Michigan Tradesman. Published Ww eekly. (THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, “PUBLISHERS. $1 Per Year. eee 9. GRAND ee . FEBRUARY 24, 1892. NO. 440 MOSELEY BROS. SEEDS W. H. MOREHOUSE & CO. - WHOLESALE Eg : . "tn on hed = Mille othy Alfa Hungarian, rae, oT ai Blue Gras 8, Orc = : , Lawn Grass FRUIYS, SKEDS, BANS AND PRODUGE, G RAI N Choice Clover & Timothy Seeds a Specialty : 26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA Sr, " onm 68 poy re _ ; oe eS ry C+rand Rapids, Mich. MENTION THIS PAPER. OR 4G Produce Eesieane, ( TOLEDO. © Something New! You can always fin .: ymething new and especially fine by ordering yc - Candy of A. E. BROOKS & CO. Wholesale Confectioners, 46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich THK NEW YORK BISCUIT 0, S. A. SEARS, Manager. | Cracker Manufacturers, 37,39 and 41 Kent St., ~ Grand Rapids. Get Tee best! Jennings’ Flavoring Extracts SEE QUOTATIONS. Abrand Hapids donk Hind nding Co. MULLINS PATENT FLAT ‘OPENING BLANK BOOK. 29-81 Canal St. a ena. Rapids, Mich Cc. A. LAMB. F. J. LAMB. Cc. A. LAMB & CO, WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Produse. 84 and 86 South Division St. ORANGES AND BANANAS! We re Hear Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. OC. N. RAPP & Co. 9 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. ' Florida Oranges a Specialty. TELFER SPICE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. land 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS MUSKEGON BRANCH UNITED STATES BAKING CO., Successors to MUSKEGON CRACKER Co., HARRY FOX, Manager. Crackers, Biscuits « Sweet Goods. MUSKEGON, MICH. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS. The Green Seal Cigar Js the Most Desirable for Merchants to Handle because It is Staple and will fit any Purchaser. Retails for 10 cents, 3 for 25 cents. Send Your Wholesaler an Order. ‘Send for quotations. | No bogus! G ENU INE Peninsular B utton Fas te ners in lots of 10 gt. gr. at 45¢e per gt. gr. ‘ Heaton ‘ 1 ss Fast Shank Buttons, best on the market at ie HIRTH & KRAUSE, 12-14 Lyon St., G’d Rapids Headquarters for Shoe Stcre Supplies. Olney & Judson Grocer Co., Sole Agents for the Justly Celebrated ‘oe. Co. Co.’ Cgare G. S. BROWN & CO., Foreign and Domestic Fruits Oranges an:i Bananas a ¢ pecialty. 24-26 No Division St. \Jobbers of C. Gs A. VOIGT #£ co. | * Proprietors of the SPATE OLE SS: LEMON & WHEELER COMPAM, =4, OUR PATENT. GILT EDGE. Se ACALLA LILY. IMPO R TERS AND GOLDEN SHEAF, PEARL. | BOSS. | BAKERS’ CHOICE, PATENT ROLLER FLOUR. | SPECIALTIES: | GRAHAM, RYE and BUCKWHEAT | : FLOUR, RANULATED and BOLTED MEAL. | Prompt attention given te mailorders. | GRAND RAPIDS. Grand Rapids, Mich F. J. DETTENTHALER BALL JOBBER OF OYSTERS © a socmse BARNHART = 2 . POULTRY k bh ME Wholesale PUTM A N C0 Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. See Quotations in Another Column. 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Wholesale and retail dealers in Bicycles, Cyclists’ Sundries, HY a 336 anima Rubber and ‘Spor ting Goods, Mi i and Fire Department Supplies. ph : ——s " i ‘STUDLEY &c BARCLAY, | ee i 68 and 685 Canal St. - GRAND RAPIDS. 4 Monroe St. - Grand Rapids, Mich. | : : 301.3. a. 2. Strelitsky, ww (10 PS Including the following celebrated brands man- ufactured the well-known house of Glaser, Frame & Co. Vindex, siete Paves flier. ..... ,........ $35 Three Medals, long Havana filler........ 35 Elk’s Choice, Havana filler and binder... 55 La Flor de Alfonso,.. . oe 55 La Doncella de Morera, ...... a 65 ca see A Oe...................... 55 io, Biers... 5... 65 Also fine line Key West goods at rock bottom prices. All favorite brands of Cheroots kept in stock. 10 So. lonia St, Grand Rapids, ESTABLISHED 1841. (60 AOAC REN eR Ee THE MERCANTILE AGENCY r.G,. ihn & Go. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Wholesale and Retail Jobbers of Building Papers Carpet Linings, And All Kinds of Roofing Materials, Coal Tar and Asphalt Products. We make a specialty of the seamless asphalt ready roofing and two-ply coal tar ready roofing which is far superior to shingles and much cheaper. We are practical roofers of twenty-five years’ experience which enables us to know the wants of the people in our line. Cor. LOUIS & CAMPAU STS., Grand Rapids, Mich RETAIL DEALERS’ LOmmMercial Agency Furnishes semi-monthly lists and special reports which enable subscribers to save both time and money. Especially adapted to merchants, phy- sicians, real estate dealers and all others dealing with the public. Reports made with the greatest possible dis- patch. Collections carefully attended to and promptly reported. We respectfully solicit an investigation of our system, as it will insure your giving us your membership. STEVENSON & CUMINGS Cooper's Commercial Agency, 65 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Telephone 166, Ly WiLL HAY YOU To Buy ALLEN B.WRISLEY’s GOOD CHEER SOAP Leadin$ ’ :o!asale frocers keep it. _GRAND RAPIDS, ‘WEDNES SDAY, F SOHLUSS, ADLER & U0, MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF Pants, Shirts, (veralls i. Gouls’ Fornishing Goods. 184, 186 & 188 JEFFERSON AVE., DETROIT, MICH. Wayne County Savings Bank, Detroit, Mich. $500,000 TO INVEST IN BONDS Issued by cities, counties, towns and school districts of Michigan. Officers of these municipalities about to issue bonds will find it to their advantage to apply to this bank. Blank bonds and bla: ks for proceedings supplied without charge. All communications and enquiries will have prompt attention. This bank pays 4 per cent. on deposits, compounded semi-annually. 8. D. ELWOOD, Treasury. OYSTERS! We quote: Bulk. Standards, per gal.. De eua ee Solid Brand in Cans. Selocte........ oo wk Standards ......... 18 Daisy Brand in Cans. Selects... .. me Standards........... 16 Pavories.......... 14 Mrs. Withey’s Home-made Mince-Meat. Lasgobpia..... .... 6 mae tits. .......... 6% 40 TD. pails ......... 6% Wb. pails ......... 634 ip. pais......... 2 1b. cans, (usual weight) Lowes ces $1.50 per doz. oe eS ee $3.50 per doz. — Dairy Wotier.......... ggs tee cee Pure Sweet C ider, i bbia., ... 15....%4 Pure Cider Vineg: ar. a Sweet Florida Oranges. Lemons .... : Will pay 40 cents each for Molasses half bbls. Above prices are made low to bid for trade. Let your orders come. EDWIN FALLAS & SON, Valley City Cold Storage. THE youn, IRE 4? : co. PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. S. F ASPINWALL, Pres't. W. Prep McBain, Sec 'y. THOS. E. WYKES, WHOLESALE Lime, Cement, Stucce, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Lath, Wood, Hay, Grain, Oil Meal, Clover and begged Seed. Corner Wealthy Ave. and Ionia S on M.C. R. R. office, 45 S. Division. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Exeeutive Otees, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y. CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres, Offices in the principal cities of the United States, Canada, the European continent, Australia, and in London, — Grand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg. HENRY IDEMA, Supt. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, THE HERO OF SALTHAM PIT. Everyone that knows anything about coal-mines knows that the great Saltham pit lies just on the edge of the city of Whitehaven, and extends thence far un- der the sea. In the summer of 18—,two ladies came to Whitehaven for the purpose of estab- lishing their right to shares in this pit— aright which they had recently discov- ered. They were a’mother and her daughter, both of them beautiful and cultured women,and, as they had brought letters of introduction to the rector, they were soon recognized as belonging to one of the most desirable ‘‘sets’? of that old, aristocratic city. Indeed, Mary Allonby was a universal favorite, and before the first winter was over it was generally understood that she was the promised wife of the hand- some Gerald Peel, a young man of very good family and of great promise. He was the head ‘‘Viewer”’ of the Saltham pit, and knew well the richness and ex- ecellence of its coal-seams. Now, the Viewer of a large English coal-mine is a gentleman; a man of great courage, fore- thought and fine engineering skill. He has a large salary, lives in good style and good society, and exercises a great power, not only over the under-viewers, but also in the entire management of the pit. The marriage had been fixed for June, and the preparations were all made. Mrs. Allonby wasso certain of her rights being settled by that date, that she had instructed her lawyer to make over a certain portion of them to her daughter for a wedding present. One evening Gerald was taking tea with them, and from the pleasant room happy laughter and happy voices went floating outward into the shady depths of the shrubbery, Among this shrubbery a man was lurk- ing—a man with dirty, ragged clothing and a face passion-smitten and every way evil; and whenever Mrs. Allonby’s voice or Mary’s laugh caught his ear, its expression was almost terrible. ‘“T am nothing to them now!” he mut- itered. ‘‘But, we shall see!’ He lingered in the thick shrubbery un- til the moon rose, and he saw Gerald wrap Mary in her little white hood and cloak, and take her into the garden. Then he crept nearer the house and watched Mrs. Allonby lift a candle and go upstairs into a room that fronted two ways, one of them toward a gable which was thickly matted with old ivy vine. The windows were open on that side, and he cautiously ascended. When _ he reached the upper floors, Mrs. Allonby was sitting before an old-fashioned sec- retary, tying up some papers. He put his hand upon her shoulder, forced her to sit still and uttered but one word: “Louisa!” She did not faint, nor scream, nor even attempt to rise; but, gathering rapidly together all her senses and energies, she looked the man earnestly in the face, and said, in a voice where tenderness and anger strove for the mastery: “Richard Allonby!” FE BRUARY 24, 1892. NO. 440° “Yes, madam. Lock your door and shut your windows. I have something to say to you.”’ ‘Not here, Richard! Not here, for Mary’s sake!’’ “Why not? AmInot your husband? Ah, ha! You can’t get over that, you see!” *““God help me! No.” She rose mechanically, locked the door, shut out the sweet evening air, pulled down the blinds, and then, motioning toward a sofa, sat down. “Oh, no, my lady! I won’t put you to that degradation. You are a lady, you know,’’ and then in a lower voice: ‘‘And now I want you to give me those Salt- ham papers. 1 know all about them.’’ ‘Richard, you have robbed me of my own fortune, and of the peace and love of my youth. You killed my father with the shame you brought on him. You have forced me to leave the place where my family have dwelt for cen- turies, and to come a stranger to this strange north country. Do have pity now on me andon your own child. For Heaven’s sake, spare her the disgrace and misery of knowing you.’ ‘*You never told her, then?’’ “No, no, no! She thinks you dead— and, oh, Richard! she is going to be married.” ‘*I know that, too. Give me the pa- pers. I have beeh long enough here.”’ ‘Richard! Richard! Kill me, if you like, but do Mary no further wrong.”’ ‘I don’t like to kill you, Louisa. I like you well enough to wish to look at you occasionally. Give me the papers, or 1 shall ring the bell and order my sup- per. You know I’m master here, if I say so. See, Ill give you five minutes to decide. 1 don’t want you to say I forced them from you.’’ In great emergencies the mind acts rapidly. Mrs. Allonby reviewed her whole position, and made her decision. She walked back to the secretary, and, taking from a drawer a bundle of papers and a little gold chain holding a pearl cross and a couple of rings, came toward her husband. ‘“‘This is to be our last meeting, Rich- ard, aid you must promise it upon that chain and those rings; you know them —they were your mother’s.” Richard Allonby put them aside ner- vously. If there was any memory that made his soul shiver and sob, it was that of the gentle little mother whose heart he had broken. *“T won’t touchthose things,’’ he said. “‘Give me the papers.” **Not unless you do what I say.” Richard saw his wife’s courage rising, and he knew well that when timid wom- en are angered toa point of resistance, such anger is not to be defied; so he said, sullenly: ‘*T will do as you wish.”’ He took the papers and immediately departed. He had another interview on hand that night. He waited until he saw Gerald enter his own handsome dwelling; then he scaled the great brick walls and watched his further movements. He + a oa es —_— Coan Simi ABH ee eee rave ee oe “ath Tuma, eke Seemed POMERANIA @ 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. went, as Richard expected, to his office, looked over the reports of the under- viewers then lit down to smoke. window, a cigar and sat There was a low, open and ing on a stone balcony, and pen open when Gerald rose for something he want- and ed. Richard boldly entered the room something wrong at the pit,” impatie Now, my man, what's wrong? Peon £ Gerald h had i+} ne nad eitper a great sorrow, w, and said: i did not spare himself. He told a How he had killed his mother with sorrow and ruined his wife, forged his friend’s name and been forgiven, and then robbed a bank and been trans- ported for fourteen years for it. He , “especially as Mary tO marry so well. and thought had come back to England | months ago. but had only just . Di want to make i was going | Gerald } had better give him some money and let} him go to America.”’ Gerald heard all in silence: th ing out his purse. counted out twenty pounds. “Will that pay you to hold your tongue?” ‘‘Make it fifty. ‘ ? z > 4 te 9 . =~} . Gerald made it fifty. and said: ‘‘Now go. If you really goto Ameri- write eve ca, you may for the 4 y year same; but don’t annoy your wife and daughter. Let me stand between them and you.” The calm unselfishness the air of authority which was partly natural to hax and Gerald and partly acquired by the neces- sity of his position, quite cowed the wretched He slunk out into the darkness: and Gerald thought out the new aspect of his position. man. He must hurry forward his marriage. Mary was not to blame: butif his family knew, there would be no end of trouble. And these poor women! Surely needed his protection, with this villain dogging their footsteps. The next morning he received another heavy blow. her secretary had been robbed of her Saltham papers and some jewelry. that the police had been He knew who was the thief, and he suspected Mrs. Allonby knew also. But he had deter- saw at once how the affair lay. mined not to estimated the horror of her position, and boldly faced the disappointment that had fallen on ailthe glory of his love. But. at any rate, Mary was the same, and it they | Mrs. Allonby told him that | and } notified. He tak- | } | about him. | weeping wife, who had at last braved all | to come and close his eyes. | ible as it may seem, at this hour Louisa blame her too much. Hej} | ing hands, and whispered words of for- was Mary he was going to marry. He| made some excuse for hurrying forward matters, and, in spite of the suggestions of his friends that ought to be found first, he married Mary the missing papers Allonby early in June. Perhaps no wife was ever happier. As the years went by, and lovely boys and girls began to patter about the halls and gardens of Peel Place, and as she her- self grew in wifely grace and in her husband’s love, she acknowledged con- tinually the blessing of her lot. Only one thing troubled her—her mother’s! health. she was gradually sinking under a ner-| yous complaint that defied medical skill. Geraid, who guessed the cause, tried of- ten to win her confidence, but she re pelled all his advances. Thus, more than five years away. One night, about New Years, the! rector was sitting among his household, | full of the joy and spirit of the time. Suddenly, he was called away from them, and found waiting for him a lady in the} terror and whom he} easily recognized as Mrs. Allonby. “Oh, sir!” she cried; ‘‘there is no time | or words—come with me instantly to| Saltham pit! I will explain all as we go.”’ There is something so compelling in a that he cloaked himself silently and followed her into a waiting carriage. As it drove through the nar- row, black streets, passed wildest distress. my great sorrow, she told him the out- lines of her sad story. *‘And this villain, who has been tor- turing you to death for five years, is, you say— ‘‘Is my husband, and he is lying, dy- ing, in the pit. A large mass of coal fell on him this afternoon. and he can’t be moved. What could I do?’’ she cried, pitifully. ‘‘How could I tell Gerald and Mary of the horror of such a connection? Oh, my friend, someone must speak to him—some one must pray with him— and I must see the end of him, but I dare not go alone.” Indeed, even the rector turned sick and giddy when he saw the road they take. The shaft of Saltham is close to the sea, absolutely in the shingle, and nearly nine hundred feet deep. The banksman expressed no surprise at such visitors, and, as they refused to change their clothing. gave them each a large overall, and, putting them into the huge basket. letthemdown. The night relays were coming up, and a basket of five men, their candles gleaming in the dark abyss, passed them on the way. In a few minutes they touched the ground, and a craggy, dark, uneven de- scent led them to the interior of the pit. The path was high enough to allow them to follow their guide in an upright posi- tion. After going one thousand yards in a straight line under the sea, they came to a little opening. where the dying man lay. he space was narrow and hot and dimly lit by a bit of candle stuck against the coal wall ina piece of clay; and there were some men yet at work must He was almost dead, but his eyes gleamed gratefully upon the miserable, And, inered- Allonby forgot all else but her early love for this wreck of humanity, and wiped the death damp from his brow with loy- giveness and tenderness. Richard was gentle enough now. In| those few hours of agony he had learned } more than all his wild life had taught | him. Humble and penitent, he listened | eagerly to the last prayer he was ever to} hear, and then whispered: ‘‘Wife—wife, forgive me—don’t tell | Mary—the papers are in my breast.” What more he said was between God | and his own soul, and death gradually | composed the once handsome face into | such solemn curves and such sharp-cut | lines as if they were to last forever. 