DIR CSS os EY Dee AGE y N \ qi Ae » >) . ie es ~*~ aS N ce KA & cy Cw A 3D : 2 3 \ R S ey “6 ary) Ca SAN , 2 PUE R 2a TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBL! f IIS SOUL So Forty-third Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1925 Number 2188 E ) : i HG: ayeralay/ y ae = iC ay oo (CESS) WSS NS c | Be The Little Bronze Button How dear to the heart of each gray-headed soldier ; aR Are the thoughts of the days when we still wore the blue, n 7 While mem’ry recalls every trial and danger : / ee And scenes of the past are brought back to view. _ Though long since discarding our arms and equipments, There’s one thing a veteran most surely will note; The first thing he sees on the form of a comrade Is the little bronze button he wears on his coat. Public Reference Library, Library St : o The little brown button, ; The sacred bronze button, ; The Grand Army button st a He wears on his coat. | y “How much did it cost?” said a man to a soldier. at “That little flat button you wear on your coat?” op ; “Ten cents in good money,” he answered the stranger, ri Z “And four years of marching and fighting to boot.” aa . The wealth of the world cannot purchase this emblem, : Except that the buyer once wore the brave blue; ; And it shows to mankind the full marks of a hero, ulf A man who to honor and country was true. all / Then let us be proud of the little bronze button ns ' And wear it with spirit both loyal and bold. C ; Fraternally welcome each one who supports it. a Pe With love in our hearts for the comrades of old. 2 Each day musters out whole battalions of wearers. And soon will be missed the token so dear. But millions to come will remember with honor The men who'd the right that bronze button to wear. John L. Parker. — WS Sell Them Parowax for Preserving and Canning " ss "aan al J There’s a ready market now for Parowax--a ‘necessity for every housewife during the canning season. mvc. ~ rt. ~~... is the time of the year when housewives busy Every dealer should carry a themselves with preserving the abundance of fruits supply of Parowax on hand and vegetables for use during the winter months. during the canning season. . . . var ‘ Your customers will be asking for a sealing wax Parowax may be secured to make air-tight the preserve containers. Sell them promptly from our nearest Parowax. branch. Parowax seals glasses and jars tight. It forms an air-tight, mold-proof seal which holds in the fresh, tasty flavor of jams, jellies and preserves, and prevents any deterioration. The cleanliness and purity of Parowax—together with the ease with which it is used—makes it the first choice of the housewife. Standard Oil Company (INDIANA) 910 S. Michigan Avenue An attractive two-colored dis- play carton is packed in every canes — Chicago, Illinois case of Parowax. It is an effective sales stimulant. Michigan Branches at Detroit, Grand Rapids and Saginaw rt» q & ADESMAN Forty-third Year MICHIGAN TRADESMAN (Unlike any other paper.) Frank, Free and Fearless for the Good That We Can Do. Each Issue Complete In Itself. DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF BUSINESS MEN. Published Weekly By TRADESMAN COMPANY Grand Rapids E. A. STOWE, Editor. Subscription Price. Three dollars per year, if paid strictly in advance. Four dollars per year, if not paid in advance. Canadian subscription, $4.04 per year, payable invariably in advance. Sample copies 10 cents each. Extra copies of current issues, 10 cents; issues a month or more old, 15 cents; issues a year or more old, 25 cents; issues five years or more old 50 cents. Entered Sept. 23, 1883, at the Postoffice of Grand Rapids as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879. MISDIRECTED HOSPITALITY. The Tradesman has received many letters from various parts of the State commending its position on the tin can tourist and the illy advised effort made to contribute to his comfort and happiness in many localities. The let- ters are replete with instances of abuses indulged in by the gentry who mas- querade as tourists, but are. really parasites who seek to obtain a living by mean acts without cost to them- selves. Most of the writers of these letters insist that there is a small percentage of tin can tourists who are worthy people who appreciate all that is done for them by the localities they visit, but the majority appear to be spongers who have no proper conception of the efforts made to render their pilgrim- ages pleasant, who plunder the corn fields, potato patches and chicken houses of near by farmers and who find fault continually because more is not done for their entertainment and comfort. While it is conceded by the Trades- man that this problem is largely local and that every locality has a right to treat its guests in accordance with its own ideas, the general sentiment ap- pears to be that a clean camping ground, with suitable location for tents, wholesome drinking water and ample toilets are about all that should be provided for this class of itinerants; that any attempt to supply further creature comforts simply leads ‘to ex- travagant demands on the part of un- worthy persons and undesirable visit- ors for increased demands of an almost impossible character. The worthy tour- ist who starts out to see the country and seek recreation is content to put up with some inconveniences. He wishes to get near to nature and live as the primitive man lived who found his habitation on stream, lake and in forest. Any effort to impose all the GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1925 comforts of a city home on such a tourist is money wasted and hos- pitality misdirected. cee eliceeeeeeecaneme LAWSON OF THE NEWS. Victor Fremont Lawson was ithe son of a newspaper man. He spent his days in the making of good news- papers and died in harness. There was ink in the blood of this newspaper pioneer of Chicago. His Daily News was the first of the low-priced news- papers in the West. He was one of the founders of the Associated Press, its president from 1894 to 1900 and one of the valued counselors of that far-reaching co-operative news-gather- ing body until the day of his death. He has left his mark on the newspaper world and upon his native and home city of Chicago. For well-nigh fifty years he had poured his energies into that Chicago institution, the Daily News, Victor Fre- mont Lawson had himself become one of Chicago’s institutions. With the Fields, the Armours, the Leiters, the Palmers, the McCormicks, the Swifts, the Cranes, tthe Harrisons and others of the older and pioneer generation of the Illinois metropolis, he helped mold the Chicago that dominates the Great Lakes basin. The student of finance and economics may know him as the “father of the postal savings bank,” but to the newspaper men of America he will always be “Lawson of the News.” WORDS WITH CRIMINAL RING. Poor Richard wrote truer words about his countrymen than when he penned his proverb “Experi- ence is a hard school, but fools will learn in no other.’ With all our na- tional energy, our penchant for pro- gressive reforms, it seems as if every American community must go through a disaster before it insists upon ade- quate protection against steamboat ex- plosions. For years many New York- ers protested against the laxity in the inspection of steamboats in and about New York harbor, but it was not until the terrible disaster to the General Slocum that proper inspection became a reality. The shocking loss of forty- one lives on the small steamboat in Newport harbor will bring about a better inspection of the multitude of these craft that ply between the cities on the New England coast; but it is an appalling price to pay for the ac- tual enforcement of regulations ‘that these unfortunate passengers had a right to believe were enforced. The news report of this accident indicates a negligence that should not have been possible among a people so familiar with mechanics as we are. An old boiler, patched and repatched, sudden- ly gave way—says the story in the news—and the words have a criminal ring to them, never BEST POLICY TO PURSUE. Mr. Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, has again taken up the matter of im- ports in which there is a monopoly abroad. Just at present it is rubber which claims most attention because of the spectacular rise in its price. An effort has been made to show that the increase is wholly due to the operation of the Stevenson plan restricting ex- ports of rubber from the Malayan pos- sessions of Great Britain. This theory is not tenable, since it has been shown that American buyers brought some of the trouble on themselves by trying to force down prices by refraining from buying for future needs, As prices ad- vance, more rubber is made available for export, but the increases are at the rate of only 10 per cent. at a time. It so happened, however, that the de- creased output came at a time when the demand showed a sharp increase and the scarcity affected especially this country, which consumes over 70 per cent. of the Mr. Hoover's world’s production. suggested remedy for overcoming an overseas monopoly is for importers here to combine just as exporters do under the Webb-Pom- But experience does not give much basis for hope in such a procedure. erene act. There was one in the mat- ter of sisal, for example, which led to a countermove. Then, too, even in the matter of rubber, there is some- thing like a precedent. While there may have been no formal agreement on the part of American importers of this article last year, the action they took seemed to bear out the idea of a tacit understanding between them, and its results have not proved satis- factory. than an Perhaps a conciliatory rather antagonistic attitude may prove the best policy in coming to an understanding fair to both sides. NEEDED HOUSECLEANING. Towa has been a hotbed of price- fixing sentiment and an incubator of the McNary-Haugenism that has plagued Congress. The late Secretary of Agriculture, Henry Wallace, came from ‘Iowa. The Wallaces of that State had maintained a feud with Her- bert Hoover since the days when he was Food Administrator. When Henry Wallace came to the Harding Cabinet he found Herbert Hoover there. The farm policies of the Secretary of Agri- culture clashed with the policies of the Secretary of Commerce through the Harding-Coolidge Administration of 1921-1925. The Department of Agri- culture, however, became saturated in the Wallace ideas and Western policies. The Administration rejected these and turned to those of Secretary Hoover. On the death of Secretary Wallace, Dean Jardine of the Kansas State Agricultural School became Sec- retary. He knew something of the AMR SRO BOER Ri ais ceneanar e =p aennenansataaenaara ante e tet ete Number 2188 temper of the department. Last win- ter, while a member of the President’s Farm Commission, he discovered what He found bu- reau chiefs openly and secretly fight- ing Administration policies and wreck- ing the Administration program. was the matter with it. Since March he has been lopping off a head here and another there, forcing some much-needed harmony into the Western Congressmen are said to be spoiling for a fight on organization. the new Secretary. He is not going out of his way to avoid it, and he is certain to have plenty of support when it is started. Never was a cleaning more needed than the on® Sec- retary Jardine has been giving his de- partment. house- OLD-TIMERS. The old men of 90 to 100 years of becoming quite what age and more are talkative, and to younger men they have to say is more or less inter- esting, even though the elders do poke fun at them at times. But the more the oldsters tell how to live long the more certain it is that there is no rule. “I have been drink- ing and smoking all my life,” says one. “T never drink or smoke,” says another. D. A. Boody of Wall Street, at eighty- eight, shows a check he received from Russell Sage fifty-seven years ago and “How to live long? Keep in- terested in everything and don’t bother says: about your eating and drinking, and stick to business.” And that rule, by the way, sounds plausible. Maybe there is such a thing as worrying oneself to death trying to avoid it. At all events, there is no go- ing wrong on the advice to keep inter- ested. But that is almost a counsel of perfection by itself. TS Americans used 150,000,000 pounds less coffee during the year which end- ed June 30, 1925, than they did the previous year. But, because of the in- creased price, their aggregate bill was $82,000,000 greater. These figures are not particularly pleasant to contem- plate, especially as the increase in price was entirely artificial, engineered by the Brazilian government for the bene- fit of Brazilian coffee growers. Of course, the scheme cannot continue to work in the long run. The high price will stimulate. production in other countries and competition will ulti- mately break the Brazilian control. At the same time Americans will feel justified in resorting to other means ‘to protect themselves from this gouging. It costs ccnsiderable to maintain a valorization scheme, and Brazil and Brazilians must come into the Ameri- can money market for funds. It is not likely that they will be received with open arms. 2 IN THE REALM OF RASCALITY. Cheats and Frauds Which Merchants Should Avoid. Manistee, Aug. 20—Through some of our business men, I have heard of your interest in exposing swindlers. As you have had a large experience in this line, 1 would like to state a case in Manistee and ask your advice. July 30, the Standard Educational Society, 189 West Madison _ street, Chicago, had a respresentative, M. F. Maney, in Manistee selling Standard Reference Work. This was supposed to be a special inducement to a few business women, largely for advertis- ing purposes. There was to be a ten vear service, for which we wese ‘to pay $69.50. The book binding shown by this young woman, was art craft in a greenish brown color. very new and up to date. A few days later my books arrived. They were beautifully bound in red and gold color in the design of twenty or twenty-five years ago. These books were_immediately sent back to Chicago by express, requesting that the con- tract be cancelled, as the books were not as represented. Because the books were not as represented, I have lost confidence in the concern and feel that IT can not depend upon them for the ten year loose leaf service. Five dol- lars had previously been paid on this contract. On the contract I find in fine print, “This order shall not be subject to cancellation by me. No agreement will affect this contract unless endorsed hereon.” For this reason the company is trying to hold me to the contract. They notified me they are holding the books for my instructions and if no instructions are forthcoming they are to be placed in storage for me. What would you advise under the ciscumstances? We are five business women, all but one having paid the same amount and returned the books. Mrs. Clara Eskildsen. Your experience is identical with hundreds in this and every other case of similar character. When an agent comes to you and tells you you have been selected out of a thousand others to receive a special deal, you can make up your mind that you are headed for trouble. Furthermore, I have made it the rule of a lifetime, after having been fooled about fifteen times by solicitors, never to subscribe for a subscription book because it is never up to expecta- tions or representations. There is no book published that cannot sooner or later be obtained through the regular that statement by saying that there is no book sellers. I might qualify book worth while; because subscrip- tion books as a rule are almost in- variably pot boilers. If you stand pat and form an al- liance with the other women who have been victimized by the chap you name in your letter, you will probably never hear from your unfortunate order again except that you will get threatening letters, which I would return unopened. The company cannot afford to enforce a contract that is based on fraud and, as the books were not up to the repre- the agent, the contract was obtained by fraud and would be abrogated by any jury in the country, especially by a jury of your own citi- zens. sentations of Buwalda Bros, the North Muskegon general dealers, inform the Tradesman that they have heard from many places of the chap who undertook to jip MICHIGAN them out of $3. In some cases he asked $2, in others $2.50 and in one place he succeeded in getting $5. In the meantime the State Constabulary is undertaking to locate the crook, in which case he will probably be permit- ted to play checkers with his nose. An epidemic of fake tire guarantees is rampant in Detroit. Tires attrac- tively advertised as “10,000 mile” and “12000 mile” are offered the public by such firms as the Jackson Tire Co., and complaints are being received by the Better Business Bureau that when these tires are purchased they frequent- ly blow out—sometimes after being run only a few blocks. Efforts at ad- justment, it is alleged, are unavailing. Mr. Chaitovitz, manager of the Jack- son Tire Co., and the Allen Tire Co., against which latter concern the Bu- reau has had complaints in the past, states that his use of mileage figures is not a guarantee but an “expectation” of what service the tires should give. The Buffalo Better Business Jureau reports that Chaitovitz received its pro- fessional attention as the result of the character of complaints there as A police same are being received in Detroit. warrant for his arrest was issued but it was found he had left for parts then unknown, but which appear to have been Detroit. summoned for a conference at the Bu- of which he now Chaitovitz was reau office, as a result agreed to make refunds to complain- ants and print an abject apology. Wimer & Co., of Denver, Colorado, are specializing in offering to Michigan merchants, by use of the mails, oppor- tunities to buy Nawco oil stock at 30c per The concern, while porting to deal in stocks and bonds generally, gives “market tip” to “in- vestors” to buy Nawco at the present price. A bulletin similar in appearance to that used by the Fort Worth pro- including Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who is now reposing in a Federal share. pur- moters, penitentiary. sensationally points out on yellow paper the advantages of the “buy. An individual giving his name as J: J. Smith, of Toledo, Ohio, soliciting orders from Michigan mer- has been for stationery and collecting payments in advance. The Toledo Bet- Sureau is unable to lo- chants ter Business cate the individual or his product. Any additional information concerning him or his activities, should be reported to the Bureau office. Conflicting reports from the office of C. V. McGuire, the Detroit Piggly Wiggly Co. (and more President of recently subdivision syndicator), have bewildered Piggly Wiggly stockhold- June, 1925, stockholders were told by the President that the company’s most profitable year was at hand. Immediately thereafter, reports from McGuire's office warned stockholders to unload their stock as down payment on McGuire's distant subdivision, as the company desperate straits. Questioned by the Better Business Bureau, Mr. C. V. McGuire explained: 1. $90,000 of net worth remained in ers. In Piggly Wiggly was in August 26, 1925 TRADESMAN Come Right In An appointment made by Long Distance from his previous stop, as- sures the alert salesman of prompt attention. Several appoint- ments can be made, at slight cost. Telephone It’s direct, inexpensive and saves time. MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CO. BELL SYSTEM One System—One Policy— Universul Service ¢ ee: * pains August 26, 1925 Piggly Wiggly to represent $430,000 of preferred stock, mostly sold by McGuire. The stock selling had cost more than 25 per cent. 2. Retrenchments, closing all but 8 stores, plus additional capital to be donated by McGuire, from subdividing profits, would undoubtedly bring Pig- gly Wiggly out O. K. 3. The syndicate selling the division will reap a bonanza. sub- 4. The lots are an excellent buy. 5. Holder of 75 per cent. of the Piggly Wiggly common stock, and 80 per cent. of the real estate company stock, McGuire profits off the deal both ways. 6. The scared the stockholders is officially rebuked. salesman who The architect of this department would like to hear at once from all merchants who were recently victim- ized by the United States Commercial Co., of Chicago. The abuses indulged in by this concern have been brought to the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion, which may find it necessary to give the the fraud an extended vacation from business cares at Ft. Leavenworth. promoters of Michigan merchants who “invested” money on Burnham Chemical Co.’s promises to pay 340 for one. are now being canvassed by an officer of the company to send further remit- tances by telegram. The mails were closed to the company b ya United States Government fraud order June 20, 1925. Hundreds of thousands of circulars resembling newspapers, en- titled “Lake of Treasure,’ “Desert Gold,” etce., were sent to practically every city in the United States by this company expected to net $34,000 for every $100 invested therein by reclaim- ing the potash in a dried-up Western lake Although — the stated that no money was used for pro- moters’ fees, evidence tended to show that approximately $209,000 had been devoted to that end. E. good bed. company G. Lewis, an officer of the company, had earlier been acquitted of a charge alleging use of the mails to defraud at St. Louis, Mo. The Better Business Bureau of Detroit, in co-operation with other Bureaus, as- sembled and forwarded this company’s advertising to the authorities about a year ago. It has just recently report- ed to the proper authorities the com- pany’s attempts to evade the Postoffice ruling. “Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering” a well known technical paper, classified Burnham Chemical Co. as “Over-invented and Under-en- gineered,” in a sweeping arraignment of the project, and suggested that “in- vestors are well advised to scratch the s3urnham Chemical Company off their list.” To the scores of Detroiters, re- cipients of ‘the lurid sales literature the Better Business Bureau has distributed the available facts, and urged the ut- most caution. —— +2. —___ Alma—The Alma Grain & Elevator Co., in which outside capital is said to be principally interested, has pur- chased the plan and equipment of the Alma Elevator Co. and will continue the business under the management of J. P. Olk, recently of Flint. MICHIGAN Annual Outing of Celery City Food Purveyors. Kalamazoo, Aug. 22—Local retailers are chuckling this week. Thursday atternoon at Long Lake, the grocers and meat dealers baseball players trim- med the wholesalers’ nine to the tune of 7 to 3, thus to some extent retriev- ng loss sustained last year. Borgman and Chapin formed the Retailers’ bat- tery, while DeWolf and Patten of- ficiated for the wholesalers. This -was the chief sporting event of what turned out to be the biggest annual outing ever staged by local food dispensers. The crowd was well in excess of 1,000, came early and stayed late. Dan- cing in the pavilion held the young people until close to the midnight hour. Dinner and supper were served in the grove, the association furnishing hot coffee, cream, sugar and ice cream for all picnickers. Those who had no automobiles were furnished free bus service for transportation. The crowd was well cared for in all details. C. C. Whitcomb, chairman of the gen- eral arrangements committee, reports the finest kind of co-operation all down the line. In addition to the eats and dancing, the sports programme was easily the big feature of the outing. J. C. Ball, Mark Diver and William McKenzie worked out an excellent bill, requiring all day to stage it. The first thing Thursday morning the Retailers warmed up for the after- noon diamond battle, by bumping the Wholesalers 28 to 23 in a patched ball contest. Horseshoe tossers got busy and Earl Sagers won the singles by defeating William McKenzie, 21 to 9. In the doubles G. B. H. Hall and William McKenzie had little opposi- tion. A bumper card of track and field events furnished a full afternoon’s en- tertainment. Russell Diver won the boys run and Gertrude VanderRoert a similar event for girls. Calvin Foley was first in a speed contest for the kiddies. Vern Downs led the way home in the retailers foot race, while Harold Taylor defeated the whole- salers in a like event. Taylor also captured the free-for-all and the run- off heat between the storekeepers and jobbers. In the ladies foot race fo- wives of retailers only. Mr. Walter L. Schiling was first. Mrs. Ballad won the lad’es free for all. Miss Janet J. McKenz’e won the ball throwing con‘est and Miss Marie Dawson the ladies shoe race. There were in addition the usua watermelon eating, sack races: peanut races and similar eve ts for the young- sters. Canvas of the hie crowd disclosed the fact that Charles Drummond. 80 years of age, was the o'dest food mer- chant present. Pale Drummond, 26, had the honor of being the youngest John Wagner's family of ten was ac- corded first honors for numerical strength. ——_+<-+___ Poetry Which Hits the Mark. Cadillac, Aug. 25—If you consider the enclosed compositon worthy of publication in your valued trade paper you may use same. For the past few months it has occupied a very con- spicuous place in my store where it has been read by nearly everybody, and I have observed that it has hit the mark’ Tohn H. Ranville. 1 Please. Your grocery bi'l should oft remind you That it must be paid when due; Every two weeks. Thirty days, at the longest, Are only just demands of you. Your grocer has his bi'ls to pay Right at the very minute, And unless you so co-operate You will surely not be in it. You meet him at the counter so hungry and polite, And order, order, order, everything in sight. And glad he is to serve you, and hopes he always may. So come across and settle up, this very blooming day. TRADESMAN A single regular SEAL BRAND customer means over $30 a year in business...... and you’d be surprised how easy it is to make regular SEAL BRAND customers... Chase & Quaker Food Products FOR SALE BY THE COMMUNITY GROCER IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CX WORDEN (GROCER COMPANY Wholesalers for Fifty-six Years The Prompt Shippers MICHIGAN TRADESMAN August 26, 1925 Movements of Merchants. Reese—The Reese Mercantile Co. has added a line of shoes to its stock Metroit_The Acorn Leather & Belting Co. has filed a_ petition in bankruptcy. Amasa—The Patten Timber Co. has increased its capital stock from $25,- 000 to $100,000. Saginaw— The Associated Knitting Mills Outlet Co. has filed ar- ticles of dissolution. Saginaw Mary chain of Candy Kalamazoo—The Lee Cx el stores in various cities, has opened a conducting a candy s‘ore on South Burdick street. Detroit—The Hughes Lumber & Wrecking Co., 3626 Myrtle street, bas changed its name to the Hughes Lum- ber Co. Ishpeming— Miss Thora Hallberg, manager of Milady’s Shoppe, has re- moved the stock to its new location in the Jenks building, on Front street. Tire Co, street, has been in- Detroit—The Alhambra Inc., 5956 John R. corporated with an authorized capital stock of $1,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Food Co. 1118 Penobscot building, has been in Detroit— Edwards Pure cerporated to deal in food products, with an authorized capital stock of $160,000, of which amount $3,000 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Detroit—The Production Machin- ery Sales Corporation, 628 Ford build- ing, has been incorporated to deal in machinery, with an authorized capital stock of $5,000, all of which has been subscribed. and $1,000 paid in in cash. Detroit—Freedman & Boodin, Inc., 403 Liggett building, has been incor- porated to manufacture and sell jewel- ry, with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, of which amount $5,900 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. McCords—W. H. traded his store building and stock of Reynolds — has groceries and general merchandise to Allen G. Lasby for his Campau Lake resort property. Mr. Lasby has taken possession and will add new merchan- dise to the stock. Detroit— Morley & Barnett, Inc, 5513 Woodward avenue, has been in- corporated to deal in automobiles, parts and accessories, with an author- ized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid - + mae OO x - - is in. $4.775 in cash and $5,225 in prop- erty. Detroit—The 1526 Woodward avenue, has been incorpor- Poss-Levy Co., ated to deal in clothing, wth an au- thorized capital stock of $50,000 com- and £25,000 preferred, of which amount $73,000 has been subscribed, $18,000 paid in in cash and $48,000 in property. mon Nashville—The Nashville Independ- ent Oil Co. has been incorporated to deal in oils, gasoline, greases, etc., with an authorized capital stock of $12,000 preferred and 1,200 shares no par value, of which amount $9,050 and 950 shares has been subscribed and $9,050 paid in in cash. Detroit—The John A. Mercier Co., has merged its business into a stock company under the style of the John A. Mercier Brick Co., 216 Hammond building, with an authorized capital stock of $300,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in, $38,665.11 in cash and $261,334.89 in property. Bay City—A. Golden & Sons have completed a new pickle plant here, with capacity of 10,000 barrels. The company main packing plant at Brooklyn, with other plants in different New York State. The Bay City plant, which ts 50x230 feet in size, is operates its sections of under manage- ment of Samuel and Robert Golden, sons of the head of the company. The firm has established five receiving sta- tons in this Kawkawlin, Crump, Beaver, Pinconnng and Duel vicinity—at —and next year intends to open sev- eral more. Manufacturing Matters. Detroit—The Detroit Vapor Stove Co., 12345 Kercheval avenue, has in- creased its capital stock from $450,- 000 to $1,300,000. Detroit—F. A. Thompson & Co, 1962 Trombly avenue, manufacturing chemist, has changed its name to C. E. Jamieson & Co. St. Johns—The Assocated Knitting M lls Outlet Co., Inc., has opened a retail store under the management of Mrs. Blanche E. Grand Rapids—The Grand Rapids Van Deusen. Show Case Co. has increased its cap- al stock from $1,500,000 to $3,300,000 and 18,000 shares no par value. Saginaw— The R. C. Valve Co., Rust avenue, has been incorporated to deal in motor accessories, etc., with an au- thorized capital stock of $5,000, all of which has been subscribed and $2,000 paid in in cash. Detroit—The J. W. West New Life Herb Medicine Co., 305 Rowena street, has been incorporated to manufacture and sell herb medicine, with an author- zed capital stock of $5,000, $2,000 of which has been subscribed and pad in in cash. Highland Park—The Maxwell Mo- tor Corporation, 341 Massachusetts avenue, has been incorporated to deal in autos, auto accessories, etc, with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed avd paid in in cash. Romeo—The Romeo Foundry & Machine Co. has been incorporated to deal in metal products, with an au- thorized capital stock of $50,000 pre- ferred and 2,500 shares no par value, of which amount $24,000 and 1,480 shares has been subscribed and $38,- 800 paid in in cash. Muskegon—The Muskegon Malle- able Castings Co., West Western avenue, has been .incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $200,000 preferred and 1,200 shares no par value, of which amount $168,500 has been subscribed and paid in, $48,500 in cash and $120,000 in property. Royal Oak—The Wave Radio Cor- poration, newly organized with $25,- 000 capital, has started work here. The new company expects to increase its force within a short time to nearly 200. Procter and Charles Stellwagon are the owners, with Mr. Radio sets and radio devices of all kinds will be man- ufactured. 