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CANNOT BE ENFORCED.

The Argentine republic recently
abolished work for everybody who had
toiled twenty-five years. This was ac-
complished by means of a general pen-
sion law. The new law became effec-
tive April 1. Whether there was any
significance in the date for starting
the pensions it has not been ascertain-
ed. However, the law provided that
every one in the country, citizen or
foreigner, who had done a quarter of
a century of work in any capacity and
for any one, including himself, was
entitled to a pension on which he could
live the rest of his life. It was esti-
mated that it would mean payments
of Government funds to 500,000 per-
sons in the first month.

Referring to the pension plan as
half-baked legislation which proved to
be too raw for acceptance by any part
of the population, the Manufacturer,
published by the Manufacturers’ Club,
says:

The aggressive antagonism which it
aroused among all who were affected
by it—employers and employees alike
—culminated a general strike and
lockout.

There was a complete stoppage of
every form of industry and commerce
throughout the country, and a large
part of the urban population was
threatened with starvation.

What adjustments have been or will
be made we are unable to record, but
it is clear that the law cannot be en-
forced in anything like its present
form, and it seems to be more than
probable that the entire project, never
feasible, will be abandoned because of
its obvious impracticabilities.

 

 

PREDICTING THE UPTURN.

Whenever business becomes quiet,
says one onlooker, we have an illts-
tration of the old saying that hope
springs eternal. The professional
optimists begin to predict the upturn,
and they invariably tie it up with
something that is going to happen in
the immediate future. Thus we were
told that the next law would bring the
revival; then that the bonus bill, by

increasing the purchasing power of the
ex-service men, would start the revival
and, now, that the nomination of Cool-
idge—which has long been a foregone
conclusion—will start it. If the pres-
ent quietness should continue during
the summer we shall be told first that
cooler weather will start the revival,
and then that the November election
will start it, and so on.

 

 

Argentina has held aloof from the
League of Nations since its first as-
sembly in 1920. Upon that occasion
the Argentine delegates proposed an
amendment to the Covenant providing
for the immediate admission of all the
world’s nations including Russia and
Germany. The time not being ripe for
such action, the amendment was re-
jected; whereupon ihe Argentine dele-
gates, with truly Latin pride and
hauteur, packed their trunks and de-
parted. It was immediately stated, and
several times reiterated, that Argentina
had withdrawn from the League. This
was, of course, entirely untrue; ‘but
Argentina did stay away from the
next three sessions of the Assembly
and, withal, failed to pay her dues.
Meantime, she had the pleasure of
seeing other Latin-American nations
play important parts in League affairs,
with a consequent heightening of their
prestige. Argentina has now thought
better of the matter. She has paid all
her back dues and is expected to be
among those present at Geneva in Sep-
tember. The United States seems able
to stand aloof; there are few other
countries in the world that can afford
to.

 

 

Settlement of the momentous ques-
tion of just how the Democratic con-
vention to be ‘held in Madison Square
Garden, New York, shall be classed
came very near holding up the con-
vention indefinitely. The question
arose when electrical union No. 1, the
theatrical electricians, insisted that the
convention should be as a
show and should be under their juris-
diction. Electrical union No. 3, com-
posed of ordinary electricians, main-
tained that the convention not a
show. Naturally, all the men work-
ing on the job had to stop to argue the
question out. Perturbed members of
the New York Democratic National
convention committee joined in the
dispute and the meeting became more
animated than the Republican conven-
tion at Cleveland. The crafty advice
of the building trades council was
sought. After twenty-four hours of
deliberation these experts, unable to
decide, effected a compromise. Both
sides are to go back to work and settle
the question officially after the con-
vention adjourns. By that time every-

classed

was

‘body will know whether this particular

convention is a show or not.

London’s “outlaw strike” on the un-
derground railways immediately was
dubbed by the labor unions as com-
munistic. The leaders of the strike,
however, deny the allegation. They
are simply taking this means of pro-
testing because they have not profited
as they expected by the labor party

victory. “We had visions of great
things coming,” said one of them,
“when our representatives in Parlia-

ment took over the reins of govern-
ment. We did believe that they would
put service before self and that they
would consider our well being of far
more importance that the fit of a levee
suit; but our eyes are now open. We
are not communists, but simply work-
ingmen who have been disillusioned of
the picture of heaven-on-earth that
was painted by our leaders less than
a year ago.’ Such is the usual fate
of those that believe in political pana-
ceas. These disillusioned ones confuse
mere political position with absolute
rule; they forget that the essence of
democratic government, of all govern-
ment, is compromise. The error is
common.

 

 

The United States Treasury has de-
cided that, in one respect at least the
war is over. That is that money is as
cheap as it was in 1913. The June
financing requires borrowing to the
extent of about $150,000,000, and
Treasury certificates will be issued to
run from June 16 to December 15,
with interest at 234 per cent. This re-
turn to the pre-war rate is made pos-
sible partly by the
sound financing system,

following of a
under the
guidance of Secretary Mellon. It is
also, however, made possible by the
cheapness of commercial money
brought on by a widespread lack of
demand. The general let-down in
commercial and industrial develop-
ment that usually accompanies a Pres-
idential year began much earlier this
time because the campaign began
earlier—with the Congressional inves-
tigations. Money has piled up in
banks and the Treasury is able to take
advantage of its plenitude by paying
a low price for what it has to borrow.
eerste eee ais

 

Such assurances of friendship be-
tween Japan and the United States
as were voiced by the Japanese High
Commissioner, Kengo Mori, in a news-
paper interview last Saturday are most
encouraging. As an eminent financier,
Mr. Mori speaks for the more thought-
ful part of his people.
irritation over the
dent he admits, but he sees no alarm-
ing effects, either political or eco-
nomic. “We have many persons who
get excited, just as you have,” he says
with courteous frankness. ‘Some in-
dividuals,” he adds, “have peculiar
ways of expressing themselves.” Sure-

Temporary

immigration inci-

ly Mr. Mori cannot be referring to
any of our august Senators. But his
attitude is The nations
should ignore the trouble makers on

COFFect. two
either side and solve their problems
upon the basis of the friendship that
has existed between them ever since
the day that Commodore Perry deliv-
ered President Fillmore’s invitation to
Japan to open her ports to the world.
ee

If the officials of the big baseball
leagues would pay some attention to
the vicious practice known as “dust-
off” disgraceful
scenes as that which recently occur-
red on the field at Detroit
would not take place. There is neither

ing his bean such

baseball

skill nor sportsmanship in driving a
batter away from the plate by throw-
The nat-
ural desire of an athlete, professional

ing a baseball at his head.

his courage,
and this has led to a number of ser-
ious injuries due to the victim’s stand-
ing up to the dusting-off process. The

or amateur, is to show

remedy would seem to be simple
enough. Every umpire knows when a
pitcher is resorting to dusting. If the

umpire either put the pitcher out of
the game or gave the batter his base

the managers of the teams would be
the first to bar the objectionable prac-
tice.

_ PARDEE MOTE NON AAAS NO

It is not the question of reparations
that the
The Germans could
contemplate with equanimity the shell-

distresses Berlin—it is ab-

sence of beer.
the ravages of
submarines, but the loss of the daily

ing of cathedrals or
cruel
and unusual punishment too awful to
contemplate—a real atrocity. Some-
how the rest of the world declines to
weep with the burghers of
the German capital. Too much beer
was one of the things that was the
Probably
the supporters of the “Youth” move-
ment in Germany are right in their
belief that German psychology would
be less notoriously defective were Ger-

dozen from the braeuhaus is a

beerless

matter with the Reichstag.

man beer and sausages less abundant.
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Flag day is more than a perfunctory
occasion. It is an expression of a new
appreciation of the blessing of liberty.
This larger realization of what we owe
to those who won this priceless pos-
session for us is one of the beneficial
results of the war. A few years ago
no one in this country thought of re-
moving his hat as the flag passed by.
Its significance was taken for granted.
The kaiser’s war gave us the habit of
showing our respect for the colors and
what they stand for by a definite act.
It also made us feel more keenly the
value of the Constitution and of the
political organization it set going. De-
velopments in Europe since the war
have only deepened that feeling.

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

June 18, 1924

 

VOTED THE BEST EVER.
Thirty-first Meeting of Grand Council,
Gu. c.f.

The thirty-first annual session of
the Grand Council of Michigan, United
Commercial Travelers, goes down in
history as the best in point of attend-
ance. Promptly at 9 o'clock Friday
morning Grand Counsellor George E.
Kelly rapped the gavel and pronounced
the meeting officially open by intro-
ducing W. J. Sullivan, of Chicago,
Supreme Counsellor. 3rother Sulli-
van doubly the
fact of his being a former Michigan
Responding to the opening ad-
dress of Supreme Counsellor, the key
to the city of Battle Creek was given

 

was welcome from

man.

the United Commercial Travelers by
Mayor C. C. Green, who heartily wel-
the

sellor George E.

delegates. Grand Coun-

Kelly then appointed

comed

the following convention committees:

Credential Committee—P. E. Lar-
rabee, Grand Rapids; E. G. Wood,
Jackson; C. E. Verbeck.

Charities and Dispensation—J. D.
Lyons, Owosso; J. E. Lyons, Muske-
gon; C. J. Mellon, Detroit.

Sample Case—A. F.
Grand Rapids; E. RB.
Huron, J. E.

Jurisprudence—J. Q. Adams, C. F.
Spaulding and Vern Wilson, all of
Battle Creek.

State of the Order—E. A. Welch,
Kalamazoo: T. F. Detroit;
W. W.

Necrology—E. A. Dorman, Saginaw;
Glenn Powers, Lansing; F A. Cooper,
Hillsdale.

Immediately upon reconvening after
lunch W. L. McManus, of Petoskey,
presented the Grand Counsellor station
with a_ beautiful flowers
with the compliments of the Michigan
State Hotel Association.

H. Wm. Klare, of Detroit, Presi-
dent of the Michigan State Hotel As-
sociation, was unable to come to Bat-
tle Creek, as intention, to
greet the traveling men in the name
of the Michigan State Hotel Associa-

Rockwell,
Carroll Port
Schoonberg, Escanaba.

3urton,
Brainard, Adrian.

boquet of

was his

tion and to assure them of the hearty
co-operation that is now working
through the two organizations, being
largely brought about by the work of
committees of the two organizations.

A telegram, which was received by
John D. Martin, chairman of the hotel
committee of the Grand Council of
Michigan, was here read and put in
the minutes of the meeting.

The annual reports of George E.

Kelly, Grand Counsellor; Morris Heu-
man, Grand Secretary, and Ben Mer-
cer, Grand Treasurer, were read, ap-
proved and put on file.
Many resolutions introduced
into the Grand Council meeting, stat-
ing the wants of the U. C. T. and were
all of vital importance. These reso-
lutions were all adopted.

were

In the absence of Grand Past Coun-
sellor H. D. Vaughn, who was unable
to attend, Past Grand Counsellor A.
G. MacEachron took his place at the
Grand Past Counsellor’s station dur-
ing the meeting.

Grand Secretary Heuman was au-
thorized to attend the convention of
the Supreme Council, his entire ex-

penses to be paid by the Grand Coun-
cil of Michigan.

The election of officers were as fol-
lows:

Grand Counsellor—C. C. Carlisle,
Marquette. :

Grand Past Counsellor—George E.
Kelly, Kalamazoo.

Grand Secretary—Morris Heuman,
Kalamazoo.

Grand Treasurer—Ben F. Mercer,
Saginaw.

Grand Junior Counsellor—Fred J.
Fenske.

Grand Conductor—L. V. Pilkington.

Grand Page—Burt Rutherford.

Grand Sentinel—A. H. _ Brower,
Jackson.

The executive committee was elect-
ed to succeed themselves.

The following delegates and alter-
nates were then appointed to attend
the Supreme Council meeting, which
opens in Columbus June 24:

Delegates—C. C. Carlyle, Marquette;
Kelley, Kalamazoo; M. G.

George E.

Halloran, Detroit; Lon Burch, De-
troit; E. A. Welch, Kalamazoo; H.
R. Bradfield, Grand Rapids; A. G.
MacEachron, Detroit; W. S. Burns,
Grand Rapids; John Hitch, Battle
Creek.

Alternates—A. W. Stevensen, Mus-
kegon; John Murray, Detroit; H. D.
Ranney, Saginaw; Mark Brown, Sag-
inaw; C. C. Starkweather, Detroit;
William Kelley, Jackson; Jos. E. Burt-
less, Marquette; O. D. Gilbert, Sagi-
naw; W. F. Tracy, Flint.

The officers were then conducted
to the Supreme Counsellor’s station
and Supreme Counsellor, W. J. Sul-
livan, in a very impressive service, in-
stalled the newly elected officers to
their respective stations.

Grand Counsellor C. C. Carlyle then
appointed the following committees
for the ensuing year:

Legislative Committee—D. J. Rior-
dan, Chairman, Lansing; L. J. Burch,
Detroit; W. S. Lawton, Grand Rapids.

Railroad and Transportation—J. N.
Riste, chairman, Battle Creek; J. A.
Schoenburg, Escanaba; W. L. Mc-
Manus, Petoskey.

Hotel, Bus and Baggage—John D.
Martin, chairman, Grand Rapids; E.
C. Spaulding, Flint.

Promptly at 5 o’clock Grand Coun-
sellor Carlyle brought by a rap of the
gavel to a close one of the most suc-
cessful meetings ever held by the
Grand Council of Michigan and the
travelers then went to their respective
hotels and, with the ladies, formed a
grand parade to the assembly hall of
the Kellogg Post Toasties plant and
there enjoved themselves with one of
the banquets that has been
served in a great many years. Before
journeying to the ball room they were
entertained with speeches by the fol-
lowing: J. F. O’Brien, J. L. Kellogg,
George E. Kelly, C. C. Carlyle and
John I. Gibson, After the banquet they
went down to the beautiful ball room
to enjoy dancing. During the inter-
mission at 11 o’clock they were enter-
tained with a solo by Miss Lela Fisher
Hyland and by Miss Esther Martin,
daughter of Grand Past Counsellor
J. D. Martin and Mrs. Martin, of
Grand Rapids, who gave a very diffi-
cult eccentric clog, responding to an

finest

enchore. She was given a very beau-
tiful corsage boquet of roses and sweet
peas.

Saturday morning there were the
usual ball games and festivities and
as the different members and their
families prepared to leave for their
homes they all decided they had had
the best time ever enjoyed at.a Grand
Council meeting and evidently there
were more out of town United Com-
mercial Travelers registered than at
any previous convention.

Notes of the Meeting.

Perry Larabee, Past Senior Coun-
sellér, of Grand Rapids, was not quite
as active as he was in Flint last year.

Past Grand Counsellor A. G. Mac-
Eachron, of Detroit, responded to the
usual amount of “fake paging’? around
the hotel.

Gilbert Moore, Senior Counsellor,
of Grand Rapids Council, assumed his
usual dignity throughout the meeting.

John Murray, of Detroit Council,
No. 9, was the only man present who
could boast of the honor of attending
every Grand Council meeting of the
State of Michigan, including the thirty-
first annual session; John D. Martin
took next honors, having attended
twenty-nine Grand Council meetings.

Art Borden had a very good time
at the convention. Art said he would
like to have had a long white apron.

Past Grand Counsellor W. S. Law-
ton had the usual smile and hearty
handshake, and Allan Rockwell got
uneasy because he wanted to get back
to his cottage.

Thursday evening a_ report flew
around the Post Tavern that Grand

Past Counsellor John D. Martin had
taken very ill at a meeting of the ho-
tel committee. This report flew like
wildfire and was largely exaggerated.
It was a fact, however, that something

Mr. Martin ate for supper didn’t
agree with him. The meeting was ad-
journed until Friday morning. He

was, however, at both morning and
afternoon sessions on Friday.

Our good friend, Carl H. Montgom-
ery, manager of the Post Tavern, pre-

sented the ladies with boquets of
roses, which were placed in_ their
rooms while they were on a drive

around the city Friday afternoon.
Starting with Thursday evening the
ladies were entertained with a recep-
tion “on the bridge” of the Post Tav-
ern and the ladies auxiliary of Battle
Creek is to be highly complimented
on the way they entertained the visit-

ing ladies. There was something
doing every minute.

A Misleading Opening.
Muriel, who was a very matter-of-
fact sort of young person, not long
ago received a proposal of marriage
from a man whom she had looked
upon more as a brother than as a lover.

“Muriel,” he began, “you know I
have always turned to you; that I
have always thought of you. May I
—that is—would you consent—ohk,
hang it, Muriel will you be my wife?”

“What a start you gave me, Clar-
ence,” said Muriel at last. “Do you
know I thought from your manner
that you were going to ask me to lend
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Personal Tribute To the Late Dr. W.

J. Beal.
At the meeting of the M. A. C.
Alumna Association, held at East

Lansing last Saturday, Hon. Charles
W. Garfield presented the following
tribute to the memory of the late Dr.
W. J. Beal:

It is a pleasant duty to pay a tribute
of respect in this assemblage of Mich-
igan Agriculture College lovers to the
man who was first my teacher, then
my employer, then my associate in
horticulture and forestry and a co-
partner in many undertakings for our
commonwealth of Michigan and also
my friend and counsellor.

One day a few weeks ago, two
friends were installing a beautiful lawn
fountain and bird bath at my home as
a gift, and insisted upon doing all of
the work with spade and level and
trowel and wrenches in completing the
work. To one of them I said as he
with deftness handled his trowel, “You
must have learned to do this kind of
work as a concomitant of your rela-
tion to masonry,” and he said, “Oh,
no, I appreciate all that masonry has
done for me, but I am just practicing
what our good old teacher, Dr. Beal,
taught me when I was under his tui-
tion.

A few moments later while we were
standing there, a telegram was handed
me from Ray Baker, announcing the
death of Dr. Beal and the date of his
burial.

This conversation immediately im-
pressed me with the wonderful work
accomplished in a long life-time by
Dr. Beal. Multiply this incident by
all the States in the Union, and then
multiply that by the M. A. C. men
who are scattered throughout each
state in our country, and what more
perfect tribute could you have to the
influence and usefulness of this mas-
ter mind.

As we here contemplate this life and
our hearts beat a final note of parting,
we involuntarily formulate the ques-
tion, “What next?” Altho we know
there will be no reply from the other
side; but every believer in the creative
energy we call God the Father has an
answer that satisfies his heart built
into his spirit by a divinity that fash-
ions our faith.

The broad experience, intelligent
and beneficent service through a long
and versatile life will be given an un-
hampered opportunity to express itself
in a world without end, and upon this
faith we base our prayer of thanks-
giving for our beloved Dr. Beal.

As we pause for a moment from the
manifold duties of life to render hom-
age to this unusual personality that
has made such a lasting impression
upon each one of us and upon the
College we love, and review in our
minds the wonderful equipment of Dr.
Beal and his life of intelligent service,
the thought dominates my own mind,
and I am happy in carrying it on to
you, as we together pay this last trib-
ute of love and respect to the friend
who has enriched and blessed our
lives, that there are two things which
can be recalled with distinctive pleas-
ure as connected with this unusual
span of life.

For years I enjoyed the perfect free-
dom of entry to Dr. Beal’s home upon
the College campus. In this beautiful
privilege [ absorbed in a most effective
way the solution of one factor of the
greatest problem presented to human-
ity—“how to live together.” I doubt
if Dr. Beal himself every fully appre-
ciated the influence of the loyalty and
devotion of that home circle and the
sweetness of that communion as an
inspiration to his best effort. The
charm of that home atmosphere sent
him on all of his missions of service
with a song in his heart, and any trib-
ute that I might pay to Dr. Beal
should include an emphasis upon the

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3

beautiful character and devoted life
of Hannah Beal.

My second thought attaches itself
to a peculiar feature of Dr. Beal’s
character, his pride. [ do not refer to
creature satisfaction expressed in the
honors heaped upon him by various
organizations and educational institu-
tions nor again to his accomplishments
in his wide range of service in fash-
ioning measures that have produced
beneficent results, but rather his pride
in the men who have been for a period
under his tuition, and have “carried
on” in a way that has always been a
delight to his heart, so that his mes-
sages have been nobly and effectively
passed on in a generous way to gen-
erations of mankind.

His declining years were mellowed
and enriched by the record of the
achievements of the men who have in
unstinted measure expressed in kindly
loving messages their obligation to
him for the germ of usefulness he had
implanted in their minds and _ hearts.

In the impress of this life we ad-
mire, we note a three-fold emphasis
that we can well contemplate.

First: the importance of a definite
purpose in life and career based upon
a desire to render the best possible
service,

Second: the choice of the method in

Second: the choice of a method in
our tastes and enable us to make the
element of enthusiasm an important
factor.

Third: the utilization to the fullest
extent possible of the best the good
Lord has implanted in us and making
this the supreme test of our loyalty
and devotion to a clearly defined ideal.

One final thought occurs to me as
a sweet and beautiful illustration of
what may come to a man in the de-
cline of life whose tastes and philoso-
phy fit him for the realization of the
hope that is in us all to have a decline
of life that shall enable us to say with
each succeeding day, ‘this is the best
of all,”

—_+-+___
Establishment of New Auto Freight
Line.

Onaway, June 17—H. Dean and

Sons are the proprietors of the auto
freight line between Onaway and
Alpena, making daily trips. This ser-
vice is patronized by practically every
merchant in our city and they report
it to be a great convenience, as well
as a saving in time. On the majority
of the freight the rates compare fav-
orably with rail service, but in the mat-
ter of fruit and vegetables the saving
is quite pronounced and enables the
dealer to offer fresh products daily.
Fruit from the Carrol Fruit Co. con-
stitutes a good portion of the ship-
ments, while the National Grocery Co.
is also a big contributor. Loads going
East are made up of lumber and
household goods and it is probable that
extra conveyances will soon ‘be needed.
As soon as the fruit harvest begins
Mr. Dean expects to establish lines
West running to the fruit belts as far
as Traverse City. The prospects bid
fair for a bumper apple crop around
Onaway this fall. Now bring on your
canning factory; that’s what we want.
Just as soon as a market can be es-
tablished for our fruit there will be
no limit to the quantity which will be
raised. Michigan is coming to the
front as a fruit state and all we need
is standardizing. The quality will
take care of itself and soon establish
a reputation that will be Nation-wide.
In addition to the established freight
service above mentioned there is also
a daily auto bus line running between
Alpena and Cheboygan arriving in our
city at 9:30 a. m. and returning at 2
p.m. This is a great convenience to
the traveling public in view of the fact
that train service is not suited to the
requirements of the majority of trav-
eling salesmen. Squire Signal.
Se

Every last one of us must be a pub-

lic utility.

 

 

The Smiling

Grocer —

Yes —-he but

when you do find one that

is scarce,

is—why he’s just naturally

cashing in on it, that’s all—

We also know that there
are just lots of things to
drive away the smiling
habit from the average gro-
cer—such as confusion in
mistakes,

orders, clerks’

cranky customers, spoil-
age, high prices, (for which
he must bear the criticism)

and operating expenses.

Handling Quaker products
exclusively will do away

with a lot of these troubles.

WORDEN
GROCER
COMPANY

Grand Rapids

Kalamazoo—Lansing—Battle Creck

The Prompt Shippers.

 

 

 

 

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Movement of Merchants. Flint—The Standard Shoe Co., 312
Ann Arbor—Investment Associates South Saginaw street, has been incor-
Inc., has increased its capital stock porated to deal in shoes and general

from $10,000 to $50,000.

Grand Rapids—The Peerless Furni-
ture Co. has changed its name to the
Anway-Peerless Furniture Co.

Fowler—Fox Bros. have installed a
modern plate glass front and new en-
trance to their hardware store.

Shiloh—Egbert J. Comstock lost his
store building and stock of general
merchandise by fire June 12.

Monroe—Frank Taylor has leased
the Diekman building and will open a
billiard parlor and cigar store July 1.

Kalamazoo—John A. Steketee, who
has conducted a dry goods and gro-
cery store here for the past 36 years,
died at his home June 11.

Lansing—Peter Angles and Thomas
Lagios have opened a restaurant at
335 South Washington avenue under
the style of the State Lunch.

Greenville—Jimos Bros. have leased
a store building and will occupy it with
a restaurant and confectionery store
as soon as it has been remodeled.

Tekonsha—Louis Main has _ pur-
chased the store building, store fix-
tures, grocery and shoe stock of S. J.
Cook, taking immediate possession.

Tekonsha—E. Carpenter has pur-
chased the garage building and stock
of auto supplies, etc., and will continue
the business under the management of
John Randall.

Holt—Arthur Fleming has sold his
meat market, grocery and_ general
merchandise stock to Norris & Saier,
who will continue the business at the
same location.

Sault Ste. Marie—The Soo Bever-
age Co. has begun the manufacture of
creamery butter at its new plant. The
creamery capacity of 4,000
pounds of butter daily.

has a

Edmore—A. Cooley, formerly pro-
prietor of the Lakeview hotel at Lake-
view, has purchased the Phoenix hotel
here and has had it redecorated and
improved in many ways.

Elkton—The Elkton Co-Operative
Creamery Co. has been incorporated
with an authorized capital stock of
$30,000, of amount $7,340 has
been subscribed and $1,200 paid in in
cash.

Pontiac—The Investment Savings
Corporation, Pontiac Bank building,
has been incorporated with an author-
ized capital stock of $25,000, all of
which has been subscribed and paid
in in cash.

Lansing—T. C. Hodson & Son, Inc.,
have leased the store building at 210
South Washington avenue and will
occupy it about July 15, with its stock
of stationery, books, gifts, etc. The
entire building will be occupied.

which

poration,

merchandise, with an authorized cap-
ital stock of $24,000, all of which has
been subscribed and paid in, $14,000
in cash and $10,000 in property.

Detroit—The Dustin Merle Radio
Co., 409 East Fort street, has merged
its business into a stock company un-
der the style of the Dustin Radio Lab-
oratories, Inc., with an authorized
capital stock of $10,000, all of which
has been subscribed and $1,000 paid
in in cash.

Detroit—The Universal Sales Cor-
12141 Cardoni avenue, has
been incorporated to act as manufac-
turers’ representative to deal in auto
parts, equipment, accessories and ma-
chinery, with an authorized capital
stock of $2,000, all of which has been
subscribed and $500 paid in in cash.

Charlevoix—John McCann has taken
over the bakery formerly operated by
his brother, the late Lawrence Mc-
Cann, at 325 Bridge street, and will
move part of the fixtures and equip-
ment of his present place of business
on Park avenue to the Bridge street

store. The store part of the Park
avenue establishment will then be
closed.

Saginaw—Proprietors of business
buildings here have been told by

William Brockless, city fire marshal,
that they can materially aid the local
fire department if they will see that
one window on each floor is kept per-
manently free from obstructions and
marked with a red cross so that the
firemen will know they can enter by
that window in case of fire.
Manufacturing Matters.

Kalamazoo—The Odorless Heater
Co. has changed its name to the Radex
Gas Heater Co.

Detroit—The Brown-McLaren Man-
ufacturing Co., screw machine prod-
ucts, has increased its capital stock
from $250,000 to $750,000.

Detroit—The Brown-McLaren Man-
ufacturing Co., 5851 Fort street, West,
automatic screw products, has increas-
ed its capital stock from $250,000 to
$750,000.

South Haven — Cassavant Bros.,
manufacturer of phonograph and other
cabinets, has increased its capital stock
and will enlarge its plant to enable it
to add 150 men to its working force.

Detroit—The Universal Concrete
Products Co., 3444 Fischer street, has
been incorporated with an authorized
capital stock of $25,000, $6,000 of
which has been subscribed and paid
in in cash.

Detroit—The Carhartt Overall Co.,
Michigan avenue and 10th street, has

been incorporated with an authorized
capital stock of $1,000 and 50,000 shares
at $1 per share, of which amount $1,-
000 has been subscribed and paid in
in cash.

Charlotte—The Goodrich Manufac-
turing Co., auto dimmers, spot lights,
electrical appliances, etc., has merged
its business into a stock company un-
der the same style with an authorized
capital stock of $16,680 common and
$33,320 preferred, of which amount
$27,250 has been subscribed, $9,962.50
paid in in cash and $8,500 in property.

——e@2s sa —_
Shirt Buying Conservative.

Reports from road salesmen indicate
that retailers are operating very con-
servatively in their purchases for Fall.
The totals for the next season are said
to be below last year at this time, and
wholesalers apparently do not look for
any real activity until after the Fourth
of July holiday. One thing noticeable
is that more retailers are tending to
operate on the budget plan. It is also
reported that, even though the early
business is light, novelties are getting
a better reception than for some sea-
sons past. The solid color shirts, con-
sidered the staples for quite a long
period, are gradually losing their
strong position. Retailers at present
continue to make a strong drive on
Summer broadcloth shirts, but the
prices quoted do not leave ‘them very

much margin.
——_—_ ++

Almost Beat His Competitors.

The story was told in the garment
trade yesterday of how one enterpris-
ing executive sent his salesmen out on
the road to roll up sales records that
would beat his competitors to a
frazzle. Instead, his firm nearly went
on the rocks. Elaborate road plans
for canvassiong retailers were prepar-
ed and costs of labor and selling were
figured down to the last fraction. The
salesmen went out with their lines,
and the wonderful prices quoted en-
abled them to come back with a
stunning volume of orders. But, sud-
denly it was discovered that, despite
all the precautions and elaborate plans,
the cost of the fabrics used in the gar-
ments had not been included. Then
something began to happen, according
to the narrator of the story.

—_~>++____
Glove Silk Underwear For Fall.
Sellers of women’s glove silk under-
wear have had their Fall lines out for
some time, but the volume of advance
buying has tended to be light. To
some extent the ordering has been
affected by the downward trend of
raw silk, which has led to the expecta-
tion that prices of finished garments
may be lower later on. Wholesalers
of the leading lines said yesterday
that this was extremely unlikely, as
the prices made on the Fall merchan-
dise represented replacement costs
which closely approximate those pre-
vailing in the raw silk market to-day.
The higher shades in these goods con-
tinue their vogue, although staple pink
is ‘by far the leader.

Now and then we have a flash that
indicates we are getting better and
better every day in many ways. Stop-
ping an ocean liner, filled with pleas-
ure-seeking passengers, far out at sea,
to transfer a suddenly stricken fire-

man on a freighter, is one of the best
humanitarian acts of the day. In this
way Jose Tolero’s life was saved. Not
so many years ago, when men were
shanghaied, the sick were too often
knocked in the head when they
couldn’t work. If they got worse—
well, they were allowed to suffer until
they got well—or died to be thrown
overboard. To-day a touch of the
key and human suffering is brought
home to those enjoying the ease and
comfort of a great passenger steamer
—and brought home in such a way as
to bring assistance to those who need
it most. Few discoveries have been
greater blessings to mankind than the

 

wireless.
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Steamship companies comprising
the North Atlantic passenger confer-
ence have suffered in a financial way
by our new immigration laws. For
many years the several European com-
panies have enjoyed a highly remun-
erative trade in bringing intending
citizens over here. To make up the
losses brought about in the curtail-
ment of immigration by the United
States, the companies tried increased
fares for both first and second class
passengers. This has not worked out
as well as was hoped. It is now pro-
posed to reduce passenger rates so
that it will be possible for a much
greater number of people in moderate
circumstances to make an American
or a European trip. Travel maketh a
full man. Such a plan, by bringing
the peoples of the world in closer con-
tact, should be of great benefit to all
countries.
—_—_~++.____

The greatest blessing which our
Government has conferred upon busi-
ness recently is the adjournment of
Congress. This should have a good
effect upon business conditions. The
adjournment relieves us of the threat
of all sorts of unwise legislation and
takes away the feeling of insecurity
which such a Congress ‘1 session has
given us. We can be at peace now
and lay our plans with a definite as-
surance of solidity. Business only
goes where it is invited, and our ad-
journing Congress was not an inviting
spectacle to anyone. There are better
prospects for the future, for there are
strong indications that the people of
Our country, tired of indecision, of
moral and political cowardice, are go-
ing to the polls to cast their votes for
men who more truly represent the
greatness of the United States.

——_+~+»—___

Recipes for the evasion or cure of
seasickness are as old as the malady;
and sufferers are skeptical. The latest
remedy is to sniff oxygen. That ozone
tonic has certainly been effectual with
the climbers on the slopes of Everest,
enabling them to break all records for
altitude attained in mountaineering.
But the problems of sea level are dif-
ferent from those of the rarefied at-
mosphere of Himalayan summits. It
will require more than the testimony
of a single yachtnig party to convince
the dubious that an effectual remedy
for seasickness has been found.

—_—_» +.

Tip to building tradesman:

your easy money.

Save

 

 

June 18, 1924

Essential Features of the Grocery
Staples.

Sugar—Warmer weather and _ the
opening of the berry season have
stimulated the market and a much bet-
ter demand seems to be coming out
from all directions. Local jobbers
have advanced their quotation on
granulated to 7.55c.

Tea—The market has had a quiet
week, although considering the num-
ber of orders that have come in busi-
ness has been fair. Congous are quiet-
er than they have been, although the
demand from consumers is still active.
Ceylons, Indias and Javas are all mov-
ing actively at unchanged prices. The
advices from the Orient received dur-
ing the week report certain grades of
China tea opening for the new season
at an advance of 4 cents per pound,
as compared with spot prices. The
general market shows no _ particular
change for the week; the demand is
fair to good, with spot prices about
unchanged.

Coffee—The market for Rio and
Santos coffee has had qa rather irreg-
ular week, but the most of the irreg-
ularity has been in futures. Spot Rio
and Santos, green and in a large way,
have shown some additional strength
during the week, although prices have
shown no particular change; all grades
of Rio and Santos have remained
about unchanged, with a moderate de-
mand. Milds are about where they
were a week ago. The jobbing mar-
ket on roasted coffee is unchanged and
fairly active.

Canned Fruits—Hawalian pineapple
opening prices are expected at any time
in the near future and as the announce-
ment is so near at hand dealers are
holding off of futures until the range
is known. Considerable s. a. p. busi-
ness, however, has already been writ-
ten. Spot pineapple is steady in the
popular grades. The only weakness
is in lines which are not in such gen-
eral demand. California fruits were
quiet all of last week. There is buy-
ing all of the time in fair sized johbing
parcels but not for speculative outlets.
Apples are steady but quiet.

