Michigan Tradesman. Published Weekly. ~ THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. $1 Per Year. VOL. 9. GHARY hoeeiecisnint MARCH 2, 1892. NO. 441 ‘The Green Seal Cigar Is 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. NO BRAND OF TEN CENT CIGARS MODE G. F. FAUDE, Sole Manufacturer, IONIA, MICH. COMPARES WITH THE MOSELEY BHOS., - WHOLESALE - FRUITS, SKRDS, BEANS AND PRODUGE, 26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA ST., Grand Rapids, Micn. Something New! You can always find something new and especially fine by ordering your Candy of A. E. BROOKS & CO., Wholesale Confectioners, ® 46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids; Mich GET THE Best! Jennings’ Flavoring Extracts SEE QUOTATIONS. Cc. A. LAMB. F. J. LAMB. C. A. LAMB & CO., WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Produce, 84 and 86 South Division St. TELFER SPICE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. 1 and 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS MUSKEGON BRANCH UNITED STATES BAKING CO., Successors to MUSKEGON CRACKER CoO., HARRY FOX, Manager. Crackers, Biscuits » Sweet Goods. MUSKEGON, MICH. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS. Michigan Cigar Co.’s ” YU M ~ -— U]M ) 99 Clear Havana Filled 5c Cigar. Olney & Judson Grocer Co., Agents. SEEDS .. W. H, MOREHOUSE & CO. shee ee and Tim cae. ve =o _ ——_ 1 To nie ——_AND— p, Mi lle at, Alfa Oise moe aa 38, Ore aan inal MENTION THIS PAPER. TH NEW YORK BISCUIT 60, elivery Ss. A. SEARS, Manager. Cracker Manufacturers, 37,39 and 41 Kent St., ~ Grand Rapids. ORANGES AND BANANAS' We are Headquarters! Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. i MN. RAP & CO. 9 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. Florida Oranges a Specialty. No Bogus! GENUINE Peninsular Button Fas ste ners in lots of 10 gt. gr. at 45¢e per gt. gr. Heaton “ wo “ 40c * reha: 7 re gate nile sh aces dud tc. "On oli sited. arehouses— 325-327 Erie St. Ont ae Produce E xchange, oe nae TOLEDO, 0O. Fast Shank Buttons, best on the snintiee at HIRTH & KRAUSE, 12-14 Lyon St., Gd Rapids. Headquarters for Shoe Store Supplies. G. S. BROWN & CoO., Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Oranges and Bananas a Specialty. Send for quotations. 24-26 No Division St. Jobbers of ey. a DETTENTHALER JOBBER OF » OYSTERS SALT FISH POULTRY & GAME Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. See Quotations in Another Column. CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF POULTRY AND GAME SOLICITED. Agents” Wan ted? os _ you =r on a large line of Bicycles. Send for catalogue. Our line €OLUMBIA CLIPPER VICTOR PARAGON RUDGE IROQUOIS KITE PHENIX TELEPHONE GENDRONS and all the Western Wheel Works OVERLAND LOVELL DIA- MOND — Als rs te is to a rer Dwi olesale and retail Seeks srs in Bicycles, Cyclists’ Sundries Rubbe ortin “ea i > Department Supplie " STUDLEY & BAROLAY 4 Monroe St. Grand Rapids, Mich. Cc. G. A. VOIGT & CoO., Proprietors of the STAR ROLLER MILLS. OUR BRANDS; . OUR PATENT. GILT EDGE. STAR. CALLA LILY. GOLDEN SHEAF, PEARL. BOSS. So UR PATE? i H _ BAKERS’ CHOICE, PNOCTE co uh : PRE PATENT ROLLER FLOUR. SPECIALTIES: =i GRAHAM, RYE and BUCKWHEAT i = FLOUR, =GRANULATED and BOLTED MEAL. Prompt attention et to mail orders, Grand Rapids, Mich BALL BARNHART PUTMAN CO. Diamond Crystal Table and Dairy Salt. 99.7 PURE. ~ Wholesale Grocers, Put up in pockets and wooden boxes and sold at only a slight advance over the pr ice of inferior brands. Order a sample barrel or case of your jobber and be con- vinced of the superiority of Diamond Crystal "le & Lor nes Manufacturers of 4 Shov Cases Of Every Description. eae" See Hi : ari 7 Bo | ee WRITE FOR PRICES. a 7, m z First-Class Work Only, 63 and 65 Canal St., ~ GRAND RAPIDS. LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY, IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Grocers GRAND RAPIDS. _ o ESTABLISHED 1841. A ATE SR CUT THE MERCANTILE AGENCY R.G. Dun & Co. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada RETAIL DEALERS’ Commercial 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 PROPRIETORS OF Cooper's Commercial Agency, 65 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. Telephone 166. SOHLUSS, ADLER & C0. MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF Pants, Shirts, Overalls —AND—— Gents Furnishing Goods. 184, 186 & 188 JEFFERSON AVE., DETROIT, MICH. J. L. Strelitsky, bigars 2 meter ar | the following celebrated brands man- Gi Jobber of ufactured by the well-known house of Glaser, Frame & Co.: Vindex, long Havanafiller................ €3& Three Medals, long Havana filler........ 35 Elk’s Choice, Havanafillerand binder... 55 Ree Oe Brees. we... 55 La Doncella de Morera, ................. 65 Be eee Meee em... ......,..2.....,.. 55 W.J. Florence....... eee 65 Also fine line Key West goods at rock bottom — All favorite brands of Cheroots kept in stock. 10 So. lonia $t., Grand Rapids, [7 WILL PAY YOU To Buy ALLEN B.WrisLey’s 5000 ChEER SOAP Leading Wholesale Grocers keep it. GRAND RAPIDS. How’s This ? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any ease of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s C — Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. ¢ vheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfec tly honorable in all business transactions and fin- ancially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Walding, 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 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. 341 SAFEST" & Burglar Proof All Sizes and Prices, Parties in need of the above gare invited to correspond with I. Shultes, Agt. Diebold Safe Co. MARTIN, 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. OFSTERS |! We quote: Bulk, Gianeeree ber ga... $1 05 Solid Brand in Cans. Senn... a CO ... Standards ......... 18 Daisy Brand in Cans. Seneetn, .. 4... 22 Standards.. Lewes oo Favorites.......... 14 Mrs. Withey’s Home-made Mince-Meat. Large ting..... .... 6 Wiake Ds. ........... 6% aot). pals ......... 4 DD. pelle ......... 634 1 yeee......... 7 a cans, (usual wae a $1.50 per doz. 51 i . - 83.50 _ doz. Choice Titey Cetior............... 22 a. rt—ti<‘“i‘C‘CCC LC C8. " 2h Pure Sweet Cider, in 7 i oe bbl... 16 Pure Cider Vinegar.. as 10 Sweet Florida Oranges Roce ee eee - 50@3 60 Lemons . ees 3 75@Q4 25 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, est City Cold Storage. FIRE Zone J prigg PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. S. F. ASPINWALL, Pres’t W. Prep McBarn, Sec'y THOS. E. WYKES, WHOLESALE Lime, Cement, Stucce, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Lath, Wood, Hay, Grain, Oil Meal, Clover and Timothy Seed. Corner Wealthy Ave. and Ionia St. on M. C. BR. R. Office, 45 S. . Division. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Executive Offices, 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, England. Grand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg. HENRY IDEMA, Supt. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. WEDNESDAY, “MARCH 2, 4 1892. THE SUNKEN SCHOONER. In the year 1867, I found myself at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, just out of hospital, not a dollar in my pocket, and ready to ask the American Consul to send me to the United States in the name of charity. I had been out with an American whaler, and had been left there so broken in health that no one supposed I could live two weeks. As the ship had taken no oil, there was nothing coming to me. Indeed, I was indebted to her, and, but for the few dollars raised among the men, I should have been a pauper on landing. One afternoon, while I was on my way to the consulate to see what help I could obtain, I encountered an Englishman whom I at once identified as a sailor— Captain or mate. He stopped and en- quired my name, nativity and occupa- tion, and when I had told him he slapped me on the back and exclaimed: “It’s a bit of luck that I met you. [ve got a place for you, and we’ll drop in somewhere and have a glass and a talk.’’ He was a blunt-spoken man, but a cautious one. He did not unfold his plans until he had pumped me pretty dry, and apparently satisfied himself that IL was a man he wanted. Even then I only got a part of the story, and am still in the dark as to many particulars. The stranger’s name was Capt. Roberts, and he had given up the command of an English brig on purpose to enter upon a hunt for treasure. Two years before, as he informed me, a coasting schooner, which was carrying half a million dollars’ worth of diamonds, besides a large sum in rough gold, between Rio and Monte- video, had been wrecked about seventy miles below Porto Alegre. Why this treasure had been intrusted to a sailing vessel and whether it belonged to Church or State or some individual, I never learned. The Captain had nothing to say about that, and I bound myself to secrecy regarding the whole affair. How Capt. Roberts had located the wreck was a matter I did not ask about, but I did hear it said that all the crew were lost. 1 wasasailor and a diver, and he offered to stand all the expense of the search and give me $10,000 in gold if we recovered the diamonds only. If we got the gold I was to have a larger share. He had chartered a coasting schooner for three months, and was then getting aboard whatever he thought would be needed. I signed with him that after- noon as mate, and three days after we had picked up all ourecrew. Fortunately for us, aship came in with twelve sea- men rescued from a burning bark at sea, and we took eight of them anda cook. | This gave us eleven hands all told on the | little craft, but wrecking is a thing de- manding plenty of muscle at the cranks, windlasses and tail ropes. The crew proper were not let into the secret, but signed for a voyage to Buenos Ayres and return. They were so happy at securing a berth that no one cared which way we sailed or what our object. There was a Rio banker behind the ex- pedition, as I accidentally discovered, {covered certain NO. 441 but he did not come near the schooner, and Capt. Roberts visited him only by night. We were so well provisioned and provided that it must have taken a snug sum of money to fit us out. This the banker no doubt advanced and took his chances. At the Custom House we cleared for the Platte in ballast, but some of that ballast had been taken aboard under cover of darkness. We had a diver’s outfit, timbers, planks, spare casks, extra ropes and chains, and about the last package received contained a dozen muskets and a lot of fixed ammu- nition. We slipped out quietly one night with the tide, and far away. Capt. Roberts had a pretty fair chart of the neighborhood of the wreck, and after a speedy run down the coast we reached it one forenoon about 10 o’clock. When we came to work inshore, we got sight of the mountain peaks laid down on the chart, and in a couple of hours were satisfied that the wreck was within a mile of us north or south. Just there was a reef about four miles off shore and extending up and down the coast for thirty miles. Behind this reef in many places was deep water right up to the shore line. It being summer weather, with the winds light, but holding steady, we anchored off the reef, and then the men were told that we had come to search for a wreck. It was all right with them, and after dinner two boats were lowered to begin the search. Taking the schooner as the center we pulled both ways, run- ning close to the reef. The treasure craft had been dismasted in a squall and driven shoreward, and we confidently ex- pected to find her hull, if it had not gone to pieces, on or near the reef. Before sundown we had made careful search for three miles either way, but without finding the slightest trace of her. Next morning we tried it again, but nothing was brought to light. In some places the reef showed above the surface at low tide, in others there was plenty of water to carry us over at any time. The treasure craft might have hit the reef at a favorable spot and been driven almost to the beach, but before accepting this theory we got out the drag and explored the deeper waters seaward from the reef. . We spent three days at this work, grap- pling only the rocks hidden away from thirty to sixty feet below, and using up the men with the hard The schooner was then sailed over the reef and anchored in thirty feet of water, and we began the search of the shore waters. Our process of search was this: Each boat took certain shore bearings and territory between the reef and the beach. The water was so clear that one holding an umbrella over his head to shut off the light could see the bottom anywhere at thirty or thirty- five feet, and there were no deeper spots inside. In fact, the average depth was_ only about twenty-five feet. The shore was a rocky bluff, crowned with a dense forest, with a few yards of shingly beach at long intervals. We had searched this bay for four days before daylight were work. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN: i . " , } ; " ‘ Wiil i cS i Da me £ a t t scover the wreck with B es She W n bait am each twenity-tw feet of water She SRE the f a i. att " feet of rt of t alit s a gre — - { st a e ae “— + wr ~ ~ t , : was S g £4 ml one I+ < i S I s tT x ST = 4 Ay Ss Ww r r t ; & ~ - > : g : ‘ . t 4 t g 4 " ‘ 4 ¢ et es > wr \ i s EE ™ « wiv we < W ¢ > vw r fé t wa " y & ou . " . . ‘ < r i | a . Tr a? % . ats % i + a> * a Ollipara ¥veiy Casy ih > a +} trea ner gz 4 avin Of e treasure A ¥ ‘ a = + 5 had been dismasted and most of eae” she av off reef and began to signal co : . Mrs. M. Tallou in the millinery business. s, asking at was the matter. We nswered that we were all right, but she was not satisfied She lowered a boat to pull to us, but e got ahead of her. The Captain hand- ee rare and a 2 ed me down a box of ars and a dozen et us hear from you, for we offer to ttles of wine, and I met the boat a hort form of esas entry book-keep- a f ay i ee ' " in one or two months, for the small eaway. The Captain himself was in bound for Cuba, each giving his cciakaill to say nothing of the wrecking expedi- learned later that weeks and her bows had struck the rocks. right aft, anchored + sert — - ax x DULWGIES SWepi away, been stove in as she tion to any one. I Government vessels for the wreck, and tio had to flee to England, that added to the strangeness of the adventure clearing up the Cuas. B. i searched for that the but banker arruption. only down the many mys- LEWIS. 2 espied instead of upposing we were in dis- teries by motives of curiosity, : ‘| : Ironwood—Miss M. Bradley succeeds } re will send scholar ink nd instruction, st set with one dollar, we will send ship and and, on and he seemed consider- the stern sneets, books ) nf had not i put out when told that we : oe 1 ond set, etc., ur the four sets are + riven overthe reef and were not le PER whi completes the course | 2 . , Tt tudent will be thorong! examined on 1 af sjetar d him that tHe agent will be } 2 2 eed OF assistal I told him that) .o-h set before he is allowed to take up the r schooner had been chartered by a No extra charges will be made for the : " : i 2 Cases. aturalist. who was collecting fish from so arranged that it takes you . ‘tual course of business transac +} 3 ‘ ¢ } fnrecta tual course of busine e shoais and birds from the forests, use of envelopes representing and he swallowed the story and returned | ‘ h and cards repre ( “nt artic les of com to Bis crati a hapy man. is res o1 ily three books - a \ “ . i. c e set—a customers’ it isleed Sele When I came to go down in my suit, I cash book and a gener sdper ht an g : nd almest a cleardeck. She had been e that our system i Stent nd will be used where the old s ner rigged, and both masts had been } tof the great amount arried away atthe deck. Beginning a the heel of the bowsprit and running |‘ ng the twenty-five feet of her left standing Capstan, w rs, and the} } D a complete skylight to been swept > .achance never bef away. Th att fact greé in | ’ my favor. as | could drop directly into| SpIVEUTIC ce enp 1 ck cee es GRINGHUIS ITEMIZED LEDGER CO the cabin. I was told to look for the eT ee treasure in the Captain’s stateroom, but | 403 West Bridge St., ny feet had no sooner touched the cabin | Grand Rapids, Mich, +ehed and 7 tched hands en- W Years of Development HAVE RESULTED IN THE AUTOGHATH TER. Which makes, ¢ cate and triplicate, receipts, orders, cl given to the ier, and the record, and can be ta amination. It is absol1 ways ready, and does m t I carelessness. It is alike a protec tomer, the salesman and the m Ken fee ve These Machines are rented, not sold, aud the saving in cost of Each 20,000 bills Pays the Rental. SUITABLE FOR ANY BUSINESS. for a Full Pescriptive Pamphlet Showing Different Styles. CHICAGO Antographic Register Go, 154 Monroe St., Chicago. W. VERNON Boots. Pres’t. Sec’ Send STEVENS, y and Gen. Mgr I knew by The New York Commercial 1:4 #37] 1 L did still further | eepened the mystery of the whole ex-| pediti He was tied fast, and I had to cut him loose with my knife. As soon established 1838, Rochester, N. Y., says: s released, the body floated upward, and| ‘The clothing industry has been one the uo told me that it foated out to sea} of the leading features of the city of -. .| Rochester for many years. Many of the with the tide. riding on the surface like : : : : | present firms began business in a very a | modest way, but have since developed Evening was now drawing near, and/into some of the lez ading manufacturers f search was abandoned until an-|in the country. So extensive is the in- other day. After breakfast next morn-| Sortey cote _ ee ee atid are i : é wane |per cent. of the city’s inhabitants are g, 1 descended again, and within tw0| supported by it. Good hands can get hours the treasure out of the wreck.!| plenty of work and demand a fair com- I found it, not in the Captain’s stateroom, | pensation for their labor. One of the it on the floor of the main cabin. The| oldest firms here engaged in the clothing l cine erage 18 thes OF Messrs. MICHAEL KOLB —— ee mm BOX avout! © Son. This concern was established s large asachiid’s sa bank, and | thirty-four years ago by the senior mem- the g wasin stout wooden boxes, and ]| ber of the firm, and has enjoyed a won- i al a} derfully suecessful career. They have 7 for many years occupied their large roy he treacs pe heing l he oe »~ KT x From the treasure being found where} Huijding at Nos. 135 and 137 North St. t was I argued that there had been a} Paul street, but for want of more room mutiz vefore the sterm. and that the and improved facilities with which to i‘ i ‘i at m ‘ M im > 2 ysee > sir extensive 33 Ve Captain had been tied in the cabin and| better prosecute their exten: ive business they have resolved to erect a fine, large the crew was waking readyt a tl i : : : the crew was making ready to divide up| puilding in the spring, consisting of six the spoils. Perhaps, after driving over! stories above ground, two basements, the rock. one had/ and with a frontage of seventy-two feet. the reef and ctriking ine reei and iriking ee ae The structure is to be an imposing one | : 4 and an ornament to the city, and one of m his information we acted. If so, which its owners may justly feel proud. As a further evidence of the prosperity of the clothing manufacturers Mr. states that quite a number are contem- however, the fact was not admitted. I; more than I have told you. Not one of the crew Knew the value of ' : . a plating building their own houses, which find and. cailor-like. they aske ' a . i nd, and, sailor-like, they asked but! wij) probably occar during the present few tions. iyear. In this respect, however, he does Ww the treasure was safe aboard we | Rot propose to be outdone. The business i : Hu : with this house for » pas »ar hy wn returned to Rio. For four days not ai“) h this house for the past year has been : : ; , | all that could be desired. Sales have man was rermitted i v he ssse 9 arg ; , : nal Was permitted to leave the vessel. heen larger, collections easy, and their Then I received the sum agreed upon, with a considerable increase, the men a aidions ‘ i se a ried e = ae os oz = Mi chael Kalb & SOL, CLOTHING MANUF }and Kolb | William Connor will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand iat. one = the oldest and most liable wholesale ACTURERS, books show a decided increase over the year preceding The outlook for the present is even more flattering than it has been for many years past. Although they manufacture a general line of goods their specialty consists of a fine grade. In these they are not surpassed, the strictest attention being paid to every 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 undivided attention to the manu- facturing department of the establish- ment, he having been a practical man in the manufacturing of clothing, and is fitted to fill so important and responsible 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 ianiia it con- ifidenece and esteem of all with whom they have dealings.”’ Mr. Tripp, a clothing “Wm. Co nnor— There ean be no diffi ie ulty 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, eminently r traveler says: ; : Thursday, Friday, Satur- were made happy with a snug sum of | day. March 3rd, 4th, 5th, with a full line of Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s samples money counted down to each, and we Customers’ expenses allowed. Mail orders promptly attended to; or write William "3 ‘oO " x 346, } rs Bw i ual a 3 i! were all bundled aboard of a steamer| Connor, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., and he will soon be with you. wtsrernars rine ts fete iar tm nnn ee LE NS Coes a eaaree — GREAT BRITAIN’S FOOD SUPPLY. I should have to be either more or less than human not to chuckle a little over the recommencement of gold shipments from this country to Europe. Six months ago everybody was indulging in pleasing visions of a return to us in exchange for our breadstuffs of the $75,000,000 in gold which we had sent abroad during the first half of the year, and,on the strength of this expected influx of the precious metal, the premature and short-lived rise in the prices of stocks was engineered: but I ventured to express the doubt whether Europe would send us gold in payment for the food of which she stood so sadly in need, rather than our own bonds and stocks. I argued that gold was quite as much required abroad as food was, and that the financial magnates of London and the Continent would do their best to prevent any great amount of it from coming to us. In this opinion I was soon afterward supported by the eminent British statistician and econo- mist, Robert Giffen, who, about the end of September, declared, and for the same reason that I gave, that not more than £10,000,000, or, say $50,000,000, in gold would be allowed by the European bank- ers to be shipped this way. Mr. Giffen was, however, incautious enough to add the further prediction that a financial crisis would overtake this country dur- ing the present month as a consequence of our silver money measures, and this threw discredit upon our views on the other point, but that we were both right in regard to it events have proved. The total imports of gold into this country during the autumn amounted to a little more than $40,000,000; they ceased alto- gether before the end of the year, and now the tide has begun to run the other way. Notwitstanding all this, I am far from underestimating the requirements of Eu- rope in the matter of food supplies, and the consequent pecuniary profit which will result therefrom to our farmers. Great Britian, especially, will be, as usual, the largest customer for their products. Ever since the repeal of the Corn laws, in 1846, British industry has been, year by year, more and more diverted from the tilling of the soil and the raising of cat- tle to mining and manufacturing. As much as twelve years ago, Mr. Stephen Bourne, in his work, ‘‘Trade, Population and Food,’’ estimated that nearly two- fifths of the substantial food of his coun- trymen was imported and that 15,000,000 out of the 33,000,000 of them were sus- tained upon foreign supplies. Since then, owing to the enormously increased production of our new lands and to the greater facilities and cheapness of our railroad transportation to the sea- coast, coupled with suggestive crop fail- ures in the United Kingdom, the propor- tion of it imported to its home-grown food has become much larger. The last five months, especially, are noteworthy in this respect. From Sept. 1, 1891, the beginning of the harvest year, to Jan. 30, 1892, the British imports of foreign wheat and wheat flour amounted to 42,- 957,600 hundred weights, while the sales of the home-grown product were but 17,- 642,000 hundred weights, or less than one-half of the aggregate. For the cor- responding period of the previous year the proportions were 34,099,800 to 20,- 745,000; for that of the year before, 34,- 942,754 to 18,056,000, and for the — 1888-9 it was 36,410,900 to 16,692,35 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. That the imports of the articles men- tioned have been this year rather in ex- IMPORTANT cess of consumption is shown by the fall | in the price of wheat from the average of thirty-six shillings and 6 pence per quar- | ter of eight bushels in December and the first half of January, to about 33. shil- lings for the first week of this month; but still, for the last four years, wheat flour have never supplied less than about five-eighths of the consumption,and in 1888-9 they supplied two-thirds. It is not to be assumed that the crops | in Great Britain will always be as bad, nor that our own will always be as good | as they have been this last year. every time I read of the Still, storms and floods and severe weather that have late- | ly prevailed on the other side of the ocean, I cannot help conjecturing that possibly we may have entered upon an astronomical cycle which has yet some years to run during which Europe, and, particularly, Great Britain, may continue to suffer from cold and excessive rain, while North America will enjoy favora- ble weather. If this should prove to be the case, the dependence of Great Britain upon us for food supplies, so great, would be greater than ever, while, under no imaginable conditions, could she go back to the condition of half a century ago, when she raised wheat enough not only for home con- sumption but actually exported some to this country. Her industrial population would never consent to the re-enactment of the old Corn laws, and they dominate her legislation. Indeed, the British are pre-eminently a manufacturing and com- mercial people, and as such they must be content to buy the food they do not choose to produce for themselves. For- tunately, they are rich with the accu- mulations of half a century of free trade, and, like Holland, their revenue is de- rived more from foreign than from home investments, but, free trader as I am in principle, I should not like to feel that my daily supply of bread was, like that of the British, in hostile or, at least, un- friendly hands. It is like having a halter around one’s neck, with the end of it held by another man. Still, it may be said that gold will always buy bread, and if not from one country then from an- other, and if gold is for any reason lack- ing then bonds and stocks may be used in its stead, as we see. This, however, is abstract speculation. The practical question before us at the moment is to forecast how long and to what extent the shipment of gold abroad which began on Saturday will continue, and what will be its effect upon our finances. That it will last aslong and amount to as much as it did a year ago 1 do not believe. Then the gold shipped was drawn mostly out of the government vaults, where it lay as useless as it was before it was mined. ‘The loss of it did not in the least diminish the reserves of our banks, whereas now every dollar sent away comes from the supply in ac- tual use, and its loss must, therefore, de- press prices, particularly those of the securities which the British are selling to pay for the food they are buying. For some weeks to come, therefore, I look for a depressed stock market. MATTHEW MARSHALL. i Alp le Saginaw—H. A. Forrest succeeds the London Tea Co., dealer in tea, crock- ery, etc. already so | | States. the im- | elers and Merchants: Notice is hereby 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 | Its policy is short and simple, is free | from all objectionable and unnecessary clauses | and conditions, and isan absolute contract se given that the cured by acash capital of $1,000,000. with over | i" 8 | $500,000 “surplus, ports into Great Britain of wheat and | | his beneficiary, hence there are no contin gencies as to amount to be paid the insured or To Commercial Trav-| American | | | | | | | asin all association certificates | | Those wishing the best policy issued, should call | | | | | | | up telephone 1003, or address W.R. FREEMAN, Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich Epirok TRADESMAN—It seems to me it is hardly fair to their customers for Rindge, Bertsch & Co. to go and change their name. Here I have been buying goods of them some fourteen years, and it took about ten years to acquire the right swing of the arm so as to write that name ‘‘Bertsch” and get the peculiar spelling in mind; and now, after getting a little stiff in the joints, I have got to put another kink in my elbow and learn another jawbreaker! lL submit, it is hardly fair on us fellows in Northern Michigan who are growing old! Tell Mr. Bertsch that he had better Kalm- bach! All the same, a more reliable or fairer dealing firm does not exist in the United States. I cannot recall a-single error in all the invoices of boots and shoes I have bought of them, and they amount to a good many thousands of dollars. Oc- easionally I would try Detroit, Chicago or Boston, thinking I might do better, but I found that cheaper prices meant inferior goods that would not satisfy the customers. Rindge, Bertsch & Co.’s ‘‘Women’s Goat Button,” men’s **French Kip Boot,” ‘*Hardpan Congress” and ‘‘Pioneer Shoes’ aud some other lines are now as staple with me as are flour, tea and sugar. 1 wish the new, old firm of Rindge, Kalmbach & Co. abundant success for they are worthy of it. Yours truly, i W. Coy, General Dealer. SPENCER CREEK, Mich., Feb. 23, 1892. PARENTS—Give your children a knowledge of Book-keeping, Shorthand, Typewriting, Tele graphy, etc. IT WILL BE — = MUCH lip MONEY. Educate them xt ti: rand its,ids, Mich., Busi ness College, Leuy ard Block, corner Pearl and Ottawa-sts. Visitus. F = ce rtalogue address A. S. Parish, successor to C. G. Swensberg. Mention this paper. Geo. H. Reeder & Co., JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOES Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for 158 & 160 Fulton 8&t., Grand Rapids | | Geo. F. aac ‘AVERYBODY WEARS 985 PENINSULAR Pails, Shirts, aud Overalls. IF NOT, WHY NOT? STANTON, MOREY & CO.,, DETROIT, MICH. Owen, Traveling Salesman, St., Grand Rapids, Nclilling Corset C0. GORSERS se The Model Form. 59 N. Union Dr. re NMS \ | PRENGH \\ SHAPE Agzj wittates * ; j oN fe aa ° Send for Illustrated in this journal. SCHILLING CORSET CO., Detroit, Mich. and Chicago, Ill Catalogue. See price list 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. 18 ack, 6} 4 feet. high, 15 % brass rods, #10 00 x07 i “16 wooden, 810 No, 0 Rack, 5%; 15 % brassrods, 10 00 ’ C " vy 20 7 ‘16 wooden, 8 00 S OO No. 00 Rack,3% “ 12 *4 brass rods, “ “ 4 & 1214 steel “ & OO 12 7-16 wooden, 6 00 Give number of Rack and width of window. Remember that strictly the net list price will be on the above Racks unless cash accompanies the order, and for 30 days only. Gringhvis Itemized Ledger 6o., 403 West Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH 66 &s ‘6 “c THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Laingsburg has sold ihm 7 ™ Delton—D sold sj I t mare t We a a ¢ ed I sing on vele is mov- i —_ ing i Wis Mf ~ t a zg ~ i ~ + ~ ( : e § a uck- smit KE. B M : » — ss d Mi KS : g business E i Pe es ds Bos > i » 2% Ss iz sus 3S ~ i { 7. a 4 »00t nd s nof T. Cow & Co., ix dead ( ~ —_—- ie g S ¢ ed are AnG - ous Be y jarriet S. Leonard s is c wa. ot & Co e gror ' ~s W { ( Dean as invented a ra t se OF a s handiing ¢ r > i. ie Fr i ¢— jpoia eiey ss ive sold the irug st » H. L. LaBar, former- y of Cadi L ing—-Cross Bros. & House have removed t ge ral stock om Alan son to this plac Clio—M. L. Miller’s general stock has ee! - n chattel mortgage by James L. Eds rustee. Be onia—M. H. Gardner, formerly in th welry business here, has removed to Harbor Springs Rea gy—Cook & C r succeed Cook & Mead in the e and agric ra impiement business Manistee—Wm. M. MecKillip & Co., sawmill operators, have dissolved, Hoop- t & McK » 8 eeaing. Manistee—John Murphy ormerly of this fj € be OW t s oo USITNESS - or r r LV } rt at Vancouver, Wasnbibgton. T r ‘ be } Saranac—QO. J. Bretz has purchased ' : oo , Jennie Barber he bazaar stock of Mrs. and wi I the business, Millingto hn Bret succeeds M. E. Greenough & Sonin the hardware and agricult implement business ishpemi McCarty, dry goods and DOOt ¢ shoe ealer, has “en sold out at a inder chattei mortgage Wa i—Mary E. Snell has closed out hl iry goods stock and retired from business, on account of poor health. Woodland—A. L. Cooper, who has been acarpenter here for many years, recently opened in the furniture line. Mecosta—Bromley & Carman will not handle agricultural implements the com- ving closed out their stock. ng Plainwell—W. F. stock and will ing season, i Schroder is packing remove it to Scotts, where he will resume business. Evart—M. L. merly in the Winsor, who was for- livery business here, is now rupning a saloon at Vancouver, Wash- ington. Naubinway—J. M. Present suc M. Present & Co. in the dry eeds J. goods and clothing business. ‘The style remains the same. Big Rapids — John Hanchett is the owner of a saw swedge which he is man- ufacturing and expects to soon put upon the market. Carson City—Geo. Gooithrite has re- tired from the firm of Culver & Goolthrite, meat dealers. The business will be con- tinued by G. C. Culver under his own name. Petoskey—The First State Bank has closed a contract for a vault and steel safe. The contract was captured by I. Shuites.Sof Martin, agent for the Diebold Safe Co. Stanwood — Chas. F. Weaver contem- plates re-engaging in the grocery busi- up his old busi- + ‘ ness as soon as | ness, brought to a ciose »y fire several weeks ago. Martin — Redpath & have } ght tt PUR Li Murray e hardware stock of Andrew will continue the Patterson & Co. and yusiness at the same location, conduct- 2ir former business, also, at the old ocation. Durand—H. G. Benham, of Flint, who was formerly a member of the firm of 3enham & Miller, at Clio, has gone into Mort Burton, for the purpose of conducting a partnership with Hammond, of mercantile business here. Burnip’s Corners—The hardware busi- ness of S. Loew will be continued under the style of S. Loew & Co., Henry Good- man, whom we mentioned last week as having purchased a half interest in the business, being the *‘Co.” y—Hamilton & Milliken, who have held a commanding position as Traverse Cit shants for nearly twenty years, have dissolved. Frank Hamilton will continue W. Mil- liken will continue the dry goods busi- the clothing business, and Jas. ness. Petoskey—The Brackett Hardware Co. and A. M. Coburn & Co. have consolida- ted and will continue under the style of the Brackett Hardware Co., Limited, A. M. Boburn, M. F. Quaintance, Earl Brackett, A. D. Phelps and Rollin Trask being the partners. who re- Fremont—Chas. E. Morgan, cently sold his confectionery and res- Rose, an- nounces that he is insolvent and that he taurant business to C. H. is able to pay but 55 cents on the dollar. So far as learned, all the creditors will| chinery on his Carrollton mill premises. accept the terms offered. Traverse City —J. A. Morrell has bought the grocery stock of W. S. Gill- ette, and will take possession about the middle of March. Mr. Morrell is Glen Arbor—Gorden Earl succeeds Earl Bros. in the sawmill business. Elkton—Merner & Motter succeed Al- business. lison & Winger in the milling Vestaburgh—Chase & Davenport Bros. succeed Davenport & Chase in the manu- facture of shingles. “ Agnew—Edwards & Churchill have eciosed out t sir grocery stock and con- tinue in the basket and lumber manufact- iring business. succeed H. B. Clark & Son in the planing mill busi- Wayland—Clark Bros. | ness, the old firm having been dissolved by the death of the father. Manistee—Two sawmills are in opera- tion here, the State Lumber Co. and the Buckley & Douglas. running all winter, night and day. The latter has been Harrison—Merchant’s shingle mill has ! been laid up a week for repairs. The manhead of the boiler was blown out, | the rear end of the engine room demol- ished and the roof wrecked. L’ Anse—Ferguson Bros. have finished their lumbering contract with De Haas & Powell, cutting and shipping 2,500,000 feet by rail to this place, whence they will be towed to Huron bay for manu- facture. Hillsdale—The Hillsdale Manufactur- ing Co. has been organized to manufac- ture and sell lumber by F. A. Cook, Peter Park, Edwin Wil- liams, Charles W. Munz, Frederick R. Muikler, A. D. Kirby, of Detroit, and H. W. Waerry, of Windsor, Ont. stock, $25,000. Henderson, Warren Capital Thompson — Logging operations are progressing finely this winter, there be- ing plenty of snow, two feet on a level. The Delta Lumber Co. will bring out and bank at its mills about 8,000,000 feet over its railroad. There will undoubt- ity. Saginaw—Col. A. T. Bliss took some planing mill machinery on a debt at Buf- | he has erected a planing mil! for the ma- The mill is equipped with two machines, well | known to our people, having been with | Winnie & Fleming about four years, and} for the last year with the Mercantile Co. Allegan—Sherwood & Griswold merged their dry goods, clothing, carpet and boot and shoe business into a stock company under the style of the Sherwood & Griswold Co. The capital stock is $40,000, of which $30,000 is subscribed, as follows: M. C. Sherwood and I. P. Griswold, each $11,000; Leonard W. Stein, $4,000; Edward C. Jenner and Elasco M. Reese, each $2,000. have | has a railroad track on each side and the motor power is supplied from the Bliss sawmill boilers, steam being conveyed through covered pipes 250 feet from the sawmill boiler house to the planing mill. Kalamazoo — The merchant tailoring firm formerly known as Price, Peddie & Co. has mutually dissolved, Mr. Peddie retiring from the firm. > i - The Tendency of the Age. Referring to the annual report of the American Tobacco Co., the New York Tribune remarks: The tendency of this age is toward con- | solidation and centralization, and tobacco and cigarette manufactures have simply followed the drift of public policy. To use afamiliar simile, atrust is a despo- tism, like Russia, while the American Tobaceo Company is a gigantic industrial corporation, with nearly a_ thousand stockholders, employing thousands of operators, who, in their turn, support more thousands depending on them, and lis, in reality, a republic like the United | States. Some figures were presented at this meeting which show the large interests in- volved, and give some slight idea of the employment this company gives to a large number of people who are paid | high wages, while at the same time the | ' which the business is carried on, receive | | | | It is understood | that this mill will saw logs for David | He owns enough