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Extra copies of current issues, 10 cents; issues a month or more old, 15 cents; issues a year cr more old, 25 cents; issues five years or more old 50 cents. Entered Sept. 23, 1883, at the Postoffice of Grand Rapids as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879. HOLIDAY BUYING ACTIVE. As the time for taking inventories approaches, the disposition is to get rid of stocks on hand rather than to acquire new supplies. But the busi- ness skies have cleared, so far as re- gards causes of active disquiet or ap- prehension, and there is sufficient sta- bility in price levels to induce more confidence than there was a_ while back. After the turn of the year the volume of trading is expected to in- crease rather steadily but without great anticipation. No one believes there will be any speculation or taking of chances because of the conservatism of credit grantors and of the lenders of money. Even those who are quoted as predicting an era of prosperous times are rather chary of anticipating them with their own funds. Mean- while, the trade at retail is receiving much attention as_ furnishing kind of a guide. Holiday buying has started in lively and will reach its peak during the next two weeks. Especial efforts are being made to induce early purchases so as to avert the rush in the week before Christmas, which taxes the resources of the stores and overtaxes the salespeople. All the in- dications point to a good season in this respect, with buying of a very general character, including the use- ful with the merely ornamental. some The National understanding is awakening to the magnitude of auto- mobile casualties. The World War accumulated an American death list of 36,816 killed in action and a total of 317,387 killed and wounded or dam- aged by disease. That was the record for the whole period of the war. But last year alone the toll of automobile injuries amounted to 678,000, with 22,600 killed. The monthly death average of our forces in France was 2230. The monthly average of deaths by automobile in America last year was 1800. We speak of the casualties of the battlefields with a shudder of horror. These casualties of the street crossing and the urban driveways are no more than the routine news of the passing days. Perhaps Secretary Hoover’s conference of commercial bodies, called for next month to con- sider this highway holocaust, will be able to do something about it. Report says that the attempt of the Treasury Department to reinstate the silver dollar in the good graces of the people has failed. Another report as- signs an odd and unsuspected reason. It is the leather belt in place of the suspenders of old that outlaws the pocketful of cartwheels. That answers for the men. The slender handbag made of all sorts of delicate materials turns the women and girls against the Treasury’s effort. But there is another reason which is more symptomatic. The American people are getting along in their financial education. Where once they were skeptical about paper money and bank credit and everything else of a currency nature and felt safer with the actual coin, either silver or gold, in their pockets, now they trust the Government and the bank. But whatever the reasons it is manifestly a waste of time to try to persuade the people nowadays to load up with any kind of metal money that is incon- venient to carry about. In his speech at the Thanksgiving Day dinner of the American Society in London the Prince of Wales left a mystery unexplained. The American newspapers, he said, printed things about his visit here which he did not remember. The mystery is: When dd the Prince find time to read the papers? He wore out relays of re- porters by his incessant comings and goings and if he got more than three hours’ sleep any night from the time he landed until he left nobody could say when. About his not remember- ing some of the things related of him there is no mystery at all. No one who did not pososess a phenomenal memory could possibly have remem- bered’ all the activities he managed to crowd into twenty-four hours. This was the Prince’s delicate compliment to America. He flattered us by imitat- ing the haste for which we are fa- mous and he did it so effectively as to leave everybody else gasping. Rumania sees a light and agrees to pay her debt to the Baldwin Locomo- tive Works. To ignore that obligation would certainly create an unfavorable impression in American financial cir- cles, and, as it is, the debt is five years old. Rumania needs to take a leaf from the book of the new regime in Mexico and curry favor with those who have money to invest, instead of looking to Moscow for the modus op- erandi in finance. At first the Soviet regime thought its policy of cancella- tion and repudiation extremely astute, but Wall Threadneedle street commissars found that the payment of debits incurred is the prelude of politi- street and have the last laugh, and the cal recognition. A triumphal proces- Rumanian America would not be impressive if it left at home a train of fractured prom- sion of sovereignty in ises to American concerns. en The will of Mrs. Harding throws an interesting light upon wealth as it is known and practiced in a republic. The late President had about the aver- age contact with public life up to the time he was elected. He was the average of our statesmanship— bled a little in achieved some leadership in the State, went to Congress, and so on. When the White House opened to him he crossed over from the average to the exceptional and unusual. Altogether, he gave himself to his country and its service in about the way that service invites and challenges every citizen. In a financial way the Hardings had considerably above the average politi- cal fortune. And yet how insignificant the $500,000 seems beside the accumu- lations in other walks of life where the same measure of success is achieved! dab- home politics, then The universal draft, which tops the legislative program of the American Legion as outlined to President Cool- idge by Commander James A. Drain, is something more than the word ordin- arily connotes to the reading public. By the universal draft is meant “the drafting of capital, labor, industry, transportation, the entire power of the Nation, the stabilizing of prices and the taking of profit out of war.” Which means that when war is declared the President of the United States would take over the Nation, root and branch, and run it until further notice. The proposal is logical, to say the least. Heretofore war has conscripted a good deal of man power. The universal draft means that hereafter war shal! conscript everything, which is another compelling reason against war. another ee Warner Fite, head of the department of philosophy at Princeton University, has added a new terror to the popular cross-word puzzle. He proposes to es- tablish a “cross-road crossword puzzle” for the students of that university. In short, a cross-word puzzle that shall have two. different Most people regard one solution as quite enough. But Princeton students have a higher mentality. To foster his plan Professor Fite will offer a prize to the student who succeeds in inventing this new problem. It will be an excellent test for the members of the football solutions. Any student who can make the squad and at the same time invent squad. a “cross-road cross-word puzzle” is entitled to a valuable reward—a gold none too embroidered strait’acket is expensive a reward for such a genius. The world of sport not infrequently points a moral to the sphere of success- ful business. In the Army-Navy game all the scoring was done by one stal wart cadet, who kicked four field goals. such skill as he evinced is not fortuit- ous—the cheers of his mates on the sidelines could not have nerved him to the feat if he had not prepared in long, hard sessions of practice to do one thing well. Earlier in the foot- ball season “Red” Grange of Illinois touchdowns in twelve His almost strength is ascribed to the fact that last summer he worked as iceman, carrying heavy blocks, so made four minutes against Michigan. super-human that later the superincumbent forms of football players “came natural’ as he shouldered his way down the gridiron. Often in business or in sport men are envied or reviled for their good luck by others who do not know what pains they took to prepare or what patience they showed before the triumph came. Ghandhi confesses he is losing with his non-co-operation India. When he was jailed as a seditionist the world looked ground propaganda in for an uprising in his behalf that did not come. Those who know India be- lieve that the quietus was put on the insurgent plans by the leader himself. A good many who deny to Gandhi the possession of sound sense concede that he has a conscience as active as though he lived in New England and a tender heart as well. Eugene.Debs, too, has a gentle disposition. sut such men may be unsafe leaders for democracy and mischievous political influences. Gandhi's melancholy confession of in- eptitude does not establish his ability to administer among the many tribes and tongues of India. Of the making of versions of the Bible in our day there is no end. Pro- fessor Goodspeed, of Chicago, Doctor Moffatt, of Glasgow and many others have had the same purpose—to clarify the language of the King James ver- sion and_ correct errors made by translators of old. But those who re- pair or paraphrase or dilute the classic diction of three centuries ago have usually little feeling for the beauty 2° ! the grace of the phrases on whic they lay violent hands. They forget that the prose poetry which they turn modern may be worth more for its inspiring power than mere literal accuracy. No- body is into commonplace speech obliged to the maladroit painter ancient masterpieces. modern who retouches_ the poh Saehawabhrn t ‘as well as 2 Some Men I Have Met in the Past. In the early spring of 1912 I made a trip to the Panama Canal in company with four good friends, two of whom their eternal re- have since ward—Frank N. gone to Barrett, editor of the American New York, and Harry Hoyt, the Kalamazoo capitalist Grocer, and all round good fellow. way to the Isthmus we Costa Rica, and spent a day and a night at the capital of the country, San Jose, 4,000 feet above the level of the sea, where the On our stopped at Limon, thermometer never goes below 65 nor higher than 78. At the principal hotel in the city we found Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and all of her children. How she could stand the afforded is more than I could under- The stench from the culinary accommodations stand. department was so strong that I re- fused to become a guest at the house, asserting that I would rather sleep in a chair out in the open than accept the quarters offered. Mr. Hoyt had been a globe trotter all his life and was wise in the ways of the world. He could speak French and German, English. He suggested that we make ourselves easy on the porch of the hotel while he skirmished around in search of something better in the way of hotel accommodations. He came back smiling in the course of half an hour, having located us at a little hotel French woman only three blocks away. We had a delightful experience with our gallic hostess and ] mention the mat- ter at this time so that those of the visit San conducted by a Tradesman’s readers who Jose can look up the little hotel con- ducted by the capable French woman and secure the same kind of clean and wholesome food and shelter she fur- nished us. Arriving at Panama we found our- selves in the hands of many good friends, including Col. Chester Hard- ing, who was first assistant to Gover- nor Goethals: Col. Comber, who was in charge of the fortifications on the Pacific side of the Canal; John Burke, who had charge of the commissary department of the great and Henrv been the representative of a New York Canal undertaking, Seymour, who has long life insurance Zone. Of course, the commanding figure of company in the the Panama Canal construction period was Col. Goethalas, rauled the Canal Zone with an tated only by who iron hand, dic- justice, efficiency and accomplishment. So far as my knowledge goes, no one ever accused him of being unfair or permitting him- prejudice or self to be influenced by favoritism. He possessed the respect of every one on the job, from his im- mediate associates to the Spaniard from the Peninsula or the negro from never team work in my life. JI never saw a man cold Col. Gothalas who received such co-opera- tion from all classes of the 35,000 men engaged in the work of digging the (Canal. Barbadoes. I saw such apparently so blooded as So far as J] can learn, no strike by union employes ever got further While I was committee of than the talking point. in the Canal Zone, a union engineers called on the Colonel MICHIGAN TRADESMAN and told him that if he did not in- crease their wages the next day they would strike the following morning. He listened to what they had to say and made no reply. ‘What are you going to do about it?” asked the chairman of the com- niittee. “You have said what you propose to do, have you not?” said the Colonel. “Ves,” replied the spokesman, “but what we want to know is just what you are going to do.” “Only this,” said the Czar of the Canal “Any engineer not at his post of duty Friday morn- ing sails for the States on the steamer Friday afternoon. Zone: who is Canal Zone, vested with As Governor of the Col. Goethals had to be imperial power to deport immediately any man who stood in the way of the work of completing the Canal at the earliest possible period. Col. ‘Harding related cident aptly illustrating this situation. A committee of socialists called on Col. GoGethals to congratulate him on conducting the business of building the Canal along socialistic lines. another in- “We get big wages,” said the chair- man, “short hours, low rent, food and clothing at only 20 per cent. above cost, free doctor, free nurse, free medicine, free hospital and free ice. What more could we ask?” “What you say is probably true,” Colonel, ‘but one thing you must not forget. You must toe the mark as I tell you to or I’ll hang replied the you to the nearest lamp post without lief or license.” The characteristic of Col. Geothals, as I see it, ability to withstand the shocks of de- outstanding was his lay, due to slides and unforeseen cir- cumstances, without crimination or re- sentment. He attempted to throw the blame for these delays on others. He accepted such interferences as though they were to be expected in a work of that magnitude and inspired every man under his command to re- efforts to complete the time. I do not think any ever had never double his Canal on great undertaking such hearty co-operation from all concerned from start to finish, as the Panama Canal received. it 1 recorded what I have Cool. Goethals, I am very positive he would exclaim: “Don’t close without paying a tribute were to. read above to It was he who made the construction of the Canal possible by changing one of the greatest pest holes in the world into one of the most to Col. Gorgas. I could not have accomplished the task I did in twice the time it required except for the skill and courage and efficiency of E. A. Stowe. —_>->—____ Some Good “I Wills.” will talk health instead of sickness. will talk prosperity instead of failure. will carry good news instead of bad news. will tell the cheerful tale instead of the sad tale. will mention my blessings rather than my burdens. will speak of the sunshine of yesterday and to-morrow instead of the clouds of to-day. will encourage instead of criticise. will try and be a friend to everyone, healthful places on earth. Col. Gorgas.” _ et a _ _ — \ Yi \ December 3, 1924 4 i 1 Y 13929 y-W AY IODINE BY TABLE § COOKING Naw Tk COLONTAT SAL LONYAL SALT AKRON, O- “The deficiency of iodine in the soil and plant life in the interior of the country is one of the big causes of goiter. Nearly all cases of simple goiter can be cured by iodine’”’ —annual meeting, American College of Surgeons, Octo- ber, 1928. this much is sure- when you buy Colonial lodine Salt you are buying more than salt— you are buying sales! Your customers know the virtues of iodine salt— they know their need of it to prevent and relieve This need has been driven home by the widely advertised recommendations of physicians goiter. and laboratory tests. Sell them the ideal iodine salt—in the big at- tractive package. In addition to its advantages as a preventive for goiter, Colonial Iodine Salt is the ideal table salt. Push this line—it will pay you well. Write us for prices. Quick service on your orders. The Colonial Salt Company AKRON OHIO Richard Warner, Jr., Michigan Representative 541 Paris Ave., South East, Grand Rapids Michigan Dece they OT Cla for othe Cie ARO nd “Thi paic cort iIno\ still 6 t as 3 “hay »>whe vale ‘| Decemnber 3, 1924 ICE CREAM SODAS IN HELL. Novel Comparison By Michigan’s Famous Single Taxer. Written for the Tradesman. To-day I got $10,000 I did not earn. So others will have to earn $10,000 they will not get. . Twelve years ago in the village of Clawson, Michigan, a corner lot sold for $2,500. Then ford workers and Others settled around that corner, in- . creasing its land value. Eight years ago I bought that corner for $8,500 nd moved an old building onto it. ‘This I rented to a druggist, who has paid the expense of my holding that corner ever since. Then still others inoved there, increasing its land value still more. To-day I sold that corner to the druggist for $20,000. That fot as a lot is not worth a dollar more “han when I bought it, but the people *~who live around that lot give it its value. I sold that druggist the peo- ple, not the lot. The man I bought it from profited $6,000 and my rake- tf was $10,000. So that druggist has ~ $16,000 invested that we got and will have to charge it up on things he Henry ford thought druggists overcharging, so he put in a stock of drugs to sell his workmen. He does not see what increasing land values are doing to his workers. If 9-morrow it should be announced that ‘ford were again to increase the wages ~*of his men, land values would jump up still more and take it away from them. Henry ford cannot see the joke. sells, were The lot I sold is about fourteen miles ut of Detroit. Now look at the in- creased land values in Detroit. Say ‘hey are only one billion dollars. This means that employed capital and labor « Detroit. will have to earn at least “one million a week that it will not get. Increased land values are paid for in nierest and higher rents and charged up, whether you buy prunes, cough syrup or get a tooth pulled. Manufac- turers’ associations and labor organi- P rations are still cave men. They want ‘o take something away from one an- ther and as yet haven’t one bit of economic They are so near sizhted that they do not realize that iicreasing land values are getting a hig part of their earnings. sense. Single tax would untax improve- ments created by employed capital d labor and, instead, tax vacant lots ‘he same as lots in use. It would not ax improvements on a lot, but would ase its value on the number of peo- Pile around that lot. That is called location value and would make hold- ing idle lots unprofitabe and throw them on the market. If we were oper- afing under single tax, that druggist ould probably have bought that cor- wer for $2,000 instead of $20,000 and workers could buy a lot for $50 instead of $1,500. Increased land values not only increase the price of lots but the cost is added to everything we buy. To-day it takes at least $7,000 to - buy a humble home and furnishings. What chance is there for young peo- ple of marriageable age? We can “build a church on every corner, but unless we elders learn to look through vhe eyes of youth and recognize their MICHIGAN TRADESMAN predicament, churches and all will go to the devil. We older folks have yet to learn that it takes backbone to be religious and face sin in its den. We claim to be- lieve that God made man in His im- age. Yet birds have the privilege of building a nest in any place not in use, while man has to pay tribute to land speculators. Let’s stop whining. Is it not sacriligious for intelligent men and women to pray “Thy King- dom Will Be Done on Earth as it is in Heaven,’ and then not know what our present system of taxation is doing to us? We might as well pray for ice cream sodas in hell. Gerrit J. Johnson. —_—_.+2———_ Starting on Spring Season. An increasing number of garment firms are launching their Spring lines. The dress manufacturers, as usual, are among the first to-make their showings and will be followed by the ensemble costume and coat houses. The Coast salesmen are now going out to their territory, and by the early part of De- cember, or perhaps a little sooner, the entire trade here will be ready to make its Spring offerings to buyers. Despite the somewhat disappointing results of the Fall,-the Spring business is expected to be good. Every effort, it is pointed out, is being put forth to make the lines highly attractive to the retailer and the consumer. Prices, it is said, will be on a_ proportionately lower scale than those which prevailed in the Fall, and consumer spending is held likely to be more liberal, as the outcome of greater prosperity in the agricultural sections, with the recent strengthening in security values also a possible factor. Worsted Yarns More Active. Spinners of worsted yarns report in- creased bookings from the men’s wear and dress goods industries and from the knitting trades. With few excep- tions they are said to have orders on hand to absorb their present holdings of raw material. Thus, it is held, fu- ture prices to be quoted on yarns de- pend more than ever on the present and immediate trend of the staple or combing wool market. Some of the buying of men’s wear yarns is for the forthcoming heavyweight season. Spin- ners of fancy mixes and colors for this trade are sold up for some time ahead. A much freer movement of outer wear single heather mix and white yarns for knit yarns is reported, particularly of coat sweaters and knitted cloths. Come, Thy -—-_~+> > Corporations Wound Up. The following Michigan corpora- tions have recently filed notices of dis- solution with the Secretary of State: Michigan Bolt & Nut Works, Detro‘t. Springport Co-operative Evevator Co., Springport. EK. Schoenberg Land Co., Detroit. Harry H. Jones Co., Detroit. Homstead Farms Co., Detroit. Gaynor Land Corporation, D>troit. Norton Construction Co, Detroit. Berrien County Tuberculosis Association, Benton Harbor. P. & H. Auto Supply Co., Muske:ron. Double Return Steam Trap Co.. Detroit. Cc. B. Smith Hardware Co., Detroit. Moneyworth Shoe Co., Lansing. Artesia Water Co., Detroit. Lennon Satte Bank of Lennon, Lennon. Johnson Automatic Roller Rack Co., Ltd. Cornwell-Brady Building Co, Daetroit. Bark’ River Market Association, Bark River. Starr Piano Co., Richmond, Ind. ‘You Must Play the Game According to the Rules Ss Ss You have heard it said, you have read it in books hundreds of times, you want to believe it, but somehow you just can’t believe that you can be what you WILL. In a certain sense you stand alone, just as much alone as though you were the only person on earth. Others can help you if you will let them, others can harm you if you will allow them to do so, but as a matter of cold fact you are what you are because of yourself and you can be what you will ke only as you use what you now have and make requisition on the unlimited source of supply for what you want. You do not need to be fanatical, You do not need to call yourself this or that YOU DO NEED TO PLAY THE GAME ACCORDING TO THE RULES, HOWEVER, AND THE FIRST THING TO DO IS TO LEARN THE RULES. If you want to be the biggest and best merchant in sentimental or lose your poise. your town, you can be, because you have nothing and nobody to fear but yourself. | You Can if you Will, But you Must Will. WORDEN (GROCER COMPANY Wholesalers for Fifty-six Years. The Prompt Shippers i { j i A ; | i aca gt aapas ign MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Movements of Merchants. Detroit—Phillip Dicken has opened a meat market at 2442 Fenkell avenue. Detroit—Henry Shrager has bought the meat market at 8641 Russell street. Detroit—The Federal Fruit & Pro- duce Co. recently opened at 2457 Rus- sell avenue. Cadillac—Arthur Christofferson suc- ceeds Mrs. Jennie Larson in the gro- cery business. Detroit—James Joseph Savill, Fort street, W. Montague—James Coon succeeds Mrs. Rhotilda Grieve in the grocery and meat business. Detroit—The Livernois Bakery, Alex Moyer, proprietor, has opened at 15450 Livernois avenue. Detroit—Thaddeus Kielan is the new owner of the grocery and meat market at 2338 Goodson avenue. Coldwater—Charles E. Tracy, gro- cer and meat dealer here for over 20 years, died at his home Nov. 27. Murphy _ succeeds confectioner at 6221 Battle Creek—The Gas Engineering Service Co. has increased its capital - stock from $200,000 to $1,000,000. Mt. Clemens—The Lake Shore State Bank has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $25,000. Detroit—Ruskin’s Drug Store will open at 5354 Tireman avenue in a few days. Morris Ruskin is the proprietor. Petersburg—The H. C. McLachlin & Co. State Bank has increased its capital stock from $25,000 to $40,000. Detroit—Peter Biril has been suc- ceeded in the grocery store at 3859 Michigan avenue by Stanley and James Sturon, Detroit— Fred bought out Samuel Jacobson, grocer at 437 Grand River avenue. The sale took place Nov. 24. Detroit—William Cohen has pur- chased the business of the C. G. Shoe Co., 2610 Davison avenue, E., from Harry Sklar. Detroit—The Woodward Sample Furniture Co, 42 Elizabeth street, E., will move to 1332 Broadway after the first of the year. Detroit—The grocery store at 14917 Jefferson avenue, E., formerly run by Leo Orlando, is now in the hands of Samuel Jacobson. Battle Creek—Henry R. Bahlman, shoe merchant, has declared himself a bankrupt, with liabilities of $10,364.49 and assets of $371.51. Detroit—Ida Ratnoff has bought the interest of her former partner, Joseph Goldberg, in the I. & J. Hardware, 1041 Woodland avenue. Detroit—Abraham Smith has pur- chased the stock and fixtures of the National Meat Market, 5244 Hastings street, from Julius Weisman, Fadell has Detroit—Phillip Fineberg, men’s and women’s furnishings, has filed a bankruptcy petition, with assets of $125 and liabilities of $1,503.34. Detroit—A. E. Burns & Co., 205 Grand River avenue, will open an- other shoe store on Michigan avenue, near Shelby street, about Dec. 15. Detroit—The Home Furniture Co., conducting stores at 319 and 645 Gra- tiot avenue, will discontinue the latter store shortly. Hyman Gordon is the owner. Lansing—R. H. Case has opened a new auto accessories, parts and sup- plies store at 208 East Michigan avenue, under the style of the Case Auto Shop. Crystal—Harzey J. Fisher, formerly of Fisher & Hammontree, has engaged in general trade with a new stock in a new building, under the style of the East Side Store. Dowagiac—The Silver Creek Lime Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $3,000, all of which has been subscribed and $1,- 500 paid in in cash. Detroit—Nathan Shapero, owner of the Economical drug stores, will soon open a pharmacy in the Book-Cadillac Hotel building, similar to Shapero’s in the General Motors building. Pontiac—The Robertson Shops, women’s wear, formally opened their enlarged building Nov. 20. The front has been completely remodelled. Mor- gan G. Robertson is the owner. Detroit—An involuntary petition in bankruptcy, with claims totaling $2,- 458.13. has been filed against the Lus- combe Shoe Co., 1224 Library avenue. Thomas L. Luscombe is president. Reed City—A. E. Brooks has sold his warehouse and produce business to W. E. Mattingly and A. P. Small, who will continue the business under the style of the Reed City Hide & Fur Co. Port Huron—The Triangle Oil & Gas Co., 2602-10 Pine Grove street, has been incorporated with an author- ized capital stock of $15,000, $9,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Frankfort—Arthur S. Lobb, drug- gist here for 40 years, has sold his stock and store fixtures to Charles Dedrickson, who will continue the business under the style of the City Drug Store. Dearborn—C. J. and H. T: Daly moved into their new furniture store at 235 Michigan avenue, W., recently. They were formerly at 229 Michigan avenue, W. They operate as Daly Brothers. Jackson—The Michigan Flour & Feed Co., 225 North Mechanic street, has been incorporated with an author- ized capital stock of $200,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. Grand Rapids—The Barker Bakery Service, Inc., 58 Monroe avenue, has been incorporated with an authorized capital of 2,500 common and 2,500 pre- ferred, 1,000 of which has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash, Detroit—The Gardner-White Fur- niture Co., Mack and Mt. Elliott avenues, celebrated its sixteenth birth- day with a special sale during the month of November. J. G. Gardner and E. C. White are the owners. Iron Mountain—Cohodas Bros., who conduct a chain of wholesale fruit and produce houses in the Upper Penin- sula, have moved their local branch to their new building at the corner of East D street and Cedar avenue. Mt. Pleasant—Angelos Spear has purchased the interest of Gus Batsakis in the Olympia Candy Co. and will admit to partnership, George Batsa- kis, who is an experienced chef, hav- ing been connected with hotel Statler, Detroit, Park Place hotel Traverse City and others of equal importance. Detroit—The Jackson Electric Co., 218 Adams street, West, has been in- corporated to deal in electrical ma- chinery, fixtures, supplies and all kinds of electrical goods, with an author- ized capital stock of $15,000, $8,600 of which has been subscribed and paid in, $2,600 in cash and $6,000 in prop- erty. Detroit—Alf. J. Osmulski, 3040 Hammond avenue, has merged his coal, fuel of all kinds, building ma- terials, etc., into a stock company un- der the style of the Osmulski Fuel Co. to conduct a wholesale and retail business with an authorized capital stock of $20,000, $15,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in in prop- erty. Manufacturing Matters. Detroit—The Detroit Stove Works, 6900 East Jefferson avenue, has in- creased its capital stock from $3,500,- 000 to $4,000,000. Detroit—The Detroit Bronze Bush- ing Co., 1041 Beaufait street, has been incorporated with an authorized cap- ital stock of $50,000, $10,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Battle Creek—The Battle Creek Special Body Co, 95-99 Liberty street, has been incorporated with an author- ized capital stock of $15,000, of which amount $1,000 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Detroit—The Detroit Davenport Manufacturing Co., 2536 Hart avenue, has been incorporated with an author- ized capital stock of $30,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in, $8,000 in cash and $22,000 in prop- erty. Coldwater—Officials of the Cham- pion Brass Works, partially destroyed by fire, Nov. 27, announce that the work of rebuilding the plant will com- mence at once. The loss is estimated at over $30,000 and is covered by in- surance. Detroit—The Detroit Lamp Manu- facturing Co., 1534 Woodward avenue, has merged its business into a stock December 3, 1924 company under the same style, with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. Detroit—The Peerless Chandelier Co., 214 East Grand River boulevard, has merged its business into a stock company under the same style, with an authorized capital stock of $10,000. all of which has been subscribed and paid in, $800 in cash and $9,200 in property. Lansing—The Michigan Toys and Novelties Manufacturing Co., Lan- sing’s newest metal industry, is cov- ering all of the central states with a sales and show campaign. The con- cern, which was organized by George M. C. Burdick, maufactures toy sol. diers, animals, bird whistles, Indian sets and other metal novelties. —__.