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E. A. Stowe, Editor

~~ PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY.
THE TRADESMAN COMPANY
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

 

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Interesting Report From Manager
Hammond.

lansing, March 1—As our members
will recall, a federation of mercantile
organizations of the State, including
ur goods, clothiers, hardware, imple-
ment, druggists, furniture, grocers,
iewelers and lumber dealers was or-
eanized during the Legislative session
of 1925 consisting of the President
and Secretary and a third member
from each of the above named organ-
izations.

This federation of officers was call-
ed together several times during 1925
to consider problems which were be-
fore the Michigan Legislature. The
President of the Michigan Retailers’
Council is Hon. C. L. Glasgow, of
Nashville; Secretary J. E. Hammond,
of Lansing, and Attorney, W. S. Fos-
ter. of Lansing.

Recently a meeting was held in Lan-
sing to renew acquaintance and mu-
tual interest in mercantile problems
snd to consider measures now pend-
ing before the Legislature of 1927. A
good representation of men was pres-
ent and a re-organization was effected
by the election of the former officers,
including First Vice-President J. R.
Abbott, of Muskegon, Second Vice-
President Paul Gezon, of Grand Rap-
ids

The Wisconsin Law regulating
trading stamps and other gift devices
was discussed. The Secretary and at-
torney were authorized to correspond
with Wisconsin officials to determine
the present status, legal and otherwise,
of the law with the view of introduc-
ing a bill in this State on this subject.

A Sunday closing law originating
with’ the State Grocers Association was
discussed as was also the Lennon law
providing for a State tax on tobacco,
ciears and cigarettes. The sentiment
of the Council was unfavorable to the
Lennon law. It was divided regard-
ye the Sunday closing law, but
unanimous regarding the measure to
limit the use of trading stamps and
other gift devices.

A Legislative Committee was ap-
pointed, consisting of the following:

F. L. Willison, Climax.

Paul Gezon, Grand Rapids.

T. E. Vandervoort, Lansing.

F. G. Randall, Lansing.

F. E. Mills, Lansing.

It was voted that Mr. Hammond
should act as the representative of
the Council to inform the officers of
various organizations of bills affect-

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1927

ing mercantile interests which are be-
ing introduced in the Legislature. We
respectfully suggest any of our mem-
bers who have suggestions to make
that they be forwarded either to the
Chairman or the Secretary. The same
will receive careful consideration.

Probably more than a dozen pattern
contracts have been straightened out
during the last three months. Some
seemed almost hopeless before we un-
dertook to bring contending parties
together. Recently one of our mem-
bers had occasion to return goods
which were not. satisfactory as to
sizes. The goctis had been returned
and refused and re-returned to the
buyer only to be refused. An adjust-
ment was recently had in which your
Manager acted as an arbitrator. We
were gratified to have our member ex-
press thanks for the adjustment and
we are quoting from a letter received
from the manufacturer, who is equally
pleased.

“T want to thank you very kindly
for your consideration, and the diplo-
matic and pleasant manner in which
you have handled this matter, has
surely pleased us very much. I can-
not help but tell you, Mr. Hammond,
that it must be an incentive for the
retailers in your State to affiliate
themselves with your organization,
with you as their manager.”

Our former director and vice-presi-
dent of the Association, H. G. Wesen-
er, has retired from active business
life. Everyone who knows Mr. Wes-
ener will congratulate him on his suc-
cessful career as a business man and
wish him many years of ease and com-
fort.

Over one-third of the booths of our
Merchandise Fair, May 10, 11 and 12
have already been sold. Mr. Ham-
mond will attend the Merchandise ex-
position in Detroit, the exposition of
the Ohio Retail Dry Goods Associa-
tion in Cleveland next month. We
have no hesitancv in stating that the
success of the Merchandise Exposi-
tion is already insured.

In making our calls around the State
we miss many of the old stand by
members that are sojourning in warm-
er climates. Knapp and Arbaugh are
in California; Mulrine, Toeller, Bullen
and Jones in Florida. Some of the
others must be away, as we do not re-
ceive replies to our letters. They will
all be back to attend our wonderful
Spring convention and Merchandise
Exposition May 10, 11 and t2:

For several years it was our pleas-
ure to call upon the veteran dry goods
man in Ann Arbor, C. W. Millen.
During the last year or two we could
observe that his health was declining
and we will remember his optimistic
manner last September, when we had
our last visit with him. The day
previous to his death was spent in
his store and he passed away suddenly
one morning as he was preparing to
return to his accustomed place. Last
week when: making a visit to Ann
Arbor we were there at the time when
the closing out sale announcements
were being posted in the front win-
dows. Jason E. Hammond.
Mer. Mich. Retail Dry Goods Ass'n.

ovo

Items From the Cloverland of Michi-

gan.

Sault Ste. Marie, March 1—William
Fleetham, one of our popular jewelers,
had the misfortune to fall and break
his hip while playing hockey last Sun-
day. Bill has the sympathy of his

many friends in his six weeks’ sojourn
at the hospital. The game was be-
tween the butchers and the barbers,
so that Bill could have stayed out if
he wanted to, but he is like a lot more
of us young old timers who forget
we are not as young as we used to be
and are getting along to be thinking
of golf or horse shoeing contests and
keeping away from this rough stuff.

Jacob Schopp, the well-known meat
dealer at DeTour, was a business
visitor here last week. He reports
business somewhat better than usual
this winter, due largely to the good
roads throughout the country, which
brings more business into the village.
Mr. Schopp has built up a nice busi-
ness since he started in business for
himself about three years ago. He has
an up-to-date market, which he keeps
stocked with the best of meats and
groceries, which attracts trade for
many miles throughout the country.

Colwell & Burns will open their
fourth store at Marquette on Saturday.
With headquarters here, they now
conduct and own stores at Newberry,
Munising, Marquette and here. The
first store was opened here about
three years ago. Alfred J. Burns and
Geo. Colwell are both young men, but
they are hustlers, good financiers and
hard workers. They are strictly on
the job all the time, which accounts
largely for their success.

Two heads are better
except on a pin.

William McGuire, one of DeTour’s
leading grocers, has been selected as
a candidate for the cffice of President
of the village again. If elected, it will
make his second term in office. He
has devoted much of his time in get-
ting electric lights for DeTour and
has made a remarkable record during
his term of office and his many friends
are confident of his re-election.

E. LaRocque, owner of the Rexall
store at St. Ignace, was a business
visitor here last week, making the trip
by motor.

It is astonishing what a difference
there is-in the earning power of a
man who does things pretty well and
one who does them as well as they
can be done.

In the Feb. 2 issue of the Tradesman
we stated that V. M. Hemm, one of
the proprietors of the Northern Hotel,
at St. Ignace, had bought the interest
of his partner, O. P. Welch. This
should have read just the reverse, as
it was O. P. Welch who bought the

than one—

interest of V. M. Hemm. We are
pleased to make the correction. Mr.
Welch will manage the New Ste.

Marie Hotel here next season, which
will be conducted in connection with
the Northern Hotel at St. Ignace.

“There’s a reason for the affinity
between a colored man and a chicken.
One is descended from Ham and the
other from eggs.”

The Kinney shoe store is having a
closing out sale of their entire stock
and will move to Escanaba. They
have been doing business here for the
past few years, but the shoe business
seems to be somewhat overdone here.
Besides the exclusive shoe stores, we
have numerous sinal! places dealing
in shoes. William G. Tapert.

C. B. Cady Co., dealers in dry goods
and men’s furnishings at Pigeon writes
the Tradesman: “We enjoy the

Tradesman very much.”

 

2267

Number

Burnham-Stoepel Bought By Edson,
Moore & Co.

Detroit, March 1—Purchase of all
of the general dry goods departments
of Burnham. Stoepel & Co.. one of
the oldest wholesale dry goods houses
in the city, by Edson Moore & Co,
pioneers in the same field, will be an-
nounced in the Tradesman to-morrow
by Frederick Stockwell, President of
the latter corporation.

The sale, which becomes effective
to-day. does not involve the floor cov
erine departments, in which Burnham,
Stoepel & Co. has specialized for a
number of years. They will continue
in this business exclusively at their
present location, 441 Jefferson avenue.
Moore & Co. took over the
dry goods departments to-day and
they will be closed for selling until
March 7 at which time the stock will
be offered in general sale for quick
liquidation. The entire dry goods or-
ganization of Burnham, Stoepel & Co.
will be taken over temporarily and
officials of the purchasing house de-
clared it likely that many of the sales-
men and other members of the organ-
ization will be incorporated in the Ed-
son, Moore & Co. organization per-
manently.

Officials of the two companies de-
clined to make public the considera-
tion involved in the deal, but said that
the purchase was made for cash.

Edson,

Both firms have been identified with
the growth of Detroit for more than
fifty years and each has built up a large
dry goods business over the State and
ad acent territory. Zoth originated
from the pioneer house of Allan Shel
don & Co., which was the successor
to Zachariah Chandler, dry goods mer-
chant. All of the founders of the two
companies previously had been asso-
ciated with the Allan Sheldon busi
ness.

Edson,
business

Moore & Co. opened for
Feb. 12, 1872, on Jefferson
avenue. The founders were James L.
Edson, George F. Moore, Ransom
Gillis and Stephen Baldwin, the latter
being a special partner. All of the
original members of the firm are dead.
The company was incorporated
eigh‘een years ago. The present of-
ficers are: Gaylord W. Gillis, son of
one of the founders, chairman of the
board; Frederick Stockwell, President,
and Fred D. Keller, secretary and
treasurer. The company has been at
its present location, 1702-1722 West
Fort street, for thirteen years.

J. K. Burnham, A. H. Munger and
F. C. Stoepel organized J. K. Burn-
ham & Co. in 1875, and opened for
business at the corner of Woodward
and Jefferson avenues. They were
successful from the start and a few
years later organized a large whole-
sale dry goods house in Kansas City,
which is ctill functioning as the Burn-
ham, Munger, Root Dry Goods Co.
Mr. Burnham and Mr. Munger became
active in Kansas City, while Mr.
Stoepel remained at the head of the
Detroit house. About twenty years
ago the company was re-organized and
incorporated under its present name,
with Ralph Stoepel as president.

All of the business of the enlarged
Edson, Moore & Co. will be trans-
acted at its present address, except
the sale, which it will open in the
Burnham Stoepe! & ‘€0. satesrddms
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WHAT THE DUB THINKS

  

 

Frozen Assets.
What is a
Sounds like one
ques-

frozen as-
set?
of those foolish
“Why does a
hen the road?”
“Why is a tomalia?,”
Generally my old friend Noah,
of the unabridged fame, puts me hep

tions,

cross

cic.

to most conundrums; but, as in case
of sex appeal, he is mum on this dou-
Just
don’t believe the old
Like many such

phrases, it was just invented to fit the

ble-cross assertion of mystery.
between dubs, I

man ever heard of it.

occasion, same as the solar plexus to
fit Jim Corbett; and it is just about
knockout. Anyway,

the most popular

as effective as a

it is to-day about

alibi in the banking business—profes-
sion or game, which—already having
been adopted by 1389 banks, to be ex-
act, in our great democracy, which

closed their doors and hung this slogan
in the window during 1924-25, “right
in the midst of the greatest prosperity
we have ever experienced,’ as Charlie
Schwab

To Dub-and-don't
banker tell it, your money is all tied

vould say at a banquet.
hear the know-it
up in real estate loans, which cannot
be liquidated owing to various condi-
tions, and if it ever is liquidated, it
won't be damp enough to wet a whis-
tle.
ucts.

Its cut, like other bootleg prod-
Always it is outside, not inside
the fault of the
Naturally were this the case,
As a matter
of fact, there is no excuse for any bank

conditions—never
banker.
they would all go broke.

failing to pay its depositors in time,
charge are either
both. Of

course you can sometimes get back at

unless the men in

fools or knaves—perhaps

a knave, but a fool—oh well, what can

you do about it? Isn't there an old
saw about “Fools busting in where
angels fear to tread?”

But this “frigidaire’ asset. How
come 1389 banks got away with it in
two years!—returns not yet in for
1926. Even a dub knows that real
estate is not to be compared with farm
products, up one day and down the

next.
many years. Say a farm has been con-
sidered worth $75 an acre for

The

for various

twenty

years. owner borrows $30 on it,
hy 444 i ,
but reasons he can't pay

up, and the bank gets the farm—

sound invest-
ment, and it has stood the test of a

a frozen asset, but a

hundred years. But, that isn’t the case

with these 1389 “frigadaire” plants.

During the war, when the Govern-
ment put the “ on farm

the “Haugen sign’”’
products, the farmer imagined his farm

was also “Haugenized,” even convinced

a lot of dub bankers to the extent of

getting another loan of from $30 to
$40 per, practically disposing of the
farm at face value, and there is the

whole “tout ensemble” of this modern
that it
generally evaporates in thin air during

frozen assets—frozen so hard
the thawing process.

Coming down to banks in general,
to us dubs, a bank is a bank. One
appears about as good as another. We
always think of a bank as a place to
put money for safe keeping, same as

It has a fairly stable value over

MICHIGAN

sock, the bedtick and grand-
father’s clock. It is the money you
squeeze out of the already flat enve-
lope; the money you are going to want
some day when it rains, or the hospital
or the undertaker may want it; or it’s
for the time when your eyes, your ap-
pendix or some other interior decora-
tion lays down on you; or, again, when
you are so old all you will need is a
little sunshine, a bed and a roof. That’s
the way a bank appeals to you. Nat-
urally, you think about the time you
will take it Well, think again.
Has it ever occurred to you that some
of these “Dubs-and-don’t know-it” are
just borrowing your hard earned sav-
mgs, at 3 or 4 per cent. to take a
chance on getting 8 or 10 for them-
selves, without a lick of security? That
a bank is about the only institution in
the world that takes your money and
gives you absolutely nothing in return,
ani. OO. bond or mort-
gage or anything tangible whatever?
The cashier just makes a note of the
amount in a little book, showing you
When you call
get it, if the bank is still
If you call and there
is a note in the window saying: ‘This
hands of the State Bank
what are you going to do
In China, they behead the
banker, but not here.

the old

out.

but U.?—no

left the money there.
for it you

doing business.

bank in the
Examiner,”
about it?

An “Intelligenzia” banker would
give you an “It-talian” stare at such a
libelous statement. He would say:

this bank is organized
laws of the State; and he
the Nation. We
regularly examined by a State Bank
Exaniiner. stockholders are all
prominent influential citizens (they al-
ways are until vou find them out) liable
for the their stock:
(They are if you can get it, the exam-
them). And,
business for
we will

“My dear sir
the
might mention

under
are

Our

twice value of

iner doesn’t examine
been in
forty the

say—much can happen in forty years

again, we have

years—all worse,
—in fact, we have known it to happen
—for real safety, give us a new bank
which hasn't had time to get rotten.
But let’s see how it works. In many
states any old dub with the insignifi-
cent ten thousand dollars can
start a bank and accept all the deposits
other see fit to throw
limit—and they are liable only, mind
you, double the amount of their
stock or $20,000. With a million de-
posits, who is taking a chance, you
banker? What a temptation
to hang out the old slogan: “Frozen

sum of

dubs in—no

tor

or the

Assets” and let the world go “bye
bye.”

The system is all wrong and it is
a compliment to some men that as

many survive as do. But the tempta-
tion will always be there until there is
a leveling process between the deposits
allowed and the liability of the stock-
holders. When the day comes that
they are liable to the extent of every-
thing they own, the same as a private
banker, they will sit up and scruitinize
their loans, even at the loss of a game
or two of golf.

How can we tell a good bank? Well,
I wouldn’t dare to answer that ques-
tion until I consult Mr. Mellon—he
has all the inside dope. However, a
bank is just as good as the men who

TRADESMAN

run it and no better, if you get me.
Always with us dubs there is a sense
of security, because—well, just because
nothing has happened and with some
of them there is that misleading little
word, “National” that sounds like a
Covernment guarantee but not any—
neither the Government, the State or
the stockholders guarantee anything in
any bank—you just take a chance. In
the meantime, if you happen to have
$200 in a bank you expect to need put
half of it in another bank and _ split
the risk.

If you imagine this just idle talk, let
me lead you to where 6,000 dubs have
been waiting three years on two banks,
one a National and the other a Savings,
for something to happen. None of the
stockholders are confined or incon-
venienced, nor have they been obliged
to hock their cars or golf clubs. They
are still eating, which is more than can
be said of some of the dubs.

Even as I place this before you, I
doubt if you grasp the significence,
the meaning of the closing of 1,389
banks, with an average of $281,000 de-
posits each, and 2,000 depositors to a
bank it hundred
and ninety million dollars, the property
of 2,778,000 dubs, strewn to the winds.
Shut your eyes and visualize a proces-
sion of victims, 550 miles long, many
of them widows and children, trying
to exist on the little insurance money
they had placed in this cold storage;
crippled old and women—some
perhaps blind, but all good thrifty citi-
zens, doling out a dollar or two at a

means over three

men

time over a period of years, that they
might cat and keep warm in a home
of their own, rather than be supported
by the community in their declining
years. Of course these plain trusting
people don't understand the intricacies
of high finance, and the awful brain-
“Intelligenzia” endure;
the close application and long and
grinding hours they spend at golf, and
they just stand helpless, perhaps, star-
ing at the beautiful refrigerator where
they put their money.

Is it any wonder some people lose
sight of prohibition? With half the
army employed to hunt bootleggers,
turned on bank robbers, we
might get better returns.

Now don’t get the idea that. 1 am
condemning all banks—it’s the system
I am kicking on—for I still believe
there are a lot of good ones if I knew
how to tell them. And from now on
there is going to be a lot more better
ones; for while this dub is not a social-
ist, nor does he believe in Government
ownership of anything, or the Govern-
ment dabbling in all manner of private
affairs, including drinks, bathing suits
and religion, he does think that a great
Democracy, “including the best and
the wisest who seek only the greatest
good -for the greatest number” as one
writer puts it, big enough to enact
laws which will convict an old woman
because her cider and dandelion juice
sours on her, can make some arrange-
ments, whereby the poor dub with
pride and ambition enough to plart
something for his declining years, rath-
er than be a public charge, in a bank
duly authorized by his Government,
will be able to get it out again when
he needs it, The Dub.

storms these

inside

 

March 2, 1927

/Orears
Young!

 

HIS is the seven-
tieth anniversary

of the Borden Com-
pany. Seventy years of
producing the finest
milk products it is pos-
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Think what this means
to the consumer and the
trade. Purity, quality
and the largest milk
house in the world
standing squarely be-
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This year marks also
the beginning of the
most powerful adver-
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will make it easy for
you to sell more goods.

1. Eagle Brand for in-
fant feeding and Bor-
den brands of con-
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and cooking.

2. Evaporated Milk for
general household use.

3. A tremendous cam-
paign on Malted Milk
in Liberty Magazine.

Tie up with the Borden
name. Make the most
of this big opportunity
to increase your own
profits through Borden
quality and advertising.

THE BORDEN CO.

350 Madison Ave. New York, N.Y.

 

 

 

March 2, 1927

MICHIGAN

 

TRADESMAN

 

IN THE REALM OF RASCALITY

 

Questionable Schemes Which Are
Under Suspicion.

The war is on against houses which
send out unordered goods and then
send out threatening letters in the ef-
fort to enforce payment for unwanted
and unwelcome shipments. The only
way to put an end to this nefarious
business is to refuse to return the
goods unless $1 is sent to repay the
victim of the shipment for the trouble
he is put to in the transaction. In
some cases shyster houses send out
$1 checks and then
when they are presented for payment.
As a matter of precaution, the Realm

dishonor them

advises all persons who receive such
checks to deposit them promptly and
then wait a week before returning the
voods to be sure the check is honored
by the maker. In case it is dishonor-
ed, the only thing to do is to demand
a bank draft, express order or postal
note If the architect of the Realm
ever meets this experience, he will
double the penalty on the shipper for
attempting so cheap a swindle.

The Realm has always thought well
of the Credit Clearing House and re-
cent experience leads to the belief that
the good opinion so long held will not
One of the blanks

this organization has been supplying

have to be revised.

its customers uses language not justi-
fied by law, equity or decency. It
threatens prosecution, lega! costs and
imprisonment if indebtedness covered
by the blank is not paid promptly. As
a matter of fact, imprisonment. for
debt (unless fraud is connected there-
with) is not permitted anywhere in
the United States, so that the wording
of this blank comes
hibition of

under the pro-

Government against at-
tempted extortion and blackmail. Be-
lieving that the Credit Clearing House
would be glad to have this illegal fea-
ture of its blank brought to its atten-
tion, the writer recently wrote that
organization as follows:

Grand Rapids, Feb. 17—I have sub-
mitted your blank S P 265 to three
Government officers and related the
circumstances connected with the mail-
ing—that it was mailed by a house
which masquerades under an assumed
name and had sent goods to a Michi-
gan merchant without his giving order
therefor.

All three pronounced the blank un-
mailable under such conditions and
assured me that they would prosecute
the case if I indicated a desire to take
such action.

Because I aim to be
instead of destructive, I
take such action without first com-
municating with you to ascertain 1f
you will not agree to withdraw the use
of such threatening blanks from cheap
Kuykes who send out goods to distant
merchants without order and then use
your blanks as a club to attempt to
extort payment. This practice is ‘pro-
hibited by the laws of Michigan and
it would seem to me that New York
ought to have a similar prohibition.

constructive,
hesitate to

I take this action because I have al-
ways had great respect for the ©. ©.
H. and do not wish to invoke trouble
for vou if it can possible be avoided.

E. A. Stowe.

Within about a week the following
reply was received, conceding that the
contention of the Tradesman that the

blaik was illegal and actionable was
well founded:

New York, Feb. 25—Your February
17 letter has been referred to the writ-
er and I am pleased to advise you that
the particular form was withdrawn
from use quite some time ago. We
had a large supply on hand and our
stenographers were instructed to use
up this supply as second sheets only.
However it is quite evident that we
cannot safely permit this stationery to
be used, even in this manner, and we
are therefore destroying all such forms.

Frederick K. Epp,
Vice-President Credit Clearing House.

The
received by
Kingsley:

letter was
Cash

recently
Store,

following
Mc ore’s

Chicago, Feb. 23—Enclosed find re-
mittance of $1 for return of belts sent
you some time ago. We cannot say
that we agree with your method of
procedure on merchandise shipped you
for inspection. In our case the belts
were shipped you approximately a
week after mailing you a letter stating
they would arrive in a short time. If
you did not wish to open the pacakage
or inspect the merchandise. why did
you receive it? Was it merely to re-
ceive this one dollar? Perhaps, if you
turn this letter over to the Michigan
Tradesman, they will have same print-
ed. Globe Products, Inc.

The writer of the above letter in-
forms the Realm that we have created
so much opposition to the shipment
of unwanted goods into its territory
that it has concluded to abandon the

practice. Tally another victory for the

Realm.

—_~»+.

Who Got the Boodle?
Jackson, Feb. 28—Your editorial
with the caption, Who Got the

Boodle? involves some very interest-
ing questions, as follows:

Who was Secretary of State? Charles
J. Deland.

Who was made Chairman of Re-
publican Central Committee, Kennedy
L. Potter.

What connection was between Pot-
ter and DeLand? They were law
partners before either took office un-
der Groesbeck.

Who owned the Chelsea
plant? Kennedy L. Potter.

Who probably used his former con-
nection to help sell it to Michigan?
Charles J. DeLand.

Who is now building a fourteen
story bank building in Jackson? The
Potter Bank.

Does two plus two equal four?

This is merely a surmise, not based
on facts, talk or guesswork.

cement

The writer merely visions a pos-
sibility.
It may be gross injustice. It may

be unbalanced. But think it over.

One who Hates To See His State
Gyped.

——__-.@-—f———
The Little Boy Knew.

A five-year-old city boy was visiting
The young
farmer and his middle aged, heavy set

a relative in the country.

hired man were building a concrete
The boy watched them placing
stones and pouring concrete into the
After a while he looked up and
“The big man is working. He
He-ought-to-

wall.

form.
Said:
ought to be sitting still.

be-the-boss.”

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Wil) buy your entire stock or part of

stock of shoes, dry goods, clothing, fur-

nishngs. bazaar novelties, furniture, etc.
Late | FVINSOHN. Saginaw Mich

Pay spot cash for clothing and furnish-
ing goods stocks. L. Silberman, 1250
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perform Estate services. In cases coming under my dis-
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Trust company.”

It is the exception rather than the rule for an individ-
ual to be informed about an executor’s duties and the
management of estates. Yet a thorough understanding
of these duties is necessary for proper administration.

An executor should, furthermore, have ample time and
equipment to perform his duties. He should be finan-
cially responsible and prepared to carry out the terms
of a Will without delays or interruptions.

We will be glad to send our booklet ‘*Descent lip

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March 2, 1927

 

MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS.

Bach—Paul Woldt succeeds Woldt
Bros. in the general merchandise and
farm implement business.

Ludington—Mrs. Thomas Kosma,
will open a cigar, confectionery and ice
cream parlor about April 1.

Kalamazoo—Bos & Sagers, dealers
in groceries and meats, 915 South Bur-
dick street, have dissolved partnership.
Co-
Operative Creamery Co. has increased
its capital stock from $18,000 to $30,-
O00,

Detroit—The Detroit Celery & Pro-
1837 West Jefferson avenue,
changed its name to the Becker
& Hourigan Co.

Constantine—The Constantine

uce “o.,

Detroit Creamery
Co. will erect a condensary on Union
to have in
operation within three months.
Ewen—McCormick & Wilcox, hard-
ware dealers, have leased one side of

Sebewaing—The

street which it expects

J. Thomas,
stock of

their store building to B.

who will occupy it with a
groceries.

The Fairgrove State
Bank has been incorporated with an
authorized capital stock of $25,000, all

of which has been subscribed and paid

Fairgrove —

in in cash.
Marquette—Cowell &
3 : ,
opened their fourth clothing and men’s
furnishings goods store at Washing-
J. A. Burns will

Burns have

ton and Third street.
act as manager.

Mt. Morris—The
tile Co. has been incorporated with
an authorized capital stock of $20,000,
$8,000 of subscribed

General Mercan-

which has been
and $4,000 paid in in cash.
Belding—Wm. F. Sandell, 66,

Tuesday, of pneumonia, after a resi-

died

dence here of thirty years. He was

formerly owner of the Sandell banks

here and in New Baltimore.
Carliske—Dick Andringa succeeds

Sierd
will

Andringa Bros. in general trade.
the retiring
the fuel, feed and building
material business at the same location.

Andringa, partner,

continue

Martin—J. F. Edgett, dealer in gro-
merchandise at

ceries and general
Orangeville, has sold his store build-
stock to J. W. Sheffield, re-

Jattle Creek, who has taken

ing and
cently of
possession.
Nashville—W. D.
his furniture stock and leased his store
building to D. D. took

Mr. Feighner will

Feighner has sold
Hess, who
possession March 1.
retire from active business after a
period of 30 years.

Detroit—The Detroit Elevator Erec-

tion & Maintenance Co., 811 Donovan

building, has been incorporated with
an authorized capital stock of $25,000,
$2,500 of which has been subscribed
and paid in in cash.

Ludington—P. C. Hansen has leased

the store building formerly occupied

by S. LeRoy Hannan and will occupy
it with his furniture stock about March
25, when the alterations to the build-
ing will be completed.
Charlevoix—Block & Simmons, 113
Antrim street, has been incorporated
to deal in farm machinery and autos,
with an authorized capital stock of
$7,000, all of which has been subscrib-
ed and paid in in property.
Kalamazoo—The Kalamazoo Maytag

Sales Co., 458 Burdick Bldg., has been
incorporated to sell washing machines,
etc., with an authorized capital stock
of $25,000, $10,000 of which has been
subscribed and paid in in cash.
Saginaw—The Saginaw Dry Clean-
ing Co., Genesee and Ruckle streets,
has been incorporated with an author-
ized capital stock of $2,500, all of
which has been subscribed and paid
in, $500 in cash and $2,000 in property.
The Tecumseh Supply
Co. has been incorporated to deal in
general merchandise .and agricultural
with an authorized capital
stock of $12,500, all of which has been
subscribed and $3,000 paid in in cash.
Grand Rapids—The Tire Sales Co.,
209 Ottawa NM. W.,\ nas
been incorporated to deal in auto tires

Tecumseh

 

supplies,

Inc., street,
and accessories with an authorized
capital stock of $15,000, $1,000 of which
has been subscribed and paid in in
cash.

Pontiac—Leroy D. Holser, Pontiac
plumbing and heating contractor, died
Sunday night in City hospital where
he was taken after police found him

unconscious, in his car in front of his

 

office. He suffered a stroke a apo-
plexy.
Marquette—Dan Carroll, recently of

Port Huron, has engaged in business
at 321 South Front street under the
style of the Dan Carroll Motor Sup-
plies Standard replacement
parts for every make of car will be

Store.

carried.

Detroit—The Richelieu Grocery Co.,
10351 Woodward avenue, has been in-
corporated to conduct a retail grocery
store with an authorized capital stock
of $10,000, all of which has been sub-
scribed and paid in, $5,000 in cash and
$5,000 in property.

Bay Port—The R. L. Gillinham
Fish Co. has merged its business into
a stock company under the style of
the R. L. Gillinham Fishing Co. with
an authorized capital stock of $13,200,
all of which has been subscribed and
paid in in property.

Manistique—Lied’s, Inc., 144 River
street, has been incorporated to deal
in milk and its with an
authorized capital stock of $25,000 and
750 $20 per all of
which has been subscribed and $40,000
paid in in property.

derivatives,

shares at share,

& Walkling,

has

Saginaw—Bank Inc.,
717

porated to deal in automobiles, auto

Federal avenue, been incor-

accessories, etc., with an authorized
capital stock of $50,000, of which
amount $19,500 has been subscribed

and $5,000 paid in in cash.
Morenci—Cline & Awkerman have
merged their lumber, building mater-
ial, etc., into a stock company under
the style of the Cline-Awkerman Lum-
Co., with an authorized capital
stock of $18,000, all of which has been
subscribed and paid in in cash.
Detroit—Pressure Oils, Inc., 1716
Lafayette boulevard, has been incor-
porated ta deal in gasoline, oils and
auto accessories at wholesale and re-
tail, with an authorized capital stock
of $5,000, all of which has been sub-
scribed and $2,000 paid in in cash.

ber

Kalamazoo—The Koestner-Rossman
Corporation, 150 Blaine street, has

been incorporated to deal in automo-

biles, parts, etc., with an authorized
capital stock of $10,000, of which
amount $2,600 has been subscribed and
paid in, $975.89 in cash and $1,624.11
in property.

Holland—The Holland Lumber &
Supply Co., 406 West 16th street, has
merged its business into a stock com-
pany under the same style, with an
authorized capital stock of $100,000,
of which amount $75,000 has been sub-
scribed and paid in, $1,460.18 in cash
and $73,539.82 in property.

Grand Rapids — The Wealthy
Heights Market, 751 Wealthy street,
S. E., groceries and meats, has merged
its business into a stock company un-
der the same style, with an authorized
capital stock of $3,000, all of which
has been subscribed and paid in, $300
in cash and $2,700 in property.

Escanaba—Hansen & Jensen, deal-
ers in oils, gasoline, fish and building
material, have merged their business
into a stock company under the style
of the Hansen & Jensen Oil Co., 225
Ludington street, with an authorized
capital stock of $80,000, all of which
has been subscribed and paid in in
cash.