timber to keep | will | soon stockholders who provide the capital by a fair and reasonable dividend. It is un- edly bea full stock of iogs for this local- | doubtedly true that a great many people J - * v e* . who have become dissatisfied with the rail- road securities, Western mortgages and other forms of investment which are liable to either sudden market changes or i : | : : | absolute depreciation, are following the |falo and removed it to this city, where | i lead that was set many years ago in Eng- land, by investing in the stocks and bonds of the large industrial corporations, for two reasons; one, they obtain a security virtually equivalent to the best railroad stocks ataslightly higher rate of interest, and, where these companies have been | formed and are conducted on strict busi- | ness principles, they have a better in- | vestment; another reason is in reality the |fact that these large industrial corpora- tions are in many cases virtually co-op- orative. ‘That is to say, as in the case of this company, much of the stock is held by the employes and its customers, who thus become corporate partners in the buisness, but, at the same time, reap the | benefit of such trade as they do with the a i . | concern, and are thus enlisted as somany The Detroit firm is} y now composed of Messrs. Peddie and W. | i J. Reed, of Detroit, and the Kalamazoo unpaid agents. These corporations are destined within the next few years, un- doubtedly, to become not only more pop- ular, but general througheut the United States in the same way that they are in | Europe to-day, where most of the large public works and great commercial undertakings are conducted by industrial corporations. > -+ > The Hardware Market. Wire nails are firm at the recent ad- vance. The tin market seems to have reached the highest point for the time being. The manufacturers of window glass appear to be working in complete harmony,and during the past thirty days have been able to advance prices from 10 to 15 percent. Manufacturers now quote 80 and 5 off for anything less than 100 boxes. The rope market is still strong, with the probability that jobbers will be compelled to advance their furnish an outlet for a vast quantity of) present quotations. AaB repapearcgn Setanta ee nage amine er naar emt goes sre epsgesepsetnasnmn mth Name eR ses em gy THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. C. Fox bought the grocery stock and fixtures formerly owned by Geo. Tuber- gen at chattel mortgage sale. E. M. Comstock has opened a grocery store at Central Lake. The I. M. Clark Grocery Co. furnished the stock. The style of the Grand Rapids Baby Carriage and Reed Novelty Co. has been changed to the Ryan Rattan Chair Co. P. J. Daggett will open a grocery store at Greenville about March 10. The Ball- Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the stock. John Burrows has opened a grocery store at 170 Taylor street. The stock was furnished by the I. M. Clark Grocery Co. Carpenter & Braferd have opened a grocery store at 110 Stocking street. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Max Jennings, formerly engaged in the jewelry business at 7 South Division street, has concluded to remove his stock to Montague. It is ‘‘war to the knife” in the com- pressed yeast business, the companies putting out yeast in tin foil having vol- untarily reduced their price to the city trade from 15 to 8 cents per dozen cakes. President Goossen’s bulk yeast associa- tion has therefore reduced its price to 25 cents per pound in the city and 20 cents to distributing agents outside the city and it is reported that the organiza- tion will handle yeast in tin foil, as well as in bulk, hereafter. —_—--2 << Gripsack Brigade. Algernon E. White, who covers nine states for the spice house of Rolla Thom- as, New York, is in town fur a couple of weeks. D. G. Freeman, Wisconsin salesman for Rindge, Kalmbach & Co., was in town last week, getting out his samples for the summer line. Alonzo C. MeConnell, who has been book-keeper for the Western Plaster Agency several years, has gone on the road for that concern. W. F. Blake has returned from Farm- ington Falls, Me., where he was called to attend the funeral of his mother, and has resumed his visits to the trade. Tue TRADESMAN’S annual list of Grand Rapids traveling men will appear next week and the list of travelers who| live here but travel for outside houses will appear a little later. Henry Smith, formerly tea salesman for the Lemon & Wheeler Company, but later tea buyer for W. F. McLaughlin & Co., of Chicago, has abandoned the tea business he opened in Chicago on his own account about Jan. 1. Wm. Tegge & Bro., who have lately | come into the cigar making field at Detroit, have put two men in this State —A. Sowersby, of Ithaca, in the eastern | portion and Geo. Germain in the western part. The latter was formerly on the road for the Detroit Cigar Manufacturing Co. Sam. B. Morrison, formerly with the Olney & Judson Grocer Co., but for the | past two years on the road for the Wells- Stone Mercantile Co., of Duluth, Minn., | was in town over Sunday, the guest of his brother, James Addison. He was on his way to Kittaning, Pa., to visit his | father and will remain here several days | on his return home a fortnight hence. Chicago Times: A group of conney | then: the time when the dues become | commercial travelers were seated in the | payable has been a matter of informal smoking room, when suddenly Bodkins discussion at several times, but no action volunteered a stury of a remarkable find | has ever been taken to settle it. Most lhe once had: “When I was a young/members considered that the year ex- |man,’? commenced the irrepressible B., |tended from July 1 to July 1, and that “I was employed in a large house in the | dues were payable at any time before the | city, and, as usual with persons of that | annual meeting, and when thus paid age, I fellin love with a young lady, and | were in full until the next annual meet- in due course of time was engaged. |ing. This arrangement was all right, so About two months before our marriage long as the meetings were always held in was to take place, I was suddenly sent | the same month, say in September, but, to Australia on very important business, | when the time has varied, it has caused oceasioned by the death of one of the | great annoyance and disarrangement of firm in that country. Itook a hasty and | accounts. It is hoped that members will affectionate leave of my intended, with | consider that they pay dues once each the promise to write to each other often. I was detained somewhat longer than I | | | | | | | | sent to the Secretary in advanee. The ring, intending it as a ‘coming home’ be paid as promptly as possible. expected, but just before I sailed for next meeting occurring in Grand Rapids | home I bought a handsome and valuable | in August, it is desirable that all dues | ans cD Don’t Buy YOUR SPRING LINES OF Hanocks, Base Ball Goods, d Fishing, Tackle | Until you have seen our assortment. Our sales | men are now on the way to call on you. | year,and that it is expected these shall be | EATON, LYON & CO., GRAND RAPIDS. present for my sweetheart. As I was nearing the shore and reading the paper which the pilot had brought on board, curiously enough my eye fell on the ‘marriages,’ and there [ saw an an- nouncement of her marriage with an- other—a fellow I knew very well, too— which so enraged me that in my passion I threw the ring overboard. A fewdays claimed several. ‘‘No,” said the merry Bodkins, preserving the same gravity, “it was a fishbone.” ——_—_—_—__—<--<—- —_—_ Purely Personal. Amos S. Musselman went to Gettys- burg, Pa., last week on a visit to his brother. c. N. Rapp has gone to Gotham and will spend a week there and at the City of Brotherly Love. Cc. F. Walker, the Glen Arbor general dealer, is in town fora fortnight. He is drinking water this time. H. F. Hastings expects to leave Santa SUPPLIED ‘FRESH DAILY To Grocers Everywhere. Barbara for Colorado Springs about April i, returning to Grand Rapids the middle of May. John Dagle, the South Boardman gro- cer, was in town Saturday and purchased a large line of goods from the Lemon & For Bakings of All Kinds Use . ) afterward 1 was dining at a hotel; a fish was served up, and in eating it I bit on ' something hard, and what do you sup- pose it was??? ‘‘The diamond ring!” ex- & Unrivaled Compressed Yeast, Special attention is invited to oar YELLOW LABEL which is affixed to every cake of our Yeast, and whicl | TO DISTINGUISH | Our Goods from worthless Imitations. serves Wheeler Company. He was the guest of Hub Baker while in the city. Henry Vinkemulder left Sunday for New York and will visit Philadelphia and Baltimore before returning. He ex- 5000 Sold. Patented 1887. Why Wanted. It’s the original of its pects to be absent about two weeks and expects to return brimful of new ideas in retail merchandising. | Frank Stone has returned from the | class. t’s the favorite with Druggists, Clothiers Shoe Stores, Hatters, G cer Hardware s enale General Mer¢ it ers, Butchers, Millers. Ho tels, Dairymen, La ies East, where he spent a month in the | | interest of H. Leonard & Sons. Frank | E. Leonard, who went to New York | about the middle of January, expects to | remain there two or three weeks longer. | and investigate the Amer | . — ‘ ican Cash Register before Jd. Hi. Thompson, formerly engaged in cutheing. YOU will | the spice business at Detroit, but for the — say as this party “ aoes: | past year manager of the Midland Coffee | Dear Sirs: We will say ‘ ¢ : : . arrs that for our business we | Co., at St. Joseph, Mo., has arranged to greatly prefer your “Desk open a merchandise brokerage business | Cashier” to the National, | | even at the same price, for ‘at St. Joseph. He was in Detroit and | every businessselling bills Grand Rapids last week, arranging for |of goods, or odd number some desirable accounts. | 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. pln, The Annual Dues are Now Payable. The Secretary of the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association, C. W. Par- sons, Detroit, is sending out notifications of dues for 1892 to all members. As some are likely to misconstrue this ac- tion, a little explanation is advisable. Dues, according to the by-laws, are pay- In the Associa- ‘able yearly in advance. and in fact every retail dealer who wants correct methods. Write us this day for de cription and prices. State and local agents wanted. nm AMERICAN CASH REGISTER CO, 947 %= i Chicago, inated eb AE THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Necessity of an Annual Stocktaking. “Store Crank” in American Grocer. The retail merchants in our cities and large country towns generally, all of them have a yearly accounting, and are able to tell just what their loss or gain | ventory book. A few days before com- has been during the year, and are able to | shape their course accordingly. The merchants of the rural districts are very lax in this regard. I have made extend- | goods, ed inquiry among our rural dealers, and | find that nearly 50 per cent. of them never | take an account of stock, buying their goods and paying for them; basing their idea of gain upon the ease with which they are able to meet their pay- ments, and judging of their stock simply by its appearance upon the shelves or in the cellar. Some years ago, one of our enterprising grocery jobbers had printed, in bright red ink, across his bill heads, the words—‘‘Are you insured?” designed to call the the fact that his neglect to insure protect his stock was not alone a luss to him in ease of the destruction of it by fire, but was not giving the jobber of whom he bought his goods the common security or protection to which he was entitled. Ithink if our jobbing houses would have the words, ‘‘Do you take an annual inventory?’’ as conspicuously printed on their stationery, the effect of causing a great ment in this direction. excuse for the neglect of so important a matter, and I think our mercantile agen- cies, such as Dun & Co. and Bradstreet’s, in making up a report on a customer, should embody in it the fact whether an annual inventory is taken or not. If the merchant is making money, it certainly would be a gratification to know it, and if he is losing the quicker he is made ac- quainted with the fact, the better; for he can at once inquire into the cause and apply the proper remedy. To arrive at a krowledge of the result of one’s busi- ness is as simple as rolling off alog. I care not whether books are kept by sin- gle or double entry, or whether any are kept atall. In either case a fairly cor- rect idea of the result of the business can be obtained. If a complete double entry set of books is used, the results will ap- pear more in detail, enabling the mer- chant to know where his expenses are and showing just where his gains and losses have been made. It is far prefer- able, if a bookkeeper is employed, to keep the accounts by this method, but, for the ordinary purposes of business, and where the trade is not of the magni- tude to admit of the keeping of a sepa- loss or improve- rate accountant, some simple method may be adopted. The time to take inventory is of but minor importance, but it should be taken when practicable, at the dullest season of the year, in the locality where your business is. My judgment is that for an annual inventory Feb. 1 is a particularly good time. The rush of the holiday trade is over and the bulk of the winter stock has been sold, the spring purchases have not been made, and in the majority of stores the stock is at its lowest; be- sides, at this season the average prices on general ecomodities are at their lowest point. Procure a book with day book ruling of about 300 pages for an in- | ket. | actual | tire attention of the customer to/| and | mencing stocktaking, begin to arrange | your goods compactly; get all lines te- gether and goods of a kind placed sothat | but one entry will need to be made for an | article. the lines called for every day. suggest to enter first, groceries, then dry boots and shoes, hardware and erockery in their order. | Dry Goods Price Current. If in a general store, take first | I would | Let cost gov- | ern you as to price for the article inven- | toried, unless there has been an advance | ‘or decline, in which case put the price | at that at which it sells for in the mar- I have known parties to go on year after year inventorying an article at orig- inal cost, which has depreciated 50 per cent. since the time of purchase. Never do this. An inflated inventory is of no service whatever in determining your worth. Go through the en- stock in a careful manner and be careful in your extensions and foot- ings. After finishing this, on the fol- lowing page take an itemized account of your fixtures, scales, desks, measures, | safe, tools, ete. If itis the first inven- tory, put the prices at what they are |}worth. After the first year, 1 should | being properly it would have | deduct 10 per cent. annually for depre- ciation by reason of use and wear. This done, go carefully over your ledger and inventory on your book |all the accounts receivable, giving a line There can be no} to each customer. Then follow this by }all notes due you from your customers, adding interest to date of your stock- taking. Then add the balance of cash on hand and in bank. When this is fin- ished you will have a detailed statement of your assets. On the following pages make an inventory of your liabilities. From your ledger or your files, make a | statement of all bills you owe that have lings of the inventory, | pear as follows: been put in stock before you began your inventory. Follow this with a statement of all notes due merchants for goods pur- chased, or due the banks for money loaned, or from individuals for use in your. business, and rent unpaid, if any. When this is done, take a double page, heading one ‘‘Assets” and the other ‘‘Lia- bilities.” Under these arrange the foot- which should ap- Liabilities. Due for Mdse..... Notes payable.... Interest due...... — Kent to date...... ee Assets. Mdse on hand...... Notes receivable... Cash in bank ...... Cash at store. Book accts. ( £00a) . ' (doubtful, a. wee,....-.... — Balance present worth ——— Feb. 1; 1892. I forgot to state that an account must be kept of sales made during the stock- taking of goods, which have not been inventoried—these to be added to the final footings of your stock less, say, 20 per cent. the average gross profit. This is necessary, as your book accounts are only inventoried to the day when your stocktaking begins. This method, while crude, is substantially accurate and will give you a basis for next year’s work by which not only the present worth may be known, but also the loss or gain for the year. HILL | _ 2. <> Onota—The Onota Charcoal Co. suc- ceeds Schaffer & Belknap in general trade and the charcoal business. Do You Desire to Sell Calels ald Late UOrtall By Sample? Send for ovr Spring catalogue SMITH & SANFORD, Grand Rapids, Mich. Chadwick 8 Thread. Guaranteed Equal to any Thread on the Marker, 40 CENTS PER DOZEN. Carried in all Numbers, White andj Black. W. H. DOWNS, SOLE AGENT Grand Rapids, Mich. ee COTTONS. ““ driatic . coos Arrow Brand 5% | saat co ee eae * 6% 4 “World Wide.. 6% Atlanta AA....... Ed. ......--.- 4% “Atlantic A.. ox Full Yard Wide..... 6% z.. .. 64iGeorgia A.......... 6% ss r.... ue ss Honest Width....... 6% Hg n...... 6% \Hartford A ......... 5 = 7..........- 5 |Indian Head........ q pees... .-..------ 7 iKingA A.... ‘ Archery Bunting... 4 |King EC 5% Lawrence L c. Beaver Dam A A. 54 |Madras cheese cloth ak Blackstone O, $2.... 5 Black Crow........- 6 | Newmarket ee Bleck Bock .......- 6 -..... a meet At,......-.... | . a... 6% Capital A | ' DD.... 5% ore 7.......... . X ..... 6% Chapman cheese wee 3a Rome &............. 5 Clifton CR.. . 544/Our Level Best..... 6% ee... 6%4|Oxford R........... 6 Dwight Star......... 6%|/Pequot.............. . aon CCOl........ Gireew...........---.. 6% |Top of the Heap.... 7 BLEACHED COTTONS. ABC. ............. Bee, Weegee... & Aveenon......... ane & (Oe ee... ...... 7 oe... . . 2... 7 God Boee......... ™% Art Cambric........ 10 Green Ticket....... 84 Blackstone AA..... 8 |Great Falls.......... 6% oe AF... 4.554 Mic tees... ..---- 2 oe 714 ee 12 |Just Out..... 4%@ 5 a, eS I 6%|King Phillip........ 7% co &............ oe a Charter Oak........ 54%|Lonsdale Cambric..10 Conway W.......... 714|Lonsdale...... - @8 Cleveland ...... .... a _|Middiesex teas @5 Dwight Anchor (oa a T™% shorts. ss Oak + son ee cee 6 Edwards. ..... oe oe. .._...... 5% Empire. ; Pride of "the West...12 es ve os Tx iRosalind............ 7 Fruit of the Loom. 84/Sunlight..... - 4% Pitchyilie ..... .-.. 7 |Utica Mills... From the Hartford Courant. | teas a encase ay z Speaking of money reminds me to ask | CHALK. if you have ever washed any filthy lucre. | White Crayons, per gross..........12@12% dis. 10 I never heard of such athing until re- COPPER, cently, when I happened to be making a Piengnee, - boy cut to size... .. per pound 2 social call ¢ he . ‘ -sician. 2, 14K56, 14x60 ...........---.- 26 an Ot te eee 8 Rolled 14x56 and 14x60... oom Pausing a moment at the open door Of | Gold Rolled, 14x48. ..........0.e0ececeeeeaees 23 his office, 1 noticed arow of ‘‘greenbacks” | Bottoms ........-. -..eesere ee eeee ee eeee cece 25 hanging onastring stretched from the “ ae DRILLS. dis. vashs ( 2 i ay piece. ‘“*L ¢ NT 50 : ’ hstand ” the chimne y re - : I i Taper and straight Shank................... 50 just washing some money,’’ he said. 1 | Morse’s Taper Shank.............-.2-.005- 50 do it because I get money from all kinds DRIPPING PANS. of people, and it is often so horribly dirty | small sizes, ser pound ...................