Published Weekly. THE TRADESMAN ‘COMPANY, | PUBL LISHE RS. Michigan Tradesman. $1 Per Year. VOL. 9. GRAND ste kde JUNE 1, 1892. NO. 454 MUSKEGON BRANCH UNITED ‘ TATES BAKING 00, Th Ci Q | Cj Successors to MUSKEGON CRACKER CoO., C reen oeéa iar HARRY FOX, Manager. Crackers, Biscuits # Sweet Goods. MUSKEGON, MICH. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MATL ORDERS. s the Most Desirable for Merchants to Handle be It is Staple and will fit any Purchaser. Retails for 10 cents, 3 for 25 cents. Send Your Wholesaler an Order. Every Bookkeeper Will Appreciate a Plank Boo. that Opens Flat. The MULLINS FLAT OPENING SPRING BACK BOOK, Made only in Michigan by the Grand Hapids Hook Binding Co ” the Market, Write for prices. Grand Rapids, Mich. Is the Best in 29-31 Canal St., Ger THE Best! Jennings’ Flavoring Extracts SEE E QU OTATIC ONS, TELFER SPICE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. Land 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS HARVEY Se HEYSTEK, Wall be Wincow she a ii {UN ‘Mouiings. 75 & 77 Monroe sh-Warehodse, BL ik 3 bs $t, Grand Rapids, [me RAF & CA. 9.North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. WHOLESALE FRUITS AND PRODUGE. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. a oe BROWN, IBBER ¢ Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Vegetables. Oranges, Bananas and Early Yeqetables a Specialty, 24-26 No Division St. heat \_->—— Send for quotations. Wash Goods! BATES, TOILE DU NORD, A. F. C. WARWICK, - GINGHAMS, SIMPSON, HAMILTON, MERRIMACK, HARMONY AMOSKEAG, PACIFIC, GARNER AMERICAN LIGHT AND BLUE PRINTS IN FANCY AND STAPLE STYLES. Cottons, Ticks and Demins 4 Peerless Warps. P. STEKETEE & SONS. BLACK BASS CIGARS NEVER GO BEGGING. i: -. PAUSE, IONIA, MICE THE NE PLUS ULTRA OF A NICKEL S Make No Mistake! Send your order for fine Chocolates. hand- made. Creams, Caramels, and Fruit Tablets. Marshmallows, etc., to Made only by A. se ae & CO., Get our cial list of Fin 46 Ottawa St. pane Mich THE NEW YORK BISCUIT bu. S. A. SEARS, Manager. Cracker Manufacturers, 37,39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids | MOSELEY BROS. - W NHOLE SALE - FRUITS S&EDS, BEANS AND PRODUGK, 26, 28, 30 & 32 “TTAWA ST, Grand Rapids, Micn. PLANTS, TOOLS, « ETC. NEW CROP. FOR THE GARREN: r be —- Nlustrated Catalogu DOUBLE = | Rel Star | "SURFACE | Shamrock am | lvy Let MAILED FREE | Clover and G s. Seed Corn, Onion Sete, | Solid Zinc. | ed Potatoes. nae Tonised fects und eweeintos ta Veg ata able Seeds. BROWN’S SEED STORE, *__ 24 anp 26 Noats Division Strest. = GRAND RAPIDS. MICK. _ i __ us TD | Defiance =| ‘Surface. Rival SAGINAW MANUFACTURING CO., SAGINAW, MICH., Manufacturers of the Following List of Washboards. [ (RRR (rest | Btomp before a blast. | blast. | Fragments after a blast. in) Sop staowctst and SAFEST EXPLOSIN SaginaW ‘Single Zinc | SNe ca aaa ee pe Vi WK: Known to the Arts. | Defiance = Surface. | aa ‘= POWDER, FUSE, CAPS. | | Rival | Ladle * Electric Mining Giooda Ft J / =zunoo 2s =s, AND ALL TOOLS FOR STUMP BLASTING, 5 eS 2ie,were sa! swete | ANNIHILATOR, — EROULES POWDER, COMPANY. | se - they sain _Send for | Jj. W. WILLARD, Manager’ : nd price-list before order- | _ S T. S. FREEMAN Agt,Grand Rapids, Mich. “ei Agents for Western Michigan. STANDARD OIL CO, 2S"=e "2 ee LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY, Illuminating and Lubricating | IMPORTERS AND GRAND RAPIDS Buy of the Largest Manufacturers in the ta Of] R (} ok § Country and Save Money. NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids Office, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Aye. | BULK WORKS AT | GRAND RAPIDS, MUSKEGON, MANISTEE, CADILLAC, BIG RAPIDS, GRAND HAVEN, LUDINGTON. | ALLEGAN, HOWARD CITY, PETO SKEY, | SEND YOUR ORDERS TO US AND WE WILL ENDEAVOR HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR TO SEND YOU STOCK THAT WILL BE SATISFACTORY. KMPTY GARBON % GASOLINE BARRELS. THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. Wholesale Grocers | ? —— — * —— + 3 4 A GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JUN EL, 1892, “NO, 454. Salita pong eee c ov The Bradst treat Mer rant tile Aveuey, Fi 7 | A CLEVER CAPTURE. ees. One by one they returned, gener- ine ] lin ery: In the year 18—, it came to the knowl-| ally as stewards or sailors on the The Bradstreet Company, Props. edge of the Treasury Department of the| steamers, but in every instance they United States that large quantities of | brought nothing. They gave a minute Exeeutive Offices, 279, 281, 288 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. 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CAPITAL, - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Makea i Spneiaieg: of Collections. Accounts try Merchants Solicited, French brandy were entering the country | account of everything they had seen, without paying duties. Thesales of that ardent spirit were known to be consider-/| all to no purpose. heard or done during their absence, One but of them had ably in excess of the amount entered at| been so hardly used on the voyage that the Custom House, and though greatest vigilance was shown by the in- spectors and all others employed by the department, the illicit importation con- tinued without abatement. It was evi- dent that the smugglers were making use of extraordinary methods in con- ducting their enterprise, and conse- quently it would require extraordinary skill to detect and punish them. The case was assigned to Roberts, one of the best men then connected with the secret-service of the Treasury, and he was told to spare no effort or expense in bringing the fraud to light. 1 will tell the story of Roberts nearly as possible in his own words: ‘‘When the affair was placed in my hands, I had absolutely no clue to begin upon, except the belief that the fraudu- lent importation was through the port of New York. This was easy enough to believe since most of the importations of brandy were through that city; in fact, a good half of the foreign importations of all kinds come to the commercial and financial metropolis of the country, so that this wasn’t really a clue, after all. ‘“*A careful inspection had been made for months of all vessels arriving from French ports, but no irregularity of any consequence had been discovered. Oc- casionally the employes of the ships and steamers were detected in attempts to smuggle a few bottles of brandy or other liquors, but the aggregate of all that they could bring ashore, in this way, would not be a hundredth, or even a thousandth, of the quantity that we were trying to discover. Plainly these were not the smugglers that we sought; and after a very brief study of the situation, I dropped them altogether. The in- spectors were instructed to maintain their vigilance and report any circum- stance that was in any way suspicious. ‘*All efforts to discover smuggled brandy in the possession of any house dealing in spirituous liquors at wholesale were futile. Now and then I thought I had ‘struck a lead,’ but each time that my hopes were raised they were doomed to disapointment. No wholesale dealer was found to have any of the contraband article on hand; each and all of them could show that his stock had been properly entered at the Custom House, and paid the usual duties, or he had bought it of an importer whose reputa- tion was above suspicion. ‘In the secret-service branch of the custom department we had _ several Frenchmen, and you may be sure I utilized these men in every way that occurred tome. I sent them to Havre, Bordeaux and other French ports, with orders to make the most of their oppor- tunities, and stimulated them with the promise of a large reward in case of suc- as the | he required, and was granted, a month’s absence for the purpose of recuperation. Another had made love to a stewardess, under the impression that she knew the secret for which he was seeking, and had promised ts marry her on their return to the soil of France. Itis hardly neces- sary to say that he did not accompany the vessel on the return voyage, and was, no doubt, soundly execrated for the fickle nature of his passion. ‘‘One evening, I was sitting alone in my room, occupied with a cigar and a train of thoughts. I am a confirmed smoker and usually give proper atten- tion to my cigar; but on this occasion the train of thoughts had by far the most prominent place in my mind. Three. times the cigar went out and needed re- lighting; once, in relighting it. I started to do so at the wrong end, and, after get- ting it properly going, and settling in my chair again, 1 surprised myself by putting the ‘fire end’ in my mouth and receiving a severe burn on the end of my tongue. To allay the pain of the burn I took a sip of brandy; it is proper to remark that soon after starting on this quest I abandoned my customary bever- ages and adopted brandy in preference to all others, actuated by the theory of the amateur actor who blackened him- self all over his effort to proper rendition of the Othello. ‘‘As I held the brandy in my mouth, it occured to me that it was the very article to give me a clue to the smug- glers. Atall events, I had sought the clue elsewhere, and all efforts had failed. ‘“‘Next day, I sent all over New York and Brooklyn, and bought’ brandy enough to intoxicate a regiment of men with several bottles to No two bottles were bought at the same place, and each was carefully labeled to indi- cate the dealer who supplied it. Nearly in give a character of spare. TWENTY THOUSAND RETAIL GROCERS have used them from one to six years and they agree that as an all-around Grocer’s Counter Seale the ‘‘PERFEC- TION”? has no equal. For sale by HAWKINS & CoO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. And by Wholesale Grocers generally. 