~.s> Wheat Market Softer. Written for the Tradesman. The wheat market has_ softened somewhat the past three or four days and it is possible prices will go some- what lower. Should. wheat decline 5@6c_ per bushel between now and Jan. 1, we believe it would afford the flour buyer an excellent opportunity to cover his trade requirements for sixty to ninety days. It must be borne in mind the world supply of wheat has not changed ma terially, that wheat is really in as strong position now as it has been: stronger, in fact, if anything, because of reduced estimates on the Argentine crop and reduction of approximately 20,000,000 bushels in the Canadian out-turn compared to earlier predic- tions. There is always more or less dull- ness and lack of activity in grain mar- kets during the holiday season. Prob- ably this year will be no exception, but, as stated above, it will pay the wheat and flour buyer to watch the market very closely and should prices decline 5@6c per bushel for wheat, we believe such a situation will represent an excellent opportunity to cover their requirements on a profitable basis. Lloyd E. Smith. —_> +2 Hides, Pelts and Furs. Green, No. boo 2 - 09 Green, Ne. 2 —.------_-. - 08 Cured. No. 1 =.=. - 10 Cured, No. 2 .-2.---_- - 09 Calfskin, Green, No. 1 = 36 Calfskin, Green, No. 2 - 13% Calfskin, Cured, No. 1 ~------------- 16 Calfskin, Cured, No. 2 ~------------- 14% Morse, No. 1 2 3 50 Worne, No. 2.2 ee 2 50 Pelts. Old Wool 1 00@2 50 lambs 2 1 00@2 00 Shearlings: --.-0 2 50@1 00 Tallow. Prime 07 No. 1 06 No. 2 05 Wool. Unwashed, medium ------~---------- @40 Unwashed, rejects -_---------------- @30 Unwashed, fine —-...__-_... @40 Furs Skim: Black = 2-00 3 00 Skami, Short: ool ceo oo ae 2 00 Shimk. Narrow = ee ee 1 00 Skank. road 2000000 ce ee 50 Muskrats: (Winter. 000 oo 1 25 Muskrats, Wal ooo eee 1 09 Muskrats, Kitts 22.200 cle 145 Raccoon: Taree. 22.0200 0 5 00 Raccoon, Medium —...-_.0 3 54 Raccoon, Small 2... eee 2 00 Mink, Large 9 04 Mink, Medium < 00 Mink. Small 2202000 5 00 - 10 0 0 u December 3, 1924 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Essential Features of the Grocery tations. It is not a favorable time to Cheese—The demand during the 300 Red Ball ------------------- 8.50 Staples. restock and many operators are neg- week has been quiet but for the most 360 Red Ball -~----------------- 8.50 Sugar—Local jobbers hold cane lecting their future outlets. Succo- part the market has been firm. There Lettuce—In good demand on the granulated at 8%4c and beet granulat- tash is very hard to obtain in any has been no change anywhere during following basis: ed at 7.90c. quarter. the week. California Iceberg, per crate —~_--$3.50 Tea—The first hands business in tea Canned Fish—All fish items are uni- Provisions—The market has shown Hot house leaf, per bu. -------- La has been interfered with as usual by the holiday and the movement of tea from first hands has for that reason been somewhat smaller during the week. Everything in tea however is still very firm with a strong advancing tendency. The prices show no ma- terial change for the week. Coffee—The market, speaking par- ticularly of Rio and Santos, has been considerably excited during the week with several speculative declines, and the feeling in Brazil coffee is undoubt- edly somewhat easier and spot grades of Rio and Santos show declines from the highest point, ranging from 1@2c per pound. Milds are also somewhat easier in sympathy. The jobbing mar- ket for roasted coffee shows declines here and there, although these are not by any means general. Canned Fruits—California fruits are not active as offerings of sizable blocks in the wanted grades and sizes are nominal, while distributors have enough for the time being even though they will be forced to re-enter the market later on when shortages develop. Peaches and pears are the leaders in demand and are the strong- est statistically, but cherries, apricots and berries are all in line with the major items. Pineapple is firm and held at full quotations although the turnover is moderate. Canned Vegetables—Not much was accomplished in canned food trading last week in the field of stocking up for the future. The holiday broke in- to the week; it was the end of the month with the Christmas holidays and inventories as additional handi- caps. It is a difficult market on which to operate on an extensive scale as many circumstances favor the seHer and there is every indication of a very pronounced shortage later on which prevents free selling. Toward the end of the year distributors are swamped with detail work, some of which per- tains to Christmas outlets and must therefore have first preference over staples which are not affected by that occasion. Despite the lack of buying interest there has been no change in the position of major or minor vege- tables. Tomatoes are generally held at a minimum of $1.05 factory for No. 2s. Some canners will not sell at $1.10, while many talk of $1.15@1.25 as the prospective range later on. The same trend appears in No. 3s. No. 10s are held relatively firmer than the smaller sizes. California tomatoes are held firm in the West without much trading. Corn is also firm but quiet. Trading is almost wholly in resale blocks as they can be had cheaper on the spot than at the factory ‘basis quoted by first hands who have any- thing to sell. Interest in peas has sub- sided for the time being and firm bids for popular standards are not being made so frequently. To get rid of some of the slower sellers canners are making special prices but insist that the buyer take other lots at full quo- formly quiet. Maine sardines are in routine demand but are held at full factory quotations as stocks unsold are not heavy and the new packing season is about six months ahead, giving sufficient time for a clearance of the 1924 pack. Salmon is neglected for later markets, but there is a steady call for jobbing quantities of all grades. Shrimp is not plentiful here or at the factory and the market is well main- tained. Tuna fish is more and more favoring the packer as unsold stocks are light. Lobster and crab meat are dull, Dried Fruits—Sentiment is chang- ing more rapidly in the dried fruit market than actual trading conditions or ruling quotations. There are much more optimistic features to be noted at the sources of supply and in dis- tributing markets like New York, which have been somewhat depressed because of the lack of a seasonable movement; the turnover of late has been on the increase. Many handi- caps exist to prevent a radical reac- tion here, such as the approach of the holidays, inventories and the like, suggesting that the spot market may not completely parallel that on the Coast until along in January, when de- ferred buying will no longer be pos- sible. By that time stocks now in hand will be pretty well exhausted and sheer necessity will force dealers to cover. They will be compelled to go to the Coast for their prunes, raisins and the like as jobbing stocks here and at other centers are being exhausted. In anticipation of this situation packers are holding all dried fruits firm and are inclined to anticipate substantial advances. The feature of the week was the advance in California medium size prunes by the association. Large sizes remain withdrawn, while small counts are exhausted. Independent packers are going up to the Associa- tion basis. Oregon prunes are also going upward in all sizes and there is no free selling. Raisins are steady. The demand is routine and is mostly for carryover both here and on the Coast. Peaches and apricots are in strong hands and are not to be had from first hands in sizable blocks. Currants remain quiet. Beans and Peas—The market for beans and peas is dull; all varieties of dried white beans are quiet, as is usu- al at the holiday season, with prices easy. Green and Scotch peas are also quiet at ruling quotations. Syrup and Molasses—Molasses is in excellent demand owing to the cooler weather and because of the compara- tive smallness of the supply of all grades; the market is firm. Compound syrup and sugar syrup are both selling moderately at steady prices. Salt Fish—Nothing has occurred during the week to change the situa- tion in mackerel; the demand is quite good from consumptive channels and prices are unchanged. Imported brands of mackerel scarce and firm, no change during the week; the de- mand has been light, as is usual dur- ing the holiday week. The jobbing demand is fair with prices just about the same all along the line of both hog and beef products. —_222>——_ Review of the Produce Market. Apples—Wealthy, Wolf River, Alex- ander, Maiden Blush and Baldwins command $1@1.50 per bu.; Spys com- mand $2.75. Bagas—Canadian, $1.50 per 100 Ibs. Bananas—9@9%c per Ib. Beans—Michigan jobbers are quot- ing is follows: ©. fF Pea. $5.30 Brown Swede 0... 6.15 Dark Red Kidney __..._-_-.-.- 9.40 Light Red Kidney _--.__-____.__ 8.70 Butter—The market has occasion- ally shown some easiness during the week but for the most part has been firm at a fractional The principal reason for this was strong news from other markets; altogether fine creamery butter is probably a full cent higher than a week ago. The supply of medium and under grades of butter is liberal, but buyers do not seem to want these goods and will take them only by concessions which seem comparatively easy to get. Lo- cal jobbers hold fresh creamery at 50c; June packed, 42c, prints, 5lec. They pay 24c for packing stock. California Fruits — Bartlett pears, $4.75@5 per box for either 135 or 150; Emperor grapes, $3 per crate; Giant plums, $2.75 for 4 basket crate; Honey Dey melons, $3 per crate of either 6 or 8. Celery — Commands bunch. Cauliflower—$1.50 per doz. heads. Cranberries—Late Howes are sell- ing at $7.50@8 per % bbl. Cucumbers—lIllinois hot house com- mand $3 for fancy and $2.50 for choice. Eggs—Strictly fine fresh eggs con- tinue scarce and firm with an active enquiry every day that absorbs every- thing offered. This grade of eggs de- mand a premium of probably 2c per dozen over last week. There seems to be almost no limit of price for eggs of this grade. Storage eggs show no particular change although the de- mand is very fair. Local jobbers pay 55c for strictly fresh. They resell as follows: advance. 40@50c_ per Nresh. Gandied _-..-- 0 57c 0D 0) Ee 40c Gaudled first 38c Me 36c Cihecke (2000 30c Egg Plant—$1.25 per doz. Garlic—35c per string for Italian. Grape Fruit—$3@3.25, according to quality. Green Onions—Home grown are now in market command 25c for Ever- greens and 40c for Silverskins. Honey—25c for comb, 25c_ for strained. Lemons—Quotations are now as fol- lows: 900: Suiiist uo22..22.20s4,.-.22--99. 0 Onions—Spanish, $2.25 for 72s and 50s: Michigan, $1.75 per 100 Ibs. Oranges—Fancy Sunkist Navels are now on the following basis: 216 and laseer ae a2 2. ._ 5.00 ee 4.50 4... 4.00 Red Ball, 50c lower. Pears—Bartlett command $2.25 per bu. Anjous and Clapp’s Favorite, $1.50; Keefer, $1.25. Potatoes—Country buyers pay 40@ 50c per 100 Ibs., mostly 40@45c. Poultry—Wilson & Company pay as follows, this week: Live Dressed Heavy fowls 18c 22c Brdiers 9. 18¢ 22c Lrolt fowls l3c 17c Heavy sores —._...._.. 18c 22c COe 10¢ l4c ‘Vurkeys ae 30¢ Picks 2 18¢ 23e Geese 1&c 22¢ Radishes—75ce per doz. bunches for hot house. Spinach—$1 per bu. for grown. : Squash—Hubbard, 3c per tb. Sweet Potatoes—Delaware $3.50 per hamper. Veal—Local dealers pay as follows: home Sweets, Fancy White Meated .___________ 12c Goad .:..1.... 9c 670 fe O&8c Vege 06c oe ea Efforts Made to Acclimate Spotted Turkey. If you have noticed an improvement in the flavor of your Thanksgiving turkey this year it may be the result of experiments undertaken some time ago by the United States Survey, which is trying to acclimate the occellated or spotted turkey—a wild species of Central America. A number of the birds transplanted to a lonely island off the Biologicat recently were Georgian coast for the purpose of ob- serving what effect the northern clim- If this is found to be favorable, attempts will be made to breed this species of fowl with the domesticated turkey, which is of Mexican origin. The ocellated tur- key is about the size of the domes- ticated bird, and the meat is said to be unusually tender and savory. ate would have or them. —_2»2+2__— Old Man Robbed of Turkeys Just Be- fore Thanksgiving. Syracuse, Nov. 28—Some mean thief robbed James Kelly, 95 years old, of Skaneateles Junction, of his prize flock of fifteen turkeys just before Thanks- giving. He reckons his loss at $75, although the turkeys dressed would have brought a much higher figure. Too feeble from old age for manual labor, Mr. Kelly had undertaken the task of raising a flock of turkeys to support him during the winter. Some one entered his yard while he and his daughter were asleep. He discovered the theft when he went out to feed his birds. Neighbors became incensed when they learned of the burglary, and a search is being made in the hope of locating the thief. 6 Congress Should Repeal Vicious Laws It Previously Enacted. Muskegon, Dec. 2—While the ham- stringing of several back sliding mem- bers of the U. S. Senate by the Re- publican members of that body was, without doubt, justifiable, it is not beyond the range of absolute knowl- edge that there are still in Congress many stiletto toters, who subjected President Coolidge to back piercing processes during the last session, who can easily be identified by looking over its official roll calls on much vital and important legislation, who should be purged of their iniquities. Members of the dominant party are in high feather because of their recent election successes, but it is a matter of very recent history that such party successes have been followed by re- verses, which were deserved. While none of us are keen for any particularly new legislation there is a strong desire on the part of the pub- lic to have some past errors corrected. If the present session can be devoted to this work with any degree of suc- cess, an adjournment for a decade will be hailed as a blessing. President Coolidge needs help in carrying out his ideas of economy, all of which are reasonable, and if this assistance is denied him, there will be more reason for checking up on the sincerity of those who posed as the holier than thou contingent who were so keen in dethroning alleged filibust- ers and insurgents. The fellow who comes out openly and practices treasonable acts may be wretched, but the member who retains his seat in either house by reason of ‘regularity’ is dangerous in even a larger sense, in that he may be found wanting at a critical moment. Under the theological theory that the ‘vilest sinner may return,’ the Democratic party has reinstated Sen- ator Wheeler, late third party Vice- Presidential candidate, and the Repub- licans may discover that a probation- ary period or parole on good be- havior might have eventually worked out more satisfactorily than actually reading out of the party certain legis- lators who are bound in any court to retain their senatorial seats until the expiration of their terms. Their in- fluence for good might be negligible, but during the present session at least minimizing excuses for delays and obstructions might be politic. During the last session of Congress Senator Norris, of Nebraska, intro- duced a resolution preliminary to a proposed amendment to the Federal constitution permitting Congress to provide by law methods for the elec- tion of President and Vice-President which will prevent such elections re- verting to Congress; also moving up the dates for the assembling of a new- ly elected Congress, the increase of the Congressional term to four instead of two years, and giving the President one term of six years and prohibiting his re-elecetion to succeed himself. The present methods of electing presidents and vice-presidents are un- necessarily crude and might easily be improved, even by direct vote, if elec- tions in the various states were square- ly conducted, as it is to be hoped they will be with the progress of civiliza- tion. The lengthening of the presi- dential term is also much to be desired for business reasons, and while a change of constitutional provisions prohibiting re-election may be debat- able, there will, it is to be hoped, al- ways be found desirable presidential timber, and the schoolboy’s chance of reaching the top of the ladder will be enhanced at least 50 per cent. The provision for moving ahead the date for the convening of the new Congress is much to be praised, as it will give the newly elect an oppor- tunity to demonstrate his position on the issue which dominated his cam- paign. The present provisions provid- ing for a lapse of thirteen months be- tween the election of a Congressman MICHIGAN TRADESMAN and his induction into office were adopted at a time when official elec- tion results were usually not known until months after the votes were cast. With present methods of communica- tion there is no reason whatever why a representative in Congress should not take his seat on January 1 following, and very many good ones why he should. There is now pending in Congress an amendment to the Federal constitu- tion which provides that members of at least one house in each of the state legislatures, which may ratify con- stitutional amendments, shall have been elected after such amendment has been proposed. This does not go far into the problem. Amendments to the Federal constitution should be ratified by a direct vote of the citizens of each siate. All of us remember when U. S. Senators were uniformly elected by the joint vote of both legislative branches of the various state legisla- tures. It was a regulation which en- couraged many abuses and much brib- ery. Now the senators are elected by popular vote, and there are many good reasons why Federal amendments should be subjected to the same treat- ment. At least this method savors of fairness. At the last Congress there was of- fered an amendment legalizing the drafting of money, no less than men, during stress of war. It is held that, when men are being asked to place their lives in jeopardy for a common cause, wealth should be drawn upon for the same purpose. The _ soldier goes forth to battle, prepared to make the extreme sacrifice, while the civilian remains at home, safe and undisturbed, with opportunities of availing himself of certain monetary advantages which war develops. At the worst he, the civilian, is conducting his business without cessation, while the soldier is losing ground. An amendment or a provision of this character chould, however, be subjected to much careful considera- tion, among which the equalization of demand should be paramount, and it should not resolve itself into radical proposals which, when war comes, the industries may be taken over by the Government and subjected to Govern- ment control. We were all too well fed up on the Government control op- erations during the last war and are still paying a heavy toll for indulging in the experiment. 3ut, notwithstanding all this, when war comes, wealth, which is enjoying undisturbed immunity from disaster, should be drafted in the ratio of its ability to pay. Income and other posi war tax provisions are unwieldy, and as in all tax regulations, so far as now known, fail to handle the situation fairly and justly. One Grossman, a Chicago boot-leg- ger, was accused of violating the Vol- stead act and was restrained by in- junction from repeating the offense. He was almost directly afterward ap- prehended in a violation of this in- junction and the Federal judge who had issued the injunction made an ex- ample of the culprit and sentenced him to the dungeon for a term. At least he tried to do so, but President Cool- idge, for some reason to himself suffi- cient, pardoned the offender. The judiciary, resenting the inter- ference, in an appeal to a higher court, appeared to be vindicated, but Uncle Sam thought best to thresh out the problem for once and all and it wiil now be passed upon by the VU. S. Su- preme Court. It matters not whether the particu- lar offense committed was a violation of the Volstead or any other enact- ment. It is simply a question of whether the Federal constitution, which provides that the ‘accused shall not be denied the right of a trial by jury,” is being abrogated by a Federal judge. In the past judges in all phases of. court practice, have indulged more December 3, 1924 Give “Her” a Grand Piano This Christmas Nothing else she would prize so greatly; noth- ing else so splendidly express your love and thoughtfulness. WE OFFER LEADING MAKES and greatest variety. STEINWAY SOHMER VOSE LUDWIG PREMIER STEINERT STECK WEBER CONVENIENT TERMS Full value allowed on other instrument. 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A decision by the highest authority will be looked for with much interest. Frank S. Verbeck. ——_--—__ Japan the Real Menace of the Future. Grandville, Dec. 2—Europe has ap- parently laid off the United States. Japan and the United States, how- ever, are in the kinks of disagreement, which in time bids fair to result in a disagreeable combustion. One of the foremost literary men of Japan, and a Christian for forty years, urges the American mission- aries to return home, Japan wishes to get shut of them. “Dear American missionaries in Ja- pan and Korea: It is high time that you went home, where you are urgent- ly needed. Gardeners sent to work in their neighbor’s yard will find their own gardens covered with seeds on returning. Dear America, what a naughty boy you are growing to be. Prosperity has spoiled you; you have grown too fat to retain your tender sensibilities. You are too active and have got out of control. “You are dreaming of world dom- ination, and believe you can impose anything on others with impunity. You want to be boss of the world and you stick your nose into other people’s affairs.” Coming from an educated Jap this sounds significant. It speaks ill for the good feeling which has so long existed between America and Japan. When the Christian people of that land beyond the sea take such a stand there certainly must be bitter feeling in the hearts of the common people. America may not be to blame for all this, nevertheless it is a fact that no love is lost between the two peo- ples, and it will be wise if the Amer- ican people take heed of the direction of the wind from the Orient in time to set their house in order for the coming conflict. What, a conflict with Japan when all the world is talking peace—aye, peace at any price? Strange as it may seem there is one big spot on the sur- face of the world where the love for America has grown to bitter hatred within the last few years. Barring the Japs out of the Pacific states has had a bearing on this, and there are many other little incidents which have rubbed the skin of the Nippon nation until it has become raw. Well, Japan is only a heathen na- tion anyhow. Very true, but a nation which will have to be reckoned with in the not distant future. Listen to the further protests of the Japanese scholar. “Dear friends: Return to your own country and revive the true spirit of Christ among your fellow country- men. Pacify them and warn them of the danger to which your people are leading humanity. Teach them to be meex and humble in spirit, as the Great Teacher set an example before the world. You must remind your own people that it was not proud Goliath, armed to the teeth, who won the laurels, but it was the meek and humble David, a shepherd boy, with a sling and pebbles.” David with the sling and pebbles of course represents Japan. A sig- nificant inference which the wily Jap makes use of to give Uncle Sam due notice that no amount of missionary service will in any way disarm the enmity of his country toward the vile Yankees. National hatred will not down, no matter how many missionaries are added to those already over there seeking to convert a heathen nation to the fold of Christ. Undoubtedly the Jap sees no little of hypocracy in the efforts of Americans to Christianize their people. Again hear the com- plainant: “Teach your own people not to slight their brothers and sisters be- cause of their color, smallness of stat- ure or smaliness of their country; that it is sin before God to treat brothers as infericrs because of the difference in their mcde of living. Tell them of Christ reborn here.” What may not come of all this an- guish of spirit that seems to possess the very highest ranks of Japan. They are a proud people, and that they have courage was amply demonstrated when they met the strongest nation in Europe and whipped her on both land and sea. Instead of paying the least heed to the discontent of the most civilized of the yellow races, the United States takes on a peaceful smile, goes about scrapping its naval ships, heeds no warning of a necessity for a larger air service, complacently taking it for granted that the late Washington peace conference meant that war would come no more to the signers of that contract. In fact, the United States is com- fortably dozing while other nations are seething with a desire to wreak vengeance on poor old Uncle Sam for doing his duty in keeping out undesir- able immigration. Eternal vigilance is the liberty. Never was a truer sentence ever ut- tered. Japan assures us that she loves the Yankees, but doesn’t think we have used her squarely by withholding the rich valleys of the Pacific coast from settlement by her yellow hordes. Still referring to the American mis- sionaries, the learned Jap says: “You missionaries are expected to finish the work begun by Abraham Lincoln, and you surely have much to do in weed- ing your own garden. Can you say why you have to stay here when your own home gardens are rank with weeds?” Still farther on the Jap pleads for the melting of cannon, the building of peace statutes at the entrance to the Golden Gate and the like, but beneath the surface is a feeling that will brook no soft solder from our Government, and the Japs are right in their demand that we withdraw missionaries, whose presence only serves to rouse the war faction to greater wrath over the sit- uation. Uncle Sam, what are you going to do about it? Old Timer. —__++2>—____ Can You Beat It? Detroit, Dec. 2—While calling on a customer recently, who runs a bazaar, he told me they were stealing him blind. As his goods were in reach of anyone who came in, it was easy to see how it might be when all the clerks were busy. He told me that a few days before they had seen a wom- an slip a dish into her shopping bag and then go out the door. He follow- ed her and she turned the next corner and started to run. He caught up to her just as she came to her car, which had three small children in it. He asked to see what she had in her bag and she admitted at once that she had a dish. She said it was so pretty she could not resist taking it. He said, “Well I am losing so much this way I guess I will have to have you ar- rested.” She begged him not to do this and, looking at the children, he let her. go if she would pay for the dish, which was $3; and she paid. A few days later she came in to the store and said she didn’t like the dish and asked him to pay her the $3 back. 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An announcement made by Senator Capper of Kansas the other day that the farm “bloc” intended pushing for passage, at the Congress, the Truth-in-Fabric bill. That bit of at- tempted has had rather hard sledding and appears no nearer the goal of enactment that it was at any time in the past ten years or so. If anything, it is a little fur.her off than it was a year or two ago. The purpose of the legislation, as avowed, is to compel the branding of woolen textures so as to indicate if any re- worked wool is used in their making. The objections to this are many, as has often been shown. First of all is the implication that reworked wool used in any, even the smallest, quantity makes an inferior fabric in wear or in ap- pearance. Any pretense of the kind was shown to be unfounded long ago by the makers of woolens here and abroad, as certain fabrics conceded to be standard contain reworked It is also a matter pretty understood by people in general who are good enough judges of what pleases them as well as of what is serviceable. Then there is the ob ec- tion to the workability of any law making a distinction between the use of new and reworked wool, since there is no way of distinguishing between the two, once they are made up into a fabric. This being the case, the enactment of a law of the kind would only open the door to those unscrupu- lous enough to misbrand goods, which they could do without fear of detec- tion. was coming session of so-called legislation wool. now well A new element, however, has just come in further to confound the advo- cates of the proposed legislation, and the worst of it is that there is no way of getting around it. This is contained in the report of the United States Bu- reau of Standards, which has been making tests of fabrics, especially as regards their abrasion. Machines were employed which simulated the effect of wear and these applied to weaves of various Director Burgess of the bureau reports: “A short study of the effect of reworl:ed wools was made and showed tha‘ it was possible to use reworked wool in fabrics and secure a fabric superior in wearing qualities to one containing all virgin wool.” While this conclusion merely corroborates what woolen man- ufacturers have all along claimed, it gets added weight because of the im- partial character of the investigation and the scientific nature of the demon- stration. It effectively disposes of the fallacy of the superiority of the wear- ing qualities of cloth made exclusively of new wool. Aside from the matters of appearance and durability, there was only one other quality in woolen fabrics that could be taken into ac- count, and this was warmth. As to this, it may be stated that no one has ever pretended that there was any ma- terial difference between those made wholly of new wool and those partly of reworked wool. If anything, the lat- ter were the warmer of the two. When were kinds. everything is sifted down, it is found that the value of a fabric, including its appearance and wearability, depend al- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN most wholly on the skill of the weaver, and the claim of merit based only on the use of new wool is without founda- tion in fact. DEMAND FOR COTTON GOODS. Speculators in cotton and spinners have a common interest now as con- cerns that raw material. much goods can be disposed of and at what At anything under 25 cents per pound for cotton the mills are finding it possible to do a fair amount of business at large, profit. If conditions continue favorable, more will accrue in a couple of months. To bring about the result a number of Eastern mills have re- duced wages and others are preparing to do so. The margin between the cost of goods and what buyers are willing to give is said to be so small as to require economy even as regards labor cost. Abroad, cotton manufac- turing conditions are improving. In England the Lancashire mills have de- run on a 39% hour week schedule instead of the 32 hour one made a few months ago. Domestic mills are also increasing output from month 1o month, although it is still less than it was a twelvemonth ago. Orders are being taken for delivery during the first quarter of the next year. Sales of gray goods. were not very notable during the past week, the holiday having something to do with the easing up. Except for occasional concessions on the part of hands, prices have been kept quite constant. A fairly steady distribution keeps up for bleached and_ printed goods, and gingham orders are coming in well, considering the season. Im- ports of specialties in unbleached cot- tons are holding their own. Those of knit texture are less than they were last year at this time. A little revival of activity in domestic knit underwear is noticeable, while sales of hosiery are steadily on the increase. Notable among last week’s offerings was that of one mill in this State showing Fall underwear. at a reduction of from 10 to 12 per cent. This is how prices. some, if not cided to second SLIGHT INCREASE IN WOOLS. Auction sales of wool are in prog- ress at London and in Australia and New Zealand. Thus far a slight tm- crease in prices, especially in the medium varieties, has been a marked feature of such There to be comparatively little bidding for American account at London, but this is reported to have been in evidence elsewhere and to have aided in keeping up price levels. Whether the higher prices will continue to prevail is yet a question. It all depends on how urgent the demand will be, particular- ly from this country, which has been rather shy in getting needed supplies. Most of the wool imports have been of the varieties used in rugs and carpets. The most recent statistics on the sub- ject are for the week ended Nov. 22 and show a preponderance of carpet wool imports. It s taken for granted that the domestic mills have delayed in getting supplies of clothing ard combing wools about as long as they could and that they are now in the