v Michigan Tradesman. Published Weekly. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. a $1 Per Yea. VOL. 9. GRAND RAPIDS, MARCH 23, 1892, NO. 444. HARVEY & HEYSTEK, G. S. BROWN & Ci. Wall Paper, Window Shades. and Picture ‘Mouldings, 2o»er= o* Foreign and Domestic Fruits. ae etki casa Oranges and Bananas a Specialty. 75 k 1 Monroe 8t.-Warehovse, 81 % 83 Campav St, Grand Rapids. | Send for quotations. 24-26 No Division St. Something New! THE NEW YORK BISGUIY CO, ins Uae eee - §. A. SEARS, Manager. A. E. BROOKS & CO., Cracker Manufacturers, Wholesale Confectioners, 37, 39 and 41 Kent St., - Grand Rapids. 46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich Sertae Seer BLACK BASS CIGARS Jennings NEVER GO BEGGING. Made only by Flavoring Extracts |G. F. FAUDE, IONIA, MICH GA.LAMBeco, | Olney & Judson Grocer Co, - WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION : ; : Sole Agents for the Justly Celebrated ee. ae CLC.” Gon TELFER SPICE COMPANY, CN RAPP & CoO ee _ 9 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. 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IT WILL ray YOU To Buy ALLEN BWRISLEY’s GOOD ENEER SOAP Leading W aglesale Grocers keep it. THE “EASTLAKE” OF CHARLEVOIX. The tugboat office in a city on the Great Lakes is a favorite meeting-place for fresh-water sailors. During the long, cold winters when their vessels are laid up and they have no other occupation on hand, they collect there and while away the time telling stories and recounting the dangers of life on the ‘‘Lakes.”’ The tugboat office is also a bureau of information. There it is that the cap- tain, just arrived froma trip, is made acquainted with all the gossip and small talk of the port. Such acrowd as usually gathers in a tugboat office was seated around the red- hot stove about the close of navigation of last year. There were captains and owners of all description of craft, from the little fore-and-aft schooner to the big four masted steam barge that plies be- tween Buffalo and Western cities in the coal and ore trade. The conversation had turned to the small profits and the consequent greater length of time that the vessels were kept in commission. During an unprofitable year, the better class of vessels are kept running until it is absolutely necessary for them to lay up because of ice forming in the harbors. One weather-beaten old salt who had not said much heretofore was particular- ly bitter in his denunciation of the prac- tice. He had followed the life of a sail- or ‘‘ever since he was knee-high to a belaying pin,’’ as he had informed us. With a desire for travel which his parents could not check, he had, at an early day, shipped on board an East-Indiaman with- out his father’s consent or knowledge. After several voyages around the world as a foremast hand, he drifted to New York and ebtained command of a small vessel engaged in the coasting trade. This was not as lucrative as he imagined it would be, and, after experiencing a wreck off Cape Hatteras, he came to the Great Lakes at a time when the com- merce was as nothing compared to what it was now. The prairies of Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota did not yield the bountiful harvests of wheat and corn which have since made necessary the great elevators of Chicago, Milwaukee and Duluth, and helped to establish a fresh-water commerce that has no rival in the world. Theiron and copper mines of Northern Michigan and Wisconsin were not yet developed, and the *‘ eanal, that great highway between Lakes Huron and Superior which now handles an annual tonnage greater than that of the Suez Canal, had not been opened. Such was the condition of commerce on the lakes when Dick Weaver began his eareer on the Inland Sea. He had now retired from active life and lived in a comfortable cottage not far from the docks, where he could get a view of the green water that had gained for him a! livelihood for so many years. Soo’’ , WEDNES DAY, “MARCH 23, 1892. | | | | | NO. 444 “It’s agin nature and common sense to keep the boats a-going until the middle of winter,” he said to the half-dozen re- tired marine men assembled in the tug- boat office. ‘‘Look at this schooner com- ing up the river. There ought to bea law passed to prevent boats from putting out at this time of the year.” A small three-masted fore-and-after was being towed by a noisy, puffing tug to her berth near the tanneries. She had evidently had a rough trip. The deck load of bark was partly washed away, and the fore part was one mass of ice, covering bowsprit, windlass and anchors. “I tell you it ain’t right to allow ves- sels to put out so late in theseason. [ve seen many a winter’s gale on the North Atlantic, but some of these December blows on the Lakes are worse than any I’ve seen, and I’ve gone through a good many in my day. That storm in the seventies was about as bad as any. In that storm, which held out for two days, there were several schooners beached on the east shore and twelve lives were lost. I was mate on a fore-and-after, the East- like. She was a big boat for those days, but she wouldn’t cut no figure now.” In anticipation of a story, the tobacco box was passed around, the pipes filled and lighted and the chairs drawn closer around the speaker. The young man who fills the position of marine reporter on one of the daily newspapers produced his notebook and pencil. ‘She was a fine-looking little craft, was the Eastlake. 1 was mate then. The captain and owner wasa Dane by the name of Larsen. His home was up at Charlevoix, where he had a wife and three children. One of them was a boy about nineteen or twenty. named Ole. Ole was a big, strapping fellow, as strong as an ox. He helped his father on the vessel during the summer and worked in the lumber camps in the winter. ‘Well, one day in the last week of November, during the latter part of the seventies, the Eastlake was over at Char- levoix loading cord wood. She had come in the night before, and we had worked through the better part of the night, in order to be able to get away the next day. All hands were helping to stow away the wood, and we had got on a full load, in- cluding a good-sized deck load, by noon. We didn’t waste any time, but got under way as soon as we had finished loading, and stood out of Traverse Bay at an eight knot gait. About 4 o’clock in the afternoon, we rounded the point after making several tacks, and found a good brisk gale blowing from the northwest. “TI hinted to the captain that we had better put about and make Traverse Bay and stay under the lee shore until morn- ing, for | saw that it wasn’t going to be a very pleasant night on the Lake. “But, no; he was not going to lose a day for no fresh-water gale. He was an | old salt like myself and had a contempt Although he no longer took an active | for these storms on the lakes, although part in life’s himself away from his former haunts, and would spend the greater part of his time with his old associates. battle, he could not tear | we do have some right hard blows, I | ; Must say. ‘So we made things snug and prepared for a cold night on the water. The bar- RRA ME SII _—_ ¢ i } z } ¥ c 4 4 i Bt te: ne I ¥s to him, ‘It’s n chances to one that we jon’t make the piers in this gale, and then not we cat eourse ignt if tering Milwaukee harbor. we ain’t in , djar , ~ ++ + + ¢ such danger O1 going On the Deaecd it wind holds the same course,’ which I had no doubt it would. ‘He came around to my w ing after a little argument. The old man was a first-rate sailor a D ness, but he was slow-minded and déiib- erate, like most of his countrymen- “One of the men forward made out of a vessel bound north. She was a big liner, hurrying to get through the Straits before ice was formed. The eaptain hailed her, but his words could s 1 inder the heavy seas that struck her on the starboard pitched and rolled until every minute 1 thought she would be on her beam-ends: but she came up again every time. Every sea 4 t broke over her would make her tha shiver all over, and, falling on deck and soon freezing. made things rather un- leasant for me atthe wheel. The icy es pokes would slip in my grasp, and I had great trouble in maintaining a foothold. However, I managed to brace my foot up against the companion way, and | so got a better control of the wheel. I did not have much time to think of anything ex- 2 there’s nothing on earth can come near making a sound like ful, dismal agreeable when you are trying but it has saved many a poors “The captain heard it, too. He crawled back along the quarterdeck at the risk of his life and yelled to me: ‘Did you hear that?’ a ‘Yes, sir,’ says L t +o fog horn, or I never ‘What quarter did it come from? he asked. ***Somewhere off the weather bow.’ saysI. Its hard to make out what par- ticular point a sound comes from in thick weather. ‘Suddenly, it gave out another un- earthly groan. closer at hand. The cap- tain heard it plainly enough this time. ‘‘Hard a-starboard, Dick. Starboard for your life? he yelled to me. “Then he raced down that quarter- deck, and I heard him giving orders to I put up the helm, the main- hauled taut. and she was brought up close to the wind. The Eastlake was a smart little vessel and } the men. sheets were could sail as close to the wind as a yacht. ‘‘Again we heard the fog horn, just Ah, but that monot- onous screech never sounded so cheerful about dead ahead. to me before! ‘Light close aboard, sir” sung out ne of the men on the forecastie. Then a pier light loomed up on the starboard side, and, before I could think twice, it was swallowed up in the darkness astern. We had made the piers and were safe in Milwaukee harbor. A tug took us in| ow, and I turned my attention to) mt prise feet. They were not only frozen to the deck, but were also vered and surrounded by ice. I was seared most to death and thrashed around i might as well get them ivoxe. tried tu lift the deck, for all the good it did me. Captain Larsen brought opped them out. ‘They took me below and put my feet By dint of hard rubbing of the captain and his son, my feet, but twoof my toes it does not give me much trouble now, but I have to keep good, 1ick boots on in winter. I never hear night, but what that fog horn of a thick I think of how 1 lost my toes on the East all of next day, and several vessels were beached on the East The Eustlake came near going there, too, at one time: as it was, we had he storm lasted sbore. an experience that will not soon be for- gotten by me.”’ Such was the story of anot very un- eommon experience of a sailor’s life on the Great Lakes. 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Mgr a cee “ Qa Commercial Travelers and the Home Market. “Store Crank” in American Grocer. The commercial traveler or drummer has at last become a factor, to the job- bing interests, of great magnitude and importance. His arrival and departure are of but recent date. Three decades ago, they were a thing unknown, and every merchant, wherever located, made as regular calculation about going to New York—spring and fall, at least—to pur- chase his stock as he did to eat his meals. Every jobbing house of importance had scores of resident salesmen who were in direct communication with their cus- tomers, who knew to a certainty just when the country dealer was coming to town. The ‘‘Merchants’,”? ‘‘Earle’s,’’ ‘*French’s,’’ and other well-known hotels in their day were visited each night by salesmen who hastily glanced over the register to note the arrival in town of their customers and to keep them out of the grasp of some shrewd competitor. This order of things is now all done away with. The merchant makes his semi-annual pilgrimage as of yore, but not for the purpose of stocking up largely as formerly; rather tonote the style of garments worn, thea fabrics which meet with the readiest sale, the vast varieties in every branch which are offered for sale and to glean such information rela- tive to his general lines as will better en- able him to judiciously purchase his stock and get rid of that which he may have on his shelves that has been slow in moy- ing off. This semi-annual pilgrimage to the metropolis throws the country mer- chant into the society of stirring business men, and enables him to ‘‘catch onto’’ the progressive methods of conducting busi- ness. No go-ahead tradesman can afford to miss this stated pilgrimage to the commercial Mecca. All the money it costs is more than made up to him by the fund of information he gleans and the knowledge gathered by free converse with the brightest commercial minds in the land. Intimate acquaintanceship with the jobbers of whom you purchase your goods fosters a better understanding between you of the merits of your busi- ness, and enables them to judge of the probable line of credit which should be extended, ete. This important matter is of great moment to both, and, if frankly talked over, must be of great benefit to the dealer. Strong competition has resulted in de- veloping the ‘‘drummer,”and all branches of trade now deem it essential to have a representative visit the retail trade at least once in sixty days, and generally once amonth. Thesuccessful road sales- man must be a sort of St. Paul, ready to be ‘‘all things to all men,” humoring the eccentricities and fancies of his custom- ers, commiserating with them in their troubles and taking pleasure in attending to their little wants, even if at some trouble to himself. The traveling man has it in him to make his coming to the merchant a pleasure, or a regret. If he does not succeed in ingratiating himself into the good graces of the merchant whom he visits, his success will be only meager, for his purchases will only con- sist of such articles as are unusual bar- gains and bought simply because they are cheap. The traveling man should not be abore. If he so presses his claims to attention as to become distasteful to his customer, he will certainly fail of success. Never hurry your buyer. Let him feel that you are waiting upon his convenience and that time is of nospecial import to you. If he is in attendance upon acustomer, the latter should have his entire time. His money comes direct from the customer, and his duty is to attend to the wants of those who are his customers. When it is practicable, show your sam- ples in some room separate from the main store, or, if that is not possible, select some remote corner where your line will not be overhauled by the curious throng of comers and goers. My ownexperience is that the majority of country dealers prefer to look over a line of goods after the business of the day is over, and when they can be alone with the agent. Where there are good hotels this can generally be done, but it is not practicable in small econntry towns remote from the railroads. Where large lines of goods are carried, | as in boots and shoes, dry goods, hats | and caps and the like, it is quite a job to| unpack trunk after trunk and re-arrange the same, bnt thatis part of the drum- | mer’s business. If a commercial traveler | were to come into my store and say, ‘‘Are you in need of anything to-day? If so, 1! will bring up my trunk,” I should very | likely tell him, ‘‘No,’’ and end the matter | right there. The first thought I should have would be that the agent was too lazy to open up his wares, and I would not encourage him in his lack of energy. Commercial men meet with many re- buffs and are subject to many annoyances by merchants who are wise in their own conceit, but they are the exception. As a rule, the merchants of to-day are a pro- gressive, go-ahead people who work early and late, and, by reason of position, are the first men in their communities in everything. They treat men of whom they purchase goods with as much con- sideration as those to whom they sell, and, if trouble arises between the agent and them, it usually is from some indis- cretion or lack of judgment and common sense on the part of the traveling man. Once traveling over a territory is hard work and is, to a great degree, like a ship sailing in a fog, but, when the dose is re- peated, the peculiar traits of each de- velop and each knows where he stands. Above all things, let the commercial man travel solely on the merits of the goods he sells and his ability to pre- sent them, and never use silent pressure to get into the good graces of the trade. Never wear flashy Odd-Fellow or Masonic emblems, or those of any other secret organization, prominently displayed. Never enter into heated political or re- ligious discussions; in short, attend to the business in hand in a polite, gentle- manly manner, and, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, you will be received in the same spirit by the merchant, and, whether a sale is made or not, when you go away you will leave behind you a friend who will welcome your return and, in time, prove a substantial cus- tomer. Geo. H. Reeder & Co., JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOES Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for aoe, i cs 158 & 160 Fulton 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 & 60,, 128, 130, 132 W. Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Always Reliable. Never Fails, Send S81, S82 or $5 Which will be placed to your credit and we will make every day or every other day shipments of SAY Ohta In tin foil packages at 12c per dozen prepaid to any village, town or city in Michigan that can be reached by express office in lots of four dozen or more. GROCERS’ ASSOCIATE YEAST CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. References to any bank or wholesale grocerin our city. Shipments made until credit is exhausted PNET I jaws YEAST eR nee Ce ak 1S eae sae Se re (ranges, Lemons Bananas, Nuts Figs, Dates A Full Line always Carried by THK PUTNAM GANDY G0. Fac-Simile of Label Printed in Green Ink. Important to Grocers and Bakers | FERMENTUM The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast. We respect honest competition, but deprecate unscrupulous methods in trade and meet all prices made by illegitimate competitors. Special attention given to out-of-town-trade. Sold in this market for the past Fifteen Years. Far Superior to any other. Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited. Endorsed Wherever Used. L. WINTERNITZ, State Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. ° Telephone 566. 106 Kent St. