Michigan Tradesman. _VOL. 3 Wm. ‘White & Co., MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWOOD LUMBER, Maple, Soft and Rock Elm, Basswood, Birch and Hemlock. Mills at Boyne City, on Pine Lake, and at Boyne Falls, on the G. R. & I. R’y. Correspondence Solicited. BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN. GRAN D RAPIDS, WEDN ESDAY, ESTABLISHED 1841. te ae THE MERCANTILE AGENCY .. G. than & Co. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada BEACH’S New York (Jaffee Rooms. 61 Pearl Street. Five Cents Each for all dishes served from bill of fare. Steaks, Chops, Oysters and All Kinds of Order Cooking a Specialty. FRANK M. BEACH, Prop. PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK. Cor. Monroe and Ionia Sts., Capital, $100,000. Liability, $100,000. Depositors’ Security, $200,000. OFFICERS. Thomas Hefferan, President. Henry F. Hastings, Vice-President. . Charles M. Heald, 2d Vice-President. Charles B. Kelsey, Cashier. DIRECTORS. D. D. Cody H. C. Russell 8. A. Morman John Murray Jas. G. MacBride J. H. Gibbs Wm. McMullen Cc. B, Judd D. E. Waters Jno. Patton, Jr. C. M. Heald Wm. Alden Smith Don J. Leathers Thomas Hefferan. Four per cent. interest paid on time certificates and savings deposits. Collections promptly made at lowest rates. Exchange sold on New York, Chicago, Detroit and all foreign countries. Money transferred by mail or telegraph. Muni- cipal and county bonds bought and sold. Ac- counts of mercantile firms as well as banks and bankers solicited. We invite correspondence or personal inter- view with a view to business relations. H. F. Hastings ALLEN DURFEE. A. D. LEAVENWORTH. Allen Durfee & Co., FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 103 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. KATON, LYON & 60., JOBBERS OF Stallonery and Books A Complete Line of HAMMOCKS, FISHING TACKLE, MARBLES, —= BASE BALL G00DS —= Our new sporting goods catalogue will be ready about February 10th. EATON,LYON &CO., 20 and 22 Monree St. IT WILL PAY YOU To Buy ALLEN B.WrisLey’s 5000 CHEER SOAP Leadin$ Wholesale Grocers keep it. PAUL EIFERT Manufacturer of Tronks, Traveling Bags and Cases SAMPLE TRUNKS AND CASES MADE TO ORDER. Write for Prices. 41 SO. DIVISION ST., Grand Rapids, - - Michigan. F, J] BARBER. A. C. MARTIN, BARBER, MARTIN & CO. GENERAL (Jommission (erchants FOR THE SALE OF Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Frvit, and all Kinds of Covntry Produce. 191 South Water Street, CHICAGO. THOMAS STOKES, WHOLESALE DEALER IN SALT FISH, New York City. Represented in Michigan by J. P. WISNER, Merchandise Broker, 17 Hermitage Block, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Who will quote prices by mail or call on dealers wishing a supply for lenten trade. OYSTERS We quote: SOLID BRAND —Selects a aS 24 ae... ce. 22 a c Seamaaras...... ...:.....- 20 DAISY BRAND —Selects Bete oes ocak ones 22 Pee 18 o Paver... ... 16 Favorites Standards, in bulk, a1. 25 per gal. Mince Meat. BEST IN USE. 20-1b. Pails EE 74e per lb, ee cee TiKe ’ 5-lb. Cans,"$4.00 per doz. 2-Ib. Cans’ (usual weight), 81.60 per doz. Choice Dairy Butter, 19c. Fresh Eggs, 18 Choice Messina Lemons, $3.50. Choice Oranges, $2.75 to 98.50. BE, PFRALLAS & SON Prop’s Valley City Cold Storage, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH | IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE WAR. Written for THz TRADESMAN. We were taking a lunch at the Windsor restaurant, in Chicago, and the conversation naturally turned upon the different varieties of food that could be hastily brought forward, if necessary, in this hurrying age. ** Of course,” said Charley Chase, my old-time companion and_ schoolmate, ** bread and cheese have always been the standards, but since you and I were boys numberless other articles been added, so that it is now quite convenient have select a good cold lunch from. the shelves, ready to sit down to, almost on the instant.’’ *“Quaite true,” I answered, ‘‘ and, speaking of lunches, Charley, reminds me of the question you asked when we first met each other a few days ago, and that was in regard to how I first obtained a start in the grocery business. As it has something interesting in it regarding lunch counters, we will adjourn to the office and you shall hear the story. You will remember that, when in my _ six- teenth year, my mother died. I drifted about here and there after that, finally bringing up in Davis county, lowa, at the age of 22 years and with about $120 in cash. It is too long a story now to tell you how I came there, but the vil- lage I had reached was small and quiet and so reminded me of dear old Canada that I at once fell in love with it. There were, at that time, two general stores and one good country hotel in the village. One of the stores was kept by Wheaton & DuBois, men formerly from Ohio, who furnished the larger share of supples for the surrounding country. The was hardly an apology for a business house, the stock being apparently the odds and ends of everything, and it was kept in an untidy manner by a sandy- haired native of Arkansas. The only grist mill within twenty miles was located here on a small stream of water. It was the weekly ‘ Mecca’ for farmers in all directions and really worth more to the village than a manufactur- ing plant employing a hundred hands. It was no uncommon occurrence for five or six farmers’ wagons to be seen here, waiting their turn to have their ‘grist’ ground, and some would be obliged to wait from twenty-four to thirty-six hours, and, as may be supposed, the one hotel did From all that I could see and learn in a week of the village and country adjoining, I imagined there was a good opening for an unpretending grocery and lunch counter combined ; so, obtaining a suita- ble room for the purpose, I made a journey to Keokuk in a farmer’s wagon and expended nearly all my cash capital for stock. The village was only a few miles from the Missouri line, and I at once obtained a large patronage from the farmers who came over from that State. There were a few reasons for this, of which, at first, | was not aware. People from Ohio and still farther east were looked upon as abolitionists, and the other was a flourishing business. MARCH 4, 1891. | prefer to step into almost any grocery store and | NO. 389 native Missourian avoided them when possible, while I, coming direct from Canada, was regarded in a far different light; and, having rented a ment room for my grocery, it half-base- was more retired and quiet than the large, roomy store of W. & D. and seemed to be pre- ferred on that account. I have observed that, in general, people do not like to lunch in the presence of strangers, and that the most popular lunch room is the one with many small tables, instead of one large one, as small groups of friends being by themselves. Such peo- ple did not feel obliged, in my small room, to be as particular about dropping particles of food upon the floor as if in a larger and more public store. occasionally I would customers speak a good word for me to each other, overhear my and remark that 1 was not so particular as Mr. So-and-So. Mine was the third place in the town where merchandise was sold, and there were no other com- petitors within ten or twelve miles. It is Sufficient to say that I was prosperous, had added much new stock in a few years, made hosts of friends across the Missouri border and was still doing busi- ness in the same town when the old flag was fired upon at Fort Sumpter. I do not think I fally follow. realized what was to believed that war meant hard times for the entire country, and retail merchants were get out of the business, as, there were but few customers. Everyone anxious to generally, At first, I, too, was disposed to close up my busi- ness, but, soon finding that such a course was not possible without serious loss, I settled quietly down to my work. Wheaton & Du Bois,being quite unpopu- lar in Missouri at this time, ly alarmed at the were serious- prospective loss of trade and in June, 1861, made prepara- tions to the State. It was the worst period I have ever known in which to dispose of a country leave stock of goods. Every business man seemed dazed at what was occurring daily and all trade was, for the time being, paralyzed. W. & D., finding that they could dispose of their stock only at a concluded to remove it to Northern Wisconsin, and, having on hand at the time nearly a car- loss, load of smoked and dried herring, which were a staple article of food peculiar to Missouri Iowa, the firm offered me special inducements to take them off their hands. As I would be the largest retail grocer left in the village, I reasoned that I would require them and might never again have the opportunity to purchase them at the price named. The fish were not only cheap to the con- sumer, but easily carried about; were fat and nutritious, perfectly preserved, and no lunch was thought complete without a few as an appetizer. Where they were all caught and prepared, I did not know at the time, but I knew that they came west by the carload, and, from fifty cents a box at wholesale a few and Southern years before, they had now fallen to twenty cents. Rather than pay freight so far on this lot and risk the sale of them there, the fish were offered me at eT mrwighe ste See PEN 2 twelve and a half centsa box. As the was I took them. total amount of purchase money only between $140 and $150, It was the best and most profitable purchase I ever made. Would you be- lieve it, it was really the one turning point in my life. Those who that historic period will rapidly, during the autumn 1861, merchandise of every ad- vanced in price, some articles produced wholly by the hand labor of had withdrawn defense of the nation being and four times their former price. Y i ean recall recollect how of description those who now been and gone in sold at three All articles of southern production, together with those of daily consumption by both citizen and were the first to re- eeive this impetus. Within from the time I purchased my herring, they had advanced to 40 cents per box and 371¢ in the East by the car lot, while my retail had rapidly creased, and then brought me 50 centsa box. ful. It was commencing to move from the great vaults of the nation, as well as from individuals who were voluntarily coming forward tendering their wealth to the Republic. were sufficiently far-seeing to know that there must be an increased demand for merchandise, which would so lessen the stocks that no factories could for a long time replace the goods. Just at this soldier. one month also sales Money was becoming more plenti- and save time, also, hundreds of tons of merchan- | quietly | dise of every description was moving over the borders into the disloyal states and Southern gold was paying for | them. The South was supplying itself for the inevitable struggle and the price | of goods was not object. Thus, money was suddenly and lavishly being seattered among all classes all over the country. Trade and traffic returned with a bound and prices ran wild. last of September, aman from Missouri who had heard that I had a quantity of the dried herring asked my price for 600 boxes. ‘Seventy-five dollars dred,’ was my answer. word he ordered a bill that made out and receipted and I received the coin. I reach none in the village, carload. 5 cents, i, of freight. Nearly this entire lot brought me $1 per an per for number As soon thereafter as could telegraph office, there I They came billed at 3s a ordered eourse, paying my own box, but, as there had begun to be some | competition in trade, I almost a year in getting rid of them. During the past eighteen months, however, I had reaped a harvest in trade was which placed me out of debt and with over | $4,000 in cash and goods, ail the result of my venture in herrings at precisely the right moment. Without the capital which this venture gave me, it would have been impossible to obtain the trade I had with this amount and all goods amount of sufficient groceries for already secured, but, of cash at my disposai, constantly advancing during this period, I had made the best use of it, and had turned it and its many times in trade. I did not stop here but leased the old DuBois and removed my Then, hiring a thoroughly competent man and his wife, I converted the base- ment grocery into a bakery and room exclusively. Watching the mar- kets, 1 took of the leading staples, more especially Southern pro- ducts, such as sugar, tar, rosin, turpen- interest over c of Wheaton into store stock it. lunch advantage in- | Others ! The | hun- | Without another | being | another | had | & | aS eee | tine and tobacco. None of these goods | igrew stale by keeping and were con- | stantly increasing in value. Missouri | being a tobaeco producing State, and | large factories being located at Glasgow and Lexington about 150 miles south of | me, | took advantage of a time when all | troops from around | Glasgow to obtain a quantity of manu- | were withdrawn factured tobacco. known to who resided about fifteen miles over the border in Missouri, Sending for two men well me and whose uncle was one of the firm in| the Glasgow factory, 1 contracted with them to purchase and deliver to me at my store from 2,000 to 3,000 pounds of different kinds of plug tobacco, which was in general use at that time. I cautioned them to let no one but their uncle know that it was going out of the | State, and to load both their wagons in | the evening and cover as many miles as possible during the first night, as, after | that, they could travel more slowly. | Their trip was a successful one, the to- | baeco arriving in prime condition, and none too soon, as both factories at Glas- |gow and Lexington were closed within | the next fortnight and the entire stock /on hand removed South by the rebel | government. The moment that that Missouri purchase was in my possession, | it was worth twenty per cent. more than I paid for it, and six months afterward I could have taken one hundred per cent. upor® what was on hand for my bargain. ‘*Well, Charles,’? said I to my old | friend, ‘‘I have given you a condensed account of my first start in business | away out in Iowa, and, to tell you the truth, I am there yet, although retired | i» » * | from trade and moved out of the village | I take very little-credit for having been | successful in store keeping, as it was at 'a time when hundreds of others could— ; and did—accomplish the same thing, as, lalmost without effort of hand or brain, wealth was forced upon them. Times have changed since and goods are now more apt to decline than to advance upon the merchant’s hands. The expenses of any merchant are more to-day than ever before in the history of the country, arising from modern customs, from the requirements expected from the dealer his own fancied wants and Our imaginary wants are al- | ways greater than the real, you know, and few of us are exempt from some foibles or follies. You have promised to | visit me at my home. Do not forget it, jand from | desires. 1 } } 1 | | Charles, you shall meet with a royal re- And I shook the hand of my | friend and bade him good-bye. | ception.” —_— > o<—_>-————__— | Underthe Imputation of Dishonesty. From the Bad Axe Democrat. H. B. Gillard, Supreme Auditor of the Patrons of Industry, made us a call this week. Mr. Gillard has returned to his | farm in Bloomfield, and will not be ac- tive hereafter in his capacity as Auditor. There has been a sub-volcanic condition of things among the supreme officers for some time past and one of the results | seems to be the unceremonious relegation ito private life of Supreme Auditor Gil- |lard. Mr. Gillard says he has papers, documents and accounts which will be very interesting matter for the public and will place some gentlemen high in the order in unsavory light. He is a Patron of the original sort, one of the few first men who joined the order, be- |lieves implicitly in its principles and, knowing there are men connected with it who are determined to prostitute it for | their personal and political gain, is ar- l and 3 Pearl Street, Office, Hawkins Block. ranging to have the order rid of them or | otherwise make a public disclosure of | their operation. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT GO, S. A. SEARS, Manager. Cracker Manutacturers, 37,39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. TELFER SPICE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. GRAND RAPIDS STANDARD Ol 6 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Dealers in [lUminating and Lubricating -OLTLS NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Works, Butterworth Ave. BULK STATIONS AT 7 Grand Rapids, Big Rapids, Cadillac, Grand Haven, Ludington, Howard City, Mus- kegon, Reed City, Manistee, Petoskey, Allegan. Highest Price Paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels. LEMON & WHEELER: COMPANY, IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Grocers | GRAND RAPIDS. BAlk-BARNHART-PUYMAN-(OMPANY, WHOLESALE GROCERS. “BLUE LABEL” “Not how cheap, but how good.” KETCHUP. Made frem whole, ripe Tomatoes, seasoned with pure spices and fr: e from artificial coloring. Prepared and guaranteed by CURTICE BROTHERS CO., Rochester, N. Y. 1g pints and pints, packed 25 bottles in a case. The extra bottle ‘‘ pays freight.’’ BALL-BARNHART-PUTMAN COMPANY, Agents, ee Sere . el ag wae s i i wi eee ees nae THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. > 3 CONFESSIONS OF A DRUMMER. vil Written for THE TRADESMAN. Away up in Northern Michigan, at the | end of a wagon road that seems to have | lost itself in the forest and never found its way out again, I found a merchant) sitting ona pine stump in front of his | store. He was old and gray, and he} couldn’ t have realized more than seventy- five cents on all the clothes he wore, but | he was the most hopeful man I ever met. ‘‘7T can’t give you much of an order to-day,’’ he said, crossing his legs in the vain hope of concealing a patch on one knee; ‘‘it’s a pity you didn’t wait two or three months. You see there’s a railroad coming in here.’’ I knew that if a railroad ever got in there, the men who owned it would give a bonus, if necessary, to get it out again, but I didn’t say so. ‘Then there’s aman going to build a saw-mill down here on the creek, an’ that?ll make things hum. You come up here then an’ I’ll let you stock up the hull store.” The ‘‘hull store’? was 16 x20 and was innocent of both paint and plaster. A pine block under one corner had sunk into the soft earth, and the structure looked as though it had taken a sudden notion to fall down and then changed its mind with half the act accomplished. ‘“‘T’ve got an option on all these corner lots,” continued the merchant, ‘‘an’ Ill make a pretty penny on them. We’ré goin’ to build the church on that little knoll on the left, right in the corner of the buryin’ ground. My wife an’ child- ren are buried there, an’ I thought it would be nice to have the singin’ near them Sundays. They always liked singin’.” There was something so pathetic in the very cheerfulness of the worn-out old man that I hadn’t the heart to interrupt him with the trifling thoughts that had been in my mind a moment before. “It was a little different here,” he con- tinued, ‘‘before Martha and the children died. They slicked things up a good deal, and made things sort o’ cheerful. I get a trifle lonesome sometimes when it comes night an’ there ain’t no one in the store, an’ go over there an’ sit down. I don’t suppose it’ll make any difference with that when they build the church.” The night was coming on, and the wind was making solemn music in the heavy pine boughs, as the old man sat there in the last years of a wrecked life, and looked with failing eyes over the acres of stump-blackened land to the spot whese those who had fought life’s battles all to no purpose, had lain down to rest and left him to complete life’s journey alone. ‘“‘T think sometimes that if it wasn’t for them being buried here,’’ he con- tinued, “I’d go away—its so lonesome here without a house in sight or call, an’ I’m gettin’ old. But it wouldn’t be the square thing for me to go away an’ leave them, an’ then there wouldn’t be anyone here to push the railroad. You’ve got to keep at these railroad men or you wont get anything done. I wish they could have lived to see the engine comin’ around that bend. They never saw much or had much exceptin’ the ager after we came here, an’ little Mary always wanted a ride on the cars.”’ I left the old man sitting there alone in the gathering darkness, knowing that the span between him and the mounds could not be very long. Still, old and | alone yet hopeful, I saw in him such | stuff as pioneers are made of. = & * I had been on the road several months | before I struck a place where the leading | business houses were at war with each other. When I did strike the place, 1) wished | had stayed away, and after 1 | 'got away I wished that I had stayed | longer. The settlement was not large enough to be dubbed a town or village. It was just a place. My firm had the trade of | both the stores, and every salesman that went there was sure to get a blowing up | ~ from one or the other of the merchants. 1 sold one of the men quite a large bill | of goods on my way up from the depot, and then, with fear and trembling, took my way to the rival store. “Good morning,’’ I said as I entered the store and presented my card, ‘‘sold everything out since our man was here?” ‘Suppose they’ve sold everything out down below?’’ I knew well enough what the old pirate meant, but I kept still because I didn’t care to mix up in their quarrels, and I hadn’t quite made up my mind whether to lie or tell the truth about it. Of course, being a commercial salesman in good standing, all my personal leanings were on the side of the truth. But then I had the order book to think of, and I actually believe that most salesmen would rather have a full order book than a clear con- science. “‘T suppose they’re all sold out up there?” repeated the merchant. I had to say something, and the lie seemed the correct thing. “Couldn’t say,’’ I replied. ‘‘1f he don’t sell any more goods than he buys of our house, he’d better turn his old store into a penny pin show or a hen-coop. How are you off for sugar?’”’ ‘“Purty middling. How was he off for sugar?” “Oh, he cuts his order down every time. 1 don’t see how he gets a living. What grade are you selling?”’ “He don’t get much of a living,”’ grinned the merchant. ‘‘ His wife haint had only one pair o’ shoes in a year, an’ the overcoat his boy’s got was made over. No, sir; there can’t no man like him get the trade of decent people. I guess I don’t want any sugar to-day.” “Tea? Coffee? Spices?’’ ‘Yes, sir,” continued the pirate, filling an old elay pipe that looked as though it had been in use since the day the ark landed, ‘‘his folks isin badshape. They haint got no cow, and they can’t pay fur only a pint o’ milk a day. I guess I don’t want any tea or coffee or spices to- day.’’ “Baking powder? Fish?’’ ‘‘He had to git elected treasurer 0’ this here township last town meetin’ day so he could run his business with other peo- ple’s money. If I had to do that I be- lieve I’d go out in the cow lot an’ die. No: I guess I don’t care about any bakin’ powder or salt fish to-day.” ‘*Tobacco? ” “You see he didn’t have nothin’ when he come here, an’ I guess he’s just about | kept even. I don’t see how he sells as much as he does, the way he musses up things. Guess I don’t want any tobacco now.’’ I was getting weary. I presume I could have had the history, domestic, moral and commercial, of every man, woman and child in the place by waiting | over one train, but I didn’t. I packed | that I didn’t stay long enough to put a) head on the old pirate.. === CZ ey Ss Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons Cloaks, We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. YHE PUTNAM GANDY 60, Wholesale Manutacturers. Fruit and Nut Jobbers. ASK FOR PRICE LIST. RINDGE, BERTSCH & C0 GRAND RAPIDS. Buy our Custom Made River Boots and Shoes. We make the Correct Styles in River Goods. The bottom stock is more solid and the fitting on the upper is stronger than any other lines made. Our New up and got out, and was sorry afterwards | Spring lines have proved great sellers. Cccp anette Sepe pine Bgce SOE ER ep a, Sen te eh acai — ae ent ee esa ted ot sa pinbepess toms fs ees edi pepe daiasierea trons mt pe dewiioed sera iter, _THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Detroit—W. B. Rice succeeds Blunt in the pump business. Kalamazoo—Selig Stern has purchased | the grocery stock of H. Shear. Jackson—Chas. D. Brown has sold his grocery stock to Byron Champlin. Wickware—F. A. Ellis has bought the general stock of Hugh E. Hunter. Saginaw—Camille Marcotte iness. Addison—Wm. Brown & Son have sold their drug and grocery stock to F. J. McAdam. Cheboygan—Thos. R. ceeds T. R. Frawley & Co business. Northville—Geo. J. Green chased the meat market Boughner. Jackson—John F. Sauer & Co. ceeded by Sauer & Haefiner cery business. West Bay City—John C. tired frem the hardware firm of Weber & Bro. Amada—Wm. A. Gerk has boot and shoe and harness Herman Tietz. Roscommon—Miss F. A. Mason closed out her confectionery and tionery stock. Whiteford Center—Davenport, Sulli- van & Son have sold their general stock to Jim Bodimer. Tecumseh—Delos L. Whitenack & Co. sueceed Whitenack, Bordine & Co. in the hardware business. Frawley suc- . in the grocery has pur- are suc- ~ we. Wyandotte—Jas. Melody is succeeded | in the dry goods and | by Melody Bros. furnishing goods business. Greenville—C. C. Sprout succeeds Still- son & Sproutin the dry goods, clothing | and furnishing goods business. Detroit—H. J. Milburn, dealer in drugs and surgical instruments, is succeeded by H. J. Milburn & Co., incorporated. Manton—Frank Weaver has sold his| grocery stock to the P. of I. Association and leased the purchasers his building. Shelby—S. S. Spellman & Co.’s drug store will soon be a thing of the past, as |} soon | they will close out the stock as as possible. Plainwell—H. J. Brown has repur- chased the People’s meat market from H. H. Kelly, of Wayland, to whom he sold the business last week. Grattan—E. E. Lessiter has purchased ware stock of M. Byrne. name is Byrne & Lessiter. Otsego—P. W. Travis, sometimes referred to as the ‘Great American Traveler,’ left home Monday for a month’s trip to the Pacifie coast. Bay City—Wm. B. Osgood has retired | frem the jewelry firm of F. H. Shearer & | Co. The remaining partners grill con- tinue business under the same style. Otsego—Barnes & Williams succeed C. A. Barnes in the grocery business. The drug business will be continued un- der the former style of C. A. Barnes. Charlotte—J. H. Green and Laverty have formed a partnership and will conduct a clothing business in the Titus building, the firm dating from March 1. Mr. Green now owns the Bar- rett millinery stock in the building and | will close it out at once in order to make | reom for their clothing stock, which he hopes to get in by April 1. Rice &| succeeds | Marcotte & Twist in the grocery bus-| of Cady &| in the gro-| Weber has re-| sold his | stock to) has | sta- | Kent City—The O’Connor & Widens: na, at $1,515. The stock was ‘ied at $2,350. the present and run in connection with ithe Ravenna store of the purchasers. | Mr. O’Connor has resumed business with the stock taken for his exemptions. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. ed by Culver & Co. in the furniture bus- iness. Perrinton—D. M. Brown succeeds D. 'M. Brown & Co. in the stave and sawmill business. Saginaw—Miller & Lewis are succeed- | ed by Miller & Turner in the lumber and | | salt business. Ferry—W. E. Hightower has returned, contrary to general expectation, but will not resume control of his shingle mill, which will be operated by A. M. Prosser for Ryerson, Davis & Co., of | Fremont. Hart—Matthews & Chappell have dis- | solved partnership, dividing real estate, | accounts, debts, ete. Chappell takes the lumber business and leaves D. J. entirely free. Mr. Matthews has not decided | what he will do. Newaygo—The John S. Carpenter Furniture Co. has been incorporated, | with a capital stock of $25,000, to suc- ceed the business formerly conducted by John S. Carpenter. The officers are John S. Carpenter, President; Cora _ +4 Collection Envelopes. Another decision of importanee con- struing the law prohibiting the mailing | having on the words calculated to refiect injury on the | character of any one was rendered in the | United States District Court of Vermont a few weeks since. across the top of the envelope in large |letters, ‘‘ Excelsior Collection Agency.” The directions for return, if uncalled for, i|of envelopes | were in the lower left hand corner of the | an interest in the grocery, drug and hard- The new firm | envelope. The court held that the words were so placed to attract attention and | reflect delinquency in making payment /on the persons to whom the envelopes were sent, and that the act prohibiting the same was violated. to remember that they are liable for the illegal acts of these agencies whom they employ as their agents, and are equally | with the agencies themselves liable for penalties affixed to such acts. i — al Association Notes. The Luther Business Men’s Association has : been organized for the purpose of securing con- | Hiram | cert of action in building up the town. Watervliet Record: Men’s Association held a meeting Monday even- ing and considered some important matters rela- Reading—Culver & Marks are succeed- | outside | There was printed | It might be well for mercantile houses | “The Watervliet Business | i WELCOME THE WINNER. son grocery stock was bid in at assignee’s | sale by O. F. & W. P. Conklin, of Raven- | inventor- | It will be kept here for | The ‘‘Medal of Excellence” Paint is the Gutta Percha. | For many years the United States | Gutta Percha Paint Co. has earried on | the manufacture of a Gutta Percha paint | at Providence, R, Il. Meeting a cordial /reception at the hands of both painters | and paint dealers, the factory has had j;all it could do to supply the demand | created in the Eastern States—a demand which has necessitated constant enlarge- ments of the factory and frequent in- crease of facilities. In the meantime, occasional volunteer orders have been received from the West, which have increased from time to time |until a considerable trade has been worked up—all without special effort on the part of the manufacturers; due, in fact, to the superior merits of the goods. Satisfied that the time has come for a vigorous introduction of the gutta percha paints throughout the West, the company determined to engage the most aggres- sive salesman to be found to bring the merits of its product to the attention of the people. From numerous applicants for this position, the company finally selected T. P. S. Hampson, whose long and successful career with the Anti- Kalsomine Company rendered him pe- culiarly fitted to undertake so extendéd a work. Mr. Hampson entered upon the duties of his new position about a month ago and has met with a cordial reception at the hands of the trade everywhere. The elasticity, durability and economy of the gutta percha paint is no longer a matter of doubt, recommendations of the most positive character establishing its status in this respect. Gutta Percha paint is the only mixed paint in the United States that was ever awarded a special medal for excellency at the hands of practical painters, the American Institute of New York city having granted this, the judges being the expert painters of New York city. Its superiority is also attested by a gold medal awarded by the World’s | Industrial and Cotton Centennial Expo- | Sition at New Orleans in 1884. This remarkable paint is prepared by a process known only to the manufac- turers, of combining gutta percha with linseed oil, without the use of injurious |solvents. It is particularly adapted to marine work, possessing elements of | stability not embodied in any other mixed | paint on the market. For railroad cars, | bridges, water tanks, roofs, ete., it has 'no equal. For ordinary work, it is also ahead of any competitor, owing to its glossy appearance, as well as its lasting qualities. In short, while this paint is | not likely to drive all other brands out of the market, it is surely destined to lead all others in point of sales. Miller & Y | Middleton have been appointed agents | for this city, and will keep a full line of | the goods in stock at all times. >> ” It Pays to be iain j | | The country merchant who has a re- gard for his credit—who is honest and never allows his bills to run overtime—is a source of pride and satisfaction to his | wholesale or jobbing house. Asarule jhe is treated with more consideration se tive to the growth and improvement of our | ‘than the ‘‘ perfectly responsible” buyer | beautiful village.” —_——~>>-?