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Or will exchange for city property,
and about 600 acres of
timber land, situated near
Geo. Metz, 480 Cherry St.,
Mich.
saw-
Kalkaska.
Grand Rapids,
REMPIS & GALLMEYER,
POUNDERS
General Jobbers and Manufacturers of
ae Lawn Vases, Roof Crestings,
Steps, Hitching Posts and Stair Steps.
54-56 N. Front St.
Carriage
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Best and Cheapest
Thorough, Practical and Complete.
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The most thorough and practically conducted
Short-Hand and Typewriting Department in the
ALLEN DURFEE, A. D, LEAVENWORTH.
Allen Durfee & Co.,
PUNERAL DIRECTORS,
103 Ottawa St.,
Grand Rapids.
S. A. Morman,
WHOLESALE
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AND LOUISVILLE
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CEMENTS,
Stucco and Lair, Sewer Pipe, Fire Brick
and Clay.
PETOSKEY,
MARBLEHEAD
AND OHIO
AKRON, BUFFALO
Write for prices.
Ve Og. E. VEREX. President. 69 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS.
OE aA he RIT
Write for jobbing prices on
Mammoth, Medium, Alsyke and
Alfalfa Clover,
Red
Timothy, Orchard
Grass, Top, Blue
Grass,
Field Peas, Beans, Produce and
WOOL.
C. Ainsworth
Grand Rapids.
76 So. Division St.,
if in wantof Clover or Timothy,
Orchard, Blue Grass, or Red Top,
Any Kind of Seed,
send or write to the
Grand Rapids Seed Store,
71 Canal St, GRAND RAPIDS.
W.T. LAMOREAUX.
or, in fact,
=. G. KE TCHAM,
DEALER IN
Lime, Hair, Cement
BRICK, SEWER PIPE, TILE, ETC.,
14 West Bridge St.,
GRAND RAPIDS, ul L
MICH
ething New
Som
Bill Snort
We guarantee this cigar the
best $35 cigar on the market.
Send us trial order, and if not
ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY
return them. Advertising mat-
ter sent with each order.
Charlevoix Cigar Mfg Co.,
CHARLEVOIX, MICH.
Selni-Annual Clearance Sale
ce, ee
Fine Millinery.
WHOLESALE AND ET AIL.
Fine Opportunity to Buy Trimmed
Hats and Bonnets Cheap.
Adams & C..,
A
90 MONROE ST.,
OPPOSITE THE MORTON HOUSE.
W. C, WILLIAMS. A. SHELEY.
A. 8. BROOKS,
WILLIAMS,
SHELEY
& BROOKS
Successors to
FARRAND, WILLIAMS & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists,
AT THE OLD STAND.
Corner Bates and Larned Streets, Detroit.
hardwood |
GRAND RAPIDS, WEDN ESDAY,
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| other,
| very antiquated;
| themselves would
| One is to let the customer
| the mercantile centers, and the
i saler stood at his store door and hallooed
| the customer in to look at his goods, and
JULY
METHOD IN ADVERTISING.
“4 S90,
Sensible Suggestions from an Expert
Advertiser.
There are two ways of securing trade.
find you; the
The first
so old that the ancients
abandon it were they
to live their lives over again. It isa
relic of the times when the store keeper
made his yearly or semi-annual trips to
whole-
find the is
customer,
then sold him a six months’ supply upon
the strength of filling his stomach with
solids and his head with the exhilaration
of fluids. The second method is to let
the customer remain at home, and, seek-
ing him there, sell him goods upon their
merits of quality—and price. Which
method is the more effective is easily
demonstrated by the fact that the latter
plan has almost entirely supplanted the
former. And the latter can be divided
into two methods: that of personal
solicitation, and that of appeal by written
or printed communications. The fore-
going applies specially to the wholesale
trade, but it has become, in part, the
almost invariable practice in securing
trade by the retail dealer. That it has
become so universal is conclusive proof
of its merit.
The elements of cost and result in the
accomplishment of a certain object are
the prime considerations. Can I, says
the retailer, obtain the more profit by per-
sonal, or circular or newspaper applica-
eation to the person I hope to makea
customer? Personal solicitation, carried
out indiscriminately, means the ap-
proaching of the proposed customer at
the time most convenient to the seller,
and not at the moment when the wants
or the convenience of the customer make
him most susceptible. If one could know
just the time that a possible customer
wants a certain article, one could, by
offering that article, generally effect a
sale. But the retailer seldom knows the
precise time that a person wants a hat, a
barrel of flour or a pairof shoes. A cir-
cular, sent in lieu of a personal solicita-
tion, is more than likely to greet a man
at an inopportune moment. And both
personal solicitation and circulars have
the irredeemable defect of being volun-
teered at a time when the individual may
not be in the mood to receive the desired
impressions.
No one takes up a regular publication
without the expectation of finding some-
thing of interest. The simple act of
turning the pages is as positive an ex-
ample of expectation as is the opening of
acloset if one in search of a coat.
Hence, an announcement in a; regular
publication has an advantage over any
other form of business solicitation—that
of meeting the sought-for eye at a time
is
that itisin a mood for such greeting.
Therefore, it is well for the intending
advertiser to sift the effect of his efforts
to the ultimate end, so far as_ possible,
before assuming the burden of the ex-
pense of an unprofitable advertising ven-
ture. The fact that our ancestors of the
time of the Revolution could stand at
their store doors and be heard all over
town, or that our grandfathers found
circulars very efficient at a time when
newspapers were scarce and of small cir-
culation, does not count for anything |
now. Methods have changed.
It is a prime necessity that an adver-
| osity, but seldom in making a sale.
tisement, to be efficient, must be honest.
Why? Because ‘‘Honesty is the best
policy.’ Why it the best policy?
Because dishonesty, in the long run, can- |
not sueceed. The business man is in for |
the ‘‘long run.’
‘“Fhis cloak $o, worth $12.” ‘“This|
beautiful cashmere 95 cents, worth
$1.50,’? may be effective in exciting curi-'
1S
Michigan Tradesman.
The
ordinary profits of trade do not permit of
any such reduction. Either the former
purchasers have been paying an exces-
sive profit to the dealer—which competi-
tion would not permit—or there is decep-
tion. In very rare cases the retailer ean
offer such a marked reduction for the
purpose of closing out an almost unsal-
able article. But if a dealer is constantly
offering such ‘‘bargains,’? one of two
things is certain: he is either verging
upon bankruptcy, or deceiving the pub-
lie. I know of an instance where a retail
shoe dealer advertised a bargain sale and
worked off some $400 worth of goods at a
profit of only But as his former
price for that 3400 worth of goods was in
the neighborhood of only $500, he eould
not have imitated the “This cloak $5,
worth $12”’ style of advertising without
netting a loss of $150 on his $400 0f sales.
He did a very sensible thing in disposing
of shop-worn goods at cost, but he did it
in a perfectly honest manner.
There another style of advertising
ingenious in construction, but equally
reprehensible as to morals and of doubt-
ful profit to the advertiser. It consists
in so arranging the wording of an ad-
vertisement that the incautious reader is
deceived—a sort of acted lie.
Any man of business experience can
answer the question whether such an ad-
is
vertiser reaps a benefit from his adver-
tising. That he attains notoriety does
not help him.
by
The publicity he seeures
‘“‘smartness’’ the kind that
rogues the world over are granted be-
cause of their infraction of social or
property rights. The deceived enquirer
at his store always tells of the trick to
the disadvantage of the dealer, and takes
particular pains to expose the man, for
the reason that everybody likes the credit
of having penetrated deception. Such
an advertiser’s money wasted, and
reputable papers are encouraging
him.
As before stated, the reader of adver-
tisements ever on the watch for a
chance to make or save a dollar, hence it
is desirable to always keep in mind the
matter of prices when preparing an ad-
vertisement, if the to be adver-
tised are common necessities and sold by
competing dealers. i
A customer enters a store
shoes, for instanee. Generally the
salesman will ‘‘size up’? the customer
and offer a shoe, the price of which will
meet the customer’s expectation. If he
makes a mistake the inquiry is commonly
as to what price of shoe the customer
desires, unless the customer, by sugges-
tion, indicates the kind of shoe wanted,
by naming the make, leather, style or
some other distinguishing feature. But
almost invariably the desire suggested
for a better shoe, or acheaper shoe.
what controls the salesman’s future
action. And such analysis of the cus-
tomer’s way of reasoning should be kept
in mind in advertising.
J ‘*Brevity is the soul of wit,’’ and it is
equally an important point in successful
advertising. We all feel sorry for the
man who tells a story in so labored and
his is
is
not
is
goods
and asks to
see
Is
Perfection Scale.
The Latest Improved and Best.
‘Does Not t Recut ire Down Weisht cht.
Will Soon Save Its Cost on any Counter.
For sale by leading wholesale grocers.
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protracted a way that the point of his
narrative is lost; we all feel aggrieved at |
the long-winded account of a very sim-
ple affair. People will read a hundred
short articles or paragraphs, touching |
upon as many subjects, in a single pub-
lication, where they will not more than |
statements. |
is readily shown by the jour- |
glance at a dozen lengthy
This fact
nalistie tendency to*‘boil things down.’’
There is not one manuscript of a ‘‘news’’
nature in adozen that reaches the daily |
from outside sources |
newspaper editor
that does not have to be ‘boiled down,’
to save the time of the paper’s readers,
thereby better meeting their wishes, and
to save space.
Write your
any thought of
you would write a letter
advertisements without
it and mark out superfluous words and |}
cut out statements which you then see |
Then men- |
tally place yourself in the position of a|
customer, as though your interests were |
will not interest the reader.
outside of the counter rather than be-|
hind it, and consider how the advertise-
ment would appear to you. Look eare-
fully to see whether you have not writ-
ten in too technical a vein, as a result of
knowing all about goods of which your
customer has but a superficial knowl-
edge. Analyze the matter
and see if you have really
deal in shoes.
attraction in price or novelty?
two, for when you again take it up the
wording may not seem as attractive. For |
you must not overlook the fact that you |
are to pay good money for that adver-
tising, and that the expenditure of that
money is entitled to as careful consider-
ation as is the matter of clerk hire, rent, |
freight bill, or any
the accuracy of your
other detail of your business. The dif-
ference between efficient advertising and
that which is not is the difference be-
tween giving money away, and making a
profit (on the amount spent for the ad-|
vertisement) which even the pawnbroker
does not get. Careless
costly at any price.
ALLSTON C.
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The P. of I. Dealers.
LADD.
The following are the P. of I. dealers who had
not cancelled their contracts at last accounts:
Ada—L. Burns.
Adr ian—Powers & Bu irnham,
y bne leigh Br
Anton
A. Markson.
mstrong.
r.
! Bruce & Son.
4 " Moses.
“arlton Cer iter—J. N. Covert.
Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. Y. Sessions.
Cedar Springs—John Beucus, B. A. Fish, B.
oe —John J. Richardson, Daron &
, F. H. Goodby.
Clar vl River—Andrew Anderson.
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Coldwa
Hurd.
. D. Benjamin.
I a Seon
sorners _ Hanks,
¢ oral - J. S. Newell & Co.
He nry W. Burghardt.
nk Sommer.
tice & Webster
ids—H. Kositchek & Bro.
Ardis, E. F. Shaw. John C. Devitt.
ynpson Bros. , 8S. H. Rinker.
B. Wilson, Geo. Stuart & son, Bar
a Marble Works.
Sweet Bros. & Clark.
J. D. Sanford, Jas.
wT iry & Co.
rouse.
O. Lord, Geo. Coryell.
I Serles, A. ilzi
Donna ully & d 8,
, Chas. Pettersch,
hoe Store, Harvey & Hey
Brown & Se
Ed Struense
Morse & Co., Fa
stek, Mrs. E. J. I :
Greenville—Jacobson & Ne tzorg
Hart—Rhodes & Leonard, W.
E. Covel.
Hastings—J G. Runyan.
sSurkhardt,
saving words—just as |
Then go over |}
thoroughly |
written for |
the reader anything more than that you |
Have you offered him an |
If you |
have not, you had better try again: you |
have simply copied your competitor. If |
the advertisement seems satisfactory, it |
is a good plan to lay it aside for a day or |
advertising is}
Wehle,
P. Shankweiler |
We idman, Mrs.
i. — ard City—O. J. Knapp, Herold Bros., C. E.
elton.
| Hubbardston—M. H. Cahalan.
| Hudson—Henry C. Hall.
| Imlay City—Cohn Bros., Wyckoff & Co., C.J.
Buck, E. E. Palmer.
Tonia—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—Wm. 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 &
sro.
| 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. Ardis.
| MeBride’s—J. McCrae.
Mancelona—J. L. Farnham.
Manton—A. Curtis, Mrs. E, Liddle.
Maple City—A. & O. Brow.
Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lepper & Son.
Mason—Marcus Gregory.
Mecosta—J. Netzorg.
Milan—cC. 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.
| Morley—Henry 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—cC. V. Hane.
Richmond—Knight & Cudworth, A. W. Reed.
Riverdale—J. B. Adams,
tockford—B. A. Fish.
Sand Lake—Frank E.
; Blanchard.
Sebewa—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.
Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter.
Traverse City—John Wilhelm, S. C. Darrow,
D. D. Paine.
Vassar—McHose & Gage.
Wayland—Pickett Bros.
Wheeler—Louise (ire. A.) Johneon, H. C.
— kenridge.
White Cloud—J. C. Townsend, N. W. Wiley.
Whitehall—Geo. Nelson, John en
Williamsburg—Mrs. Dr. White.
Williamston—Thos, Horton.
Woodbury—Chas. Lapo, H. Van Houten’
Woodland—Carpenter & Son.
Yankee Springs—T. Thurston.
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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. S. Roell.
| Bellaire—Schoolcraft & Nash.
| Big Rapids—Verity & Co.
| Blanchard—L. D. Wait.
Bridgeton—Geo. H. Rainouard,
Casnovia—John E. Parcell.
‘edar Springs—L. A. Gardiner.
‘hapin—J. I. Vanderhoof.
‘harlotte—C. P. Lock.
‘hester—B. C. Smith.
‘hippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell & Co.
‘lio—Nixon & Hubbell.
‘loverdale—Geo. Mosher.
‘oopersville—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.
& Pearson.
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. 8. 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.
Mecosta—Robert D. Parks.
Millbrook—T. O. (or J. W.) Pattison.
Shattuck, Braman &
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Harmon, Boone
Millington—Forester & Clough.
Minden City—W. A. Soules, F. O. Hetfield
| & Son.
Nashville—Powers & Stringham.
Newaygo—W. Harmon.
New Era—Peter Rankin.
Olivet—F. H. Gage.
Otiseco-—-G. V. Snyder & Co.
tavenna—R. D. Wheeler.
Reed City
Rock ford
J. M. Cadzow.
H. Colby & Co,
St. Louis—Mary A. Brice.
Sand Lake—C. O Cain.
Sebewa—P. F. Knapp
Sparta—Woodin & Van Wickle, Dole & Haynes.
Springport—Cortright & Griffin.
Stanton—Fairbanks & Co., Sterling & Co.
Sumner—J. B. Tucker.
| Williamston—Michael Bowerman.
Great, GéNUNe Special Sale
Of Trunks and Traveling Bags, Satchels, Ete. Prices reduced 25 to 40
per cent. We are manufacturers and can and will save you money and
at the same time furnish a better article, both as to durability, work-
manship and finish.
Now Is the Time to Buy,
As this sale will continue for a short time only. Trunks and Sample
Cases made to order. Repairing neatly done. Give us a call and con-
vince yourself that we are selling the best and cheapest trunks and
bags in the city.
HANISH & EIFERT,
Telephone 13. 74 Waterloo St.,. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
I. M. CLARK & SON.,
Importers and Jobbers of
Fine Havana, Key West and Domestics
CIGARS!
Sole Agents for V. Martinez Ybor & Co., ‘El 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.
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 kee — goods in
stock so as to supply the orders sent to them. ithout effort
on the grocer’s part the goods sell ee bring purchas-
ers to the store, and help sell less known g
ANY JOBBER WILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS.
Medinm Price Shoes,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
&e GEO. H. REEDER,
Fe Lycoming Rubbers
- and Jobber of
~180.M % 3UI}41,1 880g OT,
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ICE CREAM.
Some of the Secrets of the Confec-
tioners’ Business.
From the Washington Star.
‘People think that we charge a great
deal for putting ice cream in moulds,’
said a confectioner the other day, ‘‘but
that is because they don’t realize what a
skilled and difficult labor itis. It does
seem a high price to pay $2.50 for three
pints of water ice—itself worth only 75
cents—in a shape. However, you will
readily see that it is not excessive when
I describe the elaborateness of the pro-
cess. Suppose you order your three pints
of cream in the shape of a hen, which is a
comparatively simple one. I say you
can imagine that it is merely necessary
to squeeze the material into the mould
with aspoon and then empty it out of
the form, all ready to go on the table.
As a matter of fact, the filling of the
mould requires great care and skill.
“The operator has to take the material
bit by bit and force it with his fingers
into every crevice of the interior of the
pewter, which is usually in two or three
pieces. In the case of the hen, the bird
opens into two halves from bill to tail,
at the back, and the workman, seated
before a row of tubs containing different
kinds of cream, first fills in the wings
with chocolate; then he stuffs the places
for the bill and crest with orange water
ice, and loads the breast with speckled
bisque to give the proper effect. The
tail is filled with pistache and the body
suitably made up otherwise, the mould
being finally closed and the halves fast-
ened together again. But that is only
the beginning. Next, the mould thus
stuffed must be put in a freezer, with ice
and salt around it for awhile, and when
it has got thoroughly hard, the cream
hen is taken out of the mould and put in
a cold air box to freeze some more.
When it comes out of that it is like a
rock, and the last thing is to touch up
the feathers with water colors, outline
the eyes, and give a smooth finish to the
general effect. Then you have your hen
natural as life, with a yellow beak and
crest, brown wings, speckled body, and
green tail. May be you seat her in a
nest of spun sugar to heighten the effect.
This is what you call art. The ice
cream, too, tastes better when so prettily
served. Of course, each kind of mould
is filled on a different artistic plan. A
swan, for instance, would be all of white
vanilla with a yellow water ice bill.”
‘Where do the moulds that you use
come from 2?”’ the confectioner was asked.
‘‘From Paris,”? he replied. ‘*They are
very expensive. Twenty-five dollars
apiece they cost, if not very elaborate.
Pewter is the material always used, and
I think they are made on wooden models.
You can see for. yourself how carefully
they are made—each feather distinctly
carved so that it shows naturally in the
cream bird. Beasts of different kinds
and other things are equally artistic in
other ways.”’
“You were speaking of spun sugar.
How is it that you make it ?”
“That is a confectioner’s secret,
oughtn’t to give it away. However, I
will tell you. No end of people exercise
their wits to the point of despair in try-
ing to make spun sugar, They know
how to boil the sugar to just the right
point, so that it will spin beautiful
threads, like silk; but when they have}
spun afew such threads, laboriously—
not enough to fill a spool, perhaps—the
mixture gets hardened and *sugary,’ and
won't spin any more from the forks or
whatever unsuitable instruments are em-
ployed. Now, I will inform you very
simply how to make as good spun sugar
and I
as a confectioner can, in any quantity
you may desire. Take two parts of
granulated sugar to one part of cold |
water and stir them together in a sauce-
pan—the larger the quantity, the easier
the operation.
