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Forty-second Year
GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1925
Number 2178
Michigan Speaks:
“GIVE BACK MY TREES”
I haven’t the need of a poet,
I can fling my own song to the breeze;
I can tell my own story
In epics of glory—
If only you'll give back my trees.
You've squandered my maples and birches,
You've stolen my hemlock and pine}
In unrestrained measure
You've gathered my treasure
To build up your cities so fine.
You've scoured my borders for plunder—
For balsam, for cedar, for spruce;
You've piled in your alleys
The pride of my valleys,
With only a vandal’s excuse.
You've ravished my elms and my alders,
Your skids with my timbers still groan;
You pluck for your pillows
My buds and my willows—
My largess you pay with a stone.
You've given me desolate reaches
In lieu of my forests of oak;
By rail and by water
You've wrought the same slaughter—
My woodlands you've turned to a joke.
My tamaracks, ash and my poplars,
My ironwood, tough as a nail—
By every enclosure
The hazel and osier
Re-echo their pitiful tale.
I was proud of my virginal forests,
As a maiden is proud of her hair;
From cutting and bobbing
You turned into robbing—
Denuding my land wasn’t fair.
I’m sending my call to the masses,
I’ve acres of soil that will please;
It isn’t a poet
I need, and you know it—
The thing that I need is My Trees.
John C. Wright.
Public Reference Library,
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GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE
17, 1925
Number 2178
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under Act of March 3, 1879.
As Lincoln or Washington belongs
to England, so Dickens is the property
of America. American visitors pour-
ing into London this summer will
search out the house where the novel-
ist wrote “Oliver Twist” and the
“Pickwick Papers,’ which now has
been turned into a museum for his in-
numerable devotees. The versatile and
loquacious Lord Birkenhead delivered
the opening address. Dickens’ follow-
ing takes in all callings and every walk
of life. For he ranged personally amid
them all; even his grotesque
characters had their basis not in the
books of other men, but in his own
contacts and observation. The story
of his own career from the days when
he pasted labels on blacking bottles
appeals to Americans spurred by ex-
amples of poor boys who climbed rung
Others
excelled Dickens in urbanity of dic-
tion—none knew the promptings of
the human heart to mirth or pathos
with a surer mastery. Hence it has
been found worth while to make a
house where some of his best work
was done a shrine of pilgrimage and
to fill it with relics of his creative
activity.
most
by rung to fame or affluence.
ND
The fall of the house of Stinnes
would form a romantic chapter in the
history of modern business. It would
be quite as romantic in its way as the
story of the rise and fall of the vari-
ous great and lordly houses recorded
by history in its more fascinating mo-
ments. Hugo Stinnes was one of the
great barons in the structure of the
modern business and financial world.
His power at one juncture equalled
that of a Hohenzollern in all his glory.
He built it up through the impoverish-
ment of his nation, although in no
way can he be held responsible for
that impoverishment. In complexity
if not in actual size his interests rival-
ed any under a single head in the
world. Whether the difficulties now
facing the Stinnes concerns came of a
collapse brought about by their own
dead weight or whether the death of
Stinnes senior gave over the direction
into hands incapable of assuming it
has not been determined. It is too
early yet even to say that collapse is
inevitable. But that the great Stinnes
interests should actually be in grave
difficulties is a development of a na-
ture little short of cataclysmic.
EERE
A number of magazines have been
caught in the net of John S. Sumner's
Society for the Suppression of Vice;
but the way of the vice suppressor is
not easy. For instance, it is found
that the arrested magazines merely re-
produce the art they find in the public
museums and revues that glitter along
the Great White Way. In other words,
they take what is already on the walls
flamboyantly before the eyes of thea-
ter-goers and broadcast them to the
eyes of every one. And there the vice
suppressor runs into hazy boundaries
and still more hazy censorships enact-
ed and applied by the general taste and
judgment. Why, for example, is a
picture all right in a museum and an
offense against public morals when
printed in a magazine? There is a
difference. A nice question of pro-
priety is involved in such matters, but
whether the law can manage the en-
tire business with discretion, permit a
thing here, forbid it there and juggle
the moralities with an eye single to
the welfare of every one concerned,
must be doubted.
The hopelessness of the United
States Shipping Board situation is em-
phasized by the suggestion of Pres-
ident Coolidge that the board delegate
to one man the power to negotiate the
sale of Government ships. The board
has been and is in a continuing state
of disagreement over policies, plans,
sales and purposes. Would-be ship
buyers found themselves dealing with
a wrangling group of men at cross-
purposes. The violent quarrel follow-
ing the sale of the “President” ships
to the Dollar Line was an example.
Complaints from buyers have become
common. The upshot was the White
House recommendation that the Ship-
ping Board delegate to the head of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation the
authority to make sales, reserving to
itself the right to reject contracts. The
President should have gone further
and given the fleet corporation the
last word in these sales. He should
go still further and at his earliest op-
portunity recommend to Congress the
abolition of the Shipping Board.
Dr. Joseph Ames, acting president
of Johns Hopkins, has announced the
establishment of a research institute
which will try to lenghten the span of
life. Sir Thomas Horder, addressing
American doctors in London, says that
the hustling pace of to-day and the re-
sultant nerve strain have multiplied
the maladies to which we are subject
Doctors
may forewarn; they cannot carry out
Unselfishly
they are giving an unprecedented at-
tention to measures of preventive med-
icine, calculated to diminish their own
employment. If their counsel, heeded
and applied, shall result not merely in
and introduced new ailments.
their own prescriptions.
an increment of years but the increas-
ed efficiency of the human machine
during the lengthened term, they will
have achieved a success greater than
a therapeutic triumph over particular
maladies. The simple life, in the in-
formed opinion of Sir Thomas Horder,
is the closest approach we have to a
panacea.
Senator Smoot, chairman of the
Senate Finance Committee, believes
the American people are more inter-
ested in taxation than any other public
question. He is right. He
may be possible to reduce the annual
Federal tax bill by $350,000,000 to
$375,000,000 in the next Congress. In
this he probably is right. Congress
seems in the mood to take the Mellon
plan, which it scornfully rejected and
mutilated in 1924, and enact it in full.
It always had some Democratic sup-
port and has more now. Some of the
border-line Republicans who opposed
it last year now favor it. Surtax re-
duction to about 25 per cent., at least,
seems assured. The incomes in the
lower and lowest brackets are to get
further relief. The next task in tax
reform is to bring states, counties and
municipalities to their senses. Where
Federal taxes have fallen local taxes
Tax reform in Washing-
ton will solve only half of the prob-
lem.
feels it
have risen.
a eee
Cross-word and jig saw puzzles for
the geographer take in ice-bound as
well as war-torn territory. There is
a battle of the books going on between
Ottawa and Washington, centering
about the issue of possession of a new
Arctic continent, supposing that there
is one, and assuming that MacMillan
discovers it. The
Canada largely rests on such splendid
imperial generalities as those which
Spanish kings of old wrote into their
titles when they reached clear across
the Western Hemisphere to grasp not
merely what men had seen and heard
of, but all that a romantic imagination
might conceive in the way of an El
Dorado beyond the charted boundaries.
No half-way measures suited the con-
quistadores and _ their royal masters;
they claimed all there was and then
fought with any one who disputed the
claim. To be monarch of all one con-
jectures is even more gratifying to an
historic claim of
imperialist than to be monarch of all
one surveys.
These anti-prohibitionists are hope-
ful souls.
Once more they are about
to offer a light-wines-and-beer pro-
gramme to Next
they will assail the cost of enforcing
prohibition and attempt to hook them-
Congress. winter
selves on the tail of the Coolidge
economy kite by declaring that the
$40,000,000 spent this year in booting
the bootlegger into oblivion will re-
quire $100,000,000 Once
more they will try to slip an entering
wedge of nullification into the Eigh-
teenth Amendment.
the same chance as the traditional pa-
per cat chasing the
through the
burneth forever and ever.
next year.
They have about
asbestos. rat
where the fire
The Sixty-
eighth Congress was as dry as a desert
The Sixty-ninth will be as dry
as a fence rail in a droughty August.
regions
bone.
The persons who are putting up the
money for the wet lobby must be more
hopeful than an elderly,
wooden-legged widower.
cross-eyed,
Janitors have more to do than open
and shut doors or tend furnaces. The
State of Colorado
believes they need to know something
Teachers College
of so many applied sciences that it has
opened a course of “janitor engineer-
It will not disdain the rudiments
of making and maintaining fires, wash-
oe
ing.
ing windows and sweeping floors. One
who was thoroughly versed in the me-
chanics, physics and economics of
these practical arts might easily save
an owning corporation a good deal of
money in the efficient management of
one of the great modern office build-
detect
waste motion at a glance and he would
ings. His trained eye could
know whether the forces deployed un-
der his command
much because of waste motion or were
worth their pay by virtue of the ban-
ishment of dirt and the
were costing too
victories of
hygiene.
A Chicago oil man went to jail for
two years for using the mails to sell
oil stocks fraudulent. The
court held there was no oil where he
While the prisoner
declared
said there was oil.
sojourned at Leavenworth
stuck a drill in the land and the oil
gushed forth. A section of the acreage
sold for $250,000, the stock declared
worthless paid a big dividend and the
oil man leaves Leavenworth a million-
aire. The way of justice as well as
that of the transgressor may be hard.
Here were a cloud of
array of lawyers, a battalion doubtless
of expert opinion and a judge and a
jury all trying in their several ways
to elucidate an issue and give justice.
Mother Nature, an oil rig and an oil
pool conspire to make a mock of the
testimony and reverse a verdict.
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Dudley E. Waters, President Grand
Rapids National Bank.
There is a wide difference in bank-
This
not
ers, and consequently in banks.
difference marked effect,
only on the dividend end of the bank-
ing institution but also on the inter-
ests of its customers. Much depends
upon whether the banker is a born
and bred banking man—or, 1f not born
to be a banker, at least properly edu-
cated for such a career—or whether
he is what may be termed a banker
by accident. However, of greatest
value to the institution which he rep-
resents and whose destinies he directs,
and at the same time of greatest value
to the financial interests of his com-
munity, is the man who not only has
a talent for the banking business but
also has a business experience outside
of the perfunctory task of loaning
money. Such a man is the very high-
est type of banker, higher even than
the banker to whom such a career is
a birthright or the result of long ex-
perience behind the financier’s desk.
The banker who has had some ex-
perience other than that of pure fi-
nance is broader gauged and compre-
hends the complex conditions of com-
merce to a much greater degree than
the man to whom the bank has been
a lone interest. who has no experience
outside of that which comes to him
in the bank and who has enjoyed no
business contact with the outside
world except that which comes to him
in the stockholders’ Such a
banker, one who has gained a valuable
experience in some other line besides
the banking business, is the man of
greatest value to the community and
who brings the largest ultimate profit
to his stockholders. This is a simple
rule which may be said to apply to
all conditions of life. Contact with
man is essential to every man and is
the broadening’ influence that
any man can encounter.
An essayist has said that the prop-
er study of mankind is man. He
might also have said that the greatest
teacher of mankind is man. No book
no picture ever
delivered
conveyed
has a
room.
most
has ever been written,
painted, no lecture’ ever
which told its and
its lesson so well as actual experience.
A banker cannot tell the thoughts, the
feelings or conditions of the business
public, appreciate either handicaps or
disadvantages under which business
men labor, unless he has to some de-
gree experienced the life of the busi-
ness man himself.
The banking business is based on
legitimate speculation. The bank it-
self is a speculator but surrounds it-
self with certain immunities and safe-
render it one of the
Sure-
story
guards which
safest investments in existence.
ly nothing contributes so much to the
safety of a banking institution as a
proper knowledge on the part of its
administrative force of the people
with whom it has to deal, upon whom
it is dependent for its business and who
are dependent upon the bank for the
vehicle of their success.
The banker has to deal
of the greatest forces in the world.
Money and language represent two of
with one
- D. H. Waters,
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
the greatest elements in civilization.
Language is the great civilizing force.
Let the newly born child of highly
civilized parents be cut off from com-
munication with men and he will
grow up the veriest savage, his only
redeeming features developed by nat-
ural instinct. On the other hand, let
a race of savages fall into easy oral
communication with a highly civilized
people and their progress toward bet-
ter things is rapid. But if language is
the advance agent of civilization,
money is its handmaid. Give people
the medium by which to sell their
wares and their labor, with which to
buy the comforts of life according to
their ability and opportunity, and one
creates industry and the other the be-
ginnings of civilization.
Looking at the matter from an ethi-
cal standpoint, it will be seen that the
filthy lucre is such an unclean
article after all and that the profes-
sion of the banker is a_ high one.
However, it is much more so when
the banker is a man in sympathy with
his customers and possessed of a
business experience which
deal with them intelligently,
with fairness and helpfulness to them
and justice and at the same
time with advantage to himself. One
vain for a better type
with
not
enables
him to
with
can search in
of the banker business experi-
ence than the subject of this sketch.
Mr. Waters combines all the
essentials which have been mentioned
in this article. One is tempted to be-
lieve that he was to the manner born.
Tt is certain that he has had the neces-
which
three
sary experience make
a banker, for banking has been his oc-
goes to
cupation since youth. His business ex-
perience outside of the bank has been
the thing to add the finishing touch to
his all around ability as a banking man.
Dudley E. Waters, President of the
Grand Rapids National Bank, was
this city in November, 1863.
He is a of the late Daniel H.
Waters, who died in 1894. He was
educated in the public schools of
Grand Rapids, acquitting himself with
credit. On the death of his father he
assumed the management of the $1,-
000,000 estate left by his deceased rela-
tive in behalf of his mother, two
sisters and himself, under the style of
Son & Co. The elder
Waters was one of the original stock-
holders of the Grand Rapids National
Bank and became one of its directors
early in its history. On his death the
son was elected as his successor, and
in 1901, he was only about 37
vears of age, he was elected President
of the bank, which office he still holds.
Outside of banking circles he is
well known in his home city as a
former member of the Board of Pub-
lic Works, a position he held for four
years, three of them as President of
the Board. Under his auspices the
haphazard method of water rate col-
lections was supplaned by a system
under which quarterly payments were
enforced. He also introduced other
improvements in the Board’s methods.
He was mentioned as a mayorality
possibility in 1902, but did not accept.
He is a Democrat, as was his father
before him, he himself being of the
sound money variety.
born in
son
when
Mr. Waters lives in one of the
handsomest houses in Grand Rapids,
which he built for himself near the old
Waters mansion at Oakhurst. He
has a charming family, and his par-
ticular fancy is divided between
choice editions of the famous authors
and Holstein cattle. He has one of
the finest libraries of standard litera-
ture in the city, and his wonderful
cattle farm just East of the city is
famous as the producer of prize win-
ners.
In addition to his many local ac-
tivities Mr. Waters has impressed him-
self upon financial matters in this
State. In 1905 he was elected Presi-
dent of the Michigan Bankers’ As-
sociation, which was a distinguished
honor for one so young. For years
he has been one of the leading Michi-
gan investors in Michigan Telephone
stock, having been a director of the
old company,
the Michigan
Personally
as he is of its successor,
State Telephone Co.
he is a genial, wholesome
man with as good a liking for a bit
of a commercial scrap as any man one
could find in a day’s walk, and with
a lot of qualities which make him
many friends.
—_2—-2.____.
Going After the Housewife.
The editor of the Grocery World,
who has alternately criticized and
praised “Phone for Food,” suggests
wisely that its benefits to the retailer
are largely dependent on the way they
go after the business of the housewife
by showing her the benefits. For in-
stance, he says:
“Suppose a ‘Phone for Food’ grocer
went to a woman who regularly
bought of chain stores and said to her,
‘see here, Mrs. Smith, I want to prove
to you that you can phone for food
and have it delivered and charged, if
you like, for practically the price you
pay the chain store without any ser-
vice. I am willing to prove to you
in this way. I want you to phone your
grocery orders to me for one week.
“At the end of the week I will ren-
der you an itemized bill and opposite
every item will be the chain store
price, without phone, delivery or
charge accounts. If I am more than
5 per cent. higher I will refund the
difference.’
“My observation leads me to believe
that any credit grocer would be per-
fectly safe with that bet and he would
probably make a permanent new cus-
tomer, for the only reason anybody
goes to chain stores, or prefers to go
there is the belief that they sell cheap.
Explode that belief and there is noth-
ing to it.”
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June 17, 1925
IN THE REALM OF RASCALITY.
Cheats and Swindles Which Merchants
‘Shouid Avoid.
Benton Harbor, June 8—You have
helped me once before, and I know
you will help me again if possible. I
would like to know what you think of
the American School, Drexel avenue
and 58th street, Chicago, Ill. I have
been taking up a photoplay and short-
story course, and would like to know
if it is an honest school and if you
think there are really any markets for
photoplays.
We know of no market for the pro-
duction of amateur writers of photo-
plays, songs, etc. The concerns that
will lead you to believe to the contrary
are looking for your money.
Merritt, June 9—I wish you would
advise your readers in regard to Joseph
Wade & Co., Toledo, dealers in eggs
and produce. I have shipped eggs to
this company and have not received
any remittance from last shipment. I
gave the account to a lawyer to collect
and the letters came back unclaimed. |
have every reason to believe this com-
pany to be a fraud.
E. M. Terpenning and Dykhouse &
Co., of Falmouth, also shipped to the
same company, with the same results.
Please investigate this company and
advise of the result, as I feel this is a
graft scheme.
I shipped two cases first to test this
company and received payment in ten
days. I then shipped five cases that
they never sent payment for.
Henry Miltner, attorney at Cadillac,
has my account to collect. The
amount is $44.26.
If this will help other storekeepers,
I wish you would investigate.
Bert R. Plant.
Knowing the Spitzer to be a high
grade office building institution—
scrupulously careful as to the class of
tenants permitted to do business there-
in—the architect of this department
sent a copy of the above letter on to
the manager. The reply received was
as follows:
Toledo, June 15—Joseph Wade &
Company, took desk space in the of-
fice of a public stenographer of our
building, about Feb. 1, last. They did
not lease any space directly from us
and we did not come in direct coi-
tact with them. They were doing a
shoe string commission business, as we
now learn. The only individual we
knew in this matter was Joseph Wade.
who had a furnished apartment in th
Scottwood in this citv. Mr. Wade left
Toledo about May 9, telling the pub-
lic stenographer he would return in a
few davs. His rent at the Scottwood
was paid to May 25, and at the time
he left he asked them to have the
apartment redecorated during his ab-
scence. We have heard nothing fur-
ther from him since. :
Fred Willson, of the Better Business
Bureau, also the Toledo Police De-
partment, have been investigating this
party on. complaint received from
Michigan shippers. We understand ro
warrant has as yet been sworn out for
his arrest. Mr. Wade was a very dis-
tinguished appearing man of very en-
gaging manner, and about fifty-five to
sixty vears of age. No complaint of
anv sort had been received against him
prior to the time he left the city.
We, of course, regret exceedingly
incidents of this sort. We do our best
to keep out any questionable charac-
ters, but some times tenants whose
conduct has been excellent for manv
months or vears will go wrong unde~
the stress of adverse circumstances. We
are anxious to do whatever we can to
prevent such occurrences as this. We
hope very much that neither you, nor
your subscribers have suffered anv
great loss. We would suggest that if
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you care to pursue this matter further
you communicate with the Better
Business Bureau of Toledo, Fred M.
Willson, Manager.
G. H. Loe, Manager.
The above illustrates how inexpedi-
ent it is for any shipper to undertake
to do business with any person who
has not a satisfactory rating with the
mercantile agencies. Information re-
ceived from many sources leads to the
belief that this fine appearing gentle-
man succeeded in securing shipments
aggregating several thousand dollars
from the merchants of Michigan, Ohio
and Indiana.
A New York correspondent writes
the Tradesman as follows:
Banks in this district have suffered
losses ranging from $50,000 to $100,000
in the last month through the opera-
tions of a gang ‘who are playing the
old game of depositing a small amount
of cash and a large check which they
immediately draw against. The check
is shortly returned marked “no ac-
count,” and the bank in which the de-
posit was made is out the amount of
the checks which it has cashed.
Hugh Combs of the United States
Fidelity and Guarantee Company an-
nounces he had sent telegrams to all
the banks which his company protects
describing the methods used by the
gang. He said the district attorney’s
office has been working on the case
for a week, as well as men from the
Fidelity and some private detectives.
Several suspects have been questioned
but no solution has been reached.
“The usual method,” Mr. Combs
said, “is to open a new account with
$300 to $400 in cash, to which is added
a check on a Florida bank amounting
to about $5,000. All the checks have
been on Florida banks—the First Na-
tional of Tampa, the Miami Bank &
Trust Company, and the First National
of Miami. In one case the new de-
positor was introduced to the president
of the victimized bank by a former
stockholder.
“The loss in each case has been due
to the failure of a clerk or clerks to
put the proper stop on the checks, so
that no money should be paid out un-
til the funds had been received from
the South. As it turns out, these
frauds have amounted to as much as
$20,000 in a single instance.
“The whole proceeding indicates the
operation of a band. It is amazing that
so old a stunt should work. It’s as
bad as the Spanish prisoner.”
Warning to merchants throughout
the country against prize propositions
offered by the “National Advertisers
Syndicate,” 417 South LaSalle street,
Chicago, is sounded by the National
Better
ciated Advertising Clubs of the World
in a current One of the
propositions of this syndicate—a radio
set sold to merchants to be “drawn”
by their customers—the bulletin says,
contains the elements cf a lottery and
may come within the purview of the
Federal statutes.
“For $50,’ the bulletin
merchant obtains a complete one tube
Crosley radio set, and 5,000 keys, a
padlock, two master keys. display
banners and advertising hand bills. For
each purchase of a stipulated amount
of merchandise a customer is given a
key. Among the keys is one that will
unlock the padlock on the set. After
the disposition of the entire amount the
holders are invited to try their keys,
the person having the key that fits the
padlock being the winner.
2usiness Bureau of the Asso-
bulletin.
adds, “a
“For $100, a three tube set can be
obtained by the merchant, together
with 10,000 keys and advertising litera-
ture.
Within a few weeks, thirty Indiana
banks have been robbed. The Indiana
Bankers’ Association is aroused. Al-
though detailed plans for protection of
the banks have not been formulated,
the beginnings of such plans have
been made. Policemen armed with
sawed-off shotguns are to be stationed
at many banks. In certain emergen-
cies, the services of members of the
Indiana national guard may be asked
for guard purposes. It is tentatively
planned to ask national guard officers
to make arrangements for using their
men in pursuit of bank robbers.
But it would seem difficult for any
detachment of the national guard to
perform such work. The guard is not
so organized as to be avilable for pur-
suit service on an_ instant’s notice.
Iowa has adopted a better plan. There
the bankers have organized county
guards. Bankers in [linois have made
a start on the same sort of work. When
a bank robber is to be pursued, the
guard is called out and all other towns
in the neighborhood are notified, so
that their respective guard organiza-
tions also get on the job.
This is about the best sort of pro-
tective work that bankers in small
towns can do, in the absence of state
police; but it
enough.
is certainly not good
Clearly, these county guard
organizations are a modified form of
the old vigilantes of frontier days and
of the old anti-horse-thief associations.
Such guards will be able to pursue
bank robbers, but will they be able to
make as effective a pursuit as state
police organized on a state-wide basis?
Moreover, such county guards will
serve only when criminals are to be
pursued. They will not serve in case
of great local disorders.
Illinois, had she had a state police,
might have prevented the Herrin mas
sacre and the succeeding rule of force.
That
quence of events has shamed
whole bloody and riotous se-
Illinois
in the sight of the nation, and it has
had a tremendously injurious effect on
the social fabric and on the prosperity
of Williamson State
and nothing but state police, can be
County. police,
effective to prevent such extreme dis-
orders.
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Gift Brings Small Customers Back To
Store.
In Portland, Ore., “children cry for”
their mothers to take them to the
Wonder Millinery, not because it has
the largest and most complete stock of
millinery on the Pacific Coast but
chiefly because a present is given with
each purchase. The store had in stock
when the season opened about 1,000
hats for children of from two to fifteen
years of age.
A balloon is given to each of the
little folks for whom a hat is bought
and a jumping rope to an older child.
Children have long memories for any
thing which contributes to their pleas-
ure and when a second hat is to be
purchased they insist on being taken
to the store which gives away toys.
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
Movements of Merchants.
Stockbridge—E. PP. Phillips
ceeds G. W. Nichols in the grocery
business.
Muskegon—Dreues & DeHorn suc-
VanBruggen & DeHorn in the
grocery business.
Menominee—S. Crawford & Sons
have dissolved partnership and retired
from the lumber business.
Bay City—The
Co. lumber mill burned entailing an
estimated loss of $175,000.
Lowell—W. F. Clipper has sold his
bakery to George Herald,
Greenville, who has taken possession.
Port Huron—The United States
Bank of Port Huron has increased its
capital stock from $100,000 to $150,000.
ee Lafayette Tire & Bat-
3328 Joy Road, has increased
its ‘capital stock from $2,500 to $25,-
000.
Lansing—Rosenberg _ Bros.,
and is reported as offering to
compromise with creditors at 20 per
suc-
ceed
Kneeland-Bigelow
recently of
boots
shoes,
cent.
Detroit—Ray T. Garvey & Co., 122
Michigan avenue, men’s furnishings,
has changed its name to the Garvey-
McManus Co.
Detroit—George
avenue,
and shoes, has filed a petition in bank-
ruptcy it is reported.