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Detroit—S. C. Watson, druggist, is dead. Berville—Chubb Bros. Abeel in general trade. Saginaw—Camp & Dittmar succeed A. H. Camp in the jewelry business. Sault Ste. Marie—Lennox & Burgess, succeed Wm. liverymen, were lately burned out. Had!ey—C. A. Smith & Son succeed John Mower in the milling business. Crystal Falls — Henry meat dealer, is removing to Florence, Wis. Detroit—Smalley & Smith succeed H. Smalley & Co. in the lumber business. Marshall—H. G. Filkins succeeds Geo. W. Prier in the confectionery business. Owosso—Kells & Pratt are succeeded by Pratt & Hann in the meat business. Charlotte — Bailey & Wildern have opened a bakery and confectionary store. | Vicksburgh—E. O. Goldsmith & Co., general dealers, have retired from trade. Detroit—J. C. Brede succeeds Weitz & Brede in the paint and wallpaper busi- Paeske, ness. Jackson—E. M. & A. E. Fletcher suc-! ceed E. C. Greene in the clothing busi- ness. Homer E. Hartung in the boot and shoe busi- ness. Owosso—Woodward & North succeed Warren Woodward in the furniture busi- Byron Snyder succeeds Geo. ness. Ishpeming—Swanson & Co. succeed | Erickson, Swanson & Co. in the bakery business. Marquette—Ekstrom, Stong & Co. suc-| ceed Ekstrom & Stoong in the dry goods business. Coldwater—Robert G. Chandler suc- ceeds Chas. E. Barlow in the hardware business. Dimondale—Mrs. E. M. Burnham suc- ceeds E. S. Walford & Co. in the drug} business. Marquette ceed Andrew Ekstrom in the Ekstrom & Nygren suc- grocery business. South Boardman—R. N. Thompson & Co. succeed K. A. Dagle in the grocery | business. Midland—W. H. Short & Co. succeed | A. E. (Mrs. S. A.) Cody in the grocery business. Somerset Center — W. Weatherwax’s store was damaged by an explosion a few | days ago. Newaygo—*. M. Frost & Co., grocers, have dissolved and the business will be closed up. East Jordan—Heston & Coulter, gen-| eral dealers, have dissolved, the former | succeeding. Alpena—Martha J. Portwine succeeds Grant & Cavanaugh in the restaurant! and fruit business. St. Louis—Peter Arthur Orwig in the grocery, peanut and | Robinson succeeds confectionery business. Atwood—P. B. Wilkinson has sold his | general stock to John Smollegan. who will continue the business. Gobleville—A. B. Post succeeds E. A. Post & Co. in the hardware and furni- ture and undertaking business. Muskegon—John A. Miller has taken possession of the P. Pichett drug stock by virtue of a chattel mortgage. Martin—Murray, Campbell & Co. suc- ceed to the business of Redpath & Mur- ray and Andrew Patterson & Co. Romeo—John Ford & Son, clothiers, have dissolved. Jas. Ford continues the! vits. plaintiffs would have to show at the trial | business, the styleremaining unchanged. Shelby—A. L. Field, of Lansing, and Mart Kelly, of Hart, have formed a co- partnership and will open a clothing store here. Allegan—Frank Kent has sold out his interest in the meat market of Robinson & Kent to Nelson Upson and the firm name will hereafter be Robinson & Up- son. Big Rapids—M. E. Curtis & Sawdy, dealers in groceries and hardware at Ed- more, have opened a branch store at this place. M. E. Curtisis in charge of the business here. Coopersville — Dell Squier has pur- chased the interest of Benj. S. Taylor in the meat market firm of Taylor & Plant and the firm will hereafter be known as Plant & Squier. Montague — The Peck Hardware Co. has merged its business into a stock com- pany under the style of the Peck Mercan- | tile Co. The capital stock of the cor- poration is $10,000. Interlochen—J. Courville has retired from the firm of J. Courville & Co., gener- al dealers. The business will be continued by Chas. Courville and A. P. Courville under the style of Courville Bros. Leeland—L. J. Grobben has sold his interest in the firm of Grobben & Gill, | The busi- | general dealers, to Wm. Gill. ness will be continued by Wm. Gill and | Wilbur Gill under the style of Wm. Gill | | & Son. Cheboygan—NSinclair, Evans & Elliott, of Detroit. closed up Wheeler & Son’s i grocery last week, attaching the stock for a claim they held against Morris Wheeler. The Wheelers hope to adjust matters so as to be able to resume busi- ness soon. | East Sangatuck—Oatman /sueceed to the blacksmith and business of Wm. Kale. Chippewa Station—Plato & Renwick have purehased the Maynard sawmill and are arranging to start it shortly. Cheboygan —The Whitehall Lumber Co. will put up an addition to its plant this spring and also put in a lath mill. West Bay City—Carpenter & Co.’s saw- mill will start about the middle of April. The firm has contracts to keep the mill in operation through the season. Rogers City—J. Erskine & Co. have leased Centatta’s saw and shingle mill here and will run it full capacity this season. Gladwin—J. A. Lewis and D. E. Smith, who have been operating a shingle mill near this place, have dissolved, Mr. Smith retiring. Gladwin—H. G. Hood and H. Seely have purchased J. A. Noland &. Co.’s hoop mill, on the Coleman road, and will remove it to Beaverton. Saginaw—Geo. B. Wiggins has chased the shingle mill down the river, | heretofore owned and operated by W. F. | Stevens. Mr. Stevens is also interested in a mill in Gladwin county. Cheboygan—Pelton & Reed’s sawmill will run day and night the coming sea- son. The firm has purchased 10,000,000 feet of logs at Garden River, which will give them a stock of 22,000,(00 feet. Ewen—The Clark, Farnum & Co.’s, John MeRae & Co.’s and the Ontonagon River Lumber Co.’s mills, all located at wagon |Ewen, will run night and day during | this season. The logs are all nearly in, |'and these concerns expect to beat all | previous records. 3ig Rapids—John LaDuke, who is be-| 1 ing sued for divorce by his wife, has given D. F. Comstock a bill of sale of his | boot and shoe stock as trustee for the} Northern National Bank, the Big Rapids National Bank and four other creditors. The secured claims aggregate about | $1,500. Detroit— William J. Peoples, the Grand River avenue grocer, was arrested |on a capias ashort time ago at the in- stance of Phelps, Brace & Co. on the | ground that he obtained goods from them Judge Gartner made the order to hold to bail at the time, but he vacated it the 16th on the ground that by false pretenses. | the elements necessary as a basis for the charge of fraud required in actions so commenced were not shown in the affida- | In order to make out a case the that the sale had been made by reason of Crystal Valley—The Sands & Maxwell Lumber Co. has retired from business at | this place, where it has manufactured lumber and shingles and sold The general stock goods for nineteen years. has been purchased by Rev. John W. Perkins, who will continue the business. Manistee—The Michigan Sait Co. has not, as yet, made any contract for carry- ing salt by water between here and Chi- eago, and is on the lookout for boats for that business. The Flint & Pere Mar- quette boats have so much work on hand of their own, that they cannot renew the contract that they had last season. _> > —- ‘*Mike Murphy Heard From.” Rep JACKET, March 19—I enclose here- with draft for $1, for which please send me your paper for one year. { received the sample copy to-day and read the free advertisement you gave me. | Eecentrie or not eccentric, *‘we get there or through representations by the de-| fendant; representations were false and that the sale would not have been made but for such representations. All of these points | had not been shown in the affidavits. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Holland—Arie Waltman. cigar manu- facturer, is dead. Jonesville—Geo. L. Kesselring, found- rymap, has been burned out. Insured. Kalamazoo—The O. M. Allen, Jr., Buggy Co. was damaged by fire recently. Flint—Albert Myers succeeds A. G. Monnich & Co. in the manufacturing of cigars. Detroit—The name of the Stoddard & that such representations had | been material and relied upon; that the| | just the same.’’ G. MARTINI. _> > —_- ” An Unfortunate Present. Jones—You know those cigars Miss Beacon sent me for Christmas? Smith—Yes. Jones—Well, I gave alot to my friends, and now I haven't any left. Smith—What, cigars? Jones—No, friends. ce Use Tradesman Coupon Books. IMPORTANT To Commercial Trav- elers and Merchants: Notice is hereby given that the American Casualty Insursnce and Security Co., of Balti- more City, Maryland, is furnishing the most lib- eral accident policy, affording more protection for the money than is given by any other com- pany or association doing business in the United States. Its policy is short and simple, is free | from all ae and unnecessary clauses and conditions, and is an absolute contract se cured by acash capital of $1,000,000. with over | $500,000 surplus, hence there are no contin- gencies as to amount to be paid the insured or his beneficiary, asin all association certificates | Those wishing the best policy issued, should call Clark Can Co. has been changed to aed eb coes 1008, or address E. 8. Clark Can Co. W.R. FREEMAN, Agent Grand Rapids, Mich. & Detters | pur-| ofa a = prermemmad —— jeeeed « | fas fe2 | Gc =a | ( ommee jones cA CT Ga ce i No. 850. | Greatest Selle Dr: Schillings PRENCH SHAPE Send for Illustrated Catalogue. See price list in this journal. SCHILLING CORSET CO., Detroit, Mich. and Chicago, Ill, The Pack Cash Register " — LEADS THEM ALL. FOR Durability, Simplisity and Finish, Over 500 sold each month. Wonits own way to the front. We have over 1,000 unsolicited tes- timonials. The only Cash Kegister made with a Patent Combination Lock, The first cash register of the kind made, and still stands unequaled. Quick to Operate and sure to be correct. It records each cash sale made. It shows every time the drawer is opened. It leaves an indisputable record of all money taken in and paid out each day. It readily tells the amount of an error made in makidg change. Cheap, neat, operation easy, durability assured. Fast taking the place of high priced key ma chines among merchants, What People Think of It. John Ten Hope, Carpets and Drapery, 134 Monroe street. GRAND Rapips, March 12. Lobdell & Geiger Gen. Agts. Peck Cash Register. Grand Rapids, Mich : Gentlemen—Have been using the Peck Cash register for about one year and am pleased to say that Llike it much better than any other ma chine and especially prefer it to the National, for with the National you have to keep your paid in on account by asystem of checks en- tirely outside of the register and the money paid out by the same complicated and imperfect method and you will only get the general results results of your cash sales while with my Peck’s register I at night have a complete record of ev- ery transaction that has occured during the day. In my opinion there could be no system devised that would be so simple and complete. Yours Truly, Joun Ten HOPE. A. R. PECK, Syracuse, N. Y. LOBDELL & GEIGER, Gen. Agents, 39 Pearl St., Grand Rapids. Write for illustrated and descriptive catalogue, GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Ruck & Co. have opened a grocery | store on Shawmut avenue. Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the | The Ball-|. THE MICHIGAN The Benefit of Luxuries. It is true that one-half the world does not know how the other half lives. And it is also true that they don’t very much care. TRADESMAN. 5000 Sold. Patented 1887. Why Wanted. It’s the origina! of its stock But for all that it is well class. It’s the favorite ’ i ———— | not to forget that those who live in lux- with Druggis’s, Clothiers, Folger & Rynbrandt, meat dealers on | Broadway, have idded a line of groceries. The’ Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. fur-|} nished the stock. A. Fleitstra has engaged in the gro- eery business at 319 Plainfield avenue. The stock was furnished by the Ball- Barnhart-Putman Co. J. S. Walker has re-engaged in the pickle business on Burton 2venue, having purchased sufficient stock to run him through the summer months. I. C. Elsbey, agricultural implement dealer at Rockford, has concluded to put in a full line of hardware. Foster, Stevens & Co. have the order for the stock. F, W. Smith has removed his grocery stock from Coldwater to this city, locat- ing at 321 South Division street. The Lemon & Wheeler Company furnished a large addition to the stock. W. J. Enness, grocer at 163 Taylor street, has purchased the grocery stock of Ed. Bellaire, near the corner of North Canal and East Leonard streets, and re- moved his stock to the new location. P. Steketee & Sons have removed the stairway between their two Monroe street stores, giving them additional front window space in their retail de- partment. The upper floor space will be used by the wholesale department. — + oe Purely Personal. L. E. Grisier, general dealer at Frank- fort, wasin town a couple of days last week. Heman G. Barlow is again confined to his house by an atute attack of his old enemy, rheumatism. S. A. Sears, Manager of the Wm. Sears & Co. branch of the United States. Biscuit Co., has gone to New York for a brief visit on business. Cornelius J. Seven, of the firm of John Seven & Sons, grocers at 153 West Leon- ard street, is happy over the advent of a ury and spend freely can be made very | useful to us if we are wise enough to learn. Further up on our street lives an affluent family who has a smart seam- stress, at $3 a day and found for three weeks in each of the four seasons of the year. Itis from this case that we got our topic. And our fortunate seam- stress, who fits to a dot, isn’t the only person benefited by this luxurious family —the benefits run along into the hun- dreds and thousands. ‘The florist feels what we are writing and the painter and jeweler both say ‘*That’s so.’’ But, good reader, if you want to get in and have a surplus, beware of luxuries. Let those who have got on do this indulging and you secure the crumbs that economy util- izes, as the millionaires did before you. He hasn’t thought the subject out suecess- fully who has grudges against the rich. Stick a pin here and stick to the subject until you agree with us. A rich man gave a million of dollars the other day to a college to cheapen the education of those who couldn’t go through college unaided. That man has earned our grat- itude. Pay the debt. Don’t get mad be- eause this millionaire feeds on different food. He distributes one way and an- other every day a hundred dollars where you don’t do more than a hundred cents. You are just as good as he is if you don’t hate him. Your mite ought not be scarred by envy. Keep it bright. So set your sails that the benefits falling around you from the expenditures of the rich may catch the breeze. But you musn’t be aflunky. Geo. R. Scort. mt Oe News From Lakeview. LAKEVIEW, March 19—H. C. Thomp- son has sold out to A. S. Frey, who now has three grocery stores and a hardware. E. B. Stebbins, proprietor of the Cato Novelty Works, has secured a contract that calls for $1,200 worth per month of hisi roning boards and clothes racks. He recently bought 200,000 feet of basswood lumber to be worked up into ironing boards. H. L. MeNutt, of Greenville, and E. V. = t Se) STOP and investigate the Amer ican Cash Register before purchasing. TOU will probably say as this party does: DEAR Sirs: We will say that for our business we greatly prefer your ‘“‘Desk Cashier” to the National, even at the same price, for every business selling bills of goods, or odd number sales your Desk Cashier is preferable to the National, not considering price. We are so well pleased with it that with our three Desks we consider our cash sys tem almost complete. Yours truly, Cuas. RuEDEBUSCEH Co., General Merchants, Mayville, Wis. sw Shoe S ores, Hatters, Gro cers, Hardware Dealers, General Merchants, Bak- ers, Butchers. Millers, Ho tels, Dairymen, Laundries and in fact every retail dealer who wants correct methods. Write us this day for de scription and prices. State and local agents wanted AMERICAN CASH REGISTER CO, 947 =! ts Chicago. For Bakings of All Kinds Use leischmann k (o.s Unrivaled Compressed Yeast. Special attention is mvited to our YELLOW LABEL which is affixed to every cake of our Yeast, and which serves TO DISTINGUISH SUPPLIED ke men, have located here and will drive ‘ on the 16th. wells Geo. W. Keyes, who has condneted a C. Newton Smith will erect two more private bank at Olivet for several years, tenant houses here this spring, making 12 pound girl, who arrived at his house Gilpin, of Sylvester, both practical pump | | FRESH DAILY has taken the cashiership of a new bank at New Duluth, lowa. The business at Olivet will be continued under the same style by Karl D. Keyes, son of the owner. Ben. W. Putnam and Theo. C. Putnam started for Brattleboro, Vt., Friday night, in response to a summons an- nouncing the sudden death of their broth- er-in-law, Dr. Draper, who had served the State as superintendent of its insane asylum for many years. F. H. Kearney, senior member of him fourteen in all. Max Mills’ pleasant face appeared on our streets the other day—much to the pleasure of our business men and some of the large school girls, one of whom was somewhat taken back when told by her mother that Mr. Mills is a married man. <> Statement from Mr. Goossen. Tue TRADESMAN is in receipt of a communication from Martin C. Goossen, denying the truth of the statement set forth in the affidavit of F. W. Schwartz the firm of FF. H. Kearey & Coa., general dealers at Republic, has taken | the management of the Champion Co- | operative Association’s store at Beacon. | The business at Republic will be con-} tinued by the associates of Mr. Kearney | without any change or name of policy. Dissolution of Copartnership. Notice is hereby given that the copartnership | heretofore existing under the style of Edwin Fallas & Son, manufacturers of mince meat and jovbers of butter. eggs, oranges and lemons, 219 Livingston sireet.is this day dissolved by the retirement of Fred L. Fallas The business will be continued at the same lo ation by Edwin Fallas, who assumes the liabilities of the former firm, and who is alone authorized to collect the accounts due the old firm. Epwin Faas. Grand Rapids, March 9, 1892. Frep L. Fauuas. | in the advertising columns of last week’s paper. THe TRADESMAN does not set itself up as a champion of either party to the controversy, and its readers can, therefore, draw their own conclusions as to the merits of the case. i - Oe The Grocery Market. All grades of sugar have advanced 1- 16¢c and the market is strong and advanc- ing, with every indication of another advance early in the week. The Drummond Tobacco Co. has re- duced the price of ‘‘Horse Shoe” plug from 39 to 37c¢. To Grocers Everywhere. Our Goods from worthless Imitations. season, Saturday, April 2d. {} OYSTERS /&5 We close this department of our business, for the present We thank the trade in general for the liberal patronage given us, and we hope our efforts to ‘merit it will be the means of again securing your orders when | : \ ‘ ee ‘the next season opens, September 1. THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. | | | | PEREINS DEALERS IN & HESS Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WE CARRY A STOCK GF CAKE TALLOW FOR MiLL USE. = S 5 ES Fa J Bai i! THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GATHERING RUBBER. How the Work is Done in the Great Forests of Brazil. Henry E. Miller in Rubber World. Although many descriptions have been written of the process of rubber gather- ing the world over, very few have been on the ground to see it done. Of course, | it is well known that the best rubber comes from the great swampy regions of Brazil, and is gathered by the half sav- | age South American Indians, who live on | the banks of the Amazon. About July, which month ushers in the dry season, the people begin to talk and plan for a journey into the interior for rubber. It takes them a long time to prepare, al though they have very little to do in| reality. Their work does not begin un- tilabout the first of September. To be} sure, the hut of the Indian is oftentimes | a long distance from the part of the for- | est in which he intends to work, and he takes plenty of time in getting there. In moving he takes the whole of his house- | hold goods, his wife and numerous chil- | dren, and embarking on a roughly con- structed raft, or a canoe, formed of a Single tree trunk, he floats or paddles down to the Amazon, then up to his dis- trict. All his goodsare taken from his} hut, as has been said, and that is left bare and desolate. The clothing of the | family can be easily carried on _ backs. Children wear nothing at all. a} man’s dress is a shirt and a pair of a sers, and a woman’s a gauzechemise and calico peiticoat. In a homemade basket is a stock of tapioca and a possibility of some dried | meat or fish. These with an antiquated | musket almost as dangerous to the pos- sessor as to any game aimed at, the ever- present Indian fishingtackle, steel, flint and tinder, two or more hatchets, or axes, and the machete, form the indis- pensable articles of the household. The implements of their trade, as rubber gatherers, are the little clay cups into, which the rubber sap trickles, the cala- | i bashes with which nature has supplied | them, and the tiny axe which is used in tapping the tree. Into the great floating forest goes the adventurous Indian, where one might travel for years almost without seeing even a sign of man. The great floods that have covered the trees almost to their tops for months have at last sub- sided, and the rubber gatherer paddling up a waterway selects a spot for a camp, unloads his canoe, swings his hammock and is at home. Withthe faculty that he possesses for avoiding work, he has selected a spot where the undergrowth is not too dense and where the rubber trees are close to his camp. One of the first things that he does is to build a dwelling, with a fleor that will be above the reach of the water. The many trees that grow so freely there form the supports of his house, which is thatched with great palm leaves, and gives a sheltering space for from ten to twenty people. The walls are simply mats which are so hung as to keep out the rain. but there is no attempt to keep out the cold. for that is something which does not existin this great Amazonian steam-box. The house finished, at an early hour in the morning, the gatherer starts out for his day’s work. With his tiny axe he makes from fifteen to twenty incisions | in the bark of the trees about him, ata convenient height, and sticks one of his little cups just beneath each cut to re-| ceive the sap. In his labor his wife and | children assist, and in a little while he has nearly fifty trees tapped. By this time it is necessary for him to go around a second time, in order to collect the} juice, so, taking a small wooden bucket, he and his dark-skinned family begin the process of collecting. Another reason | tor this collection before the cups are really filled, is that the liquid sap is al- ready beginning to coagulate in the in-| cision, and is not flowing as rapidly as it | should. The incision,therefore,has to be cleared, the cup emptied and replaced, and so the work goes on. It is probable | that before a great amount of rubber is | accumulated in the storehouse of the/| gatherer a trading boat will appear, and for a small sum will secure it all. In-| deed, it will be remarkable if, while he | | Of the household does not sell the entire |does absorb certain resinous qualities | can gums contain. | question, no matter what their excellen- |cies might be, if the indolent Indian | Would ever accept them. and his children are hungry, the master stock for trinkets, rum, or a cheap grade of fire-works. The process of drying the sap has been so often described that it is | ardly worth another repetition. It has been asserted that the smoke of the palm nut, which the Indian uses in drying the Para rubber, has given this gum much of its excellence. Whether it is true that it that all kinds of caoutchouc possess, is a question. Certain it is, however, that | the Para rubber, smoked as it is, is far better than any grade of gum, and does not possess resins that some of the Afri- Mechanical processes for drying and curing crude rubber have been thought out by inventors, chiefly Americans, but have never been introduced, and itisa i 2 << Use Tradesman Coupon Books. Do You Desire to Sell Larpels ald Lace Carta By Sample? Send for ovr Spring catalogue SMITH & SANFORD, Grand Rapids, Mich. SUHLOSS, ADLER & C0, MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF Pants, Shirts, Overalls —AND—— Gents Fornishing Goods, 184, 186 & 188 JEFFERSON AVE,, DETROIT, MICH. bhadw Ck’ Guaranteed Equal to any Thread on.the arker, 40 CENTS PER DOZEN. Carried in all Numbers, White and] Black, W. H. DOWNS, SOLE AGENT Grand Rapids, Mich. Dry Goods Price Current. 