1 Though in the prime of life, | W.H. WHITE & CO, Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, BOYNE CITY, MICH \t % 7 Traces wan CO. ‘Boyne Falls \N ri\ s T » | Deer Lake SF L > | | JUBINVILLE MILL S a | Product taken by 4 e. _— | IMAITE & CO. te | | a0 - ~ o Scale as We operate three mills with a capacity of 9,000,000 feet hardwood and 3,00,(00 feet hemlock, as follows: Boyne City mill, 7,000,900; Boyne Falls mill, 3,000,000; Deer Lake mill, 2,000,000. Our facilities for shipment are unsurpassed, either by rail or water. The New York News, speatiog of" Michael Kolb & Son, °° tushie’totsate ™ CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, established 1838, Rochester, N. Y., says: “The clothing industry has been one | of the leading features of the city of Rochester for many years. Many of the present firms began business in a very modest way, but have since developed into some of the leading manufacturers in the country. So extensive is the in- dustry carried on here that a very large supported by it. Good hands can get plenty of work and demand a fair com- pensation for their labor. One of the oldest firms here engaged in the clothing trade is that of Messrs. MicHaEL Kos & Son. This concern was established thirty-four years ago by the senior mem- ber of the firm, and has enjoyed a won- derfully successful career. They have for many years occupied their large building at Nos. 135 and 137 North St. Paul street, but for want of more room and improved facilities wich which to better prosecute their extensive business they have resolved to erect a fine, large building in the spring, consisting of six stories above ground, two basements, and with a frontage of seventy-two feet. The structure is to be an imposing one and an ornament to the city, and one of which its owners may justly feel proud. As a further evidence of the prosperity of the clothing manufacturers Mr. Kolb states that quite a number are contem- plating building their own houses, which | will probably occur during the present » year. In this respect, however, he does not propose to be outdone. The business with this house for the past year has been all that could be desired. Sales have been larger, collections easy, and their increase over the outlook for the books show a decided year preceding. The |present is even more flattering than it | has been for many years past. Although | they manufacture a genera! line of goods their specialty consists of a fine grade. In these they are not surpassed, the | Strictest attention being paid to every per cent. of the city’s inhabitants are| detail, and none but the most skilled hands are employed in their manufacture. As a guarantee of the most thorough workmanship and finish being given to goods turned out of this house, it may be stated that the senior member of the firm, Mr. Michael Kolb, devotes his whole and undivided attention to the manu- facturing department of the establish- ment, he having been a practical man in the manufacturing of clothing, and is eminently fitted to fill so important and respousible a position. His son, Mr. Jacob M. Kolb, attends to the business on the road. In connection with their manufacturing they also do an extensive jobbing trade, but principally in fine goods. With a long and honorable career this firm has established a demand for their goods in almost every State in the Union, and enjoy the most implicit con- fidence and esteem of al] with whom they have dealings.”’ Mr. Tripp, a clothing traveler says: “Wm. Connor—There can be no diffi culty selling Kolb’s goods, for they are as staple as flour, and that is why you sell so many.”’ Write our Michigan representative, William Connor, for printed opinions of the leading clothing merchants in Michi- gan. William Connor will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Thursday, Friday, Satur- day. March 3rd, 4th, 5th, with a full line of Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s samples Customers’ expenses allowed. Mail orders promptly attended to; or write William At length, poor Louisa rose, and the Connor, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., and he will soon be with you. prey emennss ne prey emennss ne recter was about to lead her away, when one of the men who had been busy try- ing to the last to relieve the poor stepped forward and said gently: **Mother, I am here too.’’ Yes, it was Gerald Peel; he had been notified at once of the accident, and none had worked harder of the sufferer. But he went heme with the rector and Mrs. Allonby now, and the} talk he had with her did for t no physician could have done. She learned now that Gerald had not only married miner, for the relief her wha Mary witha full knowledge of all, but! that he had been bribing the man and | watching continually his movements, in order to prevent his annoying Mary or her mother. “It has been a dreadful watch,’’ he said, wearily and solemnly; ‘but a little confidence on your part, mother, might have saved us both much suffering.” | And for answer she had put the Salt- ham papers in his hands, and said: ‘*They are well yours. I never want to see them again, Gerald. You have been very good to me.” Those men were heroes who stormed the Malakoff and lighted their cigars in the trenches before but life has quite as great, think Gerald Peel’s five years’ patience, prudence and unselfish burden-bearing may make him the brother-knight even of the peerless Bayard. Ameria E. Barr. i — elo cae TALKS WITH A LAWYER. THE Vicksburg, private heroes and I MERCANTILE Written for THE TRADESMAN. AGENCY. There are but few persons who are not affected directly or indirectly by the mer- cantile or commercial agency. It may be said to wield a powerful influence in enlarging or restraining the business of the country, in the making and unmaking of credit upon which business largely rests. Its influence, extent and power have become so great that few people 2an act independently of it without more or less serious results. It has become so powerful and so useful a part of modern business life that a statement of the law egarding it and its relations to the gen- eral public may be interesting and profit- able. First, a few words with respect to the history of the American system of mer- eantile agencies. It originated, says Errant, with a commercial traveler by the name of Church, who, at first, kept notes of information acquired on busi- ness trips, permitting others to use them. He eventually devoted himself to this work alone, in the employ of certain New York houses. His success suggest- ed to Louis Tappan the idea of establish- ing the first mercantile agency at New York, in 1841, which was shortly followed by Woodward & Dusenberry’s Commer- cial Agency. Tappan’s venture finally developed into the R. G. Dun & Co. agen- cy. The ‘improved mercantile agency,’’ organized a few years later than Tap- pan’s by J. M. Bradstreet, was finally in- corporated as The Bradstreet Company, and was the first concern to publish a book of rating. Special agencies, con- fining their reports to particular lines of business, have become numerous. In England, such establishments are known as ‘‘trade protection societies.’’ The business of a mercantile agency consists in collecting and furnishing to subseribers information relating to the credit, character, responsibility and rep- |go in thus entering upon a man’s prem- utation of merchants, and so extensive 3 has the system become that no one, no | |matter how mean and humble may be! | his little shop, but has his ‘‘size’’ taken, jhis business photograph struck off and none for display in the agency books. Many law arisen of | | public interest respecting the rights and duties of the agency, and how far it may | questions of have ises and taking notes with which to make up his credit proportions. ‘The most im- | portant question that has arisen relating to this kind of business is to what ex- tent are the reports sent out by mercan- tile agencies privileged communications —that is, how far are protected, in such companies giving information affect- | ing the credit of business men, from lia- bility for damages in ease of false state- ments? As we shall use the term ‘privileged communication” frequently, let us under- stand its meaning. It is sucha communica- tion as is made in good faith upon any subject in which the party communicat- ing has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, publie or private, either legal, moral or social, if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty. No legal liability attaches to such communications, malice be It may first be said that the pub- lication of false defamation by a mercan- tile agency to the world at large is not privileged, so that such publications affecting the credit of business men as are made by agencies and_ scattered broadcast, or put carelessly or indiscrim- inately before the public, are neither justified nor protected. Agencies, how- ever, are not in the habit of being thus prodigal of their information. The most common form of giving information is that of publishing books of ratings, or weekly or daiiy sheets of business changes, failures, mortgages, judgments, ete., and furnishing the same to all their subscribers regularly. The question has arisen, is an agency liable for a false report on a merchant so made to a large number of subscribers, only a few of whom are interested in that merchant. There is no question, it may be said, of the right of the agency to furnish reports as privileged communications to persons known to be directly interested in that merchant, or to such as ask for a report on such merchant; but, how about the communication going to hundreds or thousands of subseribers who are not interested, and not only do not ask for the information but do not need it? Re- fer to our definition of privileged com- munication. It must be made to a per- son having a corresponding interest or duty in the Iam a jobber in hardware. My agency sheet, to-day, tells me that my neighbor, who is a retail hatter, failed. I have not sought, nor can I find any use for the informa- tion. It is interesting gossip to me— nothing more. Suppose the report is false. Can the agency hide behind unless shown. subject. has ,in a printed book furnished to all a ‘‘privileged communication” when brought to defend an action? The weight and majority of decisions deny the agen- ey’s right so to do, and such may be con- | sidered the law. The first case that | arose was in Massachusetts. It was| brought by a merchant against one Rus- sell, who conducted the ‘‘Boston Mercan- tile Agency.” Here Russell — the incorrect and unj such subscribers as were interested in the merchant. The court held that the communication was privileged. ( Bill- { j | | | | | | | ings vs. Russell, 8 Boston Law Reporter 699.) The next was a New York case, which may be called the leading case on the subject. In this case, one Church had no immediate interest in the stand- | ing of the firm on which the report was wished the record for The information was who became subscribers to it. In this ease, the court held that the communication was not privileged, and the case has been several times re-affirmed in New (Taylor vs. Chureh, 1 E. D. The court said that, if the publication had been in answer to an inquiry from a merchant interested, and had nothing more than an answer to this ap- plication, it would have been privileged, but, having been not only to such as sought information against that ehant, but to all its subscribers criminately, it was not, as to such other subscribers, privileged. This decision was upheld in New York in Ormsby vs. Douglas (37 N. Y., 477). In the case of Sunderlin vs. Bradstreet (46 N. Y., 188), it was shown that Bradstreet published a false statement that a certain merchant had failed. The publication was in a weekly sheet furnished to all subscribers alike. It was held not privileged. The court said that a communication is privi- leged when made in good faith, in an- swer to one having an interest in the information sought, and it will be privi- leged if volunteered, if the party to whom it has been made has an interest in it, and if the parties stand in such relation as to make it a reasonable duty, or, at least, proper, to give the informa- but who reference. made, future fi mer- indis- tion. The publication in this case to those not interested in it was officious and unauthorized and not privileged. The decisions of the federal circuit courts are in line with this decision: Erber vs. Dun, 12 Fed. Rep., 526; Trussell vs. Sear- lett, 18 Fed. Rep., 214; Locke vs. Brad- street & Co., 22 Fed. KRep., 771. For other cases, we might refer to King vs. Patterson, 49 N. J. L., 417; Woodruff vs. Bradstreet, 33 Hun. (N. Y.), 16; Com. ys. Stacey, 8 Phila. (Pa.), 617; Bradstreet vs. Gill, 72 Texas, 115. Wo. C. SPRAGUE. To those who need a window Displaying Rack we now offer our fine antique Rack, as per cut above, when cash accompanies the order, for 30 per cent. less than list. No. 1 Rack, 6¥ ¢ feet high, 15 3 brass rods, 310 00 20 7- 46 wooden, 8 10 No. 0 Rack, 5 . 15 394 brass rods, 10 00 ’ ’ ben 20 7-16 wooden, 8 00 No. 00 Rack, 34% ‘ 12 34 brass rods, 8 00 “ sc 6 ‘6 2 % steel ‘ 6 00 r . ° . 127 7-16 wooden, 6 00 Give number of Rack and width of window. Remember that strictly the net list price will = on the above Racks unless cash accompanies the order, and for 30 days only. Gringhvis Itemized Ledger Ca., 403 West Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Schilling printed and furnished to merchants who | York. | Smith 279). | been | Corset C0. Schilling’s FRENCH SHAPE ” A” Send for Illustrated Catalogue. in this journal. SCHILLING CORSET CO,, Detroit, Mich. and Chicago, Ill Great Feat! He has great feet, but they are nothing like the great feat that WapHAM’s GRAPHITE AXLE GREASE Can be relied upon to perform every time. ardent ad vocate of it. it too highly is impossi ble See price list To try it once is to become an To praise Sein ip 4 . + . is > See What is Said of It. APRIL 25th, 1881. Wadhams Oil & Grease Co., Milwaukee: Dear Sirs—For the past year I have been using your Graphite Axle Grease and have found it will do better work than any other grease in the market. Yours truly, PHILLie SCHARETT, Barn Foreman, Jos. Schlitz en Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Wagon Jack Free | We are sending to every dealer whe handles “GRAPHITE AXLE GKEASE,” one Daisy Wagon Jack, worth $1, to be given to the holder of the printed order contained in one of the 1-Ib. boxes in each ease of one-third gross, on presentation of said order to your dealer, FREE of charge, For sale by all ‘Groce ers, ‘Hardw. are Dealers, Harness Dealers and by the Manufac turers. Wadhams Oil & Grease Co., Milwavkee, Wis. and Seattle, Wash, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ° eect ee ceased vious Wood building was insured for $500 cant ing 2 store continue the store in Mecosta unde management of a s store building and general stock P. Feltz, who will 2ackson — Clarence H. Bennett ; Wm. M. Bennett & Son in esale and retail dry goods and 5 —F. H. Payne as given his ra f sale of s grocery stock =< e es wh he says he owes Carson Citv—-M. A. Stephens. formerly + r Houck & Cotter, of Pewan — } r tn + - na entity pened here in the eroesnery ana 45s Ware - ness. I ng—W. J. Henwood. formerly en- aged in the grocer isiness at Hart, s pur ased 1¢ Choate croce stock a a» £ .ine r x. OW y 3, a> een actor on the C. & W. the nine years. will € a grocery and store here about Copemish — Wil iiam Clow. formerly rk r the late Wm. Adams, who was 1¢ hotel business, is now proprietor leased the same ’ B. Banton & store oulic Son ves yle store ia dout ut in a stock of hardware and agri ral implements. Bellaire—E who removed | 3 ZT ste pit stal to this| ace hree months ago, has closed | t his stock to the other dealers in this | cinity and returned to Crystal. Detroit—E. ( Robinson & Co., wall} aper dealers at 126 Michigan avenue, } yave assigned to William E. Warner. Their liabilities are $2,429 and their assets ost 32,072 and are appraised at $1,019. Molin . D. Noah has purchased of 5 He is erecting a shed on land leased fron the G. R. & I. tailroad and will putin aline of lumber, th and shingies. Lake Odessa—sSt iture dealer a th from the effects of la grippe. was 61 years of age an ember of the G. A. R. He ly engaged in the same was business at land and Saranac. Evart—By the fire of the 18th, loses his business building, together with his stock of boots and shoes. He esti- mates the entire loss at $7,500. with in- of $2,000 on the stock. W. W. l’s grocery store and stock were maged to the amount of $2, HQ, Big Netzorg, h operated a general store at Mecosta fo tapids— Isaac who has the past tweive years, store-room in in thi in til s city about April 1. former employe. Muskegon—Mrs. Louise