Muskegon—Wilson, Gibson & Thiel,
804 Union National Bank building, in-
bankers, has changed its
name to C. H. Gibson & Co.
Detroit—John W. Ladd, 2016 Lafay-
e‘te creamery and dairy
supplies, has increased its capital stock
from $1,000,000 to $1,300,000.
Grand Rapids—E. H. Dickinson, of
the Dickinson Boot Shop, 116 Monroe
avenue, is offering to compromise with
creditors at 25 per cent. it is reported.
DeWitt—Harry Moon has installed
a frigid air plant in the grocery de-
partment of his general store which
keeps all perishable products in fine
Cantile & Son,
Springwells dealer in boots
vestment
boulevard,
condition.
Lansing — The Capital National
Bank put on its second annual peony
show June 11 and 12, with more than
2,500 flowers displaved, as against
1,600 last vear.
Lansing—Alex Caporonis, former
part owner of the Wolverine Restaur-
ant, 111 East Michigan avenue, has
purchased it will continue the
business under the same style.
Detroit—The Diebold Hardware
Co., 11313 Woodward avenue, has been
incorporated with an authorized capital
stock of $25,000, all of which has been
subscribed and paid in in cash.
Jackson—The Jackson Grain Co.,
225 North Mechanic street, has been
incorporated with an authorized cap-
ital stock of $10,000, $3,000 of ’which
and
has been subscribed and paid in in
cash.
Lowell—The City State Bank has
purchased that part of the Lyon block
which has been occupied by the bank
since 1918 and the two stores occupied
by the C. D. Hodges grocery and
Hoag’s Variety Store.
Grand Rapids—The Land-O’-Lakes
Lumber Co., Godfrey Ave. & Curve
street has been incorporated with an
authorized capital stock of $50,000.
$25,000 of which has been subscribed
and $7,000 paid in in cash.
Ann Arbor—The Ann Arbor Pro-
duce Co., 602-4 South Ashley street,
has been incorporated with an author-
ized capital stock of $30,000, of which
amount $18,200 has been subscribed
and paid in, $3,100 in cash and $15,100
in property.
Lansing—The Dixie Shoe Stores
Co., with headquarters in Baltimore
and conducting a chain of stores
throughout the United States, has
opened a store at 109 South Washing-
ton avenue, with W. L. Verrette, of
Utica, New York as its manager.
Lansing—The John T.. McCormick
Co., 508 Capital National Bank build-
ing, has been incorporated to deal in
hotel and bank stationery,
specialties, with an authorized capital
stock of $20,000, $15,000 of which has
been subscribed and paid in in cash.
Detroit—The Dorian Products Cor-
poration, 5152 Lawton avenue, food
products, washing compounds, etc., has
been incorporated with an authorized
capital stork of $10,000, of which
amount $5,700 has been subscribed and
2,000 in cash and $3,700 in
supplies and
paid in, $
property.
Detroit—The Brady-Oppenheim Co.,
3620 Gratiot avenue, specializing in
pumps and conducting hydraulic lab-
oratories, has been incorporated with
in authorized capital stock of $5,000,
all of which has been subscribed and
paid in, $500 in cash and $4,500 in
property.
Kalamazoo—H. P.
435 North Rose street, wholesale and
retail dealer in oleomargarine, dairy
products, etc., has merged its business
into a stock company under the same
style with an authorized capital stock
of $10,000, $6.600 of which has been
subscribed and $600 paid in in cash.
Lansing—F. J. Christopher has en-
gaged in business in the double store
at 120 East Franklin avenue under the
style of the F. J. Christopher Store
Fixtures Co. and in the other part of
the store building J. D. Allen will en-
gage in business under the style of the
Ferndale Butter Market.
Niles—The Frazee Motors, Inc., 198
South Second street, has been incor-
porated to deal in and repair trucks,
tractors, autos and their parts, with an
Buzzell & Co.,
authorized capital stock of $8,500 com-
mon and $16,500 preferred, of which
amount $25,000 has been subscribed,
$3,120.48 paid in in cash and $5,379.52
in property.
Manufacturing Matters.
Detroit—The National Pharmacal
Co., 54131 Dix avenue, has increased
its capital stock from $1,000 to $100,-
000.
Brightmoor—The Simplex Casting
Machine Co., 21152 Twelfth street,
has increased its capital stock from
$10,000 to $30,000.
Detroit—The Unique Brass Manu-
facturing Co., 5450 Jefferson avenue,
has increased its capital stock from
$100,000 to $200,000.
Coopersville—The Daggett Canning
Co. has been incorporated with an
authorized capital stock of. $15,000, all
of which has been subscribed and paid
in in cash.
Detroit—The National
2512 East Grand boulevard,
incorporated with an authorized cap-
ital stock of $50,000, all of which has
been subscribed and paid in in cash.
Ithaca—The Electric Bean Grader
Products Co. has been incorporated
with an authorized capital stock of
$2,500, all of which has been subscrib-
2,200 in cash and $300
Piston o.,
has been
ed and paid in $
in property.
Holland—The Consolidated Dutch
Industries, Inc., 210 Central avenue,
has been incorporated with an author-
ized capital stock of $25,000, $5,000 of
which has been subscribed and paid
in in cash.
Manistique—The plant of the Manis-
tique Cooperage Co., which has been
idle for several years, has been pur-
chased by Charles N. Isaakson, who
will conduct the under his
own name.
Detroit—The Eagle Paint Works,
7057 Michigan avenue, has been incor-
porated with an authorized capital
stock of $20,000, of which amount
$10,000 has been subscribed and $8,100
paid in in cash.
business
Kalamazoo—J. A. Meulenberg,
prietor of the Meulenberg Sheet Metal
Roofing Works, Kalamazoo and Ben-
ton Harbor, has gone into voluntary
bankruptcy. M. N. Kennedy has been
named custodian.
Muskegon Heights—The Alaska Re-
frigerator Co. will shut down for sixty
days while new boilers are being in-
stalled and other improvements made.
The plant, when operating at capacity,
employs about 250 men.
pro-
Grand Ledge—The American Vitri-
fied Products Co. plans to rebuild the
plant at Grand Ledge that was burned
last fall. The new factory will have
69,000 square feet of floor space and
at least 100 men will be employed.
Marysville—The Marysville Prod-
ucts Co., 6 Huron boulevard, has been
incorporated with an authorized cap-
ital stock of $50,000 preferred and 255
-000 shares at $1 per share, of which
amount $50,000 and 10,000 shares has
been subscribed and $10,000 paid in
in cash.
Detroit—The Acme Wire & Tron
Works, 3527 East Canfield avenue, has
merged its business into a stock com-
pany under the same style, with an
authorized capital stock of $100,000, of
June 17, 1925
which amount $80,000 has been sub-
scribed and paid in, $11,298.34 in cash
and $68,701.66 in property.
Mt. Pleasant—The Dow Chemical
Co. has closed its plant at this place
for an indefinite period. The company
has been manufacturing thylone dibro-
mide, an element used in the manufac-
ture of tetra-ethyl gasoline, commonly
known as ethyl gasoline. Because of
the discontinuance of this motor fue]
the company is without a market. Be-
tween 50 and 60 men are affected by
the shutdown.
Jackson—The Ampco Twist Drill
and Tool Co. has bought the old Field.
3rundage plant here, which has been
idle for more than a year, and will re-
move to this city, starting operations
within thirty days, with assets of $750,-
000. It will employ 100 to 125 skilled
tool makers at the start, and will em-
ploy 250 to 350 men when running to
capacity. It has the backing of De-
troit, Kalamazoo and Jackson capital.
Grand Rapids—The Connor Foundry
Co., 1176 Monroe avenue has merged
its business into a stock company un-
der the same style with an authorized
‘ capital stock of $50,000 all of which
has been subscribed and paid in, $2,-
360 in cash, and $47,640 in property.
Detriit—The Detroit Hume Pipe
Co., Livernois street and Detroit Ter-
minal, has been incorporated to manu-
facture and_ sell concrete products,
especially pipe, with an authorized
capital stock of $50,000, $12,000 of
which has been subscribed and paid
in in cash.
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Michigan Wholesale Grocers.
At the annual convention of the
Michigan Wholesale Grocers Associa-
tion, held at Detroit Tuesday, the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
President—John W. Symons, Jr.
Vice-President and Treasurer—Ed-
ward A. Kruisenga.
Secretary—Peter T. Green. °
The meeting was addressed by Jno.
B. Newman, Assistant to the Presi-
dent of the National Wholesale Gro-
cers Association.
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Field Seeds—Local jobbers quote as
follows, 100 Ibs.:
damothy, fancy 222.22 $ 7.50
Timothy, choice 2.0020. 7:25
Clover, medium choice ~____- = 32.00
Clover, Mammoth choice _______ 32.00
Clover, Alsike choice _...... 3) 25.00
Clover, sweet 2222 2 13.00
Alfalfa, Northwestern choice ~_ 23.50
Alfalfa, Northwestern fancy -___ 24.50
Alitalia, Grimm, fancy .....__._.. 42.00
White Clover, choice __________ 55.00
White Clover, prime .2. 122 | 48.00
Blue Grass, choice Kentucky __ 32.00
Red Top, choice solid... 18.00
Vetch, sand or winter -. 9 9.00
Soy Beans, [to San 22 29222. 4.59
Millet, German 3262 6.00
Millet, common 2.20.2 00 5.50
Millet, Hungarian 0220) 6.00
Sudan (Grass: 22 a 7.09
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Provisions—The market is inclined
to be firm, this including everything
in hog and beef products. There has
been no particular fluctuation in pro-
visions for a long time. The demand
has been no more than fair during the
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5
Essential Features of the Grocery
Staples.
Sugar—Local jobbers hold cane
granulated at 6.35c.
Tea—The market has shown con-
siderable activity during the week,
springing princapply from the hot
weather and its effect upon the con-
sumptive demand. The first hands
business is as small as buyers can make
it. Prices during the week have been
steady to firm, with no particular
change.in price.
Coffee—The market is still in a very
nervous condition. Brazilian interests
who have been strenuously trying to
get the market back on its former ex-
cessively high prices have succeeded in
causing several small advances, but
later in the week the situation weak-
ened and everybody is expecting a
further decline in price. Already future
Rio and Santos green coffee has de-
clined about three-quarters of a cent.
Spot Rio and Santos, green and in a
large way, show but little change dur-
ing the week. The demand is very
light, as nobody has any confidence
in the market. Some grades of Co-
lumbia mild coffee advanced a very
small fraction during the week, other-
wise milds are unchanged. The job-
bing market for roasted coffee shows
a fair demand at about unchanged
prices.
Canned Fruits—Pineapple bookings
for new pack were increased last week
by orders from wholesale grocers, job-
bers and the chains. The first two
mentioned buyers are taking full as-
sortments of known brands and private
labels, The sale since opening
throughout the country has been so
extensive that packers expect shortly
to report a sold up condition and a
withdrawal from the market. The
ready sale of spot pineapple has been
proved of late by the current move-
ment which has increased at the lower
prices now prevailing and a stronger
undertone is developing. New pack
cherries are difficult to have confirmed
as canners are not open for much ad-
ditional business until they see how
they will fare on their pack. Peaches,
pears and other lines are being offered
at tentative opening prices. Spot Cali-
fornia fruits are in fair demand, most-
ly for urgent needs.
Dried Fruits—The week’s trading in
dried fruits was perfunctory. The 1924
crop distributing year is drawing to a
close, leaving comparatively few apri-
cots or peaches to be marketed before
new crop appears and a sufficient ton-
nage of raisins and prunes to cause
steady buying for jobbing purposes
rather than speculative parcels. Both
fruits are stabilized in tone and price,
but neither indicates any radical ad-
vances in prospect which could tend
toward the accumulation of merchan-
dise. Indeed, both fruits are no more
than holding their own, while the dis-
tributing trade has fallen into the habit
of buying cautiously and of carrying
light stocks. There is nothing in the
situation as regards old crops to induce
traders to contract for the purchase
of 1925 fruits. Peach and apricot
values have been indicated by the of-
ferings of packers, but their ideas of
price have not been made a trading
basis. Some apricots for July ship-
ment have been bought to relieve the
shortage of old packs, but later de-
liveries are not in demand. The mar-
ket in peaches and apricots has not
been definitely settled, as some of the
leading packers have not yet announced
their opening prices and may not do
so for a week or ten days. Spot prunes
are quiet. No changes in quotations
on the spot are being recorded as there
induce
trading, while buyers are not anxious
enough to acquire stocks to cause ad-
vances through competitive trading.
California prunes are quiet on the
far as local buying goes.
Raisins are in moderate jobbing de-
mand.
in the demand for packages, while bulk
packs are virtually unchanged.
Canned Fish—Red Alaska salmon is
one of the most active of the fish of-
Few available parcels of spot
choice talls are to be had and these
are not freely offered in the open mar-
ket. Chinooks are wanted for tran-
sient outlets and are also firm. Pinks
are improving in tone although there
is no Coast buying of consequence.
Main sardines are not so much in de-
mand for factory shipment as they are
out of jobbing holdings. This has been
the tendency for some time, which is
causing a reduction of the stocks of
distributors. New pack so far has been
light and no gain is expected until mid-
summer. Canners are holding firm at
the factory. California ovals are not
being pressed for sale and in fact are
sparingly quoted on the Coast. Tuna
fish is more active at retail as is crab
meat and lobster.
Canned Vegetables—The most rad-
ical change in the situation, is occur-
ring to packing points where growing
and canning conditions are not favor-
able and may, if they develop to be as
serious as is now threatened, cause a
shortage in the pack. Apparently this
will be an off year in canning, which
will have more than the usual sig-
for two reasons;
has been minimized, while the short-
age this year will comprehend many
different products. Pea canners are
already talking of short
particularly on Alaskas, or to state it
another way, on their total sales be-
cause the output of Alaskas may not
reach 60 per cent. of last year. Dam-
age has already been done to that va-
riety while sweets are still threatened
by adverse weather conditions, lack
of rain being the chief factor. Toma-
toes and corn have been affected by
setbacks at planting time, which
makes both crops late and to produce
a full pack late frosts will be neces-
sary in order to prolong packing oper-
ations. From a record acreage in to-
matoes expected because of intended
planting reports, canners now believe
that considerably less than the aver-
age acreage will bet set out. String
beans and other minor vegetables are
much the same as the major offerings.
Canners have lightened up in their of-
ferings; have advanced their quotations
or have withdrawn temporarily from
the market, all of which causes firm-
ness in the country. Local buying in-
terest in future vegetables has broad-
ened somewhat but the change has not
been as great as at primary points. In
spot vegetables there is a certain
are no concessions made to
Coast so
There has been some increase
ferings.
nificance carryover
deliveries,
amount of transient business of a
routine character but there is no spec-
ulative trading nor buying in a big
way for late outlets.
quiet and about steady.
Tomatoes are
Peas are ir-
from
Corn is Wi
regularly priced, more second
than from other hands.
moderate demand.
3eans and Peas—Red Kidney beans
are the firmest thing in the line. They
show an advancing tendency, but the
demand is comparatively light. Pea
beans are also steady, but marrows are
White kidneys are also dull
and California which
have remained fairly steady for quite
No change
weak.
weak. limas,
a time, are a little firmer.
in dried peas.
Cheese—-The market has_ ruled
steady during the entire week, without
any change in price.
fair.
Salt Fish—The mackerel situation is
but little changed for the week; the
demand is light, prices unchanged.
Syrup and Molasses — The hot
weather has cut down the demand for
molasses, which is essentially a cool
or cold weather article. Prices are
about steady, without
the last report. Sugar syrups are sell-
ing for export to some extent, but the
domestic demand is very poor, with
prices unchanged. Compound syrup is
unchanged and in fair demand. ‘Fhe
market is steady to firm.
— +2
Review of the Produce Market.
Apples—Baldwins command $2 per
bu.; Spys command $2.50.
Asparagus—Home grown, $1.50 per
doz. bunches.
Bananas—6%4@7c per |b.
Beans—Michigan jobbers are quot-
ing as follows:
change since
@ He VPeas Beans __________-_- $ 5.85
Light Red Kidney ------------ 10.00
Dark Red Kidney —------------ 10.50
Brawn Swede —..._-__________ 5.00
Beets—New from Mississippi, $1.75
per hamper.
Butter—The demand for fine cream-
ery butter during the week has been
about fair. During the greater part
of the week the price has been no more
Later it firmed up a lit-
tle, but at the present writing is in-
clined to be weak. The demand has
fallen off somewhat from what it was
early in the week and there is general
pressure to sell. Undergrades of but-
ter are neglected and have been con-
tinuously weak since the last report.
Local jobbers hold fresh creamery at
43c and prints at 45c. They pay 18c
for packing stock.
Cabbage—$4.25 per crate for new
from Mississippi; pony crates. $3.
Cantaloupes—The quality of first ar-
rivals from
finest for several years.
quote as follows:
than steady.
Imperial Valley is the
Local jobbers
Grandards | {0002 0 $4.50
Fumbos! 1.2 .2---- 4.25
Ponys 24-----._-__-_-__._____.- 4.00
Carrots—$1.35 per bu. for home
grown; $2 per hamper for new from
Mississippi.
Cauliflower—$3.25 per
from Florida.
Celery—Florida, $1.10 for Jumbo and
$1.50 for Extra Jumbo; crate stock,
$5.50 for Florida and $12 for Califor-
nia.
Cucumbers—lIllinois hot house com-
heads
doz.
The demand 1s
mand $3 for extra fancy and $2.50 for
fancy per box of 2 doz.; Alabama
on
hampers, $2.75.
Egg Plant—$3 per doz.
Eggs—Receipts of first-class eggs
have been light during the week. A
good many eggs are coming in, but
affected
very
them and the
The
centage of strictly fine eggs is com-
the heat has
quality is irregular. per-
paratively small and the price has de-
clined. Undergrades are selling prac-
tically for what they will bring. Local
dealers pay 27%c for candled stock.
Garlic—35e per string for Italian.
Grape Fruit—$5.50@6, according to
quality.
Green Onions—Charlots, 60c per
doz. bunches.
Honey—25c for comb; 25¢ for
strained.
Lemons—The hot weather has near-
ly doubled the price. Quotations are
now as follows:
30) Sonkist $14.00
300 Red Ball _...__.. 13.50
960 Red Hall ... 13.50
Lettuce—In demand on the
following basis:
good
California Iceberg, 3s ---------- $6.00
California Iceberg, 3%2s -------- 6.00
Hot House leaf, per Ib. ---------- 10c
Onions—Texas Bermudas, $4.50 per
crate for White or Yellow.
Oranges—Fancy Sunkist Valencias
are now on the following basis:
wa $8.50
~— LL 8.50
Oe 8.50
~~... LULL 8.50
ee 8.50
oe 8.50
-—.. LLL 8.00
ek 7.00
Red Ball, 50c lower. ‘
New Potatoes—Carolina stock com-
mands $6.50 per bbl. for No. 1 and
$4.50 for No. 2.
Parsley—60c per doz. bunches for
home grown, $1 per doz. bunches for
Louisiana.
Parsnips—$1.25 per bu.
Peppers—Green, 60c¢ per doz.
Pineapples—All_ sizes Red Spanish
command $5.50@6 per crate
Potatoes—Country buyers pay 50c
in Northwestern Michigan; 60@ 75¢ in
Greenville district.
Poultry—Wilson & Company pay as
follows this week:
Heavy fowls ..____..______..-...- 23c
Light fowls .---.-...__..._---.- l6c
Broilers, ¢ Ip. ..-----+-----~+----5- 35c
Reoilers, 114 Ib. to 2 1h, 30¢
Radishes—25c per doz. bunches for
home grown.
Spinach—$1_ per bu. for
grown.
home
grown are in
small supply at $3.50@4 per 16 qt.
crate.
Sweet
Strawberries—Home
Potatoes—Delaware Sweets
$3.50 per hamper.
Tomatoes—Home $1.75@2
per 7 lb. basket.
Water Melons—70@$1 for Alabama
grown,
stock.
Veal Calves—Local dealers pay as
follows:
Raney (2... 13%c
Goa@ 2.0... 12%c
Medium .. 4... 10c
Poot 2... 8c
MEN OF MARK.
W. C. Taggart, New Manager of the
Morton Hotel.
impressions are helpful. Of
they are not comprehensive.
They do not give us all the variations
of detail. But such impressions have
the advantage of being free from pre-
conceived Seldom are they
distorted by twists of opinion. Hence
effect rather
reason, first
trustworthy.
who believe
First
course,
notions.
they are photographic in
than analytic. For that
impressions are generally
Many persons there are
the contrary—under the influence of
But men of experience,
whose business requires them to make
proverbs.
quick estimates of character, learn to
rely upon first impressions. Rarely
are they compelled by later impres-
sions to recast their conclusions.
One’s first impression of William
Taggart is that he is shrewd and
warm-hearted. He knows how to
smile with his eyes as well as with
his lips. Indeed, he might truly ap-
William C. Taggart.
propriate the lines of Tom Hood’s Ode
to Rae Wilson and say:
“No solemn, sanctimonious face I pull,
Nor think I’m pious when I’m only
bilious.”
The impression which he makes at
the outset is that it is easy to get on
a friendly footing with him. After
the second or third meeting one would
be addressing him by his first name as
naturally as if one had played marbles
with him back in his boyhood days.
William C. Taggart was born at
Cheboygan May 17, 1884. His ante-
cedents were Scotch-English on _ his
father’s side and Scotch on his moth-
er’s side. He attended the public
schools of Cheboygan, graduating on
the literary course at the age of 18.
Long before he graduated from school
he conceived a liking for the hotel
business and decided to select hotel
keeping as a career. As a youngster
he worked during vacations at the
Waldemere Club, on Mullet Lake.
Later he put in all his spare time at
the New Cheboygan Hotel. By get-
ting on the job at 6:30 every morning
and working until the second school
bell rang, spending his noon hour get-
ting and distributing the mail and re-
MICHIGAN
lieving the room clerk while the lat-
ter went to lunch, acting as key clerk,
trunk clerk and cigar stand attendant
during the hours after school, he man-
aged to acquire the fundamentals of
the hotel business without permitting it
with his education.
In this saved enough for a
course at Ferris institute, at Big Rap-
ids. When he left that institution, he
headed for Grand Rapids, having de-
to interfere early
way he
cided that the late J. Boyd Pantlind
was the most likely prospective em-
ployer. Mr. Pantlind made a place
for him as mail clerk at the old Mor-
ton House. After months he
was transferred to the old Pantlind
Hotel, spent two and
half years as night clerk. The
year he acted as food checker. Then
year as inside steward
and another year as assistant steward.
The next four years he acted as room
clerk. For one year he acted as chief
clerk. On taking possession of the
New Pantlind Hotel, in 1914, he was
promoted to the position of assistant
manager, which he continued to fill
until June 1 of this year. On Monday
of this week he assumed the manage-
ment of the Morton Hotel, where he
confidently expects to achieve success
in large measure.
Mr. Taggart was married April 2,
1908, to Miss Leona Marian Randall,
of Grand Rapids. They have one
boy, now 11 years of age. He recently
purchased the residence at 211 Jeffer-
son avenue, intending to make it his
permanent home, but will reside in the
Morton Hotel for the present.
Mr. Taggart is an Elk, a K. of P.
and a member of the Lions Club and
the Isaac Walton League. He was a
charter member of the Greeters of
America and has served as Secretary
of the State organization. He is now
third Vice-President.
Mr. Taggart’s hobby is reading. He
is the possessor of a fine library of
well-selected books, which is the ad-
miration of his friends.
three
where he one-
next
followed one
Mr. Taggart attributes his success
to the creative power of thought which
he has developed to that extent that
he now takes rank as one of the clear-
est thinkers of the age.
Mr. Taggart puts every atom of his
personality everyday work.
He has a keen sense of responsibility.
Therefore, he never shirks the per-
formance of what he considers his
duty to the business. By virtue of his
Scotch inheritance he is diligent and
These
into his
shrewd in commercial matters.
traits were intensified by the reading
of a passage at school from the works
of Daniel Webster. He was profound-
ly impressed by Webster’s declaration
that “if we take to ourselves the wings
of the morning, and dwell in the utter-
most parts of the sea, duty performed
or duty violated is still with us, for our
happiness or our misery. If we say
the darkness shall cover us, in the
darkness as in the light our obliga-
tions are yet with us.”
His sense of duty is not confined to
personal interests. He recognizes the
debt which every landlord owes to
the hotel with which he is connected.
He is firmly of the conviction that the
individual can thrive only as the col-
lectivity prospers. Consequently, he
TRADESMAN
devotes much thought and effort to
the study of theory and science of ho-
tel keeping in all its branches. This
explains why he has succeeded so well
in the past and why he is destined to
achieve still greater success in the fu-
ture.
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Isn’t It Odd?
Isn't it odd that Nature should have
pu’ her brand on the poisonous snakes
of North America in such a way that
he who knows her secrets can always
be warned of danger.
The poisonous snakes are called pit
This is not because they live
in pits, but because they have pits in
the sides of their heads.
Half way between the nostril and
the eye of a rattlesnake or a moccasin
or a copperhead or any of their cousins
is a deep indentation. It is the pit
which these poisonous snakes
their name. It is the brand that warns
him who knows snakes.
With one minor exception these pit
poisonous snakes
This exception
of Florida,
vipers.
gives
vipers are the only
in the United States.
is the little snake
which few ever encounter.
