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HEATH HTT SCUUATCEETCCUE UCC CECE TTAT TATA TTT TPEET TTA E TTT TTTPETTTTTTTTTTT TT TTT = TE POO Ooo ; Parowax | Season SELSESESSE SESS ESET ED IB] il ELELEETEEESESS ERPS SS IP PPSSE SEES SSOP ESRSESES ES HIS IS PAROWAX SEASON — the time of year when Parowax sales run the } largest. For the housewives of the Middle West know that nothing else protects if their preserves from mold and fermentation like an air tight seal of Parowax. This year, the sale of Parowax is larger than ever before. Each year there is an in- crease in the number of women who use this modern way of preventing their preserves from spoiling. 4 ye a The dealer who sells Parowax profits by this demand. Keep the Parowax packages out on your counter, so that your customers will know that you handle it. Standard Oil Company [Indiana] peer r errr errr ee SESS SSS TESST TSS S TESS SPSS ESE E SEE ETS ¥ Poser rrr eeeeerreseere seers i ) ql t Forty-fourth Year MICHIGAN TRADESMAN E. A. Stowe, Editor PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE TRADESMAN COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN (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. 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 tive 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. DARE NOT CONDEMN MURDER The World’s admirable investigation into ‘the recent triple lynching in Aiken, S. C., may fail of tangible re- sults, but it has already thrown con- siderable light upon the whole prob- lem. the official “investigation” of the lynching was more or less of a farce, no serious attempt being made to dis- cover the identity of the men tcok two negro men and a woman from the jail and murdered them. The governor of the state, the sheriff of the county and other officials are now be- stirring themselves, some weeks after the lynching, but it would be hard. to make any one believe that there is a chance of punishment for the mem- bers of the mob. Behind this state of affairs is the pubic sentiment of the county where the lynching occurred. If the officias even suspected ‘that the majority of the county and the com- munity wished anything done about the matter, it would be done and with- out loss of time. But, however much scme of the citizens of Aiken may de- plore mob violence, they are evident- ly in the minority. Southern news- papers have played a large part in arousing public sentiment against lynching, but we find this curious passage in an article in ‘the Columbia Record: “It is unfortunate that it had te be left to a New York newspaper to start something. But South Caro- lina newspapers, however much they wish to serve the public and uphold the court, have to be circumspect if they wish to escape disaster.’ If this is a true account of the situation in South Carolina, the Aiken lynching was of deeper significance than any one suspected. There has been hither- to no backwardness. in: speaking out against violations of the law by the newspapers of that state. One does not like to think of newspapers which “have to be circumspect to avoid dis- who It has established the fact that . aster” when an incident so shocking as the Aiken affair is concerned. The good name of the state threatens to become involved in the investigation before it is concluded. SAVING THE FARMER. Is American agriculture really flat on its back? Are we in danger of los- ing all our farmers because they can- rot make a living? Must we have Government subsidies to save an in- dustry which we have so often heard praised as the most efficient of its kind in the world? One woud think so from the number and the type of suggestions that are being brought forth, not the least radical of which comes from a former Secretary of Agriculture, Edward T. Meredith. Mr. Meredith told the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York that he considered it necessary for the Government to establish fixed mini- mum prices for the six most import- ant farm products and to take care of any surpluses at these prices. It is a charming picture he draws of the situation two or three years after his scheme has gone into effect: a balance between production and consumption would be quickly reached, the farmer would know when his crop was sown how much to expect from it and agri- culture, in a phrase, would be put upon a “business basis.” A few difficulties present them- selves, ‘however, one of the gravest being the establishment of satisfactroy minimum prices. What a wonderful political question that would make! And would the farmer behave so well about production as to avoid large and dangerous surpluses? Has he so in the past there was no guarantee of minimum prices? done when Senator Fess also had a few words to say on the agr‘cultural problem. One of his sentences deserves to be framed and hung on the walls of the House of Representatives and the Senate. It reads: “The habit of run- ning to Washington for legislation whenever an economic problem arises is one of the greatest menaces to the Nation.” It is a good sentence to re- member during the next few months, when we shall be deluged with schemes to save the farmer. epic cas DOBBIN STILL WITH US. Somebody is continually discovering that this is a machine age and that therefore the horse is doomed. Old Dobbin’s funeral sermon has been preached and sentimental tears shed over his passing more times than any one cares to remember, and still we read that there are more horses in use in the country to-day than there were before the automobile came. Chicago has barred horse-drawn ve- hicles from some of its busy streets, GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1926 and thus started another outburst of sympathy for the outworn friend of man. It is quite true that the horse is ill suited to crowded city traffic, and other cities will doubtless follow the lead of the Middle Western metropolis, but there are many services the horse still performs more efficiently than the truck. For short hauls, even in con- gested areas, he has been found satis- factory; for drawing milk wagons no setisfactory substitute has been found and will not be until a breed of fliv- vers can be trained to memorize delivery routes. The United States Government evi- dently takes little stock im the threat- ened disappearance of the horse, as it has invested a million dollars in breed- ing during the last six years, produc- ing more than twenty thousand horses and ranking now as the largest breeder of horses in the world. Horse racing has never been threatened by the au- tomobile; it has elements that can never be supplanted by any mechanical device. At present more popular than in many years, it has brought about the investment of mil- lions of dollars in breeding farms. Dobbin will still be present and in excellent health for a more funeral orations. —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_——— CHANGE COURSE OF TRADE. Now that the long-continued strike merely good many of the British miner appears to be near- ing its end, it will be interesting to note the effects of the termination on the trade not only of the United Kingdom, but also. upon that of this and other countries. The manufacturing suprem- acy of Great Britain was based on her coal resources. These enabled her to build up not only a great iron and steel industry but were also the life dlood of her development in the tex- tile and other fields. In addition, the exports of coal from the United King- dom were no inconsiderable item in this branch of foreign trade. The coal strike restricted production of practi- eally all manufactured goods and also hit shipping hard. Some supplies of coal were sent to Great Britain from the Continent and quite large quanti- ties from this country. The United States and other countries also had to supply foreign customers who were accustomed to get their coal from Great Britain. In the nine months ended with September this country’s coal exports were over 21,500,000 tons, about 50 per cent. larger than in the corresponding period of 1925. The settlement of the British coal strike will put an end to most of this trade. But it will go beyond that. It will enable the British to recapture much of the trade which it has been losing in iron and steel products, in cotton and woolen goods, in pottery, etc., which rivals secured while they were Number 2253 handicapped by a lack of fuel. In a few months, therefore, there is likely to be quite a shift in the foreign trade figures of the United States and of more than one of the Eurpean coun- tries. LOWER COTTON. Now that the trade has accustomed itself to the certainty of its biggest cotton crop, there is much less agita- tion and uncertainty about prices than there was before the situatoin was so clearly defined. Such changes in quo- tations as have taken place have not been very marked and there has been an inclination to raise prices on any reasonable looking pretext such as the occurrence of a frost in the growing regions. At the same time, exports are growing and the takings by domestic spinners are quite large. There are several movements looking to a wider use of cotton in substitution for other textile fibers and some of these prom- ise to be successful. Besides this, ef- forts are being made to induce the use of more goods in which cotton is the only or the main ingredient. How much relief may be obtained from the various plans for hoarding and financ- ing part of the crop is yet to be deter- mined. So far the only effect appears to be psychological since nothing prac- tically has been done. But the low- ered cost of cotton has been slowly but surely producing an effect on the Makers of pillowcases, etc., are pr:ces of all cotton goods. sheetings, put- ting out new lists showing reductions and so have also the manufacturers of bleached fabrics. Such lines of sweat- ers as have been opened show propor- Other knit wear is bound to be similarly influenced. Gray tionate declines. goods prices have softened consider- ably for all except certain spot mer- chandise. The best that there will be considerable order- ing after the turn of the year. indications are CANNED FOODS WEEK. Canned Foods. Week, where observ- ed, proved to be all that its sponsors had hoped, and in many markets set a new record for consumer distribution in volume as well as in assortments. When first introduced the housewife bought single cans of various popular packs, but sales, now, with the dozen can larger blocks taken by consumers. This year the wholesale market allowed the retailer to put out extensive offerings at popular prices. Corn, peas and tomatoes were the lead- ers in vegetables; California fruits and Hawaiian pineapple made the fruit division important, while fish had sal- mon as a big item. ceeseneeememmnememtn emetic tee were It matters little how much you hear, but it matters a great deal how much you believe, 2 IN THE REALM OF RASCALITY. Cheats and Frauds Which Merchants Should Avoid. Millbrook, Nov. 15—You once wrote up the crooks in Detroit doing business urder the name of the Detroit Collec- tion Agency. We had some bills and notes with another concern. They sent a few small payments to us and then we took the business from them and since then they have been collect- ing just the same and not sending me any money. I wrote same about the bills they had collected without re- porting to me. There were some notes out and I wrote lately to the parties and one fellow came to see me. He said he had been sending them money every month and had the receipts—said he had a letter from them lately de- manding more pay. The notes given were for $51, $31, $70 and $89; an- other for $75—making $197.20. He has paid it all but $97.29. I am enclosing the letter he sent me. You see they have changed the name. Isn’t it a shame? If you can and will do something about it I will pay for your trouble and costs. I have the notes. They sent an envelope with the same address on. I have written them, but will not send it until I hear from you. Mrs. A. D. Kendall. On receiving this communication the writer called up the Secretary of State te ascertain if the National Law Co. had filed a bond with the State, as re- quired by law. On being informed that no bond had been filed, the mat- ter was immediately referred to the Better Business Bureau of Detroit, which will probably proceed against the bogus concern through the proper officers of the law, put it out of busi- ness and (let us hope) undertake to prosecute the crook or crooks who defy the Michigan statutes to the limit of the law. Petoskey, Nov. 22—Kindly advise me through your Realm of Rascality what you think of the enclosed propo- sition which purports to come from the Bureau of Business Research, 844 Rush street, Chicago. Archie J. Crago. The proposition referred to is as follows: Chicago, Nov. 15—I am holding for you without cost to you and without any obligation on your part and for your examination a complete section of our latest loose leaf extension encyclo- pedic service. We are placing a few of these gratis as an advertising fea- ture of our company. We feel that your standing in the community will be of value to us as local reference. If you are selected as one of the fortunate persons, we will exchange the section for your opinion of this service. The following are just a few of the very interesting articles you will find in this section: Radio, Polar Flights, Farm Relief, Pregress in Engineering, Sesqui-Centennial Exposition, Educa- ticn, World Court, War Debts, Eu- charistic Congress, Luther Burbank, Air Mail, Aviation, Roosevelt Expedi- tion, Power Developments, Chemistry and numerous other subjects. All we request in return is that, should your opinion be asked at some future time, you speak of the work as you find it and say what you conscien- tiously think of its merits. Kindly initial and mail the enclosed card con- firming the correctness of the address (or make corrections) and we _ will give you full particulars at once with- out any obligation on your part. We trust you will keep this project as personal and confidential. North American Pub. Co. W. H. Gorham. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Mr. Crago does not send us the card mentioned in the letter. This card will probably disclose the sinister de- sign of the North American Pub. Co. in making so magnanimous an offer tc a perfect stranger. There is a say- ing, as old as the hills, that free things are always the most expensive, because they invariably embody the elements of deceit and subterfuge. If Mr. Crago takes the advice of the archi- tect of this department and consigns al! propositions of this kind to the scrap heap, he will be money ahead and save himself many heartaches and much chagrin to learn how easily a man can be victimized by so-called free offers. Some years ago a man dressed in the height of style and possessing a most condescending manner approach- ed a wholesale grocer of Grand Rap- ids with about th‘s line of talk: “Because of your loyalty to the Fed- eral Government during the period of the kaiser’s war you have been select- ed as one of ten men in Michigan aesignate to receive a set of beauti- fully bound books as a token of the appreciation of your Government. As you will note by the heading on the order, the books are absolutely free. They will be sent to you with no charge for packing or shipping and the transportation will be prepaid. You will never cease to feel thankful to the Government for this beautiful present, indicative of its appreciation of your attitude during the trying times of the German war.” The distinguished looking man thereupon made one or two. small check marks on the so-called order and handed it to the wholesaler to sign. Instead of completing the transaction perfunctorily, as most people do when confronted by a distinguished pres- ence, the jobber carefully scanned the order and detected that the visitor had checked a little line in very small type reading “Extra for Russian leather binding, $150.” The wholesale dealer thereupon handed back the order to the man who was masquerading as a repre- sentative of the Government and in- vited him to right about face and de- part by the same door he entered when he came in. . The bogus representative of Uncle Sam remained in town several days and caught a dozen or fifteen men on his scheme—men who did not take the time to scan the order (“shipping in- structions” the agent called it) as closely as the wholesale grocer who was first approached . The world is full of chaps of this kind and they wax fat on the credulity of men who are awed by the presence cf a dolled up “gentleman” who pur- ports to bear a confidential message from the Federal Government, but who ought to be given an opportunity to play checkers with his nose in a com- mon prison. Allegan, Nov. 22—There is a gang of swindlers going around buying chickens, veal ‘calves and hogs; in fact, anything they can get. They pay with a check and in about ten days or so the farmer finds out the check is worthless and he is out whatever he sold and also has to pay the bank for their trouble. He gives his name as George C. Brown, 1955 Forest Road, Detroit. He drives a Master Buick coach. He is about five feet, seven inches tall, smoothly shaved and thas kind of blond hair. He has also four or five other men with him and one has red hair. They have also a nice up-to-date steel ford truck. Should anyone see or come in contact with him the best thing to do is to call for the sheriff and hold him until his ar- rival or tell him you cull out your hens in the evening and by that time the sheriff is easily notified and has a chance to get him. They may go un- der different names but whenever you sell anything take nothing but cash for it. While I have not been bit by him myself the whole neighborhood has been swindled and had to make good their checks. This should be warning to all farmers no matter where located. The little finger on his right hand is crippled and he cannot straighten it out. He is a smooth talker. Radix. Some people cherish the delusion that they have the right to obtain an immediate refund if they return to a seller merchandise concerning whose purchase they have changed their minds. If you buy a house or a lot from a savings bank whch holds title to it and you change your mind after you have signed the transfer papers, the bank will not take back the prop- erty nor refund your money. Nor is any other seller, local or national, un- der obligation so to do unless it so provides in the body of the contract of sale. The return of merchandise does not invalidate nor satisfy a contract of sale unless the contract so states. Make up your mind, therefore, be- fore you sign. Read the contract and find out its provisions. If a contract is too complicated for you to understand when you read it, better not sign it until someone whom you know very well-has read it and explained these provisions: 1. Just what the seller agrees to deliver. 2. How much you agree to pay. 3. When you are to pay it. Such provisions are the essentials of every contract of sale, however simple, hewever lengthy. The fashion of using interminable contracts printed in very small type to record the terms of simple transactions is rapidly going into the discard. A few wholly honest but somewhat old- fashioned firms still retain such forms. Their representatives will gladly allow you all the time you need to read every word of their contracts and, if you cannot understand them, to con- sult with your advisers. They are not only willing but anxious to have you understand every detail of the agree- ment. Some sharp traders also em- ploy very cumbersome documents, set in almost invisible type, whose appar- ent purpose is to discourage customers from reading them. Their salesmen will try to keep you from reading be- fore you sign. Watch out for these tactics. —~++s__ He Passed It On. One farmer approached another and said tersely: “That horse I bought from you is blind! You never told me. Why?” “Well,” replied the other, “the man who sold it to me didn’t tell me, either, so I supposed he didn’t want it gen- erally known.” November 24, 1926 Uncle Louie Winternitz Writes From Florida. Jacksonville, Nov. 22—Since my last visit here—two years ago—the city has changed somewhat in appearance. New buildings, skyscrapers and a fine 300 room hotel have been opened to take care of the rushing business which all seem to have at present—the beginning of the season. They now have the fair on. Races and sports appear to be on the program. Main streets are more or less headquarters for real estate offices and land pro- moters, who now seem to have sense enough to bid one welcome. C. Eberbach, of New Smyrna, Fla., dry goods and shoe merchant there, who thirty years ago lived in Flushing, Mich., was my neighbor at a hotel table here and informed me that he used to look regularly for the Michi- gan Tradesmen there. He recalled one issue in particular which he never will forget. One article treated about a lady who purchased a ham from a grocer and came back in a few days asking him if he had some more ham like it and he replied he had. She asked how many and he said eight or ten, whereupon she asked if thev be all from the same pig. He answered yes and she said she’d take all of them. The other was an article on evils of credit; telling a circumstance of a mer- chant who sold a ham on credit and overlooked to charge it at the time. During the day it occurred to him he kad sold the ham, but could not re- member the purchaser, so he charged it to twelve different customers and on their monthly bills eleven paid for the ham without murmur. He had not nerve enough to ask the twelfth one to pay for it. Draw your own con- clusions. Agricultural and industrial produc- tion in Florida for shipment to North- ern and foreign markets continues on a high scale. This was the report of A. D. Steb- bins, president of the Merchants and Miners Transportation Co., when he returned to Jacksonville yesterday after a tour of the State. Mr. Steb- bins, whose headquarters are in Balti- more, has been making a tour of in- spection in Florida with F. G. Boyce, vice-president of the line, and D. R. McNeal, superintendent of construc- tion. i Surprise in finding the State as prosperous this year was expressed by Mr. Stebbins. Freight trade with Florida, he said, continues to be active, but the passenger traffic is late start- ing because of the warm weather in the East. L. Winternitz. —_2-.____ Grafting May Produce Cabbage With Garlic Taste. Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. 22—A vegetable which will combine the delights—or horrors—of corned beef and cabbage with those of Italian ravioli is forecast by the recent success of Prof. Lucien Daniel, a well-known French botanist, in grafting a garlic plant on a cabbage plant. Prof. Daniel has long been a student of the possibilities of plant grafting. He has grafted tomatoes on potato vines. eggplants on tomatoes, and has formed many other combina- tions. At the meetings of the Inter- national Plant Congress here recently, many of Prof. Daniel’s achievements were described. The new success with garlic and cabbage has been reported to the Academy of Sciences in Paris. There has not yet been enough time to determine how fully the two plants thus joined will affect the character- istic of each other. In previous work, however, Prof. Daniel has found that such mutual effects exist. It is pos- sible, therefore, that the new mixture will result in cabbage with a garlic flavor. Whether this will be a popular addition to the world’s dietary is an- other question. 4 E 3 peusidiartidieiiebiehtabetiadiine ATs can on <<. eamameemianiionna diate eee November 24, 1926 When On Your Way See Onaway. Onaway, Nov. 23—Vern Tran, our popular tonsorial artist, just couldn’t stand it to conduct any business last week, so he placarded his window as a fair warning to his customers not to expect any service for a week while he joined the army of deer hunters. It was a case of get out your “Chainless Safety,” change shops or join the House of David. The conditions have changed now, Vern is on the job again, meek as a lamb, with no stories to tell except that the deer are still running; keep smiling. The deer season is over; the ruy- ning boards may now be cleaned of the bloody gore. Taxidermists will prepare to mount the trophies to adorn (7) the walls of the mighty hunters, while the disappointed can only relate how it happened. Hunting conditions have been all that could be expected; fine tracking snow last of season and gatne quite numerous, but too large a percentage of wrong sex to suit the hunters. Cold weather and fine sleighing prevails, also good wheeling. John Vermilya, one of our old resi- dents and a dear friend to us all, has passed over. For forty years “Uncle John” as he was known, has been a resident of Northern Michigan, con- ducting business in Miedden, Petoskey, Indian River and Onaway. Born in Fitchfield, Ohio, in 1849, he passed away at the home of his daughter in Onaway Nov. 5, 1926, leaving a de- voted wife who has faithfully attended him and who was constantly at his bedside for the greater part of the past year; a son, Frank, who was engaged in the meat market business with his father in Onaway for a number of years. a daughter, Mrs. W. H. Fish, of Onaway, and a daughter, Mrs. Jen- chow, of Charlevoix. Mr. Vermilya sought to regain his health in the warmer climates of Georgia and Flor- ida, finally returning to Onaway. All the good words spoken in his behalf since death were true all through his life. Just a grand good old man, the kind that helps to make the worid better. Squire Signal. ———— >> — Business Changes at Howell. Howell, Nov. 23—Nelson C. Yelland has sold his Palace meat market to Dr. H. H. Sparhawk, who recently came here from Detroit, where he had been an inspector in the food depart- ment. The new owner expects to add a wholesale sausage department to the regular retail market business. Lavetne Walker has leased the va- cant store on State street, and is hav- ‘ng it fitted up for a new restaurant and confectionery store. He expects to put in an ice cream parlor in the spring. Mrs. Alice McP. Spencer is tearing out the front of her building occupied by R. D. Smith with the ford sales and service, and C. J. Gannon, with the Chevrolet. The five storerooms are all to have new and modern fronts. An addition is to be built to the rear of three of them and the whole in- terior re-arranged, so that both agencies will have more room and better facilities. ——_--___—_ Hides, Pelts and Furs. Creer No.8 08 Green, NG. oo 07 HOUR 0, 8 09 Cured: NO Oo 08 Calfekin, Green, No. 1 11 Cattakin, Green: No.2, oo 09% Caltsiin, ‘Cured: No: beso oe 12 Cmiiehin Coren, NO 2 10% Wore, (NG. 2 ne 3 00 Tioree, No: 2 2 290 Peits. ET 560@75 Shearinge —. 10@25c Tallow. Prime 07 No. 1 07 No. 2 06 w Unwashed, medium --.------------- @35 Unwashed, rejects -.-.-----.------ @ 2b Unwashed. fi MO. coo MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Announcement The Morton Hotel Company takes pleasure In announcing a New Lower Schedule of Room Rates EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY One year ago we announced a reduction in room rates which was enthusiastic- ee received by our patrons and friends and in further keeping with our policy of “THE MOST FOR YOUR MONEY” This New Schedule of Rates Is Now Offered 80 Rooms at____________ $2.00 140 Rooms at____-_— = s—si—‘(‘( é;tC# $2.50 60 Rooms at___________._ $3.00 20 Rooms at______.._____ $4.00 Srecial Suites _______ ss _- ____$10.00 and up Samrle Rooms ______________ $3.00 and $4.00 The Same High Standard of Service Will Be Maintained The Morton Hotel Company W. CHAS. TAGGART, General Manager 4 MGVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. Rothbury—Earl Shitum has sold nis grocery stock and store fixtures to Orin Payne, who has taken possession. Detroit—The Whitney Co., 1845 David Whitney building, has changed its name to the Continental Lumber Co. Springport—Arthur Punches, an old time druggist, died a short time ago. He was one of the oldest druggists in Michigan. Detroit—The Mexican Crude Rub- ber Co., 1040 Penobscot building, has increased its capital stock from $500,- 000 to $600,000. Lexington—Thieves entered the meat market of A. K. Foley & Son, Nov. 19 and carried away over $500 in meat and other stock. Colon—Moore & Son have sold their grocery stock and meat market to Jess Adams, who will continue the business under his own name. Hastings—G. G. Greene, recently of Lowell, has purchased the Sherwood stock and will continue the business at the same location. Litchfield—William R. Green, for- merly with Wyatt & Co.’s drug store, at Adrian, has purchased the Minnie Cohen drug stock of this place. grocery Gobles—Myers Bros. have sold their grocery, drug and crockery stock to Vern Thayer, who will take possession Dec. 1. The store was 46 years old last March. Ishpeming—L. H. Nelson, of Iron Mountain, has opened a grocery store on the corner of North and Second streets, under the style of the North Street Cash Store. Saginaw—The Jewel Box, 322 Gen- esee avenue, is closing out its stock of jewelry, diamonds, silverware, clocks, etc., at auction sale, prepara- tory to retiring from business. Muir—Strachan & McLaren, dealers in drugs, groceries, etc., have dissolved partnership and the business will be continued by J. D. Strachan, who has taken over the interest of his partner. Flint—The Supply & Equipment Co., 4341 South Saginaw street, has been incorporated with an authorized cap- ital stock of $5,000, $3,500 of which has been subscribed and paid in in prop- erty. Alba—Isadore who has conducted a dry goods and clothing Saperston, store here for the past 25 years, has sold his stock to Moses Fenestim, of St. Louis, Mo., who will close it out at special sale. Detroit—The St. Clair-Athol Rubber Co., 440 East Jefferson avenue, has changed its name to the St. Clair Rub- ber Co. and increased its capital stock from $500,000 to $1,000,000 preferred and 50,000 shares at $10 each. Lake Odessa—Harry Janes has sold his garage building to Joseph Gless, of Caledonia, who will occupy it Dec. 1, with a stock of farm implements, tractors trucks. Mr. Janes is erecting a new garage for his own use. Grand Rapids—Glenn P. McHugh, proprietor of the McHugh Bootery, 135 Monroe avenue, has opened a new men’s footwear and furnishing goods store located in the Pantlind Hotel, to be known as the Pantlind Boot and Toggery Shop. and MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Detroit—The Aurad Co., 312 Char- levoix building, has been incorporated to manufacture radio parts, with an authorized capital stock of $25,000, of which amount $9,350 has been sub- scribed and paid in, $537.55 in cash and $8,812.45 in property. Martin—C. Haveman has sold his meat market to Bernard Spoelstra, who will continue the business at the same location. Mr. Haveman has purchased the general stock of Fenner Bros. & Co. and will conduct the business un- der the style of Haveman’s Depart- ment Store. Royal Oak—Ired T. Oetjen, Inc., 318 East Fourth street, has been in- corporated to deal in automobiles, ac- cessories and parts, with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, of which amount $8,100 has been subscribed and paid in, $5,000 in cash and $3,100 in property. Manufacturing Matters. Constantine—The Grames Manufac- turing Co,. of Albany, Ind., has leased a large cement building on West Water street and will occupy it with its over- stuffed furniture manufacturing plant. Detroit—The Federal Chemical Co., 3380 Mack manufacturing chemist, has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $35,000, $33,750 of which has been subscribed and paid in in property. Ludington — Lubetsky Grand Rapids, have sold their cigar factory building on East Dowland street, to T. L. Atkinson, who will occupy it with his crochet hook manu- facturing business. St. Johns—The Mueller Process Co. has been incorporated to manufacture alcohol, fertilizers and chemicals, with an authorized capital stock of $500,000, of which amount $364,670 has been sub- scribed, $22,967 paid in in cash and $270,000 in property. River Rouge—The new plant of the Consolidated Paper Co. is practically completed and will start operation by Dec. 1, it is announced. The building was constructed by the Monroe Con- struction Co., of Monroe. The instal- lation of the machinery in the build- ing is also about completed. Detroit—The Broncho-Rub Labora- tories, Inc., 645 Randolph street, has been incorporated to manufacture and sell proprietary medicine, with an authorized capital stock of $10,000 and 4,000 shares at $10 per share, of which amount $2,680 and 522 shares has been subscribed and $2,935 paid in in cash. ——_+22—____ Flat Crepes Are Favored. Flat crepes are looming up as lead- ing silks for the Spring season. Dress nianufacturers are giving much atten- tion to these weaves and substantial orders are being placed as the produc- tion of Spring dresses increases. The crepes will be used in the compose or shaded toning effect that is being fea- tured for the new season. This effect is achieved by using two or three shades of the same color group. In two-piece silk dresses, for example, the body of the dress is in one shade with a lighter tone used for trimming. avenue, Bros., of —_2+-+>____ College life seems ta be just one cigarette after another. AMERICAN SCHOOL HISTORY. The Right Rev. Arthur Foley Win- nington-Ingram, Lord Bishop of Lon- don, is mistaken. American school children are not taught to hate Eng- land, but no proper estimate of the history of the American Revolution can be obtained without presenting the superiority of the equipment of the British soldiers from England over the British colonists and the contrast between the redcoats of one with the homespun of the other is essential to a clear understanding of the story of that conflict. For the past decade the general dis- position of American writers of school histories regard the American Revolution as similar to the English Revolution under Cromwell, when men of British blood fought for British rights against other British ren who sought to maintain medieval privileges for themselves. The mem- ories of Pym, Hampden and Crom- well are as dear to Americans as they are to English-speaking men every- where, and it is in the interest of man- kind that their sufferings should not be forgotten any more than the suffer- ings of Washington, Franklin and Adams. All of them were soldiers in the great war waged for democracy by English-speaking patriots jn Eng- land and the Colonies. No real understanding of that struggle can be obtained without a full and free study of the causes that prompted Cromwell and Washington to revolt against the tyranny of exist- ing governments. It is true that there was considerable animosity immediate- ly following the American Revolution and the War of 1812, as there was in England after the Revolution of 1688. In recent years American historians have become more discriminating and taken a broader view, but the Briton of to-day is just as proud of the Roundheads as the Americans are of their Ragged Continentals—and for the same reason. ae ATOMIC CATASTROPHIES. Are we drawing near the secrets that are locked up in the atomic theory? For years the possibility of the discov- ery of a method for releasing atomic energy has been seriously discussed. Its effects would be so revolutionary as to sound like the disordered dream of some mad scientist. There is no word from the labora- tories to justify high hopes, but we are finding out more about atoms. The Coolidge experiments with the cathode ray brought to light some curious and interesting phenomena, and now a Swedish scientist has made it possible for his fellows to listen to the crash- ing of shattered atoms all the way across a room. He has allowed these same scientists to see with their naked eyes the dis- integration of atoms under the in- fluence of alpha particles from radium, making visible, the news stories say, “more atoms in a minute than the Eng- lish phycicist, Sir Ernest Rutherford, could display in a year.” The full sig- nificance of his experiments is not even suggested; science moves ahead carful step by careful step, and leaves speculation to the outsider. has been to November 24, 1926 No seeker after romance need look farther for his field of investigation than the laboratory of the pure scien- tist. He works by laws as old as time and as changeless, but the results of his investigations are far more fantas- tic than the imaginings of the poet's finest frenzy. Who knows but what we shall see the world made over to a new pattern before another genera- tion has passed? Sadly enough, the hu- man element cannot be expected to undergo an equivalent transmutation, ee Seventeen years ago the mental hy- giene movement began with no broad er program than improvement in the care of the insane, which at that time was badly in need of reform. To-day the movement touches at vital points most of our serious social problems. Its most direct aims are now preven- tive; it seeks to train “problem” chil- dren so that they may avoid later maladjustments to life which are so productive of trouble to the individual and to society, and it seeks to offer help to persons threatened with mental disease long before they have reached the point of the so-called “breakdown.” It has a definite contribution to make to the cause of human happiness, for the happy person is the one best ad- usted to his environment and mental