L. purchased of the heirs of the C. | tague estate their stock in the Leahy Co., continue the I) aay |for a mill | winter will put in the brick store building he genera! stock for ephen S. Haight, fur- nd undertaker, died on the De- an active pre- E.F.Shaw 500. The has leased the va- the Vandersiuis build- and will open a dry goods and notion He will r the Johnson, Miss Emma Neumeister and A. D. Berry S. Mon- dealer in dry goods in the Mason biock. Mr. Berry and Miss Neumeister have each been connected with the store for are thoroughly . r¢ q ve years ana a a so 66h Suenertenin s aM oo bh the Dusiness If aii Its MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Vestaburgh—T. R. Aldrich has closed it his tin shop and removed from this place Moline—J. H. & J. G. Jeffers have their yard well stocked with logs and will start 2 =m q - few days. in a yargh—Davenport & Chase, m I succeeded by facturers of shingles, are Chase & Davenport Bros., who will con- tinue the business . Knapp and broth- copartnership in the 4 siness under the firm ie of Z. B. & W. R. Knapp. Alpena—The Minor Lumber Co. is cut- feet 9.000 of logs six miles north of Rogers City on the Lake Huron shore. fill be rafted to Alpena. Fred A. has ithe West Bay City Manufact- wholesale dealer in The West Say City— Cole re lumber. shingles. style remains ne same. Tawas — Locke & Stevens’ sawmill started last week cutting hardwood lum- ber, and the expectation of the firm is to | the mill in operation the remainder of the winter. Sault Ste. Marie—The Russell sawmill at Sailors’ Encampment is reported to have been leased by W. S. Osgood, of this place. He will stock the mill and run it nd night next season. L’Anse—H. W. James, of Manistee, has been here the past week, negotiating site. If favorable arrange- | ments can be made, he expects te have | his mill in shape to saw next season. Gordon, who this 5,000,000 feet of ex- port has finished his work on Silver and Bruno rivers, and is pushing the hauling at his camps on the Otter Marquette—J. R. rt timber, i river. Detroit—The Detroit Paper Package Co. has filed articles of association. | The capital stock is $15,000, of which 80 The stockholders Maurice R. Marr percent is paid in. are W. B. Thompson, and F. H. Farnsworth. West Bay City—The building formerly vccupied by the Crump Manufacturing Co. as a planing mill has been leased by acompany who propose to put in ma- d manufacture car siding and for which there is an active de- chinery an roon fing, mand. uudington—Lumber sales are increas- nearly 4,000,000 received several T. R. Lyon sold week, and has for bill ing. feet last orders this week stuff and other lumber, time. Lumber brings from 50c to thousand more than last year. Ewen—The Ontonagon River Lumber | manufacture Moore and H. B. B. Sutton, H. Crombie, of Burling- Co. has been organized to lumber by E.S. rs, & os Mich., and sell Nease, Pittsburgh, Sault Ste. Marie, Moore and Wm. D. George on, Vt. Capital stock, $75,000. Lapeer — During 1891, Robert King | shipped 34,000,000 shingles. He aver- aged acaraday in January, and would have shipped more if cars could have been obtained. Such a demand in Janu- | ary, usually the dullest month in the! | electricity and | Milwaukee, trade the com- year, indicates an active ing season. Detroit—D. trand, F. B. f Lain j B. Millen, Nos- Harper and Mec- icles of incorporation They will maritime commerce and build John R. James J. } a iled art have as the Wolverine Barge Co. engage in vessels. The capital stock is $350,- 000, of which $12,800 is pid in. The office will be in Ex yn the Rogue Manistee — That there is still some money to be made i lands, even at wale saie€ Hart this point, is instanced in a recent ley & Douglas by George and others, of a lot of scattered tracts of emlock and hardwoods, e, cedar, h pin es- timated at about 60,000,000 feet in all, for 860.000. Hart & Co. cleared about $30,000 on the trade. —w. S. Clemet of Obenauer & Byrns, vecome of how Bay City } } 4 ony } eer the hardwood concern amemover and the firm is styled Obenauer, Byrns & Co. The firm does an extensive business, and it will be large increased the coming season. It dine Rapids and ‘largely to Grand Chicago, and secures stock at ail points in Northern Michigan. Watersmeet — place, »y the bins mill Robbinsville, near this being grown & Rob- They have a contract to feet an mill by will run and night during the year. The extention of the Lake Shore & Western from affords facilities for is a town which is built up completion of the plant. cut over 100,000,000 Oshkosh firm. The of pine for is lighted day the Interior branch | shipment. Cadillac—Chittenden & Herrick bought of Charles F. Ruggles a tract of pine near Hobart for which they were to pay $60,000; they recently sold it for $90,000, without putting more than enough into it to bind the trade, the whole thing hav- ing been done in about three months. Chittenden & Herrick are doing quite a business in buying up old choppings and logging them over again, taking all the down timber, left over butts of pine and the cedar, hemlock and hardwoods that are on the land. Holland—J. & A. Van Putten, proprie- ters of the tub factory here, have pur- chased the sawmill on the Kalamazoo River at New Richmond. They will make extensive repairs and put the plant in good running order. The mill will be used as a feeder for their factory, and timber will be purchased along the river, cut up into staves and bolts, and shipped by rail to Holland to be manufactured into tubs. This will enable them to run their factory the year round and give employment to seventy-five hands. Bay City—J. M. MeNeiland J. P. Me Neil, brothers, of this city, have closed a deal for all the cedar timber on the Hauptman branch of the Michigan Cen- tral railroad in Roscommon county. The The prospect brightens all the $2 a | land includes six forties and the cedar is | said to be the finest in the northern part iof the State. The purchase was made of Eddy, Avery & Eddy and Eddy Bros., of this city, and D. Wright of Saginaw. The timber will be converted on "the ground | into telegraph poles, posts and paving blocks, and will be marketed in Bay City, Saginaw and other points. The quantity of cedar being put in this winter at all points on the lake between here and Che- boygan and on the lines of railroad is largely in excess of that of any previous | season. Al — lls Use Tradesman Coupon Books. eens SP ee . i as THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Allen Hussinger has opened a grocery store at Rome City, Ind. The stock was purchased at this market. F. R. Jackman, meat dealer on East Bridge street, has closed out his stock and retired from business. M. A. Stephens has opened a crockery and glassware store at Carson City. H. Leonard & Sons furnished the steck. Chas. L. Harrison and J. C. Hodgins have formed acopartnership and will em- bark in the drug business in this city. The firm of Bauman & Rife, cigar manufacturers on East Bridge street, has been dissolved, Geo. W. Rife succeeding. Hester & Fox have sold a new sawmill outfit to Dutton & Vinton, of Alpine, whose old mill was destroyed by fire on the 16th. The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. is re-arranging its office, relegating Presi- dent Hazeltine and Buyer Fairchild to the background and enlarging the space occupied by Secretary Goodman with the book-keeping department. The Grand Rapids Refrigerator Co. is arranging to erect another large factory building adjoining its present building on Ottawa street on the east. Work will be begun as soon as the weather permits and the strueture will be pushed for- ward to completion with all possible dis- patch. Henry Lucas, grocer at the corner of Hall and Clark streets, recently uttered a $700 chattel mortgage to J. E. Bennett Mr. Bennett stock and $50 in good and the creditors threaten eriminal tion unless he disgorges. as trustee for his creditors. found about $75 worth of accounts Lueas with prosecu- T. H. Atkins, the West Carlisle grocer, who arrested at the instance of Jacob F. Hecker, the Corinth merchant, on a charge of peddling without a license, was promptly discharged from custody by Justice Westfall on the ocva- sion of the last Wednesday. The complaining witness was afterwards was hearing, given a merciless scoring for the dis- graceful manner in which he attempted to prosecute the case, which was wholly due to spite work on his part. A. D. Esler, for twenty years manager of astore for the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.—thirteen years inchargeof the store in this city—has forwarded his resig- nation, to take effect March 1. He has leased the store at 7 South Division street and will open coffee and spice stock early next week, the Lemon & Wheeler Company furnished the stock. Mr. Esler’s long experience in the busi- ness will undonbtedly enable him to register a success in his new venture. —_—<- The Grocery Market. The innovation recently introduced by the package coffee manufacturers—quot- ing their product by tenths of a cent. in- stead of by eighths and quarters—is pro- ducing more or confusion. THE TRADESMAN shares in the general de- moralization, having quoted XXXX 20.5¢c last week, it should have been 19.3c. The Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., of St. Louis, which pulled out of this State about a year ago, announces its intention of entering the field again in the near future. a tea, less when Purely Personal. Jacob Ritzema, the Grand Haven gro- cer, was in town Monday. Fred H. Ball and wife have returned from Bermuda, greatly improved in health. Walter W. Bracy, formerly engaged in the grocery business in this city, is now weighmaster for the C. & W. M. Railway at White Cloud. A. C. Goehrend, of the firm of Goeh- rend Bros., general dealers at Baldwin, was in town one day last week on his way south on his wedding trip. Milo Bolender, the Hubbardston drug- gist, is very ill with la grippe, and A. De Kruif, druggist at Zeeland, is recov- ering from asevere attack of the same disease. H. L. Welling, the Mancelona general dealer, was in town last Friday on his way home from Marshall, where he bought a bankrupt boot and shoe stock of the receiver of the First National Bank. —- > o> Tawas—An effort is to be made by the business men of this place to induce John B. Redhead to remove his saw and shingle mill from Redhead, on the Loon lake branch of the Detroit, Bay City & Alpena Railroad, to Tawas. The mill plant consists of a shingle mill of 65,000 daily capacity, a small sawmill, several miles of narrow gauge railroad, a loco- motive, eight cars and a dry kiln of 800,000 shingle capacity, by which a bunch of shingles is reduced in weight from 90 to 70 pounds. Mr. Redhead owns 8,000 acres of timber—pine, norway and hard- wood. He gives employment to forty- eight men. i 2- <- ni St. Ignace—O. W. Johnson was in the city last week to meet Messrs. Mickleson, Hanson and Jamieson, of Grayling and Gladwin, who came here to buy the Mackinaw Lumber Co.’s sawmill plant, consisting of the mill and all machinery therein, all the docks but one, a black- smith shop, the large barn and consider- able ground. The gentlemen met and talked matters Mr. Johnson thought the property was dirt cheap at over. $10,000. Messrs. M., H. and J. did not think so. Mr. Johnson then said, ‘‘Make me an offer.” Five thousand dollars was offered and immediately accepted. Fri- day evening a meeting was held at the Sherwood, which was attended by the intending buyers and a number of prom- inent citizens. The latter promised to deal fairly and liberally by them in the way of taxes, etc., and the deal was then practically closed. ‘The buyers said they would start the mill as early in the spring as possible, —_——s--—_—_———— How’s This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and fin- ancially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucus surfaces of the system Price 7%5e per bottle. Sold by all Druggists Testimonials free. 341 oe Notice to Stockholders. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company will be held at the General Office, in the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Wednesday, March 2d, 1892, at 1 o'clock p. m., for the election of, thirteen directors to serve for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may be presented at the meeting. J. H. P. HUGHART, Sec’y. Walding For Bakings of All Kinds Use leisclimann & bo. Unrivaled Compressed Yeast. | SUPPLIED FRESH DAILY To Grocers Everywhere. Special attention is invited to our YELLOW LABEL which is affixed to every cake of our Yeast, and which serves TO DISTINGUISH Our foods from worthless Imitations. 5000 Sold. Patented 1887. Why Wanted. and investigate the Amer ican Cash Register before purchasing. YOU will probably say as this party does: Dear Sirs: We will say that for our business we greatly prefer your ‘‘Desk Cashier” to the National, even at the same price, for every business selling bills of goods. or odd number sales your Desk Cashier is preferable to the National, not considering price. We are so well pleased with it that with our three Desks we consider our Cash sys tem almost complete. Yours truly, Cuas. RueDEBUSCH Co,, General Merchants, Mayville, Wis. It’s the original of its class. it’s the favorite with Druggis'ts, Clothiers, Shoe S'ores, Hatters, Gro- eers, Hardware Dealers, General Meret 2 ers, Butchers. M ( tels, Dairymen, lrie in fact every retail ] +r who wants correct methods. Write us this day for de scription and prices. State and local agents wanted. AMERICAN CASH REGISTER CO, 947 t= tie Ghcadt, HESTER & FOX, AGENT FOR THE A Ws MANUFACTURERS OF Plain Slide Valve Engines with Throttling Governors. Automatic Balanced Single Valve Engines. Horizontal, Tubular and Locomotive BOILERS. Upright Engines and Boilers for Light Power. Prices on application. 44-46 S, Division St., Grand Rapids, * Don’t YOUR SPRING LINES OF HAMnacks, Base Ball Goods a Fishing Tackle Until you have seen our assortment. Our sales men are now on the way to call on you. EATON, LYON & CO., GRAND RAPIDS. b3 fi F Es 6 Evolution of the Commercial Traveler.* The profession traveler has passed from achrysalis state into a putative accomplishment; from a doubtful experimentinto a recognized necessity; from a less attractive pursuit into a condition of usefulness, honored by all men. the principal object of the eastern coun- tries, where the feudai system prevailed, so personal property wa thes chief object of commerce. Ancient jurists seldom diseussed the latter, which they consid- ered a far inferior species of property. During the early feudal times no profes- sion was deemed honorable except that of arms. Commerce and trading were carried on principally by the Romans, Greeks, Italians and Jews. Every manor had its petty tyrant. | of the commercial | comparable THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | | |maritime greatness of England, the in-| superiority of the United | | States, the humanizing and christianizing | As real estate was, originally, | | placed upon their present footing and the The feudal barons | oppressed the traders, seized their goods | and imprisoned their bodies. There was no remedy, cases were tried before courts presided over by these barons or their deputies. There was no protection, no safeguard. It was not until the commercial republics of Southern Europe emerged from the for if they complained their | | show that such legislation was a mistake. | When the citizens of Antioch complained barbarism of the dark ages that commerce | began to thrive. Since that happy period Christianity and commerce have kept apace, the former softening and enlighten- | price of poultry and fish, ing the world, and the latter bringing all | nations into acquaintance with each other, |} but the rich could buy it. and helping to make all men brothe srs | for the first time since the confusion of Babel. At first, commerce was inseparably linked with maritime pursuits; so much so that the white sails of merchantmen were regarded, like white winged doves, as signals of peace, and could safely go where the heaviest warships dared not venture. From customs founded upon utility, and enforeible only in courts of honor, the rights and obligations of commerce have compelled recognition from law courts and legislatures until to-day they are more sacred than the feudal estates-tail were in England. Prog- ress in this direction, however, was slow. The first maratime code was that of the ancient Rhodians. Then came the laws of Barcelona. The maritime code of Louis XIV., the ‘‘Oleron”’ by Richard I. and the code of Justinian, found at Amalfi in 1130, quickly fol- ‘owed. So rapid then was the evolution of commerce that when the great bulwark of liberty, ‘‘magna charta,’? was wrested from King John at Runnimede the rights of merchants. were recognized. Follow- ing auickly thereafter, in the reign of Edward L., came the Statute de Mercatori- bus, which allowed lands to be seized to pay trading debts. From the reign of Edward I. tothat of the Tudors commerce advanced ‘‘with wand’ring slow,’’ and it was not until the discovery of America and a passage by sea to the East Indies that its importance and sta- bility were fully realized. From that time until now, aided by the decisions of Lord Tenterden, Lord Chief Justice Holt, and Lord Mansfield, in England, and Chancellor Kent and Judge Story, in the United States, has been a fertile period in the commercial world, resulting in the *Response by E. A. Noonan at the annual banquet of the West ern Commercial Travelers’ Association, at St. Louis. promulgated | steps and, | that theGreeks used the term ‘‘to play | | the Egyptian’’, of even the Dark Continent and in the elevation of mankind. It may be interest- ing to know that the Jews were the in- ventors of bills of exchange; that it was not until the reign of William and Anne} in England that promissory notes were | banking system established, and that it was not until the reign of Henry VIII. that the debtor’s haven, a bankrupt law, was first enacted. As early as 1509 laws attempting to regulate trade were passed, one of which recited that, as hatters were buying hats for 16 pence and selling them for 5 shillings, no hatter should there- after sell his best hat above the price of 20 pence. The result was the purchaser lost in quality what he gained in price. Again, in 1548 it was enacted that sell- ers of victuals were to be punished for conspiring or covenanting to sell their commodities at unreasonable prices, and it took three-quarters of a century to to the Roman Emperor Julian about the he told them they ought to be satisfied with a supply} of wine, oil and bread, and immediately fixed the price of corn so high that none Although merchants are generally scrupulous, honest and exact in their dealings, I re- gret to tell you that there have been ex ceptions to this rule. The general char- | acter of the Egyptian merchant is such to signify cousining and | overreaching. Boycotting is generally | believed to be of modern origin, and | hence you may be surprised to know that it is older than the government of the United States and that it is of American origin. The first case on record occurred in Boston; a son of Bernard, the Tory Governor of Massachusetts, two sons of Lieutenant-Governor Hutchinson and five ethers would not agree not to import tea while it was taxed. Soa public meeting was held at Faneuil Hall, and it was re-| solved, as the best means of coercion, not™ to purchase anything from them. An agreement to this effect was drawn up and carried around from house to house and everybody signed it. Such, gentle- men, is the origin, and, somewhat in brief, the growth of your department of use- fulness, up to about 1850. Invidious per- sons may claim that you had your origin with the peddler, who carried his stock intrade in his pack to sell and cheat at country fairs; but I think I have shown that the sphere you occupy is the result of centuries of earnest, honest en- deavor, which has compelled recognition and honor from kings, courts and legis- latures; and it has been said in England, ‘tin this age of loose morals among the higher classes the men of trade and busi- ness are, generally speaking, the best body of the nation: generous, sober, honest and charitable.’’ Since 1850, and particularly since the close of the war, your field of usefulness has been so extended and your labors so well preformed, that to-day fuliy 75 per cent. of the business of the world is done by you. Yours is a peculiar profession, Do You Desire to Sell Carpets al Lace Cartalls By Sample? 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OM oun —— Best..... 6% Arlington staple.... 614/Persian. cise oe Comet. ee caer t - 64 | Arasapha fancy.... 434 Renfrew Dress...... 7% Dwight Star:.... . on —- : big | Bates Warwick dres 84] |Rosemont a 6% £ es se OFe SOLE .. cc ce neces see ‘ 1 Top of the Heap. ee (aiid i ~ ee | Criterion ....... i aaittanens mt ee | A BC. + +e a ns ' o4 ut bed a ce 8 | Cumberland staple. 5%/Toil du ee 10% oo a aah - er ‘Medal niet 1% Comberiand.... .... 5 ,| Wabash... oo 7% if oy ee ‘ [on mOeL......4.- i” i y ‘“ 7 Art Cambric........10 |Green Ticket....... 84 | a A : thi we vai eeersucker.. ts oo BBs a aoe chcpeusebeentes 64 | Everett classics..... 8 4|Whittenden ee 6% Boston -.. a 3 a ne """""Gxe 5 * | Exposition.......... 7g : heather dr. 8 mm aoa os Kine Paiilip. a | Caemerse............ Gigs indigo blue 9 ions oo sacl ing * 7% | Gienerven.......... 64 |Wamsutta staples. .. 6% j evcees (y “n ™% | Charter Oak........ 4 |Lonsdale C aii. .10% | a nt "04 | Westbrook are anes . Conway W.......... iiomenels....... @ a6 J oe el a a 5 | Cleveland .......... 7 |Middlesex.... .. Ge i" a auch B. 0 6X | Dwight Anc bee ali eNe........-... oe | be a a 1254! ee shorts. 8% |Oak View.......... “ — ae Be Beware. ............ S Our Own...... we OE So cn Empire.. \...ss.. % {Pride of the West...12° | Amoskeag...........16%/Valley City..........15% i. 7% Rosalind. weeee TH | Stark............ -- 19% Georgia .... ...... ..15% Fruit of the Loom. 8% Sunlight. . sivesecceae Oe | REKOORM...., ...... POoG emcee... ... .--. 14% Fitchville ..,...... 7 |Utica Mills......... 844 | THREADS, er: isons ¥ al Tiny aa onparell a Clark’s Mile End.. 45 Perpour s....... ....88 Fairmount..... ae White Horse....... . | ~yanaaal Boag &P.......45 |Marshall’s.... ...... 88 Pon Vore.......... 6% “ Rock 8% | YORE. ........-+ +. 2254 HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. | KNITTING COTTON. Cabot... ....... . ax Dwight Anchor..... 9 | White. Colored.| White. Colored. Farwell....... -:++5 8 No. 6... ..28 $8 No. 14.......37 42 UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL, | « = oie 2. 43 Tremont N. -- 544(Middlesex No. 1....10 | 49.......35 ao 1% 18.......30 44 | Hamilton N.... on ee ge eS ee ee ee | ee ‘ | Oveeele . My | Middlesex AT. Le a oe Gena | 9 “s “ 6....29 |oieee............-.. 0 teeweree........... & 25.02. 9 White Star......... 4 |Lockwood.......... 4 aan HED CANTON FL ANNEL, noe Gerre........... «© iWooge.... ..... 4 Hamilton N. i - 1s Middlesex A A ence 11 Newmarket......... 4 |Brunswick ..... 4 Middlesex Fr r. a c : 7 oes om 3 RED FLANNEL, “ AT. ne _.. mig aca in| | Wireman...... ..... ee i ‘“ —. 10% : : | | Creedmore..........27%4|F T... wees BEM CARPET WARP. ae | Talbot .e. 30 3 Re ee 35 Peerless, white......18 |Integrity, colored...21 | | Nameless........--. Ty) Buckeye... ........ 2% *,, colored. ...20%/White Star. ..-18% MIXED FLANNEL. ee “ eolored. .21 | Red & Blue, » plaid. .40 |Grey SRW......... 17% Hamil oe ‘Namel un - | Union R. . -- 22%] Western W .... aes ami con. ........... @ ameless...... --++-20 | Windsor... ess (RR els ines cos 18% “ eine enone “ a coe | 6 oz Western........ 20 Flushing XXX...... 23% i i ae “1b Cs et | Union B............ 2214|Manitoba...........23% Se | DOMET FLANNEL. Nameless oe. --16 i Bs | | Nameless . .8 @9 9%4| oo 9 @10%4 a 18 | eee 84%@10 | - " igi . CANVASS AND PADDING. Settee reranas = z= oe ae o | | Slate. Brown. Black.|Slate. Brown. Black. Davis Waists > Op eorees .......... 9 oD | | 24 we 1086 15 15 Grand Rapids..... 4 50| Abdominal. os io 11% 11% 11% 117 17 17 a JEANS. | yoy 2 244/20 20 20 Armory . s-20- 6 k{ Naumkeag sattocn - TH | 12% 12% ——, vs Androscoggin. . se teees 7 [Rockport seteee . oa Severen, 8 02........ 9%| hy est. Point, 8 oz....10% seein 80% wea oul Waleecte rete ss i’ Mayland, OO cscs 10%) | 1008... 124 ae er ne " —— 7% OZ. 2% Raven, 100z......-.. 13% Allen turer rome. 5%|Berwick fancies. . 7 penen, 8 an si “"7408| Boston, 10 Use Tradesman or Superior Oowpons. Do You Want to Save Time and Labor? Then send for Gringhuis’ Itemized Ledger. Would you like a short form of double entry book-keeping? Then try our Customers’ or Itemized Ledger, with our new columned Cash Book. Send for sample sheets and price. GRINGHUIS [rEMIZED LEDGER Co., 403 West Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ; ——— >_< The P. J. Sorg Co. has reduced the price of Spearhead to 37c and Nobby Twist to 38c. the same Joker and Oh My remain as before. POULT RY. We are very large receivers of the above ar: ticles and are prepared to sell your shipments promptly at the highest market price and to rive you quick returns.We also receive and sell HAY, GRAIN, WOOL, HIDES, GRASS SEED, BEANS, POTATOES, GREEW AND DRIED FRUITS, OR ANYTHING YOU MAY HAVE TO SHIP, Lib- eral advances made onshipments if requested, Write us for prices or any information you may want, SUMMERS, MORRISON & CO.. Commission Merchants, 174 §. WATER ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Reference: Metrapelitan Natl Bank, Chicago. Be sure and Mention this Paper. IMPORTAN Notice is hereby given that the American Casualty Insurance and Security Co., of Balti- more City, Maryland, is furnishing the most lib- eral accident policy, affording more protection for the money than is given by any other com- pany or association doing business in the United States. Its policy is short and simple, is free from all objectionable and unnecessary clauses and conditions, and isan absolute contract se- cured by acash capital of $1,000,000, with over $500,000 surplus, hence there are no contin gencies as to amount to be paid the insured or his beneficiary, asin all association certificates Those wishing the best policy issued, should call up telephone 1003, or address W. R. FREEMAN, Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. FVERYBODY WEARS 899 To Commercial Trav- elers and Merchants: PENINSULAR Pants, Shirts, and Overalls IF NOT, WHY NOT? STANTON, MOREY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. Geo. F. Owen, Traveling Salesman, 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids. 17 Years of Development , HAVE AUTOGRAPH HBGLOTER, Which makes, automatically, a fac-siz cate and triplicate, while making original bills, receipts, orders, checks, etc. ‘The original Is given to the customer, the duplicate to the cash- ier, and the triplicate is rolled up inside és record, and can be taken out at any time ft amination. It is absolutely incorruptible, al- ways ready, and does not permit dishonesty or carelessness. Itis alike a protection to ,the cus- tomer, the salesman and the merchant. C RESULTED IN THE ile dupli- 2 These Machines are rented, not sold, and the saving in cost of Each 20,000 bills Pays the Rental. SUITABLE FOR ANY BUSINESS. Send for a Full Descriptive Pamphlet Showing Different Styles. CHICAGO Antographic Register C0. 154 Monroe St., Chicago. Cuas. P. STEVENS, See’y and Gen. Mgr W. VERNON Booru Pres’ t. j | j } | | | i | i itomers that Notice of Dissolution. The existing under the name of Rindge, Bertsch & Co., of and Pearl street, is this partnership heretofore manufacturers boots 14 and 16 day dissolved by mutual consent, on ac- eonnt of the Christian Bertsch. wholesale shoes, 12, retirement of All accounts due to and from the above firm will be settled by Rindge, Kalmbach & Co. LESTER J. RINDGE, CuRISTIAN BERTSCH, FREDERICK KREKEL, J. Geo. KALMBACH, Wo. LOGIE. Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 12, NEW FIRM. The manufacturing and wholesale boot and shoe business of the former firm of 1892. Rindge, Bertsch & Co. will be continued at the the members of the old firm under the style “Rindse, Kalmbach & Go. same location by remaining ¢ Thanking the trade for the generous patronage accorded us for the past twenty-seven years and bespeaking a of same, assuring our cus- all earefully and promptly attended to, we continuance orders sent us will be Respectfully, L. J. J. GEo. KALMBACH, FREDERICK KREKEL, Wa. LOGIE. are RINDGE, P«B OYSTER Tite BES. Covpon Boo Buy of the Largest Manufacturers in the % § The T Country and Save Money. radesman Company, Grand Rapids Important to Grocers and Bakers? vaneus!! MANUFACTURED BY Far Superior to any other. L. WINTERNITZ, State Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. he Only THE RIVERDALE DISTILLERY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, Endorsed Wherever Used. Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited. MENT U eliable Compressed Yeast. The Oldest Manufacturers in the West s 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. e e Drugs # Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Two Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Three Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor Four Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. Five Years—C. A, Bugbee, Cheboygan. President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Meetings for 1892—Grand Rapids, March 1; Star Is- land (Detroit), July 5; Marquette, Aug. 31; Lansing, November 1. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. Vice-Presidents—S8. E. Parkill, Owosso; L. Pauley, St. Ignace; A. 8. Parker, Detroit. Secretary—Mr. Parsons, Detroit. Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—F. J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids; Frank Inglis and G. W. Stringer, Detroit; C. E. Webb, Jackson. Next place of meeting—Grand Rapids, Aug. 2,3 and 4. Local Secretary—John D. Muir. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Escott, Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of Marck June, September and December, Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. resident, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, W. C. Smi Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. President, F. Rohnert; Secretary, J. P. Rheinfrank. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President. N. Miller; Secretary, A. T. Wheeler. A Simple Way of Making Simple Syrup. I have observed that when left to them- selves, six persons making simple syrup will go to work about five different ways and no two of their products, made with the same material and the same appara- | tus, will be exactly alike. These variations in a preparation so I can only attribute them to carelessness. The very simplicity cf the operation leads ordinary as are essential to a uniform easily made are yery suggestive. the operator to neglect such conditions product. I do not believe that I have ever had in my employ any assistant pharmacist who, of his own accord, took the specific gravity of his simple syrup, or, in fact, compared it in any respect with the re- quirements given in the U. S. copeia. Indeed, I have about come to the conclusion that the man who will, without supervision, make a good simple syrup every time he makes it, is no mean pharmacist. in despair of obtaining a uniform sim- ple syrup, that should uniformly com- pare with the U.S. Prarmacop«ia, unless I watch the operation every time, I have determined to let my simple syrup make itself—in other words, I make it by cold percolation. The apparatus I use cost a dollar and a half, and we now always have on hand Pharma- about three gallons of syrup like the sample here presented. This syrup is 3.4 heavier than that of the Pharma- copeia. To bring it to the pharmaco- peeial strength we add 44 ounce of water to each pint when we fill our shelf bot- tle. The exact cent. ; is 3.4 per lg oz. to a pint equals 3.2 percent. proportion Of course, when we need to be very ex- act, we take the specific gravity of the syrup in the can and add the precise amount of water needed, This, however, seldom occurs. What is the apparatus? At first I used an alcohol can, into which I had soldered a diaphragm about five inches from the. top, and a small cast iron molasses gate at the bottom. This diaphragm is made of copper, heavily tinned, with a support under- neath it to keep the diaphragm perfectly horizontal. A small tube of about half an inch in diameter is soldered into this diaphragm at one corner, coming right to the top of the can. This allows the air from below the diaphragm to escape as the syrup percolates through. The vessel being perfectly clean, a piece of flannel, of rather close texture, is now liaia upon the diaphragm and twenty or | thirty pounds of granulated sugar is iplaced on top. Upon this is poured, | gently, a gallon or so cf water, and, as |that filters through the flannel-covered diaphragm, the vessel is kept pretty inearly full, care being taken to always | undis- | have a considerable amount of solved sugar on the diaphragm. The first portion that runs through is | /not saturated, but if left long enough, |the thin syrup in contact with the dia- |phragm would dissolve sugar up to the | point of saturation. But if it be desired | to have some of the syrup finished as | quickly as possible, the first few gallons | should be drawn off and poured in a second time, upon the sugar that lies | undissolved upon the diaphragm. When once the point of saturation has been j}reached, the process can be continued |almost indefinitely, the only precaution | necessary being to keep plenty of sugar |undissolved on the diaphragm, and to pour the water that is added from time to time upon it, in a very gentle stream. After the alcohol can which I first em- |ployed had been in use six or eight months, slight traces of rust were per- ceptible. This was only to be expected. because the tinned iron used in making those cans is of the cheapest kind. Having found this simple device so convenient, the vessel itself taking up searcely any room, and being at once an apparatus for making and a container for keeping the syrup, I had a can made precisely the same, only of the very best tinned iron in the market. This has now been in usenearly a year, and has up to the present time shown no signs of rust or impairment in any way. The can is always kept full to withina fewinches of the top. As often as neces- sary, a few shovelfuls of sugar—say 20 pounds or so, but we never weigh it— are put into the can, and a few quarts of water poured gently upon it. We give it no further attention. The syrup makes itself. Occasionally we take its specific gravity, but the product is so uniform that the proceeding is almost superfluous; yet we doit to guard against errors, and as a check upon carelessness. The five-gallon can is adapted to the needs of a store when the consumption of syrup is not large. Where much syrup is needed, a barre! or other large vessel, preferably of wood, could easily be adapted to do the same thing, with no more trouble and with equal uniformity W. M. SEARBY. ee No Property in a Secret. and accuracy. A case has recently been tried in a court of