 

Canned Vegetables—Advices from
pea canning sections are pessimistic.
The South has begun to pack and now
will be quite generally engaged in can-
ning. Peas are late, but quality is
good. The great fear is hot weather
to rush the crop to a quick maturity
and to interfere with a quality pack.
Wisconsin and New York are late,
early and late plantings coming on at
once. If the weather is warm at can-
ning time packers fear a greatly cur-
tailed output, with a poorer average
grade than if weather conditions are
more normal. All peas are held firm.
Tomatoes are in quiet demand. No.
2s are nominally quoted at $1.10 and
$1.15 for buyers’ and packers’ labels,
with a 2%c discount available in some
quarters. Threes are held at $1.35 but
can be bought at $1.30. Gallons are
dull at quotations. Corn is firmer in
all future packs. Fancy corn on the
spot is wanted. Golden Bantam is
all but out. Standards are well main-
tained.

Canned Fish—Maine sardines con-
tinued at a wide range last week, some

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

offerings being down to $3.65 on a
nominally quoted market of $4 for
quarter oil keyless among the largest
interests. Buying has been hand-to-
mouth as the market has been weak
and unsettled. All styles are taken
only for nearby uses. Salmon is in
fair jobbing demand but not much for
later use. Pinks and reds are steady.
Not much talk of future Alaska fish
is heard. Chinooks of 1923 are still
available in jobbing circles and are

‘being liquidated as rapidly as the trade

will absorb them. Tuna is scarce and
taken steadily for normal outlets,
Shrimp and oysters are scarce. Crab
meat and lobster are unsettled.

Rice—The strong undertone is due
to the statistical position of the mar-
ket rather than to the demand, which
is tame throughout. While many con-
ditions favor the seller there is no
extensive buying movement. Foreign
rice has been easier in tone, as stocks
are more readily available on the spot
and there has been some pressure to
sell on the part of the weaker holders.

Dried Fruits—The demand for dried
fruits is dull. Several lines relatively
are cheaper in the East than on the
coast and the undertone is rather sog-
gy. Nobody is buying anything ex-
cept for immediate wants. Prunes are
still dull and draggy, the market being
in buyer’s favor. California small
prunes are still unsteady and weak.
This influences the market for the
larger sizes which would ordinarily do
very well. Raisins are about the most
satisfactory line in dried fruits just
now; the demand is regular and prices
steady. Apricots are still dull, but
fairly well cleaned up. The cheapest
buy relatively is the lower and medium
grades of apricots. Peaches are dull,
but with some little business doing
every day. Currants in better supply,
but selling fairly well at steady prices.
Currants are being sold on a very low
basis.

Beans and Peas—The demand for
all varieties of dried white beans is
quiet, with the market only fairly
steady. Red and white kidneys are
the firmest things in the line and even
they are not very firm. Pea beans
can be shaded and California limas are
about steady. Green and Scotch peas
unchanged; light demand.

Syrup and Molasses—The demand
for molasses continues steady, but the
quantities are rather small, prices are
unchanged for the week. Sugar syrup
dull and in light demand. The market
would be softer if stocks were heavy.
Compound syrup fairly active, with
comparatively small stock and steady
prices.

Salt Fish—The trade are not espec-
ially interested in mackerel, because of
the expectation of a large pack of
shore fish. Spot stocks are light, but
the trade are waiting future develop-
ments. The general demand for
mackerel is dull, but prices are steady.

Cheese—Cheese is firm and the re-
ceipts are cleaned up; the trade about
normal for full cream, both Wiscon-

sin and New York State goods.

Provisions—Hams, bacon and dried
beef are steady at unchanged prices.

Review of the Produce Market.

Apples—Michigan Ben Davis, $2 per
bu.; Baldwins, $2.50 per bu.

Asparagus—$1.75 per doz. bunches
for home grown.

Bananas—6%c per lb.

Beets—New from Texas, $2.25 per
bu.

Butter—The market is somewhat
easier on account of receipts increas-
ing each day. Supplies, however, are
pretty well cleaned up and the market
is fairly steady at quotations. Buyers
for storage purposes are still holding
off, looking for lower prices later in
the month. All opinions and specula-
tions have been upset by the lateness
of the season, which causse abnormal
conditions. Local jobbers hold extra
fresh at 38c in 69 Ib. tubs; prints, 40c.
They pay 20c for packing stock.

Cabbage—Mobile commands $3 per
crate,

Cantaloupes—California are now in
market priced as follows:

ems 2 $3.75
ees 3.00
Pauys 525
oS Os ee ee ee 175

Carrots—$1.75 per bu. for new from
Texas.

Cauliflower—California,
doz. heads.

Celery—90c@$1 per bunch for Flor-
ida; crates of 4 to 6 doz., $7@7.50.

Cucumbers—Hot house command
$125 for fancy and $1 for choice:
Southern outdoor grown, $2 per ham-
per.

Eggs—Contrary to expectations,
eggs are increasing in price and are
very firm at the quotations of 22%c
for nearby firsts. This is probably
due to the hens startnig to lay earlier
than usual on account of the mild
winter.

Egg Plant—$3.50 per doz.

Garlic—35c per string for Italian.

Grape Fruit—Fancy Florida now
sell as follows:

$3.75 per

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0 a cee 4.25
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4 ane 70 4.50

Green Beans—$3 per hamper.

Green Onions—Home grown are
now in market, commanding 25c for
Evergreens and 40c for Silverskins.

Honey—25c for comb; 25c _ for
strained.

Lettuce—In
following basis: :
California Iceberg, per crate ____$5.00
Outdoor grown Leaf, per bu. __ 1.50

Lemons—The market is now on the
following basis:

good demand on the

a Sumit -$6.00
S00 Red Ball 22 7 5.50
so Red Bail 5.00

Onions—California Bermudas com-
mand $3.25 for White and $2.75 for
Yellow per crate.

 

Oranges—Fancy Sunkist Navels are
now on the following basis:
OQ $5.50
126 and $50) 22 2 5.50
ie and 200 5.00
PG ce 4.00
yA OE SSS eee eee 3.25
22: #25

Valencias, 50c box above Navel prices.
Floridas fetch $4.50@S5.
Parsley—65c per doz. bunches.
Parsnips—$1.75 per bu.

5
Peppers—/5c per basket containing
16 to 18.

Poultry—Wilson & Company now
pay as follows for live:

Pheagy towls 0 20c
SEQOHGES 900 20@25c¢
Pight fowls 202 ee l5c
Stags 2-200 10c¢
Ducks 220000 17¢

Potatoes—75@80c per bu. for old.
New from the Carolinas, $5 per bbl.
for No. 1 and $3.50 per bbl. for No. 2.

Radishes—20c per doz. bunches for
hot house.

Rhubarb—$1.50 per bu. for home
grown.

Spinach—$1.50 per bu. for
grown.

Strawberries—Benton Harbor stock
is now in command of the local mar-
ket, fetching $4.50 per 16 qt. crate.
As usual, the early pickings are poor
in quality and small in size.

Tomatoes—Southern $1.10
per 5 Ib. basket; home grown hot
house, $2.50 per 7 ib. basket.

Turnips—$1.25 per bu.

home

grown

 

Veal—Local dealers pay as follows:
Fancy White Meated _._________ 12%c
Geog 2 10c
6040 fee 08c
Poor 202 Se 06c

—_-+>__
Large Hats Soon To Rival Small Ones

Larger hats are appearing in Paris.
As yet they are not seriously rivaling
the small shapes, according to cable
information contained in the current
bulletin of the Retail Millinery As-
sociation of America, but many think
they soon will be.

“At present,” the bulletin goes on,
“the brims seldom exceed a width of
2% inches at their widest point, but
they look narrower because the tall
crowns have straight sides. Sailor
brims appear in the classic form, but
rarely. Breton affects with tubular and
otherwise rolled, thick edges are fea-
tured by leading French houses.

“The crowns, prominent in all in-
stances, are either round or elongated.
They still fit the head snugly, and
there are many new ideas in helmet
or casque effects. Those _ finding
greatest acclaim are highest in front
and pointed, receding abruptly toward
the back.

“Lanvin has launched a new idea in
this category of larger shapes. It is
made of black ottoman silk and trim-
med with white ribbon in scarf width,
terminating in a jaunty bow in the
center front, rather high up. The
brim is shallow at the back, widening
toward the front, where it rolls up to
meet the tall beehive crown.

“There seems to be no limit to the
use of felt, and no decrease in its
popularity. Rose Descat shows pleas-
ing hat and scarf sets entirely made ,
of narrow two-toned felt strips inter-
woven in novel designs and trimmed
with applique motifs of patent leather,
velvet or felt in brilliant contrasting
colors.

“The Girondin ghape, of French
revolution days, is being revived in
ultra-chic modern form by Reboux—
tall and straight crown and _ having
narrow brims that turn up whimsically
at either one or both sides. At pres-
ent she makes it in felt, but is expected
to feature it in hatter’s plush, panne
and satin.”

 

 

FOX FARM FRAUDS.

Ridiculous Claims Which Cannot Be
Made Good.

Detroit, June 14—I am _ enclosing
carbon copy of my preliminary draft
of a bulletin on the subject of live fox
sales. I believe they have netted the
sales organizations at least $1,000,000
gross during the past eight months.
The pairs are sold here, insured for
a year, and with 100 per cent. increase
guaranteed on a profit-sharing plan,
for $2,000 per pair. The ranching
charge is $180 per pair per annum.
The pup charge, June to October, is
$25 per pup. This makes the main-
tenance cost $230 per pair per annum.
If the foxes are to be pelted at $112.80
each, or even at $150 each, it leaves
a pretty shallow interest and amortiza-
tion allowance on $2,000 investment,
doesn’t it?

I'd be glad to have your reactions
on this matter. If the data is of use
to you—particularly the excerpts from

Henderson’s letter—it is, of course,
yours for the taking.

Incidentally, I may state that I
have had a long conference with

William Ryder, secretary of the Na-
tional Fox Breeders’ Association, 204
Rosen block, Muskegon. Ryder
makes interesting generalities about
his efforts to “clean up” this business;
but then comes back with the proposi-
tion that nothing can be accomplished
until he is assisted in amalgamating a
Nation-wide fox breeders’ association;
and defends our friends, the Detroit
Silver Fox Farms, Inc., who represent
fox pups as an absolutely sure thing
for 50 per cent. per annum, though
sold for $2,000 per pair before they
were born. The interview led me to
believe that our Detroit furrier was
nearly right when he concluded that
possibly these ranches could not live
unless they lived by finding new en-
thusiasts to go into the breeding busi-
ness. Herbert B. Thompson,
Better Business Bureau.

The Bulletin above referred to is as
follows:

Investigation of silver fox promo-
tions, instigated by the Better Busi-
ness Bureau five months ago, has re-
ceived a decided impetus through the
co-operation of W. C. Henderson,

Acting Chief of the Bureau of Biolog-—

ical Survey, United States Depart-
mentt of Agriculture. Mr. Hender-
son’s attention was called to state-

ments in advertising made by _ fox
sales promoters to the effect that “The
United States Department of Agricul-
ture endorses the silver fox industry,”
followed by quotations from Farmers’
Bulletin No. 795.

Mr. Henderson’s reply to the Better
Business Bureau of Detroit states that
the Department of Agriculture does
not endorse this or any other industry;
points out some of the perils of the
business. as now promoted and con-
cludes with this paragraph:

“We have co-operated with numer-
ous Better Business Bureaus in help-
ing to furnish them with information
regarding the mis-naming of furs, and
we solicit their co-operation or that of
any other organizations in helping to
bring the facts about the fox business
squarely before the public.”

Referring to quotations from Farm-
ers’ Bulletin 795, used in periodical
advertising and pamphlets by pro-
moters selling live foxes as invest-
ments, Mr. Henderson says:

“Farmers’ Bulletin No. 795 has been
replaced by Department Bulletin No.
1151, and the information given in
795 is obsolete.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

“Persons are at liberty to quote ex-
cerpts from many of the Government
publications, so long as they give
credit for the same. In this particular
case, however, they do not tell the en-
tire story, but use parts of the bulletin
to stress their own particular purpose,
which is, of course, selling foxes.

“That dishonest ranchers and com-
panies would use fur-bearing animals
as a means to extract money from per-
sons unfamiliar with the business is
only to be expected. The lack of au-
thentic information concerning the
raw fur market and the feeding, breed-
ing and management of fur bearers in
captivity have made the task of fooling
the novice an extremely easy one.
Brokers continue to promote fur farm-
ing schemes without having either
animals or land on which to carry on
operations. Fur farmers and their or-
ganizations should oppose such un-
scrupulous methods and acts that are
detrimental to the future of this busi-
ness.

“Tt must not be overlooked that the
sole purpose of growing fur-bearing
animals is to sell the pelts. The sale
of breeding stock is only incidental.
Since fur farming is so intimately
connected with the high price of fur,
it would be worth while for persons
before investing their time or money
to investigate the causes of these
prices and endeavor to forecast to
what extent they may be expected to
continue. When the main purpose of
raising fur-bearing animals is lost sight
of—that is, to produce salable pelts—
the business loses its economic basis
for existence.

“The Department of Agriculture
feels that when fox raising is properly
conducted, it occupies a place in the
general scheme of maintaining the fur
supply, but the extent to which it may
become effective in increasing the pro-
duction of fur will be determined only
by future developments. It must be
remembered that the production of fur-
bearing animals in captivity is a com-
paratively recent enterprise and there-
fore is not supported by the exhaustive
experimental and research data that
are enjoyed by similar industries.”

The Better Business Bureau's in-
vestigation revealed that one firm
which had been refused permission to
sell stock in its fur ranch by the Mich-
igan Securities Commission on _ the
grounds that it would be unfair to the
public immediately switched to the
sale of pairs of live foxes, to be
ranched and raised on’ a co-operative
basis, thus evading the blue sky law
supervision. Salesmen for another fox
selling organization represented that
the pelts could be sold to a leading
Detroit furrier for $1,000 each. The
furrier, in an unsolicited letter, stated
that if the ranches were reduced to a
pelt basis, he doubted if they would
survive; that they depended upon the
sale of breeding stock on a sort of
endless chain plan. The purchasing
agent for this same furrier stated that
he believed the price for the best pelts
would not exceed $400; and the aver-
age would probably be about $150,
running as low, possibly, for defec-
tives, as 50 cents.

Price records of the leading London
fur auction sale for 1923-1924 showed
the highest price for a pelt, 118

pounds, with a downward range to “no
bid” and a few shillings. The Bureau
of Statistics of the Dominion of
Canada shows the average price for
silver fox pelts for 1919-1920, $245.80;
for 1920-1921, $152; for 1921-1922,
$147; for 1922-1923, $112.80.

Statistics would seem to indicate
that by the end of June, 1924, there
will be 40,000 or more silver foxes im
captivity in the United States alone.
The high prices for pelts, which were
based on the rarety of the silver black
fox (which is an unusual freak in the
wild state) seem to be rapidly dwind-
ling; and the market price for the
breeding stock reflects the downward
tendency. The timidity and fragility
of the animals, together with the
danger of their destroying their own
young if not properly handled during
the reproducing period have made
them difficult to raise successfully.
Standardization of methods as to feed-
ing and prevention of disease would
seem likely to increase the number in
captivity rapidly from now on, with
a natural tendency toward pushing the
market downward.

—_—__>-++___

The Man, the Bird and the Tree.

Grandville, June 17—The man, the
bird and the tree; three of the crea-
tions of the All Father whom Chris-
tians presume to worship.

Each one is as much a part of the
creation as the other. Each one lives
and carries on in its Own way, amen-
able to the god of nature. It is hard
to separate one frem the other and to
say that this one has more rights in
our world than the other, and it is
presumed that man was the last of
the three created. This being true,
what place should each occupy in the
province of God’s kingdom?

Man is a higher order of animal, to
be sure, vet he cannot thank himself
for this greater gift from the god of
nature. Each lives, thrives and passes
on when ripe for the harvest of the
old fellow with the scythe.

We have nothing to say as to how
or when we shall pass off the stage
of earthly action, neither has the bird
or the tree. The same all wise power
which planted the one in this earthly
sphere planted the other, and all go
the same route to that everlasting
silence which we call death.

This being true, why should man
plume himself on his superiority above
the trees and birds? It will not do to
say there are no birds or trees in
paradise because that would not be
true. At all events we do not know
the exact status of the three in that
other world, consequently it would be
presumptuous in us to state the con-
ditions that exist beyond our vale of
tears.

Knowing, as we do, that God has
planted birds and trees to be the ac-
companiment of man here fora brief
space of life on this earth, why should
we presume to make wreck of these
smaller things, thinking thereby to en-
hance our joys here below?

What would our world be without
trees? Can you imagine the sad con-
dition of the hills, mountains, vales and
plains unshaded in the smallest part of
the trees? Desolation everywhere; the
waters of the creeks, rivers and lakes
drying up for lack of moisture brought
about by the destruction of God’s
trees. Some men there are who de-
light in slashing down a tree. The
sight of these beautiful ornaments to
the roadside seem to act like a red
rag to an angry bull, and they cannot
rest until the axe is applied and the
stately oak, maple: or beech is laid
low.

I knew a man who had a delightful
row of sugar maples along the front

June 18, 1924

of his farm. He had not been long in
possession of said farm else these trees
would not have ‘been permitted to
grow. Soon after he came into pos-
session, he began the work of destruc-
tion, felling the trees, cutting them u>
into stovewood, burning the brush,
thus denuding the roadside of those
beautiful shade trees. What was his
excuse?

“You cant raise corn within forty
feet of a tree,” said he. “I don’t pro-
pose to sacrifice all that land just for
a few worthless trees.”

The man should have been prose-
cuted, but he was not. The farm was
not so beautiful thereafter, neither was
it so salable, since there are a certain
proportion of mankind who under-
stand and value the trees for their
true worth. If all men were like the
above mentioned farmer, this earth
would in time be completely devastat-
ed, and mankind would die off for
want of sustenance.

Akin to this fact is that of bird life.
When we lose our respect for God's
birds we lose our respect for nature
and nature’s god; we bend our every
energy to a mere matter of money-
making, never realizing that our selfish
zeal for the destruction of natural life
will lead to the complete extirpation
of life on the earth.

I am completely imbued with the
belief that trees and birds did not come
by chance. They are as much a part
of the creation as is man, and have
an equal right to life and respectful
treatment.

Birds and trees seem to enjoy exist-
ence as well as do we of the higher
order of the animal and _ vegetable
kingdom. Since when has man been
given the right to destroy everythine
not satisfactory to his higher intelli-
gence?

R. M. Kellogg, the great fruit
grower of Michigan, was as careful of
his pedigree berry plants as ordinary
men are of their pet animals. Did he
see anyone in his fields treading care-
lessly on the strawberry vines, he
quietly called their attention to the
fact that they were hurting his pets,
for to him it was a fact that plants are
living entities, and that they can feel
as well as the higher order of created
things.

What must be the emotions of a tree
which has withstood the storms of a
century and is full of life and vigor
when the witless axeman comes to lay
it dead on the ground. That tree.
which has been growing a hundred
years, can ‘be laid low in death within
an hour under the axe of the destroyer.
Think of it? One hundred years of
joyous existence under the wise pro-
tection of God to fall in one hour to
death beneath the axe of man! One
of God’s creatures destroying another,
you may say. This may be true, yet
it is not very creditable to the man
who prides himself upon his superior-
ity to all other created things.

Some trees must needs fall of course
but the rank destruction of our forest
East, West, North and South is a stain
upon the name of man, and is on a par
with the ruthless destruction of God’s
birds which is still going on without
seeming Jet or hindrance. .
Old Timer.

2 ____
Knew Her Bible Better.

A certain judge once had the tables
neatly turned on him by his wife. They
had been to church and after the ser-
vice she and several other women
stood in the aisle discussing topics of
feminine interest. The judge was
quite annoyed at their doing so and on
the way home he remarked ungracious-
ly: “Do you know you chattering
women reminded me of Balaam’s ass
blocking the way?”

“Oh, no, dear; you are mistaken,”
returned his wife calmly. “It was the
angel that blocked the way of the ass.”

 

 

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June 18, 1924

IN THE REALM OF RASCALITY

 

Cheats and Swindles Which Merchants
Should Avoid.

Ellsworth, June 11—We received a
call a few days ago from a man who
said his name was David Herman,
representing the Knickerbocker Mer-
chandising Co., of New York. He
had a wonderful scheme and his plan
as outlined by him would be wonder-
ful for the retail dealer. However,
we were not easy enough to see the
inside, so did not issue him a chack
for $300, as he wanted, although I
know of at least one party lhere who
fell for his line of talk. Would you
kindly advise whether or not this is
the bunch you recently exposed in
the Tradesman? We cannot find the
name of the house in Dun or Brad-
street. If this is the bunch it would
be very good to mention same in the
Tradesman, advising the (possible)
victims to go carefully.

Klooster & Vanderark.

We ‘have exposed the Knickerbocker
Merchandising Co. so frequently in the
Tradesman that we are surprised that
aiyone should be caught on the sharp
hooks of the scoundrels who travel
around under the guise of men and
“land” their victims by means of
specious promises and claims which
lhave no basis in fact. Any merchant
who lends a willing ear to any repre-
sentative of this concern—which con-
sists of a single individual who oc-
cupies desk room only in a dingy
little office in a dingy little building
in New York City—will have only
himself to blame if he finds himself
poorer in purse to the extent of $300
by so doing.

 

The latest bulletin of the Buffalo
Better Business Commission, Buffalo,
N. Y., contains information and ad-
vice on the following stock promo-
tion's:

Debrah Silk Corporation.

Mutual Benefit League.

Champion Rotary Motors Company.

Duplex Motion Pictures Industries,
Inc.

Any subscriber who is approached
by the stock salesmen of any of these
concerns will do well to write for a
copy of the bulletin. It goes without
saying that the bulletin does not
recommend investment in these enter-
prises. The commission has a very
apt slogan: “Before you invest in-
vestigate.”

 

Shelby, June 12—R. F. Reed repre-
senting the National Mercantile Agen-
cy, of Detroit, Toledo and Columbus,
called here and wanted to take on my
delinquent accounts for collection. The
contract runs for three years and they
ask $15 down. The balance of $35 is
to be taken out of accounts collected.
What is anything can you tell me that
will be of benefit to me?

H. E. Van Arman.

Any concern which wants money in
advance for service to be performed
later is a good concern to keep away
from.

 

Every Thursday WAX, Union Trust
station at Cleveland, broadcasts warn-
ings against fake stock selling schemes.
The Cleveland better business com-
mission spots the fakes and the radio
tells the world about them.

Farmers no longer are pie for fake
stock salesmen, gold brickers and
other swindlers. Those who listen in

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

on the radio are warned by word of
mouth, which is about the most con-
vincing way of all.

 

A device to determine whether liquid
has been substituted excessively for
solid food in cans has been devised by
an employe of the Bureau of Chem-
istry, United States Department of
Agriculture. The instrument is a per-
forated, circular brass plate three
inches in diameter, to the center of
which is screwed perpendicularly a
brass rod one-quarter of an _ inch
square. On one side of the rod is a
scale graduated in inches and_ six-
teenths of an inch. When a can has
been opened for sampling by the in-
spector, the measuring instrument is
pressed down lightly on the solid con-
tents, the liquid portion rising through
the perforations. A straight edge is
then placed across the top of the can
and the reading made where it comes
in contact with the brass rod. If this
instrument proves as satisfactory as
officials expect it will aid materially
in detecting the practice of selling
brine, sirup, or water in place of solid
food products.

——_» + «+
How the Local Telephone Company
Handles Emergency Calls.
Grand Rapids, June 17—In the

Tradesman of June 11 appeared an
item from which we quote as follows:

The growth of the telephone in the
last decade has been phenominal. That
such a growth would bring with it new
difficulties was to be expected. One of
the difficulties—and a very serious one—
has just arisen in the general complaint
of the unusual delays in getting hospitals
on the telephone in cases of accidents.
Surely so great and well conducted an
organization as the telephone company
should find a way to overcome this. If
no better way can be found, it would be
well to maintain a separate and_ special
service for hospitals, firemen and police.
The general welfare of the community
demands that these three should have
preference over all other calls, social or
business.

For your information, we wish to
state that it is the universal practice
at all exchanges that we control with-
in the State of Michigan to connect a
subscriber with the fire house, police
department or hospital on request, and
without the necessity of lookine up
the number. These calls are all hand-
led as emergency calls. Telephone
numbers of these institutions are PCs sted
on every switchboard in plain view of
the operators to prevent any mis-
understanding or delays.

Of course, at points where auto-
matic exchanges are in operation, it 1s
necessary that the subscriber dial
the institution desired. In Grand
Rapids if the subscriber is unable to
get connection with the hospital or
other institution which he is dialing,
he can call service, and they will con-
nect him without question and with-
out any number.

We are giving you this information
knowing that you will be glad to set
us right with the public in this mat-
ter. Furthermore, if any person at any
time has any experience which con-
flicts with the above and if the facts
are reported to the manager of the ex-
change involved, it will have immed-
iate attention. C. E. Wilde,

Division Manager.
——__o >»

All Full!

It is told of Charles Lamb that one
afternoon, after he had taken his seat
in a crowded omnibus, a stout gentle-
man looked in and politely asked: “All
full inside?”

“T don’t know how it may be with
the other passengers,’ answered Lamb,
“but that last piece of oyster pie did
the business for me.”

 

 

Wrapped Up
in Our Reputation

For over a quarter of a century—in the

trade and household alike—FELS-
NAPTHA has stood every test.

Imitated many, many times, it has
never yet been truly duplicated.

Thrifty housewives themselves wrote
the phrase into our current advertis-
ing—
“NOTHING CAN TAKE THE
PLACE OF FELS-NAPTHA.”

 

CHOCOLATE FRUIT

A Wholesome, Tasty Cake
With that ““Eatmore’ Flavor

Samples and Prices on Request

If Your Wholesale Grocer Cannot Supply You, Write Us.

j ZION INSTITUTIONS & INDUSTRIES
ZION, ILLINOIS

 

 

 

 

 

LABOR FACES INEVITABLE.

lag, both in
the primary markets and in distribut-
ing channels as well.
tor, of course, is that the general pub-
lic is not buying as freely as was ex-
pected, while production in advanace
of requirements was somewhat ahead
of the demand. A very potent influ-
ence also has been the backward and
stormy weather over much of the
country, which has checked
all kinds of things from straw hats to
automobiles. And this brings to mind
the curious circumstances of how com-
mon it is to ascribe poor business to
other causes than this. Whenever, in
a presidential year, business slacks up,
certain interests invariably put this
down to the uncertainty of the politi-
cal outcome and tell everybody how
much better things will be if their par-
ticular candidates are elected. This
was done the other day by the head
of the largest -woolen manufacturing
concern in the usual fashion. He may
actually convince himself that this is
the case. In reality, however, it is the
high prices that are checking purchas-
es at a time when unemployment to a
fearful extent is again looming up.

Business continues to

The main fac-

sales of

The most significant feature of the
situation is the voluntary reductions
in wages which are being announced
in most lines of productive industry.
In clothing, leather, cotton
goods, woolens, iron, steel, copper and
brass, the imploring
their employers to them to
work at 25 per cent. less wages than
they have been receiving, rather than
go on a half-time schedule (as many
industries are now working) or sus-
There never

shoes,

workers” are
permit

pend operations entirely.
was a time in the history of the coun-
try when workers seemed so inclined
to break away from gomperism and
labor looting as now. It actually looks
as though labor beginning to
throw off the shackles of greed which
have been a most distinguishing char-
acteristic of that class since the advent
of the kaiser’s war., This means, of
course, that the rent hog must do his
share and play an important part in
bringing the cost of living down to
normal again.

was

 

COTTON CONDITIONS.
Actual users of cotton ‘here
abroad, as distinguished from traders
and speculators in the article, are fix-
ing their attention on the growing
crop. Weather and the weevil are the
factors which will determine the size
of the yield. As to the former, all the
reports from the growing district
show an improvement in -conditions
over those prevailing when the Gov-
ernment estimate was put in. There
has been a cessation of the rainfalls,
and higher temperatures have stimu-
lated the growth of the plants. The
boll weevil has put in an appearance
in divers localities, but is mot yet
much of a menace. In a little more
than a fortnight the next report from
the Department of Agriculture will be
issued and will give the estimate of the
acreage planted. It will ‘help a little
to clarify matters. Quotations of cot-
ton on the exchanges showed the
fluctuations during the past
_week, none of them possessing any
marked feature. The goods’ market

and

usual

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

comparatively dull, but it
shows firmness based on the reduced
production of the mills and the grad-
ual depletion of mill stocks. Sales
of gray goods during the week were

remains

by both first and second hands at
some reductions in price. Finished
fabrics are moving slowly, novelties

going better than staples. The finish-
ing plants are reporting a curtailment
of output, and it is said that the aver-
age work ahead in them is_ hardly
more than a fortnight or so. Knit
goods of all kinds are faring poorly.
The lightweight season is about over,
With unsatisfactory results, and the
Fall season has not progressed far.

 

WOOLS AND WOOLEN GOODS.
Wool markets remain inactive with
the general tendency still toward low-
er prices. In this respect the article
merely repeats what is the case with
the other textile fibers. Conditions do
not lend themselves just now toward
favoring higher costs of raw materials.
The disposition of consumers every-
where is to combat any and all ad-
vances in price and, in the long run,
their attitude must be controlling.
Woolen mills are either shutting down
for more or less prolonged periods, or
are otherwise reducing output. Mr.
Wood, President of the American
Woolen Company, admitted the other
day that his organization was only op-
erating at 61 per cent. of capacity.
Other concerns are not doing nearly
as well, although a few are doing bet-
ter. Taking them all together, there
does not appear to be any urgent need
on their part for securing added sup-
plies of raw material, and they are not
doing this. All feel that nothing will
be lost by waiting. If sufficient de-
mand should arise, buyers will be will-
ing to pay more for fabrics, if they
must. In men’s wear, sales of cloth-
ing to retailers have, in a number of
instances, been smaller than was ex-
pected and manufacturers have re-
frained from extensive cutting up, or
even of ordering from the mills. There
are also some reports of cancellations.
Regarding women’s fabrics, the threat-
ened strike on the garment trades has
cut short the orders, but no one ex-
pects this to continue. Neither side
can just now afford a tie-up of the
industry. The mediation proceeding
now under way has great promise.

 

NEW FIELDS FOR RUBBER.

The report of the Department of
Commerce on crude rubber supplies,
made in response to directions from
Congress, goes over ground with
which the rubber trade has long been
familiar and adds nothing to the sum
total of existing knowledge on the
subject. Hardly ony one, however,
expected anything important to come
out of this investigation, which was
authorized at the insistence of a few
manufacturers who were alarmed about
a year ago at the restrictive measures
put into effect in the British East
Indies.

The report shows that there are re-
gions in the Philippines and in South
America, where plantation rubber can
be grown. Rubber companies in this
country knew this already, and the
question of investing capital in these
countries has been thoroughly can-

vassed, with an adverse decision. The
political conditions in the Philppines
are not encouraging for such an invest-
ment, while in South America labor is
lacking. Moreover, with over-produc-
tion at present in the East Indies and
with prices below a profitable level
American concerns are not likely to be
tempted to go into the rubber busi-
ness in the immediate future. If the
situation should finally change and the
new fields should eventually offer
possibilities for profitable investment,
American capital will flow there with-
out need of Government assistance.

 

FREIGHT RATE REVISION.

The idea of a revision of the freight
rate so as to obtain lower
rates for agricultural and other basic
products and to make up the resulting
decrease in revenue for the carriers by
higher rates on class freight, or lux-
uries, has a wide appeal, but the mem-
bers of the Interstate Commerce Com-
Mission apparently do not think the
scheme is as simple as it looks to those
less familiar with the intricacies of
rate-making.

It is pointed out that where a very
large volume of a road’s business con-
sists of basic products the increase on
class freight would have to be very
high in order to offset the loss from a
very moderate reduction in rates on
the basic commodities and might prove
prohibitive. The relation between
freight rates on raw materials and
finished goods sometimes determines
the location of a manufacturing center.
Whole communities have grown up in
certain places because of this relation-
ship. Any radical change in the rela-
tion might have far-reaching effects on
a community's prosperity. These con-
siderations are not an argument for
absolute fixity of the rate structure.
Probably many rates no longer con-
form to industrial conditions as they
once did. But the illustrations cited
show the need of proceeding cau-
tiously.

structure,

 

 

NEW MELON COMING.

A new type of melon called the Tex-
as honey ball, which is a cross be-
tween the Texas cannon ball canta-
loupe and the California honey dew
melon, will be found in the market
this year, reports the United States
Department of Agriculture. The mel-
on is almost perfectly round in shape,

and averages about five inches in
diameter.
Approximately 2,500 acres of the

melons have been planted in Texas,
the Department says, which should
produce under favorable conditions
around 1,250 carloads. The melons
will be ready for market about July 15.
Only sixty-five acres were planted last
year, largely for experimental pur-
poses,

The meat of the new melon is sim-
ilar in texture to that of the Honey
Dew. It is one and a half inches thick
and covered by a smooth thin rind,
fairly well netted. The chief merits of
the melon are its shipping qualities
and flavor. Shipments can be made
without refrigeration to any section of
the United States requiring ten days
to two weeks’ time. The melon is not
susceptible of damage from _ bruises
caused by ordinary handling.

June 18, 1924

NEW SELLING CAMPAIGN.

It is reported from some of the cot-
ton mill centers that efforts will be
made to increase the textile business
by a campaign of publicity designed to
increase the demand for cotton cloths
and by the adoption of new marketing
methods, especially through
operative formulation of merchandise
policies. It is suggested that this may
even result in a number of consolida-
tions to promote the more effective
marketing of products. In the opinion
of many textile people the large
amount of imported cotton goods dur-
ing the past year is only one phase of
the problem. Duties that would em-
bargo foreign textiles would still leave

the co-

the mills with many difficulties to
solve. One prominent factor in the
textile trade states that the chief

source of competition from Great Brit-
ain has been due to the popularity of
certain special grades of goods which
the British were the first to put on the
market. The British industry is in as
badly a depressed condition as that of
the United States, and the mills over-
seas have sought new business by
putting out novelties. These have had
a ready sale in the United States and
have stimulated imports, but this does
not indicate that the foreign industry
is really getting the upper hand in this
country.

 

CANNED FOODS MARKET.

Distributors are in the market for
dozens of items on the canned food
list as they are pretty well out of all
commodities and orders are given for
quick deliveries on the things which
are wanted. If it could be added that
they are buying in large quantities all
the requirements of a favorable mar-
ket would be met, but where they are
on an ultraconservative basis the ef-
fects of constant buying of all staples
are not great. Lack of supplies tends
toward firmness and maintained prices
but minimum blocks taken only for
nearby uses counteracts the potential
strength of the situation and make for
a quiet and rather uninteresting mar-
ket. There is no speculative demand
for old goods, while the call for new
packs has not been stimulated by the
unfavorable producing season. Fears
expressed a few months ago that
there would likely be an overproduc-
tion are minimized. An average pack
is now likely and as 1923 lines will be
practically exhausted a considerable
Part of the early deliveries of 1924
lines will be immediately absorbed to
stock jobbers and retailers.