Let the mixture boil hard, without
stirring, until a little of it dropped into
cold water becomes at ence as brittle as |
glass. Then remove the saucepan to a |
table and you are ready for business.
Previously you must have provided your-
self with a baker’s egg beater, the wire |
end of which you have cut off with wire
nippers, so as to leave a handle with per-
| cold,
| necessity to have them always exposed
lon the counter or in a glass case that is
| constantly opened.
THE
haps fifty long wire points projecting
from the end. This is the tool with
which spun sugar is made.
into the saucepan and draw it
each point, and thereupon you wave the
tool in every direction, to the
left, over your head
You dip it |
out, a}
thread of candied sugar hanging from |
right and |
and all around as |
far as you can reach, above the greased |
| MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
pans with which you have completely | :
covered as large an area on table
floor as possible.
When I make spun sugar, I place in |
the middle of a large room a large quan- |
tity of the boiling sugar and cover the |;
neces- | -
entire floor, save the small
sary for standing room, with huge
bakers’ pans. Then my assistant and
myself dip our wire brushes into the hot
candy and throw the spun threads all
space
over the place, up to the ceiling and this |
way and that, redipping the brushes as |
often as is necessary, until the room
looks like a silk factory. Finally, when
we have spun all we want, it is gathered
up and made into any shape desired. By
the way, it may interest you to know
that if you will dig white grapes, man-
darin oranges, figs, nuts and such things
into the same mixture that is prepared
for spun sugar, you can make in this way
as good fruit glaces as can be bought at
any confectioner’s. When the sugar has
been boiled to a ‘erack,’? pour it into
previously warmed cups, drop in your
fruits, fish them out as quickly as pos-
sible with forks, place them on greased
pans, and set them out in the cold fora
few moments. Twenty minutes later
you will have the most delicious candies
procurable. Would you like to know
how to make ice cream for yourself as
well as any confectioner can make it ?”’
‘““Very much, indeed.’’
“Nothing could possibly be simpler.
“In the first place, use pure cream,
unmixed with milk or water—so long as
the cream is not unusually thick—and
fresh fruits. If you want to make
strawberry ice cream, take a full quart
of strawberries and a quart of cream.
Mash the strawberries, put some sugar
on them, and let them stand an hour or
two. Then mix them with the cream
and sweeten to the taste. Put the mix-
ture into a freezer, turn the crank, and
when it is frozen it will be as good ice
cream as any one ean produce. For
orange water ice, take the juice of a
dozen oranges and three lemons and put
with it as much water as there is juice,
with sugar to suit the taste; then freeze
it. The reason why home-made ice
cream is nearly always a-failure is that
housewives will put milk or even arrow
root into it.’’ '
‘Is not a good deal of ice
wasted by getting stale on your hands ?
‘Not so much asa half-pint. It will
keep indefinitely in the porcelain-lined
vessels we use. ‘Tin is not good for the
purpose, because it corrodes. How do
we dispose of cakes that get stale on our
hands? Throw them into the garbage
barrel; nobody is poor enough hereabouts
to want stale cake. The doughnuts and
one or two other things sometimes are
given to the garbage man personally.
We don’t lose so much in that way as
you might suppose. Our chiefly
on charlotte cream cakes and
eclaires, allof which sour inaday. The
demand for these goods is very capri-
cious, and we ean never tell how many
will be called for within a given twenty-
four hours. May be twenty or thirty
charlottes, for instance, will be left on
the counter of an evening to be thrown
away next morning. Mixed cakes, such
as pound cakes, keep much better,
though all cakes are best not later than
the day after they are made. Macaroons
will last fresh enough for a week. Pies
are never left on our hands, because the
demand for them is a very steady one.
cream
09
loss is
russes,
and |
We might keep cakes for a long time in |
BANAN
air-tight boxes, but it is a trade
“inti i ip MG
Some Difference.
Angry Customer—The eggs you sold }
me are stale. Your placard says
of fresh eggs.”’
Grocer—No, it doesn’t. It
‘2 lot
reads ‘‘a |
HEADQUARTERS FOR
BANANAS.
When in want of large lots of
16 and 18 North Division St.,
3
A. J. BROWN,
Wholesale dealer in Foreign,
Domestic
Fruits and Seeds,
Direct Reccivers of
California Oranges=—
—_AND—
——Messina lemons.
Tropical and
California Oranges, we are prepared to make you
low prices from fresh cars.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Send for Price List, Issued Weekly
Rindge, Bertsch & Co.,
Forwa
and M. S, tips and plain, opera and
rm weather we would ecall attention
of the trade to our
line of walking
shoes at popular
prices. We carry
a line of russet
and black,in turn
common
sense toes, and invite inspection.
We also solicit your fall
guarantee prices and terms as low as any
12, 14 AND 16 PEARL ST., -
order for
Boston and Bay State rubber goods, and
house selling the same brand.
- GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Pink VV ORK 3S!
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. KRELER,
Wholesale
AND JOBBER
412 SOUTH DIVISION ST.
IN FOREIGN
TELEPHONE
Contfectioner,
AND DOMESTIC FRUITS.
92-3R, Send for Price List.
We Manufacture
Everything in the line of
Candy
Correspondence solic-
ited and prices quot-
ed with pleasure.
Write us.
MOSELEY BROS.
——_WHOLESALE——
Fruits, Seeds, Oysters? Produce
All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.
if you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes, will t
pleased to hear from you.
26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa SBSt.,
GRAND RAP!
| more fruit than ean be handled by any other house at this mar ket.
We are receiving
from two to four
carloads of bananas
AS!
a week, which is
temember
We Are Headquarters.
| treat lototengs.” ‘They came in yester | Gp ANT RAPIDS FROIT AND PRODUCE 00.
AMONG THE TRADE.
AROUND THE STATE.
McBrides —- Robbins Bros. have
chased the market of C. B. Donager.
Sherman City—Geo. Davis and Wm.
Powers have opened a meat market.
Wacousta— M. J. Streeter succeeds
Treglown & Streeter in general trade.
Lansing—L. J. Schoettle is succeeded
in the grocery business by E. S. Bates.
Bay City—Parrish & Scott have sold
their stock of groceries to Hugh McRae.
Sullivan—s. J. Martin has removed his
grocery and boot and shoe stock to Far-
well.
Kalkaska—Morrell & Crawford succeed
Morrell & Campbell in the grocery busi-
pur-
ness.
Bloomingdale—D. Joy has purchased
an interest in E. J. Merrifield’s meat
market.
Owosso—Elwell & Nelan, blacksmiths§
have dissolved. Frank Nelan continues
the business.
Grove—Geo. F. Cook is erecting a new
store building for the reception of his
general stock.
Rockford—Hanes & Haskell succeed
Hanes & Cunningham in the blacksmith-
ing business.
Berrien Springs—Ed. J.
closed out his grocery stock and will de-
vote his entire attention to the local post-
office.
Bronson—C. B. Whittaker and G. B.
Corey consolidated their grocery
stocks and now occupy the Whittaker
store.
Hudsonville—Starkin Bros., who con-
templated engaging in general trade
here, concluded not to embark in
business at present.
Schoolcraft—A. L. Campbell has pur-
chased the interest of Mr. Gilmore in the
grocery firm of Gilmore & Campbell. The
firm Campbell
Davis has
have
have
known
new will be
Bros.
as
Newaygo—sS. M. Frost has purchased |
the interest of C. L. Bennett in the gro-!
cery firm of C. L. Bennett & Co. The
new firm will be known as 5S. M. Frost
& Co.
Sturgis—M. A. Crandall has sold a half
interest in his grocery stock to Mr. Pope
—formerly of the firm of Pope & Phelps,
at LaGrange—and the two will continue
the business under the style of Crandall
& Pope.
Detroit—John Monaghan, the Alpena
grocer, felt ill when he arrived in Detroit
last Friday, his trouble being heart
disease. He walked to St. Mary’s Hos-
pital and after arranging there for treat-
ment he went back to the boat on which
he came, got his trunk,
to the Hospital, died in twenty minutes.
and,
MANUFACTURING MATTERS.
& Fairfield
A. Guard in the milling business.
Turtle Lake—F. A. Clary
Clary & Eaton in general trade and
Allegan—Guard
S.
succeeds
the
shingle mill business.
Ludington—W. W. & C. W. Hatch are
succeeded in the milling business by the
Ludington Milling Co., incorporated.
INDIANA ITEMS.
Elkhart—Simeon Truax succeeds Mas-
ton & Truax in the grocery business.
Shipshewanna—Ocker, Mowers & Co.
have removed their general stock to Mid-
dlebury.
Garrett—Geo. Arnold’s cigar and to-|
bacco store has been closed under chat-
tel mortgage.
returning |
succeed |
The Condition of Trade.
From the New York Shipping List.
The new features that have excited
more or less interest in commercial and
financial circles during the past three
days have been the favorable crop con-
ditions prevailing in all sections of
the country, the refusal of the House to
concur in the free coinage proposal of
the Senate, the decision of the Court of
Appeals as to the legality of the Sugar
Trust as a combination of corporations,
a serious blockade of freight on the
Illinois Central Railroad on account of a
strike among its employees, and an ad-
vance in the price of anthracite coal
after July ist. The hot forcing weather
that has prevailed in the wheat belt
together with the large visible supply,
about thirty million bushels in excess of
last year, and excellent reports as to crop
conditions in other wheat growing coun-
tries have caused lower prices in this
market, and the same reasons account for
tuations in cotton have been due chiefly
to speculative influences. The action of
the House in refusing to agree to free
coinage virtually eliminates that danger-
ous and objectionable feature of silver
legislation and encourages the _ belief
that conservative counsel will prevail in
iformulating a conference measure, one
that will not endanger the financial pros-
perity of the country, but at the same
time will confer signal benefit upon our
silver mining industry. There appears
to be great difference of opinion as to the
actual result of the decision in the Sugar
Trust litigation, but all agree that it is
decisive as to the unlawful character of
the combination principle by which the
several corporations forming the Trust
are held together, and hence the com-
bination will assume some other form of
existence. The decision has not materi-
ally disturbed the value of sugar cer-
tificates, as they are controlled almost
entirely by speculative influences. The
strike upon the Lllinois Central has
eaused a serious blockade of freight near
Chicago and disturbed business in that
locality. The bone of contention is the
discharge of a superintendent. The sell-
ing agents of the anthracite coal com-
panies have decided to advance prices 10
(@15 cents per ton on July 1 and author-
ized a production of 3,250,000 tons dur-
ing that month. So far as the coal mar-
ket is concerned, the demand has been
; only monerate and the situation scarcely
; Warrants this further marking up of
| prices, unless it be that the advance is
; expected to stimulate the movements of
|buyers. With respect to the general
| trade movement, there has been no im-
|} portant change since the early part of
ithe week. Dry goods have been quiet,
| the demand for iron has become less act-
jive and furnacemen are showing rather
|more anxiety to make sales. Refined
sugar has ruled dull with an easier tend-
ency and coffee is unsettled, with prices
tending downward on account of the
easier feeling reflected from Rio. Spec-
| ulation in railroad securities and produce
has been of moderate proportions and
the money market has ruled firmer on
account of the semi-annual payments
that fall due next week, and the firmer
tendency of money abroad has resulted
in an advance of the Bank of England
rate of discount.
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Interceding for Pork.
Adam Clark, in returning thanks at the
table of another, made use of the follow-
jing significant and pertinent words:
‘“‘Lord, bless these vegetables and this
|
}
i» * of
| fruit and bread; and, if thou canst bless
; under the gospel what thou didst curse
junder the law, bless this swine’s flesh
| also.??
_> & —_>
VISITING BUYERS.
RR Perkins, Boyne City AJ White, Bass River
B J Robertson, Breedsville L Cook, Bauer
Geo A Hawley & Co, Geo P Stark, Cascade
Breedsville Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia
E E Coons, Fennville G M Hartwell,Cannonsburg
N Bouma, Fisher F L Heath, Hastings
Eli Runnels, Corning JN Wait, Hudsonville
H Morley, Cedar Springs G@ Ten Hoor, Forest Grove
| John Gunstra, Lamont Carrington & North, Trent
| Downs & Sack, Kalkaska_ ES Botsford, Dorr
| Delmore Hawkins,Hawkins W N Hutchinson, Grant
8 G Isaman, East Jordan LM Wolf, Hudsonville
| b F Knapp, Sebewa Den Herder & Tanis,
| B Voorhorst, Overisel Vriesland
| Dr WS Hart, Lake Odessa N W Wiley, White Cloud
Sisson & Lilly Lumber Co, C C Darling, Sparta
Lilly Cole & Chapel, Ada
CA Barnes, Otsego
Geo Lane, Coopersville
RE Busk, Morley
Barry & Co., Rodney
Hessler Bros., Rockford
A Bilz, Spring Lake
the easier tendency of corn, while the fluc- |
THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
NEW MARK FOR HAVANAS.
The Use of the Cuban Label Likely to
Begin on Sept. 1.
From the New York Sun.
It was announced recently that after
July 1 next all cigars imported from
Havana would be guaranteed by aspecial
stamp placed upon the boxes by the
Cuban manufacturers. Suchastamp has
been agreed on by the united Cuban man-
ufacturers. It bears the seal of the King-
dom of Spain and the seal of the City of
Havana, besides the signatures of the
President, Vice-President and Secretary
of the Cigar Manufacturers’ Union of
Havana. This label will be issued to
none who are not members of the union,
and attempts to use it improperly or to
imitate it will be prosecuted vigorously
with the sanction of the Spanish Govern-
ment.
New York importers have been using
all possible pressure to have the date on
which the use of the stamp begins post-
poned. The trade believes that they
will succeed. The importers are heartily
in favor of the label, but they are not
prepared for it now, on account of the
McKinley bill. That measure proposes
an increase in the duties on tobacco that
amounts to about $2 a thousand cigars,
and importers all over the country, fear-
ful that it will become a law, have been
laying ina big stock of cigars. They
have represented to the Havana Union
that it would be unfair to discredit these
advance importations, by putting side by
side with them cigars of exactly the same
grade in boxes carrying the stamp.
Word is expected before the end of the
week that the Union has postponed the
date, and there is reason to believe that
the label will be first used on Sept. 1.
—_ > <—--
Trouble with the Safe.
“There are many amusing incidents
connected with our business,’’ said a safe
manufacturer one day to a reporter of a
Boston paper. ‘It is to beexpected that
in the ordinary course of events circum-
stances will arise when a safe will have
to be opened by an expert. Locks, like
any other piece of mechanism, are not
infallible. The best of them are liable
to fail at times through some slight de-
fect in manufacturing, same as the main-
spring of the most valuable watch may
give out unexpectedly. Not long agoa
firm wanted aman to fix their safe. It
was open, but they could not shut the
door far enough to throw the bolts. The
man went to the place, and after a brief
examination saw a penny resting on one
of the bottom flanges. Taking this off,
the door shut and locked all right. It is
forgotten how much it cost the firm to
have the man go to their place and pick
up that little coin, but it was enough to
prevent its being repeated, no doubt.
A similar case happened recently. We
were sent for at about the close of bus-
iness hours to see what was the trouble
with one of our safes. The bolts would
not throw far enough to turn the lock.
The result was the finding of a cloth
button in the lower bolt hole. This re-
moved, all was right.
“Some years ago we had delivered a
new set of vault doors toa bank about
200 miles away. Just before they were
ready to occupy their new quarters we
had a telegram to send aman at once.
The bolts of the outer door would not
throw far enough to lockit. Our man
went, and this is what he found: The
bank officers had fitted in a board for the
tread of the vestibule, but had omitted
to bore holes in it to allow for the throw
of the bolts. An auger and ten minutes’
labor made everything all right, but
made that piece of board a rather ex-
travagant luxury. Epicurean like, we
have reserved the best for the last. For
| fear this may reach the eyes of the hero
of the incident, I will substitute for his
correct address that of Calais, Me. It
was not a thousand miles from there.
The letter read to come at once and open
a safe, as there were important docu-
ments wanted for immediate use. With
his kit of tools, our man took the next
train and arrived on the following even-
ing. It proved to be an old-fashioned
safe, with a large key lock. ‘There,’
said the man, ‘is the safe. The lock has
been working harder and harder for
weeks, until now I am locked out. I am
inahurry to have it opened. Never
mind the damage, if you will only break
into it in short order.’ Our expert took
the key and tried it, but it refused to
work. He then took a small wire and
picked out half a thimbleful of dirt and
lint from the key, tried it again, and a
better working lock was never seen.
‘How muchis your bill?’ As this in-
volved a trip to and from Calais of about
600 miles, and time and expense in pro-
portion, he replied, ‘$40.’ Taking a roll of
bills from his pocket, he said: ‘That is
satisfactory, on conditions. Does anyone
in the place know your business here ?’
The reply was, ‘No one.’ ‘All right,
then; get out by the next train, and keep
mum, for I would gladly pay $100 rather
than have any of my friends know that I
was fool enough to go to Boston for a
man to pick the dirt out of my key.’ ”’
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Good Words Unsolicited.
N. B. Blain, dry goods, Lowell: ‘“‘Got to have
gy
—— 8
Fire Works—Immense line.
PutTNAM CAnpy Co.
FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC.
ce
Advertisements will be inserted under this head for
two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a
word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise-
ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment.
BUSINESS CHANCES,
Bp STOCK—IN THE LIVELY VILLAGE OF
AX Chelsea, a stock of groceries and fixtures; a
paper takes all my time; $800 required. Wm. Emmert,
Chelsea, Mich. 57
OR SALE—STOCK OF GROCERIES AND FIXTURES,
splendid location; good reasons for selling. For
particulars, address No. 58, care Tradesman. 58
AKERY, RESTAURANT AND ICE CREAM PARLOR;
$4,000 business last year; price $600; good reason
for selling. W. M. Smith, Box 382, St. Johns, Mich. 56
OR SALE—STOCK OF GROCERIES, BOOTS, SHOES,
hats and caps, together with store fixtures, which
will inventory about $1,200; must be cash; store may
be rented cheap Herbert Brown, Prairieville, Barry
county, Mich. 53
ve SALE—STO.K OF HARDWARE FOR CASH;
business established 20 years. Address Lock box
368, Charlotte, Mich. 54
1 PLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO RENT STORE—RARE
chance for opening a successful business in Sag-
inaw, east side; handsome store, 25x117; building three
stories; splendid location on center of principal busi-
ness street in city. Max Havenrich, Saginaw, E. 8.
Mich, 55
VOR SALE—TWO WHEELS, UPRIGHT AND PRESS,
used in manufacture of excelsior, for sale cheap.
Donker & Zuist, 216 Elizabeth St.,Grand Rapids. 51
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
LS Tippin MARKET FOR SALE—DOING GOOD BUSI-
eo ness; to a practical man a 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; will sellcheap. Also wanted to buy
for spot cash a stock of dry goods, clothing, boots and
shoes, men’s furnishing goods, etc. H. P. Whipple,
South Boardman, Mich. 49
ANTED—I HAVE SPOT CASH TO PAY FOR A
general or grocery stock; must be cheap. Ad-
dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. 26
OR SALE—STORE, DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES,
including postoffice fixtures, for sale on easy
rms, 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—CLERK IN GROCERY STORE; GOOD
penman. Address Lock box 1123, Cadillac, —"
V ANTED—A GOOD TINNER, GIVE EXPERIENCE
and references. Address A. W. Gammer & Co.,
Box 10, Coloma, Mich. 25
SITUATIONS WANTED.