New South Wales where the doctrine has been laid down that the in- ventor of a receipt has no control over it except by patent. A certain party made by a secret for- mula a veterinary medicine, the right to make which he sold to another, commu- nicating, of course, the secret of the for- mula. Subsequently, he sold the secret over again to certain other persons, act- ing in partnership, who applied for a patent in the name of the inventor as trustee for them. The party who had made the first pur- chase brought an action to prevent the carrying out of the second sale, but the parties ‘‘of the second rart’’ defended their purchase. The question, said Mr. Justice Owen, who presided, did not turn on an alleged infringement of a trade-mark, or attempt to sell as goods manufactured by the plaintiffs, goods manufactured by the de- fendants, but whether the defendants, | being purchasers for the value without | notice, the plaintiffs could restrain them | from manufacturing and selling the medicine. No case was cited before him during argument, nor could he on fur- ther search find any case that clearly de- fines the right of the possessor of a secret process of manufacture, not pro- tected by patent; most of the cases seem to go on some contract, or trust, or confi- dence on the part of a particular defend- ant. In his opinion, the discoverer of a secret process could not, until he had obtained a patent, claim any property in such process as against the world; and, if so, he could not transfer any property against the world to a purchaser. Prop- erty may be defined to be the exclusive right to the possession or enjoyment of something; such right may be limited by time or by conditions, but while it lasts it must be exclusive. So long as the secret remains undivulged,it remains the exclusive possession of him who has the secret, but, when divulged or redis- covered, the exclusive possession has ceased, and the justice could not find any principle on which the divulgence of the seeret could be restrained, unless there be contract or relationship between the parties of trust or confidence, or some fraud in acquiring the secret. The justice could not see that any property passed by the sale, and, as no breach of contract was shown, the first purchaser was held to have no recourse. The doctrine kere laid down is simply another way of stating that the law does not consider the right to an invention as a natural right, but merely a statutory one, a point which has been frequently discussed in these columns when trade- marks have been under consideration. a A The Drug Market. Benzoic acid has advanced. Opium is weak but unchanged. Morphia is steady. Quinine is unchanged. Oil cloves has declined. Oil cubebs is lower. Oil cro- ton has declined. Oil lomon is advane- ing. Chlorate of potash has advanced. Ipecac root is higher. Turpentine has advanced. et 9 te Good Words Unsolicited. E. 8. Shepard, general dealer, McDonald: ‘I think a good deal of Tar TRADESMAN.” M. C. Cate, grocer, Solon: ‘‘Am well satisfied with THe TRADESMAN.” Fred S. Kieldsen, Agt., grocer, Cadillac: ‘En closed find check for #2 for your paper. It would be hard to get along without it.” iii hime Harrietta—John R. Beagle has closed out his boot & shoe business and re- moved to Illinois. a Mail D tight THIS IS WHAT EVERY SUCCESSFUL PER- SONSMUST DO. IT IS THE CONDITION OF CONDITIONS. The Industrial School of Business furnishes something superior to the ordinary course in book keeping, short-hand and type-writing, pen- manship, English and business correspondence. Write for a copy of Useful Education, and see why this school is worth your special considera- tion. Address, W.N. FERRIS, Big Rapids, Mich. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address GHAS. A. GOYE, MANUFACTURER OF gS & Tl Horse and Wagon Covers. JOBBERS OF Hammocks and Cotton Ducks. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. 11 Pearl St, Grand Rapids, Mich, FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. D. A. BLopeEtt, President. S. F. ASPINWALL, Vice-President. Wa. H. AnpERsoN, Cashier. CAPITAL, - - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Makes Specialty of Cellections. Accounts of Country Merchants Solicited. Playing Cards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST, Daniel Lynch, 19 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. Paper Packed Screw. WRITE FOR PRICES ii Wn. Brommeler & Sons Manufacturers and Jobbers of PECK BROS., “Gkann Ravifs.” | Pieced & Stamped Tinware, | 260 8. IONIA ST., | TELEPHONE 640. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. | i | | Eyes tested for spectacles free of cost with latest improved methods. Glasses in every style at moderate prices. Artificial human eyes of every color. Sign of big spectacles. BREE THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 11 Wholesale Price Current. Advanced—Benzoic acid, chlorate potash, ipecac root, turpentine. Declined—Oil cloves, oil cubebs, oil croton. ACIDUM. Aceticum . 8@ 10 Benzoicum | ‘German... 60@ 65 eta aan 20 Carbolicum . --- = oo Cicam ...... . £6 = Pyvarocnior .......-... 3@ «(5 Ee eee 10@ 12 Onarga ............. 10@ 12 Phosphorium dil...... 20 Salicylicum . .-1 30@1 . Sulphuricum.. he 1%@ eee... .......-- it 40@1 60 Werte... .. <5... -- 36@ 38 AMMONIA. Aqua, 16 deg.........- 34@ 5 e ge Gee.......... 54@ 7 Cayponea ............. Be & Chhoeidum .........-.- 12@ 14 ANILINE. PR. ons ce este eee 2 WO@2 25 ee 80@1 00 i ee es 2 5003 00 BACCAE. Cubeae (po. 90)...-.- Juniperus ....... ee Xanthoxylum........- BALSAMUM, Copaiba . Lis eS saa. oor @1i # Terabin, ‘Canada ie 35@ 40 Polutadl ...-..-+-+-++-- 35@ 50 CORTEX. Abies, Canadian......------ 18 CR in ens n een cen ne sees 11 Cinchona Flava .....---+-++- 18 Euonymus atropurp.....--- 30 Myrica Cerifera, po..------- 20 Prunus Virgini......-------- 12 Quillaia, grd.......--+++-++- 14 eee 14 Ulmus Po (Ground 12).....- 10 EXTRACTUM labra... 2@Q Glycyrrhiza . omane mo 3 >mat : Tb. box.. 1G — = i Leen 183@ 14 “A rs Lee 14@ 15 - oe. 16@ 17 FERRUM Carbonate Precip.....-. @ i Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50 Citrate Soluble........ @ 80 Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ 50 Solut Chloride. i @ 15 Sulphate, com’l......- 1%@ 2 ' pure... @ FLORA. — : Secs 2@ = DOR cee ce eens s-- 2 r Matricaria —se_.-«-=- 25@ 30 FOLIA Cassia Acutifol, ‘in: 7 Cass. e Acutifo. ! nivelly .. 253@ 28 - Alx. 35@ 50 Salvia officinalis, 48 Se 12 15 Tiee Unel..-..---------- 8@ iC @UMMI. - — @ 80 Acac cia, i 1) $s ‘ = “ @ 40 . sifted sorts... @ 2 . WO ccccue p24 60@ 80 Aloe, Barb, (po. 60).. 50@ 60 ‘© Cape, (po. 2). @ 12 Socotri, (po. 60) @ Catechu, 1s, (48,1 14 448, : 16). 1 Ammoniae . eeu es a 60 ‘Assafoetida, (po. 35)... 35@ 40 Benzoinum..... a wW@ 55 Camphor®.......---++- 50@ 53 Euphorbium po ...... 35@ 10 Galbanum. a an a Gamboge, po. --- 7@® i Guaiacum, (po 30) a @ 25 Kino, (po. 25). . @ 20 Mastic . hon @ 80 Myrrh, (po a @ 40 Opii, (po. 3 00)........ 2 0N@2 10 Shellac eae 250 35 Kae pleached...... 30@ 35 Tragacanth .......-..- 30@ 7% HERBA—In ounce packages. Absinthium .........-.-..--. 2 Eupatorium .........-..-+++- 20 pe ecm Convenes bedeee es 25 Majorum .........----.+----- 28 Mentha » Piporiia See see = Bue ou. ea 30 Tanacetum, V.. 22 Thymus, V.........---+.---- 25 MAGNESIA, Calcined, Pat.........- 60 Carbonate, Pee... W@ 2 Carbonate, K.& M.... ™@ 2% Carbonate, Jenningd.. 35@ 36 OLEUM. Absinthium. ........ 3 50@4 00 Amygdalae, Dulce... .. 45@ 75 Amydalae, Amarae.. 7 00@S 25 A see 1 80@1 92 Auranti Cortex....... 2 7 7 Bergamil ......---+++- 3 75@4 00 oo 6@ %% = ceeaes tee T@ 80 ee 35@ 65 Chenopodii ... 5 Cinnamonii ... a I cok neces ens = 8 ss ae 65 Qopeine . .......-.-0.+ 1 i061 20 Cupeeee............. . Gere mwecninites.......... 2 50@2 75 Mreorge .............. 2 25@2 50 Geuitaeria ............ 2 00@2 10 Geranium, ounce..... @ % Gossipli, sem. eal..... 50@ 75 egeeme ............. 1 40@1 50 Pune... 5... 50@2 00 Daven ...........- 90@2 00 Piers... ........... 2 50@3 00 Mentha Piper.......... 2 75@3 50 Mentha Verid......... 2 20@2 30 Morrhuae, = ..-1 00@1 10 — ounce. : @ 50 A es 80@2 7 Picls a ranaen, (gal. saad! 10@ 12 eee ee tee, 1 08@1 24 nee de oes 75@1 00 Owes, OUNCE.......... @6 50 Buco... 40@ 45 Renee ce 90@1 00 foot ...... ....-....5 oe Sassafras. : 50@ Sinapis, ess, ounce. Oe... 2... Wie ......,.-....... _ me... ........ MMOODTOMSE........... POTASSIUM. Pe 15@ 18 Bicurnese ........... 138@ 14 aoeeer.............- 2 = oT 12@ 15 Chlorate, (po. 16)...... 15@ = ee 0@ haere... ........ 2 80@2 30 Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 26 30 Potassa, Bitart, com... @ 15 Petass Nitras, opt..... 8@ 10 Potass Nitrag.......... @ 9 Froeeese..........-... 28@ Sulphate po.. .. oe RADIX. Aeon ............. 2 Ateeee. |... 25@ 30 ae 12@ 15 eee @ Coe 2@ 40 Gentiana, (po. 15)..... 10@ 12 Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 ~~ ae an. Loe 40) . @ 3 He Pian “Ala, po.. 15@ 20 Inula, _ Deeper ey cca 145@ 2 eeeG, HO... ......... 2 50@2 60 Iris sine a 35@38).. 35@ 40 2eeoe, P............- 4@ 45 marens, “s.......... @ 35 Podophyilum, pe 15@ 18 io. ................. 75Q@1 00 ~ Oe a @1 75 r 4 LD edeee tee eecues 75@1 35 Seen ss 48@ 53 en (po 25).. @ Ww aac ee 35@ 40 eee 40@ 45 Similax, Officinalis, H @ 4 M @ Ww Setliae, (po, H)........ 10@ 12 iccmaeaesen. Foti- aoe OO. ............. @ 3 Valeriana, Eng. (po. wd @ B ee: 15@ W ingiber a. a. woe Zingiber j.. i 18@ 2 SEMEN. Anisum, (po. 20). @ 15 a. (graveleons) .. 2@ 2 Bird, ee 4@ 6 oa o~ 18). en: 8@ 12 Cardamon ea eweaece 1 00@1 25 Conieniarimm............ 10@ 12 Cannabis Sativa....... 444@5 ae 75@1 00 Chenopodium ........ 10@ 12 Dipterix Odorate...... 2 10@2 2 Poenievium........... @ 15 Foenugreek, po....... 6@ 8 By ieee eae 4@4%% Lint, gra, (bbl. ™.. -4 @4% Lobella . so Phariers Canarian... 3%@ 4% eee i, as fF Sinapls, Bee. ........ 8s@ 9 iere........ 11@ 12 SPIRITUS. Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50 D. F. B..... 1 75@2 00 ee ae 1 10@1 50 Juniperis Co. O. T....1 75@1 75 + i 75@3 50 are x. &...... 1 75@2 00 ms Vint Gabl........ 1 75@6 50 in eres... 2... 1 25@2 00 Nig Alba... ......... 1 25@2 00 SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool Oerrege. ........ 2.2. 2 25@2 50 Nassau sheeps’ wool meee ..........-. 2 00 Velvet extra sheeps’ wool carriage....... 1 10 Extra yellow sheeps’ Ourrrage .........-..- 85 Grass sheeps’ wool Car- —. ..............- 65 Hard for slate use. 75 Yellow Reef, for slate cote ce nee use 1 40 SYRUPS. soe... ........-....-.. oe oeeeee 6... 50 ee se oO ON —. en oe 58 Rhei Ci ieee 50 Similax ‘Ofticinaiis: Loca esas 60 Gee. 5... 50 ee 50 EE 50 ce eect sects cuss 50 ete ee 50 Prem Oe... 50 TINCTURES. Aconitum Napellis R....... 6G - - 7 ...... 50 eee. 60 = ee wyee............ 60 eee es 50 eoeceeeae............. .. & Atrope Belladonna.......... 60 eee. 66 “ Ce 8... 50 | Baneuieere......-.......... CO Comtharuics................- 5 | Capsicum . he Cn aa 75 ‘ ee, 95 Oe ee 100 Cerccea.............. sic. oe Cees. 50 - ce... Cotes ............,....-.. 50 50 50 50 50 50 60 50 Piaeteee .. ..... SC... 50 Hoeovennas .............-.. 50 ee 75 . Colopioms ............ z Ferri one Deed coe ote wine. ................. Teco ............,........ i ek a wy R Camaphorated........... ge Auranti Cortex...... . uassia ... — - Rhe Casta Acutifol a SSSSSSSSSSS SSRSTSSR Ceo__.. i. Sersentente be ee ew ee eee Tolutan . eo Valerian ..... ee oon ce Veratrum Veride............ MISCELLANEOUS Aither, Spts Nit, sr.. ‘se 28 4?.. Se & Alwmen ............... 24@ 3 . ground, (po. eee 3@ 4 Annaito oo 55@ 60 Antimoni, me... 4@ 5 et PotassT. 55@ 60 ro @1 40 Pa) a @ Argenti Nitras, ounce @ 64 Arecwieum ............ oe 7 Balm Gilead Bud.. 38@ 40 Bismuth mo 2 10@2 20 wae Chior, 1s, (48 | a oe)... .... @ 9 Canttattace Russian, ccc eee eee es @1 2% Capsici Fructus, Ri @ ® . @ & ‘é “ foe @ 20 Caryophyllus, a 15) 12@ 1:3 Carmine, No. 40....... @3 75 Cera Alba, 8. é r....- 50@ 55 ere Prave..........-- 38@ 40 Coeeee................ @ 40 Cassia Fructus........ @ ®R Cenieers.............. @ 10 MI oie ce ones @ 4 tO ee 60@ 63 ' uibbs .. @1 2% — = ‘Crat Lotees 1 25@1 50 oo 20@ 2% Cinchonldine, P.&W 15Q 2 German 3 @ 12 —_ list, dis. per bee eee caus as 60 cues Leelee es @ 8O Creta, (bbi. 75)........ ea 2 " Peeon............. oe C wocm.......,.. 9@ 11 . ee e@ °& te 30@ 35 eee ..........,... @ xz Conti tilph........... 5 «¢ Premera |... ......... 10@ 12 Ether Sul P 68@ 70 Emery, a 1 numbers... @ Ergota a 85. Flake ite.. Os ee a 7@8 Gelatin, a9 @ 70 PR flint, 75 and 2%. by box 70 Glue, Prowsn.....-.... 9@ 15 Wele........... 13@ 2% CweOGrene i... 12... 154%@ 2 Grana Paradisi........ @ R Pees... ..... 25@ 55 Hydraag —. Mite.. @ #W Co @ 80 ‘ Ox Rubrum @1 60 " Ammontati.. @1 10 leg Unguentum. 45@ : ByGrarayrum ......... @ Tehthyobolla, Am.. ..1 25@1 oo Tae T5@1 = Iodine, Resubl........ 3 75@3 85 Todafor @4 70 Pepe... 5... 33@ 40 Lycopodium .......... 4@ 50 ON i ac 75@ 80 Liquor Arsen et Hy- meen lod.......:.-.. 27 Liquor eee Sate 1 12 Magnesia, Sulph (bb Manwsa, 5. 7 ......... 40 | Morphia, S. P. & W...1 95@2 20 oa am. ¥. @ sae ee ae 1 10 Moschus Canton...... } Myristica, No. 1. 0g 7 Nux Vomica, (po 20)... @ 10 On Seu... 2@ 2 —* Saac, H. & P. D. > Picis Liq, N hs ag ‘gal a @2 00 Picis Lig., — ace @1 00 pin ' @ 8 Pil Hydrarg, ro 80) .. @ 50 Piper Nigra, (po. 22) .. @ 1 Piper Alba, (po gb) .. @ 3 Pix Burgun ee dccuc. ue iC | Piumt) Acet.......... 15 | Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 1001 20 | Pyrethrum, boxes H '@P. D. Co., dos. .... @1 2 Pyrethrum, py........ 30@ 35 Giese... 8@ 10 Quinia, oY. a.....- 31@ 36 S. German.. ee 28 Rubia Tinctorum..... 14 Saccharum Lactis pv. “2 2 ee 2 00@2 10 Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50 4 4 50 pe We 1229@ 14 - . 10@ 12 oe @ 15 Seidlitz Mixture.. @ —: i. @ 18 7 ee @ 3 a Maccaboy, De Voce @ 3 Snuff, “Scotch, De. Voes @ 35 Soda Boras, (po. 12 11@ 12 Soda et Potass Tart.. 30@ 33 pea Cop... "1%@ 2 noGe, bi Cary......... @ & oon fon ........... 3%@ 4 Soda, Sulphiag......... @ 2 Spes, Bther Co ........ 50@ 55 " Myreta Dom..... @2 2 * Byrce ep... .. @3 00 8 - Rect. bbl. CO 2 27@2 37 Less 5c gal., cash ten. days. Strychnia Cry atal..... i ¢ Sulphur, Subl......... 3 @4 . noe... 3 Tamarinds ....... Terebenth Venice. Theobroma ..........38 : Varies... ._......... 9 00@16 00 ect Sip... ........ TS § OILs. Bbl. Gal Whale, winter........ 70 7 Lard, extra........... 55 60 Eae@ Ne 1........... 45 50 Linseed, pureraw.... 36 39 Lindseed, boiled .... 39 42 Neat’s Foot, winter mremed ........... 60 SpiritsTurpentine.... 41% 45 PAINTS. a lb, Read VYenctian.......... 2@3 Ochre, yellow Mars.. i 2@4 _ ..... am = Putty, bo OS 2% 2%4@: ™ eerictly pure..... 2% 2 gs Vermilion Prime Amer- 2x ican . - 139@i6é Vermilion, English... T0@75 Green, Peninsular..... 70@7 og ec ........ 7 @7% _ Wwohe ......._.. 7 Gi Whiting, white Span... @7 Whiting, Gilders’...... @% White, Paris American ¢ Whiting, Paris Eng. cliff 0 1 4¢ | Pioneer Prepared Painti 20@1 4 | Swiss Villa Prepared Forte................ GGG 2& VARNISHES, No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 Extra oo --160@1 70 Cogen Body..........- 2 75@3 00 | No.1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 | Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 —. Dryer, No. 1 oe 70@ 7 HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO. Emzporters and Jobbers ef DRUGS CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES, DEALERS i Paints, Oils 2 Varnishes. SWI83 WILLA PREPARED PAINTS. We are Sole Propeieters of Fal Line of Staple Drogsists: Sundries. Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Remedy, We Mave in Meck and Offer 2 Fall hime of WHI SKIES, BRANDIES, GINS, WINES, RKUMS. We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. We give cur Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Gearantec Satisfaction. Ali orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we receive Sem. Send in 2 trial order. Harelting & Perkins Drug Go. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADES MAN. 1 PIPES. ca: Pearl Barley. ae Ne cent. | ay, No. 216..... Me ~~ laa 0 ex eS Ce 3 @4 [e Vm D. fullcount......-. ‘ = se Cs » ee ‘ a | Peas. | Cob, No. ; Current. Be | 10 see eeeeee TASH. Grocery Price u COUPON PASS BOOKS. — >. as 5 00 | 48 ast in case. 400 . I pay promptly Can be made to eS deen | — Sago. Babbiit’s . 7 oe 3 25 bel are such as are ordinarily offered buyers who pay denomination from $10 do 1 oo i a 4% | | Penna Salt Co.’s.......- ions given below are such as ¢ a YY i -— EE a The 8 00| Boneless, strips........ 7 Japan, No. i eT ed i. Graphite. Hl Hamburgh, sheath a9 Pint Dts a aa ose 3 OO | Amerionn BWiks.. ..++20+ 7 00 | Halibut. . No ee ; er, CaSeS, per gT...-- oo | hyeteete. 2 25 | Quart eee SRACKERS. | Smoked ..............- 7 ie o. vesesee ees in 5 +s BT. ils, per doz ..... ‘ 50) Live oak...... . 2 00 CLOTHES PINS. ° Herring. gp | Fatna..-..------ ct i —* ‘a re Santa ¢ ro... .- 2 50 | 5 gross boxes........... _ a tter 6 "sa SAUERKRAUT wo ) 334 Soasieonl : wees 1 90 COCOA SHELLS. cane: XXX. cartoon..... 6% | Holland, 0 gee 75 | Silver Thre ad, ay ry . = 344 | Blackberries 90) 351b bags.......... -... @3 | Baie ae oe aaa ion ip 00 a ee eee i errs ap quantity ae 4 | Family xxx, cartoon...... on | 0 4 bbi.. 1 50 ———__—_— - 06 50) aarti 120} Pound packages....... 64@7_ Salted XXX........... ed 3S 7 00) Rea . :o 1 ae Salted XXX, cartoon ...... 6% | aadieah. SPICES, 5 : ‘ . LE St nc = a f 1 = Pitted Hamburgh i : 120 « aoe ene NTE i 8” | No. 1,% ¢ bbls. 90 Ibs ee . 3 Whole Sifted. i es . . r > ahenenp . oe he eee a ue eee ne ---- 3] Brie Pj an _— 16 Butter biscuit... 2.2.0... 