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Extra copies of current issues, 10 cents; issues a month or more old, 15 cents; issues a year or more old, 25 cents; issues five years or more old 50 cents. Entered Sept. 23, 1883, at the Postoffice of Grand Rapids as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879. IN THE REALM OF RASCALITY. Cheats and Swindles Which Merchants Should Avoid. Great care should be exercised by the public in handling $20 gold cer- tificates of the series of 1922, check letter B, because a well made counter- feit of the bill is afloat, Treasury De- partment secret service warns. The counterfeit is printed from photo mechanical plates on genuine bleached paper, the secret service said. Differences between it and the genuine note were described in part as follows: “The fine lines of the hair on the top of the head of the portrait (of Washington) are missing. It, there- ore, appears as a white space between the lines of the forehead and the top of the head. “The fine lines on the eye lids are missing. “The coat is not well defined, the lines merging into the background. “The two buds running out from the center design on each side on the back of the bill are missing.” Sturgis, April 25—I am enclosing a circular letter of Harris Combined Shaker Co., Independence, Mo., which is the second one I have received. Please tell me what you think of the firm. This concern, it would appear from the advertising matter, has a patent or patents on a salt shaker. On _ the strength of these patents the company is offering 10 per cent. preferred shares of the company at $10 per share. It is too palpably a “blue sky” promotion to consider seriously, but since farmers in this State are asked to invest in the enterprise, a word of warning is in order. The Federal Trade Commission has issued an order in which the Cream of Wheat Company, whose principal of- fice is in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is required to discontinue certain prac- tices in maintaining prices which the Commission found to be unfair meth- ods of competition. The Commission found that the re- spondent used various methods to en- force its system of standard resale prices for its products. Some of these methods were: refusing to sell to col- lective purchasers or buying pools of independent stores as_ distinguished from recognized chain stores under one ownership; refusing to sell its product in carload lots and at carload prices when such purchases were for the pur- pose of dividing the shipments with the other customers. The respondent, according to the findings, co-operated with its customers and others in se- curing information as to dealers cut- ting prices on its products and acted on such information by refusing fur- ther sales to such offending dealers, unless they agreed to maintain re- spondent’s prices thereafter. The findings state in detail the gen- eral conduct of the respondent’s busi- ness, including methods of purchasing purified middlings from which its prod- uct is made; prices to retailers and data having to do with margins of profit and prices un- der varying conditions. The findings state that respondent’s policy of naming and enforcing ad- herence to minimum resale prices for its product, in conection with its na- tion wide advertising and its dominat- ng position in the market for package cereals, has had the effect of substan- tially lessening price competition among producers of cereals prepared from purified wheat middlings, and to enhance the price of such cereal foods to ultimate consumers. The Commission’s reads as follows: Now therefore it is ordered that the respondent, Cream of Wheat Co., its officers, agents, employes and suc- cessors, do cease and desist from car- Tying into effect its policy of securing the observance of minimum resale prices for its product, by co-operative methods in which the respondents and its distributors, customers and agents undertake to prevent others from ob- taining the company’s product at less than the prices designated by it, or from selling to others who fail to ob- serve such prices (1) by seeking and securing, directly or through its sales agents, contracts, agreements or un- derstandings with customers or pros- pective customers that they will main- tain the resale prices designated by it, or that they will co-operate with it to secure the observance by others of said resale prices; (2) by the practice of (a) soliciting and securing from customers or prospective customers themselves or from dealers or trade assoications, ine wholesalers, and complete order formation as to whether or not such customers or prospective customers have maintained and are maintaining, or are disposed to maintain generally resale prices fixed by producers, or, respondent’s resale prices in particular, and (b) soliciting and securing reports from customers, of customers who fail to observe its .resale prices, and in- vestigating and verifying such reports through further reports secured from customers as to such instances of price cutting, all with a view to refusing further sales to customers found to have cut its resale prices; (3) by notifying other customers, in case of refusal by respondent of further sales to price cutters of such refusal and requiring them not to sell such price cutters on pain of themselves being re- fused further sales; (4) by employing its sales agents to assist in such plan by reporting dealers who have failed to observe its resale prices, and to se- cure adherence thereto from customers or prospective customers, and furnish- ing said agents the names of customers to whom it has refused further sales because of price cutting, and instruct- ing them not to sell to such customers: (5S) by requiring an extra price for its product from price cutters in order to secure from them assurance of their future observance of its resale prices as a condition of reinstatement on the regular basis, or (6) by utilizing any other equivalent co-operative means of accomplishing the maintenance of prices fixed by respondent. —_22.—____ Speculative Buying Is Hazardous. Written for the Tradesman. Nothing of particular ‘mportance has developed in the wheat market during the past couple of weeks, al- though prices have been erratic and very, very sensitive to bullish and bearish influences. There has been quite a wide range of prices, fluctuations of 5@10c¢ per bushel being an ordinary occurrence. Pract cally the entire wheat growing sections of the country have had copi- ous rains and there should be a gen- eral improvement in crop conditions, although nothing can offset the actual loss of wheat by winter killing in Ohio and Eastern Indiana and by drouth in certain sections of Texas and Ne- braska. The pr:vate crop reports indicate we may reasonably expect, based on the present condition of wheat, approx- imately 510,000,000 bushels from the winter wheat belt, both hard and soft varieties; and at least 250,000,000 bush- els of spring wheat, making a total of approximately 760,000,000 bushels. Of course, this amount may be increased to around 800,000,000 ‘bushels under very favorable conditions; in other words, favorable weather and plenty of moisture, or the reverse, can easily make a difference either way of forty At this time it appears certain this year’s crop of wheat in the United States will be from or fifty million bushels. hundred five million bushels smaller than last seventy-five to one twenty- year’s. Stocks of throughout the entire country are light and the trade are buying in a conserva- flour in dealers hands tive way to meet actual requirement of their business. There is yet a difference of at least 30c¢ per bushel between cash wheat and the May option and, of course, before the first of June these two prices must come together, and it remains to be seen whether the May option will ad- vance to the present cash ‘basis when transaction. or it becomes a_ cash whether the present price of cash wheat will decline to the May basis. Like enough there will be a compro- mise in these values. Conditions, generally speaking, are sound and flour trade is certainly no exception. There has been little buy- ing for sixty days, which is almost certain to be followed by considerable activity in the way of replenishment of stocks. Yet there is nothing in the situation that indicates boom business and it would seem to be a wise policy to ‘buy both flour and wheat for prompt shipment to cover requirements of the trade. Speculative buying under pres- ent conditions is certainly hazardous Lloyd E. Smith. —_>-.___- CANNED FOODS MARKET. The want lists of wholesale grocers are comprehensive enough as to as- sortments and include most items on the list which are taken from day to that score there is no reason for complaint, day as they are needed. On but the trouble is that volume turn- over is lacking. Two dozen items may be taken, but the aggregate may not be one ordinary purchase in normal times. There is no profit for the broker who has to look after retail business from wholesale grocers. Too often the the seller has shaded his price to meet competition and he is not pleased with the situation. The disappointing spot market is not offset by trading in fu- tures to even up the New packs are as featureless as current of- ferings. March and April have been market. much like guessing to say what the near fu- ture will bring. That uncertainty is partly responsible for the present slack movement. A reaction is bound to come, as the trade is under-buying unusual months and it is too and is cleaning out surplus stocks. Sooner or later the well will run dry. —_~.—>-—->____ No clerk is so unimportant that he cannot make his presence felt in the store and gain the notice of his su- periors, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 29, 1925 THE BEST EVER. y of Proceedings at the Mus- ; kegon Convention. T etail Grocers’ and General Mer@@nts’ Association has just closed the st convention held in years :n point of attendance, interest shown, snappy speeches, lively business and €THGielowship. With a few fitting remarks. President Hans Johnson, of thgoyMuskegon local, called the con- Yaiioe; to order and asked the Rev. NY adie, Tunks to invoke the Divine hiestigg-;; Mayor Lincoln Estes gave the,,address of welcome in a grac ous Want; John Affeldt, Jr., past presi- dent, responded by saying “These kind ShagAnyentions help to remove any 3 foil ahi . VIDA) t@ tons bis 16 Aiand v sldgisb >: tagend2ii’ Chas. H. Schmidt. ot mt oar differsuges and make us better neigh- bots nate pointed out that the in- tornaad, discussions held by various gages ip the corridors are often of tbe atyyost value to some of the dele- SALSBr gd de thanked Muskegon for her hospitabty. In introduc ng’ State President Christensen, Mr. Johnson saideptgggtcthe Muskegon local associa- tipp,dzad assumed new life since they had dpvited the 1925 convention to theic, city. In Mr. Christensen’s an- yyal address he told how he appreciat- gdytheegss stance of the officers and alsp.hethe Michigan Tradesman. He espg¢iafly urged the committees which weld be, appointed to make a prompt TePost, -, tHe commended the slogan, whigh sas been our Woeseler friends, “Phone for Food.” Mija\fteldt especially commended the wartk ef.the Michigan Retailers Coun- Gy,,ghowing that through this Coun- Cth: ~ve,had gotten into act ve touch wits the , Senators and representatives oh; Michigan. Mr. Christensen and My, Stowe both felt that we should cgntinye,to affiliate with the Retailers Couecdl, dobhe 4 § i = ‘ oe | a j Gi 1 1 i { j i pe t . 9 Qui i ~ 1 -@ 9 ‘ a > 4 4 hh a od | ~ - ‘ La 4 « Wt j * 1 a 1 9 ‘ ” 4). > ae i? . OE 2 | si. = , ‘ae | a. | a ? is a April 29, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN shown that the State law requires a license for all but producers of farm products. A copy of the revised law on this subject, as prepared by the Retailers Council, will be mailed to our members shortly. Telegrams were read from Secretary Balsinger, of the National Association, and from E. W. Jones. W. C. Cusick, of Detroit, then spoke on the subject Modern Business Meth- ods, as follows: “We should not use the term ‘independent grocer,’ but should use the term ‘service store.’ To be successful we must be 100 per cent. efficient in this day of strenuous com- petition. The chain grocery stores are a great example of efficiency. We should use all our capital in our meat and grocery business and not use it for speculation. Prompt payers are the ones who get the good prices from the jobber. To-day is as good a time as ever to do business if we are not afraid. We should not hesitate to ask a customer for our money. Neither should we take discount we have not earned. A good woman in a grocery store can build up a patronage that is beyond rivalry, and she should at- tend the conventions and enjoy the discussions with the men.” President Christensen announced the following committees: Nominating—W. G. List, chairman, Bay City; B. Gulliver, Detroit; O. L. Brainard, Elsie Schaefer, Merrill; and S. C. Van Der Ploeg, Grand Rapids. Resolutions—L. W. Van Dusen, Lansing; J. E. Pease, Kalamazoo; Art Nordine, Ludington. In the afternoon session a few gen- tlemen told of the good work the Na- tional Association is doing and $50 was appropriated to the Harvard Bu- reau of Business Research. B. G. Oosterbaan, of Muskegon, next spoke on Retail Credits, Their Use and Abuse, which is published in full else- where in this week’s paper. The auditing committee next gave their report, showing that the books of the Secretary and Treasurer agreed exactly. Paul Gezon read a paper telling how the idea of relegating cut price articles to a place under the shelves worked. It is bearing fruit and he urged the members to be consistent. Collective advertising was the next topic for discussion and was strongly recommended by different members. The futility of individual advertising in the daily newspapers was pointed out. In the evening we enjoyed a won- derful banquet at the Elks Temple, which 487 attended as the guests of the Muskegon wholesalers. This was an event which will never be forgotten. The principal speaker was Harry C. Spillman, whose topic was Adjusting Ourselves to a New Era in Business. He brought out the following points: The business man are the ones who mold the future of the state. The mer- chants are responsible for the con- structive thought of their community. He said it was easy to be a follower, but that their are very few leaders. We cannot adopt other’s methods of do- ing business. Small mistakes are the differences between profit and loss. We are responsible for the conduct of our city. He urged us not to be afraid of our competitor, but to learn from him. Men on both sides of the counter have a common viewpoint. At the close of the banquet Glen De Nise, chairman of the local com- mittee, was introduced as the leading spirit in the work of entertaining the convention. He responded with a few well chosen remarks. Thursday morning we gathered at 9:15 for the closing session. A mo- tion prevailed to send flowers to Mr. C. J. Appel, of Grand Rapids, and Mr. Schwemmer, of Saginaw. Resolutions, thanking the Muskegon Association, Glen De Nise, and the Michigan Tradesman, were adopted. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President—Charles Saginaw. First Vice-President—O. H. Bailey. Second Vice-President—Chas. H. Schmidt. Treasurer—F. H. Albrecht. Secretary—Paul Gezon. J. F. Tatman, B. C. Doolittle, Ole Peterson, A. J. Faunce, J. E. Pease. C. Christensen, There were two invitations for our 1926 convention. A telegram from the Grand Association of Com- merce was read and B. G. Oosterbaan gave a very warm invitation to come Rapids to Muskegon again in 1926. When the votes were counted it was found that Muskegon was unanimously chosen. A motion prevailed to send a vote of thanks to the outgoing directors and motion prevailed that the various committees be thanked for their prompt and efficient efforts in their work. The Legislative committee for this year was announced as follows: John Affeldt, Jr.. O. H. Bailey, and L. W. Van Dusen. The convention was closed with the singing of America, a few appropriate remarks by Vice-President Charles Schmidt, after which we adjourned. Paul Gezon, Sec’y. —_++.____ Advertising is the power that con- verts a dollar’s worth of oats into fifty dollars worth of breakfast food. Hides, Pelts.and Furs. Green, No. 1 ~.~---------.----- Green. Ne. 2 .....----2 0 n= Cured, No. } _.......__...... 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Detroit—Another Blue Seal Drug Store will open at 2501 Cass avenue shortly. Detroit—Anna Bernhardt has bought the confectionery stock at 4918 Hurl- but avenue. Detroit—The Six Mile Road Bar- gain Store, dry goods, opened at 936 Six-Mile Road. Grand Junction—Lena O. Charles Stewart has purchased the Hoehn hardware store. Detroit—George Demetrel has sold his meat market at 3523 Cass avenue to B. A. Dobie. Detroit—Andrew succeeds Arthur Berman, grocer at 7418-20 For- est avenue, East. Detroit—Guy W. Sears has sold his drug stock at 9108 Olivet street to Peter J. Aldrich. Detroit—Miller & Schnell, bakers, has opened a bakery at 10800 Jeffer- son avenue, East. Saginaw—The Hemme Implement Corporation has removed its business offices to Bay City. Detroit—Peter J. Alr‘ch succeeds Guy W. Sears in the drug business at 5600 Dailey avenue. Detroit—Phillip Huk has taken over Rosner the grocery stock and meat market at 6031 Elmwood avenue. Detroit—Robert A. Wolf Morris H. Biederman, 12901 Kercheval avenue. Detroit—Forest A. Burton succeeds Viola Record, grocer and confectioner at 101 Eastlawn avenue. River Rouge—The West End Lum- succeeds druggist at ber Co. has increased its cap‘tal stock from $80,000 to $200,009. Detroit—Robert Rose and wife have sold their grocery stock at 1157 Hol- comb avenue to Michael Tony. Detroit—The Regal Shoe Co. will open another store in the LaFavette building, 157 Michigan avenue. Detroit—Huff’s Hardware, 4424 Joy avenue, has been transferred to Mar- garet M. Huff by Charles C. Huff. Lansing—Young Bros. & Daley, 712 East Michigan avenue, building mater- jals, hay, etc., has increased its cap- ital stock from $25,000 to $100,000. Flint—The Flint Coal Co., West Kearsley street, has changed its name to the Flint Coal & Masons Supply Co. Highland Park—The Metropolitan Trust Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $300,- 900, Hudson—Hiram W, Stuck, grocer, has filed a bankruptcy petition with liabilities of $4,731 and assets. of $2,515. Monroe—The Diekman Bottling Works 411 East Front street, has in- creased its capital stock from $15,000 to $30,000. Detroit—A. M. Hodges succeeds W. B. Lund, meat dealer at 10437 Kerche- val avenue. The sale took place April 20. Detroit—Cawthon Brown opened a grocery store and meat market at the corner of Beaubien and Erskine streets April 23. Detroit—Michael N. Barbara will open the Barbara Market, groceries, at 16449 Woodward avenue in about two weeks. Detro t—Joseph Orban is the new meat dealer at 6502 South street. He bought out John A. and John D. Short recently. Detroit—Joseph Saville plans to open a confectionery store on the cor- ner of Charlevoix and Beaconsfield avenues Saturday. Detroit—The Sample & Smith Lum- ber Co, 5470 Wabash avenue, has changed its name to the Smith & Jones Lumber Co. Detroit—Joseph Moceri, grocer, ‘s to be tried on a charge of arson grow- ing out of an alleged attempt to burn his store on March 30. Detroit—Joseph L. McLouff, grocer at 11312 Jefferson avenue, East, has declared himself bankrupt, with liabil- ites of $4,790 and assets of $1,489. Grand Rapids—The Vinkemulder Co. has purchased 35 acres of muck the Jos. Deal marsh, near Gunmarsh, and has aready seeded it to onions. Republic—The Pioneer Mining Co. has been incorporated with an author- ized capital stock of $500,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in n property. Detroit—The Hul-Lo-Wen Fire- proof Everlasting Homes Co., 1201-5 Detroit Savings Bank bulding, has increased its capital stock from $25,000 to $50,000. Kalamazoo—Frank Ragotzy has en- land on gaged in the furniture and house fur- nishings business at 326 North Bur- dck street under the style of the Fur- niture Exchange. Ontonagon—The Ontonagon Fibre Co has increased its capital stock from $800,000 and 16,000 shares no par value to $1,500,000 and 25,000 shares shares no par value. Grand Rapids—The Kane-Best Oil Co, 2000 Division street, S., has been incorporated with an authorized cap- ital stock of $20,000, $2,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Grand Rapids—The Naylor Furni- ture Co., 1358 Grandville avenue, S. W., has changed its capital stock from $20,000 common and $30,000 preferred to $30,000 common and $20,000 pre- ferred. Grand Rapids—The West Side Realty Co., Seventh and Muskegon streets, has changed its name to the Furniture City Body Co., and increas- ed its capital stock from $5,000 to $350,000. Iron Mountain—The duce Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, of which amount $4,700 has been sub- scribed and paid in, $2,300 in cash and $2,400 in property. Detroit—The Dennis Easy Lift Door Co., 826 Dime Bank building, has been incorporated with an author zed cap- ital stock of $25,000, of which amount $9,200 has been subscribed, $1,600 paid in in cash and $5,100 in property. Brightmoor—T&e Central Depart- ment Store, Inc., 20916-20 Twelfth street, has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $1,000, of which amount $510 has been sub- scr bed and paid in in property. Detroit—Orrie Shaver, found guilty of murdering Fred C. Schurstein, hardware dealer at 8238 Harper avenue, in hs store last February, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Cotter a few days ago. Detroit—The Multiple Sign Co., 8733 Kercheval avenue, has been in- corporated with an authorized capital stock of $1,000 and 4,000 shares at $103 per share, all of which has been subscribed, $348 paid in in cash and $4,800 in property. Owosso—Ray H. Reynolds, together with a group of Owosso associates, have purchased the Keyte property at the corner of Main and Hickory streets, and will erect a modern hotel which it is expected will be ready for occupancy in the early fall. Detroit—Jacob I. Gerston, former Monroe storekeeper, was ordered held by Judge Simons in Federal Court here a few days ago, for a satisfactory explanation of the “shrinkage” of ‘$17,000 worth of stock to $10,000 when his asests were filed in the bankruptcy court. Pontiac—M. J. Hallinan, Secretary of the J. L. Marcero Co., died in De- troit last Thursday, aged 46 years, after three years illness of anemia. He was active in local civic, religious and fraternal life, and widely known for his early connection with the buggy business here. He was buried in Pontiac Monday. Grand Rapids—The Dayton Marin Sales Co., 11 Oakes street, S W., farm lighting plants, water plants, etc., has merged its business into a stock com- pany under the style of the Dayton Marin Sales Co., Inc., with an author- ized capital stock of $25,000, of which amount $14,600 has been subscribed and paid in, $4,600 ‘n cash and $10,000 in property. Benton Harbor—The Godfrey Pack- ing Co. has started construction of a $40,000 unit at the plant, brick, three stories, for cold storage purposes. The Godfrey Packing Co. plans to go more extensively into the canning of pears. In 1923, the company packed 31,000 bushels, and last year 55,000 bushels, Keener Pro-, April 29, 1925 It is estimated that 100,000 bushels of Michigan pears will be canned in 1925. Grand Rapids—The Market Whole- sale Co. has ‘changed its name to the Market Wholesale Grocery, and _in- creased its capital stock from $10,000 to $35,000. Saginaw—The American Cash Reg- ister Co. was sold April 22 at receiy- ers’ sale for $300,100 to a group of capitalists headed by M. W. Tanner. who wll reorganize the company un- der the same name. The purchasers were the only bidders. The new cor. poration, the American Cash Register Co., a Michigan corporation, will start immediately on the production of 1,000 machines, John B. Martin, general manager, announced. The old com- pany was a Delaware corporation. The board of directors of the new com- pany consists of M. W. Tanner, A. C. Stickel, Guy D. Henry, Eugene C. Betz, Frank A. Buck, Robert N. Wal lace, Stuart G. Morley, Henry R. Mar- tni and Peter C. Pardee. A plan is now being worked out, Mr. Martin said, to build up a working capital of $100,000. This is being accomplish- ed through the sale of capital stock, some of which is being sold to in- vestors in the old corporation, who, in return for this sale, are afforded pro tection on their stock in the first com pany. The $300,100 received at th: sale will be used to liquidate debts of the old corporation represented through preferred creditors, taxes, re- ceivers’ expenses and the first, second and third mortgage bonds, and also will care for the provisions made w th the unsecured creditors through the arrangement with the creditors’ com mittee. Manufacturing Matters. Hastings—The Hastings Table Co has increased its capital stock from $60,000 and 4,000 shares no par value to $160,000 and 4,000 shares no par value. Hancock—The Cleanser Oil Co. has been incorporated to manufacture and sell oil products, with an authorized capital stock of $20,000, $17,000 of which has been subscribed and $2,000 paid in in cash. Detroit—The Detroit Aluminum & Brass Corporation, 112 Edison street, has been incorporated with an author- ized capital stock of $250,000, of which amount $109,100 has been subscribed and $50,000 paid in in cash. Benton Harbor—The General Die Castings and Machinery Co., of Chi- cago, will be reorganized, with $60,000 capital, and will locate at Benton Har- bor as a subsidiary of the Benton Harbor Malleable Foundry Co. Detroit—Ernest Orling, formerly a member of the firm of Orling Brothers Co., manufacturers of sausage and deli- catessen supplies, died at his home, 3387 East Alexandrine avenue, April 22. He was 58 years old and had re- tired. Port Huron—The Huron Battery Manufacturing Co., Tenth and Water streets, has been incorporated to man- ufacture and deal in batteries, radios, electrical equipment, auto accessories, ect., with an authorized capital stock of $50,000, $5,200 of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. te ee - rf ¢ t C ~ sf ii 4 6 o > 4 | $ A a © » i o v | LE if y | < i : 4 i at ” . 4 ‘ > “.) = § . ~_- . 8 . i \ 4 a a > ie : a > oe — + . 