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Extra copies of current issues, 10 cents; issues a month or more old, 15 cents; issues a year or more old, 25 cents; issues five years or more old 50 cents. Entered at the Postoffice of Grand Rapids under Act of March 3, 1879. _ BOUND TO LEAD TO SETBACK. An appraisal of general conditions throughout the country at present makes a very favorable showing and indicates a decided improvement over those of a year ago at this time. Crop prospects are good, and the major basic industries are increasing their output. Companies engaged in trans- portation are placing large orders to supply long standing needs, and min- ing for everything except coal is ex- panding in operation. There is also a saving of money, which is shown in larger subscriptions to the Govern- ment’s thrift certificates and in the added deposits of the banks for sav- ings. In urban and suburban areas, likewise, are given evidences of more numerous instances of home buying by persons of moderate means who, after all, make up the bulk of the population. Not all of these things go to help immediate buying of commodi- ties, but they do help toward stability and the increase of employment, which will ultimately lead to greater activ- ity in mercantile channels. For the time being, there is even a tendency to restrict purchases, though this is not universal. At an “anniversary sale” staged in San Francisco last week, for instance, the sales for the first day totaled nearly $500,000. In a number of other less spectacular sales throughout the country, results have been very gratifying, particu- larly in instances where real values were offered. Much of the disinclina- tion to buy is, evidently, something that can be overcome by proper means. A feature that keeps coming to the fore from time to time, and one that bodes no good, is the disposition of some merchants to advance prices when ever it seems possible to do so. In the case of the foodstuffs and of certain raw materials, speculators have been busily at work. In certain other directions it is a matter of greed for larger profits. Quite a number who met with losses during the period of declining values have been waiting for an. opportunity to get even, and they take advantage of any that offers. The principle is a wrong one, however, and is bound to lead to setbacks. It is universally admitted that the worst handicap to business to-day is the in- disposition to buy, due either to lack of means or as a protest against un- duly high prices. To meet this situa- tion, the natural method would be to scale down profits and encourage buying by offering goods of quality at as low a figure as possible. Where this has not been done, sellers have learned that consumers find there are a whole lot of things they can do with- out, or for which makeshifts can be had. Repairing and remodeling have been highly developed during the last two years and are being resorted to more and more. Beyond a certain point these are not to be encouraged. While thrift is commendable, parsim- ony is not. There ought to be suffi- cient inducement to buying to keep the mills and factories occupied and to give employment to the operatives in them. It is the business of the real merchant to offer such induce- ment. This will not only help him, but the community in general as well. UNUSUAL CO-OPERATION. Furthering the plan to popularize worsted knitted fabrics, the Knitted Fabrics Group of the National Knitted Outerwear Association will shortly put into effect an arrangement which is, so far as can be determined, the most unusual bit of co-operation that has ever been attempted by a trade organization. Twelve of the leading manufacturers of these goods are to submit to a committee chosen for the purpose samples of the cloths they make. The committee will study them all very carefully, and will de- termine which fabrics are the best from the viewpoint of salability, price and wearing qualities. The selection made, the manufac- turer who produces the chosen cloth will explain the ins and outs of its manufacture and the entire group will make and push it. This will be done under a common trade mark, which will be the property of the members of the group. The selected cloth, which will be widely advertised will be one which will lend itself readily to quantity production, and a widely increased vogue for garments of knitted worsted fabric is expected to result from the plan. The Association, as a whole, will shortly put into operation a co-opéra- tive fashion bureau, which will have the double purpose of selecting the colors to be popularized each season and the larger task of designing models suitable for wear four seasons a year. This bureau will be under the supervision of a fashion committee, which will pass on the styles submitted by the bureau’s designers. IMPROVEMENT CONTINUES. A questionnaire recently sent to manufacturers by the National Retail Dry Goods Association, on which re- turns were made as late as May 9, brought answers from the majority of concerns to the effect that their business was good or fair, while a few reported that it was excellent. In spite of the strike in the New Eng- land textile mills only 30 per cent. of the manufacturers in this line re- ported business as poor, and 50 per cent. reported a larger number of employes now than at this time a year ago. Low stocks in the hands of dealers and a larger volume of forward buying by distributors ex- plain the gain. Part of this April gain was seasonal and in districts in which the manufacture of wearing apparel is important some slackening in the pace may be looked for in coming weeks. This, in fact, has al- ready been noted in New York State, where factory employment at the end of April was about 2 per cent. less than at the end of March. On the other hand, wage reductions were reported by the National Industrial Conference Board to be restricted to fewer industries than in past weeks, and in some instances wage increases are being reported. Go Slow on Medicated Salt Stock Companies. The National Hardware Bulletin warns its readers to beware of the following concerns doing business under the following corporate names: Acme Stock Salt Co., New York. Guardian Food Co., Indianapolis. Capitol Stock Food Co., New York. Federal Stock Food Co., New York. Guarantee Food Co., Lewisburg, Pa. Guarantee Food Co., New York. Farmers Medicated Stock Salt Co., Mifflinburg, Pa. Because the Bulletin is a thorough- ly reliable trade journal, the Trades- man takes pleasure in passing the warning on to its readers in the belief that they will be money in pocket by carefully observing this warning. Longer Skirts To Come. The acceptance of the edict of Paris for longer skirts is apparent in the models which are now being made up by dress manufacturers in this coun- try for Fall. Seven or eight inches from the ground is now recognized on the other side as “the” length for skirts, according to Executive Direc- tor David N. Mosessohn of the As- sociated Dress Industries of America. With slight modification these lengths also apply there to separate skirts, suit skirts and evening dresses. “The ‘flapper’ in this country will probably continue to wear the knee- length dress until she is alone in her extreme style,’ Mr. Mosessohn re- cently “and some manufacturers will probably cater to that class of trade. The manufacturers of dresses for fashionable women, however, will cer- tainly make them longer, although not quite so long as Paris decrees. “The new dresses for Fall will probably reach within nine inches of the ground, although some may run as short as twelve inches. Of late fourteen to sixteen inches from the ground has been the accepted length, even in fashionable circles. Nine inches from the ground is practically ankle length. There is also a tendency toward fullness with the length, which permits more freedom in walking when the skirt is long.” —_—_—>-» 2 The really significant and hearten- ing thing in the political triumph of Beveridge and Pinchot was the dem- onstration that Americans will still rise to a sound and inspiring polit- ical leadership. In both Indiana and Pennsylvania politics had gone stale. The Republican organization had neither ideas nor vivid personalities. Toward it the people had grown apa- thetic. The time was ripe for new and vigorous individuals to step for- ward. Personality is still the strong- est and most appealing thing in public life, and it was because the voters saw in the candidacy of ex-Senator Beveridge and Mr. Pinchot the prom- ise of an infusion of new life into public affairs that they rose to the appeal so spontaneously and enthus- iastically. The whole was _ simply one proof more that old American habits and political tendencies have not essentially changed. The people still like a real man when they see him. That fact contains warning enough for smug and stagnating ma- chine politicians. —__+++_____ . Saginaw—The Saginaw Cabinet Co. will resume manufacture of phono- graphs for the Vitanola Talking Ma- chine Co., which owns a controlling interest in the Saginaw concern. There will be 150 men working in the Sagin- aw plant shortly, with the expectation of increasing that number to 250 men. The executive offices of the Vitanola Co., which have been located in Ch- ‘cago, will be moved to Saginaw about July 1. —__+-<.__ Detroit—The El Moro Cigar Manu- facturing Co. has been incorporated to manufacture and sell at wholesale and retail, cigars, cigarettes, tobacco products, etc., with an authorized capital stock of $25,000, $15,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in, $500 in cash and $14,500 in prop- erty. The business will be conducted at 2423 Russell street. es Don’t be led by jealousy of a com- petitor to call attention in advertising or otherwise to the things you do not do or do not sell. 2 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 24, 1922 THE FARMER AND THE TARIFF The farm bloc in the Senate wants high duties on the products raised by its constituents, and naturally is willing to do a certain amount of “log- rolling” with representatives of the manufacturing interests in order to achieve its objects. It has got the high duties it went after, though many of them “protect” commodities which this country does not import in any significant quantity. It is hard to see, for example, how a duty of 15 cents a bushel can be of any help to the corn growers of the Middle West. In the first nine months of 1921 the total imports of corn were only 15],- 113 bushels, while exports were 104,- 972,806 bushels, and the total crop ex- ceeded 3,000,000,000 bushels. Barely a fifth of our corn crop ever enters com- mercial channels. and the amount of- fered for export varies greatly accord- ing to the price not only of corn but of substitute feeds and live stock. A cursory examination of the duties on agricultural products will show that those which afford real protection can aid only a very small percentage of the total number of persons engaged in agriculture, and that while a few farmers may thus be benefited the others must bear the burden of the heavy duties. In order to get “pro- tection” for corn, oats, and wheat the farm bloc has had to swallow duties on manufactured articles that are fre- quently four or five times as high as the rates under the existing tariff law. There is one scheme for imposing duties on manufactured goods, how- ever, to which the Senate farm bloc will not consent. This is the so-called “American valuation” plan, which was embodied in the tariff bill as it passed the House and which Chairman Ford- ney says he will fight to retain if Con- gress has to remain in session until snow flies. It is not at all surprising that the bloc should balk at American valuation. This scheme does not aid the farmer in any way whatever, be- cause the value of his staple products is determined in a _ world Wheat prices in Chicago, for example, and cotton prices in New Orleans always have a definite relation to prices in Liverpool. “American valuation” for these prod- ucts independent of that of Europe. Even where there is great deprecia- tion of exchange this is quickly re- market. There is no flected in the prices of goods handled in a world market. This explains the recent counterblast against “American valuation” by Senator Capper, the leader of the farm bloc, who declared that it could only work to the far- mer’s injury by raising the price of the things which he has to buy and by discouraging the exportation of his surplus products. THE RISING TIDE OF TRADE. Just two years ago signs began to multiply that the bubble of war-time inflation was about to burst. It was then that he rapid rise in the prices of raw materials was checked, and the rather absurd “overalls movement” foreshadowed the widespread con- sumers’ strike that attained full pro- portions in the following autumn. For a year following May, 1920, the trend of the business curve was downward, the decline during the last four months of 1920 being very precipitous. Although the downward swing was checked about a year ago, there was no marked upward trend during the whole of 1921. The latter half of that year was a period of recuperation and retrenchment. It would not be cor- rect, however, to say that this was a period which marking time. A great deal was ac- during business was complished in the way of liquidating credits; better prices for many staple commodities, especially cotton, pro- duced a favorable psychological re- action; money became easier, and preparations were made by industrial establishments for new financing. In 1922, after a post-holiday slump in January, business began to show un- mistakable signs of improvement. This was at first confined mainly to the basic industries, but it is now reach- ing up into the field of distribution, as is indicated by a gain in retail As unemployment is reduced prices and purchasing power are being brought more closely into har- mony. Business in May, 1922, is bet- ter than at any time since the begin- ning of the reaction in May, 1920, and it is nO exaggeration to say that from the viewpoint of’ essential soundness it is better than at any time since the war. trade. THE CIGARETTE ADDICT. More and more are business men drawing the line on cigarette smokers when they are seeking the services of young men for responsible posi- tions. There are three reasons for this action—the offensive odor which necessarily accompanies every addict to the vice, the which the cigarette smoker throws carelessness with matches and lighted cigarettes into waste baskets and other receptacles, which frequently result in dangerous conflagrations, and the fact that cigarette smoking eventually dulls the intellect and ultimately destroys the nice distinction between right and wrong which characterizes the true gentleman and_ successful business man. ‘Thousands of young men are thus deprived of an opportunity for advancement and forced to accept menial jobs because the habit they have formed consigns them to med- iocrity or oblivion. No clean man who believes in the efficiency of good air will willingly work in an office where a cigarette smoker is employed, nor will any self respecting buyer purchase a dollar’s worth of goods from a man who enters his Office with a cigarette in his mouth. It is not necessary for a cigarette smoker to indulge in smoking to warn a prospective employer that he is an addict. The atmosphere which he poisons with offensive stench is suf- ficient to make him a marked man, which effectually precludes his achiev- ing the position which might be open to him if he kept himself free from the contaminating influence of the cigarette. You can’t be sure of anything unless you have a pre-conceived idea of what you want to be sure about. Barney Langeler has worked in this institution continu- ously for fifty years. Barney says— The customer who went through the building Thursday morning told us that he was very much worried about collecting the insurance after his store burned because he found that he did not have the records ‘which the Insurance Adjusters wanted and, By Golly, he certainly was pleased when our officers helped him with his adjustment and got him a settle- ment in full for his policy. But he said that from now on he was going to keep accurate record of his purchases and sales, and his in- ventory in the safe so that he would never have any more trouble if he should have another fire. P. S.—There are already twenty-four fellows painting % % % % % % up this spring. WorRDEN ROCER COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS—KALAMAZOO—LANSING THE PROMPT SHIPPERS —P TP ~<_—_ arias anand oi eS snacerasmamnnscelPenecennncasicimoncs & pitti resccenssanaanenvt soxnascoramanareeilPbenesanasscanicinnnn Pm anne stamamsecenmenne ite ArstbegRATRRT ; ' ' May 24, 1922 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Ae NEM Ie ATARI SICA RSET EL Nin RAE STE ARONA SE ARR AN vn Late News From the Metropolis of Michigan. Detroit, May 23—Through the ef- forts of the Retail Merchants Bureau an ordinance which provides a penalty for the failure to remove old house numbers was passed at the last regu- lar meeting of the Common Council May 16. A large number of the build- ings in the city are still carrying the old house number as well as the new, which has not only been confusing to strangers, but to residents of the city of Detroit as well, and particularly have they been perplexing to the re- tail merchants whose delivery sys- tems have been considerably handi- capped. Many complaints were re- ceived concerning this condition. and the Retail Merchants Bureau of the Detroit Board of Commerce carried the complaints to the city hall, and succeeded in having the proper ordin- ance drafted to force removal of old numbers. The Peoples State Bank has com- pleted the purchase of the Oakwood State Bank and it will be continued in the future as a branch of this bank. This makes the twenty-seventh branch for the Peoples State. The purchase of the bank was made possible by the recent election extending the limits of the city of Detroit to take in the vil- lage of Oakwood. The Oakwood State Bank was organized in 1918 as the American State Bank of Oak- wood by Walter J. Hayes and asso- ciates in the American State Bank of Detroit. About two years ago the ownership was transferred to other interests and Elbert H. Fowler suc- ceeded Walter J. Hayes as President, continuing in that position after his election:as head of the Commercial State Savings Bank of Detroit, late in 1921. With capital stock of $75,000, the Oakwood State Bank has surplus and undivided profits of approximate- ly $25,000. Its latest statement shows resources aggregating about $700,000, deposits of about $600,000, mortgage foans of approximately $350,000 and commercial loans amounting to about $150 000. Its banking office, a two story, white stone structure on West Fort street and Fort Boulevard, is owned by the bank. Six of the seven stockholders of the Cross Candy Co. have joined in a pe- tition for dissolution filed in circuit court. They ask that the Detroit Trust company be named temporary receiver of the firm. Robert T. Hughes, 58 years old, President of the Hughes Gela-ine Co. and a charter member of the Detroit Athletic Club, died Saturday morning at the family home, 90 Hazelwood avenue, after an illness of four months. Mr. Hughes received his education in the Detroit public schools. In his youth he was connecied with several large wholesale glue and gelatine man- ufacturing companies and later form- ed the Fischer-Hughes Gelatine Co. He remained with this concern until 1907, when he formed the Hughes Gelatine Co. He also was well known in the city because of his singing. At various times he had charge of the choral work of Grace church and of the First Baptist church. Funeral services were held Monday at the residence. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Grace Hughes, one son, — L. and one grandson, Robert, rt The Associated Retail Credit Men at their annual meeting elected L. Seward Carrick, treasurer of George A. Drake & Co., President. Mr. Carrick has laid out an extensive edu- cational program, both for the retail credit-grantors, and the public in gen- eral. He is the author of a booklet entitled. “The Advantage of a Charge Account,” which is of general interest to the public, and of which thousands of copies are now being circulated through one of the downtown de- partment stores. Plans are now be- ing perfected to have Detroit’s repre- sentation at the. National convention in Cleveland, June 12-16, to be the largest from any city attending. Merely walking up and down Wood- ward avenue is one of the best ways of collecting outstanding money, the credit manager of a leading depart- ment store says. “When people see a man to whom they owe money, their conscience troubles them,” he said. “After an hour on the street, I come to my office. For three hours thereafter, I will get telephone calls from debtors who have seen me. informing me when and how they intend to settle their bills.” “T often come downtown early and plant myself in front of the David Whitney building, or some other place where a debtor has an office. I don’t say a word about money when my man shows up—just a pleasant ‘Good Morning.’ I may even repeat my ap- pearance. In nine cases out of ten without doing another thing, I will get some satisfaction later over the telephone. I have even gone to din- ner at the D. A. C. when I knew 2 debtor was to be there. I get a table near his, if possible. The sight of me usually troubles the fellow so pro- foundly that he will come in te see me before long.” —_2 22 __— Vessel Soon To Head For North Pole. Grand Rapids, May 23—Three weeks ago I was visiting relatives in Seattle, and I read in one of the daily papers that at the Lander street dock, on the water front in that city, was lving the boat in which the Arctic explorer, Amundsen, would soon start for his trip to the North pole, she being now in process of loading for her long trip. Knowing that from time to time during the coming few months press notices of the trip would be forthcoming in the news- papers, the thought came to me that View of Bow. a picture of the ship might prove of interest and within a couple of hours I was standing with my camera in hand, on the dock named, a few feet distant from the boat. She appeared to be very strongly built, evidently with the thought that if the model and strength of her hull would resist the crushing and buffeting force of the ice in the regions for which she was destined, it might mean much more to the few men inside her than to be built for speed, and even a novice could readily see she would never cut much ice in a race for the international cup. It was noon when I reached the dock and as there ap- peared to be no one in sight on the craft the thought came to me that I would like to step aboard her, but suddenly noting the sign hanging to the shrouds of the craft— Positively No Admittance Keep Away—Dangerous Dog I decided they evidently did not desire callers and I, therefore, thought best to remain, along with half a dozen other curious ones, on the dock from which place I took a snap shot which gives a very good view of the bow of the little boat which may make history in the near future. She is not large. From memory, I would say 70 to 80 feet long. As shown by the pictures, she is wide in the beam and, as I have said, very solidly built. One cannot help thinking, in looking at her, of the hard and dangerous trip ahead of her, and one can earnest- ly hope that she may bring her crew safely back from the frozen north. John B. Barlow. ——_»- > Rice Is Early Bird With Dolly’s Sacques. Montgomery, Ala., May 22—Busi- ness is always brisk at the store of Alex Rice, because he always is hot after it. For instance, as soon as the store gets word ‘that there is a new- born babe in the city, the following letter and gift is sent to the mother and infant: “We extend to you our very hearti- est congratulations upon the arrival of the new baby, and express our best wishes and sincere hope that she will grow up to be a fine healthy girl. “We are mailing to you under sep- arate cover a little Doll’s sacque, which please accept for her in the fond hope that she may, in the years to come, remember that her first Dolly’s gacque came from Alex Rice. “We invite you to make use of our circulating library for mothers on the care and feeding of infants. Our new infants’ department, which carries a complete line of garments and requi- sites for the baby, is at your service. “With every good wish, “Sincerely yours.” —_——_++>—__— Two Business Changes at Ishpeming. Ishpeming, May 23—The local gro- cery firm of Lioret & Nault has been disscl ed, Emil Lioret retiring from the firm, while Theodore Nault has become a partner of Edward Nault in the business. The new firm will continue in business in the same stand on Main street. Mr. Lioret has not announced his plans for the future. George F. Thoney has purchased the business block and hardware stock of the J. W. Jochim Co., and the store, which has been closed for a month, will be opened for business before the end of the month. Mr. Thoney plans on having his son, Gordon Thoney, who is at present connected with the Negaunee manual training school, take charge of the business, and an expert hardware man will be engaged to assist with the management. The store has an established reputation Laving been in existence for about forty vears, and the stand is consjder- ed a good one. Mr. Thoney will add to the stock and will carry a number of lines not now included in the stock. He Notes the Sparrow’s Fall. Grant, May 23—There is one little outlaw who has so far refused to sur- render to the Government. It is said the sun never sets on the English dominions. The English drumbeat is heard round the world. A proud boast, yet here is another quite equal to it in importance, and that is the fact that the sparrow, one of the smallest of our birds, has re- fused to quit living and get off the earth. Why is this so? Michigan has placed the brand of outlawry on this, one of the prettiest of our feathered population, and doubtless most of the other states in the Federal Union have done the same, yet the sprightly little chap still holds the boards, even while dozens of other species have been completely annihil- ated by the hand of man. Despite the fact that we aided in licking the Germans; despite that other fact that the Stars and Siripes refuse to fall at the behest of any other nation beneath the sun, it is defied by the sparrow. He is here to stay. Why has he not been exter- minated? The one answer to that is, it is God’s will that the sparrow shall not perish from the earth, When we make laws demanding the extermination of this little bird we fly directly in the face of the commands of the Most High, and one with God is a mayority. People who find it in their hearts to shoot or poison this pretty feathered friend of man have lost about all the Christian grace they ever possessed (if they ever possessed any, which is doubtful), arrogating to themselves the right to exterminate one ‘of God’s creatures, of whom it is said He watches the sparrow’s fall. If it be true that God has an eye out for his dumb creatures, if He has numbered the hairs of our heads, and notes the sparrow’s fall, then he will certainly not condone the acts of men and legislatures that spurn His teach- ings with the utmost contempt. Kill not the robin, for the blush of the Saviour’s blood is on his breast. How contemptible it is, then, to pass the robin by and wreck a mean punishment on the little sparrow, who is just as certainly God’s creature as is the robin or any of the other of the feathered creation. Despite all the efforts to exterminate the sparrow, the little chap still lives and multiplies, because it is the will of Almighty God that he should do so. Old Timer. —_——_2- > The usual result of getting the best of a customer in a deal is the loss of the customer. - AMON A “The THEATRE BEAUTIFUL”’ The New Bargain Amusement Resort Back to Pre-War Prices All the Best of the Old Amusements and Some New Always the Home of GOOD SHOWS MATINEES—10c and 25c NEW BARGAIN PRICES EVENINGS—35c-55c-75¢ 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 24, 1922 MOVEMENT OF MERCHANTS. Detroit—Leach & Weiner succeeds M. Leach & Son in the boot and shoe business. Grand Ledge—W. H. Gorman suc- ceeds Ralph N. Floyd in the grocery business. Jackson—The Connor Shoe Co. is reported to have called a meeting of its creditors. Saginaw—Samuel Goldstein has closed out his stock of shoes and re- tired from trade. Battle Creek—The Bentley Shoe Co. is reported to have called a meet- ing of its creditors. Holland—The Corpora- tions Co. has changed its name to the Magnete Corporations Co. Cheboygan—J. T. O’Brien has closed out his stock of army goods and retired from business. Lansing—The Webb-Case Auto Co. has engaged in business at 234 North Washington avenue. Blanchard—Raymond & Barrenger succeed Black & Dwelbiss in the gro- cery and restaurant business. Detroit—The Webster Lumber Co., 1159 Holden avenue, has changed its name to the Webster Lumber & Coal Co. Lansing—Mrs. Celia Barr will en- gage in business about June 15, under the style of the Capital Jewelry & Loan Co, Grayling—The Salling-Hanson Co., general store, lumber, etc., has de- creased its capital stock from $850,000 to $425,000. Grand Rapids—The Square Deal Milk Co., 1252 Shawmut street, has increased its capital stock from $10,- 000 to $25,000. Detroit—Keane, Higbie & Co., 431 Griswold street, investment banker, has increased its capitalization from $250,000 to $500,000. Bancroft—Alva Trescott has closed out his grocery stock and removed to Lansing where he has engaged in the same line of trade. Lansing—George Dighy is building an addition, 20x60 feet, to his hotel. The first floor of the new part will be fitted up for a store. Detroit—The John J. Davis & Sons Co., Inc., hardware, plumbers’ sup- plies, etce., has increased its capital stock from $40,000 to $80,000. Detroit—The Polish Merchants Co- Operative Association, 5700 Merritt street( has changed its name to the Polish Co-Operative Wholesale Gro- cery. Lansing—Frank A. Rouse has sold his store fixtures and grocery stock to Delos Tower, who will continue the business at the same location, 221 South Logan street. Mason—A. J. Torrance has pur- chased the garage and automobile supplies stock of Oliver Brown. Mr. Torrance established the business and sold it about three years ago. Grand