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Her tone bore testimony to a fierce longing, her whole face was serewed into wrinkles by the vehemence of her feelings, and her fea- tures gathered together ina buneh so that her mouth, nose and eyes had the effect of taking counsel with one another that they might by their united powers taste, sniff or spy out the desideratum. But one hundred dollars to Mrs. Miller was a thing to be mentioned with a sigh of despair. She had not for years had so much money in her hands ali at once. There was very little ready money afloat in all the town of Stebbinsville, the popular method of carrying on affairs being to exchange directly the actual goods of this world without resorting to an intermediary handling of dollars and cents. Mrs. Miller’s lot had never been an easy one. Very early in her eareer had come that day which comes to some peo- ple—the day on which she has discov- ered, almost with a jump, that she had nothing more to live for. And soon there- after had followed the other day—the day upon which she had realized in the midst of mental and moral collapse that it was necessary to live still, neverthe- less. She had continued to exist dog- gedly for a number of years after this. She had even grown to believe, with a kind of stoical enjoyment of the fact, that she could go on forever if need be. But she was destined at last to surprise herself just once more. By the time that others had resignedly, comfortably accepted her own theory that her career was practically at an end she suddenly flamed up witha desperate determina- tion to make the most of what remained of it. The most was not very much— it was not to be more happiness—only a little less misery. She demanded for herself the right to draw at least one thorn from her flesh and to spend the last of her days in healing up the wound. The thorn, to descend from figurative heights, was Granny Miller. It is an ancient and reprehensible cus- tom to speak ill of one’s mother-in-law; no doubt many a really charming belle- mere suffers undeservedly from the “black eye’? which the social historian has given to her role. But as for Gran- ny Miller—the mother-in-law of Mrs. Miller—she was, in fact, what is com- monly supposed to be the pure type. She was a gossip, a scold, a gadabout and a meddler, bitter of tongue and prying of eye; in her old age she added several troublesome infirmities to her vices. The old woman had made for herself such a reputation that when her only son mar- ried, her daughter-in-law stoutly refused to take herin. Granny’s husband, some years before this episode, dying with a sigh of relief, had left his widow what, from a Stebbinsville point of view, con- EMBER 23, 1891. _ NO. 431 stituted a comfortable competency, but as time went on this property dwindled and dwindled away unacountably, as property will, and in her old age the elder Mrs. Miller came to be regarded as little better than a pauper. above She was not accepting assistance from her neighbors, and had a habit of borrowing a pinch of tea here and a half a loaf there, which habit was at last openly recognized as begging. Finally the good people of Stebbins- ville, weary of her importuning, made it a matter of scandal that the old crone should be left alone of nights in her ramshackle old house, a mark for practi- eal jokers and marauders, (with whom, nevertheless, it may be parenthetically remarked, Granny was abundantly able to cope), and it was at this tlme that the younger Mrs. Miller, weakened by trouble, made a concession and took her mother-in-law in. Adeline Miller had already at this period renounced all hope of a comfortable and decent existence. Her husband had settled into an ac- knowledged good-for-nothing. Three of her children had died in one winter of scarlet fever, and her only surviving daughter, Susie, who worked in the dairy with her mother, was a young person not destined to comfort the declining years of her parents. ‘‘Things is so bad now they can’t be any wuss,’’ argued Adeline Miller—and so Granny came: Granny came, and, to be brief, Satan came also! No pen and ink could depict what fol- Suffice it tosay that Adeline Miller, in estimat- ing her own powers of endurance, had reckoned without her guest. “‘Granny,’’ she said one day, ‘‘I wish to goodness you’d gointo an old folks’ home. I can’t stand you no longer.’’ “Go into an old folks’ home? I ain’t got any objections,’’ responded Granny, unexpectedly, ‘‘none whatsoever; but it lowed in the years that ensued. ” costs money,’’ she went on, with compla- ecency, ‘‘a hundred dollars down, I’ve heard. At least that’s what they charged for Aunt Sairy Ma’shall,’’ and the old woman grinned; she knew that this was a poser. It was very shortly after this that the younger Mrs. Miller confessed to a neigh- bor that she wanted one hundred dollars dreadfully. ‘‘Ef I could only sell the cows!” sighed Adeline—but she couldn’t sell the cows and live. She had a wild plan for supplying a neighboring asylum for the aged with unlimited dairy pro- duce in lieu of the admission fee for her mother-in-law, but she learned upon se- cret application to the authorities of the institution that this method of payment, even were she able to pursue it, would not be acceptable. She ransacked the papers with terrible eagerness in search of chances for money-making. From time to time her hopes were fanned .by promising announcements. She invested a dollar which she could ill spare in materials for work at home, work which, according to a plausible ar- gument, would speedily fill her lap with When the materials came by the Adeline tremblingly gold. mail, undid the | 3] / sia ae Sade PDE SB LY ae OC ke he Mh tees Mia eda: eB ras abies ck diay BURN Rs AN i Sa Lane E nA igdeme aa es eS ee i i Re Se Re Se SS ae ee ee oS ee ee eee eee ee aS ee nt, eee Te ee eRe noes package that contained them. She could feel the power of Midas already tingling in her hands. The package contained a photograph, a colored photograph, of a fat and fatuous young lady smiling vaguely, with lips whose red had evident- ly been left over from her sash. Her eyes and bonnet ribbons, both blue, had in like manner resigned themselves ac- commodatingly to the exigencies of an econemical palette—but her real glory was her jewelry, or at least her gold, all of which had been highly brought out by an unsparing application of yellow. Adeline looked at this; possibly she thought it fine—but she failed to under- stand. There were other photegraphs— uncolored. vague, ghostly uncertainty which marks a reproduction from daguerreotype. Their watch chains, rings and ear-rings | evidently needed toning up and their complexions solidifying: their features seemed to be floating in the clouds. There was a printed letter in the pack- age which explained to Adeline, after What she made out most plainly in the midst she found it, a number of things. of its seductive phraseology was that the | entire success of this scheme involved another remittance from | herself—a cousiderably larger one than | the first, for which she would receive a | colorist’s outfit. She could then enjoy an unlimited opportunity to perfect her- | self in the charming art of which she held an example,and her many acquaint- ances would, no doubt, beseige her with orders for her work. After the first blow Adeline did not let the failure of this venture trouble her too greatly. She had already something else in mind. She was going to com-| municate with Mr. Rufus L. Smith of St. Louis, who had announced in several pa- | pers that he would show any lady who} should send a postage stamp an infallible means for making from $40 to $50 a month in her own home, and Mr. Smith had added in larger type that he was ‘‘no humbug.’’ appointing that Adeline learned to detect beneath flowers of rhetoric a eall for ecouldn’t go canvassing. It was only after several dis- experiences canvassers. She Adeline’s opin- ion of human nature had never been very high. It sank at last to the lowest depth. All hope—all faith—deserted her. It was then that something actually came to her, and came unsought. The house in which the Millers lived stood upon what had once been the top of a rounded hill. Butin order to make a bed for the railroad this hill had been eut exactly in two as neatly as one might | divide a pound cake, and the haif which in the days of more prosperous residents had formed the front yard of the dwell- ing had been carried off bit by bit in cart loads. overlook a precipice—a _ perpendicular escarpment of raw red earth—that re- | fused even with time to be healed with a sod. The great frame structure looming up high above this mutilated face of the | hill seemed to be perched upon the very edge of the world. When the trains came plunging into light from a tunnel which ended a few rods farther down the line the guant old habitation, with its flapping ‘‘washing” on the line, was | the first thing to catch the eye of the “westward-bound traveler. Fred Boomer, the advertising agent for a new and promising liver pill known to commerce They seemed to be the pho- | tographs of dead people—they had that | money-making | The house had thus been left to | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. as the ‘‘ Panacea Pellet,’’ raised his eyes to this object one day and had an idea. Three minutes after he had from the car window caught sight of the house on the clitf he was jauntily descending from the | train as it drew breath at the Stebbins- ville station, although his ticket bore the name of a town at least twenty miles | further on. Ten minutes later Fred was lifting the latch of the Miller’s gate, and the mis- tress of the house, who had a keen ear for its click, appeared at the doorway, the doorway which faced on the road at the back of the house. ‘1 wonder,” said the young man, with a diffident smile, “if I might ask you to give me a glass of milk?” “I have got milk to sell,” said Mrs. Miller, whose life had not cultivated in her the amenities. “Of course, of course,’’? murmured the ;embarrassed boomer, struggling with bashfulness. ‘‘L | thought,” he went on, timidly, ‘that I j |heard acow moo as | was passing by, agonies of fictitious }and the sound actually made me home- | born in the country once.’ “Step im,”’ said Mrs. ‘‘and ll fetch you a glass. Miller, dryly, ” lisped, shrinkingly. “Oh, I’m used to trouble | goes,” said Adeline Miller, with a hard laugh. . and rest a little. “Thank you, maam, I am tired.’’ edge of a chair. Mrs. Miller had gone into another room, and presently re- turned, bringing the cool atmosphere of | the cellar in her skirts. the milk which she placed before him as if it had been nectar. ‘Guess you don’t 99 “You must make a first-rate thing out of those cows.” remarked with emphasis. Mrs. Miller responded with a sound in Then aside his timidity and assumed a winning and confidential manner. siasm. Boomer tling more comfortably into his ehair—— ‘I wonder if you’d care to make a little extra money?”’ Adeline Miller started. It seemed to her that the young man must be a mind- reader. ’ ‘Because if you do,” went on Boomer, ‘**‘| should like to offer youa chance. Lhave belled bottle from his pocket—**which—” **Pshaw!” said Mrs. Miller, *‘I ean’t go | er-in-law.”’ not,” said Fred, smiling. my dear madam. My idea, tobe entirely frank with you,is to put an advertisement jon the front of your house. This house | and it’s a pure waste of material to let it | go plain. Really, if you'll excuse me for expressing myself, it’s an extrava- | gance for you to be living here without | utilizing your frontage for the purpose | for which circumstances have so obvious- ‘ly destined it. If you'll consent to let ;me have ‘Panacea Pellets’ in five-foot white letters on a deep azure background /run across the front of this house I'll make you a handsome offer for it. This | sort of thing is going to be all the rage | in a year or two, madam, and you’ll have | settle his shoulders against the wall be- |sick. Lama city man now, but I was | “I’m afraid Um troubling you.” he} | fours and leaned forward on the kitchen s far’s that! | said. ‘‘lsee you’re a woman of business.” “May be, you'd like to sit down | | Miller, ‘1 couldn’t let you do it for less | than one hundred dollars a year.” She Boomer placed himself modestly on the | Boomer quaffed | keep a pump in your dairy, do you?” he} her throat that did not suggest enthu- | suddenly cast | ‘‘{ wonder, Mrs. Miller,”’ he said, set- | something here’’—he drew a much la-| a-canvassin’ with a husband and a moth- | ‘*No—no—you mistake me—of course | ‘One moment, | is made for an ad., my dear Mrs. Miller, | the pas of all the rest of the townsfolk | for setting the style. A house without ‘an ad. five years from now is going to be j;arare thing in my mind. We’re a great advertising country, ma’am—the greatest in the world. It’s something to be proud of—it’s something that every private cit- izen should glory in promoting. I don’t say that there are not ads. andads. The | great question of the future is going to be ‘What do you advertise?’ A man is going to stand or fall by that. Now, Mrs. Miller, Vl] tell you what it is, you can’t start in on anything better than the ‘Panacea Pellet.’ It’s the pill of the future. It’s a sure cure for all the ills that flesh is heir to. In my opinion it is going to affect radically the longevity of the human race. I don’t see why it shouldn’t bring back the good old times and enable us to count our ages by the century, like Methuselah and the rest of the old worthies. Yes, mark my words, Mrs. Miller, mark my words—’’ Here Boomer paused for an instant to balance his chair nicely on its hind legs and to hind him— ‘‘Mark my words—’’ But Mrs. Miller at last broke in—‘‘See here,’’ she said, ‘‘what’ll you pay me for lettin’ it be put on?” Fred suddenly dropped his chair on all table. ‘‘Now that’s what I like,’’ he “Pll tell you what it is,’? said Mrs. thought that sheshould probably frighten the young man away by her bold demand, but she said to herself thatit must be that or nothing. ‘You couldn't?” said Boomer, looking up with surprise that she should let him off,so easily. ‘*‘Well, we’ll eall it a hun- dred dollars, then, Mrs. Miller, an even hundred a year to be paid in monthly in- stallments. And if you’re tired of your | bargain at the end of the first year we’ll paint it all out for you as sober as a Quaker, and any color you like. Now, lL suppose I can have this little job begun jat once. Ill send the painters over this very afternoon. Irun up and down the road every few days and the next time I pass in the train 1 want to see ‘Panacea Pellets’ as large as life when I look this way. I’m going to leave you a handful | of circulars and this little bottle of the | pills. Send you up a dozen more by and iby. You’d better try ’em. It’s no joke: | they’re a splendid thing. Perhaps you think you’re well, but what’s the harm |in being better—or even best? Let me see; I owe you for the milk. Now, Mrs. Miller, good-by! But I shall be in in the ;afternoon with those painters. Well, I’m glad to have met you.”’ Mrs. Miller followed him to the gate. ; She seemed to be struggling with an idea which she found difficult to express. He had thought he was off, when she de- tained him by plucking his coat sleeve | to say: ‘‘l couldn’t ’a done it once, but I guess I ean stan’ it now. I don’t know | what the rest of ’em’ll say to it, but as long as | own the house, 1 d’ know’s it | makes any difference.” Boomer had a | buoyant and reassuring reply for her, and he reminded her that she was about) | to enroll herself among the benefactors } | of the age. | house as a temple of Hygeia. These lit- | tle flights of fancy were amusing to him- self, and he believed that they were none | the less effective because they were im- perfectly understood by the people upon whom he tried to use them. When he turned away with a florid salute and descended the road with the springing step of success, Mrs. Miller, against the gate, followed him with hol- low, lusterless eye—with eyes that were looking through and beyond him into the consequences of her decision—in whose gaze Boomer was only a small and unimportant speck upon a broad field of vision. After a few moments her fixed look changed. There was a shortening of the focus that brought her back to her immediate foreground, and she drew a sigh in acknowledgment of her return to herself. She walked around to the front of the house. It was a hot sum- mer day, and while the back yard was cool, almost damp, with closely-set locust trees, in front the sun beat upon the face of the dwelling, peeled off the white paint and warped the lumber. The very atmosphere seemed to hum with the ra- diation of heat. The river, broad and smooth, that lay below the eliff beyond the railway, was a shimmering white sheet of water, on which the sunlight danced in myriad points of fire. Mrs. Miller threw her apron over her head and looked up at the face of the house with blinking, watering eyes. It had been rather a pretentious house once, with a great classic pediment sup- ported by wooden pilasters, which were now all warped out of plumb. = Mrs. Miller had owned the place for twenty years. It was not a cheerful home, but Mrs. Miller had never been embarrassed by a choice between this and another. It was her home, such as it was. She won- dered as she looked at it how the adver- tisement would appear across the front in ‘‘five-foot white lettering on a deep azure background.” She fetched two or three sighs that were almost groans. “Temple of High Cheer,’’ she muttered; ‘that’s what that high-falutin’ chap called it.” She was vaguely conscious that he had been amused, that he had made a joke, and she knew that the Stebbinsvillians would not hesitate to make other jokes—jokes which she would understand more perfectly. Ade- line had a remnant of fierce pride—pride will lurk in the queerest places and sur- vive the rudest shocks! Her face grew hot with shame as she stood there look- ing up at the house. Then Granny’s voice, rasping, whining, familiarly peev- ish, came from within: **A-a-de-li-ine.’’ “Well, I guess I can stan’ it,’? muttered Mrs. Miller, in conclusion, as she went in. Boomer lost no time in completing his arrangements, and in a day or two ‘Try -anacea Pellets,’’? in hugh letters of daz- zling whiteness shown upon Mrs. Mil- ler’s house. The Stebbinvillians came en masse to take a near look at the ad- vertisement, although many of them could see it from their homes below the cliff, where the principal part of the vil- lage nestled from the wind. It was re- garded as a magnificent joke. Adeline Miller was living with her teeth set now. It had all been harder even than she had feared, but she was ‘**stan’in’ it somehow,” she said. You had to ‘‘stan’” things when it was nec- He even referred to the old | essary, and it was necessary to get rid of Granny, and this was the only way. When Adeline thought of this she looked at Granny and felt helped to ‘‘stan’” it. But Granny’s behavior was very queer, a — aR — — aR ii iatinisekeedbcasteatipeaciad iy aR Aha wake AS esata oe cinco deol ~ THE MICHIGAN asain iol Adeline had had a lively prevision of the | took her in! Where was 1?—a hundred | old woman’s ‘‘raisin’ Cain’? when she saw | an’ twenty—a hundred an’ forty—sixty. Boomer’s work, but Granny had done nothing of the kind. Her only allusion to the matter had been: ‘‘Well, Adeline, you must a’ wanted money dreadful!’ From the very beginning of the advertis- | ing epoch a change had come over Gran- | ny—she had begun to draw into herself | and an unwonted stillness had upon her. She seemed ina kind of un- holy peace, to be feeding upon thoughts that were agreeable — even amusing. Adeline sometimes caught the old woman’s eyes fixed upon her with a curi- ous and uncanny twinkle in them. It gave | Adeline the ‘‘creeps’’—it gave her a sen- sation that after all Granny was not go- ing to be cornered, that she was medi- tating some dodge. Adeline frequently said to herself, ‘‘What is it?” In the eighth month of the ‘‘ad.” (Mrs. Miller reckoned time only with relation to the ‘‘ad.” now), Granny was found dead in her chair. Then it appeared to Adeline that a ghastly joke had been played upon her. She was positive that Granny had doneit ‘‘a purpose.’”? Granny had slipped away to add the sting of needlessness to all the mortification that Adeline had been ‘‘stan’in’.” Her last moments had been entertained by the spectacle of her daughter-in-law’s un- necessary struggles to get rid of her. She had been tickled by the conscious- ness that the offensive legend emblazoned upon Adeline’s door would flourish— must flourish for three long months after it ceased to have a reason for being. They buried the old woman in the grave- yard of the ‘‘First Reformed Church.”’ There was no other inscription on the headstone than name and dates. Ade- line Miller framed from her own fancy a little epitaph which jingled in her head —‘‘Provokin’ in Life, Provokin’ in Death” it ran—but she kept it to herself. A few weeks after Granny’s funeral, Adeline began her spring house-clean- ing. The first thing that she attacked was Granny’s arm-chair, a veteran piece of upholstery to which the old woman had always clung, and which had been transported from her own house at the time of her removal to Adeline’s. Ade- line Miller ripped off the rags of ancient rep from the seat and back; the hair stuffing was good and she meant to cleanse it and make up the chair anew. She sat down upon the ground to with- stand the force of the gale that was blow- ing, and began to pull the stuffing into her lap. Out from the matted bunches of hair tumbled a shimmering shower of gold—bright, glittering gold that clinked upon the hard ground. Some of the pieces spun; one rolled away; the mass soon lay brilliant in the grass. ‘‘Money! money! Mercy! mercy! Money!’ cried Adeline. She fell forward upon her knees and began to gather up the pieces with trembling fingers. They were double eagles. Adeline had hardly ever seen the coin before. Shs began to eount, but her hands shook and her brain was faint. ‘‘Twenty—forty — sixty — eighty—mercy, mercy! an’ to think she had ’em all the time! Eighty—a hun- dred—dear, dear—how I wanted a hun- dred! A hundred and twenty—and she never said nothin’, an’ just set on this all her life. Dear me; and I gave her my grenadine to keep her decent because she hadn’t a rag to her back! A hun- dred and twenty—land! land! She used to beg. She shamed us by beggin’ till I settled | Oh, dear! oh, dear! When little Lizzie | died if Vd just had ten dollars more!” She lost her count here and buried her | face in her hands to ery. When she got | up she carried the gold into her bedroom, and there, by aid of paper and pencil, she made out that there were $4,000 in | all—the better part of Granny’s property | that had ‘‘dwindled away.’? Adeline | locked up this fortune her bureau | drawer and went out front of the house to gather up the scattered hair as | ifinadream. Once or twice she stared | up at the front of the dwelling from | which ‘‘Try Panacea Pellets” seemed to grimace at her. She had felt for months as if letters were in in those her face. tattooed npon She kept thinking: ‘“‘We’re rich now, but it don’t make any difference; 1 b’en | through too much.’’ Her husband came and stood in the doorway. Adeline per- | ceived that it was not a lucid interval with him; he had been drinking just enough to cloud his intellect. now,” **] won’t tell him she reflected. Then she thought: ‘‘Why, he can have a new soot 0’ close!” It occurred to the stant that she could have a her, too, in new shed built in the cow-yard just as well as not. | It all dazzled her and she sat down on the doorstep with her back to ‘thim” and tried to gather her wits. She realized with a feeling of ‘‘flightiness’’ that her | cousin’s daughter Katie would come on from the West now and stay with her and help in the dairy. wanted to come, been any money Katie had always but there had before. Adeline hever) mind that you had paid out money for} had | | satisfactory. BEFORE AND AFTER. Experience of a Live Firm with the Coupon System. F Goodman & Co., dealers in general merchandise at Burnip’s Corners, re- cently issued the following circulars to their customers: BEFORE USING. SURNIP’s CORNERS, August 25, ’91—We i ask your kind indulgence while we again eall your attention to some of the un-| desirable features of the credit system, as applied to general country stores. Our average experience in keeping run- ning accounts with our customers for six months ora year has been anything but Accounts will often run into dollars and cents much faster than the customer has anticipated and it is a very common occurrence that disputes will arise whena settlement is had. Much ill feeling is the result and we either make an allowance and lose the amount | in dispute or often lose a good customer; | in either case the customer’s faith in our integrity is diminished. We have tried the pass book system and in the majority of cases it has proved a failure. Custom- ers would often neglect to bring their books when making purchases, and it would frequently happen, when we were | otherwise busy, that we would enter the next in-| amount of a customer’s purchase on his book, then either neglect or forget to charge the same on our books. the source of considerable loss to us in the course of a year’s business and, when the account was finally settled, it would This was} again cause confusion and dissatisfaction. | Many of you have, perhaps, at some time} paid an account to some merchant, in| which you thought that you were being | grievously wronged, and whether you did or not make objection as to its correet- ; ness, you still felt convinced in your own always had a soft spot for Katie because | she looked like ‘* Lizzie.” There was something else which flut- tered before Adeline’s excited imagina- tion. She had a vision—a queer little, quick, unexpected vision—of something that had dangled in the doorway of a shop in the nearest large town, where she had been a month before. Adeline had hardly realized that she had thought of the thing at all at the time, but she remembered it distinctly now—she saw it like a flash. It was a shawl, a decent black shawl, and it had a ticket sewed to it which said ‘* Twelve dollars.”?> When this vision came up before Adeline a hot flush of joy spread itself over her gaunt and careworn face. The next minute she said to herself, with a kind of inter- nal bashfulness, ‘‘Adeline Miller, you’re a fool!’ But, after all, it is such trifles that win us back to life. HELEN WALTER. -2 <> -- Country Callers. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentleman in trade: John Marion, Reed City. M. M. Brooks, Cedar Springs. W. M. Bale, Fennville. Henry Hamlyn, Bellevue. Alex. Denton, Howard City. Phin. Smith, Hastings. J. Fisher & Son, Hamilton. C. Van Amberg, Whitneyville. E. P. Gifford, Saranac. Holmes & DeGoit, Tustin. a ep A Heavy Load. Mrs. Five Room Flat (to grocer’s boy) —How is it the elevator won't come up? Your bread must be fearfully heavy! Grocer’s boy— Taint the bread that’s on it, ma’am; it’s the bill for what you owe. THE MICHIGAN TRADES SMAN. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. E. P. Gifford has re-engaged in the) grocery business at Saranac. The Ball- Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the stock. | Geo. S. Jones succeeds Jones & Clark | in the grocery business at 602 South Division street. L. V. Beebe, hardware dealer at El- mira, has added a line of groceries. The Lemon & Wheeler Company furnished the stock. Cyrus E. Wise has pure -hased a store building at Glenn and will engage in general trade at that place. The stock will be furnished by Grand Rapids job- bers. All the creditors of Ww. McKenzie, the Muskegon grocer, have gecesi their claims ona basis of 30 per cent., and he has resumed business at the old stand. J. A Wiley, grocer and meat dealer at the corner of Spring and Oakes streets, has sold his grocery stock to C. Fox and removed his meat market to 18 South Division street. Arthur M. ¥F leischauer has discontinued the grocery on West Bridge street and removed the stock to Reed City, where it will be consolidated with that his father recently purchased at a mortgage sale. business John DeVries has purchased the saw- mill at Alba formerly operated by the Alba Lumber Co. He is stocking the mill this winter and will resume opera- tions in the spring under the manage- ment of his son, A. J. DeVries. Jas. D. Lacey and O. H. Gardner have formed a copartnership under the style of the Gardner & Lacey Lumber Co. and will engage in the manufacture of eyprus lumber and shingles at George- town, S.C. The firm will put in a mill of 60,000 daily capacity and operate a dry kiln in connection. Four new meat markets have been opened in the city during the past two weeks—F. R. Jackman, on Lyon street, near College avenue; C. Roys, at the cor- ner of Fourth street and Broadway; G. Vanderhyde, on Wealthy avenue, east of East street; Wiseman & Frans, at Oak- dale Park. J. Fisher & Son, whose general stock at Hamilton was recently destroyed by fire, have re-engaged in trade in the Bos- man building, which has been purchased by the firm. Musselman & Widdicomb furnished the groceries, H. Leonard & Sons captured the order for the crockery and glassware and Williams, Davis, Brooks & Co. booked the drug order. Lines of dry goods, clothing and boots and shoes will be added later in the season. The E. Howard & Co. boot and shoe stock, at Lawrence, will be sold at mort- gage sale this afternoon, in satisfaction of a mortgage for $1,182, held by Geo. H. Reeder & Co. After the latter was in possession of the stock, I. P. Farnham, of Chieago, seized the goods on attach- | ment and, before dissolved, shipped $500 worth of goods, to Chicago. Reeder & Co. thereupon ap- pealed to the Van Buren Circuit Court for justice and the judge of that circuit | issued an order, giving Farnham the al- ternative of paying for the stock ab- stracted or returning the goods, chose the latter alternative. the attachment was | He | | Gripsack Brigade Wm. B. Collins has been confined to his aa for the past three weeks with an attack of influenza. Ask M. M. Mallory to explain what the young lady meant when she exclaimed to her mother. ‘‘What is it?’’ remain indoors for several days yet. N. J. Whitney. the Vienna Yeast C the advent of an 8 pound daughter. Geo. McWilliams severed tion with the Dee. 15 and same Jan. 1. his connec- Thos. Ferguson will do the has started out with the summer line of Snedeker & Boynton, of New York. fi is unusually large and complete. W. Stowits Mansfield, week or ten days getting out his summer line for the Western Suspender Co. Emory Buskirk, formerly on the road Geo. leaves next week for the ‘‘Model’’ grocery store at Jackson. Robert Hanna, formerly cigar sales- man for the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co., is now on the road for Antonio Roig & Langsdorf, cigar manufacturers of Phila- de] phia. The traveling men of the State will not suffer for the want of conventions to at- tend for the next week, as the annual meeting of the Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association will be held at Detroit on the 23rd and the annual meet- ing of the Knights of the Grip will con- vene at Jackson on the 29th. The effort of the Benton Harbor Im- provement Co. to attract traveling men to Benton Harbor by offering them special inducements in the way of real estate in- vestments is somewhat at variance with the statement of the Ypsilanti Sentinel to the effect that every traveling man ought to be shot on sight. If any considerable number of the people of Ypsilanti sym- pathize with the Sentinel in this state- ment, the traveling men of that city might do worse than toemigrate to the lively city on Lake Michigan. > ip An Alliterative Advertisement. Alliteration was, at one time in the history of literature, the only existing form of pvetry. However much such effusions may have been admired at that time, language so put together is, at this writing, a mere effort at novelty, and the result an exhibition of ingenuity. fore, it is only in the latter we interest to the advertiser. alliteration is but occasionally seen used in this way. It appeared in the Ames- bury, Mass., Daily : CONCERNING CLOTHING.—Collins, the clothier, carefully clothes callers choos- ing comfortable clothing; cleverly creates curious callers contented sense lins’ charges candidly, confess Gollins’ clothing captures cake, claim competitors D. G. Crotty, the Muskegon salesman, | for Blake, Shaw & Co., the Chicago} | cracker manufacturers, has purchased customers. | Close, captious customers compare Col- | ic de elated i eins Rcd seedless AdSense ck stains Soc cuss gi cb upeotzaaias nud aocatosiy.aietac | j | Dick Warner has been laid up with la | grippe for a week back and is likely to | | local representative of o., is rejoicing over | Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. | Ohio, where he will spend aj/| There- | that | present the following as being of | This form of | can’t earry candle, considering choice | | collections. | Clerks, campers, canoeists, citizens, | congressmen, chubby children, correctly | | clad, certify Collins, the clothier, caused complete change. Certain cautious, conservative chaps ealeulating cost caps, collars, clothing, | consulted Collins’ competitors, consulted | Collins; conceded Collins’ commodious ‘counters contained choice clothing care- fully collected. Contented, careful con- | tributions current coins could certainly ——_ customers correctly. Collins cordially courts confirmation conservative chaps; conclusion. Come; call. STANDARD OIL CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. DEALERS IN Illuminating and Lubricating NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Office, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave. BULK WORKS AT ALLEGAN, FLINT, HOWARD CITY, MUSKEGON, BIG RAPIDS, GRAND HAVEN, IONIA, MAWISTEE CADILLAC. GRAND RAPIDS, LUDINGTON, PETOSKEY. HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR KMPTY GARBON & GASOLINE BARRELS. THE WALSH-DE ROO MILLING CO., df STANDARD ROLLER MILLS, Holland, Michigan. Proprietors Daily Capacity. 