V PLR CCRT BESS FSO < 5 WL WO WH ey ge 8 re DAS = (Y AX Ay Lo oS 4 rR 4 ON Bs Va yy De f dw ae TY 7 Ge (CT AEN a 4 EM ‘ er oo uo RN iON 5 OCS) the 1} we Te NR oe WEES a Ky IL WLLL a aaa ‘y 5 res = eae Vy SAVISOS ON Forty-fourth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1927 Number 2274 7A LP > SOA Fellowship By the red blood in an artery, Or the blue blood in a vein— By the brute strength in a muscle, Or the gray cells in a brain, We are prone to sit in judgment On the passing caravan, And denominate some mortal In the coterie—a Man. But there is another standard, Taught by Him who preached of old, And it is not based on talents, Nor subservient to gold And it binds poor humans closer In its sympathetic strain From the red blood in an artery Or the blue blood in a vein! 4 a ? tae en MgO TINS OI i A IT IN < TB, e mm ae paaimne Sete agama cam SE een “> HW The old-fashioned way of “clearing the blood” in the Spring was to take liberal doses of a mixture of sul- phur and molasses. Nobody knows the reason for the almost universal faith in this formula, for modern medicine declares that it is of practically no value, but our grandparents kept their faith in it for many years. The modern physician knows that certain toxins do accumulate in the system during the winter. These toxins are caused by lack of out-door exercise, and by a diet too rich in meats and other concentrated foods. The modern way to remove the toxins and clear the system during the Spring months is to use STANOLAX (HEAVY) for constipation Stanolax [Heavy] is a pure, carefully _>_>>EE refined, heavy bodied mineral oil. It lubricates the intestinal tract, kj ee To Dealers making elimination easy and re- : storing normal intestinal activity. . STANOLAX Stanolax [Heavy] is not a purgative [Heavy] or a cathartic. It does not increase offers you an the flow of intestinal fluids, but attains its results by purely me- chanical means. It is not habit forming: in fact, the dosage can be gradually decreased after the first excellent profit and a steady repeat business. Write few days, and in most cases, even- for our prop- tually be discontinued altogether. osition. Stanolax [Heavy] is a safe and sure \ . relief for constipation. : Standard Oil Company - Indiana » wees eget Na cv as VLE NS ae it Forty-fourth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1927 Number 2274 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN E. A. Stowe, Editor ‘PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE TRADESMAN COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN (Unlike any other paper.) Frank, Free and Fearless for the Good That We Can Do. Each Issue Complete in Itself. PEVOTKED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF BUSINESS MEN. Subscription Price. Three dollars per year, if paid strictly in advance. Four dollars per year, advance, Canadian subscription, $4.04 per year, payable invariably in advance. sample copies 10 cents each. Extra copies of current issues, 10 cents; issues a month or more old, 15 cents; issues a year or more old, 25 cents; issues five vears or more old 50 cents. Iintered Sept. 23, 1883, at the Postoffice of Grand Rapids as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1878. if not paid in THE POTASH COMBINE. It is announced that the Department of Justice begun proceedings against the selling agencies of the Ger- man-French potash interests in this country. The ground for the action is declared to be that a monopoly is maintained. What is expected to be gained by such a move must be a mat- ter of conjecture. The great bulk of the world’s supply of potash for fer- ilizer comes from Germany and Alsace. It is needed in.this country on farms and plantations, the yields of which are much stimulated thereby. A little pot- ash is produced in this country but the total is so small as to cut little figure in the industry. Efforts are being made to locate deposits of potash in Texas and elsewhere, money for the purpose having been appropriated by Congress. The success of these attempts is prob- lematical, although some of the indi- cations are said to be very promising. Should potash be found in _ large enough quantities to supply the coun- try’s needs and at a price that is not prohibitive, the problem of dealing with the foreign supplies will be easy of solution. But, meanwhile, the country must have its potash and it can only obtain it from the Germans and French. The producers in those countries have an agreement whereby they divide the exports in the proportion of 70 per cent. for the Germans and 30 per cent. for the French. Despite the monopoly they possess, these producers have been selling the potash salts at quite reason- able prices. What is going to happen should they be prevented from dispos- ing of the stuff over here? Where, then, will this country get its fertiliz- ing material? has CONCESSIONS TO BIG BUYERS. In the many discussions which have been had concerning the advantages which chains of stores have over indi- vidual establishments, one point has been greatly stressed. This is that bet- ter buying terms or prices have been given to the chains which enable them to undersell those who are not so fav- ored. To a certain extent the same has been said of those who buy in groups. Quite recently, some have be- gun to question the propriety or the value of the concessions made to big buyers. Offhand, it looks quite reason- able for a producer to sell for less to those who buy in large quantity and, so far as wholesalers are concerned, the practice has received legal as well as popular sanction. The difference in price at which a wholesaler gets an article and that for which he sells it represents the service he is giving the retailer. When, however, it comes to the retailer himself the case is some- what different. Theoretically each re- tailer should be on the same basis with- out discrimination between them. In practice, however, the producer finds his selling and delivery costs per unit to be less in the case of big buyers than in that of smaller ones. But this difference is not so great as it some- times assumed to be, and there 1s al- ways danger in restricting the number of customers. If the bulk of the out- put of a producer is taken by a few chains, the latter are in a position of being able, by combination, to force down prices to their liking. Such a situation is fraught with danger. One concern, recognizing this, has laid down the rule to make only one price concession—by carload lots. It de- clares that this means “the actual sav- ing a car lot buyers saves—earns legi- timately—by reducing the shipping costs.’ There may be an idea in this of value to other producers. Items From the Cloverland of Michi- gan. Sault Ste. Marie, April 19—W. J. Scully has opened a new bakery and lunch room at 121 West Spruce street. The place will be known as the Home lunch. The location is directly op- posite the Belvidere Hotel, which is the farmers’ headquarters, also the principal stop for the stages plying between the Soo, DeTour. St. Ignace and the Les Cheneaux Islands, which makes the new place an ideal location. Fred R. Price, one of our prominent druggists and a resident here since 1888, died at his reisdence Saturday from acute indigestion. Mr. Price came to the Soo in 1888 and has been prominent, both in business and politics. He was one of the _ best known men in Clovetland. He was born in Belleville, Ontario, in 1857. He spent his boyhood in the little Can- adian town. As a youth he attended the Goderich Collegiate Institute and later the Ontario College of Pharmacy, where he graduated in 1888. His first position was that of a prescription clerk in a Detroit drug store, but a short time after he came to the Soo, where he lived until his death. He conducted the Rexal drug store, which is one of the finest in Cloverland. At one time he was a heavy real estate owner, always having faith in his old town. He was a 32d Mason, a Shriner and a member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Price survived his wife by but nineteen months. He _ leaves one son, Reese, one daughter, Mrs. V. W. Atkins, a brother, George, of Goderich, Ontario, and two married sisters. The funeral services were held on Tuesday from the St. James Episco- pal church, of which he was a member for many years. He was of a cheerful disposition and made many friends who extend sympathy to the bereaved. W. McGuire, accompanied by his wife, spent Monday here. Mr. Mc Guire is one of the general men for the Swift-Canadian Co., of Canada, and said some nice things about our city, after taking in a drive through the city and looking over the locks. He said that in all of his travels throughoxt Canada he knew of no other city for its size which had so many attractive places and so much to offer the tourists. He is planning to spend a week here fishing during the summer. Andrew Westin. one of the leading merchants at Newberry, was a business visitor here last week. The new shoe store of which George Jailey is the proprietor opened for business last Tuesday. The stock consists of the latest styles of up-to- date shoes, as well as a full line of tadies hosierv. When it comes to shoes Mr. Bailey is in a class hy him- self, having been at the business for many vears and known by most of the people here as an expert in his line. Mrs. Bailey is looking after the hosiery department. The new store starts with a bright future. Chester Long. the well-known mer- chant at Rosedale, was a_ business visitor last Saturday. fe is going to dispose of one of his auto trucks and get along with only one truck this summer, which will give him more time to look after his agricultural in- terests. E. L. Welch, who for the past year has been conducting an oil station near the tourist camp, has built a store in the rear of the oil station. which he will stock with groceries and tourist sup- plies. This will give the tourists three groceries near the camp. William Kirkbride, the wholesale meat dealer and stock shipper at Pick- ford, suffered a severe loss by fire last week. Two automobiles, two horses, five cattle and six hogs were driven out of the barn, which was a total loss. Three tons of hay was also burned. Mr. Kirkbride was away in a sanitarium in Rochester, Minn., at the time. This is Mr. Kirkbride’s second loss by fire. Several years ago he lost two large automobiles which were burned when the Pickford garage was destroved by fire. Part of the last loss was covered by insurance. The Home bakery, at 213 Ashmun street, will be opened to the public again next week by Mrs. Alice Sei- well, who has spent the winter in Lower Michigan. Francis Paul, who has been marine salesman, for the INarine News Bureau at the locks, has organized the Paul Specialty Co. and will give a twenty- four hour service to the boats going through the locks during the season, supplying the boats with confectionery, tobacco and specialties. Breathe deep, don’t eat too much, shun booze, cultivate a sense of humor +9} ong with and things cannot go far wt you. The village of Trenary will soon have a new creamery, of which Nort man Hall, formerly manager of the Rapid River Co-operative Creamery. will be proprietor and manager. Con siderable cream ha Trenary of territory ing. Trenarvy is in the center of a large area of good creamery will, undoubtedly, provi real stimulus to dairying in the vicinity. jim Frey, of Gould City, has a1 ranged with the Hercules Power Co broadcasting stations at been shippe d from late years and farming adjacent is constantly grow farming land and the nev | Ba Chicago ane Gary for special broadcasting service to the Upper Peninsula, f May 15. News of the Upper Penin sula, especially fishing news, will go to the world every week through the stations. “We are country everything we the beautv of the Upper Peninsula, its advantages and accommodation And if you know where the fish are biting good or if you are making exceptional { and | going to tell the can concerming catches, send the will see that the This advertising isn’t going to cost the public anything more than a little time and a two cent stamp to mail the in formation to me at Gould City.” You can appreciate the expression: “T want to die with my a you ever tried to a pair off William Hayward, the merchant at Fibre, was a busine visitor last week. . word to me ews is broadcaste: poots on, iI tuke well-known No matter what happens to th talking machine or the radio, a mat ried man still has his wife The Lions Club at St. Ignace is pro- moting a brass band of from eighteen to twenty pieces, which is to fur music for St. Ignace and its visitors next summer. They expect to be ready for the homecoming celebratio1 in Julv. Money i for instruments has been appropriated and a canvass of the city has shown there are enough ex band players and new players to as sure a good organization. Psychologists say that the man wh« cuts loose at the age of 60 is reverting to his youth: in other words, his sec ond wildhood. Al. Sparling, man for the Hewitt Vas Grocery Co., has tormerly City Sa gone into the automobile game, selling autos for the Taylor garage. Al. was considered one of the best grocery salesmen in the city and has many friends here who wish him every suc cess in his new vocation. Jim McKenzie, who for the past sev- eral vears has been with the Carpenter Cook Co., at Menominee, as traveling salesman, has resigned to accept a similar position with the Hewett Gro cervy Co. here. Mr. McKenzie is one of the old timers. baving spent many vears on the road and is one of the best known traveling men in Clover- land. He is well liked by all that know him. He is a worker as well as a good story teller and will be an asset to his firm Gustave Munising to Strand has moved from accept the management of the meat department for A. Eddy. Mr. Strand has had vears of exnerience as a meat cutter and will be able to cater to a large patronage, as Mr. Eddy’s market is one of the finest equipped markets in the city catering to high class trade. William G. Tapert. 2 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 20, 1927 IN THE REALM OF RASCALITY. Questionable Schemes Which Are Under Suspicion. A Russian radical by the name of Jacob Karchmer, who was recently ex- pelled from the American Legion be- cause of improper conduct, is the “power behind the throne” in the epi- demic of blind necktie sellers. So reports the Better Business Bu- reau of St. Louis. Karchmer seems to have a string of “blind” and alleged blind people work- ing under his direction. Two very important reports issued this week by the St. Louis Bet- ter Business Bureau. They tell the in- side story of Paunee Bill,” “Necktie Tyler” and other concerns which have been sending out unordered neckties, “blindman” plea for were and using the sympathy. These reports tell their own story. They are herewith printed in full: To Whom it May Concern: Ernest Howell, who styles himself “Necktie Tyler, The Blind Tie Sales- man,” is connected with the Mississippi Valley Knitting Mills, now located at 1718 Washington avenue. The Mississippi Valley Knitting Mills is owned by one Tacob Karchmer who is mentioned in the enclosed letter re- ferring to “Paunee Bill” another blind tie salesman. Mr. Karchmer is well known in St. Louis, where he has an unenviable record as a promoter of questionable schemes. He has been arrested and his place raided in the past. He was born in Vilna, Russia, and is said to hold some radical views. He served in the Marine Corps during the World War but has been expelled from the American Legion because of conduct unbecoming a gentleman. Mr. Karch- past activities have shown a preference for blind “decoys.” Mr. Karchmer was formerly Vice-President of the St. Louis Knitting Mills which firm is mentioned in the letter refer- ring to “Paunee Bill.” The Better Business Bureau has just received unconfirmed information that another well-known St. Louis blind man (in addition to “Paunee Bill” and “Necktie Tyler’) has just signed a contract with still another promoter to entitle him to 20 per cent. of the “Paunee Bill's” success in securing business through mer’s profits. Because of an indirect blind plea, the “tie fever” seems to be inoculating the blind and disabled of St. Louis. No doubt the spread of the disease is being speeded with “injections” by shrewd promoters. The Better Business Bureau believes that most people will instantly recog- nize the risk taken in heeding a plea to purchase unordered merchandise sent by mail. At best, it is an annoying and unethical method of merchandis- ing. When it is used by promoters coupled disguised plea for charity, or sympathy, it is unusually vicious. Merchandise Divison, Better Business Bureau of St. Louis. with a Paunee Bill, the Blind Tie Man. To Whom it May Concern: The activities of this gentleman have been the source of much local comment and numerous’ enquiries. Complaint was made to the Bureau that he was backed by Jacob Karch- mer, a well-known local promoter, who has previously been in difficulty in connection with promotions exploit- ing the blind, as well as other enter- prises using a “charity” appeal. As a result of our activities in endeavoring to learn if anyone is benefiting by his merchandise scheme, other than him- self, ‘““Paunee Bill” at one time author- ized us to state to all enquirers that he was not in need of any charity, but was, in fact, doing very well, and that he would consider the elimination of all reference to his affliction in future literature. Because of the time which has elapsed since the last statement and lack of evidence thereof, we as- sume that he has decided not to elim- inate the “blind” appeal. We submit the following significant facts and incidents for your considera- tion: The St. Louis Knitting Mills is located very near to the establishment of “Paunee Bill,” where a large number ing and suggested that we call a num- ber which is listed in the telephone book after the name of the St. Louis Knitting Mills Company. After a period of time, Central 1760 was again called and Mr. Frank Perry was called to the phone. He_ stated he was Paunee Bill’s manager. Some time ago this Bureau had oc- casion to write to a city in Pennsyl- vania from which there had emanated an appeal to purchase merchandise from a man whose photograph on the literature indicated that he was badly crippled. A recognized agency for the handling of charitable matters in that city wrote and stated that this man was absolutely not in need of assist- ance and, in fact, employed several able bodied men to help him carry on this direct mail business. They stated that there was no need for his having gone into this business, because he was enjoying a very good income from a cigar store which he owned. The local Red Cross was recently approached by an individual who de- HOW TO GET To Whom It May Concern: accept and store unordered recipients. this envelope. RID OF “BLIND TIE” NUISANCE. In our opinion the quickest way to rid this country of the newest form of nuisance, the sending of unordered merchandise, is to make the business unprofitable for those engaged in it. it unprofitable is to cause losses through non-returns. Your Chamber of Commerce, advise local citizens through the press and otherwise, that it would merchandise and act-as agent for the A Chamber of Commerce (or the individual for that matter) can hold the merchandise for a reasonable length of time, in the event that a personal representative of the sender should call. reasonable length of time it could be destroyed. A good idea would be to notify the sender that the merchandise is being held subject to a storage charge of 25c per week per package. We would respectfully suggest that you direct the attention of your Chamber of Commerce and local newspapers to the contents of Any paper has our full permission to publish. Kenneth W. Hood, Mer., Merchandise Division, Better Business Bureau of St. Louis, Inc. The way to make or some other civic body, could At the end of a of girls are employed. A telephone call to the St. Louis Knitting Mills brought the information that Mr. Karchmer had severed his connection with that com- pany. (We have recently been in- formed that he is about to start direct mail operations in another location.) Mr. Henry T. V. Perry (sometimes referred to as Victor Perry) is the president and general manager of the St. Louis Knitting Mills Company. An enquiry for his son, Frank Perry, brought the information that he was not connected with the St. Louis Knit- ting Mills. A telephone call to the residence of Henry Perry, enquiring for Mr. Frank Perry, was responded to by a woman who stated she was Frank Perry’s mother, and advised that the enquirer call Central 1760. “In- formation” stated that Central 1760 was the phone at 517 Morgan street, in the name of the St. Louis Knitting Mills. When Central 1760 was called, the girl answering the telephone said, Bill’s Mail Order House.” calling asked for Mr. The girl replied that “Paunee The person Frank Perry. Mr. Perry had gone to the other build- clared his intention to engage in the selling of handkerchiefs by direct mail, with the request that they assist him in employing disabled persons. Need- less to say, the request was refused. As a matter of principle this Bureau is opposed to the sending of unordered merchandise through the mails. A good many of these requests are ac- companied by literature which is, ap- parently, an appeal to charity. While there may be worthy cases, yet it is very difficult to determine where need- ed assistance ends and excess profits begin. Our experience shows that this country is literally flooded with these requests. A recipient of unordered merchan- _dise is under no obligation to perform the labor required to place that mer- chandise in the mails for return to the sender. It is sufficient that the mer- chandise be kept in a safe place for a reasonable length of time so that it may be handed to a personal repre- sentative of the company should such a representative call and ask for the return of the merchandise. The re- cipient should not use the merchandise because its use would signify accept- ance of the offer. No doubt, the fail- ure of recipients to return merchan- dise except upon personal call, wou!d have a tendency to discourage the sending of unordered merchandise by mail. The Better Business Bureau re- gards this particular method of mer- chandising as a nuisance to the public as well as an unfair method of compe- tition to legitimate business. We be- lieve a test will convince you that the average lot of merchandise _ sent through the mails without request, ac- companied by a direct or indirect ap- peal for charity, will not appraise as high in value as similar merchandise purchased from your local stores. Merchandise Division, Better Business Bureau of St. Louis. P. S. The Personal Stationery Print- ing Company, 810 North 6th street, is controlled by the St. Louis Knitting Mills Co. ‘“Paunee Bill’ has enclosed an offer from this company in the same package with ties. S. Presberger (Paunee Bill) , N. Rosenblum, F. Perry, J. B. Killian, and H. T. V. Perry have incorporated the Paunee Bill Mail Order House, Inc. Each have 20 shares. Incor- porated to do a general mail order and manufacturing business. Capital stock $10,000, 50 per cent. paid. This apparently confirms a rumor to the effect that Paunee Bill was in- sisting on a share of the profits after finding out how much his name and affliction were bringing to the pro- moters. The other members are those who controlled the St. Louis Knitting Mills—Merchants Journal. ee Features of the Reptile Vogue. The vogue for reptile effects in trim- mings and accessories has made much headway during the Spring season and promises to be an important influence for the Fall. Garment manufacturers are using reptilian trim for coats and dresses, and increasing shipments of the snakeskins have been reaching this country. Glove cuffs and umbrella handles are noted among the more re- cent style productions in which this design has been adopted. As one Fall item there will be water snake and plaid suede jackets. In foreign costume jewelry the reptile motif is also being employed. Real cobra insets and gold, silver and jewel combinations which simulate the reptile markings are fea- tured as necklaces and ankle bracelets. Jeweled snake girdles for slender waists are also included. —_+-.—___ Conservative Trend in Ties. While color is by no means neg- lected, the trend toward more conser- vative patterns in men’s neckwear is unabated, manufacturers say. Stores throughout the country are buying merchandise of the solid-colored moire and foulard types, which consumers find do not clash with the fancy pat- terns in shirts, suits and topcoats. Fig- ured effects of a restrained character are also in demand. Bright colors and stripe designs still lead in the so-called collegiate and boy’s trade. Tie silk mills have opened Fall lines and a greater balancing of conservative and fancy effects is evident in their offer- ings. April 20, 1927 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN How About Improvement in Our Public School System? Grandville, April 19—Is there such a thing as being over educated? At the present time the high schools and colleges seem to be having their innings in a way that makes the aver- age taxpayer cringe. To say one word about extravagant expenditures for educational facilities brands the speak- er a back number, a mossback just out of the backwoods, in fact an enemy to his country. As a matter of fact is this judgment just or have we a lot of insignificant pretenders who attempt to make the world believe that all that goes to their grist is for the good of the com- munity? Is there no such thing as overtaxing the people for the support of our schools? Decidedly not if we permit the tophatted professors and would-be leaders of our educational institutions tell the story. Jeardless youths from college seek the high places in the gift of the peo- ple, not only along educational lines, but in the more menial craftsmanships. As road overseers and cow testers they know less than the average bare- foot country boy. We have a great many Littles at the head of our educational schools, men who seek to tell the people what they must have and the amount of taxes to be raised for the purpose. Should anyone seek to argue the point he is ieered at as a mossback of mossbacks, unfit to live in a progressive age. 2ut after all, may it not be possible that some people have cut their wis- dom teeth as well as the college pro- fessors? Can we point to a man of the schools who has made good as a leg- islator, either in state or Nation? Usually the schoolmaster, however much he may be at home in the halls of education, is a mighty poor stick when transferred to a law-making or governmental position. Salaried professors have no thought or feeling for the man who works twelve hours a dav under a sweltering sun to get in and to harvest his crops, that he mav make a comfortable liv- ing for his family and raise the tax money which goes to support our schools, many of which are mere mat- ters of ornament with all soul left out. This is a big world and many big folks are in it, but among them we find a vast number of fake educational- ists who go in for fuss and feathers with sound educationalism left out. Too much money is spent on educa- tional institutions and teachers who are mere figureheads in the better educa- tion of our children. The man who dares criticize the misspending of school moneys takes his fate in his hands and wins the scorn and contempt of those small souls who imagine themselves it in every particular. Education is not only right but nec- essary for the good of the community along proper lines. vet it can be mal- administered to the injury of the country. School houses were once built to harbor those boys and girls who wished an education in all the walks of life. To-day these buildings are made the football of fadists and scholastic ninnyhammers who care more for their own personal advance- ment than for the education of the children. Country schools were once the pride and boast of America. To-day nobody is so poor as to do them honor. ‘The country schoolteacher is a thing of the past. High schools and colleges have swept the board and buried the rural temples of learning too deep for resurrection. All of which we are told is for the good of the people who are too ad- vanced to find any satisfaction in por- ing over books from the seat of a rural schoolhouse. The one ‘time school teacher of Busy Corners has been transplanted to the central and city school, with wages multiplied ten- fold. All of which is an advance to- ward higher education we are told. If this is true, why have we such commonplace congresses and legisla- tures to-day when compared with the davs of Clay, Webster and Lincoln? The greatest men America ever pro- duced grew up under the culture of our common schools such as_ have been banished to the limbo of forgotten things that the new age of higher edu- cation shall hold the boards. The fads and fancies of our modern educators cater to a vastly added ex- pense without corresponding benefits. The paying out of millions of dollars for play rooms under the school roof when the outdoor spaces are much more healthful, with very small ad- vance in expenses, is of a piece with these new strides to supposed better things in educational alignment. Those who study under a high col- lege professor go out to teach the farmer how to educate his children away from home, the farther the bet- ter in most cases. A central school is no place for the little tots of a family not yet free from mother’s apron string, and yet bus loads of these in- fants make daily trips over miles of country to the higher educational in- stitutes of the land. Oft times a col- lision takes place, a wrecked bus, with manv precious baby lives sacrificed, all of which is in the cause of higher edu- cation. In what manner is the education of the small child advanced by such in- human methods? We read of a farm- er who, after his nearby country school was removed, refused to send his two tots of tender years to a distant cen- tral school, the result being the arrest and jailing of said parent. This in free America! I have merely touched upon the demerits of our present public school svstem. There is ample room for dif- fering with the present stand taken by many American college heads. Old Timer. —__—_o¢__ Urges Slow Output of Samples. Garment manufacturers are being ad- vised to go ahead slowly with the pro- duction of sample lines of fall mer- chandise. Early samples, the National Wholesale Women’s Wear Association points out, are a big expense, generally fail of their purpose and only create surplus stocks. “Attention might bet- ter be devoted,” the association adds, “to the production of lightweight gar- ments for summer wear. What does the manufacturer know to-day of fab- rics and colors which might be wanted for next fall? How does he know that fabrics and cloors may be produced later which will be the vogue of the season, and if he loads up now he may not be in a position to take advantage of the their appearance.” —_—_+++—___ Offers Novel Shine Kit. Almost iewer fabrics as they make coincident with the legal abolition of Sunday shoe shines a nov- el kit for keeping footwear in order has been put on the market. It comes in two sizes. The larger one is design- ed for home use and the smaller one, which comes in an attractive imitation leather case, is meant for traveling. Both are so priced as to retail profit- ably at around 25 cents, and they are said to give twenty to thirty shines. The kit is a single piece in the form of a mitt, one side of which is treated with a waterproofing, non-acid dress- ing that both cleans and ploishes. The shoe is first rubbed with this side and, the polishing shine is then obtained by polishing with the corduroy fabric which forms the reverse of the mitt. —_—__++>—__—__ Sleeveless Blouses Now Shown. The latest showings of blouses place emphasis on the sleeveless models. These are mostly finished with binding at the armhole, and have no cape to upper part of the arm. ‘Val lace cover the Georgette trimmed with is brought out in this style, as well crepe de chine and some novelties in handkerchief linen. as embroidered According to a bulletin from the Unit- ed States Waist League of America, they are designed not only for wear under the jacket of a two-piece suit, but also, as the season advances, to complement separate skirts. Lee A Coupon That Made a Real Hit. 