3revard Brevard as manager. Grand Rapdis—The Rozee Manufac- turing Co., 3 Ionia avenue, N. W., has merged its electrical goods business into a stock company under the style of Rozee Manufacturing Co., Inc., with an authorized capital of $6,000 all of which has been subscribed, $2,500 paid in in cash, and $3,500 in property. Quincy—A. T. Mallory has sold his drug stock and store building to Wal- ker & Long. who have taken posses- sion. Coldwater—August C. Visel, recent- ly of Bronson, has purchased the plant and business of the Champion Brass Manufacturing Co. and will conduct the business under the same style. Many improvements will be made and the capacity of the plant increased. Quincy-—Home Halcomb has sold his grocery stock and store building, cream station and laundry to Arthur McConnell, who has taken possession. Mr. Halcomb will enter the employ of the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. as manager of one of their stores, about Sept. 15. Detroit — Exclusive manufacturing and sales rights of the Arrow Oil Bur- ner, a domestic heating unit owned by the Socony Burner Corporation, sub- sidiary of the Standard Oil Co., of New York, have been acquired by the Timken-Detroit Axle Co. The Tim- ken-Detroit Axle Co. has organized a subsidiary called the Timken- Detroit Co.. with an authorzed capital of $1,- 000.000, which will market the device under the name of the Timken Arrow Oil] Burner. Manufacture of the ma- chines soon will be started in the com- pany’s Detroit plant at Fort and Clark s reeis. Royal Oak—The new plant of the Royal Oak Tool and Machine Co. is completed and has started under most promising conditions. The plant con- tains more than twenty-five modern machines and at least thirty men will be employed by Sept. 1. Orders from Detroit automobile factories and oth- ers are being booked and the com- pany is preparing to run night and day. Already plans are being made to erect additional buildings that will double their present capacity, during the present year, This plant has brought to Royal Oak several new families and others to follow. Lansing—The Atlas Drop Co. is making additions to the plant equpment which will cost $90,000. The major improvement is to the steam plant, $50,000 being spent on this branch alone. The second big im- provement is in installation of new hammer units at a cost of $40,000. This will include addition of two new hammers and the necessary presses and furnaces. When these are install- ed the company will have forty-four steam hammers and auxiliary equip- ment. Business at the Atlas is report- ed very good and an average payro'l of 325 men is carried. Some depart- ments are working twenty-four hours a day and others are working time and one-half. —__22-e——_ New Merchandise Brokerage House at Saginaw. Saginaw, Aug. 25—W e are pleas- ed to announce to the trade that we have engaged in the merchandise brokerage business at this market un- der the style of the Otto H.. Stein- bauer Co. Otto H. Steinbauer has been con- nected continually with the National Grocer Co., Saginaw branch, since the corporation was formed in 1902, acting in the capacity of salesman and for the last seven years as salesmanager and manager. He resigned Aug. 1. Elmer O. Steinbauer has been con- nected with the National Grocer Co., Saginaw and Detroit branches for seven years, acting in the capacity of accountant, purchasing agent and salesman, having resigned Feb. 1. The cities in which sales work is to be effectively followed up are as fol- lows: Detroit, Lansing, Jackson, Bat- tle Creek, Pontiac, Flint, Owosso, Alma, St. Johns, Bad Axe, Port Huron, Bay City, Saginaw; also additional Michigan cities. Otto H. Steinbauer Elmer O. Steinbauer. ——_++->——_ More Onions Than First Expected. Improved condition of the late onion crop has changed the market outlook for this important vegetable. Estimated crop acreage in fourteen main crop states still is the lightest since 1921, but average yield of 325 bushels may make this year’s produc- tion only 600,000 bushels less than that of last season and only slightly below the five year average of 12,520,000 bushels or 25,040 carloads. It appears that the short crops in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan will be compen- sated by heavier production in other leading states, chiefly Massachusetts, Colorado, Idaho and California. Fore- cast of 3,076,000 bushels in New York is not quite up to last year’s figure. Massachusetts and California each ex- pect 1,700,000 bushels and Colorado and Indiana more than a million each. Forge now — 722 Behold the postage stamp. Gaze earnestly upon it. Fix it well in your memory; for the time will come when this system will be changed. Think of the tens of thousands of times every day when one person stands at the stamp window and calls for “a postage stamp” and note the time consumed to purchase, sell, affix, cancel and record. Why should paid servants of the peo- ple be required to consume so much time in a non-productive, non-essentia: occupation? > vy ¢ ~ > . Y ~ ~ > “a * a ’ > August 26, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Essential Features of the Grocery basis for reds. Sales have been made at the recent declines are now on a 300 Sunkist --------------- $7.00 Staples. on the Coast at that figure and on the very moderate basis. New shore 360 Red Ball ....... O00 Sugar—The market is stronger and spot on old packs at $3.10. Pinks have mackerel is being offered at $20 to 300 Red Ball _.______...______- 6.50 higher. Local jobbers hold granulat- shown greater strength and are held $22 a barrel in a large way for No. 2’s. Lettuce—In good demand on _ the ed at 6%c. at $1.40 or better. The recent ad- Cheese—The demand has been very following basis: Tea—The market has firmed up vance in reds has caused chinooks to fair during the week, with prices California Iceberg, 4s and 4'4s_-$6.00 again during the past week, Ceylons be more active for spot and Coast steady to firm. Outdoor Grown leaf - . 90c and Indias being leaders. The pri- shipment. Maine sardines are steady Provisions—The demand has _ not Onions—Spanish $2.50 per crate ot mary markets on Ceylon teas are ir- regular, some grades being higher and other grades lower, but in this country the situation is steady. No change in price has occurred during the week; demand fair. Coffee—The market has had a num- ber of small fluctuations during the past week, most of them upward. Spot Rios and Santos coffees all show a slight advance for the week, meaning coffees sold green and in a large way. Milds are about unchanged, but rath- er strong. Later in the week the Rio and Santos market softened up slightly. Canned Fruits— Solid pack pie peaches sell in parcels of ten to twen- ty cases at $8 on the spot for old pack with few available. Goods can be had on the Coast at $2 less but it will take several weeks to get them. Cher- ries and apricots are in sellers’ favor. Few are quoted as canners ran short on new packs. The peach outturn cannot be estimated but it is antici- pated that there will be no overrun to allow canners now off of the mar- ket to offer freely later on after fill- ing their contracts. Pineapple is no more than steady. Canned Vegetables—Many new pack vegetables favor the buyer as some packers are endeavoring to remove the indifference of traders by offering at discounts below the established mar- ket. This policy is without its de- sired effect; in fact it rather weakens the situation. Tomatoes are a dis- turbing factor as they are uncertain and when in that position have a weak- ening influence. Lack of interest on the part of buyers in new pack of the late crop, together with the prospect of a larger production than seemed likely during the spring and_ early summer have led to the belief that no high prices are justified. There is talk among distributors that canners should limit the extent of their packs and to put nothing in cans but solid pack, well colored and sound stock, the kind which will sell on its merits and jus- tify its cost. The Southern market is weak on old and on the first runs of new pack with the later crop neglect- ed at the moment. Peas are firm in tone in most canning sections but can- ners have surplus offerings which they are submitting to their brokers, most- ly of the less desirable grades and siftings. High quality lines are less in evidence. No heavy buying is re- ported. Corn is easier in tone as new pack has begun to move from the can- nery to distributing centers which re- lieves the shortage caused by the liq- uidation of old packs. String beans and other minor vegetables are un- settled in tone. Canned Fish—Opening prices on Alaska salmon are expected this week from the principal packer. One can- ner has already opened on a $3.50 but quiet. No heavy factory buying occurs. California ovals are in strong hands. None of the other fish packs are in more than routine jobbing de- mand. Dried Fruits—No unusual buying of California dried fruits for Coast ship- ment was done during the past week but there was some quiet trading going on. There are two reasons for the quietness; packers are holding so firm that their merchandise does not look attractive at a time when it is not need- ed for while buyers have contract dried fruits already pur- chased and they are holding off to try to secure a more favorable situation. California new crop prunes are back at the original opening which the As- sociation maintained throughout the month but which some independents tried to advance without success. Af- ter the first spurt of trading, during which early deliveries were arranged, buyers have held off. A little later in- creased activty is expected since dis- tributors are understocked and there seems to be no prospect of cheap prunes when other dried fruits are in such strong position. Oregon prunes are also well maintained. Coast buy- ing of old crop raisins continues. Sun- Maid sales are reported to be heavier for the season than in any previous year, which has cut the unsold crop to a minimum through domestic and ex- port liquidation. Independents, out of old crop, are firm on new fruit and are quoting such _ substantial advances over the original new crop basis that buyers are holding off. Few peaches or apricots are beng offered on the Coast and both are about 5c over the initial opening. Rice—Larger supplies of new crop domestic rice at the mill, which is+in- creasing the volume available and which leads to additional mills start- ing operations, have resulted in cur- tailed buying at the source and in job- bing centers until market conditions are more settled. Spot prices are due for readjustment later on when re- ceipts increase, and there is no heavy buying by the domestic or export trade until this is accomplished. For- eign rices are almost exhausted. nearby wants, Beans and Peas—The demand for dried beans is very dull. Everything is slow and prices are just about steady. Here and there a holder can be found who will shade. There is no weakness in California limas, how- ever. Dried peas unchanged. Syrup and Molasses—Molasses is in light demand and will be for another month. Prices show no change. Su- gar syrup is unchanged for the week, with prices steady. Compcund syrup is off about 10 points; demand is fair. Salt Fish—The demand for mackerel is still very light, but everybody is looking forward to a good fall busi- ness. Prices are very favorabie and been very large during the past week. This applies to all grades of beef and hog products, which remain entirely unchanged, with a very slow business. Soaps—No possible chance of any lower prices on soaps this year is the word among the trade, while the ad- vances of fats and said to point to the probability of still higher quotations. The 5 cent bar of toilet soap is said to have been relegated in- to the realm of the impossble. ——_2.2>———_ Review of the Produce Market. Apples—Duchess and Red Astrachan command 75c per bu. Bananas—4@4%c per Ib. Beans—Michigan jobbers are quot- ing as follows: oils are CH Pea Beans ______.______- $ 6.25 Bight Red Kidney _--.-_.-_--- 11.00 Dark Red Kidney —--__.----.- JES Wiows Gucde ..........-...-. 6.00 Beets—Home grown, 40c per doz. Black Berries—$4 per 16 qt. crate. Butter—The butter market has been weak almost continuously since the last report. While there has been no material change in quotations the hold- ers have been making concessions in order to move stock. The offerings of butter during the week have been fair- ly liberal and at present it is a buyer’s market. Local jobbers hold fresh creamery at 42c and prints at 44c. They pay 22c for packing stock. Cabbage—$1 per bu. for grown. California Fruits—Peaches, $1.75 per box; Honey Dew Melons, $3.25 per crate of 8s. Climax Plums, $2.75 per 6 basket crate; Santa Rosa Plums, $2.75 per 6 basket crate; Pears, $3.50 per crate. Carrots—Home grown, 25c per doz. Cauliflower—$2.50 per doz. heads from Illinois. Celery—Michigan grown is now in command of the market, fetching 50c for Jumbo and 65c for Extra Jumbo. Cucumbers—Home grown hot house command $1 for extra fancy and 75c for fancy per box of 2 doz. Eggs—The market ha s shown no particular change during the week. The percentage of strictly fine eggs is not large and the demand absorbs them all and keeps the situation on this grade of eggs firm. There is plenty of undergrade eggs, however, and the market is very weak and entirely in buyer’s favor. Local jobbers pay 30c for strictly fresh, handling candled at 33c. Egg Plant—$2 per doz. Garlic—35c per string for Italian. Grapes—Calif. Thompson Seedless, $1.50 per crate. Grape Fruit—$6@6.50, according to quality. home Green Onions—Home grown, 40c per doz. bunches. Honey—25c for comb; 25c_ for strained. Lemons—Quotations are now as fol- lows: 50s or 72s; Michigan, $3.50 per 100 Ib. sack. Valencias Oranges—Fancy Sunkist are now on the following basis: 6 Ee _-_-- 99.00 TS ee Je 90 176 200. 2 AiG ee oe 294 Boos ae eon 2 8a O44 oe. z io es Red Ball, 50c lower. Osage Melons—-Home grown are now in command of the market on the following basis: Baeee erate? 9 8 ee Meéditim ceate 2 as Hearts of Gold are sold as follows: Medium! erate 250. Small crate 2 Cod Parsley—60c per doz. bunches for home grown, $1 per doz. bunches for Louisiana. Carmens Peaches—Home = grown command $3.75@4 per bu. The qual- ity of early yellow varieties is not good. Peas—Green, $3 per bu. Peppers—Green, 60c per doz. Pickling Stock—Small white onions, $1.50 per box. Plums—$1.25 per bu. for Lombards. Potatoes—Home grown are now in ample supply at $1.25 per bu. Poultry—Wilson & Company pay as follows this week: Heavy fowls 9220 _2 25e Light fowis = ee Spomeecs. 2 1b. 2. Uo 25e Brotiers: 136 Ib. to 2 Ib. 22.3. l6c Radishes—20c per doz. bunches for home grown. Raspberries—$4.50 for Red and $4 for black. Spinach—$1 per bu. for home grown. Sweet Potatoes—Virginia Sweets, $3 per hamper. Tomatoes—Home grown, 75c per 7 Ib. basket. Veal Calves—Wilson & Co. pay as follows: Raney 60 17@18c Good 9) 2 So ee 16c Medium 02000. 14c POOG 2 2 IZe Water Melons—40@60c for Indiana stock. Whortleberries—$5 for 16 qt. crate. + + “Lumberjack” Sweaters Bought. The new jacquard sweaters in “lum- berjack” patterns are selling well to jobbers, according to knit-goods man- ufacturers. Buyers only nibbled at this type of garment last vear, but they have greater confidence this year, as indicated by the healthy increase in orders. The sweaters are designed for both men and boys and feature a large variety of lumberjack patterns of a year ago were used most- colors. The ly in woven fabric garments, but a greater variety of design is being achieved in the new knitted sweaters. OUT AROUND. Things Seen and Heard Last Saturday Afternoon. Ever since I started the Tradesman, more than forty-two years ago, I have made it an almost invariable rule to de- vote my Saturday half holidays to calling on my friends in trade in near- by towns. I used to accomplish this result on a bicycle, which enabled me to cover a distance of approximately fifty miles. Now that the automobile is more accessible I seldom travel less 150 miles, calling on the mer- Fre- than chants at all the towns en route. quently I go as far as I can by day- light, stay over night at the hotel in visited and jog home These trips, which I the last town Sunday morning. have come to regard as a most inter- esting feature of my daily life, enable me to keep in close touch with my mercantile friends better than I could in any other way. I meet patrons face to face, rejoice with them in their victories and sympathize with them in their sorrows. On these trips I fre- quently learn of new schemes to en- trap the and am thus able to warning through the Realm of Rascality which curtails the operations of the crooks unwary merchant broadcast a who appear to rejoice in the undoing of the dealer. I seldom darken the door of a merchant who has not some letter he some business proposition he wishes to dis- cuss, some communication he is in doubt how to reply to. I am delighted to be the recipient of the confidence of so many good friends and happy in the thought that I am helping many a merchant over some rough spot. On starting out last Saturday, I passed a threshing machine equipment on the new pavement just North of Sparta. The thresher was drawn by a traction engine great wheels, the projections of which made great holes in the pavement at least a half inch deep. In some places they wishes to show me, with iron gouged the pavement to the depth of an inch. I can not understand how any man could destroy the property of the Nor can I understand why the Kent County Road permits abuse to go unpunished. people in such a ruthless manner. such an Two or three repetitions of such a trip will render it necessary to rebuild a road which cost the people of Kent county from $20,- 000 to $30,000 per mile. At Newaygo I was told the cement plant had the largest June in the his- tory of the company in point of ship- ments; July ditto. The new viaduct over the P. M. Rail- way, at Newaygo, will soon be com- pleted. Perhaps it would be more exact to state that the viaduct is completed and that the approaches are now near- ing completion. Newaygo merchants insist that the resort trade they get from the tourist (not tin can) element at Brooks, Hess Commission and other near by lakes is now a con- siderable factor during the summer season. I! undertook to interview a hardware dealer on the occasion of my call last Saturday, but he was too busy to see me while he was booking a $12 order for miscellaneous supplies for a Hess Lake cottage owner, MICHIGAN At Fremont the Chatauqua was in full blast and the town was full of people, many of whom had come a considerable distance. I was told the attendance was very satisfactory. I heard only words of praise for the new hotel, the courteous landlord and his faithful consort, but there appeared to be considerable division of opinion among the business men regarding the free tourist camp on the banks of Fre- mont Lake. In addition to free camp- ing location, tourists are given good water, the use of ample toilets and ranges and free fire They grumble because they do not have free ice, free row boats and free laundry service. One family left after spending six weeks on the camp- ing grounds and expending 19 cents They had no words of appreciation of thankrulness when they left, but said they would wood. in town for supplies. come earlier next year and stay longer. , Farmers nearby state they find them- selves involuntary contributors to the cause of free camping from their corn fields. With a beautiful hotel erected almost wholly by local capital, it would seem to the casual observer that it would be the part of wisdom to exert all the influence pos- sible to make the management suc- cessful, instead of furnishing free wood piles to the troopers who masquerade under the name of tin can and potato transient tourists. One of the most attractive features of Fremont is the large sign on the largest building of the Fremont Can- ning Co., stating that “Visitors Are Welcome.” The does not stop at the sign, but finds expression in every department of the big institu- tion which is conducted with as much cleantiness as the kitchen of the most scrupulous housewife. Men of Gerber name and blood have done much for Fremont, but nothing they could do carries the name and fame of their town further than the wonderful can- ning establishment they have created and managed with such consummate skill and efficiency. welcome I doubt if any other city of its size in the United developed three such capable fire insurance au- thorities and executives as Wm. N. Senf, C. N. Bristol and A. T. Monson. To this list should be added the name of the late Geo. Bode, who did much to popularize mutual insurance in the early days of its rebirth in Michigan. The named have made Fremont a family name in many states and are entitled to much credit States has three men above for the business s‘ructures they have erected with such consummate care and genius. L. D. Puff, the hardware dealer, has on exhibition in two front windows of the hotel building one of the finest col- lections of Indian relics and firearms ever The collection reflects great credit on the owner and is edu- cational to a high degree. shown. The creamery at Reman bears a very significant sign, “It pleases us to please you.” Every food factory in the coun- try could adopt this motto and practice it daily with profit and satisfaction to all concerned. Few Michigan towns show a more substantial growth than North Muske- last week” TRADESMAN August 26, 1925 No. 1112 This McCray Freezer Case | maintains a remarkably low temperature, elim- | inating loss through spoilage ; costs less to oper- | ate than ordinary cases; enables attractive display | and convenient service. May be had in lengths of | 10, 12, 14 feet. There is a McCray for your needs— styles and sizes for every purpose. Write for catalog. | McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO. | 2544 Lake St. Kendallville, Ind. Salesrooms in All Principal Cities Detroit Salesroom — 36 E. Elizabeth St. Grand Rapids Salesroom — 20 W. Fulton St. ‘Look for the McCray Nameplate’’ ) n EFRIGERATORS © ——— for all purposes ——— The Flavor is Roasted In! ELL White House Coffee and you sell real coffee flavor—the flavor that is roasted in. That’s what coffee lovers want—and get so rarely. When they buy White House Coffee they’re sure of genuine coffee taste, and keep “White House.” WHITE HOUSE COFFEE DWINELL-W RIGHT COMPANY = Boston = Chicago = Portsmouth, Ve. repeating cr + a August 26, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 gon, which appears to be forging ahead with giant strides. The casual visitor naturally deplores that no more progress has been made in the work of extending the Ruddiman avenue pavement to the lake, but in every other respect the city is gaining in im- provements, increasing in population and adding to the large number of attractive residences it already pos- sesses. Most of the houses erected in Interlaken Park exhibit great variety in design and construction. E. A. Stowe. —_—_>-2->__——_ Around Michigan’s Largest Lake. Houghton Lake, Aug. 24—That the most important function of the thous- ands of lakes in Michigan is recreation for man is demonstrated by what has taken place and what is taking place at Houghton Laké—Michigan’s larg- est inland lake. A few years ago, the villages of Houghton Heights, Houghton Lake and Prudenville, situated on the South shore of Houghton Lake, were well- defined and distinct hamlets. Miles of undeveloped areas separated the vil- lages. Now each has its own post office and its own government. To-day, such has been the growth and development of the territory con- tiguous to each village that the visitor is often unaware when he quits one village and enters another. The six- mile stretch around the lake on M 14 connecting the three villages from the heights to Prudenville is one continu- ous and unbroken vista of hotels, cot- tages, pavilions and camps, says E. M. T. service. Recent development proj- ects have metamorphosed and animat- ed the landscape through the erection of commodious hostelries, attractive .cottages and green golf courses. Houghton lake is the magnet for pleasure seekers of everv bent and from virtually every state in the Union, whether it be the recreation seeker, the hunter or the fisherman. And the Houghton lake section offers recreation for all three. Among the sports on the Houghton lake entertainment bill-of- fare are fishing. canoeing, dancing, hunting, bathing, sailing, tennis, golf, motoring, motor-boating, hiking, horse- back riding, etc. With its area of 30 square miles, Houghton lake has an average depth of but 15 feet. While the largest in- land lake, it is one of the shallowest in Michigan. There are compensations for its shallowness, however, in that it is safe for swimmers and is popular with bathers. Moreover, its shallow- ness has been partially responsible for ‘he innumerable weed beds in certain sections of which are lairs for many kinds of fish and account for the pres- ence of the thousands of sportsmen who visit it annually. An abundance of wild rice around the lake attracts wild fowl in their flights. Houghton lake is located on the inland line of bird migration and is a famous rendezvous for ducks. Shooting in season is exceptionally good. Some of the finest trout streams in the country are easily accessible from Houghton lake. Another attribute possessed by Houghton lake in the opinion of ‘the tourist and vacationist is its location between two of the Michigan state for- ests—Higgins forest to the North and Houghton lake forest to the South. Here are found primitive woodland depths on the doorstep of civilization. Deer, bear, fox and many species of birds and game interest the lover of nature. Woodland choirs stage early morning operas in this section. Visitors make trips into the depths of the for- ests on saddle-horses and the proximity of the forests probably is largely re- sponsible for this form of sport. Higgins forest comprises 19,000 acres. A forest nursery of 12 acres is located in the forest. It contains 165 miles of fire lines. The East boundary of the forest is located just one mile from M 14. Houghton lake forest comprises 46,- 000 acres. It conitains 117 miles of fire lines. M 14 and M 18 pass through the forest. The sneeze and tears of the hay fever sufferer are unknown in the Houghton lake region except as resi- dents know of the Indian legends and the romantic traditions of the old lum- ber jacks. State trunk highway M 14 runs di- rectly up the center of the State, from the Ohio line, through Jackson, Lan- sing, Mount Pleasant, Clare and Har- rison, making junctions with M 18 and M 55 to this region of stately forests, alluring waters of lake and streams, picturesque beaches, bracing air and romantic environment. Reply to Harry Glass, Jr. Ann Arbor, Aug. 24—During Grover Cleveland's administraton he had many bitter enemies, but as the years go by many who were of an opposite polit- ical faith have learrfed more and more to admire some of his points of char- acter. Possibly after the lapse of one or two hundred years we shall be able to forget some of the detestable self seeking, dominating, unforgiving, un- just acts and attitudes of Woodrow Wilson and place his portrait on a bit of paper to be obliterated and de- stroyed. But probably the postage stamp will be superceded by some more economical and time saving method of paying postage before a majority of the people become anxious to see his features every time they prepare matter for mailing. All who want his portrait already have it in larger sizes on their walls and else- where. : We would be willing to compromise on this matter and substitute Wm. J. Bryan’s portrait for Wilson’s. His face would bring smiles to friends and foes alike, instead of riveting unpleas- ant memories. E. E. Whitney. oe Hen Hatches Nest of Quail and Mothers Them. Hammonton, N. J., Aug. 24—A little bantam hen, which hatched out 18 quail and is mothering them just as carefully as though they were chickens, is the unusual sight that may be seen on the farm of Joseph Buesby, a Reading Railroad conductor, at Williamstown Junction, near here. The hen found the quails nest about a month ago. After: the mother quail had started setting there, the hen drove her oft and set on the 22 eggs herself. Eighteen of them hatched out, and they obey every call of their foster-mother now, although they worry her with their wanderings. a business of your own? For over 20 years we have been working with and for young men and women, giving them technical training and endeavoring to inspire them to lives of business service. We are proud of the records our former students have made as book-keepers, account- ants, stenographers, sec- retaries, salesmen, busi- ness executives in all lines, as well as lawyers, ministers, etc. Make Your Dreams Come True It is fine to dream dreams and have visions, as these are the blue prints of future achievements. The essential thing is to think, to plan, to strive, and to sacrifice | if necessary, that your dreams may be realized while you are still young enough to enjoy the fruits of them. YOUNG MAN Do you dream of holding a responsible position with a salary which will enable you to marry the girl you love, establish a home and give your family the comforts and some of the luxuries of life; to have a car, carry life insur- ance, have a bank account and perhaps own say, real helpmate and not a parasite? PARENTS Do you dream of the time when your sons and daughters will have become men and women, with homes of their own, taking their part in the church, social, and civic life of the community; with sufficient incomes to care, not only for their own, but to lend a hand to those not so fortunate in life? We Can Help You YOUNG WOMEN Do you dream of being able to reply when asked what you do and where you work, to “T am the private secretary of Mr. Smith, president of the Union Trust Co.” you help to make a home to feel you are a Day School Starts Aug. 31 Start to make your dreams come true by joining our Day or Kvening Classes. i INSTITUTE Howell, Davenport and Heaney Catalogs Free. Evening School Opens Sept. 14 Two Schools 110-118 Pearl Street. Corner Jefferson and Webster, Or when JOHN S. NOEL gradu- ated from our school in 1900 when just a lad. His career has been one of continuous advancement | through rendering business and personal service. To- day he is the owner and manager of the largest electrical store in Mich- igan at 112 Division Ave., Grand Rapids. Miss Thala Manning was just a school girl when she attended our school. Today she is secretary of the Becker Auto Co., one of the leading automobile distributing firms in the middle west. Grand Rapids. Muskegon. FALL TRADE ENCOURAGING. As the Fall season for selling at re- tail aproaches much heed is given by merchants to general business condi- Crop prospects mostly pretty well defined. Price levels for the products of farms and fields prom- tions. are ise to remain on a fairly high basis, sufficiently so to insure a large capac- ity for buying. In the industrial field also there is a good outlook in most lines, with pronounced activity in a number of them. The only uncertainty for the time being, is in the building trades and in anthracite mining, where labor disputes are being thrashed out. Wage reductions accomplished or in prospect affect only a small percentage of the workers of the country, and their effect on business is likely to be confined to a comparatively few places. Taking the country as a whole, the in- dications point to a fairly satisfactory selling season, and this is what retail- ers appear to be preparing for. A mat- ter of doubt is as to the way in which will spend their money. There are certain fixed charges, such as the cost of food and shelter, that come first and that must be met. These take up about 65 per cent. of the aver- consumers age total living expenses and are little reduction. Clothing and personal expenses of one kind or an- other come out of the balance. These are more adjustable and vary with circumstances, and they bring in the element of doubt, as does also the matter of thrift as evinced in the in- subject to creased savings deposits of the banks and in investments. There is nothing as yet, however, to indicate any change in the habits of the public regarding these things, and so, presumably, about the same proportion of income as usual will be available for regular purchases. Primary markets, after a little spurt of activity, have down to a rather humdrum condition. There are calls for various kinds of goods, but usually in small volume. tion is expected to improve decidedly after labor day, which, however, comes this year at the latest date possible. Thus far the buying methods which have prevailed during the last year or two continue to be in vogue. There is little or no forward purchasing, most of it being for immediate needs. At present there appears to be no way of changing this, as the market remains in the buyers’ favor. A few weeks, however, may see a change in this re- spect, especially if consumer purchases come in any volume and for any spe- cified kinds of merchandise. In marked contrast to the conditions in the pri- mary markets are those among the jobbers, especially of dry goods. Spe- cial sales in New York City, Chicago and elsewhere during the past week have been quite successful in disposing of quite large quantities of goods, al- though in many instances the individ- ual sales have been small in volume. Country merchants are still doing a lot of shopping and sampling, especially in women’s ready-to-wear, and quite a fair proportion of them have been seeking jobs for basement sales with varying success. They will buy heavier when style popularity is better shown after the close of the vacation season. settled This condi- MICHIGAN Offerings in the local stores dur- ing the past week have been varied and apparently met with much favor, judging from the crowds which thronged them. ‘Late Summer offer- ings of garments were only one of the features. Household wares of one kind or another came in for much attention. Advance styles for early brought forward, and with them were fur coats for Winter wear as well as men’s Winter overcoats. Price con- cessions were made to induce these forward purchases. The clearance sales however, seemed to have the right of way in both men’s and women’s wear. Decided concessions were made in all kinds of articles, from frocks and bath- ing suits in the last-named category to Summer suits, straw hats and haber- dashery in the former, and the bait ap- parently was attractive. Children’s ap- parel is also beginning to move be- cause of the nearness of the opening of the school season, although the peak of this trade does not come until just before that event. Stocks in general in the stores are thinning out because of the inducements made to move them, and this is looked upon as a good augury for future buying. The better the trade now, the larger will be the orders later on. Meanwhile, a line on the popular demand for specific ar- ticles, especially in women’s wear, will be obtained from the response to the preliminary Fall offerings. This ought to be apparent in the next two or three weeks. most Fall were COTTON PROSPECTS. During most of the past week the cotton markets were dull and halting, awaiting the issuance of the Govern- ment report showing conditions as of Aug. 16. This is to be published to- morrow, and the general expectation is that it will come fairly close in its es- timate of yield as compared with the final result. Meanwhile, a number of private reports have been given out making estimates between 13,600,000 and 14,400,000 bales, with the consen- sus of favoring ithe larger rather than the smaller figure. There are even a few optimists who incline to the belief that the total crop will be somewhere between 14,500,000 15,000,000 bales, which great a diversity of opinion exists and how much opportunity there is ahead for those who bet on the quotations. As soon as the situation clears up there will be better buying on the part of mills here and abroad, because prices for the raw material will be more sta- bilized and purchasing will be less of a gamble. The mills are working on a very small margin of profit on a num- ber of staple constructions, and the variance of a small fraction of a cent per yard means much. Sales of gray goods are holding quite firm and small concessions on spots are followed by larger buying. Sales of finished goods are rather slow but are expected to pick up shortly. The indications all point to a good season for well-styled fancies and novelty fabrics, and es- pecially for those into which rayon enters as an ingredient, and the mills are providing the supplies. Knit goods remain dull and are not expected to show much activity until next month. opinion and shows how TRADESMAN CAN BRING ONLY CONFUSION. The Chinese government, according to dispatches from Peking, has issued invitations for the tariff conference to convene on October 26. This confer- ence was called for in one of the Washington treaties and would have been held at least a year or two ago had not complete ratification been held up by France. Under the original treaty, the Pow- ers pledged