Wherever one encounters a snake, is
bitten by one, and wants to know if
he is in danger of being poisoned by
the contact, he has but to look for the
pit. If the that has done the
biting has the pit there is danger. If
it has not there is no danger at all.
The coral snake of Florida, also
called the harlequin snake, is not a pit
viper. It 1s of the cobra family of In-
dia. These are the two great families
of poisonous snakes of the world, the
cobras of ‘he East and the pit vipers of
the West. The little harlequin snake is
the only representative of the cobras
in the Western hemisphere.
The cobras inject a different sort of
poison from that of the pit vipers. It
affects the heart and the nervous sys-
tem, but creates little local infection.
The poison of the pit vipers, on the
contrary, affects the blood and causes
local inflammation.
An odd thing about the poison of
both these snakes is the fact that it
could be swallowed without disturbing
the swallower. Injected into the blood,
it is deadly. If the mouth is put to the
wound, however, and the poison suck-
ed out, there is no danger of being
poisoned by swallowing it. It is quite
harmless when taken internally.
William Atherton Du Puy.
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Mercerized Hosiery Is Wanted.
Men’s mercerized half hose, in
combed qualities, are much in demand
this season. A good deal of the call for
this merchandise is attributed to the
interesting color combinations that
have been worked out in them. Col-
ored mercerized hose for women, both
in regular and outsizes, are also active,
according to reports that have come
to the National Association of Hosiery
and Underwear Manufacturers. Chil-
dren’s mercerized and fiber hose are
good, too, in a business sense. Some
of the chain stores are doing very well
with them at prices as low as 20 cents
a pair. Seven-eights goods are re-
ported scarce, although there seems to
be some irregularity in the buying of
them.
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Well Enough To Puncture Nature
Fakir’s Lies.
Grandville, June 16—A farmer has
killed a bear in one of the middle
counties of Michigan. What does this
imply? A raid of bears on the pig
stys and sheep folds of the State!
wot long ago a great outcry came
from another part telling of the great
surplus of wolves, and the danger that
menaced the farming community. The
wolf bounty should be raised in order
to wipe out the wolves.
Bears, wolves, crows and what not
swarming over Michigan seeking to
des.roy the inhabitants thereof!
In one of the Upper Peninsular
streams a fisherman met up with a
fierce sturgeon with which he did bat-
tle for more than three hours before
he mastered the critter, and then not
until the tremendous jaws of the stur-
geon had gripped his arm, nearly
crushing it!
Conditions are becoming perilous
for life and limb in this goodly State
which passed through the early set-
tlements when wild animals were real-
ly plentiful and never known to harm
a human. Nature fakers must have a
lot of fun spilling these weird tales
to a curious public.
As for that sturgeon story.
A sturgeon is of the sucker family.
He has no tremendous jaws with
which to crunch fishermen’s arms, but
a round, toothless sucker mouth. How
the above mentioned Isaac Walton got
that way it is hard to tell.
The farmers in the vicinity of the
one who nabbed a real bear are very
much alarmed for fear there is to be
an influx of such animals which will
invade and destroy domestic animals.
The only possible safety lies in the
immediate reconvening of the Legis-
lature, the enactment of a measure
which will give every farmer the right
to massacre every bear in the State.
Little children should look out for
bears when they go out at night.
Wolves, bears and perhaps tigers,
wandering loose about our fields and
woods is enough to make the blood
curdle to think about, and all this
must be true else those resourceful yet
trustworth newspaper writers would
never have the nerve to give it to the
public.
Sixty and more years ago Michigan
was pretty well covered with the
primeval forest. Little settlements
dotted the vast expanse of forest, here
and there, and at night the settlers
were often greeted with the howls of
wolves. The rivers teemed with stur-
geon as well as other fish. Many of
these were captured with pike poles
in the hands of hardy sons of the
woods, yet never was there a strug-
gle lasting hours in which Mr. Stur-
geon nearly devoured his hunter.
The wolves howled, the bears
growled, and now and then a crow
cawed, but as for pigs, calves and colts
being devoured, that was seldom heard
of. No humans were attacked by
woves that made of the red deer their
prey, leaving human beings to traverse
the woods unharmed.
There is another wild animal loose
in Michigan which so far the news
venders have failed to characterize as
it deserves.
Only yesterday, while walking along
one of Grandville’s most frequented
avenues, a movement in the grass at-
tracted my notice. Halting I gazed
spellbound into the open countenance
of a snake!
A snake it was that tempted Eve
in the Garden, and here and now was
one of the species making itself free
with the walks of Grandville.
A number of cows are owned in
this city, and be it known there are
members of the snake family that
suck cows. Here is a danger not yet
thought of, yet it is a very present one
and should be at once investigated.
Why not a committee to drive the
snakes out of Grandville? Nobody
can estimate the damage even one of
these reptiles may do to our citizens.
It is flying in the face of nature to
remain quiescent while a single snake
crawls his slimy way through our
boulevards.
Is there a State reward for snake
heads:
Even be it so, I failed to exterminate
that reptile, therefore no reward com-
eth to me. I simply gave the friendly
fellow my compliments and bade him
look out for autos. Not in many years
have I seen one of these striped beau-
ties which are known to be as harm-
less as doves. It was good to inter-
view his snakeship, reminding me, as
it did, of the days when as a small
boy I ran barefooted and wild among
the fields and forests of long ago.
[here were snakes and gophers
then, as well as bears, wolves, wild-
cats and even panthers, yet no human,
not even the smallest child, was at-
tacked.
Trouble with those days we had no
nature fakers to write up the terrible
tragedies which never took place.
A traveler on foot, on his way from
Sand Creek to Muskegon sixty years
ago, returned to the Creek, reporting
that he saw a huge black bear. The
animal frightened him and he refused
to go on unless someone accompanied
him. That poor man, an outsider,
was the butt of numerous jokes be-
cause of his flight from imagined dan-
ger.
Bears, Michigan fears at least, never
attack members of the human family.
They have been known on a few occa-
sions to raid pig pens and cow pas-
tures, but even this was a rare Oc-
currence.
The settlers of early Michigan cer-
tainly had an opportunity to study
wild life in every conceivable phase.
It is idle to tell them of ferocious bears
and strong-jawed sturgeon reappearing
to-day to molest the inhabitants of an
old settled, forestless country.
I do not set myself up as an icono-
clast, yet it is well enough to puncture
the nature faker’s lies now and then or
he’ll think he is believed.
Old Timer.
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The great heat of the past few days
has precipitated a strong buying move-
ment for all smoked meats, according
to the New York Meat Council. Boiled
hams and picnics, summer sausages
and bacon are all in great demand, as
the public desires meats which can be
prepared without the application of
heat or prepared in advance to be
used for cold cuts. Corned beef is also
selling freely. According to the Meat
Council, dealers in and around New
York City are well supplied with these
hot weather meats and prices have re-
mained practically unchanged. In fact,
in relation to prices of other products,
meats are very reasonable. Among
the fresh meats which are now selling,
lamb is in favor with the housewife,
although prices are not of the lowest.
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Coffee and the Newspaper.
News stands in France are now sell-
ers of package coffee, too. The com-
pany which distributes magazines to
something like eighty thousand dealers
in France has an interest in a company
which puts up coffee. It apparently
sees no reason why it should not mar-
ket its coffee along with its magazines.
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Get It Done.
It isn’t the job we intended to do,
Or the labor we’ve just begun
That puts us right on the balance sheet,
It’s the work we have really done.
Our credit is built upon things we do,
Our debit on things we shirk;
The man who totals the biggest plus
Is the man who completes his Work.
Good intentions do not pay bills;
It is easy enough to plan.
To wish is the play of an office boy;
To do is the job of a man.
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from a grocer in a large city 45 miles away.
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DRAMATIZED TO DEATH.
Young Mr. Scopes plucked the fruit
from the Tree of Knowledge in de-
fiance of the laws of Tennessee made
and provided. He will go to jail if
any one Nevertheless, he has
become no more than an incident. He
is being trampled down in the rush
of the biggest menagerie of persistent
and congenital self-advertisers
housed under a single tent.
goes.
ever
The Scopes case, teachers, research
workers, biologists and other men of
science are being smothered in the
rush of long-haired men, short-haired
women, neurotics, free-
thinkers and free-lovers who are de-
termined to shine in reflected glory.
The vital issues on trial in Tennessee
are being lost in a stampede of pro-
feminists,
fessional martyrs and a swarm of
practicing egotists.
Somewhere in this speckled and
brindled “lunatic fringe” is the lanky
schoolmaster who is to be tried. He
is being kept around to lend a kind of
authenticity to the occasion, but that
is about all. His case has been taken
away from him. Its original outlines
are disappearing and into it are being
drawn a great number of elements,
ideas and policies that may damn it in
the eyes of the average American who
cares little one way or another about
evolution.
The Dayton trial should be a judic-
ial and unemotional hearing of the
issues, principles, evidence and law in
the case. It promises to be a perform-
ing menagerie of personalities. A case
that needs no dramatization is to be
dramatized to death.
Dayton is about to entertain a super-
sideshow. The floods of emotion will
rise, the forked lightnings of language
will flash, the thunders of oratory roll
and the smell of sawdust and searing
words will come hot from the Big
Tent. Until that performance is over,
the country may as well say good-bye
to the real issues raised by the case
of Tennessee vs. Scopes.
RESULT IN RESTRICTION.
There are some adages in business
which keep being forgotten. One of
these is that advances in price above
certain levels tend to restrict the use
of materials. In the textiles this has
been repeatedly demonstrated in the
last four or five years, but it appears
to have made no lasting impression.
The Japanese silk speculators had a
kind a ago
when they began to boost prices un-
lesson of the few years
conscionably. The curtailment in the
use of silk brought them to their
senses and resulted in lower prices,
which in turn increased silk consump-
tion. The cotton people next got their
lesson after they had succeeded in
pushing up quotations for the raw ma-
terial to 37 cents per pound. Less
cotton was used the world over for a
long period and prices came down to
more workable levels. Then wool
came in for a boost. By restriction of
offerings and by various pooling ar-
rangements prices were lifted higher
than ever before, while a_ skillful
propagnda encouraged the belief that
world stocks were much below world
demands. This state of things, how-
ever, could not last. Consumption of
wool in all countries was automatically
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
reduced while shoddy and other sub-
stitutes greater
quantity. This condition still prevails
and brake on attempts at
keeping up levels. Yet, after all these
examples, it is somewhat singular that
the Japanese, encouraged by the re-
cent great silk, have
Started again to push up the prices of
the raw material. The first effect was
to curtail sales, as usual, and this was
were resorted to in
acts as a
should
use of
followed by a temporary recession of
price.
WOOLS AND WOOLENS.
Some buying of domestic wool clips
from growers’ associations has taken
place lately, but the prices paid have
not been made public.
ever, no general purchasing in quan-
tity here Everything is
apparently waiting for the resumption
of the next month in
Australia and at London, when a line
on prices may be had. With anything
like a free market, most persons are
inclined to believe that there will be
There may be a
test of the ability of holders, many of
them speculators, to stand out against
prices. The Australian
may be temporarily held up until after
it is seen what happens at the London
auctions.
tent and varied conditions, the distr;
bution cost is not a uniform or fixed
factor. This is particularly the cas
with regard to foodstuffs, which a:
count for over 40 per cent. of the usual
family expense. But there are certain
elements which make for the highe:
cost of everything to the consume:
that may be done away with to th
advantage of all concerned. Amonve
them are the unethical trade practices,
like unjust cancellations and returns
which no one attempts to justify. In
the same line are fraudulent bank-
ruptcies and the obtaining of credit })
These things place
heavy toll on and make it
imperative to tax honest folk for the
misdeeds of the dishonest. This is one
of the points stressed by Secretary
Hoover in his address to the credit
men at Washington during the past
week. That they are alive to its im-
portance is shown by their campaign
to raise $1,000,000 to combat and pun-
ish credit frauds all over the country.
Of hopeful augury, too, are the number
of recent instances in which jail terms
have been imposed on malefactors of
this stripe and which are calculated to
make their practices rather unpopular.
same, task he
cause the
falsehoods.
business
SPLITTING HAIRS.
An ordinary lawsuit in New Jersey
has developed into an intricate ques-
tion of law and fact. A barber and
beauty specialist in Summit, N. J., sold
the barbering end of his business, with
an agreement to do no further barber-
ing in that town. When the bobbed
hair fashion set in the beauty special-
ist, it is charged, accommodated his
women patrons by bobbing hair. The
purchaser of the barbering end of the
business contends this is a violation of
the agreement. The beauty specialist
maintains that bobbing hair is not
barbering, but comes under the term
of beautifying. It is a delicate ques-
tion and has many angles. Is cutting
men’s hair barbering and cutting wom-
en’s hair beautifying? Is shingling a
woman’s hair legally hair cutting or
hair dressing? Is bobbing hair bar-
bering when done in a barber shop
and beautifying when done in a beauty
parlor?
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This what is wrong with the world
at present: It scraps its obsolete steam
engines and dynamos; but it won't
scrap it old prejudices and its old
moralities and its old religions and its
old political constitutions. What's the
result?) In machinery, it does very
well; but in morals and religion and
politics, it is working at a loss that
brings it nearer bankruptcy every year.
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Well directed and properly concen-
trated effort is the magic talisman
which opens the door to commercial
or other distinction. It is a force
which may build up or destroy mag-
nificent undertakings. Within recent
years it has reduced a powerful nation
to a condition of pitiful helplessness.
However, at all times, when applied
in either a national or individual
quantity, the results are correspond-
ingly marvelous. It is an old saying
that things which are obtained with-
out effort are not greatly prized and
fortunes which come quickly are likely
to vanish into thin air as rapidly as
they materialize. Nothing that is ob-
tained cheaply seems to be worth
while in this day and age and only
steady, persistent, intelligently directed
work makes life’s rewards of real and
permanent value.
It is often found that the young
man who does not get along well in
life is lacking in definite aim. He is
like the inhabile marksman who uses
a big barreled gun and a small sized
shot and trusts to luck for his quarry.
He overlooks the facts that the shot
scatter and that if one or two were
to take effect they probably would not
kill or even disable. The true marks-
man never uses birdshot when out after
big game. He carries a heavy rifle and
depends upon his steady arm, practiced
eye and long years of training to speed
the bullet to its intended destination.
In everyday business life are ob-
served young men who fritter away
their best years in essaying a trade,
occupation or profession for which
they have no taste or inclination. They
try a certain line of work for a few
months or years and then another and
because they do not soar to the top
right away they become dissatisfied
and again go into a new kind of busi-
ness, with the result that they find
nothing that suits them and that they
never rise above mediocrity. They
lack the absolute essential to success
in any undertaking, which is constant
and_ persistent application. Failure is
seldom recorded in the case of one who
possesses a singleness of intent from
which he never varies. The employe
who simply does his duty and keeps
one eye on the clock never amounts
to much, while he who does his whole
duty or a little more perhaps and takes
as much interest in his employer’s busi-
ness as if it were his own is always
heard from. Tenacity of purpose and
the concentration of all the powers of
body and brain are the goal winners
of the twentieth century and any suc-
cess that is not predicated upon these
two inspiring agencies is purely adven-
titious and evanescent and of false or
unsatisfying nature.
Given constancy of purpose with an
intelligent direction thereof and a life-
time of endeavor might amount to but
little were it not reinforced by a neces-
sary complement of brain. Something
of this happy combination of a fixity
of purpose and the mental capacity
for its support is suggested in review-
ing the career of an eminent factor in
the development of the wholesale gro-
cery trade of this market, S. M.
Lemon. Mr. Lemon was not one of
those who was seeking notoriety. He
was not at all vainglorious as to what
he had accomplished in a third of a
century of exceptional activity; but his
very modesty attracted attention to his
deeds in such measure that he was
known and honored in business, social
and political circles throughout a much
wider environment than was the case
of most men of his age.
Samuel McBirney Lemon was born
November 27, 1846, at Corneycrew,
Parish of Mullabrack, in the county
of Armagh, Ireland. His parents,
Samuel and Rachael Lemon, were of
the famous Scotch-Irish ancesiry,
which sturdy stock has left a lasting
mark on American institutions in the
great names it has contributed to every
department of American life. As has
been well said, “The Scotch-Irish were
the first to declare independence from
Great Britain and foremost in the
adverse conditions. It was the inten-
tion of his parents that he should pre-
pare for the ministry, but he early ex-
pressed his desire to follow a mer-
cantile career and, after receiving the
best education his native country af-
forded, his father apprenticed him at
the age of 18 years to one of the
largest grocers in Ireland, at Pota-
down, Armagh county. Here he re-
mained for five without pay,
working hard to perfect his knowledge
of the business, and soon after the
completion of his apprenticeship, in
November, 1870, set sail for America.
On landing in New York, he secured
a place with the grocery firm of Acker,
Merrill & Condit, at the modest salary
of $10 per week, paying $8 of this
amount per week for his board. But
within seven months, so valuable were
the services of Mr. Lemon to his em-
years,
Samuel M. Lemon
Revolutionary struggle; leaders in the
formation and adoption of the Consti-
tution and its most powerful defend-
ers; most active in the extension of
our National domain and the hardiest
pioneers in its development.” The
Puritan, the Huguenot and the Dutch
must gratefully salute with admira-
tion this race which has given to the
American Pantheon the names of
Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson,
John Paul Jones, James Madison,
John Marshall, Andrew Jackson,
James K. Polk, James Buchanan,
Horace Greeley, Abraham Lincoln
and Ulysses S. Grant. Mr. Lemon
was blessed only with the character-
istics which he inherited from such
a race, but although the record of
his life was comparatively short, it
exhibited a singleness of purpose and
a tenacity in the pursuit of business
which commanded success even under
ployers, that his salary was raised
three times. His next move was to
accept a position with A. M. Semple,
of Rochester, and after five years of
service there, Mr. Lemon became man-
ager of that extensive wholesale and
retail grocery business at a fine salary.
Tempted by a_ better cffer, he then
transferred his services to Lautz
Brothers & Co., of Buffalo, and for
five years engaged in selling their
goods, with conspicuous success. Al-
though drawing a salary which was
equaled by few in his line, the ambi-
tion which would not let the Irish lad
remain in his native land, still impelled
him on, and he decided to begin busi-
ness for himself. His travels familiar-
ized him with the growth and prospects
of Grand Rapids and, admiring its push
and enterprise, he decided to link his
fortunes with its future. Consequently
in 1880 Mr. Lemon removed to Grand
Rapids and purchased the interest of
John A. Covode in the wholesale gro-
cery house of Shields, Bulkley & Co.,
which was then South
Division street. On the removal of
the firm to the new building in 1883,
the firm name was changed to Shields,
Bulkley & Lemon, which afterward be-
came known as Bulkley, Lemon &
Hoops. On the retirement of Mr.
Bulkley, the firm name was changed
to Lemon, Hoops & Peters, and on the
retirement of Mr. Hoops, the firm
name was changed to Lemon & Peters.
The copartnership continued until the
failure of Mr. Peters—which did not
involve the grocery house except as
he was related to it as a partner—
when Mr. Lemon immediately organ-
ized a corporation to continue the busi-
ness under the style of the Lemon &
Wheeler Company, which soon took
rank as one of the most prosperous mer-
cantile establishments at this market.
Mr. Lemon made his influence felt
in other enterprises than the whole-
sale grocery business. He was long
a director of the Fourth National
Bank and took no small part in the
work of developing and expanding that
institution. He was also a director
in the Fifth National Bank and the
Savings Bank. In 1904 he
purchased a quarter interest in the
Grand Rapids Show Case Co., which
is one of the most progressive and
located on
Peoples
prosperous manufacturing institutions
in the city.
in real estate and was a dominating
factor in any institution with which he
cast his fortune.
He was largely interested
Mr. Lemon was always prominent
in the Grand Rapids Board of Trade,
director many
years and acted on many of the most
important committees of that organ-
ization. He was a strong advocate ot
river improvement and did yeoman ser-
having served as a
vice in the work along educational lines.
Mr. Lemon became an adherent of
the Republican party when he was ad-
mitted to citizenship. He was frequent-
ly mentioned for the office of mayor,
and it is not unlikely that he would
have been the candidate of his party
for governor if he had lived a few
years longer. He was Collector of In-
ternal Revenue for nearly eight years,
owing his Senator
Burrows, whose esteem and confidence
he enjoyed to a marked degree.
appointment to
Mr. Lemon was married in Roch-
ester, N. Y., January 17, 1883, to Miss
Mary Peoples. They resided in their
own home on Jefferson avenue, which
is one of the most unique and home-
like residences in the city. There he
quietly passed away May 27, 1912.
With a fine presence and the quali-
ties of mind and heart which made him
a host of friends, Mr. Lemon was one
of the business men of Grand Rapids
who believed thoroughly in its future,
and who showed in their own lives the
advantages America gives, and what
may be done in a few years by a poor
foreign boy in this favored land. Pa-
triotic and public spirited, intensely
American because he knew personally
the difference between a republic and
a monarchy, it is from the ranks of
such men the high types of American
citizens are ever coming.
E. A. Stowe.
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Big White Season Predicted—Early
Start Under Way.
Every year it is increasingly difficult
to tell whether or not white shoes are
going to sell in volume.
ly because of sad experiences with
white other years. Often
white shoes in some communities eith-
er go over big or they don’t go at all.
If they don’t go at all the merchant
is forced to apply the pressure. Too
often he becomes frightened too soon
and cleans out at a sacrifice and loss.
There is always caution about ordering
white shoes by the store, large or
small, and regardless of the size of
the city or town.
Enough of the present season has
elapsed to warrant the prediction that
throughout the Middle West, at least,
and with few exceptions, the present
year should produce one of the best
seasons for white footwear merchants
have enjoyed in a long time. This is
not a careless prediction, but one
which is made from a study of various
conditions and circumstances.
Shoes that sell at and around Palm
Beach time, are generally a forerun-
ner of the styles in footwear that ar-
rive several months later. This year
Palm Beach produced white
shoes than ever. There was also a
liberal sprinkling of black and white
numbers.
Many merchants speculatively in-
clined, have ordered considerable
stocks of white shoes, figuring this is
a white shoe year. Thus far they have
sold record breaking amounts of white
shoes. At least three large State
street, Chicago, department stores. re-
This is large-
shoes in
more
port sales of white shoes in May are
of white
shoes sold during any May in the
nearly double the number
past five vears.
Looking for specific reasons for this
interest in footwear, one
finds an unusual style picture in fab-
rics and apparel for women’s wear of
all kinds. This is a season of printed
fabrics, printed voiles, silks and other
light materials with a myriad of colors,
chiefly in border designs. And it ap-
pears women are buying white shoes
as a compromise for these colors.
new white
Earlier in the season some stylists
satin would
shoes and that the mer-
chant had best go with the
amount of white shoes which are
placed on the shelves. There is only
one shade of satin shoe that has lived
throughout the months and seems de-
stined to live for a number of months
more, and that is blonde satin. We
find that blonde satin does not de-
crease the vogue of whites or does it
seem to subtract from the popularity
of white shoes. It appears to be just
one more shoe, and because there are
predicted colored shoes
hurt white
slow
so many different types of shoes, one
more shoe matters very little.
The operators in millinery have lin-
ed up as able allies to the champion
of the vogue of white shoes and have
produced this season a greater supply
of all white hats or white hats trim-
med in sparkling colors. The
of the summer hats is white and little
of anything else.
It is necessary
thinking of white
the possibility of colors
the programme as_ shoe trimmings
and high-lights, etc. One shade
seems to stand out as a likely trim-
ming for white shoes, yellow. Sev-
eral leading merchants show a num-
ber of white and yellow combinations.
Most merchants have already had their
fingers burnt by white shoes trimmed
in green, red, magenta, orchids, etc.,
and it is a pretty safe bet this year
that most shoes will be all white or
nearly all white, the latter exception
making room for few shoes trimmed
in yellow or shoes trimmed in black.
basis
when
generally,
invading
to consider,
shoes
The tendency towards black and
white shoes is decidedly pronounced.
One prominent merchant at least, has
faith in black shoes trimmed in white
to such an extent that he has ordered
only one-third as many all white shoes
as formerly and is filling in the bal-
ance with these black shoes trimmed
in white. In his case it is generally
black kid trimmed in white, although
sometimes black patent leather trim-
med in white.
The choice of patterns for white
shoes is pretty much the same as it is
in other shoes. There are three pat-
which stand out. One is the
sandal pattern, which deserves much
consideration, the second is the strap
model either one, two or three straps
and the third is the pump. In some
localities, notably Chicago, the pump
model and its various ramifications is
likely to achieve leadership over the
other two patterns. In $5 and $6
shoes and footwear priced lower, the
sandal pattern is sure to rule a popu-
lar favorite. The strap slipper is such
a practical shoe that it deserves worthy
consideration in the style programme
of the present day.
Recently there have been two and
three strap patterns which are dainty
and interesting, to say the least. These
double and triple strap models carry
straps no wider than a quarter of an
inch and the straps themselves are not
further apart than a quarter of an inch.
The chief reason why these two and
three strap models have appeared has
been because the normal single strap
cuts the flesh of many feet. These
same feet require some kind of a sup-
port in which case the ordinary pump
model is not sufficient. Clever stylists
terns
have added a second and again a third
strap to provide these much sought for
style and comfort features.
Crepe soles are in the picture in
the styling of white shoes. They form
the chief vehicle for the use of very
low heels of the spring heel type.