\ ANTED—POSITION BY A YOUNG REGISTERED
pharmacist of good habits. No. 59, care Michi-
gan Tradesman. 59
MISCELLANEOUS,
YO AGENTS WISHING AN ELEGANT SIDE LINE,
which will more 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 and 16,
Telephone 388, Grand Rapids, Mich. 45
OR SALE—ONE MILLION FEET OF HEMLOCK
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
praise of its effectiveness. Send for sample order,
which will be sent prepaid on receipt of $1. The
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.
ee gr i 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
How to Keep a Store.
By Samuel H. Terry. >_>
Purely Personal.
Heman G. Barlow is Bishop Barlow
from this time on.
c. C. Moulton, the Muskegon produce
dealer, was in town Saturday.
B. Voorhorst, general dealer at Over-
isel, was in town last Wednesday.
A. C. Adams, buyer for R. E. Busk,
the Morley grocer, was in town Monday.
S. G. Isaman, the East Jordan general
dealer, was in town a couple of days last
week.
C. N. Rapp has engaged with the
trand Rapids Fruit and Produce Co. as
salesman.
C. C. Darling, the Sparta grocer, was
in town Monday, for the first time in}
over a year.
M. E. Downs, of the firm of Downs &| ..
Sack, meat dealers at Kalkaska, is in| &
town for a few days.
Miss Maggie Esler; invoice clerk for |
Lemon & Peters, has gone to Canada for |
a fortnight’s visit with friends.
R. R. Perkins, the Boyne City general
dealer, was in town last Thursday, on
his way home from Milwaukee.
Ed. Telfer is a blooming bachelor pro
tem., his wife and children having gone
to New York State for the summer.
C. M. Woodard, formerly engaged in
general trade at Kalamo, was in town
several days last week. He may con-
clude to locate here.
Capt. H. N. Moore and L. T. MeCrath
went to Chicago Saturday, where they |
are spending several days in pursuit of
business and pleasure.
Miss Lena Heinzman, for some time
past stenographer for the Olney & Jud-
son Grocer Co., has taken a similar posi-
tion for the Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co.
S. M. Frost, formerly with the Ball-
Barnhart-Putman Co., but more recently
in the employ of E. J. Herrick, has en-
gaged in the grocery business at Newaygo.
Delmore Hawkins, general dealer at
Hawkins, was in town last week. He
reports a better feeling among the farm-
ers of his section, owing to the encourag-
ing condition of the crops.
Frank A. Howig, formerly engaged in
business at Mancelona, and at one time a
contributor to The TRADESMAN, was in
town last week on his way from Big
Rapids, where he had been spending a
week with friends. He has closed out
his business at Wayland, N. Y., and con-
templates locating at Sioux City, Lowa.
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Vermontville—Lincoln A. Lemmon has
sold his grocery stock to T. G. Cain.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
The copartnership heretofore existing between
Cc. N. Rapp and C. B. Metzger, under the firm
name of the Grand Rapids Fruit and Produce
Co., is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
Cc. B. Metzger has assumed all liabilities of the
firm, and to him should be paid all accounts
their due. ©. W. MAP.
C. B. METZGER.
Grand Rapids, June 27, 1890.
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,
THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN,
HIRTH & KRAUSE,
HMEADQUARTERS
Ussett Sho
Porpoise Shoe Laces in light, medium
FOR
Polish,
Buttons,
Laces,
and heavy. arisian Leather Reviver,
9
Glycerine Leather Reviver, ‘‘Rubberine’
a waterproof dressing. We carry 15
distinet 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, send 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 See what the
bookkeeper of Keen & Stedman,
hardware dealers at Elkhart, Ind., says
of the ledger:
months.
Bros.
Gents—I purchased one of your 240-page item
ized ledgers over a month ago and I cannot
speak too highly of it. We have found it very
eonvenient in making settlements, and itis so
simple that any of the clerks can understand it,
as well as the person who keeps the books.
Yours resp.,
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
General Sporting Goods
81 SOUTH DIVISION ST.,
Nt
We are now ready to make contracts for the season of 1890.
Correspondence solicited.
GRAND RAPIDS.
[ Established 1780.|
any of Walter Baker & Co.’s
Chocolate and Cocoa Prep-
arations.
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
stock of
Michigan.
complete seeds in
Western Send
for our wholesale price
list and catalogue
before buying
Clover,
Timothhi,
Red Top,
Kte,,
Ete,
ONION SKTS,
In fact, everything
n 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.
Tietor 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 se
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
DO YOU NEED AN
Engraving of Your Store
In advertising your business ? If so, The
Tradesman Company is glad tosend samples and
quote prices.
DEMINS.
Dry ‘Goods. Prices Current. Amoskeeg......-.-- WUAiSalPrey oes ess oon-e- ay
9 oz. "14% Lancaster........
UNBLEACHED COTTONS. _ brown 13 Law rence, 9 oe 13%
__ Tae P. ot EP Atlantic A.. . 7 |Clifton CCC........ 6% Andover. ..........-. ~~ . 2a oe
We'll abolish competition, - . - 634) Arrow Brand 5 Everett, blue.....- 12 a No. 280. >:
With all its wasteful losses, ie +S | “= Wee Wiese. 634 brown. ....12 No. .---10%
We'll smash the politician, “s — .... po. OMI - ee, GINGHAMS.
The heelers and the bosses; ~ 2 53) Full Yard White. .... o% Gienarven.... ..-.-- 6% | Lancaster, staple. _- 6%
No one shall be compelled to work Amory... - . @q|Honest Width....... 6x | Lancashire.......... 64 | ” fancies .... 7
For more than half a minute, Are hery Bunting.. - 414 Bartiond A ......- 5 Normandis.......-. 7% © Normandie 8
And he who should attempt to shirk Beaver Dam A A... 53%| Madras cheese cloth 6%; | Renfrew Dress...... WY ¢|Westbrook........:- 8
Will find here’s nothing in it; Blackstone O, 32.... 5 {Noibe R............. 5% | Toil du Nord... .10@10% ee 10
Then, asthe next step toward a state Sack Boek ........ 7 (Our Level Best. ... 8 Amoskeag ce oes 6% | York Ce ee 6%
Of absolute perfection, Beet AL. i ST 6% ane 10%|Hampton..... ...--- 6%
Each couple shall be free to mate Chapman chees 33 Ki P eaet.. 10... et Pee... ..--- 844|Windermeer.... ..-.-. 5
By natural selection; | Comet. 2 er Se 6%%|Cumberland.... .
And there are no good reasons why | Dwight Star......... W% Top of the Heap.... 7 | Warwick.... ...... 8%|Essex...........-... 4%
eee eee by | BLEACHED COTTONS. CARPET WARP. i
= S fa nots 2 S€ASONS, DJ i io Peerless, whi 84|Pee pred... .2
A chanee in the centh’s axia. | Amsburg ... 7 | GI en Mills. oe 7 Peerless, white......1844|Peerless colc
a | Blackstone AAS = iGol« A eee (4 ee aa
ae a | peass A............ 44/Green Ticket....... 814 Valier C 16%
How a “Ringer” Got Left. | Cleveland .......... 7 |Great Falls.......... 614 | Amoskeag......... -17 [Valley City ......---- 2
: il " | Cabot 74%|Hope war | leemeony..... ...... 161 some - eee teed ae o 16%
One of our boys was over in the Mohawk | © —s ot. % eee ae 6% oe or aaheaae 1u@ EM isons sce %») |Pacific.. aga
. Pe cha owe wade LPEES. 2 os @ < : pa
Valley one day, and on that same day a} Dwight Anchor..... 9. |King Phillip........ 7a; | American........-.- i
couple of chaps came into a village on a| shorts. 8%/ OF..... 7% ne ne. “
i , sows T > were drivi eee. 6 |Lonsdale C wnhaie: .10% } Clark’s Mile End... .45 oor 6......, -...
e é x ) mi 2 , . a
~ ning ce - #ee ° j . —_ —— _ CO 7 |Lonsdale...... ._ 2 8i4 Coats’, J. & P....... 45 | Marshall O.... 88
a horse which could have fooled no one | parwell...2........ 7%|Middlesex...... @5 | Holyoke...........-. 244)
but a hayseed. Any one posted on the | Fruit of the Loom.. % No Name............ 74 KNITTING COTTON.
points of a trotter would have put him | aaa eae iol gi bi ae tg ne ou i _ White. Colored.| White. Colored.
down as good for less than three min-| Fruitofthe Loom %. 8 * Pride of the West...12. = = a — = 7 .-o 43
utes. This was in the olden days, when | Fairmount.......... 44 |Rosalind............ oo. 8 mit i... 44
a horse showing a clip of 2:50 was looked | Full Value.......... 634 Sunlight.......-..... ori 12.......38 41 j* 20.......0 45
: : | Geo. Washington... 8i4/Vinyard............. 8%
upon as a marvel. | ia oh iE — a . we
The pe ars foun e usual crowd ¢ r ee ere) on _| Slater..........--.-- (Washington.......-.
rhe I : _ vind , id th — sn wd - Cee. 3. cc. %%|Dwight Anchor..... 8% | White Star......... 4%, ee 4%
the village tavern, and it didn’t take ae 7%| oe a 4% Lockwood. ae 434
them two hours to get up a match with | UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Newmarket......... 4%4|Wood Bowe. wees eens 44
the boss trotter of the neighborhood. It | Tremont N : 54%4(M Middlesex No. . 2 Edwards..........-. 4%|Brunswick ......... 44
was best two in three for $50, and the | Hamilton N.-.---... - 6%) ~_ oe ea Ha
il . a a a i 2... Pireman...... -. Yo|T W ee es la 2234
tin-wagon horse won both heats in 2:55. | middlesex AT...... 8 e wae lieataaee... |... 74 | FT.. a
lt was evidently a put-up job to skin the | - ze . +“ 6...) [ieee erz........ 3 i ce, eee...:. oe
. “ce Y, oF r late % 2k e
rusties, and, as they were headed our | Ma. 25.... 3 Nameiess....... Buckeye oe ee 32%
fav. we determine »adv for them. | RLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. ae FLANNEL.
way, we determined to be ready for them. | paniiton N....-..-. 7%4|Middlesex A A...... 11 | Red & Blue, plaid..40_ Grey 8 me 17%
We sent a hundred miles after a trottier, | widdiesex PT......8 | “ Ban eaee a2 | tinion B...... .... Seurwestern W io... 20. 18%
seraped our dollars together, and the day | 7 . ; cee 9 ao A oa Se 18% > R Roane eke sy
— se 7. mar | r ZA...... 9 ' ea 17% | 6 oz Western. i | uehing A EE...... 2
> » > 1 r
sn _ ddlers ae ‘aye _ The oe | _ ry... 10% ss 5... 16 eS 291,|Manitoba........... Wy
a. iene . > ped- |
drawing manure with a cart. — ie ped- | ee DOMET FLANNEL.
dlers arrived at about 11 o’clock, and | Hamilton ..........8 {Nameless...........20 | Nameless ..... 8 @ 9% Leese 9 @10%
after dinner, as weallsat on the veranda, | ft seee ee eeeeee DP cece eee 25 ..--- 8%@10 *| ce 12%
. . | L “cs 6
one of them carelessly inquired: SE Seda — ae sai a CANVASS AND PADDING. sii
“Got anything in hoss flesh to brag of | Nameless... ae . Toe oe ee oe
here?”’ CS 18 _ oe. ime oa 1014/15 15 15
“One purty fair hoss,’’ replied the vil- | CORSET JEANS. 11% 11% 1114)17 17 17
° | ago ind or ° 9 © 9
lage cooper, who had a dreadfully inno- | Biddeford.........-- 6 |Naumkeag satteen.. 7% | 12% 12% 1244120 20 20
a his fatherly face ” Brunswick. .... .... 6% Rockport. . -- 6% DUCK
cape ag oo eo PRINTS. Severen, 8 0z........ 9%| Ww est Point, 8 0z....10%
an he got | Allen, staple.. - 5i| Merrim’ck shirtings. 4% | Mayland, 8 07. ta 10% 10 oz....12%
“Wall. he’s cleaned ’em so fur.’’ oo. feacy........ Oe “ Reppfurn . 8% | Greenwood, 7% oz. 9%! Ray —. ok... 13%
“é ee 2 ete al) . robes. — | Pacific fancy. ao Greenwood, 8 oz. "41%! Star —
“Our old hoss does a mile fairly well.” |, oriean fancy... 6 | Soe 6% WADDINGS.
Yes? : Americanindigo.... 6 |Portsmouth robes... 6 | white. doz...... _ 25 |Per bale, 40 doz....87 00
‘“‘And, just for the fun of the thing, we | American shirtings 4% |Simpson mourning.. 6% | (olored. doz... |
S stimes tr i ” | Arnold _ 6%| C greys ...... 6% ere.
SS him. long cloth B. 10% | « — solid black. 6% pea nusiae me
Yes? ce x 4,|Washington indigo. 6 Slater, Tron Cross... 8 |Pawtne — 10%
“Can’t we get up a go?’’ es cloth 7 a “ Turkey robes.. 7% ; Red Cross. ee UNGIC........--++--
: | gold seal 10%} “ India robes....7%| ‘< Best .....---- 10%|Bedford.... .... .... 10%
‘‘Wall, our hoss is no cheap animal.|; ,, SSS" .-.-- iL ’ “ Best AA. ....12%lValley City......... 10%
i. i i Turkey red. "10%! plain r ‘ky : 4 814 C auan
We’d want to make it a hundred, at} Berlin solids...... Bul "10 CORSETS.
least.”’ | on bine... ... Gr “ Ottoman a ur- Coraline............09 00/Wonderful .... .... 4 75
‘Wo? ‘ . ake it $250.’ | - “~ oe .... C0) ere... 6 Sehsiines......... § peeeeeeom.. ........ 4 75
We'd rathe r make it $250. © ocheco aey...... 6 |Martha Washington " SEWING SILK.
In ten minutes we had the money up} madders... 6 Turkey red %..... 7% | Corticelli, doz.......85 {Corticelli knitting,
and the race agreed to. We had no track, | Eddystone fancy... 6 (Martha Washington twist, doz. a per %oz ball...... 30
is a “as ‘ , | Hamilton fency. ... 64) Turkey red........ 9% 50 yd, doz. .42%}
but the highway wa: broad and smooth, staple .... 5%| |Riv erpoint robes.... 5 HOOKS a RYES—PER GRoss.
and it was to bea mile straightaway. | Mane hester fancy. 6 |Windsorfancy...... ee No 1 Bk & Ww hite. = ce 4 Br k & White..15
The peddlers brought in a sulky they new era. 6% «gold ‘ticket i ..20
° cr, ot ; sc ae 9 ‘ a“ on,
had left just out of town, our horse was Merrimack D fancy. 6%) indigo blue....... 10% 3 oR iz a 10 25
provided with another, and every man, | 4s nockeag AC A. 13 IAC A 19% | No2-20,MC....... 50 "No ie 40
woman and child in that town turned Hamilton eae hae a ike Se 45
" The race was square a i a... irk oe i. ‘OTTON TAPE a
out The race was square up and up,| =| ee ISwift River. 7i, | No 2 White & BI k.. 12 [No § White & BI’k..20
and our horse got the first heat by three | 5. er Tle ema eee 0 eee 4 10 “ 23
ee Ne s | ee ih - 23
good lengths. Wesaw that the peddlers | pirst Prize..........11%/Warren. one: =< 8 i° = " ee
were puzzled and anxious, but they had | COTTON DRILL. No2 o— Nos... 26
sand and each put up his watch for $20 | Atlanta, D.......... 6|Stark........ ae uo oe ae aca ay
: earl ae *
more. It was a fair, even start on the a a a A on eee ea NEEDLES—PER 2m. i
20. 4 2 -e Was eve a | a nas ce an ca ll cua ae eg i ree. 1 S0i/Steambeat.... ......
econd heat, and the pace was even for a | SATINES. Crowely's....... ....4 Bye Eyed.......... 150
quarter of a mile. Then our horse began | Simpson... ....-.-. 20 jimperial........ .... 10% | Marshall's...........1 6
drawing away, and when he went under; “— ..-.-------- i ae x. oo. ~~ | =r a 1 OIL CLOTH. “ss —
Sh i i : Tha | “ ie 5 Ce 10% 15 -4....22 64... 355 4...10 64.2
the string he was thirty feet ahead. The | (o.cne9 002277" 10%} os cao 3 101
peddlers gave up the stakes, sat down by |
themselves and had a talk, and then the
spokesman finally moved over to where | P. STEKETEE & SONS
the cooper stood and said: e 9
‘“‘We see through it and we can’t squeal. a
As for your getting an old ‘ringer’ to} WHOLESALE
match ours we haven’t any fault to find,
but what harrows up our souls and makes | ‘
us long for rest beyond the grave is the
idea that we were taken in and done for
by such a benign old cuss as you seemed i
to be, but ain’t! I'll tie both feet t and |
one hand and fight you for the hoss and |
we
wagon.
What Many Say. | Lawns, Challies, White Goods, Nainsook
“Going away ?” and Embroideries. Outing Cloths--All Kinds.
“Nay, nay.”
“Why, pray 2” ‘New Line Umbrellas and Parasols, Summer
‘*‘Iee bill to pay !’ | " .
OE eee nell coneneee ‘Gloves and Mitts. Weareselling Hammocks
Grand Haven—J. J Baker’s safe was! .-
blown open by burglars last Wednesday | in all grades.
night and $25 in cash taken. The bur- | Agents for Georgia and Valley City Bags. Wadding, Twines, Batts.
glar or burglars piled sacks of flour in|
front of thes
alevel-Heaed
- Business Men
Use Coupons and put their Business
on 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.
Bunting } |
Muslin d | §
Chas. A. Coye,
11 PEARL STREET.
PEST ee
SIX-CORD
Spool Cotton
WHITE, BLACK AND COLORS,
Hand and Machine Use. 1
FOR SALE BY i
P. STEKETEE & SONS
Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co, ©
Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy
Dry Goods
Manufacturers of
Shirts, Pants, Overalls, Ete, |
Complete Spring Stock now ready for
inspection. Chicago and Detroit prices
guaranteed. 7
48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St.,
front of the safe, to break the foree of] 99 Monee and 10, 12, 14, 16 & 18 Fountain Sts, GRAND RAPIDS,
GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH.
ea
ee
THE err TRADES! MAN.
HARDWARE.
Countermanding Orders.
From the Iron Age.
From a Western hardware man we
have the following on countermanding
orders for goods which doubtless brings
out some points as yet untouched upon
in the discussion of this matter :
“You have published letters from the
manufacturers, and doubtless will have
something from the jobbers, showing how
they are abused. I may be anticipating,
but we retailers are not so much to
blame as you will be lead to suppose we
are. In the first place we are taught by
the traveling man that we have a perfect
rigbt to cancel any order up to the time
of shipment. This is clearly brought out
and impressed upon our mind when we
are so earnestly solicited to place an
order for future delivery. In fact, the
salesman seems to consider no promised
inducement too great to make to secure
the order, except his limit in price.