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. all the purchases were made at whole: | sale houses and in the best groceries, | little attention being paid to the small | grocery or the ordinary bar-room. There was good reason for these last-| named omissions, as the eight thousand bar-rooms of New York, to say nothing | of those in Brooklyn, would have neces- sitated an outlay that my liberal allow- ance for expenses could not possibly cover. *‘] had a young acquaintance, who was an expert chemist, and on the watch for something to do. to my lodgings and inspect my stock of liquors. ‘**What in the world are you going to do with so much brandy?’ said he, as he looked at my collection. ‘You'll drink yourself into your grave within six months.’ ‘“*“*‘Nothing of the kind! 1 answered. ‘I’ve got that for you.’ Linvited him to come, ‘“““Ever so much Roberts,’ replied Burton, for that was his name; ‘but I don’t want such a stock as that. I'll take half a dozen bottles for my own use and send another half-dozen to my mother, who always likes to have some good brandy in the house for ‘‘medicinal purposes.”’ It will last as many years as there are bottles, now that the boys have all left home.’ ‘‘He proceeded to make his selection, but I stopped him at once. obliged, ‘ook here, Burton,’ said I, ‘this thing means business, and I'll come straight to the point. Sit down and take a cigar, while 1 light one to keep you company.’ ***This is on the dead quiet,’ 1 contin- ued; ‘and before we go a step further I want your word of honor to keep every- thing secret.’ “He gave it off-hand, and then I unfolded the whole story, as far as I could. «. — The Drug Market. Opium is firm but unchanged. Mor- |phine is steady. Quinine is dull and weak. CINSENC ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address ‘PECK BROS., “GRanp Ravife | Capital stock, TsTs Ts Are Up 5 cents a pound And will be higher. Duplicate orders now at old prices and avoid the advance. Bee Hive Japans are Perfect. New trade should make use of our values and reputation. J. P.. VISNER, 167 N. GRAND RAPIDS, IONIA,ST., MICH. tepresenting EWI J. Gillies & Ct, New York. HESTER & SON, AGENTS FOR Plain Slide Valve Engines with Throttling Governors. Automatic ’Balanced Single Valve Engines, Horizontal, Tubular and Locomotive BOILERS. Engines and Boilers for Light Power. Prices on application. 45S. Bivision St., Grand Rapids, Upright WRITE FOR PRICE LIST. Wm. Brummeler & Sons Manufacturers and Jobbers of Pieced & Stamped Tinware, '260 8. IONIA ST., - Grand Rapids. TEeLAPHONE 640, J. L. Strelitsky, wee §1QANS Including the following celebrated brands man ufactured by the well-known house of Glaser, Frame & Co.: Vindex, long Havana filler.:...........:... $35 Three Medals, long Havana filler........ 35 EIk’s Choice, Havanafiller and binder... 55 Re Soe ae Be, Sc. cc. a im Toemeeiin Ge Morerm, ...........-...-. 65 oe See 95 1 A Oe... . 63... ieee 55 PN a ee ecu 60 Headquarters for Castellanos & Lopez’s line of Key West goods. All favorite brands of Cheroots kept in stock, 10 So. lonia St, Grand Rapids, Geo. H. Reeder & Co., JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOES Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for 158 & 160 Fuiton St.’ Grand Rapids BOSTON PETTY LEDGER. Yeur account is always posted! Your bill is always made out! Size 8%x3%, bound in cloth and leather back and corners. Nickel bill file, indexed, ruled on both sides, 60 lines, being equal toa bill twice as long. 1 - bill heads with L edger complete ee $3 00 bases 4 50 5000 . iss ' “ eee. 73 Address F, A. GREEN, 45 Pearl St,, R’m 9, Grand Rapids, Mich. I prepay express charges when cash accom panies the order. Send for circular. Hout pay freight From Boston and New York on Shoe Dressing when you can buy it of HIRTH & KRAUSE at ; i Manufacturers’ Prices, GILT EDGE, GLYCEROLE, RAVEN GLOSS, ALMA, | Large size}. A Rug with each gross, $22.80. Shee Stool with two gross. An assorted gross of the above dressing, $22.80. sHIRTH & KRAUSE, GRAND RAPIDS. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Ralph Teunis will open a grocery store at 9 Grandville avenue. W. Schuchardt will open a new meat market at 479 Jefferson in July. avenue early Lawton Bros. have opened a feed and wood business at 811 Fifth avenue, J. C. Mohrhard has sold his meat market at 56 West Leonard street to John Waltz & Co. J. M. Flanagan has closed out his grocery stock at 704 Madison avenue and retired from business. Caleb Barstow has sold his plumbing and furnace business at 40 Fountain street to C. W. Bentley. PrP. T. Williams, druggist at 625 South Division street, will remove to his new location, 590 South Division street, about July t. Maurice Levy has leased the store at 8 South [onia street, now occupied by Wm. H. Downs, and will embark in the wholesale notion business there early in June. S. L. King is erecting a factory build- ing for his carved moulding business on North Front street, near the Kent Furni- ture Manufacturing Co. Hester & Son captured an order for the power, a 35 horse power engine. John Hoeksema, grocer at 82 Grand- ville avenue, has sold out to John Wierenga and will retire from business July 1. Mr. Wierenga will remove his stock from 86 Grandville avenue to the present location of the Hoeksema stock. James F. Grady, credit nran for Spring & Company, and J. F. Faulhaber, retail salesman in the same establishment, have formed a copartnership under the style of Grady & Faulhaber and opened a dry goods and boot and shoe store at 58 West Leonard street. The business will be conducted under the personal man- agement of Jacob Vandenberg, who managed the store of the Chippewa Lumber Co., at Chippewa Lake, several years. Hester & Fox, who have conducted the sale of engines, boilers, mill machinery, agricultural implements and wagons and carriages for the past seven years, have disolved partnership, each continuing in separate The implement earriage business will be conducted at the old location by Samuel while the engine, boiler, pulley and general mill supply business will be conducted at 45 South Division street by Myron Hester and Carl S. Hester, under the style of Hester & Son. —_——> +9 Ae ois ia aeees — Hamilton N......... 7%| Pemberton - + D York os 104 ' Swift River....... - Farm reer Iver......... ..12 First Prize ek ee as wWerren....... as aveues 13 Lonox Be ....-.: iiianel DRILL. om, Dy cikevn ex Pere BR 4 ul @ MG chee sey Sue 6%|No Name........ . % Carton, Be 644|Top of Heap........ 9 DEMINS. Amoskeag.......... 12%/Columbian brown.. - 9 oz. ...+13%| Everett, blue........ 12 . brown .13 . brown. ....12 OE. A cs os 114%/|Haymaker blue..... 1% Beaver Creek .-. _ brown... 7% pe... 9 Wameer......... Oe... ci .3 9 f a .... 710% peared. 5... 23 10% ” Best AA..... — vemey < oy... c 5: 10% Re aca hee aeeeese UE cece ere. oeess 1044 eck ceae Wend SEWING SILK Corticelli, doz....... 75 {Corticelll knitting, twist, doz. .37% 50 yd, doz. .37% HOOKS AND EYES—-PER GROSS. No . BY k& White.. 0 No ; Br k& _White.. 15 --20 per $408 ball...... 30 te : oo IH 12 “ = o ‘ oo PIN No 2-20, M C...... 50 |\No4—15 F 3...... 40 2-18, 8 C......-. 45 OTTON TAPE. No 2 White & BIk..12 No 8 White & Bl’k..20 “ 4 “ue i 15 a 10 ‘ee i 23 as - ~ =| | Manilla 13 “Ee eee +t ld tla al ll eal These prices are for cash buyers, who| Serves & Piumb's 200002 I in tee SQUARES. ~~ a re es weeded sdud dude suede wala ‘ yay promptly and bay'in full packages. | Be ee aed eee ack Bicsa Soe ok | Try and Bevela <0. ..200000000 000000001 60 eicialec dia eu dis. ae PR eel ic cs scenes veer sche eteees 2 Cn aa 60 Gate, Ce ee dis.60&10 | , Com. Smooth. Com. Ne a. BR r doz. _ SO ee A 8405 «82 95 Case WOnwINe. 25 Senew Hook and Strap, to 12 in. a ms and Na tit 405 35 Penmrnge, WAGON 50&10} longer ie 3% | Nos. ee a 35 AXES. Screw Hook and Eye, 2 . 2 Leen a ee eat 406 3165 First Quality, 8. B. Bronze.................. 8750) « ss 7% | ay =z 102... eee eee -4 2 : 25 ' = ee cee a eau eae 12 00 ‘ss “cc ™% | N Oe ee 3 35 ‘ one ee 8 50 | xi sheets No. 18 and lighter, cont inches ;'c Strap and T dis. 50 9. ‘ DO 13 50 weer ontents moma elas ere thts dis, | Wide not less than 2-10 extra rn dis. | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track.. 5010 ae dis. 50 CO en en iene S 14 ©| Champion, anti-friction:...°............... 60&10 SASH CORD. ae i ee “net 30 00 Kidder, Wd te Silver Lake, wick... list 50 BOLTS. dis. Pots HOLLOW WARE. 60&10 ' a a 55 Re dS UU Mes MGs a en Ite Bi... ss... eee eee ee aml Carriage new list. 7a10 Keitica eee a . Drab B.. : : 55 oc i 0 eeu tee cues LS a aa eee. es nae nae 4010) Discount, 10. HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. SASH WEIGHTS. Sant Stamped Win Ware. 600. iow Hat7@ | Solid Byes, 00000 a per ton 825 Wee eee SS SP deounned Tid Ware........ ..........00 2, 25 saws. Wer OWE ce < 00; Granite Iron Ware .....:......... new list —— . es * 90 BUTTS, CAST. dis. WIRE GOOD8. i a os —_ a per —_.-. 70 Cast Loose Pin, figured... vereeee «TOG oe RENE “ Special Steel Dia X Cute per 0 30 Wrought Narrow, bright bast ‘joint. Meas ae cod 60£10 | Hook's *"70&10&10 ‘“ fon and Electric Tooth Xx Wrought Loose Pin Gate hie and Eyes. cca en i "70&10&10 ua per a teat Se SS 30 Wroment Teme... 6... -EVELS. dis. TRAPS, dis. Wrought Inside Blind. ...................... Stanley Rule and awe... Ce 60410 Weis eee... :. ....-. 15 KNOBS—New List dis Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35 Blind, Clark’s...............0.0seseeeeeee ees 70&10 | Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. ‘55 | Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. 70 Blind, Parker's. .....