 2 2 o. eee 2 50 a 2% Common Whisk............ 90 Fancy . Ee eee 1 20 eo... ............--. 3 2 Warehouse........ oe CANDLES Hotel, 40 lb. boxes. .... ey Star, 40 ee 9% | Pee. | i ae _OOeoooeaaaeee . = CANNED annie 0bite, Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck..... 1 20 CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. German Sweet.. ...... : 22 Pee el 35 Pare... oe 38 Breakfast Cocoa. ao 40 Broma.. i ht 37 Cocoa SHELLS. Cie 4 @4% Pound packages...... @7 COFFEE EXTRACT. ooo ee 80 a 1 10 cCOFFEE—Green. Rio, fair. : @21 - woe. ....... 1... 21 @ C Pane, Ww eee eas @23 “© fancy, washed... @24 * golden. . 28 Got Santos. 22 @23 Mexican & Guatemala23 @24 Java, tuterior......... 24 @26 ' Mandheling....27 @30 Peaberry . tec ees- ee Ge Mocha, genuine. ae 26 @2s To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add \%c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. seen Suene Bunola...... “ - i cabinets. 4 McLaughlin’s XXXX. ' is .... . _ * ine abinets Darhem.......... Lc. CLOTHES LINES Cotton, 2 ....... per doz. 13 . 50 ft.. 1 50 . oOm....,.. C 16 , Woie.....- _ 2 00 ° a... sy 2 2 Jute 60 ft. " 90 agi eee. . 1 10 CONDENSED MILK. Mamie... to... 7 50 ies. Es 6 0@ 7 60 cou ¥ Ns. coupons—‘‘Superior.”’ $1, per hundred. ce 2 50 .o Seo “ ‘s "400 $10, . -_ .... . 50 =, * Q 6 00 couPpons— “Tradesman, r = , > 9 Clam Chowder, 3 lb........- 2 10 + 1, per hundred...... oo" Cove Oysters, 1b. —. -1 15) 3 > ‘ Se AS qe ‘ 4 Lobsters, 1 ~ picnic eee cans 1% oy “ oe. ; = ae “ 1b. Mita g = eSubject to the following dis - 21 tar smi o ao , » Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 85 ed caren - or 1 ib. eene........ 120} 4000 « a hl . 2 So 2 00 CRACKERS. a 3 1b. in Mustard. ..2 85 Kenosha Butter en mL “ Sib, soused......- 2 85) Govinaur ee Salmon, i = Columbia 1 65@2 00! Bitter Big Alaska..1 40@1 60 |“ jamie... We Sardines, domestic 48 “os “6 biscuit _... a 6% ss *8.----- @ 5 PSU ew oe ne ott nn es 7% Mustard _: he @ 91 City Soda. TW . imported .10%@ + Séda.. a " spiced, ‘8. eee 101g Oy bee ; 5Y | Trout, 3 Ib. ase occa. 2 60 | City “Oyster, ee Bie | ocean oe — 7s Shell ee ples, gallons, stanc oo at hahha no B ackberries, stand. . 80 | strictly pissy TARTAR, 38 | Cherries,red standard 1 1001 20 | Grocers’ M ea ae ar ae ee ey a i= DRIED FRUITS— Domestic. Egg Plums, stand.....1 15@1 35 Apples, ‘evaporated. — oe — ek amen Geen 1 00 Apricots, “ @19 PROVES ccc ce csecwccscsesecee 2 a i 5 @ Green Gages.........- 1 15@1 35 ee += § = Peaches, yellow, —— 75@1 85} peaches “ es pe seconds ...... _— 1 45 Plums i . ae n i. : :3 Raspberries “ 30 ee ane DRIED FRU irs—Prunes. Pineapples, common. 1 10@1 50 | purke 64@ 6% Johnson’s.2 50@2 7 oes ans «8 TM INE cic ieee es os esiccu as 100 California. a ny @i1 aspberries, Oxara........-- 1 % HIRD vRorrs—t Peel. red..... -1 401 Lemon 18 Strawberries Sige “4 15 5@1 ¢ Orange... aga ung aa 18 Whortleberries........------ 15 DRIED FRU 178__Citron. CANNED VEGETABLES. le Gaon......- ------- Q2 ——— , Oyster Bay...... In boxes @25 Beans, Lima, stand......... 80 DRIED FRUITS—Currants. Green Limas.. @1 35} Zante, in barrels.....- @ 5% « Strings.........- @ 80 - in less quantity 6 @ 6% “ Stringless, Erie.....-- 80 DRIED FRUITS—Raisins. “ Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40} Valencias.....-.. ----- Corn, Archer’s Trophy Loan oe 90 | Ondaras..... @l 1% ee Morn’g Glory. 90} Sultamas..........----- @10 ™ ki Early Golden. 90| London Layers, Cali- Peas, French........-------- 1 68 eS a er 2 50@2 80 “extra marrofat.. @1 25| London Layers, for’n. @ we, 80 | Muscatels, California.1 9@2 25 « Jame, stand...........- 1 40 GUN POWDER. ' eo" gified......