- Michigan Tradesman.

 

 

Published Weekiy.
VOL. 9.

THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
GRAND ear atlas 27, 1892.

“$1 as Vanes
NO. 449

 

MUSKEGON BRANCH UNITED STATES BAKING co.

Successors to

MUSKEGON CRACKER Co.,

HARRY FOX, Manager.

Crackers, Biscuits «Sweet Goods.

MUSKEGON, MICH.
SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS.

Every Bookkeeper Will Appreciate a Blank Boo’: that Opens Flat.

The MULLINS FLAT OPENING SPRING BACK BOOK,

Made only in Michigan by the

Is the Best in

29-31 Canal St.,

  

the Market, Write for prices

Grand Rapids, Mich.

C.N. RAPP & Co.

9 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

WHOLESALRK FRUITS AND PRODUCE.

Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention.

MOSELEY BROsS.,

- WHOLESALE -

FRUITS, SKKDS, BEANS AND PRODUGK,

26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA ST,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

er cee Feet !
Jennings’
Flavoring Extracts

SEE QUOTATIONS.

 

NO BRAND OF TEN CENT

CIGARS comeez=s (Gs

G. F. FAUDE, Sole Manufacturer, IONIA, MICH.

 

 

TELFER SPICE COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS OF

Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of
Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries.

1 and 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS

 

5000 Sold.

Patented 1887.

Why Wanted.

It’s the original of its
Class. It’s the favorite
with Druggists, Clothiers,
Shoe Stores, Hatters, Gro-
cers, Hardware Dealers,
General Merchants, Bak-
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and in fact every retail
dealer who wants correct
methods.

Write us this day for de-
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State and local agents
wanted.

 

 

STOP

and investigate the Amer

ican Cash Regis.er before

purchasing. YOU will

nay yably say as this party
oes:

 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
   
 
  

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that for our business we
greatly prefer your ‘‘Desk
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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
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be Yours truly,

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General Merchants,
Mayville, Wis.

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You can always find something new and especially
fine by ordering your Candy of

A. E. BROOKS & CO.,

Wholesale Confectioners,
46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich

The Green Seal Cigar

Is the Most Desirable for Merchants to Handle because

It is Staple and will fit any Purchaser.

Retails for 10 cents, 3 for 25 cents.

Send Your Wholesaler an Order.

G. S. BROWN & CoO.,
Foreign and Domestic Fruits,

 

Jobbers of

 

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Oranges and Bananas a Specialty.
24-26 No Division St.

 

HARVEY & HEYSTEK,

JOBBERS IN

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We are the only Jobbers in Western Michigan, and sell at Factory Prices.
We make a specialty of Store Shades.

75 & 77 Monroe St-Warehovse, 81 & 83 Gampav St, Grand Rapids,

 

 
   

 

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IMPORTERS AND

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THE TRADESMAN COMPANY,

Original and Largest Manufacturers of Coupon. Boeks in the United States.

 

     

  
 

100 Louis Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. |

 

 
  

 

   
  

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Manufacturers of

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FOR SALE,

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stock of goods at Deer Lake, Mich. The
stock is well kept up and of good assort-
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(sterhont & Fox Lomber Co,,

Grand Rapids, Mich

 

 

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All Sizes and Prices.
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THOMAS STOKES,

WHOLESALE DEALER IN

SAL? FioH,
New York City.
Represented in Michigan by

J. P, WISNER, Merchandise Broker,

304 North Ionia St.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Who will quote prices by mail or call on dealers
wishing a supply for Lenten trade.

 

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$500,000 TO INVEST IN BONDS

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supplied without charge. All en and
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CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres,

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Opp. Morton House.

 

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FOR RENT.

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Size, 24x36.

Situated at the southeast corner of Turner and
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Lighted by gas; two nice show windows. There
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opening for Boots and Shoes, Clothing and
Gent’s Furnishing, Furniture and Undertaking.
Rent very low for the right tenant. Enquire of

Mrs. J. PATTERSON,
138 Summer St.

 

 

 

To Commercial Trav-
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IMPORTAN

Notice is hereby given that the American
Casualty Insurance and Security Co., of Balti-
more City, Maryland, is furnishing the most lib-
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for the money than is given by any other com-
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Those wishing the best policy issued, should call
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 
 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1892.

WAS IT ACCIDENT OR DESIGN ?

As there are some men who are always
known by their Christian names—James
or William, or Robert—and others with
whom their friends are more familiar
still, and use those names abbreviated—
Jim, or Bill, or Bob—so there are men
who might have had no Christian name
at all, so little is there known of. it.
Except when they write it on a check, it
is never in evidence, and they are known
by their surnames only to the end of
their life’s chapter. Of sucha kind was
my Uncle Lock. Few of his acquaint-
ances, until they read it on his tomb-
stone, were aware that he was christen-
ed Richard, and if his mother ever called
him Dick (which I doubt) she was the
only one.

Once upon a time he was married,
though I did not know him until he had
been a widower for a quarter of a cen-
tury, but his wife never addressed him
by any other name than Mr. Lock. The
only parallel to this within my experi-
ence is the case of a lady of title who
speaks of her husband as ‘‘my lord,’’ but
Aunt Lock never got even to that degree
of familiarity; she might have called him
‘‘my Mr. Lock’? appropriately enough,
for they were more like a commercial
firm than a married couple, but [ am
sure she never ventured on the experi-
ment. She died after a few years of
wedded life, not of a broken heart, for
she was not of that kind, but rather as
one who, having had enough of the busi-
ness of life, retires from it early. She
was not an attractive person from any
point of view, but she suited Uncle
Lock much better than any one, inelud-
ing himself, had any idea of.

Hard as he was, and harsh as he could
be, he sincerely regretted her death, and,
what seemed curious to many people,
showed it in a very sentimental fashion.
As amatter of faet, all of us who are not
absolutely inhuman are actuated by sen-
timent, and those who deny it at least
as much as other people; and the more
we repress the natural emotions the more
extravagant become the expression of
them. Thus, thoughaUncle Lock never
wore mourning for his wife, not even in
the mitigated form of a two inch hat-
band, he put away every article of
jewelry and clothing she had worn in a
room, the door of which was never
opened, and kept the very books (mostly
on cookery and housekeeping) she had
used under glass like melons or cucum-
bers.

There was a soft place, indeed, that
few suspected in Uncle Lock’s heart,
and his niece Sophy found it out. It was
impossible, indeed, for her to miss it if it
existed at all, for a more delightful
child than Sophy Mayhew it was diffi-
cult to imagine, nor would she have
seemed capable of improvement had
she not become the most charming
and gracious of young women.

When her parents died, which they did
a few years after her birth, comforted no
doubt by the reflection that they had
made the world happier and better by
presenting her to it, Uncle Lock adopted

 

NO. 449°

her, and, I am bound to say, did his duty
by her in every respect, save one—un-
fortunately for me, a most important ex-
ception. He would not allow her to
warry the man of her choice. The ob-
jection he put forward was that he did
not approve, on principle, of the mar-
riage of cousins. Everybody knows that
when anything is objected to ‘ton princi-
ple’ it means that the objecting party
has a personai dislike to it, and this was
what Uncle Lock felt as regarded the
suitor in question. It was not the con-
sanguinity he objected to so much as me;
but the pretext exactly suited his pur-
pose, for no improvement in myself or
my position could get over the fact that
Sophy and I had had the same grand-
father.

Although I was an orphan like herself,
Uncle Lock never adopted me, but only
in due course made me his confidential
clerk and secretary. The salary I re-
ceived for my services was small; but, on
the other hand, I lived under the same
roof with Sophy, which would have been
compensation enough for anything.
How Uncle Lock could have supposed it
possible that such contiguity could have
resulted in anything short of a passion-
ate devotion to her is amazing to me, but
he stigmatized it as idiotic. After ex-
pressing his views about the marriage of
cousins (entertained, as lam persuaded,
on the spur of the moment, and solely
with an eye to my discomfiture), he add-

ed ‘‘Moreover, Master Charles, I cannot
conceal from wet and know no rea-
son why I should do so from you, that it
appears to me that your aspirations are
not very creditable to your sense of
honor. 1 don’t say that your motives
may be wholly mercenary, but you ecan-
not be blind to the fact that Sophy will
probably be my heiress, and you have
nothing of your own but your meager
salary, so you are therefore in a position
of a mere fortune hunter. Do you think
ita high toned thing to look for your
livelihood to your wife’s money?”’

I replied that I was so wildly fond of
Sophy that such considerations had never
occurred to me.

‘At all events,” he went on, ‘‘they
have now been presented to you; and

 

TWENTY

THOUSAND
RETAIL GRQCERS

have used them from one to
six years and they agree that
as an all-around Grocer’s
Counter Secale the ‘‘PERFEC-
TION” has no equal.

For sale by

HAWKINS & CoO.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

And by Wholesale Grocers generaily.

 

 

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what may also suggest itself to you is
that, when I am dead and gone, my
niece may, out of the foolish good
nature or other causes’? (that was how
he spoke of the noblest emotions of the
female heart) ‘‘throw herself away upon
you, penniless though you may be. Now
I mean to stop that by the terms of my
will, by which it wiil be provided that
she shall marry a man of suitable for-
tune, say with $20,000 of his own. If she
marries a begger she will be a begger
herself, as in that case my money will go

elsewhere. 1 don’t think so ill of you as

to suppose you would drag her down to}

poverty and wretchedness, but believe

that this proviso will put an end once for |

all to any nonsense between you, in
which confidence I shail retain you in
your present situation.”

To this I replied that, as to being a
beggar, I could hardly think it possible

that any man of humanity and gcod feel- |
ing, such as I paid him the compliment |

of being, could leave the only relation,
except Sophy, he had in the world (my-
self) totally unprovided for.

At this he grinned, 1 must say, most
unbecomingly, and muttered something
about somebody’s ‘“‘infernal impudence.”

I added that my expectations from him}
were not unreasonable, but only such as |
I was sure his own sense of right would |

I did not ask him for the sum
he had mentioned as the lowest tender
for Sophy’s hand, but only for a modest

dictate.

competence.
had something to start with I could soon
build up a fortune by my own exertions.

To this he enly replied by a guttural
noise, which | am afraid expressed con-
tempt, and the subject dropped, and for
a long time things went on as they had

done before. Notwithstanding that we

inhabited the same dwelling, I saw little |

of Sophy, being kept hard at work in my

uncle’s office till near dinner time, and |

even when I got home had few opportun-
But I
wrote to her long letters every night and
slipped them under her chamber door

ities of speaking with her alone.

when I went down to my early breakfast
with my uncle, at which she did not ap-
pear.
fortune I
hoped to make one day, whose only

ful, speaking of the great

value in my eyes would be its enabling

me to call her mine. They were
also. plentifully interspersed with
verse of the most touching’ kind.

And she on her part
them in the
juring me to keep a good heart and be

sweetest strain, ad-
confident of her unchangeable love; but
still duty ran through all of them, and I
am well convinced that her gratitude to
our common relative (to whom she was
indebted for all she had) would never
have permitted her to disregard his pro-
hibition so far as to wed me in secret had
I been capable of proposing such a thing.
All these letters I kept, tied up with a
rose colored ribbon, and read and re-read
again and again. I have reason to be-
lieve she did the like, nor did we ever

dream that this innocent but agreeable}

correspondence would be_ interfered
with. But one day it came to a sudden
and miserable end.

In Uncle Lock’s ‘“‘study,” as he was
pleased to term the apartment in which
he often looked at his banker’s book, but
which contained no other, stood an oak
desk most beautifully carved. This was
Sophy’s handiwork, and, as I had often
told him, I envied him the possession of

I felt confident that if 1}

They were very tender and hope- |

replied to]

it more than anything else in the world.
One evening, when I returned from |
the office, he threw this open and dis |
played in it, to my great indignation, a/|
great many bundles of letters tied with |
rose colored ribbon.

“I found these in your room, young |
man, and they are the last you will ever |
receive from your cousin. She has given
me her word never to write to you again
on condition that I do not destroy them,
so here they will be kept safe enough.”

Transported with passion at this out-
rage, I exclaimed:

‘“‘When you ransacked my room I pre-
sume you read those letters?’’

‘“‘You presume, sir, indeed?” he said,
with a look of fury which I shall never
forget. Todo my uncle justice, he was
too much of a gentleman to do anything
of the kind, and such an imputation was
inexcusable. I made some sort of
apology, but he only answered:

“When I am dead, young man, you
| shall have them again, and not before.”
Nothing more was said between us,
| but I felt that 1 had done for myself, so
'faras that ‘‘modest competence’? from
| Uncle Lock was concerned. It was
characteristic of him, however, that this
‘incident made no difference in our ex-
ternal relations.

To outsiders, if we were not a united

family, there was no sign of any domes-
tic unpleasantness, and though they in-
stinctively kept silence upon the matter
it was thought only probable (as, indeed,
it well might be) that we two young peo-
| ple were well disposed to one another,
| and would sooner or later make a match
of it. If my uncle had objected to such
an eventuality it seemed only natural
that he should have separated us and
placed me in some other office than his
own, but, as has been shown, he had
taken another way with us, which he
had good reason to feel would be still
more eflicacious.
It was about six months after this that
| my uncle had a sudden illness, which,
jthough it did not confine him to the
house for more than a day or two, was,
as I afterwards discovered, of a very ser-
ious nature. He developed, in fact,
symptoms of heart disease, and the doc-
tor, adjured to be candid, informed him
that it was a warning which would not
be repeated, or, in other words, that his
next seizure would be a fatal one. The
old gentleman received this intelligence
with much equanimity, merely observing
that his affairs had long been arranged
with a view to any such contingency;
nor did I notice that it made the slightest
difference in his spirits or behavior.
There was, however, a little difference,
so Sophy afterwards told me with very
genuine. emotion, in his conduct to her-
self, which became more than ever ten-
der, Iam glad to say I never spoke a
word against him to her, and carefully
concealed from her my conviction that
he intended to cut me off with a shilling
—a belief which, I am constrained to say,
| was never shaken by any demonstration
of avuncular affection. The sequel,
however, shows how easy it is to mis-
judge people, even when they are near
relatives.

My uncle about this time was making
some changes in his investments, and
one evening received a little over $20.000
of securities from his stock broker; as it
was too late in the day to put them in
his safe at the safety deposit company’s

 

 

 

vault, he locked them up in his desk for

HESTER & FOX,

AGENT FOR THE

   

MANUFACTURERS OF

Plain Slide Valve Engines with Throttling
Governors.

Automatic Balanced Single Valve Engines.
Horizontal, Tubular and Locomotive
BOILERS.

Upright Engines and Boilers for Light
Power.

Prices on application.
44-46 S, Bivision St., Grand Rapids.

Commercial Credit Co

65 Monroe St.

GRAND Rapips, April 1, 1892.
We take pleasure in announcing that we have
this day consolidated the two agencies, formerly
known as Cooper’s Commercial Agency and the
Union Credit Co. under the style of the

Commercial Credit Go.

retaining the best features of each, thereby giv-
ing our members the benefits of both. We shall
place competent and experienced help in charge
of each beg oho and combine our efforts to
please and benefit the business men.

STEVENSON & CUMINGS,
UNION CREDIT CO.

The office of the Commercial Credit Co. will be
at the former location of the Cooper Agency, 65
Monroe street, where experienced and compe
tent men will be on hand at all times to attend
to the wants of our patrons.

Telephone 165 for Commercial Reports.

- 1030 for Collection Department.

 

 

Playing Cards

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS

 

SEND FOR PRICE LIST.

Daniel Lynch,

19 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

 

 

 

 

MICHIGAN

Fire & Marine Instance Go.

Organized 1881.

Fair Contracts,
Equitable Rates,
Prompt Settlements,

The Directors of the ‘‘Michigan” are
representative business men of
our own State.
D. WHITNEY, JR., Pres.

EUGENE HARBECK, Sec’y.

BOSTON PETTY LEDGER.

 

 
 
   

Yeur account is always posted!

Your bill is always made out!

  

Size 84x33, bound in cloth and leather back
and corners. Nickel bill file, indexed, ruled on
both sides, 60 lines, being equal to a bill twice
as long.

1000 bill heads with Ledger complete ...... 83 00

2000 ae “ “ ae oe oe : 4 50

5000“ i . SS wed 7%
Address

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132 8. Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich,

I prepay express charges when cash accom
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17 Years of Development

HAVE RESULTED IN THE

AUTOGRAPH
REGIST ER,

Which makes, automatically, a fac-simile dupli-
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receipts, orders, checks, etc. The original is
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record, and can be taken out at any time for ex
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ways ready, and does not permit dishonesty or
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Send for a Full Descriptive Pamphlet
Showing Different Styles.

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Pres’t.

DUHLOSS, ADLER & U0,

MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF

Pants, Shirts, (veralls

——-AND——

Gents Furnishing, Goods.

184, 186 & 188 JEFFERSON AVE.,

DETROIT, MICH.

Cuas. P. STEVENS,
Sec’y and Gen.;Mgr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

|
neither |to the banking of the cash, if parents
| wish their sons to avoid the quicksands
and rocks of the sea upon which they

the night, and retired to rest,
better nor worse than usual.
Unhappily, in the morni I ]
: PP ys : orning Ae Was | embark them.
found dead in his bed. Extravagance comes second. This
This catastrophe, which gave me sor-| fault in young business aspirants is an
row, though there had certainly been | ¢xtraordinary source of bankruptcy. |
The records of most receivers of forfeit- |
“no love lost’’ twee =e >
ea : ost —" us, affected | oq estates prove this. Everything we do
ophy extremely. There was no oenen | net need (we may desire what is not
in her mind for any consideration of necessitous) is a bad bargain at any price
material affairs, but for my part I ¢ | Sickness in handling accounts, either
ag t us, will lead to sure death |
not help thinking Inele L 3 6 ——— : |
I king of Uncle Lock’s ‘‘tes-|in poth cases. Credit on a small scale |
tamentary dispositions.’’ After the

should be viewed warily. It is some-
funeral his man of business called on|times the triumph of a false generosity
her, but she refused to see him and re-|°Ver Common sense. To know how to
. andle sums yhie ye on |
Hales tie Os ce, ha idle sums to w hic h we have not been
i na | _. | accustomed is no small part of our train-
I suppose it is all the same,” he said,|ing. And to buy goods which are un-
with a cheerful smile, and I feebly tried
to look as if it was. ‘*You see, as there

salable, simply because they appear
cheap, is a bad investment made to please

are no relatives but you two,’? he went

on, ‘‘and you two, as I understand, are

a false economy.
Negligence is the third item which we
going to be made one, there will be no
necessity for even ‘a friendly suit,’

must impeach as a prolific cause of ruin.
Whatever interferes with business hours

which otherwise the wording of your

uncle’s will might have necessitated.

should be set aside. We must watch as |
well as pray, and do with our might
He has forbidden his neice to marry any
one who is not possessed of at least

what our hands find to do. The time
consecrated to the office and the store
$20,000, but then, as if to indicate the
very person he wished to wed her, he

should be fulfilled with all the aggres-
sive energy and active intelligence body
and mind can bestow. The practice of |
‘“Jarking around,” chatting stale gossip,

has left you that very sum, with just a

few hundreds over.’’

‘Dear old man,’
like him!’

playing cards and absenting one’s self
“Yes; his method of leaving you the

from the post of duty cannot be too
strongly condemped, and if
in, will bring its own Nemesis.

Speculation formes the fourth count.

The betting book, the gambling saloon
and the excitement of stocks are too

money was also peculiar, one might say prevalent in all classes. Among busi-

characteristic. ‘To my nephew, Charles

Lock,’ he says, ‘since I know he

values it very highly, I leave my desk

and its contents,’ and in the desk was

this money. It, therefore, seems quite

clear that it was intended for you.”

ness men the ‘‘long” or ‘‘short’’? on cot-
ton, wool, pork or aught else, carry with

1 nodded as confidently as I could nod,
but werds seem to fail me.

them most dangerous risks; and financial
It was not for me, with my limited

stability must depend on something
more enduring than the speed of a race-
horse or the turn of a billiard ball.

To make this classification complete,
there are two other causes we now
mention. The fifth is natural dishonesty.
It is not treated here because we take it
for granted that all readers of THE
TRADESMAN are honest men.

knowledge of law, to dispute a_ legal Lastly, there comes along the tramp of
opinion. Sophy, too, held the same view — circles, whose tale = woe
. caleulates to move groans from the most
as the lawyer. She had al rs tt : °
ee had always thought, | «jamantine hearts.
she said, that Uncle Lock had only her} Tne Unfortunate man: Some men are
happiness in view, and how could he|just his opposite. You could have
have taken a better way to insure it?| Stripped them of raiment and money and
She had pot not a doubt of his good hurled them from the bridge above to
(testamentary) intentions. It was not
for me, at that early stage of my affec-
tions—before I had even married her—to
contradict Sophy; nor, indeed. have I
ever breathed a word of doubt upon the
matter. But I sometimes think if Uncle
Lock had lived a little longer—say,
twelve hours—that those bonds would
have gone to the bankers, and his ‘‘desk
and its contents” would not have been

the stream below—no matter; the next
morning you meet them there on that

quite so valuable a legacy as I found

them.

 

 

       

      

 

 

> I murmured, ‘show

very bridge clad in latest attire, with

ralise and pocketbook, crowned by a
smiling face. Butof our hero just the
reverse is true. In his case, instead of
all he touches turning to gold, all the
gold he touches turns to nothingness.
And yet he often seems possessed of
much energy and ability to please. And
there have been cases where the strong-
est men have succumbed to stronger cir-
cumstances. But what is the secret of
his failure? This we leave unanswered.
Bret Harte’s speculator who would never
have found gold if he had not given up
the search and dug a well for water to
find the sleeping nuggets of wealth when
he was not looking for them, is an amus-
ing picture of the individual who never
found what he started out for. But
most of his class do not experience his
luck.

Our ineoming merchandise will, as a
rule, look after itself. The outgoing is
the problem. Will it return in bad ac-
counts or solid cash? Upon our fidelity,
zeal and fitness eee the answer.

————— > +.

nt pl en,
Causes of Commercial Failure.

Why so many bankrupts in these days?
is a very pertinent question to ask. For
the evil of financial debauchery has be-
come so common that it receives no at-
tention, except from those sufferers who
have the misfortune to be involved. We
are strongly convinced that this wide-
spread disease could in the majority of
cases have been avoided by its victims;
and knowing how vast is the number of
our readers who are already, or in five
years’ time will be, engaged in business
for themselves, it becomes our duty to How to Keep Young.
point out the root causes of commercial Dr. Edward Everett Hale gives this |
disaster. prescription as an infallible rule for pre- |

Inexperience is the first; not so mucha | serving a youthful spirit at 70 years of
fault with some as a misfortune, and|age: ‘‘Never bother yourself about who
therefore it needs the more careful|gets the credit of what’s done. Self-
guarding against. The man who does | seeking is what makes people grow old
one thing well is a better business factor |} even in youth.” Worry is a fruitful
than he who does twenty things moder-| source of misery and the prime cause of
ately. In these days of keen competi- | most premature breakdowns. The work-
tion and high demand ‘‘Admirable| er who does not find his reward in doing
Crichtons” cannot find a place. If we| work, and good work, is not like Dr.
enter haphazard into business, we shall | Hale, who has reached three-score and
remain there haphazard, and come out of | ten with abundance of health and good
it the same. A thorough training must | spirits, and with a tremendous record of
be given, from the sweeping of the store | work behind him besides.

 

persisted |

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engaged in the mercantile business here

| thirty-two years. died one day last week,

Ishpeming—D. C. Fox has removed his | #¢ the age of 68 years.

drug stock to Trout Creek.
Cadillace—Kieldsen & Rasmussen
retired from the meat business.
Oxford—H. Findon has sold his hard-
ware stock to Phelps & Lincoln.
Marlette—J. Warner & Co,
W. A. White & Co. in general trade.
Detroit—Andrew Klersey has sold his
grocery stock to Wm. C. Lindemann.

suce

Portland—S. F. Deatsman has sold his |

general stock to John A. McClelland.
Stark—Peter Mastagle has
general stock to Millard & Hutchinson.
Marquette—Thomas Ryan
Ryan & Taylor inthe grocery business.
Ann Arbor—J. W. Hayley succeeds
Hayley & Davis in the grocery business.
Ithaca—Everett & Nangle have
their grocery stock to Lucius B. Sweet.

sold his

succeeds

 

sold

Portland—Dorrance & Garrison have
removed their drug stock to Wyandotte.

Hillsdale—David Beckhardt, of the
grocery firm of L. Beckhardt & Co., is
dead.

Durand—Lorenzo Chambers succeeds
ness.

Kalamazoo—H. Wilcox is succeeded by
W. P. Darling in the lime and coal busi-
ness.

Wheeler—H. C. Breckenridge has sold
his hardware stock to J. A. Brecken-
ridge.

Manchester—J. Roller & Co. are the
suecessors of Roller & Blum in general
trade.

Negaunee—A.
boot and shoe stock to Henry H. Berg-
stone.

Homer—E. W.

Senecal has sold his

Blair has sold his res-

taurant and notion business to G. S.
Murray.
Ovid—Cowan & Pearl are succeeded

by Hoyt & Cavender in the clothing
business.

Battle Halladay & Co.
have sold their grocery stock to Geo. &
Fred Zang.