Rapids—John Borgman has sold his grocery stock at the corner of Fourth and Stocking streets to C. W. Christenson, formerly engaged in the grocery business at Greenville. Charlotte—Fred Avery, who has conducted a cigar and tobacco store here for more than 18 years, has sold his stock and store fixtures to Pompeian Floyd Ripley, of Kalamo, who has taken possession. Kalamazoo—Frank C. Fuller an J. Herbert Johnson have formed a co-partnership and engaged in the tire and auto accessories business at 741 West Main strect, under the style of Fuller & Johnson. Lansing—Max A. Harryman has purchased the interest of his partner, Clifford’ Page, in the boot and shoe stock of Page & Harryman, 118 South Washington street and will continue the business under his own name. Jackson—The Federal Profit Shar- ing Co., 224 Main street, has been in- corporated to deal in electrical sup- plies, house furnishing goods, etc., with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, $1,000 of which has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Detroit—The Shuman-Nicholas Co., 2581 Beecher street, has been incor- porated to deal in metals, tools, ma- chinery, etc., with an authorized cap- ital stock of $12,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in, $3,000 in cash and $9,000 in property. Detroit—The Gleaners Cleasing House Association, with headquarters in Detroit, has filed a voluntary peti- tion in bankruptcy. Liabilities listed total $396,887.72, against assets amounting to $340,597.13. The un- secured claims are listed at $296,887. Hawkins—S. A. Michalski, whose general store was destroyed by fire May 16, will re-engage in trade as soon as a new building can be erect- ed. Mr. Michalski was insured in mutual companies and was treated very generously by them in his set- tlement. Detroit—The Crowley-Milner Co. has recently opened a new repair de- partment and a new seven-chair shoe shining department. Both sections are conducted by experts, and in the shining department special attention is given to the cleaning and dyeing of satin and novelty shoes. Williamston—The Williamston Oil & Gas Co. has been incorporated to sell at retail, gasoline, kerosene, lubri- cating oils, automobile supplies and accessories, with an authorized capital stock of $20,000, of which amount $14,500 has been subscribed and paid in, $100 in cash and $14,400 in prop- erty. Amasa—The Amasa Lighting Co. has been incorporated by M. E. Rich- ards, L. T. Sterling and F. J. Eng- blom, all of Iron Mountain. Amasa has also arranged with the company for a number of street lights and will pump water by electricity. The new. school will use considerable current also. Lansing—R. McCartan, represent- ing Piggly-Wiggly Stores, Inc., with headquarters at Memphis, Tenn., will open two stores here now and several others later. About Junt 1 a store will be opened at 328 South Washing- ton avenue and at the same time an- other store will be opened at 611 East Michigan avenue. Detroit—The John W. Flower En- gineering Co. has been incorporated to deal in water works equipment, manufacture machinery and mechan- ical equipment, with an authorized capital stock of $15,000 preferred and $15,000 common, all of which has been subscribed and paid in, $15,000 in cash and $15,000 in property. Detroit—A. E. Burns has leased a portion of the first floor of a new building being erected on West Grand River avenue, just off Wood- ward avenue, by S. S. Kresge. It will be completed before the first of the coming year. His lease is for a per- iods of ten years. He is now located on the same street, about 300 feet West. : Detroit—Richard T. Kan, chief manager of window trimming of the KR: oo. Fyfe Co, wil proper methods of displaying men’s and women’s footwear at the meeting of the Detroit Display Men’s Asso- ciation in the Board of Commerce. There will also be lectures and dem- onstrations of an educational nature on window displays. Lansing—The Hawkes Tire & Rub- ber Co., Ionia street and Washing- ton avenue, has sold its retail stock to John W. Webb and Roy H. Case who will continue the business under the style of the Webb-Case Auto Supply Co. The Hawkes Tire & Rubber Co. has changed its name to the Hawkes Auto Equipment Co. and will conduct an exclusive wholesale business. Detroit—At the Hotel Cadillac, May 18, the Detroit Retail Shoe Deal- ers’ Association held a dinner dance, together with installation of officers elected at the April meeting. The new officers are: James L. Ertell, President; Stewart Rackham, Vice- President; W. S. Dowler, Secretary, and T. B. Meath, Treasurer; F. E. Whiteman, Assistant Secretary; di- rectors, Clyde K. Taylor, J. E. Wil- son, A. O. Day, T. J. Jackson, T. B. Jeffries, W. I. Whitney, S. J. Jay and Ed Stocker. Among those who ad- dressed the retailers was Norval A. Hawkins, of the General Motors Cor- poration, who talked on “Salesman- ship.” demonstrate Manufacturing Matters. Detroit—Jennings Engineering Co. has increased its capital stock from $25,000 to $50,000. Grand Rapids—The Naylor Uphol- stering Co. has changed its name to the Naylor Furniture Co. Bay City—The Columbia Sugar Co. has increased its capital stock from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000. Flint—The Flint Merrill System 3uilding Co. has decreased its capital stock from $225,000 to $100,000. Flint—The May Lumber Co., 1118 St. John street, has increased its cap- ital stock from $50,000 to $75,000. Detroit—The American Machine Products Co., 1214 18th street, has changed its name to the Ampco Twist Drill & Tool Co. Lansing—The Capitol City Candy Co. will soon remove to larger quar- ters, thereby enabling it to better care for its rapidly increasing business. Petoskey—B. S. Klise has sold his bakery, said to be the largest in Northern Michigan, to the Bon Ton Baking Co., immediate possession being given. Grand Rapids—The Thomas Can- ning Co. has been leased by the Dag- gett Canning Co., of Coopersville, which will operate the plant to full capacity during the present season. Detroit—The American Nut Co., with business offices at 706 Dime Bank building, has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $25,000, all of which has been subscribed and $10,000 paid in in cash. Detroit—The Martin Tailoring Co., 1439 Broadway, has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $15,000, $10,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in, $2,250 in cash and $7,750 in property. Detroit—The Industrial Chemical Products Co., 31 North Woodbridge street, has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $2,500, of which amount $1,250 has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Jackson—The Barnwell Manufac- turing Co. has been incorporated to do a general manufacturing business, with an authorized capital stock of $50,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and $5,000 paid in in cash. Ann Arbor—The Ann Arbor Dairy Co. has merged its business into a stock company under the style of the Ann Arbor Dairy Corporation, with an authorized capital stock of $51,000, $50,300 of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. Detroit—The Worm Piston Ring Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $50,000, $5,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. The business offices of the company are located at 1002 First National Bank building. Grand Rapids—The Grand Rapids By-products Co. has been incorporat- ed to manufacture and sell by-prod- ucts, such as soap, fertilizers, etc., with an authorized capital stock of $50,000, $25,000 of which has been subscribed and $12,500 paid in in cash. Detroit—The Water Baby Manufac- turing Co., 665 Plum street, has been incorporated to manufacture and sell electrical equipment and mechanical devices, with an authorized capital stock of $24,000, $12,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in, $6,000 in cash and $6,000 in property. Adrian—The Anchor Concrete Ma- chinery Co., which moved a portion of its plant to Adrian this year from Rock Rapids, Iowa, is planning to move the entire plant to Adrian, erect additional buildings and expand the business. The company makes vari- ous types of machines used in produc- ing concrete block, brick and tile. The Adrian plant was established largely as a matter of economy. For a large number of years the Adrian Steel Castings Co. had been making cast- ings for the Hobbs’ concrete block machine, a patented device. Four years ago the Anchor Co. obtained the exclusive manufacturing rights to this machine and the Adrian company con- tinued to supply its castings. Because of the distance between its source of castings supply and its manufacturing plant, the company established the Adrian branch. The company plans to take up the manufacture soon of the Anchor High-test tile machine. This device, which is now made at the Rock Rapids plant, forms three concrete tile of standard sizes in 30 seconds, y E : = i Rees ~4—___— As NANA ROR eae gets a UU Yee eRe ogerrerouena ee meet aS NNT +—-—-— al — os May 24, 1922 Essential Features of the Grocery Staples. Sugar—Practically all refiners have advanced from 10@20 points on re- fined sugar during the past week. The advance stimulated the demand to some extent and the sugar market was active after the middle of the week, with some demand for export. Raw sugar, which has been somewhat uncertain, became firmer during the week. Local jobbers hold cane gran- ulated at 6.10c. Tea—The situation has not changed materially since last week. The trade is quiet, everybody buying for im- mediate wants only. The new teas are beginning to open their markets in the Orient, all on a higher basis than last year, particularly Japans. The undertone of the tea market is still very strong, but without indica- tion of any particular change in the near future. Coffee—There has been no change in the market during the past week. All grades of Rio and Santos remain about as they were at the last report. The undertone in all Brazils is still fairly strong, with a dull market. Mild grades remain about unchanged. Canned Fruits—California fruits of all sorts are scarce on the spot in all desirable grades in the No. 2% line. Cherries and pears are almost out and apricot and peach reserves are limited. It is difficult to fill orders in fair blocks, and were there a larger movement a positive famine would soon occur. Buying is not heavy, as most jobbers are following the mar- ket and are taking what they need from day to day, paying the ruling prices for what they want. Packers are still negotiating with growers for their raw supplies, and until they have completed their contracts and know definitely about production they are not inclined to name their open- ing prices. Hawaiian sliced pineapple is scarce and rules firm, although the demand is not particularly heavy. Apples showed improvement in tone last week as the bakery trade is a heavier buyer. Canned Vegetables—The demand for tomatoes, speaking particularly of No. 3s, has been very dull during the past week. Other sizes are want- ed. Prices remain unchanged. Corn is still dull and weak. Peas are firm on account of their strong statistical position and the present supply is certainly no larger than the demand will absorb without difficulty. Canned Fish—Sardine packers are claiming that the $3 price recently named by one canner in new quarter oil keyless sardines is actually below the cost of production and that they cannot meet it. The packers claim that it will cost $3.20 to produce this class of goods this season. The sit- uation in Maine is somewhat unset- tled as to sardines. Fishermen and the canners are apart as to the price of raw fish, and on this account a great many of the packers have not named new prices. The demand is not especially great for new goods, as there are plenty of old goods around. The salmon situation is weak on spot, both as to pinks and reds MICHIGAN TRADESMAN and there are quite a number of sell- ers who will shade quotations. Dried Fruits—Spot prunes are weak and sold only in a small way to job- bers, with local holding preferred. Future apricots are no more alluring to buyers than prunes. While a mod- erate crop is predicted and old packs are now almost entirely exhausted, the strong statistical position of the market makes no appeal to jobbers. Peaches have not been mentioned freely as to futures. The raisin out- look is not favorable, as it is admit- ted that a carryover of 35,000 tons is in sight, and it is generally thought that it will exceed that figure. With an increased tonnage and a_ slow movement of the old crop, the trade insists upon low opening prices, which make-no appeal to the grower who has $1,000-an-acre land on which he wants to receive the same net returns as during the past few years. Syrup and Molasses—Compound syrup has been in fair demand for the season during the week, most sales being of small lots. Sugar syrup fairly steady demand at unchanged prices. Molasses, although dull, con- tinues steady. Beans and Peas—The bean market is firm, with prices tending upwards, especially on fine grades. This ap- plies both to pea beans and marrows, also red kidneys and California limas. The demand, however, is quiet. Green and Scotch peas unchanged. Provisions—The market on pure lard is slightly firmer, prices having advanced about 4c per pound during the last week. The market on lard substitutes quiet and unchanged, with a light demand and a good supply. The market on smoked meats is somewhat firmer, prices ranging about Ic per pound higher than a week ago. There is a fair consump- tive demand and a moderate supply. The market on dried beef remains steady and unchanged, with a light supply and a fairly active demand. The market on canned meats and bar- reled pork is steady at unchanged quotations. Salt Fish—New catch mackerel is still coming in, but not in sufficiently large volume to relieve the shortage of old goods. The demand is light, but market very firm. —_———_>->- Attention is directed to the adver- tisement of the buildings of the Grand Rapids Brewing Co. on page 32 of this week’s edition. These buildings were erected with all the strength of a fortress. They are adapted to use as storage warehouses, preserve or jelly factories, food factories of any kind, bread or biscuit bakeries; in fact, the price at which the properties are offered make them available for almost any line of manufacturing which does not require location on track or ample room for lumber storage. For the benefit of Grand Rapids it is to be hoped that some good use can be found for these buildings, which in point of solidity and stability are ahead of anything else ever attempted here in the build- ing line. ———_. >> —____ Blind love often transforms two lovers into a pair of spectacles. an Review of the Produce Market. Apples—Box apples from the Coast command $4.50@5 for Jonathans and Spitzenbergs. Asparagus—lIllinois, $2 per box of two dozen; home grown $1.35 per doz. bunches. Bananas—7@7%c per Ib. Beets—$2.25 per hamper for new Texas. Butter—The market is steady to firm, following the recent decline. Receipts at the present writing, how- ever, are not sufficiently large to warrant any further decline. The present demand is good and cleaning up the daily receipts of butter. Until somewhat noticable increase is found in the receipts we do not look for any material change. Local jobbers hold extra creamery at 35c in 63 Ib. tubs for fresh, and 33c for cold stor- age; 36c for fresh in 40 Ib. tubs. Prints, 36c per lb. Jobbers pay l6c for packing stock. Cabbage—$4@4.25 per 100 Ibs. from Mississippi. Carrots—$2.25 per hamper for new Texas. Cauliflower—Florida, $3.25 per case of one dozen heads. Celery—Florida, $7 per crate of 4 to 6 doz. stalks. Cheese—The market is slightly firmer on new-made goods and old cheese is very firm, with a very light supply. New cheese is showing some improvement in quality. Cucumbers—lIllinois and Indiana hot house command $1.50 per doz. for fancy and $1.75 for extra fancy. Eggs—The market is steady. The receipts continue to come in heavy and there is a good consumptive de- mand. The quality is still very fine. Grape Fruit—Present quotations on Florida are as follows: CO a ene $6.25 We 7.25 CE eee ee 6.25 Green Onions—Silverskins, 30c per doz. bunches. Lemons—The price has held steady since a week ago, but a few hot days will send the market skyward.. This is a good time for dealers to keep a few boxes ahead all the time and many boxes if they have cold storage facilities. Sunkist are now quoted as follows: 300 size, per box ~------------- $9.00 360 size, per box —~------------- 9.00 270 size. per box ----..-------- 9.00 240 size per box —-_--_.____-__- 8.50 Choice are held as follows: $00 size. per box —---___---__-_- $8.50 360 size, per bex —-_-_-_..--__- 8.50 Lettuce—Hot house leaf, 12c per Ib.; Iceberg from California, $5@5.25 per crate. Onions—Texas Bermudas, $3.25 per crate (about 45 tbs.) for yellow and $3.75 for white; California, $7 per 100 1b. sack. Oranges—Fancy Valencias are now held as follows: 99 and 100 -___......_..-----.- $8.50 150, 176 and 200 --------------- 8.50 26 4. 8.50 he ate nee ae 8.50 262... 7.50 Fo ee ese 7.00 Sunkist, $1 more than Fancy. Parsley—60c per doz. bunches. Peppers—Florida, 75¢ per basket. Pieplant—$1.40 per bu. for home grown. Pineapples—Cubans have advanced during the past week to the following basis: Dag ee $6.00 S60 5.50 S6q 5.25 Ae 4.25 Plants—Current prices are as fol- lows: SE oi eee $1.75 CAB NABE oes ci ey 1.25 Pe CES oon teen nee 1.25 Sales 2.00 "omataes 2.6 1.25 Geraniums 2. 225 Potatoes—Old are selling at $1 per bu. Florida command 4%c per Ib. Poultry—The market is lower again. Local buyers pay as follows for live: Light fowls —...--..-.<..----- 18c Heavy fowls |.) 24c Lieht Chiekeus —.-.-_-_.-_-___.. 18c Heavy Chickens, no stags ------ 24c Radishes—50c per doz. bunches for home grown hot house. Spinach—$2.58 per bu. for home grown. Strawberries — Kentucky _ berries have the call this week. Klondyk command $4.25 per 24 qt. crate and Aroma $4.50@4.75. The latter are ex- ceptionally large in size and fine in quality. Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Georgia command $2.50 per hamper. Tomatoes—$1.25 per 6 lb. basket from Florida and Texas. Watermelons—75c a piece for fine stock from Florida. ——_.-.-—— Hide Market Inclined To Be Buoy- a ant. Country Hides—Country hides con- tinue firm, with the light end appar- ently much stronger than anything else. Holding are not large in ex- treme weights, with patent leather tanners generally in the market for Butts will sell at a price, al- though asking prices by some holders of 10c is apparently a little steep thus far, but some are of the opinion this price will be obtainable should big packer hides continue to advance. The hides over sixty pounds continue to be the slowest on the list, but some are in hopes they will all be wanted later, as the packer hide mar- ket is firm on heavy stock, and the opinion generally rules that this will be reflected in the country market sooner or later. Calf and Kip—Strong on first salt goods. Horse Hides—Firm on good qual- ity. Some Eastern renderer stock recently brought $4.50. Other good lots are offered at $4, with ordinary goods available at $3. Sheep Pelts—Strong. Packer pelts last brought $2.40 for best quality. Dealer lots range from 75c to around $2 as to quality. Dry Westerns quot- ed up to 25c asked in some instances. —_++>—__- same. Do you ever look over your store and stock with the eyes of a customer, trying to see things as an utsider sees them? If you can do that, you can discover some of your faults. 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 24, 1922 THE AUTOMOBILE SITUATION. How It Looks To An Old Vet- eran. fl Cajon, Calif., May 17—I note what you say in the Tradesman relative to the improvement in the automobile in- dustry. This is the rush reason for that trade. There has been ample evidence of a much better condition than last year, and if the demand could be ex- pected to continue, one might feel that his automobile stocks were goimg to pay him some dividends, as well as increase in market value. With a production eapacity far in excess of any possible market for more than a few months in the year, this present condition can hardly be expected to continue through the summer and fall, though I have been in hopes that the increasing popularity of the closed car would shift the de- livery dates of a larger proportion of the production to the fall, thus extending the senson. The evident increase in the demand for trucks ought to help further to spread the deliveries more evenly over the year. tlowever, there is evidence of a iet up already with many makers. This, too, must be expected, as there are many makers whose market is more or less uncertain under present general condi- tions. The time is past when any old thing with four wheels and an engine can be sold to the limit of a factory’s capacity. Popular cars will have a long- er selling season than those which are not so generally desired. There will be business for all in just the proportion they deserve it. The time has come when each maker must adjust his pro- duction to his possible sales and cut down his expenses to a point where he has a profit. There is no reason why a small maker should not prosper, if he will forget big volume and concentrate his energies to- ward making the best he can and build- ing his business up as fast as his con- ditions will warrant. Manufacturers of other products have succeeded in this way, even in lines where the so-called trusts dominate the majority of the business. Some of the volume producers of auto- mobiles have prospered in spite of bad managemnt, unbusinesslike policies and methods which would have wrecked them long ago but for the demand which was so far in excess of the supply that it was easy to get rid of most anything in the nature of a_ motor vehicle. saturated market will force these mak- ers to change their methods or dwindle to insignificance. As they are eliminated, their customers will gravitate to the more reliable makes and the well man- aged concerns. will profit, even though margins may be small. Large volume producers will make all their units from the raw material, while the smaller concerns will assemble from specialized units. If the p&rts makers of these units are wise, they will see to it that each assembler is taken care of in case of mistakes and that the goods he supplies are beyond the experimental stage. The maker of an engine which he can sell to hundreds of assemblers aggregating a large quantity can meet the cost of a similar part made by a volume producer of any automobile, thus placing the small producer in a position to meet the prices of the volume pro- ducer, whose extra savings are pretty well absorbed in extra expenses, as has been demonstrated in the past. One can already see a tendency on the part of the parts makers to frame up for their own protection by encouraging the little assembler. They have learned, as the Dodge Bros. did, that the growth of the business of a customer may be a men- ace. Dodge Bros. stood by ford when he most needed them, only to be thrown down when ford got where he could— or thought he could—produce his own engine at a_ profit to himself. He re- fuses to consider a suggstion that the two concerns be consolidated and allow- ed to expand naturally, but preferred to cut loose from them and add to his plants an engine plant, apparently with little regard as to what it might do to his best friends and helpers. Most of us thought it would put Dodge Bros. out of business, but we didn’t know John Dodge. He was wise enough to see that he could manufacture a com- plete automobile as well as a unit of one. The result was another maker, but a better one than he had been co-oper- ating with. This shows what an im- portant factor the parts maker is in the production of automobiles. It has been said that Durant’s latest car is the result of taking up the dis- carded ford parts producers who will furnish the required parts exclusive of the engine, for the new car to be sold at the same price as the lizzie. Does it pay to try and “hog it aii?’ Even though the industry is_ picking up from last year’s slump, it does not convinee me that it is all right yet, but I am satisfied the improvement will help to bring about a more stable condition, which will encourage the better managed eoncerns to stick tight and adjust them- selves to a new condition. There is talk about higher prices. May be a few will make the mistake of advancing prices, but my opinion is that most makers will do nothing of the kind, but instead will trim expenses and eliminate waste, then exert all their efforts toward producing a_ better and better car each year for the same price. This seramble to get the volume through the price route is pretty near an end. Present prices must be very close to the limit on cars under $1,600. 3ut with good management they can be made better, if no radical design changes are necessary to eliminate faults. What the public wants is not lower prices— there is a price to fit every pocket book —-but better cars at the price. Buyers will soon show. their preference by patronizing the maker whose car is the most satisfactory at a price within his means. Nearly all the makers are try- ing to hit the market with something whieh will monopolize it. Everything taken into consideration, auto securities do not look very promis- ing to me. Personally, I'd rather risk my investment money with a new outfit, which has the right personnel of exper- jienced men, than with a banker-man- aged old concern, loaded up with de- bentures, bonds, notes and fiction. I believe there is one opening in the motor vehicle field which, properly de- veloped, would be a benefit to all—a light car for business use which could be supported on the wastage of the family car, when used for one passenger service. It has been said that a eareful checking up of the passengers shows that the average car carries on business days but one and seven-tenths passen- gers, while on Sundays and holidays the average is less than four. If this be correct there is an enormous waste of energy, weight and tire wear in the use of a five passenger vehicle, to do the work of satisfactorily carrying one or two persons. The motor eycle has dem- onstrated what can be done with a side car attached to a two wheel six or eight h. p. air cooled power plant. But that type of venicle, with all its power and speed, does not appeal to the business man for practical business use. Then, too, it is not a well balanced vehicle and igs too expensive to maintain. A motor road cart which looks like an auto, rides like one, speeds and climbs like a real family car, is sheared of the superfluous weight and compli- eated parts, simplified to the limit, for the use of but two passengers, and reasonable. luggage space, with lights, top and glass front, ought to appeal to the business and workingman, even at the price of the cheapest five passenger car made, providing its cost of opera- tion was low enough to Save its upkeep from the waste now incurred by using a five passenger to serve but one-or two persons. I am told that one outfit has tried several times since the kaiser’s war broke to get enough support to make 2a vehicle of this sort, but was still without a production. So_ it must be that the time is not ripe for it. J. Elmer Pratt. — eee No Lack of Service in This Store hain. Chicago, May 23—The popular cry against chain stores is the lack of ser- vice. But it does not follow that every chain store falls within this classifica- tion. For instance, Foreman & Clark, with a string of clothing stores ex- tending from coast to coast, claim to give an individual service that is second to none. If a customer buys a suit at the local store and has to make a trip ‘to California and cannot stop for alterations, the store has an arrangement whereby he may bring his suit into the Los Angeles estab- lishment and have it satisfactorily altered. Another feature of the store’s ser- vice is its offer to press a suit free of charge. And it is not necessary that the customer should have pur- chased it in the Chicago store! As long as it bears the trademark of the company, he can ttake it into any of the stores in the chain and receive this service free of charge. ——_+ 2 > Blasted Safe Makes Good Window Display. Johnstown, Pa., May 22—The John Thomas & Sons store here estimates that it gained considerably more than it lost when a burglar recently broke into the store and dynamited a safe. The burglar got $200, but the store figures it got more than $200 worth of advertising out of the incident, for it took the doors which had been blown off the safe and placed them in a special window display, together with a two-column newspaper story on the robbery. Crowds stood before the store as long as this novel display stayed there. ——_~2+>___—_ “g?