Na] cZ So aS 5 AG A > Ne Y) eS YAS oR >) SENS S NK r ENE We SiAle oN : JZ } cc a Ze rs » 3 ‘ , Aj b 2 P i HICANGIDADP iN SIS Se = . BWA, LS TAC, NM s/s | ee OR , ve ; Siu i Cn co (1 + 2 - tS j A), » d 7a. é y ay (CTs Ne, eS aac ce ie TOF Ee eM ees SNS 4 &PUBLISHED WEEKLY (ENG TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS Se EST. 1883 SAIS SO ROWE SS FASO SL SSSR SOS PLAS SRST Forty-sixth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1928 Number 2356 ie ae ~ a eRe Tt et Bt thea cen Nae ae oe VESTIGA I took a day to search for God, And found Him not. But, as I trod By rocky ledges, through woods untamed. Just where one scarlet lilv flamed I saw His footprint in the sod. Then suddenly, all unaware. Far off in the deep shadows, where A solitary hermit thrush Sang through the holy twilight hush I heard His voice upon the air. And even as I marveled how God gives us heaven here and now In a stir of wind that hardly shook The poplar leaves beside the brook His hand was light upon my brow. At last with evening as I turned Homeward, and thought what I had learned And all that there was still to probe, I caught the glory of His robe Where the last fires of sunset burned. Back to the world with quickening start I looked and longed for any part In making saving beauty be... And from that kindling ecstasy I knew God dwelt within my heart. Buiss CARMEN. (This offering does not represent corporate financing) 15,000 Units : WINTERS & CRAMPTON, MFG. CO. (A Michigan Corporation) The Class ‘‘A’' Convertible Preference Stock is entitled to cumulative dividends at the rate of $200 per annum, and is redeemable on any dividend date (and in any event not later than November 1, 1953) on Thirty days notice at $30.00 per share and accrued dividends, and in event of liquidation is entitled to $30.09 per share and accrued dividends. Class ‘‘A’’ Stock is convertible share for share into Class ‘‘B’’ common stock at any time prior to redemption. Dividends will accrue from November 1, 1928 and will be pay- able quarterly. Class ‘‘B’’ Stock has exclusive voting power except as otherwise provided by law. DIVIDENDS EXEMPT FROM PRESENT NORMAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX EXEMPT FROM PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES IN MICHIGAN Transfer Agent: Registrar: GUARDIAN TRUST COMPANY OF DETROIT UNION TRUST COMPANY OF DETROIT CAPITALIZATION Authorized Outstanding Class “A” Convertible Preference Stock, Non-par Value___________-______-_-_- _.._-15,000 shares 15,000 shares Class “B” Common Stock, Non-par Value ____.__ 30,000 shares* 15,000 shares Ponded Pebt ee None None *15,000 shares reserved for conversion of Class “A” Stock. The following information is taken from a letter from Basil R. Crampton, President of the Company: HISTORY: WINTERS & CRAMPTON MFG. CO. was incorporated under the laws of Michigan in 1924, to take over the business formerly operated by the partnership of Winters & Stryker Mfg Co. The original business was started in 1912 with a very small capital, and the Company has been built up entirely by the reinvestment of earnings. BUSINESS: The Company’s plant, located at Grand Rapids Michigan, is engaged in the manufacture of Refrigerator Hardware and is the only manufacturer devoting its production exclusively to locks and hinges for Refrigerators and Kitchen Cabinets. It is estimated that today more than three-quarters of all household Refrigerators and more than nine-tenths of all commercial Refrig- erators are being equipped with hardware manufactured by Winters & Crampton Mfg. Co. The business of the Company has shown stability throughout its history with the exception of the year 1927, in which extraordinary conditions affecting the Refrig- erator industry curtailed the Company’s earnings. The refrigeration industry and especially the manufacture of electrical refrig- erators has now become stabilized, and during the year 1928 the Company has enjoyed a substantial growth in its business. For nearly a year the Company has been operating its plant both night and day, and its business is now such that its present quarters are inadequate. A new structure of about three times the size of the present one and designed for economical and profit- able operation is now in the process of construction at Grandville, Michigan, and should be ready for occupancy shortly after Janu- ary 1, 1929. Because of the large amount of orders now on hand. it is expected that the new structure will operate two shifts, and that in the year 1929 a substantial increase in earnings will be made. The Company numbers among its present customers the following: Bohn Refrigerator Co. General Electric Company Grand Rapids Store Equipment Challenge Refrigerator Co. Haskelite Manufacturing Corp. . Corporation Copeland Products, Inc. Jewett Refrigerator Co. Ligonier Refrigerator Co. Edison Electric Appliance Co. Wayne Tank & Pump Co. Piggly-Wiggly Corporation Kelvinator Corporation Arlington Refrigerator Corp. and numerous others. SALES AND EARNINGS: Net earnings of the Company after all charges, including allowance for Federal Taxes at the current rate, and after disallowing certain non-recurring charges, as certified by Lawrence Scudder & Co., are as follows: Earnings per share on Class Earnings per share “B” Stock after Year Net Profit on Class “A” Stock dividends on “A” ee 2 $52,465.43 $3.41 $1.41 oe 44,566.84 2.97 97 oo 47,490.40 3.17 1.17 7 16,954.96 1.13 —- 1928 (9 Mos. ending Sept. 30) _._-------------___-_- 61,962.36 5.16* 3.16* *At annual rate of. It is expected that the last quarter of the year 1928 will exceed any previous quarter in the Company’s history, and that net earnings for the year will approximate $100,000.00 (equal to $6.66 per share of Class “A” Stock and, after $2.00 preference dividend equal to $4.66 per share Class “B” Stock). ASSETS: The balance sheet of the Company as of September 30, 1928, adjusted to give effect to the present re-organization, in the course of which the Company is to receive additional working capital, shows current assets of $204,244.64:as compared with current liabilities of $14,143.57, a ratio in excess of 14.5 to 1. MANAGEMENT: The management of the Company will continue in the hands of Mr. Basil R. Crampton and Mr. Alexander F. Winters, who have been responsible for its development and its success. The Bankers will be represented on the Board of Directors. LISTING: It is contemplated that during the year 1929 the Company will make application to list its securities on the Detroit Stock Exchange. We offer this stock when, as and if issued and received by us, subject to approval of all lega! proceedings by Messrs. Butterfield, Keeney & Am- berg, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, counsel for the Bankers. Audits by Lawrence Scudder & Company, Public Accountants. It is expected that stock will be available for delivery on or before November 12th, 1928. We reserve the right to reject any and all subscriptions in whole or in part. One Share Class “A” Convertible Preference Stock, . No-Par Value at $28.50 per Share, yielding about 7%. $33.50 per Price One-Half Share Class “B” Stock, No-Par Value at [{ ; $10.00 per Share. : | Unit A. G. GHYSELS & CQ. 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Geecied Genecinbce 23, 1883,at he Postoffice leant Rapids as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879. JAMES M. GOLDING Detroit Representative 409 Jefferson, E. MR. HOOVER’S THANKS. The “common sense” as well as the ‘ideals’ of the American people, Mr. Hoover says in his message of thanks, he will seek to interpret. We like this. It is not hifalutin, yet it is not too ma- terialistic. It is a promise to carry into the White House the combination of idealism and _ practicalism that has marked the Hoover campaign. We like it, too, that Mr. Hoover sees his election as a vote by the whole people of overwhelming confidence in the Republican party and that he ex- pressly rejects the idea that it might be due to any special section or inter- est. It may be the conventional thing for the President-elect to say that he accepts the result with no feeling of “victory or exultation.” But it is con- vincing, nevertheless, when this state- ment is made in the quiet tones of Herbert Hoover. It is worthy of note, however, that Mr. Hoover does not disown the per- sonal aspects of his election. Unlike Mr. Wilson, for instance, he does not conceive of the President of the United States as a different being from him- self, whose elevation to high office changed him into an infallible paragon; and, unlike Harding, he is not awed and changed by the august office itself. He takes his triumph humbly but straightforwardly. He mingles “com- mon sense” and “idealism” in his first reactions toward it. “Tt imposes,” Mr. Hoover goes on to say, “a sense of solemn responsibility.” We believe firmly that that responsi- bility will be lived up to by President Hoover in a way that will rebuke and confound those cynical critics who have even got themselves into the frame of mind where they can say: “He didn’t do anything in Belgium.” During the campaign we made no special effort to break down this preju- dice. We knew that it was exception- al rather than general. Mr. Hoover’s great accomplishments in Belgium, in .. food control; in--Russia; in Germany and in the Mississippi flood have been painted upon so vast a canvas that their values are known to the people not only of this country but of the world at large. His critics have said, too, that he cannot accomplish much as an execu- tive because he “cannot get on with men.” Talk to any man who _ ever served in any of his great enterprises of relief and you will find a devoted friend and admirer. They have said that Hoover will be unable to get his legislative programs adopted, that he is “worse with Con- gress even than was Coolidge.” They forget that for the nomination Hoover had the absolutely unprecedented in- dorsement of two-thirds of the Re- publican Congressmen. They forget, too, that he was always able to obtain the enactment of the extremely im- portant bills which he wanted as Sec- cretary of Commerce. Farm relief is going to be given un- der Hoover. It will not be under the whip and lash of the McNary-Haugen equalization gang. The Middle and Northwest pretty thoroughly rejected that outfit. Mr. Peck, the mysterious Democratic organizer “with $500,000,” made no deliveries. Governor Lowden saw his sullen resentment given the re- buke that it deserved. Unlike his op- ponent, Mr. Hoover had the nerve to stand firm against Haugenism. His hands are free to give prompt, tific, comprehensive farmer. scien- relief to the On prohibition we have always be- lieved that Mr. Hoover also will give relief. It is absurd to say that his proposed commission of enquiry “can do nothing about it” that Smith, if elected President with a wet mandate, “could do nothing about it.” Mr. Hoover has denounced “grave abuses”; if his commission suggests that some liberalization of the Volstead act will alleviate them, we expect to see Mr. Hoover stand for that liberal- as it was to say ization. Similarly, we expect to see the new President demonstrate his good faith to the public on water power, on im- migration, on the tariff and all the other issues. Is there anybody, we won- der, who believes that oil corruption or other corrupt administration have the slightest chance to exist under President Hoover? Herbert Hoover in the White House is going to make good the faith the country has shown in him. And the old America which we have known is going to find itself reinvigorated and strengthened by the administration of a very great American. The usefulness of the product is what makes labor: poble,. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1928 THE WOMEN DID IT. Despite the oft-proved fact, to anybody who has ever made even a superficial study of election returns, that in general women vote like men, somebody must solemnly rise and with ill-concealed pride in his own perspica- city point to last week Tuesday’s result and make the novel pronouncement, “The women did it.” familiar The tendency to explain a one-sided political result by attributing it to a single group of voters testifies to the persistent habit in the human animal of looking for a special and vneculiar cause rather than for a set of reason- able explanations. There is just one way in which “the women did it’ on any large scale last week Tuesday—they jorities for Hoover where Hoover was strong and they swelled the majorities for Smith where Smith was 3ut so did the first voters, of sex, and the native voters and the naturalized voters and all other kinds of voters, include the farm vote and the labor vote. There is is simply no reason whatever for supposing that in general any category of voters marked its ballots differently from those of any other category. swelled the ma- strong. regardless Yes, “the women did it.” So did the doctors and the lawyers and the chauf- feurs and the waiters with and the clerks with black hair and the persons between the ages of forty and fifty with surnames beginning with one of the first five letters of the alphabet and containing two syllables. blue eyes SALES EFFORT SHAPED ANEW. One of the trends in selling which have come about through closer study of sales results and possibilities is the sensible decision of a number of pro- ducers to concentrate upon home ter- ritories and to increase the ground covered by representatives in distant sections. In short, a reaction has set in against national distribution merely for the sake of being able to boast of it. To pay for this boast heavily in the way of added expense without adequate returns has always seemed a rather silly thing, but not a few manufactur- ers would have to confess to it. The latest development calls for add- ing salesmen to the productive field and cutting down on the number of those who travel over wide areas that for one reason or another do not fur- nish profitable volume. This is more or less in line with similar policies de- veloped toward cutting down on non- profitable articles and eliminating non- profitable customers. The broad trend, then, is toward the reduction of ter- ritory, products and customers, so that suffering profits may be revived. From the long future outlook, these new tendencies forecast several inter- Number 2356 Manufacturing is likely to be diffused still more widely through the country. Wholesale dis- tribution should obtain a new lease in esting possibilities. its function of supplying the smaller retail units. SMOKELESS "RAILROADS. it is largely in consequence of the generation within the last ten years that the Pennsylvania new technique of power and transmission perfected Railroad Company is preparing to elec- trify its lines between New York and Washington. Ultimately, in view of the economies made possible by scien- tific use and power resources, the railroads of the development of super- entire country will probably turn away from steam. Lower operating costs do not repre- advantage of electrification. The tendency sent the only practical railway 1 American cities is definitely toward imposing and_ beautiful But it is doubtful whether the fullest benefits of modern city planning can architecture. ever be achieved in communities con- stantly of beautification such as those now in various overhung by smoke. Schemes the course of development in cities are seriously hampered by the prevalence of smoke of the sort which has already been detrimental to some of the most beautiful of our old and new buildings. There is also, of course, the matter of public health, which cer- tainly isn’t improved when bituminous mixed constantly with the air we breathe. gases are DRY GOODS CONDITIONS. With weather favorable to the sale of seasonal needs, trade during the past week has reached a satisfactory level and in most instances is reported either equal to or better than a year ago. Election influences exerted a certain retarding effect and it was noted that result became known How- this wore off as the week pro- Reports agree that store vol- From even after the there was still some hesitation. ever, gressed. ume is expanding quite well. present indications, an excellent holi- day business is expected. Soon after the weather turned colder the wholesale merchandise markets im- proved. Cancellations and returns were rather marked during the warm spell, but they have now subsided. Some sale merchandise has been creat- conditions and but supplies of a desirable type remain scarce and, in the apparel trades especially, it is felt that the wind up with stocks unusually clean. Just now buy- ers are checking up on deliveries very carefully. This seems to be a wise course in view of cautious manufactur- ing policies, weather former over-optimism, ed through season will 2 IN THE REALM OF RASCALITY. Questionable Schemes Which Are Under Suspicion. About the cheapest band of crooks of which I have any knowledge is B. D. Beardsley and sons, of Muskegon Heights, who cover the highways and byways of the country by automobile and claim to do business under the style of the Beardsley & Sons Detec- tive Bureau Co. I am sure of the “do” part of this occupation, because they certainly “do” everyone who listens to their line of talk and falls for it. Their scheme involves the solicitation of memberships to their organization, which exists only on paper and in the vivid imagination of the bandits who seek to interest country merchants in their swindling propaganda. They exact $12 in advance for a yearly mem- bership, same to be returned with in- terest at 8 per cent. at the end of the year if the crooks fail to make good in the meantime. They never make good, because they confiscate any payments made on claims placed in their hands for collection and never return any money or answer any letters. So far as the merchant is concerned, the $12 he pays the scamps could just as well be thrown in the fire. The same is true of any collections entrusted to the swindlers. The contract they make with their victims is invalid, because 8 per cent. is usury, rendering the con- tract null and void and incapable of en- forcement. There are unpaid judg- ments against the trio in their home town, where none of them have any standing whatever. Any merchant who has any dealings with this gang of pirates at any angle will have reason to regret his action as long as he lives. The same is pretty likely to be true of any transaction in which the mer- chant is asked to pay in advance for services to be performed later. An honest man is willing to wait for his pay until he has earned it. Any man who asks for money in advance is a rogue 999 times out of 1,000. Merchants should never entrust the collection of accounts to any man or concern which are strangers to them. li loss results from such deviation from good business principles, they will have themselves only to blame for the loss and annoyance. Warnings have been issued by the Federal Reserve Bank that a counter- feit $10 note drawn on the Federal Re- serve Bank of Boston is in circulation. It is of the 1914 series, check letter A, face plate number indistinct, probably 328; back plate, 1282; portrait of Jack- son and signed by Frank White, Treas- urer of the United States, and A. W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury. The counterfeit is poorly printed on two sheets of paper between which threads have been distributed. Oleomargarine manufactured by a corporation will hereafter not be de- scribed for sale in such a way as to lead purchasers to believe it is cream- ery butter, according to a stipulation agreement between the corporation and the Federal Trade Commission. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN In advertising its product the com- pany will cease using the coined word “Churngold” unless accompanied by the word “Oleomargarine’” and will discontinue circulation of misleading reports about dairy products of com- petitors. Concentrates, syrups and _ flavors manufactured by a certain corporation will hereafter not be designated by the word “grape” unless they contain the actual fruit or juice of the grape, ac- cording to a_ stipulation agreement made recently with the Federal Trade Commission. I have found it necessary to write the following warning to the Clark Chemical Co., of Bay City, which is making unjust demands on merchants for payments for goods sold irregu- larly: Grand Rapids Nov. 12—I am this day in receipt of a letter from Jas. Coon, Montague, stating that your agent left goods in his store in the amount of $3.15 with the understand- ing they were to be billed through the Moulton Grocery Co., of Muskegon, and would be picked up by them if they did not sell. As a matter of fact, they have not sold and he feels under no obligation to either return the goods or pay the bill. Will you please write him what dis- position he shall make of the goods and send me copy of your letter. Also inform me what line of business the Clark Chemical Co. are engaged in and who have been the owners in the past. I am obliged to do this because they are not rated by the mercanitle agencies and I am unable to obtain any information concerning you from that source. E. A. Stowe. —_2++>—___ Unfair Practices Must Go. Two recent trade practice confer- ences with the Federal Trade Com- mission have adopted strong resolu- tions against commercial bribery. The paint, varnish and lacquer industry, and the grocery industry, in recent meetings have taken the first steps to- wards running down and_ punishing violators of unfair trade practices. The textile industry, long-suffering victim of design piracy, has just completed a plan which puts teeth in the machinery for punishing design pirates. In some industries bad practices have been condoned for so long that they are looked upon as necessary evils. Yet when representatives of an industry determine to do something more than pass resolutions the industry can quick- ly be purged of unfair practices and the individual companies who insist on perpetuating bad practices can be dealt with in such a manner that they must revise their methods or make room for companies that are willing to play fair. In spite of all the good work that has been done in many industries, there still remain industries which are honey- combed with ancient and unfair prac- tices for which there is no excuse ex- cept that the members of the indus- try lack the initiative and vigor neces- sary to bring about a house-cleaning. An industry that fails to do its own house-cleaning has no right to com- plain if the Government agencies take steps to start the clean-up. November 14, 1928 THESE ARE EXCEPTIONAL BARGAINS All are located in Michigan close to Detroit. Each one inves- tigated by our own appraisers, and guaranteed by the owners. UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MR. RIGHT MAN Situated in growing community near Detro't. Has very good trade. Price for stock and fixtures $4,000, real estate $7,000. Small down payment. Terms for balance. File H-654. THIS IS A SNAP—UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY Grocery and meat market. Most elaborately equipped in one of Michigan’s progressive cities close to Detroit. Price $20,000. Down payment $10,000. Weekly income $1800. Ths is a wonderful investment for the right party. File L-651. GROCERY—MEAT MARKET Located in a live town near Detroit. Receipts $350 per week. A money maker for the right party. Priced at $3,000 which includes fixtures and com- plete stock. File G-652. RESTAURANT Located in a University city in Michigan. $800 weekly income and only $175 weekly expense. Reasonable down payment. Terms can be arranged. Owner has other interests. File R-661. LOOK INTO THISs. GROCERY AND MEAT SPECIAL A busy store within 15 miles of Detroit, Income $650 per week. Rent $65 which includes 1] ving quarters. Up to date fixtures and complete stock. Priced for quick sale at $5,500. File B-653. CONFECTIONERY SACRIFICE In booming city near Detroit, Perfect location. Must be seen to be appre- ec ated. Weekly income $350. Small expenses. Priced right. Owner leaving for Furope. File L-659 GENERAL STORE In good business center near Detroit, with full line of groceries, meats, notions, tnware, etc. Weekly income $850 expenses only $60. Shows a very good profit Rent only $100 monthly which includes store and living rooms. Owner retiring and will sacrifice. Terms can be arranged. File B-655. THIS IS EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD. DRUG STORE—BARGAIN Located on the main street in a rapidly growing city close to Detro't Owner wishes to retire from business. A busy store with receipts of $800 per week. Fixtures like new and a complete stock. Prices right for cash. File 1-656. DRY CLEANIAG ESTABLISHMENT Well equ pped store in a progressive town near Detroit. Doing a good busi- ness. This is a bargain. Must sell as owner is engaged in other business. CGuick action is needed. File J-657. ART GIFT SHOP—A BARGAIN Close to Detroit. Has the finest trade in town. Good income for a single lady or gentleman. Trade can be increased through personal contact. F le O-658 Write us for complete list of business opportunities. Furn shed on request. NATIONAL BUSINESS EXCHANGE INCORPORATED Amer'ca’s most PROGRESSIVE business brokers. 1102 Washington Blvd. Bldg. Detroit, Michigan THE ONLY BRAND OF BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES wy HERE is only one brand of “Bread and Butter’ Pickles— Best Foods (Fanning’s) Bread and Butter Pickles. “‘Bread and Butter” Pickles is a registered brand name owned by The Best Foods, Inc. There is no other Bread and Butter Pickles. And no other brand has the sour sweet piquancy and the crunchy crispness of the original. Be sure that your customers know they are getting the only and original “Bread and Butter’’ Pickles. The Best Foods Inc. 297 Fourth Avenue, New York City NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO Pee eer teem parson 4 November 14, 1928 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION. Arbitrary Action Accomplished By Michigan Officials. Mosherville, Nov. 5—When my sub- scription to the excellent publication which you publish (the Tradesman) expires, kindly discontinue same. I take this step because my entire busi- ness in Hillsdale county has been ruin- ed by the carelessness of the County Road Commissioners, their servants and agents and that the lower court, the State Supreme Court and _ the Supreme Court of the United States have called the damage Governmental Functioning. This in spite of the fact that the Constitution of the United States says “No citizen shall be de- prived of his property without due compensation and process of law.” But why cite the Constitution of the United States? Why mention the document for which our forefathers bled and died? Why call to your at- tention a document which we _ have been taught to revere? So far as we are concerned, as owners of a water- power, mills, hydro electric plant, stores, etc., as citizens and tax payers, we may reasonably expect a_ road building programme to be an improve- ment, but your entre property may be ruined and our highest court ignore the pleading of its citizens, upholding against the constitution unjust state laws. Why mention the Constitution, which is no more binding than its poor- est enforced eighteenth amendment? So to-day, having a ruined business in this glorious State, which upon our National flag is blazoned forth as one of its stars, owning a property which, according to the just ruling of the Michigan State Tax Commission, has been reduced fully 75 per cent. in value, due to its damaged condition; with its damages running into the thousands of dollars and additional thousands having been spent to secure even rea- sonable justice, I have decided that [ now have “sufficient.” If we had in Michigan a dozen pub- lications like yours. which exposes in- justices, frauds, shams and fakes, we would have justice speedily enough, but, unfortunately, we have not, so we must learn patience at the school of bitter experience. As long as the Government chooses to repudiate its just debts, what can be expected of the governed, but likewise dishonesty? The destruction of my property without compensation and without due process of law amounts to confiscation, which, according to our Constitution, is the penalty for treason, another crime not proved against me. Fighting for our rights in Hillsdale county has cost us thousands of dol- lars, our liberty and almost our lives. Our one mistake has been that with the entire United States before us that we were foolhardy to make an invest- ment in the State of Michigan; but particularly in Hillsdale county, where corrupton reigns supreme. A few nights ago, I heard a candi- date or the for the highest office in the United States, Herbert Hoover, say over the radio. “My country owes me nothing. From my boyhood to my manhood, it has given me a chance.” I might also have echoed this state- ment until I settled in Hillsdale county. My savings of a lifetime have been swept away through no fault of my own except that I came to Michigan. The money which I invested here was not earned in whole or in part in this State. The ruined condition of my property here is a monument to the destructive road building programme of the Mich- igan State Highway Department. When Judge Guy A. Miller granted an injunction against the State High- way Department he referred to Frank F. Rogers as an “TIrresponsble Bu- reaucrat.” Court decisions such as handed down in my case encourages him and other road builders to be such. My damaged mill here calls attention to the fact that F. F. Rogers was the engineer who designed the faulty bridge which washed out in just two hours of time, destroying my property and taking my water rights without due process of law. I trust and hope that no other owner of a water power mill, of which there are 158 in the State of Michigan, will have to experi- ence a so-called road building improve- ment similar to my own adjacent to their property. For this one mile of fourth-class road has cost me person- ally over $30,000, not including taxes and my _ special contribution to the work or the legal expenses that I have incurred. A dozen papers like yours would cause a complete investigation which would result in the Michigan Legisla- ture taking steps to reimburse me be- cause of the injustice of the law of Governmental Function, which is not a law in other progressive states and which would tend to curb these high handed methods in road building. E. A. Moross. —_——_e ~~. --— Saginaw U. C. T. Entertain Out-of- Town Friends. Saginaw, Nov. 12—Saturday Oct. 20 was a red letter day in the calendar of Saginaw Council. _ Form-Fitting Suits Wanted. One of the noticeable things about the orders being placed for men’s Spring clothing is the trend to semi- form or form fitting models, manufac- turers’ representatives here say. Favor for these types has cut into the busi- ness placed in the loose-fitting styles. The latter, however, continue to get a good play. The two-button coat strongly leads, with unfinished wor- steds stressed in the fabrics. In colors, grays and tans are accorded preference, with somewhat of a swing to the dark- er shades. ~~ -0- The seasonal lull in paints and var- nishes which is common in many parts of the country at this time of the year has become noticeably apparent in the business received of late by manufac- turers. Not only is the falling off ap- parent in sale of paints and varnishes for household use but less business is also being done in special paints and finishes used for automobiles and other vehicles. One of the features of the household business is the way sales are holding up in the metropolitan district. While not so active as they were, they were said yesterday to continue ahead of last year. More than the usual vol- ume of apartment decorating is held responsible. eo? Dealers in chinaware report. satis- faction with the progress of business since the Spring, orders booked being substantially ahead of last year at this time. New and repeated items for next Spring and Fall will be shown next month, an unchanged price basis being figured on. Ivory two-tone effects. worked out in ground or border and combined with colored floral designs, are expected to lead again. The ten- dency continues for stress on open stock patterns, reflecting the present buying methods of consumers. Smaller dinner sets are the rule. —_2+-+.