themselves to grant China higher customs duties in order to pro- vide the Peking government with an effective revenue and to bring to an end the confusion which has enveloped the estab- Revision of Chinese affairs ever since lishment of the Republic. the tariff schedules was to have follow- ed automatically as soon as the treaty came into force. The tide of Chinese affairs, however, has not stood still over the period of One or two of the treaty Pow- ers appeared rather more than willing to forget the pledges taken at Washing- On the other hand, Chinese na- tionalistic sentiment has shown in- creasing strength, and many Chinese leaders became convinced that they could get more than was promised in the treaty. The tariff conference might have been postponed indefinitely but for the strong attitude assumed by the United States. The position of this Govern- ment is that the pact should be carried out, neither more the maneuvers which America maintained a middle ground. delay. ‘ton. nor less. In followed, If success is to mark the coming negotiations, they must be confined to the matter at hand—revision of the tariff schedule. Already, however, ef- forts have been made to broaden the conference with the introduction of ex- Japan. for instance, deal involving the question of Chinese boycotts against foreign goods. One powerful faction in Peking is urging that the problem of complete tariff independence for China be discussed. traneous issues. has suggested a This sort of thing can bring only confusion the principal issue. The rehabilitation of the Chinese gov- ernment must be gradual, and_ tariff revision is a single step. The policy of the United States is designed to see that this single step is taken and other issues left for future settlement. upon WOOL MARKETS A PUZZLE. Wool markets the world over pre- sent quite a puzzle for the time being. Auction sales are in progress in Aus- tralia, but the results of them are rather obscure, from all reports. The one fact that appears to be outstanding is that there is no probability of prices going higher, the tendency being all the other way. There seems, further- more, to be no zest in the buying any- where, purchasers feeling sure that they will lose nothing by waiting. So whatever buying is done is for im- mediate needs and these do not seem to be large, since sales of woolens have been rather slow. Conditions in gen- eral appear to favor lower prices for This is because the stocks available every- where are so big and also because the world demand has not increased as wool for a year or so to come. August 26, 1925 was expected, while there has been a decided gain in the number of sheep in every country where they are raised. The Australian wool clip of this year, for example, is expected to total 2,300, 000 bales, which comes close to a rec- ord. New Zealand’s will also exceed last year’s. A similar condition pre- vails in the other wool-growing coun- tries of the Southern Hemisphere and even in this country. Sales of woolens for the next light- weight season have not improved much. There is still considerable pur- chasing to be done for the Fall and Winter season because clothing retail- ers have been rather backward in plac- ing orders, and this has had its effect on the manufacturers. For Spring there appears to be more interest in worsteds than has been the case for several seasons. There is also a de- cided turning down of the freak colors and extravagant styles which it was attempted to foist on the public this It has been discovered, over again, that most men prefer to be dressed in an inconspicuous fashion. men PROSPERITY MEASURED. A study of incomes in the United States over a period of years is a valuable index of American prosperity. An improved standard of living must naturally come from an increased in- come, especially in the average income of those gainfully employed. But, al- though it is generally realized that incomes have increased, it is also known that the purchasing power of the dollar.is to-day much below that prevailing before the war. To arrive at a figure indicating “real” incomes, therefore, certain corrections must be made. A study of this sort has been made by the National Bu- reau of Economic Research. It covers the thirteen-year period from 1909 to 1921. During that time the nominal gross income increased from $27,000,- 000,000 to $62,000,000,000—the peak year of 1920 yielding $74,000,000,000. The average for persons gainfully em- ployed rose from $791 in 1909 to a peak of $1851 in 1920, declining to $1537 in 1921. So much for the nominal figures. When they are corrected according to a norm—the purchasing power of the 1913 dollar—the fluctuations are small- er. The “real” gross income on this basis amounted, in 1909, to $28,000,- 000,000; the figure for 1921 is $36,000,- 000,000. The average for persons gain- fully employed rose from $823 to $887. If these figures are a dependable in- dex, the American standard of living became steadily higher during the thirteen years under consideration. Americans lived almost 8 per cent. bet- ter in 1921 than in 1909. This is pros- perity reduced to its very lowest terms. While it may not appear to be much, it shows a steady average improvement which has, perhaps, not been equaled in the history of the world by so large a group of people. year. It is a poor plan to knock your com- petitor, but it is a foolish plan to spend much time complimenting him. Be thrifty and you will be happy; the thrifty man doesn’t fear the bill collector. | ~ 1 &> re ll at 1 &> August 26, 1925 MEN OF MARK. Hon. Thomas J. O’Brien, Diplomat and Good Citizen. The life of some men is a struggle against counteracting, complex and opposing circumstances. Sometimes the fight is induced by starting wrong; sometimes the individual seems to be forced in directions con- trary to his tastes and inclinations; at other times a conjunction of events leaves him no choice but to be driven forward by a relentless fate in a course of prolonged dissatisfac- tion. Often we may conclude that the trouble of some people to strike the right lead and successfully get on in the world results from an in- harmonious mental and physical make- up that is followed by unrest, dislike, unsettled purpose and an inability to concentrate sufficiently long on one thing or determination. In many in- stances the individual is devoid of ambition, or pessimistic, or is indolent and pleasure loving, or if too lazy to seek pleasure in its active form he settles down to mere comfort—a fatal condition far any one who would ac- complish great things. There must be strenuosity in the natural temper of a man if he would amount to any- thing as a positive character. In this view of the human make up our adored Roosevelt was exactly right, and no man can reasonably gainsay his con- clusions on that point. A thoroughly lazy man, physically and can never enter into the great K*: dom of Success. mentally, The life of other men seems to run along a grooved rail, so to speak, or at least a smooth trail, meandering at times and thrown across’ chasms, worked through rough lands and climbing mountains, but always going forward without interruptions or dif- ficulties to the wayfarer, who is satis- fied to proceed and apparently never doubts that the road will end in the promised land. Probably the even, forward movement of such a man is mostly because of his normal organ- ization as a man; of one who is satis- fied with things as he finds them and is interested enough in them and ener- getic enough to go ahead as oppor- tunity is presented. It is natural for him to exert himself in some direc- tion, and he is clear visioned enough to see that his best course is to go along the most feasible road, never thinking that it will not lead him to what will most satisfy his ambition. The biographer is about to portray the life of a man which seems nearly to conform with that of him who goes not after allurements that are fool- ishly adventurous, but hard or difficult to attain; of a man who was directed, and accepted the direction of the mo- tives involved in his environment, tak- ing his start from what he learned in his youth and seizing opportunities as they were presented without apparent deviation from first impulses. Thomas J. O’Brien is a native of Jackson county, Michigan, and was born July 30, 1842. Mr. O’Brien’s first years were spent on his father’s farm, his early education being such as was afforded by the country school MICHIGAN of the day. In his eighteenth year he entered the High School at Marshall, and during his course there read law in the office of John C. Fitzgerald, with whom, on his admission to the bar in 1864, he formed a copartnership which continued until 1871. His stud- ies also embraced a course in the law department of the University. D. Darwin Hughes, of Marshall, was at that time the leader of the bar of Cen- tral Michigan, and many of the older residents of the State hold pleasurable recollections of his contributions to literature, especially his articles on the song birds and game birds of Mich- igan. Mr. Hughes was tendered and accepted the position of General Counsel for the Grand Rapids & In- diana Railroad Co., a position involv- ing not only the general duties of an TRADESMAN the spring election of 1883, without any solicitation on his part, he was nominated by the Republican State convention to fill a vacancy on the bench of the Supreme Court. The Republican ticket failed at that elec- tion by a comparatively small margin, although Mr. O’Brien’s vote exceeded that of one or two others on the ticket. Mr. O’Brien was a delegate at large to the Republican National conven- tion in 1896, and was on the committee appointed to inform Mr. McKinley of his nomination, which, with the can- didacy mentioned, political action. March 5, 1905, the day Roosevelt was sworn in as comprehends his after Mr. President for the second time, he tendered Mr. O’Brien the position of Minister to Denmark, which he accepted. He re- Hon. Thomas J. O’Brien attorney but also the defense of the company’s rights, which were more or less in to an extensive land grant. This work necessitated his removal to Grand Rapids. A man of Mr. Hughes’ ability and experience could not well err in the choice of a partner and assistant, which he found in the person of Mr. O’Brien. The firm commanded a large practice out- side of their special railway clientage, and because of this a third partner, M. J. Smiley, was admitted, the firm of Hughes, O’Brien & Smiley con- tinuing until terminated by the death of Mr. Hughes in 1883. Upon Mr. Hughes’ death Mr. O’Brien was ap- pointed to take his place as General Counsel for the Grand Rapids & In- diana Railroad Co. A Republican in politics, Mr. O’Brieti has preferred to be the law- yer rather than the politician. Yet at controversy, mained in Copenhagen two and a halt when President Roosevelt re- quested him to accept the more re- sponsible position of Ambassador to Japan. He cheerfully accepted this promotion, and after taking a short vacation in Grand Rapids, he assumed his new duties at Tokio about Sept. 1, 1907. His four years tion of the Japanese mission brought him great renown. He was especially adapted to fill that position by poise and temperament and his career and accomplishments at Tokio will go down into history as the crowning events of his life. After he had been at Tokio about two years he was ten- dered the missions at St. Petersburg or Constantinople by President Taft, whichever he preferred, but he elect- ed to remain in Tokio two years long- er in order to conclude important ne- gotiations then well on the way to years, administra- 9 1911 President Taft tendered him the posi- completion. In the summer of tion of Ambassador to Italy, which he rather reluctantly accepted, because he had formed a warm attachment for the diplomats of Japan—a_ relation which was heartily reciprocated by the ruling class of the empire. Mr. O’Brien remained in Rome two and a half years. He tendered his resig- nation to President Wilson in March, 1913, but Wilson before selecting his waited six months successor. Mr. O’Brien then returned to his home in Grand Rapids, where he resides dur- ing the summer months. He and his wife spend their winters in Washing- ton with their married daughter. President Roosevelt had a great in- terest in Japan and the Japanese and looked forward to a future of alliance between our two close countries, It was to this end that he stayed the hand both political and commercial. of California for several years when it appeared certain that the Legislature of that State was determined to enact destructive laws aimed at the Japanese. Mr. O’Brien was under instructons to press this subject and active negotia- tions were carried on at Tokio to the great satisfaction of the President for more than two years, ending in the since called ‘‘Gentlemen’s Agreement.” Aside from. his with the Grand Rapids & Railroad Co., Mr. O’Brien was long indentified with the Antrim Iron Co., which he served many years as President. He was long a director of the National City Bank and the Kent County Sav- ings Bank. relations Indiana He has been a director of the Alabastine Co. and the Mackinaw Hotel Co. He is still a director of the Grand Rapids Gas Co. and the Grand Rapids Street Railway Co. Rapids industries with which Mr. O’Brien has not been con- nected, and in There are few Grand either directly or indirectly, every case his influence has tended to strengthen and sustain. Mr. O’Brien was married ber 4, 1873, to Miss Delia Howard, daughter of the late Wm. A. Howard, whose name was familiar in the polit- Septem- ical annals of Michigan fifty years ago. Mr. and Mrs. O’Brien have two chil- dren—Howard, aged 49, who is As- sistant Manager of the River Raisin Paper Co., at Monroe, and Katherine, who was married at Copenhagen in 1906 to Henry G. Chilton, who was then Secretary of the British Legation to Denmark. Mr. Chilton served his country as a diplomat in Brussels, Berlin, The Janeiro and Washington. has since Hague, Rio He is now Minister to America from England. Mr. O’Brien, when at home, is an attendant of St. Mark’s Episcopal church. He is a member of the Penin- sular and Kent Country clubs. He is always first and foremost in all move- ments having for their object the im- provement of the city along moral or material lines. With his 83 years behind him, with eye as clear and temper as serene as ever, Mr. O’Brien pursues the even tenor of his way, dividing his time between his home and his office, where he puts in nearly as many hours each day as gleaming 10 during the period of his greatest ac- tivity. On the pages of history, where are found the illustrious sons of Michigan who have proven them- names of selves worthy and won their spurs by faithful devotion to the upbuilding and uplifting of the institutions of the State, Mr. O’Brien’s name is_ con- spicuous. He is clean—there are no secrets in his life, no hidden record which he fears will leap to life. The consciousness of this fact and that every act of the past in the service of the people was from a pure motive fortifies him for the duties before him. It is said that true genius lives two lives—the first with its own genera- tion: the second in the thought of subsequent ages. The student of Michigan history in the decades to come will not fail to be inspired by the noble life of this plain man, who has ambition than to perform each duty that develops upon him and to lift higher and still higher the State he loves so no higher well the banner of well. Honest to the core, Mr. O’Brien hates with the intensity of his soul all false. He He hates those who are false to their profession. He charac- that is sham and hates hypocrisy and deceit. hates the despoilers of men’s ters and despises him who would rob his fellowman of his good name. He has no use for the prete He calls man who is admitted to ability he nder. upon every his friendship to use the The light he car- light of possesses for good. ries with him is always the the true and the just. Mr. O’Brien belongs to that public- spirited body of men each one of whom should consider himself the guardian and self-appointed protector of the in- terests of his fellow-citizens, at what ever sacrifice to himself’ of time or effort. By his pronounced person- ality he has made himself a marked figure wherever he and conspicuous contributes the magnetism of his in- fluence. He is naturally a leader among men, and in the activities ot his profession or in the counsels of the Government with which he was so zealously identified for many years, his rugged honesty of purpose and his ; 1 oo . deliberate judgment are always recog- nized. —_+2+2>——_ Apotheosis of the Honest Grocer. Written for the Tradesman. is it not, how popular ideas Years ago the only class of honest was the “honest Strange. change? citizens regarded as farmer. Perhaps the farmer” was over-worked by politicians, agents and others to curry favor. And the farmer was regarded as honest be- not know enough to be term cause he did anything else. The merchant was looked upon as the opposite—scheming, crafty, tricky, deceitful. People expected nothing else. Many a time it was argued that an honest man could not succeed in Tt was business ability to get and let the buy- the game. trade. the best in every deal, er look out for his end of Business was a game. Slowly but surely a great change has taken place. City people who had much dealing with farmers came to MICHIGAN use the term “honest farmer” with derision. Of course, in every class there are exceptions, but in every walk in life the individual is rated according to the general reputation of his class until he has proven his superior stand- ing. To-day if a popular vote were taken as to the most trustworthy class, we have no doubt the retail grocer would head the list. And the banker who in earlier days was as much distrusted as the oil or mining stock salesman of to- day might give him a close run. That old doctrine that dishonesty is the road to financial success has been disproved and largely discarded. Only young, inexperienced, conceited men now engage in business with such a belief, and their mercantile careers are usually brief unless they change their views or methods. Business establishments which have existed for one, two or three genera- tions have abundantly proven that honesty is a sure foundation for suc- cess. The retail grocer deals face to face with customers who can not be fooled many times. He car not continue dis- honest practices without being found out and losing patronage. Along with honesty there is develop- ed patience, sympathy, unselfishness, helpfulness, and other commendable qualities. If the grocer does not re- spond ‘to these requirements, he is a failure. His basic characteristic must be good will to all. His aim must be to serve the public. Not for long can any merchant hide his real aims and ambitions. People will discover and proclaim them for him, especially if not acceptable to his customers. The hon- est grocer will come into his own in due time. Fair dealing is not in vain. E. E. Whitney. —_—_»>> > More Money in Pullets. “In our experiment with capons,” says Prof. E. L. Drakan, head of the poultry department of the Ohio State University, “we were interested to de- termine whether it was more profit- able to raise pullets or capons under conditions of the farm with limited space and equipment. We were slightly handicapped because we lacked the proper range for the but other- wise the conditions were normal. “We caponized the cockerels at about 12 weeks, and put them on feed At the same time we evaluated an equal number of pullets of about the same age and put them the ordinary capons which most farmers have, for six months. on feed for egg production. “When the capons were sold at the end of six months the pullets were again given a market price as a means of comparison, the receipts for eggs added, and the feed cost charged to each. The final result showed the pullets more profitable than the ca- pons.” —_+++—__ Some people never buy a postage stamp until their letter is written, and then they impose upon other people or expend time and effort to procure a stamp which might have been avoided by forethought, a plan, a system. It does not require much capital to be always supplied with stamps. TRADESMAN August 26, 1925 ee oo “RIDE THE eid el aap | Twice Dailyina Cunt fare $6, from Grand Rapids or Muskegon Individual Air-Cushioned Arm Chairs Central Standard Time: Lv. G. R. 7 and 10 A.M.; Ar. Congress Hotel, Chicago, 3 and 6 P.M. GRAND RAPIDS STATIONS: CRATHMORE HOTEL “A Room and Bath for $1.50” Dial 55261 Bell M. 1515 ROWE HOTEL Dial 54027 Bell M. 2419 Opp. Union Station THE WAY’S TO RIDE THE GREYHOUNDS BEST = PAO nO MADE BY THE QHIO MATCH ©. WADSWORTH, OHIO. Deserve the Popularity They Enjoy The Ohio Match Sales Co. WADSWORTH. OHIO ASSOCIATED TRUCK LINES SERVICE The latest there is in transportation. We serve approximately 85 towns surrounding Grand Rapids. Regulated by the Michigan Utilities Commission. You are fully protected. TRY US. 215-217 Oakes St., S. E. Dial 67537 Grand Rapids M. 2865 August 26, 1925 MICHIGAN Sells Shoes at a Profit, Regardless of Competition. Probably the editor will not run this article. I have never known him to tolerate slang. But it is going to take slang to get this stuff out of my sys- tem. For thirty years shoemen have been telling me they just couldn’t get more than enough profit to worry along on and feed the babies. Yesterday I met a “pawn-broker” although he ran a shoe store. He had to be a pawn- broker to get the profit he proved to me he did get. And he must have been a highwayman to have made the money he has made for just yesterday he bought a $100,000 building in his town of 40,000. He sure is not a real shoe- man. No real shoeman ever bought shoes for $3.65 and sold them for $6.85. In the first place it can’t be done be- cause the competitors don’t do it. A man to be a real shoeman must not do anything that his competitors don’t do. So this guy I am writing about has certainly mussed up the works. Some wise head—or hop-head who may read this is going to shout “But he can’t keep it up.’ Well, maybe he can’t but he has “been doing it” for about fifteen years and putting money in the stocking every year. No one has ever slipped him anything either. No grandma or grandpa left him a roll; no nice mamma donated. He has just got his coin all by his lonesome. Neither does this man of whom we write so beautifully know anything about shoes. He owns up that he can hardly tell one leather from another. But he gets the business. This man’s business grows a little larger every year despite the fact he violates some fixed rules of the busi- ness. He was the first man in his city to cut out giving away findings. He never did shine shoes free. He never makes an adjustment on a pair of shoes. If the “kick” is justifiable the “kicker” gets a new pair with no strings to it. If the shoe happens to be an oxford he throws in silk strings. If the kick smells of graft, the customer gets the gate right there. There is no monkey business with this seller of shoes. He is in the shoe business to make money. He has made it and is making it right now. Yesterday he showed me two shoes that cost $3.85 for which he was getting $8.50. “And,” said he, “I don’t mean, maybe. I’m gettin’ it. I’ve sold 72 pairs of the one number in six weeks and not a kick on a pair. Why-the- hell should I give shoes away? No- body gives me nothin’.” He shoved a shoe into my hand which bore a selling price of $7.50. “Wat? did I pay for it?” “Who made it?” I asked. “T’ll not tell you that until you guess the price,’ he said. “T’ll guess between $4.25 and $4.75,” I replied. “There you are,” he cried, “an old- timer who has retailed, wholesaled and even built shoes and you can’t guess the cost of a shoe within 50 cents a pair. Then, why can’t I get a profit of a dollar more on a shoe if it looks the part. I am one of the birds that do it.” I have heard traveling men say that this man is crazy. If being crazy places a man on the firm financial foundation that 'this man enjoys, then I want to go crazy. He owns a beautiful home, has owned seven different high priced auto- mobiles, has sent his children through college and is in a position to live easily for the rest of his life. All because of “guts” enough to get real profit for the shoes he sells. Some one will say, “But, maybe he has no cheap stores to compete with.” All wrong. Two of the big chain store companies operate within two blocks of his store. A big failure hap- pened just across the street less than a year ago and one of those bankrupt sales that disrupt a town ran for weeks. The factories of his city have not been operating full time for two years. This is enough to discourage many a stouter heart. but he goes right on with his long profit shoes. He is not a wizard at picking styles. He says he leaves the styles up to the salesmen. He buys what looks pretty and gets rid of a number at a price, if it does not move quickly. But he gets rid of it while it is still warm, not after it has been dead and buried. If this man who owns up that he knows but little about shoes can make a fortune in shoes, why can’t the rank and file of the shoe merchants do the same? The answer is simple enough—they lack courage. This is not bunk. I will give the name and location of this merchant to any one who asks for it of the editor of this paper.—Seneca in Shoe Retailer. —_2+-.___ Decorative Heels Called For. Although buyers of women’s shoes for several seasons have been sampling jewelled and decorative heel effects, chiefly in rhinestone on a solid alum- inum base, it was not until the present season that ornate and artistic models in a wide variety of styles have shown any indication of coming into favor.. The chief disadvantage of the solid aluminum heel was its weight. A local importer is overcoming this difficulty by using heels made of wood on which the metal or decorative covering is TRADESMAN sheathed. These artistic heels are de- signed chiefly for evening wear, al- though conservative effects in polish- ed maple wood or filigreed gold are also being bought for afternoon shoes. Since these decorative heels are to re- tail from $6 to $25, it is expected that the demand will be limited to the bet- ter trade, for some time at least, owing to the difficulty of bringing out low- priced imitations of this country of the original artistic creations. 2 2 2 Odd Leathers For Women’s Shoes. Popularity of the fancy leathers for women’s shoes continues, with lizard, imitation python and among the strange used for street wear. snake skins being For sport wear cubist designs on kid, showing a riot of colors, illustrate the same tendency toward “noisy” shoes, which is at- tributed to the shortness of skirts. For evening wear metal brocaded satins are in demand. The _ popular-priced tinge of shoes is showing imitations of all these effects, imitation lizards being especially popular. > > + Fall Fabric Demand Is Quiet. The demand for fall coatings and dress goods continues in the same quiet state it has been in for several weeks. Some of the dress goods fac- tors have abandoned the hope of get- ting any further business for the cur- rent season and are beginning to de- vote their attention to the spring lines. Others have opened a portion of their lines for that season at lower prices, with delivery to be made in time for fall use if the cutter-up so desires. In coatings the belief is that there is much business yet to be placed. When this will come through to the mills. however, depends on the progress made by the coat manufacturers in their sales to retailers. ——__2- Lightweight Underwear Not Active. The business taken in this market to date on lightweight underwear for next spring gives indication of con- firming the opinion of several impor- tant trade factors in regard to the opening of the new lines—that it was done to osoon. Except in the case of nainsooks, which have been taken up by jobbing early trading has been of an extremely con- servative nature. materials rapidly buyers, Even the recent ad- vance in cotton and the promise of a higher market for cotton yarns have 11 not tempted buyers to operate to any large extent, and there is little chance of real activity developing before the New York for their semi-annual meeting early next month. wholesalers meet in —_+. 2. Trends in New Evening Wraps. Interest in the new evening wraps is said to be divided between those whose lines reveal a tendncy to em- phasize the silhouette and those which fit closely at the shoulder line, but flare widely at the hem. In dolman the latter this line is frequently ac- centuated by a circular or shaped Coats of this type are dis- tinctly formal in flounce. aspect. They are fashioned of the richest fabrics, with a decided preference indicated for vel- vet in shades of brown and myrtle green. Black velvet is also extensive- ly employed by several of the most important houses, which introduce for early winter wraps of black combined with metal brocade. —— Oe Bathing Suit Orders Show Gains. The business that jobbers are plac- velvet ing in 1926 lines of bathing suits is described as ahead of last year at this time. The turnover which had during the present season helped substantially to deplete the stocks of retailers jobbers. The trend is again notably toward novelties in both men’s and women’s suits. Four or five bright shades worked out in various patterns are sometimes shown in a single suit. The modified one-piece suit with short skirt attached is much favored in the women’s merchandise. The elastic worsted ribbed suit is in greater de- mand than formerly. It is said to have marked advantages over the flat Jer- sey cloth. ——_—_>->————_—— Hides, Pelts and Furs. Green No. ft 11 Green, No. 2... 10 Cived Ne. ft ... 12 @ured NO? 2 11 Calfakin, Green, No. i —.____..__.... 19 Calfskin Green, No. 2 ~-~----------- 17% Calfskin. Cured, No: I _....._____.... 20 Calfskin, Cured, No. 2 ~--.----.----.- 18% Horse, NO. f 222 3 50 eerste ING oe nee 2 60 Pelts. 1 00@2 50 Old Wael 2 Panne 2 1 00@2 00 Shearlings -------------------- 50@1 00 Tallow. er Prime No. 1 ue 06 No. 2 05 Wool. Unwashed, medium —_______...____.._ @40 Unwashed, rejects —....._.-..-.... @32 Unwashed, fme ...-......___.......— @40 SHOE RETAILERS! MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co., Shoe Manufacturers, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Gentlemen: Please send me without obligation full details of dress shoes. We understand you claim greater profits, cleaner stocks and faster turnover for your plan. | | | | | your new plan for selling a short line of work and | | | | | 12 _ = _ FINANCIAL MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ")) at C€Ce yee neon dend Real Basis For Improvement in Rail- road Earnings. No one would want to minimize the importance to our carriers of the gen- eral improvement in business condi- tions or of the recent upturn in car loadings resulting from an early move- ment of the crops. In calculating earn- ings for the months immediately ahead such matters must be taken into con- sideration. Explanation for the broad phases of improvement in the railroad situation, however, lies much deeper. It is to be found not in traffic gains of the year but in what the roads have been doing for themselves since the cessation of Government control. The man who would know what has been going on must delve into operat- ing records for the last few years and he is not likely to proceed far before discovering that railroad statistics are not so dry as he may have presumed. Certainly a comparison of 1921 with 1924 results reveals extraordinary strides for the railroads in ‘their ability to increase greatly the efficiency of labor and to cut overhead expenses. Not many years ago labor costs on our railroads varied widely for differ- ent seasons of the year and, as a result of constant shifts in forces, labor itself did not produce always at a maximum rate of efficiency. Not much has been said about the matter in the public press, but for the last two or three years the managements of our leading railroads have spent a great deal of time in spreading the work over longer periods. In stead of concentrating maintenance efforts and hiring a large crew for temporary periods the ex- ecutives have been attempting to de- velop permanent crews and to allow the work to proceed as nearly as pos- sible throughout the year. As one example of what ‘the railroads have done toward an improvement in the condition of their equipment we may compare the number of freight cars awaiting repair in 1921 and 1924. At the end of the former year 320,292 cars were awaiting repair, whereas at the close of 1924 the number was 189,140. That indicates a smart im- provement, but the real benefit to the country comes in the fact that cars now are in good repair more uniform- ly throughout the year than before. The spread between the best and poor- est months of 1921 is represented by a difference of 191,234 cars in bad order and 376,417. The spread in 1924 was between 158,175 and 202,864. Although the.railroads are operating at their greatest efficiency in history the increased expenses for maintenance are not so great as might be supposed. Expenses for maintenance of way and structures have risen from $756,414,- 000 in 1921 to $792,678,000 in 1924 and equipment from $1,251,479,000 to $1,- 260,019,000. The improved service has been possible largely as a result of the increased efficiency in labor and re- ductions in various management ex- penses. If we were to express in cents for each dollar of gross revenue what our carriers now are able to carry as net railway operating income we would see how consistently the earnings of the railroads are stepping up. Net operating railway income was equivalent to 10.9 cents for each dollar of gross reevnue in 1921; 13.7 cents in 1922; 15.3 cents in 1923 and 16.4 cents in 1924. Paul Willard Garrett. [Copyrighted, 1925.] ——— 72s Autumn Prosperity Shared By All Classes of People. Those who think that men enjoy a monopoly on brains in Wall Street should make the acquaintance of Edith M. Miller, who is the only woman to hold down a job as head statistician in a large New York bank. Perhaps not one in a hundred who read the articles signed “E. M. M.” that appear in “Commerce Monthly,” organ of the National Bank of Com- merce, knows that he is listening to the counsel of a woman. So clearly does Miss Miller think on problems of current economic interest that her monthly letters are awaited by all who follow such matters. In the bulletin published to-day Miss Miller takes occasion to say that “in no line has there been more than the customary midsummer decline in the volume of business, while in many in- dustries the slackening has been less than usual. The improved agricultural outlook continues to be the outstand- ing feature of the situation. Good crops of corn and cotton are now fairly well assured and the short wheat crop is being compensated by a satisfactory price. While it may well be that in some lines of industry there is a dis- position to count unduly on farmer buying, it is safe to assume that this autumn goods of all classes will find a readier market in most agricultural regions than at any time since the post- war depression began. “It is generally conceded that unem- ployment has been a little more than normal thus far this year, primarily as a result of the difficulties of a few in- dustries, chief among them being wool and cotton textiles, the boot and shoe industry in New England and bitumin- ous coal operations in the territory affected by the Jacksonville agreement, The enormous volume of building and construction continues, however, to furnish steady work throughout the August 26, 1925 Experience, Responsibility and Ability Are closely allied, and the possessor of them is successful. The Trust Company has all of these qual- ities. Why accept less when you can have the best? Appoint as your ex- ecutor and trustee the FFRAND RAPIDS [RUST [OMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN | Main Office Cor. MONROE and IONIA Branches Grandville Ave. and B St. West Leonard and Alpine Leonard and Turner Grandville and Cordelia St. Mornoe Ave. near Michigan Madison Square and Hall E. Fulton and Diamond Wealthy and Lake Drive Bridge, Lexington and Stocking Bridge and Mt. Vernon Division and Franklin Eastern and Franklin Division and Burton dhe ‘Bank. ‘Where you feel at Home p MEMBER iim, FEDERAL RESERVE 9 U _ ei YSTE YOUR OWN Vine and Fig Tree. The joy and pride of your manhood.