They also provide an interesting styl-
ing for clubhouse numbers and for
strictly golf wear and recreation wear.
Heels are always a puzzle in the
fashioning of any footwear model.
This year skirts are shorter than they
have been and these have a bearing
on heels of all women’s shoes. These
short skirts are probably the reason
for renewed interest in 16/8 and 17/8
spike heels, although as a general rule,
most white shoes should not carry
heels higher than 14/8 whether these
be boxwood or spike type heels.
White kid is a prime favorite at
most stores. Stores featuring moder-
ate priced footwear will of necessity
rely on cabretta which is not altogeth-
er satisfactory excepting for strictly
dry weather wear. But the average
person doesn’t know the difference be-
tween kid and cabretta and shoes are
not expected to perform as nicely as
they did a number of years ago. Com-
plaints registered because of using
white cabretta are relatively few these
days.
A canvass was made of downtown
Chicago, to arrive at a
definite register as to what percentage
of white kid shoes as compared with
all other white shoes on order or re-
ceived, and it was found that at most
stores white kid represented fully 80
per cent. of the shoes on the boards.
Fabrics took in about 12 per cent. and
all other kinds registered 8 per cent.
In the lower grades, the percentage
of fabric shoes was quite a little high-
er. At some such stores, white kid
shoes ran 60 per cent., fabrics 35 per
cent. and all other kinds 5 per cent.
The weather man is going to be a
final and deciding factor as to whether
or not we have a big season in white
shoes. The season has started off very
well and there are a number of novel
merchandising aids for white shoes
present this year which could not be
relied on in the past.
A long torrid, dry summer, such as
many predict for this year, will, of
stations in
course, greatly increase the possibility
for selling white shoes.
Trouble is always overtaking the
man who sneaks away from it.
June 17, 1925
Concentration Pays,
“The success of the shoe merchani
depends altogether on whether he will
continue to buy from a variety of
sources or confine himself to just a
few manufacturers. This question
must be decided by every dealer for
himself,” says a prominent sales man-
ager.
“There are many advantages in buy
ing from only one or two houses. By
buying in this way you can often pu:
chase shoes in large enough quantities
to win extra discounts. If you place
most of your orders with one sho
manufacturer, he will be more likely
to extend credit at a time when you
may need it. He will do this becaus.
he knows you well and has a persona!
interest in your success. In choosing
a firm, don’t overlook even the smail
est particulars.
“Prompt deliveries are absolute!
necessary. Careful attention to time
of delivery, to accurate filling of or
ders, and cheerful adjustment 0:
claims are all very important. A con
cern which is ready to help you sell
your merchandise and to advise you
on what is in demand, is a good one
with which to trade. Do not rely too
much on the judgment of others in
buying. Get all the information you
can about what your customers want
and what they can be induced to buy
Think of Mrs. Smith, Mr. Jones and
Mrs. Brown and all the rest of them.
when you are buying. Ask yourself
what kind of merchandise they re-
quire. Then govern your buying ac
cordingly,” he suggests.
Young Men Study Sines and Leathers.
A continuation class for young men
employed in the shoe and leather busi
ness is maintained by the New Eng-
land Shoe and Leather Association of
Boston as a part of its educational
work. The course of twenty-four les-
sons is intended to help prepare the
young men for executive positions in
tanneries and shoe factories.
Included in the course are a genera!
outline of tanning operations, a visit
to a tannery with explanation of the
processes used in the manufacture of
leathers, and to a shoe factory with
explanation of the processes used in
the manufacture of shoes; and lectures
on shoes and shoe machinery, the
leather remnant business, shoe design-
ing, shoe distribution, the findings in-
dustry and on the export trade in
shoes and leathers.
This Mark
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HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U. S. A.
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Fundamentally Related.
Close observation and careful study
reveal the fact that
insurance are fundamentally related.
One is the cause of other. One is the
result of the other One would die
without the other. They are like the
Siamese twins. Where you find one
you find the other.
Things that are far apart are not
fundamentally related. They are only
distantly related, or not related at all.
But cause and effect are fundament-
Insurance policies cause
Where there is no
are few or no fires.
arson and over-
ally related.
incendiary fires.
insurance there
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And when it fails to pay to burn down
a house, then houses do not take fire.
This has been proved in Germany. A
man there paid about $100 before the
war for long-time insurance of $20,-
000 on his factory. It burned down
later and the insurance company hand-
100,000 This
have been $20,000 before the war, but
when he received it the marks were
paper, and the money he received was
worth a fraction of a penny. Since
then, fires on pre-war insured property
have ceased in Germany. That shows
what “fundamentally related” means.
ed him marks. would
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Way Paved For Good Response.
With the cleaning up of stocks of
tropicals and beach cloths as the re-
sult of the recent spurt in the demand
for Summer clothing, the way ts be-
lieved to have been paved for a good
reception for the 1926 lines of these
The _ first
goods will probably come about the
While there
may be some slight revision of prices
on these goods at the coming open-
ings, the market view seems to be that
last year’s levels will hold for the most
part. In the beach cloths, it is said,
there of last
year’s marked trend toward novelty
goods. opening of these
second week in July.
will be a continuation
patterns. Lines of tropical worsteds
are likewise expected to be compre-
hensive, some mills having decided to
show larger ranges since the improved
sentiment lately brought about by the
hot spell.
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Fall Season Well Under Way.
The coat, suit and dress trades are
now getting into their full strides as
far as early Fall lines are concerned.
Numerous firms have already opened
their lines and sent their men on the
road, while others are doing so this
with more to next
week, be- ready
week. The preparation of lines for
the coming season is said to have been
replete with more than the usual diffi-
culties, owing somewhat to the lack
of definite style indications and also
of the
industry which saw quite a few firms
By the end
because many changes in the
installed in new quarters.
of the month, however, the entire trade
will be all set for any onslaught the
buyers may be contemplating in July,
barring the possibility of a labor dis-
turbance around the middle of that
month.
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Spring Season Ends Well.
Despite the disposal by some men’s
neckwear manufacturers of fair quan-
merchandise at
close-out prices, the situation in this
merchandise
tities of seasonable
continues a sound one.
It is generally agreed that the Spring
demand was good, with some fill-in
business counted on still to come from
retailers,
crepes and foulards.
lightweight
The bow tie is
take better with
consumers and, with any renewal of
the recent hot weather, a considerable
run on stocks held by the stores is an-
ticipated. Some buying for Fall has
already been done, but real activity
for this season is believed a matter
of some weeks away. Stripes are ex-
pected to retain leadership for the
Fall, with bright colors again stressed.
particularly in
now beginning to
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Preparing a New Protection Bill.
The campaign for price protection
legislation which received a decided
impetus at the recent annual meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States when the President of
the Chamber appointed a special com-
mittee to co-operate with other trade
committees appointed to bring the sub-
ject before Congress, is progressing
rapidly. The leaders in the movement
are confident that they will have a com-
fortable majority of both houses pledg~
ed in favor of the enactment of a sound
price protection law before the new
Congress assembles in December.
In appointing the Chamber’s com-
mittee, President Grant made it clear
that under the constitution and by-
laws of the Chamber individual solici-
tation of Representatives and Sena-
tors cannot be resorted to in the name
of the Chamber. This, however, does
not in any way restrict the movement
of local trade bodies affiliated with the
Chamber or of the members thereof,
many of whom have been among the
recognized leaders of this movement
ever since the momentous decision of
the United States Supreme Court
which, for the first time in the United
States, laid down the proposition that
in the present state of the law con-
tracts for the maintenance of resale
prices are unlawful.
President Grant also made it clear
that in his opinion the first step to be
taken by the trade committee co-
operating with the committee of the
National Chamber was the prepara-
tion of a satisfactory composite bill
designed to take the place of the four
measures pending before the House
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce in the last Congress. While
these measures are technically ‘dead,
nevertheless it has been the practice
to reintroduce them regularly with the
assembling of each new Congress.
In line with this suggestion the
trade committee wing of the
joint committee has already begun the
task of preparing a measure which it
is hoped will be substituted for the
Kelly, Merritt, Williams and Wyant
bills heretofore presented. Judging by
the progress already made this com-
posite bill will be ready for presenta-
tion to a joint conference with the
National Chamber’s representatives at
a very early date.
No serious technical difficulties are
likely to be encountered in the prepara-
tion of this substitute bill. This is
due to the fact that, with the excep-
tion of a single provision of the Kelly
measure, all four bills are much alike
while the same basic principle regard-
ing the legalization of contracts for
the maintenance of resale prices of
identified merchandise underlies the
entire quartet.
The only feature of the four bills to
which serious exception has been taken
has been the -provision of the Kelly
bill under the terms of which the Fed-
eral Trade Commission is given cer-
tain jurisdiction over the operations
of manufacturers and merchants who
may elect to take advantage of the
proposed law legalizing resale con-
tracts. This feature of the Kelly bill
was written into the measure at the
suggestion of the Federal Trade Com-
mission at a time when the commis-
sion declared itself ready to assist in
securing the enactment of price pro-
tection legislation.
Careful consideration of all phases
of this important problem has _ con-
vinced the leaders of the movement,
however, that the commission pro-
vision is unwise. Secretary of Com-
merce Hoover has opposed it very con-
vincingly and it is an interesting fact
that because of his opposition the Mer-
ritt bill was drafted and presented as
a substitute for the Kelly measure.
The National Chamber is strongly
opposed to any governmental inter-
ference with price protection. The
trade committee, which is operating
under the general auspices of the
American Fair Trade League, is even
more emphatically against the proposed
supervision by the trade commission
or any other governmental body.
The chief problem of the committee
now working on the composite bill is
the determination of what constitutes
“proper restrictions” for the safeguard-
ing of the right of manufacturers and
merchants to fix the resale price of
their identified products. It is believed
however, that these restrictions are
already substantially set forth in the
various pending bills and_ that by
bringing these provisions together the
ground will be comprehensively and
satisfactorily covered.
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Abe Was Right.
Finkelstein was a good customer of
Abe & Mawruss, manufacturers of
ladies’ dresses. He was, however, get-
ting lax about his payment of invoices,
and Abe suggested that Mawruss write
him a strong but diplomatic letter call-
ing his attention to this laxity.
Mawruss worked for several hours
over the letter, then showed it to Abe
for his approval. After reading it over
carefully, Abe said: “By golly, dot’s
a wonderful letter. Strong and to der
point, aber not personal or insulting.
But you got a couple mistakes in it,
Mawruss. ‘Dirty’ you should spell mit
only vun ‘r’ and ‘cockroach’ begins mit
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be taken from them, but while “in the making”’
he is so engrossed in other matters that he
overlooks the plight of his family should he
pass away.
It, therefore, behooves every man “‘in the
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family by carrying ample life insurance. Taking
out insurance is only half, for if you do not
wisely guard the distribution of that insurance
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will have failed to accomplish your purpose.
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13
When a Man Is Prepared To Die.
There is a time for every purpose
under the heaven, including a time to
be born and a time to die. It is their
time to die that men most persistently
refuse to contemplate. In youth this
is wholly natural. In middle life
thought of it is flitting. But when old
age sets in it presses more and more
upon contemplative minds, provided
there is courage to face what ap-
proaches.
Particularly unpleasant is the thought
of death to men who have none of the
consolations of a firm religious faith,
and there are many such who maintain
nominal relations with some church.
But while this is true, men frankly ir-
religious, who are deeply concerned
in the future of those they love, give
attention to the welfare of families
they must ultimately leave. If not
successful in accumulating enough for
the future necessities of children and
dependents they provide life insurance
to guarantee them comfort.
Another duty of men of prosperity is
often neglected—that of making a will.
A well-made and justly balanced dis-
position of property to go into effect
after a man’s death is a matter of first
importance to any man really devoted
to his family. It should always be at-
tended to when he is in full possession
of his faculties, that is to say, of sound
mind. A man overtaken by a deadly
disease, suffering physically and men-
tally as his vitality declines under the
attack, is in no condition to make a
will just to all who have claims on his
consideration.
Modern banking and trust companies
now relieve many men of fears as to
the disposition of their properties,
whether large or small. No longer are
they compelled to leave them in charge
of widows or children who cannot pro-
tect them; who are incapable of wisely
conserving them. Many there be who,
after the death of the head of their
families, find themselves subjected to
financial responsibilities they are not
able to cope with. A sound trust com-
pany, given control of an estate, pro-
tects them from a multitude of people
who prey on widows and children to
whom property is given to dispose of as
they will. A moderate estate given to
a widow and children, is likely to seem
inexhaustible. They do not hesitate
to spend it freely, failing to recognize
the fact that even a small income for
life contributes vastly more to their
security, comfort and happiness than
possession of such a sum as $20,000 or
$30,000 which may slip from them in
a few years.
The man who faces his time to die
conscious that his family is to have
the service of a trust company until
his widow dies, and his children have
learned how much better an assured
income is for them than even a large
lump sum, is more likely to go into the
shadows with a soul untroubled, than
one who hastily signs a will on his
deathbed, harassed by doubts. More
than that, he has at least a little time
in which to summon courage for his
end, and if he finds it necessary, plead
for forgiveness for the weaknesses and
faults of his life. And the man who
passes out after thus providing for his
household will find the future life, in
which he may or may not believe, bet-
ter than it would be after neglecting so
fine an act of love and care—W. G.
Sibley in Journal of Commerce.
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Periods in a Man’s Life.
The twenties are the moulding
years of the life, when the young man
forms those habits that shall direct his
career, his school
work, stands before the altar, estab-
lishes a home and looks the world in
the eye.
The thirties are years of discourage-
Then he finishes
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of his dreams.
Life comes to its ripening in the
fifties. These should be the years of
jubilee and he should do his best work
then.
At sixty, a man has committed
enough mistakes to make him wise
far above his juniors. He should live
better and do better work than in any
decade of his life. No man has a right
to retire in the sixties; the world has
need of his wisdom.
Some of the best work in the world
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14
Burning the Evidence.
Protecting credit is one of the most
services that insurance
render to industry and
A business man who re-
quires large amounts of money must,
of necessity, seek credit. If he goes
to a bank for it, or seeks to have large
orders of goods shipped: to him on
important
companies
commerce.
credit, he must show good collateral,
and no collateral can be classed as
good unless it is insured against des-
truction. A single fire can wipe out
a million dollars worth of collateral in
But with property in-
sured the terror of fire is eliminated.
a few hours.
This institution, built up by honest
men for the benefit of honest men, has
become a dangerous weapon in the
hands of unscrupulous crooks. Follow-
ing the principles of honest merchants
swindlers have learned to use insur-
ance as an aid to establishing credit.
Then, when their credit is established
and they are ready to make their big
clean-up, they use a fire to burn up
all evidences of their crime. In. re-
cent years, numberless cases of this
kind have been brought to light
through the investigation department
of the National Association of Credit
Men, which for the past eight years
has waged an untiring war against the
credit criminal.
C. D. West, who is at the head of
the investigation department of this
organization, — tells startling
work by
these methods and defraud the public
of hundreds of millions of dollars
annually. A typical case of this is that
many
stories of criminals who
of the Peerless Textile Co., a concern
operated by two men who, on this
called themselves Mark
Josephs and Dennis O’Grady—investi-
gation showed that these names were
only two of many aliases under which
they had operated. The Peerless con-
cern opened its offices and showrooms,
deposit with a
bank, and proceeded to
purchase large orders of silk goods,
occasion,
made a_ substantial
well-known
for which they paid promptly, and im-
Vith this insured
stock as collateral, they went to the
mediately insured.
bank and borrowed money to the ex-
tent of 90 per cent. of its value, the
amount that banks will usually lend
on security. After that they repeated
the operation, buying large shipments,
paying promptly, insuring the stock
and buying again. For a year and a
half they conducted their business in
a thoroughly legitimate manner, and
from their initial investment of about
twenty thousand dollars they were
carrying on a two hundred thousand
dollar operation. Both men _ were
shrewd and hard working, and had
they chosen to continue along honest
lines might have placed themselves
among the merchant princes of the
world. But dishonesty was bred in
them, and all through these long
months of hard work they were plan-
ning a grand robbery.
3y this time their reputation was
established and they were rated as a
creditable firm with whom it was de-
sirable to do business. They were
able to give the best of references, and
enquiries concerning them always
Brought forth high praise. They en-
gaged several smart buyers and sent
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
them out in different directions to
place large orders. Some three score
wholesale houses readily accepted these
orders, and felt happy that they were
able to number this well-thought-of
firm among their customers. In all,
Josephs & O’Grady had over a million
dollars’ worth of goods shipped to
them. This was just before the Fourth
of July, and being “very patriotic
Americans” they closed their offices
on the afternoon of the second, telling
their employes that it would be un-
necessary for them to return to work
until the seventh, for they wanted
everyone to have ample time in which
to celebrate our Glorious Indepen-
dence. They themselves went to At-
lantic City and ostentatiously engaged
two elaborate suites for their families
at beach-front hotels.
At 10 o’clock on the night of the
Fourth, when the city was in the midst
of celebration, and the fire departments
were busy taking care of the usual
minor fires that occur on such oc-
casions, the buildings in which they
had their offices and warerooms sud-
denly burst into flames. By the time
the fire engines were called from less
important fires, the flames had made
such headway that all the firemen
could do was to keep the blaze from
spreading to other buildings. The
whole structure was gutted, and the
Peerless Textile Co., with other ten-
ants of the building, suffered a total
loss. This fire cost the insurance com-
panies over a million dollars; a hundred
and fifty thousand of this was divided
among the creditors of the Peerless
Textile Co., the rest went to the
owners of the building and other ten-
ants.
Great sympathy was expressed in
the business world for Josephs &
O’Grady, and many kitdly offers to
help them re-establish themselves
were made. 3ut these gentlemen
seemed to be thoroughly crushed, and
through their attorney filed a petition
in bankruptcy. Over forty creditors
filed claims which totaled a million
and a quarter dollars. At first it seem-
ed as though there was nothing to be
done except to divide the insurance
money between them, giving them
about ten cents on the dollar. The
majority of the creditors were willing
to accept these terms, but a few of
them were not, and these placed the
matter in the hands of the National
Association of Credit Men.
Mr. West and his investigators went
to work and commenced delving into
the past and recent operations of
Josephs & O’Grady. Then surprising
facts came to light. The back trail of
these men showed a long line of fraud-
ulent bankruptcy cases. They were
master criminals, who played such an
elaborate game, and did their work so
thoroughly, that suspicion hardly ever
rested on them. Unraveling the mys-
teries of the Peerless Textile Co. was
a difficult task, and took months to
accomplish. All the records of the
company had presumably been des-
troyed in the fire, and, according to
Josephs & O’Grady, the immense
stocks they had just bought. Every
shipment made to the Peerless Co.
was traced and it was found that all
the recent orders had been reshipped
June 17, 1925
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Surplus $750,000
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without ever having been brought to
the company’s warerooms. These
goods were traced to various Western
cities, where they were stored pending
disposal when things had quieted down.
Armed with the concrete evidence
against Josephs & O’Grady, West had
warrants sworn out for their arrest;
then he proceeded to locate them.
This took over a year to do, and led
two investigators over a trail that
rambled through thirty-seven states,
Canada, Mexico and Central America;
then back to the United States, finally
ending in Seattle. These gentlemen
are now serving time, and the creditors
of the Peerless Textile Co. have re-
covered 65 per cent. of their loss.
The case of the Peerless Textile
Co., while perhaps more elaborate than
most cases, in many respects is typical
and is a good example of the treach-
erous use that is being made of an
institution that has been established
for the benefit of legitimate business.
These fraudulent practices have be-
come very prevalent, and have out-
grown Mr. West’s organization both
in numbers and the scope of territory
covered. The situation has become
critical, and some drastic measures
must be taken immediately. The Na-
tional Association of Credit Men has
planned an extensive campaign of
prosecution of these criminals, such as
the railroad companies _ instituted
against the railroad thieves in 1920,
when they reduced their losses by
theft from a million a month in the
Port of New York to less than a
thousand a month.
In this campaign the National As-
sociation of Credit Men plans to spend
$500,000 a year, increase its force of
investigators to ten times the present
number, establish headquarters in
New York, Chicago and San Francisco
and keep a force of investigators per-
manently stationed in twenty-five key
cities, who will have descriptions and
records of every known credit crim-
inal in the United States in their files.
This will provide an organization that
will be able to take quick and effective
action on any persons or company at-
tempting to perpetrate credit frauds.
Geo. Witten.
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Permissibie Negligence.
If you carelessly run over a man
with your automobile, it is probable
that you would have to pay him dam-
ages for your carelessness.
In every walk of life a man is held
responsible for his careless act if it
causes injury to others, except in case
of fire. An individual can carelessly
burn $100 of his own property and
$100,000 worth of his neighbor’s, and
nothing is said. The city may spend
$1,000 or $10,000 of taxpayer’s money
to put out the fire.
Owners of tenement houses, hotels
and rooming houses can maintain ab-
solute fire traps with open stairways
which act as flues for a fire in the
building, thus cutting off means of es-
cape for occupants. Such buildings
burn daily, and we read of the per-
sons killed in the fire, “which origin-
ated from some unknown cause” and
think no more about it. We pay no
attention to the fact that the building
and the construction of its stairways
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
offered visible proof that if a fire
started in the structure it meant al-
most certain death to some of the
occupants.
Thousands of cities permit this class
of construction, and when persons are
burned to death through criminal
negligence of an owner and a city
permitting the use of such a fire trap,
nothing is said and no damages are
collected.
The whole process of the law will be
set in motion to collect $100 for a man
who has had his finger broken in an
automobile accident. But 15,000 can
be burned to death annually in the
United States, many through criminal
negligence of property owners in
maintaining fire traps, and not a com-
plaint is uttered.
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Make Fire Unpopular.
Portland, Oregon, is preparing to
deal severely with the fire trap situa-
tion, under an emergency ordinance
that provides for closing unsafe build-
ings, evicting tenants and razing the
structures, with heavy penalties for
refusing to obey the fire department
orders.
Anaconda, Montana, had fires
amounting to only a dollar per capita
during 1924, and Seattle’s fires were
only $1.65 per capita; the average fire
loss for the whole United States is
nearly $5. Much of this fire loss is
due to inexcusable carelessness in the
handling of fire; and the losses are
enormously increased by flimsy con-
struction and lack of proper protec-
tion.
Every fire loss is a tax on accumu-
lated wealth of the country. The care-
less fire-builder is as much a public
enemy as the traitor who sells the
nation’s safety in time of war, and is
as deserving of punishment. The
Portland law prescribing swift and
heavy punishment for violation of
safety fire ordinances is a rational
step.
Punitive laws alone will not cover
the situation. Education as to re-
sponsibility for fires and necessity for
preventing them is essential to the
real solution. When it is made as un-
popular to have a fire as it is to be
a law-breaker along other lines to the
detriment of the community, then the
fire menace will cease.
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When the Orchard Is in Bloom.
Written for the Tradesman.
A feller’s joy needs lots of room
When apple trees begin to bloom
And blossom till you think yer eyes
Are practicin’ fer paradise;
All Sheba’s gold could never pay
Fer ha’f the beauty long in May
When the orchard is in bloom.
The surest cure for lonesomeness
Is blooming trees I guess
Where branch and bough with garlands
stand
A imitatin’ fairyland;
Why! I could spend the livelong day
Jes watchin’ honeysuckers play
When the orchard is in bloom.
Fer Nature works a wondrous loom
When apple trees put on their bloom
And weaves upon the waiting trees
Yer patterns for embroideries;
There’s nothin’ thet I'd rather see
Than just a common apple tree
When the orchard is in bloom.
Then when with wonderment I see
A blossomed covered apple-tree
My fancy fashions apples fair
For every blooming bud that’s there,
Till quickened hope cannot disguise
Its piles of Pippins, Rhambos, Spies
When the orchard is in bloom.
Charles A. Heath.
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Chairman of Board
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This Company has returned
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TRADESMAN
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Getting Away From “Feed the Brute.”
Written for the Tradesman.
By experienced matrons who have
your welfare at heart, your own moth-
er and your aunts among them very
likely—you will be sagely advised,
Little Bride, to “feed the brute” if
you want a contented husband.
From other sources the same idea
will be urged upon you. All that re-
fates to the culinary art is featured in
magazines for women and in the news-
papers. And how frequently do men
of ability, when some woman is spok-
en of as fine-looking or intellectual or
agreeable, ask pointedly—“But can she
cook?” The inference is that in the
estimation of most men of affairs, skill
in cookery takes rank above womanly
beauty or brains or even charm.
Good cooking is exalted. And what
is meant by good cooking? Do we
signify such preparation of food as will
render it fit to meet the real needs
of the body? Hardly. Do we not
mean rather, adeptness in making con-
coctions that tickle the palate and jazz
up appetites already sated with too
many and too delectable goodies?
There can be no doubt that hunger
and its pleasurable satisfaction are es-
sential factors in human living, fur-
ishing as they do one of the chief
incentives in the struggle for existence.
The question What shall we eat? is
ages old.
In the early days of the race, hunger
as a rule was so plenty and the means
of satisfying it were so scarce that the
question often meant, What foods can
we obtain, by our utmost efforts, that
in kind and amount will maintain our
physical existence and enable us to
pass on the gift of life to our posterity?