-.. OF that I know it is a breeding place for | Large sizes, per pound...... ......... -.... 68% microbes. 1 wash every grimy and ELBOWS. ragged bill that comes to me. Give me = 4 meee, 6% eee ycueeey dos. aan 2 , 3° rj @ —_ ” j OTTUMALOT .... 2. eee eee scence ce cces one of Ae I will show ore W ith Be... 55 cs ec oes se ee dis. 40410 some misgivings [I handed him a dilapi- : : a. ce EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. dated five-dollar bill. The physician : : : Clark’s, small, $18; large, 826............--+- 30 lathered its face generously with soap, | Tyes’, 1, 818; 2, 824; 3, 880 ............-....- 25 and began a vigorous rubbing. Then, FILEs—New List. dis. rinsing it off in cold water, he squeezed | nigston’s .............--..--- +--+ eeee encores 60d10 it dry, and, smoothing it out again, hung | New American......-..--.-.--+-+++++++++++- 60&10 itin the bright sunshine. To my sur- ee gl LH eT haK enema unsmnts ene — prise, ina few moments it became aclean, | Heller's Horse Raspe.......-....s0s0seceeees crisp and self-respecting product of the United States Treasury, instead of the limp disgrace I had been carrying about. If you don’t believe me, try it and see. _> > Use Tradesman or Superior Cowpons. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Wholesale and Retail Jobbers of BUILDING PAPERS, CARPET LININGS, And All Kinds of ROOFING COAL TAR AND ASPHALT PRODUCTS, We make a specialty of the seamless asphalt | ready roofing and two-ply coal tar ready roofing | which are far superior to shingles and much cheaper. We are practical roofers of twenty- to know the wa:ts of the people in our line. Cor. LOUIS & CAMPAU STS., Grand Rapids, Mich | MATERIALS, | five years’ experience which enables us | GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27 28 List & 13 14 15 16 7 Discount, 60 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... Dae cae 50 7 HAMMERS. | ROPES. Maydole SCO ea aes min inch and larger Bo hse as ee we ete is. 25 | as , to Yerkes & Plumb’s. «cones Oe, SIO eh ale qu. ARES. ais. Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............. ..B0¢ list 60 | sg aa B veld ant a “5 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. ...30¢ 40&10 a NGS. «++ - + +s : 6 HINGES. ot SHEET IRON Gute, Care te rr Coin | Reuecet ee ee oz. net Now ito 14........ ea “— _— and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and Nos. a i a ' ' a " 05 se cab ee Sb aid soled cel me weldial aims 3% Nee HG2.......... 4 05 Screw "Hook and Eye, Me ese was ee eee net 10 | Nos. 22 to 24..... 4 05 i ia eee sees 8% Moe Sie... / 4% : ee seas net a ee : : / 4 45 Boone anna ene ae -.- net 7%) All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 an ae dis. 50 | wide not less than 2-10 extra HANGERS. dis. SAND PAPER. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track....50&10 | List acct. 19, '86.. : : dis 50 Champion, anti-friction................-... 60&10 SASH CORD. i osm ig weed Uae .............-........... 40 Silver Lake, White A. . list 5G Pots HOLLOW WARE. 80 Drab A. tee eeue. : 5f kl: A nak A a a he WV a 3 “ac BQ se aaa aime ae ban aN 60 - eB. pennies a a ae ce cee ee wees 60 & Witieg ||. 7 25 Gray onameled....................... ...-.40&10} Discount, 10. i i HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. : SASH WEIGHTS. Stamped Tin Ware.................-- -new list 70 | Solid Eyes... per ton 825 Japanned Tin Ware.. 25 SAY dis Granite Iron Ware . . “new list 38%4 10 | na nny ae eee ea 20 WIRE ‘a0oDs. i Silver Steel Dia. X ¢ rf 70 Bright.. oo Lee _toaionto i aes Steel Dex X : ar 50 Screw Eyes.. 70&10&10 ‘« Special Steel Dia. z Cuts, per foo 7) ——— ae .70&10&10 c ampion and Electric Tooth X Gate Hooks and Eyes............... 70&10&10 Cuts, per foot ae seus e ees ‘ 30 LEVELS. as. | TRAPS lis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .. S. 70 | Steel, Game....... | 80&10 KNOBs—New List. dis. | Oneida Commu! rity, Newhouse’s 35 Door, — _ jap. tefmmings ..........---. 55 i ida — ity, Hawley @ Norton’s.. 70) Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings. . — 55 | Mouse, choker... a ...18¢ per doz — a | Lees eouen 55 | Mouse, delusion... .. $1.50 per doz. oor, porcelvin, trimmings...........-.---- 55 WIRE. dis. Drawer and Shutter, porcelain. . Lee te 7 ose gn ee. 65 LOCKS—DOOR. dis. nnealec eet a a Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 6 | Coppered Market............................ @® Mallory, pea & Cop... ......... ee 55 | Tinned Market.... ue i. | Ce Branford’s a oe 55 | C oppered Spring Steel. . ' | | 50 a ee 55 Barbed Fence, galvanized. ! i 3 25 MATTOCKS. | painted ...... _ £a eee ae 816.00, dis. 60 | HORSE NAILS. uns Bee............................ $15.00, dis. 60 | Au Sable.......... : ee tees dis. 40 as... CC $18.50, dis. — versa : es ee cee cece ee dis. 05 AULS. orthwestern........... . dis. 10&10 Sperry & Co.'s, Post, eee. . | WRENCHES. dis, MILLS. aia. | Baxter’ s Adjustable, rickele Ao, 2) Coffee, Parkers Co76........ ....--..... . 40 | Coe’s Genuine..... : : 50 P.8. & W. Mie. Co.’s — 40 | Coe’s Patent Agricultu iral, wroug! % ‘s Landers, Ferry & Cle:k’s............ 40 | Coe’s Patent, malleable.... 10 * Mntergeme ................. nee 30 | MISCELLANEOUS. MOLASSES GATES. dis. | Bird Cages oe Stairs Putter. ..........--....... -- ++. -60&10 | Pumps, Cistern......... 5 Stebbin’s Genuine............-.-----.-seeee- _ | Screws, New List........ 70&10 Enterprise, self- ——— Meee 25 | Casters, Bed a d Plate SOG 10H 10 NAILS | Dampers, American... ' 40 Geach dele DOGO... wl i. eo eae 1 85 | Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods......67&10 Wire galls eee... 61. 8 2 00 | cTALS, Advance over base: Steel. Wire. | PIG TIN. eee Base Base | rig Laree........... a i 26e es. ee Base 10 | Fie Bard..... | i 28¢@ Ce 05 20 | ZINC. oe. 10 20| Duty: Sheet, 2c per - ind, se 15 30 | 600 pound calle / om 1... 15 35 | Per pound.......- T Wo 15 35 | SOLDER. Ee 20 40 | 4@% aL : a is es ete ene 25 50 | Extra Wi ping . ne 15 7ee ...........-......-....- 40 65 The prices of the many ‘other qualitie s of es a ease vee 60 90 | solder in the market indicated by private brands i 1 00 1 50 | vary according to composition. ee eee cee eee 1 50 2 00 ANTIMONY Pises ...........-... 1 50 2 00 | Cookson.......-..-- Steno -per pout id 16 De 60 oo | Maliows.......-........ 13 . ’ eee . a 1 00 | TIN—MELYN 6BADE, ie a 1 25 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal..................--. ..07 Finish 10. Oe eee eee woe eee 85 1 00 | 14x20 IC, . . co 2s oe eee meena ce carves seen shee 1 00 1s oe C oo. Se by é ee 1 15 1 50 | 14x20 9 25 Clinch, 10 es oie eee eee we 85 7 Each gaditional X on this grade, 81.75. : Lees eden ten eee bee e eee 1 00 90 TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. oe 16 1 00 | 10x14 _ Chaveom: ....... 2.6... ne $6 7% ee 17 2 50 | 14x20 IC, . .. | 6 %5 x PLANES. dis. seeeetk . oo Se Ohio Tool Co.'s, fancy ........--. esses eee @Av | 14 Dee cee eee. Se Sciota Bench. i a . ee eee ee eae @o0 Each Saditional X on this grade 81.50. Sandusky See i, TAMOCY.....- eee eo eee @40 a_- oe — a Bench, first quality............---++seeee eres x20 IC, cnccmeer.......... 2. _ 6 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. . .... &10 14x20 IX, i 8 50 PANS. 20x28 IC, a Laas 13 50 Fry, ACMO..........------02--2eree eres dis.60—10 | 14x20 IC, ‘ Allawsy Grade.... 6 00 caauoan. polled a dis. ‘“ 70 — = . " . Loe 7 50 RIVETS. 8. 20x28 IC, ' . . . 2 50 Tron and Tinned...........-.-.-.-..---.-+«- 40 | 20x28 IX, . - ’ Leics 15 50 Copper Rivets and Burs.........------++-++ 50—1L0 | ““ a BOILER SIZE TIN PLATS. dese PATENT FLANISHED IRO x28 ie : ; “A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. “4 to 27 10 20 | 14x31 IX.. 6 “B” Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 | 14x56 IX, for No. § 8 Boilers, a, | per + acne 10 Broken Saenae %e per pound extra. cot. * OSTS SAP SPOUTS —— > HE with size, heavy Wire Hanger, stock. SPOUT NO. I. Actual like Hangers cast ob a that does not break spout. We are agents for this Spout and carry a full We also have the ANCBOR SAP SPOUT. Dik. ae aeU EA Se. 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman ficial Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, One Dollar a Year, - Pestage Prepaid, ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- class matter. j=" When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in THE MicHIGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1892. LIABILITY OF TENANT AFTER FIRE. Pingree & Smith, the Detroit shoe manufacturers, favor THe TRADESMAN with the following communication: We have so many inquiries concerning the recent adjustment of the suit against us for the rent of the building we occu- pied as a shoe factory, which was de- stroyed by fire March 30, 1887, and there doubtless being many tenants who do not understand the law in relation to the effect of a fire on leased buildings, that we take the opportunity of explaining the matter fully to the readers of THE TRADESMAN. Our lease, at the time the building was destroyed, had about two years to run, at an annual rental of $3,200. This was half of our factory; the other half in the rear, owned by other parties, being sep- arated by a brick wall. The landlord of the burned building collected an insur- ance of about $20,000, which left him the lot, valued at $24,000; and, as he had awhile before offered to sell the property for $33,000, he was a gainer of over $10,- 000 through the fire. We were very much surprised to receive a bill for rent after the building was destroyed and the property of no possible use to us, and, of course, would not pay the same until the matter was contested in the courts. A trial in the Wayne County Circuit Court resulted in a verdict against us for the full amount ofthe rent for the unexpired time of the lease. It developed, however, in the course of the proceedings that the lease was signed by the landlord’s attor- | ney and good but for one year, as the! fact was established that he did not have | authority in writing to sign leases. On} this point, we appealed to the Supreme | Court of Michigan, and were sustained, so that we were relieved from paying rent through this technicality. Recently | the plaintiff commenced suit again on the | same lease, claiming to have discovered new evidence relative toits validity; and, while our attorneys were confident that nothing could be collected by the suit, we settled the claim for $750, which was | just about what we figured it would cost us te contest it. In the light of the above decision, it behooves all tenants to see that there is a fire clause in their leases, providing that in case of destruction of the build- ings, rent shall cease until they are re- placed by the landlord. TEAR OFF THE MASKS. One of the most serious obstacles now confronting the Postoffice Department is the dead-head circulation of many trade journals. Only about one trade journal in five pretends to exist on a subscription basis, and in several lines—notably in The Grocery Market. the furniture publications—such a thing| The sugar market is without change, as a paid circulation is almost unknown, but the situation is strong and higher due to the fact that the publishers of | prices will undoubtedly rule as soon as furniture journals have been in the habit | the demand necessitates the carrying of of sending out their papers gratuitously larger stocks. so long that the dealers now refuse to; Tomatoes are a little firmer. Corn is subscribe for them, knowing that they without change. will come along anyway with some show! Rolled oats are a little stronger, but no of regularity. Another class of journals | change in price has occurred. which should not be allowed the privi- | Evaporated peaches are \c_ higher. lege of the mails, except on a postage} Apricots are strong and firm at the old stamp basis, is the so-called ‘‘house or- | price. gans,’’ which have become very common; The lemon market is strong at the of late years and manage to exist by| decline. Oranges are advancing and methods little removed from those of the| very firm. The peanut market is firm blackmailer; indeed, several journals |and prices are sure to rule considerably can be recalled whose advertising col- higher than a year ago. umns are kept filled by the exercise of} The manufacturers of plug and smok- tactics which would excite the envy of | ing tobacco are cutting down the jobbing the yeteran blackmailer. profit on their goods from ‘4 to 1}¢ ¢ per THE TRADESMAN gladly joins in the| pound. This will necessitate jobbers crusade started against illegitimate trade | getting full prices on the brands or sell journals, trusting that the Postoffice De-} the goods at a loss. partment will not leave the subject until ————- it has shut out of the mails hundreds of | Do You Want to Save Time and Labor? unworthy publications which could not | Then send for Gringhuis’ Itemized exist if their masks were torn off and | Ledger. Would you like a short form of their true character revealed. double entry book-keeping? Then try our Customers’ or Itemized Ledger, with our new columned Cash Book. Send for sample sheets and price. GRINGHUIS IrEMIZED LEDGER Co., 403 West Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich. The Western Union Telegraph Com- pany has been adjudged liable for loss that arose from one of its operators mak- ing a mistake of one letter in a message. He changed ‘‘writing to-night,’’ into ‘‘waiting to-night,’ and this caused the 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 mer J. H. P. HUGHART, Sec’y. (lover and Timothy Seed. Now is the time to buy CLOVER AND TIMOTHY SEED for your spring trade. We have a good stock and for THIS WEEK will sell you FOR CASH At $5.70 per bushel for clover and $1.50 for Timothy seed in lots of five bags or more. Bags extra at market price. W. T. LAMOREAUX & G0, Grand Rapids, Mich. receiver to return from New York, for telegraph company pleaded that they were protected by aform having been signed agreeing to hold them not re- which, as it was a needless and incon- venient trip, he sought damages. The iT SAGINAW, MICH., Manufacturers of the Following List of Washboards. sponsible for any mistakes, unless the message was repeated. The conditions on the form were admitted, and the only question to decide was whether the tele- graph company could stipulate for itself immunity from its own faults. The law of the State in which the action was brought provides that a contract cannot be based upon an illicit and immoral ! consideration, and the court held that to stipulate immunity from one’s own fault | # is an immoral and illicit consideration, | # and consequently the conditions men- | | | 1a tioned in the form referred to and upon | which the plea is founded, cannot be | @ binding. For these reasons the judg- ment of the court below was confirmed, | which renders the telegraph company liable for damages claimed. } | Higher prices for meat are assured in | England. Foot and mouth disease is spreading there, and the government is | taking stringent measures against its | | further introduction by prohibiting the | | import of cattle from all European coun- | | tries. The price of meat has already advanced, and the demand for American }eattle and meats is rapidly improving. | | et ET press UN soa | THe TRADESMAN has been favored | with a copy of the initial issue of the | Michigan Law Journal, published by a | number of enterprising young gentlemen attached to the University at Ann Arbor. Itis an unusually praiseworthy under- taking and will in all probability meet the success its merits deserve. | | | | The merchant who works from star- Crescelt | ere Red Star SURFACE Shamrock | solid zine, Ivy Leaf Wilson Saginaw Defiance Rival Wilson Saginaw Defiance Rival = = The above are all superior Washboards, in the class to which they belong. Send for cuts and price-list before order- ing. Dovble Zinc | Surface, | Single Zine Surface. i T. S. FREEMAN, Agt, Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘light in the morning until starlight a 5G Bs 4 KK - IN Ss & —. a= = S night is industrious, no doubt, but he is | Every man can be sure of heaven by | making a heaven of his own on earth. DEALERS IN | evoluting roe ae eee machine. Hides, Furs, W ool &S Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WE CARRY A STOCK GF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. J] = Go Back to the Contract Plan. Arbuckle Bros. are out with a circular to the wholesale grocery trade announc- ing their return to the contract pian. As the warning is of interest to the retail trade, as showing the penalty the jobber must pay for cutting a price, Tur TRADESMAN herewith presents the cir- cular entire: YOU MUST NOT CUT ! ‘We are determined to do our full share toward assisting our customers to secure a fair profit in the sale of our cof- fees, and to this end we shall give you prompt notice of all changes oceurring in the price of our goods, hoping and ex- pecting that you will revise your selling lists in accordance therewith; but if it shall be proven that our coffee has been | sold on longer time than 60 days, or more than 2 per cent. discount given for eash, or for less than our card rates (ruling in the division of territory in which you are located), by you, or by any person in your employ or under your control, we will think it for the best interest of both of us, and of trade in general, to impose upon you a fine of $50, and to refuse to fill any further or- ders from you until such fine is paid. Before adjudging anyone guilty of cut- ting, we shall give him an opportunity to be heard in his own defense, and shall accept his affidavit, executed before a notary public on form prescribed by us, until same is shown, by positive proof, to be false, All fines collected to be donated to any trade, traveling men’s or charitable or- ganization designated by the person bringing the sustaining charge.” If a charge of ‘‘cutting’’ is brought against you or your salesmen, specifying date of sale, price at which sold, and party to whom sold, you, or your sales- men, in order to clear yourselves, will be required to answer on the following form of affidavit: AFFIDAVIT FOR EMPLOYE. (Or for member of firm, with necessary changes of phraseology.) ee eel being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is an employe of the firm Oe. .s eee and that as such employe he has Hot simce..... - sold any roasted coffee bearing the name of ‘‘ARBUCKLES,” or manufactured and sold by Arbuckle Brothers, below the card price in force on and since the date aforesaid, either directly or indirectly, by payment of freights; by rebates in cash, or other valuable consideration; by gift or the promise of such; by payment of commis- sion or brokerage, either to the pur- chaser or to any person for him; or un- der pretense of paying lost bets; by al- lowing a greater discount than 2 per cent. for cash, or by selling on longer time than sixty days: by the sale of other goods at less than the usual price, or by the purchase of anything at more than its value, having an understanding with interested parties, expressed or implied, that such was done in order to sell Ar- buckles’ roasted coffee at less than the card price; by having an understanding with his said firm, or with any of its em- ployes, to bill a less quantity of goods than actually shipped, or to bill other roasted coffee at a lower price than the card price for Arbuckles’ coffee, supply- ing said Arbuckles’ coffee in lieu of that so billed. ‘That he has not sought to ac- complish, nor has he accomplished, any of the above acts, by any artifice, plot, scheme,device or connivance whatsoever, and that he makes this affidavit without menta! reservation. The above form of affidavit covers, in concise form, the many devices that have been resorted to to evade observance of list prices. Yours truly, ARBUCKLE BROTHERS. _— > For the finest coffees in the world, high grade teas, spices, ete., see J. P. Visner, 304 North Ionia street, Grand Capids, Mich, general representative for F. J. Gillies & Co., New York City. ———_—___—»-+———_—— Better profit by your own misfortunes than by the misfortunes of others. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE OLE PINE BOX. We didn’t care in the long ago For easy chairs ‘at were made for show— With velvet cushions in red and black, An’ springs ‘at tilted a feller back Afore he knowed it—like them in town— Till his heels flew up an’ his head went down. But the seat we loved in the times o’ yore Wuz the ole pine box by the grocery store! Thar it sot in the rain an’ shine, Four feet long by the measurin’ line; Under the spreadin’ maple tree— Jes’ as cosey as she om be! Fust headquarters fur infermation— Best ole box in the whole creation; | Hacked and whittled an’ wrote with rhyme, An’ so blamed sociable all the time. Thar we plotted an’ thar we planned, Read the news in the paper and Talked o° pollyticks fur and wide, Got mixed up as we argyfied! An’ the ole town fiddler sawed away At “Ole Dan Tucker” an’ ‘“‘Nellie Gray!” O, they’s boxes still—but they ain’t no more Like the ole pine box at the grocery store. It ain’t thar now, as it wuz that day— Burnt, I reckon, or throwed away; An’ some o’ the folks ’at the ole box knowed Is fur along on the dusty road; An’ some’s crost over the river wide An’ found a home on the other side. Have they all forgot? Don’t they sigh no more Fer the ole pine box by the grocery store? FRANK L, STANTON. —_——-—-++ Country Callers. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentlemen in trade: Henry Meijering, Jamestown. T. H. Atkins, West Carlisle. N. Bouma, Fisher. H. L. Welling, Mancelona. A. Shook, Coral. W. W. Watson, Parmelee. Dean Bros., Freesoil. H. Sissons, Central Lake. Denis Leggett & Co., Paris. E. S. Botsford, Dorr. A. C. Cross, Bangor. C. F. Walker, Glen Arbor. 1. F. Sleesman, Alpine. L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville. M. B. Pincomb, Big Rapids. ll — lela Bank Notes. : The First National Bank of Greenville will go out of existence on the expiration of its charter, next November. Since the death of W. R. May, of the banking firm of May Brothers, at Clio, the firm name has been changed to Charles H. May & Co., Mrs. Isabella S. May, widow of the deceased, becoming a part- ner. Burt E. Woolfitt has entered the employ of the firm. Good honest dollars and good honest sense is a big enough platform for any political party, and the party that is true to this platform may be safely entrusted with the interests of the nation. Crockery & Glassware LAMP BURNERS. EE 45 ee Te ede canoe 50 ee ete cee ew ee 7 Papaier,...... ---.:....-..- 5 LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box. 6 doz. in box. No. €oan........ eS OO eee i ee 2 ” First quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp top ee eaees eu cues cele eae mel No. 2 “ “ee “és a XXX Flint. Wa, 6 Gun, Crimp top......................-..- 2 nol “ ss ee, 2 hos bi ie cee rac ees 3 Pearl top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled............ ..3 70 zeae * si " ee ee 470 No. 2 Hinge, ‘ “ oe 470 La Bastie. No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz. ......-....... 12 No.2 “ " . ee ich et panes 1 50 No. 1 crimp, per dOZ......... 220. cer eeossecces 13 aos Oe ce we aid area ois eeu cones 1 60 LAMP WICKS, No, 0, POF SLOSS... 2.2 cece eres eec eee ece rece 23 oe, i, ek ak eee cea sewt Haan eay 28 ee eaaieelel || tae 38 No. 3, ' ee eg eee ce tacepiccn seas | ae Mammoth, per doz........-..--.02.--.-+-+-s0. 9 STONEWARE—AKRON, Butter Crocks, 1 and 6 gal..............-+- Jugs, % gal., per d0z........-eee cece ee eeeees 5 . OF eek eee g ae cede cent mine 90 a. 2 aa cae cues elo enbeues 1 80 Milk Pans, % gal., per doz. (glaged 2).... & “ t 1 a “a “ 90c) ae %2 ' Racts Talk Louder Than Words! 3,487,275 SOLD IN 1886. 3,009,075 SOLD IN 1887, 6,092,360 SOLD IN 1888, | 5,690,025 SOLD IN 1888, 6,596,050 SOLD IN 1890 6,980,207 sold in led. BEN-HUR This is not an ordinary monument, but a TAKLE of EXACT FIGURES, showing the monumental success of our celebrated RECORD BREAKERS (10e or 3 for 25c) (The Great 5e Cigar.) These Cigars are by far the most popular in the market to-day. MADE on HONOR. Sold by leading dealers all over the United States. Ask for them. GED, MOEBS & CO, Manttacturers, DETROIT and CHICAGO. SWINGING THROUGH SPAGK. The Earth Is 25,000 miles in circumference, 7,956 miles in diameter, 923¢ millions of miles from the sun, and moves at the rate of 18 miles per second. THE FINEST COFFEES IN THE WORLD ARE THE WOOLSON SPICE CO. COFFEES. LION COFFEE, 0. D. JAVA and -STANDARD MARACAIBO - LION is our leader, being composed of Mocha, Java and Rio, sold only in 1-pound packages, with a picture in each package. and Standard Maracaibo take the lead. faction in every particular and invite correspondence on the subject. As high grade bulk Coffees, O. D. Java We guarantee these Coffees to give satis- WOOLSON SPICE CO. ROASTERS OF High Grade Coffees, TOLEDO, - - OHIO. L. WINTERNITZ, RESIDENT AGENT, 106 Kent Sr., GRAND RAPIDS, MIOH. 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 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’p. President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. Vice-Presidents—S. E. Parkill, Owosso; L. Pauley, St. Ignace; A. 8. Parker, Detroit. Secretary—Mr. Parsons, Detroit. Treasurer— Wm. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—F. J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids; Frank Inglis and G. W. Stringer, Detroit; C. E. Webb, Jackson. Next place of meeting—Grand Rapids, 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. Smith. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. President, F. Rohnert; Secretary, J. P. Rheinfrank. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Associaticn. President N. Miller: Secretary, 4. T. Wheeler. WHY MERCHANTS FAIL. Views of Postmaster Field, of Philadel- phia, Who is Also a Merchant. From the Dry Goods Economist. In writing an article on this subject, I think it important to notice particularly the credit department, which is certainly one of the most important, and, possibly, one of the most difficult to manage in connection with any large business. To manage it successfully requires not only great experience, but rare talent and ability. The head of it should be a man of affairs, clear-headed, a ‘‘mind-reader,” a judge of human nature, able to fathom any one who applies to him for credit, without being offensive in manner or method. He must not only pass judg- ment on the man, but on his environ- | ments, the population of his town and the general resources of the section in which the man or firm transacts busi- ness. All of these points are important factors in aiding the credit department to reach a decision in regard to the line of | credit to which the party may be enti- tled. 1 question seriously if this de- partment receives generally the thought and attention which its importance mer- its. The competent, solvent merchant should always be willing to give informa- tion in regard to his financial standing, as no one is more interested than he in keeping out of business the mushrooms and frauds. It is a pertinent question to ask, What is the cause of so many failures among the commercial classes? Is it through innate dishonesty, or is it the ‘‘greed of gold’? and the ‘‘gold of greed” that prompt men to fail and compromise their just and lawful indebtedness? I think not. After years of careful study of this question, I think the cause of fail- ure may be properly classified as follows: Six-tenths ensue from inexperience, extravagance and negligence. Two-tenths from natural dishonesty. One-tenth from speculation. One-tenth, the unfortunate man. In regard to the first class, there is not sufficient attention given to the training of men for mercantile life. Every young man intending to follow mercantile pur- suits ought to spend some years in prep- aration in a methodically conducted es- tablishment. If he enters a hap-hazard, he becomes a hap-hazard merchant. He should be trained as to value, how to buy and how to sell, and also as to man- agement, from the picking up of the string from the floor to the banking of his cash. It is a mistake for the me- chaniec, the professional man, or the far- mer to rent a store, furnish limited capi- tal and start ‘‘the boy’? in business, without his having had any training or having had any knowledge of the quick- sands, shoals and rocks of the sea on which he is about to launch his craft. In some instances, owing to the peculiar environments of the case, and by having secured the services of some competent clerk, he may succeed, but in nine cases out of ten the venture will prove a de- plorable failure. This represents aclass of people who are apt to overlook the dif- ference between the gross receipts and the net profits of the cash drawer, and are, therefore, led into extravagant hab- its of life by the handling of so much money without proper training for its caretaking. Furthermore, they are the very kind of people who will be over- persuaded by the plausible salesman and would be likely, therefore, to overstock themselves, in consequence of which the |fatal error of slow payment is sure to follow. Every merchant—wholesale and retail —should inseribe as a motto on his ledg- ers the old German proverb: ‘‘Lange | krankheit ist sicherer todt’?—Long sick- | ness is sure death. In these days of sharp |competition, when a merchant eannot |make his payments so as to secure cash discounts, the sooner he goes into liqui- | dation the better it will be for himself and | all concerned. Of course, there are many instances where men, and women, too, of modest | pretensions have commenced ina small |way and finally succeeded; but their | training comes with the development of itheir business. They know not only how to make a little money, but also how to save what they do make. But in the broad field or higher plane of business life, if we look at the successful men of to-day, we will find in almost every in- | stance that they are well-trained, intelli- gent men, who take an inventory and settle up their business annually—men who know when, where and how to buy, and when, where and how to sell; men who know when and how to say yes and no, as the case demands. In regard to the second class—the dis- honest. After all light and the good in- fluences of the present day, the thief still ‘ives and moves and has his being.” He is confined to no particular class or na- tionality. He deliberately plans to build up his credit, and when all is ripe, the preference or relative, with judgment or chattel mortgage, comes in and sweeps everything. Then comes the offer of twenty-five or thirty-three per cent. in settlement. Against this class there is |no protection. I presume there is hard- |ly amerchant in the land who has not taken the journey from Jerusalem to | Jericho, and, like the ‘‘certain man,” has fallen among thieves, who have stripped him of his raiment. Concerning the third class—the specu- lative. ‘There is no more dangerous risk for the merchant than te go ‘‘long” or “short” on cotton, wool, corn, pork or stock of any kind. In fact, itis purely a game of chance, on the basis, general- ly, of ‘‘Heads, I win; tails, you lose.” As to the fourth class—the unfortu- nate man. He comes in with his offer of thirty-three and one-third, or, possibly, fifty per cent. He states his tale of woe, and, of course, he is never to blame. He was induced, perhaps, to go security for neighbor B. He didn’t intend to do it, but—there comes in the ‘‘But.” I never hear or see this word ‘but’? without be- ing reminded of an incident of early days. One of my fellow elerks had a “sweetheart” with whom he correspond- ed. One day he came into the office with a long four-page letter in his hand, and, calling me by name, said: ‘‘Is it right to have ‘buts’ in your letters? Why, sir, I have the darnedest lot of ‘buts’ in my letters that you ever saw.’’ So with the bankrupt merchant; he has many ‘“‘buts,”? but he is not to blame. A fire occurred last Thursday and his fire in- surance expired on the previous Tues- day, ‘“‘but” he really forgot all about it and overlooked it. Like the good old Irish woman who was advised by her physician to put a porous plaster on her chest, and who, when he called a few days later and inquired whether it had been of any benefit to her, replied: ‘‘In- dade, dear doctor, I had no chist in the house, so ljist putiton the bandbox, and I really can’t say whether it has done me any good or not.’”’ The unfortunate man never puts the blame plaster upon him- self, always upon the bandbox. Of course, there are unforeseen cir- cumstances, such, for instance, as the breaking out of the rebellion, which cut off the entire resources of some of our largest concerns; or an earthquake, such as that experienced at Charleston; or a financial panic,such as that which caused the failure of Jay Cooke. These things are often beyond our ken and we are powerless to contro! them. In _ fact, Jay Cooke would never have failed but for a precipitated panic. His plans were broad and well laid and would have been eminently successful had he been per- mitted to complete them. As to the negligent class, I will give one or two instances from my _ per- sonal experience. Some years ago, in a town in England, a young man started in business with fair prospects. On one of my trips over, I placed with him quite a large order, which was executed to my entire satisfaction. On my return, the following year, I called at his office about 3 o’clock in the afternoon and was in- formed that he was out at a game of crick- et. I thought nothing of this, as few Eng- lishmen can exist withoutcricket. Some days afterward, however, I called again, and was again informed that he was at- tending a game of cricket. I never called again. A few years later a man called upon me here with a parcel of samples under his arms, not for him- self, but for another house; I recognized the man, who had,no doubt, sacrificed his business for the game of cricket. One of the best men whom I ever knew, and who was in business for him- self, called upon me one day to get me to accompany him to the noonday prayer meeting, at which he was a regu- lar attendant. In answer to his so- licitation, I said: ‘‘No, sir. Twelve to 1 o'clock is not my time to pray; it is my time to watch.” A few years afterward he was doing bus- iness as an agent. He had overlooked the divine injunction, ‘‘Be diligent in business.’’ Not long ago I crossed the Atlantic with a very plain looking man, but he was one of Chicago’s most substantial grain merchants. He asked me if I knew a certain firm in this city, and I re- plied that | knew them quite well. He said that they were formerly his repre- sentatives, but some time ago he was in Philadelphia and called at their office, where he found the head of the firm seat- ed with the clerks around a table play- ing a game of card. None of them rec- ognized him, he said, but the principal turned around in an overbearing manner and asked him to be seated for a little while. He said he sat there for fully ten minutes and then. quietly arose, left the office, and departed for home. ‘‘But,” said he, ‘‘the first thing I did on my return home was to withdraw my consignments, and close my account with that firm, and when inquiry was made of me why I did so, I stated to them fully the facts in the case. They offered every apology,’’ he continued, ‘‘but it was too late. Play- ing cards at midday was not in keeping with my ideas of goods business meth- ods.” Ineed hardly add that the card- playing firm was soon out of business. l have given these practical illustrations, as they may reach the eye of some young men to whom they may be useful for fu- ture thought. The traveling system and mercantile agencies have produced in business lines ap abnormal condition of things, and so long as this condition lasts we cannot get along without either. The traveling sys- tem carries with it the necessity for the other. Asto the advantage of the for- mer to the trade, generally, I regard it as an unsolved problem. But the discus- sion of this question would lead to too lengthy an article at present. Our incoming merchandise largely takes care of itself. Let us keep careful guard over the outgoing. Will it come back to us in bad accounts or in solid cash? The reply will come from our ledgers, but, fellow merchants, the re- sponsibility for results is with us. JOHN FIELD. —__—~ -¢ << The Drug Market. Opium is steady. Morphine is un- changed. Quinine has been weak, but is again firm at unchanged prices. Cut- tle bone is lower. Lycopodium has again advanced. Manna has declined. African ginger is higher. Oils lemon and orange have advanced. Ipecac root has ad- vanced. Turpentine has advanced 10 cents since our last issue. CHAS. A. GOYE, MANUFACTURER OF IDS & TEL Horse and Wagon Covers, JOBBERS OF Hammocks and Gotton Ducks. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. 11 Pearl St, Grand Rapids, Mich, FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. D. A. BLopeetT, President. S. F. AsPrInwaLL, Vice-President. Wa. H. ANDERSON, Cashier. CAPITAL, - - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Make a Specialty of Collections. Accounts of Country Merchants Solicited. Playing Cards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Daniel Lynch, 19 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. A. J. SHELLMAN, Scientific Optician, 65 Monroe Street. 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. We are very large reccivers of the above ar- Hcles and are prepared to sell your shipments promptly at the highest market price and to give youquick returns. We also recelve andsell HAY, GRAIN, WOOL, HIDES, GRASS SEED, BEANS, POTATOES, GREEN AND DRIED FRUITS, DR ANYTHING YOU MAY HAVE TO SHIP. Lib- eral advances made onshipments if requested. Write us for prices or any information you may wan SUMMERS, MORRISON & CO.. Commission Merchants, 174 S. WATER ST., - CHICAGO, ILL Reference: Metrono!ttan Natl. Bank, Chicago. Be sure and Mention this Paper. 2 = a ie, Late £ eS! EE £ ~ CaM ets, i i : THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. i ites Price Current. Advanced—Oil lemon, oil orange, lycopodium, po. ipe z > : Declined—Cuttle bene, Seen ycopo po. ipecac, African ginger, turpentine. ACIDUM, Cubebae.. bee @ 6 00 TINCTURES, Aeetieeeas 58... 8@ 10 Exechthitos.. oe 2 50@2 7 Benzoicum German.. 60@ 65 eee. ce 2 25@2 50 | Aconitum Napellis K....... 60 eeeee 29 | Gaultheria ............ 2 00@2 10 iC " a. 50 Carbolicum 2@ 30| Geranium, ounce..... @ %5 LOCH... ++ a ee eee enn 60 Citricum 48@ 53| Gossipii, Sem. gal..... 50@ 5 os 60 Hydrochio 3@ Ob ease 1 40@1 50 reeee og... se... se 50 Nitrocum 10@ 12] Juniperi............... 50@2 00 | Asafootida.............-..--. 0 Oxalicum ...... 10@ 12|Lavendula............ 90@2 00 | Atrope Belladonna.......... 60 Phosphorium di on} Limonia 2 75@3 25 | Benzoin..........-..-+..+-+- 60 Salicylicum . 1 30@1 70 | Mentha Piper.......... 2 75@3 50 Ce... 50 Sulphuricum 1%@ 5| Mentha Verid......... 2 20@2 30 | Sanguinaria................. 50 Tannicum... 1 40@1 60 | Morrhuae, =. a 1 00g iy ORORTA eee ie as to 50 Tartaricum..... 3 38 — ounce. 50 em, ow es we oe 7 ae i a2 7% | Capsicum ...............-... 50} AMMONIA. Picts + appa (gal. -, = 12] Ca s ee eae ae deg.. 8% ci 1 24 ol . —D Agua, 16 an ie ~ aia ae 1 a se eae 100 Carbonas ... 