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And for the hours of rest that come between
An inward joy in all things heard and seen.

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Hot anger, sullen hate,
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And discontent that casts a shadow grey.

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Music of birds, murmur of little rills,
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COMPRESSING CONVENTIONS.

In his interesting account of the
newspaper mechanics of reporting the
national conventions Marlin Pew rec-
ords in Editor and Publisher a con-
siderable journalistic impatience against
the number of days occupied by the
more or less perfunctory proceedings
of these institutions. We can well un-
derstand this feeling, but we do not
share it.

Both at Houston and Kansas City,
Mr. Pew from Houston, “I
heard newspaper men discussing with
some vehemence the fact that both of
these party functions might jolly well
have transacted the business in half of
the time consumed, if there had been
a will to make the business short and
snappy. The average open convention
sessions at Kansas City were of less
than four hours’ duration per day and
the average here would not be much
more. As each day meant an expendi-
ture of more than $200,900 for the
press, not to mention the stupendous
expenses of the delegates, there were
those who thought the proceedings
might have been tightened up and
wondered if the drawn-out sessions
were not merely calculated to give the
towns and the caterers opportunity
to cash in like Coney Island conces-

writes

sionaires.”

If the motive for time extension was
merely to give local hotels a run for
money subscribed to the convention
fund we would set down the practice as
belonging with “keynotes,” nominating
speeches and other outgrown prac-
tices.

The Tradesman believes there is a
real National value in the usual four or
five-day convention, with its preceding
proceedings. It is a value that could
never come from a few men set to
“clean up” things in a few hours in a
radio broadcasting chamber. It is the
great National advantage which comes
from throwing together for the bet-
ter part of a week of politically minded
men and women from all the differing
sections of the country. They reach
some sort of common understanding,

not only about their party but about
their country.

Furthermore, the time between ses-
sions is not wasted. On the contrary,
it is of the utmost use and importance.
We do not accept the ingenuous idea
that all delegates act with entire free-
dom and determine of themselves and
in themselves nominees and platform.
But it seems self-evident, even in such
conventions as those at Kansas City
and Houston, that it took time for the
“leaders” of various sections,, candi-
dacies or policies to feel out and de-
termine their mutual
trends. Conventions are largely incom-

strengths and

petent,, bu they do provide opportunity
for an arrival at some estimate of pub-
lic opinion. They compel showdowns.
Under the present system they at least
approximate their supposed purpose.
Were they compressed into narrower
time limits there would have to be in-
finitely more imperious use of the
steam roller. There would not be time
for anything else.

AN EOCENE FOOTPRINT.

Scientists are busy speculating on the
discovery of what is believed to be a
human footprint dating back to the
Eocene period.

It was found by an Englishman and
an official of the Cyprus Government
in a dry water course 01 Mount Hila-
rion, Cyprus. The impression was on
a rock which, at the time the foot
touched it. obviously must have been
in a plastic non-petrified state. Ge-
clogists at the South Kensington Mu-
seum in London, where similar im-
prints of the feet of extinct animals
are preserved, say that if the Cyprus
footprint is authentic the man who
made it must, like these animals, have
belonged to the Eocene epoch.

Since anthropologists have been pret-
ty generally agreed that man didn’t
appear on the earth until several thou-
sand years after that epoch, it seems
that they will now have to re-examine
their theories and perhaps conclude
that homo sapiens is much older than
they had supposed.

Ever since the dawn of recorded his-
tory man has striven desperately to
leave his footprints on the sands of
time, figuratively if not literally. Some
few of the prints have remained, but all
the rest have vanished.

Ulnike ambitious millions
whose “names are writ in water,” this
Eocene man—if it was a man’s foot-
print— probably never had the slight-
est wish to be famous. He merely
chanced to step on a yielding sub-
stance. Nature pertified the imprint
of his foot.

And now, unknown milleniums later,
that footstep, taken without a thought
of the future, suddenly becomes so im-
portant that it may cause the world to

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accept an entirely new view of the age
of the human race.

The ‘Eocene man’s” footprint seems
to hold the hint that it may often be
the most commonplace acts of men’s
lives rather than the supposedly im-
portant ones that rise above oblivion;
if not in their own day, then perhaps
ages after they have returned to dust.

 

THE HAND OF EXPERIENCE.

A successful manufacturer says in
a current magazine article: “Up to the
age of forty a man is in training—
every man is. He is assembling the
tools with which to work. When the
tools are at hand they can be put to
their real uses.”

In these strenuous days, when so
much emphasis is placed on youth and
its dynamic qualities, there has been
an inclination to belittle the usefulness
of the man who has passed his so-
called prime.

What is a man’s prime?
it has nothing to do with calendar

Essentially
vears. Many a man of seventy is more
alert, more mentally acute, than his
sons. But over and above any mere
physical and mental exuberance a man
niay retain, there is the judgment that
comes only from long experience. Un-
til a man acquires judgment he is still
“in training,’ as above stated. It is
this quality which justifies, and always
will justify, the presence of the “old
heads” in the hurly-burly of everyday
affairs.

It is right that the inexhaustible en-
ergy and enthusiasm of youth should
be held in high esteem. But equally
estimable is the wisdom that is able
to guide and control that energy with
the older hand of experience. :

 

MORE AT WORK.

According to the June bulletin of the
Federal Department of Labor, the of-
ficial forecast that the increasing de-
mand for outdoor workers would re-
lieve the unemployment situation is
being fulfilled. The farms are calling
for men. Building operations are en-
listing large numbers of skilled and un-
skilled workers. Many are finding em-
ployment in road construction. The
industry has shown a
This informa-

automobile
marked upward trend.
tion, based on reliable official reports,
confirms accounts from other sources
and is decidedly encouraging. Repre-
sentative business leaders have recent-
ly predicted continued improvement in
the demand for certain lines of goods,
which in turn will necessitate hiring
more workers. The Labor Department
officials are not given to prophecy, but
the progress they note suggests that
the July and subsequent reports should
indicate a still further increase in the
number of workers, since the peak of
unemployment was passed months

ago.

IN OUR OWN EMBASSIES.

Ambassador Herrick and Represen-
tative Stephen G. Porter are to be con-
gratulated upon the final act which
marks the acquisition by the United
States of a site for the erection of a
building worthy to house the chan-
ccllery of the American Embassy in
Paris. It has long been a disgrace
that the offices of the embassy have
had to be in rented apartments; it is
more than time that the many govern-
mental activities of this country car-
ried on in the French capital should
have permanent quarters commensu-
rate with their importance.

The site is one which could not be
improved upon. Facing the Place de
la Concorde, it will look out upon one
of the chief historic squares in Paris.
Here in the days when it was called
the Place de la Revolution the guillo-
tine summoned its victims from among
the aristocrats of France. Here Louis
XVI and Marie Antoinette went to
their death. Now as the Place de la
Concorde it stands as a symbol of a
victorious and united country.

The movement to have American-
owned chancelleries should not stop
with the embassy in Paris.
should be one in every
capital.

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SMOKING IN DINING CARS.

If there ever was a change in man-
ners and morals which swept all oppo-
sition before it once the dikes were
down it is the custom of women’s
smoking. Twenty years ago it was
virtually impossible for a woman to
smoke in public; even ten years ago
it was an unusual sight. To-day it
evokes no special comment or even at-
tention.

This revolutionary change, which
was perhaps brought on by the war
and the influx of women into industry
more than by any other causes, has
been called to our attention by an an-
nouncement of the Erie Railroad. Its
decision to allow smoking in its dining
cars was not made over the frantic
protests of women passengers. It was
made largely as a results of requests
from women who want to smoke dur-
ing or after meals.

There is only one place which the
female smoker has not invaded: one
seldom sees women smoking on the
Perhaps it is a lingering sense
of the proprieties which restrains them
or it may be merely that there is no
male escort at hand to lend them the
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is that it makes your spare time so
valuable, if you don’t mind doing your
own repairs and washing.

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SEYMOUR SCHOOL RE-UNION

Perpetuated in Memory of a Pioneer
School District.

Ninety years ago a little neighbor-
hod group in the Northwest corner of
Paris township gathered at one of the
farm homes and organized School Dis-
trict No. 1, Paris township. This group
represented the entire population of
the district. There were eight men
present, all of them men of character
and standing and vision. This was the
first school district organized outside
of the corporate limits of the village
of Grand Rapids. The area of the
new school district was four sections
of land. The school site chosen was
about forty rods East of what is now
known as Seymour Place, at the corner
of Burton street and Eastern avenue.
The neighbors built the schoolhouse
of logs, and it was made livable
through the assistance of the women
of the district who whitewashed the
interior and helped in many ways to
make it a comfortable place for the
children.

Nineteen years later a new school-
house was built upon a new site at the
corner of Burton and Eastern, and
ten years later than this an addition
was found necessary to this school-
house, which increased its capacity and
enabled the school board to organize
a second department. Later on, the
city moved up its limits to Burton
street, and this left the schoolhouse
on the North border of the district.
It was moved five-eights of a mile
South on Eastern avenue, another
room was added and a basement ar-
ranged for a furnace room and a room
for manual training. This was the
first country school in the State of
Michigan which took up manual train-
ing as a part of its curriculum.

Then the city extended its limits
once more and took in the entire area
of the district, and a new and beauti-
ful school building was erected upon
an area of thirteen acres of land facing
Alger street, and the city, coming into
possession of the old schoolhouse, sold
it to the Christian Reformed church
This,
in brief, is the history of the school

people for a parochial school.

buildings.

On Saturday, June 30, there was
held on the grounds of Sherman Han-
na, at the corner of Alger street and
Eastern avenue, a re-union of the
Seymour School Memorial Association
The name Seymour was
with a family that led in all good un-
dertakings in the district for a long
period of years. and the title really
was given the district at the time
Mr. Seymour presented a bell to the

connected

district and placed it in the steeple of
the school house. At this re-union
last Saturday, Mrs. Charles Chadwick,
a daughter of Mrs. William S. Par-
sons, presented to the Association, to
be placed in permanent custody of the
Alger school, a teacher’s certificate
signed in 1848 by James Ballard and
Henry Seymour, school inspectors for
the township of Paris. Mrs. Parsons
was then Miss Fisk and taught for
some time in this school when it oc-
cupied the log building.

The new Alger school is very dear

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

to the hearts of the people who make
up the Seymour School Memorial As-
sociation and the Association petition-
ed the Board of Education to assign
a room to the Association for the per-
manent custody of things of historical
value, to be a permanent museum. The
Board of Education has assigned the
library of that building, which will be
named after the Association, and Mrs.
Millard Palmer, who was the daughter
of Henry Seymour, has asked the
privilege of placing the tablet of desig-
nation upon the entrance of this room.

A very interesting item in the pro-
ceedings of the re-union was the pre-
sentation of a very perfect landscape
drawing of the new school grounds
and upon it was the entire scheme of
grading and planting. This was the
gift of Ossian C.
landscaper of Chicago, who was born

Simonds, the noted

in the school district and who was
happy in designing the plan for the
development of the new school prop-
erty. The members of the Association
were rejoiced to know that the Grand
Rapids Board of Education, upon re-
ceiving this plan, had approved it and
indicated its desire to carry out as far
as practicable the details of the plan,
thus making for Grand Rapids its
most beautiful school grounds and per-
haps. if completion is made as desig-
nated, the finest school grounds in the
State of Michigan.

The members of the Association vis-
ited the school grounds and the school-
house under the direction of Miss
Greenbaum, the principal, and a num-
ber of portraits were presented and
other historic material to be arranged
and labeled for the permanent custody
in the school building.
Butler and
Grand

Superintendent
President Davis, of the
Rapids Board of Education,
were present and assured the Associa-
tion that the Board of Education ap-
preciated the interest in the Alger
school building and its grounds and
hoped it would exercise its influence in
aiding the Board of Education in its
scheme of embellishment. Members
of the Parent-Teachers Association of
the Alger school were present and as-
sured the meeting that they would
co-operate in any movement to assist
the Board of Education in the develop-
A little
piece of natural woods already stands
upon the schocl property which Mr.
Simonds said was a most important
factor in connection with beautifying
the grounds, and in his plan this is

ment of the school grounds.

made a permanent woods. One feature
which Mr. Simonds emphasized in
speaking to the meeting was the plan
of having a skating park and a place
for sliding dewn hill in winter, which
he remembered as most interesting
pastimes in connection with the school
when he was an attending pupil.

There were about sixty people
present at the re-union and _ letters
were read from teachers and pupils
scattered all over the United States,
exhibiting a loyalty and interest in
perpetuating the name of the school
district quite encouraging and cheering
to those who were present. It is the
plan of the Association each year to

have a complete record of some one

family in the school district, and thus
work into its records a very complete
history of the district from its organ-
ization until it was absorbed by the
city. This year the historical sketch
was of the DeMol family, which set-
tled in Grand Rapids at an early day,
being immigrants from the Nether-
lands. Later the family acquired twen-
ty acres of land in the school district
at the corner of Alger street and East-
ern avenue, and children and grand-
children have occupied the land to this
day, and many of the scions of the
family have become highly educated
and influential.

A feature of the program thorough-
ly appreciated by the old and young
was the singing of “The Rivers” by
Ossian Simonds, Julia Fletcher. Fred
Jennings, Wm. Powers, Charles W.
Garfield and one or two others. The
rendition was made without a break.
Over 100 rivers of this world were
recited to the tune of Yankeé Doadle.
The song was taught by an early
teacher, over sixty years ago-

One of the facts brought out in con-
nection with the making of a complete
list of the teachers of the Seymour
school was that in the early days sev-
eral collegians were among its teach-
ers, and at the time of the civil war
several boys enlisted from this school
district who became prominent in the
military service of our country. Among
them were Edwin and Birney Hoyt,
Stephen H. Ballard, Oakland Merri-
field, two of the Morgridge boys and
Alexander Hanna. It was a matter of
interest that it was upon the premises
of Sherman Hanna, son of Alexander
Hanna, that the meeting was convened
on Saturday.

The present officers of the Associa-
tion are: C. W. Garfield, President,
and Mrs. Bessie Hoogersteger, Sec-
retary. It is a very interesting and
valuable idea to thus perpetuate the
memory of a school district and pre-
serve as far as possible the leading
items of historical interest during its
existence. Charles W. Garfield.

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Traveling Salesman’s Day as Flashy
Slicker Gone.

Since the days when traveling sales-
men first wore derby hats, the popular
idea of the commercial traveler has
been a picture of a flashily dressed
man descending from a train ready to
startle the natives with his gay clothes
and genial, care-free conduct, spending
his expense account lavishly.

But all of these things once attrib-
uted to “the drummer” have vanished
and a new type of commercial sales-
men has replaced the old. Even the
expense account is gone. Most firms
no longer allow an account for enter-
tainment of buyers. Salesmen are ex-
pected to sell goods on a basis of com-
parative values, not by entertainment.

In the old days a traveling sales-
man’s only duty was to sell his goods,
not caring how he may be overstock-
ing his customer. After he had sold
his goods, it was up to the retailer to
dispose of them as best he could.

Frequently, modern salesmen return
to the stores of their customers at
night after closing time, to help them
arrange the stock in the most effective

   

July 4, 1928

manner and giving sales hints and oth-
er information intended to help the
retailer.

Instead of attending midnight par-
ties as in the olden days, the modern
salesmen may be found at work as late
as midnight or in the early morning
hours, helping his customers.

The salesman to-day, to get by,
must be a somber business man. He
must be congenial, of course, but his
congeniality cannot very well extend
to card playing and lavish entertain-
ment for he has not the time for that.

Percy A. Patterson.
——_~» >>
Wise Words of Aesop.

Precious things are for those that
can prize them.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant-

Gratitude and greed go not together.

Beware lest you lose the substance
by grasping the shadow.

Injuries may be forgiven, but not
forgotten.

We can easily represent things as
we wish them to be.

Only cowards insult dying majesty.

Better beans and bacon in peace
than cakes and ale in fear.

Clumsy jesting is no joke.

Little friends may
friends.

Better no rule than cruel rule.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will
grow up to your ruin.

There is always someone worse off
than yourself.

It is easy to be brave from a safe
distance.

You will only injure yourself if you
take notice of despicable enemies.

Outside show is a poor substitute
for inner worth.

It is not only fine feathers that make
fine birds.

Self-conceit may lead to self-destruc-
tion.

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

He that is neither one thing nor
the other has no friends.

We often despise what is most use-
ful to us.

It is useless attacking the insensible.

Better starve free than be a fat
slave.

It is easy to despise what you can-
not get.

Familiarity breeds contempt.
——_2--__
Consumption of Milk Increases.
The Department of Agriculture esti-
mates that the 1925 milk consumption
in the United States totaled 54,000,-
000,000 pounds. Compared with 1924,
this is an increase of something like
1,554,000,000 pounds. The figures are
estimated on the basis of surveys and
reports from municipal boards of
health in 450 cities having a popula-

tion of 39,158,576.

On this basis the average person in
the United States used about 1.2 pints
of milk each day. The per capita con-
sumption of cream, for 360 cities, 2ver-

aged 0.4 of a pint per day.
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Are We Wiser in Our Generation
Than Formerly?

Grandville, July 3—The month of
June just past has ‘been remarkable in
that there have ‘been but two summer
days, and the rainfall has been exces-
sive. Nothing like it in many years.
The last wet and cold June I recall
came in 1883 when the precipitation
was excessive, resulting in floods and
the washing away of miles of railroads.

There are people who charge our
present wet spell to the radio. How
this could come about they do not at-
tempt to explain, nor is it likely that
this new discovery has anything to do
with weather conditions.

Another class avow their belief that
the climate of the temperate zone is
undergoing a change and that old
fashioned winters and summers are a
thing of the past, all of which is im-
portant, if true.

Most of our troubles coming from
whatever source are blamed upon the
year being one in which we elect a
president, wherefore all sorts of dis-
asters are likely to come upon the peo-
ple. There are those who predict the
most stirring campaign of recent years.
Why this should be true is not quite
evident.

It is a hard matter to rouse the peo-
ple of to-day to a degree of frenzy
which carried the political hosts into
protracted sprees of hilarity and de-
bauchery of the sixties and seventies.
We have learned a lot since then and
do not swear by the party through
thick and thin as of old.

The party of Jefferson, which lately
held the boards at Houston. delighted
many with its eulogy of Jefferson and
the demolition of the character of that
great American, Alexander Hamilton.
Although the latter was not the great-
est American, as some have professed
to believe, he was yet a man of mark
and one of the founders of our form
of government.

There is room in this countrv for
both Jefferson and Hamilton without
anv clash of principles. The one plank
in the Houston platform which seems
to be wholly out of gear with the
times was that one wherein union
labor gets a boost and the wicked in-
junction which serves to protect lives
and property of non-union labor from
the hellish outlaws who commit crime
in the name of labor unionism is de-
nounced.

Why any party should seek to make
honest working men servile slaves to
any organization is beyond ordinary
comprehension. Of course, it was a
bid for the vote of the criminal classes
which masquerade under the name of
union labor. It must be remembered
however, that there are many thous-
ands of working men who do not be-

long to any union—men who _ have
votes which this plank is likely to
antagonize.

Politicians sometimes make mistakes
and we believe this union labor plank
was the one vital mistake made by the
Democratic committee at Houston.
Time will tell at any rate. Meantime
the cohorts are gathering and the cam-
paign will soon be on in all its fury.

That the campaign will take on any
of the strenuousness of the olden time
does not seem likely at the present
writing. Men have something else to
do beside marching behind bands from
town to town, yelling themselves
hoarse over this candidate or that.

Both candidates are men of sterling
worth, worthy citizens of this great
Republic of ours, yet they represent
certain methods of government which
are diametrically opposed. The wet
and dry question is sure to become a
prominent factor in the campaign.

While there is a large body of peo-
ple who incline to the wet side it is
pot possible that prohibition is distaste-
ful to a majority of our citizens, half
of whom are of the gentler sex who
have been the greatest sufferers from

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

alcoholic drink in the past history of
our country.

The farmers can have little to
choose between the candidates, since
both platforms give them and _ their
czuse a hearing in the makeup of the
platforms. It has been said the party
platforms have been made to get in on,
without the least intention of being
carried into effect after election.

The weather has not been the most
favorable to farming so far this sea-
son, which fact ought to remind the
tillers of the soil that weather has far
more to do with their prosperity than
all the political resolutions of all
political parties put together.

It is not supposable that any honest
citizen wishes to antagonize the farmer
in his honest efforts to get to the front
in his business. Being honest the farm-
er must admit that bountiful «.; slender
crops are the main factors in tis world
of work.

Small production, high prices. Large
over production, cutting down of the
price, even though Congress resolute
in favor of the former.

Farming is a business of vital im-
portance. We must learn not te de-
pend upon Government for a living
wage or price for products. Supplv
and demand, which is a law unto itself,
regulates these matters. Let our men
and women depend more on personal
exertion and less on Government
fostering to make their way in the
world.

New parties have sprung up in this
country at different times, with an ap-
peal to the disgruntled forces of man-
kind, making large promises, vet in the
end they have gone to pieces on the
rocks of inexorable logic, victims to
their own inordinate self esteem and a
fallacious notion that all it requires to
make good times is a law enacted by
Congress to such effect.

We learn by experience and experi-
ence is said to be a dear teacher.
Wherefore we are not likely to be led
astray to-day, as at some time in the
past, by the flatulent promises of
political wind-jammers. Old Timer.

ee
Charlevoix All Ready For Her Resort
Patrons.

Charlevoix, July 2—I enjoyed my
morning walk North to-day and found
many of the regular resorters have
opened their homes for the season.

‘William Taylor, the only merchant
on this side of the lake, is ready for
the rush with a full line of confection-
ery, specialties in eats and fountain
drinks.

The celebrated Fun will open soon
under Mr. Kraemer’s management.

Mr. Watson is here again in charge
of the golf links.

A. S. Mussellam has returned from
St. Augustine, Florida, to open his rug
and curio shop in he Alhambra Hotel
on Bridge street.

‘Campbell’s boot shop has a fine dis-
play in their line of ware.

E. J. Kibbe, an East coast guard
man, has a neat neighborhood grocery
at 204 Antrim street.

I fully agree with you that the mer-
chants are showing their appreciation
of the Tradesman. Why shouldn’t they?
Ti is the best trade journal ever pub-
lished in the United States. I here-
with enclose another new subscription,
that of Clarence J. Withers, who is the
proprietor of the Withers variety store
at 409 Bridge street.

The Charlevoix sport shop, under
the management of Frank Hoffman,
has opened a very attractive stock at
122 Bridge street.

C. H. Sternberg is conducting a bar-
ber shop and beauty parlor at 409
Bridge street.

The Noble Hotel has opened a
homelike lunch room at 411 Bridge
street. Business seems to be very
good. The hotel is still under the
same management on U, S. 31, Antrim
street,

Hallett’s Inn claims to have had a
pretty good trade so far this season.

Benjamin Brown enjoys reading the
Tradesman and claims to have a very
good business in his line.

S. M. See & Sons report business as
pretty good. I notice on their state-
ment head a very appropriate remark:
“This is not a dun unless your ac-
count is due; if so, give it your prompt
attention.”

The Charlevoix Coal & Ice Co.
(Heise & Yettaw, proprietors) would
like a sample copy of the Tradesman.
They claim that last winter’s harvest
of ice from local lakes was very good
and the summer trade is beginning to
move.

The Brown & Wallace Sinclair sta-
tion is opposite the new city park,
which is an improvement on Bridge
street, and the removal of the tele-

phone poles is like taking a roof off a
house.

C. Wilson, of Chicago, representing
the Henderson Lithographing Co., of
Cincinnati, gave us a very pleasant
Sunday afternoon ride. It was a very
interesting and beautiful scenic trip.
We passed through Petoskey and Bay
View, which were both in their Sunday
garb. On our way to Harbor Springs
we stopped at Ramona, where they
have a very beautiful hotel and mineral
spring, which, I am informed, flows
some 10,000 barrels per dav. From
there we traveled on the lower lake
shore drive through Wequetonsing,
where the cottages and summer homes
are most romantically located. After
leaving Harbor Springs and Harbor

Point, we took the upper lake drive
through the woods to Cross Village

and from there via Levering, Pellston
and Oden back home.

Earl A. Young, the real estate man
on Bridge street, is at present one of
the busiest men in Charlevoix-the-
Beautiful. Not only is he busy rent-
ing cottages and summer homes, but
his Boulder Park proposition is com-
ing along nicely. L. Winternitz.

Late News From Grand Traverse Bay.

Traverse City, July 3—The Traverse
City Lumber Co. invites readers of the
newsnapers to call up its office when
they desire to learn the hour of the day.
It is good advertising.

The Hekman Biscuit Co., of Grand
Rapids, has practically supplanted the
National and Loose-Wiles in supply-
ing crackers and cookies to indepen-

dent grocers. Stocks are kept on
hand. The company operates attrac-
tively constructed and _ artistically

decorated auto vehicles in distributing
its product to deaiers.

Seventy-five cherry growers from
Door county, Wis., inspected the or-
chards on the Traverse Bay peninsula

on Thursday. The visitors were en-
tertained by the Chamber of Com-
merce.

One hundred young’ musicians,

representing the high schools of many
cities throughout the country, are in
camp on Lake Interlochen. Rehears-
als are held every day. Twenty con-
certs by a brass band and orchestra
will be presented to the public on Sun-
days during the next two months.
Competent instructors are employed.
The Hannah-Lay close-out sale is
moving slowly. When the expected
crowd of tourists and resorters arrive
the management expects to speed up
its sales. Merchants generally do not
seem to be seriously affected by the
closing out campaign of the company.
When its big stock (composed largely
of the accumulations of past vears)
shall be cleared off the market, not
much will remain to recall to memory
the once all-powerful firm of Hannah,
Lay & Co. aside from its name on the
maps of the city. The only survivor

of the Hannah family, it is said, is the
wife of Julius Hannah, the only son
of the founder of the business.

When Perry Hannah arrived at Port
Huron, many years ago, searching for

3

employment, he had $300 in his inside
pocket. While sojourning in that city
he fell in with a brace of gamblers who
quickly dispossesed him of his wealth.
That experience proved of value to
Mr. Hannah. During the many years
of activity in business which followed,
Mr. Hannah took no chances with
questionable transactions. Mrs. Julius
Hannah is quite largely interested in
one of the local banks and has other
substantial investments in Chicago.
She lives in the splendid mansion that
Perry Hannah erected for the use of
himself and family a few years before
he died.

J. C. Lewis, city salesman for Lee &
Cady, jobbers of groceries in Detroit

and Grand Rapids, is spending his
vacation with relatives in this city. A
few weeks ago Mr. Lewis noticed a

big touring car on a street which bore
a placard painted with these words:
“This is my fourth Packard car.” Mr.
Lewis owned one of Henry’s lizzies
which had served him well. A painter
of signs was emploved and a banner
bearing this statement was attached to
the ancient vehicle: ‘““This is mv first
I have driven it 215,000 miles.”
Many examined the vehicle curiously
and consulted its recording apparatus
to verify the statement of the owner.
Arthur Scott White.

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Scientific men often overdo business
when they talk about the accuracy of
their experiments and the correctness
Yet the fallibil-
ity of scientific men gives no aid and

of their conclusions.

comfort to those who hold to creeds
which have long since lost their mean-
The and

wise investigators in the various fields

ing and use. most learned
of science hold to a conclusion, not as

proved beyond any _ possibility of

change, but as the best working hy-
pothesis available, the explanation
includes

truth than any other, but still an ex-

which, on the whole, more
planation which may be modified by
truth which lies just out of sight.
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' Milestones.

As we journey along the highway of
life, may each new year bring to us
new joys, higher hopes, stronger af-
May the ties of
tighter drawn,

fections, larger faith.
binding
each to other.

friendship be
“in closer-woven mesh”
May the gift be ours of imparting our
sanest, sweetest, divinest selves to men.
life’s
strong purpose, high courage, and un-
failing enthusiasm. May our thoughts
be as high as the stars and as beautiful.

May we face problems with

May an increasing fellowship be ours
with the Unseen.—Merritt
Farren.

Augustus

——_22>___
Ideal Occupation.

‘Is your son in business?”

“He's a contractor.’

“What line?”

“Debts,”

   

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MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS.
Holt — Summers & Allen succeed
Harry Rogers in the grocery business.
Menominee—The Cook’s Pantry has
increased its capital stock from $25,000
to $75,000.

Portland—Mrs. Bertha Thompson
succeeds Ed Fineis in the grocery and
tire business.

Detroit — A new Economical drug
store has been opened at 200 Wood-
ward avenue.

Grand Ledge—Harry Houghton is
succeeded in the grocery business by
the P. M. Store.

Detroit—Marshall Morris has open-
ed a new drug store at East Jefferson
and Beaconsfield.

Muskegon—Nelson, Olsen & Nel-
son, Inc., has changed its name to
Nelson Motors, Inc.

Battle Creek—John Benson succeeds
J. Morrison in the grocery business
at 881 Maple street.

Detroit—Lloyd Perry,, druggist, 3574
Mt. Elliott avenue, has sold his stock
to J. W. Runciman.

Battle Creek—The Sagert Grocery
succeeds the Taylor Grocer Co. at 203
South Kendall street.

Detroit—Heine Meyers has opened
a new drug store at Seven Mile road
and Grand River avenue.

Detroit—Alex Goldman succeeds M.
Cohen at the Monica Pharmacy, 7048
Chicago boulevard West.

Detroit—The Dallas Pharmacy is
the successor to the Sailor Drug Co.,
at 8946 Charlevoix street.

Detroit—Roach Pharmacy No. 2 is
the name of a new drug store at the
corner of Fullerton and Manor.

Detroit—Robert Loomis has opened
a new drug store on the corner of
Vernor Highway and Military.

Detroit—The Quality Drug No. 3
recently opened on East Jefferson
avenue, corner of Hart street.

Menominee—The Thompson Wells
Lumber Co., has decreased its capital
stock from $400,000 to $100,000.

Detroit—Giermanski’s Pharmacy is
the name of a new drug store just
opened at 5200 Six Mile road East.

Detrcit—Tom Leonard, druggist at
22801 Woodward, has moved across
the street and installed a new fountain.

Detroit—The Aberdeen Pharmacy is
the new drug store in the Aberdeen
apartment building on Seward street.

Kalamazoo—H. P. Buzzell & Co,
Inc., 435 North Rose street, has chang-
ed its name to the Pure Food Service,
Inc.

Kendall—L. Levinsohn has purchas-
ed the shoe and rubber stock of F.
J. Chamberlin and removed it to Sagi-
naw.

 

3enton Harbor—The Premier Phar-
macy has recently opened in the Prem-
ier Hotel, with John Saline as man-
ager.

Jackson—The Brewer Coal Co., 301
North Mechanic street, has changed
its name to the Brewer Coal & Lum-
ber Co.

Kalamazoo—The Acme Co-Opera-
tive Marketing Enterprise, R. F. D. 5,
has changed its name to the Pick-It-
Shops. ;

Detroit—The Fess Drug Co. has
opened at 5635 Michigan avenue with

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

F. J. Fess and A. L. Kirtland as pro-
prietors.

Detroit—J. B. Young has moved his
drug stock from 675 Euclid avenue
East to Livernois and Nine Mile road
in Ferndale.

Detroit — The Armaly
Sponge Co., 401 Congress street, has

Morrow

changed its name to the Atlantic
Sponge Co.
Calumet—The Metropolitan Phar-

macy won a five dollar prize in the
recent Chicago Tribune window dis-
play contest.

Pontiac—The drug store owned by
the late C. O. Hubbell will be con-
tinued by the widow under the man-
agement of C. C. Wiltse.

Detroit—Harry Abrams has bought
the Brownie drug store, at 13550
Woodward avenue, and will change the
name to Granwood pharmacy.

Detroit—The Barber Drug Co. has
purchased two more drug stores—the
Brownie Stores at Clark and West
Fort and the Trumbull Market store.

Dowagiac—L. Levinsohn has _ pur-
chased the balance of stock of the
Leader Clothing Store and will con-
duct a closing out sale on the prem-
ises.

Detroit—A. W. Stevenson has sold
his drug stock at 4051 West Warren
to T. W. Irwin. Mr. Stevenson will

give his attention to his Buchanan
street store.
Detroit—H. C. Schultz, Inc., 442

East Lafayette avenue,. wholesale deal-
er in radios and musical instruments,
has increased its capital stock from
$75,000 to $100,000.

Kalamazoo—C. L. Beach, who open-
ed a new drug store on East avenue,
last March, has sold to F. A. Doyle,
former manager of Ben Peck’s South
Burdick street store.

Grand Ledge—A. QO. Halstead, drug-
gist for thirty-three vears, has dis-
posed of his business to his son, Earl
Halstead, who has been associated with
his father for some time.

Detroit—The H. C. Pugh Chemical
Co., 518 Buhl building, has been in-
corporated with an authorized capital
stock of $1,000, all of which has been
subscribed and paid in in cash.

Muskegon Heights—The Tyler Sales
Fixture Co., 929 Riordan street, has
increased its capital stock from $10,000
and 1,000 shares no par value, to $100,-
000 preferred and 20,000 shares no par
value.

