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Published Weekly By TRADESMAN COMPANY Grand Rapids E. A. STOWE, Bditor. Subscription Price. Three dollars per year, if paid strictly in advance. Four dollars per year, if not paid in advance. Canadian subscriptions, $4.04 per year, payable invariably in advance. Sample copies 10 cents each. 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. A RIGHTEOUS VERDICT. The Tradesman need offer no apol- ogy to its readers for devoting so much valuable space this week to reproduc- ing the full text of Judge Dunham’s decision in the Trotter case. When the trial started, nearly three months ago, the Tradesman asked its readers to suspend judgment in the case until the judicial determination was reached. Most of them did so and now have the satisfaction of realizing that those who pre-judged the case on the false and misleading testimony of the prose- cution placed themselves in a most ridiculous position. No prosecution was ever given more latitude than in the Trotter case. Al- though earmarks of the frame-up cropped out at the beginning and in- creased as tthe trial progressed, Judge Dunham exhibited all the way through the long and weary recital the patience of a man who ‘has had long training in the law. He evident'y discerned early in the trial of the case that all - he had to do was to give the prosecu- tion amvle rope and it would hang itself. This it did most effectually. The presentation of the cause by the prosecution was so flimsy and ridicu- lous that many of Mr. Trotter’s friends urged him to make no defense whatever, but his attorneys decided to present a clean-up which would be a comrlete answer to the machinations of contemptible individuals who sought his undoing. When the _ testimony was completed, a distinguished legal gentleman who had watched the trial from an unbiased standpoint, stated: “They have charged Mr. Trotter with every crime in the calendar except arson ‘and incest, but they have proved absolutely nothing.” . This opinion also found expression in the thoughts of all honest men who realized that the case was a bungling frame-up. While according due praise to Judge Dunham for the masterly manner in which he handled what was probably the most exasperating experience in his entire legal career and while com- mending his dgcision exonerating Mr. Trotter and pointing the finger of scorn at his real accusers, the Trades- man feels that it voices the expression of all fair minded men and women when it states that he was altogether too liberal in his allowance to Mrs. Trotter. Forty thousand dollars in cash and property is too much to give any woman who was two-faced for years in her relations with her hus- band. Pretending to love him to his face and in her letters to him, she deliberately stabbed him in the back the moment his face was turned and readily played into the hands of miser- able creatures who set about to ruin her husband. Her own _ testimony plainly disclosd the wretched part she played in the filthy mess as the tool and stalking horse in a most con- temptible attack. In the opinion of the Tradesman such a woman has no claims on the man she attempted to destroy and should have been made to repent the remainder of her days. The Tradesman does not agree with one of its daily contemporaries that Mr. Trotter should remove to some other locality, now that he is com- pletely vindicated. Coming to Grand Rapids a quarter of a century ago without a friend or a dollar, Mr. Trot- ter has created in this community the greatest institution of its kind in this country. It is his work. It is the monument of a lifetime. It must re- main intact and unimpaired. Without Trotter the Mission would be like an empty barn. He is its soul and the inspiration of all its activities.. He is no longer a young. man. From now on ‘his energy will decrease, instead of increase. Now that he has been de- clared innocent of the charges pre- ferred against him by a disloyal wife, aided and abetted by those who sought to ruin him, it is his duty to remain here as long as he lives, so that his presence may be a standing rebuke to revilers, blackmailers and slanderers. The Tradesman heartily commends the daily press of the city for refusing to publish the details of the filthy mess in which the prosecution wallowed for several weeks. The disreputables who are responsible for the deluge of nastiness pub‘ished in the sensational gress of other cities brought great sat- isfaction to the enemies of good morals, but decent people refused to be influenced by such methods and awaited the verdict of the trial judge in the belief that any one who did otherwise was equally as contemptible as the parties connected with the prosecution. As indicated by the Tradesman when the trial started. Mr. Trotter now owes a duty to himself and the community from which he must not shirk—the proper punishment of those who planned to accomplish his ruin. Because they have wronged ‘him—in- famously and maliciously—Mr. Trotter should proceed against them legally to reimburse him for the financial loss they have caused him. They can never pay him enough to recompense him for the sorrow they have brought him, but they can and should be made to disgorge to an extent that will meet his financial outlay in the trial and leave something for the treasury of the Rescue Mission, which he loves with all the fervor of a fond parent. GOVERNMENT COWARDLY. Why should we fool ourselves, dis- guise our thoughts, employ a cow- ardly reticence when speaking of the strikes? Does not everybody know in his heart that if the Government at Washington did its plain duty the strikes would end forthwith? If the United States Government would pro- tect the freedom of the individual as the law and Constitution enjoin, an effective strike would be impossible. There are thousands of men ready to take up the tools the strikers throw down, could they have the assurance which the Government owes them that they would be permitted to labor unmolested by thugs and blacklegs. The whole Nation of one hundred millions is suffering for the cowardice of the Government, which permits it- self to be coerced, threatened and bullied by a scant two million union serfs led around like cattle by a few hundred red handed murderers. Is there no politician with sufficient courage to brave the labor vote; no politician with sufficient wisdom to know that ninety-eight million votes is a majority over two million, and that the whole Nation would acclaim the politician who dared to do his duty? Yielding to the labor vote now is simply storing up future misery for the whole Nation. Some dzy the question must be answered and ans- wered truly: Are the liberty and wel- fare of the whole Nation to be at the mercy of combinations of classes or is the Government to assert its sov- ereignty over all for the good of all? Once yield to one class or union or federation, and the lesson will be quickly learned by all the others eager to reap the rich profits of combined monopoly. Once array one class in the community against the other, as these unions and federations of labor have set the example, and you start a grab for all game that will dis- integrate the strongest Nation. THE END OF THE FAIR. Now that the Merchandise Fair is ovér, a better perspective is had of the venture. That it did not come up to the glowing anticipations of some of its projectors may fairly be assumed, but this does not mean that the enterprise should be considered a failure oy apything like it. While the number of buyers in attendance was large, it was not as much so as was expected. Neither did the vol- ume of sales reach what was hoped for. It is generally conceded that the fair lasted too long. A week less would have been better for all con- cerned. Opinions seem to vary as to whether the time for holding the fair was well chosen. For certain kinds of merchandise it was regarded as late. The management of the fair, also, left many things to be desired. This was undoubtedly due to in- experience. The grouping and ar- rangement of booths were altogether conventional, resembling in this re- spect most of the shows that have been held here since the American Institute fairs were a feature. There was a lack of anything distinctive, unless it be the absence of ventila- tion, which, in the hot August weath- er, made much of the Grand Central Palace feel like the steam compart- ment of a Turkish bath. But the fundamental drawback, in the minds of many, was that the displays were too limited in scope to constitute a real merchandise fair. The exhibits were confined to a portion of the goods carried by the ordinary depart- ment store. And this suggests the query whether a real merchandise fair should be held under the direction and patronage of a body such as the National Retail Dry Goods Associa- tion, or whether it should be mapped out and managed by an independent body of wider scope and vision. But, the ground now having been broken by the hoiding of one fair which has shown great possibilities, it ought not to be difficult to improve on the original conception. The infamous typographical union, which maintains a strangle hold on the daily newspapers of America by means of the illegal c'osed shop and the employment of hired sluggers to maim and murder non-union printers, is rapidly going to pieces. Since the campaign for the 44 hour work day was inaugurated, May 1, 1921, the re- ports of the officers show that more than 7,000 union printers have quit the union and joined the forces of freedom; that there are now 7,050 union serfs out on strike, drawing strike benefits; that $8,863,578 ‘has been expended in strike benefits and payments to sluggers; that by means of intimidation and extortion, the average wage of union serfs has been increased from $1042 in 1914 to 1795.44 in 1922. Of course, no union man can earn $1795.44, because the whole theory of unionism is to shirk and sojer, so that people who patron- ize union establishments pay several times what the products of such es- tablishments are actually worth. Some people grow with responsibil- ity, others swell. a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN August 30, 1922 STREET RAILWAY FRANCHISE. Detailed Statement of Its Many Ex- cellent Provisions. Grand Rapids, Aug. 29—-You ask if I will write for publication regarding the proposed street railway franchise. I am very glad to comply, both for the reason that it is a matter of gen- eral importance and for the further reason that I deem it the duty of any city official to give such light as he can upon any matter of public inter- est with which he has been con- nected. -In considering a franchise there are certain fundamentals often overlooked and others applying specifically to the one proposed: First: Some dependable and eco- nomical method of transportation is necessary for the city’s continued prosperity and growth. Second: A fair return must be granted a utility or it cannot give the service required, and further there is no inducement for economical and efficient management. The company must have some profit for the service given. Third: The interests of the trans- portation company and the city are mutual. Good transportation helps the city’s growth and makes it A Good Place to Live.” On the other hand the growth of the city helps the company in its earnings. ’ Fourth: A transportation, unlike most utilities, is highly competent and its success dependent upon satisfac- tory service. Jitney busses or even the granting to another company are inevitable if the company does not render satisfactory service. : Fifth: No community can complain of unfair treatment until it has itself offered to do that which is fair and just. If it tries sharp bargaining, if it tries to secure service for less than a reasonable cost, it cannot complain if the utility on its part plays unfair, and if the community is worsted, it is simply beaten at its own game. Duty of the City Commission. Under the present charter, unlike the old, the Commission has no power to grant franchises. It can, and it is its duty to negotiate a franchise such as it thinks for the best interest of the public and the best it can secure, and then submit it to the electors. This the Commission has done. With the Gas Company no agreement could be reached, so there was nothing to submit. Work Done on the Franchise. The city has spent some three years in arranging for and securing this proposed franchise. Through compe- tent engineers it obtained an actual inventory of the property and its ac- tual cost, depreciation, etc. At the request of the company, reproduction costs on five year and other averages were also secured. Nearly a year was spent on valuation alone, the company standing out for eight million, while the city held for five million one hun- dred thousand, which includes the property in Ramona Park and North Park.. The company accepted the five and one-half million on condition of a thirty-year franchise with an 8 per cent. return, and the city requir- ing that, if desired, a re-valuation be had at any time after five years. This in case levels in values should largely -decrease. A skeleton franchise was drawn before the valuation was fixed, and after certain charter amendments had been made providing for re-valua- tion, etc., some two months were spent on the details of the franchise, the city acting through myself and Mr. Wagner, Director of Public Service, and the company through its attor- ney, Mr. Knappen, and Mr. DeLamar- - ter. Reports were made frequently to the City Commission, so that it was kept advised and points of difference adjusted. I am frank to say that more concessions were made by the railway company than by ourselves. In ali of our examinations they gave us with the utmost frankness access to all of. the records and furnished all information and data that we request- ed, so that our experts had complete access of everything. The company acted with the utmost fairness and many obstacles often encountered by others were thus obviated. Of course, there were at times decided differences of opinion which it took some time to adjust and which required consul- tation with the Commission and ne- gotiations with the company. Thirty Year Provision. A long-time franchise enables a company to borrogw its money at a lower rate of interest. It is at present paying over 8 per cent. on its bonds. This it cannot continue to do and operate on the valuation and rate of return fixed. It has been urged that bus service may ultimately be the solution of transportation. Investigation has con- vinced us that this is not yet fulfilled. Des Moines, a city of this size, at- tempted it and found it unsatisfactory and returned again to a street rail- way. The condition was investigated by our Mr. Wagner. Steel on steel from a central distributing point at this time is the most efficient and economical method. Busses may be the ultimate solution, but they are no solution at present. The franchise, however, is drawn to permit the operation of busses or trackless trolleys, should such meth- od ultimately be the best. We can only deal with facts as they exist, and the bus as transportation for a city of this size is a prophesy and not a fact. No Exclusive Right Given. The franchise does not give to the Street Railway Company any exclu- sive use of the streets, nor prevent the granting of a franchise to any other company, whether running busses or trackless trolleys, in the fu- ture, if it is deemed necessary. In fact, if we had given exclusive rights in the franchise, the exclusive feature would have been void under the de- cision of the courts. The city could not do it if it wished to and it did not even attempt it. In the case of Grand Rapids E. L. & P. Co. vs. Grand Rap- ids ES E: LL. & F. G.* Co, 33° Fed, 659-673, the question was before the United States Court where the city had given an exclusive franchise to the company and later had given a franchise to ‘another company, the Court said: “So in reference to street railways, it is well settled by the authorities that under general powers, such as the city of Grand Rapids possesses over its streets and highways, its Common Council could not confer upon individuals or a private corpora- tion the exclusive right to use the city highways for street railway pur- poses.” Of course, here the city does not assume to grant exclusive rights, so the question is academic and the ar- gument that the city has done so is foolish. If the company continues to enjoy exclusive rights of the streets for street railway purposes. it must depend upon the good will of the people resulting from satisfactory ser- vice, and if busses become the last word in transportation, it must adapt its service to the changed conditions. Valuation. The valuation was in a measure a compromise but was, neverthele.s, deemed fair in view of the fact the company agreed to a revaluation and based on advices from engineers whom the city employed. It is not based on capital, bond or stock. It has three million seven hundred ,thou- sand in bonds, six hundred thousand of floating debt, two million of prefer- red stock and two million of common Stock. These figures are not exact, but approximately correct, and show that the valuation fixed is $2,800,000 less than its capitalization. In other words, eight hundred thousand less than the capitalization after first de- ducting the entire of the common stock. Rate of Return. The rate of return is fixed at 8 per cent. This is not guaranteed or un- derwritten by the city. If the com- pany does not earn it, it cannot get it. It merely gives the company the right to earn such amount if it can, and at the same time render satis- factory service. An analysis of the company’s condition was convincing that it could not operate successfully on less. Some inducement must be held out of possible profit in the future, and if at this time it earns the 8 per cent., it will be some years before it can hope to wipe out the floating indebt- edness, pay the interest on the bonds and have anything left for preferred stock. Whether there is anything at any time for the common stock is a matter of grave question: As soon as the earnings exceed 8 per cent., this does not go to the com- pany, but requires that fares be re- duced, so that the 8 per cent. is a maximum, not a minimum, and lower fares is what we really hope for. Rate of Fare. The initial rate of fare is fixed as at present, seven tickets for 50 cents and 10 cents single fare. As soon as the earnings exceed 8 per cent., the fare must be reduced in continued steps until the rate of fare of 5 cents is reached, when the company is en- titled to an earning of 8% per cent. This to hold out an inducement for lower fares. If the present rate does not produce sufficient, fares can be raised, but can never exceed 10 cents. Depreciation. This is such amount as is neces- sary, above the operating expenses, to replace property, such as tracks and cars when they have worn out. The annual depreciation is fixed at 3 per cent., but is subject to annual change. The depreciation reserve, which is the fund built up to equal accruing depreciation, so that when it has ac- crued there will be funds to replace, is fixed at a minimum of 5 and a max- imum of 15 per cent. The purpose of this depreciation fund is that cars and tracks each year wear out to a certain extent; but, of course, they last for a number of years, and it is to build up sufficient so that when the cars can no longer be used or the tracks: have to be torn up and re- newed, there will be sufficient in the fund to take care of such renewals. This is recognized by the courts as necessary and is essential to the con- tinuous operation of any company. This fund, as built up from year to year, can be invested in the company or invested in bonds or some portion of it may be in the banks at interest. The franchise requires that all earn- ings on this fund at the actual amounts earned shall be credited to the fund and shall not go to the company by way of earnings. It further provides that if the city takes over the company it shall pay nothing for the amount in the de- preciation reserve. So far as I know this provision is novel in any fran- chise, as ordinarily the amount earned by the reserve has been credited to the Company as earnings and added to dividends. This protection is com- plete and ample and is in line with the recent decision of the Utilities Commission that the telephone com- pany was not entitled to the earnings on its depreciation reserve. The max- imum amount is to insure sufficient to keep the company in proper oper- ating condition and would result, if the city take over the system, in hav- ing sufficient to put and maintain it in proper condition without immediate re-financing. : Extensions. The city has the right to order all necessary and reasonable extensions, subject only to arbitration as to the reasonableness. ~The old franchise did not provide for extensions and the people were dependent upon the good will of the company for any given. Extensions if reasonable, under this franchise, may be ordered and can be compelled to be made. Service and Routing. The company is obligated to give adequate service and the Commission may order that.service be increased, which order binds the company, sub- - ject always to arbitration if unreason- able. The old franchise required twenty minute service, anything better than twenty minutes was in the dis- cretion of the company and not sub- ject to city control. City’s Right To Take Over Property. The city has the right at the end of fifteen years or any five year per- iod thereafter, or at the termination of the franchise, to take over the property at the value now fixed or which may hereafter be fixed, subject to deduction for depreciation and to additions at cost for betterements ac- tually made. And if taken over, the depreciation reserve is taken over without payment, or the city may order it sold to another company to whom it may grant a franchise. Supervision of the Operation. The company must furnish monthly statements to the city. The city can have its books examined at any time and it can supervise and change the charges from depreciation or capital accounts as the facts found justify. It also has supervision over the salaries paid officers of the company. Further, the company cannot, through billing from the parent company or other method, secure any indirect revenue. In other words, there can be no concealed profits, either direct or indirect. Paving Between Tracks. The company is obliged to pave be- tween the tracks and for twelve inches on each side. The charter at this time requires it. Should the people deem that lower fares were more essential than contributions toward the pave- ments, they can amend the charter, and the franchise provides that in such case the company may be re- lieved from the cost of paving. This is a matter whch, if changed, will have to be submitted to the people and be in compliance with their vote. The requirement of paving at this time, being in the charter, whether good or bad, is not at this time open to debate. * Arbitration. Any differences between the com- pany and the city are subject to arbi- tration and subject to such arbitra- tion control-is vested in the city to a greater extent than in the old fran- chise. The charter points out how the arbitrators shall be selected and provides a speedy method of adjust- ment. This is more economical and more expeditious than would be litiga- tion, and at the same time permits a larger control by the city. Alleged Guarantee on Stocks and Bonds. There is no guarantee on the part of the city or any one that stocks or bonds hereafter issued will be paid any more than there is a guarantec on the outstanding stocks and bonds, and all of the investors know this to be a fact. There is this provision, however, that neither stocks nor bonds can be issued without the consent of the Michigan Securities Commission, and the city has a right to be rep- resented and heard before such Com- mission before any order is made. Result If This Franchise Does Not Carry. ‘ Should this franchise not be grant- ed, we would have recourse to the Public Utilities Commission at Lan- sing and would then lose local con- trol over the company. Without any reflection on the State Utilities Com- mission, for whom I have the highest regard and whose authority over “street railways was, in fact inserted in the law at our suggestion, yet I believe local control is the best and most satisfactory, where possible, and aa ee NN aaa een ene, mere oS Reape a“ a a August 30, 1922 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN : that it is only to the Utilities Com- mission that we should go when we cannot arrive at a fair adjystment. In other words, we should not appeal to the courts unless an amicable set- tlement is impossible. The above, although lengthy, cov- ers but few of the many points of the franchise, but what I believe to be the principal ones. If the fran- chise is not for the best interest of the city, then neither I nor I believe any city official desires to see it pass, but if it is for the best interest of the city, then it does satisfactorily solve our transportation problem for many years to come and should be of great advantage to the ‘citizens. I do not for a moment assume that because I have had to do with the drafting that this franchise is a per- fect document. We have, however, submitted it to a number of persons, engineers and others familiar with such matters and the comments re- ceived have been most satisfactory. In all frankness, I can say that in my best judgment the franchise as drawn does safeguard the city and that I have had my attention calied to no point nor do I know of any that has been overlooked in the draft. Of course, in the last analysis the success of any utility, and especially a transportation utility, is dependent upon the good will and co-operation of the citizens served and this can only be secured through satisfactory service. The innterests of both are really mutual, for the growth of the city aids the company and good ser- vice aids the growth of the city. In this franchise the city and company are really* partners, in that larger earnings go to reduce fares, so that in both economy and efficiency the city and company have a mutual in- terest. I trust this somewhat lengthy dis- cussion may be of some benefit, and piease feel free, if you have in mind the publication of this communica- tion, to eliminate any portion you deem desirable to bring it to the re- quired length. I have divided it into distinct subheads, so that this may be more readily done Ganson Taggart, City Attorney. —_+-+—___ Items From the Cloverland of Michi- gan, Sault Ste. Marie, Aug. 29—The Soo Sand & Gravel Co. owned by Fred Lapish and Capn. Thos. Small, has been incorporated for $25,000. The concern was formerly known as the Rye Bros. Co., but last April the busi- ness was sold to its present owners. Louis Bitis, whe for the past year has been operating the confectionery and soft drink parlor on Portage avenue, West, failed to report about two weeks ago and he is still missing. Andrew McDougal has purchased the building from the owners and has taken possession. Some of the credi- tors of Mr. Bitis are living in hopes that he will come back at some future time. “A cake of yeast that don’t work, never raises the dough.” We are pleased to note that the dis- trict engineer of the Highway De- partment has gone after the contrac- tors on the Dixie Highway, known as the Pickford Road, so as to get the road in passable condition. It is some- what of a handicap for our many tourists to make a detour of five miles extra to avoid the straight line on the Dixie road, which is in poor condition. The farm crops in Chippewa county never looked better and a bumper crop is in evidence. The only handicap is in the harvesting, which in many cases is being neglected for want of help. “England wants American laws. We might give her Some we don’t use.” The Flying Squadron parked here last Saturday at the Temple theater and enthused their large audience with the wonders of Cloverland, as seen by them in their tour of the Peninsula, which included twenty-seven towns. Stanley D.. Newton presided over the meeting. He recited a poem entitled, “If I had a cow that would give such milk,” which made a decided hit with the meeting. It was sprung here for the first time in twenty-five years. The Squadron complimented the Soo on having the largest turnout of any of the meetings throughout the trip. The grocery store of R. J. Briggs on Portage avenue, East, changed hands Aug. 28. Glen Atkins is the new proprietor. Mr. Atkins has been farming for some time, but will now devote his time entirely to the store. Mr. Briggs expects to leave for the West in the near future. The loca- tion is very favorable and Mr. Briggs has been doing a successful business which will in all probability be con- tinued by Mr. Atkins. Everybody is getitng ready for the big fair which starts here Sept. 5 and will continue for four days. From all accounts it willi be a record breaker, as the directors have been working overtime on the job. The DeTour merchants have been enjoying the Thursday afternoon holi- days during the months of July and August. This was the first year they availed themselves of this opportunity and from present indications it will be many more years before they aban- don the idea. They were afforded an opportunity to get acquainted with © their families and enjoy the wonderful sights in their vicinity which have long been overlooked on account of “all business and no play.” The auto has done lots for people, and “done for” lots of people. Herb. Fletcher, cashier at the Sault Savings Bank, passed up golf last Sunday to entertain a party of friends at the Bay Mills park. The baseball game in the afternoon and the swim- ming contest were much enjoyed by the jolly party, who voted a card of thanks to their host and wished him many happy returns of the day. Tony “Materna one of the city’s popular tailors, is wearing a pleasant smile these days. No doubt he is looking forward to increased business as a result of the contemplated fuel shortage. A new six cylinder Studebaker will be given away by the Soo Times, our weekly paper. All that is required is to win the subscription contest which is just starting. Joe Maltas, one of our prominent druggists, spent a few days in Detroit and Saginaw on business last week. Mr. Lawton, Manager of the Soo Creamery & Produce Co., accompanied by his wife and son, motored to Tor- onto last week. where they visited -Mr. Lawton’s parents. “Money talks, but it doesn’t hesitate long enough to say much.” William G. Tapert. ——~—-+__ Corporations Wound Up. The following Michigan corpora- tions have recently fited notices of dissolution with the Secretary of State: Mt. Pleasant Electric & Battery Co., Saginaw. Anthony Fence Co., Tecumseh. Walter E. Bedell Inc., Detroit. Grand Rapids Engraving Co., Grand Rapids. J. C. Osborn Manufacturing Co., St. Joseph. Grix Land Company, Detroit. DeLude Realty Co., Port Huron. Norde Manufacturing Co., Detroit. North Star Dairy Products Co., North Star. Mesick Grain Co., Mesick. Duluth Brewing & Malting Co., (F.) (Minn.), Marquette-Duluth. C. R. & S. Co., Detroit. International Timber Co., Paw Paw. —__»-2—_____ Don’t puncture a fool’s toy balloon —get him to write his “reminiscgn- ces,” QUAKER 4X SUGAR This sugar possesses the finest texture that is possible to produce, absolutely snowy white, a strong sugar and when used in the manufac- ture of icing, it is possible to add corn syrup without detrimental effect on the icing pro- duced. For the making of candies without boiling, it is possible to produce a cream candy, abso- lutely white, and when cream of tartar is added, this doctor will have no adverse effect on the color of the cream candy produced. This type of sugar is also the sweetened agent for chocolate, cocoa, etc., as it is usually miscible with the cocoa itself. Also used in the pack of fruits, making of cakes, chewing gum, etc. As the strength or weakness of a powdered sugar depeneds upon the strength of the sugar from which it was ground, the QUAKER brand of 4X is as strong a sugar as is possible to obtain. In Bulk for the bakery trade and | pound packages for home and table trade. Absolutely the best powdered sugar that science can produce. WORDEN (;ROCER COMPANY Grand Rapids—Kalamazoo—Lansing The Prompt Shippers. 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN August 30, 1922 MOVEMENT OF MERCHANTS. Albion—John Trim succeeds Ben Miller in the meat business. Hudson—The Bankers’ Bond & Mortgage Co. has filed articles of incorporation. Quincy—Roy Baker has engaged in the ice cream, soft drink and confec- tionery business. Kalamazoo—The L. R. Klose Elec- tric Co. has increased its capital stock from $20,000 to $50,000. Durand—The Vernon State Bank, with $20,000 capital and $2,000 sur- plus, is now open for business. Albion—Bushouse Bros., meat deal- ers of Kalamazoo, have closed the branch market which they conducted here. Detroit—The Jewett Phonograph Co., 958 Penobscot building, has changed its name to the Jewett Radio & Phonograph Co. Lansing—Joseph Schaffer has pur- chased the grocery stock of Frank Lefke at 1230 West Saginaw street, taking immediate possession. Berrien Springs—George B. Dean has sold his fuel, ice and ice cream business to Walter E. Metz, who will continue the business at the same location. Detroit—The O’Connor & MicPher- son Co., 130 West Jefferson avenue, wholesale restaurant supplies, has changed its name to the O’Connor- Stephens Co. Detroit—Another new shoe store on the East side has recently been opened by A. Vanslembrouck, who has picked the Shoemaker avenue district for his field of operations. Greenville—The Universal Garment Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $15,000, $10,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. Big Bay—The Jay B. Deutsch Lumber Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $200,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Munising—Clyde Parker and Harold Christofferson have formed a co-part- nership and engaged in the drug busi- ness on East Superior street, under the style of the City Drug Store. Greenville—Morris Kellman, who purchased the Jacobson department store a year and a half ago, has sold it to Packard Bros., of Cambridge, Ohio, who will continue the business. Greenville—Wycoff & Smith have purchased the clothing stock of J. C. Rensman and will continue the busi- ness in connection with their shoe store under the style of the Economy Clothing & Shoe Co. Detroit—The Universal Appliances, Inc., with business offices at 1330 Ma- jestic building, has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $5,000, all of which has been subscrib- ed and paid in in property. Detroit—Jack’s Inc., 3743 Wood- ward avenue, has been incorporated to conduct a bakery, delicatessen store and restaurant, with an authorized capital stock of $3,000, $1,080 of which _has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Lansing—The United Stone Co., 1421 East Main street, has been incor- - porated to deal in cement, lime, plaster, stone, etc., with an authorized capital stock of $50,000, of which amount $26,- 150 has. been subscribed and paid in in property. Lansing—The People’s State Sav- ings Bank, recently organized by Lan- sing, Howell and Detroit capital, has established offices in the Porter block. The new bank will be built at the cor- ner of Washington avenue and Kala- mazoo street. Ludington—Mrs. Clara M.. Haner has sold her interest in the Elite Shoppe to her partner, Miss Esther C. Torbenson, who will continue the business under the same style, add- ing new lines of women’s ready-to- wear garments. Lansing—Miss Edna Kies, who conducts a millinery store in the Ar- cade, has opened a branch millinery store at 117 West Michigan avenue, in connection with the women’s ready- to-wear store just opened by Miss Margaret Kane. Detroit—The American Home Ap- pliance Co., 525 East Fort street, has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $500 preferred and . 