market for raw material for fabrics for the next heavyweight season, the sales. is said offerings for which should be shown within the next five or six weeks. Be- sides bidding for foreign wools, these mills have been contracting largely in advance for next Spring’s domestic clip. The prediction is made every- where that the increased cost of the raw material will be reflected in sharp advances in price for the fabrics for next fall. Meanwhile, the orders for spring goods have left something to be desired. This holds as regards fab- rics for both men’s and women’s wear. The comparatively mild weather of the past week checked somewhat the sales of clothing and garments. MOTOR CAR TIME BUYING. Retail credit throughout the country are awaiting with considerable interest the outcome of a meeting to be held in Chicago on Dec. 10 that will have for its purpose the revision of terms by which automobiles may be bought on partial-payment plans. Representatives of all kinds of con- cerns ‘interested in the financing of these plans are expected to attend the meeting. men Among the proposed changes will be the increasing of the initial payment from 20 or 25 per cent. of the price of the machine to be purchased to about a third of its value. Another import- ant proposal is to shorten materially the period during which subsequent payments may be made. This period, which now is two years in many cases, may be cut to a uniform term of a year. The general effect of the proposed changes will be to make the purchase of cars “on time” as difficult as possi- ble for persons whose financial condi- dion does not warrant the buying of an automobile under any circumstanc- es. Retail credit men in various parts of the country have from tme to time openly asserted that the easy terms on which purchases of this kind could be made not on'v resulted in delayed pay- ments of bills by consumers—or no payments at all—but was reducing the volume of sales generally. Merchants handling lines other than those of the actual necessaries of life have made similar complaints as to the restrictive effect of “time” buying of automobiles on their businesses. The decision to send the Shenan- doah to Hawaii and the Los Angeles to Panama and England will result in maneuvers of the greatest value alike to our naval administration and to the commercial development of aircraft. It will stimulate enthusiasm for en- listment in the navy to offer this pros- pect of seeing the world in a new way. And even though some ships must be scrapped in accordance with the solemn pact into which we have en- tered, there is still use in many direc- tions and connections for our ships of the seas and those of the air as well. Whatever the two great dirigibles ac- complish will serve to give valuable training to officers such as commander Klein, who made the round-trip with the Los Angeles between Lakehurst and Washington, though he never be- fore had handled the ship and for the first time it was using helium instead of hydrogen. December 3, 1924 WOE TO CONTRACT BREAKER. Of most hopeful augury are the re- cent concerted efforts on the part of different trade bodies to inculcate and enforce better business ethics. In older countries, of which Great Brit- ain is a striking example there is a background of tradition that con- strains a scrupulous regard for the sanctity of obligation ‘among traders. Virtual ostracism awaits offenders in this regard. It makes no difference whether or not a contract is profitable. If it was made, it is to be obeyed. Among the older established business houses of this country the same rule prevailed, and still does. It forms a part of their reputation and not the least of the factors in the intangible good-will of the concerns. Many if not most of the newer establishments as they came into being adopted the ways of the older ones to the mutual advantage of themselves and_ those with whom they dealt. Even if their contracts are improvident they abide by them. But among the myriad re- cent enterprises are a number con- trolled by men with no fine sense of honor who are forever resorting to trickery in order to avoid the conse- quences of their own imprudence, bad judgment or lack of foresight. They have been, and continue to be, a thorn in the side of honest business and dis- turbers of trade in general. If not checked they will do incalculable in- jury. They cannot, however, be reached by individual effort. If one house in a trade refuses to deal with them they go to others in succession until they have exhausted the gamut. Manifestly, the only way to deal with such offenders is to make it im- possible for them to do business by dishonest methods, and this implies an agreement to that effect by prac- tically all others in the trade. The culprits are both wholesalers and re- tailers. They are quite numerous in the textile lines, and especially in the garment trades. As long as business moves along profitably for them they give no trouble. But, at the first signs of a setback, they get busy cancelling orders and returning goods on any or no pretext. A perverted ingenuity is often displayed in these attempts, and the only limit appears to be the boundary of the state or Federal penal laws. The statutes governing con- tracts do not seem to bother the de- linquents because they are rarely re- sorted to by sellers who, on account of severe competition, are afraid of losing a regular customer, or who are unwilling to go to the expense of suing on the chance of recovering damages after a long delay. These considerations have given a kind of immunity to the contract breakers which the latter take full advantage of. The seller has a better chance of getting his money where the contract contains a clause for compulsory ar- bitration but still runs the risk of los- ing his customer. If, however, it were made a universal rule to insist on buy- ers living up to their agreements and their being placed on a trade blacklist for failure to do so, the problem would be simplified. The ultra-smart and dishonest ones would then have no such advantage over the scrupulous and honest as they have had, ' ee < December 3, 1924 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 ACCEPTANCE BANKING a modern development in finance open to public investment with particular reference to an issue of $4,000,000 Industrial Acceptance Corporation Exclusive Contract With STUDEBAKER CORPORATION 7% Cumulative Preferred Stock 7% About 65% of new automobiles are sold on a time purchase plan that necessitates the handling of a loan by some reliable financial organization. The volume of con- tracts that have originated since the inception of the automobile acceptance business has opened a wide field for profit in the conduct of this phase of commercial banking. The company named above holds an exclusive contract with the STUDEBAKER CORPORATION to finance the sale of the entire Studebaker output placed by pur- chase contract with dealers and ultimate purchasers—operating as an independent corporation, but working in close harmony as an integral part of Studebaker sales procedure. The Industrial Acceptance Corporation and its predecessor company have demonstrated the remarkable earning power of this type of business, when properly managed. In its sixth year it shows a gross volume of business in excess of $60,- 000,000, with a maximum future expectancy of more than $300,000,000 per annum on a basis of STUDEBAKER CORPORATION output and proportionate time-payment sales. Each unit purchase of ten preferred shares purchased now will carry a Voting Trust Certificate for three shares of COMMON STOCK—which on : basis of future business expectancy should be a prolific dividend earner in the uture. These units seem to offer unusual possibilities—with exceptional safety of security —for each preferred share is entitled to $110 per share and accrued dividends in liquidation——a contingency that represents the gravest reversal that the customer corporation could suffer. The fact that the security behind each share is vested in merchandise which has been produced and distributed to more than 40,000 dealers and owners on an average of 5 months liquidation plan, spreads the shareholder's risk to an extent that makes credit losses almost negligible. A complete circular giving facts and figures of the company’s record and condition before and upon completion of present financing is now ready; your request for it does not obligate you in the least. HOWE, SNOW & BERTLES (Incorporated ) Investment Securities NEW YORK GRAND RAPIDS DETROIT CHICAGO The statements contained in this Advertisement, while not guaranteed, are obtained from reliable sources. December 38, 1924 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN = hasn’t enough, or he has not placed tunics are made with abbreviated Fy = = { metas tl sperly, Possibly the decora- sleeves that barely cover the armhole, AAO Hah 1em properly. J ~E r Ae es exclusively to but a few models are shown with very Ny NPS aay on A y j = y y/ a)” (Cerrar C we $ = WN 4 Sy S 9 )) a my ‘i mr EF. Ze P= AVE + rst a eK cy vw KS a f\ CHAU LLIN ni Timely and Original Suggestions Which Emphasize Christmas Spirit. One of the things to keep in mind when arranging the Christmas dow display, is to instill the holiday spirit the trim, and reflect the gift-giving possibilities of the mer- chandise in a way that will be noticed at a glance. The goods must be made to show their appropriateness for gifts, and footwear can be made to do so with no extra effort. Shoes of various types are natural gifts, and when dis- played especially for the holiday trade have an appeal that to many is ir- win- into resistible. The use of symbolic decorations of the Christmas season in a windu\ causes the season and event to both be emphasized, and the goods on display linked up by suggestion with pur- chases at that time. The volume of holiday business will be as great as the effort put forth to stimulate it, and appropriate window trims are one of the best ways to accomplish this Decorations of a. nature that will go well with Christmas time are not hard to make, where they are not secured otherwise. Cut-outs, which are par- ticularly useful in Christmas settings, holly wreaths, mistletoe clusters, Santa Claus posters and the like are easily prepared right in the store, and serve just as well, and often better, than those that are bought. Evergreens are standard, although somewhat mussy when they shed, but are al- ways procurable. Display men often prefer to make their own decorations, thereby are able to show a certain amount of originality in the result of their handi- work, each having a little different idea, at least, from the other. When are procured from the same source, they give the windows a sameness that becomes Store-made decorations also have the advantage of not being expensive, and displays can be made without any un- usual cost. Care should be used not to overdo the Sometimes holiday- trimmed windows are made to have a heavy look because of there being too and decorations wearisome. decorations. much decoration, which should never be so prominent as to overshadow the goods. Each article in a holiday win- dow display should have on it a Christ- mas tag. These are procurable in colors at any novelty shop or station- ery store, and when tied with baby ribbon, enhance the appearance of the goods. Some displays call for a snow and ice effect. This is accomplished by the use of cotton batting and some glistening preparation of flakes or powder to represent frost. There is an art, however, in using these mate- rials, for too often the snow and ice effect is overdone, and the appearance of the trim is thereby cheapened. Nothing embellishes a window at Christmas time more than a Christmas tree, an appropriate size being selected to fit that of the window in which it is to be placed. In the decoration of a tree, there is a chance to overdo the thing. Too many glass balls, festoons of tinsel, etc., are often utilized in this connection. The tree limbs sometimes actually are weighted down with such ornaments. A tree, simply decorated, with a few small items hung on it, and the larger articles near the base or in the foreground, make a much better impression. The passers-by are more impressed with the good taste of a window dis- play than many merchants think. A window trimmed in bad taste, with an absence of artistic arrangement, is al- most as inefficient as one where the goods simply are jumbled together. The purpose of a window display is to sell goods, and if it is not a good “salesman,’ it is not serving that pur- pose. Much added volume of sales in foot- wear for Christmas gifts can be ac- complished through proper presenta- tion and suggestion of the pr duct. Shoes in themselves do not make very good gifts if they are to be bouzht arc presented to the recipient as you are not sure of the proper size or style they may desire. However this has been overcome very nicely trough the gift certificate which entitles them to a pair of slippers to the amount of the face value of the certifi- cate. This does away with all the red tape of exchanging which were presented as after Christmas. Slippers, ornaments, hosiery, are more suitable articles to give than a pair of shoes would be, therefore, it will be very essential that you feature these articles very forcibly and prom- inently during the Christmas season. The thing to do is to create and provide the proper atmosphere in the shoes or footwear Christmas gifts, etc, show window and interior in conjunc- tion with this showing of goods. With all of the decoratives so easily secured at this time you should experience no difficulty in providing the proper at- mosphere. All it requires is to know how to utilize them in such a manner that they show up to the best possible advantage. A great number of show windows look like a dish of boarding house hash during the Christmas season, for the simple reason that the display man, clerk or dealer, whoever dresses the window, does not know how to as- semble and place the decorations. He either has too much decorations which produces a jumbled mess or he tions were confined floral treatments, which no doubt could have been improved materially, if you had used some other products in con- junction with them. This could con- sist of wallboard panels, painted or covered with material over which em- bellishments papier mache, etc., could be attached. You can also stencil the surface, in no end to harmonize such as wood, of designs and colors with your general decorative scheme. +2 Cranberry Shades Still Favored. Cranberry and ox-blood shades still rule as favorites in women’s Fall coats. The popularity of these colors has been one of the outstanding features since early in October, and there is no sign as yet that they will be ousted from the favor which they have enjoyed. The present business in coats is still hampered by the weather. The whole- salers reiterate their belief, however, that the stores have not covered more than half of their Fall requirements. It is pointed out, though, that even if there is considerable business yet to come it is likely to be under increasing price pressure. —_—__+ 2+ >___ Trends in Novelty Necklaces. In novelty jewelry, artificial pearl necklaces in natural or pastel shades have been well to the fore this season. Chokers, particularly, have been lead- Choker sets are being fea- have a stranded pearl Pearl festoons are have a ing items. tured which bracelet to match. receiving attention. These colored stone drop which is frequently encircled by rhinestones. The higher- priced rock crystal necklaces in varied combinations retain favor. Whole- salers expect a considerable volume of pre-holiday business over the next week or two, reflecting increased turnover by the retailers. ——_++2—__ Sleeveless Tunics Are Offered. Buyers placing orders for ready-to- wear for use at Winter resorts are placing liberal ones for tunics, accord- reports emanating from the Printed fabrics are play- ing to waist trade. ing a strong part in the showings of merchandise. Most of the this new long sleeves. These may be plain and tight fitting or made with a little full- ness below the elbow gathered into a small cuff. Due to a general use of colors in the Winter resort lines, tunics made of plain fabrics usually show elaborate embroidery at the hem. —_—_22+2>___ Glove Orders Take Spurt. Re-orders for both men’s and wo men’s gloves have been recently com ing through to wholesalers in greater volume. The cold spell of the early part of the week played no small part in the stimulation of buying. Much business remains to be placed, how ever, manufacturers say, before the to tals for the season will be entire] satisfactory. But now that the tide has turned, it is expected that re-orderins: on a more liberal scale will be quite general. In the men’s merchandise th cape and suede gloves lead, while in women’s goods the buying of shor: kid gloves with the novelty French cuff continues prominent. —_+2+2>___ Demand For Chiffon Velvet. There is a pretty fair demand from retailers for chiffon velvets for imme diate delivery, according to one of th leading jobbers of these fabrics. Man) of the stores are making a pre-holida) feature of sales of the velvets. Black continues a leading shade, with henna and the wood browns also in demand. The wholesaler mentioned expressed the opinion that chiffon velvets are now at the lowest price levels they will be for some time. He also re- marked on the activity in velvet rib- bons, the business coming from the dress manufacturers. The wider num- bers are wanted in the high shades. —o2- a Before It Is Too Late. We live but in the present, The future is unknown— To-morrow is a mystery, To-day is all our own. The chance that fortune lends to us May vanish while we wait, So spend your life’s rich treasure Before it is too late. The tender words unspoken, The letters never sent, The long-forgotten messages, The wealth of love unspent. For these some loved ones wait— For these some hearts are breaking, So show them that you care for then is too late. Before it THE MOGUL We have added ‘‘The Mogul” to our ‘Current Styles,’’ No. 959 Tan Lozant Kip—A NEW SHADE FOR YOUNG MEN. The Mogul is the last word in up-to-date style, excep- tional workmanship and splendid material—a sound value for the retailer who is eager to pass on to his trade extraordinary value at a popular price. HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE COMPANY Grand Rapids, Michigan fn a fn Pecember 3, 1924 The Miracle of New Revelation of the Radio. Grandville, Dec. 2—Talk about the wonders of the deep, the wonders of the air are very much superior. The miracles of the Bible are infinitismal in comparison with the miracles of the twentieth century. One of the reasons for the gradual falling off in church attendance is un- doubtedly due to the fact that even our modern churches fail to take into account the wonderful things in na- ture which are becoming more mani- fest every day. These wonders would have at one time been denominated miracles; not, however, having any- thing to do with the Bible, they are merely regarded as freaks of nature which can be accounted for on natural lines. The telephone was once a_ puzzle and a wonder; then the graphophone and electric lighting, to be later fol- lowed by aerial flights and the great- est wonder of all known as the radio. People will soon be talking around the world. Magellan was considered a wonder when he circumnavigated the globe in his ship. Ballooning was a_ great thing, but the present day flying ships are far in advance of the balloon, and now the radio has come to make the wonders of inventions climb higher in the lives of men. They are now conversing in con- versational tones from Germany, France and England across thousands of miles of space, with no guiding wires, simply a talk into space, and this ordinary voice glides through the upper air without hindrance, to Amer- ican cities and small towns. Residents of the European countries can converse with friends on this side of the world without the least trouble, and all this has been accomplished within a very short space of months. It is something to wonder at, some- thing to compel thought and a search into the whys and wherefores of such a condition. Ten vears ago, if told that the king of England could talk with an Amer- ican president across thousands of miles of space, without any wire or other connection, the teller would have been considered a subject for the insane asylum. But such is the fact to-day, and the same is accepted now as a matter of course. One of the failures in church pro- gresison has been because the clergy have failed to take note of human progress, adhering to the old and worn out dogmas of past generations. That there can be no progress in religion has been the position taken by gospel ministers, and because of this the church is fast finding itself a back number, when the fact remains that a belief in worlds beyond this is becom- ing more and more an established be- lief among the great mass of the hu- man race. The attempt to talk with the inhab- itants of Mars has to date been ine - fectual, but that this will not some- time come about is not tenable, con- sidering the wonderful strides made toward such communication within the past few years. It is not necessary to be a phsychist to conceive of other worlds than this, and that in good time the inhabitants of our earth will be in full and easy communication with the denizens of those other worlds. Why is this im- possible when we take into considera- tion all the marvels that have come to pass in recent months, sey nothing about years? Twenty years ago the wr:icr was acquainted with a minister of the gos- pel who placed the homes of those who have passed from this world on other planets, whose light was shed at night on mother earth. It was at that time thought to be a far fetched theory, and the good elder did not make known his belief to everybody. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Had he done so_ his clerical robes would have been torn from him and he would have been deemed a heretic. This man led a peaceful and righteous life and long since passed on to test the truth or fallacy of his heartfelt ideas on immortality, The discovery of radio has advanced belief in immortality very far in ad- vance of the position it occupied dur- ing the last century. Talking around the world through wide spaces, uncorded by communicat- ing wires, has so startled and roused the thinking man as to make even spirit communication seem not im- probable. However, it is not neces- sary to believe that the hour has dawn- ed for such confab between the unseen and the-seen, although even that would be hardly more wonderful than what has gone on before. Church and state are not allowed to commingle in America to-day, and it may be said with equal truth that church and spirit are equally as far apart, making of the Christian church a mockery of true religion rather than a medium through which sorrowing souls of men may find relief through a glimpse of that other world where their loved and lost ones have gone, as has been preached, never more to return. The radio of the spheres, wherein those gone on may communicate with denizens of earth seems likely to be hte next step on the pathway of prog- ress. The church, by turning the co'd shoulder on these modern miracles, is dooming itself to a decadence which promises a complete obscuration of the old dogmas of a past age In order to keep the church intact and on a line of progress which en- titles the world to its respect, that organization must meet the new rev- elations of the radio, and plant its feet on the new gospel of the immortality 11 of man as revealed by modern science. Old Timer. OO Novelty Linens Are Active. An excellent spot business in novel- ty linens, especially those suitable for holiday gifts, is reported in the local market. Boxed towel sets with fancy borders are an especially good item, better Turkish There is considerable call for bridge and lunch- and. the grades of towels are also selling well. eon sets in which various manipula- tions of color supply the novelty of the merchandise. Although trading in these and other linen goods of a holi- day nature is not expected to continue active much indications are that there will be a nice filling-in longer, the business done right up to the middle of the month. A Help Your Railroads Keep Tracks Clear With every Railroad, passenger safety must be the first consideration always. That implies that there must be a clear track. Asmotor vehicles multiply, this problembecomesincreas- ingly difficult almost from day to day for the 24 steam Railroads of Michigan. Despite the most costly and care- fully planned precautions on the part of the Railroads, crossing accidents are becoming appallingly frequent. Such accidents are due to the growing recklessness of the motorists. Yet each accident also imperils the lives of trainmen and passengers. Separation of grades can never solve this problem, for crossings are multiplying far faster than grades can be separated. And, with each separation costing from $70,000 to $100,000, the entire wealth of Michigan could not accomplish the task. The public demands of us speed—quick delivery—for passengers, mails, freight. To keep our tracks clear for this efficient service, and to maintain our standards of absolute safety, we must have cooperation at crossings. Most motorists give this cooperation by heeding our request to Stcp Look, Listen. For their own protec- tion, as well as ours, those who do not heed this request should be made to do so by the mandate of Law. Do you agree? Write us your verdict. Michigan Railroad Association nt rf g08 Railway Exchange Bidg., Detroit, Michigan (12-27) 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Devices Essential To Foil Crooks. us are inclined to believe Protective Most of that with so highly a police-protected country as ours the criminal element should be a fast dminishing quantity. District Attorney Joab H. Banton of Ne wYork county affirms, however, that only 10 per cent. of the criminals who ply their calling throughout the cities and states have been convicted and are serving time. Police Commis- sioner Enright of New York City told the Retail Credit Men's convention last May that his department had recorded 500,000 criminals, one-tenth of the total in the whole country. Whether one believes in the theory is indis- of “crime waves” or not, it putable that crimes against property have followed a_ sharply ascending curve since 1919. One authority de- clares that the criminals of this coun- try are taking in toll of property alone as much as it costs the Federal Gov- ernment to function. In the list of criminal offenses there is one form of depredation increasing year by year, despite constant warn- ings to the business world and strenu- ous efforts to stamp out the evil. The millions of money lost through stolen and raised checks is estimated to be increasing from ten to twenty-five per cent. every twelvemonth. , There are many members of the National Association of credit who fulfil the duties of treasurer in their concerns. Such an officials in- terest is not likely to center on bogus checks (those drawn against mythical men accoounts) because that fraud can usu- ally be guarded against. What is of immediate concern to him as well as every credit executive is the danger from raised and altered checks, a form of thievery of which business house, no one knows when, may be- come the victim. Criminality of this kind is like a visitation of fire: one never knows when it will happen. any The credit transactions of the United States are sometimes total as high as 95 per cent. of the annual 500 billion dollar turnover of business. In these transactions checks are the virtually universal medium of payment. The treasury report issued last April, stated that the currency in circulation throughout the Union was $8.704,148,255. Based upon it, checks to the amount of 50 times that sum were used to clear these credit trans- estimated to actions. Using the estimate of Thralls, former official of the Ameri- can Bankers Association, who figures the average sum_ each check drawn for as about $41, the number of individual checks and drafts used dur- Jerome Was ing the year of 1923 amounted to more than 10,000,000,000. In nearly every instance the business man has placed his quota of this great host of money orders under the guard- A. flip- pant observer might well exclaim, what is a two cent stamp between our army of crooks and millions of money! ianship of a two cent stamp. It is a difficult matter to estimate the huge losses sustained through forged and manipulated busi- ness paper. Business men and especial- accurately ly bankers are not anxious to give pub- licity to the fact that they have been the victims of swindlers. Illustrative of this, the head of a textile firm when approached by a reporter for informa- tion regarding an employe’s forgeries said: “Publicity is annoying because it virtually announces that I am a fool ’ and careless in my business methods.’ The report of the American Institute of Public Accountants issued a short time ago estimated the total annual loss resulting from financial crimes at $3,000,000,000. Embezzlements and for- geries cost the Nation $200,000,000, the losses being equally divisible, forgeries $100,000,000, embezzlements $100,000,- 000. Credit frauds were estimated at $400,000,000; and stock frauds $1,000,- 006,000. In the summary of conditions result- ing from the survey made for the pur- pose of checking up the actual situa- tion, the Committee on Public Affairs stated: of the increase in financial crime that: “Such crimes seldom occur if proper safeguards are rigidly en- forced, the remedy lies in the use of procedures and office appliances. All mechanical devices that are of proved value should be installed.” Allen Pinkerton once declared that of all the methods that helped the crook, the business man himself was best ; failure to take proper precaution in the the criminal’s ally, because of care of and in the drafting of checks. The tracing or imitation of signa- tures makes up only a small percent- and It is not that the wily crook is afraid to age of the crimes of forging manipulation of business paper. December 3, 1924 Through our Bond De- partment we offer only such bonds as are suitable for the funds of this bank. Buy Safe Bonds from The Old National ee Certificates of Deposit 3%—312% Loans on Collateral The Michigan Trust Company will hereafter issue its Certificates of De- posit, drawing 3% if left six months, and 314% if left one year. It will also make loans at the pre- vailing rate, on good collateral, for periods commonly governing in such it solicits your business. THE MICHIGAN [RUST OMPANY Organized in 1889 Corner Pearl and Ottawa Grand Rapids, Mich. Be £ 7 4 December 38, 1924 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 13 take chances with the Federal author- ities: it is that he prefers the easier and far safer way. Altering the payees name and amount with acids, or by “scratching,” following this with cun- ning treatment, makes the alteration less likely to be detected than an imita- tion of the drawee’s signature. Once in possession of an unprotected signed check the crook will accomplish the changes suiting his purpose, a matter dependent on his illegitimate skill. There are numberless ways by which the check raiser gets paper to work with. The task is made easier than i ever by the universal use of checks and the failure to ascribe to these forms of money payment the import- ance they deserve. Signatures are sometimes difficult to forge and in any transaction designed for a big haul, the crooks’ aim will be n to work on the body of the check, the payee line and the dollar line. A check’s valadity is announced by the y signature. An unprotected payee name, even if the amount is fully protected, can be erased and “cash” or “bearer” substituted. In every concern of any size the < writing of names and amounts of checks sent out is the work of some clerk, Thus, the average check bears two handwritings. That of the signa- ture is the first thing examined. This universal habit works to the crook’s advantage. His problem is not so much the duplication of signatures as it is to dress his “paper” to look fresh and new. With a clean surface on . the payee line and the dollar, he need do no more than fill .those lines with a handwriting the average clerk would be supposed to employ. \4 Even checks written with a device stencilling the surfaces is not immune 1 from the check artist’s ability to raise the amount. There have been cases of stencilled checks, where the crook ’ used another check stencil with a 4 larger type of wording, stamping the new amount‘over the old one, the last stenciling obliterating the original spelled-out sum. The pin pointed surface made by a check stamp is also no great obstacle for the swindler to overcome. By placing it face down on a smooth sur- face, and using the rounded handle of an ordnary steel ink eraser, or by using his thumb nail, the tiny points may - sometimes be rubbed down even with the surface of the check. The crook may then proceed as he would with a ‘ check not “protected” in this way. The principal methods the individual < forger as well as the organized bands oa of forgers adopt to get checks for manipulation are: - 1. Mail boxes—by picking of , smashing the locks. 