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VALLEY CITY MILLING COMPANY Grand Rapids, Michigan 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 20, 1927 MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. Niles—Niles Nash Motors, Inc., has changed its name to Morgan Motors, inc. Brighton — The Brighton Lumber Co., Orton E. Bush, proprietor, has engaged in business. Halfway—The Stephens Lumber Co. has increased its capital stock from $150,000 to $200,000. Owosso—The Home Lumber & Coal Co. succeeds the Harris Lumber & Coal Co. in business. Detroit — Modernized Service, 508 Griswold street, has changed its name to the Ralph C. Wilson Co. Kalamazoo—DeBoer & Sons Lum- ber Co., Alcott street, has increased its capital stock from $30,000 to $75,000. Detroit—The Eco Chemical Prod- ucts Co., 1411 Orleans street, has in- creased its capital stock from $1,000 to $30,000. Lowell—John Lasby has sold his stock of confectionery and ice cream parlor to Mrs. Elizabeth Lalley, who has taken possession. Martin—F. G. Hall has fitted up the corner store adjoining his drug and grocery store tor a modern and _ thor- oughly up-to-date ice cream parlor. Sidney—William J. Seitz has taken over the boot and shoe sock of Seitz & LaRue and will continue the busi- ness under the style of The Toggery. Jackson—J. H. Rogalski, dealer in and 719 East has his stock to boots shoes at Page A. W. Rogalski, who will continue the busi- street, sold ness. The Co. has opened its fifth cold storage plant. It is located at Holland in a plant originally erected for the Warm Friends Tavern. East Tawas—The Hennigar Co. has been incorporated to conduct a general Kalamazoo — Taylor Produce store with an authorized capital stock ot $10,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Jackson—Miller’s Shoe Parlors, 148 West Main street and 100 West Main street has been purchased by Richard H. Hocking, who will continue the business at the same location. Hillsdale—The Hillsdale Lumber & Coal Co., 123 Carlton Road, has been incorporated with an authorized cap- ital stock of $20,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Kalamazoo—The Vermeulen Furni- ture Co., now located at 214 West Wa- ter street, is enlarging its quarters by taking over the second floor, adding about 3600 square feet of floor space. Highland Park—The Jarvis Brush Co., Inc., 13316 Hamilton avenue, has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $25,000, of which amount $2,650 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Gobles—J. C. Gamboer, Inc., has been incorporated to deal in auto parts and supplies and conduct a garage, with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, $7,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Muskegon -—- The Carbine Fruit & Vegetable Co., 826 First street, has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $2,000, of which amount $1,110 has been subscribed, $310 paid in in cash and $800 in property. Detroit—The Orient Cleaners & Dyers, Inc., 8900 Linwood avenue, has been incorporated with an authorized -capital stock of $20,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in, $2,000 in cash and $18,000 in property. Detroit — The Leonard A. Seltzer Co., 72 West Adams avenue, has been incorporated to conduct a drug store, with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of has been sub- scribed and $1,000 paid in in cash. The Cook’s Pantry, Pen Gilly street, has been incorporated which Menominee — to deal in groceries, crockery, candies, meats, etc., with an authorized capital stock of $25,000, $10,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Detroit—Display Creations, Inc., 33 John R. street, has been incorporated to deal in window display fixtures at wholesale and retail, with an authoriz- ed capital stock of $10,000, $7,500 of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Detroit—The Carnick Oil Co., 2507 24th street, has been incorporated to deal at wholesale and retail in gaso- line, greases, auto accessories, etc., with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, of which amount $7,500 has been subscribed $8,000 paid in in cash. Ashby Appliance Rose street, has been Kalamazoo— The Co., 318 North incorporated to deal in household ap- pliances at retail, with an authorized capital $50,000, of which amount $5,470 has been subscribed and $4,000 in cash and $1,470 in a , stock at paid in, property. Detroit—The Nichoalds Co., auto parts and novelties, has merged its business into a stock company under the style of H. W. Nichoalds, Inc., 2982 Grand River avenue, with an au- thorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been. subscribed and paid in in cash. Manufacturing Matters. Hastings —- The Akme Corporation has changed its name to the National Super-Tire Corporation. South Haven — The South Chemical Co. has increased its capital stock from $25,000 to $50,000. The increased Haven Bennett Pumps Corporation its capital stock from $100,000 and 20,000 shares Muskegon has to $300,000 and 80,000 shares at par value. National City — The National Gyp- sum Co. is employing over 200 men in construction of its wall board plant here and will soon start manufacturing operations. Escanaba—The Escanaba _ Drilling Co. has been incorporated with an au- thorized capital stock of $€0,000, $6,000 oi which has been subscribed and $1,000 paid in in cash. Romeo—The Jensen Co., has been incorporated with an ‘author- ized capital stock of $25,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in, $17,000 in cash and $8,000 in property. Detroit—The Raycroft Industries, 421 Penobscot building, has been in- Foundry corporated to deal in chincilla rabbits, their fur and meat, with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Gladwin—The Gladwin Milk Prod- Co. has been incorporated to manufacture milk products and deal in milk and cream, with an authorized capital stock of $100,000, of which amount $8,500 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. ucts Detroit — The Liquid-Iron Water- Co., 5-250 General Motors building, has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $25,000, of which amount $15,000 has been sub- scribed and paid in, $1,000 in cash and $14,000 in property. Jackson—The Michigan Super-Tire Corporation, 156 West Pearl street, has been incorporated to manufacture and deal in auto tires, with an author- ized capital stock of $100,000 preferred and 50,000 shares at $1 per share, of which amount $10,000 and 6,000 shares has been subscribed and paid in, $3,460 in cash and $12,540 in property. proofing 3enton Harbor—Watts Manufactur- ing Co., Cross street, has been incor- porated to manufacture and sell at wholesale and retail, laundry machin- ery, supplies and equipment, with an authorized capital stock of $35,000 and $15,000 preferred, of which amount $45,000 has been sub- scrived and $15,000 paid in in cash. common Albion—Petition by a majority of the stockholders of the Thwaites Fur- niture Co. to close out the business has been filed in Circuit Court. The firm has been in business since 1922 when it bought out the National Spring & Wire Co. The reason given for aban- doning the business is that its profits sufficient to meet overhead The present deficit is placed Harold B. Weeks, of Al- been named as temporary receiver. A large number of individual stockholders in Albion are affected. a ee Watch Crop Reports and Tendency of Wheat Feed Prices. Written for the Tradesman. are not expenses. at $116,803. bion, has Cash wheat has advanced about 2c per bushel during the past week, due, principally, to a good export demand, and the previous substantial decline. There has been some improvement in flour demand which also been a small factor, and, while the trade will probably buy conservatively until new has crop, the buyers of family flour in par- ticular will be constant purchasers as they have no surplus stocks, generally speaking. Wheat prices will be influenced ma- terially by crop news. Growing winter wheat continues in first-class condition, although the recent Government esti- mate placed this year’s crop about seventy-five million bushels below last year’s actual outturn. Spring wheat seeding conditions have not improved materially during the week, which is a bullish factor, and must improve right soon or a short crop will result. Like- ly at least some of this crop scare talk has already been discounted, and re- flected in somewhat stronger markets. Should a big crop of wheat be har- vested this fall, wheat might easily sell from the farmer at $1 per bushel, and yet on the other hand should there be further depreciation in winter wheat prospects, and a short crop of spring wheat be made, it could easily bring the farmer $1.25@1.35 per bushel, so there you are. Millfeed prices are tending down- ward, which on an even wheat market means somewhat higher prices for flour, and with wheat holding firm, ad- vancing slightly, flour is probably a safe purchase for shipment within thir- ty days, but would be a dangerous in- vestment, it seems, in large quantities from a purely speculative standpoint, for long deferred shipment, or to be purchased for prompt shipment if in excess of actual requirements. Watch crop reports and tendency of wheat feed prices, as these will surely in- fluence wheat and flour values for the next four months, during which period 75 per cent. of the world’s total crop of wheat will be harvested. ——_2--- When On Your Way, See Onaway. Onaway, April 1°—Never was there a more beautiful day for Easter. The weather was perfect; warm sunshine, the thermometer registering 70. A wonderful day for displaying spring bonnets, clothing and dresses. Oh, well, it was warm enough without anyway. The different churches were well filled morning and evening. Spec- ial music, cantatas, baptismals and numerous converts. The glory of the day created enthusiasm in all lines. Store windows and business places were decorated in city fashion; numer- ous visitors from Alma, Pontiac, De- troit and Flint remarked about the spic-span smartness of the little city so popular as a resort section. During the afternoon M 95, running to Black Lake and the Park, was lined with autos, the streams were producing abundance of fish, such as are legally caught at this time of vear prior to the opening of the trcut season May l. Kodaks clicked and many a beautiful scene was photographed. The dav ended with a warm spring rain and the green grass grew greener and faster. Already enquiries are pouring in for information on the best fishing and camping spots. Cities, of course, are wonderful, but would you not wish to exchange some of the life for nature's product? Life in the open is becominy more and more popular, healthful and beneficial. Spend a few weeks among the beavers, deer, bear. rabbits, part- ridges, etc., and study nature. Squire Signal. ———_++- Everything All Set For April 30. Grand Rapids, April 19—Two hun- dred invitations were mailed out Mon- day to the Old Time traveling men and their wives who live in Grand Rapids and we urge them to send in their reservation card for the re-union and banquet to be held at the Pantlind Hotel on April 30 as early as possible, in order that we may know how many to provide for. Have already received several reser- vation cards from those who live out around the State, and a few letters of regret from those living in far away states like California, Oregon, Florida, Colorado, etc. A specially good pro- gram is being arranged for and a good attendance is practically assured. Geo. W. McKay, Chairman. ——_++~»—_____ Freesoil—Oren S. Dean, veteran druggist, died at his home, April 13, following an attack of heart disease, aged 70 years. Mr. Dean came to Freesoil forty years ago and opened a drug store, conducting it continuously until his death. + 2 Cedar Lake—W. Foote succeeds James C. Lowry in general trade. —_>-.—____ Cadillac—A. D. Iler succeeds Paul Schaettle in the grocery business. April 20, 1927 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Essential Features of the Grocery Staples. Sugar—Jobbers hold cane granulated at 6.80c and beet granulated at 6.70c. Tea—The market has been rather draggy during the past week, meaning first hands market. This nas not af- fected, however, the strength of the primary markets. China green teas are steady to firm and so are Javas, Cey- lons and Indias. The consumptive de- mand for tea is just about fair, without any special change for the week. Coffee—The market for green Rio and Santos coffee, sold in a large way, has had several fluctuations during the past week, but most of them have been downward. All grades of Rio and Santos are possibly half a cent lower than they were a week ago. Sales in a large way have been very light and buyers are not taking much interest in the market. Weaker conditions in Brazil seem to be responsible for the present condition of the market here. As to mild coffees, they remain un- changed. Jobbing market for roasted coffee is quiet,, without any change in price. Everybody is buying coffee from hand to mouth. Canned Fruits—Some factors in the trade point to substantially increased jobbing orders. There is a continuous demand for jobbing blocks for replace- ment purposes, attesting to the low- ness of stocks now held by buyers over the country. Representatives of Cali- fornia canned fruit packers say a much better demand is gradually developing. Enquiries for peaches, cherries and pears are showing an increase. Canned Vegetables—Little departure from the recent character of buying was seen. There are periodical sales of carload quantities of tomatoes, corn and peas. An instance of the removal of a large quantity of peas from the market came under review. Recent announcements of opening prices by the California Packing Corporation and other independents in asparagus have not prompted any substantial buying of futures to date, but with a short packing season threatened buyers may soon take hold. Leading packers ap- proached with low offers for their stock in turning them down announced they had not hung up the red flag and were not selling out below a replace- ment basis. Canned Fish — Shrimp is wanted, with weakness as to the price. Cali- fornia sardines are still scarce. Pink Alaska salmon. is strong and unchang- ed. The trade are buying considerable pink salmon and the supply is getting down. Red Alaska salmon has also been selling fairly well. Maine sar- dines show no change. Steady prices. Beans and Peas—The demand for all varieties of dried beans is very poor, with prices remaining about un- changed, although in buyer’s favor. The same applies to different varieties of dried peas. Cheese — The demand during the week has been light, with a steady, generally quiet condition. Nuts—There has been only slight activity in the nut line during the past week due to the termination of the Len- ten season. Walnuts are the most firmly placed item on the list. Recent advances in the lIalian lira and the Spanish peseta have increased import costs of a number of European nuts. The many fine pecan groves within a radius of ten miles of Fort Deposit are in a flourishing condition and well ad- vanced in foliage and young nuts; it is predicted by conservative growers that a small crop may be expected this year, due to the fact that such an enormous one was raised in 1926, according to an advise from Port Deposit, Ala. It is already noticeable that many of the large heavy bearing trees show no sign of polen or cattesses, which are fore- runners of a very small crop. Salt Fish—Mackerel is still very scarce, with prices nominal on that ac- count. Syrup and Molasses—Molasses has shown a poorer demand during the week than for some time. Entire mar- ket is quiet, but prices are just about unchanged. Sugar syrup has been in fair demand at steady prices. Com- pound syrup spotty, without change in price. —_—_~++._—__ Review of the Produce Market. Apples—Baldwins |command 75c@ $1.25 per bu.; Northern Spys, $2@3 for good; $3.75 for fane); $4.50 for extra fancy. Delicious “1 !.oxes, $3.75. Asparagus—/5c for “iz bunch. Bananas—6@6%- per Ib. Beans—Michig:.n jobbers are quot- ing as follows: GW Pea Veans -.-----. $5.30 Light Red Kidney ------------- 7.90 Dark Rel Kidney -------------- 6.90 Beets—$1.25 per bu. for old; $2.25 per Lu. for new from Texas. Butter—The market ot the present writing is strong. Advices from out- side markets are firm and receipts as they come in are well controlled. De- mand good. Jobbers hold fresh pack- ed at 49c, prints at 50c. They pay 24c for packing stock. Cabbage—$3 per 100 Ibs. for old; $3.50 per crate for new. Carrots—$1.25 per bu. for old, $4.50 for iced crate from Texas Cauliflower—$3 per doz. Celery—California Jumbo, 75@90c; Rough Florida, 4 to 6 doz., $4. Cocoanuts—$1 per doz. Cucumbers — $1.75 per doz. for Southern hot house. Eggs—The market has had a fairly steady week, with a good demand. The receipts have been about what the de- mand would take and the market has therefore been kept on an even keel, without change of any note, possibly a small fraction off. Local jobbers pay 22c for strictly fresh. Egg Plant—$3.50 per doz. Garlic—35c per string for Italian. Grape Fruit—$4@4.75 per crate for Floridas. Green Onions—Shalots, 75c per doz. bunches; home grown, 25c per bunch. Lemons—Quotations are now as fol- lows: 300 Sunkist --------~------------ $6.00 360 Red Ball ------------------ 5.50 300 Red Ball ------------------ 5.00 Lettuce—In good demand on the following basis: California Iceberg, 4s, per bu. _-$4.50 Hot house leaf, per Ib. ------ 18@20c New Potatoes—Florida, $10.50 per bbl for No. 1, $9 for No. 2 and $6 for No. 3. Onion Sets—White, per bu., $3.50;; yellow, $3. Onions—Home grown, $4@4.25 per 100 Ib. sack; Spanish, $3.75 per crate; new Texas, $3 per crate for yellow and $3.50 for white. Oranges—Fancy Sunkist California Navels are now on the following basis: fe aa ee 5.295 POG ee 5.50 Re 6.00 176 6.00 OO ee 6.00 OG 6.00 Oe 6.00 Oe 6.00 S44 5.00 Sunkist Red Ball, 50c Parsnips—$1 per bu. Pears—$3.50 per crate for California. cheaper. Peppers—Green, 75c per doz. Pieplant—l2c per Ib. for hot house. Pineapples—$6.50 for 24s, 30s and 36s. Potatoes—0ec per 100 Ibs. around the State. Poultry—Wilson & Company pay as follows this week: Heavy fowls ------------------- 28c Light towis —-. 24 ee 2lc Springers, 4 lbs. and up -------- 29c Radishes—75c per doz. bunches for hot house. Spinach—$1.75 grown. Strawberries—Klondykes from Ala- bama command $6.75 per crate of 24 per bu. for Texas qts. Sweet Potatoes—$1.75 for Delaware kiln dried. Tomatoes—Southern stock, $1@1.25 per 7 lb. basket. per hamper Veal Calves—Wilson & Company pay as follows: Fancy -------------------------- 17c Gogd (02 15¢ Medium ._-----.---------------- ise POOR ~.4e-- seh eee er eee ens lle —_»> +> New Fish Preserving Process. The Paris office of the United States Department of Commerce re- ports a new canning process invented by Jaq Mario Avanzi Paris, an Italian who has devised his system with the idea of rendering the canning of fish more practical in tropical countries. At the present time a company is being organized. Among the new ideas suggested is the use of a rotating table which acts as a centrifuge to remove blood from the body of the fish. The fish is placed on a table with the tail toward the center, and as the table is revolved a solution of salt is injected into the fish with a hypodermic needle inserted near the tail. It is claimed that the blood can be removed in about five minutes. For cooking, the use of steam cham- bers held at low temperatures is de- vised. The fish are sliced, placed on wire trays, and cooked by wet steam kept at a temperature below 212 de- grees Fahrenheit. The fish move through the cooking chamber on cars which bear a number of screens. A similar arrangement supplied with cur- 5 rents of hot air is used to dry the slices. In order to insure a thorough per- meation of oil into the fish, and to re duce the time for such permeation, the the chamber, fish in can are run through a vacuum and while in the chamber oil is added by automatic de vices. It is claimed that this opera tion takes but a few minutes and guar antees a complete filling of the box with oil and the ¢limination of waste Sterilizing is done under pressure in a tube from 5 to 15 feet long and approx- two feet in diameter. This is like imately built and operated the usual horizontal retort The I‘aly and a number of other countries, system has been patented in and applications for patents have been made im most of the other large countries. —___>>>—_—- Which represents the larger amount automobiles or new of money, new buildings? Most persons would prob- ably reply, “New buildings,” but they The total value of 187 year was would be mistaken the largest last total retail price buildings in cities of the country $3,600 000 O00. The of new automobiles was more than $4,- 000 000,000. Extra parts, tires and ac- cessories would add $1,500,000,000. Pile on to the resulting sum the cost of oil the new and gasoline and the amount spent for new buildings is only half of that spent on automobiles. Even so, the satura- tion point for motor cars is not in sioht This fact leads W. Burke Har- mon to remark that most views of the country’s building needs fall short of the reality. “No country,” he declares, “that spends twice as much for vehicles as for new buildings can be overbuilt.” He goes on to point out that the sur- activity left of consideration a very important fac- With bile registered for every five persons in veys of probable building during the curreat year have out tor—replacement. one automo the coun‘ry, the manufacturers of cars a profitable Mr. Replace are finding replacement part of their business. So, argues is it with building. old play a much larger part in our Natior- Harmon ment of structures is coming to al building activity. ee Rest in Peace. A widow ordered a tombstone for her late husband. and requested that “Rest in She informed the monument it bear the following line: Peace.” maker that she was about to go to her lawyers to have her insurance adjusted. The she the monument man and told him that all next day re-visited of the insurance left by the late de- ceased was invalid, and requested him to add to the inscription: “Until We Meet Again.” ——_—_—_.+.>——___—_ Come To See Her. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were awaiting calleres and hubby surveyed her now gown rather critically. “Isn't it a little extreme?” he suggested. “A little short and low cut?” “Well, I don’t wife, are coming to see aren’t they-—not the dress ’ Se ee We all carve our.own countenances, the me, know,” replied “they 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 20, 1927 LOSES MOTOR LEADERSHIP. Henry ford on the Down Grade To Disaster. Here are some of the things learned about Henry ford and his activities during a visit of investigation the wait- er has paid to Detroit: tle and his products are being rig- idly boycotted in Detroit. The trouble started when he opened a large grocery store and began cut- throat competition. His answer to protests irom retail merchants was to open a second large store. When this aroused a fresh storm, his response was the establishment of a third store. Detroit merchants, you are told, are refusing to do business with manufac- turers who seek to deliver goods in ford trucks; retail merchants are dis- criminating against those who supply goods to the ford cut-rate stores; and merchants bring every possible press- ure to bear against the purchase of ford cars by local people I was told that the reply given to the latest delegation of protesting gro- cers who went to the ford headquar- ters to beg that ford cease his invasion of the grocery field, was: Instead of allowing himseir w_ be bulldozed into closing his stores at Highland Park, River Rouge and at the Lincoln works, Mr. ford is dis- posed to open similar stores all over the country, wherever he has an as- sembling plant.” Not only ford employes but the gen- eral public, by the thousands, are serv- ed at these stores. The local indignation against ford is mounting. His prices for all kinds of groceries, including Nationally ad- vertised brands, for meat, for shoes, for workers’ clothing, workers’ under- clothing, coal, glass, lumber, etc., are declared to be far below regular re- Said one merchant: “Ford fixes the prices at which his tail prices. cars must be sold all over the coun- try and rules the agents handling his goods with an iron hand, but he him- self, in his retail stores, flouts the sell- ing prices named by manufacturers of groceries, shoes and so forth. He in- sists on doing to other manufacturers the very thing he would not tolerate being done to him. How he can reas- on out that this is fair play is beyond the comprehension of business men like myself. Ford apparently thinks he is entitled in his business to lay down rules for others, but that no other manufacturer in the country is entitled to do the same thing” When I visited Detroit two years ago new fords were to be seen at every turn, almost on every second block. “How many fords have you noticed in the city?” I was asked. Observation revealed that relatively few were in evidence, and hardly a single brand-new specimen. Detroit is following with keen in- terest the Aaron Sapiro libel suit against Henry ford and his Dearborn Independent, for $1,000,000. The gen- eral understanding is that ford him- seli probably hadn't the slightest thing to do with the publication of the arti- cles complained of, but that his sub- ordinates eagerly gathered and pub- lished them on the theory that they would please immensely since they fitted into his vitriolic cam- paign against “the Jewish conspiracy,” their chief which apparently has been a_ night- mare to the motor manufacturer for years. Ford's notions about the devilish machinations of ‘Jewish bankers,” “the Jewish ring,” “the plunder- bund,” are regarded as childish, lu- dicrous, fantastic. Because of ford’s many sensational allegations, Detroit is anxious to have the whole subject thoroughly investigated and an im- partial verdict rendered. The financial world also is intensely interested. In his specialty of stirring up hatred of others, ford has not omit- ted those who conduct America’s bank- ing business. His ire, his condemna- tion, his vituperaton have been extreme The dictionary has not contained words sizzling enough to express his contempt for the Na- tions banking traternity. How has the ill will that ford and his Jewish in this direction. henchmen have stirred up affected his business? Very, very seriously, according to all that Detroit can gather. Ford is not publishing figures cov- ering his production or his sales. There- fore, official data cannot be procured. But close tabs are kept on automobile production by the Department of Commerce and the total for the whole country is announced monthly. By this and other means a fairly accurate line, it is claimed, can be obtained on ford’s sales. The best information pro- curable was this: “Ford’s output this year is running about one-third of what it was in 1925. Instead of selling 2,000,000 cars this year, he is operating at the rate of be- tween half a million and three-quarters of a million cars. “By deducting the total production of National Automobile Chamber ot Commerce members from the figures for the total industry, ford’s output for January was figured at less than 48,000 cars and less than 9,500 trucks. “The ford plant lately has been working only three days a week and far from full capacity during the three days.” One General Motors unit alone, Chevrolet, is declared to have produced and sold this year some 25 per cent. more cars than ford. Chevrolet's figures are definitely known; ford’s, as already explained, have to be unofficially computed. The comparison—contrast, rather—for Jan- uary is figured out thus: ford Chevrolet Care oe ee 47,794 57,704 Tracks 2 9,439 15,972 q OPC E| i ek 57-233 73,676 Since January Chevrolet's output and sales have greatly increased. Febru- ary’s sales, which totalled 33,000 a year ago, reached 58,000 this year, while production was geared up to 85,000 cars. In the first ten days of March, Chevorlet sold 24,000 new cars and 18,000 used cars, leaving on hand a Even the housewife who fails to sweep in the corners, insists that her meat and her grccer.es come to her neat and c.ean. K. V. P. DELICATESSEN a high quality, low price paper that protects, preserves and makes a good impression. Ask for prices and samples. KALAMAZOO VEGETABLE PARCHMENT CO., KALAMAZOO MICH., U. S. A. MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL GIFT PACKAGES CHOCOLATES ORDER WHILE THE ASSORTMENT IS COMPLETE NATIONAL CANDY COMPANY, INC. PUTNAM FACTORY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Roof your summer cottage with REYNOLDS SHINGLES They are Fire Resisting ¢ Grand Rapids Trust Company Receivers for H. M. Reynolds Shingle Co. “Manufacturers of the first Asphalt Shingle.” ° April 20, 1927 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 lower percentage of used cars this year in comparison with last year. “Ford’s dealer organization is rapidly being shot to pieces.” That statement you hear everywhere in and around Detroit. Since Henry ford does not believe in corporation publicity, it is impossible for the out- sider to know how much or how little truth there is in that assertion. But it would be only logical to reason out that a dealer organization built up to handle 2,000,000 cars a year could not be particularly happy when the total business falls off 75 per cent. or even 50 per cent, ford’s highhanded treatment of his dealers when he found himself finan- cially uncomfortable several years ago made an impression which has never been forgotten throughout the indus- try. Automobile men declare that no other motor manufacturers would dare act towards his dealers as ford has acted and still acts. Be that as it may, this I do know: A responsible ford employe visited me in New York a few weeks ago during his search for another position. He said he felt insecure because the gen- eral manager under whom he worked was dismissed without one hour’s notice. A Philadelphia banker only the other day told me that ford's ablest man there was dismissed in exactly the same fashion. A Californian visitor tells me that ford’s head man in one of the largest cities in that State like- wise was summarily discharged. The president of a nationally-known motor company said to me during my visit to Detroit: “T was a ford man years ago. I discovered from personal experience that his loud protestations about be- ing the greatest friend labor ever had were nothing but hypocrisy. I quit him. I believe that only four of the many men throughout the country who held positions similar to mine are still with him to-day. All the rest have either gone out or been let out. “ford is absolutely ruthless in his treatment of the people working for him or representing him. No man, no matter how responsible his position, can feel secure. Men are fired right and left, without rhyme or reason. The ford management is a hotbed of jeal- ousy and intrigue.” From another scurce in a position to be thoroughly informed concerning what’s what throughout the motor in- dustry came this statement: “The motor world is seething with rumors of the miraculous things ford is going to do to regain the place he has lost in the industry. I don’t know definitely what his plans are, but I do know that he hasn’t a single engineer in his whole organization who is re- garded as outstandingly brilliant. Not one famous motor engineer remains on the ford staff. ford himself is so dic- tatorial that the brainiest engineers in the country couldn’t get along smooth- ly with him. “In all the progressive automobile companies the engineers have evolved improvements in design, in construc- tion, in efficiency, and so forth. ford is turning out practically the same car as he turned out sixteen years ago. All the world knows that the science of building motor cars has made tremend- ous progress since then. ford alone has stood still, you might say. “Since everything connected with the ford organizations has been geared all these years to the producing of the same model “T” car it will be a stag- gering task to change everything over to produce an entirely different kind of car. It will be far harder for ford to do this than it would be for other manu- facturers who have become accustom- ed to keeping up constantly bringing out new or im- proved models. with the times by “Of course, ford will have to come to it or be content to permanently lose his relative place in the industry. It isn’t natural to expect that he will con- Chevrolet sell more cars at higher prices. I don’t wonder that ford has hesitated to tackle the job of turning his whole world-wide machine inside out to put an entirely different kind of car on the market.” tinue to it back and see ford’s general manager and right- hand man to-day is Charles Sorensen. “Servants make the worst masters,” says the adage. Sorensen came up from the ford ranks and, according to all reports, is no kid-glove taskmaster. The only remaining ford man whose name is at all known to the public is E. G. Liebold. But those who should know declare that Liebold’s powers have been greatly curtailed. One ford man whose ability is recognized is William C. Cowling, transportation manager. What are ford’s plans? Rumor covers every conceivable pos- sibility—from a cut of $100 or $150 in the present fords to a new eight to sell at $800.” It is generally agreed, however, that ford’s problem cannot be solved mere- ly by a cut in the prices of his present product, no matter how drastic. The most plausible report is that ford has designed a “regular automo- bile,’ with the customary three-gear shifts, to sell considerably under $500. Its appearance is looked for during the Summer, provided insurmountable ob- stacles to quantity production are not encountered. Some of the things here reported and quoted may be regarded as unduly harsh. The truth is that the writer has received a larger number of bitter let- ters from past and present ford work- ers than has ever been received re- garding any other employer in Amer- ica—B. C. Forbes in Forbes Magazine. ———__»> + A freshman at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, inadvertently left her electric curling iron turned on while she fared forth to her classes. The blaze—for of course there was a blaze —was confined by strenuous first aid measures to her room which was in the jargest dormitory. 