500 shares at $1 per share, of which amount 500 shares have been subscrib- ed and $250 paid in in cash. Detroit—The R. L. Aylward Coal Co., 14th and Fort streets, has been in- corporated to conduct a wholesale and retail business, with an authorized capital stock of $80,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in, $48,- 000 in cash and $32,000 in property. Albion—Frank Fitzpatrick and W. W. Wood, who conduct a restaurant at East Lansing, have purchased a store building on Cass street, opposite Al- bion college and will occupy it with a restaurant about Sept. 1, under the style of the College East Shop. Detroit—Fred Franks, former man- ager of the P. J. Schmidt Shoe Co., which concern, it will be recalled, sold its lease to the E. & R. people and its stock to the Crowley-Milner Co. last spring, has taken a position as travel- ing salesman for the P. Cogan & Sons Co. Flint—The Valley Coal Co., 219 West 12th street, has merged its busi- ness into a stock company under the same sty‘e, with an authorized capital stock of $175,000, of which amount $146,750 has been subscribed, $763.26 paid in in cash and $108,118.22 in property. Kalamazoo—Merle E. Rinehart has completed the erection of his modern brick store building at 1210 Portage street and is occupying it with a re- tail and wholesale stock of fruits, vegetables, produce, etc. and will add a retail stock of groceries about Sept. 15. Detroit—Leo. S. Wyremblewski has opened a shoe store at 7701 Harper avenue, on the corner of Baldwin and Harper avenues, in an exceeptionally promising location. Mr. Wyremblew- ski is well known in the shoe trade in Detroit. The new store is exceptional- ly well appointed. Lansing—The Lansing Furniture Co., an organization recently incor- porated by Lansing men to conduct a retail furniture and house furnshings store, will open its place of business as soon as the work of remodeling the Kibbin building has been com- pleted, about Sept. 15, it is estimated. Lansing—A. J. Kahn, former man- ager of Jewels, at Battle Creek, will have charge of the new store to be opened in the Tussing building here this week. The building has been occupied for many years past by the Dancer-Brogan Co., which recently moved to new quarters in the Prud- den building. Detroit—Frank H. Whiting, who conducts a drug store at Union City, has assumed the management of the Brownie drug store just opened at the corner of Michigan avenue and Griswold street. The Brownie Co. conducts a chain of drug stores in the State. G. K. Whiting and Mrs. Frank H. Whiting will conduct the Whiting drug store at Union City. Kalamazoo — Charles B. Hayes, owner of the Park-American Hotel, has completed plans for the building of an addition to the hotel, five stories high, 50x156 feet in dimension. The foyer will be greatly enlarged and beautified an auditorium and dining room added, also a large garage erect- ed to care for the needs of the hotel guests. Work will be commenced Oct. a. Muskegon—The Eagle Vulcanizing Co. has merged its business into a stock company under the same style with an authorized capital stock of $15,000, of which amount $11,000 has been subscribed and paid in, $1,000 in cash and $10,000 in property. The company will conduct a wholesale and retail business in auto accessories tires, and parts, in connection with its vulcanizing business. Detroit—The Walk-Over Shoe Store at 1059 Woodward avenue recently held a special sale on women’s and children’s shoes, the residue of the stock from their Highland Park store, which was recently closed out. The feature of this special sale was the price per pair—$1.95, or two pairs for $3. The sale was announced in the evening dailies and drew a crowd that nearly mobbed the store. Vernon—The Vernon State Bank opened for business Aug. 19 in its new building here, with Cashier Frank S. Hardy, formerly of Empire, in active charge. The building was open dur- ing the day and evening to patrons who rronounced it one of the finest equipped bank buildings in any town of its size in the State. The bank has $20,000 capital and $2,000 surplus, with thirty-two local stockholders. Whittemore—Solomon Simpson, of the hardware firm of Simpson Bros., has the sympathy of the trade in the death of his wife, who passed away from cerebro hemorrhage. She had been in the best of health the day before and had prepared breakfast that morning, when she fell to the floor unconscious, and the doctor was summoned at once, but nothing could be done and at 10 o’clock she had passed away. Detroit—Percy Palmer has ex- changed his interest in the H. L. Proper dry goods stock at 7551 Grand River avenue for Mr. Proper’s interest in the Eaton Rapids stock, so that Mr. Proper is now sole owner of the Detroit stock and Mr. Pa'mer is sole owner of the Eaton Rapids stock. Mr. Palmer continues as the dominant owner of the dry goods stock of Palmer, Begole & Co., at Birmingham, and Palmer & Jenks, at Big Rapids. Detroit—Jasper Heber, who for ten years was manager of the S. & M. shoe store, at Cass and Grand avenues, but of late connected with the Queen Qual- ity ‘Shop, is shortly to open a shoe store at 8247 Twelfth street, near Vir- ginia Park. North Twelfth street, in which district the new store is to be located, has been the fastest growing commercial street in the history of Detroit and the opportunities for a high class shoe store are practically unlimited. Marshall—There are now 108 men employed at the Michigan Central shops here. The shops are running on a ten-hour day schedule which en- ables the men to earn $6.93 per day. The boarding and sleeping cars are now at the shops and the Illinois Boarding Co. is serving meals to about eighty-five men and there are fifty occupying the sleeping cars. These cars have been equipped with electric- ity. A shower bath has been placed in the round house for the use of the men. Pontiac—Leaving only a few scrib- bled words that he had grown tired of life and had decided to end his existence, Charles Gates, Pontiac mer- chant, and member of the firm of Gates Brothers, disappeared early Sunday. Officers so far have failed to find any trace of him. According to his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Gates, he had not been well for some time, and at various times had made threats that he would commit suicide. He had often named a place in the ceme- tery where his body would be found in the event of a disappearance, she says, but a thorough search of that district had failed to reveal any in- dication that he had been there, ac- cording to the authorities. Manufacturing Matters. Cadillac—The Acme Motor Truck Co. has increased its capital stock from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. Plainwell—William Reynolds has sold his bakery to John Doneker, who will continue the business at the same location. Marshall—The Green Wrench Co. has been incorporated with an author- ized capital stock of $50,000, of which amount $35,000 has been subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Michigan Dairy & Farm Produce Co. has been incorpor- ated with an authorized capital stock of $500,000, of which amount $7,970 has been subscribed and $1,225 in in cash. : Detroit—The Odessa Baking Co., 3023 Hastings street, has merged its wholesale and retail baking business into a stock company under the same style, with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and paid in, $300 in cash and $9,700 in property. Fiint—The William FE. Stewart Manufacturing Co. Elm and 4th streets, has been incorporated to man- ufacture auto parts, batteries, vehicle equipment, etc., with an authorized capital stock of $50,000, of which amount $32,100 has been subscribed and paid in, $13,214.21 in cash and $18,885.79 in property. i waceata ddl em ere ec August 30, 1922 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN . 5 Essential Features of the Grocery Staples. Sugar—There is not much to: be said of sugar that has not previously been covered. The market is appar- ently at a standstill, due to the large amount of refined held by third par- ties. Local jobbers hold granulated at 7c. Tea—Cables report decided short- ages in all foreign markets. While a good business is reported in all teas, the demand is checked by the scarcity of spot stocks and no new importa- tions due much before Oct. 1 and many of these already sold to arrive. A tea shortage looks inevitable. Coffee—The evening-up of Septem- ber commitments rather tended to- ward a readjustment of parities be- tween’ contract values in the New York market and replacing costs dur- ing the past week. Nothing occurred to cause any material modification of sentiment regarding the coming crop outlook, and certainly there has been nothing to encourage optimism with reference to probable Central European takings of Brazilian coffee for the present season. Canned Fruits—The center of inter- est is in peaches, as all other fruits are either in a more clearly defined position or temporarily held in the background. With a big peach pack expected and with a weak and irreg- ular market jobbers are slow to make commitments. Many traders think that the market will be unsettled un- til the pack is over and the weak can- ners have sold out their surplus. With the prospect of some cheap odds and ends buyers are slow to load up now. Apricots, pears and other items were unchanged during the week. The high cherry market and the light stocks in first hands prevent free trad- ing. Spot apples are easy and because a large fresh fruit crop is in sight future gallons are not being taken freely under contract. Canned Vegetables—The tomato pack is admitted by those who under- stand the game to be a gamble until the season has progressed further, and because the output is an unknown quantity there is a corresponding re- luctance to book business at the pre- vailing range of 80c on No. 2s, $1.15@ 1.20 on No. 3s and $3.75 on No. 10s f. o. b. factory. Canners scoff at the predictions of 75c tomatoes and say that they cannot break even at 80c. Buying for immediate requirements is steady but not heavy. Futures are contracted for in a very conservative way. - Corn is quiet, both spots and futures. Southern new pack is offer- ed all the way from 77%c@85c fac- tory, depending upon the brand and the canner. Maine corn reports vary as to yield, with a noticeable pecu- liarity that, although frequently asked by brokers for reports on the out- look the canners are singularly silent. Peas are firm in standards, which are wanted at bargain prices and not plentiful. Other grades are steady and not so active. Canned Fish—Opening prices in 1922 Alaska salmon and a decline in Maine sardines were the two most interesting features of the canned food market during the past week. As a corollary to the salmon opening fol- “once. lowed the passive attitude of buyers to $2.25 reds and $1.15 pinks f. o. b. Coast, when the former sold on spot at $2.30@2.35 and the latter all the way from opening up to $1.20. Con- firmations were slow in coming in, and from the position taken by job- bers it seems that they intend to buy sparingly. The main business is in the better known packs whose trade name and standing have a certain commercial value. Salmon by inde- pendent packers has been neglected even at discounts which some oper- ators have offered on pinks and chums below opening. The selling ability of the trade was handicapped by the cheap offerings which were made be- fore the formal prices were announced and such quotations as $2 on reds are still remembered. While the Alaska line was dull, there would have been trading in Columbia River fish were the canners able to offer a surplus over their contracts. With almost a complete failure of the season, instead of a reserve, the packer has been forced to pro rate on his deliveries. Salmon is not seliing to the retail trade in a volume to inspire confi- dence in new pack. While it is a staple and is constantly taken there is not the broad movement which traders would like to see. Apparently the consumer is using other foods more freely than might normally be expected. Some traders go so far as to say that advertising campaigns are necessary to rehabilitate the salmon distributing industry. Sardines have slumped off in Maine and with lower prices the jobbing trade has slowed up as dealers hesitate to place buying orders in a falling market. Price cut- ting seems to be more the result of a desire to get business at the expense of the other fellow than it does to heavy supplies which worry the can- ner. Some weak holders started to slash their prices and others were forced to follow suit. Lobster is scarce and wanted. So far crab meat arrivals from Japan have been light and advices indicate that there will be no heavy volume to follow. Both pounds and halves are going at stiff prices, the former at $32 and the lat- ter at $34 for the best brands. There has been no change in the tuna fish situation. Dried Fruits—Little excitement is expected in dried fruit at this season of the year, when consumption is at its low point and when spot stocks are naturally reduced to their lowest possible level to make room for new packs. Yet traders have grounds for complaint at the more than usual dull- ness of the present. Futures in many cases are at a complete standstill, and where some items are selling it is not satisfactory trading. One of the most serious aspects of the case is the rail- road situation. Most crops are late, as much as two weeks, and this of itself would tend toward later de- liveries than in normal seasons. The long drawn out shopmen’s strike has already shown serious consequences in California and it is feared that the improperly cared for rolling stock of the railroads will cause serious handi- caps in the rail-movement later on, eveii though the strike ‘is settled’ at The séaboard ‘markets can be reached from the Coast by the steam- er lines, but interior points are handi- capped, and while at first considered only an unfounded alarm on the part of pessimistic traders, it now looks as if some difficulty would be encoun- tered in marketing the early run of dried fruits. The rail situation has prevented the California Prune and Apricot Growers’ Association from naming its opening prices on prunes. By the same channel which reported the opening on raisins it is said that the prune announcement will come any day, and there have been intima-- tions that the price will be in the neighborhood of 734c bulk basis for 40-70s. The Association officially does not say when prices will be out, but they are expected before the week is over. Spot prunes are easy. Rai- sins are selling by independents at Y%@s%c under the Sun-Maid, depend- ing upon the grade and the seller. Buying is not heavy. Peaches are easier and also sell below the Asso- ciation price list. The apricot mar- ket is neglected, as buyers still re- fuse to pay asking prices. Currants resemble the other products. Nuts—New crop almonds from California are not in demand at open- ing prices or at concessions, as the trade is waiting for the announce- ment of the Exchange, expected about Sept. 10. Rice—So far new crop rice in the primary markets has not been plen- tiful enough to cause weakness, as the yield is being slowly harvested on account of unfavorable weather. The future market shows more strength. Foreign rice on the spot has been al- most complete exhausted. Molasses—There is a steady de- mand in the local market, with prices holding steady. —_—_~2++ Review of the Produce Market. Apples—Sweet Boughs, Duchess and Wealthy command 75c per bu.; Wolf River and Strawberry apples being $1 per bu. Bananas—6%c per Ib. Beets—80c per bu. Butter—The market is higher, due to dry and hot weather. Local job- bers hold extra at 35c and fancy at 34c in 63 Ib. tubs; fancy in 30 lb. tubs, 36c; prints, 37c. They pay 18c for packing stock. Cabbage-—60c per bu. _ Carrots—70c per bu. Cauliflower—$2 per dozen ‘heads. Celery—-35c per bunch; extra jum- bo, 50c. Cocoanuts—$7.50 per sack of 100. Cucumbers—Home_ grown, $1.25 per bu. Eggs—The market is a little strong- er and higher. Local jobbers pay 23c for candled, cases included. Grapes—4 lb. basket of blue varie- ties, $3 per doz. Green Corn—25c per doz. Green Onions—Silverskins, 25c per doz. bunches. Honey Dew Melons—$2.25 per crate of 6 to 8. Lemons—Sunkist are held as fol- lows: 300: size. per. box —<.---=--.-..- $7.50 360:-size; per box ---.------=-=- 7.50 270 size, per’ box: -.~2----.--.~~- 7:50 240- size, per box -..-----.----~ 7.00 -for. some. choice - colored Lettuce—Leaf, 85c per bu.; head, $1.50 per crate. Musk Melons—Home grown Osage, $1.50 per bu. crate; Hoodoo, $2.25 per crate; Gem baskets, 90c. Onions—lllinois, $2.25 per 100 Ib. sack; Louisville, $2.75 per 100 Ib. sack; Spanish, $2.25 per crate. Oranges—Fancy Sunkist Valencias are now held as follows: $0 Se $12.00 126 ee ee 12.00 150, 176 and 200 <2 220-2 12.00 QU ee es 12.00 ade ee ee 10.00 BOSi ee 8.50 S24 oe ee See ee 5.50 Choice, 50c per box less. Parsley—50c per doz. bunches. Peaches—Elbertas, $1.75; Prolifics. and Engles, $1.50. Pears—$1.25 per bu. for Early Su- gar or Clapp’s Favorite; $1.50 per bu. for Bartletts. Peppers—$1.50 per bu. for green. Pickling Stock—Cukes, 20c per 100; white onions, $1.40 per 20 Ib. box. Pieplant—$1.25 per bu. for home grown. Plums—Burbanks and Bradshaws, $1.25 per bu; Lombards and Green Gages, $1@1.25. Potatoes—Home grown, $2.50 per bbl. Poultry—Local buyers pay as fol- lows: Eicht fowls 22000 0022s 17c Pieavy fowls 5223 ecs 20c Broilers, 2% lb. and up: _225_=2_ 23c Broilers, 2 Ib. and under —_____ l6c Cox and Stags * 52 2 jee 10c Radishes—15c per doz. bunches. Sweet Potatoes—Virginia command $2 per hamper and $5.75 per bbl. Tomatoes—$1 per bu.; 60c per % bu. Turnips—70c per bu. Watermelons—20c for home grown. - Wax Beans—$1.25 per bu. for home grown. Whortleberries—$2.50@2.75 per 16 qt. crate, ——_»+>—___ Leather Demand Limited. Leather markets continue to rule strong, although actual trading is rather spotty at the present time, - partly due to the fact that some buy- ers are pretty well supplied, and also because most tanners are asking high- er prices all around. Some Eastern producers are pricing their tannery run heavy steer backs as high as 55c, and reports of business on union steer backs at 50c. Cows .are generally listed from: 2@5c less. A good demand continues for men’s high grade soles, and up to 75c is asked for some lines of 10 iron fine bend soles, with the semi-fine gen- erally about 10c less. Women’s cut soles are listed 43 to 45c for top grades, and. semi-fine stock quoted from 38@43c. Upper leathers of all descriptions are steady with values showing a range, depending on the tannages, etc. Calf leathers generally range from around 30c for a fairly good quality up to as high as 50c asked for top selections of heavy. weights, although some held even a trifle higher. Side leathers -in- medium quality — listed around 22c up to-as high as 40c asked stock -in boarded leathers. - si ee ee a eee eee ie 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN August 30, 1922 Why the Modern Prison System Coddles Criminals. Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug., Aug. 28—I read recently an editorial of yours which appeared in the June 21 issue of your paper. Its title was “Coddling Criminals.” On July 12 a luncheon conference was held at the Bankers’ Club in New York City. The subject chosen for discussion was the charge that “The Modern Prison System Coddles Crim- inals.” The New Jersey State Com- missioner of Institutes and Agencies, Burdette G. Lewis, who also served as Commissioner of Corrections under Mayor Mitchell, in New York City, made the address. It was the opinion of Mr. Lewis as the result of hsi experience, that the old system with its short sentences and the old prison system with its stupid organizations, were chiefly responsibie for the coddling of criminals. Mr. Lewis said: “The result of a survey of the administration of crim- inal justice, conducted by Dean Pound of Harvard Law School, in Cleveland, showed clearly that every instru- mentality and agency of government and of public opinion must share re- sponsibility for the coddling of prison- ers and for brutality towards them. A thorough survey should be con- ducted in every city in the country in order to awaken the people of the city to the realization that they cannot cope with the crime problem until they become earnest and sincere about it. The problem cannot be solved by - punishing the individual and political parties. The solution is much more difficult than that.” Devoted, capable men and women cannot succeed very well in fighting crime with the tools at thir disposal. The criminal law is hobbled and the work of many inferior criminal courts is a traversty upon justice. Of all instruments, the old prison is the most inefficient. It is a negation of everything, the nearest to something of no account that ever cost a million dollars. If it perpetrated its wrongs with any semblance of efficiency we would respect it while loathing its achievements. “For seventy years experienced men and women have recognized the futil- ity of the old prison system. Anti- quated prisons, jails and penitentiaries are no match for the few clever crim- inals who go into them and are an impediment in dealing with the un- der-developed and volatile half mil- lion souls who pass in and pass out of such institutions each year. They do not punish the vicious but they do de- grade the weak and under-developed. They are sink holes of iniquity which should be cleansed.” “A single new correctional institu- tion is not enough. We must have a real State system of correction in each State. Our judges must not be com- pelled to guess, while they are passing sentence upon him, how long the aver- age prisoner should remain in prison. ur correctional~ institutions and Boards of Parole must cease making a farce of the indeterminate sentence. Our correctional administrators must make their institutions develop men, not merely keep them in safe custody. A way must be found by which the judges can keep in close touch with the work of the correctional institu- tions, so that they can participate in determining when a man should be placed on parole. I think that this could be accomplished in the State of New York by providing for a branch of the County Court or a special ses- sion of the County Court, in thinly populated counties, to be known as a Sentencing Court. The other parts or branches of such a court should de- termine innocence or guilt and it should be left to the Sentencing Court, in co-operation with the paroling au- thorities. to determine when a man should leave prison on parole. The existence of such an _ organization would quickly force the development of a real State Department of Cor-. rection, served by adequate classifi- cation institutions and by an adequate group of experts. It would also force the development of specialized insti- tutions—one for farming, one for man- ufacturing, one for accommodation of farming and manufacturing, one for so-called habitual or degenerate of- fenders, predominately medical, one for ordinary defective delinquents with definite behavior defects and one for vagrants, tramps and the like. Work- ing in such co-operation, there is no doubt but there would be a vast im- provement in our existing probation system.” Mr. Lewis closed his address by saying: “We ought not to be dis- couraged. The great work already done by the National Committee on Prisons and. Prison Labor and the work performed by such organizations as the National Child Labor Com- mittee and the National Committee for Mental Hygiene and many others, should lead us to be optimistic.” I crave indulgence for so lengthy a letter. The subject is so vast and of such vital interest to this Committee that much has been left unsaid, even now. In spite of its length I trust that you will-publish this letter, that we may hear from the citizens of Michigan who are desirous of informa- tion regarding the Nation-wide move- ment for “state control of all convicted persons” that the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor is work- ing to introduce. Frances Van Sugen. Why the Upper Peninsula Is Called Cloverland. Menominee, Aug. 29—There is a general misconception of the meaning of “Cloverland.” Some regard it as a real estate promoter’s phrase. It is not. It means something. We are calling the Upper Peninsula of Michi- ~gan “Cloveriand” because clover grows wild among the stumps. The clover plant is a wonderful plant. It is na- ture’s greatest forage plant. The clover plant also is the greatest stor- age of nitrogen in the soil; nature’s own fertilizer. In the early logging days, when feed was carried into the logging camps, the seeds which scat- tered on the ground took root and re- seeded and re-seeded. The forest was Swept away, the forest fires cleaned out the brush until to-day we have miles and miles in extent of blossom- ing clover.. There is a pull to the very word. It means something. It means soil fertility; it means food for live- stock. It also means retaining the soil fertility. So “Cloverland” has a meaning. People from Southern Michigan are, perhaps, familiar with the difficu‘ty that farmers have in get- ting what they term a “catch” of clover. Particularly is that true in: Indiana, Illinois and Ohio and all through the corp belt states. If they get a good crop once in three years they are lucky. It grows wild in Upper Michigan—the Upper Peninsula to make it more specific. It is be- cause we have a tremedous amount of wealth in the Upper Peninsula, the great iron mines producing a large portion of iron for the entire United States, the great lumbering industries. Now comes still the greatest of all in- dustries, that of agriculture and live- stock production. Menominee county has more cheese factories than any other county in the State of Michigan? We have a dairy industry of whic‘) the annual product amounts to over $15,000,000. We have a great land clearing campaign under way at this time to clear a minimum of 60,000 acres of land this season. That means bringing under production—annual production—a total of between three and four millions annually. That means on and on forever. An acre cleared once ds cleared forever. The climatic conditions in Cloverland make the fifteen counties of the Upper Peninsula ideal and peculiarly adapat- ed for the growth of root crops and the dairy and livestock industry. Those born on the farm and familiar with farming operations know that the average potato crop in the United States is something around eighty bushels per acre. In the Upper Pen- insula when the farmer doesn’t get 150 bushels to the acre on raw land, he doesn’t think he has had a crop. A man who is farming takes 200 to 250 bushels of potatoes to the acre. If he is a potato grower, and has become’ expert in growine potatoes, he takes from three to four hundred bushels per acre. That épeaks for the fertility of the soil. The wild prolific growth of clover insures the success of the dairying in- dustry. In the tremendous slump of all agricultural products, there is one division of agriculture that was held up through it all, and that has been the dairy industry. Where you find a dairy district there has not been so severe a financial depression, and now that we are coming through the period of readjustment, the dairy industry is taking the lead of all others. Perhaps it always wil. We also have in the Upper Peninsula some extesive beef cattle operations, something new. We are also growing sheep. We _ have cattle ranches. On one ranch last year there were five large tractors at work, eighty head of horses, with a crew of 115 men doing nothing but clearing land. On one ranch of 10,- 000 acres they are clearing a total this year of 2,500 acres. We have several more where they are going forward not on quite such a large scae. This all means something to the State of Michigan. A great many people in the Upper Peninsu‘a firmly believe that the Low- er Peninsula has forgotten all about it. Some of that is with justification. Some of it is without. Stop and figure how much the Upper Peninsula con- tributes to the Lower Peninsula, not only in its taxation, but in its re- sources, in upholding the industries upon which the State of Michigan thrives. Where does your iron ore come from? Where does your copper come from? From the Northern part of your State. Where does a large portion of your timber come from? The Upper Peninsula. I think the greatest boon to this great State of Michigan would be the establishment of a more cordial, a more live, friendly relationship between the two peninsu- las. We want to have a better re‘a- tionship with Southern Michigan. We want to associate with you more. Under present conditions most of our business is done over in Wisconsin, in Milwaukee and Chicago, or over in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Why, I don’t know. I presume it is because Chicago and Milwaukee and Minne- apolis and St. Paul and Duluth recog- nize the vast wealth anad resources of the Upper Peninsula and come in there for their business. It is very rarely that we, in the Upper Peninsula, see a traveling man, or a represerita- tive from any manufacturing institu- tion from Southern Michigan. It is very rare. All representation from the outside world, the financial and busi- ness world, we find coming from Illinois Wisconsin and Minnesota. We have a State pride, a State patriotism. and I am sure that the population of the Upper Peninsula will prefer to trade with its own people. deal with its own people and associate with its own people. That is inherent in man’s nature. Henry A. Perry. Swiss Watches, The Swiss watch and clock indus- try does not suffer acutely from com- petition, and while time will be re- quired to restore flourishing condi- tions the industry promises to come back into the strong position it held before the ‘present depression began. The total value of exports in watches and clocks for the last quarter of 1921 was $7,381,545, and in the first quarter of 1922 it was $5,968,146, Cotton Estimates and Cotton Goods. As it is recognized that conditions during this month are especially potent in affecting the crop of cotton, they are coming in for the closest scrutiny. Tio much or too little moisture or an_overplus of tempera- ture in one section or another has ‘been effective lately in sending quota- tions up or down. Private estimates, not from disinterested sources, have recently been distinctly bullish in tone. They recite an impairment of condi- tion which is translated to mean a yield of only about 11,000,000 bales. The trade is waiting for the next offi- cial estimate which will be made pub- lic on Friday of this week. Some de- terioration in condition is regarded as likely to appear in this, but the question is: how much? Meanwhile, activity in cotton spinning has been reduced from what it was in every im- portant spinning State. Among the mills the most notable occurrence dur- ing the week was the capitulation to the strikers of the Pacific Mills in Lawrence, Mass., which was followed by some others. As things now stand, there is no uniformity in wages or hours of labor in different New Eng- land States. Nor is there, of course, * between 'these Eastern mills and those of the South. The inequality of op- erating conditions is likely to be an important disturbing factor in the in- dustry before long. Alterations of fair activity and the reverse occurred in the goods market during the past week. The higher prices of cotton gave more firmness to those of fabrics which are being sold only for nearby delivery. In knit goods, Fall buying is still in progress while requirements for Spring are also being attended to in driblets. Hosiery shows more signs of picking up. 2-2-4 Headquarters Changed From Detroit To Grand Rapids. The Michigan Mutual Life Insur- anicce Co. has changed its State head- quarters from Detroit to Grand Rap- ids and placed J. E. Walker in charge of the same. Mr. Walker was con- nected with the Metropolitan’ and Prudential companies for seven years, but for the past nine years has been connected with the Michigan Mutual at the Lansing office. The State is being divided into fifteen districts of five counties each, ten of which have already been organized. One hundred and twenty district managers and agents are already in the field and more are being added as desirable ma- terial can be secured and installed. The only counties in the State which will not be under the jurisdiction of the Grand Rapids office are Wayne and Saginaw. —_—_2-+~>—____ Times in North Dakota. Wilton, N. D., Aug. 29—The crops here are the best for seven years; wheat estimated at 94,000,000 bushels, which is one-eighth of the total United States crop. Every time you eat eight rolls in New York remember that one comes from North Dakota. The Non-Partisan League has had its day here. Business is seriously affect- ed by the coal and railroad strikes, and uionism has had a black eye from which it will not recover; in fact, it has been dealt such a staggering blow that no one will lower himself by spitting on a union man. J. C. Black. eee ee ee — ia a ce eee oe SOR Sia Bs Ts ee nie August 30, 1922 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN : 7 IGNORANCE NO HINDRANCE. Other Qualities Enabled Owners to Achieve Success. A story is told here about a certain manufacturer who, although he can scarcely write his own name, can sign that name to a check for seven figures and have it honored by the banks. This man, in his younger days, had once applied for a position as sexton of a church, but did not get it be- cause he was unable to read the min- ister’s schedule of services, etc. After he had gone into business and made his “pile,” he was one day in- terviewed by a woman writer with a flare for preparing brief biographies of successful men and selling them to “human interest” magazines. She had been told that her subject was not strong on book learning, but, she determined to get the truth at any cost, she rather bluntly asked him if it were true that he could hardly write his name. He answered that it was, and related the incident in which he failed to get the position as sex- ton. His questioner was very much im- pressed. Gazing at him with some- thing akin to a mixture of awe and pity in her eyes, she said: “Just think of that, and despite the lack of an education you have become a very successful manufacturer. What would you have done with the proper kind of preparation in your early life?” To which the manufacturer answered: “T would probably have got the job as sexton.” The retelling of this story is not meant to bring out the fact that it does not always pay, in a commercial way, to know too much. Particularly is this the case in regard to selling merchandise in wholesale quantities, and often in selling at retail as well. An incident is told of a man who went into a certain haberdashery shop to buy a _ moderately-priced shirt. He was waited on by a clerk who was crammed to the limit with information about his merchandise. He ran on and on about aniline dyes, the “pick” counts of the fabrics, and other things that he had apparently been taught were good selling. talk. The customer, however, began to get bored. After being told that this shirt counted 68-72, that in another the thread count per inch ran 64-60, and that in a third it was something else, he inquired testily: “Yes, yes, but have you got a shirt I can buy for $2.50?” A salesman who had for many years sold pipes was thrown out of work by the failure. of his employers. After a considerable period of looking around for another job in the same line, and not finding anything to his liking, he took a position with a con- cern which made a varied line of heating accessories. It also carried such things as watergiass, which is used for preserving eggs. Taken al- together, the line was such that a knowledge of the technical points of the merchandise seemed highly neces- sary, and his lack of this knowledge nearly prevented him from getting the position. Being in real need of it, however, he “sold himself” to his prospective employers so cleverly that they decided to give him a chance. In less than six weeks he led in sales, not only in the volume of orders taken, but in new accounts opened. Since the time he was taken on the sales force of the concern in question has been more than doubled, yet only twice in all that time has he has he failed to “lead the league” in busi- ness written. In the matter of new acounts opened he has not been headed since he originally took the lead. Some lack of knowledge, or rather - uncertainty regarding what he really did know, is held responsible for the first order ever taken by the head of a local jewelry concern. At the time he was a salesman for the house of which he later became president. He had just been taken on, and partly as a joke and partly to see how he would stand up under the strain of clashing with one of the hardest ac- counts in the trade, his employer sent him to call on a certain retailer with a well-earned reputation for grouchi- ness. The house had never been able to get an order from that retailer, and had got to the point where they used him as a kind of commercial teething ring for new salesmen. Knowing the character of his pros- pect, the young salesman entered the store with a pair of rather wabbly knees. He had little trouble getting to the man he wanted to see, the lat- ter being behind a showcase right near the entrance, but he had a lot of trouble getting out who he was and what he was there for. In fact, he had only succeeded in telling who he was when his attention was caught by two. splendid rings in the case. They were quite similar in design, but one was set with a magnificent ruby and the other with an emerald of the same quality and size. Partly because he wanted to see the emerald ring at close range and partly to gain time to get his wits together, the young fel- low asked the jeweler if he might ex- amine it. The latter reached into the case, took out the ruby ring and hand- ed it to him. It was right on dic tip of the sales- man’s tongue to call attention to the mistake, but he refrained. He ex- amined the ring carefuly, remarked on its beauty and handed it back. The jeweler looked at him sharply, and then asked him to go to his office at the back of the store. Once there he turned upon the young fellow and asserted: “Young fellow, you are either well-bred or a darned fool.” Then, before the salesman had time to recover from the shock,. he went on: “When you asked me to let you see the emerald ring and I gave you the. one with the ruby in it, why didn’t you tell me of my mistake?” The salesman was nonplussed, and not knowing what else to say, he re- plied that while he was pretty sure all emeralds were green, he hadn't been in the business long enough de- liberately to contradict a man who had been in business as long as the jeweler had. This seemed to strike the latter’s sense of humor. “Ha, ha,” he guffawed, “you are a darned fool after all. But sometimes I like to do business with darned fools. What have you got in that case to show me?” To make a long story short, the salesman returned to his employer with a small order that proved to be the entering wedge for some real business to follow. To this day, in telling the story, the erstwhile sales- man, now head of the business, con- tends that had he really been sure there weren’t any green rubies in ex- istence, he would probably not now be president of the company. 