Jackson—W. S. Adams

Creek—J. C.

succeeds An-

have |

Marquette—M. R. Manhard, manufac-
iturer of steam and hot water heating
| apparatus, is succeeded by the M. R.
| Manhard Heating Co.

|

| Otsego—Barnes & Williams have sold |
eed | their grocery stock to Rose & Barton,

| who will continue the business. Mr.
| Barnes will continue the drug busines,
the same as before.

Belding—J. Cornell has sold his stock
of groceries to A. W. Demorest, who has
moved the same to the commission house

| of Demorest & Bigley, where he will

| stock up and retail them.

Belding—Owing to their inability to
secure a vacant store for their grocery
stock, Wagner & Son have sold all but
their fixtures to Spencer Bros. As soon
as one of the new stores is built, they
will go into business again.

Belding—W. F. Bricker’s losses have
been adjusted at the full amount carried
on his buildings, $5,500 on the block and
$900 on dwelling house. He wasinsured
for $2,000 on his stocks of dry goods and

 

| clothing and was awarded $1,500.
Chambers & Bernerd in the drug busi-|

Tustin—Lovene & Stevenson, whose
frame store building was recently de-
stroyed by fire, have decided to rebuild
with brick. The building will be 46x60

| feet in dimensions, and two stories high.
| The firm hopes to be able to get into

 

| Co., here last fall, will doa

derson & Adams in the carriage and road |
| ated for by outside parties, who will put

eart business. ~
Constantine Thomas «&
Thomas

Ruple are

 

suceeeded by
meat business.
Menominee—J. H. Jewett
Mrs. Jane F. Anson in the crockery and
notion business.
Alpena—G. D.

Bradford sueceeds G.

& Wolf in the)

succeeds |

D. Bradford & Co. in the wholesale and}
|ing two dams on the Molasses, which

retail cigar business.

Battle Creek—Robert Payne is suc-

ceeded by D. L. Smith in the book and |

stationery business.

Merrill—Murray & Kenney are
ceeded by Jno. A. Murray in
and grocery business.

the drug}

suc- |

j

Flint—F. B. Larabee bas sold his gro-|

will |

their new building by Sept 1.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.
Saginaw—G. W. Bowman has finished
a job of banking 1,000,000 feet on the
Tittabawassee, for W. W. Steele, of this
place.
Alpena—Chas. H. Reynolds has dis-
posed of his interest in the shingle mill

firm of Davidson & Reynolds to his part-
| ner, S. A. Davidson.

The consideration
was $3,500.

Bay City—C. C. Barker, who purchased
the mill of the Robinson Salt & Lumber
‘land office
business’? in the manufacture of lumber
this season.

West Bay City—The mill site of the
old Bradley shingle mill is being negoti-

in the machinery to cut from 80,000 to
100,000 shingles daily.

Tawas—The mill of the Winona Salt
& Lumber Co. has been thoroughly over-
hauled and begun sawing last week. A
full stock has been secured, a portion of
which comes from Georgian bay.

Saginaw—C. Merrill & Co. are rebuild-

were carried away a few days ago, hang-
ing up 7,000,000 of logs. They will lose
$2,500 in any event, and possibly $10,000.

Oscoda—The H. M. Loud & Sons Lum-
ber Co. has organized and incorporated

{the Huron Transportation Co., with a

a capital of $25,000, with headquarters at
Buffalo. The object is to handle their

| own lumber on their own boats.

cery stock to Chas. Worden, who
continue the business.
North Adams—John Hunter has sold!

his hardware and agricultural implement |

stock to J. M. Williams.
3enton Harbor—Seel & Hopkins are

succeeded by Winslow & Brown in the}
| owned by the company.

grocery and crockery business.
Athens—R. H. Lewis has sold his
hardware stock to George Van Middle-
worth, who will continue the business.
Iron Mountain — Richard King, meat
dealer, has removed to Calumet and en-

Saginaw—The A. W. Wright Lumber
Co. will build a branch of its logging
railroad this summer to connect with the
Hauptman branch of the Michigan Cen-
tral, in order to reach a tract of pine

Bay City—The new sawmill of Smalley

| & Woodworth steamed up April 11, and
| the E. Y. Williams mill near the mouth

of the river, now owned by Jonathan
Boyce, began operations last week. Mr.

gaged inthe same business at that place.| Boyce will adda planing mill and box
Casnovia—R. H. Topping. who was factory to the plant, and the sawmill has

 

1a £.

;so been turning their boats into this
trade, and the Wente, the Ida E.,the Mar-
shall, the Markham and others owned at

 

received extensive alterations and im-
provements.

Manistee—lIt is reported that the Chas.
Rietz & Bros. Salt & Lumber Co. plant
has been sold either to T. R. Lyon, of
Ludington, or Henry Ward.

purchaser.
salt business, and has a fine block at-
tached to the mill, with dairy salt works
in connection. The company’s interests
since the death of the senior partner are
all located at Chicago, so that the part-
ners do not care to bother with a manu-
facturing plant here.

McKinley—The work of grading the

Au Sable & Northwestern Railroad, bet- |

ter known as the Potts logging railroad, |
from McKinley to Twin Lakes, is in pro- |
gress. There remains about 30,000,000 |
feet of pine on the south side of the|
river near this place, cut and on skids, |
when it is gotten out about July 1, the |
south side of the river’ in that |
will be stripped. By that time the |
extension of the line in the direc-|
tion of Twin Lakes will have reached |
new sections of pine, which will |
then be cut and railed to Oscoda. )
Manistee—It seems as though all the |
snaps along this river had not been |
picked up as yet, as a Lansing man has |
just pulled a plum out of the State land
office, and will log itthis summer. This
was a quarter section lying right on the
river, and which was claimed by the
State, by the United States and by a rail-
road company, so that it has been held
out of the market for the past eight or
ten years, and every mill man on the riv-
er was on the watch forit. It has just
been settled as to the title, and the first
man, of course, who had the chance, en-
tered it for the State, paying therefor
$300 or so, and getting a piece of pine
worth $50,000 of any man’s money.
Manistique—Plans are being matured
for the construction of the Manistique &
Northwestern Railway. A terminus has
been secured here and the road is to be
completed by the close of navigation the
coming fall. It is the intention to have
the line opened to the heaviest belts of
timber northward, so that shipments can
be made this year. It is stated that the
road will make traffic connections with
the railway systems of the Lower Penin-
sula, and eventually with the Detroit,
Bay City & Alpena. The road, begin- |
ning at Manistique, will pass along the
shore of Lake Michigan, through Nau-;
binway to La Barbe Point, where there |
will be a ferry to MeGulpin’s Point, at
the upperend of the Straits of Mack-
Inac. |
Manistee—The steam barge Concord
and consort Dumford, both of Buffalo,
which have been engaged in the salt
trade on the other lakes, have been char-
tered by the Michigan Salt Co. to carry
salt from Manistee to Chicago at 10 cents
a barrel. This was the rate paid the F.
M. boats last season, but it was
thought by their owners that no other
boats could be got to handle that traffic,
and they therefore refused to carry salt
this season unless they were paid 12 cents
a barrel. They will have the pleasure of
running their boats back light this sea-
son, and as this back freight was money
almost found, it looks as though they had
not figured well. The mill men have al-

 

 

this point have already made two or

It would be |
;a good thing if this plant could find a}
It was the pioneer in the!

three trips with salt. This will come in
handily on oceasion during the summer
season, when they have no lumber that
|they want to ship, and ean turn their

| boats on to salt instead.
| >

Death of All Three Partners.

A former Paw Paw drug firm was
; composed of Dr. E. W. Bartram, ©. Fred
'Covert and Frank S. Millington; all
young business men. Covert died about
| three months ago at Ovid, Dr. Bartram
'at Ann Arbor several weeks ago, and a
telegram last week announced the death
of the other partner at San
Texas.

Antonio,

 

(lover and
Timothy Seed,

Now is the time to buy CLOVER AND
TIMOTHY SEED for your spring trade.
We have a good stock and for THIS
WEEK will sell you

FOR CASH

In five bag lots or over as follows:
Prime Clover, - - - $7 00
No. 2 si - ~ - - 6 00
Timothy, - - - 1 50

3ags extra at market price.

W. T. CAMOREAUX & OO,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Schilling Corset C0.s

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GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.

J. D. Pickett has a grocery }
store at Nunica. The Olney & Judson |
xrocer Co. furnished the stock.

opened

Lewis Bliss, formerly engaged in the
meat business at Mason, has opened a
meat market at 361 South East street.

R. Van Her Wynen has opened a gro-
cery store at 210 North Sinclair Street.
The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished
the stock.

Vickers & Tratt, agricultural imple-
ment dealers at Glendale, have added a
line of hardware. Foster, Stevens & Co.
furnished the stock.

 

Foster, Stevens & Co. have shipped a
line of hardware to Lovene & Stevenson,
of Tustin, whose general stock was par-
tially destroyed by fire about a month
ago.

Port Sanilace—T. & J. S. Thomson,
dealers in general merchandise, have
merged their business into a stock com-
pany under the style of Thomson Bros.,
Incorporated.

The Colby Hardware Co., at Muskegon
Heights, has added a line of groceries
and changed its style to the Colby Hard-
ware Grocery Co. The I. M. Clark
Grocery Co. furnished the stock.

J. V. Moran, the Lake City grocer, has
formed a copartnership with Wm. Doyle
under the style of J. V. Moran & Co.
and arranged toincrease the stock and
enlarge the business. The Oiney & Jud-
son Grocer Co. has the order for the new
stock.

I. L. Gardner, whose grocery, crock-
ery and boot and shoe stock at Water-
vliet were recently destroyed by fire, has
purchased a store building and arranged
to resume business. The Olney & Jud-
son Grocer Co. has the order for the
grocery stock.

a
Purely Personal.

Chas. B. Lovejoy, the Big Rapids gro-
cer, was in town one day last week,

P. Bresnahan, general dealer at Par-
nell, was in town a couple of days last
week.

H. F. Hastings has returned from Col-
orado and California, where he spent the
winter, looking much improved in
health and strength.

Charles E. Olney writes his associates
in the Olney & Judson Grocer Co. that
he and his family will leave Santa Bar-
bra April 30, spending May 1, 2 and 3 at
San Franciseo, May 5 at Salt Lake City,
reaching home about the 10th.

David Vinton, senior member of the
firm of D. Vinton & Son, general dealers

at Williamsburg, was in town two or
three days last week. He says that

Williamsburg is having a marked growth
sinee the advent of the steam horse and
that further betterments are in prospect.

The old firm of DeJager & Klap, who
conducted the business on
Ellsworth ayenue for several years, is
again in the field, Martin C. DeJager
and Homer Klap having joined forces
and opened a real estate and insurance
office. The boys are young and energetic
and both have hosts of friends who wish
them well.

Martin Johnson, who has stood behind
the counter for P. Steketee & Sons for
five years, succeeds Wm. Moerdyk as
floor walker for that house. Mr.

grocery

 

 

 

Moerdyk severed his connection with

i

Steketee & Sons last Saturday evening,

| to take the position of Director of the

Poor, and the occasion was improved by

| the firm to present the retiring employe

with a handsome gold watch.
ei aoe

Gripsack Brigade.
Windy Hawkins, who has been severe-

ly ill for several weeks, is recovering.

Bert Kuyers, traveling representative

for P. Steketee & Sons, pulled off the)

road last week by reason of an attack of
the tonsilitis. He is out on the warpath
again this week.

M. R. Redmond, of Hancock, has en-
gaged to represent the cigar department
of the I. M. Clark Grocery Co. in the cop-
per country. He was in the city acouple

of days last week, posting up and ar-|

ranging his samples.

Ed Pike has been confined to his house
for the past three weeks by reason of a
recurrence of his old trouble, but is

recovering so rapidly that his friends |

confidently expect he will be able to re-
sume his road duties in the course of a
couple of weeks.

Cheboygan Tribune: Monday a com-
mercial traveler from Grand Rapids was
in the city and manifested considerable
conceit asa billiard player. ‘‘Ike” Cooper
introduced him to Dr. Berdan that even-
ing and, as the doctor is an enthusiast
in regard to the ‘‘gentleman’s game,”’ it
did not take long to get them contesting.
The Grand Rapids gentleman was ‘‘not
in it,” Dr. Berdan beating him three
games in succession.

—_—_—-~ 4 <

New Route of the ‘‘Grand Rapids.’’

Geo. Gane, who has_ represented
Hannah, Lay & Co. in several capacities
during the past eight years, has been in
town several days in the interest of the
new boat line which H., L. & Co. pro-
pose to establish this season between
Traverse City and Manistique. The
City of Grand Rapids has been over-
hauled at Grand Haven during the past
winter and will leave Traverse City
Monday, Wednesday and Friday even-
ings for Manistique, reaching its destin-
ation at 6 o’clock the following morn-
ings and returning the following even-
ings. The distance is about ninety
miles and the fare, including berth, will
be $3.50 or $6 for the round trip. The
boat will go on the new route May 2.
She will be ably officered, the master
being Wm. Franklin, who was captain
of the Gazelle last season. Desirable
traffic arrangements have been effected
with theG. R. &I.,C. & W. M. and M.
& N. E. roads at this end of the route
and with the ‘‘Soo’”’ line at the other end.

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Richar & Co., grocers, Muskegon: “Don’t stop
THe TRADESMAN On account of the change in
our firm. We cannot do business without it.”’

W. O. Smith & Co., general dealers, Kentville:
“Herewith we hand you $1 for subscription to
THe TRADESMAN, which we consider the key to
our business.”

F. M. Witbeck, hardware and agricultural
implements, Millburg: ‘Enclosed please find
$1 to renew my subseription for ’92. I could not
do without it. I have been taking several lead-
ing trade journals for several years, and while
yours is not fully in my line, I have learned to
appreciate it for the many plain every day facts
which it contains, and I predict that it is the
means of placing many a dollar into merchants’
pockets who take it, read it, and put into prac-
tice many of its wise teachings. Success to you
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Boyd Redner, groceries and boots and shoes,
Hubbardston: ‘‘As long as you keep improving
THE TRADESMAN as you have since its inception,
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BALL-BARNHART-PUTMAN CO.
THE NEW YORK BISCUIT GU,

S. A. SEARS, Manager.
Cracker Manufacturers,
837, 39 and 41 Kent St., -

 

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Grand Rapids.

 

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

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The Man at the Other End of the Bar- |

gain.
When the great retail store of Paris,

the Bon Marche, began its existence, it |

was customary in Paris, as well as else-
where, to hold the purchaser to his bar-
gain.
open, it was expected that he would take
the consequences of his own judgment or
the lack of it. If the goods did not suit,

it was his own fault, and so the mer-
chant told him. If he came back dis-|

satisfied with his purchase, he was prob-
ably permitted to make an exchange for
other goods, in case it could be done to
the safety and advantage of the merchant;
but under no circumstances was his money
returned, and under nearly all cireum-
stances the goods he brought back were
received at a reduced price, from the
fact that they would be unsalable. The
proprietors of the Bon Marche acted up-

on an entirely different principle. They
desired to retain their customers, and in

to make them feel that
they would always be fairly dealt with;
so they adopted the principle of taking
back any goods they had sold and return-
ing the money without a question. At
first it might seem that they had put
themselves in a position where their cus-
tomers could take advantage of them to
their great loss, but human nature i
alike all over the world, and what was
true in this ease will be true every time.
When the customer discovered that he
was free to purchase and sure to be fairly
dealt with, he bought freely, and out of
a sense of mere gratitude would hesitate
a long time before submitting the mer-
chant who was fair to him to any
inconvenience. Instead of increasing the
trouble and annoyance of the house, the
true, and the house
established for itself such a reputation
for fair dealing that it needed no other
advertising, and became at once, what it
has been through all its career, the best
known and most reputable of all retail
establishments of the world.

Almost the same story may be told of
the phenomenal success of the greatest
merchant this country has known—A. T.
Stewart. He made a number of dis-
coveries which have been of infinite value
In the first place,
he discovered that if people could feel
free into his store without the
implied obligation to they would
come in freely and be more likely to buy
than if under compulsion. So he in-
structed his clerks to be polite to every-
body, but to solicit nobody.

He discovered that if people who come
in to look around could find convenient
seats upon which to rest, it would bea
great comfort to them, and put them in
the right condition of mind to purchase
what they might want. So he had com-
fortable stools placed along the counter,
that while they were resting they could
look unmolestedly at the goods.

order to do so,

nn

so

exact reverse was

to the business world.

to come
buy,

He discovered that the patronage of
poor people, and those in moderate cir-
cumstances quite as profitable to
him as that of rich people, because there
were more of them, and they bought only
what they could pay for at the time. So
he instructed his clerks to be as polite to
a poorly-clad child as to alady who came
in her carriage and dressed in silk and
satin.

He discovered thatif a person were
deceived in the quality of the goods pur-
chased at his store, he would rarely come
back again. So he had a standing rule

was

As he bought things with his eyes |

| that any clerk who misrepresented goods
| for the sake of selling them should be
| peremptorily discharged.

_ He discovered that if he had different
| prices for the same goods, or asked one
price and took another, his customers
would never know when they were being
fairly dealt with, and so would buy with
caution or not at all; so he was the first
| merchant in America who adopted the
}one price system, and adhered to it
strictly, and thus made it necessary for
every respectable house to follow his
lead; and he became the best known
merchant in the world, and left behind
him a legacy which his seventy millions
of dollars could not measure.

S. S. PACKARD.
—_—_—< -@ <=>
The attention of merchants desiring to
move to Grand Rapids is called to the

store advertised by Mrs. J. Patterson on
another page.

Do You Desire to Sell

Capel au
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By Sample?
Send for ovr Spring catalogue
SMITH & SANFORD,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

Best Six Gord

Machine or Hand Use,

FOR SALE BY ALL

Dealers in Dry Goods & Notions.

 

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

D. A. BLopeett, President.
8. F. AsPrinwa.u, Vice-President.
Wm. H. ANDERSON, Cashier.

CAPITAL, - - $300,000.

 

 

Transacts a general banking business.

 

 

Makea . . of Collections. Accounts
untry Merchants Solicited.

 

Dry Goods Price Current.

 

UNBLEACHED COTTONS.
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MOIEOe ..... «..,..-. 7 Arrow Brand 54
DO 6 “ World Wide.. 6%
Atlanta AA 6 Oa 4%
Atlantic Bees 6%|Full Yard Wide..... 6%
ee 6%
. Honest Width....... 6%
. HartfordA .. <.
" Indian Head. i.
Amory Sekine A A........... 6%
Archery Bunting... 4 |KingEC............ 5
Beaver Dam AA.. 5%/Lawrence LL...... 5%
Blackstone O, 32.... 5 |Madras cheese cloth 6X
Bisce Crow......... 6 |Newmarket G...... 5%
Eeece ock ........ 6 . oe 5
Bom, Ai... 7 0 a... .. 64
oes A. 5M ' DD... 64
Caverns V.........-. ies - -. 6%
Chapman cheese cl. 32 a 5
Citttee CR......... 544/Our Level Best..... 6%
eee ce ee 6% casera &........... 6
Dees Seer......... eeroaues............. 7
Ciitton CCC........ 6%) Solar ee ete wee 6%

Top of the Heap.... 7

BLEACHED COTTONS.

 

 

 

 

ee -- 8%4|Geo. Washington... 8
ee EE S ten weee.......... .
ee 7. “eee ee......... ™%*
Axvt Commeic........ 10 iGreen Ticket....... 84
Blackstone AA..... & Greet Fais.......... 6%
oats an............ RO oe nk ee 7%
Boao .......... oosske james Ont.,... 4%@ 5
ee 7 |King Phillip........ 1%
Ce 6% oo... 7%
Charter Oak........ 5%/|Lonsdale —. -10
Conway 744|Lonsdale. @ 8%
Cleveland . ae |Middiesex.... @ 5
Dwight Anchor ee ies eee... .......+ T%
cxnunan S ek View...........
Edwards. . ss oe Ovn............ 5%
eee... 7 |Pride of the West...12
NE ek ect c en se WU CONU, oo ss on cou os T%
Fruit of the Loom. 84/|Sunlight............. 4%
Peeve ...... .... 1 (Gee Biw......... 3
Poet Pree.......... 7 “ Nonpareil ..
Fruit of the Loom %. Veer... 2.2... 1
Pairmount.......... 414) White ae os 6
Pall Voius.......1.. —  @oe.. . 8%
HALF BLEACHED COTTONS.
eS es Dwight Anchor..... 8%
| 8
UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL.
ee ©. .....-... 5% Middlesex No. 1. ae
Hamilten N eeeee ees 6% ie
L. nn 2 vi C 3. -12
Middlesex AT... — 8 o - we
' as 9 ’ r 2.
' Ro. %.... 9
BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL,
Bamiiten T......... se Loe on li
Middiesex PT...... ft = ho 12
- ae ' A 6 eeeace 13%
' ' a 17%
- ‘ _ b... 16
‘CARPET WARP.
Peerless, white...... 1744|Integrity colored...20
. colored ....19%|White Star. 0
Integrity . — “ colored. .20
‘DRESS oops.
ae. Ce eeeee. ; Premeeeeee...... .2..; 20
ok hoenee e bei noe
“ el “10% eee 27%
GG Cashmere...... 21 -
Hemseless ... ....... o i ees
CG 18 ee 35
CORSE
Coraline............89 50 Wonderful . -»-84 50
Seen s...-...... © Geen... . sos 47
Davis Walets..... 9 GRotrers .......... 9 00
Grand Rapids..... 4 50;Abdominal........ 15 00
CORSET JEANS.
ee ae en 6% Naumkeagsatteen.. 7
a: so [a ocene.--... . .... 6
Biddeford... ves OTe ys one 6%
Brunswick. Car welworen ...... .... 6%

PRINTS.

Allen —— reds.. 5%
5

C shirtings... 4
American fancy.... 5%
American indigo.... 5%
American shirtings. 4
Argentine Grays... : |
Anchor _—
Arnold ' os ont
Arnold Merino..... 6

: long cloth = 10%

“ 8

 

6 century cloth 7 7

* poli omi..... 10%

‘« green seal TR10%

“yellow seal. Pi.

° oe.....-...

“ ~=Turkey red. 104
Ballou solid lack..

 

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Charter Oak fancies :

Berwick fancies....
Clyde Robes........

5%

DelMarine cashm’s.

mourn’g 6
Eddystone fancy... 5%
chocolat 5
e rober.... 534
seg sateens.. 5%
| Hamilton =<. —.
sta .. 5%
Manchester cna. - 5%
new era, 5%
Merrimack D fancy. 5%
Merrim’ cKshirtings. 444
a . 8%
Pacific fancy .. -. 5%
ee 6%
Portsmouth robes... 5%

Simpson mourning.. 54
eee... -.:. 5
. solid black.
Washington indigo. 5

 

 

 

colors. oy “Turkey robes.. 1%
wnat blue, ‘on, ‘* India robes.... 7%
and orange... 5%) ‘ plain Tky x x Bs
Berlin peeees... 5%
oil blue...... 6%; “ Ottoman ag
= | oe... ee eee. ..... +...»
“ Foulards.... 5% Martha Washington
~ ee .... 2. 7 Turkey red &..... 7
ss Oe ee es 9%/|Martha Washington
- ~ 24... 0 Fabre | nS 9%
" “ 3-4XXXX 12 |Riverpoint robes....
Cocheco — ceekes 6 Windsor a ood 6
_ madders... 6 old ticket
” XX twills.. 6%! indigo blue....... 10%
. solids...... vA! a 4%
ene
Amoskeag AC A.. ai A oe... 12%
Hamilton a 7%|Pemberton AAA....16
Wises ee a Y%
. SAwaing..ti Swift River......... 7%
ees 6 ireer Biver......... 12
Pos Fieee.......... 11%|Warren........ eee 13
Lemon Wine ......-. 18
COTTON DRILL.
po ee ee Cero Ck. g.es 8
i 6%|No Name........ - 7%
CR Bi ces su 6 fZopor Heap........ 10
SATINES,
eee... se,  teeerias. ....... 3... 10%
ee eee ka wees Oe Rs nec onc ns 9@ 9%
ee civagee weed 16 Se. @10
OD oon oe ccnk an 10%

 

 

 
   
 

 

     

 

DEMINB.
Amoskeag ee 124%/Columbian brown. .12
On. .... 13% Everett, =e... 12
na brown .13 brown. ....12
Bueover............. 11% Haymaker ‘on Wee 7%
Beaver Creek AA...10 brown... 1
Zs i ~@ ween... cs. 8...
™ Lencester........... ue
Boston. Mfg ce — 7 Lawrence, 9 oz bs ees 13%
blue 8% 0, W20....18
« d & twist 10% _ No. 250... --11%
Columbian XXX br.10 mg No. 280....10%
XXX b1.19
GINGHAMS.
Amoskeae .......-.. 7 Lancaster, staple... 7
* Persian dress 8% fancies . 7
. Canton .. 8% _ Normandie 8
a fe... 10%/Lancashire.......... 6%
ie Teazle...1044;Manchester. . — on
rr Angola. .10% Monogram... - 6%
' Persian.. 8%|Normandie .
Arlington staple... 6%4|Persian........ - 8%
Arasapha fancy.... 4%)/Renfrew Dress...... 7
Bates Warwick dres 844/Rosemont........... 6%
_ staples. 64%%|Slatersville ......... 6
Centennial,........ 10% ee esis ne .
Cree... a. oe eer ees... .... ... T%,
Cumberland staple. Ht Toll. = Boe... ...: 10%
Cuomperiand.... .... S eee... %%;
Ms eto s oe 4% - ene. - 7%
oa ons ae eee 7%| Warwick.. io oo
Everett classics..... 8% Whittenden......... 6%
Exposition.......... 7% " heather dr. 8
I occ euice 64 ' indigo blue 9
Greparven.......... 6% Wamsutta staples... -
MARCO. . 0 se neve 2O Westbrook acon
OE _— 19
Johnson JVhalonel % Windermeer oe ace 5
_ indigo blue 94%4/York..... ae eee 6%
” zephyrs....16
GRAIN BAGS.
Amoskeag......... -1644| Valley City.......... 15%
Stark.. .-- 194 /Georgia .... ...... ..1iky
Ameriean. 2.0.0)... s Poe ...... ........39
THREADS.
Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's........... 88
i > TORO E...05 coer ne 88
RO os epee nae 22%
KNITTING COTTON.
White. Colored. White. Colored.
a 6 68 SS me 1... ee 42
' Bs cons ae me Me 38 43
* 2. i) | 6... 44
esas 36 41 =. 49 45
CAMBRICS,
ee . eeeeeds........... «
Wie Oier.......-+ 4 Woekwood.... ..-... 4
ie Giove........... 4 |Wood’s. 8
Newmarket......... 4 |Brunswick........ 4
RED FLANNEL.
Peon ..... 44... ee 22%
Croetmaore.......... OO eo eee 32%
Talbot ae eee 30 i ew, Be oss... 35
Nameless. . S74 ibuckeye............ BR2%
MIXED FLANNEL.
Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW....... ——
Dee ©...... ..- 224%| Western W ......... 18%
Wee... .. eae OPO ois acs. 18%
60s Western........ Flushing se ae
Unies &............ 2 Maer... .....,-
— FLANNEL.
Nameless ee @ 9% aoe 9 a
oy soto . ae
CANVASS AND PADDING.
Slate. Brown. Black./Slate. Brown. Black.
9% 9% 914/13 13 13
10% 10% 1044)15 15 15
11% 11% 114%}17 ie 17
12% 12% 12%}20 20 2
DUCKS.
Severen, 8 0 --+-- 9%|West Point, 8 0z....10%
Mayland, Bc - bisiees 10% - oz

Greenwood, 7% 0z.. 9% sane, 100z..