2. Mail bags looted while in transit. 3. From the back of blank check books—usually stolen by an employe. 4. Checks sent as a refund for ar- ticles returned after being purchased, or as a refund for overpayment of pur- chases. 5 Hotel mail—getting that of guests through a plausible excuse. ‘ 6. Checks stolen from the printer or binder while being made up. > 7 Certified checks secured legiti- , mately and then used for models. . 8 Collecting discarded deposit slips from the desks, the waste baskets and the floors of banks. (An organized band of forgers have utilized this method for a year past, the panman of the gang using such material for cash or bearer checks.) As for passing “doctored paper,” the check swindler, above all others of the criminal fraternity, is peculiarly dis- tinguished for ways that are dark and tricks that are vain. The ingenuity he adopts to circumvent his victim when “laying down” the result of his handi- work are so various that it would seem there is no protection that will avail against his wiles. But as a matter of fact, the check artist relies for success chiefly on knowledge of human nature. Psychologists tell us that we match up every act we do by the experience we've had in a like circumstance. The majority of men are prepared to pro- tect themselves against methods they know about. same thing facing them finds them ap- parently unable to trace out or see the The criminal knows this be- cause he is quick witted, so quick as a rule that he is a thought ahead of the individual he is victimizing. It is this ability to think ahead, vis- ualizing the expected, that explains the trick the crook resorts to termed among his fraternity a “build up.” 3ut a new form of the tie-up. In an instance of this kind, the teller of a bank was handed a telegram by a uniformed messenger boy, with the name of a depositor on the message as the sender. The telegram asked that identification be waived should a cer- tain check be presented. A stranger appeared shortly after- wards offering a check endorsed with the name mentioned in the telegram. The signature was genuine, but the amount called for was much larger than the depositor was in the habit of signing checks for. The cashier was puzzled but the genuine signature left him no recourse but to pay the check. Investigation later proved the check was stolen from the mails, the amount raised and name of payee altered. The fake telegram was part of the “build up” to quiet the fears of the teller. Where a bank teller surmises instead of knowing the facts, the chances are that sooner or later he will get a costly lesson. In a Des Moines insti- tution, a check drawn to the order of a man and wife for $200 was accepted by the cashier from a woman who claimed to be the wife in question. She had no identification, but the cashier knowing the husband quite well, cash- ed the check. Enquiry revealed the check to have been filched from the hallway post box of the apartment ment house where the husband lived. A few years ago the police depart- ments of a half dozen cities in the West worked overtime trying to catch a man who had the appearance of a laborer. This man would open an account in a savings bank, presenting for deposit drawn on. the Rock Island railroad, claiming to be a sec- tion hand in its employ. He repeated this trick at a number of banks, event- ualaly drawing out cash which totalled for his knavery something around twenty thousand dollars. The checks when cleared proved to be part of the loot burglarized from the railway treasurer’s office. The amount and the names were changed with acids and coloring and rubber stamps used to pay vouchers For the Future of Your Family ORE than _ the wealth is necessary to provide for accumulation — of your family’s future. ‘The following steps should be taken by every man having a large or small estate: 1. Conserve your property. 2. Make your will with the aid of an attorney. 3. Name a corporate executor and trustee. With these steps taken, your mind will be free from worry as you will know that your wishes will be carried out. Consult Our Officers FFRAND RAPIDS [RUST [‘OMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN OFFICERS WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH, CHARLES W. GARFIELD Chairman of the Board Chalrman of Ex. Com. GILBERT L. DAANE, President ARTHUR M. GODWIN, ORRIN B. DAVENPORT Vice President Assistant Cashier EARLE D. ALBERTSON, HARRY J. PROCTOR Vice President and Cashler Assistant Cashier EARL C. JOHNSON H. FRED OLTMAN Vice President Assistant Cashier BRANCH OFFICERS Grandville Avenue and B Street East Fulton St. and Diamond Ave. R. A. Westrate, Manager Willls Vandenberg, Manager West Leonard and Alpine Avenue Wealthy Street and Lake Drive H. Fred Oltman, District Manager John W. Smits, Manager Leonard and Turner Bridge, Lexington and Stocking Chris Ricker, Manager Bert Q. Hazlewood, Manager Grandville Ave. and Cordelia St. Bridge and Mt. Vernon Peter Leestma, Manager Frank C. Wegenka, Manager . Monroe Avenue, Near Michigan Division and Franklin Jacob Heeringa, Manager C. Fred Schneider, Manager Madison Square and Hall Street Eastern and Franklin Edward L. Sikkema, Manager Tony Noordewier, Manager The Grand Rapids Savings Bank 60,000 Satisfied Customers Resources Over $19,000,000 14 give an appearance of genuineness to the voucher. The phantom protection of rubber stamps certify checks was well proved during the fall and winter of last year. A wily individual victim- ized banks along the Eastern strip of the United States for thousands upon dollars. used to thousands of His method was about the same in every city he worked; calling at one bank after another, presenting what appeared to be first class credentials and buying a cashier’s draft for $2,000. With this certified paper as a model, in the retirement of his room he duplicated checks from one to six times, or as many duplications as the number of banks in the city war- ranted for exploitation. On his getaway day, his system was to call at a bank presenting a forgery of the cashier’s check. When the bank it was drawn upon was called up for an ©. K., the assurance was promptly given. After completing his rounds, drawing down $2,000 in every instance, the rogue would rush into the bank where the genuine check was issued, protesting indignantly that it was out- rageous he couldn't get the check cashed elsewhere. It was terrible that banks should annoy him by first tel- ephoning and then refusing to cash the draft: he wanted his money back right now! He is still those A. W. OC. L. What can the poor teller do? Was the remark of a cashier whose bank heated among directors were engaged in a argument with the attorney of a de- positor. “We can't afford to offend depositors, and when a looking man comes in, with all kinds of credentials as identification, it looks all right to accommodate him.” In this instance the check was stolen by an employe from a batch of blank checks left signed by the treasurer. be- fore he went away on his vacation. The crook filled in his own name mail- ing it in a letter typed on the firm’s letterhead. It was this letter that .overcame the cashier's hesitancy that it was a genuine transaction. The swindler studies every hazard of the game. Should the check coming to his hand be drawn for an amount too large to pass without ex- citing suspicion, he resorts to the trick of lowering the figures. While drawn to admit of easier passing the sum be- ing made to fit the contingency, nevertheless the, amount is made to stand all that the traffic will bear. check A frequent ruse of the swindling gentry, possible only in a large city, is to open a bank account in the name of an intended victim keeping the ac- count active to divert suspicion when eventually drawing large amounts. Like the planning preceding the big hauls in burglary, this method entails a study of the habits of the business man to be defrauded. This surveillance for the purpose of learning the times when payments by out of town cus- tomers are expected. This is not as hard as it might seem, as most busi- nesses in the wholesale and manufac- turing line are seasonal in the matter of supply and payments, the accounts active in some months than When the crook estimates the more others. prosperous _ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN time is ripe, the rifling of mail from the usual flimsily constructed mail box in the building hallway generally fol- lows on the heels of the postman’s call in the morning. This job is as- signed a young, active accomplice who chisels a box apart in a jiffy, stuffing the letters in his pocket as he takes to his heels. The rest is easy; the checks are endorsed, and deposited long enough to draw against them, when the sharpers vanish from sight. Financial publications are continual- ly warning their subscribers against new varieties of fraud perpetrated at the expense of banking institutions. A few months ago a description was given of an individual, posing as the representative of a well-known firm, who, using a rubber stamp duplicate of certification, presented a doctored check for $2,000 drawn upon a bank in a distant state. Declaring that later he might require credit in the town, he gave a plausible reason for requir- ing the cash at once. It was a case of “Ah! Take the cash and let the credit go,” for he hasn’t been heard of since. At a recent convention of the Ameri- can Bankers’ Association, there was told (apropos of the ingenuity of the present day swindler), an instance of a new slant on the business of bilking the bank. What appeared to be a Polish laborer, dressed in the soiled, rough garb of a son of toil, came into a North-side bank in Chicago, his whole appearance and air of bewilder- ment indicating an unfamiliarity with banks and banking methods. After wandering around the lobby, he timid- ly approached the cashier, prefacing his request with, “No spik Engleesh.” By signs he indicated he wanted to draw a check but didn’t know how. Stepping to the counter and draw- ing up a blank check, the cashier pro- ceeded to fill out the form for the amount his caller named. Giving it to the man who thanked him profusely after the manner of his countrymen, the official returned to his desk and thought no more of the matter. Half an hour later, the teller came to him, saying “I can’t find the name of that who drew that The astonished cashier queried foreigner check for $200.” whether the teller had looked up the account before cashing the check, “Why no. I saw you making out the check and took it for granted that the man was all right.” The cashier groaned, “Great Scott! A new one. Stung again!” Carefully examine and compare your cancelled checks when the bank book is balanced (as it should be) every month. The banks have been winning many cases where forged paper has been cashed by them. For example, several forgeries continued two months or more before discovery and com- plaint; failure to examine cancelled checks when the bank book was bal- anced constituted a good defense for the bank. As a matter of fact there has been a distinct change in the attitude of the courts regarding the liability of banks in the case of money lost through check manipulation. The tendency is to make depositors depend more upon their own efforts to safeguard checks and checking -aecounts, December 3, 1924 “By their works ye shall know them:” NACHTEGALL MANUFACTURING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BANK, STORE & OFFICE FIXTURES Gentl2men: : We take this opportunity to say we are thoroughly pleased with all the material you have furnished us, the artistic design and fine workmanship. We can not speak too highly of your erector who is on the job about sixteen hours a day and busy every minute. He is a competent workman and a gentleman. Yours Very Truly, THE BELLEVUE STATE BANK, Cc. D. Kimberly, Cashier. Grand Rapids National Bank The convenient bank for out of town people. Located at the very center of the city. Handy to the street cars—the interurbans—the hotels—the shopping district. On account of our location—our large transit facilities—our safe deposit vaults and our complete service covering the entire field of bank- ing, our institution must be the ultimate choice of out of town bankers and individuals. Combined Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits over $1,450,000 GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL BANK GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. THE CITY NATIONAL BANK of Lansing, Mich. Our Collection and Bill of Lading Service is satisfactory Cupital, Surplus and Undivided Profits over $750,000 “OLDEST BANK IN LANSING” Fenton Davis & Boyle BONDS EXCLUSIVELY Grand Rapids National Bank Building Chicago GRAND RAPIDS First National Bank Bldg. Telephones | G/tizens 4212 Detroit Congress Building GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Fourth National Bank United States Depositary Established 1868 The accumulated experience of over 56 years, which has brought stability and soundness to this bank, is at your service. = ° ORC ene \. E . Z Caukin, Vice Pres. J. i Christian Bertsch, Sidney F. Stevens, , ca ae Robert D. Graham, Marshall M. Uhl, Samuel G. Braudy Samuel D. Young, James L. Hamilton. Wm. H. Anderson, Pres. LOCAL AND UNLISTED Bonds and Stocks cho al sai classes of securities will find in our rading Department an active market f i ore t for their sale or PRIVATE wise CORRIGAN COMPANY MARKETS Investment Bankers and Brokers Ground Floor Michigan Trust Bld Grand Rapids, Michigan . Citizens 4480 Bell Mais 4900 December 3, 1924 It is good law that while a check may or may not be final proof of the payment of an account, its face con- tains evidence that must be attacked. The courts assume that any check can be drawn so as to be unquestionable. This ruling hits the drawee of the carelessly written check. For example should the date be missing, an over- sight due, say, to haste in getting out the mail, the drawee of such a check “implies thereby that the holder may date it to suit himself, and must bear the consequences possibly arising,’— to quote Crawfords’ “Negotiable In- struments Law’—Sec. 25. When checks are mailed for pay- ment, try the plan of requiring prompt acknowledgement. When no replies are received within four days at the latest, follow up with a demand for answer. Remember that experience has shown that as a rule the loss through stolen checks falls on the drawee. Keep check book and check forms under close supervision; sneak thieves and corrupt employes are the crooks favorite allies. Keep your cancelled checks and vouchers under lock and key. Start the written amount far to the left side, ruling heavy lines from the edge of the last figure clear to the right. Checks with erasures, or incorrectly drawn should be destroyed. “Cash” or “Bearer” checks are the crooks delight. You have no redress if the bank not notified promptly cash- es them if lost or stolen. Don’t make your banking signature too common. In other words be care- ful where and how you use it. Rubber stamps are comparatively easy to duplicate. Give careful atten- tion to certified checks, keeping in mind that any stamp can be imitated. It is imperative that the best me- chanical device obtainable be used to safeguard checks. A wide choice is offered by the different types on the market designed for check-writing and stamping. F. E. Francis. —_2+2s_—_ A few days ago a merchant in De- Queen, Arkansas, told of a fire starting in a case of matches in his store— which, had it been during the night in- stead of the day time, might have re- sulted in a serious fire. The case of matches, he stated, was standing on a shelf by itself during a very hot day, and without a jar or anything else ap- parent to cause it, some of the matches burst into flame, but were extinguished by prompt action before the blaze got to going good. Spontaneous combus- tion, doubtlessly; which leads us to suggest that merchants and others ex- ercise every precaution as to where they keep the match supply; in metal containers, if at all possible; but in any event, well away from all com- bustible or inflammable material of whatever kind or sort. This merchant was fortunate, but the next one may not be so. It might happen at night the next time or when there was no one on hand to get quick action in extinguishing the blaze. Be careful with matches every time and every- where. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 New Jersey plans to spend $200,- 000 during the coming year to fight the Japanese beetle. This is one of the battles against inaudible and of- ten invisible enemies that ought to re- place carnage among human beings the world around. There are enough necessary combats with pernicious in- sects, reptiles and parasitic growths to engage all the energy that human beings have to spare for warfare. New Jersey does not regard either the mosquito or the beetle as a dispensa- tion of Providence, to be accepted with folded hands in pious resignation. She is aware that money spent to ex- tirpate these pests is well invested. —__~+22>——_ Welcome. An Irishman and his wife were at the theater for the first time. His wife noticed the word printed on the curtain. “Faith, Pat, and what does Asbestos on the curtain mean?” “Be still, Mag, don’t show your ignorance. That is Latin for ‘Wel- come.’ ” “Asbestos” TRADE MARK MERCHANTS! 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AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES Combined Assets of Group $30,215,678.02 20% TO 40% SAVINGS MADE IN 1923 Fire Insurance —All Branches TORNADO - AUTOMOBILE - PLATE GLASS Michigan Shoe Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Company LANSING, MICHIGAN PROMPT ADJUSTMENTS : Write L. H. BAKER, Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 549 LANSING, MICH. PROTECTION OF THE MERCHANT By the Merchant For the Merchant PROVIDED BY THE Grand Rapids Merchant Mutual Fire Insurance Company Affiliated with the Michigan Retail Dry Goods Association 320 Houseman Bldg.. Grand Rapids, Michigan 10 Mvnicipalities More Progressive Than Ind:viduals. It is not possible with present meth- eds of building construction and with present fire fighting equipment for a municipal fire department to offer ade- quate fire protection to the great of- fice buildings or manufacturing plants that municipalities have not gone as far as in our cities. It is true most they should toward furnishing mun- ‘cipal fire protection but the c.ties have been relatively progressive in ‘heir attitude toward better fire tection when compared: to the mass of pro- American business men. In other \-ords, cities have moved more rapid- ‘.- toward acceptance and use of mod- e-n municipal fire protection devices ‘ten the private property owner has -yoyed toward use of devices for di- rect protection on his own premises. The owner of a large office building manufacturing plant needs to be tcld at every opportunity that fire pro- ‘action is never complete unless some- + ing has been done inside the indus- ial plants, office building and other -uctures to aid a municipal fire de- portment in curbing the fire loss. Or- ‘nization and maintenance of private ie prevention ad fire fighting brigades ‘ould be taken as a matter of course. he use of automatic sprinklers fre- ciently reduces overhead costs for the property owner as well as a fire waste cost to the people. The people benefit + lower costs of production, in the s'ability and safety of a business en- torprise in their community and in the creater fire safety which a sprinklered | 1ilding always introduces into a com- --anity. Greater prosperity comes to -*] people when both the municipality ead the property owner contribute their just and complete proportion of fire safety efforts and expenditures. These remarks are made aiter read- i g the following comments from a re- Fire Prevention: c*nt address on “The protection of the lives and property Prevention of Fire and the ci the people from destruction when § e does occur should, as I have al- ready intimated, be a matter of mun- ipal and general Government con- cern. As manufacturing industries are the backbone and mainspring of a c mmunity, so should their develop- ment and prosperity be of vital im- rtance to every citizen, especially in their protection from loss by fire. Such, however, is not the case, and riany of our great important industries d large commercial institutions have f «and it necessary to organize and niuintain first class Fire Prevention d Fire Fighting Brigades. This private fire protection naturally in- creases the overhead of the company, and the cost of their product is pro- portionately increased, whereas if the municipality provided adequate fire protection and the entire contributed to the cost of maintenance, citizenry ‘roater prosperity would a accrue to We do not believe that these clusions are con- sound, 1. Because it is impossible for protection to provide cdequate public fire protection even municipal fire MICHIGAN TRADESMAN though the funds and the purpose were present. 2. Because it has been demonstrat- ed repeatedly that private fire protec- tion frequently reduces rather than in- creases overhead charges. 3. And finally because no amount of municipal fire protection can over- come private plant failure to practice fire prevention. —_—_+2.2>__ Popular Fallacies. The average American citizen lulls three fallacious theories. “Why, I have been in business twenty years Not realizing himself to sleep by Many a man says: and never had a fire.” that this is no guarantee for the future, all sorts of will he ‘takes a chance” on dangerous conditions. Another say: “I am well protected, the fire department is only a block away, it is the best in the state and a fire in my place can never gain much head- way. te realize that fire departments are delayed or does not often handicapped, and in large fires such as absolutely “T am tally conflagrations are power- less. A third will say: insured and the insurance company will pay my loss. You, as business men, of course, know that the people for the insurance must pay loss, the company acting only as a_ collector and distributor of the people’s money. Even the man who has no property to insure and pays no fire insurance premiums helps to pay for the fire loss. Others add insurance cost to the price of things they have to sell, and this insurance cost we pay, whenever we buy anything to eat, to wear or to either luxuries. The fire cost is a tax and you know the old saying that we can- not escape and death. J. E. Florin. — Lane, successor to Rutledge as fire marshal of use, necessities, comforts or taxes Charles V. Homer Michigan has been an inspector in the Michigan State Fire Marshal Depart- f past ten Mr. Lane is a native of Charlotte, where he served on the city fire department ment for the years. for seventeen years, at the time of his resignation being assistant chief. Since the fire marshal’s department made a division of the Department of Public Safety in Michigan, Mr. Lane has been in charge of institutional work and it is through his efforts it was is declared, that the fire losses in the State properties have been materially reduced in the last few years. He has done this work over the entire State and his inaugurated systems of fire prevention and inspection in the State institutions. Mr. Lane has also made a specific study of electrical inspection work and his training of seventeen years in the fire department and ten the State department have given him superior training for the important which he holds. years in position now _— Sweet Charity. “My poor fellow,” said the old lady, “here is a quarter for you. must be Goodness gracious, it dreadful to be lame, but just think how much worse it would be if you were blind.” “Yer right, lady,” agreed the beg- gar, “when T was blind I was always getting counterfeit money.” December 3, 1924 SAFETY SAVING SERVICE CLASS MUTUAL INSURANCE AGENCY “The Agency of Personal Service” Cc. N. BRISTOL, A. T. MONSON, H. G. BUNDY. FREMONT, MICHIGAN REPRESENTING Central Manufacturers’ Mutual Retail Hardware Mutual 1 é Ohio Underwriters Mutual Hardware Dealers Mutual i Minnesota Implement Mutual Ohio Hardware Mutual National Implement Mutual The Finnish Mutual Hardware Mutual Casualty Co. We classify our risks and pay dividends according to the Loss Ratio of each class written: Hardware and Implement Stores, 40% to 50%; Garages, Furniture and Drug Stores 40%; General Stores and other Mercantile Risks 30%. WRITE FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS. FINNISH MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. CALUMET, MICHIGAN ORGANIZED IN 1889. This Company has returned A DIVIDEND OF 50% For 29 consecutive years. HOW? By careful selection of risks. By extremely low Expense Ratio. Assets 44.11 per 1000 of risk. Surplus 30.89 per 1000 of risk. Agents wanted in the Larger Cities. FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS WRITE F. M. Romberg, Manager, Class Mutual Insurance Agency Finnish Mutual Fire Insurance Co. General Agents Calumet, Michigan. Fremont, Michigan. Merchants Life Insurance Company WILLIAM A. WATTS President RANSOM E. OLDS Chairman of Board © Offices: 3rd floor Michigan Trust Bldg.—Grand Rapids, Mich. GREEN & MORRISON—Michigan State Agents OUR FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES ARE CONCURRENT with any standard stock policies that you are buying The Net Cost is > 0% Less Michigan Bankers and Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Fremont, Michigan WILLIAM N. SENF, SECRETARY-TREASURER « » ,.) § > vy? “ «< » F N fr f ‘ a re) 4 é > ¥y ' » < % , on fF _ ~ r © Y » . : . Cf < aa 4 «A y wey - a ry ia a « al . <)> d » P - @ % 4 2 » r e « > Sd 4 j 2 + > > . f 2 € * - - f \ ° December 3, 1924 Danger To Merchants in Invoking Criminal Statutes. In the conduct of a retail business, occasions may frequently arise which on their face would seem to justify the institution of criminal proceedings. The merchant may be convinced that he has a dishonest person in his em- ploy, who has taken advantage of his position in the matter of money re- ceived, and the temptation may be very strong to prefer charges and have an arrest made. merchant may be satisfied that a given debtor has so violated the law in the matter of evading payment, that a criminal prosecution would perhaps be the quickest and best way of bringing the matter to issue. However, in all such cases, it will usually prove a wise policy to make absolutely sure of one’s ground before appealing to the criminal law: for in the institution of actions of this kind the merchant may run considerable risk of after loss and litigation. This is true, because, if the merchant for any reason fails to make good his charges, the innocent person may then have re- course upon him in an action for malicious prosecution. As illustrations of the possible danger in instituting criminal actions that cannot be suc- In other cases, the cessfully maintained the following ex- amples are of value. In one case a firm had sold an article on the installment plan. The first pay- ment was received, but thereafter the firm’s collector could not locate the buyer nor the article sold. After some investigation the firm’s manager au- thorized the filing of a criminal charge aganst the buyer. It then developed that the buyer had simply removed from a former address, and the trial resulted in an acquittal of the accused. Following this, the accused brought action for damages against the firm for malicious prosecution and obtained a judgment in the sum of $2,500. The firm against whom the judgment was rendered appealed to a higher court, but to no avail, for the judgment was there affirmed. In another case of this kind the man- ager of a store became convinced that a sales girl had not been accounting for all the money taken in each day. The evidence of the girl’s dishonesty seemed to be so strong to him that he called her into his office, and accused her of being short in her accounts. Fol- lowing this he threatened to have her taken to jail under a criminal charge unless she signed a statement acknowl- edging her dishonesty. Ths statement was prepared and signed. The girl left the employment and brought an action for damages against the firm. Upon the trial of the case the ac- cused girl explained the circumstances which had aroused the manager’s sus- picions as to her honesty to the entire satisfaction of a jury. The latter thereupon returned a judgment against the firm in the sum of $20,000. On ap- peal to the higher court this judgment was affirmed on condition that one- half of it be remitted, and the $10,000 would then be allowed to stand. The books contain many cases of this kind in which hasty resorts to have proved criminal prosecutions costly and embarrassing to the per- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN sons instituting them. In some of these cases the difficulty has over business transactions; in others they have involved, as in the last case noted alleged thefts on the part of employes and the employers have mete out punishment criminal courts. And, where are successful arisen sought to through the criminal prosecutions and the per- sons proven guilty the person making the accusation may have little to fear. 3ut let a prosecution of this kind fail, and if the person making the charge is financially responsible, the chances are he will in turn become a defendant at the instance of the wronged party, with the possibility of having a sub- stantial judgment rendered against him. Truly then, a little caution should always be exercised before an appeal is made to the criminal courts if the risk of after disputes and per- haps costly litigation is to be guarded against. Leslie Childs. accused —_——@— > A Reflection on Agriculture. In the history of our Nation, agri- culture has made legislation; legisla- tion has never made agriculture. We have had an unusually interesting his- tory in the extractive industries. Be- cause arable land was plentiful, agri- culture was the first step and has ever played an important part in the build- ing of our wealth. The grain crops of 1879 and 1896 saved us from serious economic dis- asters; and in 1924 the have helped to give relief to farmers who crops for four years have been under a serious strain. The need of France and some of her colonial possessions to import food grains this year and the unfavorable climatic conditions in Ger- many Central Europe have brought new buyers to the grain mar- kets. Accordingly, our bringing good prices and the financial tension on many farmers is greatly re- lieved. We should not look upon this situa- tion as something certain to continue. The year 1925 may bring good crops in the other grain producing countries, and crops are with a lowering of the prices of our We may feel fidence that the prices for our farm products will continue at a good figure yet there is no assurance of this unless more science and system is introduced into our agriculture. I do not be- lieve farming conditions would be re- lieved by the creation of an Export Corporation such as the McNary- Haugen bill contemplates. I do not believe in legislation at all for the re- lief of the farm situation, except to provide expert advice and to assist the products. some con- farmer to get away from the one-crop obsession, and to treat the farm as a business enterprise. It is likely that the cotton crop of this year wll be a little less than 12% million bales. This crop will be raised on 16 million acres, probably one-third of this acreage if intensively tilled would yield the same results. The cow-hog-hen experiment in parts of Georgia clearly shows that the aver- age farm can supply the basic food needs of the home crop may be velvet. while while the main The $17,000,000,- 000 appraised as the value of our farm produce this year, is a very snug sum about $1,000,000,000 more than was the income from agriculture last year. With the farm contributing so much to the National income, it is the part of prudence for credit executives to preach the gospel of scientific farming with a diversification of crops. This bears not only upon agricul- ture, but on every enterprise in the 17 Nation that motely on the success of our farms. J. H. Tregoe. depends directly or re- -—_—_—>+ > Economy. “Look, Abie’s and we still got left a box of cough- papa, cold is cured drops.” “Oo, vat extravagance. Tell to go out and get his feet vet.” Ikey Forced Sale of Safes and Fixtures Having purchased the Commercial Savings Bank Building we have for sale for delivery January Ist, 1925, the following: 1 Cary double door fireproof safe 45 x 55 x 20 inside measurement with steel chest 16 x 12 x 20. 