6% Family, 5 bbls., 100 Ibs.... 5 $0 auspice ‘hina in mats...... 8 ‘i .. per Ib -- 3" | Dameons, Egg Plums and G ve alee ae Soda. S| Mie A TB.» + «>> —— [an in bund.. “Ss BAKING POWDER. i ' — a @1 25 ten oe = } cars cee ........... 7% Sardines. 45 ‘ Saigon te rol...... ni 3 Acme, %4 lb. cans, 3 doz .. ~4 cal ‘ RR, cee c oe csus, a ee ik 8% Russian, kegs.....-.......- Cloves, ones mR ie alt Se a se berries. Peaberry ..- ' Soda, Duchess........... “"40° Trout. ' — Or..... oor ii i. 1 06 Goose 1 10 Santos Crystal Wafer..... i 6 50| Mace Batavia....... k _ gp Common aise i ; -16 | Reception Flakes... La No.1, 4b Oe 90 Nutmegs, fancy.....-.--.--- 5 if t cans --- _ 60 Peaches. NE anion on a+ ne nnn aioe a ase Oyster. No. 1, kits, 10 Ibs..-.-. NO. 1... ee eee coon we aad eR 1 20 SE inate eee 8 Owwten Se Whitefish. fe ee A ele a “ lt 2 00 Maxell 1 = ee 20 | City Oyster. —" . 5 No.1, % a oe ; . Pepper, Singapore, —— “3s 58 : ' S| :: tuatamals | Farina Oyster.............. : a 20s, ol : r . 2 25 Mexican and Guat ae CREAM TARTAR | ease oe an othe... 3 = us a... ... 19 pe 1 — ee ee . = | Strictly pure 30 | a or a ‘ _ Ground i. Bulk. a ee * | Good. 2-2-2... 23 | Telfer’s Absolute.. TS 0@15 peer etal init "99 Z Pears. Pemey...........- ee | Grocers’ .. sien C ana “Batavia. i 4 Zz - 1 25 Maracaibo. | ’ FLAVORING EXTRACTS. te and Saigon. — Domestic . . 2 Io a oe 1 | . . . / Beleoe ol... . 3 ccc ly Milled aD | REED FRUEN. Jennings’ D C. Vanilla | Cloves, Amboy Soest —_ } 40) rrnnne 130! Java | Domestic. a - 1 5 Zanzibar...... aE ib Yommon _ Sta : or, | APPLES. 2 oz folding box.. ‘ bo 1 50 Ginger, African os renee ae 12 ~ KH Ee ee i ae * c e o a « ae itl a 21 60 Jo hnson’ s grated lt : — 2 7 ee aa i 2 Sundried. —" bbls. : : wee in "71 50 2 00 fl ene Ha 20 48 i" andehling ....... 8 | ' quarterec JS i . "2 00 ’ a ean é Quinces. Mandehling | ny ated, 501b. boxes @?7 6 02 i : 4 00 | Mace 95 sic iia {a 1 10 Mocha. “a Evaporatec — aa et i eo Mustard, eae and Trieste. OF "ans ae neice itatios ......... - 9% |Californiain bags._.... 8 GUN POWDER. ‘ Tries Be ean ot 65 1 Raspberries. I : 26 | California in § i. " oe 4 Arabian. | Evaporated in boxes. .. 8% -..+--5 50} Nutmegs, ® i 20 1 50 1 30} - | Evapora Kegs ... i lc ie apore, black... .2 oe Red i 50 ROASTED. BLACKBERRIES, jalf ko we sereree+s-3 OO | Pepper, Sing iin |. 90 , ioz 45 | Black Hamburg ain cost of rcasted a 1% | Half kegs..... ‘ wh ape Telfer’s cans, & So 1 40 o ascertain cost of 1 In boxes.... \ i coca pester ‘ 8 bla 14 To ¢ ning roast- | 10 . HERBS, “s Cc ayenne cae i ae ee coffee, add 4c. per ~ for roa ri NEOTARINES. m0 . 15 a _” Strawberries. i nd 15 per cent. forshrink-| 11), pass . EE Bien... vests : wee ng and lo pe } 01D, Dags 2} page.. 25 be g. BATH BRICK Lawrence ...... a age. | 25 Ib boxes.... _----2 GOG ope....... ns “Absolute” in se on si iN s Hamburgh 7= | aH sin 12 5 hanes 55 ee 1 55 sy : ie : | Arbuckle’s Ariosa : 19.80 | Peeled, in boxes : 2 Madras, 5 Ib. a boxes 50 Alispice ...... oF : 1 55 é ; 1 in’s XXXX.. 19.39 Cal. evap. “ ey |S. F.,2, Sand 5 Ib. rm mH ) fo ee | ‘ | McLaughlin’s X us te ve 7 @ 8% cee Cinnamon 84 155 % 3 Whortleberries. | Lion, 60 or 100 1b. case ie sige apa ' JRLLY. Covea..... — 84 155 Dome Gross 1 20] | eis es eee @7 | Chicago goods @S8 Ginger, Jam........... 84 155 BLUING | | California in bag Mason’s. 10, 20 and 30 Ibs. 6 Af... | 84 155 a ; a. al nt Blueberries 1 20] | PITTED CHERRIES. CE ‘ | Mustard. a ce Q zo 1 : —h | | Barrels an LICORIC E, 20 — oo See 84 0X = ee beef. Libbv’s 1 80 50 1b, boxes te ees “> | Pure. -: - on | Sage... oe 7 400 | Corr 7: Te va ea 1 %5 5 6S , renee 12 | Calabria... . a N 0 st Armour’: . a0 Sani} . Co i S No. & ‘ SU — me i ham, % Ib 1 re \ PRUNELLES. vit Sicily oe a oz bal y Ib = : = | 30 1b. boxes... ’? | Condensed, 2 doz........... 1 e SEEDS. oon BROOMS. a ee 95 ditional | RASPBERSIES. . 4 doz... ~ | Anise _ tees ' 31% 2 « ™%™ } ne | ; re of | ' MATCHES, 1 23 | Canary, Smyrna. ..... : 9 95 chicken, 4 lb < / ret oe j In barrels. No. 9 sulphur... 4 a | acne r a a & )ecents rir res au. © ‘ are Sy . K : _— a “a9 a a =" Anchor perior.......-...-.. 1 10|Cardamon. Malabar. e 2 & Beans. sicenacnian | 25 Ib. ey mo, 2 nome..-............ 400|Hemp. Russian ..... enten Bi oO 1s EXTRACT, _ Foreign. Report parior..... ........-. Mixed Bird ' 2G 3 2 ee 2 25 | Valley City... . a CURRANTS. MINCE MEAT Mustard, white vee 9 1 a --1 40) melts” : ce on 1 @4 Poe, . he 3 25 1% oe 50 | tras. in Darreis.. & 5 ; : Om + <, | Hummel’s, foil. . ; 50 | be in %-bbls @ 44 tape bone .. i 30 soaked na - s i isi in less quantity @ 4% Cuttle _ 2RITe s Y ake ph i i . 3RUSH o x Baked 1 3 CHICORY. PEEL be i ei iii. S . s Fair 1 35 B Ik. : 4% | Citron, Leghorn, § 25 Ib. OXEE - 6% ve 75 ' fein i 7 Lemon C 2 a is 20-Ib boxes. . seeterseeee 6 i A Corn mee... aeaeee “ oF 11 “1b " ee R S 2 TOW + on .1 25 | CLOTHES LINES. ee se, ae = Scrub, 3 row.... 12 ’ : s< : 3 Ri Serub, 3t = | Cotton, 40 ft.......per doz. 1 - Domestic. in i. Pi ita hc cr i ote mnt..... A ic London layers 2 crown....1 40 1-Ib packages............---- : BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. 150) 60 ft... 1 60 2 --1 65 in case per doz..1 00 | 3-Ib L Sah 6% 5 00 wie + as 70 ft... : “ 1 %5 ‘ aes... 3 85 3 or 6 doz. in case { 6-Ib ‘ eect eh ureenneues 4a - " — x | 2 peose Muscatels, boxes.....1 25 MEASURES. 40 and 50 lb. boxes...... eae Bt » CO} ae a i 60 ft. ‘ 90 7O1b bags @5% Tin, and dozen. 1 75 | Darrels.....-............. : ou Hamburgh ny jaune... a 50 | cr 72 ft 1 00 Foreign. reiki 1 AARON lh daa ‘ SNUFF. : CANDLE! a zmpion Eng. . | Ondura, 29 lb. boxes : #212" 2 | Half gallon. -- 01] Scotch, in bladders..... - 0 oxe 9 ro ‘ -ON BOOKS, | Sultana, 20 5 Quart oees ne 45 | ° -cabov,. in jars...... ve ee = 9 er | - . - | Valencia, 20 ‘ 64@ 6% Pint vos t ee 40 Seema code, im Jare.....@ Star, Wy | si | cara lalf pin sees ‘Gp ' : Paraffine 23” | Soaked re a "Waske n, for vinegar, per eye soDa. Wicking cs Harris s | | Bosnia. . ao coe... Oe ee She GooD nies esti i ‘alifornia, a0x100 8 - . — 944 | Half gallon .. a 3 7 Kegs, " Bngiish weet eee eee cree ee 4% ,ANNED GOODS. | 8 oe ee | erent Lc Te ee 4. FISH. A pe ss Bint Veal so eree nt “i Lede a 1% r j i rane OT Clams, (ot | eee a 6% MOLASSES. en! ee ne Little Neck, 1 Ib at SG il i ee. 13% | ear allie . 2 Ib 1 F 1CD J : Corer ee. eee | 2 25 Clam Ch gue ny Erie “Tradesman. > 00 ENVELOPES. Bi Cuba Baking. 16 | 1 00 3- » sacks a a = jaw 2 00 trie p Ee 20 rdinary ie etek ae a | 60 5 Caneel 85 Standard, 3 1b i : 1, arn h ee 2 50 | _ XX rag, white. 81 75 oO ante tien | 2h Oth, wadhes, jo... 3 = Cove Oysters. | Hubbard “ . 300] No.1, PRs ek ar vou e nee con ol 1 60 a 16 | of 14- ‘> * - 22 a as a5 | Succotash. 12 $3, “ ee tl etal ead ee 1 @5 | Prime ....-.-.++++---- a F oe ieee 1 50 Ce eee 140/85, odie He | waney...... ‘. 156 1b. dairy in linen bags.. 5 ieee Ce. -- Sole 5 001 No. 2'6 50 Row Onision losibo a ee Dee 1 60 | g20, na i | xx ‘wood, white. i 14/2 ee: 2 50 |} 4 6S er i Da Oot Wear sane. er eee ‘ | : 3 5 Tomatoes. 1 00 = 2 59 | No. ee ae EE ee “oe zi yin drill bags... 35 soi leior --ceeenel OO] 1. per hundred «Vino 2 iy coco oe | 56 Ib. dairy in 18 2 00 | nergy eee 100\383 Pr rr . 3 = ae “hia, white. 100 —e ee once 27 | 28 lb. : ' eee ee 30) = <> Oe caine 3 00 sane NL i = 33. : oe ecm he 35 | dali eee ee ris. * Reve ptt oe half barrels, 3c extra | ‘ ine cks.. %% Gallor 5 00 Coin | ne- 56 lb. dairy in linen sa | ‘i ae by 6 | Mill No. 4... 1 00 | OATMEAL. oo Higgins. Se >| - i — | Barrels 20). at = 56 lb. dairy in linen sacks. 75 » D2 German Sweet - | | FARINACEOUS GOODS. | Half barrels Mic — Solar Rock. 25 Eveutenm. . 38 tie ROLLED OATS. @t 40| 56 Ib. sacks...... ee u 9 | a Imor Breakfast Cocoa. - | 100 Ib. kegs...........-- 4 | Barrels 180... . @? 30 | Saginaw and Manis 90 Salmon. re 1 Balt Douw.......... ae on Fine per bbl..... Columbia tiver, flat 1 CHEESE, i “Universal.” Hominy. a aaa | Comm Yolumb } i | ae : : am ee = Amboy @ 3 |81, per hundred.......... oo 09 | es eae ~% = cacti SALERATUS. I, Bh ee eset once yn, 1 4 Herkimer ... ai2% \82 CS eee. one MARNE 6 hosed tednsnence nok as mM eee Packed 60 lbs. in box. ee 2 10 | osc ore Q12 | 2 ~, ‘“ . 400] Barrels, 1,200 count........84 00 | . 83 30 CE | Riverside ... @ | 8 3, ee 5 00 | Lima Beans. Half barrels, 00 count.... 2.56! Gpurch’s .... . 3 30 re] ! PEEL . eho s caw ws on 5 Ce eee e . | Pe SC Ldseeeked heehee owl < . = 4G 5 | Suis oS | S10; ch oni --+- 6 0) pried. ceteeeeetecees Ps Small. one ' So auc ae — as. art oe 7 | Brick @i 00 | #20, aia item ice Macearon! ee Barrels, 2.400 Countess... 5 00 ee. a 3 00 Peereerne Se | ee ......... . @i Above prices on aon wing | Domestic, 12 Ib. tox.. . 55 Half bexrels, 1,200 count... 2 75 Imported “- . ‘ Ses eeonae °o ee ne 2 > ; ] : r arr i es es OZ........-..-.3 65 | Frosted Creams 9 | Joker 30 YEAsT—-Compressed, —— a ie ) | as es in barreis, f. 0 Snow, OO cee en . 5 00} Graham Crackers 8 | Not } nse - ta. ti dl . Pee i. Grand Rapids: : | oKETS.... 846 | Nobby Trwist........-... 38 | Fermentum per doz. ecakes.. 15 ave ‘ Mono, 100 120z ............ 3 35 | Oatmeal Crackers... 8%|Oh My.... re 99 | cs a ni ge | aac ests ee oe |W. W. Headlight, 15 German Family, 6011b.... 2 55 Se Mts ne ic 2 | : pe - ~ | Cat, paso eee 1. 0 | fre test (old test) . 3 “6 “ 9 ASHBOARDS tten’s Brands. ts ; a oe | ace 6 “ milb..... 3 west a ou ace a | MHISG............ 10@ 25| Wrater White Laundry Castile, 75 11b.... 3 05| Good Luck............. AS eS 22 | FISH and OYSTERS. | Fisher.:...............4 00@6 0 | — Marbled, 75 1 Ib ae 3 05 | Northern Queen........ Sti 25 | #F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as | Fox, red..............- 1 00@1 50} oe Hiawatha ] ‘ Savon Improved, 60 1 Ib.. 509 | Peerles single POO wanoe ee 34 | follows | Cross... 3 00@5 00 | ny Sunflower, 100 10 oz.. =o double a Fine aa sc ' an FRESH FISH “ grey.....---..-- 5O@1 0 13 Olive, 10010 0z............. 2.50] Universal Protector ... *251Old H See i nachna ie | Whitefish 10 . aa .-.-.2 00@3 00 to 20 de Gaaee, wit .. .:...... 3 95 | Water Witch a 2 25 Jolly Tar... oi aan 4° | Trout @10 | n, dark... ...... 1 0@3 00 | Economical, 30 2lb.... ... 2 2% iy Middlet Ci eee ~ | Halibut 15 oe |. pale & yellow 50@! Standard, 30 2 1b .. 2 oo TEAS Here It ee | ne 5 @6 | Mink, dark....... : ( oo —_ B. Wrisley’s Brands. sapan—Regular | old tivie, Te a) haan ag 'o8 ee ee Old Country, 80 1-Ib 2 20 cay a Woda & On ‘es ow. | Binefeh.........- -11 @12 | Oppossum...... Local dealers { . low Good Cheer, 60 1 1b ae Fair ... @ii Jas. G. Butler & Co.'s Brands. | Mackerel............. 15 @25 Otter, dark A ape a ae oe follows White Borax, 100 %-lb...... 3 60 Good . Oe @2 ee Good...... sheet e NCO. cl AO ike) | RRO ate ee < Crea | 1 ate Proctor & Gamble. mere testes) a ee tere ea 26 | California salmon....15 @18 | Skunk............---- cet i aa o_o aly Choicest | ae ut of Sight.......... “ 25 | No. 1 Pickerel @10 | Wolf..... eles ae tobi 12 very, 30 Gf... .... ....... 6% Dust ........ veeeeeee lO @I2 aay a @ 8 | Beaver castors, Ib. d | Ducks +? ' Sos. ............... £60 SUN CURED. i TR | Smoked White @s | DEERSKINs—Per pound | Geese 11 I F a a Boss 421% | ny} a ' ily c senox i. iscaecwececs @ Oe eee... oo @17 oe ---eeee 12/4 | Bloater, per box..... 1 75! Thin and green 10 } Woattied German........... 3 151 Good .. ann | acne hy Cees... <2... .. 13 eee ie ly oe — en 10 | Town Talk : Silene [Werpein 14 | Mediums. per zal ae eer a ~" | DAPPER £&W oN s Ln 30 Varpa | Mediums, per gal.... Ne aus 55 | PAPER & WOODENWARE TOILET. eee Banner eee 14 | Selects, 1 60 | Red Da a Siow wotee je... 3 75) Dust 10 King Bee. .....-.+-. 20 | Clams 1 35) ci PAPER, Cocoa Castile, 24 Ib........ 3 00 si RAE RIS Kiln Dried... ......++...... Shrimps SS a SCOURING AND POLISHIN BASKET FIRED. Riceer ead.......... Seallons “ 1% | GRAINS and FEEDSTUFEFS | ; Silverine, 100 12 th “3 Fair ................. .18 per i “oe OYSTERS—Cans. WHEAT. 1 ’ w OZ..-+++.-- os thoice Gol CR cue... we , ven Counts a | 5) 12 OF. «~~ --++-- 1 £0| Choleest. See itonman @35_ | No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 92 | Ss i ll * ‘ Or 10 SU. ....-- +s a ose orc es 1. ee . Selects Gieal) iw . . h teat) + | : “—. — rE laggy aa ah Extra choice, wire leaf Rob Roy.. . | Selects ..... @23 an — oe i i nd, ¢ cs. a le San : x ; ¢ | Common to fair... ...23 @30 Pee. |... 33 Clams. ¢ iy )| Patent sacks. _.. i) 1g soeewecccens 2/3 % 7 a $$ se h rele & ant : rant a¢ > Al IMPERIAL. | am ae a t barrels........ 5 80} Sea Isls 2 Sentectionser "TOG $ bin Common to fair....... 23 @26 HIDES, PELTS and FURS Graham (| sacks. 2 201 No.5 H 15 — ae @ 4 * | Superior tofine........ 30 @35 FRESH MEATS. Perkins & Hess pay as fol tye “ ‘ 2 65] No. 6 “ 15 White Extra | YOUNG HYSON. _ | Swift and Company quote as | lows: MILLSTUFFS. | ae @ 3% | Common to fair....... 18 @26 | follows: | HIDES. (een ........ 17 00} Tubs. No ~ 1 _ Se ioe aerate «aa its | Superior to fne.<--"--30 Gi | poor, onrcass.......... 5 @ 044 | GEOR on | Serer aa ’ so ahaa score Se OFS oN « SREAKFAST } ss a coeiienies a | Part Cured... 7, ‘ adlings.....- 12 U 5 ) Less than bbls. i{¢ advance Fair rn > | oa 4@ Full ie Rise @ _* | Mixed Feed.... _ 17 50 a ae ee 194 @2 | loins, No. 2..-.. @9 | Dry..------------ 5 @é | Coarse meal 17 08 STEP LADDERS. Wee 40 @50 | ribs gare ttees 8 @ 7 sovrecces 3 @ a CORN. 50 . os —— | rounds.... @ ee —*? |Car lots.............-.- 40 : : al Pee | Cone es @ | Calfskins, —_-- 4 @5 | Less than car lots | “5 ‘ean 7 i a bt ees f A | ‘ 10% ead w one ae @ \ ' il i } . | 1 00 Fine Cut. | Eg si * | Deacon skins..........10 @30 | OATS. 17 as ' 8 Lo 12 i . Pork loins.... .... --- @ 8%)" No. 2 hides \& off | Car lots 34 assorted, 17 Qs se 150} Pails unless otherwise noted. | nade | ee Pe al gs aga = ee eae aoe ee eee = : lg a jood a MALL PELTS | Less than car lots..... nae 15s, 17s and 19s % 10 1 75 | Hiawatha go | Sausage, blood or head B4% B e* 2 25| Sweet Cuba......... . “a | “ Hver........ @ 4% | Shearlings........-.--. 10 G25 HAY. ere : ’ full hoop Corn i on ae | Washed aunt 0 @27 | 7? 7 ton lots -16 90 bushel i : , Little Darling....- as = | | Weanead.. ............2 Ge | | Ses ed Nod 5 co a aaa “ % bbl.. 20 | - | Unwashed ...........10 @2 | on isa a oe 2 5 | VINEG n | Nia 2 8 : 1791 ne ne cases oe 20 | VINEGAR. MISCELLANEOUS. 1 - “ Nos un Pure Cane. / 1891, 4% bbls as 19 | 40 BT. ...-- eee ee ee ee eee eee eee S | tallew............_... 3%@ 4 splint * Nel Fair a 19} Valley City. oa | wee...... LC ccceccccceaeee--@ | GRRQMBG DEEEGE......... 1 @2 | ' ' No.2 — a eee a 25 meeey ae. ae a | $1 for barrel. Fateh 001... 1%@2 | No.3 ec cane ne 301] Tornado. .......... a | | Ginseng 2 00@2 50 ; ; _. . j eae 2 @2 50 | } | | | \ We Afitirm That Good Goods Make Business. Grocerymen: Are you sure that you are selling the best to HILLSIDE 3 Are you entirely satisfied with your saies V of High Grade Coffees? And Poor Goods Mar Business. ] be obtained ? Hillside Java is a scientific combination of Private Plan- tatan Cofiees, selected by an expert, and from which it is possible to make a beverage that will please you. Cup qualities always uniform, and is wherever introduced. Do you sell it? Roasted and Packed only by THE J. M. BOUR CoO., a trade 140 Summit St., Toledo, O., also Detroit & N We are represented in Michigan as follows: Indiana. M. H. Gasser; ’ Western Michigan, Thos. F ERG Eastern Michigan, P. V. Hecuier; Southern Michi winner ew York. evan and Northern uson [“ Old Fergy”’|. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. PRODUCE MARKET. CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. Crockery & Glassware The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: - W BAKER Wl 60 G Apples—Dull and slow of sale. Dealers hold STICK CANDY. LAMP BURNERS. ge . a at $1 Qe 25 per bbl., according to quality. Full Weight. Bbls. Pails. ee 45 a Beans—Easy and quiet. Dealers now pay — a eee a ae 6 ce ae A ACNE a Na 50 a $1.30@1.40 for unpicked and country picked and ' a... . 6 7 ee i hold at $1.65@1.75 for city picked pea or medium. i ‘Twisi .- 6 ie Tubular... au a Butter—Choice dairy is in moderate demand Boston Cream. . 20 Ib. cases i Soe ie miei. ie ie at 18@20c. Factory creamery is held at 25c. an “ 7 8 jie ence Celery—20e per doz. ae eC. cases 7 8 No. Gan ee ra Cabbages“So@40e per dos. sa can. ee is 060 ider— yal, ight. oS eee ap Onabertios — —— Cape Cod arein fair Neils 7. Pails. — a eg ad tea te 27 de nd at $6 50 per ee ee as 7 a r Dried A sples—Sundried is held at 4%@5e and os er a oe Ne, te , crimp COP... eee eeee cree cree ee ee es : . Is Absolutely Pure r 24 ; Ss ii isi la ih slp eae > i%\+ L os Ce ata ¥ i “Tees The market is unsettled and without | Nobby.. seteeeeee ’ 8 eg | ttt tteeteee acdsee ata tse 3 40 and it is Soluble stability, sales of fresh having been made last | English Rock.................. 8 ee Mn to in week at all prices re g from 16@22c. Country | Conserves.... ................. 8 a : u p top.. rests ne { Q traders should be ¢ a — to stock up in _— Panan dana Ss baskets | : No 2 fa o eee 3 86 ectation of s ring § ices, as a period | Peanut Squares............ ST ee ee eee ae eee eee ae aus ft anil 7 Ww ns athe “i "ur ion a - po at roads * ould aoa ee = wort Ss? wrapped and labeled 37 : , yle to send the e down t or 15 falley Creams.. oe eee oe é 0. 1 San, wrapped and labeled.............. 7 oo oo — waRiiueenapetus Mi dget, 30 Ib. baskets. Pe eee eee eee ce ee 8 No. o L Ao ttttastsesess 47 Dutch Process i Onions—Dealers pay 50@60c and hold at65@ | Modern,:0lb. “oo... ie. 8 No. 2 Hinge, sia asain es aa 47 i 70c, extra — ogg enaeccongee J about 80c. 1e@20c Pana Weinbe seine No.1 Sun splain bulb, per doz. - We aibelics Potatoes—Local buyers are paying 18@20c. . 1 me. 1 San, pee Oe, Per Gos. .............. ‘ Squash—Hubbard, 1c per Ib. i Lozenges, plain.............-..........2..... 