 

Greenwood, 8 oz. ..11%|Stark | “ : %
Boston, § os......... 10% Boston, oe 2. 12%
WADDINGS.

Were, Ge........., 25 - bale, 40 doz... .87 50

Oolored, Gos........ 20
SILESIAS.
Slater, Iron Cross... 8 ;Pawtucket.......... 10%
— Cross.. “ane aa. eae een 9
- ee ca. ee ko 10%
. Best Mewes 3 Valley “Gity aes oes 10%
Be coc ces URE eee cette 10%
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SEWING SILE,

 

 

 

Corticelli, doz....... % {Corticelli knitting,
twist, doz..3744| per %oz ball......30
50 yd, doz. .37%
HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROS'
No 1 Bl’k & White..10 No 4 Blk & “White. 15
- = . ae 8 -20
_ . - — - _ » 25
No 2—20, M C....... 0 es 4—15 F 3%...... 40
- 2-36, 8 C......-;
No 2 White & Brk.12 “No 3 White & BI’k..20
ct 4 “ oy “ 10 oo 23
“ 6 “ ele “ 12 “ a
SAFETY PINS.
En Ee: Re Pe i, tela 36
NEEDLES—PER M
A. Sees... ........ 1 40/Steamboat.... ...... 40
Crowe s....-.. .-.- 7 meGore Byed.......... 150
Marehairs........ oo OO
TABLE OIL CLOTH.
22% 6—4...3 26)5—4....195 6—4...2 9

5—-4..
a we 3 10

OTTON sae.

Cotton Sail Twine. -28 |Nashu 8

Rising * Star 4-ply....17

ec 12

Domestic . os ss opy....
ese esd Ooo ee nay 16 tSoerth Miar..:....... 20
es 13 | Wool Standard 4 ply17%
Cherry Valley...... 1D Oren ......;..
2k. ce... 18%

PLAID OSNABURGS
Aiepeee............ 6%|Mount Pleasant.... 6%
Araeeeee.........-.. oo 5
ND oo oe cen ou cs Terry mons ........+.. 5%
Ar sa ag Pe cae 6 j|Randelman.........
te 6% en Peace aes Sx
Gran te Li ecakees = —* aed eae peas --

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

Crisp Critiques for Business Men.

The more religion a man has the less
he has to say about it.

Better to be ‘‘behind orders” than too
far ahead of demand.

Good book-keeping is as necessary to
success as salt to a full
meal.

in business

Treat your competitor’s customer cor-
dially. He may come your way later
on.

If your goods and prices are right, you
need not worry about your competitor’s
talk.

Modesty is a good thing in everything
but advertising. There it is a blank
failure.

After some other fellow has captured
he order is a poor time to do the figur-
ing.

The pleasant request often gets more
good work out of a clerk than the surly
order.

Try to look happy when trade is dull.
Your competitor will think he’s getting
the worst of it.

Men who think there is no such thing
as strict honesty in judge
others by themselves.

A glossy silk hat and an old-gold neck-
tie won’t sell goods unless there are
brains between them.

Profits in business depend as much on
the small, needless expenses saved as on
the size of the margins.

The business iuan who opens all dis-
courses with abuse of his competitors is
a good one to let alone.

A good personal appearance in a sales-
man is desirable. But personal appear-
ance alone will not sell goods.

A large stock of goods is desirable, but
a full supply of push and perseverance
is even more fruitful of success.

The salesman who has the knack of
winning his customer’s confidence has
no trouble in capturing the orders.

A successful man is not backward
about urging the merits of his own, but
it is genius to know just when to do the
blowing.

Some salesmen seem to think that
their customer wants to know all about
them and little about their goods. This
is a mistake.

‘Keep a stiff upper lip’ is a good
maxim in business. If you don’t tell it,
no one will know that it’s such hard
pulling, and yow’ll soon strike smooth
water again.

The man who belongs to himself, who
has not given a mortgage on his charac-
ter, is rich, however poor he may be in
purse. Character unencumbered is in-
exhaustless capital. CHas. S. BRown.

business

—_——————_—_ i - <>
Where the Law Works a Hardship.

GRAND Rapips, April 20—Of course,
it is the duty of the government, both
State and National, to protect its people
from the rapacity of robbers and show
them the difference between good and
worthless products, but lam constrained
to believe that this right is sometimes
earried so far as to become inksome.
For instance, manufacturers of fertiliz-
ers are compelled to pay an annual
license of $20, which includes the fee for
analyzing the product and passing upon
its merits. The glue factory here makes
an excellent fertilizer, but the manufac-
turers have no business to put it on the
market without first running the gaunt-
let of official criticism. The law works
a hardship in this case, as the men who
produce the article do not manufacture
enough to warrant their going to the ex-
pense of a public analysis—and cannot
go on the market without doing so.

Wn. T. Hgss.

 

Hardware Price Current.

 

These prices are for cash buyers, who
pay promptiy and buy in full packages.

 

AUGURS AND BITS. dis.
. 60
WO a S
pooureee .conwiee ._................-....
Jennings’, ees ee s0&10
AXES.
First ena So © Oto... $750
ee 12 00
mo eee 8 50
' b. De 13 50
BARROWS. dis.
Ce ee
es net 30 00
BOLTS. dis.
ee sd 50&10
oe oer oe... se 70&10
Cee 40&10
Sleigh CT 70
BUCKETS.
wen os $3 50
OE EE se 4 00
BUTTS, CAST, dis,
Cust Looes Pin, G7ared...................... 70&
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 66&10
bee ee 60&10
oes See 60&10
ET 60&10
Wretiees oeeee................ se 5
meee foeee.............................., 70&10
Blind, er ee bee
Blind, OO eee
BLOCKS,
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °G5........... 60
CRADLES, _
EE dis. 50&02
CROW BARS.
OE Eee perb 5
CAPS,
E! ty mews. ee —_ mum «6G
a 35
ee TAN . 60
CARTRIDGES,
EE 50
Corel Pee... dis. 25
CHISELS.

  
 
  
 

PCG ee ce.
Socket Framing........ ne
SeeketCorner.......... ie kdeuess Kees
CE
Bucheres Tanged Pirmer....-........ -.....
COMBS. dis.
Comes, Pormrenees.......................... 40
Fioeenktee ........... Oe oe ee cere cee c ee B
CHALK.
White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10
COPPER, .
Planished, 14 nay cut to =. ee per pound 2
idx Peres, Pewee... 8...
Cold Rolled, a6 and 1an00 Be eceeg ec esa 23
Cold Rolled, ae... 23
ee 25
DRILLS, dis,
eorecrs Tt Gecees......................... 50
Taper and straight Shank.............. teas 50
Moarse’s Taper Guane.................-....- : 50
DRIPPING PANS.

Sal! sien, mer PONG .................. 0. 0o7
Lieree eiaes, per pound...... ............... K%
ELBOWS,

Com 4 wees Gm... doz. net 75
Cc Corrugated 2 Se dis 40
See... dig. 40&10

EXPANSIVE BITS. dis.
Clark’s, small, MiG: larae, OS... ..........-. 30
Har, € 618: 2, a Se 25

Fitzs—New List. dis.
Disston’s . ET
New American. Be eee ste ce peaae se caa 60610
Nicholson’s . Lees ca eet es ceueuees cs or
i 50
Sevier eoree Meee... 5... a

GALVANIZED IRON.
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 2% and 2%; 27 28
List ® 13 14 15 16 17
Discount,
GAUGES, dis.

Stanley Hule and Level Co.’s............... 50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

   

HAMMERS. ROPES.

Maydole Se dis. 25 | Sisal, i inch and larger .................... 9%
ae dis. 25 | Manilia.......... . setetreeeeeees ME
Warkes &Plamiy'g...................... dis. 40610 | 5 oo) and Ir SQUARES. ~~
Mason's Solid Cast Steel.......-......... Be list ep | Steel and Trom..... .....---- 2+ +--+ .++. -
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand....30¢ 40&10 a Bevels.......--.-..+-.0-. a
HINGES. | 5 a
Gate, Clark's, 1, 2,3 .---.. 0-0-0 a dis. 60610 | BEET ae Mesa Ce
Pee seer e ede se eceu ae. per doz. net, 2 50 | nos, 10 to 14....... LL ae Se
ee eee 4% 14 and ms mie Te es 3 05

Come creer er eeeseseeesersessereesees vo N 3. ‘ 0 2 fl { 5 S ( 5
Screw Hook and Eye, 4................ net 10 — aan em : os : 15
eee cece .. net 8% Nos. 25 to 26 4 25 3 25
cc ta Betttteecetees cree: eee (445 335
i i Hh nai aRaeie ---net 7%) All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches
Strap and T.. ve tapas . dig. die 50 | wide not jess than 2-10 extra
ey | SA} APER,
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. ~ ‘Wood om 50&10 | List acct. 19, 86... ante vie ia dis 5p
Champion, anti-friction.. 60&10 | : An m pa ORD. aaa iy
Kidder, wood track .................... : | Silver Lake, White A.. Cee ae
HOLLOW WARE. al Drab A. 0. O 55
Ee ee 60410 | “ wee ee 50)
eee 60410 “ “as ll ol 55
eee 60&10 ss ec c..hl.lhLUdUmUrULLC CCU 35
| ee oe 40&10 | Discount, 10. '
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. SASH WEIGHTS.
eee Tee Ware.................. “new list 70 | | golta Eyes.. oo . .. per ton 825
oeoemuce tra Were. -..... ................ 25 | SAWS dis.
Granite Irou Ware ............... new list a ' ee. 20
WIRE GOODS. Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70
ee. 5 70810810 | : Spectal Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot. 50
OE EE 70&10&10| ‘ ecial Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30
OS 70&10&10 | | ' © hampion and Electric Tooth x
Gate Hooks and Bycs............... 70&10&10 | Cuts, per foot.. : be ewe ety eee 30
LEVELS. dis. “TRAPS. dis
Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s . a. 70 | Steel, Game...... -- @&10
KNOBs—New List. dis, | Oneida C ommunity, ‘Newhouse’s no
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings ........ bales 55 | Oneida Community, Hawley « Norton’ o.. 7
Door, porcelain, Jap. trimamings............ 55 |} Mouse, choker... eheceea 18¢ per doz
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings... aus access 55 | Mouse, delusion .81.50 per doz.
Door, porcelvin, trimmings................. 55) . dis.
Drawer and Shutter, porcelain... oe 70 | Bright Market.... eee ee
LOCKS—DOOR,. dis. | Annealed Market. .. : . 1010
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ......- ee Copperee Maree... 60
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s. Jeena 55 | Tinned Market.. . 4. Gg
eee 55 | Coppered Spring (eee a 50
EE EEE 55 | Barbed Fence, galvanized 3s
MATTOCES. | painted . ice meedancuvacesss & GO
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E. A. STOWE, Editor.

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1892.

 

 

A NAVY FOR THE LAEES.
The passage by the United States Sen-
ate of Senator MeMillan’s resolution call-
the

reports

ing

gate

to investi-
that Great Britain is
the Great Lakes
agreement which has
been in force between that country and
the United States

upon administration
the
in

building a navy on

violation of an
since the war of 1815,
because there can be no doubt-
ing fora moment that in the event that
Great Britain has commenced to make
preparations on the lakes this
country should permit no one-sided agree-

is timely,

naval
ment to cause amoment’s delay in tak-
ing counter precautions.

It is stated that the Dominion of Can-
adais placing smal! but powerfully-armed
the name
of revenue cutters, but that in reality

vessels on ajl the lakes nnder

they are powerful gunboats admirably
the lakes in
Of course it is not the

Dominion of Canada which

adapted for operations on
the event of war.
is to be con-
Britain,
as the Dominion is powerless to take any

in

sidered in the matter, but Great

without
the consent and approval of the home

steps international matters

Government in London.

Under the between the
United States and Great Britain, the two
countries are permitted to maintain but

agreement

le small vessel, armed but with one
the Of

worthless, as a

a sing
18-pounder cannon, on lakes,
course the agreement is
vessel of the character allowed would be

in war or
The United
States has itself practically ignored the
agreement by

of noearthly service. either

peace, at the present time.
for years maintaining a
small steam cruiser of the regular navy
on the lakes. The resolution being prac-
tically worthless and Great Britain hav-
ing evidently no longer respect for it, it
would certainly be better for the United

States to at once rescind it.

With asmall fieet of powerful gun-
boats in active service on the lakes,
Great Britain would possess a great ad-
vantage over us in the event of war. Be-

sides, that power has over a hundred
light-draft gunboats. on the high seas
which could be got into the lakes through
the Welland Canal, should occasion re-
quire it. The Welland Canal being under
British control and in British territory,

the same facility would not be ours in the
| event of hostilities.

| Such being the undoubted facts in the
| casa, it would appear to be a wise plan
| for this country to at once take steps to
build a lake navy capable of defending
| the approaches to our Great Lake cities
and to properly protect our immense
commerce on the vast inland seas. As
things now are, Chicago, Buffalo, Cleve-
land, Detroit and other cities are entire-
ly defenseless, and would be an easy
prey to Great Britain in the event of war
catching us unprepared. Sucha state of
things is a disgrace toa great and power-
ful nation, and should not be permitted
to continue, particularly as matters are
annually shaping themselves so as to
make a quarrel with some foreign power,
and particulariy Great Britain, more
than a possibility at any time.

 

INTEREST IN THE WORLD’S FAIR.

Although a full year must yet elapse
before the date fixed for the opening of
the great world’s fair and Columbian Ex-
position at Chicago, interest in the enter-
prise is already great all over the country
and may be expected to steadily increase.
The celebration, for such it is, has ceased
to be considered as merely a Chicago
enterprise and is now looked upon asa
national matter, in which the people of
the entire country should feel an interest
and to the success of which the national
honor is pledged.

The United States Government has al-
ready invited all the nations of the world
to participate in the fair by sending ex-
hibits, and nearly all of them have signi-
fied their intention of taking part, hence
the country is practically pledged to see
that the celebration is a thorough suc-
cess. That the masses of the people feel
this is demonstrated by the deep interest
which is everywhere displayed in the
progress being made in the preparations
at Chicago and in the efforts which each
State is making to prepare proper ex-
hibits of its products and industries.

It will be remembered that in the bill
providing for the Columbian Exposition
there was also provision made for a grand
naval review and demonstration in
Hampton Roads and New York Bay, to
take place at about the commencement
of the fair. To this naval review it is
proposed to invite all naval powers to
send representative squadrons of their
warships, and it is expected that per-
sonages high im the governments of the
different countries which will be repre-
sented will also be in attendance.

This naval display will be of unusual
interest to the Ameriean people because
at the present time there is no more pop-
ular issue among all classes than the
building of the new navy. By the date
of the contemplated naval review a num-
ber of the new ships now building will
have been completed and put in com-
mission, so that the American navy,
while not as numerous or as powerful as
| some of the great fleets of Europe, will,
| nevertheless, be able to muster a squad-
| ron which will compare well with those
| which foreign powers will be likely to
send.

As the naval review is intended asa
part of the world’s fair celebration, the
interest felt in the former project in no
way detracts from that felt in the latter,

 

 

hence the world’s fair managers should
take no steps to prevent adequate pre- |
'parations being made to make the naval
| demonstration a success. ‘The visitors it

will attract will only serve to increase
the attendance at the fair at Chicago, as
it may reasonably be assumed that all
foreigners coming to this country to wit-
ness the review or take part in it will not
miss visiting the great fair at Chicago.

In view of the statement often seen in
print that the country is full of poverty-
stricken men who are poor simply be-
cause they ‘‘can’t get work,’’ the statis-
tics recently published in a London
paper, relating to an exhaustive inquiry
into the causes of the poverty of 152
families in a certain city district con-
taining a population of 126,000 make an
interesting study. These families pre-
sented a wide variety in trade and reli-
gion and nationality, and their applica-
tion for charitable assistance was taken
prima-facie and confessed evidence of
poverty. Investigation showed that
forty-two families were brought to want
by their own fault, the causes of their
poverty being set down as ‘“‘reckless
improvidence,” ‘‘crime,’”’ ‘‘drink,”’ ‘‘idle-
ness,’’ ‘‘bad temper,” ete. Then came
fifty-three families whose poverty was
due to certain common accidents or mis-
fortunes which might have been provid-
ed against, but were not. The final
group of fifty-seven families presents
cases of excusable poverty, such as
those due to extraordinary slackness of
trade or the absolute destruction of some
branch of business, though even in this
group appear twenty-one families who
are made hopelessly poor by ‘incompe-
tence.” The whole result goes to show
the untrustworthiness of the figures
often cited of the number of persons
who are unemployed, and said to be
‘table and willing to work if they could
only get employment.’’? It is mighty
seldom the man who wants to work finds
it impossible to get a job.

This country will not have reached the
limit of the profitable extension of our
wool-growing industry until we have
produced every sort of wool that is re-
quired in our domestic manufactures.
Substantially, all the wools that are now
used by American carpet manufacturers
come from abroad. They are chiefly
long, coarse wools, and come from
Russia, Asia Minor, Persia, India and
South America. They are grown, of
course, under the most inexpensive con-
ditions, often by people not far removed
from barbarism and whose modes of life
do not require much for their suste-
nance. It is true that we do not number
this class of people among our American
sheep farmers, but we have every other
essential for cheap production, and the
market at our very doors, which will
more than offset this single lack.

——— ace

The time was when a man had to be-
come famous in some way to get his por-
trait in the papers, but now he has only
to become afflicted with some disease
and be cured and_ the enterprising
medicine man will make his features a
familiar picture in every household in
the land.

ial

If you have had some expensive ex-

perience, make it an investment by ap-

plying its lesson and thus avoiding
greater losses.
initia
A man becomes less a man when he

starts on a chase after the dollar that he
doesn’! intend to honestly earn.

Use Tradesman ( Coupon Books.

Rocks Ahead at Detroit.

The retail drug trade of Detroit is in a
badly demoralized condition, due to the
price-cutting of some of the stores and
the anticipated prosecution of nearly a
hundred dealers for illegal liquor selling.

The Detroit Druggists’ Association,
formerly known as the Detroit Pharma-
ceutical Society, has asked the wholesale
druggists of the country to put C. H.
Mitchell and F. A. Cooke on the cut-off
list, and the latter asserts that, in case
the Association succeeds in drawing the
lines so tightly that he cannot secure
goods, he will institute a civil suit for
damages against the Association and
also a criminal action for conspiracy.

Regarding the prospective prosecution
of druggists for violation of the liquor
law, the Detroit Journal publishes the
following:

The Detroit Saloonkeepers’ Mutual
Protective Association recently employed
a private detective agency to get evi-
dence against all druggists who sell
whisky as a beverage without license.
They sent out two men, who went out
together, dressed in their G. A. R.
clothes. They had no difficulty in ob-
taining a flask filled with the amber
fluid at over eighty drug stores. The
flasks were all labeled with the time and
name of the druggist and will be used as
evidence against them. The police will
assist the Saloonkeepers’ Association to
get warrants against the wily druggists,
who are usually the loudest to cry out
against the saloonkeepers.

Taking all things into consideration,
the life of the average Detroit druggist
is not likely to be a happy one for the
next few months.
>>

The Grocery Market.

The sugar market is weak and ie
lower and still lower prices are by no
means unlikely. Package coffees are 1¢
cent lower. Sorg announces an advance
of ic on all brands of his plugs on
May 10.

This is a good time for grocers to stock
up on New Orleans molasses, as the
present cool weather is favorable for
shipping same.

Oranges of all kinds are firm, in con-
sequence of the nearness of the end of
the Florida crop. The rapid ripening of
lemons at the seaport markets and
the cool weather in all parts of the
country, which has tended to check con-
sumption, hasve reduced prices very ma-
terially.

_ Oe
Bank Notes.

The business men of Marshall, who
have been without adequate banking
facilities since the failure of a National
bank there a few months ago, have organ-
ized a State bank under the style of the
Commercial Savings Bank.

Harbor Springs business men assure
THe TRADESMAN that there is a good
opening for a bank at that place. Full
information in regard tothe matter may
be obtained by writing to W. J. Clarke,
President of the Harbor Springs Business
Men’s Association.

—_—— + 2
The Drug Market.

Opium is dull and weak. Morphia is
unchanged, but a decline is looked for.
Quinine is dull. Tartaric acid is lower.
Carbolic acid is firm. Celery seed has
advanced and will be still higher. Gum
camphor is firm. Lupulin has advanced.
Quicksilver has declined. Mercurials
will be lower. Balsam copaiba is lower.
Oil pennyroyal has advanced. Oil cajiput
‘is lower. Manna has declined. Tur-
pentine is lower.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

The effort to break up by process of |

law the great combinations of capital en- |
gaged in manufacturing industry, popu- |

larly known as trusts, began with the}

successful attack, two years ago, upon
the Sugar Refineries Company. Since
then the Supreme Court of Ohio has ren-
dered a decision which has compelled the
Standard Oil Trust to dissolve, and now,
under the act of Congress of July, 1890,
called the Sherman or}Anti-Trust act, in-
dictments are pending in the United
States District Court in Massachusetts
against the officers of the Distilling and
Cattle Feeding Company, usually styled
the Whisky Trust, as conspirators for an
unlawful purpose. They are charged
with attempting to monopolize’ the
whisky trade in the United States by of-
fering rebates to all customers who shall
buy exclusively from their company,
which, since the company controls near-
ly the entire product of the country, is
averred to be fatal to competition.

To an unprejudiced mind it is difficult
to see how it should be unjust, and, es-
pecially, why it should be made a crime,
for any man or set of men to seek to get
business by offering pecuniary induce-
ments to customers, even though the in-

 

ducements be coupled with a stipulation |
for the customers’ entire trade to the ex- |

clusion of other dealers.
memorial, the leading
companies in

From time im- |
manufacturing
New England have had}

agents in the large cities, who have sold |

their goods on commission under an
agreement that they should have a mo-
nopoly of the business. Workingmen
everywhere are united in organizations
pledged to work for no employer who
employs hands not affiliated with them.
Every great brewer, too, in this country
and in England supplies numbers of re-
tail dealers with beer on the understand-
ing that they ‘shall buy beer of no other
brewer, and no valid reason can be ad-
duced to prove that whisky more
worthy of legal protection than beer.

The lawfulness of these contracts for
exclusive dealings has recently been as-
serted by the highest legal tribunal in
Great Britain. An association of owners
of ships plying between China and Lon-
don issued, a few years ago, a circular to
shippers of goods from China, offering to
earry their goods at certain rates of
freight, and to make arebate of 5 per
cent. on those rates if the shippers
would give business to no other lines. An
opposition company, called the Mogul
Steamship Company, brought a suit
against the association as conspirators,
alleging that their purpose was to ruin
the trade of rival lines by bribing ship-
pers not to employ them. Lord Cole-
ridge decided in favor of the associated
owners on the first hearing of the case,
his decision was affirmed on appeal, and
on a final hearing by the House of Lords
it was recently affirmed again. This set-
tles the law for Great Britain, and, if the
precedent is followed by our courts, it
will exonerate the Whisky Trust here.

How the Sugar Trust outwitted its ene-
mies by the simple expedient of forming
itself into a corporation under the laws
of New Jersey is notorious. Probably
the Standard Oil trustees will follow in
substance, if not exactly in the same
form, the example thus set them, though
their ingenuity and that of their lawyers |
may devise some new and hitherto un-|

is

known plan for continuing their opera-| the noblest sort, but still, superior to
In| that of most other men.

tions within the sanction of the law.

