Michigan Tradesman. Published Weekly. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. $1 Per Year. VOL. 9. Orne n RAPIDS, Bananas, J¢ ersey Sweet Potatoes Received in Car Lots. p Wewill pay market price for all fresh Eggs you can Eggs! send us, If any to offer write us. WHOLESALE: g if you have Beans for sale Beans! send sample and price. Fruits, Seeds, Beans and Produce. MOSELEY BROS., 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., GRAND RAPIDS PEACHES AND BANANAS, WE ARE HEADQUARTERS. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. Nyaa ee CO. 9 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. G. S. BROWN & CoO., —— JOBBERS OF —— Domestic Fruits and Vegetables We carry the largest stock in the city and a satisfaction. We always bill goods at the lowest market prices. SEND FOR QUUTATIONS 24 and 26 North Division St. GRAND RAPIDS. TRIMO meg Pipe Wrench Made of Forged Steel and Interchangeable injall its Parts. Sold by HESTER & FOX, - - - ~ Grand Rapids, Mich. MUSKEGON BRANCH UNITED STATES BAKING CO, Successors to MUSKEGON CRACKER Co., HARRY FOX, Manager. Crackers, Biscuits «Sweet Goods. MUSKEGON, MICH. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS. PATENTED 1889 GET THE Best! Jennings’ Flavoring Extracts SEE QUOTATIONS. New Line of _ PENNY GO0D8 for September Trade. Order Tycoon Gum and Chocolate Triplets. A. DE BOOKS & CO., No. 46 OTTAWA ST... GRAND RAPIDS New Line of bach 21, 1891. NO. 422 THk BAST BLANK BOOK MADE OPENS PERFECTLY FLAT. Patented Dee. 3, 1889 29 and 31 Canal St. Sole Manufacturers in Michigan of the Mullins Flat (pening Blank Book Recommended by Banks and Most Reliable Firms in the United States. GRAND RAPIDS PAPER CoO.,, CURTISS & WHITE, Managers, Jobbers of Wrapping Papers and Twines, W. P. Sheathing, Tarred Board, Tarred Felt. Plain Board, Carpet Lining, Straw Paper. Carpet Sweepers, Gem Wringers. Express Wagons and Sleighs Baby Carriages, Wash Boards, Brooms, Mop sticks, Tablets and Box Paper, Note Paper, Envelopes, Etc. No. 8 So. Ionia St., ~ - - . - Grand Rapids. Agents — Wanted? SAG INAW, Mich., June 22, 1891. Albion Milling Co., Albion, Michigan: GeNTs—In connection with our order for ‘‘Albion Patent Flour” which you will find enclosed, permit us to say that we have used your Albion Patent for the past fifteen years and it has always given universal satisfaction. We consider it the best brand of flour, for family use, that we handle. Yours very truly, WELLS STONE MERCANTILE CO. We wish to place this brand in every r city and town in Michigan, and exclusive control to responsible dealers. There is money in it for you. particulars. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed in every instance. ALBION MILLING COMPANY, Albion, Mich. TELFER SPICE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF give the W: rite for Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. land 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS “RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO., F uy DETTENTHALER Manufacturers and Jobbers of Boots and Shoes. Our fall lines are | now complete in we department. Our line of Men’s and Boys’ boots nied the best we ever made | or handled. For durability try | our own manufacture men’s, boys’, youths’, | women’s, misses’ and | ehildren’s shoes. We have the finest | lines of slippers and warm goods we ever} carried. We handle all the lead JOBBER OF OYSTERS SALT FISH POULTRY & GAME | @ ing lines of felt boots and 4socks. = i Wesolicit your inspec- pe ocr ig ne | Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. See Quotations in Another Column. Agents for e Bos | Rubber shoe Co.” CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF POULTRY AND GAME SOLICITED. | i LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY, ®"#t¢ Hants sora & Transfer Co,, intl eoawee ees General Marehodsemen and runt Agents. COLD STORAGE FOR BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE, FRUITS, AND ALL KINDS OF PERISHABLES. { Dealers and Jobbers in Mowers, Binders Twine, Threshers, En- gines, Straw Stackers, Drills, Rakes, Tedders, Cultivators, GR AND RAPIDS Plows, Pumps, Carts, Wagons. 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Our Complete Fall Line of nOlday a racy boot Will be ready September 10th, It will pay every merchant handling this line of goods to examine our samples, EATON, LYON & CO.,, 20 & 22 Monroe St., GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH. ESTABLISHED 1841. SCA AR NIM THE MERCANTILE AGENCY KR. G. Dan & Co. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada WANTED! I WANT TO BUY one or two thou sand cords of good 16-inch beech and maple wood. I ALSO WANT TO SELL Lime, Imported and Domestic Cements, Fire Brick, Sewer Pipe, Drain Tile, Hay, Grain, Feed, Oil Meal, Clover and Tim- othy Seed, Land Plaster, Ete. THOS. E. WYKES, WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE: Cor. Wealthy Ave. and Ionia on M. C. R. R. BRANCH OFFICE: Builders’ Exchange. Correspondence Solicited. The Most Perfect Autematic Injector Made, 42,000 in actual operation. Manufactured by PENBERTHY INJECTOR CO.,, DETROIT, MICH. INS. Pacide 38 PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. S. F. ASPINWALL, Pres’t. _W. FRED McBain, Sec'y IT WILL PAY YOU To Buy ALLEN B.WRISLEY’S GOOD CHEER SOAP Leading Wholesale Grocers keep it. FIRE MICHIGAN GRAND RAPIDS, PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK. Capital, $100,000. Liability, $100,000 Depositors’ Security, $200,000. OFFICERS, Thomas Hefferan, President. Henry F. Hastings, Vice-President. Charles M. Heald, 2d Vice-President. Charles B. Kelsey, Cashier. DIRECTORS. D. D. Cody H. C. Russell S. A. Morman John Murray Jas. G. McBride J. H. Gibbs Wm. MeMullen Cc. B. Judd D. E. Waters H. F. Hastings Jno. Patton, Jr C. M. Heald Wm. Alden Smith Don J. Leathers Thomas Hefferan. Four per cent. interest paid on time certificates and savings deposits. Collections promptly made at lowest rates. Exchange sold on New York, Chicago, Detroit and all foreign countries. Money transferred by mail or telegraph. Muni- cipal ‘and county bonds bought and sold. Ac- counts of mercantile firms as well as banks and bankers solicited. We invite correspondence or personal inter view with a view to business relations. STUDLEY & BARCLAY Wl ¥ II! Spooy AOGQNIOJO S.19qqor Sal[ddng {wysedag alt] Agents for the CANDEE Rubber boots, shoes, arc- tics, lumbermen’s, etc., the best in the market. We carry the finest line of felt and knit boots, socks and rubber clothing inthe market. Send for price list and discounts. 4 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. “! OYSTERS We quote: Solid Brand Oysters. Selects........ +. oe oe ©. cece. oe Standards ......... 20 Daisy Brand —— a mS seencerds........... 16 Wavorites.......... 16 Our Favorite Brand. Mrs, Withey’s Home-made Mince-Meat. Largepol..... ..., 6 ae Ole... ....... 6% a) 1D. pelle ......... Oe Wik, pata ......... 6% 10 1b. pails.. a 2 1b. cans, (usual weight) eee $1.50 per doz. 5 lb. a 50 per doz. Crores Watry Water. .............. ~........ 19 Pure Sweet C ider, moe 15 Pure Cages Vipcear... 2.1... .. Lui. Will pay 40 cents each for Molasses half bbls. Above prices are made low to bid for trade. Let your orders come. EDWIN PALLAS & SON, Valley City Gold Storage, A. D. SPANGLER & CO,, GENERAL Commission Merchants And Wholesale Dealers in Fruits and Produce. We solicit correspondence with both buy- ers and sellers of all kinds of fruits, ber- ries and produce. SAGINAW, E. Side, MICH. WEDNESDAY, TRADESMAN. OCTOBER 2 THE HILLIARD FARM. The farm adjoined ours on the east—a large tract of over three hundred- acres and wonderfully favored in situation and soil. Through many generations of the Hilliard family, it had been widely noted as the best farm in our own and rounding counties, but for some years before the time of which I write, it had Sur- jrapidly gone to ruin through Nathan Hilliard’s advancing age and failing health. He was a broken old man, left entirely alone by the death of his good wife and of his only son, on whom he had fondly relied to keep the place worthy of its name. After this affliction he lost heart. Mother and I, who had been as intimate with the family as if we had been mem- bers of it, often watched his discouraged efforts to keep the place going, and father frequently sent over our men to help; but a farm needs a strong guiding heart as much as the sunshine and rain. How well I remember the day he over, with his face at last showing the purpose to tell us his trouble! It was early fall, when, through the clear, days, the men were everywhere busy sowing; but he had spent the most of the week before upon his front porch in deep study, and we knew—at least I did, being the most interested in him—that he was considering a plan. Father was sitting upon our side porch cleaning his shot-gun, for early that morning he had seen wild pigeons flying over the woods along the creek, and 1 sat inside the nearest window doing our week’s mending; so I easily heard the conversation that followed—Nathan ask- ing me to stay where I was. I pitied him more than ever; he was so trembly and uncertain. I had watched him standing inside his front-yard fence debating whether he should come over, and had seen him stop twice in the path across the narrow field between the two houses. ‘“‘“Good morning, Hilliard,’’ said father, cheerily, ‘‘come up and sit down. looking right well this morning.’’ ‘Vm not feeling it,’’ Nathan replied, sitting down. ‘‘I did feel better all sum- mer, but [’m so afraid of the fall and winter.’’ “Oh! you mustn’t borrow trouble. You have many good years before you. Come along with me to-morrow morning to the bottoms. Vll warrant you’ll bring down as many as you ever did.” ‘““No, thank you, Eastwood,” Hilliard replied, shaking his head sadly. ‘‘My hunting has all been done. I’m an old} man, and I know my best days are over. It was hard for me to make up my mind to that. lieve that the farm’s going all right, but it isn’t, and D’ve got to give up at last. No onecan know how I feel about it. Everybody knows what our farm has always been. My father got it from his father and handed it down tome; and now in my time its gone to wrack. of them had some one to leave it to and came cool You’re died proud of it and satisfied about its | 1, 1891. — I saw pigeons over there, and | I’ve tried to make myself be-| Each | NO. 422 | future. But I haven’t, Eastwood. They’re | all gone, and I must soon go after them, | with no hope for the old place. It’s | mighty hard on me, Daniel, when we Hilliards have been so proud of it—too much so, maybe.”’ ‘“‘Why, there are plenty of young farm- ers about, Nathan, would too glad to become yeur tenant,’ said father, ‘‘1’1l willingly help you pick the best one for the purpose.”’ Hilliard shook his head. “That wouldn’t satisfy me, wouldn’t be a Hilliard.’’ “There are who be only Daniel; he certainly some of family living, aren’t there?’’ “Only one, your that I know of, and that’s what I came over to talk about. He lives out in Hilliard, my father Tom, as you remem- Lllinois — Isaae nephew. His ber, died some years ago. angry He has been with me since father died. He always contended that the farm here was too large, and he tried hard to talk father into dividing it between us, half, on his deathbed, went away half and but he failed, and angry and dissatisfied with farm in Illinois. 1 would have been willing enough to divide, but the smaller father’s last request was for me to keep the old place together, as it always had been, and up tothe mark. I did all I could to make friendly, but he I’m afraid maybe spiting the that way for the wishes of the dead, and I’ve made up my mind to ask Isaac to come in and be my tenant. Whatd think of it??? ‘Well, Nathan,’ thought- fully, “if you are satisfied that Isaac is a good enough farmer to take charge of it, I would send for him.’’ “I’m pretty well satisfied; and Eastwood, maybe it would Tom Now I did wrong by him; wouldn’t listen. living 0 you > father said, then, ease my mind Tom. I don’t want to die thinking I didn’t do rightly by him and his folks. [ll write to Isaac, and maybe I'll again see the old farm like it once was. some, on account of [ want to keep it in my name while I live, and, if Isaae brings it back, I can be almost as satisfied in turning it over to him when I die as to my own son, if he had lived.’ A month saw Isaae and his Father, mother and I watched them from our window. Isaae looked a strong, energetic, capable man, but neither mother nor I felt satisfied somehow with the wife. Mother feared was a self-willed woman, and I | fancied she was not as considerate of later we family arrive. } | she | | poor old Nathan as she ought to be. But the farm brightened. at once, and the old man with it. after he came over almost every day. He For a short while | | j | | | | | | | joked in his old way with me about | Lucinda, Isaaec’s wife, making better | patch-work quilts than 1 could, and ral- llied father about their hogs being so | much bigger than his. But none of the |new people came over, except once the | mother sent a young daughter to tell us | that if weever wanted to see the chickens again that were over there scratching, we had better come over for them. After this, we weren’t surprised at the 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. change that came over stopped coming so often; sat much alone on their back porch, and many times 1 saw him far away across the farm, sitting for hours on a fence- top, looking at the ground. One early November day, not been to see us for several hobbled over. He had faded seemed generally miserable. when he had weeks, he sadly, and I gave him a comfortable fire, to find out the “Nathan,” | making aie farm look like old times.”’ ‘Isn't it?’’ he with a little show of pleasure. ‘‘Isaac ehair by our dining room and, as we were alone, I determined trouble. nephew is began, ‘‘your answered, splendid farmer.” “But are they as good to you as they are to the farm?’’ I asked, bluntly. His lips trembled at once, and his hands, too, as he caught the crook of his | cane more tightly and looked appealingly at me. “J am afraid they’re not,” I ‘*You’re not a bit like you were.” ‘It’s the cold weather,” he said, added. ing at the floor. “The cold weather, that’s all. I’ll be all right inthe spring.”’ ‘“‘But are you sure, Nathan, that they do all for you they should? Do they | treat you as they should one who has} given them such a good home?”’ “Yes: oh, yes; they’re good to me. | People have different ideas of duty, Annie. Away out in Illinois they don’t | think exactly as we do, maybe. quite used to their ways at first, but I am now. If there’s anything wrong it’s} iL can’t] all me. I’m worrying myself. think but what 1 didn’t do altogether right by Tom, and I’ve been thinking | that maybe I owe it to Isaac to put the farm in his name now.” He paused a moment, looking at me keenly; then added: ‘| thought 1 would do it soon, as a surprise to them. Maybe I'll feel easier then.’’ I saw it all, then, and said impulsively: “You mean, Nathan, that you hope} they’ll treat you better after you give them the farm. Isn’t that it?’’ ‘You mustn’t say it that way,’’ he said, simply, rising to go. ‘‘No, I swer that that’s it. put the place in better hands I don’t think . No, Annie; you’re too hard on them, and you mustn’t | be.’’ 1 watched him feebly pushing his way across the brown field against the Novem- that spirit that him in it twisted the dead flung them ber wind, seemed to buffet the same leaves from the to the ground. That was the last we boughs and saw of him until one day in December. It had snowed all night, and father went out to help shovel apath. He in soon to tell me he had stopped Hilliard to ask about old Nathan. He father but had been relieved by his wife calling sharply to him to come in. * This the tended or neglected by those people. I came Isaac him looked confused, said, enough to set me fancying poorly at- was poor old man sick and hurriedly prepared a bowl of broth and started over. It was snowing again, and in the a man who was in a great hurry. “Oh, Miss Annie, coming to see you or your father!”’ narrow path I almost ran against > he said, ‘‘] was just It was old Ben Link, who had nearly all his life in the service of the Nathan. He joked no more; | is certainly aj} look- | Il was n’t | can’t an-}| I could | and at a loss for an answer, | spent | Hilliards and had left Nathan only when compelled to by age. “What is it, Ben?” I asked, ““Miss Annie,’’? he answered, eited indignation, ‘‘they,’’ motioning toward the Hilliard house, ‘‘have sent poor old Nathan to the poor-house.” I did not wait for the particulars, but, with Ben following, ran home. We found father in our workshop putting a new seat in the basket-sleigh ‘Father, you must hitch up at once, iI said. ‘Those people over there have sent Nathan to the poor-house; and as long as our house stands he must never want for a home.”’ Mother and I had a fire roaring in our | great spare room and the bed all ready, |with hot sticks of wood between the | sheets at the foot, by the time father and Ben brought the old man in. He had had a cruel shock, and for | weeks its seemed a fatal one; but our ;care was rewarded. It was a glorious | day late in January when we helped him | down-stairs to the table. We all be- lieved that we could cheer him back to | his former self, but soon saw that our | hopes were in vain. I could not conceal |my disappointment, and often spoke harshly against his folks; but he always gently checked me. | ‘Don’t judge them too hard, Annie. You know I was feeble and of no use, | and they had too much work to do tocare for asick old man. It was all my fault | that there was so much todo. I had let |the farm run down awfully. I had given them the farm, but still I kept thinking I hadn’t done enough yet to make up for | sending Tom off in anger, and I saw that they would be better if I was out of the Don’t | with ex- ” willing to go. Annie.’’ iway. So I ' | blame them too hard, was With particular earnestness did he ex- | cose them one bright spring day, as he | sat in his favorite place—an easy-chair |by the window, where he could look across at his old home. The place looked better than it had for several years. The | fene es were straightened and newly | whitewashed, painters were there bright- alo the house, and spring was adding jher bursting buds and blossoms to the renewing of the Hilliard farm. | ‘Just see, Annie,” he said, as I left| | him to go to some one who wanted to see Then, raising them manfully, he looked straight at me, and continued: ‘‘Miss Eastwood, we have made a sad mistake. We’re ashamed, and sorry for it. We don’t try to excuse ourselves, but we want him back with us again. Will you let me go in and a-k him to come?” l couldn’t say all the harsh things in my mind, or tell him that L suspected there was something more he wished to get out of the old man. There was too much sincerity in his tone for that, and I could only feel how happy it would make Nathan to go back again. I quiet- ly opened the door, and we walked in. I laid my hand on Nathan’s shoulder, and Isaac started to speak; but my hand fell to my side, and he stopped speaking. We had seen that the invitation was too. late, and that the old man had passed away with his last looks resting on the beloved Hilliard Farm. H. M. HOKE. cn ~~ >< san For the finest coffees in the world, high grade teas, spices, etc., see J. P. Visner, 304 North Ionia street, Grand Rapids, Mich., general representative for E. J. Gillies & Co., New York City. GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878 W.Baxer & (0:3 " Breakfast Cocoa from which the excess of oil has been removed, Ise Absolutely Pure nda itis Soluble. are used in its prepar- ation. It has more \\than three times the strength of Cocoa Starch, rrowroot or Sugar, and is therefore far sore economical, costing less than one cent a yp. It is delicious, nourishing, strengthen- 1g, EASILY DIGESTED, and admirably adapted »z invalids as well as for persons in health. Solid by Crocers ‘ocers everywhere. V. BAKER & 6O., |., DORCHESTER, (MASS. Fmixed with | me, ‘‘what a change Isaac has made. | He’ll soon have the old placeas fine as in | its best days, and, when I get well, 1| wonder if he would let me take just one | over it. Some time, if you} 9” more walk see him, ask him, won’t you? I was surprised to find that Isaac who wanted to see me. His man- |} ner was humble, with shame plainly | showing in his face. This kept me from | telling him what I had always thought || would. it was | see Uncle Na-| > he said, with his eyes on the floor. | “TJ have come over to than,’ THE NEW YOR K BISCUIT CO. S. A. SEARS, Manager. Cracker Manutacturers, 37,39 and 4i Kent St., - Grand Rapids. UCKER, COADE & CO., General Commission Merchants Headquarters for Jersey Sweet Potatoe Potatoes and Onions in car lots or bushel; and Domestic Fruits in their season. We can f figures. s, Cape Cod Cranberries, Spanish Onions, also choice Butter and Eggs and all kindsof Foreign ill orders for all kinds of winter apples at lowest Write or wire for quotation on Onions and Potatoes. TUCKER, COADE & CO., Will pay highest market price for EGGSa t all times. The Largest Stock of Ladies’, Misses’, Children’s and Infants’ -CLOAKS- ever seen under one roof is at MORSE’ Cor. Monroe & Spring Sts. Siegel's Cloak Department Send for ov ir Price List. | | if i | | | | OLD MAN SLIM. He Retires ‘from Business and says ““Good-Bye.”’ QUEEN’s HoLiow, Ont., Oct. 17—This, no doubt, will be the last letter you will ever receive from me, as the firm of Slim & Slim is dissolved and the business—what is left of it—has passed into other hands. Ever since we have been. in business, we have had a_ succession of summer droughts and open winters and pyevail- ing low prices for farmers’ produce. This season is, indeed, an exception. Crops are heavy and prices are fairly good; but Jo. Gobdarn appeared on the scene, and that was more injurious to us than fourteen cyclones followed by a first-class famine. The methods adopt- ed by him in building up his trade were unique and they have proved highly suc- cessful. The giving away of the old odds and ends of the Cronk stock, al- though having the appearance of reck- lessness and improvidence, was a lucky hit. For every dollar’s worth of the old stock which was advertised and given away, five returned to take its place. He earries several lines of cheap American goods and sells them at prices which will barely cover cost and customs duties, to say nothing of freight and profit. He pays more for farmer’s produce than we can possibly afford to pay. Right from the start he has paid, on an average, two cents per dozen for eggs in excess of the highest notch in the Canadian market. Many people suspect that his egg erates cross the river on the same mysterious vehicle which transports his American goods into Her Majesty’s Dominion. If this vague suspicion be founded on fact (which I verily believe to be the case, and so does Izik), it follows that Gob- darn could well afford to pay the extra two cents, for they are worth only 11 cents here, and on your side of the fence they are quoted at 17 cents—a difference which will just about account for the McKinley tariff and the transportion charges to the American market. Yet, strange to say, there are certain old fos- sil remains, like Old Cronk, who are so dyed-in-the-wool with toryism, that they think that our Ontario farmers are mak- ing more money and adding more to their prosperity by selling their hen fruit to John Bull at five cents per dozen less than might be obtained at home from their independent, but highly respected neighbor and relative on their mother’s side—Uncle Samuel. Of course, there has always been more or less talk (and I bave always thought there was something in it, and so has Izik) about short weights and crooked dealings at Gobdarn’s, but the people seem to like it, for they run there to do their trading. Gobdarn belongs to no church, but he contributes liberally to all three and holds himself out as a possible victim for either, which creates a sort of strife between them in their efforts to please by patronizing him. Izik, I am sorry to say, is just as world- ly asever. He says | ought to feel high- ly gratified at the manner in whieh the little flock of which I am a member de- serted me and went over to the sharp skinflint of a worldling like Gobdarn. He says he will never join a religious so- ciety until he finds one that carries brotherly love enough aboard to rescue him in case a passing wave should wash him overboard. He says any brotherly love which is too weak to float bread and butter may be all right on some other planet where the diet is thin air, but it is afraud and a delusion on this earth, where selfishness runs rampant and vir- tue struggles for an existence. Another cause for retiring from busi- ness is, that there has been frequent calls for money on Izik’s canning factory stock, owing to expensive repairs this season, and the money had to be taken out of the business, where it was needed. The stock might have been sold, but Izik had been offered the secretaryship, with a salary of $1,000, as soon as hew as eligible—the by-laws requiring that the Secretary should holdin his own right and name a certain amount of paid-up stock. You will notice that Izik is thus provided for in the future, whatever be- comes of the old man. Well, I traded off a good home and a certain livelihood for THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. a temporary stopping place, and a liveli- hood that has turned out to be very un- certain—all for the sake of giving the boy a chance. Well, he has had a chance. For nearly four years he has been court- ing fortune and has striven honestly and fickle and those who suceeed in having | their names recorded among her selected admirers a passing notice. We get 75 cents on the dollar, ness, about $1,000, will give Izik. pay This will enable him to} up the balance of his canning fac- tory stock and secure him the secretary- | ship. This will leave me with $500 and an equity in the store building, valued at | I put ina fifty acre farm, worth $500. $2,500; stock and implements, $500; and | eash, $500—a total of $3,500. Land has | risen in value in this section and the lit- tle farm is now worth $10 per acre more than when I parted with it; but sister Tubbs says [ ought to feel thankful that | I got out of it as well as I did. that in all her time she never knew but two men to gointo the store keeping bus- | iness and come out of it with a second shirt to their back, and both of them |} lost their first shirts. This has been very consoling to me, and it has revived that old idea which you will remember gut into my head awhile ago and gave me such a renovating. Sister Tubbs isa very likely person and she doesn’t appear to think any less of me on account of my changed circumstances. She calls me Mr. Slim just the same as she did before, whereas with the general public it has got to be ‘‘Old Slim.” Of course, Izik will have to move over to Loyaltown, and Tillie says father can’t live on the rent of the store and that she won’t go a step unless ‘‘father’’ goes, too. God bless her! I tell her never mind father; he’ll take care of himself, somehow, and be all right, so long as she and Izik get along and do well. Yes, I believe I'l] ask sister Tubbs to pin her declining years to my weather- beaten old hulk and together we’ll float out into the great ocean of forgetfulness. OLD MAN SLIM. ——- <—--o-<—____—- The Potato Crop. Potatoes are not yielding as heavily as was expected in the great shipping sec- tions of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, ripening came on sooner than usual. In Nova Scotia the yield will be under the | average on fully the usual acreage, and Halifax is paying 37@40 cents per bushel at wholesale and 50 cents at retail. The yield is splendid throughout the United States, and in the northwest territories. The Cuban market took large quantities of American tubers at $3@3.50 per barrel to October 1, which equals about $2@2.50 per barrel at our Atlantic coast ports, but with heavier shipments from both the United States and Canada prices must fall. The shortage in the south of Ireland is evidently more than offset by the enormous crop in North Ireland, as the enormous yield has put prices down to 25@30 cents in the Londonderry mar- ket, and values are expected to go still lower when cereals (which are also good in this part of Ireland) are harvested. —__ ~~ -6 Practical Miller Wanted. LUTHER, Oct. 15.—The business men of this place are organizing a stock com- pany for the purpose of erecting and equipping a first-class roller process flouring mill, sufficient funds having al- ready been pledged. The only thing{ lacking is the co-operation of a first-class miller who understands all branches of | the business and can take entire charge of the mill. The company prefers to secure the services of a man who can be identified with the enterprise to the ex- tent of contributing to the capital stock, but is not tenacious on this point. Should this happen to meet the eye of a first- class miller who wishes to locate in a first-class town, he is requested to com- municate with Ernest Nicholson, Secre- tary of the Luther Business Men’s Asso- ciation. which | will leave us, after paying all indebted- | one half of which [| She says | because | FAUILY FOR BUSINESS! faithfully to win her smiles; but she is | are few, indeed, as compared | with the number who fail to attract even | | ‘patching up’’ pass-book accounts? Do you want to do your customers justice? Do you want to increase your trade in a safe way? Do you want the confidence of all who trade with you? Would you like to rid yourself of the bother of and ‘‘posting’’ your books Do you not want pay for all the small items that go out of your store, which yourself and clerks are so prone to forget to charge? | Did you ever have a pass-book account foot up and balance with the corres- ponding ledger account without having to ‘‘doctor’’ it? Do not many of your customers complain that they have been charged for items they never had, and is not your memory a little clouded as to whether they have or not? | Then why not adopt asystem of crediting that will abolish all these anda | hundred other objectionable features of the old method, and one that establishes |}a CASH BASIS of crediting? | | | A new era dawns, and with it new commodities for its new demands; | enterprising merchants should keep abreast with the times and adopt either the and all ‘Tradesman or Superior Govpons COUPON BOOK ys. PASS BOOK. We beg leave to call your attention to| for the makers to pay them. our coupon book and ask you to carefully | ders unnecessary the keeping of accounts It takes the place} with each customer and enables a mer- eonsider its merits. of the pass book which you now hand | time he buys anything, enter the article and price in it. You know from experience that many times and, have to charge as a result, you appear on the customer’s pass book. This when bills are presented. | ing Many trouble when But probably the most se- considerable day comes. that many times customers you neglect to make charges, thus losing many a dollar; or, done when you ean illy afford the time, as you keep customers waiting when it might be avoided. The aggregate amount these small entries is no inconsiderable thing, but, by the use of the coupon system, it is avoided. Now as to the use of the coupon book: Instead of giving your customer the pass book, you hand him a coupon book, say of the denomination of $10, taking his note for the amount. When he buys anything, he hands you or your clerk the book, from which you tear out coupons for the amount purchased, be it 1 cent, 12 cents, 75 cents or any other sum. As the book never passes out of your customer’s hands, except when you | tear off the coupons,it is just like so much money to him, and when the coupons are all gone, and he has had their worth in goods, there is no grumbling or suspi- cion of wrong dealing. In fact, by the use of the coupon book, you have all the advantages of both the cash and credit systems and none of the disadvantages of either. The coupons taken in, being put into the cash drawer, the aggregate amount of them, tegether with the cash, shows at once the day’s business. The notes, which are perforated at one end {so that they can be readily detached from | the book, can be kept in the safe or money drawer until the time has arrived GRAND your customer and ask him to bring each } that you may | of time consumed in a month in making} | | the customer does not bring the book, | many items on your book that do not} |is sometimes the cause of much ill feel-| | down to a certain limit of times the pass book is lost, thus causing} settlement | rious objection to the pass book system is | while busy waiting on | some | if you stop to make those entries, it is} This ren- chant to avoid the friction and ill feel- ing incident to the use of the pass book. As the notes bear interest after a certain date, they are much easier to collect than book accounts, being prima facie evidence of indebtedness in any court of law or equity. One of the strong points of the coupon system is the ease with which a mer- chant is enabled to hold his customers credit. Give some men a pass book and a line of $10, and they will overrun the limit before you discover it. Give them aten dollar coupon book, however, and they must necessarily stop when they have obtained goods to that amount. It then rests with the merchant to determine whether he will issue another book before the one al- ready used is paid for. In many localities merchants are sell- - ing coupon books for eash in advance, giving a discount of from 2 to 5 per cent. for advance payment. ‘This is especially pleasing to the cash customer, because it gives him an advantage over the patron who runs a book account or buys on eredit. The cash man ought to have an advantage over the credit customer, and this is easily accomplished in this way without making any actual difference in the prices of goods—a thing which will always create dissatisfaction and loss. Briefly stated,the coupon system is pref- erable to the pass book method because it (1) saves the time consumed in recording the sales on the pass book and copying same in blotter, day book and ledger; (2) prevents the disputing of accounts; (3) puts the obligation in the form of a note, which is prima facie evidence of indebt- edness; (4) enables the merchant to col- lect interest on overdue notes, which he is unable to do with ledger aecounts; (5) holds the customer down to the limit of credit established by the merchant, as it is almost impossible to do with the pass book. Are not the advantages above enu- merated sufficient to warrant a trialof the coupon system? If so, order from the largest manufacturers of coupons in the country and address your letters to THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, RAPIDS. prt sao caren nap ome THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. East Jordan—H. L. Page has sold his hardware stock to W. H. Healey. Clinton—W. C. Rogers has sold his harness stock to H. Wiltse & Son. Bay City—Oliver Denshaw is succeeded by E. T. Boden in the drug business. Harrison — Eliis Hughes succeeds E. in the grocery business. Areadia—F. M. Stockman will put a general stock in John Sexton’s new store. Lyons—C. White stock of Hughes & Co. purchased the Watkins has confectionery Enoch & Co. Ludington—Ernst & Hartman are suc- ceeded by Julius Ernst in the meat busi- ness. Belding—Z. W. Gooding has sold his grocery and restaurant business to Wm. teynolds. Adrian — Adolph Wheeler succeeds Wheeler & Aldrich in the boot and shoe buisness. Gladwin—Barber & Graham succeed Barber & Campbell in the dry goods, bazaar and stationery buisness. Midland—A. E. (Mrs. A. S.) dealer in clothing and notions, has sold her notion stock to E. O. Shaw. Caledonia—C. F. will shortly move his drug stock into the brick store recentiy erected by J. E. Kennedy. Cody, Beeler Big Rapids—F. H. Kierstead has sold: his meat market to S. O. Littlefield, who will continue the business at the same location. Sunfield—E. M. Snyder has purchased the drug and grocery stock of Stinchecomb & Co. and will continue the business at the same location. Belding—Holmes & Connell, druggists, have taken possession of the new brick The fin- store erected by L. L. Holmes. fixtures are new throughout, being ished in antique oak. Moriey—L. I. Whitbeck has sold his meat market to C. J. Hicks A... All, of Lakeview, who will continue the busi- Mr. Whitbeck will shortly remove to Virginia. Wacousta— N. J. changed store buildings with C. H. Man- zer, at Delta, and the two have exchanged and ness at the same locatiou. . has Streeter ek locations, Mr. Streeter removing his gen- eral stock to Delta and Mr. Manzer re- moving his drug and grocery stock to this place. Rockford — Wm. Forrest, who has elerked in Neal MceMillan’s drug store for the past five years, has begun the erection of a two-story brick store building, which he expects to have ready for oc- eupancy by Christmas. Mr. Forrest will occupy the ground floor with a drug stock. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Ada—E. Niles & Son have embarked in the manufacture of mince meat, cider and apple butter. Kalamazoo—The Hanselman Candy Co. has so far recovered from its recent fire as to be able to fill orders again. Ovid—The Ovid Carriage Works has purchased the plant formerly operated by the Scofield the business. Manistee—Geo. W. Hopkins, of Bear Lake, recently sold to Buckley & Doug- las, of this city, the timber on 680 acres in Cleon for $7,000. Cheboygan—Pelton & Reed have re- ceived a raft of 1,500,000 feet of logs from Canada, recently purchased by the firm in the Georgian Bay district. 3uggy Co. and will continue Rogers City —Hamilton & Mulvaney, operating at Lake May for Alger, Smith & Co., have 4,000,000 feet on the «kids. These logs will be taken out on an ex- tension of the Alger road to be built. Leland—Jacob Swartz, of Good Har- bor, has bought the entire interest of the Leland Iron Co., paying $14,000. A formed to manufac- lumber, shingles company has been ture hardwood staves. Farwell—Grimm & Wood will run a -amp in Gilmore township, Clare county, will cut 150,000 feet of pine and hemlock, pail bolts, 500 cords of shingle bolts and 1,000 telegraph poles. Houghton—The Kirby-Carpenter Com- pany has purchased from the J. C. Ayers estate the pine timber on 10,271 acres of land in Houghton county, mostly trib- utary to the Paint river. The considera- tion is $144,000, half cash, balance on or before four years from date. the coming winter, and taiguel—The lumbering firm of Len- hard & Miller has dissolved partnership, dividing the property between them, Lenhard taking the sawmill, which he will start up again next April at the old stand, and Miller taking the shingle mill, which he will move to new quarters soon. Manistee—Salt is accumulating on dock at this point, the Michigan Salt Co. not being able to take care of it as fast as it is turned out. The past month our out- put 135,731 barrels, which was a considerably larger amount than any of the other counties in the State furnished. Marquette—A deal was made in this was city the other day that shows the value of some of the timber lands acquired by D. J. Norton purchased from Napoleon Bertram his homestead of 160 acres for $17,000 cash. The land is valuable only for the timber, the es- timate on the pine being 4,000,000 feet. Gladwin—W. B. Tubbs, who has oper- mill on the Sanborn branch in Gladwin county, is removing it to a site on the Gladwin branch of the Central, two miles west of Hawes bridge, where he has taken a con- tract to cuta large quantity of shingle timber. It is expected the mill will be stocked at that point several years. Saginaw—lIsaac Bearinger has returned Bay, Sibley & Bearinger have started two camps. He says they will only put in 6,000,000 feet, which, with 12,000,000 up this season, and which, it is expected, will homesteaders. ated a shingle Michigan from Georgian where hung come out early in the spring, will give a total of 18,000,000 feet for the next sea- ons, against 50,000,000 handled by the the present year. Mr. Bearinger says stumpage is getting too high in the Georgian Bay country to induce buyers. firm Bay City—The Bradley-Hurst Lumber | Co. will cut 25,000,000 feet of logs for the mill at Deer Park, on Lake Superior, the coming winter, and Mr. Hurst will put in 12,000,000 feet on his own account. Mr. Hurst regards the prospects for the | 1 trade the coming year as | the lumber much improved. The large crops and good prices will stimulate the farmers | to erect and repair buildings and also materially help building operations in the cities and towns, all of which will eonduce to an unsually large consump- tion of lumber, while production this year, he thinks, will not be so great as to glut the market. Mu:skegon—Lumberman in this section are already preparing for the winter’s | 'ecampaign in the woods, and in some in- and | 250 cords of | stances men have been sent forward and camps are being placed in readiness. | Several of the well-known lumbermen | | day, ‘‘but they are too green for any use, will clean up their remaining holdings on the Muskegon the coming winter, and) ithe community wil! positively refuse to |after the present year there will be but few winter camps operating on the river. | Florida will not. touch their fruit until | Almost all of the remaining tracts of timber are owned by heavy operators | ments for summer work, and most of the logs after this season will be taken to the streams over these roads, or else brought to the city directly by rail. Muskegon — Work on the Muskegon liver has been completed, and every log which was banked last winter or put in- to the stream during the summer over the logging railroads has been run through the sinuous route to the boom- |ing company’s store booms in Muskegon lake. The number of pieces handled is 2.523.893. At the corresponding date last season the number of pieces handled was 3,200,000. Under the manipula- tions of President Hills and his well trained lieutenants and river crew, the stream has been driven in better shape and with probably less expense than has ever been known in the history of opera- tions upon this stream. i Bank Notes. Among those interested in the new American Commercial and Savings Bank, about to be organized at Saginaw and lo- cated in the building now occupied by Isaac Bearinger for office purposes, are the following well-known gentlemen: M. Jeffers, J. Seligman, I. Bearinger, W. G. Emerick and John M. Nicol, the latter being cashier of the American Banking and Saving Institution of Detroit. It is | generally understood that W. G. Emerick, | who was for some time manager of + elig- |man’s Bank of Commerce, and cently established himself in Detriot asa lawyer, will be appointed cashier. A meeting to effect permanent organization and elect officers will be held at an early day. who re- The newly-organized Elk Rapids Say- | ings Bank is ofticered as follows: Presi- | dent, R. W. Bagot; First Vice-President, | H. H. Noble; Second Vice-President, B. | R. Moore; Cashier, F. B. Moore. Direc- | tors: R. W. Bagot, H. H. Noble, H. B. | Lewis, E. S. Noble, W. M. Andrus, M. B. |Lang, J. H. McLane, W. H. McLane, F. %. Williams, B. R. Moore, F. b. Moore. A. Young, senior member of the firm | owning the Bank of Mancelona, was in | the city several days last week for the purpose of ascertaining a desirable loca- j tion for a general stock, which he pro- | poses to manage, turning over the man- } |agement of the banking business to his | | | sons. = 2 <—-- When the large shippers of the city i/unanimously petitioned for a reduction of the seaboard freight rate to 92 per cent. of the Chicago basis, the railway managers of the trunk lines replied that they could ‘‘not see a way open to grant the request,” but would concede a reduc- tion to 96 per cent. The shippers of the city thereupon began negotiations look- ing toward the opening of a water route from Buffalo to Grand Rapids and the indications are that the plan will be car- ried into effect. In case the project is successful, it will be interesting to note | whether the aforesaid railway managers | will not be able to find a way to meet the | concession originally demanded. who have their logging roads and equip- | to pick so early. Premature Shipment of Oranges. ‘‘Florida oranges are beginning to ar- rive,” said Ben W. Putman, the other and any dealer who values the health of handle such stuff. The best packers in the middle of next month, for the reason that it is neither heathful or profitable The green fruit which is now coming in will barely color, and when it does color, it will have la pale, sickly cast which is. re- pulsive, besides being sour and bitter to the taste. Early shipments of this kind | are prompted solely by greed, in the ex- pectation of taking advantage of the early market, and I heartily hope that every premature shipment will result in loss to both consignor and consignee.”’ Country Callers. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentleman in trade: L. J. Fasquelle, Petoskey. L. Cook, Bauer. Ola Johnson, MeCords. Boven & Knol, Graafschaf. R. B. Gooding & Son, Gooding. M. F. Owen, Rome City, Ind. Smallegan & Pikaart, Forrest Grove. Frank O. Lord, Grand Ledge. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise- menttaken for lessthan 25 cents. Advance payment, BUSINESS CHANCES, RUG STORE FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN IN THE [ growing village of Caledonia, surrounded by rich farming country. Will sell on easy terms. Must quit the business on account of poor health. Address J. W. Armstrong, Caledonia, Mich. 319 YOR SALE—FRESH STOCK GROCERIES. WILL IN- k ventory about $700. Centrally located in this Good business and good reasons for selling. Address No. 317, care Michigan Tradesman. 317 YOR SALE —HARDWOOD LUMBER MILL, SIX I miles from railroad, with plenty of timber for several years’ cut. Shingle machine in running order if desired. Saw mill ready to set up. Teams, trucks, sleighs, shop and building all in order to begin work at once. Address J. J. Robbins, Stanton, Mich, or Hunter, & Reid, 121 Ottawa street, Grand Rapids. 312 YOR SALE-—AT A BARGAIN, FURNITURE FACTORY k with capacity for fifty men. Seven acres of land. Both water and steam power. Can load goods directly from store house on cars of two railroads. Address Lowell Furniture Co., Lowell, Mich. — YOR SALE—DRUG STOCK. INVENTORYING, 31,800. I In good town of 1,500 inhabitants in best fruit growing county in Michigan. Easy terms to a hustler. Reasons for selling, sickness in the family. Address ‘Zinziber,” care Michigan Tradesman. 321 city. T.OR SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE, I which will invoice $4,000, store, residence, barn and one acre of land, located in the best wheat grow- ing section of Central Michigan. Will take half in good farming land. Address Lock Box 14, Wacousta, Mich. CT ooo ‘Ok SALE—A CLEAN STOCK OF DRUGS, GRO- k eeries and crockery. Doing good business. For particulars, address J. M. Shaffer, Gladwin, Mich. 322 AOR SALE—CLEAN AND CAREFULLY SELECTED E grocery stock, located at a good couutry trading point. Business well established. Address A. C. Adams, Administrator, Morley, Mich. 313 V ANTED—I HAVE SPOT CASH TO PAY FOR A general or grocery stock; must be cheap. Ad- dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. . ss SITUATIONS WANTED. 1 yg tice gett AS TRAVELING SALESMAN, glassware or specialty house preferred, by man of experience who has best of references. Address 115 Charles street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 325 \ YANTED—SITUATION AS CLERK OR BOOK-KEEP- er in general retail or wholesale grocery house, by young man of three years’ experience in either capacity. Write me at once. Address Lock Box 357, Harrison. Mich. 320 ee eo AS BOOK-KEEPER BY A ; married man who can give the best of refer- ences. Address No. 305, care Michigan Tradesman, Grand Rapids. 305 YJANTED—SITUATION BY REGISTERED PHARMA- cist. Nine years experience. Address No. 315, care Michigan Tradesman. 315 MISCELLANEOUS. E ORSES FOR SALE—ONE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD FIL . ly, one three-year-old filly, and one six-year-old gelding—all sired by Louis Napoleon, dam by Wiscon- sin Banner (Morgan). All fine, handsome, and speedy; never been tracked. Address J. J. Robbins, Stanton, Mich. _. Sil a. SALE—CHEAP ENOUGH FOR AN INVEST- ment. Corner lot and 5-room house on North Lafayette St., cellar, brick foundation, in kitchen. $1,200. Terms to suit. care Michigan Tradesman. JOR SALE OR RENT—CORNER LOT AND 5-ROOM house on North Lafayette st., cellar, brick found- ation and soft water in kitchen. $1,200. Terms to suit. Cheap enough for an investment. Address No 187, care Michigan Tradesman. 187. ‘YT. BERNARD DOGS— SOME VERY FINE PUPS; WO also two brood bitches, one in whelp. R. J. Saw- yer, Menominee, Mich. 318 \ TANTED—YOUNG SINGLE MAN WITH ONE OR soft water Address No. 187, 187 two years’ experience in the dry goods business, ages moderate. Address 304, care Michigan Trades- man, 304 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. C. L. Hill has engaged in the grocery business at Duluth, Minn. The I. M. Clark Grocery Co. furnished the stock. Thompson & Bennett have opened a grocery store at Ashland. The stock was furnished by the I. M. Clark Grocery Co. Chas. L Duroy has opened a supply store in connection with his shingle mill. ‘The L. M. the stock. Clark Grocery Co. furnished VanEvery Bros., grocers at Pellston, have decided to put in a branch store at Clarion. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. has the order for the stock. Melvin H. Zacharias, formerly cf the grocery firm of McKay & Co., has opened a grocery store at 704 Wealthy avenue. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished Purely Personal. Heman G. Barlow, while able to be about the same as usual, still suffers | from the thraldom of Old Rheum. Geo. B. Caulfield, Secretary of the | | Lemon & Wheeler Company,has returned from Alaska. He has been absent since | Aug. 14, John E. Peck and Frank J. Wurzburg | have gone to Ann Arbor to attend the | Pharmaceutical Association. C. A. Barnes, the Otsego druggist and the guest of W. F. Blake and family. | He is accompanied by his wife. Frank L. Fuller, the Cedar Springs | banker, was in town over Sunday, on his | way home from Harriman, Tenn., where | he has somewhat extensive business in- | terests. Mint Pell, who has been the local rep- | annual meeting of the Michigan State | zz | if grocer, is in the city for a day or two as} \ WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall, Mich, Merchal Will best consult their own interests and that of their trade if they will post them- selves with the styles, make up, perfect fit and remarkably reasonable prices of our entire line, adapted for all classes of trade. Our single and double breasted Overcoats and Ulsters while being worn cannot possibly be told from the best made to order garments. succeeded by J. B. Geller, formerly en- |The demand has been so great that we are making up a large number more in all gaged in the grocery business on West | colors and grades, Cheviots, Meltons. Kerseys, Homespuns, Covert Cloth in full or H i ‘ i ‘ , ar cuts, Chinchillas and Ulsters. Bridge street. | half roll box, top and regular cuts, Chinchillas ¢ Large selections and newest novelties, double and | John Velte, of the firm of Faul & Velte, ; FALL SUITS single breasted sacks, nobby three button cutaway hardware dealers d d, isi wn : i ; ee . oe wie no er frocks and regular frock suits, also Prince Albert and other coats and vests in for a few days on a visit combining | «Clays worsted and other attractive materials. resentative of the Riedeburg & Bodden Co., of Milwaukee, for several years, is the stock. W. C. Dewey has purchased the inter- est of Jas. A. Pugh in the firm of Dewey & Pugh, importers and manufacturers’ agents. By the terms of the purchase, Mr. Dewey acquires the sole agency of all the houses represented by the former firm. business. This is Mr. Another brand of compressed yeast has ‘made its appearance on the market, be- ing designated ‘‘High Hicker’’ yeast, owing to the illustration on the wrapper. The new brand is sold in bulk only, M. C. Goosen and Wm. Karreman standing as sponsors for the infant. M. C. Goossen, whose mind is as fertile in schemes as a nut is full of meat, has originated another idea and is rapidly putting the plan into operation—the or- ganization of a Holland Retail Grocers’ Association. It is proposed to confine ‘the membership to Hollanders only, as the proceedings will bein the Holland language and subjects pertinent to the Holland trade only will be discussed and acted upon. Bulk yeast will, of course, form the superstructure of the proposed organization. Negotiations are now in progress which bid fair to give Grand Rapids direct water connection with Buffalo, the man- uracturers and jobbers of the city having about decided to organize a stock com- pany with a capital stock of $25,000, for the purpose of constructing and operat- ing a flat bottom, end-wheel steamer, to ply between this city and Grand Haven. Negotiations are under way with the managers of several lines of vessels ply- ing between Buffalo and Chicago to make a stop at Grand Haven, thus giving Grand Rapids tri-weekly connection by water with Buffalo, Cleveland and Erie. President staff, of the Goodrich Transportation Co., Chicago, was in town a couple of days last week for the purpose of consulting with the Transportation Committee of the Board of Trade, offering§to co-operate with the business men interested in the project to render the undertaking a success. In Goodrich and the meantime, Mr. Mitchell, who offered | to construct and operate such a vessel last spring, renews his proposition, be-| ing backed by a capitalist of Toledo, | willing to} who announces himself as furnish the entire capital required. 