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Turkey red........ 9% ' “* 34XXXX 12 (Riverpolnt robes.... 5 Cocheco toon... 6 |Windsorfancy...... 6 madders... 6 . c= ticket - XX twills.. 6%| indigo blue....... 0% - eouds...... OM are... ... 4% ‘males Amoskeag AC A.. _—_ ME ee. gata. 12% Hamilton : ES eae 7% Pemberion BAA... 26 tee ta, 10 ’ Awning. .11 Swift mever........., 44 ee... S (roar Giver......... 12 Pires Pre.......... a eereee.......,...... 13 Lenox Mills ........ 18 COTTON DRILL. —. me 8% —— A. LL, eee e hike Bie me Meeee........ s Clifton, a. 6 Top of Heap........ 10” SATINES, eee ~— cee. 10% D Seeloninae SS oe 9% Ee eee eee 16 I vena 35 eee 10% pov Amoskeag eee aces 1244(/Columbian brown. .12 Son. ...; 13% Everett, blue... -2 . brown .13 - ae... ..... 114%|Haymaker blue Beaver Creek AA...10 - sam . 2 emer... “ Lancaster .... Boston, Mfg co. be 7 |Lawrence, 90z blue 8% _ “« da twist 10% Columbian XXX br.10 » XXX bi.19 GINGHAMS. Ames ...... .... 7 Lancaster, —-- ‘* Persian dress 8% fanci 4 . Canton .. 8% _ Boman 8 C Aa 1044|Lancashire.......... 6% . Teazle...10%|Manchester......... 5% ' Angola..10%|Monogram.......... 6% ale —- 8%|Normandie......... 7% Arlington staple.. - = ORMNOM ... ne5. 5550 8% Arasapha fancy.... 4%/Renfrew Dress...... ™ Bates Warwick dres Siiosemont........... 6% - staples. 6%4/Slatersville......... 6 Ceontennial......... 10% — ioe ee Ceeeereon .......-... eos ............ T™% Cumberland staple. oi Toll. = ord. ...... 10% Cumberland........ oe... .. T™% ae... ........, 4% “« seersucker.. na ec ee es 744) Wi Me ose ase My Everett classics..... 844) Whittenden......... 6% Bxpoeeon.......... 7 . heather dr. 8 ae... 6% - indigo biue 9 eoeerren.......... 6% |Wamsutta staples. ox iemwoed........... 1% Westbrook eee oe eee ee — |... 10 Johnson Vhaloncl % se aiacacaei Deas sce 5 - indige bine SiTere..... .......... 6% . ae....2 GRAIN BAGS. - 16%! Valley —-- --15% "19% Geor rgia... » 15% a (ee. ..... ..-.... 14% THREADS. Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's........... 88 Coser, 2. 4F....... > eeeeeeire.... ...... 88 Holyoke. anne een oi 22% ENITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. Colored. : 38 [N <.... oe 42 — . k moe Gieve........... © Moreen... ......;- 3% Newmarket......... 4 |Brunswick........ 4 RED FLANNEL. ees ow ale /..............,.. 22% Creedmore.......... Be. RY Talbot a fa ere way = pe eee......... 35 Nameless.. = se RPO... «0s +000 82% MIXED FLANNEL, Red & a plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17% Cee &. 5. 2244) Western W ......... 18% Wedew...... ...... eee Oe ee 18% 6 oz Western........ 20 one 7... 23% poee ©..........4. 22%4|Manitoba........... 23% DOMET FLANNEL. Nameless ..... 8 @9% Se 9 or eae 8%@10 Co cae CANVASS AND PADD Slate. Brown. Black./Slate. ‘ion. Black. 9% 13 13 9% 9% m4 10% 10% 10%/15 15 15 11% 11% 114}17 17 17 12% 12% 124/20 20 20 DUCKS. Severen, 8 oz........ ne West Point, 8 0z....10% Mayland, 8 oz.......10% 10 oz ...12% Greenwood, ™% ‘OZ. 9% meron. 2068......... 13% Greenwood. 8 oz.. 11% ee cide nwne 138% Boston, 8 oz......... 10% |Boston, 10 oz........ 12% WADDINGS. wee, oon... 25 ne. . 87 50 Colored. = Leek 20 SILESIAS, Slater, Iron Cross... 8 ;Pawtucket.......... 10% Bon tyom.... S eees.............. - . a ..10%|Bedford.... 2.0.2.2! 10% _ Best AA. Be 13% Valley ee 1034 ti a 10% So - 8%) BE @ SILK. Corticelli, doz....... 3. Corticelli knitting, twist, doz. -37%%| per %oz ball...... 30 50 ia, doz. .37% OOKS AND EYES—PER GROS No : BI é & White..10 |No 4 BI’k & “White. = - 3 : 2 | we - "3 No 2—20,M C....... 0) No 4—15 F 3%...... 4 3—18, 8 C........ No : White & BI'k. 12. “No 8 8 White & BI’k..20 in i* 2 _ . 28 “ : oe wool “ 12 “ ae SAFETY PINS. ees Me cs wea 36 ao Seen... 1 40) Steamboat Ss meee 40 CO ee sau : = Goat Byed.......... 1 50 MOreneIre........... as -§ CLOTH. e- ae 6—4.. Sa 195 6—4...2 95 ae coat 10) — TWINES. — Sail Twine. 2 ce 18 I sees esau cs 12 Rising Star4-ply.. “= Domestic hese 18% 3-ply.. Ree... = fore Gtar.......... Lecter amet ee 13 |}Wool Standard 4 ply Cherry Valley...... 15 |Powhattan Ink 18% PLAID OSNABURGS Aen. 6%|Mount Pleasant.... 6% ee ' is os ae ouube ne o% ugus' .. mont. ‘ Ar sapha -s ' Randelman. i Georgia. “ oa a . on : oe e ice Haw River .s Toledo.. ° 6 ow d...... 5 aes ie « es” THEH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. BUSINESS LAW. Summarized Decisions from Courts of Last Resort. SALE--HARVESTER-—-REPAIRS—-DAMAGES. Where in the sale of a harvester the vendor agreed to furnish needed repairs for the machine for the period of two years free of charge, and in an action up- on notes given for the purchase price it was shown that the vendor failed to fur- nish such repairs when requested, the Supreme Court of Nebraska held that the measure of damages for the breach of the contract by the plaintiff was the value of such repairs. BANK—FORGERY—NOTICE—LACHES. Where a banking corporation allowed over three months to elapse before it re- turned to a depositor a forged check drawn on his account which it had paid, the Supreme Court of California held that the bank could not defend an action brought for the amount of the check, up- on the ground that the depositor was estopped by his laches in not giving the bank notice of the forgery immediately upon the return of the check, it having been shown that such notice would not have enabled it to relieve its loss. CORPORATION—RESIDENT DIRECTORS. A Kansas statute provides that at least three directors of every company incor- porated in Kansas shall be citizens of that State. This law has been upheld by a decision of the Supreme Court of Kan- sas in the case of the San Diego Com- pany, a company incorporated in that State but doing business in California. It appeared that at a recent election for directors of the San Diego Company eleven non-residents were chosen. The chairman of the meeting declared three residents of Kansas elected notwithstand- ing the vote, and non-residents who had been forced out by the decision of the chairman brought suit, but the court held that they were not entitled to relief under the laws. RAILROAD — TICKET — EJECTION — DAM- AGES. In the case of Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad vs. Conrad, decided recently by the Appellate Court of Indi- ana, where it appeared that the appel- lant sold to the appellee a ticket good for a passage between certain stations of its road, with a coupon attached good for a passage between certain stations of a connecting road, and that the appellant’s conductor took up the wrong part of the ticket and appellee was refused passage on the connecting road forthe remaining part, and in default of payment of her fare was ejected, the Court held that the appellant was liable for the damage sus- tained, and that the payment of the value of the coupons over the connecting road was no defense to an action for damages. INSURANCE—CONTRACT—EVIDENCE. The case of Paplemus vs. Knoxville Fire Insurance Company, decided re- eently by the Supreme Court of Tenn- essee, was an action to recover the amount of a policy, $1,500, on a stock of goods burned. It appeared that before the policy was issued the assured wrote the company’s agent saying he wanted insurance and was willing to pay 2 or 24 per cent. The agent answered that the rate on country stores was 21¢ per cent. The assured made application for a pol- icy, filling up the blank at 2 per cent. The agent wrote tbe policy for 24¢ per cent. and mailed it. After the date of the policy, but before the assured re- ceived it, the property was burned. Plaintiff then offered to pay the premium on the policy, but the company’s agent said it was unnecessary, as it could be taken out of the principal when paid. The company afterward claimed the pol- icy was only a proposition to insure that had not been accepted. A verdict for the defendant company was reversed, on the ground that the court below erred in not allowing the letter to go to the jury in which the plaintiff signified his will- ingness to pay 2!¢ percent., the rate for which the policy ‘was afterward actually written. ee : Use Tradesman Coupon “Books. 7 PES 1 urr nt HAMMERS. 5 Hardware Price Current. Maqaahe O18. ene neve ooeeeen ate = “Sisal, 4 % inch and larger cn 2 ee 8. tteceecs se wane neeccteres These prices are for cash buyers, who a ae Le a ae 40810 Sas SQUARES. * tl d buy in full kaves, | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................. 30¢e list | oe ie B evels.. sttts see ce rece en cres sees eenes 60 pay promptly and buy in full packages. | 5) acxsmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. ...30c 40610 EO ap evels. tree tere cereecee oe = AUGURBS AND BITS. dis. HINGES, ee eee 60 om Gare tase... dis.60&10 Com. Smooth. Com oie a oe 2... eden BOC 2M woe ta i4 $2 95 eee 25 — and Strap, to 12 in. a 14 and ee oe aE 315 Jenmiige, mmission .........-.._-...._..... SOGiG) Tomeer ow... 8. aw ewe ww oes T4 | Now toe 4 05 365 AXES, screw "Hook and Eye, 3 weet cee e tees eee = on De 40 3815 Mk il aca - me j 9: 2 First Quality, S. Dm prem . (oi... 8750 ‘s ‘ec “ " oo a q ret ae i 2 25 [ ‘ ee = * i iy ee net 7%| All sheets No. 18 and lighter, an inches 8. B. 8. Steel............ -.-.- ree Se «enka cat es ae Bee 8 ose... ..........,, 13 50 HANGER dis | Poploedhpesnat cupsrinauies dis. | gar Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... 50810 libel dis, 50 OO EE EE = 14 OG | Champion, antl-friction.................... 60410 | SASH CORD. a... net 30 00} Kidder, a 40 | Silver Lake, White A.. 50 HOLLOW WARE. Drab A... 5B aise ™ ee ik 60&10 “ ah B. 50 SLOVO. -..--.--- 0. ener e never serene scenes cece Ta tcssapbseesnsessaes 60&10 i DrabB a Carriage NOW limb. ....--....2-e ee serereeer es ee 60410 (i foe = Plow nave ee cestas scenes coseseeseesene 40810 | Gray enameled... 20 oe 6a. Ce rate eet enero r HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. | SASH WEIGHTS. a Stamped Tin Ware................... -new list 70 | Solid Eyes.......-...-..--.- 00000 ee0ee per ton 825 ee oa... © 3 S| Japdsmce Tin Ware... L SAWS. dis Wer, ewive:...... 4 00 | Granite Iron Ware _.............. new list —- ee ‘aia 8 WIRE GOODS. 7 sate ru ee 70&10&10| “ Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 50 Cost Loose Pi, Geured........ .....-....... & oe ES Te 70&10&10 “Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30 Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... ee "7010810 “ Champion and Electric Tooth X ee ee 60410 | Gate Hooks and Eyes..20 0.00.0... ee Oe ate roug a ae dis. TRAPS, a Wrought Inside Blind.................-.-.--60&10} gtaniey Rule and Level Co.’s .... ... RE a a 60&10 Wires eee oo 75 KNOBsS—New List. dis. Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35 Blind, Clark’s........-.-.---+.+-+s0eeeeeeees 70&10 | Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 | Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... 70 Blind, Parker's-......--.-.--+---soee-+e0es 70&10 | Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ Sh | Mouse, cligker 18¢ per doz Blind, Shepard’s ...............- eae 70 | Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 5G | Motes, datusion. 6.0006 81.50 per doz. BLOCKS. Door, — a aa .. : = Bright Market... WIRE. dis a 7) ; fa ecg... eo Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85........... 60 | Drawer an — gence “ee 7010 oo Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... | Copperad Markee Cre dis. 50&02 | Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s.............-..-.. 85 | Tinned Market.............................. ei CROW BARS. Hranfor@s ............ = Barbed. F case naeeennia ee ee ee a . : Cee ae a. ae CAPs. soe eee... $16. s dis. 60 HORSE NAILS. Berit... ... «+. por a 65 | Hunt Eye ease ce cepe ce > = a a is 20g ’ = = See es ~ = PT etc ae 2 60 Pe ee ‘ 8. _ ee aD e tat Z eT , “ 35 — | | erthwostern dis. 10&10 Musket . as 60 | Sperry & Co.’s, Post, ‘iouaies bate eea oe aeua WRENCHES. CARTRIDEES, Coffee, Parkers C0.'8 scree con ice aceon a ao HORE ao “2 Rim Fire.....-. 2... see ee eee eee eee ene 50 P.S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s See. 40 ee. ahtipatat Loca 75 Central Fire..... eile ala tia amie alo ania dis, = ‘© Landers, Ferry & Cle .k’s............ 40 | Coe’s Patent, malleabl i CHISELS. dis. - Enterprise Coe eee a ae 30 ‘tun aba ccadnbonis, dis. i MOLASSES GATES, L SOS wwe eee ene eee e tee w ee eee sl esr nnessssen sees reese ee ieee Mele 8... ce se. e010 | Pumps, Cistern.. 222.0000. "5 ao an | ea Glaniee............-.--.-...002--- Geé&10 | Screws, New L ist.........-.---ssseeevees 70&10 eee ae i... 95 | Casters, Beda d Plate... .....- 010810 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer 40 NAILS Dampers, Ne — 8 ee ne di Gical ualie eee. Ck. 1 85 | Forks, hoes, rakes amas all co goods..... 6 &i0 COMBS. ee ec en Ny 2 00 ‘ Cues, Deewomoen........-. 40 Advance over base: Steel. Wire. P1@ TIN. Bieeneine ............. es eae sa cece ree... Base Meee cee ere... 26c Se Base Sires. es. ao Es 05 20 ZING. ee eee 10 2 | Duty: Sheet, 2¢ per pound. 7 COPPER, St ee pound Caeke........................... i re veune. 7 Planished, eo ran Ay ~, +e e- POF pound = po yer Gold Rolled xi and 4x0 se ao wee re 65| The vipies ces of the many other qualities of iN ee dis 90 | solder in the market indicated by nrivate brands Morse’s Bit Stocks i : 1 = vary according to oo ? Es i 2 : Saper and straight GROME. «= +2 .-en s+ raeseees S OO | COGMaGm.... .. 0025.3 wee ee eee per pound Moese's Paper Guaae...................... “ aia 13 DRIPPING PANS. 75 1 00 eth laa GRADE. “an Suet) Stee aoe poenG -............._....... 90 1 2 | 10x14 APCOAl... 2... eee sees ee eee ee ees 78 ee ee 85 1 00 | 14x20 IC, Ts eee Large sizes, per —_— ese eke oouee 6% Finish : Beret sprite trite venir? a | ont aaa 146 16 . 3 = m 66... 115 1 50 | 14x20 go a 3 Com A plage Gea dos.net 7% CHUMCH 19... ees eee eee eeee ee ceee es 85 75| Each additional X on this grade, 81. Corrugated ............- 22+ eee cess ee eens dis = =40 Ce 1 00 90 TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. Adjustable. . . ate, 40&10 EE 1 15 1 00 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal .............-. seeeeee 6% EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Basel %............ ar 1% a 50 aa IG, saat et et et eete teers tees : = Clark's, small, oo: ree o................ 30 )| 14x20 IX. es a eek ie 9 25 Eves’, 1, 6183 2, 0245 8, 880 o-oo 25 | Ohfo Tool Co.’s, fancy «.-----------------77" Qe | “Each sdditional X on this grade $1.50. riLes—-New List. dis. | Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy.............0+4- @40 |, BOOFING PLATES WHMBEONNN «8... o-oo. ena ee on none oo oen e OIG | BOMON, Girmt GUBLIEG.....-......-- 2s -ceeee cree @60 | 14x20 IC, i Worcester eee 6 50 om Aseria 8... Ls... Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. &10 | 14x20 IX, : i ee ees acy ee 0 ae + “ ae PANS. pa cae = c aie oe . = eee my AGO. i... * . i fade........... 6 Bicliérs Horee Raane........................ 50 Common, polished ee. dis. -_ 70 — = i ny mn et “ = ne Iron and Tinned.... ses ees eee a 40 | 20x28IX, “ . eA ea 15 50 Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27 28 / Copper Rivets and Burs.............-..---- 50—10 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. List 12 18 14 15 BT PATENT FLANISHED TRON, a r “ 4x26 1x Le ms 08 Discount, 60 “A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to ee a GAUGES. dis. | «“B» Wood’s 5 pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 | 14x56 IX, for No. 8 8 Boilers, {per ae. 2 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... ......... 50 Broken packs %c per pound extra. 14x60 TX. PUSS SAF SPOUTS a = = we © oo g xs q 2 oot = > id a o a SPOUT NO. I. size, Actual 3 a ° _ a s °° 2 = 2 oo 3 2 a} _ ‘ad so a — 2 _— & a 2 § “ae y= 343 Pant D } stock y / We also have the ANCHOR SAP -} We are agents for this Spout andccarry a full SPOUT. No. 2—Actual Size. THE CHAMPION. NS Oo» Re ese eee ie 2a od & eae ee go Seat 3 ds a Fes E-$ ay 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman Jficial Organ of Mi bi Busi Men’s A dl 4 WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, + Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY — THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, One Dollar a Year, - 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. ("When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in Tue MicnicaNn TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MABCH 23, 1892. CANADIAN CHEESE ALL SOLD. “Never before has there been expe- rienced such an early wind-up in the export cneese trade as that experienced this year,” says the Montreal Trade Bull- etin, *‘the stock in Montreal having al- ready been completely cleared, leaving scarcely sufficient for the requirements of the local trade. This is quite a phe- nomonal feature in the situation, as in former seasons old cheese has frequently been shipped from this port in May by the first steamers. The last lot of any consequence was disposed of in this mar- ket last week, consisting of 2,000 boxes of underpriced colored goods at prices ranging from 10'¢ec to 11¢¢, this stock being mottled and otherwise distin- guished from finest.” It is rumored that, owing to the stock of cheese in the whole of Canada being reduced to about 15,000 or 20,000 boxes, which are held in Ingersoll and Belleville for high figures, and the English make proving a short one, asyndicate of Mon- treal operators intend to buy up what- ever surplus stocks are available in Liv- erpool, London and Bristol. and a cable order to buy a large line in Liverpool at 58s is reported to have been dispatched, but whether or not the cheese was se- enred has not transpired. The supposi- tion is, however, that the bid was too low, although it was one shilling per hundredweight above the public cable at the time the order was sent. The stocks of cheese in Canada and the United States are so exhausted that Montreal men seem to entertain great faith in a future rise of several shillings on the other side, some talking of 65s as a fore- gone conclusion. A few years since some learned men predicted an impending failure of the coal supply, owing to the immense quan- tity being mined for manufacturing and They showed by the proverbial truthfulness of figures that the supply was limited, and that man- kind at the then present rate of con- sumption would soon be without fuel in the form of coal. No doubt these men would have been much relieved could they have foreseen the improvements that came later on in the steam engine, other purposes. in furnaces, in stoves, in fact, in pretty | brated catsups and sauces. Postage Prepaid, much everything in and about which AGAINST {HE COMPANY. coal was used for producing heat; im- provements by which a much greater | The Supreme Court Passes Upon Three | Percentage of the heat of combustion is Important Points. | utilized than formerly. But there would} The following recent opinion of the have been little cause for felicitation in| Supreme Court in Chas. H. Hall vs. the this respect, could it have been seen at | Concordia Insurance Company .would at the same time that more coal per in-| first glance appear to be a reverse posi- dividual would be burned to-day than| tion and in conflict with its opinion in ever before, which we believe to be true. | Gould vs. Dwelling House Insurance People warm their houses better, and the | Company, recently filed, with reference cheaper prices of manufactured articles | to the construction of- the clause in the and goods, due to the wonderful im-| policy requiring proofs of loss to be filed provement in manufacture and to the | within thirty days. Such is not the fact, more economical use of fuel, have placed las the question as to whether a failure to such things at the disposal of the many | do this barred action was not raised and instead of the few. We do not, however, | not passed upon, and only the question believe that there is imminent danger of | whether or not the agent had the power exhausting the supply of coal. There| to waive this provision for the company. was, perhaps, some mistake in handling | The court in that case held that he had the figures. So long as men get plenty | not and that the insured was at fault in of work at good wages or opportunities to | relying upon that theory when the print- work for themselves, enabling them to/ ed conditions in the policy expressly de- try to supply their needs and tastes, coal | nied this authority and the insured was will be mined in an increasing ratio, and | supposed to be informed of that fact. In if it does become exhausted other sources | the latter case the plaintiff brought suit of heat will probably be found. under a policy of $1,000 upon a stock of eggs destroyed by fire. The facts being undisputed it was argued by counsel that the court below should direct a verdict one way or the other. The plaintiff re- covered and the defendant appeals. The points relied upon by the appellant were: 1. Other insurance upon the same prop- erty without notice to the company; 2. Proofs of loss were not furnished within the thirty days conditioned in the policy; 3. That if the policy was not void for these reasons, the insured should recover | only for loss sustained upon eggs actu- Out of every hundred business failures |#l/y in the pickling vat, as it was last year, thirty-nine were due to lack of | “Pickled eggs’’ that the policy covered. capital, seventeen to commercial disas-| In regard to other insurance it was ter or crisis, seventeen to incompetence, | shown by the testimony that the plaintiff seven to fraud, five to inexperience and | had an undivided interest in the stock in- the remaining fifteen to extravagance, |sured. A man named Taylor was co- neglect, speculation, unwise credits, un-| tenant, and subsequently obtained in- due competition and other causes. surance on his interest, and another — — party having an interest in the property Sensible Suggestions | for Storekeepers. ‘i i " ea also obtained insurance. No additional Were your expenses too heavy last|.