Prices are guaranteed, and any decline
in prices at time of shipment will be
credited to our account. Sometimes there
is a little sub rosa discount which he
gives us the advantage of as a particular
friend. There is a possibility that among
the many varieties of goods of the same
class that will be offered before the sea-
son arrives we may see some that to us
have more points of excellence than those
we have placed our orders for. We are
fixed on that class of goods unless we see
something else we like better, and have
placed our order to protect ourselves.
At the same price and on the same con-
ditions we are liable to give our order
for the line we prefer the most, as al-
most everyone has instructions to ‘‘meet
prices.’”’ We see nothing dishonorable in
such a course for us merchants, because
with an understanding of this kind the
order was given. It is one of the results
which competition seems to have made
necessary. We retailers have the same
experience. A party orders something
we do not keep regularly in stock. It is
ordered, and when it comes he has
changed his mind about wanting it. He
has been a good customer in the past, and
it would not do to push him and make
him pay for it; he knows, too, that in the
future his dollars will be as acceptable to
me as those of anyone else, and soit goes.
We wonder if our experience is different
from others in these respects.”’
2
such a law, wisely and righteously en- P. of 1. ao.
| foreed, any merchant having the milk of| A. & O. Brow, late of Leland, have
| do
was |
in |
}
has |
| our State prisons would be considerably |
| severe fine and term of imprisonment for
d ; . ee FOr their best trade away. Sayers is a
the offense of declaring a fictitious divi- ' J ee
dend. France is evidently behind the schemer, but he has schemed once too
times, or else we are. The practice of | many. He does not belong to our B. M. A.”’
declaring and — idends with bor-| A Bellaire correspondent writes: ‘‘Our
rowed money has become so common in | :
; |p, I. store here, which was run by
this country as to attract no more than | ’
establishing |
combinations which extinguish their cor- |
porate activity and responsibility.
The utter
failure of the carpenters’
strike in Detroit and the non-success of |
the carvers’ strike in Grand Rapids should |
serve as a warning to workingmen every-
that nearly
always unsuccessful and usually end in
disaster.
where harsh measures are
The amount of wages lost to
the two classes during their voluntary
idleness is enormous, sufficient, in fact,
to maintain the strikers
months.
comfortably for
LTT
A commercial crash in Italy has been |
expected for months, and its ad-
vent still appears to be awaited with dis-
tinet It
over-taxation
some
apprehension. is not merely a
of in or
even in the whole of Italy, though both
question tome,
of these have contributed to bring about |
the present perilous position of affairs; |
but ever since the dispute with France |
concerning che renewal of the commer-
cial treaties, Italian trade, which had
hitherto found so excellent an outlet in
France, has been severely crippled. But
of late, leading Italian statesmen have
recognized that, whatever the benefits
supposed to be derived from joining the
Triple Alliance, they could not afford to
permanently alienate France; therefore,
steps have been taken, within the past
few months, for bringing about a rap- |
the two
It is to be hoped that some ar-
prochement between
ments.
| time
|residence at some public institution at
| the expense of the State.
govern- |
lof now reputed respectable citizens.
was only recently that the head of a large
human kindness flowing in his soul can
as suecessful a_ business the
shrewd and unprincipled san.
Don’t you think so?
Very respectfully,
GIDEON NOEL.
opened a P. of I. store at Maple City.
Sterling & Co., of Stanton,
follows: ‘“‘Please remove our name from
the list of P. of I. dealers, as our contract
has run out and will not be renewed by
9
as
dealer write as
>.> —
Fictitious Dividends.
Were the law in France in relation to
the payment of fictitious dividends in
force in this country, the social status of
us.
Kalamazoo Tel-
merehants begin to
some unpleasantness in doing
business with some of the members of
the P. of L. organization.”’
A Sherwood correspondent writes:
“Sayers & Lipes have contracted with
the P. of I. Lodge here and it has driven
Scotts correspondence
egraph: “Our
perience
ex-
elevated by the influx of a large number
It
his
a
with
to
in France,
directors,
together
were sentenced
company
other
Schoolcraft & Nash, has met with some
changes, as Schooleraft bought Nash out |
and run the store alone for a few weeks.
He has now sold out to J. Childs & Co.
and there is now no P. L. store here.’’
Vieksburg correspondence Kalamazoo
Telegraph: *“‘A Patron of Industry from
near Parkville was town the first of
| last week, figuring on the price of wool |
|
The Commission Defied.
passing notice, and it is to be feared that
were the French law in force, very many
stocks which are now sustained by a
process of that kind, in order that present
holders may unload on favorable terms,
would soon seek their natural level, al-
though their promoters might at the same
be forced to take up a temporary
in
twine, and brought his own ten-foot pole |
| to the
Although the Inter-State Commerce —o twine, that he might |
| Commission decided, some time ago, that | know exactly the number of feet ina
| i - +
the free cartage arrangement of the} o of the stuff.
.P. Lock was a prosperous harness
oo at Charlotte, enjoying a lucrative
| trade and employing several men.
D., G. H. & M. Railway, as conducted in |
Grand Rapids, was contrary to the law,
ithe company continues to favor its cus- |
In an
tomers, the same as in the past, thus | levil hour, he consented to contract with
snapping its fingers in the faces of the | the Patrons of Industry. That was)
commission. jabout six months ago. He is now out of |
It is understood that the Grand Trunk |
system propose to contest the ruling of |
the in an attempt is |
made to enforce it, and will carry the |
matter to the court of last resort. | by Geo. Mosier, the Cloverdale merchant
to gain a livelihood.
Hastings Banner: advertising
columns will be found the announcement
Commission ase ‘In our
a it
the Patrons of Industry.
assigns are that, so far
trade are
proven
able.’
The reasons he
as himself and his
the contract has
‘unsatisfactory and unprofit-
Effect of Immersion on Timber.
“T notice one thing,’’ says an observ-
ant manufacturer, ‘‘and that is that hard-
wood logs, especially oak, that have been
placed in the water immediately after
cutting and allowed to thoroughly soak,
concerned,
make brighter lumber, with less tend. | entered into the contract in good faith
ency to sap stain, than that from logs | and has adhered to it honorably. The
6 are af ¢ a P for sever?¢ | : .
that are le ft on the ground for several | Banner has all along insisted that a
months. I find, also, that in green logs, |
if sawed immediately after cutting, and | 4) 49 per cent ad Sie bs
the lumber is thoroughly steamed pre- 1 ae | : ; ig " a Sahar Sa agg
paratory to placing it in the dry kiln, the | : rege ca tapi not dind the members of
same results will be obtained, greatly oe annes te trade with him, :
enhancing the value of the lumber for eae tee: om he o nek Gene See
fine finishing purposes. few ss on the square. Mr. Mosier
a | fourth dealer in Barry county who has
Fourth of July goods of all kinds.
Putnam Canpy Co.
or profitable business under a P.
contract.”’
of i.
| business and has gone back to farming |
, | his diet
of his withdrawal from his contract with |
No one questions that Mr. Mosier |
dealer who signs a contract to sell goods |
abso- |
must find it |
is the)
| found that he could not do a satisfactory |
SPEAKING OF ADVERTISING.
It is acommon remark: ‘‘The knowl-
edge and application of electricity is in
its infaney.”? Is thereaman who can
dispute the statement that the remark
applies with equal force to advertising?
Certainly no one would do so who has
made advertising a study. The adver-
tising expert that the simile is a
fair one; that the prevalent ignorance of
theory and successful application of elec-
tricity and advertising, involving the
productive possibilities of both, are alike,
as neither ean be fully comprehended.
The average man sees that motion and
light are created; he cannot define the
process by which electricity is made to
act. The same man sees the results,
sometimes profitable, sometimes not, of
advertising, but he cannot tell specifically
why good or bad results follow—why one
advertisement is effective and another
not. He will say, off-hand, that an adver-
tisement in the Sunday issue of a daily
paper is more effective than in any other
issue of the week. Sometimes he is right,
He argues that the Sunday
paper is larger and the people have more
| time to read on that day. Does he read
the paper more thoroughly Sunday than
on any other day ?
Think amoment. Whois it that berates
the Sunday paper for being so volum-
inous, for having such a “raft of adver-
tising?”? Whoisit complains at there
being such a mass of reading matter that
| he ean only find time on Sunday to ‘skim
it?’ In what day’s issue is it that he
has missed seeing some matter of news,
of which he would never have known had
| not a friend referred to it? The Sunday
And is it probable he
will take to reading advertisements when
he has only time to ‘‘skim’’ the reading
matter? Hardly. In expressing the
opinion that the Sunday issue is the best
| for advertising purposes he simply voices
common opinion on a matter to which he
| has given little or no thought. Suecess-
ful business men profit by discovering
| the errors of common opinion.
Our friend has probably outgrown the
knows
is
}
often wrong.
|
j
|
issue, generally.
habits of his grandfather, who read every
hand-bill that offered. Our friend despises
hand-bills and even throws unsealed en-
velopes, bearing the tell-tale 1-cent stamp,
into the basket. That advertising dodge
has earmarks, and he recognizes them.
The 2-cent stamp will often get a cir-
cular within range of his eyesight, but
its fate is like its less costly brother—
unless specially attractive. He is con-
stantly having advertising ‘‘fakes’”’ thrust
| upon him, and he wonders how long the
advertiser can continue to send them. He
never reads them; and he forgets that
he once did, as will thousands after him.
3ut present him a newf eature, change
, offer him something novel, either
in the newspaper or by other methods,
and his attention is attracted and he once
|more becomes good advertising ground.
{So it will that the individual
never becomes proof against the arts of
advertising.
But advertising must be followed as
are the arts—faithfully, persistently and
|intelligently. No man is foolish enough
to hope to establish a business in a day
or year. It often requires a lifetime.
Good goods, fair prices, courteous treat-
ment of customers, and promptness, will
bring trade, but one must practice the
virtues of mercantile life for a consider-
lable time before the public perceives
be seen
that the business man possesses them.
ee
He must persevere in that line. In the
words of a leading and successful adver-
tising agent, he must *‘Keep everlastingly
at it.’ So with advertising.
But the advertiser must also meet the
publie’s wishes, note the wants of cus-
tomers and deal with those wants.
the public will not buy chromos, offer
them oil paintings. Now the hand-bill
and the standing advertisement (except
in special cases) are the chromos in
vertising. People will only notice novel
and artistie effects or the chance to make
or save a dollar. The word ‘‘Tricycles”’
in an advertisement may not attract at-
tention; substituting a picture of the
vehicle, surmounted by an attractive
figure, may effect a sale. The word
“Tricycle’’ not explain how a
woman ean comfortably ride the ma-
chine; the picture illustrates the comfort
of the position of the rider and shows
that the skirts are kept clear of the
wheels and gearing. ‘‘Pears’ Soap’’
good soap; ‘‘Good morning, have you
used Pears’ Soap ?’’ is more attractively
advertised soap, hence it is better adver-
tising.
does
is
JOHN JONES,
DEALER IN
BOOTS AND SHOES,
40 Main St., Browntown,
tells the public where they may procure
footwear, but Jones has
chance—everything else being equal—of
competing against
A CHILD’S KID
Spring heel button boot, sizes
9 to 11, only 75 cents.
Ladies’ French Kid button boot,
some in very narrow widths, a
stylish shoe, only $3.25.
We have sold this shoe for #4.
THOS. THOMPSON,
41 Main Street.
Open Monday, Wednesday and
Saturday evenings.
Or something of a similar nature, which
can be easily extended, defining particu-
lar goods and giving prices.
Thompson creates a want by hitting
the fancy or meeting the prejudices of
the possible customer. They go and look
at the goods he advertises, and ten
chances to one buy something that if not
advertised. Jones, however, does not
even get the public to his store door.
He relies upon meeting the wants of the
customer, but waits for the customer to
suggest the want. Thompson creates
the want by suggestion to the cus-
tomer. And if there is any profit in
trade, the fact that
more customers into his store
Thompson
than vol-
untarily go into Jones’, enables Thomp-
son to both sell cheaper and make more
money.
Shoes
brings
are ap every day affair, and
something that one can step into a num-
ber of convenient stores in almost any
town and buy, and one is liable to pur-
chase at the place which attracts atten-
tion, by show window or advertising, at
the time one wants shoes. One does not
buy diamonds, or pianos, or doorplates
every month or year, and consequently
will give more time and attention to the
purchase. There is the instance when
the widespread knowledge of a certain
name or make comes into play. Who
contemplates purchasing a diamond with-
outthinking of Tiffany; or a piano and for-
gets Chickering or some other well-known
maker. One may not buy of either of
these dealers, for geographical or other
reasons, but a purpose has been accom-
If | necessities it is different. Our shoes and | with a thin knife.
no possible
THE MICHIGAN TRADES
plished in making one remember the
firms’ names in connection with their
goods.
Now, although one cannot, as a rule,
create immediate purchasers of diamonds
or pianos by advertising, with the daily
| clothing are constantly wearing out, the
|flour barrel is persistently becoming
empty, our palate often craves a new
ad-| flavor in the cigar. Suggest the article at
the right moment and you attract a cus-
ltomer. Telling the man you deal in all
|kinds of groceries does not suggest the |
| empty flour barrel; bring your advertise-
| ment of the ‘‘Buckeye’’ brand of flour,
stating why itis good flour and giving the
| price, under his eye, and you hit his want. |
An announcement that you sell hats will
| not impress
| received the spring
| state the difference
| from last fall’s goods, and it occurs to
him that he will have to get a new hat
|this spring, anyway, and he will sud-
jdenly comprehend how antiquated his
| headgear has beceme.
| Make your retail advertisement specific,
land above all, ‘‘Keep everlastingly at it”?
| ALLSTON C. LADD.
> * >
|
| Suppression of the Northern Fresh
| Meat Trade.
The fresh meat trade of Grand Rapids,
so far as the towns along the line of the
| G. R. & L. are concerned, has been pretty
| effectually squelched by the manner in
| which the business is being handled by
| that company.
| quires the use of refrigerator cars to
|handle the perishable freight, but, in-
stead of a regular refrigerator car, an
|ordinary box car is eonverted into an
lice chest by the use of a few hundred
pounds of ice in a manger arrangement
at one end. If the cars were properly
ventilated, the ice put in early in the
|day and the cars permitted to lay in the
shade during the heat of the day, the re-
tory. As itis, the cars are allowed to
remain in the hot sun all day and the ice
is not putin until about an hour before
the train starts for the north, so that
|when the meat and vegetables are first
| put in the car the temperature is nearly
| that of ahot box. The warmth of the
lear rapidly melts the ice, so that by the
ltime it is half way to its destination all
the ice has disappeared. The lack of
| proper ventilation causes the vapor from
the melting ice to cover everything in the
| ear, so that the contents are anything but
| inviting when they reach their destina-
tion.
A number of complaints have been
made to General Freight Agent Leaven-
worth—notably by Heman F. Moore,
President of the Grand Rapids Packing &
. Provision Co., and by John Mohrhard—
but nothing has yet been done to improve
the service; in fact, all complaints have
been referred to Local Agent Orr, who
very peremptorily informs all who ap-
proach him on the subject that the ser-
| vice is quite as good as the company can
| afford to give under the circumstances.
On account of the trade to
| Grand Rapids and the inconvenience it
| occasions hundreds of dealers through-
lout the northern part of the State, the
| attitude of the G. R. & L. officials will be
|a matter of genuine regret.
—_——____— ><
Lemons—Good time to buy.
Purnam CAnpy Co.
loss of
him; tell him you have just |
styles in Derby hats, |
in shape and brim |
The warm weather re-|
sults would probably be quite satisfac- |
9
Fi F ti Ss
ine Frosting Sugar.
For Fine Frosting and Pastry this Sugar has no equal, and only has to be used
‘to be appreciated. With it there is no trouble in making Nice, Soft, Smooth frost-
| 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
You ean also use, in place of milk or water, Orange, Lemon or
he Syrup from any kind of Canned Fruit or Berries with most
Sold by all Grocers. Warranted Pure, and manufactured by
M CANDY CO., Grand Rapids, Mich,
| HESTER & FOS,
Manufacturers’ Agents for
SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY,
| Pineapple juice, or t
excellent results.
IPUTNA
SE] ATLAS ious
INDIANAPOLIS. IND., U. S. A.
ANUPACTURERS OF
STEAM ENGINES & BOILEF
=
Cez-y Engines and Boilers In Stock
for immediate delivery.
all Gane
chinery,
Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working M
Saws, Belting and Oils.
| And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Sample
Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.
44, 46 and 48 So. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICB.
Planers, Matchers,
Write for Prices.
El. Puritano Cigar.
The Finest 10 Cent bigar
ON EARTH.
MANUFACTURED
DILWORTH BROTHERS,
PITTSBURGH.
BY
|
TRADE SUPPLIED BY
I. M. CLARK & SON,
A, Grand Rapids.
- |. BRADDOCK, BATEMAN & CO.,
Bay City.
Detroit.
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T. E. BREVOORT,
| 4
ls. K. BOLLES.
Ss. K. Bolles & Co.;
37 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
W holesale Cigar Dealers.
TOSS UFPT
The “TOSS UP” Cigar is nota competitor
against any other 5c brands, but all 10c brands,
because it is equal to any 10c cigar on the
market.
E. B. DIKEMAN.
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BROWN
Dealers in ENGINES, BOILERS and
Agricultural
Fe:
& SHHLER,
MILL MACHINERY, Farm Machinery,
Implements, Wagons and Carriages.
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Corner West Bridge and North Front Sts.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
10
THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
Drugs s M edicines.
State Board of Pharmacy.
One Year—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Two Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Four Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor
President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
a tings during 1890—Star Is land, June 30 and July
; 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; x. .
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 —s ids Drug Clerks’ Association.
President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, W. C. Smith.
Detroit Pharmaceutical Society.
President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman.
Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association.
President, C. 8S. Koon; Secretary, J. W. Hoyt.
Nostrums for Obesity.
“The number of nostrums for the re- |
duction ef obesity which have been put |
market during the past few
the manager of a Monroe
upon the
months,’’ said
street drug store, ‘‘is almost without |
limit. Here, for instance, are four rem- |
edies, all designed for this particular ail-|$
ment, and every one of them has
turned into our hands for sale within the |
month.”’ He placed two bottles, a pill
box and atin can full of powders ina|
row on the showease. They were all en-
cased in neat wrappers, and every one of
them had a name which suggested corpu-
lency, but did not use the word fat. ‘‘All
”? said the old druggist,
‘tare claimed to be made of spe-
ingredients, but they are
of these remedies,
quietly,
cial
the other. Wenever recommend them,
but we have to keep them on sale, owing
to the steadily increasing demand for all
It is not that they
are especially deleterious. They simply
have the weakening effect that
Epsom salts have if taken every day for
Naturally, they reduce
but the flesh comes right on
the salts are stopped.
imagine the prices the public
things, when you reflect
that our profit on this bottle of stuff is 60
cents. It is for $1, and I have no
doubt in the world that the manufacturer
clears 30 cents on every bottle.’’
—— -+- —
A Large Sponge.
Customer—lI want to buy asponge, but
none of those are large enough.
and
Druggist—Sorry, madam. You want
an extra large one ?
Customer— Yes, I want a great big
sponge.