2 i The United States imported 34,500,000 | worth of bananas and $882,810 worth of | New York was the | cocoanuts last year. largest receiving point, with New Or- leans a good second. pleasure and Velte’s first visit to Grand Rapids and he is greatly pleased with the city and its people. Frank O. Lord, the Grand Ledge gro- cer, is certainly frank with himself and patrons. When he removed to this city, about a year ago, he issued a circular to his trade headed, ‘‘Got a swelled head— going to a bigger town.’’ On his return to Grand Ledge, he issued another greet- ing to his customers bearing the caption, “The swelling has abated—I wear a hat two sizes smaller now.’”’ Frank is a good fellow, is he is not cut out for a city gro- cer, ——_--—~> - << ____—— Gripsack Brigade Berj. Kievit, formerly engaged in the grocery business on Grandville avenue, has engaged to represent L. Winternitz among the city trade. Howard Ives, for the past year with E. Fallas & Son, has engaged to travel for E. Niles & Son, of Ada. He will confine his operations to Western Michigan. Park Mathewson, Jr., succeeds Geo. R. Merrill as traveling representative for B. T. Babbitt in this territory. Mr. Mathewson has concluded to take up his residence in Grand Rapids, making this city his headquarters. ——— + Attention is directed to the advertise- ment of the Grand Rapids Book Bindery on the first page of cover in this week’s issue, setting forth the merits of the Mullins’ flat opening account’ books, which are now in use by many of the leading banks, manufacturing and job- bing institutions of the city and State. The house referred to carries a full line of flat opening ledgers and journals in stock and is prepared to fill orders on short notice. ———_—__——>-o<———__— To become able to make something is, I think, necessary to thorough develop- ment. 1 would rather have a son of mine a carpenter, a watchmaker, a wood- carver, a shoemaker, a jeweler, a black- | smith, a bookbinder, than I would have him earn his bread as aclerk in a count- | ing-house. What advantage the Carpen- ter of Nazareth gathered from his bench, is the inheritance of every workman in proportion as he does divine, that is, A select line of pants well worthy of attention. WILLIAM CONNOR our Michigan representative during the past nine years will be pleased to call upon you at any time, if you will favor him witha line addressed to him, box 346, Marshall, Mich., where he resides. MICHAEL KOLB & SON, Wholesale Clothiers, Rochester, N. Y. ’ ‘ ’ ; William Connor is pleased to state that Boys’ and Children's Overcoats and SUit8 ne nas been highly complimented by mer chants assuring him that they are the nicest, cleanest, best made and lowest in price seen this season. September, 1891. | honest work.—George MacDonald. Now is the time to lay in winter stocks of Cheese. j Hon take chances on inferior grades, but buy the old reliable -AMIBOY- made. OLNEY & JUDSON GROCER UU. The best keepers and the best cheese 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Boy Who Would Not Lie. Written for THE TRADESMAN. While conversing with a grocer in Grand Rapids the other day in his place of business, an elderly gentleman, with an elongated face, and wearing a faded Prince Albert coat, the back of which showed that it had passed through many a hard rub, entered the store, approached the grocer and, extending his hand, en- the grocer and his family The merchant replied that they were doing as well as usual, and, of course, returned the compliment accord- quired how were doing. ing to the every day stereotyped pattern, enquiring after the welfare of his and family. Still clinging to and stooping with an air of confidence and intense earnestness, he responded in a voice that reminded dried and withered hopes: “Oh, my stomach difficulty don’t seem to get any better, and lately ve been afflicted with a sort of a pain in the calf of one of my !egs—I think it’s in my left ealf. The rest of the family, are just able to get around; complain, for it’s the Lord’s doings, and ‘He doeth all things well.’”’ The grocer managed to disengage hand, and then asked the afflicted gentle- man what he could do for him; and the afflicted gentleman placed his right hand on the grocer’s shoulder and once more I was reminded of dried leaves and withered hopes: *“O—h, I d-o-n-’t want to buy anything. I called in to learn why you were not at church last Sunday morning. a great spiritual feast, which never to recall. magnitude of that man is perfectly amaz- by questioner the grocer’s hand, me of leaves as usual, yet we never his you will be able ing! But if people will not come out and hear him, they cannot expect to be strengthened, built up and filled to over- flowing with spiritual joy.” The grocer looked out through truthful and honest. You missed | The spiritual | the | window at the sky and wondered if the rain would be obliging enough en until after the great Allerton Nelson race had become an and when he returned from the the non-complaining but pain- gentleman had taken and event, clouds, stricken parture. “Don’t you know,” said the turning to me again, ‘‘that all that ness is a cloak—a can be put on or fancy of wearer may dictate, purposes demand, no of criterion as to what underneath it than the shell of a ‘nigger toe’ is a criterion as to the genuineness of the meat within?”’ his de- gzrocer, the or his more a I made no attempt to reply to this pro- pounded query of the grocer’s’ but mere- ly intimated that, apparently, he was no to hang} historical | | con cause to regret having ever given me ja place in his store. busi- | which mere something that take ff...inet so i . : ° taken off—just as the | ccienceless world of debit and credit and | loss and that the cloak is | .i1yered o’er with time’s fondest caresses is j | together had seen less of the hypocritical | side of life and practiced less duplicity churchman and took no stock in the| Christian religion, which had the effect of eliciting the following story, which I give verbatim as told by the grocer: “You I am myself in a Christain church and I am a believer in the Chris- tian religion: but if there is anything on the face of the earth which I utterly de- test, uniformed tin-horn Pharisaism. 1 used to think wore a ‘plug’ hat must be a gentleman, and that a man who always ‘spoke in meeting’ must bea good man. My father, who was a strict deacon in the church, had are wroug a member of eant and When I was a boy, it is religious that aman who | worked for wages.’’ your intimation. | | point in his story by the entrance of a | over the United States. brought me up in the Christian faith and | taught me, above all other things, to be I attended church regularly, becoming a member of it when amere lad, and momorized and recited in the Sunday school pretty much every chapter in the New Testament. During all these boyhood years, a certain deacon, who was the leading merchant of the village, had taken a leading part in the Sunday school work, serving as super- intendent or secretary the most of the time. This merchant deacon was one of the wealthiest members of the church, and he took a leading part in all church work, as well as in the Sunday school work. From my earliest recollection I had received my Sunday school library books from this same deacon, and I viv- idly recall that old familiar closing prayer, with its nasal twang, which im- pressed my childish mind with awe and reverence for the deacon, whom I believed must be a veritable saint. How often have | sat, night after night, during the regularly recurring annual revival meet- ings, and listened to the deacon (for he would always get away from the store in time to take in the conference or after meeting) while he blubbered out his oft- repeated story, which never varied a par- ticle in verbiage, gesture or facial ex- pression. I used to think that this was unmistakable evidence of genuine piety, and aman who could get up and sniffle and ery in public every night for four weeks must, indeed, be an innocent man. When I began to put on the airs and ap- pearance of a man, I was seized with a desire to become a merchant, and I ap- plied, accordingly, for a position in the deacon’s store. 1 had been brought up on a farm, with the birds and the inno- cent dumb animals for my daily com- panions, and knew nothing of the world of traffic, with its eternal grind, its self- ish, deceitful schemes, and its false smiles. ‘The deacon hired me to clerk for him and the next Monday morning I arose from the dear old family breakfast table and received my mother’s kiss and my father’s advice to be truthful and honest, upright and manly in all that 1 did and never do anything to bring a blush upon my mother’s cheek or give the good dea- It was the morning beginning of my heartless, con- the soulless, marked career in the and gain. My mother’s hair was and my father had passed the fiftieth mile-post of his journey of life; yet both during the whole of their peaceful, quiet, natural farm life, than I saw and prac- ticed before I had been behind the dea- con’s counter one year. i was duly in- stalled in the deacon’s store and that Monday was the first day that I ever The grocer was interrupted at this lady customer, who gave an order for groceries, and, after admonishing the | grocer to be sure and send the things | over in time for dinner, she went on her | way. After the order had been carefully | placed in the order book, he resumed: ‘This all happened in Canada, and the} year I entered the deacon’ 8 store was one | We were effect- | ed, also, in Canada; but not to so anne | [CONCLUDED ON 16th Page. ] Dry Goods Price Current. UNBLEACHED COTTONS See kee 7 | Arrow Brand 5% ae 5 6 “ World Wide.. 7 Atlee AL......... 6 ee 5 Atienee A.......... % |Full Yard Wide..... 6% " H GxiGeorgia A.......... 6% . . 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Normandie : - | 12% Lencewhics.......... f Teazle...104%|Manchester......... on wi Angola. .10%|Monogram.......... 6% - Persian.. 8%|Normandie......... 7% Arlington staple.... 644}Persian............- 8% Arasapha fancy.... 4%|/Renfrew Dress...... 7% Bates Warwick dres 8%4|Rosemont.... Hig staples. 6%|Slatersville Centennial......... 10% a Ceo eee ones ee Re oi ee eee Cumberland staple. OM Toll, - _ 1034 Cumberiand.... .... Sa ™% eT a4 « seersucker.. 7% i cae ee 8% Everett classics..... 8%|Whittenden......... 6% Exposition.......... 7% ' heather dr. 8 eee Ee 6% . indigo blue 9 aeeerved.... .-...- 6%|Wamsutta staples... ox Caeewooe........... i*% Westbrook Deesee eee Pamote.... . ...... Se Tt 19 Johnson Vhalonecl %/Windermeer.... .... _ indigo blue 9% oo ae 6x . zephyrs....16 GRAIN BAGS. Amoskeag......... -1644| Valley a: eee eee 15% ie to ce oneness 19%|Georgia .. . + ATION... 35. 105.0 ee 14% THREADS. Clark’s Mile ~— > (eereours........-.. 88 Coats’, J.& P.......45 |Marshall’s.... ...... 88 Holyoke ee lee 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. Colored. ho 6S. = me. M..... e 42 . -£......2 a 43 - 2. 35 oa «6... 44 “ 2... 41 - =. 45 CAMBRICS. a 3%|Washington. . ..... 3% i 3% oe Gee. .......... 3% mod Gaove........... 3% |Lockwood.... ...... 3% Newmarket......... 3% Wood’s.. 3 Bee. ........,-. 3%) Brunswick bees eae 3 RED FLANNEL. Piveeen...... --..- 2% toa Eee EE 22% I no Be ee eo wen 32% ‘Tele 1s ......... 30 2 fe 6% 35 Bee... 2 Se euceeye.... ........ RK MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17% aoe &...... ...... 22% ce - ., 18% eee e,..... -..... es Fr .....,.......,. 18% 6 oz Western........ 20 |Flushing XXX...... 23% Union &...,......-. 224%|Manitoba........... 23% DOMET FLANNEL, Nameless Le ; @9 | 9 ag iE 4%@10 i oo ne AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black.|Slate. Brown. Black. 9% 9 944/13 13 13 10% 1U% 10%)}15 15 15 11% 11% 1144/17 17 hr 12% 12% — 20 20 Severen, 8 ox........ 3% [West Point, Sos....10% Mayland, co....... 10 O% 10 oz --- Greenwood, 7% OZ. icin: es. ....... 138% Greenwood, 8 0z.. elseark” coe 13% WADDINGS., White, Gox......... 25 |Per bale, 40 doz. ...87_50 Colored, dos........ 20 SILESIAS. Slater, Tron Crogs... 8 ;Pawtucket.......... 10% Red Cross.... 9 —— ae 9 ' ee oss ..10% rn a 10% > on a4..... 24 ~~ OR ec 10% Scio 6 ak cehcces SUI bees i 10% es Vy SEWING SILK. Corticelli, doz....... 75 [Corticelli ee twist, doz..37%| per %oz ball...... 50 oyd, doz. "37% OK8 AND EYES—PER GROSS No BI’k i White.. — No ; BIE & ‘White. 15 20 u“ ; _ 12 | “ 10 - 1.25 PINS. No?—2, M C....... 50 |No4—15 F 3%...... 40 * 2-6 C........ 45 COTTON TAPE. No 2 White & BI’k..12 |No 8 White & BI’k..20 . . a. ee , i “ 6 “ «okt “a 12 “ 26 SAFETY PINS. Mee...s ae (Moe... ....... - 36 NEEDLES—PER M. A. ame. ee eoee wees 1 50|Steamboat.... ... .. & Crowely’ belae — 35\Gold Eyed.......... 150 Marsha’ Is a 00) Freres OIL CLOTH. «ooo ae -.-3 25)/5—4....195 6—4...2 % ae 8 10 TON ae, Cotton Sail Twine. "38 ON es 1. 2 i 12 Rising * Star 4 a: oT 18% ly ae ee... tS iheeth Sie... .....- aoe 13. |Wool endian a pitts sad Veney...... = Powhattan .......... PLAID OSNABURGS, Aleem... 6%|Mount Pleasant.... 6% Alemanes,......._.. Sercreae..... 1... 5 BIE 8. cs ce 7%4|Pyrmont . i 5y Aor enens...........- 6 Randelman ......... 6 Georgia Sees ds dui ae Gi¢/Riversids ........... 5% IN is vps abes ox Binsey B..........2, Oe Hew EVO, .,...... TOMMB ccs aE ens THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Patronize Home Merchants. The pet aversion of the home merchant is the tramp-trader, who sneaks into town to hawk his wares from house to house, or hire a store for a few days or weeks and unload from it upon the community stocks of shoddy, shop-worn, or even first- class goods, at a little lower price than they are sold for by regular dealers. There is not a merchant in any line who does not feel that this sort of competition is unfair, bad alike for honest buyers and sellers, and in every way something to be frowned upon and, if possible, ed; not one who will not agree that an outsider, who is in no way identified with the community, who pays no taxes, gives nothing for charity, does nothing to pro- mote the prosperity of the city, but sim- ply rushes into the town, grabs what he can get and carries it off, has no moral right, and should have no legal right, to come here and engage in a cut-throat com- petition with those who always have been and always expect to be taxed to pay heavy municipal expenses and to main- tain publie and private charities, who support our churches and schools, pay for the streets and sidewalks over which the tramp walks, and even the policeman and fireman who protect his shoddy stock, and the electric light by which he goes to his boarding-place to count up his re- ceipts and get them ready to send away beyond the reach of anybody who is per- mantly fixed in a place and keeps his money there who helps make the busi- ness which gives permanant residents a living, and whois entitled to whatever benefits belong to trade in the city which he has helped build. oo A Traveling Hardware Store. A cow at Niles, Indiana, made a desper- ate endeavor some days ago to transform herself into a traveling hardware store, and the veterinary surgeon who adminis- tered upon her effects, found in her stom- ach the following assets: Several pieces of iron, shingle nails, carpet tacks, a buggy washer, a large rock, hickory nuts and a large piece of zinc. A _ ten-penny nail which she had swallowed had pierced her heart, causing death. 7 The Hardware Market. The anticipated turn in the rope mar- ket has finally occurred, both sisal and manilla having advanced 4c in the New York market. Carriage bolts have been advanced 5 per cent. by the manufactur- ers, but no change has yet been made by the jobbers. fl a a Lake Linden—Wnm. Harris, of the coal firm of Harris & Mill, is dead. | prevent- | Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. PO 60 eee... tee Jennings’, genuine...... ic. " Senninee, Weitetios ...... 8... 8 AXES. Piret Quality. &. 6. Bronec.................- 8750 e a oe................ . B@ : S. Wo peeer...............,.. 8 50 . Se a Na 13 50 BARROWS. dis. aes... 8 14 00 ——............ net 30 00 BOLTS. dis. Re ee ce 50&10 Cereeee sew Tie. ..............,.-........, 75 roe. we... 40&10 OE 70 BUCKETS. — e............................ Weal eee... 4 00 oy CAST. dis. TEE OO ———————— T0& Wrought Narrow, bright Gast joime.......... 6010 Wrought Loose DT 60&10 Wirecere ae eo, 60&10 Wroaeat Insite Sind..........,.............- ~ Wee eee. ee ee, 0&0 Bee Peewee... tt. 70&10 eee Seoerees.... 70 BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, tat April 17, "S5........... 60 CRADLES. ee dis. 50&02 CROW BARS. bo perb 5 CAPS. ere ...... per m 65 ee en 60 oe. ‘ 35 Te " 60 CARTRIDGES. —_—..ltt«tCdsCssC, 56 eres Weee....... ...,,.......... ——. dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. ean ere. 70&10 EEE 70&10 Pe CRAPO 70&10 OCnee 70&10 Buotemors’ Tanged Firmer............ ...... 40 COMBS. dis. a lees... ................ 4... 40 Boteeeee..... ............. 25 CHALE. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@i2% dis. 10 COPPER. en 14 og cut to size... .. per pound 28 po 26 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.... ..........- 23 Cold Rolled, bec is cieee ce caa,,s 23 FR i ie ieee nec ee : p-9) DRILLS, dis. ores ee Oeecee..............,.......... 50 Taper and straight Shank................... 50 Moree 6 Peper Smee... . 50 DRIPPING PANS, eae! aicoe. fer poune ...................... ov Tiree eee, ber pOunG...... ......... ..... GE ELBOWS. pom. 4 paeee. Gin... dos.net %5 ore dis 40 Roeceeeee.... 6... dis, 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark's, small, 16> large, O26................ 30 Tver, 1, Sic: = Ge: = oe ....-.............. 25 FILEs—New List. dis OE ee 60&10 eT a 60&10 OO EE: 60&10 ee 50 Biolier b owse Heene........................ 50 GALVANIZED [RON Nos. 16 to 20; 2 and 3; @% and 2%; 27 28 List 2 13 14 15 18 Discount, 60 me dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’ 50 HAMMERS. Moves £Cee...:........ ....... dis 25 ee a dis. 25 pe dis. 40.410 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................. 