4 t fe 4 ‘ x April 29, 1925 Essential Features of the Grocery Staples. Sugar—Local jobbers granulated at 6.45c. Tea—There has been a continuation of the upward movement in tea during the past week, particularly in black leaf Pekoes, desirable grades of these teas having advanced a cent a pound in primary markets. All good Ceylons are higher for the week and Java teas generally for all good quality are also firmer. The demand for tea, however, is still more or less routine and the consumptive demand is about normal for the season. Outside of the grades mentioned the situation is practically unchanged as to price, fermented teas, meaning Ceylons, Indias and Javas, being the leaders. Coffee—The situation shows little change from a week ago, other than that the weakness seems a trifle more pronounced. “Coffee may advance later in the year. On the other hand it may show further weakness. No one knows,” a prominent coffee buyer said this week. “In the meantime the safe and sane thing for the retail gro- cer to do appears to be to buy in rela- tively small quantities and often, ad- justing his prices to the changes of the market as they take place, whether in an upward or downward direction.” Canned Fruits—California No. 10s to No. 2%s are being taken in all offerings for jobbing purposes. Big blocks are infrequently offered, as hold- ings generally are light. Quotations are often shaded as there is a disposi- tion to keep stocks moving so as to have bare floors when new goods come in. Opening prices may not be an- nounced for several weeks, and enough business has been booked on tentative orders to hold the trade for the time being. Pineapple was quiet all week. There is a disposition to push the sale of spot stocks, which has a weakening effect. Canned Vegetables—The week was without any radical changes. The as- paragus situation has improved; buy- ing has been improved, but the trade is still uncovered as to normal years at this season. Canners are much firmer and stand by their quotations without allowing discounts. They urge the trade to take the pack before there is an upturn to the market, and say that the pack will not be as large as ex- pected. It would not take much buy- ing to cause a much stronger under- tone here and in the country. Toma- toes were quiet all week and were strictly on a hand-to-mouth basis. Fu- tures have been no more active than they have been of late. Peas as a whole are weak, although some par- ticular grades are stronger in tone than others. Canned Fish—Maine sardines in sev- eral styles have been advanced I5c at the factory. A ten-day notice of the change had been given and present and nearby wants had been anticipated. New pack has not been put up in any quantity and may not be for several weeks. California No. 1 ovals are much stronger on the Coast, which is felt here. Salmon is being given or- dinary and routine attention, but is rather dull for the season. Crab meat and lobster are both firm. Tuna has hold cane MICHIGAN TRADESMAN sold to some extent for new pack, but many buyers are waiting for formal opening prices. Canned Pineapple—Increased con- sumer interest in canned pineapple is reported as manifesting itself already, due to the reduced prices of a fort- night ago. As prices now Hawaiian pineapple is lower in cost than California fruits and this price ad- vantage, when combined with the popularity of pineapple, is expected to produce a marked increase in its con- sumption, large though it is already. A return to former prices would oc- casion no surprise in the trade. Dried Fruits—Liquidation, some of it forced, and all of it accomplished in the face of a lack of buying interest of even normal proportions, has brought about an even weaker market in prunes and raisins, while other dried fruits have been influenced as to the character of buying, if not in value. Prunes are the outstanding feature, as they have been most notably sick and subject to the greatest price cutting. Perhaps this will be the week of the lowest basis of the season, at any rate the market now is below any previous level this year. A turn is expected, but it has not come as soon as antici- pated and because the Coast now feels the depression in jobbing markets the reaction may be delayed a little longer. There are more numerous buying en- quiries and orders from local and in- terior buyers who are taking all sizes, but they are filled at such a low basis that the market closed below the ranges quoted on Monday. California large sizes can be had at concessions, while medium California and Oregons have been frequently offered at con- fidential prices below the quotations generally accepted as a trading basis. Outwardly raisins have been without material improvement, but surface con- ditions do not represent the real condi- tion of the market. Jobbers have been cleaning up their package and box packs. Many are virtually out of the former or are down so low that their stocks need prompt attention. This ap- plies more to Sun-Maid than to inde- pendent brands. Coast markets remain firm and a radical change at the source on the part of the leading packer is expected. Apricots and peaches are selling in moderate blocks. Assort- ments are badly broken and can hardly be remedied on the Coast, as packers have no comprehensive line. Currants have been in better demand and sur- plus stocks have been reduced to the point where the outlook is much bet- ter. The situation in Greece has also improved. Beans and Peas—The demand for dried white beans is very dull and the entire line is easy, California limas be- ing steadiest in the line. Pea beans, red kidneys, white kidneys and prac- tically all the other grades are dull and soft. Black-eyed peas steady to firm. Cheese—The offerings are still light and the market is firm. The demand, however, is slow and as the week clos- es fresh goods are easing off a little. Held cheese, however, is still firm. Salt Fish—The mackerel situation remains about unchanged. The de- mand is moderate and prices about un- changed for the week. The new Irish stand. catch has been disappointing so far. Stocks of Irish and Norwegian mack- erel are undoubtedly light, but this at the moment is not causing any very active demand. Cod and other lines of prepared fish show a light demand and unchanged prices. Syrup and Molasses—The demand for molasses is quiet. What is selling is mostly of the higher grades. Prices are steady and unchanged. Sugar syrup is very much neglected by buy- ers owing to the great depression in the sugar market, prices remain un- changed. Compound syrup on the contrary is selling steadily throughout at steady prices. Provisions—It has been a_ buyer’s market in practically all grades of pro- visions during the week. Everything in beef and hog products has been selling very slowly and the market is barely steady. Unless trade picks up it looks like a little decline. Raisin Week—This is raisin week. Grocers throughout the entire country are tieing their stores up with this drive which seems certain to add ma- terially to the housewife’s apprecia- tion of this member of the dried fruit family, and to the sales of retailers as a result of this appreciation. A _ strik- ing feature of the plans were laid for this week was the lied lines of foods incorporation of al- in the window and other displays of raisins. Thus the drive carries with it real selling pos- sibilites for a large number of foods other than the one whch forms the central figure of the campaign, making it of more interest and importance to general merchants and grocers as a result. —____ > ———_ Review of the Produce Market. Apples—Baldwns command $2 per bu.; Spys command $2.50. Asparagus—lIllinois, $3.50 per case; home grown, $1.75 per doz. bunches. Bagas—Canadian, $1.80 per 100 Ibs. Bananas—7%4@8c per Ib. Beans—Michigan jobbers are quot- ing as follows: @ FF Pea Beans $5.40 Tight Red, Kidney —__.._______-. 9.50 Dark Red Kidney __.....______._ 10.50 Brown Swede 2.005.020 5.00 Butter—The demand for fine cream- ery butter during the week has been very good, so good, in fact, that the demand got a little too large for the supply and the market was strong. Local jobbers hold fresh creamery at 43c and prints at 45c. They pay 18c for packing stock. Cabbage—$3 per crate for new from Texas. Carrots—$1.35 per bu. for home grown; $2 per bu. for new from Texas. Cauliflower—$3.25 per doz. heads from Texas. Celery—Florida, 75c for Jumbo and 90c for Extra Jumbo; crate stock, $4.50. Cucumbers—lIllinois hot house com- mand $3.75 for fancy and $3.25 for choice per box of 2 doz. Eggs—There is a good active de- mand for fresh eggs, the receipts of which are now very heavy, in fact, so heavy that the market declined an- other cent during the week, but re- gained the loss later. At this writing the supply is about equal to the de- 5 Un- Local mand and the situat on steady. eggs jobbers pay 25c to-day dergrades of neglected. Egg Plant—$3 per doz. Field Seeds—Local jobbers quote as follows, 100 Ibs.: ‘Tietin, Gey -...-..........8 70 Timothy. eho ce —.-...._....-. 725 Clover, medium choice ..__.-.- 34.00 Clover, Mammoth choice ~----- 35.00 Clover, Alsitke choice ..._.._-.. 26.00 Clover) sweet ... 2 13.00 Alfalfa, Northwestern choice __ 23.50 Alfalfa, Northwestern fancy ~--- 24.50 Alfalia, Grimm, fancy —_..-..- 42.00 White Clover, choice _.._.__._. 55.00 White Clover, prime —.-______- 48.00 Blue Grass, choice Kentucky ~_ 32.00 Red Top, choice solid _____..... 18.00 Veteh, sand or winter ._...____- 9.00 Sey Beans, Ito San... 4.50 Garlic—35e per strng for Italian. Grape Fruit-—$3.75@4.50, according to quality. Onions Green Charlots, 50c per doz. bunches. Honey—25e for comb; 25c_ for strained. Lemons—Quotations are now as fol- lows: g00) Sapkist .000 0 $7.50 300 Red’ Ball _... 7.00 360: Red Ball .. 2. 7.00 Lettuce—In good demand on _ the following basis: California Iceberg, 4s __.____.._.$5.00 California leebere, Ss .......... 5.00 Hot House leaf, 10c per Ib. Onions—M‘chigan, $3.50 per 100 Ibs.; Texas Bermudas, $3 per crate for White and $2.50 for Yellow. Oranges—Fancy Sunkist Navels are now on the following basis: FAG bo $6.50 RG 7.00 M6 444 AO 7.75 Au 7.7 aie 7.00 Oe 6.50 FA ae Red Ball, 50c lower. Parsnips—$1.75 per bu. Peppers—Green, 60c per doz Potatoes—Country buyers pay 35@ 40c in Northern Central Michigan 35c; Greenville district 40c. Poultry—Wilson & Company pay as follows this week: Michigan; Freavy fowls 2. 220 28c Bient fowls 2000 24c Heavy springs ol 28c Coe 8 14c Rad shes hot house. Spinach—$1.50 per bu. for Texas. Strawberries—Receipts this week are Klondyks from Arkansas, ranging in price from $7@7.50 per 24 qt. crate. The fruit is small, due to the absence of rain. 70c per doz. bunches for Next week receipts will be from Mississippi and Tennessee. Sweet Potatoes—Delaware $3.50 per hamper. Tomatoes—$1.75 per 6 lb. basket for Florida. Sweets Veal—Local jobbers pay as follows: Fancy White Meated .._..__._. 13c Goede 11%c O20 Fam) 08c If a man should make a_ better mouse trap in this age, the world would clamor for a speech. 6 Water Power Sawmill Saved By a og. Grandville, April 28—Have dogs souls? However mooted this question may be, I have in mind a little story, for the truth of which I am able to vouch. Ponto was a magnificent big New- foundland, the property of a small boy who liked dogs. From the age of ve until he grew to manhood he always owned a dog. Ponto in his puppyhood was as full of mischief as a monkey. The chickens bothered him while at his meals and sometimes he nipped some of his tormenters severely. Tommy had a small brother, Frank, who often touselled the shaggy coat of Ponto and nobody thought anything of it. One day, however, there came a climax to it all which came near ter- minating the mortal existence of the Newfoundland. The dog was eating his dinner which had been set out for him in the back yard by the hired girl. Chickens were around as usual, but Ponto had warned them with a sullen growl to keep their distance. About this time Baby Frank came toddling up and thrust out a chubby hand for some of the food on Ponto’s plate. A quick snap of jaws, a_ baby scream, and the mother ran out and caught the child in her arms, its chubby wrist crimson with blood flow- ing from a wound made by the teeth of the dog. “Oh, you bad, wicked dog!” an- athematised the mother of baby Frank. Tommy was at school and knew nothing of the trouble until later. When the husband came home and was told of the “accident” he opened his lips saying, “I promise you this shall never happen again.” He snatched an axe from the corner of the kitchen and started to go out- side where the offending dog’ was basking in the sun. The hand of his wife touched his arm. “Don’t be hasty, Isaac,” she caution- ed. “We might give the dog away.” “Only that he might bite some other child. No, I’ll kill him right now.” As the man went forth clinching the axe Tommy came running toward the house. He pounced upon his dog and began a battle of fun with the giant creature, and there stood the man, scowling, axe in hand, waiting for a chance to carry out his threat. “Look at his eyes, papa,” called the boy. “Don’t they look like anybody's? I think he can be learned to talk, don’t you?” The man hesitated. Then he took his little boy by the arm and led him to the house. He showed him his cry- ing brother, and the wounded wrist which the mother had bound up, the wrapping crimson in spots from the flow of blood from the wound. “Ponto did that. He is a bad dog and must be killed,” declared the man. “But Ponto didn’t do it on purpose, papa, he never did,” asserted the boy owner of the dog, squirming from his parent’s arms, rushing out, encircling the big animal with his arms, hugging him tight. “You didn’t bite Frank on purpose did you, Ponto?” “You see,” said the mother, “we’ll have to wait awhile.” And they did wait, for the lumber- man had not the heart to slay the dog while his son was so earnestly his champion. In speaking about the incident after- ward the lumberman said he believed the dog had mistaken the hand of little Frank for a chicken, hence had snapped and bitten the small boy’s wrist; and in after years the dog, faithful in many things, as gentle as a mother with all children, seemed to confirm the man’s judgment. Another incident comes in to em- phasize the fact that the bite of that child’s wrist was unintentional on the part of Ponto, ’ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The lumberman owned and operat- ed a lumber mill which derived its motive power from water which flowed ° through a long flume over the big water wheel. A long dam held back the waters of the creek. About a year after the incident re- lated the lumberman and his wife were aroused from sound slumber near midnight by the howl of a dog. The mill owner sat up annoyed. “That’s Ponto!” exclaimed his wife. “T wonder what can be the matter. He never acted that way before.” Just then came a sharp rasp against the front door, accompanied by the whine of an excited canine. “By George, it is Ponto,” ejaculated the man, hastily drawing on_ his clothes. He ran down the stairs and flung open the front door: There was the big Newfoundland whining and showing signs of deep distress. “What's the matter, old chap?” Isaac stood and listened. Why, the old waterwheel was going. It was this sound, also the roar of rushing waters, that had awakened the dog and sent him to the house to warn his master. The millowner ran out and soon dis- covered that a great flood was rush- ing down the gulley, and that the mill pond was ready to burst its bonds. Hastily summoning help from the men’s shanty nearby, the men ran down to the wasteway, drew up the gates and allowed the surplus water to rush through. It seemed that there had been a cloudburst up the creek a few miles which was all unknown to the folks at the mill. A great flood came swoop- ing down the valley and Ponto had aroused the sleeping millowner none too soon. Men and teams were at once enlisted and the work of drawing and dumping dirt on the nearly overflowed dam began. All the remainder of the night and until the next dav noon a score of men and teams worked to save the dam. Had it gone out the lumber- man would have been many thousands of dollars poorer. The salvation of the dam he owed to the sagacity and devotion of Tommy’s dog Ponto. The witholding of the axe _ that afternoon the year before, had worked good to the millowner, and thereafter the dog was as a member of the fam- ily. Little Tommy danced with joy over the work of Ponto. “Papa, you know Ponto didn’t bite Frank on purpose,” declared the boy dog-owner again, and the lumberman confirmed the verdict. , Ponto lived for many years there- after. Once he disappeared and was gone for several days. Tommy was in distress over his loss. “Runaway,” said papa. “No, no, Ponto wouldn’t do that. He’s dead,” and tears filled the eyes of the boy. The millowner organized a _ search which resulted in the finding of old Ponto—he was old now and quite feeble—stuck fast in a swamp, nearly smothered with mud and water. The dog lived to a green old dog age and died covered with honors. Again we ask, do dogs have souls? We leave the answer to the reader. Old Timer. —_22.___ Pecan Tree Worth $2,500. Kosciusko, Miss., April 17—This point boasts what is believed to be the world’s most valuable tree, a pecan tree, that at the age of 16 years re- cently brought $2,500. It was bought by a nurseryman for grafting purposes, because, although the tree had only been bearing for nine years, it pro- duced enormous pecans weighing 25 to a pound. The nurseryman plans to use the tree for the improvement of his stock, thus making it worth far more than $2,500 to its new owner. April 29, 1925 | BANKING by | % MAIL State and Federal Supervision As easy to bank with us as mailing a letter. We are as near as your mail box. Privacy All transactions private and confidential. No one but the bank’s officers and yourself need know of your account here. « Unusual Safety This bank grants no credit, hence has NO LOSSES from bad loans. Do you know of any other bank that can give you such protection? 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Mangleson, Muskegon Roy Kinney, Fruitport W. F. Morford, Muskegon Heights Ww. J. Getz, Muskegon J. S. Temple, Muskegon John Huisenga, Muskegon W. Hershner, Ludington Giroux & Hodson, Muskegon Heights I. Pawlak, Muskegon Heights G. Vandersteldt, Muskegon Heights J. Rossell, Muskegon Heights Burt Cooper, Muskegon J. A. Baltzer, Ludington Harry J. Wyn, Muskegon Henry Yonker, Hudsonville Billy T. Sikkenga, Muskegon Peter Bytwerk, Muskegon Garrit Schuiteman & Jacokes, Fremont Henry E. Heethuis, Muskegon Vineent Kmiecik, Muskegon J. E. De Vries W. J. Ohrenberger, Montague F. W. Sweet, Montague F. X. Groleau, Muskegon Cc Cc. Plaint, Muskegon L. Peterman, Muskegon —_——_——_-~)e > A Coin Superfluity. With the Government seeking to get silver dollars into general circula- tion in order to decrease the expense of printing paper dollars the public shows a strong preference for paper. Ten dollars are a heavy load for a pocket. A hundred dollar-bills may be carried conveniently, and convenience is a public demand everywhere. ~ a In 1786 Congress made the dollar the unit of value for money in this country, and measured its value in silver. During the Civil War all coins having intrinsic value—gold and silver —were driven out of circulation cause a gold or silver dollar was worth more than a paper dollar. But when the credit of the Government was fully restored, gold and silver coins came from their hiding places into general circulation, and were immensely popu- lar. The silver dollar was lauded as the “Dollar of Our Daddies,” and was in constant use. Well into the 1900’s silver dollars be- were in evidence everywhere. But when the treasury ceased to deliver specie and currency to banks with transportation prepaid the banks as a matter of economy ordered paper dol- lar bills, if we have been correctly in- formed. The public was thus educated to prefer the paper because of its con- venience, and silver went out of favor except for fractional coins used in mak- ing change. At the present time the silver dol- lar is a superfluity—that is, the pur- poses and requirements of business are no longer served by dollar coins so well as they are by paper currency. Gold is in the same plight so far as every day commercial transactions are concerned. It also is too cumbersome. Indeed, the business of the country is really done, for the most part, by checks, which do away with the ex- pense and dangers incident to the ship- ment of actual money. It may well be doubted if any stable government of the country will ever again see silver dollars popular as money. AdH cio iduiltog ant: Save the Forests with :..:' 2 seo! cote St | RI K ! ip ; C @ ~ fetta wnt ofl lqotte J we e > fe at no OOD has been the chief reliance of home ,,,,,,,;,, builders of America. Until recently wood sor « has been plentiful; so plentiful that it has been ce qocde [eh used in constructing almost every part of the j5:t55-4 average house. dy vyinut The day must come when wood is so scarce that): 3 it cannot be economically used for the floors and diggin: trim of our homes, for furniture and for other bob: purposes where it is well-nigh indispensable. ae 8 | oan “t ge So rapidly are we cutting and so low is our tim-" — : Jor yey ber supply, that President Coolidge has dedi-;, sated this week to acquaint every citizen withew these facts. 5 Ullt rorid boli =T i , : f+ enh While every means of conservation, such as)?” yely tase eliminating forest fires, is necessary and good. o) bs and should be encouraged, there is another way"? ** 7 . . oo ot; Ju of conserving our forests that is far more ef-., .5, « fective. n doit uisletae Make each stick of wood used in the construction itn wv} of every new home give from three to ten times loa i st Ht the service it now generally gives. tnd tame rod} 9254 The life of wood inside a frame house is measured } ,,,.,;, by the resistance of wood upon the exterior tonusm 9 the destructive action of the elements. That ig'*? of 2EW aif why the life of a wood house is short compared | yji,4 5 with that of the masonry home. jeul 4 aw wil The wood inside a brick house lasts from one's" > hundred to five hundred years. It is protected oo by permanent walls of brick. a nanos Build your home of brick for your good and the «4 sis: good of all. Before the mortgage is paid off your a brick home will have cost you less. : o 9nQ Its resale value is always higher. You can’t tell” °”” ‘ ‘ amgloo! whether a brick house is five or fifty years OM. nt vons wba There can be no conflagration in a community of “°° brick homes. | 29 rT ronby Benefit the nation, profit yourself, and : : 7 Save the forests with brick! ee ont ba The Encyclopoedia Britannica states that Sand a . . . e adpgdao' Lime brick has several times the tensile strength.,,,,. |,,,, of any other kind of brick made. 0.281 97 rrava BE GRANDE BRICK CO." Manufacturers of Sand Lime Brick —_ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. se 4 maui of on A HEARTS TRUE TO WOOL. Wyoming is again coming into the spotlight. This time, as usual, it con- cerns wool, as is quite natural in a State about fifteen times as many sheep as it has human beings. These sheep are not evenly distributed, the great bulk of them being owned by a few persons, including the senior United States Senator from the State, who has been described as “the great- which has est shepherd since Abraham.” Legisla- tion is swayed by the sheep and wool industry, and all measures that appear to promise higher prices are eagerly endorsed. Four years ago the politi- cal shepherds of the State enacted a truth-in-fabric bill intended force the retail clothiers of the com- munity to label all garments accord- ing to the percentage of new wool contained in them. The legislation was not in good faith, but a mere gesture intended to influence National action of a similar character. The latter has not, so far, been forthcoming, and the Wyoming authorities were taunted with not daring to enforce their own law. After several years of inaction they were finally goaded into begin- ning a prosecution of two small clothiers. They hoped to be able to induce the latter to plead guilty so that the fact of a conviction could be used to show that a law of the kind was enforceable. This did not work out, the clothiers succeeding in holding up the proceedings on a point of law which made them futile. Then the Legislature recently passed another law which has just gone into effect compelling retailers to label clothing with the amount of “virgin wool” con- tent, but holding them blameless in case they were able to show that the labels were based on information from the manufacturer, jobber or wholesaler of the fabric, yarn or garment. When this was done, the last named would be guilty of violations of the act. This is just as unenforceable as the first law was and just as unconstitutional, the manufacturers of both fabrics and clohting not being residents of the State and, in some instances, not of the country. But the legislators of Wyoming have again that “their hearts are true to” wool. so-called shown WOOL AND WOOLENS. One of the things that is worrying those engaged in dealing in wool and woolens is when the downward ten- dency in the raw material will cease, and, consequently, what the ultimate prices will be. Last week’s sales at Sydney and Melbourne, Australia seem to have established that bottom has not yet been reached because prices kept dropping as the sales proceeded and the withdrawals of offerings were large. A better line on things will probably be had when the London wool auctions open next week. There are 135,000 bales of wool scheduled for the event, 118,000 bales being Colonial. The speculative interests have been doing their best to hold up prices without avail, and it has become a question as to how long they can keep up the game. The gradual marketing of wool, such as was carried on by the British Australian Wool Realiza- tion Association with the pooled sup- ‘little improvement. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN plies of the war period, has been found to be unworkable under existing con- ditions, and it has also been discovered that trying to obtain high upset prices simply results in restricting purchases. ° The uncertainty as to the course of prices has brought wool trading in this country almost to a standstill. The mills do not appear to be in much need for immediate supplies, especially as Fall orders as yet leave much to be Still there are some notable last-named matter, certain mills working at or near ca- pacity. Most of the manufacturing clothiers are showing suits and over- coats for Fall and the remainder will do so in a week or ten days. Price changes are small and staple goods appear to be favored. Demand for women’s wear fabrics in general shows The carpet trade has been surprised at the action of the Alexander Smith & Sons Company in ordering an auction of its goods in stock and otherwise to test the mar- desired. exceptions in the ket. It will certainly have that effect. GOOD SIGNS PREVAIL. A cross section of the country’s business condition at present shows the which is an attribute of Fat and lean alternate, though not in regular alignment. This ap- plies no less to industries than it does to the various geographical sections of the country. Basic conditions remain sound, although there has been a slack- ing up of activity in divers directions. Buying is more pronounced in certain parts of the country than in others, and a similar state of affairs is the case in different branches of the same trade. For sports and amusements of one kind or another there does not appear to be any lack of money, and much of it is being used to be applied to more sub- stantial and lasting things. There continues less and less disposition to buy what are called staples as against novelties. The volume of business passing in the primary markets is not very large, although it is much diversi- fied, and there is little forward order- ing. Prices in most instances are sufficiently stable to warrant advance buying, but what is not so clear is how much and what kinds of merchandise can be readily resold. The selling at retail is expected to throw some light on this subject. This is now in progress at a very fair pace, and, with settled weather, is regarded as likely to im- prove quickly, thus making it neces- sary to replenish stocks. The signs continue to point to a reasonably good amount of trading. streakiness bacon. THE COTTON SITUATION. So far as cotton prices go now everything seems dependent on _ the prospects for the next crop, much of which is planted but some of which is yet to be when soil conditions favor this. So it is that weather reports from parts of Texas are having so much of an influence on quotations and every few drops of moisture fall- ing there serve to depress prices. This thas been the daily experience during the past week. Exports continue fair- ly good considering the period of the year. Taking these into account and the quantities used by domestic spin- ners and using the average of recent years for the remainder of the cotton year, the indications point to a carry- over of between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 bales. The query is raised by some whether foreign importers of cotton have not been overbuying. This is based on the fact that cotton has been offered abroad at lower than replace- ment cost here. Should the overbuy- ing prove to be a fact it will affect the foreign demand for the new crop when Cotton mill ac- less this comes to market. tivity in March than in the month before, but a little greater than for March, 1924. During March, also, the exports of cotton cloths were over 60 per cent. greater than in the corresponding month last year, while imports of such merchan- still remain quite large. The goods market is showing few new fea- Gray goods called for are main- ly for May and June delivery, and the tendency seems to be te shade prices for deliveries later on. The volume of business has not, however, been large. Little is also doing in finished fabrics beyond the distribution on old orders. Knit underwear sales are few, although there is some filling in for both Spring and Fall goods. Bathing picking up semewhat. Se was somewhat dise tures. suits are North Carolina is refraining from publishing any crime news for fifteen days. At the end ot that time it will follow the wishes of its readers in reference to making the policy permanent. The experiment raises some interesting questions. Sup- pose the most prominent citizen of the town in which the newspaper is pub- lished is murdered. Will the paper A newspaper in merely chronicle his death? Suppose the bank is robbed. Will the paper say nothing about the occurrence? Suppose there is a fire of undoubted incendiary origin. Will the paper give its readers no hint of the event? Ques- tions like these show the absurdity of suppressing all news of crime. News- papers may devote too much space to crime—that is a debatable matter— but to print no crime news at. all would be far worse. Prompt publicity often facilitates the capture of crim- inals, but even if it didn’t the news of their activities should be printed. The public is as much entitled to informa- tion of crime as of any other hap- pening. —— What has become of that world wheat shortage so solemnly discussed in and out of the wheat market ninety days ago? Nothing in the grain mar- kets recently indicates the existence of those world demands that were ex- pected to continue through the spring and into the period of the North American harvests. Wheat and rye prices have receded almost as rapidly as they rose. There are days when the market seems bottomless. Reports of crop damage are offset by the lack of any export demand. The American wheat crop forecast for this year in- dicates the smallest yield since 1917. Yet, the steady retreat from the high point of $2.05 for May and $2.20 for cash wheat continues. ‘Wheat and breadstuffs, instead of being the cen- ter of a world scramble, find them- selves a burden on a sagging market. April 29, 1925 CANNOT ADVISE IN ADVANCE. After the Federal Trade Commis- sion had been functioning for some years a certain amount of resentment was expressed in various quarters re- garding its methods of procedure. Per- haps the publicity given to complaints of unfair competition, in advance of hearings, had much to do with the feeling aroused. The complainant was not in all instances as ingenuous as he should have been and resorted to the proceeding before the commission in order to “get even” with a business competitor. Sometimes, too, when he had an adequate remedy in a legal proceeding, he would bring a matter before the commission to save ex- penses. But the main objection to many of the applications was that they con- cerned matters without a public aspect. Especially troublesome was the matter of the activities of trade associations, some of which were frankly price- fixing bodies while others merely dis- seminated information of general use to their members. An interpretation of the United States Supreme Court de- cision in the hardwood lumber case by the late Attorney General Daugherty made no distinction between the sheep and the goats and put the brand of illegality on all efforts to supply in- formation on trade conditions. Sub- sequently the suggestion was made that the Trade Commission should act as an adviser, telling the trade bodies what they could and could not do. This notion is effectively knocked in the head by Huston Thompson, a member of the commission, in an article recent- ly published by him. To attempt to advise in the manner sought would, he says, cost untold millions of dol- lars and would be ineffective. “How,” says he, “can a man, human in his reasoning * * * presume to pass upon a plan which has not yet been tried unless he knows what is in the mind of the one submitting the same? It simply cannot be done.” WILL NOT ASSIST GERMANY. Von Hindenburg, President of Ger- many. This is the rather unexpected outcome of Sunday’s voting for a suc- cessor to the late President Ebert. The full meaning of the event cannot be read in the first meager dispatches. Yet it is plain the result will not assist Germany in her effort to redeem her reputation. On the other hand, it is not the calamity that alarmists will paint it as being. The aged field marshal has been true to his oath of allegiance to the republic and as its head will be doubly sworn to uphold and defend it. He has stood apart from his former associate, Ludendorff, in the latter’s futile endeavors to pave the way for restoration of the monarchy. But there is no denying that the German people have thrown away an oppor- tunity of showing in emphatic fashion that they have turned their backs upon the old order. They have placed an obstacle in their own path toward peace at home and esteem abroad. In- stead of choosing a President for his statesmanship they have thrown up their hats for a war hero. By doing so they have not made their task of re- habilitation impossible, but they have made it more difficult, + & ~~ & > 5 < , « ' + « 1 e » ee, i ' a v ARTO esi nee tes PMR ’ ‘ “y : oe Ty <1 7,2 a é Wy, f 4 i ' 1 z " Pa ~ < ’ we a Le oe. i > , “ ut ' He 4 < ' ¢ » a na i ‘ - > k < i £ ‘ 4 a - . = 4 ‘ y “ + a4. ‘ we: « é of ' , { 4 ll ' 1 7 es 7 April 29, 1925 Some Men I Have Known in the Past. The younger student of contempo- rary biography, if fate may have elect- ed that he spend his boyhood or young manhood in big cities, may be excused if he finds in his reading one particu- lar note of discouragement—the fact that a surprisingly small majority of those to whom the designation “suc- cess” is applied have laid the founda- tions of their future business: careers, with disheartening regularity, amid bucolic scenes. He of the tow path, the forest and the farm has so figured as a leader in almost any branch of commercial or professional life that to the young student of successful ac- complishment a bucolic beginning seems almost an unavoidable essential to his own future. A study of prominent careers gives almost a warrant for this apprehen- sion. Kindly Mother Nature seems to have endowed her sons who have been most familiar with her with endurance, capacity, grasp, without which the urban bred are handicapped. An element in the success of the country lad, practically unknown in existence in the great cities, is the strenuous life which the country de- mands—that strenuousness of physi- cal life, with its resultant mental vigor, which President Coolidge so well em- phasizes and which is so conspicuous among. the i American history. lad is not’ without temptations which successful careers in The country-bred have as strong counterparts in urban life as he who passes through this ex- perience and maintains his ability, his temper and heart and unweakened is entitled to credit. The career of a lumberman evolves just about as great a tendency to cynicism, to carelessness in the niceties of com- his unsullied mercial ethics and to severity as does any other career shaped out for man. The banker, must trust to the honesty of men and whose safety lies in the truthfulness of their promises, is another whose temper is likely to be who out a who rounded The man banker and life-work is tested before he has long commercial life. combines both the the lumberman in his cer- tainly exposed to the microbe of cynic- ism. Such a man was James M. Bar- nett, lumberman and banker, and when the poet said that kindness is kingly he clothed Mr. Barnett in the robe of a monarch, for in all his life he never forgot how to speak kindly and deal fairly. James M. Barnett was a native of Western New York, having been born at Brockport in 1832. He cated at the Brockport Collegiate In- stitute and later went to Buffalo, where he took a course of study at Bryant & Stratton’s Business College, which fitted him admirably to begin was edu- his commercial career. In 1857 he followed the advice of a famous newspaper sage and came West to grow up with the country. It was in 1857 that he located in Grand Rapids, and he made the Furniture City his home as long as he lived. His first manufacturing interest was an associa- tion with Martin L. Sweet, in which they conducted a flour milling business. This partnership continued until 1869. In 1864 he associated himself with MICHIGAN Harvey J. Hollister in the organiza- tion of the First National Bank, serv- ing that institution and its successor, the Old National Bank, as Vice-Presi- dent until 1895, when he became its President, and he served it in that capacity until he passed away. For several years he carried on lumber operations in various parts of Michigan and was Harvey J. Hollister, an association that continued until his death. For forty-four years Mr. Hollister and Mr. Barnett were in the banking business and identified the Grand Rapids banking institutions. The lumber operations of Mr. Bar- nett and Mr. Hollister continued from 1870 for several Mr. Barnett transferred his activities to other lumber interests. [In with Thomas Byrne and John Mur- ray, under the style of John Murray associated with together with management of years, when company TRADESMAN the Cummer Co, of Norfolk, Va- Under the name of the St. Tammany Land & Lumber Co., the same inter- ests also owned a large block of tim- ber in Louisiana: This tract was sold in 1902. In the Mr. Barnett Mr. Hollister exchanged plant same year and their holdings Mr. Cummer for his share of the Norfolk in the Jacksonville with business, and the latter was reorgan- ‘zed under the name of the Fosburgh (Cai, of company Mr. was President, Mr. Hollister E. C. Fosburgh Vice-Presi- General and Mc Secretary. Mr. Lumber which Barnett Treasurer, Manager dent and George Bundy Bar nett’s lumber interests and those of his associates were thereby centralized. uso identified with Mr. Barnett was a number of local business interests. Besides being President and Director of the Old National Bank of Grand James M. & Co. he engaged in lumbering in Roscommon and Crawford with a mill at Muskegon for the manu- facture of lumber. In 1880 Mr. Hollister and Mr. Bar- nett again became associated in, the In that year Well- Cadilac, Mr. Barnett organized counties, lumber business. ington W. Cummer, of Hollister Mr. the Cummer Lumber Co., which car- ried on its business in and near Cad- illac until 1894, when the timber hold- ings of the company became exhausted. Like many other Michigan lumber- and men, they then sought a new field in the South, and active business opera- tions were resumed in North Carolina and Florida. One company was located at Jacksonville and was known as the Cummer Lumber Co. The other was Barnett. Rapids, he was a Director of the Grand Gaslight Michigan Co. Michigan Barrel Vice-Presi- One who Rapids €o., the 1 Trust and the Co. and was Director and dent of the Antrim Iron Co. knew him intimately for nearly half a century recently remarked: “In my judgment the State of Michigan has never numbered among its people a man of finer qualities than Mr. Barnett. was a remarkable one, His business career and he stood out as one of the most honored leaders of the great financial institutions of his State. Endowed by Nature with a genial disposition that endeared him to everyone with whom he came in contact, he rounded out a life that might be the envy of any man. Dur- ine all the twenty-five years I knew 9 him and was in close personal relations with him I am free to say that I never knew his ruffled did | vord to anyone or sunny disposition to be for even a single moment, nor ever know him to say an unkind - of anyone. He was one of those men whom it was always those who know and issociated with him in a pleasure to were commer cial and fraternal relationships fully appreciated his good qualities.” Mr. Barnett was a conservator as creator of wealth. In panic controlled were not most timid of all disturbed. Capital, did not lose confidence in him things, He was recognized in the financial world as one whose word was good, who was as interested in the welfare of the institution he presided over as in life itself. On this foundation of a lifetime’s building he stood unshaken through the tempest. He was con sistent in his belief. He wasted neither time nor money—not his own nor that of other men He wished both to be made productive. At any t within twenty years he could have shifted the burden of his respon sibiliti » other shoulders escaped ie cal th brought him and lived an easter Ife To the benefit of the | he n 1. to the benefit of the communiv it served, he did not do this, bu ited i proper life the one of ntinued work, of continued cle oT M Barnett believed in men as in dividuals. He was devoted to business, but not blind to the bloom of life. His most tet erest was, perhaps, in the evolution of the individual He was 1 strong bel ry self-help Looking deep, he saw the thorns upon the rose of life: but he saw, too, the ways around and above them. Frugal, tem perate, industricus, he lost no oppor tun'ty in pointing out to young men he wav which he knew led to success. Ile had no patience with the man who believed the world cwed him an un earned living. His theories, carried on to universal practice, would make so practicable and as a formal doctrine unnecessary. No fraternity met his approval that did not permit the freedom of the in dividual, moving onward and upward E. A. Stowe. ae \fanufacturers are not worrying be ‘ause the per capita consumption of ice cream went down to 2.56 gallons in 1924 from 2.68 in 1923. It merely means the summer was cooler than usual: the demand for ice cream rises and falls mercurially in consonance titled English- that ica is a coffee-drinking nation, has just with meteorology. a yy Na i ANY \ . i ULE AX Style Expressing More Mileage Shoes For the Man Who Cares SIDE LEATHER OXFORDS A cy \ wh x “Lt std X Gn saad UR Win = mr = 3 = =: ) ({¢t z oe sv Z = : ZB | oe Pf Frm on the floor ' = ey tty 272M = 4D , CHa C— > : == : a wb A ‘ ' Quality a Neglected Topic in the Shoe by countless thousands, but high col- f Store. ors cannot and should not be worn The buying power of people is in- continuously. creas ng, yet some merchants insist It ‘s here that salespeople have a : upon emphasizing the price appeal. golden opportunity to educate the : Savings bank deposits reflect increased consumer —Shoe Retailer. earnings, the scale of living has jump- ee ! ed by leaps and bounds in the last Large Shoe Production Here. : i few years, and it is a fact that the There were manufactured in this bhiglet grade stores are holding their country during January and February own or increasing their volume. But of this year 53,182,368 pairs of foot- shoe stores still rely chiefly upon wear, other than those of rubber, as stressing the low price of their mer- compared with 49,671,164 pairs during : chandise and of the values offered as the same months in 1924. The quan- 50s : i an incentive to buy. tity also compares with the peak pro- 501—Golden Brown Blucher Oxford, Balloon } We have often insisted that quality ogeae oa Last Welt, Bend Sole, R. H., $3.50. Bs ~clecte cn é ae ce J40 pairs. ady .< § oe : bi ohe dlac foc tke Adler is tc a leaving a remainde for home Welt, Bend Sole, R. H., $3.50. . derlying cause for too many com- Consumption of 51,925,778 pairs to 503—Black Blucher Oxford, Balloon Last Welt, plaints from customers because their which et be added imports of 274,- Bend Sole, R. H., $3.50. , expectations have been unduly raised. 621 pairs. : During the coresponding Get your Order in today. : : months of 1924 the exports were There are two wavs in which the 1,099,194 pairs, leaving the production : retail merchant can take advantage of for domestic use 52,229,870 pairs, to- HIRTH-KRAUSE Co. a Lop aah alialggeome haa sta gether with imports of 302,771 pairs. Shoe Manufacturers & Tanners GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. _f by selling better grades of merchan- Medium-Width Trousers For Fall. dise and increasing his gross profit. Men’s trousers for the coming Fall E It takes no longer time to sell a pa’r season will neither be extremely wide : of shoes costing $6 that sells for $10 nor narrow, according to the stylist of : than it does a pair costing $3.75 that 4 well-known Rochester clothing firm. a sells for $6, but it puts into the ledger The best style trousers, he says, will Before you buy— account a gross profit of $4 as aganst measure from 19%4 to 20% inches at $2.25. Second, by more aggressively the knee and from 17% to 18% inches Remember! selling the idea of better dressing and at the bottom. This represents a de- : : shoes for the occasion while the cus- parture from the trend toward wide The New Hard Pan 1S the lightest, tomy 16 in the store. “Doubleheader” tpousers particularly in young men’s : sales are a tremendous factor in in- clothing, cane ae o Fenbine . many softest, most flexible work shoe made - creasing volume and decreasing the Spring lines. Speaking of vests, this today and yet “It Wears Like lron.”’ i cost of selling. One store reports that stylist says that they will harmonize : : : i, on a recent Saturday, after putting in- with sack suit models, and will be 22 numbers in this line—all on the floor , fo eect a determined plan for “dow- cither Gwe or six button, without ble-header” sales, the floor man signed lapels. HER 45 sips for $1 “PM's” This store ———_+ + -___ OLD - BERTSCH SHOE Co. “J pays 25 cents for a two-pair sale to Leather Handbags Dominate. 11-15 Commerce Aa the same customer. And often on Retailers continue to favor novelty this day “PM” shoes were sold 15 handbags to the exclusion of more times so that the salesman’s “PM” staple merchandise, according to manu- facturers here. Leather bags mainly have the call, although some makers " of specialized silk bags report that GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. ‘ amounted to $1 each time Footwear is more diversified than ever before. The salesman has a real argument for double purchases and 5 are doing well with better grade mer- the consumer has a real reason for : buying more than chandise. The under-arm style leads, buyers for stores in certain sections 1€ pair at a time. : although in these there has been more i licate shades in if As an example, deli Michigan Shoe Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Company LANSING, MICHIGAN haul, PROMPT ADJUSTMENTS : Write L. H. BAKER, Secy-Treas. LANSING, MICH. P. O. Box 549 ¥ of a tendency toward smaller bags. women’s satin footwear are not good Many stores are interested in headed shoes for daily wear or for all occa- i : mes A second oair for ondicaey bags at certain prices and a number ° : of them are said to have had a large turnover of these types in special of- ferings. wear ‘s a real necessity. Crepe soled shoes are going strong, but the wearer must have another type of shoe. whether it be a man, woman, or schoo] girl or boy. Human beings are creatures of whims and desires and their earnings by no means control their purchases. If crepe soles are good they will have a ready sale, but the wearer cannot —_+>7-+__ Mixed Colors. She—Can you tell me why a black cow gives white milk that makes yel- low butter? He—For the same reason that blackberries are red when they are : : : green, get along with the one pair. High se colors are desired and will be bought Speculation is the life of graft. ’ ~ < Y ke 4 a > ‘ ' - ‘i ’ ' - s 4 « , ‘ - a ow 7. \73 ‘ a April 29, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11 LITTLE ANNEKE JANS. Magic and Romance Associated With Her Name. The merest mention of the name of Anneke Jans works a sort of magic. Sometimes it is black magic, to be sure, as countless persons who have been swindled through its use might depose. But more often it is just the magic of distance and a curious sort of romance that has been built around an unromantic little woman who owned a big farm. It was only in passing that her name was mentioned here a week ago. The removal of the last gristmill from manhattan prompted allusion to her son, the first official miller of the city. Now a descendant writes from Pennsylvania wanting to know more about her. There is little to the story as it deals with vital statistics. It becomes long and _ in- volved only when it takes in the count- less complications which followed her death—complications which involved a dozen suits to recover the property on which ‘Trinity Church now stands and others which involved swindles based on fake measures of the sort. Anneke—the name means “Little Anne”—came over from Holland with her husband, Roeloff Jans, or Jansen, in 1630. They proceeded to Renssal- aerwyck, where Jans had been engaged to manage the farm of Adrian Van Rensselaer at the none-too-excessive salary of $72 a year, or guilders to that effect. Just how long they stayed there isn’t quite clear, but by 1636 they had moved down to New Amsterdam, for in that year Governor Van Twiller deeded to Jans the sixty-two-acre farm in the South of the city which later was to be the subject of dispute. A year later Jans died, leaving his wife with four children. But within an- other year she had married again, her husband being Dominie Everardus Bogardus, the village preacher. Be- fore his death in a shipwreck she had borne four more children. The farm continued in her possession and when the British took over the city her deed was confirmed. And then Anneke moved to Albany, where she died in 1663. Her will indicated that the farm was to be sold and the proceeds di- vided among her children. A few years later, in 1671, the sale was made, with Governor Lovelace the purchaser. The deal wasn’t con- tested at the time and subsequently Queen Anne, through Lord Cornbury, turned the property over to the church in 1705. Some forty years later the tirst attempt to retrieve the property was made. A descendant of Cornelius Bogardus, a son of Anneke, brought forward the claim that that particular son had never consented to the sale. As a matter of fact, the son was dead at the time. But even at that his widow wasn’t mentioned in the sale documents. And thus started the legal battles. Afterward they came in regu- lar procession. Cornelius Brower, an- other descendant started one in 1752, another began in 1760, another in 1784, still another in 1807. Some of these did not crystallize in court proceed- ings. But there were always threats that they would. Another Bogardus, John, renewed the fight in 1830. Jonas Humbert gave it a fresh start in 1834. Rutger Miller put in another bid in 1856 and Nathaniel Bogardus did his legal bit in 1863. And always the court decisions were the same—in favor of Trinity Church. Meantime, and long afterward, the case attracted the attention of those wily individuals, the confidence men. And they proceeded to collect royally from all those who could trace their ancestry back, by hook or crook, to that gentle and unassuming soul, Anneke Jans. These were legion, for the sons and sons’ sons of Mrs. Jans had not believed in race suicide. To name only a few of the names that sprang from the family tree you have: Kirstead, Van Brugh, Hartgers, Brow- er, Webber, Salee, Hoffman, Elsweart, Teller, DeWitt, Bosch, DeSales, De- Lanoy, Loxier, Pardon, Quackenbush, Allen and Drake. The usual scheme was to ferret out these descendants and write them tell- ing of proposed litigation to wrest from Trinity Church this property, which, according to the imagination of the swindler was worth anything from $4,000,000 to $1,000,000,000. The pro- moter of the deal always declared that to finance the suit funds were neces- sary and asked for a modest contribu- tion from each one of the litigants. When you know that as long ago as 1870 one writer estimated there were so many kin of the late Anneke that if the property had been retrieved and and the money divided, each would have received only “a few shill- ings,” you can estimate the wealth derived by the swindlers. There were numerous prosecutions. One man, the president of an Anneke Jans Union, died under indictment, although a judge had declared before his death that he believed the man guiltless but obsessed. A lawyer was disbarred for a later scheme. And the property still belongs to Trinity Church. sold Throughout the years various stories have grown up around the dim figure of Anneke. One holds that she is the daughter, by a secret marriage, of William the Second, son of William, Prince of Orange, and that her name Webber. This tale includes a version that when she married Jars her father became angry and instz « ~ ey , ‘ , 4 < “y= oe x ~ s , oe ; “ = - < ° P 4 « ; Ca : e } - ¢ 4 ' » ~~ - a » > ¥ SUELO ALSO IRL TELIA i A 4 ' > « April 29, 1925 A Dead Camp Fire Means a Live Forest. Safety Ever, Fires Never. Fire Sweeps Where Creeps. Guard the Match From Rat and Mouse and Save a Barn, a Store, a (House. There Must Be No Pacifists in the War Against Fire. Park Your Matches in a Safety Zone. Smoke From a Burning House Is In- cense to the Gods of Carelessness! Cheaper to Examine the Flue Than Build Another House. Better a Dollar Spent in Fire Protec- tion Than Dollars Lost For Lack of it. Fire Prevention Is the Difference Be- tween Care More and Careless. Check Your Fires and Save Your Checks. Where Children Are Taught, Fires Will Be Naught. When Flames Go Up, Nations Go Down. Use Soap and Water to Get Things Clean, It is Safer and Cheaper Than Gasoline. The Business End of a Match May Be the End of a City’s Business. Better a Dead Coal Than a Dead Loss. The Time to Put Out a Fire is Be- fore You Drop the Match. Don’t Blame the Match; You Should Have Used Your Head. Watch the Sparks—They’re the Children of Destruction. Pour Oil on Troubled Waters, but Never on Your Fire. An Inch of Flue Repairs Is Worth a Mile of Fire Hose. Make a Little Use of Your Thinking Apparatus and You Will Have Litlte Use For Your Fire Apparatus. Be a Hero, Not a Nero. A Match Snuffed Out Puts Fire to Rout. The End of a Perfect Cigarette May Start a Conflagration. Matches, Like Gossips, Are Very Ill Bred; What They Stir Up Is Sure to Spread. Fire Is a Welcome Visitor, But Al- ways See It Out. When Your Match “Goes Out,” Be Sure That It Can’t “Come Back.” The Fire Thief Can Not Pick a Pre- vention Lock. Use Caution—It Beats Blazes! Prevention Is “A, Stick In Which Saves 9,999.” Electric Irons May Be Sad Irons If You Don’t Watch Out. Spy For Sparks. In Every Fire There Is an I That Might Have Prevented It. Prevent Fires By Watching Yours. Has a Match a Brighter Head Than Yours? Fire, Faithful Friend, Fearful Foe. One Man’s Fire May Bankrupt Fifty. Say It With Safety and Save the Flowers. Don’t Flirt With Fire. Gasoline Develops Horsepower—Use Horse Sense ‘n Handling It. Help Blaze the Way to a Blazeless Day—Banish Fire Hazards. Picnic Fires Are Lots of Fun, Carelessness Time But Put Them Out When You Are . Done. You Don’t Need to Be in the Army to Protect Your Country; Put Out MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 That Camp Fire. Fire Controlled Is Friend Indeed; Un- controlled a Terrible Fiend. Smokers, Be Careful Where You Throw Those Stubs, And Don’t Be Classed With the Ar- son Dubs. Fire, Its Cure Is Costly! Its Preven- tion Cheap! Poke the Fire; Don’t Oil It! Preventing Fires the Year Around Reduces the Fire Loss in Your Town. Play With Fire and Fire Will Get You. ee -—-—o Capacity Unlimited. An “eating competition” was organ- ized in a mining town in the North of England. One competitor, a giant collier, six feet in height and broad in proportion, succeeded in disposing: of a leg of mutton, a plentiful sup- ply of vegetables and a plum pudding, washed down with copious drafts of ale. He was unanimously declared the winner, and was being triumphantly escorted home, when he turned to his admirers and said: “Eh, lads, say don’t hee say nowt of this to my old woman, or she won't gie me no dinner!” Probably. The lion and the lamb had just lain down together. “As for me,” remarked the lion, “I should like to be called at 7:30 in the morning.” Said the lamb “Don’t bother to call me; I'll prob- ably get up when the lion does.” —_—_ 2+ A sophisticated hick is one who knows whether it is varnish or “purty good liquor.” $3,750,000 National Electric Power Company Twenty-Year Secured 6% Gold Bonds Direct obligation of Com- pany—secured by pledge with Trustee of 9742% of the entire outstanding Common Capital Stock of the Cum- berland County Power & Light Company and all out- standing Common Capital Stock (except Director’s qualifying shares) of North- western Public Service Com- pany. It is reported that 90% of the Company’s gross earn- ings is derived from the sale of electric light and power. Net Earnings applicable to this issue amount to prac- tically 3%, times annual in- terest requirements. We recommend these bonds for investment. Price 97 to yield over 614% Howe, SNow & BERTLES INC. Investment Securities GRAND RAPIDS New York Chicago Detroit 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 Ohio Underwriters Mutual Retail Hardware Mutual Hardware Dealers Mutual 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 RANSOM E. OLDS Chairman of Board WILLIAM A. WATTS President | Offices: 3rd floor Michigan Trust Bldg.