______- A man has invented a chair which ean | be adjusted to 800 different positions: It | | is designed for the small boy to sit in | | when he goes to church. who is a sluggard as regards the meeting | of his obligations. The shipping clerk, | through the introduction of the book- | keeper, seldom allows his orders to hang | 5 fire on the order hook. It pays to be prompt. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one centa word for one subsequent insertion. No advertise- ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment, BUSINESS CHANCES, "so SALE—STORE BUILDING WITH OR WITHOUT stock of furniture and undertaking goods. New hearse. Living rooms overhead. Cottage adjoining. Barn. Terms to suit. Address No. 190, care Michigan Tradesman. 190 \ ANTED—TO EXCHANGE TWO GOOD STORES and good brick residence, with stock of general merchandise, fora good water power custom roller mill on railroad in good town. Northern Michigan preferred. Adpress I. P. Roberts, Springport, Mich. 189 OR SALE—CLOTHING & FURNISHING GOODS BUS- iness, established five years in good town of 1,300 people. A — for someone, as there is but one other clothing store here. L.R. Hinsdill, Hartford, Mich. 181 Foe SALE—CLEAN GENERAL STOCK, EXCEPT drugs and hardware, situated at good country trad ing point, 22 niles from Grand Rarids. Stock and fix- tures will inventory about $2,500. Purchaser will get a bargain, as owners have other business which requires their attention. Postoffice in connection. C. Eddy & Son, Grattan, Mich. 205 JOR SALE—LARGE GENERAL STOCK, WELL LO- cated, and carrying the good will of a long estab- lished, successful business. Goods staple and al] bought forcash. Thisisa great bargain and a rave opportunity for anyone loosing for a good busi- ness opening. Phil M. Roedel, White Cloud. Mich. 204 OR SALE—DRUG STOCK IN ONE OF THE BEST villagesin Michigan. Western fever is cause of wishing to sell. Easy terms given to eny one who can furnish security. For full particulars address ‘*Kas- son,’ care of Michigan Tradesman. | ae SALE—STOCK OF BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND caps. Will sellone or both. Bargains for some one. For ——* address 18 East Main street, Battle Creek. Mich 202 V ANTED—TO BUY ASMALL STOCK OF GROCER- ies for cash,in a lively town of about 800 inhabi- tants. Address Box 174, White Cloud, Mich, 199 YOR SALE—WELL-SELECTED DRUG STOCK, IN- < ventorying about $1,200, situated in good coun- try town of 500 people. Reason for selling, proprietor has other business. Address No. 173, care — Tradesman. 173 OR SALE—WELL-SELECTED DRUG STOCK AND new fixtures in desirable location in this city; wiil sell at invoice on reasonable terms; reason for selling, owner has other a L. M. Mills, 54 South Ionia street, Grand Rapids. 135 OR SALE—A COMPLETE DRUG STOCK AND FIX- tures; stock well assorted can be bought at a ga ‘Address for particulars 8S. P. Hicks, naan, c ANTED—I HAVE SPOT CASH TO PAY OE A general or grocery stock; must be cheap. a dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. “WANT A STOCK OF GOODS IN EXCHANGE FoR a good farm between Muskegon and Grand Rapids or a house and lot in Grand Rapids. Write, giving particulars, to O. F. Conklin, Grand Rapids. 185 GiAMPLES OF TWO KINDS OF COUPONS FOR RE- tailers will be sent free to any dealer who will write for them to the Sutliff Coupon Pass Book = ng Albany, N. Y. i ge SALE—DRUG STOCK AT $1,800 IN CITY OF 5000 Only three other storesin the city. Owner isa non-resident and will make favorable terms to good man. For particulars address C. A. Jerman, care Lord, Owen & Co., Chicago, Ill 194 OR SALE—FRESH STOCK OF GROCERIES IN good location Rent of brick store, only $225 per year, payable ia trade. Reason for selling, sickness of proprietor, who has been unable to attend to business fortwo months. A bargain for some one. Address F. T. Moore, 408 Franklin st.; East, North Lansing —_ ro SALE—BRANCH DRUG STOCK, IN CITY OF 60,000. Sales $6 to $8 per day. Price, $500 Will sell half interest to responsible party. Address No. 193, care Michigan Tradesman. 193 1 RUG STOCK—NEAT AND ATTRACTIVE, AND NEW hardwood fixtures. Excellent location on best retail street in Grand Rapids. Expenses tia light and trade steadily increasing. Low inve a G just completed, $2,600. On account of failing se sell at invoice or for $2,400 cash, if sold by March 15. Otherwise will hold it as an investment. A genu- ine bargain. Personal investigation solicited. Ad- dress “F.,’’ care Hazeltine Perkins Drug Co., City. 197 Fo SALE—AN EXCELLENT AND WELL ESTAB lished business in Petoskey, Michigan, requiring a capital of $4,000; It is a first-class chance for an energetic man; satisfactory reasons for ‘selling. — dress Lock box. W, Petoskey, Mich- OR SAL# OR EXCHANGE—BEING pEsIRDUE OF devotirg our entire time to our lumber interests, we have desired to offer our stock of general mer- chandise, consisting of dry goods, groceries, hard- ware, stoves, tinware, boots and shoes, hats and caps, notions, farming tools and agricultural implements, tegether with the store furniture and fixtures, which will invoice about $4,000, at a bargain, or will eachange the whole for lumber, either hard or soft wood, and give good responsibie parties a good chance. For further particulars toon us at Paris, Mich , or address our agents Geo. F. Lewis & Co., over 37 ‘Monroe St. Grand Rapids, Mich. le & Co. 200 SITUATIONS WANTED. ANTED — SITUATION IN OFFICE BY YOUNG lady of 20, who has had the advantage of col- legiate education; does not write short hand, but is good penman; wages 1 ot so much an object as a pleas- ant place to work. Address Z, care Michigan — man MISCELLANEOUS. ANTED—I WILL PAY CASH FOR GENERAL steck of from $7,000 to $15,000, if offered cheap for spot cash. Drawer, 37, Sheridan, Mich. 192 z RUGGIST—APPRENTICE WANTED FROM 17 TO 21 years of age, address J. J. Coulson, care Box 335 Bessemer, Mich. UST HATCHED—EASTER PAMPHLET CONTAINING fresh laid schemes for displaying goods in show windows and interior store decorating, with illustra- tions. Price 50 cents. Send fora copy to Harry Har- man, decorator and window draper, P. O. Louisville, Kentucky. {OR SALE OR RENT—CORNER LOT AND 5-ROOM house on North Lafayette st., cellar, brick found- ation and soft water in kitchen. Terms to suit. Cheap enough for an investment. Address a 187, care Michigan Tradesman. 187 a —- THE PASS BOOK AND SUBSTITUTE THE adesman come. which is now in use by over Michigan merchants—all of whom are warm in ees of its effectiveness. Send for sample order, which will be sent prepaid on receipt of $1. The Company, Grand Rapids. THE MICHIGAN TRADES GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. L. Vander Jagt has opened a grocery store at 224 Madison street. The Ball- Barnhart- Putman Co. furnished the stock. Perkins & Hess have platted their eight acre tract in the Fifth ward into 50 lots and will place same on the market the coming season. Foster, Stevens & Co. have purchased the sporting goods stock of E. G. Studley and aiso the stock of sporting goods and bicycles formerly owned by Spalding & Co. and will departmentize the line under the immediate personal manage- ment of Wm. Woodworth, who has been connected with the sporting goods busi- ness for the past fifteen years. Room has been made for the new line in the west store of the firm, the tool depart- ment having been moved further back for that purpose. Gripsack Brigade. W. C. Hedden, of Flint, has gone on the road for Jas. Craig, of Detroit. Wm. Connor was in town a couple of days last week and filled several pages of his order book with the peculiar hiero- glyphies for which he is somewhat famous. Jas. McLeod, whose service as a sales- man for H. P. Baldwin 2nd Co., extends over a quarter of a century, was in town several days last week. McLeod is a ‘‘Shriner.” Jas. A. Massie was called to Greenville Tuesday to attend the funeral of bis mother, who died a lingering death from a cancerous affliction. The deceased was the wife of one of the oldest grocers in Greenville. Wm. H. Downs has opened his notion stock in the basement of the Hermitage block, corner Canal and Bridge streets, and pulled off the road a couple of weeks for the purpose of sorting up and getting out spring samples. Chas. L. McLain was called to Toledo last Friday by a telegram announcing a more serious turn in his sister’s illness. She was taken with typhoid fever the same day he went to St. Mark’s Hospital with peritonitis, but rapidly as he did. Milton Kerns, traveling representa- tive for the cigar department of Dil- worth Bros., Pittsburg, was in town several days last week. The demand for Mr. Kerns’ own brand, ‘‘E! Puritano,” is steadily increasing, plainly indicating the superior quality of the cigar. Chas. M. Wheaton, formerly on the road for the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co., is now general traveling representative for Wetmore & Pride, cocoanut manu- facturers of Chicago. His territory in- cludes Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and the Missouri River. Mr. Wheaton was in town over Sunday, renewing old friendships and making some new ones. Frank Cole was dropped from member- ship in the Northwestern Traveling Men’s Association after suffering a par- alytic stroke and losing his reason. His friends brought mandamus proceedings to compel the Association to reinstate him, and the court ordered that Cole must be treated as a member as long as he paid his dues. Frank Tilden, the irrepressible wag who sells sugar for future delivery for W. J. Gould & Co., of Detroit, played a practical joke on Manley Jones at an Ionia hotel one night last week. He did not mend as inveigled the man of Celtic birth to occupy a room with him at the hotel and then aroused him at 2 o’clock in the} morning under the pretense that the} breakfast bell had rung. Not until | Manley found the dining room door locked did he realize the nature of the | deception. i ~ oho Edwards. 6 |Lonsdale Cambric..10% ae... ........ 7 Lonsdale....... @ 8% | Farwell : 7% Middlesex... @ 5 | Fruit of the Loom 7 No Name....... 7% Fitchville % Oak View vane First Prize.... oh 6% Our Own. po. Fruitofthe Loom %. 8 (Pride of the W est. . 12 Fairmoun at. . giowaiind............ Te Full Value .. 6% Sunlight.. in Oo Geo. Washi ngton A. Big Vinserd............. BG HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. Cabot ...... 7%! Dwight Anchor i. Farwell ' 8 UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL, Tresoeth..... 5 54/ Middlesex No. a... Hamilton N. 6% moan a a oe Middlesex-AT...... 8 - tou C : 9 rf. no. &.... 9 BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Hamilton B......... 7% Middlesex A A ene 11 maces PT... 8 2 cc + AT... ST es A 6 oe 13% f ~ Bie 2 | . Mice ees 17% . ny 10% ° 5... 16 DRESS GOODS. Hamilton ‘ 8 | Nameless ek co 20 0s a _ oe Couche eee 27% GG Cashmere......21 i eae | Nameless .. oa a ee 32% = ae 7 - ee CORSET. JEANS. eee - ote eget . % Brunswick. .. . 6%|Rockport...... . 6% PRINTS. Allen, staple. 5% Merrim’ ck shirtings. 4% fancy... . 5 Reppfurn . 8% e ropes........ © ieeepe faney........ American fancy 5 " oe ......-- 8% Americanindigo.... 53'/Portsmouth robes... 6 American shirtings 4% Simpson mourning... 6 Arnold Ly " greys. 6 “ long rc loth B. on “ solid black. 6 Cc. && Washington indigo. 6 century cloth 7 Turkey robes.. 7% gold seal.....10%/ India robes.... 7% Turkey red..10% plain 7 "ky = x | o% Berlin solids...... 5% oil blue...... 6% Ottoman fur. . *, green . 6%! keyred.... 6 Cocheco fancy...... 6 |Martha Washington ee. 6 Turkey red %..... 7 Eddystone fanc 6 (Martha W =— Hamilton fan¢ a. ce Turkey red., ¢ stap ... 5%! Riverpoint robes a Manc hester an 6 |\|Windsor fancy. 5 new era. 6 gold ticket Merrimack D fancy. 6 indigo blue....... 10% pions KINGS, Amoskeag ACA... AC A. -12% Hamilton N 7% ; Pemberton ne D......--. Oye Dre. --10% ' Awning. 11 |\Swift River. <- TS i § |Pearl River......... "124 First Prize. ....-114%| Warren. oe | Lenox Mills .....-..18 | COTTON DRILL. Atlanta, D . 6% iStark A ie Bee ine EE Clifton, K 74\Top of Heap........ 10 SATINES. Simpson ee Ee 10% ' Lic Black eee nes 9@ 9% | “ ene oeee 2 ee 10% Coechco..... ..10%} MINS. Amosk icdene seen (Jaffrey deuees Sees 11% = DOR. sacs 14%|Lancaster........... 12% Wg brown .13 Lawrence, ee 13% Auiebee..<........05 oe No. 280....13 Everett, bluc........18 | - No. 250... --11% brown. ....12 } . No. 280....10% GINGHAMB. Cieneryves.... ...... 6% Lancaster, staple... 6% Lancashire.......... fancies . 7 Normandie......... wal cy Normandie : Renfrew Dress...... 7! Westbrook tases eure Toll du Nord....WG@ieg, epee cc vwss 10 Amoskeag oe oe a Er ep Re 6% BPG i aics 10%| Ham ) egos. onan 434 White ne (eee Crmme........... 4% ee cee 4% |Lockwood.. -. 4% Newmarket.. -- £24|Wood? a 44 Edwards . 44|Brunswick . 4% RED FLANNEL. Pee BNR OF vee bone clu --22% IS. 8. 5. os UU ee ce ee so weenie 32 oes oo e........ 4 mS ieee, Bee.----...- 35 Nameless...........274|Buckeye............ 32% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid. .40 |Grey oe wy 17% eee Be .... oe. 2274 ——e- Me sic 18% ee %4|D eee de eee 18% €os Western........ Bs * Piuehing Bax. = ee B...s... 2244) a ig dics a caeune 23% DOMET FLANNE Nameless ..... 8 94 ee 9 @10% i. 8%@10 . oo 12% CANVASS AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black.|Slate. Brown. Black. 9% 9% 934/13 13 13 10% 10% 1044) 15 15 15 11% 11% 11%)17 17 7 12% 12% ponent 20 20 Severen, 8 0z..... 94, W rest Point, 8 oz....10% Mayland, 80z.......10%| 10 0z....12% Greenwood, 7% OZ. ies ioe... 13% Greenwood, 8 oz. Seine a aN WADDING Wes, Gos.......-- 25 |Per tale, 40 doz....87 50 Colored, dos........ 20 | SILESIAS. Slater, Iron Crom... 8 {Pawtucket.......:.. —_ pee Chs.... 9. ees... .......... - oe _ 104) ee. cee te, wo is Best AA..... 1244|Valley City......... 10% CORSETS, Corsiec............. 89 50|Wonderful .... ....84 75 Schilling’s..... © Gy erighéon.. ........ 475 "SEWING SILK. Corticelli, doz....... 75 {Corticelli knitting, twist, doz..37%| per %oz ball...... 30 50 yd, doz. 37% HOOKS AND EYES—PER GRO No ; BI’k & White. = No : BY ke ‘White. 15 20 ” 3 . Be " 10 ' 25 Bos-—2, M C....... 50. No 4—15 F 3%......40 » 36,5 ©.....+-. —_ | TON TAPE. No 2 White & BI'k.12 \No 8 White & Bl’k..20 “ee 4 “oe ey | “ 10 “oe 23 * 6 _ 1 oe - _— SAFETY PINS. Bee...:... Se 36 NEEDLES—PER M. iz, a eae a vevae i 50|Steamboat.... .... a eee... we i 35,Gold Eyed.. --k oo Marsha 1 Be 1 00) TABLE OIL CLOTH. 5—4....2 5 3 2515—4....195 6—4...2 95 209 4 sie P. STIEKE Wholese FEE & SONS, Ury - Goods, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. from what they were looking at drives | them away. The merchant should avail himself of | the special offerings that always follow | an active season’s jobbing trade. It is | the job lots at special prices that he| makes his money on. We have just received a large line of Outing Shirts in Flannel, Silk, Wool and Linen, Domett, Cheviot and Satine; also a complete line of cheap ‘and medium price PANTS. Inspection invited. Playing Gards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Danie! Lynch, 19 So. Ionta St., Grand Rapids. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. A. J. Bowne, President. >, A, ‘ DGETT, Vice-President. H. W. Nasu, Cashier CAPITAL, - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Make a Specialty of Collections. Accounts of Country Merchants Solicited. J.&PCOATS BEST SIX-CORD = Spool Cotton WHITE, BLACK AND COLORS, FOR Hand and Machine Use. FOR SALE BY P, STEKETEE & SONS. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co, Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods NOTIONS AND HOLIDAY GOODS. Manufacturers of Shirts, Pants, Overalls, Rte. Complete ;Fall Stock now ready for inspection, including a fine line of Prints, Underwear, Pants, Gloves, Mittens and Lumbermen’s Goods. Chicago and Detroit prices guaranteed. 