— The heaven of your old age. —Well, Why Not? We would like to see every man in this community the owner of his own home. We would like to open a Savings Account for you TODAY to that very end. rand Rapids Savings Bank OFFICERS WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH. Chairman of the Board CHARLES W. GARFIELD, Chairman Ex. Com. GILBERT L. DAANE, President ARTHUR M. GODWIN, Vice Pres. ORRIN B. DAVENPORT, Ass’t Cashier EARLE D. ALBERTSON, Vice Pres. and Cashier HARRY J. PROCTER, Ass’t Cashier EARL C. JOHNSON. Vice President H. FRED OLTMAN, Ass’t Cashier TONY NOORDEWIER, Ass't Cashser OLDEST SAVINGS BANK IN WESTERN MICHIGAN ta August 26, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN country not only for the skilled build- ing trades, but for the large body of semi-skilled and unskilled labor usually most subject to irregular employment. Good retail trade is therefore assured in the most industrial sections of the country.” The bulletin goes on to show that we have evidences of a broadening en- quiry in such diverse industries as iron and steel, cotton textiles and footwear. With the demand from consumers pitched high in both agricultural and non-agricultural communities, “the out- look is for an autumn prosperity shared by practically all classes of business.” That the general level of wholesale prices will continue smartly upward is not a view held by the bank authorities, the recent upturn having been caused, in their opinion, by sharp gains in a few selected commodities largely of agricultural origin. Any pronounced and prolonged advance in prices from present levels would soon meet con- sumer resistance, it is held, since neither public sentiment nor funda- mental conditions favor any pronounc- ed general upward movement. Paul Willard Garrett. [Copyrighted, 1925] ——_2-22 The Thing We Call Luck. I once knew a man who interited a large tract of land near a small West- ern town. About the only things on the tract were a few jack rabbits and a mortgage. Times were quiet. There was no demand for real estate. For three years he waited for someone to come along and make him an offer for that land. All he wanted was enough to pay off the mortgage, and leave him a few hundred dollars in spending money. But apparently nobody was search- ing for bargains in land. He finally gave up, left town, forgot his inherit- ance, and took a job. Then conditions changed. A bunch of real estate men in that town began advertising the advantages of the soil and climate. A new railroad, good crops at higher prices, and an influx of settlers brought on a regular boom. Everybody wanted to buy that land. Someone got in touch with the heir, who straightway threw up his job and came back. He sold his land for more money than he had though existed. Im- mediately he began to brag about his business foresight. Folks said it was luck—pure, un- adulterated luck. Then he bought more land at out- landish prices. In less than six months he had lost every cent of his fortune in land speculation. Again they called it luck. We sometimes hear of this so-called luck in the mercantile business—cases of business rewards to merchants who never earned them. However, that brand of luck is a good deal like lightning. Mighty few people in pro- portion to the population are ever struck by lightning. Likewise, the merchants who have fortunes thrust upon them are few and hard to find, Those who keep such fortunes are still harder to find. Meanwhile, thousands of ordinary it men, using ordinary intelligence, and ” head. » more than the ordinary amount of hard work, achieve and hold success. That is real luck—no force of cir- cumstances about it—for after all ninety-nine and ninety-nine one hun- dredths of what we call luck is, in real- ity, only the natural result of carefully planned, intelligently directed effort. The other one-tenth of one per cent. is accident. L. S. Soule. —_——— The Beast Who Wrecked Germany. The bloody beast who nearly bank- rupted civilization to satisfy an unholy ambition to subjugate the world is quoted having recently said in a news- paper interview: My whole life and work have been directed by the will of God, and that is why now a holy calm pervades me. The so-called democracy of to-day means death to the nation. It is an inadequate form of government, and the people within their hearts prefer the monarchy, or one-man rule. I trust in the character and fidelity of the German neople. They are waiting and so am I. Waiting for what? For a ruler by divine right pervaded by a holy calm! This is entirely consistent with Wil- helm’s entire career. At Potsdam in 1891 he said to newly-sworn in sol- diers of the regiment of the guard: “Re- cruits! You have now sworn before the consecrated servant of the Lord fealty to me you have given yourselves up to me, body and soul.” In 1910 he said: “I have been called by the Highest to do his work.” Through himself, he declared in 1907, “the German people will be the rock of granite upon which our Lord God can build and complete his culture in the world.” The world at large will be pleased to learn that Wilhelm is calm, while it scouts any holiness in the fact. While he waits for revolution and restoration to a throne, it will continue its daily activities serene in the conviction that Germany has no desire to put back in authority the man who wrecked it by a wicked ambition to subdue the world. —+22—___ Just a Little Moral, That’s All. To-day I sawa messenger boy astride a bicycle nearly break his blooming neck because he either didn’t know how to manage the thing (the bicycle, not the neck) or didn’t give a hoot. He rode from the pavement to ‘the street bed. The drop was one of about six inches. Instead of pulling himself back, throwing the majority of the weight over the back wheel thus letting the front wheel take the drop easily and gracefully, he slumped forward in- differently and lazily in his seat—and came within a hair’s breadth of doing a loop head-first over the hand!e-bars. When I was a boy I used to take particular pride in doing that stunt, and used to try and see how little jar I could get away with in the doing of it. With a bit of practice and proper handling, a bicycle can be made to take a drop like that without any hardship on the rider or on the ma- chine. ‘There isn’t anything at all to this story—except the moral: You can make the bumps and jars of life con- siderably less trying if you’ll use your Jerome P. Fleischman. Grand Rapids National Bank The convenient bank for out uf town people. Located on Campau Square at the very center of the city. Handy to the street cars—the interurbans—the hotels—the shopping district. On account of our location—our large transit facilities—our safe deposit vaults and our complete service covering the entire field of banking, our institution must be the ultimate choice of out of town bankers and individuals. Combined Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits over $1,500,000 GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL BANK GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Kent State Bank “The Home for Savings” Capital $1,000,000 Surplus $750,000 THE CITY NATIONAL BANK oF Lansinc, Micu. Our Collection and Bill of Lading Service is satisfactory Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits over $750,000 “OLDEST BANK IN LANSING” paid on Certificates in force three months. Secured by first mortgage on Grand Rapids homes. 5 GRAND RAPIDS MUTUAL BUILDING and LOAN ASSOCIATION A Mutual Savings Society GROUND FLOOR BUILDING and LOAN BUILDING Paid in Capital and Surplus $7,500,000.00 YOUR BANK HE Old National Bank has a record of 72 years of sound and fair dealing with its depositors and with the community of which it is a part. Its facilities are available to you in all fields of progressive banking—Commer- cial Accounts, Securities, Safe Deposit Boxes, Savings Accounts, Foreign Exchange, Letters of Credit, Steamship Tickets. The OLD NATIONAL BANK GRAND RAPIDS 14 No Fire Insurance Without Character References. Under the above heading the Glens Falls Insurance Co. is sponsor for an advertisement in which the famous chart showing the close relationship be- tween Business Failures and Fire In- surance Losses is extended to cover the year 1924. This chart tells the same distressing story as its predecessors of the close relationship between the two. “No one can imagine that this corre- spondence is merely a_ coincidence,” says the advertisement. This company estimates that 40 per cent. of the an- nual loss by fire is due to incendiarism which means a loss of $600,000 per day. The advertisement continues: “This is what it costs honest policy- holders to support the most sordid, cowardly and utterly despicable class of criminals known to America. But even this is not the worst. Incendiaries ruthlessly imperil life. Their fires cause many casualties. An average of 100 people burned to death each week through their operation would prob- ably be an underestimate.” After calling this condition more than an insurance problem and classing it as a terrible social condition, a moral plague which must be stamped out through united action the Glens Falls calls upon executives and agents to join in laying down the principle that there shall be “No Fire Insurance Without Character References.” To accomplish this purpose it is suggested that everyone desiring insurance should fill out, and sign, an application where- in would be disclosed his character, financial condition, previous losses, bankruptcy, court records, etc., ending with this admonition, “Let us super- sede the pitiful farce of investigation and prosecution after the crime by pre- ventive work before it occurs.” The suggestion of a written, signed application is in direct line with the former practice of requiring such an application from all applicants for fire insurance. In the earlier days of in- surance all the companies, both stock and mutual, insisted upon this pro- cedure. This practice was discontinued by the stock companies for some rea- son, probably in their efforts to stifle mutual competition, because mutual companies, writing on the assessment plan, must have a written signed ap- plication before a policy can be writ- ten. Some mutual companies, writing on other plans, have discontinued this practice much to their disadvantage. There is absolutely no discernable rea- son why the honest applicant for insur- ance should refuse to sign an applica- tion, giving the facts required, before he can secure the coverage desired. All life insurance companies require such an application before issuing a policy and this practice has not militated against the popularity or value of life insurance. Why should fire insurance fight shy of requiring such an applica- tion, Something must be done to re- duce the estimated 40 per cent. of fire losses due to the work of the incen- diarist and a written application, es- pecially if the answers are made war- ranties, will go far in accomplishing such a reduction. The Glens Falls is to be congratulated for its courage in MICHIGAN stating these unpleasant facts and in suggesting an unpopular, but probably efficient, remedy therefor. REE ath i ae Religious Loyalty. What religion means throws into controversy every man who attempts to say it. Henry Ward Beecher once preached a sermon in Plymouth Church in which he said no two men ever had exactly the same conception of Christ, that each man had his own individuai Christ. Perhaps it is the same with religion in general. One thing we may be sure of, and that is that the con- tests of theologiars and churchs over disputed doctrines, creeds and beliefs are never understood by the people at large, and this is a great grief to many scholars in religion who fear for the future of true religion because of the eternal differences in belief and opinion which exist. But fortunately there is one matter on which all may agree, and that is conduct. A really righteous life is seldom misunderstood. A man con- trolled by Christian principles is al- ways recognized; and the fundamentals of right living speak for themselves anywhere in the world. It requires no argument to impart belief in the Chris- tian virtues or the virtues of any other religion. Their simple story always lodges in the hearts of those who de- sire to live in harmony with their Creator. Religion is a thing to be lived, so far as the people are concerned, however great intellects may clash on its con- troversial features. The average in- tellect requires only a simple faith and those easily understood principles whose adoption results in virtuous liv- ing. The theological differences of scholars make little impression on the humble man who goes to bed knowing he has done his best to live right that day. — 72> Bathrobe Sales Volume Larger. An increased volume of sales, as compared with the fall season of last year, is reported by manufacturers of men’s bathrobes and dressing gowns. A continuation of the trend toward higher priced garments is also told of by them. Imported flannels in stripes and plaids are selling well, and silk robes are also in demand in brocaded patterns, blazer stripes and jacquard eects. High colors are receiving the attention of buyers, since conservative garments seem rapidly to be losing popularity. The desire for individual- ity in these garments is to be seen in the larger number of styles offered by the manufacturers. —_+ +. Wearing Beadwork in Paris Now. Rather strange but very often seen, according to a recent Paris report, is the strip of variagated bead work about half a yard long that is worn tightly around the base of the neck. The two ends hang down either in front or behind. The same idea is carried out in ribbons made of seed pearls. These are knotted to fit the neck, the ends hanging down. Rib- bons of real and imitation diamonds are also used as necklaces. The pearl or diamond “ribbon” is naturally very narrow. luxury. It produces an effect of great TRADESMAN FIXTURES FOR SALE Seventy feet high grade Bank Fixtures, three cages, desks, ete. First class condition. Bargain price. UNITED STATE SAVINGS BANK PORT HURON, MICH. Our Collection Service Must make good to you or we will. “There’s a Reason” DEBTORS PAY DIRECT TO YOU AND IT’S ALL YOURS References: Any Bank or Chamber Only the one small Service Charge —absolutely no extras. of Commerce of Battle Creek, Mich. MERCHANTS’ CREDITORS ASSOCIATION OF JU. &. 208-210 McCamly Bldg. BATTLE CREEK, MICH. 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 August 26, 1925 0] O Bankin Under both State and lederal Supervision We are as near as your mail box. As easy to bank with us as mailing a letter. Privacy No one but the bank’s officers and yourself need know of your account here. Unusual Safety Extra Interest Send check, draft, money order or cash in registered letter. Hither savings account or Cer- tificates of Deposit. You can withdraw money any _ time. Capital and surplus $312,500.00. Resources over $4,000,000.00. Send for free booklet on Banking by Mail HOME STATE BANK FOR SAVINGS °%2 Rarins OUR FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES ARE CONCURRENT with any standard stock policies that you are buying The Net Cost is 30% Less Michigan Bankers and Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Fremont, Michigan WILLIAM N. SENF, SECRETARY-TREASURER Michigan Shoe Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Company LANSING, MICHIGAN PROMPT ADJUSTMENTS Write L. H. BAKER, Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 549 LANSING, MICH. August 26, 1925 Belgium Still True To the Best Ideals. Grandville, Aug. 25—This country is rapidly settling old world accounts in a manner satisfactory to all concerned. The big United States might be a kind donator of all debts owing to her because of the kaiser’s war, back to the borrowers, but that would hardly be fair to her own debt-ridden citizens, and might influence other countries to become dishonest in more senses than one. Little Belgium has come up to the ringbolt and settled. Next we look to France and Italy to do as much. It is thought by some that we have treated Belgium generously, scarcely more so that we treated England, and of all the nations engaged in that world struggle, not one is more to be regarded with sympathy and gratitude than little Belgium. Of all the nations engaged in the world struggle Belgium bears the palm for being the most self-effacing, most heroic and self immolating. It would not have been cause for wonder, nor for blame, had that small nation held her peace and granted the German re- cuest to cross her land with great armies to conquer France. Very few peoples would have thought it incum- bent upon them, under like conditions, to sacrifice what might have been her national life that strict justice to a neighbor be done. Belgium did this, however, and the story of what that small country did when Kaiser Wilhelm’s bloodthirsty millions entered upon her soil is an epic which will ring down the ages of time until-the end of the world. Every war of importance has its hero, and the predominant hero of that monstrous war was King Albert of Belgium, his people the stalwart de- fenders of a faith that is grander than anything in history to date. If there is one nation in all Europe to whom her debts might be donated by America, that nation is the one that defied the German rapers that her honor among the nations of the world might remain untarnished. It is good to read of the heroism of little Belgium. When one remembers that not a son of the little kingdom would have been harmed had she merely granted right of way to the beasts of the Central empire, and then read the story of that brave fight made to save French and British imperiled territory, we must vive Belgium credit for being the hero nation of that great war. She does not come asking alms. She stands as she stood in 1914, with a stern realization of duty, and has ac- cepted the ‘terms granted by America in the payment of borrowed money; debts contracted when the fate of na- tions hung in the balance as never be- fore. There are those who seem to think this Nation has been too generous. Generosity becomes a nation as well as an individual when said nation is in a position to be generous. Belgium and France are in somewhat similar condition; both were rudely wrecked in person and property by the on- slaught of the unscrupulous kaiser and his bloodthirsty minions. Each has a long road to travel before she will be on safe ground, but neither will quail and falter now when it comes to deal- ing honestly with her creditors. How different would the world be to-day had the Belgian king and his countrymen failed at the moment when to stand fast for honor and righteous- ness meant so much to the world at large. Many there were who saw in the young king of the Belgians a weak nature, unequal to the cares of state. King Albert, wise ones shook their heads When you began to reign, Comparing you with Leopold For strength and grasp and brain, Overlooked that aged ruler’s faults To mourn his power of plan, But, Albert, you have come through clean And every inch a man. MICHIGAN Every inch aman. Could anything better describe the young king of the Belgians during the greatest crisis in the history of his country and of the world. The name of Albert is linked with that of Belgium for all time. It is a pleasure to think and write of such a man. Honesty is electrified into superior life at the mention of his name. Belgium, true to her ideas of what becomes a nation, has stepped to the front and agreed to liquidate the debt incurred to America during and after that great world struggle for the liberties of the common people. Of lesser stature, perhaps, yet in company with the immortal Lincoln, the name of Albert, king of the Bel- gians, will go down to later ages as that of a man who loved the common people and who did not hesitate to stake his all on the altar of his con- scientious belief. Had Belgium been less faithful to duty, the world war would have had a different termination, and mayhap the vile and savage kaiser would to- day be ruling a European empire as wide as the continent. All honor to little Belgium. The world owes you a debt which there is not enough gold and silver to repay. Then say not we have been over generous to the little kingdom across the sea. Even had the United States remitted every cent of that indebted- ness it would have been only reward- ing virtue as it deserves. Old Timer. —_—_—_+2.—__—_ Think Right, Folks. If a man thinks everyone is against him, he will soon begin to treat them so they will be. If he thinks everyone is his friend, he will treat them right, unconsciously, and they will soon be his friends. The man who lives his daily life according to this formula has in his make-up a spark of sound and true philosophy that will make his life brighter. If we put into all the rela- tions with our fellows a full measure of friendliness and good will, we are pretty sure to get it back, full and overflowing. On the other hand, if a man is suspicious of everyhody, every- one will be suspicious of him. The man who goes about looking for a fight is sure to get licked some day, good and plenty. True friendliness is founded on sin- cerity. And sincerity is about the only thing in this world that can’t be coun- terfeited. The impulse toward friend- liness springs from the very soul of a man. The world needs friendliness, and kindness, and good will. Not Sundays only, but every day in the week, and every hour of the day. Think friendly thoughts. If you’ve got a soul, don’t be ashamed of it. For the soul is the source and fountain-head of every good and worthy impulse. Put your faith in men. Believe they are your friends, and they will be. —_»>++—___ Suit Boxes May Advance. Awell-known clothing firm of Ro- chester is advising its retail customers to place their orders for suit boxes now, with Labor Day or later specified as date of shipment. The clothing concern says that the manufacturers of its suit boxes believe there is a like- lihood of an increase in the price of the containers later on, when the de- mand is heaviest. —_2+.——___ Hang up your grouch when you hang up your hat. The store is no place for personal peeves TRADESMAN 15 SAFETY SAVING SERVICE CLASS MUTUAL INSURANCE AGENCY “The Agency of Personal Service” C. N. BRISTOL, A. T. MONSON, H. G. BUNDY. FREMONT, MICHIGAN REPRESENTING Central Manufacturers’ Mutual Ohio Underwriters Mutual Retail Hardware Mutual Hardware Dealers Mutual Minnesota Implement Mutual Ohio Hardware Mutual National Implement Mutual The Finnish Mutual Hardware Mutual Casualty Co. We classify our risks and pay dividends according to the Loss Ratio of each class written: Hardware and Implement Stores, 40% to 50%; Garages, Furniture and Drug Stores 40%; General Stores and_ other Mercantile Risks 30%. WRITE FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS. Merchants Life Insurance Company WILLIAM A. WATTS President RANSOM E. OLDS Chairman of Board Offices: 3rd floor Michigan Trust Bldg.—Grand Rapids, Mich. GREEN & MORRISON—Michigan State Agents August 2nd, 1909 August 2nd, 1925 16 YEARS Without a lawsuit. Paying all losses promptly and saving our members 30% an- nually on their fire insurance premiums. The Grand Rapids Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Company Affiliated with the Michigan Retail Dry Goods Association Without an assessment. 320 Houseman Bldg.. Grand Rapids, Michigan GRAND RAPIDS LABEL CO. Manufacturers of GUMMED LABELS OF ALL KINDS ADDRESS, ADVERTISING, EMBOSSED SEALS, ETC. Write us for Quotations and Samples GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN Fourth National Bank United States Depositary Establishea 1868 The accumulated experience of over 56 years, which has brought stability and soundness to this bank, is at your service. DIRECTORS. L. Z. Caukin, Vice Pres. Sidney F.. Stevens, J. C. Bishop, Cash. David H. Brown, Samuel G. Braudy, Charles N. Remington James L. Hamilton Wm. H. Anderson, Pres. Robert D. Graham, Marshall M. Uhl, Charles N. Willis, Victor M. Tuthill Samuel D. Young MICHIGAN ers aa —~ — — 9 Cnc See cote Cesare - WOMANS WORLD Save — -_ Should Fathers and Mothers Ever Abdicate? Written for the Tradesman. In favor of the youngsters? Cer- tainly not. In many cases they do, but they ought not to. The more self- assertive the young people, the more essential it is that the parents should hold their own and keep their rightful places as heads and directors of the household. Mother never should abdicate to Father. A wise woman will not say to a refractory son or daughter, “Your father is going to know about this,” or “If you don’t do so and so, I shall tell your Dad.” All such threats are a dangerous betrayal of weakness. Un- der all ordinary circumstances the mother’s authority should be suffi- cient. It is assumed that each parent will be loyal in upholding the government of the other. Any difference of opinion should be considered privately and some position agreed upon that both will sustain. There should be no such thing as a child’s going to the father and obtaining concessions that have been denied by the mother, or vice versa. When the children are small their care will be mainly in the hands of the mother. As they grow older she will naturally retain the detailed manage- ment of the daughters, while that of the sons should to a great extent be assumed by the father. So Father should not abdicate to Mother. Let this be made emphatic. He should and sustain her measures but he shouldn’t leave it to her to take all the measures. There must be no sidestepping on his part as to his full share of the family govern- ment. Especially should he not ex- pect her to take the initiative in the control of sons in their teens. sanction Always it is difficult for a mother to discipline an adolescent son. When she attempts it while the father is present in the household, the situation is a- nalmous and one that no ordinary skill on her part can handle successfully. The father should have some share in the management of the daughters also. The child, boy or girl, who grows up without the peculiar controlling companionship that only a good father has to give, is missing a most valuable and element of moral growth. Where Father merely equals his pay check and would equal zero were it not for his pay check, there is a lack of something essential for which there is no known substitute. It is far harder to hire genuine fatherly care and over- sight than it is to secure motherly love and attention for pay. necessary The pleas that many fathers have all they can do to provide the financial wherewithal for their families, will be raised; and the joke column’s concept of Dad as a meek, overworked drudge who dares not. call his soul his own may be evoked. In some instances this concept is true to life, so true that it really is no joke when the conse- quences are considered. Where the demands made on the father are ex- cessive, they should be lessened. No faithful, industrious man should be a slave to the exactions of his household. A decreased expenditure for luxuries so that Father may have fewer hours of toil, may be for the good of the folks as well as a relief to the father himself. In some cases it may be a practical plan for the wife to help two or three hours a day in the business, or to do part-time work as a wage-earner, So that the father may have some leisure with his boys. Neither Father nor Mother should abdicate to any school, public or private. Schools can do certain things for the boy and the girl better than the home. Let the schools do these things. But let it not be assumed that schools, however excellent, can take the place of parents. No father nor mother ever should abdicate to X. X is, of course, an un- known quantity, and is used here to represent the sum total of unknown influences. Strange to say, this is the kind of abdication that is most com- mon. In many households small chil- dren are let run wild much of the time, those who are older receive even less of parental direction and oversight. Not every one of these youngsters goes to the bad. It occasionally hap- pens that some person outside the home will get a hold on a boy or a girl and exercise a determining influence for good. Then, too, some children seem to be gifted by Providence with a natural immunity from contamination. So there are sons and daughters who grow up to be fine men and women, for whose turning out well the parents rightfully can claim no credit. But such cases are exceptional. Far more often the neglected child goes wrong. Consider a moment the snares that are set for youthful feet. Trashy and sensational reading matter, moving pictures or other shows either bad in themselves or not fit for young eyes to see, depraved companions, foul- minded associates of mature years—all these are ever ready to entice the un- suspecting boy and the unwary girl into ways that lead to debauchery and the beginnings of crime. Parents who abdicate to X are taking a heavy chance on these dire results. It is often assumed that where both TRADESMAN the father and the mother work full time at outside employment, the chil- dren, being left mostly to themselves, will be street gamins while young, toughs as they grow older. Whether or not poverty is a sufficient excuse for parental neglect cannot be dis- cussed fully in this present article. But the appalling fact can be stressed that it is not poor parents alone who ab- dicate to X. There are men prosperous and even wealthy, so absorbed in their business or so devoted to some sport that they are as remiss in their paternal duties as the average day laborer, at least. There are mothers who from no neces- sity are straining every nerve to make money, others who are spending time they ought to devote to their children in excessive club or social activities— all as negligent as the women who toil for bread and far more reprehensible. Indeed the two worst sins of well- to-do American fathers and mothers are just these—overindulgence—too much money, too many luxuries. too little work for the boys and the girls— and abdication to X. The forms of abdication thus far spoken of are mainly unconscious—au- thority and control slip away when the parent is unaware, is too occupied with something else to realize what is hap- pening. Does some one ask, Shouldn’t fathers and mothers who are unfitted for their high office abdicate—even be compelled to abdicate—definitely and consciously? In cases where there is cruel and in- human treatment of the child or ob- mental incapacity or moral crookedness on the part of the parent, the answer is a positive yes. In other cases, where from a human viewpoint the parent is unfitted for his or her task it is not easy to make a reply offhand. There can be little doubt that the parental relation is divinely ordained for the regeneration of the parent quite as much as for the good of the child. It is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, means of mental and spiritual development that can come into a hu- man life. When it should be relinquish- vious ed by any well-meaning man or wo- man, cannot be determined lightly. Certain it is that the great majority of parents never should abdicate con- sciously or unconsciously. They are capable of doing their full duty. If it were considered as much of a disgrace to omit the training of boys and girls as it is to fail to provide them with sufficient food and clothing, few intel- ligent fathers and mothers would be found wanting. In urging upon parents the doing of their whole duty, it is farthest from the intention to convey the idea that be- ing a good parent consists in being fussy, officious, giving many com- mands, constantly issuing restrictions and refusals, or of being always os- tentatiously on the job. Much thought and quiet observation are needed to make a few spoken words effective. The really excellent parent tries to put the child on his own almost from infancy, trains him in honor and self-reliance and self-control. All this can be done only when the parent is willing to give some of his or her best effort to the August 26, 1925 work of being a good father or a good mother. While authority should not be lack- ing when it may be required, if there is the proper sympathy and under- standing between parents and children, any severe measures of discipline rare- ly will be needed. The ideal should be to exert a strong yet gentle compel- ling influence and power that, while not felt as a galling restraint, will hold the young minds in the right course until conscience is developed and judgment is matured so that they can be their