30c list 60 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand... .30c 40&10 HINGES. pose Cree toe... .... dis, 60&10 ee eee ee tenn ee; per doz. net, 2 50 Serew i Hook and Strap, to 12 in. ri 14 and Be aw ce ae é Screw Hook and Bye, ‘i. . net 10 56.. net 8% “ec “a “ % ae net ve" . , ° Ce oe 7 Poneeos. ... . dis. 50 HANGERS. dis. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track.. -50&10 Coenen, Gt frictiom.................... 60&10 Kidder, wood track . . 40 HOLLOW WARE. rom... 60 Kettles. . eee eee eee eee ewe 60 Spiders ... .... bee 60 Gray enameled. .. 0&10 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Stamped Tin Ware.. i --- new Hat 7 2 Japanned Tin NT Granite trom Ware ............... new list dsgat0 WIRE GOODS. Bright... : 70610810 | Screw Eyes.. 2 70&10&10 Te es cee ocn en nous 70810810 | Gate Hooks and Hyes............... 70810410 | LEVELS. dis. | Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s 70 KNoBs—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .......... .- 55 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings. . Door, porcelain, plated trimmings... Pee ceeee 55 Door, worcerut, trimmiiigs................. 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain........ 70 LOCKS—DOOR. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 Matory, Woceer &@ Covg................... 55 Peele... 55 eee... ..................., 55 MATTOCKS. Gece Myo....._........_.. 1... ae On die, EE 15.00, dis. 60 Tae eoccaee OIU-OU, GIN, SGrI0. AULS. dis. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, pony De eee es MILLS. dis. es oe: Con... 40) W. Mfg. Co.'s Malleables. ... 2 cae Ferry & Cie. : : Q Enterprise MOLASSES GATES. dis. Stebbin’s Pattern.. Ee BOE GET 66&10 Enterprise, self- sais eee eae eee 25 avs iS Bice mame base... -... 8... Kl. . 1 80 | Wire nails, base.. . Lone aod Advance over base: Steel ‘Wire. ee Base Base eee Base 10 40.. nl 05 20 eee 10 20 | ~~... 15 30 ~... 15 35 | ee ecm ewe tec e mec ae 15 35 | w.. 20 40 | G..... 25 50 AC 40 65 De . 2 % ee ee 1 00 1 50 ee eee 1 50 2 00 Meee ee 1 50 2 00 Come WH .. .... ...... 60 90 - 8... ...........-..,-...... 7 1 00 r ic... 90 1S Finish ee 85 1 00 ee ee ae 1 00 123 6 115 1 50 Clinch; 19. Dee eag cet asec eee os ee 85 7 eg eee deco esau 1 00 90 . : Nee ee ested aoe tt cesacee 115 1 00 ee if 2 50 PLANES. dis. Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy ...... Sciota Bench Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy. ee @60 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. &10 PANS. | ee BOM ee ees ee cen dis.60—10 Goninon, coer Level ew ee wea im wa RIVETS. dis. Ce 40 Copper Rivets and Burs.................... 50 PATENT FLANISHED IRON “A? Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 = ““B’? Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27. 9x Broken packs %c per pound extra. OPES 7 aan and larger a 7 Mantim.......... LC c, 11% SQUARES. dis. Peeciemd Tram... .0.1..... 2. 75 Try and Bevyels...........- ee 60 Maire... x SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. Non, Mito 14........ oo $4 05 2 06 eS Oe 405 3 (5 Moe tate. 405 3(5 Thee 22 tO ae -... .-. 4 05 3 15 Nos 2to2........ 4 25 3 25 Ro w....... : 445 3 35 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER. Lit acct, 19, O6.......... dis 50 SASH C ORD. Silv er Lake, White A. : list 50 Drab A. eyed cece e es. “ 55 ho White B. eves l i 50 Co a _ 55 - Wanec............ _ 35 Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS. Solid Eyes / per ton 825 “SAWS. dis. _ Eee 20 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot, 70 c aoe Steel Dex _ Cuts, per foot... 50 i ye ial Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot... 30 ‘* Champion and Electric Tooth X Cuts, per Foot....... eee eee TRAPS. dis. | Steel, Game. 60&10 | Oneida C ommunity, Newhouse’s .... ' 35 | Oneida Community, Hawley « N« orton’s... 70 | Mouse, choker... .......... ...18¢ per doz Mouse, Gelusion.............. . .81.50 per doz. j WIRE is, Bright Market.......... o ted ee, | Amneaiod Marmes........................,...7 90 Copperas marece.............. 5 Wine Monees................ la ag oe 2% Coppered Spring Steet..................... 50 Barbed. Fence, galvanized. . a... 2 | paintesi a 2 85 | HORSE NAILS. eo .. dis. 25410@25410&05 eee dis. 05 Northwestern... dis. 10&10 WRENCHES. dis, Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled. ' 30 Coe’s Genuine ' 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,. ae 75 | Coe’s Patent, malleable..... nou on Oe | MISCELL ANEOU 3, is. | Bird Cages . “co Lowes. 50 ; Pumps, ¢ ‘istern. . 75 | Screws, New I ist.. eee ete 70&10 | Casters, Beda d De 5010410 Dampers, American. ie 40 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods.. oe 65 | METALS, | Pie TIN. | Pig ae ee eee aa 26¢ | Pig Bars.. be eee eee eaten. 28¢ | ZINC. | Duty: Sheet, 2%c — — | 600 pound casks. tau Sa calae 6% | Per pound..... oes ' on z | SOLDER. | 4@% ‘ 16 ) | Extra Wiping .. eas i The prices of the ‘many ‘other qualities of solder in the market Indicated by nrivate brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY Cookson..... _. _ per pound 16 Hallet s........ o 13 TIN—MELYN GRADE. 10x14 IC, er. el Leteau csc a Oe 14x20 IC, eo 7 50 10x14 yl - La eee ae ewe eae 9 25 14x20 - oma Each cdatkionel X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. Wattle Charcoal ........... 8... eae 14x20 IC, [ a ee 6 75 10x14 IX, ee oe i 2a 14x20 IX, —.. oo Each amnion X on this grade ‘$1.50. ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, “ worccer.........- 6 50 14x20 IX, " _ eer ent ae « 8 50 | 20x28 IC, ’ . a 13 50 14x20 IC, * Allawaey Grede........... 6 00 14x20 IX, " . ° ae 7 50 20x28 IC, . a ets enya 12 50 20x28 IX, : 15 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. 1 Te ...............: na $14 09 14x31 IX. : 10 rice SS for No. 8 8 Boil flere, ‘ per pound 10 VOught to Send At Once For Sample Sheet and Prices Of Ledgers and Journals bound with the Philad. Iphia Pat. Flat opening back. The Strongest Blank Book Ever Made. ah bas one h Lilies GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The prices: Kelly Perfect, per doz. Falls City, per dez. velly Perfect Axey, ——— ALSO The Falls City Axe Both Manufactured by Kelly Axe MEO Go., Louisville, Xv We carry a good stock of these axes and quote them at the following 0° D. Bit. $12 $9 8. Bit. $7 $6 +_——-~ . THE se aaa TRADESMAN. M ne Tradesman Official Organ of sean Business Men’s Association. Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, . The Tradesman ie Proprietor. Sut ae, Price, One Dollar per year, payable strictly in advance. Adv ertising Rates made known on apy lication. Publication Office, 100 Louis St Entered at the Grand Rapids Post O).cé. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1891, HONEST MANUFACTURES. There is a very prevalent idea that the workmen of a former generation more faithful and more skilful than are those of to-day, and that the articles which they turned out were more were ‘‘hon- est’? and more durable than those which we use. port it. more timber into the framework of their houses than do our present builders. Zs - yr ww cS . ee > Zz@ to eo pec é. “A € re < cer “CA v | 7 Lf cé3Z fa Z i L242 FL Z FT Lec / MA € cs £ a az, Ge ZL brace hip f rf’ @ ? ; (ttc gaecc < fer Yt FAl Goeerr i> «cee. CC he a: Qe 4 oP ele rot FS <2 oe ee Kall dt, Ec _, a, y > af ~~ eo oF r i" - LOL, ——- * i (EL LES ay o At aa Z Rhy aS ifs. ty We £tet. FS ea J Z a ee ae ye fer PELCEP J Qt + 4ePE fh cteccceefl Jatliar- Lz sz2r Rhy acy SG 4A Sf ZG wie parmeees, - eG Z ettzgZ7 Lif, cr a a C4 act ul er 42 £-> Pe F Y o- a wi f) A / — oy t / j / . V4 ee WA, e VY ce Fie A Aty, Pen «BARRY & CO.™ General Merchants, RODNSY, MICH, G. N. Waanen. Frank Banay.. L. 8. Waance. Rodney Lumber Co. Yards and Mill, RODNByY, MICH City Office, Room 11, Widdicomb Building, GRAND RAPIDS, mtIcH Funk Barry, “REAL ESTATE» MANAGBR. improved and Unimproved Farms for Sale on Easy Jerms. ,) ; , Pea oF rf Se ae 22-2 on : v vse ; ns ag —- 6 “ if f ‘ At Z Y r {77 fn ai Ph cy: a Z 9 Cwm 2-2-4777 Ot ie a ea he fee ft if a , _ “ of i 7 i ae “enn ore a wl 7 wi : J a oy or - . © Pl 7 “ y e ee . ae ' < f L te A s P| : aA al wt a me ne - c » a -t.€ ab J SL 7 - -2-t £ — : 5 a < o— 2 2-297 -221- £2 t+-s Wd Y o i ' een ttt ot_t-tt” 7 S 4 ® t MK RP. > : 3 : ‘ ‘ # : Pie Sees = : 2 & + THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. . olesale Price Current. Morphia, 8. P. & ae ig St = Wg} G2 20) Setalitz Mixt Declined—Balsam Peru, Tonka | hed shellac, castor oil, linseed oil. Cc. ae Sinapis 1guniany @ %/ Lindseced, boiled beans, manna, oil cubebs, oil copaib ae ee 1 85@2 10 APIS. oe. - sees ee @ 18|Neat’s Foot oe 39 42 paiba, oil wormsced, Jam. ginger. Myristicn, No.1. na _@ 40 a ath ‘Ba @ 30] _ strained sc 7 aT “0 . . parity a \N von Geis. i i Voc......... 7 e ‘ SpiritsTurpentine.... 41% 46 Acetteum cues os -» 525 aiiaiiialie | Os. Sepi a on 10 snuff, “Scotch, De. Voes @ = : Bensoicum German.. 50@ 60 Ericeron CA A Ry 2 a 50 | Aconitum Napellis R Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. =" — Boras, (po.i2).. N@ 12 | Red Veneti a os oy | Gaultheria .... 2.2.2... OO? 1 A ae . Soda et Potass Tart... om RCMRMNAL ‘ ee ae ~ 35 — a ae 2 wes 10 oo a . | Pleis Liq, N. C., % gal @2 00 _— Carb ceo cake ia 33 Ochre, yellow ‘ars. i: 208 ag RE 23@ 35 | Gossipii, Sem. Lo a 7 lOCB..---.. eee eeee eens eee a ‘ oda, Bi-Carb........ iy 3e “1% O@:! Hyaroenior 2220000. 3G 5 Hedeoma _ PO ai EN 60 | Plels Lig. quaris Si 0 Soda, Ash... law 2] PS enetiy pare...” Seas Seis ees 9/Ju a. a, u oda, S$ a : ctuly 2Xn@ Comeene a ie is races ok ona Asafoatida. aren 50 | pi aaa _ — @ 8 Spts, oe Te a 2 Vv ermilion & song tenn, 2% @3 nn a. I ona elladonna.......... | Piper Nigra, : ‘© Myrcia Dom..... @ 55} lean .........-. Salicylicum ..........- 1 30@1 = ian tie. 7 : Ae 10 Benzoin 60 | | Piper Alba, - @ 1 “ Myrcia bap. @2 2 e English... = an ni t 1%@ 5 ——— ee 2 pt = 50 | a Burgun.... é 3 ‘ are Rect. bbl. @3 00 pg Peninsular... a 70@75 a 40@1 60 | Morrhuae, a Dn umbi Ac ck 2 eb. ie } ead, Ted.............. 7 L Tartaricum..........-- 40 2 | Myrcia, a ' er z 30 | oe Ipecac et opii.1 10 1061 2 ts Be gal., aaa wethe, cages Give a 2 75 | Pyrethrum, b J rychnia Crystal.. 4 g, white Span.. , alice an . Picls Liquid, e385, SQ? 3 50 a P. D. ~~ ann Sulphur, Sub _ Ben 3 @ >| Whiting, Gliders’. a ,16 deg......---- ‘G <) ocr... 2 ~ rethrum, pv........ a 2 7 ris Ame “2 deg.......--- Mae 7 na, — 1 00@1 20} Gast Hs Guise He 30@ 3 an 2%@ 3% | Whiting, Paris ea oy Carbonas .....- ae {2@ 14| Rosae, ounce ie 75Q@1 00 ee... 1 09 | Quinia, S. caw = 10 | Terebenth Venice..... "8 10) cliff ................ aan 120 14 Sucein. Perr te @6 . 50 - “ Pe | 36 a canta = = Sri Vile ey Paintt 2g 4 aa 40@ ub: a2 an ries >| illa P ne ANILINE. Bastel ae _ HO1 00 = eee = 4 Zinci Suiph eee 9 = 00 | Paints . — aie a al 2 00@2 25 a 50 | Sal eee r Vv — a Si 55 ess 1 : i ARNISHES, eames == 2 S| Senge Beacon a, - No, tarp Conch. so 2 Below ee 2 50@3 00 Thyme coset teeta > 50 Sapo, W.. cae 20° = weet winter aD “i age Boi y 2 Ros = / t opt @ & 50 ke RAND and extra No. 1 Sen Bien ...-2 T5@3 00 BACCAE. Theobromas. ~ 82, 40 resident, F. D. Kipp; ae eee Sacoeintion. Linseed oil has advanced. anced. FOuLA = Feeti- _? ee rg Chlor, 1s, (48 Detroit P prea Barosm: x d as 148, 12 i Pp. pit Pharmaceutical Societ: nga 20@ 50 Le pe... @ 3% onthe fa .....-... 9 resident, F. Rohnert; Secretary, J. P..Rheinfra Gooa Words Uneoll Cassia ssiaah “Win: Valerian, Eng. (po.30) @ 2%] po rides Russian, » J. Pt rank. Miielias We ee cae cited. nivelly ....-. --.- i 25@ 281) nother a German... 156 20] 9 dae Lee ste @1 20 . Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association am sure no live de < pee dealer, Crystal: “I 35@ e I a i ° ager er si le . + ii Salvia officinalis, 148 > i uingiber j.......... 180 = mt eo eh 72 ee eran business without Tue Te —o ee Ura eel Dee gets an 12@ 15 A ae ss 9 25 ps 8. K. Riblet, ra a — 8@ 10} Anisum, (po. 20). @ 15 ae nee 15) 122@ i3 r. Wells Calls the Turn. have taken yun pants 4 pvp a pon can ee gee (graveleons).. 200 22 on Alba, S.&F..... soe = The Pharmaceutical Era thus refers consider it the best trade 0 oe en ’ od... . gp | Bird, 1s......-..---- ma Corn Winget 1 : i ‘ i paper published.” oo 1.) «@ Gf} Carul, (po. 18)... 4@ 6 So Dee 33@ 40 | 10 4 feature of the coming meeting of the Conrad Bros., grocers, St a anata Se ee Gardsiwon.----.....-.2 OOgpt 25 Cassia Fractua........ 40; M.S. P. A.: f tT eee Si te renew ont subecst gnace: “We send sifted sorts... @ 3) ee... ee el ie... @ 2 ; oe: Any ew our subscription for one year eet Se Cannabis Sativa.. ES poem @ 10| Pharmacists of Michigan s Although the price seems rather high f ' loe, Barb, (p0. 60). 6X | Gydonium.... pn shes Chlorofor fe 42 is hue ibs — should con-| paper with no more picture her high for a : Cape, (po. 20). @ 12 aa . = —........ 60@ be : »y wish as incoming mem- | TrapEsM Da i pictures in it than THE ne. a. oe et cas 8 12] oni equ uibbs . @1 = er of the State Board of Pharmacy : ESMAN has, we have concluded to conti Catechu, 1 is, (3681 i4 O68, Foentculum oe —— 9 -_ . ps —- Tigd Cest...... Ib 50@1 = sueceed, January 1, the aioe a to | on with it on account of the yellow cover.” = ; ; npaiaie ces oe Jhondrus ......-...... q ' Sal ’ y mem- lu by cr Ammonia . - Lin nee OF wees 4 . , 8 Cinchonidine, F. &W se Pt —. —" E. Parkill, of Owosso ssafcetida, (po. 30). 32 Lint, grd, (bbl. ‘ #erman @ i2/.. se who will attend the St Ass se o.. oes "50 55 Lobella “igbananausd “ao 4 oo list, dis. per tion meeting at Ann a the 20th REMOVAL SALE le . arlaris Ca tn 60 ; La age 2 4 : - iin o .....- =e = oe... ana 4@ 444 Greta, (BDL 7s a @ 50 - be called upon to voice their desire . Ga banum. Low SHSEn a Sinapis, Abi ae at 1 . ae @ 21 should be prepared to do so. ’ Having leased other quarters, better puanege, BO---... ---- 80@ 9% Nigra.. 11@ 12] {| precip. ---:--- 5@ 5) The Eraisin every res adapted for the Drug busi ini Eg Gualacum, “{P0 =. 2 SPIRITUS —- a 8 ala : | very respect a repre-| my entire stock of —— a andi Gl e = Frumenti, w.. 2. = 00@2 50 Crocus ........ a 30@ . sentative drug journal, but, in view of H Oat ( -= ge L DFR. | 75@2 00 a — oo past experience, the above observation oliday and Fancy Goods, Novelties, pe: 8 Sl 2 as aunvuatages iad er rae 5 3 : i ae i Seliad oa wg 10 Juniperis Co. 0. T.. “4 oa Dextrine cha 10 " must have been made in jest. It will be Toys, Dolls, Games, Albums, Bas- f bl 2 dee eat TQS - a 68@ 70 ore av i i wa: a > Seal oe i ee 00 Emery, a numbers.. @ 70 aR that a vote of the kind sug- kets, Books ‘and Stationery §port- Lint Gai... Seo ea aaa sted was ze , ’ wERBA—In ounce packages. | Vini Oporto........... i eos = Ergota, (po.) 60....... m . : as taken by the drug trade of ing Goods Notions — SE "gg | Wink Alba.............1 25@2 00 ae White... 2a 68 the State about a year ago and that the} AND Ee ¢ ce : ' AND MANY IGG Se ee il ier aie tite - sPONGES. Gambier penser Hs @ Fa member whose term was soon to expire en eee : | 25 i =i a ones ee ak aun i i Er eT tI sat |e cnr GREATLY REDUCED PR Vir bs | Nassau sheeps’ oan 2? © | Glassware flint, 70 and 10 60|the other candidates together. The : Rue... oe Carriage Oe ee eee 2 00 by box 60and 10 : second choice | seen nner oer t, Tanacetum, V.........------ S| Velvet extra sheeps’ Glue, Br : ‘hoice fell to Mr. Aldsdorf, the| A rar Thymus, V.. 22 | ‘wool carrlage lue, Brown.......... 9@ 15| Lansing d L [ ’ A rare chance to buy Fall and Holiday ga ee Ee 25| extra yellow sheeps’ 110) gy _ 2 13@ 2% sing druggist, while the man who Goods at Bargain ia os re SIA. xtra yellow sheeps’ =. | Grana Paradisl........ 17, @ %| Was so fortunate as to re ee die) 4 Fr a oT Calcined, g ee 85 Grana Paradisi receive the a ples now read 3 mot, ras 55@ Grass sheeps’ wool car- Fae. @ =) pointment s Spend — coueaeae ae = 22 wage aa gs | Hydraag Gir tie: 25 55 nt stood near the bottom of the Special prices on all surplus stock be : 25 | Hard for i ist. is ie a . ; Cerponate’ Jennings.. 35@ 36| Yellow ly gegen a < Cor @ 80 od This naturally suggests the idea fore ~—— Lease expires lacie OLEUM. Se 1 40 “ jx Rubrum a “6 n at the wishes of the drug trade of the —— stnthinm. .......- 3 50@ " ee 5 State is >. ; Se ee in ja oo . a : SYRUPS. H drangyrom 5@ 55 tate isa matter of small moment with Drug Store Shelving and Counters a alae, Amarae....8 00@8 25 — Sa eR weoliae Aca | oc > Governor Winans, who looked elsewhere sale. nn 2° ede TH " eee tee ere ewes eee 50 | a . . in war a Auranti Cortex....... 5 soon 3 ipeens Sie eee ace ta oo Searee: ‘taeankd ne ' Wal 00 | for advice when it came to make an ap- _— Walt Caves for sale. Bere eae 3 75@4 GE 50 | Iodof. ann 3 75@3 85 | pointment : Sample-Trunks for sale Cajiputi .. L 70@ 80 — Corie... 56 Lapulta a @4 70 ent to the Board of Pharmacy. Small stock Dru ae a at Aton. |... aco i. f “Os a St0G gs and Fixtures for sale — erases 95@1 = Similax Officinalis.......... 60 | 3 Lycopodium .. a eam) 40g 45 oe a Tur TRADESMAN suggests Large corner store for rent ana bathed ee 35@ ‘ nalis.....--... dai cua e ists : : ; Yorrespor es , Chenopodil . eee Oe... 80 Liquor Arsen et Hy- 85 fa pharmacists who have a candi- ist. Correspondence Invited. Clironele @ eee 5) | Liquor Potass Arsinftis 100 12 cae eet oe Fred B opaibe +a ee er orto ee er aie Ty i atone in the direction of Mr. Frank . re rundage, eae 0@1 20| Prunus virg.. | Dacre acn OB Wells, of Lansing, who is solely respon- ee nia, 8. F y respon Oe Pesce 45@ 50 Muskegon, Michigan, THE MICHIGAN TRADES SMAN. GROCERIES. - Failed to Entrap the Farmer. A ease was being tried by a country court. A horse had been stolen from a pasture and the evidence all pointed toa certain doubtful character of the neigh- borhood as the culprit. Thongh his guilt seemed clear he had found a lawyer to undertake his defense. At the trial, the —— attorney expended his energy in trying to confuse and frighten the opposing witnesses, especially a cer- tain farmer whose testimony was partic- ularily damaging. The lawyer kept up a fire of questions, asking many foolish ones and repeating himself again and again, in the hope of decoying the wit- ness into a contradiction. ‘You say,’’ the lawyer went on, ‘that you ean swear to having seen this man drive a horse past your farm on the day in question?”’ ‘T ean,’’ replied for he had already tion a dozen times. -‘What time was this?” “JT told you it was about the middle of the witness, wearily, answered the ques- the forenoon.” “But | don’t want any ‘abouts’ or any ‘middles:’ | want you to tell the Jury ex- actly the time.” “Why,” said the farmer, ‘I don’t al- ways carry a gold watch with me when I’m digging potatoes,” “But vou haveaclock in the house, haven’t you?’’ “Wes.” “Well, what time “Why, by that clock it was teen minutes past ten.” “You were in the field all the morning?” was it by that?” just nine-! The Grocery Market. Sugar is without change, the market being utterly featureless. Rio coffees | continue to decline, of package goods having reduced their prices another 4ge on Saturday. krout is now in the field, standard goods starting in at $3.50 per bbl. September cheese is about 4c higher. Gallon ap- ples are quoted at $2.50 per doz. berries are 75e per bbl. higher. —— >_> ~—— New Jersey’s Cranberry Crop. The cranberry crop in New which is just being harvested, will be the largest gathered for years. While all over the country there is a marked decrease in the yield as compared with last year, the Jersey crop will come to the rescue with an increase of over 10,- 000 bushels. The crop inthis state has been estimated at 220,000 bushels. —_— oo <> Jersey. C. N. Rapp & Co. have just received a | earload of faney Florida oranges, they are offering at low prices. _> oo -_ Red Star cough drops take the lead. Order them direct of the manufacturers, A. E. Books & Co., Grand Rapids. Crockery & Glassware LAMP BURNERS. eee... 45 No. 1 oe ee i. oc. ON a a a i oe Le 7 went on the lawyer, smiling sugges-| tively. 5 was.’ ‘How far from the house is this field?” ‘About half a mile.” “You swear, do you, that by the clock in your house it was exactly nineteen minutes past ten?” “1 0."” The lawyer paused and looked trium- | phantly at the jury: at last he had en- trapped the witness into a contradictory | statment which would greatly weaken his testimony. ‘I think that will said, through with you. The farmer — pick ked up his hat, and started to leave the witness stand; then, turning slowly abel. ought, perhaps, to say that too much re- liance should not be placed upon that clock, as-it got out of gear about six | months ago, and it’s been nineteen minutes past ten ever since.’’ i 2 Apo The Philosophic Grocer. Make heaven your home by your home a heaven. Marry for dear husband to your wife. making money and you will be a) do,” heix with a wave of his hand, ‘‘l am quite | he added: “I | | LAMP CHIMNEYs.—Per box 6 doz. in box. eee 17 iat ee 188 EN 2 70 First quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp top oe No. 1 es . 2 No. . _ 3 40 YEN Flint. No. 0 Sun, crimp 7: ..2 0 i No. 1 ..2 oo ase -h.lUmc,DhUCUm SE 3 se Bian top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled. so gp 2 _- —o a a. a Bast No. 1 Sun, ‘plain bulb, per doz. Looe 12% No. 2 oo a tae eee... 13 No. 2 66 6s 18 FRUIT JARS. Mason’s or ee ce i. - ae uarts ooo 10 50 Half gallons.... ee ke oos................ eee 55 ae 4 50 | STONEWARE—AKRON. Butter Crocks, [so ............ 06 3 to 6 gal - 06% Jugs, is gal., per, doz eee eee cu 75 pe bees ese ee 90 - : - oe 1 80 ial Pans, % gal., per, doz. pane =_-- 60 ' WZ Those who serve God only one-seventh | of the time deserve the same proportion | of blessings. The worst money in the world is that that isn’t honestly earned. 3efore you try to drown your ean swim. is acudgel of find out whether they Educat defense the young and a staff for the old. The best debt is has manhood, back of it. Those addicted to the should study the ion secured principle and integrity } smoking habit example of the volcano —it smokes for a while and then becomes extinct. Practica! to doin teaches you education order to teaches you what Experience what you might have done. The dude pays particular attention to his clothes are the valuable part of him. Aman who sits down on the pointed end of a tack may not be a humorist, but he immediately gets off a sharp thing. hi — Si — THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. APPLE BUTTER ae Strawberries, | Hummer iS, fon. .:... _138 Wheat. | Nutmegs, fancy. 40 I ees 5. ce 5 | Lawrence ............. 1 Ce = OO Crackee..........4... ...... 5} No. f. SOTO, pallies ...,.. 6 | Bambee...) : ox | i CHICORY u ip No. 2... AXLE GREASE. Bete... ........ 8... 1 65 | Bulk.. 4% FISH--Salt. Pepper, Singapore, black Frazer’s a Whortleberries. | Red 7 ninute white.. . sa sloaters. Wood boxes, per doz...... 80 Few... iia : 40 CLOTHES LINES. Shot... . i - Saou case. 240 wee 5) | Cotton, 40 +. nerdos. 1 25! Yarmouth... 2... 1m Pure Ground m Bulk. 9 c -_ _— “. 9 00 bern] ‘weina)|. 1: o Sei... ... . 1 40 Cod. — wins os = ba i We 1 00 | corned beef, Lit a 24 60 ft..... Np LOO Whole @6 Cassia . 20 {5 Ib, “ ee as 15 as Hee co ) oo a a : 10 oft... “6 {ti keicks 7%4@8% i ) as 2c E ‘ “ ‘ ; sro r Ss n Aurora. P : - rmour fa so Soft... ' Pe) Bee el Anges i SOL Wood boxes, per doz eo | Potted ham, ’ > --+- +++-1 50) Jute 60 ft ‘“ 90 Tate Cloves, Amboyna » per GaoZ...... sé 6c 1c : . ; pes “ ‘ . =f Aa b 3 doz. case... 1 75 “ fn ener a : ns 2 ft 1 Oi Smoked ............ Le 10% | ginger os nait va . . per gross.... 6 00 = 4 1b - | es CONDE NSE D MILK. Herring. * nge 1 frican..... 3 . cen ao ~ | megic..... . 1 @)) Sealed. .............- 22 a : Diamond. chic ken, 14 ib.... 95 | Crown...... a 6 60) Holland. bbls... 11 00 i Jamaica Wood boxes, per doz ..... 50 VEGETABLES. Genuine Swiss............- 8 60 “ Wega... 1... g5 | Mace Batavia......--.....-. rm : 3 doz. case... 1 50 Beans, American Swiss..........-- 7 00} Round shore, % bbl... 2 >, Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. ; “ “ per gross.... 5 50 Hamburgh stringless ve tai ‘ ‘ Trieste « trench style COUPON BOOKS. 4 DbI. 150) Nn 298, No. 2 Peerless oe Mackerel atm 1egs, No. 2 | ee : Limas i ; ‘ ; Pepper. Siz 1gApore, black oi rete ........,.. 90 | Lima, green No. 1, 4% bbls. 90 Ibs........ 9 60 } white BAKING POWDER. soaked. No. 1, kits, 10 Ibs. . ee 124 Cayenne...... 25 Acme, 4 Ib. cans, 3doz ... 45) Lewis Boston Baked. Family, 4 Ay Is., 100 Ibs... 3 oO” | Sage. i i 20 lb. * 2“... 85/ Bay State Baked. eae: “Absolute” in Packages * 1m * 1 *.... 0) Wolds tae , Fobeck. 4s 8 - { ‘or Fancy . 3 50@4 00 See ma bulk. . --+. 10 Corn, 3 @ " aa 84 155 Telfer’s, ‘4 ib. cans, ‘doz. 45 | Hamburgh Lice ad ao dines . | Cinnamon : _-. © 3% mK % lb. i $5 | Tiger . Russian, kegs 45 | Cloves oe ‘ io ‘ 150; P urity | eee 4 10 < eal : | Ginger, Jam..001..00. 84) 1 Gp Arctic, % Ib cans... ...... 60 | Honey Dew.. : . ..1 4 “Tradesman AT - * = t et “ Ar. 84 155 - 1 20} [ > . i if No. 1, kits, 10 1b: St e Cae ee ie ae Peas _|%1, per hundred 2 0 whiten, Mustard...... $ 155 1b 2 00 | Hamburgh marrofat ........1 35) g 9’ °« ‘ 9 50| ~ tefist i Pepper a 84 155 c a “ 9 60 | ’ early June.......1 50/3 9° « ‘ = op | NO: 1s 14 Dbls., 1001bs.......-7 00) Sage 84 Red Star, \y tb cans... - 40 “ Sianion fae 1 ele -+++-- 3 00] No, 1, kits, 10 Ibs... .«.1 00 : nl eo : mpion Eng.. Olg5 3 0° | Pamily, 4 bbls., 100 Ibs. Pi ” SC nenias £0 | Hamburgh petit pois ......1 75) g1o 4°00) et ta a SUGAR. i u 1 b -: 1 50) fancy sifted ....1 90| goo’ « a 5 00 _ Kits. 10) Ibs...-..+-. 50 | Cut Loaf..... @ BATH BRICK. Soaked = oot... ae stiaaieainin FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Cua cana @ 5% _. 2 dozen in case. | Harris standard. CT ag |e a > 50 Jennings DC. Powdered : @ 5% Baadiok es 90! V an Camp's Mi urrofat Caobegiee a 3 00 | « oz folding box Lemon. V ~~ Granulated. i @ 454 ae... 70 | Early June a ze A 5 DK _ 2) | Confectioners’ A OH 446 *- ' ‘ 130\e5 1 00 onfectioners’ A..... Ya Domestic........----. -.. 60] Archer’s Early Blossom... 1 35 $10. ‘ 5 00 | veo i 1 ae 1 = hon A |... 4 @ 4% BLUING. Gross | French ... 1 80 | om @ 09 | 1 22 i 1. oO 2 00) White Extra C : @ 4% Aretic, Sos ovals.. 4 60 | Mushrooms baa 6 02 2 00 3 OU Ex tra C.... i @ 4 a oo steee Pereneh 17218 S 02 iL ---3 00 ate / : @ 33 “pints, round........ 10 50 | Pumpkin. i GUN POWDER. HN Yellow @ 3% es o. 2, sifting box... 2 Rie... 90 Half a 2 oe Less than 100 Ibs. 4e advance i No.5 3, Lu .- Squa a ees Sie 3 00 STARCH. S -- | Hubbard . Leica le OO co iol i. BRES. Corn. “ to Ball . . 450} Suecotash. “Universal / [eee .. 6... + s+---+----15 | o01b boxes. 6% BROOMS. | Haspare’.| |... 1 40 | $ 1, per hundred $3 00} Hops.... ...----. ----. - -+-25 | 40-Ib a 6% ox | q an : “ 3 50] JELL eee No. 2 > Hurl ee eee ea 1 % i Soaked ......... ' ly 4 Ry | Gloss. Net 900| Honey Dew..-...-........-. 1 60/3 3, : 4 00| Chicago goods.. @3 | 1-1bpae kages .... 6 No. 2 Carpet. 2 25 Tomatoes. $ 5, seas . | w2e s f . iy Lobai ers. . 9 an | Pint 2 00 ‘ity Oyster. XXX. a Bo esr 56 lb. dairy in linen bags 50 Star, 1 Be. 2 45 | tin ; oo CREAM TARTAR. | peripii 8 Ib te a 25 ne oe ..3 | Quart ‘ vette 3 00 Strictly pure....... : 30 | lackstrap. “i ~ . elas . Picnic, 1 im..... ; ofa lng EG , « | Pelfer’s Absolute. . i i 156 1b. dairy in linen’ bags 35 a |S gross boxes ......--.------40.3 | Grocers’... .... i 10@15 | wi < _ Mackerel, | COCOA SHELLS. i ae Ashton ' 239 | Bul @4 x °RUITS | | _ Ashton. — ‘ 2 Tb a ee 2 oO san pac kages. Qi ~— “. sy TT | Prime = 56 lb. dairy — ae | Pleat | Apples. Paney....- _— 2 iggins. Mustard, 31b.. ion le ee | : . : G 5 : ae a Tomato Sauce, 31b...... ..3 00| Cc OFFEE. Sundried eT 7 ey New Orleans. | 56 Ib. dekry ag ca 73 Comme & i... -:...,..- 3 00 | GREEN. | Hveporated -..-.------ Hi olar Roc We ee | Rio. California Evaporated, Good a a | 56 Ib. = a a ‘ ia Rive 90 | Fai ' ‘ _....00 | Aeel@ots....._.._.....- eT | Saginaw an¢ stee. — ee alls oe I 73 Gant a . er Blackberries eee 6% | Choice ......----.-+.------ | Common Fine per bbl. . = Alaska, 2 lb. _.1 | Pime...-..-- : ----ke | N@CEREINES .......- 13. | Fancy......-- +--+... +++: i a a. om... 2 10 | Golden.. onan 2. | Peaches . 12 One-half barrels. 8c extra i t ack d 60 Ibs. in OX. Sardines. | Peaberry ..- ------ . 20 Pears, sliced...... mis | OATMEAL. — . American aoe & @ 5| Santos. ros... i Barrels 200.... @4 D dent ee 4 Lon 7) Fair. cot ial 16 Prunes, sweet. | Half barrels 200 @2 Dwight s . a@ 7 | ° I Tavioes Imported 348.......-- 4G | Good.... i ' _. PRUNES. ROLLED OATS ay ee “ es a 13@14 | Prime ..........-------------18 | purkey.......--- i @ 6% | Barrels 180 ll @4 7 Taian Mustard %s. @8 | Peaberry ea @&s | Half bbis9.......- @2 65 | Barrels nea 26 Trout. | Mexican and d Guatamala, | French . un @9 | PICKLES. Hale pbla........ a Brook, 3 lb.. wreecseeee 50] Paw ......-... = | PEEL Medium. Pure Cane. FRUITS. | Good. .. ee Lemon........------ 1S | Barrels, 1.590 count........ 82 Ol weir os 19 Apples. PPGRCY. eee et | | ORSIES |... 5 +: 18 | Half barrels, 600 count eee 25 York State, gallons... 250). Maracaibo. “| CITRON. Small. Choice a a 0 Hamburgh, “ : | ——. a a ea ETOCS MIRAE SN Pe lhc @*4 | Barrels, 2.400 count ..... 5 5¢ SWEET GOODS. Apricots. | Mille veette etree _— in Domes. ......-.-- @4 | Half barrels, 1,200 count 3 25| Ginger Snaps.......-- - eins doen. 2 25 | Java. Ml CURRANTS. | PIPES. Sugar Creams.... 8% Leake. oo. SC 2 50 | Interior .. .. re ---<9 | Zante, in barrels @ 4% | Clay, No. 216..... .....-1 75] Frosted Creams 8 Cvamend............. 2 35 | Private Growth. ae . in %-bbls...... @5 | «pp, fullcount...... 7% | Graham Crackers... 8 ve | y g Ls raham Blackberries. | Mandehling | i a eh in less quantity @ 5’) Cob, No. 3......... 1 25 | Oatmeal Crackers.... 8 F 90 | Mocha. 3 RAISINS —California. | cu . Te a | Imitation .....-- ee | 3 2 er 73 | ee insieene Jewcee ' igs | ower ze Domestic. TEAS. Rec .- ta, Aree : : 2 | Carolina head. ¢ — Pitted Hamburgh 1% | ROASTED. ‘ fancy. 2 25} No. a le jaPan—Regular. White ........----- 160| To ascertain cost of roasted Muscatels, 2 crown 1 50 | . No. @5 re Erie . 1 30 | coffee, add %c. per Ib. for roast ‘ Saas FE en ey ee Damsons, Beg Plums and Green | “< and 15 per cent. for shrink- | _ Foreign. impo oried. Chiles 0... i "24 Gages. | ag PACK Valencias......-. - 9 tena te ‘. 64, | Choicest...... i 29 Bee @1 60} MeLaughlin’ x XXXX. 20% | Ondaras.......... @i0 | °8R*™ Noe ice tee Gooseberries. Arbuckle’s 20% | Sultanas..........----- @ Fae eT oe ite gs J Common wt eee eee ee 1 10) Durham. ...-. : ‘ BOK FARINACEOUS GOODS. ERAS : Fair Peaches. | Lion, 60 Ib. AN soko tal al ome Farina, eens Geog. -. 2.2... og a i TS Ss Pa iss a 1 60@1 75 | L ion, 10 100 Ib. tO. .++-2e---- OM | 100 ID. Kegs......--.---- 4 . ay SAUERK RAUT. __ | Ghoeice..... | oS Mawel ........---+.. 2 2 | mmm Cabinets con- | Hominy. Silver Thread, bbl.......- 33 50 | Ghoicest.....- = Shepard’s .........-- : 2 25 | Zataining 120| Barrels ......+----+-+++-+e+- 3% - 1% bbl.. SOP tat... 10 Calprursia.........-... 2 60@2 75 fone pound | Grits .. af - SAPOLIO. BASKET FIRED Pears. p’kages (sim- sima Beans. ' Tichon. 3d i hex > 50 Wale... ..........--..-10 ee 1 25 ilar to accom- | Dried......-+-.-.++-----, 6 — : ee ; ea | Choice... AI on cece ee es 23 panying ill- Maccaroni and Vermicelli. e 4 i ™ | Choteest..... Pineapples. | dustration) | Domestic, 12 lb. box.... 45 SPICES Extra choice, wire leaf oe 1 30 | sold at case | Imported.....-..--..-+- 10 . aio GUNPOWDER. Johnson’ 8 sliced ...... 2 60 | price,with an Pearl Barley. Whole Sifted. Common to fair.......25 @35 - grated . 2 85 additional | Kegs....---....-.-.++-++- 344@3% | Allspice........-.----- ....-10 | Bxtra fine to finest....50 @65 Quinces. | Mcharge of 90 Peas. Cassia, China in mats...... A Choicest fancy........75 @s865 i 1 10) ! cents for cab- | Green, bu.... .... ----«+++- 1 10| * Batavia in bund... -35 Cee Raspberries case «inet. See, HOE ee. 5 00 . Saigon in rolis.... C “an... en an | : Dboyna. | Common to fs .- 23 @26 eo ice i eens 1 30 EXTRACT. Sago. Cloves, Amboy | Superior to fine. "'33 @30 Black Hamburg oe 4 | Valley City... ..... .-. | Getinas ..4......-.. aL 4% | Zanzibar..... 3 | Fine to choicest... 45 @B5 Erte, black............ £6 Pee... ‘os! Maat (ne... .... 5.5... 5% | Mace Batavia Pe eee 80 @5 | Coramon to fair IMPs Superior to fine YOUNG Common to fair Superior t é Fair r Ch RB 1791 A) 1891 19 a be pias = Tornade...... ' 20 Plug Sear! j 4) Joker a 24 ee . 22 L. & W . a 2 Here It Is Lolo ey os Old Style i ' al ee t ae 3 a4 oe Co.’s Brands. Something Good. .... .» oe Toss Up nal : Out of Sight i Me «eo Smoking Rob Hoy... Unele Sam Tom and J Brier Pipe. Yum Yun Red Cl Navy. He andm ade.. Frog Le VINEGAR. 10 g ne yeaa | oO gr. i. na a 9 $1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD. Bulk, per gal .... Le. 30 Beer mu 5 YE Ferme! tun 15 | It _. 3) PAPER £& WOODENWARE The G.R. Paper Co. quotes as follows: PAPER. Straw —.: eeu 1A MOGMTONM 21... 2 Rag s 2 Hardware ‘ Bakers .. Dry Good D5 iA... eas No. 1. No. ‘ ih TWINEs. 48 Cotton ‘ sae 22 Cotton, No. 1 “ a 2 18 Sea Island é 35 No. 5 5 Hemp Se ay No. G ............,........ Tubs, P Ci i Bowls, 1) mnen.. ........ assorted, 1 sand 19s 250 15s, 17s and 19s 2 75 market . shipping full hoop bushel Baskets, . bushel willow el ‘ths, No. 1 Spiint & GRA AINS -_ FEE DSTU FFS WHEAT. No. I White (58 Ib. test) 92 No. 1 Red (60 Ib. test) 92 MEAL. Bolted. ea ale 1s Granulated. . as 2 00 FLOUR. Straight, in sacks... . « barrels. Patent sacks. ... ‘ Derrers........ 6 10 Grahar SaCea.... 2 45 Rye ' co 2 MILLSTUFFS. Bran. 15 00 Screenings ase aas 12 00 Middlings. .. 20 Mises FPoed.... 1.2.5, 23 00 Coarse meal..... 23 00 CORN. Car lots l Lo 60 Less than car lots.......... 62 ATS. Car lots l | 32 Less than car lois... a No. 1 Timothy, poe a 00 No. 1 ton lots......13 @& sees A, 14 Is the Cash System Attainable? PAPER Il. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Every business man who read the last | article under this head will agree with | me that Old Broadacres is the last man | in the community entitled to credit and | that by granting it to him, a great injus- tice is inflicted, indirectly, on the wage earners,and he is made meaner himself by having his opportunity enlarged for the exercise of his immaculate selfishness. It is also self-evident that if Old Broad- acres and his city cousin,Old Moneybags, were made to toe the mark and pay spot cash all around, for value received, the blacksmith, the harness maker, the car- penter, the painter and every other in- dustrious tradesman and mechanic would | be able to pay spot cash. In fact, we might include in this list pretty much every laboring man who depends upon working by the day and doing ‘‘job’”’ work around the neighborhood; for every merchant knows that nine-tenths of all the excuses that these fellows make for asking for credit or for failing to pay up at the time agreed upon, when credit had been given them, are legitimate fruits of the sins of omission which are directly traceable to the front door-steps of Old Broadacres and Mr. Moneybags. While we are talking about laborers, let us see how the application of the cash system would affect the larger portion of those who work on our railroads and in our factories, mills and shops, and who receive their pay at regular intervals of a week, or a month. It would almost seem that here we had come in contact with an insurmountable obstacle in the way of adopting ready pay. It is an obstacle, surely, but is it not surmountable? How is it that in this great prosperous nation of ours, where the laboring man dines sumptuously and lives on the fat of the land; where the laboring man is a prince and is dandled in the lap of luxury, as compared with the laboring man of any other nation on the globe: where a laboring man can earn a dollarin a less number of hours and buy more solid comfort with the dollar that he earns than anywhere else on earth—I say, how is it that the great majority of these same fellows, who, the politicians say, are getting rich and own elegant, well furnished homes of their own, are simply living from hand to mouth? I mean by this that the larger portion of the Jaboring men of this country find themselves in a deplorable condition, every week or every month, as the case may be, when their wives and children must have food and clothing and they have not a dollarin the world with which to purchase it; and that unless some obliging merchant can be found who will furnish the necessary supplies—and as- sume al] the chances of payment until next pay day—they will surely have to steal, beg or starve. If any man reads the above lines who is not in the retail and who doubts the fairness or truthfulness of the statements made therein, I would re- fer him tothe nearest retailer doing a eredit business for an indorsement of the same. How many times have I been told by these same fellows, when asking for credit, ‘‘Why, you will be sure of your pay when pay day comes around.’’ These fellows talk as though time and circumstances were under their control and subject to their will and pleasure. When they assure the merchant that he business THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. runs no risk and that he will be certain | of his pay when pay day comes around, | they forget that thereis a possibility that pay day will never come around on ac- | count of sickness or death. The writer | | } has in his possession an old ledger which | tells the story of ‘‘next pay day’ just as | it is, without color or exaggeration. Here |area few samples: “Jeremiah Brown, ;}section hand, by death, $17.50; Ezra | Wilson, brakeman, by death, $22.45; | Jonathan Flipler, miller, by death, $8.96; | Judson Prion, fireman, by death, $14.30.” Fifty names might be quoted from two | of these old books, which represent men | | who were honest, industrious, prompt- paying customers; but there camea time, in spite of their protestations, when a risk was incurred and when pay day never came around—when the balance of their accounts, large or small, is transferred to that of the Great Reaper who strikes down rich and poor alike, but pays only the debts of the poor. Is there a remedy for this condition of things? We think there is, and it is the application of the cash system just as many times per diem as the patient buys anything. The fault is not so much in the smallness of the wages received by our laboring men as in their extravagant and reckless mode of living. And yet, with all their extravagance and improvi- dence, they do live, as a general thing, on the wages they receive, but they drag behind and act as dead weights in im- peding the progress of the retail busi- ness of the country, instead of keeping up with the procession and marching in the ranks like men. If the average laboring man can live and keep his fami- ly on the wages he receives, wnder his present management, there is nothing on earth to prevent him from laying up money or paying for a home of his own under a ready-pay system. While dis- eussing this question the other day, a clerk of one of our city grocery stores made this remark: ‘“‘Why, don’t you know that under the present system it is customary to apportion all losses on ac- ecunt among those who never fail to pay their accounts?’’ 1 asked him how they did it, and if by adding to the price, how did they manage to escape detection? In reply, he winked at mein a knowing way and said: ‘‘There are more ways than one of performing this little necessary evil of a trick, and any man who is not a forlorn geese ought to have brains enough to know that no grocer could run a successful business under the present system, without the benefits of this little protective tariff.”” He said that at his store it was an invariable rule to strike off every man’s name who failed to pay up every Saturday night, unless he could show good cause for not doing so; for they considered it cheaper, and more economical in the long run, to cut eff a customer and drop him the first time he wantonly breaks faith with them and fails to pay as agreed upon. The week’s trade, amounting to from $5 to $15, of course, is lost in that direction and must be provided for from some other source. The man who pays his bills promptly must also pay his pro rata of the bills that other people refuse to pay; and even the man who pays spot cash, if he trades at a credit store, is compelled to pay more for his supplies than he ought to, because it is impossible to run two scales of prices in one store on the same stock. What shall we say of the great crop of commercial weeds,commonly called dead- iti To Dealers in Wal 7 apers: Our representative will call on you soon with a complete line of Wall Pa- ry pers at Manufacturers’ Prices. Wait ‘until you see our line as we can save you money. HARVEY & HEYSTEK Monroe, Ottawa and Fountain Sts., - srand Rapids, Mich. Do You want a Cut OF YOUR STORE BUILDI : Bill Heads, For use on your Letter Heads, Cards, Etc? a he tabi So ae Ns — a DRS. | We can furnish you a double column cut, similar to above, o r r for $10; or a single column cut, like those below, for $6. ? , In either jcase, we from. should} have clear, photograph to work THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, ENGRAVERS AND PRINTERS, Rare ene eceee GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. aa | beats? There was a time when each one | of these poor fellows was ‘‘dunned’’ for the first time when it was impossible to pay. Everything has a beginning, and even a dead-beat rule. is no exception to the | Probably an at- tempt to pay up or do right with taunts and abuse which wounded | the pride, destroyed the self-confidence and put to route all the other noble at- tributes of true manliness, and, in due} course of time, the creature of the credit | system was full developed and turned | loose to prey on society. Adopt the cash system and the mill that grinds out dead- honest, manly was met beats will shut down forever for want of grist. We shall have to look elsewhere for an | insurmountable obstacle in the way of | applying the cash system, for it certainly | does not lie along this line. It would be the starting point in the up-hill road of | prosperity, in the history of any labor- | ing man,the instant he put his foot down and declared that from henceforth no purchased article should enter his house until fully paid for; and this he could do and carry out with alittle preparation, even if he had to put his family on half rations for one or two intervals between pay days, But how about the great mass of far- mers—not the Broadacre portion, for they are few and limited—but the great majority who live from hand to mouth, like the laboring men? This class of farmers are always behind one season, or one crop; and they think that there is no other possible way but to be carried by everybody until after sheep-shearing, or until after harvest. Did you ever stop to think what a ridiculous farce this is? A great big farmer, with 80 acres of the earth’s surface which his own, with horses, cattle, hogs and poultry; with a cellar full of fruits and vegetables; with eight months’ supply of the staff of life on hand, backed up by pork, apple-butter, sauer-kraut, cider, apple sauce and maple molasses till you can’t find a place to put your foot down —think of this great, big, burley, double- fisted, overfed, pancake-stuffed granger getting an idea into his head that if somebody don’t carry him he will sure- ly be compelled to lie down and perish by the wayside! Hear him, as he tells the village grocer, whose entire stock—if his bills were paid—would be worth less than the farmer’s tools and implements, that he will have to carry him and stuff him with the few things he is not pro- vided with, until after sheap-shearing! Great Seott! See him climb that rickety stair case in answer toa ‘‘please enclose” that he received from a _ care-tossed, brain-worried, half-starved little apolo- gy of aman who occupies a dingy little back room in common with the spiders and paste pot. This unfortunate crea- ture is the editor of the American Ex- ponent, and he hasn’t had a square meal since the banquet given to the members to the Press Association at Powkegan. He is not rich, for if all his worldly ef- fects were converted into lawful money of the United States, it would not pur- chase the farmer’s strawstack. The day is cold and the half cord of green elm wood promised on subscription has not yet arrived, and he sits shivering and wondering how long an editor can sub- sist on thin air and faith, stifféned with turnips. But see the marvelous‘ change that creeps over him when the big, he ealls sheep, greasy farmer enters his dismal den! The rigid lines about the mouth relax as his face assumes the appearance cf a graveyard in the spring time when the first warm days arrive. But, alas! that graveyard thaw has frozen up again, and | that budding smile has been nipped with the killing frost of What thing quench the rising hopes within tor’s breast? disappointment. horrid has happened to the edi- That big lubbard of a far- mer has actually asked the editor to carry him! Just think of it! That lit- tle, half-starved, scrawny editor com- pelled to carry that big, burly, overfed, greasy, pork-stuifed granger until he gets ready tosell alittle hay! Let me on corn buckwheat straw, cobs and _THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ‘that, even in the individual cases, all he thinks of pork chop for supper, and live | rather than stand in that granger’s shoes | in the day of judgment! That for he has no conscience) and stuffs him- self with tenderloin, buckwheat and honey, while the editor sneaks home on a back street to bushel of turnips and toa of liver and cold turnips, and cakes avoid a sits down supper wonders if a farmer ever goes to heaven, for, if he did, he trade off his church pew for the balance of the year, for something to eat. What this farmer ought to have done, when he ran out of circulating medium, and what the cash system would would have compelled him to do, was to have bor- | fariner | goes home (not with a clear conscience, | would be benefited by adopting the cash system, and, therefore, we conclude that the cash system is practically attainable. E. A. OWEN. -_> © <> Use Tradesman or Superior Cowpors. | FOUR Uildi Grand Rapids, Mich. A. J. Bowne, President. AL “DeETT, Vice-President. H. W. Nasu, Caahier CAPITAL, - - - $300,000. banking business Transacts a genera Makea Spectalty cf Collections. Accounts | of Country Merchants Solicited. gp =retEre = ype trace SOULIETTA ™"* Owing tt unable meet the demand for Chamoise moc- jecasins last fall, we advise placing your | orders now. We have them in al! grades from $1.85 to $4.75 per dozen. » LLid re ik | to HIRTH & KRAUSE, Grand Rapids, Mich. If you would be A LEADER, handle only goods of VALUE. “dun for al rowed what money was necessary to pay | up his little bills and keep him running until he could realize on the sale of some produce. The farmer would then know just how much he owed and when it was due, and by paying spot get better prices and buy less stuff. We have looked among the masses for some insurmountable obstacle in the way of adopting the ready-pay system, but not one has been discovered. Itis only in certain individual where the spot cash plan would fail to work, but no injustice would result to anyone. For instance, there are farmers who cannot borrow adollar. Everything they have is mortgaged for all it is worth and their personal credit is not good. Such men cannot money and, of could not pay cash at all times; but what merchant would like to hand over his property to persons of this kind? No man who cannot borrow money is a fit and proper person to supply with mer- chandise on credit. eases borrow course, It is one of the un- explainable things, often met with in human experience, that a man will re- fuse to his loan money per. Letone of these fellows, without security and without credit, ask a merchant for a loan of money, and the merchant would fairly snort with in- dignation at the very same fellow ask this same merchant for goods on tick, and he will tear off and weigh out the stuff without a word and deliver it if he has to tramp through the muda foot deep to doit. Strange, but true, nevertheless, and can only be ac- counted for, like many other foolish, senseless thing that we do, by a habit of following eustom ina blind, mechanical way without even halting to give it a passing thought. The adoption of the cash system would remove the man personal who has no means of earning money, and no money to buy with, from the shoulders of the mer- chants and turn him over to the general public, where he belongs, Thus we find cash he would } where he will | | place his merchandise, without a whim- |} idea; but let this | If you are satisfied to remain at TAIL END buy cheap, unreliable goods. GOOD YRAST 18 INDISPENSABLE. FLEISCHMANN & CO. wz"Vellow Labe CITY OFFICE; 26 Fountain St. =" Best! FACTORY DEPOT; 118 Bates St., Detroit, Mich. SEND ——— OF FOR SAMPLE OUR lon Linen knvelopes One Size only, 3}x6. Price printed, 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 2 $1 50 2 56O 2 25 per M. I OO ” The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. i i { ; : sles, i wa, The Boy Who Would Not Lie. (Continued from 6th page.) an extent as the people on this side of the line. There was an over-production of American manufactures, more especial- ly in print goods. This surplus stock of cheap American prints was shipped out of the country and slaughtered in foreign markets, the Canadian markets becoming completely glutted with it. The deacon’s counters were heavily freighted with it and precious stuff it was, too—narrow, filled with paste or starch, and painted in gorgeous colors and flashy patterns; but it was new and cheap, and, therefore, sold readily. It was no earthly good, but what cared the deacon, so long as it afforded a big margin of profit. A good Ashton print of English make, of fast colors and a yard wide, cost 16 cents and sold at 20, giving a margin of 25 per eent. profit, whereas this cheap shoddy American print only cost from 214 to5 cents and sold quickly at from 5 to 10 cents, giving a margin of 100 per cent. profit; and so the deacon laid in a heavy stock of this cheap trash, which was the first departmental stock of merchandise that fate introduced me to. There was one pattern (and it predominated through- out the entire stock) that contained all the colors seen ata Mississippi planta- tion camp-meeting, and spread on in sey- eral thicknesses at that. cents per yard, It cost only 334 which fact led me to believe that the paint used in its manu- facture must have been some sort of cheap earth paint or it would not have been so cheap; but we sold it at 7 cents per yard and that was the only thing connected with its history which had any interest for the deacon. My mother had bought some of this loud print to make some aprons for the hired girl and they were accidentally left out on the lawn the night after my mother had made them, and the dew took out every particle of color; but the paint did not kill the grass, which further convinced me that it must have been some cheap stuff. One afternoon, after I had been holding down my position about two weeks, a lady customer who was a neighbor, a partiecu- lar friend and a sister church member of my mother’s, came into the store to buy some print. Her eye being attracted by the pattern of many colors referred to, she enquired the price. I gave her the price and she next asked me if the colors would ‘stand a wash.’ I replied prompt- ly that they would not and thatif she wanted fast colors and goods which would give her perfect satisfaction, I would advise her to buy the Ashton prints. The deacon was in the office on the opposite side of the store writing, but just as I threw down a piece of Ash- ton print for the lady’s inspection, down went the deacon’s pen on the office desk and around the counter came the deacon in a towering rage. I remained at my post and the lady continued to examine the goods. Biff !! Something very solid and substantial had suddenly come in eontact with me, which unbalanced me and came near sending me headlong through the deacon’s front window. 1| recovered myself, however was the matter. ing in my place and explaining to the lady, in a voice which was tremulous | with anger, that the colors in that piece | of American print were madder colors, and that everybody but an absolute fool knew that madder colors were faste , before reach- | ing the window and turned to see what | The deacon was stand- | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The lady gave me a look of sympathy and passed out of the store without a word, never to enter it again while the deacon was in. Turning to me, with blanched face and quivering lips, and a forced smile which had a ghastly look, he said: ‘How many times have you got to be told that these goods are here for sale and that that kind of talk will never sell them?’ “IT was transfixed. was paralyzed. ance. 1 was petrified. I I was too mad for utter- I stood with clinched fists and glared at the deacon in a white heat of rage. At last speech came to me and I fairly shouted: ‘You infernal old hypo- critical scoundrel, I won’t lie for myself in order to enjoy the fruits of a legal robbery, and I’1l see you in the bottom of the bottomless pit before I’ll lie for you; and if you expect me todo it, you’ve got the wrong pig by the ear, and don’t you forget it.’ “The deacon, who had retreated to a good safe distance, now drove his ghastly smile into a horse laugh and apologized, but from that day to this I have always been suspicious of religious cloaks of all kinds, sizes and patterns.” ZENO. FEEDS We carry the largest line in field and garden seeds of any house in the State west of Detroit, such as Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millet, Red Top; all kinds of Seed Corn, Barley, Peas, in fact any- thing you need in seeds. We pay the highest price for Eggs, at all times. We sell Egg Cases No. 1 at 35¢c, Egg case fillers, 10 sets in a case at $1.25 a case. W. Y. LAMOREAUX & 60, 128, 130, 132 W. Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, For Sale! AT A BARGAIN. A stock of Dry Goods be- longing to the estate of Jas H. Brown, deceased. Must be sold at once. HIRAM COLLINS, Special Administ'r, 101 Ottawa St PAUL EIFERT, Manufacturer of Trnnks, Traveling Bags and Cases j SAMPLE TRUNKS AND CASES MADE TO ORDER. | Write for Prices. 