Druggist—Wait a while and the man
who never buys anything of me but post-
age stamps may drop in.
been |
nothing |
. i |
more than Epsom salts in one form or |
TRADESMAN has taken the |
useful |
endangering their |
A Drummer’s Dose.
‘“‘Why don’t you take that half of the
ad ?”? T asked of a drummer for a Chica-
go house as we were going from Kalama-
zoo to Jackson on a crowded train, and
the half referred to being alongside of a
fairly good-looking woman.
“I quit that ten years ago,’’ he replied.
‘‘Any story connected with it ?”’
“TI should smile!’
And when we had got seated in the
| smoking car he began:
| ‘‘About ten years ago, when my eye-
teeth were still in the gums, I was going
|from Cleveland to Cincinnati. There
| was plenty of room inthe coach, but I
| figured to get alongside a woman—a good
| looker about thirty years of age. Il found
|her talkative and pleasant, but after
j}about half an hour and while I was pat-
iting myself on the back, she turned on
| me with:
““*Can you spare me $75 to-day ?”
| “i laughed.
|} ‘**And don’t keep me waiting,’ she
| continued.
| “I laughed again, although she hada
| look which gave me a hint of trouble.
| ***¥You either come down with the $75
|or Ill stand up here and elaim to every-
| body that you are my husband, and that
| you ran away and that I am bringing you
back !
“7 didn’t laugh this time.
she meant every word of it.
70, and I tried to bluff her.
to raise arow and I’d have her arrested,
|but she didn’t scare worthacent. She
| was springing up to denounce me when I
; came to time.”’
“But you don’t say you gave her the
| money ?””
“But Ido. I counted it out on her lap,
and she put it into her pocket, and said
|she guessed it would bea great moral
lesson to me to mind my own business in
future. Soit was. I got away from her
after a bit, dead-broke and mad all
through, but I was placed in such a posi-
tion that I couldn’t say a word. No
more half-seats for me. One dose has
worked a cure.’’
|
}
|
|
I saw that
I had about
I told her
—_______~>¢®
Handed Out the Wrong Card.
A Washington correspondent relates
the following incident which oceurred at
the recent convention for the revision of
the Pharmacopaia:
A gentleman somewhat connected with
the National Formulary visited Washing-
ton during the session of the Pharma-
copeial convention. Prior to leaving his
home he had provided himself with cards
giving his name and all his titles, which
he intended to hand to such members of
the convention as he might be introduced
to. These cards he had put into his hip
pocket.
seing of Teutonic origin,
self to a beer saloon
friends, and, finding that the beer in said
saloon was exceedingly good, he asked
the saloon-keeper to give him a number
of his business cards, which he no doubt
would have opportunity to hand to other
members attending the convention, so
that they also could partake of the ex-
cellent beer. These cards the bearer
also placed in his hip pocket.
| During the meeting he tried frequently
|to get the floor, and thus made himself
conspicuous. When he attempted for
the sixth time to gain the floor, the Pres-
iident asked the gentleman his name.
Intending to send up one of the cards
with which he had provided himself be-
|fore leaving his Western home, he put
his hand in his hip pocket and sent up a
eard to the President. The President
| read thereon, ‘‘Alfred Schorlemmer, Beer
Saloon, cor. Blank and Blank Sts.,’’ and
everyone can imagine the embarrassment
of the gentleman connected with the
| National Formulary, and the hilarity of
| the other members of the convention.
ninemsn >> rienonira
he hied him-
Flavors in Eggs.
‘‘Nearly everybody thinks that all fresh
eggs are alike in flavor,’’? said an old
| poultry raiser toareporter. ‘‘That’s a
mistake. There is as marked a distinc-
| tion between the eggs of a hen fed on
' clean, wholesome food and those laid by
ione that has been badly nourished and
| forced to scratch on poor ground for her
' own living as there is between the butter
with anumber of |
made from the milk of a cow that has
been eating the exhausted grain of a
brewery and that of one that has fattened
on tender grass. When you mean to kill
a fowl, always lock it up for about ten
days before the date set for its death and
feed it on clean and nourishing food.
You will find its flesh as far superior in
flavor to the ordinary market fowl as a
mountain stream trout is superior to one
fed on liver in a trout pond.”’
—_— 4+
A Corner in Ammonia.
From the New York Shipping List.
A combination has been formed among
the manufacturers of ammonia, and in
consequence the price has advanced
cents a pound. The increasing use of
water gas is said to be curtailing the pro-
duction of coal gas, so that the gas liquor
produced by the coal gas process, from
which ammonia is produced, is becoming |
so scarce as to necessitate an advance in
prices. Such a combination of ammonia
manufacturers has been more or less
rumored for some time, but its formation
seems, nevertheless, to have come as a
surprise. The combination, it is said,
takes in practically all of the producers
and is regarded by the trade as strong in
its hold upon the market.
iO —$<$<$<$<$__—
Formule for Dispensing Aristol.
The new substitute for iodoform, aris-
tol, or di-thymol iodide, seems to be com-
ing rapidly to the front in Germany,
which means that it will soon be in com-
mon use here. The following formule
for the forms in which it is dispensed,
are, therefore, worth remembering:
ce... 1 part.
Frente Couegson....................- 9 parts.
Mix, and dispense in a dark colored bottle.
. ae... 1 part.
Olive oil. cee
. 2 parts.
Lanolin...... parts,
Dissolve the aristol in the oil and mix with the
lanolin.
Aristol bougies, suppositories, pes-
saries, etc., are made with cacao butter
in the usual way.
———_—__— -4
An Unprofessional Trick.
Attention has been called to the case
of adruggist who offered to sell a $1.25
preparation at 75 cents a bottle, and
when customers asked for it they were
told that it had all been sold, but they
could buy just as good a preparation
made by the enterprising druggist him-
self. Though as a matter of fact the
druggist in this case sold little or none
of the preparation at the advertised
price, his advertisement caused no small
depression in the price throughout the
neighborhood.
or - 0
Another Antipyrin Incompatible.
M. Tardy, a pharmacist’s assistant,
has observed that when antipyrin and
earbolie acid are prescribed in the same
mixture, an insoluble, oily liquid will
separate and probably impair the prop-
erties of either or both of the constituents.
The upper, or watery, layer appears to
contain most of the antipyrin, and the
lower oily statum most of the carbolic
acid, but both somewhat altered in odor
and appearance.
ee
A New Fruit Syrup.
A delightful syrup can be made from
watermelons by chopping them, pressing
out the juice and boiling for several
hours. The red coloring matter then
coagulates, rises to the surface and is
skimmed off, when the juice remains as
clear as distilled water and of a pale
amber color. Boiled a little longer, it
thickens into arich, fruity-flavored syrup,
perfectly clear and the color of quince or
apple jelly.
en
How to Make Hand-Grenades.
Any one can make the hand-grenade
fire extinguishers, and at a small fraction
of the prices charged in the market. Any
light quart bottle will serve to hold the
solution, which is composed of one pound
of sal-ammoniac, dissolved in about two
quarts of water.
7
The Drug Market.
Gum opium is very firm and will be
higher. Quinine is lower for foreign
brands. Morphia is unchanged. Gum
camphor is very firm. Turpentine has
advanced.
Rust Preventative.
In order to keep machinery from rust-
ing, take one ounce of camphor, dissolve
it in one pound of melted lard; take off
the scum, and mix as much fine black
lead as will give it iron color. Clean the
machinery, and smear it with this mix-
ture. After twenty-four hours, rub
clean with soft linnen cloth. It will
keep clean for months under ordinary
circumstances.
——_
Milk Shakes and Ice Shaves.
PutNAM CANDY Co.
Be OST RELIABLE FOOD
For Infants and Invalids.
Pe Used everywhere, with unqualifi fied}
success. Not a medicine, but asteam-|
‘ cooked food, suited to the as
stomach. Take no other.
druggists. In cans, 35c. and upward]
Woo.ricH & Co. on eve
uvy} 1aqjJO Sulssoiq
By His “Better Half,”
eoug wy Burjes Aq WIA UO
esodmy 0} 1a[vap 94} SUIMOT[V 107
IB TTIN &.
Warranted not to Thicken, Sour or Mold in
any climate. Quality Guaranteed Against Injury
by Freezing. All others worthless after frees
os. See quotation. MARTELL BLACKING
Sole Manufacturers, Chicago, Il.
IF YOU soxes “SE
WRITE TO——
C. W. Johnson & Co.,
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 TRUE TEST
OF VALUE.”’
We still have in stock the siisthiiahiits brand
Pioneer
Prepared
Paint.
MIXED READY FOR USE.
Having sold same to our trade for over ten
years, we can sayit has fulfilled the manufac-
turer’s guarantee. Write for sample card and
prices before making your spring purchases.
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Oo.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
SOLE AGENTS
POLISHINA ™E FURNITURE
CINSENG ROOT.
We pay the highest price forit. Address
PECK BROS., “Gann Ravibs.”
Sc ORERERE Se
60@_ 65
Peru.. — , @! 30
Terabin, ‘Canada a 35@ 40
Tokutan .......+--+-+- 40@ 45
CORTEX.
Abies, Canadian......------ 18
COMNIBD «ow. wee ne cose eee ones il
Cinechona Flava ....----+++- 18
Euonymus atropurp.....--- 30
Myrica Cerifera, po..------- 20
Prunus V ae 12
mene ad grd.. 2
SaesetrON . 21... sees csees-+os 2
Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... 10
EXTRACTUM.
Glycyrrhiza Glabra... M@
io. ...- 3@ 35
Haematox, : Ib. box.. 11@ 12
ees 3G 14
- a7 beeeeaess 14@ 15
° MER ns coe j 17
¥ERRUM.
Carbonate Precip....-- @. 15
Citrate and Quinia.. @3 50
Citrate Soluble.....--- @ 80
Ferrocyanidum Sol.. @ 50
Solut Chioride.....-... @ 15
Sulphate, eonrl......- 1%@ 2
pure......- . @ 7
FLORA.
DNGE 2.5 wen nse nse es 14@ 16
Anthemis ..........--- 20@ %
Matricaria ...... ----- 253@ 30
FOLIA.
Besowea ......--.- ee 12@ 2
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-
nivel iM ous. +5 25@ 28
' A! 33@ 50
Salvia nn aS
and 4s...... 10@ 12
Wis Gi. .......--.---. 8@ 10
GUMMI.
Acacia, ist picked.... @1 00
as. @ ®
“BR * L. 2s
- sifted sorts... @
, i 75@1 00
Aloe, Barb, (po. 60)... 50@
“Cape, (po. 20). @ 12
“ Socotri, (po. 60). @ 50
Catechu, 18, (48, 14 48,
16)
ee e i
Armmonise ........---- 2@ 30
Assafcetida, (po. 30)... _@ 15
Benzoinum.......-.-.-- W@ 55
Camphor®......--
Euphorbium po .
Galbanum. ....----
Gamboge, po......---- @® %
Gasiecum: {po. @). @ &
Kino, (po. 25)....--+-++ @ w
ee ee @1 00
Myrrh, (po. 45) .. oe @ 40
Opii, (pce. 5 20)..-..--- 3 50@3 75
SHOES .. ...c.6+--.-: 25@ 35
= bleached...... 2@ 35
Tragacanth ......----- 30@ 7
HERBA—In ounce packages.
Aveiathium .........-.-.+.-- 25
Eupatorium ......------++++- 20
een ee nee 25
Majorum...... .-------++-+: 28
Mentha : Piperita Loe eee wos on 23
ee 25
ee... . =
Tanacetum, V.....-------+:: 22
Thymus, V.-....---++-+++°: 25
MAGNESIA,
Caleined, Fat.......... 55@ 60
Carbonate, Pat.......- W@ 2
Carbonate, K. & M.... 2@ 25
Carbonate, Jenningd.. 35@ 36
OLEUM.
Absinthium. .........5 00@5 .
Amygdalae, Bale... |. 45@
Amydalae, Amarae.. “f 00@8 =
ON cc fant os 1 90@2 00
Auranti Cortex....... @2 50
Bergam ............- 2 80@3 25
Casiputl ..............- 90@1 00
Caryophylli ........... 1 25@1 30
aS Oe ees 35Q@ 65
Chenopodii . . 2
Cinnamonii ..... oa = 40
CR cece cccscns be
Conium _ ecm
-Copaiba .. ee “1 201 30
Ceeeree............. 14 00@14 50
—— ee eyes 9@1 00
Erigeron . Lol Ol 30
Gaultheria . eee te eees 2 10@2 20
Geranium, ounce..... @
Gossipii, Sem. gal..... 50@ 75
peewee 1 60@1 75
aor per...........-... 50@2 00
Pavenaum ............ 90@2 00
ee 1 50@1 80
Mona riper.......... 2 26@2 40
Mentha Verid.... ce 5O0@2 60
Morrhuac, gal......... 80@1 00
Myrcia, ounce......... Qa ww
eeve.........-....... 1 00@2 7
— (gal. see 10@ 2
oo A@1 36
ohne os 1 ol 00
Mosse, ounce.......... @6 00
ae. 40@ 45
ee 90@1 00
ee 3 50@7 00
Sassafras. ... . 2
Sinapis, ess, ounce... @ 65
Niglii @1 50
40@ 50
60
20
POTASSIUM.
Cee... c. 15@ 18
Bichromate ..........- 13@ 14
3% 40
12@ 15
Chiorate, (po. 1S) ...... 16@ 18
Cyouide..............- 50@ 55
ee 2 86@2 90
Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 3@ 33
Potassa, Bitart, com... @ 15
Petass Nitras, opt..... 8@ 10
Potess Nitras.........- 7]
Prueeenee ..........--++ 283@ 3
Sulphate po........... 15@ 18
RADIX.
AGonitam ............. 20@ 2%
se... eee... 25@ 30
eee 15@ 2
Ava, B0.......-..-..-. @ 2%
Comes, ......,-..-.-- 20@ 50
Gentiana, (po. 15)..... 10@ 12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18
Hydrastis Canaden,
foo. Gh)... .....--.-- @ 3
Hellebore, Ala, po.... eo 20
Edis, po......-..-.--- 20
Ipeeae, po..........-..2 wpe 35
Iris plox (po. "7 183Q@ WO
Jalapa, pr.. - 40@ 45
Maranta, 148. een an @ 3
Podophylium, po...... 15@ 18
ae 75@1 00
_ 75
Ne 7 35
Soleo ._...........--- 48@ 53
Sanguinaria, (po 2%).. @ Ww
Serpentaria.........-.- 40@ 45
Boneen ......-.------.. 45@ 50
Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40
M @ Ww
Scillae, (po. 35)....-.-- 10@ 12
Symplocarpus, F ceti-
Gus, po.....---- @ 3
Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30) @ B&B
German. 15@ 2
Zingiber a. .. ee
Zingiber 4. ae 2Q@
SEMEN.
Anisum, (po. 20). @ 15
Apium (graveleons).. 15@ 18
eee 4@ 6
Carui, (po. 18).....-.-- &@ 12
Cardamon..........-.-1 00@1 2%
Corisidrum..........- 10@ 12
Cannabis Sativa....... > 4 4
cy ee aa 1 00
Cc henopodium as 7 12
Dipterix Odorate...... 2 2@2 50
Foeniculum.. en @ 15
en po. Lien. _ Gs
tiet....-. : @ 4%
Lini, grd, (bbl.4 )... 44%@ 4%
re ——————ee ‘20 40
ew anarian. . 4 %
mee ..........----.--
Sinapis, i... 4 9
Magea.....-.. 11@ 12
SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, ve ej Co. .2 00@2 50
“
Juniperis Co. 0. T. a W5@1 7
....- 1 75@2 00
ceae see aee se 1 10@1 =
eee eee 75Q@3 50
Saacharum N. E...... 1 75@2 00
Spt. Vini oer... 1 75@6 50
Vie Oporte ..........- 1 25@2 00
Win Aree... ......... 1 252 00
SPONGES.
Florida sheeps’ wool
Correee..........-.. 2 25@2 50
Nassau sheeps’ wool
GARTIAZO .... ...-- 2 00
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool carriage....... 1 10
Extra yellow sheeps’
carriage ........--..- 85
Grass sheeps’ wool car-
eee 65
Hard for slate use. vis)
Yellow Reef, for slate
A ce ee ce 1 40
SYRUPS.
eT eee 50
Maeve ...........-........ 50
Epeeee........-....--..-+ -. =
ee 50
Auranti Cortes.. + oo
Mit Atom......-.... --+s- 50
Similax Officinalis.........-. 60
. “ co... 50
BOMOTE 2... cecceccnenccecres 50
Oe 50
"oo. ice aee cess dco oe
s - =
Pramas vieg..........-.:...+ 50
Declined—Quinine.
TINCTURES.
Aconitum Napellis . . &
Heels 50
a 60 |
. o" mayer. ..........- 6o
POON oc a
Bee. es sn...
Atrope Belladonna..........
Co =
[ a...
eee... ............. 5
ees 8 5D |
eee 5
ae 50
Ce
‘ Co.. 2
eT
eee ee
oe ............ 50 |
. 2 . a
a 50
eee 5G
eT
ee 50 |
oe 50 |
eee eee
Y Ce... 60 |
Co 50
° ee 60
Mememeer 50
Pyoecyaname -..- ss... 50
lodmmne........ ae 2
' Colorless. ... =
Ferri Chloridum............ 35
a 50
L “saa eee tee eee ae 50
mere. ............-..--..-- 50
Nae Vomies................ 50
a 85
~ Caraphorated........... 50
- Deeeie................. 2 00
AuremtiCorex...... ....... 50
ee 50
aes ........--..-.... ...
hei. s-e,
Cassia Acutifol ... =
Co. Sees wea aaa 50
Seroenteria ............._... 50
Cee ree................. 60
aaa 60
OO ae 50
Veratrum Veride............ 50
MISCELLANEOUS.
ther, Spts Nit,3 F.. 2@ 28
; . “ 4F.. xe &
eee 24H@ 3%
' ground, (po.
ie eee n eee 3@
Annaito bodes ceca cae ses 55@ «60
Antimoni, _ ee eee 4@ 5
t PotassT. 55@ 60
a. beeen 1 35@1 40
I oo ee tan os @ 2B
Argenti Nitras, ounce @
Aveencme .........-.- — 7
Balm Gilead Bud..... 3@ 4
Bismuth S. N. .2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, ‘ts, “ChB
= tog, ).......-.- @ 9
eee eee ce @1 75
Capsici Fructus, >= @ 22
ie @ 16
“ “a faa @ 14
re, (po. 20) 15@ 18
Carmine, No. 40....... @3 7
Cera Alba. S. &F..... 50@ 55
Cora Wiava 000d 38@ 40
eee cl . @
Cassia Fructus........ @
ae @ 10
eenoewe @ Ww
Chirorgrm ........... 50@ 55
r squibbs .. @1 00
Chloral Hyd Crst...... 1 50@1 75
Chondrus . aN 25
Cinehonidine, P&W 15@ 2
German 4@ 10
Corks, list, dis. per
com .............. @ 6&0
Creesotam ............ @ 50
Creta, (bbl. 75) @ 2
* pree..... 5@ 5
. — eee .. oo
" a @ &
ee 35@ 38
Gee 54.4... .4.,.. @ 2%
Caper Suipe........... Sm
a 10@ 12
Bther Saigk........... 68@ 70
Emery, all numbers.. @
po stees @ &
Ergota, ( a 60. eee 50@ 55
Flake Wen 12@ 15
ee @ @B
Gee 8 @9
Gelatin, OCooper....... @ W
French........ 40@ 60
Glassware flint, 75 per cent.
by box 62% ly
Giese, Browa.......... 9@ 15
- wee .......... 13@ 2
Gycermime ...-......... 19%@ 2%
Grana Paradisi........ @ 2
a .........-.-- 23@ 40
Hydraag Cc a a @1 00
@ &
' Ox sea @1 10
" Ammoniati. @1 Ww
_ Unguentum. 47@ 57
Hudrareyrum ......... @ 8
Tehthyobolfa, Am -1 2@1 50
ee -- an
Todine, Resubl........ is TE@3 85
Yodofotin @4 70
Te... ......... 85@1 00
Lycopodium .......... 55@ 60
eee 80@ 85
Liquor Arsen et Hy-
eo toa... 27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12
— Sulph (bbl
1%
Manom, &. F.........
