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Hie eee” Sie *eoe0® ie ®ee0e® He a | foe dh oes Xroswotf | Xroswaerf Xroswaen ro sweetf Xroe ie *eee* ote ®ee oo . Sell Them Parowax for Preserving and Canning There’sa ready marketnow for Parowax--a necessity for every housewife during the canning season. Trt ~~. is the time of the year when housewives busy themselves with preserving the abundance of fruits and vegetables for use during the winter months. Your customers will be asking for a sealing wax to make air-tight the preserve containers. Sell them Parowax. 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 Chicago, Illinois Michigan Branches at Detroit, Grand Rapids and Saginaw Every dealer should carry a supply of Parowax on hand during the canning season. Parowax may be secured promptly from our nearest branch. 7 An attractive two-colored dis- play carton is packed in every case of Parowax. It is an effective sales stimulant. MAN 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. FOOLISH ADVERTISING. About the most foolish feature in- cident to some modern advertising is the manner in which a certain publica- tion whose circulation is confined principally to train brakemen and gum- chewing stenographers inveigles Na- tional advertisers into using liberal spaces in its medium and then in- duces them to insert advertisements in other publications of real merit, re- questing those interested to read the glaring announcements in the Sunday Evening Poster. The real object, of course, is to induce people to buy a copy of the Graveyard of Advertising —-at the expense of the advertiser. The shrewd advertiser in the grocery line will confine his appeals to the gro- cery trade to grocery trade publica- tions. This enables him to reach the people he interest in his proposition in the most direct and per- sonal manner possible. He thus es- tablishes a close mutual relationship between himself and the people he de- pends upon to market his product. The grocer respects his trade paper, be- cause it champions his interests and serves him well and faithfully. He regards with favor any communica- tions addressed to him by the manu- facturer and jobber through the medium of his favorite publication. He has no respect for an advertiser who consents to be used as a cat’s paw by the big unwieldy weekly magazines which represent nothing but the jingling of the publisher’s money till and whose contents have no bearing on his business; whose influence is wholly with the chains and mail order houses. aims to PUTTING VIM INTO BUYING. A distinctly better tone in business circles has been noted with the ap- proach of Fall. More confidence is shown in the prospects, because all the usual indications point to a good trad- ing season. Such indications do not take in some which are frequently re- ferred to as a kind of barometer, prime —— ee ee amorig which is the matter of car load- ings. These happen to be quite large in number recently, but their signifi- cance is trifling. It just so happens that a lot of coal is moving, that grain —as is customary at this time of year —is going to market, and that ore is also being carried in quantity. What really is of value is the fact that the farming communities are in good shape and the additional one that unemploy- ment in the industries is very slight. There appears to be plenty of money which consumers are willing to part with for what they need or fancy, as is apparent from the successful retail sales during August. These include not only those of the big stores in all parts of the country but also in retail stores everywhere. All of them re- port increases, not only over July but also over August of last year. Tenta- tive offerings for the new season have also met with a favorable reception, and the enquiries have been such as to furnish evidence of a continuing buying impulse. Households as well as wardrobes appear to need replen- ishing and so do the stocks of retail stores. This is what is putting some vim into the buying which is now in progress in both primary and second- ary markets. The new issue of Treasury certifi- cates to be effected this month calls to mind once more the important part played by technical financing in re- lieving the burdens of the taxpayer. This element is often overlooked, for instance, in consideration of the war debts. We note that we are paying between 4 and 5 per cent. in interest on Victory and Liberty Loans, while foreign nations are paying us only 3 or 3% per cent. But a part of these loans is being bought in by the Treas- ury with money borrowed at lower interest. The certificates to be issued this month will bear only 3% per cent. interest, the proceeds to be used par- tially to reduce the public debt now bearing an average interest, say, of about 4% per cent. Last September the Treasury borrowed at a rate as low as 234 per cent. Though more must be paid this year, there is good reason to believe that, in time to come, the rate will fall below even last Sep- tember’s. Even so, borrowing at 3% per cent. to redeem bonds bearing interest at 414 per cent. is good busi- ness. It does not help in clearing up the aviation situation for Secretary Wil- bur to issue a blanket exoneration for everybody concerned in the Hawaiian flight and the Shenandoah disaster in advance of the official enquiries. It will be his duty to pass upon the find- ings of the naval boards that investi- gate these failures and tragedies. By declaring now that neither inefficiency GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1925 nor negligence had anything to do with them he is prejudging the verdicts and made. The facts may bear him out, as he says the reports that will be they will; but it would have been far better to wait until those facts were formally and officially disclosed. These unqualified and categorical denials that any one was to blame would come with better grace after the enquiries than’ they come at present. the Secretary understand that he him- self and his department are now be- Does not fore the bar of public opinion and that when and 1 it must come from the Nation and not from those whose actions are in ques- tion? exoneration, comes, Figures published by the National Industrial Conference Board that immigration has declined very far toward the vanishing point during the year. Under the it fell off the year before to a fraction of what show new act it was in the good old wide-open days. But the 1923-24 total of 630,107 had dropped to 294,314 by 1924-25. The United States has been thought of so long as the place of refuge and prom- ised land for all dissatisfied peoples of the world that it is a little bewildering to learn that emigration has taken an upward turn in the statistics and in some cases is far outrunning the immigration totals. For example, we are told that while only 6203 Italians arrived, there were 27,151 who returned to Italy. Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Jugo Slavia, China, Japan, Portugal and Rumania all took back more of their people than they sent us. On the other hand, Canada and Mexico sup- plied two-thirds of the total income, or 130,193 persons. the oppressed and sailed for French Caillaux has America at the head of the War Debt Mission. Some time ago the French Finance Minister affirmed that he would positively not come to Washington to “sign on the dotted The answer was that, as the Joseph line.” French terms were to be based upon the principle of “capacity to pay,” and as France’s capacity to pay is largely a matter of arithmetic, there would really be little else for Caillaux to do. Washington reiterates that neither the Belgian-American debt settlemen nor the tentative Anglo-French terms will have any bearing upon negotiations with the French. Evidently Caillaux believes that he can make a killing in Washington. At all he will make it appear that what he does is France. As the interested events, advantageous for American Commission is primarily in obtaining the best possible settlement, there is not likely to be any hard feeling if the Frenchman can get some glory—and political capital— out of it to take home. Number 2191 If this pageant it will be ends the beauty no more than the fulfillment of a prophecy that was easy to make. many in- The beauti- ful girl factor alone is a touchy prob- season There are too gredients in the business. lem, for around every one of these at- tractive contestants is a host of friends and acquaintances, not to speak of some fond mother and doting father clinging in the foreground. How to blend with the pretty girl complex the advertising complex in its most com- plex form—the zeal of every far-jericho to lift its head out of the valley and be seen of all the world—makes the difficulty. Then problems of next come a private hustle and scheming by which many great thousand lesser land in the spotlight as sponsors of this and that. diligent spirits hope to All in all, it is an exceedingly compli- cated business; and now it seems to be cracking under the strain. pis eniiisth Rine Pibioie eae Roquefort Cheese Output Reduced. The Roquefort season in France begins normally March 1 and ends February of the year following. The volume produced at Roquefort during the fiscal year 1924-25 was nor- mal throughout the season, while not excessive, the total production was be- low that of the fiscal year 1923-24. These conditions were due partly to the fact that the wholesale prices were generally below those of the preceding year. Another important factor was the high cost of sheep’s milk which was maintained at a high level, not only as a compensation for the milk dealers, but also as a premium of en- cheese couragement for the sheep owners, who have found sheep raising for other purposes more profitable than raising them for milking purposes owing to The whole- sale invoiced price averaged about 39c per pound. the great scarcity of labor. ——_—+_2.-.—___— Price Not Controlling Factor. One of the reasons why makers of cotton dress fabrics of the more or have turned with something like relief to the novelties that are now so much in demand is said to be that price is not the con- trolling factor in the sale of the latter. Whether this is because buyers cannot gauge values so closely as they can on the staple cloths they have been used to handling is open to question, but the fact remains that it is the well- styled goods, rather than the cheap ones, that have the call at present. When a mill is able to combine satis- factory styling with reasonable prices, things move very rapidly. Another reason why novelties are favored by manufacturers is that it is only on this class of goods that they can make a profit with the market as it is now. —__—_>+. Plan your work, then work plan, less staple order your 2 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Methods Which Conduce To Hotel Bankruptcy. Kalamazoo, Sept. 15—The business organizations and other misguided in- fluences of Muskegon are at present undergoing the throes of putting on a drive for erecting a Y. M. C. A. build- ing with hotel accessories. at a cost of $350,000. If Muskegon business men _ had taken a little time off, made the proper investigations which would have made them familiar with church-hotel schemes, which usually develop tax- exempt commercial propositions which finally result in material injury to legitimate industries which bear their just share of tax burdens, they would have been less enthusiastic about this contemplated industry. Muskegon already possesses one of the finest hotels in Michigan, operated on metropolitan lines, which has for several years been undergoing a strug- gle for actual existence. Recently this enterprise—far ahead of that city—has been making a modest showing for its investors, and it should have the com- bined backing of its citizens. The proposed new project will never get anywhere as a business proposition. If it follows the policies of similar in- stitutions, it will be managed by a corps of barnacles, having no mind for the practical affairs of the universe, with the result that there will be an annual deficit to be made up from the proceeds of drives and tag days. Its patrons will constitute a continuous bread line, made up largely from such as can really afford to patronize a regular hotel, but who are willing to become the beneficiaries of Y. M. C. A. activities. More in sorrow than in anger, ex- perienced hotel men will observe the apparent growth of a belief on the part of church people that one of the best methods of providing revenue for the church organization is to erect a hotel in connection with its charitable activities. It is always predicted that such enterprises will prove self-sustain- ing, but the prophecy is always wrong. In the good old days when well-mean- ing matrons pulled off oyster suppers and strawberry festivals to purchase a sleepy hollow chair for the dominie or a new covering for the altar, there was always an endless amount of en- ergy and much coin contributed, which for economic reasons would have ac- complished the same result, without the energy wasted, and there was still an apparent social sentiment which even- ed it up, but when it comes to raking the financial resources of a community into a heap with the aid of a fine- toothed comb, there is a distinctive difference. Someone should tell these well in- tentioned church people, and others. who follow the endless gamut of vis- ionary schemes and dip into projecis they absolutely know nothing about that there is sufficient risk in a hotel projected by experienced hotel men and to be operated by them, and that this risk is a hundred-fold greater where those back of it have no know!l- edge of hotel construction or opera- tion. Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. lodg- ing houses and restaurants everywhere, have, from a practical standpoint, proved dismal failures; first, for the reason they have never accomplished what they were aiming for: secondly, because they have established unfair competition for such as were legiti- mately engaged in similar lines. In order to make a showing of activity thev cater to a class who can well af- ford to patronize legitimate institu- tions, lose money in operation and come back with each recurring sea- son for assistance. If they were real! accomplishing a work of charity, if might look differently, but the plain, cold facts are that their “bread line” is made up of a class of well-to-dos who would resent being called objects of charity. Were it not for its political aspects, these institutions would have been leg- islated into the tax-paying class long ago, where they very properly belong. The good people of Muskegon have their lesson to learn. Human-like they probably could not be guided by the experience of other communities, but they have picked up a red-hot iron which they cannot easily let go of. They will find, in the final analysis, that building up successful church or- ganizations and making profitable in- vestments in something they know nothing about is something else. From the viewpoint of a practical observer, they would much better divorce the two. Next week Friday and Saturday, the rank and file of Michigan hotel oper- ators will gather at Kalamazoo, for their annual re-union. They will have heaps of joy, but they will discuss many problems which worry them all during the remainder of the year. The meeting will open with registration in the Hotel Burdick arcade, on Friday, at 9 a. m., with the first business ses- sion in the ball room at 9:30. At 12:30 p. m. a buffet luncheon will be served with the compliments of the Burdick Hotel Co. After luncheon there will be an au- tomobile drive to Gull Lake for an afternoon of boating, bathing, golf, bridge and various other sports. A wild duck dinner will be served at 6 p. m., with the compliments of Dr. Frank Holmes, of the Gull Lake Hotel, followed by dancing in the hotel pa- vilion. Saturday, at 9:30 a. m., busines meeting in Hotel Burdick ball room. 12:30 p. m. Luncheon for the men at the Park American Hotel, compli- ments of Ernest McLean. At the same hour a luncheon will be given to the ladies at the Columbia Hotel, with the compliments of Frank Ehrman. 2 p. m. Short business session at the Park American, during which per- iod special entertainment will be pro- vided for the ladies. 7 p.m. Annual banquet at the Hotel Burdick, followed by dancing in the ball room. The attendance will probably be the largest ever experienced by the Michi- gan Hotel Association, but ample pro- vision has been made for taking care of every boni-fide hotel man in the State and his immediate family. If you are not already a member of this or- ganization, but wish to become one, you will be welcomed just the samv. and room reservations will be made for vou upon early application to Frank S. Verbeck, Secretary, Burdick Hotel, Kalamazoo. This is the final call. Don’t fall asleep at the switch. John Ehrman is certainly brighten- ing up his Rickman Hote!, at Kalama- zoo. Much will be expected of John because he has an already-established reputation as a hotel operator, but he will not be found wanting. In the first place the Rickman is modern and strictly fireproof, but im- proements, apparent to the casual ob- server, are being systematically made, when completed will leave nothing to be desired. First-class rooms with running water, will be obtainable at $1.50, and with bath at $2 and $2.50. Within a short time a strictly modern coffee-shop will be provided. Mr. Ehrman will succeed in his undertak- ing. Kalamazoo hotels still continue to serve wonderful meals at unusual prices. Here is last Sunday’s offering at the Park American—all for one dollar: Assorted Fruit Cocktail Cream of Fresh Tomato, Consomme Royal Home Grown Celery Teed O ives Individual Planked Whitefish, Provencale Roast Spring Chicken, Sage Dressing Tenderloin Steak, a la Minute Roast Leg Spring Lamb, Baby Carrots Mashed and Steamed Potatoes Candied Sweet Potato, Creamed Cauliflower : Waldorf Salad : Apple Pie Vanilla Cream Puffs A good seller A splendid repeater HOLLAND RUSK AMERICA’S FINEST TOAST Place your order today All jobbers HOLLAND RUSK CO., Inc. Holland, Michigan September 16, 1925 GRAND RAPIDS ~~ - EYNOLDS SHINGLES There never has been nor ever will be a substitute for quality, and yet low price will probably always appeal to acertain number of buyers who mistake it for economy. For the quarter of a cen- tury that REYNOLDS SHINGLES and ROOFING have been made in Grand Rapids, no attempt has been made to sell them on a low first cost basis only. We always have and always | will put quality first. H. M. REYNOLDS SHINGLE COMPANY “Originator of the Asphalt Shingle’ MICHIGAN (H.M.R.) nee moe September 16, 1925 Cantelope a la Mode, Vanilla Ice Cream : Assorted Cakes Blue Ribbon Cheese Saratoga Flakes Beverages _And the Columbia produced this at a similar charge: Fruit Cocktail Cream of Chicken, a la Roya'e Celery Ham, Raisin Sauce Chicken, Stuffed, : Sage Dressing Mashed or Steamed Potatoes Fresh Lima Beans : Waldorf Salad Fresh Strawberry Shortcake Fruit Jello, Whipped Crean American Cheese Hot Rolls Vanilla Ice Cream and Cake Beverages January 1 will see the beginning of the construction of a new twenty story, 814 room hotel, at Detroit, to be called the Barlum, after John J. Barlum, President of the Cadillac Square Im- provement Co., builder of the hotel, and of the American State Bank of that city. This hostelry will be located on the Northeast corner of Cadillac Square and will replace the Burns Ho- tel. The cost of construction and equipment is estimated at $2,500,000. The exterior of the Barlum will appear jn the very unusual combination of white terra cotta on a granite base, with the Venetian style of architecture Baked Supreme Roast Young suggested in the ornate columns and - arches. Shops will range along the front of the house. Fire-proof, steel fram and concrete construction will be used throughout. The hotel will be entered through an arcade thirty feet deep. The large lobby, finished in Italian marble, will lead to the dinine room and cafeteria by way cf hand- some stairways. An assembly hall and convention rooms, large and small, will be located on the mezzanine. The rooms will have a somewhat unusual arrangement in that every other one will be designed for the use of sales- men in displaying their samples. Tub and shower baths will be included in the fully modern equipment of every room. Improvement work on _ the Hotel Scott, Hancock, is progressing rapidly. The work of tazing the upper balcony is neatly completed. The program of improvement calls for the tearing down of the two upper balconies and the re- building of the lower one, which will be glassed in. With the installation of new fixtures, which will include new rugs, carpet, heating system, and other furnishings. the Scott will be one of the most up-to-date and well equipped hotels in the Copper country. The lower balcony, when glazed, will pro- vide greater floor room for private dances and dinner parties, and will ef- fect a very distinct improvement in the outside appearance of the hotel. The Scott enjoys an enviable reputation among travelers and enjoys a phenom- enal patronage. Edward E. Pitts. formerly connected with the Library Park Hotel, Detroit, in a managerial capacitv, and at one time Secretary of the Michigan Hotel Association, has been appointed direct- ing manager of the Roval Palms Hotel, Detroit, one of the Tuller chain of residential hostelries. Mr. Pitts is well known to Michigan bonifaces and his re-entrance to their ranks will be wel- come. Frank S. Verbeck. +2 Pouch Style Is Favored. Business in women’s handbags shows a considerable improvement over a few weeks ago. Retailers are now actively covering their requirements over the next four to six weeks and are buying more of the flat pouch style than of any other. It is the opinion of leading manufacturers that this type of bag will very likely hold favor all through the Fall. Tapestry bags, particularly those of the Aubusson and needlepoint variety, have been in good demand and lead in the fabric bag division. Bead- ed bags are being sold principally in the lower price ranges. MICHIGAN Only One Democratic Voter in Elk Rapids. Traverse City, Sept. 15—About all that remains to remind residents of this city of a once prosperous indus- try is the mansion erected by W. S. Hull, for many years President of the Oval Wooden Dish Co. Mr. Hull (deceased) built a mansion for him- self, another directly opposite for his son, Carey Hull, and another for a daughter, Mrs. Germaine. Carey Hull’s house is going into ruins. W. S. Hull’s wife and daughter live in the house built for himself by W. S. Hull. This is kept in perfect repair. Germaine’s wife divorced him and shortly after- ward her house was destroyed by flames. A few years ago a company was organized for the purpose of erecting a factory and engaging in the manu- facture of a fireless cooker combined with a refrigerator. A small number of cases were produced, but the pub- lic did not approve of the combination and the industry was abandoned. A. L. Randall and a friend named John- son, of Chicago, acquired the plant a few years ago and engaged in the manufacture of reed furniture. The firm employs upwards of 100 hands and is prospering. At the election for President in 1912 E. S. Nobles was the only in- dividual living in Elk Rapids who cast his vote for Woodrow Wilson. Noble, very much pleased with the election, celebrated the result by parading the streets as a one-man-band. He bor- rowed the band instruments, decorat- ed his person appropriately for the occasion and marched through the business section, sounding a cornet. Later he appeared with a trombone, and still later with an euphonium and finally a drum. He spent the day joy- fully and at night built a bonfire on the beach and invited all the young- stets of the neighborhood to enjoy a barbecue at his expense The youngsters turned out in force and Noble addressed them so impressively that several of his guests who had qualified as voters voted for Wilson for president in 1916. Noble’s reward was the postoffice. He served the community eight years, with his daughter, Natalie, as his as- sistant. Noble died and his daughter succeeded him in office. The position of postmaster at Elk Rapids is oper- ated under the civil service act. Sev- eral persons, including the incumbent, applied for the office, and an exam- ination of the candidates was ordered. Miss Noble passed highest in the ex- amination, entitling her to the appoint- ment. Influential politicians became interested in the contest and after a short period a second order was is- sued for an examination of the several aspirants for the place. Miss Noble again proved her superiority over her competitors and gained the position. She is now serving the patrons of the office well and everybody seems to be satisfied with the outcome of the affair. Arthur Scott White. seo Bigger Holes Wanted in Wisconsin Swiss Cheese. Monroe, Wis., Sept. 15—Bigger holes for Wisconsin Swiss cheese promised to develop into a state-wide political issue following defeat recently of a bill pending in the State Legislature to double the diameter of domestic Swiss cheese eyes. A campaign to “educate the cheese-consuming public as to the incalculable advantages of larger eyes in home manufactured Swiss cheese will be inaugurated by the Southern Wisconsin Cheese Mak- ers’ Association, it was announced by Fred Marty, President of the local or- ganization. European Swiss cheese contains bigger holes than home manu- factured, and for that reason is pre- ferred to the domestic product. The ideal Swiss cheese hole is the size of a cherry, it was said. TRADESMAN Quaker Food Products | TT Ge LL CKD WORDEN (GROCER COMPANY Wholesalers for Fifty-six Years The Prompt Shippers Year ’round Post’s Bran Flakes advertising makes year round sales. Millions eat it every day as ‘fan ounce of prevention.” Prom- inent displays will act as a reminder to your customers. Cash in on the advertising. POSTUM CEREAL COMPANY, Inc. Battle Creek, Michigan Makers of Post Health Products: Instant Postum, Post Toasties (Double-Thick Corn Flakes), Post’s Bran Flakes, Postum Cereal, Grape-Nuts BRAN FLAKES as an ounce of prevention © P. C. Co., 1925 MICHIGAN Ma: Movements of Merchants. Bessemer—The R. Connor Lumber Co. has engaged in business. Lansing—Gustav Behr has opened a bakery at 712 West Saginaw street. Marshall—R. E. Vernon succeeds George Tidd in the grocery business. Watervliet—Herron & Herron suc- ceed Carl Easton in the grocery busi- ness. Grand Ledge—William H. Ressegue & Son succeed Taylor & Soper in the grocery business. Grand Ledge—H. L. ceeds W. W. and bazaar business. Brooks suc- Shane in the grocery Hands Francesco & Son in the grocery and Ceresco—F. A. succeeds general store business. Stanton—J. C. Crawofrd & Co. suc- ceeds the Dessert & Brown Lumber Co. Wellston—Hobart Axsom has mov- ed his meat market into the new mod- ern store building he has just erected. Detroit—The Michigan Optical Co., 625 Beacon street, has increased its capital stock from $180,000 to $251,000. Vicksburg—Ralph W. Chapman has resumed the management of hotel Mc- Elvain, from which he resigned three years ago. Slocum—Wesley S. Hanna has pur- chased the grocery stock of the Wm. Heaton Estate store and will continue the business. Tecumseh—The Lenawee Lumber Co., owned by the E. H. Hammond Lumber Co., has been sold to A. E. Foster, of Lansing. Sunfield—Mrs. E. D. Mapes has sold her general stock to O. L. Beebe, of Lowell, who will continue the business at the same location. Detroit—The Johns-Dalrymple-Wal- ker Co., 3700 East Jefferson avenue, automobiles, parts, etc., has changed its name to Peter J. Platte. South Haven—The South Haven State Bank is razing its building and will erect a modern building, with Italian marble front in its place. Reed City—The Ross Candy Co., which conducts a wholesale confec- tionery and fountain supplies business, has located in the King block. Otsego—Homer Brumbaugh, who conducts a bazaar store at Vicksburg, has opened a similar store here. He contemplates conducting a chain of bazaar stores. Harvard—The Harvard Warehouse Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $2,000, $1.