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Pep has a flavor that pleases so well that one taste makes a permanent customer. And PEP brings health! It’s full of nature’s life-giving elements. That’s a combination you can’t beat. For PEP in business put PEP in your store. “Say PEP to your Jobber” @ PEP THE PEPPY BRAN FOOD MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 20, 1927 TO RUSSIA OR JAPAN? Issues multiply in China. We had for years war lord versus war lord. Next we had South against North. Now we are beginning to have Na- tionalism versus Communism. Are we to go on and see the new China make a choice between Russia and Japan? fixed judgments or accurate pro- phecies about events in Chinese affairs are difficult. There is not only an actual and evident confusion there to- day but there is also the age-old com- plication of seeking their interpreta- tion through the Oriental mind. Things do not look the same to the eyes of East and West. Wise observers have said constantly that China, whether old or new, would not go Bolshevik; that the Cantonese would use Borodin and Red assistance as long as they needed it and’ calmly cast it overboard when the time came. That time seems unexpectedly to be forcing itself upon them now. The antiforeign outrages at Nanking compose the diplomatic crisis that is forcing the issue. Eugene Chen, the Foreign Minister for the Cantonese Government in the South, is supposed to be preparing an aggressive reply to the identic demands of the five Powers whose nationals were affected at Nan- Chiang Kai-shek, whom our cor- “Cantonese on the other hand, is king. respondent describes as generalissimo,”’ reported to favor a more conciliatory course. General Chiang has been raiding the Communists in the Furthermore, native city of Shanghai. He has con- fiscated large supplies of their arms and has not hesitated to fire upon them and kill looks like an actual break. ism under’ Chiang is undoubtedly com- ing out into the open against Com- considerable numbers. It National- munism. From the Western viewpoint this is h] a desirable happening. We believe it to be so, too, from the standpoint of China’s advance. We can give her our sympathy and moral support when she is striving to establish herself as a new nation. We cannot go with her along the red road of the Internationale. Rus- sian Communism mean a choice that But may not this break with will throw China, so to speak, into the arms oi Japan? Japan might well wel- come such a change. Japan might feel a reassurance in seeing the other great nation of the yellow race turn away from European alliance and come to make common cause with Asia. Those of us who have talked about the Yellow Peril may view such an olignment with distrust. And, indeed, in the long view of things it is hard to say that such a feeling is not justi- fied. But is the Yellow Peri! more threatening to-day than the Red Peril? We should say not. the pale of the civilized nations. Russia Japan is within is not. Japan at the Washington con- ference and during the kaiser’s war repeatedly has shown herself open to fair consultation and action upon in- ternational issues. Russia is definitely committed to a policy of assault upon the social and governmental system of the other Powers. lf the new China is to turn to Japan ior aid and comfort, so be it. Any- thing is better than that she should turn finally to Russia. GROCERS TRICKED BY HENRY. The grocers who expressed them- selves as satisfied over Henry ford’s promise to confine his mercantile ac- tivities to his own employes are easily satisfied, because rord's promise means absolutely nothing. He agrees to sell goods only to those who wear the ford button, but cases have already been brought to the attention of the Trades- man where the little button is passed around among eleven neighbors of a ford employe during the course of a week. This was the case when the button was first introduced at the time the first store was opened at the High- land Park plant, and it will soon be the common of the ford stores. If the alleged representatives of the grocers had _ peremptorily rejected ford’s offer to confine his sales to his own employes and had insisted that all the ford stores be closed permanently, custom at. all they would have accomplished their purpose, because the ford officials were all alarmed cover the almost universal boycott which was being waged against ford products by the organized and un- organized grocers and meat dealers of the United States. It was so effective that the ford output of flivvers will be less than 25 per cent. during 1927 of what it was during 1925. The boycott is still om, because the thinking men rade fully realize the critical nature of the situation and will con- tinue to oppose the purchase of ford products and will also refuse to ac- cept any goods delivered to them on ford vehicles. This opposition will con- tinue until such time as ford absolute- ly abandons the distribution of food and other articles in the mercantile line which render independent of the at prices competition impossible. So long as jord adds to his millions every year by the sale of merchandise to his emp'‘oyes the system will appeal to other large employers of labor and become a_ greater menace than the chain stores and mail order houses. Now is the time to nip the thing in the bud. WOOLS AND WOOLENS. -There is not much feature to the present. Reports current would seem to indicate that prices remain stable and that no great variations in them are expected for some time to come. Buying is not proceeding on any very extensive scale in this country, but a little more ac- tivity is expected as the new domestic clip comes to market. Imports oi wool for the week ended April 9 totaled 6,- 203,442 3,864,352 pounds were carpet wool. Much at- tention is being given to the condition of the woolen goods industry, which is concededly is not as good a plight as it might be. A survey made by the National Textile Research office, which was published during the past week, showed that there are in this country 510 mills with 77,920 looms. Of these 386 mills with 69,927 looms are equip- ped to manufacture piece goods. The wool situation at pounds, of which opinion was expressed that there was too much diversification indulged in and that most mills “are not in a posi- tion to produce any of the fabrics now manufactured on the most advanta- geous basis of cost.” A remedy sug- gested was greater co-operation among the mills, some signs of which are al- ready apparent. Nearly all the manu- facturing clothiers have their fall of- ierings on sale. The remainder will do Responses are expected to show up in volume in the course of the coming fortnight. Beginning this week and continuing to the end of the month there will be a buying con- vention of retailers from 104 cities as- sembled in New York, and orders from salesmen on the road are expected to Women’s wear fab- rics for fall are being shown by nearly all the manutacturers, but the ordering still remains to be done. so this week. come in as well. COTTON AND COTTON GOODS. Much of the interest in the cotton situation is now centered on the pros- pects for the new crop. Opinions vary as to what the restrictions in acreage will finally be. Some make it as high as 12 or 13 per cent., while others figure it at not over one-half as much. It is all guessing as yet, with only one thing certain, and that is that the re- duction in acreage will varry in differ- ent sections. The wet weather has in- terfered with planting in quite a large area. A report on the weevil situation was made public during the past week, but it was inconclusive, so much de- pending on the weather and other con- ditions during the next two months or so. Quotations on cotton have held up very well recently, with changes within a very narrow range. The firm- ness is based on the exceptionally large exports no less than on the increased consumption by the mills. In the goods market there is less buying, as is cus- tomary at this period, but the mills are busy in making deliveries on old orders. Gray goods have been dull, and there has been some softening of prices for them. Finished goods are moving well in distributing channels. The call for ginghams and for sheer consructions and novel weaves, includ- ing rayon combinations, continues un- abated. In knit goods there is still a fair demand for lightweight underwear, but heavy-weights are still neglected. Business in hosiery is still quite-spotty, although certain varieties continue to be called for. TRUTH-IN-FABRIC LAWS. Colorado has just disposed of an at- tempt at enacting one of the so-called “truth-in-fabric” bills. This kind of misguided and mischievous legislation is being shunted into the discard as its futility becomes more and more ap- parent. The movement for it was or- ganized on a nation-wide scale a few years ago. At first the proponents were legislators from certain Western States in which sheep raising is an important industry. They apparently thought it was good policy to discredit the use of reworked wool, and argued that to prevent such use as far as possible would tend to crease the price of new wool. The method suggested was the labeling of fabrics so as to show es reworked wool, the natural Merence being that such cloths were inferior. One of the minor woolen mills which uses only new wool saw a chance for getting some cheap advertising out of the matter and ad- vanced funds for a so-called “Sheep and Wool Bureu” waith the usual ad- juncts tor newspaper propaganda. Then the matter was pressed before Congress, which refused to pass legis- lation of the kind desired. Next came a movement to have certain states enact laws on the subject. Wyoming, which boasts a population of more sheep than human beings, was the first to take it up. But the legislation prov- ed unworkable. Undeterred by this, Colorado was then approached. But the legislature of that State has just refused to pass a law of the kind. Meanwhile, certain facts have not been disputed. One is that there is no way of telling whether the wool in a fabric is new or reworked. Another is that certain fabrics with more or less of re- worked wool are better in all respects than others made wholly of new wool. A third is that the skill of the weaver has a great deal to do in making a fabric better looking and better wear- ing. These demonstrate the folly of classifying cloths in the way attempted. ON TO FLINT. This is the last appeal the Trades- man can make to the grocers, meat dealers and general merchants of Mich- igan to be well represented at their annual convention at Flint next week. The past year has witnessed a strengthening of the lines in many di- rections. Many new towns have been arrayed under the banner of local or- ganization and renewed interest has been shown in many features cham- pioned by the Association. A large and enthusiastic gathering at Flint will do much to further the cause of mercantile organization. Secretary Hoover rightly deciares that “hshing is good for the soul of man” and should be preserved as a National institution. But as a pastime angling has steadily lost favor in re- The increase in population and the growth of industrialism have cent years. ‘led to the pollution of the streams, and it is no longer possible to find good fishing grounds easily. The National Bureau of Fisheries has done much to restock the inland rivers, but the Secretary in his address at the National convention of the Izaak Walton League pointed out that this is not enough. The infant mortality among the fish sent out by the bureau is too great, and it has become necessary for the various states to establish nurseries to protect the “fingerlings” until they are able to make their own living. Ac- cording to the Secretary, only three state—New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Minnesota—have shown what can be done in this way to improve condi- tions for fishermen. In addition to es- tablishing nurseries, there is also a great need of adopting stringent meas- ures to keep inland streams pure. It is no longer possible to permit factories and cities to use these small rivers as ready-made sewers. April 20, 1927 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 OUT AROUND. Things Seen and Heard on a Week End Trip. Saturday was anything but pleasant, with intermittent rain storms and for- bidding clouds, so we decided to limit our activities to the end of the pave- ment on M 13, North of Grand Rapids. We found a new store at the turn of the road just South of Plainnteld village and added George Van Dellen to our list of readers. It looks as though there would ultimately be quite a clus- ter of business places at that point. I have long recommended to frierds the wonderful scenic beauties of the drive from Plainfield to Can- nonsburg. The hills on the opposite side of Grand River nearly approach the dignity of mountains and are in many respects as formidable as the hills in Leelanau county, between Traverse City and Leland. Speaking of hills, reminds me of a story I was told about forty years ago by Rev. Smart, of Saginaw. He and his wife were entertaining a niece from Vermont. One day the clergyman took the visitor out riding and pointed out homes of Saginaw millionaires who owed their earthly possessions to the pine forests of the Saginaw Valley. He noted there was something lacking in the landscape, so far as his visitor was concerned. On the completion of the inspection, the clergyman’s wife asked her niece what she thought of The reply was prompt and my Saginaw. conclusive: VE think money as men are, I'd build a hill.” much some of these if I was worth as uncle says I am told that it is never possible to get a New Englander, accustomed to the rugged hills of New Hampshire and Vermont, to ever locate in a flat country and feel at home. 1 think the early pioneers around Plainfield must have had some of this love of unevenness in their blood, be- cause few localities with which I am familiar are favored with the presence of the everlasting hills than the region through which the Rogue River traverses Rockford and Plainfield. more between As I approached Rockford I reminded of the first visit I paid that town after I launched the Tradesman, The first issue was forty-four years ago. was mailed on Wednesday and the next day I started out in subscribers. The cordially welcomed at Rockford and I search of new venture was went out of town with fifteen silver dollars, contributed by Charles F. Sears, George A. Sage, Neal Mc- Millan, Jackson Coon, James Colby, D. R. Stocum, John J. Ely, William Hesler, Robert Carlyle, R. V. Mce- Arthur, H. Colby & Co., A. B. Gates, B. N. Pettingill, Holland & Ives and Albert Theele. I think all of these men have gone to their reward, but the manner in which they greeted me on that occasion and the hearty way in which they worked with the Trades- man as long as they lived constitute one of my most precious memories. I was more than pleased to pay a visit to the plant of the Burch Body Works and note the diversified line of truck bodies Mr. Burch and his sturdy boys have developed during the past dozen years. At Cedar Springs I had a pleasant visit with W. J. Pollock and his es- timable wife, who have now rounded out fourteen years in the dry goods and shoe business at their present Prior to engaging in the mercantile business Mr. Pollock was on the road as a shoe salesman. Be- cause I have been familiar with mer- cantile conditions in Cedar: Springs for fifty years, he asked me whether I thought the town was advancing or going the T told him frankly that I thought Cedar Springs was in better shape than ever before in the history of the place. Stocks carried are larger and more compre- hensive, volume is necessarily larger on account of the closer margins on which goods are now sold and—better location. other way. than all—the average character of the merchants who are now engaged in business is higher than at any period in the past. “T had a discussion with a local pro- fessional man on this subject a day or two ago,” said Mr. Pollock. “He in- sisted that Cedar Springs was on the down grade, while I hold that we are gaining ground. I am glad to learn that you regard the local situation the same as I do.” The best wish Cedar Springs is that she may sometime be so fortunate as ker sister town of Rockford in securing a_ stable and growing manufacturing enterprise like the Wolverine Shoe Co. With such an institution furnishing steady and lucrative employment to several hun- dred people the future of Cedar Springs I have for _would be assured for all time to come. I hoped to get as far North as Stan- wood to pay my respects to the widow of Martin D. Crane, who died sudden- ly on Friday after holding a pleasant conversation friends, but the storm headed me off after proceeding over the new pavement part of the way to Sand Lake. I had pleasant re- lations with Mr. Crane for more than thirty years, covering his mercantile career at Walton and Stanwood. He was a man of strong likes and dislikes, but he aimed to be fair and deal hon- orably and generously with all. His death will leave a large gap in Stan- wood, due to his connection with the bank and other local interests, which he was always first and foremost in advocating and promoting. The new cement pavement between Cedar Springs and Sand Lake has been completed, with exception of about a quarter of a mile, which will probably be finished within the next month, so the new thoroughfare will be thrown open to resort travel shortly after June 1. As the weather becomes settled we hope to lengthen our trips so as to cover more distant towns. It is a little singular, but, as we now recall it there was only one Saturday last sum- mer which was so stormy that we could not make our usual Saturday calls on the trade. This situation found a parallel during the World’s fair at Chicago in 1893 when there was with the 100 successive days of sunshine. There was ample rain during this period, but the precipitation came at night and in no way interferred with beautiful blue sky days which contributed largely to the enjoyment of those who visited that wonderful dream of beauty and en- chantment—probably the most re- markable exhibition the world will ever witness. E. A. Stowe. —_2-~ Are We To Have a New Revelation? Grandville, April 19—The scientist’s dream of fifty years becomes an actual- ity. What are we to think and say of this latest discovery in the world of nature and of fact? The telephone has rung down the years as one of our most wonderful modern inventions. The radio following this has set the intel- lectual world on nettles and great minds are wondering where it is to end. Said a minister of the gospel to the writer. “This radio has opened a new line of human thought and placed the spirit world far closer to human vision than ever before.” What have we to say to that? Was the minister right or wrong? He was per haps, somewhat in advance of his church, and yet the great orthodox denominations of the world are slowly yet surely being forced to take new positions with relation to the great hereafter of which they preach to their congregations week by week. Materialism, which has so recklessly taken hold of the younger generation, will in time be forced to abandon its position and, because of the wonderful discoveries of modern science, be forc- ed to recede from its untenable posi- tion and fall at the feet of the new Revelation. Television is but an added strand to the rope of spirituality which is taking hold of the modern world. Our churches are slowly yet surely becoming modernized through the tre- mendous discoveries of the age. Even the veriest infidel has lost his grip on an audience under the forceful revela- tions if modern science. Leaping into fuller light, the im- mortal spirits are speaking more de- terminedly than ever of the great truths of an undiscovered world where our beloved ones have gone to await our coming later on. Not only America, but the whole civilized world stands on the verge of the greatest discovery of all time— the proof of the immortality of the human entity. When that time comes to full fruition, what more shall we ask of the great All Power who gov- erns the movement of the worlds with- out end as they sweep through space in endless procession? Our numerous wars have peopled the vast spaces with living, breathing entities, which stand almost within speaking distance of the denizens of the physical world. An_ Ingersoll could not flourish now as he did half a century ago, even though his wonder- ful emanations served at that time to set people thinking as they never thought before. Secretary Herbert Hoover spoke over the telephone in Washington and was seen as well as heard in the Bell telephone laboratories in New York. How may we account for this perfect vision through 200 miles of space? It is little short of the miraculous. Are we to have all the miracles of scripture repeated in modern times? Such a repetition would certainly be welcomed by the church and by mil- lions of unconverted sinners who have sedulously denied that miracles ever happened. It is possible that we are on the verge of the greatest discoveries known to man. Why, we may ask, if miracles as recorded in scripture actually took place, are such wonders no longer ex- tant? There is an honest meaning in this query and honest souls have made it without seeking to cast a shadow over the preaching of the gospel. The radio, in a sense, startled the world. In fact, it set the most material of atheists to thinking along new lines, and to-day, with radio and this television in full swing, there is a new vision dawning among men. We must accept these new discov- eries in our world with open minds, willing to accept where the’ proot comes to the front so strongly. The discoveries of modern times have in a measure dashed the claims of both church and anti-church people. Proof that no ism can make truth transparent, and that nothing short of a new revelation is necessary to clear up the conditions and give man an in- sight into that which most concerns his hopes of a future existence. The kaiser's war, with its millions of dead, opened anew the subject which has so long puzzled the world and propounded the query, “If a man die shall he live again?” A query put forth to the world, in school and out, produced the fact that a large majority of the people are God fearing, spiritually minded per sons and that the supposed departure from the commanas of a most high being have not been as alarming as was at one time supposed. Modern discoveries in the workings of nature have created a new interest in that other world, peopled, as it is, with myriads of young and old called away from friends and homes here to greet the rising sun of another exist- ence beyond the veil. It is certainly encouraging to those who have stood firmly by their faith in that Great All Power which seems to reign supreme throughout all space. New fields of discovery are constantly being opened to our mortal vision. Should these remarkable discoveries continue at the rate they have during the last decade, we may not be sur prised at anything however wonderful that may take place in the 1mmediate future. The radio will become so etherialized as to come in touch with our friends gone before. When that timg comes, and we of this world commune directly with our gone friends, not only hear- ing their voices, but actually looking in their faces and seeing them smile, then shall all things be made plain and the sorrows of mortality will be a thing of the past. Old Timer. ——_» 2. Will Be Here in Spirit. Glendale, Calf. April 16—I certainly thank the committee for the invitation to attend the meeting of the Old Boys at the Pantlind April 30. On account of the long distance to travel, it will be impossible for me to be present. However, it would be a great pleasure to be there with a lot of my old brothers. Give them my best regards and tell them this is a haven for old men. I came here Oct. 30, 1926, and expect to make my home here for the remainder of my days. I will be with you in spirit if not in person. I wish all the old boys long lives and much prosperity. Harvey B. Baxter, Forty-four years with Foster, Stevens & Co. —_—_+->_—_ 3rooks’ & Warner, dealers in fancy City, find check for $3 to renew our subscrip- tion to the Tradesman as we feel it is and staple groceries at Carson write us as follows: “Enclosed a great paper for us and all live mer- chants and enjoy your editorials very We always read and appreciate your “In the Realm of Rascality” and much. feel that that alone is worth the price of the paper.” —_—_-+~> The man “up against it” usually has been up against himself. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 20, 1927 SHOE MARKET Meeting the Mail-Order Competition. A shoe retailer in a small town which has a great deal of mail order buying to contend with met a farmer on the street. This farmer had always been a good customer, and in the manner of an old friend the shoe retailer hailed him and asked him when he was com- ing in for another pair of work shoes. The farmer said he had just decided to buy a pair from a mail order cata- logue he had received, because they looked like good shoes and were just a little cheaper than those he had been buying locally. The shoe retailer told him he had a shoe very similar to the mail order shoe which he sold at a slightly higher price, but he would be willing to meet the mail order price on them for such an old customer, and the farmer prom- ised to drop in later. When the farmer came in ihe store the shoe retailer handed him a_ pack- age containing tne shoes, but the farmer objected to. this saying he wanted to see the shoes first. “Well,” replied the shoe man, “you ought to be willing to buy my shoes sight un- seen if you would huy the same way from the mail order house!’ The farmer was at first taken aback, but quickly saw the justice of the argument and another sale was lost for the mail order houses. You might not have the opportunity to make a similar comparison to a customer personally but we believe the moral in this little story could very effectively be werked into a newspaper advertisement. —_—_22 > ___ Here Is a Brand New Idea. Have you ever wished for a brand new idea when you're planning a sale? Here is a little stunt that work- ed very successfully for a merchant in another line of business, and we see no reason why it would not work out just as successfully for a shoe retailer. The store that put over this plan catered to men, and we see in his idea big possibilities for announcing a men’s shoe sale, or the opening day of the Summerweight campaign next month. On the morning this store’s big sale opened boys in unusual looking cos- tumes were stationed at several busy intersections downtown where traffic was controlled by “Stop and Go” lights. When the “Stop” signal halted a line of cars one of the boys would go down the line and hand each motorist a copy of the morning paper. On the front of this paper was a big sticker, bearing in bold red letters the words: “Good morning: Look on page 6 for Jones’ Big Sale Advertise- ment! Naturally every man who re- ceived a free paper and saw this paster would look and see what sort of an ad- vertisement occasioned the gift, and the store was able to trace a great deal of direct business to the stunt. ——__» Cash In On the Craze For Questions. Not so very long ago cross word puzzles were the big feature every- where, and everyone was interested in working crossword puzzles. And at the time we saw one or two very clever shoe advertisements which utilized the idea. Now it is ‘questions and answers,” Every one is testing his or her knowl- edge, books of questions and answers are on sale, question parties are being held and recently one big magazine devoted eight pages to a question and answer feature. Why not make use of this fancy of the moment for an advertising feature? We have in mind a series of questions, say about topics of local interest, one of which could be inserted each day in a small advertisement which had as its main feature a shoe you wanted to fea- ture. You could either offer prizes for the most correct answers sent in over a given period, or you could merely print the answers in your advertisements one week later. Another way in which this idea might be used would be to head each advertisement with some question per- tinent to shoes. —__—__»- + This Idea Is Original Too. Here is another of those original little publicity ideas we sometimes hear of that has the merit of being entirely different. It was not orig- inally used by a shoe retailer, but by a men’s clothing store, but it can be used with equal effectiveness by most any merchant. This store is located in a town that is a great country trading center, and on Saturdays there are literally hun- dreds of cars from the surrounding country parked on the streets. The store had printed some large yellow tags which read: “You Have a Flat Tire! Don’t Worry—Just Call Smith’s Garage and Tell Them to Fix It, and Charge the Bill to Us! Give the Re- pair Man This Card and Sign Your Name Below.” This sounds like an expensive bit of advertising, but there are really very few cars with flat tires to be found in the course of the day, and often not a single card is used. Some one from the store makes the rounds of the ‘parked cars. several times during the day, looking for a chance to hang a tag or two on the steering wheel of a Car with a flat tire. —__>->_____- Mailing Cards For After Easter Use. You have plenty of new styles in women’s footwear for late April fea- turing. Why not fall back on a series of mailing cards to stimulate after- Easter business? Suppose you sent out two cards each week for the last two weeks in April for instance, and on each one you described without an illustration one Style.” We say without an illustration because new “Advance Summer that would be the most inexpensive way, but if you have cuts supplied by the manufacturer, or think you can afford to have them made locally, then by all means use illustrations. We all know that plenty of women wait until after Easter to buy, and if you select for your four cards styles that are popularly priced you will catch a lot of these after-Easter shoppers who feel that they can buy at lower prices late in the season. Avoiding Dull Days After Sales. The worst feature about a sale, or a special campaign for business is the apparently inevitable let-down and dull business that follows. A shoe retailer recently remarked that this was entirely unnecessary. His plan is to follow up every sale campaign for regular business, possibly a drive for children’s smart style advertisements or adver- immediately with a business, or a_ series of tisements giving emphasis to some regular price line on which he is par- ticularly strong. This man says the only reason busi- ness is really poor after a_ special event is because the merchant expects it to be so, and makes no effort to avoid it. There's considerable truth in this idea, too. In your case, for in- stance haven't you often made up your mind in advance that business was go- ing to be dull when your sale ended? And it was—because you sat back and invited it! —_+++___ An Unusual Mailing Piece. Have you ever received a mailing piece in the form of a giant telegram, about four times the size of an ordin- ary telegram? These make excellent mailing pieces to announce a sale, or a special day such as Men’s Summer- weight Shoe Day. Recently we saw another similar idea just as effective. This was a giant letter, four times the size of a regular letter head. The letter was short and you could hardly help read- ing it at a glance because the enlarged letters were so large. To produce such a mailing piece is rather expensive, for your letter or telegram must first be written in the regular way, on a typewriter, and then’ the engraver makes an enlarged line cut on zinc, and since these are figured on the basis of so much per square inch the cost of the cut is consider- able. +. Questions and Answers. “Dear Editor—I am in love with a homely girl, but she doesn’t seem to care for me, while a pretty girl with lots of money wants to marry me. What shall I do?” “Marry the one you love and send me the name and address of the other one.” Spring is at Hand Is your stock complete? We can supply you with what you need. POLISH LACES Whitmores Nufashond Cinderella Mileage Uno Rawhide Steel Lobel Novelties Dyanshine _ Two-One Insoles Shinola Lyon Hose Prot. Polly-Shine BEN KRAUSE CO. 20 Ionia Avenue GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Leather-no-Slips HERE is ever- increasing de- mand for the “TORSON” SHOE with the flexible steel arch, Customers swear by “TORSON” SHOE COMFORT. Get facts about this sat- isfying Shoe for Men! A REAL SALES WINNER Herold-Bertsch Shoe Company Manufacturers of Quality Footwear Since 1892 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN MICHIGAN SHOE DEALERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE Company LANSING, MICHIGAN Prompt Adjustments Write L. H. BAKER, Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 549 LANSING, MICH. ne nacre et nec scee April 20, 1927 This Is Reindeer Week. With the large ship- ments of reindeer meat from Alaska to the United States has come a country wide interest in the reindeer industry. That the future of the industry is as- sured is unquestionable, for reindeer is a staple meat product, a domestic meat served the year round, and the best substitute on the market for game meat which is sea- increasingly which can be sonable. It is in no way a rival of beef or mutton, but comes to us as a supplemental meat, and is deserving of our American product, a wholesome and favorable support since it is an delicious meat, and a variant for our ment. Reindeer are handled in Alaska prac- tically the same as are cattle on the Western little-known fact is that the largest reindeer herd in ranges but one Alaska to-day is more than six times the size of the largest cattle herd in the United States, numbering more than 40,000 animals. On the reindeer ranches of the Far North one finds large corral systems, modern abattoirs, and c¢old-storage ammonia plants. The meat is prepared by modern methods, freshly frozen and shipped under re- frigeration Alaska ports to Seattle, where the meat is held in municipal cold storage plants ‘for reshipment by rail under refrigeration to various parts of the United States. from the several April 18-23, during which Reindeer Week will be observed, will witness the distribution of thousands of pounds of reindeer meat all over the country to hotels, restaurants and housewives. Provision has also been made to keep this meat conveniently available at all times of the year, so that the average hereafter will trouble in procuring it from her local housewife have no market. And others can obtain it at the finest hotels this and other cities. The housewife that this meat requires special handling As Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the famous explorer, says: “Reindeer steaks are and restaurants in need have no fear prepared like beef-steaks, chops like mutton chops, stews like mutton stews and roasts like beef roasts.” and The reindeer is clean healthy animal, living under ideal con- a very ditions and eating the cleanest and freshest of foods. It is particularly free from contagious diseases. It wanders over great areas of new and wholesome grazing ground. An ani- mal that grazes twelve months of the year, that requires no shelter from the elements, that can thrive and multiply rapidly on the almost limitless Arctic prairies—a_ region of no agricultural value and on which no other domesti- bound to cated animal live—is prove of inestimable value. can The reindeer will make possible a permanent population over wide areas of the North Country that otherwise remain practically uninhabit- ed: and will give to the American public an additional and welcome meat product—one of which it can truly be said that “it has the juciness of beef, the delicacy and tenderness of ven- ison.’ The reindeer will also play its part in the conservation of the big would MICHIGAN game of the country by providing a domestic meat salable twelve months of the year which is superior to and therefore a welcome. substitute for venison and caribou, thus lessening to an extent the opportunity of the mar- ket game hunter. With the rapidly decreasing grazing areasof the Western United States and the consequent decrease of meat ani- mals, coupled with an ever-increasing population, the time is not far distant when a large portion of our meat sup- ply will be supplied by the reindeer herds of Alaska and Canada. —_——__++>—____ Corporations Wound Up. The following tions have recently filed notices of dis- solution with the Secretary of State: Michigan corpora- Starrett-Dilks Co., Detroit. Underwood, Mulheron& Frederick, De- troit. Columbia & John R. Co., Detroit. Cass Temple Co., Detroit. 