12@ 14 Hoeae, ounce.......... @6 50 Catechu eee eee 50 Chioridum ..... i 12@ 14 Seni 40@ 45 Cinchona eg a 50 See. 9@I1 1 00 . oe... 60 ANILINE. Sental See Suen --8 50@7 00 ee -- 50 2 00@2 25 ae as . Be OU ce ee eee ee | Oe in 2 0g | Sse tani MB | Gabe SS s Red a Se Tigiti aL 90 — ves 50 ee 2 a i GOW 5 ico see wines 50@3 00 ?, ee "08 : Gentian 50 BACCAE. Theobromas........... 15@ 20 CO... eee eee eee ee 60 —— os 90) 90@1 10 POTASSIUM. Guaica er a AAR = niperus ala oe S Ci em SC ae a io oxylum ...-.---- Bichromate ........... 13@ 14] Hyoscyamus.............-.. 50 BALSAMUM — ss ona ee cone on = as ecce uae weces a % Verdi base suena oleae... ......5. TO Copaiba ...------- Chlorate, (po. 16)...... 15@ 16] Ferri Chioridum............ 35 CFU. ..-------+ > thee ge Ua 50@ eee... .. 50 Terabin, Canada BN sis acti ea eee Sei Laeiie 50 Tolutan ...-.----- Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 2 30 ee ., 50 CORTEX. Potassa, Bitart,com... @ 15|Nux Vomica................ 50 18 Petass Nitras, opt..... 8@ 10 PUL ness eee eee cee ee eee 85 Abies, Canadian.....----- 11 | Potass Nitras.......... 7 9| ‘ Camphorated....... 50 i Hy os Frosslate cs 2@ 30] “* = nchona Flava ...-- Euonymus atropurp 3p | Sulphate po.........-. 15@ 18) AurantiCortex...... ....... 50 Myrica Cerifera, po 20 RADIX. CO 50 Prunus Virgini. 12] Aconitum ............. 20@ 25|Rhatany .........-..-.-. --- 50 Quilisia, grd..... 14] Althae................. 25@ 30] Rhel..................-..+--. 50 Samatras ......------- eee 12@ 15} Cassia Acutifol.. 50 Ulmus Po (Ground 12).....- 20) Nee) Be @ 2 oe 50 a 20@ 40| Serpentaria ................. 50 EXTRACTUM, Gentiana, (po. 15)..... 10@ 12 a Doucet ee ccs cena 60 1 rrhiza Glabra... 2%4@ 2%] Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18} +° UtAD ....---.- eee wee 60 ee ae. 33@ 35] Hydrastis Canaden, Valerian nope nese eee ----. 50 Haematox, 18 Ib. box.. ig = who; i @ 35| Veratrum Veride............ 50 icsve e@ ebore, Ala, a 1 20 : om 4a a 14@ 15| Inula, PO... +. P LR 1 xB 20 eT “ 548. ....---+ 16@ 17 Ipecac, p eae: 2 65@2 75 | Aither, Spts Nit, 3 F.. 2@ Ww FEREUM. Iris poe ‘on. — 35@ 40 . . <7... oe @ 15 Jalapa, pr.. oe 4+) Alverson ..............- 24%@ 3 Carbonate Precip.....- @ 5 | Maranta, ET @ “ground, (po Citrate and ninia. @ 3p | Podophyllum, po...... ee ra il 3@ 4 Citrate Soluble. ......- @ cc, succes osc as cane 55@ 60 Ferrooyantdum Sol. @ 0] « cut.. @1 75 | Antimont, po.......... rs Solut Chioride......-. @ i 35 et PotassT. 55@ 60 Sulphate, — setters 1%4@ : Spigelia i Oe SSL Antoertn @1 40 pure... --.. @ Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ 20] Antifebrin............. @ B FLORA. a ee ae : ee Nitras, ounce = 64 : ox | HONORS ........-------- rsenicum .........--- 7 Arnica ....----+++*-**> = = Similax, Officitnalis, H @ 40| Balm Gilead Bud..... 38@ 40 Anthemis .......------ 23@ = BM G6 Bi Rieoath &. N......... 2 10@2 20 Matricaria —i‘ér >=: 25@ Scillae, (po. 85)........ 10@ 12 aoe Chior, 1s, (48 FOLIA Symplocarpus, Foeti- = ......... @ 9 Levee iota ceee 20@ . —_ i ea oe 80) 3 2 caninarides Russian, ein — *\cutifol, Tin- aleriana, ng. (po R] PO... eee eres eee ee caer Pe a ae 5@ 8] . op ee... Oe = Capstel Fructus, af. @ 2 i Alx 33@ 50 wineiber eee miele eee i 3 @ 8 salvia officinalis, 148 mereer 3........-. 8@ “ ‘“ @ 2 Cee ease = = SEMEN. erties: © (po. 18) ) og. 2 ena ae Anisum, (po. 20).. @ 15 Carmine, No. @uMMI. apleme (graveleons).. 20@ me — a &F — : Acacia, ist picked.... @ 80) Gorn} a = 2 Cocera 0.0.1) @ 40 oe = + DD ieee... ons 1 00@1 25 | Cassia Fructus QR « ga “ .... @ ©) Goriandrum........... 10@ 12] Centraria... @ 10 “ —_ sorts.. @ Cetaceum .. @ 4 ee 60@ 80 — Sativa....... 4405 Chiaseteres 60@ 63 Aloe, Barb, (po. a0)... 0B 9) Chenopodium °°. ..-: 108 12 | casoe'n peat@oee Ot Cape, (po. 20. 2 = Dipterkx Odorais acai 2 102 20 = 25@1 50 Socotrl, (po. 6). @ Foeniculum........... @ Chondrus «......... 20@ 2% Catechu, 18, (48, 14 445, , |Foenugreek, po... 6@ . cimchontaine, &W 15@ 2 16) ....0e-sereeee ee ER ~ aeeertngieee 4 @4% German 3 @ 12 Ammoniae .......--+-- 55@ 60 Lini, grd, (bbl. 3%)...4 @4% or list, dis. per —— (po. 35) .. : = Lob el ih alle ealilaiea sh 3@ 40 sean saaarteen rere “ ° enzoinum.....------- em Camphore......-----+- 50@ _ F > eae eEeE — % Creta, on. a @ 2 en — ith seeere 35@ Sinapis, iia 8 9 ., DBECP.--------+-* 5m 5 Lol inn en sos _.@3 5 Nigra........ 11@ 12 ae eeee eeu cs 9@ 11 Gamboge, 1 seeps sees R2@ 7 sc, @ 8 Guaiacum, (po 30) Q@ % oe ceri ey 30@ 35 Kino, (po. 25).-------- @ 2| Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50! Cudbear..............- @ wu astlc ... ....--+-+-- @ 80 a 8: &..... 1 75@2 00] Gupri Sulph........... 5@ 6 Myrrh, (po. 45)...----- tT aeeceeeeee 1 10@1 50] Dextrine .............. 10@ 12 Opit. (po. 3 00)....---- 2 ON@2 10 Juntperts Co. 0. T....1 75@1 75 | Ether Sulph........... 68@ 70 Shellac ... ...-+.-----: ae ee sents 1 75@3 50 | Emery, numbers @ “ _— 30@ 35]|Saacharum N. E...... 1 75@2 00 ee ee ee @ 6 Tragacanth .....-.---- 30@ 75) Spt. Vini Galli........ 1 75@6 50 | Ereota. 85. 90 HERBA—In ounce packages. Vint Oporto .....2.22.. 1 5@2 00| Flake ‘White ce De 15 gs | Vini Alba............. 1 25@2 00 ‘Series @ a (e.......-....... 7@B8 Florida or wool Gelatin, = @ Carriage.........---- 2 25@2 50 | Glassware flint, 75 and 2%. Nassau oe meepe wool } by box 70 EET Velvet extra eee Glue, a oodeeeee ce 4 Ss wool carria ; 10 eeeeeeenene Extra yellow nae Glycerina hl he 15%@ 20 MAGNESIA. Carriage .......- wea 85 ee _—— se eeeees a = Calcined, Pat.....----- 55@ 60 Grass sheeps’ wool car- 5 we * Ghior M = Carbonate, Pat.....-.. 20@ 22) riage .........-.---+- 65 | Hy rang sas < z Carbonate, a if... 2 | Hard for slate use: {= 7) ox Rubrim Qt 10 Carbonate, Jennings.. 35@ 36 pig e 140 ‘ Ammoniati.. @1 10 tole mae Ti ” a 4@ 55 ee 3 | > SYRUPS. Hydrargyrum . aon Dulc...... eae a. 50 = - olla, Am ane Amarae.. 5 0008 35 TE ee DL bead aeen as 1 oot ass... iodine, Resi. saemeli Coren. ...., 2 €0@2 85 | Ferri Iod.............-.. --- 50 | Iodoform....... Ber, De ceseewaus 3 75@4 00 ——_, CEs see oes os S61 Lapa ..........-.... Cajtputs eet ete = e Similax “Oficinall eae . L en tees Caryo ee ax Obie... .-+ +. BO i hese coguny i eekeces se. hUF.CtC™~«~*~<“‘” 2 00 se * 9 60 Dr. Price's per doz Dime cans.. 90 Red Star, % i cans........ 40 “ae % tb “ 7 “ 2.08 ee Telfer’s, % lb. cans, doz 45 se % lb. se ac “ ia BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. inglish | 90 k Bristol. a 70 | D omestic i. oO BLUING. Gross Arctic, 4.02 ovals 00 8 0Z i pints round No. - siftir ng box. No. : No. sd ‘ loner nh BROOMS. No. 2 Hurl et No. ~ Carpet. 1 Parlor Gem - OD AR DAT a oO. Ww to tO NW tO nie aa. 1 00 Fancy . oa _im Mill . 3 25 Warehouse... ne . 3 00 BRUSHES. ee FE, Fi tee oe 13 i = -...........-.... | oe g cag ce 17 Rice Root Scrub, 2 row.... 8 Rice Root Scrub, 3 row. 1 Bi Palmeto, goose. 1 2 oe BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. Biine Gam... ..............5 085 ae eee... ...-.....,. Self Rising, case ..... ......5 ©} CANDLES Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes. 10 Star, 40 be 9 Paraffine 10% | Wicking 2 CANNED GOODs. FISH. Clams. Little Neck, a Ib oO 2 .. .1 90} con Chowder. i Standard, 3lb...... 2 00 Cove Oysters. patie 1.............. 90 ' ET Lobsters. Siar, 1 ip... 2 3] ein 2 ib. 3 30} Picnic, 1 lb oo ' 21b a oe Mackerel. | Standard, 1 es ieee. 1 30} se ees Mustard, 3 ib i i. ou Tomato Sauce, 31 i i Soused, 3 ib.......... _ 21 Salmon. | Columbia River, _ : 85 | Lowe 7 | Alaska, 2 Wo 1 45 a ........... ---2 10} Sardines. | American RR se oe cs 4ny@ 5 WeB.........- 64Q 7 Imported 248. ee eee es 1@i2 | bane --13Q14 | Mustard “s.. Cie cee coe sa Boneless . ied eee eee 20| » | Corned beef, Libby's...... | Roast beef, Armour’s...... 5) | Potted ham, % Ib .... Trout. | Brook, Sm... 415.2... 250 FRUITS. Apples. S ib. stant@erd........ 85 York State, gallons.. 2 40 Hamburegh, ' 2 50 Apricots. ive oes... .... - . 22 Bama Cracg....... Lan 2 00 Lusk’s 2 50 | err. ............ 1 90 eee Baw... 90 Cherries. ed oe 1 20 Plited Hamt burgh . 1 7% woe .... vue 1 20 Erie .. 1 2 Damsons, Egg Plums and Green Gages. =. ........ @1 2% Coceres., .......... 1 70 Gooseberries. Common .... in Peaches. Pie . el eee ee 110 ee 1 50 Geeoeres ........ oo 1 30 eeree. 2 25 Monitor ae 1 35 i 13 Pears. Domestic......... , 1 2 mivermsias.......... 21 Pinsuppion. ee 1 30 Johnson’s sliced...... 2 50 o grated 2% = Common .... 1 10 Raspberries. — ..... ...... 1 30 Black Hamburg ae 150 Erie. black 1 40 Strawberries, Lawrence oe 1 PS oc 22 Erie. ee 13) Terrapin 1 38] Whortleberries. Common 12) es ..... 12 Blueberries 1 2 MEATS, Ib. 4 le tongue, % Ib. a “ eh peak nk ek pet ed 10 . _-... ... 95 chicken, %{ Ib... ... 95 VEGETABLES. Beans. | Hamburgh stringioes.......1 & French style.....2 25} Lae... 1 40 Lima, green. tes ne ee... 80 Lewis Boston Baked........ 1 35 Bey State Baked............ 1 35 eee Pe... ees 135 | Corn. CC —— Dove wt 2... 2 Purity Honey Dew.................1 50 | Morning Glory ............. 1 10 Peas Hamburgh meerrotat ........ 133 early June....... 1 50 - Cc hampion Eng...1 50 | He amburgh pets pols.......1 75 ' fancy sifted.....1 90 Bees... 65 | Harris standard........ . = Van. Camp’s Marrofat 1. | Early June...... 1 30 Archer’s Early Blossom....1 35 French o i oe ahem, Pies... ee. 16218 Pumpkin. Se a en a 95 Squash. ee ee ee ee 1 20 Succotash. Hambure ......-..-cccesceres 1 40 —_—_—_—_——— 80 Honey Dew...........- ‘uptee | Tomatoes. ioe. oe 1 00 BREN. | 8. 5 ca cern ee 1 60 | awe bOte -.-. ~~ vos eces.-.-.- 1 30 Gallon See ede h cee) cece 2 CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. oes S Sweet... ........-. 22 =—" be eres secon 35 es ee eee 38 ievonhitbans een... <.. “ 40 CHEESE. ; ooee......-... ss. @ ee ee @i3 INS 6 on eee oes @ ee -- ieee eee @ Skim . es eee sens @10 oe 13 ae... ....- ...,.. @i 00 ae @10 | Pineapple .......... @% Roquetort............. @35 as. 36 aes AN ZN 200 or over.....---. = per cent, Pearl Barley. ee renee teen ee 3 @4 ‘ i ag » oon COUPON PASS BOOKS. Groen, Da... ..-...+.0s<00s 1 £0 Can be made to represent any | Split, eT, 5 00 enomination from — down.| | Sago. 20 books. . 8 1 00 | ieee 4% 50 eee keane eee i lick a 5% TF a a, 3 00 250 6 25 Wheat. Sap Sago........-..--. @2 i Uae sue 10 00 | Cracked.....-.....++. .....- Sekwalens. imported. @30 ae 17 50 FISH--Salt. sé domestic @15 re eeeeccecece i eeeee allio a aakoee, CATSUP. Wareenihe a 1 10 Half pint, common......... 80 CONDENSED HILK. Cod. Pint = 4 . aia 4 doz. in case. - Pollock 34 uart ni oo agie.. : see ne a ee tat pint, fancy. ee 1 25 | CrOWD .-- eee... .-eee eee ee 6 25 —— ~— agai 74@ > ee | Gees Bee. 8 60 ee na ete : ‘es ac of Oe 3 00 | American Swiss.. ........ 7 00 | Boneless, str: a es A CLOTHES PINS. CRACKERS. Smoked Ha ut. 12 5 gross boxes..............-- oe eect ce ae aml Butter. Herring. cocoa SHELLS. Seymour XXX.. 7 ee 20 351b bags.......... ... @3_ | Seymour XXX, eartoon..... 6% Holland, bbls Ui 11 00 Less quantity oi .. | Family se eee So eS 7 Pound packages ...... 6%@7_| Family XXX, eartoon...... 64 | Round shore, 4 dbl. 00 meee eee 6 = bbi.. 1 50 COFFEE. Salted Xxx, cartoon ...... 64 eek ed GREEN. Rae cl TM ackerel, Rio. Boston ee a og = eee. 11 60 ae Lae Butter “biscuit .. _,. Oe | We. 1, Atle, ee... .. 25 eT Soda Family, bbls., * 100 ibs... 5 50 Paes. cue Z kits, 10 Ibs........ 15 oe ee ates Peaberry 20 oe Th i : nes. gene ' Note Dee g% | Russian, kegs..-..-........ 45 i Cryeces Weeer.-............- 10 Trout. ee le Reception Flakes 10 Good oo. 17 P 0 eee No. 1, % bbls., 1001bs........ 6 50 — Oe lee g | No.1, kits, 10 ibs....2.0200.. 90 Peaberry -..--.. 2280 | City Oyster. XE. Whitefish. Mexican nie uatneanie. Farina Ovyster.............. 6 No. 1, % bbis., 100Ibs........ 8 00 ee 20 | CREAM TARTAR. No. 1, kits, 10 Me eT 1% ee 21 | Strictly pure.. Ce Family, % bbls., 100 Ibs... 3 50 TOO cers nec Absolute........ 35 Kits 10'Ibs......... 50 Maracaibo. Grocers’. bees ceee a scene ae -10@15 ae a ne ae... DRIED FRUITS. FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Java. Domestic. Jennings’ D C, Interior ............ -...-+.- APPLES i ie — Vanilla a og tenes Sundried. sliced in bbls. 5 is pa cae 1 00 : = TIN RR SURES ow on oe tee eeu sc quartered *“ 5 io “ sp 50 = 00 Mocha, Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes @7 | 60z «! 2 00 3 00 re 23 : APRICOTS. 8 oz “ is 00 4 40 Sree... 26 California in bags ...... 8 el CE Evaporatedin boxes. ... 8% GUN POWDER. To ascertain cost of roasted . (BL ees ll Ce 5 30 coffee, add \c. per Ib. for roast- | [M boxes..... 4% Half kegs.. (ahs ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- | . NECTABINES HERBS. Olb. bags | age. = ee cee T Sage } PACKAGE. a Q @o% oe TE ES 15 | PEACHES. a ee Arbuckle’s Ariosa . 19.80] Peeled, in boxes 12 INDIGO. | McLanghlin’s XXXX. 19.8) | Cal, evap A les 8 - oe Sib. bores. ...... 55 | Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case 20 05 | CT ee ou F., 2,3 and 5 Ib. boxes... 50 | Cabinets | . 1 @ 8 i containing ii ar aa } 120 1-pound oo Pees... .. @i Chicago goods. @3 | packages PITTED CHERRIES, Mason’ 8, A 20 and 30 Ibs... 6 | (eter hs | erres. woe 11 5 Ib. canes accompany | 50 1b, boxes eee. 11% LICORICE, | wien io- hlUr UCU 2 eo aaa reer ie ieteron es = | tion) sold at Cccp ag AE Ah r @ case price, |, cdimianmamsnaenii ee 18 ‘% with an ad- is. boxes... .... 2... 12% LYE. j ditional RASPBERSIES. Condensed, 2 dos........... 13 | charge of | tn barrels mn . @ O08... 2 2 | 9 cents forisolh boxes... a MATCHES. | cabinet. 295 Ib. EES. +-----.-.---. Joe | io. oO MIORME........... 2... 1 2 eT) on ttitcecete scons | ES | | AO EOE... 170 | Valley City......... oe Foreign. mo 2 eeeee:.........-.......5 ae | Felix 115 CURRANTS. Export perlor............... ..4 00 Hummel’ Sie pe . 1 = Patras, in barrels..... @ Ret ere ee ” in %-bbls...... @ a * in less — @ = . 4 Citron, Sob 351. boxes 3 cena Lemon 10 CLOTHES LINES. Orange 6s . “ “ Cotton, 40ft.......per doz. 1 25 com e ....... “ 1 40 Domestic. . 0 ft. « 4 g9 | London layers, 2 crown....1 i ae ol “ 16 i : ie ae ; - t és . ncy. .1 85 » a oo = Loose Muscatels, boxes. ts —— camel eee se ws ° ‘ 70 rt yr J 2S. % ft 1 00 wigan pags @5% : Tin, per dozen. ‘ Ondura, 29 Ib. b _ Mea 1% [oe Ga .* COUPON BOOKS. —, = nee Hale gallon. a 1 40 _ Vale an . . i 7 oe : We sli ss 45 PRUNES. Half pint ms 40 Ww — for vinegar, per doz. ea i ae 7 00 4 Heit. ver thon 4 % ..9% | Quart . 3% .- 9% rae o. 2 2 B. We cc < a ‘Tradesman.’ / ocN - Biackstrap. : 1, per hundred........... Sugar house .........+0++- 3% ; i pe undred : : 00} ENV ELOPES., Pe Baking. 8 Bal we se XX rag, white. | Ordinary ...........- oe z 3 00 NO. _ a8 a ee A ik oy sa $1 49 Porto Rico. 8 No. 2 6% sec ee cecccevscece 1 60 Pri 16 4 Ov No. 1,6 Ce Cpe ere ccrenint Ce ee 50 Perey ...... -.. cueeerues 20 “ "xx ‘wood, white. New Orleans. 2 50 | No. 1, 64.......----. +--+. Pe 14 . 3.00 | No. 2,6 wast EE HE ee 3 50 Manilla, white eis co08, 22 4 00 | BYR------ cee er cece eee seeee ROO Chetee |... 27 5 00 ee Goin tereeeees 95 Fan wane et rage cs 35 c a sins WM t 1 00 ee OATMEAL, Barrels 206 .......--....- @4 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Half barrels i00........... Ge 30 Farina. ROLLED OATS. “Universal.”’ 100 Ib. kegs.....--..---- 4 meres ip... .......- @4 40 8 1, per hundred. 83 00 Hominy. Male pbieO0......4... @2 30 ee 3 50 | Barrels ......e-..---seeeeees 3% PICKLES. ‘s Ce 4 00 | Grits ..........ssseeeseeeeee 4 25 Medium. a Fe eet minim 5 00 Lima Beans. Barrels, 1,200 count........ #3 50 . Lt coeeaae sami :° Dried....... eae 4 | Half barrels, 600 count.... 2 60 Above prices on coupon books Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Small. are subject to the following | Domestic, 12 lb. box.. Barrels, 2,400 count........ 4 50 quantity discounts: Be oo. os cee “jox@11% Half barrels, 1,200 count... 2 50 PIPES. Clay, No. 216.........--...-- 1 = ~ =. D. full count........ (ee We Se cca... . se 1 3 POTASH. 48 cans in case. Bees ........-..------ 4 00 Penna Salt Co.’s.........- 3 2 ROOT BEER Williams, peraon.... ..+.. 1% 3 dos, case... ... 5 00 RICE. Domestic. Carolina bead... ........ 7 No. 1 ee ee 6 _ Be. f..::....... @ 5 Piekee. ......5.. ee Imported. Jd apan, ee ee 6 eee ee nese. 5% eee ee ke 5 SE a eee 5 SAUERKRAUT. Silver ‘Thread, ee ne $4 00 pe....... 2 50 SPICES. Whole Sifted. IG oa oe sn oo =o 10 Casela, ‘China in mats...... 8 ' Batavia in bund....15 " Saigon in rolls...... 1.35 Cloves, Awiboyes......--.+. 22 eeee..... «.-... 13 Maes Peee....... ..-.-.. 80 ra ~_ bee eae ce 80 “ ae Pepper, Singapore, eg rg re white... _25 . mer.. .:. eee euee 19 Pure Ground in Bulk. Ae i i ys 15 Cass la, Batavia ee eee 20 and Saigon.25 . eee... s,s 35 Cloves, Amboyna. . Peete ee 30 Zansipar...... .20 Ginger, _—. La cae 15 ER cere oe eee 18 ' oe ice oe Maco Batavia...............6 Mustard, eon and Trieste. = ries ke eee eme ee Nutmess, No. cae epper, Singapore, blac po ee... = ” C ne. Leen eae... cee » Absolute” in Packages. 4s Ys Ries ........ 2... 84 155 Cineeen........-.... & io Cloves... os a 2 oe Ginger, FT am 1s ea 64 15 Moere.....:........- & 155 i 8 155 ie, pace 84 SEEDS eee os. s, oe @12} Canary, Smyrna, 3% Cree 5. es... 8 Cardamon, Malabar .. 90 Hemp, Russian 4% maxed Gare ...:...... 44@ 5% Mustard, white ...... 6 ee 9 ae... 6 Cuttie bone .......... 30 STARCH. Corn. Sole peees, ............-... 6% a 6% Gloss. 1- > packages esa cc, sae ee 6 eib ga 40 end 50 ib. boxes........-. 4% aro... 4% SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, | french appee, in Jare.... . 43 SODA. ee a. She a. ere... i, 4% SAL SODA. eS eee 1% Granulated, boxes.......... 1% SALT. = sacks.. a oo ee ae, 2 00 28 Sob. mee a 1 85 er 2 2 243-lb Cases. 12 56 lb. dairy in linen bags.. 50 sto. * an 18 Warsaw. 56 lb. dairy in drill bags... 35 na ? oo Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75 56 lb, dairy coe sacks. 75 Solar Rock. er meee... 25 Saginaw and Manistee. Common Fine per bbl..... SALERATUS. Packed 60 lbs. in box. ae 3 30 ee EES ee 3 30 Paweers..:. 5 le ee NT Beas oe cee cp ence wens 3 00 Se Seer tc imrcomiamntaenatiotasaninntent em tie Diesen nil iit THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. soon LAUN Thompson & Chute Brands, Siiver, 100 Mos............ $3 6 Snow, 100 10 oz. oe 00 Mono, 100 12.02 ... . 33 German Family, 6011b.... 2.55 wo ib..... 3 10 Laundry Castile, 751 1b.... 3 05 Marbled, 75 1 iD --.--.-..... 3 05 Savon Improved, 60 1 he Sunflower, 10010 0z........ 12% > ~ Olive, 100 a 2 50 Golden, a Economical, 90 2lb.... ... 225 Standard, Mey 23 Allen B. Wrisley’ 8 Brands, Old Country, 60 1-ip........ 330 100d Cheer, ti 3 90 White Borax, 100 M-ID...... 3 60 Proctor & Gambie. One. 5... 2 80 Ivory, = WR ccd ce é 5 eae, 4 00 ‘co \ oe 3 65 Mottled German. 3 15 Town Talk.... eee TOILET. Snow MEGee | .«s.s.-. 3 % Cocoa Castiic, Ib........ 7@ SCOURING AND POLISHING. Silverine, a 12ce......... 36 We i ies 1 £0 Sapolio, kitchen, = Goz.... 350 . hand, 3 doz see 2 50 Potash Flakes, 7 21002. 5 00 SUGAR. Cot Loet.............- @ 5% MO li seine cues @ 45 Pewmeree . i... ...... @ 45% Cane... ..-.. 44@4 31 —— a. 4... ie 31 Sok .......... - D4 White ase C........- $ 3% Extra C Loess @ 3% ME has ec eece cu cous ae @ 3% Tee... eee 3. uo 3h% Less ann bbls. 4c advance STEP LADDERS. a ee ee ae 60 ieee aes 75 i oan 1 00 Be a oe 1 20 1 50 a see eee ‘fo oo ee 2 23 SYRUPS Corn. Barrels... ....- ek eee 22 Meee WE dias 2, 2... 1. 24 Pure Cane. CO Eee 19 i an oe 25 ek he ee 30 SWEET GOODS, Ginger Snar.......... Suger Creams......... Frosted Creams....... Graham Crackers..... Oatmeal Crackers... TEAS. JAPAN—Regular. ie .............-... We a, le Cees ........:,--.-. Choicest.......... so eee 10 SUN CURED Ee ee ees eee 24 Choicest.. occu ee ae Dust.. a 10 BASKET FIRED. eee Choice. .....- oe Choicest..... Extra choice, wire leaf GUNPOWDER, Common to fair.......2 Extra fine to finest. ...50 Choicest fancy ........75 OOLONG. Common to fair... ...23 IMPERIAL. Common to fair....... 23 Superior to fine. . «sO YOUNG HYSON. Common to fair.......18 Superior to fine.. se ENGLISH BREAKFAST. OE ee Best .. TOBACCOS. Fine Cut. 9 3% 8% Pails unless otherwise noted. Hiawatha Sweet Cuba......... , McGinty ....... See 6 bbls. Locos Little Datling.. My bbi.. / m 179 1891, Re WO... oon unos ¥ alley ce... . Dendy Jom......