- 000 of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Palms—A new elevator is to be built at this place at once by A. R. Thomas, of Bad Axe, who purchased the site of the old elevator that was burned several years ago. Albion—Bush & Christensen, meat dealers, have dissolved partnership and the business will be continued by H. A. Christensen, who has tak2n over the interest of Ray Bush. Vicksburg—Charles Carvell has sold his grocery stock and store fixtures to his son, Clair S. Carvell and Allen P. Hill, who will continue the business under the style of Carvell & Hill. Grand Rapids—R. E. Backart has purchased the stock and store fixtures of the Kent Hardware Co. and will con‘inue the business under the same location, 164 Ottawa avenue, N. W. Detroit—The Tanner Tire & Battery Co., 6315 Second boulevard, has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $25,000, $3,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Escanaba—The Escanaba Oil Co., 616 Ludington street, has been in- corporated to deal in petroleum prod- ucts, with an authorized capital: stock of $15,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Saginaw—The Saginaw Clothes Shop, 129 South Franklin street, has been incorporated to deal in men’s, women’s and children’s wearing ap- parel at retail, with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, of which amount $9,000 has been subscribed and $4,500 paid in in cash. Lansing—Edward Mohrhardt, of the Mohrhardt market, 119 East franklin avenue, suffered the amputa- meat tion of his right hand when he was grinding meat Tuesday noon. He caight his hand in the grinding ma- chine and the member was crushed. He was rushed to St. Lawrence hos- pital. Kalamazoo—The A. W. Walsh Co.. wholesale grocer, has purchased the property of the Worden Grocer Com- pany, 528-530 East Main street, and announce that by Oct. 1 it will be lo- cated in its new quarters. The prop- etty is ideal for the needs of the pur- chasers, having been originally de- signed as a wholesale grocery ware- house. Manufacturing Matters. Owosso—The Standard Machinery Co., manufacturer of construction ma- chinery, electric water heaters and radiators, has entirely rebuilt its plant which was completely destroyed by fire April 29. Grand Rapids—The Steil Manufac- turing Co., 801 Monroe avenue, N. W., wood turning, carving, etc., has chang- ed its name to the Steil Shops and increased its capital stock from $100,- 000 to $150,000. Imlay City—The old Imlay City TRADESMAN foundry has been leased by the Al- mont Foundry Co. and operations have been started. New machinery has been added and at present there are eighteen men employed. Wayne—The Steel Clad Auto Bow Co. has purchased the property of the Wayne Bow Co., at Wayne, and will be in operation by Oct. 1. The com- pany has been operating successfully at Holland for some time. Bellevue—Alpha Portland Cement Co. recently filled an order from its plant here for 300 cars of high test cement, that goes to the Cheat river in Pennsylvania, where a hydraulic power plant is under construction. Detroit—The Royale Bronze Co., 4027 Twelfth street, has been incor- porated to deal in electrical fixtures, etc., with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been sub- scribed, $1,430.53 paid in in cash and $2,102.75 in property. Houghton—The Klee-Nup Corpora- tion has been incorporated to manu- facture and sell cleaning compounds, chemicals, etc., with an authorized cap- ital stock of $50,000, of which amount $29,470 has been subscribed, $5,000 paid in in cash and $19,370 in prop- erty. Kalamazoo — The American Ap- pliance Co., 120 West South street, has been incorporated to manufacture and sell door controlling devices, with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, of which amount $2,000 has been sub- scribed and paid in, $666.66 in cash and $1,333.34 in property. Detroit—The Estoma Co. of Detroit, 1200 Joseph Campau avenue, has been incorporated to manufacture and sell stomach tablets, pharmaceutical prep- arations, etc., with an authorized cap- ital stock of $30,000, of which amount $16,200 has been subscribed and paid in, $200 in cash and $16,000 in prop- erty. Fenton—A new industry for Fenton is predicted, through the activities of the Auto Sled Co., which is prepar- ing to manufacture a new type of hand sled. Delbert M. Tanner, former Fen- ton man, is the inventor, and 1,000 of them are now being built at the Fenton Tool Machine and Die Co.’s plant. Detroit—The Universal Automatic Cooler Corporation, 6228 Lawton avenue, has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $1,000 pre- ferred, 50,000 shares A at $10 per share, 150,000 shares B at $1 ner share and 200,000 shares at no par value. to man- ufacture and deal in domestic appli- ances, dairy devices and devices for manufacturing ice cream; $1,000 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Owosso—That the Walker Candy Corporation has increased its produc- tion nearly 100 per cent. in the four months operation of the new Owosso plant over the corresponding period of last year when the concern was manufacturing its line in Muskegon, is contained in an announcement made here to-day by C. R. Gray, manager. The Walker plant represents a valua- tion of $500,000, and is built for the highest possible efficiency. Branches of the factory are located at Muske- gon, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Detroit, Thirty-five salesmen are em- September 16, 1925 ployed in the State and outside the State. The company ships candy into a territory of 750 miles radius. — ses Remarkable Accomplishment of a Food Reformer. Edward R. Coyle, Manager for the Central Division of The Best Foods, Inc., has been putting in sev- eral days in Grand Rapids and has ac- complished very wonderful results for his organization. He has succeeded in inducing both the Retail Grocers As- sociation and the Grand Rapids Retail Hardware Association to unanimously adopt strong resolutions condemning the use of schemes and premiums with the sale of foods and also commending The Best Foods, Inc., for the stand it has taken on that important subject. No man could have done more than Mr. Coyle has done during the time he has been with us. He has accom- plished results which cannot fail to eventuate in great good to his company in the shape of increased business and augmented prestige. Mr. Coyle’s pre- sentation of the subbject is so clear, Sales explicit and emphatic that no argu- ment can be offered in opposiiion to his propaganda. Mr. Coyle has es- tablished himself in this community as a devoted and consistent friend of trade betterment and food reform and his efforts have clearly demonstrated the soundness of his position and the Mr. Coyle is capable of clear thinking, his views justness of his cause. are always sane and his conclusions and recommendations are invariably practical. Right thinking grocers everywhere will welcome any deter- mined effort, no matter from source it emanates, what to eliminate the pest of prizes and premiums from the sale of food products. Their existence is an outstanding abuse which has too lorg been tolerated by subservient grocers and a deluded public. In jumping into the field with his sweep- ing denunciation of scheme goods and scheme good methods, Mr. Coyle has done the legitimate grocery trade a real service. No Opportunity For Profit Through Speculation. Written for the Tradesman. The Government crop report, issued last week, was construed as bearish on wheat and bullish on corn. The report showed a gain of 21,000,000 bushels in spring wheat and now esti- mates the total wheat production of the United States to be 700,000,000 bushels. It appears from threshing returns that this grain has yielded better both in the United States and Canada than earlier estimates predicted. As a result of the report, wheat prices have been rather soft for the past three or four days, although no material decline has developed and probably will not. In fact, prices ap- pear to be fairly well stabilized and the trade apparently have no occasion for hesitating to purchasing in normal amounts for prompt or thirty day ship- ment, but the market does not afford an opportunity for much profit through speculation. Lloyd E. Smith. — ~~. The leader who rules with his fists is headed for the scrap pile. September 16, 1925 Essential Features of the Grocery Staples. Sugar—The market is stronger and higher. Local jobbers hold granulated at 6.40c. Tea—Firmness of fermented teas is somewhat more pronounced at the start of the week, this being based on recent advances in the Calcutta and London markets. Guarantees thai have been made by Indian and Ceylon grow- ers that they will limit the size of growing crops to the same approxi- mate totals as a year ago are ‘assist- ing in sustaining values. The differ- ences in values between the best and common kinds of teas have become more pronouncd of late, and these have been heightened by the difficulties growers have experienced in disposing of the large proportion of low grade stuff which has not answered buyers’ requirements. Green tea crops are nearing completion. The demand for country greens is holding up well here. Canned Fruits—California fruits are not being offered by canners as they have sold as much as they care to book until their season is actually over. All varieties show a strong undertone at the source. Spot fruits are quiet since the demand for resale blocks of old packs is narrowing and with the re- ceipt of 1925 fruits wholesale grocers have a wider assortment of their own nerci.andise from which they can meet the cemand of the moment. Pine- apple is also moving in a jobbing way without much attention to replace- ments. Canned Vegetables— Dullness is characteristic of the canned food mar- ket, although the outlook is favorable for a number of reasons. Wholesale grocers are underbought; merchandise is obtainable at prices which insure heavy consumption, and there are no carryovers to worry about. There has been some apprehension that the ma- jor vegetable pack will finally turn out to be larger than expected, even in peas which are now in the can. When $1.50 was paid for standard corn last season it gave packers an in- centive to expand their operations. Plenty of cheap corn is in sight, but the proportion of fancy grades is light. Tomatoes are also cheap and there is still a fear that the market may go lower, say to 75c for Southern No. 2s f. o. b. factory. For that reason there is little future buying, while weather conditions are favorable for produc- tion. Raw material is at its lowest this season, which tempts some pack- ers to prolong their seasons to average down thei: costs as they are able to m:ke no money on tomatoes canned at contract prices to the grower. Peas are variously quoted and as differently represented by canner as to grade. This is confusing as it makes com- parisons diffictit and virtually forces the buyer to tak: goods ai er samples have been inspected. The upset mar- ket on major vegetables affects the minor offerings. Canned Fish—The fish classification contains no big seller. Alaska salmon is held at opening at $3.50 Coast for reds and $1.45 for pinks, with most buying concentrated on the favored brands. Other packs have sold in limited volume as buyers prefer to see MICHIGAN how the retail trade will take to reds at a figure which will require a con- sumer price of about 59c a pound. As there was a fair sized pink pack there appears to be no need io buy heavily for later wants. Maine sardine can- ners are booking sma!l business from jobbing centers but feel justified in maintaining quotations. California packs are steady. Fancy shrimp is in best demand in that commodity. Little has been packed since the fall season opened in mid-August. Other fish are in routine demand. Dried Fruits—Imported dried fruits, which will be needed for the holiday trade far surpass domestic offerings in general interest. Figs and dates have been leaders. The fig market in Smyrna and Portugal has advanced sharply as the crop is not up to expectations and it is coming in slowly which makes early offerings command a premium. England and other countries refused to buy when 1925 figs were first offer- ed and are now rushing to cover. Cali- fornia figs have been influenced and are also in broader demand. The California and Northwest dried fruit lines were uninteresting during the week. Peach prices, which were ex- pected, did not materialize but are promised at any time during the next few days. As spot stocks are depleted and dealers are not protected on new crop by extensive contracts, free trad- ing for early shipment is anticipated. A few apricots are being quoted by packers from time to time at prevail- ing prices. Raisins are firmer and the healthy condition of the market caused by a steady movement from the Coast and into consumption indicates that an advance is in prospect. To antici- pate it, buyers have been stocking up in the standard sellers. No recent es- timate of the probable tonnage has been made but one is expected soon as the crop can now be checked up with reasonablae accuracy. Prunes are in the background. California quotations are maintained but there is little buy- ing for forward shipment. Oregon packers are not seeking business as they expect the trade to come to them later on. Rice—Later varieties of domestic rice, such as Blue Rose, are beginning to appear, but the development of the crop recen’'ly has been re'arded in the South by unfavorable weather, which th-eatens to keep supplies short for the next two or three weeks. On account of the heat, threshing at some points has been stopped. The scarcity of Blue Rose at the mill indicates main- tained quotations until there are more jiberal offerings. The weather in the South is the real factor. Storms, fol- lo-ving the hea‘, are feared. Spot rice is unchanged in tone and in character of trading. Foreign rice is offered only in a small way. Olive Oil—Fluctuation in quotations is prevented by the lack of heavy stocks from retailer to wholesaler and by the lack of pressure to sell. Olive oil of all grades is in limited spot de- mand and replacements are not being extensively considered. Molasses—Within another week, it is expected that a better demand will develop. There is a routine volume of business passing in a jobbing way and TRADESMAN prices are steadily maintained at for- } Mer levels. —_—_> +. Review of the Produce Market. Apples—Duchess, Red ——___—__. Heavy Shipments of Fruit Traverse City. ‘Traverse City, Sept. 15—The local market has been abundantly supplied with pears and plums of excellent qual- ity during the past week. Heavy ship- ments have been made by rail and water to various market centers. A small quantity of peaches grown in this region was disposed of in a day. Peaches do not do well in this sec- tion and only a limited number of fruit growers try to produce them. The market is well supplied with ap- ples. Crabs are selling well. Cider mills are in full operation. Odors from the mills fill the atmosphere surround- ing and for a considerable distance from the plants. About thirty years ago a railroad planned to be operated as a feeder to the G. R. & I. (now Pennsylvania) was constructed between this city and Northport. Over lake ferries were purchased and placed in service be- tween Northport and Manistique. The promoters hoped to develop a large business in the Upper Peninsula. A year or two of operation served to prove that ‘the plan was valueless. The ferries were sold and the railroad com- pany tried to maintain an existence on its local business. Many years passed unprofitably and finally it was determ- ined by the owners to abandon the road. The Lelanau peninsula, a verv rich agricultural region, contains but little level ground, and in building the line many deep cuts and curves are deeply covered with snow at times during the winter months and opera- tions were suspended from two days to one week at intervals. The road is now under lease to the Manistee & Northeastern and nominal service is rendered to the public. Hon. Frank Hamilton, the father of the good roads movement in Northern Michigan, is organizing a party to at- tend the celebration occasioned by the completion of the paved roadway be- tween Manistee and Ludington, at the former city, on Saturday next. In recognition of the value of his ser- vices to the public as a promoter of good roads, the splendid concrete avenue ‘that lies between Traverse City and Elk Rapids was named in his honor, “Hamilton Way.” Arthur Scott White. —_+-. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but most men acquire wealth by doing what they see others do not do. From 6 IN THE REALM OF RASCALITY. Cheats and Frauds Which Merchants Should Avoid. Tampa, Florida, Sept. 11—Was out to see our property yesterday. Think it is all right, but I sure would not miss a sale at $3,500 per acre. It may be worth more, but I cannot see it. The people here act crazy about values of real estate. There is going to be a great crash some of these fine days, ind some one is going to get hurt. The stories they tell here about profits are almost unbelievable. It is hotter than h--- now and I would not want to live here during the months of August and September. The above, written by a Grand Rap- ids man who is making his first visit to Florida, clearly sets forth the real Florida at present and many ex- they have lost amen- estate situation in time—super heated air cited to a point where all sense of proportion able to argument or claimed that $25,000 a day goes out of banks in Grand Rapids to be in- vested in Florida land the same proportion will probably hold true all over the North where the Florida fever has taken hold. Of course, some of the people who are sending money to Florida will get it back, but unless all the signs fail, nine-tenths of the people who invest in Florida lands on the the present values will never see a dollar of their again. Probably half of the that is sent to Florida goes into the hands of sharks and shysters who probably never invest the money at all, but put it in their own pockets or who may possibly send the investors deeds the center of are not reason. It is and basis of money money of land is located in swamps or lakes, which probably cost them practically nothing. Anyone who sends money to Florida, unless he knows the person who receives it to be a thoroughly honest man who is not carried away by clap trap, brass bands or mint juleps. will undoubted- ly never see it again. Reports continue to reach the Tradesman of the misdeeds of Stephen G. Eardley, who has frequently been reported in these columns to be un- worthy of confidence. Only a short time ago he is reported to have in- veigled the merchants of Bloomingdale and Gobleville into signing contracts for service in his bogus detective bu- reau or agency. He claims to be a detective and at times has exhibited a badge as Deputy Sheriff. As a matter of fact, his appointment as deputy sheriff expired automatically when his bond .was cancelled by the insurance company the middle of July. Ever since then Sheriff Smith and_ his deputies have endeavored to get ser- vice on him, to complete the discharge, but that is merely a formality, because the cancelling of his bond terminated his relations with the Sheriff's force of Kent county. The Tradesman warns its mercantile patrons not to have any dealings with Eardley on the basis of his being a detective agency or on his ability as a collector because if they do business with him, they will do so at their peril. Within the past week the Tradesman has received a letter from Petoskey, giving the particulars of a very crooked transaction of which Eardley was the principal. The crook- MICHIGAN edness consists of taking money from a client and then double crossing the client by selling the affidavit he had obtained for the client (and for which the client had paid him $90 in cash) to the attorney on the other side of the case. The suit brought against a Grand Haven merchant by E. L. Rice under one of his aliases (American Standard Jewelry Co.) will evidently never be noticed for trial. The goods were re- turned by the merchant and accepted by Rice. The order was clearly ob- tained by fraud, because the agent who secured the merchant’s signature to the order agreed not to sell any one else in Grand Haven. Almost before the ink was dry on his order he pro- ceeded to sell several other merchants substantially the same assortment of so-called jewelry. Such an act con- stitutes fraud which renders it impos- sible to secure a verdict from any jury if the case is properly presented. Be- cause this practice appears to be a common one with the Rice houses the Tradesman advises its mercantile friends to sign no orders for repre- sentatives of any of the Rice branches. If they are responsible, they can ob- tain all the goods they require without signing orders of a doubtful character. Sturgis, Sept. 15—The Standard Manufacturing Co., which had been operating under the claim that it was situated in Sturgis, has been wiped out of existence by action on the part of the postal inspectors from Toledo on a charge of using the mails to de- fraud. All officers of the firm have been arrested. “Embroideries wanted” advertise- ments appearing in Eastern newspa- pers explaining that embroidering could be done at home and that the firm would back the results of the labor led to the exposure. that the “firm” w-s housewives about 18 embroidery materials after receiving $1. Work completed and sent to the firm’s address here was either never heard from or sent back as unsatisfactory. the concern thereby making 82 cents on $1. It was found selling thrifty cents worth of A fraud order was issued by the Post Office Department against the Manhattan Music Co.. 1367 Broadway, N. Y.. and A. Rossi, manager, and their officers and agents as such, on the allegation that they are engaged in conducting a scheme for obtaining money through the mails by false and fraudulent pretenses. The old easy-money' genealogy scheme which crops up every so often, and makes it necessary for us to hang out the warning sign. M. A. Pressel, Box 55, Port Huron, is the Santa Claus looking for easy money, and there is no necessity for our readers to be hoodwinked by these fairy tales. This is the old Trinity Corporation— Anneke Jans and Edwards claim. Many lawyers have grown rich by representing to the so-called heirs that they can get them a share of the es- tate. So far none of the people who paid a fee to the lawyers have re- ceived any profit and the prospect is a chimera. Like the Spanish prisoner scheme it is apt to crop up for the next hundred years. Keep your money TRADESMAN where you know it will return profits. A circular on the letterhead of the Gearhart Knitting Machine Co. ex- plains that the company is in the hands of receivers, Charles T. Kurtz and Fred C. Weinmayer. Gearhart Co. is the fourth of the original five knitting machine schemes to go under a cloud. One has passed out of existence en- tirely, the Post Office Department has brought fraud charges against two, and now a receivership for the Gearhart Co. which spells the end of the work- at-home scheme. It has been the Tradesman’s contention from the start that the industry was fraudulent and could not be permanent. We make no pretense of prophesy; but common sense and experience teaches that a fraud on the public must be short- lived. What have the “high class’ magazines, which have been defending this fraud and carrying the advertising for the past five years, to say for themselves? Kendall, Sept. 11—I am writing you in regard to the National Detective Bureau, with headquarters at 334-5 Houseman building, Grand Rapids. September 16, 1925 Would you consider them liable to turn over to me the proceeds of any ac- counts sent to them for collection, Would like to hear from you in re- gard to them. G. A. Schoolcraft. The National Detective Bureau has not been located in the Houseman building for several months. Eardley, the chief factor in the swindle, ceased to pay rent on the office many months ago and the fixtures were sold to satisfy the claims of the mortgagee. Eardley’s office is in his pocket and any claims sent him are quite likely to be “turned over’—from one pocket to another, all in the same pair of trousers. It is scandalous how men of the Eard- ley ilk are permitted to hoodwink the public and victimize decent people by their nefarious methods. +> To exult even o’er an enemy op- pressed, and heap affliction on the afflicted, is the mark and the mean triumph of a dastard soul.—George Smollett. —_—_+>2+>—___ You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil.— John Ruskin. FERRIS INSTITUTE, EFFICIENT STENOGRAPHERS Bookkeepers, Pharmacists TRAINED At - Big Rapids, Michigan Prepared fh++43 advertised. CANAJOHARIE BEECH-NUT WITH CHEESE AN? Ready to Serve! The ideal quality product for the progress- ive Grocer to sell. Display it, thus telling your customers you have it. It is nationally BEECH-NUT PACKING COMPANY ‘‘Foods and Confections of Finest Flavor’’ Spaghetti 3 n G+ + X é NEW YORK September 16, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 REAL FRIENDS OF THE t RETAIL GROCER | Paul The furnishing of good food for the family is our first duty. The chief business of the grocer is to provide full value in good food. The Grand Rapids Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Protective Association condemns premiums because— Premiums tend to deceive the public and hide the true value of merchandise. The price of the premium is always included in every item purchased with which premiums are offered. Alleged free deals and premiums are misleading. Nothing is free unless you can obtain it for the mere asking without conditions. - Read These Resolutions: WHEREAS—One of the fundament- al principles on which this Association is founded is to have business done on its merits to the end that the consumer may be served with foods of the best quality at fair prices, and WHEREAS— If premiums are given with food their cost is either added to the price or cut out of the quality of the food and the consumer is misled if the premium is alleged to be free; Therefore be it RESOLVE D—That the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Pro- tective Association condemns the use of premiums with food and calls upon manufacturers to discontinue this deceptive practice; and be it further RESOLVED—That it welcomes and indorses the efforts of The BEST FOODS, INC., manufacturers of NUCOA and GOLD MEDAL MAY- ONNAISE, in their campaign against premiums. The Grand Rapids Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Protective Association Gezon, President Herman Hanson, Secretary — SILKS TO COST MORE. An advance will probably be made in the price of Spring lines of broad silks, according to leading manufac- They assert that this increase is inevitable, owing to the continued rise in price of Japanese raw silks now selling at about $7 per pound. The of the advance on Spring goods, it was added, will depend on the of the individual manufac- In most cases, it is expected, the increase will be about 5 per cent. or slightly less. This will be the first advance of note on silk goods in over a year, it was stated. The manufacturers have been sailing very close to the wind in the pricing of their goods all through the past three or four months. Raw silk has steadily during this period and, as compared with last year at this time, is 25 per cent. higher. One prominent manufacturer said he figured his silk costs last August on a basis of $5.50 to $6, depending upon grade. Now he will be compelled to figure on a $6.50 to $7 basis, which is the replacement cost of new silk. turers. amount situation turer. risen The time of the advance on silk goods will be between now and Nov. 1, this again depending upon the in- dividual manufacturer. In most cases it is believed the silk now in the mills will come through the looms by Nov. 1. Thus the price advance will also affect some of the goods wanted for Fall use. Some manufacturers have already made advances, but the trade generally is expected to take action within the next two or three weeks, with the opening of the Spring lines. The manufacturers stressed the point that they could not continue to pay higher prices for raw silk indefinitely, without a commensurate advance on fabrics. They pointed out that they have bought but little silk since the price of $6.50 was reached. Most of the buying, it was claimed, has been coming from the hosiery trade. The business in full-fashioned hosiery has been so good that manufacturers of this merchandise could afford to follow up the advances. Few broad silk manufacturers have covered their Spring broad silk needs or even a large portion of them. They usually buy during July and August, but this year they were hoping for a decline that did not materialize. They are now wondering how far the mar- ket will rise and whether additional advances, besides the one contemplat- ed, will have to be made. The price rises in the cost of fabrics are of no help to the trade and would be avoided if it were possible, manufacturers said. SITUATION IN WOOL. What the prospect is for wool prices has not been made any clearer by the results, so far, of the Australian auc- tion sales. There appears to have been some firming up on the best merino qualities, but the quantities of- fered were not large. Overhanging the market are the big supplies on hand and the exceptionally large size of the new clip, taken in connection with the extensive stocks in the other wool-exporting countries. On the other hand, there does not appear any great eargerness on the part of buyers MICHIGAN in any of the principal wool-consuming centers. The British are somewhat shy at making purchases and the mills of this country are acquiring supplies slowly and by piecemeal. Buying here has been at lower levels. The trend toward the worsted varieties is still manifest. On Tuesday the auction sales of Colonial wools will be re- sumed in London. This event will form a test of what levels wool pur- chasers may expect, always supposing that there will be an absence of the strict holding to upset prices and the consequent withdrawal of offerings. Sales of woolens are yet somewhat halting. Deliveries are in progress on Fall fabrics, while orders for the light- weight season keep trickling in. Much interest is shown in women’s fabrics for Fall, although purchasing is rather fitful until retailers’ orders are more pronounced. Still, the cloak and suit trade is fairly well occupied, rather more so than the dress industry, in which the second showings of Fall and Winter models are under way. A few openings for Spring have taken place, including those of some imported lines. 