2 Herring Hall Marvin safes each 47 x 55 x 20 inside measurement. 1 Hall Safe & Lock Company 82 x 55 x 20 in- side with steel chest 32 x 16 x 20. These safes will be priced low AS THEY STAND, buyer to pay costs of removing. Also: 3 Cutler standing desks (with drawers) 2 ft. 8 in. x 8 ft. 1 marble top Cutler Cashier Counter 2 ft. 4 in. x 14 ft. with cage and four openings. Other furniture consisting of desks, chairs, ete. GRAND RAPIDS MUTUAL BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION WIDDICOMB BUILDING AUTOMATIC 4267 GOVERNMENT RAILROAD 205-217 Michigan Trust Building A.E.KUSTERER&CO. INVESTMENT BANKERS & BROKERS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BONDS BELL, MAIN 2 43 5 PUBLIC UTILITY & s&s GRAND RAPIDS Preferred Lists of Safe Investments OR the guidance of clients this organizatien maintains constantly revised lists of bonds of all types that offer unquestionable security plus attractive yield. Lists Supplied Upon Application Telephones: Bell Main 4678. Citizens 4678. HOPKINS, GHYSELS & CO. Investment Bankers and Brokers Michigan Trust Blidg., Ground Floor, Grand Rapids 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN DRY HEE _ } ~~ le ECS 7h a oe GOODS, GOODS “” NOTI SS Michigan Retail Dry Goods Association. President—J. B. Sperry, Port. Huron. First Vice-President —Geo. T. Bullen, Albion. Second Vice-President—H. G. Wesener. Saginaw. Secretary-Treasurer—H. a. Mulrine, Battle Creek. : Manager—Jason BE. Hammond, Lansing. Ensemble Costumes Look Good For Spring. The new lines of women’s apparel so far shown do not indicate any pro- nounced changes in styles from the later fall showing. This will perhaps disappoint some, but it must be re- membered that all American retailers are dependent upon the same markets to supply their merchandise and evolve the styles they will exhibit. Therefore, a more careful selection of what 1S shown, with the purpose of procuring the best obtainable assortment of mer- chandise that is suitable to each store, is desirable. The ensemble costume will predom- inate for Spring, and materials will include, in silks, the heavier grades such as Bengaline and crepe satin, and in woolens, Kasha, twills. Dresses are still straight line with tendency slight flares in front and at sides but with straight backs. Straight lines still pre- dominate. Length of skirts is short- ening somewhat and inches from the ground is being advocated by some of the leading manufacturers. suedes, ribs and some toward twelve This means that the length of coats for ensemble costumes are shortened accordingly, as in the true ensemble the coat and skirt should be of equal length. In sport wear, white is a leading color and the tendency is toward the ensemble. Two piece seem passe. Dresses with sufficient full- ness in the skirts to allow freedom of best suited to freedom may tained by side or front plaits. Flannel perhaps is the leading material and is shown in high colors, pastels, plaids and stripes. Separate coats measure forty-five inches in length. The finer, soft, knitted wool fabrics and tweeds are also popular. suits movement are sport uses and such be ob- Tunics are popular and are being shown in novelty weaves of silk and prints also embroidered. Peasant and Russian blouses are receiving a limited call. These are the short full blouses made of cotton with Russian and Czecho Slovakia embroidery, also blouses of chiffon and crepe de chine, hand painted, hand blocked and ombred. —_——- A Matter of Head Sizes. Not a little business is being lost to the retail millinery trade, it is said, by the apparent unwillingness of the manufacturers to realize that there are still many women in this country who have not bobbed their hair. These women are finding it next to impos- sible to get hats to fit them comfort- ably, and even to get ones they can wear at all means a long and tiresome through retail When found, the pressure these hats put on search stores. the heads of long-haired women is usually such as to cause headaches and general discomfort. Complaints of too small head sizes are particularly num- erous from the smaller cities and towns, where the percentage of bob- bed-haired women is not so large as in the bigger ones, but they are by no means confined to these places. There are thousands of women in the metro- politan district who have not yet bob- bed their hair—and do not intend to— and they are rapidly getting to the point where they are going to “speak out in meeting.” —_~++ > Are Showing Many Belt Styles. Not the least important result of the great volume of business that has been done this year on women’s leather belts has been to enlarge greatly the scope of designers of this merchandise. Belts have become an important decor- ative costume accessory and they have been brought out in many styles suit- able for semi-dress occasions. One such model is made of brilliant red duvetyn. It is four inches wide and is equipped with a covered buckle. An- other unusual belt is made of black kid, with a fancy gold stitching and a square gold buckle. Wide belts will be “good” throughout the remainder of the present season, according to the United Belt League of America, but the Spring lines now being planned will show a tendency toward the three- inch. belt. Other widths, grading down to an inch and a half, will also be in favor for Spring. —_22>—___ New Reversible Handbag. A novelty handbag, having as its patented feature the fact that it is re- versible or a “dressy and tailored bag in one” is now being offered here. The bag is so constructed that it may be changed from one to the other without disturbing the contents of the two in- It has two sides, either of which may be the exterior or One of the sides is cov- ered with black figured silk moire and the other with either black or colored patented leather. By lifting the flap of the bag, either the moire or the ner compartments. the interior. patent leather surface may become the outside by a simple folding operation. The bag is equipped with mirror and purse. Two matching handles are provided, one being hid- den when the other is in use. The bags wholesale from $36 up. coin strap Dress Goods Headed For Rise? While price advances in woolens and worsteds recently have been more or less confined to men’s wear fabrics, there is considerable talk in the mar- ket mow of increases in women’s wear weaves. One well-known selling agent summarizing what appears to be the general view of these mill representa- tives, says “one mill may have a little more low price yarn than another, but if any business is done, it is only a question of time when they must all advance their This agent added that tops going into 2.50 yarns recently $1.80 per pound, as against $1.50 last June. The yarns are quoted at $2.55, as against $2.30 in that month. He thinks tops are likely to go to $2 and the yarns to $2.80 and possibly $3. —_—_—_++s——_ High Prices Retard Buying. Much of the current slowness in the skin end of the fur trade is attributed to the high prices that everyone wants for his goods. prices.” cost This begins from all acccunts, with the trapper and con- tinues until the skins are in the hands of the manufacturing furriers. It was said yesterday that in some cases, notably Southern muskrats, the trap- pers are getting more for their fresh skins than dealers in this market are receiving for pelts previously taken. December 3, 1924 The demand for Southern muskrats is still good, despite the dullness in “rats” from other sections. A call is also reported for raccoons for coat purposes, which are scarce, and there is also some trading going on in American and Australian opossums. ’ nice ——_seas———— Their Problem Not Difficult. While admitting that the problem of retail milliners of trying to fit both bobbed and bobless women with hats of the same headsize existed, a well- known maker of the better grades of hats says the solution is an easy one. It lies in the purchase of a hat stretch- er, one type of which is not only being used successfully by many milliners but is also being put into shops selling men’s hats only. In one instance, at least, this stretcher 1s installed in a shoe-shining’ and hat-cleaning parlor, where it makes uncomfortable femin- ine heads comfortable at 5 cents a stretch. The average range of head sizes in the better grades of millinery, according to the manufacturer in ques- tion, is from 20 to 23%4 inches. In some of the cheaper lines, he added, there is undoubtedly scrimping, but even with them the stretcher will do the work. The 23% inch hat, he fur- ther said, can be stretched to 27 inches by the device without damage. ree eS ee BIG DOINGS IN- Christmas Goods Garter Sets Garters in Xmas boxes Suspenders in Xmas boxes Ties of all Kinds boxes. | oe oe ae oe oe Handkerchiefs in Xmas boxes in Xmas Flannel Shirts Sport Jackets Daniel T. Patton & Company Grand Rapids.Michigan - 59-63 Market Ave. N.W. The Mens Furnishing Goods House of Michigan Winter Goods Specials Overcoats Sheeplined Coats Mackinaws Hockey Caps Winter Caps Wool Hosiery Sweaters awn a oe or Xmas items. complete stocks. your calls. Delivery ” HOLIDAY MERCHANDISE From now on until Christmas there will be a big demand for Novelty blankets, towel sets, embroidered pillow cases, bath- robes, neckwear, arm bands, suspenders, garter sets, handkerchiefs, belts, and many other novelty lines will be called for. Holiday buying will be brisk and you should be prepared with We are carrying extensive lines of this merchandise awaiting SPECIAL ATTENTION If you sell out too soon and need more, telephone us at our exrense We wil give these orders preferred attention and “Rush | GRAND RAPIDS DRY GOODS CO. Grand Rapids, Michigan Free parking space for those who drive in to visit us. « ¢< we fe. am « | . é oJ o « > < » r 8 “ > < x 4 » < >» - j = © a - ha £ 2 « r fe . December 3, 1924 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 ~ : Crusade For Masculine Coat Emanci- pation. more interest has been shown in them. A great variety of patterns is worked matching flannel or silk, or a sweater, may be worn. Practical models are trade comes from the holiday spirit and certainly his store should show fs Progressive men everywhere are out in these bags. Costume mesh shown in English woolens of plaid de- an identical spirit in its festive appear- considering the necessity and feasibil- bags, either with or without colored sign, made in both the pleated and ance. Use holly, evergreens, crepe ity of adapting man’s summer clothing jewels as center ornaments, have also. wraparound styles. paper mistletoe—all the holiday . ’ * A to the needs of hot weather. Is there any heroism in wearing wool in hot weather? Is there any merit? Why should man torture himself in a mis- conception of propriety? Explain the riddle why man feels he must apolo- gize for his shirt sleeves, while all the women around him have no sleeves at all. Yet a senseless prejudice exists against men’s shirt sleeves in public. As they will never wear the present shirt without the coat, let us design a complete innovation. History states the blouse was dis- sold well. Some of these bags, in- stead of the jewel, have a tapestry de- sign. Staple mesh bags have been moving in a fair way. Small novelty celluloid vanities for misses are hav- ing a fairly good call. These are copies of imported galalith numbers. —_22.> Varied Skirts For Resort Wear. Separate skirts in a considerable va- riety of models are being offered for the Southern resort season. Those of white woolens, particularly flannels, are featured, but the lighter shades of —_——_.. To Have Showrooms on Wheels. A novel idea for selling women’s ready-to-wear merchandise which in- volves several traveling show rooms is about to be tried out by a New York dress City dress firm concern. A contract has been placed with a big automobile company for ten modern show rooms on five-ton chassis. They are to be fitted with all the modern fixtures and carry more than $10,000 worth of dresses. They will tour the country during the different seasons and bring fashions in women’s dresses Christmas #is the great festival of the christian people of the earth. decorations. A window typifying the origin and especially pleasing to the religious elements of your town is the “Cross of Hope Window.” Build a cross of lumber and stand in center Cover cross with white cloth. Attach ever- greens to rope by sewing them on, manila and giving an “evergreen rope” effect. Run the evergreen twined ropes from the of your window. fibers thus covering the back of window to the cross in center “7 tinctly a masculine garment. Women i i adopted it and men forsook it. Will an green and other pastel colors are direct to the stores of the out-of-town which will give you an attractive win- men forsake trousers because women Se ab aa ane y anecneatal. the noe com <2. are parading them? We hope so, and they will be a more favored in ~ en bang oe ehangre m Oe While merchandise could be dis- instead disport themselves to their : : selling of this merchandise. laved in the window, it is : . ee Eane aud jos ees Summer merchandise. For women who —_>+-— played in the window, ‘it is recom- L ' f ‘object to the pressure of a waist band _A Christmas Window. mended that the entire display be con- me * dimity, silk, organdy, etc. These . +d 4 blouses should be received by all 8 classes, as the correct mode for any 2 ~¢, occasion in hot weather, from the S CCESS depends on-— a » business mart to the most punctilious } trousers, which for summer should be of linen or cotton, with silk or cotton hose. We urge men to wear blouses of thin material, lawn, chambray, voile, social function. An underbody, low neck and sleeveless, with two rows of there are skirts attached to a silk bodice over which an overblouse of Dress up your store for the Christ- mas week. The retailer’s increased en a @ i sidered as a manifestation of the broader public spirit. Ja v SSS ES ES SSS SS SS SS SS SSSy ST eee thy How well your set is made. ) buttons on the waistline to support, we respectively, the trousers and under Not how many tubes you use. 8 trousers, would banish the harmful J suspenders and belt. Should one say oy, this is going back to childhood, re- 0 member the handsomest gowns women ee wear to-day are cut identically like 0 the one-piece slips of infancy, which WY men all praise for common sense. ‘f} Send me your names, all who con- W .< 7 cur in this imperative need of reform in man’s dress, and I shall give them to the heads of department stoves as a - At guaranty to bring work at once in | time for next season’s needs. Many Wy ‘ = heads of department stores enthus- | ‘ < a Hy : : ‘ astically agree now is the time for a — MRC-4, $150.00 We radical change. Let me assure you | seek no per- sonal advantage—have no interest in any manufacturer. My motive is pure- Michigan MRC-4 is Ameri- ca’s most beautiful set. Not The Set is equipped with a self- we contained Loud Speaker unit } ly altruistic. only isit the best of the cabinet and horn. The unit is adjust- we A postive Woy ee aces 798 maker’s art, but electrically it able. Ample room is provided ( olution for a revolution and avoid em- 0) barrassment would be to stage a parade next: June and combine it with the police parade. Leave your coats behind—march up Fifth avenue. Carry banners denouncing the coat in hot off with the coat,” etc., announces has no equal. — WSO > >, . eS One stage of radio frequency, a detector and two stages of audio frequency give you for “A” and “‘B” Batteries, etc. 0) Other Michigan Models from @ the MRC-2, two tubes, to q MRC-4, four tubes, priced re oe ae ee ) : from $37.50 and up. ail of rein: pane Oka bhi 8 et : 0 slav r : ij S ‘ \ . ° . . . DK “Independence, long needed, for men,” se Selectivity There is a Michigan for every fa declares another: “Freedom for men; | Volume requirement. Go to your dealer ) oe and ask for demonstration. Bone others. Thus with a joke accomplish ~/gumayemey, “SS with a tone charm that elim- inates all harsh or mechanical We will be glad to send you 0 in two hours this needed reform. x : Ye Wear your shirts or blouses inde- Q notes. You have perfect _ illustrated folder of all models. ( pendently! Wear them proudly! Wear yy reproduction. Write us. YW . them anywhere! Wear them every- $ where! Madge Blair Barnwell. | Licensed under Armstrong U. S. Pat., 1,113,149-letters pending 807,388 } 5 —_too__ Se cee 4 Large Beaded Bags Are Favored. 1 ‘ i ) \ Beaded handbags with frames, v i © RPORATION i) 4 rather than the draw-string merchan- * AOE eee .. ah EL ee <. we dise, have had the call recently, ac- ( 30 Pearl Street Grand Rapids, Michigan | cording to a leading wholesaler here. , The large sizes have sold best, it is said; in fact, the larger they were the MICHIGAN TRADESM AN December 3, 1924 = — = = Common-Sense_ Revival of Time- Honored Institution. Now there abideth protein, yeast and pickles, these three, but the great- est of these is pickles. Out of the old brine vat of time and usage science has finally snatched forth its pet panacea and at last an- nounces that for health, happiness and a steady stomach Peter Piper was right and that pickles—just plain, old- fashioned, common, ordinary pickles— are the dietetic daisies of them ail. We have it on the authority of Uncle Sam himself that for depend- ence against fatigue, vertigo and sea- sickness, on the march and on the big water, the medical benediction has de- parted from bromo seltzer and is now bestowed on pickles. We have it upon high authority that for cooling and purifying the blood stream nothing is so excellent as pickles; also eminent medical author- ity now prescribes an occasional pickle even in fever. Investigation for good complexion also, the pickle is pre-eminent. And history confirms it, for Catherine of Arragon won the heart of Henry VIII on the beauty of her complexion, which historians tell us was like tinted ivory—and the lady Catherine doted on pickles. No less did Martha Washington and Dolly Madison and the amiable widow Beau- harnais, who captured the heart of Napoleon. Napoleon himself was fond of them; wanted his sweet and highly spiced. Corvisart says that the Emperor’s chef knew better than to omit the “dish of pickles” from the imperial table. But he forgot it at Waterloo, and with disastrous consequences. further reveals that Julius Caesar was inordinately fond of pickles. George Washington ate pickles and liked them. -Old John Adams likewise, and Thomas Jeffer- son even more so, for in an old letter Thomas Jefferson writes that “on a hot day in Virginia I know of noth- ing more comforting than a fine, spiced pickle, brought up, trout-like, from the sparkling depths of that aromatic jar below stairs in Aunt Sally's cellar.” Nor does it require an exceeding stretch of the imagination to picture the sage of Monticello inditing the classic passages of the Declaration of Independence—soothed by cucumbers in spice and inspired by the intrepidity of a good dill pickle. Many eminent editors have yielded to the lure of the dulcet product, Horace Greeley conspicuously, who paid ecstatic tribute to the pungency which is editorial and to the spice which is journalistic. Queen Elizabeth and Catherine the Great were both amiably disposed to the pickle, Oliver ‘Cromwell, Charle- magne, Gustavus Adolphus hardly less so, while Frederick the Great devour- ed them omnivorously. In fact, Vol- taire says Frederick ate so many that he came to resemble a gherkin, his body bent at the waist, dressed in a green coat, too, cocked hat and all the similarities save the warts, and yet, he says, “if warts come with vanity there is yet hope—let us abide in peace.” Your modern pickle, therefore, is an ancient and honorable institution. Rome knew it and history records it. Pliny refers to the spiced and pre- served cucumbers of his day, so that the modern pickle as we know it in America, England, Germany, Den- mark, Scandinavia, Belgium, and the whole world generally is not modern at all. There has been a great controversy over the history of pickles, some con- tending that the word is derived from that of a Holland Dutchman—Herr Pokle,” famous for his herrings pre- served in salt brine, which were after- wards called “pokle herrings,’ and finally “pokles.” But Verdam dismiss- es the agitation and derives the word from “pik,” from which we have our modern adjective “piquant.” Shakespeare says: “Thou shalt be stewed in brine and smart in a linger- ing pickle.” And while on the history of the subject let us quote Sir Walter Scott to the effect that “history itself is nothing else but the pickle of an- tiquity.” Away yonder in King Arthur’s time there is a reference to pickles n an old book printed in 1440: “Childre, too, with pekille and precious spices.” The Danes have a veritable litera- ture on the subject of pickles and pre- serves, especially those highly spiced and abounding in condiments. The same is true of the Dutch. One old Dutchman writes: “For appetite and good stomach nothing can take the place of Good Holland pickles.” Yet another authority puts it as “Spiced pickle, hotted with pepper, was much favored by the Dane for stomachic properties of bene- fit, warming the belly withal and most excellent for digestion of food.” follows: And we learn much from this an- cient quotation, for it is a close ques- tion if the passing of the pickle jar, which used to be a center of attrac- tion upon every liberal table, and which has now yielded somewhat to the overestimated salad of the day, is not a serious dietetic error. Dr. Hugo Friedstein, of Chicago, whose work in the Department of In- Te M. J. DARK & SONS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Receivers and Shippers of All Seasonable Fruits and Vegetables Headquarters for FOREIGN and DOMESTIC NUTS FIGS DATES Get our prices before placing your Holiday order KENT STORAGE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS_~ LANSING ~ BATTLE CREEK holesale Grocers , General ‘Warehousing ant Distributin g FLOUR EIGHT POUNDS OF BREAD A DAY. Daily newspapers last week carried the story of Zora Agrah, a resident of Constantinople, born in Kurdistan, who has just celebrated his 150th birthday, and who is said to be the oldest living inhabitant of the world. That Zora Agrah is actually as old as he is seems to be borne out by his own memory of events in Constantinople that occurred 120 years and more ago and also by his birth certificate. As is always the case with inquiring newspapermen, Zora Agrah was asked to give the secret of his longevity. One of the first things he said was that he had always eaten about eight pounds of bread a day, having always been too poor to eat much meat. If every person in this country ate as much bread, in his daily diet as Zora Agrah, what would be the result? Figuring eight pounds of bread a day for 350 days a year would make 2,800 pounds of bread a year. Figuring that a barrel of flour produces 360 pound loaves of bread, then Mr. Zora Agrah actually consumes 7% bbls. of flour a year. Aver- age consumption here is barely one bbl. of flour per capita annually, or 110,000,000 bbls. a year for the entire country. However, Mr. Zora Agrah consumes 7% times as much as the average consumer. If every person in the United States ate as much bread as Zora Agrah, the consumption in this country would be 852,500,000 bbls. a year, or 3.736,250,000 bushels of wheat, more than the entire world produced this year. Fanchon — Red Star JUDSON GROCER COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN December 3, 1924 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 ternal Medicine is well known, in a recent opinion says: “The reasonable use of sound, well-cured _ pickles, spiced, sweetened or dill, is in my judgment a wholesome and worthy dietetic practice, sanctioned by cen- turies of use and enjoyment by many of the most healthy and long-lived na- tions of mankind. As a dietetic it is entirely comparable and I believe, su- perior to the average salad, slightly more acid and cooling, superior also because free of the irreducible con- comitant of oil. Good pickles are cleansers as well as appetizers, and by inducing the gastric flow they are di- rect aid to digestion. Also they are rich in vitamines, which are always better carried in an acid medium. “] have no hesitancy in saying a good word for the wholesome health and food value of pickles. Our dinner tables would be better served and our healths the better conserved were the pickle dish once more in evidence on every board.” Dr. A. D. Birchard, of Cincinnati, says: | “The natural appetite of boys and girls for pickles tells the story. Pickles are a natural appetizer, a na- tural intestinal cleanser of the diges- tive tract and of the blood streain as well. Their partly lactic acid action, their arrested ferment and spice content renders them excellent alike for hungry youth and for the jaded ap- petites of age, notably so for the sedentary man and woman. “For beauty also there 1s something to say tor the virtue of the picliv. The farther South you go, the more pope- lar the sourer pickles seem to be. This is the natural craving for the cooling and health action of the acid.” Polly, Poly, why the pickle? Kating pickles all the day! Faith! to make my cheeks more rosy For my laddie far away. There is good authority for this beauty function of the pickle. Hak- luyt says: “They used to pickle their cucumbers in vinegar, salt and spice, and the frauleins set great store by them for beauty’s sake.” Old Lord Middleton wrote a letter in the year 1620 in which he complains of his better half: ‘My wife longs for nothing but pickled cucumbers.” College professors, teachers, preach- ers and learned folk may read with in- terest that the author of the first Eng- lish dictionary, our good old Dr. Samuel Johnson, was “fair prone to pickles.” Oliver Goldsmith kept himself in comparative health by using good spiced pickles as a corrective. Indeed, the author of the “Vicar of Wakefield” was insulted if invited to dinner and his favorite dish of “clove-pickle, rare- spiced and sugared,” was not within easy reach of his eager fingers. The philosophy of the pickle is a very real and true thing. Science says that for appetite, for loss of appetite, for indigestion, jaded stomachs, bad color, dizziness and vertigo the pickle is pre-eminent. Such authorities as Von Dooren and Heinmann and the leaders of thought in the realm of bio-chemistry and the modern theory of diet prove it. Reports of the Brit- ish Medical Association prove it. One authority says: “Nothing hetter in the world for gastric values than sound pickles, well cured and spiced.” Some go further and actually endorse the use of peppers and hot spices. Many native races eat largely of condiments, properly prepared, and outlive half the doctors. Dietotherapy experts give pickles first place as a remedy for dizziness and heartburn. Haymon de- clares that “a jar of sound pickles will stop all the seasickness on board ship had they but sense enough to pass around the jar.” The Romans used pickles as condi- tioners—and frequently enjoyed them to correct the after-effects of over- eating. German and Dutch translations re- fer to pickles as part and parcel of the wholesome diet for dyspepsia, and the juice of the leaves of the cucumber vine has been given credit for medicin- al values clear back to Bible timers. In France (under the Louis’s) pickles held the center of the stage as a preventive of freckles and for clear- ing and heightening the complexion through their corrective action on di- gestion and the cleansing of the blood. The calory value of good spiced pickles is a revelation, their actual fuel value per pound being greater than that of apples, oranges, peaches or pears. Pickles have three times the fuel value of bean soup, double the value of chicken broth or mock turtle, nearly double the value of black bass and oatmeal gruel. Onions, mush- rooms, spinach, turnips, beans, aspara- gus, and even the sacred codfish, rank far below the food value of pickles, wherefore science may soon adopt the slogan, “Abas the salad! All hail the pickle jar!” ——es o> A Side Walk Advertisement. A practical, neat sidewalk advertise- ment can be made of two boards 18 x 24 inches wide and 4 feet high, joined together at the top and by a 30 inch cross bar at the bottom. You thus have a bulletin board, which rests at an angle, and is secure against winds, dogs, children, ete. Paint this board on both sides, in a dark blue or dark brown color. At the top where the two boards come together insert a 1% inch board, paini- ed in white and trimmed in either dark blue or dark brown and lettered with the words, “Specials Today.” Bulletins lettered, written, typewrit- ten or printed can be attached by means of seals or tacks. A neat effect is obtained by lettering the merchandise items with prices on paper strips, three inches wide and attaching one below the other. MADE RIGHT—SOLD RIGHT Moseley Brothers GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Jobbers of Farm Produce You Make Satisfied Customers when you sell ‘““SUNSHINE”’ FLOUR Blended For Famlly Use The Quality is Standard and the Price Reasonable — Genuine Buckwheat Flour Graham and Corn Meal J. F. Eesley Milling Co. The Sunshine Mills PLAINWELL, MICHIGAN Watson-Higgins Milling Ce. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. NEW PERFECTION The best all purpose flour. RED ARROW The best bread flour. Look for the Perfection label on Pancake flour, Graham flour, Gran- ulated meal, Buckwheat flour and Poultry feeds. Western Michigan’s Largest Feed Distributors. We are establishing a reputa- tion for QUALITY BROOMS PARLOR WAREHOUSE WHISK TOY At Very Attractive Prices MICHIGAN EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND Saginaw, W. S., Michigan “Products which merit your confidence.”’ "The Wholesome Spread for Bread” “THE ORIGINAL” QUALITY NOT PREMIUMS SELLS NUCOA I. VAN WESTENBRUGGE Muskegon-Grand Rapids-Holland Cpdnam CARISTMAS HARD CANDY A FINE LINE AT VERY ATTRACTIVE PRICES ORDER EARLY AGENT FOR JOWNEY'S CHOCOLATES NATIONALLY ADVERT SED PUTNAM FACTORY NATIONAL CANDY CO., INC. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Now is the time to buy Michigan Onions Cranberries - Walnuts - New Figs Hallowi Dates The VINKEMULDER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN | ALAS REESE BIRO A December 3, 1924 A! mn os anv HARDWARE moon aD Michigan Retail Hardware Association. President—A. J. Rankin, Shelby. Vice President—Scott Kendrick, Flint. Secretary—A. J. Scott, Marine City. Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. Some Hints on Window Dressing For Christmas. Written for the Tradesman. The store window is the merchant's greatest help in carrying on his Christmas campaign. The success of his efforts to capture holiday trade de- pends to a great extent on the way in which he looks after his window displays. The best salesman in town may be behind the counter; but, if the front of the store is dark and uninvit- ing, very few people, comparatively speaking, will ever get within range of the salesman’s influence. A bright and attractive window trim will, how- ever, catch the passer-by and lure him into the store. It is then up to the salespeople to do the rest. The truth of this has year after year been more and more clearly recognized by hardware dealers. In days gone by. the hardware store seldom, even at the Christmas season, came out of the gloomy rut in which it traveled in matters of display. Dark windows, with an assortment of hammer, nails and wire showing through the dusty panes, greeted even the Christmas shopper. This is no overdrawn picture of the hardware store so recently as thirty years ago. Of late years there has been a marked improvement. The progressive hardware store assumed just as bright and appealing a Christmas aspect as any other store. Where members of the hardware trade do not play up adequately to their customers at the Christmas seasons, their neglect is due, not to disregard of the potential- ities of window display, but to careless methods of looking after their window trims. The window dresser in the hardware store has a splendid field. Such lines as cutlery, silverware, brass goods, skates, sporting goods, aluminupm ware, electrical devices, etc., can be worked into highly efficient and very attractive trims. Here is the outline of one Christmas window display which a small town hardware firm declared to be “one of the greatest selling windows we have had for a long time.” The background was built in six feet high, and covered with red sateen. Above this, strips of twisted crepe paper, red and white, were stretched to the ceiling. Two stands were placed in the background. on which round shelves fastened, for the display of silver spoons. The stands were cover- ed with green sateen, which provided a contrast with the red background; the two being, by the way, the recog- nized Christmas colors. The back of the window was cov- ered with knives, scissors and razors. Suspended from the ceiling were three balls, in which jack-knives were stuck. On the floor, case carvers and silver- ware were shown. One of the main features of the win- dow was a moving device. A star had been shaped from thin wood and cov- ered with green sateen. It was fas- tened to the door by a thin wire, so that when the door opened and closed the star moved up and down. In point of artistic arrangement this window had much to recommend it. There are other points to be con- sidered, however, in designing Christ- mas trims. It is often found effective to attract the attention of the passer- by to something entirely outside the stock carried: as, for instance, an ani- mal, either live or stuffed, or by a time contest. Thus the other window in the same store which put on this red-and-green Christmas display was trimmed with a selection of carpenters’ and machin- ists’ tools. The arrangement of the back ground in this second window was similar to the first in practically every respect. In the center, however, a giant wax candle was placed. Ona certain day the candle was lighted and every person making a $1. purchase was entitled to a guess as to how long the candle would continue to burn. The contest elicited a great deal of interest. People visited the store every day to find out how far the candle had burn- ed before making their estimates. It was the subject of deep interest at all hours of the day, and a large number of guesses were handed in. The suc- cessful contestant received a prize. Another striking Christmas display was put on by a hardware dealer in a town of about 15,000 population. Here the window dresser had the advantage of having a window of unusually large proportions. At the rear of the win- dow a background, six feet in height, was put up. This was festvely covered with bright red cotton, heavily pleated. On this back ground shears and spoons were arranged. Four pillars, with brackets attached, were utilized to good advantage for displaying nickel and brass ware, spoons and.forks being used for the border. Streamers of red and green paper were run over the top of the window from the front to a point 18 inches above the background, forming a kind of roof to the display. The bottom of the window was cover- ed with light green cloth; and, begin- ning about the center, steps were built up with a rise of six inches. The steps were in two sections and in the space between a large square pedestal was Foster, Stevens & Co. WHOLESALE HARDWARE eon “151-161 Louis Ave., N. W. MICHIGAN 157-159 Monroe Ave. GRAND ~- RAPIDS - Michigan Hardware Company 100-108 Ellsworth Ave., Corer Oakes GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 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The high hat, how- ever, continues strongly in favor. “Paris is ‘wild’ about the new point- ed hats,” the bulletin asserts, “and new versions are being received al- most daily in the salons of the ‘grand modistes’ there. This mode is chang- ing so fast that it is a task to keep pace with it. From the soft velour Alpine chapeaux of Reboux, it is changing into shapes such as the lat- est of Germaine, which is made with a narrow brim rolling upward toward the back and a crown made of wide plaid ribbon. The crown is draped somewhat in the manner of an Oriental turban, only it comes to a peak at the center top. Germaine trims this type of hat with a tortoise shell pin, inlaid with brilliants. “Lewis has just displayed one of the most interesting new shapes that is seen. It is made of panne velvet, with narrow rolling brim and a high, stiff, rounded crown. He places a velvet tube, about the size of a heavy rope, from the left side-front catercornered across the crown and back to the top and front only. This unusual arrange- ment is terminated with a double- winged ornament of jet with brilliants set in the ends. “Camille Roger makes another hat with a narrow double brim and high, soft crown. The peak at the top is folded over a bit on the right side, and a pompon of cross aigrettes is suspend- ed from this point. The hat is of black satin.” —_++>____ More Make Ensemble Costumes. All of the recent predictions regard- ing the leadership of the ensemble cos- tume for Spring are being realized in the showings for that season which are in process of preparation. More houses, both dress and coat firms, as well as those which are specializing on the ensemble type, will feature this style than ever before. While still es- sentially a higher priced and higher class type of garment, it is held likely that in this onrush of more’ firms to make the ensemble it will be brought down somewhat to a more popular priced level than hitherto. The firms which have not made this style hither- to are expected to meet with certain unavoidable difficulties which the specializing houses are equipped to avod and this may result in sharply dividing the classes of merchandise because of the one’s superiority in de- tail and unit harmony. >a Laces Favored For Trimmings. Binche and Alencon laces are the favored trimmings of underwear de- signed for the holiday trade this sea- son. While filet and Irish laces are still used, they have become more or cording to a bulletin of the United less regarded as staples, whereas, ac- Underwear League of America, the other patterns are presented as novel- ties. On flesh-colored undergarments the laces are often shown in a deep- er shade of ochre than in the new lines for Spring. The demand for something novel and elaborate on the part of the retail buyer is also resulting in the use of new silk patterns featur- ing stripes and dots, as well as crepe- back satin. Sets consisting of night- gowns and envelope chemises or of two-piece combinations to match are selling very well at the moment. AUTOMOBILE OWNERS USE 1 in 5 for SicK Cars Puts pep in your motor Saves 25% to 40% gasoline Eliminates and finest prevents carbon Increase power to your Quart treats uncanny out the When the car is sick and run down needs attention thes same as any human being When it is missing, knocking, and has no life nor pep, it cannot do the work it is called upon to do, and must have a prescription to fix it up. ‘1 in 5’ Carbon remover is being prescribed by over 50,000 sat- isfied users, absolutely guaranteed to the above ailments, and a great help in cold weather. 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Responsible Representative Wanted for Open Territy in States and Counties 1 IN 5 MANUFACTURING CO. 2965 Grand River Ave. Detroit, Michigan TIN 5 MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 2965 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Mich. Enclosed find $2.00, for which send me one quart can of One in Five. I shall use it as per directions and it I do not find it entirely satisfactory I shall return the unused portion and you will refund my $2.00 in full. en Address WE INVITE your orders for DEPENDABLE high grade oak tanned or waterproof cemented LEATHER BELTING. As belting manufacturers of twenty-four years experience, we are in a position to render any kind of prompt belting service, either from our LARGE STOCK on hand, SPECIAL MADE BELTS: to fit a particular requirement, or REPAIRING leather belts that you need quick service upon. Call us on either phone. GRAND RAPIDS BELTING COMPANY Leather Belting Manufacturers GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 1—3 IONIA AVE. USED SHOW CASES For the first time since the war we have a good supply of used show cases. Look them over. GRAND RAPIDS STORE FIXTURE CO. 7 lonia Ave., N. Sand Lime Brick Nothing as Durable Nothing as Fireproof Makes Structures Beautiful No Painting No Cost for Repairs Fire Proof Weather Proof Warm in Winter Cool in Summer Brick is Everlasting Grande Brick Co. Grand Rapids Saginaw Brick Co., Saginaw Jackson- Lansing Brick Co., Rives Junction. 20,000 PARTNERS PROFIT FROM CONSUMERS POWER PREFERRED SHARES INQUIRE AT ANY OF OUR OFFICES FOR ALL THE FACTS December 3, 1924 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN SEATS TD) \ atl _& Sus ‘ y <7 ° o le 2 ° st a a G News and Gossip About Michigan Hotels. Muskegon, Dec. 2—Encompassing a period of many years has been my acquaintance with Charlie Topps, trav- eling representative for the Kokomo Steel and Wire Co. In my campaign for new members of the Michigan State Hotel Association he has been an ardent ally. He is also very observ- ing. That is why I give this note from him much consideration: “When at Minden City, this week, I had occasion to take luncheon at the Weber Hotel. This hotel deserves a great deal of credit and many others could improve their service by follow- ing his example. His institution does your Association great honor. This is what was served, and prepared by the landlady, Mrs. Weber: Chicken riddle soup Zoast beef, brown gravy. Roast pork, with jelly Roast chicken, Roast goose with dressing Mashed potatoes Sauer kraut Honey Apple, mince and custard pie Beverages All for 75 cents, with free access to a large dish of apples and pears on the table.” One hears much these days about food values and menu planning. A well balanced meal is nothing new in the hotel business, but one would think otherwise, judging from the yolumes of discussions, scientific and otherwise, of calories, vitamines and the like. This subject is always more or less treated upon at most hotel gatherings. But after all it is really up to the customer to decide just what he shall eat? Certainly he would be within his rights if he resented any interference on the part of the hotel man. The world is largely made up of people who won't even obey doctor’s orders or even the dictates of common sense in the matter of what they should eat. For all time human beings have been filling cemeteries with the exer- cise of their teeth in mastication. It is quite likely they will continue to do so into the far distant future, despite all the published educational stuff relative to “what we should eat,” which usually rolls off like water from a duck’s back. At the round table discussion at the recent Michigan Hotel convention, somebody propounded the query, “Why do we eat?” It was aptly an- swered by someone else, “Because it is a pleasure; because it is meal time and we are hungry; because we must nourish the body.” The first definition covers the whole problem. “They eat what they crave for when they want it.” The hotel man who “sets a good table,’ whether he is operating his hotel on the American or European plan, is the man who does the business in his dining room. He prepares < reasonable and sensible bill of fare, in- corporating such items as he knows will make a hit with his patrons, with- out reference to the “doctor’s orders” and it is up to his guest to do the rest, which proposition they accept willing- The hotel man who gets to monkey- ing with calories and vitamins eventu- ally loses his business. Naturally he must be first of all, a good business man, rather than a culinary reformer, just as any operator in any line must be a good business man. Just as the theatrical man interests more patrons with farces and light operas than with Shakesperian productions, so does the food dispenser accumulate his coin by serving the food or foods which are the most appetizing, without regard to scientific rules of health. Besides the hotel man, even, is not ordinarily in business on “account of his health.” The real reason for success in food dispensing is giving people just what they want to eat, not what he prefers to give them. I know of a Michigan hotel operator who provides no fruit for the break- fast table, just because he does not personally care for it, and for this rea- son he will continue to be a “small” operator. A good, “square” meal, made up of ingredients which consumers demand is what makes repeaters and repeaters are what make the landlord. Hence it is not up to the hotel ian to educate his guests to what they will eat or what is best for their health, but rather to give them what they like. It is his business, however, to see ‘hat this food is prepared in a_ healthful manner in strict accordance with hy- gienic rules. Anyone who tries to foist upon the public, especially the “personal” pub- lic, what they don’t want to eat, just for scientific reasons, will fail. Just so long as eating remains a pleasur- able function—so long as people live to eat and not eat to live—it need not matter to the purveyor that they are indulging in the preliminaries to their own funerals. Naturally this one rule may carry with jit exceptions. There are sani- tariums and there are_ restaurants whose chief stock in trade is calories and vitamins, but their patrons are of the class who are looking out for diet treatment, and if there are enough of such, then caterers will make money— usually much more than the man who serves the square meal; but the fat, jolly landlord, who has never known the twinges of dyspepsia will always continue to be the “one best bet.” The eating habits of the people naturally change. There isn’t as much gluitoning nowadays as there used to be, perhaps, but otherwise they are very much like they always have been. It is hard to estimate whether the real demand of the public is for better or cheaper hotels. A Ne wYork landlord is now trying this problem. Recently he has com- pleted two hotels in a genteel location, just one block intervening between them. The one, noticeably inferior in architecture and construction, carries a room rate averaging 50 cents per day less than the other. With the same identical number of rooms, the cheaper hotel showed an occupancy of 91 per cent.: the other 64, and in consequence a profit in operation largely in excess of the more expensive. We are constantly confronted with the claim that this or that town needs another or better hotel. A few of the traveling public will seek the best ac- commodations they can secure for the money, but experience in hotel opera- tions has satisfactorily demonstrated that while the better hotel possibly IN THE HEART OF THE CITY Division and Fulton { $1.50 up without bath RATES } $550 up with bath CODY CAFETERIA IN CONNECTION The Pantlind Hotel The center of Social and Business Activities. Strictly modern and _fire- proof. Dining, Cafeteria and Buffet Lunch Rooms in connection. 750 rooms Rates $2.50 and up with bath. Morton Hotel — OU are cordially invited to visit the Beautiful New Hotel at the old location made famous by Eighty Years of Hostelry Service. 400 Rooms—400 Baths Menus in English WILLIAM C. KEELEY, Managing Director. New flotel fllertens GRAND RAPIDS Rooms $1.50 and $2.00 Bath, Tub or Shower Club Breakfast 20c and up. Luncheon 50c, Dinner 75c. ( TOM LUCE Service| Union Ati? J x ‘4 ss y J id - ep aP ae Z ———"_ “78 Fire Proof December 3, 1924 secures the patronage of such as are willing to pay for what they get, the cheaper hotel makes the real money. And it will continue to be so in the ratio of about 10 to 1. With a few outstanding exceptions the commercial traveler finds the high priced hotel beyond his reach. If from a mistaken sense of pride he buys the expensive room, he is compelled to starve his stomach, which reduces his selling activities, for the under nour- ished salesman is a poor asset to any institution. Occasionally—not as often as in years gone by—I hear of the hotel kicker, so-called. Who knows but he is a blessing in disguise? Perhaps we ought, instead of annihilating him, ex- tend him an occasional vote of thanks, for oftimes a complaint is a result of a fault in service which, but for the kick, might become an uncorrected abuse, hence the complaint may result to our advantage. Now every guest complains; but one who does frequently only expresses in tangible form the thought that may be in the minds of many of our guests, but which through sufferance might come to our notice tardily. In fact, the kicker helps us find out what other people think of our mode of manage- ment, and it is up to us to make such complaints, if reasonable, the basis for improvement in service. For quite a number of years the writer has been literally at home each recurring Thanksgiving Thanksgiving day with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Swett, of the Muskegon Occidental. This year being an exception, the entertain- ment being offered at their beautiful summer (and winter) home at Lake Harbor. I will not attempt to de- scribe the dinner, but will confess that all thoughts of calories and vitamins were thrown into the discard, and the invitation was renewed for next year, for which I am truly thankful. Here I give you the menu for such an old- time Thanksgiving dinner as one sel- dom hears of, but frequently dreams about, served at the Occidental this year. All you could eat without ask- ing for it. Oyster cocktail Celery hearts Queen olives Chicken a la Reine Consomme royale Boiled lake trout au vin blanc Pommes Hollendaise Orange ice {toast stuffed native turkey, Cranberry Sauce Whipped potatoes Roast spring goose, apple sauce (‘andied sweet potatoes Mashed Hubbard squash Green asparagus, drawn butter Head lettuce salad, Russian dressing Iinglish plum pudding, Hard and nutmeg sauce Hot mince pie Pumpkin pie Grape nut ice cream, Fruit cake York State Cheese Crackers Coffee An invitation to the formal open- ing dinner at the bran new Hotel Montague, at Caro, on the evening of Dec. 1 I was unable to avail myself of, but I will pay a special visit there shortly and tell you all about this latest candidate for public favor, of which George Girdley, is the landlord. Frank S. Verbeck. EO Items From the Cloverland of Michi- gan. Sault Ste. Marie, Dec. 2—Sunday was the last chance for many Soo hunters who had not filled their licenses. The slaughter has been com- paratively small this year, but from all accounts a good time was had by all. Ben Rothwell, for the past seven years manager for the Raymond Fur- niture Co., has taken a lease on the building formerly occupied by the. Ray- mond Furniture Co. Mr. Rothwell has purchased a new line of up-to-date furniture and will open up for business as soon as the new stock arrives. Meanwhile the stores are being re- decorated and when completed will be among the finest in the city. Mr. Rothwell will need no introduction to the public and has a host of friends MICHIGAN TRADESMAN who wish him every success in his new enterprise. Dr. G. A. Conrad, formerly of Calu- met, has moved to the Soo, where he will establish himself. He will prac- tice in surgical cases only. Dr. and Mrs. Conrad have purchased the Chandler residence, on Spruce street. They will move in the near future. Dr. Conrad has been chief of staff of sev- eral mining companies for a number of years. We heard that a barber caused the arrest of a neighbor who, he said threw lumps of coal at him. Wish we had a neighbor like that. Dave Eleisof, the popular manager of the Leader, returned last week from Ann Arbor, where he attended the foot ball game. H. J. Anderson, the lumberman, has moved his family to Drummond Island where he expects to commence winter operations soon. Adversity is a medicine which peo- ple are rather fond of recommending indiscriminately as a panacea for their neighbors. Like other medicines, it only agrees with certain constitutions. There are nerves which it utterly shat- ters. A. E. Bowman, the well-known merchant of Shingleton, died last Tuesday. He was also owner of the tannery store at Munising. An investigator who finds that many families are doing without meat won- ders what they are living on. Maybe a budget. James Leigh, who for the past five years has been with the Swift & Co. local branch here, has been promoted and expects to leave in the near future for Swift’s Green Bay branch. Jimmie, as he is known to his many friends here will have the best wishes of his friends for success in his new field. William G. Tapert. —_—_—_>2-o—____ Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, Dec. 2—A number of Grand Rapids people motored to Battle Creek Sunday to attend the funeral of Mrs. John I. Gibson, which took place in the Adventist Temple at 2:30 p. m. Nurtured from infancy in the se- rene, reverent and rational faith of her parents, it was natural that her own spirit should have been characterized by serenity and reverance and thought- fulness. Hers was a_ philosophical mind, and early in her life she found a helpful philosophy of life in the teachings of Christian leaders whose influence remained with her to the end. New friends, who met Mrs. Gib- son in the later years of her life, ad- mired her for her serene and deep faith, her informed and_ scholarly mind, her fresh interest in new friends and in present-day affairs. She had, to the very end, a large-hearted and large-minded interest in people and events, and, to the end, her spirit was outward-going, others-serving and for- ward-looking. J. J. Berg (Pitkin & Brooks) has been annoyed of late by a shifting pain in his anatomy which local physicians are unable to locate long enough to diagnose. So he proposes to pay a visit to the Mayo hospital, at Roches- ter, Minn., in hopes the experts of that institution will be more fortunate in identifying and expelling the in- truder. —_~++>—____ King Hezekiah was one of the good kinds of Israel, but he made the fatal mistake of exhibiting the wealth of his nation to the representatives of a covetous foreign king; and he had no adequate defenses that king’s armies invaded his land. ——_+2+2>—____ Quickly made friendships are apt to fade out the first time they go to the wash. when 25 Corner Sheldon and Oakes; Facing Union Depot; Three Blocks Away HOTEL BROWNING GRAND RAPIDS 150 Fireproof Rooms Rooms with bath, single $2 to $2.50 Rooms with bath, double $3 to $3.50 HOTEL CHIPPEWA European Plan HENRY M. NELSON Manager MANISTEE, MICH. New Hotel with all Modern Conveniences—Elevator, Etc. 150 Outside Rooms Dining Room Service Hot and Cold Running Water and Telephone in every Room $1.50 and up . 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Hot and cold running water in all rooms. Several rooms with bath. All rooms well heated and well ventilated. A good place to stop. American plan. Rates reasonable. WILL F. JENKINS, Manager. The Durant Hotel Flint’s New Million and Half Dollar Hotel. 300 Rooms 300 Baths Under the direction of the United Hotels Company HARRY R. PRICE, Manager ll INVESTIGATORS Private Investigations car- rled on by skillful operators. This is the only local con- cern with membership In the International Secret Service Association. Day, Citz. 68224 or Bell M800 Nights, Citz. 62280 or 63081 National Detective Bureau Headquarters 333-4-5 Houseman Bidg. | 26 Druggists Who Advertise Their Own Preparations. Every up-to-date druggist at some time or other falls upon a preparation that he finds so efficacious that he is willing to spend money on the exploit- It may be a cough medi- cine, a salve for eczema, a mouth wash —indeed any of a hundred different ar- ticles that are called for everyday by his customers. He may be too diffi- dent in meeting the keen competition offered advertised articles to make the Very often, however, he attempt, but does not follow it up with the proper attention to little things. ing of it. nationally attempt. makes the A small town druggist, not long ago, made up a cream that he thought would sell. He had labels printed, put up the cream in tubes, and Those shaving began urging it upon customers. that bought it returned for more. As as he kept talking about the he continued the clerks did not mani- sold it long preparation, Unfortunately, fest his enthusiasm, when it called for. The was that the sales fell off. selling it. and only was result Speaking about the matter to an ad- vertising man, he expressed the opin- ion that in the advertising of the established shaving preparations, he had no chance what- ever. The advertising man differed with him, and asked him what meth- ods of giving his shaving cream proper The druggist done face of the extensive publicity he had used. had to admit that he much in that direction. had not “What do you think would happen o “Mennen’s,” queried the advertising man, “if they quit. advertising?” “That I know,” answered the drug- gist, “but I thnk it would continue to sell as every one knows it, and knows it to be a good and reliable article.” “The best of articles have to be ad- veriised,” said the advertising man coming back at him swift and hard, “and they must be kept before the mind of the public constantly and without interrupted application. — If this is not true why do firms like the Standard Oil Company spend millions on publicity. Henry ford never lets up in his campaign and his little rattle box is better known than ‘Mennen’s’ You have a good article in I have tried it at found it ever will be. your shaving cream. have If you would would do your suggestion and good and cheap both. take a little something in the way of advertising.” advice, you “For example?” asked the druggist. “Well, tention by the use of slogans as impress themselves in the first place attract at- slogans—such upon the people who see them. If I were in your position, I would have a card in the window with something like this on it: “It puts a smile where the beard was,” or ‘It makes Youh permanent,’ or “It makes you crave for the morn- ing shave,” or “Kissable girls demand it,” “It makes shaving a popular game” “In all of these there is enough wit to hold the attention, and perhaps pro- voke a comment. Let slogans like this be constantly in evidence, and you ac- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN complish in a small way, what the big fellows do on a grand scale. The druggist acted on the man’s ad- vice, and found his shaving cream sales increasing amazingly. It was not long before he began advertising it in the local paper, and it was not long before he found his preparation called for in rival stores. A druggist once brought out a cough medicine that was made accord- ing to a local doctor’s prescription. It did not sell. People bought it once, and when they wanted cough medicine again asked for the widely advertised preparations. He began running slogans in his A few may herewith be given: ‘ “Tt cures the cold of the young and old.” window. NET WeiaHT ONE PaUND “Don’t envy beautiful hair, use our hair tonic.” “It makes wet feet a needless worry” “It keeps the doctor away.” “Undertakers use it, but do not recommend it, as it hurts their trade.” These slogans brought business to the druggist—they were bound to sell. druggist made a hair tonic, and tried his utmost to make it sell. His efforts were unfortunately of no avail, until he began devising slogans as did those mentioned above. Some of his slogans were trite, but many of them manifested enough originality to take with the public. Some of those he used were as follows: “Girls, look out for your hair—use our hair tonic before he throws you over.” WJnly as our candies excel ae Q the price asked do we hope to ob- tain your interest _ and merit your con: tinued patronage December 3, 1924 “Tt makes your friends wonder what became of your cough.” “Scratch your matches, but not your head—use our hair tonic.” “Don't shovel dandruff from your shoulders—use our tonic.” “Billiard balls are bald because they have no brains—if they had_ they would use our hair tonic.” “Tet your hair shine, but not your head—use our hair tonic.” In making slogans there are a few’ points the creator should bear in mind. In the first place try to infuse in them a spirit of harmless humor. Make them witty. Keep shorter the better. The more pointed and snappier they are, the more effec- Don’t imitate or copy the orig- Lastly change the slogans often, tive. inal. A.R. WALKER CANDY _ CORPORATION MUSKEGON MICHIGAN them short—the ~ Be { 1924 4 : vhat Ss your « e your * \x« they ’ they your « few * - lind, hem fake the ~ nted ffec- , rig- ften, 4 , No a 4, J : i ‘ 4 ~ at” Tecember 3, 1924 Don’t let the observer get away with the idea that you have no imagination. It may be asked if it is advisable to feature these slogans with a whole window. Why not? Nothing is more effective than a single idea presented in a big way. Fill your window— twenty different articles and_ the chances are the passerby will notice none of them. When the whole win- dow is used to advertise but one thing, he cannot help but carry away with him the advertiser’s message. C. Frawley Thurston. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day of issue. 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Cassia (Saigon)-- 60 Sassafras (pw. io)” 55 Soap Cut (powd.) $06 02 18@ 25 Berries Cube 2 25 fia |... 5 35 suniper .....__.___. 10@ 20 Prickly Ash --.-.. 3u Extracts Efiecorice. .._._____._ ar 65 Licorice powd. ~~~ 1 00 Flowers Arnica _... 25@ 30 Chamomile Ger.) 20@ 25 Chamomile Rom. : 75 Gums Acacia, lst -..-. 50@ 55 Acacia, 2nd ----.. 45@ 50 Acacia, Sorts --. 20@ 25 Acacia, Powdered 35@ 40 Aloes (Barb Pow) 25@ 35 Aloes (Cape Pow) 25@ 35 Aloes (Soc. Pow.) 65@ 70 Asafoetida --.--- 65@ 75 Pow 2... 1 00@1 25 Campnor -.._..- 1 05@1 15 Guaiace @ 70 Guaiac, pow'd —- @ 75 hing ...-.. @ 85 Kino, powdered__ @ 90 Myth .... @ 60 Myrrh, powdered @ 65 Opium, powd. 19 65@19 92 Opium, gran. 19 65@19 92 Shellac ....._-__. 90@1 90 Shellac: Bleached 1 00@1 10 Traygacanth, pow. @1 7a Tragacanth _.-- 1 75@2 25 Turpentine —----- @ 25 Insecticides Arsenic _......_ 15 25 Blue Vitriol, bbl. 07 Blue Vitriol, less 8%o 15 Bordea. Mix Dry 124%4.@23% Hellebore, White powdered -.--.- 20@ 30 Insect Powder -- 75@ 85 Lead Arsenate Po. 244%@39 Lime and Sulphur a 9@20% Paris Green ------ 32@ 48 Leaves Buchu =... 35@1 50 Buchu, powdered @1 50 Sage, Bulk ------ “. 30 Sage, % loose --. 40 Sage, powdered_- @ 35 Senna, Alex. ---_ 75@ 80 Senna, Tinn. --.. 30@ 35 Senna, Tinn. pow. 25@ 35 Uva Ural... 20@ 25 Olls ee Bitter, PUG 7 60@7 75 ana Bitter, artificial ..-... 4 00@4 25 Almonds, Sweet, tee 2. 25@1 60 Almonds, Sweet, imitation ----- 60@1 00 Amber, crude -. 1 50@1 75 Amber, rectified 1 75@2 00 Anise ... 1 00@1 25 Bergamont ------ 5 75@6 00 Cajeput 1 50@1 75 Cassia --- 4 25@4 Castor 1 95@2 20 Cedar Leaf --.. 1 75@2 00 Citronella -.---- 1 50@1 75 Cloves... 3 25@3 50 Cocoanut -~..--- 26 35 Cod Liver ------ 1 65@1 85 Croton... 2 00@2 25 Cotton Seed _.-- 1 50@1 70 Cuhebs —_._____- 7 50@7 75 HigéJon —_.__... 3 00@3 25 Fuealyptus ----- 1 25@1 50 Hemlock, pure. 1 75@2 00 Juniper Berries. 2 75@3 00 Juniper Wood__ 1 59@1 75 Lard, extra ._-. 1 50@1 70 Lard, No. 1 -.-. 1 25@1 45 Lavendar Flow__ 8 00@8 25 Lavendar Gar’n 85@1 20 Lemon ......... 50@1 75 Linseed, bld. bbl. @1 12 Linseed, bld less 1 19@1 22 Linseed, raw, bbl. @l 10 Linseed, ra. less 1 17@1 20 Mustard, artifil. oz. @ 60 Neatsfoot -----.- 1 35@1 50 Olive, pure -... 3 75@é4 50 Olive, Malaga, yellow _...._... 2 75@3 00 Olive, Malaga, green... 2 cogs 00 Orange, Sweet... 4 50 ; 75 Origanum, pure 2 50 Origanum, com’! 1 ogi 20 Pennyroyal -... 3 00@3 25 Peppermint 10 00@10 25 Rose, pure —. 13 50@14 00 Rosemary Flows 1 25@1 50 Sandalwood, E. 10 00@10 25 Sassafras, true 2 50@2 75 Sassafras, arti’l 80@1 20 Spearmint __---. 6 00@6 25 Sperm ............,... 1 80@2 05 Taney .......--.- 6 00@6 25 Tar, US ..__..._- 65 Turpentine, bbl. @92% Turpentine, less 99@1 12 Wintergreen, leat _.......... 6 00@6 25 Wintergreen, sweet birch Wormseed 3 00@3 7 50@7 25 Wintergreen, art__ 80@1 20 io 75 Wormwood 8 50@8 Potassium Bicarbonate - --~- 35@ 40 Bichromate —----- 15@ 25 Bromide ._....... 