own best guides. Ella M. Rogers. Who Am I? am the foundation of all business. am the source of all prosperity. am the parent of genius. am the salt that gives life its savor. I have laid the foundation of every fortune. I must be loved before I can bestow my greatest blessings, and achieve my greatest ends. Loved, I make life sweet, purpose- ful and fruitful. I am represented in the humblest savings, in the largest block of invest- ments. — eS Re — All progress springs from me. I am work. Work, first. last and all the time, coupled with method that makes every hour count, the knowledge that makes every call valuable, the love of truth that knows no comeback and the man- ner that makes return visits welcome, are always the great essentials. — 22> __ The Crea ive Power of Thought. As you think, you travel; and as you love, you attract. You are to-day where your thoughts have brought you; you will be to-morrow where your thoughts take you. You cannot escape the results of your thoughts, but can endure and learn, can accept and be glad. You will realize the vis- ion (not the idle wish) of your heart, be it base or beautiful, or a mixture of both, for you will always gravitate towards that which you secretly must love. Into your hands will be placed the exact results of your thoughts; you will receive that which you earn; no more, no Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain, or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your dom- inant aspiration. James Allen. ~~. Opportunity. In one of the old Greek cities there stood, long ago, a statue. It has van- ished now, but legend tells of a con- versation between a traveler and the statue. “What is thy name, O Statue?” “I am called Opportunity.” “Who made thee?” “Lypsippus.” “Why art thou on thy toes?” “To show that I stay but a moment.” “Why hast thou wings on thy feet,’ “To show how quickly I pass by.” “But why is. thy hair so long. on thy forehead?” “That men may seize me when they meet me.” “Why then is thy head so bald behind?” “To show that when I have once passed by I cannot be caught.” less. ———>22 Are you satisfied to stock what sells to-day, or are you ambitious enough to stock also what will sell to-morrow? ee ee: a eee ee ee we Ww August 26, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Recalling the Scenes of the Long Ago. Grandville, Aug. 25—The Valley City will doubtless do itself proud when it finds itself host for the Grand Army of the Republic this week. : It was sixty-two years ago this month that one of the regiments which went out to put down the slaveholder’s rebellion rendezvoued within the city, and late in the fall marched away to fulfil its destiny as a part of that West- ern army which, commanded by Grant, Sherman and Sheridan, won laurels on the field of battle. The Tenth cavalry was raised in Western Michigan, from the woods and settlements of the Grand and Muske- gon rivers. Company A was composed of men mostly from Newaygo county, its cap- tain, John H. Standish, hailing from the county seat. He was a lawyer of standing in the community and two years later returned as Lieutenant Col- onel of the regiment. The first colonel was Thaddeus Foote, who afterward gave place to Col. Trowbridge, who was, I believe, colonel of the regiment at the close of the war. The boys in blue composing the regiment were really boys, ranging in age from 15 to 20 years, the major- ity coming well under 18. The great Union army which fought through four years of the greatest bat- tling known to history, was, in fact, an army of boys. Colonel Ellsworth, from Chicago, commander of the New York Fire Zouaves, was scarcely more than a stripling when he fell, shot to death by the landlord of the Marshal House, at Alexandria, Virginia. Those were stirring days. Boys were at a premium as well as men. From 15 to 60 ranged the ages, and despite these wonderful contrasts, that army which fought through those tragic four years, forcing their way from the Potomac to the James, finally crushing the last rebel army and capturing Rich- mond, won a name for soldierly cour- age and stability equal to the best vet- eran brigades under the first Na- poleon. From the North woods, of five young fellows enlisted from one small mill, the youngest was 15, the eldest scarcely 18 What can we say of such boys, who were not conscripts but volunteers in the cause of their country? No army in the world’s history made a better record for hardships endured, battles fought and victories won than did this Union army of boys from ‘the farms and workshops and camps of the North in the strenuous days of 1861-5. We honor the memory of those gone on, and uncover to-day before the griz- zled veterans who, a thinning band of heroes, again assemble in annual re- union in the loyal city of Grand Rapids which was sponsor for some of the bravest of the brave men and boys of that time which tried men’s souls as never before in ‘the history of this Nation. Grand Rapids was then as now the metropolis of West Michigan, one of the hustling little cities of the great Northwest. The National Hotel was the resort of soldiers and soldiers’ friends. It was, perhaps, ‘the principal public house in town. Canton Smith, once a Muske- gon river lumberman, was the _ pro- prietor. His son, I. C. Smith, was a major in the Tenth. At this time drafting had begun in the North to replenish the thinning ranks of the Union army. Captain Standish offered the services of his company to aid in rounding up the Northwoods draft evaders and desert- ers, but the offer was not accepted. The great armies of the Union were composed mostly of volunteers. Such an army is invincible. Neverthéless those men who did not see fit to vol- unteer because of home duties after- ward made splendid soldiers as drafted men, filling in old regiments at the front. For those who can attend the present re-union there will be much of enter- tainment and thrilling reminiscences of those long gone days when the tap of ‘the drum called our citizens to arms in defense of the flag hauled down at Sumpter for the first time by domestic foes. The Morton Hotel stands now on the site of the National, the latter a wooden building which was destroyed by fire, the old Morton taking its place. Very few of the men of those old war days are to-day alive to take part in the re-union roundup. Captain Charles E. Belknap still remains with us, and there are others not known to the writer who were boy soldiers in that day when tthe fate of the Union hung in the balance. “We are coming, Father Abraham,” resounded on ever hand as the boys marshaled from every farm and fac- tory, mill and settler’s cabin to take a hand in saving the Union of the fathers. Later on that other thrilling declaration of what would take place, “When Johnnie comes marching home again.” What a wonderful revelation it will be to the man who first entered Grand Rapids as a soldier for Uncle Sam, sixty odd years ago, and who returns for the present re-union to note the change in the aspects of the town which those years have wrought. It will be worth going thousands of miles to see, and the writer would be glad if he were physically able to shake the hand of every such soldier and wish him godspeed throughout the last years of his life. Reminiscing has little to satisfy, per- haps, yet there’s going to me plenty of it during ‘the days of dying August and early September in Grand Rapids this year unless all signs fail. It is good to know that so many of the boys of ’61-5 are with us to-day and that they can come together and talk over the scenes of the long ago. Old Timer. ———_22-s——____ Grand Haven Salesman Visits Oregon. Linnton, Oregon, Aug. 18—In a re- cent number of the Tradesman I no- ticed that my old time friend and co- worker in the Knights of the Grip, Louis J. Koster, had broken out of the reservation and, with his wife and daughter, were headed for the Pacific Coast and expected to be in Portland soon. I gave our police department a minute description of him—did not have a finger print—and a request that he be held for my inspection, but one Saturday our phone rang and Lou an- nounced his arrival in our city and made ‘an appointment for us to call at his hotel right after church. Except that his raven locks are white with the frost of many winters I found him the same jolly Lou. of our earlier days and our families had a most enjoyable, but too short, visit. As we have had many forest fires the past month and could see only a few miles in any direction, our splendid views of snow-capped mountains, rivers and orchards which we are so »roud to show our Eastern friends were “out of sight,” and when I was expressing my regrets Lou. was unkind enough to say, “Oh, Max, let up on that. I have heard nothing else but apologies for the weather out here ever since I left Los Angeles.” Doubtless Myron Goodman has called on you before this, as we are just advised of his arrival in your city, after a splendid trip. He stated he still had Oregon air in his two front tires, but had to add a little Middle West air to his rear tires. He had no punctures or blowouts en route. I greatly appreciate the Tradesman and especially read with much interest Senator Ferris’ article on “Defects of our Present Educational System.” Lloyd M. Mills. Chocolates Package Goods of Paramount Quality and Artistic Design You Make Satisfied Customers when you sell ‘“SUNSHINE”’ FLOUR Blended For Family Use The Quality is Standard and the Price Reasonable Genuine Buckwheat Flour Graham and Corn Meal J. F. Eesley Milling Co. The Sunshine Mills PLAINWELL, MICHIGAN Moseley Brothers GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Jobbers of Farm Produce We buy and sell property of all kinds. Merchandise and Realty. Special sale experts and auctioneers. Big 4 Merchandise Wreckers Room 11 Twamley Bidg. GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN SIDNEY ELEVATORS Will reduce handling expense and speed up work—will make money for you. Easily installed. and instructions sent with each elevator. Write stating require- ments, giving kind of machine and size of platform wanted, as well as height. We will quote a money saving price. Sidney Elevator Mnfg. Co., Sidney, Onlo \ ol RRA Te FE 78 HTN I hea a Watson-Higgins Milfing Ce. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. NEW PERFECTION The best all purpose flour. RED ARROW The best bread flour. Look for the Perfection label on Pancake flour, Graham flour, Gran- ulated meal, Buckwheat flour and Poultry feeds. Western Michigan’s Largest Feed Distributors. A COMPLETE LINE OF rood Brooms AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES COWS MichiganEmployment Institution for the Blind SAGINAW W.S., MICHIGAN LIGHT FORGING NEVER SLIP ICE TONGS AND PLUMBERS CALKING TOOLS e H.T. Baldwin 1028 Fairmount Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Mich. In replying please mention this paper I. Van Westenbrugge GRAND RAPIDS—MUSKEGON Distributor “The Wh slsceue Spread for Bread” CHEESE OF ALL KINDS BUTTER SAR-A-LEE GOLD-MEDAL Mayonaise OTHER SPECIALTIES Quality — Service — Co-operation TRADESMAN August 26, 1925 a MICHIGAN Pw Y : oe 3 / 27 DRY GOODS, “% = § - . FANCYGOODS* NOTIONS: | a = x EB ype" ae Po Michigan Retail Dry Goods Association. President—Geo. T. Bullen, Albion. First Vice-President—H. G. Wesener, Albion. Second Vice-President—F. E. Mills, Lansing. Secretary-Treasurer—H. J. Mulrine, Battle Creek. Manager—Jason E. Hammond, Lansing. NEW HATS SHOWN HERE. Ribbons, Velvets and Furs Used on Felt and Plush Shapes. Many attractive small and medium size hats which have been shown dur- ing the past week feature an interesting revival of worked ribbon. The inter- laced or mosaic handling is used for the crown and upper brim of three- quarter size velvet and felt shapes. Smaller types show crowns of gros grain ribbon closely worked in conven- tional geometrics, or in the new cubis- tic forms of bizarre styling, according to:a special bulletin issued yesterday by the Retail Millinery Association. “An effective device,” continues the bulletin, “is a large cocarde in ombre workings, ‘three or four graded tiers being built up at the turned-up side brim of a large shape in black velvet. Graded tones in metal are new, and shirred taffeta and velvet ribbons find skillful placement upon recently arrived beavers and long nap-hatter’s plush imports. : “Printed and painted satin ribbons, which utilize three and four tones, are adapted to double brim felts, and shad- ings in velvet are banked around the crown of wide scoops as their sole deco- ration. Metallized leathers worked up on felt or velour also introduce grada- tions of novel handling in somewhat startling effects, which are neverthe- less adopted by leading houses. “The vogue of ombre is outlined by a wide brim felt, adapted from Talbot’s novel crush crown model, introducing a mode of ombre expression which is also promised in beaver. Ombre vel- vets are making their appearance in turban swathings, in crown drapings and in the beret. “The appearance of printed furs has been hailed with acclaim in conjunction with felts and velours. A great deal of genuine leopard is being utilized for small brim or crown. The appearance of the new supple furs dyed in bright shades induces a leading authority to forecast their adoption for millinery use, not only as flattering in texture and color range, but also as an essen- tial novelty in a season of skillfully matched accessories of dress.” —_+--->—___ Garments for Little Women. Manufacturers specializing in gar- ments for small women report strong interest on the part of retailers. The attention given to garments in sizes from 13% to 23% was said to be a feature of the buying of ready-to-wear A number of firms are cred- ited with booking orders for these sizes that are larger than those for the whole of last fall. Reorders are be- ginning to come through, but, as in the case of the regulation sizes, there is still uncertainty as to what will sell best. Flare coats have been reordered by a number of the biggest retailers. Little attention, however, is being giv- en to wrappy coat in the small sizes. The new types of pile fabrics are fav- ored most, with gracklehead blue and the light brown shades stressed. Long- haired furs are used in many instances for trimmings, although the staple beaver and squirrel pelts are also util- ized, thus far. ——-+.——___ Price Rise in Leather Luggage. Manufacturers of leather luggage are likely to make another price ad- vance on this merchandise before long, it was said recently. An increase of approximately 8 per cent. was made in June. This advance, however, has not proved sufficient to take care of the higher market in hides and leather. One factor making for the increased prices of the latter was said to be the large recent operations for export of German tanners in the hide markets here, which caught the domestic tan- ners unprepared and curtailed sup- plies. The larger sizes of suit cases and kit bags have been selling well, according to manufcaturers. Cowhide merchandise has dominated, but a nice business is being done in English pig- skin luggage. The russet color is pre- ferred. The divided case, which pro- vides special sections for soiled gar- ments and shirts, has taken well. —_2-+—_—_. Novelty Rubber Goods Advanced. Advanced prices of crude rubber, compared with those of a year ago, have recently led to corresponding in- creases in the prices asked by manu- facturers of novelty rubber goods. Buyers are said to be accepting the ad- vances with good grace, since they realize that they were unavoidable, and order-taking for the fall and holiday trade is proceeding satisfactorily. It is said that there has been a recent spurt in sales of reducing corsets made of rubber, notwithstanding the fact that last year’s fad for these garments shows no signs of reviving. The spurt is attributed to purchasing by con- sumers who bought such corsets when they were at the height of their pop- ularity, and who have continue to use them, are finding themselves in need of new merchandise. It is recognized, however, that many such purchasers have not bought new corsets, and may not. Buying by Clothing Retailers. Manufacturing clothiers are finding that their efforts to get retailers of men’s apparel to place larger advance orders are meeting with slight success, and while most buyers have already visited the Eastern market, they have ordered but a small fraction of fall business to be done in suits and over- coats. It is said, however, that th: retailers who are showing their fal! merchandise have already reordered in some cases. This is attributed to the shabby condition in which many men find their summer suits after a season of continuous wear. Manufacturers point to these reorders as a symptom of the slight stocks which retailers are carrying, and express their opin- ion of a possible shortage of merchan- dise if a spurt of buying should occur, since cutters-up are duplicating the cautious tactics of the retailers and are carrying only moderate stocks of made-up apparel. — ss > Fancy Shirting Taking Well. Important shirting factors say they have little fault to find with the busi- ness they are doing. While the ad- vance buying is still small, the effect of the new novelty printed percales and madrases has been such as greatly to stimulate turnover as compared with a year ago. Stripes, checks and, to some extent, figures are selling well. In fact, any “sightly” novelty is meet- ing with the approval of both shirt manufacturers and retailers, it was said. Most of the grounds are of the “covered” type, which greatly outsells the “light” variety. The vogue of fancy neckwear, it was claimed, has not hampered the sale of fancy shirts to any appreciable extent. ne Hat Ornaments Featured. Hat ornaments are being featured for the fall by manufacturers of novel- ties. These ornaments are of celluloid decorated with rhine- They are offered or aluminum, stones and pearls. in a large variety of sizes, shapes and colors, although the blacks predomi- nate in the latter. Nail and spike ef- fects are also prominent. The retail price of these ornaments will range from $1 up. Expectations of their popularity are based on the plainness of the dark velvet millinery which will be in vogue and the need of some or- nament to set off these hats. REAL VALUE Bice CRESCENT GARTER CO. 515 Broadway, New York City For Quality, Price, and Style WEINER CAP CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. DRESS MATERIAL Wholesale Dry Goods A FEW OF THE VERY FAST SELLING SILKS AND FLANNELS FOR SPOT AND FALL DELIVERY — PRICED CORRECTLY. $6%n. Bleck Suk Satin _..._._____________- $1.75 36 in. Flat Silk Crepe, Plain Colors _----~-- 1.95 36 in. Silk Crepe de Chine (30 colors) ~----- 1.25 36 in. Radium Silk (all colors) ~------------ 1.25 36 in. White and Pongee Broadcloth __------ 38716 40 in. Corduroy (all colors) _--------------- 721% 36 in. Velveteen, Navy and Black _~___-__-~- 2.25 36 in. Velveteen, Navy and Black ~_______-_- 1.95 36 in. Velveteen, Navy and Black ~________~ 1.50 36 in. Printed Foulard, figures ~___-_---___- 40 36 in. Printed Rayon, stripes _---------____- 6214 36 in. Printed Broadcloth, stripes _-__---__--_ ATI, 36 in. Bombay Satine Lining, Black and Colors .45 36 in. Palmetto Satine Lining, Black and Colors 28 in. Serpentine Crepes, printed ____________ 54in. Dress Flannels, plain _-______________ 2.25 32 in. Shirting Flannels, checks _____________ Write for Samples Paul Steketee & Sons Yard 37, .241/y ATV, Grand Rapids, Mich. BSD en AER NICER: SAW as AUT ASIEN CNA RH mean ee gent on ‘cael pilin. ee , ‘> > "(> * (> 2 (> 4 y & 4b war = ‘ o > : | -* i pe, as eo +. & > o- \> * ti 2 & 4 Y = 4b eh Se! i. o = August 26, 1925 Advice on Care of Rugs. “A well-kept rug is at the bottom of a successful room,’ according to University of Wisconsin home nomics specialists in advising house- eco- wives on the treatment of rugs. Although surface dirt and litter on rugs should be collected every day or two, it is necessary to give a more thorough cleaning once a week with a vacuum cleaner, says a university ex- pert. Soiled spots on rugs having a short nap may be successfully removed by the application of a heavy lather made of mild soap, he adds. As soon as the spot has been removed, the sponged portion of the rug should be rinsed with plain water to prevent any change in color. Sponging may be done with a sponge or a small brush. Grease spots in which dirt has set- tled is one of the most common spots found on rugs. They may be removed by sponging or by a cleaning fluid. If the latter is used, care should be taken that there is no open fire in the room, since cleaning fluids are very inflammable. The usual method of removing ink spots from carpets or rugs is to apply some absorbent such as talcum powder or blotting paper to take up as much of the ink as possible. Then apply the cut surface to a lemon and squeeze the juice on while rubbing. Alternate the applications of lemon juice with sponging with a damp cloth. After the spot has been removed rub with a clean, dry cloth and brush up the nap. —_—_~++ 2s More Variety in Garters. Trend in men’s garters favors the single grip variety, which are said to be outselling the double grip kind in the ratio of five to one. High colors, regimental striping and three-tone ef- fects are favored for the fall, with the broad widths predominating again. It is said that men are demanding more and more individuality in garter de- signs, one concern reporting that it is occasionally finding its fifty-four varie- ties an inadequate assortment to suit all desires. Not only is there a de- mand for increased varieties of design, but a larger use of garters is also seen in the satisfactory business reported for the spring season, manufacturers claiming that fewer soiled garters are being worn. It is not expected that recent advances in the price of rubber will affect the price of garters, since manufacturers have materials on hand. An innovation for the fall is a junior garter, to take care of the demand from boys who are wearing long-trousered suits. +> Feature Bracken Shades in Ties. Manufacturers of large stocks of neckwear are making an effort to feature the bracken shades in fall merchandise, since this color is also being promoted by clothing manufacturers. It is not expected, however, that this brownish red shade will reach the peak of its popularity until spring. Claims of in- creasing interest in knitted neckwear are being made by manufacturers of this variety. They say that buyers who have been in the market recently have revised their budgets so as to permit larger purchases of knitted ties. men’s MICHIGAN Much progress has been made along production lines in this industry, and complicated patterns and bright stripes are now being brought out that con- trast sharply with the simple grena- dine ties of a few years ago. —_—_> 2. Lace Buying Disappointing. Widespread use of laces, which was presaged for the fall by Paris fashions in many lines of women’s apparel, has thus far failed to bring greatly increas- ed activity to local importers. The demand has been large in variety, but disappointing from the standpoint of sales volume. This is attributed to the general backwardness of buyers and their refusal to anticipate their require- ments. Metal laces especially are said to be thought highly of, but there have been no reorders as yet. Colorful va- rieties in Chinese reds and blues, par- ticularly in 18-inch widths for sleeves, are also indicated for popularity. If the emphasized waistline is brought back, it is expected that 36-inch widths of lace will lead the 54-inch variety in demand. ———_++2—__ Novel Hues Liked in Umbrellas. Women’s umbrellas show. an_ in- creasing trend away from the staple colors and toward shades which will harmonize with those of the dresses now being worn. The featuring of th hue called “blonde” in umbrella materials for fall is illustrative of this development. A large variety of fancy colored borders is also indicative of the trend away from the staple color- ings. Taffetas and silks woven espec- ially for, the umbrella trade continue to be the favored materials, although it is said that silk and cotton mixtures in a variety of colors, such as Switzer- land is now producing, are being in- creasingly used for popular-priced um- brellas. Rayon has thus far not given ndication of having sufficient strength, when wet, to be used by this industry. —_22+>—__ Styles in Sport Coats. The demand for women’s sport coats with fur collars and cuffs continues to be good, manufacturers pointing out that there is less demand for the sport coat without fur trimmings than for some time. The sport models are in general a few inches shorter than the regular garments, and some have the new wrappy effect sleeves, which are somewhat in the kimono style. Man- nish materials are favored, as well as the “half and half” cloths, which give the top half of the coat a plain effect, while the bottom half is of fancy plaids and other designs. One unique mod- el, which is selling well is of material decorated much like the Navajo In- dian blankets, being of vari-colored hues in striking geometric patterns. ——_+22 Novelty Shirts Still Lead. Novelties continue to lead in the sales of shirts for fall, most of these new patterns and colors being pre- ferred in the collar-to-match style rather than the collar attached variety, while the neckband shirt remains at a standstill. It is said that the popu- larity of these novelties is hurting the sale of the cheaper broadcloth shirts, although in the better varieties the latter material is still popular. Lighter backgrounds are the rule, with small TRADESMAN effects favored these rather than the stripes which hitherto have been popular. In the priced range of goods, fancy madras shirts and various pleated varities are also selling well. —_.22—____ Fall Business in Buttons. Metal effects predominate in fall silver, gold and bronze being the fav- figured upon higher but- tons used on women’s dresses, ored finishes. Roman pearl finishes in all the fashionable shades are also being called for. For suits, ivory but- tons in the wines, reds and other new The demand for coat buttons may be affected by the popularity of the coat, but in any event it is expected that buttons will at least be used for pat- tern effects. For evening wear, elab- orate rhinestone buttons to be worn shades are favored. wrap-around on silk wraps are wanted. In general, an active fall business from the gar- ment industry and from retailers of buttons is looked for, reorders already being reported in some cases. —_»22s—_—_ Children’s Coats Like Audults’. Fashions in children’s coats for the fall emphisize the fur-trimmed mod- els, the tendency being to make these coats as much as possible like the gar- ments for grown-ups without losing the childish effect. similar reason virtually the same colors are For a popular in children’s coats as in their mothers’ models. Higher-priced coats are more popular than ever before, it is said, while another encouraging con- dition in the industry is the greater at- tention being given to the children’s sections of department stores. Efforts to sell merchandise to the child rather than to concentrate attention upon the mother are said to be meeting with success. —_ ++. Favor Higher-Priced Negligees. A trend toward higher-priced gar- ments is noted by kimono and negli- gee manufacturers. Printed silks are still selling well in the better goods. 19 The latter are the “Oriental” such as the darker reds. Quilted robes with decorative stitches are also mov- as are chiffon velvets. in demand in shades, In the negligees sheer fab- with ing well. rics trimmed lace and ostrich and marabou feathers are wanted. Georgettes of the heavier quality are heing featured, with chiffons and bro- caded chiffon velvets in active demand Aside the feather trimmings, velvet ribbons and as. well. from lace and artificial flowers are being used with success. The hand-painted negligee is also popular. —_—__2+>—__—_ New Designs in Fall Hatbands. While the are ticipating an active call for novelty manufacturers an- bands on men’s fall hats, they are un- certain as yet as to how important the This is because black still preferred by larger numbers of men demand will be. and other solid-color bands are for fall, since sombre effects are quite generally considerd more suitable for that season. An additional considera- tion is whether the novelty of most of the colored and striped bands has not worn off. New designs in bands are being made to guard against this possibility, it is said, and to obtain motifs more in keeping with the fall spirit, — eos so Slips Lead in Lingerie Demand. Cotton slips continue to meet with a good demand. The buying of these garments has been increased by the silk dresses With the approach of cooler weather the buying big vogue for printed which require such. slips. is expected to switch to petticoats. Bloomers are also moving well at the present time. Those of real silk, ray- on. sateen and cotton pongee are the best sellers. As the fall season ad- vances, an increased use of the heav- ier tricolette and other rayon knitted silks for petticoats, slips and bloomers will be made, according to wholesalers here. profit or bonus. Business For Sale High Class Men’s Wear Department Store EN’S Clothing, Furnishings, Hat and Shoe Departments. Established 35 years, special- izing medium and high-grade merchandise, selling strictly cash only. Store has no book accounts. Owes not a dollar. Store always been great money maker. Owner now has so many outside interests wishes to retire placing store in good hands. Hence will sell to right parties only (no brokers) without Store located in live small city with drawing popu- lation of 40,000, within 100 miles of Chicago. Has averaged over $100,000 cash business last 10 years. Will take $25,000 cash to swing. Write fully, giv- ing references, in first letter. Address Michigan Tradesman (B44) 20 MICHIGAN i—" = = {\S-—BS —_ ww: em NZ WJ — pi oy > eR SO vf ed Dd V7 & A The Nation’s Bill of Fare. Puzzlement was caused by the out- come of a recent referendum on the favorite dishes of New York’s restau- rant patrons. Corned beef and cab- bage was the Abou ben Adhem that led all the rest by a margin hardly in agreement with ordinary observation. It is now possible to suggest one rea- son for the pre-eminence of “Irish turkey,” namely, sentiment. Like the little red schoolhouse and the old swimmin’ hole, corned beef and cab- bage is taking on the glamour of fond memory. Beef as an item in the American diet is receding into the background. Professor East explains it on the ground of our increasing pop- ulation, our decreasing pasturage and consequently rising prices. The beef animal “is giving way to the metabolic efficiency of the pig.” This is one of the kindest things ever said about the pig, but it is true. The official figures are corroborative. In the year 1910 the per capita consumption of beef in the United States was nearly 72 pounds, In 1923 it was 62.5 pounds. But in the same period the consumption of pork, exclusive of lard, had risen from 60 to 91.4 pounds per capita. The pig pen is mightier than the horde of the Western range. This marked upswing in the con- sumption of pork, however, dictates caution with regard to another state- ment of Professor East’s. He pre- dicts that animal foods as a whole will tend to disappear unless our popula- tion is stabilized. So far the process has not set in. In the year 1910 the per capita consumption of beef, veal, mutton and pork was 147 pounds. In 1923 it had risen to 167 pounds. Against a decline of 10 pounds in beef there was a gain of 30 pounds in pork. Nor can we approve Professor East’s slighting omission of the great Ameri- can hen. As an egg producer she has won recognition; but her flesh is no mean factor in the national diet. In 1923 New York City received in the form of live poultry alone nearly 150,- 000,000 pounds. If we add the cold- storage variety we are almost within striking distance of the 350,000,000 pounds of beef which the city called for in the same year, and not very far behind the 450,000,000 pounds of pork. Add 120,000,000 pounds of eggs and it is likely that the products of the fowl are New York’s favorite form of animal food. Topping all, of course, and almost equal to the total of all forms of meat, are the 1,600,000,000 pounds of milk consumed in the city in a single year. It is not yet demonstrated that the pig and the hen are doomed to follow the steer into the eternities. Professor East estimates that it takes eight times as much land to support human life on a purely animal diet as on one purely vegetable. The higher investment may be justified by correspondingly higher results. It is not so much a question of supporting human life as of pro- ducing human energy for the work of the world; and it seems to be an es- tablished fact that the meat-eating races work harder than the others. The British worker, if trade union regula- tions are left out of the reckoning, pro- duces more than his Continental com- petitor. The American, who eats more meat than the Englishman, produces more than the Englishman. If the dif- ference can be traced to diet, the tri- umph of the vegetable in Anglo-Saxon countries may be delayed. Book- keeping and long habit will assert themselves, and rather than give up their flesh-pots the English-speaking races may bethink themselves of Stefansson’s millions of square miles in Northern Canada crying aloud to be turned into reindeer ranges for feeding the world.—N. Y. Times. ——— 22>. Interior Storing Eggs. The steady development of interior storing of eggs shows greater strides than ever before. From storing half of the Nation’s supply five years ago, ‘tthe four markets—New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago—are now carrying little over a third, 38 per cent. July 1, to be exact. From the daily reports it looks as though the four markets will lose more eggs to the interior before the peak is reached. This is a natural development and one to be expected, as the country settles down to better agricultural and marketing conditions. The farmer will soon be eating stor- age eggs. The small-town man al- ready eats them in the fall of the year. The demand for new-laid eggs, their scarcity and the constantly im- proving egg, with added facilities for storing within easy reach of home markets, all tend to consumption of storage eggs in the interior and ship- ment of new-laid during the fall and early winter months. —~7+-.