The condition brought to mind by
this enquiry still obtains with a large
portion of humanity. In contrast to
this, in our own favored land a strik-
ing word picture might be drawn, tak-
ing as a setting the interior of some
hotel or restaurant that caters to a
clientele of wealthy gourmets. Here
the question What shall we eat? has
come to mean, From long menus of
luxurious viands, what shall we select
that will yield us the greatest degree
of gastronomic delight? The same
ceplorable tendency to gluttony is ex-
emplified in many elegantly appointed
homes.
How we mortals do love to eat!
Observe the gusto with which a group
of obviously overfed and underexer-
cised men and women will make way
with a hearty meal! Observe further
the pacifying and tranquilizing effect
which the taking of any favorite food
has upon animals of all kinds includ-
ing the human—how wrath quickly
gives place to serenity, and obstinacy
is transformed into cheerful com-
pliance.
Now, Dear Little Bride, you know
the whole psychology and philosophy
of “Feed the brute,” and “The way to
a man’s heart is through his stomach.”
You see just why it is that skill in
cookery has from way back been an
effective means employed by feminine
finesse to gain feminine ends, in fact
has been the long suit of the crafty
woman in the great game of life. And
if you were to consider only immediate
results, the smartest thing for you to
do would be to use it in the manner
of your artful foremothers, to secure
your heart’s desires.
But since you have assumed the re-
sponsibility of directing the cuisine of
a household, it is only just that you
consider some cold, hard, and mighty
unpleasant facts bearing upon other
phases of this great subject of “eats.”
The average term of really good
health in a lifetime is counted as only
13 years—from the age of 18 to 31,
while the working life is but 22 years,
from 20 to 42. Three-fourths of our
adult population are overweight. Put
into plain English this means that
most of these are eating in excess of
their needs. What is more and worse,
all such are rendering themselves lia-
ble to a number of dangerous diseases.
Contrary to popular opinion, it is rare
that corpulent persons have excellent
health, they are seldom long-lived, and
when the maladies brought on by
overeating have begun to tell on them,
they often are far from good-natured.
It is hardly too much to say that with
the present high cost of food, many
in moderate circumstances are “eating
their heads off,” to their physical as
well as their financial detriment, and
it is no exaggeration at all to state
that great numbers ni various circum-
stances are actually “digging their
graves with their teeth.”
The best authorities attribute a large
share of sickness, disease, and unnat-
ural shortness of life, to wrong eating,
the term being used to include eating
too little as well as too much, eating
wrong foods and failing to eat foods
that the system requires, eating too
frequently, too rapidly, without proper
mastication, or without the essential
accompaniment of a happy and relaxed
state of mind.
As to eating too little, those who err
in this way should of course try to
make correction. With most of us,
this is one sin from which we claim
entire absolution. The woodchopper
and harvest hand appetites of our an-
cestors persist long after our occupa-
tions have become sedentary and our
work is done mostly indoors.
Likely, Little Bride, you had do-
mestic science in school and learned
the caloric values of the common
foods, the content of each as to pro-
tein, carbohydrates and fat, and all
about balancing the ration. You know
which foods supply vitamins and min-
eral salts. You can tell the number
of calories needed daily by the aver-
age person and how this amount
should be varied according to the size
and activity of the individual. You
have been taught the necessity for
some raw food and for items that sup-
ply proper bulk; also the dangers that
lie in foods that are highly refined and
concentrated. In short, you are fa-
miliar with the elements of dietetics.
If this is not so, then you should in-
form yourself on this important sub-
ject.
Gaining the needed knowledge will
not be a long nor a_ difficult task.
Doing your plain duty in the light of
that knowledge—that may not look so
easy.
You see all about you the dulling
and coarsening of mental faculties and
the weakening of morals that follow
overindulgence in eating. You will
come to realize that if you “feed the
brute” it won’t be long before you will
have very much of a brute to feed.
Still, Dear Girl, you feel that should
you try to use a scientifically correct
dietary instead of the old plan of pam-
pering the palate, that you would be
up against it.
Your husband, all his life thus far,
may have been used to stretching his
legs three times each day under a ta-
ble literally loaded with good things.
You suspect that he may prefer to take
a chance on going on with such
victualing.
Or you yourself may have the
gourmand tendency. In this case you
might like to carry the idea that you
must prepare elaborate dishes “to
please Hubby,” when it is you and
not he that has the hankering for
knickknacks.
Getting down to facts, it may re-
quire some effort on the part of both
to bring under subjection appetites
that have been too freely indulged,
but it is likely the struggle will not
be half so hard as you imagine. Of
course, Little Bride, you will not at-
tempt to dictate to your man as to
what he may or may not eat, but it
should be easy to bring him to a right
way of thinking.
The schoolmaster has been abroad
in the land, and by lectures and from
the printed page has taught much re-
garding health and diet. Many among
your friends are trying to live accord-
ing to knowledge obtained from the
best authorities. Your husband’s in-
telligence and common sense _ will
come to your aid.
The economic side of the question
will appeal to both of you. There is
in plain living an enormous saving of
work and a considerable financial sav-
ing. Just a word of caution, that you
may make no mistakes in your econ-
omies. The most calories for your
money are found, as a rule, in the cer-
eal foods and in the tuber and root
vegetables. But plenty of milk, fruit,
and greenleaf vegetables in their
season are essential, even though all
these are expensive, counted as to
caloric content. Fruits are best served
uncooked and unsweetened. A _ suf-
ficient amount of protein is‘ indis-
pensable. Eating at all heavily of pro-
tein is now taboo. Good luck this,
because the foods rich in nitrogen are
mostly high priced. However, allow-
ing for a full supply of all needed ele-
ments in your menus, and using only
foods of high quality, the scientific
dietary will show a substantial money
balance in its favor.
Your womanly tact and gumption
will guide you, Dear Little Bride. It
isn’t necessary to establish the reputa-
tion of being an extreme diet crank.
In this as in other things, there is a
safe middle ground. Many are adopt-
ing the sensible plan of having a light
breakfast, a light lunch, and a sub-
stantial meal at the close of the day,
this last offering a pleasing variety of
wholesome well-prepared foods, suf-
ficient in amount to be satisfying, yet
not tempting to overeating. Some pre-
fer to have the heartiest meal at noon
or soon after. Once in a while it may
be wise to indulge your household in
a “sin” dinner. To healthy stomachs
this will do no harm provided it is
only occasional. It is having such
dinners too often that works injury.
For every day and right along, both
you and your mate will find great sat-
isfaction in the health, the fine feeling
of self-restraint, and the high think-
ing that go with plain living. And
you, Little Bride, will come to see
that it is the woman who is not an
artist but only a sorry bungler, who
is ever obliged to resort to any such
crude strategy as that denoted by
“Feed the brute.”
Ella M. Rogers.
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Why Men Leave Home.
Twenty-five years ago there was one
divorce for thirty marriages. Now
there is one divorce for every five
marriages. Mrs. Sherman, president
of the General Federation of Women’s
Clubs, blames the delicatessen store.
She says that store supplies reasonable
grounds for divorce. A wife who gads
about, then hurries to the delicatessen
store for fodder, just before her hus-
band gets home, doesn’t deserve a
husband.
On the other hand, unfortunately,
some husbands will say that what they
get from a delicatessen store is a little
better than the homemade product.
An intelligent restaurant owner in
Florida displays this sign: “Two Good
Places to Eat—Home and Here. Here
Is a Little Better.”
We are busy Americanizing foreign-
ers. It would be a blessing if some of
the foreign women, before they be-
come thoroughly Americanized, could
be persuaded to teach a few million
American women to cook in the Eu-
ropean—French, Italian or German—
style.
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Money Isn’t Everything.
Some years back, at a meeting of
directors of a New York City bank,
including J. Edward Simmons and the
late Russell Sage, in the course of a
general conversation, Mr. Simmons
remarked:
“Money isn’t everything, you know,
Mr. Sage.”
“No-o” drawled Mr. Sage, thought-
fully, “the work of collecting it is very
important.”
June 17, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
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Michigan Retail Dry Goods Association.
President—J. B. Sperry, Port Huron.
First Vice-President—Geo. T. Bullen,
Albion.
Second Vice-President—H. G. Wesener,
Saginaw.
Secretary-Treasurer—H. J. Mulrine,
Battle Creek.
Manager—Jason BE. Hammond, Lansing.
Look For Improved Fall Demand.
Although the general tone of the
knitted outerwear market is quiet, it is
expected that the demand will improve
with the onset of the Fall buying sea-
son. Manufacturers in the Eastern
district, according to the bulletin of
the National Knitted Outerwear As-
sociation, have had a noticeable pick-
up in business during the last two or
three weeks. This has been particu-
larly the case with the makers of
higher grade specialty garments. Bath-
ing suits in this section have been
selling well, as have also balbriggan
suits. In the Western district the re-
ports to the association indicate that
most of he mills are still slightly ahead
of 1924 in the volume of business
booked. Reports from the Pennsyl-
vania district say that conditions there
are about the same as a month ago—
some of the mills are fairly busy, but
they are uncertain as to the future
trend. The Pacific Coast manufactur-
ers tell of a good demand for strollers
and balbriggans, and that bathing suits
are selling fairly well. Business in
New England is fair, with the mills
looking forward to improvement after
the Fall opening.
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Call For “Athletic” Underwear.
Whether, when the reports are all in,
the aggregate volume of “athletic” un-
derwear sold this Spring will show an
increase over that of a year ago is
open to question, but one of the best-
posted mill agents in the country as-
serts that at no time, even in the
boom days following the armistice, has
the demand for this merchandise been
larger here in any given period than
it has been during the last ten days to
two weeks. While he said that the
great bulk of the business has been
done on the popular “dollar retailer”
in nainsook union suits, he added that
merchandise retailing as high as three
times that figure, and more in some
instances, also did very well. The ques-
tion now uppermost in the minds of
executives of mills that were unable
to supply goods from stock is how to
fill the orders they have taken in
time to ship them by the dates
specified.
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Rush For Summer Garb.
Manufacturers and jobbers in men’s
Summer suits found in the heat wave
one of the greatest boons to their busi-
ness. The hot weather brought so
many orders that they were in most
cases unprepared to cope with the sud-
den demand. Never before have they
done such a rushing business at this
time of the year. Flannels and trop-
ical worsteds and mohairs are the best
although there has been a
fairly good proportion of palm beach
suits among the sales. Retailers, who
have been conservative in their buying
recently, are cleaning out their shelves.
The trade declares that, at last, the
New York man has demonstrated con-
clusively that he is quick to turn to
seasonable clothing. Trousers on the
Summer suits are affected by the vogue
for wide bottoms, though not to as
great an extent as the heavier types of
suits.
sellers,
—_2-.___
Trade Terms on China Silks.
Seven trade terms under which
China white steam filatures will be
sold, as proposed by the Foreign Silk
Association of Shanghai, have been
approved by the raw silk importers’
and dealers’ division of the Silk As-
sociation of America. The terms are:
Grand double extra, double extra,
extra A, extra B, extra C, good A and
good B. The various qualities of
China steam filatures will be grouped
under these respective terms and are
suggested for general use by the
trade as a means of eliminating in some
degree the confusion that has existed
in the market for some time. Members
of the trade have signified their inten-
tion of supporting the action of the
Foreign Silk Association. A similar
simplification of terms for Japanese
raw silks is announced.
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Underwear Colors Seiected.
Seventeen shades, ten for underwear
and seven for negligees and kimonos,
have been selected to be featured dur-
ing the coming season by members of
the United Underwear League of
America. A thorough investigation of
style and color trends was made by
the committee in charge of the work
before the final selections were made.
The colors for underwear include flesh,
rose pink, sweet pea, peach, Nile,
maize, turquoise, white, coral and
Juliet red. For negligees and kim-
onos the selected shades embrace jade,
wisteria, copenhagen, French blue,
rose, apricot and lavender. It is ex-
pected that the cards containing these
colors will be ready for distribution in
about a week. They were chosen by
a committee which worked under the
chairmanship of J. N. Levene.
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Recommends Standard Container.
A standard size for containers in
which to ship silk underwear has been
recommended to its members by the
United Underwear League of America
as the first step in a campaign for co-
TRADESMAN
operative buying of supplies by them.
One of the important things accomp-
lished in working up to this point was
the suggestion that garments be
pressed in dimensions of 17 by 12%
inches. General acceptance of this sug-
gestion, it is held, will not only make
it possible for underwear manufactur-
ers to buy containers co-operatively,
but will also be of direct benefit to the
retailer. Boxes conforming to the
standard measurements will be used in
three sizes, one for small lots, one to
hold a dozen envelope chemises and
one to hold a dozen nightgowns.
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Flat Bag Favored To Continue.
Handbag manufacturers believe that
the flat bag will come back for Fall,
although they also feel that the demand
will include the pouch style, which has
had a good run during the Spring.
They are building their new lines on
this basis, the goods to be ready for
buyers early next month. The coat,
which compels the wearer to wrap it
around her and thus practically re-
quires the handbag to be carried under
the arm, is the strong factor favoring
popularity for the flat bag. Novelty
leather bags on the order of lizard,
etc., are counted on to predominate, al-
though staple leathers such as mo-
rocco and silks will also have their.
place. In the latter, bags of satin stripe
moires and jacquard figured fabrics are
stressed. Retail stocks are considered
light, as the buying for Spring was of
a conservative nature.
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Fall Season Opening Up.
A growing number of coat and suit
salesmen are now on the road with
early Fall lines. Some buying has al-
ready been done, but it will be a little
while yet before the manufacturing
trade here is able to get a definite line
on the probable policy of retailers. The
bulk of the business of the stores, in
any event, will be booked in the local
showrooms, and the main influx of
buyers is not expected until after the
July 4 holiday. Some of the important
style lines have yet to open, but it is
figured that most of these will be ready
within the next two weeks. En-
sembles are now confined to the higher
grade lines, with separate coats, either
of the dressy or mannish variety, and
tailored suits are featured in the
medium priced category.
2.2.
Glove Silk Underwear.
Glove silk underwear for women is
becoming more popular each year, ac-
cording to trade specialists in this
line. Women are realizing to a great-
er degree the convenience and real
economy of wearing this type of un-
derclothing, it is claimed, and are in-
clining toward better quality goods
than what many have used in the past.
They find that they can launder this
material at home or while traveling
without any difficulty and that, in the
end, the slightly higher cost is justified.
Buying for the next season has al-
ready begun here and is expected to
accelerate until the peak is reached in
August. Envelope chemises and step-
ins are taking particularly well. Fall
lines will be opened soon and there
are excellent indications that the busi-
ness will be very good. There will not
be any pronounced deviations from the
June 17, 1925
designated colors that have been worn
for some time, but the dealers an-
nounce that there will be some varia-
tions in shades and trim.
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Shirt Lines For Fall.
Fall shirt lines are in course of
preparation and will shortly be offered
by road salesmen. The long-drawn-
out reordering of Spring merchandise
has retarded showings somewhat, since
it was believed advisable to let retail-
ers get more results with present sea-
son goods. Most factors among manu-
facturers report that conditions at pres-
ent are slow; that stocks in retailers’
hands are sizable, and that collections
are none too good. Novelties are
described as features of the new offer-
ings, with stress placed on colorings.
The white broadcloth shirt, however,
remains an important factor. Collar-
attached and collar-to-match models
continue leading items in the better
grade merchandise.
When you Knit
And when you darn
Always use
Paragon Yarn
Mail orders to W. B. Dudley,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
SUMMER
SPECIAL
EVERETT CLASSICS
full pieces, 27 inches wide.
1014c Yard
This is below mill price,
therefore an exceptional
bargain.
Enquire for samples of
wash goods and summer
dress goods. Our stocks
are most complete, our
styles correct, and our
quality the best. The or-
ders tell the story.
Paul Steketee & Sons
Wholesale Dry Goods
Grand Rapids, Michigan
*
June 17, 1925
Some Things Not Seen Because Too
Close To Us.
Written for the Tradesman.
When we get to thinking that our
line has a monopoly of cares and per-
plexities, it is good to get outside our
stores and glance in on the other fel-
low. For example:
I have in mind a hardware business
of large volume. Normal, customary
in that store ranges 22 per
cent., but in 1924 it was 30 per cent.
Why? Because, despite every effort, in
face of all kinds of hopes for improve-
ment, sales fell off $80,000. That
means reduced sales of $6666.66 per
month—$256.40 per day.
expense
Never mind why this happened.
That is another story. And there was
reason sufficient. But just reflect on
the fact of such Then
you will realize that others have their
troubles.
conditions.
A California merchant asks for some
margin statistics.
Hardware, taking the country over,
earns an average margin of 28 per
cent. But a successful California gen-
eral merchant made only 231% per cent.
last year. Another, located far from
this one, but also in California, made
291%4 per cent. gross last year.
Groceries the over yield
close to 19 per cent. gross, probably;
but groceries are sold close in Califor-
nia, outside of some of the large cen-
ters: as low as 12% to 14 per cent.
But the second merchant above men-
tioned made a fine record in his gro-
cery department last year. His aver-
age margin was 12.8 per cent.; ex-
penses, 9.3 per cent.; profit, 3.5 per
cent. It should be said, however, that
this man runs a cash, non-delivery
store in a thriving agricultural region.
country
Dry goods everywhere is a preferred
profit line. Department stores earn a2
per cent. margin in all departments,
considered together. But dry goods in
such stores pay much more than that.
Small general stores do not make, nor
do they need, such a wide margin on
dry goods, because their expenses are
so much lower than department stores
carry.
Small town general stores should
aim at fully 25 per cent. average on
dry goods. The first California mer-
chant to whom I refer above got 25.53
per cent. average last year on his dry
goods.
I have some other interesting
figures from a general merchant in a
small town. Analysis showed
Margin Wages
Groceries --------- 11.44% 5 %t+
Furnishings ------- 22.87% 10.53%+
Dry Goods -------- 2613 10 Fe
Hardware -------- 271% 12 fer
It is uncontrovertible that grocery
margins are too narrow here. The aim
should be for 16 per cent., considering
location, environment and general
character of business. But considering
that grocery sales are over $220,000, I
shall show below how half that sum
can be made to carry extra margins.
Now 1 per cent. extra on $110,000 of
sales would yield $1100, 2 per cent.,
$2200, and 3 per cent., more than
3900, Here we See the force of
trifling additional sarnings. The ad-
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
vance of the general margin to 14.44
per cent. would blanket $3300 extra
earnings on this grocery department.
To go up to 16 per cent. would result
in enhanced earnings of around $5000.
The stock turn in this grocery de-
partment last year was only 6.13 times.
Of course, that is too slow; but be-
fore you criticise this man too severely,
consider that this is close to the aver-
age for the entire country, hence is
vastly better than many merchants ac-
complish.
Look about your own
whether you are doing any better, and
# you are, how much better. The
mote in our neighbor’s eye still
bothers a lot of us unduly.
Next, look at that low ratio of
wages expense. Not for thirty years
has it been improper for a grocer to
use 6% to 8 per cent. for wages ex-
pense. Of late years the allowed
figures have been much higher. To-
day 8 per cent. to 11 per cent. is not
out of line, considering all kinds of
stores. So you will see that this
man’s trouble is distinctly not due to
the common cause of being careless
his expense account. No, here
who has not been careful
enough of his income. Of his outgo,
he has been especially careful.
What remedies to suggest? Two:
3uy lower and sell higher. Simple?
Anybody can write that, In
fact, academic writing of such stuff is
the commonest thing there is. To do
it is something else again.
As to the buying end, 1 feel, first,
that buying is stressed too continuous-
ly. Of course, from one viewpoint, we
give too much attention to
buying. In fact, any merchant any-
where must keep on his toes, wakefully
alert all the time, to buy strictly to
his own really best advantage. And
it is no child’s play to do that.
Again, be honest yourself.
store to see
with
is a man
Sure.
cannot
But the stress laid on buying has
centered around the saying, ‘Well
bought is half sold,” and that is just
the trouble with it. Merchants have
tried to buy well and there they com-
monly stop. The stuff may be half
sold, but it is not whole sold; and be-
ing half sold is as useless as not being
sold at all—for that is precisely what
it amounts to. The second half of the
work—the real job of selling—must be
laid on selling. I have said this often.
I expect to say it oftener.
And on what ground shall we sug-
gest that he sell higher?
Well, let us Wholesale
grocers to-day operate, in many cases,
on an expense that runs close to this
retail grocer’s average margin. Sure-
ly, no retail business can be satisfied
with anything like 11.44 per cent.
gross. Chain grocers operate on 14,
45 or 16 per cent. It would seem,
therefore, that any retail grocer could
work his margin up to an average of
16 per cent. or as much more as his
circumstances and environment legiti-
mately requires, not all at once, but
gradually. How? Well, let us see:
consider:
As shown, this business sold upward
of $220,000 last year. Assume that
half the sales consisted of the tonnage
staples: sugar, florr, potatoes, lard,
butter, eggs, etc. On these we admit,
for the moment, that no increased
margin can be obtained. But I have
shown how 1 per cent., 2 per cent. and
3 per cent. can affect the results on a
business of $110,000. The process of
enhancing margins is thus:
Continual pressure is put on prices,
advances being taken at every oppor-
tunity. But even before that we go
over the stock and mark up items at
about the rate of one cent in fifteen.
Under this system, a 15 cent seller is
made 16 cents and a 30 cent seller is
That ratio is car-
through the
It takes time, persistence, work
marked 32 cents.
ried
stock.
but it has to be done only once, pro-
vided that the new level established is
kept up.
What is the effect? It is great, for
thus we gain an average of 6% per
practically entire
cent. margin on the goods marked up.
If we accomplish this on 50 per cent.
of our sales, we raise our average 3%
per cent. Having seen that 3 per cent.
on half this man’s sales will mean more
than $3300, we can appreciate what
this process will accomplish.
Can it be done? Yes. How do I
know? It has been done—it is being
done. That is how I know.
Nor is this a new story. I have told
it several times in the last five years.
3ut quite evidently it will bear re-
telling, as evidenced by this present
instance: for the very merchant whose
condition I
been a
have reviewed now has
constant reader of mine for
years. So if he did not get it previously
others must be like him. I give de-
tails again for their benefit.
Nothing is commoner than to have
grocers object that they “can’t do this,
because won't let them.
But that objection will not hold for a
minute
competition
because:
Nobody ever yet succeeded in meet-
ing everybody’s low prices without go-
ing broke. Yet not every
broke.
thing.
man goes
Therefore, price is not every-
No merchant in business to-day is
He holds
trade because of a variety of things.
there because of price alone.
Price is one, but only one factor.
The men who have followed out the
plan I describe have done it alone, re-
gardless of competition. So must you.
Paul
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Heat Helps Retail Trade.
Intense heat of the week stimulated
distribution of hot weather merchan-
dise, with considerable activity de-
veloping in white wear and silks. The
large business in the latter department
remains a feature in the trade, but
throughout the textile industry the
heaviest demand is for fancies and
novelties, rather than for the staples.
There has been an increase in the re-
striction of output of cottons and wool-
ens, while irregularity exists in gar-
manufacturing. The general
situation, however, has several favor-
able features, and reports from many
Midle West points indicate a substan-
tial trade. This is in contrast to the
liquidation of goods that was in prog-
ress a year ago.
Findlay.
ment
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June Not So Favored.
2usiness in sterling silver has begun
to pick up after several months of
dullness. Buyers will be arriving in
increasing numbers for some time, and
it is believed that they will be doing
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the heaviest purchasing in July. The
Spring season has not been as satis-
the year
began with a brisk activity. June has
failed to live up to its reputation as a
boom month because of the many wed-
factory as usual, although
dings that have taken place in that
month in the past. The sterling silver
trade reports that its business is a
barometer of couples getting married
at all times of the year without June
showing up as an outstanding favorite,
that
many
and it appears from the trade
there are about as
January as in June.
nowadays
marriages in
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Orders For Dress Cashmeres.
Some of the dress manufacturers are
going to especial pains to secure unique
and, as far as possible, exclusive pat-
terns in their Fall.
This is indicated by the statement of
dress fabrics for
getting a
growing number of that fall
more or less into the “special order”
The fabrics are fancy jacquard
cashmeres, the jacquard effect being so
that it
The miil in ques-
a mill agent that he is
orders
class.
worked out resembles
embroidery.
well
costly
tion has a large range of patterns in
these fabrics, and the dress manufac-
turers have divided their orders over
as possible of the designs in
take full
possibilities for exclusiveness.
as many
order to advantage of the
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Demand For Princess Slips.
The
white and light shades has been such
demand for princess slips in
that manufacturers have been hard put
to fill immediate delivery orders. Con-
had
minute to replenish their warm weather
wardrobes flocked to buy light-colored
slips for wear under thin frocks. As
sumers who waited to the last
4 result retail stocks, which were com-
paratively light, were soon depleted.
Wholesalers expect this brisk activity
to keep up for the next few weeks, ac-
cording to the United Petticoat League
of America. Even should a cool spell
continue for a while the expectation is
that the demand will receive no set-
back, as women will take advantage of
more comfortable shopping conditions.
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Camel’s Hair Fabrics Seli Well.
A notably demand has de-
veloped for camel's hair coatings, ac-
cording to a leading producer. The
situation is quite in contrast to that
prevailing only a short while ago. This
mill now has its mills working at full
capacity on including
cloths. Pin winding
chain, small block effects. Glen Urqu-
harts and plain, solid colored weaves
The cutters-up
are using the cloths for travel, motor
Natural
tan and browns are the predominating
A raised twill coating
active
these fabrics
llama check,
are in most demand.
and sports coats generally.
shades wanted.
is also being given considerable atten-
tion by the coat manufacturers.