22 —___ Proceedings of Grand Rapids Bank- ruptcy Court. Grand Rapids, Aug. 22—On this day was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of Abe L. Hyman and Julius Hyman, Bankrupt No. 2127. The bankrupts were present in person and by attorney. No creditors were present or represented. No claims were -proved. It appeared that there were no assets in the estate over and above the cost of first meeting and printing and therefore an order that no trustee be appointed and closing estate was made. The meet- ing was then adjourned no date.. The case has been closed and returned to the District Court. Aug. 238. On this day were received the schedules, order of reference and adjudi- cation in bankruptcy in the matter of the Muskegon Letter Service, Bankrupt No. 2136. The matter has been referred to Benn M. Corwin, referee in bankrupt- ey. The corporation is a resident of the city of Muskegon and conducted business at that city. The first meeting of cred- itors in this matter has been set for Sept. 12. A list of the creditors of the bankrupt is as follows: Hanry N. Paulsen, Whitehall ~_-_$ 26.50 American Multigraph Sales Co., leévelane a 27.42 Central Mich. Paper Co., Grand Neuen iee ce 9.84 Co-operative Press, Muskegon -_.. 23.53 Ben Franklin Monthly, Chicago —~. 2.00 D. A. McDonald, Muskegon --____- 21.60 Miller-Bryant Pierce Co., Aurora, Muskegon Chronicle, Muskegon __ 7.49 Thomas McGuire, Muskegon ~_-___- 4.00 “a Corporation, Hagerstown, A * 5.59 eee Electrotyping Co., St. TEGnpeN ee 10.40 RE. “Polk & Co,; Detroit... 3.42 Risk & Magee, Muskegon ___-_-__ 12.65 Wm. C.. Windisch, Detroit: .-..___ 19.92 Union National Bank, Muskegon __ 229.18 Central Electric Co., Muskegon _. 8.70 United Home Tel. Co., Muskegon 19.00 Aug. 24. On this day was held the special meeting of creditors to reconsider claims in the matter of Geo. H. Briggs, Bankrupt No. 2085. The trustee was present in person. Several creditors were present in person. Claims were considered and passed upon. An order for the payment of several preferred claims was made. The meeting was then adjourned no date. On this day was also held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of Charles B. Rathbun, Bankrupt No. 2124. The bankrupt was present in person and by attorney M. Thomas Ward. S. B. Daume was present for creditors. Sev- eral claims were allowed against the estate of the bankrupt. Theo. Elferdink was elected trustee by those present and the amount of his bond placed at the sum of $2,000. Appraisers were appoint- ed. The bankrupt was then sworn and examined without a reporter. The first meeting was then adjourned no date. On this day also were received the schedules, order of reference and adjudi- eation in bankruptcy in the matter of Earl Dutton, Bankrupt No. 2137. The matter has been referred to Benn M. Corwin, referee. The bankrupt is a res- ident of the city of Grand Rapids and is an automobile repairman. The sched- ules of the bankrupt list assets in the sum of $708, of which the sum of $658 is claimed as exempt to the bankrupt, and liabilities in the sum of $896.03. Funds have been furnished the court for the first meeting of creditors, which will be held Sept. %.. A list of the creditors of the bankrupt is as follows: Heyman Co., Grand Rapids ~_____ $311.83 Wurzburg Dry Goods Co., Grand MADR: oS ee ee 19.00 Producers Fuel Co., Grand Rapids 17.00 Shipman Coal Co., Grand Rapids 27.50 Dr. W. J. DuBois, Grand Rapids. 128.00 Blodgett Hospital, Grand Rapids _. 48:50 Arthur F. Shaw, Grand Rapids__ 75.00 Dr. A. Nordweir, Grand Rapids __ 42.00 B. A. Spring Co., Grand Rapids__ 58.00 Dr. A. J. Baker, Grand Rapids _. 3.00 Dr. W. D. Lyman, Grand Rapids _. 10.00 Dr. John R. Rodgers, Grand Rapids 11.00 Dr. A. V. Wenger, Grand Rapids 10.00 Nat. Credit Clothing Co., Grand R. 16.00 A. Prange Co., Grand Rapids ee) eee Menter Co., Grand Rapids -.____. 23.95 Olson & Elann, Grand Rapids __.. 23.80 -T. R. Donovan & Co., Grand Rapids 50.20 Aug. 26. On this day were received the schedules, order of reference and ad- judication in the matter of Peter More- land, Bankrupt No. 2138. The matter has been referred to Benn M. Corwin, as referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of the county of Kent, and is a truck driver and hauling contractor. The schedules of the bankrupt list assets in the sum _ o0f$3,503.18, of which the sum of $250 is claimed as exempt, and liabil- ities in the sum of $6,152.25. From the fact that the assets of the bankrupt are either claimed as exempt or of doubtful value, the court has written for funds and upon the arrival -of these, the first meeting will be called and note of the same made here. A list of the creditors of the bankrupt is as follows: Beech Mfg. Co., Charlotte ______ $850.00 Henry Arnold, address unknown __ 116.25 Edward Cooper, Coopersville ____ 469.50 Henry Cooper, Coopersville ______ 35.50 C. Kane, address unknown —______ 48.00 Louis Littibridge, Grand Rapids __ 132.00 Mr. Wilkins, Grand Rapids ______ 46.00 Ralph Hubbard, Grand Rapids ____ 1 Elmer Holmquist, Grand Rapids __ 649.00 Neal Gilders, Grand Rapids ______ 50.00 Henry Wagendeldt, Grand Rapids 62.50 John Van Dyke, Grand Rapids _. 43.00 Louisville Machine Co., Louisville 135.00 Kalamazoo Motor Truck Co., Kala. 300.00 Kent State Bank, Grand Rapids -- 360.00 Thompson- Johnson Co., Grand Rap. 500.00 Texas Co., Grand Rapids ge ei eee 82.00 Kalamazoo Motor Truck Co., Kala. 285.00 Standard Oil Co., Grand Rapids __ 85.80 M. & R. Rubber Co., Grand Rapids 773.70 Mrs. Abraham Moreland, Grand R. 350.00 In the matter of Abraham Sigel, Bank- rupt No. 2123, the court has received an offer, in the sum of $75 for the equity of the trustee of the eState in the lease of the premises occupied by the bank- rupt and the platform scales listed as an asset of the estate. The offer is made by P. J. Peters, of Grand Rapids. Hear- ing and show cause for creditors will be held at the office of the referee Sept. 5. In the matter of R. Dave Benson, Bankrupt No. 2089, the court has receiv- ed an offer of $650 for the assets of the estate consisting of a stock of drugs, chemicals, sundries, candies, cigars, etc., located at Tustin. The property is scheduled by the bankrupt at $1,263.40. he hearing on why this stock should not be sold for the sum offered will be held at the referee’s office Sept. 5. The inventory and appraisal has not been filed as yet. All interested are requested to be present at that time and place. Aug. 25. On this day was held the special meeting and sale of accounts in the matter of Sigmund L. Dennis, Bank- rupt No. 2014. .The bankrupt was not present in person or by attorney. The trustee was present in person of attor- ney, Jacob Steketee. Douglas Clapper- ‘ton and Lucius Boltwood were present for creditors. Several additional claims were proved against the estate. An or- der was made for the confirmation of sale of accounts sold to J. B. Weigenant, for $500. The action on the trustee’s report and upon the bill of the attorney for the trustee was deferred until the final meeting of creditors, to be held within the next sixty days. The special meeting was then adjourned no date. SOLD EVERY WHERE RYZON REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. Full strength until used. The special process of manufacture is the reason. You use less Mashed potatoes — lighter and more digestible. Saves time and la- bor. RYZON should be put in mashed potatoes before re- moving from the fire. Less whipping is needed. The results will surprise you. If your Jobber cannot supply you address 40 Rector St., New York STEEL AND WHEAT. The recently announced increase in wages of common labor by the lead- ing steel companies comes as a sequel to sporadic advances in various in- dustries during the past ninety days. For some time there has been com- plaint of a shortage of common labor, especially in the iron and steel dis- tricts. Moreover, it has been the policy of the United States Steel Cor- poration to adjust its wages in ac- cordance with the price of steel. Last year, for example, it lowered wages after cutting steel prices, and with the recent stiffening of prices it has seen fit to readjust its wage scales upward. The independent steel com- panies are following the example of the principal producer, and wages of non-union coal miners in Western Pennsylvania, where the majority of the mining companies are owned by steel producers, have also been ad- vanced. These wage increases have aroused renewed discussion of the question whether the country is not entering upon a period of secondary inflation. As wages generally lag behind prices, it is argued that there would be no advance in the former if the upturn in prices were merely one of the recurrent “short swings.” Such an argument appears to be logical, but in the midst of present uncertainties the logical thing does not necessarily occur. Part of the in- crease in steel prices, to which the recent advance in steel workers’ wages is attributed, is a result of the shortage incident to the coal and rail strikes. This shortage is likely to continue for some time after the strikes have been settled, as the priorities in coal distribution will have to be continued until the situa- tion in the Northwest is relieved, and the steel mills consequently will not be able to get their normal quota of fuel and cars. The present sellers’ market in steel may therefore con- tinue for a considerable period. No one knows how long this condition will last, but evidently the officials of the Steel Corporation look for it to continue long enough to justify a revision of wages in accordance with their higher price levels. The condi- tion in this industry does not neces- sarily point to any general inflation- ary movement, although the latter may come. In contrast to such a movement, however, one must set up the case of dollar wheat. The two cases balance each other so well that prophecies under such circumstances would be a rash proceeding. The complaints of a shortage of common labor have led to discussion of a relaxation of the restrictions upon immigration. There is little prospect of any such relaxation while Congress remains in its present state of mind, and no immediate relief is to be looked for in that direction. On the other hand, there is a possi- bility of betterment if some practica- ble method of obtaining a more equal distribution of the country’s labor force can be worked out. The word “practicable” is used advisedly. Labor is proverbially immobile. Unless there are strong driving or beckoning forces the shifting from one industry to an- other is likely to be a very gradual MICHIGAN TRADESMAN process. Under the stress of war the country witnessed a rapid shifting. The most conspicuous example was the migration of some half a million negro laborers from the farms of the South to the industrial plants of the North, when the war shut off im- migration and the war boom was at its height and something like a va- cuum developed in the Northern labor market. Prospects of wages that seemed almost fabulous to the colored field hands, and various other attrac- tions, brought negro laborers to the North in trainloads. No similar shift- ing is likely to occur under present conditions, but when the coal indus- try is overmanned, as we have heard so frequently, and there is a lack of labor elsewhere, it would be a fine thing for all concerned if the surplus in the coal fields could be absorbed by the undermanned industries. Per- haps the Coal Commission which Congress is setting up can work out some practical method of dealing with this situation. MANY SIGNS OF INFLATION. The past week’s exhibition of in- flationist tendencies has caused some dismal forebodings by several finan- cial writers, who interpret these de- velopments as signs that the country is once more falling into a vicious circle in which wages and prices in- dulge in a game of “tag.” The case of the wage advance in the iron and steel industry and in the coal mines under the control of the leading steel producer, and the offer of one of the large textile mills in Massachusetts to rescind its wage cuts, are cited as evidence that wages are moving up in line with the recent advance in whole- sale prices. The enormous stock of gold in the United States is also point- ed to as a possible source of credit inflation, and the strength in the se- curities market is interpreted as fore- casting an extended period of rising prices. Such a view of the recent develop- ments is based on the belief that they have come before the economic read- justment following the deflation of 1920-21 has been completed. In ‘some lines deflation had gone relatively too far and in others it had not proceed- ed far enough. The maladjustments in wage and price levels, it is believed, have not been sufficiently corrected, and the country is still in need of stability and a greater degree of uni- formity as between wages of different classes of labor and prices of different groups of commodities. These mal- adjustments, it is stated, instead of being corrected by the present infla- tionist tendencies, are being intensi- fied. Moreover, if the present upward swing continues for a substantial per- iod another collapse of fictitious pros- perity with a second painful period of readjustment is declared to be in- evitable. If there were no strikes to account for much of the inflation that has recently occurred, the pessimistic views just set forth might have more foundation. It would then be evident that the country had definitely entered a new period of inflation at a time when a business boom on such a basis could bring benefit’ only to a very few and might have unfavorable effects on trade and industry as a whole. It is to be noted, however, that while the rise in average whole- sale prices during July was 3.3 per cent., most of the advance was due to the fact that fuel prices alone rose 13 per cent. In like manner the rise in the prices of steel and iron prod- ucts, with the resultant increase in wages, has a close connection to the coal and rail strikes. These cases are of such an exceptional nature that they fail to justify the conclusion that the country has once more fallen in- to the vicious circle. The danger that it may do so is not wholly absent, but quite a respectable argument can be made against such conclusions. THE UNIVERSAL GAME. Which came first—the horseshoe or the game of quoits? Man has been a p‘ayful fellow from the start and the chances are ‘that he took to casting rings at pegs long before he got around to taming the ‘horse, to say nothing of frotecting the feet of his conquest. But once possessing horse- shoes for ulitarian purposes, he found them handy for fun. However this important point in his- torical research may be decided by the savants, the fact is that quoits—pro- nounced “quates’—or ‘horseshoes,” as the moderns have it, is our most popu- lar pastime. Old John Marshall, who used to spend many of his spare hours gaming at auoits against letter car- riers and other citizens prominent in the simrle life of his day, would re- joice to know that the America he did so much to preserve is still pitch- ing quoits. As long as we stick to quoits and ‘the Constitution we are safe. Of late years the sport has been popularized by recreation directors, who perceived in it a game in which ail men could meet on even terms without elaborate preparation. Base- ball and football are for the young and fit; golf is for the leisurely and well-to-do. All thre sports require time, training, space, equipment and uniforms. A dollar will outfit the quoitsman and all he needs to do by way of prefaration is to toss his coat aside and roll up his sleeves. Thus equipped he stands forth against his competitor, and let the best man win. From sundry parts of our broad land come tales of mighty doings with horseshoes. There are state champion- ships, and perhaps before long we shall have the opportunity to hail a National chamrgion. One hears of whole towns turning out to witness the bouts, of bank presidents and day laborers contesting with and against one another, and of the heightened community spirit’ and diminished social and industrial strain folowing these meetings on the plane of wholesome play. For they ‘who foregather in sport are not likely to deny one another in the more seri- ous concerns of life. The present boom in “horseshoes” may pass. There is the danger, too, that the homely old sport may be refined into something prettier and less satisfying, in ‘the long run, to a busy populace. But as folks have been pitching quoits in America since colonial times, we may confidently be- August 30, 183 lieve that the game is tenacious enough to be with us until the end. Americans of the dim future may travel exclusive- ly by air, speak another tongue which contains no words to convey the meaning of profits, poverty, strikes, or war, but even those far descendants of ourselves will know how to pitch horseshoes at a peg in ‘the back yard on summer evenings. siieselsietiate tt iets COLUMBUS THE BOGUS. The daily papers recently printed a dispatch from Chicago, under the cap- tion of “Re-enacts History to Set Schools Right.” It deals with the activity of the Yale University Press, which represented by Roswell Dague, is creating moving picture films in- tended to render history more realistic and accurate for American school chil- dren. Among other things intended to en- lighten the children, a picture is to be shown of Christopher Columbus ‘ean- ing over the rail, crucifix in hand, etc. Will the picture makers also make it clear to the children that no such per- son as “Christopher Columbus” ever existed; but that an adventurer, one “Cristobal Colon,” whose nativity and nationality are in dispute and whose name is variously garbled by chron- iclers of the time, has been erected into a more or less mythical figure under the unwarranted and fanciful title of “Christopher Columbus”? Will they also show how this same Cristo- bal Colon voyaged to Iceland, and there received authentic information about the discovery of “Wineland the Good” by Leif Ericsson in the year 1000 A. D.? Will they teach the chil- dren that this induced Cristobal Colon to venture on his voyage in search of the Western Continent, and further that he never set foot on the so-called American Continent, of which he is the reputed discoverer? These are a few of many cognate questions for the Ya‘e University Press to study. geccentaag a ce amen GOOD FOR THE FOOD CITY. The Tradesman is making a survey of the grocery trade of several Michi- gan cities, with a view to arriving at definite conclusions along certain lines which will be of use and benefit to the trade. The gentleman entrusted with this duty is a former employe of the Tradesman who has been engaged in the retail grocery business in this city for several years. He devoted last week to a survey of Battle Creek and reports among other interesting fea- tures, that there is not an unclean gro- cery store in the Food City. This is a record which may not be disclosed in any other city of any considerable size in the State, because it seems next to impossible to keep some unclean and unmethodical men out of the gro- cery business. Even the four Italian stores in the Grand Trunk district keep their vermicelli and spaghetti under glass. It has been a matter of common knowledge that the retail grocery business of Battle Creek is on a high plane and the Tradesman’s in- vestigator insists. that the superior reputation the Food City has so long ‘maintained in this respect is fully de- served. . eee God will not look you over for diplomas and medals but for scars, eS es EO August 30, 1922 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN A \ AN , MICHIGAN STATE FAIR OR BUST Visitors came in Prairie Schooners to Michigan’s State Fair in 1849.--- If worth while then, how much more So now--- Admission price to fair cut to 50 cents — M. O. Cars direct to grounds for one fare. 10 Days 10 Nights MICHIGAN STATE FAIR Detroit Sept. 1-10 FIRE TORNADO BETTER INSURANCE LESS COST During the year 1921 the companies operating through The Mill Mutuals Agency paid more than $5,800,000 in dividends to their policy holders and $8,300.000 in losses. How do they do it? By INSPECTION and SELECTION Cash Assets Over $22,610,000.00 We Combine STRENGTH, SERVICE, SAVINGS THE MILL MUTUALS AGENCY 120 W. Ottawa St. Lansing, Michigan The Name on the Sack is a Guarantee of its Contents When specifying cement insist that it be the kind with the ~ NEWAYGO PORTLAND CEMENT on every sack. You can then be assured that this important part of your construction work is being supplied with material that has proven its worth, one that will readily adapt itself to your job, no matter what problems or complications may arise. Newaygo Portland Cement is not limited in use to the con- struction of buildings. It may be used above or under ground, in or out of water. Its many uses have brought about a universal demand for the cement with a guarantee of uniform quality. Newaygo Portland Cement Co. Sales Offices Commercial Savings Bank Bldg. Grand Rapids, Mich. General Offices and Plant Newaygo, Mich. 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN : August 30, 1922 nV ey al SAT Real “He” Atmosphere Helps Sell Men’s Shoes. Ordinarily, in the case of a com- bination shoe store, or one selling men’s, women’s and children’s foot- wear, if there is only one proprietor responsible for all the departments, he will bestow the most attention on that department, which, of itself, brings him in the biggest returns and which demands the most supervision because of its changing styles. This, of course, means that the tendency will be to concentrate more effort on - the success of the women’s section than is afforded for either of the other two. It appears to have been demonstrat- ed that in the three-department shoe store it is customary for the owner to spend about 75 per cent. of his time and thought on the woman’s end of the trade and that it brings him in 50 per cent. of his business; while the children’s stock sales bring in 20 per cent. and the men’s 30 per cent. For some reason, most concerns seem will- ing to let it go at that when there is such a combination to be cared for and the final result is apt to be that the men’s department does not make as much profit as it should. While there are about as many men as there are women to buy shoes, it is hardly reasonable to believe that the time will ever come when men will purchase as many pairs of shoes within a given time as will women. The de- mands of fashion on women are such they must have many pairs to go with their costumes worn for different oc- casions. But it should be a part of the retail shoe dealer’s business to educate the average American man to own more pairs of shoes than he does at present, for the sake of cleanliness, economy and comfort, outside of style considerations. In discussing the foregoing phases, George N. Geuting, secretary of the A. H. Geuting Company, Philadelphia, which conducts three successful shoe stores, one of them a “quick service” branch devoted to men’s footwear, said: “The men’s department of a com- bination shoe business can be wonder- fully developed through good sales- manship, but it must be a certain kind of salesmanship—one that carries with it the decidedly ‘he’ atmosphere, so to speak, which should be maintained all through the department. It has never been demonstrated, to my belief, that the same man can buy successfully both women’s and men’s shoes. You cannot be feminine in detail and masculine in results. To make a per- manent, growing, thorough-going men’s shoe department, it must not be cluttered up with feminine lines and, there must not be too many men’s shoe models with fancy stitching and so on, of the ‘finale hopper’ type, al- though some of this kind may have to be carried. And there positively must be nothing effeminate about the salesmen.” Speaking further about the dislike of some men to enter a shoe store where there are many women customers, next to the men’s department, and re- move their shoes to be fitted, Mr. Geuting said: “In our own stores, the two sec- tions are so sharply departmentized that this difficulty is not encountered; and yet we have our separate men’s quick service branch, which is doing remarkably well. Here the masculine note predominates in everything. The shop is on the street floor, far from our other two stores. A women’s shoe department may be placed up- stairs and the women wil go up to buy shoes, but ordinari'y a man will not. A man likes a shoe store where he can go in and out quickly and, above all, get quick service. 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The same men, however, after demanding and getting quick service, may sit in the store and talk half an hour. “For men with this mental attitude, the special men’s quick service branch is a comfort. “The salesmen are emphatically masculine and ‘A number one’ in every respect. They all make friends readily and each one has a considerable fol- lowing of his own. One of them, es- pecially, has a reputation for humor and his sallies keep his customers in- terested and in good spirits. Service, friendliness without undue familiarity and the real ‘he’ atmosphere mentioned do much toward making such a branch store a success.” The “quick service” branch is plain and substantial in fittings and equip- ment. In summer there are fresh, clean, light colored slips on the chairs and there is an air of briskness about the place that could not fail to please any man. In addition to the show window, outside the shop, where it cannot help attracting attention. is a small vertical display wall case, where- in are placed samples of some such shoe specialty of the house, for in- stance, as the Patrol, considered an ideal shoe for the outdoor man, such as the policeman, or the postman. The model exhibited may be accompanied by a diagram showing the points of excel’ence, or comfort in its construc- tion. — who always want the For 25 years we have GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Terie ee Patel me, Ol | eee a meOner Wo get Et Ie Dee cee Ss 5 or > raham & Morton 70 CHICAGO Round $3.95 Te $7.3 Trip MICHIGAN RAILWAY LINES BOAT TRAIN 9 p. m.—G. R. Time DAILY Day Trip Saturdays BOAT TRAIN 1 p. 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 446—Men’s Tan Trench Hide Outing 4 inch Cuff Hooks and Eyelets, Double Sole Brass Nailed, 6-11 EE. 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GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN wees renters ty OMAR eee TERED My ; iy Pe ee ear RRLES ee ey se a — a ere amigos: cans August 30; 1922 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ? il Asked to sum up the principal factors in making such a men’s branch store a success, Mr. Geutirig replied: “There must first, of course, be the right stock and good merchandising that will yield a comfortable profit. “Service —that much _ over-used word—should be intelligently rendered by essentially masculine salesmen anx- ious to retain the customer’s patron- age, rather than just to ‘get the money.’ “The store must be readily acces- sible and carry the strictly masculine atmosphere. “And speaking of this masculine note,” continued Mr. Geuting, “it is well to have the salesmen interested in athletics. “Many customers, of course, are athletic enthusiasts along some line and they like to talk about the ball game, the fight, or whatever is their particular hobby. They are pleased to find the salesman waiting on them in- telligently informed about these events and perhaps also enthusiastic. It makes good feeling and the customer likes to come again, especially as he gets good shoes and good service. So I see that the men’s branch salesmen take a healthy interest in athletics. It is good policy even to supply them with season tickets to the ball games and sometimes take them along with you. All these things count in making the right atmosphere for the men’s store.” Speaking of the educative influence sa‘esmen might have on the men cus- tomers who, like the majority of them, do not purchase enough pairs of shoes at a time proper for either comfort or hygiene, Mr. Geuting further said: “Ecnomy is the talking point, just now. Men customers could be told diplomatically that if they were to buy more pairs of shoes than they do, every pair they had would last longer. ‘Rest your shoes’ should be the slogan to the customer. Not only would the result be far more comfortable to the wearer, but shoes, like men and clothes, wear better for rest. The man who wears one suit of clothes every day, no matter how good the material, soon finds it shot to pieces, whereas if he has a sufficient number of changes to ‘rest’ the clothing, he gets more economical results. Do you know that the average man wears his shoes until they are literally almost ready to drop off? That a man will buy five suits of clothes to two or three pairs of shoes? “The same man who has plenty of changes of outerwear and underwear, who would not think of wearing a soiled shirt, dirty collar, or grease- spotted clothing, will wear one or two pairs of shoes until they are positively unsanitary. Education is the only thing to cure him. “He is already educated to the hy- giene of clean outer apparel and fresh underwear. Why is he so long in learning to wear clean shoes, especial- ly when the feet are in constant con- -tact with the soil? “There is one pair of socks he virtually never changes and that is the pair that serves him as the lining of his shoes. When he can be educated to this viewpoint, he will buy an extra pair of shoes or so, just to be clean, if not for comfort, style and economy. The expert salesman can impart all this to him without the least offense. Still men—the average, workaday citizens—probably will continue to shuffle along with a change or two of footwear. “The ideal shoe equipment for a man is that of the Eng‘ish gentleman who has a pair of shoes for every pur- pose and occasion. He has his walk- ing shoes, his evening shoes, his hunt- ing shoes, and so on down the line and he has them kept well ‘varnished,’ as he terms it, and oiled and treed to keep their shape. Of course every man is not well enough off financially to have such an array of footwear, but he should, at least, have enough changes to make for sanitation, com- fort and economy. Steady, inoffensive- ly-put educative work on the part of the salesman is the means that will accomplish this.” —_—_—_+-e-~ Why Some Clerks Don’t Get On. They talk a great deal, but say very little, because they do no think- ing or studying. They look into everything, but see nothing, because their brains are not developed. They have a hundred irons in the fire, but none of them is hot enough to be welded. When told to do anything, they stand around and ask questions in- stead of going to work and using their intelligence. If called upon in an emergency, they tell you that this or that is the work of some one else—that it is not their work. They are half-hearted and lacking in energy, originality, push and per- severance. They are not reliable. Their minds are not on their work. They are careless and make mis- takes. They think only of their salaries. They are superficial and do nothing well or thoroughly. They are lazy and will not take pains or put themselves out if they can possibly help it. They are not careful about their personal appearance, their dress or their manner. They are uncertain in, their action because they are always subject to outside influence. —__2->____ Urges Retailers To Plan For Weather. In a recent issue of the American Meteorological Society retail mer- chants are advised to pay more atten- tion to the weather predictions in the arrangement of their window displays and in their featuring of special goods on given days. The “seasonable” display, of course, is an old story and a successful one, despite the fact that the weather is by no means always seasonable. The bulletin indicates that the closer tie- up with actual daily conditions would ‘tbe more profitable to the merchants, and the objection that the weather predictions don’t always come quite true it is suggested that there is a much greater coinciding with the pre- diction than of the weekly weather be- ing always reasonable, Z Controlling Competition in Style. A few years ago there were many instances of more than usual success- ful merchants. These men were en- thusiasts, keen students of their own trade, who were not content to merely “pick” shoes “as is” from sample lines, and run the risk of having their styles too similar to those of competitors. These men showed a keen interest in detail, and “built” their own styles to their very great advantage. To-day a host of merchants have become “‘pickers” of style “as is,” with - the result that shoe store displays present a conglomeration of styles all too similar in detail, regardless of grade. With this change has come about an enormous shifting of trade from s‘ore to store. Style competition on the production end is keener than ever before. Let a last maker or pattern maker get a first adoption of a new thought, or a manufacturer introduce a govd style, and it is at once copied in all grades until its exclusiveness disappears. Many good merchants know these facts are true and now are buckling down to the work of detailing and dressing up their own styles in order to secure exclusive style appearance for themselves. Manufacturers who are known for creating styles are co- operating by holding their new styles under cover and not “peddling” them from one store to another. When a merchant can truthfully ad- vertise, display and tell customers that his styles are exclusive, he will find a ready response from customers who ‘ want their shoes to look different from the masses. The effort to make such styles different will repay a mer- chant. Then women, especially, will not be so often tempted to buy shoes in some store other than where they usuaily trade. If all lines show heavy perforations, one merchant can make his shoes look different by using pin perforations and otherwise refining the detail. If all stores are using “cut-outs” in all grades, there will be a chance for the. man with originality to show styles different from the “cut-outs.” Avoid- ing all the things that evidence points to being too common is harder work than picking them “as is,” or “nib- bling” off 36 pairs here and there, but it will make the display of a store in these days stand out from all others. He Met the Test. In a certain shoe store the boss was interviewing an applicant for clerkship. “Suppose,” he said, “a lady customer were to remark while you were trying to fit her, ‘Don’t you think one of my-feet is bigger than the other?’ what would say say?” “T should say, ‘On the contrary, madam, one is smaller than the other!” “The job is yours.” SUNLARUONSNOONUNGSOUEEEODEDEGEEOADUDELEDSGUSAUAGELEASALEUELEDUUEOTEANAgUEAED ET HE ENEDEE re eres ge: $ STRAP SANDAL IN STOCK i Black Kid, Flexible McKay, Stock 2 No.500. Price $1 80, Terms Si 3-10. Net 30 days. Write for pamphlet showing other g : In-Stock Comfort numbers aaa BRANDAU SHOE CO., Detroit » Mich. PAT eT SEGAUDADDUODAOEEBEAONS! DORCEAUUEAREREEOEAD CUCCUULEAEELAA AE EM TO OUR FRIENDS IN THE STATE We Cordially Invite You To Visit Us while you are in DETROIT During BUYERS’ WEEK September | to 10. W. H. EDGAR & SON 12th St. & LaFayette Blvd. @ Michigan’s Greatest Grand Rapids, Mich. 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Rather than be worsted in a transaction they would part with a right arm, for even then the abacus, ancient calculating device, could still be manipulated with the left hand. “Ch’ien”—the word for money in Mandarin dialect—crops up just as fre- quently as our letter “E.” A stranger comes to a Chinese town. The first question is, “Has he money?” If not, he might just as well keep on wander- ing. It is only some four millions of Chinese who are able to visualize a full larder some days ahead; the four hundred millions are unacquainted with comfort or plenty. Such people must, by force of circumstance, be among the world’s most prudent spenders. They are careful to get their money’s worth when they buy. Without intending to imply that all men under the Oslerian age of forty and weighing less than 175 pounds are entirely out of luck in China, the fact remains that age—middle, at least —and embonpoint are so highly re- spected by the Celestrial populace that men who qualify in these particulars enjoy a decided advantage. Gray mat- ter is the first requisite, with patience a close second. Democracy, courtesy, a keen sense of humor, a thorough knowledge of human nature—all these are desirab‘e if not absolutely neces- sary traits of the American business man who would succeed in the Orient. If he has a liking for children—and this is important—he can handle pa- tiently the very elementary enquiries and the impracticable suggestions made by those inexperienced in Ameri- can products and their uses. Chinese business men are not children, of course; they are generally of a high order of intelligence, but many are totally unfamiliar with our goods and with our trading methods. Outside of the Yellow Temple in Peking is a circular pit, of stone, about eight feet deep, with a shallow niche at the rear. During the Chinese New Yeat celebration, lasting ten days, a venerable priest sits there with head penitently bowed. In front of him, in the center of the pit, suspended from an iron standard, are two tin cups. All sorts and conditions of humanity press closely against the iron grating surrounding the edge trying to throw cepper coins into one or the other cup. That their aim is mostly bad is shown by the thousands of coins on the floor of the pit and the very few in the cups; and when a coin does lodge in the target a tremendous yell goes up from the crowd. I managed to land my third coin, whereupon bed- lam broke loose. “That means good luck for one year,” said the bright- eyed young Chinese who had taken us to the temple. Luck, or “joss,” is the third factor to be considered by those who sell American goods in China. Of this, more later. A good example of an American quality product which has found a substantial market in China is electric lighting sets. Energetic selling, back- ed by efficient service, has placed them in scores of cities and towns. Electricity made an instant appeal in China because better light means bet- ter business. Native merchants now vie with each other in the brightness of their shops. Before long there will be a million American spindles in China’s cotton mills. Here is another line, introduced within the last decade, that the Chin- ese have been buying heavily from the United States. At one time several American manufacturers were booked so far ahead with Chinese orders for textile machinery that they were work- ing upon this business exclusively. Last summer a German firm approach- ed a Chinese mil owner and offered equipment at a price 20 per cent. low- er than that of American machinery, but failed to obtain an order because of the proved efficiency of our ma- chinery and the prompt delivery and expert service American manufactur- ers are giving. In these poineer days of motoring in China, American cars are conspicu- ous, having demonstrated their ability to travel over such difficult routes as the caravan track across the Mon- golian desert. General Chang Tso-lin bought a 7-ton armored touring car of American make last year for use in Manchuria. Displayed in a Shanghai showroom upon its arrival, this auto- mobile attracted much interest and imprssed the Chinese with the advan- tages of American automotive prod- ucts. “We will try anything new that is good,” declared Chan Chien, who is recognized as China’s foremost indus- trial captain, during a conversation at his native city, Nantungchow, in the spring of 1921. That statement ex- plains the value of high quality in American products sold in China. In order to persuade the Chinese to try anything new that is good, American business men must be pre- pared to deal with a race that must be “shown.” The new product has to be displayed, its superiority needs to be demonstrated, its uses or methods ef operation must be fully explained. BOSTON BONDS FOR INVESTMENT We own and offer a comprehensive list of carefully selected Government, Municipal, Railroad and Public Utility Bonds, which : we recommend for investment. We shall be pleased to send descriptive circulars to investors upon request. ESTABLISHED 1880 Paine, Webber & Company 12TH FLOOR, G R. SAVINGS BANK BUILDING GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN NEW YORK CHICAGO WRITE for information regarding a sound invest- ment paying good dividends. At the present time we have one which should appeal particularly to conservative investors. F. A. 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RESERVE FOR STATE BANKS Detroit Congress Building 65 JOIN THE GRAND RAPIDS ; SAVINGS BANK FAMILY! 44,000 Satisfied Customers know that we specialize in accomodation and service, BRANCH OFFICES Madison Square and Halli Street West Leonard and Alpine Avenue Monroe Avenue, near Michigan East Fulton Street and Diamond Avenue Wealthy Street and Lake Drive Grandviile S9venue and B Street Grandville Avenue and Cordelia Street Bridge, Lexingten and Stocking West Leonard and Turner Avenue Bridge Street and Mt. Vermont Avenue Division Avenue and Franklin Street Pe i : Ff BE : So he "] § i Sie ees re August 30, 1922 This sales work calls for ingenuity and resourcefulness. : The Chinese like to talk, to bargain, to speculate on exchange. Business is pleasure for them if accompanied by abundant conversation, friendly argu- ment over prices and, finally, conces- sions granted by the seller. Nothing seems to please a Chinese so much as getting a little more than he expects. German firms, acting upon this prin- ciple, were building a sizeable trade in cotton piece goods before the war. They contracted to deliver the usual 40 yard lengths and delighted Chinese dealers by actually delivering the cloth in pieces from 40% to 40% yards long. A hustling American astonished foreign business men in North China some months ago by his success in selling hardware to native dealers in Peking and Tientsin. It was his first trip to the Far East and he was cavorting in strange pastures, but a genial disposition and corrugated iron vocal chords carried the day. He called first upon a long-estab- lished American firm conducting a general import and export business. “T am C. W. Brownsmith, of the Hammer & Saw Manufacturing Co.,” he announced to the manager. “I am going to sell our hardware to a lot of native concerns here and I want you to hanadle the shipments for me.” The manager of the trading com- pany smiled. “If you can sell any hardware to the Chinese firms in this town you are some salesman.” “All right; Pll show you. Give me one of your English-speaking Chinese who knows his way around, and if I don’t land $10,000 worth of orders by tonight T’ll present you with a case of ‘extra dry’ that is extra wet.” It was a dull business day and the manager, having sporting blood, as- signed an assistant compradore to assist Mr. Brownsmith. Thereupon they ventured forth in two rickshaws—the man-drawn taxis of the Orient—and returned in four hours with $15.000 in Brownsmith’s order books. Wong, the assistant compradore, with beaming face, told how it was done. “We go Hsing Ming. We _ have plenty stock, say no buy new piece. Mister Blownsmith he talk very quick. Hsing Ming he no can speak English. Mister Blownsmith the talk so quick [ no can savy. He talk very much, make Hsing Ming laugh. Hsing Ming he say to me, ‘Never see foreign man talk so much. Ha, ha. Very much talk.’ Mister Blownsmith laugh, too, but no stop talk. My’m bye Hsing Ming hold up hand, laugh very much. He say, ‘I have got hammer, have got chisel, have got wlench, have got plent all kind; but this foreign man MICHIGAN TRADESMAN he can talk so dam’ much, I buy.’ Hsing Ming he buy five hund’ed taels. Then we go Li Chang-hsu. He buy. We go see eight, nine, ten more shop. Mister Blownsmith he talk all same. Sell much goods.” This whirlwind campaign is not typical, but it shows what a hustler can do in China with some lines. Another instance is the experience of a paper man whose firm was repre- sented in China by a British house. Arriving in Shanghai, he was told that only two kinds of paper could be sold —newsprint.and machine-glazed cap. He decided to try a little selling on his own account, and in five days obtained orders for $40,000 worth of cardboard, wrapping paper and high-grade sta- tionery. The trouble was that the British house overloaded with agencies .- could not push them all actively and failed to develop sales of any but the most important lines—the most im- portant and the most profitable. As to the joss: A year and a half ago I met a representative of an American publishing house. He was in Peking and wanted to go by rail to Hankow at a time when one of China’s nondescript “armies” was interfering seriously with traffic on the Peking- Hankow Railway, especially passenger traffic. The scldiers, many of them coolies in filthy fragments of uniforms, were crowding into first-class com- partments on the through trains, bringing most unpleasant impedimenta. Such company was insufferable for any portion of the 33-hour journey, often prolonged to 40 hours or more by “military” delays. My friend was advised to go by another route but insisted upon trying the railroad. Early one morning he left, and that was the last I saw of him until a few weeks ago, when he told the story. Here it is in his words: “T managed to squeeze into a com- partment occupied by three other foreigners and four Chinese. Among those present was a French officer with a whopping big service revolver and a shotgun, off for a hunting ex- pedition a short distance from Peking. Upon learning that I was unarmed, he said, ‘You are taking your life in your hands then, trying to get to Hankow.’ He expressed regret that he hadn’t an extra revolver to lend me. “By noon I was the only foreigner left in the compartment, the others, with: one of the Chinese, having alight- ed at various stations. To while away the time I took out a lot of cards people in Peking had given me with the idea of making a list of those whom I had met. It happened that the top card of the pack was that of Commander H—, an officer attached to our legation. This card remained in sight as the Chinese ‘boy’ brought in tea and toast. The first thing I knew, there was a rapid volley ma Citz. 53 CONSERVATIVE INVESTMENTS We have at all times a list of high grade investment bonds from which to choose. Corrigan Hilliker & Corrigan Investment Bankers and Brokers Ground Floor Michigan Trust Bldg. Beil Grand Rapids, Michigan M-4900 13 Protect Your Estate MaAxY estates which have been considered ample may be sub- ject to serious depletion for this reason: Heavy calls for cash have had to be met. Heretofore the only way to get the cash has been to sell at once the best and most saleable possessions. It is quite easily possible to protect your estate against demands by means of a ‘‘Trust fund” set aside and kept invested. Let it compound and accumulate. You can then dismiss care from your mind. This company as your trustee can serve far into the future, without a skip or a deflection. Fidelity to trust is secured by: Our entiré capital: -. 2... 00.202... $1,000,000 Additional stockholders liability...... 1,000,000 SVURDIUS) 0 cy es ee 500,000 Deposit with State Treasurer ........ - 200,000 $2, 700, 000 FFICER DIRECTORS OFFICERS Delos A. Blodgett 11. ‘John uffy. Lewis H. Withey —_.-President Peaderick A. Goctiam. Henry Idema ----_-- Vice Pres. Claude Hamilton. F. A. Gorham ------ Vice Pres. Thomas H. Hume. Henry Idema. William Judson. Miner S. Keeler. James D. Lacey. Edward Lowe. Ransom E. Olds. J. Boyd Pantlind. William Alden Smith. Godfrey von Platen. Dudley E. Waters. Lewis H. Withey. Claude Hamilton ___Vice Pres. John H. Schouten -_Vice Pres. Noyes L. Avery -___Vice Pres. Emerson W. Bliss ~-_Secretary Arthur C. Sharpe -_Asst. Secy. Guy C. Lillie ~-.-__ Asst. Secy. C. Sophus Johnson__Asst. Secy. Arend V. 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On account of our location—our large transit facilities—our safe deposit vaults and our complete service covering the entire field of bank- ing, our institution must be the ultimate choice of out of town bankers and individuals. : Combined Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits over $1,450,000 GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL BANK GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. aaah TekckaousciisoN cies SL Lcrarauri vet castle ed eat Oe ‘ 5 : & : g i 14 in the Mandarin dialect and the Chi- nese passengers facing me filed out, leaving me the whole compartment. “After that the train ‘boy’ closed the door and stood guard for hour upon hour, keeping out all who demanded admittance. When we had passed the ‘military’ zone and were not many miles from Hankow the ‘boy’ went away for awhile. A young Chinese who spoke English slipped into the’ compartment, and from him I got an explanation of my good fortune. “It seems that all the ‘boys’ on the through trains can read English as well as speak it. Seeing that card my ‘boy’ thought I was a high officer of the legation, and quickly acquainted all would-be intruders with my ex- alted standing. Four generals, six colonels and nine majors had been kept out of my compartment at various stops along the route because no one could be allowed to disturb a dis- tinguished American official! “On top of this agreeable surprise, I was greatly pleased to find that my new Chinese friend was relatd to a member of a substantial native firm in Hankow. With his assistance I landed some very good business in that city.” Something good and practical to sell, experience and intelligence in selling it, fortune favoring the salesman— there are the ingredients of the best trade-building mixture for. American go-getters in China. Lynn W. Meekins. ——_-2-2-—___- Bed Rock Propositions. America needs and should use from 125,000,000 to 250,000,000 ties a year; pulp paper at the rate of 125 pounds per capita; and the average farm needs 2,000 feet of boards every year or about 13,000,000000 feet. If the 6,- 448,000 farms listed by the 1920 Cen- sus were being run with true efficiency there would be a demand for more than 2,000 feet average. The saving of waste by housing tools and imple- ments would pay a good share of the bill. And the farmer’s ability to hold over surplus crops for late crop-year prices would cover all the rest. We have untouched timber sufficient for many years. But nothing lasts forever if consumed at the rate of billions of units annually. Hence the wisdom of reforestation. There is in the United States an area of 80,000,000 acres of cut-over timber land much of it capable of re- forestation. This area is almost as large as all Europe exclusive of Rus- sia. From 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 acres a year are added to the barren lands. It would be very gratifying if this vast area were covered with thrifty saplings. But for the fires, pests and razor back hogs this might be general- ly the case. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN If lumbermen were as rich as popu- lar fiction pictures them they might undertake to grow seedlings and plant cut over areas; they might even pay forest patrols to keep out campers with matches and cigarettes; they might fence against rooting hogs and com- ‘bat the fungus and beetle pests. But to do this would mean millions of actual cash expenditures every year. It would mean millions of lost interest on capital every year—compounding at a ruinous rate. Worst of all it would draw the disastrous lightning of taxation—the assessors would be keen to collect taxes far in advance of tree growth, and long before the creation of any commercial value. Lumbermen are not rich enough— no group of men is rich enough—to stand such a burden. Private refores- ation is in the same class as making synthetic diamonds—an “impossible” possibility. Only the Federal Government is rich enough, powerful enough and per- manent enough to undertake this job. Why not do the job in the one feasible way? A. L. Clark of Dallas and Vancouver proposes a system of forest management that commends itself to the business man. Let the Government “swap” commercial tim- ber in the forest reserves for fee sim- ple deeds to cut over lands in the South or on the West Coast where trees grow fast and protection is easily LLL LLL ddddddddddldldidlisdslsbsf ULitde, ULM sdihsididsdihdddidsddiddsddddisidddsisiddddddddddididilldilllilllldiiéiiiiij ESTABLISHED 1853 Through our Bond De- partment we offer only such bonds as are suitable for the funds of this bank. Buy Safe Bonds from The Old National! VIZ LLL ddddddddddddidididie CidddddssdissdsdsssssshshsississsshisDisisissddssddsididdsidssdddddisddddddddslisssdddddsddsdbhe MAsMsdddds eect LEH, PERKINS. 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If you think there is nothing in the trade papers for you the probabilities are that you lack the ability to recog- nize good business ideas when you read them. Fourth National Ban United States Depositary Capital and Surplus $600,000 3% interest paid on Savings Deposits, payable © semi-annually. interest paid on Certificates of Deposit 3 Vy, % if left one year. = David H. Brown GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN OFFICERS. Wm. H. Anderson, President; Lavant Z. Caukin, Vice-President; J. Clinton Bishop, Cashier. Alva T. Edison, Ass’t Cashier; Harry C. Lundberg, Ass’t Cashier. DIRECTORS. Wm. H. Anderson. Lavant Z. Caukin Christian Bertsch Sidney F. Stevens Robert D. Graham Marshall M. Uhl Samuel G. Braudy Ed. G. Raymond Samuel D. Young James L. Hamilton Give Us the Burden A CONSTANTLY growing number of people understand that they can make this trust com- pany their financial secretary and thus relieve them- selves of many burdens, among them the following: Safekeeping of securities; Collecting rent, interest and dividends; Paying rent, insurance premiums, notes, club and fraternal dues, taxes and assessments; Keeping accounts. We remit income or proceeds of collection to you, your family or to any other designated person. Consult our Officers. F;RAND RAPIDS [RUST | OMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Ottawa at Fountain Both Phones 4391 August 30, 1922 Be Sure About Extinguisher Refills. Considerable unsatisfactory experi- ence is being had in Arkansas and else- where, becauase of the proper care not being taken in refilling quart size and type of fire extinguishers. This type of extinguisher, unlike the soda and acid type, does not need to be refilled at regular intervals, or at all, unless the extinguisher has been used or in some other way becomes empty or defective. The original liquid supplied by the manufacturer of the device is good until used as long as it remains intact as furnished by them. But when it becomes necessary to refill, therein lies the cause of the trouble complained of. The extinguisher is often refilled with commercial carbon tetrachloride or other fluid not correctly prepared for use in the extinguisher. Some of the liquids used have been found to contain considerable carbon disulphide which is highly inflammable, and other compounds which frequently re- sult in corrosion of the interior mech- anism of the device; others contained suspended matter that clogs the parts and makes the extinguisher inoperative at the critical moment; this inefficien- cy coming always at a time when effi- ciency in service is absolutely neces- sary to stop the ravages of fire and at a time when there is no opportunity to refill with proper liquid, should the device be in fit form for refilling. This danger can be avoided and should be avoided by securing all liquid for refills from the manufactur- er of the extinguisher in use and posi- tively no other kind; then it could be relied upon in the hour of need. —_———2-2 What Have You Got? Take your own case, for instance. Suppose a fire started in your home tonight while you were asleep. What means have you at hand to put the fire out? Suppose fire started this minute in your home while you are away. How would it be extinguished without the help of the city fire department, Is there any extinguisher in your home? Is there even a fire pail or a bucket of sand? In ninety-nine cases out of every hundred it is safe to wager there is not. Even negative precautions are not taken. People per- mit rubbish to accumulate in piles in their attics, in closets and in their cellars. —_—+_+ 22. Preparations For a Large Hegira To Detroit. Detroit, Aug. 29—A canvass of the wholesale firms participating in the special Buyers Week to be held dur- ing the State Fair shows unbounded optimism over the prospects for the second event of the kind held in the city. Executives who have recently come in contact with their traveling salesmen say that reports as to the number of prospective visitors to De- troit are most encouraging. That there is a growing tendency on the part of retailers to look to the Detroit markets for their goods is in accord- ance with reports from these sales- men. The number of new accounts being constantly added to the whole- salers ledgers bears this out. In addition to the regular attractions of the State Fair the Wholesale Mer- chants Bureau has completed arrange- ments to entertain the buyers ‘in a manner which will leave a lasting im- pression of their visit to Detroit. The participating firms are adding extra incentives for the retailers to come to MICHIGAN TRADESMAN . Detroit by preparing special merchan- dise offerings that will make their trips profitable as well as pleasant. Letters received by sales managers from their salesmen indicate crowds of larger proportion than during the last Buyers Week held in May. Dur- ing that event, the first, approximately 1,700 out-of-town buyers visited the local market. The most conservative prognostications as to the probable count for the event during the Fair Week is three times that number. E. E. Prine, of the Wholesale Mer- chants Bureau of the Board of Com- merce, has reserved a number of rooms in the various hotels and ex- pects within a few days there will be enough applications from merchants in Michigan and adjoining states to take up these reservations. ——_ 2-2 $500 Reward Offered. The Michigan Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has adopted a resolution under which the association agrees to pay $500 reward to any per- son furnishing evidence resulting in the conviction. of incendiaries of property protected by mutual com- panies in Michigan. e+e - Our life’s work is Fire Prevention and Fire Protection, and the solution and ramification of these two problems carry us into the study and practice of science and art.’ In his remarks yesterday morning Chief Crapo drew attention to the changes that have taken place in recent years in the mat- ter of controling and fighting fires, and Fire Prevention demands the applica- tion, from successful research and study, of the most advanced ideas in engineering and scientific methods, as well as chemistry, architecture, con- struction, etc. It is the young men of to-day who are serving in the fire de- partments, who will be the officers and chiefs of to-morrow, and these men should be provided with a technical education so that they can be properly equipped to prevent and fight fires in the most approved manner possible. This is a profession that requires high- class men, well educated, and who should in return receive suitable re- muneration as well as a proper recog- nition of the importance of their work by the community at large. Educa- tion is not only the most desirable but indeed the most essential of our collective pursuits. Knowledge is power, and the National Firemen’s Association’s potential can only de- velop in full power as its members learn to interpret its objects, obliga- tions and policies, in practice.—G. F. Lewis, deputy fire marshal of Canada, before National Firemen’s Association last month. —_—_>-+-. There is a vast difference between ice and steam. Ice has no power at all, beyond the pressure of its own weight, but a small piece of ice, no larger than my fist, will have the strength of a sixth of a horse-power, if I turn it into steam. So, to keep steam up, the best way is to keep the fires of youth burning. Keep the furnace of the brain well cleaned from the ashes of old age, and keep ‘- a steady draught of new ideas and new interests. Keep the brain alight —that is the secret of success. —_~2+2 >___ _ When you sell a customer an ar- ticle that is “just as good” as the one he asked for—you sometimes do your competitor a good turn. Grand Rapids Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Company Economical Management Selected Risks Conservative but enjoying a healthy growth. Dividend to Policy Holders 30%. Careful Underwriting Affillated with the Michigan Retail Dry Goods Association OFFICE 319-320 HOUSEMAN BLDG. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, SAFETY SAVING SERVICE CLASS MUTUAL AGENCY “The Agency of Personal Service” COMPANIES REPRESENTED AND DIVIDENDS ALLOWED. 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The Net Cost is 30% Less Michigan Bankers and Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Fremont, Mich. WM. N. SENF, Secretary-Treas. Michigan Shoe Dealers Mutual Fire Ins. Co. LANSING, MICHIGAN PLAN OF BUSINESS CLASSES INSURED .. . General Mercantile Business. POLICIES ........ .- Michigan Standard Policy, with Mutual Conditions added—approved by Mich- igan Insurance Department. RATES . « +» » . « Full Michigan Inspection Bureau Tariff. DIVIDENDS - e« « - « -« Payable at end of policy year—current dividends 30%. CONTINGENT LIABILITY Limited to one premium. OUR SERVICE Insurance to Fit Your Individual Needs Fire Prevention Engineers at your service without additional cost OUR SLOGAN FEWER FIRES additional annual BETTER CARE LOWER COST ' iC i B 5 pe F 8 F 16 SATAN REBUKED BY JUDGE. Mel. Trotter Completely Exonerated in Superior Court. For years the intimate friends of Rey. M. E. Trotter have known that he was laboring under the most hu- miliating and exasperating conditions which can confront any man—domes- tic relations with a woman who talked beautifully to him before his face and wrote him letters full of pretended love and affection, but who stabbed him in the back whenever he was out of sight. The situation was compli- cated by a criminal conspiracy enter- ed into by three persons who bear the semblance of human beings, but who devoted much of their time for years in the effort to destroy Mr. Trotter personally, ruin his reputa- tion, blacken his character, dissipate the savings of a lifetime and impair the usefulness of an institution which has done more to rescue the perish- ing than all the other preachers in the city. That Mr. Trotter has been able to bear up under such a load of malice and vindictiveness is little less than miraculous. Nothing but a knowledge of his own innocence and an abiding faith in the ultimate triumph of right and justice could have sustained him in going through such an ordeal. Mrs. ‘lrotter finally filed a petition for separate mainte- nance. Mr. Trotter had no alterna- tive but to fight the case to the bitter end, which resulted—after twenty- three stormy days in court and three weeks of weary waiting for the de- cision of the trial judge—in the com- plete annihilation of the framed up case of the conspirators, the denial of Mrs. Trotter’s petition and the granting of an absolute divorce to Mr. Trotter. The full text of Judge Dunham’s decision is as follows: Lottie M. Trotter, plaintiff, versus Melvin E. Trotter, defendant. Dec. 4, 1921, plaintiff filed her bill of complaint for a decree of separate maintenance. The basis for this relief is charged to be extreme and repeated cruelty practiced upon and toward her by defendant. Briefly, the specific acts charged are that defendant caused her friends to believe her wicked and untruthful, and that he treated her as his inferior; that he conducted himself with other women in an unbecoming manner and particularly so conducted himself to- ward a female employe of the City Rescue Mission, and showed marked attention and consideration for other women; that in July, 1917, defendant admitted indiscretions and improper conduct between himself and a young lady by the name of Florence Moody; that defendant had accused her of being insane and that he continued said Moody in his employment after July, 1917, and that upon different oc- casions defendant assaulted her with violence and in neglecting and leav- ing her alone when sick and in de- fendant’s trying to procure persons to sign a petition for the purpose of having plaintiff adjudged insane. In order to entitle plaintiff to the decree she prays for herein it is nec- essary for her to establish these charges against defedant or some of them by a preponderance of evidence. Answer and Cross-Bill. To plaintiff's bill of complaint de- fendant filed an answer in the nature of a cross bill and in which answer he bespecificially denies each and all of plaintiff's charges of cruelty and for affirmative relief asks for a decree of absolute divorce resting his claim therefor upon certain charges of ex- treme and repeated’ cruelty on the part of plaintiff toward him. To this answer in the nature of a cross bill, plaintiff filed her answer denying defendant’s allegations of cruelty charged against her therein. In order to entitle defendant to the relief he prays the burden of proof is upon him to maintain such charges by a preponderance of evidence. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Charges Considered By Court. These pleadings are too lengthy to attempt to set them out in this opin- ion in full. The charges in plaintiff’s bill that require any consideration by the court are those which allege that defendant injured plaintiff and caused her men- tal suffering by saying to others that she was insane and made his home a “hell;” and her charges of improper conduct on defendant’s part with oth- er women, the most serious charge of which against defendant is that on the afternoon of July 17, 1917, that he admitted to plaintiff in the pres- ence of Miss Moody that he was the father of an unborn child, the birth of which was then expected to be in about two months. The charges of cruelty in defend- ant’s cross bill and which were sup- ported by sufficient evidence to be important in this controversy is the charge by defendant that plaintiff be- gan about July 20, 1917, with charg- ing him with being the father of a child born to said Miss Moody about July 22, 1917, and in stating that de- fendant had confessed to her of being the father of said child. These charges in the pleadings are the only ones necessary for consider- ation by the court. Parties In the Case. The parties to this suit were mar- ried in April, 1891; one child being born to them in January, 1892, and dying in February, 1894. Neither party acquired more than a common school education. Prior to plaintiff's marriage she was a dress- maker, defendant a barber by pro- fession and for some time a bartender by occupation. For some time after said marriage defendant continued his work as a barber and bartender until his conver- sion about 24 or 25 years ago in a Chicago mission, since which time he has been engaged in mission work so-called. Even this work for a number of years did not bring them into society noted for its culture and refinement to any great extent. As an organzer of missions and as’ a.mission worker defendant has become a National character. His success in that work has been phe- nomenal. His physique and great abundance of energy has enabled him to do greater work and more success- ful work in this field than perhaps any other man who ever engaged therein. Largest Mission in America. Since coming to Grand Rapids some 23 or 24 years ago, he has built up in this city, 1 think, the largest and best known mission in America. He has organized, financed and assist- ed in the superintendency of more than 60 other missions, performing all the work with great success and with great credit to himself. It is proverbial that he has been a great factor in this city for good among the lowly classes and his work has attracted thereto many citizens of affluence. Until the year 1919 plaintiff was his constant companion and co-worker in this work in this city. Her best efforts and full energy were as fully given thereto as that of the defendant. Acquired $85,000 Property. These parties came to this city without property or money. They worked with the motto: “Eve: last- ingly At It.” Within this period de- fendant has acquired considerable property, as he claims about $85,000, which plaintiff claims that defendant has acquired a much larger sum. For many years to come, here in this city, the names of “Melvin E. Trotter” and “Lottie M. Trotter” will be household words, more affection- ately remembered and revered prob- ably than the names of any other two persons. No Hope of Reconcilation. The testimony in this case is con- clusive that the continuation of their August 30, 1922 Did You Ever | | Notice It? Some merchants are lavish in their use of price tags. It is never neces- sary for their customers to ask the price of an article. They recognize that displaying prices means additional sales—they know that many sales are lost be- cause the customer will not ask prices and they are cashing in on that knowledge. To display prices on well known merchandise is good business and helps turnover, but the system is doubly effective where you can offer your customers such a product as Baking Powder Same price for over 3() years 25 ensin 25 The price is established through ad- | vertising and being shown on the package. | Your customers accept it without question. You Can Get Your Full Profit— ALWAYS The government used millions of pounds. Reduction in freight rates July 1, passed on to the trade in reduced list prices on K C Write us. Let us show you the greater profit in selling K C than you can get on other advertised brands. JAQUES MFG. CO. - Chicago August 30, 1922 good work can no ionger be con- tinued by them in unison, and that their marital relations are so hope- lessly subverted thatethere is no hope for a reconciliation between them. The crisis in the domesticity of these parties came as a result of a most regrettable incident in the life of said Miss Moody of the Rescue Mission of this city, who for many years was defendant’s bookkeeper and office assistant. She was an earnest and faithful worker in such mission for a period of at least 16 years prior to July, 1917, highly respected and very much loved by the members of said mis- sion, and particularly by the parties to this suit. She was never married. The important question for solu- tion here is which of these parties, if either, is entitled to the relief that he or she prays for. Great Mass of Testimony. More than 40 witnesses were sworn in this case. Depositions were taken of eight witnesses. The deposition of Ralph Stuit covers 97 pages of type- written matter and that of George E. Walker covers 108 typewritten pages. There are more than 200 ex- hibits in the case, including more than 170 letters and copies of letters. The time consumed in putting in proof was approximately 23 days. It will be understood that within the scope of an opinion in a case with a record of this size that but little more can be done than state con- clusions that the court believes are watranted from this mass of testi- mony. Review of Evidence. In eatering upon the consideration of this case I do so fully appreciat- ing, I believe, the effect of the decree that may be rendered and that it must be attended by important conse- quences to the parties to this suit. The magnitude of the interest in- volved makes it the duty of the court to weigh every fact established by the evidence upon both sides and reach a decree that will not unsettle principles, and, so far as human judg- ment can do so, arrive at a'‘fair, hon- est, fearless and equitable determina- tion of the rights cf both parties to this most unpleasa:t ard unfortunate litigation. Mrs. Trotter’s Charges Proved. After a careful consideration of all the testimony in this case, and after having heard read considerable of the testimony bv the court stenog- rapher, I am firmly convinced that the charges in plaintiff's bill of com- nlaint that “deferdant has caused her former friends to believe her wicked and untruthful and that.he has treat- ed her as his inferior” are without any foundation in fact and that these charges have not been proven by plaintiff. Without repeating the testimony of plaintiff herself upon this subject and of the witnesses she has produc- ed giving testimony, as she claims, tending to establish these facts, I am satisfied that whatever defendant said giving any color to this charge was fully warranted by the defendant by reason of statements and conduct, in my judgment, unjustifiable on the part of the plaintiff. Conduct With “Other Women.” The charge in plaintiff's bill that “defendant conducted himself with other women in an unbecoming man- ner and with undue familiarity” is, in my judgment, wholly and entirely un- supported by any testimony in the case. It is my judgment that, considering the class of people who have attend- ed the City Rescue Mission of this city for the past 20 years under the leadership of the defendant and the great faith. that so many of the very poor and very unfortunate people had in the .defendant, the belief that hun- dreds of them entertained that he had been the means of saving them from perdition, the financial help that he had caused to. be given them and Not MICHIGAN TRADESMAN their families over a period of years and the desire of hundreds of them, men and women, both young and old, to show to defendant that they ap- preciated his efforts, it is a most re- markable history that there is so little evidence in this case that shows the least deviation in conduct on the part of any of said women toward defend- ant from the most conventional and proper conduct on their part toward defendant or defendant toward them. It is common knowledge that on the part of many worshippers at this mission that they looked upon the parties to this suit as their savers, and it was almost true when plaintiff did say, as she frequently did, that there were many women went to the mission not to worship God but be- cause they worshiped “Mel” (defend- ant.) No Reason For Jealousy. No man, but an unusually strong man, could have done the work that Melvin E, defendant did with so many people of the kind and character of the peo- ple that attended the mission and held them at a distance where there was so little demonstration of regard and affection for him, as did defendant. There is no doubt but this regard for defendant did annoy plaintiff, but this regard for him was but a natural and logical incident of the result of his work. What any of these people did, so far as the evidence in this case shows, to show their appreciation for de- fendant and to defendant, it was sel- dom ever unbecoming or priate, and never to such an extent as should have caused the jealousy and ill feeling on the part of plain- tiff that it did cause, knowing, as she did, the class of people with which both she and defendant were dealing. Both parties to this suit were in many instances dealing .with persons charged with crime. One of their inappro-; erate anenh anne, tapean nag eneneieen tat aa ona RASTA great missions was their efforts to save fallen and depraved men and women, to lift up and to point out the better way to those who had fallen into a life of degradation and shame, and to teach them to make for them- selves better homes, to live better and, so far as possible, to become respect- able citizens of the community in which they lived. In this work great good was done to hundreds of homes and thousands of people. Moody Incident Most Important. As I have said, the Moody incident is the important one in this whole controversy. Upon this proposition has the plain- tiff maintained the burden of proof cast upon her by this charge? On the morning of July 12, 1917, at Macatawa Park, Mrs. Buss, a neigh- boring cottager to these parties, said to defendant: “You had better have Mrs. Trotter talk to Miss Moody,” Trotter. stating her reasons why she made that request. This request, coupled with the fact that defendant knew that Miss Moody had frequently com- plained of not feeling well, on the same evening defendant requested plaintiff to have a talk with Miss Moody about her condition, to which plaintiff agreed, and upon their re- turn the next day to Grand Rapids and to the mission, plaintiff called Miss Moody into the mission office and said to her: “Moody, are you in the family way?” According to plaintiff the answer was “Yes,” and that she, plaintiff, said to Miss Moody “How far along?” and that she replied seven months,” and that she said to Miss Moody “Who is to blame for it?” and that Miss Moody replied: “I will die be- fore I will tell.” Plaintiff further testified that she then said to Miss Moody: “Get your things on, we will go up to the house. _ plaintiff said: 17 ~ I don’t want to talk about such things here;”’ and that they then went to plaintiff's home on Lafayette avenue and that they talked possibly three- quarters of an hour, talking over her condition mostly. Miss Moody’s version of this as testified by her is as follows, that plaintiff said: “Moody, come here, I want to talk to you.” That they went into the office when plaintiff said: “Come over here. What is the matter with you? You are not feeling a bit well these days are you?” That she (Moody) replied: “No, I am not.” That plaintiff then said: “What is the matter?” Miss Moody testified that she did not answer but began to cry and that plaintiff took her in her arms, pulled her over to her; pulled her head down on her shoulder and just kept saying: “You poor kid. You poor kid.” That she cried and that plaintiff cried, and that finally the “Well, we can’t talk here. Will you go to the house with me?” Would Die Before She Would Tell. That she told plaintiff she would and that they went to plaintiff’s house and that when they got there that plaintiff said to her: “You are in trouble, aren’t you? and that she replied: “Yes, lam.” That the plain- tiff then asked her how long it had been and that she replied: “Seven months” and that plaintiff wanted to know how it happened and who it was, and that she told plaintiff that she would not tell who it was, that it was a married man and that she dd not feel that she would be justi- fied in doing that; and that she then said to plaintiff: “Mrs. Trotter, I am just as much to blame as he is and I will die before I will tell;” and that she then told plaintiff how it happened. Miss Moody also testified that plaintiff asked her several times who was the author of her trouble and . that she finally said to plaintiff: “It wouldn’t help me any by telling that, I was just as guilty as he and I would have to suffer just as much; it wouldn’t help me a particle by tell- ing. As for revenge or getting some one else in trouble I do not feel that I wanted to.’ Then this question was asked: “And each time what did you tell her?” A. “Why practi- cally the same thing; that I would not tell her; that I would die before I would tell.” This talk continued between plain- tiff and Miss Moody for about one- half to three-quarters of an hour when defendant came home and went into the sitting room where plaintiff and Miss Moody were. What occurred immediately follow- ing and the disagreement between plaintiff and defendant as to what was said thereafter at the house is the most important question in the case to be determined, and in respect to that matter plaintiff testified as fol- lows, upon defendant’s coming into the house said: “O, you here2” and that she (plaintiff) replied: ‘Yes, Trots, she is here and she tells me she is seven months in the family way;” that defendant said: “Well, that is a great note;” that she then said; “Yes, but it must be so for she says it is.” Where Testimony Differs. Both plaintiff and defendant agree that they left Miss Moody downstairs and that they went upstairs. Plaintiff testified that after being upstairs a few minutes defendant went downstairs and that when she got there: “Defendant commenced to fuss with his hands and said, ‘Lottie, I have made an ass of myself with this girl. I have been fast enough to get myself into trouble, but you have always been the one to help me out. Now you will have to do some- thing to help me out of this.’” Plaintiff further testified that she said to defendant: “Trots, this girl tells me she is seven months in the family way. Do you mean to tell es seinen: Sins oso AL SONS PASI eS 18 : MICHIGAN TRADESMAN August 30, 1922 you are to blame for it;” that he said: “She says so and I guess it must be so;” that she said: “Do you mean to tell me that there has been rela- tions on between you that could ac- count for her condition?” and that he said: “Yes.” Plaintiff then testified: “Then I turned to her (Moody). “Moody, you tell me that you are sev- en months in the family way? Do you mean to tell me that this man is to blame for it?’ and that Moody replied: ‘Yes, he is.’ I says: ‘Well, this is terrible.’” Two in Denial. This last testimony of plaintiff’s is denied by both defendant and Miss Moody. Miss Moody testified that she never said to plaintiff, or in her presence, or to any one else that defendant caused her the trouble in question. Defendant testified to the same thing and he testified that the plain- tiff said to him that Miss Moody re- fused to tell who was the cause of her trouble and said she would die before she would teil. Upon this question of confession there is a clean denial by both de- : fendant and Miss Moody. There is but little difference in the testimony of these three parties as to what occurred thereafter. Plaintiff testified that she said: ‘We must do something, but what?” the defendant said: ‘You tell us something to do.” Plaintiff says she replied: “We might take her up to Northern Michigan.” Plaintiff says that Miss Moody then said: “Well, I have thought about a trip up there, but I was afraid to go alone,” and plaintiff says that she replied: “Well, we might go to Wis- consin to some summer resort where we could be strangers, where I could stay with you until the time of your sickness. After your sickness I could go back home algne, with the under- standing that you go your way and Mr. Trotter goes back to his home and his mission work.” Plaintiff then testifies that defend- anit went to the mission and that she and Miss Moody went downtown alone and that Miss Moody continued on home and that she went over to the mission and waited until it was out for the defendant. To Protect Girl and Mission. Defendant and Miss Moody both say there were no plans made at the house at that time about just what should be done, but that between them that they would make some ar- rangement to protect Miss Moody and the mission and to keep Miss Moody’s condition secret; that all three of them got into defendant's automobile; that defendant took them downtown; that they went to Car- rothers’ restaurant and had a light lunch of toast and tea; that both parties offered to drive her home and that she said no; she had been crying and would rather walk home and that she left the restaurant and walked home and defendant testifies that he and plaintiff went to the mission. At the house and before going to the restaurant there was some talk between them about the parties to this suit of taking her to Boston where a little cottage would be rented, she and plaintiff to remain there until the time to take her to the hospital; that Miss Moody replied she could not g9; that she could not leave her mother; that plaintiff enquired of her if her parents knew about her con- dition and that Miss Moody replied that they did not and that plaintiff said it was not necessary that they should know about it; that they would take her to Boston and that Miss Moody made-some reply about not having proper clothing to go out there and it was agreed between them that she, Moody, and plaintiff would go shopping early the next week and purchase such clothing as was ec- essary for Miss Moody to have with her upon her trip. East. I said: . Plans To Leave City. It is an uncontradicted fact in this case that the plaintiff went with Miss Moody to make purchases the next week of clothing, a coat, etc., and arrangements were being made as rapidly as possible to leave the city, and it was agreed between them that they would take another young lady with them as far as Buffalo, so that there might be no suspicion about the reason why Miss Moody was leaving the city, and that this young lady would return to Grand Rapids from Buffalo, and that she would simply be asked to go with them on the trip East as far as Buffalo, she to know nothing about the reason for the Eastern trip. The next Thursday night plaintiff and defendant went to their cottage at Macatawa Park. On Friday morning, July 20, 1917, Miss Moody was taken unexpectedly ill at her mother’s home. This sick- ness was the first Miss Moody’s mother knew of her condition. Miss Moody was at once taken to the Blodgett hospital. Cared For Miss Moody. On Friday morning about 10 o’clock when the parties to this suit arrived at the mission they were told Miss Moody had been taken violently ill. Plaintiff asked at once to be taken to the home of Miss Moody and was taken there by defendant, plaintiff going into the house and defendant returning to the mission. Shortly thereafter plaintiff returned to the mission and asked to be taken to the Blodgett hospital, where de- fendant or some one at his request drove her, leaving her there. Two days later, or thereabouts, Miss Moody gave birth to a premature child. She continued to remain in the hospital until able to be removed to her home. Plaintiff was a constant companion to Miss Moody at the hospital and when she was able to leave the hos- pital plaintiff and defendant drove her from the hospital to her home. Defendant and Miss Moody both testified that plaintiff said to her in substance that as soon as she (Moody) was able to return to the mission that she come back and resume her usual duties as formerly. Miss Moody said that she could not go again to the mission, and that plaintiff and de- fendant said it was necessary for her to do so for her protection and that of the mission, and that she finally agreed to do so; that as soon as she was able to work upon the mission accounts books at her home they were taken there and she went to work upon them. Miss Moody’s term of employment was to expire on February 1, 1918. Continued at Mission. After she was able to return to the mission she did so and continued her office work and work in the mis- sion and the Sunday school as ‘she previously had done. Aiter Miss Moody was taken home from the hospital, plaintiff went to Battle Creek for three or four days for a rest. Returning from there she made visits to the home of Miss Moody to visit her, and upon at least one occasion took her out riding in her automobile; that soon after the plaintiff's return from Battle Creek upon learning that Miss Moody in- tended to leave the mission at the ex- piration of her term of employ ment, that she said to Miss Moody that she, plaintiff believed that she could do Miss Moody’s work as well as any one else and asked Miss Moody to teach her how the books were kept, how to open and close accounts, etc.; and that she did so; that she taught plaintiff how to open and close ac- counts and keep books so far as she could. Both plaintiff and Miss Moody are agreed upon this proposition. Upon the expiration of Miss Moody’s engagement she left the mission work and sought and found employment elsewhere, but continued to attend the mission meetings from three to five times a- week and also attended the Sunday school. During this whole period plaintiff was doing her usual work at the mis- sion and was brought in contact with Miss Moody whenever Miss Moody was there. Attack on Miss Moody. There was no apparent ill feeling or unpleasantness between plaintiff and Miss Moody until after Sunday school on a Sunday in August when plain- tiff attacked Miss Moody, slapped her many times, jerked her about and all of which plaintiff admits. Miss Moody claims that plaintiff then said to her that if she did not leave the mission she would kill her and during the assault Miss Moody’s clothing was somewhat torn, her beads were broken from her neck and her purse jerked from her and that as soon as she could get free from plaintiff she left the mission with her hair down and without her beads, pocketbook and perhaps some other little things and in that condition she walked home. After the talk between plaintiff and Miss Moody on July 13, 1917, plain- tiff upon many occasions enquired of Miss Moody who caused her trouble. Miss Moody testified that her an- swer to the plaintiff was always the same, that she would never tell. From that date until the present time plaintiff has insisted that de- fendant make a confession that he was the father of said child. Holds Confession Not Probable. J have stated these things for one purpose only ,and that is bearing upon the probability or improbability of plaintiff's claim that defendant and Miss Moody confessed as she claims, and the probability or improbability of the defendant’s claim that no con- fession was made. It does not seem possible to me that if such confession had been made that plaintiff would have been the con- stant attendant to Miss Moody at the hospital, or that she would have spent time with her in purchasing articles in preparation for Miss Moody’s Eastern trip. Still more to my mind is it improb- able that after Miss Moody went home, if plaintiff’s claim of confession is true, that she would visit Miss Moody at her home and take her out riding and it is still more improbable that from some time in September or October, 1917, that plaintiff would continue to attend the mission in all its activities in company with Miss Moody with as little or no protest as she made and particularly that she would go to Miss Moody to have her teach her how to do the office werk and keep the books in defendant's office, and to my mind it is just as 1m- probable that had said confession been made that she would continue from February down until August to attend the services and Sunday school at the mission with Miss Moody, with making no more protest than she claims she did make. Revelation or Vision. It is defendant’s claim that plain- tiff came to believe he was the father of the Moody baby because of her belief in the efficacy of prayer and in her belief that all prayers are ans- wered, as she testified she did believe. Her own testimony in this respect gives some color to the claims of the defendant. I have no doubt, as plaintiff claims, that she prayed with great fervor and intensity and with great belief that by her prayer it would be revealed to her who the father of said child was; that she actually came to believe that through prayer she would dis- cover it. According to the testimony of some witnesses she claims that by revelation or vision she was informed who the father of the child was. There are three instances that give some color to plaintiff's claim that, jf true, as sworn to by witnesses, plaintiff believed in vision and in revelation as the result of prayer. Story of Vision. Two disinterested, intelligent and apparently honest and unbiased wit- resses have given such testimony and in part citing briefly such testimony is the following: Miss Brummeler testified: I was coming up from the mission one Sunday night with her (plaintiff) and she asked me to stop in the home and when we got home, in the living room, She asked me if I ever heard about Moody's trouble and I told her ‘‘No.’’ She told me Moody had been in trouble: that Moody had had a child; that she was her very hest friend; she told me how she stayed with her days at the hospital and told me Trotter had confessed to her that he was the father of the Moody baby. She didn’t tell me that Florence Moody confessed to her. I said to her, ‘‘Why Mrs. Trotter, I would have known if I was with a gril for seven months that there was something wrong.” ‘‘How did you .first know there was’ something wrong with Florence Moody?” -She said: “Months before that time I was pray- ing;’’ and then I asked her what she was praying about, and that she prayed so earnestly about this that God had re- vealed it to her that Moody was preg- nant; that she jumped in the bed ay covered up her head and said: a. God, what have I asked for?” I tek said: ‘How next did you know that Florence Moody was really pregnant, and she said that one day I was at the mis- sion office and Christine Panhorst said: “Well, Florence—My, but Moody, you are getting large.’’ ‘Well, I just put two and two together, and I knew then.”’ So then she said that when she talked with Florence Moody in the private of- fice she told me how she called Florence Moody in and she asked her if she was pregnant; and that Miss Moody said she was, and she asked her who the father was, and Miss Moody said: ‘I will die before I will tell.’’ And, she stated that she said to Moody: ‘You need not tell, I-know already who is.” Q. Did she make any further state ment? A. She did not, only that God had re- vealed it to her at that time when she was praying, that God had revealed it to her in a vision. She said that Moody had a child at Blodgett hospital. What Mrs. Trotter Told. Q. I want you to tell what she said in the first conversation. A. She told me that she was at the park and Mr. Trotter mentioned this to her and she said that Mr. Trotter said: “What do you think is the matter with Moody?’’ and that she (plaintiff) said she thought she (Moody) was pregnant. Mr. Trotter said to her: ‘‘Why don’t you speak to her if you think that is it?” and that she replied: ‘‘Why don’t you?” She said that they had planned to come to town and that she was to talk to Florence Moody. and that she called Florence Moody in the private office and said: ‘Moody, are you in the family way?’ and Moody said: ‘Yes; and that she said: ‘‘Who is the father?’’ and that - ‘*A MOTOR CAR is only as good as the house THAT SELLS IT.” We consider our Service organization second to none in Michigan. Consider this when you buy your NEXT CAR. WE SELL Pierce-Arrow Franklin Oldsmobile F. W. Kramer Motor Co. Grand Rapids, - Michigan ae pe ete SOR RR a Se EE ae pe er August 30, 1922 Moody replied: ‘I will die before I will tell you, and that she (plaintiff) replied to that: ‘You needn’t tell me, I know already;’”’ that they went from this private office to their heuse and that Moody was sitting there, and I was sit- ting here, and Moody wouldn’t tell me who the father was: that Mr. Trotter came in a little while after and that she (plaintiff) motioned him to come up- stairs; that they went upstairs and when they came down Trotter said he was the father of the child, or that she (Moody) was pregnant by him. She said that he confessed to being the father of the child but that Moody didn’t confess nor say that he was the father. i Have you told the whole of that conversation? That first one about Moody and the confession? No, because I asked her then, I says: “Mrs. Trotter, how did you first know that there was any trouble? She said: It was months before, she said, some months before that she was pray- ing. I asked her what she was praying about and she said: If I was a married woman I would know what she was pray- ing about. She said that she had been praying and that God had revealed it that Moody was pregnant in this vision, and that she jumped in bed and covered her head and said: ‘My God, what have I asked for?’ and she said in that way God revealed it to her.’’ Upon this question Mrs. Spence testi- fied as follows: Mrs. Spence’s Testimony. Q. Did she relate to you the way she first claimed to know about the Moody child matter? She said she was so worried about it and she was praying, and was pray- ing so hard—she was praying by the bed, and that she prayed in some way God might let this thing be known—become known—and that God would reveal the ~ truth and would find some way that this would be found out. She said as I was praying such a fear came over me that I jumped in bed and said: ‘‘My God, what have I done;’ and God revealed to me right then and there what had hap- pened, and she said: ‘Do you know Moody became pregnant at that very time she figured up to that time and that she that God revealed it to me?’ and that (Moody) was seven months pregnant when he lost the baby.’’ More About Visions. I quote the following from the tes- timony of Gladys Haight and Miss Daisy Spence, and with reference to Gladys Haight’s testimon'y that it may be understood, I will say that plaintiff claims that her work at the mission was taken away from her by defendant or through his influence. It also appears from the testimony that while plaintiff was in Illinois in 1918 that plaintiff's work had been turned over to Gladys Haight. Miss Haight testified: When was it that you turned the work back to her (plaintiff)? A. It was at the time that Mr. | and Mrs. Colegrove had been at the mission, and they had left for evan- gelical work in Milwaukee, and I had charge of the work then until Mrs. Trotter came back from Illinois. Q. Do you know if she continued to have charge of that work? A. Yes sir. Q. Did you ever hear Mrs. Trotter say anything about that work having been taken away from her? A. Yes. It was in the early spring of 1917. She had been West with Mr. Trotter on a trip to California, and she told Mrs. Panhorst and my- self that one day she had gone for a walk up the mountain and that while she was there it seemed that every- thing was getting dark, and she saw her work of the clothes room go down the mountain. - She said that she knew then something had hap- pened, and that her work was gone. She told us that at her house in the spring of 1917. J. Was Mrs. Trotter in charge of the work after she came back from California? A. Yes sir. Story of Snakes. I quote from the testimony of Mrs. Spence. Q. Did the (plaintiff) tell you at one time about seeing any snakes? A. Yes. She said she was away and: she saw a road with a fork, one road running one way and other the other way. She saw two snakes, one went one way and the other the other way; and she knew at once she had two enemies, one was Miss Palmer and the other Miss Lauton. She told me this two years ago last winter.” Plaintiff testified that this “snake MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 story” was told to Mrs. Spence as a dream she had. It is somewhat difficult to reconcile the fact, if it be a fact, that plaintiff confessed in July, 1917, in substance - that he was the father of the Moody child, when it is considered that for four and one-half years plaintiff con- tinued to live with defendant as his wife as she had before July, 1917. Plaintiff never did and never would have written defendant more affec- tionate letters than most of the let- ters that she wrote to defendant down to as late as Nov. 11, 1921, and per- haps later. Letters Between Trotters. The letters between these parties for that four and one-half years have considerable bearing upon the ques- tion just mentioned. Defendant kept but few letters that he received from plaintiff during that period; but we learn much from plaintiff’s letters be- cause over a considerable period of this time she made and kept copies of the letters that she sent to defend- ant. By reason of her keeping and introducing in evidence copies of them that she sent defendant we had the benefit of defendant’s letters to her as they were preserved very largely if not entirely by plaintiff. If this were an action plaintiff was bringing for adultery against her hus- band she would be foreclosed upon the grounds of condonation. What Actuated Mrs. Trotter. It is my judgment that plaintiff is actuated now in charging defendant with cruelty in connection with the Moody child, and many other matters that she now claims as cruelty, by things that were overlooked by her and not regarded as of any signifi- cance at the time they oecurred, if they did occur. It is also my judgment that the moving cause in this case for the steps taken by plaintiff for a decree of sep- arate maintenance is almost if not en- tirely and solely because she has never been able to get defendant to sign a written confession or make a public confession that he was the father of said child. It is my judgment also that had it not been for the advice of George S. Walker, John N. Trompen and E. R. Thompson that plaintiff should re- quire such confession from the de- fendant that this suit would not have been brought. Before the Board. On Nov. 4, 1919, plaintiff wrote Gilbert L. Daane, one of the board members of said mission. in part as follows: ¢after stating in this letter the reason why she enquired of Miss Mioody if she were in troub!e at the mission and at her ‘home, and after stating that defendant came there while she was talking with Miss Moody, and after the parties to this suit had gone upstairs leaving Miss Moody downstairs in the sitting room, and after defendant had gone down- stairs to Miss Moody a few minutes before plaintiff followed, and when she got down there, and as soon as she, plaintiff got there) “that defendant said: “Lottie, I have made an ass of myself with this girl;’ I said: “Mel this girl tells me she is seven months in the family way. Do you mean to say you are to blame for it?” and he said: “T guess I am. She says so and it must be so;” “Then you admit there was relationship between you that can account for such condition?”’: and he said Yes;” and I turned to her and said: “Moody, you are seven months in the family way and do you mean to say this man is to blame for it?” and she said “Yes.” As a result of this letter the Rescue Mission board was called together and the letter read to them when it was proposed that a committee of two see Miss Moody and ascertain from her what she claimed the facts were with reference to that matter. Miss Moody’s Denial. That subsequently at the home of George S. Walker plaintiff and Miss A message to the RETAIL GROCERS of AMERICA Sugar, of all products in your store, is the one which should represent the highest standard of cleanliness, purity and quality. It should also be the most convenient to sell, because it enjoys a tremendous volume of sales at a fair profit. Packages insure clean sugar, protect- ed from insects, dirt, dust and handling. 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Short trips are of- BUYERS WEEK IS STATE FAIR WEEK SEPT 1-10 6 es REDUCED FARES ON ALL RAILROADS ay os (NAMIC DETROIT UNEXCELLED MERCHANDISING SERVICE a FRR ERE ne ee 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN August 30, 1922 Moody were called to give their ver- sion of the matter, plaintiff affirming her former statement that both Miss Moody and defendant had made the confession she claims they made, while Miss Moody denied that she ever made any such statement or that de- fendant had ever made any such state- ment as claimed in her presence and hearing. Now therefore, I, Florence R. Moody, being duly sworn and under oath, depose and say that said charge is untrue and unfounded; that I never had familiar relations with Melvin Trotter and that he is not the father of the child. : -Mission Board’s Vote of Acquittal._ At this meeting the following res- olution was proposed and adopted ‘by the following vote: Motion made by Mr. Clark and seconded by Mr. Otte that in view of the evidence and state- ments made by Mrs. Trotter and ~ Fiorence Moody at this session of our board, that Melvin Trotter is not the father of the child born to Miss Flor- ence Moody on July 22, 1917. Those voting in favor of this resolution were Mr. Clark, Mr. Otte, Mr. Daane and Mr. Decker. Those voting ”’no” were George S. Walker, John N. Trompen and E. R. Thompson. : Later an “open letter to the friends and supporters of the City Rescue Mission, was prepared at the house of said George S. Walker by the three persons voting “no” on the resolution just mentioned. Letter Brought to Press. These three men attempted to have this “open letter” published at least in The Grand Rapids Press and the Grand Rapids Herald if not in other papers. : The Press refused to publish it and the Herald refused to print anything of this character while the present suit was pending. eo : What Letter Said. This letter contained, among other things, the following: The last few years a great cloud has been hanging over the work. Some ter- rible things have happened and the spec- ter has ever since been bringing gloom and confusion into the work. Mrs. Trotter has not only been com- pelled to relinquish her life’s work but has felt constrained to seek for a sep- arate maintenance from her husband, Mr. Trotter. Mr. Trotter is to-day receiving many thousand dollars from outside sources so that he has amassed a considerable for- tune. He, no doubt, could easily live on his own investments. Salaried assistants and volunteers do practically the whole of the work. Do the good people of Grand Rapids wish Mr. Trotter to continue as superin- tendent of.the City Rescue Mission? Do you think it right and proper that he should receive a $3,600 compensation when he puts in so little of his time and receives so large remunerations from the outside? The Christian people of the community must give such answer that the Lord’s work in our midst may not longer suffer reproach and shame.’ Threats to Broadcast Letter. These three men, or one of them, finding that the could not obtain the publication in the Grand Rapids pa- pers of this “Open Letter” threatened that they would have it published in the Chicago Examiner and have copies spread broadcast in this city. George S. Walker’s Story. Said George S. Walker was in Los Angeles, Calif., where the defendant was interested in a large mission, and while there Mr. Walker gave to prom- inent ministerial workers in that mis- sion a history of what he called “the trouble between the defendant here and the Rescue mission and the plain- tiff,” talking to such an extent and charging the defendant with such con- duct here that he was forbidden when he returned later to nroceed with his work. Upon the return to Grand Rapids of said Walker it was thought neces- sary by said Walker, Thompson and Trompen to have an affidavit prepared and it was prepared and written by Mr. Trompen and signed and sworn to by these three men. The avowed purpose such affidavit on the part of those who signed it was to confirm the stories that the said Walker had told against defendant. — Calls Affidavit Untruthful. A few brief quotations therefrom wi.l be sufficient to show its purpose and untruthfulness. This affidavit is in part as follows: We, the undersigned, hereby make this affidavit that: During the year 1918 a letter signed by Mrs. Trotter came to the attention of the board, written to Gilbert Daane and read by him to the board of the City Rescue Mission. In this letter Mrs. Trot- ter directly accuses Mr. Trotter of con- fessing to her of being the father of a child born to his secretary. Miss Flor- ence Moody, on July 22, 1917. After this letter was read and an af- fidavit produced from Miss Moody, Mr. Trotter appeared before the board and accused a man up in Canada, father of five children, as being the true father of the Moody child. He also described the horrible manner in which this deed was consummated and said it was done by-a man named Mansel. Some months later this man Mansel appeared on the scene and soon found out that he was being accused of this horrible crime. He then went person- ally before individual members of the board whereby he might prove his inno- cence, but the majority of the board be- lieving Mr. Trotter’s story that Mrs. Trotter was crazy caused some consider- able delay and Mr. Mansel becoming uneasy called upon the president of the board and stated that he was going to start a libel suit unless he had a chance to come before the board and prove his innocence. After the shocking misrepresentations in regard to Mr. Mansel were proven to be absolutely false undersigned members of the board decided to investigate as to the truthfuiness of the mental condition of Mrs. Trotter and she was permitted to go before three members of the board personally and tell her story. She cer- tainly proved that she never was insane and we believe that this idea of her in- sanity was only for the means of having her placed in some public institution. We further state that Mr. Trotter sev- eral times urged upon the president of the board that the board should have her examined and placed in an institution. She also explained the horrible condi- tion of her home life, stating that it was only her faith in the true and loving Jesus that gave her strength and courage to live.’’ : : Judge’s Views on Affidavit. In the first place, as I interpret the testimony in this case, Mr. Trotter never appeared before the board or anywhere else and accused Mr. Mansel of being the father of the Moody child. There is no evidence that a majority of the board ever believed that plain- tiff was crazy. : : At the same session of the board in April, where Mr. Trotter was exoner- ated by a majority of the board of be- ing the father of said child by th vote I have stated above, it passed a resolution as follows: Whereas, It has come to the attention of this board that a certain Mr. Mansel has been told: that his name has been linked with the illegal parentage of a child born to Florence Moody, we hereby assure Mr. Mansel that the board has no evidence, neither does it make any accu- sation against Mr. Mansel. The Walker-Thompson-Trompen affidavit did not contain a word about a resolution of this board to the effect that the defendant was not the father of the child, but did state that “the board took action and exonerated him (Mansel)” The Mansel resolution was not an exoneration. It simply stated “We hereby assure Mr. Mansel that the board has no evidence, neither does it make any accusation against Mr. Mansel.” This comes very far from being an exoneration. What Affidavit Left Out. The affidavit did not state that the board simply found it had no evidence against Mr. Mansel; having no evi- dence it, of course, made no accusa- tion against him. ; The affidavit contains this stateiaent; “After the shocking misrepresenta- tions in regard to Mr. Mansel were proven to be absolutely false,” no such resolution was ever passed by the Rescue mission board so far as the evidence shows. The board had no proof before it either way, so far as the Mansel resolution is concerned or stated. I think the three members of the board that signed said affidavit did determine that the plaintiff was sane. There is no evidence in this case worthy of credence that defendant ever in Los Angeles wanted any members of the board it- self or anybody else to have plaintiff's insanity determined or that he ever thought of having her placed in some public institution. : In these respects the affidavit was untruthful and the whole affidavit was intended to and undoubtedly did de- ceive the mission in Los Angeles as to the conduct of the defendant in this city and particularly with said Miss Moody. Feeling Against Trotter. The evidence of the feeling of at least one of said three mission mem- bers against the defendant can be gathered from a letter of date March 8, 1922, written to O. D. Conrey, as- sistant superintendent of the Grand Rapids mission, written in Los Angeles, and in which letter George S. Walker, the writer, says: I am holding a letter in my hand ad- dressed to Mr. William Price, and I am very much surprised with the way you are taking a hold of this Trotter matter. First you state you have been familiar with this matter for three years when the fact is I do not believe vou have ever heard Mrs. Trotter’s story, although you state she has ‘a great story to tell.” Many times last summer you told me by the grace of God you were not going to get interested in this story, but seem- ingly you have become interested in it, and wholly in him whom you call ‘‘The Boss.’’ You refer to her friend and his friend, Mr. Canfield. If any man ever had a friend, surely Mr. and Mrs. Trotter had one in Mr. Canfield, but Mr. Canfield is one of the men who cannot stand to see that poor old mother called ‘‘crazy’”’ or put in the asylum, when he as well as myself knows very well if there is a sane woman in Grand Rapids, Mrs. Trot- ter is one of them. You further state that he (Canfield) cannot prove one word of any statement he has ever made. Where did you get this authority from? Was it from ‘The Boss?” His attorney? Or did you imag-" ine it? You say the whole story is hearsay, pure and simply. Nearly all of this story comes from Mr. Trotter, Mrs. Trotter and the young lady interested in the case. In fact, there is nothing but facts in this whole deal. You say you only have Mr. and Mrs. Trotter’s word. Does that justify any man from implicating or misrepresenting the girl’s condition to me? You also go on to describe the char- acter of the men who are back of these reports and you classify us all in the same class with Mr. Stitz who made himself so disagreeable that Mr. Trottér had to discharge him. Now, Brother, don’t you know that three men back of this deal are Mr. Thompson, Mr. Trompen and myself? Mr. Conrey, I have been out here for eight weeks. I have never mentioned this Trotter deal to a soul but I have called up to find out when he would be in town so that I might take up this matter personally with him, but during the last three days and after seeing your letter, I have spent hours with Dr. Tor- rey. Mr. Horton, Mr. Price and Mr. El- dridge and I have taken up this matter very thoroughly. I have told them in detail this whole story as I know it. I have given them Mr. Trotter’s excuses. I have pictured to them nothing but the truth and I have begged of them not to use this story to injure Mr. Trotter in any way for I loved him as a few men ever loved another man, but your letter was too much for me. I wrote you last week and in that let- ter I pleaded with you for yourself and for the mission boys and for all of the good people who are interested in the Trotters’ work to pray as you have never WARNING! loss may be had at so small cost. new 35 mile speed limit. that writes it. HOWELL, Do Not Drive Your Automobile to the Fairs Unless it is insured against Fire, Theft, Liability and Collision in the Citizens’ Mutual Auto Insurance Company. 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ROBB, Secretary Citizens’ Mutual Automobile _ Insurance Company MICHIGAN os ba ti TS Hae Sts oth ee: gc Oe eg Oe ee August 30, 1922 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 prayed before for Mr. and Mrs. Trotter that God will brand the one who lied and glorify the one who has been stick- ing to the truth by the grace of her God. Signed, George S. Walker. It will be observed that from the “Open Letter” the affidavit signed by Walker, Thompson and Trompen and the letter of March 8, 1922 from Wal- ker to Conrey, that in December when this suit was commenced it was ap- parent to the three men who signed the affidavit in question that it would be very important or at least might be very important that plaintiff es- tablish in ‘this case, so far as a de- cree could establish it, that defendant and Miss Moody had made the con- fession plaintiff:claims they made. The evidence shows that for at least least two years before this suit was commenced and since it was com- menced that these three men and plain- tiff had been frequently in consulta- tio with reference to this suit. These three men as witneseses upon the stand in referring to plaintiff’s counsel, referred to them as “our at- torney’s,’ or at least one of said men did that. In Walker’s letter to Conrey the says that Walker, Trompen and Thompson are back of this deal. It is an undisputed fact in the case that for the past few years plaintiff has been insisting that defendant make an open confession that. he is the father of the child in question. Mrs. .Trotter Seeks Confession. She tried for many months after July, 1917, to obtain a confession from Miss Moody that defendant was the father of the chid. Why these confessions were desired by plainfiff, if one was made to her in July, 1917, was explained by her in the following testimony: Q. If I understood you correctly on your redirect examination you said you believed it was necessary for the saving of the soul of your husband that he make a public confession? Mr. Geib: Open confession she said. Q. Is that what you said to him? A. I said I believed it was our teach- ing and my faith to believe in confession. - In other words that he must go to the board and confess? A. believe that, yes, sir. Q. And you also believed that your own soul was in danger of loss unless you exposed the matter and compelled that confession? A. I didn’t compel it. Q. You don’t understand my question, I guess. Did you believe it was your duty to compel that confession in order to save your own soul? A. Yes, sir. Q. You did? Yes, sir. Urges to Confession. In a letter from plaintiff to defend- ant presumably written in 1918, be- ginning “My dear precious husband” I find the following: God has trusted you with his precious truth and helped you to pass it out to those dear boys. Don’t you see how he wants you to bé the big man you can be and walk up like a hero and confess all to the ones whom you have wronged? God would give you such a blessing that you would have to task Him to stay His hand and no one would think the less of you for making a mistake, but all would say, ‘‘What a mighty God that can make such a hero out of a man.” Dearest, would it not be the truest, bravest thing to go back to Grand Rapids and call those good Christian men to- gether for a special board meeting and tell them frankly that you have done wrong? They might be shocked at first but think how glad they would be to know that God could save a man from such sin and the greater the man, the greater the work of God. I love you so much, Trots, that I would just love to go with you into the pres- ence of those men and say we would like to have another chance to prove our love for God and souls and for you men who have trusted us. From a letter from plaintiff to de- fendant written Nov. 4, 1919, I quote the following: Now I shall trust that God shall reveal Himself to you in such a way that you will know that he is able to take care of confessed sin, also his own work. Now if you do not want to do the right thing in God’s sight and feel that you want your freedom then I think I should have at least $15,000 in cash and my household furniture and home. Again I say that I love you with all my whole heart. A letter written on Sept. 4, 1918, by plaintiff to defendant indicates her love and affection for the defendant. It begins: “My dear Trots” and con- ESTABLISHED 1859 ST-LOU KY A typical Brecht installation. Modern display counters and refrigerators will add fifty per cent to the appear- ance, economy and sales power of your store. tell you why Brecht six-inch wall refrigerators are _pre- ferred by progressive market men. Write Dept. B. THE BRECHT COMPANY - ST. LOUIS, MO. New York: 174-176 Pearl St. San Francisco: 67 Second St. Let us BRANCHES Liverpool, England Madrid, Spain Buenos Aires, A. R. Capetown, S. A. Sydney, N.S. W. Shanghai, China « tains among other things the follow- ing: Well, Honey, I do feel lonesome for you this morning and it makes me a bit hard to please in other things. I can’t write much for there isn’t much to tell except about the old goose and gander. They seem to be having a ‘fine time. and closing as follows: So good bye for this morning, and with a big hug and kiss from me that loves you a lot. Your letter Sunday was the finest thing I ever heard. Then follows 14 crosses. (Signed) Lottie. I quote from the letter dated Aug. 28, 1918, beginning “My dear hus- band:” I just got a nice letter from Flo Weber. I will send it to you to read. Now, my dear Mel, I am sorry that you feel so bitter toward me for what I said in. Grand Rapids. I don’t claim that it was right, but want God to forgive me. He He has had to forgive you a lot, and if he can forgive, why can’t we? I wish you could forgive and forget. With lots of love, I am your loving wife. I love you and you only and always will. Lottie. It seems somewhat remarkable that Miss Moody told plaintiff that she woud never tell who was the father of that child but a few minutes before plaintiff and defendant went upstairs, and that almost as soon as the parties to this suit came downstairs that she stated to plaintiff that defendant was the father of her then unborn child, in view of the fact that immediately after that she was stating to plaintiff thait she never would tell who was the father and has always so stated since. What Trotter Said. : Defendant testified that plaintiff never directly accused him of being the father of that child or of making a confession that he was, and that he first learned it from Miss Alyea, and when defendant asked plaintiff why she so stated, she said she had learned it from headquarters or from an angel of the Lord. ae I am satisfied that plaintiff, if not induced to, was at least encouraged in continuing the circulation of the stories objectionable to defendant and in the commencement of this suit. There is much in this record that shows these three men had a great in- fluence over plaintiff. “Cruelties” Due to Suggestion. There is present in this record many incidents in the lives of these parties that plaintiff now charges to have been cruelty, which at the time of their occurrence were of no signi- fican¢de and had long been forgotten until attorneys industrious in efforts for their clients uncovered and brought to light things that plaintiff treated them as no importance then and many or all of which were forgiven and for- gotten. It is not the desire of the court to magnify them into cruelty now and they should be treated as the parties to this suit treated them for years, as matters of no significance. Mrs. Trotter Denied Decree. Exaggerated as undoubtedly most of these incidents have been, and even if true they form no sufficient basis for a decree of separate maintenance or divorce. From these conclusions, plaintiffs bill of complaint must be dismissed. Trotter’s Side of Case. Has defendant proven the charges in his cross bill against plaintiff by a preponderance of evidence? Having reached the conclusion that no confession was made by Miss Moody and the defendant, or either of them to the effect that defendant was the father of the Moody child, it results that if plaintiff did state and circulate such stories, she was guilty of extreme and repeated cruelty. Meant Trotter’s Ruin. Defendant always insisted that neither he nor Miss Moody had ever stated that he was the father of the Moody child. Defendant was con- tinually importuning plaintiff to case the circulation of such stories. She knew those stories, whether false or true, meant defendant’s ruin and prob- ably with the attendant result of destroying the Grand Rapids Rescue 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN August 30, 1922 mission or at least seriously affecting it. For four and one-half years after plaintiff says that admission was made to her by defendant and Miss Moody, she continued to live with the defend- ant as his wife; continued to write him most loving and affectionate let- ters, and during all of which time she was telling her friends and acquaint- ances and the friends and acquaint- ances of defendant that he had ad- mitted to her that he was the father of the Moody child. Dreams and Visions. It is my opinion that plaintiff’s claimed knowledge as to the paternity of the Moody child came to her just as she told Miss Brummler and Mrs. Spence that it did. Dreams and visions ought to be of but little value as evi- dence. The promises made Miss Moody on July 13, 1917, the interest of the mis- sion, which mission plaintiff claims to dearly have loved, the interest and reputation of plaintiff herself and of the defendant, ought to have prevent- ed plaintiff in the first place from mak- ing such a charge against her husband, and certainly from continuing circu- lating them after the denial of Miss Moody and the defendant, and in do- ing so against defendant’s protests, Plaintiff’s insistence that defendant made an open and pubic confession that he was the father of such child was also extreme cruelty. Plaintiff’s excuse that she desired this confession in order to save her own soul and that of the defendant is not to my mind a sufficient reason to divest such importuning of the charge of cruelty while at the same time she was writing to others that her hus- band was the father of the Moody child. Mrs. Trotter Kept on Talking. Plaintiff herself says that within three days after her talk with Miss Moody in July, 1917, that she told Miss Ailward that defendant was the father of the Moody baby and she has not ceased from making such state- ments, verbal and in writing from that time up to the present time. This plaintiff admits and hence it is clearly established that the plaintiff has been continually stating that de- fendant was the father of the Moody chiid. This fact being established, ex- treme cruelty on the part of plaintiff toward defendant has been proven. Cruelty Gains Decree. The nature of this cruelty is such that it authorizes a decree in this case in favor of defendant as prayed for in his cross-bill, that of an absolute divorce from plaintiff. The criticism of the newspapers of this city by one of the counsel for plaintiff in stating in substance that defendant was aided by every news- paper in this city is, I think, entirely unjustifiable and unwarranted. Attitude of Newspapers. The newspapers of this city, I think, took a proper and wise stand in re- fraining from publishing the daily pro- ceedings of this trial. No paper ‘of this city so far as I know attempted in any manner to assist either of the parties to this suit or to influence the court in any judg- meni it might reach in the matter and certain'y did not attempt to capitalize this case or any of the facts in it, as was done by several outside papers. It is my judgment that the news- papers of this city are to be commend- ed in the course they took with refer- ence to this case. Alimony for Mrs. Trotter. Having determined that defendant is entitled to an absolute decree of di- vorce, the only questions remaining for consideration is whether or not plaintiff is entitled to an allowance as permanent alimony, and if so how much. There is for determination also the amount of expenses to be allowed plaintiff for attorney fees and in ob- taining witnesses, etc. On Dec. 19, 1921, an order was made herein requiring defendant to pay forthwith the sum of $100 as attorney fees to. plaintiff’s attorney and $25 to apply on her court costs in said case. Later and on Feb. 14, 1922, an order was made herein that defendant pay to plaintiff the sum of $500 as expense money to be used by her preparation of this cause for trial. These amounts were paid to plaintiff or her attorneys. I think plaintiff is entitled to per- manent alimony. While her services were such that they did not bring much or any prop- erty to plaintiff and defendant, yet she was defendant’s wife for 30 years and her work was such in connection with that of the defendant that it enabled him to acquire probably a_ greater amount than he could have done with- out her services, and this property all totaled is approximately $80000 or $85,000. I think defendant has no interest in the property to which Miss Hartman now holds title. Lot 1 of Smith’s addition of this city has upon it two wood houses, one has been the home of the parties to this suit for some time and is com- paratively new, the other house rents for $125 a month. Division of Property. It is my judgment that a fair division of this property between these parties wil be as follows, and the decree may provide that plaintiff have as permanent alimony lot 1 with the two houses thereon, having a frontage of 50 feet on Washington street and 125 feet on Lafayette avenue. The decree may also provide that plaintiff have in addition thereto as permanent alimony the West 33 feet of lot 2 of said addition and adjoining lot 1 on the East, in said Smith’s addition, and that if the July, 1922 taxes have not been paid thereon, that defendant pay all of said taxes within 30 days after the date of this decree. What Trotter Keeps. The decree may also provide that plaintiff have as her sole property all of the household furniture belonging to the parties hereto and situated in the dwelling house occupied by plain- Ht, excepting the following: One Armenian rug from Philadelphia. One Navajo rug, a present from Mr. McGee; one floor lamp, a present from Mr. Dosker; one glass case of relics and Indian curios, books and bookcases in the library in the dwelling house, one study desk with chair and desk lamp, one chiffonier used by defendant in said home. All phonograph records that were personal gifts to defendant. al of which property mentioned in this exception belongs to and _ shall be the sole property of the defendant in this case. The decree nyay also provide that as further permanent alimony and of her dower interest in any of the real estate reserved to defendant that he may now have or might hereafter ac- quire or following the language of the statute that defendant shall pay to the clerk of this court for plaintiff the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars in cash. The decree may also provide that within 30 days that defendant pay t the cierk of this court the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars for plaintiff as additional expenses in and about the preparation and hearing of said cause in obtaining and paying her witnesses for attending court as such witnesses. The decree may also provide that within 30 days from the date of the decree that defendant pay a further sum of one thousand, four hun Ired ($1,400) dollars to the clerk of this court as attorney fees for plaintiff’s attorney. The decree may also provide that all other teal estate owned by these parties jointly or by the defendant alone wherever situated, shall be the soie and absolute property of the said defendant, Melvin E. Trotter, The decree may also provide that all other personal property wherever situated, including all stocks, bonds cash, real estate mortgages and land contracts, if any, whether belonging in the — to defendant or whether owned jointly by the parties to this suit, including any and all automobiles owned by the parties hereto or by the defendant, shall be the absolute and sole property of the defendant. All wearing apparel of the parties hereto shall be his and her separate and sole property. Ordering the Decree. The decree shall also provide that within said 30 days the defendant make and execute a deed conveying all his interest in and to said lot 1 and the kag 33 feet of lot 2 to the said plain- ti The decree may also provide that within 30 days the said plaintiff ex- ecute a deed to defendant conveying ail her right, title and interest in and to all real estate owned by the parties hereto or by the defendant or in which these parties or either of them, have any interest other than said lot 1 and the West 33 feet of said lot 2 of said Smith’s addition. The decree may also provide that upon the failure of both or either o these parties to make such convey- ances that this decree may be record- ed in the counties where any, of said real estate may be, as evidence of th change in title thereto in accordance with this decree. The decree may also provide that any payments made by defendant to plaintiff after the filing of the decree herein shaii be deducted from and considered as a a payment of the said sum of $5,000. The attorneys for defendant may prepare a decree in accordance with this decision. Major L. Dunham, Circuit Judge, Acting Judge of Su- perior Court of Grand Rapids. —__~+-<_ Have you looked over the sign on the outside of your store lately to see whether it is legible to everyone within sight of it? GOODRICH A TO CHICAGO Daily 8:10 P. M. Grand Rapids Time Day Boat Every Saturday, Grand Rapids 8:40 A. FROM CHICAGO Daily 7:45 P. M. Chicago Time Day Boat Every Saturday me oe Leaves Chicago 10:30 A. FARE $3.95 Special Boat Train Leaves Waiting Room, one block east of Hotei Pantlind 8:10 P. M. Route Your Freight Shipments THE GOODRICH way “Operating Steamships Every Day in the Year,’’ and Grand Haven, Muskegon Electric Ry. OVER NIGHT SERVICE. City Ticket Office Cor. 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We also saw the im- portance in all collections of this kind of choosing the most approved form of labels, so that observers and stud- ents can easily identify the various ob- jects without wrenching their necks or straining their eyes. Labels mean a great deal and render one independ- ent of a guide, with whom you may not be able to talk because of language limitations. In the Botanical Garden are fine specimens of great trees and many uneasual ones. The lindens and sycamores are represented by magnifi- cent trees. The former are now in blossom and the aroma from them permeated the garden. We were es- pecially delighted with the wall dis- play of vines from all parts of the world. The garden displayed a wide range of herbacious perennials and the flowers in many of the sections were gorgeous. The opportunity to study pants in connection with their com- binations and usefulness in embellish- ment of grounds was quite unusual. Mr. Simonds had a letter of introduc- tion to Prof. Charles Bommer, who is conservator of the gardens and the Arboretum and Forest Counsellor to the government. He cancelled a lec- ture engagement at the university and devoted himself to us for a half day. He has a charming personality and understands English perfectly and speaks it very well. We engaged a taxi, the driver hay- ing been chauffeur for an American family some years and who had driven over all of the United States and much of Canada. He proved to be a useful companion on this drive. The Arbore- tum is about eight miles distant from the city and covers over 100 acres. About four miles out we entered the finest beech forest in the world and, while riding through it to the en- trance of the Arboretum, we were constantly expressing our delight over the succession of great trees two to four feet in diameter and holding their size for 100 feet or more of bole. I have seen similar trees in Northern Michigan and when I saw the great care and thought put into the preserva- tion of this forest and its great use- fulness to the public, I groaned over our own profligacy in forest destruc- tion. We who had the finest pine and hardwood forests in the world will soon have nothing of this legacy to hand down to coming generations. Oh, why will not our Government stay the axeman and save something of this magnificent heritage for genera- tions to come! Prof. Bommer and Mr. Simonds spent the hours of this afternoon in traversing on four of the various sec- tions of the Arboretum while the rest of us saw what we could from the automobile. The rolling land is ad- _mirably adapted to the purpose of showing the trees of the world. The arrangement and grouping of the . MICHIGAN TRADESMAN trees of different latitudes, from ‘Alas- ka to the equator, and also the species from the Southern hemisphere, were deftly done, having in mind not only the colonizing of species, but their artistic setting. The Professor ex- hibited to us very perfect maps and his system of gathering from year to year statistical information concern- ing the growth and habits of trees and making graphic in charts all this valuable information. He said the government put great emphasis upon facts concerning the usefulness of species for forest purposes. We noted with surprise the wonder- ful growth of the twenty year planta- tions of American trees. There are no labels in the Arboretum, so for our rapid study it was essential to enjoy the explanations of the learned Pro- fessor. He piloted us through an extensive forest owned before the war by a German ducal family, but which the Belgian government took over as a small item of requitement for the ter- rible destruction wrought by the rav- aging hordes of Germany. In many ways this half day. in the Belgian Arboretum was the most eventful experience of our continental trip. I learned more things that I can put to some practical use in my home connections than I have gathered else- where. The income from these Belgian for- ests is a large item and is an urgent argument from the commercial stand- point in favor of the careful, methodi- cal. and painstaking study of forest trees. I am satisfied that the systematic study of trees by the kingdom of Belgium, as illustrated in this Ar- boretum, will be of inestimable value to the world and this experience proves to me'the wisdom of Mr. Jay Morton in establishing an Arboretum near Chicago as a means of education for our Middle West with regard to tree values. Mr. Simonds is gathering data that will be of inestimable value in this undertaking. The next morning, following our de- lightful half day spent in the study of trees and forests, we took a ride around Brussels. A boulevard, well planted, extends around the city. A large and apparently very useful part ‘is in the foreground of the King’s mansion, which is an attractive build- ing in good proportions. We sbdent some time about the Pa‘ace of Justice, which is talked about as one of the great world structures. I confess to a feeling of keen disap- pointment in the building. It looks as if it was in a slow process of dis- integration and there are indications of defects in its architecture. It is said that the designer committed suicide within the building because of his great disappointment in the dic- tation of royalty in connection with his plans and which he felt would re- sult in a stupendous architectural blunder. Brussels strikes the average Ameri- can as a well managed city and its appointments we!l arranged. We enjoyed the railway ride to Os- tend and had a most attractive travel- ing companion in a member of an architectural firm which designs many of the Cunarders. He was returning from a professional visit to buildings on the continent designed by his firm. Our stay in Ostend was brief and the trip across the channel was un- eventful. The sea was smooth and the day a perfect one for sea travel. We landed at Dover about 7 p. m. and traveled in a luxurious train to London. It seemed good again to be able to converse with any chance companion in our own language and the beauty of rural England once more made a deep impression upon us. For an hour after leaving Dover we seem- ed to be traversing orchards of a‘l sizes and _ages, and apparently in good health and under good care, although not under clean cultivation like our orchards in the best fruit growing sections. The land is not so intensively cropped as in France, but the trees and small areas of woodland scattered over the landscape gave a finish to the country that captivated us. An incident of this short railroad trip strikes me as worth mentioning. After having enjoyed the rugged scenery of the Alps and the seductive play of sunlight on the snow and ice of the mountain tops, it was a surprise to be greeted in “Merrie England” by the most gorgeous sunset any of our party had ever witnessed. As our train was speeding along, we were for a few moments enveloped in a shower - and then there burst upon us a lake in the sky and the sun in all its glory shown forth through a rift of the clouds a golden lining to the billowy Co-operative Courtesy and Mu- tual Helpfulness Will 25 vapor that assumed the outlines of mountains in the sky. Then we looked behind us and beheld a marvel in the sky of a double rainbow, com- pletely hiding the dark background of the Eastern heavens. The delight was prolonged by an after glow of efful- gence that was rapturous in its tinting and touching. Here and there the reliefs of ground climbed to the tops of the trees and quietly disappeared as a beautiful memory. We felt that we had been greatly honored in this gorgeous exhibit as we entered a domain replete with historic interest and with whose inhabitants we felt a kinship that warmed the cockles of our hearts. Charles W. Garfield. If you want to land a certain job, know more about it than anyone else. PLAIN TALKS ABCUT STREET CAR SERVICE Improve the Service of Your Sireet Car Company Developing Communities The street car is a developer of the small community in the larger cities. It furnishes to every community a central- ized street where property values are enhanced and business transacted with- out it being necessary to go downtown. The street car places the small city community in immediate and intimate contact with the city itself. It is a force for community development which has no equal, working jointly with the city at large and with the individual through his home. Community co-operation with the street car company means added benefits not only to the community itself, but the city as a whole. Grand Rapids Railway Co. ueeaneneyiranepnisnacenetinesesiewieiit i csiienes shit vias rn ce ae Vice President and General Manager. . aoauas we cr | = ; August 30, 1922 Michigan Retail Dry Goods Association. President—J. W. Knapp, Lansing First Vice-President—Geo. T. Bullen, Albion. Second Vice-President—H. G. Wesener, Secretary-Treasurer—Fred Cutler, Ionia. Planning For the Annual Convention at Lansing. Lansing, Aug. 29—We have received through L. M. Schroder, Chairman of the Committee on Nominations, the list of names for officers to be voted on at the convention which will be held in Lansing on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 13 and 14. The list of nominations is as follows: For President and First and Second Vice-Presidents: W. B. Field, L. H. Field Co., Jack- son. G. R. Jackson, Smith Bridgman Co., Flint. W. O. Jones, J. R. Jones Sons & Co., Kalamazoo. D. Mihlethaler, The Mihlethaler Co., Harbor Beach. F. E. Mills, Mills Dry Goods Co., Lansing. Otto Sachse, Chase Mercantile Co., Pontiac. J. B. Sperry, J. B. Sperry & Co., Port Huron. J. C. Toeller, Toeller’s, Battle Creek. H. G. Wesener, Wm. Barie D. G. Co., Saginaw. Each member present is entitled to vote for three candidates. The candi- date receiving the highest number of votes is elected President; the next highest, First Vice-President and the next highest, Second Vice-President. For Secretary-Treasurer (Vote for One): Fred Cutler, Quality Store, Ionia. Leon Rosacrans, Fred Rosacrans & Sons, Tecumseh. M. Rosenthal, Rosenthal Co., Flint. For Director (Vote for One): Geo. A. Drach, Adam Drach Co., Ludington. J. T. Milliken, J. W. Milliken, Inc., Traverse City. F, J. Zielinski, F. J. Zielinski & Co., Manistee. For Director (Vote for One): Fred Carpenter, Carpenter’s Style Shop, Calumet. Ben Seaman, A. Sackim Co., Iron Mountain. E. F. Stark, Oscar Sundstrom Es- tate, Newberry. For Director (Vote for One): Fred H. Nissly, F. H. Nissly Co., Ypsilanti. D. W. Robinson, D. W. Robinson Co., Alma. Chas. L. Young, C. L. Young & Co., Benton Harbor. W are delighted to state that the plans for the convention program are progressing in a very satisfactory manner. We give below the names and addresses of the persons who have accepted, with their topics: Rey. C. Jeffares McCombe, Lan- sing. Topic, Toastmaster at Banquet. 