__ W. J. Carl, operating a department store at 1-3 Broadway, Muskegon Heights writes the Tradesman: “I am only too glad to renew my subscription as we would not know how to get along without it. It is the best $3 I ever invested.” pean est Retna pie TORR ens ete ie Sa ees: “nl ametieae sl one aetna anisaaih ie lite mance November 14, 1928 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Essential Features of the Grocery Staples. Sugar—Jobbers hold cane granulated at 5.75 and beet granulated at 5.65. Tea—Quiet prevails in the market. While enquiries are fair and some rou- tine buying is reported, the situation remains unchanged. Prices rule at previously quoted levels. Canned Fruits— Peaches can be bought more readily than the other fruits, as this pack is relatively the only one in which there is any substantial surplus. Canned Vegetables—Among vege- tables peas are more irregular than the other packs, but the scarce grades are firm and are not pressed for sale. Corn is improving in all sections and under- priced standards are working up to a uniform level in all packing areas. To- matoes are firm with less business passing than a month ago for the rea- son that California is not offering free- ly and the tri-States are not willing to. shade prices. Minor vegetables are firm. Canned Fish—Fish are quiet and are likely to remain so until toward spring. A better undertone is developing at the cannery in some fish packs, as for in- stance tuna, which is being held more firmly by all packers. As fall shrimp packing is ending there is a stiffening in that market also. Crab meat has been in strong position for some time. Maine sardines can be held at the old price basis, but canning is practically over for the season and packers are in- clined to anticipate a higher market in the near future. The Alaska salmon line is steady but featureless. Salt Fish—Most holders of mackerel are liquidating their stocks through established trade channels and are ad- verse to resales, as their stocks of do- mestic and imported fish are unusually light for the season. Cooler weather has increased the consumer movement and made a more active jobbing and retail market. Other salt fish are held firm, but are without price changes. Dried Fruits—Wholesale grocers are not overstocked and as replacements cannot be made for low prices there is no tendency to shade prices. Indica- tions point to continued comparatively light receipts from primary points dur- ing the balance of the year, with light- er stocks to carry into the new year than have been on hand in a number of seasons. On this account the trade is looking forward to a steady to firm market for the next two or _ three months even if there is no spectacular movement or radical price changes. As there is light buying for replacement in California, the wholesale market is as quiet as the jobbing field. There is some demand for all commodities, but there is no volume movement to force up prices at the packing house. En- quiries for apricots persist as that fruit is cleaning up in the better grades and there seems to be little prospect of ma- terially larger supplies in the hands of packers since growers are reported to be closely sold out. The Northwest has practically exhausted its stocks of prunes and by the end of the year it is said that there will be little or nothing to come forward except the goods al- ready sold and under contract. The free-for-all competition which was in- dicated among California packers has not materialized this season and’ the association has not been crowding the market, as much of its tonnage is being held for carton purposes. Commercial packers have had firm ideas on the large sizes and have been able to hold medium and smaller counts with more confidence, as they have been able to work them off in assortments. Little is being said about peaches as nearby outlets have been covered and there is little buying for the spring. Nuts—The trade is buying nuts in the shell for Thanksgiving outlets and as there was a delay in placing orders occasioned by the warm weather dur- ing October, there has been an increase of late in the number and in the size of the enquiries. The market is not ex- ceptionally brisk as the trade is not buying except for obvious needs and the element of speculation has not been felt to any extent this season. The relatively small crop of California wal- nuts has allowed for a better move- ment of imported varieties and there is good business passing in both fields. The market is being well maintained. Almonds have not appreciated in value, but holders see no reason for cutting prices. Filberts continue on a low level and are being used freely. Brazils are so closely sold up from first hands that the market is in favor of the sell- er. The nut meat market was quiet all week as there is a limited demand based upon actual needs in the near future. Rice—Sales resistance has developed following the advances in Blue Rose and Prolific made at primary points and while there has been less interest in stocks for replacement the under- tone has continued firm. Stocks of both grades here are light as are all holders, for that matter. The move- ment toward the retailer is expanding, but the growth is along normal lines and is not supplemented by specula- tive buying. Southern markets report a persistent domestic and export en- quiry at prevailing prices. Sauerkraut — The market remains firm on bulk and canned kraut as many packers have booked up to their capac- ity and are off of the market. The spot movement has gained in volume re- cently and shows no curtailment be- cause of the advances which occurred earlier in the season. Vinegar—The market is moderately active for shipment from primary points and in the jobbing field at the former range of prices. —_—_>-~>____- Review of the Produce Market. Apples — Wolf River, $1.25@1.50; Northern Spy, $1.75 for No. 1 and $1.50 for No. 2; Baldwins, $1.25@1.50; Tall- man Sweet, $1@1.25. Hubbardston, $1.75; Snow, $1.75; Idaho Delicious, $2.75 per bu. basket. Bagas—Canadian, $1.40 per 100 lb. bag. Bananas—7%4@8c per Ib. Beets—$1.25 per bu. ‘Brussels Sprouts—30c per qt. Butter—The market is lc higher than a week ago. Jobbers hold prints at 50c; fresh packed in 65 lb. tubs, 48c; fresh packed in 33 Ib. tubs, 48%c. Butter Beans—$4.50 per hamper for Florida. Cabbage—75c per bu. Calif. Plums—$1.75@2 per box. Carrots—$1.25 per bu. Cauliflower—$2.25 per doz. Celery—40@60c per bunch, accord- ing to size. Cocoanuts—90c per doz. or $7 per bag. Cranberries—Early Black, $4.25 per 14 bbl. box; $8 for % bbl. box; Late Howe, $4.75 per %4 bbl. box; $9 per \ bbl. box. Cucumbers—$1.40 per doz. for home grown or Illinois hot house. Dried Beans—Michigan jobbers are quoting as follows: © Ho Pea Beans 200 $8.30 bieht Red Kidney 90) 8.10 Dark Red Kidney ..-..- 8.10 Eggs—Local jobbers pay 50c for fresh. Cold storage supplies are now being offered on the following basis: MM Standards 200-502. 36¢ Me Standatds (ses 33¢ Wis 30¢ Grapes—Calif. Tokay, $1.65 per lug; Emperor, $1.75 per lug. Grape Fruit—Florida, $4.50@4.75 per crate. Green Onions—Chalotts, 65c per doz. Green Peppers—90c per doz Lemons — Ruling prices this week are as follows: S60 Stokist 22.30 $8.00 S00 Suokist 9-0 8.00 500 Red Ball 22 7.50 300 Red Ball 7.50 Lettuce — In good demand on the following basis: Cahf. Feeberg, per crate ____._.___ $5 Hot house leaf, per Ib. _.____.___ llc Oranges—Fancy Sunkist California Navals are now on the following basis: Po $6.75 SO ee 4.25 P76 ee 8.25 71) 8.25 2 2 8.25 Bye 8.25 Florida $5.50 per crate for all sizes. Onions—Spanish, $2.25 per crate; home grown, $4 per 100 Ib. bag. Pears—$1.75 per bu. for Anjou. Potatoes—40@60c per bu., according to quality. Poultry—Wilson & Company pay as follows: Preavy fowls... i 23e Eagnt fowls —-....___ eS l6c Freavy broilers .22 0 23c WW: beotlers 2 18c Quinces—$3.50 per bu. Radishes—20c per doz. bunches. String Beans —$4.50 per hamper from Florida. Sweet Potatoes—$3 per bb!. for Vir- ginia; $2.50 per bu. for Jerseys. Tomatoes — $1.15 for 6 lb. basket from California. Veal Calves — Wilson & Company pay as follows: Raney: 2 968 0 19c Good 17c Medtam = 220 14c Pode 220 llc —_»~3+>—___- Energetic action may be nothing more than quarrelsomeness, A. & P. DOWN AND OUT. Great Legal Victory Won by Worden Grocer Company. The Worden Grocer Co. has won a sweeping victory over the Great A. & P. Tea Co., which precludes the chain store pirates from ever again using the word “Quaker” on any of its food products. The litigation has been con- ducted with great bitterness and under- handedness by the chain store organ- ization and its unscrupulous legal rep- resentatives, who have resorted to wholly unethical practices and des- perate subterfuges in the effort to ac- complish their ends. They have failed utterly and met defeat at every stage of the proceeding. The following let- ter from the legal reprsentative of the Worden shows that the A. & P. Co. has finally been silenced forever by a decision which is final Grocer Co. and from which there is no appeal: The appeal of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. from the decision in your favor to the Commissioner of Patents was heard on the morning of August 7, 1928. The attorneys for the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. attended the hearing and at that time presented their print- ed brief. This was contrary to the rules of Department which requires that briefs must be filed prior to the date of the final hearing. 6 Our attorneys made formal objec- tion to the filing of the brief on the grounds that it was contrary to the rules and no excuse had been given for the delay but the Assistant Commis- sioner permitted it to go in on the grounds that he had always considered it best to have the whole case before the Department when it was heard and he granted us an additional ten days in which to prepare and file a reply brief to the one filed by the Atlantic & Pacthe Tea Co. In accordance therewith our legal department prepared and filed a sup- plemental brief. A copy of our printed brief and a typewritten copy of the supplemental brief are herewith en- closed for your files. We are now in receipt of a com- munication from the Patent Office un- der date of November 3 rendering a decision of the Assistant Commission- er in favor of Worden Grocer Com- pany and which sustains the decision of the Examiner of Interferences that the Great Atlantic & Pacific Yea Co. is not entitled to register the mark for which it has applied. We congratulate you on the outcome of this case and sincerely trust that you may not be put to further expense through the filing of other parties of an application to register a trade mark for food products which embodies the word “Quaker” in any form. > 2 Hides and Pelts. Green, No. 1 ee 4 10 Green, No. 2 Os i GS Curce No. i ... os Cured. No. 2 | oo 10 Calfskin, Green, No. 1 — 11 Calfskin, Green, No. 2 . 1542 Calfskin, Cured, No. Il : i 18 Calfskin, Curde, No. 2 1615 Horse No. 1 oe Horse Ne 2 a oe Pelts Dr . %@1.25 Shearings oo ee Tallow. Prime 06 Mo tL 2... 06 NG. 2 Woon 05 Wool. Unwashed, medium —........__.. _ @4u Unwasned, reiects ........... 1... @svu Cuwashed, Ghe .............-. @sv MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 14, 1928 SUDDEN SUMMONS. Charles G. Christensen, the Well- Known Saginaw Grocer. Wyoming Park, Nov. 12—Saginaw has just lost one of its most beloved and useful citizens in the death of Charles G. Christensen, who died sud- denly Friday morning of last week. Mr. Christensen was a very active member of the Michigan Grocers and Meat Dealers Association, having been for three years its President and hav- ing served on the executive board for a number of years. I have never known a person who could so inspire others to do their best as he could. I want to say that what little success I have had as Secretary of the Grocer’s Assaciation was due to the inspiration and high ideals of Mr. Christensen. When he was President, it was a real delight to receive one of his frequent and cheery letters, always frank and fearless, yet with love and understand- ing underlying every criticism he made. Mr. Christensen was an educated man The Late Charles G. Christensen. and a great reader. The members of this Association used to delight in his talks. The words just flowed out of his mouth and they were not mere words either. He was a person of rare good judgment and we were glad to have him express an opinion on the subject under debate. Mr. Christensen was a Christian. He did not intrude his religion upon his friends, but we all knew and feit that a higher power was in control of his life. While he did not have any children of his own, he did much to help a num- ber of young people to get a start in life. He was a successful business man, but he also devoted a great deal of his time to church and philanthropic in- stitutions, being on the board and help- ing to direct many of Saginaw’s char- ity and uplift institutions. I feel that this Association has suf- fered the loss of a great and worthy member and we offer to Mrs. Chris- tensen our deepest sympathy in her great loss. Paul Gezon. 3iographical. Charles G. Christiansen was born in Saginaw Oct. 11, 1876, and attended the parochial school at Frankenmuth, the home of his grandparents, until his thirteenth year, at which time the preaching profession appealed to him and, with a little kindly urging from his local pastor, his parents were per- suaded to permit him to enter the ministry. In 1890 he entered the Lutheran Concordia Seminary, at Ft. Wayne, Ind. He remained there only one year, after which he changed his mind become a preacher, went home and completed a course in the public school at Saginaw. His father being a retail grocer and, apparently, about wanting to having a good opinion of that business, believed it a good line With this thought in mind he secured for his son a job with Symons Bros. & Co., local wholesale grocers, where he started his dL for the son to espouse. business career on a salary of $3 per week. and run errands. His job was to sweep floors Often he would be standing in front of the store, hands in pockets whistling, waiting for some- one with a key to let him in. His car left his home at 6:14 a. m. and he never missed it. He worked at this job for some years, adding new responsibili- ties as time went on, reaching what he then thought was the very height of success when he substituted for travel- Later he became a regular salesman for the company. In 1902 he left the wholesale house to take charge of his father’s retail store, his father wanting to retire from that business and he has been at the ing salesmen. head of the establishment ever since. He became sole owner in 1914. Mr. Christensen was married June 24, 1903, to Miss Mary Budde, of Sag- inaw. The family live at 126 South Mason street in a new home built a few years ago, one-half block from the store. Mr. Christensen had always been a mmeber of the Holy Cross Lutheran church and was a trustee of that organ- ization. Mr. Christensen was the retail gro- cers’ representative on the Board of Commerce and held the presidency of Retail Grocers’ for seven consecutive years. Association He took an active interest in the Retail Grocers and General Merchants Association of Michigan for many years, having at- tended the meetings regularly and al- ways had a prominent place on the programme. the local At the annual convention in 1920 he was elected Second Vice- President. At the Kalamazoo conven- tion the next year he was advanced to First Vice-President, which meant that he was elected President at the Bay City convention the next February. He served the organization in that capacity three years, leading it along high ideals and rich accomplishments. Mr. Christensen always insisted that if he had followed his strongest in- clination he would, no doubt, have been a locomotive engineer. From the time he was old enough to hold a hammer he built tracks in his grandmother’s orchard, following this up when he was a young man by building tracks the full length of the basement and running miniature locomotives. He constantly haunted the top departments of department stores to secure ap- pliances to equip his miniature railroad and had the pleasure of demonstrating his amateur outfit to some rather prominent railroad men. Mr. Christensen always maintained that being successful was not so much a matter of brilliancy on the part of the individual as it was willingness to work. No one who knew Mr. Chris- tensen need be told that he was a disciple of hard work; in fact, it was commonly understood in Saginaw that Mr. Christensen put in more and longer hours than any other grocer in the city—not in mere drudgery, but in close application to the detail of his business where application counted; in greeting every customer with a cheery word, a contagious smile or a signifi- cant nod of the head, even 1f he had to be waited on by a clerk; in scrutin- izing closely every article which came store to ascertain if it was standard in into the up to the Christensen quality, weight and measure; in scan- ning all records of sales to see that no customer was overcharged; in dealing justly and generously with his clerks, from his customers and the people whom he drew his supplies. Mr. Christensen was a model merchant in “these respects and richly deserved the success which attended his career dur- ing the twenty-six years he was active- ly identified with the retail grocery business. ——~>+->___ Formally Introduced To Salesman. New customers at Harris & Co., Dallas, Texas, are invariably introduc- ed formally to the salesman who waits on them for the first time. The man- ager meets each customer at the door- way and after greeting him escorts him to the salesman’s position on the floor introduction takes store where the place. This cures a closer contact with customers. procedure, the feels, se- Each salesman also wears a badge bearing his name, and this makes it easy for customers to fix his name in their minds. ——_+->—____ For a Rainy Season. Rain came with such frequency one season that Thompson, Beldon & Co., Omaha, Nebr., arranged a special dis- play suggesting footwear appropriate for the weather. The unusual feature of the display was that it rained inside as well as out- side. Through a sieve-like tin gutter at the top, water was poured so that it streamed down the window pane into a trough below—looking for all the world like an actual downpour. The effect of a storm in the display was also heightened by the’on and off flashing of the window lights. —_2-<.___ Men’s Apparel Turnover Gaining. Turnover of furnishings is the bright spot in the being done in Neckwear and _ shirts a gain in volume that promises to continue well into the holi- day period. Hosiery is also doing well, while cold weather has stimulated a ubstantially greater demand for heavy- weight underwear. In clothing, over- coats have begun to get somewhat of a play. Business in these garments has been developing slowly and is fig- ured to be about a week later than was the case last year. —_+-.>___ Ensembles Dominate For Spring. Additional reports confirm the ear- lier impression that the ensemble will be the “big thing” in dresses for the coming Spring. Practically all manu- facturers are developing their new lines business men’s apparel. are showing so as to give major or highly prom- inent attention to the ensemble type of garment. The first showings of the vogue for the resort season, which will open at wholesale in about ten days. Manufacturers say reaction of retail buyers to ensembles has been will be favorable, and a good season is indi- cated. +++ Glass Demand Still Active. Production and flat glas; continue to show very satisfactory sea The distributing trade sales of sonal activity. reports no abatement in the Nation- wide demand for glass for building pur- poses, which is now around the year’s peak: Total of window glass, together shipments, are In plate glass production and distribution are orders for with well in excess of output. both maintained at close to last being month's high average. Business Wants Department Advertisements inserted under this head for five cents a word the first insertion and four cents a word fer each subse- quent continuous insertion. (tf set in capital letters, double price. No charge tess than 50 cents. Smali display adver- tisements in this department, $4 per inch. Payment with order is required, as amounts are too smail to open accounts. HERE'S YOUR CHANCE — We have two simplex comput.ng measuring ma- chines, made in Grand Rapids, that we would very much like to sell. We had these two years or more but never have used them to any extent. In fact one of tnem is in the original box, just as it came trom the factory. They cost us $145 each and will take $150 for the two machines. George EK. Waiworth, Hills- dale, Mich oe Wanted — For Northern Indiana and Oh_o territories. Specialty salesman. Ag- gressive. One with experience in the navoring extract business preferred. Ad- dress No. 9/1, c/o Michigan Tradesman. 971 Wanted-—-To buy a good gas and oil station, or some other desirable business; but must be cheap, and well located. wo weitiynNCi!liN OG A RADICAL PRICE REDUCTION TANGLEFOOT FLY SPRAY The consuming public has accepted Tanglefoot Fly Spray as a necessity, and we are now enabled to make a substantial price reduction. This big saving to your customers will result in a tremendously increased demand and more business for you. Its superior quality and strength will be main- tained and improved whenever possible. Backed by extensive advertising and a reputable name that is a household word, Tanglefoot Fly Spray will be insured widespread, popular use at the new low prices. Prepare for increased turnover and greater profits. Order sufficient quantity. Quality guaranteed absolutely. Old and New Prices to the Retail Trade WERE NOW ARE 4 pints (2 doz. in cs.) ___$ 4.00 doz. $ 2.40 doz. Pints (2 doz. in cs.) ___ 6.00 doz. 4.20 doz. Quarts (1 doz. in cs.) ___ 10.00 doz. 7.50 doz. Gallons (4 cans in cs.) ___ 32.00 doz. 24.00 doz. Pealen cans —.......___ 2.50 gal. 1.70 gal. Hand sprayers (1 doz. incs.) 2.80 doz. 2.80 doz. THE TANGLEFOOT COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN EFOOT PRA MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 14, 1928 CHARLES CHRISTENSEN. Charles Christensen presented a contrast to Darwin. He had strong not lost the beauty of life. To him was a new day filled with wonder and loveliness. He had found the mystic key which opened the gates of the palace of happiness. It was in doing every hour the duty of the hour; lat the supreme happiness came. from tl His philosophy was that if the rule of life laid down by the Heavenly Father was strictly followed, it worked out the most intensely practical with scientific accuracy. He radiated light and faith and cheer as the sun shines light, because he ab- sorbed them and the giving them forth was a matter He lived in an mosphere of helpfulness. He was a He was not given uttering of despairing or bitter Time and time again he pass- ed through the fires of betrayal by sup- of course. mw ot optimist. words. posed friends, but he came forth from ordeal without the odor of fire on his garments, his faith in full- orbed, his confidence still strong, with- out bitterness and without regret. each man Mr. Christensen took broad views of life. He locked upon it as an ordered whole, not a chaos; he saw in it unity, purpose, the whole creation moving to “far-off event.” With him there were no accidents; over all, God. If pain came to him, if set-backs multiplied, if friends proved unfaithful, he was able to count it as nothing; he simply forgot it and went calmly on in the path of duty. some Divine Simple as a child in his tastes, easily approached, bearing his honors and the prestige his well-earned competence gave him meekly, a firm and unfailing friend, a generous but vigilant enemy, in charities abundant, Mr. Christensen held the even tenor of his way as he passed down the golden slope towards the sunset, and when at last he went over the Great Divide, he left behind the memory of a life well and nobly lived and his name will be carved high on the marble shaft of Saginaw’s worth while citizens. WHAT THE ELECTION MEANS. Interest in the future rather than situation was naturally brought to the front during in the present business the week as an important by-product of the election. Real, and not imaginary history proves that business progress is made most rapidly under the high tariff system of the Republican party. Mr. Hoover is excellently equipped to deal with Federal policies likely to as- sist business. Nevertheless, the ques- tion can be properly raised regarding how far he may get as a business man with these policies without the inter- vention of political considerations of His remarks on foreign trade and the tariff during the campaign serve as a case in point. his own or of others. So far as the present situation in business is concerned, reports are uni- formly good. The only disturbing feat- ture is further expansion of security speculation, sent bounding upward result. What may come from a collapse of this in- flation has been described too often to again by the election need repetition. It is know that in Satisfying to most lines of business enterprise, with the possible exceptions of building and instalment selling, op- erations are fairly well controled and not vulnerable through excessive in- ventories or overheavy commitments. In short, the gain in activity early in the fall has been quite healthy and in line with consumer demand. Seasonally, there is a tendency to- ward slackening in the basic lines of industry, but this ic not pronounced as yet and operating levels are sustained well above those of a year ago when reaction was under way. STARTLING THE WORLD. Dr. Albert Einstein’s announcement that he is now working on a theory “that may startle the world more than my doctrine of relativity did’ sounds naive. One fears the German mathe- matical physicist takes in too much territory. To startle the world with anything it must at least be something that is intelligible to the popular conscious- ness. It is said that only twelve per- sons in the world understand the doc- trine of relativity. that a few additional scholars know what it is about. But to the rest of the race it means as much as the binomial theorem does to a_ kinder- garten class. So much for the way Dr. Enstein’s theory of relativity “startled the world.” It may be assumed There have been where the whole “startled” by however, world has been some profound cosmic abstraction. The doctrines of Darwin and Sir Isaac Newton are examples. Darwin's evolution difficult enough, but when the average citizen was told it simply meant that man descended from curate as that explanation was, it was something that reached his conscious- ness. Similarly, Newton’s development of the law of gravity was a profound abstraction. But when it was human- ized with the story of the epochal ap- ple that dropped to the ground the whole world took notice. cases, theory of was monkeys, inac- Let Dr. Einstein manage to give his forthcoming theory some human-inter- est aspect and it will startle the world. Otherwise he may be sure it will star- tle nobody save a few savants as learn- ed as himself. MILLINERY TRADE SURVEY. With the millinery trade selected as the first field of exploration, the Trade Relations Committee of the Na- tional Dry Goods takes its survey of Assciation under- undesirable trade practices. For years such problems as returns, cancellations, misrepresenta- tion of goods and substitutions have criticized and various ways sought to obtain relief. Some progress has been been made, and perhaps not a little of it has come through the chang- ed methods in business whereby or- ders have crept closer to actual needs and a discount bargain was found less of an attraction than a “right purchase at the right price. Conditions have mended in almost all the cases of undesirable practice that the committee will investigate through its survey from both a retail and- a wholesale standpoint. But no one questions that there is not further room for improvement on both sides. The particular significance of the pres- ent move to remedy the friction be- tween buyers and sellers is that it is undertaken by the leading retail organ- ization, and its findings will no doubt be endorsed by the most representa- tive merchants in the country. With such backing, and that of the foremost manufacturing groups in each case, the newest attempt to promote better prac- tice should accomplish more than any- thing tried in the past when one side or the other, buyer or seller, acted alone. The committee will soon enter one or two other fields with its studies and expand its program further as time goes on. A NEGRO IN CONGRESS. The election of Oscar de Priest to succeed the late Congressman Madden of Chicago brings a Negro into Con- gress for the first time in several years. During a considerable period there was always at least one representative of the Negro race in the National legis- lature, but the last such Congressman said good-by to his fellow members of the House several terms ago. While a Congressman ought not to be chosen on racial grounds, every fair-minded person will welcome the election of a well-qualified Negro to Congress as evidence of the sincerity of our democ- racy and also for the sake of the en- couragement such success must afford colored people all over the country. It is peculiarly unfortunate, there- fore, that Congressman-elect De Priest is not the kind of person whose eleva- tion to office is to be hailed with de- light. His political