-..... sess eeeeeeeeeee 70&10| Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ he) Modes, Chaken 18¢ per doz Blind, Shepard’s ...........-.+.+ ee esee ee eee 79 | Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... bel Mouse, delunen $1.50 per doz. BLOCKS. Door, porceluin, trimmings................. 55 WIRE. dis. Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85........... ee “tan ae — Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... ws | Copperas Maxbet. or 60 ee dis. 50&02 | Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s................... Sy | Panee Mereee 62% CROW BARS. Branford’s dee es a 55 - ed Fence, galvanta ot ae = MMR a a oe rae eee ae CAPS. Baee Be... Ce Poy 00, dis. 60 HORSE NAILs. : eerie... per. m eT ee ee 5.00, one 40 ee... Cc dis. 40 Co ee ee Met eeeeee............ 2. 5... $18.50, dis. — es dis. 05 ee . 35 OMGmWOREEH... 0... dis. 10410 Mueket eee ees ce : 60 | Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled eee ee 50 RENCHES. dis, CARTRIDGES MILLS. dis. — Adjustable, MiGEenet. gl, 30 ered, Parmer Coe le ee Cone ” Rim Fire... ... ee eee eee eee eee ee ceee rene 58 =" psa W Mtg. Co.’s Malleables.... 40 | Coe’ "s Patent Agricultural, wrought,...... Central Fire....... ... 2. eee eee ee eben ee dis. 2% ‘ Landers, Ferry & Cle:k’s............ 40 | Coe’s Patent, malleable..................... “510 CHISELS. dis. . Sere .. . a siiiiia tiie MISCELLANEOUS. dis. a Socket Firmer... 70&10 MOLASSES GATES, r Age ee ae eel gli chial lide cee ai ciel cat a 9 Socket Framing.. 70&19 | Stebbin’s a: Oe ee ee wea oun = ae saa oi eh at ete ce ae a ‘seein Ee i: 70&10 | Stebbin’s Genuine..................-.-2.---- a te 7 : a ia 0 SGN Ae ee 70&10 | Enterprise, self- we eee ae a. 25 | Casters, Bed a ee 50510610 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer 40 NAIL Dampers, American..............-........ 40 8 Gila Ce “on Giset male Eee Forks, hoes, rakes and all — goods... .. 6° &10 . Wire galls, baee........-. .... elec coecn aces 1 85 MET Onery, Eeronees |... 40 Advance over base: Steel. Wire. PI@ TIN, Ee 25 | 60.. Bae ieee fares... 26¢ iia eee. we ee 28¢c CHALK, 95 tu White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 25 | Duty: Sheet, 2 2 254 e Per pound. COPPER, 35 | 660 pound casks. eee Planished, 14 oz cut to size... .. per pound 28 Pe 2 i4x52 Oe ec 26 45 SOLDER. Cold Rolled, (aah and $4e60 23 20 ESE ee el 16 Cold Rolled, EE 23 25 Oot mee Wivtee ... 15 poe: mites... 40 7 The prices of the many other qualities of DRILLS, dis, ee os a 60 90 | solder in the market indicated by private brands Wises BH Sia. BQ | B.-.e ee cere ee ee ee cee settee eee eres ; = , = vary according to ype roca Taper and straight Shank..... ..... _ = ae: Sn en enn 1 50 1 60 | Cookson per pound Re rae siete ". 60 ae DRIPPING PANS. HT ee 7 TIN—MELYN GRADE. Sail dimes, ser pOunG .....................: o7 ee ee 90 90 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal a $ c 50 Perge ence, Per pound...... ......... ..... GE yee Bees oetee eS Se tates 85 75 | 14x20 IC, Sed eee eee cher ae cas 7 50 1 00 et 9 25 ELBOWS. 2 hl he eee 9 25 Yona 4 os ee act 3 | ciineh; IQ. eos vess sees eres cesses cosas 85 70| Hach additional X on this grade, 61.75. /orrugate SS ee et 1 00 80 TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. OO in, 40410 “ ; a 1 15 90 10x14 . Charcoal . ee $6 7% #XPANSIVE BITS. dis, rn se 17 Ce 6 75 0x14 IX, [ 8 25 Clark's, small, $18; largo, $26................ 80 : PLANES. ae “ Ives", 1, 4185 2, 8245 8, 680 2c ca ae 2 hmicnann viLEs—New List. dis. | Sandusky Tool Co.'s, faNGy........-.+.++-. ‘ ROOFING PLATES 60610 | Bench, first quality..............secsseeeeees @60 | 14x20 IC, Worcester eee arate alae 6 56 New —- -.60&10 | Stanley Rule A Level Co.’s, wood. . .... &10|14x20IX, i sant e tee eee ese es 8 50 a 8. .60&10 PANS, 20x28 IC, seater ls ala saa 13 50 Helle o—. Oe irey, Bome.......... ee dis. = 14x20 IC, : Allaway Grade el 6 0 Heller's Horse “Rasps Ce eee ce meme coun 50 Common, polished eee a a dis. : ‘i a i Motte rete eee s = ee Iron and Tinned mobs peewee ee oad A 20x28 Ix, _ _ . en 15 50 Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27 28 | Copper Rivets and Burs................ 006. 50—10 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. List 2 18 14 15 s PATENT FLANISHED IRON 14x28 x.. l a Discount, 60 “A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to " 10/201 14ee Fe ce GAUGES. dis. “B Wood’s Oo at. planished, Nos. 2 to27... 92 16as for No. : Boilers, ti Ver yo ‘ania oe Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... ede wens 50 Broken packs ec per pound extra. 14x THE FAVORITE CHURN. The Only Perfect Barrel Churn Made. POINTS OF EXCELLENCE. It is made of thoroughly seasoned material. It is finished smooth inside as well as outside. The iron ring head is strong and not liable to beak. The bails are fastened to the iron ring, where they need to be fastened. lt is simple in construction and convenient to operate. No other churn is so nearly perfect as THE FAVORITE. Dowt buy a counterfeit. SIZES AND PRICES. No. O— 5 gal. Chum Sanl............. Soo Le C . 8 50 “ 21 “ ies Ge eas 9 00 se . oe 10 00 . 2a ' i * 12 00 ~~ i awe cence wee 16 00 * 6-2 “ . a 26 00 o 715. ** “ cee ee ee 30 6 gop ¢ . caida ya 35 00 Write for Discount. fost 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY — THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, One Dollar a Year, - Postage Prepaid, ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed-as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- class matter. 2’ When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in Tue MicnicgaAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1892. INCREASING OUR NAVAL STRENGTH The growing popularity of the work of building anew navy with the people of the country is strongly reflected in the action of the United States Senate in making a considerable provision in the naval appropriation bill for the con- struction of new vessels. It will be re- membered that the House of Represent- atives some weeks ago made an allow- ance for but a single new warship. The popular displeasure at this act of the lower house was voiced by a vigorous condemnation on the part of the press, which expression of general disapproval had no little to do with the liberality dis- played by the Senate. The Senate’s amendments to the House bill provide, in addition to the one armored cruiser of 8,000 tons authorized by the House bill, for one sea-going coast line battle ship, designed to carry the heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance, with a displacement of about 9,000 tons, to have the highest practica- able speed for vessels of its class, and to cost, exclusive of armament and of any premiums that may be paid for increased speed, not exceeding $4,000,000. The Senate also authorized one: harbor defense double-turret ship, of the moni- tor type, with a displacement of about 7,500 tons, to have the highest practica- ble speed, and to cost exclusive of arma- ment, not exceeding $3,000,000; four light-draft gunboats of from 800 to 1,200 tons with the highest procticable speed for vessels of their class, to cost, exclusive of armament, not exceeding $450,000 each; and six tor- pedo boats, at a cost of not exceeding $110,000 each and not more than two of said torpedo boats to be built at one es- tablishment. These additions to the amount appro- priated for naval purposes involve the expenditure of over $11,000,000, ali of which will not, of course, come out of the revenues of any single year, as the work of constructing the new ships and their armament will extend through several years. The vessels provided for correspond exactly with the recommendations made by the Secretary of the Navy in his report to the President at the beginning displacement, of the present session of Congress, hence it is an indication that Congress has re- solved to carry out as closely as possible the recommendations of the Naval Ad- visory Board, which some years ago drew up a plan embodying the number and character of vessels needed for the proper defense of the country. The report of the Board recommended that a certain proportion of the total number of ships called for should be provided for annually, so that the total expense of constructing the new navy might be distributed over a series of years sufficiently extended to prevent an undue drain upon the treasury, but at the same time brief enough to insure a strong fleet within a reason- able time. The authorization of the light draft gunboats and torpedo vessels is partic- ularly praiseworthy, as such _ vessels are urgently needed at the present time for the peace service of the navy. The armored cruiser authorized is to be a sister ship of the New York, now prac- tically completed, and the battle-ship is to be similar in general construction to the three ships authorized by the last Congress. Both the people and the Government now seem united on the subject of the new navy, hence that problem has been entirely removed from any connection with party politics, so that there would now seem to be no obstacle in the way of our possessing, within a few years, a navy capable of coping successfully with the most powerful deets of foreign nations. STATISTICTS ON RECIPROCITY. There has naturally been some curi- osity felt to know the actual effect upon the commerce of the country of the re- ciprocity treaties, which have been con- cluded with anumber of our Latin-Amer- ican neighbors under the provisions of the McKinley bill. Of course, no one has looked for any remarkable showing during the first year of the existence of these treaties, particularly, as it is a well known fact that before we can hope to profit fully by the