- 1 re 85 — eee 5 25 ‘ French, extra fine... .1 50) H f kegs.... oo Mushrooms, ‘extra fine......2 15 FARINAC EOUS GOODS. Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden “"@1 50 | Farina, 100 Ib. kegs. ' Suecotash, standard....90@1 40} Hominy, per oe... ..3 00 Squash ........ -20-2-++- 00° 110| Macaroni, dom 12 1b box.... 60 Tomatoes, Red Coat.. Pi 00 ~ imported ae @ 9% Good Enough @1 00| Pearl Barley.......--. @ 2% - Ben Har ... @1 10 Peas, Ce @1 0 ' stand br.. @ % ‘split... es @ 3 CATSUP. Sago, German......... @ 6 Snider’ ‘ Z oa ease .1 35} Tapioca, fi’k or p’rl. 6@ 7 a 2 30) Wheat, cracked... @ 5 ii ——.. es 4 cere cte Oe Vermicelli, import.. @10 CHEESE. domestic... @60 Fancy Full Cream.... @ 7% FISH—SALT. Good ' ' a @ 7 Cod, whole.. 6 &e Part Skimmeé......... & @7 . boneless... Loe Oe oS Sap Sago........---.-- 19 @ Mois... -...: ss @ 9%} MI ce es! eee @1 00 Herring, round, % bbl. 2 90 CHEWING GUM. . yibbed.. 2% Rubber, = lumps Se 30 . Folland, “pbis.. 12 00 eh adenanee 40 " “ kegs, — a 5 Spruce, 200 di epee s 40 be Scaled - sae 20 CHICORY. Mack. sh’s, No. 2 {boi a8 00 se ooo eo asin tins ote eke ae's 06 r . ee ep k it..1 2 Loe desde ey lee queen ones ™% - - r [ ma 20 Baskets, market bushel “ “ 13 40) _i1™ w ith c ‘overs 1 90 willow ce} ths, No.1 S 7h r No.2 6 25 c _ *« Nos? C splint No.1 3 wn) . : No.2 4 2 _ S “« €6Noss' WHEAT. White. Bed... ... | GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFES ge RY All wheat bought on 60 Ib. test MEAL, Bolted... _ Granulate d.. FLOUR. Straight, in sacks . * Darreis. sac ks barrels. Patent ts “ MILLSTUPFS. Bran. l Supe. ..... Screenings Middlings Mixed Feed... Coarse meal CORN. Small lots | Car a4 OATS. Small lots . Car . . . i RYE. met ..... a BARLEY. eo. 1....- .. No. 2 oe HAY. Mey... ia No. 2 loeee HIDES, PELTS and Perkins & Hess pay lows: HIDES. Cee... sss... & Part ( OL 5 ro“ _ € Dry. eee 6 Kips, green. . ~ @ured..... « Calfskins, green ..... 4 ” Gured...... & Deacénskins..........10 No. 2 hides \ off. PELTS. Shearlings.. .. 10 Estimated w ool, ‘per th 20 Woo... Washed . Unwashed MISCELLANEOUS. Tallow .....-. 8 Grease butter as Switches . 1 Ginseng 1 i 131 4 6f 1 80 5 60 5 80 17% 0) 18 00 12 14 15 €O 15 00 2 some Send for catalogue and get our prices SEEDS. ENGLISH BREAKFAST. Mwee bird,........... 4%@ : @: eg Se ee se aee ocean ee k eT 3 est Q6r Dene... 6c... 3% fee Pe. 8 @10 ey ee eee ee eee = : QoLone. : ee ‘ommon to air. oo 25 @Qx0 Trout, ¥ a eos ne @A = eee. ™% Superior to fine....... 30 @50 White, No. 1, 4 bbls.” @6 00 | Common Fine eee “oe i ‘S12 1b. kits.....1 00} Solar Rock, 56 Ib. sacks..... 27 a 10th bits..... & 28 pocket 1 90 eee 5% “Family, 44 bbls.:.. 2 75 6 ae — i CE 2 25 Topaccos—Fine Cut. u HERBS | Ashton bu. bags ......-.-... %5| D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands. Sasol. > | Miggzine “ - 75 | Hiawatha 63 hoe. 4m Ww arsaw . Oe 31 Sweet Cata.........-. 36 . . r ¢ %-bu “ .. 21 Our Leader........ 35 JELLIES. . : E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 6 | Diamond Crystal, cases..--1 50 ToBaccos—Plug. ued voo oe = 7 . 36.1 “—_ 50 Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands. i LAMP WICKS. I “ ss 60. sket.2 25 | Something Good............ 38 TT 30 pocket.2 25 No.1 . ere 40 ‘“ “ 28 ‘6 .2 10 Doge Pear ... 2... 6. 35 Uc le EE laa eee orn : | Wedding Cake, bik...........35 LICORICE, | SALERATUS. “Tobacco”. 37 Pure........-...........---.- @ Chureh’s, Arm & Hammer...5% my TT — a 25 ———-- i rowacco—Shorts. Bigtiy........................ 7) so | a Our Leader....... ns 8 LYE. DeLand’s Cap Sheaf......... bis TOBACCO io eile Condensed, 2 doz...........1 " MG 6... 1.1 54 sl MATCHES. | Our Lesger.. 0.2.5... 5 |Our Leader............-.--. 