Charlevoix — Albert E. Mason, 73,
who had conducted a mercantile busi-
ness in Charlevoix for forty-five years,
died here Saturday. One of his last
acts was to send $2 to a woman who
had found the money on his store
counter two months ago, informing her
that as it had not been claimed it was
hers.

Marquette—Anderson & Bennett,
dealers in clothing and men’s furnish-
ings, have dissolved partnership and
the business will be continued by John
W. Bennett, who has taken over the
interest of his partner and will con-
tinue the business under the style of
J. W. Bennett & Son, having admitted
to partnership, his son, Jack.

Manufacturing Matters.
Grand Rapids—J. W. York & Sons,
1600 Division avenue, S. W., has
changed its name to the York Band
Instrument Co.

Grand Rapids—The Willett Mfg.
Co., 1801 Turner avenue, N. W., has
increased its capital stock from $20,000
to $100,000 and 10,000 shares no par
value.

Detroit—The Stratemeyer & Teetzel
Co.. 1000 East Jefferson avenue, manu-
facturer of special furniture, has in-
creased its capital stock from $7,500
to $100,000.

Greenville—The Montcalm Refrig-
erator Corporation has been incorpo-
rated with an authorized capital stock
of $10,000, $1,000 of which has been
subscribed and paid in in cash.

Detroit—The Radiator Dust Cap Co.,
8032 Mack avenue, has been incorpo-
rated with an authorized capital stock
of $50,000, of which amount $12,000
has been subscribed and $6,000 paid in
in cash.

Bay City—H. J. Hunt Show Case
Co., formerly of Detroit, has sold all
its buildings in that city and is now
occupying a plant in this city. The
Bay City plant gives the company
60,000 square feet of manufacturing
space.

Detroit—The Solaray Sales & Man-

ufacturing Corporation, 1323 Lafayette
building, has been incorporated with
an authorized capital stock of $100,000
preferred and 50,000 shares at $1 per
share, all of which has been subscribed
and paid in.

Jackson—William Jacobson, Inc.,
126 West Michigan avenue, has been
incorporated to manufacture women’s
apparef, with an authorized capital
stock of $18,000, $7,500 of which has
been subscribed and paid in, $2,500 in
cash and $5,000 in property.

Adrian—The Anchor Concrete Ma-
chinery Co., has merged its business
into a stock company under the style
of the Anchor Consolidated Concrete
Machinery Corp., with an authorized
capital stock of 50,000 shares at $l a
share, of which amount $1,000 has
been subscribed and paid in in cash.

Detroit—The B. & G. Candy Co.,
110 West Woodbridge street, manu-
facturer and wholesale dealer in candy,
cigars, etc., has merged its business
into a stock company under the same
style, with an authorized capital stock
of $75,000, $50,000 of which has been
subscribed and paid in in property.

—_~++2s—_—_

‘The World’s Richest Man.

It now appears that Henry ford’s
wealth has reached the stupendous to-
tal of $1,500,000,000—not including
his son’s interest in the ford Motor
Co. This far exceeds any other single
man’s possessions in either ancient or
modern times, and represents what his
holdings would bring him in cash. He
is a mechanical, manufacturing, dis-

-tributing and marketing genius such

as the world never before produced.
With his service in providing cheap
and reliable highway transportation
to the world, his usefulness ends, so
far.

Solomon, the richest man of ancient
times, was a versatile man, which Mr.
ford is not. Solomon’s fortune came
from his commercial instinct,
he assiduously cultivated in trade with
Tyre, Phoenicia, the shores of the
Mediterranean and Red Seas. Arabia
and the Nile Valley. But
one side of his life. He was a Hebrew
king, the heir and successor of David:
and was the builder of a great temple
and palace. He was also a judge and

which

that was

an author whose work is immortal.
In his reign the grandeur of war
changed to the glories of peace. The

justice of his judgments has stood
through all the ages since and he has
been recognized everywhere as the
‘vyorid’s wisest man. He was the first
scientist in human history. a collector
of trees and birds and animals. He
was also the founder of Hebrew
architecture and the father of Hebrew
philosophy. But withal he lacked
moral purity. Following his life as a
voluptuary, he wrote Ecclesiastes, af-
ter every form of earthly enioyment
had been his. That great book of the
Bible was his confession of the limita-

tions which surround every human
life. Read it. It is only six pages
long. What will ford’s conclusions

be when he nears his end.
—_—_2 2 >
Caterpillars usually have sixteen legs
and twelve eyes.

 

March 2, 1927

Essential Features of the Grocery
Staples.

Sugar—Jobbers hold cane granulat-
ed at 7c and beet granulated at 6.80c.

Tea—Prices are firm on all grades
and growths and buying is more ac-
tive in the local tea market. The
strength at primary sources is reflect-
ed in firmer quotations on Indias, Cey-
lons and all China greens.

Coffee—Orders are light, but the
tone is steady and there are no quot-
able changes in prices.

Canned Fruits—The movement in
canned fruits showed some betterment.
with California peaches and _ pears
commanding more attention.

Canned Vegetables—The average
jobber appears to be carrying only
comparatively light stocks of  to-
matoes. Some buyers, aware of con-
ditions, have laid in somewhat larger
stocks, however, as prevailing prices
are attractive enough to justify a big
consumption, it is believed. Attrac-
tive offers have been seen in peas with
large blocks reported to be offering by
packers at relatively attractive prices.

Dried Fruits—Trade in the run of
dried fruits showed fair signs of re-
viving in the closing days of last week
when an undertone towards increased
firmness was shown in prunes, raisins,
etc. The market for California prunes
was about 4@'%c per pound higher
while demand for raisins was steady
with a continued steady undertone in
evidence. The outlook in Persian
dates continues to favor a large crop
according to leading factors in the
trade who said that so far no damage
had been reported to the crops, and
while prospects appeared to be good
so far it was too early to actually de-
termine what the extent of the crops
would be. The spring of the year al-
ways develops a good demand for figs.
Last week witnessed advances in
choice and fancies of %4c and stocks
of layer figs were also greatly reduced.

Canned Fish—With the approach of
spring outlets for canned salmon and
other canned fish products are expect-
ed will be stimulated and while but
few buyers have shown any disposition
to anticipate requirements more than
a couple of months ahead it is pretty
generally known that they are more
anxious to lay in supplies which will
tide them over the requirements of the
next few weeks.

Nuts — Enquiries for walnuts and

almonds continued to feature the
market for nuts and _ nutmeats.
Foreign nuts are well maintained
under the light offerings from the
European primary markets. Stocks

of California walnuts have gotten into
smaller compass of late and only a few
varieties are now available. The first
arrival of new crop 1927 Manaos, Bra-
zil nuts is here.

—_+>+ >

Review of the Produce Market.
Apples —- Wagners and Baldwins
command 75c@$1.25 per bu.; Northern
Spys, $2@3; Delicious in boxes, $3.75.
Bagas—Canadian, $1.75 per 100 Ibs.
Bananas—7@74c per Ib.
Beans—Michigan jobbers are quot-
ing as follows:
C, E Pea Beans oss ---$4.90
Light Red Kidney -__---_-_--. 7.90

MICHIGAN

Dark Red Kidney —.----_ 6.90

Beets—$1 per bu. for old; $2 per bu.
for new from Texas.

Butter—The market has declined 2c
per lb. since last report. Jobbers hold
fresh packed at 49c, prints at 50c. June
packed cleared up. They pay 24c for
packing stock.

Cabbage—$3 per 100 Ibs. for old;
$3 per crate for new.

Carrots—$1.25 per bu. for old, $2
per bu. for new from Texas.
Cauliflower—$2.25 per doz.
Celery—Calif. Jumbo, 65c;

Florida, 4 to 6 doz., $3.25.

Cocoanuts—$1 per doz.

Cranberries—$5.10 for Late Howes.

Cucumbers—$3 per doz. for South-
ern hot house.

Eggs—The market has dropped off

Rough

4c per doz. since a week ago. Jobbers
pay 2lc for strictly fresh and sell
storage eggs as follows:

Worl Exteas 2200 20c
Parste 18c
Seconds 2 200 17c
Cracks and Dirties 6.9.20. 16c

Egg Plant—$3 per doz.

Garlic—35c per string for Italian.

Grape Fruit—$3.50@4.25 per crate
for Floridas.

Grapes—Calif. Emperors, $6.50 per
keg.

Green Onions—Chalots, 50c per doz.
bunches.

Lemons—Quotations are now as fol-
lows:

S00 Sunkist 2 $6.00
660 Rea Bay fe 5.50
500 Read Bale 5.00

Lettuce—In good demand on the
following basis:
California Iceberg, 4s, per bu. ~-$3.00
Hot house leaf, per Ib. __________ 15c
Onions—Home grown, $3 per 100
lb. sack; Spanish, $2.50 per crate.
Oranges — Fancy Sunkist California
Navels are now on the following basis:

C0 ee $6.00
Ne 6.75
i ee 6.75
1) es 6.75
ee eee 6.75
CO 6.75
FS eS 6.75
7s, a ES 6.75
Oe 6.75
Ce 6.75

Sunkist Red Ball, 50c cheaper.

Floridas are sold on the following
basis:

LOG ee $5.25
126 22 a 5.50
PO 5.50
176) 5.50
200 5.50
ONG coe 5.50
252 5.00
CoS 5.00
Se 4.75

Parsnips--$1.75 per bu.

Pears—$3.50 per crate for California.

Peppers—Green, 90c per doz.

Pineapples—$6.50 for 24s, 30s and
36s.

Potatoes—$1.10@1.25 per 100 Ibs.

Poultry—Wilson & Company pay as
follows this week:

Heavy fowls (2008800 23c
Tight fowls 2.0022 17c
Springers 4 Ibs. and up —-------- 24c

Radishes—75c per doz. bunches for
hot house.

 

TRADESMAN
Spinach—$1.50 per bu. for Texas
grown.
Sweet Potatoes — $3.25 per hamper
ior Delaware kiln dried.
Tomatoes—Southern stock, $1.50 per
7 lb. basket.

Veal Calves—Wilson & Company
pay as follows:
Raney Joo 18c
Good 2 l6c
Medinet 14c
POOt oe 12c

~~.
Ribbons Are in Demand.

Conditions in the ribbon industry are
showing constant improvement and it
looks as if they will continue so until
after the Easter trade. Mi£lliners are
demanding ribbons of every width and
all the varieties, with a preference for
the grosgrains. Compose effects are
novel and are finding favor as dress
trimming as well as
juncts. Quaint

being shown for

millinery ad-

Colonial patterns are
decoration
items, in the line of lamps, dolls, pil-

lows

interior

sewing bags.

make
belts, especially when made up with
metal buckles. In the belts the widths

and Gay plaids,

Strips atid prints attractive

vary from the very narrow to the very
wide. Taffeta
gaining favor as part of the embel-
lishment on the
Colors in all
those accepted for Spring wear, with
a good sprinkling of navy and black.
2.
Colored Cottons Freely Bought.
Colored

and satin ribbons are

tailored afternoon

dress or coat. follow

cottons are being bought
freely by jobbers, according to market
reports. Manufacturers that
the present spurt of buying will be
sustained during the Spring. They
point out that the buying is not of a
speculative nature, but consists rather
of the filling in of actual needs of job-
bers. These are however,
after the jobbers’ abstinence from buy-

expect

so. great,

ing over so long a period, that the or-
ders reach considerable volume. The
better turn in affairs dates from Jan.
1, some when
buying began with a snap, in contrast
to the usual dullness during the first
week of the year.

manufacturers believe,

Denims especially
have been freely bought, and a general
advance in prices is looked for to fol-
low the lead of the largest producer,
who announced an increase a few days
ago.
—_——_»--.

Retailers Buying Wash Fabrics.

Retailers are placing daily orders of
fair volume for wash fabrics for quick
delivery. Converters’ stocks of celan-
ese voiles, both plain and printed, have
become depleted and orders are now
being placed for April and May deliv-
ery.
English prints in small, neat patterns
in silk
printed silks and cotton cantons, and
also printed and woven rayon cloths.
Flat crepes of popular price which are

There is a steady demand for

and cotton crepes de chine,

washable are meeting with a good re-
ception.
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Youthful Effects in Dresses.
A demand youthful effects in
dresses for

for

the Spring, in

women’s
which such details as the tight-fitting
waistline is emphasized, is

reported

by some manufacturers of afternoon

frocks and evening dresses. Che
Basque effect waistline is favored by
some who insist that the straight-line

Silk ma
‘loth, taffetas
To

tailored

silhouette is losing favor.
terials are preferred to ¢
liked.

cloth in

especially being take the

place of dresses,
faille, flat
it is said,

crepes and other light silks,
will be used.

a) Se
Monument Is Tribute To Famous
Iowa Apple Tree.

Peru, Ia, Feb. 25—An
so famous that
built in tribute to it, stands
orchard of W. B.
tinues to produce apples at the age of
63. It is the parent of all apple trees
of a famous variety. Last
duced more than five bushels of sound,
red five pointed Developed
by accident, the tree has becn kept
thriving by the painstaki
tree surgeons. The
its trunk is periodically rem«¢
replaced with a special concre
The trunk has been rebuilt with
vertebrae, and roots are
for symptoms of old age like a dentist
searches for cavities. When a pioneer
orchardist

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appie

a monument has

11 ce.

been

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apples.

 

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stone

7 +4
the watched

named Hiatt set out a
Belleflower tree in the garden in 1864,
the young plant dwindled |
seedling root remained and was graft
ed to another branch. Che

 

orchard

died

flourished. After Hiatt
ists sponsored a boulder monument in

the park at Winterset, nearby county
seat, to perpetuate his name and _ the
tree developed.
aan?
Training Hens To Lay Eggs Right
in Cases.

San Francisco, Feb. 25—Convinced
that as the bee combs its honey
for shipment, so might the barnyard
chicken crate her own eggs for deliv
ery, Frank Arnold, Petaluma poultry-

- ]
ready

man. announced steps on Thursday
looking toward the education of his
fowl along these lines. Mr. Arnold

has installed a series of tgg case nests
and is testing his theory “with some

good results,” he announced “The
present svstem is primitive,’ he de-
clared. “The nest was originally built
as a hatchery Since the incubator
took its place it merely survives as a
sentimental tradition. Give a hen a
case containing two dozen squares.

1
sne

fill the

and

All that is required is that
} . SAN oat
squares, the eggs are counted
c ,’
ready for market.’

>—---
Neckwear Orders Increasing.

Orders for men’s. neckwear_ tor

Spring are developing nicely, with fur

ther stimulation expected as the time

before Easter grows shorter. The gen

eral trend in the new merchandise 1s

strongly toward novelty effects in both

color and pattern. Jacquard effects

and English foulards are particularly
well thought of and are being actively
purchased now, together with moires,
crepes and mogadores. Stripes and
all-over effects of neat design are out-
standing.
ea a
New Trends in Millinery.

the items in millinery

the peak hairline “helmet” and the

Among new
are
so-called earlap felt turban, which are

being shown in straw and felt effects.

: : : ie a
Some are self trmimed, while others
show feathered pads in high shade
combinations. Some manufacturers

1

report a growing call for large and

medium shaped hats with felt crowns

Milan black

and navy and beige. Flowers are being

and brims in and white

shown on dressy hats to a limited ex-
tent and as yet are very popular.

 

6

AROUND CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

 

Second Lap of a 22,000 Mile Ocean
Trip.

Janeiro, Jan. 30—We had a
pleasant day at Trinidad, arriving at
their port and capital, Port of Spain,
at 7 a.m. Port of Spain is located on
the Gulf of Paria. This gulf is almost
surrounded by Trinidad on the East
and South America on the West, with
a narrow entrance between the two
points of land. On the North this
entrance is called the Dragon’s Mouth
and on the South entrance, also be-
tween two narrow points of land, is
called the Serpent’s Mouth.

Rio de

The island of Trinidad is almost
square, being twenty-five miles long
and twenty-four miles wide. It has

an area of 1863 square miles and a
population of 391,000. Port of Spain
has a population of 70,000. Their trade
is heaviest with the United States in
both imports and exports. Their im-
ports from the States in’ 1925 was $3,-
935.178 and exports to the States, $5,-
370,219.

It is an English island and has a
governor appointed by England, who
is also governor of the adjacent small
island of Tobago. The great ashphalt
lake, 110 acres in extent, on the island
is immensely valuable and
exhaustible, from which last vear the
island derived a revenue of $300,000.

seems in-

Thev have a few oil wells and have
great hopes of finding oil in large
quantities. They raise all the tropical
crops, bananas, cocoa, sugar cane,

copra, nutmeg, etc. They have docks,
but only for small steamers. We
landed by tender in three divisions.
We had received our automobile num-
ber and luncheon ticket before leaving
the ship. On the dock our automobiles
were lined up and we were taken on
a ten mile drive. All of these South-
ern islands are hilly and we were
taken out over Saddle Mountain, a
drive somewhat like John Ball Park
drive, except we were driven through
plantations where they raise the above
mentioned products. They have good
roads and the natives almost lined the
sides of the road, selling branches of
coffee, vanilla beans, etc. The chil-
dren, mostly in their birthday suits,
scrambled for pennies.

On this elevated land, two or three
hundred feet above the city, there are
numerous ‘homes of the well-to-do.
The most beautiful spot on the drive
was the water works, fixed up much
like our fish hatchery at home, only
a little more elaborate and formal in
its design. The streets of the city are
clean, of good width and the business
houses are of cement construction
solidly built for warm weather. They
have a fine park and the governor's
residence is a fine building located in
a ten acre garden with all kinds of
flowers and shrubs. They have a fine
court house in red concrete which they
call the Red House.

We were taken to the Queen’s Park
Hotel for lunch, which was a good one,
the hotel having been built for the
climate, high ceilings and open rooms,
covering about an acre of ground. In
the afternoon we strolled around the
citv or rode around if we preferred,
and embarked for the ship at 4:30 and
left the harbor at 5 for our seven day
trip to Rio de Janeiro.

One of our evening diversions on
ship was a horse race. They had a
space on “E” deck about 200 feet long
and sixteen feet wide. This space was
marked out with a circular track about
three feet wide. The horses, six of
them, were cut out of pasteboard.
Both horse and rider were painted on
them, with small wooden
hold them. They were named after
prominent race horses. Three of the
small elevator bovs were dressed up
as jockeys with different colored caps
and suits. Each horse had a number
and two ladies sitting at the end of
the track threw dice, the number show-

Ver |
disks to

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ing upon the left being the number of
the horse and the number on the right
the space the jockey was to move that
horse forward. It was quite interest-
ing to see how the numbers showed
up.

Before leaving home some friends of
ours said, “How can you put in the
time on such a long water cruise?”
Well, here is a sample day for some
of us: Into the plunge at 8, breakfast
at 9, shuffle board at 10, bridge at 11,
lunch at 12:30, read or loaf until 3 or 4,
then bridge or shuffle board or walk-
ing until 6:30, when the gong rings
and some of us put on our tuxedos for
7 o'clock dinner. At 8:30 most of the
nights we have a lantern slide lecture
on the countries we are to visit or a
movie and every night dancing on
deck. The entertainment committee
have been at work and have posted up
notices for passengers to enter for a
tournament in bull board, deck quoits,
shuffle board and bridge and _ pas-
sengers are all busy looking up the
parties with whom they are to play.

The steady trade wind continually
blowing from the East is delightful.
On the 26th we passed the equator
and Neptune and his retinue dressed
as sea dragons hailed the Captain from
bow of ship and read a proclamation
to the passengers, welcoming them to
his domain. After a march around the
eck thev stopped at the deck swim-
ing pool where the names of some
the passengers who were already
in their bathing suits were called off.
They came forward, were formally
welcomed by Neptune, were then ex-
amined by Neptune’s doctor, given a
lather of paste all over their heads and
shoulders and were then shaved by
Neptune’s barber with a big wooden
razor and then ducked into the pool,
making a lot of fun for everybody.

We passed within 500 feet of a sister
ship of the Royal Mail Line, Arlanza,
out from Rio bound Noith. The av-
erage speed of the ship is 360 miles
per day. The fastest twenty-four hour
run so far 391 miles, the slowest 334.
Until noon of the 27th our course
from Trinidad was very little South
of East to get around the hump of
South America, which is about 2280
miles East of New York City. We
could see the shore of Brazil and were
opposite their Port of Pernambuco.
We look at Brazil on the map and do
not realize how large it is. It has an
area of 3,276,358 square miles. The
United States hzs an area of 3,743,529
square miles, but if you exclude from
the United States its outside posses-
sions it has only 3,026,789 square
miles. so Brazil is larger in area. The
United States has a population of one
hundred and thirteen million and
Brazil thirty million. Its trade with
the United States in 1925 was imports
$80 590,000; its exports. $198,546,009;
in other words, they sell us two and
two-fifths times as much as they buy
from us. Brazil provides in one of its
states, Sao Paulo, four-fifths of the
world’s coffee supply. ranks fourth
amon cane sugar producing countries.
produced in 1925 three millions in gold
and is a laree producer of rubber. But
a small part of the rich agricultural
land has been brought under cultiva-
tion and her mineral has but little de-
velopme>t.

I do not like to repeat things I
wrote about in mv _ Laconia letters,
but as tips are one of the important
things I am going to repeat. On a
long trip like this the proper thing to
do is to settle weekly and a ratio
which seems fair to the stewards from
the conductors of these cruises is as
follows:

$2.50 for table steward

$1.50 for stateroom steward.

$1 for bath room steward.

$1 for deck steward.

The different lounges and smoking
rooms where coffee is served after
lunch and dinner, 50c per week. My
svmpathv is with the stewards for
they feel that when people take a trip
like this they can afford it or they

 

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March 2, 1927

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would not come. Travelers know
that tipping is a custom as old as the
hills and yet I heard two or three
stewards complaining that some of the
people they waited on at the table were
so cranky that nothing suited them, yet
they had not given a cent to them and
there is no way a steward can get
even, for the boat line insist that the
service be maintained. Anyone who
tries to economize by taking it from
the poor steward must have an awful-
ly small soul.

Last night everybody was interested
in picking out the Southern Cross in
the heavens. To-day, as usual, we
had issued to us a printed program of
all we were to see in Rio, together with
an automobile ticket and a hotel lunch-
eon ticket. We also had the Ameri-
can Express Co., which has some six
or eight men on board, exchange some
of our American money for Brazilian,
their unit of value being milries, worth
15 cents in our money. Their small
coins are reis and we get 1,000 of them
for 15 cents.

The news received by wireless from
all over the world is posted up every
day. Yesterday when it was 8 above
in New York and the remainder of the
North we were sitting on deck with
the thermometer at 75. I remember
as a young man when Dom Pedro was

_at the head of the Brazilian govern-

ment he sent to the United States for
some one to organize their school sys-
tem and a cousin of mine, a Miss
Chamberlain, was selected. She went
to Brazil, organized the school system
on American lines and spent the re-
mainder of her life there. For her
life’s work she received a pension, but
had to live in Brazil to receive it.

In my reading I found that the
Brazjlian law prohibits capital pun-
ishment, except in military trials, but
persons convicted are imprisoned from
twelve to thirty years. Brazil was dis-
covered by Cabral, a Portuguese navi-
gator, in 1500. He immediately claim-
ed possession for the King of Portu-
gal. The constitution of Brazil for-
bids annexation of foreign territory.
Brazil is one of the twenty-six coun-
tries in which the Health Board of
Rockafellow Foundation is co-operat-
ing with the government. Their city
tax is calculated by the amount of
revenue the property brings in. Their
code of laws allows a divorce, but
neither party can remarry as long as
the other lives. Police are not allowed
to handcuff prisoners, no matter how
dangerous they are. I can see no
sense in such a law. Brazilian people
were originally Portuguese, but now
have a large mixture of Indian blood.
The offspring of the marriage of the
early settlers with Indian women are
what is known as Namelucos.

C. C. Follmer.

—_2-+.___
First Official Letter To Michigan
Hardware Dealers.

Nashville, March 1—Here’s a new
one; that is, a letter from your NEW
President who like all presidents who
have preceded him, appreciates the
honor you have conferred, recognizes
the responsibility, and is anxious to
know what he can do to make 1927 the
most successful year in our Associa-
tion’s history.

Those who were present know, and
to those who were not, I can truthfully
state that the convention recently held
was the most successful we have ever
had, and that speaks volumes for the
service rendered by your officers and
the loyalty shown by the membership.
The addresses were the most practical,
illuminating and helpful, I believe, as
a whole, that we have ever listened to
and sets a new high mark for the
future.

We have now completed our in-
ventory, brought slow sellers to the
front, arranged our stock and are get-
ting in new goods ready for Spring
business. Let us not be pessimistic
and buy too. sparinely, nor too
optimistic and buy too freely, but with
true courage, believe we are to have

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good business this year and then
hustle to prove it.

I call attention briefly to recent re-
ports showing the disturbed financial
condition relative to the handling of
installment selling paper and ask that
you govern yourselves accordingly for
your own good.

Make free to ask for advice or in-
formation from the Secretary’s office
and do not hesitate to take_advantage
of the wonderful assistance that is
being rendered by our Field Secretary,
Mr. Nelson: in fact, use the Associa-
tion; that is what it is for.

Get your insurance through the As-
sociation and save 50 per cent. Mail
in your accounts; it may be the As-
sociation can collect some which you
cannot.

Remember the meeting of the Na-
tional Association, which we entertain
the last week in June at Mackinac
Island. Make this your vacation and
show what the Michigan Association
can do. Lastly. if you have any
troubles you would like to tell me, I
shall be more than glad to hear from
you. GC. L. Glasgow Eres.

———__. +...
Corporations Wound Up.

The following Michigan corpora-
tions have recently filed notices of dis-
solution with the Secretary of State:
Home Properties Co., Detroit.

John A. Spencer Lumber Co., Detroit.
Congress Investment Co., Detroit.
Allen & Folger, Grand Rapids.

C. L. Monger Co., Marshall.
Standard Lumber Corp., Detroit.
Service & Engineering Co. Port
Huron.

Monarch Home Building Co., Detroit.
Koppers Co., Detroit.

Gwinn Lumber Co., Ishpeming.
Chesaning Milling Co., Chesaning.
Professional Operating Co., Grand

Rapids.

Chambers Painting & Decorating Co.,

Detroit.

Muer Land Co., Detroit.

Home Builders Catalog Co., Detroit.

Presto Chemical Co., Detroit.

Furniture City Wood Finishing Co.,
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8

PLIGHT OF EASTERN MILLS.

This week at Fall River, Mass., there
is to be an auction sale of the com-
plete equipment of a cotton goods mill
having over 72,000 spindles. The con-
cern is in liquidation. A few days ago
Governor Fuller, of that State, sent
an enquiry to the Mayors of twenty-
seven cities and to the boards of select-
men of forty-three towns, asking
whether they would consider it desir-
able for him to call a conference for
a free discussion of the problems of
the textile industry in the Common-
wealth. He added that he did not
think Massachusetts was “nearly as
bad off as some people seemed to
think,” but he believed that “there is
much that could and should be done.”
In New Hampshire the Legislature is
struggling with several propositions
looking to the relief of big textile mills
from what is declared to be excessive
taxation, while the Massachusetts law-
makers are being urged to modify the
All of these
happenings are correlated. They in-
dicate that the textile industry in sev-
eral, if not all, of the New England
states is under a handicap as compared
with conditions in the Southern states.
Additional testimony to the same ef-
fect is furnished by the annual reports
of many of the mills, especially those
turning out cotton goods. As signi-
ficant also is the establishment of cot-
ton mills in Southern states, which has
going on for some years. In

women’s working hours.

been
most instances these are put up by
New England concerns and in a num-
ber of cases plants have been disman-
tled up North and the machinery ship-
ped down South, there to be set up.
Already the amount of cotton con-
sumed in Southern mills exceeds that
used in the New England ones.

At first it was only the coarser and
heavier constructions that were man-
ufactured down South. Recently, how-
ever, a much greater variety of fabrics
has been turned out, many of them
competing actively for favor with sim-
ilar ones made in New England. The
South has some natural advantages.
Its mills are nearer the sources of sup-
ply of the raw material, most of the
machinery used is newer and more
modern than quite a lot of that still
unscrapped in New England, and the
industry has been singularly free from
the labor troubles of the last-named
section. Its wage scale is lower than
the one in operation in Eastern mills,
the hours of work are longer and, in
some notable instances, there is not
the check on the employment of wom-
en and child labor which there is in
Northern states. Neither is there the
disposition on the part of the State
governments down South to overtax
the industries that may be established
there. In fact, the inclination is to
oer all kinds of inducements to bring
industries in. If the South were a
foreign country there would be the
st-ongest of efforts by New England
mills to put a tariff on its cotton goods,
which really offer more competition
than do many of the imported ones.
™-+¢ this, of course, is impossible under

‘he circumstances. In the fine and

fancy cottons New England still has
the supremacy, owing, perhaps, to bet-

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ter craftsmanship. But its burdens
are becoming more evident in other di-
rections and they are a great handicap
to continued operation.

 

COTTON AND COTTON GOODS.
As the time approaches for the is-
suance of the final ginning figures of
last year’s crop there continues a mark-
ed degree of firmness in the quotations
of cotton. Familiarity with the no-
tion of a record crop seems to have
deprived it of the earlier apprehen-
sions concerning it. The efforts, too,
for increasing the uses of cotton are
inspiring holders with more confidence
than they had when the size of the
crop was first apparent. In this coun-
try each month since last July has
shown a larger consumption of the
raw material than in the correspond-
ing periods, a year before, and the
same is true of most of the foreign
countries in which cotton manufactur-
ing is an important industry. The in-
dications here all point to an excep-
tionally large use of cotton in dresses
this year. Sales of prints and colored
cottons continue large and deliveries
asked for at times tax the facilities of
mills and converters. Rayon mixtures
have taking very Gray
goods were rather inactive during the
week just closed, but prices were well
maintained and the belief is general
that the dullness is merely temporary.
In the heavier cotton goods there is
a possibility of some price advances
if the demand keeps up. The situation
in hosiery is improving with orders
for spring goods calling for immediate
delivery. Sweaters are also moving
fairly well. In knit underwear there
has been lately more call for light-
weights, while orders for fall goods
have been rather intermittent because
of the hope of buyers that they can
get better terms by waiting. They
may, however, be deceived in this.

been well.

 

WOOLS AND WOOLENS.
In Melbourne, Australia and Auck-
land, New Zealand, other
places, sales of wool at auction have

among

been taking place during the past week.
For the Australian wools the demand
came mostly Continental and
Japanese buyers. This country was
represented at the Auckland sales. No
material change in prices was reported,
existing levels was

from

but firmness in
demonstrated. In this country a fair
amount of wool has been contracted
for in advance of shearing, which has
started in some places. Probably one-
fifth of the clip has been put under
contract. Prices of wool in this coun-
try are said to be under the parity of
those abroad, but the actual amount
of trading still is limited. It will prob-
ably remain so until the exigencies of
the mills call for the purchase of more
supplies. On Monday last the Amer-
ican Woolen Company opened up its
fancy woolens and worsteds, complet-
ing its offerings of men’s wear fabrics
for fall. The changes in price were
not material. Other factors in the
trade have been making their showings
until practically all of them are now
before the trade. Thus far the re-
sponses have not been very pronounc-
ed, although some mills producing
specialties report a fair amount of

TRADESMAN
business. A quickening of activity Is
expected in the course of the coming
fortnight. A certain amount of dress
goods for fall is already available, but
the remaining offerings of women’s
wear fabrics will not be shown for
Certain of them are not
offered until near the

some time.
hkely to be
end of March.