3arron’s Candy Shop, Lansing. Fire Protection Co., Indianapolis-De- troit. Rubber Shock Insulator Co., Inc., De- troit. Rose Restaurant Co., Detroit. Pridemore Dairy Co., Detroit. F. W. Woolrich Co., Detroit. Edwards Corporation, Jackson. Negaunee-Delft, Negaunee. Thorne-Maidment Co., Detroit. Community Finance Co., Lansing. Cadillac Gas Light Co., Cadillac. Southworth Memorial Hospital, Mon- Toc. Splitdorf Electrical Co., Detroit. Verry’s Seed Service, Inc., Detroit. Michigan Lime & Fertilizer Co., Jack- son. General Display Service Corp., Detroit Karle-Parent Incorporated, Detroit. Auto Director Co., Detroit. Detroit Car Unloading Corp., Detroit. Van Lopik Knitting Co., Zeeland. General Grocer Co., Detroit. Huyler’s, Detroit. Max Fruhaui Co., Detroit. Harrelson Auto Sales Co., Gobles. Protecto Radiator Mantle Co., Detroit Cozy Home Land Co., Royal Oak. Farmers State Savings Bank, Bay City Haves Products Co., Grand Rapids. Creston Co-operative Oil Co., Grand Rapids. William B. Van Akin Co., Detroit. Quincey and Torch Lake Railroad Co., Hancock. Central Construction Co., Detroit. Reliable Construction Co., Detroit. South Haven Preserving Co., South Haven: consolidated to form Michi- gan Fruit Canners. Inc. Fennville Canning Co., Fennville: con- solidated to form Michigan Fruit Canners, Inc. Godfrey Packing Co., Benton Harbor; consolidated to form Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc. McCarthy Motor Sales Co., Detroit. Wales Adding Machine Co., Detroit. Luna Park Amusement Co.. Detroit. Mundy Threshers, Swartz Creek, Lin- den. Puritv Ice & Ice Cream Co., Adrian. Kalamazoo Red Top Cab Co., Kala- mazoo. Radex Gas Heater Co., Kalamazoo. BE. Jones Manufacturing Co., Sid- naw. Hercules Corp., Evansville-Flint. —_2+>—__—_ The Cards Were Stacked. Auto Tourist—I clearly had the right of way when this man ran into me, and yet you say I was to blame. Local Cop—You certainly were. Autoist—Why? Local Cop—Because his father is mayor, his brother is chief of police and I go with his sister. TRADESMAN il R. J. FERNEY CO. é oe ” (2 \. CUSTOM HOUSE BROKERS \ IMPORTERS’ AND | EXPORTERS’ AGENTS Y CUSTOMS ADVISORS WA MARINE INSURANCE AM WORLD WIDE f CONNECTIONS f i FOREIGN TRADE 1 SERVICE LO A 434 Kelsey Bldg. Dial 8-2616 New York - Chicago - N AUDITS-SYSTEMS-TAX SERVICE* LAWRENCE SCUDDER & Co. 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There are thousands of rush orders 4a the wholesale paper business. in stock needed tomorrow 18 ordered by long distance Printers cannot afford tc keep their Idle presses, like other are Again, the long distance phone saves in many, many cases, several exchanges of correspond- ence. Business ie expedited, detail work reduced, and serious delays eliminated. Telephone selling as become a nec- Hours are saved in this way. Selling cost | Need we say more? Sincerely youre, SEAMAN-PATRICK PAPER COMPANY eevavee or Saves ee BGans Mau eon@ Merchandise not expensive. To secure 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 20, 1927 FINANCIAL America Fast Becoming the World’s Financial Center. It requires no special development of one’s foresight to see that America is fast becoming the premier security he world, if she has not market of t already attained that position. Fresh evidence of this fact was offered earlier this week when for the second time this year the State of New South Wales came to this market for funds. Here- tofore she had always floated her loans in London. Investment funds, of course, are more plentiful in the United States than in England, but this is not the only facto: that has contributed to the movement of the werld’s financial cen- ter to this country. Investors in Great Britain and Continental Europe have in recent months shown a distinct preference for obligations payable in American dollars. This because of the wide fluctuations in almost every im- portant European currency since the war, A development of comparatively re- cent date has been the practice of fix- ing prices for new issues irrespective of In fact the offering prices of most issues those prevailing in London. brought out here this year have been a point or so above those of compar- able bonds in that financial center, which, of course, is another evidence of the growing importance of the \merican market. It is interesting to note that the latest New South Wales issue was of- fered on a 5.25 per cent. yield basis, whereas similar bonds on the London market are selling currently to yeld When the first New South Wales bonds were placed about 5.30 per cent. on sale here on a 5% per cent. basis, the same bond, pavable in sterling, was selling to yield about 436 per cent. Another case might be cited in which American bankers cutbid those in Lon- don. When the City of Tokio 5% per cent. bonds were offered in this country on a 6% per cent. basis, the sterling 5'%s of that municipality were selling in London at the equivalent of a 67% per cent. basis, Both New South Wales issues ap- peared conservatively priced, and, in- asmuch as they are not callable for fifteen years and then only as a whole, it is not surprising that they were well received by the investment public. New South Wales is the oldest and most populous State in Australia. As of March 31, 1927, its total public. debt of $1,150,346,508 was offset by State- owned properties and enterprises valued at $1,596,277,600. Private wealth was estimated in 1925 at approximately $2,400 per capita. Ralph Hendershot. | Copyrighted, 1927.] —_2+.___ Rents Drop More Slowly Than in Year Before. Rents on the average for this coun- try have continued to decline during the past vear but at a slower rate than during the previous year. A com- pilation of the National Industrial Con- ference Board, Inc., gives the average for February as 2.8 per cent. below that for the same month of 1926. It shows rents for the country as a whole now about 8 per cent. under their peak for all time reached in 1924. The fig- ures are based on data collected in 181 cities in all sections of the United States, including both large and small, and apply to houses and apartments such as are occupied by families of moderate incomes. They do not pre- sume to reveal the trend of rents in high-class buildings and high price city apartments. This moderate recession in rents is all the more significant when studied in conjunction with the F. W. Dodge Corporation reports on present build- ing activity. Just as the decline in rents is more gradual than had been anticipated the volume of construction holds up better than authorities had reckoned. It was the building indus- try that first gave impetus to the per- iod of prosperity still on and virtually all of the some time ago that the pace of prophets — predicted general business would slow down with the inevitable collapse of the building boom. Ail such prophecies have gone astray and in March, 1927, construction contracts to the amount of $621,000,000 were, according to the F. W. Dodge Corporation, awarded in the thirty-seven states East of the Rockies. That not only is 4 per cent. above March a year ago, but 57 per cent. over February this year. It is the largest month on record. The total construction volume for 1927 to date still falls slightly short of that for corresponding 1926 months but the recent pick up in building con- vinces some people that the aggregate volume for this year may come fairly close to the record for last year. Cer- tainly, the wave of building has been gaining rather than losing momentum since the turn of the new year. Of course, the key to the country’s pros- perity does not lie entirely in the building industry but to a large de- gree the fortunes of the country are bound up in those of the building in- dustry, the iron and steel industry and the automobile industry. At the present moment reports from all of these industries are more favor- able than had been expected in the January forecasts. The building in- ‘dustry and the iron and steel industry both set new high records in March. What the future holds in the automo- bile industry is vrey uncertain. Produc- tion has increased of late and now is substantially better than it was late in 1926. The question revolves around the automobile makers and what they will do in the programs cf the giant war of competition now on nobody Paul Willard Garrett. [Copyrighted, 1927.] +> -e First Quarter Earnings Will Throw New Light cn Future. Now that the flow of first quarter knows. earnings statements has begun finan- cial prophets are awaiting with un- usal interest the 1927 trend soon to be revealed. Mucn has been said about the narrower margin of corporate profits but it remains for the reports themselves to show what actually hap- pened during the three months just ae Investment Service Above all, dependability as to safety, in- come and convertibility makes an invest- ment worthy of your consideration. We are glad to counsel and co-operate with people who want to make sure of this advantage in any securities they contem- plate purchasing. 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THE TOLEDO PLATE & WINDOW GLASS COMPANY Mirrors—Art Glass—Dresser Tops—Automobile and Show Case Glass All kinds of Glass for Building Purposes 801-511 IONIA AVE., S. W. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN April 20, 1927 ended. Not enough of the more im- portant corporations have tabulated their earnings for the first quarter to give any adequate basis for generaliza- tion. Wall Street still is speculating on the matter, therefore, and good au- thority may be cited either for the be- lief that earnings will be higher than a year ago or that they will be lower. Sales prices in the main have been reduced since the first quarter of 1926 and this may suggest a shrinkage in corporate profits unless the manage- ments have been able to offset the value declines by increased volume or new economies. Business on the whole has not been so active as during the cor- responding period early last year but improvement in the last two months has been substantial and rapid. The test of the situation probably will lie in the nice balance between volume and prices. The steel industry has been active, for example, but prices in the first quarter this year have been lower than last year. When all of the figures are in it is possible that new light on the battle of the giants in industry will be furnished. Certainly, it must be admitted that the General Motors Corporation has just completed its most active first quarter in history and that in March it pro- duced more cars than during any other month on record. To what extent they reflect a general improvement in the motor industry, so far as corporate profits go, remains to be seen. However many of the small indus- trial corporations fail to report ¢arn- ings equal to those for previous periods, it is always possible in these days that the grand total may be swelled by the enormous earnings of giants in the field. That is why the financial district is especially anxious to hear what such organizations as the Steel Corporation and General Motors made in the first quarter. The record construction vol- ume for March gave Wall Street one of its biggest surprises of the year. Until recently most prophets thought the building curve had definitely turned downward. This naturally stirs the imaginations of those who follow the trend of corporate profits and who now want to lift the curtain to the future. Paul Willard Garrett. [ Copyrighted, 1927.] —___2 2 2>___ Sidney F. Stevens’ Personal Estate Nearly $300,000. The appraisers of the personal estate of the late Sidney F. Stevens estimate its value as follows: Real Estate Home residence ------------ $15,000.00 Equity in Heystek building 5,000.00 Mortgage Arthur D. Perry 3,659.90 Stocks 250 shares Emery Realty Co. 850 shares Foster, Stevens & 1,250.00 Co Pree 2 85,000.00 1031 shares Foster, Stevens & Co. Com. _ 1.2 -- ee 103,100 100 shares Hayes-lonia Co._- 700.00 20 shares Hill, Joiner & Co.-- 1,500.00 375 shares Home Building Ages’n Com. —-----_--- 1,500.00 100 shares Luce Furn. Shops, Pref, 2. 7,000.00 200 shares Macey Co. Pref. -- 1,840.00 590 shares Mich. Sugar Co. MICHIGAN Cant 2 1,770.00 600 shares Nat. Electric Power Co Com. 2220 ~ 12,510.00 20 shares Newaygo P. C. Co. Pref 24 1,900.00 Notes Bert Hopkins, $50 -------- 25.00 Arthur D. Perry, $11,000 -- 11,000.00 Wm. V. Plank, $50 ------ 50.00 Forris D. Stevens ---------- 1.00 Edward A. Road, $400 ------ 400.00 Wilder D. Stevens, $6,200-- 6,200.00 Life Insurance Mutual Life of N. Y. ------ 3,000.00 State Life Ins. Co. -------- 15,000.00 Miscellaneous Cash in G. R. Natl. Bank. 5,622.12 Cash in Old National Bank 149.35 Interest in wife’s estate ---- 100.00 Household furniture ------- 2,143.75 Warrant ------------------- 17 Recapitulation Real estate —.-..----------- 20,000.00 Mortgage ----------------- 3,059.90 Stocks Ce Oa Watrant 0o.-4- + ----- ld Bills receivable ----------- 17,676.00 Life insurance —----------- 18,000.00 Cash .25..2 5,771.47 Interest in wife’s estate ---- 100.00 2,143.55 Household goods ---------- Total ~---$285,061.09 In his will Mr. Stevens cancelled the indebtedness of Wilder D. Sevens and Arthur D. Perry, listed under the head- ing of notes; also all notes owing him given by employes of Foster, Stevens & Co., except one. — >a” Late News From Grand Traverse Bay. Traverse City, April 12—Grounds formerly owned and occupied by the Oal'Wood Dish Co. have been donated to the city by the Hull family for park purposes. The Johnson hospital building has been razed and the purchaser of the property has commenced the erection af three bungalows on the lot. The Dockery Furniture Co. is dis- posing of the remainder of its stock by auction. The Wilson Furniture Co., the Hannah & Lay Co. and two sec- ond-hand dealers will provide furni- ture for the community in the future. The Chamber of Commerce is offer- ing a flattering proposition to an im- portant industry to move its business from its present location in Southern Michigan to Traverse City. A prom- inent contractor is prepared 1c) eTect twenty-five homes near the plant of the corporation should the tender of the commerce board be accepted. Considerable activity prevails in the building trades. Sherman & Hunter, clothing merchants, have taken pos- session of a remodeled store and the Ott Company has enlarged and im- proved its garage. Prevailing weather is most favorable for growers of cherries and other varieties of fruit. Buds have escaped damage by frosts and the outlook for large crops has never been more prom- ising in the past. By less than three hundred votes the proposition submitted to the electors to issue bonds of the city to the amount of $250,000( for the purpose of erecting a sewage disposal plant, was defeated. Many who voted against the plan justified their action on account of the failure of the city commission to give to the taxpayers a statement in detail as to how the money acquired through the sale of bonds would be ex- pended. Seemingly the commission had not studied the problem carefully and really had no plan to submit that would command the confidence of the taxpayers. Arthur S. White. TRADESMAN 13 epee" TO iS a i Kent State Bank “The Home for Savings” With Capital and Surplus of Two Million Dollars and resources exceeding 'Twenty-Three Million Dollars, invites your banking business in any of its departments, assuring you of Safety as well as courteous treatment. Banking by Mail Made Easy. ng A saeuaceserateateatraencteasttnctatentesnatni Se $250,000 Edinburg, Texas 6% Hospital Bonds, direct obli- gation, Dated: January 1st, 1927. Due: January 1st, 1937-67. Denomination $1,000. Interest Jan- uary and July 1st at New York City. FINANCIAL STATEMENT Real value of all taxable property $6,000,000 Assessed valuation for taxation, 1926 3,238,650 Assessed valuation for taxation, 1927 (approx.) 4.500.000 Total Bonded Debt (inc, these bonds) 630,000 Water Works and Electric Light Bonds $60,000 Sinking Fund 57,740 117,740 Met Debt .- 512,260 Population (City Census) March, 1925 5186 Population (Present Official Est.) 7500 Opinion, Chapman, Cutler & Parker, Chicago, I. Price to net 5.40% If interested, please write or wire any of the offices be low: VANDERSALL & COMPANY 410 Home Bank Bldg., Toledo, Ohio 29 So. LaSalle St, 1006 Penobscot Bldg., Chicago, Illinois Detroit, Michigan ants THE OLD NATIONAL BANK ——_ —" Large enough to provide the careful, adequate financial service demanded by the giant enter- prises of our growing city—but not too large to provide friendly, helpful counsel to the smallest depositor. cA Bank jor Gverybody_ MONROE AT PEARL NO BRANCHES Investment Securities E. H. Rollins & Sons Founded 1876 Dime Bank Building, Detroit Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids New York San Francisco Boston Denver Chicago Los Angeles 14 Small Show For Simpkins Creditors. The auditors who have been at work on the books of the Specialty Dry Goods Shoppe (Grand Rapids) find things in bad condition. The books and accounts are so muddled that it is almost impossible to bring order out of chaos. It has been determined that the notes payable are $11,003.56 and the merchandise indebtedness $27,- 214.82, divided among fifty-five cred- itors in the following amounts: Akeley & Lewis Co., Chicago $ 264.18 Allen A. Co., Kenosha, Wis. 1,450.64 Alfred A. Baker & Co., Inc., Buffalo : 276.88 fassers’ Silk Corp., New York 1,363.83 Murray Berger, New York 59.00 Joseph Berlinger Co., New York 1,303.81 Brow & Sorensen, New York -- 31.50 Butler Bros., Chicago oc eee eOe Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., Chicago 3,652.96 Chicago Embroidery Co., Chicago 944.28 Robert Cleveland's Son, Inc., Philadelphia - eS al 54.00 Herman Cohen & Co., New York = 802.29 Dainty Garment Mfg. Co., New Y. 202.50 Jas. H. Dunham & Co., New York 817.58 Dupont Underwear Corp., New Y. 161.00 Kly & Walker Dry Goods Co., st. Louis ae eee 36.06 Fantl Bros. & Lewis, Chicago - 313.84 Farley-Harvey Co., Boston ini SOBs Gardner Textile Co., Inc., New Y. 250.30 Ss. Hermann, New York 131.65 Hess-Goldsmith & Co., Inc., N. Y. 37.86 Kdw. M. Hill & Co., New York $92.33 Hy-Lass Import & Com. Co., New York ene en 116.30 Jaikoff Bros., Inc., New York 289.50 Komforter Kotton Kompany, Holland ps 104.94 Kotex Co., Chicago ‘ 270.30 Lamport Mfg. Supply Co., Ine., New York i Madison Distributing Co., New Y. = 987. Majesty Neckwear Co., New York — 191.25 M. Matza, New York Ss oe 120.00 Adolph Meironwitz, New York —_ 945.15 MeWittrick-Huron Co., New York 775.83 New-lham & Co., Detroit 96.40 Oregon City Woolen Mills, Oregon City, Ore. ed 184.63 Patchoque-l’lymouth Mills, N.Y. 28.82 Vierson-Libbey Co., Inc., New Y. 425.13 Pine Tree silk Mills Co., New Y. 824.16 Richatdson Silk Co., Chicago 86.25 Henry Rosner Import Co., Inc., New York Silk Shop, Des Moines, lowa Isrsest Simons Mfg. Co., Port Chester, N. Y i 700.00 Standard Mills, Inc., New York ~~ 495.05 EE. S. Stern Co., New York —._.._ 480.00 D. Stoll & Sons, Grand Rapids _. 445.50 Susquehanna Silk Mills, New Y. 3.70 Felix Townsend & Son, New York 169.50 I. Vogel & Co., New York 516.95 Wolker Textile & Coverting Co., Chicago 491.67 Weiner Bros. & Rouse, Inc.,"N. Y. 701.68 Jas. T. White & Co., New York 420.08 Clarence Whitman & Sons, N. Y. 1,197.13 Wilson & Bradbury, Inec., Phila. 444.00 Wood Sweeney & Blum, New Y. 83.00 Morris Woolf Silk Co., Chicago —_ 50.27 rhere are twenty-five other creditors whose claims have not been determin- ed, as follows: Aetna Window Cleaning Co., Grand Rap. W. Millard Palmer, Grand Rapids. Collins Northern Ice Co., Grand Rapids. American Dist. Tel. Co., Grand Rapids. G. R. Herald, Grand Rapids. Tisch-Hine & Co, Grand Rapids. Pulte Plumbing & Heating Co., Grand R. Western Union Tel. Co., Grand Rapids. Ponce De Leon Water Co., Grand Rapids. C. W. Mills Paper Co., Grand Rapids. Bixby Office Supply Co., Grand Rapids. Quimby-Kain Paper Co., Grand Rapids. G. R. Press, Grand Rapids. Shelby Salesbook Co., Shelby, Ohio. Transo Envelope Co., Chicago. Atkens Ins. Agency, Grand Kapids. Kinsey & Buys, Grand Rapids. Central Mich. Paper Co., Grand Rapids. Association of Commerce, Grand Rapids. Y. M. C. A., Grand Rapids. Consumers Power Co., Grand Rapids. Mrs. Jno, Tazelaar, Grand Rapids. Ik. Fulton Hardware & Heating Co., G. R. Merchants Delivery Service, Grand Rap. Michigan Bell Telephone Co., Grand R. Including the $6,500 judgment re- cently obtained against Simpkins and associates by Miss Mayme Ottenwess, the liabilities of the establishment amount to nearly $50,000. The ap- praisal of the stock has not yet been completed, but it is not thought the figures will exceed $10,000. Consider- ing the cost of liquidation and the lia- bility under the lease of the store build- MICHIGAN ing, which calls for a monthly rental of $500, creditors will be unusually fortunate if they receive to exceed 10 cents ona dollar. Mr. Simpkins’ original backer in the business was Wm. T. Morrissey, who appears to have scored a failure in everything he has espoused in a busi- ness way, including the Fanatorium, the ill fated restaurant at Reed’s Lake and the West Michigan fair. The two men came to the parting of the ways a year or so ago, since which time Morrissey has proved to be a thorn in the flesh of his former associate. It appears that about a year ago Simpkins approached Earl Stoll with a proposition to give him a half inter- est in the business if he would nego- tiate a loan for $6,000. Mr. Stoll in- duced his father to make the loan, which has since been reduced to $4,- 300. Earl Stoll drew one month’s sal- ary as general partner—just enough to make him a partner in the eyes of the law and implicate him in the present collapse of the business. Some of the creditors started bank- ruptcy proceedings last Saturday, but the matter is being handled so expedi- tiously by the Michigan Trust Co. that the proceedings will probably be withdrawn. If they are not withdrawn, the Michigan Trust Co. will probably be made receiver in bankruptcy. ——_+->____ Novel:y Bags Await Shopper. One imported bag that was imme- diately in favor on its arrival in New York has been widely copied and im- proved until the home product is to be preferred to the criginal model. It is made of fine flat cording sewed on linen and then cut and manipulated into the smartest of handbags. The cording appears to be continuous; it is almost impossible to detect where it begins or ends and especially where the differ- ent colors start, for the bags include two or more shades. The flat enve- lope in long slim oblong sizes are shown alongside the almost square shapes. There is no fancy metal work visible, for the clasps are concealed under the tops, which are either round- ed off or angular at corners. i These bags are to be held in the hand, for they are without strap, loop or handle of any kind. The colors in- clude tan with rose and brown blend- ings, gray in three tones, and blue in two shades with a touch of black, so that the bag by its varied shades har- monizes with many color schemes. Black suede is used in a bag that for size and shape would pass for a shop- ping bag. Its long double handles at- tached on either side give more body than would otherwise be the case, for the opening is fashioned after the zip- per idea with a small tab of the suede to effect the opening and closing. This bag is light, soft and flexible; it is un- lined, and will hold numerous small articles that could not otherwise be carried.—N. Y. Times. —_——_+-+____ Proof Positive. “Where are you from?” “Chicago.” “Let’s see your bullet wounds.” ——__>->—___ How fortunate that the things we actually need are not very hard to get. TRADESMAN April 20, 1927 Your Estate — How long will it last? If you leave your estate outright, in the form of a large sum of money or piece of property, there always is the possibility that it may be unwisely invested or mis- managed. A way to protect your family’s inheritance is to leave it in trust for them. In your will or by a Trust agreement, you can set aside your entire Estate or parts of it, to provided an income for one or all mem- bers of your family. By naming The Michigan Trust Company as Trustee of such a fund, you assure that the principal will be carefully invested and managed. The income will be paid regularly to your beneficiaries according to your instruc- tions. In addition, you can arrange for special payments to care for any unfore- seen occurrences. THE MICHIGAN [RUST COMPANY JOHN DUFFY, Chairman of Board NOYES L. AVERY, President The first Trust Company in Michigan GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX Co. Manufacturers of SET UP and FOLDING PAPER BOXES G R AN D Rn AUP tT DS M 1 CH 1G A N GENUINE OGLE MILLERS CREEK ONLY 3.00% ASH -MORE HEAT NO SOOT 14,980 B.T.U. ALSO BLUE RIBBON POCAHONTAS HIGHEST QUALITY SMOKELESS VERY LOW IN ASH WRITE US FOR PRICES OGLE CoAL COMPANY 1000-1004 SCHMIDT BLDG. CINCINNATI, OHIO April 20, 1927 MICHIGAN “TRADESMAN 15 Serves Himself and His Community Best. Medical men say, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” In its application to fire insurance, “Prevention” is worth hundreds of millions of dollars in life and property annually. The one who protects his property serves himself and his com- munity best. Such an one will not permit rubbish to accumulate on his premises, for he knows it is a menace to health it is allowed to lodge. and food for fire whenever He always carries mutual insurance to secure his investment. He has no desire to see his vanish in smoke. It is to his credit that he is careful, and to his advantage that he He is inter- property has never suffered a loss. ested in the mutual plan because he participates in the profit, ranging from 10 to 50 per cent—nice picking—and has a voice in the management. There is a certain pleasure to a member in watching mutuals grow. The Middle West is a fertile field. The people are living in a mutual atmosphere where friendship and good Mutual insur- institution. It fellowship exist in fact. ance spreads at times to herald the good Wherever Equity is a community news, in an unbroken field. it goes it is justly welcomed. and justice cannot remain hidden. It is readily recognized. The visible sign of carelessness is found almost every- where one may go—a match, a cigar- ette thrown away while lighted. That is simply a habit and oftentimes very expensive. Sweeping compound swept into the basement is a dangerous prac- tice. Neglected chimneys bring many fire calls. Imperfect wiring, charged for in the rate, could easily be remedied. Over- heated stoves and furnaces are a pro- Why waste fuel? As far as the moral haz- lific cause of fire. It is costly. ard is concerned, a very small percent- age destroy their property maliciously. It is a penny wise and property foolish idea at any time—the gain is only tem- porary. It will escape in other ways. The tendency of the times is towards conservation. Our forests, which fur- nished ample material for inexpensive store buildings and homes, are dis- appearing. New construction is far more costly, so it is best and more economical to keep your present buildings in good re- pair and protect them in every way possible from becoming an ash heap. How may you help to reduce excessive fire loss? Have your city or village council cleanliness compulsory. vidual fails to comply ments make it a city or village subject to tax in the ordinary way. A lower fire loss for a term of years will show a corresponding reduction in your rate and everybody will be cheerful. ordinance making If the indi- with require- enact an job —_———-2-e— Buffalo Now Studies Her “Roofs of Jeopardy.” Buffalo, according to present indica- - tions, may be the next great American city—following closely New York, which took action this past winter—to legislate against the hazardous wood- en shingle roof. Several conferences on the subject have been held, with the municipal authorities, the local lumber interests and engineers from the National Board of Fire Under- writers participating. Buffalo's situation is well explained in a report made by an engineer of the National Board, for use while negotia- tions are under way with the city au- thorities. It that the fire record of the city, based on a five- appears year period, ended June, 1925, indicates an average loss of $1,319 a fire—a high figure; an average annual number of 3.55 fires for every thousand inhabit- ants—a moderate number; and = an average per capita loss of $4.68, a rela- tively high figure. “Whether “will these figures,” says the report, become greater or less, or assume conflagration proportions is in the ‘lap of the gods, but a calm analysis indicates that in a city where winter temperatures are severe and extended periods of cold weather numerous; where snowfall is heavy and causes considerable interruption to traffic; velocities of 25 where wind miles an hour and over occur on an average of 200 times a year, and where regulation is only about one-tenth suf- ficient in the matter of prohibition of wooden shingles; in such a city—and Buffalo is such a city—there is a de- cided possibility of a great portion of the residential section being involved by fire and the spread of such fire will be almost entirely due to the wooden shingle roof. “Why is the shingle roof singled out Be- wooden for particular condemnation? cause as a spreader of fire, shingles are wholly without rival. —_—_+-->—__ Where the Hazard Was Increased. Some years ago two fire insurance policies were issued covering a grocery store in a Massachusetts city. Each policy contained the following pro- vision: “This policy shall be void if gunpowder or other articles subject to legal restriction shall be kept in quan- tities or manner different from those allowed or prescribed by law.” A fire occurred in the grocery store 1926, which the assured sought to recover. on November 17, following The suit finally reached the Massachu- setts Supreme Court where it develop- ed that at the time of the fire the pro- prietor had in the store a quantity of fireworks, which were in covered boxes shelf. amination he on 4 In the course of his ex- was shown the box, which he testified contained five paper cylinders, six inches long and one-half inch in diameter, filled with explosive powder. He further testified that he did not have a permit to keep fireworks. In view of this plain violation not only of the Massachusetts statutes but ‘of the express stipulations of his two fire insurance contracts the Supreme Court quickly ruled in favor of non- recovery. An interesting point in connection with this case is the fact that, whether or not the proscribed fireworks were the originating cause of the blaze, or simply contributed to its spread, the of the hazardous ma- terials was sufficient to form the basis ef the court’s ruling. mere presence Affiliated with : THE JOIGHIGAN RETAIL DRY GOODS ASSOCIATION An Association of Leading Merchants in the State THE GRAND RAPIDS MERCHANTS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY 320 Houseman Bldg. Grand Rapids, Mich. OUR FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES ARE CONCURRENT with any standard stock policies that you are buying rheNet Cons @O%) Less Michigan Bankers and Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Fremont, Michigan WILLIAM N. SENF, SECRETARY-TREASURER Given as an Honor — Received as a Burden HE MAN WHO Is APPOINTED EXECUTOR of a friend’s estate accepts the position as an honor, but when the will is probated and the executor is called upon to act, the position is received as a burden. It could not be otherwise for so numer- ous are the tasks demanded of an execu- tor, so great is the time required for con- ferences, so many are the details com- manding attention, that the executor’s own business must be neglected. Do not thrust such a burden on a friend. Delegate this important work to an insti- tution organized to handle it efficiently. Name this institution executor under your will. F;RAND Rlapins [RUST [‘OMPANY Telephone 4391 a 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 20, 1927 AROUND CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Eighth Lap of a 22,000 Mile Ocean Trip. Victoria Falls, South Africa, Feb. 28—We left Capetown at 2 p. m. on a special train consisting of eight sleep- ing cars, with six compartments each, corridors like the C. & N. W. trains, a refrigerator, supply, observation and as fine a dining car as I ever saw seating forty- eight, on our 3200 mile twelve day trip to Victoria Falls and back to Durban. The road bed is rock ballasted, with double tracks and block signals out from all big towns and single track in country. The track is 3 feet 6 inches, not as wide as our roads. Leaving Cape Town the route lies Northeast and we immediately com- menced climbing up grade. It was like coming East from Colorado Springs. By evening we were climb- ing the mountains, twisting and turn- ing through the gorges and wide val- leys with pear, plum and peach or- chards. By evening we were at Wor- cester, where all their raisins come from, with orchards and fine big white stone houses and big barns. By 8 o'clock we reached the top of the Hext Mountain, 2,500 feet above sea level. In the morning we went through graz- ing land and sheep ranches, with moun- tains all around us, exactly like Arizona and New Mexico. They call this the great Karoo district and say there zre 20,000 sheep on it. The train made good time, averaging twenty- three miles per hour, mostly mountain climbing, as we are now up 4,100 feet. In the morning at 9 o’clock we were at DeAar, one of the most important railway junctions in South Africa 500 miles Northeast of Capetown. It was a base of importance during the Boer war, 1899 to 1902. From one of their publications I get the following infor- mation about taxes in this republic. They have a state income tax much like ours. You report, if your income is over $12,500, and deduct $2,000 for married persons, with $300 for each child and $250 for life insurance paid. The remainder is taxable. They have a provincial tax or roll tax of $5 per vear, plus 15 per cent. of former year’s income tax, a property tax of $1.60 to $2 per $1,000. It is hard to give figures which are not largely guess work on the cost of living, but their publicity bureau puts out a table giving comparative prices of food, fuel, light and rent in the cities. Comparing on the basis of the pound or $5, they say: Union of South Africa $5. Great Britain, $4.75. Canada, $4.50. Australia, $5.40. They have no comparison with the 3. S&S. The cities have building societies, loaning 70 per cent. of value and pay- ments on basis of maturing from seven to eleven vears. The basis of interest charged is 9 per cent. Getting back to the railroad, shortly after leaving De Aar we crossed the Orange River, about the size of the Grand at high water. The meals on the diner are as good as the C. & N. W. at home, if not better. The rail- roads, as I stated in former letter, are government owned and operated by the South African Railway. Rates are: 100 miles Ist class, 5c per mile, our money. 