69@ 9&5 Bromide ......._. 54@ 71 Chlorate, grand 23@ 30 Chlorate, powd. Or Afar ._......... 16@ 25 Cyanide ........- 30@ 50 eee oa 4 66@4 86 Permanganate 20@ 30 Prussiate, yellow 65@ 75 Prussiate, red —__ @1 40 Sulphate ........ a@ 40 Roots Alka_.st edo ale) Siac al 25% 30 Blood, powdered. 35@ 40 Calamug ...... me Elecampane, pwd 23@ 30 Gentian, powd... 20@ 30 Ginger, African, powdered 380@ 35 Ginger, Jamaica 60@ 65 Ginger, Jamaica, powdered --_~_- 55@ 60 Goldenseal, pow. 5 50@6 00 Ipecac, powd. -_ 3 75@4 00 Edéorice _._.___._.. 35@ 40 Licorice, powd. 20@ 30 Orris, powdered 3s0@ 4u Poke, powdered, 35@ 4v Rhubarb, powd. 1 00@1 10 Rosinwood, powd. @ 40 Sarsaparilla, Hond. ground —........ 1 006 Sarsaparilla Mexican, ground .... ... @ Seutla ._...... 35@ 40 Squilis, powdered 60@ 70 Tumeric, powd. 17@ 25 Valerian, powd. 40@ 60 Seeds Mise @ 35 Anise, icine 35@ 40 Hird, fe... 13@ 17 Canary — 13@ 20 Caraway, Po. .30 25@_ 30 Cardamon ._.~... @3 00 Celery, powd. .d5d 23 50 5 27 30 Coriander pow. .3 : 12 De... @ 20 Rennel ....._.. 25@ 40 ie O7%@ 12 Flax, ground ... 07%@ 12 Foenugreek pow. 15@ 25 Hemp .__.._._..... 8 15 Lobelia. powd. _. @1 25 Mustard, yellow... 15@ 25 Mustard, black __ 20@ 25 Poppy -.-----.-- 22@ 25 QGumeo __..._ 1 50@1 75 Rane ._............ 15@ 20 Sabadilla 25@ 35 Sunflower ------ 11%@ 15 Worm, American _— 40 Worm, Levant ----. 6 00 Tinctures Aconite .._.._... @1 80 Aloen 2... @1 45 Arnica ------ @1 10 Asafoetida --_---- @2 40 Belladonna ---- @1 35 Benzoin _.._.._..... @2 10 Benzoin Comp’d @2 65 Buchu .______.... @2 55 Canthraradies -.- @2 %5 Capsicum ——..____. @2 20 Catechu ..--...--. @1 75 Cinchong ............. @2 1¢ Colchicum ---.... @1 80 Cuneta _......-.. @3 00 Disttale ........ @1 380 Gente ose @1 35 Ginger, DPD. S. ... @1 80 Guaee o4 @2 20 Guaiac, Ammon. @2 00 lodine ...._........ @ % Iodine, Colorless @1 50 iron, Cho, ....._... @1 36 Eine ....._.._ __..... @1 40 My @2 50 Nux Vomica __-. @1 55 Oolge @3 50 Opium, Camp. -- @ 3% Oplum, Devodorz’d @3 50 BRUNGSE 20cu @1 70 Paints. Lead, red dry ~. 15% @15% Lead, white dry 154%@15% Lead, white oll_. 15% @15% Ochre, yellow bbl. @ Ochre, yellow less 24%@ Red Venet’'n Am. 3%@ T Red Venet’'n Eng. 4@ Puts 5@ Whiting, Ohi. --... 4 Witting... sus i L. H. BP. Prep... 2 80@3 00 Rogers Vrep. -. 2 80@3 00 Miscellaneous Acetanalid ........ 47@ 65 AND 2........., 08@ 12 Alum. powd. and Sroune. 2.4... 09@ 15 Bismuth, Subni- trate... 70@3 90 sorax xtal or powdered ...- oT@ 13 Cantharades, po. 2 00@2 25 Calomel ........ | TE@I 9 Capsicum, powd 48@ _ 65 Carmine ........... 6 00@6 60 Cassia Buds _... 25@ 30 Cloves .... 50@ 56 Chalk Prepared_ 14@ 16 Chioroform ._.... 55 @65 Chloral ee ‘ bes te 85 Cocaine 2.1.00 60@11 25 Cocoa Butter -... 50@ 7% Corks, list, less A 50% Copperas ....... uO 10 Copperas, Powd. “— 10 Corrosive Sublm 1 43@1 64 Cream Tartar -... 30@ 46 Cuttle bone .._.... “Ss 50 Dextrine —-- 15 Dover's Powder 3 soe ov Emery, All Nos. 10@ 15 Emery, Vowdered 8@ 10 Epsom Salts, bbls. @ Epsom Salts, less 3%™@ _ 10 Ergot, powdered @1 00 Flake, White _--__ 15@ 20 Formaldehyde, Ib. 183@ _ 30 Gelatine ......__. 1 10@1 26 Glassware, less 65%. Glassware, full case 60% Glauber Salts, bbl. @ 03 Glauber Salts less oo 10 Glue, Brown -_-- 30 Glue, Brown Grd is 20 Glue, white --.. 27% 35 Glue, white grd. 2a 35 Glycerine —..... 230 45 TGS scien 65@ 75 We 2 6 45@6 90 jodoform ....... 7 35@7 65 Lead Acetate 20@ 30 Mace i ‘ @i 20 Mace, powdered @1 25 Menthol -__--. 19 50@19 85 Morphine -_-- 11 18@11 93 Nux Vomica --.. @ 30 Nux Vomica, pow. 17@ 25 Pepper black pow. 32 35 Pepper, White -- 09 45 Pitch, Burgundry 10 15 QGuassia ............. 2 15 Gratnine 4 72@1 33 Rochelle Salts -. 30@ 35 Saccharine ------ @ 30 Salt- Peter -...... 11@ 22 Seidlitz Mixture 72 40 Soap. green ..... 30 Soap mott cast. Ke 25 Soap, white castile css |... @11 25 Soap, white castile less, per bar @i 40 Soda Ash... %@ 10 Soda Bicarbonate sto 10 Soda, Sal ........ @ @ Spirits Camphor - @l1 35 Sulphur, roll _... 34@ 19 Sulphur, Subl. --. 04@ 10 Tamarinds ..... 20@ 25 Tartar Emetic -- S 75 Turpentine, Ven. 76 Vanilla Ex. pure 1 13@2 Vanilla Ex. pure 2 50@3 Zinc Sulphate --. 06@ 25 00 15 28 ing and are intended to be correct at time of g are liable to change at any time, and country m filled at market prices at date of purchase. oing to press. erchants will have their orders MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mail- Prices, however, ——=: ADVANCED Lard DECLINED Canned Cherries Canned Peaches Allspice Canned Plums Some Nuts Cloves Rio Coffee Veal Pepper Dates Cheese Market Baskets Oleomargarine AMMONIA Shred. Wheat Biscuit 3 85 Beefsteak & Onions, s 2 75 Arctic, 16 oz. -------- 200 Vita Wheat, 12s _----- 1 80 Chili Con Ca., 1s 1 35@1 45 Arctic, 32 oz. ---——-- 3 25 Post’s Brands. Deviled Ham, %8 --- 2 20 Quaker, 36, 12 oz. case 3 85 Grape-Nuts, 24s ---- 3 80 Deviled Ham, %s --- 3 60 c a Grape-Nuts, 100s ---- 2 75 Hamburg Steak & Aaa Postum Cereal, 12s -- 2 25 Onions, No. 1 ---..-- 3 15 ; Post Toasties, 36s ~~ 3 45 Potted Beef, 4 oz. --- 1 10 : Post Toasties, 24s -- 3 45 Potted Meat, % Libby 52% Post's Bran, 24s ---- 2 70 Potted Meat, % Libby 9v BROOMS gg potted Nam Cen 1 ‘ ; ; otte am, Gen. Parlor Pride, doz. ---- 6 00 wicsck Gane, No. a 1 ae AXLE GREASE moi ib 4 60 a 2th 6 25 10 lb. pails, per doz. 8 20 15 lb. pails, per doz. 11 20 25 lb. pails, per doz. 17 70 BAKING POWDERS Arctic, 7 oz. tumbler 1 35 Queen Flake, 25 Ib. keg 12 Royal, 10c, doz. ------- 95 Royal, 6 0z., doz. -- 2 70 Royal, 12 oz., doz -- 5 20 Royal, 5 ib. ------_- 1 20 Rocket, 16 oz., doz. 1 25 BEECH-NUT BRANDS. SANITARY intent Tae MAC ta laei du Ore rae Mints, all flavors ------ 60 fam Fruit Drops ----------- 70 Caramels -------------- 70 Sliced bacon, large -- 3 60 Sliced bacon, medium 3 25 Sliced beef, large --- 5 10 Sliced beef, medium — Grape Jelly, large --- Grape Jelly, medium... Peanut butter, 16 oz. Peanuts butter, 10% oz Peanut butter, 644 oz. Peanut butter, 3% oz. Prepared Spaghetti -- Baked beans, 16 oz._. 1 40 BLUING Original wa Lo om pom DO OT 6 a o m condensed Pearl crown Capped Doi 4 doz., 10c ds. 86 SINYJ 3 ds. 15c, ds. 1 26 BREAKFAST FOODS Cracked Wheat. 24-2 3 85 Cream of Wheat 1 begs $5 Pillsbury’s Best Cer’l 2 Quaker Puffed Rice-- 5 45 “naker Puffed Wheat 4 30 Quaker Brfst Biscuit 1 90 + alston Purina Sl ee Ralston Branzos ---- 2 70 tialston Foou, iarge 3 8d Zaxon Wheat Food —-- 3 5 Standard Parlor, 23 lb. 7 00 Fancy Parlor, 23 lb. 8 00 tsx. Fancy Parlor 25 lb. 9 26 fx. Fey. Parlor 26 Ib. 10 00 2 Toy ..__.___.---__-__-- 25 Whisk, No. 2 2 75 BRUSHES Scrub Solid Back, 8 in. ---- 1 50 Solid Back, 1 in. ---- 1 75 Pointed Ends ___---- 1 25 Stove Shaker No. 50 Peerless No. 40 oe 2 No: 22 3 BUTTER COLOR Dandelion, .—------- 2 85 Nedrow, 3 oz., doz. 2 50 CANDLES Electric Light, 40 Ibs. 12. Plumber, Ibs. —---- 12.8 Paraffine, 68 ~-------- 4% Paraffine, 128 -------- 14% Wicking -..-—-------- 40 Tudor, 6s, per box -- 30 CANNED FRUIT. Apples, 3 Ib. Standard 1 60 Apples, No. 10 _. 4 50@5 00 Apple Sauce, No. 10 8 00 Apricots, No. 1 1 35@1 90 Apricots, No. 2 ----- 28 Apricots, No. 2% 2 60@3 75 Apricots, No. 10 ---- 8 00 Blackberries, No. 10 12 50 Blueber’s, No. 2 2 00@2 75 Blueberries, No. 10__ 12 00 Cherries, No. 2 3 00 Cherries, No. 2% ---- 3 75 Cherries, .vo. 10 ---. 10 75 Loganberries, No. 2 _- 3 00 Peaches, No. 1 25@1 80 Peaches, No. 1, Sliced 1 40 Peaches, No. 2 27 Peaches, No. 2% Mich 2 45 Peaches, 2% Cal. 3 25@3 75 Peaches, 10, Mich. @6 50 Pineapple, 1, sl. 1 80@2 00 Pineapple, 2 sl. 2 80@3 00 P’apple, 2 br. sl. 2 65@2 85 T’apple, 2%, sli. 8 35@3 50 P’apple, 2, cru. ---- @2 90 Pineapple, 10 cru. -- 12 00 Pears, No. 2... 3 25 Pears, No. 2% --4 00@4 50 Plums, No. 2 —- 1 75@2 00 Plums, No. 2% 2 50 Raspberries, No. 2, blk 3 25 Raspb’s, Red, No. 10 13 00 Raspb’s, Black, No. 10 ---- 11 50@12 59 Rhubarb, No. 10 ------ 5 2 CANNED FISH. Clam Ch’der, 10% oz. 1 35 Clam Ch., No. 3 3 00@3 40 Clams, Steamed, No. 1 1 80 Clams, Minced, No. 1 2 50 Finnan Haddie, 10 oz. 3 30 Clam Bouillon, 7 0z.. 2 50 Chicken Haddie, No. 1 2 75 Fish Flakes, small -- 1 Cod Fish Cake, 10 oz. 1 85 Cove Oysters, 5 oz. -- 1 Lobster, No. %, Star _2 Shrimp, 1, wet 2 10@2 25 Sard’s, %4 Oil, ky 5 75@6 00 Sardines, “% Oil, k’less 5 00 Sardines, % Smoked 7 50 salmon, Warrens, %s 2 75 Salmon, Red Alaska__ 3 10 Salmon, Med. Alaska Salmon, Pink Alaska 1 75 Sardines, Im. %, ea. 10@28 Sardines, Im., %, ea. 25 Sardises, Cal. -. 1 65@1 4 Tuna, Albocore -.. 9 Tuna, 4s, Curtis, doz. 2 20 Tuna, %s, Curtis, doz. 3 50 Tuna, 1s, Curtis, doz. 7 00 CANNED MEAT. Bacon, Med. Beechnut 2 70 Bacon, Lge. Beechnut 4 50 Beef, No. 1, Corned -- 2 75 Beef. No. 1. Roast -- 2 75 Beef, No. 214, Eagle sli 1 25 Beef, No. %, Qua. sli. 1 75 Beef, 5 oz., Qua. sli. 2 50 Beef, No. 1, B’nut, sli. 4 05 Sap Sago ---------- _ Veal Loaf, Medium -- 2 30 Baked Beans Campbelis __._-________ 115 Quaker, 18 oz. ._-____... 95 Fremont, No. 2 ------ 1 20 Snider, No. es 95 Snider, No. 1 25 Van Camp, 85 Van Camp, Med. ---. 1 15 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus. No. 1, Green tips 4 60@4 75 No. 2%, Lge. Green 4 50 W. Bean, cut -------- 2 26 W. Beans, 10 _. 8 50@12 00 Green Beans, 2s 2 00@3 75 Gr. Beans, 10s 7 50@13 00 L. Beans, 2 ger. 1 35@2 65 Lima Beans, zs, Soaked 95 Red Kid. No. 2 1 20@1 35 Beets, No. 2, wh. 1 75@2 40 Beets, No. 2, cut ~--- 1 60 Beets, No, 3. cut ---. 1 80 Corn, No. 2, Ex stan 1 45 Corn, No. 2, Fan. 1 60@2 26 Corn, No. 2, Fy. glass 3 25 Corn, No. 10 --7 50@16 75 Hominy, No. 3 1 00@1 15 Okra, No. 2, whole —. 2 00 Okra, No..2, cut ---. 1 60 Dehydrated Veg. Soup 90 Dehydrated Potatoes, lb. 46 Hotels --- 42 Mushrooms, Choice --- 55 Mushrooms, Sur Extra 175 Peas, No. 2. E. J. 1 65@1 80 Peas, No. 2, Sift., sine 1 90@2 10 on Pe 2, Ex. Sift. Peas, Ex. Fine, French 25 Pumpkin, No. 3 1 36@1 50 Pumpkin, No. 10 4 50@5 60 Pimentos, %, each 12@14 Pimentos, %, each -. 27 Sw’t Potatoes, No. 24% 1 60 Saurkraut, No. 3 1 40@1 60 Succotash, No. 2 1 65@2 60 Succotash, No. 2, glass 2 80 Spinach, No. 1 __-___ 1 25 Spinach, No. 2_. 1 60@1 90 spinach, No. 3-. 2 10@2 50 Spinach, No. 10_- 6 00@7 00 "’omatoes, No. 2 1 40@1 60 Tomatoes, No. 3 2 00@2 25 Tomatoes, No. 2 glass 2 +4 .. ¢ 59 Mushrooms, Tomatoes, No. 10 CATSUP. B-nut, Small -----.-- 2 26 Lilly Valley, 14 oz. -- 2 50 Lippy, 14 oZ. —_.._-- 2 35 Ldbby, 8 oz. —-..... 1 75 Lily Valley, % pint 1 75 Paramount, 24, 8s -... 1 46 Paramount, 24, 16s -- 2 40 Paramount, 6, 10s -- 4 00 Sniders, 8 oz. -------- 85 Sniders, 16 oz. ------ 2 85 Nedrow, 10% -------- 1 40 CHILI SAUCE Snider, 16 oz. -------- 3 35 Sniders, 8 oz. ~----.-- 2 35 Lilly Valley, 8 oz. -. 2 10 Lilly Valley, 14 oz. -- 3 50 OYSTER COCKTAIL. Sniders, 16 oz. -----~ 3 25 Sniders, 8 oz. ~------- 2 35 CHEESE Roquefort —.___-_____- 55 Kraft Small tins ---- 1 40 Kraft American ----- 1 40 Chili, small tins ---- 1 40 Pimento, small tins_. 1 40 Roquefort, small tins 2 25 Camenbert, small tins 2 25 Wisconsin Old ------ 29 Wisconsin new ------ 24 Longhorn ——--.___.___ 25 Michigan Full Cream 25 New York Full Cream 28 Sap Sago ------------ 42 CHEWING GUM. Adams Black Jack ---- 65 Adams Bloodberry 65 Adams Dentyne -----. - 65 Adams Calif. Fruit --.- 65 Adams Sen Sen ------- 65 Beeman’s Pepsin ------ 65 Beechnut --------------- 70 Doublemint ------------ 65 Juicy Fruit ~----------- 65 Peppermint, Wrigleys -- 65 Spearmint, Wr'igleys -- - Wrigley’s P-K -------- 5 eno 22 65 Teaberry ~--------.------ 65 CHOCOLATE. Baker, Caracas, %s -- 37 Baker, Caracas, %s -- 35 Hersheys, Premium, %8 36 Hersheys, Premium, s 36 Runkle, Premium, %s. 29 Runkle, Premium, %8~ 32 Vienna Sweet, 24s --. 3 10 COCOA. Bunte, %8 ------------ 43 Bunte, % Ib. ---------- 35 Bunte, ip. —_-__--__- — 32 Droste’s Dutch, 1 lb... 9 00 Droste’s Dutch, 2 Ib. 4 75 Droste’s Dutch, Ib. 2 00 Hersheys, %8 --------- 33 Hersheys, %8 --------- 28 Hayier ....--- 36 Lowney, ‘48 ------------ 40 Lowney, 48 ----------- 40 Lowney, Se 38 Lowney, 5 Ib. cans ---- 31 Runkles, %8S ---------- 32 Runkles. 4%8 ---------- 36 Van Houten, 48 ------ 76 Van Houten. %8 ------ 15 COCOANUT. %s, 5 Ib. case Dunham 42 5 lb. case ——..__.- 40 %s & %s 15 lb. case-- 41 Bulk, barrels shredded 24 48 2 oz. pkgs., per case 4 15 48 4 oz. pkgs., per case 7 00 CLOTHES LINE. Hemp, 50 ft. ---------- 2 25 Twisted Cotton, 50 ft. 1 75 Braided, 60 ft. -.------ 2 76 Sash Cord —._.____.._ 4 25 HUME GROCER CO. ROASTERS MUSKEGON, MICH COFFEE ROASTED Bulk Pig 22200 30 santos 2. 331%4@35% Maracaibo ---------- 38 Gautemala —---------- 40 Java and Mocha ---- 46 Bosota —-. --. 42 Peaberry. —_----__-_- 35 McLaughlin’s Kept-Fresh Vacuum packed. Always fresh. Complete line of high-grade bulk coffees. WwW. F. McLaughlin & Co., Chicago Coffee Extracts M. Y., per 100 ------ 12 Frank’s 50 pkgs. 2. 4°25 Hummel’s 50 Ib. -. 10% CONDENSED MILK Leader, 4 doz. ------ 6 75 Eagle, 4 doz. ~------- 9 00 MILK COMPOUND Hebe, Tall, 4 doz. -. Hebe, Baby, 8 doz. -. 4 40 Carolene, Tall, 4 doz. 3 80 Carolene, Baby ------ 3 50 EVAPORATED MILK Quaker, Tall, 4 doz. -. 4 14 Quaker, Baby, 8 doz. 4 05 Quaker Gallon, % dz. 4 0 Blue Grass, Tall, 48 -. 4 20 Blue Grass, Baby, 96 4 10 Blue Grass, No. 10 -- 4 15 Carnation, Tall, 4 doz. 4 50 Carnation, Baby, 8 dz. 4 40 Every Day, Tall ---- 4 50 Every Day, Baby ---- 4 40 Pet, Tall —-_--------- 4 50 Tet Raby. © o£. 2. 4640 Borden’s, Tall ------- 4 50 Borden’s Baby ------- 4 40 Van Camp, Tall ---- 4 90 Van Camp, Baby ---- 3 75 CIGARS Worden Grocer Co. Brands Master Piece, 50 Tin- 37 50 Henry George . 37 50 Harvester Kiddies -- Harvester Record B. 7 Harvester Delmonico 75 00 Harvester Perfecto-- 95 Websteretts 3 Webster Savoy Webster Plaza ------ 95 00 Webster Belmont-—-110 00 Webster St. Reges--125 0G Starlight Rouse ---- 90 20 Starlight P-Club -- La Azora Agreement 58 00 La Azora Washington 75 00 Little Valentine ---- 37 60 Valentine Broadway 75 00 Valentine Delux Im 95 00 Tiona —-------------- 30 00 Clint Ford ---------- 35 00 Nordac Triangulars, 1-20, per M ------- 75 00 Worden’s Havana Specials, 1-20, per M 75 00 Quality First Stogie 18 50 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Standard ------------- 17 Jumbo Wrapped 19 Pure Sugar Sticks 600s 4 2¢ Big Stick, 20 lb. case 20 Mixed Candy Kindergarten -------- 18 leader —..-------__- 17 Mm i O: 2 14 French Creams ------ 19 Cameo 2... 21 Grocers .2-- +. 12 Fancy Chocolates 5 lb. Boxes Bittersweets, Ass’ted 1 70 Choc Marshmallow Dp 1 70 Milk Chocolate A A-. 1 80 Nibble Sticks -------- 1 95 Primrose Choc. ------ 1 25 No. 12 Choc., Dark - 1 No. 12, Choc., Light — 1 75 Chocolate Nut Rolls - 1 75 Gum Drops Pails Anise 2000 17 Orange Gums -------- 17 Challenge Gums ------ 14 Favorite —..___--_---__ 20 Superior, Boxes ------ 24 Lozenges. Pails A. A. Pep. Lozenges 18 A. A. eink Lozenges 18 A. A. Choc. Lozenges 18 Motto Hearts -------. 20 Malted Milk Lozenges 22 Hard Goods. Pails Lemon Drops -------- 20 O. F. Horehound dps. 20 Anise Squares -------- 19 Peanut Squares ------ 20 Horehound Tabets --- 19 Cough Drops Bxs. Putnams —--.. 1 30 Smith Bros. —.--—---—. 1 50 Package Goods Creamery Marshmallows 4 oz. pkg., 12s, cart. 95 4 oz. pkg., 48s, case 3 90 Specialties. Walnut Fudge -------- 23 Pineapple Fudge ------ 21 Italian Bon Bons ------ 19 Atlantic Cream Mints_ 3] Silver King M. Mallows 31 Walnut Sundae, 24, 5c 80 Neapolitan, 24, 5c ---- 80 Yankee Jack, 24, 5c -. 80 Mich. Sugar Ca., 24, 5c 8¢ Pal O Mine, 24, 5c ---- 80 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 S ib. boxes <=... -- 38 secon ie I SIT EES December 38, 1924 DRIED FRUITS Apples Evap. Choice, bulk ---- 15 Apricots Evaporated, Choice ---- 22 Evaporated, Fancy ---- 27 isvaporated, Slabs ----- 20 Citron 10 lb. box ~---~------- -- 48 Currants Package, 14 oz. ~----- 17 Greek, Bulk, Ib. ~----- 16 Dates Holiowi. __...-____..------ 09 Peaches Evap., Choice, unp. --- 14 Evap., Ex. Fancy, P. P. 17 Peel Lemon, American --— 34 Orange, American --—-. Raisins. Seeded, bulk 9 Tnompson’s s’dless blk 9% Seeded, 15 oz. 11 Thompson’s seedless, 15 Oz. 222 11% California Prunes 70@80, 25 lb. boxes -~-@08 60W.0, Zo ib. boxes -.-@0y 60@70, 25 lb. boxes --@11 40W50, 25 lb. boxes --@14% 30-40, 25 lb. boxes 20-30, 25 lb. boxes --@23 FARINACEOUS GOODS Med. Hand Picked -- Cal. Limas browh, owedisn Red Kidney 0644 ——— 15% ----- Udy 09% Farina 24 packages --------- 2 20 Bulk, per 100 Ibs. -- 06 Hominy Pearl, 100 lb. sack -- Macaronl 20 lb. box 09 Armours, 2 doz., 8 oz. 1 80 Foulds, 2 doz., 8 2. 1 go Quaker, 2 doz. ------- 1 80 Pearl Bariey 4 00 Domestic, Shester ..2-----—. =--—- 5 50 00 and 0000 ~--------- 7 25 Barley Grits -------- 06 Peas Scotch, lb. ----------- 1% Split, Ib. yellow ------ 08 Split, green ---------- 10 Sago . Sast India ._...------ 10 Taploca Pearl, 100 Ib. sacks ~ 9% Minute, oz., 3 doz. 4 vu Dromedary Instant ~. 3 50 FLAVORING EXTRACTS 150 ___ % ounce -. 2 00 1 80 ___-11%4 ounce -. 2 65 3 25 _.-2% ounce -. 4 20 3:00 __-2 ounce .. 4 09 5 50 __4 ounce - 7 20 9 00 __-8 ounce — 12 00 17 00 __-16 ounce . 24 00 32 00 ---32 ounce —. 48 00 Arctic Flavorings Vanilla or Lemon 1 oz. Panel, doz. ---. 1 00 2 oz. Flat, doz. -.---. 2 00 3 oz. Taper, 40 bot. for 6 75 Jiffy Punch 8 doz. Carton ...--. 2 2d Assorted flavors. Mason, pts., per gross 7 70 Mason, ats., per gross 9 90 Mason, % gal., gross 12 05 Ideal, Glass Top, pts. 9 20 Ideal Glass Top, qts. 10 80 gallon 16 36 FRUIT CANS. Mason. Half pint —-.-.-2..— 7 35 One pint 22200 7 70 One quart =... _ 9 00 Half gallon ~-------- 12 00 Ideal Glass Top. Halt pint, 200 es 8 85 One pint’ oo. 9 20 One quart ...__.-___. 10 90 Half gallon —-.--.---. 16°25 Rubbers. e Good Luck .-..-.-- 75@80 . 4 . tt tw afl > \ 4 a > A 4 ” 3 a } fe . 1 " ‘Ba \ q \¢ ‘> » 4 yr” > a j 4 t December 3, 1924 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 29 Pint, Jars, dozen ---- 3 00 Baker Salt, 280 Ib. bbl. 4 25 Maple eo LATINE 345 4 oz. Jar, plain, doz. 130 ¢ p _ -_ a an 2 oe a. ZS 1 dz 2 5 Michigan, per gal. -- 2 50 Knox's Sparkling, doz. 225 5% oz. Jar, pl., doz. 1 60 re @ 60, 5 lb. Table __---- 5 57 ate oma - Welchs, per gal. ----- 2 80 Knox’s Acidu’d, doz. 2 26 9 oz. Jar, plain, doz. 2 30 Bure + ar 163, a0. 10 1D. Table _-.__ 5 20 Queen Ann, 60 oz. -- 2 40 TABLE SAUCES Minute, 3 doz. ...__ 4.05 20 oz. Jar, Pl. ‘doz. 425 69 ip a ee . 98 lb. bags, Table -. 40 Rinso, 100 oz. --—----- 515 tea & Perrin, large. 6 00 Plymouth, White __-. 1 55 3 oz. Jar, Stu., doz. 1 35 . ce Rub No More, 100 ,10 Lea & Perrin, small_- 3 35 Quaker, 3 doz. ------ 2 70 HORSE RADISH Per doz., 5 oz ------ 1 20 SELLY AND PRESERVES Pure, 30 lb. pails ---- 3 75 Imitation, 30 lb. pails 1 90 Pure 6 oz. Asst., doz. 1 20 Buckeye, 22 o0z., doz. 2 20 JELLY GLASSES 8 oz., per doz. ~------- 35 OLEOMARGARINE Kent Storage Brands. Good Luck, 1 Ib. ---- 26 Good Luck, 2 Ib. ---- 2516 Gilt Edge, 1 lb. ---- 26 Gilt Edge, 2 lb. ---- 25% Delicia, 1 lb. -------- 21 Delicia, 2 Ib. -------- 2014 Van Westenbrugge Brands Carload Distributor Nucoa, 1 Ib. _-—_---_-- 25 Nucoa, 2 and 5 lb. -_ 25 Wilson & Co.’s Brands Certified <2... 251% Wut 22 2 20 Special Role -_------- 25% MATCHES Crescent, 144 -------- 5 75 Diamond, 144 box ---- 8 00 Searchlight, 144 box 8 00 Red Stick, 720 1c bxs 5 50 Red Diamond, 144 bx 6 00 Safety Matches Quaker, 5 gro. case 4 75 MINCE MEAT None Such, 3 doz. -- 4 85 Quaker, 3 doz. case -. 3 60 Libby, Kegs, wet, lb. 22 MOLASSES. Gold Brer Rabbit . 10, 6 cans to case 5 55 . 6, 12 cans to case 5 80 . 24, 24 cans to cs. 6 05 1%, 36 cans to cs. 5 00 Green Brer Rabbit . 10, 6 cans to case 4 20 . 5, 12 cans to case 4 45 . 2%, 24 cans to cs. 4-70 . 14%, 36 cans to Cs. 4 00 Aunt Dinah Brand. . 10, 6 cans to case 3 00 . 5, 12 cans o case 3 25 . 2%, 24 cans 0 CS. 3 50 . 14%, 36 °cans oe Cs. 3 00 New Orleans Fancy Open Kettle -- 74 Choice ---------------- 58 Fair ----------------- 35 Half barrels 5c extra Molasses in Cans. Dove, - 2 lb. Wh. L. 5 60 Dove, 24, 2% lb Wh. L 5 2Q Dove, 36, 2 lb. Black 4 20 Dove, 24, 2% lb. Black 3 90 Dove, 6, 10 lb. Blue L 4 45 Palmetto, 24, 2% Ib. 5 15 NUTS. Whole ‘imonds. Terregona_- 20 Brazil, New ---------- 17 ancy mixed Filberts, Sicily Peanuts, Virginia, raw 11% Peanuts, Vir. roasted 13 Peanuts, Jumbo, raw 13 Peanuts, Jumbo, rstd 15 Pecans, 3 star ------ 23 Pecans, Jumbo ------ 50 Walnuts, California _. 30 Salted Peanuts. Fancy, No. 1 -------- 14 Jumbo ---------------- 23 Shelled Almonds ----------—- 48 Peanuta, Spanish, 125 Ib. bags -------- 13 Wilberts —------------- 32 Pecans Walnuts OLIVES. Bulk, 2 gal. keg ---- 3 35 Bulk, 3 gal. keg ---- 4 75 Bulk, 5 gal. keg ---- 7 50 Quart Jars, dozen -- 5 00 6 oz. Jar, stuffed, dz. 9 oz. Jar, stuffed, doz. 12 oz. Jar, Stuffed, doz. 2g 4 50@4 75 20 oz. Jar, stuffed dz. 7 00 PEANUT BUTTER. Bel Car-Mo Brand 8 oz., 2 doz. in case 24 1 lb. pails -----.--- 12 2 lb. pails ~.-------- 5 lb. pails 6 in crate PETROLEUM PRODUCTS Iron Barrels Perfection Kerosine -- 12.1 Red Crown Gasoline, Tank Wagon i Gas Machine Gasoline 36.2 Vv. M. & P. Naphtha 7. Capitol Cylinder —----- 3 Atlantic Red Bngine-_ 21.2 Winter Black ------- 12.2 olarine n Barrels. Light —_-___.._.______- 59.2 Medium --- 61.2 Heavy -—------- 64.2 Special heavy ----- . 66.2 Extra heavy --------- 69.2 Cransmission Oil ---- 59. Finol, 4 oz. cans, doz. 1.40 Finol, 8 oz. cans, doz. 2.00 Parowax, 100, Ib. ---- 7.2 Parowax, 40, 1 Ib. ---- 7.4 Parowax, 20, 1 Ib. ---- 7.6 Semdac, 12 pt. cans 2 70 Semdac, 12 at. cans 4 30 PICKLES Medium Sour Barrel, 1,200 count -. 24 50 Half bbis., 600 count 12 re v 0 gallon kegs ----- 1 Sweet Small 30 gallon, 3000 ------ 50 00 5 gallon, 500 -------- 10 00 Dill Pickles. : 600 Size, 15 gal. ---- 13 00 PIP Ee Cob, 3 doz. in bx. 1 00@1 20 PLAYING CARDS Battle Axe, per doz. 2 65 Blue Ribbon --------- 4 25 Bicycle ~-------------- 4 60 POTASH Babbitt’s 2 doz. ------ 2 75 acai MEATS eef. Top Steers & Heif. _-@18 Good Steers & H’f. 14@15% Med. Steers & H’f. 124%4@14 Com. Steers & H’f. 10@12% Cows. Top 2... --__ 12% Good —..—-------.----- 11 Medium. —.—---------—- 09 Common. ------------- 07% Veai Good... 12% Top) 222 25-4.-----+ 13% Miodium 1... 4 28 amb. Good =....._.._.__....-- 23 Medium Poot 15 Good. 4... 12 Medium Poor. 2 <=. ------- 07 Pork. Heavy hogs ---------- 11 Medium hogs -------- 11% Light hogs ---------- 13 De VW Butts ------------ ce Shoulders ------------ 141% Spareribs ------------ 134% Neck bones __ .------ 05 PIPES PROVISIONS Barreled Pork Clear Back -. 29 00@30 00 Short Cut Clear29 00@30 00 Clear Family ..36 00@36 00 _-advance %4 . pails ___-.advance % 5 lb. pails _---advance 1 3 lb. pails ___-.advance 1 Compound —____....___ 141% Sausages Bologna —_........._.... 12% iver 2.0.2 12 Frankfort 1 Pork 22 18@20 Veal ...... 11 Tongue i Headcheese Smoked Meats Hams, 14-16, lb. -----. 23 Hams, 16-18, lb. ~--.-- 24 Ham, dried beef Sete 22 34 California Hams ------ 15 Picnic Boiled ee 30 @32 Boiled Hams _-_~ 32 @Wso Minced Hams ---. 14 15 Bacon 18 30 Beef Boneless, rump 18 00@22 00 Rump, new -. 18 00@22 00 Mince Meat. Condensed No. 1 car. 2 00 Condensed Bakers brick 31 Moist 2 eae 8 00 Oi 2 50 % bbis., 35 lbs. —------ 4 UU i 2 7 00 Lo 14 15 ripe. Kite, 15 lbs. 90 % bbis., 40 Ibs. ------ 1 60 % bbls., 80 Ibs. ~----- 3 00 Hogs, per lb. -------- 42 Beef, round set ---.- 14@26 Beef, middles, set-. 25@30 Sheep, a skein 1 75@2 00 RICE Fancy Blue Rose 74@7% Fancy Head 8@$ Broken ROLLED OATS Steel Cut, 100 lb. sks. 3 50 Silver Flake, 12 Fam. 2 50 Quaker, 18 Regular -. 1 85 Quaker, 12s Family N 2 75 Mothers, 12s, Il’num 3 25 Silver Flake, 18 Reg. 1 60 Sacks, 90 lb. Jute ---. 3 40 Sacks, 90 Ib. Cotton -_ 3 50 RUSKS. Holland Rusk’ Co Brand 36 roll packages --~-- + 26 18 roll packages ----- 2 15 36 carton packages -. 4 75 18 carton packages -- 2 40 SALERATUS Arm and Hammer -- 3 75 SAL SODA Granulated, bbs. ---- 1 80 Granulated, 100 lbs. cs 2 00 Granulated, 36 2% Ib. pacsages ---------- 25 COD FISH Middies Vablets, 1 lb. Pure -- ly& Tablets, % lb. Pure, doz. Wood boxes, Pure Whole Cod ——.......__ 11 Holland Herring Mixed, Kegs -------- 10 Queen. half bbis. 9 00 Queen, bbls. ------- 17 50 Milkers, kegs -------- 1 10 ¥. M. Kegs —__-_-___ 1 05 ¥. M. half bbis. .-. 10 90 Y. M. Bbls. _. 1S 00 Herring K K K K, Norway -- 20 00 @ i patie _...._____.. 1 40 Cut Euneh —_-._.___ 95 Boned, 10 lb. boxes -- 27 Lake Herring % bbl., 100 Ibs. ---. 6 50 Mackerel Tubs, 100 lb. fney fat 24 50 Tubs, 60 count ------ 5 75 White Fish Med. Fancy, 100 Ib. 13 0U SHOE BLACKENING. 2 in 1, Paste, doz. -. 1 35 n. Z Combination, dz. 36 Dri-Foot, doz. ------ 00 Bixbys, Doz. -—----.- 1 35 sninola, doz. -------- 90 STOVE POLISH. Biackine, per doz. -- 1 Black Silk Liquid, dz. 1 Black Silk Paste, doz. 1 25 Enamaline Paste, doz. 1 Eramaline Liquid, dz. 1 E Z Liquid, per doz. 1 Radium, per doz. ---. 1 85 Rising Sun, per doz. 1 654 Stove Enamel, dz. 2 Vulcanol, No. 5, doz. Vulecanol, No. 10, doz. 1 35 Stovoil, per doz. 3 ALT. Colonial, 24, 2 Ib. ---. 95 Log Cab., Iodized, 24-2 2 40 Log Cabin 24-2 lb. case 1 90 Med. No. 1, Bbls. --. 2 80 Med. No. 1, 100 lb. bg. 95 Farmer Spec.., 70 Ib. 95 Packers Meat, 56 Ib. 63 Crushed Rock for ice cream. 100 Ib.. each 78 Rutter Salt, 280 lb. bbl 4 50 Blocks, 50 Ib. -------- 42 ee SEVER CANES OR HA! bes) TONS Per case, 24, 2 Ibs. _. 2 40 Five case lots -------- 2 30 Iodized, 24, 2 Ibs. ---- 2 40 Worcester Bbls. 30-10 sks. Bbls. 60-5 sks. Bbls. 120-2% sks. -- 6 05 100-3 th. sks. ._...__ 6 05 Bbls. 280 Ib. bulk: A-Butter _.......-..-- 4 20 AA-Butter ..._..._.. 4 20 Plain 50-lb. blks. --- 52 No. 1 Medium bbl. -. 2 75 Tecumseh 70-lb. farm Ee ES ae ees Cases, Ivory, 24-2 cart 2 35 Bags 25 lb. No. 1 med. 26 Bags 25 lb. Cloth dairy 40 Bags 50 Ib. Cloth dairy 76 Rock “C’’ 100-Ib sacks 70 SOAP am. Family, 100 box 6 00 fxport. 120 box --.- 4 90 Big Four Wh. Na. 100s 3 Flake White, 100 box 4 Fels Nantha. 700 box 5 Grdma White Na. 100s 4 mup Ny More White Naptha, 100 box -. 4 00 Swift Classic, 100 box 4 20 Mule Borax, 100 bx 7 Wool, 100 box Fairy, 100 box ------- 5 ‘ap Rose, 100 box ----.7 Palm Olive, 144 box 11 Lava, 100 box -------- 4 90 Octagon —______------ 6 rummo, 100 box 4 Sweetheart, 100 box - ae 3 Grandpa Tar, 50 sm. Grandpa Tar, 50 lge. Quaker Hardwater Cocoa, 72s, box -- 2 70 Fairbank Tar, 100 bx 4 00 Trilby Soap, 100, 10c, 10 cakes free 8 Williams Barber Bar, 9s 50 Williams Mug, per doz. 48 Proctor & Gamble. 5 box lots, assorted Ivory, 100, 6 oz. --- 6 50 Ivory, 100, 10 oz. ---- 10 85 Ivory, 50, 10 oz. ------ 5 50 Ivory Soap Fiks., 100s 8 00 Ivory Soap Fiks., 50s 4 10 CLEANSERS. er : EI } Ey 3 ti 80 can cases, $4.80 per case WASHING POWDERS. Bon Ami Pd, 3 dz. bx 3 75 Bon Ami Cake, 3 dz. 3 25 Climaline, 4 doz. ---- 4 20 Grandma, 100, 5c ---- 4 00 Grandma, 24 Large - 4 00 Gold Dust, 100s ------ 4 00 Aala Dvat 19 Large 2 on Golden Rod, 24 ------ 4 25 Jinx, 3 doz. ~--..----- 4 50 La France Laun., 4 dz. 3 60 Luster Box, 54 ----.- 3 75 a. CU Rub No More, 18 Lg. 4 00 Spotless Cleanser, 48, oe 6 ene 3 85 Sani Flush, 1 doz. -. 2 25 Sapolio, 3 doz. ------ 15 Soapine, 100, 12 oz. - 6 40 Snowboy, 100, 10 oz. 4 00 Snowboy, 24 Large -- 4 80 Speedee, 3 doz. ------ 7 20 Sunbrite, 72 doz. -..- 4 00 Wyandotte, 48 ------- 76 SPICES. Whole Spices. Allspice, Jamaica ---- @ 15 Cloves, Zanzibar @ 40 Cassia, Canton —-..__ M25 Cassia, 5c pkg., doz. @40 Ginger, African ~--~--- @15 Ginger, Cochin -.--.- @25 Mace. Penang wi 00 Mixed, No. I —........ @22 Mixed, 5c pkgs., doz. @45 Nutmegs, 70-80 ------ @70 Nutmegs, 105-110 --.-@65 Pepper, Black : @18 Pure Ground In Bulk Allspice, Jamaica @20 Cloves, Zanzibar -- @ 42 Cassia, Canton ------ @25 Ginger, African 40 Mustard —....--.------ @28 Mace, Penang - @1 10 Nutmegs @70 Pepper, Black @21 Pepper, White - @38 Pepper, Cayenne ---- @32 Paprika, Spanish ---- @38 Seasoning Chili Powder, 15c ---- 1 35 Celery Salt, 3 oz. ---- 95 Sage, 2 Of. —........... 90 Gatien Salt _....__._.__. 1 35 Gawie 1 35 Ponelty, 3% oz. ---- 3 25 Kitchen Bouquet —-- 4 50 Lavrel Leaves -...--- 20 Marjoram, 1 oz. -.---- 90 Gaunry | Of. ..-—.... 90 Tivos | oe. _......_.. 90 Tumeric, 2% oz. ---- 90 STARCH Corn Kingsford, 40 lbs. _--. 11% Powdered, bags _. £00 Argo, 48, 1. lb. pkgs. 3 75 Cream, 48-1 .......—.- 80 Quaker, 46-I -........ 7 Gloss Argo, 48, 1 lb. pkgs. 3 75 Areo, 12, 3 Ib. pkes. ¢ 74 Argo, 8 5 lb. pkgs. --. 3 10 Silver Gloss, 48 1s -- 11% Elastic, 64 pkgs. ---- 5 00 Tiger, 4845 . Qo sens 3 50 Tiger, 60 ie. ....... 051% CORN SYRUP. GOLDEN-CRYSTALWHITE- MAPLE Penick Golden Syrup 6, 10 Ib. cans - aa Oo ae 1 & Ib. cand _....-. ¢ 40 24, 2% Ib. cans can 2 oe 24, 1% lb. cans ------ 2 38 Crystal White Syrup 6° 26 ib. cans .._.-.... ¢ 70 12, 5 Ib. cans Ee 24, 2% Ib. cans ------ 4 05 24, 1% lb. cans ------ 2 73 Penick Maple-Like Syrup 6, 10 lb. cans 4 45 io & Wb, cane ........ § & 24, 2% lb. cans ----- 4 80 24, 1% Ib. cans - 3 Unkle Ned. 6, 10 lb. cans ---. ---- ‘ 19 6 th. cane ..---.. § # 24, 2% lb. cans ------ 3 85d 24, 1% Ib: cans ------ 2 59 6, lv sb. cans ---~~-- 3 20 Corn Blue Karo, No. 1% 2 42 Blue Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 3 45 Blue Karo, No. 10 3 26 Red Karo, No. 1% -- 2 7s Red Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 3 95 Red Karo, No. 10 . ¢ 75 Imt. Maple Flavor. Orange, No. 1%, 2 dz. 3 25 Orange, No. 5, 1 doz. 4 65 Orange, No. 10 ------ 4 45 Maple. Green Label Karo, Green Label Karo -- § 19 Maple and Cane Kanuck, per gal. ---- 1 50 Mayflower, per gal. -- 1 56 POR OE net 1 60 Royal Mit ......_......., 2 40 Tobasco, 2 0Z. -.-.~-- 4 25 Sho You, 9 0z., doz. 2 70 A-i, larxe —.............. 5 2 A-1, small .___. Capers, 2 Medium .........4.4 Choice PARCY Qe en Noa. + Nibhe ............ 53 1 lb. pkg. Sifting — a Gunpowder Cites OU Racce 38@40 Ceylon Pekoe, medium ---.--.. 52 English Breakfast Congou, Medium ~.---- Congou, Choice .--. 35@36 Congou, Fancy _--. 42@43 Oolong Menign 2 ae CNet 45 Faucy ..........-.----. 50 TWINE Cotton, 3 ply cone . = Cotton, 3 ply balla ..... 5¢ Wook, 6 ply .............. 17 VINEGAR Cider, 40 Grain ...._. 22 White Wine, 80 grain 22 White Wine, 40 grain 17 WICKING No. 0, per evoss ..__..... 7% No. 1, per groas —_....1 16 No. % per gross __.. | © No. 3, per gross -... 2 An Peerless Rolls, per doz. 90 Rochester, No. 2, doz. 50 Rochester, No. 3, doz. 2 00 Rayo, per doz. -....- 80 WOODENWARE Baskets Bushels, narrow band, wire handles --.-.. 75 Bushels, narrow band, wood handles --.---- 80 Market, drop handle 85 Market, single handle 90 Market, eXtra ~....... ou Splint, large ---.-...- 8 60 Splint, medium --~~- 7 60 Splint, small .._.._..... 6 50 Churns. Barrel, 5 gal., each. 2 40 Darrel, (WU gal., CAC 4 ve 3 to 6 gai., per gal. -- 16 Egg Cases. No. 1, Star Carrier. 6 06 ‘No. 2, Star Carrier_. 10 00 No. 1, Star Egg Trays 6 25 No. 2, Star Egg Trays 12 50 Mop Sticks Trojan spring -------- 2 006 Eclipse patent spring 2 00 No. 2, pat. brush hold 2 00 ideal, NO. F. .-snocne 1 25 12 oz. Cot. Mop Heads 2 56 16 oz. Ct. Mop Heads 3 00 Pails 10 qt. Galvanized -.-- 2 35 12 qt. Galvanized -.-- 2 60 14 qt. Galvanized . 2 12 qt. Flaring Gal. Lr. 5 00 10 at. Tin Dairy .... § 5 16 oz. Ct. Mop Heads 3 20 Traps Mouse, wood, 4 holes -. 60 Mouse, wood, 6 holes -. 70 Mouse, tin, 5 holes —~--. 66 FAG, WOO cnn ccene 1 00 RAt. SDTING .~0<-<.+.- 1% Mouse, spring ------- 30 Tubs Large Galvanized _ ao Medium Galvanized ~~ 7 50 Small Galvanized ..-. 6 50 Washboards Banner, Globe ------ 5 75 Htrass, single .-..-.. 6 On Glass, single -.-------- 6 00 Double Peerless ~.---- 8 50 Single Peerless - uae Northern Queen ----- 5 50 TIREVGPEEE occas 7 25 Window Cleaners 19 $e enone 1 65 14 Th. cc ccccen enue 1 85 16 Eh, cc ene 2 30 Wood Bowls 13 in. Butter -------- 5 00 15 in. Butter .._..... 9 00 17 in. Butter ~.------ 18 00 19 in. Butter ...--... 25 00 WRAPPING PAPER Fibre, Manila, white. 05% No. 1 Fibre ---------- 08 Butchers Manila ----- 06 HATE iC ceee canna 08 Kraft Stripe ~-------- 09% YEAST CAKE Magic, 3 doz. -------- 2 70 Sunlight, 3 doz. ~----- 2 70 Sunlight, 1% doz. ---- 1 35 Yeast Foam, 3 doz. -. 2 70 Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 1 35 YEAST—COMPRESSED Fleischmann, per doz. 3 30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN December 3, 1924 Proceedings of Grand Rapids Bank- ruptcy Court. Grand Rapids, Nov. 24—In the matter of Michael Mazurkeiwicz, Bankrupt No. 2585, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting has been called for Dec. 11. In the matter of Daniel R. Rairigh, Bankrupt No. 2586, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting has been called for Dec. 11. In the matter of Mabel Grannis, Bank- rupt No. 2584, the funds for the first meeting have been received and_— such meeting has been called for Dee. J} In the matter of Leon H. ixuzniak, Bankrupt No. 2583, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting has been called for Dec. 12. In the matter of Charles E. Marsh, Bankrupt No. 2589, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting has been called for Dec. 16. Nov. 26. On this day were received the schedules, order of reference and adjudi- cation in bankruptcy in the matter of Henry Wells, Bankrupt No. 2590. The matter has been referred to Charles _B. Blair as referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of Belding and is a factory worker by occupation. The schedules filed list assets of $150, all of which are claimed as exempt, with lia- bilities of $905.07. The court has written for funds for the first meeting, and upon receipt of the same the first meeting of creditors will be called, and note of the same made here. A list of the cred- itors of the bankrupt is as follows: Johnson Auto Co., Belding ---- $135.00 T. A. Vie, Belding ae ol ae Hartman Furniture Co., Chicago 39.00 Geo. Kingsburg, Belding --- oo 8.50 R. G. Cranmer, Belding - u 39.22 Belding Hardware Co., Belding -- 1 "y HW Waido, Belding .