associations are of a sort which have given Mayor Thompson his wretched notoriety. The election of such a man throws dis- his district and will be taken in some quarters as reflecting upon his race, despite the fact that un- worthy politics knows neither race nor color. credit upon Mr. De Priest's election will operate as a handicap upon the political ad- vancement of the Negro. The better element in his district will render a distinct service both to the Negro and to the Nation if it will displace Mr. De Priest two years from now with a more desirable member of his race. EUROPE AND THE ELECTION. Europe’s interest in our election was probably greater this year than ever before, with the possible exception of 1920. It was not because of any issue in which the Old World felt itself in- volved, but because of the personalities of the two candidates. Hoover was better known through his European re- lief work than any previous candidate for the Presidency, while Smith stood out as an arresting figure which Eu- rope found it hard to understand. The result of the election has been hailed with almost universal acclaim, with opinion in France, which is sym- pathetic for Smith because of his op- position to Prohibition, showing the greatest reserve. In England it is felt that Hoover’s broad knoweldge of European affairs should favor interna- tional co-operation even if it leads to no drastic change in the Coolidge pol- icies, while in Germany the election has created hope that the United States will consent to take part in the com- mittee which will be intrusted with the task of revising the Dawes plan. But the enthusiasm for the Presi- dent-elect is probably highest among the smaller nations of Central Europe where Hoover personifies the relief which carried them through the dark days immediately after the war. It is in Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, Hungary, Austria and their neighbors that his great humanitarian work is best known and most appreciated. ANTI-TRUST AGITATION. Injection of religion and the prohi- bition issue into the late campaign re- duced consideration of the prosperity question and perhaps some discussion of how the medium and smaller busi- ness firms have fared under the pres- sure of mass production and mass dis- tribution. The view is put forward, however, that more will be heard on this point and, before the Connecticut manufacturers, Gilbert H. Montague, an attorney of New York City, declared that the time is rapidly approaching when the anti-trust laws will be back into politics again. He cited the utili- ties investigation by the Federal Trade Commission and the numerous legis- lative attacks on the chain store sys- tems as evidence of this. The question of whether history will repeat itself and lead to a renewed de- mand for a tightening up of the laws to protect smaller enterprises is not _ easy to answer, although the prospects are that some such move may be ex- pected. However, there are two im- portant phases of the matter which differ materially from the earlier cir- cumstances. One is that the big com- panies have friends at court in their widely extended stock ownership list. The other is that many of the objec- tionable methods of the past have been discarded, although the chain stores continue to function dishonestly by the employment of short weights, short counts and short change artists as clerks. VOTING MACHINES. In this city and wherever else they were in use election day the voting ma- chines again demonstrated their great usefulness. Meanwhile, in other areas it was made clear that as the voting population increases old-fashioned bal- lot boxes are becoming wholly imprac- ticable. The voting machines auto- matically totaled the vote as it was cast and so obviated the necessity of long waits and laborious counts. At the same time they reduced the pos- sibility of fraud to a minimum. The ballot box as a method of voting is obsolete. Good oil stocks still look better than most varieties. as eiiccaks Hitenines Ria shieesahn non neeneaabe aap November 14, 1928 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 OUT AROUND. Things Seen and Heard on a Week End Trip. Last Saturday presented another day of variety, so far as weather was con- cerned. We started out in a dismal rain, which soon changed to bright sunshine. The remainder of the day black and threatening clouds alternated with clearing weather and occasional bursts of sunshine which made the hardwood forests glow with beauty. During the week we moved back to the city from our summer home at Lamont, where we put in nearly five glorious months. The construction of the cement pavement on West Bridge street made the trip from city to vil- lage even more enjoyable than before. We can now reach Lamont on cement all the way except three miles, either on M 16 or M 50. We usually use the latter thoroughfare, because the pavement on M 50 is twice as wide as the pavement on M 16, Next year Kent county is planning to start work on extending the cement out West Leon- ard street to the county line. Ottawa county will soon extend the pavement to Lamont and thence on to Eastman- ville and Nunica, where it will join M 16 or, possibly, proceed over the proposed new thoroughfare from Nun- ica to Muskegon, utilizing the right of way abandoned by the defunct Mus- kegon interurban railway. Two miles of the new belt line which is to encircle Grand Rapids have al- ready been constructed and opened for traffic, between Leonard street and O’Brien road, crossing M 50 half way between the temporary terminals. The country tributary to Grand Rapids is certainly receiving her share of new cement roads. Under the ad- ministration of Groesbeck it looked as though Detroit was the only commer- cial center which would receive State recognition to any extent, but when Groesbeck was buried in oblivion and forgetfulness by the voters of Michigan and Fred Green assumed charge of the ship of state, Western Michigan sud- denly appeared on the map with hun- dreds of convicts from Ionia prison living in camps and working diligently to change our main thoroughfares from gravel ta cement. concentration I do not suppose Fred Green thinks any more of Kent county than he does of Wayne county, because both coun- ties roll up good round majorities for him whenever his name appears at the head of the ballot, but he is such a strong advocate of fair play that he does not confine his attention or ac- tivities to any one section of the great State he rules with remarkable equity and understanding. I never approach Belding without a feeling of sadness because of the big- hearted and long-visioned men who have been called to their reward. I hope the men who are now holding the reins of power and authority prove to be equally effective in creating friend- ships and accomplishing things for the community betterment. The men the Belding brothers selected to work out the destiny of Belding and her great undertakings were certainly worthy of the confidence placed in them and the important interests entrusted to their care were handled in such a manner as to excite the commendation of the business world. We found the Hotel Belding spic and span under the management of the present landlord, who has much _ to overcome in the way of the uncertain- ties of travel in these days of few trains and many automobiles. With less than a dozen noon day guests Saturday, the regular menu was served with as much care and thoroughness as though a hundred guests crossed the threshold of the dining room, At Greenville the potato show was being brought to a close. The exhibit was remarkable in scope and variety and reflected much credit on annual those who planned the affair and car- ried their plans into execution. In- cluded in the exhibits was a compre- hensive showing of poor potatoes and diseased tubers from the State Experi- ment Station at Lansing. Changes of landlords at the Hotel Phelps have been coming along pretty regularly of late years. The hotel and furnishings are owned by a Detroit man. The latest aspirant for success as manager is Arthur Anderson, who achieved a wide reputation as an in- terior decorator in the metropolis of Michigan. He retains as clerk, D. J. Ch-pple, formerly of Wayland, who has been connected with the hotel under several landlords. The new cement road on M 66, be- tween Greenville and Belding, has been open to the public for nearly two The hills have been pared down and the low places have been months. filled, so that the elevations are now accomplished with little effort, even by cars of small power. been laid on M 66 one mile South of Belding, which leads to the belief that the improvement will ultimately be ex- tended to Lowell. This road was once a favorite route with Grand Rapids Cement has also people 2id certainly deserves to be used more than it is at present, be- cause of the beauties of the landscape and the wayside attractiveness of the new cement road from Lowell to Grand Rapids. Col. Hetherington, of precious memory as landlord of Hotel Belding, invariably ,recommended this route to travelers who enquired the way to Grand Rapids. His directions were very explicit: “Go South to the end of the road, then West to the Catholic church, then South and West several times to the end of the road each time.” Twenty vears ago, when automobiles were new and drivers were few and far between, a trip from Grand Rapids to Belding, a distance of thirty miles, was the chief subject of conversation for a week after the trip had been ac- complished. The Colonel frequently fed a hundred travelers at Sunday din- ner in those days and kept his horse and carriage in readiness to send out to assist any drivers who were in trouble in order to get their passengers to Belding in time for dinner. He never made any charge for this service, which was one of the many reasons why he enjoyed such universal popu- larity with the traveling public. During the week I discovered a new cement road which I was not aware had been constructed during the sum- mer and fall. It is the three or four miles on Clyde Park avenue (Grand Rapids) from Burton street to the picric acid plant. high hill just South of Burton have been greatly reduced and a connecting link has been constructed on the road which runs from South Division avenue The grades on the to the picric acid plant, so the circuit made without leaving the cement. Evidences of growth in the form of new homes already construct- ed and under construction are in evi- dence all, along the line of the new can be cement. The tall chimneys which stand in silence on the land which was to be occupied by the acid plant are remind- ers of what might have been a very if the kaiser’s war had been permitted to busy manufacturing center continue a few weeks longer, in which case the treaty of peace would have been signed in Berlin instead of Paris and the terms exacted from Germany would have been much more drastic for planning and starting a war of ex- termination on neighboring nations. I am one of many who consider that the armistice was the greatest mistake of the kaiser’s war, because it prevented giving Germany a little taste of the wicked the victorious nations from things she did to other nations. I think that as many cathedrals and li- braries as Germany destroyed in Bel- gium and France should have been razed to the ground in Germany as a permanent reminder to the German people that she cannot repeat her raids on civilization and human liberty with- out paying dearly for her misdeeds. I shall always believe that Germany got off too easy in computing the penalty she should pay for carefully planning a war which has never had an equal in atrocity and wickedness. Longwell Bros., druggists and gro- cers at Paw Paw, write me that on July 1 they celebrated the seventy- eighth anniversary of the establishment of their business and that they (father and sons) have done business at the I won- der if any other house in Michigan or the Middle West can equal this record? If so, I should be glad to have the circumstances brought to my attention. E. A. Stowe. —__e<-.___ Shibley Points Way to Profits. Fred W. Shibley, vice-president of the Bankers Trust Company, New York, presents a fresh view on busi- ness in a book entitled “The New Way to Net Profits,” published to- day (Harpers), that is designed to em- same location all these years. phasize the broad scope of present day corporate problems and the need for “co-operation” down through the line. What Mr. Shibley means by the new way to net profits is a system embrac- ing an intelligently conceived plan of business administration to grind out the biggest profits on the smallest pos- It imphes a fusion of knowledge relating to mar- kets, merchandising, distribution, sales forecasting, production planning, con- sible capital investment. trol of all expenses through a budget, industrial and commercial research and definite studies on policies of corporate management. How important it is to unify all branches is illustrated by Donaldson Brown, vice-president of the General Motors Corporation, in a foreword to the new book, when he points out that the sales department is in an advan- tageous position to appraise the worth He cites as an example that no amount of en- of projected improvements. gineering research could have antici- pated the suddne trend toward the closed car some years ago, but it was quickly sensed by the sales department. On the other hand the development of balloon tires and four-wheel brakes was chiefly the outcome of engineering research. Perhaps the outstanding lesson Mr. Shibley seeks to leave in his discussion is the view that no member of an in- dustrial family can be greatly or per- manently prosperous so long as some members of the same family cannot make a good living. Even the boot and shoe manufacturer is dependent upon the success of not only all the units connected with his business but upon the prosperity of the farmer, the miner, the lumberman, the cotton grower, merchants and wage earners. He strikes something of an ideal note when he says that “the only way to permanent National prosperity is for every citizen of a accomplish a country to assist in the flow of com- mercial knowledge so that business planning can be accomplished and waste obviated.” Secret rebates given to obtain busi- ness destroy the basis for fundamental prosperity, in the opinion of Mr. Shib- ley, who firmly believes that a profit for everybody is the only foundation for the permanent extension of busi- ness lives. He says: “As the thoughtful man travels the new way to net profits and explores its tributary byways, he be- comes convinced that in order to at- tain an honorable success he must co- operate with his fellow travelers to the end that there shall be a co-ordination of thought and effort in the business of the Nation, such as he hopes to effect He will come to the realization that he will be in his individual enterprise. most successful when the greatest number of his fellow men are success- ful” Paul Willard Garrett. [Copyrighted, 1928.] —_>-.___ Just How Would You Define a Mer- chant? What is a merchant? One analysis is as follows: One who knows the value of the merchandise he handles. One who knows the value of real ser- vice. One who knows the value of cleanliness. One who knows the value of display. One who knows the value of quality. One who knows the value of personality and courtesy. One who knows his cost of doing business. One who knows his margin of profit. One who knows the needs and wishes of his customers, and, one who knows how to get along with his fellow mer- chants to further the interests of the industry to which he belongs, 10 Portion of Verbeck Letter Omitted Last Week. It is said there is but one cafe in Peking specializing on chop suey and that they had to close up recently be- cause there wre not enough Americans left in the Chinese city to make it pay. Americans eat chop suey because they think it is a Chinese dish, but the average Chinaman never heard of it. It is purely a Yankee decoction. The orientals ought not to be blamed for everything. Mr. Bert Moss, who was for some years connected with the management of Hotel Addison, Detroit, and more recently with Hotel Griswold, that city, is negotiating with the Union Trust Company to take over the Ho- tel Belden, which was erected on Grand Circus Park, opposite the Hotel Tuller, in 1927, but never opened, for reasons which were never quite clear. It has 175 suites, comprising living room, bed- room and bath. Riverview Inn, a new roadside hotel at Lowell. was recently opened for business under the ownership of Dr. and Mrs. D. J. Davis. Detroit hotel men are now engaged in making a survey of the hotel situa- tion there in an effort to find out just where they are at. In this particular Detroiters are all right, but if they had some means of imparting the informa- tion they secure to the investing pub- lic, there would be less chance for mis- placed confidence. I don’t know that the situation in Detroit is so much dif- ferent than elsewhere, but there are many hotel rooms which should never have been provided and it will be a long time before they are occupied profitably. Out here the conditions are worse than bad in this particuar. Hotel men are, however, looking forward to a large winter business. This was first predicted for the early fall, but it did not materialize, the alibi offered being on account of presidental election. Walter J. Leitzen, for a long time owner of Hotel Frontenac, Detroit, but who made a sale of that property last fall and came out here for the win- ter, at the same time looking for an investment, has been afflicted with eve trouble. He advises me from Johns- Hopkins hospital, Baltimore. that he has undergone an operation for catar- acts, and is on a fair way to prompt re- covery. Walter has many friends in Michigan who will be very glad to know of this. Frank G. Cowley, proprietor of Van Etten Lodge, near Oscoda, died in an ambulance on his way to a hospital in Detroit, from Hotel Tuller. where he had been sojourning since the closing of his hotel last month. Mr. Cowley was very well known among the Mich- igan fraternity, operating one of the cleanest and most popular resorts in Michigan He was a prominent mem- ber of the Michigan Hotel Association, in which he was especially active. It will be remembered that when the As- sociation made its motor trip to Mack- inac Island in 1927, Mr. Cowlev enter- tained the entire party at his Van Etten Lake hotel. Harry R. Price, managing director of Hotel Durant. Flint. has been elect- ed an honorary member of the Associa- tion of Industrial Salesmen, on account of distinguished services rendered. There can be no argument, either inside or out of the hotel profession, as to the assured returns to the estab- lishment from a courteous acknowledg- ment to the customer of money paid by him. The guest in a hotel vrob- ably doesn’t care to be treated like a long lost brother, but he does like from those around the establishment some MICHIGAN TRADESMAN evidence of the fact that his patronage is appreciated, even though he is be- stowing that patronage to the hotel only because he knows he is obtaining his full money’s worth. A Southern justice sought to rule that a bootegger should be required to sample his own wares. If his wares were fatal he would be the first—and perhaps the last victim. But the boot- legger balked. He said that if he drank liquor he might be picked up as a loose and dissolute person and be punished accordingly. A man may sell gunpowder without having to burn it. Also a hatter may not have to wear a derby from his own stock. Even a druggist need not personally sample hs own nostrums. It is reported that according to a survey Detroit was visited by 2,029,320 tourists last season, which is a good showing, if true. Now if those Detroit “surveyors” could only have been used in counting the presidential vote po- tentially cast every day for the past three months, what a racking of nerves could have been avoided. However, so long as everyone was satisfied with the amount of tourist traffic enjoyed, why should we worry about their aptness in guessing contests? Kohn Brothers, who for three years have been operating the Arlington Ho- tel, at Coldwater, and who purchased the Hotel Keefer, at Hillsdale, upon the death of F. S. Brown, owner, some months ago, have secured the services of Tohn F. Schaffer, of Pittsburg, as assistant manager of the latter hotel. Mr. Schaffer comes to his new position well recommended. Flint is threatened with still another hotel Pierce & Davidson will build and own it. Pacific coast hotel men are all verv much interested in the develonment of aviation, much more so, I think than in anv other section. In Los Angeles a hotel is scheduled which will have facilities for the storage of airplanes in combination with a garage. With the amazing manner in which aviation has developed in the past year out here there is no telling what it will eventually drift into, and the hotel op- efator who “knows his onions” will keen abreast of the times and watch every move of its develonment. He will also do well to keep himself sur- rounded with a coterie of assistants who have familiarized themselves in the same manner. Already travelers are beginning to make enquiries as to air-way time-tables. Lumineus numbers for hotel rooms are being offered. A good thing. Why not, also, luminous keyholes? Now the music barons, since hotels are bevinning to advertise radio sets in individual guest rooms. are insisting that the guest be charged rovalties on copvrighted music served to him. It would seem to me that that limit in such exactions should he reached be- fore long. The courts have been very liberal in their decisions protecting music producers in the past. Now. wouldn’t it be an act of real justice and equitv on their part if they would award damages to the swarm of vic- tims who daily are compelled to listen to such rot as “Mississippi Mud.” “I’m Broken Hearted,” and other emissions of a like character? A. B. Riley, formerly manager of Hotel Bancroft, Saginaw. and Hotel Savoy, Detroit. is the newly appointed manager of Fairgrounds Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri. William G. Lee, who was for four years auditor and assistant manager of every package of water-color paints. Send to sets. Lots of Fun for the Kiddies! There are three paper slips, or inserts, in Shredded Wheat They separate the layers of biscuits. Your customers are in the habit of throwing them away. Some use them for grocers’ lists or cther memoranda. Save the inserts! Don’t throw them away. They may mean money for the kiddies. On each slip is an outline sketch, one for every letter of the alphabet. Let the chil- dren fill in these sketches with crayon or Cash prizes for com- plete sets; boxes of paints for a collection of the best painted inserts, not complete The Shredded Wheat Company Niagara Falls, N. Y. 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COFFEE DwinELL-WriGht COMPANY ONE POUND NET FRE PLINER aM Dee November 14, 1928 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11 Hotel Fairbairn, Detroit, has been ap- pointed as general manager of that institution, to follow in the footsteps of Paul Bierer, who has filled that post ever since it was opened, but who re- cently resigned to enter another field of usefulness. Frank S. Verbeck. 2-2 Now We Can Settle Down to Business Grandville, Nov. 13—‘“I wonder what the farmers will do now?” said a sad faced individual as he met a brother Democrat after the great landslide which landed Herbert Hoover in the Presidency. I wondered ,too, since most farmers we all know are in a starving condition. It is really sad, of course, but the American people, which includes all the farmers, did not seem to think Hoover such an enemy to the agriculturist as did some forlorn tillers of the soil who long ago fled to the city to escape the grinding toil on the farm. [| was talking with an average man a few days ago—a farmer at that—who owns three automobiles and takes in all the good things which come off in town. He said the present was the most profitable time in the history of the country, so far as the farmer 1s concerned. This man had nothing given him, but has made a comfortable com- petence through his own labors on the farm. He has a fine family of boys and girls he is schooling and giving all the advantages of the age. He spoke about so many deserted farms, remarking that for this the farmers were themselves to blame, as they did not work their soil right, ruin- ning it by constant cropping without fertilizing. We see what the American people think of the wet and dry question by the way they cast their ballots last Tuesday. It is as I expected, since the American women are now a big factor in the political status of this country and they will not see pro- hibition ridden down while they are able to go to the polls and cast a bollot. There were other condiitons which confronted the American voter. Al- though religion was taboo during the campaign, that did not prevent a cer- tain element in the churches from put- ting a veto on further advances of popery in this country, as they viewed it. Perhaps this may have been an unjust prejudice, but many people are ruled by their prejudices and religious prejudice is, perhaps, stronger than any other. Smith’s congratulatory telegram to Hoover shows the squareness of the man, indicating that he holds no cam- paign grudges. Men sometimes show their true character in defeat when vic- tory would have smothered it. Anyhow the country is to be con- gratulated on the wonderful outpouring of voters. There will be no carping over the result, since the maiorities are so indicative of the true feeling among the voters. : Now will come the cabinet making squad. Some have even given Coolidge a place in the new President's board of advisers. This, however, is a mere suess. Chances are that the President has no desire to continue his residence i, Washineton. Coolidge has had all the honors possible to be derived from office holding and is glad to retire to private life. Being President of the United States is no snap, which Mr. Hoover will dis- cover before he is through with his four year term. It is good that the campaign is now over and men and women can pay attention to business once more. After such an overwhelming victory the Republicans should look to it that the laws, more especially the prohibi- tion law, are enforced to the letter. The complaint against Volsteadism has been that officers elected to carry it out have neglected their duty. A man said to me the morning after election that neither Hoover nor Smith was fit to be President. It seems that there are those who imagine that money rules American politics to the exclusion of all other considerations. If this be true then we are in a sad way indeed. Men elected to enforce the laws are not above being blind to the law break- ers when a bit of money is thrust un- der cover to their hands. Is this a fact? If it is, then the American peo- ple are in a bad way. Honest enforce- ment is impossible and we are in the hands of criminals who for money smooth over every infringment of laws made for our protection. One thing is certain: The record made by Hoover, who has been almost constantly before the public in an offi- cial capacity for many years has not forfeited the confidence of the common people, but rather has won confidence such as few men ever attain ‘Wet Republicans voted for Smith, while dry Democrats, many of them, cast their ballots for Hoover. The ver- dict is made and the people will rest content for a time at any rate. Of course, the new President has before him an uneasy path to follow and few there be who would care to take the job off his hands, no matter what the emolument. Now that the unsettling effects of a political campaign are over we may look to an improvement in business all along the line of endeavor. Nobody is so partisan as to wish ill to befall the country simply because his particu- lar candidate was not eelcted. Back to the soil might well be the cry of those who left the green pastures of agriculture for the lithts of the city. When those farmers return there will be enough employment for the city laborer and thus may all things take a turn for the better. The campaign just closed was a very nuld affair when compared with those sky rocked outpourings of years gone by. A few decades ago the streets of even small country villages teemed with marching men bearing banners, torches, beating drums, blowing horns and making night hideous with noise. None of this in this campagin. Scarce- ly a town of a thousand or less in- habitants even saw or heard a public speech. Just as well so, of course, and now we can settle down to peace and quiet and go about our business as of yore. Old Timer. ee ie oe When On Your Way, See Onaway. Onaway, Nov. 13—E. J. McClutchey, the East State street grocer, is doing his share in the way of improvements. His building has been freshly painted and trimmed, the yards used for stor- ing stove wood cleaned and_ stocks neatly piled. The lawns surrounding his residence show excellent care and the large shade trees bear evidence of constant trimming and nursing which would do justice to a Davey expert. His large grain warehouse is now re- ceiving attention, having been moved back from the street, elevated and a new foundation put in. The residents in the East part of the city appreciate a nice clean business place under the sunervision of Mr. McClutchey and his wife. who also takes an active part in dispensing groceries to their numerous customers. By virtue of his office as one of the city commissioners, Mr. Mc- Clutchey becomes Mayor at the next spring term when his, generalship will predominate as ever. Squire Signal. The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.—Cavour. ~~... The less a dressmaker puts in a frock the more dad has to put in it. SCHUST’S LINE MEANS -= More Sales Bigger Turnover Larger Profits, and Satisfied Customers This Display Increases Sales THE SCHUST COMPANY “ALL OVER MICHIGAN” DISTRIBUTING POINTS Grand Rapids Lansing Detroit Saginaw The Same Service for All Estates HE same type of service to assist you in solving the problem of your family’s future and its enjoyment of your estate will be cheerfully rendered whether your estate amounts to a few thousand dollars or a million dollars. Our Trust Department is organized for the purpose of caring for large and small estates in the same efficient way. Whatever your problem, a consultation with one of our officers would prove helpful. GRAND RAPIDS TRUST CoO. Grand Rapids, Michigan FINANCIAL — Review of Business Conditions in Michigan. Business in the United States con- a better financial position than at any time since the war. The labor is unusually good. It 1s esti- that the Nation's total income the vear will amount to close to one hundred billion dollars. Industrial and railroad earnings are making a vetter showing. Inventories the coun- in excellent condition. Ex- to higher ment in the The cotton 1 shoe indus- tries are working into a better position. 