10 | No. i i crimp, per doz eee : ° ‘other chemical: . Fcc ee ee per = <¥ soe liseli — ee es A IN Ne. P, P ee oes ae or dyes are usec Muscatine stock. On otuneana ie a etek eee mipe eee deel oe ; ‘ ‘ cedent in lowness, it being claimed that present Chocolate Monumentais.......... a 13 Lier woke. in its manufac: prices afford no marein whatever for the grower. | Gum Drops... .... 2... 2... cece wee woes 5% 7 Minnie, % Turnips—25c per bushel. ear nese ee el ee 28 ture. PROVISIONS a Sink = OC. 2 ek ee ' : Fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. Fer Gok. | Mimaath nerdes % |, tant, and of the various cocoa anc The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. nag nega eee ee rt ents = seemewane—snnon, iniiiahia iseaiadiias malta quotes as follows: oan han eRe ion, Butter Crocks, : eae ed ek ce ee cei ured by Walter Baker & Co., wil PORK IN BARRELS. i re Se i... ee a" an dealer or a ee ----+-+. 12 50) HM. Chocolate Drops................... 90 Jugs, % gal., POT OZ. ..... esse eee ee ee eee es = ke sent free to _ —— oo a ea a a = 00 na aa cee uuae ~-o “ “ ‘“ 1 80 ipplication. xtra Clear pig, § CUE... 2. eee eee eee eee aoe |. 1 oO 1 4 lazed t5¢ 80 cece Bees Cite thee go | Milk Pans, % gal., per doz. (glazed 75c).... Clear, fat DaCK........-.---.-20. cee ee ee eee 13 50 Lozenges, — ee 60 1 nl ( 200) -- 7 V. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass. Boston clear, short cut. teteecteesee sees 28 50 eee ee 65 Clear back, short cut. ee 60 Standard clear, short cut, best... Ee 7 1 mi tiy ao pact A Ca dG o.oo Pork S eavsace—Fresh and Smoked. MI ccm, 2 ce a 55 } > “cone a daa ® | ied Made Creme 85@95 ; Ham ‘ ea | Scommmtismieasam te 80@90 4 Tongue Sausage. ..............--22-- seen eeeeee . Mian a : Frankfort Sausage ..........................- _ String Rock.. sansa a en gern Ha en : ae | i'00 Ee rt nnn tienen sant enemeesert! 5 | Wintergreen Berries.......................ss- 60 oe tenga srrtiernenen in ohlinend: aienenerey aoe ll ELS. S Fe E ec I I E; S LaRp—Kettle Rendered oq 1, wrapped, 2 : 2 1b. boxes ne oe ee - A | | — eee ec 8 INo. 2’ “ 2 ‘ ie a S41No.3, . . = so1b eo ear ernie rent 814 ao up, 5 1b, So ne 90 Tierces oe Ty ORANGES. > po geared 7 | Floridas, fancy................. in 2 75@3 00 (ran Bs Lemons Nuts Dat 8 and Fj 8 2 a oe ee oe ee 7% c choice.. @2 50 j ; j : 10 _ ae 8 . russets @2 50 5 - ....... ss a 84 . CO 3 50 . ‘ eee ee Sg Californias, eavecweee..... 2 B@2 75 LARD. Com- meee 2. 4 25 Family. pound. Messinas, choice eee eo eas 2 2@2 50 i oe... 5% 5% —... @2 50 ieee oe. Tee... 6 5% LEMONS. ( 3 lb. Pails, 20 in a Case.......... 6% 6% Messina, choice, 360.................... 3 75@4 00 _ _ . 5 ib. Patis, 2 ina case........... 65¢ 658 tenes Se, ne @A 2 10 Ib. Pails, 6 in @ case...........6% 64s : aoe @4 00 20 Ib. Pails, 4in a case..........6%, 6 oa eg @4 50 ; Ce eo 6 5% OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. BEEF IN BARRELS. _ Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 6 50 Figs, fancy layers, Me tant ca = Extra Mens, Chicago packing................ 6 50 = ee ws a a @16 7 @ Eee 9 50 ss cs Se iat Gri SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Dates, Fard, 10-Ib. box oe . @ 9 : Hams, average 20 lbs ae % 50-1b. eA @8 “ “ oaks GREE a: ag Persian, 50-lb. — beeen 4%@ 5 Is the Fact that the ee C _ Cs 6% “ fos ee 8% Almonds, a ee ee @16 tare, -- 6% i oe ae stb teeeee eens So Breakfast Bacon, boneless........... -- 8X& Ornia........... G16 Dried beef, ham _—- ne -- 8% Pees, Bey. ............. @ % Long Clears, heavy .. We .. 644 | Filberts ........... -- eo. Briskets, medium. oo .. 7 | Walnuts, a. a @14 a : a — Table Nuts, a acces cule. @12 ee @12%4 CUTS for BOOM EDITIONS einen eee, Ee ee 14 @16 ie Cocoanuts, full sacks...........2. 02222 @ 00 PEANUTS. PAMPHLETS Fancy, H. P., Suns 2% ) . e For the best work, at reasonable prices, address Fancy, H. P. , Fl a. saci: beaters @ 5% (Ss 0 ZZ “ a , ee. 7 = i y : \ THE TRADESMAN COMPANY. | chotce, u. P., aie cE $i See . oaste: 6 6 : Lt ¢ : SUE ~=——~ ——"--; So Nearly Meet the Wants of the Consumer. i t ™~ . ° j J A. SCHENCK & SON, Elsie, Mich. Granulated Meal, A A A A A Old- fashioned Graham (ar Best Patent Siraiet. ’ Coffees of every description are roasted by the Woolson Spice Co., of Toledo, O., 3 Buckwheat Flour, who are veterans in that business and invite a trial of the above named grades. Feed All are guaranteed to please. Lion Coffee is composed of Mocha, Java and Rio, . sold only in 1-lb. packages, witha picture card in every package. Write your jobber EE rr for prices, or address SPECIALTIES—ALrtL THE ABOVE. Prompt attention to Mail orders. j PEHEREINS & HESS i. WIMNTHEEMIT?, DEALERS IN q Hides, F Wool & Tallow ee 4 1ae€8, Furs, WOO ALLOW, | 106 Kent st. Grand Rapids. NOS, 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. _THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS AND | ; ual of the Railroads, and that was nota TELEGRAPSS. Would it be conducive to the ‘‘greatest | | generally. good to the greatest number” and com- | patible with the ‘‘intents and purposes’’ of our free institutions for the Federal government to become possessed of the | railroads and telegraphs of the United States? There is an undercurrent of public opinion growing all over the| country, and, although little compara- | tively is said, there is, nevertheless, con- | siderable deep thinking on the subject, particularly in the West and South, where the People’s cate the affirmative openly. | every | very prosperous year for the country Number of miles of — in the United States at that time, 125, 15 Capital stock and funded debt. total, 676,399, 054. Gross earnings, $763,306,- 608. Of course, the gross earnings vary in sympathy with the crops, but the money invested in railroads does not vary much from yielding 10 per cent. on dollar invested. In the computation we have the railroads earn- ing about 10 per above ecent., when no other | fixed property would yield much more | party leaders advo- | The ques- | tion may be said to be in embryo, await-| ing developments. Of course, the prac- tical majority of the American people will desire to retain the ills we have rather than fly to others we know not of, until the time when the question will assume a practical aspect. Let us view both sides of the question impartially and form conclusions afterward. In these days of centralization and monopolies, the people must needs be thoroughly convinced of the practical utility of any project before they adopt it. The prosperity and general welfare of the whole country is bound up with a cord of iron, as it were, in her railroad and telegraph interests. If these arter- ies of trade are presperous or depressed, the nation is affected in the same ratio. This much being admitted, the ques- tion naturally arises: If the railroads and telegraphs are so nearly allied to the ‘life, liberty and pursuit of happiness’’ guaranteed them by the Constitution, should not the people be more directly concerned in their control and manage- ment? Belgium owns and operates all the railroads within her territory. She aims to conduct the whole business on a profit of 10 per cent. and, so far, it has worked satisfactorily. Passengers are earried for one-fourth of a cent a mile and school children are carried free, and freight rates are about one-third what they are in the United States. Of course, the resources and earnings of the Belgian people are smaller than with us; their railway systems cover a small territory and are generally more favorably sit- uated than ours; but the point is the Belgian government does run them suc- cessfully on comparatively small profits. In time of war in Germany all the rail- ways and telegraphs become absolutely the property of the government for the time being, and thus far that government has managed them successfully. Their par- liament also has given the imperial gov- ernment power to purchase the railroads of the entire empire, which is being gradually done. France is also seriously agitating the question. The railroad and ‘telegraph mileage of these countries is small compared to that of the United States, our country having over one-third of all the railways and telegraphs of the world. But under our liberal laws the Federal government cannot legislate for all the states in sucha manner as to re- lieve the people from exorbitant freights and unjust discrimination in passenger rates. The Inter-State Commerce Act was designed as a measure of partial re- lief, but the interests involved are so enormous and the capital so influential that things generally move along as usual. Let us notice a few facts: Take the railroads of the United States for the year 1885, as compiled from Poor’s Man- | miles of wire; than half that sum. The same year the Telegraph Western ange operated 462,2 delivered 42,096,583 mes- sages, receiving $17,706,834. Expenses, | $12,005,910. Profits, $5,700,924, an an-| nual profit of over 14 per cent. These corporations are entitled to a fair profit, Company “Is there somewhere?” A_ vast| amount of money is required to pay the big salaries of the officials of these con- | cerns, and this money must come out of the gross receipts; and the money it} takes to pay the salaries and fee the law- | yers of any one of our large companies would nearly pay the wages of the en- tire working force of the road. The big roads of the country are continually gobbling up the weaker ones, and, as the centralized in the hands of a few men, the public is at their mercy in proportion. will often, under various pretexts, take undue advantage of the people along their lines. We have known a company to charge $20 for the use of a freight car to go fifty miles; they charged the same amount for a car on the same line, going to the same city, but eighty miles away; and they charged $25 for a ear only twenty miles from the same terminus. All these cars were loaded with hogs; all going to the same city; one was fifty miles, another eighty and the last twenty miles from the city, and yet the freight was nearly the same. Was this right? The company simply had the advantage of the people; the shippers must have the cars, and the only way to get them was to pay what was asked. During a cer- tain busy wheat selling season, when wheat went up in price, we have known the railroads to advance freight rates, although cars were plenty and to spare. Wehave known a county to grant a right of way and give a bonus of $100,000 to get a new railroad to come through it, in order to get lower rates of freight in com- petition with a neighboring road which always had had a monopoly of the busi- cupations, the question arises: a screw loose various systems become Railroads ness. built and in good running order, the peo- ple’s hard cash all paid in, than the lat- ter road absorbed the former, and— ‘What are you going to do about it?’’ Railroads certainly shall well or why do all the shrewd financiers take the stock? If you say that many roads go into the hands of receivers, being unable to make expenses, is it not because the ‘‘big fel lows” crowd them out? But,after these same defunct roads get into the hands of the shrewd magnates, how quickly they become paying roads and their stock goes above par! If freight rates were justly equalized | party in power. | but, when their earnings are out of all | | proportion to the earnings of other oc- But no sooner was the new road | it is raised there at fifteen cents per| bushel. The same _ holds wheat and other produce. The argument is advanced that, while railroads and like corporations in the good with hands of individuals will] make these un- just discriminations, if the government had charge of them it would not dare to discriminate, and by equalizing freight | and passenger rates would make the roads what they claim to be, highways for the benefit of the people. BEANS eans and want tosell, will give you full mar id them to us in any } ar loads, we want 1000 Against this the argument is advanced, | that while it may be well enough for | monarchial governments to possess their railroads, in a country like ours, where | the power changes so often from one ig to another, the railroad interests, vested in the hands of might become a vast partisan machine, But the might apply to the post office, war, same objections navy ‘and interior departments; nor does it railroads adjuncts. follow that the or must be party necessarily would be Publie opinion would certainly serve to! cheek a partisan tendency body is interested. If we are a govern- ment of the people, for the people and | by the people, let us study ber. Jd. W. BAKER of Book-keeping, Shorthand, Typewriting, Tele- graphy, ete. Edue ate them at e Grand a Mich., Busi ness College, Ledyard Block, corner Pearl and Ottawa-sts. Visit us. For catalogue address A. S. Parish, successor to C. G. Swensberg Mention this paper. ARK YOU IN IY If so, let us hear from you, for we offer to teach our short form of double-entry book-keep ing by mail in one or two months, for the small sum of $5. On receipt of £2, we will send scholarship : first set of blank books and instruction, : return of first set with one dollar, we will sen you second set, etc., until the four sets are unde rstood, which completes the course. ‘he student will be thoroughly examined on each set before he is allowed to take up the next. No extra charges will be made for the blanks in such cases. The work is so arranged that it takes you through an actual course of business tran tions, by the use of envelopes represe different business houses, and cards repre senting money and different les of com merece. This form requir books to complete the set stomers’ itemized i ledger, eolumned cash book and a general ledger. We guarantee that our system is a practical one, and can and will be used where the old system C annot, on account of the great amount of extra work it requires, being used only in large business places where they can aff ord the expense of having a bookkeeper. Our form be ing so much shorter, enables anyone to keep a full set of books with no more work than in aaah entry. Remember, only five dollars and a few hours’ study each day or evening for one month to have a complete knowledge of double entry book-keeping, a chance never before offered to the public. GRINGHUIS ITEMIZED LEDGER C0, 403 West Bridge St., e Grand Rapids, Mich. government, where every- | this question | and direct legislation to serve the people | —the greatest good to the greatest num- | PARENTS—Give your children a knowledge } IT WILL BE Ca — SEMMEY MONEY. W. TY. LAMOREAUX & 60,, 128, 130, 132 W. Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, |that could be used to perpetuate the} Ought{to Send At Once For Sample Sheet and Prices, ' OfsLedgers and Journals? bound with Philadelphia Pat, Flat opening back. The Strongest Blank Book Ever Made. | | GRAND RAPIDS, MICH Geo. H. Reeder & Co., JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOES Felt _Felt Boots | and Alaska Socks. State"Agents for C3158 & 160 rulton St., Grand Kapids. ENGRAVING It pays to illustrate your business. Portraits, Cuts of Business Blocks, Hotels, Factories, Machinery, ete., made to order from photo- graphs. THE TRADESMAN Grand Rapids, COMPANY, Mich. when corn is fifty cents per bushel in the Middle States, it could be shipped ata profit from beyond the Mississippi when ee PUTNAM GANDY 60. Extensive Manufacturers. at Hs ABN eS ss nt 16— THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Stove in the Viliage Store. When the twilight had deepened to darkness, They gathered from far and near Old farmers who plodded the distance As pilgrims their shrines to revere; At the shabby old store at the ‘‘corners” hey met and they entered the door, For the Mecca of these old cronies Was the stove in the village store. It was guiltless of beauty or And its door was un But they made a glad polish, ilfully hung ircle around it And the genial warmth loosened each And they talked of the c FOps and the ws Twin subjects to gossip most dear, And the sm oke from their ‘pipes, as it ol lended Gave a tinge to the whole atmosphere tongue, sather, Full many the tales u hey related, And wondrous t! irns that they spun, And doubtful the far ts ut they stated, And harmles- the wit and the fun: if ever discussion grew heated, It was all without tumult o r din, And they gave their respectful attention When a customer chanced to come in. But, When the evening was spent and the hour For the time of their parting had come, ley rap ped from their Ee s the warm ashes And reluctantly startea for home, Agreeing to meet on the morrow When the day with its labors wa For the Mecca of ail the old cronies Was the stove in the old villag ~ <2 ei How to Tell a Good Cheese. A good cheese, or rather a cheese with an indication of goodness, will stand up squarely on the shelf and will have an even colored, not mottled rind. A cheese with a soft, porous interior will sometimes have this outside appearance, while the flavor is not to be guessed at by an out- side application. The moment you press your finger-tips on the rind you can begin to judge of a cheese’s interior make-up. If the cheese yields readily under the pressure of the fingers, and the rind breaks or does not spread back readily when the hand is withdrawn, you have struck a soft article, caused by a slack cooling of the curd, a want of acid, or s o'er, both. At best it will have an insipid flavor, which will become ‘‘off’’ as it grows in age. A cheese which feels so hard that you cannot press it on the rind is either sour, salted too heavily, cooked too much, skimmed or suffering with a touch ofall of these complaints combined. There is nothing more satisfactory to a dairy enthusiast than to examine a good cheese. To the touch it will be mellow, yet firm. Its rind will be of even hue, elastic and free from puffs, and the sam- ple will reveal firm, close-grained, meaty cheese, buttery and of a nutty flavor. In testing the quality of cheese many ex perts do not employ the sense of taste, but simply that of smell. I do not eall myself an expert, but in most cases I pre- fer to test by smell and taste both. In my case, FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this | head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. A LIBERAL CASH BONUS TO THE MAN 4% conversant with the manufacture of some line of furniture or refrigerators who will in- vest ten to fifteen thousand dollars as working capital and take an active part in the business, For particulars, address Lock Bex 138, — borough, Bell Co., Ky. rd rok SALE—FIRST ‘CLASS BREW ERY BU iness and outfit. Location magnificent. | Terms reasonable. Address August Leins Alpena, Mich. 408 | Fe! SALE—A CLEAN GROCERY STOCK, | doing a o- —— Reason for selling, | i i poor he: ulth. . Mead, Ionia. Mich. 395 Fe SALE STALL WELL ASSORTED | irug stock in lumbering town. ~— — gist, McBain, Mich. \ YANTED—PARTNER WITH $1,500 C =ASu | to join with undersigned in purchase of a well-established drug store in Grand Rapids. M: urtin Cuncannon, 376 West Bridge street. 