48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St., GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH Se ae THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. va one’ icing ani ul i _ - i HARDWARE. Shipment of Stoves. There is a matter concerning the ship- ment of stoves which ought to be cor- rected, says the American Artisan. We refer to the high charge made for trans- porting stoves not ‘‘released.’’ Stoves and stove plates are liable to breakage unless carefully handled. The carrier company which breaks, loses or destroys goods intrusted to its._care ought to pay for them. They acknowledge this obli- gation, but put on so high a charge for earrying goods this way that the con- signee who pays the freight is generally ready to have the goods shipped under a contract releasing the railroad company from liability for damage by breakage. This is found to be cheaper in the long run, as the cost of replacing broken plates is less than the high freight charges where the carrying company is liable for the damages. But stoves need not be broken, except by unavoidable accident, as a collision or derailment of the train. All that is necessary to ensure safe car- riage is care on the part of the railway employes handling the goods. But this the public have a right to expect and demand from transporting companies, and it is not right that merchants should be bled exorbitantly because of careless- hess on the part of those of whom care should be inperatively demanded. As it is, stove dealers haye to make good losses occasioned by those who ought to be made to pay for goods if they break or destroy them. We would like to see this thing maderight. - > 2 <> ee Clerks and Salesmen. The clerk or salesman who is always trying to find an easy place is rarely, if ever, satisfied with any position that requires labor and close attention. The clerk or salesman who says ‘‘take me on my merits and see what I am worth,’’ without asking any conditions, generally gets the pay his merits de- mand. The salesman in the just and true sense must be skilled in his line, and must also understand his business and human nature. No sensible salesman can afford to risk his reputation by an effort to gull anybody. Even if he felt like taking the risk, his house could not afford and would not permit such irregularities. The relation between clerks and sales- men and their employers, should be of the most pleasant character, as well as of mutual confidence and respect. A salesman should have a command of his business. Knowing that the goods have been purchased with great care, he should have no hesitancy in fairly recommending or warranting them when requested to do so. Some one has said that ‘‘obstacles are made to be overcome.”’ If all clerks and salesmen were to go on that idea, life would mean something far better for them than it does in many cases. If any clerk or salesman who desires to make the best use of his abilities is handi- capped by a personal defect, it may give him courage to know that many great men have carried such burdens in their struggle for fame and success, and have been helped rather than hindered by them. perfect ——__~> + > A Novel Coin. An exchange suggests that a new coin | could be produced which would obviate | all objections. A new coin, it says, should take the place of the gold and silver coins now ip use. Face one side with silver, the other with gold, andj then when one side would go up the| other would go down, one exactly balanc- ing the other. No fluctuations in the inarket price of either metals could af- fect the value, as they always go in| opposite directions. Then the two) metals would circulate together and neither drive the other out, either to be hoarded or exported. —_——_—»>--——_—___— ” The Hardware Market. Nails and bariron are quiet. Tin is advancing. There is no change in win- | dow glass. Sisal and manilla rope are | without change. The present outlook is for a general uniformity in prices. Prices Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. a 60 EE eee = Jennings’, eee ce perenne, SUCRE 50810 AXES. First Quality, S. B. — ee ee $8 50 : Ty. OS eeaeee...... 12 50 . oe eee 9 50 o ee ee. 14 00 BARROWS. dis eee ce 8 14 00 Gee net 30 00 BOLTS. dis. ee een eee 50&10 Camtiamwoe ow Ust...... 15. ..0. 2... 70 Pre ec ee Cole. aoe. ae Sleigh a ee re 70 BUCKETS. Wor. WGiG. ce. so ... ..8 3 50 Mer Wee i, ee 4 00 BUTTS, CAST. dis. Oust Loose Pi feared........ ....-..-..... W& Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 660410 Wrought Loose Fin.....................-..-- 60&10 | Wrought Table. . 60810 Wrought Inside Blind. aaa Wrought Brass.. eee oe eee 75 Rae Oe... 70&10 Blind, ee 7O&10 ited, Sheperes 2... 70 BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85......-.... 40 CRADLES. Oe ce, seas. + +. Cle. SOGDS CROW BARS. Gumt Steet. 8... ee CAPS. mie elie... a... «++. DOr TH 65 en Seceeacecescecae cee. a ae anes. i 60 ee a Te ee 50 Woneral Wire i ea 3) CHISELS. dis. Saoeret Pier ee Ok WOMIIN cee tw we eee ee ...-70&10 Meena: Sites... 5... ceca Ce Hatehers Tanged Pirmer.........,......... 40 COMBS. dis. Cures Lawrences ......................... 40 i ee 8, ps] CHALE. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 COPPER, Planished, 14 oz cut to size...... per pound 30 14 eee 28 Cold Rolled, Ties O00 Peee.... -._........ 25 Coid Rolled; Ce ee 25 ee eee ‘ 74 DRILLS. dis. Misson Blt Seocks....................... — 50 Taper and straight Shank................... 50 Morse’ Taner Stank............,.-....... 30 DRIPPING PANS. Souall cee. Bee pound ..............:....... 07 Large disen. per pound.............--. ..... 6% ELBOWS. Com, 4 oiece, Gin... ........,..... Oe, nee 75 Corrareter ....-...-.......... .... dis, 20&10&10 Ait Cc... ----s- is, 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, small, Oa; fare Oe.......-......:. 30 Ives’, 1, 818; 2, 824; oe 25 FILEs—New List. dis. ee ee 6010 ee 60&10 Nicholson’s ee a . .60&10 og ee es ' i 50 Heller’s Horse Rasps............ Cec etas 50 GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 26; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27 28 List 12 13 14 15 18 Discount, 60 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... |. 50 HAMMERS. g Maydole & Co.’s. . dig, 25 eee ay ak Gis, Verne @ Pia s................ dis. 40&10 | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel....... . .80e list 60 | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. HINGES. HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Stamped Tin Ware.. . me dJapanned Tin Ware. LEVELS. i dir. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s 7 KNoBs—New List. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .... Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings Door, porceiain, plated trimmings Door, porcelsin, trimmings dis. or Sr Or n * sgn gn gro > & PATENT FLANISHED IRON. “A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 = 27 1020| “B” Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20] Broken packs %e per pound extra. os | Manilla.......... ..B0c 40410 | - —_. Clark's, 1, 2,2 . Cae 6010 ey a ee coe r doz. net, 2 50| Serew i Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14°and - ° : % serew Hook and Eye, ag ‘net ‘10| Ne net | | _ C ia eee oe -net i ' . . .......... nest 7% * Strap ‘aa yo ene io dis 50 HANGERS. dis. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., W — track.. .50&10 | Champion, anti-friction. . . 60&10 | Bidder, wood (ack ............... _ 40 | HOLLOW WARE ae ae 60 Kettles. . ee 60 Spiders ... ... a ada ecg, Wea 60 Gray enameled......... : ... 40&10 -new list : | Solid Eyes. Granite Iron Ware . ie new list mB) WIRE GOODS. | Brignt.....-. i mataania| Screw Eyes "70810810 Hook’s 70810410 | Gate Hooks and Eyes. WE1LNE10 | Drawer and Shutter, porcelain.. ( LOCKS—DOOR. dis, | Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.” snew list ...... 55 | Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s. 55 | ee eee cue u s,s. a 55 | Raw 6... ... 55 | MATTOCKS. | Agte Bee |... 8... t... .- 816.00, dis. 60 | Heo eee -. $15.00, dis. 60 | mie e.....--.....-.- wees, 019.50, dis, 20G10. | “MAULS. an. | Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled......- i 50 | — ain. | | 10x14 IC, | 14x20 IC, Coffee, Parkers Coe. ......- 40 raw. Nite. Co.’s Malleables 40 | ‘Landers, Ferry & C he k’s. ae. 40 | “Enterprise ne 25 MOLASSES. GATES. dis. Stebbin’s Pattern.... ... i. -60&10 | Stebbin’s ee 6010 Enterprise, self-measuring............----- 25 NAILS Side cae De Wee aoe Gane... SC. Advance over base: Steel. Wire ee es oo, Base Base eee Base 10 ee ee a : 05 20 OP ene a 10 20 a. 15 30 ee ae 15 35 Es 15 35 | ee a 20 40 Se cea a 25 50 7 &6. 40 65 4... es... 60 90 3 eee ee ee dale ek ewan as Lo 1 SO ee ee ee ee a lel ae 1 3 2 00 Hine ee 1 50 2 00 Cc ase >...) 60 90 ae % 1 00 eee 90 12 Pinish' - ee ae 85 1 00 eee eee ee eee 1 00 12 : oo 1 50 Clinch 10 ee ewe a4 85 vis] Le eae cca Cees cout a Oe 90 ts ae 16 1 00 Mane h. . 1 2 50 LANES. dis. Olio Tool Co.’6, fancy ..........---- co. aa Seite Benen. ............-..,..-... wtuseee Get Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.............---. @m# Bench, first quality G60 | Stanley Rule and TLevel Co.'s, wood. &10 | PANS. j iy, AGwe i... stl. . dis.60—10 | Common, polished ee eeu cee we dis. 70 | RIVETS. dis. Tron and Tinned.. ae 40 | Copper Rivets and Bore... os 50 ‘14x60 0x, “ 9 OPES. B | Sisal, % inch and larger ............ “SQUARES. _ | Steel and Iron..... eee e ee ry and Bevels..... SASH CORD. Silver Lake, were 4.......... Drab 2 White B. ey, . White ¢ Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS. SAWS. The prices of the many other qu solder in the market Indicated by nrivz vary according to cor mposition. ANTIMONY Cookson... .- . ie per eeticee a, ......- | 2. TIN--MELYN GRADE. 10x14 IC, € share oal . \ 14x20 IC, ' 10x14 IX, 14x20 IX, ee ee eae EKach additional X on this grade, 81.7 TIN—-ALLAWAY GRADE, ( ‘harcoal a 10x14 IX, 14x20 IX, Each idditional X on this grade $1.50 ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, Worcester.... 14x20 TX, c C 20x28 IC, . 14x20 IC, Allaway Grade 14x20 IX, Y ie | 20x28 IC, 20x28 IX, _ Hay BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. | toe TD .......... Ma Te... Nar 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, per pound a eS a SHEET IRON. | Com. Smooth. Com. [moe tt i4.......... oa, 20 $8 10 Nos. 15 to 17 i oo 3 20 Noe. 1800o1.-......... : 4 20 3 20 N 2 to 4 4 Ww 3 30 4 40 3 40 . 4. 3 50 | All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra | SAND PAPER. ist acct. 19, ’86 dis. 50 Ee 20 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot, 7 Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot. 50 — ial Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30 ‘Champion and Electric Tooth x Cuts, per toot..... eae 30 | TRAPS. dis, | Steel, Game.... 60410 | Oneida Commun nity, ‘Newhouse’s .. i 35 | Oneida Community, eres * & Norton’s . 70 Mouse, choker.... .. _ .18e per doz. Mouse, delusion........... || ase per doe. | WIRE. dis. | Bright Market.... Ma 65 Annealed Market. 70—10 Conporca Marect..................... 2, 60 nod Market............- 32 Barbed. F Spring Stoer........... 50 Barbed Fence, galvanized 3 40 painted ..... a 2 80 HORSE NAILS. Au Sable.. ee dis. 1 Putnam ee Meee a eee dis. 05 Northwester.............-..:_... dis. — WRENCHES. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled “"30 | Coes Genmume........... 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, o 75 Coe’s Patent, malleable A. -T5&10 MISCELLANEOUS. dis, | Bird Cages ............. aes ‘ Pumps, Cistern. Be Screws, New List...... is TO&10 i Casters, Bed and Pilate : -50g108810 | Dampers, American. 40 Forks, hoes, ers and all steel gi oods 68 LS, | a | Pig Large... denen 26c Pig Bars. .-. need 28¢ ZINC. Duty: Sheet, Ze sei went. | 680 pound casks. 4 6% Pér-pound...... oe 7 SOLDER. W@*s oe .16 Extra Wiping 15 alities of ute brands pound 16 ‘ee 3 an J ym oto PRAM 2 FOSTER, STEVENS & CO. Exclusive Agents for WESTERN MICHIGAN. ‘Grand Rapids, - Mich. PAMPHLET. mmROULES, DESCRIPTIVE & § =f od Stamp before a blast. | Fracment Fragments Ss a blast. % STRONGEST and SAFEST EXPLOSIVE mown to the Arts. POWDER, FUSE, CAPS, Electric Mining AND ALL TOOLS FOR STUMP BLASTING. Goods, Denner eee rolled te Shi 00h oA SI vohodlbcesoutb pe nom oe 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Michigan Tradesman | Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, The Tradesman Company, Proprietor. Subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable strictly in advance. Advertising Rates made known on application. Publication Office, 100 Louis St. Entered ot the Grand Rapids Post Office. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1891. ROBBER PROFITS. The following statistical statement of | the earnings of the Western Union Tele- graph Company was recently made be- fore a congressional committee and, as no attempt has ever been made to con- | trovert it, the figures stand as authentic: The capital stock of the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1858 was} $358,700. The stock dividends declared | between 1858 and 1866 amounted to $17,- $10,146, and the stock issued for new lines was $1,937,950: so that the capital stock on July 1, 1866, was $20,133,800. In 1866 new stock was created to the amount of $20,450,500; so that the total capital of the Western Union on the first of July,1867, was $40,568,300. The larg- | est dividend declared by the company up to 1874 was 414 percent. The largest amount of stock ever divided at one time was $10,000,000, and for a period of seven years the dividends | were about 100 per cent. a year on its average capital. It was by | adding dividends to dividends, and by piling the one up on top of the other that | this tremendous amount of $46,000,000 of | capital and debt was created. The his- | tory of the company shows no change of | policy. In 1874 the company bought up | its own stock and the stock of other tele- graph companies and accumulated a fund of over $15,000,000, which was held in one shape or another in the treasury of | the company. An investment of 31,000 in 1858 in Western Union stock would have received up to the present time stock dividends of more than $50,000 and cash dividends equal to $100,000, or 300 per} eent. of dividends a year. These have been some of the dividends declared: In 1862, 27 per cent.; in 1863, 100 per cent.; | im «1864, 100 per ceni.: in i878, | $6,000,000: in 1881, one of $15,000,000 | and another of $4,300,000; in 1886, 25 per cent. The Western Union plant, ex- clusive of its contracts with railroads, could be duplicated for $35,000,000. Its present capital is $85,960,000. It has} realized $100,000,000 of net profits in twenty-five years by its high charges. THe TRADESMAN has always advocated fair and legitimate profits, as such a con- dition is the only one under which the continuation of business is rendered either desirable, but the record of the Western Union monopoly earries the matter of margins altogether too far and suggests the idea that the possible or time has come when someone — Uncle Sam or some other fellow or set of fel- lows with long pocket books—should | take the matter in hand and. give the people decent service at a price com- mensurate with the expense and risk in- | volved in such an undertaking. Tur TRADESMAN has frequently com- mended the efforts made by various State | Legislatures to prohibit sleeping car companies from putting the upper berth down on the occupant of a lower berth where the former is not sold or occupied. Such measures have already become laws in several States and Ture TRADESMAN is pleased to note that Senator Doran, of this city, has introduced a bill to that effect in the Michigan Legislature. Mr. Doran accompanies his measure with a_ | troduced by a member from | and settle.’’ | sleeping car service to $1 per 200 miles or under, the wisdom of which THz | TRADESMAN is inclined to question. The general scope of the bill, however, is en- titled to the warmest commendation and | will undoubtedly meet with the strongest |sort of approval at the hands of the | traveling public. The mercantile agencies are some- | what disturbed over the introduction of | a bill in the Legislature compelling them |to put up a bond of $100,000 and re- | stricting their reports to the absolute truth, making them responsible for any | loss occasioned by the sending of a false report. The bill was drawn by Gideon Rutherford, of this city, having been in- Oceana county. The Art of Dunning. An exchange says: ‘‘A salesman is born, not made.’’ His make-up com- prises many natural faculties and pecu- liarities which cannot be acquired by any amount of study. The requirements of a collector are far different. Collec- | tion is an art, and is fairly a subject for study, while capacity to sell is a natural gift. The Boston Post gives the following as its idea of the best manner to dun acred- itor, and as doing credit alike to the heads and hearts of the tradesmen who sign it: Dear Sir—lIt will greatly convenience us if you will kindly remit the amount of your bill. Do not inconvenience yourself, but a favorable response will be appreciated by Very truly yours TILER & CAIN. This is a well-worded apeal to the debtor and far more liable to influence | him in the direction of paying his debts than the often brusque demands to ‘‘call A threat is almost certain to antagonize the person to whom it is | addressed, and invariably fails to accom- plish any purpose favorable to the per- son using it. The collector ought cer- tainly to be as polite as the salesman. Compare these two invitations to set- tle up: Dear Sir—Your account is overdue un- | less paid at once we shall take measures to collect, or we shall put it in the hands of a collector. Yours, ete., SELLER & Co. Dear Sir—For some reason you are not as prompt as usual in your payments. What is the matter. Yours, ete., GOODSELLER & Co. Which request would Mr. Dear Sir be most likely to notice? The put-your- self-in-his-place process will give a ready reply, and in every instance where a man deals with his fellow, whether he wants to sell him shoes or have him pay his debts, politeness is requisite, and it is the genuinely polite person who suc- ceeds. It givesa truly honest man as much pleasure to pay his debts as to the creditor to receive his pay, and no one likes to be ‘‘dunned.’’ SO The Drug Market. Opium is steady. Morphia is changed. Quinine is firm. ver has declined. stone tend higher. Paraffine wax has advanced. African capsicum has vanced. Turpentine is lower. un- Nitrate sil- > ¢ => A prophet need not be among us to | predict that the demands of the Farmer’s | Alliance will be met by the people of this country as they should be, with such a powerful and repulsive negative as to dispel for the next decade all sem- clause restricting the rate charged for | blance of such nefarious legislation. Sulphur and brim- | ad- | A Hardware Dealer’s Strictures on the Street Fakir. Written for THE TRADESMAN. ‘* What is the attraction on that street corner yonder?” I was standing by the counter of a hardware store where I frequently made purchases and had ad- dressed the middle-aged proprietor, with whom I was intimately acquainted. As I asked the question, he turned to a shelf behind him and took from a box a small and curiously shaped kitchen knife for paring fruits, vegetables, etc., and, holding it toward me, said : ‘“*He is selling this knife and will average thirty sales every day in the year, while I sell about one a week.’’ The man spoke in an impatient tone, and I instinctively felt that he was vexed at what we were witnessing. ‘““These fellows certainly interfere with regular home trade,” I ventured to remark. ‘They do,” he replied, ‘‘ and there is a large variety of fancy shelf hardware, with which they supply almost the en- tire country, by thus bringing it directly to the consumers’ attention. Upon such small articles, I am free to admit, our profits formerly depended, while in later years we are almost debarred from sell- ing them ; and when I think of the daily profits that fakir is making with that one article, and compare his expenses and hard work with mine, I feel as if I wanted to sell my stock and never em- bark in the business again.”’ ‘* What do those knives retail for?” I enquired; ‘‘ possibly his profits may be larger than I supposed.” ‘« They sell for 25 cents,’ he answered. ‘““And you said he would average a sale of thirty a day the year round?” I said. ‘‘Let me see,” I continued, musing a moment, ‘‘that is a fraction over seventy-six gross a year. He ought to obtain bottom prices from the manu- facturers if he takes such a large num- ber.” ‘*He does purchase them less than I can,” replied the merchant, ‘‘ because he takes such a quantity. I need not speci- fy particulars,” he continued, ‘but I can truthfully tell you, that if he sells the number named (which 1 believe he does) he makes a profit of $2,200 a year. I cannot make thatin my business. Of course, in this country everyone is free to engage in any branch of trade which his neighbor is engaged in and compete with him, if he can, even side by side, or he may select any one article he has, which is supposed to be most profitable, and—as this man is doing — supply the entire demand if they can, but, wherever this is done, the trade of the permanent merchant is to that ex- tent injured. It is extremely doubtful if on the whole the true interest of con- sumers is not permanently injured by the fakir; as no merchant can afford to keep the large and varied assortment of stock on hand, if his sales are to be limited in certain lines. Let me call your attention to the thousands of pocket knives, compasses and numerous other articles of shelf hardware that are hawked about the country and offered |for sale on the streets. Whether they | are of good or bad quality has nothing to do with the fact that they are sold, and just that amount of money is taken ifrom the legitimate hardware business. The dry goods men, the grocers and druggists are all of them injured in the same way. It would seem as if the public who patronize these peripathetic merchants would long since have learned by experience that in such dealing there were too many chances against them; that if deceived or disappointed in the article, there was no redress, whereas at. their neighbor’s permanent place of busi- ness, he could not only be found at any time, but would also be willing to talk and to make any honorable amends, if any error occurred or an article was de- fective. The merchants’ trade in all lines now sold by traveling hawkers would be far better and his stock kept fully up to the wants of customers. By purchasing in larger quantities, he could and would sell at lower prices, were it not for this outdoor interference with his trade. 2 & W...2 20@2 45 | Seidlitz Mixture..... @ 2%/|Lindseed, boiled . 58 61 holesale Price Current. | e 3 an. ¥. & & - Sinapis. @ 18) Neat’s Foot, winter Ce... 2 10@2 35 ee @ 30) : rere .......... 50 69 Moschus Canton...... @ 4 — Maccaboy, De SpiritsTurpentine.... 44 50 Advanced—African capsicum. Declined—Nitrate Silver, Turpentine. ) Myristica, No. 1. a Wor VOC sl @ 35) bbl. Ib | Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 Snuff, "Sosich, De. Voes @ 35} PAINTS. + 4D. : a (Oa Repia. oo ., 383@ 38 | Soda Boras, (po. 13). . 12@ 13| Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 ACIDUM. oie eee lz — = TINCTURES. | Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. on Sade = Potass Tart... 30@ 33 | Ochre, yellow a iz 2@4 Aosticum ...... ...... 8@ 10 es stat eye i at Coo. 2 00} Soda Carp............ fa 2405 Sl ee Sica: Gicmad.. Clk ap) Se ....-.----...-5 San ae Pe gee ----- 50 | Picis Lig, N. C., % gal Soda, Bi-Carb......... @ "5 | Putty, commercial... ig 2%@3 BER Shoes ne asne 30 | Gaultheria ............ > = | how. se Me ey eal sncty @2 00| Soda, Ash.............3%@ 4|_“ strictly pure.....2% 24@3 Carpoleum ........... 26@ 36} Geranium, ounce..... @ ee myrrh. oi a a | Picis Liq., quarts .... @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas........ @ 2/| Vermilion Prime Amer- Citricum ............-. 58@ 60 | Gossipii, Sem. gal..... —, 73 Arnica 50 | | pints . _ @ 83 |Spts. EtherCo........ 50@ 55|_ ican... 13@16 Hydrochior ........... 3@ 5|Hedeoma ............. 1 85@2 00 | | afcetida. ee | Pil Hydrarg, (po. &). @ 50| “ Myrcia Dom..... @225/V ermilion, English. . 85@83 nee 10@ 12 eursper..............- —— 60 Atrope ida... = 60 | Piper Nigra, (po. 2 @ 1 Myrcia Imp... .. @3 00 | | Green, Peninsular..... TO@™5 a... “ Se ¢ Gee Ge | OM cn, 60 | eae te, OF é)- OS) 5 Vint Heck bh | | Lead, POD ono eons ix Phosphorium dil 3 AEERADEEE = one ere sacs sook ee eb ee Oe ey x Burgun.. ' a 2... ............- & : w 74 Salicylicum ed eee ae 1 40@1 go] Mentha Piper.......... : 90@3 00 cetcaiiniae aly ane 50 | Piumbi Acet ........ 14@ 15| Less5egal.,cashtendays, | Whiting, white Span.. @i0 Salpherioam.... ..... 1g G1 mous Vers......... 50@2 60 | Barosma LT | Pulvis Ipecac et opil.. 1 10! 20 | Strychnia Crystal... @1 10 | Whiting, Gilders’...... , fanecam............. 1 40@1 60 | Morrhuae, gal......... ee andes 75 | Pyrethrum, boxes H Sulphur, Subl......... 24@ 3% | — Paris American 1 00 © Tartaricum............ 40@ 42 = rage ounce........ aoe = a... _ P. D. Co., doz..... @1 25 a Roll... Liss. 24@ 8 — Paris Eng. ia rt ee a HR ) ee ae rethram, py........ Ma amarinds ........---. 8@ 10 | es AMMONIA. Picts ee es ee aes rece a 75 Quassine P 2 10 | Terebenth Venice..... 28@ 30| Pioneer Prepared Painti wes 4 Aqua 16 deg La 34@ 5] Ricini................. 1 16@1 28} Oo stor IETS 2 99 | Quinta, 8 PL & W. 35@ 10|Theobromae .......... 50@ 55| Swiss Villa re - oe. a 4 Rosmarini eae (oe Oe aa S. German.... 24@ 30| Vanilla... ...........900@16 00| Paints...............1 00@1 20 Bi chy aot. 12z@ 14] Rosae, ounce.......... Go aces 59 | Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14| Zinci Sulph.. Ee VARNISHES. Chloridum ...........- 1 tees oon S «Goll gg | Saccharum Lactispv.. @ 40 | No.1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 Sa cae 3 a CN pf lee 2 00@Z 10 OILs. | Extra Turp............ 160@1 70 te . ne Sanafead CS C - 49@ ee | Oe Sanguis Draconis..... 0@ 50 Bbl. Gai! Coach Beas. .......... 2 75@3 00 Black......-.++++-++++> 2 00G@2 25 Sinapis, ess, ‘ounce.. @ 6 Capes. ae —— Sea, @A 50} Whale, winter........ 70 70 | No.1 Turp Furn......1 00@1 10 BrOWD.....-.+-++5++++: 80@1 00 | reli ak ap | ss. nn. 50 Sapo, W ccs i ae ee, one... 55 60 | Euira Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 iced teas eee ee 45@ 50 ae 40@ 50 eect... a i. 1m ititerd Ne t........... & | Ja an Dryer, No. 1 Yellow ......---+--+++- 2 50@3 00 | *7Y, Op Se eo | Gention..................... 50) @. eT @ 15| Linseed, pureraw.... 55 CE eT a 70@ 75 BACCAE. Theobromas........... 15@ W as CO... seers eee ee = ey beae (i oe. :..... 1 &@1 75 POTASSIUM. ee ——— ———————————— ——— Sani — ees iene Se 101 Bi Carb... 15@ 18 ae... a 4 Xanthoxylum......... %@ 30 —— ee eae = = Hyoscyamus . acaiaclaiatal se Se fodine . perrereceeeanerees 7 HN TI N l Copalba ee... noo O@, $5 | Chlorate, (po. i6)...-.. 14@ 18 | wernt eo 4 L L EB MT cece etenee eeeee yani ey : See Rn | ' : Terabin, Canada -.... 35@ 40} Todide................. ‘ea = "POSUIGATE ooo esse ce 40@ 45 Potasse, Bitart, pure.. 309 33 Myrrh.. i 50 e otassa, Bitart, com... % 15 ee _ _ Potass Nitras, ope... ag 10 | Nur Vomios.n so Abies, Canadian.........-.- 18] Potass Nitras.......... 7]@ 9\-k aie Cassiae .......-- were ED Peete SO SEU ie an en 2 00 | Cinchona Flava ....- — 18 Sulphate po.. i] the 8 hu € Euonymus atropurp. - = AurantiCortex.. eeeeee 5D Myrica Cerifera, po......... 20 RADIX. uassia . | ae Prunus Virgini.........----- 12) Acomigim ............. 2@ 2% hatany . ee gaa 50 > sd TS 12 a ee eae an = Gansta aaa aes =| Importers and Jobbers of doce chee cases nes 13) Bpenues ...........- 5@ 20 | Cassia cul 0. | Sieane Pe Po (Ground i... 10) Brum: oo... .... se @ 5 Co... = Calamus.. .. Se 50) Serpentaria ........ EXTRACTUM. Gentiana, (po. ey 1m «12/1 Siromonium............ 2] St . 60 i labra... 24@ 25] Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 MO ec 60 — bi ces 33@ 35| Hydrastis Canaden, Valerian .........-.... ..... 50 Haematox, = th box... tig ie -. 40) @ 30) Veratrum Veride............ 50 = & ae Sel ge eS neers = = He Secs, “Ala, ‘po.. - = ae tno a ic veees 4I@ 5 coals pe.,............ , 15, “ .e......... 16@ 17 Tpecac, F (po. 5 40@2 50 Aither, Spts Nit, 3 F.. 26@ 28 FERRUM. eis Sa.. aes “"4P.. 30@ 32 Carbonate Precip...... ‘tik a a: 35 | Alumen ........---/... 24@ 3% | : d D . : S . ont. alee a me a ~@ Chemicals an ruggists’ Sundrics Citrate oe 2 = Roel ee ve joo 00 ‘aso ee a See Se). Gt ae Anais Bawt b g Sulphate, com'i..:..:.14@ 2 spig fe Sie ae Dealers in pure....... . @ 7) Sanguinaria, (po 3 25).. @ 2 | Antifebrin.......:..... @ 2} FLORA. Serpentaria............ 40@ 45] Argenti Nitras,ounce @ 67| Senega .............-.. 50@ 55) arsenicum............ 5m 7| 4 a 3 a ggg gg gfeeomcnan “Gg lBecteavs 2.8 Patent Madisines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes Aoethemis ...... -.'...-- 20@ 25 ¥ @ W Bismuth S. N. 10@2 20 | } ; ; ‘ Matricaria .-.- 2@ 30 Seillae, (po. 35) . 10@ 12 Caleium Chior, 1s, aa FOIA. Symplocarpus, Feeti. 11; rel ea @ 9| a 20@ 22 |. dul Po.....--.. @ 3) Cte Sanaa, *| Sole Agents forthe Oelebrated Pioneer Prepared Paints Cassia &! wAcutifol, Tin- Valeriana, ne (po. 30) an 30 Be @1 %5 nivelly ..-.-- --..--- 25Q 2 en OG Capsici Fructus, af... @ 2% y rere AY 35@ 50 fener e....... 10@ 15 an Salvia officinalis 4S Hl co. pus aueraiten oe ba ‘ Bypo o 18 me Be i 12@ 15 SEMEN. Caryophyllus, (po. 38) 13Q@ 1 We are Sole Proprietors of a 8@ 10] Anisum, (po. 20). @ 15} Carmine, No. @3 75 @UMMI. Apium (graveleons) - : = 18 | Cera ae, s. Fr Sie. = = . reac a ee G1 Cos Wisvya............ . 1 ; 3 > hoagta; it picked... Qt oo] Gata tia igh, AB S| Coceuse ec ¢* WEATHERLY’S MICHIGAN CATARRH REMEDY Ma zd eo @ 80 Cardamon............-1 00@1 25 | Cassia Fructus........ @ na 3d ° 6 65 Corlandrum.. .... 10@ 12] Centraria.. ee @ 10 és sifted sorts... @1 00 Cannabis Sativa.......4%@ 5|Cetaceum . Lae ae a Se 2. ' . 1@ go | Cydonium.... ........ T5@1 00 Chloroform ..... 60@_ 63 Aloe, aoe ae (po. ‘2... @ 12 chenopods ae : ne = es > i a 19 7 | Dipt orate... . 2 2 s r Ts 5 2 Sogotr!, (0. 6). @ 50|poeniculum........... @ 15|Chondrus............. 20@ 25 We have in stock and offer a full line of ae 1s, (48; 14 48, 1 Foenugreek, po.. - Ge .s Cinchonidine, PR&W ho BD } Saceasvensntstag a 30 | Lin a geet’ ‘ Q 4% Tet we amen 3%@ 12 ‘ samc ea ( Lini orks, list, dis | Assafeetida, (ps. 9) » g@ B)tovelfa.’.---... 95@ MB| cont ............. 5) Whiskies, Brandies, ; an, present ser 50@ 52 — Canarian.. oe 4% —— os g 50 ot ¢ es Wed ea ae ee od oe Tr ) ee acl 2 eo ee $@, 10) Sinapis, Albu...0.10) 8@ 9) ‘prep... 5D 5 Gins, Wines, Rums. Gauboge 1S. SS Nigra...-...- 1@ 12) (precip... W@ 11 Guaiacum, (po 40)... @ 3 SPIRITUS. A gee an a 5 — Gs. es. : = veageett, 5. oa Co. Henderson County, Hand Made Sour Mash f 9 Pe 25Q2 Abeta... .- 5. 2 Cee 8 . ..... : @ @B i u ‘ ‘ Muteki 6. 5s. tl. 20 SPONGES. Garmiiee 7 @8 Whisky and Druggists Favorite icaanens Po dig win wwe woe a = Florida sheeps’ wool ee ne «a = i oe 2 ool yal ag 2 25@2 50! i Mentha Biperita ce cu 3 —o Saat pe Glassware flint, 7 70 per cent. Rye Whisky. RE eres ces | cess 30 | -- Carriage .... --.---. 200 Glue, a 9@ 15 Rue.. sacsecercecsererss OO| Velvet extra sheeps’ pean BO 2 Tanacetum, 7. a ies ape oe = wool carriage....... 110 Gly camer au oe es ERR aS Extra, yellow sheeps’ ps — cl eae MAGNESIA, Ce | Se er in mT : i Calcined, Pat 55@ 60 | Grass sheeps’ wool car = Hydrang Chior, sia’ = = We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. ig de Ka, 22 pee f oe Carbonate, Pat... ©@ Bl aad for slate use. ay ee eae We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Gua Carbonate, Jenningd.. 35@ 36 —— Reef, for slate 140 “ Ammoniati. @1 15 antee Satisfaction. oLnum. a. es IIE ssc 2. a All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we re oeenue 5 00@5 . ydrargyrum . 75 | ee tis ae ae Ol hee ae Tanthyobolla, Am. _.1 25@1 50 ceive them. Send in a trial order. Amydalae, Amarac.. 3 es = — eo eccees = se i. oases bn i | a Se ‘4 pOCRO..... eeu iodine, Resubi........ v5 8 Auranti Cortex....... @2 50| Ferri Iod........ LD SO teeter cl... a @A 70 | Bergamil ........