 

| ment of great riches is impossible with-

THE FIGHT AGAINST THE TRUSTS. fact, none of the so-called trusts is a trust

any longer. They do not act as they did
| at first, through the holding by trustees |
of the shares of the various corporations |
of which they are composed, but they are
either single corporations, like the Sugar
Refineries Company, or are lessee corpor- |
ations of the properties or their constitu-
ent companies. So long as there is no |
limit to the amount of capital of corpor- |
ations, nor to the value of the property |
which they are allowed to own, the fight
against trusts is the fight of Liliputians |
against Gullivers.

This point has not escaped the obser- |
vation of the more clear-sighted enemies
of the trusts, and several of them {have
suggested the repeal of all laws permit-
ting the creation of large corporations as
the only effectual means of preventing
the aggregations of capital to which, un- |}
der whatsoever name, they are hestile. |
They have not yet seriously proposed the |
adoption of this radical measure, but it}
would be a good thing in the end if they
should doit. It would reopen a debate)
which raged vigorously when I was a boy,
and which has long ago been forgotten.
To renew itnow would result in teach- |
ing the present generation a great deal |
that would be useful to it, and would
clear up its ideas on many points upon
which it needs enlightenment.

The hostility which prevailed sixty or
seventy years ago against corporations of
every kind was based, like that which |
prevails now against the so-called trusts, | |
upon an unreasoning dread of placing |
large masses of capital under the control |
of a few individuals. In those days the |
special objects of hatred were banking |
corporations, though corporations for
manufacturing, mining and_ railroad |
building also came in for their share of
dislike. I dare say some of my readers |
ean recall the war waged by Andrew |}
Jackson upon the United States Bank |
chartered by Congress, and the apparent |
justification which his course in regard
to it received by its collapse under a sub-
sequent charter obtained from the Penn-
sylvania Legislature. They may also re-
member the stratagems employed to se-
cure secretly banking privileges from the
Legislature of N. Y. State,such as tacking
on the grant of them to charters for a
water company as in the case of the pres-
ent Manhattan Bank or a canal company
like the Delaware and Hudson, or a com-
pany to manufacture chemicals, like the
original Chemical Bank. All this bitter-
ness and jealousy of banking corpora-
tions passed away long ago, and was
succeeded by the enactment of laws in
all the States, and, finally, by Congress,
providing for their cheap and easy forma-
tion by whomsoever desires to do it. It
is the same with railroad charters, which
at first were obtained only with difficulty
as special favors and under all sorts of
provisos and restrictions, but which now
can be had by anybody under a general
act. So it is with charters for manufac-
turing and mining companies, for which,
also, general laws have long since been
enacted. That public opinion in regard
to trusts will take a similar course I have
no doubt.

It is not to be denied that many things
both in history and in contemporary ex-
perience justify the popular hostility to
aggregations of capital. The acquire-

‘out intellectual ability, not, indeed, of

 

This same abil-

| These Cigars are by far the most popular in the market to-day.

Facts Talk Louder Than Words!

 

 

8,487,275 SOLD IN 1886.
3,003,575 SOLD- IN 1887.

f,092,350 SOLD IN 1888,
0,090,026 SOLD IN 1883.

596 80 SOLD IN 1690
{6,983,207 Sold in 189

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It is roasted without glazing, and packed in 1-lb. papers, with
a handsome picture in every package. To suit that class of
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ity, when re-enforced with the instru-|
ment which it creates, becomes doubly
powerful, and backed as it often is by |

intense greed and selfishness, tends to
oppression and cruelty. In
times, before civilization had mitigated
social usages, the debtor was liable to
become the slave of his creditor, and not
only the sacred but profane
desecant upon the outrages perpetrated
by the rich upon the poor. The Christ-
ian Church has preserved the tradition
thus generated and continues to espouse
the cause of the poor and to represent
the possessors of warnings
rather than models. Inasmuch as the
comparatively rich are few, while the
comparatively poor are many, the weight
of popular sympathy is always against
any measure which apparently facili-
tates the acquisition of additional riches
by those who possess them already. I
will not undertake to say that envy and
jealousy always come in to intensify

writers

wealth as

this dislike of increasing the prosperity |

of the prosperous, but they are ineradi-
cable elements of human nature and ex-
ert a considerable though unconscious
influence.

Against this hereditary and impulsive
resistance to the acquisition and concen-
tration of wealth reason points out that

the grounds for it are mainly sentimen- |

tal, and that those originally valid are
rapidly disappearing. Oppression of the
poor by the rich and outrages upon their
personal liberty are mere legends of a
past when justice itself was administered
with a barbarity which shocks our re-
finement. and when religion was propa-
gated with fire and sword. In the deli-
cate and complicated fabric of modern
society, the rich retain their riches only
by the consent of the poor, and could
not without their aid make them profita-
ble. If, too, the rich gain by the labor
of the poor the poor, in turn reap a bene-
fit from the results of their just efforts.
The multiplication of
life and the cheapness which brings them
within the reach of the multitude are due

the comforts of

entirely to the employment in their pro-
duction of those aggregations of capital
of which so much fear is entertained.
Our factories, our railroads, our sugar
refineries, our petroleum refineries, our
distilleries, and all the other applications
of machinery to industrial purposes are
more economically managed on a large
seale than on a small one, and the public
gains by theresult. If, atthe same time,

a few men make great pecuniary profits,

that is no reason why we should injure
ourselves to preventit. Besides, in all
these enterprises, numerous small capi-
talists are associated with the few large
ones, and share in their earnings. In
fact, it was for the benefit of small in-
vestors that the device of forming cor-
porations was first adopted, and the cre-
ation of the present so-called trusts is
a legitimate outcome of a policy which
thus far has been of immense value in
developing the material resources of the
country. MATTHEW MARSHALL.
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The Largest Roof in the World.

H. M. Reynolds & Son have secured
the contract for roofing thirty acres of
buildings now being erected by the De-
Pauw Plate Glass Works, at Alexandria,
Ind. The contract was awarded them
over competitors at Chicago,
apolis, Pittsburgh, and several
cities.

Indian-
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ancient |

| demnification are with
Now, it is clear to almost any- |
doesn’t represent |

| clusion.
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THE MIC

 

Insurance in Big Stores.
From the Chicago Tribune.

“The majority of the big stores in

Chicago, wholesale and retail, are not in-
sured for anything like the full value of
their stock,” said a prominent insurance
man yesterday. ‘Eighty per cent. of
the value is a high ratio. The average is
probably nearly 70. In instances the in-
surance represents perhaps 60 per cent.
of the worth of the stock.”’

“This,”? he continued, ‘‘is not the
fault of the storekeepers and owners.
They are willing to insure up to a fall
valuation, but it is impossible to place
the risks. The fire-insure market in this
country is not large enough to meet the
demand. Under the very best condi-
tions the maximum capacity of Ameri-
ican companies between four walls is
$1,000,000. That is to say, $1,000,000 is

the outside amount in risks that can be |
placed by all of the American companies |

space. |
be placed |

together within a given
More or less insurance can

with foreign companies not represented
in this country, itis true, but the bulk
of the risks calculated on as a safe in-
domestic com-
panies.
body that $1,000,000
the value of goods carried in some of the
mammoth _ stores. The restrictions

placed by the companies on this class of ;

risks have always been severe. Within
the last six months, owing to the fearful
losses of 1891, these have become more
rigid than ever.

IGAN TRADESMAN.

 

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If | had it or could get |

it I could go out and in an hour write |

hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth
of risks ”
‘‘The theory of the companies is that

ger. Long experience and many losses
haye brought the companies to this con-
One great warehouse in town,

For Bakings of All Kinds

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YELLOW LABEL

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| large areas mean increased physical dan- |

Clothing and General Store Merchants will do well to
Inspect the Line of

000 of insurance, is divided into three}

sections—fireproof walls with
doors at the openings.
ally divided by perpendicular or longi-
tudinal walls—such being the interpre-
tation placed upon a fireproof floor.
This decreases the physical risk.

‘“‘The stock-yards may be included in
the large area class. It is always under-
insured. Some companies will not touch
the locality, others regard it as one area,
and govern the size of their policies ac-
cordingly. The big stores all employ
men to look after the placing of their
insurance. They place all they can with
domestic companies, then go abroad to
the good ones, and finally select anything
aud everything that offers to indemnify
against loss. figuring that if they get 50
cents on the dollar from the weak con-
cerns it will help them out so much.
Withal, the aggregate of insurance that
is finally placed is in most instances
away below the cost of the goods.

*-I see no heip for this state of affairs,”

| he continued. **The insurance exhibit at

the World’s Fair will be an object lesson
of fire-proof construction as it should be,
and doubtless will lead to reforms in
building. But in the meantime about
forty-five insurance companies have with-
drawn from business, and 1892 starts off
with fire losses nearly as great as in the
same period of 1891. The companies in

self-defense are drawing the lines tighter. |
Insurance men generally believe that the |

outcome of the whole situation means
the doom of the big stores.’

Se A

The Biggest Shoes.

A shoemaker of Georgia has recently
turned out the biggest pair of shoes ever
made for actual use. It took a piece of
leather containing 1,040 square inches to
make the uppers, and one of 1,960 square
inches to make the soles, or exactly
3.000 square inches of leather altogether.
If the leather contained in that pair of
shoes were cut into strips an eighth of
an inch wide it would make a string
24,000 inches long. The soles of this
gigantic pair of shoes are 14 inches long
and 51g inches wide. The two combined
tipped the scales at exactly 84¢ pounds.

> - - ne
Barber Wanted.

Lacora, April 19—This town wants a

barber and wants one bad. It is an ex-

cellent location for a good workman.
POSTMASTER.

vault |
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Michael Kolb & Son,

Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

Most Reliable House, established35 years.

The senior member of this firm being

a practical tailor, personally superintends the manufacturing department, and has
the reputation of: making the best fitting garments and most select choice in styles,
| patterns and designs, adapted for all classes of trade and sold at such low prices,
'and upon such equitable terms as not to fear any competition, and within reach

of all.

WILLIAM CONNOR,
Box 346, Marshall Mich,

   

William Connor, representative of
above firm in Michigan, begs to announce
that the trade can secure some Closing
Out Bargains for Spring and Summer
trade which will be sold at astonishingly
low prices. Mr. Connor also takes
pleasure in calling attention to his nice
line of Boy’s and Children’s Clothing as
well as to his great selection of Men’s
Suitings, Spring Overcoats and Pants,
all closing out to the trade at marvelous-
y low prices. Largest line of Prince
Alberts and Cork Serew Cutaways in
fancy and plain. Mail orders promptly
attended to, or write William Connor,
Box 346 Marshall, Mich., and he will
soon be with you toshow you our full
line, and he will supply you with the
leading merchants’ printed opinions as
to the honesty of our goods and prices

 

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.

iW. T. LAMORBAUZA & CO.,

128, 130 and 132 W. Bridge St.,. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

Boudinot Muidetter in Printers’ Ink.

I never pick up a country weekly
without thinking of the possibilities some
editor of such a medium has to win a
reputation for himself by reforming
his local advertising. I do not pretend
in this article to do more than point out
the idea. Iecando this best perhaps by
giving a little personal experience.

About ten years ago, and before | had
any practical knowledge of advertising,
I was asked to edit a country weekly
during a warm political campaign. I
hac never before bad anything to do with
a newspaper, and did not feel inclined to
do more than contribute a couple of col-
umuns of editorials each week. One day,
before leaving the office, the foreman
said tome that Mr. Jones (who had a
store up street) wanted a local notice
written up, and asked if I would not do
it for him. Icalled onJones, introduced
myself, and said if 1 could help him in
any way I would do so, though | was

thinking all the while that he ought to!

be able to express himself about his
goods better than I could. This he
either could not do, or thought he could
not. 1 wrote for him a reading-matter
notice of perhaps 300 or 400 words. It

would, | persume, compare favorably |

with the average of such notices. It did
not suit me, and yet l could see nothing
wrong about it. Il handed it tothe fore-
man and went home.

Somehow, | could not banish the mat-

ter from my mind. The paper did not)

go to press for a couple of days, and be-

fore morning | had made up my mind}

that it was all wrong.

I said to myself: Here is a man who}

has a general store; he has received a
few bundred dollars’ worth of new goods;
he wants to sell them; to sell them he

must attract people to his store; after | t> have in stock, is a chestnut they have |

getting them there, he and his clerks
must sell the goods. Heis willing to pay
for space in this paper; if it attracts
new customers he will pay for more
space; others will see what he is doing,
and will do the same. To do him good,
any statements he makes in the paper
must be truthful. I want the paper to
inerease its circulation, but just as im-
portant is it that its advertisers should
be satisfied with results trom it. Very

few local advertisers have attractive ad-|

vertisements, or well-written; if 1 can
help them in this respect they will be

pleased, and spend more money with the |

paper.

I called on him the next day, and gave
him my views, looked over his stock, and
helped him to formulate a campaign
which proved to be highly successful.
This man was paying $50 a year for a

display advertisement which was changed |

every month or so, and was spending $2
or $3 oceasionally for reading notices.
After the first week’s advertising under

My management he was looking us up,

and cheerfully spending $15 and $20 each
week, at least, for a time.

I went to other advertisers and gave |
them my views, and offered to help and |

give them the foreman’s assistance.

My views at this time were somewhat |
crude, but I still believe I had the right |

idea.

It seems to me, then. that the editor of
a country weekly should be an advertis-
ing expert; he usually is something of a
politician, and why not add the former
calling to his other accomplishments.
Local advertisers are not, as a rule, edu-
cated up to the proper standard in the
science and art of advertising. The edi-
tor should be the expert, to advise and
counsel them. If this is properly done,

they will solicit him for space; no need |
to solicit them and use the argument that |
_ they ‘‘must help along their local paper.”” |

Two-thirds of local advertising is now
given grudgingly. Why not make it so
that advertisers will want it, and want it
bad. Let the editor not only write their
advertisements for them, but study care-
fully the probable results. The writing
of an advertisement belongs to the
science and art of advertising. There is

Local Advertising in Country Weeklies. |

THE

| no doubt, can write good advertisements,
ibut few of them realize the actual
needs of their customers.

lL believe it will be more important to
those needing the serviees of an adver-
tising manager in the future, that such
ja one shall be competent to edit rather
than write their advertisements. The
latter is important, of course, but often
the manager can secure excellent adver-
tisements from the many writers and ad-
| vertisement designers, if he is left free
to edit rather than write them. A man
capable of editing advertisements ean
write them, but the editing quality is
more important than the writing.

It is not difficult to prepare an adver
tisement which will be seen, nor difficult
to write one that will be read; but to
know the ‘‘drawing power’’ of the ad-
vertisement is much more difficult.

To take a good advertisement—one
that will give good results—add a word
|which may, perhaps, deteriorate it in a
literary or grammatical sense, or an il-
lustration which may lessen its artistic
merit, but will in its entirety improve its
drawing quality and give better resuits—

| this isan inherent faculty that makes |
ithe editor of an advertisement invalu- |

able.
i — a —<ilo

Must Merchants Lie?

In the noble desire to do business, to
sell goods, very many business men stop}

at nothing, but earry their ideas of trath
ifar away into the realm of fiction. In
lother words they say anything to sell
i goods, and represent them to be what
they know they are not. The amount of
lying in which a merchant can indulge
| should he have a mind so to do, is with-
out end. From solemnly asseverating
that some old chestnut is the “latest
lout’? to declaring that some new and
| taking article which they do not happen

|a wide field to cover. And it must be}
|eonfessed that a good many of them |
cover it most suecessfully. Now the!

| flow of lies necessary? Itis not the in-
| tention here to convey any idea of Puri-
| tanism or to think it possible for mer-
|chants to be exactly exact in all they
|say ordo. Itis simply the purpose to
| discuss the question as an open one.
| merchant can feel that he has done fai
| well if he avoids deliberate lies ei
lon price, exact age or style of
| But he ean also feel himself a

i ease, if he is going to sit down
everyone who comes into his store.
|he knows and what he doesn’t,

land at what early period in the
he got those old . mentionit i
ichestnuts, or how he happened to get
left on certain goods through lack of
business smartness. It is no use dis-

 

 

question that arises, is all this gratuitous |

closing your weak points to the world—|
they can see them fast enough without |
| your going to the trouble of disclosing |

* |
}unseen ones. It is man’s duty, and the

| saving clause in living, to make the best

lof everything in life. Itis his proof of
strength and courage, that he bears him-
| self well in the battle of life. To dothis
it is no use going out to meet his com-
petitors who are armed with steel, being
only armed with a straw himself. No.
He has to brace up and use all his nerve
and fight his opponents on equal terms.
However in dealing with his customers
it is no use his going to the trouble of a
deliberate or fatuous lie, for such a lie
will invariably disclose itself sooner or
later. If acustomer ask a question de-
liberately out of a desire to get at the
| exact truth a merchant, if it is possible,
| should be sure to give him that informa-

‘tion. Both for his own sake and for the
| customer's.

Looking at this question of wholesale
‘or retail lying from a comprehensive
| standpoint, it would seem that a mer-
chant should act in accordance with the
{ordinary custom of business men of the
world up to the point where he has to
| protect himself, his trade and his inter-
ests generally, but he should be conser-

vative in his lies and above all he should |

H- S- ROBINSON CE

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

NNOUNCEMENT

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We have removed our Manufacturing Department to
the new building which we have erected solely for our
own use at 330 and 332 Lafayette Avenue, on the same
street, but seven blocks distant from the new Post Office
building, and easily reached from our store by the Con-

gress and Baker. or Fort street cars.

 

Our specialty in manufacturing will bea}!
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.

DETROIT, MICH

General Agency of the

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Sold in this market for the past Fifteen Years.

Far Superior to any other.

Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited.

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e latter with even more care then the | That there is room for reformation in|
former. |eommercial morality, is quite another
This naturally suggests speaking of ed- | question.
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

“NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.” toms, methods, appliances and general

Written for THE TRADESMAN.
‘*Who was the first man?”
‘“‘Adam.”’

Thus began my first lesson in natural order to witness a radical change. No
It was at a time when my/ wonder that Solomon became weary with
worldly experience did not cast a ghost 'the dull monotony of his environments
of a shadow, and my stock of universal | and the limited means at his command
1
was awfully young and painfully new; |
and my mental expansion had not yet |
It was |
my first great triumph over the multi-|
farious obstacles which lie strewn all

history.

knowledge had not even sprouted.

reached the point of inception.

along the pathway of life from the cradle
to the grave; the elementary dissection:
the syllabic analyzation, and the final
mastery of the word witha big A which
constitutes the answer to this first ques-
tion.

Many years have passed since that first
terrible tussle with the origin of human
existence, bearing away with them a few
unimportant victories and a great many
erushing defeats; yet, to-day, as 1 sit in
my arm chair and gaze through dimmed

spectacles at this old word ‘‘Adam,” a)

strange feeling comes over me akin to
sorrow and bitter disappointment. For
one brief moment I ama child again,
struggling to learn who the first man
was, and that early, far-remote thrill of
joy once again passes over me as I make
the startling discovery that it was Adam.
Fond Since that wonderful
infantile discovery was made, | have
learned a great many lessons and made

delusion !

many discoveries: but I don’t know now |

who the first man was—do you?
The question, ‘‘Who made you?’’ cut

no figure. It was short

and easily |

learned, but when I came to ‘‘Who was

the wisest man?”

and have never yet fully recovered.

I gave up in despair}
| too fast for his pen.

When I reached the point where I could

stand on achair and say
with two fingers in my mouth, in answer
to my father’s question when we had
I thought I had very nearly
reached the pinnacle of youthful great-
ness. Owing to a favorite expression of
my father’s, when speaking of a very
reticent neighbor of ours, that ‘‘He just
sot and said noth’n an’ looked wise as ’n
owl,’’? 1 somehow fell into the habit of
confounding big eyes and a hooked nose
with the idea of wisdom. Night after
night 1 used to sit out on the chip pile,
by the mosquito ‘‘smudge,’’ and listen to
the hooting of the owls in the dark woods
behind the little old log house, and think

visitors,

* , |
**Sol-a-man,”’ |

 

of Mr. Solomon and wonder why wise};

people toot and prowl around nights— |

and I wonder at it to this day.

Solomon, no doubt, knew how to run a
good sized family and keep his second
wife from kicking over the traces and
visiting her mother every time he hap-

pened to show any respect for his first |
wife; but if he lived in the world to-day |
and should so far forget himself as to |
say that there was nothing new under the |
sun, I would make up my mind that he}

either had a fearfully bad memory orelse

that his early education had been sadly |

neglected.

Nothing new under the sun! Why,
there is not a singleday passes but some-
thing new, unheard of before by mortal

man, is indelibly stamped upon the scroll |

of time as it unfurls and floats back into
the dim vistas of the past! Life was
monotonous in Solomon’s time. Men of

his age were sensuous, superstitious, non-
speculative and non-inventive; and, there-
non-progressive.

fore, Manners,

eus- |

conditions remained the same for gener-
ations; and a man would have to die and
| be resurrected after the lapse of ages in

for the gratification of his propensities
and came to the conclusion that there was
nothing new under the sun.

Life to-day is a panorama, the reels of
which are run by electricdynamos. Up-
on the rapidly moving canvas there is al-
ways something new, and he who is un-
able to run and keep up with it, has no}
part or lot in the matter. He must step
to one side, where the procession cannot
run over him, and look on with wonder-
ment and awe—he is in the world but not
of it. Of what earthly practical use, to-
day, is the man who received his busi-
ness training and practical experiences
aceording to the best improved method
of thirty years ago; and who, during the
intervening time has been sitting by the
roadside and watching the procession
pass by? Absolutely no good whatever—
he is simply ‘‘not in it.” ‘Thirty years
ago he was an expert dry goods clerk—
to-dayr he cvuld not give the correct
name of half a dozen articles in a dry
goods store; then he stood at the head of
the shoe trade and Knew all about cow
hides, kipp and calf stocks—to-day he}
could not tell cordovan from kangaroo.
Thirty years ago he was a good mechanice, |
but to-day he would not be able to tell |

 

| you what nine-tenths of the mechanical |
| tools are used for.

He was once a fine}
penman and could command ready pay,
but the world became too practical for
his fine Spencerian flourishes and finally |
The typewriter has
knocked him out, with the aid of stenog- |
raphy; but the rushing, roaring business |
world cannot always have the stenog-
rapher at its elbow, and so it is shoving |
him aside forthe phonograph. The next |
to follow is the autophone, which
about to be applied to commercial uses. |

Nothing new under the sun, when man |
can call down the rain upon the just as|
well as the unjust and when the con- |
firmed and cast out toper can be saved |
from a drunkard’s hell and restored to |
manhood by the application of a little |
ehleride of gold! Nothing new under
the sun, when aman can bottle up his
voice on acylinder of wax and talk to
his friends after he is dead; and when
man is daily finding new materials in the
great storehouse of nature, and construct-
|ing new and wonderful machines which

are made to produce more perfect results |
| than can possibly be produced by human
hands guided by human eyes!

1 shall close these rambling thoughts
by giving expression to a thought which
has a tinge of sadness for us who are up-
on the stage of action to-day, but is
fraught with undreamed of blessings for
those who are to follow us. It is this:
All the wonderful new machines, the
latest scientific methods and the most ap-
| proved theories of our time will be the
| old junk, the cast off methods and the ex-

ploded theories of the time to come.
E. A. OWEN.

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The Public?

By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers create a
demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods in stock so as to supply
the orders sent to them. Without effort on the grocer’s part the goods
sell themselves, bring purchasers to the store, and help sell less known

goods.

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MOND Line.

Also others too numerous to mention. Wholesale and retail dealers in Bicycles, Cyclists’ Sundries,
Rubber and Sporting Goods, Mill and Fire Department Supplies.

STUDLEY & BARCLAY,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

BICYCLES!

We Control Territory on the Finest and Largest Line of Cheap, Medium and
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Commercial Printing.
are not the cheapest printers in the State—would be

ashamed of it if we were. When we find a “cheapest
printer” who does workmanlike work, we will lock up our
plant and sublet our printing to him, As it is, system enables
us to handle work on close margins. There is more in it for
us to do $1,000 worth of work on 10 per cent. margin than
$100 worth at 25 per cent.

Besides, we carry our own paper stock, envelopes, card-
boards, ete.—buy direct, discount our bills and save the mid-
dleman’s profit. Let us show you what we are doing.

PRINTING DEPARTMENT
THE TRADESMAN COMPANY.

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

HOW TO PUT UP WOOL.
Written for THE TRADESMAN.
The season for handling the new

important article sent me from Boston,
which I wish to go before tke
growers of M.chigan:

HOW WOOL SHOULD BE PUT UP.

Among the improvements which the

grower should adopt in methods of pre-
paring his wool for market,
urge upon his attention the following:

All rubbish should be kept out of the

fleeces, which should be put up with
merely one or two ties of the best hemp
twine, or glazed twine.

Sisal twine should not be used. Many
growers still fail to realize the injury to
their wools resulting from the use of sisal
twine. This sisal costs only five or six
cents per pound, but it is weighed with
wool costing from 20 to 30 cents per
pound, so that the manufacturer has not
only to make a reduction in price suffi-
cient to protect himself against loss in
weight, but also to guard against the
damage to the goods by the sisal fibre.

American hemp twine possesses many
advantages for use in tying fleeces,
and, everything considered, cost, ete., is,
perhaps, to be preferred to any other. It
has strength, lightness and a glazed sur-
face, while its cost is very much in its
favor, it being about half the price of
the linen twine used in Australia.
can be bought for 19 cents per
The linen twine, however, is better, as
it contains all the elements necessary,
and has already met with approval by
wool dealers who handle Australian
wool.