3ut the principal ones will not occur for several weeks, until after the Fall business is disposed of. It is not re- garded as likely that there will be any price advances, excepting possibly on some new and novelty constructions. THE COUNTRY’S BUSINESS. The country rejoices in the rescue of the half-starved navy fliers, lost for nine days in Hawaiian waters. Few believed these gallant airmen could survive. They come back as from the dead. These men have maintained both the old traditions of the sea and the newer traditions of the air. An anxious nation welcomes them home from peril and hardship. In certain quarters of the Navy De- partment fond hopes may be held that this rescue may take some of the bitter- ness out of the aviation crisis. The navy proposal to send the PB-1 out again over the same route obviously is an effort to lessen the tension. The navy hopes to justify that first ill- starred Hawaiian flight, and the navy is dead set against any further air en- quiries and hopes to avoid them. The hope that the edge can be taken off the situation under estimates the force of the public demand for a thorough examination and investiga- tion of the whole air situation. Re- gardless of the rescue of the lost fliers or of the proposed new flight, public opinion insists upon a comprehensive enquiry that will cover the air services in both army and navy. Secretary Wilbur’s blanket exonerations of every- body concerned in the Shenandoah disaster and the Hawaiian flight will hardly be able to smother the public’s insistence. The country is not interested in the navy’s former investigations of its own air service, to which the Secretary points. It will not be satisfied with the report of the House Special Com- mittee on Aircraft to be made in De- cember. What it wants is something more sweeping, more searching, more comprehensive, than any of the partial enquiries made. There have been enough of service investigations of service air departments. TRADESMAN COTTON GOODS PRODUCTION. During the past three or four years increasing emphasis has been placed on the competition which New Eng- land cotton mills have had to face. This competition has been of two kinds, one with Southern mills and the other with foreign ones. The mills down South have the advantage of being nearer the source of supplies of the raw material, have lower wage scales, longer hours of employment and are also taxed less than are the Eastern concerns. In consequence they have been getting a larger share of the busi- ness passing, especially in the staple and coarser constructions. A number of the Eastern mills have transferred to the Southern branches there. manufacturing plants States or have put Such make the finer cloths have had to compete with British im- ports which have been sent here to be finished. There is likely to be less of this in the future as the domestic con- cerns improve on their output and turn out cloths of equal or superior attrac- tiveness. But the competition with Southern mills is a harder proposition to meet. The inequality of conditions cannot be disposed of in the manner usual with regard to imports, that is by imposing a tariff. Fall River mills are the ones most seriously affected by Southern competition, and the problem in that city of continuing their operation has come to be somewhat mills as acute. Suggestions have been made from divers sources for meeting the situation, the latest being from Mayor Talbot, of Fall River, who issued a formal statement on the subject a few days ago. He does not mince matters in his diagnosis of the situa- tion. At the outset he declares: Wages, living costs, taxes and ev- ery other imaginable item on the list of manufacturing costs have been blamed for the failure of these offi- cials to keep their mills in operation. But when all the stories are told and retold the sequel is that nothing is responsible for the plight of such mills except old equipment and decrepit ma- chinery, together with the policy of those who have stuck to the worn-out production and merchandising methods. There are in Fall River forty cor- porations operating twice as many mills. These can be classed under a half dozen groups or less. A single Treasurer, a single Superintendent and a single selling agent, Mayor Talbot suggests, could be selected for each of the groups. This would eliminate twenty or thirty mill Treasurers and forty to fifty Superintendents now large salaries. Then. too, only one purchasing agent would be needed for each group. A designer for fancy goods mills is another essential of the plan, as is also a merchandising agent for each group who would be a specialist in the particular type of goods he is to handle, “thereby elim- inating the continuous expense of changing machinery over from one style of work to another.” Added to these measures should be an_ exhibi- tion at Fall River where, every day in the year, buyers from everywhere may inspect These are the drawing them. main outlines of the scheme as pre- sented, which, on the face of it, looks Thus far, however, there plausible. September 16, 1925 has been shown no overwhelming eagerness on the part of mill officers to adopt the suggestions. But, perhaps, this was too much to expect. SD THE COTTON OUTLOOK. Apparently nearly every one con- cerned in the dealings in cotton was prepared for a Government report showing a smaller yield than the one of Aug. 16, which estimated it at 13, 990.000 bales. But when the report came on Tuesday cutting down the estimate by a quarter of a million bales it was evident that so great a slump was not expected. There were even those who, up to the last moment, clung to the belief that an increase was not impossible. The report still holds out the hope that conditions may yet insure a yield larger than the one based on the condition of the crop Sept. 1. The effect of the report was an immediate advance in the price of cot- ton, followed by some—though not extensive—purchases by spinners. Gin- ning has been going on at a more rapid rate ‘han ever before, because the crop has reached maturity ahead of previous years and there is more cotton avail- able than is usual at this time of year. The goods market responded quickly to the upturn in price of the raw ma- terial, prices firming up and selling agents showing reluctance to enter into forward commitments. Sales of gray goods were larger, it being evi- dent that a number of them had been delayed pending the issue of the cot- ton report. The opening of some fabric lines in which rayon is strongly featured was one of the incidents of the past week. An opening of Spring dress ginghams and rayon crepe by a prominent Southern concern was an- other. Cotton fabrics are moving fair- ly well in distributive channels. This is especially the case as regards print- ed goods. In knit wear there is little notable for the time being. Winter underwear is in a strong position, the mills having capacity orders. Hosiery is seasonably quiet. France has never accepted the Anglo-Saxon dictum that a man is to be presumed innocent until he is prcved guilty. There, speaking gen- erally, an accused person must prove his innocence. A case in point is that of an American couple who found a valuable ring in a hotel. They did not turn it over to the management. In- stead they took it away with them, in- tending, so they contended at their trial, to advertise their find in the pa- pers., They were called upon in court to prove that they did not mean to keep the ring. As they had, up to the moment of arrest, not made any effort to find the loser and had made no re- port of the matter, they failed to prove their innocence. Under the French law the prosecutor did not have to prove their guilt. Their sentence was, for the man, two years’ penal servitude; for the woman, one year. In England or America this would be called injustice. Which only goes to show that viewpoint affects the idea of justice, as it does almost every o‘her idea. Some men would rather be right than be president, but there are others who never make an effort to be either. September 16, 1925 MEN OF MARK. T. B. Carlile, Michigan’s Newest Mer- chandise Broker. Thomas B. Cariile was born in Mus- kegon Dec. 27, 1884. His father was of Scotch-English descent; his mother was of English descent. When he was about a year old the family removed to Chicago, where he remained until he was twelve years of age. They then came to Grand Rapids to live, where Mr. Carlile remained in school until he completed the ninth grade. His first employment was with the Columbian Transfer Co. His next connection was with Avery & Renwick, proprietors of the Grand Rapids Knitting Co. Twenty-five years ago he entered the employ of the Worden Grocer Co. as MICHIGAN fits him wonderfully well for a career of this kind. Mr. Carlile was one of the organizers of the Yellow Cab Co. and has served the organization as President ever since the corporation was formed. Mr. Carlile was married in 1917 to Margaret Stephenson. They have four boys, three of whom are old enough to attend public school. They reside in their own home on West Leonard read. Mr. Carlile is a third degree Mason, being a member of York lodge. He is also a member of the Masonic Country Club. He belongs to Park Congre- gational church, but has no other so- cial, religious or fraternal affiliations, being essentially a family man who derives his greatest pleasure within the TRADESMAN MEN OF MARK. G. R. Clark, Buyer for Grocer Co. Worden G. Ralph Clark was born at Center- ville, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 11, 1880. His father who was of Scotch’ and English descent practiced medicine in and around Cen- terville for approximately fifty years. He was a man of wide culture and re- finement and naturally insisted on his children receiving college education. The mother was of English descent. Mr. Clark attended the common school of Centerville and finished his colleg- iate education with a four year classi- cal course at Allegheny College, Mead- ville, Pa. He took this course because his father insisted that, even though 9 a branch at Battle Creek and placed him in charge. He did all of the buy- ing for this house and remained in 3attle Creek until the merged with the main establishment in Grand Rapids, when he removed to house was connection On the retirement of Mr. Carlile as buyer Mr. Clark duties Mr. Carlile has handled hereto- this city, continuing his with the Worden Grocer Co. succeeded him, taking on the fore. Mr. Clark was married April 4, 1907, to Miss Blanche Stockton, of Mead- ville. have two daughters— Elizabeth 16 and Louise 13—-who are South High = school. reside at 718 Madison They students in the The family avenue, Mr. Clark is a Mason up to and in- Thomas B. Carlile. office boy. He was promoted from time to time to various other positions of trust and responsibility and for the past twelve years has been a buyer for the house. He retired from this long- time relation last Saturday to engage in the wholesale brokerage business on his own account. He will occupy room 301 in the McMullen building. He has already secured the following accounts: Tanglefoot Co., Grand Rapids. Rex Mineral Soap Co., Detroit. J. M. Smucker & Co., Orville, Ohio. and also a coffee account and a Cal- ifornia canned goods account. He will add to these accounts as fas as possible, covering about fifteen jobbing centers in Northern, Western and Southern Michigan. Mr. Carlile’s long experi- ence in the wholesale grocery business radius of his own hearthstone. Mr. Carlile has few hobbies. He likes to hunt and he plays golf once in a while. He attributes his success to hard work, but those who know him best insist that the native shrewdness of the man has had much to do with the success he has achieved, the repu- tation he has acquired and the posi- tion he occupies in the mercantile world. Mr. Carlile has a delightful person- ality which will be a strong adjunct in assisting him to build up a large and profitable following in his new undertaking. ——_++>—___ You can be honest in a wrong opin- ion just as surely as you can be honest in a right opinion: we need brains as well as honesty. the son was to espouse a mercantile career, he would be much better fitted to enjoy the good things of this life if he had a classical education than would be the case if he pursued a literary, commercial or scientific course instead. On the completion of his college course Mr. Clark entered the employ of the Johnston Grocery Co., Johnston, Pa. He started in a minor position and ended his connection with the company eight years later as a director and Secretary of the corpora- tion. The next two years he acted as manager of the fancy grocery de- partment of H. J. Hughes Co., whole- sale grocers, Omaha. He then remov- ed to Kalamazoo to take the position of buyer, for the Worden Grocer Co. He remained in this position six years when the parent company established cluding the third degree. He is a member of the Congregational church of Kalamazoo, of which he was trustee for several years. Mr. Clark is a devout student of botany and an ardent exponent of the great outdoors. Whenever he has any time on his hands he loads up his automobile with his family and camp- ing equipment and seeks some retired spot in the woods or along the lake He is particularly fond of the Lake Michigan shore and has made park shore. several camping trips to the area South of Douglas. Mr. Clark is one of the most de- pendable men in the wholesale grocery trade. He is conservative to the nth degree, but maintains his balance so thoroughly that he does not carry his conservatism to a point where it in- 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 16, 1925 terferes with the business. He makes friends easily and maintains them in- definitely. He is a careful student of foods and food products and probably knows as much about this subject as any other man in Michigan. The Worden Grocer Co. is certainly very fortunate in being able to secure so valuable a man for so important a position. —__.2ss_—_ Example Set By Our Great Public Men Grandville, Sept. 15—The lives of our public men come up for inspection by the rising generation, wherefore it behooves these men to look after their morals and set examples worthy of fol- lowing. There have been several members of Congress retired to private life be- cause of age and these men are now enduring an examination at the hands of their one time constituents. Of these, Ex-Senator Chauncey Depew stands out like the sun in a midnight sky. To emulate the example of great men is the aim of many young Ameri- cans of to-day and sorry it is that the example of some of them is not to be commended. We have our professors in colleges. our ministers in their pulpits, our heads of great business firms, all examples to be studied, but the most importan‘ of all are our members of Congress who daily flaunt their good qualities before Billy, Tom and Ben in the schoolroom of the primary depart- ments. Then, of course, come the ex- ceptions for which we cannot bespeak imitation. One of the most interesting men in public life, lately retired, 1s that grand old man of Illinois, Joe Cannon, who now sits beneath his own vine and fig tree. contemplating all that has gone before in a long and eventful life. His parents were Quakers and he was doubtless brought up in that faith. although it is said that he had a wa\ of his own and sometimes shocked the over-zealous church people by his care free demeanor among the young peo- ple of an early day. Where rugged honesty is concerned Cannon stand unimpeachable. Now, at 89, he sits in the quiet of his home in Danville, Illinois, meditat- ing, no doubt, like so many others, on the tragedy of old age. His life has been a busy and a use- ful one, many years of it having beer passed in the limelight of public duties. His political affiliations were with that party which opposed the extension of slaverv and he has stood four square to all the winds that blow, down through the exciting years which wit- nessed the attempt to force slavery on the State of Kansas, shedding the blood of free soil settlers when border ruf- fans invaded the sacred soil of t! State to force undesirable laws throug the legislature. Joe Cannon can certainly contemplaie the past with an equanimit~ that does not come o every man when reviewing his past life. 3rusque by nature he vet has the tender heart of a child. He has never been a straddler in politics, and won the title of dominating situaiotns which seemed best designated as “Canonism.” A little of that sort of domination would be a splendid thing in Congress to-day. They will miss the old man in time to come, and the country miss- es him right now. Only last month Joe Cannon became a member of the Methodist church. Better late than never, of course. Even at 89 there is time to make a start in spiritual matters which, no doubt. Mr. Cannon believes. His wife, Mary Reed, who he married in his youth, has been gone from him for a number of vears, vet no doubt by his action i nbecom- ing a member of the church to which she belonged, he realizes that from that other shore in the Great Beyond +1 his wife’s smile greets him in warm approval. And it is to the Beyond that many people turn when the tragedy of old age has come to make them thought- ful. T he material world lies behind the old man or woman. Nothing here entices or makes for their happiness. They live more in the spirit than the physical, and with the late Robert Ingersoll, hold to that hope which sees a star and hears the rustle of a wing. The life of Joe Cannon has been open and above board, so that all might see and understand. He sits now in the twilight of life, philosophi- cal, no doubt, seeing ahead great good for the country which has had his best counsel in the past, and which will lav wreaths of immortelle on his tomb in the day of his passing from earth to a higher sphere of usefulness. Most men, public or private, have in them, whatever their professions, that faith in he immortal that, like the untutored Indion, sees God in clouds and hears Him in the wind. Whatever man _ professes here on earth, be he church bound or free thinker the time inevitably comes when he mus face the great adventure which cuts out this physical world and opens up something, even if to mortal vision incomprehensible, that brings the great change which spares neither age nor sex, nor even the animals that tread at that last day. Kings, emperors, potentates have no superiority over the most humble of our citizenship. Indeed, why should the spirit of mortal be proud, when in the twinkling of an eye the loftiest of all may be snapped from existence here into that great eternity which awaits us all? Build monuments as we May, there is no monument that will stand the ravages of time. To-day we are here; to-morrow we are gone. Our great men of the past are known only in memory. The Depews and Cannons still are with us. We respect them for their great qualities of head and heart. Let the rising generation respect their qualities of brain and heart. and imitate the virtues of these leaders of thought that their own days mav be long in the land. Old Timer. a One Day Trade Extension Tour. Kalamazoo, Sept. 15—Kalamazoo wholesalers will on Thursday, Sept. 17, inaugurate the series of fall friendship tours to nearby towns and villages. The initial outing will include all that territory along the South Haven branch of the Michigan Central rail- road. Stops will be made at Alamo, Mentha. Williams, Gobles, Blooming- dale, Grand Junction, Lacota and South Haven. The noon luncheon session will be at Bloomingdale, with dinner at South Haven in the evening. The program is now under advise- ment. Thursday's outing is the first of four tours planned for the fall months, a program inaugurated last spring and discontinued during the summer vaca- tion period. Accordine t o the estab- lished rule of the organization, the local jobbers will be hosts to the South Yaven merchants at the Thursday evening dinner. There will be a good speaker. The next trip will be Thursday Oct. 1, probably to St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, stopping at Bangor, Hartford, Watervliet and Coloma. A man may guy And a man may lie And a man may puff and blow; But he can’t get trade By sitting in the shade Waiting for business to grow. —_—_2+ +> We wonder why some men get ahead. Isn’t it a fact that they were not the ones who were always broke Monday morning? the Company: 15th, 1925. stock, payable October 1 15th, 1925. 1925, to all holders of Viass on October 15th, 1925. A regular dividend of 1/40th of one of record October 15th, 1925. on October 15th, 1925. Chicago, September Sth, 1925. A quarterly dividend of $1.00 per share ‘9 dividend of 60 cents per share, payabl An extra dividend of 1/40th of one share ) per each share of Class ‘‘A”’ and Class “Bp” Common Stock, payable No- vember 2nd, 1925, to all Class “A” and Class ‘‘B”’ stockholders of record Where fractional shares result from the dividend, “‘Bearer Warrants” will be issued, shares, and such warrants will be traded in on the market. THE UNITED LIGHT & POWER CO. Chicago, Illinois. The Board of Directors of The United Light & Power Comany, on September 8th, 1925, declared the following dividends on the stocks of A quarterly dividend of $1.63 per share on the Class “A Preferred stock, payable Oct. ist, 1925, to stockholders of record on September on the Class ‘‘B”’ Preferred st, 1925, to stock-holders of record on September e in cash on November 2nd, “A” and Class ‘‘B’? Common Stock, of record share of Class ‘‘A’? Common Stock per each share of Class “A” and Class ‘B’? Common Stock, pay- able on November 2nd, 1925. to all Class “‘A’”’ and Class ‘‘B’” stockholders of Class ‘A’? Common. Stock distribution of above stock representing such fractional L. H. HEINKE, Treasurer. OUR FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES ARE CONCURRENT with any standard stock policies that you are buying tenetcots OVO LESS Michigan Bankers and Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Fremont, Michigan WILLIAM N. SENF, SECRETARY-TREASURER 507 HOW? Assets 44.11 per 1000 of risk. F. M. Romberg, Manager, Finnish Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Calumet, Michigan. FINNISH MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. CALUMET, MICHIGAN ORGANIZED IN 1889. This Company has returned A DIVIDEND OF For 29 consecutive years. By careful selection of risks. By extremely low Expense Ratio. Surplus 30.89 per 1000 of risk. Agents wanted in the Larger Cities. FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS WRITE Class Mutual Insurance Agency General Agents Fremont, Michigan. Fred Wurzburg, Vice President J. E. Kirbye, Vice President Fred H. Travis, Sec’y. & Mer. J. D. Karel, Treasurer. John B. Martin. Milo Schuitema CITIZENS COMPANY 101 Michigan Trust Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Telephone Citizens 4794. Let us Figure with you on handling your Installment Paper. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. Theron H. Goodspeed, President Adrian Otte. David Wolf J. R. Gillard Frank Jewell Thomas Kindel. September 16, 1925 MICHIGAN | ‘| i Ch \ ooh) A ' : oa ~~ Cay e I LLY MI avd Mp Abstr iN) —— es < 3 ip, a { ° "Tl =| 7 ri = (i PT Sy Pa rn CF, U D> Twists and Turns of the Forida Boom Many stylists in the men’s shoe field are polishing up binoculars in anticipa- tion of the biggest sesson Florida ever saw as a pleasure resort. The real estate boom is responsible for a verit- able gold rush. People have been leaving the North in mid-summer to get in on the specu- lative wave that is sweeping in over the everglades. From the shoe man’s point of view this means more business and early business. Business will be mixed with pleasure next winter when the cold weather permits people to leave for the hot sands in greater num- bers. The whole proposition for the shoe retailers centers on the _ sports shoe and sports stocking trends. The Tradesman has intelligently discussed these twin novelties in an intelligent manner from time to time, but the style angle appears to have double significance at the present moment. The majority of merchants claim that they are making no special provision for radical changes in the market. The dressed man bathing in Florida water next fall or winter will keep rather close to the styles that have dominated the market in North- ern climes this summer. The plain white bucks may gain a bit in popu- larity but the majority of men feel that a little trimming sets off the gay run of trousers adapted to the tropics— linen, soft flannels of various colors, etc, There is no cause for a jumpy feeling the retailers claim. The bizarre effects may command the support of the one time Florida beau but the seasoned campaigners have little use for the freaky numbers that occasionally creep into the field and threaten for a mo- ment to upset well-laid buying plans. well Shoe retailers who were well stocked with white buck sport shoes with plain tan or black tip leather sole and heel strap are now yelling, “God save the king.” The king of England is re- sponsible for the introduction of this model of shoe. Some four years ago the king launched this style and it has been creeping up in the American mar- kets ever since. The majority of Northern retailers catering to the men had this style pretty well routed and in the higher priced stores managers and owners were prepared to meet the demand. The idea that a sports shoe by any other name is still a sports shoe some- how fails to satisfy, but the eleventh hour customers are not ready to retire with that explanation. Their luck in catching onto the last car as it sweeps past is pathetically emphasized. The shoe men are rather pleased. They weary of trying to make Apollos of _ Aste ie pinch-penny speculators who have be- come chronic bargain hunters and ex- pect to get as good treatment as men who pay top prices. Tan trimmings are more popular than black, but the difference is not great. The crepe rub- ber sole sports shoe with a dark tan upper continues to sell. This shoe is no longer a novelty. Slightly darker tans will be in the men’s field, the shoe fraternity seem to feel. This is a bit of a fire-cracker under the seats of those gentlemen who contended that the present wave of pumpkin-colored low cuts would be crowded out by a revolution—sort of reaction against the pale blond beauties of the moment. I was discussing the matter with a spruce-looking buyer a few days ago and he claims that the vote will be heavy for the medium tans. Elsewhere, I heard much the same ver- dict submitted. It is difficult to reconcile this claim with the predicted run on dark gray spats that set off the neat effects in square toe models in blacks so well. What some of these and executives probably mean is that the tans will run through the fall and well into the winter, giving the merchants a two-pair season. With blacks to follow, the turnover would be practically doubled. merchants The men’s branch of the shoe indus- try handles its disciples very intelli- gently but there is a word of warning that might be attached to the tendency to rush out new styles and lasts. The men developing stage fright in some instances. There has been a con- siderable exchanging and some little fussing in the stores this summer be- cause so many of the consumers have discarded lasts that they have worn for years and tried to accustom their feet to something different; the shoe men can hardly hope to benefit by such a kink are There is always danger just ahead when the male of the species be- confused and upset. He lays his ears and balks. Of course, this advice is handed out purely for what it is worth. There should at least be more studious observation of this phase of the men’s market. It would not do any harm to figure out the greatest good for the greatest num- ber. There are many heads moré skilled than mine in pondering these matters but it is always well to avoid the cat calls and hisses before they fill the air. ——_+-—____ Followed Directions. Superintendent: You big bonehead, you've got us into a damage suit. I told you to fire than man—not hit him with an axe. comes back Swedish Foreman: Vell, boss, dose axe she have sign vot say, For Fire Use Only, so E used her. TRADESMAN 11 GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX Co. Manufacturere of SET UP and FOLDING PAPER BOXES G Kk ANB KR A Ff | 8 -S M F CC mH FE G A N THE TOLEDO PLATE & WINDOW GLASS COMPANY Mirrors—Art Glass—Dresser Tops—Automobile and Show Case Glass All kinds of Glass for Building Purposes 601-611 IONIA AVE., S. W. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN f eo of \ Kalamazoo, Mich. fain through swinging windows KEEP THE COLD.SOOT AND DUST OUT AMERICAN WINDUSTITE” all-metal Weather Strips and save on your coal bills, make vour house-cleaning easier, get more comfort from your heating plant and protect your furnishings and draperies from the outside dirt, soot and dust, Storm-proof, Dirt-proof, Leak-proof, Rattle-proof Made and Installed Only by AMERICAN METAL WEATHER STRIP CO. 144 Division Ave., North Telephone 51-916 Grand Rapids, Vieseaath Citz. Mich. ing Paper Good Weiting. #]|O® For the Home, School and Office—pure white bond, very little trimmings—ali writing paper— properly styled the Economy Package. Also good for mimeograph and type- writer use. Easily matched in enve- lopes. Try your local dealer. If he cannot supply you pin a dollar bill to this advertisement with name and ad- dress and we will send either size Soe postpaid. he Merchants write for prices. KALAMAZOO VEGETABLE PARCHMENT CoO., —_ Two $1 Sizes 5 Ibs., 500 sheets letter size 8%xl1l1. 