 

WHEN IS A MAN DRUNK?

After a thorough investigation, the
British Medical Association has pub-
lished its answer to the important
question, “When is a man drunk?”

The question was raised over a year
ago, when certain eminent citizens,
charged with being drunk, protested
that the police methods of determining
inebriety were fallacious. They con-
tended that walking a chalk line, pick-
ing up a pin from the floor or repeat-
ing a sentence loaded with consonants
did not offer infallible evidence of
drunkeness, entirely sober
man, suffering from a nervous affec-
tion, would fail in these tests if called
upon to undergo them in the presence
of skeptical policemen in a_ station
house. In the official opinion of the
British medical men drunkenness can-
not be measured by any definite stan-
dard, since “the word drunk should
be taken to mean that the person ac-
cused is so much under the influence
of alcohol as to have lost control of
his faculties to such an extent as to
render him unable to execute safely
the occupation in which he is engaged
at a material time.”

This definition is bound to puzzle
policemen all the more. It was much
more succinctly expressed by the com-
mander of an American man-of-war
back in the eighties. When his execu-
tive officer was charged with being
drunk because he talked incoherently,
waved his hand about his head and
hurrahed for himself, the indignant
captain decided that “no man would be
considered as drunk aboard a ship he
commanded so long as that man could
raise his hand to his mouth.” British
policemen will find this definition
much more easy to understand than
that of the British Medical Association.

since an

 

A NATIONAL SHRINE.

The design of the New York City
organization of the Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution to make Fraunces’s
Tavern a National shrine should com-
mand the good offices of all New
Yorkers. In its day it was the most
noted gathering place in the city, and
of all such places in the past it is the
best remembered. There Washington
had his final headquarters, and there,
in the famous long room, he delivered
his farewell address to the officers of
the Continental Army in 1783. While
there are a number of Revoluntionary
relics in the building now, there is
plenty of room for still more, and the
building should be set aside for the
purpose of housing them forever. New
York has been altogether too careless
about preserving its historic sites and
memories. Philadelphia and Boston
have been far more wise than New
York City has been.

 

When ignorance is bliss it is folly
to ask questions.

March 2, 1927

PIECEMEAL BUYING.

In Chicago during the past week
retailers had discussions about the
present buying methods. They did not
like the term ‘“hand-to-mouth” as ap-
plied to these and would wish to sub-
stitute something more dignified, such
as “prudent” buying or buying “for
The trouble about the
matter is that the term is the matter
of least consequence, the method of
buying being the subject of criticism
by vendors. There is no doubt what-
ever but that the habit of cautious
buying has become a fixed one. Car-
ried to its extreme, it would force pro-
ducers or wholesalers to be prepared
to meet all demands at a moment’s
notice, and this implies unstinted pro-
duction restrained only by the pro-
ducer’s judgment of the probable fu-
ture demand. He would have to take
all the chances of a bad season, while
the retailer would be amply protected
by not ordering anything until he had
a customer for it. But a satisfactory
or continuing trade cannot be carried
on in this way. It would be bad enough
in the case of textile fabrics which are
more or less staple, but even as to
them the tying up of capital and the
carrying charges would be a great
drain. Worse still would be the condi-
tions where the goods made are season-
al in character and the style element
is a prime factor. Such merchandise
would become unsalable after a short
period and be virtually a total loss
to the producer. There ought to be
established some kind of a live-and-
let-live policy fairly protective of the
interests of seller and buyer.

present needs.”

 

FULL SPEED AHEAD.
When we wish to make a compari-
progress we usually
choose a date preceding 1900 to place
beside our own glorious day. But it
is not necessary to go further back
than the beginning of the present cen-
tury in order to obtain an idea of the
speed at which the world is traveling
in this respect.

In the year that rounded out the
nineteenth century, as Dr.. Harrison
kK. Howe said in an address recently,
there were no such words as “radio,”
“aviator.” Doctors had
not heard of insulin’ or salvarsan.
Horse cars were to be seen in many

son showing

“movie’ or

cities. Coal tar dyes were not pro-
duced in ‘this country. What will
strike most readers as still more

strange, it was not known that typhoid
fever and cholera came from germs
in unclean water or milk. Radium had
not been used in the treatment of can-
cer. Life was being lengthened, but
how much more was possible in this
direction is indicated by the fact that
since 1900 infant mortality has been
reduced 60 per cent—more than cut in
two.

Placing no small part of this ad-
vance to the credit of chemistry, Dr.
Howe attributes the steady lengthening
of life to the close co-operation which
exists between research chemists and
practicing physicians. Our insistence
upon practicality is sometimes mis-
placed, but it has its benefits in our
eagerness to turn the results of scien-
tific research into longer and better
living.

 

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March 2, 1927

PORCH REVELATIONS.

 

Striking Impressions Which Appeal
To the Senses.

President McKinley,
presidential campaigns, delivered his
utterances to American citizens from
his porch and these deliverances gave
character to the campaigns. As I sat
upon our porch the other morning and
read from Mark Sullivan’s “Our
Times” about the incidents of these
political situations in which he _ por-
trayed some of the McKinley declara-
tions, my reverie took the form of a
study and I said to myself, “I do not

during two

want to read any more. 1 am not
sleepy and [I will just give myself up
to impressions which are made upon
me by the things which appeal to my
senses while I am comfortably sitting
in a rocking chair. Possibly a simple
account of this may not be uninter-
esting to the clientele of the Trades-
man.

A redheaded woodpecker dropped
suddenly on the ground under the oak
tree and, looking up to me to see if
I would notice him, .he_ scratched
around on the ground and finally pick-
ed up an acorn took it in his beak, gave
me a glance of recognition, said fare-
well and flew to a telephone pole not
far away. I watched him inserting the
acorn in a hole he had previously made
in a cedar pole. He tucked it away
deftly and then, with a note of satis-
I suppose some
time when acorns are not abundant
and he is hungry he will return to his

morsel so carefully stored away.

faction, flew away.

Two blue-jays flew into the little
camphor tree on the lawn and _ first
one and then another came up on the
walk and looked at me and scolded and
told each other stories about me and
then began to hunt their food in the
grass and under the trees, keeping a
close eye on me and acknowledging
my presence in their foreground by an
occasional rasping note and_ belliger-
ent attitude. I watched them with a
keen interest because they were so
human in their relationships to each
other, and I noted their way of driv-
ing away other birds from what they
evidently regarded as their own field
of investigation and activity. While
watching them there came into a loquat
tree very quickly and with a little
note of happiness a pair of mocking
They making love to
each other and were perfectly oblivi-
ous of my presence. They were not
on dress parade. They were just hav-
ing a good time and exhibiting cour-
tesy and thoughtfulness which com-
manded my sympathy and admiration.
The male bird flew up to a command-
ing position and began his wonderful
range of notes which evidently were
intended for his beloved, but fell upon
my ears, giving me great delight anJ
at once I became the admiring
auditor.

birds. were

T looked upon the boles of the great
oak trees and I could from the lichens
make quite wonderful pictures of vari-
ous things the imagination would call
up. ~hese lower forms of life assume
very attractive habits of developmen:
an? growth and even without a micro-

 

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scope give sicasure to the eye whicn
recognizes and admires form and
color.

These live oaks are wonderful trees.
They are examples of strength, sym-
metry, beauty, rapid growth and ag-
gressive habits. They give character
to the street and awaken an apprecia-
tion of majesty in arboreal growth.
The camphor trees in the yard are
beantiful. The tint of green appeals
to the eye and the odor, particularly
when there is moisture in the air, gives
a keen pleasure to the olfactory nerves.
A magnolia stands in the corner of
the yard. It does not have a fair
chance on account of the uncompro-
mising attitude of the oaks, but it is
doing its level best to acquire sym-
metry of form and through the won-
derful luster of its leaves adds its in-
crement to the beauty of the land-
scape.

A flock of pigeons drop into the
highway, looking for something to eat
and exhibit very interesting ways in
the treatment of each other and in
their rapid movements and quick eyes
in picking bits of food, the seeking of
which is their leading occupation.
While watching them I noted a spider
weaving its web between the balusters
which are a part of the frame work of
the porch. His rapidity of movements
in the processes of weaving and the
perfection of the web attracted my at-
tention for some time and I wondered
at his knowledge of architecture and
his wisdom in practical construction,
having in mind evidently the future en-
tertainment of flies and gnats in his
parlor. While absorbed in my obser-
vation of this piece of building, a chat-
ter from the ground at the end of the
porch demanded my attention and a
squirrel evidently desired to enter
into conversation with me. He looked
up and with quick movements attract-
ed my attention, uttering little jargons
of merriment and then scampered
away, wondering if I would be
naughty to him while he looked at me
again and decided that I was a friend
and not an enemy. He scampered up
the bole of the oak and out upon the
limb and jumped from one limb to
another and then came back into my
presence and said, as plainly as a
squirrel could say, “Isn’t that a lovely
trick? Don’t you like to see me?
show your appreciation
some way?” And I left my chair and
stirred around among the leaves under
the tree and found two or three acorns
and left them upon the cement walk
and assumed my _ position in the
rocker again. Very came
back, found the nuts and one by one
opened the shell and devoured the
kernels expressing his gratitude in no
uncertain way for my_ thoughtful
kindness.

Can't you

soon he

The passing of automobiles on the
street attracted my attention and I
saw exhibitions of human nature which
I felt were open to severe criticism.
The unnecessary tooting of the horn,
the desire to go by another slower
moving vehicle, not because of hurry,
but just for the satisfaction of getting
by; the noisy opening of the throttle
—whatever that is—and adding to the

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misery of people in way of nuisances
of sound as well as of sight and smell.
The drivers whip around the corner
at a terrible rate, without any con-
sideration for pedestrians only show-
ing their fault-finding ways by utter-
ing ugly sounds with their horns, say-
ing to everybody, “I am cock of te
walk, get out of my way or I will run
over you.”

A bevy of colored children, little
boys and girls, because the city fur-
nishes them with no other place for
diversion, occupy the highway along
the side of our house.
nocent little people, trying to get hap-
piness out of life and these rapid go-

They are in-

ing automobiles, driven by thought-
less and careless people, infringe up-
on their rights and I sympathize with
them when they shake their fists at
the chauffeurs who disturb their joys.
I watch with great interest the colored
men and women who pass by from
their modest homes not far from our
neighborhood. My porch revelation
came at a time when they were re-
turning to work.
ways look up hungry for a bit ot
recognition which I gladly give and
which it seemed to me caused them

They almost al-

to step more quickly and lose some-
thing of the tired feeling which was
expressed in their gait and attitude.
They
have a friendly word for each other

They are almost always jolly.

and I rarely have witnessed any ugly
expression or any neglect of the or-
dinary amenities of life.

While noting all of these various
things, a noise in the air called my
attention to an airplane overhead and
another following it, and I looked up
through the open space of the trees
and I saw a manifestation of imita-
tion which attracted me at once, for
buzzards were in the air at about the
same heighth as the airplanes and
from my viewpoint it seemed that they
were imitating the invention of man
and possibly objecting to the invasion
of what they recognized as their own
domain; and I thought back for a mo-
ment to an expression of a friend of
mine thirty years ago when we sat
watching the evolution of two spar-
row-hawks and he said to me, “One of
these days when I get time, I am going
to invent a machine that will be
formed upon the architecture of those
birds and I am going to fly just as
they are doing.”
journing with me at our house, during
this period of rest and I recalled this
to him a day or two ago when he

This man is now so-

said, “I never had time to do it, but
somebody else has and you see the re-
sults of it. My vision was correct and
man is following the method of the
birds in traversing the sky.”

What fun I had watching the clouds.
Billows of clouds passed over the
trees and piled up in
beautiful forms and I recalled the ex-
pression of that celebrated landscape
critic, William Robinson, of England,
when he said, “There is nothing more
beautiful anywhere than the delicate
outlines of cloud bodies and we can
find our models there for the expres-
sion of the art in landscape models.”

The children on their roller skates

wonderously

9

passing to and fro upon the sidewalk
are attractive features in my land-
scape and I watch with delight the
expression of child nature in their
treatment of each other, their pride in
attainment and their marvelous ex-
hibition of ease and graceful move-
ment as they pass and repass in front
of my porch and vie with each other
in their graceful evolutions. I love to
watch children at play and while I
sat there a bevy of little people oc-
cupied the rear of the lot across the
street in all sorts of childish plays,
exhibiting initiative and activity that
commanded my attention and admira-
tion. What examples of happiness and
what joy we see in childhood’s play
and what satisfaction comes to grown
ups in showing their appreciation of
a child’s love of play by contributing
to their enjoyment in giving them
open fields for their activities and add-
ing to their enjoyment by furnishing
accompaniments that they take great
pleasure in; and as I see these children
at play I wonder that the town in
which I am residing does not give
more attention to meeting the desires
of childhood, rather than expending
their attention upon the entertainment
I think the values in re-
turn will be greater for thoughtful
kindness in the interest of childhood
affability

of tourists.

than in administration of
toward the tourist group.

I recalled, while watching a _ pair
of dogs at play across the street, that
interesting poem, “The Twa Dogs”
and I obtained real pleasure by fol-
lowing the antics of these two little
fellows in their relationship to each
other. One of them, a curly fellow,
was an old dog and, had evidently

liked to

caper about and give vent to his ex-

passed the days when he
The younger
one would play and caper about the
older canine, striving to attract his

uberance of expression.

attention and seeking his acknowl-

edgement in play without success;
then he went out into the street and
pawed away and finally unearthed a
bone; took it up in front of his com-
panion and gnawed away upon it and
tried his level best to attract his sym-
pathy and interest and play with him.
It was only after impressing the older
dog that he had really found some-
thing that was worth while that he
slowly raised up and came into the
companionship of the younger fellow
and tried to share his bone. I was
very happy over the success of the
younger dog in finally engaging his
companion in actual play upon the
street.

While watching the dogs and the
children and the roller skaters a group
of minstrels came by with their ad
vertisement designs and a band. I
was attracted by the people coming to
the doors all along the line and watch-
ing this exhibition of minstrelsy and
listening to the playing of the band
and this event added excitement, giv-
ing a bit of satisfaction to life along
the way. What a fortunate attitude
of mind it is to be willing to receive
edification from little passing events
which in themselves are of no great
meaning, but which can be made to

 

10

contribute in a beautiful way to our
satisfactions and all we need is a will-
ingness to accept these suggestions as
factors in human happiness. I really
had a mighty good time watching the
influence of the music upon every-
body reached by the sound. The col-
ored maid in the door kept time with
the music. The people passing on the
sidewalk stepped in accord with the
musical pulsations; the children on the
street stopped their play and mimicked
the action of the drum major; the
player of the trombone, the vigorous
movements of the manipulator of the
big drum and cymbals and everything
was activity and expressive of joy
while the procession was passing by.
It stirred my own blood and I moved
in my rocking chair and felt like get-
ting up and becoming a part of the
movement expressed by others in some
demonstration of my own that would
keep time with the pulsations of the
music.

There was another thing that at-
tracted my attention which perhaps is
not a comely thing to talk about and
vet it was a part of this hour of ob-
servation. I watched a group of peo-
ple as they passed on the sidewalk
and it was mighty interesting. A
slouchy movement on the part of a girl
pedestrian was followed by a prim and
courtly attitude as expressed by an-
other and I could see in the character
of movement an expression of inner
1ature in almost everyone of the walk-
ers and I at once assumed an attitude
of criticism, as girls and women went
by and I noted that their gait was
modified by the type of foot gear. It
is absolutely impossible.for a woman
to be easy and natural and attractive
in her movements while walking, if she
is hampered by high heels upon her
shoes. Ease of movement and natural-
ness cannot be assumed with this im-
pediment and if I were a woman, if
for no other reason than for desire to
assume an attractive gait upon the
streets, I would select my foot gear in
the interest of poetry in motion, rather
than servile subservience to fashion.

While meditating thus, I murmured

to myself the Burns quotation:

Oh, Wad some power the gifts gie us,
To see oursels as ithers see us,
It wad frae mony a blunder free us,
and foolish notion,
What airs of dress and esait wad le us,
and e'’en devotion.

Just while I was meditating upon
this phase of humanity and the expres-
sion of beautiful or hampered move-
ments when people were simply acting
natural, the mail man came and my
reverie and philosophizing immediately
gave way to the desire for the kindly
words of friends as expressed in their
missives which were handed me and
that is why I stop right here.

Charles W. Garfield.
—_—_> ++ ____

The Test of Old Age.
Age is a quality of mind.
If you have left your dreams behind,
If hope is cold,
If you no longer lock ahead,
If your ambition’s fires are dead,
Then you are old.

But if from life you take the best,

And if in life you keep the jest—

If love you hold—

No matter how the years go by,

No matter how the birthdays fly,
You are not old.

MICHIGAN

REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS.

 

Sierd Andringa, General Merchant at
Carlisle.

Sierd Andringa was born in the
province of Vriesland, Netherlands,
June 19, 1886.
America when he was five years old
and located in Byron township, Kent
county. He attended public school un-
til he was fourteen, after which he

His parents came to

worked on a farm for two years. He
then entered the employ of N. J. Lan-
inga, who was then conducting a store
at Carlisle, at a salary of $2 per week.
At the end of four and one-half years
he bought out his employer, which
happened to be seventeen years ago
to-day. Twelve years ago he sold an
interest in the business to his brother,
Dick, since which time it has been
conducted under the name of Andrin-
ga Brothers. The firm has now been
dissolved by Sierd selling his interest
in the general stock to his brother,
Dick, and he taking over the fuel, feed
and building material business, which
he will continue under his own name.

Mr. Andringa was married thirteen
years ago to-day to Miss Ida Sher-
ington, of Byron township. They have
three children—two boys and one girl
~and reside in their own home at
Carlisle.

Mr. Andringa is a member of the
Carlisle U. B. church; a director of
the School Board of his district;
President of the Byron Center State
Bank and Secretary of the Grand Rap-
ids Wholesale Grocery Co. His hobby
is fishing and automobiling. He at-
tributes his success to strict attention
to business.

Mr. Andringa prides himself on the
fact that he subscribed for the Trades-
man while he was a store clerk, over
twenty years ago, and that he has
never missed reading a single copy
of the paper since that time. He very
generously attributes much of the suc-
cess which has attended his career to
the advice and assistance he has re-
ceived from his favorite trade journal,
which he proposes to keep as a con-
stant companion as long as he lives.

If anyone is laboring under the im-
pression that Mr. Andringa attained
his present position by leaps and
bounds or by some stroke of luck, he
has another guess coming. Mr. An-
dringa accomplished his achievement
by dint of hard labor, steadily and
continuously applied for over twenty
years. He put in long hours during
the day and_ devoted his evenings
largely to the work of reviewing the
events of the day that had passed and
planning the things he had to do dur-
ing the day to come. Such a pro-
gramme, steadfastly observed for a
score of years, could have but one re-
sult—a well rounded life and some-
thing tangible to show for its exist-
ence.

Mr. Andringa stands well among
the people who have known him since
he was a child and is always welcome
to every business house with which
he has ever had any relations.

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TRADESMAN 11

 

SHOE MARKET

Speed Up Men’s Business With Sum-
merweight Shoes.

From a number of the important
factories producing men’s shoes comes
the news that orders for the various
summerweight styles which they are
showing in their lines are beginning

 

to come in a volume that is most en-
couraging. Retailers, apparently, are
recognizing the sales possibilities in
summerweights to a greater degree
than they have at any time since this
important movement was launched in
1925. With the right kind of sales
promotion, publicity, advertising and
displays, there is every indication that
summerweights will definitely “go over
the top” this year.

With intelligent and persistent ef-
fort all along the line from the manu-
facturer to the retail salesman, sum-
merweight shoes can unquestionably
be made to contribute much toward
curing the ills of the men’s shoe busi-
ness, of which so been
heard in the past few months. Funda-
nientally there is no doubt that the
men’s
shoe manufacturers and men's stores
and departments relate back to the
change in the habits of the consumer
which has resulted in the wearing of

much has

difficulties confronting many

low shoes the vear around by a large
proportion of the male population.
Under existing conditions, a man
wears one pair of shoes until they are
worn out; the change of seasons no
longer affords the same stimulus to
buying as in the past, and the con-
sumer “gets by” on fewer pairs than
formerly.

Summerweight shoes, if properly
handled, can, to a large extent, bring
back the seasonal stimulus to buying
which now is absent.

Do not show too many styles, but
make the numbers you show stand out
as something new and up-to-the min-
ute, so that all the young men and
women who care at all for that which
is smart and stylish will wish to have
them. Tie up the opening of the sum-
merweight season with “Straw Hat
Day” and, if possible, work out a co-
operative plan with the other retailers
to launch Venith a
bang.” In these ways sell the men of
your town the idea that, to be up-to-
date, they must change to summer-
weight shoes at the same time they
don their new straw hats and other

summerweights

summer apparel.—Shoe Retailer.
+ ---

New Trends in Hosiery.
Business in women’s hosiery is very
much attention
given by buyers to nude, rose beige
and dust tones. The rose beige stock-
ings have gunmetal heels, while those
of the dust shade are featured with
black heels. Manufacturers are plan-
ning to stress stockings with fancy
clocks, to be worn with sports dresses.
The clocking is about 9% inches long,
ex‘ending from the ankle. One lead-
ing manufacturer here will shortly
bring out a two-thread 57-gauge stock-
ing, which he claims will be the finest-
gauge stocking produced in the Ameri-
can market. Practically all of the-

active, with being

hosiery made on machines in this
country, he said yesterday, is of 42, 45
or 51 gauge. The hosiery will be
priced to retail at $5.50 a pair.

———__..-.
Rubber Footwear Called For.
Manufacturers report substantial

Fall orders for rubber footwear being
booked by salesmen who have been
offering these goods for over a month.
They ascribe this to the bare condi-
tion of retailers’ stocks which was
caused by the snowfalls of December.
Low arctics for the Fall are moving
especially well in a variety of colors.
They are being produced in new ma-
terials such as cotton jersey, and silk,
wool and cotton mixtures. Some re-
tailers are attempting unsuccessfully
to induce the manufacturers to. ship
the goods now, instead of in the Fall.

—_+-+___
After the Flappers.

Flappers of Salem, Ind., are pro-
hibited from flopping their galoshes on
the order of the police department,
officials of which
footwear a nuisance and order galosh-
es fastened while wearers are on the
streets. Parents and school teachers
also have voted that the unbuckled
overshoes are unsanitary and unsight-
ly. School children of the high school

declare the open

variety had adopted the open style of
wearing with the result that recent
heavy snows saw their galoshes filled
to the top with snow when the chil-

dren arrived at school.
—__+3- >

Better Grade Shoes Sell Well.

Manufacturers of men’s better grade
shoes are finding that sales of Spring
goods are running ahead of last year,
largely because of the reorders caused
by the comparatively mild weather
Narrow-toeed
soles thinner than a year ago are sell-
ing well, but the high-heeled models
have proved a disappointment. An
improved demand is noted for better
sport shoes and for more expensive
street models, in line with the general
tendency of the consumer to spend

more on apparel.
-_—_—_—_-~>> 2-2

Not Much Change in Hosiery.

Business in thread silk hosiery for
women is satisfactory, with but little
in the way of novelties or radical
change in colors or style. The shaded
effects introduced last year by some
demand, with
French nude or gun-metal tones at
the lower part of the stocking shad-
ing up to paler tints at the top. They
are said to give a more slender effect

recently. shoes. with

manufacturers are in

to ankles and to be generally effective

with the prevailing short skirts.

—_—__2->___

Stripes Featured in Flannels.
Flannels continue in excellent de-
mand for misses’ sports apparel.
Stripes represent the newest pattern
treatment in the fabrics, and one of
the largest mills producing them is
featuring four distinct types. Bold
effects in black and white and navy
and white are outstanding. College
colors in a complete range are offered,
owing to the strong popular demand
for these effects. Roman stripes fea-

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_ FINANCIAL

Conditions

Review of Business in
Michigan.

Increasing confidence in the indus-
trial and trading position of the Na-
been noticeable during the
past month. Not a few of those who,
at the of the were
somewhat dubious about the business
outlook themselves
somewhat The
feeling is growing that in view of the
many favorable factors in the present
situation, business will move along at

tion has

beginning year,

expressing
optimistically.

are

more

a comfortable pace for some time to
come, although it is not likely to reach
the proportions it did in 1926.
Unfortunately, to many minds good
times are not possible unless workmen
are purchasing expensive silk shirts
and everybody is engaged in an orgy
of spending such as was witnessed in
the hectic days of 1919 and the early
part of 1920. Well, of course, pros-
perity of that type is undesirable from
more than one standpoint. That was
amply proved during the latter half of
1920 and 1921. For several years now
we have been enjoying almost unin-
terruptedly what can be truly called
Excesses have not been
Inflation has been zeal-
ously guarded against. Management
and labor, the whole, been
working together not only more effic-
iently but also more harmoniously than
ever before. The result is that busi-
ness to-day is well buttressed and is
in a position to move steadily and firm-
On the whole, we should

good times.
indulged in.

on have

ly forward.
have a good business year and a year
of profits, despite the fact that profit
margins are narrowing.

There are head winds blowing- how,
ever, which are somewhat retarding
business progress or give promise of
doing so. These head winds are chief-
ly new declines in the prices of farm
products, further reducing the already
purchasing power of our
vast rural population; a falling off in
building contracts; political troubles in

and

prospects of a strike in the soft coal

weakened

Mexico, China and Nicarauga;

industry April 1. It was just a year
ago that the anthracite strike was set-
tled, after costing the miners and oper-
ators a billion dollars. Soft coal stocks
will probably total 80,000,000 tons by
Agr i it is that these
stocks, together with the production
sufficient
to take care of the needs of the coun-
try, providing the duration of the strike
is not too great.

On the check pay-
ments in the larger cities of the coun-

claimed

of non-union mines will be

favorable side
try during February averaged higher
than those for the corresponding pe-
1926; have
moved lower, resulting in further re-

riod in wholesale prices
ductions in the cost of living; gold im-
ports January amounted to $47,-
000,000 and added to an already abund-
ant supply of credit, thereby creating
a still larger amount of money for in-
vestment purposes; railroad car load-
ings have:increased slightly; steel mill
operations during February were more
active than a month ago and steel
prices recently reached the lowest

point in several years; employment is.

in

MICHIGAN

normal and the large purchasing pow-
er of the Nation is being sustained by
high wages.

Michigan generally
are enjoying a normal output. There
has been some improvement during the
past few weeks. Paper mills and fur-
niture factories are the most favored.
A few lines are operating above nor-
mal. Conservative production sched-
ules are the rule, output being kept
closely in line with the actual volume
of orders booked. Industrial leaders
are optimistic over the outlook for
further betterment during the spring
months.

Although there has been a very defi-
nite upward turn in automobile pro-
duction and shippings, the situation is
spotty. Some companies are having
the highest production in their history,
to reduce
schedules. weather
during the should
quicken the pace of the motor car in-
dustry very perceptibly. Highly sat-
isfactory in attendances and
sales have been experienced at the
numerous automobile shows in all parts
of the country. Price schedules of at
least the standard makes of cars have
apparently reached a level for the pres-
ent, standing at the lowest point in the
history of the industry.

Employment throughout the State is
well sustained. In a number of local-
ities a surplus of unskilled laborers
exists. Spring activities in the farm-
ing sections and public improvement
work will absorb many unskilled work-
men. Michigan gas and electric com-
panies plan to expend $55,000,000 dur-
ing 1927 on additions to plants and ex-
tensions, which will furnish a large
amount of employment. Eleven thou-
sand more men are on the payrolls of
Detroit factories than there were a
month ago. Employment figures for
the last week in February showed a
gain of approximately 4,500 over those
for the preceding week.

There is considerable spottiness in
both the wholesale and retail trade,
but both, on the whole, are doing a
fairly good business. There has been
an improvement in many lines since
the first of the year. The outlook for
trade is very encouraging, but much
will depend upon the kind of weather
that spring ushers in. Retailers and
wholesalers both report collections
fair, but expect improvement from now
on. Commodity prices continued to
weaken during February. the index
number based on 100 as an average for
1913, standing at 142.1 on the nine-
teenth of the month.

Building operations, taking the State
as a whole, are on the incline and the
general outlook is good. A good vol-
ume of spring work is contemplated.
The value of building permits in De-
troit during February compared very
favorably with those for the corres-
ponding period in 1926.

Farmers are beginning to look aiter
their spring requirements. Some dam-
age has been done in certain sections
to the winter wheat. Many producers
are holding large quantities of potatoes
with the expectation of higher prices.
Losses sustained by bean and beet
growers the past two years have en-
couraged many, especially in the

manufacturers

obliged
Favorable

others have been

their
months

next two

results

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Thumb district, to take up dairying at
least on a small scale.

Banks in almost all sections of the
State report an unusually heavy de-
mand for money. These demands are
being well taken care of in the great
majority of instances but loans are
being made carefully. Rates are hold-
ing firm. Wayne W. Putnam.

Director Public Relations, Union
Trust Co., Detroit.
2»

American 1926 Income Casts Light on
Prosperity Trend.

A revolutionary rise in American in-
come within the last few years to the
record-breaking total of $89,682,000,-
000 in 1926, representing a 40 per cent.
gain since 1921, is what lies back of
the present unprecedented prosperity
of the country. The new computation
was made by Willford L. King for
the National Bureau of Economic Re-
search, in connection with that organ-
ization’s highly valuable study on in-
come which since 1920 has gone for-
ward under the general direction of
Edwin F. Gay and Wesley C. Mitchell.
That here is the plant on which pros-
perity has blown to a full flower and
not simply a fictitious structure swol-
len to its present size by an artificial
rise in prices is plain enough. As a
matter of fact 1926 values fell below
those for 1921 so that the economists
might have produced greater than a
40 per cent. jump in income in the last
five years if they had been out to
stretch the figure to its utmost.

If this vast National income were
distributed equally to every man and
child in the country, including even
the babes in arms, there would have
been enough in 1926 to give each per-
son $770. That is a third more than
the per capita income of 1921 figured
on the same basis. The significance
of such a view lies in what it reveals
of the increased sums available for
the purchase of the necessities and
luxuries of life. It reflects the enorm-
ously increased purchasing power of
the average individual. That $770 a
year represents the earnings of an
average healthy American nobody con-
tends. Indeed, the bureau’s own esti-
mate is that the 1926 per capita in-
come of those gainfully occupied was
in excess of $2,000.

Over a period of years the condition
of the average person has been improvy-
ing at the rate of 7 per cent. yearly
when expressed in dollars of constant
purchasing power, which, it must be
admitted, is an impressive rate of ad-
vancement. It is basis enough for so
conservative an organization as the
bureau itself to report that, ‘despite
the constantly growing population and
the relatively inelastic nature of the
supply of natural resources new in-
ventions and greater skill and organ-
ization are still enabling the average
inhabitant to progress steadily upward
on the scale of economic welfare.” The
reasons for this intensely significant
rise in income is a question apart, but
that it has speeded up industry every-
where in the country and brought on
prosperity there is no doubt.