16 Me 9 salnbar............_.. 2 00 SYRUPS. Hector.........- ---. -+++++- 17 Anchor parlor...........---. 170 | Corn, barrels... an Plow os wees see eeeee 32 No. 2home .......--++++++- 110) « * one-half barrels... @29 Hy 4 4 os . ....-... 31 Export —— jaacen ae 4 00| Pure Sugar, ees 26@35 ee a ai I ,ASSES. j G Miah Sit. s es, 20 ane SE. Eb hee. . 6% Cuba Baking........ \ Mi SWEET GOODS. 50 gr.. %M% New Orles a . to 30 | Soe eentes nace omne ou —— ew Orleans, gooc sae | > oo 7 > r es good .. si 4 Frosted Creams. .1... 8 PAPER & WOODENWARE ° fancy. ...... Si ns - PAPER One-half barrels, 3c extra | Oatmeal Crackers... 8 Curtiss & Co. quote as fol _ OATMEAL. SHOE POLISH. lows: Muscatine, Barrels .........4 50| Jettine, 1 doz. in box...... 75 | Str ..160 . Half barrels. ....2 50} un o “Light Weight. ee ed 200 " Cases......2 15@2 25 | TEAS OGRE 180 ROLLED OATS | : Merewaie.. 20.2... 2 Muscatine, Barrels... @4 50 Japan—Regular. Bakers ..... a oN ' Half bbis.. ON 14 @16 Dey Goods.......- .-- “ Cases. 2 15@2 25 | Good .............--.-- 18 @22 Jom Maotie................. 8 OIL, Cpeee. ............. .. 24 @20 | Red Express No.1.......-. 5 Michigan Test.............- 914 | Choicest.......... .... 32 @38 ' No. 2 . Water Wohite................ 1014 SUN CURED TWINES PICKLES. i ones Medtum, aeons --- 9 aes a ---—.----F TAS TA Ag So |e aA 24 @28 Jotton, NO. 2......--.+--+++- 20 Small, bbl. Ha aia 5 3 Bote eee eee 18 ode AR. Choicest....... "30 @ | Sea Island, assorted Lae 40 PIPES | BASKET FIRED. No. 5 Hemp . Neeece 4cl ae Clay, No. 216...-.-.0 0.20. ee @20_ | NO. G6 %....-. ee ee eee eo ee ee 7 T. D. full Bore ee eating @ | WOOl.....-----.- sees renee 8 Cob, No. 2... | ag ee eas @35 WOODENWARE. PRESERVES. | Extrachoice,wireleaf @4° | Tubs, N 8 00 5. J. Mason & sean s goods.. 8 | _ meee. i No. — 0 : ' _., | Common. to fair.......25 @35 “ we s.............-... 6 00 CoS ad ee rte oa oh ey ee Extra _ to finest....50 @65 | Pails, No. 1, two-hocp.. 1 50 i ee ee ---9% | Choicest fancy........75 @85 « “No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 7% | il Ne. aa sete eeee siiitsies | eer AL. Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 55 | Japan, Wad... 1 sans | Common to fair....... 20 @35 Bowls, 11 inch eT 1 . Nod UIE iis | Superior tofine........ 40 @50 ny = TD iain satan aie a SNUFF. phe YOUNG HTEON. eas a. 2 a a _ 4 | Common to fair...... 18 @26 “assorted, 17s and 19s 2 50 | ee ee | S “ oe mr l preach appee, fy wane 43 «CO Superior to fine.......30 @40 158, 17s and 19s 2 75 AP. | | Detroit Soap ‘Co.8 Brands. | Superior.....--.........++---« 30 | | Queen Anne.........------- 3 85 | German Family... .......--- | | Mottled German............ 3 00 | | Old German.....----------- 2 70 Besides our FINE LINE of CANDY, we are agents for the Best AL L COLORED U.S. Big Bargain. 2 00} Sl weak: WAU cise. -o ok FIREWORKS, and have many specialties in this line on which you can make | Cocoa Castile Sa ae '300|money. No old chestnuts to work off. | Cocoa Castile, aney .. 8 oo fore ordering. | Alien B. W risley’ s Brands. | before ordering | Happy Family, ee " cl ce cn | Ola Coutithy, @0.............. 3 30|/1f you want the BEST CANDY put up NET WEIGHT, ask for our goods. | Una, 100.. 3 65 ' . Bouncer, 100. a ! es 15 | ” se cagerrra | A. E. BROOKS & CO., [eee ee ee egs Granulated, boxes........-. SAPOLIO. Kitchen, 3 doz. in box 2 50 Hand s , i. 2 oe SOUPS. Snider’s Tomato... ......- 2 40 sPices—W hole. Alispiee....-.----------+++-- 0 Cassia, China in mats. 8 ' Batavia in pund.. ie . Saigon in rolls...... 35 Cloves, Amboyna...... «ae o Gausipar..... -...-- 16 Mace Batavia....... .-.---- 80 Nutmege,. ners ee 80 e no =. «oo Pepper, Singapore, black. .16 white.. 