11: 1} ii Jines are Mla : 1 t 4 ré at The re the T1i- 1 al ai tie US ESS } 1 1 i i} dil ! 1i¢ eas tt 4 : - 1 ‘ See Ss likel ier 1 n da ra and J + ‘8 ress eaT_é¢ G ri re ¢ ts iT¢ ix€] Ca4&rt T 1 es CTE asing spc Lis secur 1 ties a ting cers loans co th t r g@ teatures in the busine New Y | Stock Exchange reports an increase of m2 9 ee } 4 : $366,081,000 in brokers’ loans for Oct t +rtal ¢ ré r¢ iT ping the t ait it a ird chiet danger - ans 11e5 the c a re of the money : 1 1 » Securitv DroK- a 5 Ok So-Called out- of the industrial plants in Michigan are busy. Manufacturing generally throughout the State is much more active than it was at this time a vear ago. There is a seasonal tapering off in the automobile factories, which are making preparations to bring out new models at the coming shows, but the decline is considerably smaller than usual. Parts and accessory manufac- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN turers are increasing production sched- ules slightly, following the receipt of orders from passenger car companies. The 102d semi-annual furniture market Grand Rapids and IS 1m progress at there is a marked betterment through- he woodworking industry. Paper 1ufacturers are somewhat busier. manufacturers are in- 50 per “arm implement ing production schedules cent. to meet the prospective demand in 1929. Cereal plants are exceptional- % 1 ly busy for this season. Michigan's exports in the first quar- ter of 1928 dollars greater than in the first three months were six million of 1927, ranking second in amount of increase and third in the total value of exports from 26 leading states during : 1 this period, according to a recent com- pilation by the Department of Com- merce. Automobile output for October to- ed approximately 397,000 cars and rucks, compared with 434,915 in Sep- 227,467 for October last Output for the first ten months 1928 amounted to 4,068,727 ion in the ford factory is climb- tember and year. units. the present daily output totaling 5,800 vehicles. Electrical power consumed by manu- facturing plants in Michigan for the onth of 633,861 kilowatt hours, as against 146,- 934,432 kilowatt hours in October, 1927, 39 per cent. October amounted to 203,- an increase of Industrial employment in Michigan at this shown such impressive totals as at the season of the year has never present time. Numerous factories are working overtime. Labor released from farm work and road building is The metal being absorbed by other lines. skilled es does not equal the demand. A labor in the , OF shortage of woodworkers in the near future is anticipated. Based on the re- ports of the Employers’ Association of Detroit there are approximately 422,- 550 workmen on the city’s payrolls, an increase of more than 131,000 compared with a year ago. The ford employ- ment in Detroit exceeds 123,000. October buildings valued at $2,179,248 preceding month, and a gain of $3.348,341 over October, 1927. Twenty Michigan cities in issued permits for $18,207,785, an increase of compared with the Debits to individual accounts in De- troit for the month of October, as re- ported by the Detroit Clearing House Association, totaled $1,920,515,000, top- ping the debits for the $121,892,009 1927 by preceding and those of $586,944,000. month by October Unsatisfactory weather during Octo- ber did considerable damage in some localities to beans, potatoes and beets. Many farmers are holding potatoes, re- fusing to sell at the present low prices. The sugar beet harvest was the small- est on record for the State. 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The remarkable rise in brokers’ loans acocmpanied by a stiffening in interest rates, has been blamed on widespread speculation in securities, and has re- vived attacks on this supposedly waste- ful attribute of business. The speculator finds a warm defender in George E. Roberts, vice-president of the National City Bank of New York, who says he is a useful factor in markets, not merely a gambler and manipulator, interfering with orderly processes of trade, operating at the ex- pense of producers and consumers. The speculator’s service is primarily that of a forecaster and risk-carrier, Mr. Roberts points out. The purpose in all hedging operations, he contends, is not to speculate, but to transfer the uncertainties of raw material markets to people who make a business of speculation, specialists in their particu- lar field. Pointing out that speculation in se- curities in the last seven years result- ed in an upward readjustment of values from abnormally low levels of 1921, Mr. Roberts said a surplus supply of credit had been absorbed, “which if employed in other ways migiht have resulted in a more serious problem than any that confronts us now.” He continued: “Tt is one thing to have speculation absorbing surplus credit and another thing to have it competing with indus- try and business over a limited supply of credit. Evidently business has not been seriously disturbed as yet, and interest rates for current business are not unduly high, judged by past ex- perience. It is well, however, to bear in mind that new enterprises, which involve constructional work, with em- ployment for labor and demands on all the industries for materials and equip- ment, are a fundamental feature of our prosperity. “Tf speculation in outstanding stocks should absorb so large a share of our available savings as seriously to curtail the supply of capital available for new enterprises, the effect upon general in- terests must be unfavorable, and the stock market itself would be invloved in the results. “Speculation has a useful part to play in the business world,” he con- tinued. ‘“Intelligently directed, it ex- erts a stabilizing, balancing influence, correcting the irregularities which de- velop in the regular course of trade. “Admittedly, there is a vast amount of uninformed speculation which does not serve this purpose, but, for that matter, a vast amount of all kinds of business is in the hands of people who are only indifferently qualified to handle it. “Tn all lines the evil of speculation develops when it reaches the stage of mass action where real standards of value are lost sight of and the only criterion of values is what the specu- lators themselves are paying for prop- erty which they intend to immediately put back on the market. Speculation of this kind has lost touch with reali- ties and contributes nothing to the markets but confusion and disorder.” William Russell White. —_—_»>~->___ Acceleration in Earnings Flow. The romance of the 1928 earnings flow lies in the accelerated pace of gain achieved in successive quarters. Third quarter profits for the 139 in- dustrial coroprations whose statements have been published to date—and for which quarterly segregations are avail- able—rose 32.1 per cent. over the cor- responding 1927 quarter. The similar 1928 gain in corporate profits was 13.8 per cent. in the second quarter. It was only 4.3 per cent. in the first. Here is a diagram of mounting prosperity for the year that surpasses all expectations. When we attempt to predict the trend for the final 1928 quarter we ar- rive at another encouraging estimate. Fourth quarter 1927 earnings were the poorest for the year. If the fourth quarter 1928 earnings rank among the best for this year the relative gain over a year ago will be impressive. Two of the country’s major indus- tries, steel and oil, account for the best gains now appearing on the list. Both the steel and oil industries at this time last year were operating under handicaps. They both enjoy better price structures now:‘than a year ago and in addition are selling more than ever before. Here is a guarantee, if the condition persists, that fourth quar- ter earnings will be handsome. Standard’s tabulation of profits re- ported by 187 industrial corporations for the first nine months this year gives us a somewhat broader basis by which to appraise 1928 prosperity than the quarterly figures. These representa- tive industrial concerns in the first nine calendar months this year earned 17.9 per cent. more than in the preceding year. Even when the Steel Corpora- tion and General Motors are struck from the list the remaining 185 indus- trial corporations show a 17.4 per cent. gain over 1927. Presumably the sensational autumn advance in stocks reflected partly the anticipations of those who were in position to know what the earnings would be when reported. The country expected an improvement. It anticipat- ed no such upswing in corporate profits as the record shows. If subsequent reports pull down the size of the gains shown on statements now available that will be natural, and will not de- stroy greatly the brilliance of the dis- play. An unusual combination of forces has been operating this fall to stimu- late business activity. Not the least of these has been the favorable weath- er, that has encouraged motorists. A slow but fairly sure improvement in the oil industry that was noted at the recent Tulsa convention likewise is a change for the better that has not yet been fully appreciated by the country. 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Williston de- clares repeatedly that a buyer under such a sale has a special, equitable property right in his purchase. It seems thoroughly established that an equitable title is sufficient compliance with the condition in question. The quality of an equitable right is not af- fected by a balance due on the pur- chase price. Equitable title is not de- pendent on the amount paid, but rests rather on ‘beneficial ownership and the right to the use and income.’ “Most of the cases in point involve real estate. But why make a distinc- tion between real and personal prop- erty in the application of this doctrine. No reason is apparent. ‘The same rule will apply, with equal, if not stronger force, to the personality,’ says the Fed- eral Court in Bank vs. Insurance Com- pany, 135 Fed., 440, 450. Then if the ordinary equitable title to personal property should satisfy requirement of sole and unconditional ownership, why make any exception to the particular equitable title held under a condition- al sales contract? “Here the insured had the sole pos- session of the fixtures with the exclu- sive right in their use and profit. He could hold them against the world as long as he was not in default. He could sell them; he could incumber them; he could devise them; they were taxable as his; they would have been assets in the hands of his creditors— subject, of course, to the seller’s lien— and in case of their destruction by fire the loss was his. He therefore had every proprietary right in them, except the bare legal title. He had the real and beneficial estate, which has been asserted to be the ‘absolute interest’ and ‘equivalent to the fee simple at law.’ “The clause is held to refer to char- acter and quality of title—to the actual and substantial ownership, rather than the strictly legal title; in other words the insured’s interest must be such that he would sustain the whole loss if the property was destroyed. “We find ample authority support- ing the view that unconditional and sole ownership only require that the interest of the insured in property be , such that in case of destruction the 4, loss fails entirely on him, and that injt: MICHIGAN TRADESMAN such case it is immaterial whether his title be legal or equitable.” ——>++2>____ Many Banks To Be Absorbed. Many small banks throughout the country are to be absorbed. There are restrictions in most states on the spread of branch banking. But am- bitious bankers are finding other ways and means of getting control of de- sirable institutions. They can, through an affiliated company, either buy up other banks; or they can acquire suffi- cient stock to give them control. Group banking, as it is called, is on the eve of notable expansion. Before long there will be chains of banks, just as there are chains of stores. Great advantages are claimed for this movement. Poor management is the curse of small banks. Under group direction, it is contended, distinctly better management and more capable supervision can be installed. Also, banks which become members of a big group can, it is pointed out, meet de- mands for larger amounts of credit to take care of local enterprises. Such banks are counted upon to become valuable outlets for high-grade offer- ings of new securities. This development is in line with the universal trend towards large-scale operations, towards the elimination of weak concerns. —_+~-~._ The Fourteen Mistakes of Life. To expect to set up our own stand- ard of right and wrong and expect everybody to conform to it. To try to measure the enjoyment of others by our own. To expect uniformity of opinion in this world. To look for judgment and experi- ence in youth. To endeavor to mold all dispositions alike. Not to yield to unimportant trifles. To look for perfections in our own actions, To worry ourselves and others about what cannot be remedied, Not to alleviate if we can all that needs alleviation. Not to make allowances for the weaknesses of others. To consider everything impossible that we cannot ourselves perform. To believe only what our finite minds can grasp. To live as if the moment, the time, the day were so important that it would live forever. To estimate people by some outside quality, for it is that within which makes the man. 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The Eighteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States owes its inception to the womanhood of America and to-day that womanhood stands before the world as sponsor for the enforcement of the law prohibiting the sale of intoxicants. The tremendous victory won at last Tuesday’s election was not in reality so much a Republican or a Hoover vic- tory as an expression of the wives and mother sof America with regard to temperance in the use of strong drink. There were too many blasted homes in the land because of the saloon for the women folk to sit idly at home when by the casting of a ballot they could set the ball rolling for enforcement of prohibition. : Millions for defense, not one cent for the bootlegger, was the slogan that sent the women to the polls en masse with a determination to wipe out the scandals which have so long attached themselves to this act making a saloon- less country of America. We have a saloonless country and hereafter the bootlegger is to have hard sledding under the banner of the stripes and stars. In civil war days our wo- men folk were every whit as patriotic as the men and aided in every possible way in winning the war of the Union. To-day the women have come to the rescue in splendid style. While men have hemmed and hawed over the en- forcement of law, our wives and mothers have used their new weapon, the ballot, in a manner which has been a surprise to the Nation. Al Smith on another platform might have come nearer the goal, but as an out-and-out defender of moderate in- temperance he planted himself in dir- est opposition to every home in Amer- ica. Democratic women stood shoul- der to shoulder with those of Repub- lican leanings in a determined effort to wipe bootlegging from the face of the country, and their ballots on election day is surely the entering wedge which is to cleave the monster intemperance from surface to heart and build a wall of prohibition enforcement which is to astonish the world. Prohibition can be enforced and it looks very much as though it is going to be. The cause of so much boot- legging in the past is because the offi- cials elected by the people to enforce the laws, the prohibition law as well as others, have been in sympathy with those creatures who would be willing to sell their souls for lucre. There is a time for all things. The time for the bootlegger was before the American woman got to the ballot box to take account of his sins. He is down and out to-day, even though he may not have begun to realize the fact. From now on the men elected to carry on will be closely watched by every wife and mother in the land. No excuse will be accepted for evading law enforcement. On November 6 there was a grand outpouring of the moral force of this land such as was never before seen in any part of the world. Friends of bootlegging were simply stunned at the great outpouring of the moral force of the Nation in defense of home, womanhood and country. No other nation on earth has made such a grand record as has ours and we owe the larger part of it to the desire of women to keep the serpent of intem- perance out of their homes. The 18th amendment stands. There will be no modification in the least par- ticular. Early in the spring I predict- ed that Al Smith would not be the nominee of the Democrats. I said then as now that the womanhood of America would see to it that no whisky defender could be elected. My predic- tion failed. Smith was nominated on a declaration for the modification of the 18th amendment—and see what hap- pened to him! Parties as well as individuals make mistakes. Now that our women hold the ballot there can be no more jibing and sneering at prohibition. Even the lowest grade of the population will be made to understand that the best in- terests of home and Nation cannot be put on the auction block and bidden off at the nod and beck of conscienceless bootleggers. A majority of millions recorded for temperance! Is it not foolish to pre- dict the fall of temperance under such conditions? America has taken a for- ward step in the history of nations and the enforcement of a popular law must not be prevented by a bibulous few. We are making history. All laws are not strictly enfoyced—in fact, no law but has been broken in part—but there can be no reason to expect the prohibition law cannot be made to work as successfully as most other laws, now that we find millions of peo- ple—a tremendous majority in fact— standing behind those officials who are pledged to carry. out the people’s wishes. The sun shines in America to-day as it has never shone before. It was, in- deed, a lucky thing for good govern- ment that a man was found bold enough to stand up and defend the in- terests of liquor dealers. It gave the Nation the opportunity long desired to declare itself by vote as to the desir- ability of this prohibition amendment. The feet of the people now are stand- ing on solid rock. Never in the history of the country has there been given such an opportunity for a declaration of principles which lead up to a more perfect and happy method of self gov- ernment. 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Mr. Fuller’s ancestors, Samuel and Edward Fuller, came over in the May Flower. His grandfather, Philo Case Fuller, was born in Connecticut in 1787, and died in Geneseo, N. Y., in 1855. He was twice elected to Con- gress from Livingston county, N. Y. About 1830 he was induced by East- ern capitalists to remove to Adrian, Michigan, where he became President of the Erie & Kalamazoo Railroad and Cashier of the Erie & Kalamazoo Rail- road Bank. During this time he served two terms in the State Senate and was elected President of the Senate. Sub- sequently he ran for Governor of Michigan on the Whig ticket, but was defeated. On the failure of the rail- road and bank in 1838, he returned to Geneseo. He was appointed Assistant Post Master General by President Van At the expiration of his term of office, Mr. Fuller returned to Gen- Buren. eseo and was elected a member of the State Senate, President. He was also elected Comp- troller of the State of New York and serving that body as served two terms. The two sons of Philo Case Fuller, Samuel L. Fuller and Edward P. Ful- ler, the latter father of Philo Carroll Fuller, bankers, forming the banking firm in Grand Rapids under the name of E. P. & S. L. Fuller. On Mr. Fuller’s mother’s side, he was descended from the well-known Maryland family of Carroll. The en- cestor came to this country from Ire- land as agent for Lord Baltimore. The name was then spelled O’Carroll and the family were known in Ireland as the Chiefs of Ely, Kings county. The Carroll family made many sacrifices for the American Government during the Revolutionary war, and the early days of the Republic. Charles Carroll, of Carrolton, was the well-known signer of the Declara- tion of Independence. Daniel Carroll, of being the were His brother, Duddington, the grandfather from Mr. Fuller is directly descended, was one of the signers of the Constitution. great-great whom He also gave to the Government the land on which the National Capital at Washington now stands on the condi- tion that the capital building should face his estate. One of these early Car- rolls was the the first Catholic arch- bishop created in this country. The son of Daniel Carroll, Charles Carroll, of Bellevue, Mr. Fuller’s great grandfather, is the man known in oc ane eae a 1 American history as having gone to the White House and taken Dolly Madison in his carriage to a place of safety when the British troops marched on Washington in 1812. There is a well- known story that Dolly Madison climb- ed on a chair and cut from its frame the Gilbert Stewart portrait of George Washington before she left the house with Mr. Carroll. This Mr. Carroll's home in Washington was recently ac- quired by the National Colonial Dames, sum of $86,000. Charles Holker Carroll, of the Her- mitage, and the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, formed an at- tachment for Miss Alida VanRensse- laer, of Albany. Her family were mem- bers of the Dutch Reformed church. She would not join the Catholic church Society of being sold for the Philo C. and as Mr. Carroll would not join the Dutch Reformed church, they both be- came Episcopalians and have always been devoted members of the Episco- pal church, although the Carrolls of Maryland are still Catholics and ad- joining the old homestead, Doughore- gan Manor, in Maryland, there is still the Roman Catholic chapel which is attended by that faith. Charles Carroll, of Bellevue, with Mr. Rochester and Mr. Fitzhugh, founded the city of Rochester, N. Y. It was suggested that the name of Mr. Carroll or Mr. Rochester should be given to the new city. The decision was settled by the outcome of a poker game. Mr. Carroll then created the finest farm in New York State, called many communicants of the Hermitage near Mount Morris, and six miles from Geneseo, and his son, Charles Holker Carroll, developed this 2,000 acre farm. He bought blooded cattle, horses and sheep from Europe, making the place one of the marvels of Western New York. In 1834 he purchased a tract of tim- ber land near Saginaw, which yielded He also pur- land in and him a handsome profit. chased tracts of around Grand Rapids, then known as Kent, in company with Judge Almy and Mr. Richmond. The original Kent plat was placed on the market by this large trio of pioneers. After Mr. Carroll’s death and the removal of Mr. Fuller and his wife, Cornelia Carroll Fuller, to Grand Rap- ids, this farm near Geneseo was pur- chased by the Grandfather of James Fuller. Wadsworth, lately Senator from New York State. Senator Wadsworth oc- cupies one of the houses owned by Mr. Carroll. In his grounds is a private burial lot of the members of Charles Holker Carroll's family. Philo Fuller lived at the Hermitage until eleven years old, when his fam- ily moved to Grand Rapids. He at- tended the public schools and after one year at the local high school his fam- ily went to Europe, intending to re- main two years, but were called home by the panic of 1873 inside of eighteen months. He attended St. Mark’s school at Southboro, Mass., and entered Yale college, graduating four years later in 1881. At Yale he distinguished him- self as an all round athlete, being famous for his work on the ball nine, the football team and the crew, and received many honors from his class- mates. When he graduated from college, his father was a silent partner of J. H. Rice & Co. The yard was located on West Leonard street and subsequently removed to the D. & M. Junction, where a planing mill and sash and door factory had been installed. Philo Fuller at once went to work in the yard, piling lumber at 85c per ten hour day. Inside of six months he said to Mr. Rice, “If you will put me in charge of the yard, I will systematize the busi- ness so as to accomplish all that is now being done with half the number of men you employ.” Mr. Rice smiled doubtfully, but adopted the suggestion. After six months Mr. Fuller was placed in the planing mill, where he noted that the machines were idle half the time because the work of getting the raw material to the machines was not properly planned. He then said to Mr. Rice, “Put me in charge of the mill and I will double the output of your plant.” Mr. Rice granted this request and found himself much pelas- ed with the results. Mr. Fuller soon came into possession of his father’s interest in this business and purchased the one-third interest of Mr. Wiley, at which time the name of the concern was changed to Fuller & Rice Lumber & Manufacturing Co. In 1897 he pur- chased the interest of Mr. Rice, be- coming sole owner. Mr. Fuller sold the interest in the business in 1910 and it is now the Grand Rapids Lumber Co. Mr. Fuller then purchased 20,000 acres of timber land near Iron River, Michigan, and 10,000 acres near On- tonagon, Michigan. In 1913, owning a frontage of 83 feet on Monroe avenue, he erected a build- ing on this site, and rented it to the Wurzburg Dry Goods Co. on a long time lease. Mr. Fuller and his sister, Mrs. Ed- win F. inherited their mother the property on Monroe avenue which his grandfather, Charles Holker Carroll, bought in 1834. In 1915, after the death of the President and General Manager, John Hoult, of the Luce Furniture Co., Mr. Fuller, who had been a director of the company for a number of years, was elected President, Although patriotic and deeply inter- ested in good government, Mr. Fuller had never been in active politics. Brought up a Democrat, he says he has voted for more Republican presi- dents than Democratic ones, always being willing to vote for the better man. However, he was a member of the charter commission created in 1917 and acted as Mayor the first year the commission form of government was in effect. He devoted practically all of his time to the duties of his office and was an inspiring war Mayor of the city, whose interests he always had warmly at heart. Mr. Fuller was deeply interested in the war and in 1916 he sent an ambu- lance to the front with the words “Yale ’81” on the sides. This was Sweet, from “Ay “Ay November 14, 1928 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 seen by a member of the class of ’93, who spoke of it at a dinner in New York, in consequence of which three more ambulances were sent from that class. Mr. Fuller has been a member of St. Mark’s Pro-Cathedral ever since he came to Grand Rapids in 1868. He has been a vestryman on and off for forty years and served as secretary and junior warden. He has always been deeply inter- ested in all questions affecting the im- provement of labor conditions and one of his great satisfactions has been the personal friendship of the workmen associated with him. Charitable and benevolent interests are also very close to him. He served the Butterworth hospital, whose earli- est foundation was made possible through the gifts of his own parents, forty years as Vice-President, often going out with the late Boyd Pantlind funds when the financial He is still to solicit situation was depressing. a trustee of the hospital. All his life he has been a warm friend and helper to young men. He has been a director of the Y. M. C. A. for eighteen years and was President for four years. The welfare and in- terests and companionship of young men have been Mr. Fuller’s great de- light and he is known to many of them as Uncle Phil. Another great interest of Mr. Fuller’s has been the Los Alamos ranch school, at Ottowi, near Santa Fe, N. M. Mr. Fulles secured this ranch for the sake of the health of his son, Edward, who had never been With his father’s help, Edward built up around him a school of twenty pupils, which has now inceased to forty. It is a truly beautiful and helpful institution and it is now recommended by Yale and very highly thought of by educa- tonal authorities. A large new build- ing has recently been erected, which will be known as the Edward Fuller ! odge. The school was primarily de- signed for boys in delicate health, as i;dward ha dalways been. Many who have been there great physical gain in addition to advance in other ways. Mr. Fuller looks upon this school as a memorial to the beautiful V'fe of his son, who was well known among the younger circle in Grand Rapids. Mr. Fuller has been a Director of the Visiting Nurses Association ever since the organization was started and for many years he was a Director of the old Charity Organization Society. Although he has recognized the duty of every business man to support in what degree he may the charitable in- stitution of the city, he liked to do his own giving and feels that the first duty is “personal help” to those in strong. have made need. In 1882 Mr. Fuller was married to Miss Isabella Gilbert, daughter of rank Gilbert, one of the early busi- ness men of the city. They had four children, Kate, who married Rankin Johnson, of Princeton, N. J.; Mar- garet, the widow of the Reverend Robert Johnston, of Bethlehem, Pa.: Cornelia, who died a few days after birth in 1890, and Edward, who died in 1923. Mrs. Fuller died in 1890. Mr. Fuller Laura Sluyter, daughter of the late Captain Stephen G. Sluyter, of Hartford, Con- necticut, in 1909. Until impaired strength prevented a year or so ago, Mr. Fuller was an married Miss ardent golf enthusiast, he was an or- iginal member of the Kent Country Club, the Peninsular Club, the Uni- versity Club, and the Rotary Club of Rapids. In the last struggle of the war in the spring of 1918, he resigned from the Yale and University Clubs of New York, the Hartford Club and the Farmington Country Club, of which he had been a member. Mr. Fuller was a member of Skull and Bones and D. K. E. fraternities in college, and was one of the founders of the Yale Alumni As- sociation of Western Michigan, of which he was President for a number of years. For two years he was also President of the University Club of Grand Rapids. In 1906 Mr. Fuller purchased from 3ishop Potter, of New York, his sum- mer home, Hawk Island, Lake Placid, N. Y., an island of fifteen acres of woodland, where he has had great pleasure in maintaining open house for his friends for the past twenty-three years. With the exception of a few trips abroad and two years spent in Santa Barbara for the health of his children, Mr. Fuller has continuously resided in Grand sharp Grand Rapids, to which city he always returns with the greatest satisfaction, taking great pride in its progress and prosperity as a city and loving it above all places as a home. His home has been for forty years at 54 Lafayette avenue, N. E., Grand Rapids, Michigan. ——___—_??