terms of the reci- procity arrangement we will have to pro- vide better transportation facilities than we now possess. The Statistical Bureau of the Treasury Department, in deference to the public desire to gauge by actual statistical re- turns the result of reciprocity, has been furnishing, in its monthly statistical ab- stracts, the trade figures of the countries with which we have treaties in force, so that it may be seen from the beginning whether or not our commerce is reaping any benefit. These reciprocity statistics are neces- sarily very incomplete, as most of the treaties are of recent date, that with Brazil being the only one which has now been in force for a full year, Dut such as they are, they are interesting. The last Treasury statement of imports and exports furnishes the details of the im- ports from and exports of domestic mer- chandise to Brazil, Cuba, Porto Rico, San Domingo, Salvador and the British West Indies. Of all these countries with which we have treaties, Brazil is the only one with which we have enjoyed reciprocity for a full year. In the cases of Cuba, Porto Rico, and San Domingo, the treaties went into effect in September last, while with respect to Salvador and the British West Indies, the treaties date only from February of the present year. From the totals furnished by the Treasury report we have prepared the following table which shows, at a glance, what has been the actual gain in the value of the merchandise imported from and exported to these countries since we have held reciprocal trade relations with them: ,000s -——Imports—— ——Exports—— Omitted. 1860-1. 1891-2. 1890-1. 1891-2 Drea zs. $73,619 $110,344 $13,532 $14,585 ee ous 25,781 33,418 7,981 11,607 Porto Rico.... 874 924 1,320 1,524 S. Domingo... 557 786 629 534 Salvador ..... 642 518 226 196 British W. I.. 1,731 1,907 1,487 1,617 The Brazil figures show a very con- siderable increase in imports, while they also prove that the increase in the value of domestic produce exported by our merchants has been very gratifying, considering the lack of transportation facilities and the unsettled state of af- fairs in South America. The most grati- fying increases were in the two articles of flour and railway material. The figures in the case of Cuba, al- though covering only seven months, show a remarkable and important increase in both imports and exports. Our ship- ments to the Island have actually increas- ed over the same seven moths last year very nearly four million dollars in value. The principal articles in which gains are to be noted are in flour, which increased $602,000 in value; machinery, witha gain of $486,000 and lard, with a gain of $599,605. Our trade with Porto Rico has also ex- hibited a considerable increase, but the treaties with the other countries on the list have been in force for too short a time to permit of the effect of the reci- procity arrangement becoming apparent. A MEAN BUSINESS. Not long since a man was held for ex- amination in New York for swindling people out of money under the pretense of obtaining employment for them. This way of obtaining money is by no means uncommon, but as it is usually conducted inasmall way, complaints are seldom made. Atthe present time there area few men out of employment, and many of them will take almost any chances of securing something to do. It is at such times that unprincipled men find it par- ticularly easy to work their swindling schemes on their unfortunate victims, often getting the last dollar which they have, without any intention of returning an equivalent by finding work for them. But although there are better opportuni- ties for this victimizing business when a considerable number of men are unem- ployed, there is always a desire to find work that pays better, or that is more desirable for other reasons, and this de- sire gives the labor brokers their oppor- tunities. It is, however, when the un- fortunate unemployed are _ victimized that the operation gets down to an ex- tremely low depth of meanness. If there is work to be had there are ways by which men may find it for them- selves, or legitimate and comparatively inexpensive ways in which they can let their wishes be known to the public. If there is no work to be had, no one can; of course, find work for them. If men will agree to pay brokers for finding them situations, they should pay only when they obtain these situations through the influence of the ‘‘agent.’’ This is a safe rule; for while there may be honest men in the business of finding employment for others, there are for every one such, im the larger cities, a dozen rogues, a few only of whom are ever brought to justice. When men are found practicing that especial meanness that takes the direction of swindling those whose very anxiety for work by which to support themselves and fami- lies renders them unwary, they should be punished to the full extent of the law, and if necessary more stringent laws should be enacted for their punishment. SHOULD BE PERPETUATED. There is maintained at Washington in connection with the State Department, although not a component part of that branch of the Government, an establish- ment conducted under the name of the Bureau of American Republics. This bureau was the outcome of the Pan- American Congress, held some years ago, and its expenses are, in a measure, met by contributions of most of the Latin- American nations. The raison @’etre of this bureau is to collect and circulate as widely as possible all matters relating to the different South American and Central American Republics, as well as Mexico, particu- larly those matters which have a bearing upon the trade relations of the various republics with this country. This establishment has done much good ser- vice, particulariy since the reciprocity treaties have gone into effect, as the in- formation which has been circulated by it has been of incalculable assistance to the merchants of the country and par- ticularly to those of the seaboard cities. So important to the foreign trade in- terests has the work of this bureau be- come that there has been a very extensive demand from the larger ports of this country that the government take steps to maintain it permanently. That the information disseminated has also been of advantage to the Latin-American countries is shown by the fact that Para- guay and San Domingo have recently re- solved to be represented in the bureau and have made provision for the pay- ment of their respective shares towards the expense of maintaining the service. If the information disseminated by this Bureau of American Republics is actually of as great value to the com- merce of the country, as seems to be the ease from the wide indorsement its labors have received, the Government eould not do better than to take steps to perpetuate and improve the service. The National Grocer asserts that we shall have a larger and better supply of Japan tea this year than we have ever had before. The improved transporta- tion which has taken place by the addi- tion of fast steamers to this country is an indication that we shall really have all the tea we can dispose of in our markets. Already there has been an- nounced by cable that we shall have a larger supply than we had last year and, further, that the consumptive require- ments will be amply met. The capacity for transportation via the Canadian Pacific Railway and the efforts which have been made to increase the supplies will give us all the tea that is required for the consumptive wants. The reciprocity ‘section of the tariff law has been officially declared as ap- plying to the government of Austria- Hungary, as that empire has granted ex- emption of duties to the products and manufactures country. imported from _ this . 2 - aM ete A Ce i gi 6 SE ‘THE, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 9 PATRONS’ COMMERCIAL UNION. Written for THE TRADESMAN. There are probably few other cities in existence which eontain so many busi- ness concerns sporting high-sounding | names, and oecupying seven by nine apartments in the interior regions of | many-story biocks, and whose visible stock in trade consists of a writing desk, two or three chairs, a little stationery and an elaborate sign, as Grand Rapids. We have ‘‘commercial’’ agencies, ‘‘col- lective’ agencies, ‘‘purchasing’’ agencies and agencies of every known variety; yet they say there is always ‘room for | one more,’’ and now comes this latest | addition, the ‘Patrons’ Commercial Union.”’ This concern is an incorporated joint stock affair, having a board of directors and a secretary and business manager. In March last the business office was transferred from Lansing to this city and is now in charge of Mr. DuBois Conklin, who is the secretary and busi- ness manager of the company. Mr. Conklin is a very pleasant gentleman, of a decided business turn, and, no doubt, is identified with this scheme for the same reason that any other business man is identified with any other scheme, namely, for what there is in it for him. The name of this company would in- dicate that it was a ‘‘union” of ‘‘patrons” for ‘‘commercial’’ purposes, but a close investigation shows that such is not the ease. Its purposes are certainly com- mercial, but the Union is composed of *“‘stockholders.’’ Any farmer, whether he be a Patron or not, may _ par- ticipate in its professed benefits by “taking stock” in the company; but all who are not Patrons are charged $1 per year extra.. The regular ‘‘dues,’’ which the stockholders are assessed, are supposed to cover the expenses of the management, and all price quotations obtained from the office, therefore, are net. Mr. Conklin is under bonds, not to the Patrons, but to the Union directo- rate, to the extent of $20,000, for the faithful discharge of his duties; and he asserts that the office did a business last year of $51,000, effecting a net saving to the stockholders of the Union of $21,000. This is equivalent to saying that the stockholders of this Union saved, last year, 41 3-17 per cent. by purchasing their supplies through it. If this state- ment is correct, it would pay every retailer in the country to make their purchases through this office, for no retailer of farmers’ general supplies on the face of the globe can purchase his goods any other way so as to realize such a profit. This wonderful statement is not made for the edification of business men; it is made for the express purpose of leading farmers to believe that, by paying their dullars into this Union, they may save 41 per cent., and it would not be so re- markably strange if some of them actu- ally believed it. Farmers have been known to hold some very crude notions of business. They have really imagined, before now, that the retail mercantile in- terests are diametrically opposed to their interests, and that the retail merchant is a sort of an incubus bearing down upon them, sapping their vitality and preying upon their substance. They hail with delight’ every new Moses who points out a new way by which they may . escape from the bondage of the retailer; but the history of past events proves | that, when the culminating point is | |reached in these frequently oceurring | | schemes to throw off the yoke of com-| mercial bondage and down the profit- | surfeited retailer, Moses pockets the | plum and the poor farmer, as_ usual, | ‘*pavs for all.’’ Some fifteen years ago, the writer was) |identified with the Grange in Canada. | {Up to that time the order had been steadily advancing, and the agricultural | interests had been greatly benefitted in | various ways. The ritual taught the| principles of unity, harmony and justice. In unity of action only could long suf- | |fered abuses be remedied or much | | needed reforms be brought about. Or- |ganization creates great possibilities, and the Grange was no exception to the | general rule. The spirit of organization | pervaded all classes and the farmers, | who were the most numerous, yet the most helpless class, became aroused, at last, to the importance of united action | as a means of self-protection, mutual | benefit and individual, social and intel- | lectual development. The beautiful | ritual of the order taught that the ulti-| mate goal of success could only be| reached by the practice of harmony and the strict rendering of justice to all other legitimate and established in- terests. Over the very gateway of the} order were suspended the two red danger signals of discord and mercenary mo- tive. As stated before, while the order led a true life, it grew, prospered, and great good was accomplished; but when it became great and powerful, designing schemes for pelf began to play on the commercial ignorance and credulity of the order by stirring up a spirit of ani- mosity against the retail mercantile in- terests of the country. These selfish schemes saw, in this great organized body of farmers, a fine opportunity to ‘“‘make a haul,’’? and so the seeds of poison were sown broadcast, which acted as a kind of anaesthetic in preparing the subject for the operating table. The secretary’s desk in the subordinate Grange became the depository for a vast amount of circulating literature. The legitimate work of the lodge was gradu- ally crowded out and the sessions were frittered away in reading printed com- munications couched in language intend- ed to lead the tillers of the soil into a firm conviction that they were the down- trodden and oppressed victims of that monster of greed known as ‘‘the store- keeper.”? Plans were submitted where- by they might escape the retailers’ un- holy exactions and save their hard- earned dollars. Price lists poured in from every point of the compass, quot- ing prices on every conceivable thing, from an ounce of nutmegs to a steam threshing machine. The body became paralyzed with a mercenary spirit. The temple of justice was torn down and the seales were made use of in weighing out codfish and crackers. The master’s gavel was thrown under the table to make room for samples of nutmegs and ground pepper. A Dominion Agency was estab- lished by the order and an attempt made | to furnish every Granger in the Domin- | ion with everything he needed. Many | intelligent, fair-minded farmers withdrew from the order in perfect disgust, but | their places were more than filled by selfish, narrow-minded farmers of small caliber who could see no benefit in | organization until they smelled some- OF COURSE YOU WANT K.wA POINTER—o-+ -- SOMETHING TO-- LIVEN UF’ FRADE! Then Harken not to the Calamity Wailer but at once ORDER the follc wing: LION COFFEE | 0. D, JAVA ao STANDARD MARACAIBO ] JON COFFEE, O. D. Java and Standard Maracaibo are our leading brands, and all we ask of merchants is to give them a trial. Lion Coffee is sold in 1-lb. packages, never in bulk; the other two are sold in bulk only. The combina- tion of all three is just what merchants need in the store, to suit all classes of trade. Write your Jobber for Quotations or addre:s WOOLSON SPICE CO. =k. WINTERNITZ, © ne RESIDENT AGENT, High Grade Coffees, TOLEDO, - - OHIO. 106 KENT Sr., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. RINDGE, KALMBACH & CO,, 12, 14, 16 PEARL ST. Grand Rapids, Mich. E would call the atten- tion of the trade to our lines of walking shoes. We can show you all the novelties at popular prices. We also carry good lines of Tennis.Goods at low prices. We want tosell you your rubbers for fall. Terms and discounts as good as offered by any agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. reyiman & Company, Manufacturers of SHOW Cases Of Every Description. WRITE FOR PRICES. First-Class Work Only, GRAND RAPIDS. 2 Pieanae Us 33 and 65 Canal St., ~ 10. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. heard the jingle of silver. way of describing it; crowding—jam- When the order had reached this stage, | ming—jostling—-elbowing-tugging-—sweat- its destruction was sure and swift. The | ing—yelling—burley Grangers main- writer could write column after column | taining their positions against all comers giving names and particulars of base im- | | ‘ thing that reminded them of coffee and _ worse confounded would be a mild | and clutching two-bushel grain bags, into | WwW CEE Uy NY MENT, See that this Label appears ERs AD on every package, as it is a 5 coMeRESS DY t FT" . XE RiveRnae aS risk guarantee of the genuine ar SE RIVERDALE STILE ticle. CHICAGO CHICAGO 7 ¥ positions, fraudulent transactions, and | which went sugar, tea, soap, raisins, | unsatisfactory and ruinous shipments matches, shoes, corsets, nails, cloth, tin- | pans, kid gloves and everything else: | whirlwind that swept the noble order of and every time a shot was fired into a| the Grange into oblivion and disrepute. bag, a wild Apache yell would pierce | | | and consignments, which constituted the FERMENTUM © ° . | : ° True, a remnant still exists, embracing | the air, announcing the name of the bag | many good men; but, owing to the fool- | ish mistakes of the past, a stigma rests upon the very name, and, virtually, it is a thing of the past. The P. of I. movement is a miserable burlesque on the more noble order which preceded it. The puny efforts to organ- ize farmers for the purpose of bulldoz- ing others engaged in different, but just | as honorable and legitimate, callings in life as they are themselves, the childish and idiotic attempts to throttle free and healthful competition, and their meddle- some interference in matters pertaining to trade and commerce, are all sure and certain evidences that the P. of I. was born into the world with the seeds of death engrafted in its anatomy. The P. of I. will follow its predecessors to an untimely end, and its remembrance will serve as one more warning to farmers, that a permanent organization which will ward off all encroachments upon their rights and successfully guard their interests, must be built upon a founda- tion of common justice. Selfishness begets discord, and where discord pre- vails, there can be no life. Farmers are | not the only class who have thus failed to make a success of organization. The: retailers have not, as yet, proved them- | selves capable of maintaining an organ- | ization; but they did not fail because a} lot of scheming and _ perambulating farmers led them to believe that the reg-| ular farmers {were a useless class of | middlemen and ought to be driven into | other occupations, and that large sums}. might be saved by growing their own | pork and beans. A few years ago, Grange stores sprung up here and there all over this country —a blunder which the Canadian Gran- | gers (to their superior wisdom, be it | said) kept pretty clear of. Where are} all those stores to-day? ‘Gone where | the woodbine twineth.”” We hear a great deal gsaid »xabout the notorious Grange store in Allegan, but this store of Mr. Stegeman’s has no more to do with the Grange than the Boston store in this city has to do with the city of Boston. Some citizen of Boston may, or may not, own stock in the store; and so a few wealthy Grangers may or may not own stock in the business con- trolied by Mr.:; Stegeman. During the years the management was putting forth | every effort to establishsthis large busi-| ness, the portals were carefully guarded against all ‘‘cowards and eavesdroppers.” | The Grange was popular and it embraced a large percentage of the wealth of Allegan county. Farmers were impor- tuned, from a standpoint of duty, to turn their sheckels}into the big iron box at| the Grange store, where they could obtain their supplies at cost, with simply 4 per cent. added, to pay the expenses of the management. The business grew amaz- ingly. Farmers came from al! over the county to trade at the Grange store, and a peep in ofa Saturday/afternoon was a ‘‘pienic,”’ even to a drummer. Confu- owner and the name and value of the | missile fired into the bag. Granger would loose his temper, and then he would get his wife to hold the bag for him while he squeezed out and got a drink. Dress goods and lamp chim- neys went into those bags unwrapped, for the 4 per cent. was not supposed to cover wrapping paper and twine. Outsiders were allowed to trade at the store by paying a small annual fee, but now all restrictions are removed and the general public may trade there. In passing from this Grange store, the writer submits the following queries to| the reader: 1. Howisit that Mr. Stegeman, who certainly failed to make a brilliant suc- cess in business on his own hook, has grown rich out of this business? 