In putting up wool for market, the
dung locks should be clipped off and
thrown away when shearing, As to the
stuffing of fleeces with tags, ete., and the
decrease in the real value of the wool re-
sulting therefrom, the following letter

pound.

from Mr. Joseph Walworth, of the Paci-
fic mills, who is himself a_ large

buyer of wool, is well worthy of perusal:

‘“‘A few months ago I needed to get up
a sample of wool for a new cloth. I
bought 10,000 pounds of Australian un-
washed at the extreme price of 42%e
per pound. lL also bought 10,000 pounds
of washed x Ohio combing at 36¢e
per pound, thinking to cheapen the Aus-
tralian and still havea soft effect. What
was the result? The Australian was put
up honestly, no stuffing, and only a
string like cotton thread to hold the
fleece together, while my crack lot of
Ohio, which was praised to the skies,
gave 18 per cent. of stuffings, and pro-
duced so little top that the Australian
unwashed at 42)¢¢ produced as cheap a
top as washed Ohio at 36!¢e. Of course,
we Stick to the Australian, as the top is
wcrth a deal more per pound in top than
the Ohio.

*‘Lately I was sent out in St.
Chicago and Milwaukee. I found
fleeces of wool with three pounds of
dung, or valueless stuffing in one fleece,
or 70 cents cheating in one fleece; other
fleeces would have two pounds of stuff-
ing in one fleece, and these fleeces had
been taken for good wool by the local
buyer. Of course, these were extreme
cases. On the whole, I thought that St.
Louis and Chicago had improved some-
what in putting up their wool; they do
not try to sell quite so much prairie soil
at 25 and 30 cents per pound as former-
ly. While I was away, I got a crack lot
of 50,000 pounds unwashed combing
wool in Milwaukee. This was, undoubt-
edly, a grand lot of wool, especial in
front of the pile, and I had to pay a little
extra. Judge my surprise when we be-
gan to pack, when we found nearly
every fleece stuffed, and not stuffed in a
clumsy manner, but in a smart, cute,
thief-like manner, well calculated to de-
ceive. I told the owner that we should
take all the stuffings out if we packed |
the wool, or we would stop. He said we
might goon. Among the wool we found |
some great, big, clumsy fleeces, that we

Louis,

were told were put up by the Swedish |
I undid several! West goods direct from the factory.

settlers in Wisconsin.

clip
of wool will soon be here, and as your
valuable paper did such good work in
disseminating some suggestions I had to
offer last year, 1 wish to impose upon
your good graces again, as I have a most

wool

we would

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

ddl lc

 

of these clumsy fleeces, and found
another, and nota particle of dishonesty.
We came to the conclusion that the poor
Swede was yet a benighted foreigner,
and, consequently, honest. Out of the
50,000 pounds that we should have taken,
we threw out 9,000 pounds of stufling
and rubbish. I told the owner that I

taken such stuff. He said they
forced to take it or lose their trade. So
I concluded that they must make it up in
price paid tothe farmer. In view of the
general dishonesty of the farmers in put-
ting up their wools, and the general in-
efficiency of local buyers of wooi, I
think you are engaged in a praiseworthy
work in trying to make them do that
which is right. But I am inelined to
think that you have a steady job be-
fore you.”’

I have personal knowledge as to this
lot of wool bought in Milwaukee, as I
personally examined it, with a view to

buying it before Mr. Walworth bought
it, and his statement is correct. Farm-

ers may talk tariff until doomsday, but
until they discard the slovenly and dis-
honest manner of putting up their wool

their wool cheap. Just refer

 

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cent. of waste was in 50,000 pounds
of a crack lot of wool—9,000 pounds or

almost 20 per cent. It is just so here
in Michigan. I have been a buyer
over twenty years. In my early
days of buying Michigan wool, the
shrinkage by cleansing was about
twenty-eight per cent. For the past

six or eight years, it has run 52 to 58 per
eent. Is it any wonder our Michigan
wool has become so unpopular as it
to-day? -There is no dodging it when I
say there is no wool so little sought after
as Wisconsin and Michigan wool. Refer
again to Mr. Walworth’s letter wherein
he says: ‘I bought 10,000 pounds of
Australian wrwashed at 421¢e and 10,000
pounds of Ohio washed at See
the difference: 421¢ for unwashed, as
against 3614 for our washed. Why it
so? Simply beeause of the condition of
our wool, and nothing else. Now, how
to remedy it? Only one way. If you
wash your wool, wash it (don’t drive
your sheep tosome creek or lake to drink
and call them washed}, or, better still,
don’t wash at all. Keep your sheep
clean and tag well before shearing; use
no box to put it up; use a small linen
or hemp twine; bring your wool to
market in the same condition as you
would expect to buy your sugar or tea,
and you will find a ready sale at good
prices, and it will be but a short time
when our domestic wool will rank
as it should first in every market and be
sought after the same as Australian wool
is now. W. L. LAMOREAUX.
ee
Country Callers.

Calls have been received at THE
TRADESMAN Office during the past week
from the following gentlemen in trade:

R. D. McNaughton, Coopersville.
Stinson & Linton, Kingsley.

R. Gannon, White Cloud.

J. Cohen, White Cloud.

P. Bresnahan, Parnell.

Chas. B. Lovejoy, Big Bapids.
D. Vinton & Son, Williamsburg.
C. H. La Flamboy, Me Bride.

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is

363¢¢.’’

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from Key West of a case of Key West)
| cigars for J. L. Strelitsky, of Grand |
Rapids. Mr. Strelitsky claims to be the |
only jobber here who receives his Key |

in
each case three fleeces spread out on one |

: j | over $15,000,000,
was surprised that his local buyers had |

were |

| the

| in seventy

Paying Kansas Mortgages.
The Topeka Capital has published re-
| turns from many counties in that State
showing how the people are getting out
| of debt.
age period of eight anda half months
seventy counties of eastern and central
Kansas report farm-mortgagce releases of
and a net reduction,
notwithstanding renewals and new mort-
gages and large purchases of
$3,659,495. A careful estimate based on
reports received indicates that the
actual reduction of farm-mortgage debt
counties for eight and a half
months has been not less than $7,000,-
000.”
o-oo
Proposed Buildings at Tekonsha.

TEKoNSHA, April 22—Tekonsha will
experience a building boom this season.
Allen & Johnson expect to erect a brick
block to be used in part as a_ bank;
Messrs. Pratt & J. W. Randall will erect
a brick block to be used as dry goods and
boot an shoe stores, the upper story to be
built and used by the A. O. U. W. lodge.
H. N. Randall has nearly completed a
large building for produce and cold stor-
age.

 

 

as has been their custom for the past six |
or eight years, they must expect to sell
back to/|
Mr. Walworth’s letter and see what per |

 

 

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Tobacco for April 8 notes the arrival |
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FOR PRICE LIST.

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WRITE

Wm. Brémmeler & Sons

Manufacturers and Jcbbers of

Pieced & Stamped Tinware,
260 S.IONIA ST., - Grand Rapids.

TELEPHONE 640.

AFamily Affair

Health for the Baby,
\) Pleasure for the Parents,
New Life for the Old Folks,

 

  
   

Root B

, THE GREAT
ny 3 TEMPERANCE DRINK

is a family affair—a requisite
of the home A 25 cent
package makes 5 gallons of
@ delicious, strengthening,
effervescent beverage.

Don’t be deceived if a dealer, for
the sake of larger profit, tells you
some other kind is ‘‘ just as good”
—’tis false. No imitation isas good
as the genuine HirEs’,

 

 

 

It is stated that ‘‘for an aver- |

| growing town in

land, of |

| oe SALE—A FINE STOCK OF GROCERIES
und eee in good shape and doing a
good business. ‘an give good reasons for sell-
ing. Box 87, on Mic h. sf
OR SALE CHEAP — SMALL STOCK OF
hardware, boots and shoes and groceries,
store building and fixtures in the best new
Northern Michigan. Business

  

   

 

 

        

   
 

well established. Address No. 490, care Michi-
gan Tradesman. 490
FOR SALE—NEW, CLI AN STOCK OF DRY
goods. Establishedt e; good town. Lock
box | 963, Rockford, Mich. i838
~{ PLENDID BUSINESS G & FOR A PER-

WO son with $1100 cash. Can
established cash retail and
Don’t fail to investigate this.
address No. 471, ¢ are ae I
SALE—ONE OF TI

houses in ence bl M
25 years; best of re¢
opportunity for ot
dress Lock box

Fee SAL EC HEAP-
drug stock all ¢ ‘ompl ete

of store—an old estab ished akc,

to an old
business,

 

  
  
   
  
   
 
   
 
 
 
 

  

 

of Eaton, Lyon & Co.,or Stuart & l

rooms 15,16 and 17, New Houseman Block ‘Cae

Rapids, Mich. 463
GROCERY STOCK,

 

Reason for selling
ad, Ionia, Mich. 395
EXCHANGE FOR
and boots and
2 rents for
Address

For Sate -A CLEAN
doing a good bt SS,
poor health. W. L. >

OR

NOR SALE.
stock of clothi
shoes, two-story b
2 3est locati
. 412, care Michigan Trade

Fe SALE i? AP
drug stock — N

    
  
 
    
 
   
 

Jones, M. D. , Muske;
SITUATIONS WANTED,
NITUATION WANTED AS CLERK IN GEN.
2 eral or dry goods store. References fur-
nished. Address No. 493, care Michigan i ides
man. ' 493
ANTED — — POSITION "BY REGISTERED

W:
pharmacist of

eleven yer irs’ e xperie nce,
Addre ss No. 487,

care Michigan Tradesman. 4n7
i POSITION WITH WHOLE-ALE
or retail grocery house assalesman. First
class references. Address No. 488, care Michi
gun Tradesman. 18s.
\ JANTED — A BY A
registered years
practical experience
married man and a pe
sired at moderate wage
t Box 11, Akron,
nD POSITION
stenographer, typewri
Can furni of
n. 175

 

 

 

POSITION

pharmacist

MAY i,
of twelve
in the business.

lanent situation
Best of references.

466
NG LADY
copyist or
rences, No.

  

 

Mich.
YO
T

  

BY

 

as
cashier. | f
478, care Michigan Trade

     

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MISCELLANEOUS.

 

[. REGISTER—#200 IS THE REGULAR
price. We have a National Cash Register
which we offer $50 less than the regular price.

 

 

  

 

    

 

Perfectly new. Foster, Steveus & Co., Grand

Rapid ficb. oo
Ww TED_REGISTERED DRUG CLERK.
Write terms, experience, etc. C. A. Gur-

ney, Hart, Mich. _ 194
NOR RENT—NICE LARGE LIGHT STORE
in brick block near Fifth avenue at #25,

Jno. C. Dunton, Widd nb Building 491
OR SALE — GOOD DIVIDEND - PAYING

stocks in banking,
ecautile companies. E.

manufacturing and mer
A. Stowe, 100 Louis St.,

 

Grand Rapids 370

Waste D—A DRUGGIST To GO To DEL
ton, Barry county, Mich., and start a drug

store. Living rooms above. Will be ready May

1. For particulars address H. Arbour,
Mich.
I yO YOU USE COUPON
you buy of the largest manufacturers in the

United States? If you do, you are customers of
the Tradesma! Com pany, Gran dk 3

YOR SALE—TWO “HUNDRED ACRES LAND (160 IM-
F proved), located in the fruit belt of Oceana coun-
ty, Mich. Land fitted for machinery, good fences,
large curb roof baru with under; ground for stock,
horse barn and other necessary farm buildings. New
windmill furnishes water for house and barns.” Eight-
een acres apple bearing orchard, also 1,000 peach trees,
two years old, looking thrifty. Price, 335 per acre, or
will exchange for stock of dry goods, If any difference
will pay cash. A. Retan, Little Roe k, Ark. 341

OR SALE 8 RE SIDE NCE LOT IN

Grand Rapids, 70x175 feet, beauti ifully shad-

ed with native oaks, situated in gool residence
locality, only 200 feet from e.ectrie street car
line. Will sell for $2.500 cash, or part cash, pay-
meuts to suit. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 354

Stanwood,
486

BOOKS? IF SO, DO

 
  
   

  

 

     

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{EE HERE—GOOD CHANCE FOR A BUSI

kK ness man or practical miller, with some

FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. money to invest in a roller mill. Address J.

Wylie, Fairgrove, Mich 492

zs it , S §-R¢ I SE

Advertisements will be inserted under this , an hipaa conga er teiedh a _
head for two cents a word the first insertion and | 70; ag A Qa see Ponte 169
one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. ee ee a lie ee oT
No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. AN REGISTERED DRUG CLERK.

Advance payment.

 

BUSINESS CHANCES.

 

OR SALE—OLD-ESTABLISHED GROCERY
business, stoek, fixtures, etc., in hustling
city of Muskegon. Reasons for selling, other
business. A rarechanece. Address Lew W. Cod-
man, Muskegon, Mich. 456
fork SALE—OUR SNTIRE STOCK OF GEN-
eral merchandise “at Chi ypewa Lake, con-
sisting of hats, caps, boots and shoes, men’s fur-
| nishing goods, hardware, crockery and groceries.
Having finished our lumber operations, we offer
| the above stock for sale cheap for cash or on
—_ with good security. Will sell this stock as
2 whole or any branch of it. Enquire of Chip-
Lumber Co., Chippewa Lake, Mich., or of

 

e Wa
| pew : P. Wyman, Sec’y, Grand Rapids, Mich. 449

 

 

Write particulars as to experience and sal-
ary expected. A. Seoville, Clarksville, —

    

 

   

OR SALE —11-ROOM HOU: SE IN Goon “LO-
eation, witk hin ten utes walk of Monroe

St. Price, 33,200. W. 100 Louis St. 470
FANTED — 1 A GOOD SHOE SALESMAN
V who ean give good references. No other
need apply. G.C. Yonker, Muskegon, Mich. 82

OR SALE—320 ACI S OF LAND IN HAYES
county, Neb. W ill sell eheap or trade for
a stock of merchandise. A. W. Prindle, Owosso,
Mich. 480
AJ ANTED—GOOD LOCATION FOR MEAT
W market. Address H. H.,, care Michigan
Tradesman. 479
Vy TANTED—REGISTERED
lady preferred. Geo. C.
ville, Mich.

 

PHARMACIST—
Rounds, Vickery
481

 

 

    

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

Drugs # Medicines.

State Board of Pharmacy.

One Year—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.

Two Years—James Vernor, Detroit.

Three Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor
Four Years- _ Gundrum, Ionia.

Five Years—C. A, Bugbee, Cheboygan.
President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, lonia.

€ Meetings for 1892 — Star Island gg
Marquette, Aug. 31; Lansing, November 1

 

 

July 5;

 

Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’p.
President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo.
Vice-Presidents—S. E. Parkill, Owosso; L. Pauley, St.

Ignace; A. 8S. 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.
C1) Webb, Jackson.

Next place of mee ee Rapids, Aug. 2,3 and 4.
Local Secretary—John D. Muir.

 

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.
President, W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Escott,
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of Marck

June, September and December,

 

Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association.
resident, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, W. C. Smith.

 

Detroit Pharmaceutical Society.
President, F. Rohnert; Secretary, J. P. Rheinfrank.
Muskegon Drag Clerks’ Association.
President N. Miller; Secretary, A. T. Wheeler.

 

The Paris Green Situation.

The time of the year having arrived

when this insecticide incites the interest |

of its distributors as well as the mannu-
facturers, speculation as to the possible
action of the Paris Green Association or

its policy for the season is naturally rife.

Last year, while the price was uniform
it was low, sales were limited somewhat
by the fact that many distributors had

carried stock over from the previous
year, and it is thought by some that this
will be the condition of affairs during

and throughout the present season.
members of the association, always se-
cretive, have as usual nothing to say on
the subject, which is taken as an indica-
tion that they themselves are awaiting
developments.

As last year, eemmunication has been
had with customers by each manufacturer
asking what amount of green will be
needed to supply wants. and the replies
as far as known seem to indicate much
the condition noticeable last spring, the
outlook therefore being in favor of a
similar market for this year.

The season is so short on this
modity, that if money be made, it has to
be done promptly, but of late years a
number have gone into the manufacture
and there are said to be so great a
variety of qualities that it is more diffi-
cult than ever to keep prices at sucha
level that fair profits may be made. Com-
petition is generally sharp, and between
numerous makers, the dealers naturally
abstain from making any contracts for
the season or even large purchases until
they feel assured that they are getting
figures somewhere near the bottom price,
or orders begin to come in to an extent
compelling them to buy. Nothing cer-
tain can be assured at this writing re-
garding the possibilities of price, but the
indications are that they will not be far
removed from those of last year, and as
manufacturers have not made the amount
of green they have in former years in
preparation for the season, it is quite
likely that as good contract prices for
the season’s supply can be made now as
later.

The

com-

a a
ttacked the Wrong Dog.
From the Philadelphia Record.

There was a tremendous rumpus and
excitement in a prominent drug store on
Chestnut street near Twelfth, yesterday
afternoon. A fair maid, strolling down
the street with a large mastiff, stopped
in the store for soda. The place was
crowded, and among the crowd were two
other ladies with two other dogs.

The other dogs were considerably
smaller than the mastiff, but by a light-
ning calculation they decided that by com-
bining forces they might take a fall out
of him. Instantly acting, the rumpus
began.

In one-fifth the space of time it takes
to write it the air was filled with snarls,
yelps, barks, growls, dog-hair, female
shrieks, children’s howls and screams,
soda water, muffs, small packages, and
male profanity. Women and children
clambered upon the counters or fled into
the street: the clerks and soda water
boys grabbed the fighting dogs, and the

 

big mastiff was dragged out upon the
pavement, where a crowd had already
gathered.

Seeing his mistress on the outskirts of
the crowd, the mastiff gave a bound to-
ward her and hurled an old gentleman
and a small girl flat on their backs. The
crowd scattered as if it had been an egg
thrown against a barn door, the big dog
barked loudly, and the old gentleman
grew red in the face in his efforts to do
verbal justice to his feelings. The ex-
citement lasted until a reserve policeman
came up and asked what the matter was
and was told nine different stories, all of
which were wrong.

Inside the damage was computed at
six broken tumblers, five or six dresses
ruined by soda water stains, and a huge
bowl of fresh eggs rendered valueless by
being satin by a fat baby, which was
placed there by its mother during the
first outbreak of the excitment. One of
the small dogs had about a half pound
of meat bitten out of him by the big one.

i o- <a
Fighting Fire With Fire.
From the Chicago Drug Review.

The Chicago retail druggists are de-
veloping their plans for fighting the
Economical (cut-prices) Drug Co., when
it shall be established in business next
month, and a charter has already been
granted the Chicago Peoples Drug Co.,
with a capital stock of $100,000. It is said
that nearly every druggist in Chicago has
promised to buy moreor less stock of the
company to aid it in killing a dangerous
rival, even if they should not make any
money themselves on the enterprise. It
does seem a rather doubtfully-wise plan
to go into the price-cutting business,
when they are so opposed to it, and have
been trying so long to root out the evil,
but there are occasions when heroic treat-
ment may be necessary in business as
well asin surgery, and it may be that
this is one of those occasions. We trust
that this competition in the way of prices
will not lead to deterioration in drugs
sold, for, as we understand it, the cut-
ting is to be on legitimate drugs as well
as specialties and this we fear will cover
prescriptions, and, as it would, of course,
be the very poor who would mostly avail
themselves of the low prices for com-
pounding prescriptions and for legitimate
drugs, itis hard to see how the tempta-
tion to buy impureand adulterated drugs,
or to substitute inferior remedies for the
proper one can be avoided in such a war.
In this case the public would suffer and
much physical damage be done, while
people whose lives depended upon the
proper remedy would be exposed to most
extreme danger. There may be some
other way of preventing the cutting of
prices, if it can be prevented, and for the
safety of the public as well as the trade
the Review hopes that legitimate cutting
may be done away with before the results
above referred to shall have taken place.

2
Quinine is Very Cheap Now.
From the Philadelphia Record.

Perhaps no drug known to medicine is
more generally used than quinine, and
certainly none presents such a wide
difference in price as the quinine sold
six years ago and thatsold now. At that
time nearly all the cinchona bark, from
which it is extracted, was brought from
South America, subject to heavy import
duty. But the duty was taken off, and
this marked the first big decline in price.
Before that time it sold for about a dol-
lar an ounce.

Shortly after this English capitalists
concluded that the bark could be grown
in India as well as in South America,
and large plantatiens were purchased.
The climate and soil suited admirably,
and, by scientific cuiture, the yield was
greatly increased. From India the bark
is largely shipped to England and the
quinine extracted, being sent here in
erystals. Because of the taking off of
the duty and the largely increased sup-
ply, the price in quantities of 10,000
ounces is about twenty cents per ounce.

Some time ago the rumor of a big
foreign trust caused the price to advance
several cents, but it dropped, and is now
lower than before.

a

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

 

 

THE FOLDING BED.

 

Modern Inventions at a Discount in
One Family.

The salesman with red whiskers and
an eight-day smile, who was sitting near
the door of alocal furniture store the
other afternoon, received a disagreeable
surprise.

He was occupying an oak hall chair
marked down to $4, and idly. wondering
whether business for the day wasn’t
about over, when the door opened and a
small man hurried in, located the sales-
man in the marked-down chair and said
briefly:

“Sold mea folding bed on Monday,
didn’t you?”’

‘‘Quite likely I did, sir.’’

“Regular Al modern improved
wasn’t it?”

‘“‘Undoubtedly a first-class article.’’

“Believe you said no house was com-
plete without one—bed, washstand, bu-
reau and writing desk combined, and
looked like a pianner besides, didn’t
you?”’

“Think I did. Anything wrong?” in-
quired the salesman, uneasily. ~

“You said old-fashioned double beds
had gone out of style, didn’t you?”’

“That is surely quite true,’’ said the
salesman, soothingly.

‘‘You said,’’ continued the man, ignor-
ing the suggestion, ‘‘thatif a man bought
one of them folding beds, he didn’t need
another stick of furniture in the room
but a chair and a spittoon. Didn’t yer?’’

“TI might have suggested the value of
the article? ”’

“Hey: ”

“| say I might have said something of
the sort.”

“Well, you did. I was fool enough to
buy one of them beds. It’s up at my
house now. Meand my wife has lived
on that combination business one night,
and now it’s the bed or we get out.”

‘“‘What’s the trouble? ”’

“Well, you see, the thing you call a
bed only got there yesterday afternoon,
and my wife and I spent the evening see-
ing howit worked. She was kinder shy
of the thing till the young lady from the
pext house thought it was a pianer, and
was took in tryin’ to play ‘Hogan’s | —
Alley’ on them fake keys. That tickled
my wife, and she said there was a good
deal to the critter, after all. Soshe put
four of her dresses into the drawers in
the bureau half, and I fixed up the wash
pitcher and basin on the washstand sec-
tion, and later in the evening I filled up
the ink-well and wrote a letter on the
desk part to Deacon Hodson, and my
wife made up the bed. We don’t like to
sleep facin’ east, so she made up with
pillows at foot-board and we turned in
I reckon I’d been asleep about an hour
when I was woke up by my wife nudgin.’

‘© *Willyum,’ says she in a whisper,
‘ve had the realest dream I ever had.
I dreampt I was out swimmin’ in a round
pond, and on the shore was two pigs a
snortin’ and gurglin’ so loud they woke
meup. I was a splashin’—

‘‘‘Margrit, do you smell
gueer?’ says I, interruptin.’

‘No,’ says she, ‘mebbe its the new
bed.’

‘* ‘Taint bed,’ says I, ‘it’s a sour, vine-
gary smell, and besides, says I, sort of
seared, ‘‘there’s something wet on my
ear.’

‘With that I jumped out of bed and
lit up. Well, sir, my wife give a screech,
jumped clear across the room, and ran
out into the hall.

‘““*Lord sakes, Willyum,—if you are
him,’ says she through the crack of the
door, ‘are you sick or what is it?’

** ‘What ails you, carryin’ on like that,’
says 1, gettin’ kinder mad.

** *Ails me,’ says she, ‘look at yourself,
you nightmare.’

“Well, sir, you should have seed me.

bed,

something

 

I reckon the whole half-pint of ink I had |

put into the ink-well in the desk section
of that bed had goton me. My head was
all ink except my nose and my left ear,
There was ink on my hair and ink on
my night clothes, till I looked like a
dirty pen-wiper on legs. It took fifteen
minutes to get my wife back into the
room, and then we found out that wasn’t
all. One of us must have turned over
heavy in our sleep, and squashed the

 

 

pitcher in the washstand section, and it
had filled the bureau half, till I reckon
there was a gallon of water in the second
drawer, on my wife’s best dress.’’

“You seem to have hada nice, quiet
time,’’ returned the salesman, foolishly
attempting the genially humorous.

“Nice, quiet time, hey,’’ exclaimed the
small man excitedly, ‘‘mebbe goin’ to
bed with an ink bottle and standin’
round in the sun next day with salts of
lemon on your head to bleach out the
smootches is your idea of anice time.
Taint mine. I haven’t come in here to
kick, but I don’t want no foolishness
about this. Me and my wife have agreed
that if you’ll exchange that folding busi-
ness for a good plain bed we’ll call
square; will yer?”

‘“‘Very likely we can, sir.’’