The creation of nearly $90,000,000,-
000 in National income in a year would

have seemed like a wild dream before
the war when the yearly aggregate had
scarcely reached $30,000,000,000. Ex-
cept for the wealth produced here by
conditions that grew out of the war,
such a total still might be far beyond
our reach. Without meaning so to do,
this country gained more in wealth
from the war than it lost, and in gen-
eral these gains have been placed
where they would multiply themselves
over the course of years. So many
dollars fairly distributed as those
things go represent a country-wide
appreciation in purchasing power here-
tofore unknown to history and _ their
effectiveness in the world markets has
been enhanced by the creation of
credit instruments vast and powerful.
If the Nation’s income increases as
much in the next five years as it has in
the last five the total in 1931 will be
$126,000,000,000, but that would seem
to be an unreasonable expectation.
Paul Willard Garrett.
[Copyrighted, 1927.]
—_—_++>—___
Asset Position of Common Stocks
Improved.

At no time in the history of the
country have common stocks repre-
sented such sound investments as to-
day. It is safe to say that the junior
issues of many of our leading indus-
trial and railroad corporations are now
a better risk than were their first
mortgage obligations a quarter of a
century ago.

At the beginning of the twentieth
century a number of to-day’s most
firmly established industries were but
untried ideas of men of no particular
standing in the business world. Since
then a definite demand has been creat-

ed for their products and in addition

large properties and surpluses have
been built up so that, instead of repre-
senting nothing but potentialities, com-
mon stocks of such concerns now have
substantial tangible assets back of
them. Such assets are frequently con-
siderably in excess of their market
value.

Moreover, the perfection of the
banking system in the United States
and the corralling of a goodly por-
tion of the world’s gold are certain to
act as important business stabilizers.
Although it is probable that this Na-
tion will again witness business de-
pressions, the possibilities of a money
panic, which had been so disastrous
to property values in the past, now ap-
pear rather remote.

In view of present conditions, it is
possible that there is more than mere
theory to the statements made from
time to time that common stocks are
more satisfactory investments than
bonds if held over a period of years.

It is interesting to note in this con-
nection that Edgar Lawrence Smith,
one of the foremost champions of
common stocks in the country, suc-
ceeded in making a very creditable
showing last year with the Investment
Managers Company, a sort of invest-
ment trust confining its investments
exclusively to junior securities.

Net earnings of the company for
the twelve months ended December
31, 1926, amounted to 9.21 per cent.

 

 

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on the average number of $100 face
value certificates outstanding. Of
this amount, which included dividends
received on securities held and mar-
ket appreciation, 3.62 per cent. was re-
tained in the fund as a reserve. In
1925 the company earned 9 per cent.
on its certificates and retained 3.46 per
cent. as a reserve.

At the close of last year the com-
pany’s trust fund amounted to $9,815,-
341, of which $2,926,700, or 29.8 per
cent., was invested in common stock.
The remainder consisted of cash, call
loans and receivables.

‘Of the fifteen different blocks of
stock held, six were of railroads, two
of light and power, two of petroleum
and five of industrials. All but three
of these stocks, two industrials and
one public utility, showed the com-
pany a profit over the cost price.

Ralph Hendershot.
{Copyrighted, 1927.]
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World Conditions Are Very Much
Unsettled.

Grandville, March 1—The United
States is the most prosperous nation
on earth and yet it has many condi-
tions that are not of the happiest.

We have been lately celebrating
Lincoln and Washington birthdays,
proclaiming these two men as the ne
plus ultra of Americanism and in
every way worthy of being imitated.

Now and then a would-be wise man
of literary pretentions has attempted
to tear down the fabric of benevolent
patriotism which has for more than a
century surrounded the beloved father
of his country with mystical reverence.
Succeeded? Of course not. The story
of the cherry tree and hatchet hasn’t
been phased by the calamitous mis-
representations of a Hughes or any
writer of lesser note. Might as well
attempt to do away with Santa Claus
and the story of Robinson Crusoe.

Our histories are not founded on
mere legendary discussions. Washing-
ton is of comparatively recent origin.
He is not much farther away than
Lincoln or Grant and any writer who
has no better sense of facts and the
proprieties than to spoil the life story
of this quiet Virginia gentleman is un-
worthy of the slightest credence.
enough on hand to look after the
proper regulation of laws than to sit
and grin over the iconoclasts of his-
tory.

Suppose an epidemic of disease
should break upon the Nation which
took 25,000 innocent men and women
and children every twelve months to
an untimely grave, would not there
be a stirring of the dry bones in an
effort to counteract such a calamitous
condition?

Certainly there would be an eager
demand for something to be done at
once on the part of the authorities, and
yet such is said to be the toll of hu-
ma nlives paid to the Moloch of auto-
mobile carelessness. Not only is it
carelessness but rank criminality, and
vet there is an acquiescence that seems
more dangerous than startling.

Laws regulating auto traffic are not
sufficiently strong, else what we have
are not sufficiently enforced. Either
horn of the dilemma is bad enough.
Drunken drivers are in evidence more
commonly than is supposed. If mur-
der on the road by these irresponsibles
was punished bv a life term in the
penitentiary, and if such punishment
was strictly enforced at least ten
thousand innocent lives might be saved
every twelvemonth. Think of this a

moment and then make a motion for
reform in our criminal laws.

While we are talking about cutting
down naval power in the interest of
peace, might it not be well enough to

 

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go out on a strike against the present
order of things?

There is trouble in the Far East.

Marines are mobilizing, ships of war
are being sent to the Orient to watch
the doings of the heathen Chinee, while
we are neglecting our own internal
affairs. It is well enough to look
sharply after foreign relations, but not
at the expense of much needed refor-
mation nearer home.

There has been intense criticism of
our Secretary of State because he has
dared to take a hand in an internal
eruption in Nicaragua and other Cen-
tral American powers. It is barely
possible that this is just. However,
we must regard the same with a grain
of suspicion when we consider whence
most of this fault finding comes.

That windy and erratic orator Borah,
is nothing if not a critic of his super-
iors. All the fame that attaches to his
name comes through that habit of
garulous fault finding which has
grown upon the Western Senator un-
til we have begun to look with sus-
picion upon his every utterance.

It will be remembered that Hiram
Johnsor of California, injured his own
prospects for a presidential nomina-
tion by his ceaseless and captious digs
at the reputations of better statesmen
than himself.

So far it has not been proven that
Secretary Kellogg has gone away from
the path of dutv in his doings below
the Rio Grande. It is ofttimes neces-
sary in dealing with these small revo-
lutionarv powers to give a strict rendi-
tion to the rights of even this larger
republic of ours. Small nations are as
often beyond their rights as are the
larger ones. Ought we then to salve
over the indignities inflicted by a small
nation which would be promptly re-
sented in a larger one?

There is enough on the horizon to
attract and perhaps create alarm. China
is at present the ulcer which is rapidly
eating into the heart and life of mod-
ern society. This yellow country has
been for manv long years the stamp-
ing ground of our Christian mission-
aries, and yet during all these years
but small progress has been made to-
ward civilizing the pigtails.

Japan, once as hopeless a scar on
civilization as is now China, has be-
come fairly well civilized and is at
present standing by her white neigh-
bors in defense of right treatment in
the East.

This Government is ready to sit in
council with the United States on the
matter of naval armaments, both in
air and on the sea, while our white
neighbors in Europe find excuses for
refusing our kindly suggestions.

Well, what of it?

The world cannot be reformed in a
day. There are too many plots and
plans stewing in Europe to permit of
an agreement with the United States
on any question of moment which af-
fects the peace and prosperity of na-
tions.

France cringes in fear of Germany.
Italy has ideas of her own about na-
tional agrandizement which are filling
the brain of Mussolini to bursting. The
prospect for a get together meeting for
the purpose of limiting either navy or
army is not very flattering at the pres-
ent time.

Europe hates America. There is no
doubt about that and there is no way
of mollifying that hate except by our
bowing in the dust before her, makinz
humble apology for standing strictly
for our rights—a thing we will not do
while Calvin Coolidge is President.

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So many banks have gone broke in
South Dakota that merchants are not
surprised to receive returned checks
marked: “No bank.”

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Habit forming is nothing more than

training.

March 2, 1927

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Liability of Merchant For Damage by
Fire.

Where a retail merchant conducts
his business in rented or leased prem-
ises he is bound to use reasonable care
in the matter of protecting such prem-
ises from damage. It follows, if the
premises suffer damage through his
negligence he may be called upon to
respond in a material way for the
loss incurred.

The application of this rule of law in
respect to the duty of a tenant oc-
cupying premises is illustrated in a
number of cases; cases in which the
tenant has through his negligence al-
lowed the premises to become dam-
aged by water, neglect, or fire, and,
while each case of this kind has neces-
sarily been decided in the light of its
particular facts, a brief review of a
case of this kind may serve to ex-
emplify judicial reasoning on the sub-
ject. For example.

In one case of this kind a merchant
leased a store room which he heated
by the use of a stove. This stove was
set in a box of dirt which extended
for some distance around its base, but
the stove itself was defective in that
its ash box had no door. In this
situation coals of fire could roll from
the stove to the ash box, and there
was a chance of such coals reaching
the floor of the storeroom.

The owner of the building warned
the merchant that the stove was
dangerous and offered to bear the cost
of its repair. The merchant promised
to have the stove repaired, but for
some reason never did. Following this,
at or near 10 o’clock on a certain eve-
ning, the merchant locked up the store
and left. At that time there was hot
fire in the stove, and some 35 or 40
minutes after this a fire was discovered
in the store which destroyed the
building.

On this state of facts, the owner of
the building brought an action for
damages against the merchant. This
action was based on the contention
that the fire was caused by the mer-
chant using a defective stove. The
trial of the cause resulted in a judg-
ment against the merchant in the sum
of $10,000. From this judgment the
merchant appealed, and the higher
court, in reviewing the record and
affirming the judgment, in part, said:

“In this case the evidence shows
beyond a doubt gross negligence upon
the part of the appellant (merchant)
in the manner in which he kept and
operated the stove, and this was noted
up to a few minutes of the time the
fire occurred. The negligence was
proved and admitted by the appellant,
and there is no other reasonable hy-
pothesis upon which to base the origin
of the fire than the defective condi-
tion of the stove and the negligence in
permitting combustibles to be strewn
all about it.

“Appellant had locked the store,
when he left a few minutes before the
fire began, on the inside. There is no
testimony tending to show that the
store was open when the fire began, or
that any one had been in the store
after appellant left it. The fire origin-
ated on the inside. The theory that

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an incendiary might have set fire to
the building has no foundation what-
ever. It has no more basis in the evi-
dence than the untenable theory of
spontaneous combustion. The only
reasonable conclusion to reach is that
appellant was knowingly negligent in
using such a stove.”

The facts of the foregoing case con-
stitute one of the clearest cases of
gross negligence on the part of the
tenant of a building the books con-
tain. In fact from the evidence of
record no fair minded man could es-
cape the conclusion that the building
was destroyed by the merchant’s acts
in trying to heat it by the use of a
stove that was clearly dangerous. And
in the face of such evidence, it is diffi-
cult to see how a court or jury could
refrain from merchant
liable for the loss incurred.

Of course every case of alleged
negligence in situations of this kind is
based on a different set of facts, and
the question of whether or not a loss
has been caused by such negligence is
usually one for the jury. However,
there is no getting away from the fact
that courts and juries are for the most
part composed of men of common
sense, and, when a situation is called
to their attention that appears to them
to show negligence, will not hesitate
to place the blame where it properly
belongs.

In view of which a merchant who
rents or leases premises should regard
them as his own, in so far as taking the
usual safety measures for their protec-
tion is concerned. Otherwise, as in
the case reviewed, if the premises suf-
fer damage, that can be traced direct-
ly to the negligence of the renting
merchant, the latter may find himself
in a difficult position to defend if con-
fronted with an action for damages.

Leslie Childs.

holding the

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Orders Oil Cans Painted.

In a recent letter sent out by Alfred
Hogston, state fire marshal of Indiana,
to all oil companies operating in In-
diana and to the city fire chiefs, atten-
tion is called to the rule requiring that
gasoline containers shall be painted
red and kerosene containers green. The
red cans, which must bear the black
letters “Dangerous,” also may be used
for naptha and benzol. The kerosene
cans, which must be lettered in white
“Inflammable Liquid,’ may be used
for alcohol, the letters pointed out. At
a recent meeting of the state oil in-
spection force a resolution was adopt-
ed asking the fire marshal to bring the
rules to the attention of oil companies
and fire chiefs.

——_++.
Wooden Ash Containers.
Many fire departments are respond-
ing to fires caused by putting hot
ashes into wooden barrels and boxes.

’ Fire chiefs should encourage their lo-

cal newspapers to publish items ask-

ing citizens to use metal containers.
Ge

Yesterday we heard positively the
last one on our friend the absent-
minded professor. He slammed his
wife and kissed the door.

—_»+ 2.
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16
OUT AROUND.

Things Seen and Heard on a Week
End Trip.

Saturday was anything but a pleas-
ant day, but the lure of the great out-
doors was so strong that I could not
resist the temptation to sally out in
the face of alternating rays of sunshine
and snow flurries, with a sky which
indicated threatening weather, colder
temperature and probably more snow.

The first stop was at the general
store of A. H. Sauer & Sons, the pio-
neer merchants of Kent City. I had
not called on this house for some
months and was pleased to note that
an addition had been constructed in
the rear of the grocery department
and a well-conducted meat market add-
ed to the establishment, which is now
one of the most complete and compre-
hensive mercantile emporiums in any
inland town of its size in Michigan.
My visit was so near to noon hour that
I did not find any of the Saur family
in, so I take this means of congratu-
lating them on the good fortune which
come to all successful merchandisers
who deal honorably, work faithfully
and make a friend of every customer.

I also wish to congratulate A. W.
Johnson, the grocer near the depot,
over the possession of six bright chil-
dren—half and half—who have con-
sented to grace his family circle. If
I were in Mr. Johnson’s shoes, I would
estimate my worth at six million dol-
lars, plus the value of my grocery and
shoe stock.

My next call was on L. J. Austin,
the Casnovia grocer. Mr. Austin was
busy for a moment, so I improved the
opportunity to receipt his invoice for
a yearly renewal before handing it to
him.

“How do you know I want the
Tradesman any longer?” enquired Mr.
Austin.

“IT settled that question the moment
I crossed your threshold,” I replied.
“All prosperous merchants want the
Tradesman and will not willingly give
it up after they become familiar with
its contents and what it stands for.
The moment I see a store going down
hill and the owner losing ground, I
know he has. stopped reading the
Tradesman and is headed for the bank-
ruptcy court or the poor house. This
is a rule as invariable as the laws of
the Medes and the Persians.”

Mr. Austin thereupon handed me the
amount of my invoice, with the re-
mark: “I thought I could get a raise
out of you.”

I always enjoy the approach to Mus-
kegon from the Casnovia highway, be-
cause it always discloses new build-
ings, new streets laid out and other
evidences of improvement of a perma-
nent character. There was a time, not
so many years ago, when I thought
that much of the twenty-odd mile drive
from Casnovia to Muskegon would
never be anything but a_ wilderness,
due to the apparent unproductiveness
of the cut-over lands West of the clay
belt which ends about five miles West
of Casnovia, but I am glad to admit
that I was very much mistaken. Cozy
homes and small farms now line the
road almost the entire distance, show-

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ing that the prejudice against cut-over
pine lands is largely a matter of tradi-
tion which modern methods, adequate
fertilization and diligent cultivation
have successfully combatted.

My first call in Muskegon was at the
grocery store of H. Poirier, who was
just handing out a pound can of roast-
ed coffee to a customer.

“Grind it, please,” requested the
buyer.
While Mr. Poirier was performing

this service, I said to him on the side:
“If you were to induce your customer
to buy a coffee grinder and grind his
own coffee as he uses it, thus preserv-
ing the delicate aroma which proceeds
only from freshly ground coffee ber-
ries, he would drink twice as much
coffee and you would sell him twice
as many cans of roasted coffee.”

“T never thought of it in that light,”
was the reply, “but I think you are
more than half right.”

I happen to know of a grocery store
in Muskegon which recently installed
a coffee roaster in the front portion
of the store. It is kept in operation
during the hours when trading is most
brisk. This means that the satisfying
aroma peculiar to roasting coffee is
always in evidence in the store, which
influences every caller to buy coffee,
whether he needs it or not. I recently
congratulated that grocer on his ac-
quisition, whereupon he replied:

“T got the idea from the Tradesman.
It has increased our coffee sales ten-
fold.”

All of which recalls an item I re-
cently clipped from the Chicago Com-
mercial Bulletin, as follows:

Mrs. Alice MacDonald, a New York
coffee broker and restaurant shop oper-
ator, is pictured in the papers signing
a “million-dollar-lease” for a new coi-
fee shop in that city. When this wom-
an was in her fortieth year, with an
invalid husband, three children to pro-
vide for, “and only thirty-eight dollars”
she began selling coffee. Five years
ago she entered the restaurant business
at the Grand Central terminal, and
after doing a $2,000,000 business last
year she says she owes her success to
giving away waffles with coffee.

But giving away things does not
bring profits, and we dare say her suc-
cess really comes from the good cof-
fee she serves. Good coffee will sell
an indifferent meal, while a good meal
with poor coffee never brings a man
back for another meal. That is saying
that a cup of good coffee is the fun-
damental necessity of satisfactory
breakfasts and dinners.

A dining room proprietor who econ-
onizes in coffee quality makes a vital
mistake. It is the universal hot bever-
age. All over the country eating places
which serve first-class coffee thrive,
while those which do not merely strug-
gle along. True, people will drink poor
coffee rather than none, but once they
find a place where the coffee is always
good they will go a long way to get
it, and if the food also is good, they
are always coming back.

An experience covering more than
half a century as store clerk and mer-
cantile editor leads me to the conclu-
sion that altogether too little attention
is given the coffee department of the
average grocery store. The grocer

stocks a half dozen different brands of
package goods and leaves it to the cus-
tomer to decide which brand he. will
select. No attempt is made to influence
the discriminating customer to pur-
chase a superior article, as is the case

 

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with flour, canned goods and many
articles in the fancy grocery line. The
result is that the average customer
comes to look upon all package coffee
brands as substantially the same and
loses interest in the article which is
most vital to him in the enjoyment of
his morning and evening meal. I made
careful tests of the different kinds of
coffee for more than fifty years and
finally decided on Ancola (formerly
sold under the name of Old Govern-
ment Java) as the grade best suited
to my taste. This coffee was never
grown in Java, but on the Sunny
(North) side of Sumatra, and takes its
name from the province in which it
is produced. All of the output of this
district is marketed through Amster-
dam, whence it comes to this country
after being properly aged and season-
ed. When the kaiser started his war
for world conquest in 1914 I purchased
a supply of green coffee ample to meet
our requirements for several years and
stored it in my attic It was then
twenty-eight years old. It is now for-
ty-one years old and has developed
the most remarkably rich brown color
I have ever seen in a coffee berry. I
recently submitted a sample to a noted
Boston authority, who wrote me that
it was the finest lot of coffee he had
ever seen and in his opinion the finest
coffee ever produced anywhere in the
world. People who come to our home
as table guests immediately fall in
love with our coffee and enquire where
it can be obtained. That is easy to
answer, but when I tell them it must
be purchased unground, kept in air
tight glass or metal containers, ground
fresh for each meal, made in a perco-
lator from spring water (not the chem-
ically treated stuff supplied by the
city), they usually conclude they can-
not go to so much trouble to prepare
so simple an article of diet as coffee.
I note, however, that most of our
guests drink several cups of our coffee,
whereas they seldom drink more than
a single cup of the decoction they serve
in their own homes.

Because Ancola coffee can be obtain-
ed from any coffee broker or through
any wholesale grocer and because a
trade once worked up on this grade of
coffee will stay by the dealer, so long
as he confines its sale to discriminat-
ing buyers, I believe it will pay any
enterprising grocer to give this sug-
gestion consideration. Due care must
be used to see that the customer is im-
pressed with the necessity of using the
home coffee grinder, the percolator and
soft water in preparing this king of
coffees for table consumption.

I called on one grocery store in
Muskegon where two men clerks are
employed. The store was untidy, un-
swept and everything in confusion.
When a lady customer came in both
clerks got busy at once—one engaging
her in conversation, while the other
waited on her. I cannot see much
future for that store. Within a few
blocks I called on a grocer who occupies
a smaller store and carries a smaller
stock, but everything was in perfect
order. The clerking is done by two
young ladies who looked very inviting
in their clean white aprons If I was
a resident of Muskegon I know which

 

March 2, 1927

store would receive my patronage.
I returned home via Grand Haven,
where I learned that L. J. Koster
(Edson, Moore & Co.) was greatly
improved in health and strength and
would soon be himself again. I was
delighted to get such a report regard-
ing my life-long friend. He has lived
a very useful life and I hope he will
be spared many more years to con-
tribute to the pleasure of his friends
and the satisfaction of himself.
E. A. Stowe.
—~»+->—__—_

Says Soft X-Rays Double Productivity
of Seeds.

The treatment of seeds and bulbs
with “soft” X-Ray results in tremen-
dously increased productivity, Dr.
Moses Jacobson, Russian botanist, an-
nounces. He predicted that the ex-
periments would revolutionize agricul-
ture, make up for the increasing defici-
ency in farm labor and permit absolute
control of crops. Dr. Jacobson said
he would submit a full report of his
experiments to the American Botan-
ical Society convention in Philadelphia
on Feb. 5. The treatment of seed with
x-rays is not new, he declared, but
previous experiments have been fail-
ures, because the seeds and bulbs were
not treated at the proper time. The
botanist said the treatment also had
to be mild. The seeds may be stored
in the dark if necessary, he said, but
the best method is to plant directly
after treatment. Seeds so treated give
off stronger roots, he declared, and in
a great majority of cases the yield has
been doubled.

—_—_-2.

Despite the volumes that have been
written concerning the comfort and
convenience of bobbed hair, there are
indications that women are becoming
tired of its plainness. At the inter-
national convention of coiffeurs, re-
cently in session at Vienna, there was
a distinct movement in favor of beauti-
fying the bob in the way of adding
curls, restoring the discarded “rats”
of false hair and using “rooster
the forehead and at the
back of the head over the nape of the
neck.
suggested, could be fastened to the bob

combs” on
These miniature wigs, it was

by jeweled devices or fantastic combs
on dress occasions and laid away in
a handbag or in a dressing-table
drawer while the owner went shopping
or indulged in athletics. That women
sooner or later would tire of the ex-
treme plainness of the boyish bob was
to be expected, and that the movement
for a change should begin in Europe,
where women have more leisure than
ours, is natural. But we are inclined
t olook with suspicion upon the state-
ment from Vienna that that city is
becom‘ng the capital of bobbed hair-
dom and that smart women of fashion
are flocking there when their hair
needs artistic remodeling. Art—and
feminine hairdressing—cannot be con-
fined to any one city or any one coun-
try.
——_»->—____

If you can’t be a leader, learn to be

a loyal follower. The world needs

both.
—~»+-—__

A ring on the finger is worth ten
on the telephone.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
  

 

 

 

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| THE PROGRAM
i Conference Exhibitors 2 Tuesday--March 8th: )
‘L .
! (as of this date) 9-10 A.M.—Inspection of Exhibits. l
j American Radiator Co. 10-10:20 A.M.—Welcome and Introductory Remarks. /
/ Arctic Products Co. 10:20 A.LM.—“THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY STORE” ]
Amory-Browne & Co John B. Garver, Garver Bros., Strasburg, Ohio. ]
: j (10 minute discussion)
/ a ee 11:10 AM.—“BUSINESS BUILDING FOR THE RETAILER” ]
Buhl Sons Co. CC Bact ee oe ‘
: > C. Parlin, Director of Research, Curtis Pubg. Co.
Beecher, Peck & Lewis. 11:50 A.M.—Discussion. !
j Breitmeyer’s, John, Sons 12:00 Noon—Adjournment.
j Berry Bros. 12:30 P.M.—Luncheon: New Masonic Temple. ]
: Bookstanz Bros. Co. Speaker Harvey J. Campbell, Vice-President Detroit Board of Commerce.
Burnham, Stoepel & Co. Subject—‘“Meeting Competition”. j
) Burnham, Chas. J. & Son. 2:00 P.M.—Auditorium: i
t Cas os “MORE PROFIT THROUGH QUICK TURNOVER’.
i Cunne Go. Alf. W. Pauley, Druggist, of St. Louis, Mo. j
j Cc i El i‘ 2:40 P.M.—10 minute discussion. j
$ ommercial Electric Co. : 2:50 P.M.—“ADVERTISING A SPECIALTY STORE”. ;
Chope-Stevens Paper Co., (Contributor). Lois B. Hunter, Advertising Manager Himelhoch Bros & Co., Detroit.
l Duprey, J. H. & Co. 3:30-4:00 P.M.—Two demonstrations of Window Dressing. i
j Detroit Show Case Co. 4:00 P.M.—Adjourn to Exposition Hall. }
Detroit Automobile Club. 8:00 P.M.—Crystal Ball Room, New Masonic Temple. L
j Detroit Creamery Co. FROLIC—including Refreshments, Entertainment and Dancing.
i Detroit Dairy & Food Council.
Detroit Hosiery Co. W a .
Detroit Wholesale Furniture Co. ednesday March Oth:
Detroit Graphite Co. (Contributor). 9:00-10:00 A.M.—Inspection of Exhibits.
j Edson, Moore & Co. 10:00 A.M.—“THE PLACE AND VALUE OF SERVICE IN BUSINESS”. }
j Electric Extension Bureau. Fred’k J. Nichols, Director Merchants’ Service Bureau. }
: 10:40 A.M.—Discussion, 10 minutes.
j Finetecwn © & Co. 10:50 AM.—“HOW OUTSIDE SALESMEN DEVELOP BUSINESS FOR OUR j
Farrand, Williams & Clark. ae : : ee ey 9
j F D.M.C Cc : RETAIL HARDWARE STORE”. }
j ty a ae o. (Contributor) R. A. Chandler, Chandler Hardware Store, Sylvania, Ohio. ;
{ Finck, W. M. Co. 11:30 A.M.—10 minute discussion. {
j Gallagher, E. B. & Co. 11:40 A.M.—Window Trimming Demonstration. }
/ Griswold National Bank 12:00 Noon—Adjourn. j
b Hervey, A. & Sons Mfg. Co. 12:15 P.M.—Luncheon Meeting.
Hamilton-Carthartt Co. 2:00-4:00 P.M.—GROUP MEETINGS. }
i Inland Merchant. (Drugs, Grocery, Dry Goods, Hardware, Clothing, Other Groups). j
z 7:00 P.M—BANQUET and ENTERTAINMENT—Hotel Statler. ;
i of at Come Oo. Address by Lew Hahn, Director National Retail Dry Goods Association, {
i sug A "& Co Subject—“ORGANIZING FOR MORE BUSINESS IN 1927”. }
i Kiddie-Kover Mfg. Co. !
Lee & Cady Co. Thursday--March 10th: /
i nga helo ee: 9:00-10:00 A.M.—Inspection of Exhibits.
i ae : 10:00 AM.—“HOW I BUILT A HALF MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS IN A }
Miciveen Dine Co. TOWN of 5,000 PEOPLE”, :
l Michigan Bell Telephone Co. Fred R. Mann, Sr., of the famous MANN’S STORE, Devil’s Lake, N. D.
] Minto, Geo. F. & Co. 10:50 A.M.—10 minute discussion. {
: Payette Neckwear Co. 11:00 AM.—“HOW WE INCREASED OUR BUSINESS 42% IN SIX MONTHS”. ]
{ Parke-Davis & Co. (Contributor) E. S. Charles, The Charles Co., Napoleon, Ohio.
] Sealpax Co. 12:00 Noon—Adjournment. ]
/ Shetzer, I. 12:30 P.M.—Luncheon, New Masonic Temple. }
Standardt Bros. Hardware Co. 2:00 P.M.“WHY AND HOW WE SELL. MERCHANDISE FOR CASH”. ;
Tuck, W. J. Bob Mooney, B. & O. Cash Store, Temple, Okla. {
j Union Paper & Twine Co. 2:40 P.M.—10 minute discussion. }
; Webber, Geo. F. Estate. 2:50 P.M—‘HANDLING OF CREDITS”. j
l Wetherbee, Geo. C. - T. K. Kelly, of T. K. Kelly Sales System, Minneapolis.
Wright-Pike Co. 2 3:30 P.M.—Plans for 1927: Announcements—Resolutions. j
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DRY GOODS

Michigan Retail Dry Goods Associatior.
President—H. J. Mulrine—Battle Creek
First Vice-President—F. E. Mills, Lan-

sing.
Second Vice-President—G. R. Jackson,

Flint.
Secretary-Treasurer—F. H. Nissly, Yp-

silanti.
Manager—Jason E. Hammond, Lansing.

Fabric Gloves Are Sought.

Fabric gloves are being sought by
many buyers in preference to kid or
silk, and there appears to be a ready
market for those of good quality. This
last is true of the tailored slip-ons
that go in for hand-sewn seams and
outlined stitching in self or contrast-
ing colors. Fancy cuffs are selling
well in both the cheaper and better
grades of merchandise, and the amount
of work shown on the cuff is not so
important this season as the quality of
it. In color the tan and beige tones
predominate, while very little business
is being done in the gray line. As a
compromise between the tailored slip-
on and the fancy cuff models there is
a one-clasp glove bound at the top
in a contrasting shade. Stitching on
the back and a bound buttonhole to
correspond with the pearl button con-
tribute to its formal tone.

— +2 >
Offers New “Passport Bag.”

A novel combination of the under-
arm and pouch styles in a so-called
“passport handbag” is being featured
by a prominent manufacturer. The
bag is from 8 to 12 inches long and
is so designed that it may be carried
as an ordinary handbag or as a flat
pocketbook at the whim of the wearer.
A patented strap running the length of
the back of the bag assists in this. The
bag is fashioned of genuine crocodile
and ostrich leathers, the latter being
inserted in the middle of the bag. The
roomy interior is silk lined and con-
tains a passport pocket, purse and
mirror. A monogram tab is provided.
The bag comes in all leading shades,
including Worth blue, rose blush,
cochineal, green gray, black, brown
and amber. The wholesale price is $8

each.
—_——_~-»-—>

Slack in Luggage Business.

Although some salesmen
have been on the road for almost two
months, not much business has re~
sulted, but manufacturers are not in-
clined to be discouraged. They blame
the backwardness of many of the buy-
ers upon the lateness of retailers’
inventory-taking this year. Formerly,
they say, retailers would take stock in
December or January, while many
now choose the end of February in the
belief that it is best to select an in-
active period of selling. An improve-
ment is looked for after March 1. In
the better goods, boarded cowhide
bags and imported crocodile have been
in fairly good demand. The russet
shade is still favored.

—_2++___
Fancies Continue to Dominate.
3rick-red shades are receiving much

luggage

attention in men’s wear fabrics, both
for immediate delivery and for Fall.
The brown tones generally are very
well regarded, with strong interest also
shown in blues. Fancy patterns are

wanted by even the conservative

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clothing manufacturers, who are said
to be using color and weave effects
they would not think of employing a
few seasons ago. This demand makes
the job of the fabric styler far more
difficult. He can no longer trust to
his “good taste and judgment” in
making up a line, one of them said
yesterday, but is forced to go ahead
what he thinks or
guesses the demand for fancies will

on the basis of

absorb.