hygiene seeks to bring about the proper adjustment through the appli- cation of psychiatry. A look back- ward over the history of the National Committee for Mental Hygiene re- veals much that is remarkable and admirable, but while certain prob- lems have been solved, hundreds of ethers remain wh‘ch must be studied before they can be scientifically at- tacked. Like so many of these social organizations, the National Commit- tee has done its work on a relatively small amount of money, facing a deficit year after year. This year is no ex- ception; there is a definite need of assistance which must be met if the organization’s excellent work is to go on unhampered. A _ permanent en- dowment is what the committee most needs, but until that comes there is a chance for any one who knows and appreciates its work to help it over its present difficulties. Preventable sin, preventable dis- ease, preventable poverty, preventable ignorance, preventable blindness, and preventable war, are phrases that have come into vogue in the last hundred years. The word “preventable” lays a burden upon the heart annd con- science of every intelligent person: for it means that the causes of these things are known, that they may be removed, that men and women know how they might be removed, and are therefore guilty of culpable negligence, heartless indifference, and criminal complicity so long as preventable measures are not adopted. It is high time to put science in the place of superstition and cease to put out trust in palliatives and moral narcotics. ' coametanaonsnetacasia tate 2, Detroit — The Never-Leak Valve Corporation, 3024 West Fort street, has been incorporated with an author- ized capital stock of $50,000. all of which has been subscribed, $1,000 paid in in cash and $43,000 in property, November 24, 1926 Essential Features of the Grocery Staples. Sugar—Jobbers hold cane granu- lated at 6.95c and beet granulated at 634c. Tea—The market for India teas, meaning mainly black teas, has strengthened up during the past week on account of the rumor that the India Tea Association was expecting to re- duce the size of the crop. It is also said that the Ceylon tea growers are joining in whatever arrangements the India tea people have made to this ef- fect. This is causing a very firm feel- ing in both Ceylon and India teas. Th primary markets show an advance Other teas show no change for the week. Coffee—The financial conditions in Brazil have fluctuated considerably during the week, affecting the market directly in green Rio and Santos cof- fee. While this fluctuation did not not very much change from last week, the net result has probably been a very small fractional advance. This applies to all grades of Rio and Santos coffee. Mild coffees show practically no change for the week and jobbing mar- kets on roasted coffees remain un- changed by the fluctuation in green. The demand is moderate. of several cents a pound. Dried Fruits—The dried fruit situa- tion has improved to the extent of a broader movement of spot stocks of all descriptions in the form of jobbing orders from the local and _ interior trade. Consumer outlets are increas- ing, particularly for raisins and prunes, both of which are cheap over the re- tail counter. Fall and holiday uses are making it possible to move raisi.s in larger quantities and the price of two packages of seeded or seedless for 25c is proving popular. Prunes are admittedly cheap at wholesale and it is surpris'ng that retailers do not make more of a drive on California and Northwest packs. Despite the better spot demand and the well maintained quotations there is little buying at the source and apricots are the only prod- uct really wanted and there are com- paratively few offerings by packers. December shipments show neat profits and more fruit is wanted for shipment from the Coast before the end of the year. Stocks at the source are in few hands and as packers expect advances they are not anxious to unlcad. Senti- ment, more than values or the char- acter of trading, has changed more in California prunes during the past week than anything else. Coast op- erators are more optimistic and be- lieve that the market is shaping itself for slight advances, which, when they occur, will develop enough competition among jobbers to add to the growing firmness at the source. Canned Vegetables—The demand for major vegetables for replacement is nominal and all packs are more or less weak. There has been pressure to sell low grade California fruits which has disturbed the market and scared off buying. Beans and Peas—A very dull busi- ness is reported in all varieties in dried beans. Prices have shown no material change during the week, but the ten- dency has been downward. This ap- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN plies to all varieties of dried beans. Black eye split peas are in a very light demand at unchanged prices. Cheese—The offerings during the week have been light and demand is light, but the market steady. Rice—Domest'c rice was quiet all of last week due to the pronounced tendency of trading in nearby posi- ticns more than in other fields. Stocks have not accumulated since new crop began to appear in heavier volume, so there is a steady flow for large blocks. Advices from the South show a steady market with a fair amount of domestic and export buying. Salt Fish—Norway and Irish mack- erel are scarce. This is strengthening the market for shore mackerel, which is already scarce also. Mackerel is hardening all along the line, with prices tending higher. Syrup and Molasses—The molasses situation is strong. The harvesting of the New Orleans crop has begun, but no prices on new molasses have vcen made as yet. Trade are expecting higher prices, however, and this is strengthening the market for old mo- lasses. The demand for New Orleans molasses of the best grocery grades is very good. Sugar syrup is firm on account of light production. Com- pound syrup fairly active at unchanged prices. Provisions—The demand has been very light for the past week and most holders have shaded prices on hog products. Beef products are dull and remain unchanged. ——_+-.___ Review of the Produce Market. Apples — Wagners and Baldwins command 60c@$1 per bu.; Northern Spys, $1.25; Delicious in boxes, $3.75. Bagas—Canadian, $2 per 100 Ibs. Bananas—8@8'%c per Ib. Beans—Michigan jobbers are quot- ing as follows: C.D Pea Beans) i) $5.45 Light Red Kidney (00 8.75 Dark: Red Kidney 0 8.40 Potatoes—Home grown $1.70@$1.80 per 100. Beets—$1 per bu. Butter—Offerings of fine creamery butter have been light during the week and the demand is excellent. Under- grades have been very dull and weak, although grades almost the best have been firm. Jobbers hold fresh pack- ed at 49c, prints at 50c and June pack- ed at 45c. They pay 25¢ for packing stock. Carrots—$1 per bu. Cauliflower—$2 per doz. Celery—30@75c per doz. Cocoanuts—$1 per doz. Cranberries—$4.50 per 50 Ib. box of Early Black; $5.25 for Late Howes. Cucumbers—$3 per doz. for South- ern hot house. Eggs—Strictly fine fresh eggs are in their scarce season and are firm. All the strictly fresh eggs coming forward are taken immediately at firm prices. Storage eggs are selling, but in a very mild way and at easy prices. Local jobbers are paying 50c this week for strictly fresh. Cold storage operators quote storage eggs as follows: Apr Bottras sis 8 39c Bigste) 23 38c SecOndg 36c Egg Plant—$1.50 per doz. Garlic—35c per string for Italian. Grape Fruit—$4.25@4.75 per crate for Seal Sweet from Florida. Grapes—Calif. Emperors, $2.50@2.75 per crate. Honey Dew Melons—$3 per crate for either 6, 8, 9 or 12. Lemons—Quotations are now as fol- lows: SU Sunkist (0 $5.50 OO Med) Bale 5.00 SUG Bed Bal . 5.00 Lettuce—In good demand on the following basis: California Iceberg 4s, per bu. __ $4.50 Flot house leaf; per ib. 8c Onions—Home grown, $2.25 per 100 Ib. sack; Spanish, $2 per crate. Oranges—Fancy Sunkist California Navels are now on the following basis: LOD $5.75 De 6.25 Vell es eae 6.75 A 4.25 0G 7.50 Bee eae eee 7.50 BO 7.50 ee 7.50 So et ee ee 7.50 Sunkist Red Ball, $1 cheaper. Floridas command $6.75 for all sizes. Parsnips—$1.25 per bu. Pears—$3 per crate for Calif.: Kie- fers, $1 per bu. Peppers—Green, 50c per doz. Poultry—Wilson & Company pay as follows this week: eauy fowls oe 20c Paeht fowlg, Wo 14c Springers, 4 Ibs. and up —_-._____ 20c Broilers, (20 22¢ Hurkeys (fancy) younc ._.______ 32c aureey (Old Toms) Pins Dueks (White Pekins) _... 20c CRCCSG 6 ee 14c Veal Calves—Wilson & Company pay as follows: MagCe 144%@l5c Cee 14c Micditig i ee. 12¢ POOn oe 09c Radishes—25c. Spinach—$1.25 per bu. for grown. Squash—$1.25 per bu. for Hubbard. String Beans—$3 per hamper. Sweet Potatoes—$1.50 per hamper for Delaware. Tomatoes—Southern stock, $1.25 per 7 lo. basket. Wax Beans—$3 Florida. Texas per hamper for ——»-2>—____- The custom of treating the pelts of a var ety-of animals and selling them under a hyphenated seal title has long persisted. While the purchasers of these skins knew they were not seal- skins, they seemed to prefer having them called by some form of that name. Recently there has been a dis- position among merchants to regard these forms of misleading nomencla- ture as detrimental to business, and this feeling has resulted in a move- ment to abolish ambiguous terms of all kinds. After discussing the matter with members of the several Better Business organizations, the furriers of New York City have agreed to offer their pelts under their right names. It 5 is interesting to note that these chang- es usually resuit in better business re- lations. They create a feeling of con- fidence in the buyers and do away with haggling, which wastes the time Any plan that simpli- fies is desirable. Formerly there was a custom among certain wholesale dealers in various classes of quoting prices at a given figure with the added phrase “20, 10, 6 and 5 off.’ Even when the buyer was sharp enough to insist that he get all his “off” figures he had to resort to pad and pencil to see just In the buying other of the sellers. business merchandise of what he was paying. of furs—well, a rose by any name may smell as sweet, but dipping a rabbit’s pelt in a dye tub and call- ing it sealskin never deceived any woman, —_»--.___ It begins to look as if the French are in for a bad holiday season. Dis- patches from Paris report that with Christmas but one month away the great department stores which pre- pared for a heavy increase in trade are deserted and business generally is at a standstill, owing to the rapid r’se At this sea- son of the year the ubiquitous Ameri- in the value of the franc. can and English tourists, who rejoiced in nearly fifty francs to a dollar late in July, are not among those present. The increase in the value of the frane, falls the pecially upon the poor, whose wages are fixed and who now find that the dealers in therefore, upon natives, es- food, clothing and other are refusing to shade These merchants contend that they were compelled to stock up dur- ing the summer period of inflation and miust hold their prices to realize profits. In the meanwhile the speculators con- necessaries prices. tinue to send the franc up and down Nothing but a stabilized unit of value can cure this trouble, the the French polit‘cians realize that the bet- ter for France. It will not help any to denounce foreigners. Those in- dividuals can simply walk away and buy in some other country where they are more sure of the value of their money. by gambling in its value. and sooner —_+-- Even in our modern times we still find many kinds of alphabets used by verious races. The Bible Society has already employed sixty different alpha- bets or sets of characters. In Eng- lish there are twenty-six letters: in New Zealand the Maori language is written with only fourteen; in Russian there are thirty-six; in Bohemian there are forty; in Indian the Maratti alphabet contains over three hundred letters, or combinations of letters. Some of these languages are read, as English is read, from left to right; others, like Hebrew, are read from right to left; others again like Chinese and Japanese and Korean, begin at the righthand top corner of the page and read downwards in columns: others, yet like Manchu Mongolian, read downwards in col- umns, but begin at the left-hand top corner of the page. I A again, and. If you don’t know how, you can’t do. Loyalty is independence, not sub- serviency. 6 PROPOSED LINCOLN MUSEUM. Government Slow To Act In the Matter. An Abraham Lincoln and Civil War museum may be set up on the spot where President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth on the night of April 14, 1865. A movement with that objective has been started by leaders in the Grand Army of the Republic. They are pressing the suggestion on the authorities in Washington, where obliteration of all that survives of the immediate surroundings of the assas- sination is threatened. The stable behind the old theater structure in which the assassination took place was sold recently by the Government. Booth rented the stable from its owner, before his attack on Lincoln, retaining it even after he had ceased to keep his horse there. have been thinking seriously of selling the re- mainder of the old Ford theater prop- erty, which was acquired by Congress after the assassination of Lincoln to prevent its further use for show pur- poses. If sold, all the remains of the old structure would probably be re- moved to make way for modern im- provements. The stable alone survives intact. It has been used scarcely at all since Booth rented it. Only the front wall of the theater survives. It remains as it was when erected originally as the facade of a Baptist church. Henry J. Ford turned the original structure into a theater during the Civil War, when it became Washing- ton’s leading playhouse. Most of the eminent actors and actresses of the time appeared on its stage. John Wilkes Booth and his famous brother, Edwin Booth, played there many times. After the tragedy Edwin Booth never again appeared in any theater in Wash- ington. On June 9, 1893, the day Edwin Booth was buried in. Boston, a second tragedy occurred in the old building. While repairs were being made, the interior of the building collapsed on more than a hundred workmen. Twen- ty-two were killed and sixty-eight in- Government authorities jured. The interior structure was then torn away and a new one erected. It bears no resemblance to that which was there at the time of Lincoln’s assassi- nation, although the. front wall, rising flush from the sidewalk, is the same. Since the Government acquired it in 1865 the building has been used chiefly as a storehouse, for, in the main, old records. Since the World War, the fingerprint records of the A. E. F. have been preserved there. Army engineers say that the build- ing is unsafe and suggest that it be sold. Grand Army leaders contend, however, that it should be preserved as fully as possible. So they are urging the Government to refrain from selling it and to rebuild the interior of the structure for use as a museum. Colonel John McElroy, editor of the National Tribune, the G. A. R. publi- cation; Captain O. H. Oldroyd, former owner of the Oldroyd collection of Lincolniana; Captain John Middleton MICHIGAN TRADESMAN and Captain J. F. Young have taken the lead in the movement for preser- vation. They propose that the Oldroyd col- lection, recently purchased, be moved from the old residence in which Lin- coln died, across the street from the Ford theater, and be displayed in the theater property. The collection, they say, is too large for good display in the old residence. Moreover, it will be d tficult, if not impossible, to make the old residence fireproof. That property also is owned by the Government. The G. A. R. veterans think it would be better to maintain it as nearly as possible as it was when Lincoln died there. They would have it fitted up with furniture of the sort that was there when the dying Presi- dent was taken into the house. Additions to the Oldroyd collection numerous. For example, the bed on which Lincoln died still exists. It is in the possession of the Chicago Flistorical Society, whose officers, it have stated that should the Government arrange to display it with proper protection, the society would be glad to return it to Washington. It was purchased soon after the assassi- nation by a collector whose son sold it to the society. The original owner received $500 for it. The Government possesses, aside from the Oldroyd collection, several relics of the assassination of Lincoln. One is the flag that draped the box in which the President was sitting when Booth attacked hmi. It shows the tear made by Booth’s spur when caught in it as the assassin leaped from the box. The mischance caused Booth to suffer a broken leg as he fell on the stage. It is the only one of the Government’s relics of the affair that has been kept on public display. It is in a glass showcase in the Treasury building. may be is said, In the War Department's archives are the revolver Booth used, the bullet nred from it into the President’s head, the diary kept by the assassin while fleeing and several photographs of women which were in his coat pocket when he was killed by pursuers. “In the National Museum, the Li- brary of Congress and elsewhere, the Government has put on display relics to do with the lives of many famous Americans,” says Colonel Mc- Elrcy who heads the informal commit- tee of veterans that is trying to have the old Ford theater property pre- served for museum use. “But barring the flag that tells the story of Booth’s fall when leaping out of the box at the theater, the Government has displayed almost no relics having to do with the Civil War President. If adequate dis- play rooms were provided, we are con- fident that many persons would sur- render their Lincoln relics to be added to those of the Government and those of the collection it has taken over from Captair Oldroyd. “Lincoln is certainly a big and in- teresting enough figure for a public museum to be set up for mementoes of him alone at the National capital. The one we suggest might be made, howcve-, a museum of the Civil War period 25 well as of relics of the Great Emancipator.” hav.ng Captain Oldroyd has offered a do- nate his miscellaneous Civil War col- lection in case the Ford theater is pre- served as a museum. This collection, which he brought together as a side line while he was giving more than a half century of his life to the gathering of Lincolniana, is large. Even before and during the Civil War, throughout which he served in the army, Cap- tain Oldroyd put aside everything he thought would be of future interest. In the collection are thousands of clip- pings from newspapers and _period- icals, and autographed pictures of prac- tically every general officer who served in both the Union and Confederate forces, also many letters written by persons prominent at the time. MS tw ZA The sidewall is the vul- nerable point of attack on all tires. Here every jolt and jar makes an attempt at destruc- tion. November 24, 1926 Five Things We Ought To Learn. Learn to laugh. A good laugh is better than medicine. When you smile or laugh, your brain for a moment is freed from the load that it ordinarily carries. Learn to tell a helpful story. A well-told story is as welcome as a sun- beam in a sick room. Learn to keep your troubles to your- self. The world is too busy to linger over your ills and sorrows. Learn to stop croaking. If you can- not see any good in this world, keep the bad to yourself. Learn to greet your friends with a smile. 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And, where such fix- tures are placed in rented or leased premises, the question of the right of the merchant to remove them, should he desire to change his location, is one of considerable importance. In view of which, it is usually pru- dent for the merchant to have his rights in trade fixtures covered by the terms of his lease. And especially is this true where the fixtures are firmly attached to the premises in such a manner that they cannot be removed without injury to the premises. For in such a situation the courts will, as a general rule, forbid the removal of fixtures which the evidence shows will clearly result in damage to the leased building. For example. In one case of this kind a merchant had occupied a business building in a Western city for a number of years. During this time the merchant install- ed partitions, shelving and electric wir- ing at his own experise. When the merchant’s lease expired he sought to remove these fixtures, and the owner of the building objected. Result a lawsuit. Upon the trial of the cause the trial court found that the merchant had the right to remove the shelving and par- titions, as they were not firmly attach- ed to the premises. However, the court enjoined the removal of the electric wiring, although the merchant offered to repair all damages caused by its re- moval, on the ground that by the man- ner of its attachment it could not be removed without causing substantial damage to the building, and for that reason it had become a part of the realty, and not a removable fixture. Now this wiring had cost the mer- chant $300 or $400, and being dissatis- fied with the lower court’s ruling he prosecuted an appeal to the higher court. Here, in reviewing the record in respect to whether or not the mer- chant was entitled to recover the wir- ing, the court, in part, said: “The defendant (merchant) offers ‘to repair all damages he may cause by act of removal. This offer, however, is not of itself determinative of his right. The question whether this im- provement became a part of the realty or whether it remained a removable trade fixture is in the first instance a question of intent. “If the fixtures be so attached that it cannot be removed without substan- tial damage to the property, it tends to show an intention to make the same a part of the realty; so also, if the damage caused by its removal is dis- proportionate to the value of the fix- ture itself, it tends in the same direc- tion. “Although the doctrine of trade fix- tures is applied liberally to the pro- tection of a tenant in the right of re- moval, yet the tenant may not disre- gard the question of substantial dam- age to the property and insist upon a naked right of removal. That sub- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN stantial damage would be caused to the plastering of this building by the removal of the wiring and its appur- tenances is quite evident from the rec- ord. Upon the whole record the in- ference is fairly warranted that the tm- provement was not originally intended as a trade fixture and that the removal of the same at the present time would work a damage to the building greatly disproportionate to the value of the wire.” In conclusion the court affirmed the decree of the trial court in favor of the property owner. Holding, that upon the facts of record the merchant did not have the right to remove the elec- tric wiring but must let it remain in the building. The foregoing case aptly illustrates the reasoning of perhaps the weight of authority in respect to the right of a merchant to remove trade fixtures from leased premises. And, when the facts of this case are taken with the language of the court, it is clear that where a merchant occupies leased premises he should use some care in installing ex- pensive fixtures, that are firmly attach- ed to the building, in the absence of a contract covering his right to there- after remove them when his Jease ex- pires. In fact the question of the right of a merchant to remove trade fixtures hes been a frequent cause of dispute and litigation. The law books contain many such cases, but, since each case of the kind has been decided in the light of its facts, the subject cannot be covered by a general rule. And, in view of the ease with which a situation of this kind may lead to serious dis- pute, it would seem but prudent for all parties concerned to have their re- spective rights in fixtures plainly set forth in writing when a lease is en- tered into. Léslie Childs. —_22.—————__.. Four-Word Will on Egg Shell. London, Nov. 10-—“Mag everything I possess.—J. B.” All the solemn ma- chinery of the probate law has been set in motion by this curious message in scarcely legible handwriting on an egg shell. It is the will of a sailor. When the probate and divorce courts begin their Michaelmas sittings the Crown will contend that it is not a legal document. Above the last will and testament is written “17th—1925.” The month is not named. but it is known that the sailor died at sea shortly after inscribing his will on the shell, an ordinary hen’s egg shell, blown with the skill of an expert blower. For some months the egg has been in safe custody at Somerset House and learned briefs have been prepared both for and against the will’s validity. The chief points at issue are whether a witness was neces- sary and whether the sailor was en- titled to the privilege generally allowed to sailors at sea and soldiers on active service of making wills without con- ferming to the customary rules. Definition of Success. It’s doing your work the best you can, And being just to your fellow man. Making money, but holding friends, And staying true to your aims and ends. It’s figuring how and learning why, And looking forward and thinking high; Dreaming a little and doing much, Always keeping in closest touch With what is finest in word and deed; Being thorough—yet making speed. It’s being clean and it’s playing fair, Laughing lightly at Dame Despair; Struggling on with the will to win, Taking your loss with a cheerful grin. It’s pushing on, through strain and stress; It’s doing your darndest—that’s success! } COFFEE Tae enh eel hy Flavor is Roasted In! WHITE HOUSE yas a DWINELL-WRIGHT COMPANY Boston, Mass.; Chicaqo, III.; Portsmouth, Va. WORDEN GROCER COMPANY The Prompt Shippers Don’t Hesitate to:Recommend QUAKER SALAD DRESSING Wonderful Spread for the Kiddies Bread De Lee It Makes Friends for the Dealer WORDEN GROCER COMPANY Wholesalers for Fifty-seven Years OTTAWA at WESTON GRAND RAPIDS THE MICHIGAN TRUST COMPANY, Receiver B WOMEN IN NEW POSITIONS. Not the least interesting thing about the invasion by women of commercial fields that in former years were large- ly pre-empted by men is the growing employment of them by department stores in executive and semi-executive women have been employed as buyers, assist- ant buyers and, in rare instances, as positions. For many years merchandise managers, as well as in other positions requiring particular training or skill, but these jobs, in a very large measure, have to do with the merchandising end of the business. Within recent years, however, and it is steadily growing, there has been an invasion by women in the execu- tive end of the service field of the stores as well. The employment of women, both on full and part time, as floorwalkers or whatever other name a particular store may give them has become fairly common, and more and more emphasis is being placed on their services by some stores. For a long time women have also held positions of importance in the credit office, ‘but in only a few in-.- stances have they actually been made credit managers. Even here, however, possibilities for women seem to be broadening, and an increase in their employment as heads of credit depart- mnts is not too much to expect dur- ing the next few years. There are numerous arguments for and against women in these positions. In some stores one of the most pow- erful arguments in‘ their favor is that they will do the work more cheaply than men and, generally speaking, just as efficiently. The argument is also raised that prospective women charge customers are more willing to discuss intimate financial matters with one of their own sex than with a man, and that the element of presumption on sex, which is present sometimes when women customers attempt to -epen charge accounts to which they are not really entitled, is lacking when the person having the final say is also a woman. Further, it is argued that woman credit manager, because she is a woman, is better able to get from the applicant, without giving offense, derogatory information which the lat- ter is endeavoring to conceal in the hope of obtaining an unwarranted ac- count. The charges that women instinctive- ly are cautious in their dealings with other women whom they do not know, and that the element of “cattishness” sometimes creeps into transactions be- tween women credit grantors and ap- plicants for accounts, are not taken seriously by their defenders in this position. Neither is the charge that women being naturally bad losers for the most part and too cautious as a re- sult, are inclined as credit grantors to refuse an account when conditions’ really warrant a chance being taken on the applicant, thus holding down sales. SUN SPOTS AND STORMS. With adequate funds for research, 22 institution like the Smithsonian might be able to chart the relationship between sun spots and cyclones. That MICHIGAN TRADESMAN the sun is not a “constant star” is well established. It throws out more heat when its spots are numerous than when the central part of its disk is marked by a single spot. The record at the Smithsonian shows that there has been diminished heat from the sun for the last four years. Now the average is returning and we may be in for a period of excessive solar heat. Even with the studies it has been possible to make thus far, weather predictions covering a week or so and based upon the amount of heat given off have been fairly successful, but forecasts for longer ranges require much greater re- search than there are facilities to make. We have sufficient information to inspire various hypotheses, but not enough to afford a solid foundation for anything more. In Iowa it nas peen ascertained that there is a relation be- tween the rise and fall of water in the rivers and the activity of sun spots. This rule has been strikingly illustrated recently. Early in the present year the Iowa River was low. With the approach of the maximum of sun-spot activity there were floods over the State. The chances, according to Dr. Charles C. Wylie, of the University of Iowa, favor high water again next year, but he frankly—and scientifically —says that one cannot make a definite prediction. In this matter of sun spots and their significance history is repeating itself. First it is discovered that there is some connection between one set of phe- nomena and another. Just what the connection is eludes the keenest scien- tific intelligence, but little by little the secret is ferre’ed out. Science might not inaccurately be defined as a con- test between the Sherlock Holmes of investigation and the mystery-making forces of nature. It is a detective story of mammoth proportions and practical consequences. That we shall some day solve in large part the mys- tery of the sun spots will not be doubt- ed by any one who reflects upon the triumphs now to the credit of scien- tists. fears BETTER JURY SERVICE. For many years no judge in this country has ever missed an opportunity to reprimand laymen for their reluct- ance to serve as jurors. This form of judicial utterance has become stere- otyped. The jurist begins by admitting that many criminals go unwhipped of the law and then proceeds to prove that the trouble lies in the unwilling- ness of men of higher intelligence to devote part of their time to serving the state in this important way. There is no disputing the fact that men in business—artisan and merchant alike —will go ‘to almost any lengths to escape jury service. The reason for it is plain and the remedy equally so— it lies in the simplification of our jury services. Justice W. R. Riddell, one of the oldest and most distinguished jurists in the Dominion and a member of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, informed the Crime Commis- sion that he had never known a court to require more than thirty minutes to get a jury in any civil or criminal case. The competency of a juror is determined in his own municipality before he is called. As he is not pre- sumed to be prejudiced, he is seldom challenged for cause or subjected to further examination. It is not unusual in the Dominion, according to Justice Riddell, for men accused of serious crimes to be indicted one day, placed on trial the next and convicted in two days. It frequently takes us twice two days to get a jury. Our talesmen are more severely handled in many cases than the prisoner at the bar. The prisoner need not undergo the ordeal of an examination unless he elects to do so, but the prospective juror can- not escape. He must submit to a gruelling examination, the chief object of which appears to be to prove he is stupid. It is small wonder that the average talesman conceives a contempt for this waste of time and tax on his patience. It is interesting to note that Canadians attribute the stopping of a crime wave which attacked Ontario three years ago to the direct methods of Justice Riddell. TOO MANY STYLES. In Great Britain the men’s ready-to- wear industry has attained no such proportions as it has in this country but, such as it is, it has met with problems similar to those here. One of these is the tendency to provide too many styles in a season. Each manufacturer there gets out a number of styles regardless of those which his competitors are producing. The re- sult is much diversity and a maximum of risk for all concerned from the pro- ducer to the retailer. To overcome the drawbacks incident to such a con- dition, a proposal has been made which, it is said, is being seriously considered. It is suggested that, be- fore the opening of a season, designers from the different houses should de- cide on what should be the leading styles for that season and that these should be especially featured. Such reduction of the style range, it is de- clared, “would reduce production costs, ensure safety for the retailer in his buying, enable him to effect larger sales without incurring the losses due to ‘dead’ stock, permit the manufac- turer to do as large a volume of busi- ness on a much-reduced holding of stock owing to the elimination of a number of styles, and speed up output at the factories and payments from distributor to producer.” The matter is still in the tentative stage but it is said to have met with a fair amount of support despite the Britisher’s habit- aal individualistic instinct. In this country the multiplicity of styles is more pronounced in women’s than in men’s ready-to-wear. In the last nam- ed merchandise the diversities are more apparent in the range of colors than in actual styles, due to the efforts of some makers of woolens to secure recognition by means of freakishness. This often results in some deluded re- tailers finding themselves with a lot of unsalable goods on hand. Perhaps concerted action might help out on this. November 24, 1926 WOOLS AND WOOLEN GOODs. Auction sales of wool have taken place during the past week in Australia and New Zealand. There have been some recessions in prices, but none very marked, and quite a fair lot of withdrawals. A somewhat similar condition is expected at the larger auction sales which were scheduled to begin in London last Tuesday when 136,200 bales were to be offered. Any advance in prices is deemed out of the question for some time because of the world’s large stocks. The Australian clip is estimated at 700,000,000 pounds, about 15,000,000 pounds in excess of last year’s. Argentina’s wool exports for the season are expected to be con- siderably over 30,000,000 pounds. In- creased yields are probable in all the other large wool-producing countries. Wool stocks in and afloat to the United States at the end of September were set down at 375,713,746 pounds, grease equivalent, with a number of factors failing to report. Of the last named quantity only 13.7 per cent. were car- pet wools. Imports appear to be in- creasing somewhat. In the week end- ed Nov. 13, they totaled 5,976,486 pounds, of which 3,630,663 pounds were carpet wool. Transactions in wool in this country are comparative- ly few with prices barely holding. The goods market is fairly dull, except for some belated orders for overcoatings and a few for women’s wear fabrics. Spring business still leaves much to be desired in both men’s and women’s weaves. Woolen manufacturers are bestirring themselves on designs for the next heavyweight season, while clothing manufacturrs are active in pushing spring business with the re- tailers. Se Would cheap and abundant power at his front door solve the farmer’s prob- lems and in time make agriculture so alluring that we should all be fleeing c-owded cities in a rush back to the soil? We are naturally suspicious of agricultural panaceas or any other kinds of cure-alls, for that matter, but a plan outlined by Arthur Williams, of the New York Edison Co., before the American Academy of Political Science for the electrification of our farms has much in it that is of prac- tical interest. It contemplates the ex- penditure of some six billions of dol- ‘ars in bringing electric power to every farmer. Of the financing of this vast project, Mr. Williams said: “It could be accomplished by the collective ef- fort of all who would be benefited, just as the construction of good roads has been financed. Highways must be provided for kilowatts and kilo- watt hours.” Utility companies are to be depended upon to supply the power over this great system which is to be constructed