26 ’ eee 20 SPIC --ceeune -In Bulk. Allspice .......-.------+++--- 15 Cassia, Batavia .20 : and “Saigon. 25 ‘ Saigon .........---- 42 Cloves, Amboyna......----- 26 . Wanatar......----..aa Ginger, African........-.--- 12% | ' ae 15 : e—_ 18 Mace Batavia.....-...-.----- 90 Mustard, English.........-- 22 " e and Trie.. 25 , Trieste ese daee ces pf | Nutmegs, OG eens 80 Pepper, Singapore, black....18 white. .... 30 C Cayenne........-+: 25 SUGARS. r Cut Toad. :.......++.-- @i% ee Se @ Ts | Powdered .........---- @ 74 Standard Granulated. @ 6% Pine....-.-. @ 6% Confectioners’ - @ 6% White Extra C.. : @6.31 Extra C.. a @ 6% | ee eee ee nee ae @ 5% MRO ois ces assess @ 5% | 1% | CODY BLOCK, 158 EAST FULTON ST,, - GRAND RAPIDS, MICH “REMEMBER Te AT BUNOLA COFFEE. Is better and costs less | package coffees 100-CABINETS, 25 1-4. | 100-POUD ND CASES, 24 3-4; than m ost FOR SALE BY ALL GRAND RAPI DS JOBBERS 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- PHEREINS & HESS 14 TRUE ECONOMY. Many people have a false idea of what | They believe they are | economical while they indulge in many economy meals. articles which are pure luxuries, simply because they are cheap. They frequent bargain counters and buy many things which they do not need, under the im- pression that they will need them at some future day. Thus they fritter a great deal of money on things which do them no earthly good. They buy two cheap dresses, when one good one would last longer than both of the cheap gowns. The price of an article is a very poor criterion to go by in estimating its cheap- ness. An inferior article which contains intrnsiec flaws is generally dear at any price. by specious labels on goods. They make up their minds what they need before they | start out on ashopping expedition, and purchase goods to meet that need. After looking through the shops, they often select something different from what they had first intended, because they find it is better suited to their purpose or that it will be difficult to get exactly what they had planned. It is always wise to make out a shopping list, with the limit of price which you intend to pay opposite each article, and keep yourself,-if possible, within this limit. The value of keeping a petty cash account book in which every article bought for the household is set down and balanced with the amount of money received at the bottom of every set of pages cannot mended. it be too highly com- within bounds, and is useful to the housekeeper keeps expenses in estimating the value of articles she} intends purchasing. It shows how long the goods and other clothing have lasted, and many other things which no mother can always keep in her memory. It is an excellent Wise women are seldom led away | thing to give children, as soon | as they arrive at about twelve years, or} even before, a little allowance for spend- | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THEPURE ing money and an account book. Show | them how to keep an account of small | expenditures, and make it a condition | that they do so if they wish to receive | their allowance. There is no instruction more necessary to children than instruc- tion in the wise management of true economy is, and to exercise their judgment—not their fancy—in purchases. making A littleinstruction now, and experience, if need be, of the genuine discomforts of extravagance, them much suffering in after years, when perhaps, you cannot help them. Only when people have conquered the spirit of the spendthrift within themselves can they help their children. ‘‘I don’t un derstand it,’’ said a brilliant, worldly woman, who had been accustomed to in- dulge every whim when she could; ‘‘as soon as I have any money, a necessity arises for its use.’”’ The secret was that what was a luxury when she could not obtain it suddenly became a necessity money. | Children should be taught early what | BAKING POWDER may save | Sold on a “live and let live” basis, a fair profit being guaranteed to both wholesale and retail deal- ers by a system of limited prices, while consumers are furnished the purest, strongest and best cream of tartar baking powder made. when she could; and thus it will always | be with some persons. Trivial things which they might do without seem for | the time to be veritable needs which | MANUFACTURED BY they will be wretched if they forego. | Self-indulgence is an unmerciful tyrant. A. &. EM. ——__ a Detroit—Cyrus W. Warren, Samuel R. Scharf and William R. Warren, all of New York, have incorporated the War-| ren-Scharf Asphalt $60,000 capital. Paving Co., THEPURE BAKING POWDER UU. with | | ALBANY, N.Y. TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. In effect June 22, 1890. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive. Leave. Big Rapids & Saginaw.........-..-++ 6:55am Traverse City & Mackinaw.. 6 50am 7:25am Traverse City & Mackinaw -- 9:15am 11:30am Traverse City & Saginaw..... ...2:15 pm 4:10pm BRON CRUD. 6. cee ene es ecccesscces eee y eo pe Train leaving at 10:30pm, runs daily, Sunday in- eluded. Other trains daily except Sunday. GOING SOUTH. Cincinnati Express...........-.+--- 6:00am 630am Fort Wayne & Chicago.. ...10:15am 10:25am Cincinnati Express. . --. 5:40pm 6:00 p m Sturgis & Chicago...........- .10:50 pm 11:30 p m From Big Rapids & Saginaw...... 11:50 am Train leaving for Cincinnati at 6p. m. runs daily, Sundays included. Other trains daily except Sunday. Sleeping and Parlor Car Service: orth—7 :25 a. m. | and 10:30 p. m. trains have Wagner sleeping and parlor cars to Petoskey and Mackinaw City. 11:30 a m train parlor chajr cars to Mackinaw City. South—6:30 a m train has parlor chair car and 6 p. m. train sleeping ear for Cincinnati; 11:30 p m train, Wagner sleeping | ear for Chicago via. Kalamazoo. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. Leave Arrive. | MR. wc ncccces cdadedeccepenecesrseseneesciowne 10:10am | | | | | | srcceese SOO BAD PMR... ce recccccccccevecccrcrvessocccsoosccoce 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. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING WEsT. Leaves. 1:00 p m 4:20pm 10:30 p m 8:45 a m oe cncdhincnctercseteeee+eee 7:30am GOING EAST. {Detroit Express. ........ccccccess 6:45 am 6:50am 7taroeen Mell..........-. ..-10:10 a m 10:20am +Evening Express. . . 3:35pm 3:45 pm “Night Express, .......csccceescere 9:50 pm 10:55 p m +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Detroit Express leaving 6:50 a m has Wagner parlor and buffet car attached, and Evening Express leaving 3:45 p m has parlor car attached. These trains make direct connection in Detroit for all points East. Express leaving at 10:55 p m has Wagner sleeping car te Detroit, arriving in Detroit at 7:20 a m. Steamboat Express makes direct connection a Grand Haven with steamboat for Milwaukee. tickets and sleeping car berths secured at D.,G. H. & M.R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot. Is. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent. Jxo. W. Loup, Traftic 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. PatsLey, Gen’! Pass. Agent MIGHIGAN CENTRAL ** The Niagara Falls Route.’ DEPART. ARRIVE . 7:20am 10:00pm - 6:30am 5:00pm 11:55am 10:00am Detroit Express. . Day Express.. *Atiantic & Pac oxpres H:15pm 6:00am New Tork EXprees,......ccces oo «e S40 Dm 1:26 pm *Daily. All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand Rapid Express to and from Detroit. FRED M. BriaGs, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe St. G. 8. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. O. W. Rueeies.G. P. & T. Agent., Chicago. "SEFORE BUYING GRATES ‘et Circular and Testimonials). Sent Free. Economical, Sanitary, Cleanly and Artistic. y ALDINE FIRE PLACE, GRAND RAPID:, MICH. DRINK | COFFEE | A True Combination of MOCHA JAVA and RIO. : Picture Card Given | With every pound package. For Sale everywhere. Woolson Spice Co., Toledo, 0. ~~ 4 LECTROTYPERS Be sda Photo Zing Engr’av re CERT NV Cone 31: 0s eo eS aya Aol e) 2 a! eS FURNITURE yan ee Ya Lae — wr #7 scence BIE Ti oo, www THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ____ _ 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. Allegan—Chas, Spear. Allendale—Henry Dolman. Almira—J. J. Gray. Almont—Colerick & Martin. Altona—Eli Lyons. Armada—C. J. Cudworth. Assyria—J. W. Abbey. Aurelius—John D. Swart. Banfield—Andrew Brezee. Bay City—Frank Rosman & Co. Belding—Lightstone Bros. Bellaire—Schoolcraft & Nash. Belleyue—John Evans. Big Rapids—A. V. Young, E. P. Shankweiler & Co., Mrs. Turk, J. K. Sharp, A. Markson. Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr. Bowen’s Mills—Chas, W. Armstrong. Brice—J. B. Gardner. Burnside—John G. Bruce & Son. Caldwell—c. L. Moses. Capac—H. C. Sigel. Carlton Center—J. N. Covert. Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. Y. Sessions. Cedar Springs—John Beucus, B. A. Fish, B. —_ Charlotte — John J. Richardson, Daron & Smith, C. P. Lock, F. H. Goodby. Clam River—Andrew Anderson. Clio—John W. Hurd. Coldwater—J. D. Benjamin. Conklin—Wilson McWilliams. Cook’s Corners—W. H. Hanks. Coral—J. S. Newell & Co. Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt. Dorr—Frank Sommer. Dowling—Rice & Webster. Eaton Rapids—H. Kositchek & Bro. Evart—Mark Ardis, E. F. Shaw, John C. Devitt. Fenwick—Thompson Bros. Flint—John B. Wilson, Geo. Stuart & son, Bar- ney Granite and Marble Works. Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark. Forester—E. Smith. Freeport—C, V. Riegler. Gladwin—John Graham, J. D. Sanford, Jas. Croskery. Gowan—Rasmus Neilson. Grand Haven—N. J. Braudry & Co. Grand Junction—Adam Crouse. Grand Ledge—Frank O. Lord, Geo. Coryell. Grand Rapids—Joseph Berles, A. Wilzinski, Brown & Sehler, Houseman, Donnally & Jones, Ed Struensee, Wasson & Lamb, Chas. Pettersch, Morse & Co., Famous Shoe Store, Harvey & Hey stek, Mrs. E. J. Reynolds, E. Burkhardt. Greenville—Jacobson & Netzorg. Hart—Rhodes & Leonard, W. Weidman, Mrs. E. Covel. Hastings—J G. Runyan. Howard City—O. J. Knapp, Herold Bros., C. E. Pelton. Hubbardston—M. H, Cahalan. Hudson—Henry C. Hall. Imlay City—Cohn Bros., Wyckoff & Co., C.J. Buck, E. E, Palmer. Ionia—H. Silver. Jackson—Hall & Rowan. Jenisonville—L. & L. Jenison (mill only). Kalamo—L. R. Cessna. Kent City—M. L. Whitney. Kewadin—A. Anderson Kingsley—J. E. Winchcomb. Lacey—Ww. Thompson, Laingsburg—D. Lebar. Lake City—Sam. B. Ardis. Lake Odessa—Christian Haller & Co., E. F. Colwell & Son, Fred Miller. Lakeview—H. C. Thompson, Andrew All & ro. Langston—F D. Briggs. Lansing—R. A. Bailey, Etta (Mrs. Israel) Glic- man. Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. H. Jennings. Lowell—Patrick Kelly. McBain—Sam. B. po McBride’s—J. McCrae. Mancelona—J. L. Farnham. Manton—A. Curtis, Mrs. E. Liddle. Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lepper & Son. Mason—Marcus Gregory. Mecosta—J. Netzorg. Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. S.) Knight, Chas. Gaunt- lett, James Gauntlett, Jr. Millington—Chas, H. Valentine. Minden City—I. Springer & Co, Monroe Center—Geo. H. Wightman. eatter ene? Strope. Mt.. Morris—H. E. Lamb, J. Vermett & Son, F. H. Cowles. Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara. Nashville—H. M. Lee. North Dorr—John Homrich. Nottawa—Dudley Cutler. Ogden—A. J. Pence. Olivet—F. H. Gage. Onondaga—John Sillik. Orange—Tew & Son. Orono—C, A. Warren. Oviatt—H. C. Pettingill. Potterville—F. D. Lamb & Co. Remus—C. V. Hane. Richmond—Knight & Cudworth, A. W. Reed. Riverdale—J. B. Adams. Rockford—B. A. Fish. Sand Lake—Frank E. Shattuck, Braman & Blanchard. Sebewa—P. F. Knapp, John Bradley. Shelbyville—Samuel Wolcott. Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow. Sheridan—M. Gray. Shultz—Fred Otis. Spencer Creek—M. M. Elder. Spring Lake—Geo. Schwab, A. Bitz. Springport—Powers & Johnson, Wellington & Hammond, Elmer Peters. Stanton—Sterling & Co. Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter. Traverse City—John Wilhelm, 8. C. Darrow, D. Paine. Vassar—McHose & Gage. Wayland—Pickett Bros. ' Whgeler—Louise (Mrs. A.) Johnson, H. C. Breckenridge. White Cloud—J. C. Townsend, N. W. Wiley. Whitehall—Geo, Nelson, John Hayverkate, Williamsburg—Mrs. Dr. White. Williamston—Thos. Horton. B Woodbury—Chas, Lapo, H. Van Houten. Woodland—Carpenter & Son. Yankee Springs—T. Thurston. Crockery & Glassware LAMP BURNERS. me Oe 40 ae de hewe eek cne faa 45 el cc. ee... %5 : LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box. 6 doz. in box No. 08un.... 1% nak 1 88 mee TF ec ce 2 70 First quality. ha Oeut Cee top... .............:5....... 2 a not ' Ce ee 2 40 Nes * . Oe ee uae cee tesa ce ae XXX Flint. ee, Oem, Coe Oe... oe nat ~ ’ a oe a ee 2 80 No? “ - * oe ae Pearl top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled..............3 70 nos * " . ee 4 70 No. 2 ings, * ' “ _......... La Bastic. No. | San, plain bulb, per dos. ......-..-.--..- 1s nos * bay Fe chen scm euees 1 50 Wo. 1 Gri, per ee... 5... 1 35 Rog “* ee Ne 1 60 STONEWARE—AKRON. Butier Croche, yer wal......... ........... 06% come 190) (ee Gee. ....................... 75 _ fo. Ce 90 f: of nS ea SS 1 80 Milk Pans, % gal., per doz. (glazed 66c) ... 65 os “ 1 “ss “ ( “sc 90e) q | HE JAXON GRAGKE IS THE BEST IN THE MARKET. TRape- MARE SEND A TRIAL ORDER TO JACKSON CRACKER CO., Jobbers of Candy, Nuts, Cheese and Cigars. JACKSON, MICH. Magis Coffee Roaster. The Best in the World. Having on hand a large stock of No. 1 toasters—capacity 35 lbs.—I will sell them at very low prices. Write for Special Discount. ROBT. 8S. WEST, 48-50 Long St., CLEVELAND, OHIO. Eaton, Lyon & Go, JOBBERS OF Fishing Tackle, Base Ballsand Supplies, Croquet, Hammocks, Lawn Tennis, Etc. State Agents for A. J. Reoch & Co.’s Sporting Goods. Send for Calalogue. EATON, LYON & C00. 20 & 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids Ionia Pants& Overall Co. E. D. Voorhees, Manager. MANUFACTURERS OF Pants, Overalls, Goats, Jackets, Shirts, kts. Warranted Not to Rip. Fit Guaranteed. Workmanship Perfect. Mr. Voorhees’ long experience in the manufacture of these goods enables him to turn out a line especially adapted to the Michigan trade. sent on application. Samples and prices IONIA, MICH. WM.SEARS & CO.. Cracker Manvtacturers, 37, 39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids Putnam Gandy bo. EAL HEAPOUVARTERS FOR FRUIT arrive NUTS, ETC. LEMONS, ere BANANAS, Nuts, etc. 1865. Figs, Dates, CURTISS & CoO., WHOLESALE Paper Warehouse. EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR THE KEYSTONE BINDERS’ TWINE. Houseman Block, ~ Grand Rapids, Mich. A. HIMES, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Lime, Cement, GOAL AND WOOD. Fire Brick, ete. Yard and Warehouse on Line of Main Office, 54 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. G. BR. &L, C. & W. M. and L. S. & M.S. Rys. _.. ALL SHIPMENTS MADE PROMPTLY. - Duplex 5s... VWVagon 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. | 3 Co a THE BELKNAP WAGON & SLEIGH(CO,;Grand Rapids. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. the fact that the manufacturers take an interest in securing distributors a fair compensation for their services should commend it to every dealer, both whole- sale and retail, It has been adopted and is recommended by the National Whole- sale Grocers’ Association.—Adv. —_——__»— 2 Lemons—Good time to buy. PurnaM Canby Co. The System of Limited Prices. Owing to the development of machinery and steam power, production and dis- tribution have increased competition to an excessive and unreasonable extent, and distributors, tail, have not in many instances received a fair compensation for their services. In the wholesale trade, that tendency has been to some extent neutralized by a sys- both wholesale and re- tem of limited prices—dealers agreeing not to sell below a reasonable margin fixed by the manufacturer, and whole- salers now generally appear to recognize that this is a necessity of the times and in their interest. “Thepure Baking Powder Company,” a large and responsible corporation which has been organized in Albany, N. (Formerly Shriver, Weatherly & Co.) Y.. with F. A. Waterhouse, the practical manufacturer for many years of Cleve- land’s Baking Powder Company, as Super- intendent, proposes to have both a lim- ited wholesale and a limited retail price, with a rebate payable to dealers who do} not sell below said prices, although they | are at liberty to get more when circum- | stances require it. It is evident that the retailer is as much | entitled to protection in this respect as the wholesaler, and we trust that PeThe- Pumps, pure” Baking Powder will be a great) success. It is claimed to be a pure cream of tar-| tar baking powder of the highest grade, manufac _— by experienced hands, and! MUSKEGON CRACKER CoO., MANUFACTURERS OF CRACKERS, BISCUITS AND SWEET GOODS, Finest and Freshest Goods in the Market. LARGEST VARIETY IN THE STATE SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS. 463 W. WESTERN AVENUE, MUSKEGON, MICH. DETROIT SOAP CO’S FAMOUS Queen Anne Soap The Best Known, Most Popular and Fastest Selling Laundry and General Family Soap in the Market. No Grocery Stock ¢ eee Without This Brand. Handsome Oleograph, Size 15x20 inches, given for 25 a EEN ANNE SOAP WRAPPERS. Our Laundry and Toilet Soaps are sold by all Wholesale Grocers. LOCK BOX 173, W., G., HA WKINS, Salesman for —— Michigan, HAMILTON’S ART GALLERY, . GRAND RAPIDS, Makes a Specialty of Life Size Portraits in Crayon, Pastel and Water Colors, at the Low- est Possible Prices. Correspondence solicited. ANMIBOY CONTRACTORS FOR Galuanized Iron Cornice, Plumbing & Heating Work. Dealers in Pipes, Etc., and Grates. Weatherly & Pulte, |GRAND RAPIDS, Mantels MICH. 457, 459, 461, The best way to secure a satisfactory and _ profit- able cheese trade is to handle the very best goods obtainable. Olney & Judson Grocer Co. SOLE AGENTS, Grand Rapids, LEMON & PETERS, IMPORTING» AND Wholesale Grocers. SOLE AGENTS FOR McGinty’s Fine Cut Tobacco, Lautz Bros. & Co,’s Soaps, Niagara Starch, Acme Cheese--Herkimer Co., N. Y- Castor Oil Axle Grease. GRAND RAPIDS. G. T. Ghamtbertm, Son Drags, Paints and Wall Paper. —xa52— | | | | Haitford, Mick. 2/1890. Pra S ong, eS a te ra a ga — CHEESE. This old reliable brand has been the standard of excellence in this market for nearly 20 years. Always uniform in qual- ity. Always the very Mich. best.