11
Morphia, Ss. P. & W...2 85@3 10} Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 2/| Lindseed, boiled .... 65 68
aN. ¥. © & Sere... @ 18| Neat’s Foot, winter
ae 2 85@3 10 rr -.... @ WwW siraieed ........... & 69
Moschus Canton...... @ 40/ Snuff, Mace aboy, De SpiritsTurpentine.... 46%2 52
Myristica, No.1....... 70@ 7 wom .... @ 3 PAINTS bbi Ib
Nux Vomica, (po 20) .. @ 10|Snuff,Seotch,De. Voes @ 35 Cee ’
Od. Sept co 30@ 32| Soda Boras, (po. 13). . 12@ 13| Red Venetian... ...... 1% 2@3
— Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 30@ 33| Ochre, yellow Mars....1% 2@4
aaa @2 00| Soda Carb............ 1%@ 2.1, “ Ber......1% 2@3
Picis Liq, N. C., % gal Soda, Bi-Carb......... @ 5 Putty, commercial... Ry 244@3
ST @2 00|Soda, Ash..........-.. 34@ 4|,. Strictly pure..... 244 24@B
Picis Ligq., —- ee @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas......... @_ 2} Vermilion Prime Amer
ne... @ Wi Sots. HiherCo........ 50@ 55| _1can ....... eee 13@16
| Pil Hydrark, (po. = @ 50 Myrcia Dom..... @z 00 | Vermilion, English.... S0@52
| Piper Nigra, (po. 22 @ 18| ‘“ Myrcia Imp... .. @2 50| Green, Peninsular..... 70@75
Piper Alba, (po ¢5) . @ 3| “ Vint Rect. bbl Lead, red............ Qi
Pix Bareui........... @ i) = iz). @2 22}... white ........-.. Gia
f Pia Acct .........- 14@ 15| Less5e gal., cash ten days. Whiting, white Span... @iv
| Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... @1 10| Whiting, Gilders’...... @%#
| Pyrethrum, boxes H Sulphur, Subl....... 24@ 3% | White, Paris American 1 00
| 6 PD Ca. dos... @125| “ Roll 214.@3 | Whiting, Paris Eng.
75 | Pyrethrum, Pv Se ee ee Soa. 3 | Tamarinds ......... See 10). ° liff ... 1 40
ees 8@ 10 Terebenth Venice... 23@ 30 Pioneer Prepared Paint! 20@1.4
| Quinia, SF &w 41@ 46| Theobromae ..... 50@ 55 Swiss Villa :
S. German. 2@ 35| Vanilla... ...........9 O@1e 00| Paints. 00@1 20
Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14] Zinci Sulph. bee ela cas %™%]4@ § VARNISHES.
| Saccharum Lactis pv. @ 39 No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20
OMON ce 1 80@2 00 OILs. Extra Tur 1 60@1 70
| Sanguis Draconis. . 0@ 3 Bbl. Gal | Coach ond oa T@3 00
memes |... ot. @4 50} Whale, winter........ 70 70 | No. 1 Turp Furn. Lode, i 00@1 10
“ape, W.--..........., 12@ +14) Lard, extra........... % 60 | Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60
- =... 8@ 10} Lard, No. 1. . & 50 | Japan ey - No. 4
« @ 2... @ Linseed, pure raw.... 62 65 ‘Turp.. oe
HAZELTINE
& PERKINS
DRUG CO.
Importers and Jobbers of
--DRUGS—
Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries.
Dealers in
Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes.
Sole Agents forithe Oelebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints.
We are Sole Proprietors of
WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY.
We have in stock and offer a full line of
Whiskies, Brandies,
Gins, Wines, Rums.
Weare Sole Agents in Michigan for W. D. & Co.,
Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash
Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite
Rye Whisky.
We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guar-
antee Satisfaction.
All orders are Shipped and Invoiced theJsame day we re=
ceive them. Send in a trial order.
Haxelting & Perkins Drug Go,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
12
THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
GROCERIES.
Florida Orange Distribution.
From the New York Commercial Bulletin.
While the Florida orange season has |
only been finished a short time, the diff- |
this city are fully on |
At the beginning |
erent receivers in
the alert for business.
of last season, it will be remembered, a
number of organizations endeavored to
get the control of the crop, and, indeed,
a considerable part of the crop was actu- |
ally bought on the trees.
no prominence has been attained by any
special organization this season,
that has been waged for several years
between the advocates of the auction and
of the consignment plan of selling the}
2ason, as |
fruit will be continued nexts
the commission men have already started
the ball rolling by issuing circulars show-
ing the poor points of the auction system. |
from which the following ex- |
has been handed |
f the auction system be superior |
A circular,
tracts have been
to us:
to the method of distribution by private
sale, how doesit happen that all the great
staples of country produce are, and have
been,
ter way?
made,
Almost all articles of domestic
produce pass from the producer directly |
to the
him distributed.
commission
Of these, the receipts
in this city of butter, cheese, eggs and
poultry are sold in this way, and the
value of these articles alone exceeds that
of our receipts of Florida oranges by
probably a hundred fold.
In its perfection, the Florida orange is
far superior to any which
foreign countries: but a very
able part of the production is not perfect
by any means,
have no advantages
whatever over the
importations from abroad. We think it}
safe to say that at no time in the history
of the trade have positively fancy grades
of Florida oranges, showing
quality and condition, sold too low to
atford a fair profit on the cost of produc-
tion. Tie
mon qualities and by reason of deteriora-
tion in condition. Here, then, as close
as possible to the root of the trouble,
must the remedy be applied.
able hope for improvement may be found
in raising the
the highest possible point, and in devis-
ing means to reduce the loss by decay to
a minimum. These are both feasible
propositions.
There is still room for much improve-
ment in the manner of transportation,
but the present facilities are fa
those of a few years ago.
The promoters of the auctioneer scheme
have painted the condition of the orange
industry in the blackest of terms; they
have stated as a positive fact that orange |
has become a losing |
growing in Florida
and that if the present method
of distributing the fruit is continued
there will ina few years be no
oranges raised there for profit.
statement as this is not only
foolish:
business,
Such a
untrue but
and its publication ‘might easily
be harmful to the holders of Florida
value of which may rest
its adaptability to orange
property the
largely upon
culture.
We doubt not that our Florida friends
will be judge accurately the
schemes which may be proposed to them,
as to whether or not they are for their
own interest. We are perfectly satisfied
from a long and intimate connection
with the markets for all kinds of pro-
du that the method of selling now
chie in vogue, by the agency of re-
sponsible produce commission merchants,
is the safest, the most economical, andin
every way the best system of distribut-
class of domestic produce,
ve trial of the auction
should be made, the results to
shippers could not fail to be unfavorable.
ah!
abie to
ing for any
and if any extensi
method
o-+ > |
The Grocery Market.
Sugar is steady and the market is fairly
strong, giving ground for the belief that
an advance is by no means aapnetntte.
ee
Pineapples good and cheap.
PuTNAM CANDY Co.
While so far |
there |
seems to be little doubt that the contest |
placed upon the market in the lat- |
merchant and are by |
comes from |
consider- |
and the lower qualities |
perfect |
» Josses have occurred on com- |}
Reason- |
quality of the product to|
r ahead of |
more |
MICHIGAN DAIRY NOTES.
Coopersville Observer: ‘‘Our cheese
| factory has more patrons this season than
lever before, which shows the growing
popularity of Mr. Dorgan as a cheese-
maker. About 7,000 pounds of milk is
received daily, an increase of over 1,000
| pounds during the past week. The net
value of the milk consumed per day in
the manufacture of cheese is $42. Many
|of our farmers have learned by expe- |
| rience that itis more profitable to patron-
ize the factory than to make their milk
into butter. Mr. Dorgan says he could
use 1,500 pounds more milk per day.
This amount should be furnished and the
factory run to its full capacity.”’
Hudson Gazette: ‘‘At the council meet-
ing, Monday evening, Dr. Eaton, the
health officer of the village, was called
upon by the committee to give his opin-
ion regarding the Loyster creamery. He
said that his belief, and also the reports
of the State Board of Health, was that
the most poisonous and fever-breeding
exhalations arose from creameries. Trus-
Chairman of the Health
| Committee, reported that the business as
conducted and the condition of the prem-
|ises were a nuisance. He made certain
recommendations regarding cleaning up
the place, and favored permitting the
business being continued under some re-
| strictions.’’
~~ __——
| Wool No Better--Hides No Higher--
Tallow Still Dull.
There is a noted absence from the mar-
ket of wool buyers. Manufacturers have
and no movement of wools
can be looked for until woolen goods
meet with some demand. This has caused |
a weaker feeling among buyers in the
country, and many of the heaviest buy-
ers in Ohio have withdrawn. This ab- |
sence of buyers from the markets West,
usually plenty at this
season, makes the sellers stop and think
|and seek bidders. The wools so far have
been taken from the farmer by small
local dealers, principally, who seem to
'think they are of more value than our
ilarge Eastern. dealers. Commission
| houses have, through their agents, urged
|the buying to get consignments. Wools
are decidedly weak and lower here, and
two cents lower in England.
Hides are in good request,
higher. Demand and supply are
| ample and keep about even.
Tallow is lower and dull, while greases
are in good request and advancing, with
light supply.
|tee Chapman,
ino orders,
where they are
but are no
both
_— - >
The Fresh Meat Market Glutted. |
Meat dealers say that the fresh meat
market has never been so completely
glutted as it is at present. The heavy |
grass crops have made feed cheap and |
plenty and grass-fed cattle were never
so low as now. Asa consequence, there
is little sale for Chicago beef, as live cat-
tle are higher in Chicago than they are
here.
tA nn,
The Grocers’ Picnic.
A meeting of the retail grocers of the
city will be held on July 11 to make ar- |
rangements for
the annual grocers’ pic- |
nic, which will probably be held on |
July : |
CUTS for BOOM EDITIONS,
—OR—
PAMPHLETS
For the best work, at reasonable prices, address |
THE TRADESMAN COMPANY,
' Grand Rapids, Mich.
j
|
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
—_—___—-2 <<
Fire Crackers all sizes and prices.
PuTNAM CaANnDy Co.
~WOOL
am in the market for WOOL.
WwW ioe TO BUY. Parties having we
for sale, if they will notify me, if in car
load lots, I will come and look at it and
try to buy it. If in small lots, if you
will send it to me, I will open it up and
report by return mail what I can 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,
73 CANAL STREET,
PRODUCE MARKET
Apples—Dried, 6@6'%¢ for sun-dried and 10@11¢
for evaporated. T he market is quiet.
Apples—Green, 75¢c per box. Each box is
guaranteed to contain 100 stomachaches.
Asparagus—3v0e per doz. bu.
Beans—Dry stock is searce and firm, command
ing #1.85@#2.10 for city hand-picked.
Beets—New , 20e per doz.
Butter—Not in shape to make any quotations.
Cabbages—Cairo stock commands #1.50 per
crate; St. Louis stock, 8 per c rate.
Cheese—Full cream stock commands 7@7%c.
Cherries—#!(4%1.25 per %-bu. crate.
Cooperage—_‘ork barrels, $1.25; produce barrels
25¢c.
Cucumbers—40e per doz.
Eggs—The market is steady.
and hold at 13c.
Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $3.50 per bu.;
Dealers pay 12¢
medium, $3.50. Timothy, , $1. 60 per bu.
Green Beans—Wax, 2 per bu. String, $1.50
per bu.
Maple Sugar —8@10c per Ib., according to
quality.
Magle Syrup—75@85c per gal.
Onions—Green, 10@12e per doz.
per sack.
Peas—Green, 75c per bu.
Pieplant—ic per lb.
Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes—Old stock is a little more active,
finding a moderate sale at 40¢ per bu. New
Southern is in fair demand at $3@%3 50 per bbl.
Raspberries—Both black and red are in good
demand, commanding 8@10e per qt.
tadishes—2ve per doz bunches.
Straw berries—Home-grown fruit is nearly out
of market, commanding &1 per 16 qt. crate.
Watermelons—25c apiece.
PROVISIONS.
The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co.
quotes as follows:
PORK IN BARRELS.
Southern, #2
Mess, new. ee ee a ie deeeien 11 50
Shore cut ......... ee ee ae 11 50
Extra clear pig, ne
Extra clear, heavy.
Clear, fat back. 1
Boston clear, ee
1
1
9 OF,
eee eee ee ee........................
Standard clear, short cut, best...
sausace—Fresh and Smoked.
i i a
Eee 9
Tongue Sausage........... eee eee cee ese 9
Oe 8
Blood Sausage....... SS a
eee, WUE... go sl... 5
e—e— i 5
i 5
LaRrD—Kettle Rendered,
eee 7
eee 7%
Ce We el 7%
LARD—Family.
i ee 6
Bend Gold. Tems.......-:-..-.-., ets ee 644
Pik Peek ee eee... gy
OEE eee 6%
O_o Oe 6%
20 Ib. Pails, 4 in a case...... eee ee ae
ee 6%
BEEF IN BARRELS,
| Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 7 06
| Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ 7 00
Boneless, rump butts. .
SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain:
Hams, average 20 lbs... i. oa
16 lbs.. OC
e . Pe AN 10%
c ae
' meee BO 8
Breakfast Bacon, boneless........... epee s epee 8%
Dried beef, ham prices...............-s.se-00 9
Long C lears, RI ek pane en wees wee 6
Briskets, mom 6
eet... .: 8 oc. a
OYSTERS and FISH.
F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
FRESH FISH.
Weeeee................. .... ... @ 7%,
. ee @ 8
Wee es ial @i™
ee i @I15
ck ee eke eed heen D4
oysTERS—C ans,
OOO @35
Sesc........ ee ee ee ee @30
F. J. D.’s SS @25
FRESH MEATS.
Swift and C ney mens as ne
Beef, carcass. 5 @6%
hind quarters. . ore . 6%@ 7
“- roo c ae @ 3%
134 EN @9
. a @ 7%
. tongue ee ee @ 9
Ce 56 G@5%
Bolteeon ...._...---......--- seen eee. @ 5
Bote @3
ee @ 6
Sausage, —— ion ew. ......-. @ 5
Hyer... ...... 51... -..... ae @ 5
' Frankfort. Lee ee eee @8
Mutton ee @s
CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS.
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:
STICK,
Standard, 25 Ib. boxes ieee wd sees tae. iss coee 8%
Twist, a cad ou os -. 8%
Cut Loaf, 25 ee dees cay
MIXED.
Royal, 25 Ib. pails .. —
- eee Bee 8
Extra, 2 ae... 10
~ elk See 9
French. EE 11%
Francy—In 5 lb. boxes.
Remon Drone... .,............... a 2
Ree 13
Peppermint Drops.. Lee ee tet ee ete pe oe ee ewe 14
EE eee a
OE EE eee 18
a 10
Toes eee 8... bees oe a
AB. tse Peers.....................
Lozenges, Ee eee
A 15
eoerees......,............... ee eee 14
ee 15
ae ee. soles 13
ee ee 13
ee 16@18
eee Me CN, Cd. ce eee sees 18
Plain Creams... eee cree sev ee cee ge ete ce 16
Decorated Ce 20
eee ed le 15
Burnt Almonds... ..
Wintergreen Berries
FANCY—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in — ee bee eee eee ae ee 11%
en, 10%
" printed, in ea eee eee ek eee
. eee... 11
mnt TO, Te Te 12
Gum Drops, Oe NP ce. 6%
Oe 5%
Moss Werte, 0 ee sw, 10
- ee. 9
Ber Dei Tele... wwe ee 12
Imperials, in = a 11
o ee... 10
FRUITS.
Oranges, Rodi, choice, Me ie @
ao @
- Wiorids, choioe.......... en @
e " ek chcci crows
o Riverside, fanc ss ee ee
' ee cee
e Wash. Nav mie, faney.........
“ee
Valencias, large.. on
Lemons, Messina, choice, 360. Sau oe
mn is; fancy, i cee
Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy cose nae I
oe | fk.
™ Geet 7... fac
Dates, fraiie, eae... ee @
A tee, Go ep... ce @
' Perea, ih Hex........ @10
ss eee ee a . @ 8
- Pesan. oi. bee............... 5%@
NUTS.
Almonds, meres, @16
ECO @i5
o Co ea @i4
ee ee ee @l1
Walnuts, Grenoble. aa @16
. Ce @15
Pecans, Teaes, 1 P........-
IES. oc a conn eee
PEANUTS.
Fancy, H.P., a @ 9%
a @11%
F ancy _m. Pe Gane Cocks............- @ 9%
. Roasted...... @11%
Fancy, H. P., — 9
woeeeee....... os @i1
Choice, H. P. eee ae @ 8%
“Roasted. ae @10%
Fancy, Ki. P., Steamboats ee as @ 8%
Boasted....... @10%
MUSKEGON CRACKER
CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
CRACKERS, BISCUITS AND SWEET GOODS
Finest and Freshest Goods in the Market.
‘LARGEST VARIETY IN THE STATE
ORDERS,
MUSKEGON, MICH.
SPECIAL ATTENTION
457, 459,
PAID TO MAIL
461, 463 W. WESTERN AVENUE, -
i Santina
ea ME A
ss > ania He
Seca RI
THE
MICHIGAN TRADES SMAN.
Wholesale Price Covent.
The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who
pay promptly and buy in full packages.
APPLE BUTTER.
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 6
AXLE GREASE.
Pees 3. #2 40
ee 1
Diamond. a .18
BAKING POWDER.
Thepure, 10¢ ee $1 20
ee 1 56
~ 6 Oz. oo 2 28
. % Ib. ec oo 2 %6
. 1202. be ee SE 4 20
oe 1 lb. “cc a 5 10
- 5 lb. e -26 00
Less 20 per cent. to retailers.
Absolute, 14 Ib. cans, 1008. .11 %
% Ib 50s..10 00
. tin * 50s..18 75
Acme, ¥4 = cans, 3 doz.. . =
41 2 1.
= aie - * .... 30
- hom... 20
Our Leader, 4lb. cans..... 45
- sib. a 90
lee 1 60
Telfer’s, em cans, doz.. 45
2
“ "Es 448
BATH BRICK.