Detroit—The Crystal White Market,
Inc., 4611 Twelfth street, has been in-
corporated to deal in food stuff, with
an authorized capital stock of $2,000,
all of which has been subscribed and
paid in in property.

Charlotte—The McNamara-Putnam
Co., 112 Main street, has been incor-
porated to deal in drugs, etc., at retail,
with an authorized capital stock of
$12,000, $6,000 of which has been sub-
scribed and paid in in cash.

Pontiac—The Maytag Pontiac Co.,
59 West Huron street has been incor-
porated to deal in washing machines,
with an authorized capital stock of
$25,000, $10,000 of which has been sub-
scribed and paid in in cash.

Muskegon—Albert Honingman has
purchased the interest of his partner,
Russell McDowell in the stock of the

Variety Shoe Store, Broadway and
Sanford srteet and will continue the
business under the same style.

Detroit—C. W. Shepard, 8156 Gra-
tiot avenue, has sold his store to
Charles Miner, who also owns the store
on the corner of Twelfth and Blaine.
Mr. Sheppard will give his entire time
and attention to Sheppard's lotion.

Iron Mountain—The Upper Penin-
sula Forest Products Co., R. R. 1, has
been incorporated to deal in forest
products, with an authorized capital
stock of $50,000, $47,000 of which has
been subscribed and paid in in prop-
erty.

Kalamazoo — Announcement has
been made by Floyd C. Miller, presi-
dent of the Hale Hat Stores, Inc., that
the general warehouse and cap factory
of the company will be removed from
South Bend, Ind., to Kalamazoo, early
this fall.

Detroit—The Sunny Manufacturing
Co., 4058 Beaufait avenue, has been
incorporated to make and deal in
household appliances, with an author-
ized capital stock of $50,000, $1,000 of
which has been subscribed and paid in
in cash.

Deroit—The Williams Shoe Market,
5506 Chene street, has been incorpo-
rated to deal in foot wear and wear-
ing apparel for women, with an au-
thorized capital stock of $10,000, $5,000
of which has been subscribed and paid
in in cash.

Waterford — The Waterford Farm
Supply Co. has been incorporated to
deal in feeds, seeds, fertilizers and
building materials, with an authorized
capital stock of $2,000, $750 of which
has been subscribed and paid in in
property.

Muskegon — The Twin City Dairy
Co., 1545 Montgomery avenue, has
been incorporated to manufacture and
deal in dairy products, with an author-
ized capital stock of $20,000, of which
amount $8,400 has been subscribed and
paid in in property.

Ishpeming—John Ruona, formerly
manager of the Ruona Bottling Works,
has opened a candy, ice cream, soft
drinks parlor and news stand in the
recently remodeled Ruona block on
Division street, under the style of the
Blue Link Candy Store.

Bay City—The Robert J. Wendland
Co,, 211 Shearer building, has been in-
corporated to deal in women’s ready-
to-wear garments. dry goods, etc., with
an authorized capital stock of $10,000,
of which amount $2,500 has been sub-
scribed and paid in in cash.

Saginaw — The Dailey-Mack Co.,
Young and Maple streets, has been
incorporated to deal in vegetables, ap-
ples and cider, with an authorized cap-
ital stock of $40,000, all of which has
been subscribed and paid in, $16,000
in cash and $24,000 in property.

Saginaw — The Andrews-Ellis Co.,
Inc., Franklin and Hayden streets, has
been incorporated to deal in vegetables
and act as broker in fruit, fresh or
preserved, with an authorized capital
stock of $25,000, all of which has been
subscribed and paid in in cash.

Battle Creek—The Calhoun Plumb-
ing & Heating Co., 99 North Division
street, has been incorporated to con-
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July 4, 1928

and heating business, with an author-
ized capital stock of $10,000, $3,300 of
which has been subscribed and paid
in in cash.

Highland Park—Rice Products, Inc.,
1155 Palmer Park boulevard, has
merged its business into a stock com-
pany under the style of the Rige-De-
troit Refrigeration, Inc., with an au-
thorized capital stock of $10,000, $1,000
of which has been subscribed and paid
in in cash.

Flint — The Capital Style Shoppe,
656 Harrison street,
porated to deal in women’s wearing
apparel, jewelry and specialties, with an
authorized capital stock of 100 shares
at $50 per share, of which amount
$5,000 has been subscribed and paid
in in cash.

Hart—R. L. Dorsh has opened a va-

has been incor-

building recently
vacated by the First National Bank.
It will be conducted under the name
of the 5 and 10c variety store. The
crockery and glassware stock was fur-
nished by J. J. Berg, representing Pit-
kin & Brooks.

Detroit—The Michigan Floors Cor-
poration, 1338 Maple street, has been
incorporated to deal in tile, carpet.
linoleum, etc., at wholesale and retail,
with an authorized capital stock of
$25,000, of which amount $15,000 has
been subscribed, $2,500 paid in in cash
and $12,500 in property.

Detroit—Yockey Bros., 4303 Four-
teenth street, have merged their fur-
niture, carpets, art goods, etc., busi-
ness into a stock company under the
style of Yockey Brothers Furniture,
Inec., with an authorized capital stock
of $1,000, all of which has been sub-
scribed and paid in in cash.

Jackson—Wm. C. Skiles. 122 West
Pearl street, dealer in automobiles,
auto accessories and parts, has merged
his business into a stock company un-
der the style of Skiles Motor Sales,
Inc., with an authorized capital stock
of 30,000 shares at $1 per share, of
which amount $13,000 has been sub-
scribed and $9,000 paid in in property.

Pontiac—The Henry P. Gaulker Co.,
43 Orchard Lake avenue, has merged
its fuel and ice business into a stock
company under the style of the Gaul-
ker Ice & Fuel Co., with an authorized
capital stock of $100,000 preferred and
5,000 shares at $7.52 per share, all of
which has been subscribed and paid in,
$5,000 in cash and the balance in prop-
erty.

riety store in the

 

Manufacturing Matters.

Detroit—The Easter Scrap Material
Co., 8101 Morrow street, has changed
its name to the Morrow Steel Co.

Detroit—The City Metals Refining
Co., 687 Illinois street, has increased
its capital stock from $6,000 to $20,000.

Detroit—The National Die Casting
Co., 20401 Fenkell avenue, has increas-
ed its capital stock from $65,000 to
$100,000.

Wyandotte — Aircraft Specialties,
Inc., with business offices at 6 Kuhn
building, Mt.

Clemens, has been in-

corporated with an authorized capital
stock of $10,000, $9,200 of which has
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Features of the Grocery
Staples.

Sugar—Jobbers hold cane granulated
at 6.75 and beet granulated at 6.55.

Tea—The tea business, speaking of
business from first hands, is still com-
paratively light and lots that are being
bought are small.- Prices in some of
the primary markets have improved
somewhat and therefore holders on this
side are feeling a little stronger and
the market is fairly steady. Prices
show a little or no change from last
week.

Coffee—The market for Rio and
Santos coffee has worked up a very
small fraction during the week. This
refers to coffees sold green and in a
large way. The undertone of the mar-
ket on Rio and Santos coffee is still
rather weak, owing to very heavy
stocks left in Brazil. There is un-
doubtedly far too much green Rio and
Santos for the market to take in
the near future. Brazilians have not
yet found any way to get around this
and the situation is therefore sluggish
in spite of the very small advance of
the week. Mild coffees are about un-
changed from last week. The jobbing
market on roasted coffee is fairly ac-
tive, at unchanged prices.

Essential

 

Canned Fruits—California canners
are about to announce their fruit
prices but it is hardly thought they
will do so until July 9 to avoid putting
them out during a holiday week -and
the general market more or less dis-
turbed by the interruption of trading
during the middle of the week. Pine-
apple was so well received that it is
hoped the California line will make an
equally strong appeal to the buyer.

Canned Vegetables—Distributors are
not ready to consider additional con-
tracts for peas as the crop is going into
the can from an acreage and under
such conditions that a large pack is in
prospect in the main producing areas.
Neither is there much interest in corn
but there has been satisfactory busi-
ness in Southern tomatoes and it is
still going on quietly. There is no
disguising the weakness in corn or the
disposition to continue to trade in it
on a hand-to-mouth basis. Asparagus
canning is over in California and while
the pack has not been totaled the in-
dividual reports of canners indicate
that they will have only small surplus-
es over their contracts, quite different
from recent years. There has been
good coverage but some of the large
buyers have not taken care of them-
selves as they have gone on the theory
that history will repeat itself and fur-
nish them bargains later on.

Canned Fish—A taste of summer
weather has been a good thing for the
fish line and the market during the past
week was more active in the jobbing
field. Pink salmon sold more freely
and in larger blocks on the spot and it
has been possible to get a better aver-
age price for it. Cheap lots have dis-
appeared where the quality is satis-
factory. Chums are scarce here but
reds are easily obtained without being
forced to pay a premium. The Chinook
situation is the same as a week ago as
to opening prices and as to scarcity on
the spot. Maine sardines have been
reduced to keep them from accumulat-

ing and this thas been possible as the
pack so far this season has been light.
Other fish were without special change
except for a better jobbing demand.
Dried Fruits—The demand for dried
fruits is only fair. The reason being
the plentiful supply of fresh
Prunes are selling fairly well at steady
Oregons
Raisins are quiet, but never-

fruits.
prices. being still very
scarce.
theless show some movement every
day. Apricots and peaches are about
unchanged for the week. The market
is quite irregular.

Salt Fish—Salt fish is in seasonable
jobbing demand, with no heavy move-
ment toward the consumer to cause a
radical change in prices. Holdings of
mackerel are not excessive and in some
ot the better grades are short of re-
quirements, which causes an irregular-
ity in quotations which are based upon
the individual ideas of the seller. Poor
fish is selling on its merits. Advices
from Europe indicate no excess in the
spring pack in Ireland or Norway. In
the former country the catch was al-
most a failure and salters have had the
opportunity to dig into their carryover.
The American shore season has not
advanced far enough to determine the
outturn, and for the most part traders
are taking care of nearby rather than
later needs. Scotch herring is in some
surplus and favors the buyer.

Rice—A better undertone is develop-
ing to conform to the improvement in
the situation throughout the South and
while there has been no radical change
in prices, buyers are less reluctant to
take stocks at the generally quoted
basis. Supplies here are not excessive
and are difficult to reproduce in the
South, particularly in some varieties,
such as Blue Rose.

Nuts—The leading shelled nuts, al-
monds, walnuts and filberts, occupy
the center of the stage in attention if
not in the way of volume trading.
Stocks are too light to permit of a free
movement, when the seller is holding
firm and the buyer is unwilling to force
up the market upon himself when by
waiting he hopes to cause a reaction.
Postings, however, do not indicate any
weakening in the = situation as the
strength is based upon the compara-
tively small supplies of carryover with
a much shorter crop of all varieties
this year than last. Shellers are more
or less out of the market on both of-
ferings and when importers cannot
cover to advantage they have assumed
a much different attitude regarding
their spot stocks. Other shelled nuts
are not conspicuous at the moment.
In nuts in the shell the main interest
in in Brazils. on which opening prices
on new 1928 crop have been named by
some importers. Strength has devel-
oped in this article by reason of the
statistical position of Brazils, backed
up by the prospect of much less com-
petition from other nuts than was the
case in the season just ending. Cheap
walnuts, almonds and filberts influ-
enced the sale of Brazils to a consider-
able extent, but much less competition
is anticipated during the coming
months.

Syrup and Molasses—The demand
for sugar syrup continues fair and as
the output is very moderate, the mar-

ket is steady. Compound syrup is up
10 cents again, on account of advances
Demand for

finer grades of grocery molasses are

in corn. Demand is fair.
rather poor just now, as befits the sea-
son, and will not brisk up again until
fall.

Cheese—Cheese is still firm, on ac-
count of light offerings and fairly ac-
tive demand.

3eans and Peas—Demand for all
varieties of dried beans is poor and
prices are about steady for the week.
The same applies to dried peas.

Vinegar—All types are short of nor-
mal for the season and are in strong
hands. Much of the demand has to be
satisfied by picking up goods in resale
markets.

Pickles — Assortments are ‘broken
and are deficient in some popular sizes
even in resale markets. As present
stocks will have to suffice for several
there is a firm
throughout the whole line. Distribution
is fully up to normal.

Sauerkraut—Bulk packs are dull,
while canned kraut is less active than
in the spring but in more general de-
mand than the former.

weeks undertone

Except for un-
attractive packs the market is main-
tained. Business in futures is being
held in abeyance until the packing sea-
son is nearer at hand.
——__>++___

Review of the Produce Market.

Apples—Western Jonathans, $3.50
per box; Rome Beauty, $3.50 per box.

Asparagus—$1.50 per doz bunches
for home grown.

Bananas—5@5'%c per Ib.

Beans — Butter, $1.65 per Climax
basket for Tenn.

Butter—There is still a lot of under-
grade butter in the receipts and it is
being sold at irregular prices. The
market on fine creamery butter has
shown fluctuations, both up and down,
during the week. At the present writ-
ing it is steady and the basis not ma-
terially different from last week. De-
mand is fair. Jobbers hold fresh pack-
ed at 42c and prints at 43c. They pay
24c for No. 1 packing stock and 12c
tor No. 2.

Cabbage—Home grown, $1 per bu.

Cantaloupes—Imperial Valley stock
from California sells as follows:

umibes, 455 000 $4.25
Wompos, 30s 005 o ee 4.00
Staeawas 20 4.25
eS 1.75
Carrots—Calif., $5 for Iceberg crate.
Cauliflower — New from Florida,

$3.50 per doz.
Celery—Home grown, 50@60c_ per
bunch, according to size.
Cherries—$3 per crate.
Cocoanuts—$1 doz. or $7.50 a bag.
Cucumbers—Indiana hot house, $1
per doz. or $1.75 per box; home grown
hot house, $1 per doz.
Dried Beans—Michigan jobbers are

 

quoting as follows:

C. Pea Beans ... $10.10
Dieht Red Kidney ...__-______ 9.10
Dark Red Kidney = _-- 9.25

Eggs—The demand for fine fresh
eggs has been uniformly good through-
out the week. Offerings are only mod-
therefore the market is
The market is steady

Jobbers are paying

erate and
steady to firm.
at this writing.

28c.

Grape Fruit — Florida commands
$6.50@7 per crate.

Green Onions— Home grown, 20c
per doz. bunches.

Lemons—The market is steady on
the following basis:

 

g00 Sunkist -.0 0 $9.00
S00 Sunkist -..2-00 a 9.50
360 Red Ball oo 8.50
300 Red Ball 2) 8.50
Lettuce In good demand on the
following basis:
Arizona Iceberg, 4s, per crate ~-$5.50
Arizona Iceberg, 5s, per crate -- 5.50
Outdoor grown leaf, per bu. ---_ .90

New Potatoes —$2.50 per bbl. for
North Carolina stock.

Onions — Texas Bermudas, $2 per
crate for white or $1.85 per crate for
yellow.

Oranges—Fancy Sunkist California
Valencias are now on the following

basis:

A ee $6.25
2 eee 7.50
1 7.50
7 a 7.50
200 2 7.50
PUG ee 7.50
Be 7.50
Cag ee 7.50

Red Ball 50c cheaper.
Peppers—Green, 50c per doz.
Pieplant—Home grown, $1 per bu.
Poultry—Wilson & Company pay as

follows:

Pleavy fowls) 99) ae
Light fowls -.- eo 15¢
Fleavy beollers 9 30¢
Lieht W. EL. broilers ..... 18c

Radishes—20c per doz. bunches for
home grown.
Strawberries— Michigan grown are

now in ample supply, commanding
$5@3.50 per 16 qt. crate.
Tomatoes—Home grown hot house

 

are now in market, commanding $1.50
per 7 lb. basket; 6 Ib. basket from
Calif. fetch 85e.

Veal Calves — Wilson & Company
pay as follows:
Haney (ee 2lc
Gog 222 19¢
Medi l6c
Poor 9000 _ We

 

Watermelons—50@75e for Florida.

oe

Dinner Waits on Washing Powder.

The store was full of customers, but

the small boy pushed himself to the
front and cried out:

 

“IT say, Mr. Brown, will you serve
me quick? Dad’s waiting for his din-
ner.”

“Well, what do you want, my little
man?” asked the grocer, leaving the
customer he was serving.

“Two bars of soap and a package of
washing powder.”

——_2>-+___

Fife Lake—L. E. Green, dealer in
groceries, fruit and vegetables, has sold
his stock to A. L. Snell, ,who has taken

possession.
+e —_
Technical training is: fine, but a

knowledge of men’s hearts is worth

more to the merchant.
Screeners ae ae eee
Enlightened management pays as

much attention to avoiding man-fric-
tion as machine-friction.

a
‘Treat yourself to sunshine—outward
and inward.

 

 

SUPREME COUNCIL, U. C. T.

 

Report of the Annual Convention at
Columbus, Ohio.

The forty-first session of the Su-
preme Council of the United Com-
Travelers was called to orde:
at 10 a. m. on Tuesday, June 26, in its
building at Columbus,
Ohio, by Supreme Counselor, Percy A.

of 1
mercial
headquarters

Patterson.

After the regular full form opening,
John H. Love, of New York City, a
traveling man of twenty-five years’ ex-
perience, but now a retired capitalist,
came before the assembly with the an-
nouncement that a large tract of land,
consisting of over 1,000 acres located
near Winston-Salem, N. C., together
with $130,000, had been bequeathed for
the purpose of establishing a home for
traveling men and their families. He
stated that, to properly finance this
matter, it would require an endowment
fund of approximately $3,000,000. He
described the lay of the land and the
wonderful opportunities and advan-
tages of the place for the purpose sug-
gested. After thoroughly discussing
the organization heartily
While it

will, undoubtedly, take several years

the matter,
endorsed the proposition.
to work out the proposition, it will be
a refuge and home for such traveling
men who, through misfortune or other-
wise, feel the need of a home of this
nature to retire to.

T. J. Phelps, of Bluefield, W. Va.,
chairman of the Rivers and Harbors
committee, submitted a very elaborate
report covering the activities of the
Re-

tonnage carried on the

committee during the past year.
ferring to the
Ohio river and its tributaries, he stated
that it was not only immense at this
time, amounting to 1,600,000 tons, but
The

and Harbors committee is being assist-

was steadily increasing. Rivers
ed by Congress, which, at its last ses-
for the
purpose of developing rivers and har-

sion, appropriated $55,866,000

bors in this country. He stated that
they are working on the motto “Not
a project, but a programme.” His re-

port was received and referred to the
Resolutions committee.

Judge Sater, of Columbus, of the
Federal Court, was then presented and
gave a perfect resume of the organiza-
tion of this order forty-one years ago.
He stated that, out of the original or-
now living—
himself and Charles Amble. He then
discussed the jury system, showing the

ranizers, only two are
g 3

improvement in the method of select-
ing jurors which goes far to insure a
better carrying out of justice. He
complimented the U. C. T. for their
activities in connection with legisla-
tion as regards railroad fares, excise

taxes, bankruptcy laws and also in
their efforts to help the small business
man as against the super-trusts.

submitted
its report, showing a net surplus of

$2,225,981 in the treasury.

The Auditing committee

Floral tributes were presented to
Supreme Secretary Walter D. Murphy
by the Indiana delegation.

The

and

matter of social service work

service being rendered by the
and North Dakota grand

jurisdictions as to their work in look-

Minnesota

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

ing after the comfort of members of
U. C. T. organizations who are at the
Mayo Sanitarium, at Rochester, Minn.,
and also in their efforts to secure posi-
tions for these men, having established
a regular labor bureau for that pur-
pose, was submitted to the Supreme
Council and heartily commended.

An effort was made to change the
eligibility list, but after a thorough
discussion of same it was decided to
leave this matter as it has been.

Peaches from Georgia in abundance
were presented to the gathering by
George W. Urquhart, Supreme Sen-
tinel, who hails from Georgia.

The matter of changing the ritual-
istic work was reported on by the
committee, discussed and referred back
to the same committee with instruc-
tions to complete the drafting of a
short form of the plan of work. The
councils have the privilege of using
the old form now in use or the shorter
form to be submitted by the committee.
The members of the committee are
George Hunt, of New England, Frank
Rosier, Missouri, and William J. Sul-
livan, of Colorado.

Serious thought and discussion were
given by the convention to every meas-
ure submitted and, while it was one of
the most harmonious sessions ever
held, all the details were carefully
looked thoroughly under-
stood before final action was taken.

The session was held on
Thursday with the election of officers,
which resulted as follows:

Supreme Counselor—M. J. Martin,
Texas.

Supreme Junior Counselor—Chas. P.
Doherty, New York.

Supreme Past Counselor—P. A. Pat-
terson, Pennsylvania.

after and

closing

Supreme Secretary — Walter  D.
Murphy, Ohio.

Supreme Treasurer—H. J. Percy,
Ohio.

Supreme Conductor—A. W. Mc-

Farlane.
Supreme Page—Geo. W. Urquhart,
Georgia.
Supreme Sentinel—Geo. N. Peterson,
Minnesota.

 

Supreme Chaplain—W. J. Rowe,
Texas.

Chief Agent of Canada—Harry F.
Moulden.

The following standing committees
were appointed by Supreme Counselor
M. J. Martin:

State of Order Committee—Sam I.

30lton, Nashville, Tenn., Lou G.
Everson, Wisconsin, H. A. Prichett,
Louisiana.

Jurisprudence Committee — P. S.

Willard, New England, C. C. Bonner,
Oklahoma, E. B. McMaster, Van-
couver.

Rivers and Harbors Committee—T.
J. Phelps, Washington; Sam T. Reed,
South Carolina; J. B. Montgomery,
New York.

Auditing Committee—James K. Jor-
dan, Arkansas; C. W. Sutton, Minne-
scta: H. Y. House, Texas.

Following the election of officers
George Hunt was selected by the in-
coming Supreme Counselor to install
the newly-elected officers. Anyone
who has ever heard George Hunt do
this work in his inimitable manner

knows that each officer was not only
properly installed, but received some
personal admonition and advice from
George Hunt which he will remember
all his life. This one feature of the
convention alone is well worth long
miles of travel and the hard work en-
tziled in attending the convention.

On Tuesday night the Ancient
Mystic Order of Bagmen held a ban-
quet at the Neil House, following
which the election of officers of the
guild took place, resulting as follows:

Imperial Ruler—W. W. Harding.

Imperial Generalissimo—George E.
Hunt.

Viceroy—John D. Hardin.

Prime Minister—George E. Radasch

Master of Ceremonies—J. D. Ald-
hizer.

Chief of Guides—Harry P.
mel.

Captain of the Guides—L. G. Ever-
son.

Caliph—L. G. Pritchett.

Wednesday evening a very fine ban-
quet and entertainment was given the
delegates at the Deschler-Wallick Ho-
tel. Fine souvenirs were presented by
Sam T. Brey-
Patterson,

Rother-

the hotel management.
er, of California, Percy A.
of Pennsylvania, and M. J. Martin, of
Texas, gave interesting talks.

The Michigan delegation
with much pleasure the action taken
by the supreme body in regard to the
amendments submitted conforming to
and with the action taken by the Mich-
igan Grand Council at their meeting at
Petoskey the week before the meeting
of the Supreme Council.

noticed

Jim Martin, in his speech of accept-
ance of the office of Supreme Coun-
sclor, asked for the support, confidence
and co-operation of the membership.
He stated that he had the reputation
of being a Wild West Texan who had
been running loose over forty years,
but that, if the
bear with him

membership would
and take as he
meant, he hoped to get through his
year all right. He apologized for his
inability to recall names, asking that
every member greet him as “Jim,” and
if, by chance, he failed to remember
that party’s name, that he be excused
for it. The Texas delegation then
asked for the privilege of the floor
and, proceeding to a position directly
in front of the newly installed Supreme
Counselor, presented Mr. Martin with
a beautiful floral star, representing the
Lone Star State of Texas, a gavel
which, they stated, was bound with a
steel band of nickel in order to resist
the use Mr. Martin would make of it in
presiding over the meeting of the con-
vention next year. Then Billy Rowe,
of Texas, who was unable to be pres-
ent owing to an accident, gave a beau-
tiful bible which was presented to Mr.
Martin with appropriate remarks by
one of the members of the Texas dele-
gation. This was one of the most
touching features of the convention. It
literally got Jim Martin’s “angora,”
and for the moment he was unable ‘to
reply. However, he was immediately
given the privilege to give his famous
Texas yell, which he did, and was able
to express his thanks in a most ap-
preciating manner.

Gene Welch, the silvery tongued

him

   

July 4, 1928

from Kalamazoo, was, as
usual, all over the convention, spread-
ing the glad tidings that Michigan had
a real candidate for Supreme Sentinel
in the person of L. V. Pilkington, of
Grand Rapids.

It was remarked on the convention
floor that Charlie Smith, editor of the
Case, received more verbal
bouquets and compliments than any
other member of the organization.
Charlie is certainly making a success
of developing the Sample Case, show-
ing a nice profit to the organization
this year. ;

Fred Fenske, of Bay City, had the
nerve to take exception to a decision
on a point of order rendered by Su-
preme Attorney Dillon and won his
The Michigan delegation im-
mediately dubbed Fred the Assistant
Supreme Attorney.

H. R. Bradfield, of the Michigan
delegation, was again appointed as
chairman of the Mileage and Per Diem
committee, which is a very popular
committee with the delegates until its
report is turned in. This committee
has the duty of figuring out the amount
of mileage and per diem each delegate
is entitled to and each man received
the amount due him immediately fol-
lowing the adjournment of the con-
vention.

oe ”
senator

Sample

point.

The convention was favored by un-
usually nice weather this year. Prac-
tically every delegate commented on
the good fortune enjoyed by the dele-
gates in this respect.

L. V. Pilkington was presented to
the convention as a candidate for the
office of Supreme Sentinel. Undoubt-
edly Vern would have received a fair-
ly good vote but, inasmuch as the con-
vention had the opportunity to secure
the services of George A. Peterson,
former State Senator of Minnesota,
and at the present time Secretary of
the Minnesota Retail Grocers and Gen-
eral Merchants’ Association, it was
decided to withdraw Vern’s name and
support the nomination of Mr. Peter-
son. Two other jurisdictions, each
having candidates for the same office,
followed the example set by the Michi-
gan jurisdiction and withdrew their
candidates and the election of George
Peterson was made unanimous. This
action by the jurisdictions gave evi-
dence of the fraternal feeling which
controls the U. C. T. at all times.

Homer R. Bradfield.

—2-~___
Turks May Lift Pork Ban.

Pigs, the “unclean” animals of the
Moslem world, may be promoted to
the Mohammedan bill of fare before
many years pass.

Other religious traditions, centuries
old, have been wiped out by Mustapha
Kemal Pasha, and few persons in Tur-
key would be surprised if the ostracism
of pork as food should be lifted.

There has been talk of a pig raising
experiment on the president’s big model
farm near Angora. Many pigs are run-
ning wild in Anatola, but up to the
present a good Moslem would not soil
his hands by killing one.

Dainty ham sandwiches, however,
have often been eaten at public func-
tions there by Moslems, who either did
not know what they were eating or
pretended they did not know.

 

 

 

 

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July 4, 1928

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

7

 

IN THE REALM OF RASCALITY.

 

Questionable Schemes Which Are
Under Suspicion.

Richer by $15,000 because he held
onto his money instead of investing in
a “sure thing’ which promised enorm-
ous profits and which was thrown in
his way by a person who represented
himself as a member of the New York
Stock Exchange, a Cleveland man has
Better Business Bureau co-operation
and the Bureau slogan—Before You
Invest — Investigate to thank for
keeping him out of a financial trap. In
this scheme the name and reputation of
the Stock Exchange were abused in
the performance of what purported to
be a “good turn” for services rendered.

While wintering in the South, the
Cleveland man made the acquaintance
of a man who was staying at the same
hotel. One day, while walking through
a park, they found a purse which con-
tained a small amount of cash, an
identification card, and a certificate for
a seat on the New York Stock Ex-
change. Returning the purse to its
owner, they were assured that he
would consider it a privilege to “tip”
them off to a good investment on the
stock exchange.

The owner of the purse even went
sco far as to actually make a small pur-
chase of stock for the Cleveland man
which returned a small profit. This
generous gesture was followed by the
suggestion that the Cleveland) man
make an additional purchase in the
stock to the extent of about $15,000.
Before doing so, however, the man
from Cleveland learned the facts by
consulting the Cleveland Better Busi-
ness Bureau. The upshot of this wise
and sound procedure was that he de-
cided to keep his $15,000. In other
words, he was richer by $15,000 than
he would have been had he not stop-
ped to investigate before he invested.

Several weeks elapsed before the
purse with the Stock Exchange mem-
Lership card was “found” again. It
was next found by a Columbus, Ohio,
man in another Ohio city. When the
purse was returned to its owner the
Columbus man was offered the oppor-
tunity of making money right and left
with which

’

by merely following “tips’
the “member
appreciation for the return of the
purse. As a matter of fact he was
promised a return of at least $175,000
on a $13,000 investment if he took ad-

“member’s” advice on

”

wished to express his

vantage of the
a proposition immediately.

The Columbus man agreed to meet
his new friends at Cleveland a few
davs later to talk the matter over. In
Cleveland, however, both the Stock
Exchange “member” and his aide were
arrested. The latter was identified by
the Cleveland man as the person with
whom he was walking when the “mem-
ber’s” purse was found during his so-
journ in the South.

Thus it is evident that while an in-
nocent looking purse containing a
little cash and a membership card of
the New York Stock Exchange may
have its place among the classic hoaxes
of April Fool’s day, it is completely
ineffective in deluding those who in-
vestigate before they invest.

Automobile service companies now
constitute one of the commonest mem-
bership promotion plans in the United
States according to an enquiry recent-
ly completed by the National Better
Business Bureau. In many instances
misleading claims as to reduced service
charges, insurance protection, and
minimized legal costs have been found
by Bureau representatives to form the
basis for the growth of a number of
companies of this type.

In approaching motor car owners
for membership in these companies,
solicitation is usually made directly in
the street or through the mails. The
Bureau has found the companies to be
both local and country-wide in scope,
but in both instances the implication
is made that the service contract which
the motorist is given in return for his
membership fee includes a complete in-
surance policy indemnifying him
against all liability, property damage,
loss from fire and theft, etc., and as-
suring him discounts in the purchase of
accessories, gas and oil.

Statements concerning legal services
furnished ‘by the company have led
prospects to believe that the company
would be responsible for all damages
caused by the contract holder’s car.
The facts are that the policy usually
consists of a personal accident policy
of very limited coverage which does
not protect the holder against liability,
property damage, or loss by theft. The
legal services generally represent the
giving of legal advice and assistance
and do not cover the contract holder
in the event of a suit for damages
caused by his car.

The implication usually made in sell-
ing the service contract is, however,
that it includes a complete insurance
policy indemnifying the contract hold-
er against all liability, property dam-
age, and loss from fire and theft and
that discounts can be obtained almost
universally on purchases of accessories,
gas and oil.

Although the contract sold by these
organizations usually includes towing
service and a discount on accessories,
the service and discounts are not ob-
tainable at all garages and filling sta-
tions. The number of garages and
filling stations at which such discounts
may be procured is sometimes very
limited.

By representing that these clubs
render “automobile club” service, the
sales agents of some of these com-
panies imply a connection with some
retognized automobile club. The Bu-
reau has found, however, that these
companies are in no way associated
with reputable automobile clubs but are
commercial projects promoted entirely
for profit.

All persons who are approached by
salesmen for these companies are urg-
ed by the National Better Business
Bureau to read the contract carefully
before signing it. This will safeguard
the prospect against misunderstand-
ing as to what “service” he may ex-
pect to derive from the company in re-
turn for his membership fee.

The National Better Business Bu-
reau, Inc., or any of the local Bureaus
will be glad to furnish the facts regard-
ing membership schemes of this nature
without cost to the enquirer.

Some things are settled once for
all, like the position of the sun in the
solar system, the law of gravitation
within that system, and many other
things which no man will ever ques-
tion again. Experts in biology believe
in natural selection, but probably no
scientist to-day would assign it to the
important place it held thirty years
ago. No scholar now believes that
plants, animals, and men were created

six thousand years ago; but he would
be a bold man to-day who would de-
clare that he knew precisely by what
process of development the species
now known were evolved. We know
that a great many things once believed
are not so. Still it does not strength-
en the position of those who maintain
the old creeds to say that absolute cer-
tainty has not been attained to in any
department of science.

 

 

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500 in 500 Lots
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stimulus of that mellow
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of Mocha. Women use it be-
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and has that creamy taste of
flavor quickly extracted.
Family budgets call for it
because “double flavor”
makes more cups per pound.

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RESULTS IRREGULAR.

As in trade, the results of the half
year in industry have been irregular.
Activity in the basic lines of steel, mo-
tor production and building construc-
tion has failed to spread in the way
that was expected earlier. At the same
time, these operations are well sus-
tained and even a little above the
seasonal levels, so that a basis is ready
for a more thorough-going and general
recovery if all goes well with the
crops.

With the candidates and their plat-
forms chosen politics now takes the
foreground. It has been constantly
dinned into the ears of business that
the election bugaboo is a thing of the
past. No doubt it is less of a problem
than in years gone by, for the reason
that extreme proposals are no longer
good political medicine. On the other
hand, a close contest, such as seems
in prospect, is quite likely to have a
retarding influence.