with public funds. This financial proposal is a serious flaw in the plan, but what is most interesting about it in general is that it would have appeared completely fantastic a bare decade ago; now the rapid extension of super-power systems over the coun- try makes it seem no more than a Prophecy solidly grounded upon pres- ent conditions. The use of power on modern farms is already increasing at a rapid rate, SE eee een tne UnsMenena ent were ener ener er : November 24, 1926 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN OUT AROUND. Things Seen and Heard on a Week End Trip. Greater, more truthful, more re- liable and more convincing than any argument possible for man to make upon the subject of Prosperity are the speeches now making and which have for a long time been coming out from the harvest fields, the orchards, the pasture lots and the shops, the mills and the factories all over the country. Everybody is full of work, full of ambition, full of self-reliance and de- termination and, what is better still, full of caution, conservatism and care- ful thrift. Never before in the history of our Nation have our people been so thoroughly and so fairly and fully in- formed as to actual business condi- tions as at present. Never before has our General Government taken better hold of general business welfare; and the people, prompt to recognize hon- est effort and tangible satisfying re- sults, are unafraid. : With our National Treasury telling Wall street to worry along alone at its own game and at the same time holding abundant funds ready where and when they are needed for the handling of crops, the farmers, the manufacturers, the merchants, and the banks with whom they do business, do not worry because some well-known manipulators of stocks are afraid that there is to be a panic. The common people nowadays are nearly all “from Missouri’ and by their ignoring of the traps of Wall street jugglers; by their careful scrutiny of all phases of their own businesses and their ready adjustment of their resources and liabilities, are holding a steady hand on the reins as they await the accumulation of new capital from the excess of growing farms and go- ing industries. Beyond all question there is at pres- ent a cautionary condition in the money market which has been de- veloping for some time and which may continue for a while; but this condi- tion is not limited to the United States of America and is not one result of the attitude of President Coolidge’s ad- ministration toward the stall-fed finan- ciers who are crying “Wolf” at the top of their voices. London, Paris and Rerlin are affected equally with New York, and the explanation of high rates for money all over the world— which is acepted by the greatest among those financiers who are absolutely square—is that the demand in all lands for money to develop new enter- prises—railways, canals, irrigation projects, maintaining industr‘es, great buildings and the like—is greatly in excess of the supply. This does not mean a lack of coin and bank notes, so much as it means that there is great difficulty in obtaining the raw ma- tcrial, the labor and the machinery to create all these new works. Those who are promoting these enterprises desire to borrow the necessary capital of others through the form of banking credits and, finding those credits slight- ly curtailed, they bid higher for sur- plus capital by offering new securi- ties cheap. And in order to buy these new securities holders of old securi- ties are led to sacrifice them at re- duced prices. In other words, the mass of securities, both old and new, competing for a market, is in excess of the combined demand for securities at former prices. On the other hand, there is not to- day a single civilized community any- where which does not produce annu- ally not only all that is needed for its immediate consumption, but more or less of a surplus, so that while the persent money conditions may tem- perarily check general business activ- ity, they will not precipitate anything like a panic. There is no adequate reason discov- erable why the season of prosperity we have so long enjoyed should not continue indefinitely, and, until such a cause shall reveal itself, it is most unwise to make dire predictions as to what will happen next spring, next summer or next fall. At the same time it is wisdom now, as it always is, to act with prudence and to let con- servatism prevail. Moreover, unusual caution should undoubtedly govern all who are doing business with borrowed capital. We should not strain our credit or lose our confidence. We Americans have learned a whole lot as to business during the past two or three years and the best lesson has been taught us by Wall street. We know now that stockholders have cut very little figure in the handling of great enterprises during the past few years and, realizing this fact, we are not so ready to pose as holders of stock; we have learned to beware of the professional Kilkenny cat struggle in Wall street. We have learned that there are some privileges to which we are entitled at the hands of the rail- ways and that there have been some impositions which they may not con- tinue to inflict without let or hindrance and we have learned that public opin- ion is not-always what the newspapers set up for us ‘o believe without ques- tion. The American people have been taught to think, investigate and de- cide for themselves and, for this rea- son the combined, deliberate and sur- reptitious effort of the railroads to in- flict surcharges and unjust exactions on the traveling and shipping public must stop or the public will know the reason why. Some say the railroads will stop making improvements if we put a check rein on their present policy. Let them stop, we say, if further improvements on their part means further outrages for us. There will be a general panic? We reply that we do not fear or be- lieve the prediction. The three-card game is in the air, the thimble-riggers are rounded up, the loaded dice are broken and the world wags on serene- ly, cautiously and safely—outside of Lenned up precincts inhabited chiefly by bulls and bears. There will never be a financial panic in this country again. Things are developing all the time. In the city of Battle Creek is located the largest factories in the country en- gaged exclusively in the production of package foods. Lansing, with its automobile inter- ests. is go‘ng ahead’ with giant strides. The greatest silk mills in the United States are at Belding. A visit to that pretty little city is well worth the while of any citizens having the time to spare. The city of Detroit is the greatest producer of automobiles and pharma- ceutical preparations in the country. And coming to my own beloved city, Grand Rapids, she is the Heart of the World in the manufacure of high and medium grades of furniture. In this city are also located the largest fac- tories for the production of carpet sweepers; of gypsum preparations for decorative and sanitary purposes and of sticky fly paper. And our city stands sixth among American cities in the excellence and volume of halftone en- graving and color printing produced. To my mind the manufactured prod- ucts of Michigan—of all Michigan—are so well, so widely and so favorably known, and they are being so widely managed, that we would better turn our attention to the undeveloped re- sources of Michigan. We _ cannot stand still; we must not go backward. What are our undeveloped resources? Well, for example, it is known be- yond any question, it has been proven by boring tests that in Bay, Saginaw, Shiawassee and Gratiot counties there are upward of fifty millions of tons of good coking coal; that in Clinton, Eaton and Ionia count‘es are millions ef cords of good sandstone; that other millions of tons of salt are there await- ing—what? Two factors: Cheap power to do the mining and cheap transportation to get the products to market. And we have both of these factors at our finger tips. Geology tells us that during the glacial epoch the whole ot Michigan was buried beneath several thousand feet of ice, which flowed in a Southerly direction; that beneath the flow clay, gravel and sand were depos*‘ted; that the direction of streams was influenced. Lake Michigan was a great glacier and Lake Erie was not in existence. The waters from Lake Superior and farther North came down from Lake Superior to Lake Huron and Saginaw Bay and, cutting a channel in a Southerly and Westerly direction, created what are now known as the watersheds of the Saginaw, the Shiawassee, the Maple and the Grand Rivers. The late Prof. Alexander Winchell, L. L. D., Michigan’s State Geologist, told of these things in a report he made in 1872 and said that the waters thus grinding their way across from Sag- inaw Bay to Lake Michigan found an outlet to the Mississippi River and so te the Gulf of Mexico by way of what he called the “Chicago Outlet.” Prof. Winchell said that the Grand- Saginaw Valleys constituted a natural waterway from Lake Michigan to Sag- inaw Bay and that at no point between the lake levels is there an elevation greater than eighty-two feet to over- come. Lyman E. Cooley, probably the greatest of American hydraulic en- gineers, says that the route. is entirely without an engineering problem as to its being transformed to a waterway twenty-one feet deep. The State of Ohio is preparing to build two deep waterways from Lake Erie to the Ohio River; New York State and Pennsylvania are planning to build a deep waterway from Lake Ontrio to Pittsburg; Indiana is plan- ning to build one waterway from To- ledo to the Ohio and another from Lake Michigan to the Ohio, and both of them deep channels; Wisconsin is planning to build one from Green Bay to the Mississippi. Infinitely greater than all these is the project to make the Great Lakes literally arms of the sea—navigable branches of the Atlantic Ocean—by shutting off the theft of Lake Michigan water by Chicago and diverting the flowage to its proper and natural channel via the St. Lawrence River. Where will the cities and villages of Central Michigan find themselves in this revolution? Mr. Cooley says the Grand-Saginaw route is the best one in existence for «a trunk line waterway, and that if it is built it will be tapped by laterals to all points in Central Michigan. But that is not all. If it is built we will get the cheap power and the cheap transportation to make and mar- ket our coal, our salt and our sand- stone, now unavailable; it will reclaim thousands of acres of land not now on the tax rolls; it will protect scores of cities and villages from overwhelming losses by floods each year; it will bring the ocean ports to our very doors and it will make a continuous, prosperous, industrial center of all Central Michi- gan, able to compete with all the world. We cannot stand still, we must not go backward. We cannot afford to stand idly by and see Ohio, New York, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin steal away our opportunity. We must wake up and look ahead. We must see the situation as it will be twenty-five years hence, according to how the people of Michigan decide and act during the next few years. Our manufactured products will compare favorably to- day with those of any commonwealth; but there is a National deep waterway policy alive and we will lose our prestige, our courage and our hopes if we fail to get in quickly and surely on that policy. E. A. Stowe. ——_><+--___ Opinion of a Gothamite on the Tradesman. New York Nov. 20—You have had so many good things said about your publication that there is no need to add to them, but you may be interest- ed in the following: I was at one time associated with P. A. Howard in the publication of the Ben Franklin Monthly, a printing trade journal published in Chicago. Mr. Howard has since sold that publica- tion and now publishes the American Paper Merchant. Incidentally, Mr. Treadwell was also associated with Mr. Howard. At any event Mr. Howard came into the office to-day and he suggested that there was a very excellent paper in Michigan I should get in touch with. “Every place I go in that State I see that paper,’ he said. “I’ve had to wait in general stores and hotels all over the State and I’ve found it every- where and they all swear by it. I don’t know how it’s sent out, but it must be free to reach everybody as it does. Why don’t you write them?” he concluded. I grinned and said, “Was this the sheet?” showing him a copy of the Tradesman. “Ves, that’s tt,” Then I told him I had beaten him to it. C. J. Nuttall. 10 SHOE MARKET Shoe Dealer Held Responsible For High Heels. Donw in Virginia, a few weeks ago, in a town not far from Norfolk, a fourteen-year-old girl entered the store of a retailers’ association mem- ber and selected from the show win- dew a style and pattern of 14/8 full- breasted heel slippers, paying the price asked, $5.95, in cash after she had been fitted by a saleswoman. Nothing at all unusual in this transaction, thus far; but it so happened that the young purchaser wore this pair of slippers to a ball, or dance, on the night of the purchase and, in some way, sustained «a fall during he evening’s festivities, spraining her ankle. The following morning at 8 o’clock, the father, mother and the girl, with a friend who is a notary public, were waiting at the shoe store. There was fire in their eyes and a “no quarter” atmosphere about them. They de- manded a refund of the purchase price ot the slippers the girl had bought, on the ground that the establishment had no right to sell a fourteen year old girl a high-heeled pair of slippers. At the same time they showed the slip- pers, one of which had a break in the shank. The shoe store proprietor was not to be intimidated so easily and the case was tried before Judge Harris, of Hil- ton Village, Virginia. This judge, who presides in one of the lower courts ‘there, gave his decision against the dealer, claiming that he had no more right to sell a fourteen year old girl high heeled slippers than a vendor of licuor in the old days had a right to sell a minor whisky. The amount involved in the decision of the case was, of course, the small- est consideration, as it entailed only the court costs and the purchase price of the shoes, which was promptly re- funded to the claimant. However, the principle involved and the dangerous precedent of the judge’s decision were factors which moved A. M. Smith, president of the local Shoe Retailers’ Association of Norfolk and vicinity, to write, as soon as he learned of the case, to George M. Garman, president of the Pennsylvania Shoe Retailers’ Association, saying he would appreciate some legal investigation of the mat- ter by the attorney of the Pennsyl- vania Shoe Retailers’ Association, or the attorney of the N. S. R. A,, or both, in order to reduce what he con- siders as an altogether unconstitution- al decision to a point of fairness and justice to the general shoe retail trade, threeby eliminating a recurrence of such decisions. Mr. Smith wrote the believes, as a shoe dealer, that no per- sor. is compelled by law to restrict his sales to certain heights of heels, nor does he believe that ther is any law covering that phase of the retail busi- ness. The case was thoroughly discussed by the executive committee of the Pennsylvania Shoe Retailers ’Associa- tion and President Garman, after the committee had deemed it advisable to report the case to the National Asso- ciation, wrote Mr. Smith, of Norfolk, that he had reported the most singu- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN lar, unfair and ridiculous case ever tried before a judge, whose decision, Le added, surely was absurd and un- constitutional. As neither plaintiff nor defendant had been represented by an attorney, he suggested that the case be taken up on a certiorari to the higher courts and asked that Mr. Smith obtain the opinion of a local attorney on th’s phase of the Virginia law. “Tf possible,” wrote President Gar- man, “Judge Harris’ decision should be reversed. If not, we must take such action as will eliminate a recur- rence of similar decisions. An issue should be made of the case for the good of the craft.” Mr. Smith in reply wrote that on investigation he found that since the case had been “judiciously disposed of” by the defendant complying with the court order, and failing to note an ap- peal within ten days, he is precluded from the remedy as provided by the Virginia state law regarding appeals. However, on instruction, Calvin J. Mensch, managing director and secre- tary of the Pennsylvania Shoe Retail- ers’ Association, has written to George M. Spangler, manager of the National Shoe Retailers’ Association, enclosing copies of the correspondence and stating: “Our committee deemed it wise that an issue of this case be made by the National, showing evidence of good faith and interest for the good of the craft. We cannot permit a de- cision to ride like the one handed down by Judge Harris. We believe it a ser- vice due the craft that a case of this kind be taken up by the National and prosecuted to the bitterest end. If un- able to carry the case to a higher court, possibly to create a case in order to get a test case before the court te prove that Judge Harris’ decision was absolutely unfair and unconstitu- tional.” There the case rests for the present. —_+-.___ Financier and economist agree upon the desirability of more and better financial statements by corporations in whose shares the public has a practical interest. What Professor Ripley says in his Atlantic Monthly article Mr. E. H. H. Simmons, president of the Stock Exchange, said in pointed if less comprehensive fashion some months ago when he urged corporations to make quarterly statements. The United Steel Corporation set an example of clear and complete information from its very inception. At that time the expectation was that its policy would soon find a multitude of followers. But there is still much to be desired in this direction. The power of the Federal Trade Commission to compel corpora- tions- engaged in commerce to file sworn statements of their financial condition has been challenged in the courts. Professor Ripley hopes that this grant of authority will be upheld and he regards its exercise as the most effective remedy for the present lax state of affairs. He mentions an al- ternative, however, in the independent audit, made at the expense of the cor- poration under the supervision of the stockholders. This method has legal sanction in both Great Britain and. Germany. One thing is pues — Wn ~~ to = ee - November 24, 1926 definite neglect on the part of im- portant corporations to issue proper statements voluntarily will incite measures for their compulsory publica- tion. Shoe Polish Freezes Place Your Order Today Bostonian Cream Cinderella Cream Uno Cream Ventian Cream Griffin Cream Shinola and Two-in-One 2 When the British Imperial Confer- ence reached the question of the de- fense of the empire an interesting sit- uation developed. No citizen of the British Isles doubts the need of a great navy. That is Britain’s one accepted fact. But the discussion disclosed a difference among the dominions re- garding their responsibility for the upkeep of the empire’s navy. The Australasians favor more liberal con- tributions than heretofore. The rea- son for this feeling is the determina- tion of Australia and New Zealand to Our stock is complete. BEN KRAUSE COMPANY 20 S. Ionia Ave. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN keep out the yellow races; in their view the proximity of the aggressive Japanese constitutes a danger that calls for a strong naval force. Canada’s position is interesting and _ peculiar. The French Canadians are opposed to naval armaments of all kinds. They can see no reason for taking a peace- ful French farmer and making a fight- ing sailor out of him. The English Canadians incline to the view that while Canada enjoys the protection of the British navy the dominion should be willing to help maintain it, but they are in no particular hurry about contributing money so long as the Monroe Doctrine remains in force. This consideration suggests the ques- tion of how great a part the Monroe Doctrine has played in keeping the armaments of North and South Amer- ica from becoming as burdensome as those of the European nations. ——__—_. > ———___ If we were asked to name the great- est dividend producer year in, year out, we would unhesitatingly place good nature at the head of the list. Good natured people get things done, and it is only deeds accomplished that ever pay. Even though we must never for- get that the foundation laid by intel- ligent thought gets the machinery go- ing, it is good nature that keeps it oiled. ‘e Th Ask about our way. Barlow Bros., Grand Rapids, Mich. FOR YOU JOHN COMER A black blucher oxford with wave tip, top sole, harness stitching and flanged heel. Uppers of winter weight calf. The top sole will pro- slush and it’s the last word in style. Ask your dealer for Style 983. He can get you a pair from stock Nov. Ist. The price will be five dollars at retail. HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE COMPANY Manufacturers Since 1892 Grand Rapids, Michigan tect you against rain and | Michigan Shoe Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Company LANSING, MICHIGAN PROMPT ADJUSTMENTS Write L. H. BAKER, Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 549 LANSING, MICH. ae eaniomne Te em ee canon ie etam coe oman een See anne ane wis aeislassationadielagi Pe vee nO ED Ey Seeaitesen Rete ee eee ; Suauiek mettencnaticennenns ce Oaenns en coe oman een ey re Sane eee ee ane - ae an ipataeaiimsaeaneeinaanee: temas aoe November 24, 1926 Vital Element in Securing Forest Production. It is estimated that the freight bill on forest products hauled into Michi- gan now is about $15,000,000 per year. From that fact you can understand that we need forests; that we pay the freight because there is a tremendous need for the stuff the forests can sup- ply. Forest products of a similar qual- ity can in large measure be grown on land in our State. There are millions of acres adapted to such use and near- ly a million acres of it in the hands of the State. The problems arising from this con- dition are considered as questions of land conservation—the use of land in a way to make it productive and the ultimate goal is to have the land grow the utmost possible of quantity and quality of timber that the science of forestry can secure on the soil used. You have many complex problems and matters of business to handle and with all that you have the idea of good wishes for the progress and wel- fare of the community in which you live and I ask that you turn your at- tention definitely to this public prob- lem and let the facts help you to de- cide for competent control of land conservation in our State; that you definitely take a stand for public ac- tion that shall secure the inception of a comprehensive plan for use of State land under guidance of a trained lead- er; that you definitely help to make your good wishes come true. You can understand that unused land is a detriment to the State and lkewise the loss from a do-nothing policy that allows inferior species to monopolize the soil. Time is the vital element in secur- ing timber production. We lose and continue an increasing loss for years as long as such work is delayed. Past failure to enact meas- ures in accordance with a comprehen- sive plan should be corrected and live action taken to ensure results. Timber is a crop of fifty to 100 years growth. You, individually, may have little interest in that kind of deferred return, but you can take the time to consider and understand that for the State—the collective power of us all with all time at our command—the problem can and must be faced with a collective strength and a broad wis- dom that can use adequately the ac- cumulated experience of the ages. Forests of white pine will grow in Michigan and the State should do such planting on all its land suitable for that species . Such forests will produce timber of great usefulness and they will have much value for the subsidiary uses of recreation and favorable climatic in- fluence and the stabilization of stream flow. On parcels favorably located for regional observation throughout the old pine land areas, smaller State forests should be established, where they will have definite value as instruc- tive object lessons for the private land owners. We have need for these. Quoting from “Studies in French Forestry,” Chap. I, by Col. Greeley: “It is probable that the greatest pub- . lic leverage upon the private owner to MICHIGAN TRADESMAN keep his timberland productive has been the stimulus and example of the publicly owned forests, with their wide distribution throughout France and their high standards of technical practice.” We must plan along the same course and secure State forests large and small, widely distributed in order to lead private owners in proper utiliza- tion of forestry for the development of their land. The State has its various powers to be used for the advancement of the general welfare. A natural resource I'ke forest land held by the State should be actively employed to the best ad- vantage. . The science of forestry is the best medium through use of which the State land can be made to produce adequate results. We need forest products and therefore the State should employ trained foresters working un- der a thoroughgoing plan to properly use its land to the fullest extent. We are hoping that private owners will find it a good policy to reforest their land. The most direct course in help- ing to accomplish this is for the State to use all possible of the State land tor forest plantings and thus elucidate and show the way in all problems that will confront the private owner. The stimulus to confident private forestry will come from observations and technical guidance derived from the accomplished progress on State land. Frederick Wheeler, Vice-President Michigan Forestry Ass'n. i —_+>+.____ Mary’s Appetite. Mary ate a little lamb, A lobster, and some prunes, A glass of milk, a piece of pie, And then some macaroons. It made the naughty waitress grin To see her order go, And when they carried Mary out Her face was white as snow. —_~++.__ Frenchmen have a real war on their hands. The Frenchwomen have _in- augurated a new campaign to obtain equal suffrage, and this time it has al- ready assumed formidable proportions. The women propose to tour France before Parliament opens, familiarize the people living in the country dis- tricts with their demands and then concentrate on both houses of Par- liament when it resumes its sessions. The plan of campaign, as announced, indicates that it has been well thought out. The women propose to operate on the principle that Frenchmen are more susceptible to ridicule than any- thing else, so they have cleverly based their argument for the vote on the sentiment that “France is the only civilized country in the world which has not accorded the vote to women.” It is a telling phrase in France. Frenchmen pride themselves on their gallantry toward women and revel in the belief that they are the leaders in all that goes to make up an advanced civilization. If the women persistent- ly twit them with being neither, the campaign must in time be successful. The fact that the successful leaders in the suffrage movement in this country are actively helping with both funds and advice augurs well for this new movement. Ridicule often wins where arguments, however just, fail to move. SIDNEY ELEVATORS Will reduce handling expense and speed up work—will make money for you. Easily installed. Plans and in- structions sent with each elevator. Write stating requirements, giving kind of machine and size of plat- form wanted, as well as height. We n will quote a money saving price. Sidney Elevator Mnfg. Co., Sidney, Ohio = A 11 A variety for every taste A.R.WALKER CANDY CORP. i Owosso MUSKEGON GRAND RAPIDS KALAMAZOO | | HH DETROIT i | | | Install Decorations losing freshness KEEP THE COLD, SOOT AND DUST OUT “AMERICAN WINDUSTITB” Weather Strips and save on your coal bills, make your 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. ade and Installed Only by 144 Division Ave., North Grand Rapids, Mich. Citz. Telephone 51-916 all-metal M AMERICAN METAL WEATHER STRIP CO, STRENGTH Lansing ECONOMY THE MILL MUTUALS AGENCY Representing the MICHIGAN MILLERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES Michigan Combined Assets of Group $33,389,609.28 20% to 40% Savings Made Since Organization FIRE INSURANCE—ALL BRANCHES Tornado— Automobile — Plate Glass 12 FINANCIAL Bank Clearings Indicate Growth of City. The bank clearings tell the same story of business growth in Grand Rapids as is found in the Old National Bank’s compiled bank statements. The statements show that since 1890 the total bank deposits have increased thirteen times and that savings have multiplied by better than twelve. In the same period the bank clearings have increased between eleven and twelve times. The Clearing House Association was organized .in Decem- ber, 1885, and the clearings the first year were $21,428,206. In 1890 the to- tal had increased to $38,286,226. This vear the total will be about $445,000,+ 000, a little short of twelve times in- crease. In other words the clearings now are running per month what they were for an entire year in 1890. Here are the figures at five year intervals down to 1915 and then by years: [176 $445,000,000* DP $415,172,211 O78 $363,087,183 ee $344,740,022 1022) $316,745,254 OF0 2 ee $294,855,236 O50 $352,898,673 19 $290,330,182 AON ee $265,910,976 Oly ee $247,968,728 LG $227,507,740 0tN $175,419,457 ty $137,738,064 O08 2 $105,655,846 00 $ 62,706,383 B00 $ 42,552,377 150 Ce $ 38,286,226 Li ee ee $ 21,428,206 *Estimated. It is interesting to note how vividly the clearings reflect changing business conditions, even more so than the rec- ord of savings and total deposits. In time of depression, when business is slack and industry slows down, the clearings indicate that money is not moving with the old activity. When clearings show marked gains, then times are good. The clearings for 1920 made new high records, for that was the boom year when everybody was prosperous. And then came the 1921 deflation. The record shows it took us about three years to get back to the boom year level. Now not only are we back, but we are nearly 30 per cent. ahead. This year the clearings show a substantial gain for the first six months, as compared with the same period last year, but the last half will not be quite so favorable with a tendency to conservation. This ap- parent easing off, however, may be due in part to the reduced number of banks. The great increase in clearings is due, of course, to the increased volume of business, but it would be interest- ing to know what influence changed general conditions and different busi- ness methods have had on the figures. Back in the early ’90s, ten and twelve shillings a day was the wage for com- mon labor; to-day the minimum com- mon wage is about what the maximum skilled labor used to receive, while skilled labor may receive for a day MICHIGAN TRADESMAN what common labor drew down for a week. In the ’90s the check book was scarcely known in the ordinary homes; now the home without cone is almost the exception. In the ’90s the farmer with a bank accourt was a rare bird, but the farmer to-day can draw his check as easily as can the city man. More business is done by check than ever before and, 10 doubt, this swells the clearings. But the clearings nevertheless reflect business condi- tions as nothing else can. And Grand Rapids continues to be on the rise. Speaking of bank clearings suggests that the Clearing House Association is not in its old and happy frame of mind, harmonious inside and_ out. When the Association had more mem- bers, if questions of methods or policy arose, it was aways pessible to obtain a majority, one way or another, and whatever a majority said was binding on all. Now there are only irur banks in the Associat‘on and when thev split two and two the factions may each go its own way with full claims to regularity. The banks last spring de- veloped an equal break in the matter of keeping longer business hours, the Grand Rapids Savings and Grand Rap- ids National favoring and the Old Na- tional and Kent State against. As a comprom’‘se, they all agreed to give the longer hours a trial. The trial was for two months and then the Kent State and Old returned to the old schedule, leaving the others to their longer hours. The situation | still shows the lack of harmony and how long it will last and whether it takes on new phases remain to be seen. a ee Beautiful Tribute To Two Worthy Citizens. The Old National Bank paid tribute to its senior directors, William R. Shelby and Wilder D. Stevens, Satur- day evening with a complimentary dinner at the Kent Country Club and 200 or more of the city’s best known business men and financ’ers joined in paying them honors. It was a happy function with few precedents in city history. Mr. Shelby has been a di- rector in the Old National for 47 years; Mr. Stevens since 1899. Both are of Southern birth—Mr. Shelby in Ken- tucky 84 years ago and Mr. Stevens in Virginia two years later. Both are ef the old time gentleman type— ccurteous, kindly, honorable to the last degree and the'r high ideals and fine ethical standards are imprinted in the methods, policies and history of the Old National, and have influenced the commercial life of the city. Mr. Shelby came to Grand Rapids in 1869 to represent the Continental Improve- ment Co. and it was his energy and executive ability that made it pos- sible to complete twenty miles of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, from Cedar Springs to Morley, in sixty days, in time to save the expiring land grant. He became a permanent resident of Grand Rapids in 1871, and Grand Rapids has never had a more useful cit'zen. It was under him that Northern Michigan was opened by the construction of the railroad to Petos- key, then to Mackinaw. Mr. Stevens came here in 1854, and a willing youngster in his uncle’s, November 24, 1926 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 Twenty- Three Million Dollars, invites your banking business in any of its departments, assuring you of Safety as well as courteous treatment. me OUR OBLIGATION We realize at all times. that ° it is the duty of this insti- tution to do everything to conserve, protect and pro- mote the interest of its pa- trons. We solicit and accept patronage, fully cognizant of the trust which is repos- ed in our own judgment and integrity. On this basis, may we serve vou? “The Bank Where You Feel At Home” rand Rapids Savings Bank OFFICERS wn-LiA.a ALDEN SMITH, Chainnan of the Boars Deidon and Rano CHARLES W. GARFIELD, Chairman Ez. 