— ie ae year? Then try to buy with better dis-|/2Surance was placed upon plaintiff's un- cretion this year. divided interest, nor did he know of any if you want your business to pay, you | other insurance by Taylor. The court must make it pay. holds that the policy was not void upon Are the different ends of your business : H any of the contentions raised by the ap- well balanced? Can you size up the traveling sales-|pellant, and in substance says: Cove- —_ Or does he size you up? | nants for our insurance are usually con- _ Shabby surroundings will not set off @| strued to relate to additional insurance stock of goods to good advantage. i a Don’t buy goods which you will be affecting the interest of the insured. In ashamed to have known were sold at | this State it has been held that other in- = ~ : . . . | eg ; 2G Fe plements and fixtures which were kept! the withholding of that fact was not ma-/| @®teed until December 1. Ze : : : Te : | See us before placing fall a there, it was held that the policy was/| terial, unless a disclosure of it would | orders. thereby rendered void. Where the question in an application, which was referred to and made part of have induced the insurer to deeline the | risk or increase the premium. The court | | took occasion to say that, in contracts of | . . ; : aad neral § Merch ll d Il a the policy, was ‘‘How bounded, and dis-| fire insurance, it was sufficient if-the ap- | Clothing and Genera tore ere ants Wl 0 we to 2 tance from other buildings if less than | plicant make full and true answers to | Inspect the Line of es ten rods?” and the answer stated all the | the questions put to him by the.vinsurer | oa . ee . s . ; i. 3 nearest buildings on each side of the in respect to the subject of insurance; | my . . . . . : | . property insured, but did not state all | that he is not answerable for an omission | x the buildings within ten rods, the answer! to mention the existence of facts about | 1C ae 0 on 9 st was held to be sufficient, the question re- | which no inquiry is made, unless he | J . - | » - . | quiring the answer to be in regard to the | knows such facts to be materialsand in-| *) . : . i s distance from the nearest buildings, if | tentionally conceals them. = within ten rods, and not the distance All the authorities as to insurance | = from atl buildings within ten rods. | agree that. if the concealment is of a ma- | i i will close this division of my review | terial matter, it will avoid the policy, | re by citing two very peculiar New York | notwithstanding the fact that the ee | ' @ cases which have a bearing on the last | did not intend tocommita fraud. The ROCHESTER, mm %. oa mentioned topic: ; Suppression may occur by mistake, or by a Where the policy was ona mill, ma- | ignorance of the importance of the mat-| Most Reliable House, established 35 years. The senior member of this firm being ’ ai chinery and fixtures, and the conditions | ter withheld; still, the effect is the same| 4 Practical tailor, personally superintends the manufacturing department, and has 4 : : t) | . ne | the rep i aki best fitti ‘ments a ee ee = required, among other things, that the | upon the insurer, and the policy is made | ; : ste — oF eens ~ best fitting garments and most select?choice in styles, = cn / ‘ig ml ' ' : cgay | patterns and designs, adapted for all classes of trade and sold at such low prices, 2 application should be in writing, and! void. Practieally. it is not dificult to| 1 upon such equitable terms as i \ 43 thi ‘ sei nga 5 ' ) 4na upon such equitable terms as not to fear any competition, and within reach A he relative situation of other buildings | determine what fact is material: it is or-| of all. : within ten rods’ was asked for, and | dinarily a question of fact to be deter- William Connor, representative of E eapplicant failed to make known all! mined by the jury, who are usually in- above firm in Michigan, begs to announce ine bellies sthie that the trade can secure some Closing Out Bargains for Spring and Summer trade which will be sold at astonishingly that distanee, it} structed, in substance, that any fact is is held that the inquiry had no refer-! material which, if communicated. would nee to anything but the insurance on | have induced the insurer to demand a} low prices. Mr. Connor also takes ’ tie building, and that, so far as it was’ higher premium or decline the risk alto- | pleasure in calling attention to his nice . . . " i : | ine he : ‘ ; . q ¢ neerned, as also its fixed machinery, | yether. In treating of the duty of the! line of Boy’s and Children’s Clothing as well as to his great selection of Men’s Gabaladie AibPaielb abc ots col deadichyLidasece a there couid be no recovery. but that the sure isclosé al ateri¢ acts | ok eo aa t ; - im ed, to disclose all material facts | Suitings,’Spring Overcoats and Pants. eondition had no reference to personal | within his knowledge and bearing upon all closing out to the trade at marvelous- property, and that the assured might re-' the risk, it must not be forgotten that | y low prices. Largest line of Prince eover for the loss thereof. the insurer is bound to be reasonablv | Alberts and Cork Screw Cutaways in : a uu . . i. : ou fancy and plain. Mail orders promptly But, in a policy on merchandise con-/| diligent in informing himself, and that attended to, or write William Connor : taining the same conditions and the same he should be held to know everything | Box 346 Marshall, Mich., and he will i question in the application, and where! which is open to his enquiry. soon be with you to show you our full : the application was made out by the E. A. OWEN. | line, and he will supply you with the leading merchants’ printed to the honesty of our goods and prices William Connor will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich., on Thursday a a ia opinions as agent of the company but signed by the i Pp Perhaps Correct. Dee ee a assured. and such application omitted to ten disclose several buildings within New Clerk—What do the jobbers mean | by WILLIAM ; : / } ; t*a_o-d?? 9 the vies 6g Pi av « 9 ‘ a rods, the policy was held void as to mer- | o-d’’ on - he packages | CONNOR, Sis ee _ are oon ~~ 5 shiaisitiis they ser : | Box 346, Marshall cMich, : ‘ eeting him there wi e allowec Merchant—I guess they think we’re a little fishy. expenses. Sixth. “Or the omission to makeknown TWENTY YEARS ON THE ROAD. CHAPTER ITI. On my arrival home, 1 found a letter from a large wholesale and retail fancy goods merchant in the city of W , offering me a position in his store, which | offer he supplemented by stating that, | after a year or so of experience in famil- | iarizing myself with the stock and the methods of the house, he would give me | a chance to travel on the road with a line of his goods. Being disgusted with my late partnership venture, I gladly availed | myself of this chance, and, disposing of my remaining cement stock for what it would bring, | immediately entered upon the duties of my new position, glad of #:e opportunity to stop and think of my | first experience on the road. What passed during the next year or more would be of no interest to the reader, but, suffice it to say, | applied myself to my work and was soon considered as good a salesman as any one of the eight or ten employed in this house. I was now nearly eighteen years of age, and | lost no opportunity of reminding my e:uployer of his promise to send me on the road. At last, my employer called me into his private office and said: “Young man, I am now going to carry out my promise to you to let you travel and sell my goods. The length of your engagement in this | eapacity will depend entirely upon your- self. Any general advice I consider use- less. You must learn by experience; but ene point I want to impress particularly en your mind: In making a new cus- tomer, try and read him through and through, but don’t let him read you. Fol- low this rule and act honestly and con- scientiously. You can now select your Hine of samples, and you may start out next Monday morning. The book-keeper will give you your route and furnish you with funds for your first trip. Sell your goods on their merits, never misrepre- senting. Make the acquaintance of as few other drummers as possible. Keep sober, be polite, be economical, and you will sueceed.” At last, I was to realize my highest am- bition. Selecting and packing my sam- ples carefully, and also selecting an appropriate wardrobe, I was finally ready to begin again my experience as a com- mercial traveler. The line of goods which I was to carry and sell comprised | nearly everything usually known to the fancy goods and notion trade, and it was my duty to visit nearly every merchant in the towns on my route. In time, my acquaintance became very extended. Having a very large assortment, I soon succeeded in building up, not only a good list of business friends, but I rarely stopped over night in a town that I was not invited out to spend the evening with a customer or a friend ina social way, and the young ladies along my route formed by no means the smallest part of my social list. As a matter of course, among acquaintanees of this kind one is sure to have preferences, and I was no exception. My first serious affection of the heart was due to the smiles of a charming young lady, the daughter of one of my best customers, a dry goods merchant, who was not personally disposed to be any too sociable outside of his store. I kad been introduced to his daughter by a friend, and, to tell the truth, I was badly smitten. 1 usually found enough busi- ness to keep me in the small town where 'she resided at least two or three days | ;every trip, and, although [ never gave | expression to my feelings, I felt sure that | | the young lady was as deeply in love 'with me as I was with her. I had ac- companied her to church on two or three occasions, and had taken her to drive! without her father’s knowledge; and how to show both father and daughter at the same time, the depth of my admiration, ; was a problem with which I struggled for a long time. Being somewhat of a musician, | finally struck a happy thought. [ would get a guitar and serenade her. Of course, | would be invited in, and I would ‘reach her heart through my musical | |abilities. Obtaining the guitar, | pro- ceeded one evening about 10 p. m. to her | father’s residence, but. in order to reach the vicinity of the room ef my charmer, I had to climb a high fenee. The night | TRADESMAN. al YOu Spel Which will be better appreciated by your customers, or which will do you more good than to have J1QOO men each carry one of your Vest Pocket Memorandum Books with your advertisement on both outside cover pages ¢ If these are not good enough for ean make better ones for $12, $15, $20 and upwards. was dark, but. as | felt sure of my loca- | aia | | tion, Il earefully climbed the fence and f ale iol petal hw | ASE (0 i |clearing my throat, launched into the {then popular song, ‘Darling, Listen We are nol nny: {hase Rooks | while I sing to Thee.”? I had not reached | ' ithe chorus of the first verse, when, in| | “ ° lattempting to reach a high note, | lost | my balance and fell backward, catching my pants on a strong iron clothesline | hook, which left me suspended within | {three feet of the ground. At this mo-| |ment, the merchant, wondering at the| sudden cessation of the music, opened | the door, anda large dog bounded out} |and, seeing the suspicious looking object | | hanging to the fence, seized me by the {most convenient part, and shook me} until my pants gave way. At this point, | the merchant came to my rescue, fol- llowed by his wife and daughter. Ex- | planation was impossible, and, although iI was about to attempt to make one, I saw the object of my affections stopping her mouth with her handkerchief, and, with a sudden break, I started down the street for dear life, with the dog in close ;pursuit. It is unnecessary to state that ithis town was omitted from my usual | | trips for some months to come, and, when | 1 did stop again, L was so ridiculed that lI failed to sell toa single customer. I | had lost my hold on that town forever. Suddenly, in the midst of one of my most successful trips, I received a tele- igram, stating that my employer had failed, that his steck was attached by his creditors and that there were no hopes of his recovering from his embarrassment. L started back to find I was again on the ‘outs’? and must look for another job. After carefully considering the matter, I concluded to try my fortune in the city of New York, and, after arriving there and advertising and answering adver- tisements until 1 was nearly bankrupt, I | finally succeeded in securing a position, onasmall salary and commission, with ja large manufacturing and jobbing sta- | tionery house, the New York Stationery | Co. My territory was to be the West, and I was given to understand that, if my first trip succeeded, I was to have the hand- ling of the entire jobbing trade on the road from Maine to California. In regard to the daily experience of the next six or eight years, suffice it to say that, by close application to business, I began to build up a satisfactory and pro- fitable trade for the house [ represented, and was promoted from time to time, until I was the head of the traveling force they employed. A few of the incidents which followed my life on the road will show soe of | | | ‘We Make ‘Em ' No quantity is too large, and the larger the quantity, the less the price per thousand, | : Send for samples! We do not confine ourselves to making memorandum books, but execute any- | thing in the printing line. Let your orders for stationery or circulars come in for shipment with your memorandum books. PRINTING DEPARTMENT THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, NNOUNCEMENT CANDEE PPI PP PI DPD APPL PPP PLP PPP LPP PPP We have removed our Manufacturi Department to g the new building which we have erected solely for our own use at 530 and 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 ears. 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 x2C OMPANY:- DETROIT, MICH. General Agency of the RUBBER Co. : t : 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. the trials to which nearly every drummer is subjected. Politeness to the fair sex is a requisite which a practical drummer readily ac- quires. Shortly after I had entered on my duties in the stationery business, I one day boarded the train at Detroit for Chicago. The cars were filled. Al- though I had secured a seat to myself, I was rather looking for an agreeable com- panion before removing my grip from the other half of the seat. While waiting, an attractive young woman with a baby entered the car, and, as she looked around for a seat, I immediately arose, and, re- moving my baggage, offered her the half seat thus made vacant. She smiled as she thanked me and took the proffered seat. Said I, *“‘Beautiful day.’’ This she gently admitted. ‘Are you going to Chicago?” said I. ‘*Yes,’’ said she. ‘‘Are you?” to which I replied, ‘I am, and I am glad I am to have such agreeable company.’ eccurse, began to pet the baby, a child To be more agreeable, |, of probably four to six months old. Sud- denly, with a start, she exclaimed. **Dear me, I have left my hand bag in the depot. Won't you kindly hold my baby fora minute?’ Of course, 1 would, and she was off before I realized it. All at once, the train started, and the mother did not return. What should Ido in my dilem- ma? I did nothing until the train had got beyond the city limits, when i put the baby on my lap and appealed to the conductor, my pitevus looks attracting the attention of the whole car. Said the conductor, ‘‘Young man, I am | afraid she has taken you fora foundling’s home. You are the victim of an old trick. The mother of this child did not intend to go on this train, and I fear you will have to keep the child until some arrangement can be made to dispose of it.” “Great Scott?’ thought I. ‘This is a nice fix for an unmarried and re- spectable drummer to be in; what shall Ido?” Thoughts of jumping the train, | visions of orphan asylums, wet nurses, | peppermint, paregoric and a thousand other baby requisites—all flashed through my mind in an instant. Suddenly, I felt myself rudely shaken, and—‘‘Tickets!”—demanded by the con- | ductor. I had unconsciously fallen asleep, and in that ten minutes I felt as though ages had been added to my years and taken from my life. I was so ex- hausted with my labors in Detroit that I had fallen asleep and to dreaming with- out realizing it, but the dream led me to be more careful thereafter, and not be too polite with unprotected females on the road. ! LTO BE CONTINUED. } > <-> Another Addition to the List of Cash Merchants. Thurston & Company, general dealers at Central Lake, have issued the follow- ing circular to their customers: We have decided to adopt the cash system in our business, and will close our books March 10, and thereafter open no accounts with our retail trade. The following are some of the reasons which have led us to adopt this course: The work of book-keeping, attending to the accounts and collecting, where even a limited credit business is conduct- ed, is a large item of labor and expense, amounting to hundreds of dollars in a year. The merchant who has a large pro- portion of his capital tied up in book accounts is unable to buy his goods in the cheapest markets and on the best terms. The wholesale houses require prompt payments, and to those who buy | when you get them, and as it is apparent | | grave consideration that he can save dol- | aS great a reputation for his shrewdness. for cash and discount their bills, con- cessions are often made and special prices given which the long time merchant | knows nothing about. We want not only | to keep up with the procession, but to get way in the lead in the matter of big bargains; and, in order to give you the | greatest possible value for your cash, we must plank down our dollars promptly | on the wholesaler’s desk. | See? We have during the past few months kept our customers in frequent reminder | of the special bargains which we were offering to strictly cash purchasers. We made them some very close prices, and we discovered the fact that they were willing to bring their dollars here to) spend. What we have been doing in a small way, we expect to do hereafter on a larger scale. If, as we maintain, your dollar is only | good to you for the amount of comfort or satisfaction which it will bring you in, it is certainly good sense to spend it where | you can get the greatest amount of good | for it. We expect to make it plain to you dur- ing the coming season that we can do just a little better by you if you pay for your goods when you get them than some- | body else or even ourselves could do, if you bought them on one, two or six | j | | {months’ time. It is a pleasure sometimes to be able to get goods on credit; but do you always find it so when time for settlement comes | around and you find that you have bought | twice as much as you thought you had? Now is the appointed time. The rail-| road will be here this spring, and there will be a market for your produce at all times of the year. By a little effort on your part you can pay for your goods to any man whohas given the matter | lars by the cash system, where he can’t save cents in the old way, we recommend to your careful attention the reform which we are trying to inaugurate. a Eggs Are Eggs. From the Boston Herald. There resides in one of Boston’s subur- | ban hamlets a man who is notorious as a| practical joker. There is also in busi- | ness in that place a grocer who has fully The joker recently entered the grocery store and ordered a dozen eggs. He paid forty cents for them and ordered them sent to his house. That night his wife met him at the door, as he returned home, and inquired ‘*How much did you pay for those eggs you ordered?” ‘Forty cents,” he replied. ‘Well, the next time you order eggs you’d better pick them out yourself,” said the better half, as she produced to his astonished gaze a dozen pullets’ eggs, each about the size of an English wal- nut. The joker didn’t even get mad. He simply remarked: “I'll get even with him.” That evening he went to the grocer | and remarked that those eggs were pretty | small for 40 cents per dozen. ‘“‘Never mind, eggs are eggs,’ re- marked the grocer, as he chuckled know- ingly. The next day the joker bought two | hens and a rooster and carried them | home, taking good care that the grocer | should see them, and so learn that his | former customer intended to get his eggs | at home thereafter. A month later, he | entered the grocery store with a market | basket on his arm. ‘‘How much are you paying for eggs?” | he asked. ‘“‘Thirty-five, cash: 40, trade,’? was the reply. ‘Let me have 40 cents’ worth of corn, then. Here’s a dozen eggs.” The corn was put intoa bag and passed over. The grocer took the basket of eggs and his customer left, remarking, ‘“‘Eggs are eggs, old man.’’ When the grocer opened the basket, he found a dozen robins’ eggs. And now, when he has pullets’ eggs in stock, he always mixes them judiciously with the larger variety. res | OVERLAND | LOVELL DIA- Agents Wanted! — We can give you exclusive territory on a large line of Bicycles. Send for catalogue. Our line includes the: COLUMBIA CLIPPER VICTOR PARAGON RUDGE IROQUOIS | KITE PH@NIX | TELEPHONE GENDRONS and all the Western Wheel Works Line. MOND | Also others too numerous to mention, Wholesale and retail dealers in Bicycles, Cyclists’ Sundries, Rubber and Sporting Goods, Mill and Fire Department Supplies. 4 Monroe St. - - - : Grand Rapids, Mich. The Finest Quality and Best Article for General Cleaning known in the World. Sold by all wholesale grocers, or orders may be sent direct to the factory. Uo You Run a Store? IF SO TRADESMAN, SUPERIOR (2 UNIVERSAL COUPON BOOKS ARE EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED! BETTER than any other Coupon System and FAR SUPERIOR to PUNCH, BRASS OR PAPER CHECKS. We can refer you to Hundreds of Merchants who are using Our System, who would not run their stores without it. Write for particulars, prices and free samples t» THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, Original and Largest Manufacturers of Coupon Boeks in the United States. 100 Louis Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Dresses Gripsack Brigade. Will Curtiss and M. A. Searles have | engaged with the H. J. Heinz Co., of | Chicago, working city trade in the Windy | City. Oliver C. Shults, formerly of this city, but now on the road for the United In- | durated Fiber Co., of Chicago, was in town James E, tire from the employment of the I. M. Clark Grocery Co. for a time, to a couple of days last week. Ireland has concluded to re- owing the deafness which has come upon him as a result of the grip. H. S. Powell, of Marquette, ers the Upper Peninsula for the Ll. M. Clark Grocery Co., was in town a couple of days last week and made his friends among the trade a welcome visit. H. S. Robertson was called off his route last Wednesday by the dangerons illness of his brother, Dr. F. P. Robert- son, at Breedsville, who is very low with congestion of the brain and lungs. ‘See here, boys,’’ said the old traveler, “let me give you a valuable tip. It’s] about drinking. Liquor’s a bad thing, | of course; but my experience goes to | show that the prohibition drummer loses | lots of trade. vivial ina liquid way fifteen men in a day, the average travel- ing man is apt to come up rather groggy in the last few rounds. If you start in with a customer at all, there’s just two things to avoid—you mustn’t get drunk nor show the white feather. this little round bottle?” continued the veteran, as he drew a long, slender vial from the watch pocket of his vest. ‘*That contains olive oil, the best quality I ean buy. Intoxication by the fumes of the alcohol partially paralyzing the nerves that run past the stomach up to the brain. A little olive oil floats on top and keeps the fumes from rising,see? You just excuse yourself from your guest a moment, take When it comes to be con- with a dozen or Do you see is caused a few drops of the stuff, and then you ean return and drink him off his feet. Ain’t that asmooth scheme? What’ll I have? Same as before, a little rye.” An old experienced traveler on the road is Mr. E. M. Nelson, and his handy little publication, ‘The T contains the result of his years of obser- Iraveling Salesman,” vation put down on paper in interesting and coneise form. He is, therefore, titled to attention when first impressions are the traveler who makes a the oecasion of his makes a very unfortunate the least. The question of how to introduce one’s self is, of much tance. The introduction may make mar the future in any particular While the manner of the introduction re- quires consideration, it often of sec- ondary importance to the time at which it is attempted. The time must oppor- tune, or the introduction itself, ‘‘a thing of great pith and moment may turn awry.’’ The opportune time must come of itself; it cannot be f The trav- eler is, of course, provided with his card, and its presentation, without any prelude, is the usual manner of introducing him- self. This, however, is not a good prac- tice, as arule. The card is too mechani- eal. The expert representative will find an opportunity to pass the conven- tional timely comments on the state of en- that and he says very lasting, faux pas on eall first beginning, to say im por- or therefore, pase. is be foreed. the weather, the condition of the atmos- phere, etc., before the introduction who cov- | THE MICHI GAN ‘TRADESMAN. i The ice having been broken, it | is much better for him to announce his | hame, his business and the name of his i house viva than to wait for the who perhaps, a little near- sighted, or who may require to adjust his spectacles to read the card. The delay in deciphering the card may sometimes | be embarrassing. The introduction, or ; the announcement of the name, had bet- | ter not be very closely followed by a pre- | cipitate plunge into business. It is best | to pave the way into the good graces | | of the dealer with the glittering general- | ities. After some circumlocution ask him, | With a proper, defrential tone in the re- | quest, when he will have the necessary leisure to give you.the attention you crave. To tackle him at once for an or- der is very likely, in many instances, to be met with the stereotyped declaration of being overstocked, ete. The dealer, in fact, doesn’t know what he wants on voce | dealer, is, the instant, and it is the traveler’s duty to lead him on and show him wherein his stock needs replenishing. Todo this he must go slowly. The wedge cannot | be inserted big end first. Get your man | to look at your samples. He may object to do even this at the start, but the trav- eler who cannot cajele the most crusty dealer to let down enough to condescend to favor him to this extent has mistaken his voeation. This is the rule, to which there will, of course, be an occasional exception. The inspection of the sam- ples is the entering of the wedge, which must be driven home. There are several ways of driving it, and no single way is adapted to all classes alike. In some the sledgehammer blow is required: in others the hydraulic pressure of soft, smooth words fitly spoken. Or, to change the simile, some men must be beaten down with the bludgeon of forceful ap- peal, while others will yield to the deli- cate rapier thrusts of persuasion, not un- mixed at times, when they are off their ; guard, with the slightest suspicion of flattery and compliment. The latter must be used with the In short, utmost cireum- the dealer must be induced to buy. But the bulldezing methods of foree are now seldom resorted to. The traveling man of to-day is the refined gentleman, and his longer those of the un- spection. forced to buy, or methods are no trained rustic. oo 2 Some People Do. Do they see it. For those who use Gringhuis, Itemized Ledger certainly have a good thing, for they save time and labor and many disputes. Would you like a short form of double entry? If so,we guarantee our Customers, Itemized Ledger, with a general and our columned Cash Book for retail business, not to take over 15 minutes’ work each day, to keep posted up. Send for sample sheets and price list. GRINGHUIS ITEMIZED LEDGER Co., 403 West Bridge St., Grand Rapids, A A Country Callers. what? Know a good thing when or Ledger, Mich Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentlemen in trade: J. -_— White Cloud. T. E. & E. G. Hubbel, Chauncey. H. M. Lewis, Ionia. Nelson & Co., Whitehall. W. D. Struik, Byron Center. | John Dagle, South Boardman. Card from Hawkins & Company. GRAND Rapins, March 19—We note the eard of John Gunstra, in THe TRADEs- MAN Of this week, referring to the Wall- ing Bros. stock at Lamont. The business there is conducted by Wilder D. Stevens as trustee for ourselves and other credi- tors. Wesell the trustee groceries when- ever we can, and shall continue to do so as often as the opportunity presents itself. We like to see our country friends in print, but should prefer that they con- fine themselves to the truth, make statements concerning method of doing business. HAWKINS & CoMPANY. cc Small Failure at Muskegon. US OF OUF Enos Boyer. a small grocer at 72 Ottawa | street, Muskegon, made an last week to Chas. G. Turner. are about $400 in stock and $50 in good book accounts. The liabilities are $939.92, Grand Rapids creditors being interested in the failure as follows: Olney & Judson Grocer Co...... S223 21 Hawkins & Company hs 98 96 Ball-Barnhart-PutmanCo .. .... .. ...... a $3 Valley City on i 62 83 Standard Oi1 Co .... a 28 99 Wel sean ete... 22 590 Jennings & STN ae 17 42 i i
  • BOUT 3 business, stoek, fixtures, ete., in hustling city of Muskegon. Reasons for selling, other business. A rarechance. Address Lew W. (od man, Muskegon, Mich. NOR SALE—OUK SNTIRE STOCK OF ( eral merchandise at Chippewa Lake, ¢ sisting of hats, caps, boots and shoes, me n s fur nishing goods, hardware, crockery and groceries Having finished our lumber operations, we offer the above stock for sale cheap for cash or time with good security. Will sell this stock a whole or any branch of it. Enquire of Chip pewa Lumber Co., Chippewa Lake, Mich., or of H. P. Wyman, See’y, Grand Rapids, Mich. 449 A BARGAIN or \ -On on is -ULEAN SYOCK OF MDSE,, drugs included; also store for sale orr reason for selling death of one of the firm. dress Mrs. L. Curtis, Stockbridge, Mich. yIOR SALE OR EXCHANGE — A LU MBER mill of 25,000 feet capacity in Michigan, w vith 800,000 feet of custom logs on the ya Price, $2,000. Also a farm of 80 acres with 30 acres cleared. Price, $1,000). Would exchange for merchandise or hearse and undertaki goods, Address No 446, care Michis gan Tradesman. 451 RIOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—FLOUR MILL machinery for nearly a complete mill, good = new. Someisnew. Will sell dirt cheap or xchange for dry goods or most anythi iaaaaie for someone. H. S. street, Grand Rapids, WOR SALE—FIKST CLASS BREWEKY 6US- iness and outfit. Location magnificent. Terms reasonable. Address August a Alpena, Mich. 18 rP\HREE HOUSES AND LOTS IN ine ENT parts of town, $1,100, $1,600 and $3,200 re spectively. If you buy of me you are paying no commissions. W. A. Stowe, 100 Louis street. 444 NOR SALE OF EXCHANGE—A LUM R mill of 25 M. feet capacity, in Mic n, with 800 M feet of custom logs on the yard. Price, #2,000. Also a farm of 40 acres, with 30 | acres cleared. Price, $1,000. Would exchange |} for merchandise, or hearse and undertaking goods. Address No. 446, care Michigan Trades man. 446 FEYHIS IS NO FICTION. I HAVE FOR DIS posal, if I can find the right persons with from $1,000 to 85,000, three excellent, long-estab lished and good paying businesses—two 2lothing and gents’ faralakine goods and one boot and shoe business. Two are situated in Southern and one in Northern Michigan. Easy terms of payment, if accommodation is required for part payment. None but principals treated with. Address in first instance, William Connor, Box } 346, Marshall, Mich. 417 n } rhe assets | 13 ‘OR SALE—A CLEAN GROCERY STOCK doing ag ood business. Reason for selling, | poor health W. L. Mead, Ionia. Mich. "395 | igen SALE—GOOD NEW STOCK OF BOOTS and shoes in best town in Michigar when they | assignment | * of selling, by alth. Address Per SALI No. he ivated six H. Met MAN busit 1€88, ST- CLASS Ta WANTING A dry I shoes, loca ed in a good nufac o j 1 SOO0"US and F 2000 8 ma business cation please ad gan Co., Mich. 158 NOR SALE OR stock of clothi ng, shoes, two-stor V 8475 annual No. 412, ‘ a j JAN TE D— city real estate or stock of merchandise. Mic an Tradesm an YOR SALE STO K OF MERCH ANDISE AND store fur re of Daeg late George Keech, of Centerville, M . ock consists of drugs paints, oils, glass. lamps, e locks, silverware, books, stationery, wall paper and cu 7 ns. Will rent store for t years, W.8. &2GRE Fletcher, Adm 'S. “ie Kk OR SALE CHEAP WELL SELECTED . drug stock — New andclean. Address F.A Jones, a. D. Muskeg ny Mich 391 SITUATIONS WANTED. jest — POSITION AS REGISTERED assistant pharmacist Three years’ lence in a city store Spe nk year I Address No y ED—POSITION R A YOUNG MAN who has been in ploy as clothing and fu rnishing : 4 SITUA “REGISTERED TON BY ‘iat in & Crue or drug and H Sixteen ye irs’ in Best o ferences Ly. C.. Box 37, North mm, Mic h. Muskeg MISCELLANEOUS. ARLY NEW for selling NOR SA! E- 4 . writer. Lock and consic rradesman Company, 1 - SALE —~ GOOD DIVIDEND - PA stocks in banking, manufacturing anc a son rit su Louis stre cantile companies, KE. A. Stowe, 100 L Grand Rapids 370 vy, aacmici REGISTERED ASSISTANT e L oe who is experienced not only r( ] r » pro herightman. A. Mulh Oo YOU USE COUPON you buy of the largest mant iStates? If you do, y Tradesman (‘ompatr YOR SALE—TWO HUNDRi proved), located in the BOOKS ? ifacti D ACR . fruit be I ty, Mich. Land fitted f arge curb roof baru w horse barn an on er nee windmill! furnis w een acres apple hes two years old, ray ifty Pri will exchange for stock of dry gooas. will pay cash. A. Retan, Little Reck, a | er SALE—ABOUT 100 POUNDS ¢ pareil type, weil assorted fractions and leaders ist the country paper for use in tax sale work. Laidintwo cases. Wiil se per pound and #1 per pair for cases } Comp: any, Grand api is, Mict TE HAVE VERY FINE Te ber and want to contr vith con to saw and) . LOU.000 to 1.000, Ford Land & Vis ver Co., Gilmore, Ark RKYOR SALE — BEST RESIDENCE K175 feet, sted in Grand Rapids, 7 beautif ed with native oa 1 locality, only 200 feet f line. Will sell for #2 500 ments to suit. E ws TED_MA. of age to canvass for ty. KS. Ss aes ywe, 1U0 FROM ww wood ivelir A. OU we 1s Or me (Address B., care of C Must have had t1 perience, both preferred. erence at id experience, B. 7,Grand Rapids. Wet D — CLOTHING general store Give expe andage. Box 473 Middleville, M \ TILL PAY SPOT GASH, 50 CE dollar, more less, for goods, et Levinson, Petoskey } EGISTERED PHARMACIST Apply to Van I, Witt, Lake City, ~ SALES) FOR wares or 14 Drugs # Medic ines. 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— Star Island (Detroit), July 5; Marquette, Aug. 31; Lansing, November 1. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. Vice-Presidents—S. E. Parkill, Owosso; L. Pauley, St. Ignace; A. 8. Parker, Detroit. Secretary—Mr. Parsons, Detroit. Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—F. J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids; Frank Inglis and G. W. Stringer, Detroit; C. E. Webb, Jackson. Next place of meeting—Grand Rapids, 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 March June, September and December. Grand 4 Drug Clerks’ Association. resident, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, W. C. Smith. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. President, F. Rohnert; Secretary, J. P. Rheinfrank. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President N. Miller; Secretary, A. T. Wheeler. The Sheridan Drug Store Case Finally Settled. The following is the full text of the decision of the Supreme Court in the ease of Steere vs. Vanderberg, involving the title to a drug stock purchased by the latter at Sheridan, several years ago: The plaintiffs brought replevin for a stock of drugs. which were taken on the writ and delivered into their possession. The writ of replevin was quashed and the cause ordered to stand for the assessment of damages. The case came on and was tried at the Circuit Court, and an appeal to this court was reversed and remanded for a new trial. On the first trial it ap- peared that this defendant was in pos- session of the goods when the writ was served, and it also appeared that he had purchased the stock of N. O. Griswold, who was acting as attorney or agent for various creditors of one Geo. C. W. Rich- ards, among whom was the firm of Haz- eltine, Perkins & Co. It appeared on that trial that attachment had been sued out against Richards, and a sale made under an execution issued upon judg- ments obtained in such attachment pro- eeedings. The defendant introduced in evidence on the first trial, and also on the second, a letter from Richards to one Mills, an agent of Hazeltine. Perkins & Co., which, it is claimed, gave authority to take possession of the goods and make sale of them. Complaint is made of various rulings of the trial judge, which were chiefly based upon the claim that the defendant was allowed to shift positions. It is urged that, as he attempted on the first trial to maintain that he acquired title to the goods in question through the attachment proceedings, he cannot now claim that the sale so made by Griswold after the goods had been bid in for the creditors in the course of such proceedings was un- der another and distinct authority. There would be much force in this posi- tion if it appeared that the plaintiffs have shown themselves ina position to raise the question: but, unfortunately for them, they failed to show on this trial any title in themselves, or any right to possession, but sought to show that Richards had a better title than defend- ant. The goods were taken by the plaintiffs from defendant, who had been admittedly in possession of them for some months. The plaintiffs fail toshow how they were concerned in any dispute between defendant and Richards. The question presented is, therefore, whether a defendant in replevin, in order to show himself entitled to ajudgment for the value of the goods replevied, must, in addition to showing possession under a claim of title, prove that he has a title against all the world, when no right or title whatever appears in the plaintiff. The learned circuit judge was of the opinion that no such burden rested upon the defendant, and we think he was right in so holding. Section 8,347 of Howell’s Statutes provides that, ‘‘When- ever the defendant shall be entitled to a return of the property replevied, instead of taking judgment for such return as THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. above provided, he may take judgment for the value of the property replevied, in which case such value shall be as- sessed on the trial or upon the assess- ment of damages, as the case may be, subject to the provisions of section twenty-nine of this chapter.’’ Section twenty-nine, referred to, provides that, when either party to an action of re- plevin shall have only alien upon, or special property or part ownership in, the goods and chattels described in the writ, and is not the general owner thereof, that fact may be proved upon the trial or on the assessment of damages, and the court shall thereupon render such judg- ment as shall be just. It has been held under this statute that a party with a special interest only may, as against a stranger, recover the full value of the property, and become trustee to the gen- eral owner for his interest. It has also been held that, when a third person without any interest of his own, replev- ies from an officer and return is awarded, the latter may in general, if not always, have judgment for the entire value, and become entitled to hold it fer the owner’s benefit. And the defendant in replevin, from whom property is unlawfully re- plevied, may have aclaim for damages, on similar principles, even though not personally owning the property. In Darling Tegler, 30° Mich. 54, it was held that one not claiming any right of pos- session as against the plaintiff, and who defended only on the ground that no de- mand was made, could not under this statute recover more than nominal dam- ages. It appeared in that case that the plaintiff in replevin was the true owner of the property, and, under the statute quoted, it is clear the defendant can in no case recover value if the plaintiff shows himself to be the true owner; but, in the absence of such showing, the de- fendant may safely stand upon his pos- session, and cannot be required to prove full title as against a mere stranger. The other questions are rendered im- material by this conclusion. The judg- ment will be affirmed, with costs. The other justices concurred. —_—_——— A i Winning a Good Name. From the American Grocer. Calamity frequently robs a man of all that he has, save integrity, teaving him, after years of prosperity, dependent, and in most cases with courage and ambition weakened. Now and then a man rises from disaster, regains a foothold, and discharges obligations in no way legally binding. We have record of such a case in a recent issue of the Syracuse dailies. In 1848 Nicholas Peters arrived in Syra- cuse without a dollar, and there worked asacartman. In 1856 he started a small store. Business grew, and success was attained until an epidemic of smallpox broke out, ruined his business, and forced an assignment and settlement. Seventeen years rolled away, when the ereditors were surprised to receive over $16,000, and a letter of which this isa copy: GENTLEMEN—Enclosed you will find my check for $ You will probably be at a loss to account for its receipt, since you will appreciate the fact that 1} am not indebted to you for any sum whatever. It, therefore, is quite appro- priate for me to explain the reasons which have prompted my act. In 1877, I was a member of the firm of N. Peters, Bro. & Son, which was composed of my half brother, Jacob Knap, my son, Henry C. Peters, and myself. My interest in the business was one-half, the other members of the firm each had one-fourth interest. They are not now associated with me in business, and have not been since 1883. I have been in business in Syracuse since 1856, beginning in a very small | way and finally increasing by slow de- grees, until in 1879 we stood second in the retail trade in Syracuse. Our store was located nearly a mile from the business center. In June, 1875, the smallpox be- came epidemic in the immediate neigh- hood of our store, and raged for more than a year so severely that hundreds died from its effects. | to $150 aday. In order to relieve our-| selves from the perilous situation, we' opened a new store in the business part | of the city, but, by reason of the great | depreciation in values at that time, the | depressed condition of trade in the city, | and the large stock of goods we were) obliged to carry in our old store, which | for obvious reasons could neither be! removed or sold, we became financially | embarrassed and thrown into bank- | ruptcy. We entered upon a compromise with | our creditors, paying 20 per eent. of the face value of our obligations, and re-| ceived a discharge in full from each of them, you being included in the number. This left us without capital and with | nothing but a restored credit, and we} were compelled to re-embark in business as poor as we had been twenty-five years before. By strict economy, constant at- tention to details, and a determined pur- pose to regain my former standing, I have at length succeeded in reaching a position which enables me to fulfill a purpose which I solemnly formed when my creditors discharged me from my ob- ligations, of paying in full, to the last penny, my portion of that indebtedness. Of the 20 per cent. which you have al- ready received one-half or 10 per cent. represents my share of the payment made. There remains to be paid by me 40 per cent. in order to fully discharge the proportion of this indebtedness justly owing by me. The check enclosed repre- sents the sum. I pay it cheerfully, not in discharge of my legal indebtedness, but in satisfaction of what I conceive to be my moral obligation. It would have greatly pleased me to have added the interest upon this sum, but I have now attained such an age and my physical condition is such that I ean- not, without injustice to others who have claims upon me, carry out this wish. It has been a long and_ tedious process which has enabled me, little by little, to do this act of justice, and I now enjoy the height of happiness in the conscious- ness that I have discharged in full every obligation, and that I ‘‘owe not a man.”’ Very Truly Yours, NicHoLas PETERS. Probably none of the recipients of the above letter felt a tithe of the satisfac- tion that was enjoyed by Mr. Peters,who, for fifteen years worked and saved that he might cancel obligations which he felt he was morally bound to discharge. Such examples, while not rare, are too seldom recorded. Honesty, like virtue and knowledge, has its own reward. a te oe The Drug Market. Opium is weak and lower. Morphia isunchanged. Quinine is dull and lower for foreign brands. Nitrate silver is lower. Balsam copaiba has declined. African capsicum is higher. Cubeb ber- ries are lower. Ergot has declined. Tur- pentine is lower. Linseed oil is very As a natural con- | sequence, that portion of the city became isolated, and our trade, which before | averaged $2,500 a day, at once decreased j firm and advancing. A Playing Cards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Daniel Lynch, 19 S, Ionia St., Grand Rapids. H. M. REYNOLDS & 80N, Wholesale and Retail Jobbers of BUILDING PAPERS, CARPET LININGS, And All Kinds of ROOFING MATERIALS, COAL TAR AND ASPHALT PRODUCTS, We make a specialty of the seamless asphalt ready roofing and two-ply coal tar ready roofing which are far superior to shingles and much cheaper. We are practical roofers of twenty- five years’ experience which enables us to know the wants of the people in our line. Cor. LOUIS & CAMPAU STS., Grand Rapids, Mich. GHAS. A. GOYE, MANUFACTURER OF AWNINGS & TE Horse and Wagon Covers, JOBBERS OF Hammocks and Cotton Ducks SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Business Change in Traverse City. | ‘TRAVERSE City, March 17—We have | sold our grocery stock to M. V. Gund- |rum, late of Evansville, Ind. Mr. Gund- ;rum saw our advertisement in THE TRADESMAN. WINNIE & FLEMING. Do You Want Dyes That satisfy your customers? | That net you a good profit’ | That are in fact ‘Perfection?’ | | | Cushing's Perfection Dyes, All our goods will be delivered carriage paid, either by mail or express. DEALERS’ WHOLESALE PRICE LIST. |1 doz packages, 8 80 6 doz packages, #4 20 3 oe a7 » 25 ay a 8 00 12 One gross in cabinet, with advertising matter, $9 All goods delivered free. Send cash with order, and address all orders to B. A. ALMY, Middleville, Mich, GINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address PECK BRO * Wholesale D iste GRAND . 11 Pearl St, Grand Rapids, Mich, | | | POULTRY. We are very large receivers of the above ar- ticles and are prepared to sell your shipments promptly at the highest market price and to rive you quick returns. We also receive andsell HAY, GRAIN, WOOL, HIDES, GRASS SEED, BEANS, POTATOES, GREEN AND DRIED FRUITS, OR ANYTHING YOU MAY HAVE TO SHIP, Lib- eral advances made onshipments if request d. Write us for prices or any information you may want, SUMMERS, MORRISON & C9.. Commission Merchants, 174 S. WATER ST., CHICAGO, ILL Reference: Metronvolitan Natl. Bank, Chicago. Be sure and Mention this Paper. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Wholesale Price Current. Advanced—African capsicum, linseed oil, Declined—Cubeb, cubebs po., balsam copaiba, gum opium, g um opium po., nitrate silver, ergot, turpentine. ACIDUM. 0 | Exeehthit tee aa @ 6 00 TINCTURES, a txechthitos.... 2 50@2 7. as German... eigenen. ....s soos 50 Aconitum Napellis R....... 60 Bae Gaultheria as oe 10 ¥....... 50 Carbolicum ........... Gossett ounce... @ 75 | Aloes.. becheeatsets = bein... eo. +ossip em. ga : 5 “an myrr a ease oo Hedeoma 988 4 aap 50 ree. 50 aes oe one... San On | Seateiice Creatiodia 000... Lavendula .. 90@2 00 | Atrope Belladonna.......... 60 Phosphorium dil...... Ee ce egee OO 60 Salicylicum ...........15 Mentha Piper. . --2 T@3 50] 0 CO... eee eee eee 50 Sulphuricum.... ae Mentha Verid.. .. 2 Sige 39 | Seieaineria 50 Tannicum............. . a al Lo 1 ones 10 en ee ’ Tartaricum............ Olive . : Sane ot Ceperceie 50 AMMONIA, ee Liquida, (gal. 35) 1am i Ca a a % ‘i a A ae le Ae A ‘ — sy ste Rosmarini ae 100 indians ee Rosae, ounce. ge wy Catecha 50 Ghlaridven 00.0600. Suceini. : ae a Cremorne 8... 50 ' ee Sabina . Ltecncuss Sn or 7 eee 60 ANILINE, Santal ...... vores ceed 50@7 00 | Columba ... 50 Bessatras. .... 50@ 55 | Conium 50 Sinapis, ess, ounce. a 2 Cae 50 en Ne @ % —e ee een 50 I os oe ees -2 50@3 00} Thyme ................ en 50 _ - @ | GCenen 8 50 BACCAE, Theobromas........... 15@ 2) = CO... eee eee eee ee ee 60 Cubeae (po. 80). POTASSIUM. Lacan a sree = Juniperus . Bi Carp.. In 18) Mingiber «ce. 7 gi . oe Xanthoxy um . Bichromate . foes 4 | Bvopogamns................ 50 BALSAMUM. oo gal alee = . lodine. . seni Le i iy ‘ . Color ess. Ltee wenn nae Kk — es oe (po. 6). ee fo | = Ferri Chloridum............ 35 pee rtnn teats +o 74 yani ; ena 6 N......... 10@2 20 Matricaria tits. se - Scillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12] Calcium Chlor, is, (4s FOuLA Symplocarpus, Festi- a 11; 34s, 4 a I ann sate: oe (po.80) @ 2 sr ~ jrearnvolonmonsee @1 2 = ell a German... 15@ 20) Capsic! Fructus, af @ 2 wre ae ee ingibera............. 12@ 15 eee 25 Zingiber j 18@ 2 0. @ Salvia officinalis’ ‘a aot nan " i po. @ ? me Me... ..... 2... SEMEN. Cane f (po. 15) “is 13 Urs Mee... Anisum, (po. 20). : @ 15| Carmine, No. 40....... 7 @UMMI. = (graveleons) .. 1 2 p soos Alba, 8. &F..... eo 5 mia ie... ....... Ce Acacia, ist picked... Carul, (po. 18). seesees 8@ 12] COCCUB ................ @ 40 2d a. Cardamon. -1 00@1 25 Cassia Fructus........ @ BR c 3d Tease Corlandrum........... 10@ 12 Consrarte. 2.2... 8. @ 10 . Cannabis Sativa....... 4@4¥q | Cetaceum ............. @ 1 ee totes Cydonium.... ........ 75@1 00 ee a i = ai Chenopodium |... || a equibbs .. ian De, Pi Dipterix Odorate. ..... 2 10@2 20 oral Hyd Crat...... 25D Socotri, (po. 60) . Fooniculum........... @ 15] Chondrus ............. W@ 2 a 18, (48, 14 348, a PO... 6g cS = * ca 2 Sa cei be eee eae pad agi ; Shella... COME ....-.....20-0 = een naae PhariarisCanarlan.... 34@ 4% ee cad. oo 2 2 Euphorbium po ...... ees, at 4 oe. 5@ 5 = eta n eee Nigra : 11@ 12 — = . amboge, poe......-.-- Cae $6 ubra Guaiacum, (po 30) .. oo Cue 30@ 35 Kino, (po. 25)......... Frumenti, W.,D. Co..2 00@2 50 eee oA astle ... -.....-+--- ee... 1 75@2 00} Cupri Sulph....... _. oe 6 Myrrh, (po. 45)........ ities anes: 1 10@1 50) Dextrine .............. 10@ 12 pa - 3 weteeeee 1s Juntperts Co, 0. T.. me 2 Ether Sulph........... 68@ 70 ella on ee ee ee 5 . ' — wieeee Saacharum a ene re : ss el” ae $ 6 Tagacanth .......-... Spt. Vr Gall........ T5@6 Ergota, ) 6... 60@ 65 HERBA—In ounce packages. | Vini Oporto........... 1 25@2 00 Flake wiPo a 12@ 15 Vini Alba 1 25@2 00 @ B Absinthium . s Ck. er. ee ee kan Whee ene a aoe a [nee ee eee ee 5 Columbia River, me. 1 85 20 Ib. pails ... 5% ————e 75 Mason’ 8, 10, 20 or 30 Ibs... 6 Alaska, Z _ ee ees 1 45 51b Tt = Cee. .2 10 AXLE GREASE. preety Graphite. American 1s ee 4w@ 5 1¢ gr. canes, per gr.........88 La sik.-| © 12% Ib. pails, per Gee oo 7 50 Imported i ee eee 11@12 Cee 2 00 a 00 Ib. oo per ib. ...... & Mustard “s.. a 250 Ib. % bbis., = a... 3% | Boneless .... : 20 400 Ib. bbls perl a. oe Trout. adger. : Bras, 5. 2 50 gr. Cases, per --86 50 i * Ib. pails, per deel = ( FRUITS. es 50 Apples. 00 Ib. kers, per ib......... Bhis wm a 7 50 1b. % bbls., per Ib...... 3% oe rf om 400 Ib. bbis., per a... £ Hamburgh, ‘6 co 2 50 BAKING POWDER. Apricots. Acme vee... .. " 223 ly Ib. cans, 3 doz _ 45 | + per gg WO ea 2 = +g “ 7. len 8! Overiand.. NN 1 90 } 10 | Blackberries. i... perenne B&W on Arctic r % TD cans — 60 R Cherries. i 2 ce x . “. ee me : 1 * | Pitted Hamburgh 175 Sef 9 60 mag : = Cook’s Favo ite. 100 % Ib vag u 1 00 | Damsons, Egg Plums and Green (161 pieces colored glass) Gages. 100 14 Ib cans : .- 2 @ Erie .. a @l1 2% 191 pieces of ¢ ry sti ul glass) are. .. ........ 1 70 100 % Ib cans. ...--.-.--- 1 | Gooseberries. (106 hdl cups and saucers Common 10 2 doz 1ibe a. 9 60 = (tankard piteher with each can Peaches. Dr. Price's. | nd aia eee beniet picts 1 10 2 | Mexwell ........ ; sg doz | Shepard’s ... : 7 Dime cans.. 90} aa io -OZ ‘“ ee if ee 23 — « ""} 99 | Monitor 135 8-02 oi eto 1B oz “ ..37%5| Pears, 16-02 * -.1 | Domestic.......... 1 25 ra Ib . =| Riversite.. 2 10 ie] S wa 5b ‘ 94 60 | a 10-1b ‘ 41 80 | Common. 1 30 | Johnson’ 8 sliced.. 2 50 Red Star, Pa » cans. « — _™ ‘ se a 1 sy | Common / 1 10 Telfer's. sb cans. doz. | Reaphersion. i Ib. D | Red .. a 1 30 ib.“ 1 50| Black Hamburg....... 1 50 Victor. | Erie. black 1 40 ge ans, 4 doz = - Strawberries. sete tee eee | Lawrence . oe 16 32 doz... ~--+--+- 2.00) Hamburgh . oe a BATH BRICK. | Erie.. a. 13% 2 dozen in case. Terrapin ........ 1 35 English oo 90 Whortleberries, ae Lee a. 70 oe ee 20 ee a. Sir. & W.......... : 1B BLUING. ‘ou Blueberries ....... : 1 20 Aretic, 4 0z ovals.. 400 6“ 80z oro. 6 OO | Commed beef, “Libby” 8. 1 ' ints, roun‘ fee ae Roast beef, Armour’ . 1% - No. 8 sifting box. io Potted ham, .... ..1 oo a 0. ¢ _ =o (Ib. } 2 = ae ae | - a . tongue, 4 Ib : 1 10 1 oz ba . 4580 ih... 95 BROOMS, v chicken, % lb. 95 _ oa... : 00 VEGETABLES. 0 - ...- 2 25 eans No. 2 Carpet... 23 Hamburgh stringiess.......1 % mat CL _.. =o Frenc style Lic 2 25 Pee... .38@ . i. ............ 1 40 nen See....--- +3 Lima, Ragan. anc > ......-... ‘3 een .........,..... Mil. i |. le Sa. case eaee 1 35 Warehouse........ ... 3 00 | Bay State Baked. vee 1 35 ce World’s — oe ea, 1 35 Stave, 7, 1B] orn “ i 4 si | Demure .......... | — 22 8 75 | Livingston —... te mies toot Scrub, 2 row..-. 85) Purity . oo Rice Root Scrub, 3 row.... 1 25} Roney Dew... Pahneto, eooee............. 1 5) | Morning Giory............. 1 10 . + Peas BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. Rising Sun. eee se early June. bod oe 135 Ss i . lea Champion Bng...1 50 | Hamburgh petis pols....... 1 75 CANDLES ls is fancy sifted.....1 90 Hotel, 40 lb. boxes.... 10 | Soaked... .. .............+- 65 Star, 40 “ : _.. 9 | Harris standard. oe Paraffine.. . . 0%1V an c amp’s Marrofat a1 Wicking.... 25 Early June..... 1 30 | Archer's Early anes. 18 CANNED GOODS. | French a ---1 80 ushrooms. Cae ie 16218 Little Neck, i Ib.. 2 ae re. . “ oe 1 90 | ee Clam Chowder. Squash. Standard, 3 lb . | Hubbard a - oo 1 2 . Succotas Cove Oysters. Hamburg - 40 Standard, 1b _. Bina... = BiD...... : —— Bee 1 60 Lobsters. Tomatoes. Star, 1 > EE 2 uoieter a 1 00 21 hCG 2 | Eco ae 1 60 Picnic, 1b. ....2 00 | Hamburg .........-.-....... 1 30 Si... ee Gee... 250 Mackerel. ee ..LlL. lL Standard, 1 Lib. ee i a0 - a Cine 8. oe 2 coe Pee... 2 aes Sse... L. 3 00 ee 35 Tomato Sauce, 31b.. ..3 00 ee ae 38 oused, 3 Ib... 8 00| Breakfast Cocoa. 40 “Universal.” eh 1, per hundred ac. : 83 ‘. ie tated tite 4 u0 8 5, ee an 5 60 CHEESE. a T oo 6 = " 20. ee ee ce ee 7 00 Ambo oo @ . Above prices on coupon books a ............. @i3 Riverside a are subject to the following BRI soc ce vccusacs @ quantity discounts: a i ee 13 i eee hess i Edam .......-. ....... @1.00| 1000 --0 Limburger ........... @10 COUPON PASS BOOKS. ee eke ee @25 Cc b Aas t Roquefort . i @35 an be made to represent any : enomination from $10 down. | Sap Sago.... Ge 20 DOOKS. ......-- +++. +--+ $100 Schweitzer, imported. @30 50 ie a ae. Se tae 6 Loe ' 300 CATSUP. mo * i Half pint, common. eo; ma. * 10 00 —, a 10\io * 7 30 _— " . oe - Hair iia: fancy ona i CONDENSED MILK ok 2200 : Quart . -_ = 4 doz. in case. : a ina _| CLOTHES PINS. ee 6 25 5 BTOSS bOXeS ........... * | Geamine Swim............- 8 60 COCOA SHELLS. | American Swiss.. ........ 7 00 — a @3 CRACKERS. ess quantity -- @3% Pound packages 6% Q7 Seymour wee | COFFEE. an -- e GREEN. | Family XXX, cartoon...... 6% Rio. | Salted XXX... oe — ...... MB | Gateed Xx, cartoon ...... Hi —-......... a Kenosha i 7 ae. 18 —— Cl 8 ccc nee te OMS 20 Butter “biscuit . . 6% Peaberry .._ 20 Soda. Fane ei 6 ——................ ' -16 eee TH Good........................17 | Soda, Duchess.............. 8% Prime . 18) || Oryatel Water. ..........,... 10 Peaberry - ---20 | Reception Flakes.. ........10 Mexican ‘and Guatamala. __ Oyster. Pair... a EE Be ee es or CE ey pene, Be............ 6 Fancy.. a Farina Oyster.. i Mieens ony CREAM TARTAR. Pri " Berietiy pure.........-.... 30 ca i ne Ai 35 Milled .. oe de 10@15 Java. — t,t . Private Growth... an DRIED FRUITS. Mandehling ..... | 28 Domestic. Moc ha. APPLES. ieittetion ....... . 23 Sundried. sliced in bbls 5 Arabian... i 26 " @@artered *“ 5 a ROASTED. Evapor: weggte te ctowenloongeare @7 o ascertain cost of roasted |... HL eaecometigagn coffee, add \c. per ib. for roast- ——— in bags....... 8 ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- | EV®Porated in boxes. 8% age. BLACKBERRIES, PACKAGE, In boxes ghana 4% Arbuckle’s Ariosa...... 19.80|70 1b, bags...... INES McLaughlin’s XXXX.._ 19.80] 95 1p. comes on seeeeeg eon eee 19 £0 PEACHES. Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case... 19.80 | Peeled, in boxes 12 Cal. ven ~ a 8 . in —— a @i™%% Cabinets ARS. containing | California - haan @7 120 — PITTED CHERRIES. packages wold at case BO boxes oo s price, with | 95 « 1% additional | * ua 12 charge of PRUNELLES. 9 cents for | 30 Ib. boxes............. 12% cabinet.) RASPBERSIES. fg beac oe ee owas YW Doi. DOEMS.......... 17% XTRACT. : “ - Valley city: cc Laue Cee ese - 12 Foreign. Hummer 8, gy a 1 50 CURRANTS. ee is Patras, in barrels..... @4 in %-bbls.... m4 CHICORY | * in less ne g bh} Bulk ay, | PEE ie 7 ' Citron, Leghorn, 351. boxes 21 CLOTHES LINES. Lemon ' 10 Cotton, 40ft...... 2 Orange “ 6“ “ it . a ag : = RAISINS, “ i oo: 60 | Domestic. “ “a ‘© q| London layers, 2 crown....1 40 a. “ 1 90 | i . --1 65 Jute 60ft. ‘ 90 ..1 85 “ 72 ft- 1 09 | Loose Muscatels, hones. ee 1 25 ae — COUPON BOOKS. Ondura, 29 Ib. boxes... ™@ 1% —<—$—ns, Sultana,20 “ “ae po | Valencia, 20 “ "ME. os es | PRUNES, Ee @ | California, 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. 8 80x90 r “e 7x80 rT / — Ys * 60x70 914 ; Turkey (ectce. 2 ee | Silver 18 r thiaidiemeen® | a ae 8 1, per hundred........... 2 00 | ENVELOPES. ‘_ CS 2 50) XX rag, white. ss, * CS Pop mee 6 OG... «5s... $1 75 >. * Se o_o 1 60 810, “ ee 4 0 | No. 1,6 ee 165 — Ce 5 00 | No. 2,6 bee La 1 50 “Superior ” No.1 ae wood, white is St. per bunaees ae 2 50 —. Sa a 125 s+ * Cee prasmana tained 85“ ci 400 o% Dis ee pee ciece einen ee ks 1 ° $10, a 5 00| °° nak seee ies $20, as ra 6 00 n. mer wo. 4........ 1 00 FARINACEOUS GOODS. ROLLED OATS. Sees Bie wO... .....L.. @4 40 100 Ib. kegs....... ck 4 | Half bbis 0.......... — Hominy. PICKLES. Medium. SO 23 par 1,200 count....;....84 00 oe ed, | Half barrels, 600 count.... 2 50 Dried ie eee ee ee ee ee or a Barrels, 2,400 count. 4 50@5 00 Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 12 lb. box.. lr Half bbis, 1,200 count 2 75@3 60 % | PIPES. | | Imported.........-.-+- 104%@1 1% i Pear! Barley. Clay, WO. S06......-.....---- 175 3 @4 2 “ _ comnt........ Bee... @ | Cob, No. i sone 7 | POTASH Green, De... eee ees 1 40 48 cans in Case. Split, Dbl..........--+++++-+- 5 00 | Babbitt’s ................. 4 00 Sago. ais Posse Belt Co. 4s.......--- 32 ee ES %y " i cacti. ae 5% | ROOT BEER " Williams, per ion... 1% | Wheat. S dos. case... ... 5 © Cracked. | 5 RICE. FISH--Salt. Domestic. Bloaters. Carolina pend aes Warnouth....-0 00... ui. 1 10] i. . vette eee ete ee tes Cod. Sen 4 Breken.......-..... Se | Whole, Grand Bank... 6 @6% Importec ! Boneless, bricks ...... 7%@s__ | Japan, No. : oe wereeuee Boneless, strips........ 744@8 NO.%.... -- weneee neo 5% i a a 5 Halibut. ee el ei 5 Seaoees ............... 12 : eT ER Herring SAUERKRAUT Scaled...............-- 18@0 | Silver Thread, DD teses 8 50 Holland, —_ i. . 