5 lbs., 450 sheets legal size 8%)x13 y Michigan Shoe Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Company LANSING, MICHIGAN PROMPT ADJUSTMENTS Write L. H. BAKER, Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 549 LANSING, MICH. SHOE RETAILERS! MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co., Shoe Manufacturers, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Gentlemen: Please send me without obligation full details of your new plan for selling a short line of work and dress shoes. We understand you claim greater profits, cleaner stocks and faster turnover for your plan. MICHIGAN Cotton Prices Spurt on Report of Crop Conditions. May growers expect around 23 cents this year for the bulk of their cotton? What degree of prosperity is indicated, assuming that prices hold at that level, for the leading cotton-growing regions? An answer to these questions is vital if we would know how much the agri- cultural sections of the South will con- tribute to the general wave of pros- perity that is‘ gathering. Conclusive answers to these ques- tions will not be available for months, but each fortnightly estimate made by the Government on the condition of the cotton crop should bring us a little nearer to the light. Certainly the estimate that has just been made on the condition of the crop September 1 overturned a good many calculations. The last Government estimate, made a fortnight ago, indi- cated a condition that would have re- sulted in the production of an enorm- ous crop. Official figures placed the probable output at 13,990,000 bales, but the trade was not long in declaring that in its opinion the yield might exceed 14.000,000 bales. One timated 14.300.000 bales. Opinions of that sort created bearish 7 ° 11+} ita authority co sentiment in the market for the com- modity and the price of cotton for December delivery fell to 22% cents per pound, or to a new low since last spring. The market was not prepared for what the new estimate seems to reveal. The Government now finds a condition that poorer than a fortnight ago. If pres- ent estimates are borne out our yield will be 13,740,000 bales. Although un- from the ume output, the estimate is, of course, would indicate a condition even favorable standpoint of vol- bullish on cotton prices. Yesterday cotton jumped a cent a pound to 23.73, or to the highest level in recent weeks. Extreme heat and drought in the cot- ton regions have made it a certainty that, although the South planted more acres than ever before in its history no record production is to be achieved this year. But 13,740,000 bales would be more than we picked last year, which was 1920. Not often in history have we picked so much in a single season. It is less than originally was expected, but the pros- pect still is for a big cotton crop. our biggest season since That so much cotton may be picked and that the commodity is now valued around 23 cents a pound surely fore- condition for shadow a_ prosperous growers. Not too much optimism is justified at this season of the year since we are just approaching the period of equinoial storms. Frosts may harm the top crop. The large plantings in India and the vicissitudes of weather are things that still must be watched. While 23 cents seems good for a 13,- 740.000 bale crop—and is, indeed, good —allowance must be made for the fact that an enormous acreage was planted in judging the degree of prosperity. Altogether, however, it begins to be more and more of a certainty that our cotton production will be large and that prices will be high enough to insure substantial profit for the grower. Un- something unforeseen happens to looks promising our will have a splendid an essential in pro- less spoil what now cotton growers year, and that is moting a generally prosperous condi- tion for the country. Paul Willard Garrett. [ Copyrighted, 1925] —___$2s_ Why Men Fail. There is a cause for everything! Nothing ever “just happens.” If a man is promoted to a better job, there ‘cs a cause. If a man loses his job there is also a cause. There are many causes that lead to failure. Here is a list of the most common causes: Finding fault with the other fellow, but never seeing your own. Doing as little as possible and try- ing to get as much as possible for it. Spending too much time showing up the other fellow’s weak points and too little time correcting your own. Slandering those we do not like. Procrastination—putting off until to- morrow that have done day before yesterday. something we should Deceit—talking friendly to the other fellow’s face and stabbing him in the back as soon as he turns around. False belief that we enough to reap a harvest of pay be- are smart fore sowing a crop of honest service. Disloyalty to those who have trusted us. Egotism—the belief that we know :t all and no one can teach us anything. Last, but not least, lack of the nec- essary training and education to en- able us to stand at the head in our line of work. Look this list over and check your- self up by it. If none of these causes for failure apply to you, then you are to be congratulated, because you are a success. ——__—2sS———_ Worse and Worse. “Before prohibition,” said the girl at the switchboard in the big hotel, “I would sometimes get a ring from a room upstairs and a husky voice would ask, “Say, what’s the name of this hotel?” Now I sometimes get a ring and the same kind of a husky voice asks, “Say, what’s the name of this city?” TRADES MAN September 16, 1925 Who, How and What? F YOU have life insurance which will be paid in a lump sum to your wife or other beneficiaries in the event of .your death, who will handle the fund, how will ‘t be invested and what will be done with the income and principal? Establish a life insurance trust and you, yourself, shall answer each question. Who shall handle the fund? This Trust Company experienced in investment and other trust duties. How shall it be invested? According to the judgment of experienced and trained men. What shall be done with the principal‘ You decide that and set it down in writing for us to follow. Know the who, how and what. RAND RAPIDS [RUST [,UMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 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 : ig owner of his own home. Main Office Cor. MONROE and IONIA We would like to open a Savings Account for you TODAY to that very end. 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 “cw Grand Rapids | ce Savings Bank Bridge and Mt. Vernon Division and Franklin Eastern and Franklin Division and Burton OFFICERS WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH, Chairman of the Board CHARLES W. GARFIELD, Chairman Ex. Com. GILBERT L. DAANE, President bd 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, Asst Cashier OLDEST SAVINGS BANK IN WESTERN MICHIGAN September 16, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 13 Commonwealth Power Corporation Serves Over 360 Communities. A pioneer in the development of the transmission of power over high volt- age transmission lines, the Common- wealth Power Corporation to-day con- trols one of the largest of the coun- try’s super-power systems. Operating properties under its direction market electricity and gas for lighting and power purposes to more than 360 cities and towns having a population of up- ward of 1,800,000 in five states. In Michigan, its principal stronghold the Consumers Power Company, which it controls, serves electricity and gas to 175 cities and towns, operating twenty-seven hydroelectric plants and twelve steam stations, while purchas- ing on favorable contracts the output of eight other hydro-electric plants. In all it makes available electric resources aggregating 336,805 horsepower. Energy is carried to consumers by means of 1,661 miles of high tension transmission lines, the bulk of which are of 140,000 volts capacity, and over 10,000 miles of distributive lines. The capitalization of the parent com- pany now consists of $13,489,500 in funded indebtedness, $36,010,100 in 6 per cent. cumulative preferred stock and 979,895 shares of no par value com- mon stock. This structure reflects the increases made to provide for the ac- quisition of more than 84 per cent. of the second preferred stock and over 88 per cent. of the common stock of the Tennessee Electric Power Company, any the issuance a short time ago of four shares of new common stock for each one shares outstanding. There are also outstanding 29,394 option warrants entitling holders to buy 117,576 shares of new common stock at $25 a share before November next year, which if exercised would bring an additional $2,939,400 cash into the company’s treasury. Outside of Michigan, the company has operating properties in four other states, namely: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and, as indicated above, Tennessee. Its Tennessee subsidiary owns or controls an extensive system of properties which are interconnected with those of other large companies constituting an inte- eral part of the super-power system of the South. Combined electric generating re- sources in all five states consist of plants with a capacity of 783,605 horse- power, and the aggregate capacity of its gas plants is 37,335,000 cubic feet a day. The coal supply of its electric and gas plants is assured through the Utilities Coal Corporation, having high grade mines in West Virginia, Ken- tucky and Illinois, which it controls. The combined statement of earnings for the twelve months ended June 30 last, which gives effect to the acquisi- tion of the Tennessee Electric Power Company, shows it to be among the largest earners in the industry. Gross earnings for the period totaled $40,- 861,003, and gross income after ex- penses, maintenance and taxes $18,023,- 170. Net income after all fixed charges in- cluding interest and amortization of debt, discount and earnings on stocks of subsidiary companies not owned, was $4,478,651, and the balance for the junior stock after provisions for pre- ferred dividends, a retirement and re- placement reserves was equivalent to $2.35 a share on the 979,895 shares out- standing. {Copyrighted, 1925] —_++.___— Remarkable Advance in Industrial Development in U. S. One of the most remarkable ad- vances in industrial development in this country—generally overlooked because of its proximity to our daily routine— is the growth of the electrical appliance industry. Even those among us who studied by kerosene lamps, who knew in our youth none of the labor-saving devices now used in every modern home, too often neglect to consider the progress that has taken place along this line in the last decade. The electric lamp industry had its inception scarcely twenty-five years ago, while the washing machine, gaso- line or electrically driven, commenced as an industry only ten years ago. In 1914, it is estimated that there were 50,000 electric washing machines in the country, worth about $5,000,000. In 1924, or ten years later, there were 4,125,000 such machines, valued at $600,000,000, out of a total of 13,- 250,000 wired homes, or about 29 out of every 100. At the current rate of consumption, and allowing for wear and tear, it is conservatively estimated that by 1929 there will be more than 7,000,000 electric washing machines in 22,800,000 wired homes, valued at over $1,100,000,000, or 33 to every 100 wired homes. If this ratio were increased to 40 in every 100, as it well might be, total mchines would exceed 9,000,000, more than twice the number now in everyday use. The replacement alone will be greater than all the machines yet produced in any one year to date. One of the factors which have made for the tremendous increase in the use of washing machines during the past ten years, entirely aside from the fact that they are a practical labor- saving device, which actually do their work better than the old washtub method, is the economical cost of op- eration. Statistics show that it costs less than two cents an hour at a ten rate, or about four cents a week to furnish power; and, where in most cities to- day the household washing machine gets a special motor rate of under ten cents, it is obvious that the cost of op- eration is almost negligible. Then, too, most distributors of good machines make it possible to purchase ° them on an easy partial payment basis, usually not much more a week than it costs to hire a washwoman by the day. It is evident, therefore, that these machines will become a necessity in millions of homes, whether wired for electricity or not, where they are not now found, and but once _ installed they will be replaced when worn out. Thus this industry which but ten years ago was in its infancy, and now is firmly established, should become one of the giants of ‘the electrical world. [Copyrighted, 1925] ——_—_ +. ___ Being happy is a habit and can be developed the same as any other habit. paid on Certificates in force three months. Secured by first mortgage on Grand Rapids homes. 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 Grand Rapids National Bank The convenient bank for out of 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” With Capital and Surplus of nearly Two Mil- lion Dollars and resources exceeding 'T'wenty- Two Million Dollars, invites your banking business in any of its departments, assuring you of Safety as well as courteous treatment. THE CITY NATIONAL BANK oF Lansine, Micu. Our Collection and Bill of Lading Service is satisfactory Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits over $750,000 “OLDEST BANK IN LANSING” 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 16, 1925 Copper Mining Industry’s Return To Normalcy. A development that appeals to Wall Street as a certain indication tha the copper mining industry has virtually returned to its pre-war normalcy is the announcement _ that publication of monthly details of operations will be resumed after a lapse of eleven years. At the beginning of the World War in 1914 the Copper Producers Associa- tion ceased to function, with “finis” written on its statement for June, 1914. It was deemed advisable in view of the expected heavy demand for copper, to withhold from the general public such familiar details as the aggregate month- ly refinery production from American plants, the amount of surplus stock in producers’ hands, the quantity of re- fined copper which had been shipped to consumers, etc. Several years ago some of these sta- tistics again found their way to the public at regular intervals as the re- sult of adoption of somewhat different arrangements, but producers and re- finers generally opposed the plan on the theory that it was unfair to them to make public their side of the pic- ture, while consumers of copper re- fused to place in the hands of pro- ducers figures that would guide them in operations. a As a result of frequent periods of overproduction and consequent price declines, producers reached the de- cision again to restrict publication of figures on their operations, inasmuch as consumers still refused to have statistics on their holdings of supplies gathered for the benefit of the indus- try as a whole. Then a program of issuing quarterly, instead of monthly, statementts was adopted. In addition, producers em- phasized the necessity of curtailing production. The result has been that large surplus stocks have been worked off and the industry has reached a more healthy stage, with the prospect of price advances which will permit most of the well managed companies to operate profitably. Heavy inroads were made on stocks of supplies last month, so that producers were less hesitant in revealing statistics on their situation. Stocks of copper unsold and in re- finery yards are to-day the smallest since the war. With prospects bright for a steadily increasing demand, es- pecially in Europe, all complaints have disappeared concerning the unfairness of the monthly statistics, which are again to be made public by producers. It is to be expected, of course, that a further advance in copper prices will result in increased production through reopening of mines closed by high op- erating costs. But the increased out- put will tend to correct the situation, and it is felt among producers that de- mand for the metal should be sufficient for a considerable time to keep condii- tions in the industry satisfactory. No new large copper deposits have been discovered in recent years. De- velopment work on existing discoveries is being pushed, of course, but accord- ing to producers in touch with the sit- uation none of any importance can be brought into production within a year. Europe looks to the Katanga prop- erties in Africa eventually to produce large quantities of copper, but its de- velopment will continue to be slow and is not expeced to become a vital factor in the world’s output for some years. It is hoped in time to obtain 500,000,- 000 pounds of copper a year from Ka- tanga, but a great deal of capital will first be necessary to build plants and railways before this point in the ex- pansion can be reached. Those who have studied the situation estimate it will be ten years before Katanga is in a position to produce its expected limit. [Copyrighted, 1925] — +> Corporations Wound Up. The following Michigan tions have recently filed notices of dis- solution with the Secretary of State: Liberty Plumbing and Highland Park. Chinese Tea Garden, Detroit. Big Rapids Electric Co., Big Rapids. Reading Corp., Detroit. Detroit Panel & Plywood Co., Detroit. Phillips Land & Lumber Co., Dow’ giac Despres Dowel Mfg. Co. Grand Rapids Material Dealers’ Credit Bureau, De- troit. Universal Cleaning Service. Detroit. Vassar Farmers Elevator Co., Vassar. corpora- Heating Co., Petoskey-Mackinaw Real Estate Co., Petoskey. Hero!d and Gerber, Detroit. Central Bide. Co. Grand Rapids. Inter-American Trade Expansion Bu- reau, Detroit. Emens Bakery, Inc., Muskegon. Heights Lumber Co.. Muskegon Het-. Marconi Restaurant Co., Detroit. Genesee Ave. Dec. Co.. Saginaw. Resner & Wise. Inc.. Detroit. Detroit Cooler Co.. Detroit. Atlas Envelopment Co., Detroit. Bullen Co., Detroit. Detroit Franklin Co., Detroit. Great Lakes Drop Forge Co., Detroit.. Mvers Car Corp., Niles. Crane Drue Co.., Portland Farmers Savings 3ank of Coleman. Rubert. Crandall & Cotter Hardware Co., Howell. Graiot Foundry Co., St Touis. Mover Brothers’ Co., Muskegon. —__ _~--..__ A Mistake. Any man or woman who is ashamed thereby Every recognized mis- Colemn7 of having made a mistake, makes another. take is a stepping stone to something higher up. In spite of all my past experience, when I recently put out a new cigar I made the mistake of under estimating the demand for a good mild cigar, and as the factory did not have enough goods to supply the demand, some got out before being properly cured. Now we have stopped filling orders until we are sure that every cigar will taste as mild and sweet as the first girl you kissed. In order for a cigar to grow in favor it should have individuality— yes, character—the same as an oil painting or the work of an architect. You talk about old ladies being peevish about their tea! Why, men are the most critical creatures on earth when it comes to their smoke. That is what makes cigar manufacturing so inter- esting. All you have to do is to make a better cigar and you get the business. The smoker can tell a good cigar. Strong tobacco in any form makes one grouchy, while a good mild cigar gives a feeling of contentment and renewed pep.—G. J. Johnson.—Advertisement. TRUSTS A very broad term, adopted in law to cover property or money placed by contract or last will and testament in charge of a Trustee, benefit of a designated person, or a church, or a charitaable cause, or several such, with specific in- structions how the net income shall be used by the Trustee, under varying conditions and develop- ments. When a corporate Trustee is selected and proper govern, it a most wise means of providing for methods of conducting the business represents persons and causes to be benefited. Trusts under wills and contracts, wherein we are Trustee, amount to many millions, and con- BUSINESS—for the care of the young or the aged; for the benefit of schools, missionary organizations, pitals, and charitable institutions generally; and stitute OUR PRINCIPAL churches, for any other worthy purpose. Our object is not wholly to make money,—not to pay big dividends, not to pile up surplus. While we charge for our services as Trustee and aim to make some profit, we intend to charge only a rea- As the Rotarians say: Our chief to maintain our reputation in Western Michigan for doing the right thing, in every de- desire to improve our methods wherever possible, we wel- sonable sum in every case. “He profits most who serves the best.” aim is with With the partment, everyone. come suggestions from those interested. Ask for our circulars giving more information regarding Trusts. THE MICHIGAN [RUST COMPANY Grand Rapids. The Oldest in Michigan. Organized in 1889. for the hos- TAX SERVICE Federal, State and Inheritance The BEYER CO. ACCOUNTANTS and AUDITORS G. R. SAVINGS BUILDING Telephone 51443 Cost and Financial Systems BONDS EXCLUSIVELY Grand Rapids National Bank Building Chicago GRAND RAPIDS First National Bank Bldg. Telephones a Fenton Davis & Boyle Detroit Congress Building September 16, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Unjust Exactions of Stock Insurance Agents. Many managers of stock insurance companies are beginning to complain of the exactions of agents in their un- derwriting. Many agents, especially the large corporate agencies, have come to the point where they consider it to be the agents’ province to write any kind of business, in as large a vol- ume as desired, and that it is the duty of the company to write all risks sub- mitted. Any other course by the com- pany is considered an infringement on the rights of the agent. The insurance company must thus conform its under- writing policies to the desires of its agents. The Insurance Post, for example, has this to say on the matter: “Managers in increasing number are talking in a quiet way about the un- reasonable demands they are receiving from agents, and the undermining ef- fect this is likely to have on the Ameri- can agency system. Agents are re- signing high-grade companies because they attempt to enforce reasonable un- derwriting rules and decline to write certain classes with an exceptionally high loss ratio. It is claimed that an increasing number of agents are mak- ing unreasonable demands as regards accommodation lines, and are wielding the big stick threatening to throw the company out unless these demands are conceded. “A sprinklered risk association has just lost a $15,000,000 line, of which $10,000,000 was fire insurance and $5,- 000,000 use and occupancy, because the agent controlling the line insisted upon getting a contingent commission on the business. The association is unable to pay continent commissions and so the line was dropped and is now being re- written direct in practically the same companies that received it through the association. By this procedure the companies pay a higher commission and a contingent commission beside, it being understood that the agent’s con- tingent was $1,100. “A company complains also that it has lost several agencies because it would not pay for maps for the agen- cies at a cost of hundreds of dollars in each case. The agent declared that another company was willing to do so, and if this company was not equally liberal he had no further use for it. If the companies would buy maps for the agencies, they would eventually be called upon to buy furniture and all sorts of other supplies, the tendency being to increase the acquisition cost anad to invite new criticism from the state supervising officials and the legis- latures. “Complaints are renewed by fire in- surance companies of the complications run into with their agents in trying to underwrite the business. One com- pany, for example, which has had an unusually disastrous experience on golf clubs and country clubs, decided that it would stop writing them. It found that this experience was general among the companies, although its loss record was higher than the average. It noti- fied one of its agents in a good sized Illinois town of this decision, explain- ing the situation and giving its record ~ and asked if it would seriously incon- venience him if he replaced the line he had on the local country club on its expiration. His reply was a letter in- structing the company, which is one of the leaders, to send and gets its sup- plies if it would not write country clubs. In view of the disastrous ex- perience on this class, the company thinks this is hardly proper co-opera- tion on the part of its agents. The manager says that fully 50 per cent. of the letters he writes have to do with controversies with agents over lines which they offer, and which the com- pany does not wish to write, the ulti- matum of the agent too often being to take the supplies if it will not violate its underwriting ideas.” —_——s-22 Membership of the National Associa- tion. The membership statement of the National Association of Mutual Insur- ance Companies, presented by Secre- tary Cooper at the convention at Seat- tle, shows the net membership as of July 31, 1925, at 722. This is a net in- crease of nine for the year. The As- sociation includes in its membership companies writing fire, lightning, cy- clone, hail, automobile and casualty in- surance. The oldest company holding membership is the oldest insurance company in America, the Philadelphia Contributionship, organized in 1752. There are quite a number of the mem- ber companies which have had a con- tinuous business existence of over a century. During all these years the mutual principle of insurance has been a decided and valuable factor in the business life of the Nation. The hon- estly managed, conservative mutuals have stood as the rock of Gibraltar through all the vicissitudes and con- flagrations of the country’s activities. These companies have furnished, and are furnishing, protection to the mem- bers in the only manner, and by the only method, in which insurance should be furnished to the citizenry of the country by way of the mutual or co- operative method. No man or class of men should profit from the misfortunes of his fellows. The membership of the National As- sociation of Mutual Insurance Com- panies gives the lie to the senseless and mendacious yawping, the stock. patter so glibly and industriously circulated among the unknown and the unthink- ing, that mutual insurance is not safe insurance, and that the companies are here to-day and gone to-morrow. —_+2+>—_—_ Blouse Makers Are Busy. Makers of women’s blouses, accord- ing to information supplied by manu- facturers represented in the member- ship of the United Waist League of America, are continuing to receive good business. The brisk demand that set in a few weeks ago shows little, if any, indication of falling off. One of the best things about the orders now coming in is that most of them are duplicates, which indicates the extent to which blouses are selling to the con- sumer. Dark blue continues one of the best-selling colors. As for style, the most attention appears to be paid to hip-length blouses to go with suits showing a jacket of short to medium length. 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. Wm. H. Anderson, Pres. L. Z. Caukin, Vice Pres. J.C. Bishop, Cash. Christian Bertsch, Sidney F. Stevens, David H. Brown, Robert D. Graham, Marshall M. Uhl, Charles N. Willis, Victor M. Tuthill Samuel D. Young Samuel G. Braudy, Charles N. Remington James L. Hamilton 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 RANSOM E. OLDS Chairman of Board WILLIAM A. WATTS President Offices: 3rd floor Michigan Trust Bldg.—Grand Rapids, Mich. GREEN & MORRISON—Michigan State Agents August 2nd, 1909 August 2nd, 1925 16 YEARS Without an assessment. 