400 Bbis. BRANDS: : oes SUNLIGHT, Fancy Roller Pat. THE DAISY, Roller Patent. |" PURITY, do. Banal IDLEWILD, do. pe ee Morning Star, Rol. Straigh core ee oe a DAILY BREAD, do. er BAe! i : ey + ie ae MAGNOLIA, Family. SPECIALTIES: Graham, Wheatena, Buckwheat Flour, Rye Flour, Rye Graham, Bolted Meal, Wheat Grits, Pearl Barley, Rolled Oats, Feed and Meal. ° | STANDARD ROLLER MILLS. an MIL coe f ff om ie eta im | tf = } SOLICITED. ( ORRESP ONDENC z Diamond Crystal Table and Dairy Salt. 99.7 PURE. Put up in pockets and wooden boxes and sold at only a slight fhe Ee over the price of inferior br ands. Order a sample barrel or case of your jobber and be con- vineed of the superiority of Diamond Crystal = THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. PSEUDO SENTIMENT. ina among the men who are framing pub- Give Workmen Equal Rights, Not Phar- lic opinion among us, when a large sec- isaic Sympathy tion them seek to win influence ee thr insincere flattery and false pro- fess If a s definition of pa- triot be true. what shall be said of the sent Reastlrcc that arrogates a sole preme regard for the workingman? ntiments are noble in their true 1e¢st form: but when their ends h and their oe false, they must be ranked as among the most con- temptible sentiments that can degrade socie Beyond all this, there is a peculiar of- fensiveness in this assumption by one class towards another. Its repulsive air f patronage finds no warrant in a true theory of the relations between eitizen and izen. Who is authorized to single outa special ass and set them forth as the implied objects of pity and depen- dents upon legislative beneficence? Workingmen want neither sympathy nor pity; all they ask is their equal rights, with every other class of citizens, and freedom to pursue their own interests in i ace 5 their own way, without obstruction from seemingly for that very reason, it rates others upon whom special protections ith as needing a patronage, oversight | and exemptions have been unwarranta- and protection which he receives in no! ply bestowed. Charity may be, ought to AS other nation. It professes the most ten- pe. offered to the helpless or the unfo1tu- der solicit he should receive high pate: but the honest, manly workman i wages, it olerance for all his asks nothing and will accept nothing be- strikes; and not unfre juent t sanctions yond the Divine bestowals, his liberty his conceit for cutting short his supply and his independent strength and skill. of bread by refusing to work more than —e eight hours a day Ostensibly, this sen- The Orange Supply. : i in these ways and Up to five years ago this country de- = rh La ‘tl “ coer. Aaieanygpeserae pended in a certain measure upon supply : What it is inwardly not many people from the Mediteranean for oranges. But meee - To lay bare the *‘true now we have domestic oranges all the mwardness’ of these professions would | .oor and it is only 2 question of a short iid exhibit phases of | uman nature | time when it will not pay at all to send and methods of winning social and legis- the foreign article to this country except lative control which might too painfully when the crops here area fatince Phe wound the respect we all desire to main- Mexican oranges. of which aes crops BL coe fos ane ee One ene are raised every season, run from August | a Baer cit |t@ April. Florida from November to| ce : : . April, and California from January to} express wer rotten insincer.ties of phari- July saism:; and we have no desire to lift the — Lo ie ie Gane thin veil that ill conceals the mean mo- Use Tradesman Coupon Books. tives of these pharisaic professions The gratuitousness of these false pre- tensions strikes one one as the strangest “s3° 5 of their many repulsive features. Such professions are neither desired by the Celli lig horse (0 . workingman nor appreciated by him. ' | His straightforward common-sense in- ‘ stincts expose to him the real meaning 3 and motive of all such flatteries; and, so ; far from being gratified, he feels insulted x by the assumption that he has no more : sense than to be caught by mere senti- is mental chaff. He smiles at the offered = taffy, goes his way and tells the donors : to give it to the babes, among whom he does not class himself. He sets off, P against this importunity for his welfare, : the attitude of its professors when he comes into bargaining with them for his services. He remembers that they are ‘as other men,’ if not ‘‘more so;’’ that those who in anticipation of the elec- 4 tions, are loud in their anxiety for his 2 welfare, are oft and at the present mo- : ment among the foremost, after the elec- : tions, to demand a reduction of his | sie an a wages. Both from experience and com- Greatest Seller On Karth! | mon sense, he learns that the determin- ' Fi ing of wages is a matter of pure busi- a ness and in ko measure of philanthropic a sentiment. He understands as well as i the employer that in the long run, what aman Shall receive for his work depends soiely upon the value of his service to Dr. a his employer and to the community that nnn 4 buys the employer’s products. And al- ] ; 4 J ; though the workman does not usually 2 . r - A pay much regard to the effects of his ex- 4 acting higher wages than his employer i can afford to pay—for he has an idea FRENCH F that the latter can be trusted to look out Sd for himself—yet he does not need to be SHAPE told that the employer who regulates his : bé ” : wages upon sentiment and not upon true A. H business principles is on the way to the = poor house, and that he himself is likely sk : to follow. : Be the cause whatever it may that de- Send for Illustrated Catalogue. See price list | : pends upon such false and syeophant pree | in this journal. tensions as these for its support, it is a . alessly sick > The ¢ ‘ hopelessly sick one. When truth and SCHILLING CORSET CO., Nn manliness are ins pretenses are ufficient, self-degrading not likely to succeed. It | Detro.t, Mich. and Chicago, Ill, does not indicate a heathful moral stam- \ i 7 DEMINS y 8s Price Current. | ‘ Dry Good es .12%/Columbian brown. .12 UNBLEACHED COTTONS. if doz. 2.13% Everett, blue........ 12 Adriatic ‘* Arrow Brand 5% | oe rown . i in . Pe +++ 12 Argyle ne 6%! “ World Wide.. 7 TE inn secncc cere yl ayma -; en 7% Atlanta AA ee > 5 | Beaver Creek ae ities rown... 1% Atlantic A...... 7 |Full yard Wide... 6% | ve oa re coe ; steteee 1% - a... 6%|Georgia A -sscen Oak a |Lancasier tteeeeeee 12) P ’ 6 |Honest Width....... 634 Boston. 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Black | Schilling’s. 9 00/Brighton. . -- 47 | oy " 9% 94/13 13 13 | Davis Waists..... 9 O0/Bortree’s .. . 900] 10% 10% 10% 15 15 15 | Grand Rapids 4 50) Abdominal. ae 15 00 } 11% 11% 11% 117 17 17 CORSET JEANS, | 42% 12% 12%4|20 20 an Armory .. + oo pounkeng entices. 7 | ' Sak | Androscoggin....... 7% Rockport. ..... 6% | Severen, 8 oz........ 9%4|West Point, 8 02....10% | Biddeford. . Ss «© onestoga..... . 6X | Mayland, cma | | 10%] ea Brunswick — 6% | Greenwood, 7% oz. 2% Raven, 1002. react 13% Al lie n turkey reds 54% i maa ies... 57 | at ni 10 oz... ko robes.... 5A 4 de Robes | — & purple 6% C uarter Oak fancies 4% | WADDINGS. mu _. © DelMarine cashm’s. 6 | White, doz......... 25 |Per bale, 40 doz....87 50 pink checks 5% mourn’g 6 | Colored, doz........20 | Staples ...... 54% Eddystone fancy... 6 SILESIAS, nt ene 3% i chocolat 6 Slater, Iron Cross. . -8 Pawtucket.......... 10% American fancy 5% i Tober ... 6 Red Cross.. ae 9 American indigo. BM sateens.. 6 + See. ir a. ia ae American shirtings. 33% Hamilton Faney. ... € “ Best AA.....12% er MOT ona. res 10% Argentine Grays. 6 staple . 5% | Ha Ui ee 10% Anchor Shirtings... 4% Manchester fancy. 6 | a EG Ca MMR 8i4 ae Arnold |“ «+++ 6% il eagbsilhchort a AME MTT HN '"" "SEWING BILE. Arnold Merino ... 6 |Merrimack D fancy. 6 | corticelli, doz....... 7 (Corticelli knitting, long cloth : 10% Merrim’ck shirtings. 4 twist, doz..37%| per %oz ball 30 ? .. 8% “ _ Reppfurn . 8% 50 yd, ae ee ee tse century c loth 7 weetke fenoy .......6 | gold seal.....10 ‘ robes. . i et HOOKS AND EYES—PER GRO ‘ green seal TR 10% Portsmouth robes... “6 No ; BI’k & White. 10 [No 4Bl’k & "White, 15 yellow seal. .10%/Simpson monenang.. 6 i i 2 L 8 i .20 “ eres. a 1% fs ere io 6 3 a 10 25 re 0%) _ 50 a black. 6 NB. Ballou oltd a 5 |Washington indigo. 6 | No2—20, M C.......50 |No4—15 F 3%. ial colors. 54%| “ Turkey robes.. 7% 2-10, 5 C........ ee J aes Bengal blue, green, .? io ied an . 54) “ pisin Tey ¥ x, os No ; White & BIE. es {No 8 White & Bl’k..20 Berlin os... .... 5% i. C . | 4 23 on Gie...... 6% “ Ottoman a é 3 | 2 . 26 ' i oon .... Se Sevres... .....,. 6 ee SAFETY PINS, * Foumrds.... 5i%4|Martha Washington No®....... ....--.-. moe... ... 26 i red %........ : Le red x oie 7 NEEDLES ‘il “ one 10"| Tare red 9 A. ume. eee erieees 1 @iSteamboat.... ...... @ ‘“ “ 3 4XXXX 12 Riverpoint robes... 5 a ue 1 35\Gold Eyed.. clipe wee 150 | Cocheco fancy...... 6 | Windsor fancy a 6% | Marsha iY eee 1 00) madders. . gold ticket | ae TABLE OIL CLOTH. “XX twills.. 6%| indigo blue... mi? 22 4. ..3 25/5—4....195 6—4...2 95 - wee.,.... 54 ----2 10 a 10} TICKINGS, TTON TWINES. | Amoskeag ACA. IAC A... ......... 12% | | Cotton Sail Twine. -- POON... oss --18 | Hamilton _... 7H! Pemberton AAA. Crown .....- cake Rising Star 4- ply.. 17 2... 4... os... 10 | | ee... 2.2... 18%) og us _ | 66 Awning. .11 lSwift River. iS [oer . 25... - (sore Bee... 20 ee... 8 |Pearl River......... 12 | Bristol . tess tees 13 |Wool Standard 4 plylv%4 Wiest Pring... ....., een Leek ie i“ 7¢ 6 Fi V alley se 15 |Powhattan .... | Lenox ie ........ ia, eo pore it DRILL. PLAID OSNABURGS Atlanta, D 6%\Stark A os | Speee......:..... 6%|Mount Pleasant.... 6% =e | 6% No Name... "ay | Alamance........... 6%4|Onelda.............. 5 « ‘lifton, x. .... 6%/|Top of Heap.. ee ahirtymont ........:.. OM ee [AS eee. 6 |Randelman......... 6 | Simpson.... ....... 20 lbnperia........ a+ 106 Georgia. 6%| Riverside ...... coor Ook tien eensoebe 18 |Black........... 9@ 914 | Granite ..... vovsess DM|SIDLe eee ess van OO ee a ee 6 i... @10 ‘| Haw River.. a tas .-10% oe o. 5 ee a Fe et ee ae THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | i) The Keweenaw Copper Deposits. Hardware Price Current. HAMMERS. Steal. Hl ROPES. a A peninsula called Keweenaw Point, | a & CO.’s............ secresee ia, 2 ae "seen — 13 i . rt S : : x _ Ge, | BmOkeeaee. 0%. 4. Sseee ~ —— vege ot Lake Superior from the} These prices are for cash buyers, who Yerkes & Plumb’s.. Ce i | ane “sau ARES. dis. southern shore toward the northeast, is | pay ; >i M i ., be list 60 Steel and Iron..... . 75 3 ast, Is romptl , 1S. ason’s Solid Cast Steel....... 30¢ list 60 rv famous as the center of a vast copper | tied ptly and buy in full packages Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel. Hand. . 30c 40&10 a Bevels.. po mining industry. Last year the mines | gpep Tua a aT RR dis. HINGES. "SHEET IRON. _ -oduce S : a. ee eee eu Gf! Gate, Clarks, 1,2,3 ...... ! dis.60&10 : . produced no less than 105,586,000 pounds | Cook’s...........-----sssssseeceee ce cece ee, 40 State “per doz. net, 250 | Nog Com. Smooth. Com. of refined copper, and it is estimated Jennings’, genuine een ee 25 | Serew Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and a - he ie Ll eee _ . i that during next year the production will ne + See nn re ames ok and Eve. i een Le 315 be increased by at least 20 per cent. E. eran Screw Hook and Eye, 4........ net on Nos. 221024 .... 02... 405 B15 a : y a f s 96 5 ‘ B. Hinsdale, who contributes to the latest | Fist Quality, 8. B. Bronze.................. Ss " 7 maa dlhCCUCC CU ee bulletin of the American Geographical So- “ Cn eee eee os ca 7 Be rre ere eees po A All sheets No. i8 and lighter, over 30 inches clety an article on the subject, has much o ©, B. Steel... ...... a eo HANGERS a oU | wide not less than 2-10 extra that is interesting to say about the num- nea dis. | 8arn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10 19 pI 5 ce : . : Raflroad 81401c : oo | eee ees. 19.86 dis. at erous prehistoric mines which have been | garden... my Champion, anti-friction.............. ..... 60&10 SASH CORD. found in this region. These ancient) oer aaa - a eo eae ee ree a ° “ ‘4 i | BOLTS, LLOW W & mines, judging from their extent, must | gtove................ 5010 ee ed a 60 “ Drab Aon... as bo have been worked for centuries. Who | Carriage new list. 2.2.2.” eA a RN Kettles farce a A a _ ee eR Te TT eel i eae the workers were no one can tell. They | PIOW....... 0... eee ee cece ee cee ee eee ees wid ice aniaiadl OU oe oi WEHGC......-0--.0.------ 9 seem to have known nothing of the RP OE ooh oro sence sous FURNISHING GooDs. oo SASH WEIGHTS. smelting of copper, for there are no Well, plain pisumenanie 33.50 Stamped Tin Ware... ..... .--- -new list 70 | Solid Eyes........... --.+.. per ton 825 traces of molten copper. oe “—_ 1, J eee Japanned Tin W i ; 25 “SAWS. dis. é an A : PI W hat the J Well, ee. oe Ctutccace @ OO Geaniia Iron Ware ....... a new w list 33% &10 | “ a 2 sought were pieces chat could be fash- BUTTS, CAST. ais WIRE GOODS. dis. | Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot, 7 ioned by cold hammeritg into-useful ar- | Gast Loose Pin, ee es "0d ee. ee —e “ a — — aoe per — oe ticles and ornaments. They understood | Wrought Narrow, nea s Fone eu 60&10 moon's aA 77 A ObIO Cham: ions and Eloonic Pooch x 7 > “oO . on . i ao . . i a ms COC +See Gee ee . eee ‘ the use of fire in softening the rocks to ee Loose Pin. ... . mee Gate Hooks and Eyes oo 70&10&10 | Cuts, per foot. ae he 3u enable them to break away the rock Wrought Inside Blind. ee 60&10 te ana Lene: dis, i “TRAPS. dis, from the masses : ie | 0 ae a ly we | Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s 7 | Seeel Game ................. — 6O&10 gee igg _, of — They could —.. ed a ‘an ia tig dis. | Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ... 35 not drill, but used the stone hammer Bind Parkara ee es aici ae Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .... 55 | Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s .. 70 freely. More than ten cart loads of stone | Bima’ Parker's... ae rettesressescess#C““">9| Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings... : $6 | Mouse, choker... ........|_........ 18 per dos } ‘rs were f j : : i eo ‘| Door, porcelain, plated trimmings 55 | Mouse, delusion.................... @1.50 per dos. lammers were found in the neighbor BLOCKS. Door, porcelvin, trimmings 55 WIRE dis hood of the Minnesota mine. In one | ordinary Tackle, list April 17, -.....s.. 60} Drawer and Shutter, porcelain... 70 | Bright Market eC eek ues ea place the excavation was about 50 feet oRADLES LOCKS—DOOR. dis. Annealed Market............... ee deep, and at the bottom were found tim- | grain dis. 50&02 Mallory, Wheeler C — — ! 55 ee eee Lenn ri a. st nae ' MEUDT | GAIN... ee eee eeeeeee nee eee eee _ dis. § é ! | BE ee bers forming a sc affolding, and a large CROW BARS. Bante : : 55 | Coppered Spring Steel.. _ a. sheet of copper was discovered there. In Cast Steel ae Naorwaine ................... : 55 Barbed Fence, galvanized. ........... 3 35 another vides. in one of the old bis was) re " MATTOCES. painted ....... ‘ si oo adh ht cars. Adee Mere 00000) eet _ 916.00, dis. 60 | HORSE NAI found a mass of copper weighing 46 tons. Ely’s 1-10 wetter csesersreeesseeseesssessperm 65] Hunt Eye a S15 00 din 66) Au Sabla ‘dis. 251025410805 At another point the excavation was 26 ~~" Ce ea : ba a | es So) die. 204810. | Putnam ae 8. 05 feet deep. M. le 3 on | meteors ............-........ dis. 10&10 Mamet ...... eee " 60 , ¢ | NCHES. In another opening, at a depth of 18 CARTRIDGES. — Hane -_ | Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled ee me feet, amass of copper weighing over 6 Rim Fire 50 Coffee, —S — dete oe ‘ 40 | Coe’s —- as Bait 50 C a | — oe = 2 aa al te ola Totes ; g. Co.’s Malleables.... 40 | Coe’s Patent Agricultura wroug £ et 7 tons was found, raised about =» (006 from | Cantral Five....... ..................... dis, 3B ‘“ Landers, Ferry & Cle k’s ""’ 49 | Coe’s Patent, malleable. ... eae its native bed by the ancients, and se- CHISELS. dis. “« Enterprise .- 30 | MISCELLANEOUS. dis. cured on oaken props. Every projecting | Socket Firmer.................. os ..-70&10 i MOLASSES GATES. i Bird ea CEs ele - . 5U i > ake Fc ¢ -., | SOCECt Praming......... os tern. cove io 4 | Fumpe, Cistern...... Sea Bea ce ground. DRILLS. OE . @ 90 | solder in the market indicated by nrivate brands — More's BM Hiccke : HO | 3-22-22 eee eee ee tet teeter eee 1 00 1 50 | vary according to composition. i Taper and straight Shank................... BO | Barre seec eee cree eee ee eee eee ee eee eT 50 2 00 | aie ange The Prevalence of Gambling. iaeve Taare oe uk . Wes... ne 1 50 2 00 | Cookson.......................-... per pound 16 EE EE ee 7 ‘as 5 | Hallett’s..... 13 DRIPPING PANS Case 7 Oe ede cee el Cues sous u cc Gee a nae rr’ Ss a » Say are neve yas esa oes i lo 00 | “‘TIN—MELY GRADE. — — 2 bag — has Small sises, ser pound ..................... v7 Ce ell le 4 | inte iC Charcos! _...07 of atime in the his ory 0 the world when Large sizes, per pound...... ee cee Ou Pinte 1... ...... ce... 1 00 | 14x20 IC, ™ 7 50 gambling was sorife among all classes ELBOW8. ET 1 00 125} 10x14 1X, eae 9 25 of people as at present. In fact, many | Com. 4 piece, 6 tn dou wet || a6 cae ie 1 50 | 14x20 IX, Fea alte aslo a ale a ale 9 25 pe i tact, 5 i ee i ‘inch 1¢ 3 Vi ch ad nal n this grad 75. legitimate branches of business are } Corrugated tee weet eee cre ee. oe Gi a2 eile CC a 90 | — coe — ’ tinged with the hue of speculation. | A@ustable — .................. eee 8 6 115 1 00 | 10x14 1C, =: Shay as $6 %5 Those persons who do not bet on horse “ ns g: largo, oe dis, | Barrell =e at iZ “ aa co chee 4 sé. “ae i. ark’s, small, 818; lar, Pe... fees oe 8. 3. ld ae ae ae pe races or in stock gratify their speculative Ives’, 1. 818; 2, 824: a ’ Obie Tool Co.'s, fancy...) 6)... ....... . G4 | 14x20 TX, ae oe tendencies by dabbling in rural town pe List. di Sees Bonen a @&)| Each additional X on this grade 81.50. lots, in mining shares, and in various dis. | Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy... senses Qw i. ee ther so-called business emterpriees. the |: ee dale tala egal 60&10 | Bench, first quality ..-+++. @60|14x20 IC, ‘‘ Worcester.......... 6 50 other so-cailec i usiness en erprises, t ites Anmieen ...60&10 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s. wood. &10 | 14x20 IX, ' it pedeee eter es le) methods of which are really variations —*- Te .80&10 PANS. — by i an gee == ri e methods of ambli , Ee eee keer eae seas . 50 | Fry, Acme. oe oe dis.60—10 | 14x20 IC, awey Grede........... of 2 ‘ = = : = — ‘by the | Gener’s Horse Rasps... 22.2... a 50 | Common, polished.............-..-.... dis. 70|14x201X, “ “ a roulette wheel, with 20 eagle birds in- ee eee RIVETS. dis. 20x28 IC, “ . ee. 12 50 > ,. > « age " 6 o >” s“ “ ‘“s ~ stead of one. The same elass of men, N 1 20; 22 and 24; 2 and 2%: 27 Hron and Visned.... 40 | 20x28 IX, eect ee 15 50 yho in the last century wa red tk al os. 16 to re ’ and 26; 27 28 Copper Rivets and Burs. . oa -.---. O—I10 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. eee ae eee owe mah | te 12 13 14 > PATENT PLANISHED IRON. ieee ie. --... oo ands and hundreds of thousands on the Discount, 60 ai ‘A’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 | 14x31 IX...... base nla sia ee turn of a card or on the emptying of a vgenelegaN 8. | “B” Wood’s ee planished, Nos. 25 to 27 .. 9 20 | 14x56 TX, for No. 8 Boilers, mi omund 10 dice box, now speculate in the stock Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... oa 50 Broken packs \e per pound extra Manis. = ~ 3 [ : produce, or the colton exchange, and on {| = = =— : : ———— horse racing. which is at present the LE ss greatest of all gambling games.” Mr. Curtis, after citing figures to show the vast scale on which betting is carried | fF =~ -— at horse races and in lotteries, presents = 225.9 some interesting views of the moral effect . penpeeet oy ———— ALSO of this vice upon those who indulge in it i a persistently. ‘‘A bold gambler,” he says, “is agreat man gone wrong, and gam bling is a mis-direction of courage and energy and enterprise and of most of those attributes that make men most ” sas Mi fact t manly. The same mental qualities that ee en we enable aman to await without a tremor 5 * . the turn of a card that carries a fortune, ‘ or the stock quotation that will make j ’ him a beggar, will lead him to face ; death unflinchingly at the call of glory, of honor or of duty; will bring him first We carry a good stock of these axes over the breastworks when a forlorn a d quote them at the following hope- saves an army, and will nerve him prices: to risk his life for others at the throttle, = in the surf, amid flames and smoke, or 7 §. Bit, PD. Bit. in a hospital.’ Kelly Perfect, per doz. 12 _.> Falls City, per doz. $6 $9 & Oo 2 7 Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons. i Loa en i ee E acia hatha eadleate ' ee ae SHe Eg Ayes Bde hc eh oe alana ‘esta ie te ab ee tly! 0 hos it analy 7 ee ME oats eR Mek enous SLwtdeiaks Ubarmcs tcc hee er 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman ‘dicial Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. etail Trade of the Wolverine State, The Tradesman Company, Proprietor. Subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable strictly in advance. Advertising Rates made known on apy lication, Publication Office, 100 Louis St. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Oy.ce. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1891. IS COMPETITION A FAILURE. The supposition that competition is the life of trade has, since the time of Adam Smith, been We have doctrine competition is the life of trade as an axiom and a proverb. that im- believed in the any economic doctrine. every observing man knows that compe- | tition has very often death of trade. strongest proved to be the In fact, one of ganization of monopolies and trusts is| the demonstration that competition would end in disaster. The inability to withstand competition is what has caused combinations. Mr. Aldace F. Walker, who was for a long time one of the Inter-State Com- merce Commissioners, and is now the chairman of the Western Traffic Asso- ciation, has made a thorough historical study of the rise, growth, and application of this doctrine of ‘‘competition the life of trade,’’ and he shows in a thoughtful contribution to the December number of the Forum how competition is just as often the death of trade as it is the life of trade. He shows how that we have long utterly broken down. the old doctrine so believed in has He shows that by modern competition can no longer be trusted in all cases to bring or to maintain a health- ful sort of industry. the development of commerce He concludes his study of this subject by expressing him- seif in favor of a regulated competition. Mr. Walker’s historical treatment of the subject and the pertinent examples with which he fortifies his arguments, make this one of the most original and impor- tant contributions to economie science that has been presented in our current literature for many a day. The defenceless condition of the Unit- ed States sea coast will soon be a thing of the Secretary Proctor of the War Department states in his annual re- port that work has begun on the batter- ies at New York, Boston, San Francisco, Hampton Washipgton; 198 rifled power are about to be made; one company of In- dians has been enlisted for each of the twenty-six regiments of white cavalry and infantry serving west of the Missis- sippi river, and promise to be excellent soldiers; desertions have been less than in any previous year, being but 6.1 per cent. past. toads and stee] cannons of high It is unfortunate that the editor of the Ypsilanti Sentinel should desire to con- tinue the provoked by his brutal attack on the traveling fraternity, but so long as he discussion repeats his baseless charges against the profession as a whole, the columns of THe TRADESMAN will be open to a reply to same. Mr. Owen’s the | forces that has caused the or- | by competing firms | j | explanation that the attacks are due to the fact that the writer is, probably, | mentally irresponsible is the most chari- | table way to view the matter. | whistling. plicitly, perhaps, as we have believed in | In spite of this, | Honesty of purpose does not count for much, unless honesty of execution fol- lows it. fuel, but you will not get your break- fast unless you light the fire and pre- pare the food. THE TRADESMAN cordially wishes its friends and patrons a Merry Christmas and trusts that they may be spared to en- joy many succeeding Christmas days. If you lean teo much on chance and good luck in the conduct of your busi- ness, your creditors will soon have a lien on your property. When you are tempted to whine, try It will accomplish the same purpose and sound much better. A financial success is a financial fail- ure, if integrity and square dealing do not constitute its foundation. Wisdom is better than riches, but is not considered legal tender in the pay- ment of a debt. Purely Personal. Alex. Denton, the Howard City grocer, was in town last Wednesday. Henry Hamlyn, meat dealer at Belle- vue, was in town a couple of days last week. W. C. Edsell succeeds W. C. Edsell & Son in the private banking business at Otsego. Oscar F. Conklin has gone to Lawrence to attend the mortgage sale of the How- ard & Co. boot and shoe stock. Heman G. Barlow is expected home from Mt. Clemens to-day. His adipose is considerably reduced and his health correspondingly improved. Wm. H. Hoops has purchased a resi- dence on Drexel Boulevard, Chicago, and will remove to the Windy City early in January. He has sold his residence in in this city and is rapidly closing out his business interests at Luther. Jas. N. Bradford went to Muskegon last Thursday to assist in the celebration of his parents’ golden wedding. His father is 74 years old and his mother two years younger. Both have lead active lives, but are remarkably well preserved, considering their years. Fred H. Ball, Secretary of the Ball- Barnhart-Putman Co., leaves Saturday for New York, whence he sails for Ber- muda Islands, where he expects to re- main a couple of months. Of course he will be accompanied by his wife. The best wishes of the trade will follow the couple on their journey. Frank B. Warren, Cashier of the City National Bank of Greenville, has resign- ed that position to take the Cashiership of the First National Bank of Englewood, lil. Mr. Warren has been connected with the banking business of Greenville about ten years and his departure from Michigan will be a matter of general re- gret. 2 $$ What Did He Want? A lad recently entered a drug store at Benton Harbor and handed the proprie- tor a piece of paper on which the follow- ing was written: ‘har. lemnoil.’’ What did the boy want? You may have both food and | Pertinent Suggestions on the Credit Business. “Store Crank” in American Grocer. It is an old saying and true that ‘‘any fool can get rid of goods.’’ Many a mer- chant, at the end of his first year’s busi- ness and at the time of inventory, has | come to the conclusion that the secret of | suecess does not all hinge upon the abil- | ity to make large sales, but that this gift | inseparably united to a capacity to collect | the money for the goods sold will make a permanent success. Faith and works can be as successfully separated, as can these two factors, in the life of a retail mer- chant. It is unreasonable to suppose that you will not suffer some losses, but they can, by constant vigilance, be kept ataminimum. Retail merchants in our large cities do not suffer largely on this account. A strict cash business is almost exclusively done. At the farthest, set- tlements are generally made at periods not over a week in extent, and if these small balances are not allowed to lap, then the losses will be small; herein lies the danger. The mechanic or laborer who receives his wages every Saturday night generally expects to spend his Sun- day square with the world. As a rule they generally exhibit greater anxiety to pay their just debts than do the class which I shall speak of farther on. You may be of a particularly sympathetic nature and cannot listen to the tale of woe, which is so often poured into your ears as a reason for letting ‘‘this week’s bill go over until next Saturday.” Asa rule this class of people use all that they earn to meet their regular necessities and have no way to make up arrearges. You can stand one week’s loss; you cannot af- ford to multiply it, because of some un- forseenoaccident or sickness cutting off the customers’ means of supply. Have no hesitancy in declining to give continued credit to a customer who deals upon a cash basis, and is unable or dis- inclined to keep his accounts square. Let the Doctor or the druggist, the furniture dealer or the jeweler, take their share of the liability. How unjustit appears toa merchant to hear, as an excuse given by a customer for lapping his bills, that he had to buy some chairs or a set of dishes, and assurngly ask you to carry the debt instead of the party of whom the goods were purchased. I would have the mer- chant in such a case make a frank state- ment, as I have outlined, and if done in the right spirit would not give offence. Iimagine that upon this you will say that the crockery vor furniture dealer would not perhaps extend the credit. In such case, ask your customer torefer the dealer to you and you can make a state- ment to him just how your customer has paid you, what his promises have been and how kept. If after a statement of this kind, which has been favorable, he declines to take the risk, it is absurd for you to consent to assume it for his bene- fit. Rather than carry a book account against acash customer who is dependent upon his daily wages for his support, if he is actually needing assistance for an emergency, far better make him a cash loan, relying upon his honor for its pay- ment. I think I do not exaggerate when I say that the merchant suffers greater loss from the class of men earning from $1,- 200 to $2,000 per year than from those just referred to. Society demands, and imaginary needs use up a great portion of the income this class of persons re- ceive. There is a strong tendency to copy the manners and court the friend- ship of those who have dollars where they have nickels, and thus they live a little beyond their income each year. This class of persons, the merchant should hold to prompt payment; never let the bills pass thirty days, and when the time of payment comes, insist upon getting it. The merchants generally are timid about refusing such a customer, owing to his personal appearance, but if the dealer is at all shrewd, he will soon know the approximate income and the probable ability of thecustomer. Most of the losses sustained are from these silk-hat-fur-beaver-overcoat-and - patent- leather-shoe-customers, who, perhaps try to keep within their means, but are car- ried out to sea by the feeling that they must have just what their neighbor pos- sesses, although he is able to have it, while they are not. The country merchant, after one or two years’ establishment, should make but few losses. His trade is confined to a certain area of country. He should know every farmer and mechanic in his jurisdiction, and what their ability to pay is. Farmers expect to pay in the fall after crops are harvested. I find that in most sections of the country settlements are made twice a year, spring and fall. The great majority of country merchants have but little capital in their business, and it would greatly embarrass them to grant extended credit. Settlement in the spring may be made by note, with prop- er endorsement, and always averaging interest. These may be used by the mer- chant. Of course such settlements should be only made with such parties as have realestate. The fall settlements are gen- erally cash. The above, of course, the read- er will understand, is to apply toa class of farmers as dispose of their products in other markets. All others I should hold to prompt pay, in produce which every country merchant is expected to take, or cash in thirty days. Never extend credit to any one without having a correct understanding as_ to time of payment. When the time arrives insist upon its fullfilment. All differ- ences as regards price or questions which the customer may raise as to quality, ete., will be fresh in the mind and can be decided. Many country merchants allow farmers, whom they know to be goed, to have running accounts of two and three years standing. These always cause friction when a settlement is made. My judgment is that the dealer should ren- der an itemized statement to every credit customer once in thirty days, and request its examination. No rule can be laid down for any merchant’s guidance. His common sense and judgment are to play the important part in the matter. As a rule, ‘‘short accounts make long friends,” but whatever you do as to extending credit, observe this one rule religiously: Have a definite time for settlement un- derstood with each one of your custom- ers, and then see that the settlement is made. —_——--_-—>_+>—___—— The Cash Cry Comes Across the Straits. Conrad Bros., the St. Ignace grocers, announce the abandonment of the credit system in the following circular to their trade: St. Ignace, Dec. 15—We have been doing business in this city nearly five years and we want to stay with you. In order to do so and give satisfaction to our customers and make our business profitable, we realize that we must turn over a new leaf and make it to your interest to buy goods of us. It has been a study with us how to accomplish this and we have decided that there is only one way, and that way we are hereafter going to try for all there isin it. We can buy cheaper by paying cash and we can sell a great deal cheaper if we sell for cash. Ninety cents in cash is worth more to us than $1 on our books, and for that reason we will sell you goods for cash at far lower prices than we have ever sold them before. Beginning Jan. 1, 1892, we will do a strictly cash business, and all goods must be paid for before they leave the store. No deviation whatever will be made from this rule, so do not ask for it. You will want to know what difference this will make to the customer. We will show you by our prices, figured from a cash basis, with no percentage added for losses through bad accounts, with no man’s time occupied by book-keeping, making out bills, collecting, ete., and with the ready cash at all times to pur- chase goods with, which will save us at least 7 per cent. The following table of prices go into effect at once, for cash only: * * * * * * Our stock is large, well assorted and first-class in every respect. We request a continuance of your patronage and hope to add many new customers to our present long list. Thanking you for past favors, we wish one and all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Very respectfully, CoNRAD Bros, How Can I Increase the Profits of My Trade? FOURTH PAPER. Written for THE TRADESMAN of increasing the profits of the general retail business than by rn ~ — | our way. qualifying ourselves | degree of confidence by that we are anchored sure and steadfast | self-reliance, and that | send emissaries to our doors they will lic taste, thereby for the important duty the wants, and preparing to meet the demands, of the people. It is all very well to undertake to improve the public taste and educate the people up to higher standards and loftier ideas, but we can- not afford to sacrifice our profits in the advancement of this geod work. We must not forget that the people are their own judges as to what they want and what they do not want; and, when we constitute ourselves their monitors, in this matter we hamper our business and diminish the profits. The contents of every retail store should be the very em- of anticipating bodiment of the tastes and demands of the people of the neighborhood in which the store is located. A stock of this kind would always be worth 100 cents on the dollar and would never go begging for a purchaser; but add something to it which is foreign to the tastes of the people, and the major por- tion of that something will remain on the shelves until it is shelf-worn and rusty, when it is shoved to one side as dead stock. Our jobbers and manufacturers are not supposed to know what our trade demands except as they learn it through us, and, therefore, we should make a careful study of it, in order that we may not deceive ourselves and mislead them. The commercial traveler is not supposed to know what our customers want, and no wise retailer who is anxious to in- crease his profits, will ever set aside his own judgment for that of any traveling agent, as to what his trade demands. - A shoe, for instance, may be very popular in one locality, in price, style and fitting qualities; yet, not fifty miles away, at some other point, it cannot be soldat all. This is not all sentiment or simply a matter of education, for no amount of education, voluntary or compulsory, will ever educate a No. 7 double E wide foot into a No. 314 B. Every community is a little world by itself, moving in an orbit of its own and possessing many little no- tions which are not held in common by the little worlds all around it. Every retail merchant should understand the local peculiarities of his own little world and regulate his stock accordingly. I do not wish to be understood as cen- suring the traveling fraternity for the many mistakes made in buying stock. If the retailer is too stupid to learn the wants of his trade and does not know what to buy—and is able to pay for all he does buy—the agent deserves praise, rather than censure, for generously loan- ing the unfortunate little brains to make his purchases with, even if he does sell him some shelf fixtures. These commercial travelers are the agents of the houses which employ them, and do not and can not act as purchasing agents for the retailers at the same time. Shame upon the cowardly and imbecile retailer who, finding himself loaded down with stock which he cannot sell and which was never demanded by his trade, dodges his own responsibility and throws all the blame upon the agent who sold him the goods! Poor fellow! He wonders where he could have been about the time the agent sold him the goods. retailer a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Let us prove to the wholesalers that we | are men of matured judgment, and not a | fluttering, wavering, vacillating fleet of . ’ | pilotless,aimless, small-sized crafts, float- | There is probably no more certain way | ing and waiting to be driven and tossed ai | about by the first windy gust that passes | Let us win from them a larger assuring them rock of when they with samples of their wares, find us prepared at all times, and under all circumstances, to cheerfully receive them, look them over, and act promptly according to our own preconceived ideas as to the wants and dislikes of our own trade. Dear reader, stop article right here, drop Tur TRADESMAN on the desk and run your eye over your shelves and take an inventory, in your mind, of all the shelf-ornaments, wall- tlowers, stock-fixtures, and store-ballast you have on No? You cannot east it in your mind—too much of it. Well, take a pencil anda half quire of foolscap paper and go at it. When it is finished, hold a post mortem examination over it, and over the verdict soliloquize thus: ‘‘Here is a fine array of very in- teresting stuff which will stay by me un- til the day of judgment. Unfortunately for me, my heirs, executors, administra- more especially, my creditors, this widely-diversified assortment is im- perishable; otherwise a fond hope would linger in the minds of my decendants that there would come, sooner or later, a final dissolution when it would disap- pear from the face of the earth. This stuff, which would not bring seventeen cents on the dollar, memento of my imbecility. It was never demanded by my trade, and how it is that the stuff has crept into my stock and accumulated from year to year is more than I can tell. I declare, I believe that the evil one’’——Hold on! You have so- liloquized long enough. You are begin- ning to think about the ‘‘drummer.’’ Shame on you! Don’t you know that you and that drummer met in an open field—he charged with the responsibility of selling the goods and wares of his employer; and you with the responsibili- ty of buying supplies wherewith to sup- ply the wants and demands of your cus- tomers? If either had an advantage over the other, it was you, test was fought on your own ground un- der the supposition that you knew just what your trade wanted and that he did not; yet, because he simply did his duty and gained a point, and you neglected your duty and lost a point, you set up a how! and would feign dodge your respon- sibility by placing it upon someone else. on the hand. tors, and, precious is a sad because the con- Remember that the most expert sales- man in the world cannot effect a legal sale of anything without a willing buyer; and remember, also, that the time to consider whether you want a thing or not, is before you buy it. I know that the readers of this paper will pardon me for pounding around one spot so much, for they know, as well as I do, that it is the only way, to-day, to attract attention or make an impression. This idea of familiarizing ourselves with the tastes and desires of the people whom we furnish with food, clothing, fuel, medicine, etc., is a grand one, and is worthy of careful consideration. In- deed, it is of such vital importance that no man who overlooks it is qualified to buy stock for any retail store. Such a reading this | buyer would sprinkle any stock with the kind of stuff we have been de- seribing, and, in time, would run the most promising business into the ground. Here is a way open by which the most of us can increase the profits of our bus- Vi iness: Never buy a novelty or adda new | element to your stock because some vain or cranky individual asks forit. Wait until there is a general demand, and your customers begin to show an inclina- tion to go elsewhere for the coveted arti- icle, and then buy sparingly at first. A little conservatism exercised along this line would undoubtedly add to the profits of most every retail business in the country. talked into the purchase of any new- fangled thing, when your better judg- ment prompts you to leave it alone. You | had better err on the slow side than on | the too hasty side. It is not so expen-| sive, and less injurious to your business. | If the retailers would develop a little backbone and only buy what they want- ed, and when they wanted it, and would exercise a little more independence, sta- bility of purpose, and common sense in| placing their orders with the house in which they have the greatest confidence, and whose shipments and business meth- ods have always been satisfactory, in- stead of with the salesman who can tell the slickest story, the house might super- annuate one-third of its traveling force. The trade would not suffer and the job- ber would not lose a dollar if the gentle- man with the grip called every third in- stead of every second week—and the eost of living might be reduced for the masses to the extent of the re- duced expenses. The advocates of the two weeks’ interval think that it is necessary, in order to hold the trade up and keep it together. They are afraid that if the interval was Never allow yourself to be; seem to | 9 Origin of the Tobacconist’s Wooden Indian. From the Chicago Tribune. A North Clark street tobacconist said: ‘*T used to live in Spain, and afterward in the West Indies before I came to the States. I metthe wooden Indian long before I came to this country. I have been asked before where the wooden In- dian got his start. I only know what I haye heard about him in the Old World. There was an adventurer, named Ruiz, who left his old city, Barcelona, and came to Virginia 300 years ago. When he re- turned he executed the wooden Indian in arude way, as a type of the sort of animal he had met in the New World, | and the figure was set up in front of a | shop where wine was sold. Finally it | became sort of a trademark. There were smokers in those days and they assembled around the Indian. And the wooden In- dian is now seen in front of every cigar store, or nearly every one in the world.” STUDY LAW AT HOME. Take a course in the Sprague Correspon- “one e school ot aw incorporated}. nd ten cents {stamps} fo “s articu lars to Jd. COTNER, dr., Sece’y, No. 375 Whitney Block, DETROIT, - MICH, G. R. MAYHEW, JOBBER OF Wales Goodyear Rubbers, Woonsocket Rubbers Felt Boots & Avaska Socks Whitcomb & Paine’s Calf Boots, extended to three weeks the fickle re- tailer would lose his constancy, his fair drummer and become befuddled | by a better looking fellow. forget EK. A. OWEN. | iGleae yee Write for Prices. nouncing his emancipation from the pil illustration : Geo. F. Owen has issued a handsome C Owen Shakes the Doctors. is customers, an- Yhristmas souvenir to hi llowing significant 1 dispensers in the fo NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREE WE CARR7Z A STOCK OF CA PERKINS & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, Tt. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, KE TALLOW FOR MiLL USE- wiabeanaitineccener ak HibidAs iarok olats delisiow beech cesaijsdhveat API ee ace Fr iaisiiadiabiasthe teagan Av domutes = paired Tae Ltd pect sptedisenisieoebhcasbeidiaadedaaatonh alec aechihasndhcnalbora un vcchashabiia Se clei eens tadicuteda ac estes al on cia sk aap tstea iT hae a Paeidlhendlncndibariennucaialil aa’ ee Ce ea oe ee a eal oe aaa 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs # Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Two Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Three Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor Five Years—George Gundrum, lonia. President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Next meeting—At Bay City, Jan. 13 and 14, 1892. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. Vice-Presidents—S. E. Parkill, Owosso; L. Pauley, St. Ignace; A. 8. Parker, Detroit. Secretary—Mr. Parsons, Detroit. Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—F. J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids; Frank Inglis and G. W. Stringer, Detroit; C. E. Webb, Jackson. Next place of meeting—Grand Rapids. Local Secretary—John D. Muir. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Escott, Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March June, September and December. Grand <4 Drug Clerks’ Association. resident, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, W.C. Smith. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. President, F. Rohnert; Secretary, J. P.{Rheinfrank. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President. N. Miller; Secretary, A. T. Wheeler. THE THEORY OF PROFIT. There is no phase of life, commercial or social, that does not afford food for theory, yet to theorize is but to formu- late beliefs, which contribute little bene- fit aside from the satisfaction one feels. To evolve a theory and substantiate the same by demonstration is in effect the es- tablishment of a rule or fixed principle on which calculation may be based. The ** Theory of Profit,’’ because of its peculiar nature, changeable conditions and susceptibility to exterior influences, necessarily occupies a point midway be- tween these two. Analogous cases or conditions provide a basis for compara- tive or deductive reasoning — they strengthen the theory without establish- ing the rule. who desires to establish a rule The merchant, therefore, will do well to formulate an elastic theory and so hedge it in by data that each applica- tion may be measurably covered precedent; he will then have a ‘‘nine times out of ten’? rule. It is this same rule at which we shall aim in dealing with the *‘ Theory of Profit.” There is but one rational basis upon which to calculate profit—the ultimate results, and all means having this end in view may, in the proper acceptation of the term, be declared profitable. The superficial reasoner who looks upon profit as a gain in a separate trans- action where goods are purchased at one price and sold at another, is sooner or later, confronted with the paradoxical condition of a losing profit. Many costly errors are committed through computing this factor in the abstract—considering it independent of ulterior influences. We have seen stores rise and fall; a good trade wrecked in a few months. There was no deterioration in stocks, there were no important changes in con- ditions, yet they could not hold the trade; their systems of fixing prices were wrong. Local conditions exercise such a marked effect upon the management of a store and its results that the most suc- cessful operator cannot safely do more than generalize his rules, rules require specific conditions. by a In this matter, as in many others of like nature, half the battle serious study backed up by that degree of judgment which any business man must possess to be successful. The theory of profit is an all-prevad- ing element. It cannot safely be lost sight of at any point, but should exert lies in its influence upon each one of the many | details which make up the sum of com- mercial life. as specific | First of all, profit should be systema- tized to enable one to deal with it intelli- | gently; this can only be done by placing it upon a basis of percentage. This will | not necessitate the fixing of a rate at | which all goods must be marked, but de- | partments or goods that should yield 50 per cent. as well as those which yield 10 |or 20 per cent. may be handled with | equal facility by this method. In buying let all transactions be guid- led by the expected profit. With a thor- | ough understanding of the peculiarities lof your trade and a familiarity with | their tastes, financial status, ete., you | should be reasonably well prepareil to | lay in a stock that will meet the demand. First determine the price at which an article can be sold to your trade, deduct from this the percentage of profit which should be realized on the article (which percentage should be liberal enough to embrace its preportion of the risk which you incur in the operation of the depart- ment to which it belongs). this should give you cost price—it must do it or you cannot afford to make the purchase. This is the rule upon which the best buyers act, and there is no questioning the fact that when wholesalers once discover that you a:e acting upon this safe rule their appreciation of your ability as a buyer will assume a very advantageous form. The careful buyer is the one who re- ceives the most concessions. One of the best buyers with whom we are acquaint- ed confidently asserts that all successful merchants make their profits when they buy. a statement from experience that bears out the old adage that ‘‘goods well bought are half sold.” This measuring of percentage between the cost and retail price constitutes the secret of buying, and unless goods are well bought there is liftle hope that the most shrewd manager or salesman can dispose of them at a profit and retain his prestige and that which detracts from the prestige or reputation of a house is ruinous to its profits. In offering ‘‘ bargains,” it is not gener- ally profitable to secure too heavy an ad- vance above cost price. The ‘bargain sale’ has for its object a profit of a dif- ferent nature, but none the less surely a profit. The merchant looks to his bar- gain sale as a means of popularizing his store, of disposing of surplus stock, estab- lishing confidence throughout the com- munity. It cannot do all this and at the same time yield a good direct profit above cost price. Let all things be tempered with judg- ment. There are times when you can secure a lot of reliable goods ata very low price. Would it tend to enhance your reputation tosell them at one-fourth value? Be careful here: do not mark them too high; do not mark them too low. See that they are cheap at the price asked, and, if it yields you 500 per cent., so much the better. When goods are marked down below all reason the effect is not good; customers will look them over with not only acritical eye, but | with a prejudice against them and a de- termination to find fault; and, depend upon it, they will find it, be it real or imaginary. | There is another ‘theory of profit” | which has many disciples, yet we believe it to be wrong, especially in small cities or towns where customers are largely acquainted with each other and with the | | stocks carried by the stores. It is the! | practice of marking goods at an unreas- onable advance during the height of the season, after which time they are marked at or near cost. Say what you will, ad- vertise in every way imaginable, you cannot make many people believe you are selling below cost, or even at cost. When you mark down the prices they will immediately see wherein they could have saved greatly by waiting, and they will profit by it another season. Again, there is never a very kindly feeling in the heart of one who has paid 20 or 30 per cent. more for an article than a neighbor has purchased the same thing at. On the other hand, in order to make sure of the proper percentage the first half would have to be sold at a double advance to make good the loss on the re- maining half. The percentage of profit must be realized on the entire purchase. Your chances of disposing of a line of goods are much better if held at a reason- able advance during the of the season than when you charge exorbitant prices at first and cost at last. The above is applicable in a greater degree to stores of the size and nature mentioned. In the immense bazaars of large cities customers know compara- tively little of the stock when not look- ing at it, and therefore the other method may be more successfully operated; yet we know of many stores, particularly clothing stores, which, by their heavy ‘mark downs,’’ have created a feeling of best distrust that, of course, operates against them to a considerable extent. 4 A theory of profit whieh does not em- brace provisions for running expenses, risks, clearing up, deterioration of stock, fluctuations in values, credits, small damaged goods from various causes, the peculiarities of the trade, local influences and carrying of stocks, is at fault and should be made to con- form. The country merchant under ordinary conditions cannot look for a very heavy increase of trade, and at the beginning of the year he should determine the per- centage of profit necessary upon gross sales, then apportion it to the various departments in conformity with the na- ture of the goods. With this percentage in mind let him buy his goods, departing as little from his rule as possible. But first of all he should remember that profit is a deceptive factor and needs constant watching. Profit in the ab- stract remains the same ‘through the still lapse of ages,’? but the theory of profit changes with the tide of human affairs. losses, et i What Breaks Men Down. One of the features of American busi- ness life about which men are compelled to think when they have time, but of which certainly those who know and feel it most cannot be expected to write, is the irregularity with which the strain of mental and and accompanying physi- cal exertion falls upon them. Business comes with a rush and for some months those in positions of responsibility and greatest usefulness are compelled by circumstances to wrestle with figures, facts and circumstances at a rate and during an extended day, the result of which must be to wreck the nerves of the strongest and most determined who undertake to do their duty if in employ- ment, or to keep their heads above water if in theuswim for themselves. There is no patent method for reforming this under the actual conditions, but the thought that able men are being worn out too quickly by the system will sug- gest that where a saving of time can be effected no routine should be adhered to that is not strictly necessary to safety and efficiency. Another thing is that as service becomes more valuable by ex- perience in a place, those whose busi- nesses which can by care in management be shaped to employ a steady and ade- quate personnel by the year will gain something in the course of time by mak- ing the endeavor intelligently. Other points are that all facilities to bring busy men to and from their places of business are of increasing importance as to saving that time which would be devoted to rest and meals. The motherly housekeeper, also, needs to be aware that upon her devolves no small portion of responsibli- ity for the health of the toiling man. Itis business rush and worry that break men down more than manual labor ever did. The temperance advocates, too, may stop and think that they have to deal with causes, and that often, indeed, the habit of taking stimulants to excess is merely a result of business pressure. On the other hand, enforced idleness is as bad morally, while less injurious in its direct physical results. Overwork and strain fall upon the clerk and book- keeper as upon the manager, but on the former classes the blight of no work at all is more likely to fall. While appar- ently small safeguards are all that can at present be practically suggested, it should not be forgotten that safeguards, in appearance small are otten sure and effective. It should be in the power of every reasonable man at least to banish worry; to attend closely to what is pre- sented, decide promptly, press forward serenely and care nothing for conse- quences while doing what seems best in the time which nature allows for work. A good strong resolution in competent managing men, when they are able to take leisure and save health, to do so, no matter if it costs much in money, would be very wise and would havea wholesome effect in making places for others and in compelling corporations to seek their interest in a reasonable con- servation of the health of their capable employes. -_—_—— a 2 The Drug Market. Opium is firm, but unchanged. Mor- phia is steady. Quinine is dull and weak. Assfcetida is scarce and higher for prime. The cheap, adulterated article has not advanced. Ipecac has declined. —_———_ >_< Kalamazoo—The Morgan Manufactur- ing Co. is succeeded by the Sun Stamp- ing Co. in the manufacture of odorless cookers. Harrison’s Hair Hastener Makes harsh and coarse hair soft, pliable and glossy. Prevents hair from splitting, eradicates dandruff, arrests falling hair and will thicken with new growth thin heads of hair. PRICE, $1 PER BOTTLE. Sold by all druggists. Manufactured by C. B. HARRISON & CO., SHERWOOD, MICH, CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address PECK BROS., “Guinn Rarine.” GRAND RAPIDS, Got Wheat You Auk Paw! --—HINKLEY’S BONE LINIMENT-- FOR THIRTY-FOUR YEARS THE FAVORITE. Eyclosed in White Wrappers and made by D. F. FOSTER, Saginaw, Mich. eee ay Tey _ : ~ a ah Aca nh Ma a hai Pa a a I ik I i . : THER M 7 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 11 Wholesa ee ee le Price Current. eat jg) ®@2 20 | Seldiitz Mixture...... @ 2%| Lindseed, boiled sa > a f Co . N. «. “ —. ee ecco @ s Nests Foot, winter cased. becoleatia, aap gee RR Si cn 85@2 watt esse case. 30| _ strained ........... . Declined —Ipecac. ag ane ag Se ne = — Maceabey. De ‘ oe | eT eepentine. ...