2. Mrs. M. B. Campbell, Gilmore Brothers, Kalamazoo. Topic, Build- ing Business in Infants and Children’s Wear. 3. John W. Gorby, Director of Re- search, Cyclone Fence Co., Wauke- gan, lil. Topic, Promoting the Mid- dle West Market. 4. Tom N. Witten, Witten Hard- ware Co., Trenton, Missouri. Topic, A Merchant’s Duty to the Public. 5. Aexander Karr, Fargo, North Dakota, Manager Federated Commun- ity Association. Topic, Community Spirit. 6. David Friday, East Lansing, President Michigan Agricultural Col- lege. Topic, The Prices of the Future. : Experience meeting and smoker. President J. W. Knapp presiding. _ 8. Austin H. Fitz, Babson’s Statis- tical Organization, Wellesley Hills, Boston, Mass. Topic, Program for Preventing Panics. 9. Charles MacDonald, Lamson Company, Boston. Formerly Assist- ant Comptroller at R. H. Macy’s and later Comptroller at Lindell Dry Goods Co., of St. Louis, Missouri. Topic, Department Store System and Accounting as Applied to Smaller Stores. These speakers are known to many of our members and we feel certain that we have succeeded in enlisting a very high class of talent. The ar- rangement of these speakers on the program will be different when the program has been completed. Invita- tions have been sent to other promin- ent and popular speakers, but we do not wish to announce them until their acceptances have been received. We are also glad to announce that the various clubs of Lansing, such as the Rotary, Kiwanis, Exchange, Lions, as well as the Lansing Chamber of Commerce and the Retail Merchants Bureau, have united their organiza- tions to render substantial service to our members during the time of the convention. It is expected that these clubs will join with us for the Ban- quet Program the evening of Sept. 14. Another convention bulletin will be issued soon. Jason E. Hammond, Mgr. Mich. Retail Dry Goods Ass’n. ———~+---@—__ Situation in Woolens and Clothing. Littte change in the wool situation, either here or abroad, is shown from week to week. In Australia the shear- ers are having a little strike which is delaying the clip. It promises to be short-lived. Not very much wool is changing hands in this country, buy- ers and sellers often failing to agree on prices. Reports to the Census Bu- reau from woolen plants show a de- creased activity in manufacturing es- tablishments, except as to narrow looms. Of the spindles 32 per cent. of those on worsteds and 16.3 per cent. of those on woolens are reported as idle. In the goods market, more of the American Woolen Company’s of- ferings for Spring were withdrawn during the last week, while openings of a number of the smaller concerns were announced. Clothing manufac- turers have about completed their in- itial purchases and will reorder as oc- casion calls for it. The convention and show of the retail clothiers in this city next month will probably be taken advantage of by the manufacturers to show their Spring lines. The occasion will be unique and informative to all branches of the trade, and will es- pecially give opportunity to the local clothing manufacturers to show the advantage they possess in supplying SWEATERS (Knitted Outerwear) All Styles, All Weights All cotton or all wool Men’s and Boys Get ready —they will be needed this winter. Daniel T. Patton & Company Grand Rapids,Michigan - 59-63 Market Ave. N.W. The Mens Furnishing Goods House of Michigan Fall Merchandise If you have not covered your requirements for the im- mediate future we suggest that you see our salesmen or come and see us. Having just received many fall shipments, we are in position to take care of your needs at low prices and give prompt delivery. GRAND RAPIDS DRY GOODS CO. Wholesale Only. ke NON NON ON GN GA ONGC GA GOP GANGCA NCA SOA GANGA Dushnelle HUMAN -NETS Have you our new three gross Metal Cabinet? It’s a beauty and real salesman, working for you every day. Get one through your jobber, and display it prominently. Sales and profits will then take care of themselves. NATIONAL TRADING COMPANY 630 SO. WABASH AVE. CHICAGO, ILL. OOF OOOO SUADENEUACUUECEOASCTEODEOOOSUNUEOOEROGEOUCUOOCUOOOATOUOSOEEOOUOESOAUDOOCOOUOODOCESSOOUOOOEOUEOSOESOOERSE School Will Soon Be Open Have you a complete stock of Boys and Misses Hose? We have a splendid number in Children’s Hose. Bearskin No. 1 Price $1.65 a dozen—on size 5—rise 714 for each size. One dozen to box—sizes 5 to 10%. IAAI AAIKIAIAAIAAAA AIK FA AHAAIAIIIAIIIIAAIA AIA AA te OUOUAUOLEGRORROCORGEGOROUEROURGRECUURUNOUSEECHOUSONONOGODOGIORONOGN. Quality Merchandise — Right Prices— Prompt Service PAUL STEKETEE & SONS WHOLESALE DRY GOODS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SSUTUGGCRGUCGOUGROUTONULAUGONURECRURCOUDOUEQRUOGRRGREORURONROOROERY jn aC i MRT ita abit ion August 30, 1922 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27 the grades which the great bulk of the people call for. Mills supplying goods for women’s wear are not yet ready with their offerings in great measure, though some have been shown to the cutters. Fall buying in women’s ready-to-wear has recently fallen off somewhat. 9-6-4 Millinery For Fall. Sweepingly cavalier and graceful are many of the new Fall hats for dress wear by women, according to the builetin of the Retail Millinery As- sociation of America. The entire de- mand is said to be centered around the “dressy” type of hat designed for wear with the formal costume that has come back with the passing of the flapper vogue. “Black, of course, predominates in hatters’ plush, Lyons and panne vel- vet, and in the new chiffon velvets that Paris so highly esteems,”’ the bulletin continues. ‘A pencil edge flange on a slightly longer right-side shape car- ries its black hatters’ plush most smartly when trimmed with a series of five half-bow ribbon loops on the right side. This wide moire ribbon trimming is said to be taking extreme- ly well for the smart walking hat. Brown chiffon velvet is used to make three series of corded and_ shirred rolls, oneson top of the other, that are placed, coronet fashion, on a visor- brimmed turban. The cords narrow toward the back. Only two pointed paddle pins, on the Egyptian order, are used to trim this shape. “High and shooting bows of pasted black peacock feathers characterize many flaring shapes of good size, in which black Lyons velvet is used to face panne. Many back trims of pasted glycerined ostrich and burnt peacock make graceful sweeps across a short- ened back line also. The new cash- mere ostrich, a succession of tiny tips clipped evenly in all the blended Paisley shades, is another trimming vagary shown on hats for women who care. In these chapeaux tricornes are favored most, with both the Venetian and Persian influences visible. On the tricornes lace veils predominate as trimmings while, on mushroom effects of black satin, silver lace drapes pro- duce charming effects. On both types of hats, however, many smart bow trims are seen. “In the color range maple sugar and toast are the approved brown shades and are much in demand. Em- ber is said to be progressing nicely, and the opinion is expressed that it will be a leading shade for wear with Fall coats.” —_>-+- Don’t let it be said that the distance between your ears is only a “block.” We are manufacturers of Trimmed & Untrimmed HATS for Ladies, Misses and Children, especially adapted to the general store trade. Trial order solicited. CORL-KNOTT COMPANY, Corner Commerce Ave. and Island St. Grand Rapids, Mich. PRICES CURRENT ON STAPLE DRY GOODS. List prices corrected before going to press, but not guaranteed against changes. aa Musiins. 16 yon act 36 i Indian Head __ 20 33 in. Indian Head —. ae 54 in. Ind. Head L. F. Unbleached Musiins. a NBA oe ene 914% SGA 36 he 2 13% Giant 13% 40 in. Exposition ~-. 13% 40 in. 96A shorts ~.. 138% Pillow Tubing. 42 in. Seneca -___-___. 30 45 in. Seneca —_. ~ 334 42 in. Pepperell 45 in. Pepperell — 36 in. Edwards - 42 in. Indian Head .~. 30 42 in. Cabot —.:___-_ 31% 45 in. Cabot ---_. -— 32% 42 in. Pequot -._... 36 45 in. Pequot -.-... 37% 40 in. Quinebaug .. 30 Denims, Drills and Ticks. 220 Blue Denim -... 20 240 Blue Denim --.. 18% 260 Blue Denim -_.. 17% Steifels Drill __... 16% 8 oz. Canvas ~-_.-. 18% — ACA Tick, Gueiie, “ACA Tick _ 365 Warren Fancy Tick 35 Thorndyke Fy. Sat. 37% Amoskeag, ACA --.. 27% Cambrics and Longcloths. Berkley, 60 Cambric 20 Berkley, 60 Nainsook 20 Berkley, 100 Nains’k 25 Olid Glory, 60 Camb. 18 Old Glory, 60 Nain. 18 Diamond Hill, Nain. 16 Diamond Hill, Camb. 16 77 Longceloth ---.-- 12% 81 Longcloth 16 84 Longcloth 7001 Longcloth 7002 Longcloth 7003 Longcloth 7004 Longcloth ~..... Ginghams. Seminol Dress Ging- hams, solid ‘caeane 15 A. F.C. 17 Toile du Nord —----- 18% Red: Rose... 2 1614 Dan River... 16% Everett Classics -_.._ 16 Amoskeag Staples -. 12% Haynes Staples -... 12% Lowe Chveiots, 32 in. 15 Bates, 32 in. Treffan, 32 in. ----. 25 B. M. C. Seersucker 17% Kalburnie, 32 in. __.__ 19 Jacquelin, 32 in. --. 32% Gilbrae, 32 in. ----- 37% 32 in. Tissue .--.__. 42% Manville Chambray oh ae Red Seal Zephyr --. 18 Prints and Percales. Columbia, Lights ~. 13% oe Darks -.. 15 Greys .. 10 Am. Prints, ida 10% Manchester 80x80 Lt. 18 Manchester 80x80 Dk. 19 Scout, 64x60, Lights 12 Scout, 64x60, Darks. 14 Shirtings 0 occas O® Rede Outings and Cantons. Cashmere Twill ..-__. 5 27 in. Unble. Canton 100 Flannelette ____ 18% 1931 Outing Lights _ 14 Appledown Shaker .. 16 24 in. White Shaker 114 26 in. White Shaker 12% Daisy Cloth ~~ _..__ 14% 1931 Dark Outings _. 15% Draperies and Cretonnes. Hamilton Twill -... 14% Dresden Fy. Drapery 17% Tudor ao Drapery 19 Nu Drap Weegncrcacd Creto. 16 Fancy Silkoline -.... 16% Stratford Cretonne.. 16% 3544 D. B. Scrim 13% 8177 Curtain Net -.. 30 8432 Curtain Net -... 62% 4039 Marquisette ._... 19% Dragon Drapery ---. 25 36 in. Art Cretonne.. 25 36 in. Elco Tapestry. 30 Linings and Cambrics. Tico D Satine _..... 30 No. 40 Blk. Satine _ 18% i 1 White Satine _ 14% No. 50 Percaline —. 16% DD Black Satine _~ Satin Finished Satine 2 Raidant Bloomer Sat. 42 36 in. Printed Satine 5214 Windsor Cambric -.. 10 Parkwood Wash Sat. 57% Meritas Oli Cloth. White 02 oo BN eH Lae a ope ee ee ae ee = 3.35 oil ath sold net cash, no discount. E Flags. Doz. 16x24 in. Spearheads 1 32% 18x30 in. Spearheads 1 90 24x36 in. Spearheads 2 95 8x5 ft. Reliance Prt. 7 - ae ke 1 25 5x8 ft. Defiance Swd. 3 75 6x9 ft. Defiance Swd. 3 60 8x12 ft. Defiance Swd. 5 20 10x15 ft. Defiance Swd 8 00 6x9 ft. Sterling Wool 7 50 8x12 ft. Sterling Wool 11 50 Gross No. 7 Muslin Flags — 7 20 oo Sheets and Pillow Cases. 63x90 Pequot Blea.__ 13 75 63x99 Pequot Blea.__ 15 04 72x90 Pequot Blea... 15.25 72x90 Pequot Blea.__ 16 69 81x90 Pequot Blea... 16 75 81x90 Standard -___ 13 50 42x38% Utica Cases_ 8 75 42x36 Pequot Plain __ 3 96 45x36 Pequot Plain _. 4 20 42x36 Pequot S. S. __ 4 96 45x36 Pequot S. S. __ 5 20 42x36 Meadowbrook _ 2 50 42x36 Lenox ____._____ 2 75 Wool Goods. 36_in. Hamilton, All Wool Storm Serge 57% ey ae 44 in. Storm 40 i paaacae Pla. 1.15 50 in. Julliards Pla. 1.67% 4120, 50 in. French MOERG 7 Se 1 50 K ot Beg in. Storm ea 42% on “s0 in. Storm Serge oe 1 22% 56 oe An Wool Coating 222. 2 00 D RN Tricotine __ 1 65 Carpet Warp. Peerless, White ______ 42 Peerless, Colors ______ 48 Diaper Cloth. 18 in. Seconds -..... 75 AO ih 1 25 22 in, a a ei 1 45 ae Whe oa a OG tye Se ee a E26 Notions. Dos. 718 Sat Pad Garter 2 00 Rubber Fly Swatters 90 Roberts Needles oe 30 Stork Needles ______ 1 00 Per B Steel Pins, S. C. 300 42% Steel Pins, M. C. 300 45 Brass Pins, S. C. 300 75 Brass Pins, M. C. 300 80 Coats Thread _____.__ Clarks Mile-Hnd Td. 659 J. J. Clarks Thread. 656 Gainsborough Hairnets Mesh 10 aha Hairnets S. Mesh Per B R. M. C. Crochet Cot. 76 B-4 Clarks Crochet C. 90 Silkine Crochet Cotton 90 Sansilk Crochet Cot. 55 Dexters’ Knitting Cotton, White _____ 1 50 Dexter’s Knitting Cotton, Bik., ora. 1 76 Allies’ Yarn, bundle_ 6 60 Pound Fleishers Knitted Worsted, skeins ___ 2 30 Fleischers Spanish Worsted, balls ____ 2 60 Fleishers Germantown Zephyr, balls _____ ot Fleishers Saxony, ba. 3 70 Fleishers Knitted Worsted, balis ____ 2 60 Fleishers Scotch & Heather, balls ____ 2 90 OZ. Ironweave Handkfs... 90 Rit Dye Soap -...-.. 80 Were Dmesh Cap et .......- Childs’ Walsts. “Cub” Knit pdetad = ‘Bear’ Knit Waist... 2 3 75 “R & J” Muslin Walat $2 25, $3 50 4 50 Ladies’ Knit Summer. Vests. 1x1 ie Gauze Vest, Bodice Top ,» Band top eer reg. 828. 36- 38 2 00 ce sizes 40-42-44 _-_..W. Potted Meat, % Rose 8 Potted Ham, Gen. % 3: Vienna Saus., No. %1 35 Veal Loaf, Medium — 3 30 Derby Brands tn Giass. Ox Tongue, 2 Ib. -_-. 18 09 Sliced Ox Tongue, % 4 3v Calf Tongue, No. 1__ 5 50 Lamb Tongue, Wh. 1s 5 00 Lamb Tongue, sm. sli. 1 = Lunch Tongue, ho. 15 Lunch Tongue, No. % 3 Deviled Ham, % ---. 3 00 — ~susage, ae 1 — enna sausage, 8. Sliced Beef, small .. 1 %5 Boneless Pigs Feet. pt. 3 23 Boneless Pigs Feet, qt. 5 "0 Ne dp td Pp WHNHObhoo-2 AANOonoe oo ao Sandwich Spread, % 2 »0 Baked Beans. Sars o oz... 1 50 aes 1 25 ler, Ree ae 36 Van Car Small ..... 1 10 Vv: » Med. .. 1 65 cae ma SS a a An rte tat sn ees sR Ea a es LR Asparagus. No. 1, Green tips -.. 3 9vu No. 2%, Lge. Gr. 3 75@4 56 Wax Beans, 2s 1 35@3 75 Wax Beans, No. 10 __ 6 00 Green Beans, 2s 1 60@4 76 Green Beans, No. 10_. 8 26 Lima Beans, No. 2 Gr. 2 00 Lima Beans, 2s, Soaked 95 Red Kid., No. 2 1 30@1 55 Beets, No. 2, wh. 1 60@2 40 Beets, No. 2, cut 1 25@1 75 Beets, No. 3, cut 1 40@2 16 Corn, No. 2, St. 1 00@1 10 Corn, No. 2, Ex-Stan. 1 55 Corn, No. 2, Fan 1 60@2 25 Corn, No. 2, io glass 3 26 Dehydrated Veg Soup 90 Dehydrated Potatoes, Ib 45 Mushrooms, Hotels -. 38 Mushrooms, Choice -.. 48 Mushrooms, ied Extra 65 Peas, No. E.J. 1 25@1 80 Peas, No. 2, Sift., J0ne 2 ite? 10 Peas, No. 2, BK. J. 1 90@2 10 Peas, Ex. —" French 32 Pumpkin, 3 60 Pumpkin, Ne: a. 8 t Pimentos, %, each 1 Pimentoes, 4%, each —. Sw’t Potatoes, No. 2% 2 15 Saurkraut, No. 3 -... 1 85 Succotash, oe 21 60@2 35 Succotash, No. tg glass . 45 Spinach, No. 1 -----. 1 35 Spinach, No. 4 1 35@1 50 Spinach, No. 3 2 = 25 Spinach, No. - ine 1 Tomatoes, No. 2 1 45@1 65 Tomatoes, oo 8 1 90@2 25 Tomatoes, No. 2, glass 2 86 Tomatoes, No- 10 -.-. 7 00 CATSUP. B-nut, Large -.-----. 2 95 B-nut, Small ~-..---- 1 80 Libby, 14°02, 2... 2 90 iApoy, 8 of; 2 1 90 Van Camp, 8 oz. --.. 1 90 Van Camp, 16 oz. —. 3 15 Lilly Valley, pint -. 2 95 Lilly Valley, 32 Pint 1 80 tb CHILI SAUCE. Snider, 16 oz. -------- Snider, 8 oz. 2 Lilly Valley, % Pint 2 40 eo wo oe OYSTER COCKTAIL. Sniders, 16 oz. ~.-.-. 3 50 Sniders, 8 oz, ~------ 2 36 CHEESE. Roguefort «OD Kraft “mail tins 1 40 Kraft American --.. 2 75 Chili, small tins --.. 1 40 Pimento, smal! tins — 1 40 Roquefort, small tins 2 26 Camember~. smail tins 2 25 eck 2 Wisconsin Flats Wisconsin Daisy = Tonehorn — 2 Michigan Full Cream 22% New York full cream 26 Sap Sago 48 CHEWING GUM Adams Black Jack ~~~. - Adams Bloodberry ---- Adams Calif. Fruit ---- és Aaams Chiclets --.--.-. 65 Adams Sen Sen —-_---... 65 Adams Yucatan -..--.. 65 Beeman’s Pepsin ~~~. . 65 Beechnut ---.---..---— Doublemint - .-.-.---... 65 Juicy Fruit --._---.-... 66 Peppermint, -Wrigleys-- 65 Spearmint, Wrigleys — 65 Spic-Spans Mxd Flavors 65 gti Pek oS 8S me ee CHOCOLATE. Baker, Caracas, %8 -- 36 Baker. Caracas, %s --. 33 Baker, Premium, \%s -- 36 Baker, Premium, %s -- 32 Baker, Premium, %s -- 32 Hersheys,: Premium, %s 85 Hersheys, Premium, %s 36 Runkle, mium, %s- 34 Runkle, Premium, %s. 37 Vienna Sweet, 248 -. 1 75 COCOA Baker’s %s —.-_._.._. 40 Baker’s %s --...--.---.. 42 Bunte, 48. 2 43 Bunte, % Ib. .--------_ 35 Bunte, 1. Droste’s Dutch, 1 lb... 9 00 Droste's Dutch, % Ib. 4 75 Droste’s Dutch, %& Ib. 2 00 Herseys, %8 -.~-----. —— 33 Hersheys, %s -.-------- 28 ge 36 Lowney, %8 ---------- 40 Lowneys %S --------.- 40 Lowney, %8S ---------- 38 Lowney, 5 Ib. cans -_-. 31 Van Houten, 4s ------ 75 Van Houten, %s ------ 75 COCOANUT %s, 5 lb. case Dunham = %e, 5 Ib. case --_---_ 4s & bs, 15 Ib. case is Bulk, barrels --------_ i9 96 2 oz. pkgs., per case 8 09 48 4 oz. pkgs., per case 7 00 CLOTHES LINE Hemp, 50 tt. 8 Twisted Cotton, 50 ft. 1 75 Braided, 50 ft Bae Cord 2K. 8 76 COFFEE ROASTED Bulk A 16% Mantes 2 a Merscaipe __..__ 26 ween... 26 Java and Mocha ----- 39 Boente - 20 27 Peavey >... 26 McLaughiin’s XXXX McLaughlin's XXXX pack- age coffee is sold to omi ers only. Mail all orders direct to W. F. McLaugh- lin & Co., Chicago. Coffee Extracts X., per 10) _.. pes 2 Franks 50 pkgs. —.. Hummel’s 60 1 ib. pe oo CONDENSED MILK Bagle, 4 doz. ------ 9 00 Leader, 4 doz. ~----- 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 26 Goshen, Gallon -_---- 4 25 Oatman’s Dun., 4 doz. 4 50 Oatman’s Dun., 8 doz. 4.40 Pel, sce 2s 4 ov Pet, Baby, 8 oz. __. 4 40 Silver Cow, Tall ~.-. 4 50 Silver Cow, Baby --. 4 40 Van Camp, Tall --.. 4 60 Van Camp, Baby ---- 3 30 White House, Tall —_ 4 35 White House, Baby - 4 00 CIGARS Worden Grocer Co. Brands Harvester Line. Kiddies, 100s ----___- 50 Record Breakers, 50s 16 00 Delmonico, 50s ~..--- 5 00 Epicure Panetela, 50 Ee 00 Perfecto, 60s -..-.. 95 00 The La Azora Line. Washington, 50s -_. 75 00 Biltmore, 50s, wood 38 00 Sanchez & Haya Line Clear — Cigars made ‘ampe, Specials, 50s —--.___ 75 00 Diplomatics, 50s -. 95 00 Bishops, 5608 ~.-__.. 115 00 Orig Favorita, 50 --_ 135 00 Originai Queens, 50s 150 Ov Worden Special, 25s 185 00 A. S. Valentine Brands. Little Valentines, 100 = 50 Victory, 50, Wood -- 75 00 DeLux Inv., 50, Wd. 38 00 Royal, 25, Wood -- 112 00 Abram Clark. 50 wd 58 00 Alvas, 1-40, Wood -_ 125.00 Webster Cigar Co. Plaga, 50s, Wood ~—. 95 00 Belmont, 50s, Wood 110 00 St. Reges, 50s, Wood 125 00 Vanderbilt, 25s, Wd 140°00 Ignacia Haya Extra Fancy Clear Havana Made in Tampa, Fla. Delicades, 50s _____ 115 00 Manhattan Club, 50 135 00 Bonita, 50 150 00 Queens, 258 ---.--__ 180 00 Perfecto, 25s ....___ 185 a0 Corono,, 25s —_....._. 240 00 Starlight Bros. La Rose De Paris Line Coquettes, 5Us ._-_._ 65 00 Caballeros, 60s ~_____ 70 06 Rouse, 60s 115 00 Peninsular Club, 25a 150 0@ mleos, 268 22 150 00 Palmas, 258 175 00 Perfectos, 25s ~--.___ 195 06 Rosenthas Bros. R. B. Londres, 50s, Tissue Wrapped —. 68 00 B. Invincible, 50s, Foil Wrapped --.. 70 00 Union Made Brands El Overture, 50s, foil 75 00 Miozy,. 608 220 58 00 Our Nickel ‘Brands MAORa, 2 100 31 00 New Currency, 50s __ 35 00 Z40ba, 1008 35 00 New Pantella, 100 -_ 37 50 Cheroots Old Virginia, 100s -. 23 50 Stogies Home Run, 50, Tin 18 50 Havana Gem, 100 wd 26 00 Dry Siitz; 1008 — 26 50 CIGARETTES. One Eleven, 15 in pkg 96 Beechnut, 20, Plain —_ 5 6 Home Run, 20, Plain 6 Yankee Girl, 20, Plain 6 00 Sunshine, 20, Plain ene Red Band, 20 Plain, _. 6 Stroller, 15 in pkg. 96 Nebo, 20, Plain ~--- 7 00 Camels, 20, _ wees 6 80 Reiu, 20, Plain ----_. 7 80 Lucky een Z0s 2. 6 Sweet Caporal, 20, pl. 6 Windsor Castle Fag 2U 8 00 Chesterfield, 10 & 20 6 Piedmont, 10 & 20, Pl. 6 Spur, 20, Fiain 2. 6 00 Sweet Tips, 20, Plain 7 60 Idle Hour, 20. Plain __ 7 50 Omar, 20, @Piain —._.. 8 00 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 —-. 8 80 Helmar, 20, Plain -- 10 50 English Ovals, 20 Pl. 10 50 Turkish Trop., 10 ck 11 50 London Life, 10, cork 11 50 Helmar, 10, Plain ._ 11 50 Herbert Tarryton, 20 12 25 Egyptian Str., 10 ck. 12.00 Murad, 20, Plain ___ 15 50 Murad, 10, Plain -_. 16 00 Murad, 19, cork or pl. 16 @0 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 00 Melach’o, No. 9, 10,St 16 50 Melach’o, No. 9, 20, St 16 50 Natural, 10 and 20_. 16 00 ge at No. 15, 10, ee 16 00 Pall Mall Rd., 20, pl. 21 Benson & Hedges, 10 20 Rameses, 10, Plain -_ 17 50 Milo Violet 10, Gold 20 00 Deities, 10. 21 00 Condex, 10... 22 00 Phillips Morris, 10 —. 21 00 Brening Own, 10, Pl. 28 00 Ambassador, 10 -_-. 30 00 Benson & Hedges Tuberettes -------- 55 00 CIGARETTE PAPERS. Riz La Croix, Wh., dz. 48 Riz La Wheat Br., dz 48 Riz Tam Tam, pr doz. 42 Zig Zag, per 100 7 26 TOBACCO—FINE CUT. Liggett & Myers Brands iggusine, 10c, doz. = 96 Hiawatha, 16 oz., dz. 11 00 Red Bell, 10c, doz... 96 Red Bell, 35c, doz.. 2 95 Red Bell, 75c Pails dz. 7 40 Sterling, 10c, doz. -. 96 Sweet Burley, 10c, dz. 96 Sweet Burley, 40c foil 3 85 Swt. Burley, 95c Dru. 8 50 Sweet Cuba, 10c, dz. 96 Sweet Cuba, 40c, doz. 3 85 Sweet Cuba, 95c Pail 8 50 Sweet Orange, 10c, dz 96 Scotten Dillon & Co. Brand Dan Patch, 0 Ojibwa, 10c, ee oa = 98 Ojibwa, 8 oz., doz.__ 3 85 Ojibwa, 95c, doz. --.. 8 5 Ojibwa, 90c, doz. ---. 8 00 Sweet Mist, 10c, doz. 4 Uncle Daniel, 10c, doz. Uncle Daniel, 16 oz. 10 20 J. J. Bagley & Co. Brands. Mayflower, 16 oz., dz. 16-00 P. Lorrilard Brands Pioneer, 10c, doz. -. 96 Tiger, 10c, doz. Tiger, 50c, doz. 96 ~-< #20 Weyman Bruton Co. Brand Right Cut, 10e; dog) $5 W-B Cut, 10c, doz. -. 95 PLUG TOBACCO. American Tovacco Co. _ Brands. Amer. Navy, 10c doz. 1 00 Amer. Navy, per plug 64 Jolly Tar, 24, per plug 16 Gold Rope, ‘10c, doz. 1 00 Boot Jack, 15c, doz. 1 44 Piper Heidsieck, 10c_ 99 Piper Heidsieck, 20c_ 1 92 Spear Head, 10c cuts 1 00 Spear Head, per plug. 68 Square Deal, per plug 64 Standard Navy, 8 plg 64 Town Talk, per plug 56 Liggett & Meyers Brands. Clipper, per plug =... 56 Chops, We, dog. 2°: se Drummond Nat L l15e 1 44 Honey Dip Twist, 10c 96 Granger Twist, 10c,dz 96 Horse Shoe, per plug 74 J. T. Bright, per plug 56 J. T. Smooth, plug. 24 J. ts Be and R., plug. 24 King Pin, per plug ee ee King Pin, 10c cuts, ea. 08 Masterpiece, per plug 41 Picnic Twist, 10c, doz. 96 Spark Plug, gg case 1 92 Star, per plu 74 Uncle Sam, is 10c cut 2 56 Scotten, Dillon & Co. Brands. Bracer, per plug —_._ 33 Cream De Menthe, 10c 96 Peachey, per plug we (G4 Stronghold, per plug 64 Yankee Girl, ver plug 56 P. Lorrilard Brands. Climax, 10c tins, doz. 96 Climax’ Smooth, plug 72 Climax Thick, per plug 72 Red Cross, 10 euts.. 96 Red Cross, per plug 48 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Brands. Apple, 5 lb. Butt, lb, 72 Caramel Twist, per lb. 34 Gravely Superior, l0c 96 Humbug, per ib, 1 22 Mismet; per. ib, 2. 1-05 Liberty Bell, per lb. 65 Maritana, 15¢ Foil, dz. 1 44 Mickey Twist, per lb. 72 John J. Bagley & Co. Brands. Maple Dip, per plug_. 56 SMOKING TOBACCO, American Tobacco Co. Brands. Banner, L. C., a dz. 99 Banner, L. C., 40c, dz. 3 4 Biue Boar, 25c Foil 2 28 Blue Boar, 30c Vac tin 2 76 Bob White, gran., 10c 99 Bull Durham, 10¢, az. 99 Drum, Gran., 10e, dz. 99 Five Bros., 10c, doz. 99 Giant, L. C., 10c, dz. 99 Giant, lh. C., 30c, ‘dz: 2-88 Giant, L. C. Pails, - 6 84 Garrick, 30c Foil, 2 70 Imperial Cube Cut, 300 2 88 Lucky Strike, R Cut 1 53 Myrtie Navy Plug Cut 99 Myrtle Navy, 15¢ Po. 1 44 Navy, G. & A., 10e =.” 99 Nigger Hair, 10c, doz. 99 Nigger Hair, Pails, dz 8 40 Nigger Head, P. C. 10e 99 Old English, C. C. 16c 1 53 Peerless, Ll. C., 10c_. 99 Peerless, L. C., 35ce dz. 3 36 Peerless, L. ron Pails 7 44 Roh. Roy, Li. C., -10e -95 Rob Roy, L. C., 40c 3 84 Rob Roy, L. C., pails 8 40 Sweet Maple Scrap 96 Soldier Boy, L. C., i0e 99 Soldier Boy, L.C., pail 7 32 Tuxedo, Gran. —. 15@1 49 Tuxedo, Gran. Cut plugs, 8 oz. tins —. 6 72 Yale Mix., 15 vac. tin 1 44 Liggett & Meyers Brands. Briar Pipe, doz. -... 96 Cuban Star, L. C., 10c 96 Cuban Star, Pails, dz. 6 90 Corn Cake, Gran. 5c 48 Corn Cake, Gran., 10c 9€ Corn Cake, Gran., 25¢ 2 4¢ Corn Cake, Gran., 50c 4 80 Duke’s Mixture, l0c_. 96 Glad Hand, L. C., 10e 96 Growler, L. C., 10c_. 96 Growler, L. C., Growler, L. C., La Turka, Plug C. 15c 1 44 Noon Hour L. C., 10c 96 O. U., Gr. Cut P., 10c 96 OC. Be, Py, 90c jars 9 00 ilot, Long Cut, 25c 2 50 Plow Boy, 10c, doz. 96 Plow -Bey, 70c Pails 7 40 Summertime, 10c, doz. 96 Summertime, 30c, dz. 2 90 22 \s. 00 ' Edgeworth August 30, 1922 Summertime, 65c Pails 6 50 Sweet Tip Top, 10c, dz 96 Velvet, Cut Plug, 10c 96 Velvet, Cut Plug, tins 1 53 Velvet, Cut Plug, 8 oz. 6 72 Velvet. C. Pl., 16 oz. 15 84 Yum Yum, 10c, doz. Yum Yum, 70c pails 6 80 Brands. P. Lorillard’s Beechnut Scrap, Buzz, L. C., ec, 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 Leader, $1 tin 9 60 Union Leader, 10c, dz. 96 Union Leader, lic, dz. 1 44 War Path, 35c, doz. 3 35 Scotten Dillon Co. Brands ©. a Dan Patch, 10c, doz. 96 Dillon’s Mixture, 10c 96 G. O. P., 85c, doz. _. 3 00 G,: 0. F., 10c,: doz _.. 96 Loredo, 10c, doz. -.. 96 Peachy, Do. Cut, 10c 96: Peachy Scrap, 10c, dz. 96 Peninsular, 10c, doz. 96 Peninsular, 8 oz., dz. 3 00 Reel Cut Plug, 10¢, dz 96 Union Workman Scrap, 10c, doz. Way Up, 8 oz., 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, lOc, dz 96 Big 9, Clip., 10c, doz. 96 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, 10¢ -____ Buckingham, 10c, Buckingham, 15c Gold Shore, l5c, Hazel Nut, 10c, doz. 96 Kleeko, 25¢, doz. 2 40 Old Colony, Pl. GC. 17c 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 Eight Bros., 10c, doz. 96 Hight Bros., Pails, dz. 8 40 &. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Brands. ne hg Washington, 0c, GOe, 2 Old Rover, 10c, doz. 96 Our Advertiser, 10c, 96 Prince Albert, 10c, dz. 96 Prince Albert, 17c, dz. Prince Albert, 8 oz. tins, without pipes _ 6 72 Prince Albert, 8 oz. and Pipes, doz. __ Prince Albert. 16 oz. 1B oe Stud. Gran. 5c, doz. 48 Whale, 16 oz., doz. __ 4 80 Block Bros. Tobacco Co. Mail Pouch, 10c, doz. 96 Falk Tobacco Co., Brands. American Mixture, 35c 3 30 Areadia Mixture, 25c 2 40 Champagne Sparklets, 30e, doz. Creshague Sparklets, 90c, OZ. 8 Personal Mixture ____ 6 60 Perique, 25¢e, per dob. 2 25 Serene Mixture, 16c dz 1 60 Serene Mixture, 8 oz. 7 60 Serene Mixture, 16 oz 14 70 Tareyton Lundon a ture. 50c., doz. Vintage Blend, 25c dz. 3 30 Vintage Blend, 80 tins 7 50 Vintage Blend, $1.55 tins, doz. 14 Superba Tobacco Co. Brands. Sammy Boy scrap, dz 96 Cigar Clippings Havana Blossom, 10e 96 Havana Blossom, 40c 3 95 Knickerbocker, 6 oz. 3 0C ag ak i 10c, doz. 96 O. W., 6 oz., doz. 3 00 Royal Major, 10e, doz. 96 Royal Major, 6 oz., dz. 3 00 Royal Major, 14 oz. dz 7 20 Larus & Bro. Co.’s Brands. Edgeworth Ready Rub- bed, iic Tins‘... -- Edgeworth Ready Rub- bed, 8 Sar = 7 00 Edgeworth Rea ub- — 16 oz. tina. dz. 14 50 Edgeworth Sliced Plug, : 17c tins, doz. 1 Sliced Plug, doz. ----- 3 55 35c_ tins, United States Tobacco Co. Brands. Central Union, 15c, dz. 1 44 Shag, 15c Tins, doz. 1 44 Shag, 15e Papers, doz. 1 44 Dill’s Best, 16c, doz. 1 52 Dill’s Best Gran., 16¢ 1 52 Dill’s. Best, og Tins 1 52 Sn Copenhagen, a. roll 64 Seal Blandening, 10c 64 Seal Goteborg, 1l0c, roll 64 Seal Swe. Rapee, 10c 64 Seal Norkopping, 10c 64 Seal Norkopping, 1 lb. 85 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy ag Standard 27.200 Jumbo Wrapped ‘ure Sugar Stick, 600’s i ‘oe Big Stick, 20 Lb. case 18 Mixed Candy Pails Kindergarten | ss 18 ender 200 16 Mee ae Ore 8 os eae 13 Erench Creams. 2. 18 CARGO eee ee ee 19 Grocera.: 5208 oie 11 Fancy Chocolates. 5 Ib. Boxes Bittersweets, Ass’ted 1 75 Choe Marshmallow Dp 1 60 Milk Chocolate A ae 95 Nibble Sticks --.... 00 Primrose: Choc, (25.2 125 Wo. 12 Choc...) es 1 70 Chocolate Nut Rolls — 1 90 Gum Drops Pails Anise oe es 17 Orange Gums _____-__ 17 Challenge Gums —_-__ 14 FAVOR oo) ee oe 20 Srperion 222 19 Lozenges. Pails A. A. Pep. Lozenges 16 A. A. Pink Lozenges 16 A. A. Choc. Lozenges 17 Motto Hearts 19 Malted Milk Lozenges 21 Hard Goods. Pails Lemon Drops 19 F. Horehound Dps Amise Souares .o2 Peanut Squares _____ 20 Horehound Tablets __ 20 Pop Corn Goods. Cracker Jack, Prize ca Cheekers, Prize _- Cough Drops Boxen Farnam @ 1 30 Smith Bros: 2a 1 50 Package Goods Creamery Marshmallows 4 oz. pkg, 12s, cart. 95 4 oz. pkg, 48s, case 3 75 Specialties. Arcadian Bon Bons __ 19 Walnut Fudge —______- 23 Pineapple Fudge -__--- 21 Ttalian Bon Bons __- 18 National Cream Mints 25 Silver King M. Mallows 30 CRISCO 36s, 24s and 12s. Less than 5 cases -_ 21 Hive Cases 2 ae Wen cases. 20. Twenty-five cases -__ 0% 6s and 4s. Less than 5 cases -- an Rive eases. 242500 19 "ew Gases — ce 19% Twenty-five cases -- 19 COUPON BOOKS 50 Economie 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 1b. boxcs 2222 38 DRIED FRUITS Annies Evap’d Choice, blk. --.. 20 Apricots Evaporated, Slab ---. 30 Evaporated, Fancy --.. 36 Citron i 20 1. Dose ee 45 Currants Package, 15 oz. ---- 18% Boxes, Bulk, per Ib. ~~ 18 Peaches Evap. Fancy, Unpeeled 21 Peel Lemon, American ---- 24 Orange, American —_-- 26 de rsaced 12% Seeded, bulk: oo Seeded, 15 oz. pkg. -. 14% Seedless, Thompson ~_ 13% Seediess, 1 lb. pke. -- 19 California Prunes 90-100 25 lb. 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 lb. boxes ~.@18 30-40 25 Ib . boxes --@21 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN FARINACEOUS GOODS Beans Med. Hand Picked __ 10 Cal. Tanase cee 09 Brown, Swedish ______ Red Kidney —_____. 10 Farina 25 1 Ib. packaves ___. 2 80 Bulk, per 100 Ibs. _-__. 06% Hominy Pearl, 100 Ib. sack __ 2 50 Macaroni Domestic, 20 lb. box 07 Domestic, broken bbls. Armours, 2 doz. -._. 1 60 Fould's. » doz., 8 oz. 1 20 Quaker,.2. doz. 20. 1 85 Pearl Bariey Chester (0 ee 3. 75 Peas Seoten: Ip. Ge 07 SDH iby 2 ce out 08% Sago Bast Indiq: 2... 07% Taploca Pearl, 00 lb. sacks __ 07% Minute, 8 oz., 3 doz. 4 05 Dromedary Instant <3 60 FISHING TACKLE Cotton Lines No: 2, 15 feet 1 15 Wo. 3.15 tect 22 1 60 INO. © 18 feet 60 1 80 Io. 5. if feet 1 95 No. 6. 15 fect 2 210 Linen Lines Small, per 100 yards 6 65 Medium, per 100 yards 7 25 Large, per 100 yards 9 00 Finats No. 1%, per gross wd. § 00 No. 2, per gross, wood 5 50 No. 2%, per gro. wood 7 50 ee Size 1-12. per 1.000 __ 1 08 Size 1-0, per ae eee oan Size 2-0. per 1.900 __ 1 45 Size 3-0, per 1.900 __ 1 65 Size 4-0. per 1.000 £2 6 Size 5-0, per 1,000 __ 2 45 Sinkers No. 1, per gross _____ 65 No. 2, per gross ___—_ 0 No. 3, per gross _____ 90 No. 4. per gross _____ 1 20 No. 5, per gross _____ 1 60 No. 8, per gross _____ 2 00 No. 7, per gross _____ 2 60 No. 8, per gross _____ 3 75 No. 9, per gross _____ 5 20 No. 10, per gross ____ &@ 75 FLAVORING EXTRACTS Jennings Pure Vanilla Turpeneless Pure ee er Lon 7 Dram 2c 1 35 1M Ounce ee 1 75 2 Ounce 2 Sie 2 75 24 Ounce 2 eee 3 00 24% Ounce 3 25 4 Ounce 2a 5 00 § Ounce 8 50 7 Dram, Assorted ___ 1 35 14% Ounce, Assorted__ 1 75 FLOUR AND FEED ~ Valley ing Milling Co. cas a" ite, % Paper eee Queen, 24% Light Loaf Spring Wheat, 24%s Roller Champion 241% Snow Flake, 24i%s Graham 25 Ib. per cwt Golden Granulated Meal, 25 Ibs., per cwt., N Rowena Pancake Com- pound, 5 lb. sack __ Buckwheat Compound, 5 lb. sack Watson Higens Milling New Petes. Ws 7 20 Red Arrow, %s ee 1 30 Worden Grocer Co. American Eagle, Quaker, Pure Gold, Forest King, Winner. Meal Gr. Grain M. Co. Bolted: 22 2 25 Golden Granulated __2 45 Wheat ING: bs Red oe 92 No. -E White: 2. 2 90 ats Carlote: 20 es 38 Less than Carlots ____ 46 Corn Cavicts 28 es 72 Less than Carlots —... 77 Carlots 18 OO Less than Carlots __ 22 00 Feed dase Car Feed ___ 30 00 ho. 1 Corn & Oat Fd 30 00 Ciseked Corte 2s 30 00 €.arrzre Corn Meal _ 30 00 FRUIT JARS Mason, pts., per gross 8 25 Mason, qts., per gross 9 60 Mason, % gal., gross 12 60 Ideal Glass Top, pts. 9 75 Ideal Glass Top, qts. 11 50 Ideal Glass Top, % Salon: 22 a 15 50 GELATINE Cox’s 1 doz., large __ 1 90 Cox’s 1 doz., small __ 1 25 Jello-O, 3 doz. ______ 3 45 Knox’s Sparkling, doz. 2 25 Knox’s Acidu’d, doz. 2 25 Minute, 3 doz. ______ 4 05 Plymouth, White ____ 1 55 GRANULATED LYE. Wanders. Single cases ___-____ 5 15 o% Cases 0 5 04 546 cases | 4 95 YO Caden 20s 7h, 87 % cases, 24 to case_ 2 60 CHLORINATED LIME. Binate cases, case ____ j 60 2% cases, case _____ 4 48 546 cases, case _____ 4 40 10 cases, case ______ 32 % case, 25 cans to C&S6; Case 2205 2 35 HIDES AND PELTSs Hides Green, Nor: 1 22 12 Green, No. 22 11 @ured,)) No.) 2250 13 Cured, No. 20 2a: 12 Calfskin, green, No. 1 15 Caliskin, green, No. 2 138% Calfskin, eured, No. 1 16 Calfskin; cured, No. 2 14% Horse, No. 1 ____..__ 3 Horse, No. 2 Unwashed, Unwashed, Fine medium @30 rejects @20 30 HORSE RADISH Per doz., 7 oz. _______ 1 25 JELLY AND PRESERVES Pure, 30 Ib. pails __. 2 60 Pure 7 oz. Asst., doz. 1 20 Buckeye, 22 oz., doz. O. B., 15 oz., per doz. JELLY GLASSES S“02.> Der doz 200 ot) 35 MATCHES. Biue Ribbon, 144 box. 7 55 Searchlight, 144 box. 8 00 Safe Home, 144 boxes 8 00 Old Pal, 144 boxes __ 8 00 Red Stick, 720 le bxs 6 50 Red Stick, 144 bxs __ 5 25 Safety Matches. Red Top, 5 gro. case 5 25 MINCE MEAT. None Such, 3 doz. __ 4 85 Quaker, 3 doz. case __ 4 00 Libby Kegs, Wet, lb. 25 MOLASSES. New Orleans Fancy Open Kettle -__ 60 Colca, 28. ee 48 ClOOG | oo 36 ED oe sae 32 Half barrels 5c extra Molasses in Cans. Red’ Hen, 24, 2 Ib. __ 2 70 Red Hen, ao 2% Ib. 3 25 Red Hen, 12, 5 lb. -_ 3 00 Red Hen, 6, 10 Ib. -2 2 90 Ginger Cake, 24, 2 Ib. 3 00 Ginger Cake, 24, 2% lb. 3 75 Ginger Cake, 12, 5 lb. 3 75 Ginger Cake. 6. 10 Ib. 3 50 Dove, 36, 2 lb. Wh. L. 5 60 Dove, 24, 2% lb Wh. L 5 20 Dove, 36, 2 lb. Black 4 30 Dove, 24, 34 lb. Black 3 90 Dove, 6, 10 lb. Blue Li 4 45 Palmetto, 24, 2% Ib. 415 NUTS. Whole Almonds, Terregona_. 22 Brazil, Large —... 14 Fancy mixed ___.___. 21 Fiberts, Sicily ....__ 16 Peanuts. Virginia, raw 0814 Peanuts, Vir. roasted 10% Peanuts, Jumbo raw 09% Peanuts, Jumbo, rstd 12% Pecans, 3 star _.__-___ 22 Pecans, Jumbo ---_.. 80 Walnuts, Grenoble —. 34 Walnuts, Sorento --_. 85 - Salted Peanuts Faney, NO. bP 2 13 SPU Dek 21 Shelled ALMONGS oo 50 Peanuts, Spanish, 125 Ib. bags 2. 11346 Biberte: oo ee 50 Pecans oy 80 Walnuts 75 OLIVES. Bulk, 2 gal. kee _ 300 Bulk, 3 gal. keg ____ 4 50 Bulk; 5 gal. kee =. 7:00 Quart, jars, dozen __ 5 25 4% oz. Jar, plain, dz. 5% oz. Jar, pl., doz. 10 oz. Jar, plain, doz. 16% oz. Jar, Pl. doz. 3 50 3% oz. Jar., stuffed_ 1 45 8 oz. Jar. Stu., doz. 2 40 a oS 9 oz. Jar, Stuffed, doz. 12 oz. Jar, Stuffed, dz 4 50 PEANUT SUrine. Bel Car-Mo Brand 8 oz. 2 doz. in case 2:55 24 4 Ib. pails __-) 4 45 12. 2) Ib. pails 2 2 4 25 5 Ib. pails 6 in crate 4 85 20 tb: pails _2 2 14% OG: Ib. tins. 3 = 13% PETROLEUM PRODUCTS Iron Barrels Perfection Kerosine __12.6 Red Crown Gasoline, Tank Wagon 2F3 Gas Machine Gasoline 40.2 Ve MM. P. Naptha 26.2 Capitol Cylinder ____ 42.2 Atlantic Red Engine 23.2 Winter Black ._.-____ 13.7 (P olarine Iron Barrels. Medium Light Medium heavy Finol, 4 oz. cans, doz. 1.40 Finol, 8 oz. cans, doz. 1.90 Parowax, 100, 1 Ib. TZ Parowax, 40, 1 ib. _ 7.4 Parowax, 20, 1 ib, = 7.6 Semdac, Semdac, 12 pt. cans 2 85 12 qt. cans 4 36 PICKLES Medium Sour Barrel, 1,200 count —. 13 00 Half bbls., 600 count 7 50 10 gallon kegs --.. 5 50 Sweet Small 30 gallon, 2400 —- _.. 33 00 15 gallon, 2000 -_-.__ 17 50 10 gallon, 800 ~--__- 12 75 Dill Pickles. 800 Size, “ gal. _... 10 00 PES Cob, 3 doz. in bx 1.00@1 20 PLAYING CARDS Broadway, per doz. _. 2 40 \o. 90 Steamboat -__. 2 75 Blue Ribbon 4 Criecket€ 2. Congress POTASH Babbitt’s 2 doz. -... 2 76 FRESH MEATS. Beef. Top Steers & Heifers 16 Good Steers & Heifers 16 Med. Steers & Heifers 14 Com. Steers & Heifers 11 Cows. SRO poe oe ieee ee 12 Good «ne 11 Medivimng. 2.0 se oa 10 Common -...---------. 08 a ce a ace Mutton. Good iors 2 12 Meddiunmt (ou il Reon see 08 Heavy hoes 20 3 12 Medium hogs —-__._.__ aa Light hogs o.--.2.:-_ 13 Sows and stags __.___ ae erry GEN eae ero MGES oe 13 Spouidas So 15 Flaws. ee 22 Spareribs =. 09 Neck bones _______ 05 PROVISIONS Barreled Pork Clear Back __ 23 00@24 00 Short Cut Clear 22 00@23 60 Clear oe 27 00@28 00 'y Salt Meats SP Bellies -. 17 00@19 00 ard ----advance 4% 80 Ib. tubs Pure in tierces 13@138% ope Lard 12@12% 69 lb. tubs ___.advance % 50 Ib. tubs ___.advance % 20 Ib. pails ___.advance % 10 lb. pails ___.advance % 5 Ib. pails _.__.advance 1 3 Ib. pails ____advance 1 Sausages Bologna: 22. 8 Eiver 22200 os sake Frankfort 33s 46 Pork 23002 ae eo" Mesh ee TOREUG oo it Heasitices Sasa 14 Smoked Meats Hams, 14-16, lb. 24 @27 Hams, 16-18, Ib. 24 @27 Ham, dried beet Sete ere 38 @39 California Hams 14 @15 Picnic Boiled Eras eS @32 Boiled Hams ____ 39 @41 Minced Hams... 14 @15 Bacon 22 Beef. Boneless _.__ 23 00@24 00 Rump, new -. 23 00@24 00 Mince Meat Condensed No. 1 car. 2 00 Condensed Bakers bee 31 Moist in glass ______ 8 00 Pig’s Feet Diss ee 2 15 44 -bbis:, 35 Ibs. 2. 4 00 Disses 7 00 Re 14 15 Tripe Kite, 1h Iba. 90 % bbis., 40 Ibs. ______ 1 60 % bbis., 80 Ibs. --___ 3 00 Casings Hogs, per Ib. _______. @42 Beef, round set semen Beef, middles, set__ 2 25@30 Sheep, a skein 1 75@2 00 Uncolored Oleomargarine @23 Solid Dairy __.___ 20 Country Rolls ______ _— Gem: Nut RIC Fancy Head ______ 64% @8 Blue: Rosé 2 07 Broken 20 03% ROLLED OATS Steel Cut, 100 lb. sks. 3 25 Silver Flake, 10 Fam. 1 90 Quaker, 18 Regular __ 1 80 Quaker, 12s Family __ 2 65 Mothers 10s, HVinum 3 30 Silver Flake, 18 Reg. 1 45 Sacks, 90 lb. Jute __ 2 75 Sacks, 90 Ib. Cotton__ 2 85 SALAD DRESSING Durkee’s large, 1 doz. Durkee’s med., 2 doz. Durkee’s Picnic, 2 dz. onider’s large, 1 doz. Snider’s small. 