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 320 Houseman Bldg.. Grand Rapids, Michigan —— 16 MICHIGAN ~ 7 — | "WOMANS WORLD When the Expensive Frills Can’t Be Afforded. Written for the Tradesman. Last week we outlined what the writer regards as the essentials of edu- cation. Now we will consider the superfluities, the frills. Some very intelligent mothers have the idea that it is an excellent thing for a young girl to spend some time away from home in a good private school. They maintain that in this way she will gain something, hard to define but still very desirable, which she cannot otherwise obtain. We will make no attempt to refute this opinion. Nor will we discuss here the relative merits of the public school and the private school. Each has its points in which it excels the other. I believe that most readers will agree with me that for the whole school life, to be spent in one institution or the other, the public school, being more democratic and also being co-educa- tional will give results more in accord- ance with American ideals. But for say not more than two or three years, it is freely conceded that the private school may be a good thing. The question is, is it a good enough thing that parents ought by hook or by crook to raise the money to send Daughter away, when the raising isn’t good and easy? Hard horse sense answers No! em- phatically, provided, of course, that Daughter is normal in mind and body and has a father and a mother who understand their business—their busi- ness as here considered being that of raising their children at home. Ample evidence of the correctness of this reply is furnished by the fact that there are thousands on thousands of lovely, well educated women who have had no school training other than that received in the public schools. The private military school for grow- ing boys has, during the last few years, gotten an especially strong grip on parental favor. Doubtless this is due partly to the war and partly to the difficulties not uncommonly experi- enced in the home discipline and con- trol of the male youngster. It is firm- ly believed that no matter how spoiled, lazy, disobedient and even depraved the boy has been allowed to become, a military school can set him straight and be the making of him. In homes of wealth where there is a disposition to shirk parental duties, there has come a feeling of relief. The long-desired justification for parental neglect and shiftlessness is thought to have been found. Son can be gotten out of the house from early in Septem- ber until late in June—and during the Summer also by paying extra—and with him all his noise, dirt, confusion, troublesome companions, and impos- sible table manners. Mother’s sensi- tive nerves need no longer be tortur- ed. And Father, who is a typically busy and capable business man, has gotten things just as he has wanted them all along—he imagines that his paternal responsibilities are fully dis- charged by mailing a check once a month, and that the bringing up of his boy in the best possible manner is all being easily and quickly handled through the bank. Parents whose finances will permit only the public schools actually envy the rich the ability to give their sons the supposed advantages of the military academies. But it appears that the results do not always measure up to expectations. In a case that has come to my per- sonal knowledge, two sons from one household were both attending military school last year, the younger taking twelfth grade in one institution and the older collegiate work in another. The parents are both persons of high standing and irreproachable morals, culpable only because of parental ne- glect. Doubtless they spent their good money on these schools believing that it practically would insure their boys turning out all right. Surely enough the boys were turned out all right— one being suspended and the other permanently expelled within a few months time. I believe that some at least of the military schools are good, so good that their main features, military training, physical culture, and strict discipline may well be embodied in our public school system. I understand that to a great extent this already has been done in our more progressive com- munities. I believe that for parents who have plenty of money, putting the sons in a good military school for a year or two may be a wise way to spend some of it. And I am not saying that plac- ing under such training young bloods who have gotten the start of paternal authority, may not be the only thing to do for parents in lesser circumstanc- es. But something was wrong or the boys wouldn’t have gotten the start. It is to be hoped that there soon will be a healthy reaction from the craze that invests military schools with pure- ly imaginary virtues. For the boy who has two intelligent parents who are not disposed to lie down on their job, sending him to a military academy should be regarded as far beyond the range of educational essentials as it is financially beyond the easy compass of the average parental pocketbook. We will leave out of detailed con- sideration the subject of private les- sons, since it depends on the in- dividual whether or not these are es- TRADESMAN sential. We all know of cases where piano lessons, for instance, continued year after year for a girl who has no real music in her, are almost a sheer waste of time and money. On the other hand, special teaching may be really necessary to develop a genuine talent, or because of some deficiency. We come now to that which, when it is a frill, is the greatest of all the educational frills. Heresy it may be to say it, but a college course is sometimes merely a high-priced superfluity. In any case, since it has to do with a young person who should be able to make his or her own way, it is a non- essential, parentally considered. At most and at best, viewed from a wide perspective, it is only an extension of the school portion of education. The education that has included the real es- sentials and that has awakened a de- sire for a thorough culture out of school, is excellent and admirable with- out a college course, as the example of many very able non-college men and women fully proves. College or university training is ob- tained in two ways—it is earned by the ambitious student, or it is taken as a gift from generous parents. For one who cares enough for it to get it by his or her own exertions it is not a superfluity—far from it. Rather will it prove a gold mine of learning, a wellspring of continual satisfaction, something worth far more than all the work and money and self-denial it has cost. What has just been said regarding the regular literary four years, which is cultural only, applies also in great measure to such professional courses as law, medicine, dentistry, and en- gineering, civil, electric, and mining. Does someone ask “Are not the young persons who put themselves through college overworked, underfed, shabbily dressed, looked down upon by classmates, and do they not come out broken in health and prematurely aged? Such things have been but they need not be now. The student who plans to go through college by his own ef- forts, should not attempt to do it in four years, but should take time enough to do it comfortably. Good dressing and sufficient recreation are needful for deriving full benefit. In the right sort of ‘school the _ self-sustaining student is not discriminated against socially. A college education and also such a professional course as any one of those mentioned, when taken as a gift from the parents presents two phases—when Father and Mother can afford it and when they can’t. When it can well be afforded, it is not to be condemned in itself. The writer is not down on colleges. What will be gained or whether anything will be gained depends upon the con- science, the energy, the brains of the individual student, and on whether there is strength of character to with- stand the temptations peculiar to col- lege and university life. But when—now we are speaking to the parents—when it can’t be afforded, when it means pinching and scrimping on your part, a mortgage on the home, or the using up of savings that should September 16, 1925 be held for your comfort in old age, then don’t do it. Before you take leave of your good sense, put to yourselves this question: Should you foolishly decide to furnish the money, when the course is finished anad you go down to Commencement, will your smart young collegian be ashamed of you? If he will be, don’t do it. Youth is critical of appearances, ad- mires smartness and up-to-dateness. Too often fathers and mothers lose the respect of their children by being drudges and door mats. There now are so many night schools Y MC. CA. and Y. W. C. A. chasers, university extension and correspond- ence courses of various kinds, so much that is educational to be had almost for the taking, that the ambitious young person need not lack fora chance. We are long on opportunity—short on parental influence and power. Young people need parents whom they will look up to and respect, who will be to them an example and an inspiration, far more than they need college edu- Ella M. Rogers. ——_—_~+-2——_ They Linger Almost Superfluous. According to the President of the General Motors Corporation, the bi- cycle is a coming, not a going, means of locomotion, and the automobile is ist friend, not its enemy. The only proof he offered, however, was that in all the girls’ colleges there are bi- cycle clubs, and that the children of the many families now permitted by the automobile to live in the country instead of the city have a chance to use the smaller machine and are doing it in great numbers. All this admitted, it forms but a sorry reminder of the days when half the world, adults as well as youngsters accepted the bicycle as a delightful vehicle and every highway was crowd- ed with them. Its real vogue was brief. One by one most people realized that bicycling involved a lot of hard work, and now only children and a few of their elders still like it. For a while it took many workmen to their work, but that task the automobile or the motor truck has assumed in the country and in the suburbs. There al- ways will be bicycles, but their hey- day is over. —__~.-.——— Novelties in Calf Leathers. Calf is being extensively used for women’s shoes and practically domin- ates for the higher grades of style mer- chandise. The trend in this leather is notably oward fancies, which are made into shoes for both dress and sports wear. One leading leather company has recently brought out nine novelties which have attracted much interest. These include such an effect as “syl- van,” in which the bark of a tree is impressed on the leather. Another is “brocada,’ in which a gold brocade pattern is worked out either in brown and gold or black and gold. Other patterns include the well-known basket weave, pencil stripe, diamond and cation. square-cut designs, the two latter be- ing quite small. A moire pattern is al- so featured in which an exact repro- duction of this silk design is obtained. ond > ~e «> September 16, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 Dividends exempt from present Prior Lien Preferred Authorized 300,000 Shares (Issuable in Series) BUSINESS: The Central and South West Utilities Company, all of whose Common Stock is owned by the Middle West Utilities Company, is a hold- ing organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, which upon completion of the present financing will own substantially all the Common Stock of the Public Service Company of Oklahoma, the American Public Service Company, the Chickasha Gas & Electric Company, the Central Power and Light Company, and the Southwestern Securities Company which controls the Southwestern Gas & Electric Company. These five major public utility com- panies with their subsidiaries serve a total of 209 com- munities, having an estimated combined population of 1,086,312 in the States of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kansas, and Mississippi. Additional communities are served by these subsidiaries under wholesale contracts. During the year ended May 31, 1925 these companies gen- erated 190,852,645 K. W. H. of electrical energy, and sold a total of 14,259,279,700 cubic feet of artificial and natural gas, and 478,473 tons of artificial ice. During the same year the consolidated gross revenues were derived 67.05 % from electricity and gas, 24.89 % from ice, and the remainder from miscellaneous public services. > D my. The properties controlled by the Cen- PROPERTY : tral and South West Utilities Company have a combined electrical generating capacity of 89,337 K. W., 1,784 miles of transmission lines, a total gas manufac- turing capacity of 3,040,000 cubic feet per day, 910 miles of gas mains and lines, and a daily ice manufacturing capacity of 2,926 tons. In addition the subsidiaries operate 42 miles of electric railways and furnish the water supply in several communities. NEW YORK GRAND RAPIDS 100,000 Shares Central and South West Utilities Company Prior Lien Preferred Stock $7 Dividend Series (No Par Value) Preferred as to $100 of assets and $7 cumulative dividends over the preferred and common stock. Normal Federal Income Tax Outstanding 100,000 Shares ($7 Dividend Series) Dividends payable quarterly on the fifteenth day of February, May, August and November of each year. This Prior Lien Preferred Stock is subject to call for redemption upon 30 days’ notice at any time at $120 per share plus any unpaid accrued dividends and is fully paid and non-assessable. Transfer Offices: Middle West Stock Transfer Company, Chicago, and Bankers Trust Company, New York. Registrars: First Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago, and The Chase National Bank, New York. Listed on the Chicago Stock Eachange From a letter by Mr. Martin J. Insull, President of the Central and South West Utilities Company we summarize the following: CAPITALIZATION: The Company’s capitaliza- * tion upon completion of present financing will be as follows: CAPITAL STOCK: Authorized To be Outstanding Prior Lien Preferred, without par value (issuable in series) _..__ 300,000 Shares 100,000 Shares Preferred, without par value (is- suable in series) ___.._------ 300,000 Shares 65,000 Shares Common Stock without par value 600,000 Shares *400,000 Shares *Including 65,000 Shares reserved for stock option warrants. Central and South West Utilities Company has no Funded Debt. EARNINGS: The consolidated earnings statement of * the subsidiary companies for the year ending May 31, 1925, adjusted to present financing, is as follows: Giods Baeninee ... 0. $16,819,694 @iter wiedne 269,047 Gt ee $17,088,741 Operating expenses, taxes, bond and other interest, amortization and other de- Getone $13,193,713 Dividends on preferred and common stocks of subsidiaries outstanding in the hands of the public _._.-____.-______-- 927,538 14,121,251 Balance for Reserves and for stocks owned by Central and South West Utilities Coridany oe $ 2,967,490 Annual dividend requirements on 100,000 shares Prior Lien Preferred Stock -__-- $ 700,000 1 1 vary, The properties of the Central MANAGEMENT: and South West Utilities Com- pany are under the direction of Mr. Samuel Insull, Mr. Martin J. Insul and associates, men of long and successful experience in the operation of important public utility properties. All legal matters in connection with the issuance of this stock will be approved by Ralph D. Stevenson, Counsel for the Company, and Messrs. Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Chicago, for the Purchasers. This stock is offered if, as and when received by us, and subject to approval of counsel: Statements herein are necessarily brief. Full detailed circular will be furnished on request. Price $98.50 Per Share and Accrued Dividends to Yield 7.11% HOWE, SNOW & BERTLES (INCORPORATED) Investment Securities DETROIT CHICAGO All statements herein are official or are based on information which we regard as reliable, and while we do not guarantee them, they are the data upon which we have acted in the purchase of this security. September 16, 1925 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN = Summer as an example, it was said the REAL VALUE eS a a NS ‘ business booked is much ahead of last fia a ne Pee = p 2 ¢ =: y year at this time. Moreover, duplicate ‘ ARAGON GARTERS » : = = = DRY GOODS, - = g orders are coming through from cloth- ij imuwe 4 5 = =o 8 ing manufacturers for styles which re- ‘Pie . op Ask | . FANCY GOODS NOTIONS. 2S pr 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. Raw Silk Situation. The advance of 25 cents per pound on Japanese silks during the past week, occasioned by pre-holiday buying and the strong August statistical figures, is regarded as too stiff, and the trade is once more in a waiting attitude. Outstanding features of the market in Japan silks, however, according to i. Gerli & Co., Inc., are the comparative cheapness of 20-22s and the present scarcity and high price of the low- grade 13-15s. This situation, it is pointed out, will very likely be recti- fied by the advent of Autumn cocoons when the filatures give up reeling 20- 22s and start on 13-15s. The market in China steam filatures is sold up well ahead and new business is difficult be- cause of high prices and late delivery. Cantons are firm and higher. Inspec- tion is slow and difficult and the qual- ity of these sorts is open to question. Tsatlees are in fair demand and to-day are the cheapest of all silks. Tussahs are active and steady. Trading in Italian silks is more difficult than ever with lire exchange rising. In Japan- ese silks, crack double extras were quoted yesterday at $7.10 and double As at $7 and extras at $6.90. The highest grade steam filatures were priced at $7.75, with the Three Danc- ers variety offered at $7.35. Canton 14-16s ruled at $6.30 and 20-22s at $5.80. Tussahs were priced at $3.25. —_22>——_ Long Pants Suits Selling Well. Manufacturers of boys’ long pants suits continue to book good orders for Fall delivery, and it is expected that the popularity of these garments will carry over into the Spring season. The demand continues to be somewhat spotty, however, certain sections reject- ing the innovation while others are adopting it readily. In general, the large towns have accepted the long trousers, while the conservative smaller communities are somewhat backward. While the long trousers seem to be ex- tensively used by small boys for dress purposes, it is generally recognized that they are unsuitable for play attire. It is therefore not believed that the demand will be concentrated on the long pants to the exclusion of the short variety. ——— >a Cap and Scarf Sets Offered. Although cashmere scarfs for wo- men’s sport wear are expected to sell fairly well during the Fall some manu- facturers are offering rayon scarfs and cap sets, in which each item is provided with a tassel. One side of the scarf is given a smooth finish while the other side has a crepe effect. Striped and chacked patterns in black and white predominate in these sets, which are to retail for $6.50. Although the sets 4 are designed primarily for sport wear ¥ the caps are being alered slightly so |, that they may also be used for street wear. a Se = Outlook For Seamless Hosiery. The possibility that full-fashioned hosiery to retail at $1 may be placed on the market later on has led to some discussion in the trade over he outlook for seamless hosiery. Some selling agents have expressed the opinion that if this happens it is likely to eliminate the seamless variety from the market. It is claimed on the other hand, how- ever, that really good full-fashioned hose cannot be made to retail at $1 be- cause of the high labor cost involved. Thus it is reasoned that unless some unforeseen development occurs the field of full-fashioned goods will con- tinue to be in the higher price ranges, with full room for expansion of pro- duction. It is added that the seamless stocking of to-day is a much improved product over that of some years ago, and an adequate attractiveness for their cost is now assured in the seamless hosiery. —_232.-————_ Jumper Frocks Feature Color. While many of the new jumper frocks are fashioned of tweeds in the new soft Autumn shades and also of velveteen in deep rich tones, there is, however, a distinct trend toward vivid color effects in these garments. This is particularly true of models of crepe de chine and velvet or velvet with lame broche or metal cloth. One afternoon frock considered exceptionally attrac- tive has a skirt of black velvet and a jumper of flame color crepe. This order is reversed in another model, which features one of the new long jumpers of blue chiffon velvet trimmed with open-work steel disks held to- gether with silver stitching. This is worn with a box pleated skirt of metal tissue of the gun-metal shade. ——_++.>—____ Mohair Orders Show Gain. Criticism of mohair fabrics as not having the interest of clothing manu- facturers and buyers is unwarranted by the facts of the present situation, according to one of the most promin- ent makers of these Summer weaves. Taking this firm’s orders for next For Quality, Price, and Style WEINER CAP CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. tailers have selected, but of which the early purchases by the manufacturers were limited. Medium grays and blues have stood out in the colors. The secret of the success of many manu- facturers with mohairs, it was added, lies in the quality of tailoring they put into their garments. vs CRESCENT GARTER CO. 515 Broadway, New York City TOWELS UP TO THE FIRST OF OCTOBER ALL OUR 50c FANCY COLORED TURKISH TOWEL STOCK WILL BE COMPLETE. ORDER NOW! No. 400 White ground, fancy stripe, Pink, Blue, Gold 18x36__$4.50 No. 402 White ground, fancy check, Pink, Blue, Gold, 17x34__$4.25 No. 401 White ground Colored Jacquard Stripe, Pink, Blue Gold Lavender, 18x36 _- No. 403 Cream ground, wide stripe, CO Oe ee $4.50 Pink, Blue, Gold, 18x36_-$4.50 No. 432 White ground, Checker Border, Pink, Blue, 18x36_-$4.37%4 No. 970 White Ground, Jacquard Border, Pink, Blue, 18x36__$4.371%4 ALL TOWELS HAVE WASH CLOTHS TO MATCH. MAKE YOUR SELECTION NOW. SHIP OCTOBER FIRST. Paul Steketee & Sons Wholesale Dry Goods Grand Rapids, Mich. Knots! Belle Hair Nets. 630 South Wabash Ave. Chicago, IIl. With the coming of new Fall clothes, new styles in Coiffures are also brought out. New evening frocks require the simulation of Long hair. And coiffures such as are illustrated here need hair nets to protect them. Duro Belle HUMAN HAIR NETS The reliable, trusty hair net, with the famous Duro Lasts longer and holds its shape better than any other net.- A Best Seller! Every sale of one dozen pays you 60c. Duro Belle and reap these easy profits! FREE ADVERTISING—A complete, free advertising campaign will be sent on request—ask your jobber. Window displays, handsome counter case, wall decora- tions-—-everything needed to help you sell more Duro NATIONAL TRADING CO. Styles In Coiffures Demand Hair Nets A steady repeater. Get behind 67-69 Irving Place New York City Ma “Is ~Me September 16, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 -_ Ff ——— — —— _oeremsinenenaenesea _ ean ewes — aa | w e ; | A Krolik & Co. Inc., Announce — my AOne Week“NIGHTINGALE” Campaign h ill break all hosiery selli ds | . & | » | that will break all hosiery selling records — ao For the Week of October 4 We Will Launch a Spectacular Selling Campaign That Will be | ’, Seen, Read and Talked About by Thousands of Michigan Women. | iS | by | LOOK FOR THE DETROIT SUNDAY NEWS OF OCT. 4TH. | LS) e es e e e | | A full page advertisement will apear in the Detroit Sunday News issue of October 4. The h | Detroit News has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Detroit and Michigan. Order extra copies of The Detroit News of October 4. Display the pages containing the Nightin- gale Hosiery advertisement in your windows and in your store. They will tie up with the | ¢ free display material furnished by us. | <. Dealers Tie-Up with Nightingale Advertising And This is a Most Important Feature | Saturday, Oct. 3, retailers will trim their windows and To insure prompt deliveries for this important six day | stores with Nightingale display material prepared especially Nightingale introductory and selling event we have taken for this big selling event. This advertising and display the entire mill production of Nightingale hosiery—the material, listed below, is furnished free to our Nightingale greatest of all One Dollar stockings for women. You can | customers.. It is important that your orders reach us as serve your own best interests by sending in your orders early as possible so that preparation of special imprinted AT ONCE. | circulars and other advertising and display helps may be Do You Know? 5 shipped in plenty of time for preliminary Nightingale a he . oe | ¥! Week work. Chat Nightingale dollar stockings, backed by our selling | plans will better enable you to combat the house-to-house | ; canvasser. | : Here Are Some of the Dealer Helps Furnished Many retailers sell Nightingale dollar stockings in boxes at | : Without Cost to You three pairs for $2.85--a value no canvasser can offer. Pennants This will be a Big and Profitable Hosiery Week . for Nightingale Dealers and— | : Everywhere merchants who have stocked Nightingales | Counter Signs are loud in their praises of the wonderful sales increases : i eee in their hosiery departments.’ Women who purchase a Circulars for distribution to your customers “Nightingales” become staunch supporters not only of this oe : : famous brand but of the store that sells them. No less : Nightingale Guarantee Slips remarkable are the sales of Nightingale dollar stockings, l made possible by our advertising helps, than are the repeat Newspaper Cuts sales, made possible by the remarkable fit and wearing | : aS qualities of the stockings themselves. “Dollar Sale” Price Cards : . | Ls. ee Why You Should Sell Nightingale Stockings i “Nightingale Girl” Window Cards : tees | Absolutely guaranteed to give satisfaction. A positive ravel stop. | Full mercerized extended double top. The Frank & Seder Dept. Store Made of pure Japan silk three strand surface backed by one The Frank & Seder department store, our Nightingale strand of Durable Rayon. distributors in the Detroit down-town section, will feature Looks better after washing. | “Nightingales” in window and store displays and news- The marketing of Nightingale Hosiery has shown a record | oe paper advertising during Nightingale Week. of sales unexcelled in the history of the hosiery business. | Join with the hundreds of progressive merchants who will make this the biggest and most | ‘ progressive hosiery selling week in the history of their stores—and lay the foundation for a | steadily increasing future business. 7 | NIGHTINGALE. HOSIERY WEEK, OCTOBER 5 to 10 | for additional information ‘write A. KROLIK & COMPANY, INC. e e e e e Distributors of Nightingale Hosiery Ny : o ° . Randolph and Jefferson Sts. Detroit, Michigan ne pes eee semmsnstcsuatatscaiactisimascaniti tea CTCL NTI ee acai alba es 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 16, 1925 y vd) = 2 = Preparation of Boiled Ham. During the Summer months, when the weather is unbearably hot and the appetite of a family is none too good, when roasting and broiling are unwel- come tasks, the housewife is often at a loss to know the kind of meat to order. It is then that cold meats seem to be the solution. One of the most popular of these appears to be boiled ham, and when a good ham is properly prepared and boiled it is a delicious product. The question is often asked why it is that the boiled ham purchased from the butcher or delicatessen store has a different flavor and appearance than the ham that has been cooked at home. The butcher or delicatessen man usu- ally purchases his boiled ham from someone who makes a specialty of producing this product, as there are a number of these ham boiling estab- lishments, competition is keen, and to hold their customers they must pro- duce a high-class article. These men are expert in selecting, preparing and boiling the hams to bring out the fine flavor and appearance. Hams intended for boiling are se- lected and cured for this purpose. After curing a large portion of the fat is removed and ham is boned and placed in a metal container. These containers are of different sizes in order that the various sized hams may fit snugly in them. The cover is tightened down and held tightly with metal clasps which are provided with springs to keep the cover «tight, as the ham shrinks in cooking. After placing the hams in the proper sized containers and tightening the covers they are placed in a large vat of hot water at 190 de- grees Fahrenheit, the temperature is then allowed to drop to 170 degrees, at which temperature the hams are cooked for about 5 or 6 hours, depend- ing on the size of the hams. After sufficient cooking the con- tainers are removed from the water, the covers of the containers are pressed down tighter and allowed to cool. Aiter which the hams are taken out of the forms and the gelatine and melted fat removed. When the hams are dry they are placed on racks in the cooler aand chilled before wrapping in parch- ment or similar paper. The advantages of cooking hams in water-tight containers are, first, the ham is cooked in its own liquid, the cooking water does not come in direct contact with the meat; second, the hams are pressed into compact form, which eliminates waste in slicing. While the retail price of boiled ham may seem high it must be remembered that from a barrel of pickled hams weighing 300 pounds the ham boiler can only cook out from 170 to 180 pounds net, which is a shrinkage of about 40 per cent., due to the re- moval of fat and bone and the shrink- age in cooking. Boiled hams are used principally for slicing cold, but are sometimes purchased in a_ several pound portion and placed in a steamer and heated or portions may be coated with sugar and glazed in the oven. Try this some time when you have unex- pected company and see what a delici- ous dish you will have. ————_»- Panama Prefers Fresh Potatoes To Dehydrated. Statistical publications of the Pana- man Government do not show that any dehydrated potatoes have been import- ed into Panama during recent years. During the World War the commis- saries of the Panama Canal brought in a few dehydrated potatoes from the United States for sale to residents of the Panama Canal zone. At the pres- ent time only fresh potatoes are sold and merchants state that they are usually received in satisfactory con- dition. Shipments from the United States to Panama are made both in and out of cold storage. Well informed dealers appear to agree that it would not be possible to develop a market for dehydrated po- tatoes in Panama at present. The neighboring Republic of Costa Rica is a producer of potatoes of good quality. Potatoes are also grown in certain sections of the Republic of Panama. With the completion of the system of national highways covered by the present building program of the government, native grown potatoes in considerable quantities, although of probably not as good quality as those raised in the United States, will be made available to consumers of the cities of Panama and Colon and the Panama Canal zone. —_—_2-..__—_ Finds Apple Growing Profitable. Western New York apple orchards paid a good return on the investment during the twenty years 1903-23, ac- cording to evidence presented by Dr. U. P. Hedrick, horticulturist at the experiment station at Geneva, in a publication entitled “Twenty Years’ Profits from an Apple Orchard.” The average net dividend for the past two decades in a typical Baldwin apple orchard just West of Rochester, where the station fruit men have been con- ducting investigations on apple grow- ing for a long period of years, was 26.3 per cent. on a land valuation of $500 per acre, says Dr. Dedrick. This represents a yearly average net re- turn of $120.71 per acre for the same period. —__o2—-> The good mechanic doesn’t have to spend time telling it—his work speaks. RED STAR HERE is pride in selling to the housewife; she is known for her insistence on quality. When she buys RED STAR Flour, we know that this flour is keeping company with other high quality products used in the home. And RED STAR easily holds its place. JUDSON GROCER COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 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 and Distributin ef M. J. DARK & SONS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Receivers and Shippers of All Seasonable Fruits and Vegetables ‘ aati sae . ; £ As % = September 16, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 Putting Stores in the Wrong Place. The loss to society of the wasted effort and capital of the many men who fail in the retail business is a real economic problem, and is worthy of much research for preventive meas- ures. It is believed that the securing of the proper location for the store is one measure that will obviate many of the casualties. It is not merely an academic question, but it has been studied with notable success by prac- tical retail concerns. The chain stores have led in this respect, and it is their achievements that show the practica- bility of the application of the factors in store location to actual business endeavor. As suggested at the beginning of this study, no attempt has been made here to establish any set formula or method of whereby all problems of location can be solved. It is well, however, to remember the fact that there are two types of problems to be considered, the first one relating to a choice of the city, and the second to the particular site within the city. Of paramount importance in the choice of a city is the question whether the market offer a sufficient sales volume so that the store may operate with a profit, or whether there is real economic need for the store. stores would never have begun busi- ness in a certain city if reasonable care had been used in these queries. procedure will Many answering The wrong site may be as instru- mental in failure as the choice of the wrong city. The logical site is that one which offers the best opportunity to sell goods where people naturally come to trade, either because of con- It the hest site is not obtainable or carries an exorbitantly high rental, then an inferior site may be chosen, but due should be given to its disadvantages and to the cost of the special attractions neces- sary to overcome them. venience or because of habit. recognition economic Certain salient factors have been suggested in this study with no at- tempt to make them all-inclusive. Each problem of location must be analyzed in the light of its particular circum- stances, and the various factors must be evaluated in accordance with the existing conditions. —_++ > Adaptability of Meat To the Menu. The movement of any certain cut of meat or edible portion of the animal depends to a liberal extent on how it is prepared for eating and what its setting is with regard to other food, especially vegetables. The greater gen- eral use that exists for all cuts of meat and all edible offal products, such as tongues, livers, hearts, sweetbreads, tripe, etc., the more uniform prices ‘vill be according to their real food value. If certain cuts or offal products are neglected by the consumer, no matter for what reason, the market value will be lowered and the differ- ence will be added to other parts that are in temporary demand. We are not advising consumers to buy any- thing in the meat line that does not appeal to their respective palates, but we are certain that many good whole- some meat dishes would be consumed in greater measure if their application to the home menu was better under- stood and then more often applied. As an illustration we will cite pig tongues, calf tongues and lamb tongues. To make a meal of these parts as a meal is made of juicy sir- loin steaks with one or two vegetables on the side may not appeal to per- sons who would highly appreciate them if properly served. *During the summer, when cold dishes are in liberal use they may be boiled and allowed to cool in their own liquor and when still warm peeled and again placed in the liquor until quite cool. They may then be removed and held for serving the following day. Cold potato salad, sliced tomatoes, asperagus tips, cold string beans and green or ripe olives artistically arranged on lettuce leaves with mayonnaise dressing, with a split cold pig or lamb tongue or half of a fair sized calf tongue as the center piece will appeal to the most delicate appetite on a hot evening and will be highly appreciated for a change from the usual meals most of us know. —_——->-2s———— World’s Food Animals. There are at present about 65,000,- 000 head of cattle in the United States, or about half an animal per capita. Only one other country has a bigger herd, and that is India, which has 140,- 000,000. Argentina ranks third with 40,000,000, and Brazil next, with al- most as many. Austrial has but 15,- 000,000 head of cattle and France and Germany even fewer. America has 'to- day nearly 40,000,000 sheep, but Aus- tralia has double the number, and Ar- gentina almost as many as the United States. The number of swine grown in the United States totals 60,000,000. No other country has even one-fourth so many. In spite of New York’s vote for corned beef and cabbage, more pork is eaten in the United States than any other meat. ———_..