__ Puts Ban On Again. The Canadian government, it is re- ported from Washington, has re-estab- lished its embargo on chickens, tur- keys and geese from New York state. Importation will only be permitted when it is certified by the department of agriculture that ‘the shipments are free from European fowl pest. — + 2.___ Press conscientiously towards a worthy destination and you will garner all the distinction that is good for you. TRADESMAN { M. J. DARK & SONS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Receivers and Shippers of All Seasonable Fruits and Vegetables BLUE GRASS MILK BLUE GRASS BUTTER WORCESTER SALT KENT CLUB COFFEE TEA, SPICES, ETC. GOOD LUCK and DELICIA OLEO. THRU COMMUNITY GROCERS ONLY KENT STORAGE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS _~ LANSING ~ BATTLE CREEK ‘Wholesale Grocers General Warehousing end Distribu ting Red Star Flour HERE are many people in the world who habitually doubt the evidence of their own eyes and ears if the evidence is not in accord with their previous experience. There were even people who questioned what we said about the quality of this year’s Red Star Flour until they received their first shipment. Now they not only believe but credit us with con- servatism in all we said about its perfectly superb quality. VO JUDSON GROCER COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN t ae August 76, 1925 ‘ 2 i 4 ys > is = en a ¥ : I 1 - > » iy , da 1) fn 7 yy 4 = . e, or te nif ts a it é SS , + ; 1 & & 1 -~ i “2 4 ob & 4B w § b& x of A + av ’ a = 4 é eS ie 7 me . C= a ue I ) » > & é fs » fet 4\ fn 7 ey 4 & 7 e 7 ~ é ts a aa August 26, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Leads World in Bread Making. There are those who go to Europe for wine. There are others who go to see museums and galleries and there are some who go just to gaze upon ruins. Indeed, there is the story of the man who was asked whether he saw the ruins of Rome and who replied that not only had he seen them but he had married one. Be that as it may, there are few who go to Europe to visit bakeries. That isn’t in the guide books. The late Mr. Baedeker’s red volumes are remiss on that point. And yet that was what took James Veron, chemist, to the other side of the ocean, from which he has just returned. Mr. Veron, who has made his home in Chicago since he abandoned his native Switzerland, has turned his chemical knowledge to the field of bak- ing. And it was in the line of re- search that he prowled about the flour- dusty bakeries of Italy, France, Ger- many, Austria, Switzerland and Eng- land on his tour. And he came back with the news that America is well in the lead in equipment and operation. It has gone far to the front in the science of bread- making. For it is a science here, what with machines that will do the whole job without a hand ever touching the loaf. They measure out the flour and the water and the other ingredients they mix them, they chop them into loaves and drop them into pans and the pans into ovens. wrap them. “But in Europe,’ said Mr. Veron “baking, to a large extent, is still in the craft stage. It probably will be for generations—although in England and in Germany there are large baking companies that are making excellent strides. America And they even “For the most part, however, baking is done by individual retail bakers. This is especially true in France. And it will take the French bakers and the French people many years to depart from this traditional custom. “The French baker knows his cus- tomers. Their bread, of course, differs in shape from that produced in Amer- ica. It comes in long, slender loaves. And the French people want it well baked and crisp and not soft, as the Americans do. “And so the little French baker bakes for his individual customers. He knows that Mme. Duchamps prefers a loaf of a certain length. He prepares it for her. He knows that Mme. Du- mas prefers her bread a little browner than that which Mme. Dubois buys. And he is ready for them each day. “And the housewives come in and shop for their bread. They punch it with their fingernails to see whether ‘t is as firm as they like it. And then they stop and chat with the baker as all French shoppers do. Each enquires about the other’s father, mother, sister. brother, son, daughter, grandfather It is a pleasant little chat and they enjoy it. It is part of the day. It will take many years for such customs to pass before machine-made bread. etc. “But here the housewives are ac- customed to standards in bread-baking- They know the standards maintained by various brands and they wouldn’t think of shopping for a loaf of bread. They simply order it. And if they de- sire a change they change brands. “The breads of Europe all are dark- er than American bread. They are much plainer—just water, flour, salt and a little yeast. Here we add milk and shortening and malt. There is little of what is known as ‘black’ bread’ on the market, however. Sometimes when the peasants make their own bread it is very dark, but the breads made by bakers are not. “European bread is cheaper, too. In France, for instance, the price of bread as well as that of flour, is fixed by the Government. The likes his bread. He must have it with every meal or it isn't a meal. And the French officials have found that if he doesn’t have it he begins to think about revo- lution. “So they see that he gets it and they regulate the price of it. When I was in Paris bread was selling at about & cents a kilo, or a little more than two pounds. In America the price is & cents a pound. But here the bread is richer and, perhaps, cleaner.” Mr. Veron, incidentally, was able te watch experiments in the latest of bread developments in Lausanne, Swit- zerland. There Jean Matti has invent- ed a process by which bread is being canned. The product has been tried out with considerable success in the Swiss army and it is reported that re- cently the inventor has concluded ne- gotiations with the French government to supply its troops in the Moroccan campaign. For the present, at least, its pos- sibilities in America probably are limit- ed to the army, Mr. Veron believes. As a student of American breads he is of the opinion that the people here are too fond of breads hot from the oven to eat it out of cans. “‘America’s hot breads are not knOwn in Europe,” he “The Southern biscuits and the corn breads and that sort of thing haven’t gone across the ocean to any appreciable extent. But ra.sin bread, strictly an American idea Frenchman present says. has been tried out with more or less success in Vienna recently.” So much for Europe and its breads This chronicler found them pretty good. The difficulty was to get butter with them. They never seem to have heard of the combination. always > +2 ____ A Worth-While Series. The Food Research Institute of the Stanford University in California jis making a valuable contribution to the study of food economics in a series of studies of wheat. Thus far eight of these studies have been released. Space has not permitted extended reviews of thm, but they are well worth the while of those who would be genuinely in- formed on the world wheat problem. — Those Funny Welsh Names. A schoolteacher from Ypsilanti, one irom Kokomo, and one from Speonk went on a Cook’s tour and_ visited Wales. “What funny names these Welsh towns have!’ exclaimed all of them, in ‘unison, be een ee E a Meal Ve toa. HEKMANS Crackers and ie-Cakes |, Delicious cookie-cakes and appetizing crackers — There is a Hekman food-confection for every meal and for every taste. kman Biscuit (0 e Grand crisp Rapids.Mich. it from your store. WIDEN YOUR MARKET Fleischmann’s Yeast, the modern health food, .is eaten every day by thousands of people—many of them in your own neighborhood. Thousands of others know Fleischmann’s Yeast and what it will do for them—all they need is a suggestion from you before they buy The Fleischmann package display will help Health to customers in your store. and boost your sales of Yeast and the other groceries you sell. FLEISCHMANN’S YEAST The Fleischmann Company SERVICE suggest Yeast-for- Place it in a prominent place as these bought home. Every Day in the Year— our market is well supplied with fresh green vege- tables and delicious ripe fruits. No other foods are as healthful and economical We have been distributing fresh fruits and vege- tables for a quarter of a century and are now handling more and better goods and rendering bet- ter service-than ever. The Vinkemulder Company fresh daily and prepared in the Grand Rapids, Michigan Pure and THAT’S PUTNAM FACTORY JUST GOOD CANDY Wholesome Grand Rapids, Mich. | MICHIGAN cay af — = = _ _ _ —_ ~ — ~— — = Michigan Retail Hardware Association. President—Scott Kendrick, Flint. Vice-President—George W. McCabe, Petoskey. . : Scott, Marine City. Secretary—A. J. t Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. Realizing the Possibilities In Smail Sales. Written for the Tradesman. It is all very well to push for the Make as you can. big sales. them when and as often But, in your zeal to secure the big things do not forget The very that small sales also count up. not much, but the aggregate of small sales amounts to a great deal. There are great small sales for every dealer, and he should recognize the fact. There individual sale may seem possibilities in are several advantages in handling those lines with a small sales For one thing the profit, espec- the fancy and more special The stock is price. lally on fair. amount of lines, is very money tied up in not large. The small articles do not need a great deal of selling effort, outside of giving them a reasonable amount of display. Displayed and advertised in the proper manner, many practically sell themselves. of these small articles Another big advantage of the low- priced artciles is that they attract peo- ple to the store, opportuniy to thus giving you an other lines to can probably where customers store to buy present them. You recall in- have come some small ar- Stances into your made you have gave and before additional ticle, leaving purchases that substantial profit. The possibilities in small sales are driven home in convincing manner by Many scoff at the opportunities in small sales until these ten-cent stores their district. These seem to be always crowded. There is undoubtedly a potent attraction in low priced goods with everything on display, especially for women-folk. the vogue of the ten-cent stores. dealers arrive in stores The hardware dealer who goes afier this trade before such stores break in- to his is well advised. But even if they are already established, it territory is worth while to put forth a strong effort to secure a share of this busi- ness. Five and ten have cent counters proved excellent business-getters for many hardware dealers. There are many small articles in the hardware store, and it is impossible to feature them all separately. It is desirable, to bring them prominently to the notice of customers in some way. The “ten-cent-counter”’ is the solution. Here the regular lines sell- ing at low vrices may be shown: while it affords a good means of working off however, smal] items that are not selling any too well. The so-called ten-cent counter may be devoted to lines selling all the way In some the from 5 cents up to 25 cents. stores a 15-cent limit is adopted; question is one to be settled by the merchant. The main points are, to group the articles according to individual to mark prices in plain figures, goods that cus- tomers may readily see them, and, if desirable, examine them. In other words, so that the articles, as far as po-sible, may sell themselves. One dealer who started such a de- price, and to so display the partment a couple of years ago is well “It has increased the smaller lines, and in other lines as well,” he says. “When I first started I did a little advertisng. These lines were displayed in the win- dow, and people invited to come in the pleased with results. business in and look over the assortment on counter. It is now proving a valuable department. “Small price goods,” “build same reason that they The fact that they are a necessity to so large a part of the buying public increases their margin of profit by the simple method of whit- tling down the expenses of advertising and selling. he adds, profits for the multiply sales. Dime goods are auto- matic salesmen; no lengthy argument is required to convince a customer that he should spend ten cents. pense and price hand; the higher the price, the harder the sale. Selling ex- always go hand in “Dimes are the poor man’s currency, and there are a large number of peo- ple living on small salaries. The pow- er of the dime is the power of neces- sity. Necessity is to a large extent the mother of the ten-cent business. Some of the people must have dime all the time, and all of the people must have goods dime goods some of the time Thus there are great possibilities in small sales, if they are properly han- died.” In this connection it should not be overlooked that the liberal use of price tickets is an important success of the “ten factor in the cent counter.” There has been, and probably al- considerable difference of opinion as to the wisdom of price- marking everything in stock. Take a kitchen range, for Some hardware dealers show ways will be, instance. fair price-ticket a range, a prospect will come in, look at the price, and go out again. If, however, the range is not ticketed, and he has to ask a salesman the price, the latter can emphasize the selling points, and create a favorable impres- sion, which will counteract the effect. argue, with a of reason: “If we TRADESMAN August 26, 1925 Michigan Hardware Co. 100-108 Ellsworth Ave.,Corner Oakes GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN e Wholesalers of Shelf Hardware, Sporting Goods and Fishing Tackle Do you need Restaurant Equipment, Gas Stoves, Steam Tables, Coffee Urns, Water Coolers, Tables, Chairs, Stools, Dishes, Sil- WE HAVE IT. verware, etc. Easy terms if desired. G. R. STORE FIXTURE CoO. 7 Ionia Avenue N. W. Foster, Stevens & Co. ‘WHOLESALE HARDWARE enn 157-159 isin hee: - GRAND - 151. 161 ‘bea Age N. W. RAPIDS - MICHIGAN BROWN & SEHLER COMPANY “HOME OF SUNBEAM GOODS” Automobile Tires and Tubes Automobile Acessories Garage Equipment Radio Equipment Harness, Horse Collars Farm Machinery and Garden Tools Saddlery Hardware Blankets, Robes & Mackinaws Sheep-lined and Blanket - Lined Coats GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN * 2 ae ~~ v ae ¥ 2 nar « c > 1 ‘ ¥ ~ (ff € G ¢ _ August 26, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 of the price should the latter seem high.” A range, however, is a big article. It represents a lot of money. It is hard to sell; and the margin for the hard- ware dealer will pay for a lot of sales- manship. But with small wares the case is different. As a rule, the cus- tomer knows what he wants. He asks just two questions: “Have you so- and-so? How much?” The display counter and the price ticket automatically answer both these questions; thereby reducing to the minimum the amount of salesmanship required in this department. Price tickets help to sell small wares. An article without a price ticket will win attention only from the person who is in urgent need of that particu- lar thing at that particular time. With a price ticket it will get attention from ten times as many people. Price tickets make selling easy. Of- ten all the clerk has to do is to wrap the article and make change. With the goods price-ticketed, clerks make larger daily sales, which means a smaller ratio of selling expense. Here, again, the ten-cent stores point the way. Merchants in other lines sometimes wonder why the peo- ple who go into a variety store linger, instead of buying the article they come for and going right out. Why they walk up this aisle and down that, scan- ning all the counters. Why. instead of buying one item, they buy two, or six or ten? The answer is, that the merchandise is laid out with every article in sight, and it is easy to see what the store has to offer, and at what price. The cus- tomer does not have to wait for a busy clerk to answer these questions. And in the process of informing herself as to the things on display, the customer is bound to see some items which in- terest her, and which she buys. For the successful handling of a small-wares counter, price tickets, and plenty of them, are essential. A test of the pulling power of these lines is to locate your small-wares counter in the back of the store, and advertise it. Properly advertised, such a department will draw crowds to any part of the store. It is good policy to put on occasional features, a limited number of some high priced article at say 15 cents. For this purpose, quite often slow moving lines and odd lots from the general stock can be utilized to advantage as bargain-counter “feat- Victor Lauriston. 2. .o Using Your Hands—Or Your Head? Written for the Tradesman. Did it ever strike you that Monday is the great bane of the housewife’s that connection, machine opens to ” ures. existence—and, in that the washing you a wide avenue of profit? You handle washing machines, just . as you handle plenty of other contrap- tions invented by ingenious man for the lessening of labor. But there are two ways of handling washing ma- chines—and this applies also to the other contraptions. You can handle them with your hands; or you can handle them with your head. And the difference is strikingly iflus- trated by the fashion in which wash- ing machines figure in the window displays of rival merchants. Smith, hardware dealer, handles washing machines. Now and then at twelve-month intervals, when he is hard put for something to display in his window, he shows a washing ma- chine. Occasionally he adds a price tag. That is all. Sometimes people halt and gaze at the washing machine. Sometimes they peruse the price tag. Now and then a passer-by drops into the store to enquire further. Smith sells a few washing machines. He sells them to people who want wash- ing machines, and who know they want them. Jones, hardware dealer also, never lets a window display stand more than a week. Hence, his inventive faculties, and those of his clerks, are kept busy designing window displays. The other day, tearing out a window display, he propounded to himself the question, “What next?” The thought came, “Why not dis- play a washing machine?” And here is the way Jones displayed a washing machine. He cleared out the whole window. He put linoleum on the floor and hung oil-cloth at the back. He put in a washing machine, electric, attached, operating. He put in an ironing board, and a sheet in process of being ironed —and, during busy hours. he put in a girl to operate the iron. He put in a big clothes-horse and a little clothes- horse; and both the garment-palfreys were laden with vestments and simi- lar articles. He put in two galvanized tubs and a copper boiler. The copper boiler was in action on a wash-room heater—improved style. He put in a bar of soap and a cake of bluing and a package of starch, a wash board and a wringer and—well, he put in every- thing you or I could think of to make a completely-outfitted laundry room, and he added a lot more things he thought of all by himself, without any help of ours. Nor does that mean that he flung the articles into that window hap- hazard, as though they had fallen ther - by accident, or arranged them in neat, precise, orderly rows like so many soldiers on parade. Not a bit of it. Jones put the wringer here and the ironing board there and the basket just below the ironing-board, so that the sheet in process of being ironed trail- ed quite naturally into the basket. The iron was duly connected. And so forth. That window display wasn’t just a mere arrangement of goods; it was a picture. Of course it took time. Also, it took thought. Also, it took effort. But it didn’t take as much time and thought and effort as it would have taken if Jones, instead of concentrating his whole soul for the time being on the job of designing and arranging that display, had let his eyes stray up and down the street and his thoughts go kiting to the far corners of the uni- verse. He use his head in the work of putting together that window dis- play, just as he used it in concocting the original idea. Half an hour-later, Jones was wait- ing on a customer when he felt a tap on the shoulder. He glanced around and gazed into the eyes of an occa- sional patron. “That’s a pretty nifty window dis- play you've got, Jones,” said the man. “It’s not so bad,” modestly returned Jones. “It’s just the thing we've been want- ing for the past ten years,” pursued the man, enthusiastically. “We never dreamed there were so many conven- ient things for wash-day. I want them all. What’s your price for the entire outfit?” Victor Lauriston. —_22+>—__—_ Novelty Draw-String Handbag. An ingenious handbag for women on which a patent has just been ob- tained by a domestic manufacturer is of the shirred draw-string variety. It has a separate box effect in the bot tom for vanity accessories, which are thus kept separate from the other con- tents of the bag. Special access to this vanity compartment is provided. Th bag is made of such material as lizard. calf and morocco in all the fashionable shades. The bottom compartment is made in a variety of shapes, amon: which are the oval circular, square and oblong patterns. The retail price will range from $7.50 to $12. +s Men who do only what they have to do make slow progress. Pearl Gray the Favored Shade. Pearl gray will be the leading shade in men’s fall hats, it is predicted, with New a larger shape, light brown next in popularity. features wil linclude with a round brim that will be more prominent than usual. An increased use of opera and silk hats for evening wear is also predicted, while the re- vival of velvet collars on overcoats is expected to make derbies more popu- lar. Midsummer demand for light felt hats, manufacturers report, is getting stronger from year to year. Their in- creased use is attributed to the de- mand from large numbers of auto- mobilists for hats of this type. —_—_.> > Tapestry Bags For Shopping. Tapestry shopping bags are a nov elty now being offered by a New York importing house. Those are of the frame variety, and are large enough to be purchases. serviceable for carrying small The bags, which are made of strong material that will stand up under such usage, are decorated in the style, or with Arabian and other effects. Many patterns are also seen. The retail price from $3 to $25, the latter Colonial scenic novelty range is figure being quoted on an elaborately brocaded and embroidered silk tapes try bag. WE INVITE you need quick service upon. 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Ss 150 Fireproof EO = elt ee HOTEL BROWNING “2: — > AA GRAND RAPIDS N ZED FEO held d Oakes; Rooms with bath, single $2 to $2.50 Mea i as deo Dae Baek TT he Sobre $3 to $3.50 Indiana Man Wants Suitable Tourist Camp. Anderson, Ind., Aug. 24—-The mer- chants here with whom I deal tell me you conduct a free information bureau for the benefit of the public. As my wife and family—nine in number—ex- pect to start North in a flivver about Sept. 1, I write to enquire where we can stop during the month of Septem- ber in a free tourist camp. We must have the following conditions, ALL ABSOLUTELY FREE: 1. Location on the bank of a lake full of fish. 2. Boat service, with fish poles and lines, worms or other fish bait furnish- ed daily. We will supply our own fish hooks. 3. Camping ground with free use of tent during our stay. 4. Good drinking water. 5. Sanitary toilets, including wash basins and fresh towels daily. 6. Use of tubs and wringers when- ever required: also clothes lines; we will furnish our own soap. 7. Shower baths with hot and cold water; also plenty of towels. 8. Gas ranges for cooking and no charge for gas. 9. Plenty of fine wood, hickory pre- ferred, for a camp fire each night. 10. Electric lights in and around tents, which must be supplied with single beds, wire springs, hair mat- tresses, down pillows, and quilts. We will furnish sheets and pillow cases. 11. Telephone in tent to summon doctor in case of illness. 12. Admission ticket to local hos- pital, to include services of doctor, or- derly and nurse without charge; also any medicine needed. 13. Plenty of ice. 14. Police service at night to repel intruders. 15. Immunity from grocery store solicitors. We will take our own eat- ables. If we require any additional supplies, we will obtain same from the A. & P. store. 16. As four of our family play the piano, we would like to have a Stein- way parlor grand installed in the tent during our stay, but we are not in- sistent on this condition. You will readily see how advantage- ous it would be to any communi‘y to have a family of nine intelligent per- sons added to the population during September. Three of our children can _ sing beautifully. If there are any vacancies in the local church choir, we can sup- ply the requirement at $3 per person each Sunday our services are needed. I have cultivated the art of public speaking and have a large number of good anecdotes at my tongue’s end which I committed to memory from the book entitled Every Man His Own Speechmaker. I will undertake to act as toastmaster at any public function for $5 per night, including ‘tickets to the banquet for my entire family. I am led to make this enquiry of you because I hear that many Michi- gan towns which have put money into good hotels find they are not paying investments and are therefore passing the hat and making public appropria- tions from the local treasury to induce people from other states to visit their tourist camps. As the time is short before we must start, please answer immediately and send your letter special delivery. If you help us to a good location which meets our requirements, I will reim- burse vou later for the special delivery stamp. Charles Nemo. —~-es Your Personality, Mr. Salesman; How About It? The other day my neighbor and I stopped in a hardware store in ovr town: we were both considering wash- ing machines, and although we didn’t intend to make our decisions that day, we were ready to be sold. A young man greeted us and told us that the boss was out, but that he'd be glad to help us, although he didn't know much about washing machines. He did help us, and when we eft, my neighbor turned to me with the remark: “Wasn't he a nice young fellow:”’ I agreed, without stopping to analyze Now that I come to think of it, it can be summed up in the phrase “a pleasing personality.” Without much selling experience, witk- out much knowledge of electric wash- ing machines, that young man held our interest, all because he had that com- bination of positive qualities that com- prise an attractive personality. Take apart this intangible thing called personality, and what do you find? First, this young’ man greeted us with a smile—a genuine smile, honest, broad smile that warmth and what made him nice. made you feel its sincerity. No formal greeting, no “waited on,” question, just a smile and a pleasant “good after- noon.” I wonder why more of your sales- men don’t smile when they greet a Common-place? is—but it does the trick as no formal greeting and no customer. Surety it expert selling can. Customers like to be greeted with a smile, and if you doubt my word, make a tour of some stores in your town, watch the salespeople who approach vou, and see if you don’t feel tiiore kindly disposed toward the young man who or woman smiles at you in a pleasant, friendly fashion. Smile, smile, smile at me, Mr. Sales- This seems a very simple, banal thing to tell vou, but it’s funny how few realize the dollar and cents value of that friendly smile. man, if you want my good will. If you know my name, I suggest that you use it. This young man did. He recognized my _ neighbor and_ said, “Good afternoon, Mrs. Montross.” She felt flattered to think that her name was of sufficient importance, even to a salesman, to be remembered. We’re like that. Use my name frequently during the sale, Mr. Man, and you'll hold my interest and attention. I like Three Blocks Away. Rooms $2.00 and up. Excellent Culsine Turkish Baths WHEN IN KALAMAZOO Stop at the th-Americnn Tote Headquarters for all Civic Clubs Luxurious Rooms ERNEST McLEAN, Mor. 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 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. Columbia Hotel KALAMAZOO Good Place To Tie To 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 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 The HOTEL PHELPS Greenville, Michigan Reasonable Rates for Rooms. Dining Room a la carte. GEO. H. WEYDIG, Lessee. HOTEL DOHERTY CLARE, MICHIGAN Absvlutely Fire Proof Sixty Rooms All Modern Conveniences RATES from $1.50, Excellent Coffee Shop “ASK THE BOYS WHO STOP HERE” OCCIDENTAL HOTEL FIRE PROOF CENTRALLY LOCATED Rates $1.50 and up EDWART R. SWETT, Mgr. Muskegon 1 Michigan 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 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 CODY HOTEL GRAND RAPIDS $1.50 up without bath RATES { $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 BARLOW BROS, Grand Rapids, Mich. Ask about our way. “a. . & « as. ‘ % tas i - ES % * YW \, a> August 26, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 25 it—so do all the Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Smiths you serve. The young man who showed us washing machines confessed frankly that he wasn’t an expert in this device, yet, he added with the most genuine enthusiasm imaginable: “I know it’s a dandy because so many women come in the store and tell us what a wonderful time and work saver it is.’ Immediate- ly we felt ourselves basking in the genuineness of that young man’s en- thusiasm. Ruth Leigh. ——_+-.____ Vicious Attitude of Chain Store Con- cerns, The Kresge Co., chain store people, have a man working for them who couldn’t work for me a minute. He ielongs to the old school of public expression founded by Vanderbilt when he said “The public be damned.” An incident that happened in Tope- ka, Kans., in relation to the Kresge Co. and this employe is almost in- credible. It seems that Kresge is about to launch a store there and bought a piece of ground on which stood a_ seven-story buiiding. The rumor got around that the concern ex- pected to tear down the seven-story building and put up a two-story one, a change objectionable to the business interests of the city. They according- ly sent a representative to the Kresge employe who had charge of the matter and the latter not only refused to heed the protest, but emitted the fol- lowing diplomatic opinion of the town in which his firm had or was to have stores: We. don’t care anything about a town so far as the town goes. We don’t advertise in the newspapers and we don’t care anything about what is to be built around our property. What we want is a location between two of the town’s leading department stores. The department stores advertise and get the people down town. We pick them up as they go by our store. That’s what we do every place. To- peka doesn’t mean anything to us. All we want is the location. We want a big basement for storage purposes and two floors for our reta‘l 'usiness. We have no interest in whether Topeka wants a seven-story building to stay there or not. I reproduce this because I beiieve it to be fairly typical of the attitude of chain store concerns toward towns in which their stores are located, al- though of course any chain store man who wasn’t an utter fool would vehe- mently deny this. Thev can, however, talk as they like, these concerns are not and cannot be interested in the communities in which they do busi- ness. They simply represent locations and nothing more. This, so far as the independent grocer is concerned, is the weak point in the chain store’s armor, but very few in- dependents hunt for the week point with any vigor. Elton J. Buckley. ———_.