2. If goods are sold on a 4 per cent. margin of profit at this store, how in the name of common sense is it that the P. of Il. in this same county of Allegan have been, and are, so desirous of estab- lishing trading places, or P. of I. stores, as they are called, on a 10 per cent. | margin of profit? 2 5. Allegan has always enjoyed the reputation of being a good trading point, aside from the Grange store; and if the Grange store sells on a margin of 4 per cent., how is it that the retailers of Allegan are doing a business larger in volume than the average, and realize the same margin of profit that other retailers in the surrounding towns realize? Is it not self-evident that the farmer’s worst enemy is his pretended |friend? True, he has been bled by all | sorts of sharks and plundered on the |right and on the left by designing schemers; and it is true, also, that in his isolated condition he is preyed upon by numerous parasites and compelled to bear unnecessary burdens, but his con- dition will never become materially im- proved until he becomes educated to a pCint where he can discriminate be- tween his enemies and his trve friends, and between legitimate tomfoolery. business and He then will have become abundantly able to take care of himself; but, until then, he will be the fat and juicy game of every schemer who comes | along. In conclusion, I wish to state that} nothing is written in this article intend- | ed to reflect upon any crookedness con- nected with the subject of this article. The reflections contained herein are cast by the dying embers of past events. E. A. OWEN. i Sault Ste Marie—The hardware firm of Higgins & Given has dissolved, Chas. W. Given continuing the business. ENGRAVING Sometimes a} THE ONLY RELIABLE UMPRESSED YEAST Sold in this market for the past Filteen Year:. Far Superior to any other. Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited. Endorsed Wherever Used. Btale Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. 106 Kent St. L. WINTERNITZ, Telephone 566. N77 MEN See that this Label appears MENT, FE Ercan UA on every package, as it is a FER nese ye YAP Ae: RIVERDALE eeTIUEt guarantee of the genuine YE RIVERDALE aS THLES article. CHICAGO CHICAGO Vv ~ For Bakings of All Kinds Use leischimann X Uo.s Unrivaled Compressed Yeast, Special attention is invited to our YELLOW LABEL SUPPLIED FRESH DAILY To Grocers Everywhere. BEAN which is affixed to every cake of our Yeast, and which serves TO DISTINGUISH Oar Goods from worthless Imitations. If you have any beans and want to sell, 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. It pays to illustrate your business. Portraits, | Cuts of Business Blocks, Hotels, Factories, Machinery, etc., made to order from photo- graphs. THE TRAVESMAN COMPANY, Grund Rapids, Mich. W. T. LAMOREAUX & CO., 128, 130 and 132 W. Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ‘ f) TALKS WITH A LAWYER. THE GROWTH OF AMERICAN LAW. Written for THE TRADESMAN. The oldest settlement on the middle coast was that of the Dutch.at the mouth of the Hudson river, following upon the discovery of that river, in 1609, by Capt. Henry Hudson. The Dutch were great explorers, and soon made claim to the whole coast between the Connecticut and Delaware rivers, but in 1664, Charles IIL. gave this territory to his brother James, who compelled the Dutch governor, by force of arms, to surrender, and New Netherlands became New York, James being the Duke of York. The Duke afterwards became the King of England, and the colony became a royal colony, and the lawmaking power, subject to the crown, was vested in a governor and a council appointed by the crown, and an assembly elected by the people. When the Duke of York took possession of his territory, he granted out that part be- tween the Delaware river and the ocean to lords proprietors, but in 1702, the proprietors surrendered their right of government to the crown, and East and ‘West Jersey were united and became a royal colony. For some time New Jersey had the same governor as New York, but it always had its own assembly. The next oldest territory was that which comprised the present State of Delaware. At first it was disputed ter- ritory. It lay within the grant made to Lord Baltimore in 1632. The Dutch claimed some settlements in 1655, which afterwards passed to the Duke of York, by whom it was sold in 1682 to William Penn. Lord Baltimore surrendered his claim, and it then became a mere ap- pendage of Pennsylvania with the same governor, although after 1703 an inde- pendent assembly, even down to the time of the Revolution. William Penn was the founder of Pennsylvania; the grant to him was made in 1681, and included about the same territory as now occupied by that State. Penn’s charter gave him the power to enact laws eenformable to rea- son and the laws of England, with the consent of the freemen of the colony. This charter continued in force until the Revolution, when the state of Pennsyl- vania assumed all the political powers that belonged to Penn’s descendants, paying them a large sum of money for surrendering their rights to the soil. Virginia was the oldest of the Southern Colonies. It may be said that the politi- eal history of the United States begins with the founding of Jamestown in 1607. It was founded by the London company. The London company was created by King James I1., by the same charter that created the Plymouth company. These two companies divided between them all English dominions in the New World, the London company receiving the south- ern, the Plymouth the northern territory. They were authorized to establish colo- nies, each colony to be subject to the king, to be governed by a local council of the company in England, at the king’s pleasure. These companies were short lived. The stockholders lived in Eng- land and did not become colonists. They were, indeed, mercantile companies clothed with political powers. The Lon- don company gave to the settlement in Jamestown a charter which gave the peo- ple no voice whatever in the government ef the colony, but King James in his a eee - charter to the London and Plymouth companies had said: ‘‘Also, we do for us, our heirs and successors, declare by these presents that all and every the persons, being our subjects, which shall go and inhabit within the said colony and plantation, and every their children and | posterity, which shail happen to be born within any of the limits thereof, shall have and enjoy all liberties, franchises and immunities of free denizens and natural subjects within any of our other dominions, to all intents and purposes, as if they had been abiding and born within this, our realm of England, or in any other of our dominions.’’ This was a guarantee and was irrevocable, unless by consent of both parties, and in after- times it became the great bulwark of colonial rights and liberties. It is some- times called the Colonial Constitution. The people of the Jamestown colony murmured in view of their oppression, until in 1619 the governor of the colony called upon them to choose representa- tives to a legislative assembly. This, being convened, was called the House of Burgesses, and was the first legislative body that sat in America. In 1621, the London company created a colonial legis- lature, consisting of the council of state, whose members were appointed by the company. and a general assembly chosen by the people. Its laws had to be rati- fied by the company. In 1624, tbe charter was forfeited to the crown and Virginia became a royal colony, but its constitu- tion remained the same. The next in age was the Maryland colony. In 1632 the two peninsulas lying on the ocean, Chesapeake Bay and Potomac river, excepting the tip end of the outer one, were given by Charles I to Geo. Cal- vert, Lord Baltimore. By this charter Calvert became the proprietor of the soil and empowered ‘to make laws for the government of the company to be called Maryland. Calvert so planted the col- ony in 1634, and the charter, except dur- ing a brief interval, continued in force until 1771. By a provision of the charter to Calvert the consent of the freemen of the colony was necessary in the enact- ment of laws, which secured for them from the first a voice in the government and finally a representative assembly. The Carolinas had their origin in two charters, of dates 1663 and 1665, the territory being that part of the continent from sea to sea, between the 29th and the 36th and one-half degree of latitude. By these charters the land was given to eight lords proprietors. In time two groups of settlements were made, one on the shore of Albemarle Sound, the other south of Cape Fear River. In 1729, the proprietors surrendered their charters to the crown, and the settlements were di- vided into royal colonies, North Carolina and South Carolina. The charters to the proprietors above mentioned con- tained provisions authorizing the making of plantations, the enactment of laws with the consent of the freemen, and the | appointment of governors. As 1o Georgia, the first settlement was made at Savannah, in 1733. In the year before, George II. had created a company that he styled ‘‘Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia, in America.” The following are stated to be the objects of the new colony: To strengthen the province of Carolina by creating a new one between it and the Spaniards and Indians; to provide arefuge for poor debtors in England; to open an asylum | | Cracker Chests. HESE chests will soon UR new glass covers are by far the | pay for themselves in the| handsomest ever offered to the : rade. They are m: fit ar | breakage they avoid. trade [hey are made to fit any Irina & | Price $4. of our boxes and can be changed from one box to anotherina moment They will save enough goods from flies, dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pay for themselves. Try them and be convinced. Price, 50 cents each. NEW NOVELTIES. We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties: ' QORANGE BAR. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. CINNAMON BAR. CREAM CRISP. NEWTON, arich finger with figs on inside. This is bound to be one of the best selling cakes we ever made. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO. S. A. Sears, Mer. GRAND RAPIDS. Spring & Company, Dress Goods, Shawls, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Wo olens, 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. The BAR LOCK TYPEWRITER. The Modern Writing Machine! Visible Writing. Permanent Alignment, Automatic Ribbon-Feed Reverse High Speed. Powerful Manifolder. Light-Running, Durable. The No 2 Machine takes paper (9 inches wide, and writes line 8 inches long. Price, $100 complete. The No. 3 Machine takes paper 14 inches wide, and writes a line 13% inches long. Price, $110 complete coke. aaa iets CATALOGUE. TRADESMAN COMPANY, State Agents, Grand Rapids, Mich | E | 1 | | ! / I | i | | ee ee 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. for the persecuted Protestants in Eng- land, and to promote the christianiza- tion and civilization of the Indians. The territory lay between the Savannah and Altamaha rivers. The trustees men- tioned in the charter were to make the laws and appoint the governors. In 1751 the trustees gave up their charter, and | Georgia became a royal colony. The early colonies were isolated and | independent of one another—scattered throughout the wilderness of the New World there was little communication | between them at first, and no concert of action in government or in defense against the Indians. its ambitions, its own plans, its own spirit and methods. Some made their own laws asif independent of the mother country, to the consent of the king or his repre- sentative. Some elected theirown gover- nors, others recognized a governor ap- pointed by royal authority. Three classes of colonies, varying ac- cording to the method of their establish- ment and government, may be distin- guished, viz: 1. Charter colonies; 2. Pro- prietary colonies; 3. Royal or Provincial | colonies. To the first class belong the colonies | of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. To the second, the colonies of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. To the third, the colonies of New Hamp- | shire, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, | the Carolinas and Georgia. In the case of the charter colonies, the charters were written documents guar- anteeing to the people certain rights; their source was the king. In the case of the proprietary colonies, the proprietors were William Penn and Lord Baltimore and their de- scendants. They held their territories by patents or charters emanating from the king; the proprietors in turn granted to the people certain rights and privi- leges. In the case of the Royal colonies, the king granted no patent or charter, nevertheless from time to time certain | eoncessions were made by the king, which formed a sort of traditional char- ter. The governors of these colonies ad- ministered laws in conformity with writ- ten instructions given from time to time by the crown. i i _ The Polite Drummer. Lester L. Farnsworth in Puck. The Mean Merchant of Cornshuck Corners was in a bad humor. He had had a severe attack of indigestion that morning, had sworn at his wife and children and kicked over his chair as he left the breakfast table. When he reached his store he found the doors un- opened, because his only clerk, whom he | was in the habit of bulldozing daily, was sick in bed. He was, consequently, in a fine humor when the neatly dressed representative | of the Parrott Cracker Company called upon him to sell him some of the goods manufactured by that establishment. The drummer, looking sort of person, was, of course, in ignorance of what had occurred that | morning, and the Mean Merchant’s face did not express his feelings in the least; it was as dark and impenetrable a mystery as the Sphinx. Into this unseen danger. therefore, the commercial traveler walked with the happy air of unconcern and light-heart- | edness which generally characterizes the members of that large brotherhood of wanderers. He was polite and thorough- ly at home, of course; and it was not long before he told the Mean Merchant a joke, for that was his style. Each colony had | having neither authority nor | charter; others made their laws subject | who was an ordinary- | | At its conclusion there was a depress- | ing absence of laughter and tumultuous |applause; the audience merely grunted. | But that did not worry the drummer, for | he was used to it. Perhaps the fault lay |in the joke. Anyhow, he told another | with the same mournful result. | ‘*How are you off for crackers?” he | finally asked. **Ain’t off at all, and I don’t want any | bank crackers,” was the reply. “But perhaps you will be,” suggested the drummer, cheerfully, as he hoisted up his sample case and slapped it on the counter with a business-like whack; ‘‘and, besides, we have gotten out a new article this season that is just the thing you need; it is selling everywhere like hot cakes, and is the very thing for your trade.”’ ‘‘What do you know about my trade?” | growled the merchant. Then he added, fiercely: ‘‘Look here! I’m tired of this; | you get out of here and get out pretty quick, and take your blankety-blank traps with you!’ And he advanced from behind the counter and started toward the drummer, who was still talking away with the blithesomeness of an in- nocent, prattling child. | When he reached him, however, the latter, by a movement as quick as it was unpretending, hit the Mean Merchant of Cornshuek Corners under the jaw, | knocking him about ten feet. | “Tne name of this new cracker,” he went on, “is the ‘Gossamer,’ and they are so light that you can take one of them between | your fingers and blow it up to the ceil- ing: children cry for them; adults who | have once used them will take no other, | knowing that there is no adulteration in |}the materials of which they are com- | posed.”? He caught the now justly in- ecensed Merchant squareiy on the nose as he came at him, and landed him among the galoshes. ‘‘Our sales, so far, have been unprecedented; why one firm alone’’ —two of the Merchant’s store teeth flew over in the prune box—‘‘sold two thou- sand in three months, and we have orders’’—bang! crackle! crash! as they grappled and fell into the lamp chimneys —‘‘for so many of them that we can hardly’’—biff! as they hit on the floor and rolled over and over—‘‘supply the demand. ‘*‘Now we are particularly desirous, sir,’ continued the drummer, with a pleasant smile, as he adjusted himself comfortably on the top of the prostrate and exhausted Merchant, ‘‘to make you a sale; I feel certain that you will take | our goods, because they are first-class in every respect. We have all the different grades that are sold, and we will make you a special discount of 6 per cent. off for cash. What do you say?”’ “Blankety-blank-blank you! are you going to let me up?’ gasped the Mer- chant. “Well, now,” said the Drummer, cocking his eye at him and regarding him thoughtfully: ‘‘that’s subject for argument. However, as I was saying—’”’ ‘Pardon me, sir, for interrupting you,” | said the Merchant suddenly; ‘‘but I be- lieve you wished to know how I was off | for crackers. Upon reflection I think I |am nearly out; but I cannot really tell | what I need until I look over my stock. ,1f you will kindly wait until I can do so I will take great pleasure in giving you |an order.”’ | ‘Oertainly, sir,’’ replied the Drummer, | as he got up and commenced whistling a | low, sweet refrain. | Then he took a large order from the |Mean Merchant of Cornshuck Corners | and proceeded on his way rejoicing, for | that was his way. After a Sugar Profit. A meeting of wholesale grocers has been called to assemble at New York | City, June 8, in order, if possible, to de- | vise some plan by which the wholesale ; | sugar. | Sugar are now and have been for years | made by wholesale grocers at an actual | loss, and the state of affairs is no longer | endurable. | | Use Tradesman Coupon Books. | | | | j | | 4 Monroe St. Agents Wanied!? nae exclusive territory on a large line of Bicycles. Send for catalogue. Our line COLUMBIA CLIPPER VicTOR PARAGON RUDGE TROQUOIS KITE PHOENIX TELEPHONE GENDRONS OVERLAND and all the LOVELL DIA- Western Wheel Works 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 High Grade Machines in the State WRITE US FOR od TERMS AND DIS- WE WANT AGENTS IN EVERY COUNTS TO LIVE TOWN. AGENTS PERKINS & RICHMOND, 13 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Send us your orders for Commetrcial Printings. 