__A mark of respect in the Unit- ed States. ON THE WAY TO SHELBY. A smooth road and a motor car, One that will travel fast and far, And with the proper people in it Will give more pleasure to the minute, When everything is said and done Than any other kind of fun. One morning near the first of May— It really matters not which way, Before or after, in the rough, In either case ’twas near enough— We motored out away from town, Four of us; none of great renown, But all reputed full of power To meet the crisis of the hour, In his or her respective sphere— Mention of names would make that clear. No finer day was ever seen; We had the power and gasoline To make a hundred miles or more, As we had often done before. We headed West and North of West, 'Twas there we found the wheeling best. Through a high, rolling table land, With thrifty farms on every hand, Our route lay; and the country air Was most invigorating there. We passed Spring Lake upon our right, Its bright blue waters full in sight. Beyond upon our left began The’ sand dunes of Lake Michigan; Those high gray hills of drifting sand Encroaching on the farming land. After some fifteen miles of that We came to the Muskegon flat. From the Muskegon on we went Upon the highway of cement That stretched ahead for miles and miles, Cut through the silent forest aisles A gleaming ribbon, clean and white, Pointing the way by day or night On to the Oceana hills, Beyond the land of lumber mills. To the fair fruit lands on ahead, Over that pavement on we sped. The pines and oaks along the road Places to find arbutus showed. Deserted clearings, now and then, Where baffled settlers once had been, Disclosed how foolish ’twas in man To interfere with nature’s plan, So manifest to one who sees, That soil adapted to pine trees Was meant for them, and not for corn, It made the country look forlorn. The odor of the woods was there, There was a freshness in the air ‘rom the bare earth without a sod And brought one close to nature’s God. Those charming Oceana hills! View after view with rapture thrills The chance beholder as he stays His progress on the scene to gaze. A sudden turn the highway makes And on his startled vision breaks A vista reaching far and wide Of hills and vales on every side. A panorama such as this, Of such exquisite loveliness, it would be hard to duplicate In this, or any other state. Under a sky as soft as June It glistened like some fair lagoon. Here no deserted farms are seen 3ut all the fields are fresh and green Or newly plowed for early seeding And on the hillsides flocks are feeding. Farm houses, show no weather stains; yarns and farm buildings clustering round Show thrift and ease may there be found. Fine orchards, some of large extent, Prove that no farmer need repent The venture or the added cost, 3ecause of late or early frost. Through this fair scene the pike is fine, And round the hills is serpentine, Making the landscape picturesque. Here, gentle reader, close your desk, Lay down your business cares and strife, And take the outing of your life. Go as you will and where you like But do not fail to take this pike. It will occasion no surprise, To find and see with your own eyes, A country showing such good tillage Supporting a fine, thriving village. At Shelby we found what was best By way of food and needed rest. The Inn is all that one can wish— After the pike come soup and fish. Reuben Hatch. 7 ses ne RRA eA LANA OES May 24, 1922 MICHIGAN T RADESMAN 7 Items From the Cloverland of Michi- gan. Sault Ste. Marie, May 23—-Partridge & Shunk have installed a new, up-to- date, free air and water service sia- tion at their garage corner of Bing- ham and Maple streets, which is a credit to the wide-awake proprietors. Malcolm McCaffrey is erecting a new blacksmith shop and battery ser- vice station at the corner of Ridge and Douglas streets. Albert Laven- der, formerly with the Northern Elec- tric Co., will have charge of the battery department. The municipal bathing beach will open this week for the season. A floating life line, floats and other im- provements are being made, which will be a big asset to the Soo’s pleas- ure spot during the tourist season, be- ing within easy reach of the auto tourists’ parking grounds. “Business is good—if we only had more of it.” The transportation committee of the Civic and Commercial Association have been successful in getting the railroads to authorize excursion rates for week-ends each week during the summer. This will add greatly to the Soo’s success in business circles. George Demitropoulos, one of the Soo’s. energetic confec.ionery mer- chants, has purchased the building at 120 East Portage avenue, which he ha been occupying for the past three years. After making some improve- ments, he will have a place of his own in which to care for his increasing business. Matt. H. Mitchell, who for the past twenty-two years has been our popu- lar chief-of-police, has tendered his resignation to take effect June 1. “Matt.” as he is familiarly known, has been one of the best and most efficient officers in the department and has made many friends who: regret his leaving the service. He has not yet announced his plans for the future, but it is understood that he has sever- al lucrative offers from outside. He is at present taking a well-earned va- cation before entering into his new occupation. Mr. Thomas, the popular salesman for the Clark-Cogin Coffee Co., of Boston, as spending a week at the Soo in the interests of the company. Judge Jos. H. Steere, of the Soo, who is at present acting as Judge of the Supreme Court in Lansing, cele- brated his seventtieth birthday last Fri- day. He was the recipient of numer- ous letters and telegrams from _ his many friends throughout Cloverland. E. E. Booth, who for the past few years has been conducting a grocery store on Ann street, has taken ino partnership William Raub. Mr. Raub for a number of years traveled for the National Grocery Co. and for the past two years has been out West. However, he has decided to stake his future in his old home town, which never looked better to him than it does right now. Mr. Booth also be- ing an experienced man in his line, they should make a team that is hard to beat. “The cow which makes the golden butter is more useful than the goose which laid the golden eg.” The Square Deal Meat & Grocery Market held a Swift day last Satur- day. The proprietors were more than pleased with the results and are firm believers that it pays to adveriise. Elmer Sterling, for several years proprietor of the Dug-out cigar store, has sold his interest to Breen Bros., who will conduct the business as here- tofore. Denny Breen was captain of the Soo hockey team for the past two years and last year he played for the Eleveth hockey team. Both young men are well and favorably known and should do a successful business at their new place. M. W. Bigelow, the well-known superintendent of the Anchor Mission, accompanied by his wife, is taking a well-earned vacation. Leaving Wed- nesday for Spring Arbor, he expects to attend the alumni banquet at the Seminary, which will be held there May 31. They expect to make the re- turn trip through Wisconsin and the copper country. John Carlson, of the Larson & Co. meat market, has a hen which has broken the record and produced two eggs, not only in one day, but at the same time and, like the Siamese twins, are connected. The eggs are of normal size, but: have no. shells and are creating considerable attention. He has placed them on exhibition at his meat market. William Rowe, proprietor of the Barnes Hotel, at Manistique, has sold his interest in the Barnes Hotel to Villard Fox. Mr. Fox is a well-known hotel man, having had years of ex- perience. He intends to make a num- ber of improvements and will cater to the traveling public. Mr. Rowe in- tends to open a summer resort at Carpenter’s Bay, on Indian Lake, five miles from Manistique, where he owns considerable land which will be im- proved to suit the purpose. He plans on building numerous cottages which will be let to tourists or campers, also a dancing pavilion, and a boat livery. The Hotel DeTour, at DeTour, an- nounces that special Sunday chicken dinners will be served, commencing Sunday May 28, and continue during the summer season for the benelic of the auto and boat tourists. The Knights of the Grip hope they will also start the old-time fish suppers during the week days, as in-the good old days. The famous fish dinners at this well-known hotel were a draw- ing card to the village of DeTour. “The world is getting better. You seldom hear of a ukelele now.” Mr. Best, of the McGinnis & Best grocery, at Pickford, was a business visitor here last week, bringing in a load of farm produce. William G. Tapert. —_—_—_~+2>__—_ Competition Is the Life of Trade. Grant, May 23—An old time saying which, in a way, is as true to-day as it was when first uttered. Like the copy book saying,” honesty is the best policy.” We all agreed to that, did we not, in our primary days? “An honest man is the noblest work of God.” We subscribe to that even yet despite the world war with all its drawbacks and excuses for mankind going wrong. Mankind is the same yesterday, to- day and forever. This being true, why should we not hold fast to the good things of the past and add as many new virtues as our modern en- lightenment may give us light to compass. : The boy is father to the man, therefore an honest boy is quite like- lv to crow into a truthful and re- spected man. This being true, the family teachings, as well as those of the school, should be of the best in order that mankind may continue to progress and not go backward. This is the age of electricity and ‘automobiles, consequently there are, no doubt, more temptations to go wrong at present than ever before in the history of the world. The man or boy, however, who isn’t able to withstand temptation is a weak reed indeed. Instead of attempting to cur- tail temptations, we must turn our at- tention to turning out better, stronger, more enlightened men and women. There are numerous .defects in our laws, in our prison management, in everything that goes to make up the complex society of to-day, all ot which must be taken into considera- tion when we attempt to pass judg- ment on the foibles and shortcomings of our people. Build rightly and the future may be left to take care of itself. Our life is more complex than formerly. There are myriads of temptations to ensnare where there were but few in the days of our grandsires. One of the signs of decay which the most casual observer cannot help notice is the falling off of church in- terest. "There are many theories ex- pressed to account for this. The more liberal tenets of the masses has passed out the old style church with its anathema against mankind. The community church, which has come to take the place of the old orthodox dogmas, is pushing strenuously to the front, curtailing the number of branch- es of the Christian church, building on character rather than on dogmas and creeds which have ever been a hindrance to progress along true Christian lines of reform and enlight- enment. This change has tended to consoli- date various denominations, thus cur- tailing the need for so many houses of worship, yet filling those which are in use to capacity. Instead of this change denoting lack of interest in that which pertains to religion, it really adds new dignity and stability to the needs of the heart and brain of man- kind. The old fashioned theoretical relig- ion has taken flight to give place to a religion that is practical an every day affair, instead of one day devoted to the good, while the other six are filled with selfishness and worldly striving after eatthly agrandizement. In many respects we are better to- day than we were yesterday. Creeds filled with dry as dust polemics do not interest the heart of man as they once did. Practical religion consists of treating your neighbor fairly, greeting him cheerfully as you meet him, keeping your chickens at home, so as not to permit any grievance to arise because of biddy’s well-known desire to scratch in a newly planted garden. How different are the times to-day than in any other period of our his- tory. Thirty years ago, in time of panic and falling prices, we read of countless business houses going to the wall. Bankruptcy on every hand, not excepting the banks. It is different now. and in calmly iooking over the situation one naturally arrives at the conclusion that there is more of Christian spirit manifest to-day than ever before in the world. Although there may be a spirit of rivalry between business houses, there is that feeling Of charity which prompts a fair treatment all around. Nobody, much less a conscientious business man, wishes to see a rival in trade go into a receiver’s hands. Such things are not conducive to the good health of the community. Moreover there exists to-day more of that spirit of brotherly love than was ever be- fore known. Why is it so? In reply -we will say that the natural kindliness of man, one for another, is nearer the Christ standard to-day than ever before. Another reason which counts very. strongly is the fact that merchants have learned something during the last two decades and that is it does not pay to gloat ever the misfortunes of a neighbor, no matter if he may be a rival of yours in trade. The continual dropping out of tradesmen through the misfortunes of a business depression serves to en- hance the dangers which encompass the others. Merchants have learned this and now know that the gale of depression is soonest weathered which keeps the whole mercantile fabric go- ing. Merchants stand together in the firm belief that in numbers there is strength, and ‘that even though there may and must be serious losses, if one can keep going—working a bluff some might call it—the dangers of collapse are very much lightened. Time will cure all our ills. The business of the country is fighting to hold fast until the lapse of time serves to regulate conditions and bring back profit and plenty to the coffers of their neighbors as well as to them- selves. Old Timer. ——_> > Danger In the Overfilled Window. Don't try to show your whole stock in the window at one time. A mixed up, overfilled window makes a mixed impression on the observer’s mind. NILES - ° “DRY-KOLD” REFRIGERATORS Meat Coolers, Complete Market Fixtures, “Freezer” Display Counters. REFRIGERATORS FOR ALL PURPOSES. Send for Grocers’ and Butchers’ Catalog No. 12. THE “DRY-KOLD” REFRIGERATOR CO. Manufacturers MICHIGAN 8 io MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 24, 1922 SENDING POWER BY RADIO. The greatest power plant we know What we call sunlight, effect produced upon the retina of the eye by electro- is the sun. or daylight, is an magnetic waves of exceedingly high frequency. The heat of the sun is likewise transmitted to us by waves of enormous frequencies. This affords an interesting object lesson. We perceive that nature uses enormous frequencies in transmitting energy by electro-magnetic waves. Is it possible for us, by employing very high frequencies, to send power to a distance through the ether? Here we have the most interesting question that has to do with the future development of radio. So far as we can now see, the hope of transmitting energy in this way lies in what is call- ed “wired wireless.” To be turned to useful account, the energy must be guided, and the only means we know of whereby it might be guided is a wire. Wired wireless serves the purpose of the radio phone (enabling many conversations to be carried on simul- taneously along one wire) because the wire serves as a guide for electro- maguetic waves in the ether surround- ing the wire. If these waves can be made to carry power the energy thus transmitted can be “steered” by the wire to a distant point where it is wanted for use. When power is transmitted through a wire, much of it is lost, and the distance over which it can be eco- nomically sent is limited. If it were carried by the ether there would be no loss of energy, and no limit to the amount of power that could be guided and conveyed to a point hundreds or thousands of miles away. If this problem ¢an be solved en- ergy derived from falling water, or from the burning of coal at mine mouths, can be delivered with utmost imaginable economy to great indus- trial centers, where it will be applied for every kind of mechanical pur- pose, WOOLS AND WOOLEN GOODS. Wool auctions abroad during the past week have been well attended. The bidding has been brisk and the prices realized have been high. Amer- icans continue to be among the large buyers, especially of the finer merinos and crossbreds. There is also consid- erable buying, just now, of the do- mestic clip, which is held at high figures because of the emergency tariff and still more because of the prospective higher duties under the tariff that is to be enacted. There is not a woolen manufacturer in the country who is not opposed to a duty on raw wool, even though compensa- tory duties are at the same time placed on woolens. This is not because of any altruism on their part. But the imposition of a wool duty means the end of exports of woolens and also smaller sales in the domestic market. The manufacturers have again been cowed by the political wool growers and do not dare assert themselves very actively for fear that the agri- cultural bloc will insist on reducing a the duty on woolens. Only the card- ed woolen manufacturers have thus far ventured to protest. The rise in the price of woolens and worsteds has not provoked much opposition on the part of buyers, but they have not helped sales to any marked extent. There is, however, the impression that the higher prices put on woolens may shunt more of the demand to worsteds, which appeal because of their better wearing qualities. Cloth- iers are as yet a little uncertain as to fall sales. Some have done quite well on suits as well as overcoats. Others complain of hesitancy on the part of retailers to stock up, but believe this will be overcome. Sales of dress goods continue quite fair. A better insight into the garment industry prospects will be afforded by the end of the month, when the labor situation is expected to be cleared. THUGS AND MURDERERS. The Detroit typographical union stands accused of having hired two professional sluggers to beat up and murder non-union printers. The two sluggers, who are now under arrest, confess they were hired to commit the crimes above named by Joseph J. Quinlan, chairman of the strike com- mittee of the union. Quinlan has absconded, but the records of the typo- graphical union show that money was voted out of the treasury of the or- ganization to hire sluggers to do bodily harm to non-union printers. This is information which cannot be obtained from any daily newspaper, because 98 per cent. of the daily pa- pers in this country are in league with the sluggers by reason of their having signed closed shop agreements with the typographical union, which is the most infamous organization of thugs and murderers in the world. Theodore Roosevelt frequently re- marked that any one who signed a closed shop agreement with a union was a criminal, incapable of being an American, a Christian or a gentleman. — EE One day last week the Senate had the tariff bill under debate for eight hours, but dispensed with a night session in order that some of the members of this, the most dignified body in the world, might get a little diversion by attending a circus. One doubts whether a circus would be much diversion after such a day of debate as was staged in the Senate Chamber on that day. The sum total of achievement in that eight hours’ running fight on the tariff was a vote to raise the duty on healing and cura- tive plasters from 15 to 25 per cent. ad valorem. Now the average value of imports of these articles in the four pre-war years was somewhat less than $5,000, even when the duty was as low as 15 per cent. and the maximum value of imports in any recent year was somewhat more than $10,000. The salaries of Senators alone while this paragraph was under debate cost the Government $3,168. But then the debate was worth the price, if the Congressional Record is at all reliable. And no one has re- cently accused that publication of sensationalism. COTTON UPWARD BOUND. Spinners’ takings of cotton have been large enough recently to impart great confidence on the part of hold- ers down South and to make many reluctant to sell what they have. The demand has been from both foreign and domestic buyers, and old crop The un- certainty still prevailing as to this year’s crop is also tending to make holders more insistent on getting all they can in the way of profits. Much has been made of the effects of the heavy rains and floods in portions of the growing districts, but it is a ques- tion whether this factor has not been overworked. There is a great deal of ground which has been seeded to cotton and much that can still be seeded in time to secure a crop. With the incentive which the high quota- tions afford, there appears to be little doubt that planters will do the best they can in this direction, regardless of all promises to restrict acreage. The increasing world consumption of cotton is an encouragement in the same direction. The course of quo- tations during the last week indicated a belief in the permanence of the high levels which have been reached. So, also, did the increases in the prices has begun to grow scarce. of cotton fabrics which were firmly maintained and which were accom- panied by quite fair buying. Sales of cottons at retail, however, have been somewhat retarded by the fitful weather, and jobbers show reluctance to venture too much ahead of orders. The market for knit goods continues without especial feature. What buy- ing there is seems to be mainly for immediate needs. RADIO AND PHONOGRAPHS. The past year has been a bad one for sales of musical instruments. Like other things of luxury, they are sub- ject to an elastic demand, and sales are sensitive to variations in the con- sumers’ purchasing power. During the boom period following the war the phonograph companies were con- spicuously prosperous, but in the en- suing depression the business of most of these companies swung to the other extreme. To add to their problems, in the last few months they have had to compete with the new radio tele- phone devices, for which the whole country has suddenly developed a craze. While the radiophone may have pushed the phonograph for the time being int: othe background, the opinion among dealers is that there will continue to be room in the mar- ket for both. The one is not a sub- stitute for the other. The radio tele- phone’s great future usefulness is thought to lie in a field quite sepa- rate from that occupied by the phono- graph. It can broadcast the details, say, of the MHarvard-Yale football game, play by play, to people in their own homes, enable people in isolated farmhouses to listen to Presidential candidates on their next tour, and so on. For preserving and making im- mediately available at one’s own wish the work of the great musicians, how- ever, the phonograph has no com- petitor. It is not bothered by “inter- ference” and the cost of upkeep is negligible. The prediction that it will be supplanted by the radio contriv- ances is premature, just as the proph- ecy that instruments for “canned” music would destroy the demand for pianos proved to be. TO AVOID TARIFF WARS. Out of the symposium of views from representative business men of the Nation attending the convention of the United States in Washington last week there was one recommendation from the group conference on foreign trade and domestic distribution that will be of especial interest to manu- facturers and merchants. At this meet- ing a resolution was adopted urging our Government to call an internation- al conference to take steps to prevent the tariff wars now threatening the restoration of normal world com- merce. On the same day W. S. Cul- berson, of the Tariff Commission, in an address before the convention, warned against the use of preferential rates as a tool for discrimination. If preferential rates are embodied in the new law they should be granted upon a basis of equal treatment for all countries making us similar conces- sions, he said, and not as a means for arbitrary discrimination. There is at present a tendency, he pointed out, to use tariff rates not only as a means of fostering domestic industry, but al- so for encouraging trade with one country and discouraging it with an- other. Such a policy invariably pro- vokes retaliation and may prove to be a two-edged sword. Commissioner Culberson also urged the calling of an international ‘conference to take steps to prevent the development of a tariff war that may seriously menace in- ternational relations. CANNED CORN SHORTAGE. Information which is deemed re- liable leads to the conclusion that very little sweet corn will be packed this season, owing to the existence of the worm which played havoc with the crop in so many different localities last year. This worm is now believed to be in hiding in the ground, to be ready to emerge in due time and proceed to the work of devastation. .This means that grocers who expect to be able to serve their customers acceptably during 1922 and the spring and summer of 1923 will be compelled to lay in sufficient supplies of 1921 pack to carry them through. A number of fall corset lines were opened during the week. While there were very few changes in the staple lines shown, a tendency toward feat- uring the elastic models was evi- denced. This is an endeavor on the part of the manufacturers to regain the sales lost by the adoption of loose- fitting garments, which require no corset, by young girls and slender women. It is believed that, if some of the objectionable stiffness is taken out and the necessary support is still given, these particular classes wll return to the corset as a useful article of apparel. Business in stout models supplies the backbone of the current demand. May 24, 1922 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN CONAN DOYLE’S MISTAKES. He Offers Nothing We Do Not Al- ready Know. Ann Arbor, May 23—Sir Arthur Doyle has faced the question of death under like conditions, as has millions of others bereaved by war, but with- out the reserve of faith and hope which he might have possessed. “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” For years Conan Doyle has expended the powers of his mind to produce unrealities, vain imaginings. For the hungry Le has sown mostly chaff. No real food has been found by those who have eagerly devoured his productions. Three motives may be ascribed to writers: Popularity, financial gain and humanitarianism or unselfish service. That Conan Doyle’s novels have done any great amount of good in the world is a question. Popularity at least has been attained by the writer. What more natural than to suppose that the world war opened up for him a new line through which to continue his publicity? True, his own personal sorrow may have opened his heart and turned his attention to the great multitude who have suffered in like manner as he. But what has he to offer that has not before been avail- able to all such? Not to have previously accepted death and a temporary separation as parts of the great program of life is to leave one unprepared for the in- evitable. Without patience and for- titude to wait for a final reunoin, the sorrowing one seeks for an immediate re-establishment of communion: and turning away from the light of reve- lation and the consolation of faith and hope which is open to all, there is no recourse except the guidance of that class which for so many years has practiced all manner of deception and trickery in order to reap financial gain from sorrowing fellowmen. The actor who continually studies to impersonate other people comes in time to be only an impersonator in nearly every relation of life. One who has dwelt in imagination so long, who has toiled to create unreal characters, who has profited in material things by his imaginations, may have lost seri- ously in character and in ability to dis- cern good or evil in the great experi- ences of life. Of all men Conan Doyle should be on his guard against accepting ficti- tious representations, but we read that many are ensnared in their own de- vices. Title carries no weight or author- ity or ground for conviction as to what one professes or claims to have discovered. John Bunyan dreamed great truths which pertain to religious life; Dickens portrayed the real life of the poor and unfortunate to arouse sympathy in those who might be able to furnish aid. Many others without titles have written to portray great truths and thus help on the cause of human progress. But what good has the fiction of A. Conan Doyle ac- complished? And now he has come to America to advance our religious knowledge; to free us from error and unbelief. Condemning materialism, he profess- es to substitute material evidence ot spirits about us in place of faith with- out visible proofs. One of the strangest and most won- derful experiences of life is that real grief does not immediately kill. When the young, strong tree is uprooted and removed out of its place, the vine that clambered about its trunk and through its branches is torn to shreds and only a4 remnant left connected with the earth. So is the aged parent or the dependent wife when the young man in his strength and confidence and purpose is slain in battle. Strange the insignificant portion should survive and again take root and continue to live. The soul that has never felt grief, that has not been bent with affliction can never be so rich in real heart emotions as the one who has borne and suffered. Grief has its logical re- sults. It must have expression in some manner. Sooner or later to every sorrowing heart comes the realization that nothing whatever can be done for the departed one, but all around are those who need our help, and we can best honor the memory of the de- parted one by carrying on some work that he would have done had he lived. Instead of a reunion at once with the deceased through a spiritualistic medium—if that were possible—there is the life and character, the ac- complished work of the departed which radiates truth. encouragemeni, reproof even. “He being dead_ yet speaketh.” Continuously are spiritual messages received by bereaved ones. Instead of building a wall about himself or herself and living only with the departed—a recluse and a hermit— the sorrowing one is turned away from self and led to expend love and devotion in deeds of kindness and helpfulness to all with whom he comes in contact. Love for the departed is not in consequence crucified; not ob- literated: for “Love can ne’er forget.” If reports be correct our distinguish- ed visitor has come to America ‘o “make a raid on skepticism and ma- terialism.”’ The selection of his field of operation is one great mistake. In the minds of home-born Americans skepticism in regard to the question of God and a future life has little place. This kind of skepticism when found is a plant of foreign origin. Instead of raiding rank fields of growth he needs field glasses to search it out and a spade to uproot it. He uses it in re- gard to our unbelief in spiritualistic manifestations. Admitting fraud, de- ception and trickery in all such mani- fes‘ations heretofore, he professes to have eliminated positive proofs from among them. Comprehensively his mission is to strengthen and establish our religious beliefs by new revelations of heaven. From all reports all that has been communicated, in the manner he is trying to expound during four years must bring more of disappointmen. than cheer. Prophets and revelators have never given us more than pictures of the future life. Our Savior taught in parables. Pictures of heaven to the Jews appealed to those who knew the meaning of bondage, oppression, weariness, thirst and _ torrid heat. Every age, clime and condition of human existence must needs have pictures adapted to its comprehension. There must be different views for childhood, youth and age. Yea, every individual must have an individual ap- peal—representations which can ap- peal to himself alone. But is the attainment of heaven—a place? Is it future rewards and fu- ture happiness that we most need re- vealed to us to help us on in our earth- ly course? These seem childish an- ticipations. We want the conscious- ness of right motives; the all-impell- ing, all-satisfying element of love. To give and not to get; to do, not simply to be and to receive. We want com- munion with the source of love, for God is love, that we may not fail to fulfill our work here on earth. It is no more necessary for us to know now what heaven is than it is to know all that may befall us in the coming days and years of this life on earth. We may all be thankful that many things were not known beforehand. We believe that if ever the spirits of our friends come back to visit us they will come like honest people in broad daylight or in the lighted room where the family is gathered. They will come with ability to communicate in understandable terms anything that may be necessary for us to know. If there be conditions which we must fulfill before we may be favored with their visits. the conditions will be such as appeal to reason and common sense. When we seek truth let us consult those who deal in truth, not those whose chief reputation is pro- ducing fiction, unrealities and exag- geration, E. E. Whitney. Quoting Prices Sells Merchandise a fact that is recognized by all mer- chants who advertise. Their customers want to know the price before buying. They advertise the selling price in plain figures. K C Baking Powder shows the price on the package. Many sales are lost because the customer does not care to ask the price. It will pay you to sell KG BAKING POW DER (price on the package) Same price for over 30 years 2 5 ounces for 2a‘ The price is established and shown on the package, assuring you of your full profit. None better at any price. Millions of pounds bought by the government. Let us show you how to in- crease your baking powder profits by selling K C. Jacques Manufacturing Co. Chicago CE May 24, 1922 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN COSeEDUNTPTE _— STRAP SANDAL — = IN STOCK ALTE (lei S ee Case e AEE ome — "” — \% os _ Too Much to Expect. 3obby came home from his first cay at kindergarten with the an- pouncement that he could write. Upon being given pencil and paper he made his usual meaningless scribbles. “But what,” said his mother. “does it say?” “tow do I know?” answered Bobby. “I thaven’t learned to read it yet.” THAT SELLS IT.” We consider:our Service organization second to none in Michigan. Consider this when you buy your ROUGE REX NEXT CAR. SHOES Pierce-Arrow Franklin Oldsmobile No. 4111—Choc. Outing Also comes in Smoked and Black Special Value $2.20 IN STOCK ORDER NOW — This is less than you paid before the war. Genuine Horse Hide Manufactured By HIRTH-KRAUSE CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. F. W. Kramer Motor Co. Grand Rapids, - Michigan Seasonable Numbers IN STOCK TODAY Light Scout weight Style— Service Service Shoes built in These numbers are in a class by themselves. They are scout- style shoes that give real service, because they have the well known Herold-Bertsch service giving qualities built right into them. Bd Migs bie Ee $2.30 820—Men’s black Elk, like 804, with four inch cuff ____ 2.65 ae ES Oe | ee ee ee 2.30 809—Men’s brown Elk, like 808, with four inch cuff ____ 2.65 Bt? Nien s browhk Metan —... 4 5 2.10 Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co. GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN OF * asco oar socmemnmmcerernnnal eee secant Re CARTS US TOIT Cd a oe Siisemensrrnner ese nr, ee ee May 24, 1922 New Channel of Practice in Dealing With Railroads. Glen Lake, May 23—‘“Your speak- of experience in making collections for your house,” said the listenereto the veteran traveler, “reminds me of an experience of my own, which while not strictly in the collection class was sufficiently unique «to be interesting: “Some years ago I made a sale of a valuable piece of printing machin- ery to the then State printer of the State of Washington, at Olympia, the essence of the contract being prompt delivery. “IT had wired the factory in Con- necticut to find out just what I could do and was advised that the particu- lar type of press called for should be shipped in ten days. The railroad authorities estimated that under or- dinary conditions transit of the ship- ment ought to be accomplished in three weeks, so to be on the safe side, I contracted delivery in six weeks, with a penalty of forefeiture of $50 per day for any delay beyond that period. “The shipment was made within the time specified and I was detailed to go to Olympia to superinteend the erection of the said machine, arrang- ing to arrive there at such a time as would allow the maximum of time for transit of the shipment. “Imagine my annoyance when 1 discovered that not only had the shipment not arrived at destination, but nothing could be heard from tracers which were following it up. The Northern Pacific Railroad, one of the transporting companies men- tioned in the bill of lading, announced that no such shipment had been de- livered to it at St. Paul by the con- necting line and it could get no satis- faction from its Chicago connection. “It became necessary to launch a campaign of detective work and I returned to Chicago to prosecute it. We invoked the aid of the American Tracing Association and finally dis- covered that the shipment had reach- ed Chicago promptly, but had been diverted for reason unknown to the Union Pacific instead of the Northern Pacific, and had been detained at Green River, Wyoming, on account of a broken draw bar on the car in which it was being hauled. In fact, this car had been at this station and in this condition for weeks, awaiting the arrival of a car repairer. All of which necessitated my mnaking the trip to Wyoming to see that the car was moved, “After I had explained to them the shipment would now go forward, I went to Portland, Oregon, to inter- view officials of that line to ascertain their disposition toward allowing a claim for damage for such palpably inexcusable delay. “After I had evplained to them the handicap under which I labored, two thousand miles from home, instead of eliciting any sympathy whatever, they gave me to understand that they did not consider themselves in any manner legally responsible for dam- ages and upon my suggestion that it might be necessary to bring the mat- ter to a legal issue, they encouraged me with the statements that law suits were also in their line, calling my attention to the fact that my great distance from headquarters might make it inconvenient to establish legal responsibility, as they could, if they desired, postpone final adjudica- tion for years. I gave them over as hard boiled and directed my batteries toward Olympia, where I found the machine on the Union Pacific docks with a freight charge of upwards of $600. “I at once took legal advice, but the attorney whom I retained was very much inclined to worry over the law’s delays, as suggested by the railroad representation, until I finally suggested we secure possession of the press by writ of replevin, and then allow the transportation people all the time they cared for in collecting the MICHIGAN TRADESMAN charges. This suggestion was seem- ingly a new idea in handling railroad claims, but my lawyer was game, and we proceeded, after inducing my cus- tomer to furnish the necessary bond required in suits by replevin. “We secured possession of the ma- chinery, erected it, and through the kindness of my customer, who took account of the delay as unavoidable, escaped without the delay penalty. "I really had my laugh afterwards for the claim agent of the Union Pacific fairly chased me over to Seat- tle, where I had the satisfaction of informing him that | really enjoyed law suits, and as for the matter of delays I really would grow fat on them. “This matter became public prop- erty, was taken up by attorneys for several important business concerns, and opened up a new channel of prac- tice in the prosecution of similar claims against railroad companies and I really enjoyed the novelty of the situation. “Inasmuch as the railroad company had illegally diverted the shipment they had no claim against us, and aside from some correspondence, the matter was dropped.” I heartily agree with my friend, Gabby Gleanings, in all the good things he has to say about the Han- naford cafeteria, at Grand Rapids. It was my good fortune to pay a visit to this institution as one of its earlier patrons and it is certainly an innova- tion in many features which are pleas- ureable. In addition to the 5 cent coffee and liberal portions Gabby speaks of, I found a service which could be adopted by other similar in- stitutions to their advantage. For instance, when your selection is com- plete, your tray is taken by a neatly uniformed waitress who conducts you to a seat, places your dishes and uten- sils in position and leaves you to en- joy your meal without any indication that she expects to be tipped for the service so cheerfully rendered. This particular cafeteria is bound to be popular and profitable. Someone asks where the efficient hotel clerks are to be found. John Willy, of the Hotel Monthly, says: “The efficient hoteel clerks get their start in the country hotel, for the most part: and as soon as a man shows particular aptitude for the work, he is discovered by the larger hotel, who wants him; or by reodre- sentatives of big business, who see him behind the desk, become im- pressed with his tact, pleasing per- sonality and willingness to serve, and offer him something more lucrative than hotel clerking in a line other FOR ANTS AND COCKROACHES XY TANGLEFOOT Roach a Ant Powoen fe “ ‘resort than hotels. And that is why many men who otherwise would shine as model hotel clerks now shine in other lines of business. Many of the larger institutions of learning have added to their curri- culum courses in hotel management. To be sure, hotel clerks are born and not made to order, but the opportun- ity to familiarize one with hotel work will, no doubt, Bring out certain latent qualifications heretofore undiscovered, and the result will be improvement in this particular vocation— an in- cidental reason for added satisfaction on the part of the traveling public. C: W. Bosworth, late. of the Park Hotel, at Mount Pleasant, accompan- ied by his estimable wife, paid the writer a visit at Cedar Springs Lodge last week. Mr. Bosworth, who has made a substantial success of hotel work in the past, is promoting a new proposition near Elk Rapids on the plan of disposi:g of lots to prospective guests—in a way a profit sharing association—which ought to prove attractive) and he is well equip- ped through experience and sound business sense to carry it through. li Chicago hotels have resorted to the expediency of sending into the coun- try solicitors for hotel business, and are finding it to work quite satisfac- torily. When an enquiry comes in for hotel accommodations for a party or convention, or the press clipping bureau announces a prospective gath ering of the clans in Chicago, a rep- resentative is immediately dispatched on a tour of investigation, which often leads to negotiations which are worth while. * With its large number of hotels which must naturally depend = on transient rather than local business, the idea is not a bad one, and once this patronage is secured, the satisfied guest is a living advertisement. Frank S. Verbeck. RED EDGE AND VENTIPLEX SWEAT PADS Will take good care of your orders. HORACE D. SHIELDS Jobber of Saddlery Goods and Auto Trimmers’ Supplies 6-8 Commerce St. 8. W. Grand Rapids, Michigan 313-314-315 Murray Building . To Those Who Have Money to Invest We are always in a position to offer good dividend paying stocks. At this time in particular we are in a position to offer an exceptionally strong investment. Write us for our offerings. F. A. SAWALL COMPANY Grand Rapids, Michigan 1229 Madison Ave., S. E. KEEP COOL—Swat the Fly Now is the time to order your FANS and FLY SWATS for SUMMER ADVERTISING THE CALENDAR PUBLISHING CO. has them. G. J. HAAN, President, Manager. Samples and Prices given upon request. Grand Rapids, Mich. Citizens Phone 31040. TANGLEFOOT > TANGL a A au TANGLEFOO — A Valuable © Impression rleasing impression upon customers is of value. You can create one and at the same time save your goods from damage by spreading sheets of TANGLEFOOT in your show windows, especially over Sunday. will then be at work for you and will not only catch the flies, but attract the attention of people who pass your store to your efforts to keep your stock clean and fresh, and create in them a desire to use TANGLEFOOT themselves. This means extra sales to you. For 1922 TANGLEFOOT has been reduced 60 cents per case. This will allow you to sell at the old rrice, two double sheets for 5 cents, and make a profit of 50. per cent. Remember TANGLEFOOT catches the gérm as well as the fly, and that poisons, traps or powders cannot do it. 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN | trypan ~~ a May 24, 1922 A Plain Business Matter THE will of the founder of one of America’s great indus- tries contained the following clause: “My wife is not named herein as executrix or trustee, pecause it is my wish to relieve her from the labors, cares and responsibilities of the position of exe- cutrix and trustee.” The adjustment of the affairs of a business man is a “Workman That Needeth Not To Be Now science, our first aim, is built business problem, which this Company is especially quali- 1 Ashamed.” about facts; and surely there is no fied to assume. Credit education has three aims profession in. the world where facis Appraising and realizing upon business good will, part- the mastery of our profession as a are more essential than in the deter- nership interests, options, claims due, and various kinds ff! science, as a service atid as a joy. Science is systematized knowledge; and certainly no branch of human en- deavor has been subjected to closer scrutiny or more se€arei.ng investiga- tion than the production, distribution and consumption of merchandise. The recognition of the imporiance of credit education is only of recent development. The personal element enters so largely into the analysis of a credit risk, that even e¢sperienced 1 credit men have been. anc ;ome are 4 now, extremely skeptical as to the possibilities and worthwhileness of credit education. This attitude of mind is the natural one, at first, for successful credit men to take, for now through costly ex- perience they comply unconsciously with the principles upon which the science of credit is based. For as language existed before the were conceived, rules of grammar and music thrilled the hearts of men long before the laws of harmony mind “ a credit grantor is disastrous, JOIN THE } were discovered, so credit, as a func- tor there can be no- construction tion in business operated before its where there is no plan, no continuity GRAND RAPIDS ( ADII I AC principles were noted and reduced to of thought, no grasping of all the de- SAVINGS BANK a commercial science. The striking success of our local and National associations and_ their standing are positive proofs that credit granting can be taught, for our monthly meetings are educational as well as social in character. Economics, psychology, business English, business barometrcis, history and allied subjec's all have a bearing upon the successful pursuit of our pro- fession, and should be studied and assimilated. Credit. education is, therefore, removed from ‘he realm of ‘ntangibility to that of reality. mining of credits. The credit man should always be in a position to say, “Facts, there they are, behold them and judge for yourselves.” There is nothing more galling to any credit man than to find, after a failure, that he had no ground for the extension of credit. If he is true to himself, he will have to admit that, when passing that particular credit, he must have been suffering from a temporary suspension of the mental faculties. What credit man has not been at times through this humiliating experience? Credit education with science as its aim will develop financial executives, mentally alert, relentless, untiring and persistent in the pursuit and gathering in of facts before the granting of any credit whatsoever. Science conveys the idea of orderly arrangement. Science, if not always correct. has at least been free from state of confusion. soni ccecaasiaaerlees te May 24, 1922 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 The man who goes around the world wearing a gloomy face, looking with suspicion upon everybody, har- boring hatred in his heart, need not be surprised if the world shuns him just as it always shuns those who are carriers of hatred and other poisonous emotions. Our thoughts world in which we live. Thomas Dreier. ——_+>____ Proceedings in St. Joseph Bankruptcy Court. St. Joseph, May 15—In the matter of Lester Lindsey, bankrupt, of Otsego, the first meeting of creditors was held at Allegan and William Maxwell, of Kala- mazoo, was elected trustee, his bond being fixed at $1,000. Clyde Taylor, B. A. McCall and Thomas MeNitt, of Ot- sego, were appointed appraisers. |The bankrupt was Sworn and examined by the referee without a reporter, his ex- amination disclosing a small stock of groceries and other property of the esti- mated value of $1,000. An order was entered by the referee, authorizing the trustee to sell the assets of the bankrupt estate at private sale. May 16. In the matter of George W. Merriman, bankrupt, of Hartford, the offer of Arthur Vanderlyn of $4,000 for the 110 acre farm was ratified and con- firmed by the referee and the trustee was directed to execute a deed for the prop- erty to Mr. Vanderlyn upon payment of the purchase price. The offer of Lewis P. Walker, stave manufacturer, to com- promise and settle all claims held by the trustee against him upon payment of $4,000, which claims consisted of notes and overdrafts due the Hartford Ex- change Bank, formerly conducted by the bankrupt to the amount of some $10,000, was considered and numerous creditors objecting to the proposed compromise, an order was entered by the referee reject- ing and disaffirming the same. i May 17. In the matter of John Van Dyken, bankrupt, of Kalamazoo, the trustee filed his supplemental final report, showing distribution of all the funds of the bankrupt estate, whereupon an order was entered by the referee closing the estate and discharging the trustee. The referee also made a certificate recom- mending the discharge of the bankrupt and the record book and files were re- turned to the clerk’s office. In the matter of Sam Konigsberg, bank- rupt, of Kalamazoo, the trustee filed his supplemental final report and account. Thereupon an order was made by the referee, closing the estate and discharg- ing the trustee. Creditors havin filed objections to the discharge of the bank- rupt, no recommendation was made by the referee relative to the same. : May 18. In the matter of Samuel Gills, bankrupt, of White Pigeon, the inven- tory and report of appraisers was filed, showing property of the appraised value of, $2,027.89, Whereupon an order was made by the referee directing the trus- tee to sell the same upon ten days notice to creditors. : May 19. Im the matter of Vern Cairns, bankrupt, of Kalamazoo, formerly en- gaged in retail cigar business at Plain- well, the first meeting of creditors was held at the former place. No creditors were present or represented and the ex- amination of the bankrupt disclosed no assets above his statutory exemptions. An order was made that no trustee be appointed and that the bankrupt be al- lowed his exemptions as claimed. Unless cause to the contrary is shown, the estate will be closed in ten days.. May 20. In the matter of Arthur Reed, bankrupt, of Hartford, the adjourned first meeting of creditors was held at the referee’s office and the trustee’s first report and account, showing total re- ceipts of $256 and disbursements of $11.80, was considered, approved and allowed. Preferred labor claims of $1385 and ex- penses of administration of $49.20 were ordered paid. Unless further assets are discovered, creditors will receive divi- dends of less than 2 per cent. The meet- ing was adjourned for twelve weeks. In the matter of Walter C. Jones, Earnest Standard and Farmers & Mer- chants Bank, of Jones, a copartnership, bankrupt, the adjourned first meeting of creditors was held at the referee’s office and the trustee’s second report and ac- count, showing cash of $5,062.71 and property of the estimated value of $21,- 848.61, were considered, approved and al- lowed. Expenses of administration to date were ordered paid and the declara- tion of a first dividend deferred until the petitions for review pending in the dis- trict court are disposed of. From pres- ent indications creditors will receive about 10 per cent. ———_.-> That’s Different. Stealthy footsteps on the stair Leading to the cellar; Pungent odor fills the air, Pleasing to the smeller. But I hasten to advise All you thirsty critters That I hint of pumpkin pies, Not of home-made bitters, create for us the PRICES CURRENT ON STAPLE DRY GOODS. List prices corrected before going to press, but not guaranteed against changes. Bleached Musiins. Outings and Cantons. 14 Wool Goods. tee ee Cashmere Twill --.- Fruit of the Loom -. 17% 27 in. Unble. Canton 14 oS ee ae 57 eave (ee 13Y%_2 100 Flannelette —_--- 12 No. 75, 44 in Stor: . * 7 0 144% 1931 Outing Lights — 138% “Gorse os 44 in. Indian Hd. S.F. 26 1921 Light Outings 13% No. 4040, 50 in. 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Edwards ----- 25 8432 Curtain Net __.. 621%, Peerless, Colors --~-~- 48 re - yori Head — 30 ee ae 2 Bote 2 im. Caboc ragon Fapery ..... 27 45 in. Cabot 36 in. Art Cretonne.. 25 18 i neuer Gam 42 in. Pequot 36 in. Elco Tzpestry_ 30 n. Seconds -~-.-- 76 45 in. Pequot 20 fh 828 40 in. Quinebaug ---. 30 Linings and Cambrics. Oe ie 1 35 ee we a la a eae: a and Ticks. No, 40 Blk. Satine _-16% - in, ..----~-----—--- 1 46 ue Denim -... 18% No. 1 White Satine _ 14% a7 in, ~----~-------~- __ 1 60 240 Blue Denim — 17 No. 50 Percaline _.. 16% 30 in. ~--------------- 1 15 260 Blue Denim --- 16 DD Black Satine -_ 26 Steifels Drill ------- 16% Satin Finished Satine 42% . 8 oz. Canvas --—--.- 18% Raidant Bloomer Sat. 42% Notions. a ea ACA Tick, Of as Cordis, ACA Tick ~~ 25 7 Longcloth __---- 12% Longceloth ~----- 7001 Longcloth ------ 15 18x30 in, 7002 Longcloth ------ 16% 24x36 in. 7003 Longcloth ~----- 19 7004 Longcloth ~----- 24 Ginghams. Seminol Dress Ging- 27% Windsor Cambric ___ Parkwood Wash Sat. Flags. Doz. 16x24 in. Spearheads 1 32% Spearheads 1 90 Spearheads 2 95 3x5 ft. Reliance Prt. 70 %- Mesh 4x6 ft. Reliance Prt. 1 30 5x8 ft. Reliance Prt. 1 90 6x9 ft. Reliance Prt. 2 90 36 in. Printed Satine 60 Doz. 09 1225-F Boston Garters 2 25 57% Rubber Fly Swatters 90 aS oe Tick a6 Per M orndyke y. Sat. 37 M Roberts Needles 2 50 eritas Oil Cloth. ee Amoskeag, ACA ---- 27% 7 Vi | " 39, Stork Needles ----. 1 00 Cambrics and Longcloths. 5-4 Mossaics -------- 3.10 g 5 a Berkley, 60 Cambric 19 5-4 Blue Figure __-_- a oe Eee, 8. fe Oe aoe eae ae €-4 White 2 4.25, Steel Pins, M. C. 300 45 rkley, a 5 4-4 Dancy a i 3 Old Glory, 60 Camb. 17% 5-4 Sanitas —_--~_—~ [hh UL Olé Glory, 60 Nain. 17% All oll cloth sold net cash, BTSs Pins, M. C. 300, 8) Diamond Hill, Nain. 15% no discount. Doz. Diamond Hill, Camb. 15% Coats “Thread -------- 59 Clarks Mile-End Td. 59 J. J. Clarks Thread. 56 Gainsborough Hairnets Mesh 2 1 00 Bach Gainsborough Hairnets Te Per Box R. M. C. Crochet Cot. 75 B-4 Clarks Crochet C. 90 hams, solid colors 15 8x1 . ie Ae oo iz B26" eft pteliance Prt. 4 25 Silkine Crochet Cotton 90 Toile du Nord ---- 18% 5x8 ft. Defiance Swd. 275 Sansilk Crochet Cot. 55 aS Se 17% 6x9 ft. Defiance Swd. 360 Dexters’ Knittin Dan River ---------- 17% 8x12 fi. Defiance Swd. 20 Cotton, White ~ 1 50 Everett Classics ---- 15 10x15 ft. Defiance Swd 8 00 ala Amoskesg Staples .. 12% 6x9 ft. Sterling Wool 750 PexterS Knitting . Haynes Staples ---- 12% 8x12 ft. Sterling Wool 11 50 Cotton, Blk., col’d.. 1 75 Lowe Chveiots, 32 in. 15 Gross Allies’ Yarn, bundle_ 6 60 Bates, 32 in. ------ 22% No. 7 Muslin Flags — 7 20 Pound aera 32 . in. ao an . Mleishers Knitted ° . C. Seersucker Worsted, skeins -_. 2 3 Kalburnie, 32 in. ---- 19% oe nt eae Fleischers S eo . Jacquelin, 32 in. --- 35 63x90 Pequot Blea...15 85 Worsted, balls 2 60 Gilbrae, 32 in. ----- 37, 63x99 Pequot Blea. 17 35 ee 32 in. Tissue ------ 42%, 72x90 Pequot Blea... 17 35 ~ Fleishers Germantown _ Manville Chambray — 16% 72x99 Pequot Blea. 19 00 _,2°PBYT balls ------ -e Red Seal Zephyr --. 18% 81x90 Pequot Blea. 18 85 Fleishers Saxony, ba. 3 70 Prints and Percales. 81x90 Standard ___. 13 50 Fleishers Knitted balls ___. 2 60 Columbia, Lights -. 13% 42x38% Utica Cases_ 3 75 Worsted, Columbia, Darks le 15 ) Pequot Plain _. 3 16 vicene’ acer & a . Prints, Greys — 5x36 Pequot Plai ‘ ehener, Uae -—-- 4 Am. Prints, Indigo. 10% 42x36 Pequot Se ; 40 Doz. Manchester 80x80 Lt 13 45x36 Pequot S. S. 5 20 Ironweave Handkfs._-. 90 Manchester 80x80 Dk. 19% 42x36 Meadowbrook _ 250 Rit Dye Soap -------- 80 Scout, 64x60, Lights 12% 42x36 Lenox ____.___- 275 Wolverine Dmesh Cap soe 64x60, Darks- Pa 42x36 Standard 3 00 Net 80 ee od ee eee Reda ee ct Less 5% i Childs’ Walsts. “Cub” Knit Waist ---------------- 2 50 “Bear” Knit Waist 3 75 “R & J’ Muslin Waist $2 25, $3 50 4 50 Ladies’ Knit Summer Vests. 1x1 Rib Gauze Vest, Bodice Top, V nk., Band top ect. reg. SZS. 36-38 2 00 extra sizes 40-42-44 2 25 Mercerized 1x1 and 2x1 rib vests, Asst. Styles, reg. sizes 36x38 4 50 extra sizes 40-42-44 5 00 Ladies’ Knit Summer Unlon Suits. 12 Cut Double Carded, Asst. Style, reg. size 36-38 ~------------------- 75 extra sizes 40-42-44 ------------ 5) 20 14 Cut Combed Yarn, Asst. Style, Regular Sizes 36-38 --~----------- 6 00 Extra Sizes, 40-44 14 Cut Mercerized Lisle, Asst. Styles, Regular Sizes -------------------- 7 50 Extra Sizes ~...------------------- 8 00 Hoslery—Men’s. Men’s 176 Needle Cotton Cut Toe 1 00 Men’s 200 needle full combed yarn hose 1 85 Men’s 220 needle full merc. hose —- 285 Men’s 240 needle fiber silk hose ~~. 4 50 Men’s pure silk hose ~-~--------~ _. 6 00 Nelson’s Rockford socks, bdis. ---- 1 20 Nelson’s Rockford socks, bdls. ~--. 1 30 Nelson’s Rockford socks, bdls, -.-. 1 50 Infants Hosiery. Cashmere, Silk Heel and Toe, 60 per cent. Wool -------------- 4 12% Infants’ Cotton Hose 1x1 Rib ------ 1 00 Infants’ Mercerized 1x1 Rib ------ 2 50 Infants’ Fibre and Wool Hose ------ 6 50 Boys’, Misses and Ladies’ Hoslery. Boys’ 2x1 Cotton Ribbed Hose $2.25 on 8 R. 10c, F. 5c Boys’ 3 lbs. on 9, extra clean yarn on 8 (RI10F5) Misses 1x1 Cotton Ribbed Hose $1.85 on 7 R. & F. 5c Misses 300 needle combed hose, bxd. 1 doz. $2.25 on 7 rise 10 fall 05 Ladies’ 220 needle combed yarn hose, seamed back ---~----------- 2 50 Ladies’ 220 needle merc. hose with 440 needle rib. top fashion seam fn back 2202 2c 5 Ladies’ fleeced hose, hem top ------ 2 25 Ladies’ fleeced hose, rib. top ------ 3 00 Ladies’ fleeced hose, rib. top ------ 3 25 Bathing Sults for Spring Delivery. Men’s all pure worsted, plain -- 22 50 Men’s all pure worsted with chest givines 2 _-27 00 to 33 00 Ladies’ all pure worsted, plain ~~ 25 00 Ladies’ all pure worsted striped and color combinations -~------— 27 00 up Athletic Underwear For Spring. B.V.D.’s, No.01, Men’s union suits 12 62% Seal Pax, No. 10, union suits -. 10 60 Men's 72x80 Nainsooks, may Hao ot 2 7 25 to 9 00 Men’s Soisettes, highly mercerized a 50 Men’s No. 150 “Hallmark” 72x80 INRA ee ie $9 75 Men’s 64x60 Nainsooks ~---~------ 6 50 Men’s 84 Square Nainsooks a 2 @ Men’s Fancy Nainsooks -------- 9 00 Wide and Medium Stripes. B. V. D. Shirts and Drawers, CE ae 6 87% Drawers 7 25 B. V. D. Athletic Style No. U-101 12 62% U-bD Youth's EV. De ...... 8 50 Boys’ ‘Hanes’ No. 756, 72x80, Nainsook Union Suits ~-..------ 7 25 Boys’ ‘‘Hanes’’ No. 856, 72x80, Union Suite 6 26 Boys’ 64x60 Union Suits -~--.---- 5 00 Boys’ 72x80 Union Suits ~---~---- 6 25 LSSI—Girls ‘‘Sealpax” pin ch’k N’sk. 8 50 LBBI—Boys’ ‘‘Sealp.’’ pin ch’k N’sk. 8 50 Men’s and Boys’ Cotton Underwear for Spring. Men's Egypt Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers -.--------------—--- $ 4 50 Men’s Egypt Balbriggan Union Suits 7 60 Men’s Egypt Ribbed Union Suits 8 00 Lawrence Balbriggan Shirts and EMAa@GPO aa 8 OC Men’s Cotton Ribbed Union Suite, EReyption —..........._.... 8 50 Men’s Combed Yarn Cotton Union Suite, Eeyvoption <1... 2... 12 00 Boys’ Balbriggan Union Suits, Egypt ' 4 50 Men’s Dress Furnishings. Slidewell collars, linen or soft --.. 1 60 Neckwear 2 10, 3 75, 4 50, 6 00, 7 50 9 00 Flannel night shitta .—........_..... 10 50 Dress pants: —......... 8. 22 50 to 48 00 Mufflers 12 00 to 19 50 Dress shirts 1... 8 00 to 48 00 Laundered stiff cuff shirts, 80 sq. RNC reser eee 16 50 President and Shirley suspenders -. 4 60 Men’s ‘‘Linine’’ Collars, per box 34% Men’s ‘Challenge’ cleanable, doz. 2 75 Men's Wash Ties —-.... $1 35, $2 00 2 75 Men’s Muslin Night Shirt, doz. --_ 9 00 Men’s Muslin Pajamas, per doz... 16 50 Men’s Work Furnishings. No. 220 overalls or jackets ——.... 12 00 No. 240 overalis.or jackets —...... 10 50 No. 260 overalls or jackets ..___.. 9 00 Stiefel rope stripe, Wabash stripe Club or Spade overall or jacket, % seam, triple stitched... 13 50 Coverall khaki, heavy drill —-----_ 27 00 Cotteonade pants —.-.... 13 10 to 21 00 Black sateen work shirts ~-------- 9 Nugget blue chambray work shirts 7 00 Golden Rule work shirts -------~ oe 50 Piece dyed work shirts ---..._-__-__ 6 560 Best Quality work shirts -. 9 00 to 16 50 Work suspenders —-~~------ 225 to 7 50 Shirley Police or X Back work Sus. 4 50 Boys’ Furnishings. Knickerbockers -~-.--........ 6 00 to 15 00 Mackinaws. .._.._____....... _. 4 £5 to 8 50 Overalls, Brownies, etc. -. 6 50 to 9 00 Youths’ Wabash stripe ror --— 10 26 Coverall 0. 0 to 16 50 68x72 dress shirta .__.-s_.. 8 50 ‘Honor Bright’? Stifels Wabash Stripe Romper, Red Trim ------ 7 50 “tfonor Bright’? Khaki Romper, Rea Trig 2. 8 00 “Fonor Bright’ Plain Blue Romper, Rea Trin 2... 7 50 Play and Wash Suits --.-$11 00 to 24 00 Boys’ Suspenders, Fish Back, Blat Bes 2... 1 42% Youths’ Suspenders, 28 in. Cross- backs, Lea. Ends -~--.------------ 2 25 Caps and Umbrellas. Black sateen shop cap, doz. ~----- 1 00 Dress caps, men’s, doz. ~. 7 50 to 19 50 Dress caps, boys’, doz. ---. 