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Tax relief is not delaying in making
itself felt. The refund or credit on the
1923 income taxes payable in 1924 on
individual incomes was made immed-
iately effective. At the present time
divers “nuisance taxes” are about to
be or have been taken off. Many of
these went out of existence June 2.
Others will disappear not later than
July 2. These excise taxes have been
reduced by a total of about $100,000,-
000. In many respects the relief af-
forded by the measure was adequate
and all that can be afforded for a long
time to come. It is in its lack of tax-
ation reform and the fixing of a gen-
uine tax policy that the much discussed
bill is most lacking.

 

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The Interests of Capital and Labor
Identical.

Grandville, June 17—It is strange
that so many people look upon capital
and labor as antagonistic forces in the
economic conditions of our country.
This is an altogether wrong conception
of the two principal forces for good
or ill that holds sway in the Nation.

. Without capital where would labor
e.

Without labor capital would be un-
able to demonstrate, and so it goes all
down the industrial line. Fhe Nation
could not live without both. This con-
stant irritation regarding the rights
of labor as against the forces of cap-
ital is wrong from beginning to end.

Labor has certain rights which cap-
ital may not overlook; equally true
is it that capital has certain inaleniable
rights which labor must respect if we
are to get anywhere in this industrial
world of ours.

I have known dozens of capitalists
who had the interests of their em-
ployes at heart as well as their own.
It is a rarity to see the employer of
labor in any way desirous of crowding
down the rights of those in his em-
ploy. Why should the? Contented
labor is far more remunerative to the
capitalist than a growling, antagonistic
working man.

It is quite evident that but for the
self-seeking disturber of the peaceful
relations between man and employer
there would be absolutely no trouble
in the industrial world. The squarest
way to look at any question is to put
yourself in the place of the different
parties to the argument and judge ac-
cordingly.

We hear so much about the rights
of labor. What are those rights? To
work for a fair wage, to be regarded
with kindly good nature by the man
or men who employs him, to have all
that the business can afford in pay-
ment for his work is what the man
who labors expects, and what he usual-
ly gets.

Men with money are no better or
no worse than the average citizen who
plods his even way through life with
sufficient of this world’s goods to make
a pleasant home and lay by a few
ducats for the proverbial rainy day. It
must be remembered, however, that
the capitalist—and every man who has
enough money to start a business how-
ever small comes under this head—is
under no compulsion as to the using
of his money in business.

Suppose half the monied men who
are now doing business in the countrv
should withdraw their capital, close up
shop and go to Europe, what would
be the outcome? A general smashup
of industrial conditions. Men would
walk the streets looking for jobs while
these one time employers would be
enjoying an easy life looking over old
world scenes, all of which might hap-
pen and no legal wrong committed.

Have our working men ever thought
of it in this light?

There is nothing to prevent such a
catastrophe save the inclination of the
man who has the money.

Continual irritation by the labor
unions often hardens the hearts of the
employer against the employe. This
is a natural sequence and is to be re-
gretted. One cannot expect to make
friends unless one is friendly. It is
the same with capital and labor. To
regard his employer as an enemy,
against whom any raw deal is justifi-
able, makes for distrust, discontent and
a general antagonistic feeling which
should be foreign to a well regulated
business.

Many who are doing business to-day
were once workers in shop and store.
Why, then, should a man who has
shown the ability to rise above his
surroundings and become an employer
of workmen be regarded with enmity
by his once fellow workmen?

The idea so prevalent among our
workingmen that employers of labor

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

are naturally tyrannic and unjust is
not proven by facts. The laborer is
worthy of his hire, and that is as true
to-day as it was in bible times. It is
what the employer of men understands
and often tries to carry into effect, al-
though quite frequently defeated by
the very ones he seeks to benefit.

Back in the days before the civil
war a great panic raged throughout
the United States. Business firms
were failing on every hand, men
thrown out of work who could ill
afford to be idle. The writer calls to
mind one prominent millowner, who
was traveling in Europe at the time,
and who, on being informed by his
partner of the discouraging conditions,
sent word across the water: “Hold on,
Peter. Don’t shut down the mills. Our
men cannot afford to lie idle through
the summer; we must keep the busi-
ness going. I would suggest that if
we can run without losing more than
$30,000 to continue. Times will soon
mend,” and other encouraging words.

Here was a show of human feeling
for the men in his employ. I will say
that while many other lumber firms
went to the wall this firm continued
business, losing money every day, yet
for the sake of the workmen refused
to shut down.

The firm weathered the financial
gale and came out with flying colors.
The business picked up later and years
afterward the firm in question became
one of the most firmly established in
business. Each member of the firm
became millionaires several times over,
and, not the least among them, started
in early life at work chopping slabs
in the millyard at the remunerative
wage of $8 per month.

Labor and capital must stand to-
gether to obtain the best results.

Old Timer.

——_>- >
Model Call For Grocers and Meat
Dealers.

Lansing, June 10—Regular meetings
of the Lansing Retail Grocers and
Meat Dealers’ Association are held
every Tuesday evening at the Cham-
ber cf Commerce building, where you
are earnestly invited to be present.
Great good can be accomplished by
working together and your suggestions
thoughts and views on business build-
in may be more important than you
think

Have you ever thrown a pebble
into clear water and watched che waves
spread and reach the shore?

Or have you ever planted a small
tree and watched it grow, limb and
branch, then see them spread and leat
out, and then have the birds nestte in
them? If so, your thoughts will
spread like the ripples and waves to
their destination, and your expressive
thoughts will take root and, like a
tree end her branches, will scatter the
leaves and the birds which nestle in
them will have laid their egys, and
will breed new life. So by vour ex-
pressed thoughts others will adhere to
them and grow and make better busi-
ness men. Forget whether it will pay,
but pay will surely come when we
laber together to advance our cause.
It you interest others, others wil! in-
terest you.

At our last meeting, at the L. W.
Van Dusen store, there were forty
present. Were you there? If so, you
know what the other fellow missed.
Come and bring a good neighbor with
you. No doubt he wants to join.

M. C. Goossen, Pres.
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Not Very Modest.

“Who can name a thing of im-
portance that did not exist a hundred
years ago?” asked teacher.

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The little things count. Where
would a political machine be except for
the nuts?

Retirement of a Valued Insurance
Executive.

Lansing, June 17—Miss Helen Vre-
develd, Assistant Secretary of the
Michigan Shoe Dealers Mutual Fire
Insurance Co. since January 1923,
handed her resignation to the Board
of Directors at its spring meeting, to
take effect July 1.

Miss Vredeveld graduated from the
Fremont high school in 1916 and at-
tended the McLachlan Business Col-
lege at Grand Rapids. She entered the
employ of the Michigan Shoe Dealers
Mutual Fire Insurance Co. in March,
1917, and has been in its employ ever
since. Prior to ifs removal to Lan-
sing, she occupied the position of
chief clerk. She was the only one of
the old force of clerks who came with
the company to Lansing in January,
1922, at which time she was given the
title of cashier and, on account of ‘her
familiarity with the records and af-
fairs of the company, rendered an in-
valuable service at that time. In
recognition of this service and of her
capacity to assume the growing re-
sponsibilities of the company, she was
given the title of cashier and a year
later was elevated to the position of
assistant secretary. Since that time
she ‘has had the unique distinction of
being the only woman in the United
States to hold an executive position at
the home office of any fire insurance
company.

Miss Vredeveld has ‘had entire
charge of the underwriting affairs of
the Michigan Shoe Dealers Mutual
and has dictated practically all of the
letters which have gone out to its pa-
trons in the State. Her ability, how-
ever, was not confined to office work:
she has made several trips into the
field to take care of special work where
the personal attention of an executive
officer was required. Her resignation
is a matter of keen regret to the offi-
cers and directors of the company and
their best wishes will follow her in
whatever field her activities may lead
her. LE. H. Baker, Sec'y

—_—_--.__
Supreme Court Decision Nullify Mois-
ture Ruling.

Lapeer, June 17—Particularly cream-
eries who have been so unfortunate in
the past as to ‘become entangled with
the Internal Revenue Denartment will
be interested to hear of the nullifica-
tion of the ruling that has been in
effect for the past twenty years, brand-
ing as adulterated butter, goods found
to have 16 per cent. or over of mois-
ture.

We presume to say the butter manu-
facturers almost universally believe 16
per cent. moisture should be the maxi-
mum, ‘but the arbitrary manner in
which the ruling has been enforced has
created a very antagonistic attitude
and, undoubtedly, .the holding up of
seized goods for indefinite periods has
put many small creameries in exceed-
inly embarrassing positions if not out
of business entirely, and has unneces-
sarily inconvenienced others.

Creameries should continue to test
each churning for moisture and con-
form as rigidly as ever to moisture
control as this seems to be the most
practical method of observance of the
80 ver cent. fat standard law which is
being enforced by both our State Bu-
reau of Dairying and the Federal Bu-
reau of Standards.

The sweet butter manufacturer who
undertakes to take -~dvantage of the
newly created situation will only
jeopardize his own position, for the
only reason sweet butter brings more
money than salt is because of its ac-
tual comparative cost of production.

R. B. Brary, Sec y,

Strikes cost $10,303,000,000 in the
last eight years. Did they gain that
much?

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‘Back talk” rarely sends a
ahead.

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Final Decision on Shoe Buckle Tax.

The signing of the revenue revision
bill by President Coolidge on June 2
marks the final chapter of the much
controverted shoe buckle tax. Under
the provisions of the bill, the changes
in the jewelry-tax section, in which
buckles included, become
effective thirty days after the enact-
ment of the measure, when articles of

shoe were

jewelry selling for more than $30 are
exempt from tax.

The shoe-buckle tax controversy be-
gan with the enactment of the first
war tax bill in which jewelry was in-
cluded at 5 per cent. of the retail sell-
ing price. As members of the trade
know, the taxability of shoe buckles
was. never finally settled, the Internal
Revenue Bureau reversing itself sev-
eral times and keeping the trade in
a very uncertain frame of mind as to
its liabilities under the revenue law.

Several methods of handling the
buckle tax were tried from time to
time. At one time it was ruled that
all buckles were taxable, at another
time that they were taxable only if
they could, by themselves, be classed
as jewelry, and, under still another
decision, they were taxable, regardless
of value, when sold on shoes and tax-
able only if classed as jewelry when
sold separately. Each change in deci-
sion meant a great deal of work and
worry for the retail shoe trade, and
for several years their pleas for a reas-
onable settlement of the tax question
received but little sympathy from rev-
enue officials,

It now appears that it was never
the intention of Congress to tax cheap
shoe buckles, such as are sold on the
lower-priced grades of women’s shoes.
This became evident when the revenue
before Congress,
when members of the ways and means
and finance committees declared that
it had been the intention, when the
jewelry tax was originally written in-

revision bill was

to the law, to tax only jewelry of more
than nominal value, such
articles as cut steel buckles and five-

excluding

and-ten-cent store “jewelry.” Many
members of Congress, in fact, were
never able to see how the Internal

3ureau had ever been able
to classify cut-steel buckles as jewelry,
since they were neither of precious
metal nor ornamented or fitted with
precious metals or imitations thereof
or precious or semi-precious or imita-
tion precious stones, as stipulated in
the law.

Revenue

Shoe buckles and musical instru-
ments were found to be in the same
class. For sanitary reasons it is nec-
essary to use gold or silver on certain
parts of some musical instruments, and
this excuse was seized upon by the

Internal Revenue Bureau as making
them taxable as jewelry. The same
arguments, practically, that have been
submitted by the shoe trade against
the buckle tax were submitted by mu-
sicians against the tax on musical in-
struments. In both opponents
of the tax were eventually successful,
and the new revenue law, effective, in-
sofar as the jewelry provisions are
concerned, on July 2, exempts musical
instruments from tax entirely and shoe
buckles selling at not more than $30.

cases,

The vicissitudes undergone by the
shoe trade during the life of the com-
prehensive jewelry tax were visited, to
a greater or lesser degree, upon all in-
dustries subject to excise taxes under
the war revenue laws. Manufacturers
of automobile parts, for instance, were
subjected to the same uncertainty as
to the taxability of various articles,
such as spark plugs, which were con-
sidered as necessities or accessories
according to the whim of the then-
ruling official. Shoe buckles, however,
it is believed, were subject to more
fluctuation during the life of the tax
than any other taxable article; they
are now luckily freed from this uncer-
tainty, but not so as regards other
articles still included in the taxable
list.

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Are You a Typhoid Carrier?

Here’s a subject I don’t often write
about, but it is attracting so much at-
tention just now that I feel that the
readers of this page ought to be hear-
ing something about it.

It has been found that in certain
places where epidemics of typhoid
fever have occurred, a grocery store
was the center of it. Not on account
of the diseased or decayed character
of anything sold, but because some-
body employed in the store, in some
capacity which would bring him in
contact with the food sold was what
is known as a typhoid carrier. Ever
hear of a typhoid fever carrier? A
typhoid fever carrier is a man or
woman who though without typhoid
fever, has the peculiar faculty of car-
rying the germs of it in the body.
They find their way out of the body
through the usual channels and come
in contact with whatever the person
is working around. This has gone on
for years, the carrier being continually
in perfect health but infecting succes-
sive crops of victims year after year.
For instance, in New York City only
recently eleven typhoid cases were
traced to a clerk working in a gro-
cery store. A man running a bakery
and pastry shop also in New York and
who had had typhoid eighteen years
ago, was found to be a carrier. Heaven
knows ‘how many people he had infect-
ed in eighteen years,

Things are geeting serious with a
number of shoe retailers throughout
the Eastern half of the country, it was
said, and, as is the case in other lines,
the backwardness of the weather is
blamed for it. This is especially true
in the women’s shoe end of the busi-
for there is little reason to
ascribe to political uncertainties any
of the slowness in consumer buying
in that branch of the trade. Very
little buying is being done in the trade
at the moment, aside from some of
the higher grades of men’s shoes. In
the women’s end there is not only
no buying to speak of, but there are
reports of cancellations and requests
to hold back deliveries. White shoes
in particular appear to be a problem
just now with more than one retailer,
in spite of the active season that had
been predicted for them.

—_>- >—___
Fears of Inflation.

When call money dropped to 2 per
cent. in New York last week, the low-
est rate since 1919, it started renewed
talk of the possibility of inflation. The
advent of cheap money has strength-
ened the market for investment securi-
ties, but the price of speculative issues
depends less on interest rates than on
profits, and the fact that there is so
much money is in itself an indication
that prospects of profits are not es-
pecially promising for the time being.
Cheap money also can hardly bring

ness,

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Interest in Men’s Slipovers.

Considerable interest is reported in
men’s slipover sweaters by men’s wear
retailers. They are being featurd as
a novelty sports item and are said to
be taking well with the younger men.
The garments are of a weight suffi-
ciently light for Summer sports use
and are being frequently worn now by
young men in place of a vest during
the present vagaries of the weather,
Jacquard patterns and esigns are fea
tured. The backs and sleeves of th
garments are white, the jacquard ef-
fect being worked out usually in front.
Knit wear manufacturers are showing
the slipovers for Fall also, and it is
believed likely their run of popularity
will continue,

———_+ >

House Furnishings Move Slowly.

After a quite active period, retailers
are finding a slowing up in house fur
nishings, although the buying by
newlyweds constitutes a bright spot
during the present month. The whole
salers have found the situation quict
for several weeks. They are not di:
posed to force sales at the moment,
although in some of the staple lines of
tin and aluminum ware they are clo--
ing out stocks rather than carry them.
The trade expects retailers to be in
the market for Fall requirements dur-
ing the latetr part of July and the
following month.

 

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Michigan Shoe Dealers

Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Lansing, Michigan

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Altogether Too Many Nonentities in
Congress.

Glen Lake, June 17—Memorials to
great and departed statesmen are com-
mendable, but the one suggested by
Congressman Mapes, of Connecticut,
who wants to show veneration for
President Harding, hardly possesses
merit, to be considered as one.

He wants to have Uncle Sam issue

7%4 cent coin, with the late presi-
dent’s profile shown in relief, but does
not explain the real material value of
a coin of that denomination,

Before we plunged into this era of
extravagance which now engulfs us,
there was an occasional use for a 2%
cent piece to round out a shilling, but
since the war minimum values have
hardly justified the issuing of fraction-
al currency of any denomination, The
‘iron dollar’ has almost superseded
the penny.

President Coolidge through all this
fight for tax legislation has emphatic-
ally stood for tax reduction—not tax
reform.

The denunciation of President
Cleveland, when he allowed the no-
torious Gorman tariff bill to become
a law without his signature, because
it was a “measure of perfidy and dis-
honor,’ was by no means any more
emphatic than the criticism of our
President when, the other day, he re-
luctantly signed what he calls a “tax
reform” measure, and in no wise cal-
culated to reduce the burdens of the
public.

President Coolidge would certainly
have vetoed the measure were it not
for the unsettled condition of the Na-
tion’s finances and the belief that the
succeeding Congress might manifest
some signs of sanity.

The President, I fear, is hanging to

a reed when he has hopes of anything
coming out of the next Congress, for
no matter what may be the result of
the coming election, the same nonen-
tities who have cluttered up the legis-
lative halls for the past eighteen
months, will be on hand to sing their
own requiem, and if this country has
manifested itself by electing some
real honest-to- goodness representatives
they will not be in evidence until 1925.

However, I hope President Coolidge
will make a campaign issue of tax-
reduction and hew to the line, even
if some of the “regulars,” who were
regular only on salary day, are com-
pelled to squirm instead of side-step-
ping with their constituency. The
people ought to be made to understand
that they were betrayed and that by
party “regulars” who were _ horrified
to know that only a few non-partisans
had opposed the President, and then
came to his defense by applying gaso-
line to the flame. Party “regularity”
is a joke, and the President, mild-man-
nered though he may be, would be jus-
tified in being “nasty” when it comes
to the selection of the next Congress.

It is certainly a duty Mr. Coolidge
owes the public to expose their be-
trayal through the acts of those se-
lected as their representatives. And
while he is on the job of telling the
public these things, he might go a
step farther and explain why it was
that a resolution submitting an amend-
ment to the U. S. Constitution elim-
inating non-taxable securities was de-
feated, a benefit now enjoyed by non-
productive aristocracy of much greater
value than any meager reduction in
the tax on earned profits. The rejec-
tion of the suggestion such an amend-
ment certainly demonstrated the in-
sincerity of Congress, for it continued
the program of the escape from taxa-
tion of non-productive capital and con-
tinued to burden with heavy taxes
productive enterprises.

The public will some day fully real-
ize that they suffer from high prices
because of high taxes. On this one
point the President very forcibly and
convincingly goes on record with the
statement “that of the 110,000,000 peo-

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

ple in this country, less than 4,000,000
pay income taxes directly. The re-
maining 106,000,000 who pay no such
direct taxes are given no relief in what
they pay indirectly on everything they
buy.”

Legal authorities representing the
Federal Government in the enforce-
ment of prohibition laws, claim they
are handicapped by lack of co-opera-
tion on the part of state courts, and
in this view they are certainly correct
in the main.

The judiciary in the various states
is made up largely of politicians, or
are at least the product of “politics,”
and under such conditions are quite
apt to make repayment for political
benefits which they have advantageous-
ly accepted.

The state courts are expected, of
course to enforce the laws, not pro-
hibition laws alone, but all laws, but
in many instances, especially in the
larger communities, it has looked as
though the local judges had shown
an inclination to interfere, by writs of
habeas corpus, injunctions and other-
wise with the suppression of crime and
the punishmet of malefactors.

A proposal for elect Federal judges,
favored by some, would simply enlarge
the field for more political intrigue.

Much as we may talk about keeping
the judiciary out of politics, there is
abundant evidence that we are not
doing so, and elections for such posi-
tions are as warmly contested as for
any other office.

There is much talk about the anti-
prohibition forces putting up wet can-
didates for Congress in districts now
represented by adherents to Volstead
legislation, and ballot boxes are in
evidence in many places where voters
are asked to go on record with their
opinions on this much discussed ques-
tion.

Absolutely there is not a chance in
the world for the return of light wines
and beer as legitimate beverages, so
far as any change in the present law
is concerned, and any effort in this
direction, especially in Michigan, is
an evidence of weak mindedness.

Michigan, even before women were
accorded the right to vote, and long
before the war, adopted prohibition by
a majority of 154,000, and shortly after
voted down the proposition to allow
the sale of light wines and beer by a
majority of 207,000. While there is
much disgust over the farcical execu-
tion of the law, there is no reason why
another election would materially
change the results, and even if Mich-
igan did vote to legalize the sale of
these commodities, the 18th amend-
ment would nullify any such proceed-
ing, and the Volstead act would be
just as surely in force in Michigan as
it is now.

As I have before stated, the anti-
prohibitionists are wasting their mon-
ey. time and energy in trying to give
publicity to any such program. They
simply intensi ify the sentiment which
made these laws possible and embar-
rass the few legislators who really
conscientiously favor the repeal of
prohibitory legislation. Any one who
is optimistic enough to think he may
be able to quench his thirst legally at
any time in the future is playing
against great odds.

When one considers that in order
to change the Federal Constitution,
not only the laws and constitutions of
at least thirty-two states must be
changed, but the laws and Constitu-
tion of the United States must be al-
tered, a matter of from seven to ten
years. Some job, one will have to
admit.

One great effort put forth is that
the manufacture of low-powered fruit
juice for family use is a violation of
Jaw, and sentiment is worked up
against this invasion of the sanctity
of the home.

Mr. Volstead himself admitted that

the law never was intended to apply
to the manufacture of elderberry and
other fruit wines, provided such prod-
uet was not sold or distributed illegiti-
mately, and former Attorney General
Palmer delivered an opinion in which
he stated that ‘“‘one who makes cider
(and other fruit juices) may keep it
in his possession without regard to
the amount of alcohol it afterward
contains as a résult of fermentation,
so long as he hold it only for use in
his home,” and this opinion has never
been reversed, although the courts
have never passed on its merits.

As a matter of fact the Federal
authorities have not been in the habit
of disturbing home makers of cider
and fruit wines, so long as they do not
sell their product, or allow its use in
the house to become a public nuisance.

Early in days of prohibition in
Michigan certain over zealous admin-
istrators of the law made some trou-
ble over this matter, but public senti-
ment has established a custom, and
for legitimate purposes no talked of
amendment of the laws would accom-
plish anything to improve this situa-
tion. Frank S. Verbeck.

———__. - - ___—

Wealthy German Tourists.

Verona, Italy, May 27—I shall be
grateful if you will allow me to con-
firm, from personal experience, the ac-
counts which ‘have reached America as
to the lavish spending of money by
Germans now in Italy. No doubt
there is suffering in Germany, but it
looks as if she were willing to have
her burdens carried by any one who
will assume them,

I have just come from Venice,
where Germans form a considerable
proportion of the tourists; they are of
both sexes and all ages, well fed, ex-
pensively dressed, in excellent spirits,
and behave in every way as though
they had won the war and were spend-
ing the indemnity.

11

I also saw several large parties of
personally conducted tourists, who
were evidently not rich, but yet able
to afford a pleasure trip, with guides
of their own _ nationality. These
things I saw: I was also told that
when the Red Cross in Switzerland
was having a drive for the destitute
German children an appeal was made
to a man, who answered: “Don’t beg
from me; I am a German, not a silly
Swiss or a damn fool American.”

Mary Cadwalader Jones.
a
Insect Inebriates.

Ants consume more alcohol in pro-
portion to their body weight than does
the most accomplished drunkard, as-
chief of the

serts Prof. Paul Lindner,

fermenting industry institute of Berlin.

The insects whose industry has be-
come a proverb manufacture their own
home-brew in their digestive canal by
the action of yeasts on the milky juices
from
keep for that

which they extract aphids or

plant lice which they

purpose.

Other insects have similar home-
made home-brew outfits which they
use to capacity, Dr. Lindner stated.

Wasps
In the Balkans,
is made from prunes which are fer-
mented and distilled in open vessels
vats are besieged
wasps. The

are accomplished bootleggers.
where a strong liquor

in the orchards, the
thirsty
species keeps her
during the
hairs of her

by swarms of
queen of another
favorite veast in storage
winter between the tiny
tongue and deposits it in the spring
on the blossoms from which the honey
is taken.
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Business Dependent on State of Crops
The

be a more

gol ng to

state of the cro ps is

important factor in deter-

the course of business during

mining
the autumn than the political cam-
paign, thou the latter will receive

  

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great share of attention.

by far the
No matter

gress is not

oe
how the election goes Con-
scheduled to meet again
until December, and then
short session that will expire on March
4. The Congress that assembles after
that date

only for a

will be a new one. All the

members of the lower ‘house and a
part of the Senate will have been
passed upon by the electorate in No-
vember. The reconstituted bo a may

be better than
will

business is con

the present one. It
hardly be any worse, so far

cerned. At any rate, it
ought to be somewhat more susceptible
influence, for the reason
that there will be more patronage at
the disposal of the

>
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to Executive
Executive after
there has been
the present Congress.

March than
life of

during the

The wise folk down at Washington
say that this lack of patronage at the
disposal of the present Chief Execu-
tive has had much to do with the re-
calcitrancy of the lawmakers. No mat-
ter how the election goes in November
the terms of

Executive ap-
pointees will expire early in 1925, and
the desire to take care of their friends
will make many Congr
to reason.”

All this is not without interest to
those who are concerned with the pos-
sible effects of
on the course of

many

essmen “listen

political developments
business in coming
months.

As we started out to Say, however,
the state of politics will not be nearly
so important as the state of crops.
Just now the
ported

crop prospects as re-
the Department of Agricul-
ture are not any too
partment finds the
June 1 to be lower than on the
date in any of the
for which figures are available. This
because the month of May was too
wet and cold East of the Rocky Moun-
tains and too hot and dry on the Pa-
cific Coast to enable the staple crops
to get a good start. The

rosy. The de-
condition as of
same
dozen

last years

condition of

wheat, oats, rye, barley and hay is
from 5 to 10 points below the previous
The report on the
cotton crop a week

ten-year average.
condition of the
ago was also unfavorable, with a con-
per cent
of the previous ten years.

These figures
farmers are going to have another dis-
astrous year. Good growing weather
during the current month can do much
to offset the bad start. The recovery
of business later in the year will de-
pend, however, in no small degree upon
the buying power of the farmer, and
this in will be governed by the

ha

dition 7.2 . below the average

do not mean that the

turn

weather we are — to have in com-
ing months. Under such conditions

rly hazard-
Scroggs.

forecasting becomes pecu oa
ous. William O.
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The Nation’s Tax Bill.

The American people’s tax bill in
1927, according to a report of the Fed-
eral Trade Commission made in re-
sponse to a Senate resolution, amount-
ed in 1922 to more than $7,750,000,000.

Federal taxes constituted over half
this total. There has been an increase

of 127 per cent. in taxes in five years.
Per capita taxation, the Commission
found, was heaviest in the North At-
lantic, Rocky Mountain and Pacific
Coast States, but was most burden-
some in the agricultural districts, es-
pecially in the wheat belt, where the
farmers’ purchasing power is very low
on account of the slump in the price of
their principal product.

The Commission paints a gloomy

picture of the economic distress in the

grain belts of the Middle West and
the Northwest and suggests that

“plans for any further reduction of the
present burdens of taxation should be
adjusted especially with a view to this
depressed agriculture.”
The farmers undoubtedly find the land
tax a great burden,
which the
ment has no
income tax is no

condition of

but this is a mat-
Federal Govern-
control. Certainly the
burden to those
income has shrunk as that
The

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of the
other Federal taxes, such as those on
jewelry, theater admissions, automo-
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jongg sets, do not add to the burdens
of the tillers of the soil.
for taxes on

The remedy
agriculture lies rather
with the states and the local govern-
ments.

The findings of the Commission
with regard to tax-exempt securities
are of more particular interest. It
estimates the total amount of such se-
curities which are wholly or partly
exempt from taxation at approximately
$32,000,000,000. This is considerably
more than the figures which have
been cited by other investigators. Of
this amount, $4,500,000,000 were own-
ed in 1922 by persons with incomes in
excess of $10,000, about $12,000,000,-
000 by business corporations, and $16,-
000,000,000 by all others, consisting
mostly of individuals of smaller in-
comes. That persons of small means
own nearly four times as much in tax-
exempt securities as do persons of
wealth is something that will surprise
most of us. Of the tax-exempt se-
curities held by business corporations
the bulk belonged to banks, trust com-
panies, and insurance companies. The
tax on the income of these corpora-
tions amounts to 12% per cent., and
this rate is hardly high enough to be
the sole cause of their large invest-
ments in such — securities. Other
factors, such as stability and safety of
Government issues, are weightier con-
siderations.

——_++>___
Will Wages Be Affected?

One question which was bound to
be raised at this time, in view of the
widespread curtailment of industrial
operations, is that of wages. With
lower prices for commodities and a
decrease in employment the matter of
wage adjustments has to be consider-
ed. There is no general disposition yet
evident on the part of employers to
attempt a general downward revision.
Even in the textile industries, where
business is poorest, the mill operators
are not unanimously in favor of a re-
duction. Scattered reports of wage
reductions are coming in, but the chief
source of decline in purchasing power
at present comes from part time and
unemployment. Where curtailment is
necessary manufacturers prefer to
maintain all their working forces on
part time rather than a portion of
them on full time. This distributes
the loss of wages on all alike and also
serves to maintain the working force
intact and available for fuller utiliza-
tion when recovery comes,

As always happens when business
takes a downward turn, speculation
has begun as to when the next up-
ward swing will get under way. There
is a disposition to put a great deal of
emphasis on the coming election. In
previous election years the political
situation has been a minor factor, un-
less the leading issue was some ques-
tion of proponderating importance to
business, as was the case in 1896, when
free silver seemed to be a menace. In
1908, when the election of a conserva-
tive candidate was certain, business
was poor whereas in 1912, when the
party alleged to be most friendly to
business was split in two and a change
in the political administration seemed
certain, business was good. Siice 1896
politics has had very little to do with
the state of business in election years.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

Whether it will play a part this year
will depend mainly on the prominence
given questions during
the campaign and © 1 the possibility of
a third-party movement, with the elec-
tion thrown into Congress. It is our
guess that the election as a factor in
the business situation will be no more
important this year than it has been

to economic

in recent years. Recovery will de-
pend on other things, such as_ the

European situation, the condition of
the leading crops, the ability of many
basic industries to work off their sur-
plus stocks, and so on.
—__---_—
Central Europe Lacks Czpital.

Just as the United States appears
for the time being to have an over-
supply of liquid capital, complaints
come from abroad that Central Eu-
now suffering much incon-
venience from the lack of capital or of
a real investor class. The unprece-
dented currency inflation of the post-
war years eliminated the investor. He
could not afford to save when the
value of his savings was rapidly evap-
orating, or if he did, his savings went
into some sort of goods or other prop-
erty and therefore assumed a_ non-
liquid form. Now that most of the
currencies of Central Europe have be-
come stabilized with the printing
presses no longer supplying currency
in bales, the need of an investor look-
ing for employment for his spare funds
is being keenly felt. He is not to be
found. Inflation killed him. Euro-
pean industry must look elsewhere for
its capital, but there is little hope of its
getting much until further progress is
attained in settling the big post-war
problems.

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Forward March of Mutual Fire In-
surance.

The one thing about mutual in-
surance which appeals to me most
forcibly is the rapid increase in vol-
ume and the enhanced estimation in
which it is held by the insuring public.
Its growth has been as rapid as that
of the telephone, the automobile or
the radio. Men who sneered at mutual
insurance in the days when the assess-
ment feature was much in evidence
have become so enthusiastic over the
subject of late years that they have
voluntarily become partisans in their
support of the many good companies
which now make up the rank and file
of the mutual insurance field.

This condition is, of course, very
largely due to the uniformly high
character of the men who have under-
taken the management of our mutual
companies, as well as the careful
scrutiny the managers have exercised
in the selection of their associates, dis-
trict agents and field workers. Con-
sidering the comparative inexperience
of some of the managers in the in-
surance field I consider this feature
a most remarkable one.

Of course, the mutual companies
could not have made the remarkable
record they have if they had depended
solely on local agents to create their
business. The local agency system
would have forced them to take the
business as it comes—good, bad and
indifferent—whereas the present meth-
od enables the companies to select
only the cream. This accounts for
the small loss ratio the mutual com-
panies have been able to maintain
ever since they came into active com-
petition with the stock companies.

The work done by the mutual com-
panies in encouraging the insuring
public to improve their risks appeals
to me. This necessitates the employ-
ment of solicitors and engineers who
understand the business; think along
straight lines; who are thoroughly
practical and are able to express them-
selves intelligently and forcefully.

The promptness with which the mu-
tual companies adjust their losses and
settle all just claims is certainly com-
mendable and accounts in no small
degree for the popularity mutual in-
surance now enjoys, in comparison
with the unpopularity of stock insur-
ance. I have always felt that mutual
companies made a mistake in entrust-
ing the adjudication of their losses to
the same adjustment companies which
handle stock company losses and I
have had my attention called to many
cases where incompetent and undiplo-
matic men in the employment of the
adjustment bureaus ‘have unnecessar-
ily created enmities against the mu-
tual companies which ought not to
exist. My knowledge of adjustment
companies—perhaps not so complete
as it might be—leads me to believe

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

that these organizations are the crea-
tions of stock company managers.
This naturally makes them creatures
of the stock companies, bent on ex-
tolling and exalting stock methods and
practices to the disparagement of mu-
tual methods and practices.

I also question the policy of buying
riders prepared under stock company
auspices, because so many of them
contain catch phrases which ought not
to be countenanced by mutual com-
panies which aim to conduct their
business along fair and equitable lines.
I have been so stirred up over the
crafty intent of some of these riders
that I prepared a rider adapted to be
used on mercantile policiies which
seems to me more in keeping with the
spirit and interest of mutual insurance.
This form I have furnished absolutely
free of charge to several of our
Michigan companies for some years.
Of course, such an arrangement was
not very business like, but it was bet-
ter for my mercantile friends—and I
think for the mutuals also—than to
permit the use of a form which look-
ed fair enough on its face, but which
contained catch words which might
work to the undoing of a well-inten-
tioned merchant.