—__»+22>—_—_
Lightweight Underwear Sought.
Reorders received for lightweight
underwear have improved to such an
extent that some manufacturers assert
that their business booked for the sea-
son is well ahead of last year despite
the slow start. Jobbers who have been
withholding their commitments in an-
ticipation of price reductions are now
being compelled to stock up, on ac-
count of the imminence of consumer
demand. Certain manufacturers are
inclined to believe that some of the re-
cent gains in lightweight ribbed under-
wear have been made at the expense
of nainsooks, but the cheerfulness of
most manufacturers of the latter va-
seem to discredit this

riety would

theory.

—_-_.-
Floor Coverings More Active.
The demand for carpets and rugs is
said to have shown a good increase
during the current month. While Janu-
ary was generally regarded as a back-
ward month for floor coverings, it is
said to have been largely compensated
for by this month’s business. The
maintenance of sales at the present
volume is looked for during March,
which is usually the best Spring
month, although retailers will be fill-
ing in their stocks for the most part
and waiting for the new offerings on
April 1. Carpets are said to be sell-
ing better than in some years, colorful
figured patterns being mostly wanted.
In rugs, open ground colorful patterns

are selling well.

—++ >
Active Period Directly Ahead.

The coat and suit trade is now enter-
ing its active Spring shipping period,
and the indications are that the ship-
ping departments of most wholesalers
will be taxed to capacity during the
next few weeks. Mild weather such
as that experienced recently will help
enormously to stimulate consumer in-
terest in Spring merchandise, with a
co: responding increase in the demar:d
for quick deliveries by the stores.
Buying by retailers thus far has been
satisfactory, according to most ac-
counts. The business in suits has
been especially gratifying, it was
pointed out yesterday, while the de-
mand for dressy coats has been steac-
ily improving.

—_—_+22>—___

Active Call For Women’s Vests.

The call for women’s vests has been
very active during the past week. Two
tvpes are sought, according to the
United Neckwear League of America,
one being intended for suits and the
other for dresses. The former are in
demand at present, owing to the grow-
vogue for suits. The suit vests are
developed in satin, moire, crepe de

chine and linen, while the dress ac-

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cessories are mainly of georgette and
crepe as well as linen. The latter are
shown with cuffs to match. The de-
mand has been so strong that manu-
facturers are asking a week’s time to

make deliveries.
—_+->——___

Designs of Spring Neckwear.

Jacquard crepes and English fou-
lards are in demand for Spring neck-
wear, both in striped effects and small
all-over conventional designs. Bright
reds and copper and brick tones are
leading colors, with blues a close sec-
ond. There seems to be little demand
for plain colors, and manufacturers
are anxious to keep novelty patterns
in the foreground. One manufacturer
is having success with a heavy lus-
trous Jacquard weave in smaltl conven-
tionalized feather effects, imitating the
natural colorings of the scarlet tan-
ager, blue jay, Baltimore oriole, gold-
finch and numerous other birds.

— ++
Orders For Novelty Jewelry.

Bangle and spiral effects in bracelets
continue to lead in popular priced jew-
elry. Orders for this type of merchan-
dise are reaching manufacturers in
good volume, and the indications are
that the pre-Easter business will reach
highly satisfactory proportions. Pearl
necklaces, in the sixty-inch length, are
likewise in good request. A novelty
recently introduced, which is said to be
taking well, is the “earring hatpin” of
rhinestones, pearls or colored stones.
A new shoulder brooch, deriving its
popularity from the pronounced vogue
for bows, is the rhinestone bowknot
with flexible ends.

—_2-->__

Rayon House Dresses Sell Well.

An increasing use of rayon fabrics
is noted in house dresses to retail at
popular prices. Retailers have been
ordering this merchandise liberally,
both for sales events and regular sell-
ing. The garments are well cut and
finished and, being priced to retail at
$1.95 are said to represent a value that
is superior to the usual type of house
dress quoted at around this price. The
patterns in the rayon cloth are attrac-
tive, including stripes, plaids and simi-
lar designs in two or more color com-

binations.
——_~++>—___

Silk Underwear For Children.

A steadily increasing demand for
children’s and juniors’ glove silk un-
derwear is noted in the market. Con-
sumer popularity for this type of mer-
chandise is based on the fact that glove
silk is easily laundered and can be
worn without being ironed. Models in
which the silk is developed follow
closely those for adults, step-ins, vests,
chemises and nightgowns being the
featured numbers. There is an abun-
dant use of lace on the dressier
models, while the variety of styles in
the tailored garments is large.

—_—_ $4 —_—_

Although the tarantula—of which
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use a web to snare his prey. Knowing
the strength of his claws and his poison
he attacks boldly, leaping on the vic-
tim, and then dragging it into his nest
in the earth.

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We have purchased the Merchandise of

4 BURNHAM, STOEPEL & COMPANY

With the exception of their

FLOOR COVERING DEPARTMENTS

Therefore all of their Dry Goods Departments will be closed for selling until

Monday Morning March Seventh

In preparation for

A CLEARANCE SALE

and the

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This great stock of merchandise Assorted for Spring Business,
Offered at Liquidation Prices at the beginning of the Spring
and Summer Season presents and unprecedented opportunity
to all Mid-Western Merchants. All Merchants are urged to
to attend with their Buyers.

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RETAIL GROCER

etail Grocers and General Merchants
Association.
President—Orla Bailey, Lansing.
Vice-Pres.—Hans Johnson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Paul Gezon, Wyoming Park.
Treasurer—F. H. Albrecht, Detroit.

 

Greatest Merchandising News in a
Generation.
Written for the Tradesman.
Since January 1, this year, the house
Wormser & Co., San
Francisco, sells its famous S. & W.

of Sussman,
private label specialties on a plan of
future contract under which the buy-
er is obligated to accept his entire
order in ten monthly shipments, each
shipment to be billed when goods
move, subject to regular cash-discount
terms at time of shipment.

In addition, the S. & W.
guarantee their customers against their
own decline in price until contract is

people

completed.

Such is the bare outline of a plan
which has been instituted and put into
effective operation, with-
out special notice by the grocery trade.
Yet it is the most revolutionary move
ever made in the sale of goods for
future delivery since the sale of futures

apparently

to grocers Was first made operative.
Let us say it is the first epoch-mak-
ing advance in more than a generation
and we shall be inside the facts.

There is a long history back of this
event. It is a history unknown to
most present day grocers, because so
many of them have begun their busi-
ness experience long since the sale of
‘ntures became common practice. For
myself, I can look back virtually to
the beginning of the practice and that
was a time when the elder Findlay
held out sternly against it.

My own first experience was at a
time when my father was taking a
long-deferred vacaticnal trip to Scot-
land. I was offered Vlatt’s Baltimore
peaches in, say, July, for delivery
when ready. Platt is a name which
long ago has faded away; but in 1886,
forty years ago, Platt’s oysters in
winter and peaches and other fruits
were as solidly stap'e as any brand
on the market to-day.

That date was less than eight years
after a re-opening of a grocery busi-
ness which had been inundated by the
panic of 1873. For a long time after
we recommenced business, we could
not get a_ rating. Then, having
weathered the storm and become mod-
erately prosperous again without any
rating, my father had a sort of preju-
dice against the rating agencies, de-
clined to make a statement and so we
had none when I gave this first order.

The Baltimore house refused to en-
ter the order and told me why. Being
young and brash, I sent forward the
full amount. The order was filled, of
course, but without the cash discount
and I wrote what I thought was a
pretty sharp letter, which brought the
refund. We are all young once you
know. That is, perhaps, why I re-
member the transaction so well.

When father got home, he pointed
aw to me his way of looking at such
He told me something I hard-
For right

deals.
ly realized was happening.
then we were buying one important

line of goods on contract and had done
so for years.

Tea was then the great American
drink in the middle states. Tea was
the family beverage in my early ex-
Japan tea was heavily col-
ored when I first saw it. Beginning
about 1880 the old-time Chicago house
of Corbin, May & Co. began the im-
portation of a strictly uncolored Japan

perience.

tea and we had the exclusive sale
thereof in our town.

Everybody knows, of course, that
tea comes to perfection once each
year. In Japan the time is April.
Hence, to be enabled to sell a fine tea
throughout the year, we must buy it in
advance in April. But that is not a
retailer's function; and my _ father
knew it was not. So he would and
always did contract with the Corbin
house for his requirements each year
and Corbin would ship a certain al-
lotment each month or fortnight and
bill when shipping.

Some things I learned later on. I
got to know that Corbin figured a
price on a spot sale basis. To that
price he added interest and storage
charges, insurance and all other in-
cidentals, and whatever cash discount
he allowed for payment in advance of
due. I got to know in a quite natural
logical way, that every proper charge
had to be paid by the buyer of any-
thing; and I remember that this all
seemed reasonable and proper to my
father and ran through his explana-
tions to me of how such business must
be done.

If anybody had asked him whether
he paid a percentage on his cost of
tea to have it thus carried for him, he
would have replied with brusk frank-
ness: “Of course, I pay. How could
I get tea on such terms otherwise ”
He would have stared in amazement at
the questioner while he answered, too.
But he would have argued any man
to a standstill on the question of
whether it was wiser for any mer-
chant thus to contract and pay proper
charges or to buy spot and carry his
own goods for all the months of any
season. He knew it was wise for a
retailer to buy and sell, buy and sell,
as often as possible, rather than try
to be both jobber and retailer.

But it is the way of humanity that
each feels he must learn for himself.
Each of us seems convinced that he
can beat logic in some new way—and
we all try it. So when the business
came to me, I branched out into big
buying, taking on round lots at what
looked like a good quantity discount.
I bought futures regularly and went
through all the customary false mo-
tions incidental to the experience
commonly known as cutting one’s eye
teeth.

But as my studies of, and reflection
on business progressed, I realized that
stock turn was a big thing. I grasped
the idea that a nimble dime was bet-
ter than a slow dollar. I read and
thought until I evolved certain main
Among these
was a minimum rate of stock turn.

One cannot buy round lots and keep
up stock turn; so the next step was
to cut down on round lots. Then fu-
tures came up for question, and almost

principles for myself.

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single handed and alone, I cut those
out too. From the minute I took such
steps, prosperity came my way in in-
creasing ratio.

I remember that, in all this, I
thought back on the tea contract plan
and wondered why futures could not
be bought that way. My readers know
that I have argued this proposition
threadbare from all angles of late
years; and I never was able to see why
it could not be made operative, except
for one thing—the selfish interests of
the canners and jobbers.

Understand, I do not claim I did +t
all. But I am happy to know that my
writings on this subject have had
great influence. And now the new
deal for the grocer has been put into
practical effect.

It is worth noting too, that we find
here, as in other things, that the old
selfishness was a mistake. For the
jobber who really operates in his cus-
interest finds his own true
He learns the
and himself

He makes

tomers’
interest right in line.
truth that the customer
are one in real interest.
more money—more plain filthy lucre,
if you please—by being apparently un-
selfish than ever he could make on the
plan of trying to hog it all.

I shall give more details next week;
but let it be noted now that this great
advance in grocery distribution will
spread speedily wherever foods are
sold. This because S. & W. goods are
already sold over this continent and
in Europe, so any plan S. & W. in-
stitutes will soon become known every-
where. But also the force of compe-
tition will compel other sellers to fall
in line.

Nothing in my experience
pleased me as this development does.
It is a source of great satisfaction to
me to realize that I at least helped in
its formulation and the putting of it
to practical application.

Paul Findlay.
—_2+>__—_
Railroad Outlook Never So Bright as
Now.

However much the financial district
may disagree with what Professor
William Z. Ripley says about public
utilities in his new book, “Main Street
and Wall Street,” it will like his chap-
ter on the railroad. situation. After
lambasting the public utilities for cer-
favor with the

ever

tain practices not in
professor, he turns to his old love, the
railroads, and offers some interesting
observations. Before he gets through.
Professor Ripley gives it’as his opin-
ion that the outlook for the railroads
is distinctly encouraging and that, in
fact, it “was never so bright as it is
now in 1927.”

The time has come in his judgment
“to consider whether things have not
so far shaped up as to warrant for the
steam roads a new lease of life, finan-
cially; whether, in short, our railways
may not once assume their
rightful place as a preferred repository
for the savings of the common people.
It has been my dream for a generation
that this should ultimately come about.
The wheel, perhaps may not yet have
completed its full turn; but if all goes
doing so in the immediate future.”
Professor Ripley is quite as much im-

more

well, it seems to be on the point of
pressed by the fact that the carriers
in past years have lagged behind the
industrial companies in popular esteem
as by the good prospects that seem to
be just ahead.

He finds that the increment in the
number of permanent railroad share
owners cannot exceed a quarter of a
million during the last decade. The
electric power and light companies in
a single year have entered that many
new their ‘stock books.
Whereas the Pennsylvania Railroad
and the United States Steel Corpora-
tion were about twenty-five
years ago, the latter now has 35,000
stockholders than the former.
Similarly, the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road and the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company stood about even
in 1900 but the company
now has seven times aS many names
on its stock books as the railroad.

It very naturally annoys Professor
Ripley that so little progress on rail-
road consolidation appears to have
been made since the completion of his
report for the Interstate Commerce
Commission six years ago. That a
slightly more generous rate level be
established,

names on

even

more

telephone

that a more
consistent attitude to-
ward consolidation be adopted are his
main hopes as he looks into the future.
With those things accomplished our
railroad matters would seem to have
been firmly established on a secure and
lasting foundation in his opinion.
Paul Willard Garrett.

indeed, and
vigorous and

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A Nation-wide Educational
CANDY ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN

of large proportions is soon to be started.
It will benefit every CANDY dealer in the United States.

The leading magazines will carry full page colored educational
advertisements at regular intervals and for a long period.
YOUR job is to get your candy cases ready for the biggest
demand for GOOD CANDY you ever had.
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March 2,

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HARDWARE

Michigan Retail Hardware Association.
President—George W. McCabe, Petos-
ey.
— L. Glasgow, Nash-
Ville.

Secretary—A. J. Scott, Marine City.
Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit.

 

 

Svringtime Hints For Wide-Awake
Hardware Dealers.
Written for the Tradesman.

With an early spring in sight, spring
housecleaning may also be expected
to soon get under way. There was a
time when housecleaning, apart from
the inconvenience caused, was a rela-
tively inexpensive function, a mop, a
broom, a pail, a scrubbing brush and
a bar of soap fully equipping the aver-
age housewife for her task.

Now, innumerable
saving devices are in the market for
use in connection with the spring
housecleaning. Vacuum cleaners, car-

however. labor

pet sweepers, washing machines, pat-
ent mops of many kinds, floor scrapers,
brushes in endless variety—all these,
and scores of other devices, are avail-
able to lessen the housewife’s drudgery
or to make her work more efficient.

All, or practically all, these devices
are part of the modern hardware stock.
Yet there are innumerable homes
throughout America where houseclean-
ing is still carried on pretty much as
it was thirty years ago. The amount
of business still waiting to be done
in these lines is limited only by the
housewife’s financial ability to buy and
the hardware dealer’s ability to sell.
The business is there; and it is for the
hardware dealer to get after it.

Coincidently, the old idea of a spring
and fall housecleaning, with practically
nothing between except a little sweep-
ing and scrubbing, is
Housecleaning goes on, more or less,
all the year around. There is, conse-
quently, to a greater extent than ever
before, an all-the-year-round demand
for articles and devices used in house-
cleaning.

The spring, however, is the psycho-
logical moment to push these lines
most aggressively. For at this season
the average housewife is exceedingly
busy, she needs help, she can’t get
anyone to help her, and she will ap-
preciate then, more fully than at a
season less crowded, the value of the
the hardware

passing out.

labor-saving devices
dealer has to sell.

In his window displays, his news-
paper advertising and his general pub-
licity, it will pay the hardware dealer
to stress the idea of labor-saving for
the housewife, cutting out the drudg-
efficency. Link
house-

ery and promoting

your specific advertising of
cleaning devices with this general idea.

As an opening to the spring selling
campaign, one small hardware
store is accustomed to put on a Dem-
onstration Week. This Demonstration
Week itself chiefly with
housecleaning, and labor-saving house-
hold devices. The of the
of demonstrations is to show
housewife what the hardware store has
to offer in the direction of making her
work less arduous and more pleasant.

One year, five distinct demonstra-
tions were staged by this store. In
the stove department a demonstration
of a new gas range was featured, ac-

city

concerns

series
the

aim

tual cooking being done and refresh-
ments served to several hundred peo-
ple. In the electrical department, a
variety of electrical devices were dem-
onstrated, including electric irons, cof-

fee percolators, toasters, etc. Toast
and coffee were served. The washing
machines were demonstrated in an-

other part of the store, the work of
both machine and wringer being
shown. A sewing machine demonstra-
tion and a vacuum cleaner demonstra-
tion completed the program for the
week; a demonstration in the paint
department of various paint specialties
being left until a little later.

The dealer who puts on a series of
demonstrations such as this is under-
taking a big job. The thing can be
successfully in a large store
which is systematically department-
ized. In the smaller store, it will prob-
ably be found more satisfactory to put
on one demonstration a week for a
number of weeks. This program has
the added advantage that for the mo-
ment you concentrate upon a single
topic.

The store I referred to, however,
put on its demonstrations simultane-
ously, the program continuing through
an entire week. The opening day was
a Saturday; over 2,000 people attended,

done

a large proportion of these being farm
customers. Many immediate sales were
made; in addition to which a systema-
tic listing was made of prospects in
various lines, this prospect list to be
used in a follow-up campaign. The
demonstrations were held on certain
hours in the afternoons whén it was
most convenient for people to attend.

The hardware dealer with a wide-
awake and intelligent staff need not
depend on outside help for his demon-
strators. Any intelligent clerk can
learn to demonstrate any device the
hardware dealer has to sell; and should
learn, in order to be a more efficient
and successful salesman. Where the
staff is limited it is often possible to
secure some local individual, prefer-
ably a houewife, to demonstrate. Quite
often a local person’s demonstration
carries more weight with the public
than that put on by the professional
demonstrator. Of course, an amateur
demonstrator should master the de-
vice, and the accompanying sales talk,
perfectly. It is not enough to run the
machine; the demonstrator must ex-
plain the operation and explain it in
such a way as to make the prospect
want to buy that machine.

If you put on one demonstration, or
a dozen, simultaneously or in series,
aim to get from your enterprise all
the benefits possible. The demonstra-
tion is not an end in itself, but a means
You are using it to interest
customers and induce sales. So put
forth your very best salesmanship in
order to clinch immediate sales wher-
ever possible. Make a systematic rec-
ord of the names and addresses of
prospects in this, that or the other
line; and arrange to follow them up
aggressively.

The success of a demonstration de-
pends largely on the publicity you give
it. What is worth doing at all is worth
doing well. Half-hearted advertising
will spoil the effect of an otherwise
good demonstration. To get results,

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you must bring the crowd into your
store.

It is often a good stunt to send out
invitations to representative house-
wives; either the usual card form of
invitation, or a personal invitation by
telephone. Women discuss _ these
things with each other; and in this
way your invitations reach a far wider
constituency than that addressed in
the first place.

Where you do not feel disposed to
attempt a thorough-going demonstra-
tion of any article, you can inject into
your window or interior display a cer-
tain quality of suggestion. Suppose,
for instance, you are showing a wash-
ing machine. Quite often a washing
machine display will consist merely
of the machine with wringer attached
—nothing more. You put in a show
card: “Blank Washing Machine—
Saves Labor” and let it go at that.

Here is a suggestion for carrying
your display a stage further and mak-
ing it many times more effective. Cover
the floor of your window with linoleum.
Provide a back-ground of burlap or
oil-cloth. In the center of your dis-
play place your washing-machine. If
it is an electric machine connect it
with a light socket. Add to your dis-
play an ironing board with a piece of
table linen half ironed, and an electric
or gas iron, or an ordinary flat iron
if you prefer. Display clothes horses
partly hung with clothes, a galvanized
tub, a boiler, a wash-board, soap, blu-
ing, starch, and other items of wash-
day equipment. Then put in a display
card in big letters:

Take the “Blue” out of Blue Monday.
Proper Wash Day Equipment Saves
Time and Reduces Drudgery.

Or your card might read:
Efficient Equipment Means Sunny
Monday.

A window of this sort, even without
the show-card, carries a clear-cut mes-
sage. It emphasizes the idea every
wide-awake hardware dealer should
seek to convey to his customers and
prospective customers—the idea that
adequate household equipment elim-
inates drudgery and is worth many
times its cost.

Along the line of demonstration,
many hardware dealers find it advan-
tageous to place devices on trial with
approved prospects.

Some years ago when the electric
vacuum cleaner was an experiment
and a good many people doubted its
efficiency, an Ontario hardware dealer
offered one of his enterprising clerks
a small commission on every vacuum
cleaner he sold. The dealer was anx-
ious to get the business started; and
felt it was good policy to induce one
of his best salesmen to specialize in
this line.

The clerk began by demonstrating
the vacuum cleaners in the store. A
lot of curious people came to witness
the demonstration of what was then a
novelty; but nobody was willing to
buy. The clerk, after puzzling over
the matter, solved the mystery. He
decided that the prospects thought the
demonstrations in the store were stage-
managed and were skeptical as to what
the machine would do outside the
store.

After that when any store prospect
showed an interest in the vacuum
cleaner the clerk arranged to visit the
prospect’s home that same evening, or
as soon thereafter as possible, and dem-
onstrate the device there. In such
house demonstrations the clerk first
showed the prospect the empty dust
bag. Then he selected the dustiest
rug he could find and went to work.
After that he got the housewife to run
the machine and her husband, if he
was there, to show how easily it was
operated. When this was done, he
emptied from the bag the astonishing
amount of dust accumulated. A dem-
onstration of that sort, where no trick-
rey was possible, usually proved con-
vincing.

Where sales run into considerable
money it will often pay to put devices
in the home, demonstrate them there
and leave them on trial. This cannot,
of course, be done with every device
or every prospect.

In his displays, his advertising, his
selling talk, the dealer should do more
than talk up a certain article. He should
emphasize the idea of adequate equip-
ment—that wide-awake people believe
in using modern machinery to reduce
drudgery. In this way, while he is
making the immediate sale, the dealer
is also instilling into the customer’s
mind a principle and a policy which
will help also to make future sales of
other articles necessary to complete
household equipment.

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COMMERCIAL TRAVELER

Graphic Description of the Beauties of
Honolulu.

Honolulu, Feb. 7—The past week in
this wonder city has been one of much
excitement on account of the opening
of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel and
Chinese New Years, both occurring
on the same day, Tuesday last.

Of the hotel opening I shall go
somewhat more into detail, but in
passing I will say that a “chink” New
Years celebration in China land is
something more than the rotation of
chop sticks in a chop suey joint. They
begin the day before at noon, keep
it up all night and the. following day
and you know from the amount of
noise produced there has been no mis-
take made on day or date.

The little mangy “bunch” of fire
crackers we used to have parceled out
to us in boyhood days pales into in-
significance when compared with the
combustion which we witnessed here.
3ut it is enjoyable to those who par-
ticipate and much more rational than
some of the New Year’s eve carryings
on further East.

The Royal Hawaiian Hotel is claim-
ed to be one of the finest in the world.
It is not so large—400 rooms—but it is
most magnificently caparisoned and
furnished; and has a glorious setting
i na tract of fifteen acres contiguous
to the famous Waikiki Beach. It
cost $3,000,000, an investment highly
problematical, but it adds to the glory
of the Islands, and being largely
financed at home, its backers are tak-
ing no more chances than with a tidal
wave or volcanic eruption, both of
which are sure to come at regular in-
tervals.

For its diminutive stature Honolulu
surely makes excessively long leaps.
She has the cosmopolitan atmosphere
of a city of a million and she seems to
make the grade without difficulty. She
may have misjudged on this hotel
proposition, but who can tell. One
of the largest transportation companies
here is behind the proposition. Upon
their success in bringing enough pa-
trons to Hawaii to keep the hotel full
of guests depends the prosperity of
their line. Last year approximately
18,000 people spent an average of two
days upon the Islands, and they have
a rooming capacity at their various ho-
tels of about 1650. So it does not look
as though congestion would stare any
of them in the face. The new hotel
has a low down rate of $12 per day,
which will preserve royalty from being
injured in any crush.

I forgot to say the furniture, ship
loads of it, came from Grand Rapids.

Before I go into any extended dis-
sertation on the many attractions of
Honolulu and environs, I want Trades-
man readers to get the right slant on
the exact status of Hawaii Territory,
as to its relations with the United
States. Most people know little about
this phase of our island possession.

Governor Farrington explained to
me the other day that Hawaii is no
subservient possession of the United
States. Rather is it part and parcel
of the Union differing from the several
states in but five respects.

The governor and secretary are ap-
pointed bv the President of the U. S.
and citizens of the territory do not
vote in national and congressional elec-
tions. They have in Congress a non-
voting representative or delegate in-
stead of senators and congressmen.

The territory operates under a con-
stitution known as the organic act,
which was enacted by Congress.

The enactments of its legislature
are subject to replacement or amend-
ment by Congress, though this has
never happened.

Hawaii was never conquered or pur-
chased. The officers of theRepublic

 

of Hawaii sought admission to the
Union as a state following the over-

MICHIGAN

throw of the monarchy. Even under
the monarchy appeals had been made
to the United States Government for
admission as a state.

Governor Wallace R. Farrington is
the sixth governor appointed by the
President with the advice and consent
of the senate as also was tlie secretary.

All other territorial offices are ap-
pointed by the governor, including at-
torney general, treasurer, commission-
er of public lands, agriculture, forestry,
superintendent of public works, educa-
tion and auditor.

The governor is commander-in-chief
of the militia. He may grant pardons
and reprieves for offenses against the
laws of the country and reprieves only
for offenses against the laws of the
United States.

In case of need he may call upon
the commanders of the military and
naval forces of the U. S., summon the
posse comitatus, suspend the writ of
habeas corpus or place the territory
under martial law. He has the veto
power which necessitates a reconsid-
eration of all legislation, and it re-
quires a two-thirds vote to enact a
law without his approval. The De-
partment of the Interior of the U. S.
is the one responsible to the President
for the affairs of the territory.

Its legislature consists of fifteen
senators and thirty representatives.
The former are elected for four and
the representatives for two years.
There are also various boards and
commissions, similar to the state or-
ganizations.

The Territory of Hawaii (formerly
known as the Sandwich Islands) con-
sists of a long chain of islands, eight
of which, Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Kauai,
Molokai, Lanai, Nithau and Kahoolawe
are inhabited and organized. There
are several others that are not. All
of the group are.of volcanic origin.

Honolulu is situated on the island
of Oahu and is the seat of government.
They are all known as counties and
have organizations similar to our own.

And it is pronounced Ha-wi-e. The
capital is pronounced He-no-lulu.

Its history, which reads like a fairy
ta'e, is to be found in any encyclopedia
and will find no place in my activities,
but tradition and legend are wound
around its affairs and, having had ac-
cess to the ancient records and
archives, I will possibly give vou a
few which have never been published
for general circulation.

It is interesting to know that when
Kamehameha, its first monarch,
ascended the throne, he exercised his
own taste in selecting a flag for his
kingdom, by picking out the one which
best suited his fancyv—the stars and
stripes—and amended it to suit his pur-
poses after England had entered a
protest. The change being the sub-
stitution of the crosses of the Eng-
lish emblem in place of the blue field
of stars. So that to-day, in reality,
she enjoys the banner which most
pleased the ancient monarch.

Among the public charities, the one
we hear of most is the leper colony
which is about ten miles in area on the
Island of Molokai. It is a matter of
satisfaction to know that. under the
administration of the governmental
board of health and due to many im-
portant medical discoveries, the colony
is decreasing, the malady is no longer
considered contagious, and while no
positive cure is claimed, the plague is
slowly dying with its victims, and an-
other generation will witness its ex-
tinction. Hence there is little or no
danger in visiting the Island of Molo-
kai (ee) and none whatever, because
of isolation.

The Hawatian Islands have two
great industries. the manufacture of
sugar and the canning of pineapples,
neither of which in any way is a game
of chance, like the potatoes and beans
of Michigan or the corn in Iowa. A
given amount of fertilizer, mixed with
the tropical atmosphere and the fre-

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25

 

‘purely native type.

quent rains, which never fail, bring
forth a given result. It comes with
the regularity of the movement of the
planets.

Kamehameha was the first to unite
the islands under one head. Soldier
and warrier, he ruled despotically but
wisely, and he is still worshipped by
the descendants of the early in-
habitants.

But the people outgrew this comic
opera regime and it succumbed to the
law of the survival of the fittest, in
1898, when Queen Liliuokalani was
deposed by revolution of a “tempest in
a teapot’ character.

Surrounded by a beautiful park, the
old palace (now used as the capitol)
is still intact and occupies one of the
most conspicuous locations in the city
of Honolulu. Here in former days
reigned King Kalakaua and _ later
Queen Liliuokalani his sister, when all
the etiquette, all the form and cere-
mony which obtained in the royal
houses of Europe were observed here.

Of the old regimes nothing remains.
There are a few relatives, by marriage
only, with assumed titles, but the royal
blood has vanished. Up to the time
of her death, the government allowed
the Queen a pension and on certain
holidays she appeared in state. Now
the throne room, the walls of which
are covered with oil portriats of for-
mer sovereigns, is used for meetings
of the legislature and other rooms for
offices of the territory. Prince Cupid,
the last of the race, formerly was a
delegate to Congress, but he is no
longer numbered among the living.

It is quite evident that the Hawai-
ians are a passing race, though there
is much of beauty to be found in the
It is to be ob-
served in the well-rounded features, in
the large, luminous and lustrous eyes,
and in the rich, light brown complex-
ions, but intermarriage has played sad
havoc with the royal blood, and where
at one time there were 200,000 natives,
there are to-day less than one-fifth of
that number.

It is a noticeable fact that not a
single mercantile or commercial house
in Honolulu is controlled or conduct-
ed by native Hawaiians while the
Oriental races are in evidence every-
where. To be sure, some of the de-
scendants of ancient families are en-
gaged in banking and industry.

Honolulu possesses everything ap-
plying to the affairs of modern life.
Her educational facilities are the mar-
vel of the universe. She has her
chamber of commerce, tourist bureau,
fraternal and civic bodies, clubs of
every description and a full comple-
ment of churches. Her libraries and
museums are an outstanding feature.

In Japolani (linee) Park is the
famous aquarium filled with the “im-
possible, painted fish,” because they
are colored so gorgeously it does not
seem possible they are real.

Near this park is Waikiki (wi-kee-
kee) Beach. and all the year round
bathing resort, where the water
throughout the year is usually at a
temperature of 70 degrees. It is a
most delightful place of its kind and
tempts visitors from all parts of the
world.

Along the beach, which stretches for
some distance, are numerous villas
and. fashionable hotels. The new
Royal Hawaiian is one of three. I
doubt if a prettier spot could be found.
It is separated from the broad Pacific
by a coral reef invisible except at low
tide.

Hawaiian mermaids set the pace for
tourists on Waikiki. Marvelous swim-
mers are the natives of both sexes;
like human fish they surmount the
huge breakers which roll in from the
sea over the coral reefs. They were
born with this instinct and know no
fear.