11 00 bl...... cor —— 85 $$ Round shore, 3 % bbl... 3 25 % bbl.. 1 35 SPICES. Mackerel. le Sifted. No. 1, 44 bbls. 90 Ibs........ 11 00 | Alispice ot a ee 10 No. 1, kits, mee ka 1% Cassia, C hina in mats i. 8 Family, % bbls., 100 Ibs.... 5 = “ Batavia in bund....15 [ its, 10’ Ibs....2... * Saigon In rolls. ... ..35 Sardines. € ‘loves, oo a iis, bee.............. 45 Zanzibar. . on Trout. Mace Batavia.. +o No. 1, % bbls, 100Ibs........ 6 50 Nutmegs, fancy... sreteeeeeeens 80 Wo. 1, Wits, 20 he a No, ee Whitefish. Pepper, Singapore, black. 1 No. 1, 4 bbls., 1001bs......-.8 00 ee ae ae — 1, kits, 10 lbs... aoe 1 10 a. fa 19 amily, % bbls., 100 lbs.... 3 50 “ Pi 66 te 50 Pure Ground in Bulk. ———<——$—$—______ | Alignice ......... eee ae 15 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Cassia, Batavi 0 : : oo" ‘Saigon. 25 Jennings’ DC. _ “ saigon . a Lemon. Vanilla | Cloyes, Amboyna...........: 30 2 0z Tr box.. %5 1 3 “ Zanzibar. oc. 20 3 0% -..1 00 1 50 | Ginger, African... ce 402 - Tg 50 2 00 Cochin. . = 6 Oz . -. ao 3 00 “ Jamaica - ol 3 oz ii --3.00 4 10} Mace Batavia.. -80 GUN POWDER. Mustard, cee and Trieste. 25 a 5 50 ee eerste “i Nutmegs, No. 2 . _- Half EN 3 00 5 Pepper, Singa re, black «20 HERBS. PE enpe whit - 30 Seen. ......... ..-. .-....-..- a “ — See eee 25 Bee. 25 Sage.. : a INDIGO, “Absolute” in Packa es, Madens, Sib. boxes....... 55 ov 4s 2 - F.,2,3and51b.boxes.. 50! anignice........ ...... 84 155 JELLY. een ww. ek Be 1 3S Chicago goods......... @3 | Cloves.........-...-... 8 155 Mason’s, 10, 20 and 30lbs.. 6 Ginger, Jam... 00.0. 84 155 e Sib. a . ....... 84 15 LICORICE. Wee... ssi. $4 155 Pure. . F ire .......... —- OF Lo Calabria. . a. -- t C 84 ee i 18 LYE. Condensed, 2 dox........... 1% o (oe SEEDS MATCHES. Bite... ii: @12% No. 9 sulphur.............-. 1 25] Canary, Smyrna....... 3% Anchor parlor.... Ee 8 ee OD ces cee ee 1 10| Gardamon, Malabar.. 90 meee: perior....-.......... 400 Hemp, Russian. 4% MINCE MEAT Minced Bit .......... 5% Mustard, white. aus 6 oe ee 9 Deed laa Gob a ee 6 Gattie —. 30 STARCH. Corn. me oee................., Oe ee 614 ; Gloss. Soréfox. in ame pecdes..1 09) bene GF MEASURES, 6-Ib ee eee eee 6% Tin, per dozen. and 30 ib. bowes.........-. 4% [oe Sie... se... 4% —— oe... CO SNUFF. gape is es es 45 Scotch, in bladders.........37 Half pint ... ce 40 | Maccaboy, in jars........... 35 Fd tae winkene wie h Rappee, in Jars..... 43 Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. Frenc RO a eee calc 7 00 sopa. Half gallon .............. 4% eae eee Bhs a y Pe a 3 25 “Kea, English eas pte t ete ee 4% SAL 80DA, MOLASSES. i 1% Blackstrap. | Granulated, boxes.......... 1% Sugar house,........ oo 13% | Cuba Baking. SALT Cedieary .....-.... ied oets 16 | 100 3- ~ sacks eee + oo 60 5- i ee sinerebnasic ,| 281 a. sacks. Ce 1 85 PRA 0... 5 nace occ neces’ 16 | . Pn a eas eee ce a 2% i. 91h Cheek... ....5....:. 150 New Orleans. | §6 Ib. dairy in linen hees. . @ ee 14} 28lb. “ drill . = Geet a goeeoneersitis wv Warsaw. ee 97 | 56 Ib. dairy in drill nage. 35 ee Wee 35 28 Ib. 18 One-half barrels, 3c extra Ashton. OATMEAL. | 56 Ib. dairy : linensacks.. 75 Me Og ces cs 40 | Half barrels 100...... G2 20 | 56 Ib. dairy in oo sacks. 75 anche haacin THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. value. Solar Rock. SWEET e00Ds Scotten’s Brands WASHBOARDS oY ik im 3. : 8s Brands, ' — | oYsTERS—Bulk, DEERSKINS—Per — 56 Ib, SACKS...... ...... 51 Ginger Snaps.......... 8 ee. 22 | Mediums, per gal..... $1 00| Thin and green ............. 10 Saginaw and Manistee. Sugar Creams......... 8 Hiawatha.. beeen s- : 37 | Selects, " 1 60 a cay... 1. Common Fine per bbl..... 90 | Frosted Creams...... 9 Valley City ......-.... 34 | Clams . 1 25 | Gre <4.ee 4... 2S SALERATUS. + a Crackers.... 8% cee os Finzer’s Brands. | Shrimps ' 1 2% Red a and blue Me eeescccccue OM Oatmeal Crackers.... sy ( ONCSTY....e000.. 4) | Seallops . 1% — 60 Ibs. in box. “ai” Slate... 32 | oYsTERS—Cans. OILS. pe yohesr Sod ees 3 = TEAS Middleton’s Brands. | Fairhaven Counts.. @35 The Standard Ui) Co. quotes See 3 30 . mere lee... 28 | F. J. D. Seleets @20 as follows, in barrels, f. 0. b. SR ee re ta ay saAPAN—Regular. Old Style. ...-. Lo 31 | Selects . . @z Grand Rapids: Taylor's ....------- 3 Of Pais eit Jas. @. Butler & Co.'s Brands. iF 2 b....... @2 |W. W. Headlight, 150 SOAP. fae @ Something Good...... .38 [oer .... @18 fire test (old test) @8 Gatiees 4 @26 aeons Un... - | 26 Standards ..... @16 Water White, ..... @i% LAUNDRY, Choicest.__ fore oe | One OF Sight. a ps Favorites...... Gu (Newe................ @t Thompson & Chute Brands. olcest.......... ....32 @i4 P >B His ae rivate Brands. | 300 Oe @ Sy Stiver, 100 12 62............ Oe ie) ee oe... ‘10 @12 | sweet Mowe. 0. an | rasnygeoellag mens Cc tog 2 Gx Snow, 10010 0z ....... 5 00 SUN CURED. Ee a aE Ee a5 | Oysters, per 100 ......1 2:@1 50) Rngine |.) 3 @z1 ane Sie elt Smoking. Clam 5@1 00 Black. BtoWdeg = @™ German Family, 6011b.... 2 55] qooa a ee 12% | —_——_—___-— ———— Act A nl “ re sib... $20 Gheles $ Cod dees weesecae a Da! Col Mia Paiae i . POUL TRY i! 5 ‘ ea orenels Choice............ is | HIDES, PELTS i FUR- : Laundry Castile, 75 11b.... 3 05} Choicest............... 32 = Warpath . a — er Local dealers pay as follows Marbled, 75 11b ...-....... 3.05} Dust Dee eee ee Perkins & Hess pay as fo! | for dressed fowls: ne ver 10010 « 60 a ib.. -2 50 vga aT o Rie Hee en lows, prices nominal: oe” chickens......12 @13 inflowe ee 3... 2 OO — : Dee eee... 17 HIDES ee 11 @l12 Olive, 100 10 o8... seeerees 250) Fair ...... 0... eee 18 @e) | Niswor Mead. lcs, 23 Single. Cee ie ee Turkeys --14 @I5 iolden, 80 11 = .. 3 25 | Choice... a Ge (Hones New ee i # 00 | Part Cured... a @4 | Ducks ..13 @l4 Ee onomical, 1b Ib.. 2s Choicest...... @35 Gold Glock... Se Sapiie 17% Full @ 4% Geese .12 @14 Standard, : 30 21b ... 2 35 | Extra choice, wire leaf ae | Peete |. ............. 24 Moa 1 40 @ée |i ive Broilers 144 to 2 Ib De € Q ousooce « Tnele S§ 5 ¢ wy . old Country, a ays nenssto-’ 2h iaentin dele... 25 @35 wae aces eee awee 23 | Langtry ...... : . 110 @ 1% | PAPER & WOODENWARE White Borax, 100 %-Ib......3 60 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Brier Pipe.. weerseoceees oe = Defiance. ... gee _16 aa S ex PAPER. oe Proctor & Gamble. ne Choicest fancy........ iS @os | Yom Yom.....__. oe $2 | Wilson ....... Pes 2 50 | Descon skins .o 10 ex Straw wee ee eee eee ee eee ee 1% a ne ae a OOLONe. @2%6 — Clever ++ 32 Saving. 205| No. 2 hides \ off. ee ws ceewes-nceene - ee aed eee Gan Cente Gir... .. 28 G0) lea Stee 180) | ere iadeue........ ee A 3 65 sities. aa 33 De flance...... eee 2 00 | Shearlings............. 10 @2 ee 2% Mottled German........... 3 15} Common to fair.......23 @26 eae aa ran aa 2 ss Z on Lambs serseessee eG Ql 50) Dey Goods............ 54@6 ee 3 00 | Superior tofine... .30 @35 % re tr ee D Ke WwooL., Jute Manilla........ : 6 TOILET. . EET _ +RAINS and FEEDSTUFFS | Shamrock. ................ 250] Washed... ...... ..20 @25 Red Express No. 1...... = i UNG HYSON. Livy Ceat.............. 2 25117 ox iZ Snow, 100 6-02 --- 375) Common to fair.......18 @26 a | VINEGAR Unwashed .. ae No. 2 4% re : 2 i NEGAR. : C ppt Tastile, 24 Ib... “oe 3 00] Superior to fine. .....30 @40 | No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) G7 4G er, iu T™% Se 48 Cot ee a Silverine, 100 12.02 sane. 1) ENGLISH BREAKFAST No. f Red (60 Ib. teat) Oe ae 8 te cea tts + 8%2 | Tallow ................ %@ 4 Cotton, No. ce an. tele. a MEAL, ‘81 for barrel. Grease butter ... i @2 2 a Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz.... 2 50{ Choice.................24 28 Bolted... . 1 30| Bulk, a, wri aR 30 Guana eT “2 Soe 50 a — assorted ..--.-'35 Pot ash F rakes’ 21000... a : = Best. 40 @dO Granulated. se 1 Gl Réee mae @ dos tn case. 1% f No. 5 5 Hemp .. ne 15 é . 72 f — a | ui . in BUG DW sete eeecaede tes saceee 4 a TET TOBACCOS. Straight, in sacks ... 425 | Perms orden ate. at. vibe ' _ WOODENWARE. | Cut Loaf... @ 54 Fine Cut Patent oa 5 50 yer Ib*........... 95] Outside prices for No. t only. | TPS No. 2 eee 6 00 > ON Sa ia \ ine Cut. 2 5 30 1. we ~ aoe CO asa isrivenooes, @ 4% ve . barrels, 5 gp | Fieischman, per doz cakes... 15| Badger ... tion en | ae... ++ @ 4% Pails unless otherwise noted D Der rib 25 I need ee @ 4% | ita : ch ve ' i. Graham ‘‘ sacks.... 215 a Le a: woteteeee “++ 15, 00@ x9 a Pails, So. 1 petal cE ne 1 35 Granulated... @ 45 wee ........... Rye * : 2 65 e e eaver ee 00@7 ( i 0.1, three-hoop.... 1 60 Confectioners’ A. @ 4% Sweet Cuba.. 34 MILLSTU PFS. FISH and OYSTERS. Cal ena... ...... 40@ 50| Clothespins, 5gr.boxes.... 50 i a a @ McGinty . 24 ia... 16 00|. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as} ‘* house............ 10@ 25} Bowls, 11 inch Re cee tececess 1 00 White xtra eee @4.18 “6 6 bbis.. S3 || Sepeaninen.... 6.06.6 c 14 00 | follows: Wiemier.........,.......@ Geoe Oo — Se Extra c. ba. @ 4% Little pati = Middlings.... wecsceea. Fa GOT ‘wae FISH ws Fox, rod.......- 4 = . . De etc l. 2 00 2 %@ 4 i 4 dbi.. 2 Mista Weod... 8... 17 00 | ee 9 : cross. 00@5 fe 27 Yellow ... i “Ss ae 3% se . x Coameimeal........ 16 BO) PeOOe . +4... nee @9 ' ghey... 50@1 00 assorted, 178 and 198 2 50 Less than bbls. \%c advance 1891, tbe... 19 A | Heibat.....-.. eee Ge | ee 2 00@3 00 i “158, 17s and 198 2 78 - uly alley Cry... ....... z a Aiea 43 | Ciacees euccescceccsse & GG | Martin, daxk... ...... 1 00@3 00 Baskets, market. ..... . = SYRUPs Deng: Fin... ......-. 27 Tbaa han oar nee 145 | Flounders . i... 2 oe iy = & yellow 50@1 00 shipping bushel.. 1 20 Corn. Ce 20 --45 | Bluefish... «co-s--dk QS | Mink, dark. 40@1 10 . full hoop ‘ 1 30 ee ee coe Plug. OATS. Mackerel.. .. oe Muskrat.. .. Can . Po. 1 50 Peeee CN cc, 26 Sore’s Brands | Car lots .. |. ae | Co od... 10 @12 Oppossum. . oe 15@ 30 [ willow er ths, No.1 5 7% Pure Cane. Spearhead ae ’ 37 | Less than car lots... 36 | California ‘salmon as @15 | Otter, dark........... 5 00@8 00 No.2 6 25 en ee a Gowen CN cnn: 30 | No. 1 Pickerel. @9 Meecoen .............. Sage iy _ No.3 7 2 ee Clintintan 33 | HAY. | Pike. a @s |Gionk.................1 Oigt SI alte « Nol 3% 30 Oh My a Ba No. : Timothy, car lots....13 00 | Smoked White ac |wor....... ......... 1 00@3 00 | rf No.2 4 3% : ae ee a * ton lots 14 90 | Bloater, per box...... 1 75 | Beaver castors, Ib..... 2 00@5 00 | . ' “ Nosog Your customers want the best they can get for their money,and we feel Mn, . . ; sure that you want to give them this Do You Sell It ? If not, You Should Try It? i OHH i ey A Trne COMDINALON 0 d Dutch Java and Finest Mocha In One Pound ALWAYS pipers FOR PARTICULARS SEE CERTIFICATE IN EACH PACKAGE. Beautiful Pictures! Elegant Books! Fee NEVER sou in Bate You can get it from any Jobber in Michigan. Manutactured only by THE TOLEDO SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio, i i ui Roasters of High Grade Coffees. Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana. 18 Weighing Paver With Sugar. Quite a stir has been created among | the ~ -cers ina certain land wv, the arrest of one of their number chargeu with having willfully committed afraud inthe using of acertain scale. A girl purchased two pounds of sugar which an inspector found was short weight, either with or without the paper. and, therefore, under the Weights and Measures Act the offending grocer was prosecuted. The official who heard the ease gave the following opinion: *-‘When a customer asked for a pound | of sugar, ne expected it and ought to get it; if he got less, he was defrauded to that extent. If the deficiency was wholly due to shrinkage, the section would not apply. It was admitted that the paper was weighed with the sugar, and the question was whether it was an offense under the section; if so. whether the second reason given constituted a valid defense. The average weight of the paper was put at ten drachms, that, if one asked for a pound of sugar. he received only 96 per cent., and he could see no distinction between the case of a butcher who puta piece of fat or lead under the seale, and the grocer who intentionally put a piece of paper on the top of the scale. He could not think that any custom or convenience of the members of the trade could afford any defense. Grocers were not vbliged to sell their sugar at prices which were not remunerative. but, whatever the price, they must give the quantity for which the customer asked.’’ The matter was taken up by one of the grocers’ associations, which decided to bring a test case in a higher court. It seems that it is the universal custom in England to weigh the sugar with paper. This is avery doubtful practice which results from the very foolish custom sO English grocers have of selling sugar at | or below cost. The Chairman of grocers’ association stated that no one ever thought of weighing sugar without |} the paper, and that the custom is one which it would be very difficult to up- root. The grocers regarded the magistrate’s decision as a libel on the trade, espe- cially the comparison he made of the prac- tice of weighing sugar with paper with the fraud of putting a piece of fat or lead on the seale. The grocers contend that there is no fraud on the buyer, who re- ceives full value for his money It seems, however, that the grocers them- selves are divided in their opinion on this subject. There is a great deal of force in the opinion expressed by one of them, who, for his part, thought the of- ficial’s reading law was correct. He believed that, if a person asked fora pound of sugar he should get it. would be a simple matter to weigh the sugar net, but not to give the paper away. When they, as grocers, bought goods, they wanted full weight without the packages, although the latter were paid for in the price. They net weight with sugar and cordingly. We think and the decision of the magistrate the safer of the two, Asa rule, customers expect to buy net weight. When a per- sop buys a piece of muslin or a piece of crockery, the seller does not reduce the measure of the one nor add to the cost of the other to cover the expense of wrap- ping, and yet muslin is sold on quite as close a Margin as sugar; so are staple articles in the line of crockery. We believe that the correct way is to give every customer full weight, count or measure, and to place such a margin of profit on the goods sold as will pay all the expenses of the service connected with the wrapping and delivery. It really astonishing to note the care with which the large retail coneerns in this city wrap up goods for delivery to retai! buyers. Not only are articles of a breakable nature wrapped, but they are packed in boxes and protected with ex- celsior or other packing, whether the goods are sold at a nominal profit or be- low cost. It is found that satisfaction to custom- ers is worth more than the expense of packing or wrapping. of the charge ac- this latter is section in Eng-| ‘ the meeting of the} It | should give | position | We know of gro-! THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. [cers who, in buying wrapping paper, | have selected heavy weight paper, in or- der to get a profit by weighing it with the | Sugar; that, however, was when sugar was worth 8 to 10 cents per pound. When butter is selling at 40 to 45 cents per pound, a customer is very apt to find fault at being handed 14% ounces of butter in 1% ounces of paper box or plate, and asked to accept that for a full | pound of butter; when, however, the price of the article is 25 cents a pound, many will stand tht loss rather than make a complaint. Because a bad custom is universal is no reason why it should be perpetuated. Better give people full weight, exclusive of wrapping, than to be continually an- noyed as some of the grocers are in Eng- land, by having this question brought up every little while. We recognize that, in selling hams at marked weight, there is a difference in price which keeps the customer from complaining, and yet, in many instanees, buyers prefer to pay a higher price and take the ham at the ac- tual weight at time of delivery, rather than countenance the method of selling at marked weight. JULIET CORSON. i 2 . Pails, in a case........... 6% 65 10 Ib. Pails, Sra 8 Onee.......... 6% 6% 20 Ib. Pails, 4in a case.......... O%® 6 ee... 6 5% BEEF IN BARRELS, Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 6 50 Extra Mess, Chicago packing.. . 6 50 ee Oe 9 00 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average aoe 9% Oe ees ag, 93% a al 12 to 14 Ibs.. ae eae ek cae c cena ceceueueas 6 _ pest Ib, “boxes ieee bh cee ee ee 34 No. 1, . 3 oe es 51 No. 2, _ 2 Se 28 0. 3, . 3 | cee 2 Stand up, 5 Ib. ane. - 90 ORANGES, Floridas, fancy-150-176-'00 ............ @3 50 va ee ee @2 75 ' russets —{50- 17. ee @3 5 in (oo Californias, mreeumee ................,. 2 25@2 50 eee ee ine sisialisinee choice 2).......... @3 50 “ “ 160.. ee @3 25 LEMONS. Messina, choice, 360............... @3 50 fancy, eee ene cue, @4 0 © Cnonoe MAL............ @3 7% " eee... @4 00 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS Figs, fancy layers, Oe .--s-.....5.,...-58 ae OO 14 @15 _ extra I oes oh in teu venes ee @16 _ =... or Dates, Fard, oe box. @9 bee nee ee seen ae @8 - nee ¢— lb. .dox. 4%@ 5 NUTS, Almonds, Tatton @i6 ee ee tia e ae cae, @15 _ C ene oie Pore Oe... @i Se ETE @i12 Walnuts, Grenoble. @i4 ao ee eile wa @ - Cee @10 Table. Nuts, ae Bebe deecc es @i2% choice aS @ll% nie aoe 1 F., ....... 11 @1 Cocoanuts, full sacks...... : @4 00 PEANUTS. Fancy, x. P., en ie ents @ 5% oad @ i Fancy, i. P., Flags... @ 5K Roasted... @ 7% Choice, H. P, oes... @ 4 + Rae, @ 6 CUTS for BOOM EDITIONS ——OR—. PAMPHLETS For the best work, at reasonable prices, address THE TRADESMAN COMPANY. Seed Pota Vegetable Seeds, BROWNRN’S 24 anj 26 Noartn Division Sraser. EVER YTHING FOR THE GARDEN. Send for 7. “3 autiful Dlustrated Catalogue PLANTS, TOOLS, ETC. NEW CROP. MAILED FR Clover and Grass ae Seed Corn, Onion Sets, and toes. All the Standard Sorts and Novelties - ‘in SEED STORE, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. NEW YORKE’S LOCAL INDUSTRIES. People who keep their eyes fixed ex- eclusively upon the Stock Exchange and measure by its ups and downs the pros- perity of the country may be inclined to deplore an oceasional lack of activity in its business. But Wall street is not the world; itis not even the whole of the city of New York, and while the volume of its transactions is an index of the in- tensity of speculative enterprise among a very useful class of citizens, it shrinks and swells without reference to the steady onward progress of daily industry. The building and running of railroads, the mining of coal, the manufacture of pig iron and steel rails, the refining of sugar and of petroleum, and the spinning and weaving of cotton are undeniably important factors in the increase of the country’s wealth, and the money value of the capital thus employed is ascer- tained by Stock Exchange prices, but the aggregate result of the thousand little, unnoticed forms of human labor which surround us is much more important. The state census, just taken, indicates that the combined population of New York and Brooklyn is not far from 2,800,- 000. Tothese may properly be added the residents of Jersey City, Staten Is- land, and of the belt of adjoining su- berbs closely connected with New York, since they are, for business purposes, all New Yorkers. Taking these in carries the total population of this metropolitan eenter considerably above 3,000,000. That is to say, more people are living within an hour’s journey of our City Hall than were to be found in the whole thir- teen North American colonies when they rebelled against British rule and formed themselves into the present independent United States of America. Even so late as 1850 the entire State of New York had but 3,100,000 inhabitants, and to-day the territory of once populous Greece contains but 2,000,000. These figures, lam aware, convey no very definite idea to the mind, any more than saying that the distance from the earth to the sun is 95,000,000 miles con- veys an idea of the vast space that sepa- rates us from that luminary. The moon looks quite as far off as the sun, although it is really only the four hundredth part as distant. The time when one gets the most vivid impression of the immense mass of humanity which lives and toils beneath the roof of this ‘‘province cover- ed by houses’”—as New Yerk is entitled to be called as well as London—is when some considerable quantity of it is collect- ed together by a fire, a procession, or even so trifling a thing as the hoisting of an iron safe into an upper story window. When the Harlem Railroad stables on Thirty-second street burned a few years ago, 1 remember distinctly the crowd that gathered upon Murray Hill to witness it. It was about the hour that working people, clerks, and shop girls were going home by the way of the Thirty-fourth street Ferry, and they naturally stopped to see the sight. The assemblage black- ened the whole hill like a swarm of ants, and defied enumeration. The Centennial celebration of 1876 brought many greater multitudes into the streets, who, when looked down upon from above, formed a perfect pavement of heads. Every night, and morning, too, the North and East River ferry boats, the Brooklyn bridge ears, the elevated railroad trains, and the street surface cars present to view great clusters of humanity, and I never see them nor the side- without a if of the streams on walks of our thoroughfares sensation of oppression, as some | monstrous weight. these and These millions of human beings, thousands of tons of living flesh | blood, are both consumers and producers. They consume what is produced others, and produce what those others consume, and this mutual exchange of services constitutes a trade of far greater importance, as 1 have said, than the transactions of Wall street. Three mil- lions of mouths to feed, three millions of bodies to be clothed, three millions of men, and children to be housed, warmed, employed. and amused, create a mjghty market for labor and the results of labor, and the food they eat, the clothes they wear, the fuel they burn, and the commodities they require for the satisfaction of their natural and their artificial wants, form a wealth of enormous value. 