--2_____ Don’t Talk Too Long. A Pennsylvania hardware dealer noticed that the percentage of “walk- outs” was increasing, so he kept his eye on the sales floor for a couple days, then called his sales clerks around him and said: “You are losing sales because vou do not know when to stop talking. There is a psychological moment. in every sales presentation when the prospect will listen favorably to the suggestion to buy, but you can talk him out of it if you say too much. And to better illustrate this point, let me tell you this story that Mark Twain loved to tell. ““He was the most eloquent orator I ever listened to- He painted the be- nighted condition of the heathen so clearly that my deepest compassion was aroused. lifelong habit and contribute a dollar to teach the gospel to my benighted brethren. As the speaker proceeded I decided to make it five dollars, then ten, then twenty. That was the time to take up the collection. However, the I resolved to break a speaker proceeded and I fell asleep. When the usher awoke me with the collection plate, I not only refused to contribute, but am ashamed to say that I actually stole fifteen cents.’ ” The sales clerks needed no further advice. There are fewer walk-outs now. CONFIDENCE... Build up customer confidence by selling goods your trade knows and respects. They do think highly of Beech-Nut. It’s a name they’ve seen advertised for many years in connection with ‘foods of finest flavor.’ Most of them know by actual experience every claim made for Beech-Nut is true. Feature the Beech-Nut line-. and don’t worry about competition. BEECH-NUT PACKING COMPANY Canajoharie, N. Y. Beech-Nut ‘““FOODS OF FINEST FLAVOR’? N x V \ VN & \ WY & \ N \ WN o NAL NV s S A NY SY \ A We WS aWw's \S \ \ wes LN CS SNOW NN SST f7 N a ie vrs eS X XN SSN LSS SS INS wi QS2 S88. N53N5 i \ 18 DRY GOODS Michigan Retail Dry Goods Assiciation. President—F. E. Mills, Lansing. : First Vice-President — J. H. Lourim. Jackson. » _ Second Vice-President—F H. Nissly. Ypsilanti. : Secretary-Treasurer — John Richey, Charlotte. : Manager—Jason I. Hammond. Lansing. Gloves in Varied Styles. Gloves for evening wear have been somewhat neglected of late and at pres- ent there is some question whether they will ever again attain their for- mer style value. Some of the outstand- ing importers of women’s fine gloves however, are showing a few more new models in short lengths with either pearl or rhinestone trimmings. Clasps and buttons are of these same stones. 3ack sticthing and fancy cuffs prevail. The long gloves coming well above the elbows seem to be more favored by the older women, the younger set con- sidering them too troublesome either to get on or off or to carry. The short, one-button glove is worn only with a heavy wrap or coat. A few slip-on models, with profuse decoration on the cuffs in metal thread embroidery, are also being featured. There is also a return of the mesh glove, heralded by a pair of slip-ons made of a fine mesh with designs worked out on the backs and about the edges of the flaring cuffs. Such gloves are offered with the idea of comple- menting the new evening caps and extra jackets. The colors offered are mostly confined to black, white and beige. Scarfs for evening wear are made of the sheerest nets, chiffons and gauzes and used in place of the one-time popu- Triangles and squares are equally popular as to lar clouds of maline. shapes, for the latter may be folded diagonally if desired. Chenille dots are used on the net scarfs, which are at- tractive either in black or pastel colors. For wear with a black lace dress a black net scarf may be worn, with the chenille dots in an all-over pattern or a grouped design and in bright and ay colors. ——_>++___ New Sets of Undergarments Offerea. For the evening costume accessories are especially important. Particularly the foundation garment, better known as the corset, combination or ensemble of girdle and brassiere, must be well chosen. For dancing they must be flexible and of fabrics that will hold the figure in shape and yet not show ridges through a sheer frock. To wear with the extremely severe undergarments are shown made of plain materials in skin colors, in black, beige and a chocolate shade. This latter color is being fea- evening gowns, tured because of the popularity of the new wood-brown tones noted in both youthful and older evening models. Most of the one-piece garments are made without bones and have instead several small gores of strong elastic. Again, the better shops are showing brassieres and combinations without shoulder straps in both tailored and fancy models. In these a wide elastic banding is used in back, sometimes ex- tending to the armpits. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Among the more scanty models there are attractive girdles made of soft ma- terials and no boning and with the edges finished with lace and chiffon. These are combined with step-ins. An- other girdle combines a step-in and short petticoat. With it is shown a brassiere which is slightly longer than usual and takes the place of a vest. A step-in made of wmaize-colored ninon is entirely -pleated and hangs from a fitted yoke. A fan-shaped in- set allows for the necessary fullness, and gives the garment a_ petticoat effect. —_~wr~7<- _.. Lace Gowns Shown in Smart Designs. Lace is being used by some of the best designers for their latest evening models. Few of the white and cream laces are shown except Chantilly, and of this, black Chantilly has added to the popularity of all-black evening gowns. It is made over black net with rhinestone, silver or jet trimming, and in some unusual combinations of black and white. A stunning dance frock of black Chantilly lace is made with a flounced skirt with tiers gathered quite full and with a band of white tulle sewn along the edges. A large, graceful motif of jet and rhinestones is placed at one side of the waist, which is finished about its decollete neck and armholes with a band of tulle. Dyed laces are shown in many lovely colors for evening, some in vivid pur- ples, greens, scarlet and orange, others in all of the tones of orchid, in the pastels and in delicate evening shades. —_~+-.__ Musical Instrument Call Quiet. The demand for musical instruments continues rather quiet, reflecting vari- ous influences at work which are les- sening the development and employ- ment of individual musical talent. The bright spot in the situation is the call to supply school bands and orchestras. Wind and reed instruments are held to be doing best in the general call. Business in tenor banjos and ukuleles has dropped off. Guitars and mando- “ns are said to be coming back some- -nat. Violins are selling at about the rate of the past five years, the demand, however, being less than before this period. —_+--.>___ Decline in Felts Held Temporary. While felt hats have declined some- what in favor as millinery items, there seems to be a disposition to believe this is but a temporary development. The recent swing has been to metallic effects, which have been moving fairly well in an otherwise quiet market. Al- though there are many in the trade who would herald the passing of the felt with considerable pleasure, feeling that the dressy type of hat would pro- duce better business, the sports trend in women’s apparel is believed too strong for the felt types to be rele- gated to oblivion at this time. —_~+<-+____ A business man should have four wills and here they are: A good will made in favor of his family; the good will of the public; the good will of those who work with him, not just for him; and the good will of his banker. November 14, 1928 Sales Notice Notice is hereby given that the G. V. Black stock and fixtures at Owendale, Mich. (gen- eral merchandise) is being offered for sale on sealed bids. This merchandise can be inspected any day at the store building at Owendale. Apply to Alex Jameson caretaker. Mail or deliver your sealed bid to Collins & ‘Thompson, Attorneys, Bay City, Mich., accompanied by certified check for 10°C of your bid. Said bids must be in attorneys hands not later than November 24 and will be onened November 26. We reserve the right to reject any and all bids. A. B. Roman, Ep. C. CRAMER, Trustees. CASH IN Dealers all over Mich- igan are Cashing in on our Rug and Linoleum service arrangements. Buying from Herpol- sheimer’s assures you of dependable qualities and satisfactory _ ser- vice. HERPOLSHEIMER COMPANY Wholesale Floor Coverings GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN A MARK OF DISTINCTIVE BEDDING Piss SH arslrall BED SPRINGS MATTRESSES PILLOWS Comfortable .... Durable THE MARSHALL CO. "the GRAND RAPIDS & ‘a i daily ———— i cere Sar } acini Bei Host lara en RE ete ote: ieee ojos November 14, 1928 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 SHOE MARKET Sends Check Books To Customers. ‘A checkbook is sent by a Halifax shoe retailer every year to his charge acount customers. This contains a number of specially prepared blanks, bearing copy which reads: “Deliver to (name and address is here filled in by the writer) one pair of Blank’s shoes. (The writer then signs the check with his own name and address.)” The checks are intended for distribu- tion among those to whom the writer wishes to give a Christmas gift and of course take the place of Gift Certifi- cates. These instructions accompany the checkbook: “Make out check in full. Use as gift or order. Bearer need simply pre- sent check at our sotre, make a selec- tion, and charge the purchase to your account. “On the stub, note the price you wish the check’to represent. Then de- tach the stub and mail to us at once. We shall show no footwear to the bearer except within the price range specified.” —_2-2—____ Does Your Credit Application Blank Cover This? Experience has taught S. B. Huff- man, credit manager of the Boston Store, Wichita, Kansas, just what in- formation he must have in order to determine the credit limit of a prospec- tive charge customer. Based upon this experience, this is the credit he has devised: Name. Name and address before marriage. Residence address—How long? Former address Business address. Employed by—How long? Salary. Lodge or insurance company. Occupation. Relatives. Bank account. Housekeeping. Property owner. Other city accounts owing at present Pay rent to. Reference. Agree to pay. —_2-.__ Buyer Makes Calls Before Buying. A day or two before the shoe buyers of Muller, Lake Charles, La., is sched- uled to leave on a buying trip, she calls up a selected list of patrons on the telephone. “Will you want anything while I’m in the market?” she asks each cus- tomer. No matter what it is, shoes, ships or sealing wax—she offers to get it gladly without extra charge for her efforts. The idea not only puts the shoe de- partment in the way of many extra sales, especially of elaborate footwear, but it also inspires in customers a warm feeling of good will. —_>-.___ An Unusual Exchange Policy. Whether a Christmas gift is bought at the store or not, the New Bry’s, Memphis, Tenn., will nevertheless ex- change it, should it be found too large or too small. The exchange, however, can be made only after the holiday is over. The good will created by this policy, the store believes, is incalculable. Aside from that, the people it brings in during the dull period which gen- erally follows December 25, often buy other merchandise. Advertising announcing the policy last year read: “The articles to be exchanged need not have been bought here. If they were purchased elsewhere, or if you received them from out of town, we will do our best to make your Christ- mas gifts useful.” —__2-~<— To Guard Against Overbuying. To avoid overbuying, a Philadelphia merchant has devised a simple record. This consists of a blank book, each of the pages of which is devoted to one of the months of the year. At the top of each page is noted the cost figures of the sales made in that month last year. Next to it is a figure represent- ing the sales the merchant expects to make this year. Under the latter figure is noted the amount of every purchase made for that month. When subtracted from the total estimated sales, this leaves a sum which shows how much further the retailer can go in his purchasing. Should the merchant be compelled to make a purchase of certain Christ- mas goods in May, the purchase is entered not in the May month but in the December month. —_~+~-<-___ Old Shoes To Sell New Ones. A retailer who had at his disposal a tiny bit of display space built around a pillar, once presented this exhibit in it: Heaped about the pillar were a score or so of sadly dilapidated shoes. The shoes were piled up every which way and looked for all the world like relics from some ancient period. The romance of their lives, however. was explained by a sign fastened to the post: “These shoes were worn out by cus- tomers of ours who kept coming back again and again for the merchandise we sell.” —_~++-__ A Lucky Number Prize Plan. To induce frequent visits, a shop in Duluth has given a serial number to each of its customers and prospective customers. One of these numbers is selected every day and is printed on a card hung in the store. Should the customer bearing the number come in that day, he is given the alternative either of buying a pair of shoes at half price or else of accepting an inexpen- sive but useful gift. ——_++-__ Satisfy the Baby. Marshall Field & Co., Chicago, in a recent advertisement advised harrassed parents that when a youngster of theirs loses one of his baby teeth, he should be appeased with some fitting consola- tion. The store suggested a brand new pair of shoes, : MicHIGAN SHOE DEALERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. Organized for SERVICE not for Profit Weare Saving our Policy Holders 30% of Their Tariff Rates on General Mercantile Business {} for Information write to L. H. BAKER, Secretary-Tresurer LANSING, MICHIGAN STRENGTH ECONOMY THE MILL MUTUALS AGENCY Representing the MICHIGAN MILLERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (MICHIGANS LARGEST MUTUAL) AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES Lansing Michigan Combined Assets of Group $45,267,808.24 20% to 40% Savings Made Since Organization FIRE INSURANCE—ALL BRANCHES Tornado— Automohbile— Plate Glass 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. The Right Man Is Usually Found Eventually. Evolution in the directing personnel of retail grocers associations, as I have observed them during the past quarter of a century, bears out the old saying that the right man for the job is al- ways uncovered when the need for him Time and patience are elements whether of arises. in all building operations, tangible structures, personal character or efficient organizations. The time seems long, too, and discouraging set- backs intervene; but persistent efforts to build bring results. Because of its tremendous physical size and rapid expansion in sprawling over the largest municipal territory in Angeles was a “Many among the known world, Los hard place to organize. chosen” were called but few were chosen seldom panned out satisfactorily. Way back in 1906, when I first struck the city, Paulding was secretaries, and those secretary. He was a suitable elements He was a faculty for divergent man who had many for success as a secretary. good mixer and had a rare harmonizing apparently opinions and sentiments among _ his members. Through no special fault of his own, he got into business management on association funds Paulding an unsound basis; were thus dissipated and died a broken, disappointed man— everybody sincerely sorry for his failure. hopeless Followed years of really floundering. Secretary followed secre- tary. The proverbial corporal’s guard was about the size of any grocers’ as- sociation meeting. And then came G. Haffer, who has held the job for some years now and held it right. Not a month has passed without defi- Harry nite progress being registered, new ideas put into practical application, long steps ahead being so common as now to be taken as a matter of course. Thus Los Angeles now has—I hesi- tate to say the biggest association when I think of Pennsylvania and San Francisco—one of the largest, certain- associated bodies to be found either side of any ly one of the strongest of the oceans. And_ so have mentioned it. has held a mistake not, Pennsylvania, seeing we That state great association, but, if I there have when its cohesion was not so good. Since William Smedley was installed, some fifteen years or more ago, Penn- sylvania has not had to take anybody’s dust. And that is in a state in which association has long been times meant either life or death to thousands of individual gro- cers. There, as in Los Angeles, the secretary has been the whole works in upbuilding and rendering cohesive the grocers association. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN From the beginning of his appren- ticeship in association activities, early in this century, until his death in January, 1927, Frank Connolly’s per- sonal influence was felt with steadily He was such a man, so vigorous and aggressive an advance guard, that not only California but the entire coun- try took him into account. No major years got anywhere consultation with him and were done under the dominance of his personality. He was, secretary of San Francisco local, editor of the Ad- increasing intensity. strong association movement for without usually things moreover, state secretary, vocate and for considerable periods acting National Secretary. Needless to say that when Frank died, his place was hard to fill. It was so hard to find even two men fitted to carry on his work that it was about taken for granted that the first to try subdivision would make an in- different success or worse. It was no surprise, therefore, that the first to come forward lasted only a little over either activities pro- automatic way, a year, during which gressed in a sort of urged forward in many cases by the conditions and not special plan resulting pressure of pro- moted by any from sound preconceptions. The really remarkable thing is that the man discovered for local secretary in San Francisco should have been the success he has become. But Tissier— another Frank, too—had a long ex- perience as retail grocers secretary in East St. background; so, while it took him some months to find himself in the new, highly specialized San Francisco job, he has made good to the limit of anybody’s legitimate expectations, and the local association Louis as flourishes and grows in potency daily. When the first state incumbent to follow Frank B. Connolly gave up the job, there stepped into the breach a young man more completely equipped endowment, ,than anyone hoped to discover. That D. Hadeler, a young grocer of San Francisco, active in a flourishing business, conducted by himself and a brother, inherited from in which he began to work as a mere child. While yet a boy, he fell under Connolly’s influence and tutelage, responded ardently, develop- ed intense interest in and devotion to association activities and was the one perhaps of all possible candidates, in mental and _ physical plus intensive training could have was—and is—William his father, man, best fitted to take up and carry on where Frank left off. Hadeler is a man of this minute. His business is a full service one, intrench- ed in splendid family trade, and as he touch with the latest de- velopments in that character of grocery nothing merely academic is apt to crop out in anything he does or advocates as secretary. is in close business, Hadeler is president of one of the oldest, most closely knit and success- ful grocer-owned wholesale houses in the country; and that is a job into which he has been voted for several consecutive terms. Thus it would be difficult to imagine how a man better (Continued on page 31) November 14, 1928 HOLSUM Don’t Say Bread — Say M.J. DARK & SONS INCORPORATED GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 7 Direct carload receivers of UNIFRUIT BANANAS SUNKIST -- FANCY NAVEL ORANGES and all Seasonable Fruit and Vegetables ASTERPIECES Se Zasn ) i yon ry (oa {i mn Ge =———4 i. Or every o onan Q i THE BAKER'S ART ¥ 2 Sy si tea x a 2 ie ids smelt Pie November 14, 1928 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 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. Smoked Beef Tongue With a Distinct Flavor. Now that Thanksgiving day is near at hand and the appetite delicately tuned to epicurean things it may be well to try that delicious meat product known as beef tongue. When one thinks of beef tongue in terms of slices in delicatessen stores the price seems important, but it may be served in the home at moderate cost and be just as satisfving. Select a looking beef tongue smoked to an appealing brown and with the assurance of the dealer that it is mild cured. After tak- ing it home allow it to soak in cold This is important, good water over night. for the soaking removes surface salt and tends to plump up the tongue and make the end soft. It is quite essen- tial that the end should be as soft as the rest of the tongue so that it may be sliced when the cooking process is over. It may be placed in cold water after soaking, to which has been added a bay leaf, a few slices of lemon, three or four cloves, a piece of onion and a small Chili pepper. Simmer until ten- der, but do not boil. Remove the liquid, skin and trim nicely and set aside. A sauce to serve with it may be made as follows: Boil the liquid down to about Melt two tablespoons tablespoons three cupsful. butter and add to two flour, cooking to a smooth paste. Add the three cups of liquid to this after straining, season well and add_ the juice of half a lemon and a half cupful Simmer until Place of large seeded raisins. smooth and slightly thickened. the cooked tongue in this and continue cooking for about ten minutes. Re- move the tongue and serve the sauce separately. Ths provides a most de- lightful meat when served with mash- ed potatoes, creamed spinach and string beans, or other side dishes of vege- tables, as the taste dictates. There is no kind of meat that possesses greater delicacy than tongue and many find it their favorite dish for light lunches and for use in sandwiches. There is con- siderable difference in tongues, how- ever, and care in selection will be found to be well worth the trouble it takes. will not rob the tongue of its inherent Ordinary methods of cooking goodness, but such a delicious piece of meat deserves the greatest care that can be given it by good cooks. There is considerable shrinkage in the skin- ned, trimmed and cooked tongue, but what is used will be solid meat with no further waste, such as bone or excess fat. Beef -tongue is mentioned here, but tongues from other animals may be found to be excellent also where size to provide large slices is not essential. a ee The Balanced Meal. The balanced meal is supposed to be the ideal one, though many different experts may differ with respect to the balance. However, there is no gain- saying the fact that if the meals are well balanced best health will result and when experts differ they are often quite close together on main features, though not so close on minor details. From a commercial point of view there is another kind of balance very desir- able to the meat industry. balance that includes many different kinds of meat and as many different cuts from different sections of the car- Everyone who has given the matter any thought at all knows that every part of each carcass of beef, veal, lamb and pork has to be eaten by somebody unless there is to be a great deal of waste and the great losses such waste would bring about. This is a cass as may be. Of course, different sections of carcass- es are priced differently in most cases and so inducements are offered to those who would save by ustng such cuts as are not in such popular demand as others. On the whole, the problem is not so great in practice as it might seem in theory, but serious enough to cause difficulties to those located where they find very limited sale for sone of the meat they buy. In_ sections where chops, steaks, oven roasts, etc., are in most demand the coarser cuts are apt to drag, even when the prices are cut very low. In other sections where price is of greatest considera- tion, the readily enough, but the higher priced meat coarser cuts. sell moves slowly, even at price conces- sions. The solution for these condi- tions, as far as the industry is con- cerned, is wholesale divisions of car- casses with some sections sold to deal- ers in both high and low priced locali- ties. In some respects this plan works out very well, but it is not at all per- fect, as it is pretty generally acknowl- edged that most economic marketing comes from ready disposition of entire carcasses in shops. This cannot be done unless consumers give more at- tention to balancing their meat diets. They are told continually of the ex- cellent dishes that may be prepared from some of the lower priced cuts and the general satisfaction resulting from such an arrangement and to a consid- When the advantages are more fully understood erable extent they respond. and accepted it will be better for all. —_—_—_>-+- The Road To Success. “Tommy,” said the politician stern- ly to his 10-year-old son, “I bought a case of beer the day before yester- day.” “Did you, pa?” queried the boy, in- nocently. “How nice!” “Tommy,” still more sternly, “don’t you try to deceive your father. Over half of that case is gone already. What did you do with it?” Well, pa,’ apologetically, “you see, we organized whimpered the boy a trades union yesterday.” “And did that call for the use of beer?” “Yes, I was running for office.” "Um Well, that makes a difference. Did you get it?” “Yes, I was elected walking dele- gate.” “You Well, see here, Tommy, you just take the rest of that case and see if you can’t be president of the union. You have discovered the royal road to political advancement.” ah—politics, eh? were, eh? \LIPTONS TEA At the great tea expositions in Ceylon and India Lipton’s Tea Estates were awarded the First Prize and Gold Medal for the finest tea grown. Cuaranteed Vv Tea Merchant by zppointment to Tea Planter Ceylon aaah OF ¢ Hi. M. THE ae ae VEEN espe KING GEORGE V au \ repens eT —_——— Always Sell LILY WHITE FLOUR ‘*The Flour the best cooks use.”’ Also our high quality specialties Rowena Yes Ma’am Graham Rowena Pancake Flour Rowena Golden G. Meal Rowena Buckwheat Compound Rowena Whole Wheat Flour Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. VALLEY CITY MILLING CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. eA eanpaneesng VINKEMULDER COMPANY Grand Rapids, Michigan Distributors Fresh Fruit and Vegetables ‘‘Vinke Brand’’ Onions, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Oranges, Lemons, “Yellow Kid’? Bananas, Vegetables, etc. pa had GENUINE GOLDEN FLAKE THE MOST POPULAR CANDY OF ITS KIND Now Ready to Ship. Order Early. 20 Lbs. to Case. Made only by PUTNAM FACTORY NATIONAL CANDY CO., INC. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. a I FEEL LIKE A NEW MAN “T have been in the grocery business for the past 25 years. I always used to feel tired and sluggish until one day I tried Fleischmann’s Yeast. After using it for a month, I felt like a new man,” writes Adolph Zimmerman, of Newark, New Jersey. “My motto and advice to all my customers is eat 3 cakes of Yeast a day.” Every grocer recommending Yeast for Health to customers is giving a health servicec that will make customers regular and better buyers of all groceries sold in the store. FLEISCHMANN’S YEAST Service EA ATE DT TCT TEL A EE: HARDWARE Michigan Retail Hardware Association. President—Herman Dignan, Owossce. Vice-Pres.—Warren A. Slack, Bad Axe. Secretary—A. J. Scott, Marine City. Treasurer—Wiliam Moore, Detroit. Suggestions in Regard To Window Trimming. The hardware dealer is approaching a season of the year when his window displays will develop exceptional ad- vertising value; and likewise, his time for designing attractive trims will be decidedly limited. The pos- sibility of more efficient handling of your window trimming is, consequent- ly, a matter worth careful study at this when, particular season. System is needed in this department just as much as in any other portion of your store activities: A few sug- gestions in regard to window trimming will, consequently, be worth while. These suggestions are not theory; they are the practical ideas of a trimmer of some years’ experience who recently discussed the matter with me. He said: “First and foremost, there should be an appropriation to cover all expenses. This appropriation should be made a vearly one. The window trimmer will then be in a position to purchase what supplies he requires and will be more apt to plan new ideas and arrange ef- fective trims. An ambitious window trimmer is a great asset to any busi- At the same time, the setting of a definite appropriation will limit the ness. expense of the windows to a certain figure. This is also an advantage: for the window trimmer given too free a hand is apt, in his enthusiasm for his work, to overrun the bounds of finan- cial prudence. “The same principle holds good where the dealer himself has charge of the window trimming. He should know beforehand just what he ought to spend, should set aside this money for the purpose, and should spend it to the best advantage. "it ts should cover the selection of the ar- Tak- ing the whole year round, all lines of important that your system ticles to be included in displays. goods are entitled to their fair share of window publicity; and it will take considerable planning on the part of the window dresser to see that all lines are featured at the proper times. “This can be accomplished by work- ing out a simple routine plan and then sticking to it. The index in the job- practically stock. Go over the list carefully and check out should bers’ catalogues will list every article carried in each article which be given display at some time of the year. Then draw up twelve lists, one for each month, putting down each article in the month when it could be displayed with best results. This schedule can be revised as occasion arises, but it will provide a good working basis and will obviate the possibility of certain lines being lost sight of. “The window trimmer should have His work calls for a continual succession of new a filing system of his own. ideas on the matter of arrangement of display. Even the most clever trimmer MICHIGAN TRADESMAN will sometimes run short of original ideas, and the necessity then arises for something to fall back upon. “It is advisable to clip out and pre- serve every picture of a window dis- play that comes to hand. There will be ideas in all of them. Such pictures and other materials should be filed in a systematic way. Classify all pictures into groups, such as tools, paint, stoves, kitchen utensils, etc. It will then be easier to turn up and find the picture desired to guide you in putting to- gether a display dealing with some particular hardware line. ____ In the Market. It seems that a printer somewhere down in Texas got slightly peeved at a letter from a doctor who wanted bids thousand letterheads and different different grades of paper and printed in various on several statements, sizes, colors; with the request that the forms be kept standing for possible reprint orders. So ‘Mr. Printer diagnosed the case carefully and answered something in this manner: “Am in the market for bids on one operation for appendicitis—one, two, and five inch incision, with and without If appendix is found to be sound, want quotations to include put- ting same back and cancelling order. If removed, successful bidder is expected nurse, to hold incision open for about sixty days, as I expect to be in the market for an operation for gallstones at that time and want to save the cost of cutting.” ——_+-<____ Why He Lost the Sale. “This suit is all wool, just feel this fabric,’ said the clothing salesman. “T couldn’t recognize wool unless I saw it on a sheep’s back,” parried the customer. “Just try on this coat and then look at it in the mirror,” pleaded the sales- man, x vm FRIGIDAIRE ELECTRIC REFRIGERATING SYTEMS PRODUCT OF GENERAL MOTORS For Markets, Groceries and Homes Does an extra mans work No more putting up ice A small down payment puts this equipment in for you 1 F.C. MATTHEWS & CO. Tit PEARE SE. N. 