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, Asst Cashier EARL C. JOHNSON, Vice President H. FRED ‘OLTMAN, Ass’t Cashier dhe Bank ‘Uhere you feel at Home TONY NOORDEWIER. Ass’t Cashier OLDEST SAVINGS BANK IN WESTERN MICHIGAN ¥ ————— Cor. MONROE andIONIA Branches Grandville Ave. and B St. West Leonard and Alpine Leonard and Turner Grandville and Cordelia St. Mornoe Ave. near Michigan Madison Square and Hall E. Fulton and Diamond Wealthy and Lake Drive Bridge, Lexington and Stocking Bridge and Mt. Vernon Division and Franklin Eastern and Franklin en an NOT ON TOE ws eo ee nee Ne oe | ae renee Sb cdinandierczic ss " iy November 24, 1926 hardware store, was doing up shingle nails before those of us under 65 years ci age were born. Within his memory the first steam railroad came to Grand Rapids as a connecting link with the outside world, succeeding the stage coach and river boat. He saw kerosene take the place of sperm oil and the candle and then the coming of gas and electricity. He saw the city’s first street cars and the passing horse power to cable and then to elec- tricity. The telegraph, the telephone, the phonograph and the radio were novelties each in its turn during his life. He has seen the passing of the ox team and the horse in favor of the automobile and truck. Not a building remains in the down town district that was here when he entered business; he has seen Grand Rapids in the mak- ing. He has seen the city streets pass from dirt to cobble paved, then to Cedar block, asphalt and brick, and city water and city sewers are within kis memory. From the same store windows he has seen the soldiers march away to three wars. The pageantry of the years has passed his door from village to small town, from small town to metropolis, and during all these years Mr. Stevens has been always the same—the same in character, principles and spirit—ever useful as from a citizen, helpful as a friend and a living ex- ample of honorable success. —_+->___ Growth of the Christmas Savings Plan. The American Seating Corp. has in- creased the dividends on its no par common stock from $2 to $3 per share and for next year will pay an extra $1 per share. The quarterly dividend, payable Jan. 1, will be 75 cents regular 25 cents extra for the common and 75 cents regular for the preferred. The common stock has advanced on the New York Curb from around 37 to 45 since the publication of the very satis- factory earnings statement two weeks ago. The preferred, which is convert- ble into common is following the ad- vance. The Electric Refrigeration Corp., in which the Leonard Refrigerator Co. is an important unit, shows earnings ot $4.57 per share for the first nine months this year, which compares with $3.52 last year. The company, it is ex- pected, will soon make an offering of $2,000,000 six per cent. bonds to finance plant improvements here and in Detroit. The local banks will sugar off their Christmas clubs early in December and this will be one of the big events in the business year, releasing a flood of gcod money for Christmas shopping. The disbursement in this city will be about $1,250,000, which is a substan- tial increase over last year and the number of participants will be about 25,000, in amounts from $12.50 to sev- eral hundred dollars. The Christmas club was devised sixteen years ago as a plan for spreading the high cost of holiday good will over the year instead of having it bunched. It contemplates regular weekly payments, which range from 25 cents up to $10 or $15 and in some instances, even more, but with $1 as the average. In practice the plan is not only an easy way to provide for MICHIGAN the Christmas bills, but it is a great encourager of systematic saving, and the bankers say that members who once acquire the habit never get over it. In this city the first bank to adopt the plan is said to have been the old Peoples Savings, with the others rap- idly following as the results appeared. The Old National is the only bank which does not have a club now, but the Old National will get in line next year. In the country it is estimated 7,600 banks have adopted the idea and this year their distribution will be $398,268,000, an increase of 27 per cent. over last year. A large part of this money will be for Christmas shopping, but insurance policies, interest pay- ments, and other fixed charges will share in the treasure and probably a third will go back into the bank or into investments as permanent savings. eee. Excess Cotton May Be Worked Off Automatically. Apprehensions cver the ability of the country to work off a 17,918,000 bale cotton crop, without completely demoralizing the market in the com- modity, arose partly from a fear that the future acreage could not be suc- cessfully cut down. Obviously the big 1926 acreage is a factor in lifting pro- duction to a new record but it is not so important as the abundant produc- tivity this year of each individual acre. On the basis of the Government fig- ures about 47,297,000 acres of cotton will be picked, or more than ever be- fore, but the enormous rise in output must be explained essentially not by the jump in acreage but by the jump in yield per acre. The yield for the 1926 crop is reckoned at 181.4 pounds for each acre, on the average, which sets a new high since 1914 when the previous record of 16,200,000 bales were picked. Fortune may not play so favorably into the hands of the grower in another year. During the current season growing conditions have been ideal and the insects appear to have taken a holiday. Nov in twelve years has the planter enjoyed so satisfactory a combination of forces to aid’ him in turning out a handsome yield. It is reasonable to that the 1927 acreage will be reduced but even in the event that no change is made the production could be materially lowered by anything that might reduce the yield. suppose If instead of a yield this year of 181.4 pounds per acre the yield had been 124.5, as it was in 1921, the cot- ton market would not now be con- fronted with any serious surplus prob- lem. That reduction in yield per acre alone would have cut down the 1926 production by 5,382,000 bales. In es- timating the size of a cotton crop emphasis too often is given to the number of acres to be harvested where- as not enough thought is given to variations in the yield which, by its sharp drop from 178.4 in 1920 to 1245 in the next year, is what so swiftly cut down the 1921 pickings. In storing 4,000,000 bales of the 1926 cotton crop, or helping the South to do so, President Coolidge’s cotton committee has this in mind. It be- lieves that next year, or in some sea- TRADESMAN 13 Investment Securities E. H. Rollins & Sons Founded 1876 Dime Bank Building, Detroit Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids New York San Francisco Boston Chicago Denver Los Angeles I am not very friendly to col- lection concerns, but this one happens to be on the square—— one in a thousand. Mr.Stowe Says Only one small service charge. ing fees or any other extras. Any Bank or Chamber of Commerce of Battle Creek, Mich., or No extra commissions, Attorney fees, List- References: this paper. Merchants’ Creditors Association of U. S. Suite 304 Ward Building, Battle Creek, Michigan For your protection we are bonded by the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York City. ‘ GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX Co. Manufacturers of SET UP and FOLDING PAPER BOXES G KR AN D Ra PF ED S MeFeEeeC€CwHeEeEG A Ww $25,000. Lake Worth, Florida, 6% General Improvement bonds due April 1, 1935, denomination $1,000, principal and interest April and October 1st payable at the Hanover National Bank, New York. FINANCIAL STATEMENT mecehh) cli Gn a eae ae $30,000,000.00 Total Debt 2,147,250.00 hess Sinking Mund 0 ea 233,649.10 Peovine INGE Pont 1,470,350.90 Population, official estimate 12,000. Opinion, Caldwell & Raymond, New York Price to net 5.75 % These bonds are a genera! obligation of the City of Lake Worth, Florida, which adjoins West Palm Beach. We believe they provide an attractive investment and if interested please wire or write us VANDERSALL & COMPANY 410 Home Bank Bldg., Toledo, Ohio 29 So. LaSalle St, 1006 Penobscot Bldg., Chicago, Illinois Detroit, Michigan No one ever hesitates to approach Old National] officers with a problem of busi- ness policy. It is a part of our service to lend a friendly ear to depositors and strangers alike. cA Bank jor Everybody _ MONROE AT PEARL NO BRANCHES 14 son in the future, growing conditions will be worse and the insects will do more damage, or something will hap- pen to lower the yield per acre even without any appreciable diminution in the total acreage planted. When that year comes the lowered yield will so cut down production as automat'cally to solve the problem and enable the grower to move his non-perishable commodity. Of course the storage plan will not lift these 4,000,000 bales out of the market permanently, and therefore its adoption will not restore prices to old levels immediately, but it can be worked to insure a greater degree of stabilization than would be possible without it. Paul Willard Garrett. [Copyrighted, 1926] —»++>—_____ Downward Trend Accelerated by Drop in Farm Products. Another moderate drop in the com- modity curve is registered to-day in the weighted index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics which gives the Oc- tober average as 149.7 or fractionally under the September level. Commod- ity prices the world over have been falling for two years and since early 1925 the trend in this country has con- formed to that elsewhere despite the ccuntry’s unprecedenten business ac- tivity. Ordinarily an acceleration in trade stimulates or accompanies a ris- ing price level but in the present in- stance the world influences at work for lower commodity values have off- set domestic forces that in themselves might have lifted prices. In the fresh evidence that commodity prices still are slowly but surely declining is nothing so very new but the October compilation does reveal some interest- ing and significant adjustments de- serving of study. Since a year ago the general level of wholesale prices has dropped in excess of 5 per cent., or from about 158 to 150, but the different groups have not shared equally in the down- ward adjustment. It is this constant tendency of the different major groups to get out of step as prices rise or fall that causes the disturbance in any general price movement. If in the rise or fall all groups could be made to gain or lose in precisely the same proportion the business world would not much concern itself over general fluctuations in the price curve. It so happens that in the downward move- ment of the last year and more the group that his suffered the most se- vere loss, farm products, is one that could least afford loss. Whereas the general level of prices in the last year has fallen roughly 5 per cent. the farm products group has dropped over 10 per cent. or from 155 tc 139. It was the separation of the agricultural and the non-agricultural groups in 1921, or rather the decline in agricultural purchasing power that this separation reflected, that accentu- ated the mild depression of the time. Gradually the rise in agricultural prod- ucts corrected the maladjustment and up to even a year ago the general price level and farm products stood ap- proximately in the same relative posi- tion with respect to their pre-war basis but now the price of commod- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ities that the farmer has to sell have again fallen faster than the price of those that he must buy. A rise in the price of coal that had bee nstimulated in part by the British strike has lifted the fuels group to a position of 184, or 84 per cent. above the 1913 basis, but except for that the building materials group still remains the highest of any in the Bureau of Labor Statistics index. At 172 that im- portant list has reflected very little of the contraction in building activities and in fact stands nearly at its price level of a year ago. Of course these are the extreme changes of the last year aild the outstanding feature of the moment lies not in the number of variations but in the increasing ten- dency toward price stability that is manifest on any study of prices over the last few years. Paul Willard Garrett. | Copyrighted, 1926] —_2+ + >___ D:visional Managers. In the large stores, the establish- ment of divisional merchandise execu- tives is becoming standard practice. Usually there are four main divisional groups—women’s apparel and acces- sories, men’s wear, piece goods and house furnishings. The chief end sought by means of the div‘sional ex- ecutives is the co-operation between the various departments comprising each group so that each will work in the most effective manner. Without the divisional merchandise executives it has been found that some departments were working against others, net intentionally but because they were not aware of what each Some departments, for example, were stressing price merchan- dise while others were featuring qual- ity. Some were getting too much at- tention and others not enough. In other instances, fixed store policies were not carried out as they should have been. These and similar prob- iems have been successfully brought into adjustment through the divisional crgan‘zation, according to observers of trends in department store merchandis- ing. sas doing. —_+--___ Fire Burns Sixty-Seven Years. Excepting a few volcanos, probably the oldest continuous fire on earth is in the coal mine at Summit Hill, Pa., which has been burn‘ng since 1859, despite more than three million dol- lars spent in efforts to put the fire out. It is believed to have started from live embers in ashes which were shoveled in‘o an empty coal car in the days when coal cars were made of wood. The car caught fire from the embers, spread to the timbers in the mine, and finally to the coal vein. This most cestruc’ive and famous of mine fires in the United States is estimated to have consumed more than fourteen million tons of coal in the sixty-seven years. And it is still burning. An inventory is a diagnosis of busi- ness health.. Link, Petter & Ccaoany (lacorporated) Investment Bankers 6th FLOOR, MICHIGAN TRUST BLDG. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN November 24, 1926 MAKE LIFE INSURANCE CRYSTALLIZE YOUR FORESIGHT —s The great stride of the American people in de- veloping our resources is a result of foresight and the desire of each generation to better fit the coming generation to carry on our progress. If every American has the foresight to look after the health and education of his children, the better fitting them for their life’s work, this foresight is bound to benefit the community in which they live, as well as our nation at large. The man of moderate means can best accomplish this purpose by carrying adequate life insurance to assure the education of his children and the care of his family. FrRAND RAPIDS [RuST[OMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN INTELLIGENT EXCHANGES IMPROVE INVESTMENT POSITION May we serve you accordingly Michigan Bond & Investment ™ . INVESTMENT SECURITIES 10th Floor Grand Rapids National Bank Buildi GRAND RAPIDS Fenton Davis & Bovle BONDS EXCLUSIVELY Grand Rapids National Bank Building Chicago GRAND RAPIDS First National Bank Bldg. Telephones | Citizens 4212 Detroit Congress Building THE TOLEDO PLATE & WINDOW GLASS COMPANY Mirrors—Art Glass—Dresser Tops—Automobile and Show Case Glass All kinds of Glass for Building Purposes 501-511 IONIA AVE., S. W. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Phone 61366 JOHN L. LYNCH SALES CO. SPECIAL SALE EXPERTS Expert Advertising Expert Mrechandising 209-210-211 Murray Bldg. Henry Smith Floral Co., Inc. §@ Monroe Ave. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN GRAND R APIDS, MICHIGAN PHONBEs: Citisens 65173, Bell Main 178 see i pt eR er bE cet os November 24, 1926 Colored Girl Took First Prize. Gloria Langford, a little colored girl o! 12 years, won first prize with this effort in an essay contest held in the Nyack (New York) High school dur- ing Fire Prevention Week this year. She is aot, perhaps, another Nathalia Crane, although it is said that she dees all her school exercises in rhyme. The following verses she wrote in cléss, in 45 minutes, without the aid of notes: You'll probably laugh and joke with me And probably think me queer, When I say that our old U. S. A. Burns millions of dollars a year. But say what you will or think what : you please, Che statement I’ve made is true; And more than that, this fearful loss Is borne, alas! by you. You'll probably frown and shake your head And say I’ve had no loss by fire, But do you know that this awtul waste Makes the cost of living higher? And every loaf of bread you buy And every pair of shoes, Has added to its purchase price The fire demon’s dues? Let’s join in one great phalanx And fight this to the end; Make Fire our humble servant And our devoted friend. First hunt up all his colleagues And place them in a row, And see how we can curb them Before we forward go. And lo! here come the matches Seven hundred million strong; Just those used in a single day, Let’s put them where they belong— Up out of the reach of children And away from intense heat; This done we’ve won a battle Toward the enemy’s defeat. And here are the careless smokers With cigars and cigarettes, And see their careless actions As safetv rules they forget. And they are supposed to be sensible, Most of them good and chaste, 3ut they throw cigars that are lighted Into baskets of flammable waste. And if by showing and telling We convince them of their wrong, Another line will be written Of the fire victory song. Then comes the piles of rubbish, Dry leaves and oily rags, Old clothes and ancient papers And many dirty ‘bags. These crowded well together Will cause a firemen’s scene, And all you need to conquer these Is a home from rubbish clean. I think we have ail the marauders— Oh! here comes one sly and thin, And with a grin on his ugly face The demon Carelessness comes in. Now if we dispense with this fellow Our further success is assured, Pecause if we overcome Carelessness All danger of fire will be cured. So learn a little caution, And‘also some common sense, And a safer, saner country Will be our recompense. Let’s gather together an army With these words as slogan true— Just the two good words “Be Careful” And we'll see what we can do. We'll stop this wanton wasting Of money and human life, And with our faces forward We'll enter into the strife. We'll conquer the monster’s army, We'll humble him down to a slave, And our triumphant army’s song Will be “To Conquer and To Save.” —_~+--___ General Motors Action Evidence of Faith in Future. What gives significance to the ac- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN tion of the General Motors Corpora- tion, in declaring another extra divi- dend at this time, is a refreshing faith i the future of business that it reveals on the dart of its directors. At least that is the aspect of the move that im- presses Wall Street just now more than the prospect of another $4 extra cash payment. So far as its influence on sentiment goes the step should help to offset any disappointment that cer- tain business prophets may have had over the failure as yet of the United States Steel Corporation to make a larger distribution. Alfred P. Sloan, jr., president of General Motors, him- self says that the decision of his board to pay out $34,800,000 extra in cash “is the best possible evidence” not only ef the sound position of the Corpora- tion but of “the confidence of the di- rectors as to the future.” it is nevertheless interesting to turn back the pages of recent history for the dividend action rounds out a chap- ter in the corporation’s development tiiat reads like a romance. Here is a great American enterpr’se that has, by a rare combination of management ability and energy, swelled its net profits since the war more than 900 per cent. Even this does not reflect the true growth for in rising from $14,- 800,000 in 1918 to $149,300,000 in the first nine months’ of 1926 net earnings have increased. by that ratio and the computation does not allow for all that will be added in the last three months of the current year. Within about a year the General Motors Corporation will, when the new extra disbursement is made, have paid to its stockholders a regular an- nual dividend of $7, three extra divi- dends or $13 in cash and enough more in cash to those that received the bene- fits of the 50 per cent. stock dividend this year to total $23.75. It is a re- ward larger than comes to the aver- age stockholder within so short a per- iod but in its extraoridnary rise to prominence through constructive ef- forts in motor building the Generali Motors Corporation has set a new pace in an industry that in itself has con- tributed no small part to the country’s prosperity in the last two years. When at the end of 1926 the new cars of the year are counted it will be feund that one in every three or four bears the name of a General Motors maker. Present estimates indicate that the total production for this year will reach 4,500,000 units or thereabouts of which no fewer than 1,250,000 may be the product of this great organization. If these calculations are borne out the General Motors Corporation may, in other words, claim as its product about 28 per cent. of the country’s output for the year. Presumably the directors entertain the hope, based on practical reasons for a fulfillment, that the in- dustry may reasonably expect con- tinued activity in 1927 and therein lies the contribution of the new dividend to the business prophets. Paul Willard Garrett. [Copyrighted, 1926] ——_»--.—____. The Thirst of Vengeance. “Willie, what is your greatest am- bition?” “To wash mother’s ears. 15 OUR FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES ARE CONCURRENT witb any standard stock policies that you are buying Tene cotis BO% Less Michigan Bankers and Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Fremont, Michigan WILLIAM N. SENF, SECRETARY-TREASURER SAFETY SAVING SERVICE CLASS MUTUAL INSURANCE AGENCY “The Agency of Personal Service” C.N. Bristor, H.G.Bunpy, A. T. Monson CWO NEW LOCATION 305-306 Murray Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN You will have no regrets if you insure with THE GRAND RAPIDS MERCHANTS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY affiliated with oe The Michigan Retail Dry Goods Association 320 Houseman Bldg. Grand Rapids, Mich. Merchants Life Insurance Company WILLIAM A. WATTS President RANSOM E. OLDS Chairman of Board Of¥-es: 3rd floor Michigan Trust Bldg.—Grand Rapids, Mich. GREEN & MORRISON—Michigan State Agents 16 Wholesale Slaughter of Animals Not port. Grandville, Nov. 23—The North country is now full of hunters seeking sport in the slaying of the antlered deer and varied feathered wild life which the law has laid open for the sportsman’s rifle. The English have their fox hunting, which they dub sport, as the American has his deer shooting amusement. Go out with me in these autumnal days, look over the fields and forests, then look up at the smiling sun, the fleecy, floating clouds, and say if vou will how you thrill at drawing bead on a sleek red deer and shoot to kill. Is it a pleasure to rush up to a fallen wild animal, draw out your hunting knife and slash its throat as a finish- ing touch to the day’s sport? How many do you imagine of the red deer escape immediate death to hide some- where in the swamp and slowly and painfully gasp life away because of a fatal wound inflicted by man? Some there certainly are, and in the chase and slaughter man is delirious with pleasure, calling it sport. Sport to kill? The great creator who gave life and joyful modes of expression to these wild creatures, could not have had it in His heart to doom these flying, running, swimming dumb creatures to the slow torture of death by rifle inflicted wounds. Where is the sport in all this killing? Doubtless you say that these wild creatures were created subject to the whim of man; that it was optional with him how and when these lesser crea- tures passed out of life unto death. This is possibly true, and yet how illy such an idea comorts with the thought of that Great Overpower who created the heavens and the earth. Man takes upon himself far too great responsibilities where the life and death of his dumb friends are con- cerned. Man can take life but he cannot give it; only God can do that. The forest trees speak in a tremendous voice of the power the great I Am. And yet it requires a hundred years of continuous growth to finish a tree which the hand of man can destroy in one hour. Did you ever think when your ax feled the giant tree of the woods, that you had killed within a few minutes what it took the Creator of the heavens and the earth a century tec build? When you hear puny man contend- ing that there is no proof of a God, point him to the grass, the flowers, the trees and ask how they came. As for things miraculous let him go ont in his own little garden and look around. Three months ago, in early spring time, he took from a shelf in the seed apartment of the cupboard a few dry little yellow seeds. These he proceeds to bury in the soil and awaits results. From a single melon seed, which has lain possibly half a dozen, yea a dozen years, in that cup- board as dead as the proverbial door nail, there comes forth a sprout which elongates into a running vine from which blossoms and fruit spring into being as by magic. The vine produced by a single seed, which has lain dormant for years, bears several plump, round canta- loupes, within the rind of which not only a sweet honeydew of melting pulp greets the taste, but a hundred yellow seeds are full grown. Add this to several other melons from the same vine, with still hundreds of other seeds, and you have the miracle of the multi- plication of that spring planted: dried single seed a thousand fold, andi all this in the space of a few short weeks. Can you explain this, Mr. Man, who sneers at omnipotence and the great- ness of created things? Nature stands forth in all its fathom- less glory to refute the unbeliever in that divine power which is over all and MICHIGAN TRADESMAN in all from earliest time down to now. As a boy I recall with what trepida- tion I made my first bow to the pub- lic from the rostrum of a small back- woods schoolhouse, and in hesitating accents proclaimed the fact that “you would scarce expect one of my age to speak in public on the stage.” A little further on I proclaimed the fact that “large streams from little foun- tains flow, tall oaks from little acorns grow.” The stammering schoolboy uttered a striking truth. Years afterward, walking along the river bank, pausing under a giant oak, I gathered a mass of “little acorns” in my hand, and stood looking from these small seeds upward a hundred feet into the bushy top of a century old monarch of the woods. It required but a momentary thought to comprehend the majesty of it all. Doubtless there was near a peck of these little acorns scattered at my feet, each little acorn being a potential giant oak. Was there not something in this to reuse more than a passing curiosity in my brain? When one contemplates the awful grandeur of creation he is minded to take mptice of his own shortcomings. We have read of myths and miracles of the past and set these recitals to the old' wives’ tales of a by gone age. But are they? Life is one of nature’s great myster- ies. Death is another mystery of which we know as little. We are in the midst of the hunting season, wherein man goes out seeking sport in and through the suffering and death of many of God's creatures. Wherein lies the sport in depriving others of that life which we can in no way pro- duce. : It would not be right, perhaps, to curtail all killings, yet it seems hardly jusifiable to dub the wholesale slaugh- ter of God’s dumb creatures as sport. Old Timer. — ++. Fresh Pork Shoulder. A fresh pork shoulder can be used to advantage economically as a sub- stitute for pork ham or pork loin in a number of ways, but particuiarly for roasting. Among the shoulder cuts that are well adapted for this purpose is a cut known as New York Style Shoulder. It is made by cutting the shoulder from the side of the hog be- tween the second and third rib, leav- ing the shoulder 2 or 2% r'bs wide; butted one inch from the blade bone; trimmed smooth; neck and breast flat; cut off and foot removed above the knee joint. They are made in various weights, and may be had from 8 pounds or less up to 18 pounds. The smaller sizes are the most desirable for fam- ily use. The skinned shoulder, which is preferred by many, is cut similar to New York Style Shoulders, and in addition the skin is taken off down to the shank and the fat trimmed off close to the lean, and may be had in various weights from 6 pounds or less up to 16 pounds and over. At the present high price of pork, the skinned shoul- der will make an excellent substitute at a considerable saving in cost. It is well to select one that is fairly lean. This may be boned and tied, and the pocket, left when the bone was re- moved, stuffed with dressing and roast- ed like ham or loin. Another advan- tage of this cut is that if for some rea- son or other it is desirable to use only a part of the shoulder it can be di- vided in the center, leaving the shank end for roasting or boiling and the butt end for frying, fricassee or dumplings. It is from the butt end a - - - ara a rcnaenecesneete nance rineshthtusS si teennsecninreaet is ttes teen shite that Boston Style butts, or boneless butts, are made. Dumplings made with this cut taste almost like those pre- pared with chicken. In fact, pork is often used as a substitute for chicken. One method is to roast a piece of lean pork in the same pan when roasting chicken. The pork will absorb the delicate flavor of the roasting chicken, and when carefully served the taste and appearance will closely resemble chicken. While all retail shops may not carry skinned shoulders, your butcher will be pleased to get them if hc has trade that wants them. The butt end of the skinned shoulder may be used for chops and will prove satis- factory. As far as food value is con- cerned the shoulder will be every bit as good as the more expensive cuts, such as loin and ham, and when the New York Style Shoulder is boned and tied it will slice very nicely and will prove satisfactory in many ways. — r+ Meat as a Part of Our Daily Diet. Experts in nutrition investigations find that the food habits of peoples living in the temperate and warmer regions of the world, where animal and vegetable foods are both found in abundance, and where there is oppor- tunity for choice, show that, while vegetable foods—cereals, succulent vegetables and fruits—compose the greater part of the bulk of the diet, arimal foods—dairy products, eggs, meat and fish almost invariably enter into the bill of fare. For many rea- sons it seems fair to conclude, with the majority of physiologists, that this widespread habit is the result of ex- perience and that it has its foundation in bodily needs. From earliest times, in fact, man has used animal foods, and his whole body structure is adapt- ed to the use of such articles of diet. Though some, for various reasons, do not favor the eating of flesh, the con- sensus of opinion among’ physiologists who have given special attention to the subect is that flesh foods are a wholesome and normal part of the diet. Of course, it is possible to over- eat of these foods, but so it is to over- eat of such foods as butter or olive oil, for example; so in meat eating, as in other food habits, moderation is de- sirable. This is particularly the case for those who live sedentary lives in- volving little muscular work. Such people naturally select and seem to need less meat and other foods than those who lead out-of-door lives and do hard, manual labor. The man of sedentary life, if he has the food habits ot the average American family, would ordinarily take a moderate por- tion of meat or fish—a chop or cutlet or a slice of roast beef once a day, or a somewhat larger quantity divided between two or all three meals. Such quantity would weigh from 3 to 5 ounces, an amount certainly not large. The heartier man, who leads a vigor- ous life in the open air would natural- ly relish more meat just as he would want more bread, butter and other foods than the man with little active work. The fact that some persons eat more meat than the circumstances of their lives demand should not be taken as an argument against meat eating in general. November 24, 1926 78 O St Under both State Ete tel SerV Supervision We are as near as your mail box. As easy to bank with us as mailing a letter. Privacy No one but the bank’s officers and yourself need know of your account here. Unusual Safety Extra Interest Send check, draft, money order or cash in registered letter. Hither savings account or Cer- tificates of Deposit. You can withdraw money any time. Capital and surplus $312,500.00. Resources over $5,000,000.00. Send for free booklet on Banking by Mall HOME STATE BANK FOR SAVINGS Nicaican A COMPLETE LINE OF (jood Brooms AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES COWARD Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind SAGINAW W.S.. MICHIGAN Watson-Higgins Milling Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. NEW PERFECTION The best all purpose four. RED ARROW The best bread flour. ———— Look for the Perfection label on Pancake flour, Graham flour, Granulated meal, Buckwheat flour and Poultry feeds. Western Michigan’s Largest Feed Distributors. > Re November 24, 1926 My First Visit To the Valley City. Grandville, Nov. 23—The settlement of the Valley City dates back to about the time of Chicago’s breaking ground as a white man’s town. The two cities are twins, so far as the starting out in the world goes. We of the lumber woods viewed Chicago with no more reverence tham we did Grand Rapids. Chicago’s 32,000 people were little less impressive than the Rapids 8,000. Muskegon, with its few hundreds, cut considerable figure also, besides the roads along the river were much more pleasant with their sands than the ruts and mud of the heavier lands down toward Grand Rapids. The Tenth Cavalry rendezvouxed at the Rapids and it was at that time that I, as a boy of 16, first set foot in the streets of the town on the Grand.* Brother Davis, two years my senior, was a soldier for the Union and a member of that regiment coloneled by one Thaddeus Foote. “The boy is ill and I am going down to fetch him home,” was father’s ulti- matum one morning in late November, and that is how I made my first trip to the Valley City. A spanking team of bays attached to a heavy lumber wagon was the outfit, with a sturdy lumberjack as driver. A forty mile drive late in the fall was no small undertaking at that time, the year 1863. Father, John and I set out in early morning, expecting to reach Grand Rapids before nighfall. I had heard so much about the beauties of the Valley City, and never having seen a town as large as a thousand folks, the thought of entering a city of 8,000 seemed to good to be true. We got to the city all right, but not that first day. The roads, as always in the fall, were atrociously impassible. Mud and water predominated, the wheels of our vehicle often sinking axle deep in the ruts. That was be- fore the day of State road improve- ments and three miles an hour was considered good progress. We did not make even that progress and ate our noonday meal at the Tux- bury Tavern at Casnovia. From there to Chubbs (Lisbon) was six miles, which we passed near the middle of the afternoon. The farther we traveled the more irksome became the journey. As for myself, filled with boyish enthusiasm, I made little note of time. The shades of night were falling when we drew up before the Inn, a brick tavern eight miles out of the city, and here we put up for the night. I recall the tavern office in the basement, where blazed an open wood fire, very genial to the weary traveler. I recall also the genial landlord, who talked about the farm surrounding his hotel, which he had himself cleared, burning many log heaps of big black walnut timber. That timber soon thereafter would have paid for the clearing of that farm ten times over. The early Michigan settlers did not value any sort of timber very highly, burning in logheaps some of the most valuable timber on earth. Timber scarcity was not thought of in those days. The main idea was to clear the land in the shortest possible time. There were a few of the early settlers, however, who had foresight enough to hold on to their timber, from the sale of which in after years they became millionaires. Grand Rapids once reached we crossed the toll bridge at Bridge street and ambled down Canal and up Monroe, assured that we attracted as much attention as any of the other lumber camp outfits. The National Hotel, now the Mor- ton, was our objective point. I re- call with what a spasm of awe I gazed upon the handsome business blocks lining Canal and Monroe. Nothing like it had ever before entered my vision. We had a Hoosier passenger MICHIGAN TRADESMAN who exclaimed: “I swan, this is a big town!” And it was for that day and age. Cities were like hens’ teeth, few and scattering. We reached the hotel without mishap. In common with our Hoosier passengers, was sufficiently awed by the magnificent interior of Canton Smith’s hostelry to keep very quiet and watch the trend of events. We had more than half the day be- fore us and visited “Camp Lee” in duest of our soldier boy, who was ill. After the preliminary of passing the guard we went ditectly to a tent fly- ing a yellow flag. Dr. Leonard in- formed us that Davis had not been at the hospital. Captain Standish, of Company A, used his influence with the colonel, so that after a short delay the sick sol- dier was transferred from his barrack cot to the hotel, being granted a thirty day furlough. The sight of his father and brother served as a wonderful tonic and he was soon able to sit up and smile in the old way. Landlord Smith, of the National, had a son in the regiment, Major Israel Smith, whom all early residents of the Valley City will recall. A run about town gave me ample entertainment, and I was tired enough to go to bed and sleep that first night of mine in a big city. None of my visits to other cities, such as Chicago, Boston and New York, have ever given me the pleasure [ experienced during my drive to and over night stop at the Valley City in the year 1863. It is a source of no little pride and satisfaction to the early boys of Michigan to watch the upward climb of Grand Rapids to a place among the first cities of the land. Old Timer. —_~+-.___ Commends Tradesman For Stand on Racial Brutality. Grand Rapids, Nov. 18—I received the Tradesman and the reading of the entire magazine is very instructive and illuminating. The article on the re- cent outrage in Texas certainly reveals the fact that the Tradesman has not misrepresented or exaggerated the heinousness of Southern racial matters in former writings. I would to God that the Outlook and other popular magazines might be as frank as the Tradesman in discussing these terrible conditions. Lawlessness is as danger- ous to the white man as it is to the colored. When the law winks at out- rages on colored people it is only a matter of time when the same sort of outrages will be perpetrated upon white people. Lawlessness is neither sober nor impartial. Since lynching be- gan in our country nearly fifty white people have been lynched, and _to- day sometimes white women are tarred and feathered. So it is indeed short- sightedness and stupidity for any one to think that it matters not if the out- rages for the present only victimized colored people. Lawlessness is a bad omen for our Republic, for it fast breeds and multiplies our criminal ele- ment which may some day brazenly attack our Government. Ellis A. Christian, Pastor St. Phillips Episcopal Church. —_+<-.