The rise of the call rate to 8 per
cent., the highest in seven years,
brought further study of the money
market during the week. Heavy gold
exports, the steps taken by the Reserve
authorities to tighten up on speculative
loans and the preparations for the
month’s and the half year’s settlements
were offered in explanation. Time
money and commercial paper rates
have firmed up, a penalty business
must meet for an inflation entirely
apart from its field. However, an
easing is expected within the near fu-
ture, barring untoward financial de-
velopments.

As reflected by car loadings, the dis-
tribution movement shows up more
favorably, but the last figures reported
are still a little below those of a year
ago. Miscellaneous and merchandise
shipments, however, are above last
year’s totals. Failure figures for the
six months will show a small percent-
age gain in number but a larger drop
in liabilities.

 

TRUTH AND THE PUBLIC.

Campaigns in favor of truth in adver-
tising are apt to be regarded by the
public with amused skepticism. This
skepticism is based on the belief that
when it is commercially profitable to
say nice things about a salable arti-
cle, nice things will be said, whether
they are strictly accurate or not. But
exaggeration is a different thing from
fraud. And whereas nobody really be-
lieves in the elimination of that ap-
pealing note of rosy optimism which
makes advertising matter such good
reading, there is no reason why speci-
fic deceit should not be exposed and
abolished.

Much has been done in this direction
already. It is not in the interest either
of honest advertisers or of the agents
or of the press any more than it is in
the interest of the public that mis-
leading statements should be published.

In this connection it is only just to
point out that the much-abused “mid-
dleman” sometimes plays an essential
part in the commercial activities of the
community. For it is the advertising
agents who have in most instances had
the opportunity to improve the stan-

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

dards of modern advertising. The bal-
ance of control lies very frequently in
the hands of the agents, and it must
be said that the influence of the great
agencies is to be credited with no small
part of the improvement which has
taken place in recent years.

An organization to abolish fraudu-
lent advertising entirely is now being
established under the auspices of the
Federal Trade Commission. The com-
mission intends to make an apeal to
publishers for voluntary co-operation
in checking false assertions.

This campaign is certain to meet
with a ready response among news-
papers and magazines, whose aim and
interest it is to retain and not to alien-
ate public confidence.

 

SAFER AIRPLANES.

So rapid has been the increase of
public interest in aviation during the
past year that the Guggenheim Fund
for the Promotion of Aeronautics now
considers the educational phase of its
work completed. An air-minded pub-
lic may be relied upon to supply the
capital necessary for the further de-
velopment of commercial flying, al-
ready established on a sound and
profitable basis.

This is remarkable progress for the
brief period which has elapsed since
Lindbergh took off for Paris. But the
plans for organizing new air-transport
companies and the prompt response of
the public to such undertakings, as
evidenced by the activity in airplane
stocks, seem to bear out the conclu-
sions of the Guggenheim Fund officials.
Commercial aviation has been so en-
thusiastically welcomed in this coun-
try that few can doubt that we shall
soon be rivaling Europe with our ex-
press and passenger service.

The Guggenheim Fund, however, is
by no means withdrawing from its
work in promoting aeronautics. The
resources which have hitherto been
employed in educational airplane tours
and equipment loans to. struggling
companies will now be used for re-
search in fundamental aeronautical and
problems. The fund,
that is, will concentrate upon the safety
factor in flying. Having played its
part in introducing the airplane, it will
now endeavor to give us above every-
thing else safer planes.

We hape that it will be as successful
in attaining this goal as it has been in
its educational work. It is a far harder
task and one in which it cannot rely so
largely upon the spectacular achieve-
ments of our Byrds and Lindberghs.

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AHEAD OF A YEAR AGO.

With both overdue purchases to
make and special vacation needs to
satisfy consumer buying gave a good
account of itself during the week when
the sun was shining and rain did not
interfere with shopping. But from
many sections of the country came re-
ports that rain is holding down trade.
The month, however, ought to show
fair results and carry totals somewhat
ahead of a year ago when business
prospects had grown somewhat doubt-
ful.

For the first half of the year trade
results have varied among the differ-

ent branches of distribution. The chain
systems have set up good increases,
due largely to the expansion of their
units. The mail order have
effected more moderate gains, and
here again the addition of stores is a
factor.

In the case of department stores,
where the movement of trade is readily
ascertained, the six months’ figures in
the aggregate show a small loss in

houses

comparison with the volume done in
the first half of 1927. But the showing
by reserve districts is very irregular
and declines for five districts offset
gains in seven. The course of trade
this year has been just as mixed, with
increases only in February, March and
May.

Wholesale merchandise markets dur-
ing the week were fairly active, and
buyers in the primary markets were
more numerous than the preceding
week or the corresponding week last
year. Reorders on seasonal goods,
purchases for mid-Summer sales and
sampling of the new Fall lines were
all in evidence. Due to the backward
retail season road salesmen have not
been getting very satisfactory Fall or-
ders, and second trips with new show-
ings are planned in many instances.

 

COTTON, WOOL AND SILK.

After making a new high for the
year on reports of rain in growing
sections cotton reacted a little during
the week, but the advance has stif-
fened up the goods market and prices
have marked up. Buyers
shown first real interest in some time,

been have
since the rise in the staple is also cou-
pled with plans for extensive mill cur-
tailment. However, the supply of
goods is still heavy, as is indicated by
the disparity between present cotton
and cloth price levels. The staple is
up more than 26 per cent., and the
goods index only 7 per cent. .A good
deal of interest is taken in the plans
whereby the New Bedford manufac-
turers hope to lower costs and im-
prove their products. They announced
such plans in publishing their decision
to reopen their mills to striking em-
ployes on July 9.

In the woolen industry the best ac-
tivity is in the women’s wear division
at present, since the garment produc-
ers are ordering fall fabrics in fair
quantities. The industry as a whole
was shown to have operated at 59.7
per cent. of wide loom capacity on a
single shift basis last month, as against
57.9 per cent. in April and 58.1 per
cent. in May, 1927. The wool market
is even quieter, and some price easing
is reported here and abroad. Silk man-
ufacturers are cautious in their buying
of raw material, but they are now en-
joying quite a well-distributed demand
on fall materials.

TO IRON OUT TRADE KINKS.

Four years ago a comprehensive
survey of the causes of friction be-
tween buyers and sellers was made by
an expert connected with the National
Retail Dry Goods Association as a
start on a program to reduce these
misunderstandings and the huge waste
involved. After this fine start the
crusade grew dormant. Recently it

   

July 4, 1928

was revived, and last week the first
meeting of a Trade Relations Com-
mittee was held to put a new program
under way.

As explained by the director of this
work it has been decided not to at-
tempt establishing more harmony and
accord between all buyers and all sell-
ers, but to undertake investigations and
remedies by single industries so that
problems distinct to each group may
be studied.

Even at first glance, this is a method
that promises more in the way of re-
sults. Another advantage that the
present program seems to have is that
it is launched under retail auspices at
a time when almost a universal buy-
ers’ market prevails. The sincerity of
the merchants who engage in this im-
portant reform measure can scarcely
be questioned in the circumstances,
and the support of sellers should be
hearty, since they have a good deal
to win if honest regulations replace
the chaos present in many lines.

 

SHIPS FOR SALE.

The long-expected action toward
again offering the United States Lines
for sale has been started, with indica-
tions that the President’s desire to sell
the Government’s fleet to private inter-
csts will be realized.

The Shipping Board discussed the
auestion without adverse comment, ac-
cording to reports, and referred it to
the ship sales committee. This com-
mittee is headed by T. V. O'Connor,
chairman of the board, who has been
identified with Mr. Coolidge’s views
favoring sale of the ships as rapidly as
would be consistent with sound busi-
Its other two members
are also understood to favor private
operation.

ness policy.

The chief interest, therefore, lies in
the possible combinations under which
this important unit of the Govern-
ment’s merchant marine would be of-
fered for sale. Nearly two years ago
an effort was made to dispose of this
service, but no acceptable offers were
received. The mail contract and other
more liberal provisions of the new
Jones-White law, however, may facili-
tate the new attempt to end this phase
of Government inherited
from the war.

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MACHINES AND PROSPERITY.
Every one is talking of prosperity
and wondering about the possibilities
of its increase and continuance in the
United States. The matter of ma-
chines is brought up again by M. W.
Alexander of the National Industrial
Conference Board. Mr. Alexander seeks
to show that the machine is a great
boon to humanity, even where it re-
places men and increases output.

It seems odd that this point should
have to be repeatedly stressed. Auto-
matic machines have consistently added
to the sum of human welfare and to
the prosperity of those who use them.

Prosperity isn’t a matter of limiting
production. It is a matter of making

production as efficient as possible and
then of seeing to it that markets are
opened and kept open for the increased
output that is made possible through
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OUT AROUND.

 

Things Seen and Heard on a Week
End Trip.
Last week’s Out Around covered a

rather wide expanse of wonderful
country and included several very
prosperous business localities. The

first stop was at Lyons, which is cer-
tainly very beautifully located in a
valley surrounded by high hills on the
North and South.

The little scenic county park a short
distance East of Lyons was a happy
thought on the part of someone who
had an appreciation of the beautiful in
nature.

At Fowler I found a change in own-
ership had just taken place in the
Pewamo Hardware Co. The Pewamo
Elevator Co. has sold its stock in the
organization to Neville Davarn, who is
now sole owner of the business. Mr.
Davarn has been connected with the
store three years and has large plans
for expansion of the business.

Matherton and Hubbardston have
apparently made little change during
the past dozen years. They are hold-
ing their own.

I found Carson City merchants very
happy over the nearing completion of
the Florin Manufacturing Co., which
will shortly engage in the manufacture
of washing machines on a large scale.
Manager Smith was in Portland when
I called, so I could secure no authentic
information regarding the size and
capacity of the building.

Carson ‘City has always been a favor-
ite town with me, because of the
hearty manner in which the business
men of the place welcomed the Trades-
man when I launched the frail venture
forty-five years ago. I distinctly re-
call how the late Frank Rockafellow
accompanied me to call on every mer-
chant in the place and helped me make
the subscription representation in that
town 100 per cent. I was able to main-
tain this ratio for many years. I
showed my appreciation of this action
later by purchasing a large block of
stock in the Carson City Savings Bank,
which was subsequently sold to the
State Bank of Carson City.

Exactly fifty years ago to-day I
made the trip by stage from Fowler to
Carson City over the same route I
traveled ‘Saturday afternoon. The
spring season had been a wet one,
about the same as this year, and every-
thing in the way of vegetation, grain
and grass crops and tree and shrub
foliage was at its best. I thought
then the country was one of the most
beautiful sections I had ever had the
pleasure of inspecting. I have no oc-
casion to change my opinion after re-
peating the trip over the same route
last Saturday.

No matter which way I approach
Crystal I always get a pleasant im-
pression of the town, which is so
beautifully located on the bank of
Crystal Lake. I received a cordial
welcome from my long-time friend,
Fred T. Kimball, as usual. This time
he helped me secure two additions to
our subscription list, for which I am
duly thankful. I think every merchant

in Crystal but one is now on the regu-
lar reading list of the Tradesman,

which makes me feel very secure over
their immunity from frauds and cheats.

Speaking of cheats reminds me that
I crossed the tracks of several mer-
chants who have fallen prey to the
machinations of these scamps on my
last Saturday trip. All of the victims
were merchants who think they are
wise enough to do business without
the advice and assistance of the
Tradesman. I added three merchants
of this class to our reading circle, but
as many more stood out and insisted
they could run their business without
the help of a trade journal which they
“have no time to read.” I can always
locate this class of merchants the mo-
ment I cross their threshold. One
glance at their stocks leads to the con-
clusion that merchants who have no
time to read have no time for anything
else either.

Crystal merchants feel very secure
over the installation of a combination
chemical and pumper apparatus, which
they keep in apple pie order. I wish
every Michigan town the size of Crys-
tal was as well provided for fire pro-
tection as she is. Although the new
apparatus has been in possession of
Crystal but a short time, it has already
saved more property than the machine
In other words, the fire fighting
device has already justified its exist-
ence and the cost of acquirement and
maintenance.

I heard little complaint from Lake-
view merchants regarding poor busi-
ness. All I called on insisted that their
volume is in excess of what it was for

cost.

the corresponding period a year ago.

At Amble I called on a merchant
who appears to take the hook every
time a cheat comes within hailing dis-
tance. He has been victimized by sev-
eral fraudulent schemes which had
been previously exposed by the Trades-
man. He still insists he can get along
without the Tradesman, which means
that he would rather hand out $100
per year to cheats and frauds than in-
vest $3 in a trade journal which would
render him immune from the swindling
gentry. I can stand it if he can.

Speaking of frauds reminds me that
the Coats needle chaps at East Orange,
N. J., are now sending out packages
of needles to the gasoline stations all
over Michigan. Scarcely a day passes
that I do not receive a letter from the
owner of some gas station, enquiring
how he shall handle the situation I
never make but one reply to this en-
quiry—write one letter only, reading,
“You can have your needles by calling
for them or by sending me $1 for the
trcuble you have made me in sending
me goods I never ordered.”

In returning home via Howard City
it was a pleasure to hit the cement
within the corporate limits of the town,
instead of being compelled to navigate
the mile or more detour which has been
in use for several months. Howard
City is paving her main business street
with cement, which will give the town
a much better appearance and put her
in the same class—so far as paving is
concerned—with Rockford and Cedar
Springs. E. A. Stowe.

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The profits of speculation are slip-

pery.

About the Mushroom Tariff.

The New York Journal of Commerce
kas received a letter from a prominent
importer of fancy grocery products
who wishes to add his word to the
question of domestic mushroom pro-
duction and the duty on the imported
product. He writes:

“For the benefit of those who are not
on the inside we wish to state that at
a tariff hearing in Washington before
the present tariff was enacted, the in-
terests representing a domestic mush-
room packer stated to the commission
that it was imperative that a very high
tariff be put on mushrooms to protect
various breweries that were put out of
business on account of the prohibition
law, and who were going to engage in
the canning of mushrooms, so as to
enable them to make use of their plants.
As yet we have to learn of a single
brewer who has embarked in this line
of business, and it looks very much as
if the only packer of mushrooms at the
time the new tariff was made put over
a good one. The duty of 45 per cent.
on mushrooms is excessive, as are rates
on many other articles in our particu-
lar line.”

 

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Honey Grades Standardized.

The bee and honey exhibit at the
Ohio State fair this year was of un-
usual interest to members cf the United
States Department of Agriculture be-
cause of the fact that the premium lists
on honey were based on the United
States standard grades for honey, which
have just been announced. There are
indications that the United States
standard grades for honey are attract-
ing considerable attention, not only in
this country but abroad. The follow-
ing paragraph in recent correspondence
with a domestic firm which exports
honey indicates the attitude of the
trade toward these grades:

“We appreciate very much the work
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture has done in inaugurating uni-
form methods for grading honey, be-
cause heretofore one never knew what
would be received when ordering a
certain quantity of honey; the opinions
as regards colors differed too much.
We are now buying honey from the
producers on basis of Department of
Agriculture certificate final, and we are
trying to make our European cus-
tomers agree to the same terms.”

 

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Handbag Lines Nearly Ready.

Fall lines of handbags are being fast
completed and will in a number of in-
stances be offered to the trade next
week. Indications are that the enve-
lope type will be played up strongly.
The new lines will feature the use of
a wide variety of leathers, with much
stress placed on styles to harmonize
with costumes. Manufacturers in their
clearance of their seasonal stocks are
credited with a good sales response
from retailers who have been buying
for sales purposes.

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Diamond Tassels Featured.

Diamond tassels are the newest
things to awaken interest on the other
side of the Atlantic. according to ad-
vices received by the American jewelry
trade. They swing from chain neck-
laces, lobes of ears, shoulder pins,

buckles at the waistlines of black satin
cewns, and even from the crowns of
hats. Most of the tassels are about
three inches long and are composed of
seven strands of diamonds.

Usually the stones are of equal size.

SEX OF

Sometimes the tip of each strand is
finished with a larger diamond or with
an emerald, ruby or sapphire. The tas-
sels are worn chiefly with evening and
dinner dresses in pastel chiffon. Tas-
sels of other jewels are also worn, but

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those of diamonds are “smartest.”

 

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Business Philosophy.
A good reputation is not something
that can be put on ice and preserved.
Reputation, like its synonym good
will, must be freshly earned each day.
Reputation is a guide to the buyer
To the
buyer it is a sign-post to merit. To

and a stimulus to the seller.

the seller, the owner of the reputation,
it is a challenge to keep faith.

The business houses that have earn-
ed and enjoy good will are the beacon
lights of industry. They set the stand-
ard high and hold to it against all
temptation. It has been said that no
great harm is done when a mediocre
product is lowered in quality. The
shock is in the lowering of high qual-
ity, high ideals.

Every house that has won worth-
while recognition among its trade
senses the compulsion to go forward,
ever aspiring to higher achievement.
It is inescapable.

How valuable is this tyranny of
idealism to the buyer! His assurance
of fair treatment and complete satis-
faction rests on something more bind-
ing than a good bond, for the responsi-
bility of keeping a reputation fresh
and wholesome will conscript the
heart and soul and mind of man.

William Feather.

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White Goods Not Up To Par.
Despite the stress that has been laid

on white as a leading shade for this
Summer, sales of white goods have
not been up to expectations. In silks,
in linens and to some extent in woolen
dress fabrics this shade has been taken
well by consumers, but in dress cot-
tons white seems to have been largely
overlooked in favor of printed fabrics.
One reason given for this was the lack
of novelty in white goods, in which the
effects must be obtained in the weav-
ing rather than in development of pat-
terns after the goods have come from
the loom. While designers have been
prolific enough, the effects possible to
get in white goods are limited in com-
parison with those that can be turned
out in printed merchandise.

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A. & P. Profits Per Store Per Day

$3.95.

The latest financial statement of the
Great. Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
shows that after necessary reservations
its net profit for its last fiscal year was
about $18,500,000. Division of this
sum by the number of stores shows
that the average net profit per store
per year was $1,185.90. By dividing
this figure by 300, the commonly ac-
cepted number of business days in a
year, it will be found that the com-
pany’s average daily net profit per
store was $3.95,

 

 

 

 

10

The Month of july in Our History.

Grandville, July 3—On the first
three days of this month (July) was
pulled off the greatest battle ever
fought on the American continent.

Sixty-five years ago the rebel army
under Lee invaded the North and at
Gettysburg gave battle to the Union
army under General Meade. That bat-
tle was every whit as important to the
world as was the one at Waterloo in
Europe at an earlier date when the
star of Napoleon went down in darkest
night and the chivalry of France bowed
to the dominance of royalty.

Echoes of the past are worth record-
ing when we take into consideration
he effect these conflicts have had upon
the progress of the human race. Had
Lee won at Gettysburg the sun of Lib-
erty would have gone out in darkness
and the slave oligarchy of the South
might to-day be in the saddle.

On the other hand, had Napoleon or
Grant been in Meade’s place at that
time there can be little doubt that Lee
and his army would have been cap-
tured and the end of the rebellion
come two years earlier than it did.

However, providence willed other-
wise. The war was destined to go on
until there was no excuse left for the
retention of slavery with a restored
Union.

Coincident with the battle of Gettys-
burg was the occupation of Vicksburg
by Grant after a six months’ siege.
Many brisk battles preceded the event,
but in the end the rebel surrendered
the city to Grant on July 3 because his
resources and the food supply of both
army and people were completely ex-
hausted.

These two battles practically spelled
the defeat of the rebel cause. All of
the hattles planned later by the con-
federate leaders and officers were plain
murder, because there was no longer
any hope for the slave holding olig-
archy.

Lincoln disappointed many of his
friends because he seemed to hesitate
about issuing his proclamation freeing
the slaves. General John C. Fremont,
while in command of an army in
Missouri, issued a proclamation free-
ing the slaves in his immediate military
command.

Fremont’s proclamation was, how-
ever, rescinded by the President since
it was plainly evident that the Gen-
eral had no jurisdiction over civil laws
of the State of Missouri where he was
operating. Later came Lincoln's great
emancipation plan which has forever
placed his name among the greatest
rulers of earth.

It was General Benjamin F. Butler
who gave the name of “Contraband” to
slaves fleeing from their masters con-
siderably in advance of the proclama-
tion of emancipation by Lincoln.

Some of the Union generals, much
to the disgust of decent citizens were
in the habit of sending fugitives from
slavery back to their masters. General
Putler cut the Gordian knot when he
refused to return a slave whose mas-
ter pursued him to the Union lines.

I call to mind a cartoon represent-
ing Butler with a slave kneeling at his
feet as his master came demanding
his return. Butler’s sword was press-
ed against the breast of the irate mas-
ter, while the General was made to say:

“This black man is contraband of
war. You cannot have him.”

That act of Ben Butler’s sent a
thrill of relief to many freedom lovers.
Thereafter the Negro was known as
the happy contraband and was given
liberty many months before Lincoln's
freeing of the slaves.

From this it will be seen that the
month of July ranks high in our his-
tory as. being a month of thrilling
history-producing incidents. While no
doubt the. month of April is par ex-
cellence the high water month in
American history, July ranks well as
being the month in which was fought
the greatest battle in U. S. history,

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

Our people have every reason to
celebrate this year with swelling
bosoms and greater affection for Old
Glory than ever before. When we
look back to-d-- and see how the
legions of Lee slipped across. the
Potomac at a leisurely gait, when the
army of the Potomac should have fol-
lowed and crushed that army, we are
reminded that it was not so to be.

Providence willed otherwise than that
Lee and his army should be crushed
on that fateful Fourth of July, 1863.
The destruction of that army would
have ended the rebellion and mayhap
left the question of slavery still to vex
the National conscience.

An Almighty Power greater than
that of man has seemed to watch over
the destinies of this Republic since the
day of its birth. That power was in
evidence at Gettysburg, holding back
the army under General Meade until
his enemy had made good his escape
across the swollen waters of the
Potomac.

At an early day July had witnessed
the humiliation of our army at Bull
Run. That magnificent advance of the
Union army on Washington as desig-
nated by Artemus Ward, was a day of
humiliation, to be later wiped out in
blood and victory on many another
hotly contested field.

At thousands of gatherings for cele-
bration on July Fourth, 1863, came
news of the great battle raging on
Northern soil. The hearts of Union-
loving people everywhere were filled
with apprehension, to be soon banish-
ed, however, by news of a great vic-
tory won over rebellion on the soil of
the State of William Penn.

Once each year a grateful nation
decorates the graves of the men who
fell at Gettysburg and other fields dur-
ing that four years of struggle to pre-
serve the Union.

The face and features of George
Washington had become but a steel
engraving when that awful civil war
came upon the country. New. faces
adorned the pages of the dlustrated
press, and there came Grant, Sherman,
Sheridan and Thomas to take the place
of our Revolutionary heroes.

Wars and rumors of wars. still
linger in the air and men and women
are agitating against war even at the
expense of National honor. There is
10 denying that war is one of the
worst afflictions that can befall a na-
tion, yet even at that there comes a
time when war becomes a public neces-
sity, and other Gettysburgs will have
to be fought to preserve us as a free
and independent people. Old Timer.

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Flyers Crash Into Tuber Field.

New York, July 2—Two aviators,
Vietor Sommers, pilot, and an_ un-
named mechanic, may have escaped
death when their Waco biplane crash-
ed about a mile from Curtiss Field, but
to-day they are trying to obtain $300
to pay for damage that John Froeh-
lich says they did to his potato patch.
The flyers were congratulating them-
selves on their escape on Monday
when Froehlich, heading a posse of
potato hands, approached and ordered
them to pay $300 for damaging his
potatoes. Police refused to arrest the
fivers, but Froehlich and his little band
kept constant guard around the plane
with shotguns, refusing to turn the
plane over to the aviators until they
paid the $300.

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nothin’.

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know moh dan de mule.

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11

 

Trade in All Lines Is Active in
Canada.

Toronto, July 2— Unprecedented
mining and building activity, increased
employment, a noteworthy volume of
external trade, heavier car loadings,
and, most important of all, the pros-
pect of a bumper wheat crop, all con-
tribute to an unusually bright outlook
for the second half of the year in all
five of Canada’s economic areas.

The prairie wheat gives promise of
one of the largest yields in the coun-
try’s history, while the mixed farming
areas of Ontario and Quebec, the ap-
ple orchards of British Columbia, On-
tario and Nova Scotia and the potato
fields of New Brunswick indicate the
probability of a richer return than even
last year’s from the agricultural pro-
duce of the Dominion.

An important source of farm wealth
is the dairying industry, which is add-
ing $250,000,000 to the Dominion’s an-
nual income, and providing consider-
able sense of security in the West,
where an unusual amount of dairying
machinery has been bought during the
past month.

The total volume of external trade
for May, valued at $231,603,000, and
marking the maximum for the current
year to date, reflects the general ac-
tivity of the whole Dominion, although
the figures emphasize seasonal sales
and purchases. The $35,000,000 of
iron and steel imported in that month,
although not encouraging to the Cana-
dian steel companies. is due to the in-
creased construction from the maritimes
to the Pacific Coast.

For the total building contracted for
in Mav, which was more than 48 per
cent. above that for April, constituted
a new record for any month. The ex-
ports, valued at more than $118,000,000,
ar double those of April, were swollen
‘bv the considerable outward movement
of grain following the opening of in-
land navigation.

Possibly the pulp and paper industry
gives least assurance of profitable
activity in the near future, although
present negotiations among the com-
panies may result in the averting of a
price: war. More encouraging is the
outlook of the automobile industry,
which gives evidence of recovering
from its voluntary inactivity of last
year by establishing a new high record
or production for May, when 33,942
cars were turned out.

Although there .is still a certain
amount of unabsorbed labor in some
of the Eastern cities, employment fig-
ures for the beginning of June record
a better state of affairs than at any
other time in the last eight vears.

General trade activity is indicated
by the increases in railroad earnings,
the Canadian Nationa! system report-
ing its gross income for the first five
months of the current year as 7 per
cent. better than for the same period
of 1927, and its net earnings as show-
ing an improvement of 18 per cent.

Bank debits likewise reflect internal
trade, the figures for the five months
ended with May showing a gain of 31
per cent. over those for the correspond-
ing period of last year, with the most
marked gain in the Prairie Provinces.

The chief danger to continued prog-
ress in the Dominion, a discounting by
the stock market of future prosperity,
has been diminished by the recent re-
actionary movements. A further as-
surance against the menace of exces-
sive speculation for at least two months
more seems to be furnished by the
history of all pre-election summers, for
the Canadian markets cannot escape
the influence of Wall Street.

—_>2~.—____

Lansing Retailers To Check Credits

More Carefully.
Lansing, June 29—Our Association
met last night in regular meeting, and
several important matters were dis-

cussed. Plans were made for our an-

nual picnic, which in all probability will
be held on Wednesday, July 25. In

the past our annual picnic has been
held in conjunction with that of the
city employes. A committee was ap-
pointed last night and it is probable
that the same arrangement will pre-
vail this year.

One ‘thing that our members decided
upon last night was to make a more
careful check of credits in the future
than they have been doing in the past.
A committee is to be appointed at our
next meeting to consider this matter
and the probabilities are that some ar-
rangement will be made whereby all
slow pay customers will be reported
to the Lansing Credit Exchange, where
this information will be available not
cnly for other grocers and meat deal-
ers, but to all other merchants in Lan-
sing and Lansing’s trade territory. Our
local grocers and meat dealers have
come to the conclusion that it is only
through co-operation that they will be
able to protect themselves against loss-
es arising from bad debts. Now that
times are considerably better than they
were during the winter months, they
fcel that it is time to plan for a period
when conditions will possibly not be
so good.

They feel very grateful to your
paper and to yourself personally for
the great benefits they have derived
from your efforts in the past. If you
care to give us a little write up regard-
ing anything that may be contained
in this, I am sure that your readers
will appreciate it and it might pos-
sibly be the means of inducing mem-
bers elsewhere throughout the State to
rut on a similar program.

Your representative was present at
our meeting last night and gave a short
talk in reference to your present plans.
Iam sure, Mr. Stowe, that your efforts
along the line outlined by him are
going to eventually bring some very
good results.

Acting as I do as Manager of the
Lansing Credit Exchange, and the Sec-
retary of the Lansing Retail Grocers
and Meat Dealers Association, I am
hoping that we may be able to work
out some plan whereby we can serve
the great majority of the retailers and
g-ocers of this city and the adjacent
trade terriory.

Our Association was represented at
the recent convention in New Orleans
by three of our members. I am in-
formed that there were only four dele-
gates at the convention from the State
of Michisan. Walter L. Kirby,

Sec’y Retail Grocers and Meat Deal-
ers Association.

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key Substitute.

‘New York, July 3—About 500 per-
sons who breathe dynamically and eat
nothing but raw foods assembled on
Monday night at the annual dinner of
the Estes Raw Food & Health Club
at the Elotel. Astor..' Dr. St. Louts
Estes, the guest of honor, originated
the club and also the Estes Method of
Dynamic Breathing. Perhaps the most
interesting dish on the menu was the
mock turkey. It was made of a pound
of co.irge cheese, mixed and rolled
raw pecans, raw peanuts and raw al-
monds. This was beaten to a_ solid,
thick mass and seasoned with chopped
onions, pimentos, green peppers, pow-
dered celery, sage and horseradish. It
was served in slices like white meat.
After the mock turkey, which was
preceded by uncooked vegetable soup
Dr. Estes and his followers had some
Estes French dressing, some honey
ice cream (uncooked) and some un-
cooked fruit cake. Then everybody
took a deep, dynamic breath and went
home.

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FINANCIAL

Evolution of the First National Bank
of Hart.

Announced in another column is a
general invitation by the First Nation-
al Bank of Hart to the opening and
dedication of that institution’s new
bank building, one of the finest in the
State for a town the size of Oceana’s
capital. The formation, growth, his-
tory and associations of this concern is
worthy of more than passing mention.
It was the privilege of this writer to
krow intimately and for a considerable
time, the three unusual men who, in
1874, organized the Citizens Exchange
Bank, which has developed into the
present First National Bank, fifty-four
years later.

The founders were A. S. White, J.
K. Flood and F. J. Russell, with the
first named as manager. Mr. White
was a banker by natural inclination and
of unusual acumen, and remained at
its head for more than forty years. But
each of the partners was fitted for

 

leadership and financial success, and
when Mr. White moved to Kalamazoo
to take an executive position in a larg-
er institution the bank continued on its
course of growth and prosperity.

Indeed, Judge Russell and Senator
Fiood, as they became, gained great
prominence in other lines besides the
industrial and commercial ones, with
which the bank was associated. Judge
Russell was for nineteen years presid-
ing Judge of the 14th Judicial Circuit
and Senator Flood, was a prominent
legislative figure, having sat in both
houses of the legislature, and was for
many years powerful in the political
affairs of the State. He was a mem-
ber of the so-called “Immortal Nine-
teen,” designating a coalition opposing
the policies of Governor Hazen S. Pin-
gree. Senator Flood never recanted
cne single jot or tittle in this long and
bitter fight in which he stood with the
conservative forces against the radi-
calism of the Governor.

Of distinctly diverse personalities
the three constituted a strong organ-
ization in every activity in which they
entered. Mr. White was always of the
courteous, kindly and helpful type.
Judge Russell, of occasional gruff man-
ner, but charitable in thought and act
was wont to express many legal and
casual epigrams of sound sense, and
Senator Flood, of keen and analytic
mind, was cosmopolitan enough to be
interested in men and measures in a
large way. In the opinion of this
writer he was possessed of a greater
versatility of genius than any person in
the county in the days of his larger
activities. He ranked with W. B. O.
Sands, Judge W. H. Churchill, and the
very few outstanding characters who
were industrial and financial captains
of a previous generation.

These tributes to the men of the
Citizens Exchange, which developed
into the First National, but serve to
emphasize the continuity of good man-
agement which marks the institution
as among the substantial and purpose-
ful ones in the Fruit Belt section. The
triumvirate close corporation of its
early days has now expanded to up-
wards of fifty stockholders, with added

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

interests and wider influence. The
bank has had three presidents, Mr.
White, Judge Russell and R. J. Rankin,
who was advanced to that position in
1924, Fifty years after the original
bank’s organization. Mr. Rankin had
for eleven years been the cashier and
by a combination of proven ability with
the natural turnover in the personnel,
was the logical selection.

Previous to his connection with the
bank Mr. Rankin was county treasurer.
Previous to that he had been township
treasurer and supervisor of Shelby. He
is the youngest son of the late D. H.
Rankin, one of the leading industrial-
ists in the county during the ’80s and
early 90s. The other officers and di-
,ectors are named in the announce-
ment and all are well-known through-
out the Fruit Belt, as men of active
and substantial interests —Harry M.
Royal in Oceana Herald.

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Upswing in Retail Trade Seen.

What stands out as the most cheer-
ful picture of retail trade drawn by the
Federal Reserve Bank at New York
this year appears in the Reserve
Agent's monthly bulletinn to-day.