—.____ Language of Bees. A German scientist claims that by his experiments he has proved that bees have a means by which they can spread the news of new feeding grounds, the kind of flowers to be found, and the direction to take from the hive. He says that after one bee had fed on sugar which he put out, a swarm would soon follow—after the discoverer had returned to his hive and spread the good news. The bee does this by a peculiar dance, in which he at no other time indulges. The scien- tist marked with colors bees used in his experiments. Some of these he fed and some he released unfed, with the result that only the fed bees started the dance, on their return to the hive, which brought swarms to the new feeding place. ——__ > --e_-- The Diplomatic Butcher. “You certainly have your nerve to charge me 75 cents for that piece of meat.” said the careful housewife. “Would you kindly tell me how it is that I can get the same cut at Wilson’s market for 50 cents?” “I can’t say, maam. Perhaps Wil- son has taken a fancy to you. He is a widower and you are very beautiful. Unfortunately for me, I—Yes-m—75 cents.” JUST GOOD CANDY Pure and Wholesome THAT’S PUTNAM FACTORY Grand Rapids, Mich. Delicious cookie-cakes and crisp At Ever eal a HEKMAN’S Crackers and appetizing crackers — There is a Hekman food-confection for every meal and for every taste. e man Biscuit (0 Grand Rapids.Mich. THE MAGIC TOUCH OF HEALTH Healthy people feel better and have better appetites for groceries—and Fleischmann’s Yeast builds health. A hint from you that you sell Fleischmann’s Yeast will turn many chance customers into regular ones. And the healthy appetites that result will bring in- creased sales for everything you sell. FLEISCHMANN’S YEAST The Fleischmann Company SERVICE 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 as these bought fresh daily and prepared in the home. 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 Grand Rapids, Michigan 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 16, 1925 fe 7 s ie" Hilite cere ay ae AAS —- pee UCECECCUC GL. oe. rh =< 2,» STOVES anv HARDWARE Tz ON —— Fy Fatal Al Wy Ie e z Z Z - Z Z 4 it =~ roo aS <2 Michigan Retail Hardware Association. President—Scott Kendrick, Flint. Vice-President—George W. McCabe, Petoskey. Secretary—A. J. Scott. Marine City. Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. Some Methods of Progressive Furnace Dealers. Written for the 'Tradesman. I asked a successful furnace dealer for some information as to his meth- ods. “To begin with,” he said, “whenever I have anything to do I lay out a definite plan for it. I lay out a pro- gram that I intend to carry out with my fall furnace trade. Loss is sure to attend the attempt to do something without making intelligent provision for doing it. I want furnace heating contracts. Consequently, I am adver- tising right now in the best paper in town to get the attention of possible buyers.” Here are some suggestive lines from his advertisements: Comfortable Homes Next Winter Don’t be misled by magazine adver- tising about heating, but let us show you a list of the best houses in our city which are made comfortable in all kinds of weather With Good Furnaces Set Right Home comfort for the wife and chil- dren is too important to be jeopardized by the attempt to save a few dollars when a good job done by a man with a good reputation will insure Fresh Air and No Waste of Fuel I want your patronage but only at a fair price for good furnace work that will give you satisfaction. Let my competent men do your over- hauling and repairing. Continuing, this dealer said: “My furnace display is ready now and my best man or I myself will meet everybody who calls in response to that advertisement. We can give any information wanted about running a fire, managing the cold air supply, how to heat changes to improve some cold room, suggest service, explain how an old house can be piped and heated, give a plan and estimate of cost and furnish whatever information is needed by the wife, her husband. a builder or an architect. the furnace, the special dust-proof register boxes, boots and friction elimination fittings, so that confidence is established. We spare neither time nor effort to provide what the cus- tomer may desire to see in order to feel sure that he knows enough about our goods and methods to make him dissatisfied with the treatment and im- pression received elsewhere. We can show “We never talk price until we feel that our quality and our kind of work is just what is needed. Those who insist on talking price are first told that our reputation is based on the fact that quality is more important than price, and we prefer to make others realize the fact, rather than talk price. Price, we point out, is only one fea- ture of the furnace business; and a low price is no guarantee that the furnace man knows how to do furnace work with the right furnace and fittings. Of course some of our prospects take their work elsewhere; but we often have them come back to us to remodel their installations, so that we get some comfort and incidentally some good advertising out of that feature. “This preparation to meet the cus- tomers is supported by suitable short letters about putting furnaces in order for fall use. These are sent to all property owners. A busy canvass is instituted to discover where work may be secured. “All this we know from experience would overwhelm us if we did not have a stock of furnaces to draw upon and a nice lot of pipe, elbows, register boxes and fittings all made up, and patterns for special things so that they made quickly when needed. Our stock room is well arranged and can be with what it contains we can put a furnace in a house and have a fire in it in one day, even if all the pipe con- nections may not be made. Good men can do far more than the “pick-up” botches who claim to be first class workmen, and my foreman or I can show good men how to save time and themselves, and how to go about do- ing an emergency job in short meter. All work is done to drawings and to measure and one man can take up an- other’s work and carry it out with our methods. “My program, you see, consists of seeking out the buyer while my men are making up the stock and getting everything ready. That we what makes quality in every detail and can explain the advantage of quality -a that our prospects get the idea that it is all important. We show them pictures of some of the houses we have heated, the plans showing how it was letters expressing satisfac- tion, the figures showing the amount of coal required. know done, the “All this means that I have for sev- eral years been working to perfect my plan for selling furnaces. It is no plan for a lazy man, for it required me first to understand all about furnaces, and second, to gather detailed informa- tion as to the working of the furnaces I installed. I base my entire cam- paign on quality, service, satisfaction: on the fact that price can be considered only in relation to value. Naturally, I don’t get the cheap jobs, and I have to canvass harder for the good jobs, and to educate prospects to the im- BROWN & SEHLER COMPANY Farm Machinery and Garden Tools Saddlery Hardware Blankets, Robes & Mackinaws Sheep-lined and Blanket - Lined Coats Automobile Tires and Tubes Automobile Acessories Garage Equipment Radio Equipment Harness, Horse Collars GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Michigan Hardware Co. 100-108 Ellsworth Ave.,Corner Oakes GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 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 151-161 Louis han W. RAPIDS - MICHIGAN 157- 159 iicnace Ave. - GRAND ~- vite. D>. PE Has 3 ie “ és September 16, 1925 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN oo 23 portance of quality. There will al- ways be a demand for low-priced work but there is also and always will be a place for good work at a fair profit for the.furnace man who is willing to go after it intelligently.” Another big city dealer already has on hand something like 50 contracts for installing furnaces. His views too, are of interest. “There are a great many things on which the success of a furnace trade depends,” he explains. “In the first place, I do not believe in that time- honored but now thoroughly discredit- ed proverb that ‘everything comes to him who waits.” The furnace man who waited for customers nowadays would soon lose his agency. The manufacturer goes out after customers and he expects his agents to show like activity.” His campaign, he went on to State, was not limited to certain seasons; but is an all-the-year-round affair. He never hears of a new building in course of erection or contemplated without making a note of it. He always en- deavors to keep in touch with builders and architects and to get advance in- formation regarding new buildings. In this way he is able to work up enough trade to make his furnace department the best-paying part of he business. “In the second place,” he continued, “T have for years back been building up my business with an eye to the fu- ture. I have always striven to give the utmost satisfaction in every job. A pleased customer is the best adver- As you know, a furnace can cranky and most men have had so much ex- perience with — indifferently-working furnaces that they welcome one which gives them little trouble. If I can thoroughly please a customer he becomes an advertising medium for me—an advertisement which talks to the very people I want to reach, which is never withdrawn from publication, and which costs me not one cent per line. “There is another side to the ques- tion. If the furnace does not please, the householder becomes just as vin- dictive as he was satisfied in the first instance. He goes among his friends, relatives and preaching against me and the style of furnace I handle. A man in that frame of mind can do me several hundred dollars of tisement one can have. sometimes be very neighbors damage in no time. “To insure satisfaction, must carefully investigate every contract. I always make sure that the size of fur- nace ordered large to heat the house. It is sometimes neces- sary to literally force the owner to put in a bigger furnace than he had in- tended in the first place. The penny- wise-pound-foolish breed is still a numerous one. If I have to put in a size which is just barely large enough to heat the house. I do so without guaranteeing it and I let the owner understand that. Then he has only himself to blame.” one is sufficiently There is a great deal to be con- sidered in fixing on the location and the lay-out of a warm-air system. A good furnace can be made to give the worst results if care is mot taken in arranging properly for the location of grates and cold air ducts- This dealer has always followed the practice of looking personally into every job. Be- fore the work is started he visits the house and goes over it thoroughly, judges what size of furnace is needed and settles on the lay-out of the sys- tem. Before the work is completed, he visits it again and sees that his in- strucions have been carried out to the letter. There is another difficulty which the furnace man has to deal with—the ignorance or incompetence of he householder. It is hard to over- come and it leads to much adverse and unfair criticism of the man who in- stalled the furnace. One resourceful dealer has, to some extent, rid himself of trouble on that score. Some few years ago, co-operation of the compiled a list of operating furnaces.” This he had printed. Before leaving a job, he al- ways sees that a copy of the rules is posted on the wall near the furnace where it can be readily seen and con- sulted. Several more copies are hand- ed to the people of he house and each rule is caretully explained and, if neces- sary, demonsrated. with the manufacturer, he “Simple rules for This simple expedient has greatly re- duced the trouble suffered from mis- management by the householder. It has not, of course, entirely wiped it out. That is too much to expect. The care- less and incompetent householder, like the poor, is always with us, and al- ways will be. By endeavoring honestly to give satisfaction this man has in the ma- jority of cases succeeded in doing so; and as a result has built his furnace trade on substantial and enduring foun- dations. Victor Lauriston. —_—_2-.—___. Trend in Linoleum Styles. Linoleum plan- ning to open their lines for the Spring around Nov. 1. Marble and Dutch tile inlay patterns are expected to pre- dominate in these goods, especially in the higher priced ranges. The ordinary stereotyped tile patterns are said to be selling well only in the cheaper range of goods, since buyers who are willing to spend more money invariably pre- fer the attractive mottled marble inlay effects. The inlaid variety of linoleum is said to be showing gains over the Aside from the active business in inlaid lino- leum, manufacturers are busy with the plain goods, which are being bought for the many new office buildings un- der construction in which linoleum has been found to be a satisfactory cover- ing for cement floors. manufacturers are printed styles for domestic uses. ~~ Hides, Pelts and Furs. ween, NO. 2 coe Cuved NOt 2 Cured, No. 2 2... a Calfskin, Green, No. Calfskin Green, No. Calfskin, Cured, No. Calfskin. Cured, No. Fovae, Iwo. 1. Benes 3 50 Tiocse, No. 2 23.22 2 50 Pelts. Old Woel 2. 2 1 00@2 50 Eamps 9... 1 00@2 00 Shearinges: 22.0 ee 50@1 00 Tallow. Prime -- 07 Wool. Unwashed, medium __..-.__-.-----. @40 Tinwashed, rejectxw ...............- @32 Unwashed, fime -...---..--<0- wnen nn Qa “COMFORT” No. 606 Genuine full grain horse- hide, fleece-lined. Backs of heavy jersey. knit. Seams of 4-cord shoe thread throughout. Per Dozen $6.50 It’s New Horsehide fleece- lined ... with jersey knit backs for warmth sells for 75c OOKS different, feels different and it is different. The warmest longest-wearing work glove in the market. And it sells for 75c! No wonder it’s going big. Send today for a trial order. Full grain horsehide where the wear comes. A special tannage that always dries out soft. Heavy fleece-lined with jersey-knit backs and snug fitting wrist. Four-cord shoe thread seams—double where there’s any strain. How they wear! Here’s a glove that sells on sight. And gives service that brings men back for the same glove every time. Hides to you—only one profit é ‘ ? We are tanners as well as glove makers. The o largest exclusive tanners of horsehide in the eo Try world. There’s only one profit and one ft This overhead on these gloves from hides to Fa “Sh t Li you. That’s why you can offer of ae Wolverine quality at such remark- 4 oak a ee able prices. The only work 4° ing’ es eee weir . - vork glove t se glove line sold with a full 9,7, clean. On ‘our Guarantee of satis: ‘ ct send ay for ¢ Q guarantee of satisfac- a Packed” 12. pairs es oni oe . x cartons to a case tion. Send today for wo 702—Gunn cut gaunt- 701—Gunn cut gaunt- our complete & let. Full grain palm and let, full grain palm, 1 wa ~ ert seamless Co ab seamless canvas back ca t a 0 £ of or 861--Ganp cut : ‘knit : “wrist, Oe gas horsehide a ‘ — grain palm, seamless canvas OM oor cia ola ene Ce os wk 6 eee . gloves. of grain palm, aeeaa 140 ae 45 101—Plymouth ¢ 02—Gunn cut knit wrist, full grain palm é and finger tips, seamless canvas back. $6. 3040—Plymouth cut gauntlet, full grain palm and back. $8.15 1040—Plymouth cut band cuff, full grain palm and back.$7.50 ? a A completeline of full grain double tanned horsehide work gloves—Send for catalog. WOLVERINE SHOE & TANNING CORP. ROCKFORD, MICHIGAN 24 TRADESMAN September 16, 1925 — = S — OMMERCIAL TRAVELEE: z= = = NUON NNT AKU \\\ ; WO OUT AROUND. Things Seen and Heard on a Week End Trip. There are many attractive automobile roads leading out from Grand Rapids, but to my notion the road to Holland is about as interesting as any because of the pleasant memories and interest- ing traditions which confront the trav- eler at frequent intervals. At Grandville M 51 has been re- routed so as to avoid the location of the old hotel which was the scene of so much merrymaking for many years, but as we pass the corner where Hoek- zema’s new store building is located memory goes back to the time when an old fashioned white store building stood there. It was occupied for near- ly fifty years by Mark H. McCoy, who engaged in business there when Grand Rapids was a struggling village. He located in Grandville because he be- lieved that Grandville was the proper place for the location of a city, instead of Grand Rapids. He never forgave Grand Rapids for growing more rapid- ly than his adopted town and showed his resentment by refusing to buy any goods in the near-by market whenever they could be obtained elsewhere. Jenison naturally recalls memories of the Jenison brothers, particularly Lu- man, who devoted his long and useful life mainly to manufacturing, milling and mercantile pursuits. He was probably the most confirmed litigant Michigan has ever produced and ex- pended thousands of dollars in pursuit of his favorite avocation. I have been told that his total payments to the late John C. Fitzgerald for legal services exceeded $100,000. Hudsonville’s chief feature consists of the enormous quantities of celery which are shipped out of town every day during the shipping season. It has always been a good trading center and is the shipping point of a half dozen nearby towns and settlements. From Hudsonville on to Holland one is constantly reminded of the busi- ness acumen and far sighted vision of the sainted Father Van Raalte, who started the hegira of Dutch settlers from the Netherlands to the Holland Colony in 1847. Finding most of the land in the vicinity designated as swamp land by the Government and priced at 1234 cents per acre, he pro- ceeded to acquire many thousand acres. Instead of using the contents of his bag of gold in paying for the land he purchased, tradition says, he exchang- ed his gold for the currency then in vogue on the basis of two for one and paid for the lands in the depreciated currency, thus acquiring them at 6% cents per acre. Of course, he was able to dispose of the lands at a consider- able advance, and the patient energy of the Dutch purchasers in reclaiming the lands by drainage and. otherwise has resulted in the development of many of the finest farms in Michigan. No other people of which I have any knowledge approaches the Dutch in the ability to dyke and ditch low land so as to bring it up to a high state of productivity and I sometimes think that even the Dutch would have failed in this great undertaking if they had not been sustained by an unfalter- ing faith in a stern religion teaches obedience, patience and con- stant industry. Zeeland is one of the richest towns in America, judging by the per capita deposits in the savings banks. Her merchants, banks and factories have been remarkably successful. found it difficult to break away from the hide-bound religious scruples and narrow prejudices of her founders, but is gradually emerging from a gloomy theological atmosphere into the sun- light of harmony, happiness and pros- which She has perity. No one can drive through the main business street or traverse the beautiful residence streets 9 which parallel the main street on the South without taking off his hat to the genius of a people who can create and maintain such attractive surroundings and such admirable living conditions. Holland is certainly entitled to the name of Magic City. I saw her first in the fall of 1871, after fire had destroy- ed about all there was in the town. From the ashes of fifty- four vears ago her people have created a great and beautiful city which bears evidence of Dutch stability and thor- oughness at every turn. Her merchants have met with more than average suc- cess. Her factories have been formly prosperous. Her banks are clogged with the deposits of a thrifty people whose theory of living is to spend less than they earn. The con- sumptive demand of Holland for good bonds and stocks is almost beyond comprehension. worth while uni- Bond houses tell me they send a constant stream of securi- ties into Holland, and nothing worth having ever comes back. This situa- tion recalls the opening remarks of a college professor who delivered a lec- ture on Holland in Grand Rapids a few vears ago: “The Holland people are a great people. They keep the Sabbath and everything else they can get their hands on.” The man who paid this tribute to Holland thrift was the son of a Holland mother and the person who now records it has to his credit a Holland grandfather. E. A. Stowe. —_»+-2—___ Being conservative is nothing more than looking before you leap. OCCIDENTAL HOTEL FIRE PROOF CENTRALLY LOCATED Rates $1.50 and up EDWART R. SWETT, Muskegon te HOTEL DOHERTY CLARE, MICHIGAN Absolutely Fire Proof Sixty Rooms All Modern Conveniences RATES from $1.50, Excellent Coffee Shop “ASK THE BOYS WHO STOP HERE” The HOTEL PHELPS Greenville, Michigan Reasonable Rates for Rooms. Dining Room a la carte. GEO. H. WEYDIG, Lessee. Mgr. Michigan 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 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 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 Columbia Hotel KALAMAZOO Good Place To Tie To WESTERN HOTEL BIG RAPIDS, MICH. Hot and cold running water in all rooms. Several rooms with bath. All rooms well heated and well ventilated. A good place to slop. American plan. Rates reasonable. WILL F. JENKINS. Manager. Henry Smith Floral Co., Inc. 52 Monroe Ave. GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN PHONES: Citizens 65173, Bell Main 178 CODY HOTEL GRAND RAPIDS $1.50 up without bath RATES } $550 up with bath CAFETERIA IN CONNECTION CUSHMAN HOTEL PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN The best is none too good for a tirea Commersiai Traveier. Try the CUSHMAN on your next trip and you will feel right at home. GRAND RAPIDS’ 400 Rooms—400 Baths MORTON HOTEL ND " BARLOW BROS. Grand Rapids, Mich. 4sk about our way. NEWEST HOTEL Rates $2.00 and Up Rooms $2.00 and up. The Center of Social and Business Activities THE PANTLIND HOTEL Everything that a Modern Hotel should be. With Bath $2.50 and up. European Plan New Hotel with all Modern 150 Outside Rooms $1.50 and up : HOTEL CHIPPEWA Hot and Cold Running Water and Telephone in every Room 60 Rooms with Bath $2.50 and $3.00 HENRY M. NELSON Manager MANISTEE, MICH. Conveniences—Elevator, Etc. Dining Room Service HOTEL BROWNING GRAND Corner Sheldon and Oakes; Facing Union Depot; Three Blocks Away. Excellent Culsine Turkish Baths 150 Fireproof Rooms RAPIDS Rooms with bath, single $2 to $2.50 Rooms with bath, doubl None Higher. sae eat as WHEN IN KALAMAZO Stop at the Headquarters for all Civic Clubs Luxurious Rooms ERNEST McLEAN, Mor. one ed - one —_— restr 1925 September 16, Takes No Stock in the Metric System. Written for the Tradesman. Would you startled at the an- nouncement that henceforth you were to use, instead of the accepted stand- ard U. S. pint, quart and gallon, buch- el and peck, the European liter and hectoliter? Are you a neutral or in- different as to whether or not some day you may be forced to use the terms milligram, or gram or kilo, instead of the accustomed pounds and ounces? be Our system is one of pounds, ounces, quarts, pecks, yards and inches, while the European system is one of deco- liters, kilograms, millimeters and hecto- liters. To introduce the metric system of standards into this country would throw us to say the least into hope- confusion. To quote the Dear- born Independent: “If the metric sys- tem were adopted, even household af- fairs would immediately feel it. Gro- cers scales would require new weights and beams, quart, peck and _ bushel measures would be discarded, cooking receipts would have to be rewritten and kitchen measuring utensils chang- ed.” The cost of this change would be appalling. The laboring man’s kit of tools would be worthless and would have to be replaced by him entirely. The mechanic, carpenter, mason, plas- terer and plumber would have to spend prodigous sums to replace their meas- uring implements. The cost to the employer, especially the manufacturer, would be out of all proportion to any possible benefit that might accrue from the change. Besides the cost of re- placing machines and other devices, the cost due to inefficiency of the work- man under the new system would be tremendous. For a long period the consumer would face a new era of high costs because of restricted out- put and new complications that would retard and obstruct expedition and dis- patch in the handling and distribution of merchandise, produce and products of manufacture. Our system is consistent and simple. If the entire world used the decimal system (which they do not do) there would still be many arguments against the fallacy of plunging our established standards of barter and trade into con- fusion and disorder. The evil effects of such a change are so far reaching that there scarcely seems to be a plausible and consistent reason why propaganda in favor of less such legislation should be counten- anced at all. “But, nonetheless,” con- tinues the Dearborn Independent, “there have been made repeated at- tempts to incorporate a nucleous to this system into legislation and prevented only because of the effort of a few men who realized before it was too late what such a change of standards would entail in the way of waste effort, ex- cessive additional costs and endless confusion and loss.” “The worst failing we as tradesmen are subject to is that of false security. Let us not be found guilty of this lapse in a matter of such major importance and far reaching detrimental effect as this change of standards would mean. Retail grocers, meat dealers and mer- chants in general would do well to post themselves on facts of what this halu- cination conceived in the brain of some MICHIGAN of our cousins across the pond would mean to him if foisted upon us. Take nothing for granted. Delve for facts and be prepared to counter every sug- gestion by logical argument against this insidious and silly propaganda. Charles G. Christensen. So Items From the Cloverland of Michi- gan. Sault Ste. Marie, Sept. 15—F. J. Lapp, the well- known window trim- mer at the Leader department store, was given honorable mention and re- ceived a handsome silver buckle and leather belt in the Nationwide window trimming contest held by the Hickock Manufacturing Co., makers of men’s belts, buckles and beltgrams. John Hulbert, of Portland, Oregon, spent a few days with relatives here, renewing old friendships. This nev was his first visit in about ten years. He paid the Sooites many compliments on the progress made in the old town. He was entertained during his stay at the commodious summer home of H. E. Fletcher, on the lake shore, where about twenty of his old friends gather- ed to enjoy a banquet. Putting something by day is all right, but now for a fainy is the time to lay away something for the cold days. A. Dishneau, of Manistique, has moved his stock to the store recently vacated by H. Norton, who has moved his grocery stock into his new store. Things are getting brighter. Even the leaves will be turning soon. The farmers are feeling much better this year about the hay market. Last year they were looking for buyers, while this year the buyers are looking for the farmers. Much has been bought on speculation, figuring on the short crop. The Fair Bros. meat market, at