Surf-board riding is the most thrill-
ing sport at Waikiki and while it used
to be considered a spectacle for men

only, it is now indulged in by both
sexes of all nations.

Picking out a “comber,” as_ the
riders call it, they fling themselves
astride their surf-board, balancing
themselves and standing erect, they
ride at lightning speed on the crest
of the enormous roller. Like a gull
they seem fairly to fly over the water.
‘One experiences many a thrill and sees
an occasional catastrophe here. It is
not a sport for weaklings.

Then there are the  out-rigger
canoes which also require skill in
handling, as they are very easily over-
turned. These are used in racing
contests, featuring sometimes natives
again-t so-called American crews.
When one who has been here thinks
of Honolulu, it is usually in connec-
tion with Waikiki, especially in moon-
light with the twang of the ukulele and
the sad, but melodious songs of the
Hawaiians.

Beautiful as it is, and to all outward
appearances, ideal, Waikiki has its
physical drawbacks. It is little more
than a coral reef, paved with rough
substances, and many an ugly cut and
bruise has been received here when
indulging in aquatic festivities. There
are hundreds of beaches in Michigan
better adapted to real bathing pleasure
than Waikiki, but, of course, they lack
the sentimental setting. But it seems
to radiate joy, so why not leave it
there Some day human _ ingenuity
will overcome this drawback and stone
bruises will be forgotten.

When I speak of the Island of Oahu
it will be mostly in connection with
Honolulu which is the county seat, but
which covers only a very small part
of the Island. No place on the Island
is more familiar than the Pali (pally)
meaning precipice. It is surmounted
by a curious cone-shaped peak, which
lures one from the city below to the
edge. One comes suddenly upon the
rim and looks down 1,300 feet to the
floor of the valley which is the area
of the city. From this wonderful view-
point one sees a community, any re-
cemblance to which is to be found in
no other part of the world. A switch-
back paved highway and motor cars
supply the means of its ascent, which
is made without any element of risk.
The Pali is reckoned as the piece de
resistance of the Island and follows
Waikiki in the gamyt of_its attractions.

Puu-Hoano, or Punch Bow! Hiil, is
another feature of Honolulu, located
right in town, as one might say. It is
really a large bulk of terra firma,
dropped here during some volcanic
disturbance and its center is hollowed
out like a punch bowl. It is 800 feet
high.

Ancient Hawaiians called this the
“hill of sacrifice,’ the reason being
that in those savage times the natives
had little or no knowledge of wine or
wine receptacles. But as a site for
executions and sacrifices, well authen-
ticated traditional history makes it
seem plausible..

Instead of the electric chair there
was the Imu Ahi (fire oven) for burn-
ing victims. Instead of the noose the
malefactor was given over to a chef
for a roast or saute though history does
not show that the ancient Hawaiian
was a cannibal. It was probably done
for humanitarian reasons.

The breaking of the Tabu or laws
(possibly derived from taboo) was
considered a social error and punished
accordingly, and the law breakers were
first deprived of earthly existence, then
sorted out in layers, placed upon a
ledge of rock over a crack in the super-
structure and the entertainment pro-
ceeded. It is presumed that the local
papers of that day heralded the fact
that “a good time was had by all.”

The part of the Hawaiian Islands
most familiar to Americans is probably
Waikiki Beach, but the most important
part is the city of Honolulu, protected
by a most wonderful harbor, which is
knoswn in maritime parlance as the

“cross roads of the world.” Vessels
of every size from every clime visit
this port at short intervals, and its
commerce is in reality of much im-
portance. Six miles to the West is
Pear! Harbor a military reservation.
These two constitute the only safe
ports in the entire chain of slands.

Poverty and squalor are almost un-
known here. In addition to numerous
comfortable hotels, fine residences
everywhere make the city attractive.
They are built mostly of wood, with
broad porches, and the larger ones
possess Lanai. These are drawing
rooms built partially outdoors, with
adjoining conservatories.

Honolulu’s streets are all paved and
well groomed. There is no rubbish or
debris discernible anywhere. Hygiene
is practiced everywhere. You are in
no danger of typhus or kindred dis-
eases. But one can see where the hook
worm of Mississippi might get in its
deadly work if it had an entry. Here
you have an inclination to slumber
until the advent of the last trump, with
a still further inclination to continue.
Insomnia, except where practiced by
the mosquito, is unheard of. You go
to bed for a_ specific purpose and
easily accomplish it.

Everyone who visits here is fascin-
ated by the climate and scenery. The
country round about it is a veritable
paradise. No other known land is
more permeated and dominated by
perpetual sunshine. It is not a blazing
sun that smites one, but is genial, life
giving and exhilarating. And this
wonderful climate lasts the year round.
The seasons vary so little that the
changes are scarcely perceptible. They
tell me that this is only spring and
that the season of blossom and_ ver-
dure is yet to come, but even now we
are surrounded by flowers and the air
is full of perfume. If there is any-
thing to change such conditions I can-
not even contemplate it. But living
here the year round is a lazy man’s
iob and for one used to an active ex-
istence it might become monotonous.
Even in my case the sound of the de-
parting whistle of the S. S. Calawaii,
on the 26th inst, will resound with
joyousness, accompanied, however,
with the hope that I may see it all

again, when the frost in my home
state has got its work in on the
pumpkin.

Honolulu was one of the first cities
in the world to install the dial system
of telephones. In Hawaii the import-
ance of this system can be fully real-
ized when you consider that with the
many tongued races it was not easy to
call up and obtain the number wanted.
But the automatic feature does away
with all this complication. On this
island alone there are over of 15,000
phones in service. While the rates
are moderate the operating company
satisfies itself with a pleasurable in-
come. Many of the rural lines are
placed under ground to guard them
against hurricanes and __ torrential
storms.

Communication with the outside
world is maintained by both cable and
radio, and between ships at sea and
the islands by wireless. Radio pro-
grams are broadcasted daily. Mails
arrive from the Coast two or three
times a week and depart as frequently.
The average time for passage between
Honolulu and San Francisco or Los
Angeles is six days. There are regu-
lar boat lines serving between the
Islands several times weekly, also the
aeroplane, a service just recently in-
augurated but exceedingly popular.
Air navigation is much more common
here than anywhere I have been. It is
operated in connection with Yellow
Cab service at about (?) the same
rates. The taxi man here gets “his,”
but you can ride on comfortable elec-
tric lines at “four for a quarter’ for
considerable distances.

There is yet much for me to see on
Oahu, but I am carded to go to

Hawaii next, an ocean trip of 200
miles, to view the only active volcano
in captivity in this section, so I will
reserve much for the period of my so-
journ here after returning from Hilo.

To-day one of the big Cunarders,
the S. S. Franconia, enters port here,
on a voyage around the world, and
there will be much excitement, includ-
ing the Royal Hawaiian band, one or
two prima donnas and the usual hab-
itat you see at the country railroad
station when the “local” arrives, but
the effect will be much more colorful.
Sentiment, romance and music. will
permeate the atmosphere, and the
boat passengers will enjoy a novel
sensation.

Several Detroit hotel men excite my
admiration at all times and since I
left home I notice by the papers they
have not been idle. Among them are
Ward B. James, general manager of
the Tuller interests, Harold Sage, a
former Statler graduate who has taken
on another hotel—the Gotham—mak-
ing his fourth. Also Ed. Pitts has
tucked a couple more, the Eddystone
and Park Avenue, under his wing.

Also I see my old friend Irving
Edgington, for a long time with the
Normandie has been transplanted to
the front office of the Park Avenue.
A popular individual who will un-
questionably meet many of his old
friends in his new location.

Frank S. Verbeck.

Pault Worldt, dealer in general mer-
chandise and agricultural implements,
“I cannot get along
the Tradesman.”

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DRUGS

Michigan Board of Pharmacy.
President—James E. Way, Jackson,
Vice-Pr-esident—J. C. Dykema, Grand

Rapids. :
Director—H. H. Hoffman, Lansing.

Coming Examinatios—Grand Rapid:,
March 15, 16 and 17; Detroit, June 21,
22 and 23.

Life of a Soda Dispenser.

I got my start ten years ago as a
boy hopping sales. And the reason |
ain’t hopping them right now is be-
cause | kept my eyes open. I watched
the head man all the time. Whenever
he went to make a banana split or any
sort of hard drink I hung my eyes
over the counter and didn’t miss any-
thing. So runs the story of a soda
dispenser as told by him personally.

Just like if you went into the pool
room and didn’t know much about the
game you'd keep your eye on the best
guy in the room. That’s the way I
watched the head man. Pretty soon he
put me to making coca-colas and lime-
ades and before I'd been down there
many months he was standing over
me telling me how to make parfaits
and egg malteds and all the rest of
them.

When I first siarted I was scared to
death for fear somebody was coming
in and ask for an egg flip. I didn't
know what the things were and 1
didn’t understand anything about flip-
ping an egg. I felt about that almost
like I did when I spent an hour and a
half one afternoon looking for the
key to the milk pump. But they get
gags like that on every new boy.

One of the hardest things for a boy
to learn is just how hard to hit his
pump. Each pump carries one ounce
of syrup. And one ounce generally
makes any ordinary drink. But a man
may say he wants a weak chocolate
milk or something like that. Then
you've got to know how to hit your
handle just a little tep.

After I learned all the tricks I start-
ed out on my own. I got a job skeet-
ing soda out in Ensley. Then pretty
soon I landed a place on the leg of
the town. And then I got where I
am now.

There are a lot of rules about a soda
fountain. Dirty glasses, dirty ice and
lemon or oranges, which have dropped
upon the floor, must never be used.
Lip stick stays on a spoon even after
been washed. Each spoon
inspected for that. All
glasses should be sponged with soap
and water and then put in the steam
sterilizer. One of the first laws of
serving Soda is never to let your
finger get into the drink. That may
sound sort of crazy, but when a man’s
in a hurry it’s mighty easy for a
thumb or a finger to slide over the
side of the glass.

it has
should be

When a customer comes up and sits
down the man behind the counter
should say, “What will
please?”

you have,
Always say please Then
after he’s had his drink give him his
check.

All this about
throwing up ice and catching it in

monkey business
classes and skidding dishes along the
counter, that’s the bunk. No good

man does that. Because nice people

 

MICHIGAN

don't like to see it. One of the best
soda men in town got fired because he
kept on throwing ice cream over his
shoulder and catching it in the glass.
It was all right until one day when he
happened to be serving a lady friend
of the boss and he missed. Then he
got canned.

Never make a customer pay for a
glass he breaks. It’s bad business.
You may get 15 or 20 cents for that
one glass, but you're almost sure to
lose the customer. And if one of them
spills anything always give them a
clean, dry towel to wipe off the drink.
the wet
towel you've been using behind the

Don’t ever let them have

counter.

Always wait on customers in the
order they come in. And be just as
polite to old ladies as to young girls.
them the amount and
charge them the same. That’s one of
And always give them
the same tone when you thank them
with the check.

Never talk about a real man who
behind a counter as a soda

A soda jerker is a cowboy

Serve same

the first rules.

works
jerker.
and he may be here to-day, in Dé-
troit the next and in jail the next. No
gentleman is a soda jerker.

soda men or soda dispensers.
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Menthol Cough Drops.

They are

Gelntin 22 i oz:
Glycerine (by weight) ------ 2% ozs.
Orange-flower water ~------- 2% 0zs.
Mentho. 5 gts.
Réecahied spirits -__-__-__-___ 1. ode.

Soak the gelatin in the water for
two hours, then heat on a water bath
until dissolved, and add 1% ounces of
glycerine. Dissolve the
the spirit, mix with the remainder of
the glycerine, add to the glyco-gelatin
mass, and pour into an oiled tin tray
(such as the lid of a biscuit). When
the mass is cold divide into ten dozen

menthol in

pastilles.

Menthol pastilles are said to be an
excellent remedy for tickling cough as
well as laryngitis. They should be
freshly prepared, and cut oblong, so
that the patient may take half of one
or less, as may be necessary.

— ~+2s——
Mange Remedies For Pigs.

Pigs are affected by
mange, the site of the affection being
on the inner surface of the thighs and
below the eyes. The animal tries to
rub itself and then loses its bristles.
The following application is advised:

occasionally

Sulphurated potash, powder -- 1 oz.
Cottonseed oil —-___-___-___--- 1 oz.
Soft (or green) soap --------- 9 ozs.

Mix well.

Apply this mixture to the. affected
spots, wash the animal in two days
with warm water, and again apply this

paste.
———-<.____

Styptic Pencil With Formaldehyde.

Alain 22 480 ers.
Boren 2 28 rs.
Vane Oxide -220 2 2 - 2.5 ers.
Thyme 222s 8 grs.
Solution of formaldehyde ---- 10 grs.

Melt the alum, borax and thymol on
a water bath, add with constant stir-
ring the zinc oxide and solution of
formaldehyde, remove from the bath

TRADESMAN

and pour into suitable molds just be-
fore solidifying. This formula is
recommended as producing a new
styptic pencil which possesses anti-
septic and healing properties.

——_»2>—___

On the Banks of the Muskegon River
Seventy Years Ago.
Grandville, March 1—Winter was
usually a very busy season of the year
in early lumberwoods days. The little
settlement at Bridgeton, twenty miles
up the stream from Muskegon, was the
center of a considerable industry, and
at one time half a dozen Muskegon
lumbering firms put their output of
winter log cutting on the river bank

at this point.

High bluffs overlooked the river ex-
cept where Sand Creek emptied into
the Muskegon. Here the bluffs divid-
ed, leaving a considerable opening, in
which in later years three sawmills
hummed their music to the breeze.

On the South side of the river was
a long hill down which no less than
six big lumber camps drew their logs.
No less than sixty teams were operat-
ing at one and the same time, while
at the top of the hill was the village
schoolhouse. There was fine coasting
for the boys and girls, of which they
made the most.

Where so many logging teams were
moving to and from the woods there
was scarcely an hour in the day in
which teams of empty bobs were not
climbing this long hill, and of which
the schoolboys took advantage.

It was a very great help to tag on
behind and ride to the top of the long
hill, instead of walking and drawing
a handsleigh.

Nearly all the teamsters were pleas-
ant chaps and allowed the boys to
hitch on behind and ride to the top
of the hill. Now and then a surly
fellow swung his whip and drove the
lads away. Naturally these were re-
membered when they came in with
sleds loaded with logs, and were some-
times pelted good and plenty with
snowballs from the roadside.

There was one especially pleasant
teamster who chummed in with the
boys, talking and laughing with them
at every trip. He came from a foreign
land and had a delightful brogue
which amused his young friends. Later
he was killed on a rollway and every
boy and girl of the Bridgeton school
felt truly heartbroken over the tragedy.

The breaking of rollways in the
spring was a hazardous undertaking,
requiring carefulness and skill lest ac-
cidents happen. Several victims of
rollway disaster were recorded every
spring along the Muskegon.

Not infrequently a busy log teamster
was roped in by the boys and girls
for a straw ride by moonlight and
those rides were the finest examples of
delightful sport ever. Snuggled in a
long sleigh box, with plenty of nice
clean straw, and your girl by your side,
either one of the hired girls or a de-
cidedly chic school ma’am, there was
plenty of romance and excitement to
it all which has no comparison at the
present day.

Strawriding by moonlight along
glassy roads, beneath tall pines, with
the merry sound of sleigh bells jingling
an accompaniment, the rich soprano
and bass voices of the occupants
breaking forth in song. It was im-
mense.

We speak of those days as the good
old times, which they decidedly were,
no matter how jeeringly they may be
referred to to-day by a more reckless
class of young people.

Fifty years from now the doings of
the youngsters of to-day will be the

“sood old times’ of the then. So it
goes the world around and despite
every change, good or bad, in the

make up of society, the earth still
turns on its axis and the sun con-
tinues to shine.

With all the wildness of the settle-

March 2, 1927

ments seventy years ago, religious
teaching was not neglected. Among
my earliest recollections are those of
the circuit rider preacher who came
monthly to the woods to minister to
the spiritual wants of the community.

Some of these meetings were held
under difficulties before a schoolhouse
was built, the gatherings taking place
in dwellings or in old shingle shanties.

I call to mind one meeting in a
twelve by sixteen room, where the min-
ister waxed most eloquent over the
iniquities of fallen man and was work-
ing himself into a fiery heat over the
danger menacing the sinner, when a
huge gray cat sprang from some hid-
den nook directly on the desk in front
of the eloquent divine and uttered a
hideous screech which brought down
the house.

Of such was backwoods life made
up. It was a life in every way worth
living look at it in any way you will.

Skating was one of the amusements
of the winter. Sometimes a score of
boys and girls, as well as many elder-
ly people, swarmed to the skating rinks
formed by nature for our entertain-
ment. A niillpond half a mile in
length and half as wide was usually
the place of resort for ice sport. Big
bonfires were lighted, by the flame
of which the skates were fastened to
the feet of the girls by their escorts,
after which the sport began.

The river, however, offered the wid-
est range for the skater’s steel, al-
though it was not so readily available
as the millpond. On occasions, how-
ever, after a rain and a subsequent
freeze a long strip of serpentine road-
way was available for steel clad feet.

It was indeed a glorious pleasure to
speed mile after mile up or down the
Muskegon, beside your best girl, who
was equally as expert on steel runners
as yourself.

The high bluffs, crowned with giant
trees, formed a splendid background,
down between which the full white
moon sent its silver rays, giving to the
adventurous skater a view of a long
avenue of glittering ice.

Sleigh-riding, skating, spelling school
bees and parties galore were the order
of the day and night on the banks of
the Muskegon in the late forties and
early fifties.

I understand that a novelist is at
present engaged in writing a book
dealing with the early Muskegon set-
tlements. We shall look for its appear-
ance with no little interest.

Old Timer.

 

Henry Smith
FLORAL Co. Inc.

52 Monroe Avenue
GRAND RAPIDS

Phone 9-3281

 

 

 

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Nature’s Cough Syrup Cc
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Sone Cardomons -----—-——----- zomss WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT
Senega M o
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2 — [he whole fruits and seeds are taken a
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Chloroform 20 cc . : 2 Withie 9 15 Juniper Wood - 1 50@1 75 Catechu @1 44
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oo : : Vanilla Ex. pure 2 25@2 5@
rotons 2 00@2 25 Asafoetida ------ @2 28 Zinc Sulphate -- o@ 11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

March 2, 1927

 

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT

These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mail-
ing and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices, however,
are liable to change at any time, and country merchants will have their orders
filled at market prices at date of purchase.

 

ADVANCED

Sugar 10c
Bulk Noodles
Peanut Butter
Scotch Peas
Lamb

Mutton

DECLINED

Canned Gloves
Canned Corn

Coffee
Gasoline

 

AMMONIA
Arctic, 10 oz., 3 dz. cs. 3 75
Arctic, 16 oz., 2 dz. cs. 4 00
Arctic, 32 oz., 1 dz. cs. 3 25
Quaker, 36, {2 oz. case 3 85

 

AXLE GREASE
cit UL 4 35
as; 6 00

10 Ib, pails, per doz. 8 50
15 lb. pails, per doz. 11 95
25 Ib. pails, per doz. 19 50

BAKING POWDERS
Arctic, 7 oz. tumbler 1 35
Queen Flake, 16 oz., dz 2 25
Royal, 10c, doz. ---- 95
Royal, 6 oz., do. ---. 2 70
Royal, 12 oz., doz. -- 5 20
novel > ih, 31

 

Rocket, 16 oz., doz._. 1 25
K. C. Brand

Per case
10c size, 4 doz. -.---. 3 7
15c size, 4 doz 5
20c size, 4 doz
25c size, 4 doz
50c size, 2 doz.
80c size, 1 doz.
10 Ib. size, % doz. __-_ 67

5
Freight prepaid to jobbing
point on case goods.
Terms: 30 days net or 2%
cash discount if remittance
reaches us within 10 «<iays
from date of invoice. Drop
shipments from factory.

BEECH-NUT BRANDS.

 

Mints, all flavors ---_ 60
ae 70
Fruit Drops --------- 7
Caramels ....__._._---- 70

Sliced bacon, large --
Sliced bacon, medium
Sliced beef, medium -
Grape Jelly, large ---
Grape Jelly, medium--
Peanut butter, 16 oz.
Peanut butter, 10% oz.
Peanut butter, 6% oz.
Peanut butter, 3% oz.
Prepared Spaghetti --
Baked beans, 16 oz.--

et bet ed et oe OO DO OT
o
a

BLUING
The Original
Condensed

Lii2 oz., 4 dz. es. 3 00
#3 oz., 3 dz. cs. 3 75

 

BREAKFAST FOODS

Kellogg’s Brands.

Flakes, No. 136 3 45
Flakes, No. 124 3 45
Corn Flakes, No. i102 2 00
Pep, No. 224
Pen, No. 302 ___-._- 1 75
Krumbles, No. 424 --- 2 70
Bran Flakes, No. 624 2 25
Bran Flakes, No. 602 1 50

Corn
Corn

Post’s Brands.
Grape-Nuts, 24s
Grape-Nuts, 100s ----
Instant Postum, No. 8
instant Postum, No. 9
Instant Postum, No. 10
Postum Cereal, No. 0
Postum Cereal, No, 1

bo 6 DO th C1 OTD
tw
on

Post Toasties, 36s -- 45

Post Toasties, 24s -- 3 45

Post's Bran, 24s ---- 2 70
BROOMS

Jewell, doz.
Standard Parlor, 23 lb. 8 25
Fancy Parlor, 23 lb.-- 9 25
Ex. Fancy Parlor 25 lb. 9 75
Ex. Fcy. Parlor 26 lb. “ .

a

Toy ee
Whisk, No. 3 --------- 2 75
BRUSHES
Scrub
Solid Back, 8 in. ---- 1 50
Solid Back, 1 in. ---. 1 75
Pointed Ends -------- 1 25
Stove
Chaker 2 1 80
No. 2 00
Peerless ——-.——____-—_ 2 60
Shoe
No, 40 2 25
No, 2) 3 00
BUTTER COLOR
Dangolion _ 2 85
CANDLES
Electric Light, 40 Ibs. 12.1
Plumber, 40 Ibs. 12.3
Paraffine, 6s -------- 14%

 

Wicking
Tudor, 6s, per box -. 30
CANNED FRUIT

Apples, 3 lb. Standard 1 50
Apples, No. 10 -. 4 50@5 76
Apple Sauce, No. 10 8 00
Apricots, No. 1 1 75@2 00
Apricots, No. 2 -~---- 3 00
Apricots, No. 2% 3 40@3 90
Apricots, No. 10 8 50@11 00
Blackberries, No. 10 8 50
Blueber’s, No. 2 2 00@2 75
Blue berries, No. 10__ 14 00
Cherries, No. 2 3

Cherries, No. 2% ---- 4 50
Cherries, No. 10 —-- 14 00
Loganberries, No. 2 -. 3 00
Loganberries, No. 10 10 90
Peaches, No. 1 1 50@2 10
Peaches, No. 1, sliced 1 25
Peaches, No. 2 75

2 oe
Peaches, No. 2% Mich 3 25
Peaches, 2% Cal. 3 00@3 25

Peaches, 10, Mich. -. 8 60
Pineapple, 1 sl. ----- 1 75
Pineapple, 2 sli. ---. 2 80
P’apple, 2 br. sl. ---- 2 40
P’apple, 2%, sli. ----- 3 00
P’apple, 2, cru. —.--- 2 60
Pineapple, 10 cru. -- 9 Gf
Pears, No. 2 15
Pears, No. 2% ----=- 3 50

Plums, No. 2 -. 2 40@2 60
Plums, No. 2 2 9
Raspberries, No. 2 blk 3 25
Raspb’s, Red, No. 10 13 50
Raspb’s Black,

Na 1). 12 60
Rhubarb, No. 10 4 75@5 50
Strawberries, No. 10 12 60

CANNED FISH
Clam Ch’der, 10% oz.
Clam Ch., No. 3
Clams, Steamed, No. 1
Clams, Minced, No. 1
Finnan Haddie, 10 oz.
Clam Bouillon, 7 0Z.-
Chicken Haddie, No. 1
Fish Flakes, small --
Cod Fish Cake, 10 oz.
Cove Oysters, 5 oz. -
Lobster, No. %, Star

DO 0d DO CO? CI DO tt tO BO 09 GO BO CO et
a
uo

Shrimp, 1, wet -----— 90
Sard’s, 4 Oil, Key -- 10
Sardines, % Oil, k’less 50
Sardines. %4 Smoked 75
Salmon, Warrens, %s 80
Salmon, Red Alaska i
Salmon, Med. Alaska 85
Salmon, Pink Alaska 1 85

Sardines, Im. %, ea. 10@28
Sardines, Im., %, ea. 25
Sardines, Cal. __ 1 65@1 80
Tuna, %, Albocore -- 95
Tuna, \s, Curtis, doz. 2 20
Tuna, %s, Curtis, doz. 3 50
Tuna, 1s, Curtis, doz. 7 00

CANNED MEAT

Bacon, Med. Beechnut 3 30
Bacon, Lge. Beechnut 5 40
Beef, No. 1, Corned __ 3 10
Beef, No. 1, Roast ---- 3 10
Beef, No. 2%, Qua. sli. 1 50
Beef, 3% oz. Qua, sli. 2 00
Beef, 5 oz., Qua. sli. 2 75
Beef, No. 1, B'nut, sli. 4 50
Beefsteak & Onions, s 3 45
Chili Con Ca., 1s 1 35@1 43
Deviled Ham, %s --- 2 20
Deviled Ham, %s --- 3 60
Hamburg Steak &

Onions, No, 1 __--_— 3 15
Potted Beef, 4 oz. --_ 1 10
Potted Meat, % Libby 52%
Potted Meat, % Libby 92%
Potted Meat, % Qua. 90
Potted Ham, Gen. %& 1 85
Vienna Saus., No. % 1 45
Vienna Sausage, Qua. 95
Veal Loaf, Medium -- 2 65

Baked Beans
Campbells, 1c free 5 -- 1 15
Quaker, 18 oz. —.- 85
Fremont, No. 2 ~--.— 1 20
Snider, No. 1 ~------- 95
Sniger, No. 2 _.-.-—- 1 25
Van Camp, small ---- 85
Van Camp, Med. ---- 1 15

CANNED VEGETABLES.

Asparagus.

No. 1, Green tips -- 3
No, 2%, Large Green 4

W. Beans, cut 2 1 45@
W. Beans, 10
Green Beans, 2s 1 45@2
Green Beans, 10s -- @7
L. Beans, 2 gr. 1 35@2
Lima Beans, 2s, Soaked
Rea Kid, No. 2 .---— 1
Beets, No. 2, wh. 1 75@2
Beets, No. 2, cut 1 10@1
Bests, No, 3, cut |
Corn, No. 2, stan. — 1
Corn, Ex. stan. No.
Corn, No, 2, Fan. 1 30@2
Corn, No. 10 __ 8 00@10
Hominy, No .3 1 00@1
Okra, No. 2, whole —_ 2
Okra, No. 2, cut --.. 1
Dehydrated Veg. Soup

Dehydrated Potatoes, lb.
Mushrooms, Hotels --
Mushrooms, Choce, 8 oz.
Mushrooms,
Peas, No. 2, E. J.
Peas, No. 2,

A
ee 7 60

244

Sur Etra
16

76
50

OS 85
Peas, No. 2, Ex. Sift.
ee 2 25
Peas, Ex. Fine, French 25
Pumpkin, No. 3 1 356@1 60
Pumpkin, No. 10 4 00@4 75
Pimentos, %, each 12@14
Pimentoes, %, each __ 27
Sw’t Potatoes, No. 2% 2 25
Sauerkraut, No.3 1 35@1 50
Succotash, No. 2 1 65@2 50
Succotash, No. 2, glass 2 80
Spinach, No. 1 ----- _. 4 25
Spnach, No. 2-- 1 60@1 90
Spinach, No. 38_- 2 25@2 50
Spinach, No. 10_ 6 50@7 00
Tomatoes, No. 2 1 20@1 30
Tomatoes, No. 3, 1 90@2 26
Tomatoes, No. 10-- @8 00
CATSUP.
B-nut, small --------- 1 90
Lily of Valley, 14 0z.-- 2 60
Lily of Valley, % pint 1 75
Paramount, 24, 8s --- 1 45
Paramount, 24, 16s __ 2 40
Paramount, Cal. ---- 14 00
Sniders, 8 0z. ~------- 75
Sniders, 16 oz. ~------- 2 56
Quaker, 8% oz. ------ 1 25
Quaker, 10% oz. ------ 1 46
Quaker, 14 0z. ------- 90
Quaker, Gallon Glass 13 00
Quaker, Gallon Tin -- $ 00
CHILI SAUCE
Snider, 16 02. -------- 3 30
Bnidger, + Of --.---_ 2 30
Lilly Valley, 8 oz. -- 2 25
Lilly Valley. 14 oz. -- 3 25
OYSTER COCKTAIL.
Snidors: 16 oz. —.-_-__— 3 30
Sniders, 8 0Z. ~------ 2 30

CHEESE.
Roguefert 000 65
Kraft, small items 1 65
Kraft, American —. 1 66
Chili, small tins ~-_ 1 65

Pimento, small tins 1 65
Roquefort, sm, tins 2 25
Camembert, sm. tins 2 25
Wisconsin Flats and

Daisies: 28
Toner 2 29
New York New 1926 _. 31
Bap Sago 38
erate 30

CHEWING GUM.

Adams Black Jack ---- 65
Adams Bloodberry ---- 65
Adams Dentyne __------ 65
Adams Calif. Fruit ---- 65
Adams Sen Sen --_----- 65
Beeman’s Pepsin ------ 65

Beechnut Wintergreen_ 70
Beechnut Peppermint  - 70

Beechnut Spearmint --- 70
Doubiemint 65
Peppermint, Wrigleys —_ 65
Spearmint, Wregileys __ 65
Juicy frac — 65
Wricleys P-K ..-___- 65
Geno 22 65
Teapernry = 65
COCOA.

Droste’s Dutch, 1 Ib._-

8

Droste’s Dutch, % lb. 4 50
Droste’s Dutch, % Ib. 2 35
Droste’s Dutch, 5 Ib. 60
Chocolate Apples ---- 4 50
Pastelles, No. 1 -----12 60
Pastelles, % Ib. ~----- 6 60
Pains De Cafe __---— 3 00
Droste’s Bars, 1 doz. 2 00
Delft Pastelles ------ 2 15
1 lb. Rose Tin Bon

Bons 23 18 00
7 oz. Rose Tin Bon

Bons oo 00
13 oz, Creme De Cara-

nue 13 20
12 oz. Rosaces -.---- 10 80
% lb. Rosaces ---—- 80
% lb. Pastelles —.---- 3 40
Langues De Chats -. 4 80

CHOCOLATE.
Baker, Caracas, %s ---- 37
Baker, Caracas, 4s ---- 35
COCOANUT
Dunham’s
15 Ib. case, %s and Ks 48
15 Ib. case, %S -------- 47
15 Ib. case, %s -------- 46
CLOTHES LINE.

Hemp, 50 ft. ____ 2 00@2 25
Twisted Cotton,

te 3 50@4 00
Braided, 60 ft. ------- 2 25
Sash Cord __.. 3 50@4 00

 

HUME GROCER CO.