A 6.8 per cent. jump in the net sales
of leading department stores in the
New York district during May gives
last month clear leadership for 1928 to
date in any comparison with corre-
sponding months of a year ago. The
gain in part is explained by the extra
business day that fell in May this year,
but even after allowance for that good
improvement is shown. An especially
active business was done by the ap-
parel stores, which reported an 18.8 per
cent. increase in net sales over a year
ago.

Doubtless the retail stores benefited
in May from the slow business of
April, but since weather conditions
even in May were not ideal it is diffi-
cult to explain the improvement on
special grounds. It apparently repre-
sents a pickup in business widespread
bcth as to territories and various de-
partments affected. Virtually all of
the localities did better than a year ago
and substantial increases were likewise
reported in practically all lines.

Even the chain store business which
fell off sharply last month for the first
time in several years almost recovered
its former pace of growth. Sales dur-
ing May totaled 13.5 per cent. more
than a year ago, substantial gains hav-
ing been enjoyed by all types of stores
except tobacconists.

After two months of decline whole-
salers were able in May to report a
better business than last year. A 2.8
per cent. gain in net sales by whole-
salers shows the general trend, but
more cross currents are hidden behind
this index than in the case either of
the department store or chain store
studies. Substantial gains in the sales
of machine tools, drugs, cotton goods,
stationery, paper and silk goods dom-
inated the total but simultaneously
losses were reported by almost an equal
number of wholesale lines.

Not the least encouraging of the
signs to be found in the Reserve
Agent’s report is the sustained im-
provement in the machine tools indus-
try. In times past sales of machine
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ness conditions. An upswing in the
demand for machine tools usually pre-
cedes or accompanies a general ad-
vance in industrial activity.
Unfortunately these valuable figures
on. the trend of trade are a month old
by the time they reach the public but
they nevertheless portray a condition
in retail trade stronger by far than that
given for April and strengthen the con-
clusion that 1928 will be distinguished
for even flow of business at a satisfac-
tory level. Paul Willard Garrett.
[Copyrighted, 1928.]
—__2>-.____
Loan Cut Restores April Level.
A drop of $110,000,000 in brokers’
loans last week, despite the market’s

slow pace, shows the severe adjustment
still is on.
Most money authorities in Wall

Street anticipated: a small reduction in
loans this week, but not many expect-
ed so large a cut as the Reserve Bank
reported after the close of the market
yesterday. In the last three weeks
loans have shrunk nearly $404,000,000.
A half-billion dollar cut does not now
seem so far off as it did when the vol-
ume reached its peak on June 6 at $4,-
563,000,000.

Many commentators likened
the June, 1928, decline in the market
to that of March, 1926. It is interest-
ing to note what happened to brokers’
loans after the break on March 3, 1926,
and what has happened since the mar-
ket broke earlier this month. In 1926
brokers’ loans declined steadily for
eight weeks during which time they
fell $688,000,000.

Even the substantial reduction of
the last three weeks leaves loans far
above that of a year ago. Brokers’
fjoans still total $4,160,000,000 which is
more than a billion dollars above their
level at this time last year. It is $1,-
600,000,000 above the 1926 level reach-
ed in the adjustment process. How
long this corrective movement will
continue nobody knows, but all the
$404,000,000 drop of the last three
weeks has done is to put the total back
at its level of two months ago. The
total still stands substantially higher
than any reached until late in April,

1928.

Doubtless an improvement in the
bond situation mduced by the more
conservative attitude of investment
houses in recent weeks has contribut-
ed to the reduction. An excess in the
supply of new bonds over the demand
for them lately has tied up a substan-
tial sum. ‘This condition naturally ex-
panded loans. It is doubted in Wall
Street whether a very large proportion
of the downward adustment in loans
this week represents the release of
bond funds since improvement in that
direction has been ‘slow.

have

On the other hand the approach of
the midyear settlement period plainly
has led many New York banks to call
loans in the last week in preparation
for increased currency demand and to
make their books look good on June
30. The fact remains that the mechan-
ism of the Reserve banks to reduce
brokers’ loans is working effectively.

Paul Willard Garrett.
[Copyrighted, 1928.]

Sound and Unsound Conceptions of
Investment Trust Operations.
Much loose thinking on the subject
of investment trust companies in this
country has been encouraged by the

_ indiscriminate use of such ill-defined

terms as “trading” and “turnover” with
reference to their investment policies,
declares Leland Rex Robinson, presi-
dent of the Second International Se-
curities Corporation and a well-known
authority on investment trusts.

If by “trading” or “turnover” is
meant the acquisition of blocks of se-
curities without due regard to under-
lying investment values, and solely be-
cause it is anticipated that these may
shortly be sold at a profit, it is quite
obvious that the terms in question ap-
ply to operations which should be
wholly avoided by any public invest-
ment trust, he says.

If, on tthe other hand, the terms
“trading” and “turnover” are applied
to any investment trust which actively
supervises its holdings with the object
of avoiding losses, taking profits at the
right times and making reinvestments
when circumstances are favorable, it
may be said that almost every estab-

lished and successful investment trust.

in the last half century has to some
extent employed these principles.

There is a very real sense in which
the most conservatively managed in-
vestment trusts, by purchasing their
securities at low prices in view of their
underlying investment values, make in
the long run the most _ substantial
profits. In innumerable instances this
is the indispensable condition for con-
servative protection of the investors’
interests.

Dr. Robinson then points out cer-
tain operations which are clearly “‘trad-
ing’ in the wrong sense activities that
should be avoided by every investment
trust company or fund which operates
in the interest of the public.

They are (a) the purchase of se-
curities merely because certain individ-
uals or organizations having connec-
tion with or influence over the invest-
ment trust desire to “unload;” (b) the
purchase of securities from an indi-
vidual or group at prices above cur-
rent market; (c) the purchase of se-
curities merely because the financial
‘horoscope points to a good chance for
a quick turnover regardless of com-
parative investment values; (d) the
systematic purchase of securities on a
shoestring margin by liberal use of
bank credit; (e) “selling short’’ at least
if done on a large scale.

The last two practices are specifical-
ly prohibited in the by-laws, certifi-
cates, charters or indentures of an in-
creasing number of American invest-
ment trusts.

Whether the investment trust is en-
tirely independent of originating and
distributing houses, as is generally the
case in Great Britain, or is tied in with
such groups, responsible leadership,
both abroad and at home, has empha-
sized the propriety of making the in-
vestment policy solely in the interest
of the fund, says Dr. Robinson.

[Copyrighted, 1928.]

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eral lack of money in the town treas-
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more or less apathy of the average
citizen toward municipal fire protec-
tion, make it indeed hard to arouse in-
terest on this important subject.

However, in the following is an ac-
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people and an area of about a square
mile, several years ago had nothing
but the old bucket brigade and as usual
with this form of protection success
was generally attained in saving the
Icts, brick chimneys and cisterns for
the fire victim, he being left also the
balance of the town and county, to
start life over and make a living in, if
he could.

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years ago bought two hand-drawn
forty gallon chemical carts. These
served a hardly fair purpose for a year
or so, then it was decided to motorize
them, the result of this being the tanks
were mounted on a ford truck and at
that, improperly, by local mechanics.
In response to an alarm with this
piece of improvised fire apparatus, the
thing was turned over in an accident
and seriously injured several volunteers.

During the meantime, advance in
fire rates on property was made by the
underwriters, due to the lack of organ-
ized and adequate fire protection.

After this disaster with the chemical
ccmpany and raise of rates, the ques-
tion of remedying conditions came up.
No money was to be had from the city
treasury and things apparently were
going from bad to worse. But where
there is a will there is a way. A com-
munity club was organized about this
time, they taking up the proposition of
providing modern protection.

The results were, after a number of
meetings and some hard work in or-
ganizing and getting public co-opera-
tion, a 300-g.p.m. Howe-Reo triple
combination with 1,000 feet of 2%4 inch
hose was purchased, at a cost of $6,500
on a long term basis. The down pay-
ment was $2,700, which was made up
from donations of citizens and pro-
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The town being without water works
the effective use of the pumper was
seriously handicapped, the only water
supply being from private cisterns and
a large spring, the latter located at the
edge of town. About this time a dis-
astrous fire occurred in the mercantile
section that about wiped it out. The
citizens and town board at once real-
ized this serious water shortage and
started a movement to build fire
cisterns. One has been built holding
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it being kept filled by roof drainage and
with the pumper and a hose line from
the spring. This cistern was dug,
formed in and built of reinforced con-
crete at a cost of $1,200. Others at
convenient locations are to be con-
structed in the near future.

After the pumper and cistern were
obtained, it was necessary to find suit-
able quarters for the fire engine, it
being kept in the meanwhile in a small
private garage which was very un-
satisfactory. At this time an organ-
ized volunteer fire company was estab-
lished under a constitution and by-
laws, the company consisting of a chief,
assistant chief, captain, lieutenant, sec-
retary, treasurer and sixteen firemen.
The fire company then, working in co-
operation with the community club and
town board, gave a community fair
and popularity contest, the full pro-
ceeds of which went toward the build-
ing of a small fire-resistive fire station
and town hall, which cost about $2,500.

A five horsepower electric fire siren
was installed, it being mounted on top
of the fire station with control switches
for same being located in the telephone
exchange and at the entrance of the
fire station. With this simple hook-up,
costing about $587 over all, a very ef-
fective fire alarm signal system is
maintained.

The volunteer company meets regu-
larly each first and third Monday eve-
ung. Some officer of the company
will sound the alarm and take them
cut on a surprise drill, a different evo-
lution and place being selected each
time.

After the drill is over the apparatus
is cleaned and again placed ready for
service in the station, after which the
regular business meeting is in order.

None of the firemen receives any
compensation for his services. They
are in the game for the interest and
protection of their little city. In fact
each member pays 25 cents per month
dues to the company fund. This is
augmented by the proceeds from
amateur plays, tackey parties, oyster
suppers and various other forms of
amusement. From this company fund
fire helmets, coats and boots have at a
cost of $218, been purchased for each
member. The boots are kept at home
made up with an old pair of trousers
as “turn outs” for quick response to
night fires, the helmets are kept on the
zpparatus, the coats also, only the lat-
ter are habitually kept in a removable
metal locked box over the hose body,
each man having a key.

A sick and accident policy is also
carried on each member by the com-
pany fund, that would indemnify him
for any physical injury incurred in the
line of fire fighting duty and also pay
any hospital or doctor’s fee if neces-
sary.

What is possible for this little com-
munity is also possible for others.
What it takes is a little enthusiasm,
push and co-operation under one or
two live leaders, and the trick is done.

Captain S. G. Render,
Kentucky Actuarial Bureau.
—— ~++<.___

You can always tell a big man be-
cause he surrounds himself with other
big men.

  

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July 4, 1928

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

15

 

Ten Business Commandments of a
Shrewd Merchant.

Here are George Churchill’s business
commandments. No matter what you
do to make a living, you ought to find
some helpful pointers on his list:

1. Don’t wait for the other fellow
to come to you; go to him.

2. In competition with others, al-
ways give them the credit for being
a little smarter than you are. Then
work like the deuce to prove that they
aren’t,

3. If you have no money and little
credit, capitalize your personality.
Sometimes it pays to have a nerve.

4. Never admit to anybody — and
least of all to yourself—that you are
licked.

5. Keep your business troubles to
yourself. Nobody likes a calamity
howler. Besides, he finds scant favor
with the bankers.

6. Don’t be afraid of dreaming too
big dreams. It won’t hurt you to fig-
ure on owning a railroad even if you
have to compromise on a flivver.

7. Make friends; but remember that
the best of friends will wear out if you
use them too frequently.

8. Be square even to the point of
finickiness, and you will have mighty
little occasion to complain of a crook-
ed world.

9. Take advice, but do your own
deciding.

10. Don’t toady. The world re-
spects the man who stands up on his
hind legs and looks it in the eye.

—_»+>___
Corporations Wound Up.

The following Michigan corpora-
tions have recently filed notices of dis-
solution with the Secretary of State:
Motor Buyers, Inc., Detroit.

Hickok Grocery Co., Kalamazoo.
Valley Printing Co., Saginaw.
A. Arthur Caille Co., Grosse Pointe

Park.

Woodward Bowling Alley Co., Detroit
Ithaca Oil and Gas Co., Ithaca.

E. C. Comstock & Co., Springport.
Tri-State Tractor & Equipment Co.,

Lansing.

Northern Michigan Public Service Co.,

Traverse City.

Hall-Doyle Equity Co., Detroit.

Gus F. Smith Co., Detroit.

Stanton Printing Co., Grand Rapids.

Alpha Creamery Corporation, Mus-
kegon.

Wright Agency, Ine., Detroit.

Harley Land Co., Ltd., Detroit.

West Goodland Threshing Co., Imlay
City.

Dealers Finance Co., Detroit.

Stearns & Culver Lumber Co., Lud-
ington.

Ivar Lindberg Swedish Institute, De-
troit.

Waterworks Market Co., Detroit.

Jarvis Realty Corporation, Detroit.

O. M. Smith & Co., Flint.

Victory Cafe Co., Detroit.

Battle Creek Industrial Association,

Battle Creek.

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Old Enough To Be Her Father.
She was young, very young, and
ignorant of the world, and that night
he brought her an expensive present.
So she sat in his lap, unresisting, while
he smothered her with kisses and
caressed her hair. He was much older

‘than she.

“Are you a married man?” she asked
him.
He laughed at her.

“Of course,” he answered. “What a
bg

Then he kissed her again and she
never protested.

Her neighbors knew her as a quiet
girl, who cared little for companionship
or discourse. Her rooms were rented
and paid for by the man she called her
“daddy.” As a matter of fact, he was
a married man, much older than she,
old enough to be her father.

And she was his daughter, aged four
and one-half.

——_» +>
Steam Coal Growing Scarcer.

Changes in the anthracite market
this week have been confined to the
steam sizes, which are tightening up
because the supply is being drastically
curtailed. Saward’s Journal says that
the demand is so light that the mines
are operating only about half time.
This means that the amount of steam
coal being produced is barely sufficient
to meet normal summer requirements.
Production is running only about 60
per cent. of the regional capacity, and
the tonnage for the current month
will fall below that of June, 1927. The
end of the first half of the calendar
year finds the bituminous trade in a
position where it seems as if any
change must be for the better.

——_~++<.—___
The Tongue.

Not the tongue in your shoe, nor
the tongue in the lowly wagon, but
hte tongue in your mouth is the thing
that I want to talk about. The human
tongue starts more trouble than friends
or finance can stop. It is the tool that
can do more harm in a day than you
can correct in many years. Lincoln
said little, and Grant less; Washington
talked only when necessary, and Cool-
idge is as silent as a steam calliope
with a broken boiler. The more men
talk the less time they have to think,
and the less time others have to think.
If you are a great talker, you are not
a great thinker. Listen to yourself,
and get your own weights and meas-
ures. Frank Stowell.

—_>+<+__
Better Silks Sell Well.

The strength of the demand for
better grade silk this year is stressed
in the supplementary report on piece
goods trends issued last week by the
Bureau of Research and Information
of the National Retail Dry Goods As-
sociation. A year ago the most repre-
sentative retail price of printed crepe
de chine was $1.98, as against $2.95
during the present year, the report
says. Twenty-one per cent. of the
sales of printed silks in high grade
stores during the past Winter were
made at $4 a yard. One-half the sales
of plain crepe de chine in the same
class of stores was made at prices over
$2.50 per yard.

Why Some Merchants Fail.

Too much talk
Not enough walk

Too much sigh

Not enough try

Too much bask

Not enough ask

Too much blow

Not enough go

Too much blink

Not enough think

Too much mope

Not enough hope

Too much shirk

Not enough work

The result is

You miss the biz.
Frank Martin.

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ONE POUND OF SILK

 

Requires Three Hundred Pounds of
Mulberry Leaves.

Nature’s share in the making of raw
silk is a fascinating story filled with
mystery and romance, according to a
recent article appearing in the Silk-
worm, official organ of the Silk As-
sociation of America. The little worm
which spins the silken thread has a
brief but very eventful career. Life
goes on in never-ending circles, emerg-
ing from egg into worm, from worm
into a chrysalis enclosed in a cocoon,
from chrysalis into a moth that lays
the egg that hatches once again into
a worm. And as a by-product of this
continuous creation, a cocoon has been
formed by the hardening of the threads
the worm has spun. When the threads
from one cocoon alone have been un-
wound, they are often found to meas-
ure 1,000 yards in length.

The female moth, or bombyx, lays
from three to five hundred eggs, oc-
casionally more. They are no larger
than a pin head and when the worm
hatches it is about one-eighth of an
inch in length. It has sixteen legs, or
peds; the front six are used for catch-
ing and holding theh mulberry leaves
which it eats. There are twelve rings
around the body and the worm breathes
through nine small holes along either
side. The worm, when mature, meas-
ures three to three and one-half inches
in length.

During their short lives of from
thirty to forty days the worms moult,
or shed their skins, four times. While
they are moulting they stop eating,
but from each process they emerge
larger in size and lighter in color, until
finally they have lost all their silken
hair. The last few days of this period
they grow very fast, and when they
are full size they lose their appetite
and shrink an inch or more in length.

Their food consists of mulberry
leaves. They pierce the leaves and
suck the sap when they are small, and
later feed on the tender parts of the
leaves. The white mulberry which
grows in China is considered to be the
best. To feed a sufficient number of
worms to make one pound of cocoons,
twenty-five pounds of leaves are need-
ed. It takes twelve pounds of cocoons
for one pound of silk, so that 300
pounds of mulberry leaves are needed
for one pound of silk. As a general
estimate, a five-year-old mulberry tree
should yield forty pounds of leaves.
Fortunately the mulberry tree grows
successfully in almost all temperate
climates, although its development is
comparatively slow, so that there is no
threatened shortage of food for the
worm that gives us the thread used in
the loveliest, softest, most radiantly
beautiful fabric in the world, says the
Silkworm.

The worm stops eating a few days
after its last moulting. By this time
the silk glands on either side of the
body are inflated and so large that they
are about one-fifth the total weight of
the worm. Now the worm begins to
move its head restlessly back and
forth and this denotes that it is ready
to spin. The silk comes out of the
orifices in a semi-liquid state. The

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

worm meanwhile has found some
twigs or other objects to which it can
attach the first guy lines that form the
outside foundation for the cocoon.
From each side of the body come the
slender threads, joined into one single
strand by a gummy liquid which be-
comess hard as soon as it is exposed
to the air. The silk thread finally cast
off consists therefore of a substance
called fibroin, which is covered with
the sericin (or silk gum) and a color-
ing matter which determines the color
of the cocoon. Five or six hours are
nceded for making the outside, and
within twenty-four hours the whole
cocoon is completed.

Inside this cocoon rests the worm
which by a final moulting process has
changed into a chrysalis, an oval mass
about one inch in length, and while it
still breathes it gives no appearance
of life.

After two or three weeks it escapes
from the cocoon that has sheltered it.
The chrysalis breaks, and the moth
inside throws off a few drops of alka-
line acid which immediately dissolve
the end of the cocoon. The moth
which comes out is ugly and shapeless.
It has pierced the continuous strands
of silk thread by this process. When
the cocoons are gathered for manu-
facturing purposes, man intervenes at
this point, and prevents the moth from
making its escape and breaking the
silk.

The moth or bombyx, which emerg-
es from the cocoon, has wings, but
these are useless because they become
hard after the first fifteen minutes. The
moth now lives for three or four days,
and during this period takes water but
no food. The female begins to lay its
eggs, 500, more or less, and thereafter
it promptly dies. After a period of in-
cubation, the length depending on the
temperature, the little eggs, which
have turned from yellow to brown,
hatch again into worms. And so the
cycle of life is unending.

—_.2.————
Speculating on Hosiery Styles.

Two of the outstanding questions in
the hosiery market at the moment are
how long the current vogue for mesh
er net hosiery will last and how retail-
ers in general will take the narrow
heels that are now being woven into
important full-fashioned lines for Sum-
mer and Fall delivery. In regard to
mesh hose the consensus of opinion
seems to be that the consumer demand
for it will keep up at least until Labor
Day, and that mill deliveries of the
goods will be required well into Au-
gust. The feeling about narrow heels
is apparently not so definite. Indica-
tiens, however, are that the success
which the larger producers are having
with them will give them sufficient
momentum to carry them into con-
sumer popularity.

—_++.___
Oil For the Baby.

A little girl about five years old en-
tered a drug store recently and timidly
asked for a “bottle of oil.’ The clerk,
wishing to be specific, asked: “What
kind of oi! do you want, oil that you
put in sewing machines?” The little
girl replied: “No sir, the kind you put
in babies.” The clerk wrapped up a
small bottle of castor oil.

July 4, 1928

 

Machinery likenew
at HALF PRICE

Not rebuilt or out of date but real production
tools ready to run. All motor driven.

16 in. Hermance 4 side inside moulder with extra set of Shimer
heads. Flex. feed rolls.

24 in. Porter jointer round head and with Billstrom feed.

Dauber-Bell double miter saw—3 motors attached.

No. 64 Hall & Brown 14 in. comb. cut and rip saw.

6 ft. Dodds swing saw.

2 spindle ball bearing Advance shaper.

42 in. Amer. band saw 46 in. x 50 in. tilting table.

14 ft. Schimmel-Reid simplex hand block sander.

5,000 lb. Steubing double lift truck.

Grinding machinery. Motors from 1 HP to 35 HP.

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POWERS & WALKER CASKET CO.
Phone 6-5420

209 FRONT AVE., N. W. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

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Your securities are yours, always
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July 4, 1928

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

  

17

 

HEALTH GIVING WATERS.

 

Efforts Made To Utilize Their Cura-
tive Powers.

During one of the early seventies of
the past century an enterprising citizen
of St. Louis, Mich., drilled deep into
the earth and found a supply of water
highly charged with certain minerals.
The owner caused the water to be an-
alyzed and the report of the chemist
who made the test contained a sug-
gesion that the water might be found
efficacious in the treatment of certain
forms of disease, notably inflammatory
theumaism, kidney and bladder infec-
tions and kindred ailments. Patients
were quickly found to test the medical
values of the water. The results ob-
tained induced the citizens of St. Louis
to join their funds and fortunes in an
enterprice that embraced the erection
of a large hotel and bath house and
the expenditure of large sums_ of
money in advertising to the people of
the world the healing powers of the
waters which poured so generously
from the bowels of the earth. St. Louis
was a country village, remote from rail-
roads and navigable streams. The re-
sponse of sufferers to the claims of the
well owners of the curative powers of
the waters was so quick and so large
that special vehicles were used in con-
veying patients from Saginaw, the
nearest railway station, to and from
St. Louis. The hotel was filled with
sufferers in a comparatively short time
and many who came to the village
found accommodations in the homes
of the residents. The little town grew
in commercial importance daily. Later
a railroad—the Saginaw & St. Louis
(now a section of the Pere Marquette)
—was constructed to convey the seek-
ers for health over the fifty miles of

‘territory that divided these towns.
Practitioners of medicine state that

   
 
  

  
 
  
 
 

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rheumatism may be developed in dif-
ferent forms; that while water, es-
pecially such water as the wells of Mt.
Clemens produce, may prove beneficial
to a certain class of patients suffering
from the disease, that electrical treat-
ments are more potent than mineral
water.

Hundreds of persons, unable to pay
for the cost of a journey and treatment
at Ot, obtained quantities of
water from the owners of the well and
used it at their homes, more or less
satisfactorily.

Louis,

The commercial success of the well
owners of St. Louis induced individuals
and, in a number of instances, associa-
tions of individuals, to expend much
money in seeking for health-giving
water. Wells were sunk in Detroit,
Ypsilanti, Mt. Clemens, Eaton Rapids,
Fruitport, Grand Haven, Grand Rap-
ids, Manistee, Benton Harbor, Petos-
key, Alma and other cities and villages
of the State. Large bath houses and
hotels were erected in the expectation
that thousands of sufferers would be
assembled at the wells, as Ponce de
Leon sought for the fountain of youth.

Two quite large hotels—the Vaughn
and the Anderson—were erected at
Eaton Rapids. Messrs. Pantlind—A.
V. and J. Boyd—who owned the Hib-
bard House at Jackson, were so deep-
ly impressed with the outlook for a
large and prosperous business at the
little rapids of the Grand River, that
they obtained a lease of the Vaughn
Hotel, expended a large sum for furni-
ture and equipment and opened its
doors in the expectancy of a large pa-
tronage from sufferers by diseases.
Only a comparatively small number
responded to their appeals for patron-
age. A year or two later, when flames
destroyed the hotel, the Messrs. Pant-
lind considered themselves fortunate in
having an opportunity to close their

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business at Eaton Rapids. Their next
venture, with the Bancroft House at
Saginaw, was richly rewarded.

The owners of the Anderson Hotel
were no more successful than the Pant-
linds. Flames destroyed the structure
after two or three years of unprofit-
able operation.

Richard E. Butterworth and William
T. Powers sunk wells in Grand Rap-
ids and obtained water highly charged
with minerals at depths varying from
700 to 900 feet. Bath houses were
erected, but the patronage received by
the owners was not sufficient to war-
rant the operation of he plants.

Dwight Cutler erected a magnificent
hotel and a merchant named Sheldon
created
opposite sides of the main street at
Grand Haven. The waters obtained
from the wells at Grand Rapids, as
well as at Grand Haven and Fruitport,
did not emit the offensive odors of the
waters of Mt. ‘Clemens, Saratoga
Springs and other health resorts. On
that account many sufferers consider-

a commodious bath house on

ed them as worthless. Cutler’s hotel
was destroyed by fire many years later.

Capt. E. L. Craw, the late William
M. Robinson and others organized a
company for the purpose of develop-
ing a health and pleasure resort at
Fruitport. An artesian well was sunk,
a commodious bath house and a large,
magnificent hotel, the Pomona, were
erected and contracts were made with
the navigation companies for the deliv-
from Chicago and
Milwaukee at the company’s docks and
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ery of passengers
for their return when needed.

number of cottages
built and the little village seemed to

siderable were

feel the wave of prosperity. Resort
Michigan the
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flames (friends of many owners of ho-
tel property) appeared on the scene
and the structure, with its contents,
were soon reduced to ashes.
Underwriters do not consider the
average hotels, especially of the old,
fire trap class, desirable risks. Recall
for a which have
been burned to the ground in Grand

moment the hotels
Rapids within the memory of men of
The Sherman and Parnell
houses, in the North end, the Hempel,

the present.

Union, Eagle, National, Bronson,
Clarendon, Ohio, Weber and Farmer’s
Exchange. Sweet’s Hotel was partly

destroyed by fire in the year 1872.
While the building was in the hands
of remodelers in 1900, eleven places
had burned and
quenched by employes without calling
out the fire department were found.

Arthur Scott White.

where fires been

—__>-.___
Candy Sales on the Upgrade.

The coming of warmer weather has
stimulated, candy buying to consider-
able extent, and wholesale orders dur-
ing the past several days show nice
gains in some instances over those of
the same days last year. Two types
of candy have been particularly helped.
These are small package goods, the
sale of which has been increased in the

metropolitan area by greater attend-
ance at near-by beaches, and various
“week-end specials.” The latter are

selling best, apparently, in the two-
pound packages, although larger boxes
have also been taken well by consum-
ers. Their greater movement is at-
tributed to the marked increase in the
number of Summer cottages now be-
ing opened and the beginning of the
vacation season.
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DRY GOODS

Michigan Retail Dry Goods Assiciation.
President—F. E. Mills, Lansing.
First Vice-President — J. H. Leurim.
Jackson.
Second
Ypsilanti.
Secretary-Treasurer —
Charlotte.
Manager—Jason E. Hammond. Lansing.

Vice-President—F H. Nissly.

John Richey,

Smart Designs in Summer Resort
Wraps.

Wraps for the summer resort are

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

lightweight cashmere, like a man’s
muffler, although in larger sizes and

in bright plaids, checks and stripes.

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Uniform Simplification Needed?
That a simplification program might
easily be put effect on nurses’
uniforms is indicated by a manufactur-
While not com-
plaining about the diversity of styles
‘n garments so generally regarded as
of similar cut, he says that in his line

into

er of these garments.

candidate, as he hit the table a terrific
bank with his clenched fist, “to trust

the people.”

“Great Scott!” shouted the little man
“T wish you'd open a
grocery store in our midst.”

in the audience.

July 4, 1928

 

CUSTOM MADE SHIRTS
Sturdy, Beautiful

Honest Workmanship

 

 

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A MARK OF DISTINCTIVE BEDDING

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unusually decorative this season. The theese are ahowt 175 au abich
long cape, which came in three years are in demand at all times. The cur- ars I
ago, is again shown in flannel, in tub- unt season has produced its usual

taffeta, washable moire, crepe and rub-

berized silk. The Rodier materials in

quota of this business in uniforms to
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ticularly lovely and very serviceable. these he says the only feature is the MATTRESSES
A long cape cut to hang in a deep steady expansion of the vogue for

point at each side is made of white

Rodier cashmere and is worn with a

suit of green and white silk jersey, an
ideal ensemble for midsummer. A
cape copied after the original Shaker
flat

heavy green

made of bright
tied

cord and tassels.

model is green

crepe and is with

Several of the new

capes are made in red material of one

cclor after years of black and gray.
A need of simplification of these lines
may also be indicated by the fact that
well over 100 styles must be carried.

oinercetctillia iil tien
Glove Men To Push Sales.
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crepe. Another strikingly smart cape ©" four weeks when the retail trade ‘

of black taffeta is lined with white

crepe de chine.

Because of the vogue of the resort
ensemble, coats are particularly fash-
ionable and a attractive

great many

throughout the country will be urged
to display gloves for both sexes. These
weeks will begin on Sept. 10, Oct. 15,
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moire is worn with a shirt. skirt and 7° Christmas gifts. :
trousers of white moire piped with See Some Improvement in Fall.
green taffeta. A coat of bright red While nothing like a boom is an- O}
moire accompanies a suit of French ticipated, the belief is held in some ;
blue, which is piped with the red and is quarters that business during the sec- ———
appliqued with a red monogram. This ond _ half of the year will show grad- *
coat serves as an occasional wrap with ual improvement over the six months
other suits, particulrly those of all- just pao A great deal, it ah - less, between en 6. @: ead y=
white moire, crepe and flannel. pointed out, will depend on crops and ‘ee ang call the gy apg gee nie ceo i
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made of white silk jersey with a bor- but the effects of the latter are being Day
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and gray. Many lovely new coats are usual. Retailers are inclined to see a ALPENA, MICH. ______ $1.10
made of flowered cretonne and printed — better turnover than during the spring, CHARLEVOIX, MICH. ers 1.00
linen, to be worn with suits of plain when gains in volume were small com- ESCANABA, MICH. ___.----- 1.20 ,
color. The linens are patterned in pared with the same months last year. Sacer Wis. ---_--_-__--_-__ 1.00 °
geometrics and modernistic designs, For-manufacturers the outlook is one MACKINAC St ak lies ee —
and many of these have parasols made not so much of additional volume as MADISON, WIS. es aes 1.15 ‘ 2
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not “take.” The
time factor is important, of course, but
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designs from all the leading houses

exclusive line does

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SHOE MARKET

Plan To Revive Michigan Shoe Deal-
ers’ Organization.

June 26—The retail shoe
of Michigan organized the
association of members of
their craft in the United States. For
a number of years the organization
thrived and waxed strong. It achieved
a record for constructive work for its
members that no other similar associa-
tion ever excelled. Of late years, how-
ever, the Association has not been ac-
tive and gradually interest in it and the
purposes for which it once existed
dwindled almost to the vanishing point.

There were many merchants throuch-
out the State who believed the Associa-
tion should be revived, but no one ap-
peared to take the initiative in the
work. On his travels through the
State, Joseph Kalisky, representing the
Thompson Bros. Co., of Brockton,
heard these reports and he decided to
see what could be done.

Learning that the Detroit local as-
sociation had once more become active,
he called on Chairman Middleman of
that body and Clyde Taylor, the sec-
retary, and several other active De-
troiters and enlisted their support in
his effort to revive the State Associa-
tion.

Their efforts crystallized in a dinner
and meeting at the Detroit-Leland Ho-
tel in this city at which a number of
representative city merchants and sev-
eral from up-State were present, aug-
mented by the appearance of almost an
equal number of traveling salesmen.

The special guest of the evening was
James H. Stone, manager of the Na-
ticnal Shoe Retailers’ Association, and
publisher of the Shoe Retailer, whose
assistance Mr. Kalisky also had secur-
ed. After a most delightful dinner,
Mr. Kalisky presented Mr. Middleman
as the chairman of the meeting, who
in brief remarks reviewed the resump-

 

Detroit,
merchants
first State

‘tion of activities of the Detroit local

and the necessity of maintaining it for
the mutual benefit of the trade in that
city and of the desire of himself and
his associates to assist in reviving the
State body.

He presented Mr. Stone, who re-
viewed the activities of the National,
the need of unity of thought and ac-
tion by dealers on matters of import-
ance affecting their business, and said
that this result only could be obtained
by merchants coming together at a
common meeting place and obtaining
a thorough understanding of those
questions and declared that the best
results would be obtained by the or-
ganization of the State and having the

interests of merchants cleared through

“the association.