St. Ignace, which has been remodeled and refurnished with new fixtures, tile floor and all modern conveniences, can now boast of having one of the finest meat markets in the State. Fair Bros. are live wires and have been doing a prosperous business for many years. . The fair at Pickford will be held Sept. 16, 17 and 18 which will mean a lively time in that hustling country town, providing they have the fine weather they usually have for their fair. Good horse races and other at- tractions are on the programme, and with the merchants and farmers all pulling together, the fair has always been a huge success. L. F. Swift, Jr. of Chicago, paid us a visit last week, this being the first time that he has stopped here. He as being well pleas- ed with our ‘city, its parks and the Locks appealed to him. He is spend- ing a few weeks fishing in Northern Ontario and likes the scenery, as well as enjoying the sport in that part of the country. Saving is a fine habit, but be: care- ful what you save. Don’t try to save all of your good deeds for the future. Peter Glashoe, who has for a num- ber of years conducted a confectionery and grocery on South street, in Al- gonquin, has moved to his new quar- ters, one block North, which has been remodeled and decorated, now being one of the best stores in see William G. Tapert. ——— +2. > expressed himself Fred Boulton, dealer in general mer- chandise at Fostoria, sends the Trades- man $3 with a request to renew his subscription to ‘the best trade ever published.” paper CODY CAFETERIA Open at 7 A. M. TRY OUR BREAKFAST Eat at the Cafeteria it is Cheaper FLOYD MATHER, Mgr. TRADESMAN Licensed Intra-State Traffic along the ChicagoLine from Grand Rapids to DOUGLAS $1.50 SCUTH HAVEN $2.20 COLOMA $3 BENTON HARBOR $3.20 ST. JOSEPH $3.30 $6 thru fare to Chicago PARLOR COACHES LV. 7 AND 10 A.M. eee AR. CONGRESS HOTEL (Chicago) 3 AND 6 Time “& Room anda Bath for $1.50’’ BELL M 1515 Main G. R. DIAL 55261 Hotel Station Crathmore OPP. UNION STATION ““RIDE REY HOUNDS THE G THE GOODRICH way “Operating Steamships Every Day in the Year” DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE Muskegon-Grand Haven Michigan Electric Railway Lines Via Holland LEAVE GRAND RAPIDS Electric Via Grand Haven LEAVE GRAND RAPIDS 8:40 P. M. G. R. TIME 8:00 P. M. G. R. TIME Day Boat Every Saturday Day Boat Every Saturday FARE FROM GRAND RAPIDS $4.20 ROUND TRIP $7.30 UPPER BERTH $1.80. LOWER BERTH $2.25. SAVE MONEY—Travel the Cool, Clean, Comfortable Way Ticket sold to all points South and West Reservations on Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo Steamers Four Ticket Offices for Your Convenience as Follows: Muskegon Electric 7 Michigan Electric ie os Ave. PANTLIND eet naa itizens -671 Itizens Main 671 LOBBY Main 4470 GOODRICH CITY OFFICE PEARL AND OTTAWA WITH CONSOLIDATED RAILROAD TICKET OFFICE citz: 3 W.S. NIXON, Gen’l Agt. MAIN 554 CITZ. 62-343 MICHIGAN — = = ” DRUGGISTS SUN Whisky To Be Listed As a Medicinal Drug. Whisky and brandy will be listed in the United States Pharmacopoeia for the first time in the tenth revision of that manual of medicinal drugs, which becomes effective January 1. Fixing the alcoholic content of whisky at between 47 and 53 per cent. and of brandy at from 48 to 54 per cent. is only one phase of the stand- ardization, Dr. Jacob Diner, dean of the College of Pharmacy of Fordham University, said to-day. Physicians and pharmacists have to be fastidious about the whisky or brandy they prescribe or sell. For instance, the pharmacopoeia will establish certain esters to which the new “drugs” will have a conform, an ester being a chemical compound re- sult of the process of observation of certain organic substances obtained in distilling. The pharmacist, in plainer words, must take a professional inter- est in the salutary effects of the aging of whisky and brandy. “The revisions of the pharmacopoeia consist chiefly of the addition of new drugs which have been proved medici- Dr. Diner. acid, nally efficacious,” said “There is acetylsalicvlic some people buy under the name of aspirin. Like many new drugs, it was patented when first placed on the mar- ket, but now that the patent has ex- pired and it is of proved worth aspirin will be included in the pharmacopoeia. “Other additions are the war-time antiseptics, chloramin and tichloramine, which chaulmoogra oil, used in the tropics for silver protein, a but drug, quinidine, constituent of Peruvian bark strong and leprosy; harmless — sterilizing used to treat certain heart conditions. “Adrenalin, a heart stimulant; can- nabis, or hashish, a depressant, and pituitary extract, administered for metabolic conditions, all are standard- ized in the new edition of the phar- macopoeia.” World-wide as well as national unity in the preparation and preservation of drugs is the aim of pharmacists, Dr. Diner said. It has been attained in the United States and practically is in ef- fect throughout the civilized world, he said. —_» 2+ 600 Drugg'sts To Meet at Detroit. Entertainment will be mixed with business at the fifty-first annual con- vention of the National Wholesale Druggists’ Association, opening at the Book-Cadillac hotel October 4. The sessions will last until the evening of October 8, closing with a banquet. More than 600 druggists from all sections of the United States and Can- ada will attend, according to F. E. Bogart, chairman of the committee on arrangements. Harry Skillman, chair- of the entertainment committee, program, man has arranged an extensive including two grand balls, a banquet, sight-seeing tours and a golf tourna- ment. While the business schedule has not been made up, officials of the Detroit branch of the Association report vari- ous matters of importance are to be “There has been no time in said an official, “when so vital importance affecting our trade have been awaiting solution.” The election of officers will be held early in the convention. Sewall D. Anderson, of Minneapolis, Minn., is president, and C. H. Waterbury, of New Yerk City, Secretary. —_+-+___ Sunburn Preparations. _Subnitrate of Bicmuth __-- 1% Chalk 30 Giycerme 22000 2 Rose: Water 5 1% and rub down carefully with the glycerine; then add Shake the bottle be- discussed. a decade,” many problems of drs. Powdered French ers. drs. OZzs. Mix the powders the rose water. fore use. 2, Giycerine Cream ________ 2 drs. jordan Almonds __.__.__- 4 drs Rose 5 ozs. Essential Oil of Almonds __ 3 drops Blanch the almonds, and then dry and beat them up into a perfectly smooth pas‘e; then mix in the gly- cerine cream and essential oil. Grad- ually add the rose water, stirring well after addition; then — strain through muslin. —_—_ +2. Perspiration Deodorizing Cream. each The following formula has been recommended: White Was 20022050 2s 8 ozs. Ligiid Petrolatum ——-- 24 ozs. Sedum Borate 100 grs. servo Acid 80 8 20 grs. Baliye ACIG — 400 grs. Moet Water 2 16 ozs. Melt the about wax and oil and heat to 160 degrees F. Dissolve the other materials in the water, heat to the temperatures as the wax solution, and pour it into the latter, beating until the cream is formed. Here a comparatively high temperature of the solutions, plus a small amount of stirring, results in a glossy cream. — 272s Pomades For Stimulating the Growth of the Hair. same briskly 1, Carbolic acid 2 5 parts Sublimed sulphur ----_--- 25 parts Ox or horse marrow __----250 parts Od (of berpamot = 5 3 parts Mix. 2. Pilocarpine hydrochlorate__ 4 parts Yellow vaselm —-...-.- _ 40 parts Page ee 160 parts TRADESMAN $1,250,000 (——\ La) ets Onl TLS < NIXON BUILDING (of Chicago) é a 2S 25 First Mortgage Leasehoid { Sinking Fund Gold Bonds, () at 100 and Interest, to CTO TTD ® Yield i) ) () ; om é ¢ CTC Security is the 16-story Nixon Building at West Monroe South Clark streets, Chicago, ly and a Leasehold on the G land extending to 1988. i ) ey and erere ca FLT Lowest appraisal is $2,820,937, making bond FoF () issue less than 45% {() (h loan. Building is 98% é a rented. Net earnings dj | 2.3 times interest re- bi Teg quirements. Purpose of > CF loan, to improve prop- dh TES erty. | res ra A.E.Kusterer& Co. INVESTMENT BANKERS anpD BROKERS MicHIGAN TRUST BUILDING. citizens 4267 BEL MAIN 2435 September 16, 1925 Chocolates Package Goods of Paramount Quality and Artistic Design Sand Lime Brick Nothing as Durable Nothing as Fireproof Makes Structures Beautiful No Painting No Cost for Repairs Fire Proof Weather Proof Warm in Winter Cool in Summer Brick is Everlasting Grande Bick Co. Rapids Saginaw Brick Co., Saginaw Jackson-Lansing Brick Co., Rives Junction. Grand Bottle G—————$“R_ Capper STEEL WILL CAP ANY SIZE BOTTLE. Made in one small compact size. Strong and_ simple in construction and light in weight. A FAVORITE MACHINE WITH THE HOUSEWIFE BECAUSE OF ITS ACCU- RATE CAPPING AND EASE OF OPERATION. OPERATES ON THE WALL OR IN THE HANDS. QUICKLY DE- TACHABLE FROM WALL. Packed 1 dozen Cappers to a carton. $12.00 per Doz. F. O. B. Grand Rapids. Mail your order for a dozen today. Grand Rapids Wire Products Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan 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 ense and speed up work—will make money Easily installed. Plans 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 ee «6saving price. Stoney Elevator Mnfg. Co., Sidney, Ohlo WANTED Experienced grocery clerks between 25 and 35 years old for store managers, good opportunities and good sal- ary. C. Tuomas Stores 236 Ellsworth Ave. Grand Rapids, Michigan Moseley Brothers GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Jobbers of Farm Produce Bell Phone 596 Citz. Phone 61366 JOHN L. LYNCH SALES CoO. SPECIAL SALE EXPERTS Expert Advertising Expert Merchandising 209-210-211 Murray Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 1 “Pp n. id 1 “Pp 1925 September 16, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27 Lavender 68 2200). 3 parts ye rders » intimately ixe x ee _ Lavende aa 3 The powders are intimately mixed § WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT 3. Pilocarpine hydrochlorate.. 2 parts and then made into a thick cream with Quinine hydrochlorate--._ 4 parts water, to the first portions of which Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day of issue. Precipitated sulphur ~_____ 10 parts the salicylic acid and the oil have been Balsam pera = 20 parts added. pe 50@8 a : ee i cids Lavendar Flow__ 8 fo 2G. «~Cinehona _....___ @3 10 Beef marrow, suf. to make 100 parts co eo Boric (Powd.) __ 15 25 Lavendar Gar'n 85@1 20 Golchi ) . Almond Sunburn Lotion ’ $7@3 06 “CCE ---~— o Perfume as desired. : Boric (Xtal) ---. 15 @ 26 Lemon ----_. 2 75@3 00 Aion 2 00 Seite lil asec \lImonds, Blanched 1 dr Ceres 38 @ 44 Linseed, bid. bbl. | @1 14 -MOGDO q-—----—== e : : : Se es : Citric 68 @ 70 Linseed, bid less 1 21@1 34 Digitalis -.______ @1 80 Arm Pit Deodorizer. Bee 8 ee ak a 2%@ 8 Linseed, raw, bbl. ,@111 Gentian @1 36 Tr. 1. ee pine ‘ we . 7 I Linseed, ra. less 1 18@1 31 ee Palcum -------~-~--~-------- S . O28. Fineture Benzoin .....0 50). min, Pairs pe Sa ag @ a Mustard, cairn o. @ so Ginger, D. S. -. @1 80 Stren Z ozs. Orange Flower Water ___-. 3% ozs. Sulphuric ___---- 3%@ 8 Hea oa nana tae, = Gualac --------- @2 20 ‘ ce : . : : : ariaet @ Q ; A 75@4 5 C . Oil, of Bucalyotus [0000 YW dr. Solution of Hydrogen Peroxide % oz. oo oy © Gis. Malaga, le — . - PnyOe a ee 10 sgrs. Bruise the almonds, dissolve the Ammonia on wee oe lodine ‘Coteus. @1 50 Salicysic Acid =.2....- ------- 60 gts. borax in the orange flower water, and wee oe oe ae S u O Breen aa gas 2 Joe OC Iron, Clos @1 36 ° ‘ ° aoe f ss ¥ , i. = range, Sweet —__ 5 00@5 25 a Mix the oil, acid and thymol inti- triturate the almonds with successive re deg. -- cee = thtenueL pose rai, HO 2... —— @1 40 en ‘ als | : es 4, ue t Carbonate -_-~-- Origa are 0 ‘ MOVICR 2 mately, add the talcum gradually and portions of the latter. Strain through Ghloride (Gran.) “ue 20 Seow ‘ “ ; - ee Wok = = in divided portions, mixing well after muslin cloth, and add the tincture of Wulesous Peppermint -- 22 50@22 75 Opium vas @3 50 each addition then incorporate the benzoin and hydrogen peroxide. Commie 90@1 20 Heccinece Wied T trent 7 Opium, Gas @ %& starch, mix and sift. —__23 +o Fir (Canada) -- 2 Tk . ee E. Opium, Deodors’d @3 50 : i i 3 Fir (Oregon) ._- ee 10 00@10 25 A remedy in paste form that has Fumigators For Mosquitoes. a 3 00@3 25 Sassafrasy true 2 00@2 25 Rhubarb ____. @1 7e been recommended consists of carbolic Powdered Charcoal --_--.----16 ozs. Tolu __---------- 3 00@3 25 Sesenties. arth) See 20 : : : ee See : Spearmint —___ 50@ 75 acid, 30 grains; burnt alum, 2 drams: eotassmm Witrate ....-.-____ 2 ozs. Barks Sperm 22 1 50@1 7B Painte 2 “ ; palin a 6 5 ‘¢ , gk fg g . talcum, 2 drams; orris root, 1 ounce; elcome A OFS. Casal (ordinary) a. : aa — © pe a = ‘ ‘ : " 1... 1. Cassia (Saigon). 50 Far. Use --—- nee : ic cornstarch, 10 ounces; violet extract 2 Hard Tolu Balsam -._.-_.....-2 o2s. Sassafras ee 50c) @ 55 pee bbl. @1 15% pass red dry -_ 15%@15% . ie : : : : Ege Incect Powder =. A as. Soap Cut ne urpentine, less 23@1 35 ead, white dry 154%@15% fluid drams; glycerin, enough to make ‘Trasaednth Mucilage q S06 2 18@ 25 oe 6 00@6 2: Lead, white oil__ 15% @15% : agaCa i ag ANTES AE liga Oe ee eae DH 25 ; a paste. hee te ee st 4] Berries Wintergreen, sweet Ochre, yellow bbl. @ 2% : > 7 ° 4 “ C itO a stt paste wl s : 1¢ Cubeh @1 26 bireh ...____. 3 90@3 2h Oclre, yellow less 3@ 6 Dressing For White Canvas Shoes. mucilage, and form into cones weighing ish __._..__- 9 35 hs fa ST oe 00 Red Venet’n Am. 3%@ 7 i Fmseeq ...... FT 66 tf i Hi H ey Pipe (lay 2c Lib. about one dram each. ee a “— 2 Wormw od... 8 50@8 78 Red Venet’n Eng. 4@ 8 Spanish White 2.0. \% Ib. eee o manana =---- 5@ 8 Hoe : Extracts ting, bbl. Precipitated Chalk 10 ozs Bath Powder Whi oe ‘% Ce ee iil : Licorice: 60@ 65 ting — -- 5%@ 10 Powdered Tragacanth ~_____- Z drs. Powdered Borax 202 ie 1 Ib. Licorice powd. --_ @1 00 oe ee = rep. - oe 25 . . . . . . “2 4 e ep. —. ¢ 3 26 MAREVE FONE oc 30 grs. Ammonia Miuriat @2 2000 2 ozs. Flowers picarbonate ....._ 16@ 40 : : — eee : : : ds Bichromate _.-__. 15@ 25 (of Verbera oe 90 @rops| Synthetic Violet 94. 1 2 drs Arnica 25@ » Brome. 2 69@ 85 Tate “not ee cece BEE a : Chamomile Ger.) 20@ 25 BFOMNGG? 54@ 71 Lica ee ee enough einthene Hehiotrope ....._____2 dis. Chamomile Rom. —. 50 Chlorate, gran'd 23@ 30 Miscellaneous Chlorate, powd. Gums se 6h Pe a pec 16@ 25 Acetanalid _.____. 47@ 65 Acacia, ist _...- eG 30 90 Alum ._ Acacia, 2nd __--__ 45@ 60 lodide 4 seg 48 Alun. fowl aca Acacia, Sorts -... 20 25 Permanganate _. 20@ 30 ground __. 09@ 16 Acacia, Powdered 35@ 40 JVrussiate, yellow 65@ 75 Bismuth, Subni- Aloes (Barb Pow) 25 85 Prussiate, red @1 00 trate 54@3 69 Aloes (Cape Pow) 25@ 35 Sulphate ______ 35@ 40 Borax xtal or alkex Aloes (Sec. Pow.) 65 70 owde F : 2a : Dp dered ____ 07@ 13 MICHIGAN —— Ace eat ’ Cantharades, po. 1 75@2 265 OW. { Calo Makes camphor @ 65 ae * : — Lead Arsenate Po. 17 80 Squills —_—-~~-—~ sg 40 ormaklehyde, Ib. 12@ 30 3 ‘ Li d 1 Squills, p - « 7 : 7 oe & Caneel Po 0 Be We aces 7 2861 66 . : ; enna, a. Lk. araway, Po. . 25 GUGIOrmM 4. 1 66 Erasers, Colored Pencils, Blotting Paper, Exercise Books, Senna, Tin. cow. 256 35 Cardamon | —_____ @4 00 Lead Acetate __ 20@ 30 é Ive, Uret 2 5 orilander pow. .30 .20 25 SCO oo 14 Water Colors, Pencil Pockets, Cardboard, Thumb Tacks, . pin Sonn nannnnnnn MO 20 Mace, powdered _ @l ie : i nae ; Olls Penner 22 25@ 40 Menthol ...__. 16 00@16 560 Paste, Pencil Clips, Water Colors, Dictionaries, Ink Erasers, Almonds, Bitter, Flax —-_— — 08@ 15 Morphine "11 1 18Qit 93 | as 7 60@7 75 wlax, ground _... 08@ 15 Nux Vomica ___. 30 Bristol Board, Library Paste, Blank Books, Rulers, Dusters, Almonds, Bitter Foenugreek pow. 15@ 25 Nux Vomica, pow. 25 ao ea 00@4 25 ee oo “Z. 15 zope black pow. @i0 ‘ : : ‘: Almonds, Sweet, obelia, pow ae 25 -epper, White 42 50 Mucilages, Sponges, Crayolas, Pencils, Lunch Kits, Banner true’ =." 1 50@1 80 Mustard, Yellow. 17 33. Pitch, ‘Burgundry i Loose Leaf Note Books, Pencil Boxes, Legal and Foolscap Almonds, Sweet, 76@1 00 a 229 = oun a 2 ne i . ; a : i Amber, crude _. 1 50@1 76 Quince -_______ 1 50@1 75 Rochelle Salts _. 30 35 Paper, Dictionaries, Pat's Pick, Michigan History, U.S Creit Amber, rectified 1 75@2 00 Rape —__-__._____ 15@ 20 Saccharine —WW @ 3 eg os es ANISO 1 25@1 50 Sabadilla Sade at 253@ 235 Salt Peter ___... 11@ 22 Government, Fattengill’s Orthographies, Civil Government Bergamont ---. 7 50@7 75 Sunflower .____- me 5 oe Soe Seo 1 R Cajeput Bo ne 1 60@1 76 Wore oo 30@ 40 a green _... 30 Primary Michigan Welch Schoo egisters. Cassia _._.._____ £ 25@4 50 orm evant __4 25@4 50 oap mott cast. 2he 26 ’ ’ CAStOr 22 1 80@2 05 Soap, white castile Cedar Leaf -_.. 1 50@1 75 CORO oo Be Sees ee io = Tinctures ere = castile OVeR ess, per bar _... @1 45 SEND US YOUR ORDER TODAY Coccanut 5@ Se Aconits @1 39 Soda Ash _-_____ 10 Cod Liver ___.__ 1 90@2 15 Al Soda Bicarbonate ane 10 Croton 2 00@2 25 oes ---~----___- @1 45 Soda, Sal ______ 3 Cotton Seed ___. 1 40@1 6@ Arnica ______ @1 10 Spirits cakes ot 5 ERKINS DRUG CO Cone 7 00@7 25 Asafoetida @2 40 Sulphur, roll _._. 3% sh e Eigeron _____-_- 6 00@6 25 Belladonna @1 35 Sulphur, Subl. ___ — 1e M h G d R “d pepe ce ao 7s Memeo Sean 210 Tamarinds <<... 36 . ichi ran apids emlock, pure__ enzoin Comp’ 265 Tartar Emetic _-_ 16 Manistee — P Juniper Berries. 3 50@3 75 Buchu —_-.-.__- O2 65 Turpentine, Vou” sem a Juniper Wood — 1 50@1 76 Canthraradies ___ @2 35 Vanilla Ex. pure 1 75@2 % : Lard, extra ._... 1 60@1 80 Capsicum --__. 220 Vanilla Ex. pure 2 50@3 00 Lard, No. 1 -._. 1 40@1 60 Catechu -— _. 175 Zinc Sulphate _.. 06@ 15 TRADESMAN September 16, 1925 28 MICHIGAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT CHEWING GUM. Blue Grass, Baby, 96 : 65 DRIED FRUITS _, eo Jack ---- 68 Carnation, Tall, 4 doz. 5 00 Apples ~~’ These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mail- Aaawus on ate 83 ee ee we ene ; Z ie a 0 tb me 16h i ° ft 3 . os on ae ci ene = uve ay, iail —---- . . , i. ng and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices, however, SS ho = aan Baby ---. 490 N. ¥. Fey, 14 om. pkg. 17% are liable to change at any time, and country merchants will have their orders Beeman’s Pepsin — sane Rag : . Apricots 7 filled at market vrices at date of purchase. a's ap aa Pet. ens)’ Tall _..-. 5 00 Evaporated, Choice -- 30 re oe Borden’s Baby ------- 4 90 hon natler st Fancy ~. 35 —— sens ——— Peppermint, Wrigleys _- 65 van Game: Baby — 3 78 feiexammaeal Cael ADVANCED DECLINED Spearmint, Wrigleys -- 65 sara ence ou ke Citron frigley’s P-K -------- 65 . box — “a ae oe ss Milk es Teab aa pee ea nS 63 sith ass Mi Beans eaberry --------------- 65 G. J. Johnson’s Brand Currants snd Ateoine Rice G. J. Johnson Cigar, _ Packers: 14 0% 18 Sd digg Peppers a oS we 75 00 Greek, Bulk, Ib. Ee 16 or aker, Caracas, s _. 37. Tunis Johnson Cigar Co. Baker, Caracas, 4s -- 2 : ane Dates z= Hersheys, Premium, %8 36 7 a oe = ------ 75 00 Dromadary, 36s ------ 6 75 ‘ , icahave. a” ie i ittle Van Dam, 5c ~ 37 50 ae ~ AMMONIA Instant Postum, No. 9 § 00 wmbteenis See Soe © Ss Worden Grocer CO EO ievow. Cen! | nstant Postum No. 10 4 50 Be a unkle, remium, s. 32 ¢ ‘ vee kolce, un. _.. 4 pe 32 a. 3 25 Postum Cereal, No. 0 2 25 Beef, Not nut, ai. ‘i £0 Vienna Sweet, 24s 2 . ee Ce ce tin. 7 4 ee 2 : : 2 ag 5 postum Cereal, No.1 270 Beefsteak & On . a | Mc 7 > 6 a 40 szi7 > . ‘ Quaker, 36, 12 oz. case 3.85 post Toasties, 36s -- 345 Chili Con Ca., Is 1 35@1 45 = et Se ee is 00 Peal 4 Fost Toasties, 24s 345 Deviled Ham, 458 --- 2 20 Bunte, %S ao Ff M ‘ Capinet 93 0 Post’s Bran, 248 --..270 Deviled Ham, %s --- 3 60 oe ee. S aon ee ie ° inne Guo —-— o BROOMS ge eo — & a 2s 32 W ebsteretts wos 31 av Oe: Aen = . 4 SO ee 200 Van Camp, small - 85 D : S FARINACEOUS Ts. UU 6 niga a et ee --- - unham’s Standard —---_-.-_- 7 Goops - “a pails, per doz. 8 3 a ‘es oa i ee ee ee ig ib, pit = ~~ i: Se as 6008 ase — 5 Ib. pails, per doz. 11 2 oo a : : 7 : = i onl a a. = No, 4-0 Ove 2 25 — 15 ib: case, #8 2 47 Big Stick, 20 lb. case 20 _ ae Picked ~~ 05 oe 2 3 00 r . . oe oe eer o BAKING POWDERS BUTTER COLOR Ag eet “4 one ot oon aa oe ee 7 oz. tumbler 1 35 Dandelion 2 85 W. Bean, cut —_______ 2 25 SS oe 2 25 er LS a3 18 y a ae ueen Flake, 16 oz., dz2 25 Ned . oo ae o> WwW. Beans, 10 -- 8 50@12 60 wisted Cotton, 50 ft.175 ¥ er ——----——-——— ; on os hx = edrow, 3 oz., doz. 250 (Gien Beans, 28 2 _ 7g Braided. om 275 x L. O. ---——-—---- 14 : Farina se covey 6 oz, doz. __ 2 70 CANDLES i or Beans, 108 7 60@13 00 Sash Gord 4 25 aoe Creams ———-— o 24 packages -------- 3 60 Loyal. 12 oz., doz. __ 520 wWiectric Li . Beans, 2 gr. 1 35@2 65 CO --— Bulk, ve~ 100 Ibs .-.. 06 Ss se fo ae. * ne. o Lima Beans, 28s, Soaked ye Grocers -------------- 12 - Pe a a ie ee ee bo ee ee pisiaaiens acs, ie cets, No. 2, wh. 1 75@2 40 Fancy Chocolates P C eee BEECH-NUT BRANDS. Wiking — ag a — 2, cut _... 1 60 c earl, 100 Ib. sacks -- 4 26 »~ Tudor, 68. per box _. 30 — No, 3. cut —--- 1 80 : 5 lb. Boxes Macaront corn, No. 2, Ex stan 1 66 Bittersweets, Ass’ted 170 p CANNED FRUIT. oe _ 2, Fan. 1 80@2 35 Choc Marshmallow Dp 1 70 pemeet: a = 2 apries. 2 ib Standard 1 58 Corn, No. a NY So = ee 180 foulls 3 doz, 8 om 2 25 ’ Pye igoe 10 = 4 _— 5 Hominy, No. 3 1 00@1 16 ee ee ee : : Quaker, 2 dos. -- 3 00 ye Sauce, NO. 75 “ I ‘ : oe a = Apricots, No. 1 1 75@2 09 or ie foe ee fee ia Pear! Barley 1@ Apricots, No. 2-3 00: D v, cee ge geek tenance? ant - 2. 4 Apricots, No. 2% 3 00@8 75 Tore cieperame pieder ieeeay 4 Chocoimte Ant Hele 4 Ce io _ Apricots, No. i 8 25 Mustirooms, Liotels : a 42 E MUU oe eopaps ee ent 6 50 F Blackberries, No, io 9 SS atuchrnenss. Choke Gum Drops Pails Barley Grits --------- 06 ueber’s, No. 2 2 00@2 75 Mus! Ss — is Blueberries, No. 10-- 15 00 faa, ho 2 Ed Pol se —— — os oe : Peas Cherries, No 2 Sab ices. No. 2 BIE OASTERS “eel a JUINS ~---~-—- 17 Scotch Ib. 2 0644 “>. Cherries, No. 2% ---- 3 76 June oe > 2 00 MUSKEGON, MICH o dense (sme 14 Split, Ib. yellow - ogi % Cherries. No. 10 ---- 10 iS Peas, No. 2, Ex. Sift. lo. ca 20 Split’ green oe 7 woganberries. No. 2. -- 0 fe : ee ey Pesches, No.1. 1 25@180 Peas, Ex. Fine, acme ae ee oone fe Peaches. No. 1, Sliced 140 Pumpkin, No. 3 1 36@1 60 Bulk Lozenges. Pails Mast India -—.- 10 & MTL asta Peaches. No. 2 -——.— 275 Pumpkin, No. 10 4 50@5 60 : " Peaches, No. 2% Mich 325 Pimentos, %, each 12@14 Rio ___---------------- 28 A. A. Pep. Lozenges 18 rey eg Peaches, 2l2 Cal. 3 25@3 75 Pimentos, %, each, — 97 ‘Santos ___--------- 35@37 A. A. eink Lozenges 18 Tapioca Peaches, 10, Mich. _. 8 50 Sw’t Potatoes, No. 2% 1 60 Maracaibo ----------- 37 A. A. Choc. Lozenges 18 Pearl, 100 lb. sacks --_. 09 Pineapple, 1, sl. 1 §0@2 00 Saurkraut, No. 3 1 40@1 50 Gautemala aa nan 40 Motto Hearts ...---. 49 Minute, 8 oz., 8 doz. 4 05 r Mints, all flavors __--- go Pineapple, 2 sl. 2 80@3 00 Succotash, No. 3 1 65@3 60 See « Malted MUK Loactgce a2 | Uremodaey Thoteer 1 - = “rtd aah accdanaial aman IE . c.crmegee ri sl. 2 65@2 85 Succotash, No. 2, glass 2 30 auc. nla ae EN 41 tis ve CL upele- 2 eit 3 35@3 50 Spinach, No. 1 ----- 1 26 eo 36 Hard Gooas. Pails FLAVORING EXTRACTS ‘aramels 70 P’apple, 2, cru. 2 60@2 75 Spinach, No. 2_. 1 60@1 90 McL. ’ os 2... a 0 Pineapple, 10 cru. — 11 6@ Spinach, No. 3 210@2 50) v cLaughlin’s Kept-Fresh Lemon Drops -------- 20 : oo =e 495 Pears No 2 400 Spinach, No. 10. 6 00@7 00 ; acuum packed. Always VU. F. Horehuund dps. 20 En wet ie ium 300 pears. No. 2% _-4 25@4 75 Tomatoes, No. 2 1 40@1 60 song Complete. line of Anise Squares -------- 19 - ee oe cota 450 Piums, No. 2 —. 2 40@2 50 Tomatoes, No. 3 2 00@2 26 igh-grade bulk coffees. Peanut Squares —----- 20 . poe, mes fares, Be. x De oe cae 6 [CU Ce ee . ee 2aspberries, No. 2, blk 3 60 Tomatoes, No. ; eo iy we Jelly, medium__ 2 70 Raspb’s, Red, No. 10 15 00 o. 10 -. 7 50 Cough Drops Bxs. “* eanut butter, 16 oz. 470 Kaspb’s. Black Telfer Coffee Co. Brand < —— butter, 10% oz 3 25 a 90 oe 16 00 CATSUP. Bokay. Putmam's —____ 1 30 : oe pete io 20 thud Ne 6 Oo oo 2 70 Smith Bros. —-------— 1 50 — butter, 3% oz. 1 25 Lily Valley, 14 os. — 2 60 ee eee Spaghetti __ 1 40 CANNED FISH. Lily of Valley, % pint 175 Mz. Y., per 100 12 os « aked beans, 16 oz... 1 40 Fina Ch'der, 10% oz. 1 25 Soo of s ———- 1 45 rena GO a. 4 26 Package Goods _emon PURE Vanilla ‘iam Ch., No. 3 —__—_ 3.50 Paramount, 24, lés 240 H . Ane ae r a Steamed, No. 1 2 00 ae 6, 10s _. 10 00 —— 2 es oe 93 : . re = Oe - - BLUING Mame Minced. No, 1325 SUS, 2 1 95 COND i ee : 2 —- ounce —— oie us, Dae, 2 oS od niece is on. = fe) ENSED MILK 4 oz. pkg., 48s, case 3 90 3 50 --_ 2% ounce —- 8% 75 on Clam Bouilion, 7 0z.. 2 50 Quaker, 10% oz. ___ 1 60 Leader, 4 doz. ------ 6 75 : 25 _._.2 ounce —-_- 8 60 EM condensed Pearl Chicken Haddie, No. 1275 Quaker. 14 os, —___ 2 26 Eagle, 4 doz. -------- 9 00 Speciaities. 50 -_ 4 ounce —- 7 00 ¥ ieee if a a Flakes, small -_ 1 35 Quaker, Gallon Glass 12 50 ute Mons a : | oe, : : Wi ie i rown Capped (00 Sin es on 2 90 CHILI SAUCE H age ialhipenetiggiad Pineapple Fudge ------ “1 UNITED FLAVOR S i 4 doz., 10c dx. st Lobster, No. 4, Stars $8 Snider, 16 os (a ee ee Ssten Boe Bee ee a ~~ i mp, 1, w ° “ a » y. aes A rl am Mints ¢ 4 sa ee ee S 10@2 35 Snider, § ox. -——-—- 3 50 Carolene, Tall, 4 doz. 380 Silver King M. Mallows 31 2 ounce, 10 cent, doz. 90 ‘ io Ma Ak Sortie, 3h OF EI es Ee wae ae 210 Garolene, Baby 3 80 Wainut Sundae, 24, 5¢ 80 8 ounce, 2: oo or ae © : A , Lill ie ; ? , , cent, dos. «)} eee ine, We omg oe Sat oon r EVAPORATED MILK Yankee Jack, 24, 50 —- 30 ee ee ie ; Saimon, W : : , ’ ee oo “4 Cracked Wheat, 24-2 3 85 neveeag Sy ‘ie i wan eo be Mich. Sugar Ca., 24, Sc 8¢ Jiffy Punch Gream of Wheat, 18s 390 Salmon, Med. Alaska 3 25 Sniders, 8 oz. --- 2 60 Pal O Mine, 24, 5c _--. 80 8 doz. Carton 23 — of Wheat, 24, | se Salmon, Pink Alaska 1 85 ee Assorted flavors. 1g Pillsbury’s Best _Cerl 2 2) mpi = hy i Ro HO ceaycaaen 52 yeaa set — Buied Bice § 6) Rantines, Col 1 G5@1 80 Kraft, Small tins 1 65 in ceceente eae ra cage sepaiaas oe Gee muoealt 150 Glee, a Cantia Ook 95 Kraft, American ---- 1 66 500 Economie grade 20 00 Manon. I Ralston Branzos 130 Tuna, 4s, Curtis, doz. 220 Chili, small tins 1 6» 1000 E Half pint -f Ralston Food, large —- 4 00 Tuna, %s, Curtis, doz. 3 50 Pimento, small tins __ 1 65 r —— One pint ro ee ca Wheat food. 3 90 Tuna, is, Curtis, doz. 700 Roquefort, small tins 2 25 wae: 1,000 books are One quart —--------— 3 90 - Vita Wheat, 12s ---_ 1 80 CANNED MEAT. Se o . Sa a — Half gallon _--__— 11 95 ; Bacon, Med. Beechnut 3 00 I Sr ae 9 cover \ P onenern =. deal Glass Top. wot er age Bacon, i€e Beechnut 4 95 Michigan Full Cream 3 Quaker, Tall, 4 doz. __ 4 76 —S— ee Rubbers — = te Nut oa 3 80 eef, No. 1, Corned — 270 New York Full Cream 29 Quaker, Baby, 8 doz. 4 65 Half pint : nat Potans. No. 8 : 40 — a tot 3 = ae 4? oi, ne handel OF TARTAR One pint ____ > : : >. ce shes , No. 2%, Qua. st. 185 Brick ---------------- 26 Blue Grass, Tall 48 _. 4 75 6 Ib. boxes —. 38 One quart __-_______. 19 95 :.~ ie oe Halt gallon ___-___ 16 1§ Septem nen 48 ’ 1925 M rCHIGA N TR AD ES MA N 29 GE LAT INE Pin t ’ Jars s, doze n 2 a PRO vi SIONS Med No 1 100 1 h he yee Que en A nn ’ 60 OZ. . ; Sello- Kn O, | Knox"® Syarkit ~ Min s A ling, dc 4 * P ute cid g, doz. 3 45 lymou 3 > — 2 26 4 OZ. ; ee a = oz. 2 = 5% : fae * th. White “ BBE Oyo Re, gay b § HO OZ. noe 1 = 20 ‘a Jar ur, a doz. 1: Per do RSE RA oe eS : on. Jar plain, pony 1 . Z. . ce . ane - . oO: JELLY » 5 oz. ties _- jae’ sty, ae : 36 Clear Barrel as ite (AND PRESE! 1 20 1202. stultéa, de 1 33 thane Cut € ts — Ib RESER PT tey Jar, — = a 2 Dr Nene a 50@ Buck 6 of. 30°Ib. - _— oz. 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T oo a ee oo dz 3 3 Mi _ Ge gal. _- 5 | 3 SY CA --- 09% 0 Vv ichigz Map! . 50 8 niight doz KE os a ag lp 1 55 Slight 3 a oo 7 ours gal Vest Le iy de ----- 27 gal. _ [8 Go Yeust eae, peat 9 . 38 om aa “M6 is leischr comer doz. : 1D nan RE 35 n, per psig OZ . 36 30 World Court Advocates Wholly Wrong Grandville, Sept. 15—As the as- sembling of Congress approaches the entering of the United States into a world court founded on the league of nations is being discussed with more or less fluency, but with no assurance that this country will by any possible manner be benefited by such a league. It is stated by a certain degree of authority that President Coolidge is ready to align himself with the court joiners. If such be he case, then we may expect some sort of union with foreign nations which will in no sense redound to the good of the United States. Why this continued agitation to bring America into relationship with other nations in any manner is past finding out. It is far easier to keep out of such an entanglement than it is to get out after we are once in. Those presumed to speak for the President say: Affirmative action on the world court protocol, with reservations that the United States shall not be re- sponsible for the obligations of the league of nations.” If we are not to be responsible for what takes place in the court, why in the name. of common sense enter into it. It is a simple proposition that if we go in we must be responsible, else there is no sense in joining. Nations shouldn’t be tricksters, but it seems plain to an outsider that this earnest effort to inveigle Uncle Sam into a ccurt (another name for league of natious) has a meaning which those simple souls who propose to join a court and then not be bound by its decisions do not seem to comprehend. A local newspaper makes the state- ment that America can adhere to the world court and remain absolutely free to decide for herself whether or not, ‘ny given dispute, we shall accept court ‘urisdiction. Is that a sensible or honorable posi tion for the United States to occupy? Is it not the veriest child’s play, and will not such a position make more trouble, justly so, than if we kept wholly out of the court? It is strange why Americans are so anxious to get in on the other side, sq determined to have a hand in the European pie that they would care to see our country play the dog in the manger act; in fact play up the spoiled child to the limit, and deserve a good spanking whether we got it or not. The world court seems to hold won- derful possibilities, let these sapient internationalists tell the story. America must join in a sense that gives her no Sav in any questions that come up, or if she has a say, there is no responsi- bility or her part as to the outcome. There is no sense in such a position be it held by the President or a com- mon citizen. 