Because the utility of mutual insur-
ance has been clearly demonstrated
and because it has been shown that
men who have the genius and energy
to create a mutual company can com-
mand a compensation in keeping with
their ability, it is the duty of all true
friends of mutual insurance to keep
close tab on all new companies which

enter the field and see to it that no ex- -

ploiter, promoter or wrecker is per-
mitted to gain the ascendency, to the
detriment of the cause and the dis-
appointment and loss of those who
may be induced to place confidence in
a company simply because it sails un-
der the cognomen “mutual.” Eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty and the
same quality should be cultivated in
dealing with any new aspirants for
public favor in the mutual insurance
line.

I believe in the theory and practice
of mutual insurance. I have done
-yerything I could do to encourage its
expansion and adoption by merchants
and other business men. I shall con-
tinue to give the subject my best
thought and heartiest encouragement
because it is in the line of progress;
because it gives the insured a square
deal; ‘because it saves the insured
much money; because it keeps in the
West large sums that would other-
wise be devoted to the enrichment of
Eastern money centers and European
cities. E. A. Stowe.

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ORGANIZED IN 1889.

This Company has returned
A DIVIDEND OF

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For 29 consecutive years.
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Assets 44.11 per 1000 of risk.

Surplus 30.89 per 1000 of risk.

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Giving Credit To Store Customers.
Not the least important of the many
policies that enter into the conduct of
the modern store are those that have
to do with the granting of credit to
customers. It is obvious that a store
which gives its patrons the privilege
of buying on credit must be careful in
the selection of the persons to whom
this privilege is extended; yet, at the
same time care must be taken that
business be not lost through a ‘too
careful selection of charge customers.
In connection with the granting of
charge accounts, the question is often
brought up in retail credit circles
whether it is right or “ethical” to so-
licit accounts. Arguments are ad-
vanced on both sides of the question.
If the solicitation concerns only per-
sons of financial responsibility, ac-
cording to W. F. Powell, there is
much to be said in favor of it. Mr.
Powell, who is controller and credit
manager for Oppenheim, Collins &
Co. of this city, was recently elected
President of the Associated Retail
Credit Men of New York City, Inc.

“So far as I have been able to dis-
cover,” he said yesterday, “the only
persons who cannot ethically advertise
for new business are doctors and law-
yers. I personally see no reason why
responsible persons should not be
solicited to open charge accounts in
order to build up business. There is
no objection to advertising to increase
the store’s cash business, ‘and the prin-
ciple is the same in both cases. If the
right kind of prospects are solicited,
the store is just as certain of getting
its money as it is when the cash is
taken in from the customer in person.

“T know that some credit men will
not subscribe to this view, feeing that
to solicit accounts weakens their posi-
tion and tends to cheapen credit gen-
erally. I feel that way myself about
promiscuous solicitaion, but when the
prospects are chosen with due regard
as to their value to the store as cus-
tomers I can see nothing wrong or
unethical in it. If it is wrong to do
business through the medium of
solicited accounts, it is also wrong to
my mind to solicit business by means
of mailing lists.”

Another question that comes up in
the conduct of a credit business is
whether a man should be notified
when his wife open an account in a
store. The best answer to this, Mr.
Powell said, is the fact that it was now
done by only one local store of any
size, although it was at one time the
more or less general practice. One of
the principal objections to such notifi-

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cation, he further said is that most
husbands dislike the intimation that
their wives are doing something with-
out their knowledge, or that the data
given by their wives on their applica-
tion for accounts must be corroborated
by them.

One of the most important prob-
lems of all is just how tight a check
should be put on the granting of
credit, which is another way of asking
just how large a percentage of the ag-
gregate annual business can safely be
charged off in the form of bad-debt
losses. The assertion ‘has been made
that unless, this percentage is at least
equal to one-quarter of 1 per cent. of
the annual gross sales the store is
losing business. In other words, un-
der such conditions good customers
are being lost by too careful granting
of accounts. Mr. Powell, however, be-
lieves that no hard and fast percentage
can be set, and said yesterday that
while an annual bad-debt charge-off of
one-quarter of 1 per cent. would doubt-
less be all right in connection with a
large specialty shop or department
store, it might well be excessive in the
case of a smaller shop.

“The advisability of allowing floor
men to check credit purchases not ex-
ceeding $10 in value.” Mr Powell
went on, “is a point that has received
some discussion again lately. Person-
ally, I feel that it is perfectly all right
to give the floor men this power. It
not only speeds up service to the cus-
tomer, but it also takes considerable
detail! work from the authorizers in
the credit department and permits
them to give more of their attention
to handling charges in which much
larger amounts are involved. The loss-
es sustained in this way have, in my
experience, been very small and have
been more than made up in the im-
provement in service to the customer.
It is not too much to believe that
business is increased to some extent
in this way by permitting the cus-
tomer to complete her transaction
quickly. This not only gives her
more time to shop in other parts of
the store, but it enables the salesman
or saleswoman to give his or her at-
tention to another customer with
a minimum of lost time.

“Then, too, there is the question of

“billing purchases made on the final

days of the month. In some stores the
practice is not to make up bills until
the end of the month and then to
charge for all purchases made during
that period. To me this is wrong. It
not only puts a strain on the book-
keeping department that is not neces-

sary, but such prompt billing makes
the transaction virtually one of cash,
rather than credit. Further than this,
it tends to discourage buying on the
last two or three days of the month.
By bringing our month to a close on
the 27th, instead of the 30th or 3lst,

15

we have found that two nights’ work
a month could be saved our book-
keeping force. What is even more im-
portant, from a strictly business point
of view, is that many customers ask
that purchases made near the end of

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END OF FOLLMER VOYAGE.

Last Descriptive Letter of Most Inter-
esting Series.

New York, May 31—In London we
went out to the British empire exposi-
tion. It is out at Wembley, about
fiiteen minutes’ ride from London. It
is located on a plot of ground I should
say comprising 200 acres and the
buildings will compare favorably with
our San Francisco exposition some
years ago.

Each of her colonies has a building
and the architecture of each corre-
sponds to the architecture of the coun-
try building it. The whole building
and grounds plan is architecturally
fine.

Canada has a beautiful building and,
following all of her previous exhibits
in this country, runs to built-up pic-
tures of wheat fields and forest scenes.
In this part of her building I think
there were six of these built-up pic-
tures, each fifty feet long and about
twenty feet deep. They _ represent
wheat fields with real wheat and they
are so real that it is hard to believe
you are not out in the country look-
ing at the wheat fields. A minature
railroad with trains going through
tunnels crosses bridges with automatic
green and red signal lights, the train
stopping at grain. elevators with
streams of real water running through
the fields. The other pictures of for-
ests, mines, etc., are just as fine. I
could hardly pull myself away.

The Australian building ‘has an ap-
ple orchard on the same bie scale, with
good sized trees with the different
varieties of apples hanging on _ the
trees and big bushel baskets of apples
in front of the picture. Another with
a sheep ranch, the sheep automatically
moving from the pasture through a
lane in which is a sheep dip, the sheep
going down through this and coming
up on the other side with the horses
and wagons standing around, giving
you a splendid idea of an Australian
sheep ranch. Another fine picture is
their butter exhibit. This is a built-in
picture fifty feet long and twenty feet
deep, with a solid mass of butter built
on an angle from the front of the pic-
ture rising up ten feet to the back of
the picture. This has life sized mould-
ed or sculptured cattle and pasture
fields.

India has a building representing
the Taj Mahal. Burmah has a typical
Burmese building. South Africa has
huts with natives weaving with their

native power looms. New Zealand,
Egypt, Hong Kong each have big
buildings. In all of these are every-

thing manufactured in these colonies,
with one room in each with minature
trains showing their kind of transpor-
tation, with clay figures showing in
facsimile the different types of natives
and their dress, together with native
cattle, building scenes, factory scenes,
etc. One can go through any of these
buildings and get a very good know-
ledge of the people and their manner
of living. The grounds are beautifully
laid out with flower beds, trees and
vines, a lake extending around the
grounds with motor boats stopping at
the stations of the different buildings
and a small railroad carrying passen-
gers around the grounds.

It will be a splendid thing for Eng-
land, for most of these colonies are
on the other side of the world from

her avr* a very small percentage of.

Englands population have ever visited
them. To see them all in this realis-
tic manner cannot but help to visualize
the greatness of ther possessions. Even
the most phlegmatic Englishman must
be impressed with the vastness of
their possessions and pride in them
and it will tend, it seems to me, to
bring them closer together in the ex-
change of their products and the pos-
sibilities and opportunities for im-
migration and it will give the steam-
ship companies an excuse for making
cut rates from the colonies to England

and give the colonists a fine oppor-
tunity to visit the home land. It
opened May 1 and continues all this
year.

From London we went to North-
ampton, a shoe manufacturing town,
about ninety miles by rail through a
beautiful country, every part of which
is well kept pasture land; but there is
no alfalfa, no corn, very little wheat
and very few potatoes. I did see a
few beans. I don’t see how they can
exist with any degree of economy with
nothing but pasture lands. I do not
believe I saw half a dozen fields which
looked as if there had been a plow in
them for years. They say they can-
not raise wheat and corn to advantage.
They probably think so because their
great great grandfather did not. In
all our drives I did not see a chicken
ranch, not even a chicken nor
did I see a beehive, and I did not see
many large flocks of sheep or many
cattle.

In Northampton we motored out
every day fifty miles or more in every
direction and it was all the same pas-
ture lands. It makes beautiful look-
ing country, but it got my goat with
so few signs of farming life. Rural
England seems to be a place to live,
not to work. This section has a num-
ber of iron ore mines. The vein is
within fifty feet of the surface. They
dig down, strip the vein and then fill
it in and in time it is again a pasture
field. Northampton is one of the best
cattle countries, but about four months
ago they shipped several carloads of
cattle in from Scotland and I guess the
veterinary authorities must have gone
to sleep, for these cattle had the foot
and mouth disease and were sold at
public auction in Northampton. They
went to different farms in all parts of
the country and in a few weeks’ time
the herds in the whole country had it
and it is one of the worst diseases to
fight there is. It is tracked over the
pastures, birds carry it and dogs
running through one field carry it into
another field. The government had
dogs tied up, people prohibited from
walking through the pastures and
hundreds of cattle had to be shot. so
if you live in a farming community,
beware of shipped in cattle.

We enjoyed a visit to Stratford-on-
Avon, Shakespeare’s home and burial
place. We saw in the same town the
home of Marie Corelli, who died a
short time ago. We visited Warwick
castle, one of .the most interesting,
historically, in England and Kenil-
worth, made historic by Sir Walter
Scott’s novels. The castle is now a
ruin, but Amy Robsart’s chamber is
still pointed out by the guide.

Cambridge university and Oxford
university compare with our Harvard
and Yale. The colleges making up
Cambridge university are located at
Cambridge, a city of about 40,000
population on the River Cam. This
stream is only about twenty feet wide.
but the banks are beautifully sodded
and when we were there a great num-
ber of canoes with the college boys
and girls were using it, apparently not
so much for the boat ride as a place
to talk to their best girl. This stream
runs along the backs of the colleges.
Seventeen colleges make up the group
of the university. That you may get
some idea of the ground they cover,
some of the largest of them are the
size of a city block such as _ that
bounded by Fountain, Prospect, Lyon
and College, the buildings built on
three sides with a big grass commons
in the center. Some of the better
known are Queens College, founded in
1448 by Queen Margaret, wife of
Henry the Sixth; Kings College,
founded in 1440 by Henry the Sixth:
Magdalene College, founded in 1542:
Christ’s College, founded in 1506 by
Margaret, mother of Henry the
Seventh, etc. Each college has a
cricket ground of its own on the out-
skirts of the town. The students all

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coop,

Wear a cap, sweater or coat, so that

anyone up in college knowledge can
tell from their dress which college
they are attending.

I talked to the representative of the
Phister & Vogel Co., of Milwaukee,
which has a large warehouse in
Northampton, as this is the center of
the manufacturing industry in
England, and he said their business
Was guite good and improving, but,
strange to say, the call now is for
high priced leather for fine shoes. They
talk about thousands of people being
out of work and yet there is a strong
demand for high priced shoes from
middle people. Movies and
theaters are overcrowded. With beer
and whisky drinking as common as we
drink water in our country, they still
have money to spend.

I have said but littl about the
economic situation in the different
countries. What little I have said was
from the countries’ own publications.
I have tried to write only of what |
have seen and how it impressed me.
Even in this no two people making the
same trip will see the same thing. A
lady said to me, “There are no cattle
in India.” In making the same trip,
I saw a greater number of cattle than
we would see traveling through Michi-
gan. She was probably not looking
for cattle. I was.

Another thing, if you do not make
a note of the interesting or strange
things you see the first day, in two
or three days they are sO common
you don't notice them. When you get
to a country where small kids have
their birthday suits on the first day
they are noticeable. After that you
hardly know if they are in their birth-
day suits or mother’s old apron.

The English are tea drinkers. They
drink it for breakfast in place of coffee.
My American relatives who have lived

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in England for ten years say the
climate makes them bilious if they
drink coffee. They would no more

think of going without their afternoon
tea than they would without their
breakfast. It is really a delightful
function. The homes of the well-to-
do all have their lawns and gardens
walled in with a wall eight feet high.
They all have a nice lawn with lots
of flowers. Because of the dampness
of the climate one can stick any kind
of a flower in the ground and it will
grow. In this hedged in yard in the
afternoon they have their tea, bread
and butter and cake and friends call
or are invited and drink tea and visit.
I can see how it becomes very enjoy-
able.

One of the curses of England from
their own publications. is. union
strikes. The dockmen seem to be al-
ways on a strike. Some years ago
waited two days in Liverpool before
the boat could sail. This year a week
before we sailed the boats were held
up a few days. The Cunard line sent
the Mauretania over to Cherbourg to
have some work done on her because
of the strike. This $20,000 job was
lost to English laborers.

They are just commencing to re-
build or repair the roads. During and
after the war taxes were so high they
did very little road work. They are
now getting at it and they do it
splendidly. They only repair one side
of the road at a time, so you are not
annoyed by detours. The last few
years the cities and larger towns have
gone into municipal house building, bu‘
the taxpayers claim the houses are too
good or too expensive for the class
of people for whom they were built.
The interest on the investment and
repairs is more than the rent the ten-
ants can afford to pay, which means
more taxation.

At the last election the radicals,
socialists and labor party, by com-
bination, secured a majority in parlia-
ment. They were largely elected on
a free trade versus protection plat-
form. Immediately after the war, in
order to raise revenue, a protective
tariff was placed on quite a number

of things. The slogan of the radicals
was, “Remove the tariff.” They went
into power only to find that it is easy
to criticise the party in power, but
when you get in there are problems
you must face that you had not
thought much about—a _ sufficient
revenue to run the government and
how best to get it—but having made

free trade promises they felt they
must carry them out and one of them
Was $334 per cent duty on auto-

mobiles, which they cancelled as of
August 1. This is good news for
Michigan automobile manufacturers,
but from my republican education pro-
tection builds up manufacturing. It
did in England. Previously they
made high priced cars and did not
have quantity production, but during
the last few years since this protec-
tive duty was put on there are two or
three companies which are making a
cheaper car and are selling a lot of
them in competition with the Ameri-
can cars. Whether these English
companies have their organization in
such shape that they can continue
manufacturing in competition with
American cars with duty off is a prob-
lem facing not only manufacturer, but
several thousand workmen engaged in
the industry.

As I stated in a former letter we
were given tickets to return on any
Cunard line boat during the summer.
We came home on the Berengaria.
She is over 900 feet long. This is
eighteen 50 foot lots if that emphasizes
it more. She has a special ball room
used for no other purpose, with space
for 250 dancers, a big gymnasium, a
swimming pool as big as the one in
the Y. M. C. A. in Grand Rapids,
a lounge as big as the Pantlind ball
room with dining room, writing rooms,
smoking rooms in same proportion as
to size, a promenade deck fifteen feet
wide that in walking around it four
and a half times you have walked a
mile. Her voyage running time is 23%
miles per hour. We left Southampton
at 4 o’clock Saturday and arrived at
Ambrose Lightship, New York har-
bor, 7 o’clock the following Friday.

Coney Island opens up on Decora-
tion day, so Long Island was illumin-
ated for several miles along the shore,
as were the towns along the New
Jersey coast. It looked as if they
were all lighted up to welcome us.
There were about 100 Laconia people
among the passengers.

As we came up to anchorage for the
night, it being too late to dock, the
Statue of Liberty loomed up in the
distance. Mrs. Follmer said, “Don’t
it give you a thrill!’ Of course, I was
thrilled, but I replied, “Yes, but she
needs a coat of paint.” One of the
delights of going on a trip is getting
home again. If any of the readers of
the Tradesman have enjoyed any of
my letters I feel amply repaid for
writing them and appreciate Editor
Stowe’s thinking they might be inter-
esting enough to his readers to print
them. C. C. Follmer.

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Religions of Our Thirty Presidents.

Eight were Episcopalians.

Eight were Presbyterians.

Four were Unitarians.

Three were Methodists.

Two were Dutch Reformed.

One was Baptist.

One was Disciples.

One (Coolidge) is Congregational.

Jefferson and Johnson were “be-
lievers in Christianity,’ but were non-
sectarian. '

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The latest suggestion is to deport
any foreigner who does not take out
his first citizenship papers inside of one
year after reaching this country.

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Will the Penny Become Extinct and
Disappear?

Will the penny disappear? It seems
like an absurd question to ask, for it
appears to be grounded in our very
nature, and we utter a_ thunderous
“No” on impulse. But the older gen-
eration has seen several denominations
of money become extinct, and we un-
derstand the two-dollar bill will grad-
ually fade away.
printed, it is said.

No more are to be

The low estate
to which it has fallen. Time was when

Consider the penny!

“some
He had worked half an hour
to earn it, or had run a long and tire-
some errand. He gloated over it;
fondled it lovingly; delightedly delib-
erated how he would spend it. Should
he buy a sugar cake the size of a
wagon wheel, or two big sourballs that
would last half a day, or mayhap at
the grocers a smoked herring? Her-
ring wasn’t as good as candy, to be
sure, but the pleasing taste was pow-
erful strong, and lasted the whole
day. But boys don’t work or run er-
rands for pennies now. It’s a nickel,
or dime, or quarter, please.

a penny in a boy’s hand was
money.”

Take a penny in your hand and fare
forth to buy something. You can’t.
Not even a newspaper, or a letter post-
age stamp. Yes, pardon, you can buy
something—candy—a chocolate drop,
a stick of candy. Nothing else. Ab-
solutely nothing.

Are the candy men saving the pen-
ny from extinction? It sure looks so.
And here is a legislator in California
wants a law against penny candy;
says its quality is dubious. What is
the attitude of the candy trade on this
important question?—for it is impor-
tant. It is to their interest to con-
tinue selling penny candy, and to push
it with more vigor; or is it to their
advantage to follow the newspapers
and make the lowest priced candy 2
cents, with the possibility of the pen-
ny following the dodo to the nebulous
land of memory ?—International Con-
fectioner.

+ > +
Opposition of Gompers Is a Boom-
erang.

When Coolidge summoned the mil-
itary forces of Massachusetts to take
the place of the striking policemen in
Boston, Boss Gompers wired the then
Governor of the Bay State that police-
men had a God-given right to strike.
Coolidge replied:

“There is no right to strike against
the public safety by anybody, any-
where, any time.”

Gompers retaliated with a telegram
reading as follows:

“Your declaration against union la-
bor will end your public career.”

Gompers did all the could to defeat
the nomination and election of Cool-
idge as Vice-President, ‘but the pa-
triotic people of America gave the
ticket the largest majority presiden-
tial candidates ever received, largely
because Coolidge defied the arch
traitor of the age—the most con-
temptible character in American his-
tory.

Any man or theory that Gompers
supports will be snowed under by the
right thinking men and women of the
United States.

 

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Any reputable attorney w ould be dications look to him as if there would
C 7 . <I pleased to give a merchant this privi- pe a reaction to former standards of
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Michigan Retail
President—J. B.
First Vice-President

Dry Goods Association.
Sperry, Port Huron.
—Geo. T. Bullen,

Albion.

Second Vice-President—H. G. Wesener,
Saginaw.

Secretary-Treasurer—H. J. Mulrine,
Battle Creek.

Manager—Jason EK. Hammond, Lansing.

 

 

Meeting of Dry Goods Men at Lansing

Lansing, June —The officers and
directors of the Michigan Retail Dry
Goods Association met here last Fri-
day.

The meeting opened informally with
a luncheon in the Grill Room of the
Hotel. Invocation, recital of Lord’s
Prayer. After the luncheon the meet-
ing was called to order by President
J. B. Sperry. A general review of the
proceedings of the last directors meet-
ing were made by Mr. Hammond,
without a detailed reading of the same.
On motion of Mr. Cook, supported by
Mr. Mulrine, the minutes were con-
sidered, read and approved.

The first question to receive con-
sideration was a motion passed at
Jackson convention that a research
committee be appointed to aid in the
preparation of material for use in our
bulletins. Our guest, Mr. Schreffler,
was asked to make a few general re-
marks regarding the preparation of
such material. He stated that his or-
ganization will be willing to co-oper-
ate with us in every way possible to
give to our members the benefit of
their research work. Mr. Schreffler,
having another appointment, excused
himself from the meeting. ~

The address before the Jackson con-
vention made by C. B. Clark and the
chart used by him was then discussed.
Definite action regarding it was de-
ferred until after the discussion was
had concerning a change in the mat-
ter of issuing bulletins. After some
discussion regarding the preparation
of material for bulletins, the president
appointed J. W. Knapp, of Lansing,
A. K. Frandsen, of Hastings, and F.
E. Mills, of Lansing, to be known as
the Research or Bulletin Committee.

The said committee was appointed
with reference to convenience in get-
ting together to advise with the man-
ager. After full discussion it was de-
cided that the information given by
Mr. Clark in his address and prepared
charts at Jackson convention on the
subject, “Retail Inventory Methods”
should be given in detail to the As-
sociation, the form to be a matter of
further consideration.

The next subject for discussion was
the matter of holding group meetings.
It was the unanimous opinion of those
present that the group meetings should
be continued during the latter half of
the year 1924. The number and lo-
cation of the group meetings was left
to a committee.

It was moved by Mr. Wesener, sec-
onded by Mr. Cutler that a committee
be appointed to co-operate with the
manager in preparing a schedule of
group meetings. President Sperry ap-
pointed Messrs. W. O. Jones and D.
Mihlethaler as such committee.

The desirability of having some
legislation passed by the Michigan

Legislature on the subject of itinerant
merchants,
cussed at length.

peddlers, etc, was dis-
It was conceded by

all that the present laws of the State
in some cases are obsolete and in other
cases are in contradiction with each
other and generally conflict with Fed-
eral laws regarding interstate com-
merce.

It was decided that the manager
should issue a notice asking the presi-
dents and secretaries of each of the
retail organizations of the State to
meet with our President and Secre-
tary to formulate some method for
united action to secure a capable attor-
ney to prepare a draft of such law.
The raising of necessary funds to pay
such attorney and other expenses per-
taining thereto was regarded as an ex-
pense to be borne by all merchants.

The date for the calling of the meet-
ing was left to the discretion of the
manager. The motion directing the
above was made by Mr. Mills, second-
ed by Mr. Wesener, and _ carried
unanimously. The manager was re-
quested to communicate with the Na-
tional Retail Dry Goods Association,
the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants
and with other organizations which
are giving attention to this form of
legislation.

The securing of new members and
the giving of service to all is a prob-
lem that is always confronting mer-
cantile organizations. The manager
reported that many members do not
pay dues until called upon and also
quite a number of members must be
“sold” every year. To increase in-
terest and usefulness the officers and
directors present agreed that millinery
stores should be solicited as members
and that the program committee for
the next convention should provide a
section meeting program for the bene-
fit of ladies-ready-to-wear and millin-
ery stores. Extended discussion and
decision was deferred to the next of-
ficial meeting.

President Sperry brought up the
matter of more complete reports of the
addresses and discussions at our con-
ventions. It was moved by Mr. Cut-
ler, supported by Mr. Christian, that
stenographic service be employed at
State conventions, so that discussions
may be furnished to our members. This
motion was carried unanimously.

Various other questions of more or
less importance were discussed inform-
ally. Those in attendance remained
throughout the entire meeting. The
desirability of having a meeting with
the executive officers of retail dry
goods associations of Ohio, Illinois,
Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Iowa was discussed and the manager
was requested by the president to
communicate with officers of the above
named states, with the idea of de-
veloping such an arrangement.

We ‘have just received an enquiry
from one of our members asking if
there is any Federal or state law in
regard to advertising the “going out
of business” sale and then by some
excuse not doing as advertised, but
continuing in business.

This custom has been frequently re-
ferred to this office and we have con-
sulted the Attorney General and he re-
fers us to Section 15,049 of the Com-
piled Laws of 1915. We would quote
this law in the bulletin, but believe
that those who are interested will be
better satisfied to go to a nearby law
office and read this section.

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New Rubber Fabric for Corsets.
A new rubber fabric for reducing

corsets which gives them the advan-
tage of being worn next to the body
is about to be placed on the market.
This feature, according to the firm
putting out the new cloth, removes the
objection hitherto raised to rubber cor-
sets and girdles—that the fabrics used
contain sulphur, which is injurious to
the body when worn next to the skin.
The new fabric, it is said, is made
by a process which eliminates the
suphur content. Upon completion, the
cloth contains only cotion and pure
rubber. The fabric, it is explained,
will be cheaply priced and will be
manufactured in any color desired. It
will be sold both to the manufacturing
and custom make trade. Incidentally,
the rubber corset generally has taken
the trade by storm. It has put new
life into the industry, and all of the
leading firms are featuring various
models in which rubber is a feature.

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Sees Swing To Better Goods.

If the judgment of a man wao has
made a reputation as a merchandise
manager is correct, the public is tiring
of cheap and popular-priced goods in
which quality is not particularly
noticeable. He said recently that in-

There will probably be no wild wave
of extravagance, the executive believes
but the higher grade goods should
have a better chance than they have
been getting. He blamed both manu-
facturers and retailers for playing a
material part in the production and
sale of merchandise in which quality
was secondary to price.

—_—_+ +
Foreign Competition Small.

The recent complaints in the men’s
neckwear manufacturing trade about
the widespread featuring of imported
tie silks by retailers in this country is
only a tempest in a teapot, according
to a well-posted executive. In the first
place, he said yesterday, the volume of
imported silks is almost ridiculous
when compared with the domestic
production. Then, the featuring by
retailers is far more noticeable in this
city than it is elsewhere throughout
the country. The class of tie silks im-
ported, he also pointed out, is gener-
ally of a ‘high priced nature which has
a correspondingly limited range of
competition. There is also the factor
of advancing prices of tie silks both in
England and France. Deliveries of
tie silks from the latter mills are also
said to be delayed.

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June 18, 1924

Fall Dress Season More Tardy Than
Usual.

Many of the leading manufacturers
of dresses are now announcing their
Fall openings, and buyers from some
of the larger stores who usually look
early in the season for show pieces
have been in the market placing small
orders, according to David N. Moses-
sohn, Executive Chairman of the As-
sociated Dress Industries of America.

“The backward Spring season,” Mr.
Mosessohn says, “has had a tendency
to defer any real action, as buyers are
still placing orders for goods which
they ordinarily would have purchased
four to eight weeks ago. Some of the
manufacturers who carry stocks for
immediate delivery are reporting good
business in Summer dresses, and in-
dicate that they will not do much on
their Fall lines until the season is
further under way. One manufactur-
er said this week that ‘he did not care
about venturing on his Fall samples
until he is through with Summer busi-
ness, adding that he is now experienc-
ing one of the busiest Summer sea-
sons he has had in years. He ad-
mitted that he should have done this
business a month or two ago but that
inasmuch as he is now keeping busy
he is not going to worry about what
is coming.

“Tt is the opinion of the manufac-
turers who keep close to the situation
that this season will be late and long,
particularly since retailers are follow-
ing the hand-to-mouth system of buy-
ing to a greater extent than they ever
have in the past. Under this system, it
is claimed, no great quantities will be
ordered early, and this will carry the
season well into the Fall months.
Under ordinary conditions the bulk of
the buying would be completed by the
middle of September.

“Taking everything into considera-
tion inside the industry and outside,
including the Presidential election and
the usual incidental uncertainty in
business, the slackening up in some of
the primary industries and the general
note of caution which seem to govern
all business transactions, it will be well
for manufacturers to operate close to
demand rather than speculate too far
in advance on the possibilities of the
season.”

——___. <<. ___
Development of Blouses.

The development of the blouse as a
style article is recognized by the manu-
facturing interests as necessary to its
continuance in the favor it has always
had with the American woman, ac-
cording t othe United Waist League
of America. Its usefulness ‘has always
been recognized. With the return of
the suit, that side of the case is thor-
oughly taken care of, but a growing
sense of esthetic appreciation shown
by the consumer has necessitated a
recognition of style value by those
manufacturers who are building for the
future.

One way in which this aspect of
business is recognized is in the creation
of blouses for window display. This
does not mean indiscriminately design-
ing and manufacturing one blouse, or
half a dozen, in some style, fabric or
color that will catch the eye. It
means fine fabrics and workmanship,
of course, and in addition a plan for

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

grouping a number of blouses together
in a definite color scheme.

Window decoration has come more
and more to be a matter of using a
single color in its variations, and in
line with this scheme the manufacturer
has devised a plan for creating a num-
ber of blouses in the same color, with
of decoration to give sufficient variety
difference of style, fabric and manner
for a complete window display. One
manufacturer has gone so far as to
put up in a showroom a window in
which four blouses, manufactured for
the purpose are displayed. These
blouses are of petal pink and range
from beaded georgette to heavy crepe.
Another group is of canary yellow and
includes a blouse for sports wear and
one suitable for a dinner costume, with
two in between for afternoon wear.

It is pointed out that this sort of co-
operation with the retailer is one of
the best methods of stimulating busi-
ness. A recent research made by the
Waist League, in which the opinions
of many buyers and merchandise men
were sought, brought out the im-
portance of style value in stimulating
business. The creation and adapta-
tion of styles, it was discovered, affect
all classes of blouse merchandise.
Manufacturing blouses in groups for
display, it was further determined is
one way of insuring the proper ex-
ploitation of these garments.

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Look For Lower Toy Prices.

That dealers in toys, more particu-
largly the retailers, have still to buy
a good portion of their needs for the
holiday season is attributed to the fact
that many of them found prices too
high for their liking when they were
in this market several months ago.
While a nice business was done in the
aggregate at that time, many of the
manufacturers who had displays here
did not sell as much as is normally
the case. This is said to be especially
true of makers of dolls and wheel
goods, on which prices were found
too high, from all accounts, with the
result that quite a good deal of busi-
ness has yet to be placed on these
classes of goods. It is understood
that buyers will find prices more to
their liking when they come into the
market to supply the remainder of
their needs.

——_2>-+___
The Cigarette Hat Arrives.

The most novel chapeau of the sea-
son is now being offered to consumers
in the Eastern part of the country.
This hat, according to the bulletin of
the Retail Millinery Association of
America, is of the cloche type and has
a small case at the side of the crown
which ‘holds five or six cigarettes. On
the other side of the crown is a holder
for a novelty handkerchief, which is
usually of extremely gay printed silk.
The hats themselves are usually made
of satin, with milan straw combina-
tions, in either black or white, the
cigarette case being filled with gold-
tipped cigarettes. White hats of this
type outseli the colors. Handker-
chiefs ornamenting the white hats are

generally in scarlet and white, which,

with the addition of the gold-tipped
cigarettes, make an attractive and ap-
propriate color scheme for sports and
Summer wear.

Luggage Demand Not So Big.

The demand for luggage, which was
reported active recently, has quieted
down again, due to the discouraging
effects of the weather. Most of the
buying that is now being done by the
trade is to fill in lines broken by tour-
ists, as the weather has been so cold
that vacationists have as yet had little
inclination to look ahead to any ex-
tent. The demand continues more
active for bags and cases than for
trunks, which seem to be in plentiful
supply. Materially warmer weather
will have to come soon if the season
for the manufacturers is to be normal.
In the specialties, the continued cool-
ness has been felt quite strongly in the
sale of short-trip luggage designed for
use with automobiles.

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Giving Credit To Store Customers.

Continued from page 15)
one month be not billed until the
second month following. To the store
this means the extension of two or
three days’ additional credit, while to
the customer it means a service that
may make an appreciable addition to
the business of the store. What differ-
ence does it make to any store whether
its business month runs from the 27th
to the 27th or the first to the first, ex-
cept in so far as capital turnover is
concerned!

“One of the most interesting things
to me about the present retail credit
situation is that more and more peo-
ple are turning to charge accounts as
a means of buying their merchandise.
Our applications for accounts are in-
creasing steadily, and they are not
coming from people who seek a charge
account as a kind of instalment pay-
ment proposition. In fact, I think it
is the experience of most credit men
to find that the practice of making
payments on account, which is tanta-
mount to buying on the instalment
plan, is decreasing. This indicates a
situation that is also being reflected in
improved collections, which are now
better than for some time.’—New
York Times.

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The slave of debt is often a happier

man than the slave of money.

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AROLD CRANDALL, who lives on a farm a few miles from How-
H ell, while driving toward Howell on May 17, saw a runaway
He drove to the right side of the
One of the horses attempted to pass on the
right side and the other on the left side, the wagon tongue going
through the radiator and front of the car, just missing Mr. Crandall,

team coming toward him.
highway and stopped.

who was riding alone.
wrecked.

The horses broke loose, leaving the

sar badly

Mr. Automobile Owner, can you take the risk on the highway to-

day without proper insurance?

The above automobile was insured

with the Citizens’ Mutual Automobile Insurance Company of Howell.
The company is now starting its tenth season and with one annual
premium, which is very reasonable, it has accumulated total assets of

$500,000 and paid over 19,000 claims since organization.

It has an

agency force in every county seat in Lower Michigan.
No automobile owner can take the chances on the highways

today without keeping well insured.

CITIZENS MUTUAL

AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF HOWELL, MICHIGAN

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Waste Vinegar Case Dec'ded By
Federal Supreme Court.