“Taint no ‘likely’ about it, man;
you’ve got to,’’? shouted the little man,
getting rapidly excited. ‘‘I won’t spend
another night strewin’ my shape around
on fake pianners and washstands. We
want the genuine article now, and no
more foolishness. Dve been perlite so
far, but this aint my day for pokin’ fun.
Mebbe there’s people in this town likes
to sleep on a monkey business bed, but I
want a bed, a plain bed, with four legs
and slats, even if I have to dress on the
mantelpiece and eat on the fire escape.”

—~ © <>

It is a bad memory that retains all the
bad stories and mud jokes brought to it,
and lets the sands of gold slip through

and be lost in the sea of oblivion.

 

 

SraTE oF On10, City oF TOLEDO, t.
Lucas County

FKANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co.,
doing business in the city of Toledo, county and
state aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of HaLi’s CaTaRRH CURE.

FRANK J. CHENEY.

Sworn to before me ri subscribed in my
presence, this 6th day of December, A D, 1886.

ee

a A WGLEASON,
et Notary Public.

a
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucuous surfaces of
the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F J CHENEY & CO, ae oO
Sold by druggists, 75c

CINSENG ROOT.

We pay the highest price forit. Address
Wholesale a
RAPTDB

PECK BROS., “suzwt
BUY THE PENINSULAR

Pants, Shiris, and Overalls

Once and You are our Customer
for life.

 

 

STANTON, MOREY & CO.,, Mirs.

DETROIT, MICH.

 

Geo. F. Owen, Salesman for Western Michigan,
Residence, 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids.

Dont pay frei

From Boston and New York on
Shoe Dressing when you can buy
it of HIRTH & KRAUSE at

+ he

Manutacturers Prices.
GILT EDGE
GLYCEROLE,
RAVEN GLOss,
ALMA, |{ Large size].

$22.80. Shs

 

A Rug with each gross,
Stool with two gross. An assorted gross
of the above dressing, $22.80.

HIRTH & KRAUSE,

GRAND RAPIDS.

 

 

 

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADES) TAN.

Wholesale Price Current.

 

Advanced—Oil pennyroyal, celery seed, lupulin.

Declined—Tartaric acid, balsam copaiba, ¢

gum opium, oil cajiput, quicksilver, manna, turpentine.

 

 
  

 

ACIDUM.
eee 8@
Benzoicum German... 60@
oe
Corereeeeen ........-.. 2G
WRU oo oes oe 55@
Peycroceiog ........... 3G
ooo sane see. 10@
Onsiicum .....-. 10@
Phosphorium dil..
ieee incest ........... i —_
ee 1%@
Tannicum.. ..1 40@1
Toe ......-...... 33@

AMMONIA,

Aqua, = Gee De aeeetee 34%@

Lue bees 54@
Galas lua ed edeues 12@
Cijoridum ...... eee 12@

ANILINE,
sc 2 00@2
Brows. ......-......+++ 80@1
ee. 45@
Telos ...-............ 2 50@3

BACCAE.

Cubeae (po %5)...... T5@
Smee .......-.-.-. 8@
Mantnoxyium......... 25@
BALSAMUM.

5@

ee

Ternbin, Canada ..... 35@
TOReees .... 2-1. o- - 35@

CORTEX.

Abies, Canadian..........-.
ee
Cinchona Flava ..........-.
Euonymus atropurp........
Myrica Cerifera, po.......--
Pramas Virgil .......-.-.---
Quillaia, grd................
ee
Ulmus Po (Ground 12)......
EXTRACTUM.
Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 4@
po. + oe
Haematox, 15lb. box.. 11@
Oe eee ee 3@
o ae 14@
“ a 16@

FERRUM
Carbonate Precip...... @
Citrate and Quinia... @3
Citrate Solubie........ @
Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @
Solut Chloride........ @
Sulphate, com’l.....- 1%@

o pure... @

PLORA,
APOME tees | ee
Aviierals .......--.--- 2@ :
ee 25@

FOLIA
Barosma ..........-.-
Cassia Acutifol, Tin-

nivelly eae neces 23@
Alx. 3@
Salvia omicinalis, gs
——— ————e 2@
Ura a 8@
GUMMI.

Acacia, ist picked....
Y 2d C os
ee 3d se a
. sifted sorts...
. PO ....- --+--
Aloe, Barb, (po. =
“Cape, (po. 20)..
Socotri, (po. 80) .
Catechu, 1s, (G48, 14 gs,
16

ZS

EEEEE dies

or

Ammon a
Assafctida, -~ a
Benzoinum. . Loe
Camphore
uphorbium po
Galbanum.
Gamboge,
Guaiacum, {po oo
Kino, (po. —: Dee rese
Mastic . . i e
Myrrh, (po. 45)
Opii, (po 2 0}.
Shellac .. .
C pleached.. :
Tragacanth ........-.-

HERBA—In ounce packages.

EI once esses ee

 
 
 

Mentha oe - .

  
 
   
 

a Secteee

weeeooum, ¥...............

Pe

MAGNESIA,
Calcined, Pat.......... 55@
Carbonate, Pat........ M@
Carbonate, K.& M.... W™@
Carbonate, Jenning5.. 35@
OLEUM.

Absinthium. .........3 50@4
Amygdalae, Dale... | 45@
Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8
ae a 75@1
Auranti Cortex....... 3 00@3
Bergamii ..... wtcee-t Ce
Cajun ....... 60@
Caryophylii ...... _

RE ce... . 3@
Chenopodi ....... . @1
Cinnamonii ....... -1 20@1
Crees... .-..... @

Comsum Maec.......... 35@

10
65
20

60
5

'
60
35

5

o
‘

14
14

25
00
50
OO

  

60
22
25
36

00

 

 

Capeeee............. - BEM
BxOchthites.......... 2 50@2 75
Bee ............ 2 25@2 50
Geauitheria ........... 2 00@2 10
Geranium, ounce..... @
Gossipli, Sem. gal.. 50@ 7
Hedaoa iy 60@1 70
woe, 5 @2 00
Devoumale ............ 90Q2 00
Toes... 8... 2 75@3 25
Menta Piner.......... 2 75@3 50
Mentha Verid......... 2 20@2 30
Morruuae, wal......... 1 00@1 10

@ 50

a ey

   

Geese.
Rosae, ounce
Peers... 0@ 45
ET 96@Q1 00
Pemees ...... .........8 One OO
Sassafras. 50@ 55
Tei” ess, ounce. @ 6
eee ee ee ee @ 9
Thyme eee oes t eee. 40@ 50
iy es @ 60
Theobromas........... 15@ 2
POTASSIUM.
mews... 4... 15@ 18
micnromete ........... 13@ 14
meee... BG 7
WOR ee 12@ 15
Chlorate (po. 18)...... 16@ 18
iCyenee............... 50@ 55
ee 2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 26 30
Potassa, Bitart, com... @ 15
Petass Nitras, opt..... 10
Potaes Nitras.......... 7
Frases... ........4- 28@ 30
Sulpusts po........... 15@ 18
RADIX.
ACORMEM .......---..- 20@ 2%
Ameee................. 25@ 30
oo .............. 129@ 15
Aree OO... ee... @
Calamus. . . —. 2
Gentiana, (po. 15). _ a
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 166 18
a Canaden,
ee Oe eee @ 3
He lebore, Ala, wee 15@ 2
Inula, po.. -- Joa oO
Ipecac, pe... ......... 2 50@z 60
Tris plox (po. 35@38).. 35@ 40
oereee, PE... ... RQ
Maranta, ‘4s.. cee @ 3
1 18

  

— pe. ones

 

    

  

~ on (
-.. G
Spigelia ...... ' iC
Sanguinarta, (po 25) . @ w®
— . 35@ 40
Seneg: . £3
Smilax, Officinalis, H @ 40
] @
peiiias, (00. Ti) ........ 10@ 12
Symplocarpus, Fett-
ee ee @ 35
Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30) @ BS
German. 15@ 20
inate a... .....-..s 12 15
Pinger j.......... 18@ 2
SEMEN.
Anisum, (po. 20). ‘ @ 1
Apium (graveleons) . . BO
eee. 8... 4I@ 6
Cerut, Go. 18)......... 8@ 12
Ee 1 00@1 25
Cocmnaram........... 10@ i2
Cannabis Sativa....... 34%@4
Crdonium.... ........ G1 @
Cnenopodium ........ 10@ 12
Dipterix Odorate...... 2 25@2 35
Woovleaiwm........... @ 15
ee po.. . ce s&s
2S 4@4%
Lint, grd, (bbl. 34%)... 4 @ 4%
Lobelia i" .. 2. &
Pharlaris Canarian. ... 34K@ 4%
—_ Oo fC
8s@ 9
11@ 12
SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R.....1 75@2 00
ee 1 10@1 50
eset Co, 0. T....1 Ral @
aces 75@3 50
Saacharum N. E 1 75@2 00
Spt. Vini _— --1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto . .-1 25@2 00
Wiel Aloa.........-.... 1 2@2 00
SPONGES.
Florida sheeps’ wool
ee ae 2 25@2 50
Nassau sheeps’ wool
Gaeeee ............ 00
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool carriage. . 1 10
Extra yellow sheeps’
carriage . 85
Grass sheeps’ woo! car-
eee... 65
Hard for slate use.... vt]
Yellow Reef, for slate
Wee en. 1 40
SYRUPS.
EE
Co 50
ca sre teristeeen 60
ere OO ee lc 50
ee oT id
Hes Arom........... 50
Simflax ‘Ofticinalis. 60
C 50
eee 50
a Piedeete 50
= Oo... 2... 50
Teen ...:..;; i ae
Prunus virg ... 50

 

TINCTURES.

 

Aconitum Napellis R....... 60 |
w ae 50 |
See. 60 |
“and _—P 60 |
Arnica . tie ce ete ee
Asafcetida.. Keceeeece OT
Atrope Belladonna.......... 60 |
Rersers..................,.- 60 |
_ Ce... ......_....... 50
PARTIES... 50
Ce i 50
Cemspertace................. Fi
Capercum .................. 50 |
Ca damon ee ee %
A, 95
Cole ....................... 1 =
Catechu. Loieeue cla.
Cmekoae 50
' ~~ ............... =
Coreeme....... 50
Comte .................... Sey
at, 50 |
Digitalis ...... ee
Ergot
Gentian Se
oun... CL.

: ee ee a,
es. Ct.
gh
nae.

_ Ceoloriess.............
Pert Ciloridam............

 

 

  

_....................,....
tovere............_.......
Myrrh.. bicep eas
Nux Vomica.. eee
Opil ee
' oe ...........
ei
eer Certek...... .......
eee... ................
Rhatany .. iH |
ae Se
Cassia Acutifol............ 50|
ai ° Co. 50 |
Serpentaria “ 50
Stromoniim........ 60
Oo 60
Nareee .e . 50
‘Veratrum Veride............ 50
MISCELLANEOUS,
Ether, Sots Nit, 3 F 2@ Ww
' . “ 4F.. 2 =
Alumen .. woes O@® S
ground, o-
Lew 3m 4
aan ee 55@ «60
Antimoni{, po... ! @ &
ss et Poiass ". 55@ «60
Antipyrin @1 =

Antifebrin......
Argenti Nitras, ounce
AreomieGumy .. 1... .....-.
Baim Gilead Bud....
Bisrauth 8. N.....
Calclum Chlor, 1s, tiga

i: se, te .....:.... @ 9
Cantharides Russian,
Pe @i 2
Capsict Fructus, or... @ 22
pe.. @ 2%
. ' B po. @ 4
Corvesbetine, (po. 14) 10@ i2
Carmine, No. 40....... @3 75
Cera Alba, S. & F.. 50@ 55
Core Frave...........- 33@ 40
Coccus a @ 4
Cassia Fructus........ @ 2
CPTI. cess @ 10
oe @ 4
Chioroform ee 60@ 63
squibbs .. @1 25
Chloral Hyd Crst...... 1 25@1 50
Cneneree............. 20@ 25
Cinchonidine, P&W 15Q W
German 3 @ 12
Corks, list, dis. per
Oe tle 60
Creasotum ... Ve @ 30
Creta, — 5). Dede cres a 2
a............. 5@ 5
. — ae a 9@ 11
' a @ &
i, ee 30@ 35
Ne oe @ &
ied Bare... .... 1, 5@ ¢
Pere .........-..- 10@ 12
ioe S0rom........... 68@ 70
~— numbers.. @
ae pea @ 6
a ) mm... 60@ 65
Flake Ho. 122@ 15
MN ee ee eee es @ 2
oe 7 @8
Gelatin, — aeedes @ 70
a oe... .... 40@ 60

Fre
Gua aint, 75 and 2%.
by box 70

 

Glue, Brow... 0.4... 15
White. 13@
CoyCerme .........-... ‘15%@ 20
Grana Peradisi........ @ 2
Co 25@ 55
Hydraag Chlor _ @ 9
Co: @ 80

- Ox akeuas @1 00

. Ammoniati. @1 10

' Unguentum. 45@ 55

Hydrargyrum .. @ 6
a 25@1 50

 

Te rn Am.
Be cic eas, 75@1 00
iodine, Resubl........3 Tas &
Iodoform ee eee @4 70
Peou..............., a OD
Lycopodium .......... 55@ 60

aces ... _ 80
Liquor Arsen et Hy-

rete TO... es @ %
Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12
Magnesia, Sulph (bbl

Tei ice esse ee ce 2@ 38
Mannia, 8. F 30@ 33

   

     

  

  

 

Morphia, S S. P. & W...1 80@2 05 | Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 24] Lindseed, boiled ....

8. N. Y. Q. & Sinapis De ee ee. @ 18|Neat’s Foot, winter
ce... 1 7@1 95 o ; @ Wi stained. .......... 50 66
Moschus Canton...... @ 40| Snuff, Se De | SpiritsTurpentine.... 40 45

| Myristica, No.1....... 7@ %5| Voes @ 35]

Nux Vomice, (po 20). @ 10 Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes @ S| PAINTS. bbl. Ib,
Os. Sepia.. 20 | Soda Boras, (po. 11). . 10@ | Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3
Pepsin Saac, H. &P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 278 sl | Ochre, yellow Mars...1% 2@4
Co. @2 00 | Soda Carb............ 1%@ 2 | Her... 1% 2@3
=— Liq, NuC., Soda, Bi-Carb @ 5] Putty, commercial....244 24@3
. @e 0} Soda, Ash.......... sae «64 Cl “strictly pure.... 2% 24@3

Picis Liq., quarts @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas......... @ 2) Vermilion Pele Amer-

Woes... .... @ 8/ Spots. EtherCo........ 50@ 55| tcan. -_. Ie
| Pil Hydrarg, (po. = @ 50 “« Myrcia Dom..... @2 35 | V ermilion, Engl lis sh TO@75
| Piper Nigra, (po. 2 @ t . Myrcia ap... |. 3 00 | Green, Peninsular.. OQ
| Piper Alba, (po $5). @ 3 ‘ Vini Rect. bbl. | Lead, wee... 7 @7%
| Pix Bur a UL Q@ 7 Sasi) | Wee ........... 7 @i%
| Plumbi Acet . a ee Less 5e gal., cash ten days. | Whiting, white Span.. Qi
| Pulvis Ipecac et opil. 4 10@1 20 | Stryechnia C rystal ae @1 30| W hiting, Gilders’...... QN%

———. boxes H Sulphur, Bab .......3 @4_ | White, Paris American 2 @
& F. b. co... @1 3 Roll. ... 24@ 3% lag oe Paris Eng.
| Pyrethrum, pv........ 35 | Tamarinds . ----- 8@ 10} | clif 1 4¢
| Geen rum, py oe 2 4S a Terebenth Venice..... 28@ 30} Pione er Prep ared Painti 20@1 4
Quinia, 8. P.& W..:.. 20@ 34} Theobromee ..........38 @_ 43| Swiss Villa Prepared
S. German ..._20 @ 30| Vanilla.. _.......9 OO@a16 OO POM, 1 00@1 20
Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14| Zinei Sulph....-..... @ 8 VARNISHES,
Saccharum Lactis pv. @ 2% No. 1 Turp Coach....
Sainte 1 75@1 85 OrLs. | Extra Turp......
| Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50 Bbl. Gal | | Coach Body........... 27%
| Sapo, 14{ Whale, winter........ 70 70 | No.1 Turp Furn......1 00@1 10
: =| Dard, Gktra........... 60 | Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60
iia he 1.......... 45 50 | Japan Dryer, No. 1
Linseed, pureraw.... 41 44 | ‘ore. .... ae T0Q7

 

 

HAZELTINE.
& PERKINS E
DRUG CO.

Insporters and Jobbers of

DRUGS

CHEMICALS AND

PATENT MEDICINES.

Paints, Oils % Varnishes

 

Sebo Agamts fer the Selehwmted

SW188 WILLA PREPARED PRIRYS.

Fil Line of Staple Driggisis Stndries

We are Sole Prepeioters of

Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Remedy.

We Hawe te Steck and Offer e@ Tul ize of

WHISKIBES, BRANDIES,
GINS, WINES, ROMS.

 

 

 

 

 

We self Liquors fer Medicinal Purposes only.

We give our Persona! Attention to o Mail Orders and Guarentee Satisfaction.

All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we receive chem. Seadin a
trial order.

Haxelting & Perkins Drug Go,

GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

    
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

'
COUPON PASS BOOKS. Peas. at
pP 7 Can be made to represent any | Green, bU.... .....--+-++++-
Grocery rice Current. Sonntemnes from _ down.| | Split per Ib ........-------- 3 00 |
e 20 books koe ..8 100} Sago.

\ : : tly (a ete eens 2 00 | German ee oo

The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered buyers who pay promptly M00 vee veee ee eeeeees : 25 | | Bast India....... Le 5
oo er Se ee See aa ee ica Wheat. 5

rr 17 50 | | Cracked.-...-.---1---- 8 |
oe ncn en nn Tn i ; vm FISH--Sait.
' Apricots. CLOTHES PINS. CONDENSED MILE. Bloaters. | — ,

= re 6 00 | Live oak. : 2 25 | 5 gross boxes..............-- 40 4 doz. in case. ; | Yarmouth.. erssioneen Ra 3 or 6 doz, in case per doz..1 00 j
ngs a a a Santa Cruz a 2 00 . ee .. 740 ‘aa MEASURES.
a... CU 5 50 oo ease anaemia 250] COCOA SHELLS. @3 CEOWD...-.-00-.............. 6 2 eid eee, 4 Tin, per ¢ dozen.
eee Be ee... 1 90} 351b bags............... @3% | Genuine Swiss............- 8 00 | Whole, Grand Bank... 6 @6% | 4 gallon ...... ' 2s
tir 33 6 00 | Blackberries. —_ a ae. ""6x@7 American Swiss.. ..--.--- 7 Boneless, bricks ...... 74@8 | Half galion. oo ae ae
Paragon . _. = } Se on 90 | Pound packages........ a Boneless, strips........ 74@8 Quart .. an Eee 70

BAKING POWDER. ie Cherries. 120 iia Halibut. oe - sees : ee 40
si » 2 a. n attee  eehen seu se
u — ig 45 | Pitted Hamburgh Les % COFFEE. Seymour XXX... .. EE 12 Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 Ib. cans, 3 doz - 85 | White .... : 1 20 GREEN. Seymour — cartoon... 6% Herring. LE 7 00
% Ib. = ys al ee 1 20 Rio. wae Oe 8 | ORNOE. .. eee so ce eso 18@20 Helf a 4 ">
= "401 Damsons, Egg Ph ums and Green Pee tase 'g ae | cartoon...... rg Holland, Tse 11 = Quart EE z
she a ge | ioe ee srere © Kegs......+.. HE .
— Arctic. 60 | Erie Gages. @1 2% a - Salted XXX, cartoon ...... 6% Round shore, ¥%4 bbl... : ‘a ciaeiee
al . a ik eee nei ~~] ole a ek. ........ + oe \% bb on
% Ib : srosereereeee D = | California. . 1 70 =. a Boston. .... oe “ia Blackstrap. ‘is
+ on aaa jooeeberries. 110 Santos. Butter biseutt 00... -.-.-. 64% | 4 4. 44 pols. 90 IDe-e...-. i on | Sager hemes. ----ere-> SN
: k's Favorite. nue i Soda. No fbi ihe 12 . :
100 & oo ome i. 00 | Peaches. os Sg aut ot Soda, XXX............... . 6 | Family, % bbls., 100 Ibs.... 5 50 III no pee ncorte~s 16
(1#1 pieces colored g] aS) | Pie . oe | Cine... = Lise EMME ees nts cone ces 7 kits, 10 Ibs........ %% ; Porto Rico. ws
100 14 Ib cans... es 12 00| axwell . , 1 50 Peaberry i. 26 i oi. ll 8% Sardines. Prime Ca ee ad ce eeaae :
ai R mons of cxystel g ~ | coe 3 = Mexicar and ( Guatamala. Crystal Wafer........ --+++-10 | Russian, kegs.............. 45 | Famey.......605 0 -eses++--
100 4 lb cans.... a .- 12.00 California z = exican , | Reception Flakes.. ........10 os New Orleans.
(106 hdl cups and s: aucers Monitor seees | Fair... +++ wee Oyster. oe ee 14
2 doz 1ibeans.... .. 9 60' Oxford ; 25 Good........ C os 21 Gute Sen...........8 me. 1, ees See ------ 8 = _ revel aeaht eens 7
(tankard pi itcher with each c Pears. Fancy.................---.--23 | Gity Oyster. XXX... 6 ppcrkecusetn ee o
Dr. Price's. etl 125 Maracaibo. Farina Oynter.............. 6 Whitefish. Pe, oe a RO SE 27
per doz | piverside............ aii Pee 19 CREAM TARTAR. No. 1, 4 bbls., 1001bs.......- FOI. oess bitnnsese vues
Dime cans 2 eee ee 20 Ss ly pure... - No. 1, ~~ 10 IbS.....-.-.+- oe One-half barrels, 3c extra
_ es a Pineapples. trictly pure Family, %' bbls., 100 Ibs... 3 50
: 4 on i 1 30 Jaya. Telfer’s Absolute...... 35 " Gite 10 lhe 50 OATMEAL.
> ay VOmmon ea . 50 Interior ..... a - 10@15 [anes inal een — | Barrels 200.. @4 25
‘s| .” San 2 75 | Private Growth. | ; ae Half barrels i00......)....@2 25
4% ae Mandehling ....... | DRIED FRUITS. FISH and OYSTERS a
» | 2 #0 | Common : | 8 eT tiie — oF Domestic, F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as oe «
21 60 Raspberries, Avebiag ae APPLES. follows: — i
1180 Rea . 1 30 ROASTED Sundried. reerthe bbis. : FRESH FISH . The Standard Oil Co. anotes
: hi : i ** quartered “ ee 8 sf , in barrels, f. 0. b.
ah enabes < i 20 To ascertain Cost of roasted | pyanorated, 50 lb. boxes @7 Trout Nt ee icand Rookie: :
49 , Erie. b coffee, add 4c. per lb. for roast- APRICOTS. ae
eo Strawberries. ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- California in bags....... 8 cing eg W. W. Headlight, 150
Cc & Ciscoes. . @
‘ 1 ; 1 50 | Lawrence 1 ,, | ane. Evaporatedin boxes. ... 8% | Binefish......... -11 @12 | fire test (old test)..... @8
Telfer’s, %% Ib. cans, doz. 45 — - : PACKAGE, BLACKBERRIES. ay | Mackerel: 15 @ Water Witte a 7%
a %4 1 Za cn em Fue 5 : In boxes. ‘ 20) G2 | Waptha i .
ib. i Tee eee te tetas 2s MoLaaghlins XXX. 19. 30 NECTABINES. Ned Pickerel..... @8 Gasoline ... ma @ 8%
Victor. Whortleberries. Pe oe 2 S01 70. bees... a Coo @ 8 Chee ....... one =
6 oz cans, 4 doz . ites... 1 20] Lion. 60 or 100 Ib. case.... 19 30 | 2 lb. boxes.............. 2 @9% | smoked White ....... @8 Bnsine ..... i G21
Ce ee inivwaw eee . 18.80 PEACHES. sTERS—Cans. Black, 25 to 30 deg. -
i 2 dos 2 00 berries i Peeled, in boxes........ 2 rt
16 ‘al oa cere anne Blueberries . WN iy = C al. evap. “ |. 8 Fairhaven Counts.... @40 — ———
SS "Toa * bags...... ® 7% | F. J. D. Selects .......