ROASTERS

 

COFFEE ROASTED
1 Ib. Package

Melrose 2 34
liberty 24
Quaxer 2 41
Notrwow 2 39
Morton House —___-.___ 45
Beng 2 36
Rover Club... 40

McLaughlin’s Kept-Fresh

Vaccum packed. Always
fresh. Complete line of
high-grade bulk _ coffees.

W. F. McLaughlin & Co.,

Chicago.
Maxwell House Coffee.
1 ih tee |. 47
S 1b. tins) oo 1 39

Coffee Extracts
M. Y., per 100 __--_- 12
Frank’s 50 pkgs. -- 4 25
Hummel’s 50 1 Ib. 10%

CONDENSED MILK

Leader, 4 doz. .—---.- 6 75
Eagle, 4 doz.

MILK COMPOUND
Hebe, Tall, 4 doz, —. 4 50
Hebe, Baby, 8 do. -. 4 40
Carolene, Tall, 4 doz.3 80
Carolene, Baby ------ 3 50

EVAPORATED MILK

Quaker, Tall, 4 doz. __ 4 75
Quaker, Baby, 8 doz. 4 65
Quaker, Gallon, % dz. 4 60
Carnation, Tall, 4 doz. 5 00
Carnation, Baby, 8 dz. 4 90
Oatman’s Dundee, Tall 5 00
Oatman’s D’dee, Baby 4 90

Every Day, Tall ---- 5 00
Every Day, Baby ---- 4 90
Pet. Tal 2 5 00
Pet, Baby, 8 oz. —._--- 90
Borden's Tall -__...__ 5 00
Borden’s Baby —-_--.- 4 90
Van. Camp, Tall: 2 4 90
Van Camp, Baby -.- 3 75
CIGARS

G. J. Johnson’s Brand
G. J. Johnson Cigar,

10e ke 75 00
Worden Grocer Co, Brands
King Edward __----- 37 50
Master Piece, 50 Tin- 35 00
Canadian Club ------ 35 00
Tittie Tom —.- 4 37 50

Tom Moore Monarch 75 00
Tom Moore Panetris 65 00
T. Moore Longfellow 95 00
Webster Cadillac _.___ 75 00
Webster Knickbocker 95 00

Webster Belmont. 110 00
Webster St. Reges 125 00
Bering Apollos ---. 95 00
Bering Palmitas ~—. 115 00
Bering Delioses __-- 120 00
Bering Favorita -.-. 135 00
Bering Albas -.---- 150 00
CONFECTIONERY

Stick Candy Pails
Standard (20 16
Jumbo Wrapped ----- 19
Pure Sugar Sticks 600s 4 20

Big Stick, 20 lb. case 18

Mixed Candy
Kindergarten ---------- 17
Peeger ooo 14
> 12 Oo. a. 42
French Creams -------- 16

 

Fancy Chocolates
5 lb. Boxes
Bittersweets, Ass’ted 1 70
Choc Marshmallow Dp 1 70
Milk Chocolate A A 1 70
Nibble Sticks 1 85
No. 12, Choc., Light — 1 65

 

Chocolate Nut Rolls — 1 80
Magnolia Choc  --_---- 115

Gum Drops Pails
Anise oo 16
Champion Gums ------- 16
Challenge Gums ------- 16
Favorite —.- 39
Superior, Boxes ~.------ 23

Lozenges Pails

A. A. Pep. Lozenges 18
A. A. Pink Lozenges 16
A. A. Choc. Lozenges 16
Motto Hearts -------- 19
Malted Milk Lozenges 21

Hard Goods Pails

Lemon Drops --------- 18
O. F. Horehound dps. ~. 18
Anise Squares 18
Peanut Squares -------- 17
Horehound Tablets __-- 18

Cough Drops

Putnam sa -. 1 36
Smith Bros. ~--------- 1 50

Package Goods
Creamery Marshmallows
4 oz. pkg., 12s, cart. 85
4 oz. pkg., 48s, case 3 40

Specialties
Wainut Fudge --------- 22
Pineapple Fudge —------ 21
Italian Bon Bons ----- 17

Banquet Cream Mints. 28
Silver King M.Mallows 1 50
Walnut Sundae, 24, 5c 80
Neapolitan, 24, 5¢ —~----- 80
Mich. Sugar Ca., 24, 5c 80
Pal O Mine, 24, 5c ---. 80
Malty Milkies, 24. 5c ~. 80
Bo-Ka-To-Ka, 24, 5c -. 80

COUPON BOOKS
50 Economic grade 2 50
100 Economic grade 4 560
500 Economic grade 20 00
1000 Economic grade 37 50
Where 1,000 books are
ordered at a time, special-
ly printed front cover is
furnished without charge.

CREAM OF TARTAR
6 Ib. boxes

DRIED FRUITS
Appies
N. Y. Fey., 50 Ib. box 15%
N. Y. Fey., 14 oz. pkg. 16
Apricots
Evaporated, Choice .. 27
Evaporated, Fancy -. 30
Evaporated, Slabs .. 26

Citron
10 ib; box — 40
Currants
Packages, 14 oz. ---. 16
Greek, Bulk, Ib. ~----- 15
Dates
Dromedary, 36s ---- 6 76
Peaches
Evap. Choice --.--... 21
Evap. Ex. Fancy, P. P. 30
Peel

Lemon, American -... 30

Urange, American ~.-. 30
Raisins

Seeded, bulk ~-_------- 09%

Thompson’s s’dles blk 9%

Thompson’s seedless,

15 oz.
Seeded, 15 oz.
California Prunes
90@100, 25 lb. boxes--@08
60@70, 25 lb. boxes..@10
50@60, 25 lb. boxes_.@11
40@50, 25 lb. boxes._.@12
30@40, 25 lb. boxes_.@15
20@30, 25 lb. boxes_.@22

FARINACEOUS GOODS

Beans

Med. Hand Picked ~ 06

Cal. Limas -.-....—-

Brown, Swedish ------ 08

Red Kidney --------- 11
Farina

24 packages -------- 2 50

Bulk, per 100 Ibs. ---- 06%

Hominy
Pearl, 100 lb. sacks -_ 3 50
Macaronl
Mueller’s Brands
9 oz. package, per doz. 1 30
9 oz. package, per case 2 60

Bulk Goods
Elbow, 20 lb. ---------- 09
Ege Noodle, 10 Ibs. -. 15

Peari Barley

  

Chester

6000.

Barley Grits ~.-----
Peas.

Soaten. ibe 22 0546
Split, lb. yellow ------ 03

Split green __________ 08
Sage

ast india =... 10
Tapioca

Pearl, 100 Ib. sacks -_ 09

Minute, 8 oz., 3 doz. 4 05

Dromedary Instant -_ 3 50

FLAVORING EXTRACTS

 

Doz. Doz.
Vaniila PURE Lemon
135 _.. % ounce --- 1 35
180 __. 1% ounce --- 1 80
3 20 _._. 2% ounce --- 3 20
300 _.. 2 ounce --. 3 00
5 50 _._. 4 ounce ..- 5 50
UNITED FLAVORING
Colored
Imitation Vanilla
1 ounce, 10 cent, doz. 96
2 ounce, 15 cent, doz. 1 25
3 ounce, 25 cent, doz. 2 0¢
4 ounce, 30 cent, doz. 2 26
Jiffy Punch
3 doz. Carton -_~.---- 2 2%
Assorted flavors,
FLOUR
Vv. C. Milling Co. Brands
Lily White —..-..... 90
Harvest Queen -...-- 9 80
Yes Ma’am Graham,
S08 2222 2 4u

FRUIT CANS
F. O. B. Grand Rapids

 

Mason
Mat pint: ooo 8 40
One Ont 2 8 50
One quart 2. 9 60
Halt. galion .. 12 60
ideal Giass Top.
Rubbers.
Half pint —200 9 50
One pint oo 9 890
One. quart. 2... 11 75
Half gation __..._.... 16 76

 

 

March 2, 1927

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

 

GELATINE

   

 

26 oz., 1 doz. case -- 6 00
3% oz., 4 doz. case_. 3 60
One doz. free with 5 —

Jello-O, 3 doz. ~------ 3

Minute, 3 doz. -------- 4 05
Plymouth, White ---. 1 55
Quaker, 3 doz. ------ 2 55

HORSE RADISH
Per doz., 5 0Z. --------
JELLY AND PRESERVES
Pure, 30 lb. pails -_--3 30
Imitation, 30 Ib. pails 1 75
Pure, 6 oz., Asst., doz. 1 10
Buckeye, 18 0z., doz. 2 00

JELLY GLASSES
8 oz., per doz. --------
OLEOMARGARINE
Van Westenbrugge Brands
Carlead Distributor

 

Nicos, 1 1b... 21
Nucoa, 2 and 5 lb. -_ 20%
Wilson & Co.’s Brands

Oleo
Certified 2000 24
Nut oo 18
Special Roll. —... 19
MATCHES
Swen, 166 ..... 4 75
Diamond, 144 box ---- 6 00

Searchlight, 144 box_. 6 00
Ohio Red Label, 144 bx 4 20

Ohio Blue Tip, 144 box 6 00
Ohio Blue Tip, 720-1c 4 50
Blue Seal, 144 ------ 5 60
Reliable, 144 __------ 4 35
Federal, 144 ~_-------- 5 80

Safety Matches
Quaker, 5 gro. case_. 4 25

MINCE MEAT

None Such, 4 doz. -- 6 47

Quaker, 3 doz. case -. 3 60

Libby, Kegs, wet, Ib. 22
MOLASSES

 

Gold Brer Rabbit
No. 10, 6 cans to case 6 20
No. 5, 12 cans to case 6 45
No. 2%, 24 cans to cs. 6 75
No. 1%, 36 cans to cs. 5 50

Green Brer Rabbit
No. 10, 6 cans to case 4 95
No. 5, 12 cans to case 5 20
No. 214, 24 cans to cs. 5 45
No. 144, 36 cans to cs. 4 55

Aunt Dinah Brand
No. 10, 6 cans to case 3 25
No. 5, 12 cans to case 3 50
No. 214, 24 cans to cs. 3 75
No. 1%, 36 cans to cs. 3 20

New Orleans

Fancy Open Kettle -_- 74
Gholce . 2 62
Retr 41

Half barrels 5c extra
Molasses in Cans
Dove, 36, 2 lb. Wh. L. 5 60
Dove, 24, 2% lb Wh. L. 5 20
Dove, 36, 2 lb. Black 4 30
Dove, 24, 214 Ib. Black 3 90
Dove, 6 10 Ib. Blue L. 4 45
Palmetto, 24, 244 Ib. 5 25

NUTS Whole
Almonds, Tarragona... 27
Brazil, New --------- 18
Fancy Mixed -_------- 23
Filberts, Sicily ------ 22

Peanuts, Virginia Raw 09%
Peanuts, Vir. roasted
Peanuts, Jumbo, rstd. 19%
Peanuts, Jumbo, std. 17%
Pecans, 3 star ------ 20
Pecans, Jumbo __---- 40
Pecans, Mammoth -- 50
Walnuts, California -_ 38
Salted Peanuts

Fancy, No. 1 -------- 3%
Jumbo —..________..._-- 16
Shelled
Almonds --.---------— 70

Peanuts, Spanish,

125 Ib. bags ------ 12%
Filberts ~---------. a ae
Pécans —_____..--_- 1 05
Walnuts _.---------- 90

OLIVES
Bulk, 5 gal. keg ---. 9 00
Quart Jars, dozen -. 6 00
Bulk, 2 gal. keg ---- 3 75
Pint, Jars, dozen ---. 3 35
4 oz. Jar, plain, doz. 1 35
5% oz. Jar, pl., doz. 1 60
9 oz, Jar, plain, doz. 2 35
20 oz. Jar, Pl. do. 4 25
3 oz. Jar, Stu., doz. 1 35
6 oz. Jar, stuffed, dz. 2 50
9 oz. Jar, stuffed, doz. 3 50
12 oz. Jar, Stuffed,

COZ) o2 oe 4 50@4 75
20 oz. Jar, stuffed dz. 7 00
PARIS GREEN
So 31
16 29
2s and 58 2.2. 27

 

Bel Car-Mo Brand
24 1 1b. pats oo

§ 02., 2° do. Im case_
5 lb. pails, 6 in crate
12 2 Ib. pala oo

1410 pans 2
50 1b fins =
25 1b. Pas co
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Iron Barrels
Perfection Kerosine -_ 14.6
Red Crown Gasoline,
Tank Wagon ..____. 16.7
Solte Gasoline —__._.__. 19.7

Gas Machine Gasoline 40.1
vV. M. & P. Naphtha 21.6
Capitol Cylinder --__-- 39.2
Atlantic Red Engine--

21.2
Winter Black 12.2

larine

 

  

Light 2.2
Meatm 222). 64.2
Heavy 6.2
Special heavy -------- 68.2
xtra heavy _.___.--__ 70.2
Transmission Oil  ---_ 62.2
Finol, 4 oz. cans, doz. 1 50
Finol, 8 oz. cans, doz. 2 25
Parowax, 100 lb. _.-. 9.3
Parowax. 40, 1 lb. __ 9.5
Parowax, 20, 1 lb. ‘_. 9.7
Semdac, 12 pt. cans 2 70
Semdac, 12 qt. cans 4 60
PICKLES

Medium Sour
Barrel, 1600 count -_ 17 00
Half bbls., 800 count 9 00
5 gallon, 400 count -. 4 75

Sweet Small
30 Galion, 3000 __--__ 42 00

& Galion, 500 —~——__ 8 25
Dill Pickles

900 Size, 48 gal. ---. 24 00

1100 Size, 48 gal. -- 27 50

PIPES
Cob, 3 doz. in bx. 1 00@1 20

PLAYING CARDS
Battle Axe, per doz. 2 75
Bicycle 2. 4 75

POTASH
Babbitt’s, 2 doz. —-__

FRESH MEATS
Beef

Top Steers & Heif. -. 17
Good Steers & H’f. 14@16
Med. Steers & H’f. 18%@15
Com. Steers & H’f. 10@12%

 

Spring Lamb ..--_.__ 27
COON oo a 25
Medium ooo 23
Poor 20 20

Mutton
oo 16
eo 14
POO 12

Pork

Disht: Does) 20 16
Medium hogs ...... 16
eayy bore .... 15
tone Mee, ...... 23
Butte oo 22
Sees _ 18%
Spaverips 22-002 e 16
Weck bones —-._____- 07

PROVISIONS

Sarreled Pork
Clear Back _. 30 00@32 00

Short Cut Clear 31 00@33 00

Dry Salt Meats
D S Bellies __ 18-20@20-22

 

Lard

Pure in tierces —..__. 14
60 lb. tubs -__--advance %&
50 lb, tubs ._..advance %
20 lb. pails _.._-.advance %
10 lb. pails ___.advance %
5 lb. pails _-..advance 1

3 lb. pails ___-advance 1
Compound tierces ---. 12
Compound, tubs ------ 12%

Sausages
Boena 15
WAvee ee 14
Frankfort
Pork oo
Weal oo
Tongue, Jellied ------ 35
Headcheese -—--------- 18
Smoked Meats

Hams, Cer., 14-16 lb. @30
Hams, Cert., Skinned

1e0t8 1D: @31
Ham, dried beef

krimeries 2020 @32
California Hams ---- @18
Pienic Boiled

ears 20 @22
Boiled Hams _--. 45 @45
Minced Hams ---- @19
Bacon 00 24 @36

Beef
Boneless, rump 28 00@30 00
Rump, new -- 29 00@382 00

Mince Meat
Condensed No. 1 car. 2 00

Condensed Bakers brick 31
Moist in glass --...___ 6 00
Pig’s Feet
Cooked in Vinegar
1. pois. 2 50
%4 bbis., 35 Ibs. ~----- 4 50
Oe 9 00
fb 17 00
Kits, to ibs. --. = — 1 7
1 bbis., 40 tbs. ----— 3 50
% bbis., 80 Ibs. —._--- 5 00
Casings
Hogs, Med., per lb. --@55
Beef, round set ---. 23@386
Beef, middles, set_. @1 50
Sheep, a skein ---. @2 65
RICE
Fancy Blue Rose ---- 06%
Wancy tiead —_.____. 09
Browenw 22.2.0 03%

ROLLED OATS

Silver Flake, 12 Fam. 2 25
Quaker, 18 Regular -. 1 80
Quaker, 12s Family -- 27
Mothers, 12s, M’num 3 25
Nedrow, 12s, China —- 3 25
Sacks, 90 Ib. Jute -- 3 35
Sacks, 90 lb. Cotton __ 3 40
RUSKS
Holland Rusk Co.
Brand
18 roll packages ----- 2 30
36 roll packages ...__ 4 50
36 carton packages —- 5 20

18 carton packages -. 2 65

SALERATUS
Arm and Hammer -- 3 75
SAL SODA
Granulated, bbls. 1
Granulated, 60 lbs. cs. 1 60
Granulated, 36°2% Ib.
Hackawes 220 2 40

COD FISH
Middles
Tablets, % lb. Pure -_ 19%

doz. 1

Wood boxes, Pure -- 29%
Whole Cod 2.02. 11%
HERRING
Holland Herring
Mixed, Keys ...___.-_- 00
Mied, half bbls. -.-- 9 50
Mixed, bbis: —.- ____ 17 00
Milkers, Kegs ------- 1 10
Milkers, half bbls. -.10 25
Milkers, bbis. -—...- 19 00

K K K K. Norway -- 19 50
S 15. pallies 2 1 40
Cut Lunch ........--.. 1 65
Boned, 10 Ib. boxes __ 16

Lake Herring

4 Dbl, 100 ihe, 6 50
Mackerel

Tubs, 100 Ib. fncy fat 24 50

‘Tubs, 50° Count 2200 9 00

Paiis, 10 lb. Fancy fat 2 00
White Fish

Med. Fancy, 100 lb. 13 00
BLOATERS

Facy, 50s, per box .. 2 60

SHOE BLACKENING
& im 1, Paste, doz — 1 96

E. Z. Combination, dz. 1 35
Dri-Foot, doz. 2

Bizbys, Doz.
Shinola, doz.

STOVE POLISH
Blackine, per doz. __
Black Silk Liquid, dz.
Black Silk Paste, doz.
Enameline Paste, doz.
Enameline Liquid, dz.
E. Z. Liquid, per doz.

Dt et ed ed et tt
oo
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Radium, per doz. _... 1 86
Rising Sun, per doz. 35
654 Stove Enamel, dz. 80
Vuleanol, No. 5, doz. 95

Vulcanol, No. 10, doz. 1 35

Stoveoll per dos. __... 3 @
SALT

Colonial, 24, 2 Ib. .... . 95

Colonial, 36-146 —..__ 1 25

Colonial, Iodized, 24-2 2 00

Med. No. 1 Bhis, ..._ 2 60

Med. No. 1, 100 Ib. bg. 85
Farmer Speec., 70 Ib. 906
Packers Meat, 50 lb. 657
Crushed Rock for ice
cream, 100 lb., each 85
Butter Salt, 280 lb. bbl. 4 24

Bioek, 50 Ib 2 8 40
Baker Salt, 280 lb. bbl. 4 10
100, 3 % Table ..... 5 7
10, 4 ID Table ...... 5 25
28, 10 ib. Table _.._. 5 00

28 tb. bags. Vable _. 42
Old Hickcory, Smoked,
6-10 Ib.

 

Per case, 24, 2 Ibs. -. 2 40
Five case lots 2

Iodized, 24, 2 Ibs. __-- 2 40
SOAP
Am. Family, 100 box 6 30
Export. 120 box  ... 4 80
Ble Jack, GOS 4 50
Fels Naptha, 100 box 5 50
Flake White, 10 box 4 05
Grdma White Na. 10s 3 85
Rub No More White
Naptha, 100 box ... 4 00
Rub-No-More, yellow 5 00
Swift Classic, 100 box 4 40
20 Mule Borax, 100 bx 7 55
Wool, 100 Wox __- 6 50
Jap Rose, 100 box —.-. 7 85
Pairy, 100 bot __.... 5 50
Palm Olive, 144 box 11 00
Eave, 100 bo 2. 4 90
Octagon 22... 6 00
Pummo, 100 box —_-. 4 85
Sweetheart, 100 box — 5 70
Grandpa Tar, 50 sm. 2 10
Grandpa Tar, 50 lge. 3 50

Quaker Hardwater

Cacoa, 728s, box __.. 2 85
Fairbank Tar, 100 bx 4 00
Trilby Soap, 100, 10c 7 30
Williams Barber Bar, 9s 50
Williams Mug, per doz. 48

CLEANSERS

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WASHING POWDERS

Bon Ami Pd, 3 dz. bx 3 75
Bon Ami Cake, 3 dz. 3 25
pg a Ca Se aE RSS LASSE 85
Climaline, 4 doz. ..-. 4 20
Grandma, 100, 5c -.-. 4 00
Grandma, 24 Large — 3 75
Gold Dust, 100s __..... 4 00
Gold Dust, 12 Large 3 20
Golden Rod, 24 _...-- 4 25

Jioe, 6 Oe, 4. 4
La France Laun., 4 dz. 3 60
Luster Box, 54 3
Old Dutch Clean. 4 dz 3 40
Octagon, 60s _.............. 4 00
Rinso, 40s
Rinse, 248 Se
Rub No More, 100, 10
OF ee 3 85
Rub No More, 20 Lg. 4 00
Spotless Cleanser, 48,

one
rm
o

OP Ge 2 3 85
Sani Flush, 1 doz. .. 2 25
Banoo, ¢ dot ....... 3 15
Soapine, 100, 12 oz. —~ 6 40
Snowboy, 100, 10 oz. 4 00
Snowboy, 24 Large .. 4 80
Speedee, 3 doz. ------ 7 20
Sunbrite, 72 doz. _.-. 4 00
Wyandotte, 48 ..... 4 76

SPICES

Whole Spices
Allspice, Jamaica .... @24
Cloves, Zanzibar -... @40
Cassia, Canton -.---- @25
Cassia, 5c pkg., doz. @40
Ginger, African _.... @15
Ginger, Cochin ---_--- @30
Mace, Fenang -...... 1 10
Mica: NG boo @24
Mixed, 5c pkgs., doz. @45
Nutmegs, 70@90 _... @78
Nutmegs, 105-110 __-. @70
Pepper, Black -_.---- @45
Pure Ground in Bulk

Allspice, Jamaica _-_. @18
Cloves, Zanzibar  __.. @46
Cassia, Canton a G26
Ginger, Corkin —..... @38
moe @32
Mace, Penang -........ 1 30
Pepoer, Black —...__.. @50
Nutmeg —. Gib
Pepper, White —-_... @60
Pepper, Cayenne --.. @32
Paprika, Spanish __-- @42

Seasoning
Chili Powder, 15c .... 1 35
Celery Salt, $ oz. ... 9%
Sago. 2 02. 2 90
Onion Sait 1 35
GaeNG oo 1 35
Ponelty, 3% oz. ---- 3 25
Kitchen Bouquet ___. 4 50
Laurel Leaves ......_ 20
Marjoram, 1 oz. _._..- 90
Savory, 1 oz. —.._-_ 90
Thyme, 1:02. _.._-.- 90
Tumeric, 244 oz. .... 9

STARCH

Corn
Kingsford, 40 Ibs. ---. 11%
Powdered, bags —----- 4 00
Argo, 48, 1 lb. pkgs. 3 60
Créam, 48-1 _......-_. 4 80
Gusher, 40- 07
Gloss

Argo, 48, 1 Ib. pkgs. 3 60
Argo, 12, 3 lb. pkgs. 2 96

Argo, 8, 5 Ib. pkgs. .. 3 35
Silver Gloss, 48, ls _. 11%

Elastic, 64 pkgs. -.-. 5 35
iger, 49-1 3 50
‘Tiger, 50 Ibs: .._.__.. 06
CORN SYRUP
Corn
Blue Karo, No. 1% -. 2 42
Blue Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 3 33
Blue Karo, No. 10 413
Red Karo, No. 1% _. 3 70
Red Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 3 71
Red Karo, No. 10 $3 51

Imit. Maple Flavor
Orange, No. 1%, 2 dz. 3

5
Orange, No. 5 1 do. 4 41
Orange, No. 10 ..____ 4 21
Maple.
Green Label Karo,
Green Label Karo  -. 5 19

Maple and Cane

Mayflower, per gal. -. 1 55
Maple

Michigan, per gal. -. 2 50

Welchs, per gal. ___ 2 80

TABLE SAUCES
Lea & Perrin, large. 6 00
Lea & Perrin, small_. 3 35
Pepper
Royal Mint

9
Sobasce, 2 0m. 2... 4 25
Sho You, 9 oz., doz. 2 70
Peek TARO 5
A-1, small 3

 

 

Stimulating and
Speeding Up
Cooky Sales

Obtainable from Your _

Wholesale Grocer

LOR atr vitae me cede
H

Zion Institutions & Industries

Baking Industry
Par

Medium _......_-... 27@iaa
€hoice 2... ares
Pane oo 54@59
No. t Nibbe 0. ee
1 ih phe. SH ...-... 13
Gunpewder
Caglee 2 40
Paeney 2k 47
Ceylon
Pekoe, medium -.-...... 57

English Breakfast
Congou, Medium

Congou, Choice _.-. 35@36
Congou, Fancy —-.. 42@43
Oolong
Mediim) 2... 39
Cholée oo 45
Yenc, 50
TWINE
Cotton, 3 ply cone ..... &
Cotton, 3 ply pails -.. 35
Wook 6 pl¥ 2.0000 18

VINEGAR

Cider, 40 Grain

White Wine, 80 grain.. 26
White Wine, 40 grain__ 20
WICKING
No. 0, per gross ....... 15
No. 1, per gross .... & 25
No. 2, per grogs _.... 1 5@
No. 3 per grossa _.... 2 0¢

Peerless Rolls, per doz. 90
Rochester, No. 2, doz. 50
Rochester, No. 3, doz. 2 00

Rayo, per Com. ..... 75
WOODENWARE
Baskets

Bushels, narrow band,
wire handies _...... 75

Bashe's, narrow band,
wood handles .....-. 80

Market, drop handle, 90

Market, single handle. 95

Market, extra _..... 1 60
Splint, laree i 8 50
Splint, medium —.-.-- 7 50
Splint, small 2 6 50
Churns
Zarrel, 5 gal., each __ 2 40
Barrel, 10 gal., each. 2 55
$ to 6 wal, per gal .. 46
Pails
10 qt. Galvanized -_.. 2 40
12 qt. Galvanized .... 2 60
14 qt. Galvanized __-. 3 00
12 qt. Flaring Gal. Ir. 5 00
10 at. Tin Dairy .... 4 @

Traps
Mouse, Wood, 4 holes. 60

Mouse, wood, 6 holes. 70
Mouse, tin, 5 holes .._ 65
Rat wood 20300 1 00
Mat, sore ....-..... 1 00
Mouse, spring —_..-.- 30
Tubs
Large Galvanized . te
Medium Galvanized __. 7 25
Small Galvanized -_. 6 50
Washboards
Banner, Globe ._.... 5 50
Brass, single _........ 6 00
Ginss, stele ......... 6 00
Double Peerless -.--- 8 50
Single Peerless  ..---. 7 60
Northern Queen .._- 5 50
Univeresl 200000 25
Wood Bowls
& in. Butter ws 5 06
16 th. Rotter 2 9 00
f ih. Batter 220 18 00
18 in. Butter ........ 25 00

WRAPPING PAPER

Fibre, Manila, white. 05%
No. 1 ¥ibre 08

Butchera D. F.. o... 06%
Brete oe Ti
Bratt Striie .. 3... 09%

YEAST CAKE

Magic, 2 do4. .......... 2 70
Sunlight, 3 doz, ..... 2 70
Sunlight, 14% doz. .. 1 35

Yeast Foam, 3 doz. -. 2 70
Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 1 35

YEAST—COMPRESSED
Fleischmann, per doz. 30

 

30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN March 2, 1927

 

  

 

Proceedings of the Grand Rapids a B. Rutledge, | Zanesville, Ohio 122.80 Db. Newman Mfg. Co., Chicago --—- 16.50 Feb. 23. On this day was held the
Bankruptcy et, ts agg ea gen fee ayiand. a te National Mattress Co., Grand R. 371.86 first meeting, as adjourned, in the matter
; p Marehan, + hvil @ -------- 50 ).00 ] hoenix ( hair ( O., Sheboygan, Wis. 10.50 of George E. Hawk, individually and as

Grand Rapids, Feb. 15- -In the matter Lentz Table ¢ On, shvilie ~------~ 138.80 \ ayside Craft Shop, Wayland --- 6.00 Hawk Dairy, Bankrupt No. 3083. The
of Sol H. Kahn, doing business as Right Illinois J hillips. ( arey Co., Chicago 6.95 Geo. C. W etherbee & Co., Detroit 10.16 bankrupt was present in person but not
Clothes Shop, Bankrupt No. 2740, the G. R. Casket Co., Grand Rapids _- 100.00 Phwaites F urn. Co., Albion ------ 9.00 represented. The trustee was present by
trustee has filed his final report and ac- A. B. hair Co., Charlotte oe 53.50 David 8. Schneider, Milwaukee --- 5.82 Myron H. Walker. Creditors were pres-
count and a final meeting of creditors Butler ‘Bros, Chicago _----------- 34.51 G. i. Sellers Sons Co., Elwood, Ind. 181.48 ent in person and represented by BR, i:
has been called for March 7. The report Bunday Bedding Co., Lansing ecoaal 11.50 tockford Chest Co., Rockford, Ill. 52.00 Newnham. The bankrupt was sworn and
and account of the trustee will be con- A. F. Bureh ¢ 0., Grand Rapids -- all Peck & Hill Furn. Co., Chicago -- 51.50 further examined with a reporter in at-
sidered and passed upon. The expenses Durfee c 0. Grand — tapids J aes O. W. Ricnardson & Co., Chicago ~~ 10.55 tendance. One other witness was sworn
of administration will be ordered paid J. Frank Darling Co., Brookland, Pittsburgh Plate Gass Co., G 9.00 and examined. Appraisers were appoint-
and a final dividend to general creditors ay zy. erect 16.35 In the matter of Orrin lL. Franks, ed. The first meeting, as adjourned, then
declared and ordered paid. Dodge Chemical Co., Boston sankrupt No. 3063, the trustee has filed adjourned to March 4.

In the matter of Charles E. Shears, indson, Moore & Co., Detroit his final report and account showing no 7 : :
Bankrupt No. 2679, the trustee has filed Fox Furnace Co., Elyria, Ohio .. 12.31 assets over and above mortgages and Me this day also was held the adjourned “he
his final report and account and a final Free Sewing Machine Co., Rockford, exemptions. The estate has been closed sale and hearing on liens in the matter
meeting of creditors has been called for : Ill. _----------------~----~------~- 45.45 upon such return of the trustee and re- o Michigan Box Co., Bankrupt No. 3057.
March 7. The trustee’s final report and G. R. Bedding Co., Grand Rapids 100.00 turned to the district court. Hay aor Wie presenh OF H. H. Smed-
account will be considered and passed Globe Casket Co., Kalamazoo _-.- 477.63 In the matter of Homer H. Conrad, sey Certain creditors were present by
upon. Expenses of administration will B. F. Huntley Fur. Co., Winstom Bankrupt No. 3089, the funds for the Raymond J. Engle. A reporter eae Ee:

Salem, W. Carolina 67.00 first meeting have been received and ent and the matter was further submitted
and discussed and adjourned to March 3. f

be passed upon and ordered paid, and a
first and final dividend ordered paid i Kinney & Leavn Co., Cleveland _-
‘ _ + - j >» estate y oy shel oy ‘ tps Panids 75 > « - Of ‘ar : r
if the funds in the estate wl a ok reegeon er ee aie siege peiedpe sin F. Young, In the matter of -George R. Buyce,
d a i 3.81 3 No. 3090, 1e funds for the Bankrupt No. 3069, the trustee has filed

75 first meeting have been received and in suid court his return showing no as-

0 such meeting has been called for March 8. sets in the estate over and above valin e
) In the matter of Ralph H. Wegner, mortgages and exemption claims of the
sankrupt No. 3094, the funds tor the first bankrupt. The estate has been closed
meeting have been received and such and returned to the district court upon
meeting has been called for March 8. such return of no assets.