7 25 to 10 25 Men’s & Ladies’ Umbrellas 10 50 to 48 00 Men’s “Scotch Tweed” Caps, Silk Lined, Plated Backs, One Piece Tops, Extra Quality ---~--------- 18 00 Men’s, Boys’ and Ladies’ Straw Hats, ‘‘Peanuts’” ----------.----- 2 00 Ladles’ Furnishings. Middy Blouses, red, green, or navy wool fiannel, each ~--....------- 4 00 Serge middy. blouses, each -------- 3 50 Voile waists, doz. -------- 9 00 to 15 00 Georgette waists, each ------------ 4 00 Crepe De Chine waists, each ------ 3 25 Tricollette waists, each ----------- 3 25 Bungalow percale aprons, dz. 7 50 to 9 50 Bungalow Gingham aprons, doz. 13 50 Gingham house dresses, dz. 24 00 to 48 00 Best sateen petticoats, doz. 9 00 to 13 50 Pettiboekers, doz. ——._-________...._ 8 50 Bandeaux, doz. —....___... 2 25 to 12 00 Brassiers, doz. ——...._.__. 3 25 to 13 50 Silk and cot. Env. Chem, dz. 6 00 to 19 50 “Pricilla’”’ Sunbonnets, doz. ------ 4 00 Muslin Petticoats ~------- $12 00 to 19 50 Wash or Tub Over Shirts $15 00 to 36 00 Children’s Dresses. Children’s Gingham Dresses $9 00 to 22 50 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 24, 1922 Michigan Poultry, Butter and Egg Asso- ciation. President—J. W. Lyons, Jackson. Vice-President—Patrick Hurley, De- troit. Secretary and Treasurer—Dr. A. Bent- ley, Saginaw. Executive Committee—F. A. Johnson, Detroit; H. L. Williams, Howell; Cc. J. Chandler, Deiroit. Canned Foods Meet Stronger Demand. There is a better demand for canned foods, and wholesale grocers report that distribution is good. Some oi the brokers say, that if that is the case they cannot understand where the wholesale grocers get the goods to distribute, as they have not been buying any this Spring with which to make any except a make-believe dis- tribution. This view is extreme, however, for all the big pack of peas of 1921 has gone into second hands. So have all the table California fruits, all the pine- apple, all the asparagus, all the spin- ach, about all the pumpkin and a very important proportion of the corn and tomatoes. Somebody has been selling some canned foods and I believe the wholesale grocers are entitled to most of the credit for it. Too much importance is given by some writers and market analysts to the canned foods distribution of the chain stores and mail order houses. The fact is that the chain stores have about 25,000 retail units in the United States—they claim 40,000, but they haven’t that many. If they have I must be shown. Although they sell a large amount of goods, it must be re- membered thatethere are 350,000 fam- ily retail grocery stores in the United States which are supplied by the wholesale grocers. Neither do the mail order houses function to an important extent in the distribution of canned foods, as their trade runs largely to wearing apparel, household goods and farmers’ supplies which do not carry with them a large proportion of canned foods. The complaints about the failure of wholesale grocers to function in the distribution of canned goods come largely from the war-time brokers who jumped into the canned foods brokerage business in war-time when if a buyer heard a broker had any canned foods to sell he would “run the broker ragged” to get the goods; and when such a thing as salesmanship was not at all essential in the broker- age line. Now that conditions are getting back to normal, and when it takes hard work and salesmanship ability to sell, the “war babies” are having a hard time to make the brok- erage business show any profit. The truth is that there is not a liv- ing wage for all the canned foods brokers who are in the business, and there will not be for many years to come. The brokerage rate does not increase as the prices of canned foods decline, and the broker who sells a thousand cases of canned corn to-day at 80c cannery makes just half as much as when he sold it at $1.20 can- nery, for the rate of brokerage is un- changed. I suspect that an analysis of the distribution would show that wholesale grocers are still doing their part for the canners, and that they will con- tinue to do it for a long time. John A. Lee. —_2+>—__—_ Feed Dealers Are Warned. The Bureau of Chemistry, charged with the enforcement of the Food & Drugs Act, have warned feed dealers regarding false and misleading state- ments on bags which are refilled. The original branding, labels and gradings misrepresent. The Federal Food & Drugs Act does not require the name of the manufacturer or the brand name to appear on sacks of feed coming within its jurisdiction, according to of- ficials of the bureau, but if the name of the manufacturer and brand are given on the sack they must be true. The Food & Drugs Act prohibits the use of any statements on foods or feeds that are false or misleading in any par- ticular. A dealer who contemplates refilling used feed sacks on which is printed the name of another manufac- turer or any statements that are not correct when applied to the product he uses in refilling the sacks should be very careful to see that all such state- ments are obliterated. Inspectors have been instructed to look out for inter- state shipments of stock feeds which are adulterated or misbranded in this or any other particular. Appropriate action will be taken in all cases found to be in violation of the law, it is said. —_2+2>____ Value of Poultry and Egg Produc- tion. The estimated total value of poul- try and eggs produced on the farms of the United States during 1921 was $943,200,000, according to figures re- cently compiled by the United States Department of Agriculture. Of this total $401,600,000 represents poultry and $541,600,000 represents eggs, ex- clusive of pigeon eggs. The produc- tion of poultry on farms in 1921 is estimated 526,000,000 chickens and 24,000,000 other fowls. The produc- tion of eggs is placed at 1,837,000,000 dozen chicken eggs and _ 6,000,000 dozen other eggs. These estimates are based upon the results of the four- teenth decennial census which was taken in 1920 but which covered, in so far as poultry and egg production was concerned, the calendar year 1919. IDEAL BREAD Better Butter Better Milk STANDS FOR QUALITY IN DAIRY PRODUCTS KEnr o Dern STORAGE CPs 152 The Repeat Sales makes It profitable for “‘Grocers’’ to handle these lines. KENTSTORAGE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS ~ BATTLE CREEK ‘Wholesale Distributors Order a bunch of GOLDEN KING BANANAS of ABE SCHEFMAN & CO. Wholesale Fruits and Vegetables 22-24-26 Ottawa Ave. Grand Rapids, Mich. WHEN YOU THINK OF FRUIT—THINK OF ABE. You'll be surprised when you see our stock of Store and Office furniture. Five floors crowded full. Sold for cash or on easy payments. Come in and see us when in the city. GRAND RAPIDS STORE FIXTURE CO. 7 Ionia Ave. N. W. Grand Rapids, Michigan M. J. DARK & SONS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Receivers and Shippers of All Seasonable Fruits and Vegetables We are in the market to buy and sell POTATOES, ONIONS, BEANS, FIELD SEEDS Any to offer, communicate with us. Moseley Brothers, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Both Telephones. Pleasant Street, Hilton Ave. & Raliroads. MILLER MICHIGAN POTATO CO. Wholesale Potatoes, Onions ] Correspondence Solicited Frank T. Miller, Sec’y and Treas. Wm. Alden Smith Building Grand Rapids, Michigan ea GER SIE AITt sets sei Ra a as bt se beter ite Se Sas. NOOSA REA RIE BOE LAIOOL AEA Nee Kise asian ROCA RL RIND E PRE LIOO EAE RE May 24, 1922 Friendship in Business Has Won the Victory. Grant, May 16—If business picks up as it is scheduled to do by some of our reliable workers in the ranks of endeavor, we may conclude that the worst is over and that this will be the year of a great awakening such as has not been with us in many a long day. The weather is in our favor. Spring has held off until all danger of frost has passed. Fruit trees are blossom- ing with a promise of abundant fruit- age. Farmers are afield working dil- igently with determined hearts and smiling faces. All nature laughs in the sunshine as much as to say, look right here and be guided by the promise of the Lord to multiply crops and make glad all His children of earth. One prominent business man, who has been keeping up his grit, waiting for the clouds to pass, smiles now since he sees the sunlight over the hill and notes that business is surely on the mend. How could it be other- wise, wi:h the hearts of all set on mak- ing things end right, no matter how dark the prospect was a short time ago? Before the year is out we will all of us wonder why we ever in the least degree allowed ourselves to be pessi- mistic. There is no slace in the busi- ness man’s experience for cowering and fear. Should this year open the way for renewed activities all down the line, how glad we shall be that we gritted our teeth and hung on. There has been a unity of thought, a reserved force behind the merchant worker, which is bound to make good, even sooner than the most optimistic had reason to expect. Hang together has been the resolve. It is much bet- ter to do this than for each one to hang singly as one signer of the Declaration of Independence remarked as he put down his signature to that document. There have been less failures than in any other panic in our history. In fact, although there have been enough discouragements to wrench the land from one end to the other, there has been no real panic such as has been known at other times in our National his‘ory. Men have wondered at this, even as they asked, “Is there such a thing as friendship in business.” Had there been no friendship in business, this land of ours would to- day be one sad wreck of fortunes and the suicide list would have quadrupled. It is this magnificent friendship among business folks that has buoyed up sinking hearts, steadied quaking nerves, builded hope and faith in the future and made certain the complete resurrection of business conditions throughout the country. In days of old there was a certain rivalry in business which made for ill conditions when the storms of ad- versity came. During our past few years of dis- aster and hard times we are fortun- ate that this sort of relentless rivalry has not been manifest. Every sensible merchant realizes that what is good for his neighbor is good for himself, and that it is business sense to seek the good of all and not the success of a few at the expense of the many. There can be no lasting prosperity unless it takes in the whole. Mer- chants seem to have realized this dur- ing the past year more than ever in the history of our country. A fellow feeling has been generated which bids fair to save us from the worst- that has been expected. Farmers are taking hold with re- newed hope and vigor. The passing of winter has sent pessimism into limbo. Money moves more freely and ‘our best hopes are to be realized soon- er than we once dared to beliéve. Friendship in business means more than many suppose. After the long night of unprosper- ous months following the close of war activities have passed we shall all acknowledge that it was friendship, one for another, with all bitterness of rivalry obliterated, that led the wan- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 dering merchants out of the wilder- ness into the land of renewed pros- perity. Under pleasanter skies may we not realize how very near we came to making a failure, and stand rigidly hereafter in defense of that friendly neighborliness in business which characterizes our intercourse with our best loved home friends. A name synonymous with integrity is of more worth to a merchant than a bank full of ready cash. A good name is above rubies in the business world, as it is in the every day af- fairs of life. It is a glorious thought that throughout our last few months of rigorous hardships the business world has stood shoulder to shoulder as one man, battling for a righteous outcome to it all. The reward for those who have stood firm—who have clapsed hands with brothers in distress—is near at hand. We predict that within less than another twelvemonth the darkest clouds will have rolled by and renewed activity will have taken place in every business in the land. Old Timer. —___2 2 > Wool Is Wool By Court Decision. Saginaw, May 16—An American humorist some years ago convulsed his readers with a discussion of the fact that “pigs is pigs.” The country rocked with merriment. Now we have a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that is calculated to bring joy to the heart of the average citizen, in which class I acknowledge membership. It is to the effect that wool is wool. A Syllabus of the recent decision by the highest tribunal in the land, in the case of the Federal Trade Commission against the Winsted Hosiery Company of Connecticut, sums up the case sat- isfactorily. Branding your goods “natural merino” or “gray wool” does- n’t give you the right to make it 50 or 90 per cent. cotton. If you say it is wool, then make it wool—or stand prosecution for misbranding your goods. That sounds like a sensible rule of law and a sensible rule of business. Buyers of woolen goods will rejoice to learn that it has the sanc- tion of the Supreme Court. The tendency to make words mean nothing is not new. Sardines were once a particular kind of small fish packed in a particular way in olive oil. Substitution and adulteration continu- ed so many years that when the matter came up in court it was held that even the buyer knew that there were no sardines off the coast of Maine and that Norway couldn’t be packing genuine sardines in her native olive oil. In other words, the court held that the fraud had been going on so long that nobody was deceived and that a herring or a sprat was to all intents and purposes a sardine, even though it was put up in cottonseed oil or peanut oil. The rule of the court apparently hinges not so much upon the termin- ological inaccuracy as upon the de- ceptiveness of the terms employed to describe the article. An Eskimo pie, therefore, may be so called, notwith- standing the fact that an Eskimo would probably reject it as an un- known item of food and the further fact that it might as well be called a soda cracker as a pie. But when a man says he is selling you an “Aus- tralian-wool” sweater and it turns out to be part cotton, you-—resent it be- cause you were either deceived or were expected to be deceived by the terminology. The decision of the Supreme Court stands as a means of protection for the consumer of branded articles. And that is why I smile. Marion B. Lander. We are making a special offer on Agricultural Hydrated Lime in less than car lots. A. B. KNOWLSON CO. Grand Rapids Michigan aS SS SSF ‘‘Vellow Kid’’ Bananas smooth as a glove Bananas which are always bright, clean and attractive. Ripened correctly, handled care- fully and always most delicious to eat. Many recognize these distinctive qualities. — “Yellow Kid’ Bananas a SA - PIOWATY METHODS INSURES PLEASURE AND PROFIT TO YOUR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE DEPT. St M. PIOWATY & SONS, of Michigan A Quick Turn-over for : Grocers The grocers profit comes from quick turn-over. Goods that stick to the shelves yield no_ profit. Better a small profit on goods for which there is a quick demand than large profits on goods that have no sale. Shredded Wheat Biscuit is sold before it reaches your shelves. A steady demand created by years of extensive advertising means business for you. Our advertising plans for 1922 are on a larger scale than ever before. Shredded Wheat is the one universal, staple, whole wheat cereal food, eaten in all climes and in all seasons. There’s no substitute for it. Your friendly co-operation is solicited. MADE ONLY BY The Shredded Wheat Company, Niagara Falls, N. Y. MICHIGAN ZF 2 z ae oe —_ Michigan Retail President—Charles A. Huron. Vice-President—J. Charles Ross, Kala- mazoo. Secretary—Arthur J. Scott, Marine City. Treasurer—-William Moore, Detroit. Directors—R. G. Ferguson, Sault Ste. Marie; George W. Leedle, Marshall; Cassius L. Glasgow, Nashville; Lee E. Hardware Association. Sturmer, Port Hardy, Detroit; George L. Gripton, Brit- ton. Some Suggestions Regarding the Wedding Gift Trade. Written for the Tradesman. The month of June is traditionally the month of brides. For the hard- ware dealer, the yearly bevy of newly- weds means an equal number of new- ly furnished kitchens. The weds must buy these kitchen furnish- ings somewhere. ~ Who gets the business? you get a little more than you are getting? If you can, it by catering to this class of trade? There are two distinct phases to the gift trade. It is, of course, an all- the-year-around trade; but June is the big month, with September, as a rule, a popular second. The main feature, newly- Can why not go after of course, is the business in wedding gifts proper. The tendency in recent years to purchase useful gifts in preference to the pure- ly ornamental, has diverted a great deal of this trade from the jeweler to the hardware dealer; and the course of many hardware dealers in stocking relatively ornamental lines, such as hammered brass, cut glass and fancy silverware, has helped to hold the business for the hardware store. Besides this, a great deal of small business can be secured through catering to “kitchen showers’ and similar pre-nuptial events. While in this department the individual sales are small, yet in the aggregate the business probably amounts to a con- siderable sum. Any time after the to put on a A display featuring e of May “kitchen middl is a good time display. wedding gifts proper should be put on shower” early in June, emphasizing the month; and it is often good policy to put on a second display a little later. In catering to this business, it is well to go after it systematically. One hardware dealer gives the following suggestions, being an outline of plans he has himself pursued: First of all, it is necessary to find the newly-weds—or rather, the pros- pective newly-weds. In many places the city records will show to whom licenses have been issued. The so- ciety marriage columns of the dailies give more clues; and by getting the confidence of the clergymen and tele- phoning them occasionally, the dealer can frequently get a valuable tip. “Then, the young chaps on sales force, meeting other young peo- your ple constantly, will be able to pick up won't come to you personally. Or a wide-awake girl advance information that stenographer or bookkeeper in will be a veritable dragnet, bringing in similar advance tion. If you can beforehand, it is getting it after “Now of the time to your office informa- get this information much better than the event. addresses newly-weds, it is your campaign. Of it a Ppraciuce that you have the prospective launch make course, | to follow the same around, December; system all the whether it is in year June or wien I get a tip as to a prospective wedding, my _ selling plans at once start to operate. But in June I aim to wedding gift idea, and home with special emphasis that the hardware equipped to emphasize the to drive the fact especially store is cater to this trade. “Hirst of all, Map out an though, should advertising you campaign to run in the local daily or weekly as close as possible to the society col- umns and the marriage announce- ments. The campaign should feature dainty things for the kitchen; showing of the articles ad- vertised, the bride can keep her hands beautiful, keep cool and eliminate the drudgery of housework. These are vulnerable points and the most attractive to the bride-to-be., “The advertisements should only the daintiness of the how, by the use the most show kitchen work—the delicious salads that can be prepared—the flaky pastries—the cool dishes and drinks from the refriger- ator. “Nioow that the copy of the adver- tisement is prepared for each day of the month of June, we will next get lit le folder showing the lines we -handle. A personal written to each bride ending with the suggestion in furnishing the future booklet will be useful, as it contains ticles that assist the housewife materially in her new duties. A short crisp letter to the man in the case will strengthen your sales plan; but con- centrate on the woman in the case as she is the one who will be consulted anyway; so the sooner you convince her and capture her good-will the bet- ter. “Two weeks after sending the first letter, send a second, sugesting some more articles and asking the recipient to call at your store for further in- formation. Ask her to call and eet the advice of your ‘Bride’s Assistance’ department. This will develop her curiosity and will bring her into your store sooner or later. “The store should be arranged to Up a neat many letter or flancee, that, the enclosed will be home, found very many ar- will TRADESM AN May 24, 1922 State Distributors VIKING TIRES do make good VIKING TIRES give the user the service that brings him back to buy more. Cured on airbags i in cord tire molds, giv- ing a large oversize tire. We have an excellent money-making proposition for the dealer. Write ,us for further information. BROWN & SEHLER CO. Grand. Rapids, Mich. 1 Fl Michigan Hardware Company Exclusive Jobbers of Shelf Hardware, 00-108 Ellsworth Ave., Corner Oakes GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Sporting Goods and SHING TACKLE Foster, Stevens & Co. 157-159 Monroe Ave. _ :: Wholesale Hardware ot 151 to 161 Louis N. W. Grand Rapids, Mich. W. M. Ackerman Electric Co. Citzens 4294 Electrical Contractors Will show evenings by appointment. 549 Pine Avenue, N. W., Grand Rapids, Michigan All Kinds of Electrical Work. Complete Line of Fixtures. Bell Main 288 ¢ May 24, 1922 follow up this plan—to be of real help to the bride in making her selec- tions. This can be accomplished by arranging a model kitchen where you can show the various uses of the dif- ferent utensils. These should be ar- ranged in sets which you could sell for so much. In this way you would save a lot of time and worry both for your sales staff and for the purchaser. “The ‘Bride’s Assistance’ depart- ment should have the plans of as many kitchen arrangements as possible, and should be in a position to show the bride how to economize on space, money and time in doing her work. Copies of the popular ladies magazines will give you good ideas along these lines. After fitting up a kitchen it would be a good plan to take a photo of it for future use, as these photos will prove very valuable in making sales. “The whole store should be decor- ated for the occasion and everything should suggest as much as possible the lines you are pushing. “This, of course, is catering to the bride who is equipping her new home. You should cater also to the various showers which precede the wedding. You know of course what a shower is?—a sort of party given by some friend of the bride who invites folks, and more pafticularly young people, who are not likely to be bidden to the wedding itself and yet who would like to give some small gift. Each person attending the shower brings some little gift for the bride, who is the guest of honor. “Vour advertising should suggest giving the bride-to-be a kitchen shower and should follow this sugestion with a list of suitable articles for such an Then, your salespeople can do good work by suggesting to their friends giving a shower for So-and-So. These little affairs are immensely popular with young people. occasion, “Now for your window display. This should be given careful attention and all the forces at your command should be concentrated on it. The slogan ‘See the Shower in Our Win- dow’ should be featured in all your letters and advertising copy. 3an- ners should float from all your delivery outfits. “Right in the center of the window place a dummy figure attired as a bride. Over the bride’s head suspend a large parasol (a real good one, the better it is the more effective the dis- play) and then shower all manner of kitchen ware at the bride. This effect can be secured with the use of a fine wire, suspending the various articles from the ceiling by means of this in- visible wire. The floor of the window could be heaped with utensils that have fallen, and the sprinkling of a little rice and confetti will make the scene more realistic. “The window should be decorated with flowers—real ones. They are cheap and plentiful at this time of year. Across the top of the window run a banner worded: ‘Why not a kitchen shower?’ “Now, when you have your plans all ready—when everything looks fine —don’t overlook the fact that no sale is successful unless the entire sales~ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN force is enthusiastic about it, and the whole organization co-operates to make it a success. Therefore take your staff, one by one, into a corner and talk with them. Get them en- thused for the success of your sale, and eager to dig up new prospects for you. Remember that every bride-to- be and every bride represents a future home where you will be able to sell year after year—if you make the right impression now, at the very begin- ning.” Victor Lauriston. —_—_+-<—____ General Business Cn the Up-Grade. Frank P. Meyer, of Danville, Ill, recently sent out a sure enough op- timistic letter. In part he wrote: “All one has to do is to watch the markets to be convinced that we have left the lowlands of uncertainty, and are headed for the hill of the most steady and sane prosperity, we have enjoyed for, several years. Farm products are on the up grade and they are admittedly the best of business barometers. Industrials are gaining strength daily. This. means re-em- ployment of many unemployed. Cheapening of call money indicates that capital is out of work and seek- ing a job. This means launching of new enterprises and further employ- ment of unemployed. But we must not base our calculations on the high velocity bases of 1920-21. The busi- ness thus based will go flying into space like any other misdirected thing. We must move along enmass with the momentum of mass rather than speed. Every business must boost every other business. Right in line with this thought is the one that all shoe men should boost each other. And the best way for shoe men to boost each other and keep themselves firm is to become mem- bers of the National Shoe Retail As- sociation.” —_—_—_22»__—_ Movie By-Products. When motion-picture films are de- veloped, a large part of the silver they contain is deposited in the hypo fix- ing bath. Until recently the movie laboratories at Los Angeles disposed of their used-up hypo by running it into the sewers, but now they extract the silver from it first. They recover in this way about half a ton of silver a month—enough, if coined, to make 13,950 cartwheel dollars. It pays, the process being simple enough. Sodium sulphide precipitates the metal, and the “mud” scraped from the bottom of the tanks is dried and smelted, the silver thereby obtained being molded into ingots and sold to the mint. Along the two edges of every film are little holes punched out by ma- chinery. These yield billions of tiny disks, which are burned, the ashes be- ing put into the melting pot to re- cover the silver they contain. They yield five to six ounces of silver to the ton. ~~. Two In One. “Sages tell us that the best way to get the most out of life is to fall in love with a great problem or a beau- tiful woman.” “Why not choose the latter and get both?” 23 REFRIGERATORS for ALL PURPOSES Send for Catalogue No. 95 for Residences No. 53 for Hotels, Clubs, Hospitals, Etc. No. .2 :.r Grocery Stores No. 31 for Meat Markets No. 75 for Florist Shops McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO. 2244 Lake St., Kendallville, Ind. ‘ You Make Satished Customers when you sell “SUNSHINE” FLOUR Biended For Family Use The Quality ts Standard and the Price Reasonable Genuine Buckwheat Flour Graham and Corn Meal J. F. Eesley Milling Co. The Sunshine Mills PLAINWELL, MICHIGAN JUDSON GROCER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN re) d Cigar wh OAL X CIGAR co. etelalaitle hei TT RUACA Pi Sand Lime Brick Nothing as Durable Nothing as Fireproof Makes Structures Beautiful No Painting No Cost for Repairs Fire Proof Weather Proof Warm in. Winter Cool in Summer Brick is Everlasting Grande Rapids Saginaw Brick Co., Saginaw Jackson-Lansing Brick Co., Rives Junction Brick Co., Grand Signs of the Times Are Electric Signs Progressive merchants and man- ufacturers now realize the value of Electric Advertising. We furnish you with sketches, prices and operating cost for the asking. THE POWER CO. Bell M 797 Citizens 4261 ee ra MICHIGAN TRADESMAN I" = = = =— = = HE COMMERCIAL TRAVELEE. -_ = : cere ANN Te UNS SVN unbods WD hs Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, May 23—Malodors emanating from basement toilets and wash rooms are again in evidence at numerous hotels throughout Michigan —a reminder that warm weather is again at hand. To pass from a stink- ing wash room into any kind of dining room would spoil the appetite of a flea-bitten dog, yet we travelers must put up with it in many places or go hungry. Farmers are tickled to tears over the recent rains. A splendid hay crop is assured and small grains have been greatly benefited. The Hutchinson Hardware Co., of Fennville, has erected eight radio out- fits within the past few weeks for customers in and near that town. Sev- eral farm homes are soon to be equipped with the latest instruments or receiving air messages. If the Hotel Committee of the U. C. T. is still unable to publish that list of hotels whose rates have been re- duced 25 per cent., why not start something by printing the names of those country hotels where meals are served for less than 75 cetns and rooms less than $1.50? Space could not be given for those whose rates are unchanged. The list is all too large. Let’s start something. Dogwood trees are in flower. Never were they more beautiful than No one can recall when blos- now. soms were more abundant. Surely, traveling by car is delightful in Springtime. The Dowagiac Drill Co., one of the oldest manufacturing establishments in Southwest Michigan is soon to dis- solve. Inability to borrow money to finance the business further is given as the cause. Re-organization of the company is being talked of by credi- tors. Miners’ wages in the iron country of Northern Michigan have been in- creased and a number of new men are at work, U. R. Layman, of Cadillac, has re- opened the hotel at Middleville, which is now called the New Western. Rates are $2.50 per day; meals fifty cents. Those who have patronized the New Western speak well of it and say that Mr. Layman requests all travelers to make their headquarters with him while in Middleville. There is station- ery and a place to write or to wait if necessary and a hearty welcome. Patrons of the Columbia Hotel, Kalamazoo, will regret to learn of an accident that befell Florence Harrison. Florence was known for her smile, al- though she seldom spoke to the guests in all her three years’ service Seems something went wrong with the bie coffee urn. Anyway it went over and Florence was drenched with scalding liquid. She is now in Bor- gess hospital, her face and arms swathed in bandages. Gilbert H. Moore had charge of the big Garland stove exhibit at the Hoover-Bond Co., Kalamazoo, last week. An attractive window display was one of the big features. Inside the store were two modern gas ranges _ all connected up and working. Loaves of bread and lines of pastry like mother used to make, fresh from the ovens, were attractive and inviting. Niles Borden, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Borden, was married last week to Miss May Ella Hudson. They will reside at 430 Coit avenue. A well-known traveler contributes the following: “I note the voluntary suggestion to the landlord of the Par- ker House (Hastings) in the last issue of the Tradesman and beg leave to state that the only thing which would preclude putting the suggestion into effect is the apathy of the landlord himself. He is so self-centered and also so. satisfied with himself that nothing short of a charge of dynamite would get him out of the rut he has run in for the past dozen years. He acts as though it hurt him to answer a question propounded by a_ patron. I once asked him if I was in time for supper. He replied with a drawl, “I guess you are.’ As a matter of fact, the supper bell had not been rung yet, and did not ring until ten minutes later.” Reports from some forty district sales managers to a well-known East- ern manufacturing concern show that optimism now prevails throughout most of the country. While the change in trade is not yet far-reaching, there is a better feeling, and buying is not quite so conservative as in recent months. One note running through- out many of the reports is that still more pronounced. improvement will come in the fall with the harvesting of the new crops. Labor conditions in particular show much improvement and the increased building activity has mitigated unemployment. In the steel districts, employers are actually beginning to worry over the labor supply. There are some spots where sentiment is less optimistic, as, for in- stance, in the coal-mining regions of Pennsylvania, where the strike has caused unsettlement in local business. In general, however, conditions are much better than a year ago, or even a few months ago. Do live business men really stand in such terror of competition as is sometimes represented? Such a ques- tion was raised at the recent meeting of the National Association of Manu- facturers in New York, after several spokesmen for trade associations had emphasized the curbing of competi- tion as one of the chief functions of such organizations. The dissenter, himself the secretary of a trade as- sociation, took the position that it was not competition as such from which business suffers, but rather the things that lie back of competition of the bludgeoning variety, such as ignor- ance. short-sightedness, and lack of business morality. The true purpose of the trade association is not to stifle competition, but to render it intelligent constructive and co-operative. By setting high standards of business ethics and practices, and by the com- pilation of useful trade information, competition can be rendered more in- telligent and more moral, and the more it improves in these directions the less will be its tendency to become destructive and unfair. C. F. Stillson, member of Grand Rapids Council and -traveling for the Coye Awning Co., reports business good and getting better and for that reason is afraid he will be unable to attend the Grand Council meeting at Muskegon. G. W. Annable also reports busi- ness good and intends to attend the Grand Council meeting at Muskegon. In the lobby of Reid’s Hotel, South Haven, one evening last week, a num- ber of traveling salesmen were dis- SIDNEY ELEVATORS Will reduce handling expense and speed up work— will make money for you. Easily installed. Plans and instructions sent with each elevator. Write stating requirements, giving kind of machine and size platform wanted, as well as height. We will quote a money saving price. Elevator Mnfg. Co., Western Hotel BIG RAPIDS, MICH. Hot and cold running water in all rooms. Several rooms with bath. All rooms well heated and well ventilated. Sidney Sidney, Ohio A good place to stop. American plan. Rates reason- able. WILL F. JENKINS, Manager. 139-141 Mow ere aU) GUAND RAPIDS. NICH Add Ten Pay Checks To your pay roll by enrolling for SUMMER SCHOOL wok jy Cy JUNE 5, JUNE 19, JULY 5, and JULY 17 are good dates. Why not get the start of the less am- bitious? Why not start earlier and earn $200 more? May 24, 1922 CODY HOTEL $1.50 up without bath RATES | $59 up with bath CAFETERIA IN CONNECTION oe One half block fost of the Union Station GRAND RAPIOS NICH 70 CHICAGO Single Round $3 95 Trip $7.30 Trip MICHIGAN RAILWAY LINES BOAT TRAIN 8 p. m.—G. R. Time Sundays — Tuesdays — Thursdays Day Trip Saturdays BOAT TRAIN 10 a. m.—G. R. Time FREIGHT RATES LOWER MICHIGAN RAILROAD Foot Lyon St., Citz. 4322, Bell M 4470 GRAHAM & MORTON Pantlind Hotel Lobby Citz. 61111 Bell M 1429 3 Short Blocks from Union Depot and Business Center HOTEL BROWNING MOST MODERN AND NEWEST IN GRAND RAPIDS ROOMS with Duplex Bath $2.00; With Private Bath $2.50 or $3.00 Beach’s Restaurant Four doors from Tradesman office QUALITY THE BEST HOTEL RICKMAN KALAMAZOO One block from Michigan Central ‘Station. Headquarters U. C. T. Barnes & Pfelffer, Props. HANNAFORDS NEW CAFETERIA 9-11 Commerce Ave., or 45 Monroe Ave. For The Past 10 Years Prop. of Cody Hotel Cafeteria PARK-AMERICAN HOTEL Near G. R. & I. Depot Kalamazoo European Plan $1.50 and Up ERNEST McLEAN, Manager HOTEL WHITCOMB St. Joseph, Mich. European Plan Headquarters for Commercial Men making the Twin Cities of ST. JOSEPH AND BENTON HARBOR Remodeled, refurnished and redecor- rated throughout. Cafe and Cafeteria in connection where the best of food is ob- tained at moderate prices. Rooms with running water $1.50, with private toilet $1.75 and $2.00, with private bath $2.50 and $3.00. J. T. TOWNSEND, Manager. OCCIDENTAL HOTEL FIRE PROOF CENTRALLY LOCATED Rates $150 and up EDWARD R. SWETT. Mar. Muskegon Michigan CUSHMAN HOTEL PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN The best Is none too good for a tired Commercial Traveler. Try the CUSHMAN on your next trip and you will feel right at home. sanseigastobiat cies nC aN NASAL sf Wincacscccnassenas May 24, 1922 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 25 cussing train connections at Grand Junction between the P. M. and Michigan Central, and all were of the opinion that the Michigan Central should leave its South Haven terminal in time to connect with the South bound Pere Marquette at Grand Junc- tion at 5:03 p. m., not taking in view the fact that the M. C. would have to leave South Haven about three hours earlier than the present schedule in order to make it. The Elkerton Hotel, at Dowagiac, is courting trouble between itself and the traveling salesmen by charging them 65 cents for their meals and charging local people and automobile tourists but 50 cents. All eat in the same din- ing room and at the same table with the commercial men. Ira F. Gordon is again back on the job, feeling well and looking fine and was given the glad hand by a number of his old U. C. T. friends when he dropped in on them at the Lakeview Hotel the other evening. The last seen of Walter Lyps was Monday, when he headed for the Soo. We are wondering if he will get back in time for the Bagman meeting. Every member of Grand Rapids Coun- cil should plan on attending the U. C. T. convention at Muskegon June 1, 2 and 3, or at least get there for the parade Saturday morning, June 3. Grand Rapids Council ought to make a big showing and let the people of Muskegon know that we are on the map and are a bunch of live ones. The five hundred and odd members of Grand Rapids Council who failed to get in on the blind auto run last Saturday afternoon have another guess coming if they think they had any better time staying away than those did who went. The committee was busy all the forenoon, answering phone calls from inquisitive men and some women as to the destination of the party, but to no avail, thus in this instance at least breaking the time worn tradition that a woman cannot keep a secret. Rockwell and Pilking- ton say even they did not know, al- though there were many who looked upon this assertion with suspicion. At the appointed hour Mrs. A. F. Rockwell led off with her Nash tour- ing car for the realm of mystery, while Mrs. L. V. Pilkington took a position at the rear of the line to set right any stragglers who might fall by the wayside. This turned out to me a wise provision, for she picked up Lloyd Bliss and Clarence Worm- nest, who were unable to follow the trail. North, South, East and West the trail wended, until finally, like a big magnetic needle, it settled down to a Northerly direction that pointed toward beautiful Bostwick lake, where the happy party of sixty settled down for a luncheon. The tables were spread in the breezy new Kitson pa- vilion which extends out over the lake. A very instructive and enter- taining programme was arranged by the committee in charge, numbers being taken from the members of the Council, Alvah W. Brown, a charter member of No. 131, was the principal orator of the day, speaking very en- tertainingly on the question of a Fed- eral penitentiary to be located in Michigan on a farm of about 4,000 acres of land, where men would be trained the cultivation of the soil and where the adaptability of all kinds of crops to the different soils would be studied. He would develop the water ways of our State and utilize them for power. The automobile, he said, is a hindrance to young people getting a home and is the chief cause of the present shortage of homes. Mr. Brown says the most careful esti- mates show that it cost 26 cents per mile to run an auto. Taxes in this State have increased from $13.02 per capita in 1910 to $43.70 in 1921. J. M. Vandermeer, vocalist, assisted by Mrs. Vandermeer at the piano, ren- dered some _ exceptionally beautiful selections and revealed to the Coun- cil that we have within our ranks a singer of rare ability. Mrs. R. A. Waite played dance selections and popular airs while the members of the party danced on the new pavilion floor. : The hotel situation is greatly strain- ed in Grand Rapids these days because of the destruction of the Morton House, which will be leveled to the ground by the end of another week. Traveling men and visiting merchants who. expect to visit this city during the remainder of this year should in- variably write or wire ahead for reservations. The new Hotel Rowe will be ready for guests by Christmas, but the new Morton House and the addition to the Pantlind Hotel will probably not be completed before June 1 of next year. Ralph Jones, in recalling his early experiences as a paint salesman, re- marked that he got two orders from the proprietor of the first store he en- tered—one to get out and the other to stay out. Another of our young friends has embarked upon the sea of matrimony. E. B. Ghysels, a popular and hustling member of Grand Rapids Council and Mrs. Myrtle Stowe were married about a week ago, and after spending a short wedding trip in and around Chi- cago they are again back in Grand Rapids, where they will make their home and from now on it will be back home every Friday night for friend Ghysels. John B. Olney. —_—_2->—_—_- Proceedings of Grand Rapids Bank- ruptcy Court. Grand Rapids, May 15—On this day was held the special meeting of creditors in the matter of Sigler Player Action Co., Bankrupt No. 1985. The bankrupt was not present or represented. The trustee was present in person. The re- ceiver’s report and account were allowed in part and the remainder disallowed. Several additional claims were allowed against the estate of the bankrupt. An order for the payment of administration expenses and the declaration and pay- ment of a first dividend to general cred- itors was made. The _ special meeting of creditors was then adjourned no date. In the matter of Joseph Savitsky, Bankrupt No. 2091, the funds for the first meeting of creditors having been furnished, the first meeting of creditors will be held at the office of the referee June 5. May 17. On this day were received the schedules and order of reference in the matter of Cutler Bros., and William and Frank Cutler, individually Bankrupt No. 2096. The bankrupts are residents of the city of Grand Rapids. The sched- ules of the bankrupts do not indicate the occupation they were engaged_ in. The matter has been referred to Benn M. Corwin as referee in bankruptcy. The schedules of the bankrupt list assets of $1,125.66, of which $162 is claimed as exempt, and liabilities of $1,678.33. ->-o—__—— Hats For Summer Wear. Filmy crepe weaves and other sheer, delicate textiles are now in wide use in the millinery trade. Most of the models making use of them show the material supported by light wired frames. The brims are overlaid with scalloped and picoted gray georgette, which hangs over the edge in a soft line. The crowns, according to the bulletin of the Retail Millinery As- sociation of America, are embroider- ed in chain and slip stitch effects, silver and gray thread being used to achieve the neutral tones desired. Short tipped hackle in gray, in combination with iridescent coque, makes flat fancies which are used to trim the front or side crowns. Beige is another shade that is seen in these trimmings. Wreaths or drenched os- trich are also used to trim models of this type, the long silky flues hanging well over the brim edge. Wreaths of bluettes are likewise seen laid around the crowns. To Raise the Standard of Canned Foods. Abel R. Todd has removed to this city from Lansing and established offices on the second floor of the Mc- Mullen building. Mr. Todd was born at Hoxie, Kansas, March 15, 1889. His father was a native of Scotland and his mother was of French de- scent. He was the third child in a family of four. When he was five years of age his parents removed to Welch, La., where his father engaged in the business of raising rice. He worked on the plantation was not attending school until he was 18 years of age, he entered Trinity University at Waxahachie, Texas, pursuing the literary course one year. He then transferred him- self to the Valparaiso University, where he took a two year pharmacy course. The next two years he de- voted to the completion of the chem- istry course of the University of Michigan. On graduating from this position, he became State Drug Analyst for the old Dairy and Food Department of Michigan, which was then supervised by G. M. Dame. He continued in this capacity until 1913, when he became State Chemist under Dairy and Food Commissioner Helm. He remained in this position six years, when he was elected a director for Michigan of the National Canners Association. Two years later the of- fice was abolished, owing to the can- ners not keeping up the fund which sustained the movement. In Novem- ber, 1921, he became Secretary of the Michigan Canners Association, with Because Grand Rapids is found to be a more central location for an office of this kind, he has taken up his residence here, locating his family at 428 North Lafayette street. Mr. Tood was mar- ried Sept. 3, 1910, to Miss Claire Schwinn, of Wheeling, W. Va. He attends the Presbyterian church, is an Elk and a Mason up to and in- cluding the Shrine. His connection with the Michigan Canners Associa- tion is expected to bring about more uniformity in Michigan canned foods and greatly enhance the quality of our canned goods output. ——_»+ + -— Good Sales of Men’s Wear. A leading retailer says the present volume of sales in all lines of men’s wear has been very satisfactory dur- ing the past two weeks. “In sales of clothing, especially,’ said the sales manager of this firm, “we have had a large turn-over. We had a big week in mixture sack suits, with the med- ium-priced numbers going well, but also averaging otu nicely on the high- grade garments. We have had a note- worthy demand for lightweight plain blue serges. This is away ahead of the customary demand for these suits which generally make itself felt about the middle of June. Up to date there has not been much business in trop- icals and mohairs, but we are prepared for a big demand. The number of per- sons buying the extremely light and cool mohairs seem to be increasing every year. Flannel trousers are sell- ing freely, and this demand should increase as the season wears on.” when he when headquarters in Lansing. 26 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 24, 1922 oa ae = —————————— > Flavoring Extracts In Paste Form. than with the use of alcohol. To xc ao Se 23, - Flavorings may be prepared in the the quantity of liquid gum and glyc- ~ BES Z - = " = y form of paste put up in collapsible ¢™n just stated add two ounces of e tr § . . 5 = 3 - = tubes. This form offers many advan- either of the oils of lemon, orange, ee Michigan Board of Pharmacy. Members—James KE. Way, Jackson; Chas. S. Koon, Muskegon; H. H. Hoff- man, Sundusky; Oscar W. Gorenflo, De- troit; Jacob C. Dykema, Grand Rapids; J. A. Skinner, Cedar Springs. President—James E. Way, Jackson. See’y and ‘Treas.—Charles S. Koon, Muskegon. Director of Drugs and Drug Stores— H. H. Hoffman, Sandusky. June Examination Session—Detroit, June 20, 21 and 22. Mich. State Pharmaceutical Ass'n. President—John G. Steketee, Grand Rapids. Secretary—L. V. Middleton, Grand Rapids. Treasurer—E. E. Faulkner, Mid Revised Pharmacopoeia Will Drop Many Old Drugs. A revised edition of the United States Pharmocopoeia, with a few drugs added and many deleted because of lack of use or the discovery of new and superior substitutes, is now being prepared by a committee chosen by the medical and pharmaceutical asso- ciations and colleges of the country. Fifty-one members comprise this re- vision committee, which is appointed every ten years, and among the mem- bers are expert chemists, physicians, bacteriologists, botanists, pharmacol- ogists and pharmacists. The work of the committee is done through a series of circular letters sent out from the office of the Chair- man, Professor E. E. Cook, in Phila- delphia. Through these circulars the work of the various sub-committees is constantly checked up and brought to the attention of the Executive Com- mittee, and then to the committee as a whole. In describing the work Pro- fessor Cook says: “The general committee is divided into fifteen sub-committees, each of which considers a certain phase of the revision work. The Chairmen of these sub-committees constitute the Execu- tive Committee. More than seventy scientists from all parts of the coun- try have been requested to render auxiliary service in connection with the research work necesssary in the work of revision. “The Sub-committee on Scope, which is made up entirely of physi- cians, virtually decides upon the drugs and preparations which are to be included in the new Pharmacopoeia, and likewise determines which of the older remedies have become obsolete arid are to be deleted. So far this sub-committee has decided that 475 of the drugs listed in the present volume shall be continued in the re- vised issue. One hundred and two articles now listed in the Pharma- copoeia have been recommended for deletion because they have been re- placed by other drugs which are now considered better or because of lack dleville. of use. “Twenty-seven new drugs are re- commended for inclusion in the re- Among them aspirin; ‘606’; benzyl ben- zoate, the non-habit-forming sedative, vised Pharmacopoeia. are acetyl-salicylic acid, or arsphenamine, or which has been so extensively used in place of the opium derivatives with good results, and which itself is en- tirely non-habit forming; chloramine- T, Dakin’s solution and dichloramine- T, the wound antiseptics developed during the world war; chaulmoogra oil, which by American chemists has been found to be practically a specific for leprosy, and a number of other important drugs and chemicals. “The present United States Phar- macopoeia is the ninth decennial re- vision, and the revision committee be- gan work on the tenth revision late in 1920. No estimate can be given at this time as to the probable date of completion of the work, The print- ing and proofreading generally re- quire a full year, and no manuscript is submitted to the publishers until all standards and tests have been agreed upon. “As the United States Pharmaco- pocia is the official standard for drugs under the Federal and State Food and Drugs acts, great care is taken by the Revision Committee, in the interest of public health, to make the stan- dards for the drugs listed conform to the highest degree of purity.” ——_—_.-————_———_ Expect Half the Druggists To Attend. Grand Rapids, May 23—Druggists through the Western part of Michi- gan have had daily reminders of the coming M. S. P. A. convention in- serted with their Hazeltine & Perkins invoices. This statement is very terse and to the point, asking them if they are going and how many extra they can seat in their machines. The autos will leave from the Hazeltine & Per- kins Drug Co., Grand Rapids, at 9 a. m. Tuesday, June 6. It is expected that at least 50 per cent. of the drug- gists from the surrounding territory will be in this caravan and take in all three days at Ann Arbor. Nels Eckberg, of Grand Rapids, is chair- man of the committee. In addition to the program prev- iously announced for the convention at Ann Arbor, two very interesting papers will be presented. Ernest R. Jones will present a paper on “Col- joidal Prepared Medicines” and H. H. Hoffman, Director of Drugs and Drug Stores, will present a resume of the inspection work done during the past year in the State of Michigan. Asa thorough and an efficient inspection service has been arranged in Michigan by Mr. Hoffman, his paper will be very interesting to the druggists of the State. L. V. Middleton, Sec’y. —_—_2..->——————_ Beware of Business Habits. In doing, business with people of slack business habits, don’t match their habits and practices with your own. Instead take unusual precau- tions. tages over both liquid and powder, to both the manufacturer and user. In this form, alcohol is practically dispensed with, while the form of package is not only a preservative against the action of the atmosphere but also against any contamination or chance of change between the times of making and using. In this line the flavoring ingredients are not different from those usually employed; the difference is in the base or vehicle, and there are a num- ber of these from which to choose, all agreeing, however, in containing more or less glycerin. One of the best is the heavy-bodied glucose. This is usually too stiff to run out of a bottle or jar at even ordinary tem- peratures, and requires to be mixed with some glycerin to make it run a little more freely. It is best to have the glucose as heavy as can be han- dled conveniently through the tubes, since the finished product is not a solution, but a mixture, and this den- sity is necessary to hold the mixture together and prevent its separating. The oils or other flavoring material should first be mixed with the gly- cerin, and this then added to the glu- cose. The heat of a water-bath will materially assist the blending. This mixture of glucose and glycerin forms a very good basis for these pastes. glycerin alone is used, but it is rather too light to give best satisfaction. Again, tragacanth is sometimes used, and this also forms a good basis. A half pound of good, clean gum, although it need not be of the highest grade, especially as regards color, is soaked in a gallon of water for three or four days or until it becomes perfectly soft and has absorbed its maximum content of the liquid; the mass is now stirred and strained through a piece of gauze or cheese cloth. Four ounces of this liquid gum, twelve ounces of glycerin and the desired flavoring material are now to be very thoroughly mixed together, adding the oil slowly, and triturating thoroughly in a mortar. Sometimes As these pastes can be purchased at less cost than the liquid variety, it is usual to make them strong, al- though even at that the cost is less cinnamon, clove, peppermint, winter- green, allspice, etc. For nutmeg, one ounce, and for almond, a half ounce of benzaldehyde free from both prus- sic acid and chlorine, will suffice, and the same is true of celery. For va- nilla, the usual plan is to employ va- nillin and cumarin, in the proportions usually employed by any other ex- tract, say sixty grains of the first and twenty of the second, and it will be found an excellent plan to dissolve these in just sufficient warm alcohol, and then mix the solution with the glycerin. This will ensure the smooth- ness of the product, and the amount of solvent is too trifling to be any object. H. C. Bradford. ——_—__2..—<>————— Confidence. Do not talk of trade depression, It but leads to retrogression; With a smile give strong expression To the idea of progression, Have a heart. Be awake and up and doing, You will find there’s business brewing Each one his own work pursuing, In this process of renewing Get in line. Wait not now for fairer weather, Let no eause your efforts tether, Make a start and pull together ~ And you soon will find out whether You can win. H. E. Fenton. ——__<2.>—__—_ Out of Stock. Customer in music store: I would like to see a few instruments, please —a harp, a guitar and a lyre. Boy, recently reprimanded: I can show you the harp and guitar, sir, but the boss is out! Store and Window AWNINGS made to order of white or khakl duck, plain and fancy stripes. Auto Tents, Cots, Chalrs, Etc. Send for booklet. CHAS, A. COYE, Inc. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN CHOCOLATE FLAVORED MALTED MILK LOZENGES Two Snappy New 5c Rolls— Aialionlal MINTCA THE NEW FOOD CONFECTION GOOD THE YEAR ROUND BUT ESPECIALLY SO IN SUMMER. IN ATTRACTIVE DISPLAY CARTONS Putnam Factory, Manfrs. SOFT CREAMY LOZENGES, i i VERY PEPPY PACKED Grand Rapids, Michigan anamieneesennsa a re Seascale NBER He May 24, 1922 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27 4 e | Wholesale Drug Price Current e Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day of issue. oda Fountains oe mitation -—--- ecb y Serre oo _ 25 Amber, crude .. 2 00@2 25 i nn iRou ne a: 80 oric (Xtal) ----17%@ 26 ‘Amber, rectified 2 25@2 50 “O58 ~-~~-------- @1 45 Cubele 2. 31@ 36 Anise ———----—- i 25@1 50 pea RRR ot a0 itri ergamont vi “coll paeamptaaiee 1922—The Banner Year—1922 | o¢.----- fe % Seer 1 Belladonna, “--—- Ot 35 Canara a assia, —-------— : eens — Niele ao 6 Cnr... 1 lhe OQxalie (2 fo 18@ 30 aon ---- 1 Cantharadies ___ @2 85 _~ Sulphuric ----..- 94@ & GClsvas 3 25@3 50 Capsicum —-~-~-~ @2 20 Let us remind you again that we are the Vartere 2. 40@ 6@ Cocoanut ------- 25@ 35 oaenee Lemme EGR @1 75 Cod Liver ~~ 1 30@1 40 Colchicum ~~ gi 80 : : Croton —.......... 5@2 50 Se distributors for the Guarantee Iceless Soda Ammonia Cation Hacd | a. ty Saas 3 80 ' - Do wheter OR dew ss 10@m—s te eRe . 2 Fountains manufactured by the Fountain Water, 26 deg. . 109 18 Fioton WW 4 oe i. Guan gi 35 : Water, 18 deg. si 8144@ 13 Eucalyptus cio 15@1 00 Giaaet. DD & p1 89 Specialty Co., of Grand Haven. Water, 14 deg. _. 6%@ 12 Hemlock, pure- 156@175 Guninc. Ammon. @2 20 Carbonate . 22@ 26 Juniper Berries 3 00@3 25 a @2 00 : Juniper Wood 1 50@1 75 eee ie @ 9% i Chloride (Gran) 10@ 20 ard, extra _.-. 1 25@1 45 Iodine, Colorless @1 50 We have placed since Jan. 1, 1922, over ioe et iia @1 35 f 4 Lavendar Flow 5 00@5 25 yyrrn 777777 ee \ a score of Fountains in Drug Store, Candy alsams Lavendar Gar’n 175@2 00 nwx vomica 777” @2 50 : Copaita: ____. 60@1 009 Lemon ---_.-.-- 1a Gaon @1 55 Stores and Lunch Rooms in Michigan. Fir (Canada) —2 50@2 75 Linseed Boiled bbl. | @ 1 Gee gee @3 20 Fir (Oregon) --- 60@ 80 Linseed, ae. bh @ 95 a Deodorz’d os 50 ee 7 i Pera 22 fT 3 75@4 00 Linseed, ra., less 1 02@1 10 ubarb -------- @1 70 We are still in a position to give your wants i 1 00@1 29 Mustard, true, oz. @2 75 . { : : Mustard, artifil, oz. @ 60 immediate attention. Write our Mr. A. W. : Neatsfoot ------ 1 15@1 30 Paints Barks aa nore ---- 3 75@4 75 2 ve, alaga, Lead, red dry — Olds for plans and prices. Cassia (ordinary) 25@ 80 yellow —--_--- 2 16@3 00 Lead, white dry Dh Oise Cassia (Saigon) 50@ 60 Olive, Malaga, Lead, white oil 124%@12% Sassafras (pw. 55c) @ 60 green ~—---~—- 2 75@3 00 Ochre, yellow bbl. @ 2 Soap Cut (powd.) Grane. Sweet 6 er as Ochre, yellow less 24%@ _ 6 306 eo 15@ 20 riganum, pure Potty 5@ 8 Origanum, com’l 1 00@1 20 Red Venet’n Am. 3% 7 Pennyroyal -... 2 50@2 75 Red Venet’n Eng. s@ 8 . e Peppermint ~.__ 3 00@3 25 Whiting, bbl @ 4% azeltine erkins Drug Co. Berries pepe pura << ia oaks Wb Whiting’ o.-e4g IB a Cute 175@1 85 Rosemary Flows 1 50@1 75 L. H. P. Prep. 2 80g: 75 e ° ° Mish) “a0 Ve CO ogers Prep. -. 2 50@2 76 : zi ° ---—- 10 50@10 75 G ra n d R a p 1 d 8, M 1c h 1 g an ee ---------- 7@ 15 Pinan al true 1 eo@l 80 rieky Ash _..._ 30 Sassafras, arti’l 1 00@1 25 @ Spearmint ae 3 75@4 00 Miscellaneous Sperm 2 40@2 60 Extracts Tansy a 14 00@14 25 Acetanalid --.--_ 55@ 176 TiCe ons @¢ Haw me ae 2 —— 08@ 12 Licorice powd. -. 70@ 80 ‘Turpentine less 1 08@1 16 ‘lum, powd. and Wintergreen, ground —~--.--- 9@ 16 Ginuweare Yeoat 6 50@7 00 Bismuth, Subni-— ce : Wintergreen, sweet trate —----.-- 2 91@3 08 Arnica _-.------. 75@ 80 women ae 3 25@3 69 ee Par: or ‘a 1 y i ntergreen 8 0 e ---- Champeiio (Ger.) 40@ 650 Warcusea = 6 ee 75 Cantharades, po 1 75@8 00 Chamomile Rom 75@125 Wormwood ~~ 17 00@I17 25 penis -------- 1 a < : Japsicum —....... 6 Gums Potassium pap aga ide ' overs be assl aceeame : Bicarbonate ---- 35@ 40 Caves — 500 és Acacia, Tet) oo 50 65 Bichromate —----- 15@ 25 Chalk Prepared 14@ 16 NUMBER TWO Acacia, 2nd —-__- 45 60 Bromide -_.-..-- 35@ 45 Chloroform — 61@ 72 Acacia, Sorts --. 20@ 35 Carbonate ------ 30@ 35 Chloral Hydrate 1 35@1 85 any E Acacia, powdered 30@ 35 Chlorate, gran’r 23@ 3 Cocaine 9 25@10 25 HE Centennial in Philadelphia, held in 1876, offered Aloes (Barb Pow) 20@ 35 Chlorate, powd. Cocoa Butter -_. 