- 39 2 ACIDUM. une Os. omica, (po2%).. @ 10 Snuff, “Scotch, De. Voos @ 3! PAINTS. bbl. Ib Aoetiourt 0.5. 05... 10 | Exechthitos.......... 2 0002 . 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Liquida, (gal. 3 "S) 10@ 12] Cm damon... -.... oo... — oe. 30@ 35 oo. 24@ 3% |W hiting Paris Eng. : qua, 16 deg......---. : 1 08@1 2 Go... | Gusmtaa 4 = 10) _ cliff ........... ( a2. sn@ 7 eee tet 2 pay ei ee as Guinia, 8. Saw! Bs = Terebenth Venice 28@ 30) Pioneer Prepared Paintl 20g 4 ao. — ta. ng ho a a ne ‘ a 2 - oe oo. 45@ 5¢| Swiss Villa Prepared Chioridum .......----- io 14 Succ an mice... 888... 59 | Rubia Tinctorum.. 12@ 14! A ag ee as -9 00@16 00 Paints...... wssees el OO@I 20 ANILINE er CAT iC a se i rege niet go | Saccharum Lactispv. @ 35 oe = + VARNISHES. a. 50@7 Yolu a is , : —— sane = a 00 ——_ 50 | Salacin. an ---. 1 60@1 65 omLs. No. 1 Furp Cosch....1 saa eee io... 80@1 00 —— ess, ounce. @ 65|Cubeba.... i 50 | aan raconis..... 40@ 50 Bbl. Gat} ¢ eee i --160@1 70. Bee 45@ 50 | Tiglil - oe 50 | Sant ee inihicwen 2 Bhi. Se Coe 2 50@3 00 Thyme .. a... 50 | S@pO, Weews eco cocs 12@ 14] Lard, extra. cl a 6a Furn......1 00@1 10 ee ee eS & Gentian soared = « 2 10@ 12 Lard’ No. 1. 45 56 oe Turk Damar. ..1 55@1 60 BACCAE. Theobromas.......... 15@ 2 A 60 | r @ 15| Linseed, pureraw .. 36 39|° "For Dryer, No. 1 | Cubeae (po. 90). 90@!1 10 EER Gualea 21! 50 | ou = * Juniperus ...- 8 Wing i | mmon 60| — Xanthoxylum .. 25@ 30 arb..... ioap IS | Zinginer........... 50 | Bichromate re 19@ 14| Hyoscyamus ............... 50 | BALSAMUM. mromiad.......... ee Se 50 | “ Carb an = foame. 75 | - Copatba 50@ 55] Ghioraie. (oo i me : 2 | Caer en. es So eee. 8... 14@ 16 | Ferri Sond — fT FL 1 a) Y Terabin, Canada ..... 35@ 40 Todid © eee ee eee ee ees 50@ 55|Kino....... ee oe Shel SOL co cee erates 2 80@2 90 | Lobelia Tel . : Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 284 0 | Myrrh. Ba | v CORTEX. Potassa, Bitart,com... @ 15 Nux Wemmee = j N Abies, Canadian. 18 ores ae. I UO se. 35 | A otass Nitras......... 7 9 C | p Cassiae tecteee ess: ELD Dr eatat i Camphorated.. oe Ginchona Flava .....------- 18 ee ---..--:- a oo) " Beodor..___. Lt seat Euonymus atropurp........ 30 | Sulphate po..... 15@ 18] anranti Cortex i ee ca” <........ = RADIX. Quaseia sete = / runus Virgini....-.-------: S Aconitum 0000.00... 20gy) ate Gatiicie, ee 14 a = ena a 50 | : MMMOETGH ...---.------++---- auebuee ° , Cassi Acut aon: | mporters and Jobbere Ulmus Po — 12) 10} Arum, a Ll “— = 28 a _ Ca : seiie extnacrvx. oe ae eS 3 D0. ce 2 mo ee ; Glycyrrhiza Glabra... AG 25 | Glye Gane, (1 ~. 15). ion . Stromon ii = . 33@ 35] Hydrastis Canaden, Valerian ... -. 50 Haematox, 15 Ib. box.. 11@ 12 (po. 40) @ 35| Veratrum V ees a oe 13@ 14] Hellebore, Ala, po aa ' “ 4s . 144@ 15} Im i My MISCELLANEOUS u — 16@ 17 —— ‘oon z _ SCELLAD a, ea 252 3é ther, S } 4@ 3 FERRUM. Iris plox (po. 35@38). 35 40] _ War 30 Carbonate Precip. . @ 15 epeade’ ia 50@ 55] Alumen .... 1... 24%@ 3 Citrate and Quinie.. @3 50 | podoph 48. -- @ : ground, (po. CHE Citrate Soluble......-. @ %|Rne yilum, eee 15@ 18] 7 3@ 4 AND Ferrocyanidum Sol.. oer. c. ---- T@1 90 aa. 55@ 60 Solut Chloride......-. @ 15 _ _,@! 7% | Antimont, po. 4@ 5 Sulphate, com'l LL ae 2 iy 15@1 35 et Potass T 55@ 60 @ 7 Spie elia . 48@ 53] Antipyrin “uceennan Sanguinaria, (po 25).. _@ 2 | Antifebrin............. S =| PLORA ee 33@ 35 | Argentl “amc © @| Arnice . ea 5 | Smee - -.-- --- 40 45 | Areenicoum ............ 5 7 Anthemis 300 Bo Similax, Officinalis, 2 @ 40 Balm Gilead Bud... 4 a8 2 atricar %@ Scillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12/C Xhlor, 18, (i48 gueney Fouts. oe Foeti - ee ee _— @ 9 Bar 20@ 50] .. dus, po......... @ 35|Cantharides Russian, EALERS Sansa. “acutifol, “Tin- valeriana, _ aes 30) i pol... ee @1 20 - 7” nivel oe ees 2 28 erman. 15@ Wio ue aes ee = 251 ingtber a. a je 20 | Capsici Fructus, af... @ 2 Salvia officinalis, 4s Zingiber j...... 18@ 2B} w a and il | Re SEMEN Car ; : : Jaryophylius, (po. 15 : : oe a, on @ 15|Carmine Nod...) | @3 7 LS arn @UMMI Tee (graveleons) . 20@ 22| Cera Alba, S.&F..... 50@ 55 Acacia, 1st picked... @ 80] Bird,1 : 4@ 6| Cera Flava............ 38@ 40 “ 2d “ @ 60 Carul. ca 18). - 8@ 12 oo ee... @ 4 ~ oe is 3d i an @ 40 Cardamon.. 1 00@1 25 Cassia Fructus........ @o 2 a ‘“s gifted sorts.. @ 3) Corlandrum........... 10@ 12 ceteme. @ 10 A 60@ 30 | Cannabis Sativa....... 44@5 | Cetaceum . ee Soke Agente for the Uskebrated loe, Barb, (po. -—. ae See 75@1 00 | Chloroform .... 60@ 63 “Og 20) .. @ 12} Cheno odium ........ 10@ 12 C squibbs . @1 25 “ ens on. 60) @ 50 Dipterix Odorate..... 2 10@2 20 Chioral Coat oo . 1 25@1 50 Catechu, 18, (34811 14 48, Foeniculum..........- @ 15] Chondru 0G 2 REPARED PRINTS. 16)... @ 1 Foouugresk, po.. 6@ 8 Cinchonidine, P&Ww 15@ 2 : Awanoniae _......2..- 55@ 60} Lint............ 4@4Ki, German 3 @ 12 . (po. 3%). @ 2 Lint, gre: (dbl. 3%) 4@4% Corks, list, dis. -_ a Benzoinum...... 30@ 55 | Lobel : | Sas 40 Sens ms 60 Camphora .... 50@ 53 Sereaienasiiian. __. 3%@ 4% | Creasotum . _. @ 50 e Euphorblum po - 35@ 19 | R@PAa .--.. -------+-- 6@ 7 | Creta, (bbl. 7). reece @ 2 7 3 - Galbanum. @3 50 Sinapis, rea a om ¢| | Eeve.. _ a 5a = Gamboge, po. .. %@ 0 Nien |. te racip.. 9@ 11 oe ee's ‘go 4 eg 25 SPIRITUS. ‘ ubra.. @ 8 1 i no, (po. 25)....----- Q@ w s ‘ srocus .. 2 ee @ % Frumenti, ~~ FoR 0 Cinpe e 4 ae (po 45). oe . gs 40 “ ee 10@1 rar a Cue. 5@ 6 pil, (po ee ‘ 1 _ 15 aan 2 2 eee 1 2 + _ 15 | Juniperis Co 0. T ; a a Ether Sulph.. — = We are Sole Propricters of “ bleached. 300 Sitio s. : G2 00 eS numbers. . @ i Tragacanth . 30@ 75/ Spt. Vini Galil........1 75@6 50| g - f iphi HERBA—In ounce packages. Sr Coors .... ... 1 25@2 00 og poi) 7 %..... 85@ 70 ba erly § Michigan Catarrh Remed Absinthium = Wael Aime...) ....... a 25@2 00 — ite......... 12@ 15 i. a eel ee sada 20 SPONGES. ent. sce. 7 g _ a oe Gelatin, Coo oo Major 9g | Florida sheeps’ wool da 7. ; carriage... one 0 ee ee: 40@ Mentha "iii = ‘aun a-£€ come 25@2 50 Gen flint, 70 and 10. We Have ix Sock and Offer a Pull Lime of Rue 35 | carriage... 2 00 by box 60and 10 asst, | valve Sauce mice = * | Olue, Brown... ag 8| WHISKIBS Thymus, V 35 | _ wool carriage....... 1 10 Witte 13@ 2 ° BRANDIES Extra yellow sheeps’ aaa 1 a 9 ans = cminee Lo eee 85 Grana Paradis. Gece eee @ R GINS Ss cin at ......... 5&@ 60| Grass sheeps’ wool car umulu 2@ 55 WINE Ri M & Carbonate, Pat ....... oom S| Heke ........,-...--. 65 Hydraag — Mite. @ 3 3 S. Carbonate, K. & M. 20@ 25| Hard for slate use. 5 @ 80 Carbonate, JenningS.. 35@ 36| Yellow Reef, for slate - oo Sabena @1 (0 Cua. ae. , 1 40 in mmoniati. @1 10 il Absinthium. .........3 50@4 00 SYRUPS. Ht 3 a. *o * = r for Medicinal Purposes only. Amygdalae,Duic .. .. 45@ 75| Acacia .......... “| ee es @ % e give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guarantee Satisfaction. Amydalae, Amaraé....8 00@8 25 | Zingiber wtteceeereeee E yobolla, Am. .1 25@1 50 All orders are Shipped and Invoiced thes d reeel Sead Bos es ose isa. m4 oS enanaaae 7%5@1 00 | trial order. ee ve chem. in a Auranti Cortex. -... ase et ’ Rocgomst “sesss cee, -3 75@4 00] Auranti Cortes... .. a lodoform. TL GC a ~ a i puti ..........---- 70@ 80| Rhei Arom.............-... 50| Lycopodium .......-.. Caryophyllt eae * 9o@ 95) Similax Officinalis.......... 80 — ee 30 30 DeaLan seks wade 35@_ 65 “ « I ee aes Chenopodii ........... @1 75 | Senega here = ie fee & ES 5 [ Cinnamonii ......... ‘St ccc. con) ornare eee 22 a Citronella ............ a. as 20 Magen me Om ~~ Conium Mac.......... 35@ 65 | Tolutan . amen oe aes) Re ee cea ‘ 2 ere. ..........-..- 1 10@1 20! Prunus virg................. 50 wien. ae 0s 4 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ‘ i a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Grocery Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered buyers who pay promptly and buy In full packages. a ls S. Oyster XXX.. | City Oyster. ros a | Shell Oyster...... : 6 CREAM TARTAR. | Strictly pure....... 30 | | Telfer’s Absolute. i 35 ; a Bu | 5 a1, Whitefish. | Pure Ground in Bulk, ie Bile. 1O0IDR. ...4..07 SO | AlsOe ce 15 No. 1, Kits, 10 We. 021... -- «4 OO} | Cassi A, Batavia. sum cwios 20 | Family, % bbls., 100 1bs ... 3 00 | . and — = | . kits 10 Ibs.... . we] - saigon . ee —_______—_ —— ianeree. os 30 | FLAVORING a TS. -~ Zanzibar.. “20 Jennings’ D ¢ | Ginger, ASC... .:. : .» | Lemon. Vanilla | Cochin... ...... 7: 18 | 202 folding box. 7D 1 Bi . paring ase |30z 00 1 50 meee Delays... . -... sc. 80 | 402 . 1 oe 2 00 |3 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. = | 6 oz . 2 oe 3 00 | i eee. os oi | $ oz _ ..-3 00 4 vO | Nutmegs, No.2 ............. ra | GUN POWDER. Pepper, Singapore, —— =. [eees _.....-... ..» a. ae. 5 | —....... 25 iat fae Se ee | icenmpemenme: HERES. | “Absolute” in Packages. eee ee 48 %s | Hops...........-. - wo || AMepiee 2.2.1... 84 155 | INDIGO. Cinnamon..... —: A 55 | Madras, 5 Ib. boxes ... 55 aa ee a i 33 |S. F., 2,3 and 5 Ib. boxes.. 50 | Ginger, Jam........ . OF ioe JELLY. | i _ a. to Chicago goods......... @3 | Mustar 2. oe fe Mason's, 10,20. and 30 Ibs.. 6 —— settee ee eeees a “ (i. q Age. ..... —— Hee ee a LICORICE. SUGAR. roe... . (elabria. ol. Se ees Beer. @ 5'% ett .... 18| Cubes . @ 4% LYE. Powdered . @ 4% Condensed, 2 dox...........1 & Granulated.. weses 414@4.31 . 9 geared A. . 44g@4- 9 : cane 1 65 | SOFEA-.---.-.-... — ae No. 9 suiphur...... 1. 7 Anchor parlor.....-.. 1% — une - 2 ta NO. 2 bOMO.................. 110} ¢ ce @ 356 Repo perior............... 4 00 Yellow Se @ 3% MINCE MEAT Less than bbis. Ke ‘advance SEEDS se .......... @12% Canary, Smyrna. ..... 3% Cerewres wo. ks. 8 Cardamon,. Malabar . 90 Hemp, Russian ..... 4% Mixed Bird 444@ 514 Mustard, white 5 ee 9 r Rape ee es 6 3 or 6 doz. in case per doz..100|Cuttle bone ......... 30 eae STARCH. Tin, per dozen, ~ Se sec . $175 aes : Half gailon....... | api 2e me bom... sO EE Oe ee 64 Pint . L ie ye S Gloss. Half pint al oe ick ) Wooden, for vinegar, - doz. 1b pees. eee : Ree 7 00 6-Ib i. ay Coe 6% Rinne SetbOM ~~~ ---~- +++: 4 = 40 and 50 Ib. boxes.......... 4% Quart ...... cul ais a ee ea ch 424 Fins... aioe . el = ene Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Blackstrap. Maccaboy, i yarn......._... 35 Sugar house . see 14} french icepee, in Jars.....43 Cuba Baking. a Ordinary ......-...--+---- 16 Porto Rico. meee gc i, oo Pee. cee soe, 16 Kees, "English ee A Fancy ......-.0. .--++-++- 20 SAL SODA. "Nev W “Orleans. Kegs 1% nis 7 enue a el Bae | oe 20 Granulated, boxes.......... 1% Extra good. . eens tanec la eee 26 SALT ES 30 | 100 3-lb. sacks... Pancy....-- 36] 605-lb. “ One-half barrels, 3¢ extra 28 10-lb. sacks. OATMEAL. = ag : . 24 ases . . Peete ae... @4 85 i Half barrels 100........... sic. linen’ a - ROLLED OATS. Warsaw. Barrels 180... . @4 9% | 56 1b. dairy in linen bags... 35 Half bbls 90... @2 65 | 28 Ib. -- 18 — Ashton. Medium. 2 Barrels, 1,200 count........84 50 56 Ib. dairy Sieatin li aed ae 6 Half barrels, 600 count.... 2 75/56 jp. dairy bag oo %% Small. ar Rock. 56 Ib. one oi 25 2.400 count . Barrels, 2 mn 5 50 Half barrels, 1, 200 count... 3 25 | Grocers 10@15 ne gC Tee " a ap i ere ae ee ae | 7 ” n ~ APPLE BUTTER Damsons, Egg Plums and Green | Santos oe — 2 40 Ib. pails : ss : ls “ wee Domestic. ». pails . ... 5 Gages oe 8c 16 — = : “it s ee I LL. APPLES. . Ib. _. ce oe 544 | Erie : a. @1 25 | Good ees 17 i Sundried. sliced in bbls 5 ason’s, 10, 2 ) or 30 lbs Ss i Gooseberries. i Prime oe SB i ‘ quartered ‘ m sé F o ie Ur o | v 51D ¢ | Common : 1 10| Peaberry .....-...-. ---*0 | Evaporated, 50 1b. boxes 7@714 AXLE GREASE. Peaches Mexican and Guatamala. | APRICOTS. Graphite. | Pie .. 90@1 00} Fair... gq =| California in bags...... 8% ig gr. Cases, per gr $8 50 | Maxwell 1 50} Good.. 91 | Evaporatedin boxes. .. 11% 12% Ib pails, per oc... 7 opt Shepard's a 1 30] Faney f a | In} BLACKBERRIES. 12 001 Cali ie Gao or | 4 —... 4 my - nd : -s | California.... @2 25 | were ee } +m 0s rrels * . BS, per is Pears. j : | eT (i, 250 Ib. % bbis., per Ib 3% | Domestic iia [chan anee ? Ib, boxes .. ........ 11% . bs ong . . 1 6! grie. black 1 40 | coffee, add %c. per Ib. for roast- | *® -* eee lz ul . 10 : i 1d 15 per cent. f hri | oRUNE ; Telfer’s ly lb. cans. doz 45 Straw berries a and 15 per cent. for shrink PRUNELLES. ifer’s, ea ' [20lb. boxes... . 12! 4 Ib. 85 Lawrence 1 PACKAGE ;o eee 2% ‘6 i Ib. a ‘ 5D Tambur 2 DF : a | ts sa lie ny Arctic, 4% Db in eo nie. oat (6h 20% | er ee ee 1 20 : a ners s XXXX 044 | In barrels..... ........ % “ ; i = W naseiaeniion, Lion. : 20g | 50 i boxes ny 1D ooo. Whorteberries, === (ss | Eton------. ss... 20% | 3 4 % ee on oi... 1 40 EXTRACT deel Nal - 18 Red Star, +4 i cans 40) F.& Wo. 125! Valley City oe Foreign. ‘i “ Blueberries 1 i was 7 ly tb a . SL 3 00 | 100 Ib. kegs....... cue. 4 Standard, 31b.... SOO Meee nn BI TT -- 350 Hominy. Cove Oysters. TY Bess cen cnes 1 60 | 310; «“ -. > | Barrels.........-. 3% Standard, ilb..... 110 Tomatoes. | #20, « ‘ 6 00 GIES 2.22. esc ew renee eeeess- 4 50 ' 21b 2 wi Seceieior «......... .1 00} Lima Beans. Lobsters. aa : 7 4 | Dried...... ee 5 ae EE oii i esas. ee i. ia Star, 1 lb 2 45 | Galion r 2 50 | | Maccaroni and Vermiceili. & t « r * —_— j i Pienic hg > os | = | Domestic, 12 lb. box... 55 . ao = a CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. Peay ie Imported.....-...+...-. 10 Mackerel German Sweet 2 per hundred.......... 83 00] Pearl Barley. as Premium 36 | ea ae 3 50 | Kegs @3% Standard, 11b... 1 20/ Pare. ... 38 | 4 00 a ad 6 atl ga ' 2 Ib 2 00 | Breakfast Coco: eee ee . 500} Peas Mustard, 3 1b = 3 CHEESE | 6 00 | Green, 00... .... 2,1... tt as Sauce 3 lb 3 oe : ‘ O04 oes, Bee... 7. on Soused, : 3 00 Amboy | Above rice ‘ t k Sago a : Norway | I s on coupon )OOKS : Sago. Salmon. Seok lare subject to the following | German ............ 4% Riverside i : Sig ; Columt bia Ri ver, flat 1 90 1q uantity discounts: | Hast India 5% ‘ 1 Ww j talls... 17% | 200 or over 5 per cent, | Wheat. Alaska, 1 Ib oe 500 ee | Cracked...... wn eee 5 . 21b ; 2 10 —- |... 20 “ | Sardines, -seaeseiar sary “- G10 COUPON PASS BOOKS FISH--Salt. DGUCIOTE.ccscccesece Ot | 3 American 148 “+e --. 4w@ 5 Sap Sago... ao» | Can be made to represent any lY tk ee : G8... 64@ 7 | Schweitzer, imported oes denomination from 10 down.| | ¥@™™0uth.....-.....-... 110 Imported “a8 a 11@iz “e ae @13 20 books. ee S1 v0 | Cod. a 13@14 i we 2 00 | a , 3% Mustard Xs : @s CATSUP. 100 * 3 99 | Whole, Grand Bank... 6 @6% nont f pint, common a0} 20 * oS co § 25 | Boneless, bricks 74% @S8 en cocncuning ‘ 1.0} 500 * 10 09 | Boneless, strips... 7%4@8 ee. Qua : 50} 1000... eee ee esee es 17 Halibut. FRUITS. air pint, fancy --1 25 Smoked 12 H. a 1 Smoked ..... so 2 Apples. Eo — - 2 00 CRACKERS. Herring York State, gallons. so.. se 3 00 Butte Sl on 20 Hamburgh, 2 5 CLOTHES PINS. Seymour XXX. a 6 | Holiand, biis....... ‘ 19 00 | Apricots. 5 gross boxes 40 |Seymour XXX, cartoon 6% + kes... ce. 85 Live oak. 2 25 COCOA SHELLS. Family es oa 8 ound shore, % bbl... 2 50 2 25 . ; 6 Santa Cruz 2 09 | 351b bags @3 eee ae cartoon...... 6% “ \% bbl.. 1 50 Lusk’s..... 259 | Less quantity @3% Salted xRe cartoon ...... 644 a > ; . om ii A%2, . 6Y Overland... 199 Pound packages... KG? (keane 7% No. 1, % bbls. 90 Ibs..... 11 Blackberries COFFEE Boston. . 8 No. 1, kits, 10 Ibs.. «2. ' ' aie 2 i Famil bbls., 100 Ibs. 5% oe ie 90 GREEN. Butter biscuit . i : es = Kits, 10° mom nies 13 : : ate i }. o. z Cherries. hat Rio. . a. : . ines Fair... “ ibeda, ZUX...,.... ed Sardines. OE ee 1 20| Good.. > _ | meseateien: MORO 6c sc. 45 7 Sede, Civ. ...... i Pitted Hamburgh 1 75 | Pri 8 c ge White 8 ie ae: 1h (Gels Dockos,.... 8% | Trout. ahaa aaa i= + ener “eee —- ee oo ..10 | No.1, % bbls., 100lbs........ 5% | Peaberry .. ...........+..+6 eception Flakes... .10 0. 1, 321m 10 DG... sess s OD PIPES. Clay, ae 216. one D. fullcount........ % Osb, He 3. oe POTASH. 48 cans in case. Dees 4 00 Penna Salt Co.'s ......-.- 3 25 RICE. Domestic. Corrs We... «se. v ee 6 . a. @5 Broken..... lon ec eweenes Imported. rs = : Se Ss. 6 Le ee ..5% EE POE. Bee i ae eee 5 SAUERKRAUT. | Sil ver * hread, bbl........ $3 50 | GL... as 2 00 | SAPOLIO. | Kitchen, 3 doz. in box 2 50 | Hand . * ” 2 50 | SPICES. Whole Sifted. Allspice.... Oe | Cassia, C hina in ‘mats. aes 8 . Batavia in bund....i5 C Saigon in rolls...... 35 Cloves, Anmiboyna...........2 e Zansiber..... lle a ee Mane Baiave...-,:. -..