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Jessie, a little colored girl in Louis-
jana, had been asked by her teacher to
write a short essay on her favorite
bird. She turned in the
“What a wonderful bird the frog are!
following:
When he stand he sit almost; when he
hop he fly he ain’t got no
brains hardly; he ain’t got no tail
hardly; when he sit he sit on what he
ain’t got almost!”
almost;
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The Great Co-operative Adventure—
Our Government Bureaus.
The editor of the London Morning
Post, commenting on the election of
Field Marshal von Hindenburg, is
quoted as saying that “it brings a step
nearer the bureaucratic efficiency and
intellectual bondage which made the
great war possible.”
It was popular before the war to ad-
mire the efficiency of the German ma-
chine, and after the war to say that it
rendered the German people powerless
to act with the initiative to which a
free people are accustomed.
One of the counts brought against
our Government bureaus, state and
Federal, is that they interfere with free
action and introduce an intellectual
element not responsive to experience.
The word bureaucrat is a term of
opprobrium in a free country, but this
may be due to a prejudice in favor of
our own way of making a government
function. A bureaucrat is no more
nor less than a person with authority
in a bureau, or machine for correlat-
ing human effort. He is not unlike the
executive manager in a great corpora-
tion, save that as a rule the corporation
executive enjoys greater freedom than
the chief of a government bureau and
is held more exactly responsible for
results.
It tends, no doubt, to concentrate
power and to weaken popular initia-
tive to conduct business through great
bureaus and corporations.
Freedom to think and to act on one’s
own conclusions belongs primarily with
the people. A government bureau
should be viewed as a service organized
for definite ends, among them to prove
and to spread abroad the proofs of
success or failure of individual enter-
prise. While it is somewhat irritating
to feel that, so soon as a man succeeds
in doing something a little better than
it has been done before, his method
is to be broadcast by the ubiquitous
government investigator, yet that is the
way America is organized.
The chief of the civil service bureau
is not so free in his official capacity
to express his own beliefs as he would
be in a private position. He cannot
properly assume the role of intellectual
leader in the sense of regarding his
constituency unenlightened and him-
self a missionary to enlighten them.
When he does so, he approaches dan-
gerously near to the great mistake
which threw the world into war with
Germany.
The bureaucrat is, in fact, a bonds-
man—bound to the service of a people.
By being responsive to the needs and
experience of the people, he may en-
joy a degree of freedom to interpret
their action, but, excepting in the
stress of war or of sudden changes, the
bureaucrat cannot assume to advance
a cause according to his own ideas
alone without violating his office.
Generally speaking, we think the
tendency in all industry is to assert
once more the principles of representa-
tive government and the widest pos-
sible exercise of individual initiative
and this tendency has at length reached
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
in the appointment of Secretary Jar-
dine to succeed Mr. Wallace.
Midwest farm leaders have accepted
the appointment as a challenge to re-
new defense of their particular theories
which stress farmer control of distribu-
tion and prices which monopolistic
laws to secure their ends. Not less
than 20 farm organizations of the Mid-
dle West met last week in Des Moines
to consider and act on the situation
created by the new agricultural align-
ment at Washington, which they de-
scribe as “Hooverization of co-opera-
tion.” To quote Donald R. Murphy,
managing editor of Wallaces’ Farmer:
“There were farm bureau men from
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Minne-
sota. There were farmers’ union men
from the same states, and from Illinois,
South Dakota and Arkansas as well.
There were representatives from the
Missouri farm clubs. There were men
from the Iowa grange. There were
spellbinders from Northwestern groups
that claim to have a straight descent
from the Non-Partisan League. There
were representatives of the co-opera-
tive terminal commission firms, of the
farmers’ elevators, of the old Equity
Exchange. All kinds of farm leaders
were there, men who said but little
and talked business, and men who
made the walls shake with their oratory
and rehearsed the crime of 1920 in
detail.” .
It may be enlightening to readers of
the Tradesman to know the names of
the members of the permanent com-
mittee and of the organizations which
they represent. They are:
William Hirth, Columbia, Mo., Mis-
souri Farmers’ Association, chairman;
A. C. Davis, Little Rock, Ark., Farm-
ers’ Educational and Co-operative
Union of America; C. H. Richardson,
Webster City, Iowa, National Corn
Growers’ Association; Charles EF.
Hearst, Des Moines, Iowa Farm Bu-
reau Federation; Geo. N. Peck, Chica-
go, American Council of Agriculture;
C. C. Talbott, Forbes, N. D., Farmers’
Equity Union; A. W. Ricker, Minne-
apolis, National Producers’ Alliance;
James F. Mullaney, Kankakee, TII1.,
Farmers’ National Union of America;
James Manahan, St. Paul, Equity Co-
operative Exchange; John Tromble,
Salina, Kan., Kansas Farmers’ Union;
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When a prospective flour buyer talks
economy, we know he is an active
prospect for RED STAR _ Flour.
Economy, at least wise economy,
means buying the best flour at a
reasonable price, and affecting a sav-
ing in the better baking results. The
millers of RED STAR Flour recognize
the need for economy; that’s why
RED STAR is milled to perfection.
Here’s a flour that never fails to repeat.
JUDSON GROCER COMPANY
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
CANTALOUPES and
NEW POTATOES
For the season now opening, we will main-
tain the reputatation we have earned by
handling only the best Brands and Packs
obtainable.
VINKEMULDER COMPANY
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
June 17, 1925
MICHIGAN
TRADESMAN
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Milo Reno, Des Moines, Iowa Farm-
ers’ Union; J. W. Batchellor, Mission
Hil, S. D., South Dakota Farmers’
Union; Albert Fickler, Stanton, Neb.,
and H. G. Keeney, of Omaha, Nebras-
ka Farmers’ Union; D. M. Guthrie,
Marissa, Ill., Illinois Farmers’ Union;
C. B. Stewart, Lincoln, Neb., Nebras-
ka Farm Bureau Federation; Ralph
Snyder, Topeka, Kan., Kansas Farm
Bureau Federation; J. F. Reed, St.
Paul, Minnesota Farm Bureau Federa-
tion; Ralph W. Smith, Newton, lowa
State Grange; John F. Sullivan, Chi-
cago Milk Producers; Fred Bloss, Ot-
tumwa, Iowa, Ottumwa Dairy Market-
ing Association; Ed Overvold, Water-
town, South Dakota Producers’ Al-
liance: Clyde Bechtelheimer, Waterloo,
Iowa Co-operative Creameries; Elmer
Crouthamel, Boone Farmers’ Elevator
Association of Iowa; Oscar Barkheim,
Lakeside, Minn., Minnesota Farmers’
Union.
The resolutions adopted at Des
Moines follow:
“In order to unify and co-ordinate
the activities of the various farm or-
ganizations represented at this conven-
tion, both with respect to economic and
legislative programs, your committee
has agreed on the following statement
of program principles and program:
“First, we recognize the fundamental
principle governing all successful en-
terprises; that cost of production plus
a reasonable profit is necessary to the
success of the industry in order to es-
tablish and maintain prices on farm
commodities; in conformity with this
principle it is necessary that farmers
be organized to regulate and control
the marketing of their products.
“Second, we endorse and support the
principle of marketing,
the farmers to be placed in control of
their own marketing machinery, in-
co-operative
cluding such terminal facilities as may
be necessary for the orderly marketing
of products.
“Third, to inssure to the farmer the
cost of production plus an average
profit of not less than 5 per cent., we
urge the creation by congress of an
export corporation with adequate cap-
italization for the purpose of buying
so much of the available surplus of
agricultural production as may be
necessary to that end, the financing and
functioning of this corporation to be
properly directed and safeguarded by
proper provision in the organization
law and in such way as will provide
for the administration of said corpora-
tion by a board of farmers, nominated
by the various producing farm organ-
izations.
In order to carry out the program
of this conference, a permanent joint
committee shall be selected consisting
of one member from each participating
organizatton, and from such organiza-
ions as may hereafter affiliate.
“This committee 1s hereby author-
‘ved to develop ways and means of
Sringing about joint action on the part
of all farm organizations, both with re-
spect to economic and legislative
measures, both state and national.
To come back to our story, the U.
S. bureaus of agricultural economics
and of marketing, as conceived by the
new secretary of agriculture and by
Secretary of Commerce Hooyer, are
the great co-operative adventure in-
teresting the farmer to-day. Under a
representative government the farmer
is, in the opinion of the administration,
capable of evolving sound principles
of production and marketing, gradually
from experience, utilizing existing
agencies to a large degree and predi-
cating prosperity on order and effi-
ciency in business.
The trade have nothing to fear from
such a program, at least those in the
trade who are contributing a real ser-
vice to the farmer in the marketing of
his eggs. They have a great deal to
deplore in the more radical program
which has swept the Middle West and
South during the past few years and |
which still seeks government aid and
monopolistic privileges.
The reader should not be deceived
by. the resolutions adopted at Des
Moines into thinking that midwest
farm leaders have adopted substantial-
ly the principle of “sovernment hands
off.’ What they do not wish to see
is Federal interference while reaping
the full benefit of state laws designed
to give them a monopoly of markets
by pyramiding their superior organiza-
tions on the local co-operative associa-
tions. They seek a_ structure inde-
pendent of government regulation but
enjoying monopolistic privilege under
law.
Milwest radical leaders fear being
ham-strung and are trying to show
that the co-operative adventure is in
3ut the
co-operative adventure in the Middle
West and South is too far in motion
to be seriously retarded by the ham-
Nor is
the reader to infer that the midwest
danger of being ham-strung.
stringing of a radical element.
group represented at Des Moines are
The Des Moines
conference is significant because then
and there were united both conserva-
tive and radical farm leaders who un-
til very recently were warring with
one another from opposing economic
camps.
all of a radical stripe.
As a result of the Des Moines con-
ference, the radicals are pledged toa
moderate. program and are seeking to
secure their future leadership by com-
pounding with conservatives, most of
whom at least believe in the doctrine of
privilege for the farmer.
Paul Mandeville.
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France to Raise Its Own Wheat.
The official bread and wheat com-
mittee in France, recently appointed to
enquire into the rising cost of cereals,
flour and bread, has decided to recom-
mend complete freedom of production
and commerce in flour and tariff pro-
tection strong enough to encourage the
French farmers to grow wheat, there-
by making the national production
stable and sufficiently large to meet
the needs of consumption. With a view
to avoiding the excessive fluctuations
in the price of wheat this cominittee,
according to advices received by the
Bankers Trust Company of New York,
is also studying the possibility of or-
ganizing a system of regional store-
houses where farmers throughout
France could store their wheat after
the harvest, thereby obviating the
necessity of making early sales.
You Make
Satisfied Customers
when you sell
‘“‘SUNSHINE”’
FLOUR
Blended For Family Use
The Quality is Standard and the
Price Reasonable
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Genuine Buckwheat Flour
Graham and Corn Meal
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J. F. Eesley Milling Co.
The Sunshine Mills
PLAINWELL, MICHIGAN
Moseley Brothers
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Jobbers of Farm Produce
I. Van Westenbrugge
GRAND RAPIDS—MUSKEGON
Distributor
“The Whokeuler Spread for Bread”
CHEESE
OF ALL KINDS
BUTTER
SAR-A-LEE
GOLD-MEDAL
Mayonaise
OTHER SPECIALTIES
Quality — Service — Co-operation
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.
Western Michigan’s Largest Feed
Distributors.
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digestion, and builds health and strength.
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President—A. J. Rankin, Shelby.
Vice-President—Scott Kendrick, Flint.
Secretary—A. J. Scott, Marine City.
Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit.
Some Timely Suggestions For Hard-
ware Displays.
Written for the Tradesman.
The time is now close at hand when
the school boy will be home for the
long vacation. This will mean whole
days devoted to nothing but sport,
baseball and lacrosse, and games on
the corner lot.
There will be a big demand for
boys deckers, cheap grades of base-
balls, bats, etc. It will be found a pay-
ing proposition to put in a window
display made up entirely of sporting
goods for boys. Price each article in
large figures and put in as big a selec-
tion as you can. That is all that will
be necessary to engage the attention
of the boys of the community.
An effective window trim of the
demonstrative order could be arranged
with the washing machine as the cen-
ter attraction. Rig up a dummy
figure of a washerwoman standing
over a tub and wash board with a tub
full of dirty clothes and suds. Beside
it, put another figure in an easy chair
operating one of the washing machines
of the latest type. Over the first put
a sign:
THE OLD WAY
Hard on the woman and hard on the
clothes.
Over the other put a sign:
THE NEW WAY
Rapid, Easy, Satisfactory
It is not essential that the figures
be made particularly life-like, or that
any expense be gone to for obtaining
the use of wax figures. The big thing
is to have a sufficient semblance to
humanity to put across the idea.
Right now a fishing scene will be
found quite effective. Cover the floor
of the window with metallic sheets or
zinc with a waste pipe leading down
through the floor. Cover this in turn
with moss and rocks, building up a
background of some height, to repre-
sent a wall of rock. Run a pipe to the
top of the background and allow a
slow stream of water to trickle over
the face of the rock. This water can
be caught in a groove in the sheets on
the floor and carried to the wastepipe.
To give selling force to this display,
supplement the pictorial features with a
display of guns, fishing rods and field
supplies, carefully selected.
The present is a suitable time for a
refrigerator trim. The more simple it
is made, the more effective it is likely
to be.
As a suggestion, put in one of the
best refrigerators in stock, and load it
to the brim with an assortment of food
supplies—a cold roast, tomatoes, cu-
cumbers, butter, cream, ete. Keep the
doors open to give the public a good
view of the interior. All that will be
needed in addition to this will be a
large card bearing some such sugges-
tive words as: “The one way to keep
food fresh and healthful.” On another
card range of prices might be given.
June brides are numerous nowadays;
but the fact should not be forgotten
that the June bride is the July house-
keeper.
“To the young housekeeper. There
will be something you need in_ this
display.” A card bearing this sug-
gestion, or something of a similar na-
ture, will attract attention to a com-
prehensive display of small kitchen
and household articles. Make this dis-
Play stocky; in fact, put as many ar-
ticles in the window as space will per-
mit. Price each article, to get the best
results from the display.
A paint window is always in order;
but something of a novelty would be
a window display suggestive of fence
painting. The old-fashioned picket
fences have, in most communities,
pretty well vanished from the land-
scape, but there are arbors, trellises,
and ornamental fences still to be
found, and many of them need paint.
A window in a hardware store the
other day had a portion of a lattice
fence serving as a background. “Half
was painted a fresh green, while the
rest was left in weather-beaten and
thoroughly rusty condition. Branches
had been introduced at both ends,
overhanging the fence and giving a
realistic finish to the display. A card
Stated the cost of painting afresh a
fence of the type shown for a length
of twenty feet.
Twine is also timely. Take a ball of
twine and with it spell out the word
“Cordage” on a large board. Elevate
this board to a prominent place in the
window and you have the piece de re-
sistance for a good display of rope and
cordage. Arrange the stock in pyramids
of varying sizes, filling all parts of the
window.
The gardening season, so far as the
commoner tools are concerned, js
pretty well over. It is the usually
neglected possibilities that now will
pay for some attention on the part of
the window trimmer.
With June well under way, and
June roses blooming, the various rose
pests are also doing their devastating
work. Now is an excellent time to put
on a display of insecticides. The hard-
ware dealer who has given the subject
of combating insect pests a reason-
ably close study can put on a very in-
teresting display. For the rose alone
there are staple insecticides, as well as
good patent preparations, some of
Foster, Stevens & Co,
WHOLESALE HARDWARE
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151-161 Louis Ave., N. W.
MICHIGAN
157-159 Monroe Ave -
GRAND - RAPIDS -
BROWN&SEHLER
COMPANY
“HOME OF SUNBEAM GOODS”
Farm Machinery and Garden Tools
Saddlery Hardware
Blankets, Robes & Mackinaws
Sheep-lined and
Blanket - Lined Coats
Automobile Tires and Tubes
Automobile Acessories
Garage Equipment
Radio Equipment
Harness, Horse Collars
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Michigan Hardware Co.
100-108 Ellsworth Ave.,.Corner Oakes
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
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Wholesalers of Shelf Hardware, Sporting
Goods and
Fishing Tackle
June 17, 1995
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 CO.
7 Ionia Avenue N. W.
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June 17, 1925
them put up in cans or cartons that
readily lend themselves to effective
display.
As slogans to accompany an insecti-
cide display I would suggest some of
the following:
“A very little does the deadly work.”
“Dead insect pests don’t eat foliage.”
“Killing the bugs costs little—but
oh, what satisfaction!”
The idea of any accompanying show
card is to emphasize the fact that it
costs little to get rid of the various
insect pests which are the bane of the
amateur gardner’s existence. A good
many rose fanciers, backyard garden-
ers, and others when the bugs begin to
make their annual inroads simply
throw up their hands in despair. The
hardware dealer will find it profitable
to help such folk solve their problems.
The display should not, of course,
be confined to roses. Paris green for
potato bugs should be shown; also
practical suggestions for dealing with
the cut-worm, and other garden pests.
A few minutes with an authoritative
book on the subject will show the
hardware dealer just what to display.
Besides the insecticides, spraying
equipment should be shown. A dis-
play, if the window is sufficiently large,
ean be made to include barrel sprays
and larger equipment for use on trees.
Aim in such a display to drive home
the idea that, once the equipment is
purchased, it costs very little to oper-
ate from year to year; and the further
idea that even the initial cost is small
compared with the satisfaction result-
ing from dealing the parasites a knock-
out blow.
Camping supplies, and equipment for
the summer cottage, are in order this
month. A simple but quite effective
display can be contrived by swinging
a hammock diagonally across the win-
dow, from corner to corner. Fill this
with a heavy load of camping and sum-
mer cottage equipment. A card with
the slogan: This hammock is strong
enough for two, will effectively com-
plete a catchy display.
For those stay-at-home folks who
don’t go away for the holidays, lawn
furniture and lawn equipment can still
be effectively featured. Lawn and
garden hose, with the necessary equip-
ment of and sprinkling de-
vices, can be shown. Lawn seats, ham-
mocks and lawn swings are eminently
in order. Push these lines hard at the
beginning of the season, as a little
later it will be necessary to cut prices
in order to move them. A hose reel
is a handy device; and the benefits of
an outside tap—to be installed by your
plumbing department—can be em-
phasized by showing a model lawn
with handy outside tap, reel, sprinkler
and complete convenient equipment.
So, too, a floor of turf, kept watered
and fresh, will help out a display of
hammocks, swings and lawn seats.
Because of the hot weather coming
on, buying is bound to slacken; and
the wideawake hardware dealer must
put on window displays that will fair-
ly reach out and pull the customers
into the store. Ingenuity will, with-
out any great expenditure, produce
some very effective displays.
Victor Lauriston.
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
New Ornamental Giass Candles.
A new type of “candle” to be used
merely for home decoration purposes
is now being marketed. It is intended
to replace the decorative wax candle
and has the advantage over the latter
in that it will not wilt, chip or discolor.
The candle is made of a glass tube
filled with silk floss. The silk is work-
ed out in a large variety of color
schemes, thus enabling the article to
ft in harmoniously with the color
theme of any room. The silk thread
projects through a hole in the glass
tube at the top, giving the effect of a
fringed wick. The candle is made in
seven, nine and eleven inch sizes to
retail at $1.75, $2 and $2.40 respectively.
The manufacturer said yesterday that
the candle has met with a very favor-
able reception from an economical as
well as an artistic standpoint, as it
will last indefinitely.
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June Proves a Disappointment.
Manufacturers and wholesalers of
silverware agree that business this
June has been considerably below ex-
pectation. Reorders have been small
with practically every manufacturer,
the usual matrimonial period during
this month failing to provide the nor-
mal increase in activity. Both plated
and sterling ware of all kinds are said
to have been equally affected. One
explanation is that the April and May
business of the retailers was slow. This
resulted in their having considerable
stocks on hand with the arrival of
June, which have not moved fast
enough to justify any substantial
amount of reordering. The belief is
held, however, that the demand for the
Christmas period is likely to be the
heaviest because of the present slack-
ness.
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Has New Type of Fountain Pen.
A new type of fountain pen, which
is said by the manufacturer to have
the largest ink capacity, size for size,
of any now on the market, is being
offered in three sizes to retail at $5,
$3.50 and $1.50. In addition to the
pen’s capacity, the manufacturer as-
serts that its simplicity in filling is a
feature. This is done by turning a
tip at the end of the barrel. In ad-
dition to these contentions the pen is
offered for sale to the consumer with
an exceedingly broad guarantee. It is
said to be taking very well with buy-
ers who have seen it demonstrated.
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Glass and Silver Combinations.
Quite a demand is reported in the
more popular-priced lines of tableware
for combinations of glass and silver.
One such line which is apparently do-
ing very well is made up of center
bowls, bonbon dishes, baskets, sugar
and cream sets, etc., in imported color-
ed glass with oxidized silver-plated
borders in various ornamental designs.
All of the articles mentioned are avail-
able in blue, yellow and pink glass,
and retail at $3 to $5 each.
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Fan Sales Take Big Spurt.
Sale of electric fans by department
stores, hardware and radio shops dur-
ing this month is said to show a big
jump over the same month last year.
While this is primarily due to the
heat wave, it also reflects the greater
merchandising attention being given
these items. Sales of small fans for
the home have particularly figured in
the increased sales, the manufacturers
having gone in for models which may
be had to retail from $5 up. The com-
ing of the radio shops into the retail-
ing of fans is more noteworthy than
last year, these stores thus getting an
added turnover during the more or
less slack period in the sale of radio
sets or parts. Incidentally, it is said
that the potential market for the sale
of fans for home use has been only
scratched, considering the great addi-
tion to the number of homes and apart-
ments now using electricity.
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Corporations Wound Up.
The Michigan
tions have recently filed notices of dis-
following corpora-
solution with the Secretary of State:
The Liggett School, Detroit.
Ball & Ball Corburetor Co., Detroit.
Lucille Millinery Co., Detroit.
Chief Aluminum Co., Battle Creek
Grand Trunk Elevator Co., Port
Huron.
Home Tire & Rubber Corporation,
Grand Rapids.
Standard Screw Products Co., De-
troit.
G. William Davis, Inc., Lansing.
Star Bakery Co., Hastings.
Grainger & Co., Detroit.
Pennsylvania Land Co., Detroit.
Charlevoix Realty Corporation, De-
troit.
Chalkis Manufacturing Co., Detroit.
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Self-satisfaction often is
success.
fatal to
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Favorable Outlook For Belts.
The outlook for an active Fall sea-
son in women’s belts is regarded as
manufacturers. They point
vogue of the one-
good by
out the continued
piece straightline dress as highly fav-
orable to the use of belts, particularly
for sports garments. The dress trade
is said to have already done a liberal
amount of sampling for the new lines.
Novelties in suede, kid and patent
leather belts are stressed. New details
have been worked out in profusion,
both as regards the belt itself and the
Green, purple and
described as the three
buckle portion.
royal blue are
outstanding colors for Fall.
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Mother.
Mother, I've been thinking how,
Since the barefoot days till now,
Since the days of kilted skirts,
How youve kissed away the hurts,
How you've smiled away the tears
Through the corridor of years,
And this debt I could not pay
Though I try till | am gray.
Time has kissed your raven hair,
Leaving silver tresses there,
Stealing from your cheeks the rose
That was yours when baby clothes
Wrapped up all there was of me,
When you sang Youth’s melody,
And to-day I’m wondering
If ve brought you anything.
If I've added aught but care,
And the silver in your hair;
If that babe was worth the price
Of your daily sacrifice?
Would you live your life again
Taking me as you did then?
Mother, humbly I confess
That I hope youll answer “Yes,
Walt Filkin.
oes
Tints in Stocks.
“But these securities are bordered in
green.”
“Well, madam?”
“All the financial writers urge peo
ple to stick to gilt-edge stuff.”
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to fit a particular requirement, or
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Leather Belting Manufacturers
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TRADESMAN
June 17, 1925
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Haven.
Glen Lake, June 16—Next week Fri-
day and Saturday the Michigan Hotel
Association holds its annual play spell
at South Haven, as the guests of the
Chicago & South Haven steamship
line and the various hotels of that city,
numbering an even dozen.
On Friday at 11 a. m., as guests of
the steamboat line, the visitors will
sail away to Michigan City. On the
outward trip they will be served a de-
lightful luncheon on the steel steamer
Iroquois, and dancing will be continu-
ous. A two hour stop will be made
at Michigan City, during which period
the visitors will be in the hands of the
Chamber of Commerce for an auto
ride. Returning, the management of
the transportation company will give
a dinner, which, as President Runyan
says will, among other things, con-
template “all the fried perch and
strawberries you can eat.” All of
which ought to constitute a full day.
For Saturday many things have been
planned. President Walter Hodges
will give a luncheon at his summer
home, there will be a supper at the
Hotel Shamrock and a dance at the
big Casino. The Golf Club has ex-
tended the courtesies of the Club to all
members of the Association and, in
addition, there will be sight seeing,
boating and_ bathing.
The local committee has sent out a
cordial invitation to the members. It
Savs:
“Arrangements include a card party
for the ladies and a big bathing party.
We won’t put all our cards on the
table—just come! We will show you
a good time.
“There are several things for you to
remember: Registration Friday morn-
ing at the Shamrock, the boat leaves
at 11—daylight saving time: bring
vour golf sticks, vour bathing suit, the
Missus and the kids.