--+++ 3 = S aomenes Os Cosieg.............. . a: ee oe = | TNE oc ci anc hon he Ge veopodium .......... ( Gaxsophyiii i ieac asus sh oe = Similax Orica adele ° — era 80@ 85 | Cedar ia. oles. t uor Arsen y- Ghenepedi oy ee Se ie cate anes 50 ane TOR. 27 | ae Cinnamonii .........-. ‘1 20@1 25 | Seillae eel iaeas 50 | Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12 COIR ois ooo wc n oe - @ = ee a - ees, Sulph (bbl “ Con! ceri es NIE oie i a ches Sodan a (eicdus ee ee.» , Se | trees eee 50 | Mannia, 8.F......... Be 60 GRAND RAPIDS,/MICH. F 3 i £ i = : ie a 12 GROCERIES. A Grocer’s Talk on Crackers. | Written for THE TRADESMAN. It was a pleasant day and there seemed | to be a lack of business inside the gro- eery. Here was the place I had been | looking for. I dropped in, passed back out of the way and seated myself to study human nature. Someone has re-| marked that ‘‘human nature is about the same the world over.’? Sometimes I think the fellow who said that never trav- | eled much. 1 wont stop now, however, to moralize on the subject, as I amina large city and time is valuable; besides, I might get run over. ‘‘ What new ‘fad’ have you there ?”’ I asked the proprietor as he approached me soon after, point- ing to what had once been a neat paper | package standing on a show case on the opposite counter. The upper end of the package presented the appearance of | having been opened by a small charge of dynamite, gently placed upon it, and protruding from the ragged opening was a card bearing this inscription: ‘‘ Take a} eracker.’’ ques | tion, then glanced about the room and, | seeing we were partially secluded, seated himself near me and said, ‘‘ That pack- | age has a history—shall I relate it?” ‘* If you please,” I replied. ‘*’Three or four days ago,’’ said he, ‘a little girl | came in and enquired for a certain brand of crackers sold in packages. I furnished | the kind she wanted, for which she paid and left the store with them. Half an hour afterward she returned with the package opened as you see it, but well wrapped in a newspaper, and remarked | that her mother could not them. The brand was all right, but something was wrong with the fiavor of the crack- ers, and she asked as a favor if I would take them back. ‘Certainly,’ I replied, and returned her the money she had paid me. The woman may have opened the | package in haste, but I said nothing to | the child about its appearance. In fact, it is a mistake in such cases to have any conversation with a child concerning | goods returned, as they are forgetful and your remarks often go from them | distorted in a form liable to occasion trouble, if not loss of custom, and I did | not desire the loss of this family. Then, also, it might be that something wrong with this particular package. If| there is one thing more than another that I take a pride in doing, it is to treat ladies and children in the most courte- ous manner possible, even at the expense | of personal inconvenience and Aside from any feeling of duty and right it richly pays any dealer to do so, and fortunate is he who can smilingly re-| ceive any rebuke or implied abuse from the public, and yet make no harsh re- tort. At my leisure I closely examined the crackers, having sold the same kind for a year or more, and certainly I could | find nothing in appearance, taste or smell that seemed wrong. Feeling de- sirous of knowing whether 1 was erring in my judgment, the thought came to | place that card upon them and get the | opinion of others, for I really wish to sell good articles, if I can. I have asked | many of my acquaintance to taste them, and many others have accepted the re- quest on the card and tasted them also, and thus far only one person has found | anything wrong, and that he describes | as a peculiar smell. Singular to relate, | at least one-third of all who ‘take a | The man smiled at my use was | loss. | | dom occurs. | from the ovens. | over, | lon? | woman angrily, | the store. | was, ’ | stand it. | groe’ry peesness. | spring and summer is a good one. | stagnation of the money market appears | to have spent itself, and the spring tidal | wave of prosperity seems ready to burst | THE MICHIGAN ee" remember that they ought to |take some home and insist upon having this brand only, and I am having almost |a run upon them, have ordered a second supply this week, something which sel- My discovery is not copy- righted and it may be that other dealers, | either in this or other kinds of goods in packages, may find it profitable to call attention to their stock in this manner. 1 do not know how it is with other gro- | cers, but many of my customers have ob- tained the impression that crackers in | packages are not as fresh as those in j | barrels or boxes. I know not how it may be in all places, but I am supplied here in the city with about the quantity I can sell several times a week, fresh If Ll run short, I tele- If packages are left when the delivery wagon comes they are asked for and carried away, to be opened and go into barrels phone for more. again, | for shipment where they are wanted in | larger quantities, far from the house. On the other hand, many persons erro- | neously think dust necessarily gets into a | | barrel while the goods are being weighed | out, and will buy none except those put up in sealed packages. Thus, you see, we have people of all opinions to deal with and all sorts of whims and preju- dices to contend with.”’ >.> -—— Story of a Smart Clerk. From the New York Times. It seems that Heinrich, in one of those lulls of trade which come in the grocery as in other lines of commerce, had been assailed by what appeared to him to be a bright idea. Procuring a large piece of fair white paper, he printed thereon, in | Tu large, black letters this legend: ‘* N. O. | Molasses, 50 cents.’? He hung the card up in a conspicuous place and waited developments. They came in the form of a tall, thin woman, fierce of visage and sharp of tongue, the keeper of a big boarding- | house and the best customer Heinrich’s | employer had. Her keen the sign at once. ‘*What’s that!’ she said, molasses gone down to fifty cents a gal- eyes a stock before ’t goes up again.”’ Here was Heinrich’s opportunity. haven’t read it right,’’ he said, somewhat | frightened, but determined to give his bright idea an airing. price as s, you know sign—‘No molasses, 50 that, so I—to prevent mistake —put up that | cents’—but I can send you some for—” 1 “You'll send me nothin’,’’ and cried the She never came back. to explain how harmless his bright idea but the old German couldn’t under- —~_ © > Good Words Unsolicited. Cc. W. Peters, ex-grocer, Bangor: Please be no better way than through THe TRADESMAN.” ie ee The business outlook for the coming | The itself over the country. ee eee aennniaiinae For the finest coffees in the world, high | spices, ete., see J. P. Visner, | | grade teas, 17 Hermitage block, Grand Rapids, Mich. noticed | ‘‘New Orleans | Thank goodness, one thing’s fell! | Send me four gallons at once; Ill lay in| “You; ‘Of course, we | couldn’t sell New Orleans or any other | | kind of molasses for any such she marched out of | Heinrich tried | **You vas too schmart for der | Better you get oud,” | was all he would say, and the wretched | F | victim of. his own brilliancy had to go. “Enclosed | find #1, which please place to my credit.- send my paper to Aberdeen, Washington, as I} expect to go to that place soon, and I shall want | | to know how my Michigan friends are getting | along,and there will TRADESM AN. PRODUCE MARKET. FRESH MEATS. Apples--Green, $4.25@4.50 for choice eating and Swift and Company quote as follows: $3.50@43.75 for cooking stock. Evaporated are Beef, CArCABS........--.. sees eeeeeeee eres 5%@ 4 firm at 14@15c, and sun-dried are strong at hind quarters ey Wy 10@10%e. ee, en ee eS @ 4% Beans—The demand is steady and the market ee ee 104%4@11 without special change. Handlers pay 31.65@1.80 ee Te ite @ 9 | for country picked and find no difficulty in mak a 5 @ts ing sales at $2.05@2.10 for city picked. Oise eke sstebdeus ene @10% Beets—50c per bu. Se ee aaae @ 4% Butter—Dairy is in stronger demand and the | Rojogna.:... @5 market is nearly bare of choice stock. Dealers | pork Joins...........- @7 are offering 17¢ and holding at 18c. and the price “shoulders @5 will likely go to 20e before the end of the w eek, Sausage, Sank oe ede 1. @5 Creamery is in good demand at 22@7?4e. cee a @5 Cabbages—5¢c per doz. or $4 per 1 <)) ieore ea @ 7 | Carrots—20@ 25¢ per bu te . Hs | Celery—20@25¢ per doz. Ne ee Cooperage—Pork barrels,$1.25; produce barrels | | C ‘ranberries—Cape Cods are nowout of market. a | Beat and Cherry are held at #9 and Jerseys CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. | at $9.50. a } _ | Eggs—The market is weak, dealers paying l4c The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: } and holding at 15c. STICK CANDY. | Onions— Moseley Bros, paid $1.18 for a carload Standard, wee re. LO eae @ 8 jofc hoic e stock at Hilliards last week and as high Oe ae @8 as $1.25 has been offered for smaller lots in this “s i @8 market. Dealers hold at $1.40 in a small way. $s pails or packages, net weiss. ....:. 8% Potatoes—The market continues to strengthen OT ES 8 lat some of the consuming and distributing | Boston Cream .......... .-.eeeseee teeter eee 10 points, while in others it is weak and vacillating. | Cut Loaf............005 ceeeee cee eee e eee 9 Handlers are paying 80c here and at the princi-| Extra H, H........ 2 ...e sess eeee ee cere cee es 10 pal buying points in the State. MIXED CANDY Squash—1% 6c per = . os : * Bbis. Pails. Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys are in goo¢ a 2 demand readily commanding $3.50 per bu. —_* per Ib......... ate me ; Turnips—30@35e per bu. Special... ae r 8% —— IN oo og son ine eet neneee et wteens 8 8% PROVISIONS. TE oe ee Cees buch eee eit omen ke 9 : i os ia, eg The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, | Midget .............sceeeees cececeree ce ceeees 10 quotes as follows: —_—. ee oe : ee ee er ert aa... ao 9% Meas, new. .....-. vesserseee++ 10 00) peannt Squares.......-.--2-- ceeeeeeeeee es net, 9% Short Cut ....--..2 -- see ceesesee cee eeeees Oe ci cicus wreueuyasetaions ne Extra clear pig, short cut.............---+-- 12 50) Kindergarten...... Te 10 xtra clear, heavy........-...+.-+++-+-++04- MeO ATA ees acy ues eed at Ceeee fet eee... 1: 00 oh neg sh RR NE REISE IRE 14 Roaioe Ceeer. suerte Cmt........;.....-......- neat ‘ Cloar back, abort Gut. ..00 0.00800 500600.06000 11 50 FaNcy—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box Standard clear, short cut, best.......2...... i ee 60 sAUsAGE—Fresh and Smoked. | ee 60 . .., | Pepperm nt ey eee 70 Park Genes... 6... Chocolate Drops...........- : “70 ee eee 9 | H. M. Chocolate Drops..... 90 | Wobhirs GAMAERO. 28... ee ieee oon -2 CE ee 50 | Frankfort Sausage -.....0..2002+ +2000. laa ee 1 00 | Blood Sausage....... --..----0e+eseeee erences Oa Tieoetee DEON ee ee 80 | Bologna, straight ...............-++s+seeeee sees 5 Lozenges, plain. -.....-+++--00+ eeseeeeeerees 65 [tees Gee. 6. 8s. _, Printed an a | Pea Cheeta ten ee nee 5 : 65 | Larp—Kettle re Ae ee 6% “SS eS ae Sn nS eco eh 7 it, WG ee ae 7 — a -it@18 | >. . aut Mae twemes. 4... ......,....-0.- @, ce Family. nk Pe A ee ee ee ee we 80@90 | Tierces ...........- oe bY 54 ——— ~ sepa a 1 00 | Oand 50 1b. Pee ee 5lg ee 75 | 3 1b. Pails, 20in a case 6% 6% ee eT Se 1 #@1 10 aeeeh...u 53 4 WR, ic cininiecitsynerianies 65 | 5 Ib. Pails, 12in a case........... 63% 61% Wintergreen Berries..................+.+ | 10 Ib. Pails, 6 in @ Cane........... 6% 6 FANcY—In bulk. | 20 Ib. a a case. 6 5% Lozenges, ee ae | 50 Ib. Cans.. " 115% 5% eee, TA yee... ..-. 2. 12 “BEEF IN BARRELS. aaa em in OD se “ | Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 7 06 | Gum Drops, in pails.....-... 6... .+-+ esse eee ee | Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ 6 75 | Moss Drops, in palls.......-----.-+-+0+ eee eee . Boneless, rump Dutts........... 22. .-- 0 -e-- 00 9 % | Sour Drops, in pails.........-.-+--.-ee cree eee 1 | SMOKED MEATS—C. maeeees or Plain. Imperials, a 11 | Hams, average 20 Ibs. oes “oe 84 ORANGES. oY Floridas, fancy 250-200 176-150. . 50@83 7 15 Le ee, a 190-126. 2. | 2. 3 30@3 50 eg RN ie cee . We icone tae aces oe @ , © est boneless. . See ie ead le aes 8% Russets, fancy boc ie iee.....-4..- 5 25 | Shoulders. . ee eee ee ee a 3 00 | Breakfast Bacon, ’ boneless. . eee eee. Valencias, ‘ieee to fancy =. 5 75 ine Cee Ge ee 8 Messinas, - 300-240. . 3 00 Ei CRATE, MOREY. oo. sos opens coe eee swans 5% cy 3 00 Briskets, medium. .............-......--..-.. B%¥ LEMONS. ” EAE «= ewan, weer ncnsceree ners renss 5% Messina, choice, 360..........-..++----. 3 75@ + 00 | aor Me OO 2s cp ccan dekey 4 50@ 4 7% FISH and OYSTERS. " choice 300 ee 4 00 | F. Jd. Dettenthaler quotes as tollows: ii fancy 300....--------, wrt 4 50@ 475 | OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. a ee . Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers nace 18@20 CO ae @10 choice oe @16 PG ieee eek ieee ee Bees seek cee teas @9 “sé ‘6 ‘“ i @i2 | ialioet, sn en ewe @18 ‘“ Fard, 10-1b. box CO anaes @10 PCIBCOOR. 2-20 oot cere cs sercces soccer es @5 a oe ee eS @8 RO ROEE, sheet sce c act ates tana mente eet @9 Pension, 50. Me Dok 4 @6 eS Se @13 ieee ee ES EE EEA AE cee a ON @25 . 1% ae a @i2 | Almonds, —— Oo sued aocies sues ous | California salam. 000... se @i8 : ee hese ssee ae nes ars oe OYSTERS—Cans, . Cc valifornia Lose se eee ee = et Meee Commbl | lk... ee > a, eee. eke es oe, @30 | Filberts . teed e ne wie nis 15 ed poeta @25 | Walnuts, TNE. apc sens coe nteneete Qi Se cue eccsee cere ches cpencans O23 oe oiox ee eee @20 bl N N oy en @15% ee ee eS Ee @is | Table Nuts, Nos ee ee ee ner @i4 ee Wie Wd ME occ. 5 bee ce const 1416 | Oysters, per 100....... .------+-- ee eeeee 1 25@1 50| Cocoanuts, full sacks............. ..+.. @4 | Clams, aig ‘ ee ee 75@1 00 PEANUTS, | BULK GOODS. Fancy, a. P., ee ae i @ 6 | Standards, per ON ice cack ce @1 25 “e “Roasted 7%@ 8 ee yee ee @1 65 | Fancy, H. P., Fla ce ukosey sha ae @6 | Scrimps, ee ee kt esas coctee 1 50) SRoasied eh ote eee 7%4@ 8 | Clams, Se oe eens eas 1 50 | Choice, H. P. eiieae. ieee : @ > | Seallops, ° a 1 50] " Roasted.. 64%4@ 7 | Agent for E. J. Gillies & Co., New York | City. 362tf Houseman Block, ~ CURTISS & CO., WHOLESALE Paper Warehouse. FLOUR SACKS, GROCERY BAGS, TWINE AND WOODEN WARE. Grand Rapids, Mich. MICHIG AN TRADES ites Price Cisne, The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. APPLE BUTTER, Chicago goods.... ...7%@8 AXLE GREASE, Frazer’s., Wood boxes, per Gon... .. 80 80 3 Gox. case... 2 4 o 1 per gross. . 2 00 25 Ib. pails, per doz........13 00 isiby . per mroes...... 8 50 Aurora, Ww ood boxes, per Oe... #0 60 3 dos. case... 1 7% e . per gross.... 6 66 Diamond. Wood boxes, per doz .....30 50 3 doz. case... 1 50 _ © per cross.... 5 50 Peerless. EE ae -80 90 BAKING POWDER. Thepure, 10¢ packages. $1 20 eee 1 56 " 6 02. " 2 28 % lb - ao - 1202. eee 4 20 x 11b. ge 5 40 :a 5 lb. SF ee 26 C0 Less 20 per cent. to retailers. Acme, 4% lb. cans,3doz ... 45 ' cn 6h 6cSlU 85 ae t = ae 1 oe 1 10 . We 10 Telfer’ 8, 5 _ cans, doz.. 45 % lb 85 “ 1 Ib. “oe “ vo i. 5O Arctic, 4% b eae 60 e ce” CU... 1 20 . ee 2 00 _ -. . .. $ 60 Red Star, > > CAns........ 40 aes £0 iia 1 b ee 150 BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. oe 90 re a 70 omenere. 0. es... . 60 BLUING. Gross Arctic, 4 - Ovew.......-.. 4 00 80 (a eS 7 00 sat, round........m0 . o. 2) sifting box... 2 Ba No. 3, .. £0 ae No. 5, “oe vas 8 00 (gy 1 oz ball eee as ao BROOMS. ie 200 -_a22 ce = oe Pasice ui eee ea eae. 2 7% Ocmamon Whisk .....-....-.. 90 Fancy Se 1 20 ae 3 25 Meeeonoee....s. 27 BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. Misine Son... .... 5 00 York State.. CG Self Rising... Ce 4 50 BUTTERINE. Creamery. Solid — eee oo 131% ia eee aes eee 14 Dairy. —_ Wacko... 5... 11 Meee ce 11% CANDLES Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes bees ee 10 — CC 9% Te 11 NON ck. as 25 CANNED GOODS. FISH. Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck..... 110 Clam Chowder, 3 Ib......... 2 10 Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand.. ay 2 Ib. i oe Lobsters, 1 ~ *plenic eo oe 1 90 cee 2 65 e 1b, ae: 2 “ 2 Yb. Star.. 3 Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.3 50 LIb. stand ae! 1 20 Se es. 2 00 i” 3 1b. in Mustard. ..3 50 . 