55@ 75 Grand Rapids furniture manufacturers their first Aloes (Cape Pow) 25@ 35 or xtal ------- 6@ 25 Corks, list, less 40@50% zi ag : . Aloes (Soc. Pow.) 70@ 75 Cyanide --------- 35@ 50 Copperas 8 10 opportunity to exhibit the quality of their products Asafoetida é lodide —-- 1GEIS Cotes Pee le to the American people at large. _As a result of this Pow. ~------— @ eae. ee 0 Ceactee Subim’ 1 11@1 30 showing, on a large scale, Grand Rapids’ reputation began oo. Prussate, yellow 45@ 55 Cream Tartar --_ 37@ 46 to grow. In the years that have followed Grand Rapids Gustae Gow oan Prussiate, red--. 65@ 75 Cuttle bone ---- 5b@ 176 : ‘ ualac, POW Stipiate =. 35@ 40 Dextrine 44@ 1 : has never taken a backward step. The reputation which Kino fie @ : : Havers Pawdas & aus £ was so well established nearly half a century ago has plane powdered_ @ Roots fkmery, All Nos. ing 16 borne compound interest since that time, and today the Myrrh, “powdered g > Alkanét _._.... @ 50 Emery, Powdered. 8@ 10 reputation of Grand Rapids’ products holds an unimpeach- Gna 00@9 40 oe ernst ot on Epa ny “eran 38 able and enviable prominence. Opium, powd. 10 25@10 60 jslecampane, pwd 25@ 30 Ergot, powdered 1 75@2 00 i ; ; Opium, gran. 10 25@10 6@ Gentian, powd... 20@ 30 Flake White --.. 16@ 20 : Because furniture cannot be displayed to dealers through- Shellac —-_--____ 00@1 15 Ginger, African, Formaldehyde, lb. 13@ 20 i out the country except by pictures, which leaves too much eee : aes a) | powdered _. 9@ 20 Gelating 1 30@1 50 ‘ to the imagination, it was found necessary to invite dealers Tragacanth, pw. 2 75@3 00 oa a b2@ 60 Se. pee oS cats i to Grand Rapids to inspect the newly made patterns first Turpentine ~~~. 25@ 30 ‘aaaered _— 42@ 50 Giuher "Salta, be 033 ' hand. ‘This necessity was responsible for the first display, Goldenseal, pow. 5 50@6 00 Glauber Salts less 04@ 1 ‘ from which has developed the great Grand Rapids sem1- tassoticiden Ipecac, powd. -- @3 00 Glue, Brown — 21@ 30 i annual furniture markets Lice —_.__. 40@ 45 Glue, Brown Grd 124%@ 20 ; . Avsenie (0 09@ 20 Licorice, powd. 25@ 30 Glue, White --.- 25 35 i As early as 1878 a line of chairs manufactured in New Blue Vitriol, bbl. @ 07 QTuiS a a = pep edi no = ; York was displayed here, and each succeeding year saw Blue Vitriol, less 8@ 15 Rhubarb, powd. 115@125 Hops ------------ 65@ 75 additional manufacturers shipping their furniture samples Rosinwood, powd. 30@ 35 Iodine —= ------- 5 78@7 24 Bordeaux Mix Dry 144@ 29 Hellebore, White powdered 20@ 30 Insect Powder ~~ 45@ 75 Lead Arsenate Po. 16@ 28 Lime and Sulphur here for inspection during the months of January and July. Today more than fifty local factories display their wares here twice a year, and this exhibition is supplemented by the showings of over 500 factories in other cities, The buyersfof the country gradually began to think of Grand Rapids as the center of furniture ideals. In 1895, during the January season Dry oe 0914@23% : 100 buyers from the larger furniture stores of the country came to Paria G 30 40 i Grand Rapids to inspect the samples on display. During the 1921 aris Green -~~~- @ i summer season 2,265 buyers, representing the best furniture stores in \ America, visited the *‘ market”. Leaves The growth of Grand Rapids has been slow, but sure; sane, but safe, and its reputation has ever remained high. Who is there who Buchu --------- 1 75@1 90 will say that the future of this good place in which to live is not well Buchu, powdered @2 00 vouched for, isnot assured? Whois there who will not say that always Sage, bulk 67@ 170 ade Grand Rapids will be a good place in which to live? tao ae fe o ' Sage, powdered. 55@ 60 Senna, Alex. --- 1 40@1 50 wan apids Sema, ‘ns —- te j 7 pa Senna, Tinn. pow 25@ 35 "A good place to live nice aaa — * (No. 10) Olis Almonds, Bitter, ADVERTISING-CLUB @) OF GRAND RAPIDS true nnn 10 s0@10 75 ; Soo Almonds, Bitter, i This advertisement produced for the Advertising Club by the following: Typography by artificial .--. 2 50@2 75 4 The Cargill Company; Copy by A.G.M.; Engravings by Newspaper Engraving Co.; Al ae tect ; Electrotypes by Grand Rapids Electrotype Co. monds, Swete, true —-.-.-__-— 1 00@1 25 wie Sarsaparilla, Hond. ground --.--. 1 25@1 40 Sarsaparilla Mexican, ground ...... 70 Seunitie 40 35 Squills, powdered 60@ 70 Tumeric, powd. 15@ 20 Valerian, powd. 50@ 60 Anise: _2 35 Anise, powdered 40 Bird, 1s 15 Canary -.._ 15 Caraway, 20 Cardamon ----. 1 50@1 75 Celery, powd. .45 .35@40 Corlander pow. .25 15@ 20 Dit. 10 20 Ferme —.....__.. 18 25 Bias 2 814 13 Flax, ground -__ 08%@ 13 Foenugreek pow. 3s@ 15 Hemp 2°. 8@ 15 Lobella, Powd. --. @ 1 50 Mustard, yellow 10@ 15 Mustard, black _. 15@ 20 Peppy ....-____-- 25@_ 30 Quince: @2 256 Hane .. —_ 15@ 20 Sabadilla .---.--- 20@ 30 Sunflower —..__ 10@ 15 Worm American 30@ 40 Worm Levant ------ @3 00 lodeform, ........ 6 T5@7 20 25 Lead Acetate .. 18@ Lycopedium _.-. 1 50@1 75 Mace _...... 5@ Mace, powdered 95@1 00 Menthol —...___. 0@9 00 Morphine -.--.. 7 756@8 86 Nux Vomica ---- Nux Vomica, pow. 23@ 30 Pepper black pow. 32@35 Pepper, white _. 40@ 45 Pitch, Burgundy oO 15 Quassia -~--....-- 12 15 Quinine —......... 82@1 43 Rochelie Salts -. 30@ 40 Saccharine ~-.-.~- @ 30 Salt Peter _.__... Ef 22 Seidlitz Mixture 30 40 Soap, green 5 Soap mott castile 22% Soap, white castile @ase 22. @13 50 Soap. white castile less, per bar ~~. 50 Soda Ash -.--. 10 Soda Bicarbonate 3144@10 Soda, Sal ._.. 2%@ 08 Spirits Camphor 1 36 Sulphur, roll _--. 04 10 Sulphur, Subl. -. 4% 10 Tamarnds 20@ 25 Tartar Emetic -- ne 75 Turpentine, Ven. 60@2 25 Vanilla Ex. pure 1 75@2 25 Witch Hazel .. 1 47@2 00 Zine Sulphate o6@ 15 ADVANCED DECLINED MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mail- ing, and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices, however, are liable to change at any time, and country merchants will have their orders filled at market prices at date of purchase. Canned Pineapple California Lima Beans Cheese Sal Soda Mich. Beans Some Baked Beans Tapioca Some Flour Cows Beef Veal AMMONIA CANNED FRUIT. CANNED VEGETABLES. Arctic Brand 16 oz., 2 doz. in carton, per doz. —__..__----_- 1 75 rom 1. 2 dov., 12 oz. 4 96 Parsons, 3 doz. small 5 00 Parson, 2 doz. med. 4 35 Parsons, 2 doz., Ige. 6 70 AXLE GREASE : pails, per. doz. 8 20 15 Ib. pails, per doz. 11 20 25 lb. pails, per doz. 17 70 BAKING POWDERS Calumet, 4 0z., doz. 97% Calumet, 8 oz., doz. 1 9 Calumet, 16 oz. ,doz. 3 35 Calumet, 5 Ib., doz. 12 75 Calumet, 10 Ib., doz. 19 00 K. C., 10c, doz. ---= 95 K. C., 20c, doz. ---- 1 85 im ©. 2be, doz —_-- 2 35 K. C., 5 Ib., doz. ---- 7 00 Queen Flake, 6 02. -- Queen Flake, 50s, kegs i. Royal, 10c, doz. -~----- 9 poral 6 oz., doz. — 2 70 Royal, 12 0z., doz.-- 5 20 Royal, 5 lb. --------- 31 20 Rumford, 1l0c, doz. -- 95 Rumford, 8 0z., doz. 1 85 Rumford, 12 oz., doz. 2 40 Rumford, 5 lb., doz 12 50 Ryzon, 4 02., goz. —~ 1 39 Ryzon, 8 0z., doz. .. 2 26 Ryzon, 16 0z., doz. -- 4 05 Ryzon, 5 |b. ------- 24 Rocket, 16 0z., doz. BLUING Jennings Condensed Pearl -P-B “Seal Cap” 3 doz. Case (15c) ---- 3 75 BREAKFAST FOODS Cracked Wheat, 24-2 4 85 Cream of Wheat ---- 7 50 Pillsbury’s Best Cer] 2 Quaker Puffed Rice-. 5 Quaker Puffed Wheat 4 Quaker Brfst Biscuit 1 Ralston Purina ------ 4 00 Ralston Branzos a Raiston Foed, large -- 3 Ralston Food, small_- 2 Saxon Wheat Food -- 4 Shred. Wheat Biscuit 3 Post’s Brands. Grape-Nuts, 248 ----- 3 80 Grape-Nuts, 100s ---- 2 75 Postum Cereal, 12s -- 2 25 Post Toasties, 36s -- 2 85 Post Toasties, 24s -- 2 85 BROOMS No. 4, 4 String ------ 4 00 Standard Parlor 23 lb. 5 50 Fancy Parlor, 23 Ib.—- 7 00 Ex Fancy Parlor 25 lb 8 50 Ex. Fey, Parlor 26 lb 9 00 Toy ------------------ 2 00 Whisk, No. 3 ------ 2 26 Whisk. No. 1 -------- 3 00 BRUSHES Scrub Solid Back, 8 in. ---- 1 50 Solid Back, 1 lin --- 1 75 Pointed Ends -------- 1 25 Stove Se 1 10 ia 2 1 35 Shoe Ne. 4 90 Me 2 1 25 Na 8 2 2 ON BUTTER COLOR Dandelion, 25c size -- 2 85 Nedrow, 3 oz., doz. 2 50 CANDLES Electric Light, 40 Ibs. Plumber, 40 Ibs. Paraffine, 68 —-- Paraffine, 128 -------- Wicking ......__....- 40 Apples, 3 lb. Standard 1 75 Apples, No. 10 5 75@6 00 Apple Sauce, No. 2. 2 35 Apricots, No. 1 1 90@2 00 Apricots, No. 2 —--~-- 225 Apricots, No. 2% 2 25@3 50 Apricots, No. 10 9 00@13 50 Blueberries, No. 2 —-- 2 50 Blueberries, No. 10_- 15 00 Cherries, No. 2_-3 00@3 50 Cherries, No. 2% 4 00@4 95 Cherries, No. 10 0 Loganberries, No. 2 -- 3 00 Peaches, No. 1 1 Peaches, No. 1, Sliced 1 40 Peaches, No. 2 ----- 27 Peaches, No. 24%, Mich 2 60 Peaches, 2%% Cal. 3 00@3 76 Peaches, No. 10, Mich 7 75 Peaches, No. 10, Cal. 10 50 Pineapple, 1, slic. 1 60@1 75 Pineapple, No. 2, slic. 2 90 Pineapple, 2, Brk slic. 2 25 Pineapple, 2%, sliced 3 90 Pineapple, No. 2, crus. 2 26 Pineap., 10, cru. 7 00@10 00 3 f Pears, No. 2 -------- 26 Pears, No. 2% ------ 4 26 Plums, No. Z -------- 2 25 Plums, No. 2% ------ 3 00 Raspberries No. 2, bik. 3 25 Rhubarb, No. 10 ---- 6 25 CANNED FISH. Clam Ch’der, 10% oz. 1 35 Clam Ch., No. 3 3 00@3 40 Clams, Steamed, No. 1 1 75 Clams, Minced, No. 1 Finnan Haddie, 10 oz. Clam Bouillon, 7 0Z.- Chicken Haddie, No. 1 Fish Flakes, small -- Cod Fish Cake, 10 oz. Cove Oysters, 5 0z. —- Lobsters, No. %, Star Lobster, No. %, Star Shrimp, No. 1, wet -- Shrimp, No. 1, dry -- Sard’s, % Oil, k. 4 25@4 75 Sardines, 4 Oil, k’less 3 76 Sardines, % Smoked 7 00 Sardines, % Mus. 3 75@4 75 Salmon, Warrens, %8 2 75 Salmon, Warrens, 1 lb 4 00 Salmon, Red Alaska-- 2 85 Salmond, Med. Alaska 2 00 Salmon, Pink Alaska 1 45 Sardines, Im. %, ea. 10@28 Sardines Im., %, ea@ 25 Sardines, Cal. -- 1 75@2 10 Tuna, %, Albocore -- 90 Tuna, 1%, Nekco ---- 1 66 Tuna, %, Regent -- 2 25 CANNED MEAT. Bacon, Med. Beechnut 2 70 Bacon, Lge. Beechnut 4 50 DRO om Pt eto DY Oo RD wo o ee ~] on Bacon, Large, Brie -- 2 25 Beef, No. 1, Corned —- 70 Beef, No. 1, Roast -- 70 Beef, No. % Rose Sli. 35 Beef, No. %, Qua. sli. Beef, No. 1, Qua. sli. Beef, No. 1, B’nut, sli. Beef, No. %, B’nut sli. Beefsteak & Onions, 18 Chili Con Ca., 1s 1 35@ . 09 C9 C109 et A RO DODO sees o Deviled Ham, %s --- 0 Deviled Ham, ¥%s --- 3 60 Hamburg Steak & Onions, No. 1 ----- 8 15 Potted Beef, 4 oz. --- 1 40 Potted Meat, %4 Libby 50 Potted Meat, % Libby 90 Potted Meat, % Rose 85 Potted Ham, Gen. % 2 15 Vienna Saus., No. % 1 36 Veal Loaf, Medium -- 2 30 Derby Brands In Glass. Ox Tongue, 2 Ib. ---. 18 50 Sliced Ox Tongue, % Calf Tongue, No. 1-- Lamb Tongue, Wh. 1s Lamb Tongue, sm. sli. Lunch Tongue, No. 1 Lunch Tongue, No. % Deviled Ham, % Vienna Sausage, sm. Vienna Sausage, Lge. Sliced Beef, small -- Boneless Pigs Feet, pt. Boneless Pigs Feet, at. Sandwich Spread, % DO OTOO RDO OCs CTR OO o a Baked Beans. Beechnut, 16 oz. ~--. 1 35 Campbells —...___.___ 1 16 Climatic Gem, 18 oz. 95 Fremont, No. 2 ~----- 1 16 Snider No. A... _ 90 Crider Moe, 2.022 13 Van Camp, Small —.- 1 00 Van Camp, Med. -... 1 30 Asparagus. No. 1, Green tips --. 3 9u No. 2%. Lge. Gr. 3 75@4 50 Wax Beans, 2s 1 35@3 75 Wax Beans, No. 10 -_ 6 00 Green Beans, 2s 1 60@4 75 Green Beans, No. 10-- 8 25 Lima Beans, No. 2 Gr. 2 00 Lima Beans, 2s, Soaked 96 Red Kid., No. 2 1 30@1 65 Beets, No. 2, wh. i 60@2 40 Beets, No. 2, cut 1 25@1 75 Beets, No. 3, cut 1 40@2 10 Corn, No. 2, St. 1 10@1 85 Corn, No. 2, Ex-Stan. 1 65 Corn, No. 2, Fan 1 60@2 26 Corn, No. 2, Fy. glass , 25 Corn, No, 10 _._--__ 25 Hominy, No. 3 1 15@1 35 Okra, No. 2, whole -. 1 90 Okra, No. 2, cut _. 1.60 Dehydrated Veg Soup 90 Dehydrated Potatoes, lb 46 Mushrooms, Hotels ~. 38 Mushrooms, Choice --. 48 Mushrooms, Sur Extra 66 Peas, No. 2, E.J. 1 25@1 80. Peas, No. 2, Sift., Saas 1 60@2 10 Peas, No. 2, Ex. Sift. EB. 3. --- 1 90@2 10 Peas, Ex. Fine, French 32 Pumpkin, No, 3 --— 1 66 Pumpkin, No. 10 ~-. 3 75 Pimentos, %, each 15@18 Pimentoes, %, each _. 27 Sw’t Potatoes, No. 2% 2 15 Saurkraut, No. 3 ---- 1 85 Succotash, No. 21 60@2 36 Succotash, No. 2, glass 3 46 Spinach, No. 1 35 Spinach, No. 2 1 45@1 76 Spinach, No. 3 2 10@2 85 Spinach, No. 10 ---- 7 25 Tomatoes, No. 2 1 45@1 65 Tomatoes, No. 3 1. 90@2 25 Tomatoes, No. 2, glass 2 : Tomatoes, No. 10 ---- 7 0 CATSUP. B-nut, Large —---— _. 8 95 B-nut, Small -------- 1 80 Fraziera, 14 02. —------ 2 26 Libby, 14 oz. ------ 2 90 Libby, 8 oz. —---—- _ 190 Van Camp, 8 oz. ---- 1 90 Van Camp, 16 oz -- 3 15 Lilly Valley, pint -- 2 95 Lilly Valley, % Pint 1 80 CHILI SAUCE. Snider, 16 0z. -------- 3 60 Snider, 8 oz. 2 36 Lilly Valley, OYSTER COCKTAIL. Sniders, 16 0z. ~----- 3 50 Sniders, ¥% OZ. ------- 2 35 CHEESE. Roquefort ~----------- 85 Kraft “mall tins ---- 1 40 Kraft American ----- 2 15 Chili, small tins ---- 1 40 Pimento, small tins - 1 40 Roquefort, small tins 2 25 Camembert. small tins 2 25 Rick —_ 20 Wisconsin Flats ----- 20 Wisconsin Daisy ---- 20 Tonghorn —__--.---_-_-- 20 New York ---------- 22 Michigan Full Cream 19 Sap Sago ~----------- 48 CHEWING GUM Adams Black Jack ---- 65 Adams Bloodberry ---- 65 Adams Calif. Fruit ---- 65 Adams Chiclets -~------- 65 Adams Sen Sen -------- 65 Adams Yucatan ---~---- 65 Beeman’s Pepsin ----- 65 Beechnut -------------- 70 Doublemint ---~-~------- 65 Juicy Fruit ----------- 65 Sapota Gum_ -------- Spearmint, Wrigleys -- 65 Spic-Spans Mxd Flavors 65 Wrigley’s P-K ------ — 66 TENG eee 65 CHOCOLATE. Baker, Caracas, %s -- 35 Baker, Caracas, 4s --- 33 Baker, Premium, %8 -- 35 Baker, Premium, %48 -- 32 Baker, Premium, 48 -- 32 Hersheys, Premium, %8 36 Hersheys, Premium, %8 36 Runkle, Premium, %s- 34 Runkle, Premium, %s8. 37 Vienna Sweet, 24s -. 1 75 COCOA Bakers +8 —._......2.. 40 Bakers 448 ......_.. 42 ints, Ge 43 Bunte, % Ib. .. - 35 Bune, id. ---- 32 . 8 Droste’s Dutch, % Ib. 4 75 Droste’s Dutch, % Ib. 2 Heraceys, %A -- 33 Hersheys, %6s ----—----- 28 Bevin 2 36 Lowney, 4s +. 40 Lowneys “eA .-.--_—-- 40 Lowney, 48 -——--.---- 38 Lowney, 5 lb. cans ---. 31 Van Houten, 48 ------ 75 Van Houten, ¥%s ------ 75 COCOANUT %s, 5 lb. case Dunham 50 448, 5 ib. case -------- 48 %s & %s, 15 lb. case 49 Bulk, bartels -...-__-- 19 96 2 oz. pkgs., per case 8 09 48 4 oz. pkgs., per case 7 60 CLOTHES LINE Hemn, 60 Tf — 60 Twisted Cotton, 50 ft. 1 50 raided, 50 ff. _.-.-- 2 50 Sagan Cord 2). 3 3 65 COFFEE ROASTED Bulk Big ee 16% Santos 20205. 23@24 Biavacsine ... 26 Guatemalan —_._________ 26 Java and Mocha ----- 39 Borota 2 27 Peaperry 22.... 26 McLaughiin’s XXXX McLaughlin's XXXX pack- age coffee’ is sold to retail- ers only. Mail all orders direct to W. F. McLaugh- lin & Co., Chicago. Coffee Extracts N. Y., per 100 Frank’s 50 pkgs. ---- 4 25 Hummel’s 50 1 lb. -. 09% CONDENSED MILK Hagie, 4 doz. —.-_-. 9 00 Leader, 4 Goz. _----— 5 60 MILK COMPOUND Hebe, Tall, 4 doz. -- 3 70 Hebe, Baby, 8 doz. -. 3 60 Carolene, Tall, 4 doz. 3 40 Carolene, Baby 3 35 EVAPORATED MILK Carnation, Tall, 4 doz. 4 50 Carnation, Baby, 8 dz 4 40 Every Day, Tall ---- 4 50 Every Day, Baby ---- 3 30 Goshen, Tall — 4 25 Goshen, Gallon ------ 4 25 Oatman’s Dundee, tall; 468 22 4 50 Oatman’s Dundee, bany, 958 2. 4 40 Pet Wal 2 4 50 Pet, Baby, 8 oz. ---- 4 40 Silver Cow, Tall ---- 4 50 Silver Cow, Baby --- 4 40 Van Camp, Tall ---- 4 50 Van Camp, Baby ---- 3 30 White House, Tall —. 4 25 White House, Baby - 4 00 CIGARS Worden Grocer Co. Brands Harvester Line. Kiddies, 100s —~------ 37 50 Record Breakers, 50s 75 00 Delmonico, 50s —.---- 75 00 Perfecto, 50s ------ 95 00 The La Azora Line. Agreements, 50s ---. 58 00 Washington, 50s --- 75 00 Biltmore, 50s, wood 95 00 Sanchez & Haya Line Clear Havana Cigars made in Tampa, Fla. Specials, 50s ------ 75 00 Diplomatics, 50s -- 95 00 Bishops, 50s ~------ 115 00 Rosh, 508 - 125 00 Victoria Tins ------- 115 00 National, 50s —----- 130 00 Original Queens, 50s 160 00 Worden Special, 258 185 00 A. S. Valentine Brands. Victory, 50, Wood ~. 75 00 DeLux Inv., 50, Wd. 95 00 Royal, 25, Wood ~-- 112 00 Abram Clark, 50 wd 58 00 Webster Cigar Co. Plaza, 50s, Wood -- 95 00 Coronado, 50s, Tin —- 95 00 Belmont, 50s, Wood 110 00 St. Reges, 50s, Wood 125 00 Vanderbilt, 268, Wd 140 00 Ignacia Haya Extra Fancy Clear Havana Made in Tampa, Fila. Delicades, 50s Queens, 258 -.. Starlight Bros. La Rose De Paris Line 0 Coquettes, 50s ------ 65 Caballeros, 50s ~----- 70 00 Rouse; 508... 115 00 Peninsular Club, 258 150 00 Chicos, 258 ..-..- 150 00 Palmas, 258 -------- 175 00 Perfectos, 258 —.-..-- 195 06 Rosenthas Bros. Rn. B. Londres, 50s, Tissue Wrapped .. 58 00 R. B. Invincible, 60s, Foil Wrapped --.. 70 00 Union Made Brands Fl Overture, 50s, foil 75 00 Ology, 908 2.20 1 58 00 Our Nickel Brands New Currency, 100s. 36 00 Licha, 1908 U2 35 Eventual, 50s 35 0 New Pantella, 100 —_ 37 50 Cheroots Old Virginia, 100s -. 23 50 Stogies Home Run, 60, Tin 18 60 Havana Gem, 100 wd 26 00 Dry Slitz, 100s —_.___- 26 50 CIGARETTES. One Pleven, 15 in pkg 96 Beechnut, 20, Plain —. 6 Home Run, 20, Plain 6 00 Yankee Girl, 20, Plain 6 00 Sunshine, 20, Plain ~_ 6 00 Red Band, 20 Plain, -- 6 00 Stroller, 15 in pkg. 96 Nebo, 20, Plain —----. 7 00 Camels, 20, Plain -.-. 6 80 Relu, 20,. Plain: __-.-. 7 80 Lucky Strike, 20s -__ 6 80 Sweet Capora!, 20, pl. 7 20 Windsor Castle Fag 20 8 00 Chesterfield, 10 & 20 7 20 Piedmont, 10 & 20, Pl. 7 20 Spur, 20,. Plain, —--.-- 7 20 Sweet Tips, 20, Plain 7 60 Idle Hour, 20, Plain -- 7 50 Omar, 20, Plain —-_.. 9 20 Falks Havana, 20, Pl. 9 76 Richm’d S Cut, 20, pl. 10 00 Richm’d 1 Cut, 20 ck. 10 00 Fatima, 20, Plain -- 9 20 Helmar, 20, Plain -- 10 60 English Ovals, 20 Pl. 10 50 Turkish Trop., 10 ck 11 60 London Life, 10, cork 11 50 Helmar, 10, Plain ~~ 11 60 Herbert Tarryton, 20 12 25 Egyptian Str., 10 ck. 12 00 Murad, 20, Plain ---- 15 50 Murad, 10, Plain ~~. 16 00 Murad, 10, cork or pl. 16 00 Murad, 20, cork or pl. 16 00 Luxury. 10, cork ~~. 16 00 Melachrino, No. 9, 10, cork or plain -—---~ 16 00 Melachrino, No. 9, 20, cork or plain 16 Melach’o, No. 9, 10,St 16 650 Melach’o, No. 9, 20, St 16 Natural, 10 and 20__ 16 00 Markaroff, No. 15, 10, Cork ooo 16 Pall Mall Rd., 20, pl. 21 00 Benson & Hedges, 10 20 00 Rameses, 10, Plain -- 17 50 Milo Violet 10, Gold 20 00 Deities, 10 —-2—_---_— 21 00 Condex, 10 ---.----- 22 00 Philips Morris, 10 -. 20 00 Brening Own, 10, Pl. 28 00 , Ambassador, ---- 28 00 Benson & Hedges Tuberettes -------- 55 00 CIGARETTE PAPERS. Riz La Croix, Wh., dz. 42 Riz La Wheat Br., dz 42 Riz Tam Tam, 2 dz for 87 Zig Zag, per 100 -— 7 25 TOBACCO—FINE CUT. Liggett & Myers Brands Hiawatha, 10c, doz. 9 Hiawatha, 16 oz., dz. 12 00 Red Bell, 10c, doz. 96 Red Bell, 35c, doz... 3 50 Red Bell, 75c Pails dz. 7 40 Sterling, 10c, doz -- 96 Sweet Burley, 10c, dz. 96 Sweet Burley, 45c foil 4 26 Swt. Burley, 95c Dru. 9 46 Sweet Cuba, 10c, dz. 96 Sweet Cuba, 45c, doz. 4 25 Sweet Cuba, 95c Pail 9 45 Sweet Orange, 10c, dz 96 Scotten Dillon & Co. Brand Dan Patch, 10c, doz. 90 Dan Patch, 16 oz., dz. 7 50 Ojibwa, 10c, doz. -. 96 Ojibwa, 8 oz., doz.. 3 85 Ojibwa, 95c, doz. ---- 8 60 Ojibwa, 90c, doz. --. 8 00 Sweet Mist, 10c, doz. 96 Uncle Daniel, 10c, doz. 96 Uncle Daniel, 16 ox. 10 20 May 24, 1922 J. J. Bagley & Co. Brands. Mayfiower, 16 oz., d& 15 00 P. Lorrilard Brands. Pioneer, 10c, doz. -- 96 Tiger, 10c, doz -.-- 96 Tiger, 60c, doz. ~.... 80 Weyman Bruton Co. Brand Right Cut, 10c, doz. 96 W-B Cut, 10c, doz. .. 95 PLUG TOBACCO. American Tobacco Co. Brands, Amer. Navy, 10c, doz. 96 Amer. Navy, per plug 6¢ Joliy Tar, 24, per plug 16 Gold Rope, 10c, Boot Jack, 15c, doz. 1 44 Piper Heidsieck, Piper Heidsieck, Spear Head, 10c 96 Spear Head, per plug 64 Square Deal, per plug 64 Standard Navy, 8, ple 64 Town Talk, per plug 656 Liggett & Myers Brands. Clipper, per plug —— 5@ Chops, llc, doz --.. 96 Drummond Nat. L. 15e 1 44 Honey Dip Twist, 10c 96 Granger Twist, 10c, dz. 96 Horse Shoe, per plug 4 J. T. Bright, per plug 56 J. T. Smooth, plug. 24 J. T. R. and R., plug 24 King Pin, per plug .. 32 King Pin, 10c cuts, ea 08 Masterpiece, per plug 41 Pienic Twist, 10c, doz. 96 Pure Grape, 10c, doz. 96 Spark Plug, per case 1 92 Star, per plus... Uncle Sam, 32 10c cut 2 66 Scotton, Dillon & Co. Brands. Bracer, per plug --_. 388 Cream De Menthe, 10 96 Peachey, per plug ---. 64 Stronghold, per plug. 64 Yankee Girl, per plug 56 P. Lurrilard Brands. Climax, 10c tins, doz. 96 Climax Smooth, plug 12 Climax Thick, per plug 72 Red Cross, 10c cuts. 906 Red Cress, per plug 48 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Brands. Apple, 5 Ib. Butt, Ib. Caramel Twist, per lb. 86 Gravely Superior, 10c 96 Humbug, per lb. ——— 1 28 Kismet, per lb. Liberty Bell, per lb. 65 Maritana, lic Foil, ds. 1 44 Mickey Twist, per lb. 172 John J. Bagley & Co Brands, Maple Dip, per plug 56 SMOKING TOBACCO. American Tobacco Co. Brands. Banner, &. C., 10c, ds. 96 Banner, L. C., 40c, dz. 3 84 Blue Boar, 25c Foil 2 28 Blue Boar, 30c Vac tin 2 76 Bob White, gran., 10c 96 Bull Durham, 10c, dz. 96 Drum, Gran., 10c, dz. 96 Five Bros. 10c, doz. 96 Giant, L. C., 10c, dz. 96 Giant, L. C., 30c, dz. 2 Giant, L. C. Pails, dz 6 84 Garrick, 30c Foil, dz. 2 Imperial Cube Cut, 30c 2 Lucky Strike, R. Cut 1 58 Myrtle Navy Plug Cut 96 Myrtle Navy, 15c Po. 1 44 Navy, G. & A., 10c —- 96 Nigger Hair, 10c, doz. 96 Nigger Hair, Pails, dz 8 40 Nigger Head, P. C 10c_ 96 Old English, C. C. 16c 1 58 Peerless, lL. ; Cc. 96 Peerless, L. C., 35c dz. 3 36 Peerless, L. C. Pails 7 44 Rob Roy, L. C., 10c 96 Rob Roy, L. C., 40c 3 84 Rob Roy, L. C., paila 8 40 Sweet Maple Scrap, 96 Soldier Boy, L. C., 10c _ 96 Soldier Boy, L. C., pail 7 32 Tuxedo, Gran. 15c foil 1 44 Tuxedo, Gran., 17c, ds 1 68 Tuxedo, Gran. Cut plugs, 8 oz. tins — 6 72 Yale Mix., 15 vac. tin 1 44 Liggett & Meyers Brands. Briar Pipe, doz. —.. 9€ Cuban Star, L. C., 100 96 Cuban Star, Pails, dz. 6 80 Corn Cake, Gran. bc 48 Corn Cake, Gran., 10c 96 Corn Cake, Gran., 250 2 46 Corn Cake, Gran., 50c 4 80 Duke’s Mixture, 10c_ 96 Glad Hand, L. C. 100 96 Growler, L. C., 10c_. 96 Growler, L. C., Growler, L. C., La Turka, Plug C. 160 1 44 Noon Hour L. C., 10c 96 O. U., Gr. Cut P., 10c 96 O. U., C. P., 90c jars 9 00 Pilot, Long Cut, 35c 3 50 Plow Boy, doz.. 96 Plow Boy, Summertime, 10c, Summertime, 30c, sz 96 dz. 2 90 scariest ot ine vse eit ate + + Akt METER AREA Seno Pay es er a Arne HN A NERA ee ee ge May 24, 1922 Summertime, 65e Pails 6 50 Sweet Tip Top, 10c, dz 96 Velvet, Cut Plug, 10c _ 96 Velvet, Cut Plug, tins 1 53 Velvet, Cut Plug, 8 02. 6 72 Velvet, C. Pl., 16 oz. 15 84 Yum Yum, i0c, doz. 96 Yum Yum, 70c pails 6 80 P. Lorlilard’s Brands. Beechnut Scrap, doz. 96 Buzz, L. C., 10c, doz. 96 Buzz, L. C., 35c, doz. 3 30 Buzz, L. C., 80c, doz. 7 90 Chips, P. C., 10c, doz. 96 Honest Scrap, doz. -- 96 Open Book Scrap, dz. 96 Stag, Cut P., 10c, doz. 96 Union Leader, 10c tin 96 Union Leader, 50c tin 4 80 Union Leader, $1 tin 9 60 Union Leader, 10c, dz. 96 Union Leader, 15c, dz. 1 44 War Path, 35c, doz. 3 35 Scotten Dillon Co. Brands Dan Patch, 10c, doz. 96 Dillon’s Mixture, 10c 96 . O. P., 35¢, doz.,- 3 00 G. O. P., 10c, doz. == 96 Loredo, 10c, doz. --- 96 Peachy, Do. Cut, 10c 96 Peachy Scrap, 10c, dz. 96 Peninsular, 10c, doz. 96 Peninsular, 8 0oz., dz. 3 00 Reel Cut Plug, 10c, dz 96 Union Workman Scrap, 10c,. doz. ---------- Way Up, 10c, doz. -- 96 Way Up, 8 oz., doz. 3 25 Way Up, 16 oz., doz. 7 10 Way Up, 16 oz. pails 7 40 Yankee Girl Scrap, 10c 96 Pinkerton Tobacco Co. Brands. American Star, 10c, dz 96 Big 9, Clip., 10c, doz. Buck Shoe Scrap, 10c 96 Pinkerton, 30c, doz. .. 2 40 Pay Car Scrap, 10c, dz 96 Pinch Hit Scrap, 10c 96 Red Man Scrap, doz. 96 Red Horse Scrap, doz. 96 J. J. Bagley & Co. Brands. Broadleaf, 10c ------ 96 Buckingham, 10c, doz. 96 Buckingham, 15c tins 1 44 Gold Shore, 15¢c, doz. 1 44 Hazel Nut, 10c, doz. 96 Kleeko, 25c, doz. --- 2 40 Old Colony, Pl. C. 17¢ 1 53 Old Crop, 50c, doz. ~~ 4 80 Red Band, Scrap, 10c_ 96 Sweet Tips, 15c, doz. 1 44 Wild Fruit, 10c, doz. 96 Wild Fruit, 15c, doz. 1 44 Independent Snuff Co. Brands New Factory, 10c, doz. 96 New Factory Pails, dz 7 60 Schmidt Bros. Brands Fight Bros., 10c, doz. 96 Bight Bros., Pails, dz. 8 40 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Brands. George Washington, We Gon. 2. 96 Old Rover, 10c, doz. 96 Our Advertiser, 10c, 96 Prince Albert, 10c, dz. 96 Prince Albert, 17c, dz. 1 53 Prince Albert, 8 oz. tins, without pipes — 6 72 Prince Albert, 8 0z. and Pipes, doz. -- 8 88 Prince Albert, 16 oz. 12 96 Stud, Gran. 5c, doz. 48 Whale, 16 oz., doz. -- 4 80 Block Bros. Tobacco Co. Mail Pouch, 10c, doz. Falk Tobacco Co., Brands. American Mixture, 35c¢ 3 30 Arcadia Mixture, 25c 2 40 Champagne Sparklets, 30c,) doz, ° 22. 2 70 Champagne Sparklets, SOc; doz 22.5 = 8 10 Personal Mixture _--- 6 Perique, 25c, per dob. 2 25 Serene Mixture, 16c dz 1 Serene Mixture, 8 oz. 7 60 Serene Mixture, 16 oz 14 70 Tareyton Lundon Mix- ture, 50c., doz. ---- 4 00 Vintage Blend, 25c dz. 2 30 Vintage Blend, 80 tins 7 50 Vintage Blend, $1.55 tins; doz, 25>. 14 70 ds. Sammy Boy Scrap, dz 96 Cigar Clippings Havana Blossom, 10c 96 Havana Blossom, 40c 3 Knickerbocker, 6 oz. 3 0C 3 2 Superba Tobacco Co. Bran Lieberman, 10c, doz. . O. W., 6 02., doz. Royal Major, 10c, doz. Royal Major, 6 oz., dz. Royal Major, 14 oz. dz 7 20 Larus & Bro. Co.’s Brands. Edgeworth Ready Rub- bed, 17e Tins: _-__._ 1 62 Edgeworth Ready Rub- bed, 8 oz. tins, doz. 7 00 Edgeworth Ready Rub- bed, 16 oz. tins, dz. 14 50 Edgeworth Sliced Plug, ive tins, doz. —-.__- 1 62 Edgeworth Sliced Plug. 35c tins, doz. -..--- 2 United States Tobacco Co. Bra 44 44 nds. Central Union, 15c, dz. Shag, 15c Tins, doz. Shag, 15e Papers, doz. Dill’s Best, 16c, doz. Dill’s Best Gran., 16c Dill’s Best, 17c Tins fred pet ek et et et > Snuff. Copenhagen, 10c, roll 64 Seal Blandening, 10c 64 Seal Goteborg, 10c, roll 64 Seal Swe. Rapee, 10c 64 Seal Norkopping, 10c 64 Seal Norkopping, 1 Ib. 85 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Standard) 2... 14 Jumbo Wrapped ---- 16 Pure Sugar Stick, 600’s 4 26 Mixed Candy Pails 17 Leader 2... 2A tO. Lo 13 French Creams ------ 16 Cameo — 22 18 SrnGete 2 11 Fancy Chocolates. 5 lb. Boxes Bittersweets, Ass’ted 1 75 Choc Marshmallow Dp 1 55 Milk Chocolate A A-- 1 90 Wipblie Sticks —--.-_ 2 00 Primrose Choc. ----- 1 20 No 12 Choe. — 60 Chocolate Nut Rolls —- 1 80 Gum Drops 7 Anise (20200. Orange Gums -------- 17 Butterscotch Jellies — 18 Wavorite 225.2 32 20 Superior 22... 18 Lozenges. Pails A. A. Pep. Lozenges 15 A. A. Pink Lozenges 15 A. A. Choe. Lozenges 16 Motto Hearts _--.---- 17 Malted Milk Lozenges 20 Hard Goods. Pails lemon Drops —_-_.___ 17 O. F. Horehound Dps 17 Anise Squares ------ 17 Peanut Squares —------ 18 Horehound Tablets -- 18 Pop Corn Goods. Cracker Jack, Prize 3 90 Checkers, Prize -.-- 90 Cough Drops Boxes Putnam's —..----"_-_— 1 30 Smith Broa: __-__---- 1 50 Package Goods Creamery Marshmallows 4 oz. pkg, 12s, cart. 4 oz. pkg, 48s, case 3 75 Specialities. Arcadian Bon Bons -- 18 Walnut Fudge —------- 23 Pineapple Fudge ------ 21 Ttalian Bon Bons_----- 18 National Cream Mints 25 Silver King M. Mallows 30 CRISCO 86s, 248 and 12s. Less than 5 case --- 20 Five cases —---------- 1914 Ten caseS —----------- 1 Twenty-five caseS --- 18% 6s and 4s. Less than 5 cases -- 19% Five cases —---------- 1 Ten cases .----------- 18% 95 Gases __.--.___.-__— 18 COUPON BOOKS 50 Economic grade -- 2 50 100 Economic grade -- 4 50 500 Economic grade 20 00 1,000 Economic grade 37 50 Where 1,000 books are ordered at a time, special- ly print front cover is furnished without charge. CREAM OF TARTAR 6 Ib. boxes ----------- 40 DRIED FRUITS Apples Evap’d Choice, blk. ---- 20 Apricots Evaporated, Choice --- 30 ‘Evaporated, Fancy ---- 35 Citron 10 lb. box ~----------- 40 Currants Package, 15 oz. -------- 18 Boxes, Bulk, per lb. -- 18 Peaches Evap. Fancy, Unpeeled 21 Peel Lemon, American ------ 26 Orange, American ---- 22 Raisins Seeded, bulk --~------ 17 Seeded, 15 oz. pkg. -- 18% Sultana Seedless ---- 18 Seedless, 1 Ib. pkg. -- 24 California Prunes 90-100 25 Ib. boxes ~-@12 80-90 25 lb. boxes --@13 70-80 25 lb. boxes --@15 60-70 25 lb. boxes ~--@16 50-60 25 lb. boxes --@17 40-50 25 Ib. boxes --@18 20-40 25 lb, boxes --@21 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN FARINACEOUS GOODS Beans : Med. Hand Picked ~_ 08% Cal. Limas .. ames GS Brown, Swedish ---. 08% Red Kidney . ._-..-.._ 08% Farina 25 1 lb. packages ---- 2 80 Bulk, per 100 lbs. ---. 06% Hominy Pearl, 100 lb. sack -. 2 50 Macaronl Domestic, 20 lb. box Golden Age, 2 doz. —. Fould's, 2 doz., 8 04. 07% Domestic, broken bbls. 06% q I Pearl Barley @hester — 5. 4 25 Peas Scotch. ih, «22. 07 Spit, ib. Os ag Bast India) . 00 06% Taploca Pearl, 00 Ib. sacks _. 071% Minute, 8 oz., 3 doz. 4 05 Dromedary Instant __ 3 50 FISHING TACKLE Cotton Lines No. 2, 15 feet = = No. 3, 15 feet —_.____ 1 60 No. 4, 15 feet 3 1 80 Wo. 5, 15 feet ..... 1 95 No: 6, 35 feet _. 2 10 Linen tines Small, per 100 yards 6 65 Medium, per 100 vards 7 25 9 Large, per 100 yards Finate No. 1%. ner gross wd. 5 00 No. 2. ner gross. wood 5 450 No. 2%. per gro. wood 7 50 Hooks—Kirby 1.9 Size 1-12. ner on _. 108 Size 1-0, ner 1.0009 __ 1 99 Size 2-9. ner 1.007 __ 1 4 Size 2-9. ner 1.000 __ 1 #5 Stge 4-0. ner 1008 _ 2 146 Size 5-0 per 1.000 __ 2 45 Sintkers No. 1, ner gross _____ 65 No. 2, per eross —__ _ gn No. 3. ner gross ___ 90 No. 4. per gross ____- 1 2n No. 5, per gross ___._ 1 #0 No. 6. per gross _____ 2 an No. 7, per gross _____ 2 60 No. 8, per gross _____ 3 75 No. 9, per gross _____ 5 20 No. 10, per gross ____ 6 75 FLAVORING EXTRACTS Jennings ' Pure Vanilla Turpeneless Pure Lemon 2% Ounce 2.222. 3 25 4 Ounce 223 5 00 $ Ounce 22.2 50 7 Dram, Assorted _._ 1 35 1% Ounce, Assorted_. 1 75 FLOUR AND FEED Valley City Milling Co. Lily White, % Paper sack Light Loaf Spring Wheat, 24%s —--- 9 40 Roller Champion 24% 8 30 Snow Flake, 24%s __ 7 20 Graham 25 Ib. per cwt 3 20 Golden Granulated Meal, 25 lbs., per ewt., N 2 50 Rowena Pancake Com- pound, 5 lb. sack —-. 4 60 Buckwheat Compound, Watson eee Milling ‘0. New Perfection, %s_ 8 30 Meal Gr. Grain M. Co. Bolted 22.22.2520. 22 Golden Granulated --2 4 Wheat No. 1 Red 1 28 Noo tb White —2) 0. 1 25 Oats @arlots: ee 46 Less than Carlots ~~ 50 Corn Cavlote ooo Less than Carlots ——.- Hay Carlots ...-22-.- .e 22 Less than Carlots -- 24 Feed Street Car Feed —__ 30 No. 1 Corn & Oat Fd 30 Cracked Corn ------ 30 Coarse Corn Meal -- 30 isaek feces ee 8 90 Harvest Queen, 24% 8 90 § Ib. Sack 2.2) soe 4 60 FRUIT JARS Mason, pts., per gross 7 Mason, qts., pr gross Mason, % gal., gross 11 Ideal Glass Top, pts. Ideal Glass Top, qts. 10 Ideal Glass Top, % eallon .2.0 05-8 I GELATINE Cox's 1 doz., large —— Cox’s 1 doz., small -- delio-O. 3 doz. —_---. Knox’s Sparkling, doz. Knox's Acidu'd, doz. Minute, 3 doz. Nelson's ..--.—._ Oxetord 2... Plymouth, White ---- Waukesha 2... 1 GRANULATED LYE. Wanders. Single cases --..... 5 gm GRRee E he Cases 4 1G) Gage fo 4 % cases, 24 to case. 2 CHLORINATED LIME. Single cases, case -.-. 4 60 2% cases, case --.-. 4 48 5% cases, case ----- 4 40 10 cases, case ------ 4 32 % case, 25 cans to case, case —__________ HIDES AND PELTS Hides Green, No. 1 —_-s- ce OG Green, No. 2 ___*.