1.000 miles Ist class, 4 1/10c per mile our money. 100 miles money. 1,000 miles 2nd _ class, mile our money. We crossed the line at Mafeking and were in Rhodesia. That government owns this road, but it is operated by the South African Railway. Because the traffic, owing to the nature of the country, is leses dense on this line. 2nd class, 3c per mile our 2 7/A0c per they charge higher fares on the Rho- desia lines: 100 miles Ist American money. class, 10c per mile 1000 miles Ist class, 5c per mile American money. 100 miles 2nd_ class, American money. 1000 miles 2nd_ class, American money. For summer rates to the port town bathing resorts they make round trip rate at the above one way fare. The sleeping and dining car rates are al- most unbelievably cheap. They sell a coupon good for three nights on a sleeper. If you have a first-class ticket it is 25 cents per night. A coupon is good for three meals a day in dining car at $2, as an encourager to patron- ize their diners in place of taking meals along in a basket, the former habit. 4c per mile 3c per mile At 2 o'clock we arrived at Kimberly, a diamond mining town of 30,000. It is on level ground and 4,000 feet away from a mountain elevation, a good looking town mostly red brick con- struction with dirt streets. Automo- biles met and took us out two miles to the diamorsl mines. There are five mines in the district, only three run- ning, owned by the DeBeers Company. The mines have shaft houses, just as our coal and copper mines have. The shafts run down 1600 feet and more and are operated at different levels. The diamonds are found in a blue clay so hard it has to be blasted. The little four foot square iron cars with cover are loaded, taken to the surface and made up into trains and by small en- gine hauled to the plant. The ore from all three mines is taken to one reduction plant, where the cars from different mines are dumped into a crusher. The ore from each of the mines is run through separately. After going through the crusher it is elevat- ed about fifty feet and runs down over different oscillations with a mesh in the bottom, with lots of water through the whole process. The operation runs off the dirt and retains the small stones, some of which are diamonds. After several washings the dirt is well separated and runs off in a trough to cars, where it is taken to a dump. The small stones are caught in wire meshes and finally thoroughly cleaned. The last cleaning process is a vibrating table about ten feet long and three feet wide on a 10 degree angle. This is covered with vaseline or petroleum jelly about one-sixteenth of an inch thick. The cleaned stones come down through a wire mesh and are distribut- ed over a vibrating table, a stream of water running over it. The stones are diamonds. Being heavier they stick to the jelly and the lighter stones roll in water to the bottom of the table. When the jelly has been sufficiently filled with diamonds it is scraped off, put into a steam The steam meets the jelly and the dia- monds fall to the bottom and are taken to the sorting table. They put the refuse running over the table over a second table to catch what was missed on the first table. There is a battery of fifty of these vaseline tables along in a row. After coming through a steaming tank they are placed on a long table, a cupful at a time and native boys who have been tested for good eves have a little flexible metal instru- ment with which they sort over piles of stones which contain stones which are not diamonds but just heavy little stones the size of peas and smaller. They stick to the vaseline on account of their weight. While we stood there two piles of a pint each were sorted over and not one-tenth of the pile were diamonds and some of these so small you could hardly see them. This refuse is gone over a second time to see if the first sorter missed any. After this sorting they go to another expert, who sorts for size, color and value. The last sorting room we were in, the Scotchman in charge said that in the two piles that looked to be about a quart each there was $75,000 worth of uncut diamonds. The daily output from the three mines averages $75,000. The workmen in the mines are kept tank about as big as a barrel.” in a compound by the Company, which contracts with the natives for four months’ service. During this time they cannot leave the compound. In going to work they go through a turnstile which counts them. Then through a tunnel to the mine head and are taken down to work in the cage. When they come out they come back into the compound through another turnstile so they can keep track of their number. The compound is built in a square about 500 feet square with stone build- ings : Around the inside wall are the sleeping quarters, stores, hospital, chapel, meat market, etc. In the cen- ter is 100 feet square, concrete floor with several water hydrants where men wash themselves and their cloth- ing. The company furnishes the rooms and bedding, but the men buy and pre- pare their own focd. They get about $1 per day. When four months are up they are kept for three days in a special compound so as to. guard against their getting away with any rough diamonds. Around the mines and the plant is a wire fence charged with electricity which, when touched, rings a bell in their police department. Kimberly was besieged for four months during the Boer war until re- lieved by General French. In_ the morning we were running through a better country, quite a number of corn fields and native grass, well cov- ered with small trees. We had a heavy rain last night and the air is like an April morning at home. The event of the day was a stop at Gaberones to visit a braal, which is a native village. It was about a haif mile from the road and consisted of many dirt made huts with irregular streets between them. Theyhad hard clay floors and most of them were about twenty feet across, ten feet high and circular. They all looked clean and the yards were also clean. As they knew this train was coming I suppose they were cleaned up for the the occasion. The natives from an adjoining village, six miles away, were over also and there must have been 500 men, women, children and babies. They certainly set the styles. Some men had on pants and nothing more. Others a coat and loin cloth. Some had on a heavy military overcoat, probably relics of the Boer war. Others had animal tails around their necks, extending to their knees, others with leopard loin clothes, some with leopard skins, with a hole through for their heads. Some were fully dress- ed in all colors of the rainbow. Most of the children had nothing on at all. The mission school had about two dozen nice looking girls, copper skinned who sang ‘Way down upon the Swanee river.” The women gave us a regular native dance, about a hundred of them performing, each seeming to have her particular individual Charleston, all clapping their hands and singing. Then about fifty good looking, well propor- tioned young men, all with leopard skin suits and feather head dress, gave their dance. They all seemed to en- joy it as much as we did. The government policeman told me they have not had rain since 1924 and were poorly off on that account. They had a heavy rain this week, but it was too late to do their crops much good. He said they had cows enough so they had plenty of milk. They also had some chickens, ducks and a few hogs. They raise some corn and while food is not plentiful, thev all seemed healthy looking and in good physical condi- tion. They have patches of ground for their own cultivation, but they do more or less work for the farmers in this vicinity. It ~~ ene of the most in- teresting days we liave had on the trip because so ierent At most of the stations we stop the natives have crude carvings of animals, warriors, babies, etc., also beads and bead bags and all kinds of leopard, tiger and other skins for sale. Last night was cool and we slept with blankets over us. This Sunday president and general manager morning the country looks good, many corn fields, grass and trees. From Cape Town to Mafeking, 870 miles, we were in Cape of Good Hope province; from Mafeking to Plumtree, 425 miles, in Bechunanaland a Britsh protector- ate. From Plumtree to Victoria Falls, 345 miles, in South Rhodesia, a_ self governed state. In the afternoon we passed Umcusa, where there was a sawmille cutting lumber and railroad ties. They have same fair sized logs, 18 inch, ten and twelve feet long, of red wood. They call this the jungle, but it is like our cut-over lands at home, grown up with small trees and bushes. There was a heavy thunder and lightning and a rain storm this afternoon. Arrived at the Falls at 8 p.m. C. C. Follmer. ——_+++ Unsaze To Eat Uncooked Pork. The danger of eating raw pork in any form is repeated by the United States Department of Agriculture, al- though frequent similar warnings have already been issued. Without reflect- ing in the least on the high quality of well-cooked and well-cured pork and pork products as food, department offi- cials reiterate the danger of the pain- ful and frequently fatal disease, trichin- osis, that is invited by the eating of raw pork. Trichinosis is caused by a parasite of microscopic size that sometimes occurs in the minute parasite is not very harmful to swine, and even when present in large flesh of swine. This num- bers may have no visible effect on the health or thriftiness of the animals. Ac- cording to reports reaching he Depart- ment, trichinosis is usually due to eat- ing uncooked or improperly cooked sausage, and this sausage is usually home-made, especially in rural districts or made on a small scale in meat shops. One farm woman was made danger- ously ill in a recent outbreak by infec- tion from the mere tasting of sausage during its preparation, a not uncom- mon occurrence. In the same outbreak several students who had eaten the raw sausage contracted trichinosis, death occurring in one case. The disease somewhat resembles typhoid fever, with which it is often confused. Federal officials who have endeavored to warn the public against the dangerous practice of consuming pork not thoroughly cooked say the deliberate consumption of raw pork or ‘pork products may be equivalent to suicide. The warning can scarcely be made strong enough. Federally in- spected meats that are intended to be eaten raw are prepared in a safe man- ner and the proper Federal stamp is assurance of such inspection. But there is great danger from trichinosis in uninspected pork products intended for consumption without cooking. In all cases this rule should be followed with regard to pork: Always cook it well. —_+--+___ Petoskey—Alfred J. Dau and asso- ciates have secured controlling inter- est in the stock and business of the Petoskey House Furnishing Co., lo- cated on Mitchell street. Mr. Dau is John M. Shields and Watson Snyder retire from the company and James A. Reid, who has been secretary and general manager will continue as secretary and’ in the sales department. 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Name Sc. ee eo City, State eee Ofor electrical refrigeration, C) for ice. “7 McCray No. 411 McCrav No 405 McCray No. 410 McCray No. 185 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 20, 1927 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. Programme For Lansing Dry Goods Convention. Lansing, April 19—-We have had some first-class help in arranging the program for our convention. Those in attendance at the last and final meet- ing in Battle Creek, Monday evening, April 11, were Joe Grant, Mart Smith and Sid Netzorg, of Battle Creek; Frandsen, of Hastings, Beadle of Sturgis, and Bullen, Jr., of Albion. The pragram which follows is natur- ally unfinished. We will have a style show Wednesday evening in connec- tion with the banquet. There will be some glee club and instrumental music and possibly a professional entertainer. Robert N. Foreman, of the Carl Fels Co., Inc., of New York, will be the “big boss” of the style show. Had a conference with him yesterday. All but eight or nine of the booths are sold and we give below the list of the exhibitors who are already assured. I am going to Chicago next week to complete the list of forty-five booths. You will get some advertising folders and letters from some of our exhibitors. Just bear in mind that these men are paving their money in to make our convention and Association a success. A careless throw of their printed mat- ter into the waste paper basket is in- excusable. You owe it to them at least to scan their communications and remember the number of the booth so that vour glad hand may be ready to greet them at the Convention. The program is not yet so far along but that it may be changed if any of you have suggestions to make. Now is the time to speak. Your requests and criticisms will be given respectful consideration. Programme. Tuesday, May 10. Lobby and Exposition Hall—New Hotel Olds. 9 a. m. Registration of members, ex- hibitors and guests. Official opening of merchandise market. Reception by officers and directors. 12:15 p. m. Luncheon in East din- ing room, third floor Hotel Olds. Pre- siding, H. J. Mulrine, President of the Michigan Retail Dry Goods Associa- tion. ; Short address, Arthur H. Brayton, editor Dry Goods Trade Journal, Des Moines, Iowa. 1:30 p. m. First inspection of mer- chandise booths, ushered by directors of Association and officers. 3 p.m. Wisteria room on third floor. H. J. Mulrine, President, officiating. Official welcome, Hubert C. Pratt, President Lansing Merchants Bureau. Announcement of committees. 3:30 p. m. Merchandise Control, H. J. Mahrer, manager retail store de- partment, Kalamazoo Loose Leaf Binder Co. 4:30 p. m. Get acquainted with ex- hibitors and guests. 8 p. m. Experience meeting and conference, Wisteria room. Arthur H. Brayton, Des Iowa, presiding. 1. Association Services—How to sell more hosiery, Ralph R. Smith, Smith-Smith Co., Cleveland. 2. Freight and Transportation Ser- vice, E. C. Nettles, Postum Cereal Co., Battle Creek. 3. Suggested table discussions. Wednesday, May 11. 9 a.m. Inspection and purchase of merchandise. 10 a. m. Big Business n Small Towns, Fred P. Mann, of the Famous Store, Devil’s Lake, North Dakota. 10:45 a. m. The Problems of the Small Town Merchant and Some of Moines, subjects for round the Solutions, W. E. Schmalfuss, store manager Zion Institutions and Indus- tries, Zion, III. 11:30 a.m. Take a stroll among the merchandise booths. 12:15 p. m. Luncheon. Presiding, Glenn R. Jackson, Smith Bridgman Co., Flint, Vice-President of the As- sociation. Brief Address by Fred P. Mann, Devil's Lake, North Dakota. 1:30 p. m. Give glad hand to the exhibitors. 2:30 Dp. Mm. program: 1. Advertising a specialty store, Lois B. Hunter Advertising manager Himelhoch Bros. & Co., Detroit. 2. The Fashion Force in Retailing, Carl L. Gibson, Standard Corporation, Chicago. 3. The Why of the Half Size Dress, Special ready-to-wear Arnold Reinhold, Madame _ Renauld, Cleveland. 8 p. m. Annual banquet. Former President, D. M. Christian, Owosso, presiding. Toastmaster, Harvey J. Campbell, Secretary Detroit Poard of Commerce. The Law Maker’s Viewpoint, Hon. Joseph L. Hooper, Member of Con- gress, Third Michigan District, Battle Creek. The Producer and the Consumer, Hon. Fred W. Green, of Michigan. Until midnight visit the exhibits. Thursday, May 12. 9 a.m. Inspection and purchase of merchandise. 10 a.m. Things Don’t Just Happen, H. S. Ames, merchandise manager, Rike-Kumler Co., Dayton, Ohio. 10:45 a. m. Address by Ruth W. Fisher, personnel director Herpol- sheimer Co., Grand Rapids. 12:15 p. m. Luncheon. Presiding, former President, George T. Bullen, Albion. Brief address, T. K. Kelly, Minne- apolis. 2 p. m. Bigger Profits Through Better Salesmanship, H. R. LaTowsky, National Cash Register Co., Dayton, 2:45 p. m. Building Good Will, T. kK. Kelly, Minneapolis. 3:30 p. m. Reports of committee on nominations. Election of officers for ensuing year. Report of Committee on Resolu- tions. Adjournment. An incomplete list of exhibitors, with booth numbers, follows: Battle Creek Corset Co., Henrietta Corsets, 32. Butler Brothers, general dry goods, 5. Butterick Publishing Co., patterns, 6. Country Club Dress, Inc., dresses, 40. Davenport Hosiery Co., hosiery, 25. Dudley Paper Co., paper and sundry items, 33. Edson, Moore & Co., dry goods, 21, -_ C. J. Farley & Co., overalls, pants, work shirts, 9. ‘Carl Fels Co., Inc., ready-to-wear, 18 F. A. Foster & Co., Inc., draperies, Puritan cretonnes, 3. H. W. Gossard Corset Co., corsets and brassieres, 35. Dorothy Gray, Inc., toilet fioods, 45. Grand Rapids Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Co., insurance, 13. Gregory & Roodhuyzen, Inc. hos- iery, 24. Harvard Trouser Co., boys’ pants and young men’s suits, 27. Alexander Hamilton Institute, pub- lishers, 17. Hanselman-Johnson Co., reel silks, 7 and 8. Interchangeable Wall Case Co., fix- tures, 36. ~ Kalamazoo Loose Leaf Binder Co., office supplies, 37. King Manufacturing Co., frocks, home dresses, 11. A. Krolik & Co., wholesale dry goads, 41-42-43. Kellogg Company, corn flakes and cereals, 1 : J. W. Knapp Co., the Stelos Needle, aprons, Lamp! Knitwear. Co., knitwear, 28. Hugh Lyons & Co., store fixtures, 34. Landesman Hirschheimer Co., jun- ior and college suits, 10. Louray Company, toilet goods, 12. I. Shetzer & Co., Underwear, hos- iery, knitwear, 15-16. Standard Corporation, style service, Superior Systems & Salesbook Co., salesbooks, 23. Michigan Tradesman, Trade Jour- nal, 43; The battle of the retailers is ably fought by E. A. Stowe, of the Michi- gan Tradesman. Mr. Stowe, the editor, sends us a check for one of our ex- position booths. Mr. DeHoog will gladly take subscriptions for the Tradesman. This journal, by reason of Mr. Stowe’s ability and influence, is worth to individual merchants many times the subscription price. Don’t overlook Booth No. 13. Jason E. Hammond, Mer. Mich. Retail Dry Goods Ass’n. epee eaters Lace Buying Has Improved. The Spring lace demand has shown a substantial improvement over last year, according to importers and wholesalers. The dress and under- wear trades have been more liberal purchasers and there has also been a gain in the buying by retailers. Orders nave covered a general range of mer- chandise, including chantilly, venise, Breton or cordonnella, margot and valencienne laces. Black, white and ecru are the leading shades at present. The call for widths from 14 to 36 inches has been quite active. Goods for applique use are selling well. Rep- resentatives of importers are now abroad preparing lines for the Fall season. Duro‘ belle HAIR NETS Bring Bigger Business Women prefer Duro Belle Hair Nets because they are perfect in shape; strong lustrous and fine. fp 4 pT {= a ee oe “Lvery Net {suararteea ray i 25,87 is atew TH. | QURO-KNOr$ Sell Them By The Dozen in Sanitary Package. Contains twelve Duro Belle Hair Nets, packed in a trim, dainty parcel. Duro Belle Displays Are Yours for the ask- ing. Write Your Job- ber or Direct. NATIONAL TRADING CO. 680 South Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. Governor Place & 14th St., Long Island City, N. Y. ‘Nappylad Shits FOR THE BOY OF CHARACTER Easy to sell because they please the boys and appeal to the entire family. A.KROLIK & CO.,Inc. Sole Michigan Distributor DETROIT Free advertising and selling helps. We will be glad to submit samples or have a representa- tive call. April 20, 1927 MEN OF MARK. F. S. Gould, President Preferred Ac- cident Insurance Co. Frank S. Gould was born at Phila- delphia, Jefferson county, New York, Oct.. 3, 1870: chant and his antecedents were Yankee; his mother was descended from the fnglish and Scotch. When he ‘was ten years of age the family removed to His father was a mer- Grand Rapids and Mr. Gould attended school until he was twelve years of age, when he entered the employ of Frank W. Wurzburg, dry goods dealer, as cash boy. He continued in _ this capacity for two years, when he trans- ferred himself to the A. D. T. as mes- senger boy. Four months later he en- tered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Co. One year later he went with the Western Union, re- maining until he was sixteen years of age, during which time he had learned to be a telegraph operator. The next year was operator at the Avenue Junction for the Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co. The next five years he was employed as tele- spent as graph operator at Cedar Springs and Reed City by the G. R. & I. He then entered the employ of General Super- intendent of the D., S. S. & Atlantic, at Marquette, going from there to Duluth, where he was for four years operator in the office of the Postal Telegraph Co. The next four years he was sta- tion agent for the Northern Pacific Railway, at Perham, Minn. He then returned to Grand Rapids and_ for seven years took the Associated Press report for the Grand Rapids Herald. The next year was given to the service of the Postal Telegraph Co., here as manager. His health failed him and he went to Medford, Ore., where he pre-emptd a homstead. On the re- covery of his heaith, eighteen months later, he returned to Grand Rapids and resumed the management of the Postal Telegraph Co., which he continued for next ten years he acted as manager for the Western Union Telegraph Co. Six years ago he was elected Secretary of the Pre- ferred Accident Co. On the death of President Whitney, eighteen months elected President and When he went with premium’ receipts They are ten years. The ago, he was General Manager. this company the were about $13,000 per year. now nearly $200,000 per year. Mr. Gould was married June 27, 1893, to Miss Georgia Ellen Dale, of Grand Rapids. They have one son, thirty years old, who is an accountant in the office of the insurance com- pany. They reside in their own home at 339 Eureka avenue. Mr. Gould is a Doric lodge Mason and an honorary member of York lodge. He has sered as Past High Priest of Columbian Chapter and Thrice Illustrious Master of the Coun- cil, and is a Past Patron of Signet Chapter. He is also a member of the executive committee of the Shrine. He is a member of Trinity Methodist church. Mr. Gould hobbies, which are trout and golf. He has acted as Secretary of Cascade Country Club six years and is now a owns up to but two MICHIGAN member of the Board of Directors. He attributes his success to the friends he has made during the time he was connected with the telegraph business and to the fact that he was able to maintain these friendships intact dur- ing all the years he has been a resi- dent of Grand Rapids. Mr. Gould is of a happy, optimistic temperament and enjoys life to the full. He is blessed with good health and takes great interest in the busi- ness he has been largely instrumental in building up to such large propor- tions in the short space of six years. From the time he associated himself with the demonstrated such a mastery of his job that his ease business he in discharging its functions became the subject of continuing comment and TRADESMAN nothing new in the merchandise being offered. In his opinion it was up to Parisian couturiers to feature radical changes, and he said that this view will be impressed on the French de- signers by dress manufacturers who will shortly leave for Paris on their usual fashion trips. ge Silk Hosiery Business Slack. The demand for the better grade of women's full-fashioned silk hosiery, which have not been moving as well as they might for quite some time, con- tinues less active than manufacturers and sales agents care to see it. The bad weather is held responsible. In the business that is being done, how- ever, contrasting heels and bodies con- tinue to lead sales, both in combina- Frank S. Gould. wonder among those who watched with curiosity the his ad- ministration. Mr. Gould has every rea- son to feel gratified over the success he has achieved and the still more brilliant future which lies in store for him. beginnings of g § ——_—o 4 Radical Style Changes Needed. Complaint has arisen in many sec- tons of the ready-to-wear market and has also been expressed by numerous retailers, of a lack of important style changes. One prominent dress manu- facturer said yesterday that the indus- try needs, more than anything else, a radical change in styles if the business is to be adequately stimulated. He added that many instances had came to his attention where women were not buying new garments because they saw tions of contrasting colors and of two shades of the same hue. There is every indication that this vogue will hold well into the early Summer at least. Black hose with gun metal heels are still selling freely, but in certain quarters a belief exists that this com- bination will not stay in favor as long as those embodying the lighter colors. a Printed Cottons Moving Freely. Prospects of a long season, due to the vogue for sheer fabrics, are keep- ing wholesale buyers of printed cot- tons active. Practically no type of sheer cotton cloth suitable for printing is overlooked in the orders being plac- ed, and the call for batistes, voiles and dimities is particularly active. Also selling well are printed pongees, Eng- fish prints percales, etc. Indications 19 point to the jobbers’ season running well into the late Summer this year, but this does not prevent their con- start writing and wiring for prompt shipments of merchandise due on back orders. Sales from Jan. 1 to date were said yesterday to exceed those of printed cottons for any similar period in the history of the trade. cree Little Doing in Leather Bags. Approach of the travel and vacation season 1s expected to stimulate the retail demand for leather traveling bags and steamer trunks. At the mo- ment, however, the buying is rather quiet. A little of everything has been bought, with nothing particularly out- standing, was the way in which manu- facturers summed up the — situation. fitted overnight bags, it was added, are being brought out in a variety of new models and Summer prospects for this type of merchandise are considered good. Prices on the better grades of bags have held steady. Leathers have not changed materially in price, manu- facturers say, and the slight advance in brass hardware at the first of the year has been absorbed. Uae Trimming Novelties Do Well. Makers of trimming novelties report interest in small novelty dolls, hand knitted from angora wool, which are flappers’ designed as ornaments for sports coats. The dolls are about three inches long and are available in all They wholesale at $24 Large popular colors. per gross. sized flowers are also in good demand for boutonnieres. Novelty buckles for dress belts have sold well for the Spring season and comprehensive lines of them are now being assembled for the Fall. Rhine- stone ornaments for millinery, dresses or coats have taken well in both the “caricature styles” and in double mon- ogram effects. >>> Retailers’ Orders For Silks. Flat crepes in solid colors continue to lead in the silks retailers are buy- ing. French beige, monkey — skin, queen blue, Mother Goose, champagne, black and In printed crepes, pat- silver, navy lead in the colors sought. terns slightly larger than the English print effects of the early season are now favored. Black and white prices hold a strong position and are said to be difficult to obtain. Orders for navy Romaine crepe to retail at about $3.50 per yard are reaching manufacturers in good volume. New floral designs in printed georgettes will be shown shortly by some manufacturers. eee Short Sleeve Vogue Predicted. From present indications, — short sleeves will be an important style detail of many garments for Summer wear. New dress models are being brought sleeve out which feature the short treatment, and retailers are said to have expressed favorable comment on the garments. Long sleeves, however, have not been dropped and are still featured in the offerings of Shantung dresses. Blouses, however, show much use of short sleeves and this is also true of the additions recently made to lines of slip-over sweaters and other sport accessories. 20 MICHIGAN April 20, 1927 TRADESMAN RETAIL GROCER Retail Grocers and General Merchants Association. President—Orla Bailey, Lansing. Vice-Pres.—Hans Johnson, Muskegon. Secretary—Paul Gezon, Wyoming Park. Treasurer—F. H. Albrecht, Detroit. Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously. Written for the Tradesman. “My dear Sir—In I wrote you about my business. Com- Michigan August last year ment was made in_ the Tradesman. My impression of the article you wrote was that you were handing the public a laugh at my ex- pense—rather put me up as a_ joke. But I re-read the article a few days ago and came to the conclusion that it was an honest opinion and I got considerable interest out of it.” What was that some wise guy said about “sober second thought?” Seems to me it would be all right for grocers here and there to do a little of that; but this is probably a good time to let all of you see a little of the inside work- ings of my job. There is no week during which I do not have from two to a dozen letters problems. what I write must appear some time after | Each such letter deals about trade do the best I can, of enquiry Therefore, get any letter. with a puzzle that goes right to the heart of a man’s business. It comes to me written by somebody not used to putting his ideas on paper. Often that means that I must do two things— guess at part of what he wants to know and answer from many angles in the hope of giving him something helpful. Shall I begin with a prelude to tell him that my strictures are not person- al: that I do not reflect on his educa- tion or intelligence; that I go to the heart of the problem as a physician goes to the middle of a boil with his lancet—hurting like hell, but curing as he hurts; and end up with the assur- ance that if his personal pride is touched on the raw here and there, I do not mean it Well, if I do that, what room will be left for what he asks me to write about? Consider these facts: The publish- Tradesman and I are close He is pretty tolerant with me. er of the friends. He gives what I want to say that I feel a strict proper me so much liberty to write obligation not to overstep limits: because while I know the wait- ing world looks eagerly for my stuff, I also know that the publisher afore- said has only so much space to spare me. I know, too, that if I used two or three times the space I should use, my stuff would not be welcome and would be thrown out—and then what would all you eager enquirers do? You see how it is, do you not? Now look back over what I have written so far and you will see that more than a quarter of my 1200 words have been used in what is conceded to be a bootless task; for it has been consumed in explanation. It has been truly said that no explanation explains the necessity of an explanation—so you see where we all get off. Again, take any enquiry that comes to me, and it calls for every line of space I have to cover the essentials. Shall I sacrifice those essentials to smooth the feathers of the enquirer in advance of telling him what I think ails him? Once a man who makes Western cheese asked me a question about trade promotion and how to get more folks to ask for his kind of cheese. I noticed he made frequent and promin- ent reference to Eastern style cheese, or words to that import. My first sug- gestion was that he quit talking about anything Eastern and put all stress on his own special Western cheese. What happened? He got mad, wrote me a sharp letter, told me he’d never write again and to date he has kept his word. Yet I had but one object in writing what I did write. That was to point asked me to indicate: Ways to make more folks ask for his cheese. out what he Let me suggest that you put this thought into action: What prompts you to write to me? Is it that you have read my stuff for a time and have been impressed with its sincerity of tone and the fact that what I write seems to be practical, and wholesome? All down-to-earth right. You could not feel that way about what you have read if in fact it had been flip- pant, or if I had been poking fun at the enquirers. Therefore, if you are prompted to write enquiries to me and you find the answer seems rather sharp medicine, don’t fly off the handle and think I am laughing at you. what Stop to think over impression my comments on others’ affairs have made on you. Then re-read my comments on your own with the thought in mind that I am trying to help you. You may know that arctic explorers and long-voyage sailors get scurvy— not so much now as formerly. They may be near the point of death when some fresh potatoes are made available or green onions come within reach. As the juices of these fresh vegetables are dripped into the swollen mouths of the sick men, the cure is so strong and sudden that the patients tremble all over. But because instinct prompts them to swallow all they can get down, they persevere and—often with- in a single week—they are not only up, but working as usual. That was an example of the practical use of vitamins long before we knew there was such a thing. It is my plan to feed business vitamins to my pa- may benefit—and I have not space to sugar coat my doses. tients so they You remember our doughboys who went to Europe were often “treated rough” If they said tonsils were pulled out by the root, and no anaes- thetic was used. for their own good. had diseased tonsils, That hurt—ask some but the “They're men and must stand a little thing like that”: I have often of those who went through it; hard boiled sergeants said: wondered why men to whom I have given my best thought have silent as the well What my correspond- cod most painstaking counsel thereafter been lLnown tomb. ent this week writes perhaps explains that they are sore over my (Continued on page 31) having Don’t Say Bread — Say HOLSUM COOKIE CAKES AND CRACKERS ARE MOST DELICIOUS AND WHOLESOME. YOU WILL FIND A HEKMAN FOR EVERY OCCASION AND TO SUIT YOUR TASTE. XZ WWE LLL LLL LLL Lhd M.J. 