Mr. Stone referred to the once com-
manding position held by the Michigan
Association in years past and the un-

! doubted value it had been to merchants

throughout the State and to the indus-
try generally. He pledged the support
of the National in assisting in the re-
juvenation of the State body and of
rendering every assistance within his
power.

Charles W. Evans, of Chicago, for-
mer president of the National Shoe
Travelers’ Association, expressed the
hope that the association would be re-
vived.

Former presidents J. E. Wilson, of

* Detroit, and Elwyn Pond, of Flint, of

the State Association declared the need
existed for a State Association. Both
recounted the many advantages the
dealers once derived from membership
and said the time was opportune for
again having a State-wide organization.

It. was decided that work should im-
mediately be started to organize the
State and plans will soon be outlined
for awakening the interest of mer-

chants, with the end in view of calling
a meeting to be held in this city or at
- some -other point.

It is expected that

former State Secretary. George Owens,
who is supporting the movement, will
soon send announcements to the re-
tailers of the State, advising them of
the plans to be undertaken and enlist-
ing their support.

—__»>+.___—.
Profit Season Ahead For White Shoes
Reports on the retail trend in all sec-
tions of the reflect the fact
that white shoes for women are living

country

up to the promises made for them in
advance of the opening of the season
and bid fair to enjoy a decided popu-
larity throughout the summer. This
season’s vogue of whites comes as a
most opportune development for the
retailer, giving him just the argument
he needs to sell an extra pair, or at
least to make up for the pair he lost
if he happens to be located in one of
the sections of the country adversely
affected by the backward spring. Con-
sequently the white shoe business is a
thing to be nurtured and
cultivated as a factor contributing to
increased volume and profits.

These observations express facts so

carefully

very obvious and elementary that we
should hesitate to call attention to them
at this time, were it not for past ex-
perience which leads us to believe that
there exists a vital need for their re-
statement and For
not

emphasis. some

altogether clear, white
shoes have long been a target for the
price cutting tactics of some retailers

who think it good policy to stimulate

reason

volume at the sacrifice of profits early
The result has
been that premature sales of
shoes on the part of a few has induced

in the summer season.
white

others to follow suit and thus any ad-
vanage which might have been gained
has short lived. In the end
suffered and nobody
has won anything at all commensurate
with the profits thrown away.

been

everybody has

It would seem that the experience
of a few would demonstrate
the futility and unwisdom of giving

seasons

profits away in months when they are
sorely needed, but up to now many re-
tailers have not grasped the real
profit opportunity to be found in white
shoes provided they are rightly mer-
chandised. This there
reason than in other years to slaugh-

season is less
ter prices on white shoes while they
are still at the height of their selling
season. The white vogue is not some-
thing that has been developed artificial-
ly, but is the result of a natural and
logical evolution that was in the mak-
ing as early as last fall and has gradu-
ally gained momentum ever since. It
received emphatic endorsement from
fashionably dressed women at the win-
ter resorts of the South and has been
spreading from these resorts to the
rest of the country since the advent of
warmer weather.

Thus it isn’t a question of selling
white shoes to an unwilling purchaser,
but of supplying a style that the pub-
lic wants and for which it is willing
to pay a reasonable price. White foot-
wear will be seasonable merchandise
right through the summer and as such
there is every reason to anticipate a
steady, continuous demand for it. It
is greatly to be hoped that the trade
at large will recognize this fact and
take advantage of the real profit pos-

sibilities in white shoes, refraining

from premature price cutting whose
effect can only be destructive. Care-
fully planned advertising displays and
sales promotion will serve as effective-
ly as cut prices to stimulate sales and
far more profitably.—Shoe Retailer.

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Linen Crash Bags To Match Summer
Costumes.

New fabrics are being used in many
of the bags designed for carrying with
the new summer costumes. Linen crash
embroidered in gay colors is a favor-
ite, as are also cretonnes and hand-
The

interesting, too, for many of the large

blocked linens. new frames are

designers are getting away from the

use of metal exclusively and are turn-
ing instead to compositions in bright
colors. JLeather-covered frames in col-
ors to match some part of the fabric
design are also smart.

One very smart bag of embroidered
linen crash is of medium size and has
a curved frame with an unusual clasp
Another
bag of cretonne but in large propor-
square frame,
with a handle of the fabric. It is lined
with that it be
either for Pullman
Small envelopes to carry with

in the modernistic manner.

tions has a somewhat

rubber so may used

or beach wear.
after-
noon costumes are showing with either

machine or hand-embroidered designs.

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Shoe Trade More Optimistic.
Despite the irregularities of the
weather, the opening days of July find
the trade in a
optimistic state of mind than for some
The

sonable temperatures has finally stimu-

wholesale shoe more

time. appearance of more sea-

lated retailers into buying, and the im-
provement in consumer activity with

the approach of the vacation season
augurs well for the next four to six
weeks. Summer footwear specialties,

in particular, have moved well lately,
these ranging from popular-price ten-
nis goods to novel plaited effects in wo-

men’s sport shoes. There has also
been some improvement in the call
for men’s sport footwear, but most

of this has been in the higher-price
Calf and buck combinations in
these goods have done well.

lines.

Driving-Glove Plan Aids Sales.

Retail co-operation in the campaign
of the Associated Glove Crafts to push
sales of autoists driving gloves for
summer wear is already bringing re-
Women’s gloves have benefited

particularly from the plan.

sults.
Especially
favored thus far have been regulation
pull-on styles in cape, pig, goat and

calf. These being grain leathers,, they

grip the steering wheel more firmly
than gloves with a suede or velvet
finish. Easy cleaning is another factor

in the increasing sale of grain leather
gloves for driving. An important sug-
gestion made in connection with the
that
purchased a half to a full size larger
than This
and the comfort

campaign is driving gloves be

those for street wear. in-

creases both service

of the wearer.

—_—_—_¢+—___

Better Grade Umbrellas Selling.

Present activity in women’s umbrel-
las seems to be centered in the better
grades. Buyers are interested only in
items featuring the newest coverings,
The twenty-one
inch lengths of last season are being
the
Color is again important, with

handles and lengths.

replaced with new twenty-inch
models.
the result that monotone stripes and
solid colors in the new spring shades
are taking the place of novelty silks

and fancy border effects. Handles are

wanted in Prince of Wales style, in
imitation quartz, malacca and stone
compositions. Some. strictly sports

numbers have been ordered with crook-
ed handles in pigskin, different reptiles
and calf.
++

Men’s Rayon Underwear Pushed.

Rayon undergarments for men have
sold so well this Spring that manufac-
turers feel that there is as much of a
field for rayon in men’s wear as in the
women’s trade. Retailers, they say, are
coming to the view that these items
are no longer a “gamble” and are push-
greater The
merchandise is being offered in union

ing them with vigor.
cuits and in two-piece effects featuring
The latter
credited with selling particularly well.

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MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE ComPany

LANSING, MICHIGAN

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L. H. BAKER, Secy-Treas.
P. O. Box 549

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RETAIL GROCER

Retail Grocers and General Merchants

Association.
President—Hans Johnson, Muskegon.
First Vice-President — A. J. Faunce,

Harbor Springs.
Second Vice-President — G. Vander

Hooning, Grand Rapids.
Secretary—Paul Gezon, Wyoming Park.
Treasurer—J. F. Tatman, Clare.

 

Some Pitfalls in Store For Mercantile
Buyrs.

The slogan of the Better Business
Bureaus everywhere is, “Investigate
before you invest.” This letter points
a new angle to the caution:

“One sees in the business chances
column of some newspapers advertise-
ments of small grocery businesses for
sale which often come close to being
fraudulent in claims for earning powers.
No doubt there is a long procession of
comers and goers in such little business
paying in their savings and working
long hours only in the end to go out
stripped of their last dollar. It is too
bad that advantage is thus taken of the
inexperienced, but so it is lable to
continue to be until we attain to a
much higher civilization. One reads
such an advertisement as ‘Grocery for
sale, doing $50 per day cash, pays
owner (some perfectly ridiculous sum)
owner called East and must sacrifice.’

“Somebody bites, pays down his
thousand and agrees to pay the balance
in monthly payments such as no busi-
ness can possibly earn. By and by he
also joins the procession of wiser and
sadder.

“Even trustees of bankrupt business-
es, who certainly should know some-
thing of store earnings, seem to have
a vastly exaggerated idea of what a
business can pay. A man bought a
business part cash and balance time,
and agreed to make monthly payments
which amounted to eight per cent. or
better on the yearly sales, with no pos-
sibility of much increase in sales be-
cause of sparse population.”

“He paid in the only way possible,
by getting all the goods he could while
his credit lasted, selling them, and pay-
ing the proceeds on the business while
at the same time he stood his bills off.
When he got the score paid off, he
was in deeper than his predecessor and
could get goods only by paying cash
in advance. The sellers in this case
were certainly more to blame than the
buyer.”

I have copied that word for word. I
can think of no way in which it could
be made stronger or more emphatic.
There is tragedy in every line, as, of
course, anybody can realize. My
thought in printing it is that somebody
may read it in time.

It is not to be wondered at that men
ignorant of business, as so many are
who enter our line, should get stung
by listening to impossible figures; but
there are also men who know some-
thing about the business who fall for
similar things. If we can spread the
simple fact that groceries are narrow
margin merchandise; that the possible
profit per dollar of sales is about five
cents; that few reach near to that pos-
sibility; so that anybody who plans to
pay more on his purchase than about
a dollar per hundred dollars of sales
can hope for nothing for himself, we
shall aid, perhaps, a little to save some

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

poor mortal from losing his life’s
savings.

Of course, the trouble with scotching
advertisements such as quoted is that
the courts are apt to hold that the ad-
vertiser is merely “expressing an opin-
ion,” the advertiser in such cases be-
ing an agent and not the principal.
Then, too, the courts tend to hold that
the buyer must still beware to the ex-
tent of -doing a little plain investigat-
ing to verify statements on which he
is to base a decision so vital to himself.
But a few simple facts of the capacity
of the grocery business to produce
earnings would help to save many
such an “investor.”

The kind of trust of which the
Postum Co. is an example is a new
business element. It is designed to
cut distributive costs. The president
of Postum is quoted by Stanley Rukey-
ser thus:

“Years ago progress centered around
production. Those problems have
been solved. Mass production has ar-
rived and its rate will be slower than
formerly. Problems now center around
sales.

“Our combinations enable the com-
panies affected to pool experience and
interchange information. ‘Our policy
is to take on package food stuffs Na-
tionally accepted and well advertised,
capable of wide distribution at low
cost and non-competitive among them-
selves.

“There are savings in having sales-
men sell seven articles instead of one
in a single call. All of our products
are extensively advertised and the
salesman’s job is not selling but one
of maintaining contacts with grocers
to see the goods are fresh and proper-
ly displayed. Economies in adminis-
trative expenses and executive salaries
also accrue.”

The company’s sales force has been
divided into three squads. One handles
perishable products, including Postum.
Another handles seven articles, which
is considered the limit of efficiency.
The third handles three products now;
perhaps will handle additional articles
as they are acquired.

Chester further said: “The growth
in size €nables us to become still better
known through increased advertising.
Our name placed behind a product
gives it prestige. Group merchandis-
:ng enables us to increase the selling
force and give each product more in-
tensive pushing than before. Our sales
are unaffected by the ebb and flow of
general prosperity.”

Then we get into specialty selling,
as the unrecognized force of commod-
ity competition begins, while retail
lines overlap, culminating in the de-
partment store.

Now comes the specialty distributor
swinging back into something like
general lines, working a sort of depart-
ment store plan in specialty manufac-
ture and distribution. We take no
thought of the chains in this review,
but they have wrought tremendous
changes, as is well known.

Let this one thing be noted: That
the only constant we have is change.
There is no use hoping for a status quo
in merchandising. The wakeful mer-
chant is he who is alive to the changes
occurring around him. Paul Findlay

 

  

INCORPORATED

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

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ably they buy other groceries here, too. That is why I think it worth-
while to build up the trade for Yeast. It builds good will for us. Yeast

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July 4, 1928

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

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MEAT DEALER

Michigan State Association of Retail
Meat Merchants.
President—Frank Cornell, Grand Rapids
Vice-Pres.—E. P. Abbott, Flint.
Secretary—E. J. La Rose, Detroit.
Treasurer—Pius Goedecke, Detroit.
Next meeting will be held in Grand
Rapids, date not decided.

A Word on Mutton.

This is not a mutton producing
country in the strict sense of the word
producing. A country that may be
considered a producer of mutton is one
that raises mutton as a_ business,
rather than as a side line of lamb or
wool production. This country pro-
duces large numbers of lambs each
year and sends most of them to mar-
ket before they are a year old. A large
percentage of them are considerably
younger than one year when they are
prepared for the family table. . Last
year over sixteen and one-half millions
of lambs and sheep were used for food
in this country. By far the greater
part of this total had not reached the
mutton stage.

When such large numbers of lambs
are produced there is also a rather lib-
eral supply of mutton in the aggregate
as a natural result. The greater part
of the mutton supply is made up of
good, meaty ewes, or female sheep.
These come into the markets in great-
er numbers during the late Spring and
Summer months, although the supply
frequently extends well into the Fall.

Due to the relative unimportance of

the mutton supply compared with all
meats, or even with lamb, there is little
activity on the part of the dealers in
lamb and mutton to popularize it. As
a matter of fact, the lamb and mutton
combined represent only a small part
of meat consumption.
. During the last twenty-one years,
lamb and mutton consumption in this
country has ranged from around five
and a half to seven and a half pounds
a year, a person, while total consump-
tion of beef, veal, mutton, lamb and
pork has been from one hundred and
twenty pounds per person to around
one hundred and fifty-five pounds. The
lowest point in meat consumption was
during the years we were engaged in
the world war, when meat was needed
for export and when, as a consequence,
restricted meat meals were advocated
at home.

This country is by no means a record
holder in the consumption of lamb and
mutton. Australia and New Zealand
eat far more than we do, for instance.
However, sixteen and a half mlilions
of lamb and mutton carcasses repre-
sent generous portions for a_ great
many of us and mean much to those
engaged in the production and distri-
bution of the supply. New York City
and immediate vicinity is given credit
for consuming nearly one-third of all
the lamb and mutton produced at Gov-
ernment inspected plants, which means
around a quarter of all produced in the
country.

Now, to get back to mutton, this is
the time to get it good. Mutton is be-
ing generously supplied and the gen-
eral quality is high enough to satisfy
most consumers. Mutton is selling
wholesale for about half what lamb
brings. Legs, chops, stewing pieces and
cuts for every kind of cooking should

 

give satisfaction and ease up a little on
the meat bill at the same time. Even
though your retailer does not handle
mutton as a regular thing he will pro-
vide it for you if you ask him to. We
are sure you will enjoy it if you give
it a trial.
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Keeping a Leg of Lamb Moist While
Cooking.

A complaint reached us this week to
the effect that legs of lamb had been
found dry and somewhat tough after
cooking. The complaint came from a
certain link of a large chain of restau-
rants which purchases lamb and other
meats of the same quality for all places.
The general manager of this chain en-
quired from other restaurants, and
found that this particular place was the
only one dissatisfied. Further investi-
the fact that in the
restaurant where the meat was found
dry and tough the method of prepar-
ing was different from that in other
places. The cooks were not basting
the lamb properly, nor was it cooked
at the right temperature. Fortunately
for the accuracy of the investigation
there were plenty of other cooks and
other meat to check up with. Theory
is one thing and proven facts are quite
another sometimes. If it had not been
possible to compare results as they
were compared, it is highly probable
that the manager of the complaining
store would not have been convinced
until lengthy tests had been made by
some competent cook assigned to the
task. This adnstance of poor cooking
seems to prove that the meat is not
always at fault when dinners are less
satisfying than could be desired. In
many cases the retailer is blamed when
he is not at fault. While we are not
attempting to defend the quality of the
meat sold by all retailers, especially
since we know that quality varies
widely, we are pretty well satisfied that

gation disclosed

an expert cook can bring even medium

quality meat to the table so that it will
be satisfactory. Mutton is much older
than lamb, and yet mutton can be
cooked so that it will be quite tender
if of fairly high quality. It is not
within the scope of this talk to digress
on the technicalities of cooking lamb,
but there are a few simple things that
every cook should understand. If meat
cooked by dry heat is to be moist
when cooked it must be basted during
the process. This should be done fre-
quently enough to keep the meat from
drying out. Another important thing
is to have the oven at the right tem-
perature, and to cook the meat neither
too little nor too much. Any good
cook book will explain just how the
cooking is to be done for best results.
Basting may be dispensed with if the
meat is covered, but this is not really
dry cooking, nor will the flavor be the
same when the meat is cooked.

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President—Herman Dignan, Owosso.
Vice-Pres.—Warren A. Slack, Bad Axe.
Secretary—A. J. Scott, Marine City.
Treasurer—Wiliam Moore, Detroit.

Various Views on the Subject of Price
Tickets.

To use the price ticket, or not to
use it? That was the topic of discus-
sion at a little gathering of retailers.
For after many years the question of
the propriety or otherwise of the price
ticket still remains undecided in the
minds of many retailers.

The opposing views on this much
discussed question were pretty clearly
shown in this shop talk; for all the
members of the little group did not
hold identical opinions.

One grocer strongly advocated the
extensive use of the cardboard to ac-
quaint customers with prices. “I am
using more price-tickets all the time,”
he said, “because I see that they bring
me good business. In a way they take
the place of a clerk, and they certainly
save a great deal of the clerk’s time.

“You know,” he continued, “the ma-
jority of people are backward about
asking the price of goods, especially of
more than a few articles at a time. At
ieast, I find it that way, and I don't
think I differ much from the ordinary
run of people. I know, when I want
to buy a tie, I always go to the store
where marked, so that a
selection can be made without asking

things are

too many questions.”

Another merchant expressed the
contrary view:

“T don’t believe in using the price
ticket,” he said. “I think it gives a
cheap appearance to goods. It may
be all right in a bargain store: where
people are looking for cheap stuff and
I think it gives

not for quality: but
of the bargain idea to put
1

too much
price cards on high class goods.”

“Tf vou will take a trip through any
of the big department stores,” put in
a hardware dealer, “you will see that

they use a great quantity of price

tickets.

" ‘
at the top of the

And they are supposed to be
heap in business
ideas.”

The no-price-card man stuck to his
argument.
“T think you will find,” he declared,

1
ti

at it is mostly the bargain goods
on which the department stores put
When they get in any new or
they rarely put a

prices.
high class goods,
price ticket on them, although they use
show cards. I certainly believe in the
show card to work up interest in goods,
while whenever I have a special price
to offer on any line I use a price card.”

Another dealer stated that he com-
bined both show card and price ticket.
“TI use a few words to describe the
goods and work up interest, but gen-
erally I also quote the price,” he said.

The price-card advocate came back
to the charge.

“When a person sees the price,” he
said, “he knows if he can afford to buy
the article. Suppose a person sees an
article in the window but there is no
to en-

price ticket on it. He goes in

quire the price. Now it may be more
than he wants to pay, but after asking,
he hates to leave without buying. AI-
though he may purchase, he feels he

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

should not have done so; and that is
not a good feeling for a customer to
have. Next time he sees an unpriced
article in a window, no matter how in-
teresting it looks, he won't take
chances.”

“IT don’t think that
sound,” spoke up another merchant.
“If the price is higher than the man
has been accustomed to pay, or thinks
he should pay, the quality of the goods
must be correspondingly higher. In
the case you speak of, where the cus-
tomer finds the price higher than ex-
pected, that is where the salesman
should get in his work, by showing
that the higher quality justifies the
higher price. Now a price card on
high quality goods will often scare a

argument is

customer away, while if he has to en-
cuire the price, the has a
chance to point out the high quality of
the goods and convince him that they

salesman

represent actual value.”

A yet different view was expressed
by another merchant.

“There’s thing on which we
cught to all agree. If you do use price
cards or show cards, be sure they are
I was in a store the other day

one

clean.
where a card on some candy was so
faded and dirty as to repel any cus-
tomer.”

The discussion reveals the wide di-
of views on the price-ticket
With
“15 cent
tickets are uniformly used. In

versity
stores, as, for
price
such

question. some

instance, the stores,”
stores the entire selling emphasis is on
price.

On the other hand there are style
shops where no prices are ticketed, in
displavs or elsewhere: where style
itself is the main attraction and price
is made a secordary cons‘dration.

And, again, there are yet more ex-
clusive stvle shops where high prices
are ticketed for the express purpose cf
attracting the class of customers who
take pride in paying an extreme price.
So that at one end of the scale goods
are priced low to attract trade, and at
the other end they are priced high for
the identical purpose. In the one case,
however, the appeal is to the pinched
pecket book; in the other place to
sheer human vanity.

In most stores, a betwixt-and-be-
tween policy is employed. For dealers
pretty generally realize that customers
are of two classes—those who want as
good an article as they can get for the
and who
want to pay the lowest possible price
for the quality they desire. With, of
course, more extreme people at the one

price they can pay, those

end with whom price is the sole con-
sideration, and more extreme people at
the other end who insist on quality and
attention whatever to price.
Most people, however, have learned by
experience to consider both the price
and quality aspects of their purchases.

The

does

pay no

wide-awake dealer as a rule

not cater to one class of cus-
His business is to at-
tract all classes of folk into his store.

He knows by experience that the pur-

tomers alone.

chaser of some piece of quality goods

is quite apt to pick up some cheap
price-tagged article from the bargain
counter, and that the customer lured
into the store by price advertising may

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ultimately change his mind and buy an
article far better than that which first
interested him. Hence, the wide-
awake dealer in his newspaper adver-
tising and window display appeals to
both classes of customers.

It is bad policy to stress price alone,
and disregard quality. It is probably
just as bad policy to stress quality
alone and ignore price. The thing to
feature is value, which represents the
relation of quality to price. That is
what interests the great majority of
buyers.

Perhaps the best policy is to combine
the two. One dealer does this very
successfully. He uses, not price tickets
alone, or show cards alone, but com-
bination price-and-show cards. If the
dominant appeal of some article is the
price appeal, he tickets it in good,
clear figures, with the terse postscript,
“Exceptional value,’ or something of
that sort. Where quality dominates,
he stresses that first: “Latest model,
all improvements, operating cost low,
saves labor—only $150.” Where the
“$150” would take away the passer-by’s
breath, or where the quality talk alone
would leave him dissatisfied, the skill-
ful combination of the two in one card
very neatly breaks the ice.

In fact, a card of this last type does
pretty much what the salesman is sup-
posed to do with the unpriced article
—educates the customer to the fact
that, not quality, nor price, but value,
is the all-important consideration in
buying.

The combination show-and-price-
ticket has much in its favor. Of course
it is impracticable to use cards of this
type on every article on display. To
provide so many cards might be a big
item of labor and expense. But there
are many displays where a specially
designed card which covers both qual-
ity and price will enhance the pulling
power of the display.

‘Where special bargain prices are be-
ing offered, as often happens toward
the close of a season, price tickets
should of course be used. Here, price
is the strong point of appeal.

There used to be a good many deal-
ers who would show a line of specials
in the window with a big card saying
“Half Price” or “One Third Off.” That
method of price advertising is hardly
worth while. If price is the feature,
show the specific price on each and
every article. In fact, the time-honor-
ed device of showing both the original
price and the cut price is worth while.
In price, it pays to be specific. This
applies not merely to window display
but to newspaper advertising. Yet in
newspaper advertising it is sound
policy to add a few words specifically
descriptive of the article.

In using price-tickets, use clear,
legible letters and figures. At one
time fancy lettering had a _ certain
vogue; and there are still amateurs
who adorn their price tickets with all
serts of weird decorations. A_ neat
white ticket showing the figures plain,
clear and unadorned is usually the most
satisfactory. Sometimes for advertis-

ing purposes a colored ticket or colored
lettering is used; but for a normal
ticket, black on white is the best com-
bination.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

If a price ticket becomes fly-specked
or dirty, discard it and get another.
Price tickets can be used repeatedly,
but should never be used after they
commence to show wear. When not
in use they should be carefully put
away; this precaution often saves the
work of preparing new cards when
they are needed in a hurry.

There is unquestionably a _ certain
measure of truth in the idea that peo-
ple quite often shun the unpriced win-
dow display. I have met numerous
cases of this sort. This is particularly
true of the in-between folk—the sort
of people who can pay a fair price for
a good article, but are embarrassed if
they find the price of an unticketed
article beyond their expectations. Yet
such people are among the dealer’s
best customers.

One dealer says that there should
be something in the windows to at-
tract both classes of customers into
the store. So in one window he shows
a line of low priced articles in com-
mon use, freely price-ticketed. In the
other he shows quality lines without
the tickets.

“You'd be surprised,” he told me,
“how many people come in, buy some
little article at ten cents, and price the
washing machine. It’s the washing
machine that brings them in, but the
little ten cent purchase enables them
to come and go without embarrass-
ment.”

Which is one dealer’s way of hand-
ling the problem. It may not be the
best. In the last analysis, however,
the individual dealer must decide the
question for himself. There can be
no doubt, however, that price tickets
do save the time of salesmen and cus-
tomers; and with bargain lines are the
most effective means of emphasizing
the price argument.

Victor Lauriston.

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Kitchenware More Active Now.

The backwardness of the weather,
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been done and retailers have placed
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however, only a part of this business
has been placed, but all indications
point to a rush of it during the next
two or three weeks. One of the best-
selling items for Summer camp or cot-
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second is the coffee pot. Both have
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Interesting Features of the Tour of
Casitas Pass.

Los Angeles, June 30—Winding
through a beautifully wooded canyon,
climbing over the crests of round-top-
ped hills, then dropping leisurely to the
ocean’s shore, Casitas Pass, near Ven-
tura, offers the nature loving motorist
a scenic treat.

Following, as it does, an ancient
trail over which Father Junipero Serra
and other padres wended their ways
toward the old mission at Monterey,
the road has a historic past which
teems with much interest.

Although it is fairly steep in places
where it climbs the mountains by
means of the switchbacks, we hummed
along without much seeming effort on
the part of the motor, and we certain-
lv were given ample opportunity to
view scenery most unusual in char-
acter, or would be anywhere else but
in Southern California.

Out there the auto clubs vie with
each other in arranging, without any
suggestion of compensation, week-end
or more extended trips. They have
maps and itineraries all arranged for
you, and as the routes have been sys-
tematically logged, one need not be in
the least perturbed over the possibili-
ties of disappointment.

Casitas means “little houses,” and
this recalls little stories I heard, a cen-
tury old, which had much to do with
the naming of the road. In those days
one of the first missions was establish-
ed at Ventura, two short blocks from
the ocean front. It was an adobe
structure, and the Indians worshipped
there. A few years later either the
tides or the seepage from the Ventura

 

 

River, softened the ground and _ the
mission collapsed.
The Indians, always superstitious,

believed the Great Spirit was angry
because the mission was so close to
the sea, so they went up the canyon
to what is now known as Foster Park
and settled there, building a number

of little houses which gave Casitas
Pass its name. At that time the pass
was just a trail. There they also

erected a small chapel known as Santa
Gertrude, where they worshipped until
a new mission was completed by
Father Serra, in 1809.

At Santa Gertrude chapel the In-
dians made a holy water bowl, carving
it out of solid granite with flint. The
bowl! which is now a much prized ex-
hibit at the Ventura County Museum,
is a beautiful piece of work and was
recovered from the ruins in a good
state of preservation. The chapel stood
on a small mesa just South of the high-
way leading to Ojai and close to the
entrance of Casitas Pass. <A _ portion
of the ruins may still be seen there.

On the main highway where Casitas
Pass branches off stood a huge, partly
hollow sycamore tree, right in the mid-
dle of the road where the carretas
rumbled past. Other clumps of syca-
mores stood close by. As the wind of
the ocean and the Ventura River Can-
yon converged there, the leaves of the
big sycamore were constantly in mo-
tion, making a whispering sound. and
the sycamore was named the “Whis-
pering Tree” by the Indians.

They believed the Great Spirit was
responsible for the “talking leaves”
and held the tree in superstitious awe.
None would allow their children to
talk aloud when they passed along the
road under its grateful shade and some
actually prayed to the wind-blown
boughs.

Some years later white men exam-
ined the hollow of the sycamore and
discovered therein an Indian doll made
of asphaltum, probably obtained from
the asphaltum beds near Ojai. It was
believed to be an idol at one time wor-
shipped by one of the tribes, bore evi-
dence of great age, and was at the
time called “God of the Winds.” It

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

is now in the Smithsonian Institute at
Washington, D. C.

In later years, when the white peo-
ple settled throughout the district, the
tree was a rendezvous for sweethearts
and became known as the “Kissing
Tree.” Even the Indian servants of
the whites held it in great reverence.

Casitas Pass is entered at Foster
Park, in Ventura, over a bridge which
crosses the Ventura River. At the
approach to the Canyon are large pil-
lars which have some historical signifi-
cance which I could not learn. The
park itself is one of those innumerable
meeting places for various state so-
cicties, such as you find everywhere in
California.

Leaving this beautiful wooded park
we follow the paved roadway to Casi-
tas Ranch, famed in California and
among sporting men as the breeding
place of some of the famous racing
stock of the present day. Here we
could see many of these beautiful
animals in corrals.

Beyond this ranch there is scarcely
an evidence of civilization for several
nules, though the trail is fairly good
for autoing. The dirt is kept well in
place during the summer months, al-
though it is frequently closed in win-
ter on account of landslides which fol-
lew heavy rains. Just at present we
found it in prime condition, bordered
by oaks and sycamores and at many
places these giant trees form a perfect
canopy over the highway. The road
climbs to an elevation of over a thous-
and feet. The summit is swept by stiff
ocean breezes which were a great re-
lief after experiencing a torrid day.
The descent toward the ocean is fair-
ly gradual though extremely winding,
but the roadbed is wide and while
there is much traffic on Sunday, we
negotiated the Coast Highway at Car-
penteria, arriving home early in the
evening and feeling well repaid for a
trip of 200 miles in the summer sun-
shine.

 

One can never tell where the female
cf the species is going to land. Out here
the women’s clubs are keen for legis-
lation outlawing the unsightly _ bill
board. In Colorado the same organ-
izations are sponsoring these unsightly
affairs and sell space on them to ad-
vertisers. All of which confirms the
statement that so far as the fair sex
is concerned, one can never tell.

Somebody is always trving to take
the joy out of life or at least we hear
they are at every turn, but the real
tragedy is the discouragement of the
art of kissing by scientists. Some
time ago Dr. Brady, or some one of
these physicians who gets his picture
in the paper daily, made the claim that
each kiss bestowed shortened the life
of the bestower by just three minutes.
Now comes a German professor who
declares that kissing is the cause of
the spread of pyorrhea. Hence if you
would avoid this scourge so alarming
to dentists and manufacturers of tooth
powder, you must refrain from kissing.
Now kissing as a pastime has been go-
ing on ever since the beginning of time.
and we never heard of pyorrhea until
a very recent period. Also Methu-
saleh is accredited as quite handy
among the flappers of his day and age,
which would almost prove that the
life-shortening announcement is also of
recent invention. However, it is doubt-
ful if a scare of this character will al-
together eliminate the habit.

Really scientists are doing about
everything in their power to throw a
scare into every little joy of existence.
Now it is claimed that liquor—vile
liquor, acknowledged for ages as the
only reliable, blown-in-the-bottle anti-
dete for the bite of the rattler, is fal-
lacious and the word of the desert
trapper is no longer infallible. Why,
these blessed scientists now openly as-
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B. J. KENNEDY, Genl. Pass. Agt. N.W. Entr., Navy Pier, CHICAGO

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

P

HOTEL BROWNING
150 Fireproof Rooms
GRAND RAPIDS, Cor. Sheldon & Oakes
Facing Union Depot; Three Blocks Away.

 

July 4, 1928

 

THE ISLINGTON
Les Chiteninatie Islands

Michigan’s Famous Fishing
Grounds.

Located on mainland, although in
the heart of these beautiful Islands.
Good roads from St. Ignace or Sault
Ste. Marie. Thirty-five miles from
either point. Two hours by steamer
from Mackinac Island. Rates, $6
to $8. American plan.

 

 

HOTEL KERNS

LARGEST HOTEL IN LANSING

300 Rooms With or Without Bath
Popular Priced Cafeteria in Con-
nection. Rates $1.56 up.

E. S. RICHARDSON, Proprietor

 

 

WESTERN HOTEL

BIG RAPIDS, MICH.
Hot and cold running water in all
rooms. Several rooms with bath. All
rooms well heated and well ventl-
lated. A good place to stop. Amer-
ican plan. Rates reasonable.

WILL F. JENKINS, Manager

 

 

NEW BURDICK

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
In the Very Heart of the City
Fireproof Construction
The only All New Hotel in the city.
Representing
a $1,000,000 Investment.

250 Rooms—150 Rooms with Private
Bath.

Wuropean $1.50 and up per Day.

RESTAURANT AND GRILL—
cafeteria, Quick Service, Popular
Prices.

Entire Seventh Floor Devoted to
Especially Equipped Sample Rooms
WALTER J. HODGES,
Pres. and Gen. Mgr.

 

 

HOTEL PHELPS

Good Beds - Good Eats

GREENVILLE, MICH.
E. J. ANSTED, Prop. and Mgr.