2 dozen in Case. Corned beef, Libby's Cabinets . wnake. _ Seloess .......- 2 +e. Ge shaper a
English : i Potte io Armour’s. =“. California ee Ones .... @t rs... ,....... eo ete eee ees yo =
Bristol. ...... totes a ea i vg es PITTED CHERRIES. Anchor. ............-.. 30 Cy a
Domestic... . t --- 7 . aig i te epee : 11 | Standards .......... @20 PICKLES.

ca ngue, \ TE wwe i
—" + eS ee. in, aon a 11% SHELL GOODS. "Medium.
vee el | a. additional }95 oe clll) 12°” | Oysters, per 100 ...... 1 25@1 50 | Barrels, 1,200 count........ #4 00
. ‘<  .......-.. 7 : : is : Ciax -- %%@i 00} Half barrels, 600 count.... 2 50
pints, round........10 50 VEGETABLES. aaa PRUNELLES. 7 Small
ints, r -* o 90 cents for g .
No. 2, sifting box... 2 75 Beans. eo Ey ae 12%
No. 3, i --- 400 | Bamburgh _stringless. ee cabinet aetna GRAINS and FEEDSTOFFS | Barrels, 2.400 count. 450
No. 5. i --- 8 00 French — tease 23 a ee Half bbls, 1,200 count 2 75
toute ............ £3} - Les. ....... ae ag some ieee ettse sens 17 : ; : - vores.
ea cree ed & ( , ‘ D. DOMOSBS.. cc ccscessece af y y 58 lb. tes Sf
— oa a 80 eT MT 18° | Nort ed (0 ity testy” at | Clay, No. $16.............45. 1%
me. 2 Hurl oe nis "9 95, | Lewis mane Benes neh : = Sates oe, = % Foreign. aaa Bil 7D. D. full count... a
— "| Bay State Baked............ 5 : i ee
ne 2 Carpet. oats tek.............. 1 35 Hummel’ ARE CURRANTS. ee el . POTASH.
No. G ' 5 00 Corn. ERT 2 50 Patras, in ne bene ° ‘. Granulated. seat tes 1 4 48 cans in case.
ae em. . : i in \%-bbls..
- 100 | Bamburgh ........---....-.. ‘ S in sacks........ ame meee s...........-....: 4 00
——” =. STITT a 90 | Livingston Eden .11.271272. 115 CHICORY. “in less we @ 4% | Straight, in come 4 60 | Penna Salt Co2s ... |. 3 25
Warehouse........ _...... 880! Perey “° ce egal ——s........ . 5 shana Patent * wees. .... :.. 5 50 ROOT BEER
RUSHES Serdlag Giagy 2 te eee, Seren, SS = nem arrels........ 5 6 | witiams, T B O E per doz. 1 %
a. 5 | ne ne nee meen a a S LINES Lemon . 10) Graham ‘“ sacks.. 2 20 “ ‘6 se. 5 00
Stove, No. 1.........------. 125 Peas CLOTHES LINES. 0 ee = eee 2 50 3 doz. case. 5 ¢
- 10 - 150 g5 | Cotten, 40ft.......per doz. 1 25 oe : Rye eo RICE.
“ - e.. ec Hamburgh marrofat as ts aa “ 1 40 RAISINS. a MILLSTUFFS. er eciie
Rice i yot Scrub, 2 row.... 85 early June....... “ 60 ft... ‘ 1 60 Domestic. ran. i vee WY omes
Rice Root Scrub, 3row.... 1 25 Chempion Eng...1 - ss ne... oh 17% London layers, 2 crown....1 40 Screenings... ene . 09 Carolina a 6 i
Palmetto, goose............ 1 50 Hamburgh a eee ad 1 90 3 .1 65 | Middlings....... ......... Re
: 5 fancy sifted.....1 = es f "1 95 | Mixed Feed... sees “ ao @4
CANDLES ae 65 Loose Muscatels, Samek od 25 | Coarse meal..... Se 3%
Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes... 10 Harris standard............ w Olb. bags @5\% CORN. Imported.
Star, 40 9 Van Camp's Marrofat og Fovslen. eT ee i
Eneeine : os ee 35 Ondura, 29 lb. boxes.. 7144@ 7% | Less than car lots.......... 46 Japan, aes d bua bles «aces pee 6 )
Wicking. a 2 24 | Archer's Early Blossom....1 35 U — i 12 we 5%
- a French -+--. oo Sultana, 20 ‘ -1 @ a OATS ide een eds Le 2 ‘
ae re iC Valencia, 20 “ -- 64@ 6% | ,, ey Lol oo 5
— Frenct ee 16218 PRUNES. Less than car lots....... a
FISH. ssceomiisgnltat Pump pin. sc alli @ ies SAUERKRAUT.
— 5 Erie sat eae c alifornia, 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. 8 T _.13 00 Silver Thread, ee on
ittle Neck, 1 it a ' & , | No. 1 Timothy, car lots....13 0
Little gs 2 ib 1 90 haa 1g a. i a “ oo No. 1 . ton lots .... 4% “2 b bl. teeta

Clam Chowder. Hubbard oa «“ 60x70 9% ' a an
. © 1} 2; } @s% " i sl alien ~ i
ee - va Hamburg ee 40 zorheg ame tos 4 ie FLAVORING EXTRACTS. SPICES,

UO a JFRLETS _ | Soake seseeceeeseee nee BO ss i ’ ee ? Jennings’ D C. a
Standard, 11b...... Seer Oew...-...-...-... 1 60 ‘Traieaenn. : : ee aici Whole Sifted.
“ Pe... 1 65 a 8 1, per hundred........... 2 00 ENVELOPES. iia folding box... 75 oe Ae 10
Lobsters. eee 1 00 ; 3 oe ag 3 o0 XX rag, white. 81 75 | 302 -.1 00 1 50 | Cassia, » China in mats. ... Ls 8
. 9 re a6 ¢ ee’ ee 2 00 ss atavia in bund....:
Star, i Ib. . “ = | geo. ena aN ; = oo 7 ele ae ib 3 001 No. 2 en ons c 2s he ums omy oe 1 60 p | 402 ; a = 3 = ss Saigon in rolls.... --85
2 Ib.. . 2 00 | Gall Pe renner 2 50 | $10, ‘ ell ae ee See ee 1 65 ‘“ 8 00 4 40 | Cloves, Amboyna Lecce oe
oo le Cn oi ma. 8.6... c. fh « "Zanzibar... cay ae
- nie a fe ere ee “Superior.” xXx ‘wood, “ii. GUN POWDER. _| Mace Batavia....... .. .. 80
Mackerel. | CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S, d ‘ ‘ 1 35| Kegs . wetecresenseeranoet OO | Notmegs, fancy............. 80
Standard, 1 Se 1 30} 8 1, per hundre Cleon eee 2 50} NO. 1, 6h.........0. sree ee 3 melt pees 2 00 rates oy oo
ech 2 25 | German Sweet.. x 8 2, ai i a hs eee 1 g teen eee eee e eee ees i a. nee:
Mustard, 21b noc ttn ee | OR i eo ee oem a = 3 Manilla, white. HERBS. Pepper, Singapore, io a. |
Tomato Sauce, 2 1b 2s | Pure.. teens Wate t ae tenes ; 5, ee 1 00 ST 15 white... .2: |
Soused, 2 Ib 2 25 | Breakfast Cocoa = 10, : Se steteeee seen 95 | Hops.... reneeetereee eee 24 8B ae |
Columbia } sr 185 | Amboy een @ Mill No. 4.. = _ io Madras, 5 Ib, boxes one 55 Pure Ground in Bulk, q

18 fv. a : ie DOS ec cone none ee aul - 50 :

: - _...... : = ere a | 8. F., 2,3 rand 8 Ib. boxes. 0 Allspice Suey seas 2 he =

Alaska, 1 Ib ------1 45 | Riverside ........... Qi <ACEOUS GOODS. ELLY. ssla, Batevia............8
7 ee a — eT @ ——— — Chicago goods......... @3 ij late - a
Sardines. 2 — a. oo ag “Universal.” ss is Farina, on Mason’ 8, a 20 and 30 Ibs.. > Cloves ae a "30
American _ oo ee 5 | enna * aun i ' _s @1 00 8 1, per hundred a $3 00 100 Ib. Kegs......0 noes oO% 5 “aco Rice ces — cues "309
64A@ 7 | Limburger _ ses, lUvSl 3 50 Hominy. ‘ 30 | Ginger, African.............15
—" “Hose | | Fsorce. atgay CSc @25 8 3, ata emi 4 00 _ a es ee i Cochin............. 18
e+e eee - os i - ° $5 oe iio ch ee PORTANT ET. ee er ce errr ee eewessenn aa “ amaica . : =
oon RR ig ——— ieee Ga 810, Lo atte eects 6 00 Lima Beans ee ee oan -80
eles i eee % ‘6 - . Or,
Trout. |S Schweltzer, Imported. ois ee — Dried..... ee 4 | Condensed, s doz ee 1 % Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. =
ee 2 50 | cee Above prices on cou pheae ‘Maccaroni and Vermicelll. 2 oe... Leo ee 2 mmr pH
CATSUP. are subject to the following : . on | P ahaa ores black. ""99
oo quantity discounts: Domestic, 12 lb, box.. No. 9 sulphur............... 1 25 | Pepper, Singapore, black....20
Apples. Curtice Bros. Co. in 5 per cent, Tao cas ‘iox@1ie a 1 70 ee sn =
3 lb. standard......... ‘. s | | 0 pint, 25 bottles ne : = oe or over......... z pe: Pearl Barley. No. 2 home. Se 1 » Seas Cayenne. Sones eeeeae =

a. ae. lun ee Poe Ee ee ee Se aE xpor es witeteeet cree estes scenes

inaoan a a 2 50 | Quart 1 doz bottles ..... Rte hari enis ~. Kegs @2% port par

 

 

 

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“Absolute” in Pack S : ‘ine Y ‘ Ww t ae a ul SEPA NER an DAR AP
ackages. Common Fine. Choicest............... 32 @34 2 arpath ....................14 | HIDES, PELTS and £Uiis| PAPER & WOODEN WARE
7 , Ce i etic 8c, 10 @i2 anner a AGG ila bia wt 15
0 4s sp — Ba eer 85 King Bee...... ‘ 20 Perkins & Hess pay as fo! PAPER.
— rettee ceeeee = : 55 Sree anne oo 90 BASKET FIRED. Kiln Dried... ..............17 | lows, prices nominal: SHAW eee vee eee
ee = tS SALERATUS. ee ag 18 @2% | Nigger Head................ 2 HIDES. tock falls aa
aoa 84 158 Packed 60 Ibs. in box. CHR @25 | Honey errr tee Green . tai...
aaa 41 a Chureh’s .... . 83 30 | Choicest.. @35 | Gold Block setee eee 88 Part Cured. ea eu oss — VU
ae ge DeLand’s .................. 3 15| Extrachoice,wireleaf @40 | Peerless........-..-..---..+. 24 | Full Se nse oh = stag
a 84 155 tne rg TL an at ail a = GUNPOWDER re ae = 1 o.. a 2 a
oe SS : 5 here MON oll. ee ie a ee
Sage....-. eee eee 84 Eilon ae aA NG | Common to fair ...... 2 @oo | fom and Jerry..............2 — green pena a g : Red - asalaasel No ‘1
ne SOAP. Mutra tne to finest....50 Geo | Brier Pipe. ............. _. 30 Calfskins green ..... 4 @ 5 No. 2
a LAUNDRY. Choicest fancy........75 @85 ied hess wae tcew neue er esas 32 cured .....5 @7 TWINEs.
i" " il a ? VE oe. ccc cccaweees ve in : 0 @2 ¢
OE Cecceauaal 1 | ord Counter 90 Eb nS 20| common to Senna Soe | Methuadee ce fel § eee
iwi 1% | Good Cheer 60 1 Ib. 3 9) | Common to air... ... Gee Handmade ey iH Pais Ta eer
, ; oT y eee 3 und orte 3
SEEDS. — ee 60! Common to fair....... 23 @%6 |- ee ae a. sen soa iw - 5
Anise EE @i2% i Concord... *. 2 99] Superior tofine........ 30 @35 WASHBOARDS. ee in ae lege maleeopO BRE
lanary, Smyrna....... 3% | Iv ) 5 IS : = = et ‘aia mt
Guam a os ory, > ai ae eae : =. YOUNG HYSOR. Washed .. ..... 20 @ WOODENWARE.
Cardamon, Malabar... 90 Bae cree 3 65 Common to fair oeaaas 18 @26 Unwashed ...... ---. 10 @2 Tu ee : 7 00
Hemp, Russian....... 4%, | Mottled German. To a eee Superior to fine....... 30 @40 i tu _ Mae... 6 00
Mixed Bird........... 44@ 5%| Town Talk.............. 115 SOO ENGLISH BREAKFAST. So @ a ee ase oa
ao watee....... 6 SCOURING AND POLISHING. Tallow ......__.. -.-. eee 4 Pails, No. 1, two-hoop. 1 35
Poppy .. ENE 9 Sapolio, kitche n, ey > 50 wee. 18 - Grease butter .. _.1 @2 No. 1, three -hoop 1 60
Bape nat 6 « "hand, 3 doz * 350 Chotee,...... bese e cede Switches .... _-... 1a 2 Clothespins, 5gr.boxes.... 40
Cutie bone... 30 — et | one. eee eee ae G50 Ginseng ---..2 00@2 50 | Bowls, 11 inch a 80
SUGAR lL sk a 90
STARCH. . TR ee ek :
‘ _ COs LOet............. @ 5% TOBACCOS. | aoe " 17 ee 2 25
Yorn. Pee ne @ 4% / | Outside prices for No. 1 only. ‘ ed. tis and 198 2 3
= Ib boxes See aed gy | Powdered . dees. @ 4% singers s 3 2 50 ) a“ ~— a, iis = 198 2 7
0-1b en i Granulated... 4.560 45, | Pails unless otherwise noted sa verses sees sees BO@I 00 Baskets, marke ka RAE
lo Confectioners’ A..... 4.44@ 4% | Hiawatha ............. 60 es tee shipping bushel.. 1 20
G Oss. Soft A. : ‘ Beavar ..... 3 00@7 00 PI ushel ©
1-lb packages bY, wien E xtra ¢ oe | oa Mec mA ubs.......-. : = Cat wiled.............. 2 @ full hoop : 1 30
: “ ee estes ee ee ee ae @ 4% | McGinty . sees ‘ ©. House... 0... 10Q@ 2 . bushel --. 150
i. sete teen seeeee BMG Rete ©. oe @4 1% bbis. beseaas 22 Misher. "4 oo 00 | ' willow el'ths, No.l 5 75
Lie ceed eens 6 be eee oot aa. @3 % | Valley City. enue 32 y 2 1501 " No.2 6 25
40 and 50 Ib. boxes.......... 4% | Yeliow @ 3% | Dandy Jim..........-- 7 Pap ee tte Se “ “Nod 7%
Deeeeee. 8 4% | Less than. bbls. . 4e a ‘adys ance _ Mingeno. . |... ...... 20 “ ee ' se — =| : splint No.1 3 50
. in drums... 19 ata nay 0 ge nas | ts A ss No.2 4 3
u i ce i | oe TE 2 00@: No.2 4 2
Seotch, in Boosey 37 "Cora. ne RR pense mt sais Martin, ee 1 oe ; 00 | ‘ ‘hi “ No.3 5 0¢
Be L TS.........37 | : : Plug. eS Pec : vale & yellow 50@1 00}
accaboy, in jars.. +++ 85 he ka a hh 232-23 a : ie ee Scr a
a han aie ae (eee, 25 Sorg’s Brands. |Saginaw..... if ++ 40@1 10}
> 6 Spearhead ...... doe 37 Ce o | Muskrat... .......--. 83@ 15)
sO0DA. Fair Pure Cane. 19 Joker ne wee 22 a a ; = Oppossum ‘ase -+++4 1@_ 30 |
Boxes . i ae ee ears ‘ (io a : Otter, dark......_. "5 00@S 00 |
we PapOO........-5. 95, | Nobby Twist............ 38 Langtry ...... 1... 1 10 Bo Fe
Kegs, English... ete Cie an ON Ms 29 | Defiance 175 —— ee de ; = 15
ee de ea eww olay ‘ ag ele |) Skun oe ...1 OO@i1 2
SALT SWEET GOODS. Seotten’s Beane. es Double. pe ""y 00@3 00
« 100 3-Ib. sacks... . ..82 25] Ginger Snaps.......... ai ca S igus TTT) Sige | Beaver castors, Ib.....2 00@5 00
ee .. 200] Sugar Creams........ g | Hiawatha...........-- oe eee 1 80 DEERSKINS—Per pound
28 10-lb. sacks. . . 185] Frosted Creams....... g | Valley City ........--- HE en
aa 4-1b. 2 25 Graham Crackers.... 8x4 Finzer’s Brands, Creoeeent .............. 2 60 Thin and green ........ i =
oo cases 1 50} Oatmeal Crackers.... 8% | Old Honesty.......... 4) Red Star. .... et eee tls oe ae —— ae ena oo
56 = dairy in linen’ bags. i eT ae | Shhamroe 0). esol vo Mote het beat eel ta
28 drill - 18 TEAS. “ ay ne s Bré en Vo 2 25 | EE SS HG wn wooo ne vi
Warsaw. ere It Is. 28 VINEGAR, a os
56 Ib. : : ne gaPan—Regular. Ore Syre. 31 on... 7% | | POULTRY.
28 Ib dairy in drill bags... = TT @iz_ ‘| Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands. | 50 gr. / :
' a 399 | Something Good...... 96 $1 for barrel. . Local dealers pay as follows
Ashton. Choree,...... tes. oe @% Toss Up.. SS a | a
56 Ib. dairy in linen sacks 75 | Choicest.......... ....32 @3 Gutod Hiekt.......... -.. ont UR, Der eee oc Ll... 30 | Fowl. 12 @13
Hee ae aes Private Brands, Beer mug, 2 doz incase... 1 75 Wikeve 14 @L
Higgins. SUN CURED r Sw ae Maples sts 30 TYEAST—-Compressed. | Bucks Te ae
56 1b. dairy in linen sacks. 75) 4, vege @l me tt memes 25 | Fermentum per doz. cakes. "Live Poultry ss
/ i. a @17 Smoking. ' per ib’... . ls » chickens oe as
‘on — Rock. 3 Coe ett @) | Boss.......... area a at 12% | Fleischman, per doz cakes... — — a =
. Sacks... .. ------ | CmOre.................24 @xG | Colonel's Choice........__.. 13 a | Turkeys.......... 42 @138

 

 

 

 

 

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Good Goods Make Mar
4 tusiness, x Kusiness,

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GrOCery MEN? Ave you satistied with your sales of High Grade Cottfees?
Are you sure that you are selling the Best to be obtained?

HILLSIDE JAVA. is ascientitic combination of Private Plantation Coffees, selected by an expert and from which a cup

, of coffee can be made that will give universal satisfaction. Cup qualities always uniform which is one reason why it
is a trade holder wherever introduced. HILLSIDE JAVA has m: my friends in Michigan! DO YOU SELL IT?

$100 will be paid for a formula that will produce a Cup of Coffee better than Hillside

 

 

  

Roasted in the Latest Improved Cylinders and Packed while bot into 50-10, Cans only
That J. mM. BOUR Co.,

Importers, Roasters and Jobbers of Fine Coffees,

140 Summit St., Toledo, O., also Detroit & New York.

We are represented in Michigan as follows: Eastern Michigan, P. V. Hecuter; Southern Michigan, M. H. Gasser;
Western Mic higs an, Thos. Ferauson |“ Old Fergy” |.

 

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BUSINESS LAW.
Summarized Decisions from Courts of
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liable for such negligence to the person |
to whom a message is addressed, as well |

as to the sender.

PRODUCE MARKET.

 

Apples—Firm at $3 per bbl.

Beans — Without material change, either in

 

 

 

 

CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK CANDY.

  

 
 

| price or demand. Jobbers pay about $1.20 for Full Weight. Bble. Pails.
ELEVATOR — ACCIDENT — OWNER’S LIA-]| NOTE — ACCOMMODATION INDORSER. | — —+F — city picked pea or me- Standard, Bet LLL ¢ 7
‘ adium a . be yd ak ue ae ‘
BILITY. " a Seen ace a a a .
ane : In the case of Breckenbridge vs. Lewis, 3utter—Jobbers pay 17@18c for good to choice Twist eee 6 :.
According to the decision of the Mary-] jaraly decided by the i Court of | 2ity. and pone Pls ell aoe we. Factory non —_ a 20 Ib, cases _ ~
—— a . 2c i. eh latncae creamery is air den at 2 yu a i
land Court of Appeals, in the case Of} yaine, it appeared that the plaintiff was| Cabbages—Old stock is about played out. New | Bxtra HH... banea 7 8
People’s Bank vs. State of Maryland, the] 41, aeegommodation indorser, who had to stock is beginning to arrive, selling at $4 per MIXED CANDY.
mner <f a building who has the care of]... a a a | erate of 125 Ibs. Full Weight.
ah se : : : . - spat > for the purposes of the pay atmaturity a note made pay able by Cranberries—A bout out of market. " Is. Pails.
an Cre vecer te Ble Ror Ene Poe the defendant toone Morse. Thedefend-| Dried App les —Sundried ta held at 40sec and| Giana 6 7
tenants is liable to the tenants for any] int cet up in defense that she never | evaporated at 6@6% : EIR Svcs s0 00s ee 6 7
cefeet in it or its appointments or man- signed the note, and that ber signature — sal 11@114%4e and hold at 12 | oa Lo ecd luda boa leyisasucqeence 6% _*
aveme seh ean) 2 ray ss a ’ a : "| @12%C. bac ieee le Genes eens 7
agement which could be pre vented by] was a forgery, or that if she wrote the | Honey—14c per lv. | Rogiieh er * 8
reasonable care or vigilance. same the text was fraudulently written | Lettuce—Grand Rapids Forcing is in fair de- | Conserves .... .........0.02+--+0+ 7 8
a a : ea ey 4 mand at 12c¢ per Ib. | Beoken Tah... baskets 8
a a CE without her authority and without her) ss... mise ieeadees say 7@Sc per lb. and| PeanutSauares............ 8 9
} I q
BLANK —NOTE—INDORSER- JURISDICTION. | knowledge and consent. On the trial it | nold at s@9e. i | French Creams........0. ee-ee+s. 10
fhe Supreme Court of Georgia held, in| ya. shown that the defendant had given | | Onions—Green are in fair demand at 20e per | Valley Creams......... settee es 13
the recent case of Gem Manufacturing Co. the ree her signature hienk pincers dozen bunches. Dry stock is in small demand | Midget, 30 Ib. beskets Oe 8
‘ “ peninns . 16 payee her signature on Dian pieces and supply, commanding 60@8s0c per bu. re er ee 8
Jones et al., that a guarantor of the | of paper, with authority as her agent to} Pieplant—4@5c per Ib. FANcY—In bulk,
payment of a promissory note, payable write over that signature an order or}! Pineapples—$1.%5 per doz. | Full Weight. Pails.
at a chartered bank, was not an indorser es winin cavinen banks, ‘The Potatoes—No change in the market, producers | Lozenges, plein ee 10
hin the meaning of the provision of Orders On CCrsaim Savings VAalks. © having come to the conclusion that no higher | ee 11
within the meaning : } oe court decided that, although the note was | prices may be looked for this season. neice a 11%
the constitution of the state which auth-| ¢rauqulent in its inception, yetinasmuch | Radishés—3se per doz. bunches. ; | Chocolate Monumentals...................4- 13
orizes suit against indorsers to be brought as the plaintiff indorsed it as an accom-| a — Merchantabie stock is about | Gum Drope......................--.5.-++. 4-4 os
in the county of the residence of the] modationin dorser before maturity with; ee a 84
maker. no knowledge of its fraudulent inception | PROVISIONS. Imperials.... 0.0... 600. eee eee eee e nee ee eee
c he was entitled to recover. The court! The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, Fancy—In 5 Ib. boxes. Per Box
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION — ARBI-} said: ‘‘One who intrusts his signature | quotes as follows: ion tee eeeeres cee encceeeeceseee sence 5S
TRATOR. to another for commercial use, that is, to| 0... new re te ene te | EIN oon ress cscnnocncanecessnes 60
In the case of Jones vs. Forehand the} have some business obligation written | shortcut 2.0000 TIE, an go | Chocolate Drops............ pnaneennmebabiens 65
Supreme Court of Georgia held that] over it, becomes holden upon a negoti- | Extra clear pig, short cut................... 13 % sy a DIOPB.....--+++-+eeeeeees eae
where the business of agent or arbitrator] able promissory note fraudulently so| boomy — Lae ee ane edi ein Nae th shin | CIE TIN ses ony nas dente sete cs 1 00
was to apprise property and ascertain] written by the person so intrusted with | iia clear, cp NE TO “3 59 | A. B. Licorice Drops................ nae
the state of accounts between landlord | jt, and negotiated to an innocent holder. | Clear back, short cut...........00.00000.0... 13 50 | Lozenges, ened Pee ase ae nen i 3
and tennant, a communication by the] An accommodation indorser of such note, | Standard clear, short cut, best. pases 13 75 oe ee 60
lanalord to such agent or arbitrator at without notice of its infirmity, who takes | por, SE ™% Mottoes esas ce pee hence eda 70
the time of requesting him to render his] it up at maturity in discharge of his own | Ham Sausage..............0.0.. Seececec ee eee 9 ee” if 0 ad a al aa i =.
services to the effect that the tenant had j debt to the holder, or in consideration of pont aeeas Es : Hada Was Chose | $595
already stolen two bales of cotton, and] his own note given therefor, may recover | Blood Se 5 Plain Creams. Ee 80@90
he the landlord wished to get him off the] the contents thereof from the maker,” | Bologna, straight..............0.0000ceccoee, 5 aa She mens ninnntnmnos shay eintwt or
premises before he stole any more, it not aga ee SBOE - nos - seo. nereeansnnsne-onnnnee SPI io ooscic ceo cncs schoo Oe
appearing that the accounts between the Fill Your Orders Carefully Ibrpacacorasoaatieaate ahh aN ET MW ofc TT 60
two parties embraced the two bales of : / } Kettle Com- CARAMELS,
cotton or any part of their value, if there is one thing above all others | tendered. Granger. Family. pound. — 1 wrapped, -? DOKES...-04 + eee serene -
or any question concerning them, was| that will cause a dealer to lose his cus- | age ee aT 74 4 siz |No2 “ ee HN A 28
irrelevent to the business in hand, and| tomers, it is his carelessness in filling | 29 1p: Patis.. 8% 7% 6 54 | No.3, : ey eu da 42
was therefore not a privileged com- orders, and in the delivery of goods. | 10 Ib. s .. 8% 74 614 6 Sines we, $1. BHM... 0055. ooo es ee 90
munication. This applies not only to merchants, but to . co ta Sie 6% - ORANGES. i
AE to all classes of business men, who sup- |?! gg eT oe | Pees, a eee es 2 =
fELEGRAPH COMPANY'S LIABILITY. | Ply the wants of — A customer Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs.............. 6 50 © russets ~150-176-216..-. 0.2.0... @3 7
il may give an order fora half dozen or| Extra Mess, Cago PRCEING................ 6 ae eee ke 3 25
The following rulings regarding the more of articles, in the filling of which ee 9 00 Californias, Tl @
liability of telegraph companies for neg- : i. & SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain, ee
a oo 8-}one small item may b verlooked. I
liponce 3 faili t ieliver telegrams one sm ite y be overlooked, n Hams, average ~0 lbs eee 9% Messinas, choice —. ...... a @3 50
igence in failing to deliver telegrams} 11. majority of cases this sli “goatee: 6 - oi EL EA a ia @3 50
were made by the Appellate Court of] ~. J J neg 2 ore “ “ 2 to 14 1bs.. ee i
m : ’ : Eu sight will cause more trouble thanif all] er
Indiana in the case of Western Union cn PICMIC « «2 - ee eee eee eee eee eee ees 6% Messina, choice, 360............ @3 0
an as lenge) - . mp,,| the other articles had been omitted and Qe a ae a ee cae On
Telegraph Co. vs. Newhouse, viz.: That } ein a : t is nushinns 6 Ee @3 75
Deiat wudienetnn elliin strictly | 20 GRO sal Rem omnt forward. The ai penn aoe ons moe eee ee a Ee TE @3 50
telegraph companies, while not strictly s . . : Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................... 8% “
ll a ~ | checking system is almost a certain pre- 4 beef, kh 7 ee ee @4 00
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Uranges, LAMOUS Bananas, Nuts, Figs, Dates

A Full Line always Carried by

THk PUTNAM GANDY 60.