-....- Teeeee. ..,.........- Plug. Sorg’s Brand. Spearncaa .......... ! eS a a Nobby Twist.... Oh My!..... oy 20 38 29 Scotten’s Brands. WASHBOARDS. BONO... coc eget aime 22 Eiawatha......... ...- 37 Valley City ........... 34 Finzer’s Brands. Old Honesty.......... 4) SOY TEE... cee ne 32 Middleton’s Brands. More 16 16... .. er... 1d eye... ....... 31 Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands. Something Good.. a Toss Up. ee eae eas so Outot Sight. . 25 Private Brands. Sweet Manpie.......... 30 Low... 26 Smoking. eee 12% Colonel's Choice............ 13 Ware .......... ee Banner . o- 0 King Bee.. eee ed ecn os 20 Kiln Deed 17 Nipver Head...,........<... z Single. Honey Dew.............. ame P WileOR 2 00 Eee 28 —... ti. 1® Peerless......-..+--.--+ee-- A 1 40 ete 24 moe... :.......... 1 00 ee Bie Mm i hegetry lll... _11%0 Tom ANd JOrry....... ewes cs 25 Defiance....... | t3 oe 30 Double. ee ee 32 Wilson ...... Co 2 50 — ie ae eee ¥ Sic... ........... 2 ea 32 Ce .. 1 80 Crk Ma 40 io... 2 00 ee tenis 33 Creenee rE 7 Red Star. a2 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS | Shamrock. ..... ~ 50 ie tee... 2 2 Ce VINEGAR, No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) ati | No. 1 Red (60 Ib. test) 90 | 40 BE... -- see eee ere n ee ‘H : Fe i ee ee 8h MEAL. | “$1 for barrel. TE 1 60} Ey Granulated. . — ol | Bulk, per gal ... 30 : PLOUR. _, | Beer mug, 2 doz incase... 1 75 Straight, In sacks ........ 4 70 YEAST—C ompressed. = btereos........ 400i .. 15 Paiant 4 gaeke | Fermentum per gg cakes. . . ~ BArros........ 5 80 | 7 perib’........--. 25 Graham “ sacks.... ae). oS Rye iy eae as 2 65 | FISH and OYSTERS. MILLSTUFFS. | Ree 16 00 | J. Dettenthaler quotes as Screenings ee . 12 00} follows. a Middlings...... 16 00 | Misad Weed. 17 06 | — tees e : nM , * z Coeereee Coececoe Ce ee 16 50 ot @15 CORN. (aeees, see = pe =. ‘i oa. --42 % | Flounders ...... 3 @e ess than ear ots. Cae 45 Toss. ee OATS. — TS EE were ee 10 QR > > e~ | California salmon ... @i15 Less than car lots........... 3% nits. @ 9 HAY. Pike. es @ 8 No. 1 Timothy, car ese 00 Smoked WwW hite. _ os @ ra No. 1 " ton lots .14 99 | Bloater, per box...... La oysTERS—Bulk. | Mediums, per. eat..... $1 05 | Selects, ee 1 60} Clams ' Loud 1 25 | eee leans 1 26 Scallops ol 1% oOYsTERS—Cans. Fairhaven Counts... @35 FP. ¢. D. Selects ......- @20 a . @z FL... ......... @w a , @1s8 Sisndaras .......... @i6 Paves ......... @l4 SHELL GOODS. — per os Clam HIDES, PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fo) lows: HIDES. Groce ................. 3 ee Part Cured...... ' @+4% me Ce @5 [ies................... 5 @& [Bie ereen ...........35 @ 4 — Geren. ...,. 1... @5 C alfskins, een. ..... 4@5 Cured...... 5 @6% | Deacon skins...... 10 @30 | No. 2 hides 3 off. PELTS Beeeriieee............. 10 @% | Dame ...............58 Gi a) | WOOL. | weeees......... ..20 @25 Uawesned ....... ....10 Ga MISCELLANEOUS. Tallow ................ 3%@ 4 | Grease butter ........ 1@2 [een .............. 1%@ 2 eee 2 OOD 50 PURS. Outside prices for No. 1 only. | Baedeer...... ......... 5O@1 00 | | Bear. 15 00@25 00 | Beaver a 3 00@7 00 | Cat, wild.............. 40@ 50} hee... 10@ 25) 5 rae... 4 00@6 00} Wow toe... 1 00@1 50| « eroes.............0 O0@es CET grey... 50@1 00} | Lynx.. a .-2 00@3 00 | Martin, dark.. .1 H@3 00 | . pale & y ellow 50@1 00 | Meee, Geee............ 40@1 10 | Mosmret............... Ga Ib) Oupoesim...... .....-. 15@ 30] Otter, dark............5 Gigs GO) paccsa............... oe Fe ae ---.1 OG D} | Wolf.. , woes k COGS OO} | Beay er castors, Pe 2 00@5 00 DEERSKINS Per pound ‘Phin aid ereen ........ .... Long gray ' Gray i Red and blue OILS. The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows, in barrels, f.0. b. Grand Rapids: W. W. Headlight, 150 fire test (old test) @ 8 Water White, am iT% Naptbha @i7 Gasoline @ 3% Cylinder 27 @ab Engine \ 13 @2l1 Black. 25 to 3 deg @ 73 le POU L TRY. Local dealers pay for dressed fowls: as follows Spring chickens 10 @i2 Vow. ....... wueuce o GUE Turkeys... tee Ge Ducks . cebussccaceeee Ge Geese 11 @l12 PAPER & WOODENWARE PAPER, Straw ee ee ee ee ae a ee ae a Dry Goods............. Gia Jute Manilla...... Red Express No. 1. hi v0. 2 TWINES [ae Come... ...........-+--. oe Cotton, No. 1 oS an gE | Sea Island, assorted.... 35 No. re ad oe os 15 No. a 15 woo IDE tNW ARE. mus, Wo. 1.......... ~*~ meg No. 3 di I rails, No. 1, two-hoop. No. 100p ¢ — spins, 5 gr. boxes... owls, ii uch — _1o ' 13 bien ~ 1 oe 7. a oe 17 = a assorte d, 17s and 19s 2.50 " 158, 17s and 19s 2 75 Baskets, market. = shipping bus shel. 1 Ww full hoop ‘ 1 30 bushel i aoa. 2 oe will ow cl ‘ths, No.1 & fo splint We Affirm That Good Goods Make Business. tation Coffees, al Grocerymen: LSIDE JAVA! Are you entirely satisfied with your sales of High Grade Coffees? Are you sure that you are selling the best to be obtained ? Hillside Java is a scientific combination of Private Plan- selected by an expert, and from which it And Poor Goods Mar Business, is possible to make a beverage that will please you. Cup qualities always uniform, and is a trade winner wherever introduced. Do you sell it”? We are represented in Michigan as Roasted and Packed only by THE J. M. BOUR CoO., 140 Summit St., Toledo, O., also Detroit & New York. follows: Indiana, M. H. GASSER; Eastern Michigan, P. V. Hecuter Western Michig < Southern Michigan and } an, “Thos. Frerauson “Old Fergy a Northern THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Dull and slow of sale. Dealers hold at $2@#2.25 per bbl., according to quality. 3eans—‘Dead dull,” asa local handler char- acterizes the situation. Dealers pay about $1.20 for unpicked and country picked and hold at $1.60 for city picked pea or medium. Butter—Choice dairy is in moderate demand at 18@20c. Factory creamery is held at 25c. Celery—20c per doz. Cabbages—30@40c per doz. Cranberries — Repacked Cape Cod arein fair demand at % 50 per bbl. Dried Apples—Sundried is held at 4%@5c and evaporated at 6%@ic. Eggs—As indicated last week, the mi arket has dropped dow n several points, no jobber now 2 g over 14c, the selling price at halen be sc in Grand Rapids and 16c in Detroit. No retailer should pay over a shilling a dozen from now unti 1 Ea whole. Honey—l4c per lb .—Grand Rs ipids Forcing is now on the g a ready sale at 25¢ per Ib. en are in fair demand at 50¢c per Dr 1an iding x 60@80c per bu. er time, if he expects to get out market is utterly featureless, 1g demar ad being stea ly, without the least degree of animation. Local holders pay 20e here and at the pr rincipal buying points in Norther Mict an. Radishes—60e per doz. bunches, Squash—Hubbard, 1%ec per Ib. Sweet Potatoes—2 $3 per bbl. for choice he price is beyond all a } PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. ee oe. .........., ee ee Short cut ..... ee Extra clear pig, i ee ee. Clear, fat back... .. a 13 50 Boston clear, short cut...............-. . oo Clear back, short cut. ne oe Standard clear, short cut, best.......... 14 00 savsacE—Fresh and Smoked. ee ee Ham Sausage ee a. 2 eee. ee Frankfort Sausage ee 7% oe ee 5 Bologna, straight... .5 Bologna, thick. 2S EE te OE TCE 5 eee. 2 LaRD—Kettle Rendered Tierces . an. Oo ee 8% | Soi. Tins....... es ei ee eecee sec ae 814 | GRANGER. oe ae 7% | oe el 7% | 20 | eesti lat 7% ee 8 5 846 ee a 8 LARD. Com- Family pound eee ls 5% one ie. Peee.............. 8 5% 2. Pals, 20in @ case.......... 6% 6% Sib. Pails, ine case...........6% 65% 10 Ib. Pails, 6 in a case...........6% 6% 20 Ib. Paiis, 4 in a case..........6% 6 ae... 6 5 BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 6 50 Extra Mess, Chicago packing.. ‘occ. - or Boneless, rump butts... . 950 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average 20 Ibs. -. 16 Ibe. cece neces AN. i ' 2 to 14 1b eee 10 SS 6% “best boneless.. ee a 8% Shoulders...... es demeececeee Oe Breakfast Bacon, boneless............... io Dried beef, nan “on a oe Long Clears, ee... cio cereeneck sess rn We cl a ee oe ee 7 HESTER & FOX, AGENT FOR THE stock is in small demand | ” | Molasses Bar. | Plain Creams. CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Full Weight. Bbls. Pails. —— — Bocce oes ound 6 ‘ ee 6 7 | . Twist eee use oe eee 6 7 pees (Gee .......... 20 lb. cases 84e oe SE i cine 7 8 Extra H. H. cases 7 8 “MIXED CANDY. Full Weight. Bbls. Pails. oak. wea cee eae te cme 6 7 ‘ ee ee ee ae 6 7 eee ee 6% ve74 ee 7 8 Ree Sck............ oe ee . 8 i eee ce ek 7 8 Broken Taffy ese one baskets 8 Peanut Squares............ 8 9 loi csetele ee 10 DT ee eee ce 13 | Midget, 30 Ib. baskets neon ceeeee cee ere 8 aes 8 Fancy—In bulk. Full Weight. Pails. Lozenges, we ee cece eee 10 | ee a en 11 eee Sree. 11% Chocolate Monumentals.................-+-- 13 ee is 5% Co ae, 8 DO i ee 8% _—_— Eee 10 Francy—In 5 Ib. boxes. Per Box. Bees Wee, wt 55 i eee oe, 55 er eee, 60 is coe teen en ouen es 65 a, Coane Dene... 2.5... 90 ee —. Licorice Drops. . " A. B. Licorice Drops.. Lozenges, ie 5 printed... oo hon clekyed ee 60 cep erect. 70 ee eee ee ee ee Hand Made Creams. .... a! Decorated Creams. I ie ee 65 Burnt Almonds.. ees Wereee..........-....... 60 | CARAMELS. No. i, wrapped, 2 Ib. boxes es ce 34 No. 1, 3 i --serwe 51 | No. 2, o 2 eS 2 No. 3, . 3 bie, ewes 2 | Senne up, 5 i. Pawed........................ | ORANGES. Pere, Ca @3 00 | _ eee ee 2 50@2 75 C ee, 2 S0@2 75 . TOMCRINES .........- a Vo ( alifornias, Riverside nee ees on euueeuna 2 202 75 y es 4 25 @2 50 @2 50 Moin, Coles, O00....-.........-.-..... @3 50 . Paey, Oee......-.... .... oe @4 00 e TO @3 7 as I i ee ee ws @4 2 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Fig ss, fancy layers, a a 12 @i4 eee ea 14 @15 Cc extra e 14 bie eoe @16 i Qi Dates, Fard, 10-Ib. box dees ie eben eee pie ore doce eceen $3 S Persian, ‘501b, a 49 6 NUTS. Almonds, ga cece decease ous @i6 eee iene @15 - California es @i6 tuoi ol ooEE @i* Filberts . / @12 Walnuts, Grenoble. @i4 le bec cutee cae tee @ . I oe ah ke nee os ee @10 Table Nuts, fancy.. pee ebee es Chee ae 12 a @i1% nahin ten SE ee Cocoanuts, full sacks............. — @4 00 PEANCTS. Fancy, H. P., pe ode ree ce ees wom @ 5% if a EEO @ 7% Fancy, H. P., lee cock cp eaee ee @ 5% * Roested...... tecnus @ i Choice, H. Ps eee... .. @ 4K ** Roasted.. ss MANUFACTURERS OF Plain Slide Valve Engines with —e 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. | BEANS If you have any beans and want tosell, we want them, will give you full mar ket price. Send them to us in any quantity up to car loads, we want 1000 bushels daily W. Y. LAMOREAUX & 6O., 128, 130, 132 W. Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, - 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. To try it once is to become an ardent at vocate of it. To praise it too highly is impossi ble Pd 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, PuHILurpe ScHARETT, Barn Foreman, Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Wagon Jack Free ! We are sending to every dealer whe handles “GRAPHITE AXLE ay eg one Daisy Wagon Jack, worth to be given to the holder of the eameaeal order contained in one of the 1-lb. boxes in each ease of one-third gross, on presentation of said order to your dealer, FKEE of charge. For sale by all Grocers, Hardware Dealers, Harness Dealers and by the Manufacturers. Wadhams Oil & Grease Co., Milwaukee, Wis, and Seattle, Wash, Paper Packed Screw. WRITE FOR PRICES in. Brimmeler & Son Manufacturers and Jobbers of Pieced & Stamped Tinware, 260.8. IONIA'ST., TELEPHONE 640. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Ought{to Send At Once For Sample Sheet and Prices, OfoLedgers and Journals! bound with Philadelphia Pat, Flat “opening back. The Strongest Blank’ Book Ever Made. BN Ok ARLOW nOTHERS e Loa EZ man a GRAN D RAPIDS, MICH ELSIE ROLLER MILLS A. SCHENCK & SON, Elsie, Mich. OUR BRANDS: Our Best Patent Straight. SPECIALTIES—ALL THE ABOVE. Granulated Meal, Old-fashioned Graham, Buckwheat Flour, Feed. Prompt attention to Mail orders. The PUTNAM LANDY 60.8 SPECIALTIES Oranges, kemons, Nuts, Dates and Figs. Vegetable Seeds. Seed Potatoes. “ ROWN’S 24 ann 26 NoartH Division Stresr. EVER YTHING FOR THE GARDEN. Send for or. en Tllustrated Catalogue PLANTS, TOOLS, ETC. NEW CROP. MAILED F Clover and Grass ta en Seed Corn, Onion Sets, and All the Standard Sorts and Novelties in SEED STORE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. _— +n pina caine mie 9 a nae The Corner Grocery Crowd of Poke- town Village. Written for THE TRADESMAN. PoKETOWN, Jan. 30—Since the new year has been with us, we have been having some very chilly weather. The big stove in the corner grocery has de- manded more fuel, and the crowd has hugged it closer than usual. One of the chilliest evenings of last week, just as the crowd had settled itself comfortably around aforesaid stove, Sam Dodge walked into the store and asked the crowd whether they had heard the latest news as to how the Chili business stood. Without a moment’s hesitation, and greatly to the surprise of everybody (for it was the first time he had ventured to make a remark since his great feast on Christmas Day), Bottomly Quirk piped out in his high-keyed, nasal twang, ‘‘I jist heern a fellow tell over in the post office that it was ten degrees below zero.’? Then he slid off the crack- er barrel, leaving a whole section of his variegated overalls hanging on the edge of the barrel. After realizing the mis- fortune with which he had met, he gath- ered up the detached section, which had a striking resemblan‘e to a piece of some old crazy quilt, and, backing out through the back door, went home for repairs. Sam did not wait to explain his wonder- ful news—Bottom had nipped his gag in the bud—but passed out of the front door, in quest of some more congenial crowd, just as Bottom backed out of the back door. After the crowd had somewhat recov- ered from the effects of the calamity which had befallen Bottom, Vinegar Brown came in and said that Sam Dodge had just reported, across in the barber shop, that, owing to the chilly state of affairs, the latest report was to the effect that the President’s ultimatum had frozen up and busted. Nobody smiled. All felt as though the atmosphere had suddenly become chilled, and it was some time before anyone could utter a word. At last, Eddie Spiggott, the junior partner, by putting forth a tremendous effort, managed to break the awful still- ness by intimating that it was perfectly clear in his mind that it must be a sud- den attack of the grip, and, therefore, we ought not hold him responsible for such an ebullition of a diseased mind. This speech appeared to restore peace, and the gloom was dispersed by mutual consent; but the chilly effect of Sam’s mental collapse drew the crowd nearer the stove, and, as the sleighs squeaked outside and the frost sparkled on the windows, the very mention of Chili would cause the cold chills to creep up the spinal column of each member of the erowd. Jerry Whiffleson said that trade had taken its departure with the old year, and that, since the holidays, the only business in Poketown worthy of mention had been done by the doctors and undertakers, who were scooping up all the surplus funds, leaving them nothing to seitle their old bills with, or pay for their present and immediate fu- ture supplies. He said that those who had the grip were so attached to it that they had no use for groceries, and those who had not yet had it anticipated it and had changed their diet from ordinary grocer- ies to whisky and quinine. He said that, so far this year, he had heard nothing but la grippe and that confounded ulti- matum, and, now that the ultimatum had busted, for he read in a paper which he borrowed from a neighbor (he can’t afford to take one of his own) that the Chilian War had already cost this coun- try over $2,000,000 and the lives of two drunken marines, and that, if the ulti- matum hadn’t busted, he didn’t know what would have become of the country. Vinegar Brown, who always finds fault with everything on general princi- ples, said that it was only a little matter of time when the country would go to the dogs anyway, and that it didn’t make much difference whether the ulti- matum was busted or not. He said that the* bloated bondholders (you've heard him use that expression before) and the big moneyed corporations had forced the President into the ultimatum business for the purpose of reaping big boodle out of immense contracts for war 15 materials and army supplies. ‘‘Oh, well, you may laugh” (Amos always laughs | when Vinegar strikes his favorite hob- | by), ‘“‘but I tell you the War of the Re-| bellion might have been put down two} years sooner than it was, if some of the | big boodle men who had their fingers in | the pie had so willed it. Don’t talk to| me about patriotism, so long as it is sub- merged in an ocean of boodleism! What is the President of the United States but | a stool pigeon, while old Deposit Vaults | is prime minister! What is Congress | but a huge pantomime, and the dear peo- | ple’s representatives the dumb, figure- | head actors, who nod and act at the beck of old King Swag, who is the absolute, | all-crushing power behind the throne of | this nation to-day! What is the American | Senate to-day but a pack of old feather- | brained money bags, who are not ual | ified to watch gap for a decent P. of L., | and who would never be intrusted with | the responsibility of watching a kettle of | boiling soft soap, if the people had any- | thing to say about it! What is it that | controls the associated press dispatches | of this country, and what mighty, hidden | power is it that used this same press as | its tool in disseminating false dispatches all over the land purporting to come from | Chili’s capital, but the ‘bulls’ and ‘bears’ | of Wall street! What—” ‘Hold on, Vinegar,’ chipped in Whif- fleson, as he came down for a quarter’s | worth of soap fora customer; ‘‘you’re gittin’ way off your base.” Vinegar is subject to spasms of this kind, but he seldom has more than one duringan evening. All you have to do to spring it on him is simply to touch his hobby, and no one better understands how to doit than Amos Pinchtight. It | is great fun for Amos to see Vinegar un- wind himself, and he never fails to pull the proper string and set him going. Jerry Whiffleson likes fun, but he never allows it to interfere with business; so he never permits Vinegar to reach the climax. This would never do, for it would create a disturbance, and, should a lady customer happen to step in the store, she would, no doubt, become frightened at the wild gestures and ve- hement manner of Vinegar and rush out and report that a row was in progress at the corner store. Jerry has become so used to Vinegar that he knows just when to apply the breaks. When he does so, Vinegar stops short, springs to his feet, kicks over the soap box upon which he was sitting, pulls down his vest, gives the crowd, especially Amos, a| look of defiance, sits down again on the soap box and finishes the performance by saying: ‘‘Well, gentlemen, you may laugh as much as you please, but you'll get your eyes open after awhile, when it is everlastingly too late, and find that what I tell you is true.” Sometimes he loses his temper and taunts Amos with aiding and abetting the devil in his diabolical conspiracy to blast the souls of men through the in- strumentality of the whisky traffic, be- cause, once upon a time, his avarice throttled his conscience and for filthy lucre he signed a whisky man’s bonds. This is mean on the part of Vinegar, for Amos is a temperance man, and he would never have signed any whisky man’s bonds in Poketown or anywhere else—if there had been nothing init for him. If Amos were not so infinitesimal in his proportions and so atomical in his gener- al make-up, he would be a tiptop fellow- On the occasion in question, Vinegar did not twit him of this matter, but simply advised him not to feed his hens on any more asafetida cheese, and then send the eggs to a poor widow in his neighbor- hood, because he could not sell them at PUTNAM GANDY G0 NNOUNCEMENT PIF PIII IPI III DIL LPP PLL PLL LAA We have removed our Manufacturing Department to the new building which we have erected solely for our own use at 330 and 332 Lafayette Avenue, on the same street, but seven blocks distant from the new Post Office building, and easily reached from our store by the Con- gress and Baker, or Fort street cars. Our specialty in manufacturing will be a high grade of Ladies’ Fine Shoes in Hand-Turned, also Men’s and Women’s Goodyear Welt and Machine Sewed, and Misses’ and Children’s in Machine Sewed. In *‘Low Cuts,” both Hand-Turned and Machine Sewed, we are showing one of the most desirable medium priced lines now offered to the trade. Sample orders will have prompt and personal attention. H: S: ROBINSON 8>C OMPANY:- DETROIT, MICH. General Agency of the CANDEE RUBBER CoO. ee j Extensive Manufacturers. | | | | Q | 3 4 - | Pe SL aia aie os a leale& ies| ee) 2,81 & | | D, | +4 % | | { | « | Smee ' | | CHAMPION OXFORDS, Black and Check. 