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Van Westenbrugge Grand Rapids = Muskegon (SERVICE DISTRIBUTOR) Nucoa KRAFT (IX) CHEESE All varieties, bulk and package cheese ‘*‘Best Foods”’ Salad Dressings Fanning’s Bread and Butter Pickles Alpha Butter TEN BRUIN’S HORSE RADISH and MUSTARD OTHER SPECIALTIES J. CLAUDE YOUDAN ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR Special attention given creditors proceed- ings, compositions, receiverships, bank- ruptey and corporate matters. Business Address: 421 Kelsey Office Building. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 24 HOTEL DEPARTMENT Inspection of Mt. Whitney, Highest Point in U. S. Los Angeles, Nov. 9—Within six or eight hours of Los Angeles, untouched so far by saw and axe, although some- what the worse for wear on account of recent forest fires, we reach the base of Redwood Mountain, the entrance to Redwood Canyon and the trail of Red- wood Creek, almost unknown to tour- ists, yet said to be California’s greatest arboreal extravaganza. Here, as in a greater portion of this vast area, are the wonderful sequoias, many of them named. One of them, the Roosevelt, is presented to the world as the largest living thing on earth. Redwood Mountain forms the West- ern ridge of this svlvan retreat. At the entrance to the canyon, which is at an elevation of 6,000 feet, is an auto club sign, indicating this is the place. It is narrow and steep, but our mo- toneer made the grade without per- ceptible excitement, although I will confess I didn’t care much for the roadway, though it is tractable. Trav- eling a half mile and descending 500 feet, which I estimated to be about a 20 per cent. grade, we reach C Camp Delight, a wide level in the upper can- yon. Redwood Creek, a stream of sparkling cold water, flows between banks choked with azalia bushes. To the North, East, South and West, are sequoias: more than 5,000 acres of them. Along the Eastern ridge of the canyon are two mighty peaks, Buena Vista, 8,000 feet in elevation and Big Baldy, a great bare dome of rock, a little higher. Both canvon walls have series of benches or natural terraces, affording ideal places to build camps and cabins as soon as roadways, not easily constructed, are built. Water, also, though not in abundance this year, could be easily provided by some sort of a storage system. Ordinarily Red- wood Creek is said to be a wonderful spot for mountain trout fishing. It is wonderfully well stocked, due, no doubt, to the fact that fishing has been limited by nature’s handicaps. About a mile below Camp Delight Baldy Creek empties into Redwood and from here down it is quite a sizable stream, increasing in volume as it approaches its junction with the North fork of Kaweah River, on account of the trickling rivulets from the mountain sides. Groups of ten and twelve big trees are frequent, as well as clusters of three. Of course, there are the oc- casional freaks, such as we find in Michigan forests, although on a gi- gantic scale, such as twins, and trees with trunks divided far above the ground, and chimney trees, but mainly these sequoias are the beautiful wood- en monoliths they were intended to be by nature. It is a playground area approximate- ly three miles square, sheltered from the summer sun by a leafy canopy held aloft more than 200 feet from the ground. This vast canopy is almost unbroken, conserving the waters of the creeks and giving to the atmosphere a fragrant coolness. This canyon should be known and enjoved by thousands, but I am afraid it will eventually be dissipated, for the reason that it is controlled by private interests and there 1s always the mer- cenary temptation to cut down the timber. Our route up here was by the wav of Bakersfield, Tulare and Visalia, and we return to the latter place, a cheer- ful little city of approximately 8,000, for the night, where we find exception- al accommodations in the chief hotel, with good eats, reasonably priced. During the afternoon we have been treated with a view of Mt. Whitney, many miles Eastwardly. but some fool- hardy member of our exploring party MICHIGAN TRADESMAN suggests a nearer view from Kern River valley, hence the next morning we head for Porterville. It is not the good fortune of every- one to live in sight of the mountains, but I am sure there is more than usual interest in association with them by such as can only make occasional visits or merely read about them. But one becomes, from familiarity, fascinated with their offerings and attracted to their enfolding arms, as it were. Every day we see mountains from the patio of our Hollywood home, but we long for a more intimate acquaint- ance, and when it is suggested that there is a nearer view of Mt. Whitney, we try to qualify. For physical, or rather avoirdupois reasons, I have not entered readily into the spirit of moun- tain climbing, but there is that of much interest in the valleys and enjoying a portion of the thrills of the higher up stuff. where the other fellow supplies the physical effort in checking it up. Hence we were not averse to ex- tending our trip for an extra day and “doing’ Kern River Canyon, especial- ly with the promise of a “close up” of Whitney. Auto trails are everywhere, and they have virtually brought the mountain to Mahomet. Straight as an arrow for nearly thirty miles the Kern River Canyon draws its clear and invigorating water from the high summits of the Sierra Nevadas, and again we find the mag- nificent sequoias to gladden the under- standing. Here and there a lofty tree has raised its head over the trunk of a fallen giant whose remarkable wood remains undecaved. Beneath our feet the centuries have laid a rich, brown carpet, embroidered with ferns and mosses. Softly the sunbeams filter in- to the shady aisles of the mighty for- est and to the soul of the explorer bring a feeling of peace. From the summit of Moro Rock we look down into the canyon to a depth of 4,000 feet. Northwest of this point, on Cactus Creek, Crystal Cave is to be found. It penetrates a limestone moun- tain for an unknown distance and is said to contain many interesting for- mations. From this forest we take the trail to Alta Meadows, a flower-strewn mountain slope where innumerable streams from Alta Peak discharge their crystal offerings into the canyon. The trail descends through exceeding- ly dense growths into Buck canyon. Franklin Pass, which we did not at- tempt, is said to disappear in snow banks at 11,000 feet. This is called the Great Western Divide, which over- looks a solid untraveled region of rug- ged mountains and snowy lakes. At Rattlesnake Creek we find a refresh- ment bureau, where the coffee is most excellent, stop an hour and bask in the sun, which is a welcome recess, after the chill and lonesomeness of the mountains. At Tower Rock which we reached after much shuffling of the gears at an altitude of 8,000 feet, we are on the East rim of the canyon, which gives us a wonderful view of same. The great trees below seem small and the river a silver thread. A miniature lake which is fast filling with little islands which will eventually change it to a valley floor. A little way to the North is Golden Trout Creek, and here we ran across some Los Angelenos. who displayed several specimens of this beautiful species of the finny tribe, one of which tipped the beam at nine pounds. We were in no position to accent a “mess,” which was offered us, but these good people were kind enough to offer to serve some of them, an invitation we were compelled to decline because of our desire to make time and reach our next night control before darkness set in. As we wander along the Kern, its walls seemingly grow higher at every turn and are more colorful and sculp- tured. We finally leave this section of the canyon, pausing briefly at Skv Parlor Meadow to admire the acres of * November 14, 1928 HOTEL CHIPPEWA HENRY M. NELSON, Manager European Plan MANISTEE, MICH. Up-to-date Hotel with all Modern Conveniences—Elevator, Ete. 150 Outside Rooms Dining Room Service Hot and Cold Running Water and Telephone in every Room. $1.50 and up 60 Rooms with Bath $2.50 and $3 Warm Friend Tavern Holland, Mich. Is truly a friend to all travelers. All room and meal rates very reasonable. Free private parking space. E. L. LELAND. Mgr. Luxurious Comfort, Appetizing Meals, Reasonable Rates, and Finest Mineral Bath Department in the country, are just a few of the reasons for the popularity of West Michigan’s finest hotel. We invite the patronage of business men and pleasure-seekers. Hotel Whitcomb and Mineral Baths St. Joseph, Michigan “We are always mindful of our responsibility to the pub- lic and are in full apprecia- tion of the esteem its generous patronage implies.” HOTEL ROWE Grand Rapids, Michigan. ERNEST W. NEIR, Manager. CHARLES RENNER HOTELS Four Flags Hotel, Niles, Michigan, in the picturesque St. Joseph Valley. Mishawaka Hotel, Mishawaka, Indiana Edgewater Club Hotel, St. Joseph, Michigan, open from May to October. All of these hotels are maintained on the high standard established by Mr. Renner. WESTERN HOTEL BIG RAPIDS, MICH. Hot and cold running water in all rooms. Several rooms with bath. All rooms weil 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. uropean $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. 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. Grorce L. Crocker, Manager. Occidental Hotel FIRE PROOF CENTRALLY LOCATED Rates $1.50 and up EDWART R. SWETT, Mgr. Muskegon +t Michigan Columbia Hotel KALAMAZOO Good Place To Tie To PARK-AMERICAN HOTEL KALAMAZ90 A First Class Tourist and Commercial Hotel Also Tea Room, Golf Course and Riding Academy located on U.S. No. 12 West operated in connec- tion with Hotel. ERNEST McLEAN Manager Park Place Hotel Traverse City Rates Reasonable—Service Superb —Location Admirable. W. 0. HOLDEN, Mgr. 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 itv ahaelentiie: aa can lash nba naan Ae : ; ‘ PERT ‘ed that “close up” to Mt. November 14, 1928 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 25 flowers surrounded by dark pines, and its thrilling views of Mt. Needham, Sawtooth and many-colored Keweah Peaks. We finally reach the shores of Moraine Lake, where we are scheduled to remain over night, and are bolstered up by a wonderful dinner of trout, taken, we are informed, within the hour previous to our arrival, from a stream discharging into the lake. Mor- aine Lake is nearly 10,000 feet aloft and again we have the interesting views of snow clad mountains, always easily in the next county and innumer- able canyons. On these rocky and in- hospitable slopes and glacial pave- ments of the mountains, the fox-tail pine lives in a perpetual struggle with the winds and storms. Occasionally a juniper, stunted and matted, is to be seen, and flowers of mountain shrubs and plants are much in evidence. Here also we find a species of trailing arbu- tus, so popular in Michigan, but being out of season we have n> means of comparing the beauty of blossoms. Never do I take one of these fantistic trips without a feeling of condemna- tion in the enjoyment of them, for those who away back home seldom, if ever, have an opportunity of enjoying them as I] have. Some day when aviation has been perfected a sight of many of them will be available to the uninitiated, but never with the satisfac- tion of the close personal approach. ‘On the morning following our night stop at Moraine Lake, we were inter- ested in the attractive blues, purples and violets of the mountain crags, and in the afternoon the grandeur of the Sierra Nevadas is unmistakably bright- ened by white clouds flung high like surfs above their summits. Nothing in nature holds greater power to up- lift the thoughts and expand the vision than do these sun-illumined clouds. In the grandeur of sunset hues they are an inspiration. During the afternoon we accomplish- Whitney promised by one member of our party. Seemingly but a stone’s throw away, it was said by our host to be seventy miles distant. However, it is a sight to be long remembered, in that it is 14,501 feet at the highest point, whiich is likewise the highest point in the United States, exclusive of Alaska, and we are told that from its summit, strewn with granite, slabs and snow, there is unhindered view in every di- rection. Few, however, negotiate its summit. To the West are the wild Kaweahs, to the South the rounded mass of Mt. Langley, and to the North a multitude of peaks ranging from. 11,000 to 14,000 feet, the backbone of the Sierras. Be- yond is also Death Valley, which I visited recently, the striking contrast of 276 feet below sea level. The Southern cliffs of Mt. Whitney are nearly perpendicular to 2,000 feet. The snow accumulations are said to be gigantic. Here is the magnificent desolation of a former age. Our re- turn trip is surely a most fascinating journey, past colorful little lakes and radiant clusters of flowers along the banks of the mountain rivulets. Here, also, we find miniature waterfalls, edged with pines, red and white firs. Returning home, after an absence of three days, we almost feel that we have established a world’s record on sight seeing. Samuel Platkin, owner of the Roose- velt Hotel, at Pontiac, has purchased a valuable plat of ground in the busi- ness section of that city and is plan- ning to build a 300 room hotel. Gen- eral plans call for 300 outside guest rooms as well as several store spaces. The building will be of fire-proof con-- struction and will have all modern con- veniences, including three elevators and circulating ice water in every room. All rooms will have private baths; there will be three dining rooms, a soda grill and cafeteria. The builder claims that he plans to erect in Pontiac a genuinely first-class hotel, something that will surpass everything in that section of the State. Special features will be a wide hallway leading to the double lobby. The lobby entrance will be flanked with shops for hotel servcie and the lobby will be luxuriously fur- nished, with special parlors adapted to the requirements of women guests. All of which leads me to the con- clusion that if Pontiac requires more hotel facilities, | am unfamiliar with the situation. This rapidly growing city has been provided with three new similar institutions within the past two years, One Chicago hotel has adopted a rule whereby a charge of $2 is made for trouble accruing through the return of unpaid personal checks. This ought to discourage the habit of issuing per- sonal checks, especially where the maker is not sure of having sufficient funds deposited for the protection of same. One fully realizes that the traveling man must, of necessity, use some sort of clearing house for the handling of his checks, and a large majority of them are accommodated without question by the hotel men with whom they stop, but there are a certain few of such who are repeatedly overdrawing their accounts, though eventually they make good, and the hotel man has to face protest fees and other petty expenses, just because he is accommodating. Consequently the adoption of a system wherein these practices are discouraged, is a reason- able move. Work has heen started on the re- modeling and enlarging of the Hubbell building, Saginaw, to transform it info a hotel which will be operated jointly by the Saginaw Hotels Co., with the Ben Franklin Hotel, « that city. The name “Saginaw Tavern” has been chosen for the new _ establishment, which is, as I understand, to be man- aged by W. F. Schultz, present oper- ating manager of the Benjamin Frank- lin. A California traveling man has put one over on the Pullman Co. by secur- ing a judgment of damages for bag- gage lost while in the custody of one of the company’s porters. The sleep- ing car people, who receive a tidy price for accommodations supplied, have al- ways held themselves absoluted from any financial responsibility for articles of value pilfered from their coaches. Hotel men have been soaked from time to time, but for some reason, known only to trial judges, the Pullman peo- ple have always been exonerated, which, upon its face, is a rank injustice. If the decision spoken of runs the gauntlet of the Federal courts, perhaps the sleeping car patrons may be favor- ed with substantial protection. Every time a new film is screened out here a few “special guests” are in- vited to attend at $5 per. You think it is an “exclusive” affair, and it usu- ally is—limited, say, to several thou- sands—and the next day you discover in the newspapers that the very same picture is an offering to the “uninvited” at 35 cents. One wonders how such humbuggery can work out, but it does. I know a lot of people who just live on these so-called “pre-views” which are no more or less than occasions for movie stars to “strut their stuff’ and the suckers pay for the privilege of seeing them do it. Reminding me that Rev. Bob. Shuler, of this city, who apes Billy Sunday to some extent, and who has been mak- ing accusations against city officials for some months, on being called be- fore the grand jury who are making an investigation on his say-so, crawfished and said his accusations were based on hearsay. In some states a four-flusher like this would be cited for criminel libel. Robert C. Pinkerton, formerly man- ager of Hotel Normandie, Detroit, ac- companied by his wife, returned last week from an extended trip to Califor- nia, taking in Grand Canyon en route. 30b, as secretary of the Colonial Ho- tel, Cleveland, acts in a supervisory capacity over same. He still maintains his residence in Detroit, making fre- quent trips to the Ohio city. We have long been in hopes of his acquiring hotel property in Michigan, where he rightfully belongs. Western Michigan Charter of Ameri- can Greeters gave a Hallowe’en party at Hotel Pantlind, last week, which was not only a social but financial suc- cess, $100 being added to the assets of that organization. Thomas S. Walker, of the Pantlind, is president; Ernest W. Neir, of Hotel Rowe, vice- president. The second vice-president is George W. Woodcock, Hotel Mus- kegon, Muskegon, and Alvah Brown, Hotel Browning, Grand Rapids, 1s charter vice-president; Roland A. Cook, Hotel Mertens, Grand Rapids, secre- tary-treasurer; Everett J. Eyer, Hotel Rowe, sergeant-at-arms. Among the out-of-town guests on this occasion vere Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Southerton, Kellogg Inn, Battle Creek; Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hedler, Valley Inn, Neway- go; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Swett, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shaffer, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Murray, Hotel Occi- dental, Muskegon. Emery Tourville, has been named manager of the Douglas House, at Houghton, to succeed Joseph Sullivan, who has become night clerk at Hotel Seott. Hancock. Mr. Fourville has been day clerk at the Douglas for the past three years, and has evidenced great adaptability in hotel operation. The proposed international bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Canada, is due to be completed about July first next, but there will be a lot of hotel men with establishments at the far end, with anti-Volstead proclivities. Frank S. Verbeck. +>» Business Changes at Springport. Springport, Nov. 13—Merritt B. Lane in 1896 built a barber shop East of the Over Hotel and used it as such until Feb. 26, 1928, when he passed to the Great Unknown. Since then his daughter, Vera M. Lane, has had the shon thoroughly rebuilt and an electric pump has been put in with hot and cold water installed. It is now rented to R. A. Stevens, of Lansing. who has bought a new Reliance barber chair and put in new wicker furniture. He conducts a strictly up-to-date barber shop, a great deal better than is usually found in a small place, so now any time a traveling man comes to Spring- port he is assured of a first class job. Mrs. R. A. Stevens, of Lansing, has opened a Beauty Shoppe on East Main street. Herbert Novis, owner of the cash store, has now made connections and is operating an R system chain store. A good trade is coming his way. Many years ago I was a subscriber to your paper and neves could see how a man in business such as your paper touched upon could afford to do with- out it. Scott Lane. Link, Petter © Company (Incorporated } Investment Bankers 7th FLOOR, MICHIGAN TRUST BUILDING GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN of hospitality .... of service . . Special Reservation Service — ‘‘Wire Collect” In Detroit the Detroit-Leland Hotel Much larger rooms... . unsurpassed standards . . a cuisine that transcends perfection, have within a year of its estab- lishment, gained for the new Detroit- Leland Hotel an enviable national and international reputation. 700 Large Rooms with bath— 85% are priced from $3.00 to $5.00 DETROIT-LELAND HOTEL Bagley at Cass (a few steps from the Michigan Theatre) WM. J. CHITTENDEN, Jr., Manager Direction Continental-Leland Corporation an inward spirit DRUGS Michigan Board of Pharmacy. President—J. C. Dykema, Grand Rapids. Vice-Pres.—J. Edward Richardson, D:- troit. Director—Garfield M. dusky. Next Examination Session—Grand Rap- ids, third Tuesday in November. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association. President—J. M. Ciechanowski, Detroit. Vice-President—Chas. S. Koon, Mus- kegon. Secretary—R. A. Turrell, Croswell. Treasurer—L. V. Middleton, Grand Rapids. Benedict, San- Items From the Cloverland of Michi- gan. Sault Ste. Marie, Nov. 13—We are enjoying the first week of fine weather for several weeks. We did not have any of the snow they had in Lower Michigan and the many Sooites who attended the football game at Ann Ar-- bor were happy to get out of the snow which they encountered on their way back. They returned with a ‘smile, however, to see Michigan victorious. Now that the hunting season is about to open, many of our old timers, as well as plenty of our younger gen- eration, have taken to the woods. Many reports have been coming in for the past few weeks by the advance guards that they saw many deer in the woods and it looks as if there would be a great slaughter. The members of the France Supe camp were among the first to leave. This is about the oldest camp in this vicinity. They are lucky hunters. For about thirty years they have been at the game and success has been with them. They have never had an accident and most of the original charter members are still alive and hale and hardy. Only two of the mem- bers have passed out during the many vears of their organization. Our Canadian city across the bor- der does not think much of some of the Chicago hunters who invade their domain. Jt is reported that after spending several days in the wilds of Canada one party who were unsuccess- ful in getting any game came across two cub bears at a gas station, which were the center of attraction, especial- ly among the school children who en- joyed feeding the cubs and watching them do their funny stunts. These Chicago sports noticed the cubs and offered to buy them, as they also were pleased to watch the performance, and one of them remarked he had a road house near Chicago and wanted the bears for attraction. The owner of the oil station did not want to part with the pets, but after much persuasion and with a good offer he finally vielded and sold the cubs. Immediately the pur- chasers took the cubs to a local ab- batoir and had them slaughtered. The bodies were proudly exhibited to the custom authorities as testimony of the bravery of a great hunt. The carcass- es are now probably on exhibition at Chicago as evidence of the mighty big game hunters. If you wish success in life, perseverance your bosom friend. make Robert Craib, who for many years has been chief chef at the Murray Hill, and before that time was chief chef at the Park Hotel and considered one of the best at the business. has accepted the same job with the new hotel, the O’Jibway and will take charge Janu- ary 1. The O’Jibway is now making a number of improvements, installing three more sample rooms for commer- cial men. A lattice work fence has been constructed in the rear of the kitchens and plans are being made to make grassy lawns and flower gardens on the ground space to the North of the building. The hotel is to be con- — on securing the services of 3ob Craib, as he made a reputation for the Murrav Hill and the Park Hotel by his splendid menus. If the average dealer would pay as much time and effort trying to sell MICHIGAN TRADESMAN products like “Best Foods” which pay a fair profit, as they do trying to meet competition on “Loss Leaders,” there would be fewer failures for Dun or Bradstreet to record. The Tapert Specialty Co. is install- ing a new vacuum heater plant in its building and making other improve- ments which will be completed before winter. Sveaking of “service,” that word surely covers a multitude of sins and onissions, but take it from me, it also contains a world of possibilities. As Patrick Henry said, “Make the most of tL Chester Crawford, the well-known merchant of Stalwart, was a business caller last week, taking back a truck load of supplies. Young men who take their girls motoring at eighty miles an hour don’t make any more progress, in a manner of speaking, than their dads did when they took their girls out buggy riding. Contractors on the stretch of U S 2 near Parkerville, completed their work for the season last Thursday. The county roadmen took over the short detour at the bridge. The detour will be put in good shape and will be re- paired to facilitate snow plowing the coming winter. Ian Cameron and Mike Hotton have resigned their positions in the meat de- partment of the A. & P. at the main store and may engage in the meat business on their own account in the near future. T. S. Strowbridge, who for the past few years has been in the grocery busi- ness at Shelldrake, has moved to Eckerman, where he has purchased the building and stock of groceries from Mrs. Ira Fox. Mr. Strowbridge will continue the business. The new lo- cation is one of the best at Eckerman and does a large business at this sea- son of the year, serving the many hunters who are in that vicinity. William G. Tapert. —_-_—__~>>>>>_____ The Facts As To “Chain Domination.” Speaking in percentages and facts, what is the precise situation in regard to the extent of chain store penetra- tion and domination? In the grocery field, for instance, 30 per cent. of the country’s volume is in the hands of chains and more than one-third of this is done by five chains. Meanwhile more consolidations are constantly being announced, making for still greater concentration. It is fully expected by the chain store pro- moters that the 30 per cent. in the grocery field will in a few years be 50 per cent. It is as high as 70 per cent. in some cities now. In the cities, the recent Government distribution survey in a group of eleven cities shows that in the hat field chains control 51 per cent. of the volume, tobacco 35 per cent., department store chains 33 per cent., drug chains 29 per cent., elec- trical appliances 29 per cent., musical instruments 27 per cent., jewelry 17 per cent., hardware 9 per cent. In 1927, over a hundred million dol- lars was raised for refinancing 34 chain store systems, and in 1928 this prob- ably will reach 125 millions. The president of an organization of retail merchants recently said to the St. Louis Advertising Club that in an- other decade half of our remaining in- dependent retailers would be gone— crowded out by chains. This is prob- ably quite too gloomy but unless the independent retailers bestir themselves the chains will soon have a majority of American retail business. November 14, 1928 MILLER PEANUT PRODUCTS CO. Michigan’s Greatest Exclusive Peanut Products Manufacurers and distributors to the Jobbing Trade OUR LEADING BRAND — PLAYERS PEANUTS 1996 GRATIOT AVENUE DETROIT, MICHIGAN Uncle Jake says- **The man with one five and two one dollar bills who does not ostentatiously wrap the ‘‘ Will-am"’ around the ‘‘Willies,*’ is too modest torun for office or successfully court a grass widow.’’ Just as a band well uniformed will attract | more attention than will one poorly clothed in citizen dress, so will our K V P DELICATESSEN PAPER lend an air of distinction to your products. KALAMAZOO VEGETABLE PARCHMENT CO., KALAMAZOO, MICH., U.S. A. MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CO. Long Distance Rates Are Surprisingly Low For Instance: Ors] 33 or less, between 4:30 a. m. and 7:00 p. m., You can call the followirg points and talk for THREE MINUTES for the rates shown. Rates to other points are proportionately low. From 1 Dey GRAND RAPIDS to: Station to-Stunon Rate CLEVELAND, O. - Ce ee INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Co 130 IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. 1.30 Pema, ee LLL 1.35 ween, Oo See 1.25 SPRINGFIELD, ee 1.30 STEVENS POINT, wis. oC ee WISCONSIN RAPIDS, _io, CSS The rates quoted are Station-to-Station Day rates, effective 4:30 a. m. to 7:00 p. m. Evening Station-to-Station rates are effective 7:00 p. m. to 8:30 p. m., and Night Station-to-Station rates. 8:30 p. m. to 4:30 a. m. A Station-to-Station call is one made to a certain telephone rather than to son e person in particular. If you do not know the number of the distant telephone, give the operator the name and address and specify that you will talk with ““anyone”’ who answers at the called telephone. A Person-to-Person call, because more work is involved, costs more than a Station-to-Station call. The rate on a Person-to- Person call is the same at all hours. Additional rate information can be secured by calling the Long Distance operator i a a eee i nlite ny east tat i November 14, 1928 MICHIGAN TRADE SMAN 27 WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT = Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day of issue. | mad Acids Cotton Seed -.