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The question has often been asked, “What is meant by the term spring lamb?” The reply seems quite simple enough and yet if we have a pretty full understanding of prevailing conditions and wish to give information worth anything the answer is not So easy as it seems. What we may mean by a Spring lamb and what someone else may mean at times vary considerably, and when we differ who is to say which is right? At such times the necessity for official classes and grades of live- stock and meats becomes especially ap- parent. I think we may say, with ref- erence to lambs, that the kind referred to as Spring lamb, lamb, California Spring lamb, etc., is expected to be young milk-fed, and show the characteristics of age and feed When lambs do not characteristics they seem to be imitations when sold for the genuine article. If a housewife orders a hindquarter of genuine Spring lamb it is pretty certain that she ex- pects a kind of meat as different from ordinary lamb as genuine milk-fed veal is from the older and type. If she does not get what she expects, genuine Spring in the flesh and bones. possess these more mature her enthusiasm for genuine Spring lamb is liable finally she will not order it at all, for to wane and she will not find it good business to pay Spring lamb prices for meat that is not different as far as she can see from what she ordinarily gets for con- When weigh over thirty-six pounds dressed there is liable to be considerable doubt retailers just wholesaler or pro- siderably less. Spring lambs in the minds of most what Spring the ducer was thinking of when he attach- ed the appellation. When there are no points outstanding in the carcass compared with other lambs of high quality not tagged as Springers and not carrying so high values there seems to be no reason why retailers should buy kind at the same a growing repeat their first mistakes and more of the same prices. There has been tendency on the part of some whole- salers to sell for Spring lambs kinds that do not possess the desired and expected qualities. This does not con- demn the bulk of Jambs offered as Springers, but refers specifically to limited inclusions. Such inclusions give retail buyers the impression that none of the lot are genuine, and the difference is only in degree. This is a phase of marketing that deserves con- siderable attention and some caution on the part of consumer-buyers. —_-+2 > Center Cut Pork Chops. Once in a while a thing in the meat line becomes popuiar and the reason is more than most people can figure out. A very good example of this is found in center cut pork chops. There is little reason that the average person can understand why these cuts should be so much in demand to the exclusion of the shoulder and thick loin ends. As a matter of lact the center cut is leaner and therefore is much more apt to fry out hard than the ends, especially the shoulder end. There is just about enough fat running through the meat in the shoulder to keep the meat soft and juicy, and in almost every instance the fried chops will be found fully as good in flavor as the ends and much more easily masticated. There would be little to be said further if the ends and the center cuts sold for the same price or about the same price. In most shops retailers have lots of trouble in selling ends of pork loins. This takes retailers that we know in another city who had the same trouble with pork loins that retailers in big cities have to-day. tomers all asked for rib or loin chops and the ends went begging. After a while most of the retailers in this town us back to certain The cus- got together in a friendly way and talk- They all agreed that they were charging too much for the center cuts and too little for the ends. They decided that they would try out slicing the loin from end to end and cut one in two in the center Some retailers actually They mixed the end chops with the center ed the matter over. for no one. sliced them neatly on platters. chops and sold them as they came from the platters. reasonable and tne chops sold. The price charged was One retailer reported selling over a thous- and pounds in one shop on the first Saturday he tried the new plan. If an old customer insisted on having the rib or loin chops she got them, but she was gradually made to see the chops as cut were cheaper and fully as good. Other retailers charged the same price for all sections of the loin, but sliced it from end The cut a customer got depended on the If the center of the loin was on sale she got chops from it, but otherwise she took the ends, or On the whole, the plan provided cheaper pork chops to many with greater satisfaction to dealers. to end as called for. time she bought. bought something else. Fish Scrap Needed as Chicken Feed. O Jate years tubercular ailments have been particularly rife with poul- The whole breed of Rock Island reds were practically ex- try in general. terminated by this scourge. It is said on competent authority that lack of metabolized lime in the feed is one of the chief factors in causing weak joints and rickets. Germany has, in fact, been importing large quantities of prepared fish scrap to offset this de- ficiency in chicken food. Reports are that results have more than exceeded expectations. 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BROWN SEED COMPANY 25-29 Campau Street Granp Rapips, MicHIGAN Yellow Kid Bananas all year around Bananas are the year ‘round fruit. They are clean, whoesome, nutritious and delicious. ‘Yellow Kid’ Bananas are uniformly good. Send in your orders. The Vinkemulder Company GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN HARDWARE Michigan Retail President—C. L. Glasgow, Nashville. Vice-Pres.—Herman Dignan, Owosso. Secretary—A. J. Seott, Marine City. Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. Hardware Association. Persistence Is Important in the Paint Campaign. Written for the Tradesman. With different lines the hardware dealer naturally employs different sell- In handling low prices course is to ing methods. small wares, sell the goods with the least possible expenditure of salesmanship. For an A-1 salesman to spend a half hour sell- ing a ten cent article may sometimes while—but is never worth while if the same result can be ac- complished by putting the article on a sales-table and sell itself, as such lines, properly displayed his wisest be worth leaving it to with good show cards, often do. With other lines, however, not mere- ly is salesmanship eminently desirable, but salesmanship is absolutely neces- sary. One such line is paint. A fact never to be forgotten in con- nection with the paint department is that paint rarely, if ever, sells itself. In almost every instance, a prolonged process of paint education—in other all its forms—is required before the sale words, of paint salesmanship in can actually be made. You have, first, to interest your pros- painting. You natural pect in the idea of have to overcome his indis- position to consider paint at all. You then to interest him in your You have to persuade him that You have to have paint. your paint is the best. bring him to the point of asking for figures and selecting colors. And you have to keep after him until he actual- ly buys—and, above all, to prevent him from putting off until next fall the painting he should do this spring. All that can’t be done in a single transaction. A series of steps inter- venes between the first show of inter- est on the part of the prospect and the actual sale of the paint. Your first step, indeed, is to bring the subject of paint to the attention of your community. To do this, you use newspaper space, window display, di- rect-by-mail advertising, interior dis- play. Such publicity brings you into touch with individual prospects. These must be carefully listed and followed up. You send each individual prospect not one but a series of booklets, cir- culars or letters. You canvass each prospect personally. The idea of selling his paint prospect im- hardware dealer who has any mediately, is sure to experience dis- True, | into a appointment. have known a man to walk the how much paint he needs, buy it, pay all in a few minutes. Such transactions do now and then occur. But the ceptions—the exceptions— that prove the rule. And the rule is that if you want to sell paint, you've got to get right after the business and to keep right after it. And, back of even these apparent hardware store. select colors he wants, find out for it transactions are ex- rare such very MICHIGAN exceptions, will usually be found a long period of diligent paint education, car- ried on, perhaps by yourself in other years, perhaps by other dealers who have, year in and year out, preached the gospel of paint. As a general rule, a great deal of advertising is usually required to get in touch with the paint prospect in Even then no A great deal of the first place. he is more than a prospect. what we may call paint education is necessary to bring him to the stage where he actually decides to paint. Still furthr selling effort is required to convince him that your brand of paint is what he wants, and to clinch the sale. him beforehand, there will occasionally And as a ruie, unless you coach be complaints for you to explain away after the paint is actually applied. Selling paint to the individual cus- tomer is not a_ single battle; it is a campaign involving a long series of battles. And, to win in the long run, the paint seller must win every battle of the Furthermore, building up a paint business worth while re- series. quires the winning of scores, hundreds and thousands of such series of battles with such individual customers. Hence,persistence is a big factor in the paint department. For the paint dealer that painting is necessary, desirable who convinces his customer and economically worth while may get nothing whatever for his trouble if he quits pushing for a sale at the crucial moment when the prospect is still un- determined whether or not to purchase. A prospect, even if convinced that painting is worth while and that your brand of paint is the best for his pur- poses, may yet postpone buying until next fall or next spring, unless you keep right after him until you clinch sale. The paint dealer who gets effort is the the biggest returns for his the paint dealer who keeps right after the The the to lay your plans for the spring paint prospect. winter is, of course, time campaign. The shrewd dealer makes his dispositions well ahead of time. He revises his prospect lists; he assembles what ar- paint literature; he makes rangements be for a follow-up campaign; he even prepares advertis- may necessary direct-by-mail advertising ing copy in advance and outlines his series of window displays. You have presumably done all this. If you have not, now is as good a time as any to register your determination to do it next year. Yet all this preliminary work will prove fruitless unless now the actual selling season has arrived, you follow up your preliminary work with per- effort. When it comes to securing business, sistent good team work counts for a lot in The hand retailer who the paint far getting results. hand in with will works manufacturer secure results larger than the dealer who leaves it all to the results far larger, too, than the retailer who undertakes the entire campaign alone and refuses to avail himself of the help the manufacturer offers. The paint manufacturer supplies a manufacturer—and April 20, 19 TRADESMAN BROWN &SEHLER COMPANY “HOME OF SUNBEAM GOODS” Automobile Tires and Tubes Automobile Accessories Garage Equipment Radio Equipment Harness, Horse Collars Farm Machinery and Garden Tools Saddlery Hardware Blankets, Robes & Mackinaws Sheep lined and Blanklet - Lined Coats GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN COMPLETE LINE OF NESCO STOVES Nesco dealers are increasing their sales because they offer the housewife the combination she demands—quality merchandise at an attractive price. The new 1927. The greatest of range value on the mar- ket. Built-in oven, right or left, with thermometer. White porcelain surfaces. poste Stevens &Co. Founded 1837 GRAND RAPIDS 61-63 Commerce Ave., S.W. MICHIGAN . THE BEST THREE AMSTERDAM BROOMS PRIZE White Fwan Golddond AMSTERDAM BROOM COMPANY 41-55 Brookside Avenue, Amsterdam, N. Y. Decorations losing freshness Install “AMERICAN WINDUSTITE” your house-cleaning easier, your heating and draperies from the outside dirt, soot and dust Storm-proof, Dirt-proof, Leak-proof, _ Made and Installed Only by AMERICAN METAL WEATHER STRIP CO. 144 Division Ave., North Citz. Telephone 51-916 Grand Rapids, Mich KEEP THE COLD, SOOT AND DUST Ou all-meta) Weather Strips and save on your coal bills, make get more comfort fron: plant and protect your furnishing» Rattle-proot Michigan Hardware Co. 100-108 Elisworth Ave.,Corner Oakes GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN e Shelf Hardware, Sporting Goods and - Fishing Tackle Wholesalers of April 20, 1927 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 great deal of valuable assistance to the local dealer; and the dealer is well advised to use this help intelligently. For instance, plans should be made for distributing color cards and paint literature of one sort and another. It isn’t enough to hand out this ma- terial promiscuously. Some intelligent effort should be made to see that the advertising matter gets into the hands of real paint prospects, or of people who are apt to have some influence in promoting paint sales. The direct-by-mail advertising cam- paign is a good thing, particularly if you have a carefully-selected prospect list to work with. Here, the manu- facturer can do a great deal to help you, in supplying publicity for use through the mails. You, on the other hand, should contribute something of your own—something that bears the distinctive mark of your own person- ality and that of your store, and that links your store very intimately with the brand of paint being featured. One hardware dealer early in his follow-up campaign sends out a_per- sonal letter to every prospect. The letter is a mimeographed one, with the address typewritten and a_ personal signature. It is done on the firm’s letter-head, and is mode short but clear and convincing. And it is sent out in a sealed envelope under letter postage. It discusses, briefly but logically, the entire paint proposition, closing with an urgent personal invita- tion to the prospect to come in and secure figures on the work he wants done. Such a letter, in a sealed envelope, is pretty sure to be read, when a mere circular would be thrown carelessly aside. Remember throughout your adver- tising to feature, not merely your brand of paint, but your store and yourself. Get into your paint advertising and across to your prospect the idea that your store is at the customer's ser- vice, and that, whether he buys or not, you stand ready to give him whatever information he Get the idea across, too, that you know something about paint; that you are rather an authority on the subject; that if the customer is perplexed or doubtful, you can help him, by intelligent sugges- tions and advice, to get a mighty good job. This idea of expert personal ser- vice is sometimes an immense help in clinching sales. needs. The most successful paint campaign is that in which every possible influ- ence is brought to bear simultaneously and continuously on the prospect. Thus, you should simultaneously com- display, bine circularizing, window newspaper advertising and _ personal suggestion, to bring your paint de- partment to the attention of the pub- lic. Having started all these influences working, keep them at work until the very end of the campaign. The hardware dealer, of course, has other lines to sell besides paint. He can't devote all his advertising space, all his window display or all his time to the paint department. Yet by means of organized effort he can make this department a big feature in his business. He can help by making every effort forth thorough-going and whole-hearted. Half-hearted — selling effort gets you nowhere. What. is worth attempting at all is worth doing A good window display takes up no more space than a perfunctory he puts well. window display; a good newspaper ad- vertisement carefully thought cut costs no more for space than an ad- vertisement of similar size thrown to- gether on the spur of the moment. Give your paint department the best you've got in advertising and selling effort. Remember, the amount of painting done each year in the average Ameri- can community is only a small per- centage of the painting that ought to be done. Walk down any street in your town and count the houses fresh- ly painted—and count also the houses that are fairly There’s a big trade awaiting the ag- screaming for paint. gressive dealer with a_ well-equipped paint department. But the business won't come to the dealer. He must go out after it, and he must keep after it persistently. Victor Lauriston. oo An Idea Any Store Can Utilize. A men’s clothing merchant in a Western town has a clever little idea that wins him much favorable com- When- ever he sees any complimentary write- up of any local man, or any account of some local man’s accomplishment he clips it from the paper and sends it to ment and costs him very little. him with a cordial little note in which he states that he always likes to hear good news about a friend. He then tells where he found the clipping, and name. No effort to. sell goods is made and the only mention of business is that which appears on the letterhead. signs his Every man who gets one of these little notes appreciates it, for there's a bit of vanity in us all, and the idea other merchant in this town will tell you that this is the fastest growing cloth- It is the little personal touch, such as this man has must have its effect, for any ing store in the State. devised that draws trade. ——_—_+-~>_____ Celanese Fabrics Are Selling. 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San Francisco, April 9—The junction formed by Market, Kearny, Geary and Third streets is the heart of downtown San Francisco. It is the newspaper center and close by are big and little hotels, shops, restaurants and sidewalk flower _ stalls. Here traffic winds around Lotta’s fountain, presented to the city by “Lotta” Crabtree, stage idol of the long ago. Beside +t 6 one of the bronze bells and iron standards that mark El Camino Real— the King’s Highway—which padres trod in making their rounds of the early California missions. Lotta’s fountain has two tablets. One has its donor’s name and the other is inscribed to Luisa Tetrazzini, whose soprano was first proclaimed to the world from San Francisco and who crossed the continent to sing Christmas carols in 1910. One block East, Montgomery street leads into the financial center of the Pacific. To the West are Union Square and its shaft commemorating Dewev’s victory at Manila Bay, and Powell street, known sometimes as Peacock alley, on account of the crowds who gather socially for theaters or to patronize the several cafes. A short distance from this point is the civic center, with its city hall, 1i- brary, auditorium and state building, grouped around an attractive park, which contains the famous Lick monu- ment, commemorating the Forty Niners. Now let us turn back the hands of the clock to the time when the pueblo straggled on the sand hills which faced the waters of the bay of Saint Francis; where to-day the Merchants Exchange buildings, central office of San Fran- cisco’s commercial life, was once the site of the cabin of a fur trader. From the Plaza, then but a stone’s throw from the waterside, two main roads trailed off through the sand dunes, one to the early Mission Dolores, the other to the now famous Presidio, the seat of military power then, the same as to-day. ' These were the beginnings of Sarr Francisco. Burned to the ground three times in the early years of its exist- ence. the city displayed an invincible fortitude, and each time capitalized disaster to build anew with larger faith in its destiny. When again in 1906 earthquake and fire devastated the city, its phenix spirit came to life, and elicited from the famous French am- bassador, Jules Juserand, the exprese- sion: “The page written by the in- habitants of San Francisco on the moving ashes of their city is not one that any wind will eer blow away.” Alwavs has San Francisco had a Chinatown. In the old days, a visit to the Chinese quarter meant calling in the police reserves for a body guard for personal protection. Hop-joints, where opium smokers gathered, were infected with thugs and hi-jackers of the most virulent tvpe. Now vou can investi- gate its mysteries without any danger of inconvenience or interference. To visitors Chinatown appears to exercise the greatest appeal among the foreign colonies. With its pagoda-like roofs, its bazaars, its restaurants of amazing orchestration and_= stranger East-West decorations, it is easy to understand why Chinatown sways the imagination of wayfarers in San Fran- cisco. Every street and alley in it is suggestive of the exotic. Life appears here like a festival and both the eve and ear are beguiled by fantastic crea- tions. Grant avenue, the main artery of Chinatown, stretches before you in a manv-hued line of shop fronts, no two alike in appearance or the wares they have to sell. There are the shops of the jewelers who perform miracles through the sensitive-fingered artisans working at benches in plain view of the passerby. RE MICHIGAN The meat and fish stalls, the apothe- caries. cobblers who work on the side- walks, the flower and bird vendors. Then there is the headquarters of the Six Companies, the Joss House and the Chinese theaters. It is no longer the subterranean Chinatown of opium and crime, though still the most in- teresting foreign quarter in America. Among the interesting features of Chinatown is the telephone exchange which serves about 1200 subscribers. Here the calls are all made by name, necessitating the memorizing of same by Chinese girls, who are said to be surprisingly proficient. You are in- vited to visit the exchange and witness the operation of the switchboards. It reminds one of the oriental drama. On crossing the threshold there is a soft, subdued light, befitting a temple. You hear the intermittent voices of the Chinese girls. They sit at switch- boards finished in polished ebony, with copious ornamentation, and are beautifully costumed. This institution is one of the show places of the city. Continuing out on Grant avenue to Columbus you strike the Latin quarter, which is resplendent with Italian and French restaurants, with the customs of their native country. Also there is a Greek settlement which is quite pop- ular, more so than in the Middle West. Speaking of eating places I must not forget to mention some of the hotels which have always been an outstand- ing figure in San Francisco’s com- mercial and social affairs, among them being the Palace, which is to that city what the Palmer House is to Chicago. It was a landmark for many, many years, and while completely gutted by the fire of 1906, and t was necessary to dynamite the walls to remove them. It has been gloriously rebuilt, retaining all its old attractive features, to which many new ones have been added. It is the political and commercial clear- ing house of the city. Perched on Nob Hill, the acropolis of San Francisco. is the Fairmont, commanding a full view of the Bay. It is the Book-Cadillac of the Pacific metropolis, so far as beauty in archi- tecture is concerned. The Hotel St. Francis, fronting on Union Square, on Powell street, has a thousand rooms and is one of the distinctive institutions of the city. There is also the Ilotel Stewart which has a wonderful standing among com- mercial men, and its restaurants are popular as social headquarters. I was much interested in a 65 cent luncheon, served in courses. They serve as high as 1500 people. Have a Sunday dinner, with fowl, at 75c, and have practically done away with a Ja carte service. Presumably San Francisco is the greatest hotel city in the world, ac- cording to its population. There are some 2,000 of them, each having rates scaled to suit the guests to whom it caters. Representatives of the Hos- pitality Bureau copy the names of ar- rivals from the registers and guests are introduced to some pleasing form of entertainment without delay. The reasonableness of prices in res- taurants is frequently spoken of by travelers. You can eat at a different place every day in the year. Paper napkins are taboo, even in the Grerw institutions. The cafeterias are mar- vels in the catering art. Mgderate prices are accompanied by the very best of music. Naturally the sea glamour is upon the dining places of San Francisco. Sea food predominates. Every known va- riety if fish is supplied fresh daily. The most of them specialize on the fresh caught article and many have acquar- iums from which you can make your own selection. When you talk of fish you must remember that San Francisco is washed on three sides by the tides of the Pacific ocean. The glamour of the sea has ever en- veloped San Francisco. From the sea comes its health. The breezes that blow from it and the fogs that drift TRADESMAN HOTEL CHIPPEWA HENRY M. NELSON, Manager European Plan MANISTEE, MICH. New Hotel with all Modern Con- veniences—Elevator, Ete. 150 Outside Rooms Dining Room Service Hot and Cold Running Water and Telephone in every Room. $1.50 and up 60 Roms with Bath $2.50 and $3 April 20, 1927 HOTEL OLDS LANSING 300 Rooms 300 Baths Absolutely Fireproof Moderate Rates Under the Direction of the Continental-Leland Corp. GrorGE L. CROCKER, Manager. MORTON HOTEL Grand Rapids’ Newest Hotel 400 Rooms ~% 400 Baths RATES 31.50, $2, $2.50 and up per day. Wolverine Hotel BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN Fire Proof—60 rooms. THE LEAD- ING COMMERCIAL AND RESORT HOTEL. American Plan, $4.00 and up; European Plan, $1.50 and up. Open the year around. CUSHMAN HOTEL PETOSKEY, MICHIGAN The best is none too good for a tired Commercial Traveler. Try the CUSHMAN on your next trip and you will feel right at home. “A MAN IS KNOWN BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS” That is why LEADERS of Business and Society make their head- quarters at the PANTLIND HOTEL ““An entire city block of Hospitality” GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Rooms $2.25 and up. Cafeteria -i- Sandwich Shop , Columbia Hotel KALAMAZOO Good Place To Tie To Warm Friend Tavern Holland, Mich. Under the new management of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Leland offers a warm welcome to all travelers. All room rates reduced liberally. We set a wonderful table in the Dutch Grill. Try our hospitality and comfort. i 4 AN, Mer. e It is the Tuller ou Eecing Grand Circus Par! the heart o ot = easant rooms, * ard B. James, aiauieen. DETROIT, MICH. HOTEL ULLE Four Flags Hotel NILES, MICH. 80 Rooms—50 Baths 30 Rooms with Private Toilets c. L. HOLDEN, Mgr. Occidental Hotel FIRE PROOF CENTRALLY LOCATED Rates $1.50 and up EDWART R. SWETT, Mgr. Muskegon te Michigan CODY HOTEL GRAND RAPIDS RATES—$1.50 up without bath. $2.50 up with bath. CAFETERIA IN CONNECTION HOTEL KERNS LARGEST HOTEL IN LANSING 300 Rooms With or Without Bath Popular Priced Cafeteria in Con- nection. Rates $1.56 up. E. S. RICHARDSON, Proprietor WESTERN HOTEL BIG RAPIDS, MICH. Hot and cold running water in ail rooms. Several rooms with bath. All rooms well heated and well venti- lated. A good place to stop. Amer- ican plan. Rates reasonable. WILL F. JENKINS, Manager NEW BURDICK KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN In the Very Heart of the City Fireproof Construction The only All New Hotel in the city. Representing a $1,000,000 Investment. 250 Rooms—150 Rooms with Private Bath. European $1.50 and up per Day. RESTAURANT AND GRILL-- Cafeteria, Quick Service, Popular Prices. Entire Seventh Floor Devoted to Especially Equipped Sample Rooms WALTER J. HODGES, Pres. and Gen. Mgr. 1 ainptnertrenterotnere lomo ee vaca isi aS i Basi A RNR RRRRIAE SIA Ac att NOP aanens ri acct ee A de April 20, 1927 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 25 down over the mountains combine to give it a variegated climate, though the winters are reasonably warm and the summers desirable. Its water front is a marvel. Along the Embarcadero are located the numerous and comprehensive wharfs of the city. While the mast and sails of the long ago are little in evi- dence, the virility of the water front excites your admiration. Here you have the stubby cargo booms of liners, freighters and tramps of multiple flags and nationalities. They disgorge upon massive concrete piers. Silk, rice and tea from the Orient, coffe from Cen- tral America, hemp and tobacco from the Philippines, sugar and fruits from Hawaii, and all manner of odds and ends from everywhere. On the piers commodities are piled in apparent con- fusion, yet each lot moves with pre- cision in or out of yagning holds at the shrill blast of the hoist whistle. While sailing vessels of every type come up, the human types are even more contrasting, knots of Chinese and Singalese strutting alongside of South Sea Islanders, Portuguese and Car- ribians. It excites your interest at any and all times. Many tabulations have been issued from time to time by the different boards of trade and cornmercial clubs of the Coast to show the comparative volume of tonnages and values of car- goes going in and out of the different ports, but they are more or less mis- leading. For instance, it is significant to note that more than 75 per cent. of Seattle’s imports is in silks from the orient and that more than 80 per cent. of Los Angeles’ exports are petroleum. Hence it is not the volume of tonnage that indicates the commercial value of same. San Francisco claims a greater diversity of tonnage than any other Pacific port and I am inclined to agree with this statement. The total traffic to and from this water front in 1926 was in the neighborhood of 12,000,000 tons, in 1,000 vessels, with average ar- rivals and departures in excess of 200 daily. Of these over 300 are engaged regularly in foreign trade exclusively. There are forty-two modern piers which can handle 240 vessels at one time, with the most modern equipment for handling cargoes. Much attention is also paid to passenger traffic. There is one line devoted to transportation between San .Francisco and the Ha- waiian possessions; a steamer leaving here once each week for a world’s tour, and other lines operating to and from the Orient and Europe, via Panama. The street car system of San Fran- cisco is one of its chief charms. You can go anywhere at any time and at a uniform fare of a nickel, with all necessary transfers. If the car you are looking for is not in sight, take the first one which comes along, and you will be carefully transferred to one which will take you to your destination. It seems to be the one main desire of the transportation company to accom- modate the passengers and employes are selected with a view of accomplish- ing this desire. I know of no other city which has such a complete service. Surface impressions of San Fran- cisco assail the visitor like the colors of the rainbow. There is so much vivacity in the down town streets that one in a brief visit to this metropolis might overlook one great characteristic of the city—its many distinctive homes. Great creative ability is shown in the landscape gardening and in the struc- tural conceptions achieved in the resi- dence destricts. In versatility of treat- ment the architects who have special- ized in home building in the Bay re- gion, as it is called, have done well. They excite the envy of cities further ast, and are a fit adjunct to the boulevards and = streets which they border. There is much romance and a large percentage of practicability combined. I never saw its equal. In this statement I am not discrediting the other cities of California, which are of more modern origin and develop- ment. San Francisco was a city of importance long before the others were thought of and it is marvelous to know that art and romance have been brought strictly up to date, without evidence of sudden transformation. I cannot consistently close this ar- ticle without some mention of Oakland and Alameda county and two smaller cities whose destinies are inseparably linked with San Francisco. Oakland is so situated that it forms the gateway betweeh the East and the major municipality of San Fran- cisco, all rails transferring passengers and freight across the Bay from this point—the only exception being the line of the Southern Pacific, between San Francisco and lower California. Naturally, with San Francisco, Oak- land faces the great potential markets of the orient, which means much com- merce and continued development. It and Alameda have to-day a popula- tion of 400,000, which may mean a million in the next twenty-five years. It is also, in addition to the world commerce, an industrial community of importance, having many large manu- facturing establishments of National importance. On the North, East and South it has the support of many urban communities. Some of these are made up largely of San Francisco business men and artisans, but they all detrain at Oakland and transfer by ferry to the larger city. The East Bay, of which Oakland is ‘he industrial and commercial center, is also the educational center of Cali- fornia, with Berkeley as the college seat. Here is located the University of California, which is now claimed to be the largest in the United States, having an attendance of upwards of 25.000, over 10,000 of whom are actual residents of the city, and has a staff of 700 professors. The campus is one of rare beauty, sloping from the hills toward the Bay, and the buildings are wonders of architectural accomplishment. Grizzly Peak, rising to a majestic height of 1,759 feet, forms an interesting back- ground. The Campanile, a white shaft, is visible from the ocean as well as San Francisco and the various Bay cities. Also I could mention Stanford Uni- versity, situated at Palo Alto, a few miles away. endowed by Senator Stanford, which, with its notably high standards and its rigid limit as to the number of its students, ranks very high among the educational institu- tions of America. It specializes on law. Both the University of Califor- nia and Stanford are co-educational. The source of the electric system of San Francisco and_ sister cities is hydraulic, many of the producing plants being located on mountain streams, some of them 250 miles away. There are thirty or more _ of these water power plants and the charge for service is very moderate, which accounts to a great degree for the suc- cess of its manufacturing element. Al- so the same source supplies the water used as well as irrigating. Storage reservoirs have been provided, so that an ample supply of water is obtain- able during the dry season. After passing through one power house, water is again conducted by flume and tunnel to a point where sufficient fall can be obtained, at which point an- other power house is placed, and so on, until its possibilities as a producer of power have been exhausted, after which it is used for irrigation by turn- ing it back into the stream. Power is transmitted over heavy copper cables, supported by. steel towers, located on private rights of way, following the most direct route possible over fields. mountains and streams. The transmission lines of the systems supplving the territory are operated at the highest voltage ever known, namely 220,000 and 165,- 000 volts. When the visitor to California climbs the heights of Mt. Tamalpais he finds spread before him a most wondrous view. Where the soldier of Spain saw grasses and flowers, creeks and live oaks, a vista upon which no white man had ever looked, he will see factories and homes, a_ checker- board of streets and myriads of steel rails. From the hills down over the rolling plains he will see the homes of thousands, the churches and schools and the great University of California. The topography is in the form of a great amphitheater. Wavy to. the North and South, backing the business districts, rounding the Bay, clusters of bungalows, evidences of wealth, the residences of a home-loving, home- owning community. Near to the water, on the other side of that sky-line of business, which is constantly taking new form, the rails meet water, trans- continental lines reach their goal, the Pacific. Oakland in the near future is bound to take on the importance of San Fran- cisco and Los Angeles. Nothing can prevent it. With her back to the con- tinent and her face to the Pacific, she is being borne along on the crest of an advancing wave of prosperity to a position among the real cities of the world. Tourist camps are everywhere to be found in California. They differ from those in Michigan in that a great many are private enterprises, though oper- ated strictly under state supervision. The privately owned camps, which are operated at a reasonable charge, are much better kept and better patron- ized, by high-grade tourists. Michi- gan would do well to look to Cali- fornia for an example in this line. “Motor hoboes” are a very scarce ar- ticle. Perhaps the fact that much gasoline is required to get there, has much to do with it. Then there is a rigid quarantine regulation which makes it safe for pecple to patronize them. In my articles on Honolulu I be- lieve I forgot to mention an_ entire absence of dogs on the Island. When a tourist arrives with a canine mem- ber of his family, the said canine is immediately taken in charge and placed in quarantine for 120 days. at a cost of 50 cents per day. After this date hotels are forbidden by law to harbor them. Presence of various parasites makes the propagation of dogs unprofitable and almost impos- sible. Also bill boards of every description are taboo. The newspapers do the ad- vertising. Several motor trips which I took were especially interesting, and later on I may say something of my visit to the Luther 3urbank experiment farm at Santa Rosa. which ended a day I spent in Napa Valley. For the Napa Valley trip you take a steamer to Valejo, at the head cf the Bay, and then pas3 through a country of fine farms and extensive vinyards, to Calistoga. From here a trip of four or five miles brings you to the cele- brated Petrified Forest. The trees of this forest are petrified redwood, and the area and number are greater than the Arizona tract. Just outside of Calistoga you come to a geyser which spouts water 200 feet in the air every forty minutes, the temperature being 212 degrees Fahrenheit. From Vallejo the Mare Island navy vard is accessible Outside of Pearl Harbor, on the Island of Oahu, Hawatian Islands, this is said to be the most complete in America. Much ex- citement was manifested here in pre- paring vessels for the China campaign. In the ferry terminal building, San Francisco, on the second floor is a 600 foot relief map of the California coast which occupies one entire side of the mammoth nave of the institu- tion. Nothing else could give such a comprehensive idea of the contour of the country, the location of towns, na- tional parks and all other places of interest. Miniature cities are shown with exact duplicates of the principal buildings, mountain ranges, highways, railroads, bridges, etc. It is the first thing you discover when you land at the terminal station, and gives you a wonderful idea of the California set- ting. Handy by is an information bu- reau which does the rest, with the ex- ception that every simon-pure Califor- nian is a “Mr. Foster,” who will tell you all about the advantages and re- sources of San Francisco, and the various shortcomings of Los Angeles. 