—Grand Rapids, Mich. GREEN & MORRISON—Michigan State Agents 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 nen eam mains i i } i { j i ¥ i } i 16 SUDDEN SUMMONS. Frank E. Leonard, Manager H. ard & Sons. rank E. Leonard died suddenly last morning at his home 423 The funeral late home of the be- Leon- Saturday South vas held at the Monday Prospect avenue. reaved afternoon. It is a rather axiomatic proposition that the man who seizes upon his op- portunities as they come before him 1ecessarily should be one who knows an opportunity when he sees it. He should have a thorough schooling in all the practical affairs of life; ought to be a good judge of human nature; must have his wits conveniently handy so_ that needed he can utilize them to advan- when they shall be tage and, in short, must possess a quick mind, a comprehensive breadth of view, an ability to reduce large transactions to the least common tiple of business ethics and, all in all, have a perfect knowledge of his occupation or profession. If a man shall possess the necessary attributes if a conservative judgment combined with a thoroughly practical knowledge of his business, he can seldom fail of success. Of course, there are other essentials that contribute to the round- ing out of a successful business life, almost invariably the case man with intellect and good iudgment and with the ability to apply them to the solution of problems as 1 1ey arise steadily works his way to the front. On the other hand, some of the brightest minds the world has ever produced have not the proper to enable them to carry out their projects to a success- iul and logical fulfillment. Where spicuous ability, aggressive ideas, un- usual there is one who has con- force of character and who el- bows his way through the throng of competitors to a foremost place in the ranks it becomes an easy task to make notation of the successive steps that have marked his progress. In such cases as the one under review there is, from the literary man’s standpoint, an embarrassment of riches upon which he might dilate to the advan- tage of the reader and the gratification of the This fore call attention to only a few of the the man exploited. there- friends of biographical sketch will more notable characteristics and do- ings of one of the most conspicuous crockery men of the country, a gen- tleman who earned a reputation of enviable character and proportions in the crockery and glassware industry. About eighty years ago there came Rapids a tall, man, shouldered delib- to Grand bony slightly stoop and erate in movement, who became pro- Hotel. A year or two later he abandoned hotel-keep- prietor of the Eagle ing and engaged in business as a mer- chant near the foot of Monroe street. At that time there were three factions who were, respectively, struggling to secure business supremacy for Water- Market Monroe avenue and Monroe avenue at Bronson street (now loo street (now known as avenue), lower Crescent). The rough hewn, poorly turned MICHIGAN TRADESMAN from Kalaniazoo on the Ionia on the East were the roadways South and chief arteries leading through the for- ests to the outer world, while Grand River was the most popular and most expeditious way out by water. Soth roadways led into Monroe street, while the steamboats according to the stages of water, discharged and took on freight and passengers at the foot of Monroe avenue or at different points on Waterloo street. faction, Accordingly, the “Kent’’ who stood for the Bronson street de- velopment and had only an unfinished and somewhat dubious canal proposi- their claims, were at with the Waterloo tion to support a disadvantage compared Monri eC street avenue and _ the enterprises. The tall more man referred to (who in recent years was said to strik- Frank E. ingly resemble Abraham Lincoln in figure and carriage) exhibited his good judgment in those very early days by “putting his eggs into various baskets.” He bought property on Monroe Waterloo Fulton .street, and when, on 1884, he died, considered and on the 21st Heman one of the avenue, on street of February, Leonard was wealthy men of Grand Rapids. The second son of Heman Leonard Leonard, of the exten- of #H. President of the was Frank E. sive mercantile establishment Leonard & Sons and And there is a very un- fact to this connec- The great buildings occupied by corporation. usual record in tion: the Leonard stores completely cover the site of the homestead where Frank E. Leonard was born and where youth. Rarely does it occur that a business man’s strenuous years are passed up- he passed his boyhood and on the identical area where and boy he gained his first ideas of life, and many are the times, no doubt, as Frank Leonard went about through his immense storerooms and_ sales- rooms, that he looked down through the floors or out through the walls and viewed again the scenes of his early life: He saw his mother’s carefully kept flower garden filled with poppies, phlox, pinks, roses, dahlias, bachelors’ buttons and all the old fashioned blooms: he remembered the old arti- choke corner of the lot, rich with hollyhocks and sunflowers, and glanc- ed out into Fulton street or Commerce avenue, as it may happen, and, musing, the play-time romps, the coasting and Saturday morning “stints” with the wood box by the kitchen stove or the potato patch in the garden, come into view with refreshing vitality. Leonard. Frank Leonard inherited the clear- headed, analytical mind of his father and the gentle diffidence and sterling rectitude o mother, while from both father and mother he had the rich legacy of constancy and industry. He was loyal not only to his friends and to the city of his birth, but, as is seen, to the very spot where he was born. He was indefatigable as a worker and, in spite of his seemingly slender figure, had tremendous endur- While he was a graduate of the Grand Rapids High school, he was also a graduated mer- chant, receiving the latter degree after years of experience in the mercantile business originally established by his father. Mr. Leonard was President of the firm of H. Leonard & Sons, he member of the Board of Di- rectors of the Grand Rapids Refrig- erator Co., a director of the Grand 1 tT his ance and energy. Was a as babe: April 29, 1925 Rapids Savings Bank, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fountain Street Baptist church and was long member, and most valuable one, of the Grand Rapids Association oi Commerce. Of an unassuming, almost retiring disposition, Mr. Leonard was most companionable and interesting among those who counted him as their friend, while in his home life he was genial, generous and most devoted. And yet he was in no sense a society man. He was fond of his friends and enjoyed social intercourse of the higher order, but had no. patience whatever with the fopperies and foibles of the super- ficial, pretentious and sometimes rapid characteristics of what is too often and always incorrectly termed Society —with a large S, in two colors. While Mr. Leonard was not identi- fied with any secret or mutual benefit organization and while he had never sought public office of any nature, he was a man who had a deep interest in and an accurate knowledge of current events and the trend of human thought and interest, and could always be de- pended upon to contribute his portion toward project calculated to make for the public welfare. Mr. Leonard’s keen appreciation of every methods in business and his thinking, working producing results for the general good modern readiness in and was most aptly illustrated by his ef member of the old Grand It was to this forts as a Rapids Board of Trade. gentleman that a major portion of the credit successful or- ganization and carrying out of what is known as the Board of Trade’s Per- petual Trade Excursion plan. Under the terms of this plan any merchant who visited Grand Rapids to purchase merchandise received from the Board of Trade a rebate of one-half of his railway fare, provided his purchases amounted to a sum sufficient to meet the terms specified (according to the distance he traveled) under the pro- visions of the plan. In this way Grand Rapids jobbers were able to offer their customers a perpetual half fare rate, and the system resulted in bringing a very large addition to the trade of this market. Another excellent plan for adding to the business growth of our city, also the invention of Mr. Leonard, was the organization of what was known as the auxiliary membership of the Grand Rapids Board of Trade. Un- der this plan between 1,000 and 1,500 merchants living in other cities and villages in Michigan were enabled (without a cent of expense to them- selves) to become auxiliary members of the Grand Rapids Board of Trade; to have the use of all statistical and other records of that organization; to use the rooms of the Board as a rendezvous whenever they visited the city, and to appeal to that Board for its influence and the use of its ma- chinery in any business proposition that had no relation whatever to either politics or religion. These two enterprises, conceived and successfully carried out under the direction of Mr. Leonard, constitute a better estimate of Mr. Leonard’s or- iginality, energy, singleness of pur- was due for the s ; - « ons a " = i: , . , 4 oP ' ¥ 4 - ~ 4 - 4 4 - t » - s % 1 —_- ‘ ’ CO OD ke a 4 » « we pd ld 4 s er: 7 , 4 “ar . y 4 . ~~ a 4 4 << . 4 4 i” < . a - - t e - Ae ‘ s April 29, 1925 pose and devotion to whatever he un- dertook than could be expressed in an entire page of adjectives and com- mendatory phrases. —_—_e>>___—_ When We Financed the Allies. In recent discussions about the in- ter-allied debts it has been contended that the circumstances under which the debts were contracted, as to both date and purpose, may have a bearing on the ultimate solution of this com- plex problem. The principal distine- tion as to time concerns the amounts advanced before and after the armis- tice. Out of the total of $10,000,000,000 about 70 per cent. was advanced be- fore, and the balance after, Nov. 15, 1918. The distinction as to purpose is easily stated, but is difficult to estab- lish with satisfactory accuracy. It concerns itself with those sums which the Allies used for military purposes alone and those which were used for civilian purposes In endeavoring to estimate these sums, the initial diffi- culty arises in the claim that the suc- cessful prosecution of the war depend- ed not on military efforts alone, but on those of the entire population of the fighting countries. Those who support this view say that the large credits advanced for the purchase of food—amounting, all fold. tO more than $3,000,000,000, or 30 per cent. of the total sums loaned-—were used for war purposes just as were the sums advanced for the purchase of muni- tions and horses—a total of about $2,- 700,000,000. The biggest single item, next to these two, is for the support of the exchanges and the purchase of . cotton, amounting to about $2,645,- 000,00. It is clear that much of this benefited civilian as well as military undertakings. Another billion dollars was spent for miscellaneous supplies and credits, many of which, upon anal- ysis, would probably be found to be assignable to one or other of the two arbitrary categories. More than a half billion was spent for relief work. In the broadest sense of the term, all of these sums were spent “for the prosecution of the war’ The Gov- ernment was not authorized to ad- vance money for other purposes, with a few exceptions. It is clear, however, that only a small part of the total can be considered as taking the place of our own direct military effort. Had we been adequately prepared when we entered the war, the credits of our al- lies for the purchase of munitions of war and remounts would undoubtedly have been smaller. The credits for food, however, were advanced to meet a shortage that was severe before we entered the war and was felt by the civilian populations even more keenly than by the military. Our entrance did little to affect this until the anti- submarine campaign reopened the sea lanes and assured the safe transporta- tion of food from all parts of the world to Europe. In so far as post-armistice advances are concerned, the contention that the sums were spent for the common prosecution of the war cannot hold water even though it be admitted that many of the payments were to com- plete orders given before the war had ended. The sums, whether for food MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 or war material, were used for the other question. The point is that itis the money was spent.— N. ¥. Pines, direct benefit of the borrowing nation, essential to understand the main cir- —_—_—_-.>—__— without regard to the carrying out of | cumstances surrounding the granting There are two parties to every bar- a campaign either of war or of peace. of the credits. In so doing we must gain, and it ought to be satisfactory That it was wise and necessary to bear in mind the time when the loans to both parties in order to be a real make the most of the advances is an- were made and the purposes for which _ bargain. hep Hy \ | ( ae Tikgta wh bese ttt a bp pit li 000 or py to any int insteag clot Surface of painy whether pj A MANUFAC *2!! Paper or na ester la VFACTURED py MAlsoming Ce Cites, Pids, Michigan @PANY “US. A, ¥ Seat. oo. ¢ re ____ Underwear Situation Unchanged. Little or no change is visible in the underwear market at present, either in the light or heavy goods, and there seems to be no prospect of any real change for some time. There is talk in some quarters, according to the special news letter of the National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers of new and slightly higher prices on heavyweight goods for Fall delivery. To date, however, nothing more substantial than rumors has come to light. It is believed in some parts of the trade that the mills can take on considerable business in heavyweights yet. Other sources in- dicate that buyers are looking around for heavyweight goods for early delivery, but that the mills are not in a position now to promise early ship- ments. “ —_>2~ More Interest in Durable Coats. While the demand for overcoats on the part of retailers is affected by the adverse conditions resulting from poor last year, it is held noteworthy sales that coats of through-and-through fab- rics figure more prominently than hitherto in the buying being done. Considerable confidence is still felt in fancy backs, however, and the belief is that consumers have not by any means lost interest in these types. The trend toward more durable fabrics, sreiseied is such as to bring the through- i-through weaves to the foreground > a greater extent than in a number of years past. The season, according to opinions expressed yesterday, will very likely bring further developments toward expanded use of smooth finish- ed fabrics, rather than those which have shaggy or gigged finishes. —_~+-.__ Hat Orders More Concentrated. One of the things noticeable about ! jers for men’s hats is that i$ concentrated with a of firms than was the This was accounted by a trade authority that, during the last six months, there have been a dozen or irms which have goné out of uring. He added that liquidation of the movement of the hat indus- the war and immediately many new firms » the business. Most of the o oO =| o om em 8 ° "ss o i) nm o wn 3 ca 2 2 ' —_++.___ Expect Better Skirt Business. The approach of warmer weather s stimulated the demand for separate 8, according to manufacturers. he ensemble has been and still is a factor of considerable importance in sia ening the total volume of skirt busi- ss done by retailers. It is figured, oo that the separate skirt has a distinct place in the average woman’s Summer wardrobe. Skirts for sports wear are particularly well regarded and the business in them over the next weeks is expected to be good. The wrap around style continues 2 favorite. — 2-3. Summer Millinery Retail Date. May 18 has been selected as the uniform date for the opening at retail of the Summer millinery season, it was announced by Alfred Fantl, Presi- dent of the Retail Millinery Associa- tion, Inc. This is two weeks later than the date of May 4 recently chosen for the start of-the wholesale season. Telegrams, Mr. Fantl said, are being sent to all members of the Association, advising them of the date and asking their full co-operation in giving the Summer millinery season a uniform and successful start. The two weeks period between the two dates, he pointed out, will allow ample time fo; buyers to see the new lines and pre- pare themselves for the uniform show- ing throughout the country. —_2+>_____ Styles Change Too Fast. An incident which recently too! place in the New York market is re- lated by a well-known authority on women’s ready-to-wear trade matters. which is of interest because of the light it throws on a new angle of the prob- lem produced by sudden style changes, A certain buyer placed an order of fair size with a local dress manufacturer, and several of the “numbers” sold very well. The buyer came back to dupli- cate, but the dress manufacturer, who was one of the relatively few who does not believe in “holding the bag”’ in the matter of large stocks, told him that he would have to wait from two to three weeks for delivery. “Never mind, then,” replied the buyer. “By that time there will be something new out, and the things I wanted would be ‘stickers.’”? According to the man who related the incident, the buyer was in earnest, and the relator further said that his statement might well be di- gested by some of the style “Sazzers” in the trade. —_>+-.___ Every man should have a will, but it isn’t a good idea to express it if he is married. DECORATIVE BUNTINGS Be Se Be and flags of all descriptions and prices for Decora- tion day. Write us for samples and quotations or speak to our agents con- cerning them. Always Quality Merchan- | dise — Right Prices Prompt Service SSS SSS Bs Be Be Be Paul Steketee & Sons Wholesale Dry Goods Michigan Grand Rapids, April 29, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ~~ — — Ny) 194 ui Sf " OS IT $s =A : % (cs EC SLR SO og AALS ee SET Ta WOMANS WORLD Pu ZIe SS —_— Se. - ZS & A Mother’s Influence or a Chain of Stores? Written for the Tradesman. Mrs. Channing is a remarkably effi- cient and capable woman. She not only works hard but she works in a way to get results. A wish, an aspira- tion, takes definite, clean-cut form in her mind, so that she always knows what she wants, and she is one who can make that efficient application of means to ends that will bring a speedy and certain realization of her desires. Thirty years ago we would have called her a hustler. In the more ex- pressive slang of the present day she is a go-getter. She and her husband own two small stores, neighborhood shops stocked with staple dry goods, notions, and variety wares. These are a mile or so apart in outlying residence districts of the large and growing city in which the Channings live. Mr. Channing is a contractor mak- ing good money. From the start she has had the entire management of the stores. Beginning with one and a year later adding the second, it was she who selected the locations and rented the buildings. All along she has bought the goods, paid the bills, and employed the help. She is doing a fine paying business at each place, and the Channing stores 1 and 2 have the highest credit for the capital in- vested. Mrs. Channing has an ambition. It is that they shall extend their enter- prise to other cities, and own and con- duct not just two or three or four little shops, but a long chain of stores, all much larger than the two now un- der her direction. The Channings have two daughters, both in high school, and a son twelve years old. For the boy they have mapped out a professional career. The chain of stores is to be for the girls. “Some gift!” admiring friends com- ment, and assure this little merchant that she is a wonderful woman. Truly she is. When you think that five out of six who would start as she did without previous experience, would sink all that was put into such a ven- ture, her success is quite remarkagle Efficient as Mrs. Channing is, and pleasing as she is in her personality, one troublesome question arises. Granting that the chain of stores in the future is a foregone conclusion, what is she doing for her family right now? In reply, first as to money. The Channings have an allowance system, and each month she draws from the store bank account an amount that dresses herself and the girls and pro- vides each with money for personal expenses, and also pays the house- keeper. Nothing else is taken out of the business. Any profits over and above this amount are left for build- ing up the chain. And all other ex- penditures are met by Mr. Channing, who is doing so well financially that besides putting by for the boy’s col- lege course and professional training, he is banking considerable money. I must not omit that Mrs. Chan- ning gives some time and thought to directing the housekeeper and to plan- ning the girls’ wardrobes. Sunday forenoons she spends at home, doing up various odd jobs. On Sunday after- noons father, mother and the young people usually go out in the machine. This drive and the daily dinner table furnish the only opportunities for companionship between these parents and their. children. And what has been mentioned comprises all that Mrs. Channing is doing for her family now, and so answers our question. Tuesday nights and Saturday nights the stores are kept open until 9 o'clock. On other evenings she studies cata- logues, figures invoices, and attends to correspondence. When either of the daughters wishes to make a date she prefers to ask per- mission from the housekeeper, for mother is so absorbed with her busi- ness. Almost from necessity the girls are taking their own heads in matters in which they need direction. Un- deniably they are becoming sly and evasive, and occasionally figure in little escapeds of which the home folks know nothing. As to the boy Donald, he has even less of parental oversight than the girls receive. His father, who is sup- posed to manage him, is easy with “Son,” and regards his paternal duties as fulfilled when the youngster is kept well dressed, supplied with plenty of spending money, and is in at nine- thirty. After dinner, Mr. Channing, if not talking with some prospective cus- tomer or making an estimate on a job, is buried in his newspaper. This prac- tice has grown on him since his wife has had no time for pleasant chat at home. Daily, between the close of school and bedtime, Donald spends three to four hours away from home, with pals of his own choosing. During this time no responsible older person knows what he is up to. As yet the boy is neither vicious nor depraved, but already he is acquiring ideas and habits that if not speedily corrected, presage a swift going to the bad. Such a situation naturally provokes discussion. Does fair-minded reader come to Mrs. Channing’s de- fense and suggest that it may be in her to conduct a chain of stores successful- some ly and may not be in her to exert a beneficial and telling influence on her own children? And further aver that there is once in a while a woman who can steer a business craft so as to hold it in its proper course, who is not able to keep her own boys and girls off the rocks? This is true—there are such women, but I feel safe in saying that Mrs. Channing is not one of that kind. Does some one else ask whether by a more careful arrangement of her time and by taking things differently, Mrs. Channing might not be able to con- duct her business and still do her whole duty to her husband and chil- dren? A full reply to this suggestion, made applicable to women workers generally, would require another ar- ticle or several other articles. Here it is perhaps enough to say that before Mrs. Channing started on this mer- cantile undertaking, she was fully de- termined that it should not interfere with her home life. But her home life is now being minimized almost to the point of extinction, and she sees no way to reinstate it in anything like its former fullness and excellence. Does still another enquire, “Isn’t Mr. Channing, particularly as regards the boy, as much to blame as is she?” Doubtless he is. And at some future time, from this pen that never has been called over-gentle, he and other delinquent fathers will get theirs. Space forbids doing this right now. As regards our main theme, the whole matter simmers down to just this: Assuming, as the facts fully justify us in doing, that Mrs. Channing can do either one but not both, which ought she to do, give to her son and daughters the companionship and train- ing which they now so sorely lack, or go on as she plans and form a chain of stores? In forging ahead to achieve her ambition, Mrs. Channing and _ her friends feel that she is doing some- thing worth while. other woman, who is a great power for good with her boys and girls, feels that because her work is largely in- tangible and is not at all spectacular as to its results, it is of little con- Very likely some of this other woman’s friends corroborate her Both groups are mistaken. It is the latter woman who is doing what really is worth while. What will be the verdict of the sons and daughters themselves, as they come to years of maturity? In answer I can say that commercialized as the present age is supposed to be, prone as we are to exaggerate the worth of money and of the things that money will buy, I never have known anyone who has had the largess of influence, training and companionship that a real mother has to bestow, who did not in after life regard it and all the memories associated with it as a price- less possession, something not to be exchanged for a dozen chains of stores, each store doing a flourishing business and stocked with the most costly goods the markets of the world can supply. Let us stress our two main points: One is that nothing that can be be- And perhaps some sequence. view. stowed on sons and daughters ten or twenty years hence will compensate for the lack of some essential now in 19 the formative period of their lives. The other is that even so splendid a gift from parents as a chain of stores may be bought at too high a price. Ella M. Rogers. —_22>——_ Hip-Length Blouse Is Leader. The hip-length blouse is in the fore- ground at present, according to re- ports received by the United Waist League of America from manufac- turers represented in its membership. The reappearance of the two-piece suit is regarded as largely responsible for the preference of this blouse over the tunic, which has taken a secondary position in the business now being done. Among the costume blouses there is a particular call just now for navy and tan. The two-piece costume consisting of hip-length blouse with skirt to match has sold well of late. The skirts of these costumes show fullness toward the front, the same as is seen in the newest one-piece frocks. —— ++ > Styles of Boys’ Clothing. The vest suit is again expected to be a feature of the Fall lines of boys’ clothing. This type of suit practically dominated in the Spring offerings and manufacturers generally have had a good reaction to it from retailers. Very nearly all of the suits now come with two pairs of trousers, this now being accepted as a permanent feature in the boys’ division. Cassimeres and similar woolens are stressed in the fabrics em- ployed. Competition in price continues an outstanding feature of the merchan- Manufacturers say done fairly well in pre- dising situation. they have Easter and recent turnover of boys’ clothing. —_2+>_—_ Future For Wide Silks. Wide silks have now achieved a per- They have passed beyond the experimental stage as far as the consumer, retailer or manufacturer is concerned and, de- spite any change in the matter of pat- terns, a good future for these goods is held to be assured. The consumer’s reaction has been entirely favorable. She has been able to make a dress out of one and a half yards of material with a surprising amount of ease. The man- ufacturer’s reaction is illustrated by the fact that practically all of the new machinery being installed in the in- dustry will be capable of producing the wide goods. ——_2+>—__—_ Six Shoe Shades For Fall. The card of six shoe and leather colors for the Fall season has been issued by the Textile Color Card As- sociation. The colors are: Autumn blond, national gray, India tan, rose- wood, rugby tan and woodlawn brown. The colors have been adopted by the National Boot and Shoe Manufactur- ers’ Association and the National Shoe Retailers’ Association. They have al- so been sponsored for the hosiery trade by the .National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufactur- ers, according to Margaret Hayden Rorke, managing director of the color organization. —_++>—__—_ Your employer pays you for the use of all your time and interest during business hours. It is up to you to de- tver the goods. manent place in the trade. 