“There will be a fine for
appearing in evening clothes.”
The Chairman of the entertainment
committee writes me personally:
“When you were here you did not
specify whether I was to reserve room
for you in Rattler’s Alley or in Piety
Row. So will be glad to have detailed
instructions.”
Possibly there have been some
changes in the habits of the Michigan
hotel men, but from my personal ob-
servation sleep is the last thing they
think of at Association meetings.
At Flint, for instance, two years ago,
Mrs. George Crocker, hostess at the
Durant, assured the writer that fully
fifty per cent. of those in attendance,
especially those without female in-
cumbrances, made up their own beds
of a morning, and did it so well you
could not detect that they had even
been used.
Even last vear when the convention
was held at Glen Lake Carl Mont-
gomery, who is a semi-pro at Somnam-
bulism, could not sleep in the hotel
bed and was found in the hay mow the
middle of the following day. He
claimed it was the bed, but any one
who has ever slept on one of the straw
ticks at the Post Tavern knows whv.
And to think of providing a bed
for Ed. Swett. If they rope and
throw him at South Haven, thev will
require a battery of trundle beds for
his repose.
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Of course, it may be different at
South Haven. Years ago, they used to
have a couple of old patriarchs there—
George Myhan and Dave Reid. Unless
they were of the Methuselah type, they
must have passed on years ago. Their
motto—of the Pinkerton type—was:
“We never sleep.” Dave has told me
on various occasions that “time put in
night sleep was actually wasted.”
However, if the intention is to “put”
the writer to sleep, a cot in Reid’s
spare room, at his beautiful residence,
will fill the bill. All of which is per-
tinent to my telling you all to be on
hand and to not forget the day and
date.
The announcement in the daily pa-
pers to the effect that W. C. Taggart,
assistant manager of the Pantlind, will
become manager of the Morton Hotel,
will be a surprise to many, but there
will be none but who will concede that
he is well cast for the part, as his ho-
tel training has been of the very high-
est order.
His first experience was as a bell
boy at the Waldemere Club, at Che-
boygan, and later as clerk at the New
Cheboygan. He then took a course at
Ferris institute, whence he went to the
old Morton House, Grand Rapids, as
clerk, 22 years ago. Shortly afterward
J. Boyd Pantlind, who had been
watching the efforts of the young man,
transplanted him to the Pantlind or-
ganization, where he was successively
night clerk, food checker, assistant
steward, chief clerk and finally, in
1914, assistant manager.
That he was, as one might say,
Pantlind raised, is a guarantee that he
was “well brought up,” and with his
acquaintance throughout Michigan. as
well as abroad, will bring to the Mor-
ton organization prestige which will be
valuable.
It seems a remarkable coincidence
that the managers of two of Grand
Rapids’ latest and leading hotels are
Pantlind products.
A communication from the Sault
Ste. Marie Civic and Commercial As-
sociation asks me to look up some-
one to come there and provide ad-
ditional summer hotel facilities. Dear
friends, you almost ask the impossible,
The wilds and pine “skims” of Michi-
gan are scattered with the ruins of
summer hotel hopes. Were it not for
the fact that all, or nearly all, of the
resort hotels in the Northern states
were built before the war at low con-
struction costs, there are but few of
them which could be operated profit-
ably and those who are in the game
are always taking the gambler’s
chance.
Sault Ste. Marie is a live town, es-
pecially during the resort season, but
it has several good hotels, the Park,
Murray Hill, New Ste. Marie and one
or two others, the managers of which
will tell you, in truth, that there are
very few occasions when they are un-
able to take care of all who apply for
accommodations. The most of the
year, if their experience is the same
as the other interior hotels, they op-
erate at a positive loss. a
The advent of the motor car has
changed every phase of summer re-
sort operation. Patrons who used to
hie away to some favorite lodge and
spend the entire summer no longer
continue the practice. With them it
$1.50 and up -
60 Rooms with Bath $2.50 and $3.00
Corner Sheldon and Oakes;
Facing Union Depot;
Three Blocks Away.
HOTEL BROWNING
GRAND RAPIDS
Rooms with bath, single
Rooms with bath, double $3 to $3.50
None Higher.
150 Fireproof
Rooms
$2 to $2.50
Rooms $2.00 and up.
The Center of Social and Business Activities
THE PANTLIND HOTEL
Everything that a Modern Hotel should be.
With Bath $2.50 and up.
400 Rooms—400 Baths
MORTON HOTEL
GRAND RAPIDS’ NEWEST HOTEL
Rates $2.00 and Up
1:42.55
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Excellent Cuisine
Turkish Baths
WHEN IN KALAMAZOO
Stop at the
American tote
Headquarters for all Civic Clubs
Luxurious Rooms
ERNEST McLEAN, Mor
CODY HOTEL
GRAND RAPIDS
RATES { $1.50 up without bath
$2.50 up with bath
CAFETERIA IN. CONNECTION
[Henry Smith Floral Co., Inc.
52 Monroe Ave.
GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN
PHONES: Citizens 65173, Bell Main 178
Columbia Hotel
KALAMAZOO
Good Place To Tie To
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. Rates reasonable.
WILL F. JENKINS, Manager.
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL
FIRE PROOF
CENTRALLY LOCATED
Rates $1.50 and up
EDWART R. SWETT,
Muskegon 453
Mgr.
Michigan
Bell Phone 596 Citz. Phone 61366
JOHN L. LYNCH SALES CO.
SPECIAL SALE EXPERTS
Expert Advertising
Expert Merchandising
209-210-211 Murray Bldg.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
The Durant Hotel
Flint’s New Million and Half
Dollar Hotel.
300 Rooms 300 Baths
Under the direction of the
United Hotels Company
HARRY R. PRICE, Manager
CUSHMAN HOTEL
PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN
The best is none too good for a tired
Commercial Traveler.
Try the CUSHMAN on your next trip
and you will feel right at home.
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
Hotel
Whitcomb
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.
J. T. Townsend, Mgr.
ST. JOSEPH MICHIGAN
BARLOW BROS. Grand Rapids, Mich.
Ask about our way.
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Not All Big Business Profitable.
Grand Rapids, June 16—In these
days when agriculturists think they
have had, during the past five years,
all the financial ills that flesh is heir
to, it might cheer them up to know
that they are not the only ones who
have hard sledding, the only differ-
ence being that they emphasize their
troubles while the other fellows try to
hide theirs.
As an illustration, we talk about the
producer getting no price for his hides;
that the manufacturer gets all the
profit. ‘Well, here are some figures
that will at least make one more char-
itable toward the other fellow.
The American Hide & Leather Co.,
with twenty-one plants, with a capital
of $23,000,000 and paying no dividends
lost $7,000,000 in 1920, hal£ a million in
1921 and $38,000 in 1923.
The Central Leather Co., with a
capital of $73,000,000 and paying no
dividends had a surplus over its cap-
ital in 1919 of $30,000,000. During the
last five years they have not only lost
this surplus, but have a deficit in their
surplus account of $13,000,000, or in
other words they have lost $43,000,000
in five years. That does not look as
if the manufacturers made a profit on
hides.
Users of fertilizers think the prices
they pay are outrageous and the manu-
facturer must be making a lot of
money. The American Agricultural
Chemical Co., one of the largest fertil-
yer companies, with a capital of $61,-
000,000 in 1920 had a surplus of $18,-
000,000. On December 31, 1924, they
had a deficit of $19,000,000 or had lost
in four years $37,000,000. That does
not look as if the manufacturers had
an easy time of it.
The Virginia-Crolina Chemical Co.,
another big fertilizer company with
a capital of $49,000,000 lost $15,000,000
in 1921: $2,000,000 in 1922; $3,000,000
in 1923: $5,000,000 in 1924. In place of
buying fertilizers how would you like
to manufacture them.
The International Harvester Co.,
which is the largest manufacturer of
farming implements, with a capital of
$161,000,000, failed to earn its dividend
in 1921 by $3,000,000; in 1922 by $3,-
000,000; in 1923 by $1,000,000. So
while farm machinery seems to be high
in price, the manufacturer certainly is
having his troubles.
You say: “Well, manufacturers in
other lines are making money.” Let’s
see! The American Smelting & Re-
fining Co., one of the largest copper
manufacturing companies, with a cap-
ital of $110,000,000 with a surplus of
$25,000,000 December 31, 1920, paying
no dividends in 1921 and 1922 reduced
this surplus to $15,000,000 or a loss of
$10,000 in two years.
So when we feel blue over our own
business, let us cheer up and, like the
old lady who broke her back, thank
the Lord it was not her neck.
Statistics.
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Next to being right, it’s best to
admit you are wrong.
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Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids, June 16—Fred R.
Dodge, the Comstock Park grocer,
left Monday for Houghton Lake, ac-
companied by his wife and son, Ches-
ter. They will spend two weeks in
their summer cottage. Mr. Dodge re-
cently rented the store building ad-
joining his grocery store on the North
and put in a line of dry goods.
It is time for every salesman to ask
himself whether the people he calls
on are better off mentally, financially
or otherwise for letting him in through
the gate. If he can’t bring himself to
say yes out loud instantly with all the
fervor of noble conscience, then he
should get some other kind of work.
The world needs him somewhere else.
Arthur A. Rogers was stricken with
paralysis at his home in Dexter last
Tuesday and died at 6:30 the same
evening. The funeral was held at the
family residence Friday forenoon, the
interment being made in Fulton street
cemetery (Grand Rapids) Friday even-
ing. Mr. Rogers was born in Sullivan,
Ohio, Nov. 27, 1854. He was for many
years employed as traveling salesman
for Ball-Barnhart-Putnam Co. and the
Judson Grocer Co. While so employ-
ed he received an injury to his back
which rendered it necessary for him to
relinquish the active life of a traveling
salesman. He assumed the manage-
ment of the Field House, at Grand
Ledge, for seven years. He then sold
out and managed an apartment house
in Detroit for eleven years. He was a
mar of high character and was re-
spected by every one who knew him.
He leaves a widow and a married
daughter who resides in North Dakota
to mourn his loss.
The Salesmen’s Club of Grand
Rapids have planned and arranged for
a blind run picnic, to be held on June
20 on the shores of a lake with good
bathing privileges, near a hotel and
pavilion, with all the conveniences g0-
ing with a_ place of this kind. The
starting point will be at Knapp avenue
and Plainfield, at *”e end of the car-
line, thus avoiding any traffic conges-
tion from the large number of -°Frs,
which will gather for this event. The
committee in charge, headed by Ray-
mond W. Bentley, states that a charge
of $1.25 per head will be made, which
covers all the expense of the trip guar-
anteeing to each one a first-class
chicken dinner, good orchestra music
and a fine opportunity to spend the
afternoon and evening in dancing.
The dinner will be served at 6 o'clock
p, m., start being made from Grand
Rapids at 12:45. Good prizes have
been secured and will be given away
to the winners of the different sport
contests there. It is hoped that every
member of the Salesmen’s Club will
take advantage of this wonderful op-
portunity and bring his family and his
friends and join in a real picnic with
no extra work for the ladies in pre-
paring the extra meals. Lemonade and
everything, including the meals will be
served on one ticket. For those who
are in the habit of taking a bath on
Saturday night, splendid bathing fa-
cilities are convenient. So bring along
your bathing suit and save lighting
the heater when you get home. Badges
will be furnished and admission will
be by ticket, which can be secured
from any of the committee.
Grand Rapids Council No. 131 bids
fair to again become the largest Coun-
cil in the State. It has always held a
reputation of being the livest and most
prrogressive organization of its kind
in the State, and at the rate the candi-
dates are being initiated into the
Council it is only a question of time
until it regains its former prestige of
being numerically the largest. At the
last recess meeting, held May 23, nine
candidates trod the hot sands and be-
came full fledged members, besides an
extra one who joined by transfer from
another Council. The names are as
follows:
Wm. Hazel Riley
Erwin I. Ridlow
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Frank McDonald
G. J. Wagner
Samuel N. McCalih
Charles J. Feuchter
LaVerne Bensinger
Leo A. Joyce
E. F. Whiteman
Albert A. Robinson
The greater portion of the new ap-
plications were secured by the newly
elected Sentinel, Henry Koessel, who
has announced that he expects to bring
in more new applications than all of
the other members combined. He
certainly has taken on some job, but
at the rate he is now going it looks
as though he would make good.
The Council unanimously voted at
this meeting to contribute $25 to the
Soldiers’ Pillar fund. No further
meetings will be held until the first
Saturday in September, it being the
custom to call off during the months
of July and August.
A. C. Hansen has sold his grocery
stock and store building at 638 Griggs
street to John Groendyk, who will
continue the business. The purchaser
was formerly engaged in the grocery
business with his father on Grandville
avenue. Mr. Hansen left Monday via
automobile for the Land of the Setting
Sun, going via Denver, Yellowstone
Park and the Columbian highway. He
is accompanied by his wite and chil-
dren. They expect to return to Michi-
gan in the fall.
Traveling salesmen, above all others,
should avoid making loose statements
about a competing house which re-
flects on its credit standing or business
methods. No man ever built himself
up permanently on the ashes of an-
other. It should be the policy of every
salesman to aim to be constructive and
not destructive in his conversation to
his customers or the customers of com-
peting houses. To pursue a contrary
course is unfair, unethical and dishon-
est.
G. W. Rouse, President of the W or-
den Grocer Co., was re-appointed a
member of the Executive Committee
of the National Wholesale. Grocers
Association, which held its annual
convention at French Lick last week.
For several years previous to 1924 he
served on the Board of Directors.
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Going To Dubuque.
Wvoming Park, June 16—The fol-
lowing have been appointed delegates
to the National convention which meets
in Dubuque next week:
D. L. Davis, Ypsilanti.
M. C. Goossen, Lansing.
Victor Sorg, Ann Arbor.
Paul Gezon, Grand Rapids.
John Lamb, Y psilanti.
I must confess that I have not been
very enthusiastic about the National
Association in the past. Knowing this,
the Board at their last meeting decided
to pay the expenses of Mr. Christen-
sen and the Secretary if they would
attend the convention and get first
hand information. Mrs. Gezon and |
plan to leave Grand Rapids Sunday
evening, arriving in Dubuque at 1:29
Monday. We hope to see a number
of Michigan delegates on the train.
Paul Gezon,
Sec’y Retail Grocers and Gen. Mer-
chants Ass’n.
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Good Company To Avoid.
The Tradesman warns its readers to
have no dealings whatever with the
Michigan Mutual Savings Association,
which has been conducting its business
contrary to law. At the close of its
fiscal year, June 30, the Secretary of
State will have an analysis made of
the company’s condition, with a view
to determining whether or not the
concern be allowed to continue in
business.
In the meantime the Tradesman ad-
vises those who have already taken
out shares in the company to make
no further payments thereon.
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This advertisement is from an Eng-
lish newspaper:
Wanted — A steady, respectable
young man to look after a garden and
milk a cow who has a good voice and
is accustomed to singing in the choir.
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Cassia (ordinary) 25@ 30 Tansy, a 35
Corn, No. 2, Fy. glass 3 25
Corn, No. 10 __ e 50@16 75
Hominy, No. 3 1 00@1 15
Okra, No. 2, whole — 2 00
Okra, No. 2, cut — 1 60
Dehydrated Veg. Soup 90
Dehydrated Potatoes, lb. 45
Mushrooms, Hotels ___ 42
Mushrooms, Choice __. 563
Mushrooms, Sur Extra 70
Peas, No. 2, E. J. 1 50@1 60
Peas, No. 2, Sift.,
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Peas, No. 2, Ex. Sift.
m9. 2 26
Peas, Ex. Fine, French 25
Pumpkin, No. 3 1 35@1 50
Pumpkin, No. 10 4 50@5 60
Pimentos, %, each 12@14
Pimentos, %, each __ 27
Sw’t Potatoes, No. 2% 1 60
Saurkraut, No. 3 1 40@1 60
Succotash, No. 2 1 65@2 50
Succotash, No. 2, glass 2 .
Spinach, No. fe
Spinach, No. 2__
Spinach, No. 3__ 3
Spinach, No. 10__
Tomatoes, No. 2
Tomatoes, No. 3 2 00@2 25
Tomatoes, No. 2, glass 2 60
Tomatoes, No. 10 __ 7 50
CATSUP.
B-nut, Small __.____ 8 70
Lily Valley, 14 oz. _
Lily of Valley, %
Paramount, 24,
Paramount, 24, 16s __ 2 40
Paramount, 6, 10s __ 10 a
Sniders, Of,
Sniders, 16 oz. _..___ 2 a
Quaker, 10% oz. _.4. 1 =
Quaker. 14 oz, 22
Quaker, Gallon Glass 12 5D
CHILI SAUCE
Snider, 16 oz. _....__ 8 60
Snider, 8 oz. ~.....__. 2 50
Lilly Valley, 8 oz. __ 2 10
Lilly Valley, 14 oz. _. 3 60
OYSTER COCKTAI .
Sniders, 16 oz. ~_____ 50
Sniders, 8 oz. -______ 2 50
CHEESE
Requefort _..._.__ sss
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%
EOnehnorn. 28
Michigan Full Cream -
New York Full Cream 3
Sap; Sago —....-_ re
CHEWING GUM.
Adams Black Jack __-- 65
Adams Bloodberry —-.-. 65
Adams Dentyne ____._ 65
Adams Calif. Fruit ... 65
Adams Sen Sen __-____ 65
Beeman’s Pepsin __ ___ 65
moecnnut 2 70
Doublemint __-_________ 65
Juicy Fruit _ 65
Peppermint, Wrigleys _. 65
Spearmint, Wri sahil _. 65
Wrigley’s P-K ____-_ _ 65
Beno 20 ee bo
Weeperray: 2000 65
CHOCOLATE.
Baker, Caracas, \%s -. 37
Baker, Caracas, %s —. 35
Hersheys, Premium, %s 35
Hersheys, Premium, \s 36
Runkle, Premium, %s. 29
Runkle, Premium, %s_ 32
Vienna Sweet, 24s ___ 2 10
COCOA.
munte, 468 222 43
Bunte, #. 1D. 35
munte, 10.0 32
Droste’s Dutch, 1 Ib.__ 50
Droste’s Dutch, % Ib. 4 50
Droste’s Dutch, % Ib. 2 es
Hersheys, a
Hersheys,
Huyler __...
Lowney,
Lowney,
Lowney,
Runkles,
Runkles, Ys
Van Houten,
Van Houten. ee 75
COCOANUT.
4%s, 6 lb. case Dunham 42
Ys, 2 ab. cane . -- 40
%s & %s 15 Ib. 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 a 50 ft. 1 75
Braided, 50 27
Sash Cord Le eb
HUME GROCER CO.
ROASTERS
MUSKEGON, MICH
COFFEE ROASTED
Bulk
Rio 2 es
PeanON Ga 34@36
MaATACOINO 20s 37
isautemala 2) 384
Java and Mocha ______ 47
BOSOtR 39%
Peanery 2228 6
McLaughliin’s Kept-Fresh
Vacuum packed. Always
fresh. Complete line of
high-grade bulk coffees.
W. F. McLaughlin & Co.,
hicago
Telfer Coffee Co.
Bokay.
Brand
Coffee Extracts
mM: Y., per 100 12
Frank's 50 pkgs. _... 4 26
Hummel’s 50 1 Ib. __ 10%
CONDENSED MILK
Leader, 4 doz.
Eagle, 4 doz.
MILK COMPOUND
Hebe, Tall, 4 doz.
Hebe, Baby, 8 doz. __ 4 40
Carolene, Tall, 4 doz. 3 80
Carolene, Baby aoa 3 50
EVAPORATED MILK
Quaker, Tall, 4 doz. __ 4 65
Quaker. Baby, 8 doz. 4 55
Quaker, Gallon, 1% dz. 4 50
Blue Grass, Tall 48 -. 4 40
Blue Grass, Baby, 96 — 4 30
Blue Grass, No. 10 —. 4 40
Carnation, Tall, 4 doz. 5 00
Carnation, Baby, 8 dz. 4 90
Every Day, Tall —... 5-00
Mivery Day, Baby ____ 4 90
Pet, Tall soe 5 00
Pet, Baby, § oz. ........ £ 30
Borden's, “Dall 23a 5 00
Borden’s Baby —--_--_ 4 90
Van Camp, Tall __-_ 4 90
Van Camp, Baby ---. 3 75
CIGARS
Worden Grocer Co. Brands
Canadian Club ~_--- 37 50
Master Piece. 50 Tin. 37 50
Tom Moore Monarch 75 00
Tom Moore Panatella 75 00
Tom Moore Cabinet 95 00
Tom M. Invincible 115 00
Websteretts ~-----_- 37 4
Webster Savoy
Webster Plaza
Webster Belmont __-
Webster St. Reges__125 00
Starlight Rouse —... 90 24
Starlight P-Club ~~ 135 00
MOA oi 2 ee 30 00
Clint: Mora 22s os _. 35 00
Nordac Triangulars,
1-20, per Bio oo 75 00
Worden’s Havana
Specia!s, 20, per M 75 00
CONFECTIONERY
Stick Candy Pails
Standard, 22202 17
Jumbo Wrapped 19
Pure Sugar Sticks 600s 4 20
Big Stick, 20 lb. case 20
Mixed Candy
Kindergarten ~_...____ 18
SuCAGer) 2c e ee 17
Te Op es 14
French Creams 2. 19
Cameo) 222.32 am BL
Grocers. 2. 12
Fancy Chocolates
5 lb. Boxes
Bittersweets, Ass’ted 1 70
Choc Marshmallow Dp 1 70
Milk Chocolate A A.. 1 80
Nibble Sticks -.___... 95
Primrose Choe. ~_--_. 1 25
No. 12 Choc., Dark — 1 70
No. 12, Choc., Light — 1 76
Chocolate Nut Rolls — 1 75
Gum Drops Pails
Amise: 2 os 17
Orange Gums ______._ 17
Challenge Gums -_.__- 14
Bavorite 2200s 20
Superior, Boxes _....- 24
Lozenges. Pails
A. A. Pep. Lozenges 18
A. A. eink Lozenges 18
A. A. Choc. Lozenges 18
Motto Hearts - 29
Malted Milk Lozer ges 22
Hard Gooas. Pails
Lemon Drops ____--__ 20
O. F. Horehuund dps. 20
Anise Squares ___.____ 19
Peanut Squares __._._ 20
Horehound Tabets __. 19
Cough Drops Bxs.
Patnams 1 30
Smith: Bros; 2020 1 50
Package Goods
Creamery Marshmallows
4 oz. pkg., 12s, cart. 93
4 oz. pkg., 48s, case 3 90
Specialties.
Walnut Fudge —- . 2. _ 23
Pineapple Fudge -_____ 21
Italian Bon Bons __ -__- 19
Atlantic Cream Mints_ 3]
Silver King M. Mallows 31
Walnut Sundae, 24, 5c 80
Neapolitan, 24, 5c ____ 80
Yankee Jack, 24, 6c __ 80
Mich. Sugar Ca., 24, 5e 8¢
Pal O Mine, 24, 5c _... 80
COUPON BOOKS
50 Economic grade 3 50
100 Economic grade 4 50
500 Economic grade 20 00
1000 Economic grade 37 50
Where 1,000 bocks are
ordered at a time, spectal-
ly printed front cover ts
furnished without charge.
CREAM OF TARTAR
6 lb. boxes 2200. 38
June 17, 1925
DRIED FRUITS
Apples
Domestic, 20 lb. box
Y. Fey, 50 lb. box 16%
N. Y. Fey, 14 oz. pkg. 17%
Apricots
Evaporated, Choice __ 26%
Evaporated, Fancy __ -
Evaporated, Slabs __ 51
Citron
10 Ib. box — 48
Currants
Package, 14 oz. ____ 17%
Greek, Bulk, Ib. -.__.. 16
Dates
Hollows 22 oo OP
Peaches
Evap., Choice, unp. __ 16
Evap., Ex. Fancy, P. P. 20
Peal
Lemon, American .___.. 24
Orange, American —.____ 24
Ralsins.
Seeded, bulk —_________
Thompson's s’dles blk 10
Thompson’s seedless,
BD OR. ee — 11%
California Prunes
70@80, 2 lb. boxes -.@09%
60 5 lb. boxes
3s lb. boxes _.@1
, 25 lb. boxes -
, 25 lb. boxes —
20@30, 25 lb. boxes -.@23
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FARINACEOUS GOODS
Beans
Med. Hand Picked __ 07
Cal, imag 2 15
Brown, Swedish ...._ 07%
Red Kidney ~~... 2 — 10%
Farina
24 packages -_...____ 3 50
Bulk, ve> 100 Ibs --. 06%
Hominy
Pearl, 100 Ib. sacks -. 05
Macaron!
Domestic, 20 Ib. box 09%
Armours, 2 doz., 8 oz. 1 80
Fonla 3 2 doz., 8 oz. 2 25
Quaker, 2 doz. 00
————— -
Pearl Barley
Chester oe 5 00
00 and 0000 ~______. -- 6 50
Barley Grits ..._..... 06
Peas
SCO), Ib, eens. 1%
Spt. lb. yellow -._ 08
Split green — — 10
Sago
East India —.......... 10
Tapioca
Pearl, 100 lb. sacks -. 9%
Minute, 8 oz., 3 doz. 4 05
Dromedary Instant .. 3 60
FLAVORING EXTRACTS
: Dos.