 

 

 

Wolverine Hotel

BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN
Fire Proof—60 rooms. THE LEAD.-
ING COMMERCIAL AND RESORT
HOTEL. American Plan, $4.00 and
up; European Plan, $1.50 and up.

Open the year around.

 

 

HOTEL OLDS
LANSING
300 Rooms 300 Baths
Absolutely Fireproof

Moderate Rates
Under the Direction of the
Continental-Leland Corp.

Gerorce L. Crocker,
Maneger.

 

 

Occidental Hotel

FIRE PROOF
CENTRALLY LOCATED
Rates $1.50 and up
EDWART R. SWETT, Mgr.
Muskegon ote Michigan

 

 

Columbia Hotel
KALAMAZOO

Good Place To Tie To

 

 

July 4, 1928

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

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a cure for snake bite or hydrophobia,
and no longer will there be a medicinal
reason, at least, for carrying a pint or
two on the hip to be resorted to in
case of emergency.

The saving clause in the statement
by scientists is that the victims of
poisonous reptilés are in reality scared
to death, and the only way that whisky
helps is in removing this fear. If this
is really the case, the gas used by
dentists for painless extraction of
tceth might be employed so that the
person bitten could “laugh it off.”

At the national convention of Ameri-
can Greeters, held at El Paso, Texas,
last week, Arthur A. Frost, manager of
Hotel Morton, Grand Rapids, was elect-
cd one of the coterie of vice-presidents,
whereby Michigan Greeters have been
signally honored and Mr. Frost recog-
nized as a leading figure in the ranks
of Greeterism. The Michigan charter
has in times past distinguished itself
by its accomplishments ‘and will, no
doubt, continue to do so in the future,
and I have no doubt but in the very
near future she will be Nationally hon-
ored by the placing of Mr. Frost in the
presidential chair. Michigan was repre-
sented in the El Paso convention by
some of the brightest and most popu-
lar delegates in the entire organization.

The Michigan Hotel Association,
under the leadership of Ernest H.
Piper, has taken the initiative in ef-
fecting an organization of the hotel
operators of that State, Wisconsin,
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio for protec-
tion purposes, and a meeting was held
last week at Detroit for the purpose of
making a survey of the situation and
studying the necessities for such co-
operation.

As a frequent participant at the
meetings of the Wisconsin organization
I have always been much impressed
with the plans set forth for the pro-
tection of its members against the
depredations of hotel beats, and this
enthusiasm thas lapped over into bor-
dering states so that now it looks as
though something tangible might come
out of the Detroit meeting.

Detroit Hotel men are active just at
present in a movement to find out, if
possible, some means whereby over-
production of hotels in that city may
be overcome in some way in order that
the business of operating hotels may
be made reasonably profitable.

The trouble in Detroit is not caused
by activities on the part of real hotel
men, but rather those of real estate
boomers, for purposes of booming cer-
tain real estate propositions, and not
until investors have been educated to
understand that investments of this
character are extremely hazardous,
will such activities be suspended.

For several years, in fact up to the
time of his death, E. M. Statler ener-
getically argued against such activities.
He had made a study of exact condi-
tions from actual knowledge born
from experience, and when the decided
some years ago not to build a second
hotel he knew that he had the right
angle. Time has proved that he was
right. Ever since that time his wisdom
has been confirmed, for of all the ho-
tels constructed since I know of none
which might be qualified as a financial
success.

Not until financial heads make a
careful study of this particular phase
of investments and cease to encourage
them, will this type of over-construc-
tion cease. Hotel associations should
join in an educational campaign which
should not be confined to ordinary
channels for publicity, but should in-
clude broadcasting by radio as well.

In Los Angeles the situation is

 

 

pitiful, and yet every day I see fresh
evidences of the result of this mania.
In one of the neighboring cities, also,
where an old-time friend of mine found
from bitter experience, to the tune of

hundreds of thousands of dollars, that
there was no field for his enterprise,
there are being constructed several
other and larger hotels for no reason
whatever, except possibly to increase
activities in bankruptcy courts. Hotels
in Los Angeles which could not pos-
sibly be conducted on a flat basis less
than $3 per day, are frantically adver-
tising to supply rooms with bath for
$7 per week, with a negligible occu-
pancy.

Detroit has had its fling in this pro-
gram. Every time I pick up a Michi-
gan newspaper I see where some trust
company or other has taken over the
operation of some hotel which was
opened up with a great flourish of
trumpets within the past two years
and placed some hardworking execu-
tive in charge in the vain hope that he,
the executive chosen, will be able to
pull it out of the mire. The results are
discouragement and disappointment for
the manager and disgust for the in-
vestors.

In one of his last communications to
the craft Mr. Statler submitted abso-
lute figures, based on the operations of
certain localities, showing that while
the number of hotels had increased in
certain particular sections, the total
number of registrations had fallen off
to a marked degree.

The public does much traveling, and
disburses great sums for such pur-
poses, but the saturation point was
reached in 1925 and to-day, even those
who can afford to do so, are retrench-
ing to a marked extent. High priced
rooms are almost uniformly found on
the vacancy list. Business is coming to
be a business even with the spender.

Welch & McIntyre have been re-
modeling and refurnishing their Hotel
Northern, at St. Ignace, getting ready
for the summer influx of visitors. Their
Hotel Ste. Marie, at the ‘Soo, which
they took on two seasons ago, has
proven wonderfully successful also.

J. W. Howell, formerly of the Hotel
Cennor, Joplin, Missouri, has become
manager of Hotel Grant, Detroit,
representing the American Bond and
Mortgage Co., of Chicago, who be-
came owners by default of former
holders a ‘short time since. This prop-
erty was formerly known as the Carl-
ton-Plaza, was erected about four years
ago, and was at one time operated by
A. B. Riley, prior to his assuming
management of Hotel Savoy, Detroit.

Frank S. Verbeck.

—_>-.___
Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids.

Grand Rapids, July 3—The grocery
salesmen are taking their annual vaca-
tions this week.

Brookmeier & Goldberg have en-
gaged in the manufacture of malt syrup
at 922 South Division avenue.

J. J. Berg (Pitkin & Brooks) will
be at his summer cottage on Baptist
lake the remainder of July.

Richard Warner, Jr., who has repre-
sented the Colonial Salt Co. in this
territory for twenty-four years, leaves
Thursday for Duluth, to be gone about
three weeks. He will travel by auto-
mobile and will be accompanied by
George Winchester, who covers the
retail trade while ‘Little Dick’ calls
on the jobbing trade. Mr. Warner has
recently purchased a five room cottage
at Wa-wa-tum Beach, one mile South
of Mackinaw City, on Lake Michigan.
There is a stone sidewalk from the
cottage to the business section of
Mackinaw City. The family will take
possession of their summer home this
week.

—>>>____

The natural resources of Russia are
equal to ours, the population of Russia
is greater than ours. Why, then, is
there so much misery in Russia and so
little in America? The answer is found
in trades unionism and its twin in-

famies, socialism and anarchy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CODY HOTEL

IN THE HEART OF THE
CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS

Division and Fulton

RATES
$1.50 up without bath
$2.50 up with bath

CODY CAFETERIA IN
CONNECTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The
Pantlind Hotel

The center of Social
and Business Activi-
ties in Grand Rapids.

Strictly modern and
fire- proof. Dining,
Cafeteria and Buffet
Lunch Rooms in con-
nection.

750 rooms — Rates
$2.50 and up with
bath.

 

 

 

 

 

YOU ARE CORDIALLY
invited to visit the Beauti-
ful New Hotel at the old
location made famous by
Eighty Years of Hostelry
Service in Grand Rapids.

 

400 Rooms—400 Baths

Menus in English

MORTON HOTEL
ARTHUR A. FROST

Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GARY’S NEW $2,500,000 HOTEL
GARY, INDIANA

One of the Fine Hotels of the Middle West.
400 ROOMS FROM $2.00
Each room an outside room.
Circulating Ice Water and Every Modern
Convenience. Large, Light Sample Rooms.
Restaurant, Coffee Shop and Cafeteria
in connection, all at popular prices.

 

We will also operate the following Hotels:
The Mills-Holden Hotel, Richmond, Ind.,
will open about May 1, 1928; Hotel Teel-
ing, Harvey, Ill., will open about June 1,
1928. HOLDEN-GARY COMPANY.

 

 

 

 

BLANEY PARK

22,000 Acres of “Something Different”

CELIBETH TAVERN

BEAR CREEK GOLF COURSE
LAKE ANNE LOUISE

WISCONSIN LAND and LUMBER
COMPANY

Blaney, Michigan

 

 

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DRUGS

Michigan Board of Pharmacy.
President—J. C. Dykema, Grand Rapids.
Vice-Pres.—J. Edward Richardson, D:>-

 

troit.
Director—Garfield M. Benedict, San-
dusky.
Examination Sessions—Detroit, third

Tuesday in June; Marquettt, third Tues-
day in August; Grand Rapids, third
Tuesday in November.

Michigan State Pharmaceutical
Association.
President—J. M. Ciechanowski, Detroit.
Vice-President—Sumner J. Koon, Mus-

kegon.
Secretary—R. A.
Treasurer—L. V.
Rapids.

Croswell.
Grand

Turrell,
Middleton,

Fountain Facts Which Create Profits.

It is not easy to stir up any great
amount of excitement at the soda
fountain, yet we should have a break
in the ordinary routine from time to
time. To devote a “week” to some
specialty is not a bad idea. Let us see
what we can do with “Chocolate
Week.”

What Is Chocolate?

Here are some extracts from the en-

cyclopedia:
“Chocolate is made from the seeds
of Theobroma Cacao, reduced to a fine
paste, and mixed with pounded sugar
or spices, as cinnamon, cloves, carda-
mon, or vanilla. The heated paste is
then poured into moulds, in which it
is allowed to cool and harden.”

“Chocolate is sometimes made with-
out spices.”

“In a pure state it soon satisfies the
appetite, and is very nourishing; when
it contains spices it is also stimulating.”

“The Mexicans from time immemorial
were accustomed to prepare a_ bever-
age from roasted and pounded cocoa,

dissolved in water and mixed with
maize-meal and spices. This they
called chocolate (choco, cocoa, and

latl, water).”

“From the Americans the Spaniards
derived an acquaintance with choco-
late, and by them it was introduced in-
to Europe in 1520.”

From the same source we can get
descriptive matter about the cacao tree.
This furnishes copy for placards to be
used in the window or at the fountain.
All forms of chocolate or cocoa are
highly nutritious, a point worth bring-
ing out, as it is not generally under-
stood by the layman.

Too often we are inclined to look
upon chocolate as a “fluffy” beverage.
It is much more. Years ago there was
many a joke about girls lunching on
chocolate, but they thrived on it, and
now we know why.

A Window Trim.
window trim we might as-
semble all the forms of chocolate we

For a

have in stock or can readily obtain.

Powdered chocolate.

Syrup in jars

Pure chocolate candies

Chocolate cakes

3ars

Chocolate coated candies.

Any quotation you can run across
pertaining to chocolate would look
well on a placard.

“T ate a little chocolate from my sup-
ply, well knowing the miraculous sus-

taining powers of the simple little
block—F. Marion Crawford.
“The permanent larder was repre-

sented by cakes of chocolate and tins

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

of sausage.”—Robert Louis Stevenson.

Seeds from which chocolate is made
would afford an interesting exhibit, and
might be obtained from an importer.

Pictorial stuff is very good:

Trees under cultivation.

Trees in a wild state.

Gathering seeds.

Natives making chocolate.

Pack mules going to market.

Factory scenes, and so on.

In this way we might get up a very
attractive window exhibit, one of con-
siderable educational value. And we
can shift our exhibits from window to
fountain.

At the Fountain.

At the fountain we make a splurge
sufficient to show that we are really
having a Chocolate Week. For drinks
and specialties we feature:

Egg chocolate.

Chocolate milk shakes.

The chocolate parfait.

Hot chocolate

Malted milk chocolate.

The chocolate sundae.

Anything goes that is associated
with chocolate. Of course we make a
big point of chocolate ice cream com-
binations, always prime favorites.

It may be well to get up some drink
for the occasion, and call it, let us say
—Blank’s Chocolate Special.

I remember one dispenser who was
having a “Chocolate Week,” who pro-
cured a curious engraving of the
famous Cocoa-Tree Inn of London.
This was given a place at the fountain
and attracted no little attention. Such
things are just what we want for
“atmosphere.”

List your leading chocolate drinks

and novelties on a special fountain
placard.

What else have we besides bever-
ages?

Chocolate Pie.

‘Chocolate Cake.

Chocolate eclaires.

Chocolate-coated macaroons.

These we work in with a food fea-
ture, or put on sale anyhow, just to
rcund out the general scheme.

Other Ideas.

When having a special
want a little carnival spirit.

One might have a musical machine
playing airs from “The Chocolate Sol-
dier.”

Play up this point.
placard:

week we

Have a big

Airs from
The Chocolate Soldier

Then list the various melodies.

This will get a smile from every cus-
tomer who comes in.

And why not?

It fits the occasion.

Another little plan is to have an at-
tractive young lady act as hostess. She
offers a bit of chocolate candy, a maca-
roon, or an eclaire to every person
who enters the store. This doesn’t
cost a great deal, and the hospitality
extended is bound to do the store
good, particularly when the young
lady is gracious and winning.

In some towns the local paper will
give you a little free advertising.

“This is Chocolate Week at Blank’s
Fountain, with a couple of pretty girls
acting as hostesses. Everybody is in-

 

vited, and everybody who goes has an
enjoyable time.”

That kind of advertising helps.

When we try a number of these ideas
the effect is forceful. You can readily
see that it would be.

“That is an enterprising store”
such is the verdict, and people will not
soon forget a well-arranged “Chocolate
Week.” William S. Adkins.

 

Ten Years’ Experience Behind the
Soda Fountain.

Occasionally, I drop out from behind
the counter and assume the viewpoint
of the customer exclusively for the
time being. I have Jearned a lot about
that much abused word, “Service.”

I have put in several years dispens-
ing sodas and other fountain products
and all of that time I really have been
earnestly studying that very subject
and trying to put it into operation in
waiting on my customers.

I believe that one of the best things
any fountain owner or soda dispenser
can do for his own good and that of
his business or his employer’s, as the
case may be, is to get out frequently,
go into various stores and order soda
fountain concoctions just the same as
any customer and observe carefully the
kind of treatment he gets, the effect on
himself of the conditions around the
fountain, and be governed accordingly
in his attitude towards his customers.
Some of you would be amazed at the

effect on yourselves of the very things -

you are doing on the other side of the
counter.

The following experiences are actual
facts and are not exaggerated in any
way.

One evening last summer, my wife
and I were returning from a very en-
tertaining and wholly enjoyable per-
formance at one of the theaters, when
the happy thought struck me that a
long, cool drink would be a fitting
climax to the evening’s enjoyment. So
we walked three blocks out of our way
to one of the well-known stores of the
city with the idea of getting a special-
ly good drink under particularly pleas-
ing conditions. We arrived during
the after-theater rush, which, by the
way, is one of the zero hours at foun-
tains along the “White Way,” but as
our spirits were high and we were still
laughing at the funny lines of the play,
we did not mind the wait for a couple
of empty chairs at the fountain. After
a while, our chance came and we
scooted to two unoccupied seats. Then,
like two perfectly normal persons, we
turned our minds to the business of
selecting a “nightcap.”

The soda man in his supposedly
model store was draped in a filthy
apron and a not much cleaner coat. He
greeted us with a growling “Whadday-
uhsay?” To which I slyly replied,
caught with the spirit of the thing,
“Saveyuhdough.” At which rejoinder
he whirled on his rundown heel and
left us flat. It was fully three minutes
before the returned to the scene and
by this time our thirst had reached the
all-absorbing state, and we were will-
ing to let bygones be bygones, provid-
ing the dispenser would kindly take our
order.

In company tone I asked our friend
of the soiled raiment for two frosted

 

July 4, 1928

chocolates. Two dripping wet glasses
were slammed down in front of us,
made conspicuously sloppy by the ab-
sence of holders, and a barely cool
drink was poured into the glasses from
a dull-looking and very wet mixer. The
concoction barely filled one-half of
each glass, so our dapper fellow behind
the bar proceeded to fill each glass in
turn with the foamiest milk I’ve ever
seen, taking great pains to add to the
mess already puddled on the surface of
the counter, and followed this by slap-
ping a check down where it was com-
pletely submerged in the overflow of
our glasses.

Did this young man of the dirty
apron and the not much cleaner coat
attempt to wipe the bar? No. Did he
offer the lady a straw or a napkin?
Again No. Need it be said that our
entire evening went blooey? And this
in a store of a concern that fairly
shrieks Service from the rooftops.

Service! Blah!

Here’s another.

This happened at a well-known up-
town fountain. The time as near as I
can recall was 2:30 p. m. and I felt the
urgent need of a bite to eat. I select-
ed this particular place because of its
reputation for excellent food and cour-
tcous service. I seated myself at the
fountain and ordered a ham sandwich
and a malted milk. I asked twice for
a glass of water before I received it,
and when my sandwich was brought to
me I had to ask for a napkin. Then
I asked for mustard. I had almost
finished my sandwich before my drink
was brought to me. And then I had
another wait. Finally I had to ask for
my check. Did I leave the man behind
I did not! Did I
enjoy my lunch? TI did not!

Will I go back to that particular
store? No.

Here’s a third example.

the counter a tip?

This one is a corker and fresh in my
mind, for it happened just a fortnight
back. I was passing one of a chain of
high-class drug stores. A huge sign
attracted me. It read:

“Our toasted sandwiches are made
as you like them—Our service is in-
comparable.”

Here, at last I thought I had come
upon the ideal luncheonette, and I went
in. Two other persons were at the
fountain. One a man who had apper-
ently just finished his lunch, and the
other a girl of the variety that any
gentleman would defer—the type that
caused many a good soda man to lose
his job. Well, this soda man was so
engrossed in this Titian-haired amazon
that no end of coughing could divert
his eyes and ears for fully the next
ten minutes. Not caring to spend that
amount of time exercising my lungs, I
walked out and once in the street could
not resist the temptation once again
to read that glorious banner pasted
over half the window. Thank Heavens
for the humor that occasionally crops
most of us from time to time.

“Our service is incomparable.” Now,
I ask you, isn’t that a hot one?

I am offering these examples as in-
structive rather than caustic criticism.
You will say, “Well, why didn’t he tell
the store manager about these things?”
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CARB Myrrh, dered. @1 20 Tl as@ 40 Cocoa Butter | 12 88@18 50
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nger Al Ss we st oy a list Blue Vi ea ides S pawiorad 60@ G5 Pieca Powdered 10% a
Clic e, C oce: Blu 7itriol, bbl. 08 Lo 7 i woe = i 15
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( “pe Club, 15 Read arbonated. hou wee ~ @0 20 Lico rc a 7 50@8 60 Flake eer sa 05
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__to cas spehrane’ 6 07 0 e _ gl ea 8@ 22 Sarsaparilla, Me: : ilue, Br no @ is
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fernor's & h oz, 2 doz 12% Cade "75 12. Squills, pov exic. @ 6 Glue, w lie _16 @ ov
: Vernon's 24 ¢ oz, 2 doz. to cas Me oz, 9 doz Le 1s Busha Leaves Tumeric powdered 35@ 40 Giyecrine or %@ 33
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best oes pa 106 2 i Leal i 2.40 a ree be 49’ Anise Seeds Macc 4 tate __ 00@8 Pe
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White Rok tear Dry) 2 doz. to case ——---- moa 2.25 Uva oo ae i Anise, powdere oa aes @ 30
4 i. ale Pee) Quarts, el ene ae 8 | at a rtp 1 powdered an ne i aa aa
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5 Dr ints, Oo cass a. 22 9.0 25 os pa 13@ Re Yomi —— 12 33 @8 00
_ a Seen C a oe 310 5.15 Prong ee Cardamon ae a a Nux Vomica coe eS
a OZ z. t y o°e “ase _ TAC . Bitt oria ae 25@ ; Pe . black sow. 15 » 30
‘ 12 oz : i doz Oo case (A So ASE — 90 ‘Al ES er, Dil nder ee ea epper é ek 1@ 25
Z., 3 CE Dg Ghee oe f aye Sra 2.1 manda. Bitte s Pe pow. .40 $ @3 Pite » Whi 7 HOw 57@ 25
10 eats tote ee cere t Drink 65 12 mond Bitter, 7 50@7 7 Bonnell -40 300. 00 =Q on, Harsod pw vee 70
cases Sas : 25 Anno icial er, 7 76 Flax Coe 15@ 25 Gea. gudry - 15@ gs
. H ~------- Gia Tease 4856 case! 2.25 oe oe Wias. a 380 50 Rochelle ae ac 25
»* azelti nee f See $3.90 ca 35 $4.00 Almonds, Swee ‘. 5 Foenusreek 1 7@ ones cok Gan 2@ 15
. MAN ine ere rt oe aC, 5.00 A imitati Sweet, 50@1 8 T emp ’ pwd 7@ 15 Salt Detce s 2 SRG = 59
* ISTEE P ———— a yaa oul pia a 0 io <a - 1@ oe na 4 a. 2 2 60@2 40
erki 8 Amber, sectined 1 0901 25 Mtusear, yellow S02 Soap green ve
M 1ns spine : eetified 1 25@1 50 Mustard, yellow _ _@l 60 Soap green re aoe 29
ichigan rug C Bongasiont” 2501 S| Qulnce Yellow” 11 25 oe mott cast 30 20
a a. 1 20 4 he means | out 2 ap, whi oS 9@ 3
g omp Geacia a 3 es 50 Sabadil oe sO 25° § “— oti Castile @ 35
GR an Cassia -_-------- 2 00@ o54 Su 1 ae t 25 ag es Scans :
AN Vy stor ---- @2 2 nflower __ 5@1 5 less whit _. @t5
D =p Cedar Lea -- 5 00@5 25, Worm a 45@ 50 on Ge Castil @15 00
ID Citron Lento 1 55@1 a5 Worm, Americ 12@ 50 Soda As r bar os
Po ae ie He . 00@2 80 ‘ American 20@ 18 Soda mt oo -- @1 60
Ce Cloves ———---—--- 1 00@1 25 _ 6 50@7 49 Sods 3icarbonate 3@
oan ee 0@1 0@ ag a. S$ one 3@
io tive seen a heas 20 a Spirits. — ate 3%@ b
cs Seer 754 Aconi Tin Sulphur amphor 2%@
oe 2 00@2 35 8 ‘ ctures Sania. roll 10OF @l 0s
~_ 2 00@2 a Ave Le @ Tamarit Subk 3%@ 20
5 hen ER er 80 Eee pos ee -- 4%@ 10
oetida — @1 56 Vanilla metic —- aoe ae
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2 os Varn ine, Ven 10@ 75
2 28 Moy Ex pure 1 50@ a
Zine Sulph: pure 2 50@2 00
<a =e? 50
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and are intended to be correct at time of going to press.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT

These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mailing

Prices, however, are

liable to change at any time, and country merchants will have their orders filled
at market — at date of rer

ADVANCED

Bulk Oats
Smoked Hams
Pork

 

AMMONIA
Quaker, 24-12 oz. case 2 50
Quaker, 12-32 oz. case 2
Bo Peep, : s!

Bo Peep,

 

APPLE BUTTER

 

Quaker, 24-12 oz., doz. 2 25
Quaker, 12-38 oz., doz. 3 35
AXLE GREASE
oso th ULL
“a ch. 6 Oe
16 ib. pails, per doz. 8 50
15 ib. pails, per doz. 11 95
25 lb. pails. per doz. 19 15
BAKING POWDERS
Arctic, 7 oz. tumbler 1 35
Queen Flake, 16 oz., dz 2 25
Royal, 10c, doz: _____ 95
m0yal, 6 of., dot. _.. 2 76
cMoyal, 12 oz., doz. _. 5 20
Hove. 6 ib. ......_.. 3
Calumet, £ o2.. doz. 95
Calumet, 8 oz.. doz. 1 95
Calumet, 16 oz., doz. 3 35
Calumet. 5 ib.. doz. 12 75
Calumet, 10 Ib.. doz. 19 00
Rumford, 16c, per doz. 95
Rumford, 8 oz,. doz. 1 85
Rumford, 12 oz.. doz. 2 40
Rumford, 5 lb.. doz. 12 50
K. C. Brand

Per case
6c size, 4 doz. __.__. 3 7)
15e ‘ gos. _..... > oO
20¢ _ doz... 7
Zac sive, 4 doz. __.... 9 30
boc site, 2 Gor ___ 8 80
BUC size. I doz. 6 85
10 tb. size, % doz. __._. 6 75

BLUING
JENNINGS

The Oriainal
Condensed

iy
; Lae wz., § Gz. cs. 3 00
; Os... 3 Gz. es. 3 75

     

Am. Ball 136-1 oz., cart. 1 00

Quaker, 11% oz., Non-
freeze, dozen oo 85

Boy Blue. 36s. per cs. 2 70

BEANS and PEAS
100 Ib. bag
Brown Swedish Beans 9 00
rinto Beane 9 50
ted Kidney Beans__ 11 00
White Hand P. Beans 11 50

Cal. Lima Beans _.. 11 00
Black Eye Beans __ 8 50
Split Peas, Yellow __ 8 00
Split Peas, Green 8 00
Scotch Peas <<. 2
BURNERS

Queen Ann, No. 1 and

2, doz. i 35
White Flame, No. 1

and 2, doz. 2 25

BOTTLE CAPS

Single Lacquo
pkg., per gi
Dbl. Lacquor, 1

pke., per gross 161

 

BREAKFAST FOODS

Kellogg’s Brands.
Corn Flakes, No. 136
Corn Flakes, No. 124

 

 

| DECLINED

nen eS SY

Corn Flakes, No. 102 2 00 Cod Fish Cake, 10 oz. 1 35
rep, No. 224 270 Cove Oysters, 5 oz. _ 175
Pep, No. 202 __.._._-_. 2 00 Lobster, No. \%, Star 2 90
Krumbles, No. 424 __.270 Shrimp, 1, wet _.._._ 3 25
Bran Fiakes, No. 624 2 25 Sard’'s, % Oll, Key __ 6 lv
Bran Flakes, No. 602 150 Sardines, % Oil, k’less 5 50
Rice krispies, 6 oz, _. 2 70 Sardines, 4% Smoked 6 76
tice WKrispies, 1 oz. ,_ 150 Salmon, Red Alaska 3 75
Kkaife Hag, 12 1-lb. Salmon, Med. Alaska 2 85

cans 430 Salmon, Pink Alasica 2 3

All Bran, 16 oz. __...225 Sardines, im. \%, ea. 0@z8
All Bran, 10 oz. ___._..2170 Sardines, Im., \%, ea. 25
Agi Bran, % ov. .... 200 Sardines Cal. j 35@2 25
Post Brands. Tuna, %, Curtis , doz. 4 00
Grape-Nuts, 24s ______ 80 Tuna, &s, Curtis, doz. 2 20
Grape-Nuts, 100s _.._ 275 Tuna, % Blue Fin __ 2 235
Instant Postum, No. 8 49 Tuna. is. Curtis, doz. 7 00

No. 10
No. 0

Instant Postum,
Postum Cereal,

Post Toasties, 36s __
Post Toasties, 24s __ 60
Posts Bran, 2is 710

ris Bran, Ve _......
Roman Meal, 12-2 Ib._ ¢
Cream Wheat, 18 —___
Cream Barley, 18 _...
Raiston Food, 18 —...
Maple Flakes, 24 -...
Rainbow Corn Fla., 36

bo 4 bo DO Hm Oo Co OO Ht Lo tt bo bo om OTD GO
ee
or

Silver Flake Oats, 18s 40
Silver Flake Oats, 12s 25
90 lb. Jute Bulk Oats,

bag ‘a _. £25

Zalston New Oata, 24 2 70
R: 2zlston New Oata, 12 2
Shred. Wheat Bis., 36s 3 85

Triscutt, Zia... 1 90
Wheatena, 18s —_.___ 3 70
BROOMS
Jowell, don. ........__— 5 26
Standard Parlor, 23 Ib. 8 25
Fancy Parlor, 23 Ib._- 9 25

Ex. Fancy Parlor 25 lb. 9 75
Ex. Fcy. Parlor 26 lb. 10 00

ey 1 75
Whisk, No. 3. ..........- 2 75
BRUSHES
Scrub
Solid Back, 8 in. -_-. ) 50
Solid Back, 1 in. -.-. 1 175
Pointed Ends ___..... { 26
Stove
PURO 1 80
i. ee LL. 2 00
Oe 2 60
Shoe
ne £5 2 2 25
Me 22 3 90
BUTTER COLOR
Dandelion _.......-. iia

CANDLES

Electric Light, 40 Ibs. 12.1

Plumber, 40 Ibs. ___-. 13.8
Paratiine, Ge _....... 14%
Paraffine, 128 ......__ 14%
eee oe 40

Tudor, 6s, per box _. 30

CANNED FRUIT
Apples, No. 10 __ 5 15@5 75
Apple Sauce, No. 10 8 00
Apricots, No. 3% 3 40@3 90
Apricots, No. 10 8 50@11 00
Blackberries, No. 10 7 50
Blueberries, No. 10 __ 13 “4
Cherries, No. 2 3 2
Cherries, No.

Cherries, No. 10 _.. 15 00
Loganberries, No. 10 8 50
Peaches, No. 3 ---_.. 27

6
Peaches, No. 2% Mich 3 20
Peaches, 2% Cal. 2 25@2 60
Peaches, 168 3 50

Pineapple, 1 sli. _... 1 35
Pinesopie, 2 sli. _. 2 45
Pappie, 2 br. gl. .... 2 2S
P’apple, 2 br. sl. -... 2 40
P’apple, 2%, sli. _..-. 8 00
P’apple, 2, cru. _.... 2 60
Pineapple, 10 cru. __ 8 50
Pears, No. 2 22. 3 60

Pears, No. 2%  —.._.. 3 60
Raspberries, No. 2 bik 3 25
Raspb’s. Red, No. 10 11 50
Raspb’s Black,

No. 10 15 00
Rhubarb, No. 10 ____ 6 00
Strawb's. No. 2 3 25@4 75

CANNED FISH
Clam Ch'der, 10% oz. 1 35
Clam Ch., No. 3 ____.. 3 6@
Clams, Steamed. No. 1 2 00
Clams, Minced, No. % 2 25
Finnan Haddie, 10 oz. 3 30
Clam Bouillon, 7 oz.. 2 86
Chicken Haddie, No. 1 2 76
Fish Flakes, small _. 1 36

CANNED MEAT
Bacon, Med. Beechnut
Bacon, Lge. Beechnut
Beef, No. 1, Corned __

Beef, No. 1, Roast ____ 8 10
Beef, No. 21%, Qua. sli. 60
Beef, 3% oz. Qua. sli.

Beet, No. 1, Bnut, sli. 4 30

Beefsteak & Onions, s
Chit Con Ca. ts _.
Deviled Ham, %s ___
Deviled Ham, %s ___
Hamburg Steak &
Onions, No, 1 __.... 3 16
Potted Beef, 4 oz. ___ 1 10
Potted Meat, % Libby 52%
Potted Meat, % Libby 92%
Potted Meat, % Qua. 90
Potted Ham, Gen. \&
Vienna Saus., No. &%
Vienna Sausage, Qua. 95

bor Com tO 68 OF EN wD
bo
uo

Veal Loaf, Medium __ 2 25
Baked Beans
Campbells 0. 1 15
Quaker, 18 o- — 1 05
Bremont, No.2 1.25
Snider, Mo, 1 95
emiter: NG, 2 2 Oe
Van Camp, small ____ 90
Van Camp, med. _... 1 15

CANNED VEGETABLES.

Asparagus.
No. 1, Green tips _. 3 75
No, 24%, Large Green 4 60

W. Beans, cut 21 st 75
W. Beans, 10 7 50
Green Beans, 2s 1 65@2 =
Green Beans, 10s __ @7 50

L. Beans, 2 gr. 1 35@2 65
Lima Beans, 2s,Soaked ; >
Red Kid, No. RD eee
Beets, No. 2, wh. 1 ig 4a ‘0
Beets, No. 2, cut 1 10
Beets, No. 3, cut _... 1 =
Corn, No, 2, stam. .. 1 10
Corn, Ex. stan. No. 8 1 35
Corn, No, 2, Fan. 1 80@2 36
Corn, No. 10 .. 8 00@10 75

Hominy, No .3 1 00@1 15
Okra, No. 2, whole _. 2 15
Okra, No. 2 cut -. 1 76

Dehydrated Veg. Soup 90
Dehydrated Potatoes, lb. 45
Mushrooms, Hotels .. 33
Mushrooms, Choice, 8 os. 4@
Mushrooms, Sur Extra 650
Peas, No. 2, E. J. __.. 1 65
Peas, No. 2, Sift,

* 2, Ex. Sift.