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 29, 1925 L ~ ~— BUTTER, EGGS 48> PROVISIONS. = o = _— — <2 = = = cep = wy Real Jobber Co-Operation of Whole- saler Protects Customers. Having just gone over the deeails of the Phone tor Food campaign, I must say I am filled with admiration of it. Here is the filling of a veritable long felt want. For it has seemed to me that wholesale grocers, generally and with few notable exceptions, were doing little or nothing to promote bet- ter business methods among retailers; but this plan, the work of the National Wholesale Grocers Association, shows that not only are jobbers really seri- ous in their intention to help retail grocers, but that they are doing some- thing mighty effective along that line. There are many things about. that worth while. campaign which = art There are points on which [ shall dwell at length in later articles. Those points are most illuminating. But right now I want to indicate that per- haps the chief value of the Phone for Food campaign lies in the twofold fact that it shows plainly that l. Grocers must help themselves if they are going to win out. 2. This plan is one of selling effort. For, first, no grocer can benefit from this united effort without exerting him- self to study the plan until he knows it. Second, he must then join in the work of advertising the idea of tele- phoning for food. Third—very important, in fact, cru- cial—his goods and service must back up the campaign at every angle, or he will be worse off because of his ad- vertising than he was before. Let it be remembered that advertis- ing, if it is any good at all, impresses the customer with certain ideas about you and your business. It conveys certain Influenced by those impressions, the consumer tele- impressions. hones to you for her food. She may or at , before that; but now she phones with certain expectations Dp have telephoned to you regularly, 1 east occasionally aroused by your advertising. Therefore, if your service fails to come up to representations, if your goods fall short of her reasonable and proper expectations, if your prices are out of line—not with competition, but with sound economics—you are worse off than you were before because of shortcomings which have been em- phasized by advertising statements which have not been made good by your performance. . Advertising really is a keen reveal- ment of your character. If you fail under the illumination you have brought upon. yourself, you are the loser. The more advertising you do, so long as you fall short of your repre- sentations, reasonably interpreted, the worse off you are. So the first benefit of this Phone for Food campaign lies in the way it will stimulate grocers to be up and do- ing, to exert themselves, to make sure that every representation is fulfilled. And men who make this effort suc- cessfully will learn by the practice of nothing mysterious about mercantile It consists in knowledge, plus merchandise in- telligently selected, plus devotion to a plus plenty of it that there is success. defined ideal of service, hard work. So the beneficiaries of this campaign will be men willing to do the things necessary to attain its benefits. But the value of stressing selling effort in this campaign is, to my mind, incalculable. For far too long have we stressed buying as the vital thing in business. Too much has been said “well bought” being “half sold.” The other half of the effort has not been made and things have not been sold. A friend of mine runs a dry goods store. In his white goods department he has a clerk who worked for me more than twenty years ago. That clerk is on the job most faithfully every day. He is honest, devoted, loyal and square, but he never was more than a plodder until lately. When my friend succeeded to the Management of the store, he wanted Pete—that’s his name—to display the goods in his department on the counters. Pete ob- jected. “Mr. Watson,” he said, goods will get soiled.” Watson wanted to impress Pete with a real idea. So he wrote on a bit of wrapping paper the word soiled. Then he drew his pencil through the two letters i and e. “Let’s alter that word, Pete,” he said, “this way. Let us make it read sold.” Pete caught on. Thenceforth, Pete’s sales increased steadily. about Now, because the Phone for Food campaign stresses sales and selling, it is of especial value. It puts the pres- sure where it really belongs. It ap- plies effort where effort is needed. Its effect is to make us think of sales, of getting rid of our goods, of turning stuff out of the shop. Those are the two major points I want to leave with you this week. More later. I have hitherto written about how jobbers have to make refunds of over- Payments constantly. Now I. have copies of some actual letters written to accompany much overpayments, I shall transcribe the important portions of several of them, thus: “We are $9.68 which represents overpayment you made to our salesman recently. The enclosed statement shows how this occurred,” enclosing our check for Bell Main Phones : Automatic 236 4451 FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS W holesale ALFRED J. BROWN SEED COMPANY 25-29 Campau Street Grand Rapips, MicHican RED STAR TT: E character of RED STAR F lour is reflected in the choice of wheat for this brand, in the milling process and in the mer- chandising methods that are used to market this product. Every member of the RED STAR or- ganization; every user of RED STAR Flour, knows that the appeal of this brand is to the quality user who will pay for quality results. JUDSON GROCER COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN WE STORE GGS WE BUY GGS WE SELL GGS We Sell Ful — O — POULTRY FEED Oyster Shells EGG CASE MATERIAL, EXCELSIOR PADS, GRANT DA-LITE EGG CANDLERS. Get Our Prices. Pep EGG CASES, KENT STORAGE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS _~ LANSING ~ BATTLE CREEK olesale Grocers : a General Warehousing and Distribu ting April 29, 1925 “In acknowledging check for $61.70, covering invoices of Sth and 19th, we are under the impression that these bills have been paid. Will you kindly check up your records, so as to con- firm our understanding and, if an error has been made, we shall be glad to return your check.” “You paid our Mr. Blank on June 12 $20.31, and we believe this has been paid. We refer to invoice of May 24. Possibly you have had another bill of the same amount; but unless you have, this money is not ours and we natur- ally want to return it. “In further reference to our letter of June 30, wherein you were advised that an overpayment had been made, but of which you have not taken any notice that we know of, we now learn from our Mr. Blank that the error of $88.01 on your part was caused by the fact that you paid invoices of May 8 twice. We are pleased to have been of service to you and we want you to feel that service is but a part of our price. We have to your credit now a balance of $13.20.” “We refer to charge which you have listed in one place as $120.50 and which you pay as $120.15. Our records indicate that this should be $102.50. Please investigate this bill and return it to us, and if it is $102.50, we will mail you an additional credit of $17.65.” “We acknowledge your check for $80.29. Please check up invoice of June 12 for $11 and see if you have not already remitted for it. There is of course, a possibility of our having made a mistake—that you have made two purchases of the same amount or we have misposted; but if you have overpaid us, we want to return the money.” One customer pays 42c that was a credit memorandum, thus overpaying his account 84c, and that must be ad- justed by correspondence. “We are eficlosing our check for $59.09, which represents overpayment. You paid us twice for invoices of Sept. 27. Oct. 2, 4 and 6.’ In writing to customers who have overpaid in these or similar ways, this jobber takes occasion to point out something that is rather wholesome— something that might well be impress- ed on grocers more frequently than it is: the need for exactness in paying even the smallest ums. This is typi- cal paragraph: “We want you to feel, Mr. Johns, that in dealing with us your interests are always protected, and that if by any chance overpayment is made, we will return the money. And by the same token, in event of an underpay- ment, no matter if it be only a few cents, we would not hesitate to ask you for the money, because it would be ours. We hope this sort of treatment will appeal to you as equitable and businesslike.” These letters evince a service of job- brs to retailers that absorbs much time and labor needlessly. Merchants who know what they are doing do not over- pay their bills, neither do they under- pay them. Why should men who do not know their business be retained in it? Paul Findlay. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 How Big Is So Big? Cutt & Cos. 1925 Year Book, al- ways interesting, contains, this year, a hint at the magnitude of their egg business. In analyzing their total sales, which aggregated in 1924 the sum of $775,- 000,000, reference is made to the fact that purchases of livestock, $357,000,- 000, represent 85 per cent. of the amount received for meat and animal by-products. This indicates sales of meat and by-products amounting to $420,000,000, leaving $355,000,000 to be divided among eggs, poultry, butter, cheese, cotton seed oil products, fer- tilizer and a few minor products handled. Obviously, the sale value of eggs in the list enumerated, comprising prod- ucts other than meat handled, must bulk very large, as the relation between the total volume of eggs, poultry, but- ter and cheese always favors the dom- inance of eggs in point of value. Assuming that the entire crop of eggs, valued at $10 a case, a conserva- tive jobbing value, was worth $1,200,- 000,000 and that the visible crop or portion marketed through dealers was worth half that sum or $600,000,000, the leading concern doing this busi- ness may have handled 15 per cent. of the total dealt in. While the business of packing and distributing eggs as done by packers having hundreds of branch — sales houses with more or less liberty to do a local business is very much less sub- ject to control of the central organiza- tion as to prices paid than ts the busi- ness of packing meats which are con- centrated for manufacture, the pro- portion which is under central control, namely that handled by the large pro- duce packing plants in the corn belt, is sufficiently large to greatly influence the market, and it is to the credit of this concern that they have been able to achieve so dominant a position in an industry which has so little in it to attract large capital, and to have done so while maintaining friendly rela- tions generally with their competition. —_——_.+ > Hens From Buenos Aires Lay Purple Eggs. Lafayette, Ind., April 17—Two bril- liantly colored hens, which lay purple eggs, and an equally colorful rooster were brought to New York aboard the Pan American S. S. Southern Cross from Buenos Aires recently. A dozen eggs were brought along with the chickens. The chickens were obtained through the courtesy of Dr. Adolfo Dago Holmberg, director of the stuenos Aires Zoological Gardens, for exhibition at the 17th annual Purdue Egg Show, to be held at the Purdue University, this city, on May 5. The rooster and two hens are known as “Arancama.” They are natives of Argentina. Homer G. Pease, chairman of t'e Purdue Egg Show, arranged for th. loan when he found they could not be bought at any price in the market. Thev will be returned to Buenos Aires after the Purdue show. —_—_-+>__—__ A Financier. Milligan: If I be afther leavin’ se- curity equal to what I take away, will yez trust me until mixt wake? Grocer——Certainly. Milligan—Well, thin, sell me two av thim hams an’ kape wan av thim till T come again. — EAT SPRING VEGETABLES This is the season when fresh green Vegetables such as Spinach, Carrots, Beets, Cabbage, etc. are in greatest demand. liberally. Take advantage of this demand and order Grapefruit is at its best now and is the cheapest fruit on the market. THE VINKEMULDER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. M. J. DARK & SONS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ee Ne | | Receivers and Shippers of All | | | ae Seasonable Fruits and Vegetables Watson-Higgins Milling Co. 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. Moseley Brothers Western Michigan’s Largest Feed GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Distributors. Jobbers of Farm Produce You Make Satisfied Customers when you sell ‘““SUNSHINE”’ FLOUR Blended For Family Use The Quality is Standard and the Price Reasonable NUCOA CHEESE OF ALL KINDS BUTTER SAR-A-LEE BEST FOODS GOLD MEDAL MAYONAISE Thousand Island Dressing Genuine Buckwheat Flour Graham and Corn Meal J. F. Eesley Milling Co. The Sunshine Mills PLAINWELL, MICHIGAN I. Van Westenbrugge Quality — Co-operation — Service MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 29, 1925 — — SS = = 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 Suggestions for the Hardware Dealer in May. Written for the Tradesman. Housecleaning goods should be dis- played during May, especially in the earlier part of the month. Most peo- ple leave off the necessary task of spring house cleaning until all chance of any fire being wanted in the house is absolutely gone. This brings them well into May; so that merchants need be in no hurry to swing from house- cleaning lines to something more ad- vanced in the line of seasonable goods. There is little doubt that many merchants do not push their house- hold lines enough—that is. in a col- lective sense. They may fill up odd corners of the windows with a few scrubbing brushes, mops, feather dus- ters, pails, etc., but they do not make an absolutely distinctive feature of combined housecleaning lines. Yet such a window can be made to look very attractive. There is no lack of house cleaning lines, and if the hard- ware dealer believes in a well-filled window, he can make a very thorough and comprehensive display. While if he likes spectacular effects, these are not difficult to produce. The great point in any display is to bring prominently into notice any new specialty on the market. Any device to save labor has a great pulling power with those who have to engage in the heavy work of spring cleaning. Every woman is naturally on the look- out for something to lighten her work, and if the merchant has some new device that will make housecleaning easier and less laborious, he can at least interest her. If the hardware dealer can demon- strate his labor-saving devices such as washing machines, vacuum cleaners, etc., he will draw crows of women to his store. And it is the women folk that the present-day hardware dealer must interest. They are to a very great extent the hardware buyers of the future and it is worth while to get them into the habit of visiting the hardware store. The merchant therefore in the early part of May should push his house cleaning lines as hard as he can. Make a good display of scrubbing brushes, window cleaners, wall dusters, step ladders, chamois leather, carpet sweep- ers, vacuum cleaners, polishes, curtain stretchers, clothes dryers, washboards, dippers, tubs and similar lines. Show the lines, and the display will remind many a woman of articles she needs and should have but that, minus such a reminder, she will continue to do without. The hardware dealer at this particu- lar season should not forget his paint lines, especally those for household purposes. No spring cleaning can be considered complete that is finished without the aid of a tin or two of stain, polish, varnish, etc. Add to this a display of small hammers, tacks, curtain rings, small screws, brooms, etc. A good idea is to provide a table to display the many small artcles so much needed at the house cleaning season. Make it look like a bargain table, and mark all prices in plain. figures. All little specialties in the way of trimmings, hooks, brass bolts, picture wire, draw pulls, and so on, can be displayed on this table. One merchant makes a plan of put- ting up parcels of handy artcles such as a hammer, tacks, liquid glue, screw driver, nails and screws and offering them at a certain price for the lot as a kind of leader. This idea may not suit ail merchants; but there is no doubt that a lot of these small articles are needed at house cleaning time, and that more pushful methods would increase sales. The great idea is to make the whole store for the time being redolent of spring cleaning. Display everything that can legitimately be included, and cause the women folk to stop and think a bit. Half-hearted attempts to push house cleaning lines are no good. To put a few lines suggestive of spring cleaning in one side of the window, and then to distract attention from them by displaying something else in the other side, is a mistake. Make a thorough-going bid for feminine custom; then, when spring cleaning is pretty well through, start on some- thing else. Make the women-folk talk, get them interested, induce them to say or to think, “Why, I did not know there were so many convenient labor- Saving devices in the stores. So-and- so has just the thing I’ve been want- ing for years. I’m foolish if I don’t buy it right away.” Given the window space, a merchant should at the same time show a good assortment of lawn and_ gardening tools and seeds. Dealers as a rule find it sound policy to handle seeds: the margin is pretty fair, and seeds are a clean line to handle. A good demand can be worked up; and a customer for a packet of seed may in the end pur- chase a garden trowel, a rake, or some other needed garden tool. Incidentally, a hardware store that gets the reputation for having “those hard-to-get seeds” is apt in most cases to get the inside track on its competi- BROWN &SEHLER | --4. COMPANY __ |} Farm Machinery and Garden Tools < |- Saddlery Hardware Blankets, Robes & Mackinaws Sheep-lined and Fe: Blanket - Lined Coats Automobile Tires and Tubes Automobile Acessories Garage Equipment Radio Equipment Harness, Horse Collars GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN : Michigan Hardware Co. YY 100-108 Ellsworth Ave.,Corner Oakes GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN e Wholesalers of Shelf Hardware, Sporting Goods and Fishing Tackle SODA FOUNTAINS Spring is here. Your fountain will soon make you money. We have some good buys in new and used Fountains and back bars, chairs and tables. Fountain accessories of all kinds. G. R. STORE FIXTURE CoO. 7 Ionia Avenue N. W. Foster, Stevens & Co. WHOLESALE HARDWARE a ses 4: 157-159 Monroe Ave. - 151-161 Louis Ave., N. W. 4 GRAND - RAPIDS - MICHIGAN a April 29, 1925 tors. I have known customers to go from: store to store looking for some special thing to plant—multiplier onions or garden pinks or a special sort of squash or lettuce. When the customer finds what he wants, he can usually be interested in garden tools as well. But such a customer will keep going until he gets the thing he wants. Mowers, hose, lawn sprinklers, hose reels, etc., can also be displayed. They are lines that bring out the spring feeling and put passers-by in the buy- ing mood. With imitation grass or even real sod, many pretty and strik- ing windows can be devised. A small flower bed with artificial or real flow- ers and a watering pot suspended over- head, and colored silk threads, repre- senting water, coming from the noz- zle and spread over the whole win- dow, makes a neat design and one not difficult to work out. A good way to arrange gardening lines if no scenic effect is desired is by placing the tools, such as the spading fork, spade, hoe and rake in an up- right position at each side of the floor of the window in a manner similar to that in which guns are stacked. Three or four lawn mowers can be similarly placed in the center. For background, coils of rubber hose can be used, and each may be arranged so that part of the hose will form a complete bor- der around the entire window. The small tools, such as sprinklers, revolv- ing arm sprinklers, lawn sprinklers, grass catchers, hose nozzles, clamps, couplings, etc., can be grouped in the foreground. These with some garden and grass seeds make a good window trim. The builders hardware department must be carefully looked into for with the building season now under way a steady run will be made upon the lines. With the development of higher grade hardware, merchants should do their best to encourage the trend by showing the best grades. The merchant who has space for a sample room can show off his lines to the best advantage, and it is certainly advisable for the dealer to put extra effort into the problem of giving his builders hardware ade- quate display. The sporting goods department must not be forgotten, for now the various outdoor sports are getting well under way. Get in touch with the various local sporting organiza- tions, interest yourself in sports, and put on a good display, or, if you have window space, a series of displays. Victor Lauriston. ee Opinion of the Tradesman’s First Employe. Two very welcome visitors to the writer’s little sanctum a few days ago were Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Stowe, of Grand Rapids. Mr. Stowe is the wide- ly known editor of the Michigan Tradesman and Mrs. Stowe is his ef- ficient co-worker. The Tradesman is the “class” of mercantile trade papers of the middle west. It is unique in its career of more than forty years under the ownership and_ personal management of its founder and par- ticularly—for present day journalism —the personal ty and individuality MICHIGAN TRADESMAN which it has always possessed. The fact that it has been a profit making undertaking for two score years is but an incident representing the tremen- duous amount of energy the owner has devoted to it. He could have accumu- lated as much wealth in a hundred other undertakings, but never with so much satisfaction nor with an equal service to manknd. Journalism is a calling with Mr. Stowe—the power of the printed word an obligation to be He hates cant with a considered seriously and pretense and chicanery hatred which he alone possesses the word power to express but he cher- ishes his friends with an abiding fa th that compels a greater effort to merit it. The Tradesman is a model of journalistic dignity and force, its edi- tor a model of high resolve and un- swerving tenac ty.—Shelby Herald. —__ ++ o_ Corporations Wound Up. The following Michigan corpora- tions have recently filed notices of dis- solution with the Secretary of State: Strain Baking Co., Battle Sreek. Freeport Farmers Blevator Co., Freeport. Oilking Burner Sales Corp., Detroit. Powers’ Building Association, Grand Rapids. Autoking Cap Corporation, Detroit. Liienfield Bros. & Co., of Michigan, De- troit. Taylor Coal Co., Detroit. Sector Gear-Shift & Manufacturing Co., Detroit. American Screw Products Co., Detroit. Great Lakes Way Club, Grand Rapids. Goldsmith-Roth, Inc., Grand Rapids. American Standard Novelty Co., Detroit. Minnesota Sugar Co., Minneapolis and Detroit. Federal Lock Co., Detroit. Mechanics’ Land Co., Detroit. Louis Sands Salt & Lumber Co., Manistee. Record Printing Co., Detroit. Kilmanagh Thresher Co., Kilmanagh. ——— 73 He Won the Cake. “When I was in India,” said the club bore, “I saw a tiger come down to the water where some women were washing clothes. It was a very fierce tiger, but great presence of mind, splashed some water in its face—and it slunk away.” “Gentlemen,” said a man in an arm chair, “I can vouch for the truth of this story. Some minutes after the incident occurred, I was coming down to the water. I met this tiger, and as is my habit, stroked his whiskers. Gentlemen, those whiskers were wet.” one woman, with sero If you never keep a customer wait- ing for your services when it is not necessary, you are doing better than some clerks who think more of their own than of their customers’ time. 