--. Stay With ’Em! Newsboy on railroad car to gentle- man occupant—But Edgar Guest’s latest work, sir, Gentleman—No, I am Edgar Guest himself. Newsboy—Well, buy Man in Lower Ten. You ain’t Mary Roberts Rine- hart, is you. He Strikes Out From the Shoulder. Lansing, Aug. 25—We have just re- ceived a letter from the manager of the Retail Dry Goods Association of one of the Southern States. He is very enthusiastc on the subject of Standardization of Sizes as advocated by J. W. Knapp, of Lansing, at our last convention and at the Interstate Merchants Council in Chicago and promises the unqualified support of the Association of his State. The same gentleman refers, how- ever, to the subject of unauthorized shipments and mentions the resolu- tions passed on this subject at our convention. He thinks we did not make it strong enough and we are inclined to agree with him. His letter is too good to be buried in our files, and, therefore I am passing it on to our members in this form. “In the set of resolutions adopted by your Association at your June con- vention, I note that you resolved: That this association go on record as being opposed to the vicious practice of certain manufacturers in shipping goods not ordered unless express or other forwarding charges are prepaid, and that members of this Association give instructions to shipping clerks to refuse such merchandise. Then it would appear that unauthorized ship- ping of merchandise is only vicious in the eyes of your members when charges are not prepaid. “The concensus of opinion is op- posed to the shipment of merchandise by a manufacturer to a retailer unless that manufacturer can show a bona fide order for such merchandise. “The idea is that only unwise man- ufacturers would so jeopardize the business of trade as to attempt to break down to a hit and miss affair, where the manufacturer s to depend only upon a system of taking chances that his goods will stick if he sends them out willy nilly here and there. Consigning goods, and forwarding un- authorized shipments have both been declared unbusinesslike, and unsafe for the business world. One unbusi- nesslike concern can help to break down the morale of the whole struc- ture. “A house that does business in a retail way has its own plans; its buy- ers must have theirs. If they permit goods,to come into the house that are not planned for, and regularly ordered, their system will soon be broken down. “It is vicious practice, whether the charges are paid or not, and instead of educating your members to refuse to receive the charges oa unpaid pack- ages, they should issue orders to re- turn unopened all unauthorized ship- ments. “T am sure that our investigation of the subject in our State proved to us that there was no satisfacion whatever in unauthorized shipments and the best practice is found in absolutely frown- ing upon it, no matter whether the charges are paid or not. “If each merchant would look up the legal responsibility with regard to the opening of such goods, whether prepaid or not, he will soon see that as a legal risk he takes a chance, as a fire risk he takes another and so on down the line. But above all his moral risk is the greatest and that makes him appear as willing to help break down the great fabric of .merchandis- ing for the hope of a few cents gain, that might come to soine unscrupulous manufacturer who would send _his goods unauthorized to retail mer- chants. “Why not get down to brass tacks on this evil and frown on it right?” Often times retail merchants say to us they are skeptical of mutual insur- ance. This we have found and have proven over and over is due largely to exaggerated statements made by local agents of stock companies against mutual companies. Therefore, in due justice to mutual insurance, we invite your careful and best consideration of the authentic and substantiated state- ments which follows: The great percentage of shipwrecks occur to weaker vessels, and so it is with fire insurance companies or any other companies. During the period from January 1, 1920, to March 15, 1925, there were, according to reliable records, 101 stock fire insurance com- panies which failed or retired from business. During the same period ac- cordng to the same reliable records, twenty-four mutual fire insurance com- panies failed or retired from business. Also, during that same period, there were sixty-three reciprocal or inter- insurance companies which failed or retired from business. During the same period, there were sixty-two stock casualty and miscel- laneous companies retired or failed. There were forty-eight mutual casual- ty companies which failed or retired during that same period and nineteen reciprocal companies which failed or retired during that same time. Certainly you can realize from this comparison that the mutual plan of insurance s not so hazardous as some stock company agents would have you believe—and you agree that figures can be relied upon. Therefore, we feel justified in the timely warning, “Be- ware of the man who condemns mut- ual insurance, because he is doing so at your own expense.” Battle Creek advises us of a youth 19 years old, named Lyle Wilcox, who has been arrested in that city on a charge of passing checks. Is married, wife lives in Detroit and formerly worked for the Michigan Central West yard in Detroit. Watch out for a man by the name of R. L. Denny, who claims to be a member of the San Francisco Kiwanis Club and passes bad checks. Trav- erse City warns against checks paya- ble to L. E. Denny and signed William Mullem. Lowell warns against checks passed on a garage and restaurant signed by Eleanor Hubbell, per K. Hubbell. — Jason E. Hammond. Mr. Mich. Retail Dry Goods Ass'n. +--+. ____ Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, Aug. 25—Charles Will succeeds J. T. Boylan as city salesman for the Michigan Hardware oO. _ Wm. DeKuipers (Worden Grocer Co.) is taking a month’s vacation from business cares and responsibilities. He and his family are taking an automo- bile trip through the Eastern and New England states. His route is being covered in the meantime by Frank Morse. William Winegar has sold his hold- ings in the Vilas County Lumber Co. to William Bonifas, Vice-President and Manager of the Wm. Bonifas Lumber Co., of Escanaba. He will succeed Mr. Winegar as President of the Vilas County Lumber Co. Truman L. Gillett, formerly with the Michigan Hardware Co., but who retired from official connection of that house about six years ago and removed to Charlotte, has returned to Grand Rapids to reside permanently. He has purchased a home on Carleton avenue and is transferring his house- hold goods to the new location this week. The appraisers of the estate of the late Lewis H. Withey value the estate at $1,200,000, exclusive of the resi- dence property which’ automatically goes to the widow because of the title being a joint deed. Some salesmen put the proposition to their customers on the ground of charity, others beg assistance to make up their quota, while some talk tough luck at home. The fellow who oper- ates with a tin ‘cup and “Pity the Blind” sign is no salesman. The sales- men who get the business are simply honest, sincere, intelligent, modest men, who know when to get out of a customer’s office as well as when to go in, who know what they can do and convince their customers that they can do. tt: William Judson and wife are spend- ing a week at their summer home at Schoolcraft. —_>..—___ Michigan’s Car Consumption. Lansing, Aug. 25—An average of 700 certificates of title for new motor cars are being issued at the Secretary of State’s Department daily. This means at the rate of approximately 4,000 a week, and 200,000 annually. In addition thousands of motor title cer- tificates are being issued monthly where ownership of used cars changes. The daily average of new certificates issued daily is materially higher than earlier in the year. Secretary Charles J. DeLand estimates that the number of new certificates issued for the cal- endar year, 1925, will surely be in ex- cess of 150,000. In other words more than 150,000 new cars will have been sold in Michigan during the calendar year. —__—-o 2-2 3ut true polite- ness is more in the manner than in the “Politeness pays.” words. RAMONA “The Home of Good Shows” Night 8:30 Daily Matinee 3 p. m. Popular Prices BEST NEW YORK VAUDEVILLE MISS JUE QUON TAI China’s Only Contralto—in a Repertoire of Songs The Southern Singer FLORENCE BRADY and the Gentleman from Mississippi GILBERT WELLS Composer of Many Popular Songs SHERMAN & ROSE REVUE In “A Revelation of Dance Novelties” Alan Mary Coogan and Casey in “The Shrinking Violet” Jack Strouse In “Over the Phone” Ramonagrarh Latest Current News Reel Nella Arnaut and her Younger Brothers in “MUSICAL DANSOLOGY Bettey Moore & Company in “LAUGHS AND THRILLS” Featuring Ray Zeller, European Pantomimist. For Reserved Seats call 22496 or procure tickets at Peck’s Drug Store or : Pantlind Style Shop. 26 MICHIGAN S “> DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES = ¥ =x = = = = = sv Sone Moan, q Wav. (te / ie — We Ze es A & SN Making the Smal! Fcuntain Pay. Despite the fact that more druggists ever drug- real bought fountains last year than we still have with us the that a refresh- before, who refuses to believe is to be made with gist money ment department. When I have to put a fountain in my store to help pay the rent, I'll get out of the drug business and get into the said a prominent druggist to me lately. We got a laugh out of that line, for this man carries and in fact other side line that is and fiften cent store. a soda foun- restaurant game,” cheap watches, games. about every found in a ten Yet he wouldn’t consider tain. There is not a doubt in my mind that this man is losing hundreds and more likely thousands of dollars each year just through stubbornness. He has made up his mind that there is no money in soda, and he will not allow anyone to prove him wrong. His com- petitor across the street has a fountain that now brings in more money than any other department in the store. The answer is prejudice. He doesn’t want to be shown. It might be reasonably supposed that this is an extreme case. But sad to relate, This particular druggist is but one of many who re- fuse to admit that their old fashioned ideas are cutting down profits. The same men will stock up with al- most anything that a salesman happens along with, whether it has been tried out or not. Mention fountain to them and they see red. There is not—to them—one commendable feature about a fountain in connection with the drug store, and all arguments but serve tto intensify their opposition to this money getter. I have long had a that many are against putting a fountain in their place of business because they would have to admit they had no knowledge of the highly specialized trade of serving soda. The more I think it over, the better am I satisfied +hat this is logical. However, there are ways out of the situation that will bear careful consideration. I know of one man who knows a little less than the average about a fountain, but still owns and collects from two such is not so. suspicion man fountains. This practical fellow found that he was not making enough money. He visited other stores in an endeavor to find out the secret of getting customers in. Finally he decided fountain seemed to be the answer. He called in specialists in the fountain line They backed his with facts. He bought a fountain. Realiz- ing that he knew nothing about this that a soda suppositions and that he had keen competition across the street in two different commissioned the fountain people to find him a man who fountain game thoroughly. This was accomplished with more or line of business, stores, he knew the less ease, and the fountain in due time in operattion. The man who opened the fountain knew his business and within a few weeks the customers began to come in pretty regularly. In two months the gross intake of the store had climbed some $30 a day—not including the fountain registers. Was Encouraged by success, this soon had another store in another vicin- ity, and it is needless to relate another fountain went in with other fixtures. Not all men are so fortunate in get- ting the right kind of help, however. The case of Jones shows another way out. Jones, whose right name by the way is—well, not Jones—bought a fountain to help pay the overhead and soon found that he had increased this expense instead of reducing it. He looked around for some soda man de- sirous of getting into business for him- self—and right here let me announce that there are many such—and he found one. A dicker was soon made and the lessee was soon on the job, all set to go. Go he did. To-day Jones is getting a nice little sum from the fountain minus the worry of trying to look after a business that he does not understand. The merchandise end of the store, Jones tells me, has shown a large increase during ithe past eighteen months. Still Jones has been very fortunate in keeping the same fountain man satisfied with his bargain. It is not always so. The point I am trying to make is that a merchant does not necessarily have to be a practical fountain man in order to avail himself of this oppor- tunity to annex a few more dollars. The fountain is becoming as necessasy as the toilet goods department, and almost as profitable. There are al- ways men to be had for a price who understand the soda business, and there always will be. The law of sup- ply and demand will always take care of this phase of the business. I dare there are at least fifty soda men where but one existed ten years ago. summer I had me that had caped my observations. In one store a fountain had in operation something over a Not much success. Different dispens- ers had taken a fling at the game, but none had succeeded in getting the re- sults that count. The proprietor was about disgusted with the whole propo- man say that to-day Last several facts thrust on hitherto es- been year. TRADESMAN sition. Then along came a man who knew something of the business of bringing a fountain back to life. An arrangement was soon made between the two men, and the new man went to work. Right from the start there was a noticeable improvement in the service and the quality of merchandise sold over that onyx slab. People be- gan to drift into the store who had for years taken their money somewhere else. Naturally some of them bought drug sundries. They were astonished to find that ithey could buy first class merchandise where they had been un- der the impression only mediocre goods existed. Just why this condi- tion obtained, I was never able to find out. But the condition undoubtedly did exist. The fountain service brought them into the store, and the goods on display spoke for themselves. A checking up at the end of three months showed that the merchant had served about fifteen hundred more customers than for the same period the previous year. Why? The question was probed from every angle. The _ inevitable answer was the fountain. There is a strange little twist to this case. Although the fountain did not make much money for the man who operated it, the other departments of the business have since shown about a 30 per cent. increase. This may be due to some leak in the fountain man- agement, or it may be ‘that the other departments have been growing a great deal faster than the refreshment end. One thing certain though—the fountain is going to step out this coming sum- mer, and the man who operates it is due to make himself considerable money. Right at this time the owner is cashing in on the service of the fountain, because that is the main at- traction. Other stores in the immedi- ate vicinity carry about the same gen- eral lines but none other nearby has a fountain. No doubt some of the others are go- ing to wake up to the facts of the sit- uation in the near future, but the man who is on the ground floor is a hard man to beat. Established, and satisfied trade is good trade. Try and take it away. The case of Jones, cited above, is by no means exceptional. I can re- call many instances of a like nature. Often a soda fountain has proved a veritable life saver. I know a merchant who for years made plenty of money, because he had an exclusive trade that was willing to pay big prices for the line of merchandise E carried. Then came tthe day he had to move to an- other street. The trade began to shop elsewhere, and found that they could buy more for their money. E had al- alwys had a strong aversion to a foun- tain. Yet he has gradually come to the point where he has buried prejudice and is installing a fountain as a last expedient to save his business from the hands of his creditors. He is in the heart of the shopping district, where thousands pass his door every hour. If he doesn’t make money with his fountain, it will be because of misman- agement on the part of the person who has charge of this department. T talked with a man in a small town August 26, 1925 the other day. and found another who had learned an expensive lesson. This man had always closed his fountain in the winter. This year a business rival kept his open and made money. The other man now realizes that his com- petitor has the jump on him when the days begin to warm up, and to offset this advantage is buying an expensive fountain and other equipment. An- other instance of a man refusing to experiment a little before deciding that he knows it all. Maybe the new foun- tain may turn the trick. I much doubt it. I am more inclined to believe that the man with the initiative will make the road pretty hard going for others in the same business. He has foresight and is willing to take a chance in order to gain knowledge. It may be all right in some business ventures to let tthe other fellow try out his theories. But the fountain has long passed the experi- mental stage. It is established, and has provd its worth in the largest stores in the country. The man who still hesitates is simply refusing to take that which the gods are offering. Right now is the time to let ithe fact sink home. The season is but a short month or so away when thousands of thirsty people will be looking for the stores ithat have fountains. What is more, this year will see the biggest im- provement in soda fountains that the trade has ever expesienced. Now is the time to buy. Hector Douglas. +2. in Detroit Pharmaceutical House. C. E. Jamieson has severed a connec- tion of many years with Frederick Stearns & Co. and has organized C. E. Jamieson & Co., taking over F. A. Thompson & Co.. pharmaceutical chemists, who have been in business thirty years. Mr. Jamieson is well known in the drug trade, having tray- eled extensively for Frederick Stearns & Co. In 1913-14 he made a_ trip around the world for that firm, visiting among other countries Africa and Australia. Returning home early in 1915 he was made foreign sales man- ager, later taking over and managing the private formula department. Re- cently the directors of F. A. ‘Thomp- son & Co. began looking for a man with qualities and experience neces- sary for the management of their busi- ness. Mr. Jamieson was their choice. The name of the company was chang- ed to C. E. Jamieson & Co., Mr. Jam- ieson being elected president and gen- eral manager. He is a member of the Detroit Athletic club, Oakland Hills Country club and Detroit Yacht club. ——— +++ Fifty years ago there was a deer hunter at Reed City named Daniels who had many hunting stories like this on tap: He was crossing a ravine on a fallen tree. He had left his gun on a stump. Along came the biggest buck he had ever seen. Quick as a flash he dropped down on the buck’s back, grasping his antlers. The buck ran through bushes for miles, depriv- ing rider of every vestige of clothing o1 his body. When buck neared the point of exhaus‘ion the hunter put his hand in his pocket, exracted his jack- knife and cut the buck’s throat. Change . : q : August 26, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27 Alpha—Howard B. Reed, druggist, Then and Now. ==) WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT has been placed in bankruptcy, owing “Are they engaged? I heard him to his inability to meet maturing oe begging for ‘just one,’ behind the Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day of issue. gations. The court has placed Leigh palms over there.” C. Caswell, of Crystal Falls, in charge “Naw! They’re married. He was cs cavum dine o MERE Chee @3 10 . * : uavendar F oe inchona —.. of the business. asking for a dollar.” Boric (Powd.) ue 15 @ 2 Lavendar Gar'n | se 20 Selehiousn na @1 80 MOR EIOIES cp ok been een om a2 oU@=a lo pei lE o es ea 38 2 44 Linseed, bid. bbl. @113 Cubebs ———----- @3 00 Citric ___- — 68 @ 7 Linseed, bid less 1 20@1 33 Digitais @1 wu Murtatic - ------ 3% a > oe Oe ts he Gentian --.._____ @1 36 e toe 25 Mustard, artifil. on .@ | 50 pec Ss > De = Sulphuric __.---- 3% 8 eatsfoot -_.-.- @ BUSIBG: Woo Tartare ene 40 g g0 Olive, pure ---- 3 75@4 50 Guaiac, Ammon. @2 00 Olive, Malaga, Annie lew 2 75@3 09 lodine ----------- @ % Olive, Malaga, lodine, Colorless @1 50 Water, 26 deg. _. 10 @ 18 ‘i : green _.___._.._ 2 76@3 00 e@le. 2 1 Water, 18 deg. 09 @ 14 Orange, Sweet__ 4 sons 75 Hyon sy es 4: : Water, 14 deg. -- 6% 12 Ori 29569 Kino ------------- @1 40 Ink Tablets, Penholders, Composition Books, Pencil Tablets, Gia. 20 g me Come, Due 00g So au Chloride (Gran.) 10% 20 : 00 2 J ey aay % Pastes, Glues, Inks, School Records, Penholders, Pens, Slates, By een mae age an SHEN os oa : : — Rose, pure — 18 50@14 00 -P emnmnn= School Blanks, Slate Pencils, Rubber Bands, Pencil Pockets, Copatba 1001 40 Rosemary Flows 1 25@1 50 Opium, Camp. -. @ & : : Fir (Canada) —-- Sandalwood, . Opium, Deodors'd @3 50 oO Cc sses, Chalk, Pencil Sharpeners, Chamois Fir (Oregon) _-- 65@1 00 16 60@10 25 Cray = = . : P : Peru 3 00@8 25 Sassafras, true 2°00@2 25 Rhubarb —--- @1 7 Skins, Inks, Pencil Assortments, Fountain Pens, Blackboard Tolu ------------ 3 0@3 25 ein an) cima te : . : Barks Sperm ___-_----- 1 50@1 15 Erasers, Colored Pencils, Blotting Paper, Exercise Books, Cun Coe 26g 30 Tansy ees 4 ngs 26 Painte. : _. 60 60 as, USF... 50 65 Water Colors, Pencil Pockets, Cardboard, Thumb Tacks, ee Se ee $ 65 Turpentine, bi, _ @1 05% Lead, red dry — 15%@16% ‘ . oe . Soap Cut (powd.) Turpentine, less 113@1 26 Lead, white dry 154%@16% Paste, Pencil Clips, Water Colors, Dictionaries, Ink Erasers, —_— 18@ 25 Wintergreen, 5 o0@e 25 Leads white oll- 154 @15% ° . Hee eee a Ochre, yell bbl. 21% Bristol Board, Library Paste, Blank Books, Rulers, Dusters, oo ae Wintergreen, sweet) 0G. oe _ a om - ee «6t ss = birch _____- , ‘ : : : Wintergreen, art_. 80@1 20 Re Tonotin J 21 ° Mucilages, Sponges, Crayolas, Pencils, Lunch Kits, Banner a «a = Wormseed ~---- § 5006 73 oe - on an 40 4 . ay ormw od -.-- 50@8 75 = Gee “ng. Loose Leaf Note Books, Pencil Boxes, Legal and Foolscap Prickly Ash ------ oe # hie a ‘ : . ses : He Extracts Whiting, bbl. _-- G@ 4% Paper, Dictionaries, Pat's Pick, Michigan History, U. S. Civil ia ce 6 oo Whiting ———--—_- 6 Iv “17° : . os Licorice powd. --. @1 00 So tS nee Ge Government, Pattengill’s Orthographies, Civil Government Se Bicarbonate ---.. r ‘ Rogers Prep. -. 3 05@3 25 ee : chromate ----.- 5 Primary, Michigan, Welch School Registers. iin 259 “ trans 69@ 85 conan oe) 20 25 oe saree “ 11 dscns hamomile Rom. — orate, ran’ 30 scellaneous REMEMBER THAT SCHOOL WILL SOON OPEN c 4 oo oe eT pn ums Or Xtal ....... 16 cetanalid ........ Acacia, let ----- 50@ 65 Cyanide ...-_-.. 300 90 Alum —_.-_-__.___ 0oe@ 123 SEND US YOUR ORDER TODAY poet egy apa a6 oe oa S 2 oor @ Acacia, Sorts --. 20 25 Permanganate -- 20@ 30 ground ___...... 09@ 15 Acacia, Powdered 35 40 Prussiate, yellow “. 75 Bismuth, Subni- Aloes (Barb Pow) 25 85 Prussiate, red -_ 00 trate _..._... 3 54@3 69 HAZELTINE & PER ‘e Aloes (Cape me) an bis Sulphate —_.___ 35@ 40 Borax xtal or Aloes (Soc. Pow. powdered _... 07@ 13 : - 1 i Asafoetida ------ 65 75 Cantharades, po. 1 76@2 25 Manistee Michigan Grand Rapids oS ggg a eee 76@1 00 oo ieee Camphor __----. 1 05@1 10 Roots Capsicum, powda 48@ 66 Guaiae @ 80 Carmine 7 00@7 60 ; Alka..ct: 2 25@ 30 Seg we Guaiac, pow'd -- @_ 90 Ficod powdered. 35@ 40 Casia Buds — 20@ Kino = ~----------- @1 - Calamus 20000 5 60 Cloves .......... 86 bd Kino, powdered @1 = Wiecampans, pwa BG 16 “Oee Prepared. 14@ 16 MYER 2 @ Gentian, powd 20@ 30 Chloroform _--- 51@_ 60 Myrrh, powdered O° fe ee Chloral Hydrate 1 35@1 85 Opium, powd. 19 65@19 92 meu 30@ 35 Cocaine --—-—- 12 10@12 80 oo gran. 19 be he . Ginger, Jamaica 60@ 65 oo — cn” Oe oe Shellac Bleached 1 d0O1 19 Ginger, Jamaica, Cie ON OSS > Tasucantk. paw. @115 powdered -——- G6@ 60 Glnneras, Powd 408 16 MICHIGAN Sensing 7 wow 2 Goldenseal, pow. @7 50 GoPP ? : Tragacanth _.-- 1 75@2 25 ve z q Corrosive Sublm 1 58@1 76 Turpentine @ 25 ‘Ipecac, powd. -- 3 500@3 75 Cream Tartar 31@ 38 Makes = plcoriée = 8G 49 Cattle none = 40g HP a Insecticides = Orris, powdered 20@ 40 Oe as J 2 Arsenic .....-.. 5 oke, powdered_ a Good Blue Vitriol, bbl. @ O07 Rhubarb, powd. 100@110 [mery’ Powdered BQ 10 Blue Vitriol, less 08 15 Rosinwood, powd. @ 49 ian Salts, bbls. Bordea. Mix Dry 12% 35 Sarsaparilla, Hond. Epsom Salts, less 3% 10 ocolates Hellebore, White ground = ------—- @1 00 jrgot, powdered _. @1 00 powdered -_-_-. 30 Sarsaparilla Mexican, aia. White “15@ 20 Insect Powder _. 40@ 55 ground _..__. 25 wWormaldehyde, lb. 12@ 30 Lead oe Po. 17@ 30 Sauie uae iia 2 7 Gelatine aoe : 9091 0 Lime and Sulphur Squills, powdere x Pagangr Sosa Dry — “a @ Tuneic pews. We 35 Gasewere koe > Glassware, full case 60% Paris Green 223@ %8 # Valerian, powd. 16 Glauber Salts, bbL O01 Glauber Salts less 04 0 e Leaves Glue, Brown --.. 31 30 Buchu _------- 1 sgt 80 Seeds Glue, Brown Grd 15@ 20 en on av 18 oe, gaia 5 a Ani 3 Gia wate “grd "e ae Sage, Bulk _----- @ 30 TAG 5 Glue, white grd. ‘ § Sage, % iooee ae b - ao powdered 38 . ore aS 25%@ * Sage, powdered__ 5 we, ts 7 oe 60 Ce en gra fice — 8 Seo as WB Ria TST Grand Rapids National Bank Building enna, Wh araway, Po. .30 25@ 30 Ilodoform ----—- : Senna, Tinn. pow. 25 85 Cardamon ------ @4 00 Lead Acetate -. 20 30 Chicago GRAND RAPIDS Detroit Uva Ursi ___------- 20@ 2% Coriander pow. f0 .20@ 35 Maco ———--_ @ 48 or i ae «20 ce, Pp ered __ First National Bank Bldg. Telephones oa a Congress Building Olls Fennell ——_----—- 25@ 40 Menthol -_..-- 16 00g 16 90 Almonds, Bitter, Mia 2, 0 5 orphine -._. ue ___..._.. 7 60@7 76 Flax, ground -.-- 08@ 15 Nux Vomica --.. 30 Almonds, Bitter, @ — pow. 16 7 bt ag ae pow. us = artificial 0O@4 25 TT As epper black pow. Almonds, Sweet, Lobella, powd. _. @125 Pepper, White -. 42@ 50 Ibs. of uy sting Paper atinae some MO ANS Gad BG Quan aS $ on wee ustard, _. 20@ 2 Quassia -_...---. ‘ tT! J & (OO) imitation ______ 75@1 00 Poppy ---------- 29 % Quinine —_... 123@1 33 G od <7or |@e Amber, crude -- 1 60@1 75 Quince - 1 50@1 75 Rochelle Salts -. 380 85 . Amber weiied FGI Een —— BG i SiMe —— ue B * AMSG 92 abadilla — is ‘eter __... For the Home, School and Office—pure white Beraamane ~~~" 6 50@6 75 Sunflower _-_--- UK@ 1g Seldlitz Mixture 3 40 bond, very little trimmings—all writing paper— Gt 0g 7§ Worm, American 30@ 40 Soap, green -_- 16 30 properly styled the Economy Package. Guae 4 00@4 25 Worm, Levant __4 25@4 50 Soap mott cast. 22%@ 26 Age S08 for nea is eae fee ae fgets oe ee SO ai writer use. Ss - edar Cnt cesivuaiaauieuemeeacaiaal lopes. Try your local dealer. If he Citronella ___.. 1 25@1 50 Tinctures Soap, white castile cannot supply you pin a dollar bill to Cloves _.____._ 8 00@3 25 less, per bar _.. @1 45 this advertisement with name and ad- Cocoanut __----_ 25@ 35 Aconite @1 39 Soda Ash __----_- 3@ 10 dress and we will send either size So Cod Liver —-__-- 1e0@2 th ce Soda Bicarbonate 3%@ 10 postpaid. Croton ____-_ 2 2 25 . w----------- o 45 Soda, Sal -——— 024g | 68 i Cotton Seed —.. 1 40@1 60 WAIGCA 28 10 Spirits Camphor - Merchants write for prices. oo = bene Cubebs __-----. 7 00 2 35 Beneetiie oe ei 40 Sulphur, eo an Ae ie . Eigeron —-_----- 6 00@6 25 Belladonna ------ 35 Sulphur, Subl. --- KALAMAZOO VEGETABLE letter size a, bor hias o ameat 1 25@1 60 Benzoin _-----__- 210 Tamarinds 20@ 25 PARCHMENT CO 5 oyrit. Hemlock, pure. 1 76@% 90 Benzoin Gomp'd 265 Tartar Emetic .. 70@ 76 M ay 5 Tt er cea Juniper Shee : bogs A a Co : 65 Eh oe ty Rata Hg, a ic Juniper Wood - 1 50@ ‘anthraradies __- anilla Ex. pure Halamaren, 8%x13 Lard, extra --- 1 60@1 80 Capsicum : 320 Vanilla Ex. pure 2 50@8 00 Lard, No. 1 -... 1 40@1 60 Catechu -------- 175 Zinc Sulphate -... 06@ 15 28 MICHIGAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mail- ing and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices, however, are liable to change at any time, and country merchants will have their orders filled at market vrices at date of purchase. ADVANCED Sugar Canned Cherries Canned Salmon Quaker Gelatine Shelled Walnuts Rice Gasoline Naptha DECLINED Fost Toasties, 24s -- Chili Con Ca., 1s 1 35@1 45 Deviled Ham, Y%s .. 2 20 —_ — AMMONIA Instant Postum, No. 9 5 00 Beef, No. %, Qua ali. 1 7 Instant Postum No. 10 4 50 Beef, 6 os., Qua. 2 ie Arctic, 16 oz. -------- 00 Postum Cereal, No. 0 225 Beef, No. 1, B’nut, sli. 4 650 Arctic, 32 oz. -------- 325 postum Cereal, No. 1 270 Beefsteak & Onions, 5 2% 75 Quaker, 36, 12 oz. case 3 85 post Toasties, 36s —_- 3 45 3 2 b. 10° Ib. pails, 15 Ib. pails, 25 lb. pails, per doz. per doz. 11 20 per doz. 17 70 BAKING POWDERS Arctic, 7 oz. tumbler 1 35 Queen Flake, 16 oz., dz 2 25 Royal, 10c,- doz. ______ 95 Royal, 6 oz., doz. -. 2 70 Royal, 12 oz., doz -. 5 20 Royal, 6 ib. _ 31 20 Rocket, 16 oz., doz. 1 25 BEECH-NUT BRANDS. WITH CHEESE AN? Linky eg Mints, all flavors -_---- 60 am 2 70 Prt Drop. ..._.._.______ 70 Cammrs 70 Sliced bacon, large -. 4 95 Sliced bacon, medium 3 00 Sliced beef, large —-- Sliced beef, medium — Grape Jelly, large --- Grape Jelly, medium-_- Peanut butter, 16 oz. 4 70 Peanuts butter, 104% oz Peanut butter, 6% oz. 2 00 Peanut butter, 3% oz. Prepared Spaghetti _. 1 40 Baked beans, 16 oz._. 1 40 BLUING Original ™ condensed Pearl ; i}Crown Capped 4 doz., 10c dz. 8F J3 az. 16c, dz. 1 26 BREAKFAST FOODS Cracked Wheat, 24-2 3 85 Cream of Wheat, 188 3 60 Cream of Wheat, 24, as | LLULL Pillsbury’s Best Cer’l 2 20 Quaker Puffed Rice_. 5 60 Quaker Puffed Wheat 4 30 Quaker Brfst Biscuit 1 90 Ralston Branzos -... 3 20 Ralston Food, large -_ 4 00 Saxon Wheat Food -. 3 90 Vita Wheat, 12s _____- 1 80 Post’s Brands. Grape-Nuts, 24s —__.. 3 80 Grape-Nuts, 100s -... 2 75 Iastant Postum, No. 8 & 40 Post’s Bran, 248 BROOMS Parlor Pride, doz. 5 Standard Parlor, 23 Ib. ; 9 Fancy Parlor, 23 Ib. Ex. Fancy Parlor 25 Ib. a Fey. Parlor 26 ib. . = ee & Whisk, Ne. 2 76 BRUSHES Scrub Solid Back, 8 in. ---- 1 50 Solid Back, 1 in. -_-- 1 75 Pointed Fnds ___---- 1 25 Stove Shaker 1 86 mo 8 2 00 Peericss 2 60 Shoe No 05 2 25 No. FO 3 00 BUTTER COLOR Dandelion, ~---..--.. 3 85 Nedrow, 3 os., doz. 2 56 CANDLES Electric ea 40 libs. 12.1 Piumber, ibs. ____ 12.8 Paraffine, i cone ci — 14% araffine, 128 ....--- 14% lone 40 ng Tudor, 6s, per box -. 7 CANNED FRUIT. Apples, 3 Ib. Standard 1 50 Apples, No. 10 __ 4 50@5 7 Apple Sauce, No. 10 7 560 Apricots, No. 1 1 ae 00 Apricots, No. 2 ~~ 3 00 Apricots, No. 2% 38 “00@38 76 Apricots, No. 10 .--. 9 25 Blackberries, No. 3 50 Blueber’s, No. 2 2 o0@2 15 Blueberries, No. 10_. 15 00 Cherries, No. 2 3 0 Cherries, No. 2% —---- 3 76 Cherries, No. 10 —... 10 75 Loganberries, No. 2 3 00 Peaches, No.1 1 25@1 80 Peaches, No. 1, Sliced E 40 Peaches, No. 27 Peaches, No. 24% Mich 3 25 Peaches, 2% Cal. 3 25@3 75 Peaches, 10, Mich. —- 8 50 Pineapple, 1, sl. 1 80@2 00 Pineapple, 2 sl. 2 80@3 00 P’apple, 2 br. sl. 2 65@2 85 P’apple, 2%, sli. 3 35@3 50 P’apple, 2, cru. 2 60@3 15 Pineapple, 10 cru. — 11 50 Pears, No. 2 4 Pears, No. 2% ~.4 25@4 75 Plums, No. 2 ~. 2 40@2 50 Plums, No. 2% 2 Raspberries, No. 2, blk 3 60 Raspb’s, Red, No. 10 15 00 Raspb’s, Black, No. 10 6 Rhubarb, No. 10 ----_ 5 26 CANNED FISH. Clam Ch’der, 10% oz. 1 35 Clam Ch., No. 3... 3. 58 Clams, Steamed, No. 1 2 00 Clams, Minced, No. 1 3 25 Finnan Haddie, 10 oz. 3 30 Clam Bouillon, 7 oz... 2 50 Chicken Haddie, No. 1 2 75 Fish Flakes, small -- 1 35 Cod Fish Cake, 10 oz. 1 85 Cove Oysters, 5 oz. __ 1 90 Star 2 60 Shrimp, Sard’s, % Oil, Ky 5 25@6 00 Sardines, 4 Oil, k’less 4 75 Sardines, % Smoked 6 75 Salmon, Warrens, %s 2 75 Salmon, Rd Alas. 3 40@3 75 Salmon, Med. Alaska 3 00 Salmon, Pink Alaska 1 75 Sardines, Im. %, me —— Sardines, Im., \%, ea. 25 Sardines, Cal. 1 65@1 80 Tuna, 2: Albocore __ 95 Tuna, %s, Curtis, doz. 2 20 Tuna, %s, Curtis, doz. 3 50 Tuna, 1s, Curtis, doz. 7 00 CANNED MEAT. Bacon, Med. Beechnut 3 00 Bacon, Lge Beechnut 4 95 Beef, No. 1, Corned — 2 70 Beef, No. 1, Roast — 3 70 Beef, No. 3%, Qua. sli. 1 85 Deviled Ham, %s --- 3 60 Hamburg Steak & Onions. No. 1 _ UW... 3 15 Potted Beef, 4 oz. _.. 1 10 Potted Meat, % Libby 52% Potted Meat, % Libby 90 Potted Meat, % Qua. 85 Potted Ham, Gen. % 1 85 Vienna Saus., No. % 1 35 Vienna Sausage, Qua. 965 Veal Loaf, Medium -. 2 30 Baked Beans Campbells. 1-15 Quaker, 15 oz. 90 Fremont, No. 2 ~-.--- 1 zo Snider, No. 1 _......- Bd Snider, No. 2 ....... ‘2 Van Camp, small ---- Van Camp, Med. -... 1 is CANNED — er Asparagu No. 1, Green on t 60@4 75 No. 2%, Lge. Green °2 W. Bean, cat —._.._ W. Beans, 10 -- 8 co@18 o Green Beans, 2s 2 00@3 75 Gr. Beans, 108 7 50@13 00 L. gr. 35@3 Lima Beans, 2s, Soaked 95 Red Kid. No. 2 1 20@1 35 Beets, No. 2, wh. 1 75@2 40 Beets, No. 2, cut --._ 1 60 ecg Dehydrated Veg. Soup 90 Dehydrated Potatoes, lb. 45 Mushrooms, Hotels ____ 42 Mushrooms, Choice —-_. 53 Mushrooms, Sur Extra 70 Peas, No. 2, E. J. 1 75@1 85 Peas, No. 2, Sift, J Peas, Ex. Fine, —— 25 Pumpkin, No. 3 1 36@1 50 Pumpkin, No. 10 4 50 6 60 Pimentos, %, each 12@14 Pimentos, %, each — 37 Sw’t Potatoes, No. 2% 1 66 Saurkraut, No. 3 1 40@1 50 Succotash, No. 2 1 65@32 60 Succotash, No. 2, glass 3 8@ Spinach, No. 1 ----.. 1 26 Spinach, No. 2__ 1 60@1 90 Spinach, No. 3. 2 10@3 50 Spinach, No. 10__ 6 00@7 00 Tomatoes, No. 2 1 40@1 60 Tomatoes, No. 3 2 00@2 25 Tomatoes, No. 2, glass : 4 Tomatoes, No. ie — CATSUP. B-nut, Small _..w#sss 8 Lily Valley, 14 os. — 8 Lily of Valley, % 1 Paramount, 24, 8 1 Paramount, 24, 16s __ 2 40 Paramount, 6, 10s _. 10 00 Sniders, 8 oz. nin ae Sniders, 16 oz. _..._.. 2 95 Quaker, 10% oz. 1 60 Quaker. 14 os. —... 2 35 Quaker, Gallon Glass 12 50 CHILI SAUCE Snider, 16 oz. ~-._ 3 50 Snider, 8 oz. --_ 2 60 Lilly Valley, 8 oz. _. 2 10 Lilly Valley, 14 oz. .. 3 60 OYSTER COCKTAIL. Sniders, 16 oz. ---... 8 50 Sniders, 8 oz. ~-.~-. — 2 50 CHEESE Roquefort ..-_________. 52 Kraft, Small tins ____ 1 65 Bratt, American ._.. 1 65 Chili, small tins .... 1 6» Pimento, small tins __ 1 65 Roquefort, small tins 2 25 Camenbert. small tins 2 25 Wisconsin New ___--- 28 Dpemnorn oo 28 é Michigan Full Cream 2 New York Full Cream 29 Sap Sago 42 TRADESMAN CHEWING GUM. Adams Black Jack ---- 65 Adams Bloodberry ---- 65 Adams Dentyne -_---__ 65 Adams Calif. Fruit -_.. 65 Adams Sen Sen -_----- 65 Beeman’s Pepsin --.-- 65 meecnnat 70 Doublemint -_--_---_.-. 65 Juicy Wruit _....__.._..._. 6b Peppermint, Wrigleys _ -- 65 Spearmint, Wrigleys —- 65 Wrigttys P-K __...... 65 ToGo 65 Peavey 65 CHOCOLATE. Baker, Caracas, i” — £7 Baker, Caracas, Ss . 20 Hersheys, emium, %s 35 ersheys, Premium, \s 36 Runkle, Premium, %s_ 29 Runkle, Premium, Yss_ 32 Vienna Sweet, 24s _._._ 2 10 COCOA. Bunte, oe 43 Bunte, Da . pun, D. Droste’s Dutch, i ib, 3 ie Droste’s Dutch, . 4 50 Droste’s Dutch’, % Ib. 2 35 Hersheys, ee 33 Hersheys, Se . 28 Buyer Lowney, 4s __..__..__.... 4 Lowney, 4s — 40 Lowey, 2s... 38 Lowney, 5 _ cans _... 31 Runkies, 4s 32 Runkies. Us —......_ 36 Van Houten, #2 oe 75 Van Houten. oe ae COCOANUT Dunham's 15 lb. case, %s and 4s 49 15 Ib. case, %4s __.-___. 48 15 ib. case, %s ..______ 47 CLOTHES LINE. Hemp, 60 ft. -.--=---- 2 25 Twisted Cotton, 50 ft. 1 75 Braided, 50 ft. ________ 2 75 Sash Cord _._________ 4 26 HUME GROCER CO. ROASTERS MUSKEGOK, MIC COFFEE ROASTED Bulk ip Pepets a @31 Maracaibo ___........ Gautemala Java and Mocha _____ i Boro Peaberry oo oo 36 McLaughliin’s Kept-Fresh Vacuum packed. Always fresh. Complete line of high-grade bulk coffees. W. F. McLaughlin & Co., Chicago Telfer Coffee Co. Bokay. Coffee Extracts M. Y.. por 19) Frank’s 50 pes. Hummel’s 60 1 Ib. -- tou CONDENSED MILK Leader, 4 doz. __..-- 6 75 Eagle, 4 doz. -....... 9 00 Brand MILK COMPOUND Hebe, Tall, 4 doz. .. 4 50 Hebe, Baby, 8 doz. _. 4 40 Carolene, Tall, 4 doz. 3 80 Carolene, Baby --.-... 3 60 EVAPORATED MILK Quaker, Tall, 4 doz. __ 4 75 Quaker, Baby, 8 doz. 4 65 Quaker, Gallon, % doz. 4 60 Blue Grass, Tall 48 __ 4 65 Blue Grass, Baby, 96_ Blue Grass, No. 10 4 65 Carnation, Tall, 4 doz. Carnation, Baby, 8 dz. Every Day, Tall ~---- 5 00 Every Day, Baby ---- 4 90 Pee 7an 5 00 Pet, Baby, 8 oz. Borden’s, Tall Van Camp, Baby - oe CIGARS Worden Grocer Co. Brands Canadian Club -.-. 37 60 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 Webster Savoy ---. 75 Webster Plaza --.... 95 06 Webster Belmont__-110 00 Webster St. Reges_-125 0¢ Starlight Rouse 0 26 Starlight P-Club -. 135 00 Tiona 00 Clint Ford __------ 35 00 Nordac Triangulars, 1-20, per M 75 00 _ Worden’s Havana Specials, 20, per M 75 00 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Standard... oes 20 Jumbo Wrapped 19 Pure Sugar Sticks 600s 4 20 Big Stick, 20 lb. case 20 Mixed Candy Kindergarten — Leeder a oe dg OO, Ce ae French Creams -.