June
Peas,

EB. cee
Peas, Ex. Fine, French 26
Pumpkin, No. 8 1 35@1 6@
Pumpkin, No. 10 4 00@é4 76
Pimentos, %, each 12@14
Pimentoes, %, each _. 27
Sw’t Potatoes, No. 2% 2 26
Sauerkraut, No.3 1 35@1 66
Succotash, No. 2 1 65@2 60
Succotash, No. 2, glass 2 80

Spinach, No. 1 -.... 1 26
Spnach, No. 2.. 1 60@1 90
Spinach, No. 3... 2 86@32 60
Spiraich, No. 10. 6 66@7 00
Tomatoes, No. 2 1 sons 30
Tomatoes, No. 3, 1 96@3 26
Tomatoes, No. 10 6 00@7 50
CATSUP,
Beech-Nut, small ____ 1 65
Lily of Valley, 14 oz... 2 25
Lily of Valley, % pint 1 65
Paramount, 24, 8s __.. 1 35
Paramount, 24, 6a _. 3:25
Sniders, 8 oz. _...... 1 76
Sniders, 16 oz. __._.___ 2 56
Quaker, 8 oz. _.... ana
Quaker, 10 oz. ~...-._ 1 40
Quaker, 14 oz. ....... 1 90
Quaker, Gallon Glass 12 00

Quaker, Gallon Tin _. 8 00

CHILI SAUCE
Snider, 16 oz. .......- 3 30
Snider, 8 oz. -........ 2 30
Lilly Valley, 8 oz. .. 2 25
Lilly Valley. 14 oz. -. 3 26

OYSTER COCKTAIL.

Sniders, 16 oz. __....-- 3 30
Sniders, 8 oz. __----- 2 30
CHEESE.
Beguefort 0

Kraft, small items 1

Kraft, American -. 1 65
Chili, small tins  .. 1 66
Pimento, small tins 1 65
Roquefort, sm, tins 2 25
Camembert, sm. tins 2 26
Louse 6. CS
Wisconsin Daisy
Sap Sago
ere 3

CHEWING GUM.

Adams Black Jack __-. 65
Adams Bloodberry —_ _-. 65
Adams Dentyne __------ 65
Adams Calif. Fruit __-. 66

Adams Sen Sen _______ 65
Beeman’s Pepsin ___.._ 66
Beechnut Wintergreen_
Beechnut Peppermint  —
Beechnut Spearmint
Doublemint _.........__ 65

Peppermint, Wrigleys __ 65

Spearmint, Wrgileys __ 66
duicy Fruit: oS 65
Mrigieys P-K _.._.... 65
I 65
Teapery 65
CLEANER

Holland Cleaner
Mfd. by Dutch Boy Co.
20 im CAGe 2 5 50
COCOA.
Droste’s Dutch, 1 lb._- 8 50
Droste’s Dutch, % Ib. 4 50
Droste’s Dutch, % Ib. 2 35
Droste’s Dutch, 5 Ib. 60

Chocolate Apples __.. 4 50
Pastelles, No. 1 _...12 60
Pastelles, % Ib. -_-_-- 6 60
Pains De Cafe __-_- -__ 3 00
Droste’s Bars, 1 doz. 2 00
Delft Pastelles -—_--.. 215
1 lb. Rose Tin Bon

a. —1l.s 00
7 oz. Rose Tin Bon

ECCT ATS AES SA 00
13 oz, Creme De Cara-

C08 oo 13 206
12 oz. Rosaces -_---- 10 80
% Ib. Rosaces __-.. 7 80
% Ib. Pastelles __---- 3 40
Langues De Chats .. 4 80

CHOCOLATE.
Baker, Caracas, %s _... 37
Baker, Caracas, 4s _... 35

COCOANUT

Dunham's
15 lb. case, %s and %s 48
1s >. came, Ks _....... 47
ib >. wee, Ts ....... 46
CLOTHES LINE.
Hemp, 50 ft. _.___ 2 00@2 26

Twisted Cotton,
60 ft. _.

 

HUME GROCER CO.

ROASTERS

 

COFFEE ROASTED
1 Ib. Package

Meroe 36
DARN 25
uAKer oo 42
mearow 0 40
Morton House --___-- 48
Men 37
Roya: Cup 41

McLaughliin’s Kept-Fresh

 

Brands
tins._ 48
tins__ 43
cart. 41
cart. 38
packed
cases.

Nat. Gro. Co.
Lighthouse, 1 Ib.
Pathfinder, 1 Ib.
Table Talk, 1 Ib.
Square Deal, 1 Ib.
Above brands are
in both 30 and 50 Ib.

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

CONDENSED MILK
Leader, 4 dos. 7

Eagle, 4

Gon: —........ 900

MILK COMPOUND

Hebe, Tall, 4 doz. -. 4 60
Hebe, Baby. 8 do. 4 40
Carolene, Tall, 4 dos.3 80
C*rolene, Baby _--.-- 3 60
EVAPORATED MILK
Quaker, Tall, 4 doz. _. 4 50

Quaker, Baby, 8 doz.
Quaker, Gallon, % doz.
Carnation, Tall, 4 doz.
Carnation, Baby, 8 dz.
Uatman’s Dundee, Tall
Oatman’s D'dee, Baby
Every Day, Tall Te
IeXvery Day. Baby
Pet, Tall
l’et, Baby, 8 oz.
Borden's Tall
borden’s Baby

Me pie oe ee ee ee Re ee
~_
o

Van Cainp. Tall .o. 50
Van Cainp, Baby ___. 4 40
CIGARS

G. J. Johnson's Brand

G. J. Johnson Cigar,
100 2 a

Worden Grocer Co, Brands

BireGaic oo. 35 00
Havana Sweets __._ 35 00
Hemeter Champion -_ 37 50
Canadian Club ____.- 35 00
Little Tom oo 37 60

Tom Moore Monarch 75 00
Tom Moore Panetris 65 00
T. Moore Longfellow 95 00
Webster Cadillac _._. 75 00
Webster Astor Foil_. 75 00
Webster Knickbocker 95 00
Webster Albany Foil 95 00
Bering Apollos  -... 95 00
Bering Palmitas  _. 116 00
Bering Diplomatica 115 00
Bering Delioses __.. 120 00
Bering Favorita ..__ 136 06
Bering Albas -._... 150 00

CONFECTIONERY
Stick Candy Pails

Standard . 16
Pure Sugar Sticks 600s 4 00
Big Stick, 20 lb. case 18

Mixed Candy

Kindergarten __.____._ 17
SOer 4
ms Oe <n ae
French Creams ____ -_ _ 16
Paris Creams .......... 17
Ore 11

Fancy Chocolates

5 lb. Boxes
Bittersweets, Ass’ted 1 76
Choc Marshmallow Dp 1 70
Milk Chocolate A A 1 75
Nibble Sticks ......_. 1 8
Chocolate Nut Rolls . 1 85
Magnolia Choc ....... 1 26

Bon Ton Choe. ...._.. 1 50
Gum Drops Pails
Ane ue an

Champion Gums .--...... 16
Challenge Gums ....... 14
Pavonus 2... 19
Superior, Boxes ___.-... 23

Lozenges Pails

A. A. Pep. Lozenges 16
A. A, Pink Lozenges 16
A. A. Choc. Lozenges

Motto Hearts  .......
Malted Milk Lozenges 3
Hard Goode Pails
Lemon Drops -_------- is
O. F. Horehound dps. __ 1%
Anise Squares ~...-....

Peanut Squares -....... 17
Horehound Tablets __-. 18

Cough Drops Bxs
Paman's ............ 1 365
Smith Bros. _.--..-... 1 50

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

Specialties
Pineapple Fudge -.-.-.. 22
Italian Bon Bons ..... 17

Banquet Cream Mints_ 27
Silver King M.Mallows 1 25
Handy Packages, 12-10c 80

Bar Goods

Mich. Sugar Ca., 24, 5¢ 16
Pal O Mine, 24, Bc -... 75
Malty Milkies, 24, 6c -. 76

Lemon Rolls -..-.--.-- 15
2c Lav, 24. $e 2 75
No-Nut, 24 $6 75

COUPON BOOKS
50 Economic grade 8 60
100 Economic grade 4 66
500 Economic grade 20 00
1000 Economic grade 37 66
Where 1,000 books are
ordered at a time, special-
ly printed front cover is
furnished without charge.

CREAM OF TARTAR
S ib. boxes 2 43

 

July 4, 1928

ORIED FRUITS
Apples

NY. Fey., 50 lb. box 15%

N. Y. Fey., 14 og. pkg. 16
Apricots
Evaporated, Choice _.._ 22
Ixvaporated. Fancy ---. 28
Evaporated, Slabs ----_ 17
Citron
i ib hex: i 90
Currants
Packages, 14 oz. —..... 19
Greek, Bulk, Ib. —--~_. 19
Dates

Dromedary, 36s -... 6 76

Peaches
ivan. Choice: oo
kivap. Ex. Fancy, P.P. is
Peel
Lemon, American _... 30
Urange, American -... 30
Raisins

Seeded, bulk 8
Thompson’s s’dles blk 9
‘Thompson's seedless,

15 od.

California Prunes
60@70, 25 Ib. boxes_.@09%

50@60, 25 lb. boxes..@10

40@50, 25 Ib. boxes__@11

»0@40, 25 lb. boxes__@12

20@30, 25 lb. boxes__@16
Hominy

Pearl, 100 lb. sacks ~ 3 60

Macaronl

Mueller’s Brands
9 oz. package, per dos. 1 80
9 oz. package, per case 3 60

Bulk Goods

Elbow, 20 Ib. 07%
Egg Noodle, 10 Ibs. .. 14

Pearl Barley

Chester 22 4 50
00 7 00
Rariey Grits 1... 5 00
Sage
Hast india |... 10
Taploca
Pearl, 100 Ib. sacks ..

00
Minute, 8 oz., 8 dox. 4 05
Dromedary Instant -. 8 60

FLAVORING EXTRACTS
55 Years Standard Quality.

JENNINGS
PURE

FLAVORING

EXTRACT

Vanilla and
Lemon

Same Price
% oz. 1 26
1% oz. 1 80
2% oz. 8 20
3% oz. 4 60
2 oz. 2 60
4 oz. 6 00
8 oz. 9 00
16 oz. 15 00

 

2% Ounce
Taper Bottle

Jiffy Puneh

3 doz. Carton -......_ 3 35
Assorted flavors,

FLOUR
Vv. C. Milling Co. Brands
Lily White 2 iin ©

Harvest Queen  ...... 9 8@
Yes Ma’am G
6 anon 8 60

FRUIT CANS
F. O. B. Grand Rapids

Mason
Halt pint ._........ 68
One pint ~._ iiismamon 0 Te
One quart 22... 8 ee
Half gallon wu. 15
Ideal Glass Top.
Halt int oo 9 00
One gint 2. 9 30
One ner 11 15
Half gallon —_.__ mation 40

 

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: July 4, 1928 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN : 29
GELATINE PARIS GREEN Pork Rising Sun, per doz. 1 35 WASHING POWDERS  .
. Sa ee: gs. det hoes 11% 654 Stove Enamel, dz. 280 Bon Ami Pd, 3 dz. bx 3 75 '
oo 32 Medium hogs —------- 10% Vulcanol. No. 5, doz. 95 Bon Ami Cake, 3 dz. 3 25 Zion Fig Bars
96 and 58 0 ae 86 Heavy bogs 10% Vulcanol, No. 10, doz. 135 Britto _______/_ 85 a
Hoi, Hed oe 25 Stovoil, per doz ---- 300 (Climaline, 4 doz. ___. 4 20 Unequalled for?
Butts So es 21 Grandma, 100, Se .... 2 55 ~ Stimulating’ and
° ” ES Grandma, 24 Large 3 55 ae ]
Sparerips 20) 3 SALT Gold Dust, 100s ss 4 0 -- Speeding Up
Neck bones ---_-_~-_- 06 Colonial, 24, 2 Ib. --_._ 95 Gold Dust, 12 Large 3 20 Le Sales
26 oz., 1 doz. case __ 6 50 Triomings  _._______ 14 See 6 ‘sce 2 z Golden Rod, 24 4 25 ;
3% oz., 4 doz. case__ 3 20 SIGMA, *0cize wins, 2 dom 2 4 50 :
’ . imo. t on. 2 85 PROVISIONS Med. No. 1 Bbls. _--. 2.85 La France Laun., 4 dz. 3 60 fo eee
Vv Minute, 3 doz. ________ 4 05 Barreled Pork Med. No. 1, 100 Ib. bk. 95 Luster Box, 54 | __.__ 3 16 rs
ie, Plymouth, White ____ : 55 Clear Back  _. 25 00@28 00 Farmer Spec,, 70 Ib. 95 Old Dutch Clean. 4 dz 3 40 . E *
Quaker, 3 doz. ____-- 2 55 Short Cut Clear26 00@29 00 Packers Meat, 50 i Ib.  6Octagon, Me ......... 3 90 Ae ect ee iret
‘ : Dry Sait Meats Crushed Rock for ice Rinso, 409 —. 3 20 See ee
D S Bellies __ 18-20@18-19 _ cream, 100 lb., each 75 Rinso, 248 ___......... 5 25 oo ry
JELLY AND PRESERVES Butter Salt, 280 lb. bbl. 4 24 Rub No More, 100, 10
Pure, 30 lb. pails 3 30 r Lard i ee ot Tas tk 40 OF) oe. 3 85 7
’ >. ---- = -ure in tierces _______ 13% aker Salt, ; - 410 Rub No More, 20 Lg. 4 00
. ‘ Imitation, 30 Ib. pails 1 75 24 Ph ee eran 60 Ib. tubs -__-advance % 24, 10 lb., per bale __.. 2 45 Spotless Cleanser, 48,
—_ 6 oz., Asst., doz. 95 ; > Sigg 50 Ib, tubs __._-advance % 35, 4 lb., per bale —__. 2 60 20) G8 85
uckeye, 18 0z., doz. 2 0U i. so nl o. in case_. 20 lb. pails ___-.advance % 50, 3 lb., per bale __-_ 2 85 Sani Flush, 1 doz. __ 2 25
Se pa s oe 10 lb. pails __-_.advance % 28 lb. bags, Table __ 42 Sapolio, 3 doz. _____- S05 Medium 2-920 27@33
< > JELLY GLASSES }b. pails --.--------- 5 Ib. pails -._--advance 1 Old Hickcory, Smoked, Soapine, 100. 12 oz. _6 40 Choice __ ss TAG
3 lb. pails _.__.advance 1 G-10 Ih. 420 Snowboy, 100, 10 oz. 4 00 Fancy - Lio pana
8 oz.. per doz. -....--. 35 pETROLEUM PRODUCTS. pial —— oo ee Sndwhov. 24 Barge 480 No. 1 Nibbs =. Ba
Sompound, tubs ______. 1314 Speedee, 3 doz. ____--_ 720 1:1b. pke. Sifting — 13
OLEOMARGARINE From Tank Wagon. Sunbrite, 72 doz. __.. 4 00
Red Crown Gasoline __ 11 Sausages Wyandotte, 48 _____. 4 75 Gunpowder
i Van Westenbrugge Brands oe — ae Je 14 poarus oes 14 ioe ee 40
toeal Solite Gasoline ~_______ 4 Liver 138 taney 47
eelene  Setrieer Rrankfort ee 19 SPICES cue
2 In Iron Barrels Veat Clem anNaering “—r Whole Spices Pekoe, medium ~....... 8&7
< Perfection Kerosine __ 13.6 Tongue, Jellied =a aenHicl 36 Allspice, Jamaica ___. @25 E
Gas Machine Gasoline 37.1 J) \Gcheese 0 16 Cloves, Zanzibar ___. @38 : nglish Breakfast
Vv. M. & P. Naphtha 19.6 eadcheese <2 Got Gata @22 Congou, Medium Se 28
Smoked Meats Cassia, 5c pkg., doz. @40 a ae — a
ISO-VIS MOTOR OILS . ; oe Ginger, African __-._ @19 — a ae
r ° Hams, Cer. 14-16 Ib. @26% Ginger, Cochin @25 Ool
In tron Barrels Hams. Cert., Skinned Mace Penang ee 1 39 Medium ala 39
i 17.1 -,'6-18 Ib. - -- @26 wee a)! hLdLULhlUL es Oe 5
Nucoa, 1 Ib. _--------- 21 Meteo 77.1 Ham, dried beef wean is thee ae ae Be
Nucoa, 2 and 5 lb. -- 20% 4H Mocks @40 ALT COI se _ aa Yo oo
a s OO 77.1 zs ‘i Nutmegs, 70@90 ___._. @59
Ix. Heavy aoe renee 77.1 Se re @17% Nutmegs, 105-1. 10 _. @59 TWINE
. icnic Boiled Pepper, Black _.. @4¢ Cotton, 3 ply cone 40
Wilson & Co.’s Brands ” Mame oo 20 @22 Per case, 24, 2 Ibs. _. 2 40 Cotton, = nly pci
Oleo . Boiled Hams -____- @35 Five case lots -_-.-. 2 30 Pp i Bt ha ee a ane
olarine Minced Hams .... @20 Todized, 24, 2 Ibs. __-- 2 40 or cree Cae Wool, 6 ply ------------ 18
’ ” Certines 24 Bacon 4/6 Cert. __ 24 @32 Allspice, Jamaica ___ @35
“4. 8 ; : VINEGAR
We 18 Cloves, Zanzibar __.. @46 as
ocean ene nil Beef Cassia, Canton 9 @as. SIGet. av Gram a ay
RENT FIR renee ” oe Rees Boneless, rump 28 00@38 00 Ginger, Corkin __._ @35 White Wine, 80 grain__ 26
La ee ee boa Rump, new __ 29 00@32 00 Mustard = @32 White Wine, 40 grain._ 19
é a USOT i: Mace, Penang 3s
MATCHES ROR 66.1 Liver oie “Black 7 bs E WICKING
Swe 144 429 Special heavy -.--.... 65.1 Beef ---__--------------- 20 Nutmees’ 3 qs) =| NO: % «per eros 75
Diamond, if box... 6 00 «Extra heavy, -_.....- .. Mi Pepper, White an Sy et fon
+B Searches a boss $00 Pele san om eet a. pein, “Sinus, —~ Qi No. per gre
Ohio ee - : = Finol, 4 oz. cans, doz, 1 50 Fancy Blue Rose __._ 05% Peerless Rolls, per doz. 90
ben Blue Tip 720-1¢ 409. ©Finol, 8 oz. cans, doz. 2 25 Fancy Head ~____~-~- 07 Sensonine nuchester No. 2, doz. 60
“isa 4 6 Ee oe ROLLED OATS oa a, Rochester, No. 3, doz. 2 00
: e a 4 00 arowax. 40, 1 Ib. 9.5 sit Piake. 12 N Hilt Powder, i5¢ _... 1 36 sayO, Per Coe 75
é on Reliable, 144 -.------ 4 Parowax, 20, 1 Ib. _. 9.7 ver Hiake, ow Celery Salt, 3 oz. __.. 95 a
*Wodora. 144 2 be Procesa 203. 2 25 Sage, 2 oz 90 WOODENWARE
*1 Free with Ten. Quaker, 18 Regular __ 1 80 Ce oe la Baskets
= Quaker, 12s Family -. 2 70 Garic (2. 135 Bushels, narrow band,
4 4 Mothers, 12s, China__ 3 80 Ponelty, 3 02. SF SG Wire handies ____. 1 76
: Safety Matches Nedrow, 12s, China .. 3 25 Kitchen es __.. 450 Bushels, narrow band,
” Quaker, 5 gro. case__ 4 50 Sacks, 90 Ib. Jute _. £ 26 Laurel Leaves _______ 20 wood handles ___ 1 80
Src RUSKS Marjoram, 1 oz. ._.___ 99 Market, drop handle_ 90
coe . : mca Savery £ oz 90 Market, single handie. 95
a ‘ MOLASSES AY Be Dutch Tea Rusk Co. Thyme, loz. 90 Market. extra 60
Peo ala a. Brand. BORAX @umeric, 24 of, 90s Splint. large 8 50
Molasses In Cans | os per case -_.~ : = Splint, medium ______ 7 60
5 aN X rolls, per case ---. 2 2 Twenty Mule Team Splint, small.
. Dove, 36, 2 lb. Wh. L. 5 60 — 12 rolls, per case _.... 1 60 94 i vaceees _. 3 26 STARCH : " S ™
Dove, 24, 2% lb Wh. L. 5 20 _ cartons, per case __ I e 48. 10 oz. packages __ 4 35 a. gas 7
Dove, 36, 2 Ib. Black 430 Semdac, 12 pt. cans 2.75 !8 cartons, per case -- 255 96. 4 Ib. packages __ 4 00 Corn Geechee a a
oe A ee ak are Ae RE Pee cane — 500 Kingsford, 40 Ibs. ---- 1% 3°49'6' gal. per gal mde
aa. 10 Ib. Blue L. 4 45 : 7 . SALERATUS SOAP Powdered, bags __._ 4 50 eo ee ee
\ Dove, 6 ; ue L. . Arm and Hammer __ 375 Am. Family, 100 box 6 30 ara. 48, 1 lb. pkgs. 3 60 Pails
a Palmetto, 24, 2% Ib. 56 PICKLES Crystal White, 100 ae, Creat, 45-2 480 10 qt. Galvanized ___. 2 50
SAL SODA Export. 100 box oe oe Quawer 40-— 07% 12 qt. Galvanized 2 75
Medium Sour Granulated, bbls. -.-. 180 pis Jack, 60s __----. 4 50 14 qt. Galvanized ___. 3 25
NUTS—Whole 5 gallon, 400 count -. 4 75 Granulated, 60 lbs. cs. 1 60 . Gloss 2 qt. Flaring Gal. Lr. 6 uv
i q Granulated, 36 2% Ib Fels Naptha, 100 box 5 50 : ae g. u
4 Almonds, Tarragona... 26 ORE ECE "949 Flake White, 10 box 390 Argo. 48, 1 Ib. pkgs. 3 60 fd qt. Tin Dairy ___ 4 06
naa Mew 24 Sweet Small ee Cees Grdma_White Na. 10s 375 Argo, 12, 3 Ib. pkgs. 2 96 Tenne
ancy Mixed ___----- 25 16 Gallon, 3300 ------ 28 75 COD FISH Swift Classic, 100 box 440 Argo, 8 6 Ib. pkgs. -- 335 Mouse, Wood 4 holes. 60
' Filberts, Sicily -~--_- 22 5 Gain, 14 9 09 Middles -----__.-___-_- 16% Wool, 100 box -_-... OO Siver Gms te .. 19% Mouse wood 6 helen. te
Peanuts, Vir. Roasted 12 . o- % lb. Pure -. 19% Jap Rose, 100 box __-. : - Hinstic, 4 phes. 5 86 souse. tin, & holes 66
= 4 Peanuts, Jumbo, std. 17 Dill Pickles doz Sele ee 1 40 Fairy, 100 box --_~-- ger, 453) 3 30 tat, wood __ cas 00
4 Pecans, 3 star .....- 20 ‘ay Ab in Ti As 9 25 Wood boxes, Pure -- i Palm Olive, 144 box ul 00 Tiger, 0G Ins. Hi aa | 0600 1 00
i Pecans, Jumbo 40 Gal. O ttn, ONG: -~ ¥ 5? Whole Cod ..0 08 3” 11 Eava, 106 bo _... 4 90 Mone se 30
‘ . Pecans, Mammoth -- 50 HERRING Getagon, 120 5 00 CORN SYRUP : ce
Walnuts. California -- 25 PIPES Holland Herring Pummo, 100 box ~-.-. 4 85 Tubs
' Cob, 3 doz. in bx. 1 00@1 20 Sweetheart, 100 box ~ 3 70 Corn Large Galvanized -_._ 8 75
oom Mixed Kore cig 380 Grandpa Tar, 0 om T18 e ican, ee iy — 2 63 Medium Galvanised -— 1 be
j Lb , eee slue Karo, No. S 2 63 S ll
Salted Peanuts PLAYING CARDS Mixed, bbls. ---__--- 16 00 Co eee Oe fin Kaeo No & ten 3 mall Galvanized ..__. 6 76
Fancy, No. 1 __.-..---- 14 Battle Axe, per doz. 265 Milkers, Kegs -_----. a ne Tee. hee 296 Blue Karo, No. 10 3 47 Washboards
‘ ' Bievale 2. 475 Milkers, half bbls. -_ 10 00 Fairbank Tar, 100 bx 400 Red Karo. No. 1% 2 91 Banner, Globe 5 50
1 eens, Dhis. 2... 18 00 Trilby Soap, 100. 10c 725 ed Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 4 05 Brass, Single... 6 00
‘ Shelled weitnuis K K K K, Norway _- 8 60 Willis a ene ar Ge 2 Red Karo, No. 10 $95 Glass, single 6 00
. im. d 60 Sib; patie 2. 40 Williams Mi E ey 48 Double Peerless _____ 8 50
' ee a , Babbitt’s, 2 doz. --.. 275 Cut Lunch —-_._.__.__ 168 ee ier oe tie Macke Miewe Single Peerless -_-__- 7 50
| Se aes , 12 Boned, 10 lb. boxes __ 16 ne . Northern Queen 5 50
é ° ~------ ’ Orange, No. G2 G4. 3 36 Universal 92 7 25
Pitherts .....----.- 32 FRESH MEATS % bbl —— _ 50 SEeAROENS Orange. No. 5, 1 doz. 4 75 ce :
! > Se 89 o oo Wood Bowls
‘ - . i aeare Calted crema "es vue Beef Mackerel Maple. 13 in. Butter 8 ce
1a letlsie eerie ane " Top Steers & Heit... 22 Tubs, 100 Ib. thoy fat 24 fe — Green Label Karo __ 519 15 in. Butter _.____ 9 00
; Good St’rs & H’f. 154%@19 Tubs, 50 count __--__ 8 0 P Hom. Butter 18 00
| MINCE MEAT Med. Steers & Heif. 18 J’ails. 10 lb. Fancy fat 1 1 Maple and Cane i? in. Hotter 25 00
- = - Wane Guach, 4 dos. .. 647 «COM Steers & Heif. 15@16 White Fish i Kanuck, per gal. ___. 1 50 wnepenee eapun
‘ Quaker, 3 doz. case _. 3 50 Veal Med. Fancy, 100 Ib. 13 00 PY 2 PIT
Libb: Keon wet. Ib 99 ea | Maple Fibre, Manita, white. 05%
y» es, oe To 93 SHOE BLACKENING Hy ae : ; No. 1 Fibt oe,
Pe oe ee ee e Michigan, per gal. .. 2 60 Bital D. Fr. 06
OLIVES Good ee 2 in 1, Paste, doz. __ 1 35 i Welths, per gal .... 3 25 u . 1ers D. Be. -- +e %
‘ 4 Modian) ... 2 21 . Z. Combination, dz. 1 85 Hes a af i os a oan
i : 4 ; 35 ri-Foot, doz.  -_... --2 00 Rratt Sivtpe
) oe ae Pats. gos. 2 28 amb Babys, Dos 1 35 TABLE SAUCES
oe oc yar. Pisin. don. 4 50 Gite tam 36 Shinola, doz. _________ 90 Lea & Perrin, large__ 6 00 _ YEAST CAKE
_ Pint Jars. Plain. doz.290 Good --..____._______. 32 STOVE POLISH Lea & Perrin, small__ 335 Magic, 3 doz. ____---- 2 70
Quart Jars, Plain, doz. 5 2h Medium -------__--.-- 30 Blackne, per doz. ___. 1 35 Pepper ---~----------- 160 Sunlight, 3 doz. --._- 2 70
H 1 Gal Glass dues: Pla 190) (Pder —4..---. 21 Rilack Silk Liquid, dz. 1 40 Royal Mint -_------ -- 240 Sunlight, 1% doz. -_ 1 36
‘ ; 5 Gal. Kegs, each __._ 7 50 Black Silk Paste, doz. 1 25 Tobasco, 2 02. __------ 425 Yeast Foam, 3 doz. .. 2 70
3% oz. Jar, Stuff., doz. 1 35 ae Mutton . Enameline Paste, doz. 1 35 ue agra 9 02., doz, : 25 Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 1 36
- “ = ¢ o, t
‘ oz. Jar, Stuffed, doz. 2 25 OG ----~----------..- fnameline Liquid, dz. 1 35 At lapea: 475
: “ on on far, Stufl., dos. 350 Medium ——....___... 16 &. Z. Liquid, per doz. 1 40 A-1 small - 315 YEAST-—-COMPRESSED
1 Gal. Jugs, Stuff. dz. 949 Poor wncaccwcecevaees- $$ Radium, per dog. ...- 1 8 80 can cases, $4.80 per case Caper, 2 0%, ----~---~» 3 39 Fleischmann, per doz. 30

 

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30

Proceedings of the Grand Rapids
Bankruptcy Court.