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TIMOTHY, ALFALFA, GARDEN SEEDS The business conducted by Mr. Alfred J. Brown the past few months is now carried on by A.J.Brown & Son, Inc. 9-11 Ionia Ave, Grand Rapids, Mich. We earnestly solicit your orders NOT CONNECTED WITH ALFRED J. BROWN SEED co. 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 1—3 IONIA AVE. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN THE TOLEDO PLATE & WINDOW: GLASS COMPANY Mirrors—Art Glass—Dresser Tops—Automobile and Show Case Glass All kinds of Glass for Building Purposes 601-511 IONIA AVE., S. W. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Parchment Bond Writing Paper for everybody. Nice, white writing paper for pen or pencil Letter Size 5 Ibs. approx. 500 sheets $1.00 The universal writing paper. for Home, School or Office. Every dealer ‘ should carry a stock of all sizes. ‘“‘Personal Stationery—Cheaper than scratcs Say to our Dept. C. ‘“‘Here’s a dol- pads, said one man. “The most good paper lar. Send me five pound package.” I ever got for my money,’ said another. Try it! KALAMAZOO VEGETABLE PARCHMENT CC., Kalamazoo, Mich. The home of Quality Papers. 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN — = = HE — SOVOOVV YVAN —_ 2 — ~~ — oA ~ . 5 . MMERCIAL TRAVELER. As ers News and Gossip About Michigan Hotels. Kalamazoo, April 28—Some weeks summing up the ancient. his- the Michigan Hotel Associa- | mentioned the names of several old-time landlords, seemingly unac- counted for, among them being A. D. Williams, who formerly conducted the Johnson House, at South Haven. I have a letter from the editor of the South Haven Tribune, in’ which he states that Mr. Williams is in good health, lives in South Haven and is traveling for a coal company, all of which news will be appreciated by his old patrons who stopped with him even when he was conducting the Hotel Marsland, a summer before he took the Johnson. Cards are out announcing a_ hotel { 1 supper at the new Warm Tavern, at Holland, on Friday, This wonderful hotel has ap ago, in tory of tion, resort. pare been furnished ahead _ of schedule. [| have had considerable to say about it heretofore, but will give it a more careful inspection later on and see that it is properly reported. iriend, George Swanson, the efficient manager of the Huron, at Ypsilanti, in acknowledging mention ] made of him awhile ago, savs: “Though naturally I thin ficient management, have given me even more due, but as a community built hotels, My good 1 hotel I think vou credit than suggestion on which subject \ ie is really vou have written on recently, it is my personal opinion that a great many failures in this tvpe of hotel are due to the fact that almost invariably thev form two companies—a building com- pany and an operating company—and enough profit to satisfy One ot there is not the secrets only both companies. or success, | one company.” Mr. § undoubtedly, right in his deductions. Where the ; holders are the same, there are alwavs ways and means to be suggested which lead to econoxies, which, in their turn. would not be developed were it not for this better understanding. Last week executive council of the Michigan Hotel Association had a meeting at Lansing, where they caught up with their legislative committee and red notes. Thanks to the thor- f their organization, they succeeded in discouraging certain leg- 1 ating to hotel regula- believe. j ; 1, ICUCVE, 18 LO Nave Swanson is, stock- the compare 1 1 I oughness of . i: iSlative action re tion. Every vear somebody wants to regulate the hotels of the State, just someone, somewhere, js run- - -+] . cr 4} is unworthy of the 1eyv come hack and 1 pecause ning a “joint” which name of hotel, and t t iack at legitimate oper exceptionally neat and enjov the iting people. Tv tO pet a wi who run and wholesome institutions patronage ot discrim dissatisfac- “farm source of ) seems to be the ion nowadays 1ouse’ lodging houses, which are, in many cases, by people who use flannel blankets instead of fresh laundered sheets, the blankets being “aired,’ in some de luxe occasionally institutions of this class. The real, red-blooded landlord no regulation. What he needs is an axe to decapitate some of these legis- lators who don’t know the difference real caravanisary and a ! needs between a lumi- ber camp. The other day, at Decatur, I had a little visit with Harry Hart, who is successful with his Hotel Hart, and deserves much credit for his prise. Ll well remember when Harry Was trying to make something out of the old’ Paddock House, two or three vears ago. It didn’t look very encour- aging for him then, but I am not in clined to worry about his affairs any more. He is on the job and results show it. The Hotel Goodwin, Mrs. C. E: Ellis, proprietor, has un ( ‘aSSOpK lis, dergone many changes since I was there two years since. The former assembly room has been converted info a dining room, the kitchen has been moved to make its operation more efficient, and I heartily approve of the changes. At Dowagiac the Maiers are doing well with their Dixie. When other Michigan hotels have been complain- ing Dixie has been floating along on high wave of prosperity, which is well mer- ited. Dowagiae has several manufac- turing institutions which employ an army of travelers, and these, in turn, visit headquarters, and, incidentally, this excellent hotel. John Forler, at the Hotel Niles, has rented out his partment and home cooki iv specialized John thinks he why hotel mearer, and 1 know he has. The din ing room, often run as a specialty, will develop where the hotel man fails to find them, but a dining room is an essential to a hotel, even if it shows no profit. That is, there must be a dining room convenient for hotel guests, though it need not necessarily follow that the landlord sponsor same. Frank Hal Hotel Huilder- ] about trade stagnation, the the lrorle : feeding cle gy 1s strong has dis- proits are sO 4 - ] COVETCG profits derbrand, 1 brand, Niles, has a spick span. new cofiee shop, twenty new rooms with modern conveniences, and enjoys a thriving trade. The meals. served here are always exceptionally well cooked and tastily served at reason- able charges. At Berrien Springs, Theodore Frank has added several new rooms to the equipment of his Hotel Wren, all beautifully furnished and provided with running water, convenient to baths. It is one of the most home like places I know of anywhere, and its owner prospers. [ have been accused of travarant 1p my Townsend’s Whitcomb, at i will pass it up this tinte—the not the hotel. Mrs. Townsend re cently returned from a month’s trip to Texas, coming home with a million- dollar coat of tan. At Watervliet I made the discovery that ©. K. Smith, of the Star Hotel, has been peddling some of his ill gotten gains in Florida this winter, only returning a short time ago. Here is another instance where a hotel man is prospering on business attracted being ex praises of Tupper St. Joe, SO NOTICe: from some other field. But he is pros pering in spite of the fact that he and Walter Hodges, of the Burdick, at their youthful pirates,” of Sniuth were, 1n boys, or Kalamazoo, days, cabin something on lake steamers. has outlived all this. The Michigan Hotel Association needed more members at Paw Paw Lake. What would be more natural GRAND RAPIDS’ 400 Rooms—400 Baths Excellent Cuisine Turkish Baths MORTON HOTEL April 29, 1925 WHEN IN KALAMAZOO Stop at tne Headquarters for all Civic Clubs Luxurious Rooms ERNEST McLEAN, Mgr NEWEST HOTEL Rates $2.00 and Up enter- HOTEL CHIPPEWA European Plan New Hotel wit all 150 Outside Rooms Hot and Cold Running Water and Telephone in every Room 60 Rooms with Bath $2.50 and $3.00 $1.50 and up - Modern Conveniences—Elevator, HENRY M. NELSON Manager MANISTEE, MICH. Etc. Dining Room Service The Center of Social and Business Activities THE PANTLIND HOTEL Everything that a Modern Hotel should be. Rooms $2.00 and up. With Bath $2.50 and up. HOTEL BROWNING GRAND RAPIDS Rooms with bath, single $2 to $2.50 Rooms with bath, double $3 to $3.50 None Higher. Corner Sheldon and Oakes; Facing Union Depot; Three Blocks Away. 150 Fireproof Rooms CODY HOTEL GRAND RAPIDS $1.50 up without bath RATES j $2.50 up with bath CAFETERIA IN CONNECTION OCCIDENTAL HOTEL FIRE PROOF CENTRALLY LOCATED Rates $1.50 and up EDWART R. SWETT, Mgr. Muskegon one Michigan WESTERN HOTEL BIG RAPIDS, MICH. 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. tates reasonable. WILL F. JENKINS, Manager. HOTEL DOHERTY CLARE, MICHIGAN Absolutely Fire Proof Sixty Rooms All Modern Conveniences RATES from $1.50, Excellent Coffee Shop “ASK THE BOYS WHO STOP HERE” HOTEL KERNS Largest Hotel in Lansing 300 Rooms With or Without Bath Popular Priced Cafteria in Connection Rates $1.50 up E. S. RICHARDSON, Proprietor Columbia Hotel KALAMAZOO Good Place To Tie To The Durant Hotel Flint's New Million and Half Dollar Hotel. 300 Rooms 300 Baths ndee the direction of the United Hotels Company HARRY R. PRICE, Manager CUSHMAN HOTEL PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN The best is none too good for a tired Commersial Traveler. Try the CUSHMAN on your next trip and you will feel right at home, Henry Smith Floral Co., Inc. 52 Monroe Ave. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN PHONES: Citizens 65173. Bell Main 172 2 AND ~-” Mineral Baths THE LEADING COMMERCIAL AND RESORT HOTEL OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN Open the Year Around Natural Saline-Sulphur Waters. Best for Rheumatism. Nervousness, Skin Diseases and Run Down Condition. . T. Townsend, Mgr. ST. JOSEPH MICHIGAN MR. MERCHANT:— Discouraged; in the Rut, can’t get out, awake nights? Listen, we will turn those sleepless nights into quiet repose. Write us today. Big 4 Merchandise Wreckers Room 11 Twamley Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN Ne BARLOW BROS, Grand Rapids, Mich. Ask about our way. A ‘ 2 i en saab aii oe crac 4 aap . April 29, 1925 than that Harvey Strong, that bunch of energy and ingenuity who runs Strong’s resort, should secure them? As a scalp gatherer he has old Chief Pokagon snowed under. Among those who capitulated were Wood- ward’s, Locust Beach, the Commo- dore and Bierwirth’s. Dave Reid, at South Haven, was considerably worried when I called on him the other day, because he couldn’t think of anything more to add to his improvement program. Two years ago if anyone had suggested to me that the Reid House could be convert- ed into the attractive establishment it now is, 1 would have suggested a so- journ to the hilltop at Kalamazoo, but it has been accomplished, presumably on doMar and a half meals at 75 cents. It’s the volume, you know. The executive council of the Michi- gan Hotel Association, besides accept- ing the invitation of the people of South Haven and the Chicago and South Haven Steamship Co. to be their guests for an outing on June 26 and 27 decided also to join the American Hotel Association as a body. This is a question which has evoked much discussion in the past year, among the Michigan members. The most of them felt that it was the proper thing to do, but the financial requirements were of such magnitude that they did not feel their own treasury should stand the load, but the larger hotels in the State have indicated that they are willing to give it their backing, by raising a special fund for that pur- pose, consequently the problem seems to have been solved. Some practical joker sent a press dispatch to a Detroit newspaper an- nouncing that Marcus Freud, of the Hotel Wolverine, Detroit, was going to build a 300 room hotel at Kalama- zoo. I have not had advices as to Mr. Freud’s mental condition of late, but when last in touch with him it seemed to be normal, hence I take it for granted that it was a joker who sent in the dispatch. What Kalamazoo actually needs is more business for the hotels she already has. Her facil- ities are easily ten years ahead of the times even with her present phenom- inal prosperity. There is no cause for complaint, either, as to quality or ser- vice and none of those already in busi- ness are making even a fair return on their investment. There might be such a thing as a highly inflated promoter conceiving of another hotel for Kal- amazoo, but a hotel man, well—it’s not to be thought of. Preston D. Norton, President of the Michigan Greeters announces that they are going to hold their annual dance at the Book-Cadillac on Wed- nesday, May 20. If “Pres.” is on the job the same as last year, it will be a success from every viewpoint, financial and social. Frank S. Verbeck. see. Had a Prosperous Year. Grand Rapids, April 16—The = an- nual stockholders’ meeting of *the Grand Rapids Wholesale Grocery Co. was held Wednesday night. It was preceded by a banquet at the Morton Hotel. One hundred and fifty stock- holders were present. Reports of offi- cers showed that the company had had a very prosperous year. Following the stockholders’ meeting the directors’ meeting was held, at which the follow- ing officers were elected: President and Manager—F._ T. Marty, Grand Rapids. Vice-President—P. Grandville. : Secretary and Treasurer—Sierd An- dringa, West Carlisle. The directors are the officers and Rex Anthony, Ada; V. C. Bomberski, Grand Haven; J. J. Carr, Reed City; EK. W. Fenner, Martin; C. E. Hickok, Kalamazoo; Roy Kinney, Fruitport; FE. L. Leland, Saugatuck; F. H. Stuit, Grand Rapids. J. Hoekzema, F. T. Marty, Pres. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Items From the Cloverland of Michi- gan. Sault Ste. Marie, April 28—We are to have another movie theater in the near future. J. M. Andary, one of our enterprising clothing merchants, will be the owner. It will be erected at 404 Ashmun street, on the site now occupied by the McKenzie shoe shop and the Lange tailor shop. Mr. And- ary announces that he expects to re- tire from the clothing business in the near future and devote his time to his new venture. Saul Osser, the popular meat mer- chant of Manistique, has purchased the stock and fixtures of the O. K. Market, on North Cedar street, and will move the stock to his present lo- cation and use some of the fixtures. Dave Williams, of the Williams Furniture Co., has purchased a large Reo truck with a special body built in Detroit. It is one of the finest jobs in the city and a credit to tha enter- prising establishment. Bob Boltz, who for several years has been employed in the Nelson dry cleaning establishment, has gone to Negaunee to engage in a similar busi- ness with his brother-in-law, W. S. Bannon. Ed. Field has purchased a new pop corn wagon of the latest model and is located at 507 Ashmun street, where he is raking in the nickels. Axel Victorson, of the Larson & Co. meat market, at Manistique, has decided to take a long needed rest for his health, extending throughout the summer. He expects to spend some time in Minneapolis , visiting relatives. William Norvall, the Engandine merchant, has sold out his stock and expects to go West with his son, Wliliam, for the benefit of the latter’s health. Word comes from the Stover apiar- ies, located in Mahew, Miss., that later in the year they will return to Clover- land with at least 500 swarms of bees, the same number which they brought here last year, and placed in Chippewa county. Mr. Stover is interested in this part of the country because of the excellent quality of honey produced here. It isn’t necessary for a woman to be an artist in order to draw attention. Jesse Church and Earl Bailey are now engaged in carrying freight from the Soo to Drummond Island. They have purchased the large gas launch, Drummond, and expect to make week- ly trips during the summer. Floys Seaman has been awarded the mail contract between De Tour and Drummond Island and bought out the business of his competitors, so that he now has the only ferry carrying auto- mobiles and passengers across the river at De Tour. He’s a poor musician who is un- able to play upon your feelings. Thomas H. Savage, of White Fish, expects to take over the store of the Bartlett Lumber Co., at Shelldrake, soon after May 1. Mr. Savage thinks there is still room for business, re- gardless of the Bartlett Lumber Co.. discontinuing operations since the burning of the mill. The well-known summer resort at Curtiss will soon have a new hotel known as the Forest Inn, on Manis- tique Lake. J. H. Ostrander will be the proprietor. The place is noted for its excellent fishing and hunting. The new hotel will keep open until after the deer season closes. Mr. Ostrander is an experienced hotel man. He for- merly conducted the hotel at Houghton Lake. William G. Tapert. ————_+-s oe Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, April ae A Anderson, who conducted a grocery store at Lowell four years and a gen- eral store at Reno one year, but who spent the past ear in California, has returned to Michigan and located in Grand Rapids. Mr. Anderson has se- cured the ‘Michigan agency for the J. W. P. Rubber Auto Enamel, which enables a novice to protect his car at a cost of $3.50-—$2.50 for a gallon of enamel and $1 for a brush. Mr. An- derson has located his residence and office headquarters at 329 North Ottawa avenue and expects to conduct a rapidly growing business by the es- tablishment of agents in every town and county in the State. Mr. Anderson does not return to his native State with glowing accounts of the “glorious climate of California.” He found the climatic conditions at Los Angeles and Santa Barbara any- thing but agreeable, due to the ener- vating attributes of the atmosphere. He liked the climate of San Francisco and Northern California very much better and highly commended the steadfastness and stability of Portland and the push and vim of Seattle. He has no intention of making California a permanent place of residence. L. j. DeLamarter, vice-President and general manager of the Grand Rapids Railway Co., announces the preliminary opening of Ramona danc- ing casino will be held Saturday night, May 2. Dancing will be enjoyed there two evenings each week, Wednesday and Saturday, until the formal opening next month, when the casino will be open every night except Sunday. For the opening night and the following Wednesday night excellent music is assured. Kolkowski’s orchestra will furnish the music for the parties Sat- urday, May 9, Wednesday, May 13, and Saturday, May 16. Dancing will begin at 8:30. The derby racer will be started Sunday and each Sunday thereafter until the formal opening of the park. +. Good Report From Ludington Failure The Secretary of the Grand Rapids Credit Men’s Association is making a good record in handling the Goening Bros. & Wilde clothing and shoe stock at Ludington. Subsequent to the failure the assets. were computed as follows: Gash (4 $ Accounts Receivable -------- SUZ) 3,703.14 Merchandise Furniture and fixtures ----- 1,962.22 $33,370.52 The total liabilities were $35,976.80. Mr. Boggs has already made sales from the stock aggregating $9,000 and expects to be able to realize about 55 cents on the dollar from the $12,000 stock remaining. He also hopes to realize $2,500 from the book accounts. If he succeeds in these expectations, he will pay the about 50 cents on the dollar. be able to creditors —_—_++>—___ Grocers Mourn August Miller. Detroit, April 25—Retail grocers in Detroit Friday mourned -the loss of August Miller, a veteran in their ranks, who died Thursday morning at his home, 38 Alfred street, following a paralytic stroke. He was 75 years old. Mr. Miller had been in the grocery business in Detroit for 54 years, oc- cupying stands in several of the city’s foremost business sections. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, he came to Detroit when he was 21 years old, opening a grocery store at Jefferson and Brush street. After 12 years in business at this stand he moved to a store at Montcalm street and Woodward avenue, where he served a retail trade over a period of 17 vears. His last store, occupied for 10 years, was at Duffield street and Woodward avenue. He retired from business there two years ago. —_——_+ ss Every time you are late to work you make it easier to be late again. Tardi- ness costs the business money and is likely to cost you your job. 25 Too Late To Classify. Detroit—The M. H. Wilkins Co., 238 Massachusetts street, has been in- corporated to manufacture and deal in steel and iron goods, building mater- ials, etc., with an auhtorized capital stock of $50,000, of which amount $21,800 has been subscribed, $3,200 paid in in cash and $18,610 in prop- erty. Lansing—Sam Corkin, formerly in the grocery business here, has opened three “fresh air” vegetable and fruit stores. The stores are located on the corner of Lenawee street and South Butler boulevard, the corner of North Butler boulevard and Lapeer street and at the corner of West Saginaw street and Westmoreland avenue. Detroit—The Soper Sanitary Kitch- en Co., 108 East Woodbridge street, has merged its bus ness into a stock company under the same style, with an authorized capital stock of $400,000 and 100,000 shares at $1 per share, of which amount $25,000 and 88,000 shares has been subscribed, $1,400 paid in in cash and $100,000 in property. Detroit—The Michigan Cornice & Slate Works, 639 East Fort street, has merged its business into a stock com- pany under the same style, with an authorized capital stock of $75,000, of amount $28,770 has been sub- in, $20 in cash and $28,750 in property. Detroit—The Gregory Oil Burners, Inc., 625 wh ch scribed and paid ,ook building, has been in- corporated with an author zed capital stock of $200,000 preferred and 4,000 per share, of which amount $10,000 and 200 shares has subscribed and $1,020 paid in shares at $1 been in cash. Lansing—Mifflin’s, 109 South Wash- street, is closing out its stock and women’s clothing and furnishings and will retire from trade, May 1, having leased the first floor of its store building to the Newark Shoe Co. Kalamazoo—Addison H. ington of men’s Pengelly has retired as manager of the Colman Drug Co. but will retain the vice pres- Mr. Pengelly has been con- nected with the Colman Drug Co. for 43 years, many of which he has acted idency. as manager and vice president. Millbrook—Arthur D. Kendall, a merchant of this place, died He was a good The busi- ness will be continued for the present by the widow. p oneer about two weeks ago. merchant and a good man. ——__-oo—— The Other Kind. Little Louis had gone to the kitchen Aunt Sarah, the colored cook at work making biscuits. After he had sampled one, he observed: “Aunt Sarah, I can spell now. These are made out of d-o, do.” “But that doesn’t spell dough,” Louis’ mother corrected, as she en- tered the kitchen to give the cook some orders. Whereupon Aunt Sarah thought that she, too, would enter the discus- to observe sion. So she said: “Dere’s two kinds of do, chile, ‘Do’ what shuts, an ‘do’ you what you eats.” —_++>_—_ A deeper thinker is never a shallow doer. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 29, 1925 The Use of Iodine in Medicine. The medicinal use of iodine in tex- tural combinations, as in sponge and varous kinds of sea weed, dates from The ashes of these (and animals as well), were generally employed in substance, a very early period. marine plants but with advent of pseudo-pharmaceu- tical research, placed by these ashes were re- solutions or ab- stracts thereof, which in the early days of Hahnemann became quite impor- tant in homeopathic medication. This method of administering compounds of iodine continues increasingly to the present day, in the treatment of cer- tain ailments once classified under the blanket term “anti-scorbutic. In this direction, iodine compounds predom- inated, although the iodine was itself practically unknown as a factor. After the discovery of the element, iodine, in 1812, came to manufacturing chemists an opportunity to introduce the active principle” of the combina- tions mentioned, and researches were made as to best method of carrying iodine into a medicinal form. At the time the writer began his apprentice- ship in pharmacy, in the middle 60's, this research still dominated the med- ical and pharmaceutical world. Be- tween the years 1863 and 1875, various iodine products were successively em- ployed by physicians in the field which iodine compounds were accept- ed as being serviceable. Into these researches I came, with the enthusiasm of an enquiring apprentice in phar- macy, under the tutelage of pharma- csts second to none in Cincinnati, Dr. W. B. Chapman. and Mr. Reifsnider, head clerk and manager of W. J. M. Gordon and Brothers’ drug store, one of the most prominent of Cincinnati’s pharmacies. As is well known, iodide of potas- sium then dominated all other iodides, by reason of the fact that it was so easily crystallized, and the crystals, when free from potassium carbonate, were so permanent in the air. Many physicians, however, then preferred iodide of sodium, which in manipula- tive pharmacy had objections, espec- ially because of its hygroscopic action in a moist at mosphere, and its non- crystalline nature, which renders it more difficult to purify than the potas- sium compound. Among the pharmaceutical prepara- tions then introduced were the various *If syrup of iodide. freshly made, be put into a dark closet or covered with a black paper. d°composition flows If the syrup be then exposed to the br’ght sunshine, resolution follows. If the fresh- ly made syrup be kept in the sunlight, it will neither change its color nor precipi- tate. This is quite the reverse of the usual processes of decomposition, I have known pharmacists, in order to prevent alteration, to carefully encase syrup of iron iodide in black paper, and keep it in a dark closet. alcoholic syrups, such as syrup of iodide of iron, syrup of iodide of iron and manganese, etc., in which the various iodides were preserved by the influence of sugar, the iodide itself being an unstable preparation. While experimenting in this direction on a manufacturing scale, I found that with syrup of iodide of iron, the addition of a small amount of hypophosphorous acid was a pre- servative of the compound, which oth- erwise soon decomposed, even under the influence of the sugar, unless it was kept in the bright sunlight.* Quite a demand for the syrup thus made, arose among the physicians. Cincinnati Compounds such as the above were altogether inorganic (devoid of bio- logical life activities), but an organic compound of iodine soon came into use, wherein the volatile oil of orig- anum was iodized, the reaction being most pronounced, and requiring ex- ceeding care in its manipulation. Phy- sicians prescribed that “iodized oil of origanum” for external application, and I believe very successfully, where the ailment was properly diagnosed. It may be added that other essential oils, excepting perhaps wintergreen oil, were experimentally used as so- called “iodine carriers.” An ointment of iodide of lead was at that date quite a favorite, and an effort was made to put this iodide of lead into a solution in such a way as to enable it to be employed externally as a liniment, either alone, or in com- bination with other materials. Iodide of lead, however, is quite insoluble in water, and indeed in most ordinary menstruums that could be suggested as components of a liniment. One of Dr. John King’s favorite lin- iment excipients, solution of sal am- moniac, has, when saturated, the prop- erty of dissolving, almost without lim- it, varying amounts of lead iodide, in accordance with the concentration of this liquid, the salt dissolving much more freely when the liquid is hot, than when it is cold. One cooling, the lead-iodide compound, (whatever it may be) of ammonium muriate obtain- ed with this super-saturated solution, it separates in glittering, prismatic scales, varying in color in accordance with the iodine and ammonium muri- ate proportions. This striking experi- ment was, with me, sixty years ago, one of the wonders in chemistry, for the following reasons. 