45 | 42 | 40 | .42 | 40 | 37 eee | seems | ena WALES Gacduear Tennis oe Black and Check Bals, 80 | .74 | .70 | .74 a. WALES Gaoduear Tennis. Black and Check Oxfords. | .g1 | .56 Send Your Fall Orders on Rubbers, 50 off. Seconds, 50 £10 off. Thirds, 60 & 5 off. G. R. MAYHEW, Grand Rapids. the store, on account of their bad breath. This thrust made Amos a little huffy. | He retaliated by advising Vinegar not to | set himself up again as a judge of shoes. | The shoe episode referred to happened | in this way: One night Vinegar had been | explaining to the crowd how much | cheaper a man with a family could live | at the county seat than in Poketown. | ‘Shoes, especially,’’ he said, ‘are a great | deal cheaper.” At this juncture, Bijah | Hoppole, the shoe man on the opposite | corner stepped into the store, which had the effect of silencing the shoe talk as| far as Vinegar was concerned. | Amos Every Bookkeeper Will Appreciate a Blank Boo that Opens Flat. The MULLINS FLAT OPENING SPFiNG BACK LOOK, Made only in Michigan by cine Sh apidls Pooksf indiing, Is the Best in the Market. 29-31 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Write for prices. 16 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. saw his opportunity and challenged Vin- egar to repeat his statement, now that Mr. Hoppole was present. itated, so Amos did it for him, and, of eourse, he had to face the issue. Hop- pole asked him if he thought he knew what he was talking about, to which he replied that he thought hedid. Hoppole told him that, no doubt, the people there in the store, many of whom were his own customers, would like to know whether he told them the truth or not, and he would give him a chance to prove his superior knowledge of shoes. He would go over to his store and bring over three shoes — he was selling, respectively, at $2, $2.50 and $3, showing a difference between the first and third of 50 per cent. He would place them on the show case, in the presence of the crowd, and, if Vinegar could arrange them in arow according to their value, he would present him with a pair. Fail- ing to do this, he was to select the high- est priced one, and, in case he failed to do this, he was to buy the cigars for the | whole crowd, and publicly acknowledge | to them that he didn’t know what he was talking about, and that he couldn’t tella shoe from a post hole. It is needless to say that Vinegar bought the cigars, but it was like pulling a cat across the ecar- | pet by the tail to bring out the acknowl- and Bot- | tom slid off the cracker barrel for the! edgment. It came, however, eatching on a nail. ICHABOD GRIZZLE. EXPLANATORY NOTE. Since my ‘‘Poketown” articles began appearing in THe TRADESMAN, I have been accused of portraying the charac- ters of certain citizens in several different villages. This proves that my charac- ters are common and ordinary and abound in any ‘‘Poketown” or village of like di- mensions in the State. All, therefore, who fancy themselves special targets in this series will rest their souls in peace, for 1 assure them that my originals are found wherever communities of men are found, and that my delineations of char- acter are drawn from a higher and a broader source than a narrow-contracted, localized individualism. IcHABOD GRIZZLE. second time without The Decret of Success, Every progressive grocer is ever on the alert to supply his customers with the purest and best quality of goods at the lowest retail price. He is the first to recognize, buy and introduce new, meri- torious articles to the trade, thus keeping in advance of his competitors who buy generally after the article is introduced by him. the prestige of being stocked with the newest, freshest and best grade of gro- ceries obtainable. He is rewarded by the patronage of the intelligent and bet- ter class of customers, who quickly recog- nize that such goods are the most satis- factory and cheapest in the end. His place of business thus gets Good customers willingly pay for good | This is the secret of the fast | articles. increasing sales and general demand for | the new article ‘‘Silverine.’’ It is the} latest and best chemical combination producing the finest quality and best article for general cleaning and polishing known in the world. It does not scratch or mar the smoothest surface, while its detergent and brightening properties are | wonderful in effect. Every grocer who buys so meritorious an article as ‘‘Silverine’’ and introduces it to his trade must be rewarded by their | gratitude and confidence in his judg- | ment, and he, too, must feel an honest pride in thus supplying their wants. Vinegar hes- | FRESH MEATS. Swift & Company quote as follows: Beef, ceca pea nen REGIS Saree Susman 5 @ 6% | ee NO cs ee 6%@ 7% fore oe -.. 4 @4% : @9 8 @ 8% @5 @ @ 1% er @s8 ee | @ 5% Sausage, — ae, @ 4% liv Lee eee ee @ 4% e fakin ek eee @i a ee eee @s eee. 7 @8 OR 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 Meares street. Geo. G. Steketee. O YOU USE COUPON BOOKS? IF a 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- ty, Mich. Land fitted for machinery, eo 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 ~~ difference will pay cas A. Retan, Little Rock, Ark 341 CINSENWG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address PEOK BROS., “GRaxp Ravibs. 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 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. rz SALE—STOCK OF HARDWARE IN A farming country, nine miles from any other | hardware, and in one of the most pleasant towns | of Michigan, situated near a beautiful lake. Good reasons for selling. Stock will inventory about $1800. Address No. 419, care Michigan Tradesman. 419 | l O YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR STOCK OF | merchandise, or do you wish to purchase a stock of merchandise? If so, address, with par- ticulars, Merchandise Exchange, Grand Rapids, Mich., confidential, care Mich. Tradesman, 418 Fer SALE OR EXCHANGE—FLOUR MILL machinery for nearly a complete mill, good as new. Some is new. Will sell dirt cheap or exchange for dry goods or most anything. A bargain for someone. H. S. Towner, 93 Fremont street, Grand Rapids. 417 NOR SALE—FIKST CLASS BREWERY BUS- iness and outfit. Location magnificent. Terms reasonable. Address August Leins, Alpena, Mich. 408 WK SALE—A CLEAN GROCERY STOCK, doing a good business. Reason for selling, poor health. W. L. Mead, Ionia, Mich. 395 WIOR SALE—SMALL, WELL ASSORTED drug stock in lumbering town. Address Druggist, McBain, Mich. 411 Vy ANTED—PARTNER WITH $1,500 CASH to join with undersigned in purchase of a well-established drug store in Grand Rapids. Martin Cuncannon, 376 West Bridge street. 413 OR SALE OR WILL EXCHANGE FOR stock of clothing, dry goods, and boots and shoes, two-story brick b ock, which rents for #475 annually. “Best location in town. Address No. 412, care Michigan Tradesman. 412 jYOR SALE— TWENTY-FIVE ACRE FARM in Putnam county, Florida. Ten acres under cultivation Four acres in orange trees, lemons and limes, grape fruit, citron, pomegranates, quinces, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, figs, guavas, mulberries, straw oeciee, persimmons, dates, palms, olives, pecans, walnut, ornamental trees, etc. Two story cottage, barn, bugg y house, horse, buggy, cart and farming tools. *5 ace has been cultivated six years. Will sell for $2,500 cash. A. H. McClellan, McMeekin, Fla. re 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 , SALE—FIRSTf-CLASS GROCERY BUS- iness in the best town of 5,000 inhabitants in Northern Michigan. The urchaser can have | a trade of $50,000 a year at the start. No town jin the State has better prospects. This is the chance of a life time. Address No. 363, care Michigan Tradesman. 363 {OR SALE CHEAP — WELL SELECTED drug stock — New andclean. Address F. A. Jones, M. D, Muskegon, Mich. 391 Sin NDID BUSINESS CHANCE—ADDRESS T. T., Courier-Herald office, Saginaw, E. , Michigan, "and get full particulars. ‘o 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 business in the city. Investigate business and reasons for selling. 409 ANTED—TO EXCHANGE GOOD PAYING city real estate or timbered lands for Address No. 402, care 402 | stock of merchandise. Michigan Tradesman {WOR SALE—A PERKINS SHINGLE MILL complete. Will sell for cash or exchange for stock of merehandise. The millisin good repair and is capable of cutting 50,000 shingles to-morrow. Reason for selling, have finished cutting where the mill now stands and owners have too much other business to attend to. Ad- dress M. & S., care Michigan Tradesman. 403 MISCELLANEOUS, {OR SALE—CHEAP ENOUGH FOR AN IN vestment. Corner lot and 5-room house on | North Lafayette St., cellar, brick foundation, soft water in kitchen. $1,200. Terms to suit. Address No. 187. care Michigan Tradesman. 187 Ww NTED — 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 empl ment tothe right man. A. Mulholland, Jr. ash. ton Mich. NOR SALE OK WILL TRADE FOR STOCK of merchandise, the I. O. 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. Public hall over store. Dwelling attached, large enough fortwo families Enquire of A. Bonz, Alanson, Emmétt County, Mich. 410 E 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 arene only 200 feet from e ectric street car line. Will sell for $2 500 cash, or part cash, pay- ments to suit. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 354 ppt petticeng oan LOCATION FUR HARD- ware store by a live 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, Postoffice 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 OR 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. ANTED—A GOOD LOCATION FOR FUR- niture and undertaking business in a town of 1,500 to 5,000 as would buy established business. W. & W., box 35, Ypsi- lanti, Mieh. 405 JOR SALE— GOOD DIVIDEND - PAYING stocks in banking, manufacturing and mer cantile companies. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids 370 Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect January 10, 1892. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going uth. North. For Saginaw and Cadillac...... 5:15am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:20am For Saginaw & Traverse City.. 2:00 pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw ..... 8:10pm From Kalamazooand Chicago. 8:35 pm Train arriving at 9:20 daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. 7:05 am 11:30 a m 4:15 pm 10:30 pm TRAINS GOING SOUTH. rrive from —_——o North. uth. CI oie erence ceuss 6:20am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicag 10:30 am For Fort Wayne and the oo. : 11:50am 2:00 pm Ca bn iste eescene 5:30 pm 6:00 pm For Chicago.. 11:05 p m From Saginaw.. L Acchea nisin ade t 10: :40 p m Trains leaving at 6:00 p. m. and 11:05 p. m. run daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive. 7:00 am 10 11:25 am 4:40 pm 5:40 pm 9:05 pm SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. NORTH 11:30 a m train.—Parlor chair car G’d Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. ie se 4 4 m train.—Sleeping a Grand 0 Petoskey and Mackina sourH--1: £00 am train.—Parlor chair. aoe Grand 8 to Cincinnati. 10. 30 @m train.—Wagner Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. 6:00 pm train.— Wagner Sleeping Car Grand pids to Cincinnati. 11;0. wf Le m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand apids to Chicago. Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. R. Lv Grand Rapids .s :30 am 2:00 pm Arr Chicago — 9:00 pm 10:30 a m train oie agner Parlor Car. 11:05 p m train daily, —— _— Sleeping Oar. 11:05 pm 6:50 am Ly Chicago 7:05 a m 0pm 10:10 p m Arr Grand Rapids 2:00 pm care 6:15 am 3:10 p m through Wagner 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 8ta- tion, or George W. Munson, Uniou Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe street, ray Bede Rapids, — L. LOCKWOOD, General nme 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 -_ Toledo, VIA D., L. & N. Ly. Grand — Oe. ae a. m, and 6: Ar. Toledo en * and 11: = E. Ly. Grand Rapids at aed 6: 50 Ag im. and 3: Be, WOOO ME... sos acc 1:10 p. m, and 11:00 — connections equally as eS. . BENNETT, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. 25 p. 200 p. 45 p. Pp. MICHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falis Route.’’ DEPART. ARRIVE Detroit Express 7:00am 10:00pm eee 46.2... :30 pm Day Express 10:00 a m *Atlantic & Pacific Expr 6:00am New York Express......... 12:40 pm *Dail All 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. Briges, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe St. A. ALMQUIST, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. O. W. Rueeves G.P. & T. Agent., Chicago. TIME TABLE DETROIT GRAND HAVEN MILWAUKEE NOW IN EFFECT. ei datd EASTWARD, Trains Leave |tNo. 14\tNo. 16|tNo. 18/*No. 82 Gd Rapids, Ly| 6 50am|1) 20am! 3 25 re eee Ar) 7 45amj11 os t. Johns ...Ar) 8 28am/12 17pm) 5 20pm} 1 55am owns eee Ar! 9038am] 1 20pm| « 66 Spin) 3 15am K. Saginaw..Ar|10 45am] 35pm} 8 0pm} 8. 45am Bay City..... Ar|11 30am] 3 45pm! 8 45pm} 7 7..0am wie 24.4, a. Ar|10 05am} 3 40pm) 7(5pm] 5 40am Pt. Huron...Ar/1{ 55am} 6 00pm) 8 50pm); 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar/10 53am 3 05pm) 8 8 25pm| 5 37am Dero .....- Ar/i1 50am| 405pm) 925pm] 7 00am WESTWARD, *No. 81 |tNo. 11 |tNo. 13 Trains Leave Gd Rapids, Ly........ a Maven, Ar........ | Milw’kee Str ‘ ot Chicago Str. ‘“ *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a, m., 12:50 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 Sleeper. No. 11 Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar. Joun W. Loup, Traffic Manager. BEN FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agent. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. CHICAGO AND WES! MICHIGAN R’Y. GOING TO CHICAGO, "i 7 O5am| 1 00pm} 5 10pm 8 ‘ama 2 10pm/| 6 15pm steele wee eeeelececen oe JAN’Y 3, 1892. Ly.GE'D RAFIDS.....; 9:00am 12:05pm *11:35pm Br. CHICAGG.......... 3:65pm 5:15pm *7:05am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Ly. 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. Ly. Grand Rapids..... 9:00am 12:05pm *11:35pm Ar. Grand Rapids..... *6:10am 3:55pm 10:10pm For Indianapolis 12:05 p m only. TO AND FROM MUSKEGON. iw. fe MR... 10:0Cam 12 05pm 5:30pm 8:30pm ee EB eon 10:Gam 3 Spm $:25pm ....... TO AND FROM MANISTEE, TRAVERSE CITY AND ELK RAPIDS. Ly. Grand Rapids.. -.--¢cauam 5S:i7pm Ar. Grand Rapids.. -11:45am 9:40pm THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Between Grand Rapids and Chicago—Wagner Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 p m.; leave Chieago 11:15pm. Drawing Room Cars—Leave Grand Rapids 12:05 pm; leave Chicago 4;45 p m. Free Chair Cars—Leave Grand Rapids 9:00 a 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. JAN’Y 3, 1892 GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. GR’D RAPIDS..... 7:15am *1:00pm 5:40pm Ar. DDTROIT.. .......12:00m %6:l6pm 10:40pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Ly. eo .....--»-- 7:00am *1:15pm 5:40pm Ar. GR’D RAPIDS.....11:50am *5:15pm 10:15pm To and from Lansing and Howell—Same as to and from Detroit. TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND BT, LOUIS. Ly. Grand Rapids............... 7:05am 4:15pm Ar. Grand Hapida,..............1)-60am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R, R, Lv. Grand Rapids ....... 7:15am 1:00pm 5:40pm Ax. from Larwell,......... 11:30am G: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; arrivesin 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 acourseinthe , Sprague Corres = dence school of {incorporated Send gd cents Seana for particu lars to J. COTNER, Jr., Sec’y, No. 875 Whitney Block, DETROIT, - MICH, Fa + ' t ALLEGAN, STANDARD OIL C0.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. DEALERS IN Tluminating and Lubricating -OILs- NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Office, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave. BULK WORKS AT GRAND RAPIDS, MUSKEGON, MANISTER, CADILLAC, BIG RAPIDS, GRAND HAVEN, LUDINGTON. HOWARD CITY, PETOSKEY, HIGHEST PRIOE PAID FOR RMPYY GARBON & GASOLINE BARRELS. | | } P. STEKETEE & SONS WHOLESALE DRY GOUOUS & NOTIONS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Grand Rapids Storage & Transter Go, zinites Winter St, between Shawmut Ave, and W. Fulton St, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. General Warehovsemen and Yransier Agents, COLD STORAGE 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, $10. $15. 4 \ Se. | Picture Frames, Mouldings, Typewriters PERKINS & RICHMOND, 13 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Spring & Company, 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. Px OY STiansS THE: BES t. Buy of the Largest Manufacturers in the Cor (fl Books Country and Save Money. The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CO, WHOLESALE Dry Goods, Carpets and Cloaks, We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. OVERALLS OF OUK OWN MANUFACTURE. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & C0, ““: Grana Rapias. —” THE PEOPLE’S FAVORITE! The Famous Leonard Cleanable DHY' COLD Alm REFRIGERATORS. The Entire Line Remodeled, Beautified, and Improved. We Lead, 2 Others = Follow! Style of No. 7. Four Doors. Raised Carvings. Style of No, 61. Grocers’ Refrigerator. No more arguments as to which is the best! A Lining of Wool Felt has been added to the Charcoal Filling, =="*=er"’™” ee Not cheap stamped werk, which looks well in pictures onfy. Our Carvings are Real. sisi pe ree The Trimmings on our Carved Line are Solid Bronze, S°™*°""" Fisiee. The Ice Racks in our Carved Line are Solid Galvanized Iron. Our Locks are the only Reliable Refrigerator Locks in the World. Our Solid Iron Shelves are the Neatest and Strongest, 2st ‘con brenk down, ours never do _ ; wes Our Movable Flues for Cleanliness are Demanded by the People, 2==2stsSspture Mie Ssle*. We sell on the Exclusive Agency Plan. Be sure you get the Agency. Send in your application early. We make Refrigerators for every PpUrpoSe. itn Sideboards, China Closets, show Cases, Kitehen Cabinets; Ete.” © "ise Combined New Catalogues now Ready. Send for one. New Advertising — and a —— _ Advertising. Free to Our Agents. No Wooden Sticks to Mould and Decay. All others leave the door open a little at the top or bottom, Now is the Time to Place Your Order !? H. LEONARD & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.