____ We are not sent into this world to do anything into which we cannot put our hearts. We have certain work to do for our bread and that to be done strenuously; other work to do for our delight and that is to be done heartily; neither is to be done by halves or shifts, but with a will; and what is not worth this effort is not to be done at all—John Ruskin. —~7-.___ Yokohoma now has more school children than before the earthquake, although a census last fall revealed the population was 75,000 less. et ~~ [itr Nothing Complicated! N MOST CASES, THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE Life Insurance is through a Trust. 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Secretary-Treasurer—F,. H. Nissly, Yp- Silanti. Manager—Jason E. Hammond, Lansing. Jackson Gun Metal Hose Still Lead. The continued heavy demand for gun metal hose with black heels is still the feature of the business being done in the finer grades of full-fashioned silk One of the lead‘ng producers of this merchandise -is sold up for the hosiery. rest of the year on one line of gun metals, and on the other line it manu- make deliveries on Other makers of the goods are in a similarly strong this color. Nude shades continue to selel in a large way despite predictions that the wane. factures it cannot new orders under three weeks. position on for street wear, earlier in the for them would slowly season vogue Con- close to trary to this, 1 1 nude nose are the top of the best-selling colors in For is re- ported here in mauve hues, with the light or flesh pink the quality of goods in question. evening wear a rice business increasing call for feature. —___>~-—___ Pearl Vogue Is Growing. While the greater part of it is con- imitat‘on pearls, the vogue for these gems that set in soon after also a fined to the arrival in this country of Queen Marie of Rumenia continues to grow. Beginning in the larger cities of the East, it has become nation-wide with the travels of «he Queen, and reports from the jewelry trade ind*cate that handlers of this merchandise are doing business of record proportions. All grades of the imitation pearls are be- ing purchased in two and three-strand necklaces, earrings, sautoirs and brace- lets; and a nice business in matched necklaces and earrings of the imitation While the de- narrows as the In other words, the broadest demand is for the gcms is told of here. mand is gen:2ral, it value of the pieces increases. cheaper and medium-priced articles. ~~» ____ Late Demand For Toys. While the retai! toy demand as yet has not had a chance to expand, there is considerable last-minute activity in 3ecause of consumer fhe manufacturing trade. continued warm weather, buying of the merchandise is develop- little later than last year, but held to be indication season. In the ing a there is every of a good wholesale market dolls are receiving the bulk of the late orders, with “mama” and’ in- The was a fant types getting most attention. early business placed in dolls disappointment to most manufacturers. Toys of a mechanical and instructive nature have had the advantage of a large advance business and the retail offerings of these are expected to com- mand widespread consumer interest. Lines for 1927 are being actively pre- pered by most manufacturers and will be ready early in the new year. —_——__2-~<___ Select Ten Shades For Blouses. Ten have been selected for the Spring color card of the United Waist League of America, which will be ready for distribution this week. shades MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Some of the shades embodied in it are taken from the card of the Textile Color Card Association. These are the waist colors that will be played up: Vhite, Mother Goose No. 2, a soft tan; Sistine, a gray blue; Queen blue, a shade slightly darker than Sistine; rese beige No. 2; gooseberry green; Athenia, a shade between tan and rose; crane gray; goya, a clear red, and navy. The selections were made by a committee headed by Alfred Stern, Chairman of the League. have been chosen primarily to supply that will match other articles of intended to limit individual of colors and a range skirts, suits dress, and are not the color activities of the manufacturers. > ____ Rayon Market Is Stable. The rayon market continues on a stable basis and so far the indications are that present price levels will be continued for the next buying period. While there is still some competitive urnderselling by importers of foreign ~ .on, leading producers here say this has not seriously affected the trading or the confidence of buyers in the present domestic level. Meanwhile the market here is broadening to take care of the increased output and new uses and expansion of the old ones are be- ‘ng developed. The good outlook for knitted rayon outergarments for the Spring is regarded with considerable satisfaction, as this trade is expected to absorb large quartities of the fiber. Use of rayon in underwear is steadily increasing in both the common and finer deniers. —_—_»+ > — Wide Sheeting Response Good. The early response of wholesalers t> the new and lower prices made during the past week on brown and Lleached wide sheetings, sheets, pillow cases, etc., is said to be gratifying to first hands. Not only did buyers voice their approval of the new quotations, but they placed orders that already have run into considerable volume in the aggregate. Wholesale stocks of the merchandise in question are ap- parently low, and jobbers seem anxious to bolster them up in order to meet the January white sale needs of their retail accounts. Buying of muslins and other bleached fine-varn cloths, while good, might be better. There is a strong probability that new and lower prices on these goods are not far off. —_>--—___ Men’s Robes Selling Well. Men’s house and lounging robes are in active demand for the tholiday sea- son, the buying being described as of substantially larger proportions than last year. Novelty silk robes are do- ing particularly well, the designs in- cluding jacquard and brocade effects. Shawl collars are featured in the mer- chandise, with satin employed for trim- mings. Blanket robes in various price ranges are also well ordered, the de- signs running to “Indian,” ombre and small figured effects. Flannel robes are meeting with a good call. In these biazer stripe designs are outstanding. —_~+++>—___ Cold Weather Helps Gloves. Reorders for men’s gloves have been coming through from stores in some sections, but general stimulation is de- They. pendent on continued cold weather. Capeskin and mocha gloves are having the most call. Manufacturers -say, however, that ccnsumers have been sliowing increased interest this year in gloves of varied leathers, including pigskin and buckskin. As gifts it is believed these types will.do well dur- ing the next few weeks. Tan and gray are the leading shades. Credit managers of giove concerns say that, while there is slight backwardness in payments from some sections, the gen- eral credit condition is better tha nlast year at this time. —_+-____ Good Call For Resort Lines. A good many manufacturers of ready-to-wear are now showing their Winter resort lines, and others are scheduled to open theirs shortly. Re- tailers are said to be placing a nice business in the merchandise, with more of them, particularly the special- ty shops, capitalizing the consumer interest in these indications of the mode for the coming Spring. Quick delivery is being asked of the manu- November 24, 1926 facturers, as the stores will soon be- gin their so-catled “Palm Beach offer- ings. The sports coat in white or nov- elty patterned woolens, together with the two-piece frock, are outstanding. 2-2 ___ Orders For Novelty Jewelry. In novelty jewelry which is meeting with an excellent demand, the long pearl necklace is an outstanding item. Th emost popular length, according to wholesalers here, is the one of sixty inches. graduated choker lengths are also much called for. Vari- ous articles set with imitation precious stones are likewise moving well, par- ticularly those with rhinestones and blue sapphires. Importers here are showing this merchandise in great pro- fusion. Earrings are said to be receiv- ing more attention in the popular- Smalter priced goods. For Quality, Price and Style Weiner Cap Company Grand Rapids, Michigan . 3 wermecrr: MAX|!- MUM DISPLAY IN MINI- MUM SPACE effort. or write us direct. RADIANCE RIBBON CABINET ADIANCGE. CLIO Le IT Peoeers estore sa WELL DISPLAYED IS HALF SOLD Thousands of these Cabinets are being used throughout the country with the utmost satisfaction. The advantages of it are obvious. It is most convenient, it does away with loose reels of ribbon, prevents soiling of stock, and minimizes selling These fine cabinets illustrated cost about fifteen dollars to manufacture, but we have a special proposition whereby YOU CAN GET ONE GRATIS. Radiance Ribbons are put up on standard fifty yard reels, which means that your ribbon remnants are only a small per- centage of your ribbon purchases. This put up also means that you only need to have one reel of a width and color at a time. The price per yard also is less. Ask our salesman about this ribbon cabinet deal when he calle EDSON, MOORE & COMPANY 1702-1722 West Fort Street DETROIT GREATER TURN- OVER ON SMALLER STOCK November 24, 1926 Styles in Women’s Coats. Women’s coats being designed for the Florida, California and Spring seasons, reveal few style features which may be regarded as actual inno- vations. Neveftheless, much of the development is marked by fresh and skillfully executed design ideas, accord- ing to the fashion service department of the Botany Worsted Mills. The tendency to emphasize the geo- metric figuration of plaids, blocks and nianipulated striping, it is pointed out, is made notable by a series of effec- tive sleeve insets. In sports coats the sleeve cut in one piece with the yoke er coliar line, the new raglan devel- opments and modified kimono line, become the outstanding style factors. Panels and scarfs are also given addi- tional interest by and adroit handling, as if flowing out from the yoke line. Pockets share in the general accent- irg of motifs, both inside and outside the coat. “Another sleeve that is sponsored by leading designers,” continues the bul- letin, “is of deep armhole inset which, from a point above the elbow, tapers to a slenderizing lower arm. As now introduced in the coat with a flat back and wide cross-over front, this sleeve iz in a position to achieve one of the new season’s successes, a view which is shared by those who crave both ex- treme and conservative styles. In one collection this model is shown in kasha, twill, rep and wool crepe. Black satin is another medium for its expression and it is especially effective when executed in dull and lustrous reverse treatment. Lanvin’s narrow shoulder and wide hem model reap- pears in the covert range, with an in- teresting collar and cuff finish. “The striking single feature of the ezrly season is the inner vest-rever, which brings a new interest to the long-favored tuxedo line. The contrast in color and texture this developed ofters exceptionally good lines for the average American figure, hence is an- other predicted success. “Fabric incrustations, seamings, pleated, tucked and paneled details are general. Embroideries are pre- sented infrequently, but authoritatively, and include odd human figure motifs in self-tone, ombre graduations in modernistic designs and small closely spaced geometrics, or florals. Ap- pliques and narrow tiers in overlapped bandings are among the prevailing ornate features. Parallel rows of stitching, bandings and inlays of self- fabric, pipings, braiding, leather edg- ings and decorative buttons used singly are among the approved embellishing details.” ——__2+2 Problem of Alterations. The question of alteration costs is again receiving attention from ready- te-wear retailers. The matter is being studied from two angles—first the standardization of chavges to consum- ers by stores in the same community or town and, secondly, the reduction in the amount of alteration that a gar- ment, particularly a dress, needs. In the first instance it is pointed out that there is a marked variation in the charges made by stores. Some charge more, some less and many nothing at all. It is felt that it would be to the benefit of all retailers in a definite locality if they were to adopt a uniform rate. This matter is now being given attention by the local gar- ment retailers’ groups and sucha standard is expected to be adopted in many towns. The reduction in the amount of alter- ations, according to retailers, depends on the co-operation of the manufac- turers. The complaint has been fre- quently heard that dresses need too much alteration, particularly at the hips. Much of this is said to arise from the fact that most manufacturers ere concentrating on styles for the slender miss. This makes it very hard for the stores adequately to fit their more mature customers w‘thout exten- sive alterations. Then, too, many manufacturers have been using anti- quated model forms which are not suited to the figures of women of to- day. This situation has been much changed in the last six months or so, as new and standardized model forms have been installed by the manufac- turers. —_~+-.___ Jewelry Prospects Brighter. Reports from the jewelry trade indi- cate a more optimistic frame of mind on the part of manufacturers than was the case a few weeks ago. Al- though competition between producers is extremely keen, retail sales appear to be keeping up at a rate which presages an active holiday business. Out-of-town reports show New Eng- land and the South to be somewhat off color in a commercial way, but jewel- ers in other sections of the country appear to be taking goods in a nor- mal manner. A feature of the pres- ent demand was said yesterday to be the growing call for articles made of yellow gold, which had been “out” for some time. Another is the favor shown wemen’s rings of green gold in the Pacific Coast section. The call for be- trothal rings for men, which is slowly increasing, is a third. Sellers of strap watches for men tell of an extremely good demand for them. ——_+ 2 >____ Price Rises Not Anticipated. Men’s wear mills looking ahead to the 1927 heavyweight season find the raw wool market easier in tone. With stabilization in mind, there is now little talk of advances in prices of the new goods when they are opened about two months hence. Quotations at the wool auctions are lower than last year, with an easy tendency prevailing on ell but the choicest merino grades. The mills therefore are inclined to look for fairly favorable wool buying oppor- tunities, unless conditions substantial- ly reverse themselves as they begin actively to cover their needs. Guesses made by market observers are inclined to place the 1927 heavyweight goods price level at pretty much the same as prevailed for the present Fall. —_+-2—___ Like Matched Lingerie Sets. Considerable business is now being done here in matched lingerie sets in special boxing for the holiday trade. They consist of bloomers and costume slips to match. The material from which they are made is usually crepe de chine or radium silk, and both MICHIGAN TRADESMAN pieces show touches of hand embroid- ery. Among the newer things are flesh pink crepe de chine bloomers ‘with small ruffles of georgette for wear under dance frocks. Very short petticoats, in satins and crepes and in pastel colorings, as well as costume slips in silver and gold metal cloth, are among the other holiday items offered to the trade by manufacturers represented in the membership of the United Petticoat League of America. ——_~+22>___ Christmas Neckwear Sells Well. Women’s neckwear continues to sell freely in this market, with particular interest now being given to boxed col- lar and cuff sets for holiday gift pur- poses. The popular sets are made of georgette ruffling, of lace and net, and of silk. Many tailored sets in crepe de chine and satin are also being sold, these, too, being put up in boxes of appropriate holiday design. The business now being done in holiday gift lines, coupled with the regular Fall business in neckwear done earlier in the year, is giving manufacturers of this merchandise one of the most satis- factory seasons they have had in some time. most —~+--___ Silk Shirts Selling Well. Reorders and new business in men’s shirts for hol‘day selling are shaping up nicely. A particularly good demand for silk merchandise is reported this year, with garments featuring novelty jacquard patterns on white ground selling well. The buying also includes piain and fancy broadcloths and novel- ty striped madras garments. Collar to match and collar attached styles con- tinue to figure prominently and there is said to be every indication that this will be true of the Spring. Buying for that season has not yet developed ac- tively, as many retailers are desirous of confining their attention to the holi- day turnover. —_2<-.__ Call For Novelty Umbrellas. Reorders for women’s umbrellas have been coming along nicely, accord- ing to manufacturers. The demand covers retailers’ replacements and also the more expensive special novelty types manufacturers have been offer- ing for holiday gift sale. Children’s umbrellas made to simulate those for adults have been meeting with a very good turnover. The short sixteen-rib umbrella with fancy colored handle an dtrimmings to match is the type selling most actively. Colored silks with contrasting border treatment or other design detail are being widely used, although there is some demand for the staple klack. —_2-.—___ Mufflers Are Doing Well. Despite the lack of continued cold weather, a nice business has been done ir men’s mufflers. The merchandise is assuming greater importance in holi- day selling, according to wholesalers here. Both crepe silk and cashmere mufflers are in active demand, the former featuring jacquard and printed effects and the latter plaids and stripe designs. High colors are the rule in the silk goods, the aim being to match or contrast the shades with those of the necktie or handkerchief. White or black knitted silk mufflers are being beught for formal wear. Trees Produce Milk. Explorers in the Central American jungle may find a substitute for the milk of animals in a tree that has just come to scientific attention. The arboreal cow is milked by cut- ting into the bark, and the liquid that pours forth is “rich and creamy, palat- able and sweet to taste,” according to Prof. S. J. Record, of the department of forest products at Yale University. its discoverer, Several other varieties of “cow trees” grow in tropical South America, but thus far the one in Gautemala is the one found farthest North on the con- tinent of North Scientists say that its Gautemala is a matter of interest, since a related species in Columbia is said to yield chicle, the basic principle of chewing gum. America. occurrence in —_+--__ Credit the Doer. It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds better. The credit belongs to the man who is ac- tually in the arena; could have done whose face is marred by dust and sweat, who strives valiantly; who errs and may fail again and again; because there is no effort without error or short-coming, but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who does know the great enthusiasm, the great devotion; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt. —_——_+--.__ Pupil Patrol. Public school and city officials of Washington, D. C., are trying to make all school safe for children. Schoolboy patrols watch all streets. Superintendent Ballou of the Wash- ington public schools has drawn up these traffic rules for all pupils to fol- ' low. Other cities may Washington’s example. zones well follow 1. Do not skate or play in the streets. 2. Do not beg rides. 3. Dod not hang on automobiles. 4. In crossing streets where traffic is controlled by lights, always cross only on the green signal. 5. Automobiles bringing pupils to school should approach the school so as to stop on the side of the street next to the school and not put the children out across the street from the school. — —_.-.___ Raincoat Demand Eases Up. Increased production of both water- proofed fabrics and finished merchan- dise has manufacturers of raincoats here to catch up with the de- mand. At the same time, retail buy- ing has tended to ease off slightly so that there is not the difficulty in pro- enabled curing supplies that was the case-a few weeks ago. Coats for sales pur- poses will shortly be wanted in volume, manufacturers expect, as the stores usualily hold these events at about the turn of the year. continue to lead. Coats in high colors 20 RETAIL GROCER Retail Grocers and General Merchants Association. President—Orla Bailey, Lansing. Vice-Pres.—Hans Johnson, Muskegon. Secretary—Paul Gezon, Wyoming Park. Treasurer—F. H. Albrecht, Detroit. Grocer of the Future Will Be Edu- cated. Written for the Tradesman. I have three sample advertisements sent in with this comment: “Enclosed you will find some adver- tising being done by grocers in our town. The fellow who has the least to say is doing the biggest business— he is too busy to write advertisements. His trade is built on trading stamps. In volume, stamps have done wonders for him. His profits I do not know.” The trading stamp man’s advertise- ment occupies two columns six and three quarter inches. In the middle o fthe space is a small script electro- type with the man’s name and, in the flourish under the name, runs the an- nouncement: For Service.’ Down across the bottom appears: “Deliveries at 10 a. m., 4 p. m. Phone 60.” And that is all. It is not unlikely that this man is doing a big business. Stamps have usually been effective as a bait so long as they were used by only one man inatown. Their effectiveness ceases— excepting to the extent that they milk the profits dry—when several mer- chants use them. But even so, I am not sure that this man owes his business entirely to Stamps. Perhaps he carries good goods which are priced scientifically. Maybe he keeps the cleanest, most at- tractive store in town. Perhaps he is a likable man, has a pleasing personal- ity. Let us be sure we know what we talk about when we analyze the other fellow’s success. But the inference that advertising is not necessary to this man’s success is not warranted. Nor is the conclu- sion that he has not time to write ad- vertisements justified. For if a man’s business be good without advertising, ‘it will be better with it. And no man can get away with the excuse of not having time to write advertisements. If he personally has no time, he is all the better fixed to get somebody to write for him. Finally, you cannot judge of anything that is not tried. We do not know what business he would do with the aid of real adver- tising; but experience indicates that he would do better. In fact, that argu- ment or allegation or inference means nothing. Advertising is a force so thoroughly recognized now that no talk about what it will do is useful. What of the others? Does their ad- vertising reflect progressiveness, alert- ness? It does not. Maybe they have time to write advertisements, but they don’t write ’em. What appears in the Paper seems to me to reflect rather poor storekeeping. I’d incline to the opinion that they are soppy fellows, keepers of unattractive joints. Per- haps there are plenty of reasons why the stamp giver finds his neighbors easy competition. For these adver- tisements, so-called, are mere lists of “things and prices,” followed by half- hearted remarks. Smith’s Store is the heading of one, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN followed by three. Saturday specials, none of them particularly intriguing, not one described, nothing said about any of them informative to me, for example, a stranger to the store and articles. At bottom: “If we haven't got what you want, we will get it for you.” If that man took space—and time plus brain work—to describe some of the things he really has, he would not have space for such drivel. And what of the neighbor ,Jones? He has specials too. You can note that anybody can have specials, can you not? And these are for August 6 and 7—Friday and Saturday. Same old stuff—running in an extra burden on the two days at the wrong end of the week, two days now overloaded with business which (otherwise) might be profitable. Surely, it is to laugh! Well, Jones has sweet potatoes, large can, 15c; Campbell beans, 3 cans, 25c; Country Gentleman corn, 2 cans, 35c; potatoes, 45 lb. box, 60c; Mason quart jars, per doz. 85c; Khaki cannery aprons, regular price, $1.35; special price, $1.19. Men’s neckband shirts on sale special prices. Then this gem: “We prefer your coming to the store, but if you are too busy, a telephone call will deliver the goods.” That last paragraph is worth reflect- ing over. Plainly as words can ex- press it, this man tells me that his telephone is a sort of necessary evil. He has it because some people want it. He'd not have it if he were not forced to have it. And he prefers not to use it or have it used. So, while I may not have a thing to do in the world—I certainly shall not feel like intruding on his “preferred” quietude. I'd rather go where they said in few words: “Telephone orders solicited. We are as near to you as your phone.” In fact and in short, I seem to see right in these specimen advertisements why the wakeful stamp-giving grocer is corralling the trade of that town. Elton J. Buckley, thoughtful com- mentator on grocers and groceries, re- cently published a tale from which I condense the following: A London grocer of 200 years ago began to learn his father’s trade when he was 16. He worked from 7 in the morning until 10 at night. His father was licensed to deal in only a few gro- cery items of the then limited total range to be had. Go back a few hun- dred years and you find boys working as apprentices for from seven to ten years before they were licensed as grocers. It was an honorable calling “them days” to be a licensed grocer. Buckley questions: “If it was right to spend ten years to learn to handle a hundred things, how much time should we now take learning to sell a thousand? The answer, judging by present experience, is no time at all.” I can sympathize with Buckley’s feelings because, if I live until next February, I shall be fifty years from the day I learned to make a grocery package. And note that I say make a grocery package. For we did make packages those days. There were no paper bags. Everything had to be wrapped. We took pride in making our packages symmetrical, substantial, as a tradesman should make them. (Continued on page 31) November 24, 1926 ONE GROCER SAYS: A grocer who benefited himself by eating yeast says: “Inasmuch as your yeast cured me of an annoying stomach disorder I am a sincere Yeast for Health fan. And I have noticed in several cases that my yeast customers are buying more groceries from me which I believe is due to their being healthier customers.” Fleischmann’s Yeast for Health DOES make healthier customers, and healthier customers always buy and eat more of the groceries you sell. FLEISCHMANN’S YEAST service Don’t Say Bread — Say Delicious cookie-cakes and appetizing crackers— There is a Hekman food-confection for every meal and for every taste. Aman Piscuit Co Ce Grand Rapids.Mich. M. J. DARK & SONS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Receivers and Shippers of All Seasonable Fruits and Vegetables a Tt NN REY DOTA November 24, 1926 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MEAT DEALER Advantages of Ordering Meats Ahead. Several months ago we talked about the advantage of giving meat retailers notice of what is to be ordered for special dinners. Some of the more progressive retailers who listened to that talk put the idea in practice by suggesting it to those of their cus- tomers they felt free to make sug- gestions to. Others claim some of their customers made requests in line with our suggestion, and that it work- ed out to the mutual advantage of both retailer and consumer. To those who are not familiar with the in- tricacies of meat retailing it may seem that it should not be necessary to give retailers advance notice of their re- quirements, but they may feel that they should walk into a shop at any time and get the very cut they want. The theory of this may be sound enough, but there are real reasons why it does not always work out well in practice. It is not our purpose to-night to dis- cuss these reasons, but to recognize them and try to suggest a way of meet- ing them so that the company din- ner will always be just what it should be. When an order is placed with a retailer at short notice he will take the order, and if he is a good retailer he will try to fill it to the best of his ability, but if he doesn’t happen to have just the right cut or the right pair of broilers, or just the right kind of any other kind of meat requested, he will sell the nearest thing to it that he has available. Another advantage to the consumer is ‘the importance pleced upon advance orders when the facts surrounding them is explained. In a way the retailer enters into the spirit of the occasion and takes pleas- ure in helping to make the occasion a success. We may take a special roast of beef, or a special steak, or a special breast of veal for stuffing, for in- stance, and either of them may be put away during the day of business when the cut of the carcass is just right, or it may be necessary to. select the wholesale package or cut when in the wholesale market during the day er the next morning. There is double satisfaction in entertaining when the hostess is sure her meat was just a little better than usual and when she is positive it gives fullest satisfaction. The little extra trouble in anticipating her needs and informing her retailer will be more than compensated for by results obtained. The cost is usually ne more for selected meats than for usual run, and on the whole advantage is with the hostess. Don’t forget to tell the retailer the next day how well his selection suited. —_2+<-~___ Calories and Meats. One of the young men in a whole- sale meat market spoke to me this morning about an article which re- cently appeared in a newspaper dis- crediting the importance usually placed on calories as an indicator of value of food. It was claimed, he told me, that the policy of estimating food value by calories is dangerous and often actual- ly disastrous to health and life. Usual- ly such an article should be read care- fully before it is condemned, for there is apt to be much of value in it and a great deal of truth, even when de- ductions as a whole seem to be in- ccnsistent with general scientific opin- ion, not to say inconsistent with truth, Strictly speaking, no one can eat calories, for there is not a_ physical calory in the world any more than there is an inch or a pound in the world as a physical thing. Calories are used as a means of measuring food energy just as inches are used to measure distance or space and pounds to measure quantity. No man having even the fundamentals of food science would say that calories have value in the food world. Coal or wood possess calorific value, and the work that can be done by a steam engine depends upon the calories in the coal used and The body needs and must have an energy pro- viding substance, and in order that the body may be kept fit certain amounts of energy must be provided. This energy comes from the food that is hew well it is harnessed. eaten. The energy in different kinds of food is measured in calories as a means of understanding between per- sons who desire to discuss the matter. The danger pointed ouf in the article referred to in this ‘talk lies in the un- informed or misinformed mind that thinks that if food possesses high calorific value it is all that can be de- sired, and that it makes no dietary dif- ference what kind of food is eaten so long as enough calorific value is found in it. Coal possesses calorific value, as already pointed out, but no one could The essentials in food, aside from its energy-providing func- tion, are the basic elements of the food, and when just enough of these ele- ments are taken into the system the bedy’s. needs are provided. This is not the whole story of food value, either, live on coal. for such things as advantage of ap- petite stimulating foods, digestive juice stimulating foods, and roughage to as- sist elimination of waste are all im- portant, because they are necessary. Meat comes the nearest to a proper element providing food of any. __—_- >>> _____ Thanksgiving Acrostic. hinkirg in terms of gratitude, aving a heart that’s understood Ss always within its rightful place, —oting dear mother nature’s grace; eeping the thought in mind that she -eems to be glad indeed to be —iving us things undreamed before |!—ntending, maybe, to give us more. -isioning from life’s higher plane 1!—nto the things of its great game, N-—ever forgetting that thanks will make G—reater the joy for their sweet sake. L. B. Mitchell. a - Poverty rushes in where Riches fear to tread. OORZPIA < Zion Fig Bars Unequalled. for Stimulating and Speeding Up Cooky Sales Obtainable from Your Wholesale. Grocer Zion Institutions & Industries Baking Industry Zion, Hlinois IT’S A PLEASURE TO SELL Sad Candy See OUR line of Hard Candy and Holiday Mixtures before placing your Christmas Orders. Priced right,too JOWNEY'S Dinami HOLIDAY PACKAGES NATIONAL CANDY CO.,INC. ARE WONDERFUL GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Yellow Kid Bananas all year around Bananas are the year ’round fruit. They are clean, wholesome, nutritious and delicious. “Yellow Kid” Bananas are uni- formly good. Send in your orders. The Vinkemulder Company GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ever increasing number of people will have no other hot drink, the profit you make on POSTUM is not at the sacrifice of profit on some other item —but is extra profit that you would otherwise miss. © 1926, P.C. Co. November 24, 1926 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN HARDWARE lected, you will benefit by the com- Michigan Retail Hardware Association. Parison. It must not be forgotten, too, i’resident—George W. McCabe, Petos- " Miee-President cL. Glasgow, Nash- Vlilc Secretary—A. J. Scott, Marine City. Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. Handl'ng Holiday Trade in the Hard- ware Store. Written for the Tradesman. In pushing his Christmas lines the hardware dealer should make due pro- vision for the desire always manifested at this time of the year to have a look around before buying. He should not expect every person entering the store to purchase at once; and he should instruct his clerks, while being attentive, not to push too closely when they see that the customer is merely on a tour of inspection. Suggestion is undoubtedly helpful in salesmanship; and is never more help- ful than at this season of the year. But tactless suggestion can be hurtful. The average customer means to buy a gift of some kind but has no very clear idea as to what will be suitable; hence practical help in making a selec- tion will usually be appreciated. But the average customer also expects to spend some time looking around. So the customer resents being urged or stampeded into buying something she dcesn’t want. It will, therefore, pay the salesman to take careful note of the reactions of the individual customer to his sug- Where one customer will eagerly welcome help and advice, an- other putting it in so many words—pretty clearly indicate a desire to be left alone. gestions. will—without If you have a printed list of gift suggestions, it is worth while for you to hand such a list to the customer as looking around—and leave a guide in him to look, with the assurance that you will be glad to wait on him. Nor does it pay to be too eager to close a sale even where the customer is receptive Rather clerk set himself out to goods, leaving the cus- own to suggestions. should the display the decisions. Here, again, much depends on the in- dividual customer, and the ability of the clerk to correctly interpret the There are cases where all a sale needs is a little push- fulness on the salesman’s part. There are cases where pushfulness will lose a sale. And are cases where pushfulness will effect a sale and lose « customer—for some people who can- “No” afterward resent their own weakness in being forced to buy, and take out their resentment in dis- like of the store or of the individual salesman. tcmer to make his customer’s reactions. there not say No general rule can be laid down; except that it pays for the salesmen to study the individual customer. The hardware dealer should set out te make his store a rendezvous for holiday buyers; and to succeed in this, it is well to display the Christmas stock early so that the people can have a chance to look it over and size it up before returning to buy. They will undoubtedly go elsewhere to see what your competitors have. But you have tc take your chance on that; and if your stock is well bought and well se- that the first impression made on a customer’s mind is most likely to hold good. If a customer sees something in the store that appeals to him as a suitable gift, it is a hard matter to make him forget the fact; and if the price is right he will return In displaying Christmas goods the dealer must give them the proper holiday setting. He must make his store look like Christmas. Customers expect the Christmas background; and are apt to be disappointed if, going in to buy Christmas gifts, they find the hardware store interior looking the same is it did in July. Your Christmas appeal is particular- iy to the children. In preparing for the holiday trade the merchant should not overlook the importance in the decorative scheme of holly, evergreen, green and red color schemes, and im- itation snow. He should see to it that Santa Claus appears in his windows or inside the store with gift sugges- tions, especially for the youngsters. At the same time, the decorative background should not be so pro- nounced as to distract attention from the stock itself. Your decorative ac- céssories should talk Christmas; but your display of goods should suggest individual gifts. A window display, in particular, can be too Christmassy, and not “stocky” enough, to be effective. It is often a good idea to convert the store interior into a sort of bazaar. For the time being the heavy stuff should be pushed into the background, and extra tables used to display the Christmas oods. With a sufficiency of decorative accessories, the store in- terior can be made very pleasing to the eye. It is often worth while to have a piano or gramaphone furnish music during the busy hours. The store should above all be well lighted. Nothing is so attractive to holiday crowds in these dark days of the year as a well lighted store. It is a mistake to put on an elabor- ately Christmassy window display and leave the store interior the same as usual. It is far better to modify the window trim and distribute some of the surplus decorative effects through- out the store. In regard to lighting, I find some difference of opinion. That there should be ample light inside the store, and a plentitude of artificial light for ihe late afternoons and evenings, goes without saying. Some dealers favor the brightest light possible; while others go in strongly for color effects which subdue light and impart a bizarre appearance to the store interior. For this purpose colored globes and colored tissue pa- per can be used. The colors should, in general, blend with the color scheme of the decorations, which will make the general effect more striking and show the goods to better advantage. Where tissue paper is used, the ex- pense is small, and it permits of more frequent changes of the color scheme, than by the employment of colored globes. The merchznt can, with slight trouble, change the color scheme every evening. All cris cf course means labor for Michigan Hardware Co. 100-108 Ellsworth Ave.,Corner Oakes GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN e Wholesalers of Shelf Hardware, Sporting Goods and Fishing Tackle RESTAURANT and HOTEL SUPPLIES ‘ ()UR BUSINESS is growing very rapidly in these lines. Chairs, tables, stoves, counters, dishes, silverware, etc. Give us a call. G.R. STORE FIXTURE CO. 7 Ionia Avenue N. W. the ordinary electric’ BROWN &SEHLER “HOME — Satis Automobile Tires and Tubes Automobile Accessories Garage Equipment Radio Equipment ‘Harness, Horse Collars Farm Machinery and Garden Tools Saddlery Hardware Blankets, Robes & Mackinaws Sheep lined and Blanklet - Lined Coats GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Fostex;Stevenst Co. | “Wholesale Hardware We are busy moving our stock into our new building at 57-59-61-63 Commerce Ave. and at the same time we are taking care of our customers orders and shipping promptly. FOSTER, STEVENS & CO. 57-59-61-63 Commerce Ave. GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN November 24, 1926 the merchant; but if the details are planned in advance the labor will be minimized. Window display is important. The windows attract the customer; the interior holds him and sells the goods. Therefore the windows. should be planned with the utmost care, not so much to actually sell goods, as to get the customer to come inside and see the goods at close range. Every point that applies to the in- terior applies to thé window. It should be essentially Christmassy in tone, well lighted, and the goods care- fully displayed. In every window there should be some center piece or background appropriate to the season, designed to catch the eye and create a pleasing impression. A very effective arrangement in- volves a background representing a brick wall, with a heavy oaken door swung wide open, revealing a miscel- laneous collection of toys or gift ar- ticles falling in profusion through the docrway. The brick wall should bear a sign, “Toyland Now Open,” and a figure of Santa Claus may be posed in one corner, bearing in his hand a large gilt key, with which he is sup- posed to have unlocked the door. In front of this background, a more orderly display of toys may be made. Where ample floor space is avail- able, tables can be used for the effec- tive display of gifts inside the store. In one store a series of tables was used, each table devoted to gifts for some one class of recipients. Over each table was placed a sign indicat- ing the class for whom the gifts were meant, as follows: Christmas Gifts for Boys. Christmas Gifts for Girls. Christmas Gifts for Young Men Christmas Gifts for Young Women. Christmas Gifts for Father. Christmas Gifts for Mother. Christmas Gifts for Bachelors. Christmas Gifts for Bachelor Girls Christmas Gifts for Husbands. Christmas Gifts for Wives. Christmas Gifts for Baby. Naturally, the gifts shown on these tables were the smaller articles, and while the regular sales staff handled the heavier and larger articles and the regular stock, the temporary helpers were placed in charge of the tables, on which all goods were clearly priced and where very little salesmanship was re- quired. Under this arrangement one girl had charge of two or three tables. In the pre-Christmas advertising the. dealer called special attention to these classified tables. Each day, in addition to the other advertising, a single table was discussed, the articles shown were e1umerated, and prices quoted. Whatever Christmas arrangements are undertaken, it is well to have a defin‘te plan in advance. Take plenty of time beforehand to figure out just what you want; put the result on pa- per in intelligible form; and then fol- low your plan as closely as possible. Never, for instance, try to put to- gether a window display by merely starting work in the window and ar- ranging the goods as they come to mind. Your display will take three times as long to put together as if you MICHIGAN TRADESMAN had planned it in advance, and it will not be one-third as effective. Victor Lauriston. ————>.->___. Frozen Meat. Freezing is the most efficacious method of preserving meats in their natural condition. However, the whole- someness of frozen meats depends not only on the proper methods of freez- ing, but also upon the condition of the meat when placed in the freezer and upon the methods of handling subse- quent to storage in the freezer. There has been an increasing amount of at- tention given to the freezing of meats in the last few years and the effect of various factors upon the quality and wholesomeness of the frozen product. Much good work has been done, but more remains to be accomplished not only in the methods of freezing, but also in the methods of defrosting the meats. The latter is very important and unless care is exercised in the de- frosting process much harm will be done. On the other hand, when meat has been properly handled and frozen and not held for too long a period in the freezer, if properly defrosted, it will closely approach fresh meat in quality and wholesomeness. In_ the minds of many persons, frozen meat is a product that was stale or other- wise unwholesome and the only rea- son for freezing was to salvage it and thereby prevent a total loss. While that may have been true in days gone by it is not so to-day. The State of New York, for an example, keeps a careful supervision on all public freez- ers. These freezers operate under: a permit from the state and the permit would be quickly revoked if the rules of the State were not complied with. The operators of a public freezer are held accountable for the condition of the products in their charge, and therefore are subject to a claim for damage by the owner of the product that, on removal, is found to be out of good condition. All packages are branded with the name of the freezer and the date’ received and again branded at: the time of removal. De- frosted meat is not accepted for freez- ing again. Freezing has a sterilizing effect on meats, such as in destroying live trichinae in pork and tapeworm cysts in beef, for example. In fact, the regulations of the Federal meat inspection law require that pork cus- tomarily eaten without cooking shall be frozen for twenty days at not less than 5 degrees F. ——_>+ 2 Meat Substitutes. In a certain cook book which has a wide circulation, due partly to its in- herent value and partly to its free circulation, one section of this book is headed “Meat Substitutes.2- In the opening paragraph the author says, “The need of tissue building foods in the diet is a well understood fact, and their principal source is meat.” This is unquestionably true, since meat con- tains the essential elements that may be assimilated by the body, and meat contains these elements in somewhat similar proportions to their presence in the human body. While a well-bal- anced diet is advisable, and certain food other than meat is desirable for bulk as well as for other reasons, there is no particular kind of food which contains the requisites of the body in amounts as near the body requirements as meat. Meat does not comprise the chief food consumed by the average person in this country on the basis of weight, since the amount eaten a year is usually between 150 and 175 pounds, and the consumption of fruit and vegetables, for instance, is estimated to be around 460 pounds a year. Meat, however, is a concentrated food, and is much higher in calorific value than many other kinds, and the consump- tion of the amount mentioned is suffi- cient to furnish a great deal of the heat, energy and growth of the per- son consuming it. Meat is eas‘ly di- gested by the average person, especial- ly if not too fat, since the saliva of the mouth and the gastric juices of the stomach act readily upon it. Fat, on the other hand, is digested in the intestines by bile, and passes through the stomach without dis‘ntegration or assimilation. Fats will be found +o be indigestible to the average person only when contained in cooking in such a way that the fat acts as a coating for flour or other food, as may happen when it incases these portions due to improper methods of preparation. If crullers are cooked in fat with a low burning point, or in fats not heated as hot as they should be this may hap- pen. This suggests the advisability of thorough knowledge of cooking on the part of housewives. +7. Good Fellowship Week. We've had weeks and weeks galore; prune week, paint week, orange week, old-home week, flour week, vacuum week, and lots of other kinds of weeks. Now how about a_ good-fellowship week? We don’t like Bill; Jim makes us tired; Tom’s job should belong to us; Fred is so hard to understand. And so forth and so forth. Then we go on our way with a frozen smile and a cold heart. Maybe the other fellow has his faults. So have we. Perfec- tion in mankind has not yet been reached. Then how about a little good fellowship week, when we'll see the good in folks and warm up to it like a kitten to a ball of catnip? Ever see an icicle warm in the sun? Lots of human icicles are waiting to be melted by the warmth of a smile. Many a kindly fellow-feeling toward you is waiting to be shaken up and out by a slap on the back. So here’s for good-fellowship week. Doesn’t need to be advertised for weeks ahead as something good that’s coming. No, siree. It’s right here— it was right here last week, but we might have missed it. It’s still here. And that’s a fine thing about good- fellowship week—it perpetuates itself week after week. To-day, now, let us hop right to it and dig down below our cold upper crust to the warm spot beneath. We'll be surprised to find how many other warm spots radiate in our direction. Folks: good-fellowship week is here— and it is ours. —_~+-.____ We put little value on anything less it is hard to get. 23 INSURED BONDS paying 6% It is just as important to insure investments against loss as it is to carry prop- erty insurance. You take no risk with the money you invest in our 6% Insured Bonds. They are secured by first mortgages on_ individual homes worth double, and principal and interest is guaranteed by U. S. Fidel- ity & Guaranty Co., with assets of $48,000,000. Tax exempt in Michigan. INDUSTRIAL COMPANY ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL BANK GRAND RAPIDS IGAN (*) MICH- Me VR: TAFITSIOR CECE ro Hi HARRY MEYER Distributor 816-20 Logan St. Grand Rapids, Michigan IVAN WESTENBRUGGE Grand Rapids - Muskegon Distributor Nucoa The Food of the Future CHEESE of All Kinds ALPHA BUTTER SAR-A-LEE BEST FOODS Mayonaise Shortning HONEY—Horse Radish OTHER SPECIALTIES Quality-Service-Cooperation 24 COMMERCIAL TRAVELER News and Gossip Regarding Michigan Hotels. Grand Rapids, Nov. 23—Advices have been received to the effect that the Hotel Janis, South Haven, has passed into the hands of creditors and been closed to the public. Here is an evidence of the result of building a hotel where it was not need- ed at the behest and under the direc-. tion of individuals who knew nothing of hotel requirements and operation. The Reid House, conducted so ably and satisfactorily by a _ genial host, Dave Reid, meets every requirement. It is up to date, its service is com- mended by all who stop there, and only on unusual occasions is it inade- quate to the demand made upon it. The new hotel was an expensive toy, built by novices who knew nothing of the physical requirements of a hostelry and could only have been operated at an unusual and excessive cost. It represents a considerable investment, can be used for no other purpose, and is really a detriment to the real estate on which it stands. Such an experience ought to be a warning to the investing public ’ in other cities, but it probably will not. The “follow up” promoter will come along with some other scheme for making easy money, the ancient tea pots will come out from retirement, and the sucker will have other gaily bordered papers to file away with its fellows in the uppermost bureau drawer. One of the tragic features of such a fiasco is the fact that subsequent wise ones will attempt to operate the establishment—at a loss, naturally— and the owner of the legitimate hotel in the same town will be called upon to pay an undeserved penalty by en- deavoring to meet undeserved compe- tition. Mrs. Ejisenlohr’s Doll House, at Wayland, is an attractive tea room— not of the paper napkin brand—which serves attractively and bountiously, and at moderate prices, a variety of food which meets the requirements of all comers. The place is well named and reflects enterprise on the part of the charming lady who conducts it. M. A. Barnett, who for years filled the position of steward at the Morton House, Pantlind, and various clubs, passed away at Kalamazoo, on Sun- day last. At the time of his demise he was connected with the Burdick Hotel there. The Hotel Tuller, Detroit, under the aggressive management of Ward B. James, is making vast strides in the way of internal improvements. Re- cently the cafeteria was enlarged and improved, but now comes word that $175,000 has been spent on room re- placements, a departure which will place that establishment up at the head of the list. Mr. James has fea- tured the Tuller as a home for com- mercial men, has taken them into his confidence to ascertain their require- ments and then met such requirements. Personally also Mr. James is well liked by the traveling public, is not a bit “stuck up” and believes in the personal equation between landlord and guests, something which has been lost sight of by some operators who have substituted pomposity for hos- pitality. The Book-Cadillac (Detroit) man- agement have now fully intrenched themselves in their position as social headquarters for Michigan, above all rivals. It was my pleasure to spend my last week end with the Hotel Browning as the guest of Alvah Brown, owner and operator, and an added: pleasure was the presence there of a large number of commercial men, with many ef whom I have an acquaintance. Built originally as a residential hotel, troit MICHIGAN TRADESMAN through judicious and persistent ad- vertising, its single apartments became popular with commercial men who en- joy it because of its comfortable and restful atmosphere, away from the noise of street cars and heavy truck- ing. Various prices are charged for different classes of accommodations, such prices being equitable and rea- sonable. The furnishings and conveni- ences are strictly modern, the rooms are rather larger than you would ex- pect to find ordinarily, and the ser- vice excellent. Once before I spoke of the excel- lent offerings in the dining room which 1s now conducted by the owner, Mr. Brown, and the unusually low charges made there. Here is one of the Brown- ing’s 50 cent dinners, which I claim, all things considered, to be unequalled in any place I have visited “since the War: Rice Tomato Soup New England Boiled Dinner Veal Loaf Potted Beef Creamed and Boiled Potatoes Creamed Turnips Jellied Mint and Lettuce Salad Parker House Rolls Apple Cobbler Red Raspberry Pie Beverages That New England boiled dinner— well, you call up the Browning and ask them when they are going to serve the next one. It’s worth while. The Pantlind Hotel has opened its new sandwich shop on the Monroe avenue side of the hotel and it proved an instantaneous success. As a busi- ness getter the sandwich shop _ has demonstrated that it is all that has been claimed for it in other localities, especially the larger cities. In the case of the Pantlind there have been ad- ditional reasons for its becoming popu- lar, one of them being that it is kept open twenty-four hours a day, which appeals to more than the ordinary run of lunch patrons, with the knowledge that they are going to receive Pantlind service and at a reasonable cost. The room devoted to this service has been most artistically fitted up, the furnish- ings being of a unique design and the decorations in keeping therewith. The counter is of ordinary table height, with stool chairs to correspond. In addition to the usual offerings at a counter, specialties are selected from the cafe service, which permits be- lated guests to meet their individual requirements and enjoy same as they would in the regular dining room. Mr. Alexander, Manager of the Pantlind cafeteria, is also in charge of the sandwich shop, and says it has evoked the interest of many hotel and restaurant operators in other parts of the State, the advantages of same be- ing very apparent. It is with much regret I learn that Grand Rapids charter of the Greeters organization is slowly but surely pass- ing out, through inactivity of its offi- cers. The granting of this charter by the parent body was an unusual and unfortunate episode. The claim was made that Charter No. 29, at Detroit— practically a State organization—was too far distant from West Michigan members, though at the time it was a well-known fact that a similar condi- tion existed in nearly every state. De- charter did everything possible to conciliate this contingent by offer- ing to hold frequent meetings at Grand Rapids and other interior cities, but absolutely without effect. The Grand Rapids contingent secured a charter list of about twenty-five applicants, the charter was granted, and a primary organization was effected, but all ac- tivity ceased at this stage. The West State members who demitted from De- troit are out in the cold and Detroit suffers for lack of their support. The Greeter organization, made up of hotel employes, is a good thing. It helps to create that fraternal co-opera- tion so necessary in any profession, but particularly so among hotel em- ployes, and, in addition to certain ad- vantages in business and social service, there is a home provided at Denver for such of its members as have be- come incapacitated for various reasons. The day will undoubtedly come when the West Michigan contingent will regret their separation from the parent body. A quite similar organization, the Ho- tel Men’s Mutual Benefit Association, has proven an eyer increasing success, and great benefits have been derived from same, and there is no reason un- der the sun why their success can- not be duplicated in the instance of the Greeters. For the information of Commercial men who have been depending upon bus service North of Manistee, infor- mation is given to the effect that the line operating from that city to Trav- erse City has been discontinued on account of road construction on M 11, also that there will be no further ser- vice North of Traverse City this sea- son. John C. Buikema , who recently severed his connection with the Mus- REIDS HOTEL SOUTH HAVEN, MICH. Rates $1.25 and up Bath $2 to $2.50 Single DAVID REID, Prop. November 24, 1926 HOTEL RICKMAN KALAMAZOO, MICH. Rates, $1.50 per day up. JOHN EHRMAN, Manager HOTEL KERNS LARGEST HOTEL IN LANSING 300 Rooms With or Without Bath Popular Priced Cafeteria in Con- nection. Rates $1.50 up. E. S. RICHARDSON, Proprietor WESTERN HOTEL BIG RAPIDS, MICH. Hot and cold running water in all rooms. Several rooms with bath. All rooms well heated and well venti- lated. A good place to stop. Amer- ican plan. Rates reasonable. WILL F. JENKINS, Manager CODY HOTEL GRAND RAPIDS RATES—$1.50 up without bath. $2.50 up with bath. CAFETERIA IN CONNECTION Hotel Roosevelt Lansing’s Fireproof Hotel 250 Rooms—$1.50 up. Cafeteria in Connection Moderate Prices One-half Block North of State Capitol CHAS. T. QUINN, Mer. HOTEL OLDS LANSING 300 Rooms 300 Baths Absolutely Fireproof Moderate Rates Under the Direction of the Continental-Leland Corp. Grorce L. Crocker, Manager. Facing Grand Circus Park, the heart of Detroit. 800 pecan rooms, $2.50 and up. ard B. James, Manager. DETROIT, MICH. HOTEL Wolverine Hotel BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN Fire Proof—60 rooms. THE LEAD. ING COMMERCIAL AND RESORT HOTEL. American Plan, $4.00 and up; European Plan, $1.50 and up. Open the year around. Warm Friend Tavern Holland, Mich. Under the new management of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Leland offers a warm welcome to all travelers. All room rates reduced liberally. We set a wonderful table in the Dutch Grill. Try our hospitality and comfort. E. LU, LELAND, Mer. CUSHMAN HOTEL PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN The best is none too good for a tired Commercial Traveler. Try the CUSHMAN on your next trip and you will feel right at home. Columbia Hotel KALAMAZOO Good Place To Tie To Four Flags Hotel NILES, MICH. 80 Rooms—50 Baths 30 Rooms with Private Toilets Cc. L. HOLDEN, Mgr. eo Occidental Hotel FIRE PROOF CENTRALLY LOCATED Rates $1.50 and up EDWART R. SWETT, Mgr. Muskegon -te Michigan 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.” —— SST November 24, 1926 kegon Chamber of Commerce to enter other service, has gone back to his former love, whereat Muskegon peo- ple are happy. As an organizer Mr. Buikema is without a peer in Michi- gan, and he most certainly demonstrat- ed his ability along those lines in the upbuilding of the Muskegon body, which is to be congratulated in his re- turn thereto. : When one is enabled to stretch his limbs under the mahogany of the Ho- tel Chippewa, Manistee, he may well claim that he has arrived—a feeling that continues when he has been in- stalled in one of its guest chambers, which are always warm, well lighted, clean and amply and luxuriously fur- nished. But “catching up” with the genial manager, Henry M. Nelson, is completing the proposition with the “top shelf.” For instance you drop into a comfortable and cheerful dining room, and a tidily uniformed waitress places before you a luncheon menu like the following, for which the mod- est charge of 75 cents is made: Tomato Bouillion Danish Cucumbers Dil! Pickles Baked Lake Trout, Lemon Sauce Rtioa.t Leg of Pork, Apple Sauce Spare Ribs and Sauer Kraut Hamburg Steak, Brown Gravy Steamed and American Fried Potatoes Sugar Corn Blueberry Pie Dumpling with Sauce Beverages The Chippewa is prosperous, and it ought to be, for it more nearly meets the requirements of the traveler than almost any Michigan hotel I know of, and I claim the distinction of having visited every one of them, near and tag. Another thing that commends the Chippewa to the public is that its charges are fair and equitable, which applies to both its feeding and housing. Its ocwners have always been satisfied with reasonable returns on their invest- ment, and anything above that has been returned to its patrons in the shape of improvements, which have always been made in advance of the requirements of their guests, and then, besides, there is “Henry.” Four counties in Northeastern Mich- igan have presented arguments before the State Utilities Commission against the petition of the Detroit & Mack- inaw Railroad for permission to aban- don several short lines traversing these counties. They explain that the abandonment of railroad service will leave twenty- eight towns without proper transpor- tation and reduce struggling farm communities to a condition most un- certain and discouraging. The com- pany, for its part, declares that the branch lines cost more than they earn and put an unfair weight on the op- eration of the parts where the earn- ings exceed the expense. In addition to the moral problem at stake, there is, among the interested public, a tinge of sentimentality; something, of course, unknown in railroad operation. It means “life, liberty and pursuit of happiness” to a large degree. Like many railroad building promo- tion schemes, construction of lines en- abled financiers to bond them for much more than their value or more than would be reasonably warranted under ordinary conditions, but the frontiersman did not know of these conditions. The railroad held out a tempting bait of cheap land, augment- ed by rail transportation. The settler used his meager capital and a fund of labor in improving his holdings, firm in the belief that it was being done under conditions which would endure for all time. No one thought of a temporary existence of such transpor- tation, hence towns sprung up, public improvements were made and, quite likely, debts were created, the payment of which depended on the facilities which would be enjoyed by posterity. Here is where the sentiment comes in. The builders of the railway lines Salad Apple Pear MICHIGAN enjoyed their measure of prosperity as they went along merrily constructing railroads at a cost of $15,000 per mile and selling them to bondholders at $40,000. Perhaps the bond holders did not know this, but experience should have made them more conservative. But the farmer had never had the experience. It was his one and great speculation. Disappointments were meted out to him, but he still clung to the one hope that there was still one avenue of escape left from his troubles—the ra‘lroad train. Undoubtedly if rails are abandoned other transportation will be introduced and the seeming “unfortunate” will in the end accustom himself to changed conditions. But is it fair? The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion and the various state bodies have been very reluctant to go on record with decisions governing such cases, but while the question of sentiment cannot, as a rule, enter into their de- liberations, there might be exercised a spirit of fairness, which would at least require the railroad to furnish some sort of service until changed condi- tions make it unessential. Frank S. Verbeck. Items From the Cloverland of Michi- gan. Sault Ste. Marie, Nov. 23—The slaughter of deer by the mighty army of hunters now in our Northern woods has not had any effect on the meat business, as comparatively few deer have been killed as yet, due mostly to the unfavorable weather. The deer keep close in the swamps, where it is almost impossible for the hunters to enter. The first accident of the sea- son reported happened to Fred Rhodes, of Detroit, formerly from the Soo. While a guest at the Buckhorn hunt- ing camp, near Hulbert, he was shot in the arm. He was taken to the Memorial hospital here and removed later to Detroit. The cause of the accident is kept a secret by him, also his companions, Our City Commission has author- ‘zed the purchase of a ten ton tractor to be used in plowing the streets of snow this winter. This will aid in the fire protection, as well as facilitate the movement of traffic during the win- ter months. It has often been im- possible for the fire pumper to leave the main traveled streets. Mrs. Gertrude Sullivan is moving her hat shop from its present location, 557 Ashmun street, across the street, where she will open for business on Saturday. The chap who rocked the boat this summer and lived to tell about it is now out in the country picking mush- rooms. John Dahl, of Rockland, Ontonagon county, is said to have raised the best apples in Cloverland this year. He was awarded five first prizes at the Houghton fair. Sign in one of our restaurants: “Don’t divorce your wife if she can’t ceok. Eat here and keep her for a pet.” The Ecklund Brothers Co., of Clo- quet and Duluth, is getting a good start at its sawmill and camps at Walsh Siding, on the D., S. S. & A., in Schoolcraft county, twelve miles West of Seney. The company owns about 80,000,000 feet of hardwood and hem- lock timber North of Walsh Siding and operations in the district will be ex‘ensive for some years to come. About 300 men will be employed in the camps and mill. The crop of turkeys is the smallest for Thanksgiving here this year that it has been in years. Due to the un- favorable weather, the turkeys did not do so well, and the shipment to the outside markets was about a quarter as much as it was last year at this time. D. H. Maloney, one of our well- known clothiers, will soon leave for his winter home at Dave, Florida, where TRADESMAN he and his wife have spent so many winters. When asked about what he thought of Florida since the storm, he said he would continue to winter in the South, as the storm was not nearly so bad as reported in the papers. He contends there was much more dam- age and many more lives lost in the recent cyclone that swept over the West. Henry LaLonde, who for many years has been conducting a china and notion bazaar on Ashmun street, will sell his business to his brother, Ed- ward, who will continue the business. Whether or not Henry will move else- where has not been announced. He 25 has a host of friends here that would like to see him remain in the Soo. Mr. and Mrs. T. Thoennen have closed their summer home at Nebish for the season and expect to spend the winter in the South again, return- ing in the spring. William G. —_—_+.<-.—— — Tapert. Moderation works well usually, but fails when you try to make a home run. eo te As your skill increases, your work easier. ge’ CS NEW ISSUE: in the world. NEW YORK CHICAGO All information given herein is from we regard as reliable, but in no $600,000 ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN 6% First (Closed) Mortgage Gold Bonds Due September 1, 1941 Direct obligation of Alaska Refrigerator Company, which was established over forty-five years ago. recognized as one of the largest manufacturers of Refrigerators Secured by First Mortgage on all the real estate, buildings, and fixed equipment, which has been appraised as having a sound value of $1,193,000, making this approximately a 50% loan. Net Earnings for the year ended June 30, 1926 were $314,880 —over 8!/, times interest requirements on this issue. Mortgage provides a Sinking Fund sufficient to retire in excess of 60% of this issue by maturity. Tax exempt in Michigan. PRICE 100 AND ACCRUED INTEREST TO YIELD 6% HOWE, SNOW & BERTLES (Incorporated) Investment Securities GRAND RAPIDS event are | tained to be regarded as our representation. } This Company now DETROIT SAN FRANCISCO official sources or from sources which the statements herein con- New Hotel with all Modern 150 Outside Rooms $1.50 and up : HOTEL CHIPPEWA HENRY M. NELSON, Manager Hot and Cold Running Water and Telephone in every Room 60 Rooms with Bath $2.50 and $3.00 European Plan MANISTEE, MICH. Conveniences—Elevator, Etc. Dining Room Service NEW BURDICK The Only All New Hotel in the City. 250 Rooms—150 Rooms with Private In KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN is the famous Bath—European $1.50 and up per Day RESTAURANT AND GRILL—Cafeteria, Quick Service, Popular Prices Entire Seventh Floor Devoted to Especially Equipped Sample Rooms WALTER J. HODGES, Pres. In the Very Heart Fireproof of the City Construction Representing a $1,000,000 Investment and Gen. Mgr. 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. F Corner Sheldon and Oakes; Facing Union Depot; Three Blocks Away. HOTEL BROWNING GRAND RAPIDS Rooms with bath, double fr None Higher.’ aoe 150 Fireproof Rooms Rooms with bath, single %2 to DRUGS Michigan Board of Pharmacy. President—Claude C. Jones. Vice-President—James E. Way. Director—H. H. Hoffman, Lansing. Coming Examinations—Grand Rapids, Nov. 16, 17 and 18; Detroit, Jan 18, 19 and 20. Trade Based on Personal Contact. For two years a lawyer stopped every morning at a street car junction and bought a package of cigarettes at the drug store there located. It was where the lawyer changed cars. He got into this habit and kept it up. Now and then he bought goods other than cigarettes. Nearly always he would stand outside the store and smoke a cigarette while waiting for his car. ine for the druggist. He was getting business which really belonged in an- however, belongs to the man who is’ smart enough to get it. Thus for two years things went along very nicely. The proprietor and the various clerks knew name, he exchanged friendly greetings with them day by day, and everything was harmonious. At the end of two years the lawyer found that his nerves were becoming frazzled, largely through overwork, went to a doctor, and the medical man promptly told him he would have to stop smoking for a time. other bailiwick. Business, the lawyer's “TIL let you smoke again as soon as things come around,” stated the doc- tor, “but for awhile you will have to stop.” The lawyer stopped. Then he would stand on the corner, awaiting his car without entering the This went on for several One day the lawyer was so weiting when a friend came along and paused to catch the same car. The lawyer began to talk. drug store. months. “For two years,” said he, “I went into that store every morning to buy Then I stopped. The doc- tor told me to stop smoking, but the druggist doesn’t know that. Wouldn't you think that he, seeing me out here every morning, would step out and ask me if anything had gone wrong?” cigarettes. “Probably he doesn’t want to be intrusive,’ suggested the friend. “Look like he’s short on ‘business enterprise to me,’ declared the other. “If 1 suddenly lost a good customer I'd ask him why.” “You'd get mad if he did ask you.” FOR Sz : 6 Representatives in brincipal cities. Consult your local telephone book. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN “No, I wouldn’t. He’s short on busi- ness enterprise, I say.” Then the car came along and they boarded it, the lawyer grumbling to himself and shaking his head. This episode is taken from life. Was the druggist wise in not speak- ing to the lawyer? Or should he have spoken? What would be the rule to follow? As a matter of fact, in this case the druggist had much better have made enquiries, for the lawyer became dis- grunted, and never went back to the store. To suggest a general rule, when a customer suddenly stops visiting the store, it is advisable to write him a letter or pay hima call. A call is safer. When a customer stops there must be some reason for it. Where is the harm in asking why? In this case the cus- tomer was not disgruntled. He had to stop smoking. He really took offense because the druggist had nothing to say to him. We can see how this might readily happen. In_ business personal contacts cut a big figure. It pays to know your customers by name and to call them by name. Perhaps we are not saying too much in saying that given two stores side by side, with other things equal, if in one store the customer is called by name and in the other not, in due time the first store will get his entire business. If this surmise be true, then to call a cus- tomer by name is vastly important. One result is that if he stops coming to the store you know where to look for him, and how to find him. This is much better than having to say: “tlaven’t seen that jolly fat man around lately. Wonder what’s wrong with him?” A stranger once went into a little struggling church. The minister gave him a welcome. He came back two or three times and the minister saw him no more. But a lawyer came around a little later and said the stranger had left the church two thou- sand dollars, and the minister the same amount, on account (as the will said) of “the only kind words that have been spoken to me for many years.” Kind words are never wasted. There are many lonely, suspicious people in the world. Sometimes you pass them on the street and hear them talking to them- This is not necessarily weak- selves. ate ee aly EY TUT Ue ak Store Planners, Designers and cManufacturers of Cfinest Store Fixtures in the ness of mind, merely sheer loneliness. The strongest of men have been known to form the habit. Take the type of man who is known as popular. Why is he popular? Study him and you will find that he radiates good cheer. He may not be witty, he may not be wise, but he has a pleasant manner. The successful politician tries to call people by their names. Some poli- ticians can identify a great many of their constituents. It pays them to do so. At any county fair you can hear some citizen pipe up: “Why the Hon- orable ain’t seen me for two years, yet he knew me the minute he laid eyes on me.” A valuable gift. People do not like to have their names handled carelessly. That is, they think the name should be spelled correctly in sending out [fit- erature and pronounced correctly in speaking. Be particular about these points. The writer has in mind one druggist who always looks up a new customer in the telephone book or city directory. This gives him the correct spelling of the name, the address, and may give him some insight into the customer’s characteristics or financial standing. For example, a very pom- pous stranger at one time put in an appearance, bought small articles from time to time, and wore an air of af- fluence. The druggist looked him up in the telephone book, or tried to look him up, for he wasn’t there. “Puts on a tremendous amount of dog for a man who has no telephone,” was the store verdict. “He'll probably be wanting to get a check cashed.” When he did they were ready for him. These episodes, however, are rare. Most personal contacts are pleasant. Keep them so. And don’t let a good customer get away from you without making enquiries. — ~~ Pushing Holiday Trade. From present indications, more elab- orate means than ever before will be taken by retail stores throughout the country to signalize the “official” open- ing of the Christmas holiday selling period. Not only will the undertakings be more lavish and expensive on the part of stores which have carried them on in the last couple of years, but the number of stores featuring them is growing larger every year, according - World ’ TCC November 24, 1926 to observers in close touch with de- velopments. One of the outstanding things that will be done by several stores is the holding of a gigantic parade on Thanksgiving Day, announcing the ar- rival of Santa Claus and all his fairy- land and story-book cohorts. In one case, it was said, a Middle West store is arranging to have Santa come by airplane to a landing place not far from the store. He will be met by a re- ception committee and a parade will escort him to the store, which pro- claims itself his headquarters. The parade and greeting idea is being worked in other forms by the stores and serves to concentrate atten- tion on the fact that the stores are now ready to handle all of their Christ- mas customers. To the children it has the same appeal as the old-time circus parade and its advertising value as such justifies the cost to the store, in the opinion of those who favor it. Its main object, they say, is the creation, not only in the mind of the child but in the adult as well, of added prestige for the store as a Christmas shopping headquarters. Moreover, the Christmas display and entertainments within the store itself are taking on a more lavish character each year. While some doubt has been expressed as to the actual gain of the store for so great an outlay, the fact that so many stores have adopted this means of interesting consumers indi- cates the widespread belief in its ef- fectiveness. —_————--—- a Helpful Hints on Filling Capsule Pre- scriptions. Many experienced men _ invariably follow a few simple rules in filling capsules. If, say, twenty capsules are called for, they count out the required number of empty capsules first, place them in the cover of the prescription box, and put the stock capsule drawer or container back in the cabinet or on the shelf. This procedure keeps the empty capsule stock clean. If, on the other hand, empty capsules are taken out of the drawer and filled one at a time, powder gets into the stock capsule drawer and the capsules become dirty and dusty before they are ever taken out. Keeping the tpics of the fingers dust- ed with lycopodium prevents the phar- SI DRUG STORE PLANNING Recommendations to fit individual conditions, « DRUG STORE FIXTURES Planned to make every foot of store into sales Space. a matics November 24, 1926 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27 macist from smearing the outside of Origin and History of Mistletoe. WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT the capsules, if the powder is more The use of mistletoe in ceremonies or less sticky. and on festive occasions, although used Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day of issue. A roll or two between folds of a pow only as a Yuletide decoration, Acids Cotton Seed ___. 1 25@1 45 Beliadonna _____- @1 35 chamois skin kept handy for the pur- dates back many centuries before the Borie (Powd.) __ 12%@ 29 Cubebs -----~ 6 aoe 75 Benzoin ---_----- e a pose adds a finishing touch that makes pirth of Christ. pore Cee) fe 46 @ 25 eo : oe 25 enzoin Comp'd_ qe the capsules shine. se oo : Cate ge @ 65 Hemlock, pure. 175@2 00 Cantharadies ___ @2 85 Agere oe saint ae ihe practice of writ, There are about three hundred dif- Muriatic ______. 3%4%@ 8 pete gg : eee 75 ao aes @2 20 : ae : ferent kinds of mistletoe in th rld Nitric «9 @ 15 Juniper Wood Co au core me. 2 ae an i h r tt o pa: ( ; Lard, extra 1 55@1 65 Cinchona @2 10 ing on the prescription the size of the : Ofne 164%4@ 25 ard, @) nnn S soe oe Cone 4 @2 7 an and each variety grows on the branch- Sulphuric ______ 3%@ 8g Lard, No. 1 -___ 1 25@1 40 Colchicum _____- @1 80 capsule used. When the prescription ¢ . : : Tartavic 40 @ £0 Lavender Flow__ 7 50@7 75 Cubebs __________ @3 00 comes Wick 4a be eeiilled ancther man ° 0 ees and has little white op pink Tottare —-—-_- @ "Lavender Gar'n. 85@120 Digitalis... @1 80 2 . 954 Bs y ia G Qs berries. : Lemon __.. 4 2564 50 Gentian _......_. @1 35 may have the work to do, and he may : Ammonia Linseed, raw, bbl. @ 88 Ginger, D. Ss. . @1 30 : . The mistletoe, unlike most other Water, 26 deg... 06 @ 16 Linseed, boiled, bbl. @ 91 Guaiac _ | ~~ @2 20 be puzzled as to whether his associate oon a: Water, 18 a 06%O 13 Linseed, bid. less 98@1 11 Guaiac, Ammon.. @2 00 as pack owder tight in a No. 2 plants, get no food from the ground. _ 04%@ 1 Linseed, rw. less 98@1 08 Iodine So @ 95 =e ce I 1 li Blas ciel oe ee st Mustard, artifil. oz. @ 35 Iodi Color! @1 50 : : : nstead it ge q its Juris Car} ate (oo 20 25 Mustard, a - 0Z. @ 5 odine, Colorless_ ( 5 * experienced prescrpition men know, {0m the trees on which it grows, Chonde Gra 0 @ BS Netatoos TE ax 8 bon ion BE x i c - s : Ve, Dure —... 3 15@4 & ao. LLL Gi Experienced prescrpition men know, Gane Malaga, on a eceat =e too, that if time and temper are to be Another curious thing about the Balsams yellow __. - 2 75@3 00 Nux Vomica @1 55 Dud s ng : : . Copatha 20! 85@1 25 Olive, Malaga, Cnn: 2 3 50 saved, the capsules must be uniform. mistletoe is that although it blossoms Fir (Canada) _275@300 green _..--'-. 2 75@3 00 Opium, Camp. @ 85 They must fit perfectly and stay lock- earlier in the year than the tree on Fir (Oregon) 65@1 00 Orange, Sweet —- 5 00@5 25 Opium, Deodorz’d @3 50 r : = J : Per .0 0 8. 60@s 25.6 «6(Origanum, pure. @2 50 Rhubarb i a a1 70 ed. They must have the right strength which it grows, yet the little berries Tom 7. 2 00@2 25 Origanum, com’l 1 00@1 20 and “give” to stand the rapid work do not ripen before December. Per- ee -- siaeoea . in a busy prescription room. haps this is because it has to steal its i Barks i Rose, pure __ 13 50@14 00 Paints +6 «+ : Cassia (ordinary). 25@ 30 Rosemary Flows 1 25@1 50 Lead, red dry _. 15% @15% Automobile Body Polish food from the trees and therefore can- Cassia (Saigon)... 50@ 60 Sandelwood, E. Lead, white dry 154@15% 7 on not ripen earlier. The very name ‘Sassafras (pw. 50c) @ 50 ----------- 10 50@10 75 Lead, white oil__ 154@15% Decowax oe 250.0 parts... 9 . : 3 Soap Cut (powd.) as true 175@2 00 Ochre, yellow bbl. @ 2% ie : oe 25 mistletoe” gives some idea of its sig- $0G) 18@ 25 Sassafras, arti’l 75@100 Ochre, yellow less 3@ 6 Potassium carbonate ---~-- -) parts See Rees lan- Spearmint ______ 9 00@9 25 Red Venet’n Am. 3%@ 7 i : ‘ nificance. In the, Anglo-Saxon lan ui Cae ces venetn A 7 Dissolve the potassium carbonate in [ae : Barcias Sperm _______._ 150@175 Red Venet’n Eng. 4@ 8 guage “mist’ means gloom, and it any oo 8 00G@2 25 Putty . 5@ 8 150 parts of water, cut the wax into : ee ; : : Cuben @100 tar USP —. 65@ 15 Whiting. bbi @ 4% . ; comes in midwinter, the gloomiest time fish _...._. SO 6 eine Bi m4 woHuiCn. oo eae c very small pieces and add it to the : s 2 Turpentine, bbl. @ Whit Me ) a P : : : of the year. Juniper —__-------- 12@ 25 ‘Turpentine, less 101@114 L. H. P. Prep... 2 05@3 25 solution of potassium carbonate, boil- a : : i : Prickly Ash @1 25 Wintergreen, _ Rogers Prep. 3 05@3 25 ing until it is partly saponified, adding The gathering of mistletoe was a oon aa ome. 25 ; ee : Jintergreen, swee water to replace that lost by evapor- V¢TY important ceremony among the oo. Extracts ae n@s 25 : : ids J ays af mete | cee tas ae Wintergreen, art 75@1 00 Miscellaneous ation. Then remove the heat and stir Druids. About five days after the new Licorice, powd. -- 50@ 60 Worm seed __-_ 8 00@8 25 4 .ctanalia "a1@ 55 briskly until cold. Now add 400 parts ™00”, they marched in stately proces- * — Wormwood 19S kin sss turpentine small quantities at a time sion in the forest and raised an altar Flowers Alum. powd. and aie . ’ c 7 . Arnic. yr 9@ 15 stirring briskly upon each addition, ©! Straw beneath the finest mistletoe- Chamamdie (Ged) g 60 Potassium Hemath, fa ‘ : | : , t i c i Chamomile Rom._ @ 50 Bicarbonate ___- 35@ 40 Wate: 3 87@4 07 until a smooth emulsion results. Add °?€4t!98 oak ess ae find. The as @ Bihtenaie tae ks rae waa ce : 400 parts of distilled water. Perfume Arch-Druid would ascend the oak and < amide 69@ 85 powdered __ 07@ 12 ae : fa, with a jeweled knife remove the sacred i oo Bromide -___-~_- 54@ 71 Cantharades, po, 1 50@2 00 to suit. Ifa color is desirable soak one . Acacia, ist ne 50@ 55 Chlorate, gran’d 23@ 30 Calomel |. 2 22@2 43 ; . mistletoe. cacia, znd ____ Chlorate, powd. Capsicum, pow’d 35@ 40 ounce of alkanet root in each quart of a Acdeis. Sorts =| 20@ 96 or Ktal 16@ 25 Carmine ______ 7 00@7 50 turpentine used. The others stood beneath the tree Acacia, Powdered seg 40 Cyanide ____... 30@ 90 Cassia Buds... _ 35@ 40 : ; : 7 Aloes (Barb Pow) 25@ 35 Iodide ________- 4 66@4 86 Cloves _______ 50@ 55 To use, wash the automobile body and caught the plant _ white Aloes (Cape Pow) 25@. 35 Permanganate 20@ 30 Chalk Prepared. 14@ 16 with soap and water, dry, and apply cloth, for if a portion of it touched the ees ray Pow.) oe z Salons abe a “a a eure Hs ro ; 51@ : be : : . : : sa: : Asatoetida ~~~. o -russiate, red — 7 *hlora ydrate 35@ 5 the polish as thinly as possible; then earth it was an omen of misfortune to Pow aa 66 Sulphate _______ 35@ 40 Cocaine ______ 12 10@12 80 a Camphor __...._- 1 05 0 Cocoa Butter 55@ 75 rub off with a woolen cloth, the longer _ the ne . ates = ae Can toe tae. sete the rubbing the higher the gloss. And this is doubtless the reason why Gaatae, pow’d __ . Roots Copperas ae 2%@ i : oe : 3 me 2 @ 7 e opperas, Powd. G A few drops of gasoline added to it is still the custom to hang it from Kino, powdered__ @1 20 eee es - = Corrosive Sublm 1 80@2 00 the soap and water for washing help the ceiling, and why it is supposed to abhi Vc aicca ¢ = Clagas 3@ 75 ores arene ao =< = clean the body of oil and grease. lose its charm if it touches the floor. Opium, powd. 19 65@19 92 Hlecampane, pwd. 25@ 30 Hextrine _..... 6@ 15 Opium, gran. 19 65@19 92 Gentian, powd.- 20@ 30 Dover's Powder 3 50@4 00 SHGuaG 65@ 80 Ginger, ri at 35, Emery, All Nos. 10@ 15 Shellac Bleached_ “ 85 ge ae oo 65 Emery, Powdered @ 15 Tragacanth, pow. Gs ee ee - °° Epsom Salts, bbls. @ Tragacanth Ean | 75@2 25 Ginger, Jamaica, ss e Epsom Salts, less 3%@ 10 ce ah T 0 powdered ______ 45@ 50 fire dere M2 50 Turpentine —.. oe? Goldenseal, pow. @8 50 aoe a da 156@ 20 ODS i Ipecac, powd. -- | @600 rormadehyde, Ib. 15@ 30 ans Tumis, pawd ee wo G@atine 80@ 90 “ ‘ , O on au 9 55 oe Ateeme 08S@ 20 Orris, powdered. 30@ 40 Glassware, ee Blue Vitriol, bbl. @01% poke powdered 35@ 40 a. Lb 1 aan 6 pant . . . - >» Tt 7 ~» , — Sa s : G )2 Yh We are showing this year a wonderful line and you had better Ps ee tee 36 - Rhubarb, powd.— @l 06 Gui; Gale loca G4 18 hurry al for it is now on display at Grand Rapids in our Hellebore, White oe ia * Glue, Brown --- 21@ 30 urry along for it isn 9° play P i powdered ____-- 18@ 30 * baa! ’ : 90 bein aoe Grd ws 20 ildi a i t Insect Powder . d56@ 45 . 3° ------ ylue, ite ---. 27%@ 35 own building 38-44 Oakes St. We still have a most excellen Lead Arsenate Po. 18@ 31 Safsaparilla Mexican, = Glue, ‘white “Erd. @ 35 supply of: i ae and Sulphur a tes 35@ 40 — Lo ae = can dan oa 4a Ns. powdered GG 7 iodine... 6 456 96 PERFUMES, TOILET WATERS, SAFETY RAZORS, VA- 4 oo 7 en hy — a. rs tadetorin oo 3507 65 . renee er - Lead Acetate 0@ 30 CUUM BOTTLES, HARMONICAS, TOILET SETS, WHITE oo Lead Acetate —— @, 2 5 Mace, powdered_ @1 60 AND FANCY IVORY SETS, ATOMIZERS, INGERSOLL |} Buchu _--._ s5@1 00 Seeds ao. eet 1 508 0 ' AMIS 2 @ 35 Morphine ____ 11 18@ 93 WATCHES, BIG BEN CLOCKS, BOX PAPERS, BOOKS, gaae. -_ K —---- 25@ 30 a 68 eee @. 30 P 3 : = Oe he 3@ 17 Nux Vomica, pow. 17@ 5 KODAKS, YALE FLASHLIGHTS, PARKER FOUNTAIN Sage, pownered.- ee = ee ioe i bets Duct, lew ee 50 FENS, POKER SETS, PIPES, CARDS IN CASES, LEATHER Senna, Tinn. pow. pie = ere: Po. = os = Te “acne oom - Uva Ursi 2 2 5 Paroaison, 2.2... E Pi e 20@ 25 GOODS, MUSIC ROLLS, INCENSE BURNERS, CANDLE a. pow. .30 a? = oe a a a iceseti nipanin es a cedl eileen ed 5 Y = STICKS, MEMORY BOOKS, SMOKERS ARTICLES, BOOK Oils Fennell —-_---_- ae 40 Rochelle ‘Salts 30g 35 i Pies wacharing —___. ENDS, WAX SETS, TOY BOOKS, BIBLES, RATTLES, Mile a 7 50@7 75 Flax, ground —__ 08@ 15 Salt Peter. N@ 22 MEkay | Foenugreek, pwd. @ 25 Seidlitz Mixture. 30@ 4 GAMES, TISSUE PAPER, XMAS CARDS, TAGS, SEALS, er ae Ge 8@ 15 Soap, green", 15@ 40 eee Lobelia, powd. _. D Soap mott cast. 22%@ 25 PAPER NAPKINS, DECORATED XMAS CREPE PAPER, AMpue Se 4 so@i go Mustard, “yellow” 17@ 25 Soap, ‘white castile |” PU EET Mustard, black. 20@ 25 GAge) @lz ot CANDLES, BIC. EITC. ee net 1 00@1 25 Poppy ---------- 15@ 30 Soap, white castile : Amber, crude __ 1 25@150 Quince -------- 1 ie = e a bar __ By Fe di aa £ hoa@i th Rane =... oaa Be en € We would be much pleased if you would inspect our line at Roney, soetiaed 1 tags 7s is amie ae @ coe ee 23@ W ont 21 1175 Sunflower -----. 114@ 15 Soda, Sal -----. 02%@ 08 once while complete. a eek pu@tt 75 Worm, American 30@ 40 Spirits Camphor _ _@i 35 Queda ii (hs. 4 00@4 25 Worm, Levant — 4 50@4 75 Sulphur, ae ie a ee Sulphur, Subl. _- @ W H 1 i & Pp ki D Cc Coe Leaf ee : roa e Tamarinds ee 20@ 25 azeltine erKins Drug Company Cedar Leaf ---- 1 75@2 00 One Tartar Bmetio 70 % Wholesale Only aves eee ai ie fovetae Soe none Manistee MICHIGAN Grand Rapids Cocoanut -_-_-- ; oe a — (Bie Wanlla a pare § G8 06 oo 2 0002 25 Asafoetida ___-_- @2 40 Zinc Sulphate _. 06@ 11 ties emer ec Se ng and are intended to be correct at time of are liable tc shange at any time, filled at market vrices at date of purchase. ADVANCED Evaporated Milk —_ AMMONIA Arctic, 10 oz., 3 dz. cs. 3 75 Arctic, 16 oz., 2 dz. cs. 4 00 Arctic, 32 oz., 1 dz. cs. 3 25 Quaker, 36, 12 oz. case 3 85 00 10’ Ib. pails, per doz. 8 50 15 lb. pails, per doz. 11 95 25 Ib. pails, per doz. 19 50 BAKING POWDERS Arctic, 7 oz. tumbler 1 36 Queen Flake, 16 oz., dz 3 26 Royal, 10c, doz. ~._____ 95 Royal, 6 oz., doz. __ 2 70 Royal, 12 oz., doz. __ 5 20 Royal, 6 ib. 1 20 Rocket, 16 oz., doz. 1 25 K. C. Brand Per case 10c size, 4 doz. 7e 15c size, 4 doz. 20c size, 4 doz. 25c size, 4 doz. 50c tg . — ss 80c 8 8 3 10 Ib. = * peg es 5 Freight prepaid to jobbing point on case goods. Terms: 30 days net or 2% cash discount if remittance reaches us within 10 days from date of invoice. Drop shipments from factory. BEECH-NUT BRANDS. Mints, all aavors ee 60 Gum 2 Fruit one ee on a0 Caramei Sliced eee large .. 5 40 Sliced bacon, medium 8 30 Sliced beef, medium ~ 2 80 Grape Jelly, large ... 4 50 Sliced beef, large --.. 4 50 Grape Jelly, medium... 2 70 Peanut butter, 16 oz. 4 05 Peanut butter, 10% oz. 2 75 Peanut butter, 6% oz. 1 75 Peanut butter, 3% oz. 1 15 rare Spaghetti .. 1 40 Baked beans, 16 oz.__ 1 40 BLUING The Original ba Hg Condensed BREAKFAST FOODS Kellogg’s Brands, Corn Flakes, No. 136 3 45 Corn Fikaes, No. 124 3 45 Corn Flakes, No. 102 2 00 Pep, No, 208 ea: 2 70 Pep, No. 202°. 1 75 Krumbles, No. 424 ___ 2 70 Bran Flakes, No. 624 2 45 Bran Flakes, No. 602 1 50 Post’s Brands. Grape-Nuts, 24s _____ 3 80 Grape-Nuts, 100s ____ 2 75 Instant Postum, No, 8 5 40 ancora MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mail- going to press. Prices, however, and country merchants will have their orders DECLINED Pork Lard Smoked Meats Twine Se Instant Postum, No. 9 5 00 Beef, 3% oz. Qua. sli. 2 00 Instant Postum No. 10 4 60 Beef, 5 oz., Qua. sli, 2 75 Postum Cereal, No. 0 2 25 Beef, No. 1, B’nut, sli. 4 Postum Cereal, No.1 270 Beefsteak & Onions, a3 Post Toasties, 36s —__ 3 45 Chili Con Ca, 1s 1 36@1 Post Toasties, 248 __ 3 45 Deviled Ham, %s Post’s Bran, 248 ____ 2 70 BROOMS Jewell, doz. --... Standard Parlor, 23 Ib. ; 26 ancy Parlor, 23 Ib. Ex. Fancy Parlor 25 ib. ; 16 ne Fcy. Parlor 26 lb. 10 i Whitek, No. 3: 2 75 — Scrub Solid Back, 8 in. -.... 1 50 Solid Back, 1 in. __.. 1 76 Pointed Ends ________ 1 25 Stove Shaker 2.00 1 80 o. 2 00 Peerless 8 2 60 Shoe No. 4-0 222 2 26 NO. 20 2 3 00 BUTTER COLOR Dandelion, 2 8 CANDLES Electric Light, 40 Ibs. 18.1 Plumber, 40 Ibs. Paraffine, 6s ~....._.. 1¢ ng Tudor, 68, per box __ a CANNED FRUIT Apples, 3 lb. Standard 1 60 Apples, No. 10 -. 4 75@6 76 Apple Sauce, “ge 10 8 00 Apricots, No. 1 75@2 00 Apricots, No. : oe Apricots, No. 2% 3 3 0003 16 Apricots, 35 Diackbercicn” No. Blueber’s, No. 3 3 Blueberries, No. 10_. 13 50 Cherries, = 3 16 Cherries 50 Cherries, No. 10 ___ 14 00 Peaches, No. Peaches, No. 3% Peaches, 2% Cal. 3 00@ Peaches, 10, Mich. — Pineapple, 1 sl. 12 00 Rhubarb, No. 10 4 ‘ses 60 Strawberries, No. 10 12 00 CANNED FISH Lobster, No. %, 298 Shrimp = a elses oh OD Sard’s, Ky — 610 geoiua” ure Oil, k’less 5 50 Sardines, Smoked 6 75 Salmon, Warrens, %s 2 80 Salmon, Red Alaska 3 25 Salmon, Med. Alaska 2 85 Salmon, Pink Alaska 1 90 Sardines, Im. \%, ea. ae Sardines, Im., %, ea. Sardines, Cal. _. 1 65@1 30 Tuna, %, Albocore __ 96 Tuna, 4s, Curtis, doz. 2 20 Tuna, %s, Curtis, doz. 3 5¢ Tuna, 1s, Curtis, doz. 7 00 CANNED MEAT. pane. Med. Beechnut 3 30 Bacon, Lge Beechnut 5 40 Beef, No. 1, Corned __ 3 10 Beef. No. i’ Roast .__ 3 16 Beef, No. 214, Qua. sli. 1 50 3 Deviled Ham, %s —. 8 Hamburg Steak & Onions, No. 1 -.... 8 Potted Beef, 4 oz. _ 1 Potted Meat, \ Libby 52% Potted Meat, % Libby 92% Potted Meat, % Qua. Potted Ham, Gen. &% 1 Vienna Saus., No. % 1 Vienna Sausage, Qua. 95 Veal » Medium — 3 66 Baked Beans Campbells, ic free 5 ~_1 16 Quaker, 18 oz. Fremont, No. 3 ---.-. 1 20 Snider, No. 1 WW 95 Snider, No. 2 —--... 1 35 Van Camp, smali _..__.-——a8% Van Camp, Med. -... 1 16 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus. No. 1, Green tips .. 8 76 No. 4 on Ak oe Beets, No. 3, wh. 1 75@2 40 Beets, No. i, cut — 1 26 Beets, No. 3, cut —_— 1 60 Corn, No. 2, stan. — 1 35 Corn, Ex. stan. No, 2 1 56 Corn, No. 2, Fan. 1 80@3 36 5 Dehydrated Veg. Soup 90 Dehydrated Potatoes, tb. 45 Mushrooms, Hotels ---. 38 Mushrooms, Choice 8 oz. 48 a oe Sur Extra 60 Peas, No. Pe No. 3, Sift, eo Peas, No. 2, Ex. Sift. 2 Peas, Ex. Fine, French Pumpkin, No. *s 1 35@1 4 Pumpkin, No. 10 4 00@4 7 Pimentos, %, each Pimentoes, %, each — Sw’t Potatoes, No. ih Saurkraut, No. 3 1 Succotash, 21 SSaxs Spinach, No. 10_. 6 00 Tomatoes, No. 21 20 Tomatoes, No. 3, 1 90 Tomatoes, No. 6 CATSUP. B-nut, Small .--.._ Lily of Valley, 14 ox. — Lily of Valley, % pint Paramount, 24, oe Paramount, 24, 16s .. Paramount, 6, 108 . 1 Sniders, § os. Sniders, 16 os. Quaker, Quaker, uaker, i Gallon Glass Sesessrs aun 0 se pt SsSRsassaass CHILI SAUCE Snider, 16 os. ......_ 8 30 Snider, 8 os. -.-...... 3 36 Lilly Valicy, 8 os. — 3 35 Lilly Valley, 14 oz. -. 3 50 OYSTER COCKTAIL. Sniders, 16 oz. -_ 3 50 Sniders, 8 oz. --..--__ 3 50 CHEESE Roquefort ~-....______ 52 Kraft, Small tins ____ 1 65 Kraft, American ____ 1 65 Chili, small tins ____ 1 6. Pimento, small tins __ 1 65 Roguefort, small tins 2 26 Camenbert, small tins —e 25 Wisconsin New ______ Longhorn -..-....____ 28 Mich. Flat Full Cream 26 Michigan Daisies ____ 27 New York New 1926 __ 30 3 CHEWING GUM. i [a aes 14 Adams Dentyne _-- 65 Adams Fruit 65 Peppermint, Wrigleys — — 65 oo oe nt, Ww rigleys = Deakoesy as —- 66 COCOA. Droste’s Dutch, 1 Ib.__ 8 5¢@ Droste’s Pastelles No. 1 _____12 6 Pastelles, Ib. -. 6 60 ins De fe que soe -13 20 12 os. Rosaces ..___10 80 % Ib. Rosacegs ..... 7 40 Langues De Chats __ 4 80 CHOCOLATE. Baker, Caracas, %s __ 37 Baker, Caracas, Ks COCOANUT Dunham's > Ib, case, %s and \%s 48 15 Ib. case, %s ____.___ 47 15 Ib. case, %s ~....___ 46 CLOTHES LINE. Hemp, 50 ft. ____ 2 00@2 25 Twisted Cotton, 60 ft. _._._.__ 3 50@4 00 Braided, 60 ft, _-__-___ 2 25 Cord -... 3 50@4 00 COFFE ROASTED 1 ib Package Melrose: -- 36 TASTE 28 MOUAKOP og Medrow | ae a ae oo House 7 Rovel Gay 42 McLaughlin’s Kept-Fresh Vacuum packed. Always fresh. Complete line of high-grade bulk coffees. W. F. McLaughlin & Co., Chicago. Maxwell House Brand. 1 ib: fing 2 49 3 ib; ne 1 44 Telfer Coffee Co. Brand BOnay a0 42 Coffee Extracts M. Y., per: 10. Frank's 66 4 36 Hummel’s 1 bb. 10% CONDENSED MILK Leader, 4 doz. ____-... 6 75 Eagle, 4 -- 8 00 MILK COMPOUND Hebe, Tall, 4 doz. -. 4 50 Hebe, Baby, 8 doz. __ 4 40 Carolene, Tall, 4 doz. 8 30 Carolene, Baby .._.__ 3 50 EVAPORATED MILK Quaker, Tall, 4 doz. __ 4 75 Quaker, Baby, 8 doz. 4 65 Quaker, Gallon, % doz. 4 60 Carnation, Tall, 4 dos. Pet, Baby, 8 oz. -._. Borden's Tall --.... Borden’s Baby —__.__ Van Camp, Tall ..._ Van Camp, Baby —-. @ * ' ' i | SAR PRALRTRARE aSSSSSssss CIGARS G. J. Johnson’s Brand G. J. Johnson Cigar, a Oe Tunls Johnson Cigar Co. Van Dam, 1@c -_-__ 75 00 Little Van Dam, 6c — 37 5@ Worden Grocer Co. Brands King Edward —_______ 37 50 Master Piece, 50 Tin. 36 00 Canadian Club 36 00 Little Tom —-.....__.. 37 50 Tom Moore Monarch 75 00 Tom Moore Panetris . T. Moore Longfellow 9 Tom M. Invincible 16 oe Websteretts _......_ 87 60 Webster Cadillac ____ 75 00 Webster Knickbocker 95 00 Webster Belmont_..110 00 Webster St. Reges__125 00 Tt0n8 2 ee 8 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Standard — 2... ies : Jumbo Wrapped Pure Sugar Sticks 600s 4 20 Big Stick, 20 ib. case 20 Mixed Candy Kindergarten Leader ee comes’ 26 ee oo. 2g French Creams eee ke Cameo. 2.20 ao 10 Grocers .22200 0 a es ae Fancy Chocolates 5 lb. Boxes Bittersweets, Ass’ted 1 70 Choc Marshmallow Dp 1 70 Milk Chocolate A A 1 70 Nibble Sticks ........ 1 No. 12, Choc., Light — 1 65 Chocolate Nut Rolls — 1 80 Magnolia Choc -..... 1 16 Gum Drops Pails Anige 22 -- 16 Champion Gums -_.... 16 Challenge Gums -.._.. 14 Favorite 2.2000 = 1 Superior, Boxes -...... 23 Lozenges Pails A. A. Pep. Lozenges 18% ~ A. Pink Lozenges 16 A. A. Choc. Lozenges 16 Motto Hearts -_______ 19 Malted Milk Lozenges 21 Hard Goods Pails Lemon Drops —..---..-. 19 O. F. Horehound dps. .. 19 Anise Squares -.____. a Ae Peanut Squares __.... a8 Horehound Tablets .._. 19 Cough Drops’ Bxs Putnam so ie =2 35 Smith Bros. -.--.__.. 1 60 Package Goods Creamery Marshmallows 4 oz. pkg., 12s, cart. 8 4 oz. pkg., 48s, case 3 40 Speciaities Walnut Fudge -...-.... 33 Pineapple Fudge —..... 21 Italian Bon Bons -_.... 17 Banquet Cream Mints_ 30 Silver King M.Mallows 1 50 Walnut ee ae 24, 5c 80 Mich. Sugar Ca.. 24, 6c 80 Pal O Mine, 24, 5c -... 80 —, oo 24, 5c _..... 80 Ity Milkies, 24, 5c —. 80 COUPON BOOKS 50 Economic grade 2 50 100 Economic grade 4 50 500 Economic grade 20 00 1000 Economic grade 37 60 Where 1,000 books are ordered at a time, special- ly printed front cover is furnished without charge. CREAN OF TARTAR 6 Ib. boxes November 24, 1926 DRIED FRUITS Applies N. ¥. Fey., 50 Ib. box 15% N. Y¥. Fey., 14 os. pkg. 16 Apricots Evaporated, Choice __ 30 Evaporated, Fancy __ 32 Evaporated, Slabs __ 26 Citron 10 1b. Box 2 “ss Currants Packages, 14 ox. ____ 1 Greek, Bulk, Ib. _____. 15 Dates Dromedary, 36s _.____ 6 75 Peaches Evap. Choice, un. ____ 21 Evap. Bx. Fancy, P. P. 8 Peel Lemon, American _...._ 24 Orange, American _______ 4 Raisins, Thompson’s s’dles bik a Thompson’s seedless, 10 O08. 10% Seeded, 15 oz. Do 1246 California Prunes ene 25 Ib. boxes _@068 @70, 25 Ib. boxes __@10 sooee 25 Ib. boxes __@11 40@50, 25 lb. boxes _ -@12 30@40, 25 Ib. boxes _ -@15 20@30, 25 lb. boxes _ -@22 FARINACEOUS Goopa Beane Med. Hand Picked __ 05% Cal. Limas ____... 18 Farina 24 packages __...._____ Bulk, per 100 Ibs. ____ oem, Hominy Pearl, 100 Ib. sacks .. 3 60 Macaroni Mueller’s Brands 9 oz. package, per dos. 1 80 9 oz. package, per case 3 60 Elbow, 20 lb., bulk _ 09 Egg Noodie, 12 Ibs. —- 222 Egg Noodles, 6 ozs. _. 3 60 Macaroni, 9 os. 3 Spaghetti, 9 os. _. 3 Quaker, 3 dox _____ 9 Peari Barley Chester ____ 0000 __. Barley Grits Peas Scotch, Ib. Sune, Ib. yellow — Split green a Taploca Pearl, 100 lb. sacks _. 09 Minute, 8 oz., 3 dos. 4 05 Drome Instant __ 8 5@ FLAVORING EXTRACTS Dos. Des Vanilla PURE Lemon 135 -. % ounce . 1 35 1 80 -.. 1% ounce 1 98 3 20 __ 3% ounce ... 3 20 300 _.2 ounce . 8 0 650 4 ounce 5 & UNITED FLAVOR Imitation Vanilla i ounce, 10 cent, dos. 2 ounce, 15 cent, dos 3 ounce, 25 cent, dos. 4 ounce, 30 cent, dos. Jiffy Punoh 3 doz. Carton Assorted flavors, - 00 bee Se RZRs FLOUR Vv. C. Milling Co. a Lily White _._.____. 9 90 Harvest Queen ______ 9 80 Yes Ma’am Graham, BO ee -~ 2 40 FRUIT CANS ¥. O. B. Grand Rapids Mason. Half pint SSR ea -- 8 40 One pint: 22 8 50 One quart (20 3 9 60 Half gallon _________ 12 60 Ideal Glass Top. rs. Half pint 2022.00 9 60 One pint 2. 9 80 One quart —_.-_._.__ 11 76 se idoe latinos November 24, 1926 OE AINE M — Ic sahabe 5 or ae HIGAN Quart toe a ie ae TRAD ee 2 gal. . fi - Ligh Pork. ESMAN oe ei ais 3 75 Lap lage cd 4 on ie aoe 5 45 Heavy Sg oe 15 % Lake Hert 5% on J plain, dos. 3 35 Loins eee ee 15 ‘bl, 100 1 ring gg ag ae tk gies crea ---- 18% bs. -.---- i ae ee = : : oz, Jar = doz. 2 35 Shoulders 2 Tubs, 1 Mackerel Eee Ami Pa Cc. 29 2 , oulders ——-_-.---__ 2 ; ls i on, 1 dos, case —- § é on Jar Stu, dow 158 Spareribs uber eh goone 26 # Brille Ge toes TEA. One do: oz. -- 6 00 oz. , stuffed, dz. 35 ae ¢ ils, 10 ay een en . 3 26 3 sete ae aie i Sema TB Sh 7 eSagh MERE Grandmas Hoos = 4 i Meatum no Minute, 08. es. uu “7 ; isio Whi randm “ , be Cree oo 37 , 3 aos : 20 oz. Jar, stul B “— M ite Fi ee 1 wae @32 Piymoutn, White 3 i 20 on at iat ant 00 Clear Back == 30 00 (200 2. ee hea : ae i OZ. Miri 55 GREE 00 ort Cut _. 30 00 SH . 00 olden a hee Laree 10 pkg. Sifting _.. HORSE RADISH 2 N Cle @32 0 OE J Rod, rge 3 iftin a Per a . SP ‘Diy Sait Meats 00 =o 1, SO asap sigiagang Hing. 2 doe. oe ‘ 25 Choice giana a) i Pe 3 _ ae , ¥ tau aa ec er Pure, 80 Ib. PRESERV - 28 00@20 00 ee gi® Lister Box. Be — . * E ixb » doz, oe 5 R ch C 27 Sete pdms pure, € 0% 0° Ib. pails : m0 ae in eres Shinola pre Rinna’ Fy “ n. 4 dz 3 a Pekre aan ton = : ° a ° ’ See , Buckeye, 18 Asst, doz. 1 c 50 Ib. on ----advanc 14% s oo More. 100. 1° 5 3 English Br -------- 56 JEL oz., doz. 2 20 Ib ubs ____ad ance % B TOVE PO R a 100, 1° 5 Congou, Breakfa - 8 02 LY GLASSE . 10 Ib. pails ____ vance % lackine LISH tub No eras fo. Congou Medium st ae . 5 Ib. pails ---advance % Black Silk Li doz. Npotions Chan 20 Le. ! Rh Congou. Choice se 28 OLEOMARGARINE co. a % — oe dz. ; * nS eanser, 48, ae Fancy __-- =qe le error iY, in: a 7 249 Sant Flush, 1 ---- Van Westenbr Compound ~""advance 1 esa iva fae doz. 1 +s San! Flush. 1 doz. __ 325 Medi Oolon sai ere ae Competing Wepeen 21 Rad ale Etta“ 1 Stork ao oe : oer Bel C eer : ee A, Radi uid z. 1 35 nowb: io oa 215 Fa oe a ar- Ae um, per do Ss oy, 1 OZ. _ ney _ . 8 on.. 3 pala — Bologn Sausages e543 ‘sun, per ae 185 Speedee, 2h barge “ia © waar ae 50 Sih ae oo ee oe eo oz. 1 3 ere ~ a. 4 20 qpottee Co. Bran 12 2 gees 6 in — S| ee eee 15 ve No. ar dz. 2 = Wryandott “saa 0 WINE - 7‘ i ge ogy case = Frankfort _—__—_—_- = Sto enol, No. 16, dos. 1 3 32 fou 4. Cotton , TWINE 50 hate ——< ee ee voil, per ‘ a 4 76 Cotton. a ply cone 60 Ib. tins --------- Veal ivan aon, oS 3.00 8 woe eu oe . tins -------- eal a= ere p P ; y pala 46 ae 1 Ib. PETROLEU anno Headcheese =~ teers 3 Coloni aetr: Wade a a ( a 7 o ucoa, 2 and 5 Ib. ___ So ee 18 ee Allspice, J pices. Cider, 40 Gr: EGAR Wilson & Bib. oH Perfection K Iron Ba TS Sia a “oo os Claven , Jamaica w hite Rigs : — — Sranas ae Crown piece ee Hams, oked Meats Med ep eae "3473 1 25 Cassia, Foire ag oo = hite Wine a grain__ : a a as -- 14. s, Cert. : : ode ee . or Ea eB, Mi ann golite Gasoline clingy Ham” dried viste ty 90 Barer’ $3 EO npg? Ginger Se phe. doa gas N°. | wae | Seen os E Mac! ine 2 96. » aried Lok Pa pec. : ‘ nger. can _ o N . 0. per g swan, MATCHES Vee Be Napitna 207 California. 9 Packers Meat, 96 1b. B Mace, Penang gis No. # ber ae ae Diamond, 144 bo Atte tol Cylind aphtha 24.6 Picnic Bo Hams — 32 Fs ohn ore ge for ice 57 i No z (ern No. 3, ba gross ___- 1 25 Searchlig! 144 box _.... 4 75 ——— Red er 39. 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No.1.8 ar Carrie . £@ Gold ee ato we ee er_ 10 00 No. 1 Brer Rabbi Beef es set _ * gee Per case Marjoram Adee 4 50 . 2 Star ee rays 6 25 No. 0, 6 cans t t Sheep. ddies, set_. 3@36 Five , 24, 2 Ibe Savory, 1. ee 20 g Trays 12 50 No. §, (12 cans co psp : 70 , a skein____ @3 = aig lots home , 40 Thyme, ; - Se 90 oo Mop Sticks N » 24 ca’ 95 7 5 ath. 3 umeri [oo Jan s - Lip, 36 cans om. 07 muss RICE 2 -— ¢ : le, 3% on .__ 80 awe we “spring 2° re le 5 7 1 A ne - 4. pa rin No. _ 1: cans to case 4 . ne gt ---- 08% en Baye a STARCH ripe! No. . brush hola : s 0. 23 ns t te ee ort, , b . Cet. Moe Haas No 2%: 24 ee Sg gee a 08 Big erie ae box _ ox 630 K Corn 16 oz. Cot Mop Head 1 35 oa eos Semdac, 1 Pepin fia 03% Flake White, 10" idee 3 48 inuatoss, 40 Ws "Mop Heads 8 20 ’ iv i t ke wo. 4o."s cans ¢ a f. ey Quaker, 18 font Fam. 22 Fels Naptha, 100 box = ee Te ee uy 39 ot Galvani o §& "33 s to case PIC ns 4 60 uaker, 12 egular . 5 Rub N ite Na x 5 50 ream, 48 : pkes. 2 at G anized No. 4 cans o 3 00 Med KLES Mothers s Famil -- 1 80 N: o More Wh 10s 4 10 Quaker, . s. 3 60 14 at alvanized oS ae i 2 oo ant tS ium Sour eo ae ao <5 * ce ee 7S aan 4g 612 at. ness a 1a a oe Bude oe as Serica hee — 1 ies EE em es gE ae go 12 a ncng Gate & oe ew i on, 40 unt Sacks, 90 . Jute To gs 20 ssic, 00 s. airy _ ‘ Fancy pi Orleans . per case “S watt Y oam - anne 13 nail ono ea ’ 3 di 5 Gat a 20 st Foam, 1 oz. _. 2 70 ae YEA » 1% doz. 13 a” wea ae oe , merce ann, per ED aon, KH 30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 24, 1926 Proceedings of the Grand Rapids Bankruptcy Court. Grand Rapids, Nov. 16—On this day was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of George E. De Graw, in- dividually and George E. De Graw and Day Richmond, copartners trading as Red Front Service & Storage, Bankrupt No. 3018. The bankrupt George E. De Graw was present in person and the bankrupt Was represented by Jewell, Face & Mes- Claims were proved singer, attorneys. and al'owed. ‘the bankrupt was sworn and examined, without a reporter. No trustee was appointed. The first meeting adjourned without date and the case has been closed and returned to the district court as a case without assets. On this day also was held the first meetng of creditors in the matter of De- catur Co-operative Association, Bankrupt No. 3022. The corporation bankrupt was present by its secretary and treasurer and represented by Gore & Harvey, at- torneys. Creditors were present by W. \.. Wiggins; Corwin, Norcross & Cook; G. R. Credit Mens Assoc.ation and Jack- son, Kitszgeraid & Dalm. Claims were proved and allowed. The secretary and treasurer Was sworn and examined, with a reporter in attendance. The report of the Custodian was accepted and approved. M. N. Kennedy was named trustee, and his ond placed at 21,500. Whe first meet- ing then ad,ourned without date. wn tnis day also was held the first meeti.g of creditors in the matter of Garrett Heuvelhorst, Bankrupt No. 3019. he banxrupt was present in person. No creditors were present or represented by witorneys. No caims were proved and allowed. The bankrupt was sworn and examined, without a_ reporter. Cc. &. \yooridge was appointed tiustee, and the amount of his bond placed at $100. The first meeting then adjourned without uate. wn this day also was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of Villas. ttuizenga, Bankrupt No. 3017. Tne bankrupt was present in person and represented by attorney Charles H. Kava- nagn. No creditors were present or rep- reo.nted. Claims were proved and al- loweu. The bankrupt was sworu and ex- anined, without a reporter. C. C. Wool- ridge was named trustee, and his bond p-aced at $100... The first meeting then adjourned without date. in the matter of Henry Bosscher and Robert Westveld, trading as De Young « Co. and De Young Beos., Bankrupt No. 3029, the first meeting of creditors has bcen called for Nov. 29. sn the matter of William Buob and Clinton Lamp.were, individually and co- partners trading under the assumed name vi Hast Grand Kapids Fuel Co., Bankrupt No. 3030, the first meeting of creditors has been cailed for Dec. 2. in the matter of Joseph J. Biek, Bank- rupt No. 3020, the tunds for the first meeting have been received and such iicciing has been called for Nov. 30. In tne matter of Ethel Rosenberger, Bankrupt No. 3025, the fund stor the mrst meeting have been received and such meeting has been called for Nov. 30. In the matter of William F. Hadder, Bankrupt No. 3012, the funds for the .rSt meeting have been received and such meeting has been called for Nov. 30. Nov. 16. We have to-day received the adjudication and reierence in the matter of George E. Kenny, Bankrupt No. 3027. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptcy. This 1S an involuntary case. The schedules received Nov. 17. The schedules show assets of $25,984.36 of which $650 is claim- ed as exempt, with liabilities of $30,285.31. ‘ne wurst izeeting of ercditors will be cailel promtly and note of the same made herein. The list of creditors of said bankrupt are as follows: Daniels Co., Muskegon $336.80 Reliable Tire & Accessory Co., WEUSKOP On 866.00 First State Savings Bank, Mus- Kepon imelphig 9 21,443.20 Alemite Lubricator Co., Detroit __ 61.50 Auto Brake Service Co., Muskegon 5.40 Automotive Elec. Service Co., MMGKerPOnR 8 ae 51.76 Broadway Oil Co., Muskegon Hts. 435.83 Beckley Ralston Co., Chicago ____ 671.31 Bakkers Auto Trim Shop, Muskegon 2.00 bsimsougns Adding Machine Co., Dayton oe 91.30 Bolhuis Lumber Co., Muskegon Hts. 15.23 Brown Caine Co., Muskegon Hts. 12.62 Bennett Pump Corp., Muskegon H. 18.40 Browne Morse Co., Muskegon Hts. 305.76 Boyd Auto Sates Co., Muskegon H. 18.36 Cummings Bros., Grand Rapids __ 139.00 Consumers Power Co., Muskegon_ 29.09 (ooner Welding Co., Muskegon ____ 13.00 Continental Motors Corp., Muskegon 14.24 Creekland Coal Co., Muskegon __ 33.95 Chamber of Commerse, Muskegon 25.00 Daniels Co., Muskegon __________ 12.19 Dayton Metal Letter Co., ‘Dayton 12.68 Edward Lumber Co., Muskegon __ 9.77 Jos. H. Ernewein, Muskegon ______ 13.00 “. H. Tribune, Grand Haven ______ 16.00 Heichts Chemical Co., Muskegon H. 40.85 S. A. Hobson, Grand Rapids ____ 16.68 Hall Bloomquist Electric Co., Muskeroi Heights.) - 115.20 Heights Ins. Agency, Muskegon H. 101.00 John R. Hilt Co., Muskegon __--__ 25.92 . Wassermans Floral Shop, Muskegon -Clinton Shoe Co., C. Karle & Sons, Muskegon ______ 16.00 Lake Shore Machinery Co., Mus- Keron oe 15.26 Dr. O. M. LaCore, Muskegon Hts. 4.00 Fred McFea, Muskegon ___________ 242.22 Frank McCrea, Muskegon ________ 191.20 Motor Rebuilding & Parts Co., Muenceeon 3. 316.33 Moon Motor Car Co., St. Louis, Mo. 162.00 Musk. Hts. Gas Co., Muskegon H. 1.50 Record, Muskegon Heigths ______ 109.16 Chronicle, Muskeeon ..... 424.51 Merchants Service Bureau, Muske- gon 4.65 Muskegon Rag & Metal Co., Mus- ran cs See ee es ee 4.50 Musk. Body & Fender Wks., Mus- a ae ee 11.50 Muskegon Glass Co., Muskegon -. 45.25 Musk Hts. Water Dept., Muskegon 7.60 Musk. Letter Service Co., Muskegon 23.40 Postal Tel, Co., Muskegon —_______ -90 Peoples Hardware Co., Muskegon__ -40 Proudfit Loose Leaf Co., Muskegon 61.04 C. W. Porter Co., Muskegon ______ 245.17 Neels Peterson & Co., Muskegon_ 113.64 Stanley Payne Plumb. Co., Muske- Son MOPS ~~ 44.92 Dr. C. Pangril, Muskegon Heights 2.00 Reliable Tire and Accessories a es ge Soe es »731.95 Muskegon 1.9 Royal Typewriter Co., Muskegon_ 107.50 Richards Storage Co., Grand Rapids 30.00 Radium Photat Ser Co., Muskegon 26.00 Stardahl Auto Refin. Co., Musk. H. 1,50 Standard Oil Co., Muskegon ______ 51.92 Schroeder & Tremayne, Inc., St. cons A, 47.45 Steketee & Son, Muskegon ______ 5.74 Somers Mach. Tool Co., Muskegon 8.25 Topp Oil & Sup. Co., Milwaukee 22.80 Towner Hardware Co., Muskegon 37.11 Tuxbury Agency, Muskegon ______ 539.45 Terrace Tire Co., Muskegon ______ 7.80 United Home Tel. Co., Muskegon 74.30 Muskegon 17.33 Muskegon 90.00 Muskegon 110.00 5.00 Zimmerman Bros., Grand Rapids 17.00 Nov. 16. We have received the sched- ules, reference and adjudication in the matter of William Anderson, Bankrupt No. 3032. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bank- ruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of Muskegon Heights, and his occupation is that of a laborer. The schedules show assets of $300 of which the full amount is claimed as exempt, with liabilities of $1,565.33. The court has written for funds and upon receipt of the same, the first meeting of creditors will be called and note of the same made herein. The ‘list of creditors of said bankrupt are as follows: R. A. Johnston Co., Muskegon ___-$ 62.16 Lee & Cady, Muskegon ____________ 273.04 Western Union Tel. Co., West. Mich. Adv. Co., Workman Printing Co., Delbert F. Helmer, Muskegon ____ 42.86 James F. Balbernie, Muskegon __ 473.47 Herbert H. Smith, Muskegon ____ 9.80 C. W. Stehouwer, Grand Rapids __ 17.51 James A. Smith & Son, Muskegon 9.60 Holland-American Food Co., Grand Bogie 11.65 L. M. Wilson, Muskegon __________ 14.60 Loise-Wiles Biscuit Co., Chicago_ 38.18 I. Van Westenbrugge, Grand Rap. 9.19 Hasper Biscuit Co., Muskegon ____ 35.62 Freeman Dairy Co., Muskegon ____ 3.75 Home Fuel Co., Muskegon _______ 5.50 Sanitary Dairy Co., Muskegon __ 25.96 Henry Meyer, Grand Rapids _____ 22.13 T. Schillaci & Co., Muskegon ____ 65.80 nr. M. Hollingshead Co., Detroit__ 204.00 Dr. W. C. Swartout, Muskegon __ 200.00 Zeeland Cigar Co., Zeeland ________ 40.00 Nov. 16. We have received the sched- ules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Harry A. Jones, Bankrupt No. 3031. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of Buchanan, and his occupation is that of a merchant shoe dealer. The schedules show assets of $6,203.55 of which $300 is claimed as exempt, with liabilities of $4,956.45. The first meeting of creditors will be called and note of the same will be made here- in. The list of creditors of said bankrupt are as follows: F. H. Flandermeyer, Coldwater__$350.00 August F. Lehrke, Buchanan _____ 150.00 Ainsworth Shoe Co., Toledo _____ 55.45 Brown Shoe Co., St. Louis, Mo... 61.95 Beacon Falls Rubber Co., Chicago 36.45 Cahill Shoe Co., Cincinnati ______ 325.15 Clinton, Iowa __ 111.80 Coble Shoe Mfg. Co., Humboldt, AeOn ee 24.50 S. Freiberger & Bros., Fort Wayne 49.63 Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co., St. Touis, MO. ee 85.40 Herbst Shoe Mfg. Co., Milwaukee 46.64 Hood Rubber Products Co., Grand Rapids 2 ee Geo. E. Keith Co., Record Co., Buchanan _____| 25.00 Simplex Shoe Co., Milwaukee e A. H. Weinbrenner Co., Chicago __ 414.14 Weyenburg Shoe Co., Milwaukee —~ 193.20 Wm. H. Walker & Co., New York 21.13 Charles A. Eaton Shoe Co., Brocton, Mass oe ee ee es 128.50 Mrs. Chester M. Sinnett, .Kenosha 30.00 Buchanan State Bank, Buchanan 1,770.00 American Trades & Savings Bank, Racine, Wis. 0 450.00 In the matter of Edward Gumpert, Bankrupt No. 3024, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting has been called for Dec. 2. In the matter of Edward Keen, Bank- supt No. 3026, the funds for the first meet- ing have been received and such meet- ing has been called for Dec. 2. In the matter of Harry A. Jones, Bank- rupt No. 2031, the first meeting of cred- itors has been called for Dec. 2. In the matter of George E. Kenny, Bankrupt No. 3027, the first meeting of creditors has been called for Dec. 3. Nov. 16. We have to-day received the schedules in the matter of Homel Shirt Co., Bankrupt No. 2921. The schedules show assets of $23,550.28, with liabilities of $75,904.25. The list of creditors are as follows: This was an aoe case. Transportation Nationa ank, a ICA R Go ee es $11,250.00 Foreman National Bank, Chicago aaa Wm. Alsbere,. New York __...___ 6.73 Amer. Button Co., Chicago --.. 513.58 Amer. Thread Co., New York --_ 1,096.11 Amoskeag Mfg. Co., New York __ 1,366.86 M. C. D, Borden & Sons, New Y._ 621.87 ‘Automatic Pearl Button Co., : Muscatine, flows .... 436.17 Catin & (o.. New York 522.24 Cone Export & Com. Co., New Y. 9,662.44 consolidated Selling Co., New Y. 1,026.62 Derring Milliken Co., New York_ 1,240.13 xabyan Woolen Co., Stafford co Springs, @onn. 22 5,367.73 Fieitmann & Co., New York City 3,217.08 Leon Freeman, Chicago __-______- 308.14 Helier & Long, New York ______ 548.67 denkins-HKeeer & Co.; 2,748.84 Kerr & Callaghan, New York -_-. 126.13 M. Lowenstein & Sons, New York 5,273.62 Mystic Woolen Co., Old Muytic, Conn, 1,111.60 Parker, Wilder & Co., New York 3,085.23 Riverside & Dan River Cotton Mills, mew Tork oo 2,463.85 Smith Hogg & Co., New York ~~ 3,521.67 Star Paper Box Co., Chicago _._. 165.89 J. L. Stifel & Sons, Wheeling, WW. Va. 489.94 Jose W. Walsh, New York _.__ 995.20 Wisconsin Pearl Button Co., Rat roene, Wis 654.98 D. Baker, Grand Hayes 185.78 Dwyer Equipment Co., Chicago __ 813.00 Isaac B. Lipson, Chicago —_----__ 1,125.00 Ackersville Hardware Co., Luding- eS We Se Nov. 19. We have to-day received the schedules, order of reference and adjudi- cation in the matter of Andrew Nassiff, Bankrupt No. 3033. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of Grand Rapids, and his occupation is that of a grocer. The schedules show assets of $1,521.20 of which $650 is claimed as exempt, with liabilities of $945.01. The first meeting of creditors will be called and note of the same made herein. The list of creditors of said bankrupt are as follows: City of Grand Rapids —...0 20 $ 32.00 Oakdale Hudson-Essex Co., Grand RAGS oe ee 301.33 Rademaker Dooge Co., Grand Rap. 215.79 J. A. Nejam, Grand Haven ______ 94.17 Woodhouse Co., Grand Rapids ____—_‘ 9.94 Holland Cigar Co., Grand Rapids 10.20 McLaughlin Coffee Co., Chicago _. 17.15 ct P. igar Co... Detroit 22 i: 6.60 John E. Muller, Grand Rapids __.. 4.15 Delbert E. Helmer, Grand Rapids 39.00 Bixby Office Sup. Co., Grand Rap. 3.50 X-Cigar Co., Grand Rapids ______ 5.63 Abe Schefman Co., Grand Rapids 59.95 C. W. Mills Paper Co., Grand Rap. 14.00 Specialty Candy Co., Grand Rapids 31.00 Walter O. Birk Candy Co., Chicago 44,00 Chase & Sanborn, Chicago ______ 10.80 Palmer Match Co., Akron, Ohio __ 14.80 Postma Biscuit Co., Grand Rapids 9.00 Schuit Baking Co., Grand Rapids 22.00 DeBries Biscuit Co., Zeeland ______ 0.00 Burton Hts. Creamery, Grand Rap. 15.00 Nov. 19. We have to-day received the schedules, order of reference and adjudi- cation in the matter of Russell W. Feldt and Andrew Edward Felt, individually and as copartners doing business as Feldt & Feldt, Bankrupt No. 3034. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as reteree in bankruptcy. The bankrupt concern is located at Grand Rapids, and their occupation is that of a grocer. The schedules show assets of $750 with lia- bilities of $5,674.48, of the firm, and the individuals show no assets whatsoever. The first meeting of creditors will be call- ed and note of the same made herein. The list of creditors of said bankrupt are as follows: City of Grand Rapids ___________ $ 30.00 National Cash Register Co., Grand RADIOS 2 215.00 Liquid Carbonic Co., Chicago 35.00 G. R. Store Fixture Co., Grand Rap. 85.00 Mrs. W. S. Feldt, Grand Rapids 3,000.00 Commercial State Savings Bank, Greonvilie (2 800.00 Kent State Bank, Grand Rapids__ 100.00 National Grocer Co., Grand Rapids 220.00 Rysdale Candy Co., Grand Rapids 23.43 W. E. Roberts, Grand Rapids ____ 17.65 Smith Flavoring Co., Grand Rapids 1.35 Steindler Paper Co., Muskegon __ 21.72 Schirst Cookie Co., Grand Rapids 12.69 Specialty Candy Co., Grand Rapids 32.20 Strang Electric Co., Grand Rapids 9.43 Vanden Berge Cigar Co., Grand R. 114.20 I, Van Westenbrugge, Grand Rap. 7.70 Woodhouse Cigar Co., Grand Rapids 6.50 Wedlar Co., Cleveland ____ 11.40 Worden Grocer Co., Grand Rapids 63.06 X Cigar Co., Grand Rapids ______ 11.25 A. T. Joyce Bottling Co., Grand R. 3.25 Armour Soap Works, Chicago ____ 7,30 Blue Valley Creamery Co., Grand R. 5.12 Valentine Cigars Co., Grand Rap. 5.63 A. E. Brooks Candy Co., Grand Pie oo ee, ee 17.25 Roy Barkman, Grand Rapids ___-__ 12.20 Berghoff Products Co., Fort Wayne 10.00 D. 8. Cavera Co., Grand Rapids __ 11.25 Cox Margenine Co., Grand Rapids 2.35 M. J. Dark & Sons, Grand Rapids 154.90 Ferris Coffee House, Grand Rapids 27.69 Folgers Bottling Co., Grand Rapids 4.00 G. R. Store Fixture Co., Grand R. 55.00 Go. P; Cigar Co; Detroit: 2.85 Holland Cigar Co., Grand Rapids 13.20 Hoekstra Ice Cream Co., Grand R. 13.38 Hekman Biscuit Co., Grand Rap. 22.32 Heyboer Co., Grand Rapids ___.. =— B10 Lee & Cady, Grand Rapic. ____ 220,209 H. Meyer, Grand Rapids ___.___ 1.18 McLaughlin Coffee Co., Chicago__ 14.48 John is. Muller, Grand Rapids ___ 15 00 Michigan Candy Co., Grand Rapids 196.00 wW. H. Bulliment, Grandville ____ 3.25 Mich. Shoe Dealers Association, Grand. Ranids 20 Kent Storage Co., Grand Rapids __ Nov. 19. (Delayed.) In the matter of Thompsonville Bank, Wood Dish Co. and E. M. Dixon & Co., Bankrupt No. 2963, the sale of the property and assets of the Wood Dish Co. was held this day. The sale was a public auction sale and the trustee was present and represented by attorneys Corwin, Norcross & Cook. A. A. Keiser was present for a certain cred- itor claiming security. Bidders were pres- ent in person. The real estate, machin- cy and iixtures and items listed as mis- cellaneous were sold to Linton & Co. for $2,650. The logs were sold to P. H. Reed for $1,550. The manufactured wood dish- es were sold to C. W. Mills & Co, for $3,275. _The sales were confirmed and the sale adjourned without date. On this day also was held the adjourn- ed first meeting of creditors in the matter of James Monahan, Bankrupt No. 3015. The bankrupt was not present or repre- sented. The adjourned first meeting was further adjourned until Noy, 29. Nov. 22. On this day was held the sale of assets in the matter of Regent Auto Maintenance Co., Bankrupt No. 2983. The bankrupt was represented by Jewell, Face & Messinger, attorneys. The trustee was present in person. Bidders were present in person. The property was sold to Fred a. Timmer, of Grand Rapids, for $450. The bid included the accounts receivable remaining in the hands of the trustee. The sale was confirmed and the meeting adjourned without date. On this day also was held the sale of assets meeting in the matter of W. R. Goode, Bankrupt No. 2948. The trustee of the estate was present in person. Sev- eral bidders were present in person. The Sale was adjourned until Dec. 1 to permit the bidders to see the property offered for sale. ——_272 > Day When Vegetables Will Keep Dentist Away. New York, Nov. 22—Before many years the dreaded visit to the dentist may be a thing of the past. In place of drilling and fillings to preserve the teeth, we may substitute an easy diet of fish and cabbage. This, says Popu- lar Science Monthly, is the recent pre- diction made by Dr. Bernard Gottlieb, of the University of Vienna. Tooth decay may be prevented by eating certain foods. he said, and within five years the dentists hope to have enough scientific data to present a definite tooth-preserving diet. “Experiments with sea foods have encouraged us to believe we are now on the right track,” he said. He named cabbage, Brussels sprouts, and spinach as valuable tooth builders, for the reason that they con- tain lime salts which are the basis of tooth enamel. +2 Bakers Plan Educational Campaign. A five-year programme of expansion providing for an educational campaign among both members and the general public was approved at the closing ses- sion of the twenty-ninth annual con- vention of the American Baker’s As- sociation at Atlantic City last week. Officers will not be elected until the next meeting in Chicago, when the site of the next convention headquarters will also be chosen. —_~>+.___ Now. If you have kind words to say, Say them now. To-morrow may not come your way, Do a kindness while you may, Loved ones will not always stay; Say them now. Roomoowore Ie a Aooc & =o nm Mae ee ae ee FES eos aera November 24, 1926 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 31 Grocer of the Future Will Be Edu- . cated. (Continued from page 20) Where are the grocery tradesmen of to-day? Look at the sloppy, extravagant, loose, inconvenient, ugly bag-bundles you get in any store of 1926 for con- trast to the fine packages you'd ob- tain from any grocer in 1877 for the answer. It is one of the distinct loss- es of our trade that we no longer feel it needful to train tradesmen. But friend Buckley need not worry much. The indifferent grocer, he wha is too sleepy to look beyond the con- fines of his own little coop, will pass into the discard; but economic pres- sure will bring conditions under which young men will have to choose defi- nitely to become grocers. Then they will not regard the trade as something they can work at for a while. They will act in relation to it as English- men now act—as a life calling to be entered upon and regarded with the seriousness one looks on his only chance. The old time tradesman will not re- turn. Progress will not tolerate that. But we shall, nevertheless, have truly educated grocers. Now that the fron- tier has disappeared, now that no longer is there a demand for food handed out any old way in newly set- tled territory, now that the same standard of housing, dress, autos, ho- tels and general environment is found in Seattle and Savannah, in the two Portlands, in Birmingham and Bell- ingham, in Montgomery and Milwau- kee, the grocer of the future will have to take his calling so seriously that he will learn it. Necessity will furnish the spur all right—men will be prodded into knowledge of their calling—for not to know and not to he ready to travel with the ablest will ‘spell disaster from which there will be no possible comeback. Paul Findlay. —_23.__ _ Allegan Young Lady Buys Grocery. Allegan, Nov. 23—Miss Jane Thrall. for a number of years in charge of the Consumers Power Co. office here, has bought the Fred Durand grocery and delicatessen stock, 122 Grand street, North side. Miss Thrall is very capable and her friends believe she will be successful in her business ven- ture. She is the second lady in Al- legan to be at the head of a business place, Mrs. Belle Miner being the other and she conducts the Sweet Shop. The name is very suggestive of good things to eat and she has also been successful. The Deeters bazaar stock has been sold to a stock company to be known as the Bazaar Co. W. H. Knox, of South Haven, has opened a shoe store at 133 Brady street. He is well-known to many Al- legan people. He was with the Grange store and has owned property in the vicinity of Allegan for about eighteen years. For the past three years he has been manager of the shoe department of M. Hale & Co., South Haven. — 7.2 > Looking Ahead. Motorist: I’m sorry I ran over your hen. Would a dollar make it right? Farmer: Wall, better make it two. I have a rooster that was mighty fond of that hen and the shock might kill him too. Piggly Wiggly Perpetrates Huge Joke A. H. Jones, operating several “Piggly Wiggly” chain grocery store systems on the Pacific Coast outside the city of Seattle, has entered a libel suit against the Seattle Retail Gro- cers’ Association and its secretary, Frank Kannaic, claiming damages in the astounding sum of $6,500,000. The basis of the suit is understood to be the reprinting in the associa- tion’s official bulletin, Seregro, an ar- ticle entitled, “Another Chain Store Hold-Up,” originally appearing in the Retail Grocers’ Advocate, of San Fran- cisco, official organ of the California State Retail Grocers’ Association, on October 22, discussing in uncompli- mentary terms the proposed ‘ Safeway” Corporation merger of several smaller chains. The editor of the Cal‘fornia organ is F. B, Connolly, State secre- tary, and also president of the Pacific Coast Retail Grocers’ Association. Press dispatches stating that the Re- tail Grocers’ Association had prevent- ed numerous specialty manufacturers from selling goods to Jones and his en- terprises, are emphatically denied by the association officials. They say they ncver took any such action, nor sought to. Mr. Jones, previous to his entry into the chain store field, was a traveling salesman and is well known through- out the Wes‘. The grocers profess not to be greatly alarmed at this suit, claiming that the chief motive is “a gigantic bluff.” However, their attor- neys are preparing a defense and promise a l'vely controversy in court between the two great branches of the grocery trade—chains and “independ- ents.” The Seattle association officials, in denying that they have done the things which Mr. Jones claims, assert that all they did was to warn manufactur- ers against paying the Piggly Wiggly peop'e an “advertis'ng allowance,” which would be nothing more or less than a discriminatory discount in favor of the chain, denied to the in- dividual retailer. The secretary of the association it is sa'd may file a counter suit against Mr. Jones, who they allege printed in his. official organ, the Rooter, an ac- cusation that Kanaic was an “ex- convict.” In conservative circles it is not generally believed that the suit will ever come to trial. Commenting on the above inc‘dent, the New York Journal of Commerce remarks: : It does not appear at this end of the line just how serious was the libel which inspired the chain store operator on the Pacific Coast to sue the Seat- tle Retail Grocers’ Association for $6,- 500,000 damages. It does, however, appear very much a joke for anybody to think that all the retail grocers in Seattle or any other place of equal size ever had any such sum on which to levy for one’s wounded feelings and it is not surpris- ing that the grocers in that region at- tribute it all to a “bluff.” Chain stores and independents have gotten into a sufficiently retailatory frame of mind to seriously endanger ethical standards at best and the virtue and the vice do not appear to be all one side. For instance. here is a Piggly Wiggly system in San Jose printing an advertisement in the local paper antagonistic to individual stores and particularly to ‘“phone-for-food”’ containing a choice gem like this: “The woman pays and pays and pays and then loses.” Then the pic- ture of a young housewife seated on a comfortable upholstered chair in her home telephoning to her grocer, who at the other end of the line is pictured as a slovenly old fellow writing down her order. A mangy looking cat is pictured on top of a cracker barrel and here is the misleading propaganda: “Yes, folks, she telephones for her grocer‘es. She leaves the selection of her food up to old man Smith—fine old chap, honest and everything you know, but—listen folks, the average grocer’s integrity has never’ been proven infallible. Slip it over. Of course they will when Mrs. Easymark is resting at home. Sure they adver- tise “phone for food’”—makes it easy for them to put up eleven for a dozen ot 15 ounces for a pound—makes it easy to get rid of over-ripe fruit or stale bread. Pay the price—phone for food—get hoo-dooed. Pick out for ycurself at Piggly Wiggly.” With such a n idea of ethics on the part of the chain store what could have been the offense of the retailers tc have inspired a damage suit for $6,500,000 against the chain —_~2+2 > ___ Class Legislation Repudiated by Cali- fornia. The people of California, at the elec- tion on Nov. 2, rejected referenuum proposition No. 3, thus recalling the law passed in the last session of the California legislature which had im- posed a 2 cent per pound tax on oleo- margarine. equalling $400,000 tax an- nial'y on California’s dinner table on 29,000,000 pounds of oleomargarine consumed. ~ The country watched with interest the result of the entire referendum whose significance is National because it marks victory for the principle that there shall be no discriminatory tax levied by a state on the American din- ner table. This tax, the first California ever had imposed on food, in effect raised the price of margarine 2 cents to every consumer. The referendum marks the end of the battle against discriminatory taxes which has been waged for three months. The ostensi- ble purpose of the original measure, proposed and furthered by the dairy and cow interests was alleged to be prevention of deception of shoppers who, except for the provisions of this act, might be led into buying margarine under the impression that it was but- ter. Margarine, however, had already been safeguarded as to purity by law, was so marked on cartons and was always sold in pure white form, so that the purpose of the law was ad- judged by the people of the State to be superfluous and costly legislation. The law which referendum No. 3 has recalled was actually a tax on an in- dustry which competitors could not meet in open competition and was de- signed to stifle a competitive industry and to keep up and perhaps actually increase the price of butter. The law used state-taxing powers for the bene- fit of a single class, to the disadvantage of the public class. It was class leg- islation in a special sense of the word. The referendum is regarded as the “Boston Tea Party” of California. ——>--—— A suggesting clerk may be eithe- a jewel or a nuisance—it depends upon how much tact he has as ballast. A Tasteless Laxative. In all tasteless laxatives on the mar- ket at present the active part consists of phenolphthalein. In making a prep- aration for coffee or milk rub the phe- nolphthalein with sugar (powdered), and add just enough water to moisten, mix thoroughly and allow to dry. Pow- der and further dilute with granulated sugar so each teaspoonful of finished product contains two and_ one-half grains of phenolphthalein. ——_» 22 An Epic. Grandpa, in a speedy car, Pushed the throttle down too far; Twinkle, twinkle, little star, Music by the G. A. R. Business Wants Department Advertisements inserted under this head for five cents a word the first insertion and four certs a word for each subse- quent continuous irsertion. If set in capital letters, doubie price. No charge less than 50 cents. Small display adver- tisements in this department. $4 per inch. Payment with order is required, as amounts are toc smal! to open accounts. For Sale—Cottage and lot in Nobleton, Florida, 57 miles north of Tampa, nine miles northeast Brookville. Fine location for winter home, fishing and hunting. Lights and water. Property title O. K. This was not purchased on speculation. $900 cash. Would consider trading for Michigan resort property. S. F. Brunk, Eaton Rapids, Mich. 428 FOR SALE—Gereral country store, lo- cated in North Thumb of Michigan, on good road. Doing good business. Delco lights, electric cream and egg tester and water heater. Ford truck and all other equipment. Reason for selling, poor health. Address No. 429, c/o Michigan Tradesman. 429 FOR SALE—Sheet metal stock, truck, and tools less than $2,000. Established. Only shop in town of 7,000 population. Good paying business.- Best of reasons for selling. Write or come to J. H. Hop- kin’s Tin Shop, 1426 Loe t St., Eldorado, Illinois. 430 Attention ty rt .S—I have for sale one Wellm: ving device with grave linign, one c -vuiing board with slumber robe, one church truck. All in first-class cocndition. Cheap for cash. C. A. Bur- ger, Middleville, Mich. 424 FOR SALE—Only restaurant in town of 3,000 for ladies. Located close to court house. Business reasons for selling. Ad- dress No. 425, c/o Michigan Tradesman. 425 - FOR SALE—One share of Grand Rapids Wholesale Grocery stock. Cheap if taken at once. If interested, phone 247-358 or write No. 2339 Lincoln St., Muskegon, Mich. 426 I WILL PAY CASH for part or whole stocks of General Dry Goods, Shoes, Furnishings, Clothing, and Bazaar Goods. Call or write Jack Kosofsky, 1235 W. Euclid Ave., Northway 5695, Detroit, Mich. Pay spot cash for ciothing and furnish- ing goods stocks. L. Silberman, 1250 Burlingame Ave., Detroit, Mich. 566 CASH For Your Merchandise! Will buy your entire stock or part ot! stock of shoes. dry goods, clothing, fur- nishngs, bazaar novelties, furniture, etc LOUIS LEVINSOHN. Saginaw. Mich. Sand Lime Brick Nothing as Durable Nothing as Fireproof Makes Structures Beautiful No Painting No Cost for Repairs Fire Proof Weather Proof Warm in Winter—Cool in Summer Brick is Everlasting GRANDE BRICK CO, Grand Rapids. SAGINAW BRICK CoO., Sa Ww. JACKSON-LANSING BRICK CO., Rives Junction. 32 Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids . C. T. Notes. Grand Rapids, Nov. 23—There seems to be a little confusion in the minds of many regarding the Salesmen’s Club of Grand Rpids, as to the purpose of it, time and place of meeting, etc. There is published this week in the Powers Theater program a_ letter which I will ask the Tradesman to publish as it will enlighten many ‘'trav- eling men of Grand Rapids as to the advantages of membership in the Club. To Traveling Salesmen of Grand Rapids: Traveling salesmen living in Grand Rapids or those spending the week end in our city will find a mighty in- teresting time at the Salesmen’s Club of Grand Rapids. The Club meets promptly at 12:45 Pp. m. every Saturday in the Rotary room of the Pantlind Hotel, and dis- misses with equal promptness ar 2 2. m. An excellent lunch is served at mod- erate cost, splendid community sing- ing, solos and an inspiring talk by some prominent, successful business or professional man. This is the best opportunity in the city for forgetting business cares of the week, to rebuild yourself physically and mentally, through superb good fellowship, and contact with men and women who face the same problems as you do. 30th men and women engaged in selling merchandise, service or ideas are eligible to membership, and the Club numbers among its members seme of the most successful salesmen and salesladies of Grand Rapids. Plan to attend the next meeting as a guest. Come and meet the splendid men and women of the Club. It was formed and maintained for members of the selling profession, who meet to exchange ideas, be of mutual help and enjoy the sociability of salespeople during the lunch hour. The Salesmen’s Club of Grand Rapids John B. Olney, President Homer R. Bradfield, Secretary. At the meeting Saturday, the Club was addressed by Mayor Elvin Swart- hout, who reviewed his administration before the Club. To a majority of his audience it was a revelation to learn how much had been accomplished in a short time. He opened his address by quoting from Paul the Apostle who said, “I am a citizen of no mean city,” and proceeded to show how truly progressive, with the best interests of all of the people in mind, his adminis- tration has been, and that Paul's state- ment could be adopted by every citi- zen of Grand Rapids. At the meeting next Saturday the Club wll be addressed by John D. MacNaughton, of the investment firm of MacNaughton, Greenwalt & Co., on “What constitutes a good invest- ment.” The Club has needed a lec- ture of this nature for quite a while, and we urge the attendance of all who can possibly attend. Mrs. Scott Sweet, the soprano soloist, will favor the Club with a number of solos. Mrs. Harvey A. Gish of Gladstone avenue, wife of one of our members, had an operation performed at Blod- gett Hospital last week and died early Monday morning. Mrs. Gish played a prominent part in Grand Rapids social circles, She was a leader in the Ladies’ Literary Club as head of the Shakespere study group. Her reputation as a dramatic reader extended far beyond the limits of her home city, her presentations having been carried over the radio. As a speaker and lecturer also she gained prominence. Her work in be- half of the war loan drives brought cemmendation from officers. In 1908, a year before she was mar- ried to Mr. Gish, Miss Harrison was nominated by the Independence party for state superintendent of public in- struction, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN - She was born July 28, 1883, near Conklin, Ottawa coun'ty, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Harrison. Besides the husband the survivors are her mother; a son, Russell H. Gish: a brother, Floyd H. Harrison, and a sister, Mrs. E. G. Hamel of Maywood, Il The hearty sympathy of every mem- ber of Grand Rapids Council goes out to our bereaved brother in this, his hour of trial and sorrow. We are very happy to report that Brother G. B. Me Connell, living at 1342 Sigsbee street, after an illness which has confined him to his bed for more than ninety days, is sufficiently improved to eat Thanksgiving dinner at the table with his family. : Brother Elmer Hamel and his wife, who are now living in Maywood, IItL, are in Grand Rapids, having been called here by the illness and death of Mrs. Harvey A. Gish, who is a sister oi} Mrs. Hamel . Mary J. Field, one of the prominent members of the Salesmen’s Club, has been passing through a serious illness, but is ‘improving at this time. She is residing at the Morton Hotel. At a recent meeting of the Execu- tive Board of Grand Rapids Council Brother L. L. Lozier, district manager for the Mulkey Salt Co., of Detroit, was selected to fill the position on the executive committee made vacant by the removal of Harry Behrman to De- troit, and Brother Martin VerMaire, sales manager of the Valley City Mill- ing Co., was selected to take the place on the committee left vacant through the death of Major Walter N. Burgess. The Salesmen’s Club of Grand Rap- ids will attend in a body, the dance given by the U. C. T. dance commit- tee, in the Pantlind Hotel ballroom, Saturday, Noy. 27. Dancing from 9 p.m. to midnight. These dances given by the U. C. T. organization are prov- ing very popular and well attended. The Scribe. —_2~-<.___ Purchase Flour As Needed Still Best Policy. Written for the Tradesman. The demand for flour is rather slow with the trade disinclined to buy for long deferred shipment, and, in fact, flour mills in general are complaining about not being able to obtain shipping instructions as rapidly as the old con- tracts are maturing, due apparently to the fact the trade overbought some- what, although there does not seem to be any occasion for worry along this line, the volume of shipments on the whole having been reasonably sat- isfactory. Foreign markets are not very active in flour, most of the larger centers reporting lethargy on the part of buy- ers; London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Bel- fast, Amsterdam, Hamburg and Co- penhagen all reporting the demand for new goods rather limited. This lack of demand is undoubtedly due to the fact that shipments thus far on this crop from North America, of both wheat and flour, have been greater than a year ago, the comparative totals in bushels being, from August first, this year, to date 202,911,000 bushels, against last year to date 174,144,000 bushels, an increase of 28,767,000 bushels. For thirty-eight countries in the Northern Hemisphere, estimates of the amount of wheat prduced this year show a small decrease compared to a year ago, namely 7,100,000 bushels. The comparative shortage in Europe is 140,210,000 bushels, which means they will need to purchase considerably more wheat from North America and the Argentine than a year ago; in Asia the comparative shortage is placed at 2,874,000 bushels; in Africa at 14,700,- 000, while in North America the crop is 150,700,00 larger, so we have no oc- casion to worry about an over produc- tion of wheat, and undoubtedly most of that we possess will be needed be- fore another crop. This situation does not mean we are to have advancing prices, for as a gen- eral thing the price of commodities has declined during the past year, the amount taken as a whole, being 8 per cent. It does mean, however, that ma- terially lower prices are hardly war- ranted, and it appears wise to cover nearby requirements on_ substantial breaks. The flour trade, as a general thing, however, do just the opposite—buy on advancing markets and “sit tight” on breaks, just as the farmer “holds” on the advances and sells on the breaks. This action is undoubtedly due to the fact that when the market is advancing it looks strong, and when it is declin- ing it looks weak, when as a matter of fact wheat is generally in the weakest position when it is highest, and in the strongest position when it is lowest. This is certainly true from a reaction standpoint. Bread is the cheapest and best food; wheat is as good as gold and almost as liquid; its the standard of value of food products, and will always be in demand, consequently the trade should always have requirements covered. There may be times when it will pay to buy for future delivery, but the pres- ent does not appear to be one of them. The policy of purchasing as needed continues to be the best policy appar- ently. A big break in prices might make future buying profitable. Lloyd E. Smith. —_2-.___ Shops Within Shops. The trend toward a “series of inti- mate shops’ in department store re- tailing continues to gain, with an in- creasing number of stores throughout the country adopting this method of merchandising. A growing number of departments are being shut off, so to speak, from the rest of the store, some even having their own entrances and exits. The fundamental theory of the plan is that many consumers prefer to buy their merchandise within smaller and more intimate quarters, rather than on the wide and open floor spaces of the usual department store. Men consumers, particularly, are credited with expressing their dislike for shopping under the department store conditions which have prevailed. The intimate shops within the store solve this problem in large measure ,it is contended. In certain lines of wo- men’s apparel the shop within a shop idea is taking strong hold, notably in millinery, corsets, lingerie and similar merchandise and in ready-to-wear. Regarding the latter it is expected that « greater amount of competition will be offered the specialty store. —_2+2>__ The line of least resistance is al- ways busy; why not try the line of ambition? November 24, 1926 THE TREND OF TRADE. More of preparation and less of ac- tual business feature the primary mar- kets for the time being. This is cus- tomary at this time of year when the great bulk of buying is expected to be at the retail counters. But the prep- aration in progress is on a scale that betokens a confidence in the prospects for the coming spring and summer. No unfavorable factors are in sight to discourage enterprise. Even the con- ditions in the cotton-growing sections of the country are assuming a more hopeful aspect, now that the worst is known, because of compensations that had not been taken into account when the record-breaking crop was first made apparent. Not the least of these is the added amount to be distributed among the cotton pickers. The gain, also, in other crops has more than offset the loss in cotton. In the tex- tile lines a fairly steady stream of merchandise is moving in distributing channels, for filling in purposes mainly. Retailers had apparently underestimat- ed the consumer demand and were playing for safety. They now find themselves with too small or ill-assort- ed stocks and are calling for additions to be supplied quickly. In certain sec- tions trade has been restricted by too warm weather, although this is not the case over most of the country. The stores would like to dispose of what may be called staple goods before the period of holiday and gift buying begins, which is usually immediately after Thanksgiving Day. With the cold days which have come this week the movement should be stimulated. —_2-<-___ Hunting Deer Secondary Considera- tion. Boyne City, Nov. 23—Our nimrods are beginning to return from the wilds. They don’t seem to have had much luck. About all they got was wet feet and hard luck stories. The im- pression begins to seep in that the deer they go after is mostly a second- ary consideration. What they really want is to dress up like a lumberjack, tramp through the woods and live like Johny Skinclothes, with modern im- provements. Sam got one, but they do say that there was something about it--the deer was not so wild as it night have been. We are hoping that in the course ot time, they will all get back and settle down to business. But boys will be boys, no matter if the frost is appearing over their ears. Charles T. McCutcheon. —_~+2+>____ Ribbon Hats Taking Hold. In millinery the hat of belting ribbon is meeting with an increasing amount of favor. Either solid color or striped ribbons are used for these hats. The nodel of bengaline combined with straw is also receiving considerable at- tention. Both types are being shown Principally in the small, close fitting poke effect with rippled brim. A few are slightly rolled “off the face.’ The bright colored felt manages to hold its popularity. Soft straw body hats are in demand for the Winter resort sea- son. Belting ribbon in combination colors is used for trimming. —_22+____ “Take it or leave it” salesmanship is about as valuable in a store as watered gasoline in an interior com- bustion engine. + 2S One Biscuit is a Meal To Our Distributors: You know SHEDDED WHEAT has been on the market for thirty-five years. You know that no other cereal can be compared with it for nutritive value, and no process can be compared with the shred- ding and baking process for making the whole wheat grain digestible. But here is another thing to remember about SHREDDED WHEAT-—you can eat as many Biscuits as you like for a meal—some people eat as many as six—but ONE Biscuit with milk is a com- plete, nourishing, satisfying meal—twelve good meals in every carton. The Shredded Wheat Co. Niagara Falis, N. Y. Did she say ONE CAN? Then tell her about the dozens of daily uses for BORDEN’S. That is the way to sell a dozen cans to the customer who now ; Dodou UNSwaeTengD buys only one at a time. 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