 

raRinking & BESS

DEALERS IN

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

NOS, 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,
WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE.

Geo. H. Reeder & Co.,

JOBBERS OF

BOOTS & SHOES

Felt Boots and Alaska Socks.

State Agents for

 

 

~ 1158 & 160 FaltoncSt. GrandsRapids) ©

 

 

 

J. L. Strelitaky,

Jobber of

 

bigars

Including the following celebrated brands man-
ufactured by the well-known house of Glaser,

Frame & Co

Windlex, long Mavanea fller................ $35
Three Medals, long Havana filler........ 35
Elk’s Choice, Havana filler and binder... 55
eee Oe eee... ..............,--5. 55
Ln Donmecelia de Morera, ................- 65
me teeel, Sin a hox......:.............-. 55
I oh let ee eer cues pce 60

Headquarters for Castellanos & Lopez’s line of
Key West goods.
All favorite brands of Cheroots kept in stock.

10 80, lonia 8b, Grand Rapids,

 

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

FIRE INSURANCE.
Its History and the Laws, Rules and
Customs Which Govern It.
SIXTH PAPER.
Written for THE TRADESMAN.

The next condition in the policy pro-
vides that, if the subject matter insured
be a manufacturing establishment, ail
over or extra running, or running at

night, or if it shall cease to be operated, |
will void the policy, unless a_ special |
agreement from the company, permitting |

the same, be endorsed on the policy,

This condition is so self-apparent on
its face, that I pass at once to the next:

‘*Or if the property be sold or
ferred, or any change take place in title
or possession, except in case of succession
by reason of the death of
whether by tegal process or jndicial de-
cree or voluntary transfer
ance,” this policy shall be void.

assured,

or convey-

We have already seen that it is requis- |

ite that the assured have an interest in the
subject insured, not only at the time of
the insurance, but at the time of the
loss; and for a long time it has been set-
tled by judicial decisions, based upon
common principles, that a policy
would not be obligatory after the party
insured ceases to be the owner
property named in the policy.
tract is to indemnify the assured, and
if he has sustained no loss or damage,
the contract is not broken.
sion embodied in this condition is a very

law

broad one, providing not only for a sale |

or transfer, but for any change which

may take place in title or possession, and |

this whether voluntary or involuntary.
The term alienation, which

is some-
times used, has a technical, legal mean-
ing, and any transfer of real estate short
of the conveyance of the title is not an
alienation. The alienation of one
several estates, separately insured by
the same policy, in which it is provided
that where any property insured shall be

alienated, the policy shall become void, |
only voids it as to the interest alienated. |

Thus, where a hotel and shop were in-
sured in the same policy, but were separ-

ately valued, it was held that the aliena- |
tion of one would not effect the insur- |

ance on the other.

It has long since been settled that

where the property insured is held by |

two persons, jointly or as tenants in
common, a conveyance from one to the

other would not prevent a recovery for |

the share not conveyed.

In Hoffman vs. Atna Fire Ins. Co., 32 |

N. Y., 405, it was held that the effect of
this proviso against sales is not to pro-
hibit sales by the owners as between
themselves, but only sales of proprietary
interests by the parties insured to third
persons.

It has been settled by a large number
‘of judicial decisions that an agreement
to convey the premises insured at a fu-
ture time, on payment of purchase
money, is not such an alienation, sale,
transfer or change in title or possession,
as to defeat a policy, where a loss oc-

eurs after the agreement but before the |
conveyance and the assured remains in |

possession of the property.

Where the insured mortgaged the
premises, and assigned the policy to the
mortgagee with the consent of the insur-
er, and afterwards conveyed the prem-
ises away, it was held that the policy re-
mained valid as to the mortgagee, and
for the amount of the debt, on the
ground that the insured could do noth-

trans- |

of the|
The con-

The expres- |

of |

|ing to effect the rights of the assignee
without his consent.

; Ina casein Maine, the plaintitf had his
| building and merchandise therein in-
| sured and afterward sold the merchan-
| dise and leased the building by parole.
Six months afterwards, and before the

| fire, he took them back again. It was)
|held that this was not an alienation

within the meaning of the condition pro-
viding that ‘‘alienation by sale or other-
wise should avoid the policy,” and that

‘| the policy would re-attach to any goods

belonging to the assured which might be
in the store during the life of the policy,
not exceeding the amount insured. In
| giving judgment in the above case, the
jcourt said: ‘‘As to the goods, we are
| clear that the policy was intended to
| cover, and did cover, whatever goods the
plaintiff might have in his store at any
| time during the continuance of the risk,
not beyond the amount actually insuged.
| A eonstruction limiting the policy to the
| goods actually in the store at the time
the insurance was effected would defeat
| the very object of the assured, and so it
imust have been understood by the in-

surer. The plaintiff's business was
| trade, the vending of goods from his
store. According to the construction

put upon the policy by the company, the
plaintiff has.no security except upon the
goods actually in the store when the
policy was issued, and, when those were
disposed of, their liability was at an end.
We cannot listen for a moment to such a
| suggestion. A policy of insurance, be-
ing a contract of indemnity, must receive
a construction of the words em-
| ployed in it as to make the protection it
affords co-extensive, if possible, with the
risk of the assured.’? The court evi-
dently considered the risk a continuing
one, to the amount specified, upon such
goods as the assured might have in the
store within the term limited in the
policy, and not confined to such as were
those at the time of assuming the risk.
| This is the general doctorine held by the
courts and acted upon by insurers in
like cases.

I will give one more case before pass-
ing on to my next topic: A policy was
| issued on a stock of goods, which, after
the insurance was effected, was sold on
execution aud bought in by the plaintiff,
to whom the policy was assigned with
the consent of the company, without
special disclosure of plaintiffs interest
in the insured property. It was held, by
the Supreme Court of New York, first,
| that the sale of goods did not avoid but
merely suspended the policy, which was
still a valid and subsisting contract in
the hands of the original assured, and
would re-attach to the same kind of
goods afterwards purchased and put in
the same place, and was, therefore, valid
in the hands of an assignee with consent
of the company; and, second, that appli-
cation to the insurer for consent to the
assignment of the policy was notice that
| the applicant had acquired, or was about
| to acquire, some interest in the subject
| of insurance.

“Or tf the proper be removed to an-
describ-

such

| other location than that herein
| ed,’? ete.

| The reasonableness of the above con-
| dition is plainly obvious that, surely, no
| policy holder ought ever to jeopardize
| his interest by committing a blunder
| here.

| “Or if this policy shall be assigned be-
fore a loss, without the consent of the
company endorsed hereon,” ete.

 

Grand Rapids & Indiana.
Schedule in effect January 10, 1892.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
Arrive from Leave going
South. North.
For Saginaw and Cadillac...... 6:15am 7:05 am
For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:20am 11:30 am
For Saginaw & Traverse City.. 2:00pm 4:15 pm
For Petoskey & Mackinaw..... 8:10 pm 10:30 pm
From Kalamazooand Chicago. 8:35pm

Train arriving at 9:20 daily; all other trains daily
except Sunday.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Arrive from Leave going
North. South.
6:20am

    

Por Oinctamact.........
For Kalamazoo and Chi
For Fort Wayne and the

cen ues 7

aoe 10:30 am
East.. 11:50am 2:00 pm
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_MicHican CENTR:

CENTRAL
CN NEP NEC

| ** The Niagara Falls Route.’

| DEPART. ARRIVE

| Detroit Express. 7:00am 10:00pm

| «. 20eem £:30 pm

| Day --. 20pm 10:60am

| ..10:;30pm 6:00am

| ow SOrm Buprers............ 5:40pm 12:40pm

| *Dail

All other daily oxcept Sunday

Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express

| trains to and from Detroit.

700 & m |

Elegant parlor cars leave Grand Rapids on Detroit

| Express at 7a.m., returning leave Detroit 4:45 p.m.
| arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m.

Wee Comereeee, o.oo wl. 6:30 p m 00 pm |
For Chicago.... -. 10:40pm 205 pm |
Ce 10:40 pm

Trains leaving at 6:00 p. m. and 11:05 p. m. run daily;
all other trains daily except Sunday.

 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana,
For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon— Arrive.
7:00 am

0:10am
11:25 am 4:40 pm
5:40 pm 9:05 pm

SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE.
NORTH
Rapids to

30 am train.—Parlor chair car Q@’d |

Petoskey and Mackinaw.

Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.

m train.—Sleeping car Grand |

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.

11;05 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

" Chicago via G. R. & I. R. R.

Lv Grand Rapids 10:30 a m 2:00 pm

Arr Chicago 3:55 p m 9:00 p m
10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
11:05 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.

11:05 p m
6:50 am

Lv Chicago 7:05 am 3:10 pm 10:10 p m
Arr Grand Rapids 2:00 pm 8:35 pm 6:15 am
3:10 p m through Wagner Parlor Car. 10:10 p m

train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.

 

Through tickets and full information can be had by
calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta-
tion, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67
Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

C. L. LOCKWOOD,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan
Railway.

In connection with the Detroit, Lansing &
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk e
offers a route making the best time betwe n
Grand Rapids and Toledo.

FIA D., L. & N.
Ly. Grand Rapids at..... 7:15 a. m. and 1:00 p.
Ar. Toledo at......... 12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p.
VIA D., G. H. & M.
Ly. Grand Rapids at.... .6:50 a, m. and 3:25 p.
Ar, Toledo at.........- 12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p.

 

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m.

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Return connections equally as good.
W. H. BENNETT, General Pass, Agent,

Toledo, Ohio.

 

 

GHAS. A. GOYE,

MANUFACTURER OF

Ings & TE

Horse and Wagon Covers

JOBBERS OF

Hammocks and Cotton Ducks

SEND FOR PRICE LIST.

11 Pearl St, Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

above ar-
:ipments
at the highest market price and to
rive youquick returns.We also receive andsell

HAY, GRAIN, WOOL, HIDES,
GRASS SEED, BEANS, POTATOES,
GREEN AND DRIED FRUITS,

We are very large receivers of the
Heles and are prepared to sell your st
promptly

OR ANYTHING YOU MAY HAVE TO SHIP, Lib-
eral advances made onshipments if requested,
Write us for prices or any information you
may want,

SUMMERS, MORRISON & C9..

Commission Merchants,
174 S. WATER ST., CHICAGO, ILL

Reference: Metrovolitan Natl. Bank, Chicago.
Be sure and Mention this Paper.

FRED M. Briees, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe St.

A. ALMQUIST, Ticket Agent, Union Depot

Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St.
O. W. Rueeues G.P. & T. Agent., Chicago

pa TIME TABLE

EET
NOW IN EFFECT.

MILWAUKEE
RAILWAY

 

  

    
     

 

EASTWARD.

 

Trains Leave 16

 

 

 

 

  

     
   

+No. 14\4N +No. 18/*No. 82
Gd Rapids, Lv} 650am/1° 20am) 3 25pm 10 55pm
j Ionia ........Ar) 7 45amj11 25am) 4 27pm/12 37am
| St. Johns ...Ar| 8 28am}12 17pm! 520pm) 1 55am
Oweee)......4 Ar| 903am] 120pm! 6 65pm, 3 15am
E. Saginaw... Ar 5pm! 8. 0pm)! 8.45am
Bay City.....A4 5pm) 8 45pm) 7..0am
Pint ........ AF 340pm) 7 (5pm) 5 40am
| Pt. Huron...Ar/1i 55ain| 6 00pm; 8 50pm) 7 30am
| Pontiac ......Ar}1053am| 305pm) 8 25pm) 5 37am
| Detroi,...... Ari 50am| 405pm) 925pm} 7 00am
WESTWARD.
Trains Leave *No. 81 |tNo. 11 |tNo. 13

 

 

 

m)} 1 00pm) 5 10pm

G'd Rapids, Lv
2 10pm) 6 15pm

G’d Haven, Ar
Milw’kee Str ‘‘
Chicago Str.

 

   

*Daily. tDaily except Sunday.
Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m.,
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains arrive from the west,
p.m. and 9:50 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet
car. No.18Chair Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper.
Westward—No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11
Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
Joun W. Loup, Traffic Manager.
BEN FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agent.
Jas, CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent.

CHICAGO

10:10 a. m., 3:15

 

 

JAN’Y 3, 1892.

 

AND WES? MICHIGAN R’Y.
I GOING TO CHICAGO
Lv.GR’D RAPIDS......9:00am 12 25pm
Ay CHOICAGO.......... 3:55pm 5: 7:05am
RETURNING FROM CHICAGO.
Lv. CHICAGO..... ..-.9:00am 4:45pm *11:15pm
Ar. GR’D RAPIDS.....3:55pm 10:10pm *6:10am

BENTON HARBOR, ST, JOSEPH AND
INDIANAPOLIS.

Ly. Grand Rapids . 9:00am 12:05pm *11:35pm
Ar. Grand Rapids.....*6:10am_ 3:55pm 10:10pm
For Indianapolis 12:05 p m only.

TO AND FROM MUSKEGON.

Ly. &.& 10:0Cam 12 05pm 5:30pm 8:30pm
AY. G.H...... 10:55am 3 55pm 5:25
TO AND FROM MANISTEE, TRAVERSE C
RAPIDS.

TO AND FROM

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AND ELK

5:17pm

Ly. Grand Rapids... 7:25am
9:40pm

Ar. Grand Rapids... . 11:45am
THROUGH CAR SERVICE.

Between Grand Rapids and Chiecago—Wagner
Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 p m.; leave
Chicago 11:15 pm. Parlor Buifet Cars—Leave
Grand Rapids 12:05 pm, leave Chicago 4345 pm.
Free Chair Cars—Leave Grand Rapids 9:00 a m;
leave Chicago 9:00 a m.

Between Grand Rapids and Manistee—Free
Chair Car—Leaves Grand Rapids5:17 pm; leaves
Manistee 6:50 a m.

DETROIT,
LANSING & NORTHERN R. BR.

JAN’Y 3, 1892

  

Bi GOING TO DETROIT.

Ly. GR’D RAPIDS . Tr15am *1:00pm 5:40pm

Ar, DDTROIT.. -...... 12:00 m *d:10pm 10:40pm
RETUKNING FROM DETROIT.

Lv. DETROIT........-. 7:00am *1:15pm 5:40pm

Ar. GR’D RAPIDS.....11:50am *5:!5pm 10:15pm

To and from Lansing and Howell—Same as to
and from Detroit.

TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS.
Ly. Grand Rapids.. «se--- (00am 4:15pm
Ar. Grand Rapids..........---.- 11:50am 10:40pm

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. RB.
Ly. Grand Rapids ... (2:15am 1:00pm 5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell.........-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 amy; 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-
cence school of Law
{incorporated]. Send ten
cents {stamps} for particu
lars to
J. COTNER, dr., Sec’y,

No. 375 Whitney Block,
DETROIT,- MICH.

 

 

 

 
 

20
It was very early held that policies
against loss by fire were not in their
nature assignable, and though the mer-
eantile world, especially in England,
has not been entirely satisfied with de
cisions against their transferability, the
question must be regarded as entirely
settled, and the decisions seem to rest
upon sound principles. A fire policy, in
this respect, differs from a marine insur-
ance, which contract may be transferred
by an assignment of the policy, accom-
panied with conveyance of the interest
though

insured, without the assent of

the underwriter. In marine policies, the
contract attaches more directly to the
property rather than to the
owner of it, while in fire policies the

does not run

insured,

contract is personal and
with the property insured.

Some time ago, it was suggested in the

 

American Leading Cases, that it is diffi-

cult to see why the personal nature of a

contract against fire, and its incapacity

of being attached to, and passing with,

the property, should render the consent

of the insurer to a vaiid assignment of a
fire policy, while, as toa marine policy,

no such assent is necessary. In eae’
to this suggestion, a very able writer on
commercial law, to whose valuable
work Iam largely indebted for material
in preparing this series of papers, says:
“One reason why a fire policy snout
not be assignable without such consent,
or except under other specified condi-|
tions, is the reliance which is commonly |
placed upon the character of the assured. |

}

|

The moral hazard depends greatly upon
the character of the person to whom the
Property on land may
ordinarily be destroyed without personal

policy is issued.

i

A NATIONAL BEVE

GERMAN

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

physical risk to the incendiary, while
property on the sea enjoys a certain de-
gree of protection against intentional
burning, by the personal danger which
one burning property so situated would
ordinarily ineur.”

The condition that the interest of the
assured in the policy should not be as-
signable, without consent in writing,
and that in case of any transfer or ter-
mination of the interest of the assured,
either by sale or otherwise, without such
consent, the policy shall be void, was
construed by the Supreme Court of the
United States, in Carpenter vs. Wash-
ington Ins. Co., 16 Pet., 495, as referring
to the interest in the property insured,
and not in the mere contract of insur-
ance. In more recent decisions, a differ-
ent construction was adopted, it being
held that the effect of the clause was
strictly confined to the inhibition of an
assignment of the policy, and had no re-
lation to the rule of the subject insured.

This clause in the old policies usually
provided that the policy would be
void if assigned, without consent, before
or after a loss; but the courts decided
that a policy prohibiting a transfer of
the interest of the assured after a loss
was illegal and void; consequently, this
part of the clause does not appear in the
modern policy.

Athough the modern policy stipulates
that ‘‘the agent of this company bas no
authority to waive, modify or strike out
any of the printed conditions,”’’ etec., yet
evidence showing that the agent has
been in the habit of giving the consent

| required under this condition, in writing,

making regular entries of his acts in
the books of the company, without objec-

oP

 

 

tion from the company, would be suffi-
cient to warrant a jury in finding
authority.

The only safe way, however, for an
assignee of an insurance policy is to see
that the transfer to him is duly made,
and is immediately assented to, in the
manner required in the policy.

E. A. OWEN.

a ae

Be Something First Rate.

A modern philosopher has been saying
that every man who can be a first rate
something—as every man can be who is
a man at all—has no right to be a fifth
rate something, for a fifth rate something
is no better than a first rate nothing. A
young man who wants to do anything
can soon find out what he can do best.
It does not much matter what he does so
long as he can do it a little better than
anyoneelse. It isin business or oceu-
pation as it is in pastimes and amuse-
ment. The champion is at the head of
his class. John L. Sullivan is not a
charming all round man; but as he can
beat anyone else in prize fighting, he is a
hero. He may be brutal and beastly;
but fair worshippers of heroes have
sought to know him. It is the same way
with leaders of armies. The object of
war is to kill the enemy. The most suc-
eessful warrior is the man who kills
most, or gets credit for it, as a matter of
course. Private soldiers do the killing;
but generals get the promotion and the
thanks of their government. Eminence
in any profession must be won by honest
endeavor and earnest and patient appli-
cation. Money cannot make a_ great
man of alittle one. Money may put a
little man in a big place; but that only
makes him look smaller. The pity of it

OLD

 

all is that so many men are content to be
nothing when they might be something.
It makes no difference if a man only
blacks boots for a living. Let him do
his work a little better than any one else
and he will have the call. Very many
men do.not do the best they can do
under all circumstances. They have too
little ambition to do so for themselves,
and too little interest in anything to do
their best for their employers. They see
hard times and find out that the world
does not owe them a living. When they
come to the conclusion that a political
party must take care of them, they cease
to be men and will go into the alms-
house of any public office.
steer clear of these dangers.

Boys can
They can
learn trades and be independent. If a
young man could graduate from a uni-
versity as a first-class carpenter or
mason, he would need no diploma to give
him practice, and he need not starve
while waiting for legal disputes or
human ills to bring him business. He
could build up beautiful structures, and
do some good in the world. The man
dumped into a profession for which he
has no special talent is bound to be mis-
erable. The best cowboy is head and
shoulders above the member of the
bar who is not a lawyer. The expert
house and sign painter has a proud posi-
tion that the common-place landscape
painter can never hope to reach. The
young man who stands on the corner
must get a move on him. It is not
enough to be a clever loafer. He must
do something in the way of business that
is clever; and in whatever he engages he
must be something that is first rate.
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Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

RAGE!

A Combination of

DUTCH JAVA

— AND——

THE FINEST MOCHA.

Guaranteed to Give Untire Satisfaction.

 

The Great and only Consideration

in the
Manvfactire of GERMAN js

Purity, Strength and Fine

Flavor.

Beautiful Books and Handsome Pictures GIVEN FREE to Patrons of German Coffee.

(See certificate in each package. )

TRY IT! You can get it of any Jobber in Michigan!

VICTOR
BAKING POWDER. sep

 

 

TO DEALERS: We authorize you tog
to any on the market or money refunded

The Very Best!

Packed 4 doz. each, 6 0z , at 80c per doz.

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uarantee every can of Victor Baking Powder to be absolutely pure; free from any article injurious to health and equal

Manufactured by THE TOLEDO SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio,
Roasters of HIGH GRADE COFFEES.

Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana.

  
 

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STANDARD OIL CO

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

DEALERS IN

Illuminating and Lubricating
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NAPTHA AND GASOLINES.

 

 

Offic., slawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave.
BULK WORKS AT

GRAND RAPIDS, MUSKEGON. MAWNISTEE, CADILLAC,

BIG RAPIDS, GRAND HAVEN, LUDINGTON.

ALLEGAN, HOWARD CITY, PETOSKEY,

HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR

KMPYY CARBON & GASOLINE BARRELS.

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| RINDGE, KALMBACH &

12, 14, 16 PEARL ST.

If you use River Shoes, see our line
before placing orders. We make the
eorrect styles Also want to sell you

your Boston Rubbers for next season-
| Terms and discount as good as offered

by any agents for the Boston Rubber
| Shoe Co.

 

 

Wash Goods!

BATES, TOILE DU NORD, A. F. C. WARWICK, AMOSKEAG,
GINGHAMS, SIMPSON, HAMILTON, MERRIMACK, HARMON Y¥
PACIFIC, GARNER AMERICAN LIGHT AND BLUE PRINTS
IN FANCY AND STAPLE STYLES.

Cottons, Ticks and Demins

Peerless Warps.
Pr. STEAK EITEE & SONS.

 

SAGINAW MANUFACTURING CO.,

SAGINAW, MICH.,

Manufacturers of the Following List of Washboards.

 

BLE
SURFACE

Solid Zine,

THE BEST IN THE WORL

SAGINAW. MANUFACTURING COMPANY
SAGINAW MICH.

Red Star
Shamrock
Ivy Leaf

 

 

 

Wilson
Saginaw
Defiance
Rival

 

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Surface,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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+) Saginaw
Defiance
Rival

The above are all swperior
Washboards, in the class to
which they belong. Send for
cuts and price-list before order-
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T. S. FREEMAN Agt,Grand Rapids, Mich.

Spring & Company,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

Dress Goods, Shawls,
Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery,
Gloves, Underwear, Woolens,
Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams,
Prints and Domestic Cottons

Cloaks

We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well
assorted stock at lowest market prices.

Spring & Company.

VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CU,

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, 4° Qcana Rapias.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

»_LEONARD & SONS,

GRAND RAPIDS,

MICH.

New Process Gasoline Stoves, “The Latest.’

 

in

No 5 Cabinet

List and Discount quoted on application.

Crating Net, 30 cents.

It is so simple any lady can operate it. Only one valve

to turn, which starts the gasoline.

No, 83 New Process

List and Discount quoted on application,

Crating net, 30 cents.

We are state agents.

 

Only 1 agency ina

The Original Kvaporating Vapor Stove.

New Process.

It lights with gas, is easy to operate, having no compli-
cated generator to get out of order, and confuse the operator.

It is economical, and by far the best gasoline stove to be had.