1 am sorry that I have to procure the statisties States census of 1890, restricted to those of the census gathered ten years previous, but these will serve pretty nearly as well to show the magnitude of this city’s local indus- tries. According to the census of 1880, New York is the largest manufacturing city in the United States, its production exceeding that of Philadelphia by nearly one-half. The gross value of the goods manufactured here and in Brooklyn and Jersey City was $710,425,484, and the net value, after deducting that of the ma-| terials employed, S248.557,717. To do the work 286,077 hands were employed, at a cost for wages of $152,140,155. The leading industry in this city was the) making of clothing, and it is so still, I presume, because garments of all kinds are made here in immense quantities, not only for local consumption but for shipment to other parts of the country. Malt liquors come next, then books, newspapers, and periodicals, and then tobacco in various forms, all of which articles, like clothing, are partly for out- | of-town consumption. Next to these | leading commodities are furniture, mar- | ble work, ironwork, tinware, and black- smiths’ and carpenters’ work, the last | two being, undoubtedly, almost all for local customers, since a great deal besides | is done in Connecticut and New Jersey for | city customers, because of the greater | cost of doing it here. Exactly how much | of the other products I have mentioned | is consumed here and how much is sent | away no information can be obtained, | and it is not essential to my purpose. | All the goods are sold here, and if to the | 3,000,000 resident customers must be | added some portion of the remaining | 57,000,000 inhabitants of the United, States, besides those of Canada, Mexico, and South America, it does not by women, mass of not been able of the United and have been thus was tropolis. Of the amount of food and fuel con- | sumed in New York and its environs there is no official report. Our cities do not, like Paris, put barriers around them- selves and make everything eatable and drinkable pay duty. I suppose that the! quantity of milk, fresh vegetables, and butchers’ meat daily brought into New York and adjacent cities might be ascer- tained by any one who would take the | trouble to set a watch upon the ferry- | boats and the railroad trains, but even | this would fail to show the consumption. | impair | | the value of the local trade of this me-/| | _MI CHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE ONLY night Package for Buller. Parehment Lined : ig Pails for ) Ibs. CLEAN, 3, 5 and 1 STRONG. LIGHT, CHEAP. Most DETROIT PAPER PACKAGE 00., DETROIT, MICH. 19 i. rv A 3 Noe ea tae \ meas tl a \ De i Go a 4 = | oe 5 : : tr < i oo oa Bl oe 4+ © Recor a | pe Pa - fi i BANANAS Season now Well Opened. Buy Them of THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. I) 0 You Want a Gut of e @ « Your Store Building! For use on 2 S \ Sepmrertcear ets YS 2 oakley ee oe te SS We ean furnish you a double column cut, like those below, column eut, your Letter Heads, Bill Cards, sey netene In either ease, we should have clear photograph Heads, Ete anatuse CO om® similar to above, for $10; a single for 36. or to work from. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, ENGRAVERS AND PRINTERS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 20 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. An inspection of any of our streets not exclusively devoted to residence reveals an indefinite number of bakers, butchers and marketmen, all of whom make their for remuneration, Then there are the dealers to 1¢ money that passes through their living by feeding, their fellow-citizens. coal and wood iaue as and t a very considerable amount. iption i its fuel plies, this metropolis inports for its own ot of food and use great quantities of goods manufact- ured elsewhere, and the trade in these and in jewelry and precious stones, pictures, porcelains, and similar valuable articles supports a great many people. Then there are drugs, perfumes, soaps, and cosmetics, and no end of necessary and the of which furnishes a living to many thou- unnecessary kKnickknacks, sale sands of shopkeepers, big and little. and sold here for the construction and adornment of buildings, The labor bough which the census dees not reckon another among manufactured goods, is large in plasterers, item our local business. Masons, stonecutters, and common laborers collect millions of dollars annu- ally, which they distribute tothose who At the other end of singers, supply their wants. the seale are actors, musicians, scene painters, and other people whose work does not produce tangible results, but which, nevertheless, has a market value. i think that upon a consideration of all the: with what | busi- in trading in railroad stocks and bonds, coal facts my readers will said at the outset, that ness done in and around Wall agree the street stocks, mining stocks, and other securi- ties representing investments in remote im- We de- pends for its profits upen the prosperity but at the same time we have one larger which localities, is not to be compared in portance with our local industries. have a large trade, itis true, which of the country as a whole, comes from our own immediate neigh- borhood, and which takes no account of the fluctuations of the stock market. MATTHEW MARSHALL. ~— > > — a The Value of Little Things. I remember one occasion were almost the much to communicate war when we entirely sur- and wanted the rounded by enemy so with main force to ask them to come It was the easiest thing do the had not yet been cut and a few clicks of in the world to this, because wires telegraph the instrument would bring us our res- cuers. But here was the trouble. had our telegraph lines in good worki ler, we had our instruments all ready } of md to the touch the fingers that would translate our messages into its electr syn ip was right at our fingers’ end it might as well 4 been he other side of the world so far as our reaching it was concerned. for not one among us knew how to op- erate the instrument. The result was that in two days we were prisoners of war ‘ the want of a little kn ige e right kind. Now, there n in our regiment who cated. 1 personal] who could speak several languages, that but they lacked at time the knowl- that little telegraphic language dashes that would brought to us the help we needed. dots and have I have since seen many other illustra- | | tions of valuable opportunities that were lost for the want of a little practical knowledge of the right kind. I have | seen a young man devote six years toa college course, winning the honors of | graduation day and fairly bursting with be reckoned, | knowledge, and yet fail to secure a good position because his | careless and illegible. own ! sup- | I have suit drag seen its an expensive law course many weary | court to another which might easily have during thie | to our rescue. | We | been prevented if the litigants, before going to law, had had a sufficient knowl- edge of law to enable them to understand their rights and duties. I knew a man who lost several thou- sand dollars because he did not know that it was necessary to notify endorser of a note in order to hold him after the note became due. I have known a rich man to leave an estate to worthless relatives when he intended to leave it to deserving friends, because he was ignorant of some little point connected with the making of a will. I see scores of men to-day who are recognized failures because in their youth they failed to qualify themselves for success in life by means of a practi- caleducation. They had plenty of learn- ing, but none of the kind that could be applied to the practical work of life. Pope says, ‘‘A little learning is a danger- ous thing.” So it is, quite frequently, if you want it badly and haven’t it. NEMO. i om SUCCESS. Separate from the many hold- ing great possessions, those who by inheritance or alliance have had possessions thrust upon them and, having done this, it will most likely be found that those remaining will impress you with the fact that the winning qualities of the successful are about the same in These latter are the thinkers—the workers, the leaders; and it is safe to say that they are worth to the rest of us, more than is indicated by the accumulations which represent the pecuniary reward of their services. They have an- ticipated the conditions of the to-come, and put same in shape —with the result that they are the winners. Illustrations? Why, they are all around us. In every re- putable business concern there certainly is something of this character, or it would be sans reputation. Now for instance, the L. & N. Railroad; yes, and the West Michigan;—something dis- tinctive about them, hard to say just what, but the proof of their passenger perfections is in their patron- all. ., age. Of course in all communi- ties there are those who, once attracted toward a certain thing and then properly treated, be- | come adherents, and perhaps prejudiced in favor of this or that party, but they are not of sufficient numbers for a railroad to depend on. Besides, the railroad lives on forever. They die in time, and it is a physical impossibility to en- force upon their heirs, their pre- judices, with other savings. No; there’s only one course toward the end desired, and that is to keep up with the procession; find out what the people want, and give it to them, and where they lag in coming forward to get it, go meet them. That’s our theory and we don’t mind confiding it to you. If you think it is a proper notion on our part, kindly en- courage us. It is your benefit so todo. You can do so by using lines when you go to Chicago, Detroit or Traverse City or Sag- inaw. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen’! Pass’r Agent. and our penmanship was | from one) FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. D. A. BLopeett, President. S. F. AsPrnwa.u, Vice-President. | Wm. H. ANDERSON, Cashier. - $300,000. \CAPITAL, - - Transacts a general banking business. Makea Specialty of Collections. Accounts of Country Merchants Solicited. Crockery & Glassware LAMP BURNERS, Me Ofe8. 0 Ce oe mek oe sl... . a. o ees... eS a Sais 7 LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box. 6 doz. in box. eee hl 1% + hClUe 88 ee ee ee ee oe a First quality. oe. Ofen Creep tp... 2 25 o. mA = Cs -.2 4 mas * - - 3 40 XXX Flint. on, Bee, Ce fo... 60 No. 1 “ “o o 80 No. 2 oe o “ce 8e Pear] top. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled.............. 3 70 nos * ” - eee a No. 2 cae, _ ' ee 470 La Bastile. 0. t Gum, peetn balb, perdos. ............_. 12 (oN ' C o et esse eee se Pe Coe eer... 1 35 ao Oe ee eee cd ieee ae. 1 60 LAMP WICKS. mae ee... 23 No. 1, ' ee ee 28 no 2, . a a No. 3, ial Se ee ee bg 90 STONEWARE—AKRON, ButterCrocks,1 andGeaj................. 06% ore, oe. pea... oo a. eee en eda ee . . = * ee a ---t oe Milk Pans, % gal., per doz. (glazed rae —-. “ 1 ae “ ¢ a7 We *s§ MIGHIGAN C; a CHR oc aRaRE “* The Niagara Falls Route.” DEPART. ARRIVE Detroit Express........... 7:00am 10:00pm es 7:05am 4:30 pm Day Express........ omnes die be 1:20pm 10:00am *Atlantic & Pacific Express......... 10:30pm 6:00am New A EO ccc caces socuns 5:40pm 12:40pm aily. 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 at 7 a. m., returning leave Detroit 4:45 Pp. m. arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m. a FRED M. Brige@s, Gen’l Agent, 85 Monroe St. A. ALMQUIsT, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. O. W. Rueeies G. P. & T, Agent., Chicago. eae TIME TABLE GRAND HAVEN Aa NOW IN EFFECT. a EASTWARD. Trains Leave \tNo. 14/tNo, 16|\tNo. 18/*No. 82 G’d_ Rapids, Ly| 6 50am|1° 20am} 3 25pm |10 55pm ee Ar, 7 45am/11 25am! 4 27pm/12 37am St. Johns ...Ar} 8 28am/12 17pm! 5 20pm! 1 55am Owosso ...... Ar} 903am] 1 20pm! 6 65pm! 3 15am E. Saginaw..Ar/10 45am! 35pm! 8 Opm| 8.45am pay City..... Ar}11 30am} 345pm) 8 45pm! 7.:0am Poe ........ Ar}/10 G5am)} 3 40pm) 7 €5pm| 5 40am Pt. Huron...Ar|}{ 55am] 6 00pm} 8 \0pm| 7 30am Pontiac ...... Ar}10 53am} 3 05pm) 8 25pm] 5 37am Dewow,...... Ar}11 50am] 405pm) 9 25pm} 7 00am WESTWARD. Trains Leave *No. 81 |tNo. 11 |tNo. 13 Gd Rapids, Liy........ | 7 05am} 1 OOpm| 5 10pm GdaHaven, Ar........ | 8 35am) 2 10pm} 6 15pm oliiadteisnce (En eae) «AAMT el RC ec a *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. 8 Wagner Sleeper. Westward—No, 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11 Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetear, JOHN W. Loup, Traffic Manager. BEN FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agent. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. CHICAGO AND WEST MICHIGAN R’Y. JAN’Y 3 1892. Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect January 10, 1892. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going N South. North. For Saginaw and Cadillac...... 5:15am 7:05 am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:20am 11:30 a m For Saginaw & Traverse City.. 2:00 pm 4:15 pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw ..... 8:10pm 10:30 pm From Kalamazooand Chicago. 8:35 pm Train arriving at 9:20 daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going North. South. Per Coe... 20am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago... 10:30 am For Fort Wayne and the East.. 11:50am 2:00 pm re eee 6:30 p m 6:00 pm For Chicago..... ccecccccccccce 10:40 Dm 11:05 pm Pr RO oo eer c ence 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. 00 am 10:10am 11:25 am 4:40 pm 5:40 pm 9:05 pm SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. NORTH i 11:30 a m train.—Parlor chair car G’d Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 10:30 p m train.—Sleeping car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. SOUTH--7:00 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 10:30 am train.—Wagner Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. 6:00 m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. il - m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. | Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. R. |LyGrand Rapids 10:30am 2:00pm 11:05pm | Arr Chicago 3:55 p m 9:00 pm 6:50am | 10:30am train through Wagner Parlor Car. | _ 11:05 p m train daily, throngh Wagner Sleeping Car. | | Ly Chicago 7:05am 3:10pm 10:10 p m Arr Grand Rapids 2:00 p m 8 35pm 5:15 am pm through Wagner Parlor Car. 16:10 p m 3:10 | train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Through tickets and full information can be had by } calling upon A. Almqguist, ticket agent at Union Sta- | tion, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 | Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich. | 0. L. LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. j Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan | Railway. | In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & | Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk e | offers a route making the best time betwe Grand Rapids and Toledo, VIA D., L. & B. | Lv. Grand Rapidsat..... 7:25 a.m. and 6:25 p. m, | Ar. Toledo at ...... ....1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m, VIA D., &. &. AM, | Ly. Grand Rapids at..... 6:50 a. m. and 3:45 p. | Oe. TOMO eL,....,..... 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m, | Return connections equally as good. W. .H. Bennerr, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. GOING TO CHICAGO. Ly.GR’D RAPIDS...... 9:00am 12:05pm *11:25pm Ar. CHICAGO --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, 8ST. 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, Ly. G.R......10:0Cam 12 05pm 5:30pm 8:30pm a, oo e..... 10:30am 3 S3pm S:-25pm ....... TO AND FROM MANISTEE, TRAVERSE CITY AND ELK RAPIDS, Ly. Grand Eapids..... ..:.. 7:25am 5:17p 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 Chicago 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 Rapids 5:17 pm; leaves Manistee 6:50 a m. DETROIT, 25 LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. GOING TO DETROIT, Lv. GR’D RAPIDS..... 7:15am *1:00pm 5:40pm Ar, Dee ee. ....,.. 12:00 m *5:1:pm 10:40pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Ly. DETROIT.. -++. 7:00am *1:15pm 5:40pm Ar.GR’D RAPIDS.....11:50am *5:15pm 10:15pm Toand from Lansing and Howell—Same as to and from Detroit. TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS, Ly. Grand Repids............... 76am 4:25pm Ar. Grand Rapids.... -...11:50am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. R. Ly. Grand Rapides........ Sam 1:00pm 5:46pm Br. from Eower........., 11:50am 5:15pm 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; arrives in Grand Rapids 7:40 pm. Seats 25 cents. *Every day. Other trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. STUDY LAW AT HOME. Take a course in the Sprague Correspon- eence school of Law [incorporated]. Send ten cents [stamps] for particu- lars to J. COTNER, Jr., Sec’y, No. 875 Whitney Block, DETROIT, - MICH, “eS | | SAGINAW MANUFACTURING CO.. SAGINAW, MICH., Manufacturers of the Following List of Washboards. =. Crescent fina == Wilson sy Sagiaw ses Defiance = hival Double Zine Surface, q Win Saginaw | | Defiance j 7 Rival | The above dare all superior Single Zing Surface, Washboards, in the elass to which they belong. Send for cuts and price-list before order- mm «(ing. Grand Rapids, Mich. STANDARD OIL CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. T. S. FREEMAN, Agt, DEALERS IN Tlluminating and Lubricating -OILS- NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Office, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave. BULK WORKS AT GRAND RAPIDS, MUSKEGON, MANISTEE, CADILLAC, BIG RAPIDS, GRAND HAVEN, LUDINGTON. ALLEGAN, HOWARD CITY, PETOSKEY, HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR RMPYY GARBON & GASOLINE BARRELS. q | Re Star eeaeaia j Shamrock =| gorid ine. | | | VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & C0, WHOLESALE Dry Goods, Carpets and Gloaks |'We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live Geese Feathers. | Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. OVERALLS OF OUK OWN MANUFACTURE. Voigt, Herpolshelmer & C0, “° Grana Raps” Grand Rapids. P. STEKETEE & SONS | WHOLESALE DRY GOODS & NOTIONS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Grand Rapids Storage & Transler Co,, Limite Winter St, between Shawmut Ave. and W. Fulton St, GRAND RAPIDS,’ MICH. General Warehousemen and Transfer Agents, ‘COLDnSTORAGE 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, Etc. Telephone No. 945. J. ¥. F. BLAKE, Sup’t. Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons, We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. H. LEONARD & SONS, Now is the Time to Buy a Stock of Express Wagons and Carts. Toy Carts. No. 30—5x9 inch body, 6 inch wheel, no tires, 2 doz. in box, net per doz....... 9 No. 30— *‘ sé sé e se 6 * os 6s os No. 20—Same with tin tires on 6 inch wheels, 1 20 No. 0—5x10 body - - a 1 50 No. 144—7x12 body ‘ a 2 00 No. 2—7x14 body Fg So " “ 2 7 7 a ; , No. 1 Bxpress Wagon. No. 0 Wagon, 12x24 inch body. iron axle, 10 and 14 inch wheels, '% doz. in crate, net per doz., ................9 6 No. 1 és 12x25 “sé +. ** sa es ee s+ ee es oe ee ee he as ee a y No. 9 sé 13x26 +s ae as “se +s as +s *s ae + Ce ae ae let aaa er 8 No. 3 ‘6 13x26 ss “ as ay = - welded tires, }¢ doz. in crate, net per doz., $12 ets No. X. Size of box, 10x20 inches, wheels 8 and 12 inches, net per doz., $3 90 1 dozen in a crate. ; : r One-half dozen in a erate. Sold by the Crate only! gs Size of box, 9x18 inches, size of wheels, 6x8 in., 1 doz. in crate, net per doz., $3 3¢ 30 50 70 00 No. 8 Baggage Wagon. Body 16x30 inehes, all wheels 10 in., iron axle, nicely painted, net per doz,