1 The transparent, colorless solu- tion of ammonium muriate dissolved a deep, vellow iodide of lead, making a perfectly cororless solution. This is a most striking experiment, and was often utilized by decades ago. me in my lectures, 2. The separation of the crystals from hot solutions of different degrees of concentration and lead iodide satur- ation, produced crystals of different colors, and of different prismatic qual- ities. This was not dependent alto- gether upon the proportions of iodide of lead, because a mixture of a very concentrated solution produced a per- fectly crystalline precipitate, without any prismatic effect whatever. Just at that time, W. J. M. Gordon and Brothers were the only manufac- turers of western glycerin, and in or- der to retard the rapid settling of the crystals, a mixture of glycerin was utilized to bring the gravity of the liquid near to that of the crystalline precipitate, which was thereby, with- out any chemical change, so far as I know, accomplished. In my lecture room experiments I would make quite a quantity of these crystals in a white porcelain evaporating basin, and as they formed from the hot solution, permitted the students, successively to look down into that marvelous star- dust liquid, the sight being especially striking when a ray of sunshine was thrown into the mixture. white, So far as I know, the composition of these iodides has never yet been investigated, but they may now be worked out in chemistries devoted to inorganic subjects. Placing the crys- tals under the microscope my son, J. T. Lloyd, discovered that they are of ' different form and apparent perma- nency, some of them disappearing in time, others becoming coated by crys- talline surfaces in such a manner as even to destroy altogether their pris- matic brilliancy. The shape of the crystals, their colors and _ prismatic nature, their comings and goings, in ways that are perplexingly a conun- drum, comprise a subject of exceed- ing interest. John Uri Lloyd. —~+-»—___ Patience With Customers. The pharmacist who is not long on patience will soon be short on cus- tomers. Besides scales and human nature scales must both balance cor- rectly. A man without patience is a pharmacy misfit. Possibly you say, “Where would he fit?” If so, ask the good Lord, for no one else knows! If we had been a bit more patient with the fuss and exactions of that haughty Mrs. Van Arsdale she would not have transferred her purse-affec- tions to our keenest competitor, “The Square-Deal Pharmacy.” Customers should be handled as tenderly as new babies—but not changed as often! True, customers will be exacting and unreasonable at times. This is a na- tural sequence of not having been born angels—but neither were we born angels, to tell the truth and shame the devil! The man who will not put on the soft pedal when customers are un- reasonable is bound to find business no soft snap! True, some customers are as cold and unresponsive as icebergs—but re- member that even melt, in time. The major portion of our cus- tomers are amenable to patience and human treatment. If we are out of patience and human treatment. If we are out of patience we advertise that icebergs fact every time we move, act, or keep silent. Are you hot Good; why not keep it there? your temper collared, chained under control! Give the customer an oppor- tunity to become ashamed of himself or of herself. Bear with the unreasan- able customer yet a little longer in- stead of growling at him to-day. Why not run the cultivator of good nature through the pharmacy-rows and_ see the trade grow! Customers should be patient, but a pharmacist simply must be patient! To hang out a “Watch us Grow,” sign is effort wasted when it should have been lettered, “Watch us Growl.” We can- not run a business by feeling it takes horse sense and stable virtues to keep the customers coming—nothing like patience and a warm greeting to keep the trail hot. Customers evidently be- lieve in reciprocity; when we. give them patience they give us trade—and then pay for their gift. Is the game not worth the candle? Patience is no minor virtue, in the home or in business. He who _ pos- sesses patience is in line to possess, many other things—even big business begins to look upon himw ith a favor- ing eye. We might paraphrase the words of a poet, and say, “Give to the customer the best you have, and the best comes back to you.” George W. Tuttle. ———— >>> The Big Idea That Went Wrong. Once upon a time, before the Smith 3rothers whiskers, there lived three druggists in the same hick town. Each one thought the other a goof. Whenever two of them got together they discussed the absent one. And what they said about him was surely enough. One day one of them, called Drake, got a free pass on the railroad. So he’ put on his mail order suit and kissed his wife good-bye. He was going to the big wicked city. He felt rather important as he leaned back in the red plush seat next to the window, and as the train pulled out he wondered whether the people up in town would be glad to see him. He was rather disappointed however, on his arrival, as the only one who spoke to him was a one-armed man selling lead pencils. As he sauntered past the penny speak, under the collar? Keep wore down the street arcades and shooting galleries, his attention was attracted to a cut rate drug store, where they were running a penny sale. The place was decorated with pennants and signs so that it looked like a side-show at a circus. It seemed that if one bought an article for twenty-five cents, one could get another like it for one cent, and it was usually worth it. This looked like a good stunt. When Drake got home he decided to run a one cent sale himself. So one day before his competitors had finished their wheat cakes and coffee, he had his windows all plaster- ed up with signs, reading, “Twenty- five cents for one, two for twenty-six.” The other two go together and fol- lowed suit. And within three days the natives had laid in enough stuff to last them a month. Sa April 29, 1925 When the sale was over the three druggists discovered that they had sold a lot of goods, but they had not made enough money to buy the drug store cat a saucer of milk. And for the next three weeks they had nothing to do but to play checkers. Moral: What is sauce for the gander is not always sauce for the goose. —_2 2 >_—_ When To Retire. The druggist who becomes so pros- perous he thinks more about his mon- ey and investments than he does about his business has arrived at a period when he should retire as a pharmacist and devote time to his finances. his entire —_—_22>___ A Friend in Need. The judge fixed his eye severely on the prisoner. “Flaherty,” he demanded, “why did you dump your hod of brick on your friend Nolan?” MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT “Ve see, Judge,’ explained the of- fender, “oi once told Nolan that if he was hard up for money to come to the building where oi was workin’ and o’d do him a favor, and whin oi saw him comin’ along the street, dead broke, oi dropped the bricks down on his head knowin’ he had an accident pe ylicy. SIDNEY ELEVATORS Will reduce handling expense and speed up work—will make money for you. Easily installed. and instructions sent with each elevator. Write stating require- Am ments, giving kind of machine and iW size of platform wanted, as well a as height. We will quote a money ate saving price. Sidney Elevator Mnfg. Co., Sidney, Ohlo SELL BY THE CARTON by first mortgage on GRAND RAPIDS MUTUAL BUILDING and LOAN ASSOCIATION A Mutual Savings Society BUILDING and LOAN BUILDING Paid in Capital and Surplus $6,200,000.00. 5% paid on Certificates in force three months. Secured GROUND FLOOR Grand Rapids homes. USKEGON MICHIGAN Makes Good hocolates PARIS GREEN BOWKER’S PYREX Also If not well supplied order the time. How About Spraying Material? ARE YOU WELL SUPPLIED WITH ARSENATE OF LEAD TUBER TONIC (Paris Green & Bordeaux Mixture) ARSENATE OF CALCIUM PESTOYD (Insecto) (Arsenate Lead and Bordeaux) DRY LIME AND SULPHUR DRY FUNGI BORDO (Dry Powder Bordeaux) BLACK LEAF FORTY BLUE VITROL, SULPHUR, ARSENIC, FORMALDEHYDE, INSECT POWDER, SLUG SHOT, WHITE HELLEBORE, Etc. at once. We carry complete stock all Manistee HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO. MICHIGAN Grand Rapids Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day of issue. Acids Lavendar Flow-- 8 00@8 25 Cinchona --~----- @2 10 aio we 8 ors oe 20 Colehtcum = ----—- @1 80 F 25 PeMOn oon oo 2 Os fa A Boric (Xtal) ---- 3) @ 4g Linseed, bid. bbl, Ot 2 Cubebs ---------- @2 0 Give 58 @ 10 Linseed, bid less 1 25@1 38 Digitalis -------- @1 80 Mosistie 2... 34%4@ i a raw, bal, ae Gentian --------- @1 35 ieee @ 5 sinseed, ra. less oo@ of a ona ata 2 @ 26 Mustard, artifil. oz @ | 60 Ginger, D. S. -- @1 8 Sulphuric .._-—- 3%@ 8 Neatsfoot ------ 1 35@1 60 Guaiac ------- . @2 20 “atare ..._« © © Olive, pure ---- 3 75@4 50 Guaiac, Ammon. @2 00 nd iene Olive, Malaga, lodin @ % ammonia SS maa — . ee Sh ae a Olive, Malaga, : lodine, Colorless @1 60 eee ee a a oe can eels ee = * Water, 14 deg. -- 6%42@ Origanum, pure @2 50 Kino ------------- @1 40 Carbonate ------ 20, @ 28 Origanum, com'l 1 00@1 20 Myrrh ---~------- @2 50 Chloride (Gran.) 10%@ 20 Peanysoye! a “ 3 25 Nux Vomica ---- @1 55 Yeppermint -. 20 0 20 25 5 Balsams ae hf @2 60 Copaiba --------- 90@1 20 Rosemary Flows 1 25@1 60 Opium, Camp. — @ % Bir caneee ae oer . ene E. 10 00@10 35 Opium, Deodorz’d @3 50 ir (Oregon) --- 5G a aceene v 5 Peru 7 oe 3 00@3 25 Sassafras, true 2 50@2 76 Rhubarb -—----- @1 70 Toln ___.-_-_--— $ 00@3 25 Sassafras, arti’) 80@1 29 Spearmint ------ ' 00@7 = Barks 80@2 0 Pain Cassia (ordinary) a5@ 30 5 00@5 2 —_— Cassia (Saigon). 50@ 60 ji ontin 50@ 65 Lead, red dry -- 15%@16% Sassafras (pw: 50c) @ 55 Turpentine, bbl. @96% ooo he : Soap Cut (powd.) Turpentine, less 1 04@1 1i ead, white dry 15%@16% — 18@ 25 Wintergreen, : Lead, white oil_. 15% @16% leaf ---------- 6 00@6 25 Ochre, yellow bbl. @ Berries Wintergreen, sweet h } oo6 @1 2% hive 3 00@3 25 Ochre, yellow less 2%4%@ Fish es @ 2 Wintergreen, art_. 80@1 20 Red Venet’n Am. 3%@ Maa o9@ 20 Wormseed pall 8 00@6 25 Red Venet'n Eng. 4@ Prickly Ash ------ @ 30 ormw 0 8 50@8 715 Puty ..... 5@ Extracts wae bbl. ---- mr. ‘* Licorice ---------~ 600 | « Potassium L oP. Pre 3 os 00 Licorice powd. --- @ 7 er > D Hie . 35@ 40 Rogers Prep. -. 2 80@3 00 Flowers Bichromate ite a6 ie 25@ 30 Bromide --------- 69@ 85 Chamomile Ger.) 20@ 25 Bromide -------- 54@ 71 Miscellaneous Chamomile Rom. 50 Chlorate, gran’d 23@ 30 ie Chlorate, powd. Acetanalid 47@ 56 Gum or Xtal —------- 16828 Alum o3@ 12 er foe 6G 65 Cyanide --------- aS W 7... “cause an i 50@ 50 Iodide ----__--- 2094 49 Alum. powd. and 1s ‘Keacia, Sorts --- 20@ 25 Permanganate _ 20@ 3&0 pis wie aubai- @ ‘Acacia, Powdered 35@ 40 Prussiate, yellow 65@ 75 a Suon 3 02@3 23 a cee ee te Lewes He — OG wo. aa ae @ Aloes (Cape Pow) 25@ 36 Sulphate -------- 35@ 40 ““Sowdered “ o7@ 13 ‘Aloes (Soc. Pow.) 65@ 76 Cantharades, po. 1 75@2 25 Asafoetida _----- 65@_ 75 Calomel : 1 93@3 09 Dew oe 1 OOg@e 25 Roots Capsicum, pow'd 48@ 56 Camphor ------- 1 05@1 10 Carmine . 6 00@6 60 Guae @ 70 Alka.ct ------—- 26@ 30 Casia Buds —-- 300) 35 Guaiac, pow'd -- @ 75 Blood, powdered. 35@ 40 Cloves — we tt a lc CU 35@ 40 Ghalk Prepared- 14@ 16 Kino, powdered_-- @1 20 Elecampane, pwd 25@ 30 Chloroform _. 51@ 60 aon _@ 60 Gentian, powd._- 20@ 30 Criorat Hydrate 1 30@1 86 Myrrh, powdered @ 66 Ginger, African, Cocaine -----. 12 10@12 80 Opium, powd. 19 65@19 92 powdered “- 30@ 35 Cocoa Butter, 5u@_ 7b Opium, gran. 19 65@19 92 Ginger, Jamaica 60@ 65 Corks, list less 40@50% ee en g0@1i 90 Ginger, Jamaica, Copperas” a ne o%o 10 Shellac Bleached 1 00@1 10 powdered --——- 55@ 60 Copperas, Powd. 4@ 10 Tragacanth, pow. @1 75 Goldenseal, pow. 6 50@6 75 Corrosive Sublm 1 58@1 76 Tragacanth ---- 1 75@2 25 Ipecac, powd. -. 3 75@4 00 Cream Tartar --.- 31@ 38 Turpentine ------ 95 ‘Ldcorice --.----—— 35@ 40 Cuttle bone a 40@ 60 Licorice, powd. a Mh tektla 6@ 16 Orris, powdered 30@ 40 Hawes Powder 3 60@4 0v : Insecticides Poke, powdered_ 35@ 40 kn All N 10 15 Arsenic -------- S @ 2% Rhutarb, powd. 100Q1 10 Emery, ae Blue’ Vitriol, bbl. @ 07 Rosinwood af el 2 Bwere, Soe © ” Blue Vitrich jess 08@ 15 Sarsaparill powd. @ 40 Epsom Salts, bbls. 1 S08 Sarsaparilla, Hond. Epsom Salts, less 3%@_ 10 Bordea. Mix Dry 12%@ 26 ground Hellebore, White : Sarsaparilla Mexican, powdered ------ @ 30 ground .___ @1 25 Insect Powder -- 75@ 85 Squills ---------- 35@ 40 Lead Arsenate Po. 17@ 30 Squills, powdered 60@ 7 as and Sulphur @ 2 Tumeric, powd. 17@_ 25 ry -_---—_———— Valerian, powd. 40 50 Paris Green ------ 22@ 39 . @ Leaves eeds ion 25@1 30 -_ Buchu, powdered @ise Anise WW... g 35 Sage, Bulk ------ 25@ 30 Anise, powdered 35@ 40 Sage, % loose --- @ 40 Bird, 1s ---------- 13@ 17 Sage, powdered_- @ *6 Ganary 13 20 Senna, Alex. -—- 50@ 75 Caraway, Po. 30 25@ 30 Senna, Tinn. ---- oo 35 Cardamon ------ @3 00 Senna, Tinn. pow. 25 $5 Cardamon .._-__ @3 50 Uva Urst ---------- 20@ 25 Coriander pow. .30 .20@ 26 Di... = 12%@ 20 Olls Wennel —...--—— 25@ 40 Almonds, Bitter, Wag 09@ 15 true ---------- 50@7 75 Fiax, ground ---- 09@ 1b Almonds, Bitter, Foenugreek pow. 15@ 26 artificial ------ 4 00@4 25 Hemp ----------- 8@ 15 Almonds, Sweet, Lobelia, powd. -- 1 25 true —----~- 1 40@1 60 Mustard, yellow.. 15@ 26 Almonds, Sweet, Mustard, black -- 20 25 imitation ----- 60@1 OG Boppy __....--- 22 25 Amber, erude -- 1 50@1 75 Quince -------- 1 28 15 ‘Amber, rectified 1 75@2 00 Rape --~--------- 15@ 20 Anise ---------- 100@1 25 Sabadilla -------- 25@ 35 Bergamont ------ 5 75@6 00 Sunflower ------ 11%@ 15 an -------- ; Per a ware, American a “ agsla ---------~ orm, Levant --4 0 5 i: 1 sea . @ Cedar Leaf ---- . = a Citronella ------ Tinctures Cloves -------- 3 -— . Cocoanut ------- a Aconite ------—- 1 80 Cod Liver ------ 1 80@2 00 Al . 45 Croton ~-------- 2 00@2 25 eo Cotton Seed ---- 1 40@1 60 Arnica ------ @1 10 Cubebs -------- 7 00@7 25 Asafoetida ------ @2 40 Bigeron -------- 6 00@6 25 Belladonna ---- @1 35 Eucalyptus ----- 1 25@1 50 Benzoin --------- 210 Hemlock, pure_- 1 15@2 00 Benzoin Comp’d : 65 Juniper Berries- 3 25@3 50 Buchu ---------- @2 55 Juniper Wood -1 50@1 75 Canthraradies --- @2 35 Lard, extra ---- 1 50@1 70 Capsicum ------- @2 20 Lard, No. 1 ---- 1 36@1 6@ Catechu -----—--- @1 75 Ergot, powdered -- @1 00 Flake, White -~.-- a3 20 Formaldehyde, Ib. 13 30 Gelatine -------- 90@1 05 Glassware, less 65%. Glassware, full case 60% Glauber Salts, bbl. @02% Glauber Salts less 04@ lu Glue, Brown ---- 1@ 30 Glue, Brown Grd 15@ 20 Glue, white ---- 27 365 Glue, white grd. 25 35 Glycerine ------ 26 45 Hops ------------- 65@ 756 Iodine ~--------- 6 45@6 90 Iodoform ------ 7 36@7 65 Lead Acetate -- 20@ 30 Mace ------------ @1 40 Mace, powdered -. @1 45 Menthol —___... 16 50@17 00 Morphine ---- li 18@11 93 Nux Vomica ---- 30 Nux Vomica, pow. 17@ 25 Pepper black pow. 32@ 35 Pepper, White -- 40 45 Pitch, Burgundry 10 16 Quassia --------—- 12@ 15 Quinine ---------- 72@1 33 Rochelle Salts -- 30 35 Saccharine ------ 30 Salt Peter ------ Seidlitz Mixture Soap, een case Soap, white castile less, per bar ---- is 45 Soda Ash Soda Bicarbonate 3%qw 10 02 1 22 30 40 gr 15 30 Soap mott cast. 22% 25 Soap, white castile . @12 560 Seda, Sal -.... %@ 3 Spirits Camphor =; @l1 35 Sulphur, roll ---- 3%@ 10 Sulphur, Subl. --- 04@ 10 Tamarinds .----- 20@ 326 Tartar Emetic -- 70 16 Turpentine, Ven. 5 76 Vanilla Ex. pure 1 76@2 26 Vanilla Ex. pure Zinc Sulphate --- 2 50@8 00 06 16 These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, ing and are intended to be correct at time of going t o press. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT within six hours of mail- Prices, however, are liable to change at any time, and country merchants will have their orders filled at market vrices at date of purchase. DECLINED ADVANCED Beachnut Bacon Peanuts Canned Corn Beef Evap. Apricots Veal Lamb Pork AMMONIA Instant Postum, No. 9 5 00 Beef, No. %, Qua. sli. 1 75 Accttn 46 2 00 Instant Postum No. 10 4 50 Beef, 5 oz., Qua. sli. 2 60 retic, 32 OZ. ------__ 395 Postum Cereal, No. 0 2 25 Beef, No. 1, B’nut, sli. 4 50 rai 36 ers Oz. case 3 85 oStum Cereal, No.1 270 Sap Sago os 85 Quaker, 36, 12 oz. case Post Toasties, 36s _. 3 45 Beefsteak & Onions, 8 2 75 aaa Fost Toasties, 24s 3 45 Chili Con Ca., 1s 1 35@1 45 Post’s Bran, 24s _.__ 2 70 ele Ham. és ae : = evile am ee BROOMS s Parlor Pride, doz. ____ 5 25 eee ged ~ AXLE GREASE 48, 1 Ib. 24, 3 lb. 10 lb. pails, per doz. 15 Ib. 25 lb. BAKING POWDERS Arctic, Queen Royal, 7 oz. 10c, doz. 6 oz., 12 0oz., 5 1 Rocket, 16 0z., doz. pails, per doz. i 20 pails, per doz. 17 70 tumbler 1 35 Flake, 25 Ib. keg 12 BOE 31 20 BEECH-NUT BRANDS. eee WITH CHEESE AND Sea kre Mints, all flavors ______ Gum Fruit Drops -____------ oO arameis Sliced bacon, large __ Sliced bacon, medium Sliced beef, large ___ Stuced beef, medium _ Grape Jelly, large _._ Grape Jelly, medium_. Peanut butter, 16 oz. Peanuts butter, 10% oz Peanut butter, 6% oz. Peanut butter, 3% oz. Prepared Spaghetti __ Baked beans, 16 oz.__ BLUING Origina] Crown Capped 60 mem condensed Pearl BD i 4 doz., 10c ds. 85 N9J 3 dz. léc, ds. 1 25 BREAKFAST FOODS Cracked Wheat, 24-2 Cream of Wheat, 18s Pillsbury’s Best Cer’l Quaker Puffed Rice__ Quaker Puffed Wheat Quaker Brfst Biscuit Ralston Branzos Ralston Food, large __ Saxon Wheat Food __ Vita Wheat, 12s ______ Post’s Brands. Grape-Nuts, 24s Grape-Nuts, 100s ____ Instant Postum, No. 8 1 CO Hm OS ht me OTD OD OO orpoce Standard Parlor, 23 Ib. 7 25 Fancy Parlor, 23 Ib. 8 25 tux. Fancy Parlor 25 Ib. 9 25 Bx. Fey. Parlor 26 lb. 10 00 ey 2 26 Whisk, No. 3 ____.___ 2 %6 BRUSHES Scrub Solid Back, 8 in. ____ 1 60 Solid Back, 1 in. ____ 1 75 Pointed Ends ______ 1 25 BUTTER COLOR Dandelion, -..-.-.... 2 85 Nedrow, 3 oz., doz. 2 50 CANDLES Ppectzte capt, 40 lbs. 12,1 umber, be. _... 18 araffine, 68 ._____ oe araffine, 12g -_._____ My see a es 0 Tudor, 6s, per box _. 30 CANNED FRUIT. Apples, 3 lb. Standard 1 50 Apples, No. 10 _. 4 50@5 50 Apple Sauce, No. 10 8 00 Apricots, No. 1 1 35@1 90 Apricots, No. 2 ___ 2 8 Apricots, No. 2% 3 00@3 75 Apricots, No. 10 -... 8 00 Blackberries, No. 10 10 00 Blueber’s, No. 2 2 00@2 75 Blueberries, No. 10__ 12 50 Cherries, No. 2 ______ 3 00 Cherries, No. 2%: ____ 3 76 Cherries, No. 10 -__ 11 00 Loganberries, No. 2 __ 3 00 Peaches, No. 1 1 25@1 80 Peaches, No. 1, Sliced 1 40 Peaches, No. 2 ______ 2 75 Peaches, No. 2% Mich 3 00 Peaches, 2% Cal. 3 25@3 75 Peaches, 10, Mich. __ 7 76 Pineapple, 1, sl. 1 80@2 00 Pineapple, 2 sl. 2 80@3 00 P’apple, 2 br. sl. 2 65@2 85 P’apple, 2%, sli. 3 35@3 50 P’apple, 2, cru. 2 60@2 75 Pineapple, 10 cru. __ 11 50 Pears, No. 2 2 25 Pears, No. 2% __4 00@4 50 Plums, No. 2 __ 2 00@2 25 Plums, No. 2% | 2 75 Raspberries, No. 2, blk 3 25 Raspb’s, Red, No. 10 12 00 Raspb’s, Black, 1 11 ey o o. 10 Rhubarb, No. 10 ~-____ CANNED FISH. Clam Ch’der, 10% oz. 1 Clam Ch., No. 3 3 00@3 Clams, Steamed, No. 1 1 80 Clams, Minced, No. 1 2 50 Finnan Haddie, 10 oz. 3 30 Clam Bouillon, 7 oz.. 2 50 Chicken Haddie, No. 1 2 75 Fish Flakes, small __ 1 35 Cod Fish Cake, 10 oz. 1 85 Cove Oysters, 5 oz. __ 1 90 Lobster, No. %, Star 2 70 Shrimp, 1, wet 2 10@2 25 Sard’s, 4 Oil, ky 5 75@6 00 Sardines, 4 Oil, k’less 5 00 Sardines, % Smoked 7 50 Salmon, Warrens, %s 2 75 Salmon, Red Alaska__ 3 10 Salmon, Med. Alaska 2 75 Salmon, Pink Alaska 1 75 Sardines, Im. \%, ea. 10@28 Sardines, Im., %, ea. 25 Sardines, Cal. __ 1 65@1 80 Tuna, %, Albocore __ 95 35 40 Tuna, 4s, Curtis, doz. 2 20 Tuna, ts, Curtis, doz. 3 50 Tuna, 1s, Curtis, doz. 7 00 CANNED MEAT. 3acon, Med. Beechnut 2 40 Bacon, Lge Beechnut 4 05 Beef, No. 1, Corned __ 2 70 Beef, No. 1, Roast __ 2 70 Beef, No. 2%, Qua. sli. 1 36 Onions, No. Potted Beef, 5 1 Potted Meat, \% Libby 52% Potted Meat, % Li Potted Meat, % Qua. 85 Potted Ham, Gen. % 1 85 Vienna Saus., No. % 1 35 Vienna Sausage, Qua. 95 Veal Loaf, Medium _. 2 30 Baked Beans Campbelis 2. 115 Quaker, 18 oz. ________ 95 Fremont, No. 2 ______ 1 20 Snider, No. 1 ______ =- OD snider, No. 2 ._ 4 95 Van Camp, small _-__ 85 Van Camp, Med. ___. 1 15 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus. i‘ No. 1, Green tips 4 60@4 75 No. 2%, Lge. Green 4 50 W. Bean, cut __._____ 2 2 W. Beans, 10 __ 8 50@12 00 Green Beans, 2s 2 00@3 75 Gr. Beans, 10s 7 50@13 00 L. Beans, 2 gr. 1 35@2 65 Lima Beans, 2s, 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 65 Corn, No. 2, Fan. 1 80@2 35 Corn, No. 2, Fy. glass 3 25 Corn, No. 10 __ 7 60@16 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, Ib. 46 Mushrooms, Hotels ____ 42 Mushrooms, Choice ___ 55 Mushrooms, Sur Extra 75 Peas, No. 2, E. J. 1 50@1 60 Peas, No. 2, Sift., oe ee ee 2 25 Peas, Ex. Fine, French 26 Pumpkin, No. 3 1 35@1 60 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 50 Succotash, No. 2 1 65@2 50 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 Tomatoes, No. 2 1 40@1 60 Tomatoes, No. 3 2 00@2 25 Tomatoes, No. 2, glass 2 60 Tomatoes, No. 10 7 60 CATSUP. B-nut, Small _._____ 3 70 Lily Valley, 14 oz. __ 2 60 Lily of Valley, % pint 1 75 Paramount, 24, 8s _.__ 1 45 Paramount, 24, 16s __ 2 40 Paramount, 6, 10s _. 10 00 Sniders, 8 oz. -...____ 1 95 Sniders, 16 oz. _._.___ 2 95 Quaker, 10% oz. _____ 1 60 Quaker. 14 oz, ______ 2 25 Quaker, Gallon Glass 12 50 CHILI SAUCE Snider, 16 oz. ________ 3 50 enider, 8 oz. 2... 2 50 Lilly Valley, 8 oz. _. 2 10 Lilly Valley, 14 oz. __ 3 60 OYSTER oe Sniders, 16 oz. ~_____ 50 Sniders, 8 oz. _______ 2 50 CHEESE Roquefort ~___________ 52 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 New ______ 26% dsonehorm — 2 27 Michigan Full Cream 25% New York Full Cream 29 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 Besennut 70 Doublemint ____________ 65 auiey Pratt i 65 Peppermint, Wrigleys __ 65 Spearmint, Wrigleys __ 65 Wrigieys P-K oo 65 FONG fo 65 Meabery 2.0000 2 ee 65 CHOCOLATE. Baker, Caracas, %s _. 37 Baker, Caracas, %s __ 35 Hersheys, Premium, “ 35 Hersheys, Premium, 8 36 Runkle, Premium, %s_ 29 Runkle, Premium, Y%s_ 32 Vienna Sweet. 248 ___ 2 10 COCOA. Bunte, ta. 43 Bunte, % ib. 35 Bonte; 1b a 82 Droste’s Dutch, 1 Ib.__ 8 50 Droste’s Dutch, % Droste’s Dutch, \% Hersheys, %s _________ 33 Hersheys, %s _______ — 28 Bugler 2 36 Lowney, %s 40 Lowney, \%s -_...__.- — 40 Lowney, %s Lowney, 5: Ib. cans ___. 31 Runkles, s Runkles, \%s Van Houten, Van Houten, COCOANUT. %s, 5 Ib. case Dunham 42 %s, 5 Ib. case ________ 40 %s & %s 15 lb. case__ 41 Bulk, barrels shredded 21 48 2 oz. pkgs., per case 4 15 48 4 oz. pkgs., per case 7 00 CLOTHES LINE. Hemp, 60 ft. 2 25 Twisted Cotton, 50 ft. 1 75 Braided, 60 ft. ________ 2 76 Sash Cord 2. 4 25 HUME GROCER CO. ROASTERS MUSKEGON, MICH COFFEE ROASTED Bulk PO) Se 28 Dantos |e 35@37 Maracaibo 25 ity 39 (Gautemala, i 40 Java and Mocha _____ 47 Borate a 42 Peaberry, 220 37 McLaughlin’s Kept-Fresh Vacuum packed. Always fresh. Complete line of high-grade bulk coffees, W. F. McLaughlin & Co., Chicago Telfer Coffee Co. Brand Bokay. Coffee Extracts M. Y., per 100. 12 Frank’s 60 pkgs. _.__ 4 25 Hummel’s 50 1 lb. __ 10% CONDENSED MILK leader, 4 doz. Eagle, 4 doz. MILK COMPOUND Hebe, Tall, 4 doz. __ 4 50 Hebe, Baby, 8 doz. __ 4 40 Carolene, Tall, 4 doz. 3 80 Carolene, Baby ______ 3 50 EVAPORATED MILK Quaker, Tall, 4 doz. __ 4 45 Quaker, Baby, 8 doz. 4 35 Quaker Gallon, % dz. 4 30 Blue Grass, Tall, 48 __ 4 25 Blue Grass, Baby, 96 4 15 Blue Grass, No. 10 __ 4 25 Carnation, Tall, 4 doz. 4 75 Carnaion, Baby, 8 dz. 4 65 Every Day, Tall __.. 4 50 Every Day, Baby _--- 4 40 Pet, Ta 4 75 Pet, Baby, & oz. ~-.___ 4 65 Borden’s, Tall __..___ 4 75 Borden’s Baby -___.__ 4 65 Van Camp, Tall ___. 4 90 Van Camp, Baby ____ 3 75 CIGARS Worden Grocer Co. Brands Canadian Club __. 37 50 Master Piece, 50 Tin. 37 60 Websteretts .-.__ 37 50 Webster Savoy -... 75 00 Webster Plaza _.... - 95 00 Webster Belmont___.110 00 Webster St. Reges__125 00 Starlight Rouse _... 90 24 Starlight P-Club __ 135 00 Little Valentine -.__ 37 66 Valentine Broadway 76 00 Valentine DeLux Im 95 00 Buona ee 30 00 Clint Bord 20 35 00 Nordac Triangulars, 1-20, per M -______ 75 00 Worden’s Havana Specials, 20, per M 75 00 Little Du: 1 Stogie 18 50 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Standard) ci. 17 Jumbo Wrapped ____ 19 Pure Sugar Sticks 600s 4 20 Big Stick, 20 Ib. case 20 Mixed Candy Kindergarten 2.20 18 Cader | a es 17 tO. al 14 French Creams ______ 19 Cameo 2 ns 21 Grocers 2a 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. ______ 25 No. 12 Choc., Dark _ 1 70 No. 12, Choc., Light _ 1 75 Chocolate Nut Rolls _ 1 75 Gum Drops Pails AMISe Co 17 Orange Gums ________ 17 Challenge Gums ______ 14 Wavorite 0 20 Superior, Boxes ______ 24 Lozenges. Pails A. A. Pep. Lozenges 18 A. A. ink Lozenges 18 A. A. Choc. Lozenges 18 Motto Hearts _._____ 4) Malted Milk Lozet.ges 22 Hard Gooas. Paiis Lemon Drops _____.__ 20 O. F. Horehuund dps. 20 Anise Squares ________ 19 Peanut Squares ______ 20 Horehound Tabets ___ 19 Cough Drops Bxs. Putnam's 1 30 minith Bros, 0 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_ 31 Silver King M. Mallows 31 Walnut Sundae, 24, 5e 80 Neapolitan, 24, 5c ____ 80 Yankee Jack, 24, Be __ 80 Mich. Sugar Ca., 24, Be 8C Pal O Mine, 24, 5c ____ 80 COUPON BOOKS 50 Economic grade 100 Economic grade 500 Economic grade 1000 Economic grade 37 50 Where 1,000 becks are ordered at a time, special- ly printed front cover is furnished without charge. 3 50 4 50 20 00 CREAM OF TARTAR 6 1b, boxes 2 32 April 29, 1925 DRIED FRUITS Apples Domestic, 20 Ib. box 1) N. Y. Fey, 50 lb. box 16% N. Y. Fey, 14 oz. pkg. 17% Apricots Evaporated, Choice ____ 24 Evaporated, Fancy ____ 27 Evaporated, Siabs ____ 21 Citron 10 Ib. box —. 43 Currants Package, 14 oz. ______ 16% Greek, Bulk, Ib. _____. 16 Dates Hollowi 2202 09 Peaches Evap., Choice, unp. ___ 16 Evap., Ex. Fancy, P. P. 20 Peal Lemon, American __..__ 24 Orange, American _. ____ 24 Raisins, Seeded, bulk Ses 9 Thompson’s s’dless blk 9% Thompson’s seedless, ORS ee 11% California Prunes 70@80, 25 lb. boxes --@09% 60@70, 25 lb. boxes 3a” 50@60, 25 lb. boxes __.@12 40@50, 25 lb. boxes --@14% 30@40, 25 lb. boxes --@17 20@30, 25 lb. boxes --@23 FARINACEOUS Goons Beans Med. Hand Picked __ 06% Cal. Vimas 9) Go ag Brown, Swedish .____ 07% Red Kidney __________ 10% Farina 24 packages ._.______ 2 60 Bulk, ve- 100 Ibs ____ 064% Hominy Pearl, 100 lb. sacks __ 10 Macaront Domestic, 20 lb. box ty Armo‘irs, 2 doz., 8 oz. 2 00 Foulds 2 doz., 8 oz. 2 25 Quaker, 2 doz. 00 Pearl Barley enews Whester <2 eae 5 00 00 and 0000 __________ 6 50 Barley Grits ~________ 06 eas seoteh, Ib, fo 1% Split, lb. yellow ______ 08 Split green __________ 10 Sago Mast Indiqg . a. 10 Tapioca Pearl, 100 lb. sacks _. 11 Minute, 8 oz., 3 doz. 4 05 Dromedary Instant __ 3 60 FLAVORING EXTRACTS Doz Doz. Lemon PURE Vanilla 150 _ % ounce —_. 2 00 1 80 __. 1% ounce ___ 2 65 3 25 _._. 2% ounce __. 4 20 3 00 ___ 2 ounce ... 4 00 5 50 _..4 ounce ___ 7 20 UNITED FLAVOR Imitation Vanilla 1 ounce, 10 cent, doz. 90 2 ounce, 15 cent, doz. 1 25 3 ounce, 25 cent, doz. 2 00 4 ounce, 30 cent, doz. 2 25 Jiffy Punch 3 doz. Carton ________ 2 25 Assorted flavors. FRUIT CANS Mason. Half pint <2 6 85 ane DING oe es 7 20 MO QUOTe 8 45 Half gallon _________ 11 50 Ideal Glass Top. Rubbers, Half pint 2.0. 8 40 One pint 22 8 65 One quart _________ 10 50 Half gallon wnwne--e 14 70 ~ v a April 29, 1925 GELATINE Jello-O, 3 doz. ------ 3 45 Knox’s Sparkling, doz. 2 25 Knox’s Acidu’d, doz. 2 25 Minute, 3 doz. ------- 4 05 Plymouth, White ---. 1 55 Quaker, 3 doz. ------ 2 70 HORSE RADISH Per doz., 5 0Z ------ 1 20 JELLY AN DPRESERVES Pure, 30 Ib. pails -_-- 3 30 Imitation, 30 Ib. pails 2 10 Pure 6 oz. Asst., doz. 1 10 Buckeye, 22 oz., doz. 2 35 JELLY GLASSES 8 oz., per doz. -------- 35 OLEOMARGARINE Kent Storage Brands. Good Luck, 1 Ib. ---- 26 Good Luck, 2 lb. ---- 2544 Gilt Edge, 1 lb. ---- 26 Gilt Edge, 2 lb. ---- 25% Delicia, 1 lb. -------- 21 Delicia, 2 lb. -------- 20% Van Westenbrugge Brands Carload Distributor Nucoa, 1 tb. --------- 251% Nucoa, 2 and 5 Ib. -- 25 Wilson & Co.’s Brands Certified _.