41 SO. DIVISION ST., Grand Rapids, - - Michigan. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Tar and Gravel Roofers, And dealers in Tarred Felt, Building Paper Pitch, Coal Tar, Asphaltum, Rosin, Mineral Wool, Ete. Corner Louis and Campau Sts., GRAND RAPIDS. MIGHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falis Route.” DEPART. ARRIVE Detroit Express.. Mixed New — TEXBPORE.. ...0.s0005 *Daily. All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars run on Day ee and Grand Rapid Express to and from Detroit. FrxEp M. Briaes, Gen’l Agent, 85 Monroe St. G. 8S. HawkE1ns, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 — St. O. W. RUGGLES, G.P. & T. Agent., Chicag: TINE YABLE NOW IN EFFECT. DETROIT TTS Miwauxee ee Ns EASTWARD. Trains Leave |tNo. 14\+No. 16|+No. 18|*No. 28 G’d Rapids, Ly} 650am/1) 20am| 3 45pm/10 55pm lone ......-- Ar, 7 45amj11 25am) 4 52pm /12 37am St. Johns ...Ar| 8 28am/12 17am/ 5 40pm) 1 55am Owosso ..... Ar) 915am] 1 20pm) 6 40pm} 3 15am E. Saginaw..Ar/11 05am] 300pm)} 8 45pm)........ Bay City .Ar|11 55am} 3 45pm 9 35pm} Pie Ar|11 10am} 3 40pm! 8 0@pm/) 5 40am Pt. Huron...Ar| 3 05pm} 6 00pm )|10 30pm) 7 35am Pontiac ......Ar| 110 57am] 305pm) 8 55pm} 5 am Detrott.......4 Ar/115 am] 405pm/ 950pm| 27 0am WESTWARD. Trains Leave (*No. 81 \tNo. 11 eee 15 G’d Rapids, Lv) Oham) 1 d0pm| 5 10pm)10 30pm G’d Haven, Ar} 8 3 Sonm| 2 15pm} 6 15pm/11 30pm MilwkeeStr */].... 2... eT 6 45am} 6 45am Cpicass Gir ~*) ....... be i ee... ie *Daily. t+tDaily except Sunday. Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 p. m., 5:00 p. m. and 10:25 p. m. Trains arrive from the west, 6:45 a. m., 10:10 a, m., 3:35 p.m. and 9:50 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No. 18 Chair Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper: Westward— No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11 Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar. JouN W. Loup, Traffic Manager. BEN FLETCHER, Tray. Pass. Agent. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. 23 Monroe Street. CHIC AGO SEPT. 6, 1891. & WEST MICHIGAN RY. DEPART FOR A. M. beets sical (cham eae + 9:00) $1:051711-35)...... Indianapolis .... .... i+ 9: :00| +72 051511 1 .....- Benton Harbor........ + 9:00] +1:05/#11 :35]...... a + 9:00) 41-06/*11-35....... Zraveore City. ........ | Te-ar tOci71...... ae +9:00) +1:05|+ 5:30) Mame co To Lacinetem ....... ...- | tie SO-8 Ts... oan ey Bis Rapids... de ee tWeek Days. *Daily. §Except Saturday. 9g -()() A. M. has through chair car to Chica- go. No extra charge for seats. 1 F P.M. runs through to Chicago solid 2) with W agner buffet car; sea s 50 cts. 5:17 P.M. has through free chair car to Manistee, via M. & N. E. R. R. 11 035 P. M. is solid train with Wagner pal- ee) ace sleeping car through to Chleago. and sleeper to Indianapolis via Ben ton Harbor. 21, samt. DETROIT, pir tio Lansing & Northern R R Tee ART FOR | A.M. | P.M. | P.M. ee. —_ +1:00) *6:25 eee ; 50} 1 200) == Howell.. ee 6:50| tl a Lowell... ........-] ea ed os Alma... ee +7 :05 H4:3)). oe oo coe oe C0) 44:20) ...... een Cee. T7205] 14-2... .. A M. runs through to Detroit with par- 6: DO Ic . r “a — seats 25 cents. 1 ‘0 M. Has through Parlor car to De- hg Seats, 25 cents. 6 e6)F P.M. runs through to Detroit with par- one) = car, seats 25 cents. ( 7:05 M. has parlor car to Saginaw, seats oo come For tickets and information ap at Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, or Pt on station. Gero. DeHaven, Gen. Pass’r Agt. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk e | offers a route making the best time betwe : | Grand Rapids and Toledo, VIA D., L. - N. Ly. Grand "pial ee 7:25 a. m. and 6:25 p. m. Ar. Toledo at . sone io p. m. and 11:00 p. m, VIA D., @. H. & M. Ly. Grand Rapids at.....6:50 a. m. and 3:45 p. m. Ar. Toledo at. 1:10 p. m. and 11 “00 b . ™. Return connections equally as good. W. (H. Bennett, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio, Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect September 10, 1891. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going South. Nort! For Saginaw & Traverse City.. 5:15am 73 oS : ‘m For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:20am 11:30 am For Saginaw and Cadillac...... 2:15 p = = = . = For Petoskey & Mackinaw..... 8:50 p Train arriving at 9:20 daily; all ocher neds 4 daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from wee soing t North. Oe CO eit eons 6:20am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago.. 10:30 am For Fort Wayne and the East.. ) 11:50 am 2:00 pm WO COCA i eee cscs 5:30pm 6:00 pm For Chicago...... --. 10:40pm 11:05 p m ee as 10:40 p m Trains leaving at 6:00 p. m. and 11:05 p. m. run daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana, For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive. 3 10:10am 11:25 am 4:55 pm 5:40 pm 9:00 pm SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE NORTE aa os am train. — chair car G’d ds to Traverse Oit; 1 1: 30 amt Guin teeten chair car Gd Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 10:30 p m train.—Sleeping car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. SOUT ~ 00 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand Rap pids to Cincinnati. 1 @m train.—Wagner Parlor Car Grand os to Chicago. -—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand ous to Cincinnati. 11;05 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. Chicago via G. R. & I. R. R. Lv Grand Rapids 10:30 am 2:09pm 11:05 pm Arr Chicago 3:55 p m 9:00 pm 6:50 am 10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:05 p m train daily, Ds. ag Wagner Sleeping Car. Lv ChicaZo 5am 3:10pm 10:10 pm Arr Grand Rapids 2: iS pm 8 50pm 5:15 am 3.10 p m through Wagner Parlor Car. 10:10 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Through tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- tion, or George W. Munson, = Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe street, Grand Rapids, M “6. ou LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. Grand Rapids Electrotype Co., ELECTROTYPERS —— AN D——— NTEREOTYPERS 6 and 8 Erie St., GRAND RAPIDS. KOMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker Jeweler, Ki CANAL SY., Grand Rapids - Mich, WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. If you have any of the above goods to ship, or anything in the Produce — let us hear from you. Liberal cash advances made when desired, EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Ghicago. MICHIGAN TH ADESMAN, Grand Rapids. ee ra ORR Mpc isso aon para abte | en ANYTHING That will help a man in his business ought to be of vital importance to him. chant has found when TOO LATE That he has allowed his money to leak away. -Mopey-Wort take care of tse And the quicker you tumble to the fact that the old way of keeping it is not 2o0od enough, the more of it you will have to count up. If you wish to stop all the leaks incident to the merean- tile business, adopt one of the Coupon Gystems Manufactured in our establishment—* Tradesman,” ‘ Super- 39 ior” or “ Universal ”—and put your business on a "cash basis. For Sarmples and Price List, address THE TRADESMAN COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. €. A. LAMB. F. J. LAMB. C. A. LAMB & CO., WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Produce, 84 and 86 South Division St. Many a aneceastal mer- | ~ W. H. DOWNS, ~ — JOBBER OF —— Notions & Fancy Goods 8 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Michigan. I have just received a fresh invoice of Ribbons, on which I am prepared to make unusually close prices. Yarns, Blankets, Gomtorts Overshirts, Dress LO0L, Dress Ginghams, Prints, Batts ——_ALL WEIGHTS—— ‘And a New Line of Floor Oil Cloth in 5-4, 6-4, 8-4. P. SFEKEFEE & SONS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. | | | | , | | | See Monday’s and Saturday’s Detroit Evening News “lJ fer further Particulars. Y $100 GIVEN AWAY SSS SSSSSSSSA Te the persom guessing the nearest to the number of Imps that will appear in a series of cuts in 7 Evening News, cuts not to exceed 100, Bolts Wanted! I want 500 to 1,000 cords of Poplar Excel- sior Bolts, 18, 36 and 54 inches long. I also want Basswood Bolts, same lengths as above. For particulars address J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich. ist Cash Prize, 15; 4th, $10. Guess slips to be had with $50; 2d, $25 every 25c. worth of PRINCE Ru DOLPH CIGARS. Sold Everywhere. Up to date there has been published 23 cuts, with a total of 303 Imps. }, ee jj DANIEL LYNCH, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wholesale Wholesale Agt. | } pao To the Smokers of the Ly PRINCE RUDOLPH CIGARS. ] 4 ori We are now ready to make contracts for the season of 1891. Correspondence solicited. 81 SOUTH DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS. Pp. OYSTERS: The Oyster Season is now well opened and we are ‘‘in the swim,” as usual. We put up good goods and sell them right, and we want your trade. HU: aving once secured it, we will endeavor by all honor able means and me thods to retain it. Send us your orders. THE PUTNAM GANDY GO. ~H. LEONARD & SONS, GHRISTMAS ANNOUNGKMBNY 1831 You can save freight, time and money by buving at home. All commands esteemed. Order Early. We call your especial attention to the, } benefits to be secured by ordering your, Holiday Goods early in the season. stock was never staple Christmas goods as it now is, and by ordering now you will secure the finest selection in every line. Our terms Our | so full of faney and, to dealers of approved credit are 2 per | cent. discount if paid December 1 (on) goods sold previous to October 31) or net | January 1, 1892. Our Catalogue No. 105, of general Toys. Are shown in unending varieties of rat- | “Lotto ’ Games. This well known evening amusement tles, whips, guns, soldier sets, swords, | holds its place with chess, backgammon trumpets, chairs, pistols, watches. sur-| and parcheesi in the public favor. We prise boxes, Santa Claus figures, musical | have sold it for the past years in ever toys, cows, rabbits, dogs, horses, jump- ing jacks, children’s furniture and china sets, paints, skin toys, villages, Noah’s arks, bellows { . . . . mechanical! toys of every description. staple, and No. 107 of strictly Christmas | goods will be sent to dealers on request. | If you haven’t both of these, drop us a) eard. The best goods from all manua- facturers in England, France, Germany and the United States are there placed before you and an order from either will have as prompt and careful attention as | if placed in person. not underestimate the advantages to be obtained by coming to this market aud selecting from our magnificent line of samples We have one-third more artieles on exhibition this year than ever before. Our line is increased in every department and we can truthfully say that we have never seen brighter and ri her Holiday Goods than those now shown. You ean our and the goods will Do make money on line, sell llie Bl Nellie Bly. One of the best games shown this year the World with founded on the trip of the popular young is “Round Nellie Bly,’’ lady who made the New York time of famous trip for the Worle in the unprecedented 73 days. Itis perhaps the most interesting game ever shown at the price. Retails 75 cents each. Playing Cards. In playing cards we handle only the themselves. | Christmas Books. We earnestly advise every dealer in this line to examine our extraordinary bargains in this class of Holiday Goods before they make their purchases, the assortment is so varied that we can but eall your attention to it; sufficient to say that it is a larger variety and a hand- somer, brighter line than we have ever Our special line (that is selling fast to suit shown. alone We are also agents for ‘‘McLoughlin Bros’.”’ too us) at 18 cents 1s worth atrip to the city to select. incomparable line. Dollar Typewriter. This is a practical typewriter that is toys, Christmas tree can- | dies and novelties, rubber balls, squakers, | watches, churebes, magic lanterns and | increasing quantities. plements now shown are large and dur- able. Retail prices 25 and 50 cents. Fish Ponds ply the demand last year, being entirely sold out by December 1. is so finely gotten up for so little money. Retails 25 cents to $1 each. Ten Cent Games. Here we will only mention the names of the best children games ever shown. Many former 25 cent games, now made over into this popular priced line. We Authors, Old Maid, Fox and Geese, Cards of Fate, Dr. Busby, Jump- ing Frog, Simple Simon, Letters, Rail- road, Peter Coddle, Hippety Hop, Tid- diedy Winks, Matrimony and many more. are show Steam Toys. used even more by adults than as a toy. | : Tce | toys have now foreed the foreign goods You can write real letters with it and 'much faster than with pen and ink. It is a wizard that makes the boys and girls wild to run it, and at the retail price of $1 each will be wanted in every family this fall. Nothing to get out of order. Simplest! Cheapest! Best! Packed one in a box. Flying Artillery. Is the latest iron toy for children and is a perfect imitation of U.S. Artillery ‘Russell & Morgan’’ line and our prices are actually below those of many jobbers. We carry the following well-known cards constantly in stock: Cadet, Steamboat, Tourists, Bieyele, Capital, Skat, Sportsmen, Army & Navy and Con- gress. Don’t buy a card till you examine our line. ‘eent and $1 pieces in this : | with every buyer. American, | ' 5 ye and entirely indestructible. This feature makes the entire line of malleable iron toys from a 25 cent railroad train to a five dollar ‘*Yally Ho’’ coach the favorite Be sure your assort- ment includes some of the popular 50 line. All packed one in a box. Dolls In this magnificent selling line our display is by far the grandest ever shown. You will find all the favorites in China babies, China limbs, washable dolls, dressed babies, dressed boy and girl dolls and novelties in bisque and kid combina- tions never before shown in this country. This enormous variety is our own per- sonal selection in the markets of France and Germany. | Tiddledy Winks. No stock will be complete this year without a full line of this favorite game. It is popular with adults as well as with children and gives a complete entertain- meht for an entire evening. No game ever put on the market has had such an enormous sale, and the new prices now bring it within the reach of all. Retail from 10 cents to $1.25 each with a good profit for the dealer. | entirely off the market. ito run by steam or no sale. Weedens’ celebrated steam mechanical On pages 20 and 21 of our Holiday Catalogue we show his complete line. Every one is warranted The pieces shown are wonders and at once an amuse- }megt and aconstant instruction to the boys- Every part of areal engine is ex- actly duplicated, and any part can be replaced at pleasure. Ouija. (Pronounced Wee-ja.) The Ouija is wichout doubt the most interesting, remarkable and mysterious production of the 19th century. Its operations are always interesting and frequently invaluable, answering as it questions concerning the past, present and future with marvelous ac- curacy. It furnishes never failing amusement and recreation for all classes, while for the scientific or thoughtful its mysterious movements invite the most careful research and investigation—ap- parently forming the link between the known and the unknown, the material with the immaterial. It forces upon us the conviction that great truth was con- tained in the statement of the Danish Prince: ‘There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than were ever dreamed of in thy philosophy.”’ does In this game we did not begin to sup-| Nothing can) replace this sporting game and nothing. | cake baskets, berry dishes, | j | | | | | | The box and im-| } } | | | } | crease in Harmonicas. One of those little things that are a ne- cessity in every stock. We have them from the five cent toy up to the celebrat- ed fifty cent ‘‘Hohner” and at all prices. Silverware. Our new supplement to Catalogue of Silver Plated Ware shows the great in- this household line. The de- signs have never been so rich and chaste as those now shown and the line is now so large, including knives, forks, spoons, children’s fruit knives, casters, pickles, tea sets, | Sets, tooth picks, napkin rings, syrups, butters, berry spoons, pie knives, sugar | shells, nut picks and cracks, peppers and | salts, call bells, ice pitchers and sets and numerous novelties, that it is a favorite one with all careful buyers. Window Pieces. Don’t forget the importance of proper- ily advertising your holiday stock, and numerous articles that will look make a big display in your show windows and at the same time are none too fine for the petted son or daughter. Rocking and swing horses, extra large dolls, fur- niture pieces, nests of drums, Santa Claus figures, fine plush cases, skin horses and the ever pleasing, crowd drawing mechanical engines, horses, bi- eycles, fire engines, steam punip, ete. at our ships, fighters, jugglers, Puzzles, This feature is shown in many new and pleasing varieties of smashed up locomotives, fire engines, steamships, steamboats, Old Woman and Pig, United States, The World, the White House, the ‘‘Brownies,” the pretty village. All be- ing bright colors on wood so that it is one of the most durable as well as the most interesting amusements. Put ‘‘puz- zles’’ on your list. Fancy Glass and China. We have rich handled flower and bon- bon baskets, showing brilliant combina- tions in ruby, erystal, yellow, blue, rose, etc. New colors in vases and water sets. New decorations in china cups and sau- cers, bone plates, fruit plates, salads, comports, cracker jars, rose jars, child’s plates and all items necessary to a com- plete assortment. Our china and glass goods represent our own direct purchases abroad from the best of German, French and Bohemian makers and is one of the most profitable stocks that can be put into any stock.