A notable decision under the Fed-
eral pure food act was rendered by
the Supreme Court at Washington, on
Monday, June 2, when the court in a
sweeping opinion condemned as mis-
branded ninety-five barrels (more or
less) of vinegar made by Douglas
Packing Co. from dried apples and
shipped from Rochester, New York,
into interstate commerce. It was a
momentous victory for the Govern-
ment and for the American Cider &
Vinegar Manufacturers’ Association,
of Rochester, New York, both of
which ‘have been endeavoring for sev-
eral years to procure the condemna-
tion of this kind of misbranding, and
it will be a landmark among pure food
decisions because it embraces the
broad question of whether any food
product made from dried fruits can
be sold to the public under a label
which always hitherto has indicated
a food product made from fresh fruits.
The case originated in the Federal
District Court at Cleveland, where
Judge Westenhaver condemned _ the
vinegar as misbranded and Douglas
Packing Company appealed to the
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals at
Cleveland, where, by a divided court,
Judge Westenhaver’s decision was re-
versed. The Supreme Court now has
reversed the Federal Circuit Court of
Appeals and affirmed the _ original
condemnation.

The vinegar in question was
branded “Excelsior Brand Apple Cider
Vinegar made from Selected Apples,”
and this the Supreme Court denounced
in unqualified terms in its opinion,
saying:

The words Excelsior Brand, cal-
culated to give the impression of su-
periority may be put to one side as
not liable to mislead. But the words,
“apple cider vinegar made from se-
lected apples,’ are misleading. Apple
cider vinegar is vinegar made from
apple cider. Cider is the expressed
juice of apples and is so popularly and
generally known. The vinegar in
question was not the same as if made
from apples without dehydration. The
name “apple cider vinegar’ included
in the brand did not represent the ar-
ticle to be’ what it really was; and, in
effect, did represent it to be what it
was not—vinegar made from fresh or
unevaporated apples. The words “‘made
from selected apples” indicate that the
apples used were chosen with special
regard to their fitness for the purpose
of making apple cider vinegar. They
give no hint that the. vinegar was
made from dried apples or that the
larger part of the moisture content of
the apples was eliminated and water
substituted therefor. As used on the
label, they aid the misrepresentation
made by the words “apple cider vine-
Par.

The decision is the more notable for
the reason that the case was presented

by counsel for the claimant which
with regard to the origin of the vinegar
simply stated that, during the three
fall months of the year, claimant made
vinegar from sound, mature, unevap-
orated apples, and for the remainder
of the year from evaporated apples of
Uke quality. This presented the ques-
tion to the court in the most favorable
aspect to claimant because, as is well
known, most of its vinegar is made
from dried skins and cores of apples
instead of from whole apples, al-
though no reference whatever was
made thereto in the agreed statement
of facts.

This decision brings to a conclusion
the long-discussed and much-litigated
question of whether vinegar made
from dried apples, dried chops, and
dried skins and cores can be sold to
an unsuspecting public under the mis-
leading label of Pure Cider Vinegar.
Of course, the real purpose in thus
disguising the product is to secure for
the cheaper article the advantage of a
genuine cider vinegar label and a
genuine cider vinegar market. It will
no longer be able to thus conceal its
origin under such false label. While
the decision gives no advice as to what
it may be called, the fact that it can
no longer be called Pure Cider Vine-
gar and must be described in some
terms to appropriately disclose its
origin will remove it as a factor of
competition from the pure cider vine-
gar market.

The full text of the decision is as
follows:

The information alleged that the
vinegar was adulterated, in violation
of Par. 7 of the act. It also alleged
that the vinegar was made from dried
or evaporated apples, and was mis-
branded in violation of Par. 8, in that
the statements on the label were false
and misleading, and in that it was an
imitation of and offered for sale under
the distinctive name of another article,
namely apple cider vinegar.

The Douglas Packing Co. appeared
as claimant, and by its answer ad-
mitted that the vinegar was labeled as
alleged, and that evaporated apples had
been used in its manufacture. It
averred that nevertheless it was pure
cider vinegar and denied adulteration
and misbranding. A jury was waived,
and the case was submitted on the
pleadings and an agreed statement of
facts. The court found that the
charge of adulteration was not sus-
tained, but held that the vinegar was
misbranded. Claimant appealed and
the Circuit Court of Appeals reversed
the judgment.

The question for decision is whether
the vinegar was misbranded.

The substance of the agreed state-
ment of facts may be set forth briefly.
Claimant is engaged in the manufac-
ture of food products from evapor-
ated and unevaporated apples. Dur-
ing the apple season, from about Sep-
tember 25 to December 15, it makes
apple cider and apple cider vinegar
from fresh or unevaporated apples.

 

 

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During the balance of the year, it
makes products which it designates
as “apple cider’ and apple cider vine-
gar” from evaporated apnles. The
most approved process for dehydrat-
ing apples is used, and, in applying it,
small quantities of sulphur fumes are
employed to prevent rot, fermentation,
and consequent discoloration. The
principal result of dehydration is the
removal of about 80 per cent. of the
water. Whether, and to what extent,
any other constituents of the apple
are removed is not beyond controversy
in the present state of chemical
science, no accepted test or method of
analysis is provided for the making
of such determination.. Only mature
fruit, free from rot and ferment, can
be used economically and advantage-
ously.

In manufacturing, claimant places in
a receptacle a quantity of evaporated
apples to which an amount of pure
water substantially equivalent to that
removed in the evaporating process
has been added. A heavy weight is
placed on top of the apples and a
stream of water is introduced at the
top of the receptacle through a pipe
and is applied until the liquid, re-
leased through a vent at the bottom,
has carried off in solution such of the
constituents of the evaporated apples
as are soluble in cold water and use-
ful in the manufacture of vinegar.
Such liquid, which is substantially
equivalent in quantity to that which
would have been obtained had un-
evaporated apples been used, carries
a small and entirely harmless quantity
of sulphur dioxide, which is removed
during the process of fining and filtra-
tion by the addition of barium car-
bonate or some other proper chemical
agent. The liquid is then subjected to
alcoholic and subsequent acetic fer-
mentation in the same manner as thai
followed by the manufacturer of ap-
ple cider vinegar made from the liquid
content of unevaporated apples. Claim-
ant employs the same _ receptacles,
equipment and process of manufac-
{uring for evaporated as for unevap-
orated apples, except that in the case
of evaporated apples, pure water is
added as above described, and in the
process of fining and filtration, an ad-
ditional chemical is used to precipitate
any sulphur compounds present and
resulting from dehydration.

The resulting liquid, upon chemical
analysis, gives results similar to those
obtained from an analysis of apple
cider made from unevaporated apples,
except tthat it contains a trace oi
barium incident to the process of man-
ufacture. Vinegar so made is similar
in taste and in composition to the vine-

gar made from unevaporated apples,
except that the vinegar made from

evaporated apples contains a trace of
barium incident to the process of man-
ufacture. There is no claim by libel-
lant that this trace of barium renders
it. deleterious or injurious to health. It
was conceded that the vinegar involv-
ed in these proceedings was vinegar
made from dried or evaporated apples
by substantially the process above
described. There is no claim by the
Ubellant that the vinegar was inferior
to that made from fresh or unevap-
orated apples.

Since’ 1906. claimant has... sold
throughout the United States its prod-
uct manufactured from unevaporated
as well as from evaporated apples as
“apple cider” -and “apple cider vine-
gar’, selling its vinegar under the
brand above quoted, or under the
brand “Sun Bright Brand apple cider
vinegar made from selected apples.”
Its output of vinegar is about 100,000
barrels a year. Before and since the
passage of the Food and Drugs Act,
vinegar in large quantities, and to a
certain extent a beverage, made from
evaporated apples, were sold in vari-
ous parts of the United States as
“apple cider vinegar and “apple cider”
respectively, by many manufacturers.

Claimant, in manufacturing and _ sell-

ing such products so labeled, acted
in good faith. The Department of Ag-
riculture has never sanctioned this
labeling, and its attitude with refer-
ence thereto is evidenced by the defini-
tion of “apple cider vinegar” set forth
in Circulars 13, 17, 19 and 136, and
Food Inspection Decision 140.” It is
stipulated that the juice of unevapor-
ated apples when subjected to alcoholic
and subsequent acetous fermentation
is entitled to the name “apple cider
vinegar.”

The statute is plain and direct. Its
comprehensive terms condemn every
statement, design and device which
may mislead or deceive. -Deception
may result from the use of statements
not technically false or which may be
literally true. The aim of the statute
is to prevent that resulting from in-
direction and ambiguity, as well as
from statements which are false. It
is not difficult to choose statements,
designs and devices which will not de
ceive. Those which are ambiguous
and liable to mislead should be read
favorable to the accomplishment of the
purpose of the act. The statute ap-
plies to food, and the ingredients and
substances contained therein. It was
enacted to enable purchasers to buy
food for what it really is.

The vinegar made from dried apples
was not the same as that which would
have been produced from the apples
without dehydration. The dehydra-
tion took from them about 6G per
cent. of their water content—an
amount in excess of two-thirds of the
total of their constituent elements. The
substance removed was a part of their
juice from which cider and vinegar
would have been made if the apples
had been used in their natural state.
That element was not replaced. The
substance extracted from dried apples
is different from the pressed out juice
of apples. Samples of cider fermented
and unfermented made from fresh and
evaporated apples, and vinegar made
from both kinds of cider were sub-
mitted to and examined by the Dis-
trict Judge who tried the case. He
found that there were slight differences
in appearance and taste, but that all
had the appearance and taste of cider
and vinegar. While the vinegar in
question made from dried apples was
like or similar to that which would
have been produced by the use of
fresh apples, it was not the identical
product. The added water, constitut-
ing an element amounting to more
than one-half of the total of all in-
gredients of the vinegar, never was
a constituent element or part of the
apples. The use of dried apples neces-
sarily results in a different product.

If an article is not the identical
thing that the brand indicates it to be,
itis misbranded. The vinegar in ques-
tion was not the identical thing that
the statement, “Excelsior Brand Apple
Cider Vinegar made from selected
apples,” indicated it to be. These

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Converting the Newly-Weds Into

Permanent Customers.
Written for the Tradesman.

The possibilities of developing ‘hard-
ware business as a result of June wed-
dings do not end with the immediate
gift trade. Indeed, the wedding itself
merely opens up new _ possibilities,
which the alert hardware dealer will
be quick to grasp.

To secure a share of the wedding
gift trade is, of course, sound busi-
ness policy for the hardware dealer.
But it is even more important for him
to make the new home-builders his
steady customers. Indeed, this is the
most important consideration.

While the modern trend in wedding
gifts is in the direction of useful ar-
ticles, no married couple will ever
find their home fully equipped as a
result of the generosity of their
friends and relatives. There are al-
ways additional purchases to be made.
New needs arise from time to time.
Even in the immediate future, there
will be many necessary articles to pur-
chase at the hardware store.

Now, no one hardware dealer can
expect to persuade all the newly- mar-
ried couples in ‘his community to be-
come permanent customers at his
store. That is an impossibility. But
the hardware dealer who is going to
get the largest proportion of them is
the hardware dealer who puts forth
systematic, business-like and tactful
effort to secure their business.

How to get the newly-married
couples into the store, and how to
keep them coming as regular cus-
tomers, is, consequently, the hardware
dealer’s problem.

As a rule, it is easier to secure busi-
ness than to hold it. Good advertising
will almost without fail attract cus-
tomers to any store. But the best of
service is required to hold them.

The first essential in going after the
trade of the newlyweds is to know
who they are. Presumably, the hard-
ware dealer who sold the wedding
presents has made a note of the names
of the contracting parties, and their
new residential address. These ad-
dresses, properly arranged and card
indexed, give an excellent mailing list
to work on.

Of course there are a certain pro-
portion of newly married couples who
make their homes in other communi-
ties. But on the other hand there
are newly married couples from other
communities coming to reside in your
territory.

The most convenient form of mail-
ing list is one compiled on the card-

index principle. Such a list can be
quickly revised, new names added in
correct alphabetical order, and names
of people removed from the commun-
ity can be dropped just as easily with-
out disturbing the list.

A first step in a systematic follow-
up campaign would probably be a
tactful letter of congratulation to Mr.
and Mrs. Newlywed, timed to reach
them on their return from their honey-
moon. Incidentally, this letter might
point out that should Mrs. Newlywed
discover the need of any articles to
complete the furnishing of the new
home, they will be promptly delivered
on receipt of a telephone message.

In this connection, a helpfui item
to enclose with such a letter is a com-
plete list of household accessories,
classified according to their use. Cook-
ing utensils should have one classifica-
tion, laundry goods another, and so
forth. It would be well, too, to give
the range of prices.

Some dealers consider it more tact-
ful to make the letter merely one of
congratulation, and to leave the sug-
gestion of business to the accompany-
ing list or booklet. This is a matter
for the individual dealer to determine.

With this letter as a starter, it
would be well to devise a systematic
follow-up campaign. For this first
letter, although it may bring some
trade, is not going to exhaust the pos-
sibilities of ‘business-getting, or . to
make permanent customers of the peo-
ple it brings to your store.

As a rule, circular letters or other
advertising matter should be sent out
once a month to the names on the
mailing list. Of course special cir-
cumstances, new lines, etc., may call
for a special letter in between.

Some merchants state that they se-
cure the best results from imitation
typewritten letters or mimeographed
circular letters, dealing with essential-
ly seasonable goods.

It is always good policy, in wording
your circular letter, to make it as
much like a personal talk as you can.
Do not overload or bewilder the read-
er with technicalities. Instead, talk
to your prospect just as you would to
a friend on the other side of the coun-
ter.

Such an attitude establishes you on
a friendly footing with the individual
who reads the letter.

At the same time, it is better to
avoid a flippant, jocose or “smart
Aleck” style of letter. ,

In putting together your letter, it is
important to fling in a strong argu-
ment at the last, a sort of clincher in
the final sentence, something calculat-
ed to bring the customer right into the
store.

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to set aside a day or two toward the
end of June as a “June Bride’s Day.”
Through newspaper advertising, a
general invitation is extended to all
brides to come in. Have certain sec-
tions of the store arranged to repre-
sent certain rooms in the home. Have
your kitchen, your laundry room,
your living room, your dining room,
so arranged as to display your lines of
stock. This will clearly demonstrate
to the custemer what necessary ar-
ticles may be lacking in the equip-
ment of the new home.

With the small store, where floor
space is limited, this idea may not be
practical. A variation of the idea is
to set apart a section of the store to
represent a single room, and to change
the arrangements from time to time.
Thus, one week you feature a well-
equipped kitchen. Next
laundry room is shown as it should
be. Then you demonstrate modern
methods in house cleaning—and so on.

week, a

During this campaign, whether it
lasts two days or two weeks, the store
windows should be, as far as possible,
dressed especially for the occasion.
The store interior, too, should be
bright, clean and attractive, so as to
appeal to feminine customers. The
newspaper advertising also should be
in line with the campaign.

Incidentally, personal invitations to
the “June bride’ events should be
mailed direct, not merely to the stand-
ing list of recent brides, but to a
selected list of housewives. It is a
good stunt to have formal invitations
printed on good stationery, and to
give the doings, so far as possible, the
flavor and color and appearance of a
social event. An orchestra is some-
times an attraction. That feature, of
course, depends on local circumstances,
the size of the store, the nature of the
clientele to which the merchant is
catering. Refreshments may also be
served; a coffee percolator and electric
toaster demonstration, with perhaps a
demonstration of a new kitchen range,

will work in with this very neatly.

The complete kitchen, complete
laundry room, etc., make very strik-
ing effects as well for window displays
and can be used to advantage, not
merely this month, but any time dur-
ing the year.

It must never be

forgotten that

' weddings are not limited to June; that

weddings take place at all seasons;
and that the new home that comes in-
to existence in October or February
offers the hardware dealer as good an

opportunity for developing new trade.

as the new home that comes into ex-
istence in the “month of weddings.”

June, however, because of its repu-
tation in this regard, is the very best
time to stage displays, demonstrations,
etc., calculated to appeal to this trade
and to launch a systematic campaign
to develop trade with new homes in
the community.

This campaign should be followed
t will be found that
married

up persistently.
in most instances newly
couples have no established trade af-
filiations or preferences. Indeed, they
are generally very strongly inclined
to break away from the business con-
nections of their parents and to experi-
ment with new stores.

‘the records.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

So that the time is just right for the
tactful and  wide-awake hardware
dealer to put this case to them.

The main idea throughout is for the
dealer to put forth a systematic well
planned and persistent effort to se-
cure the newly married couples in his
community as steady customers.

Victor Lauriston.

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Weather a Factor in Re-orders.

There is one thing the weather man
could do for retailers of men’s wear,
particularly those who have been bid-
ing their time to feature Summer suits.
If there were a suden jump into very
warm weather, retailers believe they
would have quite a job on their hands
in meeting the first rush. Consumer

’ buying of Summer garments, includ-

ing tropical worsted, mohair and pat-
ent cloth suits, has amounted to com-
paratively little the country over. On
the other hand, the stocks of retailers
are considered light, due to their cau-
tious purchasing, and if there is any
kind of a warm Summer at all, they,
it is believed, will not have marked
difficulties in turning them over. Ke-
orders, however, would be cut down,
and from this standpoint further de-
velopments may prove disappointing.

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New Type of Listening Devices.

One of the local department stores
has recently installed a new method
of letting prospective buyers of phono-
graph records listen to them before
purchasing. It makes use of a device
resembling a small ear trumpet, which
is attached to a tube connecting with
the machine that plays the record.
The machine is under the counter, and
to hear the record the customer mere-
ly raises the “trumpet” to his ear after
the machine has been started. When
not in use the “trumpet” stands up-
right in a kind of a socket in the top
of the counter. About a hundred of
the devices have been installed, and
they may be used simultaneously if
required. They are said to do away
with the need of sound-proof booths,
with the resultant saving in valuable
floor space, as well as to reduce dam-
age to the machines that demonstrate
They also reduce the
amount of record breakage.

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Do You Know?

Thta you are a salesman no matter
whether you want to be or not?
Every minute you are awake you are
selling your company to the public.
They are putting you on the scales,
and if you balance them it means your
company is benefited. You—it makes
but little difference in which depart-
ment employed—distinctively repre-
sent the company as a salesman. Sell-
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fighters can win out in it. It takes
courage tO gO Up against the com-
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the company requires the right sort
of salesmanship. If you don’t you'll
strike out every time you come up [to
bat, and score nothing higher than a
string of goose-eggs.

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The farsighted manager is not busy-
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is planning to-morrow’s, next month’s,

next year’s.

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Nature seems to be attending to any
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To the Creditors of Blue Brothers,
Grant, Michigan:

The undersigned has been appointed

Trustee by said debtors for the pur-
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due them and applying the same to
the payment of certain debts owed
by them.

All claims must be filed with me
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Creditors are hereby notified to file
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Why Hotel Men Should Encourage
Greeters’ Organization.

Glen Lake, June 17—Charter No. 29,
Greeters of Michigan, are making
preparations for attending the Na-
tional convention at Washington, D.
C., July 9 to 12 with a vengeance and,
undoubtedly, a big crowd will go.

The organization of Greeters is
largely made up from the front office
contingent of the principal hotels of
the country and in its name—Greeters
—the point is well taken.

Robert B. Brittain, Hotel Montcalm,
is President; Preston D. Norton, Ho-
tel Norton, Vice-President, and J.
William Porter, Hotel Lexington,
Secretary and Treasurer, all of De-
troit. They are actively engaged in
arranging a program of ‘transporta-
tion which is interesting.

The round trip fare to Washington
from Detroit for this occasion, will be
$32.33, but according to a letter just
received from President Brittain, quite
a number of the delegates will motor
to the capital city, an arrangement
which will be interesting as well as
unusual.

Every hotel clerk in Michigan or, in
fact, anywhere should become a
Greeter and every hotel operator
should see to it that this is so, even if
he provides the nominal fee, which is
only $6. It is an organization which
should be encouraged as a most im-
portant adjunct +o hotel operation. It
converts every hotel clerk into a com-
plete, full fledged information bureau,
leavened with a spirit of human kind-
ness, which the traveling public en-
joys and appreciates.

One thing I especially like about
the Greeters is the creed they all sub-
scribe to:

“T believe in a government of the
people, by the people, for the people;
whose just powers are derived from
the consent of the governed; a sov-
ereign nation of many sovereign units;
a perfect union, one and inseparable,
established upon those principles of
freedom, equality, justice and human-
ity for which American patriots sacri-
fice their lives and futures.

“T believe it is my duty to my coun-
try to love it, to support its Consti-
tution, to obey its laws, to respect its
flag and to defend it against all
enemies.

“TI pledge myself never to bring dis-
grace upon my country by any act of
dishonesty or cowardice. I will fight
for the ideals and sacred things of my
country, both alone and with many.
I will obey and revere my country’s
laws and do my best to incite a like
respect and reverence in others. |
will strive unceasingly to quicken the
public sense of civic duty.

“By adopting these ideals, I believe
that I shall become a better man and
a better citizen, and that I shall be
better fitted to carry forward the pur-
poses of the Greeters of America as
laid down in the preamble to its Con-
stitution.”

Incidentally, while on the subject of
Greeterism, my attention has been
called to the fact that Landlord J. T.
Townsend, of the Hotel Whitcomb,
St. Joseph, has notified all membe-s
of that organization, everywhere, that
should they desire to avail themselves
of the mineral baths, for which his
establishment is famous, the will fur-

termitis.

nish them absolutely free, save a
nominal attendant’s charge, and in ad-
dition thereto will split fifty-fifty on
his room charge, with the distinct un-
derstanding that if they are not bene-
fitted by the baths, all money will be
refunded.

A correspondent of the American
Greeter in speaking of this unprece-
dented offering, says:

“The generous offer made by Mr.
Townsend should not go unheeded by
any Greeter who has become physical-
ly in need of a change and the benefits
of what a stay there for a few weeks
will do. Not only that, but whether
taking advantage of the offer extend-
ed or not, every Greeter should recom-
mend this ‘hotel and baths to their
friends at any and all opportunities,
thus showing appreciation to Mr.
Townsend for that which the has of-
fered from the goodness of his heart.”

So many times during the last win-
ter have I heard travelers use the ex-
pression: “Well, it certainly does seem
like getting back ‘home when you stop
with so and so!” Yet there are a few
landlords who do not seem to under-
stand what that means to-day. They
never get in touch with or fraternize
with their patrons and satisfy them-
selves with the thought that if the
customer gets away without making
any comment or criticism the incident
is closed. With a certain class of pa-
trons this is all that is usually required,
but I feel certain that with a larger
percentage of guests the little atten-
tions which may be easily bestowed is
worth the effort in the satisfactory
feelings they engender.

How wonderfully agreeable, if you
have left a call the previous evening,
to have a pleasant greeting from the
call operator with a “Good morning,
Mr. Jones,” or a similar communica-
tion from the manager soon after your
arrival, asking you if your accommo-
dations meet your requirements. It
costs nothing and brings you sub-
stantial returns.

Some landlords have told me that
their manifold duties made it impos-
sible for them to personally meet their
customers, but they aim to make up
in service what is lacking in personal
attention. I find a great many of
them in smaller establishments are de-
veloping alarming symptoms of sys-
They must know just what
fraction of a mill on each dollar re-
ceived constitutes the outlay for sta-
tionery or items of a trivial nature,
which leaves them little time for culti-
vating the acquaintance of their trade.

It is certainly a good plan to know
all about the minutae of your busi-
ness, but just figure out while you
are at it, how much of the time so
occupied could be better employed in
a channel which would produce busi-
ness and advertise for more of it.

Why not do away with your com-
prehensive accounting system, except
in so far as is necessary to know your
own financial status until such time as
you can afford to keep a regular ac-
countant for that work, and be a good
fellow with the chap who makes it
possible for you to operate a hotel
profitably.

Rather make it a rule to further the
spirit of “hospitality” by extending the
hand of welcome with a smile; enter-
taining the guest under one’s roof
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ticipating his wants and satisfying Will they recognize it and make a play Granger Will Manage Michigan barreles of oil in storage and a daily
them. This only comes about by peo- for the out-and-out American vote Organization. production of 3,000 to 4,000 barrels.
ple really being in love with their which refuses point blank to accept Penk Hart wr 1 B. E. Doolittle, formerly engaged in
duties and encouraging employes to Nemnee avers une ae

do likewise. It takes sincere and tire-
less effort to keep the guest contented
and happy and, of course, the main
thing that everyone is striving for is
to please the guest to such an extent
that ‘he will come back again.

On the other hand, there is a pos-
sibility of overdoing this “hospitality”
stunt by “slobbering” over the guest
to the point of annoying him. Some
of the “attentions” inflicted on the pa-
tron are so transparent that they savor
of a correspondence school course and
seem to be set to music. But without
annoying the guest, there is an atti-
tude of reasonableness which one may
assume which carries with it warmth
and kindliness.

Sunday is a day which is dreaded by
most travelers who are from neces-
sity compelled to spend it away from
home. A clever hotel man I know of
takes it upon himself to see that the
patron who spends Sunday with him
is not allowed to get homesick. He
has a car, suggests to his guest that
he has arranged a little excursion for
the day and makes him feel that it will
be a pleasure to take him along, and
he usually goes and enjoys the trip so
well that he forgets his lonesomeness.

Frank S. Verbeck.

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The One False Step Made at Cleve-
land.

Grandville, June 17—The Republican
convention has completed its work and
adjourned.

In the main the work is good.
Coolidge for President was a forgone
conclusion before the assembling of
the convention. Dawes for Vice-
President is, perhaps, as good a nom-
ination as could be made from a Re-
publican standpoint. The ticket is
now before the people, ready for
comment and examination.

Naturally, the Democrats will pick
flaws and try to discredit the men who
head the ticket. At present the coun-
try seems to have a dearth of great
men. There are no Lincolns and
Sumners to-day, yet there are men
with sound minds and capable brains
who are needed at the head of affairs.
If the Democrats match Coolidge with
an equally sound man the country
may well be congratulated.

Dawes has many good points; in
fact, is better known than was Calvin
Coolidge at the time the latter be-
came the Vice-Presidential nominee of
his party. On the whole, we do not
think the ticket could be improved,
yet there were some mistakes which
may count against the election of the
Republican nominee in November.

The keynote and nominating speech-
es were long drawn out and the plat-
form—what must we say of that?

It is good in spots, but by far too
prolix. Brevity has been denominated
the soul of wit. Judged by this criter-
ion the Republican platform may be
said to be exceedingly dull. Points
can be made in short, crisp sentences
which the platform lacks. That plank
which endorses an international court
as a vart of United States concern is
bad. It should never have been put
in the platform. It is a weight the
party can ill afford to carry. Had
that been side-stepped, there would be
less friction in the campaign to come.

There is scarcely a doubt that this
single unfortunate plank will cost the
Republican millions of votes. Of
course, unless the Democrats do even
worse and put up a plank endorsing a
league of nations, there will be some-
thing to choose between the two
parties. The Democrats have it in
their power to make it interesting in
the election for their opponentst pro-
viding they catch the right idea and
step down hard on all international
entanglements.

Here is the Democratic opportunity.

any compromise on the league of na-
tion business?

Because of this foolish mistake
made by the Republican politicians in
convention assembled, the Democrats
have their opportunity.

At the time of the Crimean war, the
charge of the British Light Brigade at
Balaklava was made because someone
had blundered.

It will be remembered that the Light
Brigade was nearly annihilated. This
fact should have been a reminder to
the delegates at Cleveland to go slow
on making blunders.

One might, perhaps, regard this
single false step as of minor import-
ance, considered with the great num-
ber of other and seemingly vital ques-
tions discussed, nevertheless this idea
of our country tying up with Europe
in the least particular politically is re-
pugnant to millions of loyal citizens
of America; in fact, the question may
be called a vital one, so that the op-
portunity for the opposition to make
good at New York by disowning in-
ternational courts and pacts is some-
thing wonderful.

Why the Republicans should thus
play into the hands of their enemies
is beyond the comprehension of an or-
dinary person.

The world court plank was wholly
superfluous and should never have
been endorsed. Even though Presi-
dent Coolidge mistakenly accepted the
idea as coming from his predecessor,
it was not incumbent upon the Re-
publican platform committee to give
the Democrats a club with which to
beat out Republican brains.

In times past the Democrats have
been obtuse to advantages offered for
their acceptance, it being their in-
variable practice to spill the beans at
an inopportune moment for their own
good. Now, however, with a third
party looming on the political horizon,
Democrats will be dense indeed if
they do not grasp the weapon placed
in their hands by the Republicans.

Someone has blundered.

If there is no way to retrieve that
blunder, and the Democrats make the
most of it, Coolidge, with all his
sound sense and magnificent equip-
ment for the Presidency, will go down
to defeat.

Now all this is a sad commentary
on the wisdom of politicians. The Re-
publicans are “in bad,” so to speak,
and have a ‘hard row to hoe because
of a single mistake in their platform.
Other questions loom large; other
things beside foreign complications
are at stake, and it is possible that
enouch voters will consider these and
save the day for Coolidge in Novem-
ber. Old Timer.

——_—_+ +.
Fruit Taking Place of Liquor.

Washington, June 17—Whhat would
seem to be an indication that fruit is
taking the place of liquor in the
United States is provided by a re-
port received in Covent Garden, ac-
cording to British newspapers. This
shows, according to the newspapers,
that during the dry period in the
United States the consumption of all
kinds of fresh fruit has been more than
doubled, and that of oranages has
been increased by 300 per cent. since
1907.” America is rapidly becoming
the greatest fruit eating country in
the world,’ said C. B. Moomaw, Eu-
ropean distributor of American fruit
imports, “and fruit and fruit drinks
are taking the place of liquor through-
out American society.”

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If surplus railroad cars increase
more railroad forces will decrease
more,

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Congress’s absence is preferred to
its presence.

Granger, formerly of the firm of Berk
& Granger, was elected sales manager
of the Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc.,
at a meeting of the executive commit-
tee recently. Mr. Granger will have
complete charge of the sales and busi-
ness building policies of the eighteen
member associations. Mr. Granger,
who retired from the firm of Berk &
Granger to take charge of the co-
operative organization, was on his new
job June 1. The appointment of Mr.
Granger makes a big change in the
complexion of the Michigan fruit deal.

The Michigan Fruit Growers will
be a big factor. They ‘have put out a
standardized pack and are attempting
to use Federal loading point inspec-
tion. An attempt is being made to
combine the Michigan Fruit Growers
with the Michigan Potato Growers’
Exchange, so as to make one complete
selling organization. Goods will all be
put up under a brand.

The local associations lined up in
the Michigan Fruit Growers are Grand
Rapids Growers’ Association, Fremont
Co-operative Produce Co., Onekama
Farm Bureau Local, Shelby Co-opera-
tive Marketing Association, Hart Co-
operative Marketing Association, Ben-
zie Co-operative Fruit & Produce As-
sociation, Mason Co. Fruit & Pro-
duce Association, Mason Co. Fruit &
Produce Exchange, South Haven
Fruit Exchange, Lawrence Co-opera-
tive Marketing Association, Bangor
Fruit Exchange, Paw Paw Co-opera-
tive Association, St. Joe Fruit Grow-
ers’ Association, Lincoln Fruit Grow-

ers’ Association, Lake Shore Fruit
Growers’ Association, Sodus Fruit
Growers’ Association, Millburg Fruit

Association, Benton Center Fruit As-
sociation, Grand River Fruit Associa-
tion.
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Doing Business Under an Assumed
Name.

Grand Rapids, June 17—One of our
merchants of the State has recently
gotten into a peck of truble because
he did not go through the formality
of registering his company name with
the county clerk in the county where
he is in business.

When he garnished a party’s wages
it went to trial in court and about the
first question the opposing lawyer
asked was, “Are you registered to do
business under an assumed name?”
The merchant could not answer “Yes”
and the suit was thrown out of court.
On top of that the income tax officials
got after him for not making out a
partnership return and when he got
through he had to make out reports
for four years back and it cost him
quite a sum of money and a whole lot
of worry.

If you are doing business under any
name but your own, say Smith & Co.
or John Smith & Sons, you must regis-
ter that name with the county clerk
or otherwise you cannot sue through
the courts.

If there are any of our members
who have not attended to this formality
he should do so at once before it is too
late. Paul Gezon, Sec’y.

——_~».-___
Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids.

Grand Rapids, June 17—James M.
Golding, at one time Grand Rapids
representative for Edson, Moore & Co.,
but now sales manager for A. Krolik
& Co., is spending a week in Grand
Rapids, visiting friends and acquaint-

 

ances. Mrs. Golding accompanies her
husband. They are domiciled at the
Mertens.

The Woodley Petroleum Co. has
made its stockholders very happy by
announcing the regular quarterly divi-
dend of 30 cents per share, payable
July 15, and an extra dividend of 20
cents per share, payable Aug. 15. The
company has no indebtedness, a large

cash balance in bank, over 500,000

the grocery and meat business at Cas-
novia, has purchased an interest in the
grocery, meat and baking business of
William BD Drake, 75! and 753
Wealthy street. Two clerks in the
establishment, Martin Koopman and
Roy Finkhousen, have also been taken
into partnership. Business will be con-
ducted under the style of Drake’s Mar-
ket, the same as ‘heretofore.

a
Very Book For Him.
man entered the
looked around with a rather puzzled

The store and
manner.

“Ts there something you wish?” a
clerk asked.

“Well—er—yes,” the man _ replied.
“T am—that is, I would like to get a
book suitable for a man—er—about to
get married.”

“Yes, sir, the clerk
“Here, Mr. Buford, show this gentle-

 

answered.
man some of our large size pocket-
books.”

When money becomes easy it usu-
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Suppose You Had a Real Live Com-
petitor.

If a chain store or a cut-rate store
or even an ordinary drug store, and,
as for that that
would deal in the same line of goods
that you handle, were to open a store

matter, any store

next door or across the street or on
the corner with the intention of taking
part if not the whole of your business,
would he go under, would you go
under, or would you both be able to
live on the trade you are now getting
with perhaps the extra sales he may
be able to pick up?

This is a condition that may happen
at any time to practically every man
in business, and, if the question has
not already arisen it may be well to
consider it before it is too late. There
has been a number of storekeepers
who after having established a good
business have settled back to take it
a little easier thinking that now that
they have got things coming their way
it isn’t necessary to use so much extra
energy to bother with this crank or
chase after that only to
wake up some day and find that they
have allowed a competitor to get a
foothold.

The competitor, of course, will say
that he is not after your trade, he does
not care for it, he is after that part of
business that you do not want, or that
there is business enough for both. He
will tell you that you already have a
good business and still there are lots
store every
It may not
be because they do not like your way
of doing business, they want a differ-

customer,

of people passing your
day that never go into it.

ent line, a little different quality which
he expects to furnish.