English, 2 doz. in case. ... 80
Bristol, 2 ii -
American. <2 doz. in case... 70
BLUING. Dozen
Mexican, = eet ae a ee 30
ec ee wee 60
. 16 on... 2... 90
BROOMS
=? eee 1%
= se 2 00
Noe BCerees.........-... |. 2 2%
N 1 ee 2 50
Paro Gea 2 %5
Commaon Waisk............
os —ti( i’; CL 1 20
— ll... 8 25
ss... ..... ........ 2%
CANDLES
Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes ..... a
Star, 40 i
Terseme.. .....-.--.-..-.- Oe
eee 25
CANNED in ae
Clams. 1 Ib. Little Neck. .... 1 20
Clam Chowder, 3 lb.. 2 10
Cove Oy sters, i lb. stand.. -. is
b. a
Lobsters, 1b. “picnic eee: 1G
oC, 2 65
[ 1 ‘Tb. Star.. «ss oe oe
’ = te eer .,.....-- -o 2
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 85
b. stand Loe. 12
° li 2 00
rs 3 lb. in Mustard...2 85
. Sib. souved....... 2 8
Salmon, 1 - Columbia 1 65@2 00
1. Alaska. -1 40@1 _
Sardines, domestic % a...
“ ss. TT @ 9
’ Mustard \%s.. @9
“Imported \Xs.. ‘10%@16
. spiced, }4s8....... 10
‘Trout, $ Tb. brook......- 2 60
CANNED GoopDs—Fruits.
i. gallons, stand. .....3 25
B
ckberries, stand. 80
Cherries,red stand: urd 1 10@1 20
. mitee |. ; 40
ae 115
Egg Plums, stand..... 1 15@1 35
Goaseeeres ..............-- 1 00
reece... ot...
Green Gages.. -1 15@1 3
Peaches, yellow, stand @2 00
« ~ "seconds ...... @1 90
. a 1 30
ree a... 1
Pineapples, common. .1 "10@1 50
Johnson’s.2 50@2 75
Gaineee ..............-...... 1 00
Raspberries, ee 16
8. ......-.... 40
Straw berries .......... 1 18@1 35
Whortleberries. . << %
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay......
Beans, Lima, stand......... 80
«Green Limas.. @I1 35
sa Ses... .... @ 80
‘¢ Stringless, Erie....... 80
‘Lewis’ Boston Baked. .1 40
Corn, Archer’ es Trophy...... 90
Morn’g Glory. 90
' . Early Golden. 90
Pees. Presom............... 1 68
“© extra marrofat.. @1 2%
“ 80
* Jone. aand......... -1 40
ni ‘< aifted.. i — 85
« Preach, extra fine... .1 50
Mushrooms, extra fine...... 2%
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden @1 50
Succotash, standard....90@1 40
Saueeh ......4. -----.--.->6- 1 10
Tomatoes, Red Coat.. @1 00
Good Enough @1 00
a Ben Har ... @1 10
' stand br.... @ %
CATSUP.
Snider’ 8,% ~ Se 1 3%
at ...-....- Laveasae oe
. ace ote iec) € eee ee 3 50
CHEESE.
Fancy Full Cream. me @%™%
Good ' a @7
Part Skimmed......... 5 @6
Sap SARG.......... cor 19 @20
eee @1 00
CHEWING GUM.
Rubber, 100 lumps, Jcioaeeken 30
a 40
Spruce, 200 pieces. Gee ceuseuse 40
CHICORY.
Bed eee eee make ss 6
Bulk..
Red
ok ecu ee |
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet.. ...... : 22
Prem. es 8 35
i 38
Breakfast Cocoa......... 40
eee q
COCOA SHELLS
Buik.. oe 4 @4%
Pound packages........ Qt
COFFEE EXTRACT.
Vanes (iy... 80
Poe 110
COFFEE—Green.
Rio, — ........... @2
a 21 @2z2
' e........ @2
* fancy, washed... @24
“ soe ........... 23 @2
Gemie..........- 22 @23
Mexican & Guatemala: 3 @ 24
eave, teror......... 24 @26
ea MandGheling....27 @30
Pesbermy............ 22 @24
Mocha, genuine..... 26 @28
To ascertain cost of roasted
coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast
ing and 15 per cent. for shrink-
age.
COFFEES—Package.
Sunois...... “
= cabinets...
McLaughlin’s XXXX.-.2 4
Lion .....
* cabinets 00 26 7
eee 25
CLOTHES LINES
Cotten, 0% ....... per doz. 1 35
- Som. .....- ' 1 50
se mt... |... igi ie
- Woft.....- 2 00
' oom... - 22
Jute oa - 90
- 72 ft- o 1 10
co? NDENSED MIL x.
eS 730
Anglo-Swiss...
COUPONS.
“Superior.”
# 1. per handred.......-.-
go 6 “c
a eS
Pl 5 “a “ce
a CU “
$20, “or “
‘““Tradesman.”’
2
se
.. |
® 1, per hundred....... .
$ ° oe aa a
..6 00@ 7 60
2 50
00
5 00
6 00
00
50
00
00
OO
y SF We 9 89 BO
5 per cent,
10 “
“co
8 5, “ec “ec
a r Sees
$20, “c“ “ec oo
Subject to the following dis
counts:
200 or over
hee wees
—" oe
CRACKERS
Kenosha Butter.
Seymour *
Butier........
* fomily.
© biscuit
Boston.....
City Soda.
oo a.
Oy ster . ,
C ‘ity “Oyster, wxx.
Shell
CREAM. TARTAR,
Strictly ,pure..
Grocers ........
DRIED FRUITS Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried..... @ 6
evaporated. @A10
Apricots, i @I19
Blackberries “ 8 @e
Nectarines we
Peaches “ .. 814
Plums - ..... 2
Raspberries a0
DRIED FRU iTs—P runes.
Murmey.......-.-.--.-. 64@ 6%
Neote: @ 7%
California. . 10 @li
DRIED FRU nT 's—P eel.
Lemon.. 18
Co 18
DRIED Pauirs—Cl ‘itron.
In drum.. @23
i bone @25
DRIED FRUITS—Currants.
Zante, in barrels. ..... @ 5%
' in less quantity 6 @ 6%
DRIED FRUITS—Raisins,
Valencias....... @9
ete ws @11%
Bultaneg.............-. @10
London Layers, Cali
a 2 50@2 80
London Layers, for’n.
@
Muscatels, California.1 90@2 25
GUN POWDER.
Woe 5 2
Half kegs.. . 2 88
FARINACEOUS ‘@oops.
Farina, 100 lb. kegs. 04
Hominy, per bbl. 3 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box.... 60
- imported. @ 9%
Pearl Barley... @ 2%
Peas, green... @1 00
« ait.. @ 3
Sago, German. @ 6
Tapioca, fi’k or. p rl. 6@ 7
Wheat, cracked. . @5
Vermicelli, import.. @10
. domestic... @60
FISH—SALT.
Ong, Whoe............ 5 @6%
DONCIERE.......... 64@ 8
Beare... @ 9%
Herring, round, % bbl. 2 90
. gibbed.. 2%
. Holland, ‘pbls.. 12 00
_ . kegs, new @ %5
’ Sealed .....- 18@ Ww
Mack. sh’s, No. 2 a bbl 12 00
= “ og Kit. 1
“ ac oe iY 20
ENGLISH BREAKFAST,
Poe ae. 25 @30
Cc — ee 30 @35
roe... ..... 55 @65
Tex, Dae 8 @l10
OOLONG.
Common to fair... ...25 @30
Superior to fine....... 30 @50
Fine to choicest.......55 @65
SODA,
Pomes 534
Bees, Engiinnm ........ -.... 4%
Topaccos—Fine Cut.
D. Seotten & Co.’s Brands.
Hiawatha ......... 63
Sweet Cuba........... 36
Our Leader........
ToBaccos—Plug.
Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands.
Something Good.. i oe
Doubie Pedro.........- as
Oe eee 36
Wedding Cake, bIE........... 35
Qe eee 37
tTopacco—Shorts.
Our Leader........ so oo
TOB eee: aelaiiaee
One Eceader.... 16
Hector. ee DY
Plow Boy, i 2 OZ. Le ee
208... 31
' 16 OZ. os 32
VINEGAR.
Oe eae eee 644
om...
PAPER & WOODENWARE
PAPER.
Curtiss & Co. quote as fol
lows:
Pree ........ aS
Light Weight. Love 200
oe bees eee
Hardware. oe
Bakers oa
Dey Goode... .. -....
Jute Mantia................. 8
Red Ex xpress No. 1. 1...
Nag... 4
TWINES.
a
Cotton, No. Ss 20
eee ees soe ee de
Sea Island, assorted....... 40
No. SHemp ............. > io
WOODENWARE,
Tubs, ao 7........ o 8 00
He 2. ........... 41.4 oo
fe Nes ................ 6 Oe
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 530
‘© No. 1, three-hoop 1%
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes... 55
Bowie. 1) tieh:............. 1 00
bi Bs * oo.
c .... ey
a a . 2%
[ ssorted, 17s and. 19s 2 50
o ‘© 158, 1%s and 198 2 7%
Baskets, market........ .. &
" ae 1 50
with covers 1 90
willow el’ ths, No.l 5 %
No.2 6 25
_ . ° Nod 7 3
[ splint « Nolsa®
‘“ “ No.2 4%
is “ &“
No.3 5 00
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
WHEAT.
White . Lee a2
—.......... 82
All wheat bou; ght on 60 Ib. test.
MEAL.
Botee... .......... oe. 1
Granainied ............ 13)
FLOUR,
Straight, in sacks 4 60
_ = bearrem........ 4 a0
Patent ‘“ sacks... . oo
' “ Derreis....... 6 OO
MILLSTUFFs.
Bran.. el 13 00
me.
perecnings ....... Lio
Middlings.... 14 ©
Mixed Feed. 15 00
Coarse meal 15 00
CORN.
Seat lots... 10
Car QE ae 37
OATS,
Saaell lots.........-. .-00
Car by i i 33
RYE
Ne. t.....: 40
BARLEY.
ma. 1... eee. ove, 2
TO ee ee . 16
HAY
Pe a ae “sus Io
ee . 10 00
HIDES, PELTS and FURS
Perkins & Hess pay as fol
lows:
HIDES.
Grden | ...... oo og
Part Cured............ 5 @ oe
Fu ’ 6 oe
Dey. .... : ; -6 @s
Kips, green _. a. @ 5
f eured. . 6 @b%K
Calfski ns, green 4 @é
cured. ._ 6 @i
Deacon skins.... .. Gt
No. 2 hides 1“ off
PELTS.
Shearlings.
Estimated wool, per 2
WOOL.
Washed.. a « - 2L0Q28
Unwashed Loe. 10@20
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tallow ...... os oe
Grease butter ........ | @2
Sy cnes............. 1%@ 2
Ginseng 2 W@2 5
PEAK iIi NS &
DEALERS IN
"
Hides, Furs, Wool é& Tallow,
SEEDS.
Mived Died. ..........- 44@ 6
LS a
Camaro... se a
ee 3%
ee 8
a 6
~— { beee......... @4 50 | Mustard............-----5+-. ™h%
Y Ib. kits. : i SALT
white no 1, i bbs. G6 00 | Common Fine per bbl....... 80
i a b. Kits..... 1 00} Solar Rock, 56 Ib. sacks..... 27
10 Ib, KitS..... 50) 99 pocket.. 190
' Family, % asa 2 71 60 “ a
Kits.......... RN 2 25
HERBS. | Ashton bu. bags Cos Ts v
——. 9 | Higgins “
ae 14 | Warsaw ‘‘ .
: | “ % bu “
JELLIES.
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 6 | Diamond Crysts ul, case
Chicago goods.............. a | i 7 Ib sacks 25
LAMP WICKS. a Ce ee oe
Ro .. ce 30 | mn 7 2 pocket.2 2
Woe 40 | ' oo ee
EE ‘* barrels .. .1 75
LICORICE, | SALERATUS,
Pore......._..........._..... 9) Curren, Arm G Hanmer. . 5)
Cereure 1... 1... es: 5%
wee. a) eee... . DG
LYE. | DeLand’ sC ap ‘Sheaf.. 1.54%
Condensed, 2 dos........... 13 im pure........ sai
=e = | Our Leader.................
No. 9 sulphur.... vee eee OO SYRUPS.
Sa rh. Seagate wees ees ne = Cor, parrela. 0... 0... ...
Export marion: a i one-half barrels....@
ne | Pure Sugar, bbl.. -- - 26@35
Binek Strap............... 20 | half bari... 290
Cuba Baking........ a. _ SWEET GOODS.
Porto Rice)... 1... |... 39 | Ginger Snaps.......--- 8
New Orleans, ened. |... o4 | Sugar Creams......... 8%
choice..... 39 | Frosted Creams....... 8
‘“ fancy »| Graham Crackers..... 8
One-half barrels, 3¢ extra | Oatmeal Crackers... 8
OATMEAL, | SHOE POLISH.
Muscatine, Barrels .........4 50} Jettine, 1 doz. in box...... Bess"
. Half barrels. .... 2 50 a
. Cases......2 15@2 25 | TEAS
ROLLED OaTS. |
Muscatine, Barrels.... @4 50} gJapan—Regular.
a Half bbls. noni War... 14 @l6é
? Chaos... .. 2] eee =| Good.................. 18 @2
OIL. Ch 24 @x
Michigan Teat..-.......... Oi | Cheicest.......... L-- om er
Water W fet ee 104 a SUN CURED.
* [Pee 14 @l5
Medium. ee @ : ends 16 @20
: Wi : ee 2 @28
—_ bot Hr 11 00) Chofcest............... 30 @3
TE 6 00
PIPES. | BASKET FIRED.
Clay, No. 216.-. 1 0 oan... @20
- 2. full count 4... #o} Choice. ee @2
Cob, No. 2... ; 1 25 | Choic est... @35
ll PRESERVES. a Extra choice, ‘wire leaf @40
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 8 | GUNPOWDER.
saints tee “ 7 .,, | Common to fair.......25 @35
saa aaa 7 ge o% Extra fine to finest....50 @65
i No 2 ape "Be 4 | Choicest fancy.......- % @85
- No 2. ...... oo | IMPERIAL,
Japan, No. 1. ss. 6% | Common to fair....... 20 @35
“ ee ...5% | Superiortofine........ 40 @50
"SNUFF. a YOUNG HYSON.
ee, vines “TL | Common to fair......18 G26
French Rappee, in Jars.....43 | eee fe Pree tnt: _o
SOAP. }
Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands. i
SEORIOE. oo. eee cee ny ewe ws 3 30)
Queen Anne.......- tee eed SO]
German Family. oe
Mottled German. es 3 00}
Ole Gorman. ................ 2 70
U.S. Big Bargam..... _. > ae OO
Piet Pigeier........... .-.2 Wo]
Cocoa Castile .......-. 2 OFT
Cocoa Castile, Fancy. oe |
Allien B. Wrisley’s Brands.
Happy Family, %5..... 2%
Old Country, ee 3 30)
Una, 100 Hoa <4 acu ae
Hooncer, ............. 2a
SAL SODA.
Beos..... i. wat
Granulated, boxes 2 I
SAPOLIO. |
Kitchen, 3 doz. in box 2 50
Hand - ms, 2 50
SOUPS.
s Tomato...
sPices—Whole.
Snider’
Aliepice...... a
Cassia, China in ‘mats ee a 8
" Batavia in bund....15 |
. Saigon in rolls.. oo |
Cloves, Amboyna...... oo |
. Caeere..... .--...20
Mace Batavia....... oe
Nutmenrs, fancy.............0
fl eT i, %
' No. 2. . 65
Pep per, Singapore, ‘plack....16 |
' white.. "126
_ enok .............. a |
spices—Ground—-In Bulk.
Allspice .......--. 22-22 ++++- 1 |
Cassia, Batav ia. 20 |
6 and Saigon. S|
ss Saigon . an .42 |
Cloves, Amboyna... eee ess 26
" Peeee.........-- 2 |
Ginger, Vag ee 12%
' Cocum......... oS
. Jorn ........... i |
Mace Batavia. ae |
Mustard, English.. 22
. and Trie. .25
a. Trieste eee ae 27
|
|
Nutmegs, No. 2 :
Pepper, Singapore, ee
|
|
white..... 30
° oo z
SUGARS,
Cut Loaf.. @ 7% |
Ones 8, @ 67 7 |
Powdered . 6
Standard Granulated. 6.56
Be. osu us
Confectioners’ A...... (ay
White Extra C....... @ 614
eT @
5%@ 54 |
pol ee a. @ 5%
| CODY BLOCK,
REMEMBER
6 | 100-POUN
544
NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MIC
WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE
HIGAN,
FIREWORKS
Besides our FINE LINE of CANDY, we are agents for the Best ALL COLORED
FIREWORKS, and have many specialties in this line on which you can make some
money.
| before ordering.
| If you want the BEST CANDY put up
No old chestnuts to work off.
Send for catalogue and get our prices
NET WEIGHT, ask for our goods.
A. E. BROOKS & CO.,
158 EAST FULTON ST,, - GRAND RAPIDS, MICH
Es better and
THAT
BUNOLA
OPPEE.
costs
less
than most
package coftees.
iD CASES, 24 3-4;
100-CABINETS, 25 1-4.
FOR SALE,BY ALL GRAND RAPIDS JOBBERS
THE LIMIT OF COMBINATION.
lt should be understood that there is a
point in every line of business beyond
which combination is not economical.
‘his is not generally recognized now.
The prevailing tendency in almost all
lines of production and trade is to com-
bination for reduction of expenses and
greater steadiness and uniformity in
prices. For the time being the thoughts |
of merehants and manufacturers are |
directed to these ends, and but little at- |
tention is given to the evil results of
combinations, and the misfortunes which
may come to individuals who tie up prop- |
erty in these associations. |
During the past decade the increasing
facilities and decreasing cost of trans-|
portation have enormously widened the
field for competition. Merchants have |
found the market at their own doors in- |
vaded by merchants in distant cities,
manufacturers have found that the raw
material produced in their neighborhoods
is bid for by manufacturers far away, |
and that the territory which they have |
counted on as their own to supply is|
captured by remote rivals. Against the |
activity of such competition, aided by
uneertain and generally decreasing |
freight rates, constant vigilance has |
hardly been able to contend successfully. |
Worn out in the effort manufacturers |
have come to regard combination as a |
necessity. |
To men so situated the advantages of |
combination naturally appear magnified, |
while the disadvantages almost entirely |
disappear. If all the goods of a certain |
kind required in any given territory can |
be made by and distributed from the |
factory nearest to that territory, a great |
saving in freight rates will be effected.
If a uniform price is maintained for any |
article, and the supply thereof controlled
by one central agency, an army of travel- |
ing salesmen become useless and may be
discharged. Various other economies |
also become possible under such condi- |
tions, and it is easy to figure a round}
dividend on the capital employed in the |
production of any one of many ar-
ticles from such reductions in expenses
alone. Add to these the profit which
would result from a small uniform ad-|
vance in prices, and the advantages of
combination seem overwhelming. The
business man, therefore, harrassed by |
ceaseless competition deems it wise to |
make important concessions and sacrifice
his individual judgment to effect com-
bination.
This is the reasoning which has directed |
our commercial affairs for some years,
and has produced combinations almost |
without number. These combinations
are of various forms and styles, from
mere associations or pools for control-
ling prices, to trusts and trust-like cor-|
porations, which assume the ownership |
of numerous properties in widely-separ- |
ated localities, and the direction of all
the details of scattered and multiform |
processes of production and distribution. |
On paper the prospects of these combina- |
tions are brilliant. AsI have said the
savings in expenses alone furnish figures
equal to a good dividend on the capital
invested. It seems reasonable, also, that
such aggregated capital will be able to
effectually suppress competition, either
by buying up or crushing out all small
concerns which may appear in the field.