--- 05 @urea, INGO. E 2 071% @nved. No. 2:2. 06% Caifskin, green No. 1 10 Calfskin, green, No. 2 Calfskin, cured, No. 1 Calfskin, cured, No. 2 Horse, NO. 2b 2222 3 Horse. No. 2. 2{-____- 2 Pelts Old Wool ..-__.__ 50@1 Bambe, —22 005 10@ Shearlings ..... 03@ : Tallow IPPEiG (20 ee @ Wo. to @ INO: 2 oboe @ Wool Unwashed, medium Tlinwashed, rejects —- ine oo. 2 HORSE RADISH Per doz. € of... 1 JELLY AND PRESERVES Pure, 30 lb. pails -__ 2 1 Pure, 7 oz. Asst., doz. Pure, 15 oz. Asst., doz. Buckeye, 22 oz., doz. O. B., 15 oz., per doz. JELLY GLASSES S om, per doz. 225 3: MATCHES. Blue Ribbon, 144 box. 7 Searchlight, 144 box. 8 Safe Home, 144 boxes 8 Old Pal, 144 boxes -- 8 0 Red Stick, 720 1c bxs 5 Red Stick, 144 bxs ~~ 5 Safety Matches. Red Top, 5 gro. case 5 Povo, per ero. —...- MINCE MEAT. None Such, 3 doz. -- Quaker, 3 doz. case -_ 4 Libby Kegs, Wet, Ib. MOLASSES. New Orleans Fancy Open Kettle - Cnelee 24250 Half barrels 5c extra Molasses in Cans. Red Hen, 24, 2 tb. —- Red Hen, 24, 2% Ib. Red Hen, 12, 5 lb. —- Red Hen, 6, 10 lb. -- Ginger Cake, 24, 2 lb. Ginger Cake, 24, 2% Ib. Ginger Cake, 12, 5 Ib. Ginger Cake, 6, 10 lb. oO. & L. Spee., 24, 2% O. & L. Spec., 12, 5 Ib. O. & L. Spec., 6, 19 Ib. Duffs, 24, 2%, Plain Dove, 36, 2 Ib. Wh. L. Dove, 24, 2% lb Wh. L Dove, 12, 5 Ib. Blue L Dove, 6. 10 lb. Blue L Palmetto. 24. 2% Ih. Terregona_.._ 22 14 Peanuts, Virginia raw 09 Jumbo raw 10 Pecans, 3 star .__..__._. 22 Walnuts, Sorento -..- 8 ee ee 21- net om DO DO CS bt et SRE Cn 50 125 th base ----__-- 08% ee 50 10 oz. Jar, plain, doz. 9 oz. Jar, Stuffed, doz. 12 oz. Jar, Stuffed, dz PEANUT BUTTER. Bel Car-Mo Brand Hoe 4 10 . pails, 6 in crate PETROLEUM PRODUCTS I Perfection Kerosine -~12.4 ROAR CS DOO Niviv byte Capitol Cylinder —- Extra. heavy -----.---- Transmission Oil i] w - we “3 oe tobotebs “Isips ° ocr 8 oz. cans, doz. ANNE ARAM Ae nw > 3arrel, 1,200 count -_ 10 gallon kggs 15 gallon, 2000 —_..__ ii PES Cob, 3 doz. in bx 1 00@1 PLAYING CARDS Broadway, per doz. -- 2 No. 90 Steamboat ---- : Babbitt’s 2 doz. FRESH MEATS. Beef. Steers & Heifers Good Steers & Heifers caper & Heifers she oe me ODA OTUTO OT ES Co Co CO DO GH * 1 Veal Ton 2 a aS Good Sarde ee Medium 20 Te amb. Good 2. 31 MeGiOnm) (22200 29 POOP 222 a 256 Mutton. Good ee aS Meditm 2220. See ees 16 ee ae 14 meonvy hore ........ 4. 11 Medium hogs —........ 14 Light hogs 2 Sows and stags -... 10 LOOMS 22 23 Buttes eS Shouldera 22, 16 Hames 220 24 SVarerine il Neak Bones: oo. . 05 PROVISIONS Barreled Pork Clear Back _. 23 00@24 00 Short Cut Clear 22 00@23 00 Clear Family 27 00@28 00 Dry Salt Meats S P Bellies .. 14 00@17 00 Lard 80 lb. tubs __..advance % Pure in tierces 18@13% Compound Lard 1S@13% 69 Ib. tubs _.--advance % 50 lb. tubs ....advance 4 20 lb. pails _.-.advance % 10 lb. pails __--advance % 5 lb. pails _..-advance 1 3 lb. pails _...advance 1 Sausages Moloena 12 EAVGe oo 12 Frankfort Pork _...... Weel. 22 4 Tonete 22.0 5) Headcheese =... 14 Smoked Meats Hams, 14-16, lb. 26 @33 Hams, 16-8, Ib. 28 @32 Ham, dried beef Sets 38 @39 California Hams 15 @16 Picnic Boiled Hams ...... 30 @32 Boiled Hams _. 44 @48 Minced Hams _. 14 @15 faCOn — 2a | Gees Beef Boneless __.. 23 00@24 00 Rump, new —-- 23 00@24 00 Mince Meat Condensed No. 1 car. 2 00 Condensed Bakers brick 31 8 Moist in. Slase —__--- 00 Pig’s Feet $6 DR 2 15 iv bhis., 36 lbs. _.___. 4 00 1 Be. 7 00 | eS Romig nia el oseueat acti 14 15 Tripe Wits 35 Yee. 2.28 90 ¥% bbis., 40 Ibs. _____.. 5 60 % bbis., $0 Ibs. —-_._. 3 00 Casings Hoes, per Ib. = @ 42 Beef, round set __-. 14@26 Reef. middles, set_. 25@30 Sheep, a skein 1 75@2 00 Uncolored Chemarqe 2 Solid Dairy ——.-.- @23 Country Rolls -.-.__ 22@24 Som NUE Joo 22 RICE Fancy Flead —_...... 09 Blue Rose -..--.._.. 06 Broken ...._._....-.- 04 ROLLED OATS Steel Cut, 100 Ib. sks. Silver Flake, 10 Fam. Quaker, 18 Regular -- Quaker, 12s Family -- Mothers, 10s, Family -— Silver Flake, 18 Keg. Sacks, 90 lb. Jute -—— Sacks, 90 lb. Cotton_-- SALAD DRESSING Dopo po Re Hw S a Durkee’s large, 1 doz. 6 75 Durkee’s med., 2 doz. 7 35 Durkee’s Picnic, 2 dz. 3 00 Snider's large, 1 doz. 3 50 Snider’s small. 2 doz. 2 35 SALERATUS Arm and Hammer -- $ 15 SAL SODA Granulated, bbls. ---- 2 00 Granulated, 100 Ibs ¢s 2 25 Granulated, 36 2% Ib. | packages ---------- 2 50 COD FISH. Middles —...---—_----— 16% Tablets, 1 lb. Pure -- 22 Tablets, % lb. Pure, aon 1 40 Wood boxes, Pure ---- 24 Porter House, 1 lb. Tab. 19 Whole Cod ------------ 12 Holland Herring Standards, kegs ------ 0 Herring K K K K, Norway -- 20 00 § Ib. pails -...__..__ 1 40 Cut Lunch: .._...__._._. 90 Boned, 10 lb. boxes -- 15 Lake Herring 1% bbl., 100 Ibs. ------ 6 35 Mackerel Tubs, 50 Ib. fancy fat 13 75 Tubs, 60 count ------ 6 90 White Fish Med. Fancy, 100 Ib] ~~ 13 00 80 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 24, 1922 SALT La France Laun, 4 dz. 3 70 TABLE SAUCES. j Colonial 24 2 lb. ---- 90 Luster Box, 54 ------ 375 Lea & Perrin, large-- 6 00 (en ~ rc Med. No. 1, Bbls. -__- 270 Miracle Cm, 4 oz. 3dz.4 00 Lea & Perrin, small-- 3 36 ae FIRED oa Med. No. 1, 100 Ib. bg 90 Miracle C., 16 oz.,1dz.4 00 Pepper —-—------------ 1 60 - Se 7 CEG Farmer Spec., 70 lb. 92 Old Dutch Clean, 4 dz 400 Royal Mint ---------- 2 40 i T CS aa Packers, 56 Ib. ------ 66 Queen Ann, 60 oz. -- 240 Tobasco ------------- 2 75 iy, f = = \ { Blocks, 50 Ib. ------- Be Kinso, 100 of. __._____ 640 Sho You, 9 oz. doz. 2 70 ( \ = ~ 1 ) Butter Salt, 280 Ib bbl. 4 50 Rub No More, 100, 10 A-1, large _____..____ 15 ( 9 Cte ws oo ao a 3 60 ae i 6 30 Rub No More, 60, 4 oz. 3 45 Capers --------------- 1 90 : Rub No More, 18 Lg. 4 50 j a conan Cleanser, 48, i TEA. / | | = e CO og ; = = ce Sani Flush, 1 doz. _ 2 25 “oe . 0 = = Ca. 8 34, Medium ----------- 32@3 —sa5 RC TTI Sa Sapolio, 3 doz. ----- ¢ 12 Choice ------------ 4043 EAS Sv RF nanoe >) Soapine, 100, 12 oz. -640 Pane 54@57 Seep | SESS a ne Snowboy, 100, 10 oz. 400 wo 4d Nibbs — 0. 5 cf) rE Vy D5 FS Snowboy, 24 Large -- 4 70 1 Ib ke siftines 15 Wy 5 : LIES $7 [4 MY 5 Speedee, 3 doz. —----- 7 20 a | ol ae ZV A\ KTH ” PSS é ORTON Sunbrite, 72 doz. ---- 4 00 Gunpowder x FES Wyandotte, 48 —------ 5 60 Choice _--------------- 28 3S ne Perio Moncey 22 38@40 SS T - a Ceylon 83 hole Spices. Pekoe, medium ------ f 5 i i thi Z Ne Auspice, “Jamaica @12 Melrose, faney ————— a The Rough and Tumble Stage Called of others you will miss something th at _ Cloves, Zanzibar -.-- @42 kfast Boyhood. is necessary to the understanding of ff ey) Cassia, Canton --_--- @16 Epaten Proantnr ri ~ the Wes : PQU Cassia, 5c pkg., doz. @40 ee a --"35@ 36 Written for the Tradesman. the next stage; there are likely to be fee. a ---- @15 Gongou, Fancy ---- 42@43 When I read this letter my heart sad reactions and conflicts between Mace, Penang _----- a Oolong 7 ached first for the boy—then for the you. i I edium -------------- : a , : : be : ‘ A ee spt sage one aoe 45 father who wrote the letter: — When your child is eight, his in- Per case, 24 2 ibs. —_ 2 40 Nuiunees, 70-50 @30 Fancy ----------------- 50 Dear Prudence Bradish—You have dividual life is running its course. You Five case lots ------ Nutmegs, 105-110 --- @25 TWINE told us a lot about early childhood, tank : SHOE BLACKENING. es @15 cotton, 3 ply cone ---- 32 and I have been much interested ig et eek the appearance and de- i 7 e ion, dz. i rH FSi Ti 6 Wo 6 Po sa oo is all you have said about girls and velopment of certain powers and Dri-foot, seg oe 200 Cloves, Zanzibar ---- @55 : can abou big boys; but where do I come capacities and tendencies which have Bixbys, Doz. -------- 1 35 snes oo ------ eo ‘aie 1 ee 20 in, wi h my eight-year-old savage—my been in abeyance before. What did Shinola, doz. -------- 85 Mustard lo @ei )=«6 White Wine, 40 grain 17 boy, who seems suddenly to have you expect? Do you want him to VE POLISH Mace, Penang ------- @75 White Wine, 80 grain 22 changed into a being that I never saw aa a : : eee per doz : 1 35 a ae erie ieee at, eH Oakland i faegs cel = Pickle before and I do not understand in the stand still and be a nice little child all saat ae : _ epper, —- ... Co.’s rands. AC > j ifeP 2 ape oe oat Se 4 - Pepper, White ------ @29 Oakland Apple Cider -- 30 least: ' 1 his life? : : . oo > = ag 128 Pepper, Cayenne __.. @32 Blue Ribbon Corn —--- 22 Please help me out and tell me why “In all cases it is genuine evolu- agate tiouid ro 1 35 Paprika, Spanish --- @42 Oakland White Pickling 20 he has to go through this wretched con!’ | Weadeskck TC c a: EZ Liquid, pon ‘doz. 1 40 Seasoning i Packages no charge. and uncomfortable “Smart -Aleck” ere eee : fay OF ere Radium, per doz. ---- 1 85 dee Ss - —— - WICKING oe Why he is forever pitting his outbreak of savagery, “though in some i = Jele pait, 0Z. —--- « YO. ss ----— : Co : ° . ° A gen age eee fe a: Se? oe Ome tteteth aqaiact Gls little brother, cases it bears a close superficial re- Vulcanol, pe. 5 a ; as No. 2, per oe 4 » ceeeee ee. ce e per i semblance to revolution.” ulcanol, oO. : OZ. * NO. os z . ere 1€ 1152 t Ove ali¢ ye so tender with, ° fied, per tox. $00 Bomeity, 8% os 3 Peon NS doz. 45 Oto, cclice t@ autho aparece. thal No wonder you are surprised when cnen ouquet —--- Rochester, oO. : OZ. : 55, : ‘ a : € : SOAP. ee Laurel Leaves ------ 20 Rochester, No. 3, doz. 200 we cannot keep track of him at all. your boy or girl suddenly takes on am. Family, 100 box 575 Marjoram, 1 oz. ------ 90 Rayo, per doz. ------ 90 Just a dirty little savage. this revolting stage. But can’t you Export, 120 box =. £65 Savory, 1 oz. —--—_-_ 90 WOODENWARE qe » + f little savage And : Hiake White. 300 box 4 50 ane, 1 oe 90 Baskets Tie tO TOM, cae savas. 2 remember when you went through it els Naptha, ( x n » 3 pies Geiss Be - i 5 fl ahca ara ea ise ; - Tumeric, 2% oz. ---- 90 Bushels, naziow band, a father true to form, too; not under yourself? Never did? Well, perhaps r Hh r wire handles ------ ate j tain ‘me ring rhe a More ne ee STARCH Bushels, narrow band, standing—not remembering when he not ;but I beg leave to doubt. Or Swift Classic, 100 box 499 Kingsford, 40 Ibs. a oo. Jor eg ene A : ig went through that very stage him- weren’t you normal? 2 ) eS aans sneis, : a ac 0 a auch a Se ey ; : So Mule Boras 100% 185 Rowserea, baat =, inrkad, aren Randle pS ae ee phic ee ee nage te fight ee e ee ° - arket, si é a men ¢ fte is “oC " stace- > g a bon ; . ee es . 5° oe 63 ee 4 . Market, oe 1 40 seen so often this stage; heard physical strength; he longs to fight Palm Olive, 144 box 11 00 ca nce. Sn es Te, eee the plaints of mothers and somebody or something; wants to try areas 168 box ees 483 reg eo has — : . Splint, small -------- 4 60~«fathers, who think it never happened his powers upon anything in sight. eat 7 rgo, 3 lb. gs. ae ee a eee a ~r . es 570 ‘Argo, 85 Ib. cos. 77 310 churns just like that before! Serious only Often it takes the form of mere phy- 2 ar, ° sm. 2 SSIare / 2Cealce > oy . Grandpa Tar, 50 Lge 3 35 ae ae 7 a Pio — ; - be cause of the misunderstanding, the sical cruelty. One father that I know aS a : . — i ee ee on 3 to 6 gal. per gal. -- 16 forgetting. found his boy beating a beloved pet Williams Barber Bar, 9s 50 eet, 2 oo Egg Cases 30yhood—that is a perfect descrip- dog, and got this in justification: Williams Mug, per doz. 48 SYRUPS No. 1, Star aoe .. con ae at “T just ted hi k h J . Proctor & Gamble. orn me: 4 — So ave eS iat : a just wante im to know that 5 box lots, assorted Blue Karo, No. 1%, Ne. 9. Star Eze Tray 9 00 Childhood, through the sixth to he’s my dog!” Ivory, 100, 6 0oZz. —. 6 50 2 GOs 202 am a z spe ith rear 1 com arativel sim ble e = Ivory Soap Fiks., 100s 8 00 Blue Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 2 60 Mop Sticks on seventh year, 1S pa y I It is not altogether a physical mat- Ivory Soap Fiks., 50s 4 10 caro, No. : Trojan spring -------- ; nas : ang n ta : : el ely . ag oc. ae ee 2 49 Eclipse patent spring 2 00 and easy to m are Then ere ter; children at this stage want to a & oe 5 4 Red Karo, No. 1%, 2 a 2. ee — hold 2 a4 what the psychologists call “boy- try out all sorts of things by their Star, Jo. cakes 5 25 oe ee 215 deal, No. 7 ------=- Te sot : : : = Star Nap. Pow. 60-16s 3 65 ot No. 5, 1 dz. 3 “d 9 lb. Cot. Mop Heads 1 40 hood,” although girls ss through it, own powers, without assistance. They ahead Pa ela esto : a Red Karo, No. 10, % ve 12 Ih. Cot. _ Heads 180 io5. You can’t avoid it, any more feel the accession of strength and Star Nap. Pw., 24-60s 5 doz 8 ails . i : Yradesman Brand. is meri ae —_ 10 qt. Galvanized | ---- : » than you can teething. You mustn’t want to exert it. Well, the answer Black Hawk, one box 4 50 aro, ee OZ. — 12 qt. Galvanize d_--- ny nt 3 at : : re Black Hawk. one box ¢ 6 ichro, 6 ib., 1 doz. 615 14 at. ried cote ee a try to. ' : to that is, Giv e them something legiti- Black Hawk, ten bxs 4 00 12 at. Flaring Gal. Ir. 6 a Chis boyhood may come to your mate and interesting, something that Box contains 72 cakes. It Maple and Cane 10 qt. Tin Dairy ---- 46 ee irl gradually : : : : ate . Kanuck, per gal. _--- 150 12 qt. Tin Dairy ---- 5 00 yoy or girl gradually, or it may sur- they will see is worth while, definite is a most remarkable dirt and grease remover, with- out. njury to the skin. CLEANSERS. ITCHEN LENZER fShes coe ‘ANS - sCOU! sGRups -poLishe Nparaicn BRE 80 can cases. $4.80 per case WASHING POWDERS. Bon Ami Pd, 3 dz. bx 3 75 Bon Ami Cake, 3 dz. 3 25 Climaline, 4 doz. ~--- 4 20 Grandma, 100, 5c ---- 3 90 Grandma, 24 Large —- 3 80 Gold Dust, 100s ------ 400 Gold Dust, 20 Large -_ 4 30 Golden Rod, 24 4 25 Jinx, 3 Gos. 2... . 4 50 2% Ib., Sugar Bird, 2 ee 9 00 Sugar Bird, 8 oz., 4 Gey, 2 12 00 Maple. Johnson Purity, Gal. 2 50 Johnson Purity, gdoez., 18 Of, 2 8 50 Sugar Syrup. Domino, 6 5 Ib. cans 2 50 Bbls., bulk, per gal. 3 Old Manse. 6.10 th: cans 9 2. 5 ib. cans .— 40 24. 2% ib. cans —. 40 oa 644%, ib. cans __. — 5 gal. jacket cans, ea. | 86, 8 oz. bottles ---- 5 25 24, pint bottles ---- 75 24. 18 oz. bottles ---- 7 2 VAM oAINeE OO het 12, quart bottles Silver Kettle. 6, 10 ib. cans —____.__ 7 40 12 6 ib. cans = =” 8 15 94, 2144 Ib. cans —-__ 9 15 48. 17% Ib. cans —__-11 00 5 gal. jacket cans, ea. 5 90 36, 8 oz. bottles ---. 4 40 24, pint bottles ----- 5 50 On: 18 og, 2 5 75 12, quart bottles ---- 4 75 Ko-Ka-Ma 6, 19 ib. cans 15 12. 5 ib. cans —__._ 5 65 24, 2% Ib. cans —___ 6 5 gal. jacket cans, ea. 3 90 24, pint bottles -... 4 25 24, 18 oz. bottles ...- 4 59 Traps Mouse, wood. 4 holes -- 60 Mouse, wood, 6 holes —- 70 Mouse, tin. 5 holes ---- 65 Rat, wood _----------- 00 Rat, spring ---------- 1 00 Mouse, spring ------- 30 Tubs Large Galvanized a Medium Galvanized Small Galvanized -- Washboards Banner Globe -------- 5 75 Brass, Single -------- 6 75 Glass, Single -------- 7 00 Double Peerless ----- 8 25 Single Peerless Northern Queen Universal ------------ Window Cleaners 6 4, oC 1 65 14 in, 1 85 icin, 2 30 Wood Bowls 13 in. Butter -------- 5 00 15 in. Butter -------- 9 00 17 in. Butter -------- 18.06 19 in. Butter -------- 25.00 WRAPPING PAPER Fibre, Manila, white 0514 No. 1 Fibre --------- 07% Butchers Manila ---- 06 Mratt 2. 09 YEAST CAKE Magic, 3 doz. -------- 2 70 Sunlight, 3 doz. —----- 2 70 Sunlight, 1% doz. Yeast Foam, 3 doz. -- 2 70 Yeast Foam. 1% doz. 1 36 YEAST-—COMPRESSED Fleischman, per doz. — * prise you suddenly, starting in all its vagaries. When I see boys and girls at this stage I pretend I am a giant looking down upon their foolish antics as we look upon puppies or kittens, trying their strength against each other, tumbling about, standing with their backs up glaring at each other; suddenly darting to the other side of the room, rushing back again; trying their claws and teeth upon this and that or upon each other. Can’t you see the human puppy and guess the meaning of it? 3abyhood, childhood, boyhood, ado- lescence, parenthood, each in turn is a stage in gradual growth—one merg- ing into another or sometimes sud- denly changing. For a perfect un- derstanding of each in its turn we must first realize that each is only a stage, and that it must give way to the next. This is why I am always preaching: Know your child. If you leave him during any of these stages to the care responsibilities, and trust them. Let them take pride in doing something difficult. Help them to develop self- respect through achievement calling for strength, in right directions. Do ‘not nag, fuss, or worry the child in this stage. He is, as Prof. Tracy says, at this time “stronger, tougher and capable of greater en- durance than at any earlier time in his life. The general health is never better than now.” Give him plenty to do; take him on little trips or travel for a short time. Meet this active, restless spirit with something real. He is ready to bite into the world with his own teeth. His mind is alert, his senses are keen, his eyes bright, and his body is ready for conflicts with ofher puppies. Don’t fight it—make use of it. Keen senses and great muscular activity—can’t you guess the answer? Things to see—new things; things to hear, feel, touch, taste, smell; new ex- periences, trips, walks, gymnastics, - . tannin i tI DIT STIS Raw oA wait cegeyne ion ens Ssh enini DAR sa UN eg Ri acaba aiaenS AeA SIE i. Ly iene =n eC BO A IR RL RED ATRN EN — May 24, 1922 hard muscular games; things to inves- tigate, to construct. Here is where you come in, Father. And you, Mother —don’t act as if you thought this little eight-year-old bundle of activities ought to behave like a nice old maiden aunt of seventy! This is all life— wholesome, normal child life, just passing into a lawful stage. Make use of it, develop it, and that will help you to understand the next one. Prudence Bradish. (Copyrighted, 1922.) et -- Mother Shipton and Her Prophecies. Lansing, May 16—In my childhood —some forty-five years back—my mother used to quote in jest from what she called ‘Mother Shipton’s Prophecy” lines that went something like this: The world to an end shall come In eighteen hundred and eighty-one. Then there was a line of the verses also which said “England shall ad- mit a Jew.” i That’s all I remember. Can you tell me who “Mother Shipton” was and print what was called her “Proph- i Mary Chase. Mother Shipton, a fictitious or at least half mythical personage, lived, according to English tradition, in the latter part of the fifteenth century. The legend said she was a child of the devil, who wooed her mother in the guise of a forester. When she grew up to womanhood she lived in the forest and refused to associate with other human beings. One story has it that she was baptized Ursula Southiel and that she married Tony Shipton, a builder. Tradition cred- ited her with uttering “prophecies” while fleeing from those who desired to make her acquaintance. She is said to have foretold innovations which shortly followed in religion. The fall of Wolsey, the death of Sir Thomas More and other lords and ladies who were beheaded in the reign of Henry VIII were among her .pre- dictions, so it was declared. Mother Shipton’s general prophe- cies were put into doggerel by some unknown rhymester, and have been handed down in one form or another through many years. They are said to be highly respected by credulous and ignorant English, although mod- ern critics declare the alleged utter- ances of an utterly mythical individual are nothing but the more or less clever inventions of a nineteenth cen- tury joker, who imposed them on gullible persons as emanating from a witch who lived in England more than 400 years ago. There are various versions of “Mother Shipton’s Prophecies,” the following extract containing the lines recalled by one correspondent: Carriages without horses shall go, And accidents fill the world with woe. Around the world thoughts shall fly In the twinkling of an eye. The world upside down shall be, And gold be found at the root of a tree. Through the hills men shall ride And no horse be at his side. Under water men shall walk, Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk. In the air men shall be seen, In black, in white, in green. Tron in the water shall float As easy as a wooden boat. Gold shall be found and shown Ina land that’s not now known. Fire and water shall wonders do. England shall admit a Jew, And the world to an end shall come In eighteen hundred and eighty-one. Another and longer extract is as follows: A house of glass shall come to pass jn merry England, but, alas! MICHIGAN TRADESMAN War will follow with the work, In the land of the Turk. And state and state in fierce strife Struggle for each other’s life. Carriages without horses shall go And accidents fill the world with woe. In London Primrose Hill shali be And the center of a bishop's see. Around the world thought shall fly In the twinkling of an eye. Through the hills men shall ride And neither horse nor ass bestride. Under water. men shall walk, Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk. Iron in the water shall tloat As easily as a wooden boat. Gold shall be found and shown In a land that’s now unknown. Fire and water shall wonders do, And England shall adn it a Jew. Three times three shall lovely France 2e led to dance a bloody dance Before her people shall be free; Three tyrant rulers she shall see Each springing from a different dynasty. And when the last great fight is won England and France shall be as one. And now a word in uncouth rhyme Of what shall be in later time. In those wonderful far-off days Women shall get a strange, odd craze To dress like men and breeches wear, And cut off their beautiful locks of hair, And ride astride with brazen brow As witches do on broomsticks now. Then love shall die and marriage cease And babes and sucklings so decrease That wives shall fondle cats and dogs, And men live much the same as hogs. In eighteen hundred and ninety-six Build you houses of rotten sticks, For then shall mighty wars be planned And fire and sword sweep over the land. And those who live the century through In fear and trembling this will do: Fly to the mountains and to the glens To bogs and forests and wild dens. For tempest will rage and oceans will roar And Gabriel stand on sea and shore; And as he toots his wondrous horn Old worlds shall die and new be born. In the air men shall be seen In white, in black, in green. How strange, but yet they shall be true, The world upside down shall be And gold shall be found at the roots ofa tree. Through hills men shall ride And horse nor as be at his side. The modern and imaginative char- acter of these alleged “prophecies” is obvious from the fact that these quo- tations are not consistent in one very essential point. In the verses men- tioned by our correspondent it is stated that “the world to an end shall come in eighteen hundred and eighty- one,” whereas in the longer extract, plainly the work of an up-to-date rhymester, we find predictions of con- ditions “in eighteen hundred and ninety-six”—fifteen years later than the date set for the end of things mundane. It is no wonder, therefore, that our correspondent’s mother of forty years ago quoted Mother Shipton “in jest.” That fact indicates that she was a woman of good sense as well as kind- ly humor. —__—_+2+____ The Meat Dollar Comes Back. August F. Grimm, chairman of the Meat Council of New York, issued a statement yesterday showing that the pre-war dollar, which had shrunk in July, 1920, to be worth only 52c in a retail meat market, is to-day worth 83c when spent for meats. The fig- ures cover nine meat products, in- cluding lard, and thirteen other ar- ticles of food. The Government fig- ures for the period ending March 15 indicate that the declines from peak prices on meats sold at retail range from 17 per cent. to 49 per cent., the average being 31 per cent. “During the last year,’ says the statement, “the retail price of round steak has dropped 12 per cent.; of chuck roast 14 per cent. and of plate beef 18 per cent. Both chuck and plate now are selling in retail stores in New York at or near pre-war levels.” —_2++>—__ You cannot better your business as much as you want to while using old fashioned equipment and fixtures. 31 BUSINESS WANTS DEPARTMENT Advertisements inserted under this head for five cents a word the first insertion and four cents a word for each subsequent continuous Insertion. If set in capital letters, double price. No charge less than 50 cents. Small display advertisements in this department, $3 per inch. Payment with order is required, as amounts are too small Wanted—An experienced shoe sales- man, familiar with country trade. Ref- erences required. Chas. P. Lillie & Sons, Coopersville Mich. 776 (49 FOR SALE—OR RENT—Lumber and coal business. Prosperous one-yard town. Southern Michigan. Address W. C. ELDRED, 812 Sybil St., Ann Arbor, Mich. Ute Wanted—Salesmen. Sell side line pat- ented water vests, most practical safety appliance, people every age. White cloth, chemically treated. Attractive, neat, folded in 6x9 envelope. Weight, five oz. Worn inside or outside bathing suit. Has stood most rigid tests. Absolute safety. Sell department, sporting goods, drug and resort stores. Commission. Write for territory now. Swimming Device Co., 124 N. Michigan St., South Bend, Ind. T7138 — FOR SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY s SALE. STOCK AND FIXTURES OF ATE WALTER F. BEARD. CONSIST- iG OF ICE CREAM PARLOR, RES- TAURANT, AND GROCERY COM- INED. BEST LOCATION IN _ CEN- RAL MICHIGAN. ESTABLISHED EIGHT YEARS. LONG LEASE ON BUILDING, YEAR ROUND BUSINESS. RAY BINKLEY, ADMINISTRATOR, CRYSTAL, MICHIGAN. 12 WANTING TO RETIRE FROM BUSI_ NESS—Will sell at great sacrifice three ready-to-wear stores in Albion, Fuller- ton and Genoa, Nebraska, Clean up-to- date stock and good paying well estab- lished business. Box 292, Genoa, Ne- braska. 7§ For Sale—Cigar store, ecard room and lunch counter. Large soft drink sales. Inquire Wm. Wiley, Laingsburg, Mich. 781 For Sale—Stock of merchandise in small town with large rural population to draw from. Stock and fixtures in- ventory about $17,000. The cleanest stock in State of Michigan. Established busi- ness of forty years and recognized as the most successful store in the county. Easy competition. Prefer to sell build- ings, but will rent. To party of recog- nized business ability, will offer good terms. 2eason for selling, old age and failing health. A wonderful opportunity. Address No. 773, care Michigan Trades- man. 773 For Sale—-Cheap. Two twelve-foot hand-made oak counters with sixteen san- itary drawers; hundred ten count Mc- Caskey; American cash register. Robert A. Storey, Wolverine, Mich. 774 REBUILT CASH REGISTER CO., Inc. Cash Registers, Computing Scales, Adding Machines, Typewriters And Other Store and Office Specialties. 122 N. Washington, SAGINAW, Mich. Repairs and Supplies for all makes. 1000 letterheads or envelopes $3.75. Copper Journal, Hancock, Mich. 150 Will pay cash for whole stores or part stocks of merchandise.. Louis Levinsohn, Saginaw, Mich. 998 For Sale—First class grocery stock and fixtures. Will invoice about $5,000. Good business. Established for thirty years. For particulars enquire of W. C. Phelps, 16 So. Jefferson Ave., Battle Creek, 764 to open accounts. Will Trade for Merchandise—Ferty-acre farm close to Jackson. Near car_line. Address A. Immerman, Jackson, Mich. 765 For Sale—Metzger credit register. in- quire of H. VanHouten, Zeeland, Mich. 766 RESULTFUL ADVERTISING—SELL- ING copy for letters, advertisements, etc., collection letters that collect. Multi- graphing. Tube City Letter Shop, Mc- Keesport, Pa. 767 WE HAVE AN ATTRACTIVE PROP- OSITION to offer an experienced lumber manufacturer, with capital, who is look- ing .for a location. For particulars write HOWLAND & WALTZ CO., LTD., Lum- ber Exchange, Minneapolis, Minn. 768 For Sale—Cash registers and store fix- tures. Agency for Standard computing seales. Dickery Dick, Muskogon, eo 4 For Sale—In a live town of 8,000 on the main line of the Michigan Central Rail- way, a brick store and grocery stock. Or will sell stock and rent the store. Address Nick Daleo, Albion, Mich. 757 Bell Phone 596 Citz. Phone 61366 JOHN L. LYNCH SALES co. SPECIAL SALE EXPERTS Expert Advertising Expert Merchandising 209-210-211 Murray Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Pay spot cash for clothing and furnish- ing goods stocks. L. Silberman, 274 Hast Hancock, Detroit. 566 Equity in thirty-two acres to trade for store building in small town. Address No. 755, eare Michigan Tradesman. 755 WANTED—ONE PERSON in each town to manufacture a FAST. SELLING CANDY. Make $10 to $50 per week. No expensive machinery, easily made. In- structions and formula $1. No_ stamps. J. A. Eason, Ozark, Alabama, Dep’t. A. 756 DENATURED ALCOHOL POISON LABELS In conformity with the require- ments of the new regulations of the Internal Revenue Department, we are prepared to furnish special poison labels for use in selling De- natured Alcohol, printed with red ink on regular gummed label paper, as follows: BOQ. cele eed. a eee $000.2... cece. tle. RO BOO0 2... anc occ e nec ence 3.50 BO goin s ce kde essence Tee All orders promptly executed. Tradesman Company Grand Rapids safes. SECOND-HAND SAFES We are always in the market for second-hand Send us detailed description, including date of purchase, name of manufacturer, inside and outside measurements and general appearance and we will make you an offer. GRAND RAPIDS SAFE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 32 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 24, 1922 AN ate W ad \3 = (amas) LO > 53 FX, \aana am) YRS 4 seks . Stok ae CY Se | = pees te Seen | pat sa) \ ae Poa hagega) \ \ FOR SALE! To complete liquidation of affairs of the Grand Rapids Brewing Company its directors have ordered the immediate sale of the above property. No reasonable offer will be refused. Description— Frontage: 195 feet on Ottawa Avenue 200 feet on Michigan Street 224 feet on Ionia Avenue Comprises Lots 169-179-180-182-1 83-196-197-198-199 and the N. 21 feet of Lot 170. Above land entirely occupied by Brewing Plant with exception of Lots 170-179-183 which are occupied by two brick residence buildings. : The buildings are four to eight stories high, of massive brick, steel and stone construction, fireproof throughout, all materials and workmanship of highest quality. If Interested Write to Grand Rapids Brewing Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ee _ an ee rn Victor Flour} | ¥atson-HiggnsMle.| | The Name on the Sack is a “The Flour You Can Merchant ° Safely Recommend Villers Guarantee of its Contents It gives satisfaction wherever it goes. a. 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