3 Ib. moaeod....... 3 50 Salmon, 1 1b. Columbia 1 75@1 = 11b. Alaska.. @1 4 Sardines, domestic _ 5@ 6 s.... 1@ 8 - Mustard %s...... @10 . imported is. @i: - moleod.,.4a ...... 10 Trout, 3 1b. brook........ 25 FRUITS. Apples. York State, gallons... 400 Sree. Santa Cruz. _ 2:25 ee — 2 40 Cherries. MOG oo ee ec cnge nose 1 20 Pitted Hamburg. 1 40 Damsons, Egg Plums and Green Gages. Me @A1 65 Gooséberries. Creer: ... 6... ce: 110 Peaches. dey sca cds eo ae 60@1 75 eles ina 2 25 Severe s .......:-..:. 2 23 Crore... .... 5c... 2 60@2 75 Pears. Domestic. i oo 1 25 Riverside...... : 2 2 Pineapples. Common.. a 130 Johnson's ‘sliced...... 2 40 ' grated... 2 65 Quinces. MONE Fos sas os hs 110 Raspberries Dil bicep cers oa eee 1 30 Black Hamburg us 1 40 Strawberries. Eewrence ..........27, 1 10 PAI occa es 2 00 ; Vhortleberries. Common. ............. 1 40 MEATS. i ee 2 00 Roast. . " -1 7 "VEGETABLES. Beans, soaked Lima........ 385 ~ “een Timna........ @1 60 Ca @ 2% ee... 90 _ * Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40 Corn, stand. brands..1 ov 25 Peas, soaked.. a 5 . "marrofat . .. @1 30 a) Wa ae 1 40 ‘sifted uo ee oo ‘* fine French......... 2 Mushrooms. 0 coe Oe rumpain .. ..... a ee a... 116 Succotash, soaked.... ...... 85 mandard......... 1 30 Tomatoes, stand br’ds 1 oe! 10 CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S, German Sweet... ......... 22 ee a 34 Pure... .. es 38 Breakfast Cocoa........ ‘ 40 CHICORY. a Red . 8 CHEESE. i Full Cream a 00! .10 P; ‘art Skimmed. is aap aaee. Boa... ‘ @ Swiss, imported . Laced 24@ = domestic @ Eonar... . 5... ... CHEWING GUM. Rubber, =e 3D eae 40 Spruce, 200. pieces. ..40 CATSUP. Snider’ B, Petes... -1 35 eee 2 30 ™ quart.. Low <=). OO CLOTHES PINS. 5 arose Domes ...............00 COCOA SHELLS. Bulk.. ve @A% Pound ‘packages. ews oe @i COFFEE EXTRACT. Neteey Cig... 75 -o...., .. ioe ec 2 re Hummel’s. os 65 c oFFEE—Green. Rio, fair. @20 gooe........ -... @21 “~ See @22 fancy, washed... @A% a ee @23% Pe 2 @z Mexican & es @25 eawa, Interfor......... @26 - Mandheling.. 7 @29 Peshery 2... 0... "99 @2A4 Mocha, genuine..... 26 @28 To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add ec. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. eee Pn 244 ~ i cabinets... . 24% McLaughlin’s XXXX.. - 24% Tigo. a... 2434 “ ie copies .....-... 5M, arene. 3... 24% CLOTHES LINES Cotton, 408....... per doz. 1 35 . wit... .: “ 150 a 60 ft. . 1% - 70 ft. . 2 00 bay Ser... .... ia 2 3 Jute eof... -.... Y 1 00 = one... 1% CONDENSED MILK. Magte....... 7 50 Avgi0-SWiss..,...--.. 6 00@ 7 70 COUPONS. “Superior.”’ ® 1, per hundred.......... 2 50 2 ee aente 3 00 5, “ eee awennt 4 00 - * ee 5 00 a * et 6 00 ‘“Tradesman.”’ * t, per handred........... 2 00 ss * ica ae ee 2 50 5, ° go 3 00 — o : Ov $20, Ce ae 00 Subject to the following fis. counts: 200 or over. 5 per cent. soo * cou cc ig a | Ce. 20 se CRACKERS. BRenoeha Batier............ Hs] SUE ee eee reese Butter.....-.. . Ht Se. ak. 5% Bee. 6% es Lew? City $ ~ So oe 8. ON oa ict 5% City Oyster. xxx... . 5% CREAM TARTAR. Seriethy pure. -: 6.0... Be Oe 25 DRIED FRUITS. DOMESTIC. Apples, sun-dried..... rig en @15 Apricots, = @20 B ackberries “ . eo 9 CN ie a tiele 20 @22 SMAN- 13 “cc iP vepper, Singapore, blac ik. 15 SALERATUS. assorted, w s anc 1 19s 2 2 5 mn white.. 25 caren Arm & Hammer...5% . ck ‘“* 15s, 178 and 19s 2 75 ea ae § wignt'sCow........-........056 | Baskets, market...... ec vant Grewal’ in Bulk. Tavior’s... . a 5g | BUSHEL ss... 1 50 AOS 15 | DeLand’s C ap heat Ce 5 . willow el’ ths, No.1 5 % | Cassia, Batavia eee eee 20 are. .

ar 2 00 Muscatels,2crown ... 1 65 | Ginger, Jam.......... Siena te eis : MILLSTUFFS. i 6 3 us Soa; ee ae. err Bran hi iB 19 50 Foreign. Mustar¢ d. 84 155) pair i @20 Screenings ea 18 0 Neromedag. 0060.) l a epee Sea aoe i Middiines 20 50 oes .......... . 84@ 9 ee 84 ic hoice. ee 29 Mixed Feed... a 00 SPR ose a ssa 16 @20 SUGARS POhateset. se eae Goaree mea 22 00 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Cut Loaf.. 0 ee 10 @l4 Te m7 Feria 10010. Mega... 0.) Of) Cibea @i | BASKET FIRED. No. 1 : @55 Hominy, per bbl.. ...4 00 | Powdered . @ 74 | Fair Lv lege ee Macaroni, dom 12 ib box.... 55| Standard Granulated. Ot leea @25 |No.1..... i 12% “© imported... @i1 . Fine.. Cee) Vow ue ae ita 1 2% Peart Batley... ...._ 3 @ 3% | Confectioners’ A. .... @6%| Extra choice, wirelea? @10 a joe Peas, green... @1 i | White Extra C....... @ 64 GUNPOWDER Small lots....... a 58 Se @ 3% Extra 0 TT ET @6 |commonto fair °25 @35 | Car Ce 55 Sago, German..... @5 a 5M : ane || 5 - a 8 lp @ 5% | Extra fine to finest....50 @65 “OATS. Tapioca, fi’k or p rl... 5 @6 ¥ ellow ... a. @ 5% | Choicest fancy 7% @s85 | Small lots.. 52 Wheat, cracked....... @5 | Dark Molasses........ OOLONG. H ’ a 48 Vermicelli, import. . @11 | Less than 100 lbs. %cadvance | Common to fair... ...25 @30 on nt u domestic... @55 | scaLEs—Perfection. | Superior to ane) Se ase | Ne 9 00 PISH—SALT. | Tea, 2-tb, tin scoop. 26/50! wine ta choicest... es oes 1 Nes. 8 00 Cod, whole............ 54@ 5% | oe epee) 7 2! IMPERIAL. La i — toes - TAS ; | ‘ 5-ib, hese SCOOp....... 3B | Common to fair.......20 @25 | HIDES, PELTS and FURS. cucu oe oe T4@, a eT s i Coe 50 wits & " Oo @10_ | Grocers’, i1- ‘bb, tin scoop. 1 00 ee oe 1 sitangeuot ~~ pay 98 fol Herring, gibbed, bh. 5 25] : brass “ .. ts Tht iin ts tale... 18 OMe ows, nominal: * ebbl.. soo; 22-1, tin “ .. 1335 Segaried to fine.......30 @40 or, . Holland, bb —% 12 00 | . bees ee on ! Green, A 4@5 fr kegs, ny 80 | STARCH. ENGLISH BREAKFAST. Part C ured Deedes ecle. @ 5 ss Sealed |... 25 Corn. Pa 25 @30 |Full “oo... 5 @6 Mackerel, No. 1, % bbi.. 12 00 | 20-Ib boxes.. LL Ga ebolee ie 80 @35 | Dry......-----...-.-05- 6 @7 i «10 Ib Kit..110|/401b Lae he ie ops nny 55 @65 | Kips,green ..... ..... 4 @5 Pollock.......... -..-.3 00@3 25 | Gloss. Tee Pet. .0 0.2... 8 @i0 cured. w+ 5 @E oo ae a @5 50} tar a 6 Te C alfskins, green. — : ¢ 6 a its. £0 | 3- 6 Stotten & Cos Brands jy ; White, No. 1, % bbis.. @ ee 6% aa 60 rag ere ate 10 @30 . 10 Ib. kits.. 95 40° end 50 lb. boxes - 4% | Sweet Cuba........... 34 oa we 6 oe. _ Family, Re bbls... 3 = Bareig 4% TOBACCOS— Plug. Shearlings at 10 @25 t. ee SNUFF. Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands. | Estimated wool, per 20 @28 FLAV ie . XTRAC Te. Scotch, in bladders..... a Something — .. 37 F ee @ Jennings’ D C Maccaboy, in jars........... 35 Peach Fie....... |. Oe nod vou 20@30 ‘Lemon. Vanilla | French ~~ in Jars..... 43 ““Toeseceta’ ..... 3 U Se RAEN =o oh @30 > folding Rox... 1 25) AP. ToBAccos—Smoking. rant FURS. — Y l ) ) > Ss y 7 : : Es o.oo q:bettolt Soup Go a eas---890| Plow Boy, os.-- . Seetiv peice a te ee 6 0z . -.. 200 = OC | Gucen Anuc........-....... 3 85 ee 31 a nT : - a 30 a 8 oz ' "3 00 4(0| German Family.. .......... +) Sees ee Pe +o GUN POWDER. Mottled German............ 3 00 VINEGAR. —s . Ge — ‘< a a 5 50 | Old German...........---...2 70 | 40 gr. SOMA ee ROUSE... +++... po a 5 06 Oe Sen..... .. 2 ieee... ss... Stee ore am + a HERBS. | Frost, Floater........... «2.0 YEAsT—-Compressed. Winker ||. 4 00@ 6 00 SAGO... 01.05 coos ce eeee ence 15, | Coeoa Castile ..............3 00) Tin foil Cakes, per doz........15| oy cross +... 2 00@ 5 00 Hops... ‘ --25 | Cocoa Castile, Fancy.. .* do | Bakers, per Ip... |... -. 30 Fox’ red canine 1 00a i "5 "JELLIES. Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. ss iP ao nn 400 on Culcago weods.............. i — Commary, S@.............. 3 20 | ia a “"* 9 pom 3 00 LAMP WICKS. A eT 350| PAPER & WOODEN WARE | 0K oe er oa ve ce 7 | Martin, pale and yel- No. a ee 30 paanen. 100... 3 00 PAPER. | low 40@ 1 00 hg Bisons sine ates sertnemans ale sopa. - ont & Co. quote as fol | Martin, dete 1 50@ 8 00 + ln Moree ceeeeereses eeosesese WY | DUATS 2c cece ee ee ewe ennnerneenae . ink i Hi i 25a) 25 Pe, si | ROE i A Stay eee oon RB Muskrat.......-.... = aoe Me 1% | Rockfalls [Speen 300 10 00 CEE 18 | Granulated, boxes.......... catalan 2% | monk a es LYE. SEEDS. BOROGre 8... 18. we sw sees 2% a “ sete ee eee eees 10°30 Condensed, 2 doz........... 1 25| Mixed bird............ 14@ 6 Dry Goods. . bo dnucanhigeinenmsaht i c . ° Jute Manilla. | Beaver castors, ner MATCHES, ee 9 Ib 200 500 mo. Oo sulpmae ...0.......... = Canes ot. 3% Red Express nee | ERSKING —Per nouTd. Anenor perlor............... ee 434 beh | Ty DE ERSKINE ee P 10 mo Sueme,. ...2. 2)... 2, 1 30) Anioe..... a ey ‘ Feira BA i, _ o i cea : 20 Mxport parlor. 00.00. .50.0.. eR a ge | 8C on, No sek teres Means sire | oe oF ek me MOLASSES. Maen a or oe ‘mi abe oe mek Hira ls. 6 SALT ee eee oe i Cuba Baking cn 19 | Common Fine per bbl..... @% | Sea Island, ceunnemnearaas a sae ee Porto Rico.. -.19@23 | Solar Rock, 56 Ib. sacks..... 27 | NO. 5 Hemp ------------- +. lees 1 @2 New Orleans, igood. 0000 ee eT Sa Seen once saina a cra anc ; eee 7 eee Choice...... 35 | Re 2 00| WOOL...----.-0-2 see ee erence . a bm aie ae 9 ie . “ WHO... oe «= 2-15} WOODENWARE. en nans adhe One-half barrels, 3c extra Ashton bu. bags ...... . %j} Tubs, No. 1 OILS OATMEAL. Hiesing ms) 6 Ne a rags ae 6 00 | Warsaw ‘“ ee 3: ~ Wed........-..- rhe Standard Oil Co. quotes as Hate Garren. sar eee eee ue 20} Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 150; _ follows: ROLLED OATS. Diamond Crystal, enges,...160| © Nod, three-hoop ... 1%| Water White.......... @9 Barrels. . ae @6 00 ‘bg )b sacks 25/| Clothespins, 5 gr.boxes.... 0} Michigan*test. ...... @ 8% Tete @3 25 oe ss ai 50 | Bowls, 11 inch Deu co uee se 1 GO| Napeha................ @ 7% PICKLES. : “ 60 pocket.2 25 | eC .. 1 25} Gasotme........ ...... @ 9% Medium...-........ ....-. $7 50 oe .2 10} 6 2 00} Cylinder 2% @36 ot NST Shia 425 * “ barrels .. .1 75 | , a 275) Pees 0. wc. 41. 13 @21 Small, bb. . 900] ° | Black, 15 Cold Test... @ 9% %b ga . a 60 PIPES j . = Cay, Ne. aii eee = ey = =| = = " ullcount........ 75 = = =e B | 2 oS cob, No ae WAI ES Goodyear Yemis £ = 2/2/28 | 3 ‘RICE. al a Carolina — Seed nba dsc 7 BALS. | 80 |..75 | 75 ee 6 j | “ie 2 ee @5 | A, = ie Wu lyse oe ed 7 | ce) Sones | WALES Soodgear Tennis i ‘GAU ERKRAUT. | | | Bares i oe... eee SO OXFORDS, 62 | 56 | 51 | 56 | 51 | 45 Half barrels. 2 %5 | SAPOLIO. 1 } | Kitchen, 3 doz. in box..... 2 50 | | foe fe 2 50 SOUPS. | Snider’s Tomato.. 2 40} | | SPICES. Whole Sifted. | Allapice...... geese cose eeeees | wi ii | Me ‘on | ‘le 37 Y Y in wate... .. 7 4 ae 45 im | ae | } eat - ee eee CHAMPION OXFORDS. | | “Saigon in rolls......35 | i Cloves, Amboyna Se ated 5 CANDEE TENNIS, 50 Off List. Waneipar. 1.) 6... ee i Mate: BAe. ous oa 80 | Send your fall orders on Woonsocket Rubbers, 50 off. Rhode Islands, 50 and 10 off Nutmegs, fancy.. --80 | e ORO. Leaves. 2] G. R. MAYHEW, Grand Rapids. cabanas ats ne aca sie tome Tepe ie i G e ST re OEE IR! OLR POE THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN: Building and Loan Associations vs. | petition and their dividends must fall. Savings Banks. From Bradstreets. Already this is happening. In the case |of Boston banks the loaning rate has Building and loan associations are fast | becoming a financial factor of magnitude. eon e wer Bede They are absorbing vast sums of the peo- | "°°? an aeons ple’s earnings. and if their present rate |" x ee a at of growth continues they will soon pass | premium, which means that 6.3 per cent. and | the savings banks in importance, come near’ monopolizing the field for small real estate loans. to speculate as to whether they tan main- tain this rate of growth. The building and loan association, or, It is interesting | as it is more aply termed; the co-opera- | tive bank, is nothing more or less than a savings bank. It differs from the insti- tution ordinarily known as such only in the technical details of the borrowing and lending of money. Its depositors agree to make their deposits regularly, and, by what is called a purchase of shares, indicate how large they mean these deposits to be. The bank lends only to depositors, lends to the highest bidder, provided the security is good, and secures by the share system repay- ment on the instailment plan. It is in these details that must be found the secret of the relatively greater success of the co-operative bank in comparison with the old-style savings bank. That it is greater cannot be denied. ‘The last re- port of the Comptroller of Currency showed that of the 637 purely mutual savings banks in the eleven are ia the New England and Mid- | co-operative bank, and how can it expect | bank, and stili by depositing it in the co- country all but} 2 . / i few of the depositors are shrewd enough dle States, with Maryland and the Dis- | trict of Columbia. Contrast with this showing for the rest of the country the fact that the west has hundreds, not to say thousands, of building and loan as- | sociations. In Michigan alone. for in- stance, there are more than two hundred, against not a single mutual savings bank, | pensation in the knowledge that they are . : and only sixty-seven stock savings banks. | In the New Jersey State Convention of | Building and Loan Associations, held at | Trenton last week. 179 were represented, and there are sixty-seven others, said to represent in all $20,000,000. New Jer- sey’s mutual savings banks number twenty-six, and have total resources of a little less than $34,000,000. The first savings bank in Boston, and the second in the country, was established in 1816, and Massachusetts now heads the list j with 177, the total resources of which are | $350,000,000. Co-operative banks were | more and already there are 106 of them, with | new ones being organized at the rate of | ten a year. Thus far their assets are small compared with those of the savings banks, being ouly $10,000,000. The aggregate resources of the savings associations vf the country are nearly 60 per cent. of the entire assets of all | bringing them under laws that improve | their state, savings, loan and trust companies | and private banks and bankers from which reports were received last year. | Their deposits were less than 10 per cent. below those of the national banks, and were more than twice as large as the total capital stock of the national banks. | markable profits is outside the pale of With this true now, when ordinary sav-| ings banks are practically confined to a small part of the country, what will hap- pen when the new form of savings bank gets its growth throughout the Union? The mathematical bearings of that question indicate what may be the future of co-operative banking. The system hardly displays the rosy hue pictured by its enthusiastic advocates. Like most financial enthusiasts they are too ready to waive the laws of supply and demand, and to ignore the economic truth that profits tend to a level. The avowed pur- pose of these associations is to aid home building. They could not well turn their investments in other directions without losing much of that which has attracted the popular fancy, and deserv- edly. But the field of real estate loans is not limitless. There are not too few houses now. Were the demands for real estate loans enormous they would not be, as they are now. only a little more than a third of the resources of the sav- ings banks, for few investments so com- bine security and profit. It is inevita- ble, then, that as the building and loan associations grow, and the aggregate of | their resources outstrips the demand from house-builders, as it must, their auction sales will have less eager com- | j | ; | few instances where the trus : introduced there only a dozen years ago, | few instances where the trust thus put fallen within a year from a range of 6.9@7.2 per cent. down to a range of The Massachuseits banks accept no bids at less than 5e. is their minimum rate to borrowers. Right beside them are the savings banks, with plenty of money to lend on the per cent., the only difference being | that the law restricts the savings bank loan to 60 per cent. of| the value of the property, while} the co-operative bank can go up to 70| per cent. The reason for this is that the | co-operative bank is made the more se- | cure by the obligation for repayment in| regular, frequent and small installments, | but when the savings banks adopt a like | method, as they easily