413 Fe OR SALE OR WILL EXCHANGE FOR stock of clothing, dry goods, and boots and shoes, two-story brick block, which rents for $475 annually. Best locationin town. Address No. 412, care Michigan Tradesman. 412 YOR SALE— TWENTY-FIVE ACRE FARM in Put Ten acres under cultivation nam county, Florida, Four acres in orange trees, lemons and limes, grape fruit, citron, pomegranates, quinces, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, figs, guavas, mulberries, strawberries, persimmons, dates, palms, olives, pecans, walnut, ornamental trees, etc. Two story cottage, barn, buggy house, horse, buggy, cart and farming tools. Place has been cultivated six years.. Will sell for $2,500 4. H. McClellan, McMeekin, Fla. _ SALE—GOOD NEW STOCK OF BOOTS and shoes in best town in Michigan. Cause of selling, ill health. Address No. 383, care Michigan Tradesman. 383 OR SALE—FIRST-C LASS" ‘GROCERY “BUS- iness in the best town of 5,000 inhabitants in Northern Michigan. The mnehaant can have cash. a trade of $50,000 a year at the start. No town in the State has better prospects. This is the chance of a life time. Address No. 363, care Michigan Trades sman. 363 Fr SALE CHEAP — WELL SELECTED - drug stock — New andclean. Address F. A. Jones, M. D. Muskegon, Mich. 391 \PLENDID BUSINESS CHANCE—ADDRESS J H.T.T., Courier-Herald office, Saginaw, E. S., Michigan, and get full particulars. ‘To parties with capital and hustlers in business, who wish to locate in the best city in the State, this is a ehance of a life time, and investigation will prove it, to buy the best stock and an established | to-morrow. the taste will often reveal char- | | dress M. & S., care ew RELIEF WORK BY acteristics of flavor which cannot be de- tected by the smell. — > ¢ > —e Questions Cheerfully Answered. From the New York Weekly Housekeeper—‘‘Have you any Mocha |! coffee?” Small Dealer—*‘Yes. “Genuine Mocha?” ‘Just imported, mum.”’ “Import it yourself?” ““Oh, yes, mum. I send my rect to the—the sultan, mum.” ‘“Humph! How much have hand?” **? Bout 60 pounds, mum.”’ ‘“‘You have, eh? Sixty pounds? I read in the paper this very morning that not over 50 pounds of genuine Mocha reaches this country annually.”’ ‘“‘Yes, mum, that’strue. I had’bout 10 pounds left over from last year.” mum.” orders di- you on iover > , Vegetable Seeds. | Street usinessin the city. Investigate business and reasons for selling. 409 baer EXCHANGE GOOD PAYING city real estate or timbered lands for stock of merchandise. Address No. care Michigan Tradesman 402 OR SALE—A PERKINS SHINGLE MILL complete. Will sell for cash or exchange for stock of mer¢handise. The millisin good repair and is capable of cutting 50,000 shingles Reason for selling, have finished cutting where the mill now stands and owners have too much other business to attend to. Ad- Michigan Tradesman. 403 402, SITUATIONS WANTED. Al YOUNG ddress Registered Pharmacist, 63 Mich. 414 man Pine street, Muskegon, MISCELLANEOUS. - SALE — A NEW SODA FOUNTAIN, which has been in use less than a season. Will sell ata large sacrifice and on easy terms. Fountain can be seen at my store, 89 — Geo. G. Steketee. OR SALE—CHEAP ENOUGH FOR aw IN vestment. Corner lot and 5-rcom house on North Lafayette St., cellar, brick foundation, soft water in kitchen. $1,200. Terms to suit. | Address No. 187. care Michigan Tradesman. 187 econ s. y 5 s EE. BROWN’S SEED STORE, 24 anno 26 Noate Division Street. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Ww* ANTED REGISTERED ASSISTANT pharmacist who is experienced not only in his profession but also in groceries and pro- visions. Must be a married man and able to speak German or Swede, in connection with English. Wages moderate, but steady —— ment to the right man. A. Mulholland, ¢ Ash- 416 PLANTS TOOLS ETC NEW CROP EVER YTHING FOR THE GARDEN, Send for our beautiful Illustrated Catalogue MAILED FR and Grass Seeds, Seed Corn, Onion Sets, and All the Standard Sorts and Novelties in | ty, Mich. Land | Public hall over store. O YOU USE COUPON BOOKS? IF SO, DO you buy of the largest manufacturers in the United States? If you do, you are customers of | the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. {OR SALE—TWO HUNDRED ACRES LAND (160 IM- proved), located in the fruit belt of Oceana coun- fitted for machinery, oo fences, large curb roof barn with underground for stock, horse barn and other necessary farm buildings. New windmill furnishes water for house and barns. Eight- een acres apple bearing orchard, also 1,000 peach trees, | two years old, looking thrifty. Price, $35 per acre, or | will exchange for stock of dry goods. If any difference will pay cash. A. Retan, Little Rock, Ark. OR SALE OR WILL TRADE FOR STOCK of merchandise, the I. 0. O. F. block in Sparta. For particulars, write to Box 219, Spar- ta, Mich. Here’s a bargain! 386 OR RENT—STORE BUILDING FOR A general country store or lumber business. Dwelling attached, large enough fortwo families. Enquire of A. Bonz, ; Alanson, Emmet County, Mich. 410 OR SALE—ABOUT 100 POUNDS OF NON- pareil type, well assorted as to figures, fractions and leaders. Just the thing for a | country paper for use in tax sales and general work. Laidin two cases. Will sell for 25 cents per pound and $1 per pair for cases. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. 359 yj YE HAVE VERY FINE RED GUM TIM- ber and want to contract with consumer to saw and pile 100,000 to 1,000,000 feet. E. M. ford Land & Timber Co., Gilmore, Ark. 401 OR SALE — BEST RESIDENCE LOT IN Grand Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad- ed with native oaks, situated in gool residence locality, only 200 feet from eiectric street car line. Will sell for $2 500 cash, or part cash, pay- ments to suit. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 354 \ ANTED—GOOD LOCATION FOR HARD- ware store by alive dealer who carries a good stock. No second-class town need apply. Address No. 406, care Michigan Tradesman. 406 OR SALE — STORE, COTTAGE, BARNS, etc. Best country location in "Michigan. Postofiice and ticket office in store. Trade cash. Fixtures go with the store. Stock all sold out. Part cash, half cost price takes this property. This is a rare chance. Address No. 407, care Michigan Tradesman. 407 NOR SALE—NEARLY NEW YOsT TYPE- writer. Reason for selling, we use a Bar- Lock and consider it superior in every respect. Tradesman Company, 100 Louis street. ws TED—REGISTERED OR ASSISTANT drug clerk. One who can speak Swedish preferred. Wages moderate. J. M. Perry, Tus tin, Mich. 404 \y JANTED—A GOUD LOCATION FOR FUR- niture and undertaking business in a town of 1,500 to 5,000 inhabitants; established business. W. & W., box 35, Ypsi- lanti, Mich. 405 OR SALE —GOOD DIVIDEND - PAYING stocks in banking, manufacturing and mer cantile companies. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids 370 would buy Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect January 10, 1892. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going North. Bou For Saginaw and Cadillac...... - 15am 7:05 am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:20am 11:30 am For Saginaw & Traverse City.. 2:00 pm 4:15 pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw..... 8:10pm 10:30 pm From Kalamazooand Chicago. 8:35 pm Train arriving at 9:20 daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going orth South. Per Cee 6:20am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago. 10:30 am For Fort Wayne and the East... 11:50a m 2:00 pm For ooo ee an tilhe ticlce 5:30pm 6:00 pm For Chicago. . “ : 11:05 p m From Saginaw. a ssaciiiasia dhs cabins 10:40 p Trains leaving at 6:00 p. m. and 11: Ob hg m. run daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana, For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon— Arrive. 7 am 10am 4:40 pm 9:05 pm SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. NORTH 11:30 am train.—Parlor chair car Gd rae to Petoskey and Mackinaw. a m train.—Sleeping car Grand Petoskey and Mackinaw. souTH--7: 100 a. m train.—Parlor chair car Grand Rapids to 9 Cinetnnath 10:30.a train.—Wagner Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. 6:00 pm train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand ag to Cincinnati. 11;05 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. Chicago via G. R. & I.E R. pat Lv Grand Rapids ” 30am 2:00pm 11:05pm Arr Chicago 3:55 p m 9:00 pm 6:50am 10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:05 p m train daily, ——— Wagner Sleeping Car. Lv Chicago 05 a m 10pm 10:10 p m Arr Grand Rapids 2: 00 pm 8:35 pm 56:15 am 3:10 p m through Weamar Parlor Car. 10:10 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Through tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- tion, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket ious, 67 Monroe street, Grand Rapids, _— L. LOCKWOOD, General jasmine and Ticket Agent. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk e offers a route making the best time betwe » Grand Rapids and Toledo, VIA D., L. & N. Ly. Grand Rapids at..... 7:25 a. m. and 6:25 p. m. Ar. ToeGeet...... .... 1:10 P. ~ and 11:00 p. m. -, @. H. Ly. Grand Rapids. < Leas. a 50a. m. and 3:45 p. m. Ae, Toleee Mt... ....45. 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m, Return 6g equally as good. . Bennett, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. MIGHIGAN (; ENTRAL ‘The Niagara Falls Route.”’ DEPART. ARRIVE oe POs esos a ricikigeae ih aoaoicial deus 7:00am 10:00pm Mix 4:30 pm Day “om bile aa kek apne edadin + 1:20pm 10:00am *Atlantic © Pacific Meee... 5s 10:30pm 6:00am New Ne I iiciseisceds acanen 56:40pm 12:40pm Pn other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Elegant parlor cars leave Grand Rapids on Detroit Express at7a.m., returning leave Detroit 4:45 p. m. arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m. Frep M, Brieaes, Gen’] Agent, 85 Monroe St. A. ALMQUIST, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 0. W. Rueeies G.P. & T. Agent., Chicago. TIME TABLE NOW IN EFFECT Oram Rs TAR TA EASTWARD, Trains Leave \tNo. 14|\+No. j G’d Rapids, yt 16/tNo. 18\*No. 82 6 50am|1) 20am! + 25pm |10 55pm. of I — hel ast Ar! 7 45am/11 25am| 27pm |12 37am Johns ...Ar| 8 28am/12 17pm| 5 20pm} 1 55am cae ian Ar} 9 03am) 1 20pm 8 65pmn| 3 ldam E, Saginaw..Ar/10 45am 3 USpm 8 Opm| 8.45am Bay City.....Arj}11 30am] 3 45pm) # 45pm} a 20am Flint ........Ar/10 05am} 3 40pm, 7 65pm! 5 40am Pt. Huron.. vd em 6 00pm) 8 50pm! 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar/10 53am! 305pm) 8 25pm] 5 37am Detroit. ArliL 50am] 405pm) 9 25pm] 7 00am WESTWARD. Trains Leave |*No. 81 \tNo. 41] itNo. 13 7O meee, LY........ 7 Oham! 1 ar 5 10pm @ Omeven, Ar....,... || 8 35am] 2 10pm] 6 15pm NI oc Bice su bees scouabocaseccs Curcaeo Gi. “ .... ac. oe *Daily. +Daily except Sunday. Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. Trains arrive from the west, 10:10 a. m., 3:15 p.m. and 9:50 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No.18 Chair Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward—No. 81 Wagner Slee} er, No. i Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Seditcar. Joun W. Loup, Traffic Manager. BEN FLetTcuER, Tray. Pass. Agent. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. CHICAGO AND WEST MIC HIGAN R’Y. 12:50 a. m., JAN’Y 3, 1892, GOING TO CHICAGO. Ly.GR’D RAPIDS......9:00am 12:05pm *11:35pm Ar. CHICAGO......... 3:65pm 5:15pm *7:05am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. by. CHICAGO. .... ....§ 9:00am 4:45pm *11:15pm Ar. GR’D RAPIDS.....3:55pm 10:10pm *6:10am TO AND FROM BENTON HARBOR, ST. JOSEPH AND INDIANAPOLIS. Lv. Grand Rapids - 9:00am 12:05pm *11: Ar. Grand Rapids.....*6:10am 3:55pm For Indianapolis 12:05 p m only. TO AND FROM priv SKEGON, in. oe. 10:0Cam 1 3 AS Go... 10:55am 3 : TO AND FROM MANISTEE, TRAVERSE CITY AND E L * RAPIDS, Lv. Grand Rapids..... Licensees en Oy Ar. Grand Rapids.... Tht an THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Between Grand Rapids and Chicago—Wagner Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 p m.; leave Chicago 11:15pm. Drawing Room Cars—Leave Grand Rapids 12:05 pm; leave Chicago 4;45 p m. Free Chair C ars—Leayv e Grand Rapids 9: 100 & m; leave Chicago 9:00 a m, Between Grand Rapids and Manistee—Free Chair Car—Leaves Grand Rapids5:17 pm; leaves Manistee 6:50 a m. DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R., R. 35pm 10:10pm 8:30pm pm 9:40pm JAN’Y 3, 1892 GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. GR’D RAPIDS..... 7:15am *1:00pm 5:40pm Ar. DDTROIT.. .- 12:00 m *5:10pm 10:40pm RETU RNING FROM DETROIT. Ai. EOD EE eas ain 7:00am *1: 15pm Ar. GRD RAPIDS..... 11:50am *5: To and from Lansing and How ell- and from Detroit. TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS, Ly. Grand Kapids....,.......... 7iem 4:35pm Ar. Grang MaeieGe........:...... 11:50am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. RB. 5:40pm 5pm 10: 15pm Same as to Lv. Grand Rapids........ 7:15am 1:00pm 5:40pm Ar, orn Liewen.......... iieem S:ispm =... .. THROUGH CAR SERVICE Between Grand Rapids, and Detroit — Parlor cars on all trains. Seats 25 cents Between Grand Rapids and Saginaw—Parlor car leaves Grand Rapids 7:05 am; Grand Rapids 7:40 pm. Seats 25 cents. *Every day. Other trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t STUDY LAW AT HOME. Take a course in the Sprague Correspon- dence school of Law {incor oneal Send ten cents [stamps] for particu- lars to J. COTNER, Jr., Sec’y, WNo. 375 Whitney Block, DETROIT, - MICH, arrives in ea eR corm jain The Finest Quality and Best Article for | Cleaning known | in the World. Sold by all wholesale grocers, or orders may-be sent direct to the factory. TOE HERPOLSHEIMER & CO. Voigt Herpolshelmer & Go, WHOLESALE Dry Goods, Carpets and Cloaks 1 ‘We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live Geese Feathers. i'Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. OVERALLS OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE. 48,50, 52 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. STANDARD OIL CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. DEALERS IN oe and ene _OILsS- oe NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Office, Hawkins Block. BULK WORKS AT GRAND RAPIDS, BIG RAPIDS, ALLEGAN, MUSKEGON, GRAND HAVEN, HOWARD CITY, MANISTEE, CADILLAC, LUDINGTON. PETOSKEY, HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR RMPYY GARBON % GASOLINE BARRELS. Works, Butterworth Ave. P STEKETEE & SONS WHOLESALE DRY GOODS & NOTIONS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Grand Rapids Storage & Transtar Go, Limite WinterfSt.Bbetween Shawmut Ave. and W. Fulton &t,, GRANDJ|JRAPIDS,' MICH. General Warehovsemen and Transier ~~ COLDcSTORAGE FOR BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE, FRUITS, AND ALL KINDS OF PERISHABLES.: Dealers and Jobbers in Mowers, Binders Twine, Threshers, En- gines, Straw Stackers, Drills, Rakes, Tedders, Cultivators, Plows, Pumps, Carts, Wagons, Buggies, Wind Mills and Machine and Plow repairs, Ete. Telephone No. 945. J. Y¥. F. BLAKE, Sup’t. Kodak Cameras. ~~ Picture Frames, Mouldings, Typewriters PERKINS & RICHMOND, 13 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich. i $6. $10. $15. Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. iso. NEW PROCESS #2 PROVE CABINEY GASOLINE RANGE Ee TAKES | THE LEAD OVER_ ALL OTHER_ MAKES. iF at ‘ sits a | The Best. ee No. 6 “NEW PROCESS” CABINET RANGE. The Standard Lighting Company, CLEVELAND, OHIO It has many sapinsv ents nts over Jast year. The Oven Burner is on a swivel, and will swing around under the oven when wanted for baking, or it can be used as shown for covking, or to put a wash boiler on. There is a mica window in the flue, so the burner can be seen without stooping, the bottom of oven is on a level with the top of the stove, which is very desirable, and is stationary, but can be easily removed by loosing a set screw. The RESER- VOIR has been greatly improved, the needle point valves are German silver which will not rust or corrode. No smoking, flooding or odor, if directions are followed. ONLY ONE FIRM in a town allowed to handle them. Ask for quotations and secure the agency, We are the Manufacturers’ Agents for this Wonderful Stove, H. LEONARD & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 134 to 140 East Fulton Street, - . - Near Union Depot. PIR ON ARES RE LSS TR.