10.73 such meeting has been called for March 8.

creditors,
permit. :
in the matter of Simon L. De Witt, Lloyd Mfg. Co., Menominee
Bankrupt No. 28238, the trustee has filed Kapital Lamp Mfg. Co., Grand Rap. 695
in said court his final report and account, J. J. Madden Mic Co a Indianapolis 11
and a final meeting of creditors has been Rome Co. Chicaco ” ane : ;
called for March 7. The report and ac-) (* W. Miils Paper Co Grand Rap
count of the trustee will be considered NSatibnal Casket Go "leans ap.
and passed upon. Expenses of admin‘s- : " r
tration will be ordered paid and a first
and final dividend to creditors ordered
paid, if possible.

Feb. 18. We have to-day received the
schedules, reference and adjudication in
the matter of Edward De. F. Anstett,
Bankrupt No 5095. The matter has been
referred to Charles RB. Bair as referee in
bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident
of Grand Rapids, and his oceupation is
that of a laborer. The schedules show
assets of $1,525 of which $200 is claimed
as exempt, with liabilities of $2,060.17.
The court has written for funds and upon
receipt of the same, the first meeting
of creditors will be called and note of
the same made herein. The list of ered-
itors of said bankrupt are as rollows:
Treasurer, Grand Traterse County $198.00
Comstock Park State Bank, C. P. 725.00
Ralph Case, Kingsley _. 350.00

 

  
    

 

First State Bank of Kingsley ---- 229.07 : :

Dr. J. Brownson, Kingsley _ Ti 7 : ;
Sherman Anstett, Fort Wayne 300.00 a :

Mich. Trust Co., Grand Rapids -- ‘ f n S « ULT Ae

 

Mrs. Race, Grand Rapids os
George Parker, Kingsley - __. 100.00

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State Farm Bureau, Traverse City 20.00 “ : candies excel for
Dr. R. W. Warn, Grand Rapids - 3.50 oka : : : ° 5 ; ee
Feb 18. We have to-day received the ee ~ : 5 7 “ ’ * the price asked = ie

schedules, reference and adjudication in :

the matter of George Stavron, as Boston ; Sy : ae
Grocery, Bankrupt No. 3099, The matter Ear is f A/S do we hope to ob- oS
has been referred to Charles B. Blair as ere ; js f

referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is : Cue a ’ e- i . .
a resident of Muskegon, and his occupa- Re tain your interest
tion is that of a merchant. The sched- pee ; & : :

ules show no assets, with liabilities of = re seers . Oe oP
$5,393.29. The court has written for funds : : : an merit your con: oes

 

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and upon receipt of the same the first : : ; 5 ce d |
meeting of creditors will be called and Pe y : ‘ e - : c SS eechea A . : i
note of the same made herein. The list eo : ‘ Se tmue patro xa
of creditors of said bankrupt are as fol- a ‘ ‘ na le : ‘ coke

lows: 3 ; : . aE ; coe ‘ eae s

 

  

City of Muskegon ee B13.

Franklin MacVeagh & Co., Chicago 267.27 ;

Becker Paper Co., Fort Wayne ---- 44.02 ee

Campau & Mullally, Muskegon -- 42.80 i

Arbuckle Bros., Chicago ---------- 229.30

Durand-MeNeil-Horner Co., Chicago 70.06

Ellis Bros. Co., Grand Rapids ---- 47.02

Foulds Milliag Co., Libertyville -- 88.79

Hasper Biscuit Co., Muskegon J

Hackley Nat. Bank, Muskegon —~ 250.00

Hecht Produce Co., Grand Rapids — 117.65

Kakaharis Bros., Chicago 1 0b i

Levy & Son, Muskegon ~---------- 226.16

Lyons Specialty Co... Chicago ——-- 16.95

Cc. W. Mills Paper Co., Grand Rap. 41.83

Muskegon Candy Corp., Muskegon 51.10 Bets KS ‘ ee eee i

Merkle Broom Co., Harris, Il. ---- 67.24 : i

Muskegon Dairy Co., Muskegon ~~ 100.00

National Biscuit Co., Grand Rapids }

Palmer Match Co., Akron, Ohio —— a

Reid, Murdoch & Co., Chicago —- 4

Steindler Paper Co., Muskegon -- ‘

Swift & Co., Chicago Lio aot ;

VanAllen Service Sta., Grand Rap. :

I. Van Westenbrugge, Grand Rap. ;

Kd. S. Vail Butterine Co., Chicago 17.10 :

Thomas J. Webb Co., Chicago —.. 183.30 3

White Front Grocery Store, Mus- i
kegon —----------------- oo toe {

Wolfis Bros., Muskegon . J eee 4

Worner Fruit Co., Muskegon -- _ 600.00 i

J. E. Rouland & Co., Detroit —_- 131.79 |

Austin Nichols & Co., Chicago - 155.00

United Home Tel. Co., Muskegon 50.00

Wm. H. Smith, Muskegon 250.00

Chronicle, Muskegon ‘ 61.80

Feb. 21. We have to-day received the
schedules, reference and adjudication in
the matter of Paul R. Wing. Bankrupt
No. 3100. The matter has been referred
to Charles B. Blair as referee in bank-
ruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of
Nashville, and his occupation is that of
a furniture and undertaking business.
The schedu'es show assets of $6,395.71 of
which $675 is claimed as exempt, with
liabilities of $7,121.05. The first meeting
of creditors will be called and note of
the same made herein. The list of cred-
itors of said bankrupt are as follows:
Lentz Table Co., Nashville -_..__$ 100.00
State Savings Bank, Nashville ~__-1,300.00
Serenado Co., Huntington, W. Va. 104.00

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March 2, 1927

MICHIGAN

 

TRADESMAN

31

 

ESTABLISHED FRAUD.

 

Full Text of Judge’s Charge in Pier-
son Case.

The Tradesman recently chronicled
the outcome of the suit brought against
W. A. Pierson, the Muskegon general
dealer, by the Excella Pattern Co.,
of New York. It is now able, through
the courtesy of the trial judge, Hon.
John Vanderwerp, to present the full
text of his charge to the jury, as
follows:

The Excella Pattern Co., as plain-
tiff. brings this suit against the de-
fendant W. A. Pierson, to recover the
sum of $212.63, together with interest
thereon, which it claims it due to it
for patterns and magazines furnished
to defendant by it under a written con-
tract entered into between the parties
dated March 31, 1924, and approved
and accepted April 14, 1924.

The defendant claims that the con-
tract is not valid and cannot stand, be-
cause it was procured by fraud by rea-
son of representations and statements
made by Mr. O’Brien, the representta-
tive of the plaintiff company, when
the signature of Mr. Pierson was ob-
tained to the contract in ‘evidence
here; that he admits there is due from
him to plaintiff $46.76 already tender-
ed by defendant to plaintiff and which
tender has been refused. :

On the question of claimed fraud,
the defendant claims that, on or about
March 31, 1924, an agent of the said
plaintiff came to defendant’s place of
business in the city of Muskegon and
stated to defendant that he, said agent,
was representing the Pictorial Review
patterns; that said patterns had pre-
viously been handled by the J. Riordan
Co., in the city of Muskegon, but said
company had sold out; that he, said
agent, desired ‘to find some other mer-
chant to handle said Pictorial Review
patterns in the city of Muskegon; that
said agent solicited this defendant to
allow said patterns to be exhibited in
defendant’s store and for defendant to
act as agent in handling said patterns;
that said agent stated and represented
that it would not be necessary for de-
fendant to purchase said patterns or to
invest any money therein; that de-
fendant would act as agent in handling
said patterns and would receive a com-
mission of 40 per cent. upon such pat-
terns as were sold and that all unsold
patterns could be returned to the
plaintiff; that said agent showed cer-
tain patterns and a monthly fashion
book to this defendant, who observed
that said patterns and fashion book
were marked Excella Patterns and
Excella Fashion Book Monthly, and
this defendant called said agent’s at-
tention to the name on said patterns
and fashion book monthly being Ex-
cella and not Pictorial Review, and the
said agent stated and represented to
this defendant that the said patterns
were Pictorial Review patterns, but
that the name had been changed to
Excella patterns, and the sale of Pic-
torial Review patterns had been dis-
continued; that said agent also stated
and represented that said patterns
would be modern and up-to-date and
would be saleable patterns.

That relying upon the representa-
tions so made by the plaintiff's agent
and believing the same to be true, the
defendant was induced to sign and did
sign a certain paper writing purport-
ing to be an agent’s contract, and
which defendant was induced to be-
lieve and did believe at the time he
signed the same, was an agreement
that defendant was to act as the agent
of the plaintiff in handling the patterns
in the citv of Muskegon for the period
of one year, and without any liability
or obligation on the part of the de-
fendant to pay for any patterns except
such as were sold, and upon such as
were sold the defendant was to receive
a commission of 40 per cent. upon the

selling price; that under said agree-
ment and relying upon the representa-
tions of the agent, the defendant re-
ceived from the plaintiff certain pat-

terns and fashion book monthlies,
signs, cabinets and fixtures for the
proper display and advertisement of

said patterns; that the representations
so made by tthe plaintiff's agent were
talse and untrue, and deceived the
defendant; that the patterns furnished
by the plaintiff to the defendant under
the name of Excella patterns were not
Pictorial Review patterns, and the
name of Pictorial Review patterns had
not been changed to Excella patterns,
and the sale and distribution of the
Pictorial Review patterns had not
been discontinued; that at the time the
agent made the representations afore-
said the Pictorial Review patterns were
being handled and sold, and continued
to be handled and sold by other mer-
chants in the city of Muskegon. On
the other hand, the plaintiff says there
were no such false representations and
that the defendant was not deceived.

In this case, as I have already said,
the defendant concedes there is due
the plaintiff $46.76 and so there must
either be a verdict for that amount or
a verdict for $212.63, depending upon
whether you find there was fraud in
the procuring of the contract. So the
question of fraud, or alleged fraud, is
the only question in the case for you
to determine.

I charge you that fraud is a false
statement or statements made for the
purpose of inducing another to part
with money or other valuable thing,
which statements are calculated to in-
fluence a person to whom they are
made and which statements do actual-
ly influence and deceive the person to
whom they are made and thereby in-
duce him to part with his money or
other valuable things. I instruct you,
gentlemen, that under the claims of
the parties, the pleadings and circum-
stances of this case, before the defend-
ant has established fraud, he must have
convinced you by a preponderance of
the evidence, first, that the representa-
tions were made as he claims and that
thev are false; second, that the de-
fendant relied upon the representations
and was therefore damaged thereby.
Taking in order these elements of de-
fendant’s claims, you will first consider
“were the representations made by the
plaintiff's agent and were they false?”
In determining this question consider
all the evidence in the case bearing on
that point. Consider what was. said
by and between Mr. O’Brien, repre-
senting the plaintiff, and Mr. and Mrs.
Pierson at the time the defendant sign-
ed the written contract; also what the
actual facts were that were discovered
at the time the patterns were received;
as to the patterns themselves and their
condition; whether or rot they were
Pictorial Review patterns with the
name changed; also consider what the
fact was regarding the copy of the
contract, how near it agrees with the
contract, and what was said between
the parties regarding it by Mr. O’Brien
at the time as bearing upon the ques-
tion of misrepresentation and whether
defendant relied thereon, and was de-
ceived and damaged thereby; also con-
sider the length of time the goods were
retained by defendant and the corre-
spondence between the parties.

If you find that the representations
were made and that they were false.
and you find that defendant relied
thereon and was deceived and damaged
thereby, then the plaintiff was guilty
of fraud and can only recover the sum
of $46.76. If the defendant has not es-
tablished this claim of fraud on the
part of the plaintiff by a preponderance
of the evidence, as I have explained it
to you, in other words, if no represen-
tations were made that were false—or,
if made, the defendant was not deceiv-
ed or damaged thereby, then the plain-
tiff is entitled to recover $212.63.

In order to hold the plaintiff liable
for false representations it must ap-
pear that they were the proximate

cause which induced defendant to en-
ter into the agreement signed by him.
It is not necessary, however, that they
were the sole or principal inducement
for defendant to enter into the agree-
ment. But it is sufficient for the de-
fendant to prevail in his claim of fraud
if the representations claimed by the
defendant were made; that they were
false; that defendant relied thereon and
was deceived and damaged thereby. It
you find that these various elements |
have explained to you were present in
this case, they will constitute fraud on
the part of the plaintiff. Fraud is
never presumed but must be proved
and the burden of proof is upon the
yartv alleging the fraud to prove such
allegation by a preponderance of the
evidence. It cannot be lightly inferred
but must be proved as alleged.

If plaintiff was guilty of fraud, it
means that its agent fraudulently de-
ceived the defendant, as I have here-
tofore instructed you.

I also charge you that while fraud is
not presumed without proof, yet fraud,
like any other fact, mav be proved by
proving circumstances from which the
inference of fraud is natural and irre-
sistable, and if such circumstances are
proved, and they are such in character
as to produce in the minds of the jury
a condition of the facts of fraud, then
vou are warranted in considering that
fraud is proved.

You, gentlemen, are the sole judges
of the credibility of the witnesses. It
is for you to say who is telling the
truth and who is not. It is for you
to say what weight and credit you will
give to the testimony of any witness.
In determining this question you have
a right to consider the motive which
mav have actuated any witness in
testifying in the manner in which he
or she has done and you have a right
to take into consideration the interest
or want of interest the witness may
have in the outcome of the case. You
may take into consideration the wit-
ness’ manner of testifving, his or her
-oparent candor or lack of it and take
into consideration all of the circum-
stances and conditions surrounding the
situation of these parties as bearing
upon that matter.

As I have said before, if you find
that the claim of fraud, and all the ele-
ments of it as I have explained them
to you, has been established by the de-
fendant by a preponderance of the evi-
dence, then your verdict will be for
the plaintiff in the sum of $46.76, but
if vou find that the claim of fraud is
not established by a preponderance of
the evidence, then vour verdict will be
for the plaintiff in the sum of $212.63.

The verdict rendered was for $46.76,
which, being less than $100, entitled
the defendant to the costs of the trial
to be taxed against the plaintiff.

 

 

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Business Wants Department

For Sale—1i00-acre farm, good buildings,
Southern Michigan. Or exchange for gen-
eral store. Interested in a good country
business. Address No. 487, c/o Michigan
Tradesman. 437

FOR SALE—G yandise, fix-
tures, building, gas station, modern liv-
ing rooms. Five blocks from largest sole
leather tannery in world, Stock $7,000.
City 5,000. Located twenty years, decided
to retire. Annual business $50,000. Would
rent building and fixtures. J. J. Parker,
Bovne City, Mich. 488

 

 

For Sale—Grocery stock and fixtures.
First-class location, clean stock, good
fixtures. Good reasons for selling. Will
inventory about $8,500. Can be reduced.
Deal direct with owner. Address Lock
Box 452, Ypsilanti, Mich. 489

FOR SALE—Grocery store doing good
business. Good fixtures and complete
stock. Steam heated living rooms above.
Death of my husband reason for selling.
Price right. This is a money maker.
Write or call. Mrs. M. J. Flennery, Ind-
more, Mich. Box 315. 490

A Bargain—-House, garage, store, stock
rroceries and meats, fixtures,—all for
$5,800. C. lL. Willet, Alma, Mich. 492

FOR SALE—Brick general store 20x60
feet and. stock. Doing good business.
Living rooms upstairs. Ice cream, soft
drinks, gas station in connection. Dou-
ble garage, ice house, a good summer
resort business in Oakland county’s lake

district. $6,500 will handle. Wm. J.
Vogel, Davisburg, Mich. 491
REDUCTION SALES—CLOSING OUT

SALES—Have just cleared out entire
stock of the Bee Hive Store, Plymouth,
Indiana. Can handle any kind of sale
proposition. Personal service with years
of experience. Address W. A. ANNING,
549 McAllister Ave., Waukegan, IIl. 493
MERCHANDISE SALES-——-Do you need
money? Does your business lack snap?
Do you want to reduce your stock, or
make a complete close out? Let us sub-
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cost—and get desirable results. tefer-
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Service, 413-414 Murray Bldg., Phone
66165 494
FOR SALI—Stock groceries and meats
doing fifty thousand gross yearly, best
Northern Michigan city. Takes $5,000 to
handle, balance terms. Also small hotels,
rooming and boarding houses, suburban
oil stations. Write us your wants.
HINKLEY AGENCY, Petoskey, Mich.,
Mmmet county 482
BAKERY For »saie Well equipped.
Cash business from five to six hundred
dollars weekly. Good opportunity for
two hustlers. Address Lock Box 64,
Birmingham, Mich. 483
For Sale—Grocery, fine building, stock,
fixtures. Cash business. Main street,
central, nice residence city. Price whole-
sale inventory. Ernest Lawson, Howell,
Mich. 483
FOR SALE—Coal, feed, grain and pro-
duce business, established twenty years.
John Leeder, Gobles, Mich. 486
FOR SALE—One fifteen-foot Sherer
grocery counter, one National cash reg-
ister, one set Dayton computing scales,
and other show cases and counters. All
in A-1 condition. Frank A. Wieber, Fow-
ler, Mich. 477

For Sale—A variety store, doing a good
cash business. Will sell stock and rent
building, which has fine living rooms and
garage. Store is centrally located, and
only variety store in the city. Inquire
John J. Bellaire, Manistique, Mich. 478

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WORDEN GROCER COMPANY, Distributor

 

 

32

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

March* 2, 1927

 

Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids.

_ Grand Rapids, March 1—Geo. A.
Yager, the Monroe avenue shoe dealer,
whose show windows are always mar-
vels of beauty and effectiveness, has
an unusual feature this week in the
shape of two Japanese jade trees,
loaned by Mrs. G. A. Hendricks. These
trees probably cost the owner $1,500
and are the most beautiful specimens
of jade workmanship in the city.

The Kiwanis Club of Battle Creek
will tender John I. Gibson a compli-
mentary luncheon at Post Tavern
March 17, preliminary to his going to
Europe to spend the summer. Mr.
Gibson resided in Grand Rapids sev-
eral years while he was secretary of
the Western Michigan Development
Bureau.

The local Elks lodge recently sent
Geo. R. Perry a bouquet so large it
required two men to carry it to him.
On receiving the gift, George exclaim-
ed: “Great Caesar’s ghost, boys, I
am not dead yet.” As a matter of ‘act,
George is improving every day and will
soon be at his desk again.

L. S Conklin is now on the road
for the Amsterdam Broom Co., instead
of the American Broom Co., as er-
roneously stated in the Tradesman last
week under the heading of Successful
Salesmen.

John Kos, the South Prospect
avenue grocer, who has been making
a tour of the Mediterranean Sea and
Southern Europe, sails for home from
Cherbourg to-day.

Geo. E. Steketee and wife leave to-
morrow from Washington via auto-
mobile. They will proceed to Palm
Beach and return home via Mobile and
New Orleans. They expect to reach
home about May 1. Mr. Steketee is
now sole owner of Steketee’s cele-
brated remedies, bequeathed him by
his father, the late Geo. G. Steketee.

Lee M. Hutchins left last week for
Florida, his objective point being
Clearwater. He will visit Miami and
Nassau on the Bahama Isiands before
returning home about April 15.

Claude Hamilton left to-day for
California on business connected with
his financial institution.

esa
Wherein Grand Rapids Could Imitate
Florence.

Taormina, Sicily, Feb. 8—I want to
tell you about the River Arno, in
Florence. It is about the _ size of
Grand River, perhaps carrying more
water. Coming from a mountainous
country it must be subject to varying
changes.

A strikingly noticeable feature is
that one side of the river for a long
distance, for many blocks and between
many bridges at the water’s edge. and
sometimes slightly overhanging the
stream, is a continuous row of houses
and buildings, quaint and novel in ap-
pearance and architecture, due to the
construction covering a_ period of
manv vears and even centuries.

The other side of the river is en-
tirely free of buildings at the river
bank, but nearly the entire distance
through the city has a street of mod-
erate width (for a city with the old
time narrow paths and streets), with
no buildings on the river side, but a
fine class of buildings fronting the
street from the shore side and oc-
cupied with fine shops. It makes one
wonder if it is too late for Grand
Rapids to obtain such a street on one
or both sides of the river.

Perhaps on the East side, using
portions of the old mill race and pos-
siblv between Bridge and Pearl streets,
finding some way ic overhang the
river. It would add much to the at-
tractiveness of that portion and would
be a wonderful relief to traffic on ad-
jacent streets.

It might be easier to carry out the
project on the West side and above
and below the city it could be widened
into broad boulevards, with limitless
possibilities of extension.

We are not hitting the localities
with seasonable weather, but this is

a charming spot for rest and enjoy-
ment.

Here ten days longer. Then Paler-
mo for a week and Naples again for
a few days and we hope more mail.

Then the Italian Lakes at Bellagio
and then to Vienna. But at present
no definite address beyond Naples.

Gay W. Perkins.

—~+2>
Convention of Grocers and
Meat Men.

Wyoming Park, March 1—Flint is
certainly going to put on the greatest
convention this Association has had
in many a year.

I was privileged to attend a meet-
ing of the arrangement committee at
Rudy Eckert’s restaurant, Flint, and
the pep and enthusiasm displayed was
most inspiring. Rudy Eckert is gen-
eral chairman and I am sure that he
could swing the show all alone if need
be. Following are the committee
chairmen:

General—Rudy Eckert.

Hotel—Carl Sterk, Sec’y Chamber
of Commerce.

Reception—E. W. Jones.

Entertainment—J. B. Melody.

Publicity—K. Davis.

The leading grocers and meat men
are on these committees and they as-
sured me it would be the best conven-
tion and the biggest crowd ever. They
expect 800 at the main banquet.

They asked me to issue a special
invitation to the delegates to bring
their wives, as they plan a special pro-
gram of entertainment for their bene-
fit.

If there is time we will be given
the opportunity of visiting some of
the retail stores during the conven-
tion.

Flint has some of the finest markets
in the State. Such stores as Eckert’s,
Hommady’s, Hayner’s and Kennedy’s
are certainly an inspiration to any
one in the retail food game.

The Home Dairy, which Mr. Eck-
ert manages, employs 100 people in the
various departments.

Various details are being attended
to and speakers have been engaged
so I can promise the delegates one of
the finest conventions we have ever
held.

The wholesalers are assisting the
Flint retailers and, of course, Past
President E. W. Jones is on the job.
Nuf sed. Paul Gezon.

Sec’y Retail Grocers & Gen. Mer-
chants Ass'n.

Flint

—_—_—_22>—___
When On Your Way, See Onaway.
Onaway March 1—The City Treas-
urer reports that this year shows the
best percentage of tax collections in
the history of the city. The fiscal
vear will start out with a nice balance
on hand and everything bids fair for
a prosperous year. Farmers are pre-
paring to farm and farm right on a
scientific scale and, with the assist-
ance of the county agricultural agent,
should show results. While not the
volume of business is being done by
the merchants at present, owing to 4a
partial loss of the factory last year,
it is far healthier in every respect and
every merchant knows just where he
stands. :
Greater prospects than ever tor re-
sort business in sight and a regular
village of cottages—and good ones,
too—will be erected at the lake the
coming summer. Watch us grow.
Squire Signal.

H. O. Maentz, wholesale and retail
dealer in meat, etc., at Allegan, writes
as follows: “Enclosed find $3 for an-
other year’s subscription to the best
honest to goodness trade journal in
the United States. The way you go
after crooks is a service that is ap-
preciated by many.”

K. A. Eldridge, Pittsford, writes:
“T would not be without your most
valuable paper,”

Three Big Days For Michigan Mer-
chants.

March 8, 9 and 10 will be big days
for Michigan merchants, especially for
the retailers conducting the smaller
stores in small cities, towns and vil-
lages. It will also be big days for the
wholesaler and manufacturer of De-
troit who want to learn more about
the retail dealers—for on these dates
Detroit, through its Wholesale Mer-
chants’ Bureau, will conduct its first
3e:ter Merchandising Conference and
Exposition at the New Masonic Tem-
ple.

Unquestionably one of the greatest
programs ever prepared for a gather-
ing of retailers has been gotten to-
gether. Any one of the dozen fea-
tured speakers is alone worth making
the trip to listen to, for each of them
has a story full of invaluable ideas
for the small retail merchant. Those
of you who have heard Fred P. Mann,
Sr., or C. C. Parlin of the Research
Bureau of the Curtis Publishing Co.,
or John B. Garver or T. K. Kelly, of
the Kelly Sales System, are fully aware
that each one of these men has a
knowledge of merchandising condi-
tions which will afford his listeners
ideas they cannot afford to miss.

The group meetings in the respective
divisions of the retail field—of drug-
gists, grocers, dry goods, furniture,
electrical, radio, men’s and ladies’ wear
—are a feature the retailer will find
well worth attending. Meet your fel-
low retailers at this brass tack con-
ference and get acquainted—learn his
problems and how they compare with
The window trimming demon-
strations, the preparation of a news-
paper advertisement, the great Ex-
position—every feature is worked out
for your benefit as a retailer.

yours.

The entertainment end of the affair,
the frolic, the big banquet and the
special entertainment provided for
during conference sessions, for the
wives of retailers in attendance, makes
this a well-rounded out three-days of
business education and of pleasure.

So sit down right now and send in
your registration, Mr. Retailer, to the
Better Merchandising Conference
Committee, 909 Polk Directory build-
ing, Detroit. S. E. Sangster,

Director of Publicity.
——_—> 2+. ____
Made a Ten Strike.

Wm. A. Gilleland, Manager of the
Worden Grocer Co., has scored a ten
strike by the purchase of the merchan-
dise of the Gibson Wholesale Grocery,
which engaged in the wholesale gro-
cery business in this market about
The stock is all
new and seasonable and the purchase
is made on terms and conditions which
will enable the Worden Co. to handle
the transaction without borrowing any
money. Mr. Gibson will be given a
place on the staff of the Worden Co.,
devoting two days a week to road

twelve months ago.

work and four days to the duties of

house salesman.

The Worden Co. sold $50,000 more
goods in February of this year than
was the case under the Rouse regime
a year ago, using twenty-nine sales-
men instead of forty-five.

Dry Goods Conditions.

The lateness of Easter is having its
effect in delaying buying, and a dis-
position is shown to hold off until the
last of the styles is out. What reports
of general conditions throughout the
country have come in continue to be
iavorable to fairly good buying season.
Meanwhile the offerings at retail are
of a very diverse character and include
almost all the varieties of goods usu-
ally dealt in. Responses to the offer-
ings in the primary markets, although
the activity was not as marked as :t
was in previous weeks, orders are still
going in in fair volume, while distrib-
uting channels are kept busy in sup-
plying goods previously contracted for.
Manufacturers of garments are also
sending out quite a volume of mer-
chandise.

—_+-2>

The Proposed Tax on Cigarettes.

P. T. Green, Secretary of the Michi-
gan Wholesale Grocers Association,
writes Secretary Gezon as follows:

Saginaw, March 1—I have just read
with interest your article in the Michi-
gan Tradesman under date of Feb. 23.

I wish to call your attention to a
slight error. The proposed tax on
cigarettes in Michigan is 4c per pack-
age. The circular which I sent to veu
is, perhaps. slightly misleading, as 1t
does speak about cigarettes being
taxed at 2c per package, but if you
will read further you will find that in
that statement it is referring to a tax
now being collected in another state.

This proposed tax in Michigan is
very much more radical than that
which is in effect in a few other states
in the Union. P. T. Green, Sec’y.

——_»+ >
The way you do your work shows
what kind of man you are.

 

 

 

$2,500,000
EPPLEY HOTELS
COMPANY

_ Omaha, Nebraska
First Mortgage 614%
Sinking Fund Gold
Bonds
Due 1941

This issue is secured by First
Mortgage on fee simple real es-
tate having a value in excess cf

$4,000,000 making this a 60% :
loan. |
Total security pledged has an ;

-anpraised value in excess of $7,-
000,000, making this less than a
35% loan. Average net earnings
ior the last three years over 24%
times interest requirements.

A substantial sinking fund is pro-
vided which will retire over $1,-
509,000 of the bonds prior to
maturity.

Upon application the Michigan
Personal Property Tax will be
vefueded, makine this Tax Free
to Michigan holders.

Price 100 and Accrued
Interest Yielding 612%

Howe, Snow
& BERTLES xc.

Investment Securities

GRAND RAPIDS

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regard as reliable, but in no event
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Same price for over 3 5 years

25 rncsin DBF

(more than a pound and a half for a quarter)

with the consistent quality and
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Now Grocer Werden

gets “yes” answers

O, that’s all today,” replied Grocer Wer-

den’s customer when he asked, “Is there
anything else?” Of course it wasn’t the answer
that Werden wanted, but somehow it seems to
be the answer that that question gets.

So when his customer had left, I put him hep
to a way to get “yes” answers—an idea that I'd
seen other grocers use with big success. And I
suspect you'd like to
know about it.

“Anything — else,”
I pointed out, “in-
cludes too much,even
the cash register and
a date for tea. But
if you'll remind your
customer of a specific
something she’s apt '
to want, you'll have at least a 50-50 chance of
getting it for an extra order.

 

“Hor instance, when a woman asks for cereals,
tell her how much better they Il taste with Sun-
Maid raisins in them. That’s something she’s in
favor of—easy ways to make foods more appe-
tizing.”’

Well, next time I called, Werden was busy
waiting on a customer. I perked my ears when
she asked for cereals, and sure enough Werden
took his cue. “Have you tried putting Sun-Maid
Nectars into it?” he asked. “Mrs. — — says her
youngsters are crazy about cereals that way.”

Down went Nectars on the sales slip!

“T certainly land a lot of extra orders since I
began suggesting definite items,’ Werden told
me later. “And the best yes-answer getter I
use is that raisins in cereals idea!”

Try it on your patrons, friend grocer, and
listen to the calculator jingle encores. And ask
the Sunland Service Man who calls on you for
some other Sunland sales-winning ideas. He’s

full of ’em.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Did You Get Yours?

F you haven’t one of these “Silent Salesman” Cheese Display

Racks in your store, by all means get one! In all the history
of package cheese, no fixture has produced such a volume of
sales. You just can’t afford to be without one. It keeps Kraft
package cheese in a convenient, orderly display, and is a constant
reminder to your customers to buy cheese, and more varieties of
cheese. It’s like having an extra clerk just to sell cheese. The
Display Rack is free; get it from your grocery jobber or your
wagon distributor. Only be sure to get it.

KRAFT CHEESE COMPANY, General Offices, CHICAGO, ILL.

KRAFT CHEESE