1f we join this world court we must assume all the responsibilities of such a position. There would be n0 use ‘cing otherwise. We are to join this much lauded court while at the same time we dis- claim any legal or moral obligation. What. then, is our object? To join a court, leaugue or what not, and then refuse to be bound by any of its trans- =etons is a novel proposition worthy the brain of a moron. I‘ is wonderful what a lot of words can be spilled relating to the neces- sity for a world court which is foo lecgue, and which Uncle Sam jos nierely as a pastime, with no ‘housnt of abiding by anything this covri mey chouse ww encct. The people of the United States emphatically down on everything ot the kind at one election, and, no €or nt, would do ilie same again were the -1i- ject to come up for public adiudicat 2n. What is there in it for these court advocates that they so persistently urge upon Congress to thrust the United States into anything so inde- fensible? American citizenship has enough problems to work out without nik MICHIGAN thrusting the country into untried fields in which not one in a thousand of the people care a pickayune. By endorsing the world court the United States does not enter into en- tangling alliance with any foreign country, avows a court advocate. There should be some object sought by such an alliance, and yet if we as a nation are not to be bounc rf processes, why join? It is up to the court advocates to show what advantages, if any. will come to the United States by join ng a league to which we owe no allegiance and to which we refuse to bow unde: any and all conditions. I Se en ‘ 1 DY any: % 115 Uncle Sam, keep out, is the advice of good citizens from Washin; down to present day Americans. There must be something more than the act of plaving good fellow to our European neighbors to require this country to enter into a world court wherebv we pledge ourselves to cer tain things which, 1f they are used against us, are not to be compelled to obev. The European world is not going to mate anv such bargain as that. If th United States enters into anv sort of bargain with those must act square, else write herse'f foreigners, she down a trickster and thus win the hatred and derision of her par‘ners. Nothing could more endanger the neace of the world than for this Na tion to enter a world court with a mental reservation leaving us out of all responsibility in matters concernin® the other members of the league. It could not be done honestly and I do not believe the President will have aueht to do with anv such unmanly and disgraceful proposition. Old Timer. —_—__-~<+>____ Popular Priced Jewelry Selling: The increased demand for popular priced novelty jewelry that has been in evidence here during the last few weeks was said yesterday to be giving indications of continuing through the current month, by which time buyers will be well engaged in making their preparations for the holiday season. Among the outstanding novelties of the moment, it was further said, are ster- line silver bracelets, ranging from half an inch to an inch and a half in width and retailing from $1.50 to $6 or there- ahouts. The widest of these bracelets, which come plain, chased and stone set, are moving best. Similar effects in plated silver can be had to retail at 50 cents and up, but the sterling brace- lets appear to be selling the better of the two. Also active just now are compacts, especially those of the sifter top variety, at retail prices ranging upward cf half a dollar. ————_~+ + > Avgust Business Totaled High. from out-of-town Reports sources continue to tell of large business dur- ing August and thus bear out the as- sertions that the sales totals rolled up last month by firms in many lines, es- pecially wholesale ready-to-wear, were the largest since the boom period dur- ing and immediately following the war. Were prices for the individual gar- ments as high as they were then, last month’s totals, in dollars and cents, would have exceeded the war period’s best August figures by a wide margin. In the textile markets the wholesalers had a big month also. Dry goods wholesalers in St. Louis, for instance, were said to have run up sales totals that exceeded even those of the boom discrepancy in period, despite the prices. 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Van Westenbrugge GRAND RAPIDS—MUSKEGON Distributor “The Wholtaaee Spread for Bread” CHEESE OF ALL KINDS BUTTER SAR-A-LEE GOLD-MEDAL Mayonaise OTHER SPECIALTIES Quality — Service — Co-operation Watson-Higgins Milling Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. NEW PERFECTION The best all purpose flour. RED ARROW The best bread flour. Look for the Perfection label on Pancake flour, Graham flour, Gran- ulated meal, Buckwheat flour and Poultry feeds. Western Michigan’s Largest Feed Distributors, 1 or “ - mc September 16, 1925 Proceedings of the Grand Rapids Bankruptcy Court. Grand Rapids, Sept. 8—in the matter of Chicago File & Rasp Co., Bankrupt No. 2692, the sale of assets, as adjourned, was held open until a lurtner oifer was received. When such offer is received note of the same will be made here. in the matter of W. P. WKinnee, wank- rupt No. 2:64, the court has ordered tue payment of expenses of admuinist.at.on and a first dividend of 5 per cent. to geu- eral creditors. sept. 9. We have to-day received the schedules, order of reference, and adjud.- cation in the matter of Jonn wrawdzik, Bankrupt No. 2/69. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blaire, rei:eree in bankruptcy. ‘ne bankrupt is a resiueiut of Grand Rapids and his occupation is a meat cutter. ‘The schedules lst no as- sets, with tiabilities of $5,423.25. The eourt has written for funds, and uon re- ceipt of the same, the lirst meeting of creditors will be called and note of tne same made herej The list of the cred- itors of said bankrupt is as follows: City of Grand Hapids __ 18.00 Anderson Bros., Grand Rapids ---_ 1v.v0 Barnes Packing Co., Grand Rapids 20.00 Big Rapids Garage, Big Rapids -- 120.00 Buehler Bros., Grand Rapids ---- 68.00 Colins-Northnern Ice Co., Grand Remids 2. 169.00 Cavera & Co., Grand Rapids ---- 2.00 Coffee Ranch, Grand Rapids ------ 4.00 Caldwell Packing Co., Grandvi.le- 4.90 Corwin & Norcross, Grand Kapids _ 6.75 Frank Cousins, Wayland —__._-___- 300.00 Ellis Bros., Grand Rapids. --.._.__ 39.00 Kast End Market, Grand Rapids __ 14.v0 Eureka Coffee Co., Buffalo _------. 52.60 John Enzing, Jamestown —-_---__- Lu. Fedorowiez, Grand Rapids —------- 200.00 Ferrhar & Roon, Byron Center ~~ 300.00 Furniture City Creamery, Grand Rapids 2... 23.00 Gasser Coffee House, Toledo ~_---- 20.00 G. R. By-Product Co., Grand Rap. 60.00 Gimmen Bros: Jenison 2... 52.00 lilinois Casing Co., Chicago ____-- 50.00 Industrial Mortgage & Investment Co, Grand Mapids .- 93.00 Jung & Co., Chicago —_--~--------- 17.60 Kent Storage Co., Grand Rapids __ 42.00 Kent Creamery Co., Grand Rapids *10.00 Walter Kubiak, Grand Rapids ~_-_ 150.0 Lewellyn & Co., Grand Rapids —---- _25.v0 Morris & Co., Grand Rapids —-_--. _ 507.00 Moon Lake Ice Co., Grand Rapids_ 100.60 Mich. State Tele. Co., Grand Rapids National Grocer Co., Grand Rapids 15.00 Vincent Prawdzik, Belmont ~----- 500.00 Vincent Prawdzik, Jr., Belmont ~~ 150.00 Andrew Puzniak, Grand Rapids —_ 590.00 Ryskamp Bros., Grand Rapids ---- 29.00 Robson Casing Co., Chicago —--_-- 122.00 Razzoog, Mike, Grand Rapids --~- 25.00 Paul Stachowiak, Grand Rapids __ 420.00 Abe Samrick, Grand Rapids —----- 54.00 Sa Samrick, Grand Rapids ___----- 20.00 Swift & Co,, Grand Rapids —_--_- 23.00 Steel & Wallace Co., Escanaba -- 1/.00 Stocking Ave. Garage, Grand Rap. 65.00 Frank Steéle, Burnip ...-...._-_-= 26.00 sam Tylezynski, Grand Rapids ___- Thomasma Bros., Grand Rapids__ 150.00 Vicksburg Carton Co., Chicago —- Vinkemulder & Co., Grand Raids 5.00 pSam Waner, Grand Rapids __---- 48/.60 Wagner Bros., Grand Rapids _----- 20.00 In the matter of Edwin F. Howe, Bank- rupt No. 2655, the trustee has filed his final report and account and a final meet- ing of creditors has been called for Sept. 21. The trustee’s final report and ac- count will be passed upon, administration expenses paid as far as tne tunds_ will permit and the matter c.osed up. There will be no dividend to general cred.tors. In the matter of Nicholas Herte., Bank- rupt No. 27138, the trustee has filed his final report and account and a final meet- ing of creditors has been called for Sept. 21. The trustee’s final report and ac- count will be considered and administra- tion expenses and preferred claims paid ‘as far as the funds on hand w.ll permit. There wil be no dividend to general creditors. In the matter of Willard A. Hoebeke, Bankrupt No. 2678, the trustee has filed his final report and account and a final meeting of creditors has been ca.led for Sept. 21. The trustee’s final report and account will be considered and adminis- tration expenses aid, and a final dividend to creditors declared and ordered paid. Sept. 10. We have to-day received the scheduies, order of reference and adjudi- cation in the matter of Otto P. Grewe and Bruno Humberg, co-partners, trad- ing as Grewe & Humberg, and Otto P. Grewe and Bruno Humberg, as individ- uals, Bankrupt No. 2770. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair, referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupts are resi- dents of St. Joseh and their occupation is that of a plumber. The schedules show assets of $1,562.47, with liabi.ities of $7,- 095.89. The individuals show assets of $1,562.47, with $500 claimed as exempt, with liabilities of $6,912.89. The court has written for funds, and upon receipt of the same, the first meeting of creditors will be called, and note of the same made herein. The list of the creditors of said bankrupts, are as follows: Ajax Brass Co., unknown oe ane Brammall Heating & Supply Co., Berrien Springs oe . Berrien Co., Inc., Berrien Springs N. W. Colby, Benton Harbor .___-. Clow, Jas. B. & Sons, Chicago _- 70.48 Eclipse Mfg. Co., Detroit -_--.~-- 140.40 Flint Walling Mfg. Co., Kendallville 118.55 Greenwood Mfg. Co., Detroit --.. 4.80 ok ed ee oe et oe de Ole os bo-) MICHIGAN Il.inois Malleable Iron Co., Chicago 860.85 Knaak Drug Co., St. Joseph —-__ 1.65 Mfgrs. Tool & Supply Co., South EC 137.59 Natl. Plumbing & Heating Co., Cnieeeo 689.93 B. M. Nowlen Co., Benton Harbor 244.62 Frank L. Noble, Benton Harbor __ 52.99 Neighborhood Drug Co., St. Joseph l.o0 Richards Mfg. Co., Grand Rapids — 224.9/ Richter & Achterberg, St. Joseph 22.50 Ross Mfg. Co., Kansas City -----. 14.65 Ster.ing Brass Works, unknown —_ 90.5 Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co., Chi- A 2,614.59 S. B. Supply Co., south Bend ___~ 489.60 J. A. Sexton Mfg. Co., Inc., New Y. v.01 Chas. EK. Williains, st. Joseph ---. 52.99 Jno. Walace sons Co., st. Josepn 8145.95 Wolverine Brass Works, Grand KK. 61.:8 Yeske & Sons, St. Joseph -___...— 40.42 Unity Rubber & supn.y Co., Culcago 44.04 Ed. Kowalski, Berrien Springs ____ 155.0 Sept. 10. On this day was heid the adjourned special meeting of creditors in the matter of Sam Rosenbaum, Bank- rupt No. 2641. The trustee was repre- sented by Connine & Connine, attorneys. No creditors were present or represent d. The matter was tnen adjourned to Sept. 18. in the matter of Lewellyn & Co., Bank- rupt No. 2636, the first meeting of cred- itors has been called for Sept. 24. In the matter of Charles k. Van Buren, Bankrupt No. 2762, the tunds for the first meeting have been received and a first meeting has been ca.led for Sept. 24. In the matter of Jackson Hollibaugh, Bankrupt No. 2766, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting has been ca.led for Sept. 24. In the matter of Albert Gotham, Bank- rupt No. 2768, the tunds for tne mfrst meeting have been received and such meeting is called for Sept. 24. In the matter of John R, Dertien, Bank- rupt No. 26738, the trustee has reported the receipt of an offer of $100 from Shell- man Optical Co., for all of the assets of the estate, appraised at $405. Tne prop- erty is that of an opticai office, and in- cludes tools, tixtures and furniture, etc., and is located at Hastings. The date fixed for sare is Sept. 24. All interested should be present at such time and place. Sept. 14. On this day was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter ot Hoyt Wilson, Bankrupt No. 2759. The bankrupt was present in person and by R. G. Goembel, attorney for the bankrupt. There were no creditors present or rep- resented; 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 matter closed and returned to the district court as a case without assets. On this day also was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of Louis Czarny, Bankrupt No. 2/52. The bankrupt was present in person and by attorney, John G. Anderson, of Muske- gon. No creditors were present or rep- resented. No claims were proved and ailowed. The bankrupt was sworn and examined without a reporter. No trustee was appointed. The matter was then adjourned without date and closed and returned to the district court as a no- asset case. On this day also was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of George H. Miler, Bankrupt No. 275d. The bankrupt was present in person and by attorneys, Corwin & Norcross. One creditor was present in person. Claims were proved and allowed. The bankrupt was sworn and examined without a re- porter. No trustee was apo:nted. The meeting was then adjourned without date and the matter closed and returned to the district court. The case is without assets. In the matter of Ora L. Jackson, Bank- rupt No. 2459, the trustee has filed his petition for leave to sell the real estate oft this estate at auction and leave has been granted. The sale wil be held at the main entrance of the court house at Muskegon Sept. 26. The sale will be to the highest bidder ani for cash. The sale is subject to the approval of the court. The property for sale is forty acres of land in Oceana county, and also a half interest in land contract covering two lots in Muskegon Heights. The trus- tee wiil have an inventory on hand at the date of sale. The first piece is appraised at $500 and the lots at $300. An inven- tory is also in the office of the referee, at Grand Rapids. Sept. 14. On this day was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of Charles L. Reed, Bankrupt No. 2:60. The bankrupt was present in person and by attorney, Irving J. Dodge. No cred- itors were present or represented. No claims were proved and allowed. The bankrupt was sworn and examined with- out a reporter. C. C. Woolridge was ap- pointed trustee and the amount of his bond placed by the referee at $100. The meeting then adjourned without date. On this day also was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of George L. Slae, Bankrupt No. 2761. The bankrupt was present in person and by Jackson, Fitzgerald & Dalm, attorneys for the bankrupt. The custodian was present in person. Creditors were also present personally. Claims were proved, but not passed upon. The bankrupt was sworn and examined without a reporter. M. N. Kennedy was appointed trustee, and the amount of his bond placed by the referee at $100. The meeting then ad- journed until Sept. 21. TRADESMAN 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 Only the one small Service Charge —absolutely no extras. References: Any Bank or Chamber of Commerce of Battle Creek, Mich. MERCHANTS’ CREDITORS ASSOCIATION OF U. S. 208-210 McCamly Bldg. BATTLE CREEK, MICH. For your protection we are bonded by the Fidelity & Casualty Com- pany of New York City. Normal College Opened in 1852 Educational Plant Campus of one hundred acres. Ten buildings with modern equip- ment. Training School, including Elemen- tary and High School Departments. Certificates and Degrees Life Certificate on completion of Two and Three Years’ Curricula. A. B. and B. S. (in Education) De- grees on completion of Four Years’ Curriculm. Srecial Curricula Home Economics, Kindergarten, Physical Education, Public School Music, Music and Drawing, Draw- ing and Manual Arts, Commercial, Rural, Agriculture, Special Educa- tion. Normal College Conservatory of Music offers courses in Voice, Piano, Organ and Violin. Fa'l Term Begins, September 22, 1925. Write for bulletin. C. P. Steimle, Registrar 7 c. psilanti — Under both State PTT Me SaTh 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. Either 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 SAVING GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN Cc Michigan State > 31 Business Wants Department Advertisements Inserted under this heac¢ for five cents a word the first Insertion and four cents a word for each subse- quent continuous insertion. if set in capital letters, double price. No charge less than 50 cents. Smal! display adver- tisements in this cepartment, $3 per inch. Payment with order is required, as amounts are too small to open accounts FOR SALE—At pub.ic auction, in bulk, at 2:30 P. M. Central time, 1:50 Eastern time, Wednesday, September 238, at Reed City, Mich., stock ot dry goods, not.ons, furnishings, bazaar goods and fixtures, valued at approximately $6,000. H. W. Dancer, Trustee. Char.es B. Blair, Ref- eree in Bankruptcy. Hilding & Hilding, Attorneys for trustee, Grand Rapids, Mich. 39 GRAIN elevator, feed mill, in good farming locality, forty miles north Detroit on Michigan Central. Price right. H. C, 4( Schlicht, Thomas, Mich. ) GROCERY FOR SALE—In live city in Southern Michigan. Doing $500 weekly. Good tocation. Address No. 41, c/o Mich- igan Tradesman. 41 Wanted—Commission salesmen with established territory to sell mop sticks, vacuum washers, and similar merchan- dise. W. E. Kautenberg Co., Department G., Freeort, Il. 42 BUSINESS OPENING—Will offer very attractive proposition to man or firm now in retail men’s wear, women’s Wear, or dry goods business to move if not suited with present location. Write for particu- lars. Address No. 43, c/o Micnigan Tradesman. 43 GENERAL STORE—Building, house and one acre, eighteen miles from Grand Rapids. Monthly receipts $1,500—$2,500. Owners death reason tor selling. —In- quire A. Barnum, Alaska, Mich., RK. F. D. 2, Caledonia. DRUG STORE—Good business, cheap rent, clean stock. Small payment down takes this. Inquire L. V. Muthilland, Sand Lake, Mich. 45 CONFECTIONERY AND LUNCH ROOM Living rooms in connection. Doing fine business. Good reason for selling. Price $1,000, $500 down. Cc, J. Wells, Cedar Sprpings, Mich. 46 CONFECTIONERY AND BUILDING— Price $2,250. On Main street. Inquire Charles King, Hart, Mich. 47 VARIETY STORE—Stock and fixtures $1,500. Hit health, must sell at once. Van Dusen Variety Store, Lowell, Mich. 48 JEWELRY STORE FOR SALE—Bui.d- ing 29x45 feet, big basement; cement block, garage, electric sign. Six fine rooms up stairs. Must sell, on account of sickness. See J. H. Labes, 1436 Grand- vile Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. ai Wanted—Registered pharmacist or reg- istered druggist. Address No. 29, c/o Michigan Tradesman. 29 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY—Long es- tablished wholesale hay and grain buy- ing and selling business. Price reduced to $2,500 this included building and office fixtures. Terms if desired. Relerences required. Owner moving to Pennsylvania. Address Mrs. W. KE. Davis, 110 E. Spruce St., Soo, Mich. 35 FOR SALE—Dry goods, ladies furnish- ings and notion stock in thriving village forty-two mies north Detroit on State trunk line. Only stock in village of any account. MONEY MAKER. Fine brick building, good lease. Inventory $5,000. Box 35, Memphis, Mich. 36 For Sa.e—General stock and hardware stock and one-story frame building. Gas- oline pump in connection. Will sell bui d- ing on time. Must sell on account of death of owner. Mrs. A. D. Kendall, Milbrook, Mich. 38 For Sale—McCray refrigerator, size 8x 6x9 ft. 10 inches high. Practically new. In first-class condition. A bargain. In- quire of Wm. Todd, Bronson, Mich. 20 ELMDALE STORE—Stock, fixtures and bulding. Only store in town. For sale, or trade for city property. Will reduce stock to suit. Elmda.e, Mich. 23 ‘ay spot cash tor ciothing and furnuish- ing goods. stucks, L. Silberman, 1256 Burlingame Ave., Detroit, Mich. Ane CASH For Your Merchandise! Will buy your entire stock or part of stock of shoes, dry goods, clothing, fur- nishngs, bazaar novelties, furniture, ete. LOUIS LEVINSOHN, Saginaw, Mich. SSS oe: SSS > Brg es oa ey ta Be fo ee te Ce es sae ve op ORIGINAL—GENUINE 32 MEN OF MARK. W. L. Berner, Sales Manager Judson Grocer Co. William L. Berner, fifth child in a family of seven children, was born in Portland, Mich. Both his father and mother were born in Germany. In 1883 the family removed to Luther, where the father, J. F. Berner, engaged in the grocery business. The father died in 1891 and the mother continued the business under the same name un- der the supervision of herself and her sons until 1904. Mr. Berner graduated from the high school in Luther in 1902 and then took a six months course in the Bryant & Stratton Business Col- lege at Chicago. His first employment was with the Sanitary Feather Co., of Chicago, with which house he remain- ed a year and a half. He then came to Grand Rapids and entered the em- ploy of the Clark-Jewell-Wells Co., which was then engaged in the whole- sale grocery business. His first work was in the shipping room. He subsequently promoted to work in the offiec and then given a position on the road. which he filled with satisfaction to all concerned until Jan. 15, 1906, when the house was taken over by the Judson Grocer Co. He the stock,” as he expressed it, for the past nineteen years has travel- ed out of Grand Rapids with the Jud- son line. During the past seventeen years his territory has included Hol- land. Saugatuck, Grand Haven the Pentwater branch. Believing that he could be of greater service to the house on the inside than on the out- side. he has been called into take the position of Sales Manager, which is the title under which he from now on. Mr. Berner was married Sept. 9, 1907, to Miss Anna C. Quartell. He recently purchased a lot on Ottawa Hills build a modious home on the lot next year. Mr. Berner attends St. Mark's Episcopal church and is a Mason up was with and “went and will be known and expects to com- to the 3d degree. being affiliated with Luther. He is insurance orders. the lodge at a1s0 a several His hobbv is baseball and bass fishing. At one time he was something of a baseball plaver, but now his connec- baseball chiefly as a fan. Mr. Berner attributes his success to hard but his associates insist that he is a man of great resourceful- ness and that no small portion of his success is due to the fact that he has never watched the clock. Some people go on the theory that they must have member of nection with consists. but work, a fair day's wage for a fair day’s work, but Mr. Berner has always insisted that the reverse is true—that a fair wage en‘itles the house to a He is tactful as well as energetic and succeeds in capturing orders many times where a less adroit salesman would fail to score. He is a prince of good nature and a boon com- panion. He chooses his friends with a great deal of care and seldom lets go of a friendship that has endured through many years. day's fair day's work. One of the most pleasant features of Mr. Berner’s promotion is the hearty good will which has come to him from every one of his associates in the house. MICHIGAN Without exception, they all unite in congratulating him on his advance- ment because they concede it has come to him solely because he has earned such recognition because of his long and faithful service to the house and his customers. —_—_ 22> —__—__ Evidently Loves Torch Lake. Colling, Sept. 15—I recently read an article in your valued journal regard- ing Houghton Lake, in which the claim is made that this lake is the largest inland lake in Michigan and that it contains thirty square miles of surface. It is evident that the writer is not familiar with Michigan lakes or he would not have made this statement. Torch Lake, in Antrim county, is the largest inland lake in Michigan. It is eighteen miles in length and has an average width of two and one-quarter miles at the Northern end and is two and one-half miles in width at Alden, TRADESMAN State Y. M. C. A. camp is located on the East shore of Torch Lake and everything desirable on its forty odd miles of shore line has been bought fot summer home sites. Numerous beautiful summer homes have been built on these sites and they are being rep‘dly added to each season. ‘Tae writer has traveled from coast to coast, nas seen many of the lakes in New York, ‘Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Pacific Northwest and the greater portion of Canada, and he has yet to sec a lake which will match Torch Lake in beauty and attractiveness. Charles H. Cov. ————_»-2ss———_ Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, Sept. 15—Joseph J. O’Brien, of Grand Haven, State repre- sentative for the Home Fire Insurance Co., is in Blodgett hospital as the re- sult of a fall he received while in- specting a risk in the Upper Peninsula. He is recovering so rapidly from the William L. Berner. on the South end, and contains over forty square miles of surface, being fully a third larger than Houghton Lake. Furthermore it is rated by the National Geographic Magazine as the fourth most beautiful lake in the world. It is spring fed and the water is very clear and pure. One can see a nickel lying on the bottom when ‘the surface is calm through a depth of forty feet of water and it only co five cents to try it. Owing to the clearness of the water, changing colorings of Torch Lake on a windy day are marvelous, often rapidly changing from light blue to dark blue tints and from light green to dark olive green, and during a storm to almost black. The rare beauty of thesunset on Torch Lake is byeond the ability of mv pen to describe. The fish from this lake are firm and hard meated, and the white fish, muskal- longe, black bass and Mackinaw trout are the delight of the epicure. The the rapidly effects of the mishap that he expects to be able to return to his home in the course of a couple of weeks. A new corporation to be known as Farley & Co. succeeds to the business of the Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co. The new organization takes over the stock and book accounts of the old company, leasing two floors and base- ment of the Corl-Knott building, which will be retained as a part of the assets of the old company. The Grand Rap- ids Trust Co. will act as trustee for the stockholders of the Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co. A Charlevoix correspondent writes as follows: L. Winternitz, called by all Uncle Louie, who summers at the Elston cottage, kindly donated two hand-painted pictures, photographed and colored by himself, Charlevoix views, and Miss Adeline Holley raffled them off recently for the benefit of the Charlevoix hospital, netting $15. Win- ner of the first picture was Mrs. B. E. September 16, 1925 Hughes, Toledo, Ohio, she is located at the Elston cottage and the second picture was won by Miss M. C. Ginther, Avondale cottage, Michigan avenue. The hospital board appreci- ates this donation. The Kent Hardware Co. has sold its stock at 164 Ottawa avenue ‘to Roy Jackart, who will continue the business at the same location under the same style. ———_.+ > Hosiery Outlook Continues Good. Prophets of gloom can find nothing to encourage them in the current hos- jery situation, so far as it affects wo- men’s full-fashioned goods. Far from showing any signs of weakening, the demand for these goods which, accord- ing to the special news letter of the National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers, has been of unprecedented volume all this year, is apparently very much on the up-grade. Early deliveries from leading mills are practically impossible to obtain at any price. It is common gossip in the trade that one of the largest manufac- urers in the business will be able to deliver only about 65 per cent. of the orders taken for this year. Plans for increased production are being made by many of the established mills. ——_222s—__— Grape Fruit, Alias “Pampelmuss.” The term “grape fruit” is difficult to pronounce and understand for con- tinental Europeans. The designation “pampelmuss” is used by a large num- ber of dealers in German speaking countries and a number have expressed themselves favorably towards the term “pomelo.” Since grape fruit is so rela- tively new in the market, it would seem advisable to put it before con- sumers under its proper name—clear- ing up once and for all any uncertainty about the product. A number of deal ers evinced a desire to aid in an adver- tising campaign to interest their cus- tomers in the buying of grape fruit. A campaign would undoubtedly he ef- fective. —_—_+2+2>—_—_ Hosiery Buying Helped Rise. Much of the recent advance in raw silk prices is attributed to steady buy ing by the hosiery trade. Despite their reluctance to purchase, even when raw silk was recently selling at $6.50 the broad silk manufacturers have seen prices forced up and to-day the re- placement cost of the silk is about $7 per pound. Generally speaking, the broad silk manufacturers have done little or no raw silk purchasing to cover their needs after Nov. 1. The buying by the hosiery trade reflects the good business done in silk hosiery, particularly the full fashioned variety. —_—_—_~-+ 2 New Double-Breasted Topcoats. The growing vogue of “double breasteds” in men’s clothing is indicat- ed in the reports telling of the new favor being accorded double breasted topcoats. Coverts particularly are be ing made up in this style. These coats are slightly form fitting and have a raised waistline. The shoulders are broader and lapels wider to conform to the new silhouette which is intended to convey an impression of athletic build. In men’s suits, the division is now almost “fifty-fifty” between double breasteds and the two-button single breasted English style.