To the manufacturer who has put his
plant into one of these combinations at
figures satisfactory to himself, and has
surrendered the care, and also the con-
trol of his property, receiving in exchange
certain pieces of paper called trust cer- |
tificates, the future may seem to promise
an easy life sustained on a sure and reg-
ular income.
The short experiences of many of these |
hopeful combinations show that there |
have been some miscalculations in their |
expectations.
In the first place, the buying up or
crushing out process applied to diminu- |
tive rivals is apparently never ending.
The Standard Oil Company, the best
known and most successful of trust com-
binations, has never succeeded in sup-
pressing its competitors. It is probable
that no combination has been more for-
tunate in this regard. The dream of}
monopoly is delusive. 1 think it will be|
found that monopoly never has been!
THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
Vurniture
Nelson,
Matter
& COo’s
ST Y LES:
New,
Cheap,
Medium
AND
Expensive.
Large Variety and
Prices Low,
Cook % Bergthold,
MANUFACTURERS OF
HOW GASKS.
Prices Lower than those of
any competitor. Write for cata-
logue and prices.
67 Canal St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
FIT FOR
\ (entlewans
Table:
All goods bearing the
name of
THURBER, WHYLAND & CO.,
OR
ALEXIS GODILLOT, JR.
Grocers visiting New York are cordially invited
to calland see us,and if they wish, have their
correspondence addressed in our care. We shal]
be glad to be of use to them in any way. Write
us about anything you wish to know.
THURBER, WHYLAND & O0.,
West Broadway, Reade & Hudson Streets,
New York City.
BEACH’S
New York (joffee Rooms.
61 Pearl Street.
Each for all dishes served
from bill of fare.
Steaks, Chops and All Kinds of Order
Cooking a Specialty.
Five Cents
FRANK M. BEACH, Prop.
WANTED. —
POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED
FRUIT, BEANS
and all kinds of Produce.
us hear from you.
made when desired,
EARL BROS.,
157 South Water St., CHICAGO.
If you have any of the above goods to Traverse City & Saginaw....
ship, or anything in the Produce line, let
Liberal cash advances
COMMISSION MERCHANTS | Sine uemee gogo 8 pm
Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids.
TIME TABLES.
Grand Rapids & Indiana.
In effect June 22, 1890.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
A
rrive. Leave
Big Rapids & Saginaw...........-++- 6:55am
Traverse City & Mackinaw........ 6 50am 7:2 am
Traverse City & Mackinaw........9:lbam 11:30am
2:15pm 4:10pm
Mackinaw CiGy........0..csecccescsncs 8:50pm 10:30pm
Train leaving at 10:30pm, runs daily, Sunday in-
eluded. Other trains daily except Sunday.
GOING SOUTH.
Cincinnati Express..........+-++++ 6 30am
Fort Wayne & Chicago 10:25am
Cincinnati Express.... 6:00 p m
Sturgis & Chicago.........--+- 11:30 p m
Train leaving for Cincinnati at 6p. m. runs daily,
Sundays included. Other trains daily except Sunday.
Sleeping and Parlor Car Service: North—7:25 a. m.
and 10:30 p. m. trains have Wagner sleeping and parlor
ears to Petoskey and Mackinaw City. 11:30 a m train
parlor chair cars to Mackinaw City. South—6:30 a m
Grand Rapids, Mich.
A. J. Bowne, President.
GEO. C. PieRcE, Vice President.
H. W. Nasu, Cashier
CAPITAL, - -
Transacts a general banking business.
Make a Specialty of Collections.
of Country Merchants Solicited.
FOURTH NATIONAL BANK
- $300,000.
Accounts
train has parlor chair car and 6 p. m. train sleeping
ear for Cincinnati; 11:30 p m train, Wagner sleeping
car for Chicago via. Kalamazoo.
Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
Leave Arrive.
BUG Oh sons ces ccccctcccecsscecccouescssccssces Maen am
11:20 am. . . :
5240 DM... ec ccccccc cscs cccncccccccceccceccecses 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.
O. L. Lockwoop, Gen’! Pass. Agent.
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.
GOING WEsT.
Arrives. Leaves.
tMorning EXpress.........-++++0+- 12:50 pm 1:00 pm
+Through Mail....... Jes ... 4:10pm 4:20pm
+Grand Rapids Express..........- 10:25 pm 10:30 p m
*Night Express........ 6:40am 8:45am
tMixed........0++. cctaceess cues eens 7:30am
GOING EAST.
+Detroit Express............ oveece SD Om 6:50am
?Through Mall..........ccscecseee -10:10a m 10:20am
+Evening Express icovece Cn 3:45 pm
*Night Express............-ssss00e 9:50pm 10:55 p m
aujing bards
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS
SEND FOR PRICE LIST.
Daniel kynch,
19 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids.
+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
ear to 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.
AS. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent.
Jno. W. Loup, Traffic Manager, Detroit.
Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern.
For Toledo and all points South and East, take
the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Rail
way from Owosso Junction. _Sure connections
at above point with trains of D., G. H. & M., and
connections at Toledo with evening trains for
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton, Cincin-
nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville and all promi-
nent points on connecting lines.
A. J. PaisLey, Gen’! Pass. Agent
MIGHIGAN CENTRAL
“The Niagara Falls Route.’
*Dail
THE GREAT
Watch Maker
= Jewel
4k CANAL SY.
Grand Rapids - Mich
KDMUND B. DIKEMAN
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All other daily except Sunda,
trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand Rapid
Express to and from Detroit.
FRED M. Briees, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe St.
G. 8. HAWKINS, Ticket Agent, Union Depot.
Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St.
O. W. Ruceizs.G. P. & T. Agent., Chicago.
et Circular and Testimonials. nt Free.
Economical, Sanitary, Cleanly and Artist
ic.
CE, GRAND RAPIDS. MIGH.
‘LION
A True Combination of MOCHA
JAVA and RIO. ,
SHIPPING
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Picture Card Given
With every pound package. For
Sale everywhere. Woolson Spice Co, Toledo, 0.
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Detroit Express. ........cecsecesesees 7:20am 10:00pm
esse ... 6:30am 5:00pm
Day Express............ .--11:55am 10:00am
*Atlantic & Pacific Express. ...11:15 pm 6:00am
New York Express.........002 sseoes 56:40pm 1:23pm
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Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express
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|BEFORE BUYING GRATES
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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
made effective, permanently, in this coun-
try by combination. The efforts to secure
this are unavailing and expensive. Any
combination, therefore, must count on
competition, and the day will come to
many a combination when the buying up
or crushing out policy must be aban-
doned.
Another factor which is not taken into
the account by those who figure on the
profits of combinations is popular dis-
favor. Whether or not it is possible to
establish a monopoly, the attempt to do
so is sure to meet the ill-will of the peo-
ple. It is safe to say that in proportion
as such attempts appear profitable will
that ill-will exert itself in opposition.
This ill-will may take the form of news-
paper criticism, or it may crystalize
itself in statutes and decisions of courts,
or it may be exhibited simply in mercan-
tile preferences. But it will be a pretty
constant force against the fulfillment of
the calculations of combinations. It will
set a limit to their operations and dimin-
ish expected profits.
Still another element which attends
the practical operations of combinations,
and is not generally foreseen and included
in preliminary estimates, is the waste of
management. The economics of the new
system are carefully elaborated before-
hand, but how much will be lost through
the inability of the manager to be in con-
stant supervision of subordinates, and to
master and direct all details, has not
been set down on the other side. The
loss which must occur when no one per-
sonally interested in the profits directs
production is found to be large. Care-
lessness among employes and extrava-
gance in superintendence is induced
where an impersonal entity, like a trust,
whose resources are estimated in mil-
lions, is the paymaster. Still further is
the recklessness of all those connected
with one of these great combinations in-
creased if the shares in the ownership
are publicly quoted and speculated in.
Demoralization is then complete in all
that counts for common business success.
Ingenuity, faithfulness, energy, are no
longer appreciated or rewarded, except
as they provide influences on the stock
exchange. The shareholders in such a
combination lose patience to investigate
its affairs. The daily quotations are the
only criterions of its condition. The
managers bend their minds to keeping
these quotations at satisfactory figures,
and what is worse, look to speculation,
aided by their inside information, for
their reward, rather than to a legitimate
compensation due to wise administration.
These are the prominent factors which
experience is developing as setting limits
to combinations in trade and production.
It is highly probable that in a few years
these disadvantages will assume such
proportions that men of affairs will be as
anxious to escape from these entangling
alliances as recently they have been
ardent to enter into them.
M. L. ScuDDER, JR.
$<
A Tribute to Mr. Barnes
Correspondence Boston Commercial.
‘One of the brightest business men I
ever met is Smith Barnes, of Traverse
City. He is more—he is a wonderful
man. What that man doesn’t know
about business isn’t worth knowing. I
have known him for over forty years and
I have never known a more honorable
man. His very name is a synonym of
honor, integrity and uprightness. He is
aman with the courage to express his
convictions and the fearlessness to live
according to them. ‘To-day he is one of
the shining lights in the galaxy of bright
business men that grace the State of
Michigan. It is such men that make any
profession honorable; men whose lives
shed a hallowed influence over their as-
sociates and employes, whose noble qual-
ities of heart endear them to all. Besides
being a thorough merchant, familiar with
every detail of business, Mr. Barnes is a
thorough gentleman, refined, courteous,
affable, a loyal friend, but a poor enemy;
aman of active intellect, keen percep-
tions and sound judgment, a close ob-
server, an indefatigable traveler, a ver-
satile conversationalist, a large-hearted,
generous citizen. Michigan may be
justly proud to number him among her
most prominent business men.”’
**Just My Luck.” |
If the boy who exclaims, ‘‘Just my |
luck,’’ was truthful, he would say, ‘‘Just
my laziness,’’ or ‘‘Just my inattention.’
A great English economist wrote a series |
of proverbs, entitled ‘‘Luck and Labor,”’ |
which every boy should paste in his hat: |
Luck is waiting for something to}
turn up.
Labor, with keen eyes and strong will, |
will turn up something.
Luck lies in bed and wishes the post- |
man would bring him news of a legacy. |
Labor turns out at 6 o’clock, and with
a busy pen or ringing hammer lays the
foundation of a competence.
Luck whines.
Labor whistles.
Luck relies on chances.
Labor on character.
Luck slips down to indigence.
Labor strides upward to independence.
Crockery & Glassware
LAMP BURNERS.
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LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box.
6 doz. in box.
No, GSun............ ee
ec cue ce. 1 88
oa rece eee eee es 2 70
First quality.
mo. OS, Geta Gp............-. 8... 2 2
Nai ° me OF ees ees cence eee cee cae ae
No? ‘* . OF eee geen seer ce ele eee 3 40
XXX Flint.
ve. (Sam, Crimp top...................... ... 2 60
Noi “ wh ae 2 80
No.2 “ - ga. 3 860
Pear! top.
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled... ae TO
nas © eg _ a. -- £0
No. 2 Hinge, “ fF ' --4 70
La Bastic.
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, perdog. ..............1 2
Ras “ _ ee eS 1 50
mo, 1 crimp, perdos.-.........2.- .. 1 35
Ro.2 “ ee 1 60
STONEWARE—AKRON,
Butter Croceen, per ea)......... ........._.. 06%
Jugs, % gal.,‘per doz...
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Milk Pans, % gal., per doz. (glazed 66c).... 65
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Fehsenfeld & Grammel,
(Successors to Steele & Gardner.)
Manufacturers of
BROOMS!
Whisks, Toy Brooms, Broom Corn, Broom
Handles, and all Kinds of Broom Materials.
10 and 12 Plainfield Ave., Grand Rapids.
Raton, kyon & Go,
JOBBERS OF
Fishing Tackle,
Base Ballsand
Supplies,
Croquet,
Hammocks,
Lawn Tennis, Ete.
State Agents for A. J. Reoch & Co.’s
Sporting Goods.
Send for Calalogue.
EATON, LYON & CO.,
20 & 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids
Magic Goffee Roaster.
The Best in the World.
Having on hand a large stock of No. 1
Roasters—capacity 35 lIbs.—1 will sell
them at very low prices. Write for
Special Discount.
ROBT. S. WEST,
15
Duplex "=" Wagon
—> One of the most perfect wagons ever produced, combining strength, durability
and cheapness of price. Just the wagon for light delivery, farmer’s run-about, or
for pleasure. Send for price list and description.
THE BELKNAP WAGON & SLEIGH CO., Grand Ranids.
Ionia Pants & Overall Co.
E. D. Voorhees, Manager.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Pants, Overalls, Goats, Jackets, Shirts, Kt.
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.
W™M.SEARS & CO.
Cracker Manvtacturers,
37,39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids.
Putnam Gandy bo.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
ORANGES,
LEMONS,
BANANAS,
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WHOLESALE
FRUIT
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Figs, Dates, Nuts, etc.
CURTISS & CO.,
WHOLESALE
Paper Warehouse.
EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR THE KEYSTONE BINDERS’
TWINE.
Houseman Block, - Grand Rapids, Mich.
a HIMES,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Fire Brick, etc. GOAL AND WOOD,
Main Office, 54 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Yard and Warehouse on Line of
G. RK. & L, C. & W. M. and L. S. & M.S. Rys.
Lime, Cement,
48-50 Long St,,
CLEVELAND, OHIO
ALL SHIPMENTS MADE PROMPTLY.
ae ICHIGAN TRADESMA N.
Politeness One of the Elements of
Success.
Written for THE TRADESMAN.
A salesman who is so particular about
the formalities of etiquette that he would
raise his hat while speaking to a lady
through a telephone was waiting ona
German and found it very hard to under-
stand him. Becoming impatient, the
clerk said, ‘‘For goodness sake, try to
talk America. I can’t understand your
foreign brawl.’? While the bewildered
German was trying to edge his way out
of the store, I thought what a vast dif-
ference there is between sham formality
and true politeness, and how essential
the latter is to one who would be success-
ful asasalesman. The of the
hat should be but an outward expression
of the
sex.
raising
reverence one has for the gentler
Let an innermost desire to please
accompany these outward forms of cour-
tesy. should strive to put
his customers at ease; explain to them
the quality of goods in as brief and thor-
A salesman
ough a manner as is possible; using gen-
tlemanly, assuring, but not boastful lan-
guage.
In speaking of politeness, we are apt
to associate the thought only with the
attention to
can appreciate the treatment of a gentle-
The newly arrived Swede,
be given to ladies, but men
man as well.
German, or other foreigner, who comes
into the store with an awed, perplexed
look on his face, ean be made a regular
customer through politeness. Try every
to wants
making him
not be able to understand your language,
way ascertain his without
feel embarrassed. He may
but he can understand your actions and
the expression on your face. Let him
know that he is welcome, and, although
not most expensive
he does
goods, his family is usually large and
buy the
needs many of the staple articles. A
genteel, complaisant and firm
will usually help the salesman out when
he comes in contact with the
able purchaser who knows it all and
unreason-
wants it all.
Then, too, there are the customers who |
come back with goods and say they have |
been upon. To adjust these
cases without a loss to the firm or losing
imposed
acustomer is frequently a difficult task
to perform. Reason, together with a
kind, patient disposition will help you
do it.
A salesman must always be a student
of human nature and have tact in deal-
ing with his customers; must be able to
appreciate their different circumstances
and anticipate their wants toa certain
degree. This, with the qualities herein
outlined, will contribute very materially
EpwIn G. PIpp.
), 1890.
to his success.
Bay City, June 3
en — 2. >
The Swedish Cure for Drunkenness.
The habitual drunkard in Norway or
Sweden renders himself liable to im-
prisonment for his love of strong drink,
and during his incarceration he is re-
quired to submit toa plan of treatment
for the cure of his failing
to produce marvelous results.
consists in making the delinquent sub-
sist entirely on bread and wine. The
bread is steeped in a bow! of wine for an
hour or more before the meal is served.
The first day the habitual toper takes his
food in this shape without repugnance;
the second day he finds it less agreeable
to his palate; finally he positively loathes
the sight of it. Experience shows that a
period of from eight to ten days of this
regimen is generally more than sufficient
to make a man evince the greatest
sion to anything in the shape of wine.
Many men after their incarceration be
come total abstainers.
(Formerly Shriver, Weatherly & Co.)
bearing |
j CONTRACTORS FOR
Galuanixed Iron Cornice,
Plumbing & Heating Work.
Dealers in
and Grates.
Weatherly & Pulte,
|GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH.
Have Some Style Abovt You!
The dealer who has no printed letter heads on which to ask for circu-
lars, catalogues and prices, and conduct his general correspondence
with, suffers more every month
supply would cost.
for want of them than a five years’
He economizes byusing postal ecards, or cheap,
and. to his shame, often dirty scraps of paper, and whether he states
so or not he expects the lowest prices, the best trade.
He may be ever
so good for his purchases, may even offer to pay cash, but there is
something so careless, shiftless and slovenly about his letter that it
excites suspicion, because not in
business principles.
keeping with well recognized, good
When such an enquiry comes to a manufacturer
or a jobber, it goes through a most searching examination as to charac-
ter, means and credibility, half condemned to begin with.
It would be
examined anyhow, even if handsomely printed, but the difference to
begin with, would be about equal to that of introducing a tramp and a
gentleman on a witness stand in court.
Besides, the printed heading
would answer the question as to whether the enquirer was a dealer and
at the same time indicate his special line of trade.
Bad penmanship,
bad spelling and bad grammar are pardonable, because many unedu-
cated men have been and are now very successful in business.
But
even those are less objectionable when appearing with evidences of
care, neatness and prosperity.
Please write us for estimates.
The Tradesman Company,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH
which is said |
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Pie
ABSOLUTE TEAS.
We are receiving large direct importations of our justly
Japan Teas,
\Which are universally conceded to be the best teas on the
celebrated
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‘market. Wherever these goods have been placed, they have
WON THE TRADE.
We place these goods in the hands of first-class dealers
‘only and will guarantee an increase in your tea trade, if you
ne a A
‘handle them.
Telfer Spice
GRAND RAPIDS.
Try us on.
Co.,
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LEMON & PETERS, }§
IMPORTING: AND
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Wholesale Grocers
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| SOLE AGENTS FOR
Pumps, Pipes, Etc., Mantels
‘McGinty’s Fine Cut Tobacco,
‘Lautz Bros. & Co,’s Soaps,
Niagara Starch,
Acme Cheese--Herkimer Co., N. Y.
'Castor Oil Axle Grease.
GRAND RAPIDS.
HAMILTON’S
| ART GALLERY,
GRAND RAPIDS, 4
Makes a Specialty of Life Size Portraits in ]
Crayon, Pastel and Water Colors, at the Low- 4
est Possible Prices. Correspondence solicited. |. I
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 Complete Without This Brand Handsome
Oleograph, Size 15x20 inches, given for 25 QUEEN ANNE SOAP WRAPPERS.
Our
Laundry and Toilet Soaps are sold by all Wholesale Grocers.
Salesman for Western Michigan,
LOCK BOX 173, GRAND
Ww, G. HAWKINS,
RAPID».