-_-_---~-- ‘ J. Case, Greenville -—-_- . 3) 36.08 Geo, Carothers, Belding ------ 2.50 — 1. Cobb Belding —____._--.-- 8.15 M. L. Stout, Orleans —----_--- oe 5.00 Jay Olmstead, Orleans --- 2 -. 12.00 Wykoff & Smith, Greenville 6S: Timmick’s Hardware, Greenville —- Charles Service, Greenville nes Walter Bopp, Greenville LR 3.50 kK. Ek. Hudson, Belding ~-- 148.00 Thomas Blacksmith Shop, Greenville 7.00 Al Sherwood, Orleans -.-- : 1.90 Dr, Wilkinson, Orleans -.-.--_---- 125 Belding Mercantile Co., Be.ding.- 10.75 Trank Hill, Orleans --.._-.-------- 4.05 Texaco Oil Co., Greenville ------_- 12.00 Charles Wooster, Harvard —__------ 15.00 Dr. Lester, Greenville fo a Bee Dr. Pinkham, Belding —.....------ 22.50 Kugene Smith, Gelding --___----- 1.50 Frank Burtraw, Muir —._______----- 1 Edwy. Webster, Belding J. De Viieger & Son, Belding __-_-_-- 3s Fristoe & Rummler, Belding —---- 3.85 Will Ward, Gelding _.____-- oe 4.00 Prea Garlick, Saranac -__._______- 3.55 C. H. Dailey, Gelding —__________- 5.00 Alfred Moore, Belding —---.------- 6.00 John Bower, Greenville _.__-_-----_ 10.00 Let Cambeley, Cooks Corners _--~ 10.00 Chas. W. Smith Co., Greenville __ 16.09 Miller & Harris Furn. Co., Belding 18 60 Elmer Richards, Chicago oe 8.97 i. Griswold, Harvard —___-__- —_. t0.c8 Orleans Bank, Orleans ...___._.__-_--- 10.00 Ionia State Savings Bank, Ionia 101.75 Novy. 26. On this day were received the schedules, order of reference and adjudi- cation in bankruptcy in the matter of John H. Spykerman, Bankrupt No. 2591. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of the city of Grand Rapids, and is a fireman on the railroad. The schedules filed list assets of $100, all of which is claimed as exempt to the bankrupt, with liabilities of $642.14. The court has written for funds for the first meeting, and upon receipt of the same the first meeting will be called and note of the same made here. A list of the creditors of the bankrupt —all from Grand Rapids unless otherwise indicated—is as follows: Henry Willyard $195.00 G. RB. Storage & Van Co. - : 13.00 Bert Van Den Berge ae 000 Morris Plan Bank - oe EE _ 42.00 er 19.95 H. J. Hull ee 10.00 Orrie Chadwick ee ne 5.00 Cherry St. Market , | Tae Cc. Appel ee i: 14.00 Hammer & Cortenhof -________- 1.33 Dr. Martin. Scotiville _______- 16.00 Dr. Barney 2. aa Dr. George Westveer _____ ee eset 8.50 Dor. A. DD. Thompson _____._- 5.00 De 0 8. Ball ae ge ee ee 00 Mrs Liza Larsen Hal ie 35.00 Michigan Telephone Co. - aid dt Alex Razook -- : Se ee ee to 2 tS C1ce me Drs. Grant & Huizenga oo tf. rece _......._.__.. hot Robert F. Westfield ______- Breen & Halladay Fuel Co. Sonn wD. Vonk 2) Joon De aan _........._-_ CO adore _ Ro on & Neel Co. LL. 4.95 Lewis T. Van Winkle oe) 2.40 Consumers tee Co. 4.20 Grinnel Bros. Music House ------- 3.00 On this. day also were received the schedules, order of reference and adjudi- cation in bankruptcy in the matter of Charles E. Marsh, Bankrupt No. 2589. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of the township of Osceola, in Osceola county and is a farmer. The schedules filed list assets of $2,685, with liabilities of $2,000. The bankrupt does not claim exemptions. The court has written for funds for the first meeting and upon_ receipt of the same the firs meeing will be called, and note of the same made here. A lst of the creditors of the bankrupt is as fol- lows: Federal Land Bank, Chicago- —---~-- $941.66 William Shore, Evart _-_--------- 379.85 Federal Land Bank, St. Paul —~--1,636.00 Fred Fleming, Evart —- es Andy Boher, Evart --------------- 85.60 Harry Trains, Evart —-- 74.10 Fost Bose Ewart = 86 4 Charles W. Marsh, Evart --__----- 282.74 Sandberg & Allison, Evart —------- 25.44 Dave & Co.. Pvart 000 Adrian De Windt, Evart _.---_--___ 27.00 Sandberg & Allison, Evart 36.00 Robert Rossiter, Evart -_------ & 00 Maddern & Rossiter, Evart —__- 18.00 Ralph L. Clark, Evart ------------ 15.00 Harry Trains, Evart ----- oe 30.00 lL. 2 Bowell Heart — 4.50 — 310.60 61.00 Truey Marsh, Evart Fred Marsh, Alma ------ Nov. 26. On this day the schedules ordered filed in the matter of Wiliam Ginsburg, Bankrupt No. 2580, were re- ceived. The bankrupt was operating a cut-rate printing establishment in Grand Rapids under the trade name of Globe Printing Co. The schedules list assets of $14,358.22, of which $600 is claimed as exempt to the bankrupt. The liabilities are scheduled at $12,378.39. The court has not called the first meeting of cred- itors, and when the date for the same is fixed notice of the same will be given here. A list of the creditors of the bank- rupt—all from Grand Rapids except as otherwise indicated—is as follows: Christian Schassberger —~.--------$ 438.75 Jacob Arkema -_...--_--------- 46.00 Lillian Delmont —___-_---__- 15.00 City of Grand Rapids —---_______- 91.70 Chalienge Machinery Co., Grand Haven See Norman Ward Beecher —_------- 2,000.00 Jordan & Jordan _-_-_--- aoe 250.00 Industrial Investment Co. 200.00 Gan 1 Tin oo ee 35.00 Morris Plan Industrial Bank - Kent State Bank -__--- A W. Smith Shoe Co. —_---__- Central Michigan Paper Co. —--- 2 Quimby-Kain Vaper Co. Dwight Bros. Paper Co. Moser Paper Co., Chicago _------ G . Miectrotype Co. __-.________ Graphic Engraving Co. ------- White Engraving Co. Commercial Art Engraving Co. — Globe Realty Co. —-------_------ Cust Hi Omseld — Doyle Composition Co, —~--------- Bulne Oo. 8 G@ R Gas Licht Co. ___- Mrancis Wiueme —..-__--_ __- Mliisworth Office ©o. —___-.----—- Jeffers Insurance Co. —__------__- Sidney H. La Barge ---_-------- Consumers Ice Co [| =. Frese _.__- Philip Allen ___.__- Mrs: Paul Bowsky __-------- 200.00 Mrs. Sarah Fishman --_.-------- 90.00 Michigan Telephone Co —-_------ 10.98 Association of Commerce —_--__-- 11.83 Cotton Electric Co. 22.58 Standard Printing & Ink Co., Cin- eingatt 2 Chie. Printers Roller Co., Chicago i Mi tf 7 . v4 : o 8 od Latham Machinery Co., Chicago - Houseman & Jones Clothing Co. 36.75 Howard Flint Ink Co., Detroit -- 24.82 Eugene B. Houseman -- Martin Driscoll Ink Co., Chicago 6.15 Erwin M. Treusch ------ Sine air & Valentine Ink Co., New L. Wittel’s, Muskegon —_- Work City .--_-----—_-------- 16.31 Endicott Johnson Co., Indicott, W. 1. Ginsburg, Chicago os 250/00 ys YL Se M Cassel . Ce; 400.00 G. R. Store Fixture Co. Herpolsheimer Co. ~-------------- 55.00 Hirth-Krause Co. ~------ Siegel’s _------------------------- 30.00 Columbian Transfer Co. 2ules Typesetting Co., Chicago -- 117.00 Kent State Bank ------- ES SS 500.00 419.00 45.00 24.08 33.70 50.00 Your customers aS — >< i i hee Slightly salted squares of goodness! Tell your customers how good they are with cheeseorjelly. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY “UWneeda Bakers’ depend on you to supply fresh clean goods at all times. This is particularly true in your biscuit department. By selling only “Uneeda Bakers” products, you can quickly achieve an enviable reputation for quality which will be reflected in more sales and more profits, not only in your biscuit department but in other departments as well. Keep your stock fresh at all times— re-orders will be filled promptly. re ign to Fo NO) bith aa i” Ow 4 4 « ie \ ee * Z ° LPecember 38, 1924 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 31 Nov. 28. On this day were received the schedules, order of reference and ad- judication in bankruptcy in the matter of Jerry Clark and Lawrence L. Loben- x. _»stein, and as co-partners known as Pal- ace Cafe, Bankrupt No. 2592. The mat- ter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupts . ware residents of the city of Grand Rapids and have conducted the restaurant and will lunch room known as_ Palace Cafe in such city. The schedules list assets of $825, with liabilities of $3,173.61. The in- dividuals list no personal assets and have ’ only the liabilities of the partnership. The court has written for funds for the « » first meeting, and upon arrival of the same the first meeting will be ealled, and note of the same made here. A list of in Ahe creditors of the bankrupt—all from Grand Rapids unless otherwise indicated —is as follows: City of Grand Rapids -~---------- $ 51.26 Ryskamp Bros. ------------------ 1,271.49 Consumers Power Co. ----------- 40.00 é Aeo, B. Reader ------------------ 70.50 . 3rand Rapids Dairy Co. ~-------- 139.50 Grand Rapids Pie Co. ~----- 48.10 Kent Storage Co. ---------------- 22.20 . » National Grocer Co. ------------ 62.17 Holland Cigar Co. -------------- 18.75 « General Cigar Co. ---------------- 6.00 G. R. Gas Light Co. -__--- 45.00 3 Consumers Ice Co. --------- cee 58.75 City Bakery Co. ------------- a 88.00 E. W. Lobenstein ~--------------- 176.50 ‘% ., Hoyland, Lemle Co., Chicago ---- 8.00 ’ Elliott Service Co. ~------- ------- 8.70 Michigan Telephone Co. —--~---- 4.50 O18 "Clara J. Bateman and C. Milburn Kramer, Salette, Ont. -------- 1,134.20 On this day also were received the schedules, order of adjudication, refer- ence and order appointing receiver, in the matter of Cornelius Walsweer, Bank- rupt No. 2593. The matter has been re- +-ferred to Charles B. Blair as_ referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a _ resi- dent of Byron township Kent county and is a celery raiser by occupation. The schedules filed list assets of $5,450, of = which $1,000 is claimed as exempt to the bankrupt. with liabilities of $13,927.52. The first meeting of creditors in this matter has not been called, and upon calling the same the date and time will tpe given here. A list of the creditors of the bankrupt is as follows: oh mca we = . Albert Dykhouse, Byron Center $ 50.00 : , Ralph Roelophs, Byron Center_- 12,060.00 * Hollman-De Weerd Auto Co., * : * Byron Center ---------------- 44.00 eS, Jamestown Bank, Jamestown - 650.00 \ Byron Center State Bank, Byron 7} @enter 202 2 311.00 t 1 i \» Byron Center Farm Bureau, By- ren Center, —--_- oo Byron Center Bank, Byron Cent. 190.00 Hamilton State Bank, Hamilton 115.00 On this day also was held the first qmeeting of creditors in the matter of ~ Augustus F. Lemon, Bankrupt No. 2581. The bankrupt was present in person and by attorney, W. F. Umphrey. Judson EB. _ Richardson was present for certain cred- Yitors. Claims were proved and allowed. * The bankrupt was sworn and examined without a reporter. The referee appoint- -ed Judson E. Richardson as trustee and placed the amount of his bond at $100. *The meeting was then adjourned with- , out date. On this day also was held the final meeting of creditors in the matter of Roy M. Hurd, Bankrupt No. 2535. The bankrupt was not present or represented. > The trustee was present in person. No »- claims were proved. The trustee's final report and account was considered and *approved. An order was made for the payment of administration expenses. There were no funds for any dividend to creditors. The petition of the bankrupt -for discharge was not opposed. The meeting was then adjourned without y date. The case will be closed and re- turned to the district court. : Nov. 29. On this day was held the Mirst meeting of creditors in the matter ' ~of George R. Slawson, Bankrupt No. 2582. The bankrupt was present in person and 407.52 by attorney, F. I. Blake. One creditor . Was present in person. One claim was . proved and allowed. The bankrupt was sworn and examined without a reporter. The matter of the appointment ef a trustee was deferred until the bankrupt e ig qcould amend his schedules to show new ar claims, at which time a trustee ™ ” will be appointed if mecessary. The meeting was. then adjourned without pate. Dec. 1. On this day was held the final 4 meeting of creditors in the matter of - Thornton Bros. Brick Co., Bankrupt No. 2478. The bankrupt was present by one ) of its officers. The trustee was present ,in person. No further claims were prov- ed. The trustee’s final report and ac- count was considered and approved. The _ offer of Hiram Collins of $50 for the ac- counts and actions accruing to the bank- . “~rupt was accepted and confirmed. An order was made for the payment of ad- ministration expenses and for the decla- ’ ' ‘ration and payment of a first and final ‘., dividend to creditors. There was no ob- x jection to the discharge of the bankrupt company. The amount of the dividend ( has not been ascertained and upon ar- é ail \. Cs “ ’ riving at the per cent. note of it will be «>» made here. The meeting was then ad- { journed without date and the case will , be closed and returned in due_ course. ‘oo In the matter of Cornelius Walsweer, * * Bankrupt No. 2593, the firnt meeting of creditors has been called for Dec. 15. In the matter of Robert R. Gilmore, Bankrupt No. 2563, the trustee has filed in court his final report and account as trustee, and a final meeting of creditors has been called for Dec. 12. The trus- tee’s final report and account will be passed upon, and administration expenses paid as far as the funds on hand will permit. There will be no dividends for creditors. In the matter of Jerry Clark, Lawrence L. Lobenstein, and as Palace Cafe, Bank- rupt No. 2592, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting will be held at the office of the referee on Dee. 15. In the matter of John, J. Miller, Bank- rupt No. 2588, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting has been called for Dec. 15, In the matter of William Ginsburg, 3ankrupt No. 2580, the first meeing of creditors has been called for Dec. 15. In the matter of Benjamin Harmelink, 3ankrupt No. 2571, the trustee has filed in said court his final report and account and a final meeting of creditors has been called for Dec. 13. The trustee’s final report and account will be passed upon and administration expenses paid so far as the funds on hand will permit. There will be no dividends to creditors. The final meeting will be held at the referee’s office in Grand Rapids. seo Defending Our Homes No Sign of War. Written for the Tradesman. I most heartily endorse the views of Old Timer on pacificism and Na- And I wonder if these ardent advocates of peace would feel as secure in their homes at night if we had not policemen going their rounds at frequent intervals. If it is National de- powers, tional defense. wise to do away with fenses against foreign why would it not be also wise to do away with our police forces, our sheriffs and their deputies? The idea behind this peace advocacy is that all other nations look to the United States of America for leader- ship—for example—and that because we maintain an army and a navy we can not be trusted. Our military preparation is to them a token that we seek to dominate the world; that we are liable to seize possession of any nation which is not prepared to Do away with our defenses resist us. and all the world will be convinced of our peaceful intentions; then they will do likewise. If we protest our love and friendship and prove it by complete disarmament, the fear of us will be removed and all nations will cease military preparation. Military preparation, you must remember, is the cause of war. Nations go to war solely for the purpose of trying out their great guns and battleships. A child must strike a match to see if it will burn. With disarmament complete will never be any more Ceasars, Na- poleons or Kaiser Williams. Disarm- ament will remove desire for power, dominion, supremacy; in fact, make all mankind loving and peaceful; that is, if we also preach peace a plenty. there But I cannot admit that military Back of that preparation is a motive, and that motive may be the noblest that dominates human action; or it may be the most debased and reprehensible. Our National policies cannot be fram- preparation is a cause of war. ed to accord with the crude ideas of uncivilized or ignorant peoples. The true man—the noblest man- hood—will not only fight to defend the family and the home, but he will plan to be prepared to do so. True Americans do not want war; they do not want to fight; they are not moved by pomp of military prowess; but they will fight to the utmost to prevent the desolation of the homeland. Our army men are not deceived as to the purpose of foreign powers. They know which can be trusted and which cannot be. Give up defensive prep- aration and we give up everything for which our sons for the past two hun- dred years have bled and died. We had too much amity between the nations of the old world for a score of years before the Kaiser’s war to trust any repetition of a like policy. A full discussion of this subject is beyond our powers. We intended on- ly to commend the writing of the Tradesman contributor and the hope that he will continue his un- express equalled, vigorous and practical treat- ment of this subject. E. E. Whitney. Business Wants Department Advertisements inserted under this head for five cents a word the first Insertion and four cents a word for each subse- quent continuous insertion. If set in capital letters, double price. No charge less than 50 cents. Small display adver- tisements in this department, $3 per inch. Payment with order is required, as amounts are too small to open accounts. FOR SALE—Drug store in small Penn- sylvania town. Price right. Inquire Trust Department, Warren National Bank, Warren, Penna. 769 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY—Will sell, bargain, well-established men’s clothing, hat and furnishing business, town 6,000, Northern part of state. Might take some Detroit real estate as part payment. Ad- dress No. 755, c/o Michigan Tradesman. 6920 Dr. Barrett's St. Vitus Dance Remedy. Wholesale and retail. Wm. M. Olliffe, 6 Bowery, New York. 767 DRY GOODS—Establish yourself in a reliable, profitable business. We are the largest wholesale distributors of dry goods, men’s and women’s’ furnishing goods in Michigan. We can furnish you with a list of good locations and complete service that will spell success to new merchants. Several good established stores doing good business in Detroit on our list for sale. Address No. 768, ¢/0 Michigan Tradesman. 768 Signs Made To Order—Send descrip- tion for prices. Drake’s American Sign Works, Reed City, Mich. 736 FOR SALE—General store located on best corner in a prosperous small town in Southern Michigan, doing a good cash business. Clean, up-to-date merchandise. Best of reasons for selling. W. J. Hack- er, Battle Creek, Mich. 762 ICE MACHINES FOR NEXT SUMMER _-We have several small machines traded in on larger. A-1 standard makes, at or about % price. Will erect and guarantee. Eorn Refrigerator €o., 208 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago. 764 General Store For Sale—Successful general store. Long established business located in town of 1,300 in South Western part of state. In prosperous community of general and fruit farming. Six church- es, electric lights, good sewage and water and an active chamber of commerce. Annual sales about $100,000. Stock will invoice about $30,000, including dry goods, clothing, shoes, groceries, and meat market. Address No. 763, c/o Michigan Tradesman. e 765 WILL SELL CONTROLLING INTER- EST of $5,300 in men's clothing store, Northern part of state. Old established business. Advertiser retiring from mer- eantile business. Address E. D. Cole, 1690 #ullerton Ave., Detroit, Mich. 766 For Sale—Grocery store in good live town. Well established business. Will sell stock and fixtures. Building can be leased. Selling reason, ill health. Ad- dress No. 758, c/o Michigan Tradesman. 758 : Pay spot cash for clothing and furnish- ing goods. stocks. L. Silberman, 1250 Burlingame Ave., Detroit, Mich. 566 CASH For Your ‘Mieccendine! Will buy your entire stock or part of stock of shoes, dry goods, clothing, fur nishings, bazaar novelties, furniture. ect LOUIS LEVINSOHN, Saginaw, Mich. CCParsons Unless it is C. C. PARSONS’ it is NOT HOUSEHOLD AMMONIA PARSONS AMMONIA COMPANY, Inc. NEW YORK REFRIGERATOP.> for ALL PURPOSES Send for Catalogue No. 95 for Residences No. 53 for Hotels, Clubs, Hospitals, Etc. No. 72 for Grocery Stores No. 64 for Meat Markets No. 75 for Florist Shops MicCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO. 2444 Lake St., Kendallville, ina. Needed Holiday Items L&E Our stocks of Christ- mas cards—5 and 10 cent retailers in cab- inets — tying cords, ribbons, tissue paper, seals, Christmas tree tinsel and holly box- es is most complete. Come in and select these items now be- fore the final rush. Our second floor is filled with fine holi- day numbers — to have them is to in- crease your sales and profits. L& Paul Steketee & Sons Wholesale Dry Goods Grand Rapids Michigan 32 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN December 38, 1924 IN THE REALM OF RASCALITY. Cheats and Swindles Which Merchants Should Avoid. We have warned our readers, so so often in prose about the wiles of the stock promoter and other forms of get-rich-quick enterprises that the been threadbare. The following effusion of Walt Mason from the Financial World, will find an echo in, the hearts of subject has worn many of our readers who are besieged by the al- luring literature of the artist: I am full of ire and dudgeon, for, easy-money although I’m sane and wise, I am tak- en for a gudgeon by the get-rich fak- ing guys. Every day the mails are flooded with their bunk addressed to me, tales of oil wells lately spudded. tales of gold mines good to see. I have preached against the fakers. I have warned the sons of toil that to plow their stony acres beats a deal in friend and neighbor to faker’s scheme, for the wage of honest labor beats investing in a dream. One would think the fake promoter would have phony oil. I have cautioned avoid the sized me up by now, saying, “Here’s a wise old voter, with a high and bulging brow; he’s observed my every caper, scrutinized my every trick, so -T'll flood him not with paper, he won't buy my gilded brick.” But my mail box every morning holds five pounds of gaudy bills gold and purple ink circulars that throb Oh, the circulars are breezy, adorning with thrills. and large fortunes they assure; get- ting rich is so blamed easy! Only chuckle-heads are poor. But I won- der why the fakers send their gilded bunk to me, offering their desert acres or a homesite in the sea. They must hope that their persistence will break down my will in time, and my pa- tience they’ll outdistance, and they'll get my bottom dime. Copyright, 1924, George Mathew Adams. Coldwater, Dec. 2—Can you give me any information on the Imperial Roy- alties Company of Kansas City, Mo.? They have an agent covering this part of the country. It sells for $1.50 per $100 share, pays 18 per cent. W. GT. The Imperial Company controls certain oil lands which are leased to drilling companies on royal- ties. Such oil stocks, while paying the dividends stated, are highly spec- ulative. We do not advise merchants to risk their money in speculations, but those who will speculate anyhow can purchase these shares at slightly above $1 a share through brokerage houses, instead of $1.50 per share ask- ed by the stock peddlers. Royalties Washington, Dec. 1—Postmaster General New announced to-day that fro-d orders denying the use of the mails have been issued against two New York concerns. the Asta Studio ond the Zodiac Research Society. of 3rooklyn, which are declared to have reaped a rich harvest through the sale of “astrological interpretations” and good luck emblems. By means of this scheme the pro- moters obtained $281,250 from a cred- ulous public since last October. The Asta Studio received daily between 1,- 500 and 2,000 letters from patrons. The amount 6f money fileched from the public on such fake schemes is ap- palling. Dedrick L. Boardman and L. Sonneck operated under the name of Asta Studio, and the Zodiac Re- search Society was the product of the minds of Casper Puiska and Thos. McElroy. And when these individuals get clear of the present charges they will be found under some name or title swiadling the public on a similar scheme or some get-rich-quick enter- prise. Easy money artists are rarely known to take up legitimate occupa- tions. Schoolcraft, Dec. 1—I received the silverware from United Advertisers, Inc., Chicago, but not as ordered, or according to their agreement. I sent 900 cards or coupons which entitled me to 18 spoons. They sent six spoons and three table knives. It looks as if they want me to buy three table forks to match knives. I am through with them. I wrote them several times and they did not answer until I reg- istered a letter stating that I was going to irvestigate whether they did a legal bus‘ness or not. I thank vou for trou- ble taken ard help you gave me in getting what I did. RK. Kk. S. This refers to one of the premium schemes in connection with which lo- to purchase given with cal dealers are induced coupons or cards to be purchases of merchandise. The scheme is an abomination both from the standpoint of the merchant and the We are constantly receiv- ing complaints from those who do not get the premiums to which they are entitled. customer. Holland, Nov. 29—A friend of mine (a school teacher) was persuaded to take a set of books amounting to $49, from an agent representing the “Stan- dard Education Society” of Chicago. She later changed her mind and coun- termanded the order. The books were sent regardless. She immediately re- turned them, and received a letter from the firm, acknowledging the return of the books, but they demanded the money. Now they claim they will start a lawsuit if money is not sent in ten days. What is the standing of said firm? 41. A. ML Subscription book concerns do not willingly accept cancellation of orders. If the signature to the order was se- cured in a fair and legitimate way, and the party signing is responsible, the enforced. The exist. Sub- books are too often sold through one form of misrepresenta- tion or another. The findings of the Federal Trade Commission when in- vestigating this Standard Education Society are of general interest, as well as making clear the deceptions prac- ticed by this concern. The society, through its agents, represents that a set of books, “The Standard Reference Works.” will be presented free of charge to those who subscribe for and purchase the “Standard Loose-leaf Ex- tension Service” at $49. The agents represent that the price of the “Stan- dard Reference Works” is $85, or some other large amount, while the Fede-al Trade Commission points out that $49 is the usual price of both the extension service and the pretended gift of the “Reference Works.” The findings of the commisison in this case have a wide bearing on all advertising transaction can be above condtions rarely scription offering merchandise at a stated price with some other articles “free.” The “special price for a short time” pre- tense is the chief bait of the corres- pondence course venders. The Fed- eral Trade Commission also ordered the Standard Education Society to “cease and desist” in following decep- tive practices: Describing books as bound in “‘le- vant” or other leather, when the bind- ing was, in fact, an imitation of leather. Honorary membershp in the society, which membership proved to be en- tirely fictitious. That the “Standard Reference Works” has been “officially adopted in twenty-four states,” which claim had no foundation in fact. In view of these findings, it would be difficult for this concern to estab- lish its good faith in the transaction above referred to. It has been our experience that book agency houses rely upon threats more than court ac- tion to enforce their demands. At any rate, if the signature to the order was secured by the deceptive practices cited by the Federal Trade Commis- sion the contract cannot be enforced by legal procedure. The Kalamazoo coal dealers, a hat store, and a tire shop fell victims of worthless checks to the amount of $135 Monday according to reports re- ceived by the police. Authorities, Tuesday, were searching for a man 26 years old, five feet seven inches tall, weighing about 165 pounds and wearing a brown overcoat and cap, believed to have passed four of the checks. A young woman, wearing a fur coat, and fur trimmed dress, was sought in connection with the passing of the fifth bogus check. The E. M. Sergeant Coal Co., Harrigan Coal Co. and Vanderberg & Son cashed checks for $30 which later proved to be worthless. The Cut Rate Tire Shop cashed another check for $35 which was refused by the banks. The Phil- lips Hatteria, 122 West Main street accepted a check for $10 for two hats. It was found later to be worthless. A woman about 24 years old gave the check for two hats, it is said. Platinum mining stock frauds in every section of the country have been checked by an intensive campaign un- dertaken by the National vigilance committee of the Associated Adver- tising Clubs of the World during the last six months. The rise of plati- num in price and popularity, says a statement made public by Lou E. Hol- land, president of the Associated Ad- vertising Clubs, is one of the most interesting developments in recent mining history. Due, however, to the fact that this rise was attended by a heavy increase in the number of fraud- ulent platinum mining stock promo- tions, Mr. Holland added, it threatened to become one of the most distressing developments. Only prompt action by the Associated Advertising Clubs and by Better Business bureaus through- out the country, he pointed out, pre- vented a platinum stock selling wave. Stimulaton To Garment Buying. While the cold weather which the garment trade has been awaiting for several weeks has not had the im- mediate effect of greatly swelling the immediate demand, according to wholesalers here, there has been suffi- cient stimulation to warrant the belief that stocks of Winter merchandise on hand will be liquidated without diffi- culty. A large part of this is expected to be accomplished over the next few weeks, as the interest of the retailers generally switches from ready-to-wear with the near approach of Christmas. The cold snap, however, has had one direct result in that it is helping to keep the price levels on these goods firmer, after several weeks in which concessions were the rule. J Look For Rise in Hat Prices. Unless all retailers will have to pay more for their re-orders on men’s Spring hats. Manufacturers are finding it very difficult to cope with the market in hatters’ fur both as to mounting prices and the securing of adequate supplies even at the higher quotations. The quantities of skins available for the hatters have been re- stricted by the enlarged purchases of the women’s garment trade for trim- ming purposes. This situation was thought for a while to be only a pass- ing phase, but it has been growing worse for some time. It is held a foregone conclusion that, when the hat manufacturers open their Fall lines some months from now, the price levels will be materially higher. signs fail >.> Flannel Dresses For Children. A big business in flannel dresses for the early Spring season is expected by leading manufacturers of infants’, chil- dren’s and junior wear in this market. It is the opinion of some of them that the striped and checked materials, which have been so well liked this season, will give way to plain colors. In the “dressier” Spring garments for youngsters another run on crepes de chine is predicted. Several new style features are presaged by the early models, not the least of which are the ensemble effects similar to those worn by women. The garment that combines in one piece the lines of a dress and a coat will be featured in the early show- ings. —_2+..___ Skirt Orders Are Good. Retailers are said to be doing rather well with their featuring of men’s flan- nel shirts at this time. The novelty appeal of this merchandise is broader than it was last Fall, with the resut that manufacturers have been receiv ing orders from a more widely dis- tributed number of retailers. 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