-.. Nutmegs, fancy.. os a? Caeser pile ae ” Be Bo invinc ogee ees 65 Pepper, Singapore, aes. re | Be white... .25 se OE. cece a Saginaw and Manistee. Common Fine per bbl. SALERATUS. Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Re aes 3 30 aa 3 30 Dwisnes.... oo. ee eee e. ... oct. e, “+ oe SOAP. Allen B, Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars. .%8 50 Good Cheer, 6011b. bars.. 3 90 Bonner, 100 %-lb bars.... 3.00 SYRUPS. Corn Barrels..... a ma WOM... 26 as Cane. Pee a 19 Good 25 ‘Chhotee :.... 30 SWEET GOODS. Ginger Snaps...... as 8 Sugar Creams... 8 Frosted Creams. 9% Graham Crackers.... 8 Oatmeal Crackers.... 8% TEAS. sJAPAN—Regular. ee @l7 LOE coe | @20 | Choice. os 2 @26 ic hiloest ls. @3A ee as 10 @12 | SUN CURED. | Fair @i7 OO as ae GQ Cee ed ea one 7 @26 CRON 5. 5 nase ce @e4 Dem.... .. (soot an coke (ee & = AA TA Ah RR A Ch fA RSA a an ee ee ee ee a ‘i s = n i gs r me + Se Se ee MICHIGAN TRA DESM AN. 13 BASKET FERED. POce Pole. 5. 0... @ 6% | Fox, red 1 of ) ? oc 18 em po one to a a oS 2 0 | PRODUCE MARKET. CANDIbS, FRUITS and NUTS. Chotee @25 | Sausage, blood orhead @5 “grey... ce 50@ 75 | ee Choicest. @35 OM = GE PEM e cc oe: on One 00 | i Extra choice, ‘wire leaf @40 Frank fort @i Martin, dark. ca s.1 O0@3 00 The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: GUNPOWDER. cee . @ Np pale & yellow 50@1 00 —— and slow of sale. Holders $1.75 cree 3 Cotamon to fair..... .. 25 @35 - ath oe = 7 . 40@1 25 | ¢ Be tia a at i i y aA an Extra fine to finest....50 @65 ce | Muskrat... ..... -... 08@ 15| , Beans—Easy and qu iet. Dealers now pay Full Weight. Bbls. Pails, q aint... 8 on FISH and “OY STE RS_ Oppossum...... hea Bs 30@1.40 for un eked and country picke d an stan jar per Ib... : 7 3 a ¥. J. Dettenthaler quotes as Otter, dark i: ..5b OG () hold at $1.65@1.75 fore ity picke¢ d pes or med i “iL Hi 6 é a at @26 | follows: maccoon,........ 25@ 9)| , Butter—Lower and in smaller demand. Choice iL lwist nts t ¢ 4 Common to fair... ...23 @30 FRESH FISH Skunk : 1 00@1 25 | dairy is in moderate demand at 20@2Ic. Fac Joston Cream : 9 IMPERIAL. Whitefish .... | @10 Wolf......... .-. 11 Obs 00 | (Oey ee eld at 238¢. Cut Loaf. .... : 8 Common to fair....... oe goa |msome @i0 | Beaver castors, lb.....2 00@5 00; Celery” 2c per doz. euawenianeniiy : a 8 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 Halibut.... _ @l7 | DEERSKINS—Per pound goer 307 400 - ne ‘ fi _ uy 1 : YOUNG HYSON. oo teste @5 | Thin and green 10 a a iu lia Common to fair....... 18 @% |siuciah 9 Bong grag cis 2 ae Bbls Pails 2 Superior to fine.......30 @40 oe . _ @12 | Gray eee a 1, 25 st ike and | coe 6 e > ENGLISH BREAKFAST. Cod a 15 @20 | Red and blue 35 ne saat ANG eaer. ti 7 : mn Maas .: : @12 — ae . Special... “ 3 ae See stetetee ee ccecees a e California salmon Q” ibl Royal " 3 ee : ana ' GRAINS :¢ "EEDSTUFF - Best ......-.--+.-++-+-+ 40 @50 Standards, per gal.” $1 00 gov — ee | at uC Nobby. 7 8 ee eanecr — eelecks| = Hi "4 60 : : WHEAT. Grapes r keg. < TOBACCOS. Clams ‘s v- | No. 1 White (58 lb. test) OW Honey—1: i : = Fi Loo paar rate “ a : “| No. 1 Red (60 Ib. test), $0 Onions—I ers pay 50@60e and hold at 65¢ - 3 : ine Cut. Seallops “a es 1 29 MEAI 70e, extra fancy commanding ( pal i o Pails unless otherwise noted. es a ‘o Bolted acne i Potatoes—Loeal handlers are 20¢ Txt a 8% ayo... Lark aleale of oie tor nt ar + y : ‘ Sawetna ............ 60 eee Counts... @35 | Granuiated . 1%) for choice stock, but are not at all am to | French Creat ) a tas os oe oe en Minwinied. ...........- ~ 00 | purchase, even at that price. Valley Creams 10 McGinty .....-... one 24 Sinan. Ll, ao2 | FLOUR. Squash—Hubbard, 1%¢ per Ib. a eee bi une 12% fe bis... 29 ri DD .... ad @20 Straight, in sacks .. 5 00 Sw eet Potatoes—#2.5 x) per bbl. for choice Mus FaNcCY—In bulk. Little, Darling. on i oo PACE aa a Sele. $46) ee . Full Weight. Bbls. Pails. 4 bbl.. 99 | Standards ....... @i6 | Patent “ sacks.. [ @e0| Tarutpe Sse per bushel. Losenges, plain --+ 9 10 1791 .. Belew eee t cee 20 Favoriies.......... @l4 ie Harreis, ..... 6 10 a — . i. Oe 10% eeias bia ec ees i9 SHELL @0ops. a i BEGES.... .. ~ 3) ee aoe tere oo. iL eo. % ; ye . 2 65 P ol a ow aerteeee : Dandy jim... . o7 =| Oysters, per 100 ......1 25@1 50 LLSTUFF : Gum Drops........ 5 "3% nade ce 39 «(| Clams. 7 .. %@I1 00 MILLSTUFFS. Moss Drops..... ig ae Plug. - —— oh ae PROVISIONS ee My 8% . screenings . «+ = } A Mi8...... 9 10 Ss ne Local dealers 7 as ys | Middlings 2 . want > : — ee SS a 7 for eet or =e Mixed Feed La 19 50 ae) See ene Fachine sod Peer Lemon Dro co Ce ee ~~ ee oy | Spring chickens...... 9 @10 Coarse meal... 19 50 | quotes as follows: ra feces bee ee a - ee 25 Fowl Dekel pee eeu cue. 7 @s CORN. Me PORK IN BARRELS, ' Prcienuatas ais “eH le as Here It is... a oa itarmeye i ll @12 . 4 en 7" 11 5) | Chocolate D serve et aa —......... 31 Bae ees eae Car lots . ee 47 Short cut . ' 1100! A MG ar TOPS. > ik eee ce een eet cee | (0 Old Honesty.......... a; (ee iat ar jots..!01.....50 | Extra clear pig, short cut ‘i? cone si oe Jolly Tar 32 OATS | Extra clear, heavy........ | tuum Drops........---2+22-eee eee sree ++ 40@50 Jolly Tar........+-+++- 32 : . | Clear. fat back ic ase Drops. . : : 1 00 a Hiawatha....... a 37 OILS. Gar lots... 8 | eet a ST aca cae ; B. Licorice Drops Tn eae Valley City .....--..- 34 The Standard 011 Co. quotes} Less than car lots... -. 10 | Clear back, short cut... Lizens PN sean aoe Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands. | as follows, inbarrels, f. 0. b HAY standard clear, short cut, best printed 70 Something Good.......... 38 | Grand Rapids: Te a Standard clear, short cut, best. {mpertals a Toss U Poe eeeee eee ee oa W. W. Headlight, 150 | = ; ; imothy, hie lots 14. 00) - sAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. Mottoes ........ ' Ce Le "25 one Sight... 1 a *5 | fire test (old testy... @a%l- m i 15 90 | Pork Sausage... 6% Cream Bag. 7. ae hoe ‘ g. ee ( ‘ : Se ; iam Sausage “| Molasses Bs oT Bos | Waseridtie™! °° S| paren awoomeswave|titmstige (0000000000050 § | Him Made Gin 0000000 gg ; wee west ee eee eenee ~ 72 | ee. wee eee Ty L BUG peur ota + ees 4 oe LEE A Colonel’ 8 Choice............ eT $ 1% PAPER. Frankfort Sausage... : aa 7% | Plain Creams. . nse a 8090 Warpath ....- Seceoccse ccc || Ge... @ 8 | Straw ca Blood Sausa . \ L 5 De ecorated C ‘reams ae -1 00 Ranier 14 | cylinder ..............27 @36 | Rockfalls ............. > * | Bologna, ot.. 5 | String Rock.... oo King Bee........ ees a0 Bugine oe | 13 @21 Pe oi) ; = | | Bologna, thick.. 5 Burnt Almonds... . dew ceeee 100 Kiln ied. |. 1... aS lack, 25 to 30 deg @ 7% | ac. Ser nictin at inet || Sete Ree a ; | Wintergreen Berries...... a Nigger Head ee 2 oe | Bakera...... on mee Larp—Kettle Rendered CARAMELS. Gold Telock a a = HIDES, PELTS and FOURS | Dry Goods. . t PMGHGOGM .......:....-- i = % | No.1, w rappé ed, 2 lb. boxes |. . 24 Peerless.<..--...0 ies s00s Bt Perkins & Hess pay as fol i on maa % | 30 1b? Tins. i aq : “ : ra 51 ; lows: - Cc casks oe | te ‘ . (% ANS? ; ‘i . 2B sees. Ss a | a m8 , ~ S HIDES. ne | Family. ome Stand up, 5 lb. boxes 1 10 om and Jerry...... Te + i TWINES. | Tierce 5% 5 ae ' Brier Pi = | orem ......-.... J aes ete oh a 5% RANGI — »ipe. . -30 | Part Cured... @ 4% | $8 Cotton...... BR [se and S0ib. TUbs........-_...--6 5% a Sr tm Yum. ......... coed 4 Full @5 ' Cotton, No. 1. 13 Sip. Palis, in a case.......... 6% 61, Floridas, fancy ..2 25@3 00 ROG CIOVET. 02.5... cc esnees- 32 ae ne : 2 ; |5 Ib. Pails, 12Zinac 65 sag mene 32 ae ome to eee _...16 | 5lb. Pails, 12 in a case...........6%% 6% . . : We eee esc es eh cae oe Kips, green ........ 3 @4 Sea Island, ‘aaaoriod. ... | 10 1b. Pails, 6 in a case.... _.6% 644 LEMONS. Handmade. ... 40 al @5 No.5 Hemp............. ...15 | 20 Ib. Pails, 4in a case. 6% 5% Messina, choice, 360. . : @4 50 Tog : a 33 Calfskins, green..... 4@ 5 aoe 15 | WIb.C eS 5% c fancy, 360 @ ae Cured...... 6 JODE | BEEF IN BARRELS. c choice 300, a VINEGAR. Deacon skins. by 10 G20 Tubs, No oO een 7 ben, warranted 200 Ibs. .... 6 50 fancy 300 ... terse @5 00 ee 8 No. 2 hides \& off. ee ‘ ns | ass, Chicago — a 6 50 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. 50 eT... 9 ta N ry . . 6 00 Boneless, rump butts. . | 10 00 | Wies fancy lay on 11 nn, ¢ / 5 00 a : cast Fies, fancy layers, Gi ...... a : | SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. a je vt \ cS @i4 a ‘$1 for barrel. Shearlings.............10 oF, Pails, Ro. 1, tw oO. hoop. : 13) Hams, av erage 20 Ibs.... i ed ce Q3 / 10% 14 @15 4 WET MUSTARD. ane OL... a ee ‘ No. 1, three hoop.... 1 60} ‘ihe... | om “extra 14Tb se... tees @i6 ‘ Bulk, per gal Ce 30 Hr Clothespins, 5 gr.boxes.... 0 ‘ ‘ 12 to 14 Ibs... 93 i , 2) @17% Beer mug, 2 dos in case. 17 OOL. Bowls. tf inch............ “te “ otiate cL : a 4 Da ite s, Fard, 10-lb. box @9 i Washed ld .. 2 ers c oa 12 “ best boneless. / ce ee “« Ib. . @3 rEast—-C ompressed, Unwashed ...... ....10 @20 7. 2 00 | Shoulders....... ss ne i, " Peseian. cei, dex @ 5% Fermentum — cakes.. 15 | MISCELLANEOUS. i z aaa wir ad 2 7 | Breakfast Bacon, Pe ae NUTS ye a r 25 r ae Ag a atta _ 7 ee 8... .. 84@ 4 : me re and i 2 5 Coase sg ) 6 —_ — 11% FRESH MEATS. — ee Ko ; Baskets, market... 35 | Briskets medium. i : 7 curifon ia. ne g, 1 oe eoeeae vee 2 hi et Xx 7 ta Dal ' : 6% Swift and Company quote as | Ginseng .-.2 00@2 50 _ pac geo vashe ; a 30 o —- 7 Brazils, new. 7%KO 8 follows: ae 6 Baahel ua Z Filberts .... @13% Beef, carcass......... 4 @ 5% Hee to «willow el’ths, No.1 5 75 Walnuts, Grenoble. @14%4 hind quarters . 5 @6 Outside prices for No. 1 only. “ No.l 6 ene Marbot @ “fore .3 @ 3% | Badger 50@1 00 “ ce ce @10 2 BE weet eee eens UD No.3 7 25 Fr @ i loins, No. 3.... 74@ 8 Bear........_........15 Glan “ splint *« Wot 3 50 Crockery & Glass sware 1 sig] ttle al ae i va a i @i3% . eats, @i7 Reaves ..........----..6 Gee te ‘ ‘“* No.2 4 , vise HA@R 2 pOmnGs. ........ @5 ot wie... .......... 10@ 60 | ' . ' No.3 5 oC Ae ing 7 Es i ----eee 5 GIG «ones... .....- @ Pe Bouse...) og ae LAMP BURNERS. oo full sacks...... --++ @4 00 Boe @5 | Fisher..........- .4 00@6 00 | PEANUTS, ——— — owen . — haps ie cen etre es ss = Fancy, H. P.,Su ns @ 5% Le a ee cee ce i --. 50 : “ Roasted . 4 7 WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF peacoat | Panes, H. Pas Flags ssn cooce coos OMe ae a“ oo : “Roa BOGE, os Ch AC , A | LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box. = P. - - aR ted @ 4% | 6doz. in box. cn --- + 6 @O% i i | No. @Sum......¢..-.. : ae 1% : : a — ee oe 1 88 ee = = i oo 1 ae ee A. S. ae a No. 0 Sun, crimp top.....-...-.--- 25 ufactur , / No. ea, “112 40 ne ' And would be pleased to send you sample and prices. [eS os S eeeeseee ctr eee. 8 40 : rlint. PRESENT PRICE, #4 IN SACKS. os a ae = = ANU, ~ oH | No. 2 . el . 3 80 | _Pe aa to 1711 GENESEE AVE | No: 1 | Sun, wrapped and labe led... 8 WO SAGINAW, E.S to. § 2 ee > ae &., - - MICH iN 2 Hinge, , ve ' 470 i é ie Bastie 4 ELSIE MICH. | No. 1 Sun, F lain bulb, per d 1 25 There i ra gret ‘ rc j i 3 leo 9 Pp Ib, ¥ ag. ... 1 2 ere is now a great demand for Livy- ij No.2 . : 7 50 : ae a. 3 | No. 1 crimp, per doz...........-. ““"""""4 35; ermore’s celebrated Home Made Mince ! Yo 2 7 * . W. H. MOREHO USE & CO | No. 2 tines reece . i 60; Meat. It has been sold and is being sold to s | LAMP WICKS. at all the 2g wnhantec : . o nie ie 93 | Most all the best merchants of this State, | No.1, sé a : : : o si 2g > ha ¢ sont iffara ‘ Grain, Clever and Timothy, Hungarian, White | No az ‘ oo .. i a8 - _ ‘i — he has sent to different large Clover, Red Top, Millet, Alfalfa or Lucerne, | No.3 ; --- 2% | cities outside of this State. He has sent a ee Blue Grass, Orchard Grass, Lawn Grass, | ar per doz a a ee . ; Popcorn, Etc. eae ee . %} almost two car loads to St. Paul and STONEWARE—AKRON Minneap¢ lis al his cs N eapoli ready this season. He , Butter Crocks, 1 and feat... .... 06 é Choice Glover k Timothy Seeds a Specialty | te s oe : 2s gal......... . -. 06% | manufactured about 100 tons last season a Orders for purchase or sale of Seeds for future delivery | ABS: ge Bis a nat os and expects to sell 200 tons thi ; j promptly attended to. Correspondence solicited. to - Ls aoe aaa st ae ate “ths = and expects to sell 200 tons this season. CST Sd A I a hgh te pei dey 80 | He prides himself on the purity of his Warehouses—325-327 Erie St. | 2 MENTION THIS PAPER. Office—46 Produce Exchange, i TOLEDO, 0. | 2 a # si see 8 oe 300) a 7 goods ee Ss. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE NATIONAL FINANCES. Statistics are proverbially dry reading, and | faney that very few people pay much attention to those presented in the President’s message and its accompany- ing documents. The newspapers print, as a matter of duty, a portion of the figures embodied in these lucubrations, omitting the rest, partly out of mercy, and partly for the sake of economy in typesetting, so that those who desire to explore their mysteries thoroughly must resort to the official copies, Their enter- prise is sometimes rewarded by the dis- covery of nuggets of information in the arid waste, but the task is tedious and tiresome. Mr. Gladstone, it is said, has the faculty of rendering a financial speech as interesting as one on Turkish none of our statesmen possess it, or at least they do not exercise it. I take to myself, therefore, some credit as a pat- riotic citizen and an industrious student for having carefully gone through the} , : re iy Tee |year is likely to suffer a total decrease report of the Secretary of the Treasury | ifor the for the last fiscal year, and mastered its | contents. I find in it a good many things servation, but which are of considerable brought into more prominence than is given them by the author of the report. I was struck, at the outset. by the appearance, for the first time, under the act of July 14, 1890, of the item of lawful money national deposited to retired among the assets of the nation, and of that of the amount paid for the redemption of such notes as a part of its expenditures. Since redeem bank circulation, the notes necessarily come in slowly, the money deposited by the banks for their redemption is, for the time being, in excess of the demands made upon it, but this excess no more rightfully be- longs to the Treasury than the money placed in the hands of a trustee for a specific purpose belongs to him for his own use. It seems very odd, therefore, to find in the Treasury figures the national income for the year ending June 30, 1891, swelled by the sum of $54,207.- redemption of national bank notes, and diminished by $25,553,298 expended for notes actuaily redeemed, the difference being put into the cash balance on hand. property of the holders of the notes still out-standing. I was in Europe when the act was passed, andI do not know who is responsible for this provision in j | ment of the country’s outstanding bond- | ed debt. The jaunty carelessness with which the Secretary speaks of a probable de- ficit in the revenues of this and the next fiscal years also strikes me as remark- able. Even after appropriating the bank note redemption fund, he confesses that he will lack $10,748,362 of the $48,913,- 025 which the sinking fund will require for this year, and for the fiscal year end- ing June 30, 1893, he estimates that he will have applicable to it only $14,036, 257 surplus of revenue over the appro- priations. This will result m a deficiency for that year of at least $55,000,000, but he dismisses the sub- ject, as he does that of the deficiency current year, without com- im ; | | ment and without suggesting any remedy atrocities or the cause of home-rule, but | for the evil. His figures show that the customs and internal revenue for the current year are already considerably less than they were during the same period of last year, and forthe entire of $28,000,000. As Ihave said he con- cedes a probable deficiency of $10,747,362 : ig! ; at the end of this year, and it is notorious not calculated to arrest superficial ob- | " . | that he reduces it to this figure only by : " | withholding items of expenditure which importance, and which deserve to be} ought to be made if the instructions of Congress are carried out. For the com- ing year the case is much worse. The probable deficiency conceded is, as I have said, $35,000,000, and to it must be added a large sum for riverand harbor im- provements, for which no allowance is made. I shall watch with interest the ;mode in which the administration deals with these deficits, and the expedients it adopts to overcome them. By way of offset, I desire to give the Secretary credit for some very sensible remarks about the currency and the groundless clamor fcr an increase of it, raised from time to time by those who fancy that if the country’s supply of money were greater than it is they would in some mysterious way which they do not explain, find more of it in their own pockets. He shows by statistics that our total circulating medium, which on July |}1 was $1,497,440,707, or $23.41 for each 975, received in years gone by for the| individual of our population, had risen | . a | on December 1 to $1,577,262,070, or $24.38 | per head. | value to this way of estimating the suffi- I donot myself attach any ;ciency or insufficiency of a country’s It is, in reality, a confiscation of the| eurrency, but the fact that ours is steadi- | ly increasing is a perfect answer to those |who demand new and | measures for its augmentation. it. I have heard the argument made} that as the nation assumes the payment extraordinary If there were no other cause of work, the opera- tion of the act of July 14, 1890, is giving ) us $4,500,000 per month of fresh paper of the notes it has a right to use the| money provided for the purpose by the | banks until it is called for, just as a} banker has the right to use the money himself ready to repay it on demand. The obvious answer is, that the Govern- ment is not a banker, and that, as the notes which it undertakes to redeem are sure to come in sooner or later, any bal- ance held on their account is in its nature illusory, and cannot be depended upon as assets. So enamored, however. is the Secretary of this ingenious device for adding to the volume of the national income, that he puts into his estimated revenues for the current year the money currency, to which must be added the surplus product of our gold mines, over and above the quantity consumed