--_-----_--- 25 Nut 20220 Ce 20 Special Role --------- 25% MATCHES Swan, 144 _---_------- 5 75 Diamond, 144 box ---- 8 wv 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. -- Quaker, 3 doz. case -- 3 60 uibby, Kegs. wet, Ib. 22 MOLASSES. Goid Brer Rabbit . 10, ¢ cans to case 5 95 . 5, 12 cans to case 6 20 . 2%, 24 cans to CS. 6 45 No. 1%, 36 cans to cs. 5 Green Brer Rabbit cans to case 4 60 . 5, 12 cans to case 4 85 . 2%, 24 cans to cs. 5 10 . 114, 36 cans to es. 4 30 Aunt Dinah Brand. 6 cans to case 3 . 6, 12 cans o case 3 No. 2%, 24 cans © CS. 3 50 No. 136, 36 cans oe eg. 3 00 New Orieans Fancy Open Kettle -- 74 Choice 62 Fair -----------_----7 41 Half barrels 5c extra Molasses in Cans. Dove, 36, Wh. L. 5 60 Dove, 24, 2% 36, 2 Dove, . Dove, 24, 2% lb. Black 3 9 10 lb. Blue L . 10, 6 Dove, 6, Palmetto, 24, 2% |b NUTS. Whole Almonds. Terregona-- Brazil, New ---------- 18 Fancy mixed -------- 2 Filbérts, Sicily Peanuts, Virginia Raw Peanuts, Vir. roasted 15 Peanuts, Jumbo, raw 14 Peanuts, Jumbo, rstd 16% Pecans, 3 star ------ z. Pecans. Jumbo ------ 50 Walnuts, California —- 28 . Salted Peanuts. Fancy, No. 1 ------- _ 14 Jumbo ---------------- 23 Shelled. Almonds ------------~ 68 Peanuts, Spanish, ; 125 Ib. bags ------- 13 Filberts -------------~ 32 Pecans -------------~ 1 06 Walnuts -------------* 59 OLIVES. Bulk, 2 gal. keg ----. 3 60 Bulk, 3 gal. keg ---- 5 25 Bulk, 5 gal. keg ---. 8 50 Quart Jars, dozen -- é 90 Pint, Jars, dozen ---- 3 00 4 oz. Jar, plain, doz. 1 30 5% oz. Jar, pl., doz. 1 60 9 oz. Jar, plain, doz. 2 30 20 oz. Jar, Pl. doz.-- 4 26 3 oz. Jar, Stu., doz. 1 35 6 oz. Jar, stuffed, dz. 2 50 9 oz. Jar, stuffed, doz. 3 50 12 oz. Jar, Stuffed, Le 4 50@4 75 doz. 20 oz. Jar, stuffed dz. 7 00 PEANUT BUTTER. Bel Car-Mo Brand 8 oz., 2 doz. in case 94 1 Ib. pails -------- 60 lb. tins ------------ PETROLEUM PRODUCTS Iron Barrels Perfection Kerosine -- 2.1 Red Crown Gasoline, Tank Wagon 18.7 Gas Machine Gasoline 39.2 Vv. M & EF. Naphtha 22.6 Capitol Cylinder ------ 39.2 Atlantic Red Engine-_-- Black olarine 21.2 Winter 12.2 ¥ Special heavy -------- Extra heavy ---------- Transmission Oil ---- Finol, 4 oz. cans, doz. 1 45 Finol, 8 oz. cans, doz. 2 25 Parowax, 100, lb. ---- 7.9 Parowax, 40, 1 lb. ---- 1.9 Parowax, 20, 1 lb. ---- 8.4 cans 2 75 eans 4 60 12 pt. 12 qt. PICKLES Medium Sour Semdac, Semdac, Barrel, 1,200 count -- 24 50 Half bbis., 600 count 13 00 0 gallon kegs ----- 10 00 Sweet Small 30 gallon. 3000 ------ 50 00 5 gailon, 500 -------- 10 00 Dill Pickles. 600 Size. 15 gai. ---- 13 00 -ES. Cob, 3 doz. in px. 1 00@1 20 PLAYING CARDS Battle Axe, per doz. 2 65 lue Ribbon -------- 4 50 Bicycle -------------- 4 75 POTASH Babbitt’s 2 doz. ------ 2 75 FRESH MEATS Beef. Top Steers & Heif.-_-@18 (ood steers & H’f. 14@15% Med. Steers & H’f. 12%,@14 Com. Steers & H’f. 10@12% Cows Top ----------------- 12% Good ----------------- 11 Medium) ------------- 09 Common ------------- 07% Veal Top : 2 44 Good 22 2 Medium -------------- 10 Lamb. Spring Lamb i 2s Good __--__---_---__- 22 Medium —_------------- ag Poor —.-_-__--_.------ 15 Mutton. Good _...-_----------- 14 Medium --~----------- 10 Poor ----------------- 08 Pork Light hogs ---------- 14% Medium hogs -------- 15% Heavy hogs ---------- 14 Loins —--------------- 231% Butts —--------------- 21\e Shoulders --------- _ 13 Spareribs ------------ 16 Neck bones ---------- 06 PROVISIONS Barreled Pork Clear Back -- 34 50@35 00 B short Cut Clear 34 6036 00 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Dry Salt Meats S P Bellies __ 31 00@33 00 Lard Pure in tierces ------ 17% 60 lb. tubs ----advance %4 50 lb. tubs ----advance 4 20 lb. pails ----advance % 10 lb. pails ----advance % 5 lb. pails ----advance ir 3 lb. pails ----advance 1 Compound tierces ---- 14 Compound, tubs ----- 14% Sausages Bologna -------------- 12% Liver _.--------------- 12 Frankfort ------------- 17 Pork __.-.-- 18@20 Veal 2.00 17 Tongue, Jellied ------ 32 Headcheese ---------- 16 moked Meats Hams, Cert., 14-16 lb. 31 Hams, Cert., 16-18, ib. gE Ham, dried beef Sets 2 @34 California Hams ---- @19 Picnic Boiled Hams ---------- 30 @32 Boiled Hams ---- 45 @4i7 Minced Hams ---- 14 @17 Bacon ----------- 30 @39 eef Boneless, rump 18 00@22 00 Rump, new -- 18 00@22 60 Mince Meat. Condensed No. 1 car 2 00 Condensed Bakers brick 31 Moist in glass_ ------ 8 00 Pig’s Feet Cooked in Vinegar % bbls. -------------- 1 55 %4 pbbis., 35 Ibs. ------ 2 75 \% bbls. -------------- 5 30 1 bbl. --.-------_- 15 00 Tripe. Kits, 15 lbs. ---------- 90 % bbls., 40 Ibs. ------ 1 60 % bbis., 80 ibs. 3 G0 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 73%, @08 Fanevy Head —------- 8a@a Broken ---------------~ 06 ROLLED OATS Steel Cut, 100 Ib. sks. 3 60 Silver Flake. 12 Fam. 2 50 Quaker, 18 Regular -- 1 80 Quaker, 12s Family -- 2 70 Mothers, 12s, Il’num 3 25 Silver Flake, 18 Reg. 1 50 Sacks, 90 Ib. Jute ---- 3 25 Sacks, 90 lb. cotton_- 3 35 RUSKS. Holland Rusk Co. Brand 36 roll packages ---- 4 50 18 roll packages ---- 2 a 26 carton packages -- 5 10 18 carton packages -- 2 60 SALERATUS Arm and Hammer -- 3 75 SAL SODA Granulated, bbs. ---- 1 80 Granulated, 100 lbs. cs 2 00 Granulated, 36 2% lb. pacxageS _ ---------- 2 25 COD FISH Middles ~------------- 16 Tablets, 1 Ib. Pure -- 19% Tablets, % Ib. Pure, doz. ---------------- 1 40 Wood boxes, Pure 28 Whole Cod ---------- 11% Holland Herring Mixed. Kegs -------- 1 10 Queen, half bbls. _--- 10 25 queen, bbls. ------- 17 50 Milkers, kegs -------- 1 25 Y. M. Kegs --------- 1 05 Y. M. half bbls. --- 10 00 Y. M. Bbls. -------- 19 00 Herring K K K K, Norway -- 20 00 8 Ib. pails ----- ee Cnt Luneh ---- ----- GF 3oned, 10 lb. boxes -- 20 Lake Herring % bbi., 100 ihe. —_- © o¢ Mackerel Tubs, 100 lb. fney fat 24 50 Tubs, 60 count_------ 6 00 White Fish Med. Fancy, 100 1b. 13 00 SHOE BLACKENING 2 in 1, Paste, doz. -- 1 dz. ft. Z. Combination, Pri-Foot, doz. Bixbys, Doz. Shinola, doz. STOVE POLISH. Blackine, per doz. -- Riack Silk Liquid, dz. Black Silk Paste, doz. Enamaline Paste, doz. Ernamaline Liquid, dz. E Z Liquid, per doz. Radium ver doz. a Rising Sun, per doz. 654 Stove Enamel, dz. Z doz. doz. Vuleanol, No. 5, Vulcanol, No. 10, Stovoil, per doz. SALT Colonial, 24, 2 Ib. Log Cab.. lodized, Log Cabin 24-2 Tb. Med. No. 1, Bbls. --- 100 Ib. be. Farmer 70 Ib. Packers Meat. 56 Ib. Crushed Rock for ice aream, 100 Ih., each 24-2 case 1 Doe to oe DN ek et ed et et tt Rutter Salt. 280 Ib bbl 4 50 Blocks, 50 Ib. 42 Baker Salt, 280 ib. Dbl. 4 “o 100, 3 lb. Table ------ 6 07 60, 5 lb. Table ------ 5 57 30, 10 lb. Table ------ 5 30 98 Ib. bags, Table -- 40 Colonial Iodine Salt -- 2 40 Sapa ‘ —— od path CAKES OR HARL, | MorTONS Per case, 24, 2 Ibs. .. 2 40 Five case lots -------- 2 30 lodized, 24, 2 Ibe. 2 40 Worcester . WORCESTER | } SAtr Gampany¥ | | VORY ~— va, GALT Bbls. 30-10 sks. ------ 5 40 Bbls. 60-5 sk™. ------ 5 55 Bbls. 120-214 sks. -- 6 05 100-3 lb. sks. -------- 6 05 Bbls. 280 Ib. bulk: A-Butter — ---------- 20 AA-Butter ----------- 4 20 Plain 50-lb. biks. --- 52 No. 1 Medium bbl. -- 2 75 Tecumseh 70-lb. farm Se. Cases, Ivory, 24-2 cart 2 35 Bags 25 lb. No med. 28 Bags 25 Ib. Cloth dairy 40 Bags 50 Ib. Cloth dairy iv Rock “C” 100-Ib sacks 70 SOAP Am. Family, 100 box 30 fxport 120 box -—- 90 Big Four Wh. Na. 100s 4 00 Flake White, 100 box 25 Fels Naptha, 700 box Grdma White Na. 100s 2ub No More White Naptha, 100 box -- Swift Classic, 100 box 20 Mule Borax, 100 bx Agra > Oe he OD - Oo Wool, 100 box ------- Fairy, 100 box ------- 75 Tap Kose, 100 box -- 85 Palm Olive, 144 box 11 00 Tava. 100 box -------- 4 40 @ctazon __.__--______—- 6 20 eunun0, L100 DOX ---- 4 Su Sweetheart, 100 box - 5 70 Grandpa Tar. 50 sm. 2 06 Grandpa Tar, 50 lge. 3 45 Quaker Hardwater Cocoa, 72s, box -- 2 70 Fairbank Tar, 100 bx 4 00 Trilby Soap, 100, 1¢¢e, 10 cakes free -.---- 8 00 Williams Barber Bar, 9s 50 Williams Mug, per 4oz. 48 CLEANSERS errr La ort H 80 can cases, $4.80 per case WASHING rOwvdeERS. Bon Ami Pd, 3 dz. bx $ tb Bon Ami Cake, 3 dz. 3 25 Climaline, 4 doz. ---- 4 20 Grandma, 190, 5¢ ---- 4 00 Grandma, 24 Large - 4 00 Gold Dust. 199s ------ 4 00 Gold Dust, 12 Large 3 20 Golden Rod, 24 ------ 4 25 Jinx. 3 doz -_-.____. 4 50 La France Laun., 4 dz. 3 60 Luster Box, 54 ------- 3 75 Miracie ¢ % um, § OB 4 oe Old Dutch Clean. 4 dz 3 40 Queen Ann, GO oz. _. 2 40 Rinso. 100 oz. 2 8 9S Rub No More, 100, 10 O$. coeeswesuweneeerrs a &§ Rub No More, 18 Lé. 4 00 Spotless Cleanser, 48, 20 OZ. —-ap-<-------- 3 85 Sani Flush, 1 doz. -- 2 25 Sapolio, 3 doz. ------ 3 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 ------- 4 75 SPICES. Whole Spices. Allspice, Jamaica ---- @15 Cloves, Zanzibar ---- @40 Cassia, Canton ------ @25 Cassia, 5c pkg., doz @40 Ginger, African ------ @15 Ginger, Cochin ------ @ 25 Mace, Penang oe @1 00 Mized, No. I -...__-- @22 Mixed, 5c pkgs., doz. @45 Nutmegs, 70@90 ---- @75 Nutmegs, 105-110 ---- @70 Pepper, Black ------ @18 Pure Ground in Bulk Allspice, Jamaica -~-- @18 Cloves, Zanzibar ---- @42 Cassia. Canton —------ M25 Ginger, Corkin ------ @30 Mustard —.....___._.. @28 Mace, Penang ------ @1 15 Nutmegs ------------ @75 Pepper, Black ------ @22 Pepper, White ------ @34 Pepper. Cayenne ---- @32 Paprika, Spanish ---- @42 Seasoning Chili Powder, l5c ---- 1 35 Celery Salt, 3 02. ---- 95 Sage, 2 0Z. ---------- 90 Onion Sait .._..__-.— 1 35 Garlic —...._-__.----—- 1 35 Ponelty, 3% 02. ---- 3 25 Kitehen Bouquet -- 4 50 Laurel Leaves ------- 20 Marjoram, 1 02. ------ 90 Savory. 1 02. —~------- 90 Thyme, 1 0Z. --------- 90 Tumeric. 2% oz. --- 9% STARCH Corn Kingsford, 40 Ibs. ---- 11% Powdered, bags 4 Ge Argo, 48, 1 lb. pkgs. 4 05 Cream, 48-1 ---------- 80 Quaker, 40-1 -------- q Gloss Argo, 48, 1 lb. pkgs. -- 4 05 Argo, 12, 3 Ib. pkgs. 2 96 Argo, 8, 5 lb. pkgs. --- 3 35 Silver Gloss, 48 Is -- 11% Elastic, 64 pkgs. ---- 5 00 Tiger, 48-1 ---------- 3 50 Tiger, 50 Ibs. ~------- 051% CORN SYRUP. GOLDEN: CRYSTALWHITE- MAPLE Penick Golden Syrup 10 Ib. cans aoe 30 2, 5 lb. cans 94. 2% Ib. cans _ § G6 24, 1% lb. cans ------ 2 53 Crystal White Syrup 6. 10 Ib. cans - JL 3 80 12 5 ib. cans 40 94, 2% Ib. cans 4 20 24, 1% Ib. cans ------ 2 88 Penick Maple-Like Syrup . 10 ID. 4 60 cans 6 12. 5 ID. cans : 4 S80 94. 2% lb. cans 4 95 24, 1% Ib. cans ------ 3 38 Unkle Ned. 6. 10 Ib. cans 2 1 12, & Ib. cans 3 90 24. 2% Ib. cans 4 00 24, 1% lb. cans ------ 2 74 Corn Blue Karo, No. 1% 2 58 Blue Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 3 60 Blue Karo, No. 16... 3 49 Red Karo, No. 1% -- 2 93 2ed Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 4 10 Red Karo, No. 10 -- 3 90 imt. Maple Flavor. Orange, No. 1%, 2 dz. 3 38 Orange, No. 5, 1 doz. 4 90 Orange, No. 10 ------ 4 70 Maple. Green Label Karo, Green Label Karo -- 5 19 Maple and Cane Kanuck, per gal. ---- 1 50 Mayflower, per gal. -- 1 55 Maple, Michigan, per ” —_ 2a Welchs, per ®al, wx-ne 2 80 TABLE SAUCES Lea & Perrin, large—- 6 00 Lea & Perrin, small_- 3 35 Pepper --------------- 1 60 Royal Mint ---------- 2 40 Tobasco, 2 0Z. ------- 25 Sho You, 9 0z., doz 2 70 A-1 large ------------ 20 A-1, small ---------- 15 Capers, 2 0%. --------- 2 30 TEA. Japan. Medium ------------ 27@33 Choice ------------ 37@46 Fancy ------------- 54@62 No. 1 Nibbs ---------- 6 1 lb. pkg. Sifting ---- 14 Gunpowder Choice ---------------- 32 Fancy ---------------- 42 Ceylon Pekoe, medium ------- 62 English Breakfast Congou, Medium -- 28 Congou, Choice ---- 35@36 Congou, Fancy ---- 42@43 Oolong Medium ..._-----—--<+ 36 CUI ee ee 45 Fancy .~......-— . & , TWINE Cotton, 3 ply cone «& Cotton, 3 ply balls ae Wool, 6 ply _....._._____. #9 VINEGAR Cider, 40 Grain ---.-- 22 White Wine, 80 grain 24 White Wine, 40 grain 19 WICKING No. 0, per gross ------ 75 No. 1, per gross ---- 1 10 No. 2, per gross ---- 1 60 No. 3, per gross --.-- 2 00 Peerless Rolls, per doz. 90 Rochester, No. 2, doz. 50 Rochester, No. 3, doz. 2 00 tayo, per doz. ------ st WOODENWARE Baskets Bushels, narrow band, wire handles wa 8 Oe Bushels, narrow band, wood handles ------ Market, drop handle 85 Market, single handle 90 Market, extra ------- 7 Re Splint, large --------- 8 50 Splint, medium ot oe Splint, small ~~------- 6 50 Churns. Barrel, 5 gal., each-- 2 40 Barrel, 10 gal., each__2 55 3 to 6 gal., per gal. -- 16 Egg Cases No. 1, Star Carrier- 5 00 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 00 Eclipse patent spring « vv No. 2, pat. brush hold 2 00 Ideal, No. 7 ------- 1 2h 12 oz. Cot. Mop Heads 2 5A 16 oz. Ct. Mop Heads 3 00 Pails 10 qt. Galvanized ---- 2 35 12 qt. Galvanized ---- 2 69 14 qt. Galvanized _.-- 2 90 2 qt. Flaring Gal. Ir. 5 00 10 qt. Tin Dairy ---- 4 16 oz. Ct. Mop Heads 3 20 Traps Mouse, Wood, 4 holes 60 Mouse, wood, 6 holes -- (v Mouse, tin, 5 holes ---- 65 Rat. wood --.-------- 1 00 Rat. spring .--------- } @ Mouse, spring ae Tubs Large Galvanized --. 8 50 Medium Galvanized -- 7 50 Small Galvanized ---- 6 50 Washboards Banner, Globe ---- 6 75 Rrass, single --.-.--- 6 00 Glass, single ~-------- 6 00 Double Peerless ------ 8 50 Cingle Veerless ------ 7 Northern Queen 2 oe Universal --------—--- 7 25 Window Cleaners 9 if oe eee 65 4h We 1 85 16 in. ---~----------<= 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 Kratt ....--<.<<----+=< 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 Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 1 35 YEAST—COMPRESSED Fleigchmann, per doz. 30 30 Proceedings of the Grand Rapids Bankruptcy Court. Grand Rapids, April 22—In the matter of Clark K. Wheaton, Bankrupt No. 2670, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting has been call- ed for May 4. April 22. On this day were received the schedules, order of reference and ad- judication in the matter of Arthur: C. Hawley, Bankrupt No. 2677. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of the city of Kalamazoo and has operated a bicycle repair and service store at such city. The schedules filed list assets of $791.26, of which $250 is claimed as exempt to the bankrupt with liabi.ities of $5,945.13. The first meeting has been called for May 5. A list of the creditors of the bankrupt is as follows: Fidelity Building & Loan Associa- ior, Kalamazoo _ te TOAD Round Oak Heating Co., Kalamazoo 194.00 Gazette, Kalamazoo Se 26.16 Fisk Tire Co., Kalamazoo ___ a 4.78 Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Detroit 148.50 Klose Electric Co., Kalamazoo i oe Edwards & Chamberlain Hardware Co., Kalamazoo __ B88 4p Iexcelsior Cycle Co., Michigan City 8.00 Hlliott Service Co., New York City, 42.15 Cable Sales Co., Kalamazoo —.. Bal.o2 Midwest Bicycle & Toy Co., Detroit 329.91 Chicago Cycie Supp y Co., Chicago 19.80 Edison Reflector Co., Detroit B 21.00 John Beekhout Coal Co., Kalamazoo 7,41 Dairyman’s Milk Co., Kalamazoo 8.00 Robert S. White, Kalamazoo -~ 1,000.00 First National Bank. Kalamazoo 2,000.00 Kdward Vincent, Kalamazoo . 50.00 Mich. State Telephone Vo., BAInNORe OG ee On this day also were received the schedules, order of reference and adjudi- cation in bankruptcy in the matter of Willard A. Hoebeke, Bankrupt No. 2678. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptey. The bankrupt is a resident of the city of Grand Rapids and has conducted a retai hardware store at such city. The sched- ules filed show assets of $4,119.71, with liabilities of $5,763.29. The first meeting of creditors has been called for May 5. A list of the creditors as tollows: L. A. Althoff Mfg. Co., City of Grand Rapids Ind, of the bankrupt is La Porte, --~----- unknown -$ ee er eg) ROH Automatic Cradle Mfe. Co., Stevens Point, Wis, _ : poe Benjamin Clothing Store. Grand R. 15.00 Butter Bros., Chicago : _. 100.00 Fred J. Brogger, Grand Rapids . 174,02 Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rap. 40.00 Buhl Sons Co., Detroit __ icc eee Brown & Sehler Co., Grand Rapids 19.88 Fred J. Brogger, GGrand Rapids __ 99.36 Consumers Power Co., Grand Rap. 213 Columbus Varnish Co., Co.umbus 11.60 Chicago: Cycle & Supply Co., Chicago 22.413 ee ee 22.43 De Clark & De Boer, Grand Rajids Samuel Dykema, Grand Rapids . Mirst Lamp Co., Toledo ____ pe a Foster, Stevens Co., Grand Rapids Faultless Caster Co., Evansville Favorite Stove & Range Co., Piqua Great Western Oil Co., Grand R. General Lead Co., St. Louis ue G. R. Savings Bank, Grand Rap.ds 1, L. Gould Co., Chicago G. R. Wood Finishing Co.. Grand Rapids noe eee. ee Gardener Wire Co., Chicago ____ 8.00 liayden Supply Co., Grand Rapids 1.30 Heth Auto Hlec. Co., Grand Rapids 11.00 H. E. Hessler, Syracuse 6.30 Hinckle Leadstone Co., Chic s7.80 Henry J. Heystek Co., Grand Rap. 37.32 Dr. H. N. Ho.comb, Grand Rap.ds 164.00 E. J. Hoebeke, Grand Rapids _- $20.00 W. b. Jarvis Co., Grand Rapids __ 15.64 Litcher Electric Co., Grand Rapids 15.16 Lindsay Light Co., Chicago 652.17 H. Leonard & Sons, Grand Rapids 15.00 Leyse Aluminum Co.. K« Wwanee, Wis. a. ee Lock Fuel & Feed C ., Grand Rap. 458.30 Lankester Sisters, Grand Rapids A) Frank Le Bot. Muskegon oe 75, oF ice UU Mich. Bell. Tel. Co., Grand Rapids 9.00 Master Lock Co., Mi:.waukee . 12.8 C. W. Mills Paper Co., Grand Rai Mich. Hardware Co., Grand Ra Ss 569. Morley Bros., Saginaw na 209.9 Mich. Trust Co., Grand Rapids Walter E. Miles Coal Co.. Pitkin & Brooks. Chic: eee Pruesser Jewelry Co., Grand Rapids Ralph M. Pipers, MarysvilLe, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Grand Rapids ee fo ee Pioneer Rubber Mills, San Fran- cisco z 24.37 Grand R Ohio 9 Ce ee 3] Republic Paint & Varnish Co., Chicago __ ee ee ee Reese Padlock Co., Lancaster, Pa. 6.02 Ripstra & Koorndyke, Grand Rap. 7.25 teason Reed, Grand Rapids ____ 300.00 Smith Agricultural Chemical Co., Columbus eos 16.35 Snap On Wrench Co., Chicago cee 3.85 Standard Oil Co., 5 Segal Lock & Hdwe. Co., New York Segal Metal Products Co.. New Y. Safe Pad.ock & Hardware Co.. Lan- RNS Boe 1.62 G. S. H. Specialty Co.. Grand a: 6.00 Swartzberg & Glazier Leather (Co.; > 3 Grand Rapids __ 2 5 > 3 rane Manis =e 1.35 7. S. Rubber Co., Detroit ee 8 Universal Cycle Sup. Co., Chicago 14.36 Vriedevood Bros., Grand Rapids__ 232.50 Valentine & 3 m ©o., (ticate 2. 63.40 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Wehrle Co., Newark, Ohio ________ 86.85 faraer Mie Co. Toledo = 8. 2 10.50 Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Stanford, OOTY 17.44 In the matter of Walter E. Metz, Bank- rupt No. 2626, the trustee has reported the receipt of an offer of $200 from Geo. B. Dean, of Berrien Springs, for the soda fountain and back bar, appraised at $400. The date fixed for sale is May 4. The property is at Berrien Springs. The sale will be held at 802 Michigan Trust building, Grand Rapids. In the matter of William A. Fishel, Bankrupt No. 2652, the receiver in bank- ruptcy has filed a petition for lease to sell the assets of the store at Three Rivers, at public sale at the store, and leave has been granted. The saie will be held at Three Rivers at the store where the bankrupt did business at 2? Dp. m. on May 5. The sale will be an open auction and to the highest bidder, subject to con- firmation by the court. The property consists of ladies suits, coats, dresses, ap- parei and the attendant fixtur.s of such store. The stock is appraised at $3,848.59 and the fixtures at $432.96. An inve ntory will be on the premises on the date of sale and may be also seen at the office of the referee in bankruptcy at Grand Rapids. April 23 On this day were received the schedules, order of reference and ad- judication in bankrutey in the matter of Charles EK. Shears, Bankrupt No. 2679. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptey. The bankrupt is a resident of Spring Lake. ‘he occupation of the bankrupt is not stated The first meeting of creditors has been called for May 7. The sched- ules show assets of $1,458.80, of which 9450 aimed as exempt, with liabilities of $3,730.41. A list ef the creditors of the bankrupt is fo.lows: Bennett Fuel & : Co., Grand aS a eo a ek J > Knowlson Co., Grand Rapids 316.63 Stearns Coal & Lumber Co., Stearns, Ky. Co S32, 17682 Osborne Co., Newark, N. Jj. 21.32 Wetzel Bros., Milwaukee ___ — 1100 Peter Van Zylen, Grand Haven __ 165.12 N. Robbins, Grand Haven ____ 252.00 Wm. Ver Duin, Grand Haven 157.05 G. H. Gas Co., Grand Haven ___. 56.98 Dr. W. J. Presley, Grand Haven 42.00 On this day also were received the schedules, order of reference. adjudica- tion and appointment of receiver in the matter of Fred Marshall, Bankrupt No. 2680. The matter has been re ferred to Charles. B. Blair as referee in bank- ruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of the city of Niles and has operated a res- laurant at such city. The schedules Show assets of $3,265.85. of Which $500 is claimed us exempt to the bankrupt, With liabilities of $6,043.61. The first meeting of creditors has been called for May 7. st of the creditors of the bankrupt is as follows: Lucy Webber, Niles $490.00 Charlies Bender Co., Chicago 190.50 Woodhouse Co., Grand tapids _ 86.48 Randall Landfield Co., Chicago __ 25,50 National Grocer Co., South Bend hel gal Ni Chamber of Commerce. Niles 50.00 I ammond Co., Chicago 30.50 S Gas Light Co, Niles 1491-98 th. Bell Teiephone C Niles 7.15 wyer Biscuit Co., Chicago 5 4.85 u unn, South Bend ! $50.00 Troost sros., Niles 302.40 Audley Rivers, Niles 61.59 Joseph A. Contois, Niles : 70.00 Herman N. Roebuck, Niles 20.00 W illiz Barman, Niles 9.50 Montague, Niles _ 24,00 j’es 500.00 50.40 8 as Of) 00 265.00 _ 76.00 r L068 00 140.00 Cit S 16.50 ” M ¢ \ : 18.080 L, é 750.90 M a The Salesman Defined. Some salesmen put the proposition to their customers on the ground of charity, others beg assistance to make up their quota, while some talk about tough luck at home. The fellow who operates with a tin cup and “Pity the Blind” sign is no salesman. The salesmen who get the business are simply honest, sincere, intelligent, modest men, who know when to get out of a customer’s office as well as when to go in, who knew what they can do and convince their customers that they can do it, Putting the Grocers Back on Their Feet. Merchants in nearly every commun- ity have exhausted their supplies of stickers, posters, inserts, electros and window displays, and some have re- peated their orders as many as six times. Everywhere hearty endorsement of the campaign is being voiced by mer- chants, economists, state officials and others. “I am eid to know of the stand taken by the National Wholesale Gro- cers’ Association to improve condi- tions in handling, displaying, and sell- ing of food in retail grocery stores,” writes James Foust, director of the Pennsylvania State Bureau of Foods and Chemistry. “It has long been my belief that the wholesale grocers and brokers must inaugurate a campaign ‘of education designed to point the way in which the independent retail grocer can operate a store in keeping with the present day demands.” Peter Becker, president of the Brooklyn Retail Grocers’ Association, “More than 80 per cent. of my business already ‘s done over the telephone. But through the Phone for Food campaign I hope to increase this percentage materially.” “This campaign gives me the oppor- tunity I wanted to build up my tele- phone trade, which already amounts to more than 50 per cent. of my busi- ness,’ says Jacob Anstatt, president of the Queensboro Retail Grocers’ As- sociation, New York City. But h’s isn’t a big town idea ex- clusively. Look what the retail firm of Shirey, Newbould & Hankla, in Sullivan, Ill., did by adapting the plan to rural needs. This concern sent out a circular letter to all of its country customers, emphasizing the economy of time and energy if their patrons would telephone their orders and drop into the store when they came to town later and pick them up, already wrap- ped and waiting. The very first day after this letter went out, thirty coun- try customers began the Phone for Food habit. The advantages of Phoning for Food are being told the public throughout the country in 10,384,000 stickers, 4,528,000 inserts, 8,934 sets of posters, 2,242 sets of electros and 1,471 window services, already distributed, and mil- lions more being run off the presses. It is taking the shoppers off their feet and putting the grocers back on their feet! This is not a tract on chiropody but a report on the progress of the Phone for Food campaign, which is now un- section of the coun- savs: der way in every try. Retail grocers of the nation—North and South, East and West—are enlist- ng by the thousands in this great continental crusade, launched by the National Wholesale Grocers’ Associa- tion to better trade conditions for mer- chants and consumers throughout the country. Instantaneous results weren’t an- ticipated anywhere in this drive, since it obviously involves a campaign of education of wholesalers, retailers and consumers to the benefits of Phoning for Food, That is why the reports of almost instant success, rolling into headquar- ters from numerous cities and rural communities, are so surprising. Fewer than twenty meetings have been held in Chicago up to date, yet more than six hundred retailers have pledged themselves to back the drive and the impetus already is reflected in the increased number of Phone for Food customers. It evidently doesn’t require so much coaxing after all to convince housewives of the great wis- dom and economy of time, money and effort in phoning for food. Two hundred retail merchants are actively engaged in the campaign in Minneapolis, where even now great re- sults are being obtained. Nineteen signed up at one meeting at Pueblo, Colo. One gathering in Lima, Ohio, brought forward twenty pledges. Twenty-eight joined at one meeting ‘n Oshkosh, Wis. Iowa City, Ia., signed fourteen in one batch, and Denver went over with eighty-five. In Dallas, Texas, one hundred and fifty retailers grabbed the campaign away from the wholesalers, borrowed a hall in the Chamber of Commerce building, and organized their own as- sociation. Now they are racing ahead to put over the campaign in that c ty. These are just a few specific in- stances that might be amplified almost with Burlington, Vt., Saginaw, Newcastle, interminably, Rockford, IIL, Pa., Evansville, and hundreds of others. —_»-+.—____ Saves the Wear. Sandy McTavish, proprietor of a corner confectionery, was the proud owner of a new cash register. One day, when an old friend came into the shop and bought a five-cent ciger, the customer noted that Sandy pocketed the money instead of putting it into the drawer. “Why not ring it up?” he asked. “You'll be forgetting it.” “Oh, I'll nae forget it,’ replied the wary Scot. “Ye ken I keep track in mah head until I get a dollar, an’ then I ring it up. It saves the wear-r and tear-r on the machine.” —__-+-e The second phase of the 1925 joint army-navy maneuvers got under way last week off the coast of Oahu, in the Hawaiian Islands. The first phase was worked out off the Western American coast a month ago as the Grand Fleet came up from Panama. That was a coastal-defense problem on a giant scale, with the “Black” forces, land and naval, seeking to repel a great “Blue” concentration on the water, in the air and under the sea. It will be months before the results and their meanings are analyzed and understood. Meanwhile, the fleet will proceed on the third phase of the maneuvers—the cruise to the Anti- podes. While it may have been a mis- take to carry out the maneuvers this year where they are being carried out, Japan has had plenty of reassurances about them. Secretary Wilbur calls attention to the fact that these were planned back in 1923, and if the jingoes on both sides of the Pacific will remain reasonably quiet neither Tokio nor Washington will misunder- stand each other,