-. 1 35@1 50 Belladonna --___. @1 44 i fsx Boric (Powd.) 10 @ 20 Supens 5 00@5 25 Benzoin --------- @2 28 ss Boric (Xtal __15 @ 25 Higeron -_-_-__- 6 00@6 25 Benzoin Comp’d_ @2 40 ; SS Carbolic paeae 38 @ 44 Eucalyptus eee 25@1 50 Buchu ~--------- @2 16 4 SS Qik oo. 53 @ 70 Hemlock, pure_. 2 00@2 25 Cantharides one @2 52 , SS Mictitia 0: 3%@ 98 Juniper Berries_ 4 50@4 75 Capsicum @2 28 By SS a 9”"@ 15 Juniper Wood -150@175 Catechu —-_-__- @1 44 z NN Gxalie 15 @ 25 Lard, extra .... 1 55@1 65 Cinchona -------- @2 16 SS Sul huric Peace 3%@ 8 Lard, No. 1 _.-. 1 25@1 40 Colchicum ___.__ @1 80 INN a. 52°°@ 60 Lavender Flow__ 6 00@6 25 Cubebs ____------ @2 76 — ee e.l.l.lrlmrmrlrtrw”wmwmUml Se Lavender Gar’n. 85@1 20 Digitalis __---__- @2 04 Eemon _ 00@6 25 Gentian _________ @1 35 \ Ammonia Linseed, raw, bbl. @ 84 ean yp eraay @2 = 7 Linseed, boiled, bbl. @ 87 ualac, mmon._ 2 04 Water, 18 dee. 06 @ ig Linseed. bid less 94@1 07 fodine aaa @1 25 75 YEARS YOUNG Water, 14 deg... 5%@ 13 Linseed. raw, less 91@1 06 Iodine, Colorless. @1 50 Carbonate "90 @ 25 Mustard, arifil. oz. @ 35 Iron, Cle 2 @1 56 Chloride (Gran.) 09 @ 30 Neatsfoot -_.-__ I 25q@9t 35 Kimo 220 @1 44 i Olive, pure ___ 400@5 00 Myrrh _.____ 2 52 > : Olive, Malaga, Nux Vomica -__- @1 80 Progressive. Balsams yellow -.------ 285@3 25 Opium —-—___-- @s 40 Copaiba —._____ 1 00@1 25 Olive, Malaga, os ee = g* A aignnte Fir (Canada) -.275@3 00 green ____.__ 1s OCS AAQSTESSIVe. Fir (Oregon) 65@1 00 Orange, Sweet 12 00@12 25 “~ ee aa Peru eel : pr bi Origanum, pure_ ‘ aaat « es WWdi . eo Origanum, com’l Building for a bigger city. Feassroml _. 3 0ad 76 ac ae Peppermint -... 5 50@5 70 ead, re ry -- A @is% ‘ : : : a “ p Rose, pure _. 13 50@14 00 Lead, white dry 13% @13% Such is the Old National. Cassia (ordinary)_ 25@ Rosemary Flows 1 25@1 50 Lead, white oil_ 13%@13% Cassia (Saigon) -- 50@ 60 co iaelwood, E. Ochre, yellow bbl. @ 2% Sassafras (pw. 60c) @ 50 f Oe a6 50@10 75 Ochre. yellow less 3@ 6 Its services appeal particu- larly to ambitious people. A xe OLD NATIONAL BANK MONROE AT PEARL SINCE 1853 THE DUTCH TEA RUSK CQ HOLLAND MICHIGAN EY AT ORS (Electric and Hand Power) «; Dumbwaiters—Electric Convert- 2rs_ to change your old hand elevator into Electric Drive. Mention this Paper. State kind of Elevator wanted, size, capacity and heighth. =SIDNEY ELEVATOR MFG. Co. (Miami Plant), Sidney, Ohio ASK FOR KRAFT (GEESE A Variety for Every Taste 1862 - - 1928 SEELY’S FLAVORING EXTRACTS SEELY’S PARISIAN BALM Standard of quality for nearly 70 years SEELY MANUFACTURING CO. 1900 East Jefferson. Detroit, M ch. CE ES New Holiday Goods and Staple Sundries Now on Display at Grand Rapids in Our Own Building 38-44 Oakes St., Second Floor You will find displayed one of the most complete assortments suitable for the Michi- gan trade ever shown in both Foreign and Domestic lines, and we invite your careful inspection of this line of seasonable merchan- dise before you place your order elsewhere. LLL LILA AAA ddA ddd ddd eaxx:zknnnznnnnnznnnnnnzzqZZQQZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZEL Actually Seeing Is Believing Come Early—Write for Appointments Now Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Company GRAND RAPIDS Michigan MANISTEE LLAMA LM LLM LALLA LALLA LALLA had EEE. LLidddddddddddsiddsuAaQQauqQTKZQqqaaccxXZZE. kikidhdddddidibddshddsididsdddddddiddddiidécicsdcaédauuaunnnnnqnqqcnqcccccccccy)’ Z Soap Cut (powd.) a06 20@ 30 Berries @ubeb 2.0 @1 00 Risb. 222 aa | GOS Juniper —.....-... 10@ 20 Prickly Ash ....... @ 7 Extracts ' Eileorice 22220 60@ 65 Licorice, powd. -. 60@ 70 Flowers Arnica, 2520050: 1 75@1 85 Chamomile (Ged.) @ 40i Chamomile Rom. @ 50: Gums Acacia, Ist -....~ 50@ 55 Acacia, 2nd -... 45@ 50 Acacia, Sorts -.. 20@ 25 Acacia, Powdered 35@ 40 Aloes (Barb Pow) 25@ 35 Aloes (Cape Pow) 25@ 35 Aloes (Soc. Pow.) 75@ 80 Asafoetida -_.___ 50@ 60 Pow. 2-2... 75@1 00 Camphor —___.- 90@ 95 Guaize @ 60 Guaiac, pow'’d —-- @ 70 Nimo —....--- @1 25 Kino, powdered__ @1 20 Myrrh @ Myrrh, powdered @1 35 Opium, powd. 19 65@19 92 Opium, gran. 19 65@19 92 Shebac oo 65@ 80 Shellae _.....___ 15@ 90 Tragacanth, pow. @1 75 Tragacanth -__. 2 00@2 35 Turpentine -_---- @ 30 insecticides AYysenic .....___ 0s@ 20 Blue Vitriol, bbl. @ 08 Blue Vitriol, less 094@l1i Bordea. Mix Dry 12@ 26 Hellebore, White powdered __... 18@ 34 Insect Powder... 47%@ _ 60/ Lead Arsenate Po. 1344@30 Lime and Sulphur Bey oo 08@ 22 Paris Green -... 24@ 42 Leaves Buehy —. @1 05 Buchu, powdered @1 10 Sage, Bulk -.---- 25@ 3 Sage, % loose -_ @ 46 Sage, powdered... @ 3 Senna, Alex. -... 50@ 7 Senna, Tinn. pow. 30@ 35 Uva Orsi 20@ 25 Oils Almonds, Bitter, true os 7 50@7 75 Almonds, Bitter, ! artificial _._... 3 00@3 25 Sweet, ee 1 50@1 80 Almonds, Sweet, } imitation ---. 1 00@1 25 Amber, crude -- 1 26@1 50 Amber, rectified 1 50@1 75. AMSG 20 1 25@1 50 Bergamont ---- 9 00@9 25 Cajenat _._...... 2 00@2 25 Opes —. 20 4 00@4 25 €astor _....-_.. 1 55@1 80 Cedar Leaf ~--. 2 00@2 25 Citronella __-.-- 1 00@1 20 Claves 3 00@3 25 Cocoanut ------ 27%@ 35 Cod Lievr —_.._- 2 00@2 45 Croton ----- ---- 2 00@2 25 Sassafras, true 1 75@2 00 Sassafras, arti’l 75@1 00 Spearmint —...__ 7 00@7 25 Sperm: 2... 1 50@1 75 RAN oo 7 00@7 25 Tar USP =... 65@ 75 Turpentine, bbl. __ @67% Turpentine, less _. 74@ 88 Wintergreen, Teat, ooo 6 00@6 25 Wintergreen, sweet Dire 3 00@3 25 Wintergreen, art 75@1 00 Worm Seed __._ 5 50@5 75 Wormwood —. 20 00@20 25 Potassium Bicarbonate ._.. 35@ 40 Bichromate -.-.. 15@ 25 Bromide ______ 69@ 85 Bromide .__.___ 54@ 71 Chlorate, gran’'d. 23@ 30 Chlorate, powd Gr Niall 16@ 25 Cyanide 30@ 90 Todide ___.______. 4 36@4 60 Permanganate _. 20@ 30 Prussiate, yellow 35@ 45 Prussiate, red __ @ 70 Sulphate __.__._._. 35@ 40 Roots AMGANGE =o 0@ 35 Blood, powdered. 40@ 45 Calamus 5@ 75 Elecampane, pwd. 25@ 30 Gentian, powd. ~ 20@ 30 Ginger, African, powdered —-___. 0@ 35 Ginger, Jamaica. 60@ 65 Ginger, Jamaica, powdered _____ 5@ 60 a o © oo € Goldenseal, pow. 7 Ipecac, powd. —. @5 00 Bicerice 35@ 40 Licorice, powd._. 20@ 30 Orris, powdered. 30@ 40 Poke, powdered__ 35@ 40 Rhubarb, powd —_ @1 00 Rosinwood, powd. @ 50 Sarsaparilla, Hond. ground —...___. @1 10 Sarsaparilla, Mexic. @ 60 Souls 22. 35 40 Squills, powdered 70@ 80 Tumeric, powd... 20@ 25 Valerian, powd... @1 00 Seeds Anise: 2.0 @ 35 Anise, powdered 35@ 40 Bird, Is ........ 13@ 17 Canary ._...... 10@ 16 Caraway, Po. 30 25@ 30 Cardamon __.___ 2 50@3 00 Coriander pow. .40 30@ 25 Di 22 15@ 20 FWennell ......_ 35@ 50 A oe 7@ 15 Flax, ground —. 7@ 15 Foenugreek, pwd. 15@ 25 Hemp 8@ 15 Lobelia, powd. —- @1 60 Mustard, yellow 17@ 25 Mustard, black.. 20@ 25 Pooey 2. 15@ 30 Quince _..._.. 1 00@1 25 Sabadilla --..__- 45 50 Sunflower -_.--. 12@ 18 Worm, American 30@ 40 Worm, Levant — 6 50@7 00 Tinctures méonite @1 80 mes ooo @1 56 Arnica 2. @1 50 Acafoetida -..._- @2 28 Red Venet’n Am. 34@ 7 Red Venet’n Eng. 4@ 8 Rutty 2 5@ 8 Whiting, bbl __. @ 4% Vhiting . 5%@10 L. H. BP. Prep.._ 2 55@2 70 Rogers Prep. .. 2 55@2 70 Miscellaneous Acetanalid _____ 57@ 75 Alum O8@ 12 Alum. oe and round 09 15 Bismuth, Subni- ° , rate 2 48@2 76 Borax xtal or powdered _... 05@ 13 Cantharides, po. 1 50@2 00 Calomel = 2 72@2 82 Capsicum, pow’d 62@ 75 Carmine _ 7 50@8 00 sassia Buds ___. 380@ 35 Cloves, 40@ 50 chalk Prepared_ 144@ 16 Chloroform ____ 53@ 66 Chloral Hydrate 1 20@1 50 Cocaine ee 12 85@13 50 -ocoa Butter ___ 65@ 90 Corks, list, less 30-10 to | 40-10% Cepperas _.._ 03@ 10 Copperas, Powd. 4@ 10 Corrosive Sublm 2 25@2 30 Cream Tartar __ 35@ 45 Cuttle bone 40@ 50 Pextring 6@ 15 Dover's Powder 4 00@4 50 Emery, All Nos. 16@ 15 Emery, Powdered @ 15 Epsom Salts, bbls. @ 0 Epsom Salts, less 3%@ 10 Ergot, powdered __ @4 00 Flake. White __ 15@ 20 Formaldehyde, Ib. 144%4@35 Gelating 80@ 90 Glassware, less 55% Glassware, full case 60%. Glauber Salts, bbl. @02% Glauber Salts less 04@ 10 Glue, Brown ____ 20@ 30 Glue, Brown Grd 164@ 22 Glue, White ____ 27%@ 35 Glue, white grd. 25@ 35 Glycerine __-._ 20@ 40 ou 5@ 5 OGG (2222 6 45@7 00 ledoform __.. 0@8 30 vead Acetate _. 20@ 30 4066 22 @1 50 face, powdered_ @1 60 Menthol 8 50@9 50 Morphine __._ 12 8313 98 Nux Vomica ____ @ 30 Nux Vomica, pow. 15@ 25 Pepper, black, pow 57@ 70 Pepper, White, pw. 75@ 85 Pitch, Burgudry. 20@ 25 Quassia, 12@ 15 Quinine, 5 oz. cans @ 59 Rochelle Salts _. 28@ 40 Sacharine _..___ 2 60@275 Sale Peter 11@ 22 Seidlitz Mixture 30@ 40 Soap, green __. 15@ 30 Soap mott cast_ 25 Soap, white Castile, GGSG) .0 2. @15 00 Soap, white Castile less, per bar —_ 1 60 Soda Ash .....__ 3@ 10 Soda Bicarbonate 3%,@ 10 Soda, Salk 24%@ 08 Spirits Camphor @1 20 Sulphur, roll _.-_—=—«s38i@=s16 Sulphur, Subl. _. 4%@ 10 Tamarinds ______ 20@ 25 Tartar Emetic _. 70@ 175 Turpentine, Ven. 50@ 175 Vanilla Ex. pure 1 50@2 00 Vanilla Ex. pure 2 25@2 50 Zinc Sulphate _. 06@ 11 28 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN November 14, 1928 GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mailing and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices, however, are liable to change at any time, and merchants will have their orders filled at mar- ket prices at date of purchase. For price changes compare with previous issues. = ae = a = cs ADVANCED | DECLINED j Rolied Oats—Sacks Qauker Baked Beans California Prunes a —— AMMONIA iXrumbles, No. 424 __.2 70 Cod Fish Cake, 10 oz. 1 35 Quaker, 24-12 oz. case 250 Bran Flakes, No. 624 225 Cove Oysters, 5 oz. _ 175 Quaker, 12-32 oz. case 2 25 Bran Flakes, No. 602 150 Lobster, No. %, Star 2 90 Bo Peep, 24, sm. case 2 70 Hice Krispies, 6 oz. __ 2 70 Shrimp, 1, wet __.__ 3 25 Bo Peep 1° Ice. case 2 25 *ice Krispies, 1 oz. .. 150 Sard's, % Oil, Key .. 6 10 Katfe Hag, 12 1-lb." Sard’s, 4% Oil, Key __ 5 75 cans ~-------------__ 730 Sardines. 4 Oil, k’less 5 25 All Bran, 16 On. 20 Salmon, Red Alaska 3 00 All Bran, 10 oz. ______ 270 Salmon, Med. Alaska 2 40 All Bran, % oz. -_-_ 200 Salmon, Pink Alaska 2 25 Post Brands. Sardines, Im. %, ea. 10@28 Grape-Nuts, 24s ______ 3.30 Sardines, Im., %, ea. 26 Grape-Nuts, 100s -_...275 Sardines, Cal. __ 1 35@2 25 Instant Postum, No. 8 5 40 Tuna, %, Curtis , doz. 4 00 Instant Postum, No. 10 4 50 Tuna, %s, Curtis, doz. 2 20 Postum Cereal, No. 0 225 Tuna, % Blue Fin __ 2 25 Post Toasties. 36s _. 2 85 Tuna, 1s, Curtis, doz. 7 00 Post Toasties, 24s __ 2 85 Post’s Bran, 24s _.._ 2 70 CANNED MEAT Pills Bran, 12s _______ 190 Bacon, Med. Beechnut 32 30 35 Bacon, Lge. Beechnut 5 40 90 Beef, No. 1, Corned __ 3 10 40 Beef, No. 1, Roast __.. 3 10 00 Beef, No. 2%, Qua. sli. 1 60 Roman Meal, 12-2 lb._ Cream Wheat, 18 —__ Cream Barley, 18 -..- Ralston Food, 18 ____ APPLE BUTTER bo bo bo > GO G&D on o Quaker, 24-12 oz., doz. 2 25 Maple Flakes, 24 ____ Beef, 3% oz. Qua. sli. 2 25 Quaker, 12-38 oz., doz. 3 35 Rainbow Corn Fia., 36 50 Beef, No. 1, B’nut, sli. 4 50 - Silver Flake Oats, 18s 1 40 eefsteak & Onions, s 3 70 AXLE GREASE Silver Flake Oats, 128225 Chill Con Ca, is _ 185 48, 1 Ib. ------_------- 4395 90 Ib. Jute Bulk Oats, Deviled Ham, %s __- 2 20 24, 3 ib. ------____-__ 6 00 hae 285 Deviled Ham, %s ___ 3 60 10 lb. pails, per doz. 8 50 Ralston New Oata, 24 270 Hamburg Steak & 15 lb. pails, per doz. 11 95 Ralston New Oata, 12 2 70 Onions, No, 1 __.... 3 16 25 lb. pails, per doz. 19 15 Shred. Wheat Bis., 36s 3 85 Potted Beef, 4 oz. -.. 1 10 BAKING POWDERS Shred. Wheat Bis., 72s 155 Potted Meat, 4 oie 50 Arctic, 7 oz. tumbler 1 35 Triscuit, 24s __________ 170 Potted Meat, % Libby 92% Queen Flake, 16 oz., dz 2 25 Wheatena, 188 —_... -_ 370 Potted Meat, % Qua. $0 Royal, 10c, doz. ____ 95 BROOMS Potted Ham, Gen. % 1 85 Royal. 6 oz. doz. ____ 2 76 Jewell, — .. | § 26 Vienna Saus., No. % 1 46 Roval. 12 oz., doz. _. 5 20 Standard Parlor, 23 Tb. $25 Vienna Sausage, Qua. 95 Royal, 5 Ib. _________31 20 Fancy Parlor, 23 Ib... 9 25 Veal Loaf, Medium -_ 3 25 Calumet, 4 oz, doz. 95 fx. Fancy Parlor 25 lb. 9 75 Baked Beans Calumet, 8 oz., doz. i 95 Ex. Fcy. Parlor 26 Ib. 10 00 Carmobells 2... 1 15 Calumet, 16 oz., doz. 325 Gey 28 weoneenmee- 175 Quaker, 18 0z. ________ 95 Calumet. Ib.. doz. 12 75 Whisk, No. 3 ....<0--. 8 7D Fremont, No. 2 ...... 1.25 Calumet, 10 lb.. doz. 19 00 BRUSHES Snider, No. 1 95 Rumford, 10c, per doz. 95 Scrub Snider, No. 2 2 4 35 Rumford, 8 oz., doz. 185 golid Back, 8 in. _.._) 6@ Van Camp, small -... 90 Rumford, 12 oz.. doz. 240 Solid Back, 1 in. _...1 16 Van Camp, med. --.. 1 15 Rumford, 5 lb.. doz. 12 50 pointed Ends ____.. 25 K. C. Brand Stove CANNED VEGETABLES. Per case 1 80 a tec size, 4 dos. 3 70 2 00 sparagus. 15¢ size, 4 doz. _..___ 5 50 2 60 No. 1, Green tips -. 3 75 Pie size, 4 doz 7 20 No. 2%, Large Green 4 60 S5c sige, 4 doz. 9 20 W. Beans, cut 2 1 65@1 75 50c size, 2 doz. -.---_ 8 80 325 W- Beans, 10 _____ Sie cise 1 fox. 6 &5 — 3 00 Green Beans, 2s 1 65@2 25 10 Ib. size, % doz. _--. 6 75 Green Beans, 108 -_ @7 50 BUTTER COLOR L. Beans, 2 gr. 1 35@2 65 BLUING Dandelion __--.....- -- 285 Lima Beans, 2s,Soaked : 18 CANDLES Red Kid, No. 2 -..... 1 235 JENNINGS Electric Light, 40 Ibs. 12.1 Beets, No. 2, wh. 1 75@2 40 Plumber, 40 Ibs. _____ 12.8 Beets, No. 2, cut 1 10@1 26 The Original Paraffine, 68 __-_.... 14% Beets, No. 3, cut -.-- 1 60 Paraffine, 128 ___-_--. 14% Corn, No. 2, stam. 1 16 Condensed Wicking —..-._.._ __ 40 Corn, Ex. stan. No. 3 1 35 Tudor, 6s, per box _. 30 Corn, No, 2. Fan. 1 80@2 35 ' oz., 4 dz. cs. 3 00 Corn, No. 10 .. 8 00@10 76 oz., 3 dz. cs. 3 16 CANNED FRUIT Hominy, No .3 1 00@1 15 Applies, No, 10 _...__ 650 Okra, No. 2, whole —. 2 15 Apple Sauce, No. 10 800 Okra, No. 2, cut -... 1 75 Ai. wuii,36-1 0z., cart. 100 Apricots, No. 24% 3 40@3 90 Mushrooms, Hotels -- 30 Apricots, No. 10 8 50@11 00 Blackberries, No. 10 7 50 Blueberries, No. 10 __ 13 00 Mushrooms, Choice, 8 oz. 35 Mushrooms, Sur Extra’ 60 Peas, No. 2, BE. J. 65 Non- Quaker, 1% oz.. freeze, dozen Boy Blue. 36s. per cs. 2 70 & Cherries, No. oo . Peas, No. 2, Sift, i: Cherries, No. 2% -... 4 2 en Cherries, No. 10 "13 00 Peas, 3 “No. 2, Bx. Sift. : ak erries, No. cine ae See an See eT pee, Ne a ke ‘ax. Fines French 25 2ed Kidney Beans __ 9 50 Peaches, No. 2% Mich 2 20 Pumpkin, No. 3 1 45@1 60 White Hand P. Beans 9 50 Peaches, 2% Cal. 2 25@2 60 Pumpkin, No. 10 5 00@5 50 Cal. Lima Beans _... 12 00 Peaches, 10, Cal. _-_-_. 850 Pimentos, %, each 12@ 14 Black Eye Beans __ 8 50 Pineapple, 1 sli. --__. 1 35 Pimentoes, %, each _ 327 Split Peas, Yellow __ 8 00 Pineapple, 2 sli. ______ 245 Sw’t Potatoes. No. 2% 2 26 Split Peas, Green __ 8 50 P’apple, 2 br. sl. --.. 225 Sauerkraut, No.3 1 45@1 75 Recteh Peas 650 P’apple, 2 br. sl. _.. 3 40 Succotash, No. 2 1 65@8 50 P’apple, 2%, sli. _.-.. 3 60 Succotash. No. 2, glass 2 80 P’apple, 2, cru. _.... 3 60 Spinach, No. 1 rere 1 = BURNERS Pineapple, 10 crushed 9 00 Spnach, No. oe 1 60@1 90 : Pears, No. 2 300 Spinach, No. 3.. 3 26@2 60 we ee Ann, No. 1 and Pears, No. 2% —.... 375 Spirech, No. 10_ 6 60@7 00 CO amr 135 Raspberries, No. 2 blk 3 25 Tomatoes, No. 2 1 20@1 80 White Flame, No. 1 Raspb’s. Red. No. 10 11 50 Tomatoes, No. 3, 1 99@3 26 and 2, doz. -------- 2 25 Raspb's Black, Tomatoes, No. 10 7 00@7 50 0 oo 15 00 Beedle nal ow Rhubarb, No. 10 -.__- 475 CATSUP. pkg., per gross ___. 16 Strawberries, No. 2 -- 325 pBeech-Nut, small __-_ 1 65 Dbl. Lacquor, 1 gross Strawb's, No. 10 ---- 11 00 Lity of Valley, 14 oz._. 2 26 pkg., per gross _--. 16% : Lily of Valley, % pint 1 65 CANNED FISH Clam Ch’der. 10% oz. 1 35 Clam Ch., No. 2 7 Clams, Steamed, No. 1 2 00 1 2 1 Paramount, 24, 8s -... 1 BREAKFAST FOODS Paramount, 24, 16s __ 2 25 1 2 1 1 Suiders.. § og. 2. Kellogg’s Brands. sniders,” 16 oz. .3. 35 Corn Flakes, No. 136 2 85 Clams, Minced, No. % 2 25 Quaker, 8 oz. ________ 20 Corn Flakes, No. 124 2 85 Finnan Haddie, 10 oz. 3 30 Quaker, 10 oz. ___.___ 45 Corn Flakes. No. 102 200 Clam Boutfllon, 7 oz. 2 K@ Quaker, 14 oz. ___ 1 90 res, Na fee 270 Chicken Haddie, No.12 768 Quaker, Gallon Glass 11 00 roe. Be. See 200 Fish Flakes, small -- 135 Quaker, Gallon Tin __ 7 50 CHILI SAUCE Snider, 16 oz. --.--.-_ 3 30 Snider, 8 oz. -...-.... 2 30 Lilly Valley, 8 oz. .. 2 25 Lilly Valley. 14 oz. _. 8 26 OYSTER COCKTAIL. 30 Sniders, 16 oz, -.--__. 8 Sniders, 8 oz. __--... 3 3@ CHEESE. Roguefort _... 45 t, small items 1 65 Kraft, American -. 1 66 Chili, small tins . 1 65 1 Pimento, small tins Roquefort, sm. tins 2 25 Camembert, sm. tins 3 25 Calsite Farm Daisy -. 28 Wisconsin Flat New York June ______ 33 BaD BRED ooo 40 Brick oo 34 CHEWING GUM. Adams Black Jack ---- 65 Adams Bloodberry ---. 66 Adams Dentyne __------ 65 Adams Calif. Fruit -_-- > Adama Sen Sen _____ Beeman’s Pepsin —_-- - $s Beechnut Wintergreen_ Beechnut Peppermint - Beechnut Spearmint -.- Doublemint -_....--.--- 65 Peppermint, Wrigleys __ 65 Spearmint, Wrgileys __ 65 amuey Fruit ........--.- 65 Wrigley’s P-K -. _---. 65 Vee 65 Tory 65 CLEANER Holland Cleaner Mfd. by Dutch Boy Se 0 it cage = Droste’s Dutch, 1 lb.__ 8 50 Droste’s Dutch, % Ib. 4 50 Droste’s Dutch, % Ib. 2 35 Droste’s Dutch, 5 lb. 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 -__-... 1 Ib. Rose Tin Bon fon —15 00 7 oz. Rose Tin Bon one 9 00 13 ez. Creme De Cara- mee 13 20 12 oz. Rosaces -__---10 80 % Ib. Rosaces __._.. 7 80 ¥% lb. Pastelles _.---- 3 40 Langues De Chats ._ 4 80 CHOCOLATE. Baker, Caracas, %s -.-- 37 Baker, Caracas, %s -.-- 35 CLOTHES LINE. Hemp, 50 ft. _.___ 2 00@2 25 Twisted Cotton, 60 ft. ..-.-... 3 50@4 00 Braided, 50 ft. ....... 2 25 Sash Cord 3 50@4 00 HUME GROCER CO. ROASTERS MUSKEGON, MICE COFFEE ROASTED 1 ib. Package Mevose ..0 36 [hers 2... ee 25 Ougker 42 Nearow ........—.-_.. 40 oe House ....__ 49 Rene: 37 aval CARD -capee ee 41 McLaughlin’s Kept-Fresh Brands tins._ 49 tins__ 45 eart. 43 Square Deal, 1 lb. car. 39% Above brands are packed in both 30 and 50 lb. cases. Coffee Extracts Gro. Co. Lighthouse, 1 Ib. Pathfinder, 1 Ib. Table Talk, 1 Ib. Nat. M. Y., per 100 _..--- 12 Frank’s 50 pkgs. -. 4 25 Hummel’s 50 1 Ib. 10% CONDENSED MILK Leaner, 4 apz. 2. 00 Mame, £ doz... $ 00 MILK COMPOUND Hebe, Tall, 4 doz. .. 4 60 Hebe, Baby. 8 do. _. 4 40 Carolene, Tall, 4 doz.3 80 Carolene, Baby ------ 3 50 EVAPORATED MILK Quaker, Tall, 4 doz.__ Quaker, Baby, 8 doz. Quaker, Gallon, % doz. Carnation, Tall, 4 doz. Carnation, Baby, 8 dz. Oatman’s Dundee, Tall Oatman’s D'dee, Baby Kvery Day, Tall __... He PR OT OT OT OT ee He o S Every Day, er cen S10 Pel Tan oe 5 10 Pet, Gany, $ 02. ._.... 5 00 Borden's Tall 5 10 Borden’s Baby —--..-- 5 00 CIGARS G. J. Jonhnson’s Brand G. J. Johnson Cigar, BOG 75 00 Worden Grocer Co, Brands Airedale Havana Sweets __.. 35 00 Hemeter Champion -. 37 50 Canadian Club Rose O Cuba, Slims 37 50 idttie Tom —__.... 37 60 Tom Moore Monarch 75 00 Tom Moore Panetris 65 00 T. Moore Longfellow 95 00 Webster Cadillac _.__ 75 00 Webster Astor Foil_. 7 Webster Knickbocker 95 00 Webster Albany Foil 95 00 Bering Apollos -... Bering Palmitas -. 116 00 Bering Diplomatica 115 00 Bering Delioses __.. 120 00 Bering Favorita _... 136 00 Bering Albas -..... 150 00 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy ~— Standam ....... Pure Sugar Sticks 600s 4 . Big Stick, 20 lb. case 18 Mixed Candy Kindergarten —-_-____ on TO 14 me oh OL sa French Creams --__-.-. 16 Paris Creams -.....-... 11 Grocers 2.00 li Fancy Chocolates 5 lb. Boxes Bittersweets, Ass’ted 1 76 Choc Marshmallow Dp 1 70 Milk Chocolate A A c 76 Nibble Sticks 1 85 Chocolate Nut Rolls . 1 2 5 Magnolia Choc --... oe on Ton Choc. 1 50 Gum Drops vo Ie Champion Gums --... ae is Challenge Gums ..... mn oe ae Superior, Boxes __..--.. 23 Pails Lozenges A. A. Pep. Lozenges 16 A. A. Pink Lozenges 16 A. A. Choc. Lozenges Motto Hearts -.----.. Malted Milk Lozenges 1 Hard Goods Pails Lemon Drops -—-_------- 18 O. F. Horehound dps. —. 18 Anise Squares -_-_--.-- 18 Peanut Squares _....... 17 Horehound Tablets _.-. 18 Cough Drops Bxs rama 1 36 Smith Bros. ___------- 1 60 Package Goods Creamery Marshmaliows 4 os. pkg., 12s, cart. 85 4 og. pkg., 48s, case 3 40 Specialties Pineapple Fudge —.-.-.. 22 Italian Bon Bons -.-.. 17 Banquet Cream Mints_ 25 Silver Kine M.Mallows 1 25 Handy Packages, 12-10c 80 Bar Goods Mich.- Sugar Ca., 24, 5c 16 Pal O Mine, 24, Be -... 76 Malty Milkies, 24, 5c . 75 Lemon Rolls ....-.-.-- 1 Tr tay, 26, 62 J... 75 No-Nut, 24, 6¢ .......— 75 COUPON BOOKS 50 Economic grade 8 60 100 Kconomic grade 4 6v 500 Economic grade 20 0v 1000 Economic grade 37 60 Where 1,000 books are ordered at a time, special- ly printed front cover is furnished without charge. CREAM OF TARTAR 6 lb. boxes DRIED FRUITS Applies N YY. Fey., 50 lb. box 15% N. Y. Fey., 14 oz. pkg. 16 Apricots Ivaporated, Choice -_.. 21 Evaporated. Fancy -_.. 26 Evaporated, Slabs ~.__- 16 Citron 10 Ib. BOX Woe 40 Currants sgackaees, 14 02%, 20 Greek, Bulk, 1b. 2... 20 Dates Dromedary, 36s ~...__ 6 75 Peaches van, (Cheies 2 a3 Eivap. ix. Pancy, P.P. 16 Peel Lemon, American _____ 30 Orange, American ____. 30 Raisins Seeded, bulk -.______ 07 Thompson’s s‘dles blk 06% Thompson's seedless, aD OF eo . Seeded, 15 oz, California Prunes 60@70, 25 lb. boxes__@09 50@60, 25 lb. boxes_._.@1vu 40@50, 25 lb. boxes__@11, 30@40, 25 lb. boxes._.@12\, 20@30, 25 lb. boxes__.@16 18@24. 25 lb. boxes__.@17 Hominy Pearl, 100 lb. sacks .. 3 60 Macaroni Mueller’s Brands 9 oz. package, per doz. 1 36 9 oz. package, per case 2 60 Bulk Goods Elbow, 20 Ib. 0 Egg Noodle, 10 lbs. -. 14 Pearl Bariey Chester 2 4 25 aca 7 Ov Barley Grits .......... 6 00 Sage Mast india ....... 10 ‘ Tapioca Pearl, 100 lb. sacks ._ 09 Minute, 8 oz., 3 dos. 4 05 Dromedary Instant _. 3 50 FLAVORING EXTRACTS JENNINGS’ PURE FLAVORING EXTRACT Vanilla and Lemon Same Price 1 os .. 1% 04. _. 2th OF. _.. 346 OZ. _- 2 OZ, .. 4 oz .- 8 om . CO OTD CO et be o 3% oz. Amersealed At It 56 Years. Jiffy Puneh 3 doz. Carton _.....__ 3 2% Assorted flavors. FLOUR : Vv. C. Milling Co. Brands Tay White 2. 8 30 Harvest Queen ______ 7 50 Yes Ma’am Graham, De 2 20 FRUIT CANS F. O. B. Grand Rapids Mason Half pint 0. ae 1 OO One pint — LL a. . ae One quart .. . ee Half gallon -_... _--13 15 Ideal Glass Top. PAM wink: oe One ot 2 One quart ._......... 11 15 Wall gallon 2... 16 40 Ny i a a aH November 14, 1928 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GELATINE Jell-O, 3 doz. -------- 2 85 Minute, 3 doz. _.--.--_ 4 06 Plymouth, White -... 1 56 Quaker, 3 doz. ua 2 25 JELLY AND PRESERVES Pure, 30 lb. pails __--3 30 imitation, 30 Ib. pails 1 75 Pure, 6 oz., Asst., doz. 95 Buckeye, 18 0oz., doz. 2 00 JELLY GLASSES 8 oz., per doz. OLEOMARGARINE Van Westenbrugge Brands Carload Disributor Nucoa, 1 Ib. - ; Nucoa, 2 and 5 B ibe Wilson & Co.’s Brands Oleo Certined 2... 24 Not 18 Spectal Roll ---------- 19 MATCHES Swan 144 20 Diamond, 144 box —-- 00 Searchlight, 144 box_- 00 Ohio Red Label, 144 bx Ohio Blue Tip, 144 box & te oe OT OL OT ee bo Ohio Blue Tip. 720-le 90 *Blue Seal; 144 _.-__- 85 APaliahie 144 20. 3) 00 *Federal, 144 ------- 5 2 *1 Free with Ten. Safety Matches Quaker, 5 gro. case__ 4 50 MOLASSES Molasses in Cans Dove, 36, 2 lb. Wh. L. 5 60 5 Dove, 24, 2% lb Wh. L. 6 Dove, 36, 2 lb. Black 4 30 Dove, 24, 2% lb. Black 3 Dove, 6 10 Ib. Blue L. 4 Paimetto, 24, 2% Ib. 56 NUTS—Whole Almonds, Tarragona... 25 Brazil, New ‘ Faneyv Mixed Filberts, Sicily Peanuts, Vir. Roasted 11% Peanuts, Jumbo, std. 16% Pecans, 2 star 22 Pecans, Jumbo ------ 40 Pecans, Mammoth -- 50 Watnuts, Cal. 30@ 3d WiekoOry fo a Salted Peanuts Pancy Nae, ih ooo 14 Shelled Almonds __ ae Peanuts, Spanish, - 125 Ib. nage 12, RrOeree oo 32 Pecans Salted _- a 80 Wane ae MINCE MEAT None Such, 4 doz. _._ 6 47 Quaker, 3 doz. case __ 3 50 Libby, Kegs, wet, lb. 22 OLIVES b oz. Jar, 10 02. Jar, 27% 02 Jar, Piain, Pint Jars, Plain, Quart Jars, Plain, 1 Gal. Glass Jugs, 5 Gal. Kegs, each 2% oz. Jar, Stuff., 6 oz. Jar, Stuffed, doz. 2 25 Y4& oz, Jar Stnff dnz. 8 50 1 Gal. Jugs, Stuff., dz. 2 76. Plain, doz. 1 4¢ Plain, , doz. 2 35 doz. 4 50 gas, 3° 10 doz. 5 50 Pia. 2 10 ao. 8-00 doz. 1 35 PARIS GREEN er 34 Ne 32 a8 On Ce ooo 30 PEANUT BUTTER Bel Car-Mo Brand ae i iD, Tink 8 oz., 2 do. in case__ 2o in, pallg oo 26 ih. pails ~... PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. From Tank Wagon. Red Crown Gasoline -. ll Red Crown Ethyl ----__ 14 Solite Gasoline -_-.____ 14 In tron Barrels Perfection Kerosine __ 13.6 Gas Machine Gasoline 37.1 Vv. M. & P. Naphtha 19.6 1SO-VIS MOTOR OILS In Iron Barrels PORE oo 77.1 Medium W741 HeagNy 2 77.1 Mx. Heavy (7.1 Tiehe oo 65.1 Medium ooo 65.1 POCA Y 66.1 Special heavy ~----... 65.1 Extra heavy ........._ 65.1 Polarine “EF” 2... 65.1 Transmission Oil __._ 65.1 Finol, 4 oz. cans, ,doz. 1 50 Finol, 8 oz. cans, doz. 2 25 Parowax, 100 Ib. ____ 9.3 Parowax. 40, 1 Ib. 9.6 Parowax, 20, 1 Ib. 9.7 ny ext ey a nett fl ee é Retro Ny semdac, 12 pt. cans 2.75 Semdac, 12 qt. cans 4-65 PICKLES Medium Sour 5 gallon, 400 count -_ 4 76 Sweet Small 16 Gallon, 2250 ___ 24 50 & Gauen, (50 3 9 75 Dill Pickles Gal. 40 to Tin, doz. __ 9 25 No 25h Pins oo 2 25 PIPES Cob, 3 doz. in bx. 1 00@1 20 PLAYING CARDS Battle Axe, per doz. 2 65 Bicvela oo 4 75 POTASH Babbitt’s, 2 doz. --_. 2 76 FRESH MEATS Beef Tow Steers & Hell. _... 26 Good St’rs & Hf, 15%4%@24 Med. Steers & Hei. ae " Gom. Steers & Heif. 15@18 Veal Con. 22 Goor . 21 Medium {2.0000 20 Lamb Spring Eamp ....-_.. 24 Gog Jo 22 Medium 42... 02. 20 POOR 21 Mutton CO 18 NGO 16 Oe ee 13 Pork Lient hogs ooo. . 44 Medium hogs ____---- 16 Heavy hogs ......-.-_ 15 EOin, med: (3 24 mires 21 mnoulders 2 1s Sparcrips, 2.00.00. 16 Neck hones 9 06 Primi nes (8 15 PROVISIONS Barreled Pork Clear Back __ 25 00@28 00 Short Cut Clear26 00@29 00 Ory Sait Meats DS Bellies __ 18-20@18-19 Lard im tierces - 44 tubs _.__.advance tubs _._.advance % pails _.-.advance % pails _...advance % Pure 60 lb. 50 Ib, 20 Ib. 10 Ib. 5 lb. pails _._.advance 1 3 lb. pails _.._-advance 1 Compound tierces ____ 13 Compound, tubs 13% Sausages Beena oo. 18 Elven oe 18 Brankfort 0 21 Form oo 31 Veal oo 19 Tongue, Jellied ______ 35 Headcheese o. 18 Smoked Meats Hams, Cer. 14-16 lb. @28 Hams, Cert., Skinned FG-18 th 28 Ham, dried beef Knuckles @44 California Hams _. @17% Picnic Boiled ame 2 20 @25 Boiled Hams __ @45 Minced Hams __ __ @21 Bacon 4/6 Cert. __ 24 @32 Beef 3oneless, rump 28 00@38 00 Rump, new __ 29 00@32 00 Liver Beet 2 20 Care 222. poe 65 ROre 10 RICE Fancy Blue Rose ___. 0514 Bancy Head oo 07 ROLLED OATS Silver Flake, 12 New Process: (oo 2 25 Quaker, 18 Regular _. 1 80 Quaker, 12s Family —. 2 70 Mothers, 12s, China_. 3 80 Nedrow, 12s, China __ 3 25 Sacks, $0 1b. Jute .. 2 85 RUSKS Dutch Tea Rusk Co. Brand. 36 rolls, per case —._. 25 4 18 rolls, per case... 2 12 rolls, per case —... 1 12 cartons, per case -. 1 70 18 cartons, per case —. 2 36 cartons, per case __ 5 SALERATUS Arm and Hammer -__ 3 75 SAL SODA Granulated, bbls. -... 1 80 Granulated, 60 Ibs. cs. 1 60 Granulated, 36 2% Ib. packages _.....- 2 40 COD FISH Middles (2000320020. 18 Tablets, % lb. Pure _. 19% COk 2 1 40 WwW ood boxes, Pure _._ 30% Whole Cod 1% (1ERRING Holland Herring Mixed, Keys _... 0a Mixed, half bbis. -_ 9 00 Mixed, Bbbis. —.... 16 00 Milkers, Kegs ---.-.. 1 10 Milkers, half bbls. __ 10 00 Milkers, bbls. ~---_- 18 00 K K K K, Norway -. * 50 § ib. patls 40 Cut Lunch 0 i 6b 3oned, 10 Ib. boxes __ 17 Lake Herring % bbl., 100 Ibs. ---___ 6 50 Mackerel Tubs, 60 Count, fy. fat 5 75 Pails. 10 lb. Fancy fat 1 75 White Fish Med. Fancy, 100 Ib. 13 00 SHOE BLACKENING 2 in 1, Paste, doz. __ 1 35 E. Z. Combination, dz. 1 85 Dri-Foot, dog. —....... 2 00 Bixbys, Dog. 222.02 1 35. Shinola, dos. 2.2 90 STOVE POLISH Blackne, per doz. __-. 1 36 Riack Silk Liquid, dz. 1 40 Black Silk Paste, doz. 1 25 Enameline Paste, doz. 1 35 Enameline Liquid, dz. 1 36 E. Z. Liquid, per doz. 1 40 Radium, per doz. Rising Sun, per doz. 1 654 Stove Enamel, dz. 2 Vulcanol, No. 5, doz. Vulcanol, No. 10, doz. 1 Stovoil, per doz. ___. 3 SALT Colonial, Colonial, i Colonial, Todized, 24-2 2 Med. No. tf Bhis. 2 Med. No. 1, 100 Ib. bk. Farmer Spec., 70 Ib. Packers Meat, 50 Ib. Crushed Rock for ice cream, 100 Ib., each Butter Salt, 280 lb. bbl. 4 Block, 60 ib ... Baker Salt, 280 Ib. bbl. 4 24, 10 Ib., per bale __.. 2 35, 4 Ib.,. per bale _... 2 50, 3 Ib., per bale _... 2 28 lb. bags, Table __ Old Hickcory, Smoked, 6-10 Ib. Per case, 24, 2 Ibs. -. 2 Five case lots -_---- 2 lodized, 24, 2 Ibs. __-. 2 BORAX Twenty Mule Team 24, 1 Ib. packages —_ 3 48. 10 oz. packages __ 4 96. % Ib. packages 4 SOAP Am. Family, 100 box 6 Crystal White, 100 _ 4 export. 100 box 3 Big Jack, 60s _..... 4 Fels Naptha, 100 box 5 Flake White, 10 box 4 Grdma White Na. 10s 3 Jap Rose, 100 box _... 7 Fairy, 100 box —..... 4 Palm Olive, 144 box 11 ava, I0¢ bo . 3. 4 Octagon, 120 -....._._ Pummo, 100 box __ . 4 Sweetheart, 100 box _ 8 Grandpa Tar, 50 sm. 2 Grandpa Tar, 50 lge. 3 Quaker Hardwater Cocoa, 72s, box __.. 2 Fairbank Tar, 100 bx 4 Trilby Soap, 100, 10c 7 Williams Barber Bar, 9s Williams Mug, per doz. CLEANSERS ee 4 35 80 95 35 00 40 00 90 5 00 85 70 10 50 85 00 25 50 48 ---- 135 80 can cases, $4.80 per case WASHING POWDERS Bon Ami Pd, 3 dz. bx 3 Bon Ami Cake, 3 dz. 3 Brillo Climaline, 4 Grandma, 100, 5c os Grandma, 24 Large __ 3 Gold Dust, 100s _ 4 Gold Dust, 12 Large 3 Golden Rod, 24 _____.. 4 La France Laun., 4 dz. 3 Old Dutch Clean. 4 dz 3 Octagon, 968 —....... 2 5 4 doz. Minne; 405 2220 Rinso, 24s __ Rub No More, 100, 10 Of 3 Rub No More, 20 Lg. 4 Spotless Cleanser, 48, 20 oz. Sani Flush, 1 doz. _. 2 Sapolio, 3 doz. Soapine, 100, 12 oz. ag 4 Snowboy, 100, 10 oz. Snowboy, 24 Large -. Speedee, 3 doz. a Sunbrite, 50 doz. _.._ 2 Wyandotte, 48 ______ 4 75 SPICES Whole Spices Allspice, Jamaica __.. @25 Cloves, Zanzibar -... @38 Cassia, Canton —.____ @22 Cassia, 5c pkg., doz. @40 Ginger, African ______ @19 Ginger, Cochin —_____ @25 Mace, Penang 1 39 Mixed, Ne. ft . @32 Mixed. 5c pkgs., doz. @45 Nutmegs, 70@90 _____ @59 Nutmegs, 105-110 _. @59 Pepper, Black ____.. @4¢ Pure Ground in Bulk Allspice, Jamaica ___ @35 Cloves, Zanzibar __.. @46 Cassia. Canton @28 Ginger, Corkin __._ @35 NeustarG @32 Mace, Penang = 1 39 Heppner, Black =... @55 Nutmese @59 repper, White ___. ss @&g0 Pepper, Cayenne ____ @37 Paprika, Spanish oo @45 Seasoning Chili Powder, 15c ____ 1 35 Colery Salt, 3 oz... is OF Sage 2 Of 2 90 Onion Salt 1 35 Gare 22.0 1 35 Ponelty, 3% oz. ____ 3 25 Kitchen Bouquet ____ 4 50 Laurel Leaves _______ 20 Marioram, 1 oz. 90 Savory, fl of 90 Thyme, fon 90 Tumeric, 2% oz. ___. 90 STARCH Corn Kingsfurd, 40 Ibs. __._ 11\% Powdered, bags ____ 4 50 Argo, 48, 1 Ib. pkgs. 3 60 Cream, 48-1 ee 4 80 Quaker, AQee 07% Gloss Argo, 48, 1 lb. pkgs. 3 60 Areo, 12, 2 Ib pkes 2 62 Argo. $ & Ib. pkgs. a fi Silver Gloss, 48, ls _. 11% Elastic, 64 pkgs. ____ 5 35 Wiser, 48-) 3 30 ager, GO ls U6 CORN SYRUP Corn Biue Karo, No. 14% __ 2 63 Blue Karo. No. 5, 1 dz. 3 67 Blue Karo, No. 10 3 47 Red Karo, No. 1%4 _. 2 92 Red Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 4 05 Red Karo, No. 10 3 85 imit. Maple Flavor Orange, No. 1%, 2 dz. 3 36 Orange. No. 5, 1 doz. 4 75 Maple and Cane Kanuek, per gal. _... 1 50 Kanuck, 5 gal. can ... 6 50 Maple Michigan, per gal. .. 2 75 Welchs. per gal .... 2 25 COOKING OIL Mazola Pints, 2 doz. a €2 25 @uarts, | doz ...... 6 26 Half Galions, 1 doz. — 11 75 Gations,. % doz. __. tI 30 TABLE SAUCES Lea & Perrin, large_. 6 00 Lea * Perrin, small_. 3 35 Penner 2... 1 60 Royal | Mane 2 40 Pobasco, 2 oF _....... 