This
but not
passing that you do not

may be true in a few cases,
There may be trade
want. Or
your store may be situated in a busy
section where people will not cross the
road. Then again you may be located
in a growing neighborhood that prac-
tically demands another store. But if
there are none of these or similar reas-
ons and there is not enough business
for both one of you will have to quit,
if not you both will drag along on
half a living, perhaps cutting each
other’s throats, until a third party
comes along and puts you both out.
In analyzing the situation the man
who is already on the spot, the one
whose business is established, has the
best observation. He
knows the trade. He knows the land-
lords. The position of the near-by
buildings. Whether the storekeepers
are doing enough business to make
them wish to renew their leases. Also
if any of the stores are likely to be
vacant. And knowing these he will

many.

chance for

be able to judge, if a competitor should
come, where he would be likely to lo-
cate. And if he did locate would his
location be better than the one you
occupy?

If there is a better location how
about looking it over for yourself? If
vou are not on the corner would jt not
be better? The rent may be more,
but would not the location more than
make up the difference? Perhaps busi-
ness is better on the other side of the
street, are you not handicapping your-
self by staying on the wrong side?
Some stores are not on the street level,
being one or two steps up or down,
this may be unimportant where there
is no competition, but just watch an
old man or old woman puff up or
down the steps and you can imagine
how easy it would be for a competitor
to get their trade.

If your location is the best obtain-
able the next thing to consider is the
stock. If your stock right? Are you
carrying the goods the people want
or are you working off too much old
stock, selling them something just as
good? Trying to educate your trade,
as they say, to buy a grade of goods
that will net you the greatest profit
regardless of quality.

You have to buy right in order to
sell right, and what is more you can
not expect the public to pay for your
mistakes, nor to pay full price for in-
ferior goods.

If your location is right and your
stock and prices right the next move
is to see if your store is attractive. By
being attractive I mean, is the store
properly lighted, is the dusting and
cleaning carefully attended to? And
most of all, are the customers waited
on promptly and courteously?

There is also another question and
that is hours. No one will advocate
long hours, especially when they see
the department stores opening at nine
in the mornings and closing anywhere
from five to six in the afternoons and
realize the amount of business they
are doing. And yet there are stores
situated in the outskirts, or in factory
districts, that do more business before
the general stores open up than all
the rest of the morning. Do your
hours conform to the demands of your
trade?

There is a little fancy or general
store where they sell candies, morning
papers, cigars, shoe polish, ice cream
and soda water in the summer that I
have been watching for some months.
I watched them open up and as time
went by have seen the trade slowly
increasing. Have watched the stock.
The shelves that at first were prac-
tically empty are now fairly filled.
Little by little the business has grown.

The who runs the store, al-
though not very pleasant, has always
kept it spotlessly clean, the floor swept

There are no

man

and the shelves dusted.
flies in the summer nor syrup around
the fountain. In fact the only fault
outside the man’s curtness to be found
with the store is the lighting. The
store is not conspicuously enough
lighted. And in order
in the dark mornings and early eve-

to economize

nings he does not light the window.
In the morning especially it is hard
to distinguish whether the
open or if he has a night light burning.

About. six ago
built a store front on a house the next
block out and now as I in the
mornings this store is open with the
windows well lighed attracting: every
automobile that passes. And while 1]
have never seen an automobile stop at
the old store, at the new store almost
every morning I see some one running
in for papers, tobacco, or other small

store is

months somebody

pass

purchase.

On enquiring about the old stand
from a friend that lived in the neigh-
borhood was told that although the
store and stock was kept scrupulously
clean the owner himself was inclined
to be short with his customers. He
said that it may be the man’s way,
but he bought his paper and tobacco
there only because there was no other
place convenient.

Having watched the store grow
from the start, it being a store that
would improve rather than detract
from a neighborhood, I have become
interested. The new store will stay,
and it will grow. They are accom-
modating. They have the stock, and
living in the back are always on the
job. There has been a new car line
with a transferring point established
on the next corner which will bring
some trade. But the question is, will
there be enough business for both,
will my friend still continue to buy
his paper and tobacco at the old store?
George King.
—_+-~+___
The Crow Finds a Defender.

It seems that a few of the powder
manufacturers and some of the game
wardens are working up a prejudice
against crows. The following is a
fair sample of what is being broadcast
through the press for this purpose:

“Efforts are being made by the game
wardens of about forty States to push
the war on the common black crow.
The marauding birds are known to be
very destructive to the eggs and young
of game and insect eating birds. Farm-
ers even report them as stealing little
chicks and pecking out lambs’ eyes.
The estimated damage attributed to
the crow is $200,000,000 annually.”

It will be noted that the game war-
dens think this should be done and an
appeal is made to the sympathetic in
behalf of the lambs whose eyes are
being picked out, and some of the arti-
cles go further and picture the pitiful
way the young game birds and war-
blers are being swallowed and the
enormous cost entailed on the farmers
by these birds. I hold no brief for
the crow, but I would like to see that
he gets justice.

For forty years I have made birds
more or less a study and during this

 

time I have been interested in farm
ing in various ways in the Wabash an
Tennessee valleys, and I am free t
say I fully concur with Professor R.
R. Kalmbach of the Department oj
Agriculture when he says:

“The attitude of the farmer toward
the crow should be one of toleration
than one of uncompromising
antagonism resulting in the unwar
ranted destruction of these birds, which
at times are valuable
man.”

I have seen stock damaged a hun-
dred-fold more by indifferent sports

rather

most aids to

men than I have by crows, and it is
safe to say a farmer is damaged 1,000
per cent. more by dogs killing stock
than he is by these birds; and as
destroyers of land game bird eggs
dogs have no competitors, as they are
It is unjust
to say crows should be exterminated

in a class by themselves.

because a few of them have bad habits.
We could as well say all dogs ought
to be killed because a few of them are
destructive to sheep.

If it is deemed proper to exterminate
crows, will not there be a demand to
kill other birds, such as mockingbirds
and catbirds, that trespass on small
fruits and tanagers which are supposed
to be destructive to bees?
that crows are not very
destructive and fully make up for their
failings by their watchful care of the
smaller birds in driving away hawks
and squirrels from the locality. |
noted this season in making up the
bird census for the Agricultural De-
partment a strip of land about 100
feet wide by 100 yards long, fronting
the creek, on which there are more
than a dozen nests of birds, including
vireos, cardinals, brown thrashers and
smaller birds, and in a cedar tree just
above the crows have a nest and
across the creek are a number of nests
of these birds, and these instead of
being a menace to the young of the
other birds are their protectors, and
when a gray squirrel invaded this pre-
cinct the crows collected and soon
routed him.

My obser-
vation is

A person must have a vivid imagina-
tion indeed who can estimate that the

crows do $200,000,000 damage each
year. Delos H. Bacon.
——_~++.____

Tries a New Kind of Fraud.

What appears to be a new kind of
fraud on department stores and
specialty shops is reported in the cur-
rent bulletin of the Associated Retail
Credit Men of New York City. Ine.
The woman who is trying it—she has
apparently tried it unsuccessfully sev-
eral times—endeavors to get the mer-
chandise by ordering it in the name
of another woman, who has several
charge accounts, and having it sent
to a different address. Investigators
have found that no person of the name
given lives at that address. Store mes-
sengers have been importuned, how-
ever, to turn over goods to the wom-
an, who intercepted them, but she has
failed in her attempts so far. The
address used by the woman is of an
apartment house in a rather poor part
of the city, which apparently put the
store messengers on their guard.

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ence between “Captains of W
gan. Industry” and “Captors of Industry.” HOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT

Sault Ste. Marie, June 17—E. A. Le- The Soo Beverage Co. is now manu- Pri :
ene! GE MGaiee wes 2 S00 facturing creamery butter. Its first rices quoted are nominal, based on market the day of issue.
visitor last week in the interest of the ae was made Saturday under
soap department of Swift & Co., Chi- [the direction of W. G. Roepke, of .

pat 4 C - me Acids

cago. This was Mr. Letourneau’s first Hudson, Wis., an expert dairyman. 1 pt (Powd.) 15 @ 28 posal oS 6 oot 3 @inchena @2 10
visit here and he was very much taken full operation the plant will have a Boric (Xtal) (15 @ 36 Lemon _ 1 50@1 75 Colchicum __---- @1 80
up with our city, the locks and good @Pacity of 4,000 pounds daily. corpene eae 44 @ 61 apie ne. less @1 02 Cubebs -----____. @3 00
1D : ’ , ye i a ae a

fishing. He is looking forward to his All things come too late for him who ees Poesy : e 4 Linseed, age 61 00 peat anag oe =
next visit, when he can get the trout waits. me Pe teeumaiian . -- SS
fishing that is his delight. The Soo is to have a fox farm, which eee ae : “ was artinl. er ° ea. ~ - @1 80

The Dixie Inn, at Hessel, opened Pens in September with the arrival Tartavic a @ 50 Olive, jae CS 1bO4 50 Soa Ps =
for the season June 15 under the same Ff sixteen pair of silver fox. The site ; Olive, Malaga, Seales re oF @
management. Mrs. Skeels, the pro- has been selected on the farm of Hennes “ae mis ere lodine ‘Cl °
prietress, has spared no pains to give Richard Larke. A number of the er “ “=. as ‘S40 a ace 75@3 00 tron i — ee
tlie best <peeice and will see that the Soo business men are the promoters. Water, 14 aoe. “ @ea@ 13 oo Sweet... 4 ee 75 Kino eee > [
hotel wl he kent ap an the. ficl William G. Tapert. Carbonate __-_- 6 64 4 oe CUE Se UU .

asd ee ae es Chloride (Gran. 10%@ 20 Qriganum, com’l 1 00@1 20 rr... @2 50
standard it has sustained in former Ter eens Pennyroyal ---. 3 00@3 25 Nux Vomica 5
years. The tourist trade lhas helped More One-Piece Bathing Suits. Balsams i “Ge nants = Opium ae o a
make a reputation for the hotel, which Meta i ae cs 2 Copaiha: 0@1 00 Rosemary Flows 1 25@1 50 Opium, Camp. @ 35
is one of the best Sunday dinner places : 5 e bathing suit season Fir (Canada) -. 2 55@2 80 Sandalwood, E. Opium, Deodorz’d
for the Sooites. has not had a chance to get really ba a a 7. oes Pe eis ie ea . Rhubarb ae = va

j a - : : : - £eru ----~------- fas, true 27643 0 =" ————— 7
goo = oe who eS started, there will probably be a not- Tolu ---------- ~- 3 00@3 25 Gesantra>, arti’! s001 20
: > ors which originate able increase in the number of one- = 4 Met *
in Washin ; 5 : es Barks Sperm 2. 1 80@2 05 Paints.

: neten these days. : piece garments worn by women on the Cassia (ordinary) 25@ 30 Tansy ---------- 6 0006 25 —

a) Ee. Bietcher, Cacmer of fhe Sault =p ciers heaches when the seas loes  Ca8Sia__(Saigon)__ 50@ 60 Tar, USP ------_- 65 ead, red dry __ 15@15%
Savings Bank, left on Saturday for 4 Dez SW 1en me season does’ Sassafras (pw. 50¢c) @ 55 Turpentine, bbl. @ ae Lead, white dry 15@15
Grand Haven to attend the State 8% ater wey. las te base? om the i on wee? Wit hcvarcck net eer 4ead, white oil 1s@1e%
Bankers’ convention on ‘board the experience ol manufacturers Of wo- | = = = leaf nae 00@6 25 Ochre, yellow bbl. “@ ”
steamer South American. He was ac- men’s worsted one-piece suits, either Berries Wintergreen, sweet | __ Ochre, yellow less 2%@ _ 6
companied by his wife. Th motored : : i Cubeb -~--------_- @1 25 birch | ------~- 3 00@3 25 Red V ,
from here 7 : es © of the straight one-button style or the Fish -------------- 25@ 2 Wisttesgrcom, art. 80@1 20 i oe Am. 3%@ 7

5 . Se Hindhed <epdons. Vhes ’ Juniper 7@ 15 ormseed -__-_ @9 25 Ke enet’n Eng. 4@ 8

Bias, cee aiceess tic ack sions. They report that Prickly Ash —--_-_ 30 Wormwood ---- 900@9 25 Putty _________ 5@ 8
will not scream on the Fourth of July ee ee cone re OF Extracts Whiting, bbL -_. @ 4%
this year. Phere have been only tap ders Peo Eastern centers, although ie 60@ 65 Potassium Whiting ._____ 5%@ 10
picnics staged to date. This will be the South and W est are still the prin- Licorice powd. --- @1 00 Bicarbonate 35@ 40 hee te 2 80@3 00
S newhs = ~ a0 Pe ee i ge a ee : re —
ilar han etre - : the = cipal buyers. Staple blues and grays Flowers a oa 15@ 25 . oo

n he ers for big celebrations Bee : ee rates rOmae = 50@ 65
bene have sold in this merchandise, although a 25@ 30 Mromide ss iidtedelieaceis
The passenger boat season opened greater attention has been accorded Chamomile Rom. . 1 75 Chlorate: ir sic? ae .
ie Ss S : : : : — rate, oO a d i
here Sunday, when the steamer Tion- the novelty bright-colored suits in i 16@ 25 oo See 424%4@ 50
esta, of the Great Lakes Transit Co., which contrasting stripes and bands  ,cacia wo 50@ 65 oa eee ae 4 o, S¢ Alun, nowd ane “e "

¢ ite « ‘J Brea ce eee eae em eee cong a
made Its first stop for the year. The are stressed. Acacia, 2nd __.-_- 45@ 50 Permanganate ._ 30@ 40 ne =------- o9@ 15
eee arrived at 7 o'clock, leaving at 8 -o- Sorts ._._ 22@ 30 Prussiate, yellow 65@ 75 roe polaat — “
or Duluth. The Tionesta, Juniata and cacia, Powdered 35@ 40 Prussiate, red -- | @100 popax xtal or @4 12

; ; : i Al B 5 orax xtal or
Octorora will sail from ‘here June 18, : The Friendly Bear. fees Go Pow 3c ae eo a enn --- 07@ 13
21, 27 and 30 for the East and June 14, Clinamen ave oot damaliy very Bee tec Pow.) 65@ 70 cma lua ss
cues eS ae 29 West agp tee poe courageous in the wild woods. The oo oy b0g1 - Roots Capsicum, pow'd * BO 56
steamer Missouri, running from © tains 4 4 : : . Camphor __-___ 120@1 30 Alkane 2 arming —---.—_. 6 00@6 60
Soo to Chicago, will make i tec . ao though, seems to show the a. eu ee aay io 2 Cassia Buds _.__ 36@ = 20
lar port this year. The first trip will T@¢y wit of the race. Sona vee SE @ Salamus ——-——- 35@ 60 Chalk Prepared_ “We 16
be made June 30 and every Monday An old Chinaman, delivering laun- Kino, powdered. © 90 Gentian yowan, 200 30 cpoloroform, ————_. 57” @67
after that until the middle of Septem- dry in a mining camp heard a noise a —=-=-=---~----- @ 70 Ginger, ‘Aiea aoe Hydrate 1 35@1 28
ber, arriving here at 6 p. m. The and espied a huge brown bear sniffing Opiuny ee ss 15@45 a a 30@ 35 Cocoa Butter 55@ 75
North American and South Americz : : a ee Tenis NE CC
an u erican his tracks in th > ne 1 r f¢ 11 > < : Opium, gran. 15 15@15 42 Ginger Jamaica Corks, list, less 40950 %
are not regularly scheduled for the ps nee cee tae SHON: Cee 90@1 00 powdered ’ s5@ 60 caamerae ee 4@ 10
Soo this season. Hu!” he gasped. “You likee my Shellac Bleached 1 001 10 Goldenseal, pow. 5 50@6 00 aoe a 1 aa 10
Some people don’t seem to know tlacks, I makee some more.” peaeeeonth.. Yow: @1 75 Ipecac, powd. -- | @375 Cream Tart . <
Tragacanth’ -.. 1 75@2 25 Licorie —_———_- ti@ 44 Gite i. 09 =
urpentine —---_. © iiectce, powd 46 6 Haan.) 0
Orris, powdered 30@ 40 Dole. pends. eats 15
: Insecticides Poke, powdered_ 35@ 40 Emery, All Nos. Se 00
Arsenie 20 @ 30 Rhubarb, powd. 1 00@1 10 Wmery, Powdered 9@ a
Blue Vitriol, bbl. @ 07 Rosinwood, powd. @ 40 Epsom Salts, bbls. g :
e ew Arno No 15 Blue Vitriol, less 8%@ 15 Sarsaparilla, Hond. Epsom Salts, less 3%@ 10
o Bordeaux Mix Dry 14@ 2 Sipune @1 00 Ergot, powdered @ 1%
AUTOMATIC MIXER ee a. Sarsaparilla oe “ Flake, White ~“15@ 20
powdered ------ J 0 e@rqung ooo EF ae
Insect Powder —- $0@ 90 Squills ———---" a5@ 40 a ae
: : e rsenate oO. quills, powdere Gc ?
The New High Speed Drink Mixer. Every Lime and Sulphur, ~ po ov 6G & Guana. tn sm 60%.
: : ee 4 erian, powd. 40@ 50 r
Soda eee or place where drinks are Paris Green _----- 32@ 48 Guana fee ee ret
mixed s oul h Glue, Brown —__.
d have two or more. ae Leaves | an Seeds o Brown Grd iso
Triple Nickel Finish High Speed Motor, - Buchu, powdered _@150 Anise ----~------- @ 35 Glue, aie ‘grd. “23 a
White P B H Sage, Bulk Sane 25@ 30 Anise, powdered a¢ 40 wen 23%Q 45
ite Porcelain Base. age, % loose —-- ( Bid i900 2 7 Glycerine ------
as Sage, powdered__ @ & Caney —........ 10@ 15 a oe isos cs
the most powerful, self-start- Senna, Alex. _._.. 75@ 80 Caraway, Po. .50 35@ 40 [odoform _.... 8 00@8 30
: Senna, Tinn. ..._ 30@ 35 Cardamon -_--__- @275 [ead Acetate _. 18@ 25
ing universal motor that co pag pow. ae e Galery. Does. “a — Lycopodium 50@ 60
Va Ural 2... 5 oriander pow. . Mace =
operates on 100-125 volts me 12%@ 20 Mace, powdered 7.
—— i, penne aan 00
Bennell _... 25 40
ACor DC, 25 to 60 cycles ge Lo. eee oe
’ : ss Bitter, Plax —-_--_____ O7%@ 12
aca 7 0@7 75 Flax, ground - 01%@ 12 Morphine“ i0 “a 3
Better Send Your Order In Almonds, OO ae Bee 3 1g Nux Vomica, pow. 1@ 25
artificial _...__ 0@4 25 DP ----------- Pepper black pow. 32 35
Toda at Almonds, Sweet, Lobelia, powd. -- @125 Pepper, White 40 45
y on 80@1 20 Mustard, yellow__ 15@ 25 Pitch, Burgundry 10@ 15
Onl $23 50 Each Almonds, Sweet, Mustard, black _- 15@ 20 Quassia _ 12 1b
y ‘ ac! imitation —---- ; aot 00 Quine w--------- 4 aa = Guanes 72@1 33
: : : mber, crude -_ 5 mee —. Rochelle Salts
With container No. 42 as shown in Amber, rectified 2 00@2 25 Kape -—---------- 20 ache ae “ =
picture free with each mi Sat 36 00 Sabaaiia caMey ge ie eine Sa se a 2
each mixer. Bergamont __---- 5 unflower __-__- a ah pe
4 Cajeput _.--.-_- 150@1 75 Worm, American 30@ 40 a. oa ro °
Send Today ae aa 400@4 25 Worm, Levant ---. 650 Soap’ mott ik ee =
= ae ee : as - Soap, white castile
coeeaeereeenneeteesnnenueetectocerssenenapesnessnsetnetenencocsnecenarenuennerectaseenantnateneteanaunaneseuseeneceweeneesns ——s ; ide 2 0
Please send me by Citronella ------ 1 50@1 75 Tinctures Soap, white castile ”
: State Express, Parcel Post, Next Order Cloves ~~--~----- 3 00@3 25 aoa 180 «leSs:, Per bar ---.. @1 30
sinus 1 Only Arnold Mixer No. 15 at $23.50 Each. a a @ Soda Ash -_-_-__- 3%@ 10
Cod Eiver —____ £oo@i i Aloés 2... | @1 45 Soda Bicarbonate 3 10
' N 0@2 25 5 2g
To Name ee ee Croton —..--__ 2 00@ Avich 2 @iio Soda, Sal -..__ 03@ 08
C @ :
‘ otton Seed -.__ 1 40@1 60 : : Spirits Camphor —~ @l 35
' Send Address __---------------------------------------------- GCubebs —-_--.-- 8 50@8 75 Asafoetida ------ @2 40 Sulphur, roll 3%@ 10
: ee oe inte oh ea Higeron _-__-—__ 3 00@3 25 Belladonna __--_- @1 35 Sulphur, Subl. ___ 04 10
y State. oe 25 5 ‘ } 1 @
es See are. 2 00@2 28 Gensein Compa 265 Tartar sometio — 10@ 18
S ial: é Z omp artar metic _. 70 %
HAZELTINE G PERKINS DRUG CO. Juniper Berries_ 2 25@2 60 Buchu ...._.____ @2 55 Turpentine, Ven. 50 ie
Manistee MICHIGAN Grand Rapids Juniper Wood. 1 50@1 75 Canthraradies -.- 285 Vanilla Ex. pure 1 75@2 25
Lard, extra -... 1 35@1 45 Capsicum --~---~_- 220 Witch Hazel -. 1 46@2 05
Lard, No. 1 ---. 1 26@1 35 Catechu ------_-- @175 Zinc Sulphate __ 06@ 16

 

 

 

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT

These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mail-
ing and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices, however,
are liable to change at any time, and country merchants will have their orders
filled at market prices at date of purchase.

——— SSS ee ~ = —~ -- - ——

ADVANCED DECLINED

Whole Cloves Some Prunes

Some Raisins Flake White Soap
White Pepper
Cayenne Papper
Quaker Milk
Beef

 

 

 

AMMONIA Shred. Wheat Biscuit 3 85 Beefsteak & Onions, s 2 75

arctic, 16 oz. 200 Vita Wheat, ize 1 80 Chili Con Ca., 1s 1 35@1 45

merciac, 32 or. ss BBS Post’s Brands. Deviled Ham, \s -._ 2 20

Quaker, 36, 12 oz., case 3 75 Grape-Nuts, 24s __.. 3 89 Deviled Ham, %s  -_. 3 60
i : Grape-Nuts, 100s __.. 275 Hamburg Steak &

Postum Cereal, 12s __ 2 25 Onions, No. 1 __._.-. 3 15

Post Toasties, 36s _. 285 Potted Beef, 4 oz. _-_ 1 10

Post Toasties, 24s __ 2 85 Potted Meat, 4% Libby 50

Post’s Bran, 24s ____ 270 Potted Meat, % Libby 90

Potted Meat, % Rose 85

BROOMS Potted Ham, Gen. % 1 85

Parlor Pride, doz. ___

00 Vienna Saus., No. 1 35
Standard Parlor, 23 Ib. *

Veal Loaf, Medium __ 2 30

CO
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>

  

  

Fancy Parlor, 23 Ib. 8 00
Ex. Fancy Parlor 25 Ib. 9 25
Ex. Fey. Parlor 26 Ib. 10 00 Baked Beans
SOY) 2 eb Campbells 2 15
Whisk, Ne. 3 275 Climatic Gem, 18 oz. 95
BRUSHES Fremont, Ne. 2: 20
Scrub paider, No. do = 95
Solid Back, 8 in. ___ 169 Sider, No. 2 _____ 4 35
Solid Back, 1 in. __.175 Van Camp, small ____ 85
Pointed nds ....._ _ 125 Yan Camp, Med. ___ 1 15
une Stove 1.
° Shaker 0 }
” galls, per foe Be 20) CANNED VEGETABLES.
4 < ne die So 7 vee 2 60 Asparagus.
BAKING Pneire ” Shoe No. 1, Green tips 4 50@4 75
Arctic 7 oz tumbler 1 35 Noo te 2 25 No. 24%, Lge. Green 4 50
: 7] ee 6 Oz 1 25 NG. 2D ees 3 00 W. Bean, CUS. 2a 22
Queen Blake: 16 of. 2 30 BUTTER COLOR y. Boe, © 6 aegis
Queen Flake, 100 Ib. Keg 11 Dandelion, —_--_____ -- 285 Green Beans, 2s 2 00@8 75
Queen Flake, 25 Ib. keg 14 Nedrow, 3 0z., doz. 2 50 sie oo :. "392 =
ey gee ee =a . 4 CANDLE Lima Beans, 2s, Soaked 95
Reval 12 on, don 5 2p ~peitic 14 = ig lbs. 12.1 Red Kid. No. 2 1 20@1 35
sicher rg pang Zz 31 20 Plumber, ibs. sks Beets, No. 2, wh. 1 75@2 40
Boost, "16 ‘oz, doz. 125 Paraffine, 6s -------_. 14% Beets, No. 2, cut ___ 1 60
° ~ 25  Paraffine, 128 _______. 14% Beets, No, 3. cut ____ 1 80
Mackine  — 40 Corn, No. 2, Ex stan 1 45

Tudor. ca. per box .. 30

Corn, No. 2, Fan. 1 60@2 25
SANNED FRUIT.

Corn, No. 2, Fy. glass 3 25

Apples, 3 lb. Standard 156 Corn, No. 10 --7 50@16 75
Apples, No. 10 __ 4 00@4 su Hominy, No. 3 100@1 15
Apple Sauce, No. 2_ 200 Okra, No. 2, whole _. 2 00

Okra, No. 2, ent 2 8)
Dehydrated Veg. Soup 90
Dehydrated Potatoes, lb 45
Mushrooms, Hotels ___ 45
Mushrooms, Choice ___ 55
Mushrooms, Sur Extra 70
Peas, No. 2, E. J. 1 65@1 80

Apricots, No. 1 1 35@1 90
Apricots, No. 2 ... 2 85
Apricots, No. 2% 2 60@3 75
Apricots, No. 10 __._ 8 00
Blackberries, No. 10 12 50
Blueber’s, No. 2, 1-75@2 50
Blueberries, No. 10.. 11 00

Cherries. No. 2 ~ 3 00@3 50 Peas, No. 2, Sift.,
Cherries, "9. 2% 4 00@4 - Sune 62 ig 90@2 10
Cherries, 110, 10 _ 19) Peas, No. 2, Ex. Sift.
Loganberries, No. 2 $8 0 = J. 8 60
feaches, No. 1 110@180 Peas, Ex. Fine, French 25
l'eaches, No. 1, Sliced 1 =. Pumpkin, No. 3 1 35@1 50
a eaches, No: 2 2 Bg Pumpkin, No. 10 4 50@5 60
WITH CHEESE AN vaches, No. 24% Mich 2 25 Pimentos, \%, each 12@14
em TN hus Poacher. 2% Cal. 3 00@3 75 Pimentos, %, each .. 27
1 caches, 10, Mich 6 50@6 60 Sw’t Potatoes, ete 2% 1 60
Hineapple, i sled 1 80@2 26 Saurkraut, No. 3 1 40@1 50

 

   
 
 

Jineapple, 2 gl. 38 10@8 25 Succotash, No. 2 1 65@2 50
P’apple, 2, br el. 2 75@2 85 Succotash, No. 2, glass : 80
Gum ee 70 «=}’apple, 2%, sl. 8 80@4 50 Spinach, No. 1 _.._. 1 10
art Drops 70 P’apple, 2, cru. --.. @3 00 Spinach, No. 2. 1 35@1 75
Caramels: 70 Pineapple, 10 cru. ~~ 1¢ 00 Spinach, No. 3__ 2 00@2 40
Sliced bacon, large __ 360 fears, No. 2 _.--__-- ¢.4) Spinach, No. 10__ 6 00@7 00
Sliced bacon, medium 3 25 l'ears, No. 2% __3 601438 15 Tomatoes, No. 2 1 30@1 60
Sliced beef, large -__.5 10 Plums, No. 2 — 1 254 : ty Tomatoes, No. 3 1 90@2 25
Sliced beef, medium _ 2 80 Plums, No. 2% _____ :y Tomatoes, No. 2 glass 2 60
Grape Jelly, large ___ 450 Raspberries No. 2, bik ‘s 1) Tomatoes, No. 10 6 50@7 00
Grape Jelly, medium__ 2 70 a ao Ju 13 vu
eanut butter, 16 oz. 470 Raspb’b, Blac
Peanuts butter, 10% oz 3 25 No. 10 _.. 11 50712 590 CATSUP.
Peanut butter, 6% oz.209 Bbubarh, Ne: 15 .- 4..: ae Small es 25
eanut butter, 314 oz. 1 25 illy Valley, 14 oz. __ 2 50
Prepared Spaghetti __ 1 40 Cam eae te 495 tabby, 4 oz >
Baked | beans, 16 oz... 1 49 Clam Ch, No. 3 3 00@3 40 Libby, SEC a
Clams, Steamed, No. 1180 Lily Valley, % pint 1 18
BLUING Clams. Minced, No. 1 2 50 Paramount, 24, 88 ___._. 1 4
Original Finnan Maddie, l0'oz. 330 Paramount, 24, 16s -— 2 40
: Clam Bouillon, 7 oz.. 250 Paramount, 6, 10s -_ 10 00
iy oncensed §=Pearl Chicken Haddie, No. 1275 Sniders, 8 oz. _______ =
eh Fish Flakes, small __ 135 Sniders, 16 oz. ______ 285
ii; Crown Capped Royal Red, 10 oz. ____ 1 40

Cod Fish Cake, 10 oz. 1 85

it Cove Oysters, 5 oz. __ 1 75
14 doz., 10c dz. 85 Lobster, No. 4%, Star 3 15 CHILI SAUCE
: Shrimp, 1, wet 2 10@2 25 Snider, 16 oz. ___..___ 3 35
3 dz. 5c, dz. 1 25 Sard’s, % Oil, ky 6 25@7 00 Sniders, 8 oz. ________ 2 35
BREAKFAST FOODS Sardines, % Oil k’less 6 00 Lilly Valley, 8 oz. _. 210
Cracked Wheat, 24-2 385 Sardines, % Smoked 7 60 [Lilly Valley, 14 oz. 3 00
Cream of Wheat --__ 690 Salmon, Warrens, %s 3 00 : as
Pillsbury’s Best Cer’l 2 20 Salmon, Red Alaska __ 2 95
Quaker Puffed Rice__ 560 Salmon, Med. Alaska 1 85 OYSTER COCKTAIL.
Quaker Puffed Wheat 4 30 Salmon, Pink Alaska 1 66 Sniders, 16 oz... 3 25
Quaker Brfst Biscuit 190 Sardines, Im. %, ea. re Sniders, 8 oz. ________ 2 35
Raiston Purina ___ 360 Sardines, Im., 25
Ralston Branzos  ___. 2 70 Sardines, Cal. __ i 6s@1 80 CHEESE
Ralston Food, large __ 360 Tuna, %, Albocore _. 95 Roquefort 59
en et eee. + Tuna, 48, Curtis, doz. 2 20 Kraft Bait aie oe 1 49
Tuna, %s Curtis doz. 350 kraft American _____ 1 40
Tuna, 1s, Curtis, doz. 700 (ili, small tins ___. 1 40
cA E se Pimento, small tins__ 1 40
Sicon, Mod. yBroccral 180 Roquefort, small tins 2 50
Bacon, Lge. Beechnut 3 15 oo. a tins ad
Beef, No. 1, Corned __ 275 Wisconsin ee
Beet. No. 1, co = 27% Wisconsin new ~~ 4
Beef, No. 2%, Bagle sli 1 25 Longhorn _______ Sean ie 2.
Beef, No. %, Qua. sli. 1 75 ee ee oo tg
Beef, 5 oz., Qua. ali. 250 New York Full Cream
Beef, No. : B’nut, sli. 510 Sap Sago --~------- -- 30

 

CHEWING GUM.

Adams Black Jack —_-. 65
Adams Bloodberry —_-- 65
Adams Dentyne _____-_ 65
Agams Calif. Mruit _—_ 65
Adams Sen Sen _______ 65
Beeman’s Pepsin __---_ 65
Beechonnt 70
Doubiemint __...- 65
satey Froit 65
Peppermint, Wrigleys -- 65
Spearmint, Wrigleys —- 65
Wrigieys P-K __-...._ 65
IPO ee 65
Teaperry. 220 eS 65
CHOCOLATE.
Baker, Caracas, \s 37
Baker, Caracas, 4s ~- 35
Hersheys, Premium, s 35
Hersheys, Premium, %s 36
Runkle, Premium, %s_ 29
Runkle, Premium, ¥%s_ 32
Vienna Sweet, 24s ___ 2 10
COCOA.
eunte: 5 oe 43
Bunte, 4% ib; 35
punto, ib, 200 32
Droste’s Dutch, 1 Ib... 9 00
Droste’s Dutch, % Ib. 4 75
Droste’s Dutch, % Ib. 2 00
Hersheys, ¥%s’ ~____---_ 33
Hersheys, %s —-_____-__ 28
Rue 36
Lowney, %8 _...________ 40
owney, “8S 2 40
Lowney, 4s 38
Lowney, 5 lb. cans -.. 31
mankies, 468 2 32
Runmides, 5 . m3
Van Houten, OB 75
Van Houten, %s ______ 75
COCOANUT.
4s, 5 lb. case Dunham 42
448, 6 ib. case ._..... 40
4s & %s 15 lb. case__ 41
Bulk, barrels shredded 21
48 2 oz. pkgs., per case 4 15
48 4 oz. pkgs., per case 7 00
CLOTHES LINE.
Hemp, 50 ft 5
Twisted Cotton, 50 ft. 1 75
Braided, 5) ft. 2 1D
sesh Cord oo 4 25

 

HUME GROCER CO.

ROASTERS

 

MUSKEGON, MICE

COFFEE ROASTED
Bulk
Rig.

SamtOs si0%8

Maracaibo
Gautemala

Java and Mocha ____ 41

Bogota

eee 41

Peavey 2. 3316

McLaughlin’s
Vacuum packed.
fresh. Complete
high-grade bulk

line

Kept-Fresh
Always

of

coffees.

W. F. McLaughlin & Co.,
Ch

icago

Coffee Extracts
M. Y., per 100

Frank’s 50 pkgs.
Hummel’s 50 1 Ib.

CONDENSED MILK
Leader, 4 doz.
Eagle, 4 doz.