2 doz. SALERATUS Arm and Hammer --_ 3 75 SAL SODA Granulated, bbls. -_-_ 2 00 Granulated, 100 lbs es 2 25 uranulated, 36 2% Ib. Packages 2 40 COD FISH. Middles . 222.22. % Tablets, 1 lb. Pure .. 22 — % lb. Pure, Wood boxes, Pure _.__ 24 Porter House, 1 Ib. Tab. ¥ Whole Cod Holland Herring Standards, kegs - __.. Herring KKK x Norway -- * 00 & Ib. patie =). 40 Cut Bunch: joe + $0 Boned, 10 Ib. boxes .. 15 Lake Herring % bbl., 100 Ibs. -____ 6 00 Mackerel Tubs, 50 Ib. fancy fat 13 75 Tubs, 60 count —_-s_. 6 50 White Fish Med. Fancy, 100 ib, 13 00 see Sligo RR * Trilby, 100, 12c SNE ea aOR ED STE PCT h 38 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN August 30, 1922 SALT stax. 3 dos. __ 4 58 TABLE SAUCES . Colonial 24 2 ib. _.__ 90 La France Laun, 4 ds. 3 70 Lea & Perrin, large__ 6 oF Med. No. 1, Bbls. 2 70 Luster Box, 54 Sus ize & Porin, small_- $35 an Med. No. 1, 100 Ib. be 90 Farmer Spec., 70 Ib. $0 Packers Meat, 56 Ib. 56 Packers for ice cream 1 Bo 95 ome cas 47 Butter Salt, 280 Ib bbl. 4 50 Baker Salt. 280 Ib. bbl 4 25 Per case, 24 2 Ibs. Five case lots ~---___ 2 30 SHOE BLACKENING. 2 in 1, Paste, doz. -_ 1 35 E. Z. Combination, dz. 1 35 Dri-Foot, doz. ------ 2 00 Bixbys, Doz. —....... 1 35 Shinola, doz. —-_------ 85 STOVE POLISH. Biackine, per doz. —- Black Silk Liquid, dz. Black Silk Paste, doz. Enamaline Paste, doz. Enamaline Liquid, dz. E Z Liquid, per doz. Radium, per doz. Rising Sun, per doz. 654 Stove Enamel, dz. Vulcanol, No. 5, doz. Vulcanol, No. 19, doz. Stovoil, per doz. CD th BND Pek ek pe fe peek pel pe rd o SOAP. Am. Family, 100 box 5 7 Export, 120 box —__. 4 65 Flake White, 100 box 4 50 Fels Naptha, 100 box 5 60 Grdma White Na. 100s 4 85 Rub Nw More White Naptha, 100 box -_ 5 00 Swift Classic, 100 box 4 $0 20 Mule Borax, 100 bx ‘ 55 Wool, 100 box -_---. 50 Fairy, 100 box —--_-__ 5 50 Jap Rose, 100 box _... 7 85 Palm Olive, 144 box 4 00 Lava, 100 box -_-_-- 4 75 Pummo, 100 box ___. 4 85 Sweetheart, 100 box _ 5 70 Grandpa Tar, 50 sm. 2 00 Grandpa Tar, 50 Lge 3 35 Fairbank Tar, 100 bx : = Williams Barber Bar, 9s 50 Williams Mug, per doz. 48 Proctor & Gamble. 5 box lots, assorted Ivory, 100, 6 oz. —_ 6 50 Ivory Soap Fiks., 100s 8 Ivory Soap Fiks., 50s 4 Lenox, 120 cakes -__. 4 P. & G. White Naptha 5 Star, 100 No. 11 cakes 5 25 Star Nap. Pow. 60-16s 3 Star Nap. Pw., 100-10s 3 Star Nap. Pw., 24-60s 4 Tradesman Brand. Biack Hawk, one box 4 Black Hawk, five bxs 4 25 Black Hawk, ten bxs 4 Box contains 72 cakes. It is a most remarkable dirt and grease remover, with- out injury to the skin. CLEANSERS. ITCHEN — 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, 5¢e ___. 3 90 Grandma, 24 Large _ 3 80 Goid Dust. 100s _____ 4 00 Gold Dust, 12 Large : 20 Golden Rod, 24 ______ 4 25 Miracle Cm, 4 oz. 3 dz. 4 0 Miracle C., 16 oz., 1 dz. 4 00 Old Dutch Clean, 4 dz 4 00 Queen Ann, 60 oz. __ 2 40 Rinso, 100 oz. ~__-____ aout No More, 100, 10 a ieee ae 5 Rub. No More, 18 Lg. 4 25 —— Cleanser, 48, Sani Flush, 1 doz. Sapolio, 3 doz. -_.___ 5 Soapine, 100, 12 oz. — 6 40 Snowboy, 100, 10 oz. Snowboy, 24 Large — & 78 Speedee, 3 doz. 7 Sunbrite. 72 doz. ---. 4 00 Wyandotte, 48 —.---- 4 75 SPICES. Whole Spices. Allspice, Jamaica -. @13 Cloves, Zanzibar -.-. @38 Cassia, Canton Cassia, 5c pkg., doz. @40 Ginger, African Ginger, Cochin ~__--- @20 Mace, Penang ------ @70 Mixed, No. 1 ----_--- @22 Mixed, 5c ~~ doz. @45 Nutmegs, 70-80 __---- @30 Nutmegs, 105-110 --. @25 Pepper, Black ------ @15 Pure Ground In Bulk Alispice, Jamaica -. @16 Cloves, Zanzibar ~-----. 48 Cassia, Canton —-.. 22 Ginger, African ------ @22 Mustard or Mace, Penang ------- @75 Nutmegs: 2 @32 Pepper, Black --_---- @18 Pepper, White -----. @32 Pepper. Cayenne _--. @32 Paprika, Spanish --._ @32 Seasoning Chili Powder, 15¢ ---- 1 35 Celery Salt, 3 oz. 95 Sage, 2 oz. — 90 Onion Salt — 1 35 Garlic =.2.- 1 35 Ponelty, 3% oz. 3 25 Kitchen Bouquet 3 25 Laurel Leaves — 20 Marjoram, 1 oz. 90 Savory, 1 oz. — 90 Thyme, 1 oz. - 90 Tumeric, 2% oz. .--_ 90 6 STARCH Corn Kingsford, 40 Ibs. ---. 11% Powdered, bags ---. 93 Argo, 48 1 Ib. pkgs. -- 3 75 Cream, 48-1 4 Quaker; 40 4 Gloss Argo, 48 1 ib. ee 6 76 Argo, 12 3 Ib. pkgs. Argo, 8 5 Ib. pkgs. --_ - 310 Silver Gloss, 48 1s -- 11% Elastic, 64 pkgs. - 5 35 Tiger, 48-1 - 2 85 Tieer, 60 Ibs... 05% SYRUPS Corn Blue Karo, No. 1%, S doz. 22 1 88 Blue macs. No. 5, 1 dz 2 60 Blue Karo, No. 10, ae Oe. 2 40 Red Com No. 1%, 2 Cr ee 2 00 Red Karo, No. 5, 1 dz 2 80 Red Karo, No. 10, doz. 2 60 Maple Fiavor. Karo, Ib., 2 doz. — 3 95 Karo, ban 1 doz. —- 6 15 Maple and Cane Kanuck, per gal. ---- 1 50 — Bird, 2% Ib., as Sugar Bird, 8 on, 4 G68, 2 2 00 Maple. Johnson Purity, Gal. 2 50 Johnson Purity, 4 80g: 48: Of) 18 50 Sugar Syrup. Domino, 6 5 Ib. cans 2 50 Bblis., bulk, per gal. 30 Old Manse. 6: 10 1. cans: 40 2. o> 40e came 11 40 24. 2a, 1b. Cans 7 12 40 ma 1, 36, cans. . 3 7 08 5 gal. jacket cans, ea. 8 15 36, 8 oz. botties —.. 5°75 24. pint bottice. ......... 7 25 24, 18 oz, bottles —... 7 75 12, quart botties ____ 6 25 Silver Kettle. 6; 10: 1. Cans 40 ae, © 1b. Came. 9 15 24, 2% ib. cans: .... 16 15 48, 11%, lb. cans --__ 12 00 5 gal. “jacket cans, ea. 6 90 36, 8 oz. bottles _-__ 4 90 24, pint bottles -___ 6 00 OE; 38 OS. ee 6 25 12, quart botties 1... 5 25 Ko-Ka-Ma. 6... 310° ib: cams... 5 40 a2, 1D. Came 5 90 24, 2% Ib. cans _._.:6 65 5 gal. jacket cans, ea. 4 15 24, pint bottles -___ 4 50 24, 18 oz. bottles -_.. 4 75 Pepper ____ 60 Royal Mint 40 Tobasco _____ - 2 75 Sho You, 9 o z 70 A-1, large 76 A-1, small 3 60 CeperR 1 90 TEA. Japan weGiom = 34@38 ROICG oe Se 45@56 PAB oo 58@60 No. 3 Nibbs: 2. 62 1 lb. pkg. Siftings -. 18 Gunpowder PnOICR so 2 Paney 38@40 Ceyion Pekoe, medium --_.-. 33 Meirose, fancy ------ 56 English Breakfast Congou, Medium -_____ 28 Congou, choles ---- 35@36 Congou, Fancy ---. 42@43 Oolong Medium > 36 Cieite © oo 45 Taney oo 50 TWINE Cotton, 3 ply cone ___- Cotton, 3 ply balls -_- 38 31001, 6 ply 20 VINEGAR Cider; 40 Grain 2.) 28 White Wine, 40 grain 17 White Wine, 80 grain 22 Oakland Vinegar & Pickle Co.’s Brands. Oakland Apple Cider —. 35 Blue Ribbon Corn -__- 22 Oakland White Pickling 20 Packages no charge. WICKING No. 0, per gross --._ 60 No. 1, per gross -... 85 No. 2, per gross --_. 1 10 No. 3, per gross _.-. 1 85 Peerless Rolls, per doz. 45 Rochester, No. 2, doz. 50 Rochester, No. 3, doz. Rayo, per doz. WOODENWARE Baskets Bushels, narrow band, wire handles ----__ 1.90 Bushels, narrow band, wood handles Bushels, wide band ~_ 2 10 Marked, drop handle 75 Market, single handle 90 Market; extra ....... 1 25 Soint, taree __....- 8 50 Splint, medium ----- 7 50 Solint: smal: 7 00 Churns Barrel, 5 gal., each __ 2 40 Barrel, 10 gal., each__ 2 55 3 to 6 gal., per - 2s Egg Case No. 1, Star Carsler 5 00 No. 2, Star Carrier -_ 10 00 No. ¥ Star Egg Trays 4 5 No. 2, Star Egg Tray 9 00 Mop Sticks Trojan spring —------- 2 00 Eclipse patent spring 2 00 No. 2, pat. —— hold 2 00 Ideal, No i ~ Cot. ‘on Heads 1 80 12 oz. 16 oz. Cot. Mop Heads 2 40 Palis 10 at. Galvanized --_. 2 00 12 qt. Galvanize d__-. 2 20 14 qt. Galvanized -_-- 2 40 12 gt. Flarine Gal. Ir. 6 75 10 qt. Tin Dairy ---- 4 25 2 at. Tin Dairy —..- 4 19 Traps Mouse, wood, a holes _- 60 Mouse, wood, 6 holes _. 70 Mouse, tin. 5 holes oy 65 Ras. Woo Hat, spring z : Mouse, spring ------- Tubs Large Galvanized _-_ 7 80 Medium Galvanized 6 75 Small Galvanized -_ 6 00 Washboards Banner Globe ~------- 5 75 Brass, Single —~----~-- 6 75 Glass, Single~ ..---.-- 7 00 Double Peerless --.-- 8 25 Single Peerless ~------ 7 50 Northern Queen —---. 6 25 Universal 22... 7 50 Window Cleaners tn gs 1 66 ins oe a 1 85 6 tm. oe = 2:80 Wood Bowls 13 tn. Butter 00 1s in. Butter: -____... iv i. Butter... 18.00 19. -in.: Batter... WRAPPING PAPER Fibre, Manila, white 05% No. 1° Fitre 2 07% Butchers Manila —-_-- : PR oo oe YEAST CAKE Marte; 3 doz. 2...) 2 70 Sunlieht. 3 doz. _.-__. 2 70 Sunlight, 1% doz. __. 1 36 Yeast Foam, 3 doz. _s 2 70 Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 1 36 YEAST—COMPRESSED Fleischman, per doz. ~. 28 a EZ LS, Sz == Camping Trip Brings Out Home Training. Written for the Tradesman. “You were right, Auntie, about the human nature,” said my niece, telling me about the camping trip from which she has just returned. “I never saw so much human nature in my life. I didn’t know there were so many kinds of people in the world. Fifteen of us, and no two alike. “It was funny, too, to see girls that you thought were so nice and even- tempered and considerate and all that show their real selves the minute they got where everything wasn’t just what they were used to. “Take Molly—she was just a spoiled baby. There really werent many mosquitoes—not as many as I expect- ed—but you’d have supposed that every one of them was put there just out of malice to bite Moily. And she was so fussy about her food that she made all the rest of us miserable. I found out that she has been waited on by servants all her life, and never has had to put up with anything she didn’t like. I must say, though, that she improved. When she found that people weren’t going to wait on her, and didn’t have any sympathy for her mosquito bites (being occupied with bites of their own), she did try to adapt herself, and after a few days she got to be almost a good sport. “The first night we were pretty tired, and everybody just tumbled into her cot, without making sure that she had blankets enough. And it was cold. That is one thing I found out; you must not judge what you are going up against by the heat in the city when you are packing up. “Harriet was really afraid of the ba’'sam bed that the guide made for her. She thought it would be full of ‘tree-bugs,’ as she called them. She insisted on having a cot, which she brushed off very carefully. And in the morning when she looked up and saw a couple of spiders on the roof of the tent she said she wasn’t very well ad would have to go home. “But Prof. Watkins—he’s an en- tomologist, you know, and really got up the party—took her in hand, and got her so interested in spiders and bugs that she forgot to be afraid of them. “IT tel you, selfishness shows when you are camping. There was one girl —never mind who; no, it wasn’t me; I’m selfish enough, but I do try to hide it—who always managed to have the soft spot to sit, the warmest place by the fire, the best things to eat, the best cushion in the canoe. Well, we all got onto_her, I can tell you. “Evelyn—that is the girl who is always late to breakfast—was always late in camp. No matter where we were going, or what we were going to do, she was never ready. Fina‘ly we got into the way of just going off without her. For a while she sulked and didn’t follow us; just stayed in camp and pitied herself; but when she found that we didn’t even act as if we’d missed her she woke up and began to be ready on time. I bet her mother has been waiting around for her all her life. “And Mary—she always wanted to be ‘invited’ to go with us, as if it wasn’t her party as much as any- body’s. Mrs. Watkins noticed that we were always ‘inviting’ Mary, and told us not to do it. had stayed behind with the blues a couple of times she began to belong, and go with us without anything be- ing said to her. “Betty was the most fun! You never saw anybody who knew — so many things. The Professor said he guessed she was born with a monkey wrench in her hand. She could fix a fish net or build a fire or mend any- thing with a niece of wire. She cleaned fish and helnoed cook and showed us how to roll out the biscuit dough and wind it around a forked stick like a pretzel and keep it turning before the fire until it baked. Said she learned it from the Indians in Canada. When we praised her for her ability, she said her father taught her to keep her eyes open*and use her hands. She was the dearest, jolliest thing! “And there was one lazy girl—just a shirk, that is all. When there was anything to be done, she always man- aged to be away somewhere, and come back after somebody e'‘se had finished it. It was as much as we could do to get her to make her own bed. But she could eat! “T tell you, Auntie, I saw home training come out on that trip. I never appreciated before how a girl can be just made or spoiled by the way she thas been brought up. You could pick ovt the ones who haven't been taught to do anything and the ones whose parents have opened their eyes to people and things about them. And the selfish ones and the lazy ones and the careless and indifferent ones. Every girl there was a walking advertisement of the kind of home she came from.” Prudence Bradish. (Copyrighted, 1922.) Her Hope. The Carrs already had a very large family when the arrival of another little Carr was announced. “My goodness,” exclaimed one of the long-suffering neighbors, “it is certainly to be hoped that this is the caboose. So after Mary, August 30, 1922 THE GOOD OLD DAYS. Fun and Contentment in Ante-Bellum Times. Grandville, Aug. 29—Ah, the golden butter that mother used to make! After we had lived off the strong axle grease shipped from Chicago in oak firkins labeled “Butter,” this change was like quitting earthly things and flying directly to Paradise. Our modern boys and girls imagine they have things so much better than did their ancestors, but when you come down to brass tacks there is nothing to it. There was more fun and contentment to the square foct in ante-bellum days than there is to a mile to-day. Old Timer, how do you know? That is putting it squarely isn’t it? and I reckon it is up to me to furnish the proof. Did you ever go miles through a frosty atmosphere to a spelling bee? One time we went with an ox team at that, a score of lightsome, cheerful lads and lassies piled into a long, straw-filled box on a pair of bob sleds. We made the old woods ring with our songs, (I didn’t sing) shouts and laughter. We forgot cold fingers and toes, frosted nose and ears, over the hilarity of the occasion, and when our best speller, Eleanor Ann, _ spelled down two other schools we felt as proud as peacocks. It was good wholesome fun anyhow, with no ac- cidents to mar its joyousness. There was fine skating on the big river, too, and many a lad has buckled or tied on his best girl’s skates with an elation that no auto joy ride can give to-day. Down the long expanse of glaring ice, through between the wood-clad hills, at a pace that would shame the best roadster of to-day, sped the girls and boys of old Muskegon days. There was fun enough for a million with only “us girls and boys” to en- joy it all. Racing was indulged in. Lines were formed and the skaters sped down across the white plain to the ring of steel, the cheers of many hands, and shouts of those who hailed the victor at the last. At one time, when as clerk in the pinewoods store I saw now and then nobby people from the city, noted their very precise manners and refined speech, I envied them their good for- tune and vowed that some time I would quit the big woods and become a city man myself. I have wandered far from the ancestral home _ since then, among cities and towns, along lakes and rivers, but never during it all has the o‘d, solid delights of back- woods days ever come to me. The good old days! Yes, they were good old days all right, and we of the woods, not appreciating them then, realize in after life how much cause we had to rejoice in that time of youth, fervid enthusiasm, unspoiled by the conventions of polite society. We had no libraries to consult, yet there were solid books to read such as were furnished by Dickens, Thack- ery and others although I, as a lad, did not take to the reading of Dickens. Sylvanus Cobb, Jir., was my ideal fic- tion writer, the fellow who contribut- ed so liberally to Gleason’s Pictorial of Boston and afterward to Bonner’s New York Ledger. The political bible was Greeley’s Tribune, which was so well distributed among the hardy sons of the North woods. It was the Tribune that taught the rising generation of that day to look with horror upon slavery as exemplified by Missouri border ruffian efforts to force the curse upon the territory of Kansas. “Bleeding Kansas!” It was such tales as came from the border land that fired the Northern heart and soon after placed the musket of the liberator in the hands of hardy, liberty loving men of the woods and prairies. The soldiers of that new country "usually fine crops. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 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. were hardy veterans from the outset and after sweeping their way, under Western leaders, to the Gulf, they turned about and went to the assist- ance of the East, placing a Western soldier at the head of the oft-defeated Army of the Potomac. Not until then did the crown of victory perch upon Northern arms. It was the sons of the West who made good when all others failed. It is a magnificent heritage handed down to us by the soldiers who followed Grant and Sherman. After that war for the Union things in the woods were not quite as before. Men who had been content to delve day by day in our little backwoods settlements, having been into the whirl of the world’s most thrilling ex- periences, were not satisfied with this narrow environment. Many of them went out to conquer, and did so, as witness the strong characters who made up our House and Senate im- mediately subsequent to the stirring scenes of the Civil War. That wild West experience was a good school for many a boy, and as he looks back over the years to-day you will find no word of condemnation from his lips of the part he played with others in the rugged wilderness. The skating, sleigh riding, coasting, spelling, writing and dancing of the winter season was supplemented in summer by canoeing, swimming berry- ing, fishing and horseback riding, so that no minute went to waste either summer or winter. It was a glorious experience, destined never to be again in this good old United States of ours. There is no real West to-day. The game that abounded in every nook and corner of the woods has all gone the way of the red Indian. Troutier, Alixey, Indian Bill and the rest of that band of invincibles are long since of the past. The Indian of yesterday has passed forever to that happy hunting ground so charmingly pictured by America’s poet laureate in Hiawatha. Those were good old days, let the modern sneer as he will at the old man’s reminiscing. Modern improve- ments are, to the lingering relic of the past, but a sacred marring of the land- scape of ye olden time. Old Timer. —_—_~2-.___ How the West Feels About It. The recent decline in the price of wheat has been disappointing to the producers, says a business man who has just completed a trip through the grain belt, but they are not discour- aged as they were when the big break came two years ago. The low price is offset in good measure by the un- These good crops have been raised at a minimum of ex- pense, and the reduction of freight rates has also mitigated the farmers’ feeling that they have a grievance. Finally, the farmers during the past two years have been practicing the strictest economy and have already re- duced their debts, many of which were incurred by unfortunate plunges in real estate speculations when prices were at the war-time peak, to a point where they can see their way out of the woods. Even if wheat stays at a doliar, though the West believes that when the export demand reaches its full volume it will send prices much higher, the farmers will still come through in much better shape than they did a year ago. Naturally, how- ever, they are not happy at seeing other prices advance while the prices of their products take the toboggan, and merchants in agricultural regions are noting a strong -resistance to higher prices for commodities of nec- essary consumption. If set in capital letters, double price. display advertisements in this department, $3 per Inch. No charge less than 50 cents. Small Payment with order is required, as amounts are too small to open accounts. Want to hear from party owning a good general merchandise business or other business for sale. State cash price and particulars. John J. Black, 130 St., Chip- pewa Falls, Wisconsin. 854 For Sale—Only laundry in town of 3,500. Will sell reasonable. Good reason for selling. For information, write Island City Laundry, Grand Ledge, Mich. 888 Exchange—Good forty-acre farm, stock and tools, for country store. De Coudres, Bloomingdale, Mich. 889 WANTED—To hear from merchants with stocks of goods to sell or trade. Write us—we have waiting lists of pros- pects. MERCANTILE BROKERAGE CO., MANCHESTER, TENN. 890 FOR SALE—Hardware and implement stock in good Southern Michigan town, on main line railroad, in good farming country. Good roads, schools, and churches. Also a 150-acre farm, well lo- cated, with good buildings. Would sell one or all, account too much to handle to attend to all. Address No. 891, care Michigan Tradesman. 891 For Sale—Grocery and meat market, stock, fixtures and building. Best loca- tion in town of 300. High school, good farming and fruit country. $4,000 cash, terms balance. Address No. 892, care Tradesman. 892 ~ For Sale—Grocery in small town. Good trade. Reason for selling, other busi- ness. Address No. 898, care Michigan Tradesman. 893 ICE CREAM, CONFECTIONERY, light lunch. Excellent location. Near Buick factory. Wonderful bargain. Preferably eash. Jliness reason for selling. Address George Rae, 901 Rankin St., Flint, i For Sale—General store. Good busi- ness, country location ten miles south of Grand Rapids on Division Road. Paul Brink, Ross, Mich. 878 For Sale—Good clean stock of dry goods, hardware, groceries, and boots and shoes. Will inventory around $5,000. You cannot put up buildings for price asked. Dwelling adjoining store. Lo- cated in a good farming community. Inquiries solicited. B. B. Norton Co., Owners, Lachine, Mich. 880 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. For Sale—Cash registers and store fix- tures. Agency for Standard computing scales. Dickery Dick, Muskegon, wee 6 Pay spot cash for clothing and furnish- ing goods stocks. L. Silberman, 274 Hast Hancock, Detroit. 566 For Sale—Undertaking and _ furniture stock, aggregating about $6,000. Will rent or sell building. Established twen- ty-one years. Always made money. Ad- dress No. 834, care Michigan ‘Trades- man. 834 MAN WANTED A man that has gone to the top— in present position—Must be familiar with all lines of general merchandise —with some advertising and card- writing experience. ARROW ADVERTISING SERVICE 914 Lindquist Bldg., Grand Rapids To Trade—I have a beautiful 160-acre farm three miles from Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, two miles from Normal college, to trade for a stock of good merchandise. This is a high-class place. Good reason for dealing. N. D. Gover, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 884 FOR SALE—Overland garage, 33x120 ft., two-story brick building. Best loca- tion in town. A _ nice all-year-around business. Reason for selling, owner’s failing health. A fine place for a hustler who can handle lots of help. Will sell all or part, and lease building. Overland Garage, A. G. Faist Prop., Chelsea, Mich. 886 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 For Sale—Confectionery and ice cream parlor in one of the best cities in Mich- igan. Population 6000, and only two soda fountains in the city. Doing a good dusiness. Reason for selling, have two stores. Will sell on reasonable terms. For particulars, write B. Mazzolini, St. Johns, Mich. 872 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. 98 Want whole or part stocks shoes, men’s wear or general mdse. E. C. Greene & Co., Jackson, Mich. 887 Bond Printing Is a Business in Itself It requires not only the proper Bond Blanks but a knowledge of Bonds coupled with skill and painstaking care. We Have the Blanks We Have the Skill We Use the Care BOND PRINTING IS OUR BUSINESS We undoubtedly print more Bonds and Certificates of Stock than any other printers in Michigan TRADESMAN COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS SAFE CO. Dealer in Fire and Burglar Proof Safes Vault Doors and Time Locks Largest Stock in the State. - Grand Rapids Safe Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. , SEAS IAM RADE LE a. A De ERAN 40 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN August 30, 1922 MIGHT CATCH THE HUMOR. When a man plants a tree for you he has to be a licensed forester. At least that is the rule in some places, and is coming to be the rule in others. If he hauls your trunk from the rail- way station, he has a license for that. If he teaches your children, he has a license. If he vaccinates you, he has a license. If he looks at your sick dog, he has one. He can’t even put in your plumbing or string your light fixtures without a certificate of his ability safely and properly to perform those services. Preachers, lawyers, food handlers, chauffeurs, pilots, and a long list of others all have licenses. But when a man decides to run for office and gets un on the platform with the representation of himself as able and capable at informing you about public affairs, no license is re- quired of him. He can err or pre- varicate about the fundamental facts of our Government and none may deny him the right. Not only may he offend in this man- ner. He does do it. To-day on a score or more platforms the candidate is stating naked facts, drawing bogus conclusions and appealing to false prejudices. And it is all to get votes. It does not cost the State of Michigan, for example, $1000 a year to keep any student in any State institution of learning for a year. But the statement has been made several times in the current campaign for an office which involves State educational institutions as much as it does the martial laws of Patagonia. It would be almost easier to enumerate the truthful assertions of candidates than to set down a list of the untruthful ones now being given currency. It is a pity that candidates cannot be forced to undergo some sort of examination which will test their fit- ness to judge of the truth and their willingness to cling to it, once they recognize it. If they could be placed under some sort of bond, moral or financial, to keep the truth, as it were, until safely elected to office, how dif- ferent would politics be! It almost makes one wonder why a candidate doesn’t come out on a platform of disagreeable truth just for the pub- licity which the novelty of it would assure to him. The voter might catch the humor of it and vote for him out of respect for his nerve. BACK TO BARTER. In Boston many years ago a canny landlord leased a piece of real estate for a long term of years at an annual rental of so many bushels of wheat. As dollars cheapened, the value of the wheat rose compensatingly, and so the rent remained nearly stable in pur- chasing power from year to year. Not exactly, of course, but the variation between the purchasing power of that rent fifty years ago and to-day is far less than if the rent were paid in money. Lately the Germans have been adopting this method. A peasant wo- man the other day leased so many acres for so many pounds of butter per annum. As the mark descends, her rental butter rises in value. This practice is bound to become cemmon wherever and whenever money be- comes insecure and unstable. In a pinch of that sort every one realizes that money is not wea‘th and acts ac- cordingly. In that conviction a trader exchanges one reality for another and the age of barter is reborn. Thus simple folk record their con- viction that fiat money becomes vitiat- ed money whenever a government overworks its currency presses. A strong government with a determined taxation programme and the confi- dence of its people can keep far more fiat money circulating than the total value of the “things” set aside and hoarded for its redemption. But a government weak in those respects cannot long keep its people measuring values in money when things are what they really want. Of course, from the standpoint of convenience and civiliza- tion and all that sort of thing, barter is a step backward. But under the circumstances, may it not be a sensible step? At least the move recommends itself to common sense, since practical, common-sense persons practice it. Barter in Europe will continue sens- ible and popular until the fundamental desires of the common man with some- thing to trade are met equally well by the state’s measuring rod—money. That rod having become too elastic to be depended upon, they who value stability go back to the fountain head of trade. From them the statesmen of Europe might learn that politics may have the first word but economics al- ways has the last. BETTER SALES METHODS. The Harvard Bureau emphasizes the need of three things in the retail jewelry business, and its recommen- dations apply in some degree to other lines of trade. First, there should be a more active interest in merchandis- ing, including display, salesmanship, advertising, and particularly the se- lection and aggressive selling of mer- chandise adapted to the special needs of the clientele of each separate store. In the second place, there is need for a more rapid rate of stock turnover. Most stores have a low rate of turnover, with the result that in years of receding prices there is a heavy loss on invetory values and a serious increase in carrying charges and other expenses. Finally, there is the need of reducing operat- ing expenses. The retail jewelry busi- ness made a poorer showing in this respect in 1921 than almost any other line. This reduction of cost per unit of sales can be effected in part by ob- serving the first and second of the foregoing recommendations, but still further economies can be _ effected through a careful analysis of the methods of the individual firm. OUR EXPORTS TO EUROPE. Our interest in Europe’s buying power is brought home to us by the figures of exports to various countries during the fiscal year ended June 30, just published by the Department of Commerce. Exports to Europe fell off 40 per cent., and exports to Great Britain, our best European customer, dropped 36 per cent. The absolute decline in value of exports to Europe was $1,340,000,000 and..in exports to Great Britain it was $482,000,000. Part of this was due, of course, to changes in price levels, but since the average decline in wholesale prices in the two comparative periods was ap- proximately 20 per cent., it is evident that the loss in trade may be explained on:y partly on this ground. Europe apparently has been able to buy only about 80 per cent. of her accustomed purchases from this country, and even this has necessitated our extending credits to purchasers amounting to several billions of dollars. CHEAP GRADES OF TEXTILES. Regardless of all the theoretical dis- cussion that has been going on in trade circles with regard to empha- sizing quality rather than price, it appears that the textile and clothing concerns which are determined to get the business are making every effort to keep prices near the levels of last year’s prices, although obviously the quality will not be the same. The consuming public is not yet reconciled to higher prices, but rather insists that prices must go still lower, while pro- ducers and distributors have been in- sisting that prices must eventually advance. An unusual quantity of re- worked wool and of wool and cotton mixtures is reported as going through the mills. This will not only bring a larger amount of low-grade, cheap fabrics on the market, but so far as these compete with higher-grade ma- terials they will tend to depress the price of the latter. Canned Cider Good Way To Use Apples. The canning of sweet cider is in- creasing. The Department of Agri- culture has just issued a bulletin, 1264, in which are discussed all the problems of cider making, from the selection of the fruit to the marketing of the finished product. There are a number of canneries in the United States which specialize in the canning of cider and. singular to state, the canned cider seems to keep better in the cans than do canned ap- ples from which it is made, for the reason, probably, that being a liquid it can be more thoroughly sterilized than can the apples. The blending of different varieties of app’es seems to froduce better re- sults and flavor. The early varieties of apples are more tart than the late varieties, but as some sugar is used in the canned cider that difference could be overcome. There are certain Government regu- lations which apply to the manufacture of fruit juices which the bulletin ex- plains. It can be obtained by writing to the U. S. Department of Agriculture Washington, D. C., and asking for it by the number. Why could not the canners of Mich- igan utilize the early crop of apples now going to waste in this State for cider canning? There is a good sale for it. >. Detroit—The Mann-Stevenson Feed Co., 5228 Grand River avenue, has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $10.000, all of which has been,,subscribed, $514.70 paid in in cash and $9,035.30 in property. . Give Us Back the Big Stick. Lansing, Aug. 29—I wish to con- gratulate you because of your well taken position and fearlessness in the editorial in the last issue of the Michi- gan Tradesman on the executive atti- tude toward the strike evil now threat- ening the Afnerican people and their industries and the livelihood of the strikers, their dependents and the pub- _ lic at large. You have wielded a blow on the head of a nail that should have been driven home long before the in- cipiency of action. Blind fools, the so-called working men, are led around by a gang of grafters masquerading as labor leaders and working men’s friends. The ma- jority of mankind have but one com- modity for sale—God given time. If it is not sold, and rightly, each day as it is given to us, it is gone forever. Price matters not. A moment squan- dered is gone forever. It can never be recalled or recompensed for; it is in the beyond. A few agitators, drawing large salaries, sapped from ignorant men, hold their jobs and perpetrate strikes for selfish motives, not love of general humanity. No two men are alike, nor can they perform and ac- complish like results, therefore can- not by joining a union bring mankind to a common level or equality of wage and manner of living. Every man has a right to quit work if he so desires, but there should be a law making it Piracy to keep those who will and want to work from assisting in keeping the great looms of life in action. Capital may be arrogant and sometimes those who have it in control may be oppres- sive, but with all of that there are too many to-day who are not giving value received for what they get. Both capital and labor are necessary but labor should work with capital and not for it, as is done in many cases. If mankind could be made to see that each in a way is dependnt on the other and more of the Golden Rule could be applied, there would’ be less of strife and misery in the world. The Ameri- can vision seems to be obscured by the getting of the doliar, rather than «he uplift of mankind. What we need and must have in home, city, society, state, and government, is men of strong. God-given character. even if they have to flourish the Big Stick, as one great American, Theodore Roosevelt, dared to do when occasion demanded. G. W. Burhans. Out of the Frying Pan. The proceedings brought against Will S. Canfield by the Crete Milling Co., in which he was arrested on a capias, were quashed by Judge Dun- ham when it was shown that the Crete Milling Co. had no standing in court because it was a foreign corporation and had not secured a license to do business in this State, as required by law. This leaves Canfield in a worse predicament than he was before, be- cause the penalty for doing business by the representative of an unauthor- ized corporation in this State is very severe—$500 fine and one year’s im- prisonment in the county jail. Can- field had a contract to act as agent for the Crete Milling Co., on which it is alleged he made default. —_++~>—___ Hillsdale—Joseph Baumgarten has purchased the interest of his partners, P. Ericson and R. Buchner in the Hillsdale Manufacturing Co., pants and overalls, and will continue the business under the same style. —_—_--+___—_ A ginger-snap is made of ginger and dough, and the clerk who is looking for a snap should remember that if he has the ginger he can get. the dough. The result will be the best kind of a snap. | | ann” ee WE es cABNT ORR PRICE. 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