3ut they are all right at that. Some boosters. Frank S. Verbeck. —§—_2 2s s—____ Sport Coats Still Favored. Sport coats continue to hold the in- terest of buyers and are likely to be prominent in the post-Easter buying for sales during the next few weeks. Kasha garments have met with a re- newal of favor, particularly those in While the call for silk and twill coats is still active, it the tan shades. has tapered off somewhat. New models in this merchandise show no fur trimmings. General buying this week has been quiet, as is natural for Easter week, but the indications are that stocks of merchandise in the mar- ket will be easily absorbed at the price concessions being made. —_—__2-+_ — Out For Grand Sentinel. Kalamazoo, April 19—Charles A. Blackwood is a candidate for Grand Sentinel of the U. €C. T., subject to the action of the Grand Council meet- ing at Flint in June. Edward A. ——_>-._____ It’s more to your credit to help a man before he is down than after. Poat. a Count, or be counted out. FLOWER POTS . Send for catalogue. eJonia “‘Vottery Company — MANUFACTURERS OF BULB and SEED PANS LAWN VASES ~~ Fifty-six years of successful operation has made our name a household word among Michigan Merchants and Florists. HANGING BASKETS - FERN PANS 26 DRUGS Michigan Board of Pharmacy. President—James E. Way, Jackson. Vice-Pr-esident—J. C. Dvkema, Grand Rapids. Director—H. H. Hoffman, Lansing. Coming Examinatios—Grand Rapids, March 15, 16 and 17; Detroit, June 21, 22 and 23. How Druggists’ Trade Is Slipping Away. We have been teld of the volume of business that is being done and the percentage of this which should go through drug channels, but are you get- ting your share of this business? As an example, the neighborhood drug store has at least 1000 families sur- rounding it. If we would estimate that each family spends about 15 cents a day on ice cream, candy, cigars, soda, stationery, sick prescription package medicines, room appliances and medicines. this would then yield you at least $150 per day and give you a net profit of possibly 10 per cent. Are you making $15 clear profit a day? It clamed that 90 per cent. of our busi- ness is commercial, while 10 per cent. covers necessary medicines. Is your 90 per cent. working for the 10 per cent. or does the 10 per cent. earn its place in your store? Here is one channel of business that is in competition with you. It is the mail order house. There is such an ap- peal in the large mail order books and the prices are so stated as to give an impression that they are lower than elsewhere, that the average person cannot resist. A close study of these prices, however, when postage and freight are added would show to the purchaser that he could do as well if not better at his neighborhood store. Here is a new departure in the mail order business. This house will start any one in the drug business. They will furnish you with 500 pamphlets describing everything in the drug line that you carry except poisons. With his pamphlets and order books, he starts you out to Canvass house to I am told there are 1,000 of They pay no tax nor license and in some sections even the Chambers of Commerce are direct- ing their attention to them. In one city cards bearing the words “Do not ring door bell” or “Do not disturb” are being given their customers by drug- gists to hang on their front doors. Here is where the women’s clubs could co- operate and check this growing men- ace. The percentage of increase in num- bers of retail drug stores in 1925 was 5.13 per cent.; mail order houses was 14.77 per cent.; and 5 and 10 stores was 1537 per cent. These figures don’t sound so good. house. these canvassers. A few years ago when the chain stores made their appearance, you could hear druggists remark: “I don’t think they will bother me. I am a registered pharmacist. I have person- ality and a following among friends and customers. Their competition will They won't last long.” Yes. but they are increasing and some of them are doing twice the business that the old time druggist did. There is a full page advertisement in a recent issue of the Saturday Evening Post by not harm me. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN the Richardson Corporation which says: “The chain stores have come into their own. You can get Richard- son’s Mints fresher and cleaner in the You all handle Rich- What are you going chain stores.” ardson’s Mints. to do about it? Your attention is now called to the enormous increase of business done by the 5 and 10 cent stores. There are Kresge, Woolworth and Grand stores in every town. You will find them lo- ca‘ed on the principal streets in the highest rented buildings. They can pay the rent because their profit is at least 40 per cent., their average sales 49 cents worth to each customer and their turnover about twenty-four times a vear. That is why they can pay the rent and are driving other old line stores back into the alleys. They leave nothing in the towns except possibly the rent and some measly wages paid for cheap help.” If you want your eyes opened just take an afternoon off and stroll into one of these places. They are usually their reputed wealth shows where some of your business is going. Here is a collection of mina- ture sizes of almost every toilet prep- aration that you have for sale. All for a dime. Many of the manufacturers are trving to let us down easily by telling us that these 10 cent sizes are purposes. Just get vour graduate out and measure up some af these. You will find in many cases that the 10 cent size is one half the 25 cent size or one-fourth the 50 cent size. I guess they figure that the re- tail druggists are boobs enough to sell the 25 cent size for 20 cents and the 50 cent size for 40 cents which will make the ratio the same. The public is learning that it can get more for its money by buying the 10 cent size at full price than it can by buying the larger sizes at full price. Hence the 10 cent is a finished sale and does not induce the public to buy the larger sizes. Now, Mr. Druggist does not carry the 10 cent size because the 10 cent size was made especially for the 5 and 10 or sold only in gross or larger amounts with discounts to fit. The only firm that I know which makes the discount the same regard- less of the quantity you buy is the Colgate Company. Hence the quan- titv that you buy makes the purchase prohibitive. crowded and tor advertising Now, whom do these manufacturers cater to? The 5 and 10 or to their much heralded “friends” the retail druggists? Ask the saleslady in any 5 and 10 whether the 10c size induces the purchaser to ask for the larger size? It seems to me that an organ- ization of 55,000 druggists should have something to say about this matter as they have popularized most of these articles. Then again, these firms have their men scouring Europe for cheap nov- eltv ctuff which is either duty free or possibly 75 per cent. of the cost in Eu- rope or an Eastern That means nothing, as the cost of produc- tion depends on the cost of labor. If labor is 1/10 of what it is in this coun- try. then the cost of the article is one- tenth of what it is here. country. If an item costs $1 to produce here it would cost about 10 cents in the foreign country. If the duty would be 10 cents plus 7'%4 cents or 17% cents Now how in the world can the American manufac- turer fight such odds? I am told that the percentage of profit on many of these items by these gyp stores runs up in the thousand per cent. profit. What established retail druggist will handle this nondescript unidentified merchandise and substitute it for na- tionally advertised American made products? I believe our Congress should give this matter serious consideration and make this competition more equitable. There seems to be a certain lure by the public for imported goods. This was handed down to us a hundred years ago when we depended on Eu- rope for the finer and better grade of goods. goods. But that time has long since passed and our American made goods are equa! to any. I hope you will realize the condi- tions that exist. You can help your- self somewhat by co-operation and building up your salesmanship. The proprietor should consider his cus- tomers as his guests and make them feel glad that they came. If your face reflects internal trouble then snap out of it. You must learn to smile. We are told that it takes three times as many muscles to frown as it does to smile. The future of the drug busi- ness rests in your hands. The hand- writing is on the wall for if we are to believe the trend of things as por- trayed in these magazines, the manu- facturer will eliminate you and deal direct with the public through these agencies I have mentioned. You should conduct your drug store in such a manner that the public would rather deal with you than with these new agencies. J. Francis Martin. ——~»+2 > Hoffman Should Resign. The retention of H. H. Hoffman as executive officer of the State Board of Pharmacy does not reflect credit on the efficiency of that organization. Mr. Hoffman has demonstrated his unfit- ness for public office by prostituting it to political chicanery and offensive partisanship in behalf of a man who was everlastingly buried in the oblivion he deserved at the hands of Michigan voters last fall. If Mr. Hoffman had a particle of common sense or apprecia- tion of the ridiculous position he vol- untarily placed himself in by his ac- tions, he will immediately resign from the office he has disgraced, the or- ganization he has betrayed and the people he has cheated by taking their money for a specific purpose and then confining his activities almost wholly to political maneuvers in behalf of his discredited chief. —— +2 > To Make an Alum Jelly. Alum. powdered —2-) 1 part Mucilage of Tragacanth ------ 3 parts Make a mucilage of tragacanth and add the powdered alum little at a time with constant trituration in a mortar. You may add more water to mixture to make it softer. Mucilage of trag- acanth is somewhat sticky, but so little April 20, 1927 compared to the rest that it is the most desirable. Cucumber Juice. Cucumber juice is prepared from fresh cucumbers, and can be obtained only when cucumbers are in season. We doubt that it is put up with pre- The formula we published was for a preparation once in vogue—it is a good one—and was printed at the suggestion of a It is supposed to be for servatives by anybody. subscriber. summer use. ++. Artificial Skin. A preparation which forms a protec- tive film over cuts, bruises, etc., may be made by dissolving Pyroxylin in a mixture of ether 3 volumes, and al- cohol 1 volume; to this solution add 6 per cent. by volume of castor oil. Pyroxylin is also somewhat soluble in amyl acetate, which makes a product 41 a destructive odor. ———__>. > Bitter Tonic Without Iron or Strych- nine. Fluid Ext. Gentian -.__._---2 ounces Piuid Ext, Cascara --2-25-2- 2 ounces Fluid Ext. Taraxicum ------ 2 ounces Elixer Lactated Pepsin_---- 6 ounces A teaspoonful one hour before meals three times a day. > 2 Copying Still Hard to Check. Stronger efforts than probably ever before are being made by the leading women’s wear mills to protect their fabrics from being copied down into the cheaper cloths. Several factors making high-grade weaves, for exam- ple, are saying nothing about them in a publicity way, but are going ahead quietly in the showing of their lines to customers. But, while this in a measure serves to check the copying down, it does not prevent samples of the fabrics getting into the hands of other mills that are interested. The latter in various ways obtain the sam- ples. quickly and are thoroughly in- formed as to what the leaders in the market are doing. —__+2>—_ According to a tabulation issued by the National Fire Waste Council through its Committee on Fire Cas- ualty Statistics, the city of Detroit suf- fered during the month of January, 1927, exactly twenty-two deaths as a result of fire. In addition there were recorded forty-six injuries of a more or less serious nature directly attribut- able to fire. Most of the causes of the fires which terminated in fatalities were typical, such as overheated stoves, a father trying to build a fire with kerosene, a two-year-old girl burned to death when flaming celluloid fell on her clothes, defective wiring and boiler explosions. The victims ranged in age from nine months to seventy-eight years and were, of course, of both sexes. Most of the blazes occurred in city or rural dwellings, although a church, a hotel, a factory, and even a houseboat, also figured. —_~+2>—__—_ Kiss Me Again. “Well, of all the nerve,” she said, as she slapped his face. “Don’t ever try to kiss me again.” “All right,” he replied. If that’s how you feel about it, get off my lap.” e nee Ts ene +} e April 20, 1927 Butterine People Win T MICHIGAN TRAD The ole wo Fights. i ESMA eomargarine . is to be paid f ” mé or through thorough oo from license fees a he eee W ie atio f ; - in iss : : jobbers, wholesalers and re ne the was killed in commi seeney sahabiegiasy HOLESALE DRUG = their product. have def retailers of brought to the ittee before it was i PRICE CURRE rye yidieg Wuegection I defeated bills pro- ate or tl nee floor of either the Sen Prices quoted are nominal, b EN : Hi ees and license : 1€ ouse. NI E ina. ase in the Iowa and Missouri license fees bill passed the | In Nebraska the Aside : ? d on market the day of iss fa ae ssouri Legislatures fuk : e House of Repre Boric (Powd.) Cotton Seed ‘ ue. a the bill provided an i s. ives and is now beiore tl P esenta- Boric aon 2ae 20 Cubebs __-- ---- 1 25@1 45 Belladon ion fee of one-half cent 1 inspec- and Manufacturing “i eee cee a é ‘oO Etcaie: a 7 5007 2 aja eta . oe = each pound of oleomar per pound for Senate. Minne rane a in the no. 2 70 wei jets 1 25@1 bo —— Comp’d_ & = the State. TI -omargarine sold in has 2 sota’s Legislatur Nitric cee @ 8 Juniper » pure. 2 00@2 25 Ca A aes Dp: State. The bill was s as a bill before i on oe iper Berries. 4 5 6 Cantharadies -_- oe * the Lowa fee vag sponsored by spection fe — it providing an in- Soheteaei ce. 16KO 25 hg eg -1 S001 is Capsicum, jel o2 a and R. G Clark ae of Agriculture all eg " 2 cents per pound for fartaric _____._ “sO Ph Lard, m1. i Ol 40 Cmenens ot @1 ‘a ' = - Chiel of 1 s ic argarine sold withi : o @ 65 Lavender Flo --- 1 6@5 % = Colchic ------- @2 16 and Wood Divisi 1e Dairy Tis hi : within the Stz Lavende ‘low... 6 00@6 cum - ivision. [| . : is bill is repor € state. A I er Gar'n. 85@ a6 Coles... @1 80 Nichcack. : : n Missouri d ee : eported to have a fai mmonia 4emon __ @1 20 Digitalis __...... @2 76 a bills were i an chance of passi nave a fair. Water, 46 4 Tinseed caw b 4 50@4 75 G gitalis ----- , ; ee e introduced passing. Water, eg... 06 @ 16 Lins sed, raw, bbl. @ 5 Gentian --- @2 04 posing a licens ced pro- er, 18 deg 6 Linseed, boi lo @ 82) Gpalae @1 33 se fee on < 2 Water, 1 _. 05%@ 13 Linseed, oiled, bbl. @ juaiac -..-.-- _ facturers, Lee ae Bee Quit Carbonate —- aS li toe si less 97@1 10 a Ammon... oe rv oe aad Is and retailers of | Husband of oe . Chloride (Gran. 08 @ 20 Mustard, aoa ae ite Gee ate noe > a also prohibiti of Giied Wi Neatsfoot + OZ. 35 Iron, C rless_ @1 50 manufacture a iting the yo riter—How is Olive, pure _... 1 25@1 365 » Clo. -.--- and sale ee your novel aa OW 1S B We.) Mure: 2. Ming saat @1 56 Toupieuine ie : of all colored Gifted ot ie on, my love? Copaiba _ wee pe Malaga, _ 3 75@4 50 Myrrh Scie @l 44 futher provided for . State. ud cues er—The villain has just tae (Canada) ~~ 2 aaa hs Olive, ‘en _ 2 85@3 25 wo Ee gi = to be administered | i: aes “Well - ee eee i ae cranae, Suet ".- 2 85@3 25 Opium, Camp. —- $1 “4 : : -d by the Sta , when she’ oh oid) He @3 25 ange, Sweet 5 5 Opium, Sea 1 44 ment of Agriculture, the = ws pia sew a button on a ee 2 00@2 25 Smee pure 5 a = a d or 40 : yst of which you?” uis vest for : oes. ltt 92 you? me, will B Pennyroyal 0@1 20 Cassia Pe ces Peppermint —--- 3 25@3 50 Cassia (‘Ss Pohl dag 25@ 30 Rose, pure oa 00@7 25 Sassafras (pw, 600 a wo voy Flows ae “ eee SPORT VIS S00 Cut owd) @ 50 Raneerno’ BE. 5@1 50 Lee red dry __ 14%@15 — ne oe sead, white ORS FOR ~----------- 25 Sassafras, --- 10 66@10 75 Lead, Beloer dry 14%@16 RING ; oe oS, ane ee wee ee THE LAT Snearmtnt arti’l 756@1 00 Ochee. og bbl. @ 2% EST STYLES MEA 8 boon og Red Venet'n. less 3@ 6 THE B ’ @1 00 Tany ans a 50@1 75 Red Venet’n oa 34%4@ 7 EST OF COL Juniper — ae Te ver wa aa 1@ 8 ORS. Prickly Ash nS Turpentine, bbl. — ie io "23 paan Pasi leant @ 71 Whitin io 4 eo a ee ee ee ft L abo undreds_ of : Extracts io 64 Rogers Prep. _. 2 90@3 065 | usands last uicorice ____- Wintergreen, sw 0@6 25 -~ 2 90@3 05 this year and Licorice, powd. __- 60@ 65 _ birch -- in Mees oe they are selling ee Wes: af 75@1 00 nite form Seed Mi ce r than last. Buy pa oe Flowers Wormwood __.. ‘ae = PT ip otaiia . cs ‘€ -_—-—— Ban Bs é i ~~ i a et Chamomile” Ged) Q 6 » ae en ; yellow 40 Prepared oe aad Aue cloth bound visors 2 in. wide, assorted ges. Camphor —_._.._. 75@1 00 Prussiate, red @ 50 Chloroform ared- 14@ 16 No. 25. eat band, assorted c sors with colors to colors, Gdgine 2 96@1 02 Sulphate oc 70 Chloral Hydrate 51@_ 60 ; ROM fuer Getike G eer 4 te dooen : match straps ee pow’d __ g 80 5@ 40 ee : acer i. wen 50 sweat band of sa BOW Gaoh cieane over head 1 $1.75 D me 22 s 90 hae 2 80 oe color, assorted c raps over head, 1% i = eo, Gea R oo a aa re No. fee he, aes, peaks. Hane colors, white ee nee Moreh ‘powd a 6 60 fa a 3 Copperas pay 2 i@ is adie : peC ae cel- Myrrh, aoue 3 Sasso a7 0 . Copperas, Powd. 1 head straps | Four satin trimm a ---------------- $1.75 D Opium, ge @ 65 Gam powdered_ 350 a Conranee ee 4@ 10 i s, transparent vis ed and bound 2 i : Oz. Opium wa. 19 65@19 92 Elec: a 36 Bean ve Sublm 2 21@2 sorted bound visc visors, come ¢ inch over : , gran. 19 65 tlecampane oe me eee eer ahs <4 No. 4sbk cds — ea e assorted colors with ape ap a a 92 Gentian oa =< 30 ea bone ino 40 vadies’ silk kmi ReLeenra este eae as-~ Shellac Bleached_ 30. Ginger {Pee 0@ 30 axivina 3 50 top straps ; it, the “Olympic”, made w oes $4.00 Tragacant ched. 70@ 85 r, African, hoe i 6@ 1 color oo. sweat bands, all nancies with knitted ie Tragacanth GS @1 7 Gane an ------ 30@ 35 ipl in 4 00@4 50 ound visors. Pri color effect with asso Turpentine _____- 15@2 25 Ginger, Jé maica. 60@ 65 Emery, Pow: os. 10@ 15 H fee ee ee ee @ 380 ceded. ” Geaeas Gale, Gite @ 165 azeltine & oe $3.75 Doz. qdowdered ---_ 45@ 60 Eeot, powd bois. @ 3% Manistee erkins Drug C 2 ane Ipecac, al, pow. —@8 00 piako: cic ae \rsenic ey uicorice ne ies 00 ‘la e, White oo MICHIGAN ompany oe oo OO foe aug Ee Formaldehyde, Ib. Fr Grand Rapids me Vitriol, less 080 . ou powdered_ a00 re a an 300 790 Ce rdea. Mix ‘ 5 Poke, powd ae io Glassware, less 5 oe Hellebore, White. 13@ 22 Rhubarb eo. — Me o See full. cg : cited e . Rosinwood, powd. @1 00 Glauber Salts, SoL 60%. fnsect woud ue 39 © ‘Sarsaparilla, Honda @ 40 Glauber Salts less ann Lead Arsenate Po isge@at S li one. eee 219 30 e and Sul : Sarsaparilla Mex o 90 ue, Brown Grd ey gcenn aT 8@ 28 Sella’ See tie, wit TKD 35 s Gr ne Rene ue 52 ue, white grd ae 22@ 38 Sduills, powdered 35@ 40 eu” Be ie ee 60@ 70 Hove 34@ 54 Leaves Tumeric, pews. 208 38 Icaoro ae 10@ 85 nae ae ue --- @100 ae a : pre 00 uchu, powdered. 1 00 ead Acetate _- 30 | Sage, Bulk ered. | @1 00 Mace - *@ ® | Sage. % looms 25@ 30 Ani et Mace, powdered. @1 50 , Soe oe a Gee. soeaia Mace, powdered. | @1 60 sage, powdered nise 6 & Gans 3 7 80 | Senna, Alex — @ 35 Bird i Powdered 35@ 40 Morphine _ 1 @8 50 Senna’ inn. pow, 208 de Canary <2 Bg 40 Nix vomica "7 @ a . 30@ 35 Caraway, Po. .3 Nux V cc ee ret 20@ = Caraway, Po. 30 ao 16 Pile uae pow. 15@ 25 ans a 3 7804 30 Pepper —— pow. 40@ 50 } Olis oo pow. .30 20@ 2 Pitch, “ eseaie - 60 ! | Almonds, ‘Bitter, Pennéi Qf ee 2@ 1s | Zeer foe Nae 0 , 5 0%. cans ; Almonds, Bitter 7 50@7 75 Flax, ground _. 7@ 15 oe Salts — oo 59 | artificial Co a0 Foenugreek, pwd. 71@ 15 ae ae 2 60@2 . : oo Sweet, ors oe oo oO - Soldtits Mixture. 1@ 22 ee ete elia, a - xture_ L mee Ge 50@1 80 Mustard nawd. " ‘a6 Soap, green -_.. - 40 a “so ee ne Sm Rot at a er, crude __ 5 Poppy = -- 20@ 2 p, white castil of Hh year CANDY CORE Amber, ‘rectined 1 §0g1 15 Rape. saav--nw= 188, Soap, wilte cast * gia 60 > ‘ Bergamont ___.1 1 40@1 6 pe 2 0 less e castile owo Mont, 0 Sabadili 5@ 20 , per bar ee Cajeput ______ “i so@it 15 ee Se 60 70 Soda Ash __--- ae <= 45 GRAND “ul Cassia _150@1 75 Worm, American uaa un coe e piatan Cues 4 00@4 25 Worun tain ee a ate 34@ 10 ETROIT Cedar Leaf ___. 1 60@1 85 m, Levant - 5 1005 40 Spirits Camphor 02%@ 08 | (tu tt ee ee Sulphur, roll. --- et Hi 1 Gove 1 25@1 60 Ti Sulphur, Subi ---- 834@ 10 tl ) Gocoanit (8005. 250@2 75 Aconit nctures Tamarinds _ ee 1A@ 10 Cod Liver ______ 25@ 8 Aloe iy Rain @1 80 aaeeet ie ot on teen oa. Site cue ae Nea oe is "lo 9 06ae ak Aaafoctida. n e 26 Asafoetida _----- 33 a Gantite a mae 1 50@2 00 SMO AS ing and are intended to be correct at MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mail- time of going to press. Prices, however, are liable to change at any time, and country mercharts will have their orders filled at market prices at date of purchase. ADVANCED { DECLINED Oil Gasoline Cows Lamb Smoked Meats AMMONIA Stove Baked Beans Arctic, 10 oz., 3 dz. cs. 376 Shaker --------------- 180 Campbells, lc free 5 -. 1 16 Arctic, 16 oz., 2 dz. cs. 4 00 No. 50 ---------------- 200 Quaker, 18 oz. ------ 85 Arctic, 32 0z., 1 dz. cs. 3 00 Peerless ------------- 260 Fremont, No. 2 ------ 110 Quaker, 36, 12 oz. case 3 86 Shoe Snider, No. 1 -------- 96 Nia 6b 326 Snider, No. 2 -----—- 1 25 T Saeeel . rer Skee q 7 on Ami Pd, 3 dz. bx 3 75 f aoe me — : bo gy gh oe Eee Bag oon — e Bon Ami Cake, 3 dz. 3 25 Lion Py Petry ure, » ” TS oe : 3 ar ° . Liquid, per doz. 4 Wns 85 | Buckeye, 18 0z., doz. 2 00 Pure in tierces _.---- 13%, Radium, per doz. ---. 185 (Cimaline, 4 doz 4 20 ~Unequalled for 60 lb. tubs _.-_-advance % Rising Sun, per doz. 1 35 Grandma, 100 fa... 4 00 i JELLY GLASSES 50 lb. tubs __--advance % 654 Stove Enamel, dz. 2 80 : ’ ee Sater abet ar take Grandma, 24 Large 3 75 : 8 oz., per doz. -------- 20 lb. pails _---advance ™% Vulcanol, No. 5, doz. 95 Gold Dust, 100s ea a0 | Speeding Up OLEOMARGARINE 10 Ib. pails ---advance % Vulcanol, No. 10, doz. 135 Gold Dust, 12 Large 3 20 | Cooky Sales Van Westenbrugge Brands \ acne 6 Ib. pails ----advance 1 Stovoil, per doz. ---- 300 Golden Rod, 24 ------ 4 26 Carload Distributor = 3 lb. pails -.--advance 1 Wins, © dos. 2 4 50 | a Compound tierces: . io. 12 La France Laun., 4 dz. 3 60 | Oe ne ele ; Bel Car-Mo Brand Compound, tubs ---~-- 12% SALT Luster Box. 64 _.... 3°75 } Wholesale Grocer pr OAS of 0 ab Tine Colonial, 24, 2 lb. _--_ 95 Old Dutch Clean. 4 dz 3 40 | —e — RUT AREA 8 oz. 2 do. in case-- Bol Sausages 16 Colonial, 36-1% -—.. 126 Octagon, 608 -.--...... 4 00 Lion Institutions & Industries ee 15 lb. pala --_-______- Bologna -------------- Colonial, Iodized, 24-2 200 Rinso, 40s ----------- 3 20 PET etm OC Uti tag ess oe 25 lb. pails ---_-------- Pe oT Med. No. 1 Bbls. _... 260 Rinso, 24s __-- _- & 26 an : Pia or i8@20 Med. No. 1, 100 Ib. bg. 85 we No More, 100, 10 PETROLEUM a S ae 19 Farmer Spec., 70 lb. 90 ni a a a : = Tron Barrela es ea Packers Meat, 50 Ib. 57 ub No More, 20 Lg. Nueen 4 ib 21 Perfection Kerosine -. 14.6 2ongue, Jellied ------ 35 Crushed Rock ‘for ice Spotless Cleanser, 48, Nucoa, 2 and 5 Ib. -. 20% Red Crown Gasoline, Ceres! aot oe cream, 100 Ib., each 85 | 20 02. ------~-----~- 3 85 Wilson & Co.’s Brands Tank Wagon ------- 16.7 epcciad ante Butter Salt, 280 lb. bbl. 4 24 Sani Flush, 1 doz. -. 2 26 Oleo Solite Gasoline ------- 19.7 trams Cer., 14-16 Ib. @27 Block, 50 Ib. -—-----. 40 Sapolio, 3 doz. _.__-- 315 Medium -_...------- 27@33 cet oie eae nale aes 24 Gas Machine Geeotne 39.1 Gams, Gert, Skinned ~—-Baker Salt, 280 1b. bbl. 4 10 eee wey ba ‘ z Choice ee es 18 Vv. M. & P. Naphtha 20.6 ny . 6 100, 3 th. Table ...-.- 75 sSnowboy, oz. WANG nook cme 54@59 Special Roll _------_-- 19 Capitol Cylinder _____- 39.1 oe a oe Coo eo a0, 4 io. able 1! 25 Snowboy, 24 Large -. 4 80 No. 1 Nibbs eu aes . 54 Atlantic Red Egine._ 21.1 pepelipe @31 28, 10 lb. Table _.-_-- 00 Speedee, 3 doz. ------ 730 1 ib. phe. Sifting ._... 3 MATCHES Winter Black (O00 dogo eee ee at @3!1 93’ ib. bags, Table _. 42 Sumbrite, 72 doz. -... 4 00 Swan, 144 _-______---- 4 75 California Hams -.-- @ Old Hickcory, Smoked Wyandotte, 48 ------ 4 75 Gunpowder Diamond, 144 box __-- 6 00 é F Picnic Boiled 6-10 Ib P A Cheiae: oo 40 Searchlight, 144 box_. 6 00 arine ems ool 20 @22 se roe SPICES Panty 2 47 Ohio Red Label, 144 bx 4 20 Boiled Hams __-. 44 @45 Whole ‘Spices Ohio Blue Tip, 144 box 6 00 Minced Hams ---- @19 ace Ceylon i io. 7 Bac 4/6 24 @36 Allspice, Jamaica _._-_. @24 Pekoe, medium -------- 57 Ohio Blue Tip, 720-1le 4 50 SACOM 470) oo 2 @36 enue re ’ 2 lron Barrels : a Cloves, Zanzibar @40 ; Blue Seal, 144 -_---- 5 60 Light 65.1 YK CAKES OA HAROTH Gaecin Cant “""" @95 English Breakfast Reliable, 144 __------ 480 erat a 65.1 Beef — ee ee @ Congou, Medium ------ Mederal 144 2. ef a G51 Boneless, rump 28 00@30 00 y Cassia, 5c pkg., doz. @40 Congou, Choice _--. 35@36 Safety Matches Suecthy heavy ne en oe ee on em Q30 Congou, Fancy --.. 42043 e q 2 . 2 i None Such, 4 doz. -. 6 47 Transmission Oil —--_ 65.1 pein a ‘lek a1 Mixed, be pkgs., doz. Se aa ea ae = Quaker, 3 doz. case __ 360 Finol, 4 oz. cans, doz. 150 woist in glass Nutmegs, 70@90 _... @78 Fancy oe ae Libby, Kees,’ wet, ib. 22 | Binol, 8 oz cans, doz. 2250 9) 7 Nutmegs, ae ae MOLASSES Sonia 100 P ---- 93 Pig’s Feet Pepper, Black ~_----- om _ TWINS -arowax. 40, Ip. . 95 Cooked in Vinegar Cotton, 3 ply cone -... 33 Parowax. 20; 1 Ib. .. 9:7 ae iia 50 Pure Ground in Bulk Cotton, 3 ply pails _.... 36 % bbis., 35 lbs. .----- 4 60 Mites, tomeicn . GH YOO) * BY —------— ® Hg oo oe ene : 2 Cloves, Zanzibar __-. @46 VINEGAR i aa ees Cassia, Canton ____-. @26 Kits, 15 lbs, —...-- 1 75 Ginger, Corkin ____-_ @38 Cider, 10 Grain -_------ 20 % bblis., 40 Ibs. —---- 350 Per case, 24, 2 lbs. -- 240 Mustard -__---.------ @32 White Wine, 80 grain... 26 % bblis., 80 lbs. ~.---- 5 00 Five case lots ------ 30 Mace, Penang __--~-- 130 White Wine, 40 grain__ 20 Yodized, 24, 2 lbs. __-- 2 40 Pepper, Black __._---- @50 WICKING Casings Nutmegs ------- @75 : Hogs, Med., per lb. ~.@55 Pepper, White —_~-_- @6o No. 0, per gross ----- 1 ; Beef, round set _... 23@36 Pepper, Cayenne ____ @32 No. 1, per gross -.-. 1 2% , Beef, middles, set_. @1 50 Paprika, Spanish __-. @42 No. 2, per gross ---- 1 50 Gold Brer Rabbit ; Sheep, a skein --.. @2 65 a ee . : * *eerless Rolls, per doz. No. 10, 6 cans to case 6 20 5 RICE Seasoning Rochester, No. 2, doz. 50 No. 5, 12 cans to case 6 45 4a Chill Powd 5e 35 > eee No. 214, 24 cans to es. 6 70 & Fancy Blue Rose ---. 06% Y ow er, t6¢ ____ 4 35 Rochester, No. 3, doz. 2 00 No. 1%, 36 cans to cs. 5 50 Fancy Head --.------ 09 hea Papa 3 0Z. -_-- P Rayo, per doa. . 76 Green Brer Rabbit, . Broken -------------~ 03% Gan wt a WOODENWARE No § cans to ‘ . Gane 2440 § No. 5, 12 cans to case : a a 12 a cane ‘ 60 Sil oo 2 25 Ponelty, 3% 0%. ---- 3 25 3ushels erran tend No. 2%, 24 cans to cs. 3 : % Silver ake, ‘am. f, sushels, nz d i , No. 1%, 36 cans to cs. 4 55 PICKLES Quaker, 18 Regular .. 1 80 er ~--- 4 - wae handles __---. 75 mae Ginak Brand Medium Sour Quaker, 12s Family -. 2 70 Mariotam, 1 oz. ___... 90 Bushes, narrow band, No. 10, 6 cans to case 3 25 Barrel, 1600 count -- 17 00 Mothers, 12s, M’num 3 25 eee i ok 90 wood handies -.-. = No. 5, 12 cans to case 3 50 Half bbls., 800 count 9 v0 Nedrow, 12s, China -_ 3 25 Thyme, to ee Market, drop handle_ 90 : 5 Non, 400 count 475 Sacks, 909 lb. Jute -_ 3 35 ; oe Market, single handle. 95 No. 2%, 24 cans to cs. 3 75 ga , ou a Tumeric, 2% oz. ---. 90 Market. extr: ~1 60 No. 1%, 36 cans to cs. 3 20 Sweet Smail Sacks, 90 lb. Cotton __ 3 40 ae frig es 2 New Orleans Gallon, 3000 ------ 42 00 RUSKS STARCH Splint, medium ------ 7 50 Fancy Open Kettle __- 74 5 Gallon, 500 ------ 8 25 Splint, small 6 50 Choice ----------------- e Dill Pickles Been’, Baie Co. joacn : a! _ cee Far 2. 900 Size, 48 gal. ---. 22 00 ran urns Half barrels 5c extra 1100 Size, a aL __ 27 50 B ro packeare oes : * Li. na “ be. a Barrel, 5 gal., each —- ; 40 ro ackageS ----- owdered, bags ------ Bz a}, 10 gal., each... 55 Sec fh. ie -c 5 60 PIPES 36 cain each anes __ 5 20 SOAP Argo, 48, 1 ib. pkgs. 3 60 3 hay au uae Gal 2 16 Dove, 24, 2% Ib Wh. L. 5 20 Cob, 3 doz. in bx. 1 00@1 20 18 carton packages -- 265 Am. Family, 100 box é 30 Cream, 48-1 ___------- 4 80 Pails Dove, 36, 2 Ib Biack 4 30 Export, 100 box __---- Quaker, 40-1 -_------- w 4 Gunes 2 40 Dove, 24, 2% lb. Biack 3 90 PLAYING CARDS SALERATUS Big Jack, 608 ._._..... 4 80 Pa 12 a Gateaninad Bee 2 60 Dove, 6 10 Ib. Blue b. 445 Battle Axe, per doz. 275 arm and Hammer -- 375 Fels Naptha, 100 box 5 60 -— 14 qt. Galvanized -_-. 3 00 Patmeito, 24, 2% Ib... 5 26: Bicyele —_-._-_- 4 75 Flake White, 10 box 3 80 Argo, 48, 1 Ib. pkgs. 3 60 p ay 3 SAL SODA 1 12 qt. Flaring Gal. Ir. 6 00 a Grdma White Na. 10s 3 85 Argo, 12, 3 lb. pkgs. 2 96 aoa ee NUTS Whole _., ho een Guapolsg 4’, tlle. 1 0 oe cae He ee 4 Aree, 0, 5 ib. phen .. 325 «(°° Gt Tin Dairy --- 60 Almonds, Tarragona__ 27 Babbitt’s, 2 doz. --.. 2 75 Granulated, 60 lbs. cs. 1 60 99 Mule Borax, 100 bx 755. Silver Gloss, 48, Ie _. 11% Traps Brazil, New --------- 18 ones MEATS Grane 26 <8 Ib. gg WOOL, 100 box __-_. 650 Elastic, 64 pkgs. ---. 5 35 Mouse, Wood, 4 holes. 60 a Ste as fs packages ---~------- 2 40 Jap Rose, 100 box __-. 