in the | arts, which is $15,000,000 annually. Dur- deposited with him, provided he keeps | | have likely to be received from this source in | the future, and even reckons it as a part | discreetly silent. ing the past year, too, unavailable silver half dollars, to the amount of $7,608,846, been recoined into dimes and quarters and put into circulation. Fur- thermore, old trade dollars to the amount of $5,260,000 have been recoined into standard dollars. The Secretary, rather inconsistently, in view of these facts, recommends measures for increasing the national bank circulation, but as Con- gress is not likely to adopt them, what he says on the subject is of no particular | importance. On the silver question the Secretary is He does not even re- of the sinking fund for the extinguish- | peat what he said at the recent Chamber CHERRYSTONE OYSTERS. HE trade throughout the various towns adjacent to Grand Rapids are respectfully requested to bear in mind that if they order the ‘‘P. & B.”’ brand of Oysters they will get full measure and well filled cans of the FINEST CHERRY- STONE stock. We aim to cater to fine trade and realize that it ealls for FINE GOODS to meet the requirements. Goods put up bearing our ‘“‘P. & B.’”’ trade mark are guaranteed A No. 1 and are sold at fair prices. We do not claim to meet scurrilous competition who advertise one thing and sell another, but will say that we will sell ‘‘Bay stock” as low as any competitor in the business, but we prefer to sell OYSTERS instead of JUICE. The express charges are as much on one as on the other, so if stock must be watered, we advise you to buy solid meats and dilute at your own place. Buy the P. & B. brand and you will have the best in market. Handled by all the jobbers. THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. W.H. WHITE & CO., Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, BOYNE CITY, MICH. — sge Fs | 1 | BSP a a itl i, Clerion Cr Slarp JUBINVILLE MILL Preduct ta South Arm 4 Miles TALES MAN C0. We operate three mills with a capacity of 9,000,000 feet hardwood and 3,000,000 feet nemlock, as follows: Boyne City mill, 7,000,400; Boyne Falls mill, 3,000,009; Deer Lake mill, 2,000,000. Our facilities for shipment are unsurpassed, either by rail or water. Heyman a@ Company, Manufacturers of MOW Ca Of Every Description. il WRITE FOR PRICES. es Zo ” First-Glass Work Only. 63 and 65 Canal St.. - GRAND RAPIDS. & s 2 ] 4 a nants Pe a aden of Commerce dinner about the benefi- eent effect of the actof July and of the determination of the adminis- tration to maintain gold payments even to the extent of issuing new bonds for the purchase of the necessary supply of the metal. The omission is the portant, since President Harrison in his message makes this noteworthy intima- tion: ‘‘Under existing legislation it is in the power of the Treasury Department to maintain that essential condition of national finance as well as of commercial less im- 14, 1890, ' I may have needful friends to speak the, prosperity—the parity in use of the coin | dollars and their paper representatives. The assurance that these powers would be freely and unhesitatingly done much to produce and sustain the present favorable business conditions.”’ These words may be fairly interpreted as backing up Secretary Foster’s after I wish, however, that the Secretary had, in his report, expressed his own personal views, and I have liked to read his comment significant fact, which he records in the report, that, whereas, the total annual gold product of this country is $33,000.- 000, and the consumption of the metal in the arts $18,000,000, leaving as I have mentioned, a surplus of $15,000,000 as an addition to the circulating medium, dinner speech. on the our total annual production of silver, at | coining value, is $70,000,000, and the annual consumption of it in the arts $9,000,000, leaving a surplus of $61,000, 000. The Secretary further makes the world’s total annual product of gold to be $116,009,000, and that of silver, at our coining rates, $166,677,000. Allow- ing everywhere the same proportion of consumption in the arts which prevails in this country, the world’s annual sur- plus production of gold should be less than $53,000,000, while that of silver should be a little over $142,000,000. How, with this enormous disproportion of sup- ply, the official coining value of the two metals can be restored in the bullion market, or how, even, the further de- preciation of silver can be averted, isa conundrum to which I would gladly see the Secretary’s answer. What the Secretary, as well the President, says about imports and exports of gold and merchandise, the effect of he McKinley tariff, reciprocity, and the decay of our foreign shipping interests I shall refrain from discussing. I am afraid that even what I have already written will be found dull and uninter- esting, but I have done the best I could with the matter, and throw myself upon the readers’ mercy for forgiveness. + MATTHEW MARSHALL. ——__—~. 2 > The Bank Account, The bank account should be kept un- der the immediate supervision of the president in the case of a corporation, or in the case of a partnership, of a mem- ber of the firm. With the utmost respect for the clerical force, it is just one of those things that a man ought to attend to for himself. And this is true not only as by reason of the responsibility which al- | ways attaches to the care of money, but because the bank account is the founda- tion stone upon which the whole busi- | ness rests. An easy bank account gives one such a comfortable feeling. being, therefore, so important a matter, | ’ used has} | stringency. |} just as well THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ly known to two or three influential di- rectors, in order that in time of need one favorable word. Meetings of bank direct- ors are always considered as peculiarly confidential and paper offered for dis- count is discussed with the utmost free- dom. And at times when money is in unusual demand or a captious director is disposed to make objections to your pa- per, it goes a great way with the board to have a couple of directors say, ‘‘We know this man personally; we know all about him, and his note will be paid.’’ Such a recommendation carries all the weight that goes with a personal assur- ance founded on personal knowledge. But the bank must not only be willing | but also abie to lend. Therefore go to a bank that pursues a conservative policy and habitually keeps a reserve fund suf- | ficiently large to meet the wants of its | financial | sudden Some banks make a special- kinds of business, and, customers in times of ty of certain therefore, if you happen to know of a| | convenient bank that cares particurlarly | for the kind of business you have to of- i fer, should | take your account to that bank. Having once chosen your bank, stick to it. And now a word as to the account itself. In opening your account always go in person to the bank, and if you are not known to the officers take some re- sponsible friend to introduce you. Some careful managers have a habit of making a note as to the person introducing a new customer, and, on that account, it is to have some one whose name will stand referring to at any fu- ture time. Every now and then make your deposit yourself and stop to have a word with the president or cashier. By so doing you not only cultivate friendly relations with the managers, but you give an opportunity for those innumera- ble little explanations which the bank is constantly wanting concerning its custom- ers. And you will pick up many an odd scrap of information yourself. Never draw a cheek until the money is in bank to meet it. All overdrafts are reported at once to the cashier, and reports of that nature leave a most unpleasant impres- sion. Have the bank book balanced once a month regularly, and go over the vouchers carefully and promptly when the book is returned. Itis an excellent plan to enter the checks from your own stubs and prove the balance with your check book before sending the pass book to the bank. Then the bank book-keeper merely checks off the vouchers he has charged to your account and deducts these outstanding, the remainder show- ing the total of cheeks charged on the bank ledger. This system not only in- sures the accuracy of the entries in the pass book but affords a ready check against raised or forged checks. The very fact of the bank book-keeper having a voucher against your account not listed by you on the pass book calls special at- tention to such voucher and betrays at onee its true character. As to the form of check, that is very much a matter of taste. In general a check clearly printed on strong paper, either white or some light tint, and with an ab- solute avoidance of anything like ginger- bread ornamentation. The number should be in the upper left-hand corner, the date in the upper right-hand corner, and the figures should follow immediately Beier Gores tugs: ....-......... ue ee Drafts for collection may usually be de- posited in the bank for that purpose; but in the case of a house doing a large collec- tion business, it is more satisfactory to send the collections direct to a bank in the town where the drawee resides. In offering paper for discount, have a word | with the eashier with regard to the mat- This | *. friendly personal bank, and give your bank business as | a few words in regard to it may not be} out of place. of one’s bank. So many and such im- portant considerations enter into the de- termination of this question that it would be difficult to discuss them all properly. Safety of the funds, of course, stands first. Itis always desirable to take the account toa bank where one is personal- And first, as to the choice | ter, so that any needful explanations may be made before the note gets before | cultivate | your | the board. In conclusion, relations with close personal attention as possible. I i — ip lm For the finest coffees in the world, high grade teas, spices, etc., see J. P. Visner, | 304 North Ionia street, Grand Rapids, Mich., general representative for E. J. Gillies & Co., New York City. should be | - STUDLEY:& BARCLAY Spooy agqqny JO s19qqor sat[ddpg y,wyuedaq att] ¥ TTIW Agents for the CANDEE Rubber boots, shoes, arc- tics, lumbermen’s, ete., the best in the market. | and rubber clothing inthe market. | list and discounts. | 4 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. SEED We carry the largest line in field and | garc Hungarian, Millet, Red Top; thing you need in seeds. all times. $1.25 a case. W. T. LAMOREAUX & 60., 128, 130, 132 W. Bridge St.,1 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Barnett Bros. Commission Merchants AND DEALERS IN Apples, Dried Fruits, Onions. x Twenty-five years’ experience and ample facilities for the transaction of business. | Refer by permission to the editor of this paper. Write for information which will be cheerfully furnished. BARNETT BROS. 159 So. Water St., Chicago. ail Ought to Send At Once For Sample Sheet and Prices. | Of Ledgers and Journals bound with Philadelphia Pat, Flat openin: back. The Strongest Blank Book Ever Made. Cy D yah ah ‘Tateeks: (Ls WY p> st GRAND RAPIDS, MICH We carry the finest line of felt and knit boots, socks | Send for price len seeds of any housein the State west of Detroit, such as Clover, Timothy, | all kinds | of Seed Corn, Barley, Peas. in fact any- | We pay the highest price for Eggs, at We sell Egg Cases No. 1 at | 35¢e, Egg case fillers, 10 sets in a case at Filta ent notated 15 STANTON, MOREY & CO,, DETROIT, MICH. ———— MANUFACTURERS OF PENINSULAR Pauls, Shirts, aud Overalls | Every garment made by us strictly on honor | and if it RIPS return it tothe merchant that it was purchased of and get a new one. | Our line of shirts for 1892 is second to none in America. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK A, J. Bowne, President. D. A. ( peeTT, Vice-President. H. W. Nasu, Cashier | CAPITAL, - - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Makea Specialty of Collections. Accounts of Country Merchants Solicited. | ADMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker = Jeweler, Kh CANAL SY., Grand Rapids - Mich. J, re /) THIS IS WHAT SON MUST DO. CONDITIONS. The Industrial School of Business furnishes something superior to the ordinary course in book keeping, short-hand and type-writing, pen- manship, English and business correspondence. Write for a copy of Useful Education, and see why this school is worth your special considera- tion. Address, Ww. N. FERRIS, Big Rapids, Mich. EVERY SUCCESSFUL PER- IT IS THE CONDITION OF Geo. H. Reeder & Co., JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOES Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for ¥ € : s 2 16 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ‘ HOME TRADE BEST. Review of the Cheese Business for the Season of 1891. From the Chicago Produce Reporter Now that the cheese trade, so far as the producer is concerned, is over for the season, it is interesting to look back at the salient features of the year. It has been a very successful one for the dairy- men. The output was fair and prices good; on tlie average, cheese of fine quality has brought ten cents. It is easy to learn lessons so as to be wise, after the event. But there are one or two obvious lessons which can be drawn from the operations of the year. The first is, spring and summer cheese should be sold when it is ready to ship at such prices as are being paid. All through the early part of the season the buyers paid as much or more than they eould afford to. They should be allowed to carry the cheese into consumption at once. Competition is so keen and the chances of combination so remote that the producer is certain to get all that the consumers will enable agents to give. There is always a danger of holding early cheese until they are off flavor and later makes are in demand. To keep them out of the market when consumption is greatest is surely folly. Most salesmen have acted wisely in this respect; but some held too long. The condition of the cheese market last spring, in this country, at least, was more favorable than it has been for some years past. Stocks all over the country were reduced to smal! proportions, and prices were correspondingly high. The spring was not quite so early, and cows did not do as well asin previous years, nor were factories opened as promptly. Dairy butter was worth 24 to 25 cents, and a considerable proportion of the early spring milk was used for butter rather than for cheesemaking. saisiaiinieds: ie aaa it | Box 103, Albion, Mich. sent values above any limit which salesmen had thought possible when they were) selling their September stock. the secret of the late advance in cheese, and it clearly shows that our home trade is our best factor and that without it the cheesemaking industry maintained in this country. _ _ 2 < To Fight the Cracker Combination. Retail grocers of St. Louis have sub- scribed $12,000 to afund to erect an in- dependent cracker factory to fight the cracker trust composed of the New York, American and United States Biscuit Companies. _ i 2 om 2 ee D> ae 5 - > “WA Vz, a 5 = sit y NS ae, See Menday’s and Saturday’s Detroit Evening News fer further Particulars. PRESIDENT LINCOLN SAID © ##f $100 GIVEN away Y yy PRINCE RUDOLPH CIGARS. Te the person guessing the nearest to the number of Imps that will appear in a series of cuts im the Evening News, cuts not to exceed 100, ow sc : . : ~ 4 : 7 ist Cash Prize, $50; 2d, $25; 3d, 15; 4th, $10. Guess slips to be had with » é t 3 | i ’ ov) i 8 Slips to be had wi You can fool some of sme people all of the time, and every 25c. worth of PRINCE RUDOLPH CIGARS. Sold Every where. all of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all Up to date there has been published 28 cuts, with a total of 303 Imps. the people all the time.” MANUFACTURED GY ALEX. GORPDON, Detroit, Mion. The Tradesman Conpon Book DANIEL LYNCH, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wholesale Agt. is what the people will have after having been fooled ? once or twice into using something said to be just as good. Bolts Wanted? I want 500 to 1,000 cords of Poplar Excel- stor Bolts, 18, 36 and 54 inches long. I also want Basswood Bolts, same lengths as above. For particula”s address J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich. RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO. , ‘nite Manufacturers of Boots & Shoes. an Ha irae Ta a, = Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Send us your mail oraers ana'we wil | WBNBT AL WL COUSBM6N ald ifansier Agents and fill them to your 8 satisfaction. We have . the new line of COLD STORAGE FOR BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE, FRUITS, AND Storm Slips ALL KINDS OF PERISHABLES. for ladies; also the . : : ae Dealers and Jobbers in Mowers, Binders Twine, Threshers, En- Northwest gines, Straw Stackers, Drills, Rakes, Tedders, Cultivators, Roll Edge Plows, Pumps, Carts, Wagons, Buggies, Wind Mills and Machine and Plow repairs, Ete. line of lumberman’s in Hurons and Trojans. Telephone No. 945. J. Y. F. BLAKE, Sup’t. We Pay the Freight: ii ay Speedie ceean se cheers rence SH Wait for our agent to call on you, before placing your order for Best Akron Stone ware as there is a great advantage to be gained by ordering early to secure carload rates, by so doing you can get the ware delivered to your railroad station, free of freight and breakage. Our terms,60 DAYS TIME from date of delivery, on ap- proved orders, or 2 per cent. discount for cash. You will need the ware soon. Buy it right and save money by getting the lowest rates from H. LEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids. EL a Butter Crocks. Sizes from ‘¢ to 6 gallons. Meat Tubs. Sizes 8, 10, 12, 15 and 20 gallons. Preserve Jars and Covers. Sizes 14, 1, 144 and 2 gallons. Covers only for same counts 1 gal. each. ~ Flat Bottom Milk Pans. Sizes 14, 1 and 134 gallon. Stew Pans with Bails. Sizes , |} and 14% gallons. Sizes 14g and 1 gallon. ‘ Tomato Jugs. Common Jugs. Sizes 14 and 1 gallon. : cra Sizes 1¢ to 5 gallon. Churns and Covers. Covers count 1 gallon each. Sizes from 3 to 8 gallons. Write for quotations and we will have one of our representatives call upon you as soon as possible and make We Pay the Freight! rock bottom figures for your town or at your nearest station. Te