4 25 Sho You, 9 oz., doz, 2 25 At, large 20 75 A>) smal oo 3 15 Caner, 2 66. 2 3 30 TEA Japan Medium — 27@33 Gheliea, 2 37@46 Maney oo 54@59 INO. 1 Nihbs 54 t Ih pke. Sifting 13 Gunpowder Chetea uu 40 Waneg oo 4? Ceylon Pekoe, medium _____.__ 87 English Breakfast Congou, Medium ______ 28 Congou, Choice ____ 35@36 Congou, Fancy ____ 42@43 Oolong Medium 39 Chetee 22 45 Faney 2 50 TWINE Cotton, 3 ply cone ____ 40 Cotton, 3 ply Balls ____ 42 Woek 6 py 18 VINEGAR Cider, 40 Grain 27 White Wine, 80 grain__ 25 White Wine, 40 grain__ 19 WICKING No. © Der eress .. 80 No. 1, per gross ___ 1 236 No. 2, per srogs _... t 6 No. 3, per gross ____ 3 30 Peerless Rolls, per doz. 90 Rochester, No. 2, doz. 650 Rochester, No. 3, doz. 2 00 Rayo, per doz. ___ 76 WOODENWARE Baskets Bushels, narrow band, wire _handles oe 1 75 edad: handles Market, drop handle. 90 Market, single handle. 95 Market, extra ane § OO Splint. lates 8 50 Splint, medium _____ 7 60 Splint, small. 6 50 Churns Barrel, 5 gal., each __ 2 40 Barrel, 10 gal., each__ 2 55 3 to 6 gal, per gal _. 16 Pails 10 qt. Galvanized ____ 2 35 12 qt. Galvanized ._.. 2 76 14 qt. Galvanized ____ 3 06 12 qt. Flaring Gal. Ir. 5 90 10 qt. Tin Dairy ___ 4 6 Traps Mouse, Wood, 4 holes. 60 Mouse, wood, 6 holes. 70 Mouse, tin, 5 holes __ 65 Hat, wood 1 00 Rat spring 1 00 Mouse, spring — 30 Tubs Large Galvanized ____ 8 75 Medium Galvanized __ 7 50 Small Galvanized ____ 6 50 Washboards Banner, Globe _____ _. § &0 Brass, single _.... 6 25 Glass, gingie 6 00 Double Peerless _____ 8 50 Single Peerless ______ 7 560 Northern Queen _____ 5 50 Universal 7 25 Wood Bowls id in. Butter 00 & in. Butter 9 00 Mi in. Mutter 18 00 9 In Butter 25 00 WRAPPING PAPER Fibre, Manila, white_ = No: F Dibre Butchers D. FX. _.. 0% Kra EKratt Stripe _... 09% YEAST CAKE Magic, 3 doz ........ 2 70 Sunlight, 3 dog _.... 2 70 Sunlight, 1% aq@oz. _. 1 36 Yeast Foam, 3 doz. __ 2 70 Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 1 36 YEAST—COMPRESSED Fleischmann, per doz. 30 30 Proceedings of the Grand Rapids Bankruptcy Court. Grand Rapids, Oct. 30—We have to-day received the schedules, reference and ad- judication in the matter of David Cooper, Bankrupt No. 3576. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of Kalamazoo, and his occupation is that of a chauffeur. The schedules show as- sets of none with liab-lities of $5,290.50. The court has written for funds and upon receipt of same, the first meeting of cred- itors will be called, note of wnich will be made herein. The list of creditors ot said bankrupt is as follows: Hoover-Bond Co., Kalamazoo _ $234.00 L. ©. Price, Kalamazoo ._....... 32.00 L. C. Wr.ght, Kalamazoo _.- 4,600.00 Industrial Finance Corp., Kalama. 156.80 Citizens Loan & Inv. Co., Kalama. 123.00 Mrs. Waltr Thompson, Kalamazoo 50.:i0 Ad. Carr, Kalamazoo _....... Oct. 31. We have to-day received the schedules, reterence and adjudication in the matter of Peter Hummell, Bankrupt No. Soi7. The mattr has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bank- ruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of Grand Rapids, and h.s occupation is tnat of a building contractor. ‘tne schedules show assets of $10,026 of which $226 is claimed as exempt, with liabilities of $24,917.76. The court has written for funds and upon receipt ot same, the first meeting of creditors w.ll be called, note of which will be made herein. The list of creditors of said bankrupt is as fol- lows: City of Grand Rapids —_.___. __.§ 59.48 Louis Claffin, Grand Rapids _.._. 13.10 Orville, Sm.th, Grand Rapids __---_ 79.95 Chester Loveland, Grand Rapids -_ 25.00 Frank White, Grand Rapids _____- 86 10 Cecil Smit, Grand Hapids _._..__ 8.05 William Delyea, Grand Rapids ___. 54.75 J. Claflin, Grand Rap.ds _.._... 8.40 Howard Clafflin, Grand Rapids _- 6.00 Mr. McClure, Grand Rapids ____- 30.00 Harry Jones, Grand Rapids __.__._. 20.00 Hanse Mulier, Grand Rapids ___- 70.00 Kellogg-Burlingame Co., Grand R. 130.00 Kent County savings Ass'n., G. R. 1,700 00 Inent State Bank, Grand Rapids 6,800.00 Div. Av. Lbr. Co., Grand Kapids 714 00 Lake Electric Co., Grand Rapids 115.00 Wolcott & Seott. Grandville __ 239.82 Ringold Plumb ng Co., Grand Rap. 670.00 Burton Heignts Fuel Co., Grand R. 438.00 Kent Hardwar Co., Grand Rapids— 218.00 Robert H. Burns, Grand Rapids unknown Osborn Co., Newark ue Slee Gas Light Co., Grand Rapids __. 20.70 Douma & Son, Grand Rapids 121.05 Sinclair Refining Co., Chicago 80.00 kK. J. Christ, Grand Rapids : 25.00 J. Vander Zee, Grand Rapids 32.93 John Jansen, Grand Rapids 10.40 Concrete Products Co., Grand Rap. 44.89 Aetna Casualty Co, Grand R. unknown Williamson Furnace Co., Grand R. 245.00 A. D. Miller, Grand Rapi.s e 200.00 Wm. Roedema, Grand Rapids __ 159.00 G. R. Builders Supply, Grand Rap. 500.00 DeVries Gravel Co., Grand Rapids 239.00 Van's Plumbing Co., Grand Rapids 158.00 Fr. P. Collier & Sons, Detroit __ 80.00 Vander Schie & Mol, Grand Rapids 39.00 Scribner Coal Co, Grand Rapids 42.50 Main’s Electric Co., Grand Rapids 55.00 Holland Furnace Co., Grand Rapids 245.00 Posner Plumbing Co.. Grand Rapids 450.40 Mary Vrugink, Grand Rap ds 3,500.00 American Ins. Co., Newark unknown tiverside Lbr. Co... Grand Rapids 6,130.00 Martin Boote. Grand Rapids 350.00 Consumers Power Co., Grand Rap. 1.82 Mich. Bell Tel. Co., Grand Rapids 11.40 Mosher Roofing Co.. Grand Rapids 75 00 Bishop Furniture Co., Grand Rap. 11.50 Wm. Boonstra, Grand Rapids 183.00 Wm. J. Landman’, Grand Rapids 30.00 Steketee & Steketee, Grand Rap ds 100 00 Gerritt Hilferink. Grand Rapids unknown G. R. Land Contract Co., G. R. unknown A. D. Crimmings, Grand Rapids unknown Godwin Heights Garage, Grand R. 24.77 ta Press, Grand Rapids S05 Brechting Printing Co.. Grand Rap. 30.00 Bert VandenBerg. Grand Rapids 49.00 Edward Johnson. Grand Rap.ds unknown Peter Joppe, Grand Rapids unknown South Lawn Theater Co., G. R. unknown Film Truck Service, Detroit 17.80 Favorite Film Co., Detroit 15 60 Martin Szatyn, Grand Rapids___unknown John Aalderink, Grand Rapids__unknown Orman O. Cheney, Grand Rapids unknown Konstany Dziesuta, Grand Rap. unknown tichard H. W.lliams, Grand R. unknown Frank Bilski, Grand Rapids unknown Joseph Kasnia, Grand “Rapids __unknown Community Fin. Serv., Inc. G-.R. unknown Potten Electric Co., Grand Rap. unknown Oct. 31. We have to-day received the schedules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Walter Kowalczyk, Bank- rupt No. 3578 The matter has been re- frred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of Grand Rapids, and his occupation is that of a contractor. The schedules show assets of $1,310 of which $100 is claimed as exempt, with liabilit‘'es of $11,370.20. The court has written for funds and up- on receipt of same, the first meeting of creditors will be called, note of which will be made herein. The list of creditors of sad bankrun is as follows: Industrial Mortgage & Investment Co.. Grand Rapids Si et eee 8 Central Fuel Co. Grand Rapids __ 156.87 VandenBerg Furn. Co., Grandville 40.30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN John Vander Zee. Grand Rapids __ 185.00 Jobn Visser, Grand Rapids ____.-__ 300.00 Steven Homer, Grand Rapids ____ 570.00 Togan Stiles Lumber Co., G. R. 1,630.96 Rathbone Electric Co., Grand R. 175.00 Jansen Kelly Gravel Co., Grand R. 102.62 Decker & Visser Plumbing Co., rand Raps 100.00 Bripee Co., Dansne —..... 8. 175.00 Robinson National Clearing Co., AIpany 19.30 Pulte Plumbing Co.. Grand Rapids 725.90 Home Furnace Co., Holland -___- 466 09 Golden Boter Transfer Co., G. R. 39.00 Progress Paint Co., Cleveland __._ 26.28 Stiles Material Co.. Grand Rapids 57.87 East Fulton Hdwe. Co., Grand Rap. 19.80 Boot & Son, Grand Rapids ______ 27.40 Goudzwaard Hdwe. Co., Grand R. 11.30 G. R. Lumber Co., Grand Rapids 4,800.00 Ferlick Hdwe. Co.. Grand Rapids_ 106.00 Mary Feld Auto Co., Grand Rapids %6.00 Kutchee Hardware Co.. Grand R. 24.00 Sunbeam Heating Co., Elyria, Ohio 650.00 Adrian Bakelaar, Grand Rapids —_ 107.C€0 Superior Cast Stone Co., Grand R. 11.20 Oct. 31. We have to-day received the schedules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Robert H. George, Bank- rupt No. 3579. The matter has been re- ferred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of Sherman township, and h’s ocucpation is that of a farmer. The schedules show assets of $4,208 61 of which $1,650 is claimed as exempt, with liabilities of $6,796.69. The court has written for funds and upon receipt of same the first meet- ing of creditors will be called, note of which will be made herein. The list of creditors of said bankrupt is as follows: Grace Locke. Reed City ______ $1,000.00 Leroy State Bank. Leroy _________- 290.00 Crawford Auto Sales Co.. Cadillac 414.00 Quality Motor Sales Co.. Reed City 400.00 First Nat Bank. Reed City ______ 128.00 John Deere Mowing Machine Co., mikey oo _ 80.00 Johnson Hdwe. Co.. Cadillac ______ 8.25 John W. Johnson Co., Cadillac __ 20.00 Crawford Auto Sales Co., Cadillac 105 Sazviin GBros., Tustn ...... 45.00 Thodore Burkette. Cadillac ______. 11.06 Matt Jacobs, Dighton ________.__ 5.00 E. CC. Cusick. Dighton == 5.00 Charles A. Peterson, Dighton ____ 17 25 C. A. Anderson, Dighton _..._.___..—s« 34-00 Frank Randall, Dighton ________ 8.95 Tustin Elevator & Lhbr. Co., Dighton __ Ge oe 3.05 Dr. G. W. Brooks, Dizthton __...._ 12.00 Dr. G. W. Curtis, Cadillac _____.._s« 32.00 Dr. J. R. Knauf. Cadillac _- oe 5.00 S M Curtice, Detton 5.00 Cc. D. Allison, Cadillae peeves 1.85 Wayne Moored, Tustin ae ae 1.50 Roussins Drug Store, Cadillac 4.00 Dan Davis. Dighton ___..______ «4.00 William Lutz. Cadillac ....._ -68 State Mutual Rodded Fire Ins. Co. Wnt 8 ee Lareer Windstorm Ins. Co., Lapeer 2.55 Gust Anderson. Tustin _..___._ =: ss 2.00 J. 1. Georee, Tustn: Ra ap Earl Georze. Tustin _.. _________ $00.00 McBain State Bank. McBain ____ 128 00 Teroy State Bank. Leroy ________ 52.50 Bank of Tustin. Tustin _______ 115.00 Peoples Savings Bank, Cadillac__1,512.00 American State Bank, Cadillac __ 141.75 Cadillac State Bank - 38.00 First National Bank. Reed City __ 115.00 McClintock & Co., Tustin ________ 122.00 Mr. and Mrs Gus Saddleburg. G.R. 50.50 Tust'n Co-operative Ass’n., Tustin 75.00 Frank Costello, Tustin ___._________ 675.00 Nov. 1. We have to-day received the schedules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Ira Scheiren and Noel Scheiren, partners. Bankrupt No. 3580. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bankruvtey. The bankrupts are residents of Edmore. The schedules show assets of $1,250 with lia- bilities of $2,847.20. The court has wr't- ten for funds and unon receipt of 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: Fidelity Co., Ionia Wm. Andrson, Edmore $455.00 Ss ae aoe ee a Edmore Hdwe. Co., Edmore —_» 2ee.ie Arthur Steere, McBride ik Se J. Hopkins, McBride __. 458 95 ". J. & L. Neff, McBride __________ 105.00 Franklin Snyder, Edmore ui. 7 00 Noll Motor Sales, Stanton _________ 70.00 Martin Sheiern, McBride --.- 64,00 T. Scheiern, McBride ________ _.-. 140.00 Noll Motor Sales, Stanton ________ 26.00 Birch & Henry, McBride _ 27.50 J. Nel, Meoprigg 108.27 Olaf Johnson. Wyman ...- 24.00 D. W. Dean, McBride 113.75 d. Nef! MeBride . | BED OD Thos. Skellinger, McBride _______ 155.89 Dr. Bailey. McBride _... 6.00 Arthur Brown, Edmore __________ ss: 990.00 A. L. Stebbins, Sheridan _________ 167.75 Frank Snyder, Edmore __..__ 50.00 Roy Lovett, Stanton =.= gee ap Nov. 1. We have to-day received the schedules, reference and adjudicat'on in the matter of Harold A. Jones, Bankrupt No. 3581. The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bank- ruptcy. The bankrupt is a resident of Olivet. and his occupation is that of a State employe. The schedules show as- sets of $469.75 with liabilities of $2,128.96. The court has written for funds and upon rece‘pt of the same the first meeting will be called, note of which will be made Serene eeeeaceceeeee eee errant i a eS 8 November 14, 1928 WoRDEN GROCER COMPANY The Prompt Shippers You Take No Chance With Morton House COFFEE It’s A Sure Trade Winner WORDEN (GROCER COMPANY Wholesalers for Fifty-nine Years OTTAWA at WESTON GRAND RAPIDS THE MICHIGAN TRUST COMPANY, Receiver MUELLER 3 so made Macaroni that Macaroni made MUELLER sities —- ——_ ses G02 ane RIN aC: November 14, 1928 herein. The list of creditors of said bankrupt is a follows: White Bros., Scootts Johnson Coal Co., Toledo 84.5 George Worthington Co,., Cleveland 172.79 Northern Ohio Coal Co, Toledo__ 474.52 Colburn & Fulton Lumber Co., Charlotte ........ oe 175.48 Castner Curran and Bullitt, Cin- a einmet oo 156.13 Telephone Adv. Co., Detroit —__~-- 2 00 Grand Trunk Ra/‘lway, Detroit : 34.15 Fort Dearborn Fuel Co., Cincinnati 254.30 Dr. George Hafford, Albion ee 20.90 Clever Construction Co., Charlotte 487.81 Nov. 2. We have to-day re ceived the schedules, reference and adjudication in Harris, Bankrupt The matter has been referred to Charles B. Blair as referee in bank- ruptey. The bankrupt is a resident of Charlevoix, and his occupation is that of the matter of Roy L. No. 3582. a poultry raiser. The schedules show assets of $338 of which $250 is claimed as exempt with liabilities of $6,666.50. The court has written for funds and upon receipt of 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: Mrs. Cynthia Roberts, Charlevoix $1,900.00 W. E. Parmelee Lbr. Co., Charlev. 1,906.00 R. C. Korth, Charlevoix _.-unknown Wyers & Smith, Charlevoix _.--unknown Personal Finance Co., Flint ______ 300.00 East Jordan Lbr. Co., East Jordan 15 00 Miles Battery Shop, East Jordan 10.00 Healey Tire Shop, East Jordan ___ 17.00 East Jordan Co-operative ___ The Right Man Is Usually Found Eventually. (Continued from page 20) fitted for the job could have been found. Thus do circumstances and the evolution of events uncover the right man for the job when the need for him becomes apparent. In Hadeler’s case there is something else to think about—that his work is a continuation of that of Frank Con- 31 his friend, his tutor and long his Yet so rapidly do events nolly, inspiration. rush us onward that were Connolly to come back after less than vears’ absence, he’d be completely lost. Hardly his methods or his ambitions would fit into the pic- Sut all these fit Hadeler’s fresh young outlook. Hence, both State and local associations with Haffer in North, now, two one of his ideas, ture of to-day. into the affairs of California the South and Hadeler are in excellent hands. in the Perhaps as great a surprise as any Hadeler’s evidence of ability. The Advocate has taken on not has come from unusual editorial San Francisco only new life under his management, but has developed an excellence of an abundance of material for the grocer, which sets it high among the few really high grade contents, worthwhile worthy retail grocer journals on the continent. 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NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY “Uneeda Bakers” 32 ERECTED A WOODEN CROSS. Location of the Huron Indians at St. Ignace. These papers left Fr. Marquette in his pastorate at the Soo, to which he was appointed in 1668, now the com- monly recognized date as the first per- manent settlement in Michigan, al- though there is every probability that the Soo was regularly settled long be- fore that. In September, 1669, Mar- quette was sent to LaPointe to relieve Fr. Allouez, who had been assigned to other work. While he was at La Pointe Fr. Marquette learned of a great river to the Southwest and much of the people there, and he was fired with an ambition to found a mission there. This ambition never left him and it was in the furtherance of that ambition that he finally went with Joliet when they discovered the Mis- sissippi River. In the course of his work among the neighboring tribes out from La Pointe Fr. Marquette came back into what is now Michigan, to what has since been known as Huron Mountain, a great hill not far from the mouth of Keewenaw bay on the East. There he found the remnant of Hurons, who a little over twenty years before had been driven from their home on the North side of the Straits of Mackinac. Since the destruction of their home town they had become much like what we know as gypsies in their habits. The Sioux claimed all that territory and resented the invaders, whose strength had been greatly added to by wandering bands of Ottawas, probably developed from very feeble remnants of what years be- fore had been the powerful tribe which then inhabited the Western portion of the Lower Peninsula. As Fr. Mar- quette found them the feeling was very bitter. Both the Sioux on the one side and the Hurons and Ottawas upon the other had committed murders and the Sioux were preparing to annihilate all the invaders. Fr. Allouez had made a small start for the organization of a Huron-Ottawa mission the year before and Fr. Marquette felt himself bound to save his comparatively helpless peo- could do little against the great numbers of the Sioux. ple who Whether Fr. Marquette made a trip to the Soo to consult with his superior, Fr. Dablon, or whether Fr. Dablon visited him while this condition existed, is not quite sure, but he, too, became interested in the problem and it was decided to remove the Hurons and Ottawas from the Sioux country. About that time what promised to be permanent peace was formed with the Iroquois and time proved that happy conclusion to the true. Learning. of this new treaty of peace in 1670, Fr. Dablon went to Mackinac Island, where he established a temporary camp and from where he made excursions in various directions for the selection of the best place, with the idea of mov- ing the Hurons from the Sioux coun- try to the vicinity of their old home. During the winter of 1670 and ’71 he gave most of his attention to this en- terprise and Fr. Marquette commenced the work of emigration. The whole party who were such an offense to the MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Sioux were taken to the Soo, where they were divided, the Ottawas going to Manitoulin island and the Hurons going with Fr. Marquette in the spring of 1671. Whether the Indians with ‘Marquette settled at once upon the mainland or whether they made a short stay upon the island has always been a point of controversy. Regan’s history of the Upper Peninsula diocese says they “beached their canoes at the site of the old town” and there is much to support that idea. That Fr. Dablon had main- tained some sort of a service on the island while he camped there during his days of prospecting is no doubt true, but the real establishment of a mission was first upon the North shore. As soon as the party was safe- ly landed Fr. Marquette set about the work of erecting a large wooden cross at the site of the old town, and this was a rallying point while he and leaders of the Hurons searched the whole country surrounding for the lo- cation which suited them best. The final choice was about a mile North- ward from the scene of the old town, where a great hill rises out of the bay, runs gradually back a little more than forty rods, circles to the Northward and thence back to the bay or nearly so. A little to the North of the cen- ter of the level space between this pro- tecting hill and the bay, a site was selected for the chapel which they soon after built. In time settlers houses oc- cupied the space within the hill pro- tection to the South and the Indian wigwams the space to the North of the chapel. This settlement which was named St. Ignace, rapidly grew to one of the leading towns of that section and was the second permanent settle- ment of Michigan. Its city limits have grown to include the site of the old town, the first attempt to settle in what is now Michigan. In 1688, Pierot, then military governor of the colony, described it in an official report, as “sixty-eight regular houses, then the chapel and to the North of the chapel, 5,000 Indians, ‘with his fort’ at the brow of the hill in the rear.” The mission of St. Ignatius was one of the most successful of those at- tempted by the French Fathers from its very start. Fr. Marquette was a jovial man who always saw the bright- est side of everything and backed that disposition with a firm, unfaltering trust in Almighty God and the church of his day. There wasn’t a single guess so his statement of theology and the Christ he taught was a very real one. The result of his ministrations was a daily crowded chapel, not only of the Indians of his own settlement but the many who came to those waters to fish, found time for a ser- vice or two at the little chapel. While Fr. Marquette’s work was in his ministrations of the church, he found time for kindly deeds in every possible place. Of him can it be said as of but few, in the spirit of the one he served, he went about doing good. Just as that custom drew the multi- tudes to Christ, so that spirit drew the people to Fr. Marquette, and it is that spirit which has made his name a loved one through these intervening centuries. In 1672 Fr. Marquette established a school at St. Ignace, the first institu- tion of its kind this side of the New England colonies. He did not remain at the colony to see its upbuilding, but this school gradually developed into a college and at one time employed a faculty of seven instructors. In 1672 the work of Fr. Marquette at St. Ignace was interrupted by the appearance of Louis Joliet, who brought with him a commission for Marquette to join him in a journey of exploration which resulted in their discovery of the Mississippi River. A. Riley Crittenden. —_+2+____ Montgomery Ward Employes Sixty Clerks. Traverse City, Nov. 13—Montgom- ery Ward & Co. will open its depart- ment store on November 17. The com- pany will employ sixty local residents in its sales service. H. W. Elliott, the manager, was formerly the manager of the Ward store in Oshkosh, Wis. He will have ten department managers, all of whom have been-employed by the Ward Co. in their stores at Adrain, Ludington, Detroit, Port Huron and Jackson in this State. Mr. Elliott stated that the Ward Co. proposes to be a part of the community and not merely operators of a chain store. “We will enter into local activities and con- tribute of our means to charities and all enterprises that may be sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. We want to co-operate in the development of local interests with our time and our money.” The employment of sixty lo- cal sales persons will give the store prestige. Empty houses are scarce and the newcomers are experiencing much difficulty in obtaining living ac- commodations. Not more than twelve houses have been erected in this city this year. The Knitting Mills Store. owned by the American Knitting Mills Outlet Co., will open for business in a few days. Hosiery, lingerie, underwear, sweaters and ready-to-wear for men, women and children will be carried in stock. J. A. Garland has sold his stock of men’s wear to the Globe Department Store, and will engage in the sale of real estate in Royal Oak. Mayor James T. Milligan inspected the exhibits of furniture in Grand Rapids last week. The Milliken Co. deals largely in rugs, curtains, shades and linoleums and the addition of a line of good furniture would strengthen its house furnishing department. The closing of the Hannah-Lay furniture department affords the Milliken Co.'s opening in the furniture trade. Joseph J. Topinka is a prosperous dealer in dry goods and wearables for men, women and children. He owns and occupies a substantial concrete block building on West Front street and enjoys the respect and confidence of a large community. Mr. Topinka is a public spirited citizen and an active and influential member of the West Side Business Men’s Club. His wife ably assists Mr. Topinka in the man- agement of his business. Arthur Scott White. —_.-2 Corporations Wound Up. The following Michigan tions have recently filed notices of dis- solution with the Secretary of State: Michigan Calking Co., Detroit. Chris-Power Co., Detroit. Mechanical Development Co., De- troit. Power Appliance Co., Detroit, Addison Hotel Co., Detroit. corpora- November 14, 1928 Griswold-Loraine Realty Co., De- troit. Economy Home Building Co., De- troit. Meyering Land Co., Detroit. Rich Tool Co., Detroit. Dequindre Land Co., Detroit. Great Lakes Laundries, Inc., De- troit. Arcadia Land Co., Detroit. Lake Shore Gardens Co., Detroit. Meyercon Realty Co., Detroit. National Specialty Sales, Inc., Hol- land. American Piano Trading Corp., Lan- sing. Bennett Waltman Co., Inc., Detroit. Plymouth Oil Co.. Detroit. Thermocrete Insulating Co., Detroit. William S. Canfield Realty Co., Grand Rapids. Grand Haven Drug Co., Grand Ha- ven. Ely Bros., Detroit. Mrs. Grace Osborn, Bay City. Wolverine Casting Co., Kalamazoo. ++. : Pay No Attention To Threatening Letters. Are you one of over 500 Cadillac persons who received a box of Christ- mas cards to-day? If so you can keep them without any cost to you. No firm sending out unordered mer- chandise can make you return them. Not even if postage is included in pack- age as is the case with these cards. The firm sending out these cards simply took your name from a telephone di- rectory and everyone is being urged NOT t oreturn, to stop this unfair mer- chandising practice. 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POSEFUM COMPANY, INCORPORATED 250 Park Avenue” - Postum Building . New York Post Toasties, Postum Cereal, Instant Postum, Grape-Nuts, Minute Tapioca, Post’s Bran Flakes, Franklin Baker’s Coconut, Swans Down Cake Flour, Walter Baker’s Cocoa and Chocolate, Log Cabin Syrup, Jell-O, Maxwell House Coffee, La France, Satina and Softo © 1928, P. Co., Inc. 5,500 Shares Convertible Preference Stock of No Par Value With Non-Detachable Purchase Warrants Mark’s Stores Incorporated. (A MICHIGAN CORPORATION) Owners and Operators of “Boyer’s Haunted Shacks,’’ Four Stores in Detroit, and a Chain of Twenty-four Other Retail Stores, Located in Important Cities in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio EXEMPT FROM PERSONAL TAX IN MICHIGAN AND PRESENT NORMAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX The Convertible Preference Stock and the Class ‘‘A’’ Stock are entitled to receive preferential cumulative dividends of $3.60 per share annually, payable quarterly on the first days of January, April. July and October; before any dividends are paid to the Class ‘‘B’’ stock; both are preferred as to assets to the extent of $60.00 per share plus accrued dividends on liquidation and callable in whole or part on any dividend payment date, at the option of the corporation, upon thirty days’ notice. at $6000 per share plus accrued divi- dends. The Convertible Preference Stock is convertible, srare for share, at any time prior to redemption into the Class ‘“‘B” No Par Value Common Stock. UNION TRUST CO. Transfer Agent: Detroit, Mich. Registrar: Detroit, Mich. GUARDIAN TRUST CO. CAPITALIZATION as of September 30, 1928 Authorized Outstanding Convertsble Preference Stock of No Par Value ....... 15,000 shares 5,500 shares Cisse “8 Stock of No Per Valine 10,000 shares 3,000 shares Kises “S” Stock of Mo Par Vauie 60,000 shares 25,500 shares Each Convertible Preference Stock Certificate will bear a warrant (non-detachable except upon redemption of such Convertible Preference Stock) entitling the owner to purchase one share of Class “B” Stock for each share of Convertible Preference Stock owned, as follows: On or betore Fully 1, 1920 at $22.00 per share (On or betore July 1 1050 at $28.00 per share (on or before July © 1031 at $35.00 per share The President of the Corporation furnishes us with the following summarized information in regard to the Corporation and its business: ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS The Corporation has recently purchased four retail stores in the city of Detroit, Michigan (known as Boyer’s Haunted Shacks), which makes this corporation the largest retail chain store organization in the state of Michigan handling radios, automobile accessories, elec- trical supplies, sporting goods, etc. In addition to the four Detroit stores, the Corporation owns and operates a chain of twenty-four retail stores, located in Central and Southwestern Michigan, Northern Indiana and Ohio, including the following locations: Grand Rapids, South Bend, Toledo, Muskegon, Muskegon Heights, Kalamazoo, Jackson, Lansing, Holland, Grand Haven, Allegan, Albion, Charlotte, Hastings, Ionia and Battle Creek. The present management, which has been responsible for the success of the corporation, will continue. Also, in the Boyer organ- ization, the general manager of the business and store managers, who have been with the organization for several years and are largely responsible for its successful growth, will continue with the corporation. Practically all officers and store managers are stockholders of the corporation. ASSETS A Balance Sheet of MARK’S STORES, INCORPORATED, as of September 30, 1928, giving effect to the application of the pro- ceeds from present financing and the acquisition of A. J. Boyer’s stores, as certified to by Messrs. Ernst & Ernst, Certified Public Ac- countants, shows current assets of over $545,000, current liabilities of $176,000, or a ratio of three to one. EARNINGS Sales and profits of the business, including the Boyer Stores, as certified to by Messrs. Ernst & Ernst, for the nine months ended September 30, 1928, and as shown by Messrs. Castenholz, Johnson, Block and Rothing for Mark’s Stores for the years 1927 and 1926 and by the books of the Boyer Stores for their earnings for 1927 and 1926 after all charges including taxes at current rate of 12% and after depreciation, were as follows: Year Sales Per Share Balance per Conv. Pref. and Share Class Net Profit Class “A” Stocks “B” Common LO ee $1,395,735 $89,020.25 $10.47 $2.29 oe $1,783,090 $92,889.89 $10.92 $2.44 1928 (first 9 months) __________ $1,304,246 $77,385.79 $12.13* $2.84* *At annual rate of. Based upon previous experience and present conditions, the management estimates the sales for the year 1928 at $1,815,000 and the profits at $127,885.79, or at the annual rate on the Convertible Preference and Class “A” stock of $15.00 per share and on the Class “B” $3.80 per share. PURPOSE Proceeds from the sale of 5,500 shares Convertible Preference Stock will be used in part payment of the A. J. Boyer Stores and for other corporate purposes. Application has been made for the listing of the Convertible Preference Stock and the No Par Value Class “B” Stock on the Detroit Stock Exchange. PRICE $48.00 Per Share and Accrued Dividends, to Yield 7.5% This offering is made in all respects when. as. and if issued and accepted by us and subject to the approval of all legal proceedings by Messrs. Travis, Merrick, Johnson and Judd, Attorneys for the Bankers, and Messrs. Butterfield, Keeney and Amberg for the Corporation. HOWE SNOW & CoO. INCORPORATED INVESTMENT SECURITIES GRAND RAPIDS NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA SAN FRANCISCO MINNEAPOLIS DETROIT ROCHESTER SYRACUSE CHICAGO BOSTON The statements contained herein have been obtained from sources deemed reliable, but are not guaranteed by us. ni Fas , pos rs "gt a SS die ee at pots lets sags =. oy 3 j