7 85 Tiger, 48-1 ----------- 350 Mouse, wood, 6 holes. 70 ilberts, Che 2 22 ee airy, 100) Dex. 22-2. Ti (CO Ie. ooo 06 I s i 5 2 5 veeene ba gpl ery ie Top Steers & Heif. -- 17% yriaaies COD FISH on Pan Gites, 144 box rT 00 . ' oo 00 ‘eanuts, Vir. roastec : 1 fH ea eaten ne Lava, 100 bo __.__._- tg spri ene sabe weld. 104 aT Paewe Tablets, % lb. Pure -_ 19% Gctagon nadine & 00 roe a a * 30 Peanuts, Jumbo, std. 1%2 Com. Steers & H’f. 14%@15 5 acc ba : = Pummo, 100 box -.-- 4 85 Corn pee i ae Pecans, 3 star ------ 20 Vo0o oxes, Pure -- ae Sweetheart, 100 box -5 70 4, tase Na 1M ae une i. a ln Cows a ee es 7 Cae ee oe 8 eo” Sa ek Medium Garvanted 7 i i ae cation 238 coll aka ey Br a HERRING aoe 3 60 Blue Karo, No. 10 ee 3 13 Sail "Galtaniaad ae 6 50 : Medium 200238 13 Holland Herring Cocoa, 72s, box 295 Red Karo, No. 1% -- 2 70 A Salted Peanuts Common 2200 250 12 Mixed, Keys 0 oo oS 115 wairbank Tar, 100 bx 4 00 Red Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 3 71 Washboards : Fancy, No. 1 -------- 13% Mied, half bbl 9 50 irba ar, x = Banner, Globe —-_--- a © Ee t wviled, a bbis. 22-3 5 Trilb Ss 100, 10 7 30 Red Karo, No. M2. Se ; i gumoe 16 Veal Mixed, bbls 17:00 See ee Brass, single ~_-----.- 6 00 : Shelled Mop. cee 19 Milkers Kees) 1 25 Williams Barber Bar, 9s 50 Imit. Maple Flavor Glass, single .---..... 6 00 i Almonds --_.----___ 70 Good (22 es a 18 Milkers, halt a 25 Williams Mug, per doz. 48 oO cn 4 Double Peerless -_--- 8 50 ; Peanuts, Spanish, : Medium | 2 a 14 Milkers, bbls. __... 19 00 Ghacee, ‘No aS pg Z Single Peerless -.---- : 50 125 ib. bags —_---- 2 Lamb ie cK N eer , - os ? Northern Queen -.-- 50 Rilberts ..--- ” Spring Lamb ________ 39 o lb. hae ae = 4 G CLEANSERS Orange, No. 10 ------ 4 Of Universal... 7 25 Pecans -_---------- 1 05 Good 222 9 30 Gut Bunch 20000 ube mange CU Medium 20020. 27 auce 36 th fwoyoo | , % Maple. ae ie Bowls oa Poor 2 25 Lake Herrin Green Label Karo $ in. BOMer ———-—~ i g i i 15 es BE aiuctcimtolaten { OLIVES % bbl, 100 Ibs. ..--_- 50 Green Label Karo __ 5 19 17 ph tee a = } Bulk, 5 gal. keg ---- 9 00 Mutton sce Bu cdl cepunrcet otal 25 00 j Quart Jars, dozen _ 6.50 ee a 18 Mackerel Maple and Cane 19 in. Butter -------- Bulk, 2 gal. keg ---- 3 75 COUN. 2. 16 : Me ere f Pint foe does 3h) POOF ---. . ee ee Mayflower, per gal. -- 155 =WRAPPING PAPER E 4 oz. Jar, plain, doz. 1 35 oe Pails, 10 Ib. Fancy fat 2 00 Maple rir. Sone, = | 5% oz. Jar, pl., doz. 1 60 ; or i : i No i Wiles —........ 9 oz, Jar, plain, doz. 235 Light hogs ----_------- 16 White Fish oe per ae. Ba _ = Butchers D. F. ------ 06% } 20 os. Jar, Fl. do...425 Medium hogs .___.. 16 Med. Fancy, 100 Ib. 13 00 elchs, per gal. --. 280 Kraft --.-.----------- 07% i 3 oz. Jar, Stu., doz. 135 Heavy hogs ____-____- 15 ; , : Kraft Stripe ---------- 09% ‘i 6 oz. Jar, stuffed, dz. 250 loins, Med. -___.______ 22 SHOE BLACKENING TABLE SAUCES } 9 oz. Jar, stuffed, doz. 360 Butts -_--_--.-~----- 21% 2 in 1, Paste, doz. __ 1 35 Lea & Perrin, large-. 6 00 YEAST CAKE } 12 oz. Jar, Stufted, Shoulders ee a E. Z. Combination, dz. 1 35 Lea & Perrin, small__ 3 35 Magic, 3 doz. -------- 2 70 § G07, 222 450@4 75 Spareribs ------------ 16 Dri-Foot, doz. _.--_-_ 2 00 Paoces -...... 5. 160 Sunlight, 3 doz, --.-- 2 70 i 20 oz. Jar, stuffed dz. 700 Neck bones ___--_---- Qf «=6‘Bixbys, Doz, 0... 1 35 Le bap = aa 7s Suntan. -- ; by ‘ Pp Shinola, ee obasco, 2 oz. -------- east Foam, on. 8 PARIS GREEN 2 REVISIONS o- * Sho You, 9 oz., doz. 2 70 Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 1 35 i WS -------------------- 31 Barreled Pork STOVE POLISH ol. laren 5 20 f BB coe seoehnneecrtes 2 pce MR a Memes 00@32 00 Blackine, per doz. 1 35 st ae 315 YEAST—COMPRESSED 2 @s and 58 —------------~ ort Cut Clear 31 00@33 00 Black Silk Liquid, dz. 140 30 cam cases, $4.80 per case Capers. 2 os. _..... 2 34 = Wieischmann, per 30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 20, 1927 Proceedings of the Grand Rapids Bankruptcy Court. Grand Rapids, April 6—-We have to- day received the schedules, reference and ad- judication in the matter of Meech, Ar- nolad & Meech, a corporation, Bankrupt N. 3133. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bank- ruptey, and their location is at St. Jos- eph, and their occupation is that of plas- tering contractors. The schedules show assets of $8,328.43 with liabilities of $80,- 258.56. The first meeting of creditors will be called and note of the same made herein. The list of creditors of said bankrupt are as follows: Metropolitan Ady. Co., St. Jose ph $ Charles Wright, Benton Harbor R. H. Ditty, Gary, Ind. __---------- ¢ Art. Lathrop, St. Joseph ---------- Gust Gretter, Hartford oo Thine Bandurske, Kau Claire —.~--- Martin Kelley, Grand Rapids —----- Neil Keotje, Grand Rapids ----~---- Aet Alien. Dowagiac: __..__.__-__- Ed. Ellis, South Bend, Ind. Fred Gahn, St. Joseph —~---- L Oscar Mathew, Benton Harbor Lester Lovelle, Benton Harbor Perey Mitchell, Benton Harbor Otto Bandurksi, Eau Claire Alex Raschke, Benton Harbor Lloyd Carpenter, Benton Harbor Bernice Knee, St. Joseph Gust Greter, Hartford West Michigan Builders Spec ialty CO at ‘ . 9,887.34 Farmers and } Met re ‘hants Bank, Benton Harbor -- a 900.00 Commercial National B: ank, Bt s0eenh ___.- i _--. Bp 1a.00 Union Bank, St. Joseph ee ae 3200.00 John W. Roberts, St. Joseph ---- 141.50 Pioneer Lumber Co., Michigan City, Ind. oe pol ae eee Beckm: in Supply. Co., Hi: ummond, Ing. - ni SCN cHisaat dbase silliie C. &. Gypsum Co., Chicago ek: Batjes Bldg. Material Co., G. R. 4,080.42 North Lumber Co., Kalamazoo —-_ 513.50 A. T. Hall Co., Benton Harbor 170.00 F. W. Dodge Corp., Chicago 100.00 Young Pressed Steel Co., War- ring, Ohio ~- s Sy _ 1,000.00 Architectural Decorating Co., Chicago _.. ee [ i 841800 Mamer Co., Benton Harbor .. $00.00 Builders Mfges. Mutual Casualty Co., Chicago : . 3,479.81 Aber & Brimm Hardware Co., Joseph va 18.48 William Ackerman Electric Co., Grand Rapids --- ‘ 10.65 American Forest Products Co., Philadelphia oe : 34.09 W. H. Anderson Tool & Supply Co: Detroit. —.. S 210.36 Associated Truck Lines, Muskegon 6.09 J. H. Aver Mfg. Co., Chicago Hts. 35.26 Beil & Hermant, Chicago 1,870.00 James Bayne Co., Grand Rapids 25.76 Berger Mfg. Co., Canton, Ohio 31.50 Bicker Bros., Hammond, Ind. i eee Brewer Lumber Co., Battle Creek 5.58 Brown Ice & Coal Co., St. Joseph 54.45 Bldrs. Supply & Spec. Co., South Bend ____- a as ne 620.00 Calhoun Office Supply, "Benton ION nee 14.25 Cash Hardware Co., Mic higan ote Ad ae oat dees Frank Crofoot, Kalame 1200 ae 65.00 Cudahy Packing Co., Chicago : 98.01 Peter DeBree Co., Grand Rapids 13.95 Decorators Supply Co., Chicago 81.00 Edward Iron Works, South Bend 63.25 Fisher Print Shop, St. Joseph 200.93 Foster-Stevens Co., Grand Rapids 136.99 Gafill Oil Co., Benton Harbor ~ 101.63 Galley Bidg. Spec. Co., Garden City Sand Co., Chicago 1,163.22 Golden & Boter, Grand Rapids —_ 22.50 G. R. Lumber Co., Grand Rapids 57.78 G. R. Plaster Co., Grand Rapids 875.41 Handy Sack Baler, Marion, Iowa 48.46 Haviland Transfer Co., Michigan et Ue Bre 00 C. Heitchmidt, Michigan City 307.73 tice & Garrett, Dowagiac 31.39 Hipp-Pratt Insurance Co., Benton Harbor eas 255.05 Geo. J. Hoffman & Co.,.So. “Bend 1,285.23 Holycross & Nye, South Bend 3.10 Hoosier Twine Mills, Michigan City, Ind, 57.48 H. G. Hughson, St. Joseph 21.40 Ireland & Lester, Benton Harbor 637.02 Ernest Jaeger, Chicago Heights 43.50 John Jansen, Grand Rapids 202.95 Keller Transfer Co., Grand Rapids 411.07 Kendell Hdwe. Co., Battle Creek 14.67 Knickerbocker Co., Jackson 5.55 Kutsche’s Hdwe. Co., Grand Rap. 54.40 J. F. Leising, Chicago Heights 50.00 Lucky Lime & Supply Co., Lucky, Ohio : ae a oe | -oeaee Mamer Co., Benton Harbor 5,679.70 Mammina Bros., Benton Harbor 135.00 McLaughlin Mill Sunes Co., Ham- mand, ind, _... ie oe Messners Motor Co., Benton Har. 174.7 C. E. Meyers Hawe. Co., So. Bend 51.64 Charles L. Miller, St. Joseph - 244.63 Cc. G. Milliken Trucking Co., Chicago Heights ON in GaN nes et 37.75 A. Marman & Co., Grand Rapids 5 A, B, Morse €a,, St. Joseph ~s Zae0 Chicago 546.00. BR. E Barr, St Joseph _....-_ 31.00 Niffenigger Lumber Co., So. Haven 153.21 Northwestern Expanded Metal 6... ACniee ee 2 422.08 B. M. Nowlen & Co., Benton Har. 166.08 Parducci Studios, Detroit --..--. 475.00 Peters Hardware Co., Benton Har. 63.95 Preston Lumber & Mfg. Co., Benton Harbor —-- J aR. o8, F. C. Reimold & Co., “South Bend 10.30 Richter & Achteberg, St. Joseph 90.91 Schuyler Rose, South Bend, Ind. 4,029.06 See Supply Co., Hammond, Ind.- 772.98 Thiesen-Clemens Co., St. Joseph — 44.00 St. Joseph Auto Sales, St. Joseph 115.82 J, W. Selle & Co., Chicago .__._. 64.80 Schaeffer & Rhodes, Benton Har. 98.80 Scharbach Lumber Co., Chicago Heights —_-- So eee Shaw Auto Se rvice C., South Bend 1.00 Smogor Lumber Co., South Bend 6,955.72 S. B. News Times, South Bend_ 15.00 Sprague Hdwe. Co., Battle Creek 72.18 Standard Oil Co., Grand Rapids._ 225.93 Staples & Hildebrant Co., South Bend Coe ‘ Jouko | Te Stee Scaffolding Co., Mvansville- 84.20 Sudden Service Filling Station, | St. Joseon _.._.. -. 247.73 Swift & Co., Chicago Soe 108.00 Tonn & Blank, Michigan City, Ind. 49.50 Tracy & Robinson, Grand Rapids 17.00 Twin City Typewriter Co., st. Joseph ....- nt ee 20.20 Harry DPD. Uullery, South Bend .~ 31.50 United Autograph Co., Chicago __ 87.84 U. S. Lumber Co., South Bend __ 34.50 West Mich. Equipment Co., G. R. 121.18 Thomas Williams, South Bend 26.00 Willis Adv. Agency, St. Joseph 27.00 Wisconsin Lime & Cement Co., CRICARO se 564.00 Yeske & Sons, ‘St. Jose ph eid ces 5.00 Wm. Zepka, Miichigan City, Ind. 290.37 Cutler & Downing, Benton Harbor 11.65 Consolidated Expanded Metal So. 1,857.61 Mich. Bell Tel. Co., St. Joseph 120.74 Benton Harbor, St Joe Ry. & Piet (0. 6 ees on 2.09 April 9. We have to-day received the schedules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Ernest Bonnette, Bank- rupt No. 3134. The matter has been re- ferred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptey. The bankrupt is a resident of Kalamazoo, and his occupation is that of a laborer. The scheduies show no assets with liabilities of $1,819. The court has written for funds and upon receipt of the same, the first meeting of credi- tors will be called and note of the same made herein. The list of creditors of said bankrupt are as follows: First State Bank, Vicksburg ____$ 178.00 H. lL. Triestram, Kalamazoo 1,450.00 Dr. W. J. Leppard, Vicksburg 26.00 M. DPD. Wiedfeldt, Council Blufts, lowa oe GES ieee 40.00 Samuel Bonnette, Hillsboro, N. H. 125.00 April 11. On this day was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of William T. Glimn, Bankrupt No. 3124. The bankrupt was present in person and represented by attorney George B. King- ston. Creditors were present in person and represented by Grand Rapids Credit Men’s Associaion. Claims were proved and allowed. The bankrupt was sworn and examined without a reporter. Ed- ward De Groot was e.ected trustee, and his bond fixed at $500. The first meeting then adjourned without ‘date. On this day also was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of Ernest F. Bybee, Bankrupt No. 3115. The bankrupt Was present in person and rep- resented by attorney Charles H. Kava- nagh. No creditors were present or rep- resented. Claims were proved and al- lowed. The bankrupt was sworn and examined, without a reporter. John Huff, of Niles, was named trustee, and _ his bond placed at $100. The first meeting then adjourned without date. April 11. On this day was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of Ransom W. Peevy, Bankrupt N. 3119. The bankrupt was present in person and represented by attorney Robert S. Hubbs. No creditors were present or represented. No claims were proved in form for al- lowance. The bankrupt was sworn and examined, without a_ reporter. c. Woolridge was name _ trustee and his bond placed at $100. The first meeting then adjourned without date. On this day also was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of Clarence Clark, Bankrupt No. 3122. The bankrupt was present in person and rep- resented by attorney George 8. Lovelace. No creditors were present in person, but represented by Linsey, Shivel & Phelps for H. H. Smedley, attorney. Claims were proved and allowed. The bankrupt was sworn and examined without a re- porter. George D. Stribley was appointed trustee and his bond placed at $100. The first meeting then adjourmed without date. On this day also was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of Rbert L. Damon and Cyrus D. Ormiston, individually and as copartners doing business as Damon & Ormiston, Bank- rupt No. 3118. The bankSupts were present in perso and represented by at- torneys Jackson, Fitzgerald & Dalm. No ereditors were present or represented. Claims were proved and allowed. No trustee was appointed. The bankrupts were each sworn and examined without a reporter. The first meeting of cred- itors then adjourned without date and the case has been closed and returned to the district court, as a case without assets, In the matter of A. C. Weimar, Bank- rupt No. 3128, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting has been called for April 26. In the matter of Fred R. Morse, Bank- rupt No. 3121, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting has been called for April 26. In the matter of John M. O’Brien, Bankrupt No. 3132, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting has been called for April 26. In the matter f Ernest F. Glinke, Bank- rupt No. 3130, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting has been called for April 26. April 13. We have to-day received the schedules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Lee B. Hart, Bankrupt No. 3136. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankrupt- cy. The bankrupt is a resident of Mus- kegon, and his occupation is that of a laborer. The schedules show assets of $1350 which is ecvered by title contracts. and liabilities of $2,946.95. The first meet- ing of creditors will be called, and note of the same made herein. The list of creditors of said bankrupt are as _ fol- lows: Bishop Furniture Co., Muskegon $1,200.00 Ron R. Hart, St. Johns Lo ee Charles S. Jackson, Owosso 100.00 Dr. R. J. Hutchinson, Grand Rap. 60.00 i. i. Alison) Dt) Jonns 6 60.00 First Floral Shop, Muskegon ___-_ 1.95 Harry E. Brown, Muskegon . 27o-00 Roger VanDyke, Muskegon _____ 300.00 Julia VanDyke, Muskegon ______ 750.00 April 18. We have to-day received the schedules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Charles E. Sundeen, Bank- rupt No. 31387. The matter has been re- ferred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptcy. The bakrupt is a factory foreman. The schedules show assets of $215 of which the full interest is claimed as exempt, with liabilitie of $2,185.86. The court has written for funds and upon receipt of the same, the first meeting of creditors will be called, and note of the same made herein. The list of creditors of said bankrupt are as follows: Worden Grocer Co., Grand Rapids $ 99.48 Swift & Co.,, Lansing Sue ee 61.00 National Grocery Co., Lansing —_ 234.26 Muiliken Creamery Co., Mulliken_. 40.00 Wrigley Pharmacy Co., Lansing —_ 4.00 Perry Parker Candy Co., Lansing 47.06 Michigan Butter & Egg Co., Lan- Sing 265s a I a Oe Hekman Bisc uit ‘Co. Grand Rapids 32.53 Northville Chemical Go: Northville 12.34 Field Soap Co., Edima, Mo. ______ 11.74 TT: ® Oeps Co., lansing . Bae Teljer Coffee Co., Detroit L 10.32 H. J. Heinz Co., Detroit —__. - 1651S Model Bakery, Grand Legee ...... 28.00 Andre Brothers, Grand Ledge ____ 8.00 American State Savings Bank, MANN hs oh 605.28 R. C. Gidley, Grand Ledge --______ 931.00 G. L. Independent, Grand Ledge __ 7.80 April 13. We have to-day received the schedules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Edward Brouwer, bank- rupt No. 3138. The matter has been re- ferred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptey. The bankrupt is a resident of Grand Rapids, and his occupation is that of a laborer. The schedules show assets of $200 of which the full interest is claimed as exempt, with liabilities of $7,371. 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, and the list of creditors of said bankrupt are as foilows: Gerrit H. Koopman, Allegan __$1,800.00 First National Bank, Allegan ____ 1,228.00 Myron B. Moore, Allegan ________ 500.00 Mrs. Jessie Sloman, Braxe SOC 528.00 Gerrit Kleinheksel, Hamilton ____ 500.00 Dick Smit, Hamilton ~....__- _-s 343300 Kred Smith, Hamilton —.. 343,00 Geert Rigterink, Holland 2 SO 0e John Voss; HMoellang 2-2... 275.00 First State Bank, Holland _ 385.00 Henry Timmerman, Holland _. 100.00 John Agteres, Holland _ 100.00 Otte Westing, Holland ~_- a3 60 William Burnett, Allegan _ __ 200.00 A. H. Foster, Allegan --_- a Mrs. BR. Kolvoord, Allegan ____--.. 100.00 Zeeland State Bank, Zeeland . 193.00 Hopkins State Bank, Hopkins ___ 35.00 Zeeland Com’! State & Sav. Bank, weeny 6. 85.00 Christie Ig, Hartord iw 108.00 April 14. We have to- day “received the schedules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Arthur T. Slaght, Bank- rupt No. 3139: The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptey. The bankrupt is a resident of Walker township, and his occupation is that of a farmer. The schedules show assets of $250 of which the full interest. is claimed as exempt, with liabilities of $26,932.88. 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 Link, Petter & Company Investment Bankers 6ch FLOOR, MICHIGAN TRUST BLDG. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Have You Ever Wished to have your fire and casualty insurance with one concern, to deal with only one office and yet have your insurance placed in different Companies? That's Us We represent fifteen of the strongest Board Rate Mutuals doing business in this State and we are in a position to give you this service. On Top of That we save you 25 to 50% on your insurance premiums. THE CLASS-MUTUALS AGENCY Cc. N. BRISTOL H. G. BUNDY A. T. MONSON 305-06 Murray Bldg. GRAND Rapips, Mic. BONDS In justice to yourself, as well as to those depend- ents or heirs who rely on | your judgment, at least part of your surplus funds should be invested in well secured Bonds. Michigan Bond & Investment Company 1020 Grand Rapids National Bank Building Grand Rapids | ! | ' ; April 20, 1927 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 31 list of creditors of said bankrupt are as follows: Union National Bank, Grandville $5,500.90 Grandville State Bank, Grandville 2,500.00 G. R. Savings Bank, Grand Rapids 5,126.14 State Savings Bank, lonia ~----- 1,800.00 Trufant Exchange Bank, Trufant 1,000.00 Bank of Leonidas, Leonidas ---- 2,500.00 First State Bank of Evart ------ 1,000.00 Ravenna Private Bank, Ravenna 1,250.00 Douglas M. Jenison, Jenison --~- 1,000.00 Howard Morley, Cedar Springs. 350.00 To. POR ee ete 250.00 Farmers & Merchants Bank, Nash- ee 185.00 A. W. Hake Coal Co., Grand Rap. 32.75 Fred E. Raymer, Grand Rapids -- 46.14 Freyling & Mendels, Grand Rapids 150.00 Herpolsheimer Co., Grand Rapids 85.00 Old National Bank, Grand Rapids 2,350.00 Upton Baking Co., Lyons ------ 1,367.85 Farmers & Merchants National Bank, Benton Harbor ------- 20.00 State Savings Bank of Cheboygan 420.00 In the matter of Pain Publishing Corp., Bankrupt No. 2782, the trustee has filed his first report and account, and an order for the payment of expenses of admin- istration and for the payment of prefer- red claims was entered. April 18. On this day was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of John Van Dam, Bankrupt No. 3125. The bankrupt was present in person and rep- resented by John W. Powers, attorney for the bankrupt. No creditors were present or represented. No claims were proved and allowed. No trustee was ap- pointed. The bankrupt was sworn and examined without a reporter. The first meeting then adjourned without date and the case has been closed and returned to the district court as a case without assets. April 18. On this day was held the first meeting of creditors in the matter of Mike Maloley, Bankrupt No. 3048. The bankrupt was present in person and rep- resented by attorney Frank J. Powers. No creditors were present or represented. No trustee was appointed. Claims were proved and allowed. The bankrupt was sworn and examined without a reporter. The first meeting then adjourned without date and the case has been closed and returned to the district court as a case without assets. In the matter of Johner Siters, etc., Bankrupt N. 30/7, the sale of assets upon the offer of James Cramer and Harry Padnos, of Grand Rapids, was had this day. The trustee was present in person. No others were present. The property, including stock in trade and fixtures were sold to such parties upon their original offer of $305. The sale was confirmed and the meeting adjourned without date. In the matter of Lee B. Hart, Bank- rupt No. 3136, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting thas been called for May 2. In the matter of Ernest’ Bonnette, Bankrupt No. 3134, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting has been called for May 2. In the matter of Mara-Rickenbacker Co., Bankrupt No. 3129, the first meeting of creditors has been called for May 2. In the matter of Winfield Scott Thomas, Bankrupt No. 3131, the funds for the first meeting have been received and such meeting has been called for May 2. In the matters of Meech, Arnold & Meech, Bankrupt No. 3133, the first meet- ing of creditors has been called for May 2. ———_~.- > Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously. (Continued from page 20) treated ‘em a bit rough. Forget it, Suppose as recently happened, a young counsel and shows that he is using $75 a month for living, while his business is run- ning behind. I take little space to tell him that he must men. man asks for explain, but | live within his means——his present means, that is. I can imagine that pinches a bit. He belongs to the church and his wife mixes They belong to neighborhood clubs and go to little social dances and other af- fairs. It is perfectly natural and nor- mal that they should do those things some in local society. —but only on one basis—that they can afford the price. I know that when the wife sees my story and reads my dictim that these things must be cut out until their business is in shape to stand them, she becomes plumb indignant, says I'm an old gloom, a haswasser and a back number. Moreover, I can feel com- plete sympathy with the young woman for feeling that way. I have no bit- terness against either on that account. What really concerns me is that they may not have the strength of char- acter to cut their garment according to their cloth and face the music now, with the result that soon they may have no cloth and no leisure to listen to any music. But best I can do is tell ’em and hope they will listen. Now see what has happened? I have consumed an entire week’s space letting off high steam pressure about misunderstanding and the probability is that the misunderstanding will crop up again the minute I hand another grocer straight talk. So my present correspondent’s second enquiry must be held over another week, and thus back up against still others all down the line. But I'm trrough now. no similar line of talk will be called for again. Do you join me? All right. That makes it unanimous and we can again attend to our knitting. Paul Findley. ——~»++>_—_- Weddings Help Silverware. of silverware reflect -p-aslers for this mer- I only hope Current s.'es the demand cr chandise for gifts to participants in April weddings. Although Lent has held down marriages in certain relig- ious denominations, advance purchases of gift merchandise presage a large number of them around the country after Easter. As was the case earlier in the season, the stocks being laid in by retailers cover a wide range of merchandise, both in character and price. A feature of current buying is the number of expensive things that are being taken. These include not only tea and dinner sets of more or less elaborateneses, but chests of silver running into high figures. Sterling wares predominate in these purchases, but makers of plated silver are also doing good business. —_—_—_>- --— Plain Versus Fancy Shirts. Although broadcloth shirts continue to retain leadership from a volume standpoint, both manufacturers and re- continue their efforts to in- crease the business in fancy patterned merchandise. To a_ certain extent, manufacturers say, this movement to stimulate the novelties has met with This is so in many of the large cities of the East, but in other towns the fancies are not meeting with as wide favor as is liked. For one thing, the retailers do not like to carry the larger stocks which are required to take care of the fancies adequately It is also said that many effects showr by the manufacturer are too violent and, conversely, that many designs do not show enough originality, but are carried over from season to season. tailers success. >. Like Three-Piece Pajamas. Among the successful boudoir nov- elties of the spring season are wom- en's three-piece pajama suits, which are proving successful in all grades of merchandise. In many of these sets the outer coat is long enough to be worn as a kimono or beach robe, al- though some knee-length models are shown. Printed silks are combined with plain crepe de chine and satins, and there are also some elaborate mod- els of satin with applique motifs. Many of them are designed for wear by older women, and among these are a number made of black satin combined with slight touches of silver. —_—_+++ Kid Gloves Lead in Buying. The demand for kid gloves has been a prominent feature of the buying of women’s gloves. Slipon styles are selling best. Business in silk gloves has been disappointing, and the indications are that the remainder of the whole- sale season will not make up for the slow demand for this merchandise thus far. Practically al! of the business in the so-called fabric gloves has been done by this time, and wholesalers are preparing lines of these types for the Fall season. —_++.—___ Trends in Underwear Sales. The tendency of women to wear as few garments as possible has tended to confine the demand for women’s underwear to a few types and styles. Shirts and bloomers have fallen off in demand, with most of the buying cen- tering in one-piece styles, French panties and filmv brassieres. Sellers report continued buying of rayon mer- chandise, which is meeting with a good retail turnover in the popular price category. Notable improvements have been made in the rayon cloths used for underwear purposes. Business Wants Department Advertisements inserted under this head for five cents a word the first insertion and four cents a word for each subse- quent continuous insertion. If set in capital letters, double price. No charge less than 50 cents. Smali display adver- tisements in this department, $4 per inch. Payment with order is required, as amounts are too small to open accounts. FOR SALKIE—Ten thousand dollar stock of groceries, boots, shoes, rubbers, gen- eral merchandise, including fixtures. Strictly cash store for many years. Stock can be reduced $3,000 or $4,000 if desired. Annual sales $50,000, all cash. Reasonable rent. Good location on main street of strong county-seat town not far from Grand Rapids. Address No. 544, c/o Michigan Tradesman. 544 FOR RENT —Store building at Owosso, Mich. Best location. Modern store front, two floors and one-half of basement used for salesroom. Has been a dry goods store for thirty-four years. Lyons & Son, Owosso, Mich. 545 _FOR SALE—Four-station Lamson car- riers; almost new. Address Cash Offer, L. B. 351, Chanute, Kansas. 540 FOR SALE—Stock of general merchan- dise and fixtures; invoices about $8,000 including fixtures. Doing a good busi- ness. —___ New Tack Undertaken By Necktie Tyler. Kalamazoo, April 18—We, too, re- ceived some neckties and have had a few letters about paying for them and we are enclosing a copy from a party who claims he is an attorney, to which we have made a reply as per the copy attached. With the publicity you are giving to fakes and unscrupulous dealers it would seem that they would decide to withdraw from Michigan territory. I note that in your trips Out Around you are securing many new subscrip- tions and I am sure that no readers of When We Let Go When we let go of mother nature’s hand We'll drift away to some imagined strand To stumble round in darkness as the prey Of those who shy from truth’s clear lighted way. As babes of God our conscious joy and cheer Comes only by and through right living here. There is no place for mortals on their plod Save those ntade by the laws of nature’s God. It is mockery for us to try to trace A super realm to take this real world’s place. There is no law in God’s or nature’s plan That answers to a singie whim of man. The imagined glories of the finite mind Lead on and on to unknowns undefined. To think of a “reward,” as such, to come Gives privilege no place in good deeds done. The soulful wage, the compensating grace Rests only on the merits of the case. What’er presents itself as second hand, From what’er source as something super planned— The things that must be as negations known Mean nothing save as they direct may come Straight to the soul that cannot answer to Save what appeals in ways to nature true. It is for us, as reason we enthrone To trust ourselves for what’er may be known As needful in this world in any way To help us live instead of merely stay The while we trust for what may be the best As from endeavor we pass on to rest. And so as from eternal truths we stray With all that means progression on life’s way, By just so much will superstitions bind Till reason may be driven from the mind. We'll drift away from what was for us planned When we let go of mother nature’s hand. L. B. Mitchell. inside to fit the pot. This block is heated in the oven, the pot of coffee sits in it, and when it is served to the guest, will continue warm for an hour. : The Wisconsin Hotel Association, with which I am agreeably in touch, last vear decided that instead of fall- ing over themselves to hug the delusion of hotel protection, “talked of” by a National association, decided to “go it alone,” with the result that they are operating a protective bureau, issue a regular bulletin and have gotten be- yond the experimental stage; in fact, are already making a showing of profit. “Tom’ Luce, of the Hotel Mertens, Grand Rapids, who admits he was wandering around California last win- ter without the knowledge of the writer. looked 100 per cent. upon an inspection I made the other day. Those of his friends who have not seen him your paper who will give it the thought you intended to pass on to them could help but say that every week’s issue was worth more to them than the whole year’s. subscription cost. You have my very best regards. I wish you can live hundreds of more years to benefit your fellow men. Frank H. Clay. Saint Louis, Mo., April 8—I am a lawyer. No doubt that is why my good friend, Necktie Tyler, dropped in to see me yesterday. There was something on his mind— something unpleasant—I felt sure the minute I laid my eyes on him. I helped hirn to a chair, got him seated, clasped his hand as usual, but there was something wrong. Old Necktie seemed sad. He just hesitated though and blinked his lifeless eves. Finally he told me what the trouble was. It seems he has asked you by letter (two letters in fact) to please send him his money ($1.25) for the four fiber silk neckties he sent you over four months ago, or to return the ties, and that he has received no reply from you whatsoever. He asked me to ad- vise him. Four months is a l-o-n-g time to hold back a blind man’s dollar and a quarter. Poor soul! There is nothing I could do. One dollar and twenty-five cents is a small amount for an attor- ney to advise about, but how can he afford to lose all those neckties? It keeps his nose right to the grindstone meeting his obligations, and a man must do something for a living. Yet, what could I tell him? And so, I saw him to the elevator. But the matter was not to be dis- missed so easily. It kept recurring to my mind, until now, here I sit, writing to you myself. Naturally, lawyers learn a great deal about human nature. I long since observed that it is good in the main. Folks mean well. For instance, | know just how it is with you. The answer is an oversight on your part— not petty meanness of spirit or lack of consideration for a brother man who is “up and at it,’ despite that most disheartening of all human afflictions— blindness. Inherently we are all good. Would anyone fail to heed the plea of a blind man—to pay him what is due him— after he has trusted you even without investigation? It is a novel plan to do what he is doing, but that is his business and yours. _Friend, send this man his money or his merchandise. He sent you postage. When you stop to think of it, youl realize that that is just the plain, everyday right of the thing. We're strangers. Still you have my best wishes. S. Sylvan Agatstein. Kalamazoo, April 18 — Several months ago we occupied a store build- ing at 215 North Rose street, but mov- ed to our present location, 322 North Rosestreet, about Sept. 15. If we can locate the ties you refer to we will mai! them to you on receipt of one dollar to pay us for the trouble of trying to find them. We never ordered these goods and do not intend to be bulldozed in anv way and if you think we are to be, we refer you to items which have ap- peared in the Michigan Tradesman Grand Rapids, for the past several months which has reference to ship- ping and caring for goods when not ordered. A copy of this letter is going to the above mentioned publication, which they have our permission to print if they so desire. Frank H. Clay. ++. Weaned the Town From Tea Tippling. Yesterday was Eugene Welch's birthday anniversary. Just which one it is of the series can only be esti- mated. Gene shies at stating the cor- rect figure. Anyway, he was born in Boston, Mass., and a great deal of the extreme culture which is now a par‘ of Kalamaoo was brought to this city by Eugene—in his grip. Mr. Welch. by carrying on a vigorous campaign upon his arrival here, persuaded the green tea drinkers of this burg, then in its teens, to accept coffee instead. The pickup in general brightness was noticeable instanter. Mr. Welch is a real fellow and—greater praise than that there just ain't none-—Kalamazoo Gazette. ——_>+>___ The spring flare of real estate activity has came when city dwellers’ thoughts fondly.turn to farms. 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