--. 19 Cameo .. a ok Grocers a As Fancy Chocolates 5 lb. Boxes Bittersweets, Ass’ted 1 70 Choe Marshmallow Dp 1 70 Milk Chocolate A A_- , 80 Nibble Sticks -.------ 95 Primrose Choc, --.-.. 1 26 No. 12 Choc., Dark ~ 1 70 No. 12, Choc., Light ~ 1 76 Chocolate Nut Rolls — 1 76 Gum Drops Pails MAsige . 17 Urange Gums —u----.- 17 Challenge Gums ------ 14 Favorite ___.._ BD Superior, Boxes ~----- 24 Lozenges. Pails A. A. Pep. Lozenges 18 A. A. eink Lozenges 18 A. A. Choc. Lozenges 18 Motto Hearts -—... - 20 Malted Milk Lozer ges 22 Hard Gooas. Pails Lemon Drops -.---.-- 20 O. F. Horehwund dps. 20 Anise Squares —--... ae Peanut Squares —-.--. 20 Horehound Tabets -.. 19 Cough Drops Bxs. Potaams 1 30 Smith Bros. ~-...--. --. 1 60 Package Goods Creamery Marshmallows 4 oz. pkg., 12s, cart. 95 4 oz. pkg., 48s, case 3 90 Specialties. Walnut Fudge ---...__ 23 Pineapple Fudge -._.. 21 Italian Bon Bons -_--.. 19 Atlantic Cream Mints_ 3] Silver King M. Mallows 31 Walnut Sundae, 24, 5e 80 Neapolitan, 24, 5c _..__ 80 Yankee Jack, 24, 5c __ 80 Mich. Sugar Ca., 24, 5e 8C¢ Pal O Mine, 24, 5e ____ 80 COUPON BOOKS 50 Economic grade 8 5@ 100 Economic grade 4 50 500 Economic grade 20 00 1000 Economic grade 37 50 Where 1,000 bocks are ordered at a time, special- ly printed front cover is furnished without charge. CREAM OF TARTAR 6 lb. boxes -....._____ 38 1925 August 26, DRIED FRUITS Apples Domestic, 20 Ib. box a Y. Fey, 60 lb. box 16% . ¥. Fey, 14 oz. pkg. 17% Apricots Evaporated, Choice -_ 30 Evaporated, Fancy —-. 35 Evaporated, Slabs -. 27 Citron 10 ib. box “as Currants Package, 14 oz. --.... 18 Greek, Bulk, Ib. -_-.... 16 Dates Dromadary, 36s __---- 6 75 Peaches Evap., Choice, un. ____ 18 Evap., Ex. Fancy, P. P. 20 Peal Lemon, American .-.... 24 Orange, American ~~... 24 Raisins. Seeded, bulk Thompson’s s’dles blk 09 Thompson's seedless, 1 of: 1 Seeded, 15 oz. California Prunes 90@100, 25 lb. boxes _@08% 60@70, 25 lb. boxes —_.@10% 50@60, 26 lb. boxes —@12 40@50, 25 lb. boxes -.@14 30@40, 25 lb. boxes -.@16 20@30, 25 lb. boxes -.@33 FARINACEOUS GOODS Beans Med. Hand Picked __ 07 Cal. Limas ..-... 15 Brown, Swedish ... 07% Red Kidney ---..-.... 10% Farina 24 packages -..-._--. 3 50 Bulk, pce 100 Ibs ~.. 06% Hominy Pearl, 100 lb. sacks -_ 4 25 Macaronl Domestic, 20 Ib. box 10 Armours, 2 doz., 8 oz. 1 80 fould s 2 doz., 8 oz 2 26 Quaker, 2 dos. 2 0 Pearl Barley Chester | 22 4 50 Oe 5 00 Barley Grits 2. 06 Peas Scoten, 1b, 08 Split, Ib. yellow. oo 08% Split green —__...... Sago East India -__. 10 Taploca Pearl, 100 lb. sacks .. 10 Minute, 8 oz., 8 doz. 4 05 Dromedary Instant _. 3 6U FLAVORING EXTRACTS 165 _.. % ounce -. 1 80 200 _.. 1% ounce — 3 25 38 50 __. 2% ounce —- 38 76 3825 _..2 ounce ___ 8 60 6 --- 4 ounce 7 00 UNITED FLAVOR Imitation Vanilla 1 ounce, 10 cent, dos. 90 2 ounce, 15 cent, dos. 1 25 B ounce, 25 cent, dos. 3 00 4 ounce, 30 cent, doz. 3 25 Jiffy Punch 8 doz. Carton _....___ 3 38 Assorted flavors. FRUIT CANS Mason. Mall pint __ 7 60 One pint 2. 7 65 One quart 22 8 90 Half gallon _______._ 11 95 tdeal Glass Top. Rubbers. 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Poy No. 0, wick ain 19 7 egs ase 85 inol oz. lec 0.2 #S ef, mi set Ce ls 2 sks ; 55 nion S$ Z. ee 35 No per ING ¢ MOLA ae Parowax, 4 poo oo oe Ree. a aie ae iene A’Butier Ib. ai o Garlic Salt cme 95 Sy ar Mie : SSES Lh ge earows | 100, Ib. doz. 5 ain 17 25@3 P -Butt a oe eet 1 No. 3, per gTOSS 75 é : one 40 , bag te 2 26 ee Ric 1 75@2 30 ‘lain. ‘ter 5 “24-2 cart 85 Tumeric, oz. 3 wooD a © : : ver Fla 100 lb eS et nner Dia 1 85 » 2% “aonno== aun 80 saaner, 3 Reg a ee Bags 50 i ise 8 med 2 40 ecu eet Baskets ‘ Mo r, 128 ular .- 50 ock “ Jb. Cle dair 26 K B re ha or eo og od -- 1 80 i oe ou 40 ees spi or oe — .w! Sacks Baker Wien” : = y. sack” ae Powdered, ee Market Nant band 1 75 , Sacks, an ib. J eg A SOA Cre: p45, 1 ags oe Mark -- are me , ' a ' 90 lb. C ate 1 50 m. F P Q vam, 48 Ib. ae Mar et, si p handle 18 . Gola “Cotton _. 32 fx Famil uaker $-1 _ pkgs. 0 aa ingle andle 0 oie wai ean: oS bee ee re a Oe Ee ee essa } Yo. 5, 1 seep ~~ ae Flake W wi tn 10 ae se Splint. a a. 1A . 9 Be. 2 sf gsc to case § 36 Hammer” 7 White. Na. 100s _- Argo, 48 — _ medium —---—- 8 50 = o. » ! e eas : oe rd Naptha, 0 es 75 Argo, 5, ¢ 3 aaa nee Green cans toch 843 Gramulaied. be i oe ett Argo, 8, 5 1b, kgs. -- 40 Barrel gor 6 80 No. 10, . Brer es. 5 30 Sem ee 60 Sor Nagtha, 100 WwW 1008 4 [ oa Gh a a 2 > 3 auch 5 ae eac va a bt cans Rabbit Se dac, 12 pa ulated, 3 Ibs. ¢ 1 80 Rub-No-h 100 b hite A oesiaa oss, 48 a ate gal ach... 2 . = No. 23 2 can to cas mdac pt. cxages. 6 2% Ib. 1 35 ee ox . Tiger, | 64 pkg ie gal., per each__! 40 . 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Pu por Rose a. 6 5 SYR 314, No 1 Star carrier 5 00 No. 23 12 s to nd. 0 Is., 6 ount lets ho bare 15 i OM aa 5 50 UP. . 2, Ste Beg Tray 10 0 . 2% cans case gallon | 00 count 24 aoe | % Ib ure % La Oliv How 5 7 ar ray 0 No. 1 . 28 Oo ca 3 00 ke ount 50 «=W. res oe — A29 va, 10 e, 14 7 16 eg Tr s 6 25 ’ ™ . 116, 36 cans se 3 2 30 Swe gs - 13 00 ood Hoxes, ure, i Octa 0 bo 4 box 7 85 Troje Mop ays 12 r , 36 cans o cs. 3 5 5 gallon et Small _ 10 00 Whole Sone Pare | 1 pur Sot eo 11 00 elie spri Sticks " Fa New oe cs 50 gallon, 3000 u Cod pee” aol AEON on nnn 4 N ipse ring - > n . n cS . os w be —- 9 t c pate a i Chote Geen Kettle 300 609 si Sip eernag 50 00 ricoaht@iland Herring 11% es ar 20 No. pat, br es oe (6 Se te Th Size, N Pickles. 10 00 Queen, a serine Grenape Tar. A - | $5 Be ps 7 a hold ; ve Weare 62 Cob 2 oe otal ae . a 1 we tard no 2 0 bon Ct Mop Heads 1 a > ou dency nelle 41 , 3 doz. in es. _. 14 00 eee mie. Si i AS - EN enact Hardwate lge. 3 ‘*t. 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S c id a Com. $ eers # 16 T M 8. a 6 ib. cans yru tat, Gad 5 oles + Filber ak 20 1. St & H’ 6@17 ubs ack 12, 5 Ib s Pp Ri ood hole 7 ? er ed ee eers f 1: 1% %F , 100 acel 6 5 24, 2% I a. ; at. spring - 3 -- fy j Peanuts a a ie ee a Se ot y E'S ls ie lag z nut , Virgi ean r ood - -<- . % fs 2 50 i y lb. Cé Soe - 9 76 , Essar . Pea s, Vi nia Raw 25 Good -—------2-- Med “ac ELA Peni ans cae By 1 00 :¥. Peanuts, ae 12% ae ee 13 a ae ee 7 . a es 391 Large Gal a 30 peat abe a 5 Sa 1% OE ion 4 12, 5 )». cans e S Mediu ralvaniz tenet 3 bo, Se 1 2 in BL 3 00 ei 12, 5 lb. ce ns ae on Gs nized Pecans: Jumbo a a i. eee a | ; 2A. 2p ty ca -------- 48 fee 3 00 Jumbo = Se ees . i iS 1 i Li ----- 45 2. cay -- 8 00 <7 rai oe oe gh a mie | yan} Danner ators ta ancy Now Tn $ Spring a ie | . fs, 0m cans =H Glass naigbe——-§ - Ces 14 M od ont mb... : s ee 1 35 Ga 5 Ib. ‘ans - Doubie Peer! De 75 Pp iiotinr Shelled 20 Leg a ee a Bla TOVE P Loa | 20 34, 234 cand 9 53 Single Poewicsa 2 - 6 00 . eanuts — : fedium | =--W------- Z a nee OLISH 24, 1% Ib. cans --—- i North« eceleca 9 00 > a a ad . 18 >. Cf Bo om 73 ee es. or 2SS ---- : pilberts Spanish, " wastage = on Silk Liquid, ait oe ea oe ti im - iiberts | ------—------ n. oe En alin aste , dz. 1 4 Bl Cor --- 2 64 ee —.- § WD x Walnu eee eae 13 B aatine Paste, doz. 1 0 Blue Kar aa 12 Faucet cori (© ae ts -- 32 ZY e Liquid doz a. 8 ue K o, N 14 in Cle & te 1 Rad iqui quid . 1 35 0 can Blue Ke No. § ye 2 fe ta -— “e ur! OLIVES. 2 Meal sae Rising er per dos. 1% ow es, $4.80 pe Heed Karo, No 5,1 ae 3 a ee Je a cos i ‘ : um oe Ss n ee A r ues cae. No. go |” aie 4 Bulk, 6 gal. ae one ae —e rs 1 led 2 ied jin 1 85 Bo SHING case ted fre one - 3 2% 13 in. teed oe : 85 Quart Saoee keg a 3 = Butts —. 19 Vuleanol Nee dz 35 Hon ay Pa POWDERS \ eae Wo. 10 dz ae in. ee owls * , dozen __ 85 Shoul eee 17 tovoil, ” No. 10. doz. A Ami Ca 3 dz. b ae mt. M ‘ —* 1 in, Butter 22a 0 tts an annnnna . per 0, doz. 95 G aline cake, 3 x 37 rang aple 61 19 i ila 5 00 -. 6 60 Spare oo 28 r doz oz. 1 Srandma, 4d dz. : 5 Ore ge, N Flav S Bae — #6 ders —-_----- 25 oe 35 Gra a. Lt oz. - 24 26 S ange ae pe: or. oll aerials 1 0 ee - 3 nd 100, 5 ou ratiee. N 3 gi WwW ee 8 os bones 19 Golonial a i Gold Tu, 1 Me oa 40 ange Ney) SO 7 eivre, Manila, aie m0 diadecekien cecechonnn M onial, ot Golde Dust, Ce oo: _ 4 00 G Cee 51 INO. 1 fanila, ER 08 Med. Ne. T aged,” 24-2 90 Sins, 3 aia to Green Label EK [ Butchers oe o. 1. Bb. —- ; 4c ba France 1 . 4 20 sen Label are era Si Bie aig 08 i < oon ka : ro | Siigy ro - Hs Miracle C. ye 4 dz. : - Kanuck "De and os -- 519 v ioe 08 Daten’ Cl Tele tase one a Magic mace CAMA iy ean. 22 , per & ---- 1 Sunlig! 3 d KE sats M ur se Sunlight “7 4) ichige aple -- 1 85 Sunlight, (ac Ww an : Y ght . 27 elchs, ae a gal teen hia dos. 2 70 gal, ---- 2a YE: Foam, oc oat oe AST—C¢ i dea Fleis OM oz. 1 ischm PRES 35 ann, per _ oz. 30 30 Proceedings of the Grand Rapids Bankruptcy Court. Grand Rapids, Aug. 18—In the matter of Samuei Rosenbaum, Bankrupt io. 2641, the trustee has filed his first re- port and account and a special meeting ot creditors has been called tor Sept. 1 to consider such report and account and to pass upon the report and account of the trustee under tne trust mortgage prior to bankruptcy and pass upon cer- tain ciaims incurred under the adminis- tration of such trust mortgage. rne meeting will be held at the oifice of tne referee. On this day was held the sale at auc- tion of the real estate in the matter ot Cedar Springs Co-operative Co., Bank- rupt No. 2554. The trustee conducted tue same. There were no offers made tor the same. The sale o1 such property at auction was tnen adjourned without date. On this day aiso was heid tue Sa.e at auction of the assets of the estate of Jacob Dornbush, Bankrupt No. 2/29. The trustee was present at tne premises of the bankrupt and an auctioneer is now conducting the sa.e at retail. Report of the result of such sale wi.l be made when the trustee renders nis report and account of the same. Aug. 19. On this day was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of William W. Housington, Bankrupt No. ziu4. ‘bne bankrupt was present in per- son. Claims were proved and allowed. ‘he bankrupt was sworn and examined without a reporter. No trustee was ap- pointed. The bankrupt was ordered to pay the fing tee be.ore filing his peti- tion for discharge. Tne meeting was then adjourned without date and the case closed and returned to the district court aus a no asset case. On this day aiso was he-d the first meeting of creditors in the matter of Zolland W. Tisch, Bankrupt No. 2/4/. The bankrupt was present in person and by attorney, Grant sims. No creditors were present or represented. No claims were proved and allowed. The bankrupt was sworn and examiied without a re- porter. .\o trustee was appointed. The tirst meeting was then adjourned with- out date and the case closed and return- ed to the district court as a no asset case. On this day also was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of Lawrence H. Montroy, Bankrupt No. 2(i2/. The bankrupt was present in person and by attorneys, Corwin & Norcross. No creditors Were present or represented. The bankrupt was sworn and examined without a reporter. ‘The meeting was then adjourned witout date and the matter closed and returned to the district court aS a no asset case. In the matter ot Frank E. Hathaway, Bankrupt No. 2723, the referee has been informed that there is certain value in a policy of insurance and C. C. Woo.ridge has been appointed trustee of such estate and the amount of his bond placed at >1,000. On this day was hed the sale of per- sonal property in the matter of Cedar Springs Co-operative Co., Bankrupt No. ”’504. Lhe trustee only was present. There were no other offers and the property was sold to Roy Blackburn for $100. The sale and meeting was then adjourned without date. Aug. 20. On this day was held the first Meeting of creaiturs 1 the matter of C. Delno Miller, Bankrupt No. 25:0. The bankrupt was not present or represented. The trustee Was present in person. Claims were proved and alowed. There was no objection entered to the discharge of the bankrupt. An order was made for the payment of administration expenses as jar as the funds on hand will permit. There was no dividend paid to creditors. The fina. meeting then adjourned with- out date. On tnis day a’so was held the final meeting of creditors in the matter of Edd. B. Nieboer, Bankrupt No. 2602. The bankrupt was not present or represented. The attorneys for tie trustee were pres- ent. The trustee was present. Claims were allowed. The meeting was adjourn- ed one week to Aug. 27. Aug. 17. (Delayed). On this day was held the sale, hearing and show cause in the matter of Chicago File & Rasp Co., Bankrupt No. 2692. The trustee was present. Louis H. Osterhous was_pres- ent foc petitioning creditors. Travis, Merrick, Warner & Johnson were pres- ent for a certain creditor. The matter was adjourned to August 27. Ang. 721. On this day was held the final meeting of creditors in the matter of Christian Coffee Corporation, Bank- rupt No. 2568. -The bankrupt was not present or represented. The trustee was not present. Claims were proved and alowed. The trustee’s final report and account was approved and _ allowed. There were no objections to discharge. An order was made for the payment of administration expenses and_ secured claims as far as the funds on hand would permit. There were no dividends. The final meeting was then adjourned with- out date and the matter will be closed and returned to the district court. Aug. 21. We have to-day received tre schedules, order of reference, and adjudi- cation in the matter of Henry LaCcss, Bankrupt No. 2754. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a resi- dent of Gragad Rapids, and his occupat on is not stated in the schedules. The MICHIGAN schedules show assets of $200, the full interest in the same being claimed as exempt, with liabilities of $425. The court has written for funds for the first meeting of creditors, and upon receipt of the same, the first meeting will be called and note of the same made herein. The list of the creditors of the bankrupt is as follows: Albert Stryker, Grand Rapids 913.00 Ed. Walon, Grand Rapids ___.___._-_-._ 9..0 Geo. Hanna, Grand Rapids eae 9.26 R. H. Corwin, Grand Kap.ds Lee Covel. Grand Rapids _.______...___ 39.4 Dr. H. J. Pyle, Grand Rapids _--- 65.00 Dr. M. S. Ballard, Grand Rapids 70.00 Nicola Provenzo, Grand Rapids —- 36.00 Jones, Grand Ravids __-_-- 12.00 National Clothing Co., Grand Rapids 4/.95 Ponce DeLeon Water Co., Grand Rapids 2 ey Cc. F. Adams, Grand Rapids __---- 29.00 Leo Sandler, Grand Rapids ___----- 16.75 Frank Goodnew, Marne ___--------- 30.00 Riverview Furniture Co., Grand Bans 3.50 Aug. 22. We have to-day received the schedules, order of reference, and adju- dication in the matter of James A. Whit- temore, Bankrupt No. 2757. The matter has been referred to Charles B. B.air as referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of Grand Rapids and his occupa- tion is a retail merchant. The schedules shows assets of $6,021.88, of which $500 is claimed as exempt, with liabiiities of $11,524.93. The first meeting of creditors has not been called, and when the same is called a note of the same will be made herein. The list of the creditors of the bankrupt is as follows: City of Grand Rapids -_-- 2 -§ 52.70 James & Mary Wickham, Grand Ropes 2 200,00 Peter D. Mohrhardt, Grand Rap. 2,921.25 A. J. Seys, Grand Rapids ________ 1,850. Morris Industrial Bank, Grand R. 300.00 G. B. Anderson Pub. Co., Grand Pants 16.40 Bergman Market, Grand Rapids__ 6.52 Cc. A. Burnette Co., Chicago —_-- 217.25 Consumers Ice Co., Grand Rapids 61.74 R. A. Caldwell, Grandville __-____- 91.83 D. L. Cavera Co., Grand Raids -_ 22.75 Cudahy Bros. Co., Grand Rapids_ 34.40 Chase & Sanborne Co., Chicago ~~ 11.52 R. Gumm Co., Milwaukee __-_--- - 42.37 G. G. Gas Light Co., Grand Rapids G. R. Paper Co., Grand Rapids _- Press. Grand Rapids _____________ Butchers Supply Co., Grand Rapids Judson Grocer Co., Grand Rapids Hekman Biscuit Co., Grand Rapids 2 Kent Storage Co., Grand Rapids_ 38 Mills Paper Co., Grand Rapids -- P. D. Mohrhardt, Grand Rapids _~ Morris Co., Grand Rapids __--_-~- Quimby-Kain Paper Co., Grand R. 2ademaker-Dooge Grocer Co., Crank BRacdse 2. 103.65 Oscar Mayer Co., Chicago —-------- 100.89 Swift & Co., Grand Rapids —_---- $22.65 Geo. Reader, Grand Rapids ___.-- 128.64 W. E. Roberts, Grand Rapids ---. 17.80 Eugene F. Smith, Grand Rapids 22.60 Vinkemulder Bros., Grand Rapids 62.84 Voigt Milling Co., Grand Rapids —_ 10.57 I. Van Westenbrugge, Grand Rap. 12.37 Vigil Publishing Co., Grand Rapids 90.00 Kent State Bank, Grand Rapids 1,150.00 J. Babson, Chnicaso 12.00 G. R. Paper Co., Grand Rapids _- 9.07 Lamberton Lake Ice Co., Grand R. 96.94 R. H. Mapes, Grand Rapids __-.-- 152.40 Morris & Co., Grand Rapids ------ 206.40 N. W. Weekly. Grand Rapids -_ 75.00 Ditor Roon Aleran _ 9720 — «6Toer Haar, A eean _...._____ 61.60 Weil Casing Co., Detroit i eee Adam Brown Co., Grand Rapids -~ 96.50 Aug. 22. We have to-day received the schedules, order of reference and adjudi- eation in the matter of George H. Mi ler, Bankrupt No. 2755. The matter has been referred to Char'es B. Blair as referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a resi- dent of Grand Rapids and his occupation is an office worker. The schedules show assets of $250, which the full interest in the same is claimed as exempt, with lia- bilities of $2,013.36. The court has writ- ten for funds for the first meeting of creditors, and upon receipt of the same, the first meeting wil! be called and note of the same made herein. The list of the creditors of the bankrupt is as fol- lows: Hazeltine’& Perkins Grand Rapids,_____-__..._.- __ $500.00 Baxter Bros., Grand Rapids - 55.00 Hammer & Cortenhof, Grand Rap. 89.36 Cc Drug Co., A. Daniels, Grand Rapids ___~ 250.00 Fourth Nat. Bank, Grand Rapids 65.00 Kent State Bankk. Grand Rapids 115.00 G. R. Nat. Bank, Grand Rapids 100.00 G. R. Savings Bank. Grand Rapids 50.00 Marquette Lumber Co., Grand Rap. 50.60 Rogers & Rogers, Grand Rapids __ 53.00 Producers Fuel Co., Grand Rapids 10.00 Prange’s Family Store, Grand Rap. 19.00 Wurzburg Dry Goods Co., Grand R. $1.00 Buick Motor Sales Co., Grand Rap. 40.00 Arctic Ice Cream Co., .Grand Rap. 335.00 Akron Tire Corp.. Grand Ranids__ 7.50 Furniture City Vulcanizing Co., and Rags 2 Martin Autolectric Service, Grand Re 24.00 United Service Garage, Grand Rap. 20.00 Peter Passink. Grand Rapids _---_ 16.00 S. E. Braendle, Grand Rapids ~_ 40.00 Plyn Eare. Grand Rap‘ds ____- ) A. EF. Brooks & Co., Grand Rapids F James T. McAllister, Grand Rapids 25.25 Kramer Auto Co., Grand Ranids __ 3.75 Benjamin Bros., Grand Rapids ___- Aug. 22. We have to-day received the schedules. order of reference and adjndi- cation in the matter of Clarence J. Bai- TRADESMAN ley, Bankrupt No. 2756. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair, referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a resi- dent of Grand Rapids and his occupation is an engine repairman. The schedules show assets of $650, of which $250 and a car is exempt, with liabilities of $777.14. The court has written for funds and upon receipt of the same, the first meet- ing of creditors will be ca_led, and note of the same made herein. The list of the creditors of the bankrupt is as fol- OWS: : Motor Bankers Corporation, Grand Raniags —...-__.__._..._____.-_--- $366.84 Gast Motor Sales Co., Grand Rapids 15.00 William Goldberg, Grand Rapids -_ 45.00 Emmett Roche, Grand Rapids ---- 10.60 Cole & Erwin, Grand Rapids oo Wi Floyd Rouse, Grand Rapids --_--- 10.00 Dilley, Souter & Diley, Grand pe 15.90 Kniper & Stehouwer, Grand Rapids 25.00 salieh Gorlay, Grand Rapids _-.--- 16.00 John DeGroot, Grand Rapids —_-- 2.05 Dedric Riemersma, Grand Rapids — 24.00 Cc. B. Baisch, Grand Rapids ----.- 24.00 Wiliam F. Calrow, Grand Rapids 5.00 Colonial Oil Co., Grand Rapids —~- 5.41 Sinclair Refining Co., Detroit ---. 14.91 Chase Brothers Co., Rochester ---. 44.75 Motor insurance Exchange, Grand Bangs 2 2 ee W. E. Taylor, Grand Rapids __---- 5.15 J. Idsinga & Co., Grand Rapids 14.00 In the matter of Sol H. Kahn, doing business as Right C.othes Shop, Bankrupt No. 2740, the receivers have reported the receipt of an offer from J. C. tapaport of $6,000 for the stock, furniture and fix- tures and accounts of said estate. The date fixed for sale is Sept. 2. The prop- erty is that of a retail credit clothing house and shows stock of $4,832.07, fur- niture and fixtures of $544.60 and accounts of $20,549.46. The property is all located at Grand Rapids and inventories are in the hands of the referee in bankruptcy. The property will be sold at the office of the referee. All interested should be present at 533 Michigan Trust building, Grand Rapids at the date stated. Aug. 24. We have to-day received the schedu.es, order of reference and adjudi- cation in the matter of Hoyt Wilson, Bankrupt No. 2759. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of Kaiamazoo and his occupation is a laborer. The scheduies show assets of $100, which the full interest is claimed as exempt, with liabilities of $4,683.31. The court has written for funds and upon receipt of the same the _ first meeting of creditors will be ca.led, and note of the san¥e herein made. The list of the creditors of said bankrupt is as follows: Frank Trethrake, LeRoy 374.15 R. L. Bixler, Kalamazoo ____-- ,_- 1,659.16 7. #3. Wilson, Alamo .._..______._ 2,600.00 In the matter of Brook A. Rogers, 3ankrupt No. 2753, the funds for the first meeting of creditors have been re- ceived and such meeting has been called for Sept. 8. In the matter of Earl C. Keeler, Bank- rupt No. 2750, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting is ca.led for Sept. 8. Aug. 24. On this day was held the final meeting of creditors in the matter of A. Verne Hornbeck, Bankrupt No. 2458. The bankrupt was not present or represented. The trustee was present in person. C.aims were proved and allow- ed. The trustee’s final report and ac- count was approved and allowed. No objections were entered to the discharge of the bankrupt. The order for the pay- ment of administration expenses was en- tered and a final dividend of 7.84 per cent. ordered paid. The final meeting thend adjourned without date. The case will be c.osed and returned to the dis- trict court. On this day also was held the sale of assets in the matter of Nicholas Spriet- sma, doing business as S. Sprietsma & Son, Bankrupt No. 2744. The bankrupt was not present or represented. C.aims were proved and aliowed. The trustee was present in person. The stock in trade, furniture and fixtures of the estate were sold to Van Oosten & Bos, of Grand Rapids, for $2,376.61. The sale was confirmed and a first dividend of 5 per cent. ordered paid as soon as the trustee files his report and account. The special meeting of creditors was then adjourned without date. Aug. 25. On this day was he'd the first meeting of creditors in the matter of Thomas E. Thompson, Bankrupt No. 2749. The bankrupt was present in per- son. Certain creditors were present in person. Claims were proved and allow- ed. The bankrupt was sworn and ex- amined without a reporter. No trustee was appointed. The first meeting was then adjourned without date and the matter closed and returned to the dis- trict court as a no-asset case. On this day also was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of George F. Metcalf, Bankrupt No. 2736. The bankrupt only was present. Claims were proved and allowed. The bankrupt was sworn and examined by the referee before a reporter. No trustee was ap- pointed. The first meeting was adjourn- ed without date and the matter closed and returned to the district court as a no-asset case. On this day also was he'd the final meeting of creditors in the matter of Charles Kramer, and Claude Muth, in- dividually, and as Kramer & Muth, a patrnership, Bankrupt No. 2675. The August 26, 1925 trustee only was present. Claims were allowed. The trustee’s final report and account was approved and alowed. The court made an order for the payment of expenses of administration as far as the funds on hand would permit, there being no funds for dividends. No objections were entered to the discharge of te bankrupt. The meeting then adjourned without date. The case wil be closed and returned to the district court. On this day also was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of E bridge B. Clark, Bankrupt No. 2748. The bankrupt was present in person and by Weston & Fox, attorneys for the bankrupt. One creditor was present in person. No claims were proved and a!- lowed. No trustee was appointed. The bankrupt was sworn and examined with- out a reporter. The meeting was then adjourned without date and the matte- cosed and returned to the district court as a no-asset case. —_——— a Divine Messenger. Truth! Where is truth but in the itself? Facts, objects, are but fantoms, matter-woven ghosts of this earthly night, at which the soul, sleep- ing here in the mire and clay of mat- ter, shudders and names its own vague Yet, even as our nightly dreams stir in us soul tremors, sense and perception. the suspicion of mysterious and im- material unfetered by the bonds of time and space, so do these presences, walking dreams which we call sight and sound. They are divine messen- gers, whom Zeus, pitying his chi'dre~, even when he pent them in this prison- house of flesh, appointed to arouse in them dim recollections of that real world of souls whence they came. Awakened once by them; seeing. through the veil of sense and fact, the spiritual truth of which they are bu* the accidental garment, concealing the very shame which they made palpable, the philosopher may neglect the fact for the doctrine, the shell for the ker- nel, the body for the soul, of which it is but the symbol and the vehicle. Hypatia. —_+22> Meeting Opportunity. “What is an opportunist?” “One meets the wolf at the coor, and appears the next day in a fur coat.” who THE MACEY COMPANY Class A Cumulative 7% Preferred Stock Exempt from Personal Tax in Michigan Depreciated value of net assets appraised at over 2.2 times all outstanding Pre- ferred. Net earnings the past 6 years average 3 times all preferred requirements and the past 2 years over 4% times such requirements. No mortgage or funded debt. Price $9.80 per Share and Accrued Dividend. Howe, SNow t& BERTLES x. Investment Securities GRAND RAPIDS New York Chicago Detroit es dri cerca: ope — August 26, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Items From the Cloverland of Michi- gan. Sault Ste. Marie, Aug. 25—After sev- eral attempts the Soo has finally put over the city market idea. Arlington street is the site. Last Saturday was the first day. A large number of farmers brought their products to the market, where they found ready sale by a large number of eager buyers. From present indications the market idea will be a success. H. I. Best, of the firm of Best & McDonald, well-known merchants at Pickford, has purchased the interest of Mr. McDonald and will hereafter -con- duct the business alone. J. R. Bagnell, manager of the Spruce street branch of the Soo co-operative store, left last Sunday to spend his vacation with friends at Green Bay, Wis. John McInnis, of the main store, will be in charge during Mr. Bagnell’s absence. It is hard to worry about the serious coal situation in August. William Burns has rented the Key- stone Hotel, at Manistique, and intends to open the place as a hotel and res- taurant about Sept. 1. The place will be renovated and repainted. New equipment will be put in the bedrooms. Mr. Burns is an experienced hotel man and should make a success of his new venture. J. M. Kenzie has opened a new gen- eral store at Sterlingville. This will give that village two stores, which will be ample to care for the trade for some time to come. The many friends of John Dillon, who for more than thirty years trav- eled for a large Chicago crockery house, were shocked to hear of his sudden death, caused by injuries re- ceived when the automobile in which he was a passenger crashed into an- other machine under an ore dock near Escanaba. None of the others in the two machines were seriously hurt. B. J. Andary is now the sole owner of the Globe clothing house, having purchased the interest of his brother, J. B. Andary. The many friends of Ed. Crisp, of the Crisp Laundry Co., are pleased to see him back on the job again, after having recovered from a serious op- eration at Mayo Bros. hospital. The Cloverland county fair will be held Sept. 1 to Sept. 3 this year and is expected to be the best fair yet from present indications. Special attractions and a larger stock exhibit should make the fair a record breaker, providing the weather man arranges satisfactorily. Oscar Ekland, book-keeper for Swift & Co. here, returned last Sunday from Greenland, where he spent his vaca- tion. Our camp site is looking more like a tented settlement now with the hun- dreds of tourists. The streets are lined up around the locks so it is difficult to find a parking space. This year breaks all previous records for tourists here. Now and then we cannot see how some people’s children can keep be- lieving in evolution. Robert Kallackey, traveling salesman for the Tapert Specialty Co., left for Detroit last week, where he will receive medical treatment A. H. Eddy, the popular grocer, pulled off a banana eating contest at his store Saturday night. which drew a crowd of about 300. Each contest- ant was given four bananas. The one who could whistle first after eating the bananas received a large bunch of bananas. William G. Tapert. —_+-.—__—_ Huge Incubator Hatches 47,000 Eggs at a Setting. Kansas City, Aug. 24—An incubator that hatches 47,000 chickens at a set- ting was one of the manufacturers’ ex- hibits at the annual convention of the International Baby Chicks Association, which was held here last week at the Hotel Baltimore. The exhibits occu- pied a large section of the mezzanine floor of the hotel and in value approxi- mated $100,000, according to R. L. Train, secretary-treasurer of the Mis- souri Association, hosts for the conven- tion. Approximately 500 poultry raisers from various parts of the United States and Canada were present. —__~+- > Has Sweet Potato Roots Delivered By Airplane. Trenton, Aug. 24—William Jeffries, of Cedarville, N. J., wanted to profit by the rain which had fallen. His field was all prepared for heavy planting of sweet potatoes, but the roots were not on hand. He telephoned to Vineland and found that he could obtain plants there. An airplane got the roots and brought them direct to the farm in 10 minutes. The pilot did not stop, but dropped his burden unharmed as he circled low over the field. The field was easily planted before the ground dried. +2. New Keyless Luggage Lock. A new keyless luggage lock is being offered the trade by a manufacturer. The feature of this lock is a simple combination arrange- ment which works without the use of tumblers or springs. well-known The device has three dials on its front which control slots in the interior mechanism. These dials bear numbers from 0 to 9 and may be set to any combination of these figures. This is done by adjust- ing a small shaft in the back of the lock. Thereafter, the to which the combination numbers ap- pear on the dials the pushing of a small button the lock to open. To close it one of the dials is turned to another number. when is set will cause The com- bination may be changed as often as desired, a thousand different tions being possible on the three dials. The lock is made of solid brass and i; of English design. It is adaptable to suit cases, kit bags, auto trunks, payroll bags, golf bags, etc. varia- Delivery to luggage manufacturers can be made after Sept. 1. The lock is described as fool-proof and as having nothing that will get out of order, owing to iis simple construction. 2+. +> New Leathers For Shoes. Five new fancy leathers for shoes are being shown by a leading leather goods concern. The leathers are cara- cul, which has an appearance of the fur of the same name; moire, snake, suede alligator and white While for the leathers are featured for the style divi- washable calf. present these sion of the shoe trade, they will short- ly be available for popular-priced shoe manufacture. The white washable calf leather is being widely used at present in sample shoes for the Southern re- sort season during the coming winter. Its washable feature is one that will make its use possible for men’s sport shoes, as well as women’s style and sport footwear. Pay spot cash for clothing and furnish- ing goods stocks. L. Silberman, 1250 Burlingame Ave., Detroit. Mich. 566 FOR SALE—Butterkist popcorn ma- chine,’ with peanut warmer. In good condition. Very reasonable if taken at once. . Todd & Son, Carson City, Mich. 994 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. 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, 1f set in capital letters, double price. No charge less than 50 cents. Small dispiay adver- tisements in this departnient, $3 per inch. Payment with order is required, as amounts are too small to open accounts. FOR SALBH—Two-chair barber shop. Priced low. Up-to-date. Write W. Lor- encen, 339 Flint Ave., Three Rivers, Mich. 14 For Sale—Fine summer home in Gay- lord, Mich., The healthiest place in the United States, the highest point in Lower Michigan. Lot 120x132, fine lawn, with large eleven-room house trimmed down stairs with quarter sawed oak, up with red birch. Steam heat, fire place, and lights in each of the large, nicely ar- ranged rooms. Will sell very cheap for 15 eash. J. E. Redmon. Wanted—Man with experience and some capital to invest and manage well established retail department store in wide awake town. Beautiful modern building. Best location. Would sell out- right. An opportunity well worth inves- tigating. Address No. 16, ¢/o Michigan Tradesman. 16 BASEMENT TO LEASE—Here is a elean, bright, airy basement, size 33x82, immaculately white and very desirable, with access gained by wide stairway and elevator. This basement is .ocated in the leading department store of a thrifty Southern Michigan city in a store which stands A-1 in the community. Estab- lished twenty-five years. Location is 100 per cent suitable for groceries, house furnishings, china, kitchen ware, art and gift wares. Space availabie Sept. 8. Alert operators communicate at once. Address No. 17, ¢/o Michigan Tradesman. me For Sale—Two-story, full basement, business — block. strictly modern. A money maker. In county seat. Popula- tion 2000. Wilbur Provost, Sandusky, Mich. ’ 18 FOR SALE—Two-story ment block, 30x40. Store house in rear. General stock inventories about $2,500. Store room just redecorated. No. 38 care Michigan Tradesman. 3 FOR SALE—Clean stock dry goods and men’s furnishings, fixtures, at 485 Jef- building. Ce- ferson