Lemon PURE Vaniila
150 _. % ounce -.. 2 00
180 _.. 1% ounce --. 2 65
3 25 _.. 2% ounce -_. 4 20
3 00 ___ 2 ounce -.. 4 00
5 50 _.. 4 ounce — 7 320
UNITED FLAVOR
Imitation Vanilla
1 ounce, 10 cent, doz. 90
2 ounce, 15 cent,
8 ounce, 25 cent,
4 ounce, 30 cent,
Jiffy Punch
8 doz. Carton —_.__._. 2 25
Assorted flavors.
doz. 2 26
FRUIT CANS
Mason.
Half pint os 7 60
One pint 222. 7 65
One Quart 22.500 5 8 90
Half gallon —______. co 2 95
Ideal Glass Top.
Rubbers.
Half ping 22002) 8 85
One pint oo 9 10
One quart 19 95
Half gallon -...... 16 15
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Proceedings of Grand Rapids Bank-
ruptcy Court.
Grand Rapids, June 9—In the matter
of John A. Meulenberg, doing business
as Meulenberg Sheet Metal & Roofing
Works, Bankrupt No. 2711, the first meet-
ing has been called for June 23.
Jdne9y. On this day also was held
the first meeting of creditors in the mat-
ter of Mid-Lakes Paper Co., Bankrupt
No. 2676. The bankrupt was present by
its president and by Gore & Harvey, at-
torneys for the bankrupt. Hilding &
Hilding were present for the petitioning
creditors. Jackson, Fitzgerald & Daim
were present for the bondholders. Sevy-
eral creditors were present in person.
Claims were proved and allowed. Mr.
Fairchild, the president of the corpora-
tion was sworn and examined with a re-
porter. Glenn H. Downs was elected
trustee and the amount of his bond placed
at $2,000. The sale of the encumbered
property by the receiver for $63,000 was
ratified and confirmed by those present.
The first meeting was then adjourned
without date.
June 9. On this day were received the
schedules,- order of reference and ad-
judication in bankruptcy in the matter
of Steve E. Bellgraph, Bankrupt No. 2712.
The bankrupt is a resident of the vil-
lage of Coopersville and is a telegrapher
by occupation. The matter has been re-
ferred to Charles B. Blair as referee in
bankruptcy. The schedules filed list as-
sets of $200, all of which is claimed as
exempt to the bankrupt, with liabilities
of $331.95. The court has written for
funds for the first meeting, and upon
receipt of the same the first meeting of
creditors will be called and note of the
Same will be given here. __—_
Bragging often precedes begging.
out a reporter.
June 17, 1925
Too Modest.
See
A youth, just graduated from en-
gineering school entered the office of
the manager of a large map-making
company. After finding his responses
not wholly satisfactory, the manager
asked: “What salary do you expect?”
The young man answered: “I fear
I could not accept less than five
thousand dollars a year, to begin.”
Back flashed the manager:
looking for a .ten-thousand
year man—Good-day, Sir.”
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The World Court Again to the Fore.
Grandville, June 16—The widow of
the late Senator Medill McCormick
has taken up the gantlet in opposition
to the ratincation by this Nation of
the world court protocol.
The late Senator McCormick was
one of the ‘Srreconcilables” who saw
only ill to come if this country entered
European affairs through this court,
and it behooves the people to make
a note of these things and determine
what is best for the country.
The court is expected to come up
for final action in December when
Congress reassembles to do business
for the Nation.
This is an inheritance from the
Harding administration and was a
compromise by which the United
States might be brought into closer
contact with old world affairs without
entering the League of Nations.
This world court, so loudly heralded
as the acme of legislation where this
country is concerned, is in reality a
long step in the wrong direction for
our country to take. ‘,
Those who have the best interests
of America at heart do not see eye to
eye with those who are secretly work-
ing to bring about the ideas that are
embodied in this protocol, and, like
Mrs. McCormick, are anxious to see
the whole matter sifted before the
puplic eye and 10% hidden in secret
committee.
Strange as it may appear, a two-
thirds majority necessary for the rat-
ification of the court seems at present
assured. Because of this, the lady in
question—following out the wishes of
her illustrious husband as well as her
own—has de.cermined to let the pubic
in on the schemes of those who stood
fast for America’s entry into the
League of Nations, which an aroused
public sentiment sat down upon in a
presidential election.
A majority of the American people,
one of millions, voted to squelch any
attempt to embroil this country in
Europe’s quarrels through joining the
League of Nations. ‘to-day that is as
much an issue as it was in the days
of Haruing and Wilson.
It is to be hoped that those senators
who are in agreement on the inadvis-
ability of joining the court will come
out with an early defi to the league
manipulators and stand with Mrs. Mc-
Cormick for America as against for-
eign entanglements of whatever na-
ture.
The world court has been endorsed
by some ve:y aple Americans. Never-
theless, that court is not for America
and when the people come to under-
stand the full meaning of becoming a
partner in European affairs which in
no iota concerns Us, they will as sure-
iy discard the idea of joining anyth....,
of the kind.
Now that women have the franchise
have. in fact, entered politics—it 1s
time for them to make a showing as
to where they stand on this most im-
portant que tion which is before the
Ameiican people for settlement.
Women are natural advocates of
peace. War has a hideous visage to
the mothers of the land, and if ever
there was an opportunity offered for
them to strike hands for lasting 1°
and against more wars, it is now when
this world court comes up for settle-
ment.
Equal with man, woman can signi °
her stand on this question, and by her
influence aid in urging on U S: sen:
ators a policy of non interference with
the affairs of Europe.
Here is an opportunity offered our
peace advocates to show how honest
they are in promoting peace and
quietude for the United States. Be-
coming a member of the world court
will place this country on the same
footing as European nationalities, and
hold them to bargains which may com-
prise the very honor of this country.
Nothing we could do would be so like-
ly to lead to war as becoming a mem-
ber of the world court.
It is a timely work that Mrs. Mc-
Cormick has entered upon. She has
started the agitation none too soon.
It should be the aim of every good
citizen to do what he or she can to
induce our Congress to vote right when
-this question of joining the world court
comes up next December. Let no
American be found asleep at the
switch.
The time for action is now.
It may seem incredible that anybody
who opposed our joining the League
of Nations should now be advocating
a partnership with that other foreign
league, not one whit less dangerous
to American peace and prosperity.
It is unfortunate that the present
administration has, in a way, appeared
to acquiesce in this move to make the
United States one of the members of
the world court. Doubtless there will
be no authoritative statement from the
President on this question, since there
has of late been nothing to call it out.
Whatever the administration may
decide upon, and in most particulars
it has the hearty co-operation of a
large majority of our people, this one
questions is up for the people to speak
their minds upon, and they are going
to do it in no unmistakable manner if
given a chance.
If Senator McCormick were alive
to-day he would be campaigning the
country from one end to the other in
the hove of arousing opinion in oppo-
sition to the world court. His widow
is a pleasing speaker and, understand-
ing her la’e husband’s antipathy to all
foreign entanglements, which coincide
with her own, she is destined to make
an impression which will carry far in
establishing a strong opposition to the
court. Old Timer.
a oe
Convincing Retail Grocery Advertise-
ment.
The Leonard Grocery at
Neb., recently ran a unique advertise-
Sidney,
ment to impress on its customers the
value of a service store. Here it is:
Telephone—You could throw out
and walk over to the
them, but
the telephone
neighbors and chat with
you're not going to do it.
Lights—You could take out the elec-
tric lights and get along with the oil
lamp as you did but I don’t think you
will.
Auto—Yes we could get along with-
out them and walk. Probably wouldn’t
get so far but it would be cheaper.
Radio—We could wait for the dailies
for the market and as for the enter-
tainment we could live without it.
The Delivery—Yes, it is one of the
modern conveniences and as the tele-
phone, lights. radios, etc., it has come
to stay and why shouldn't you use it.
You are entitled to all the conveniences
of this age.
Our wagon travels all day. We
stop at your neighbor's and it is very
little expense to stop at
next.
your door
Our groceries are the best on the
market. Compare our prices with the
so-called money savers. It is a part of
our business to watch the market, hold
down the overhead and meet any legiti-
mate competition. We have no baits
to get you in. Ours is a, cordial in-
vitation to come in and investigate.
>».
Piano Is Too Good.
A piano with quarter tones was
demonstrated in Brunswick, Germany,
recently, but the verdict of critics was
that the human ear is not trained to
appreciate such fine divisions of the
scale.
NATIONAL DETECTIV
SERVICE CORPORATION
Ss. G. Eardley, Pres.
Private Investigations car-
ried on by skillful operators.
This is the only local con-
cern with membership in the
International Secret Service
Association.
Day, Citz. 68224 or Bell M800
Nights, Citz. 63081
Headquarters
333-4-5 Houseman Bidg.
Sand Lime Brick
Nothing as Ourable
Nothing as Fireproof
Makes Structures Beautiful
No Painting
No Cost for Repairs
Fire Proof
Weather Proof
Warm in Winter
Coo! in Summer
Brick is Everlasting
Grande Brick Co. Grand
Rapids
Saginaw Brick Co., Saginaw
Jackson-Lansing Brick Co.,
Rives Junction.
20,000 PARTNERS
PROFIT FROM
CONSUMERS POWER
PREFERRED SHARES
INQUIRE
AT ANY OF
OUR OFFICES
FOR ALL THE
ELEVATORS
Will reduce handling expense ad
SIDNEY
speed up work— make money
for you. Easily installed. Plans
and instructions sent with each
elevator. Write stating require-
ments, kind of machine and
size of platform wanted, as well
as height. We will quote a money
saving price.
Sidney Elevator Mnfg. Co., Sidney, Ohlo
Chocolates
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Package Goods of
Paramount Quality
and
Artistic Design
We buy and sell property of all
kinds. Merchandise and Realty.
Special sale experts and auctioneers.
Big Merchandise Wreckers
Room 11 Twamley Bldg.
GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN
Business Wants Department
Advertisements inserted under this head
for five cents a word the first Insertion
and four cents a word for each subse-
quent continuous insertion, !f set in
capital letters, double price. No charge
jess than 50 cents. Small display adver-
tisements in this department, per
inch, Payment with order is required, as
amounts are too small to open accounts.
For Sale—General stock of merchandise
located thirty miles from Grand Rapids.
Will inventory about $5,000. Address No.
951, c/o Michigan Tradesman. 951
stock fixtures
For Sale—Grocery and
in good live city 3500 population. Good
established business. Not run down
stock, but clean, up-to-date. Fine loca-
tion; brick building, cheap rent. Good
opening to add general stock with gro-
ceries. If you wish to buy or move other
business in good live city, here’s your
chance. Get busy. Reason, other busi-
ness to look after. Address Box 685,
Grand Ledge, Mich. 952
For Sale—Brick block, two story, with
or without stock of new and second-hand
house furnishings. Address owner, Grant
Keiser, 440 Mitchell St., Petoskey, Mich.
953
FOR SALE OR RENT—A one store
building, living rooms above. Great Op-
portunity for groceries. meats and con-
fectionery. Has been a money maker for
years. Year around business. One of
the fastest growing resort towns in West-
ern Michigan. For particu.ars write
Lock Box 14, Baldwin, Michigan. 942
FOR RENT—A modern business room
in best business district of town of 10,000
population. Suitable for fancy grocery,
shoes, or men’s and women’s furnishings.
Bradley Bros., Wabash, Indiana. 943
FOR SALE—We have in our hands for
sale twenty acres of land, and house and
store under one roof, which we think one
of the best locations on our territory for
a country store. The Hillsdale Grocery
Co., Hillsdale, Mich. 945
SIGNS—Order your tack up signs by
)
mail. Quick service. Cards 28x22 inches,
$1; 22x14, T5c; smaller cards, 50c, over
six words per ecard, 5¢ per word extra,
10% discount on orders of 33 or _ more.
White Letter Sign Co., 1307 South Wash-
ington Ave., Royal Oak, Mich. 946
BUTCHER SHOP, slaughter house and
ice house, complete; fully equipped; Arc-
tic ice machine In shop. Price reason-
able. Write, or see, Oscar Buss, Man-
chester, Mich. 950
FOR SALE—Bakery in a live western
New York town of 5000 population, doing
$42,000 to $45,000 business annually,
mostly retail. Completely equipped, only
bakery in town. Good opportunity for a
live business man. Emil A. Saenger,
Inc., 360 Elm St., Buffalo, N. Y. 936
FOR SALE—Modern up-to-date store,
“The Adam Drach Co., Ludington, Mich.
Will sell the entire stock of dry goods,
shoes, ready-to-wear, fixtures, and lease;
or fixtures and lease separate. Excellent
opportunity, Established forty-five years.
The best store and location in Ludington
and Mason county. Inquire William Pal-
man, Ludington, Mich. 939
FOR SALE—Thriving drug store in
small Southern Michigan town. Under
present. owners over thirty-eight years,
are retiring because of age. Practically
cash business. Will sell building and
stock, or stock only and rent building.
Good opening for physician-pharmacist.
Address No. 941, c/o Michigan Trades-
man. $
Wanted—Cash register, seales, floor
ease, Burroughs Add machine. A. L.
Redman, Olney, Hl. 929
Refrigerators—Nearly new, all sizes.
Scales, show cases, cash registers. Dickry
Dick, Muskegon, Mich. ° $19
-ay spot cash for clothing and furnish-
ing goods stocks. L. Silberman, 1250
Burlingame Ave., Detroit, Mich. 566
CASH For Your Merchandise!
Will buy your entire stock or part of
stock of shoes, dry goods, clothing, fur-
nishngs, bazaar novelties, furniture, etc.
LOUIS LEVINSOHN, Saginaw, Mich.
CASH PAID
for Shoes, Men’s Clothing, Women’s
Wear and other merchandise stocks,
also surplus merchandise. Will buy,
lease or furnish tenants for business
properties. Investigation and offer
made upon request. JAMES H. FOX,
425 Pleasant, S.E., Grand Rapids, Mich.
32
Annual Meeting of the Michigan Dry
Goods Dealers.
Lansing, June 16—We have nearly
completed the program for the con-
vention which will be held at Gratiot
Inn, near Port Huron, on June 25 and
26. We believe we have a very sym-
metrical and well-rounded program.
The convention will be addressed by
many of our own members, the out-
siders being David Humphrey Foster,
of Beloit, Wisconsin, who will be a
special guest and speaker on the even-
ing of June 25. Mr. Foster will be
with us to participate in the round
table discussion.
The inspirational address will be
given by the Miracle Merchant of
Cozad, Nebraska, F. W. Anderson. He
is on the program at 11 o'clock June
26. Please be advised that nothing
will be left undone by Mr. Sperry at
his end of the line to make the con-
vention a “hummer.” You have all
received his personal letter mailed last
week. Bring your wife and the chil-
dren. There is room for all. at the
Inn. No one will be obliged to sleep
in the garage or on the beach. If the
weather is hot, this is the place for
vou. If the weather is cool, evervy-
body can be made comfortable and
happy just the same. Visits to Sarnia
should be deferred until after the close
of the convention.
The Portland, Oregon, ordinance
pertaining to hawkers, peddlers, etc.,
about which we have heard so much,
got a body blow by the United States
Supreme Court. This will be a live
topic at the convention. John H.
Combs, of Toledo, will speak from the
standpoint of local ordinances and
Hon. C. L. Glasgow, President of the
Michigan Retailers’ Council, is on the
Program for a general discussion of
the present status of Michigan laws on
these subjects. Hon. F. L. Warner,
Assistant Attorney General, will also
be a guest at the convention and since
he is the man who did a lot of this
work during the last Legislature and
a member of the legal department of
the State, his presence will be a de-
cided asset.
I called a few days ago on our
friend and former Secretary, Fred Cut-
ler, of Ionia. Had a pleasant chat at
his beautiful home on the hill. He is
getting anxious to get back in business
again. A line from any of the boys
will be an inspiration and a help to
him.
A letter from George Martin, of
Gilmore Bros., Kalamazoo, states that
the hot weather has been pulling hard
on our director, Charles W. Carpenter.
Drop a line and encourage his loyal
soul. We wish they both might attend
the convention, but it will not be pos-
sible this time. Jason E. Hammond,
Mer. Mich. Retail Dry Goods Ass'n.
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Mr. Walsh’s Ideas on the Coffee
Situation.
Grand Rapids, June 17—The writer
has read with interest your several ar-
ticles regarding the coffee situation,
published recently in the Michigan
Tradesman, and although of the opin-
ion that they have benefited the re-
tailer, insofar as speculation is con-
cerned, still he cannot quite agree with
you regarding immediate declines in
this market.
The average .retail grocer is labor-
ing under the impression that “much
discussed coffee market” to-day is like
the child’s soap bubble—soaring, but
liable to burst at any moment. Buyers,
wholesalers and retailers were all of
the opinion that the last radical ad-
vance of from four to six cents per
pound was caused by the Santos dock
strike. True, this strike did help to
advance a market that was about to
advance regardless of whether the
strike came about or not, but only
caused radical advances, instead of a
steady gradual advance that, like slow
gradual declines, are never feared by
sane legitimate operators or roasters.
It is a known fact that the decline
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
which occurred just previous to the
present radical advance, was not
caused by any change in the statistical
position of coffees, but merely a master
operation on the part of a certain clique
of New York “paper” speculators, who,
realizing the nervous state of mind of
most everyone connected with the
coffee industry, awaited the psycho-
logical moment, and then “beared” a
market that should have been no more
“beared” than “bulled.” The result,
naturally, when the “smoke” had clear-
ed away, was that the coffee market
radically reacted from this artificial
decline to approximately the old basis.
Now, who benefited by this radical de-
cline and advance? Did the legitimate
jobber of green coffees? No. Did the
coffee roaster? No. It was the same
old story. On the decline the roaster
swallowed his market losses and on
the advance felt morally obligated to
protect his old trade and develop new
trade—and the clique sat back and
reaped the benefits by false manipula-
tion of an industry sorely abused, and
in which it had no interest, but from
which it exacted a great amount of
interest.
Now, about coffee. True, coffees are
too high for the good of anyone con-
nected with coffees; in fact, present
coffee levels, economic conditions con-
sidered and maintained, will eventually
decrease the consumption of the com-
modity itself through the use of a
certain percentage of substitutes, thus
hurting the producer—the South and
Central American farmer—with the
result that the Brazilian banks (which
are nothing more than coffee clearing
houses, entirely dependent upon the
coffee industry for their existence, and
furthermore, representative of the
Brazilian government itself) will, and
in a scientific way if possible, gradual-
ly readjust the coffee market to a
level that will, in their opinion, keep
it in a healthy state. We must always
keep in mind, they will never if pos-
sible, allow to be killed “the goose
that is laying the golden egg.’ This
regardless of whether there is a short-
age or surplus of green coffees.
In other words, it is the writer's
humble opinion that the coffee mar-
ket will continue in its present high
unsettled condition until the Brazilian
operators, by actual figures, are made
to realize that present coffee levels
are ruining the coffee industry.
F. Walsh, Jr..
Mer. Coffee Dept. Worden Grocer Co.
—_+2 >___
The Steady March of Improvement.
Boyne City, June 16-—-The Pine
Lake Golf Club has made some very
important improvements on their new
course at Heyden’s Point. A new
water works has been installed and
Was in operation during the serious
drought which dried up everything in
this section.. The greens are in fine
shape and our local golfers are putting
in some very pleasant days. The site
is most attractive and the weather is
inviting. It needs some cultivating.
Our own Knights of the Club are so
expert that the turf is never disturbed.
Possibly some of our Grand Rapids
friends would be willing to come up
here and help out.
The Boyne City Electric Co. has
installed a line from Boyne City to
Wildwood and Beverly Heights resort,
which was put in commission this
week. Our resorter friends like the
idea of getting next to nature, but
prefer some of the conveniences of the
sordid city. We aim to please, even
to moving into the wood shed while
they sojourn here.
Charles T. McCutcheon.
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Retail Bakers Wiil Organize.
Detroit, June 16—In an effort to
solve their individual and_ collective
problems, 250 retail bakers met at the
Statler Hotel and formulated plans for
an association. The meeting was pre-
ceded by a banquet tendered by city
bakery supply firms.
Speakers included Mayor John W,
Smith and John"M. Hartley, secretary
of the National Retail Bakers’ associa-
tion. The mayor emphasized the
necessity of organization in all fields
of industry and business. ° ;
“T am a firm believer in organiza-
tion, he said. ‘Itas a step in the
development of progress and_ pros-
perity.
The speaking was followed by the
appointment of Edward Britshart as
temporary chairman and A. F. Pauly
as temporary secretary. The chair-
man was authorized to appoint a com-
mittee to draft a constitution and by-
laws for adoption at another meeting
in three weeks. :
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Most Important Move.
Everyone interested in grocers’ bags
will at once recognize that the matter
of standards and the reduction of sizes
and styles, referred to last week, con-
stitutes a most important constructive
For many years grocers’ bags,
any
step.
instead of tending to arrive at
standard basis, have been developing
in the opposite direction and have
reached a very chaotic condition. It
was found by the committee which
studied this matter that there were
variations of as much as 25 per cent.
in bags of different manufacture,
which, however, purported to be the
same size. There has been no gen-
erally established standard for the
manufacturer to follow and misrepre-
sentation and deception on the part of
some manufacturers has attended this
situation, with the result that the buy-
er of bags in many cases has not been
able to know whether he was getting
what he paid for when he ordered a
certain size bag.
After the new standards come into
use all this will be changed, for then
the buyer will only have to order stan-
dard bags and obtain from the seller a
guarantee of their standard character.
Any manufacturer who uses the em-
blem designated by the Bureau of
Standards on a bag, if the bag is not
in accordance with the standards filed
with the Bureau, will render himself
liable to be proceeded against under
the laws relating to unfair trade prac-
tice, as well as responsible in damages
to the buyer or user for his misrepre-
sentation.
Another very important constructive
step taken at this conference was the
acceptance of recommendadtions for
the dropping by October 15, 1925, from
bags carried in stock of certain sizes
and brands which were found to be
in very light demand or covered by
other sizes. so eliminated
were as follows:
Self-opening style of grocers’ bags—
144, 7, 11, 30 and 35-pound sizes.
Square and flat styles of grocers’
bags—1¥%, 11, 30 and 35-pound sizes.
In addition to the foregoing elim-
inated sizes it was found that there
was a large variety of brands made
by the various manufacturers duplicat-
ing the performance of brands to be
retained. This covered 1,580 items of
stock sizes to be eliminated in seventy-
nine brands, or an elimination of 25.16
per cent.
The sizes
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When It Is Too Late.
You have time enough to call a doctor,
After you are sick;
Time enough to see a dentist,
When your tooth hurts to the quick;
Time enough to find a lawyer,
When you are in doubt;
But it’s too late to eall an
agent,
After you're burned out!
insurance
June 17, 1925
Suggests Revision of the Star-Spangled
Banner.
For a long time there has been a
general feeling that, while the music
of “The Star-Spangled Banner” is most
inspiring and highly appropriate for a
National anthem, the words are not at
all appropriate for such a_ purpose,
particularly in times of peace.
They seem to have been written in
the midsts of or prompted by the cir-
cumstances of a particular battle, with
the author’s heart stirred, by the con-
fusion, terror and hatred of such an
awful experience. Some of the verses
are difficult to follow and to memorize
under any circumstances, and they do
not convey a sentiment which is ap-
propriate for a National song of this
kind. Possibly it is the words which
have prevented its official recognition
as the National anthem.
Some time ago a popular leader of
community singing in New York City
caused some official discord and news-
paper comment by refusing to lead in
the singing of “The Star-Spangled
Banner” because of the war sentiment
which it contains and the general in-
appropriateness of the words for such
a community gathering.
A desire has been expressed that
new words might be written or the
old ones modified in such a way as to
bring them more into keeping with the
music, which has always been so pop-
ular. These words are therefore sub-
mitted for consideration, with the hope
that possibly they or some better ones
may eventually be used in place of
the old ones, so that National
anthem may convey a patriotic senti-
ment more in harmony with its truly
inspiring music.
The words are intended to recall the
great fidelity with which fore-
fathers served amid the hardships of
our country’s early history, with a
reminder of our present obligation to
preserve the great blessings which we
have been so fortunate as to inherit
our
our
from those who have gone before.
They follow:
Oh, say do you see gently waving in
flight,
What so proudly we hail with a joyful
devotion?
Just the stars and
blue and the
But the emblem
emotion!
Let our cheers fill the air, let our hearts
breath a prayer
For the country we
here.
Oh, long may that Star-Spangled Banner
still wave
the stripes on the
white.
that stirs every loyal
love so exemplified
O’er the land of the free and the home
of the brave!
Oh, say do you know of the long bitter
fight,
Of the struggle, the hardship, the crue!
privation
That our fathers went through—but who
stood for the right,
And who finally gave us this wonderful
nation?
Oh, the praise that is due to the good
men and true,
Who have left us this emblem of Red,
White and Blue!
Ah, yes, may that beautiful banner now
wave
As the token of freedom, a gift from the
brave!
Oh, say, shall we stand as our fathers
have stood?
Shall we carry our share of the great
obligation
To continue their
the good, :
Pass along sti'l more good to the next
generation?
Yes, we stand for what's just, and we'll
fight—if we must,
With this our assurance, “In God is our
trust.”
Yes, ever, with honor, that banner must
wave—
This a prayer to our
to the brave!
work, and preserving
x0d—this our plea
H. W. Ellis.