Grand Rapids, June 13—We have to-
day received the schedules, reference
and adjudication in the matter of Earl
N. Smith, Bankrupt No. 3473. The mat-
ter has been referred to Charlse B. Biair
as referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt
is a resident of Grand Rapids, and his
occupation is that of a laborer. The
Schedules show assets of none with lia-
bilities of $1,694. The court has written
for funds and upon receipt of same, the
first meeting of creditors will he called,
note of which will be made herein. The
list of creditors of said bankrupt is as
follows:

Prange’s Credit Dept. Store, G. R. $ 60.00
Chas. Trankla & Co., Grand Rapids 40.00
Riverview Furn. Co., Grand Rapids 70.00

Ione Burnett, Grand Rapids __ 50.00
Palais Royal, Grand Rapids 30 00
Heyman Furn. Co., Grand Rapids 8&0 00
Hub Clothing Co., Grand Rapids 75.00
A. May & Sons, Grand Rapds 15.00
L. Kleiman & Son, Grand Rapids 8 00
Hall Restaurant, Grand Rapids 10 00
MecMeals Mineral Vapor Baths,

Grand Rapids . 13.90
Evelyn Rench, Grand Rapids £0.00
Ted Freeman. Grand Rapids 10.00

Fred Emmens, Grand
Nellie Dennis, Grand Ranids
Kathern Kapff, Grand Rapids

tapids 50.00
ids 300.00
200.00

 

Liebert Charon, Grand Rapids 15 00
Bill Walter, Grand Rapids 12.00
Herpolsheimer, Grand Rapids 50 00
Houseman & Jones, Grand Rapids 50.00
Paul Steketee & Son, Grand Rap. 50.00
Wurzburg Co., Grand Rapids 50.00
Friedman-Spring. Grand Rapids 65.00

Harrison Park Dairy, Grand Rap. 25.00
Liberal Clothing Co, Grand Rapids 40.00
Peoples Credit Clo. Co., Grand Ran. 33.00
National Credit Clo. Co., Grand R. 440
Donovans Credit Clo. Co., Grand R. 60.00
Ea. More, Grand Rapids _.... - 40.00
Morris R. Lyons, Grand Rapids 10.90
J. Van Wiltenburg & Son. Grand R. 15.00
June 13. We have to-day received the
schedules, reference and adjudication in
the matter of David A. Pearce, individ-
ually and traling as Sanitary Plumbing
& Engineering Co.. Bankrupt No. 3447.
The matter has been referred to Charles
Bb. Blair as referee in bankruptcy. The
bankrupt is a resident of Wyoming town-
ship, and his occupation is that of a
plumber. The schedules show assets of
$5,831.80 of which 8500 is claimed as ex-
empt, with liabilities of $11,472.46. The
court has written for funds and uron
receipt of same, the first meeting of
creditors will be called, note of which
will be made herein The list of cred-
itors of said bankrupt is as follows:
City Treasurer, Grand Rapids $ 30 00
Motor Bankers Corp., Grand Rap. 64.50
Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co., G. B. 5,087.75

 

 

Chicago Furnace Co, Chicago . 4178.85
Baxter & Hunt, Grand Rapids 30.90

 

Barclay Sales & Eng. Co., South
Williamsport, Pa 102.50
Bixby Office Supply Co., Grand R. 17.90

Dayton Pump & Mfg. Co., Dayton "53.12
Duro Co., Dayton, Ohio 570.35
Favorite Stove & Range Co, Pique,

Ohio 182.64
Hardin Lavin Co., Chicago 65.48
W. ©. Hopson Co., Grand Rapids 887 68
Humphrey Co., Kalamazoo 199.00
Montor Furnace Co.. Cincinnati 1,889.87

Natl. Water Lift Co., Kalamazoo 101 50
Peerless Mfg. & Supply Co., N. Y. 47.62
Petersen Hydraulic Sewer (Co.,
Milwaukee 9 52
A. Silverman & Son, Grand Rapids
Van Plaag Sales Corp., New York
Home Utilities Co., Grand Rapids
A. B. Knowlson Co, Grand Rapids 61.85
Eason Meeth Co., Grand Rapids 9.95
F. F. Wood Motor Co., Grand Rap.
Maver Mfg. Co., Chicago
Dr. Wm. H. Veenboer, Grand Rap.
Dr. S. B. Hirschberg. Grand Rap. 1
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C. W. McPhail, Grand Rapids )
Home Acres Block Co., Grand Rap. 159.00
Furniture City Paint & Glass Co.,
Grand Rapids 142.76
R. E. Kliensteker, Grand Rapids 23.50
Division Ave. Lbr. Co., Grand Rap. 198.00
June 14. We have to-day received the
schedul reference and adjulication in

 

 

 

the n t of Vernon McCarty, Bankrupt
No. 3475. The bankrupt is a resident of
Grand Rapids, and his occupation is that
of a laborer This matter has been re-
ferred to Charles B. Blair as referee in
bankruptcy. The hedules show assets
of $28.61 with liabi *s of $1,148.31. The

 

‘itten for funds and upon
receipt of the first meeting of
creditors will be called. note of which
will be made herein. The list of cred-
itors of j "1 is as follows:
Automobile Insur Lansing $19.80
Standard Oil Co., Grand Ranids

R. W. Hollingsworth, Detroit

A. B. Smith. Grand Ravrids

Drs. Larned & Clay. Grand Rapids
Joe DeBoer, Grand Ranids

Fulton Heigrts Garage. Grand R.
E. E Johnson. Grand Rapids
Standard Oi1 Co... Grand Ranids 48
Stocking Ave. Garage. Grand Rap. 68.76
A. M. Campbell. Grand Rapids 27 00
Dr. Paul S. Miller, Grand Ranids 24.00
Grams & Waldmiller, Grand Rapids 40.00
T. R. Donovan, Grand Ranids $6 50
William Schriver, Grand Ranids 20.00
Richard Garage, Grand Rapids _. 8.00

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

June 20. We have to-day reecived the
schedules, reference and adjudication in
the matter of Phillips S. Grien, Bank-
rupt No. 3476. The matter has been re-
ferred to Charles B. Blair as referee in
bankruptey. The bankrupt is a resident
of Charlotte, and his occupation is that
of a druggist. The schedules show as-
sets of $6,146.72 of which $500 is claimed
as exempt, with liabilities of $14,252.75.
The court has written for funds and upon
receipt of same, the first meeting of cred-
itors will be called, note of which will be
made herein. The list of creditors is
as follows:

Vine B. Peters, Charlotte ____

$5,545.45
Vic. Shaw, Charlotte __ oe 5

. S16.75

 

Eaton Crane & Pike, Chicago ____ 18.89
General Cigar Co., Detroit .....-_- 33. 88
G. R. News Co., Grand Rapids__ 16.76
> MP Cigar Co... Detroit _. 82.29
June Days, Des Moines _______ 56.00
Graves & Evans, Battle Creek __ 30.28
Harnit & Hewitt Co., Toledo 152.21
Heyboer Co., Grand Rapids _....._-: 26.75
International Magazine Co., New Y. 21.55
Lambert Chocolate Co., Jackson 64.30
Mary Lee Candy Shop, Detroit __. 50.78
Mich. Bell Tel. Co., Charlotte ____ 8 61
Mahoning Finance Corp., Youngs-

town, Ohio cae Co ee ae
A. C. MoGlure & Co., Chicaro __- 83.38

Chicago Herald Examiner, Chicago 21.36
MacFadden Publications, New York 32.82
tichard Hudnut, New York Lo. Tbe
Hollinger Cutlery Co., Fremont, O. 28.53
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.,

“rn aside : — 63.42
National Grocer Co., Jackson __ 300.00
Norwich Pharmacal Co., Chicago. 10 45
Peterson Nut Co., Cleveland ___ |
Parker Pen Co., Janesville, Wis.
Princess Pat. Ltd., Chicago :

 

Penn. Bubber Co., Detroit _..-..__ _ 10.97
Publishers News Co.. Chicago _____ 37.14
Solan Palmer, New York Ha _ 7.28
Rysdale Candy Co, Grand Rapids 60.35
Shaw News Co., Grand Rapids__. 35.63
Standard Service, Inc., Chicago __ 25.50
Superior Photo Service, Battle Cr. 20.01
Armand Co, Des Moines __ | oie
Claude J. Marshall. Charlotte ____ 30.00
Butler Bros., Chicago : ne 14.40
Bauer & Black, Chicago 2 GGA
Bridgeport Shear Co., Bridgeport__ 46 40
B. C. Dog Food Co., Battle Creek 1-18
Evening Amer. Pub. Co., Chicago .b4
Charlotte Tribune Co., Charlotte__ i.29
Charlotte Leader, Charlotte _ : 4.00
Colegate & Co.. Jersey City _ _ 61.84
Carrier Stephens Co., Lansing ___ 6.61
Christy Sales Co., Fremont . 12.65
Cincinnati Soap Co,. Cincinnati __ 22.45

Camburn Candy Co., Grand Rapids 31.20

DePree Co., Holland eo
Dudley Paper Co., Lansing — 4166)
Ellis Printing Co, Charlotte . 5.60

Fisher Bros. Paper Co., Ft. Wayne 192.98
Eaton Co.. Telexhone Co., Charlotte 6 50
Frederick Stearns & Co.. Detroit 21.96

 

R. W. Snyder Co., Battle Creek __ 16.00
Standard Oil Co., Grand Rapids__ 3.2
Stanley Mfg. Co., Daytoon, Ohio 10.19
Wandon Ine., New York - TE
Upjohn Co.. Kalamazoo __ ae 6.33
Vasco Products, Brentwood, Md.__ 24.66
U. S. Rubber Co., Detroit _ ‘i288
Woodhouse Co., Grand Rapids ____ 241.35

Weber Chocolate Co., Milwaukee__ 27.00
Wattles Hdwe. Co., Battle Creek__ 481.88
X Cgar Co., Grand Rapids 32
Fuller Morrison. Chicago _.

O. E. Packard Estate, Charlotte
Sheldon Sanders, Charlotte

Mate Furniture Co., Charlotte
Hygenol Co,. Minneapolis :
Plough Chemical Co., Memphis

 

Ora Chaffee, Hastings : -. 200.00
Harry T. McGrath. Charlotte 370.00
Snow Ice Cream Co., Charlotte __ 400.00
A. K. Tower, Charlotte . 200.00
R. W. Carr estate, Charlotte ____ 400.00
Fred S. Morey, Charlotte : 75.00
Bert Porter, Charlotte : ca. Be oe
Snow Ice Cream Co., Charlotte __ 7.08"
Vie Shaw, Charlotte : 420.00
L. Goldmith, Charlotte : 2.46
M H. Fielder, Charlotte ee as 6.40
Charlotte Republican, Charlotte __ 100.00
Floyd Griffin. Charlotte | 16.00
Peter Smith. Charlotte _ 20.04
Warren Shaull, Charlotte . . 112
Walter Holdern. Charlotte _ 100.00

Asa R. Morgan. Charlotte
Harold Smith, Charlotte
Richey Bros.. Charlotte

 

Lawrence Robinson, Charlotte : 3.50
Iva Ilene Grier, Charlotte 530.00
Farrand, Williams&Clark, Chicago 116.00
Vine B. Peters, Charlotte 273.49
lL. Darby, Charlotte 150.00

June 20. We have to-day received the
schedules, reference and adjudication in
the matter of Stanley Sackett, Bankrupt
No. 3477. The matter has been referred
to Charles B. Blair as referee in bank-
ruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of
Kalamazoo, and his occupation is that
of a grocer. The schedules show assets
of $2,945 80, with liabilities of $5,836.39.
The first meeting will be called promptly
and note of same will be made herein.
The list of creditors of said bankrupt
is as follows:

City Treasurer, Kalamazoo 3 60.80
Peter Eckrich & Son, Kalamazoo 21.79
tyder Coal Co., Kalamazoo -—. 8600
Sullivan Packing Co.. Detroit ___ 28.50
C. &. Glover. Kalamazoo _...._-_._-s—- 439. 95
Mr. Green, Kalamazoo ___..______=s«20.00
Mich. Bell Tel. Co, Kalamazoo __ 3.65
Mayo Clinic, Rochester . 50.00

Tuxpan Importing Co., Chicago —__ 21.58
Consumers Power Co., Kalamazoo 79.51
L. J. Field. Inc., Kalamazoo _____ aad

Gloucester Fish Co., Boston, Mass. 34.80
A. W. Walsh Co., Kalamazoo _ 900.00
Community Fund Ine., Kalamazoo 20.00

60. Benton, Lawton _........... 24.23
Southern Mich. Groc. Co,. Coldwater 14.00
() pacers, Malamazvoo oo 71.81
Taylor Produce Co., Kalamazoo __ 65.00
A. H. Perfect & Co., Sturgis __... 3.75
Veeder Brown Co., Hillsdale ~_____ 12.00
Witson & Ca.. Chicago ............ _ 92.45
Thos. J. Webb & Co... Chicago __ 41.10
Woolson Spice Co., Kalamazoo -_ 63.16
Mrs. Rose Sliter, Kalamazoo ____ 150.00
H. P. Buzzell & Co., Kalamazoo __ 25.95
Isaac Buse, Kalamazoo ______ 2 Skee
Armour & Co., Kalamazoo  ____-- 95.13
Blanton Co., St. Louis. Mo. ______ 14.40
Bay State Fishing Co., Boston __. 62.70
Corbin Sens & Co,. Chicago _... 12.88
Durand, McNeil & Horner Co., Chi. 20.56
Johnson Paper Co., Kalamazoo __ 70.00
Kal. Gazette. Kalamazoo ________ 31.00
Loose Wiles Biscuit Co., Kalamazoo 34.29
Harry J. Lewis, Kalamazoo _____ 40.00
McCaskey Register Co., Alliance __ 16.00

Perfection Biscuit Co., Fort Wayne 10.99
Swit & Co., Kalamazoo _..___ 18141
Kal. Trust & Savings Bank, Kal. 11,850.00
Mattawan State Bank, Mattawan_ 800.00
Jonn Hunt, Kalamazoo __.._..___. 614.09

In the matter of Harold R. Harner,
jankrupt No. 3107 the trustee has filed
his return showing that there are no
assets in said estate over and above ex-
emptions. The case has accordingly been
closed and returned to the district court
as a no-asset case.

June 18. In the matter of Ward R.
Brown, . Bankrupt No. 3111, the  fin.al
meeting of creditors was held this day.
The trustee was present in person. The
bankrupt was present in person. The
trustee's final report and account was
approved and allowed. The bills for ex-
penses of administration were approved
and ordered paid, and a finel dividend
of 10 per cent. declared and ordered paid.
No objections were made to the discharge
of the bankrupt. The final meeting then
adjourned without date, and the case will
be closed and returned to the district
court in due course

June 26. On this day was held the final
meeting of creditors in the matter of
Donald H. Starks, Bankrupt No. 3149.
The bankrupt was present in person. The
trustee was present in person. Claims
were proved and allowed. The trustee’s
final report and account was approved
and allowed. An order was made for
the payment of expenses of administra-
tion, as far as the funds on hand will
permit. There were no dividends. No
objections were made to the discharge
of the bankrupt. The final meeting then
adjourned without date, and the case
will be closed and returned to the dis-
trict court in due course.

On this day also was held the final
meeting of creditors in the matter of
Clarence P. Jeffrey, Bankrupt No. 3097.
There were no appearances. The trus-
tee’s final report and account was ap-
proved and allowed. Claims were proved
and allowed. The bills for adminstration
were approved and ordered paid. No
dividends were paid. No objections were
made to the discharge of the bankrupt.
The final meeting then adjourned with-
out date, and the case will be closed and
returned to the district court in due
course.

June 25. We have to-day received the
schedules, reference and adjudication in
the matter of Erwin Fahner, Bankrupt
No. 5478. The matter has been referred
to Charles B. Blair as referee in bank-
ruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of
Wyoming township, and his occupation
is that of a farmer. The schedules show
assets of $250 of which the full interest
is claimed as exempt, with liabilities of
34,236 02. The court has written for
funds and upon receipt of the same, the
first meeting of creditors will be called,
note of which will be made herein. The
list of creditors of said bankrupt is as
follows:

Schoolcraft township, Kalamazoo $ 12.36

Matt Fahner, Reed City ___________ 600.00
A B. Kingsburg, Schoolcraft ___. 14.00
BR. Reed, Schoolcraft. i 1.80

iXal. Battery Ser. Co., Kalamazoo 6.00
L. EF, Baribeau, Kalamazoo ~<. 17,00
Adam Fahner, Detroit __.______ 30.00
Julian Goldman Union Store, Kala. 38.00
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.. J Haas, Vicksbure 7.45
Citizens Tel. Co., Schoolcraft ____ 16.00
Mrs. Charles Lane, Vicksburg __ 5.00

General Motors Co. Grand Ranids 250.00

Shell Gas Co., Kalamazoo ______ 6.00
Mr. Krum: Schopicratt 2 5.00
Louisa Fahner state... 3,000.00
Mr. Baumhoff, Grand Rapids ____ 35 00
Dr. Hutchinson, Grand Rapids __ 50.00
Alfred Beukema, Grand Rapids __ 7.00

Wilcox-Kuennen Co., Grand Rapids 27.41
Desenberg s Store, Grand Rapids 50.00

Opaline Sign Co., Battle Creek __ 15.00
Wilson & Co., Grand Rapids ______ 25.00
Stanley Strong, Grand Rapids ____ 22.00

June 25. We have to-day received the
schedules, reference and adjudication in
the matter of Chester C. Sricker, in-
dividually and as Auto Park Tire Shop,
Bankrupt No. 3479. The matter has been
referred to Charles B. Blair as referee
in bankruptey. The bankrupt is a resi-
dent of Kalamazoo. and his occupation

 

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is that of a garage and tire shop owner.
The schedules show assets of $2,568 of
which $500 is claimed as exempt, with
liabilities of $3,356.22. The first meeting
will be called promptly, note of which
will be made herein. The list of creditors
of said bankrupt is as follows:

Goodlin Auto Equip. Co., So. Bend $250.00
Natl. Cash Register Co., Kalama 365.00
Richard Early & Sons, Grand Rap. 35.00

Chase Mfg. Co., St. Louis, Mo. __ 40000
Goodrich Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio 160.00
Augustinian, Kalamazoo «6688
Brown & Sehler, Grand Rapids __ 6.12

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Central Illustrating Co., New York
DeBoer & Sons, Kalamazoo ______
Elliot Service Co.. New York ____
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co,
Akron, Ohio __.._- en 6.60
Hycoop Bros. Garage, Kalamazoo 48.00
} al. Chamber of Com., Kalamazoo 25.00
E. S. Rankin Agency. Kalamazoo 45.00
Dr. Rush MeNair, Kalamazoo ____ 300.00
Nusbaum Motor Supply, Kalamazoo — 2.75
M. Allen Reed, Kalamazoo ______ 41.00
Southern Mich. Tire Co., Kalama. 66.00
Sinclair Oil Ref. Co., Kalamazoo 10.00

Dr. Ertell, Kalamazoo ___........_ 75.00
A. J. Bray, Battle Creek __.._.._.___ 700.00
First Natl. Bank, Kalamazoo ____ 300.00
Kal. Pub. Co., Kalamazoo ______ 45.00

 

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Modern Appliance Co., Kalamazoo 15.00
Superior Auto Sales Co., Kalama. 70.00
Milo Simons Coal Co., Kalamazoo 36.00
Dr. R. G. Cook, Kalamazoo ______ 20.00
Bigelow Service Station, Kalamazoo 56.00
Fisk Rubber Co., Kalamazoo ____ 70.00
Kal Tent. & Awning Co., Kalama. 29.00
L. A. Williams Radio Corp., Kala. 19.05
Hollingshead Co., Chicago _____~___ :

H. H. Langeries & Son, Grand R. 80000
Mead & True, Kalamazoo ____..__ 3.00
Johnston Drug Store, Kalamazoo 21.00

In the matter of Thomas-Daggett Co,
Bankrupt No. 2708, the trustee has filed
his final report and account and a final
meeting of creditors and adjournment
was held June 15. The bills for admin-
istration, as modified, were approved
and allowed. An order was made for the
payment of expenses of administration
and for the declaration and payment of
a first and final dividend to creditors of
14.51 per cent. No objections were made
to the discharge of the bankrupt. The
final meeting then adjourned without
date, and the case will be closed and
returned to the district court upon clos-
ing of the account and return of the
vouchers from the bank.

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Do I?

A traveling salesman lay in his bed
on a Sunday morning, thinking. Never
before had he such useful thoughts.

“My firm,” he thought,” has a right
to expect me to know my territory
and all the possible buyers of our
goods. Do I]?

“Tt expects me to know all the qual-
ity points of our goods, so that I can
maintain prices against stiff competi-
tion. Do I?

“It expects me to plan my work,
so that I do not waste the time that
it pays for. Do I?

“It expects me to study salesman-
ship, so that, if sales are lost, it will
not be my fault. Do I?

“It expects me to keep my eyes open
and to send in information about new
styles and the wishes of our customers.
Do I?

“It expects me to smooth out trou-
bles and to increase its prestige and
good-will. Do I?

“It pays me my full share on all the
sales I make. It treats me like a
partner. | ought to act like a partner.
Do I?

“It gives me the best goods it knows
how to make.
tising. It entrusts me with hundreds
ot its customers. I ough to get on my
toes and show that I appreciate this.

Do I?”

It helps me by adver-

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On Time.

When the train is late—

Or a friend, keeping an appoint-
ment—

Or dinner—

What a hubbub springs up in your
brain!

How ready you are, however, to
have an alibi if you keep a friend wait-
ing.

It has been said by those who study
the matter, that we are never late for
an appointment we really want to keep.
If a lover is calling on his sweetheart,
he’s usually fifteen minutes early; if
it’s a dance, we’re on time.

One is entitled to enjoy his work,
and if he really enjoys it he will be on
time, if not ahead of it. It takes a
philosopher to be on time for a lick-
ing, for most of us do not realize that
unpleasant things, postponed, grow
thereby more unpleasant.

If you are in the habit of being late
at the store, quiz yourself, not so
much for the good of the company as
for the good of yourself... You may
not admit it, but you don’t like your

job. It were better for you and for
the company that you get another,
either with your present employer or
elsewhere.

Being on time tells the story of
enjoyment of work, and to enjoy one’s
work is essential to real success. Being
late means lack of enjoyment, dislike.

—_~7+ 2. >__
Items From the Cloverland of Mich-
igan.

Sault Ste. Marie, July 3—Everything
is set for homecoming week, which
will include a big Fourth of July cele-
bration. The city is all decorated in
gala attire. Many responded to the
invitation sent out to the old timers.
One was received from W. H. Shob-
brock and family, who are on their way
from Kamsack, Saskatchewan, travel-
ing 1,699 miles to see the old folks
after being away for the past twenty-
five years. Sunday will be devoted to
registration and welcome. The wel-
come home address will be given by
Ex-Governor Chase §S. Osborn. The
Tuesday programme will start with
the unveiling of the General Lewis
Cass memorial tablet in Brady park
at 10 a. m. Judge Charles Chapman
will give the dedicatory address. At
10:30 the home coming queen will be
crowned, at which Francis T. McDon-
ald will give the address and crown
the queen. At 11:30 a community pic-
nic will be held at Harmony beach.
There will be special music, games,
singing, etc. At 8:30 in the evening
the home comers night will be held
at the high school auditorium, with
the city band in attendance. The pro-
gramme will be in charge of the De-
troit Soo Club. Wednesday pro-
gramme will be the busiest of the week.
It will start in the morning at 10
o'clock with monster parade of floats.
Ex-Governor Osborn will deliver the
principal address. The afternoon pro-
gramme will be devoted almost ex-
clusively to sports, coast guard demon-
stration and the water battle between
the fire departments. On Thursday
there will be a trip to the Agawa Can-
yon on a special train via the Algoma
Central Railway at 10 a. m., returning
at 8:30 in the evening. Friday will be
Canadian day, when our Canadian
friends will join us in a huge parade,
starting at the ferry dock at 7:30 in
the evening. A farewell programme
has been arranged for Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Winkelman have
moved to Detroit, where they will re-
side. Mr. Winkelman will continue
his store here.

Morris Caden, who for the past
twenty-three years has conducted a
second-hand store here, has removed
to St. Ignace, where he expects to
go into the dry godos business.

The merchants have not been clos-
ing for any half holiday here for the
past several years, all but one and that
is Edward Reidy, who has demon-
strated that it could be done. He is
the only merchant still closing Thurs-
day afternoons. He seems to prosper
and is getting that much more kick
out of business. Ed says that all work
and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Colwell & Burns have openned a
new branch store on Ashmun street,
featuring $22.50 men’s suits.

J. J. Hurska, who for many years
conducted a meat market at Manis-
tique. has sold out to J. Weber and
J. Heric, formerly employed by J.
Shuster. Mr. Hurska expects to try
farming. Mr. Webber and Mr. Heric
are both young men and are well and
favorably known and should make a
success of their new venture.

J. C. Royce, one of our well-known
grocers for the past fifteen years, made
an assignment for the benefit of his
creditors to P. McDougall, manager
of the National Grocer Co., which is
one of the largest creditors. Mr. Mc-
Dougall will dispose of the stock and
settle with the creditors. Mr. Royce

has not as yet decided as to what he
will do.

It is said that a Scotchman can avoid
being seasick by swallowing a quarter
before boarding the boat.

William G. Tapert.
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The elephant won’t cross a bridge
until he has tested it. Is this trait of
“safety first’ the reason why the ele-
phant is the longest lived of the jungle
beasts?

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Spuds from the garden to eat and
flowers from the garden to look at
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Business Wants Department

Grocery For Sale—Old esablished stand
doing fine business. Reason, illness.
Might take some exchange. Address No.
883, c/o Michigan Tradesman. 883

For Sale—Meat market and grocery.
For full particulars, write Vint Pullman,
Tustin, Mich. 884

For Sale—General store in small vil-
lage. Good ten-grade school, community
church, many social activities. In addi-
tion to general merchandise, store han-
dles good line of tires and fencing. Gas
and oil station, also ice cream parlor in
connection. Address No. 885, c/o Mich-
igan Tradesman. 885

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avenue, Grand Rapids, valued at $7,000.
Will trade for desirable stock of goods
or other income property. Arthur Mul-
holland, Reed City, Mich, 886

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lonia, has for sale five mahogany ecloth-
ing cabinets of the double revolving type
made by the Welch-Wilmarth Co. These
cabinets are in perfect condition and are
offered for sale at a very low price.

875

GENERAL store, good business, seven
nice living rooms, all modern. Hessler’s,
East Flint St., Lake Orion, Mich. 876

FOR SALHE—Good furnished cottage at
Greenbush on Lake Huron. W. H. Par-
ry, Vassar, Mich. 877

FOR SALE—Store building in Snnfield,
living rooms in rear, also above, good
garage. Also double store building in
Byron, Mich., hall above, good location.
Must be sold at onee, to close estate.
Write D. G. Weippert, Administrator,
Sunfield, Mich. 878

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY—I have a
$10,000 stock of clothing, furnishings and
shoes in growing manufacturing city of

10,000. Will sell stock or take a partner.
Investigation solicited. Address No. 880,
c/o Michigan Tradesman. 880

FOR SALE—Clothing and shoe store.
Will take farm for part payment. W. H.
Parry, Vassar, Mich. 882

FOR RENT

Wonderful corner iocation in central
block of city of Cadillac. Store room
about 21 ft. by 82 ft. Seegmiller Bros.,
218 No. Mitchell St., Cadillac, Michigan.
FOR SALE — First-class dwelling in
good, live town. Hight rooms. Summer
home in connection. Will sell furnished
if desired. Price of house, $4,500; if fur-
nished, $6,500. Address No. 869, c/o
Michigan Tradsman. 869
FOR SAILE—Three-story brick block,
100x25 feet in size, centrally located three
doors from main corners in good, live
town. Price $18,000. Address No. 870,
c/o Michigan Tradesman. 870
FOR SALE-—Splendid business prop-
erty in the beautiful town of Byron.
Twelve-grade school. Twenty-two miles
from Flint. Brick store, full basement,
six rooms above. Four car garage Also
complete grocer and meat market equip-
ment. Would cost $8,500 to build this
store. Cash, terms or trade. You can
buy this right. Act quickly. Inquire
Moffett Grocer Co., 212 Smith St., Flint,
Mich. 872 __
CASH FOR MERCHANDISE
Will Buy Stocks or Parts of Stocks of
Merchandise, of Groceries, Dry Goods,
Shoes, Rubbers, Furniture, etc.
N. D. GOVER, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

CASH For Your Merchandise!

Will buy your entire stock or part of
stock of shoes, dry goods, clothing, fur-
nishings, bazaar novelties, furniture, etc.
LOUIS LEVINSOHN, Saginaw, Mich.
Want a Profitable Business?—Must sac-
rifice for quick sale, due to ill health.
well-established growing wholesale fried
eake business in Grand Rapids. Com-
pletely equipped. Runs on small capital.
Cash business. No experience necessary.
Six busy months ahead. Address No.
861, c/o Michigan Tradesman. 861

ALTO ELEVATOR
FOR SALE

Contains elevating and bean
picking machinery, grain storage
and feed grinding equipment.
Forced to sell by court order.

J. CLAUDE YOUDAN,
Attorney for Receiver
Grand Rapids, Michigan
421 Kelsey Bldg.

 

 

   

32
Retailers Appeal For Profit on
Tobacco Products.

On behalf of the Joint National
Cemmittee of Tobacco Retailers and
Jobbers for a Living Margin of Profit,
made up of one hundred leading to-
bacco retailers and jobbers from all
parts of the country and on behalf of
the tobacco retailers of the United
States, hundreds of whom have written
confirming the urgent necessity for re-
vision of conditions to secure a living
margin of profit, an appeal was made
in letters to C. W. Toms, president of
the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.;
George W. Hill, president of the
American Tobacco Co.; Benjamin L.
Belt, president of the P. Lorillard Co.;
Bowman Grey, president of the R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Co., and G. J.
Whalen, president of the Union To-
bacco Co. Each company was asked
what they could do towards a revision
of the situation in order to give retail-
ers and jobbers a just share of profit
on the tobacco merchandise which they
sell. In the last twenty-five years re-
tailers and jobbers have seen their per-
centage of profit cut in half during a
period of economic life when all over-
head and general operation expenses
have mounted. The problem has be-
come such a pressing one in the whole-
sale and retail tobacco business and
has assumed such seriousness that the
determination was reached among
small as well as large tobacco dealers
that a radical change in relations be-
tween manufacturers on one side, and
jobbers and retailers on the other,
must be made. The committee and
the thousands of tobacco retailers for
which it speaks are awaiting response

from companies before proceeding
further.
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Manufacturing Matters.

Detroit—The Industrial Equipment
Co., 3491 Lincoln avenue, has changed
its name to the Wolverine Tractor &
Equipment Co.

Detroit—The Detroit Piston Pin &
Twelfth
street, has increased its capital stock
25,000 to $50,000.

Manufacturing Co., 5680
from $

Battle Creek—The James Moon Co.,
Elm street, has been incorporated to
manufacture electrical appliances, with
an authorized capital stock of $50,000,
$14,000 of which has been subscribed
and paid in in cash.

Adrian—The
Co., Michigan street, has merged its

Clark Manufacturing

veneers and wood products business
into a stock company with an author-
ized capital stock of $50,,000, $26,000
of which has been subscribed and paid
in in property.

Detroit — The Holley Permanent
Mold Machine Co., Inc., Vancouver
avenue & P. M. R. R., has been in-
corporated, with an authorized capital
stock of $50,000, of which amount $41.-
500 has been subscribed and paid in,
$5,000 in cash and $36,500 in property.

Detroit—The Barton Brass Works,
3627 Superior street, has merged its
business into a stock company under
the same style, with an authorized cap-
ital stock of $30,000, of which amount
$18,030 has been subscribed, $217 paid
in in cash and $17,882.90 in property.

Detroit—The Central Specialty Co.,

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

7529 St. Aubin avenue, has been in-
corporated to conduct a foundry spec-
ialty business with an authorized cap-
ital stock of 100,000 shares at $5.51
per share, of which amount $408,956.90
has been subscribed and paid in in
property.

Muskegon—The Muskegon Screw
Works Co., 247 Lakeston avenue, has
merged its business into a stock com-
pany under the style of the Muskegon
Screw Works, Inc,. with an author-
ized capital stock of $50,000, $11,000
of which has been subscribed and paid
in in property.

Detroit—The Teter-Rabbit Co., 680
East Fort street, manufacturer of toys
and games, has merged its business
into a stock company under the same
style, with an authorized capital stock
of $10,000 preferred and 1,000 shares at
$1 per share, of which amount $6,800
has been subscribed and $2,000 paid
in in cash.

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Thirty-Four New Readers of the
Tradesman.

The following new subscribers have
been received during the past week:
Clarence J. Withers, Charlevoix.

Retail Credit Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Archie V. Lindberg, Grand Rapids.
Bestervelt Market Co., Kalamazoo.
R. W. Feldt, Cascade.
Fred M. Maus, Lyons.
Don Smith, Carson City.
Ira J. Garlock, Carson City.
A Newburg, Crystal.
H. FE. Volz, Crystal.
Wm. F. Hadden, Six Lakes.
T. R. Ralston, Six Lakes.
J. R. Colton, Pewamo.
Sheffield Bros., Grand Haven.
F, P. Reber, Fremont.
Gates & Son, Lansing.
F. A. Rouse, Lansing.
W. H. Sturgis, Lansing.
Mrs. C. M. Schmitke, Lansing.
G. A. Strickland, Lansing.
A. Purcell, Lansing.
Ray W. Metzger, Lansing.
Brown’s Coffee Ranch, Lansing.
B. Denstaedt, Lansing.
Fred S. La Noble, Lansing.
Fred J. Kotz, Lansing.
Fred Tabor, Lansing.
Carl N. Fox, Lansing.
H. E. Robinson, Lansing.
J. B. Hauser, Lansing.
W. A. Glaser, Lansing.
F. W. Davis, Lansing.
H. C. Fiedig, Lansing.
Charles Burtraw, Lansing.
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Summer Buying Still Good.
Prospects of active retail turnover
of hot weather apparel, particularly
dresses, are said to be unusually good
inis year, according to views express-
ed in this market. So much consumer
buying has been held off later than
usual that there remains a substantial
percentage yet to be taken care of.
Much of this buying is of a type
primarily interested in reduction sales,
but retailers, through the featuring of
new styles in fresh merchandise, fig-
ure on a good turnover at normal
mark-ups.

—_+~--____
Big Coat Sales in August.
Activity in the coat trade indicates
that many retailers plan to get an
carly start on their August coat sales,

 

which promise to be on a much larger
scale than in recent years. For a time
there was considerable agitation against
these sales events on the ground that
they started off the season with lower
prices, which created a wrong impres-
sion in consumers’ minds of the prices
made later in the Fall. This argument
has apparently been lost sight of, as
both the manufacturing and _ retail
trades are now getting behind the
August sale idea very strongly.
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Hope To Bring Back Veils.

Factors in the lace trade are con-
tinuing to put forth efforts to bring
back a vogue for veils. They pointed
out yesterday that Paris is sponsoring
veils to a marked degree and that some
measure of success was achieved in
playing up the merchandise here dur-
ing the Spring. The styles favored
for Fall lay stress on the nose veil, al-
though one of the latest French crea-
tions reverses this type and makes a
“chin veil” of it, the lower part of the
face being covered instead of the upper.

delivery.

349 JEFFERSON, E.

DETROIT, during the past few years has been
greatly strengthened as a wholesale textile distribut-
ing center by the entry of several specialty houses
and direct mill representation. The Mc Connell-Kerr
Co., largest of these modern distributors, offers in
addition to the standard staple lines many cotton
and linen products heretofore unobtainable in the
Detroit market—and at prices that reflect not only
our direct mill connections but bring into evidence
our lower operating expense.

IF YOU WANT TO MEET ALL COMPETITION — WE
CAN HELP YOU.
We are exclusive Michigan representative for A. S. Her-
mann Inc. America’s largest distributor of household linens,

fine Moravian damask cloths and napkins and Bohemian
tickings including the nationally famous “Tannwald” brand.

Dwight Anchor sheets and cases and Alexander sheetings
are sold in Michigan exclusively by us.

We feature Cannon Mills towels and Bates bed spreads
and carry large assortments at the lowest prices—for spot

Here you will find a complete stock of Stevens linen crashes
in the staple and new pastel borders.

When in the Detroit Market don’t fail to pay us a visit. Price
quotations gladly furnished on request.

McCONNELL-KERR CO
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“July 4, 1928

Attend To Details If Success Is
Desired.

The difference in elements that make
for failure or success usually is slight.
The retailer who fails merely does not
grasp the fundamentals of business.
The retailer who succeeds usually can
trace success to painstaking care in
looking after the details of his busi-
ness.

There are a multitude of small de-
tails which, properly attended to, make
success almost inevitable, but when
neglected, prove cumulative stepping
stones to failure. The retail business
has more of these petty details to at-
tend to than are found anywhere else
ir. the business world.

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To Hold Dental Plates in Place.
We understand the powders used in
holding dental plates firmly in the
nicuth consist essentially of finely
powdered tragacanth with possibly a
trace of antiseptic added.
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plain and printed organdies.

prices to you.

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in demand in summer wash fabrics including printed ra-on
voiles (100 designs to select from) plain and printed voile,
plain and printed batistes and dimities, silk and cotton crepes,

A wide range of silks and velvets.

Specialization and direct mill representation means _ lower

A complete line of samples in charge of our Western Michigan
representative S. Stroup, 415 Woodlawn Ave., Grand Rapids

THE DETROIT TEXTILE Co.

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DETROIT