MILK COMPOUND
Hebe, Tall, 4 doz. 1. 4
Hebe, Baby, 8 doz.
Carolene, Tall,
Carolene, Baby _____- 3

EVAPORATED MILK

 

Quaker, Tall, 4 doz. __ 4
Quaker, Baby, 8 doz. 4
Quaker, Gallon, % doz. 4
Blue Grass, Tall, 48 4
Blue Grass, Baby, 72 4
Blue Grass, No. 10 __ 4
Carnation, Tall, 4 doz. 4
Carnation, Baby, 8 dz. 4
Every Day, Tall ___ 4
Every Day, Baby ____ 4
bet, fan oe 4
Pet, Baby, 8 oz. —.--- 4

-- 10%

50

50

Bordenss, Tall —..:.. 490
Borden's: Baby =... 4 80
Van Camp, Tall —..4 90
Van. Camp, Baby .... 375
CIGARS
Lewellyn & Co. Brands
Dixeco
IDNR be 35 00
Wolverine, 50s  __-- 130 00
Supreme, o0s --_ 110 00
Bostonians, 50s .... 95.00
Pertectos, 50S .. 2 . | 95 00
Blants, S05 2 os 75 00
Concnas, 508 20. 75 06
Cabinets 505... == 72 08
Tilford Cigars
Tuxedo, 508 2 75. 08
Worden Grocer Co. Brands
Henry George —---..$37 60
Harvester Kiddies -. 37 50

Harvester Record B.__75 00
Harvester Delmonico 75 00
Harvester Perfecto_. 95 00

Websteretts _...-- 37 50
Webster Savoy ---. 75 00
Webster Plaza... 5 95 00
Webster Belmont_—-_110 00
Webster St. Reges__125 00
Starlight Rouse __-. 90 006
Starlight P-Club __ 150 00

La Azora Agreement 58 00
La Azora Washington 75 00
Little Valentine -_.. 37 50
Valentine Victory .. 75 00
Valentine DeLux -. 95 00
Valentine Imperial —_ 95 00

W3Ona 30.00
Clint ford 20 35 00
Nordac Triangulars,

2-20. per Mo ee 75 00
Worden’s Havana

Specials, 1-20, per M 75 00
Qualitiy First Stogie 18 50

CONFECTIONERY
Stick Candy Pails

Standard 2205 .
Jumbo Wrapped -_-.

Pure Sugar Stick 600s 4 on
Big Stick, 20 lb. case 21

Mixed Candy
Kindergarten —..... 19
duenger 2 18
mt OD 15
Brench Creams _.. 20
ameeO 2 22
(Srecers 22.2 as

Fancy Chocolates

5. lb. Boxes
Bittersweets, Ass’ted 1 75
Choe Marshmallow Dp 1 75
Milk Chocolate A A__ 2 00
Nibble Sticks 2
Primrose Choc.
No. 12 Choc., Dark
No. 12, Choc., Light _ 1 85

Chocolate Nut Rolls — 1 90

Gum Drops Pails
PRISC 22 e 17
Oranee Gums | 17
Challenge Gums ______ 14
Mavorte 250 20
SUpeTION — 2002 21

Lozenges. Pails
A. A. Pep. Lozenges 20
A. A. Pink Lozenges 20
A. A. Choe:

Lozenges 20
Motto Hearts: 27 21
Malted Milk Lozenges 23

Hard Goods.
Lemon. Drons |
O. F. Horehound dps. 20
Anise Squares
Peanut Squares oe
Horehound Tablets __ 20

_

Cough Drops Bxs.
Putnam’ Ss. 2 1 30
Smith Bros. 1 50

Package Goods
Creamery Marshmallows

4 oz. pkg., 12s, cart. 1 05
4 oz. pkg., 48s, case 4 00
Specialties.
Wainut Miudere 2 24
Pineapple Fudge ___. 22
Italian Bon Bons ______ 20
Atlantic Cream Mints__ 32

Silver King M. Mallows 32
Helio, Giram,; 248 3. 59
Walnut Sundae, 24; 5e 85
Neapolitan, 24, 5c __.. 85
Yankee Jack, 24, 5c _. 85
Gladiotor, 24; 10e —=:2 1 66
Mich. Sugar Ca., 24, 5c 85
Pal © Mine; 24, 6c 2 $5
Scaramouche, 24-10e_ 1 60

COUPON BOOKS

50 Economic grade _. 2 50
100 Economic grade __ 4 50
500 Economic grade 20 00
1,000 Economic grade 37 50

Where 1,000 books are
ordered at a time, special-
ly print front cover is
furnished without charge.

CREAM OF TARTAR
6 1b. boxes .-2 32

June 18, 1°
DRIED FRUITS
Apples
Hivap. Choice, bulk
Apricots
Evaporated, Choice ____ 1}
Evaporated, Fancy 2(
oe 15

Evaporated Slabs

Citron
10; 1b: box 22 48
Currants
Package, 1497, Ae
Boxes, Bulk, per lb. 17
Greek, Bulk, Ib. ____ 15%
Peaches

Evap. Choice, unp. _ 12
Eivap., Ex. Fancy, P. P. 17

Peel
Lemon, American _ 5
Orange, American ____ 26
Raisins
peeded) Bulle 10%
Seeded, bulk Calif. __ 10
Seedless, 15 oz. pkg. 12
Seedless, Thompson __ 101,
seeded, 15 0z. pke. __ 12
California Prunes
70@80, 25 lb. boxes __@08
60@70, 25 lb. boxes __@10
50-60, 25 lb. boxes __@12
40-50, 25 ib. boxes _ @i6
30-40, 25 lb. boxes __@17
20-30, 25 lb. boxes __@20
FARINACEOUS GOODS
Beans
Med. Hand Picked __ 05%
Cal. images 220 15
Brown, Swedish -___. 08%
xed. Kidney =... os
Farina
24 packages 2 10
Bulk, per 100 Ibs. _._ 05
Hominy
Pearl, 100 ib. sack __ 2 50
Macaroni
Domestic, 20 lb. box 08
Armours, 2 doz., 8 oz. 1 80
Fould’s, 2 doz., 8 oz. 1 80
Quaker, 2°doz. 22... 1 80
Pearl Barley
(Chester) 4 25
CO and 0000-0 20 6 CO
Barley Grits: _... =o 00
Peas
Scotch, lb. oo COS
split, 1b; yellow _..... 0%
Split Creen. oo 11
~ Sago
Mast Ingiag 2 oe a]
Taploca
Pearl, 100 lb. sacks __ 11
Minute, 8 oz., 3 doz. 4 05
Dromedary Instant __ 3 50

FLAVORING EXTRACTS

 

120 2: % ounee —. 1.65
165 <-1% eunce _ 2 20
275 ..-2% ounce .. 3 60
240 2 ounce —- 37-30
450 ___4 ounce . 6 00
715°. 8 ounce __ 10 90
15 00 ~__16 ounce —. 20 00
29 00 __.32 ounce —_ 38 00

Arctic Flavorings
Vanilla or Lemon
lL oz. “Panel, doz. 22. 700
2 OZ. Mat, dog. 22-8 2 00
3 oz. Taper, 40 bot. for 6 7

Smith’s

es
Flavorings
2 om Vania 222” 2 00
2 OZ, emon. oe 2 46
4 of. Vania 2 3 50
Jiffy Punch
6 007. Carton 22. 2 25

Assorted flavors.

Mason, pts., per gross 7 70
Mason, qts., per gross 9 00
Mason, % gal., gross 12 05
Ideal, Glass Top, pts. 9 20
Ideal Glass Top, qts. 10 80

gallon 15 25

 

 

 

 

   

 
 
        
      

 

 

 

 

  

  

   

June 18, 1924 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 29
+ Be GELATINE - Pint, Jars, dozen ___ 3 25 y Salt Meats Baker Salt, 280 Ib. bbl. 4 25 yiracl 9 dz 2 25 Maple.
tO saan $45 4 an Jan, pein, doz 235 2 p poe te 00@13 00 100, 3 Ib. ‘Table __-___ 6 07 ae a ie i dz 340 Michigan, per gal.___ 2 50
Knox’s Sparkling, doz. 2 25 5% oz. Jar, pl., doz. 1 60 é are GO 6 Ib. Eable 5 57 aE or 2 40 Welchs, per gal. -_--. 2 80
Knox’s Acidu’d, doz. 2 on. 9 oz Jax, plain, doz. 235 .... , ,. Sr oe ee 5 30 Queen Ann, 60 oz. -- 2 4 TABLE SAUCES
Minute, $ doz... AO; 20 02. Jar, Bl doz =) 4 25 Pure in tierces —----. 12% 28 tb. bags. Table .. 40 Rimso, 100 oz. ________ 5 15 : ,
. Plymouth, White __.155 ‘¢ 0z. Jar, Stu., doz. 1 90 60 Ib. tubs ----advance 4 Rub No More, 100 ,10 Lea & Perrin, large_- 6 00
Quaker, 3 doz 270 §& oz. Jar, stuffed, dz. 2 60 50 Ib, tubs ----advance % ne 6 ag ee & Perrin, small. 3 35
es 9 oz. Jar, Stuffed, doz. 3 60 20 Ib. bth ee S Rub Na Mote, (9 tg. 409 Veouet 9 i 66
2 uy - pe == < 8 et — Roya in eS
HORSE RADISH ae aes a oT eee 15 5 Ib. pails ___-advance 1. ss ap Cleanser, 48, 3.85  lobasco, 204. 4 4G
Per doz, 5 0z. 2-0 35 115 90 oz. Jar. stuffed dz. 700 3 Ib- pails ___.advance 1 Ss Flush, 1 doz. -. 225 Sho You, 9 oz., doz. 2 70
¢ * z Compound — 2002 + 18 Sani We EEE A-l, lavr@e 22. 5 20
JELLY AND PRESERVES PEANUT BUTTER. Suuadaan pe oe 3 15
Aa Pure, 30 lb. pails ooo. 4 00 = 2 1 Bologna 2 eee a a) 12% Mae e180 ied Sraahor. 100, 10 oe 4 00 €Caners 2 0f.. = 2 30
4 Imitation, 30 lb. pails 1 90 iver 2 12 Snowboy, 24 Large -. 4 80 TEA.
oe 7 of pean 7 Eee ors Se 16 ss af Sneedes, 3 doz 7 20 Japan. @
eee S39, Cle: ork _--______ — 18@20 Sunboite. 72 dex. ...._ 4 00 Medium ——______ 30@35
t JELLY GLASSES yc a ae a Wyandotte, 48 _-_---- 4m Gide Jot
ongue —______________ ass Waney 2 @7
5 om, per dem. 35 pipet! So a 14 Sa ae oprene No. 1 Nibie _._ salt
moke eats i : 1 lb. pkg. Siftings @17
. “s OLEOMARGARINE Hams, 14-16, Ib. _.21@ 24 irre Whole Spices. a
Kent Storage Brands. oe 2 Hams, 16-18, lb. __21@ 24 — Allspice, Jamaica ---- @13 Qioice ee -
Good Luck, 1 Ib. ---. 25% , | Bel Car-Mo Brand ae oes a CU Chaney 38@40
gr 5 ee ee 24 poe 2 vaSSla, Le -----— Ware
Good Lack, solid 1g 24 1 'lb. palla --. —=»- California Hams -12@ 18 five case jois 3 30 Cassia, 5c pkg. doz. @40 Ceylon
- “ oo ue kt oe 1, 2 oe Picnic Boiled a fae 309 Ginger, African ----- @15 Pekoe, medium -------~ 52
Gilt _Edee, 2 Ib. 12. 28” 5 Ib. pails 6 in crate Hams _----~--- 30 @32 2 ee Ginger, Cochin -__--_ @25 English Breakfast
f . Deli aes ib 22 14 ib pails : Boiled Hams  —__ 34 @37 Worcester Mace, Penane o.9.. -- @s0 Congou, Medium fou
Deli a 545 21Y, 25 lb. nats (Pe: Minced Hams -_ 14 @15 Mised, No. ft @22 Congou, Choice -_-. 35@36
oe eee Po ih ts Bacen 18 @30 Mixed, 5c pkgs., doz. @45 Congou, Fancy __.. 42@43
a Swift Brands. ae eee Beef Nutmegs, 70-80 ____-_@60 Oolong
: Gem Nee 24 PETROLEUM PRODUCTS Boneless ___. 23 00@24 00 Nutmegs, 105-110 ----@58 \edium 36
Special Country roll_- 27 Iron Barrels Rump, Lg ao fez 00 bomen Heck .. GU ca. 45
Perfection Kerosine __ 13.1 ince Meat. ; =-=—— = a
Ve) ee a Red Crown Gasoline, Condensed No. 1 car. 2 00 Fancy ----------------- 50
arloa Se eee Tank Wagon _____- 18.7 Condensed Bakers brick 31 Pure Ground In Bulk : , TWINE :
Gas Machine Gasoline 37:2 Moist in elass ._-_ 8 00 Allspice, | Jamaica --_ @16 Coton,t 3 ply cone ._ 30
Too M. & P. Naphtha 216 Pig’s Feet Cloves, Zanzibar ---- @45 Cotton, 3 ply balls —- 52
NUSO A; Gapito! Cylinder = 499 46 Dbis, ee 2 Cassia, Canton _____- @25 Wool, 6 ply 20
ay, NUE RCE Atlantic Red Engine__ 23.2 i bbis., 35 Ibs. 4 60 Ginger, African — == 388 VINEGAR
OLEOMARGARINE Wonter (lack 2.2. 13.2 2 ae SaaS eS Se ee “ 9 eee -------------- ee Cider, « as — a
ome ee tC CD 5 Mace, Penans = @s5 Whit Jine, 80 grain 22
(Po Tripe. bis. 3010 sks. 2 6 40 Nutmegs ___ -_.__ @o5 White Wine, 40 aa 17
oO arine Kis ibe go Bbis. 66-6.cks. 5 55 Pepper, Black _-__-_-- @18 ueiina
ORE ITY 1, pbs, 40 lps. 2 1 60 Bbis. 120-2% sks. -. 6 05 Pepper, White __ @30 No. 0 eee 15
1 % bbis., 80 lbs. ______ 300 100-3 Ib. sks. _-____ -_ 6 95 Pepper, Cayenne _ @2 Na i DOE ee ar (
Nucoa, 2 and 5 Ib.__ 24 Iron Barreis. aes per ane 2 a ee Ib. bulk: 429 Paprika. Spanish ____ @38 Se - Le ;
Pee 59.2 ecr, round set __._ PeeWee Gh ee as ee 3
MATCHES Mediom, 9.) Sts 61.2 Beef, middles, set_. 25@30 AA-Butter --______-_- 4 20 Ne tas Hole: a8 a -
Crescent, 144 : R75  Eleavy 2 ee 64.2 Sheep, a skein 1 75@2 00 Plaim 50-Ib. biks -_ Sa Seasoning e 4 aa
i : oe eS j av No. 1 Medium bbl 275 Chili Powder, 15c 135 Rochester, No. 2, doz.
Diamond, 144 box ___. 8 00 Special heavy ____--_- 66.2 NO: 4 - -- 4 fo 1 rowder, — Rochester. No. 3, doz. 2 00
Searchlight, 144 box 8 00 Extra heavy 69.2 RICE na, Tecumseh 70-lb. farm Celery Salt, 3 oz. _--_ 95 Rochester, No. 3, .
aoe ee a eae er ae -qg9 Kancy Blue Rose 74@7% sk. i o ( kayo. per doz. 80
Red Stick 720 le bxs 550 fransmission Oi) ...- 59.2 | De ee ee $2. Sage 2 ozs . 9
Digunond a ae Ge Tino ; ay 1.49 Fancy Head a Cases, Ivory, 24-2 cart 2 35 Onion Salt —__----____ 1 35 WOODENWARE
Red Diamond, 144 bx 6 00 Finol,.4 oz. cans, doz. 1.4 eres a is , :
Safet M tch Finol. 8 oz. cans, doz. 1.90 Broken --_----------- ” Bess 25 Ib No ft med 26 Garlic 2 1 36 Baskets
ot oe Parowax, 100, 1b, —=-= 7-9 ROLLED OATS Bags 25 Ib. Cloth dairy 40 Ponelty, 3% oz. ---- 325 Bushels, narrow band,
Quaker, 5 gro. case 415 barowax, 40,1 Ib. --- 81 §teel Cut, 100 Ib. sks. 350 5288 50 Ib. Cloth dairy 76 Kitchen Bouquet -_- 450 ~ wire handles -— 1 15
N os _— 4 85 Peru 9 Fe 8S Sie, Fike 2 pan ace «OOS COTO ID sacks 70 5 po eaves oo a0 Bushels, narrow band,
one Pees es 85 Quaker, 18 Regular __ 1 85 eo OZ. ------ 90 wood handles ‘_.-__
oe doz. case -- 3 50 Quaker, 12s Family N 2 75 SOAP savory, i of. = 99 bushels, wide band __ 1 90
Libby, Kegs, wet, tb. 22 Mothers, 12s, Il'num 325 am. Family, 100 box 6 00 aie 3% _ 99 Market, drop nanaie s
MOLASSES. Silver Flake, 18 Reg. 1 45 Export, 120 box __.. 4 90 , . ooo- salah ane ran - .
oo tL Miike White, 100 box 4 15 eranct niet dae. ae
packs, JV ib. Cotton -- » Fels Naptha, 700 box 5 50 ee 7s) ae Be
pepeedoie oe ee ee tO Kingsford <0 Ibs 11% ne pa ag Dene ate
Holland Rusk’ Co. Kub Nw More White eels ee eT fa ee eo
Brand ate 1 ter 5 Lowdee bees _ Churns.
36 roll packages __... 4 25 Swift Classic, 100 box 4 40 eo. aa DEBS. 439 Barrel, 5 gal., each. 2 40
18 roll packages ____- 215 20 Mule Borax, 100 bx 755 6ityer 40-1 7 Barrel, 10 gal., each-_ 2 55
36 carton packages __ 4 75 Wool, 100 box 2) 6 50 Nae SS 3 to 6 gal., per gal.  I6
18 earton packages __ 2 40 Hairy, 100 box ____- 6 50 Egg Cases.
o SECA. aus Jap Rose, 100 box ____ 7 $5 Avoca. 48.1 ee 3.99 No. 1, Star Carrier__ 5 00
Ye ] 4ATSO, ZO, . BM = T Q - :
fee ee OG Ane Os i. fee — te Ne 2 Star Comer
SAL SODA Guseon 5 95 Argo, 8 5 lb. pkgs. --- ° No. 2. Star Egg Trays 9 00
Granulated, bbls. --__ 200 pummo, 100 box __-_ 4 85 See oo Sil ie ee Lip Mop Sticks
E Granulated, 100 lbs. es 2 25 Sweetheart, 100 box _5 70 Jlastic, 64 pkg a cde ade 2 00
Gold Brer Rabbit Semdac, 12 pt. cans 2 80 Granulated, 36 2% lb. Grandpa Tar, 50 sm. 200 Tiger, 48-1 ---------- 350 Troje t i SS 2
5 rr Semdac, 12 qt. cans 4 1E yackages 2 25 T 50 1 g45 ‘Tiger, 50 Yos; 05% Eclipse patent spring
No. 10, 6 cans to case 5 55 packag Grandpa Tar, ge. No. 2, pat. brush hold 2 00
No. 5, 12 cans to case 5 80 PICKLES : COD FISH ue Quaker Hardwater oe CORN SYRUP. Tieat No. aia peti 1 25
No. 2%, 24 cans to cs. 6 05 2 Medium Sour ‘ Middles ees ------ o V2 (Cocoa, (28, box -- 2 70 if om. Cot. Mop Heade % 56
No. 1%, 36 cans to cs. 5 00 Bdtrel, 1,200 count __ 19 25 Tablets, 1 Ib. Pure ~~ 19% Fairbank Tar, 100 bx 4 00 ia aa. Ct Mon Bean 3 ©
Green Brer Rabbit Half bbls., 600 count " a Tablets, 4% lb. Pure, va pues Ecae. 100, ae 6 7 oo ook
‘ 10, gallon Kegs —.__-- G6z. 22 0 cakes free ______ 8 : | 8
No. aS oN c pee ; Ps . Sweet Small Wood boxes, Pure _--- 28 Williams Barber Bar, 9s 50 10 qt. Galvanized __.. 2 50
No. 5, 12 cane . 4 79 30 gallon, 3000 __-_-- 43 00 Whole €od =. 11 Williams Mug, per doz. 48 12 qt. Galvanized -____ 2 75
ae oe ee atom, oe 8 Holland Herring 14 qt. Galvanized —_-- 3 00
Ne fe, 4 ee Dill Pickles. Mixed Kees . = 1 15 Gani 12 gt. Flaring Gal. Ir. 5 00
Aunt Dinah Brand. 600 Size, 15 gal. __-. 12 00 Queen, half bbls. --- 8 25 Proctor & Gamble. 10 qt. Tin Dairy ---. 4 50
No. 10, 6 cans to case 3 00 PIPES @Queen. bhis | 2? 16 00 12 qt. Tin Dairy --.. 5 00
No. > ve Oo case : 7 Cob, 3 doz. in bx. 1 00@1 20 Milkers, kegs -------- : _ a eer aes ae a Traps
No. 2%, ore ee ee Y. M. Kegs -___----- 5 ; ? ae Mouse, wood, 4 holes -_. 60
No. 1%, 36 cans oe cs. 3 00 J ae 49 Y. MM. half bbls. 2 oe nee a — ae . GOLDEN: CRYSTALWHITE: MAPLE Mouse, wood, 6 holes _- 70
New Orleans Blue Rippon on % Me Bee OC sok, Bika ~“id0s a Os Penick Golden Syrup Mouse, tin, 5 holes ---_ 65
Fancy O Kettle 68 Bicycle 4 50 Herring = D 6 16 He caus a60 Hak wood 1 00
Chates pen e org POTASH ———=— K K K K, Norway __ 29 a Ivory Soap Flks., 50s 4 10 12, Se 3 10 Gt ane 1 0°
Se eee ee Sahbitt’s 2 doz 7 © ip pals -- 2 0 ‘a eh ai. 293 Mouse, sprine —__
- + hele 2 32 Babbitt’s 2 doz. —------ 2 75 Cut Linehk 2... 95 CLEANSERS. ao ia ap onae fe 2 20 Tub
Half barrels 5c extra FRESH MEATS Boned, 10 Ib. boxes __ 27 2, ------ oe Ons a
S Molasses in Cans. Beet. : Lake Herring Crystal White Syrup Large Galvanizec 7 aa
Dove, 36. 2 lb. Wh. LI: 5 60 Top Steers & Heif. 15142@16 1 6bbE, 100 Ibs. ---_ 6 50 @ oth cana 3 40 Medium Galvanized -.- 79
Dove, 24, 2% lb Wh. L. 5 20 Good Steers & Hf. M@15i4 Mackerel Cen 3 60 Small Galvanized _.-_ 6 50
e : sabe “36 . i: Black 43 Med. Steers & H’f. 12%@14 Tubs, 100 lb. fncy fat _ 50 24° 934 Ib cane 8! 8 75 Washboards
. ~ Powe. 34. 21% Ib. Black 3 90 Com. Steers & H’f. 10@12% Tubs. 60 count =. 5 75 4 4 Ih cate 955 Banner Globe 5 75
Dove, 6,10 Ib. Blue L 4 45 Cows. White Fish Brass, single -.___- 6 00
Palmetto, 24, 2% Ib. 465 Top ------------------ 12% Med. Fancy, 100 lb. 13 00 Penick Maple-Like Syrup Glasa - sineie 26s
Dt oe SHOE BLACKENING. ie a = 432 Double Peerless _----- 9 00
NUTS. Nedium = =. - zZ in 1, Paste, doz. —. 1 35 12, 5 cans --_-.-- - 455 Single Peerless ------ 7 50
Whole Common ——-_---______ 09 E. Z. Combination, dz. : “ 24, 24% lb. cans —_---- 450 Northern Queen _— & 50
Al aco ah 20 Veal. Dri-Foot; doz. —__-- 24, 1% Ib. cans ----- 205 miversal 222) 7 23
B a ie ee 13 Top 14%) Biebys, Doz i 35 Caen Window Cleaners
mee : oo 2 30 Good 9. 13 Shinela. doz 25 90 Rive Have. No. 1% oi 65
Filbexts, Sicily es 745 Medium -------------- il STOVE ee Pa ee : oa a 1 85
peta ae OO Lamb. Blackine, per doz. -. 1 Wi bl 2 eG a 2 30
cork ine Silk Liquid: de 1 40 Cleans StoU! eee eee
ee a, ae ie edie __ 30 Black Silk Paste, doz. 1 25 “CRUBS-poLIS ae (36 wh OO ae
Pie sae ee ce Oe 22 Enamaline Paste, doz. 1 35 “Fitz, ed Baro. Heli a a ee 3 00
Poca Ie 93 Mutton. Enamaline Liquid, dz. 1 35 TRICK BRE. = ark. , 265 19 in. Butter —--------- a as
pecans, pubo i 14 E Z Liquid, per doz. 1 40 Hie Scie 6 ao
Walnuts. Navies -. 22 Medium 9 - _..____ 12% Radium, per doz. .-__ 1 85 Rod Haig No. 16, % + I DOCee es a
OO ee eee 08 Rising Sun, per doz. 1 35 — 9 46 WRAPPING PAPER
. “— a 17 Pork. ns 654 Stove namic), 1: 2 oe 80 can cases, $4.80 per case oe oe Fibre, Manila, white 05%
fancy, NO. -------- }¢ Heavy hoes 222 Vulcanol, No. 5, doz. 5 Imt. Maple lavor. No. t Milne 7 6s
Jumbo ---------------- 23 Medium hogs __------ 10% Vulcanol, No. 10, doz. 1 35 WASHING POWDERS. Orange, No. 1%, 2 doz. 3 05 Butchers Manila _-_- 06
Shelled. Tight Hors 22050 Ue 10 Stovoil, per doz. ---- 3 00 Orange. No. 5, I doz 455 wage 08
Almonds —_____-_____- 48 Boing ee 13° : SALT. Bon Ami Pd, 3 dz. bx s . Maple. Kraft Stine... 09%
Peanuts, Spanish, Butis = es 15% Colonial, 24, 2 lb. «»- 95 Bon Ami Cake, 3 dz. 2 Green Label Karo,
195 lb. bape 224-2) 46 Shoulders _.___-» -- tite Loe Cab., lodized, 24-22 40 Climaline, 4 doz. ---- 4 a 9 of, 2 doz... 5 19 YEAST CAKE
Witherts (3 32 Elis 2 17 Log Cabin 24-2 lb. case 190 Grandma, 100, 5c ---- 4 0 Green Label Karo, Waaio § dus. 2 70
Pecans = 90 Spareribs -—----------- 10 Med. No. 1, Bblis. --- 2 80 Grandma, 24 Large - 4 KP 5% Ib., 1 doz. ---- 840 Sunlight, 3 doz. —----- 2 70
Walnuts -------------- 60 Neck bones --_--- --- 05 Med. No. F 100 > be a Gold Dust, “ ae Maple and Cane Sunlight, 1% doz. --—- 1 35 :
ae Sees ; Gold Dust, aeeC 5 Yeast foam, 3 doz. -.
OLIVES. PROVISIONS ‘Packers Meat, 56 Ib. 63 Gaiden Hod. 24 425 Kanuck, per = a 16 Focat Woame, I doa 1%
Bulk, 2 gal. keg --_- 3 20 Barreled Pork Crushed Rock for ice i tin 4 60 —— Bird, 2% Ilb., oa
. ie Bulk, 3 gal. keg ---. 4 65 Clear Back __ 23 00@24 00 cream, 100 lb., each a La ¥ ne Sa ‘(a1 « es oo 7 YEAST—COMPRESSED
Bulk, 5 gal. keg -.-_ 7 50 Short Cut Clear 22 00@23 00 Blocks, 50 Ib. ---.-__- = a 3 75 — ,  * 4200 Fleischman, rer doz. ._ 30
Quar, Jtars, dozen -_ 5 00 Clear Family. 27 00@28 00 Butter ‘Salt, 280 Ib. bbl. 4 60 Luster Box, 54 ------ OZ.  ------------ ==

 

 

30

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

June 18, 1924

 

Proceedings of St. Joseph Bankruptcy

Court.

St. Joseph, June 9—Charles H. Russell,
a laborer of Vicksburg, filed a voluntary
petition and was adjudicated bankrupt.
The matter was referred to Referee Ban-

yon. The schedules of the bankrupt dis-
close no assets above his statutory ex-
emptions. The following are listed as

creditors: :
Folmer & Lawrence, Vicksburg

_-$128.00

Pr Oswalt, Vicksbure = 400.00

D. Hoak, Vicksburg en

Folmer & Lawrence, Vicksburg __ 850.00
Carlette Stone Lumber Co., Kala-

Meee 2 85.00

C. Barhite, Stevens, Kalamazoo 1,000.00

Lillian Mack Williams, Kalamazoo 65.00
Lowe Elevator, Vicksburg _ $1.00
White Brothers, Scotts sis 161.00
Grant Shoup, Schoolcraft _________ 31.00
Orin & Goldsmith, Vicksburg _- 121.00
em. ©. Reishel, Vicksburg 56.00

Edwards & Chamberlain, Vicksburg 85.00
Wm. Godshalk, Vicksburg _______ 125.00

Judge Clapp, Vicksburg ______ 150.00
Norma Harper, Vicksburg 20.00
a J. paper, Climax = 250.00
ia: Miner, Vieksbur §§=§ = == 192.00
Andrew Choporis, Kalamazoo ~ 500.00
Mr. Grisby, Kalamazoo S 10.00
Nettie Fraser, Vicksburg Beep
E. W. Carter. Viekshbure _—=s_—i‘“‘“ ss. GB
Charles Brown, Vicksburg _- 66.00
$4,746.00

June 11. In the matter of Guy E. Ha-
zen, bankrupt, of Kalamazoo. an order

was made calling the first meeting of
ereditors at the latter place June .25 for
the purpose of proving claims, the elec-
tion of a trustee, the examination cf the
bankrupt and the transaction of such
other business as may properly come be-
fore the meeting.

In the matter of the College Inn, bank-
rupt, of Kalamazoo, the trustee was di-
rected to file his final report and account
for the purpose of calling the final mieet-
ing of creditors and for payment of ad-
ministration expenses, a final dividend
and the closing of the estate.

June 12. In the matter of Charles EF.
Gleason, bankrupt, of Kalamazoo, an or-
der was made calling the first meeting
of creditors at the latter place for the
purpose of proving claims, the election
of a trustee, the examination of the
bankrupt anl the transaction of such

other business as may properly come be-
fore the meeting.

June 13. Based upon the petition of
Jalkoff Brothers, Inc., of New York City,
Harry L. Rosenberg & Brother. M. Stru-
meyer & Son a corporation, of the same
place, and Max Benisen, of Kalamazoo,
doing business as the Great Lakes Fur

Co., were adjudicated bankrupts and the
matter referred to Referee sanyon, who
was also appointed receiver, and who
made an _ order appointing Roscoe G.
Goembel, of Kalamazoo, custodian, and

also an order for the bankrupts to pre-
pare and file their schedules.

June 14. In the matter of Cora Speyer,
bankrupt, of Kalamazoo, the final meet-
ing of creditors was held at the referee’s
office, and the trustee's final report and
account were considered and approved
and allowed. The referee directed that
the administration expenses as filed by
the trustee be paid. A final dividend of
11% per cent. was declared and ordered
paid. The final dividend list of creditors
was filed and the final order of distribu-
tion entered. The trustee was directed
not to file obiections to the bankrupt’s
discharge. Credjtors having been direct-
ed to show cause why a favorable certi-
ficate as to the bankrupt’s discharge
should not be made by the referee, and
no cause having been shown, it was de-
termined that such favorable certificate
be made.

In the matter of Joseph E. Schensul
and Bert L. Kitchen, doing business as
the College Inn, a co-partnership, the

trustee filed his final report and account,
showing total receipts of $873.75 and
disbursements of $439.79, with a balance
on hand of $433.96, with request that the
final meeting of creditors be called for
the purpose of the payment of a final
dividend, the administration expenses and
closing the estate.

The Michigan Fruit Packing Corpora-
tion, of Bangor, filed a voluntary petition
and was adjudicated a bankrupt and the
matter referred to Referee 3anyon, Frank
D. Bryant, of Grand Rapids, was appoint-
ed receiver upon filing a bond of $5,000,
which was approvd by the district judge.
The schedules of the bankrupt disclose
the following creditors:

Secured, Prior or Preferred Creditors.
Waverly Township, Van Buren

Contig ooo Ola 68
3ainbridge Township, Berrien

OU 2 88.65
Lawrence Township, Van Buren

OU 200.15
Bloomingdale Township, Van Bu-

Men: Sy 158.54
Bangor Township, Van Buren

Ce 121.85
med Siar, Bangor 129.50
M. E. Britten, Benton Harbor __ 64.20
ma. ©: Ward Bangor =. 400000
Citizens State Bank, So. Haven 13,000.00
Guy E. Howard, Bangor ______ 450.00
Coloma State Bank, Coloma __ 4,000.00

Stevensville State Bank, Stevens-

Wee 4,000.00
Gore & Harvey, Benton Harbor 2,500.00
Farmers & Merchants Bank, Ben-

ton Marbor 2,000.00
Mortgagees names not known __ 9,375.00

Continental Can Co., Chicago _ 25,000.00

$65,332.92

Ackley-Sherrod, Bangor __________ $ 10.14
Unsecured Creditors.