can and may, | where then will be the advantage of the to earn a higher rate of interest? At present it has an apparent advantage be- cause it pays its depositors a higher rate, averaging 61g per cent. to the 4 per cent. of the savings bank; but it is feasible for the would-be house-owner to borrow his money at 5 per cent. from the savings operative bank get 6'¢ per cent. interest on the installments toward paying fer hishouse. This isnow possible, because to realize it. Yet the co-operative bank has seme features that will continue to give it superiority. It is conducted in the main by people who give it their time for nothing, or rather without money return, for they have doubtless satisfactory com- really accomplishing good. As the bank meets but once a month, in some room or hall where settees and a small safe are all the necessary furniture, it saves again in the matter of rent and fittings. It has a decided hold on its depositors in that they really control and manage it. The people fee! that the ordinary savings bank is apart from and above them; they suspect its directors of making some- thing out of it. There is more democra- ey in the co-operative bank. In these respects the newer institution is the admirable, and there have been in the people by each other has been abused. The states, too, are rapidly security. In Michigan, for in- stance, a bill is now ready for introduc- tion into the legislature providing for a eommissioner of building and loan asso- ciations, through examinations and se- vere punishment for embezzlements. It looks, indeed, as if the institution were one that will finda permanent place in our financial system, and serve a most admirable end, but that it will continue long its presentrate of growth and re- probability. ie NR seemeesemeete® The Handsomest Grocery Store in the World. A gentleman who has wandered nearly the entire world writes: “The handsomest grocery I over ever saw, or ever expect to see, is in Belfast, Ire- land. Tt has. a grand front on two streets. The goods are arranged with the best effect. The ornamental wood- work is of black walnut, traced with gold. The floor would answer for a ball- room. Innumerable gas-jets flood the place with light, and gorgeous mirrors double the brilliancy. Sixty clerks are employed in this establishment, mostly young men and neatly dressed. You could shake hands with any one of them, and not smell like a mackeral for two hours after. The proprietor boards and lodges all of them. Their dining-room | through the day becomes their sitting | room inthe evening. He not only gets | the work out of them for his money, but | he also keeps a careful eye on their per- sonal interests.’’ ROE I Tc 3EFORE, BUYING GR: \TES i Economical, Prac Cleanly and Artistic. « | ALDINE FIRE PLACE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. RED The most effective Cough Drop in STAR MANUFACTURED BY Grand Rapids, Mich, same sort of security at from 5 to 5} | The Finest Line of Candy in the State. the market, quickest and pays the A. E, BROOKS & CO. CO U G Sells the best. them, DROPS Try Jennings’ Flavoring Extracts i SEE QUOTATIONS, “Are Acknowledged the Most Profitable. ESTABLISHED 30 YEARS. Michael Kolb & Son, ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST RELIABLE Wholesale othing ManvfactUrers ROCHESTER, N. Y. SEE oO Me ee ee a ee expenses are paid who meet him there to buy. BUSINESS established 30 years speaks well for its integrity and it is just 30 years since Michael Kolb first entered into the wholesale Clothing Manufacturing Business at Rochester, N. Y., and it is an ad- mitted fact through the trade generally that he has not arival in style, fit and make up of every garment shipped out of that eminent house of Michael Kolb & Son. The senior member of the firm always was and is opposed to leaders or baits in any special line, he adopts the honest system of small profits, one price and quick returns. The firm’s representative in Michigan, William Connor, who is in his tenth year with us, will wait upon any of the trade and show our line, buy or not buy, giv- ing every one an opportunity to see our line, learn our prices and equitable terms and trusting to future events. In addi- tion, Mr. Connor attends periodically at Sweet’s Hotel in Grand Rapids and will be there Thursday and Friday, March 26 and 27, in room 82, when customers’ Such of the trade wishing him to eall, kindly address William Connor, Box 346, Marshall, Mich. MICHAEL KOLB & SON. MOSELEY BROS. ——WHOLESALE ee Fruits, Seeds, Oysters § Produce. All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty. if you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes, will b: pleased to hear from you. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., GRAND RAPT? Buy of the Largest Manufacturers in the Coup Of] R Ook § The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids Cou try and Save Money. FHEREINS & BBeS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, : NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. pe iene 4 - enn anne A eam Senne There is Always ‘‘Room at the Top.” Written for THz TRADESMAN. It isacommon saying among Ameri- cans, when speaking of success in ¢ business, that ‘‘ there is always room at the top.”’ Theonly question then, for youth to consider is, Has the top been reached? Evenif it has, that round in the ladder of business or fame is not crowded as are those at the base and it/| is well to make the trial to reach it. This will apply to the merchant or me- chanic, to the farmer, or any of the prefessions; for those who use their brain alone are yet producers of ideas, for still others to clothe with life and power. This article is suggested from someone having asserted that farming isa failure, | or is simply furnishing a bare sub- sistence, without interest or profit. We live in an age in which, exists, the masses are enabled to possess the comforts, if not the luxuries of life. There is also great wealth in the hands of a larger number of persons than ever before known; and this latter class are the ones who constantly are seeking for the best of everything and are perfectly willing to pay the prices asked. At no period within a century past, except during the time of war, or under extra- ordinary circumstances, were even wealthy people so willing to pay round prices for everything used or consumed by them as at present. In this respect, wealth is a patron of science and art and a talisman for the laborer. We look into our warerooms, upon the magnifi- cent and artistic furniture and furnish- ings for our palatial residences or stores, and are amazed at the vast amount of labor and intricate machinery required in producing them, and at the princely prices obtained from those to whom thousands of dollars are mere pocket money. There are those so jealously blind that they will not see that this wealthy class is scattering gold by the handful among the producers and deal- ers in all these costly things, and regret that anyone has sufficient wealth to pur- ehase thematall. Why isit thatoneman can obtain two or even three ordinary prices for his productions while an- other cannot? It is because by the skill of his brain or hand, or both combined, he has produced a better article of the same kind than others. LI may specify articles of food as examples, as this will apply to the assertion mentioned, that ‘‘ farming is a failure,” while the princi- ple is still applicable to all descriptions of business. One man, we say, is ob- taining 40 cents a pound for all the but- ter he can make. Another is selling his cheese and his fruit at two prices con- tinually. Still a third is obtaining a fancy price for all the spring chickens he can furnish to a few metropolitan hotels, and while he commenced with limited means, but with a determination to win at one thing, he has arrived at that position where his accumulated wealth enables him to furnish his pro- duct every day in the year, if wanted, regardless of sunshine or storm. The artisan who confines his talents and skill to one branch of work attains the same end. ‘These persons are specialists and demonstrate the perfection and suc- cess which may be attained by a com- bination of mind, energy and perse- verance upon one or two exclusive ideas or articles. Specialists are the glory of the present century, One grocer is while poverty THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ; See by rich and poor alike, ne beeause the same goods are any better | or different in price, but because he has » tempting forms and in a/| icleanlier and sweeter than his neighbor. To those who seek a business | store for themselves and have imagined every | avocation already over-supplied, it will be seen that there is still one avenue | open by which even limited capital may sueceed. In the production of every kind of food in its purity and cleanli- ness and the tempting package or man- ner in which it is offered for sale, there is stillample room for fame and fortune | | to those who desire to stand at the top. | iIt is the same in all trades and profes- | sions and in every branch of mercantile | | business. Do not fear an over-supply of | the best, as herein is a field, as yet al-| most unoccupied and unexplored. y. AL F.J. DATTENTHALER | | | | | JOBBER OF | b. |G |} | | | | | | & | ls Bulk and Canned []YSTERS,, And Fresh and Salt hake Fish &Ocean Fish Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. See quotations in another column. GRAND RAPIDS. Beans and Clover Seed Parties having beans or clover seed for sale will find a purchaser, if samples and prices are right. We also want Potatoes and Onions In ear lots. We pay highest market price and are always in the market. W. T. LAMOREAUX & CO. 128, 130 and 132 West Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, 7 KDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker Jeweler, 4h CANAL 8Y,, MICH. | Gd Rapids, Lv| 6 5am} 1 | oe Ar! 9 15am Grand Rapids, - Mich. MICHIGAN CENTRAL | “¢ The Niagara Falls Route.” DEPART. ARRIVE | Detroit Exprees.........ccccccesceses '7:20am 10:00pm Noe ec cece yess 6:30am 5:00pm Day EXxpress...........scccccccseees 12:00am 10:00am *Atiantic & Pacific Express......... 11:15pm 6:00am | Now York Expreet......cccscee ovccee 640pm 1:55pm *Dail All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand Rapid Express to and from Detroit. FRED M. Briaas, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe St. G. S. HAWKINS, Ticket Agent, Union*Depot. Gro, W. Munson, Union Ticket ‘Office, 67 Monroe St. 0. W. Rucetes, G. P. & T. Agent., Chicago. » NOW IN EFFECT TAZ EASTWARD. Trains Leave ,tNo. 14|+No. 16\tNo. 18/*No. 2% 2am 3 45pm 10 55pm 7 45amj11 25am) 4 52pm 12 37am Ar! 8 28am/12 i7am/ 540pm) 1 55am 1 20pm) 6 40pm) 3 15am Ar/11 05am} 5(0pm) 8 oo)|..... Bay City .Ar)11 55am) 6 9 35pm i. Flint ....... Ar!1110amj| 3 55pm) 8 0{ pm 5 40am Pt. Huron...Ar) 3 05pm) 6 50pm 10 20pm} 7 35am Pontiac ......AT}10£ stam) : 3.05pm) 8 55pm) 5 — ae Johns ... E. Saginaw 5 50am Dewoit, ....../ Aril15 am| 405pm! 9 50pm} 7 20am WESTWARD. Trains Leave *No. 81 | tNo. 11 jrand Rapids, Lv 7 0h am | 100 pm 5 10 pm | tNo. 13 Grand Haven, Atl 8 50 am | 2:15pm | 6 15 pm Milwaukee Str, Ar|......... a Chicago Str, ae Bee a *Daily. +Daily except Sunday. Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 p. m., :00 p. m. and 10:25 p. m. Trains arrive from the west, 10:10 a, m., 3:35 p.m. and 9:50 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has W agner Parlor Buffet ear. No.18Chair Car. No. s2}Wagner Sleeper. Westward— No. 81 Wagner ‘Sleeper. No. li Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car. Joun W. Loup, Traffic Manager. BEN FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agent. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. 23 Monroe Street. JANUARY 4, 1891. CHICAGO & WEST MICHIGAN RY. DEPART FOR | A.M. | | F M. { mee. Chicago -_.... -..- +9:00) +1:00)*11:35)......) .---- Indianapolis .... | +1:09)§11: = a ° Benton Harbor..| +9:00) : St. Joseph......- | +9:00 Traverse City...} Muskegon....... ‘7 Menistee ....... | Loudington ......} Balawitt ........ Lt Big Rapids.. = Grand Haven. 4 Holtend . | +Week Days. § Except Saturday. p 9 -()() A. M. has through chair car to Chi¢a- go. Noextra charge for seats. 1 (0) P. M. runs through to Chicago solid with Wagner buffet car; seats 75 cts ~ of) P.M. has through free chair car to 205 Manistee, via M. & N. E. R. R.; solid train to Traverse City. 11 e2m P.M. is solid train with Wagner pal- ee) ace sleeping car through to Chicago. ae [ ti: +8: oli: 35 *Every day. NOVEMBER 30, 1890. DETROIT, Lansing & Northern R R DEPART FOR oe ee Detroit and Wast.......-...../ eee Mower... 0... Grand leaee... ....::....... Deke Caceres. 2. Prymoutn. .-....-........--... + Howard City .............--.. | “ Edmore .. ee t4:3 a —————————_—_—_——_—_—eeeeee | :30} 4:¢ eee 27:3 t4-3er...... Saginaw City. co es ‘a-n...... *Every Day. +tWeek Days. LaF 9 A M. runs through to Detroit with par- é sae) lor car; seats 25 cents. 1 o6)() P. M. Has through Parlor car to De- emi troit. Seats, 25 cents. 6: fr P.M. rene through to Detroit with par sue) lor car, seats 25 cents. For tickets and information apply at Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, or Union station. Gro, DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Agt. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leave. From a Arrive. 7:00 am 0am > 45 pm 6:40 8:45 p m waroueh tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- tien, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 0. L. LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. i 15 a TIME TABLE eA. EH i i A ANE Grand Rapids & Indiana. | In effect February 1, 1891. | TRAINS GOING NORTH. | Arrive from Leave going O No a For Saginaw, solid rae ....... + 7:30am | For veaverns City.... .... ..... 5:15am + 7:05 am For Traverse City & Mackinaw] 9:20 a m +11:30 am For Saginaw, solid train........ + 4:30 pm Cc s cas wecaness + 2:15pm + 5:00 pm WO MEMO cose e ss woven + 7:45pm {10:30 pm From Malamaszoo................ + 8:55pm TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going Ss | North. outh. | Pow Cangueeel. . oe... { 6:00am + 7:00 am | For Kalamazoo and Chicago...t10:15 am +10:30 am SOT PAI ooo oo eens ao 11:45am | For Fort Wayne and the East. + 2:00 pm | Poe Come... is tn... “+ 5:30 pm j 6:00 pm | For Kalamazo and Chicago....t10:00 pm 11:05 pm | From Saginaw.........---++.+++- +10:30 p m Trains marked (jj) run daily; (+) dé aily except Sunday. Sleeping and parior car service: North—11:30 a m train. parlor chair car for Mackinaw City; 10:30 pm train, Wagner sleeping car for Mackinaw City. South—7:00 a m train, parlor chair car for Cincinnati; 10:30 a m train, through parlor coach to Chicago; 6 pm train, Wagner ‘sleeping ear for Cincinnati; 11:05 p m | train, Wagner sleeping car for Chicago. |Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee offers a route making the best time between Grand Rapids and Toledo. VIA D., L. & N. Lv. Grand Rapids at..... 7:25 a. m. and 6:25 p. m. Ar. Toledo at ..... i:i0 p. m. and 11:00 p, m. VIA D., 6. H. & M. Lv. Grand Rapids at. .6:50 a. m. and 3:45 p. m. | Ar. Toledo at. a: | | 1 1 10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m. Return connections sasacceiaae as good. W. H. BENNETT, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. | | FIT FOR | Lentlean Table: All goods bearing the name of THURBER, WHYLAND & CO., ALEXIS GODILLOT, JR. Grocers visiting New York are cordially invited to calland see us,and if they wish, have their correspondence addressed in our care. We shal] be glad to be of use to themin any way. Write us about anything you wish to know. THURBER, WHYLAND & 00., West Broadway, Rea:le & Hudson Streeta | New Ycrk City | For Portable or Stidiendrs Engines, x to 500 Horse Power, Portable or Station- ary Boilers, Saw Mills, Shafting, Pullies, Boxes, Wood-working Machinery, Plan- ers, Matchers, Moulders, ete., call on Ww. C. DENISON, Manufacturers’ Agent, | $8, 90, 92 {So. Division St., Grand Rapids Estimates given on Complete Outfits. LEGTROTYPERS, By (igs adedrts Phoiox Zing Engraving s me Sve ihie Cie Sie ee wePrer Sera oar eat ros AUN Vd SS ee Fw peonhcuincts pat Sapir BAL, neath THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.