Ace Chemical Co., Milwaukee ____ 36.50
Anderson Barngrover Mfg. Co.,

CAR 3.85
Albert Bacon, Chicago =. 998 90
Brown & Graves, Bloomingdale___ 3.14
Bloomingdale Telephone Co.,

Bipominedale os 33.80
Leader, Bloomingdale 7.25
C. Benson, Blakesburg. Iowa ____ 2.25
Bangor Fruit Growers Exchange,

ampere 13.53
Jonun Blank & Sen 2 2. =! i
Bangor Co-Operative Association__ 62.37
Charles W. Bauermeister Co., Terre

eeAte 1.50
Biklin Winzer Grocer Co., Burling-

NON, ACW 31.13
Blue Valley Mercantile Co., Beatrice,

Nenmasks = Be
Paul Bubanovich, Watervliet ______ 11 %5
Nick Burghardt, Eau Claire ____ 4.75
Benton Center Fruit Assn., Benton

AAATOr 331.13
S member (0. ee 1.42
George A. Brown, Lawrence ____ 96.54
Berrien County Package Co., Eau

laws 27.00
3angor Advance, Bangor __________ 249.15
Jos. Bitmpel Covert — = 12.50
Calvert Lithographing Co., Detroit 77.04
Canner Publishing Co., Chicago __ 19.00
Charleston Grocery, Charleston,

WRCRE Vao 27.41
Canners Exchange Subscribers,

CRiGARG ee 173.75
Campbell-Holton Co., Bloomington,

aOR ee 13.89
Albert Collins, Watervliet _____ 1.00
Church Brothers, Bangor _______ 93.57
Citizens State Bank, South Haven 152.18
Chapman Store, Lawrence ________ -90
J. (navelny, Lawrence «= 29.92
Davis-Mason England Co., Jackson 12.45
De Haven Store, Bangor =. 9.50
Dunkley Co., South Haven ______2,131.96
W. T. Davis & Co., Comstock _ 2400
Detroit Commerce Co., Detroit __ 342.96
>. DanGeid, Bangor: 2.50
Emmet Bros, Bangor ____- eee 190.50
Eau Claire Basket Co., Eau Claire 27.00
Elliot Brokerage Co., Bluefield,

fA ee 238.14
Forbes Stamp Co., Grand Rapids __ 1.60
A. Brey & Son, Paris 5.83
W. Freestone, Bangor §«. 94.00
G. R. Wood Finishing Co., Grand

BAQIGS 9 45.01
Gould, Wells & Blackburn, Madison 131
Green Bros. Mercantile Co., Cleve-

EV ee ~ 134.96
Garland €Co., Cleveland 26.00
Gannon Grocer Co., Marquette __ 5.69
Grigg, Cooper & Co, St. Payl -_—«-§ 09
Groneweg & Schoentgen Co., Coun-

cu Binks =... a 29.12
Henken--Bovie Co., Gallipolis ____ 216.73
Hayden Supply Co., Grand Rapids 39.13
m 3. Burnes, Omaha 5.19
Harders Stationery Store, Chicago 25.17
C. J. Hosier Electric Co., Bangor 1.40
Horner Gaylor Co., Bangor ______ 117.87
Hasserot Co., Clarksville, W. Va. 26.93
pieve Hunt, Bancor = 2.85
freq Mentzel, Bangor 13.50
a WW. mann SGaneor = = = 1.75
=m F. ll, Bangor = 17.50
Illinois Wholesale Grocers Co.,

Rock Island -56
Ideal Stencil Machine Co., Belle-

wale, TN ee 19.50
Joyce-Laughlin Co., Peoria ______ EBL
Clarence M. Jennings, Lawrence__ 15.14
Johnson-McQuinn, Chicago ______ 64.90
KE. J. Jewell, Bangor 5.45
Rudolph Kreiger, Watervliet -____——_ 7.00
Kidd, Daer & Price,-Benton Harbor 900.76
Kathe, Wells, Bauer Co., Indian-

ADOUS 62 a ee 2.77
Kellogg-Burlingame Co., Grand

Bags 6.13
Oscar Karmsem, BaAmPOr 09
Lewis Hubbard Co., Kalamazoo 7.36
Locker Service Station, Bangor __ 105.31
Lockway-Stouck Paper Co., Benton

Harbor ee ee 9.50
3arney Langlotz, Bangor _________ 40.70
Lawrence Times, Lawrence ______ 15.06
Lawrence Co-Operative Co., Law-

TOO 88 a
Linn Lewis, Bangor 285.30
Linse Brokerage Co., Chicago ____ 5.23
Lawrence Battery Service Station

OO. cece 11.40
John Lynch, Bangor = 9098
Mt. Vernon Grocery Co., Mt. Vernon 111.35
Moskowitz, Bangor =. 5.85
Matoaka Grocery Co., Matoaka,

West Va 2 58.95
McCord Brady Co., Omaha ________ 5.78
McGowan Home Garage, Lawrence 7.79
C. J. Moore Grocer Co., Sioux City 44.48
Creighton McDowell, Lawrence 8.00
Melvin & Son, Lawrence ______ 8.71
E. J. Merrifield, Bloomingdale ___ 118.21
Michigan Gas & Electric Co.,

Dhree Ravens 12.32
J. G. Miller, Banpor 160.62
National Grocery Co., Detroit 75.80
N. Y. Store Mere. Co., Cairo ____ 8.19
Norton & Rowe, Lawrence ______ 8.80
C. 3. Nichols, Chicago — oo c.. 1.26
Parton & Gallagher Co., Omaha__ 5.83
J. C. Perry Co., Indianapolis ______ 6.07

Pekin Printing Co., South Haven 8.25
Pikeville Grocer Co., Pikeville, Ky. 10.00
Pere Marauette Ry. Co., Detroit__ 30.00
Reid-Murdoch Co., Chicago ______ 20.00
Ranney-Davis Mercantile Co.,

AmeansAR ity 60.63
Rockford Wholesale Grocers, Rock-

FOR: TM ee 21
; £. Bovyston & Co., Aurora = 8:28
S. E. S. Garage, Bloomingdale __ 3.50
South Bend Supply Co., South Bend 1.08
Nw #. Stermamen, Bangor: 6.11
©. DB. Shafer Co. Athens Ohio _. 1.28
S. C. Shannon Co., Appleton, Wis. .28
Spayde & Sons, Bloomingdale ____ 5.85
Seeger-Bodden-Hepler Brok Co.,
Kanes Gily 9 185.30
Steel-Wedeles Co., Chicago ______ 2.65
Sprague-Warber Co., Chicago ___ 88.71
Masry Sells; Waterviiet 6.05
Walt Swain; Waterviict 8.75
a. Seherer, Waterviiet 2. 61.98
5. W. Silver, Waterviict =. 3.50
Standard Oil Co., Grand Rapids __ 71.05
Sprague Canning Machine Co., :
Cnieaee 22.50
sherrod & Sons, Bangor 30.47

Stationers Engraving Co., Chicago 23.55

Tenser & Phipps, Pittsbure _-_ 77.78
Tri-State Wholesale Grocers Co.,
Renova, West Va. 2 2 1.48
Tisch-Hine Co., Grand Rapids ___ 47.00
T. Thompson & Son, Lawrence __ — 98.02
Tolerton, Warfield & Co., Sioux City 1.47

Texaco Service Station Co., Bangor 269.72
Theison-Clemens Co., Bangor 19.05
John Tisak, Waterviicet 2.16
A. B. Vierbome & Son, Lancester,

RONG) 1.67
Van Buren Telephone Co., Bangor 43.72
300. Vencick, Bangor. 2.0.9): 235 125
Waters-Channel Grocer Co., Elgin 63.97
Wood & Bennett Co., Cairo ____ 38.16
A. W. Wakeman, Gangor =. 149.64
Charlies Wright, Bangor 1.62
The S. Zollinger Co., Piqua ____ 1.42
Western Union Tel. Co., Grand

Ras 5.56
Brownsville Cannery Co., Corvalis,

Oreo ee 18.00

Thomas J. Cavanaugh, Paw Paw 1,543.80
Currier-Lee Warehouse Co., Chi-

CARO ee ee 1.50
Everett B. Clark Seed Co., Milford,

Conn: “ad
Sprague-Sells Corp., Hoopeston, Ill. 22.50
P. ©. Shrover, Baneor -.-  . 62.75
Albert HM. Bacon, Chicago ____ 1,513.28
Corlett & Stone Co., Lawrence __ 443.39
Bangor Produce Co., Bangor ____ 43.65
J. Foster Co., Fort Smith, Ark.__ 300.00

Lawrence Paper Co., Lawrence,
Mamas 2,221.08
Winifield Wholesale Grocery, Wi-
Chita, Mamsan 6 593.50

Peoples State Bank, Bloomingdale 3,750.00
Henry Knives, Bloomingdale ____ 53.00
Edmund Rodewald, Bloomingdale__ 216.00
A. P. Dean, Eau Claire 300.00
Barclay, Ayers & Bertsch, Grand

RAMS 165.08

P. Dean, Hau Ciaire 207.90
J. M. Paver Co., Chieaen 3,000.00
Andrew Paul, Watervliet 44.54
CA. date, AWatervilet oo 65.00
Adam Knifely, Watervliet ____ 172-38
Charles Knifely. Eau Claire ______ 61.25
teuben Treblecock, Eau Claire __ 172.68

 

 

$24,197.46
Assets.
teal estate. consisting of farms
in Berrien, Allegan, Van Buren
county, buildings at Bangor
and Benton Harbor valued at $51,850.00

Bills and promissory notes ____ 500.00
Cash on hand 271.00
Machinery, tools, ete. __.. 5,850.00
$58,471.00

—_~>+- o___

Proceedings of the Grand Rapids
Bankruptcy Court.

Grand Rapids, June 10—On_ this day
were received the schedules in the mat-
ter of Powell Electropure Creamery Co.,
3ankrupt No. 2492. The schedules are
filed in response to an order of the court
on receipt of the involuntary case. The
assets of the bankrupt are set at $6,-
768.87, and liabilities of $42,222.78. The
first meeting of creditors has been called
for June 24. <A list of the creditors of
the bankrupt is as follows:

City of Grand Rapids > ATZAL
Mrs. Leo Powell, Grand Rapids__ 637.00
Leo Powell, Grand Rapids ______ 1,155.00
Thomas Tylinski, Grand Rapids 100.00
Stanley Tylinski, Grand Rapids __ 20.00
Leo Misner, Grand Rapids ______ 28.00
National Cash Register Co.,

Grpnd Banigs 6 700.00
J. W. Gadd -Co., Detroit 500.00
V. C. Motor Car Co., Grand Rapids 382.35
King Bros., Grand Rapids ____ 60.00

Kent State Bank, Grand Rapids 16,600.00

Home Builders Corp., Grand Rap. 2,400.00
G. R. Sereen Co., Grand Rapids 380.00
Westerlin & Campbell, Grand R. 679.53
KE. J. Powell, Grand Rapids ____ 350.61
J. Holstege, Hudsonville ________ 256.04
L. Host, Grand Rapids __________ 138.65
G. HMofacker, Marne ===. 143.24
M.. Me@e, Alpine 2. 167.49
D. M. Jenison, Jenison _________ #- 4152.97
John Koert, Hudsonville ________ 194.26
J. se, Alene 79.98
i. Knoper, Zecland 2 209.35
Geo. Lowing, Hudsonville ____.._ 203.29
F. Meyers, Hudsonville __________ 620.15
McEachron & Hall, Hudsonville 1,817.40

Chas. Norton, Grand Rapids -. 751.85

H. Nyenbrink, Hudsonville ______
J. Overway, Zeeland
KO PPTs, “Aeeiand
Frank Quick, Zeeland ________ |
A. Robinson, Zeeland
mR. Roan, Zeeland.
H. Robinson, Zeeland _________
J. Spoelman, Hudsonville ________
L. Sterken, Hudsonville ________
H. Sietsema, Coopersville ________

A. sargent, Marne
i. Swarts, Zeeland 2!
J. Timmers, Hudsonville _______

D. Ter Haar, Hudsonville
Harry Hooper, Grand Rapids ____
Hudsonville Lumber Co., Hudson-
ville
Hudsonville Creamery Co., Hud-
sonville
J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co., Indian-
apolis
Hazeltine & Perkins Co., Grand R.
K. C. Klumpp, Grand Rapids
C. E. Ketchum Co., Chicago
Kopp Wagon Co., Grand Rapids__
Lamb Glass Co., Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Lexar Mfg. Co., Chicago
Leitelt Iron Works, Grand Rapids
Mich. Street Car Adv. Co., Detroit
C. W. Mills Paper Co., Grand R.
H. H. Miller Ind. Co., Canton __
M. R. Rubber Co., Grand Rapids
Michigan Bell Tel. Co., Grand R.
National Sheet Metal Works,
Grand Rapids 202g
Northwestern Weekly, Grand R.
National Certificate Corp., New Y.
Leo J. O'Riley, Grand Rapids __
Phoenix Sprinkler Co., Grand R.
M. Proos, Grand Rapid s________
Reliance Press, Grand Rapids __
Geo. F. Rogers, Grand Rapids __
Rockford Creamery Co., Rockford
Richmond Stamp Works, Grand R.
L. Smith Typewriter Co., Grand
Rapids
J. L. Sommer Mfg. Co., Newark,
No

Standard Auto Co., Grand Rapids
Joe Scholten, Grand Rapids ____
D. Stoll & Son, Grand Rapids __
South End News, Grand Rapids
Sethness Co., Chicago
Standard Oil Co., Grand Rapids
Standard School Fixture Co.,
Grand Rapids = 2
Sisters of Good Shepard, Grand
Rapids
W. B. Tennis, Grand Rapids
Mrs. Lottie Tylinski, Grand Rap.
Toledo Scale Co., Toledo ________
Unique Illustrating Co., New York
Vander Werf Ptg. Co., Grand Rap.
Vigil Pub. Co., Grand Rapids ____
West Drug Store, Grand Rapids
Western Union Tel. Co., Grand R.
West Side Trans. Co., Grand Rap.
Dr. C. F. Woolston, Grand Rapids

205.69
122.76
30.71
117.44
180.97
67.99
46.36
126.35
329.46
94.91
131.61
167.30
11.46
163.25
77.00

45.71
38.21

23.90
26.60
94.10
21.50
34.25
80.77
31.25
22.60
249.50
992:
210.00
5b 21
14.54

4.00
131.65
60.00
49
148.66
110.25
3.00
3.13
516.00
3.60

1.00

100.00
35.89
93.10
44.31
30.00

399.18

364.4]

300.98
10.00

14.68
1,000.00

Watson-Higgins Milling Co., Grand

Rapids 222
J. Alderink, Coopersville ________
A. Bemrent. Zeeland .. 2 =
E. Christler, Hudsonville _______
Lowell Crowley, Alpine ________
G. D. Vruggink, Hudsonville ___
H. H. Vruggink, Hudsonville ____
B. J. Vruggink, Hudsonville ____
N. Vander Waal, Hudsonville ____
Henry Vruggink, Hudsonville
H. Velthgquse, Hudsonville _____
B. Velthouse, Hudsonville ______
J. Ver Strat, Zeeland _____.___.
i. Walbrink, Zeeland .§. = |.
Burrows Adding Machine Co.,

Grand Rapids 2
Wilcox-Kuennen Co., Grand Rap.
King Bros., Grand Rapids ______
A. A. Anderson, Caledonia ______
Anderson Pub. Co., Grand Rapids
Alvey Mfg. Co., St. Louis
Alden & Judson, Grand Rapids __
Benner Chem. Co., Chicago ____
H. E. Barclay, Grand Rapids
F. W. Burgstahler & Sons, Grand

Rapids
Berney Bond Co., Clarion, Pa. __
Bixby Office Supply Co., Grand

Rapids
Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul ____
Ralph J. Bennett, Coopersville__
Bradstreet Co., Grand Rapids
T. W. Cook, Grand Rapids ______
Consumers Power Co., Grand R.
C. S. Creamery Co., Cedar Springs
Max P. Cobb, Grand Rapids __
Dairy Chocolate Co., Baltimore__
J. H. Dunham, Grand Rapids ___
Howard, Dutcher, Hubbard &

Essex, Grand Rapids __________
Detroit Dairy Supply Co., Detroit
De Vries Sheet Metal Works,

isrand Rapids oe
Echo Pub. Co., Grand Rapids __
Fitzsimmons Bros., Grand Rapids
Grinnell Bros., Grand Rapids __

x R. Blow Pipe & Dust Ar-

rester Co., Grand Rapids ____
W. S. & J. E. Graham, Grand R.
Herald Co., Grand Rapids ______
Marble & Fireplace Co., Grand R.
Grinnell-Row Co., Grand Rapids
Héth Auto Electrical Co., Grand

MADiGS
H. De Jonge, Zeeland
C. De Graff, Zeeland ____________
Martin Elzinga, Hudsonville
E. Eisen, Coopersville
G. Eisen, Zeeland
K. Growenved, Hudsonville ____

June 138.

52.10
143.46
11.20
7.20

57.20
1,114.10

148.53
131.24
_ 2.04
62.50
11.10
94.66
213.00
3.70
783.00
244.00

851.25
11.90

1.75
7.50
55.00
3.50

194.00

6.00
196.05
166.04
160.52

95.44
261.50
104.32

On this day was held the

adjourned first meeting of creditors in
the matter of August Luskin, Bankrupt

No. 2467.

The bankrupt was not present

 

 

 

 

 

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June 18, 1924

or represented. No creditors were pres-
ent. No claims were proved and allowed.
No trustee was appointed. The exam-
ination of the bankrupt was waived. The
case being one without assets was ad-
journed without date and the case closed
and returned to the district court.

On, this: day also was held the «first
meeting of creditors in the matter of
Edward G. Bernholtz, Bankrupt No. 2499.
The bankrupt was present in person and
by attorney. One creditor was present
in person. One claim was proved and
allowed. The bankrupt was sworn and
examined without a _ reporter. There
were no assets which were not exempt
to the bankrupt and the meeting was
closed without date and the case closed
and returned to the district court.

In the matter of A. Verne Hornbeck,
Bankrupt No. 2458, the trustee has re-
ported an offer from N. D. Gover, of Mt.
Pleasant, of $1,200 for all of the stock
in trade and fixtures for sale except the
exemptions of the bankrupt. The stock
in trade and fixtures are appraised at
$3,700 and consists of hardware, imple-
ments and kindred items of stock and
the attendant fixtures of a hardware
store, all located at Remus. A key to
the stock and an inventory are in the
hands of Iral Philips, trustee, at Remus,
and an inventory may be seen at the
office of the referee at Grand Rapids.
The date fixed for sale is June 20. All
interested should be present at such
time and place.

In the matter of Mastenbrook & Grove,
Bankrupt No. 2482, the first meeting of
creditors has been called for June 26.

In the matter of Robert Bennett, Bank-
rupt No. 2508, the funds for the first
meeting have been received and such

meeting will be held at the office of
the referee on June 26.
In the matter of .Lissetta Boozer,

Bankrupt No. 2509, the funds having been
received for the first meeting, such meet-
ing will be held at the referee’s office
on June 27.

In the matter of Thomas Boozer, Bank-
rupt No. 2410; the fumds for the first
meeting have been received and the first
meeting will be held on June 27.

In the matter of Michigan Forest
Products. Co., Bankrupt No. 2001, the
final meeting having been held some

time since, the final dividend has been
computed at’ 5 per cent. to creditors on
all claims proved and allowed.

In the matter of Arthur W. Stroberg,
Bankrupt No. 2486, the final meeting of
ereditors has been called for June 27.
The funds of the estate will not be suf-
ficient to payy all expenses of adminis-
tration and there will be no dividends
for general creditors.

In the matter of Mid-West Company,
Zankrupt No. 2167, a special meeting of
creditors has been called by the referee
for the purpose of considering current
bills to date and the allowance and con-
s'deration of claims filed since the last
meeting, The meeting will be held at
214 Houseman building on June 27.

In the matter of Fred R. Newman,
Bankrupt No. 2398, the trustee has re-
ported an offer in the-sum of $100 from
Caledonia State Bank. of Caledonia, for
the remainder of the assets of this estate,
consisting of one road scraper and three
slush scrapers, together with the interest
of the bankrupt in a certain house and
lot at Caledonia. The meeting will be
held June 28.

—_—__>-+ >

Corporations Wound Up.

following. Michigan corpora-
have recently filed notices of
with the Secretary of

The
tions
dissolution
State:

Colonization Corporation of Amer-
ica, Detroit.

Wayne Hide & Fur Co., Detroit.

Cornwell Co., Saginaw.

Michigan Creamery Co., Saginaw.

Unitas Engineering Co., Detroit.

Commercial Savings Bank of Reed
City.

Bostwick Lake Resort Co., Rockford

Aladdin. Motion Picture Camera Co.,
Detroit.

Michigan Cold Storage Co., Detroit.

Standard Plumbing & Heating Co.,
River Rouge.

Faithorn Farmers Cheese Co., Faith-
orn.

American Boat Co., Detroit.

Cadillac Garment Manufacturing Co.,
Detroit.

DeLaittre & Anderson Co., Calder-
wood.

Accessory
Detroit.

Supplying Corporation

—————_2.-.>_—_

“Americans Abroad Must Pay In-
come Tax.” It costs to be an Amer-
ican—but is worth it.

——_+> +.
Keep going straight ahead andsyou'll
arrive.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

Waste Vinegar Case Decided by Fed-
eral Supreme Court.
(Continued from page 21)
words are to be considered in view of
the admitted facts and others of which
the court may take judicial notice. The
words “Excelsior Brand,’ calculated
to give the impression of superiority,
may be put to one side as not liable to
mislead. But the words, “apple cider
vinegar made from selected apples”
are misleading. Apple cider vinegar is
made from apple cider. Cider is the
expressed juice of apples and is so
popularly and generally known. See
Eureka Vinegar Co. vs. Gazette Print-
ia, €o. 35 Ped. 5/0: Hildick Apple
Juice Co. vs. Williams, 269 Fed. 184;
Monroe Cider, Vinegar & Fruit Co.
vs. Riordan, 280 Fed. 624, 626; Ster-
ling Cider Co. vs. Casey, 285 Fed. 885;
affirmed 294 Fed. 426. It was stipu-
lated that the juice of unevaporated
apples when subjected to alcoholic and
subsequent acetous fermentation is en-
titled to the name “apple cider vine-
gar.’ The vinegar in question was not
the same as if made from apples with-
out dehydration. The name “apple
cider vinegar” included in the brand
did not represent the article to be what
it really was; and, in effect, did repre-
sent it to be what it was not—vinegar
made from fresh or unevaporated ap-
ples. The words “made from selected
apples” indicate that the apples used
were chosen with special regard to
their fitness for the purpose of making
apple cider vinegar. They give no hint
that the vinegar was made from dried
apples, or that the larger part of the
moisture content of the apples was
eliminated and water substituted there-
for. As used on the label, they aid
the misrepresentation made by the

words “apple cider vinegar.”

The misrepresentation was in re-
spect of the vinegar itself, and did not
relate to the method of production
merely. When considered independent-
ly of the product, the method of manu-
facture is not material. The act re-
quires no disclosure concerning it.
And it makes no difference whether
vinegar made from dried. apples is or
is not inferior to apple cider vinegar.

The label was misleading as to the
vinegar, its substance and ingredients.
The facts admitted sustain the charge
of misbranding.

A oa i
Why She Left the Church.

Aunt Edith is the
man in Barkerville, for her charity is
alike of the hand and heart. Like
many other excellent persons, Aunt
Edith is not a church member, but
‘he is a regular attendant at the vil-
lage church, which is so near her cot-
tage as to seem under the same roof.

When, at the close of a recent ser-
mon, the minister requested all those
never united with
the church to retire at the end of the
service, every body was surprised to
see Aunt Edith rise and start down
the aisle.

“Aunt - Edith,” the called
softly, “that does not apply to you.”

“That isn’t why I am going.” Aunt
Edith responded serenely; “I smell my
dinner burning up.”

best-loved wo-

present who had

minister

 

 

DIVIDEND NOTICE
Utah Gas & Coke Co.

The directors have declared cash
dividend on Preferred Stocks of this
Company, payable July Ist to holders
of record close of business June 20th,
$1.75 per share.

AMERICAN PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMPANY,
Owner.

 

 

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If set In capital letters, double price.

 

GENERAL STORE FOR SALE—I own
one of the best general stores in a good

farming community in Northern Mich-
igan. Very good building, including nice
home. My stock is as clean as you can
find. Will sell on $8,000 down, balance

on easy terms. Business has been estab-
lished about ten years. Always a money
maker. Other business interests reason
for selling. Address No. 627, c/o Mich-
igan Tradesman. 627

 

FOR SALE—Good dry goods business
at Port Huron, Mich. Address No.
c/o Michigan Tradesman.

 

 

sargain-—Three new mahogany milli-
nery wall cases, electric wired. Manufac-

tured by Grand Rapids Show Case Co.

Will sell cheap. Harmon €Co., 157-759

Butterworth, S. W., Grand Rapids, Mich.
629

 

Business Opportunity—We can supply
you with sectional wall cases in ma-
hogany or oak, for any business. We
can allow you time for payment. These
fixtures are interchangeable. Dry goods,
clothing, accessories, hardware or drug
store fitted complete or in any part.
Write today. Harmon Company, 757-759
Butterworth, S. W., Grand Rapids, Mich.

630

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES — Stock
of confectionery, fruits, groceries and to-
bacco, including fixtures, lease and busi-
ness in Muskegon. Can be purchased on

 

inventory. Owner doing good business.
Good reason for selling. A great oppor-
tunity.

Brick and tile building 50x114, two stor-
ies and full basement. Lights, water,
steam heat, sewer, paved street, elevator.
Ideal for large garage, storage, paint
shop or factory. Well located in thriving
city of Muskegon Heights. A_ bargain.
$15,000. Reasonable terms. PORTER &
WYMAN, 112 W. Western Ave., Muske-
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

June 18, 1924

 

Some Changes in the New Tax Law.

The enactment of the new revenue
law has brought some important
changes in the matter of collecting
and returning sales taxes.

Section 904 of the old law, which
taxed carpets and rugs, trunks, valises,
suit cases, etc., purses, pocketbooks,
etc., portable lighting fixtures, etc.,
fans, etc., has been repealed as of
June 3.

Section 905 of the old law common-
ly called the jewelry tax, in the new
law become Section 604 with a number
of modifications.

Section 604 becomes effective July 3.

Certain that were orna-
mented, mounted or fitted with prec-

articles

ious metals, precious stones or imita-
tions thereof, or ivory, which were
also taxable under Section 904, such
for example as handbags, purses and
merchandise of that sort, been
held by the Bureau of Internal Reve-
nue to be taxable under 904 rather
than under 905 because the spirit of
the Department was contrary to tax-
ing the same merchandise twice, and
so the regulations put such things un-
der the section in which they were
specifically named.

Now, however, that Section 904 has
been repealed as of June 3 articles
formerly taxed under 904, if they are
ornamented, mounted or fitted with
metals, precious stones, or
imitations thereof, or ivory, will be
taxable under Section 905 at 5 per
cent. of the price at which sold for
consumption during the thirty day
period from June 3 to July 3.

Section 904 was repealed as of June
3, but any articles that are ornamented,
mounted or fitted with gold or silver
or precious stones, or imitations there-
of, or ivory that have been taxed un-
der 904 for this thirty day interim
period must be taxed under 905.

Section 904 was a manufacturers’
tax. You paid the manufacturer the
tax when you bought the merchandise.
Section 995 is a tax. You
must pay to the Government5 per cent.
of the price at which you sell the
goods.

The new so-called jewelry tax, Sec-
tion 604, will become effective July 3.
This tax is the same as the old 905
except that articles which sell for
prices up to and including $30 are not
taxed. Watches which sell for any
price up to and including $60 are not
taxable. Clocks are exempt up to and
including $30. They do not enjoy the
same exemption as watches. Surgical
instruments, musical instruments, eye
glasses and_ spectacles, silver-plated
flat table ware and articles for relig-
ious purposes are exempt. Beginning
July 3 when 604 becomes effective ar-
ticles on which you now pay a tax will
be taxable only if sold for more than

$30.

have

precious

retailers’

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United States Drug Manufacturers
Adopt Golden Rule.

Piracy is condemned in a code of
ethics to govern the drug trade adopt-
ed by the American Drug Manufac-
turers’ Association, which also bars

imitation of the products of comopeti-
tors and false statements by employes.
The code asserts that “the essence of
ethics is honesty,’ and adopts as its

guiding principle the Golden Rule—
“Whatsoever ye would that men
should do unto you, do ye even so
unto them.”

The code declares that it is unethical
“To knowingly produce an imitation
of a specialty offered by a competitor;
therefore, the marketing of a colorable
imitation of any competing product is
to be highly condemned.

“To pass off the products of one
manufacturer for those of another by
imitation of products, labels, packages
or special designs; by simulation of ad-
vertising or trade names; by the ap-
propriation of the results of a competi-
tor’s research, ingenuity, labor and ex-
pense, thereby avoiding costs other-
Wise necessarily involved in produc-
tion.

“To make, as a private formula, any
Product which a salesman or customer
may request as an imitation of a spe-
clalty introduced by another manufac-
turer.

“To permit salesmen to offer a prod-
uct as a substitute for a specialty in-
troduced by another manufacturer.

“To make, or permit employes to
make, false or disparaging statements
respecting competitors’ products, their
business, finances, credit or integrity.”

“The American Drug Manufacturers’
Association,” the code concludes, “de-
nounces in the strongest terms any
form of piracy or the practice of
duplication in color, description or de-
sign that would tend to deceive the
buyer or the public so as to lead them
to believe that in purchasing said im-
itation they were getting the original
article; since a manufacturer, who,
through genius, advertising efforts or
reputation, has built up a trade on any
article so that it has become generally
known by its color, design or construc-
tion, though it may not be patented, is
entitled to the same consideration and
reward as though jit were in fact
patented.”

S. R. Light, of Kalamazoo, is chair-
man of the committee which drew up
the code. Other members are Charles
G. Merrell, of Cincinmati, and S. S.
Coleman, of Detroit.

What Retailers Are Buying.

We have been looking at new fall
coats during the past week and find
there is little change save in the fab-
rics and furs employed. In the coats
Bolivia and the suede velours are feat-
ured. Orders are being received for
sleeveless flannel suits composed of a
skirt and jacket.

A manufacturer is showing a very
attractive group of blouses for a win-
dow display. It consists of four mod-
els of petal pink, three in Georgette
and one crepe de Chine.

An attractive new toy has been of-
fered us which will appeal to both
mother and child. This is a washable,
sanitary cuddle-doll which cries when
hugged. It has an embroidered face,
no pins, buttons or paint to endanger
the child. There is a little girl in pink
and blue and a boy in orange.

A middy blouse in a new shower-
proof fabric for camp wear and sports
called “Shedrayn” has been offered to
us. This model comes in both short
and long sleeves. The material is light-
weight and olive drab in color. There
are also knickers to match, well fitted

and made for rough wear. This is a
timely item and much in demand at
present.

At a meeting held recently in Glov-
ersville the style committee of the Na-
tional Association of Leather Glove
and Mitten Manufacturers recom-
mended that attention be given to the
tailored effects, since these will very
likely predominate in the fall modes.
A loosely fitting glove known as “Man-
lee” is designated as the style which
meets that tailored demand. It was
planned at this convention to carry on
a co-operative advertising campaign
to feature this style, which will help
create the demand.

It is the opinion of some of the knit
underwear manufacturers that the in-
creased demand for the Madame X
and other reducing corsets will reflect
itself in the demand for cotton-ribbed
undervests. These corsets are not
healthy to wear next to the skin and
a vest of either cotton, silk or linen
is essential. Alfred Fanil.

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Wholesale Prices Point Downward.

The downward swing of wholesale
prices which developed late in 1923
continued through May, according to
information gathered in representative
markets by the United States Depart-
ment of Labor through the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. The bureau’s weight-
ed index number, which includes 404
commodities or price series, declined
to 147 for May, compared with 148
for April and 156 for May, 1923.

Decreases in farm products and
metals were chiefly responsible for the
drop in the general price level although
all other groups except foods likewise
showed a decrease. Among farm
products there were substantial reduc-
tions in corn, oats, rye, cattle, sheep,
hay, ‘hides, milk, tobacco, and wool.
In metals iron and steel products, cop-
per, lead, tin, and zinc, averaged less
than in April. Other important com-
modities showing price decreases were
sugar, lard, raw silk, worsted yarns,
bituminous coal and coke, crude and
refined petroleum, Douglas fir lum-
ber, red cedar shingles, carpets, cat-
tle feed, hemp, and sole leather. In
the food group increases in fresh
meats, flour, and certain fruits offset
the decreases reported for other ar-
ticles, leaving no change in the general
price level.

Of the 404 commodities. or price
series for which comparable data for
April and May were collected, decreas-
es were shown in 161 instances and
increases in seventy-six instances. In
167 instances nn change in price was
reported.

Comparing prices in May with those
of a year ago, as measured by changes
in the index number, it is seen that the
general level has declined nearly 6
per cent. In all groups prices aver-
aged lower than in May, 1923, ranging
from a little over 2 per cent. in the
case of farm products to nearly 11 per
cent. in the case of metals and metal
products.

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Sooner We Shut the Doors the Better.

F. E. Mills, President of the Mills
Dry Goods Co., Lansing, writes the
Tradesman protesting against the
term “blue laws,” as applied to the
statute providing for the Sunday clos-

ing of stores. To this protest the editor
of the Tradesman replied as follows:

I think you are right. When I come
to read the names of the men who are
protesting against the attempt of the
officers of the law to enforce the Sun-
day closing law and note there is not
a single American among them I
think the sooner they are put out of
business the better. I have no use for
the nasty, filthy and swarthy creatures
who come to this country and as-
sume they can override our laws and
defy all morals and rules which we
have found it necessary to adopt to
protect society. The sooner we come
to a reasonable conclusion in this mat-
ter and shut the doors entirely to this
class of cattle the better it will be for
America and the sooner we will be
able to establish and maintain decent
conditions for loyal American citizens.

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Now Stretch Women’s Hats, Too.

With so much of the retail millinery
business at the moment depending on
the ability of the salesperson to fit
the customer with the proper head size
due to the great vogue for “bobbed
hair” hats, retailers have been casting
about for some way of filling this need
without tying up too much capital in
stock. A device for this purpose has
been found, and it is now possible to
stretch hats when necessary to make

them fit. By using the device head
sizes all the way from 21 to 26%

inches may be obtained, the elasticity
of the materials now in favor making
it possible to enlarge most models
considerably. The stretching is done
“cold,” no heat of any kind being
necessary.
—_+2-.___
Use of Guimpe in Neckwear.

A new type of guimpe has been put
on the women’s neckwear market for
use with the sleeveless jacket or one-
piece frock. It is made of lace and
net, with very short  laced-edged
sleeves. Attached to the front is a
detachable belt panel, which makes the
new guimpe practical for wear either
with a coat or the kind of dress that
makes the front of it only partly vis-
ible. Fine silk braid, applied in loops
for button fastenings and extending
around the edge of the collar, is used
for trimming a white silk guimpe that
is very popular just now. Business
in general lines of neckwear continues
active.

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One of the most difficult questions
with which the Federal Reserve sys-
tem has had to deal is that of the par
collection of checks. Efforts to extend
this practice have met with much op-
position from country banks, many of
which derive a considerable part of
their profits from charges on out-of-
town items deposited with them for
collection. The hostility of the coun-
try banks has resulted in legislation
and litigation to support the position
of the local institutions. In this con-
nection it is worth recording that at its
recent meeting in Buffalo the National
Association of Credit Men went
strongly on record in support of the
efforts of the Reserve banks to main-
tain a nation-wide par clearance sys-
tem. It urged bankers and business
men to “join in making the check the
most convenient method of settling
obligations, removing from its clear-
ance every possible incumbrance that
tends to lessen the acceptability of this
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