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. WHO URGES YOU TO KEEP . A | OLIO? 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 grocer can obtain a profit on his sales of | the orders sent to them. It is well known that sales of | Without effort on the grocer’s part the goods sell themselves, bring purchasers to the store, and help sell less known goods. Anv Jobber will be Glad to Fill Your Orders. ‘, A DULL MONEY MARKET. In spite of many discouraging incidents, the market for sound dividend and in- terest paying securities remains firm and is even advancing. The prophets of evil who have been predicting both the failure of the Richmond Terminal reorganization scheme, which has been so long before the public, and the passing of the quar- ter’s dividend on Northern Pacific Rail- way preferred stock, have had their sa- gacity vindicated by the event, and now comes the announcement of the new $100,000,000 second mortgage of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, which, apparently, is a bold repudiation of the contract of the com- pany with its income bondholders and an attempt to bulldoze them into accepting considerably less than they are entitled to. The Western floods have, likewise, dis- couraged purchases of the stocks of the companies whose property they have damaged and whose receipts they have eut down. But, beyond the limits of the direct influence of these untoward agen- cies, purchasers show no signs of trepi- dation, but rather the reverse. The fact is, that the abundance of idle capital seeking investment, both here and in Europe, and the consequent low rates of interest for money are adverse to any- thing like a permanent depression of really good stocks and bonds. In this city, call loans on marketable securities can easily be had at 2 per cent. per annum and less, while time loans on sim- ilar securities, as well as discounts of first-class commercial paper, are quoted at not over 3!4 per cent. In London, the Bank of England rate, for the first time in five years, stands at 2 per cent. with eall money at one-half of one per cent., and discounts in the open market at 14% percent. In Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Frankfort and Hamburg the rates of dis- count in the open market range from 2 to 25 per cent., and itis only in Portugal, Spain and Italy, where the credit of bor- rowers is bad, that higher quotations are made. As usual, this condition of things im- presses many minds as being an unprec- edented novelty, in the same way that every hot summer is declared to be the hottest ever known, and every cold winter the coldest. It is needless to say that we have had many just such seasons before this one, and shall have many more of them inthe future. Day is no more surely followed by night, flood tide by ebb and summer by winter, than are periods of great activity in industry, trade and enterprise by periods of re- action and comparative stagnation. Two thousand and more years ago the wise man of Scripture wrote: ‘The thing that hath been it is that which shall be, and that which is done is that which shall be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.’’ These words remain true to this day, and they apply as well to financial affairs as to those of less im- portance. By most people, too, the present re- action is attributed to the Baring sus pen- sion of year before last, and to the shock which that catastrophe gave to general confidence. This, though true in part, is not sufficient.to account entirely for the prolonged and widespread dullness now prevailing. Had the Baring failure not been supplemented by the bad harvests of last year in Europe, by the collapse of sp eculation on the Continent as well as in Great Britain, and by the fear of hos- THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. tilities by Russia against Germany and Austria, its effects would by this time have passed away. Our new tariff is also chargeable with a disturbance of Euro- pean manufacturing industry which acts unfavorably upon enterprise. When ex- isting investments of capital are yielding reduced profits, or no profits at all, new ones are not made and a diminished de- mand for money for both old and new undertakings leads to low rates of in- terest as a logical consequence. How profoundly our economical legis- lation has affected Europe in imagi- nation, at least, is shown by the recent speech of the Prime Minister of (Great Britain, Lord Salisbury, condemnatory of free trade, and lamenting the inability of his country to retaliate upon us with protection without doing itself more harm than good. Were it not, as his lordship was compelled to acknowledge, that Great Britain cannot impose duties upon the breadstuffs, provisions and cotton which constitute the bulk of her pur- chases from us, without increasing the cost of feeding and clothing her workmen, and thus increasing the cost of the man- ufactures they produce, protection would have a good chance of being tried there. As itis, the British people must endure patiently, what they cannot obviate, a very considerable diminution of the'r foreign trade apparently caused by our protectionist policy. The British Board of Trade returns for the past four months of this year show an increase of imports of £3,828,492 as compared with the ecrresponding four months of 1891, nearly the whole of which increase is in articles of food and drink. The exports for the same period exhibit, on the other hand, a decrease of £7,533,647, as compared with the sponding four months of 1891, of decrease £5,871,535 is in articles manu- factured or partly manufactured, £700,- 000 of it resulting directly from the etfect of the McKinley tariff in diminishing our consumption of British tin-plate and tele- graph wire. There is also a falling off eorre- which ‘in our buying of machinery and cutlery. For the month of April the decrease in exports amounts to £3,042,504, which is 11.5 per cent. of the total for April, 1891. It is, of course, an open question whether Lord Salisbury does not, for political effect, exaggerate the in- jury inflicted by our tariff upon British trade. Evidently the increase of imports which he laments is due not to that tariff, but to the bad harvests, while the de- crease in the exports of metal manufac- turers to this country is not so great as to justify alarm. He probably had in mind the recent protective legislation of France as well as of this country, and the competition of German protected manu- facturers in South America and other foreign markets with those of Great Britain. While, too, the percentage of the loss of British trade is not enormous, it affects so great a number of people that their complaints are noticeable, and, in the silence of those who are still con- tent with their profits, it terrifies a poli- tician. But, whatever be itscause, there is no disputing the dullness of the European money market, and dullness here. [CONTINUED ON PAGE 2U.] the sympathetic The stagnation shows itself most conspicuously in the piling up of currency in our banks, this being an effect and an indication of the same eondition of things that makes interest HOW’S THIS ? We offer one hundred dollars ‘reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. ¥F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. We theundersigned, have known F.J Cheney honorable in all business transactions and fin- ancially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West & Truax, WALpING, Kinwan & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the eystem Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. _ SALE—STOCK OF DRUGS, PATENT 4 medicines, paints, cigars, tobacco and sun- dries, in town of 1600. Town growing. Good trade. Best location in town Good clean stock. Good reasons for wanting to sell. For particu- lars address, G A R, Box 139, Corunna, Mich. 52 NOR SALE— HALF INTEREST IN GOOD ‘i paying drug store in Grand Rapids. Rare opportunity for young man. P. V. Finch, Grand Rapids §24 NOR SALE—A FINE STOCK OF GROCERIES and crockery in first-class shape. Doing a business from $15 000 to $18,0 0 per year in as fine a farming country as there is in the state of Michigan. Can give good reasons for selling. Address Lock Box 14 Elsie, Mich 517 WOR SALE—STOCK OF DRUGS, GROCERIES and wall paper in town of 1000 inhabitants. Building for sale or rent. Reasons for selling, poor health. Address No, 518, 2are Michigan Tradesmar. 518 NOR SALE — FURNITURE AND taking business in good town. Clean stock. Well advertised. Having good trade. Rare chance for some one. Capital required. about $2000, Funeral car included, Aue No, 519, eare Michigan Tradesman, 519 NOR SALE—DRUG FIXTURES CHEAP. Ad- dress No. 525, care Michigan Tradesman. ?25 OR SALE—CLEAN GENERAL STOCK IN - town near Grand Rapids surrounded by ex- cellent farming country. A bargain for some one. M.S. 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(po 2 45) o-oo wma 40 nee Ss Tee OD 50 | Cudpear..............- % Ee “ pleached...... 2@ 3 Suntperis eco 10@1 "0 Deass sulph........ a Tragacanth .......--.- 30@ 35 1 75@1 75! tun irine oT 6 Weare S i euebeescee 30@ 75 Seaacharum N ntecee usd Ce oD er Sulph.... ; le ole Proprietors HERBAa—In ounce Spt. aaa... 1 73q@Hz UO Emery, au eoveces 6sq@ 7 of ' Absinthium packages. | Vini Vinh Galt. rashacts 1 T5Q0 50 numbers.. @ W ’ : | Hupatoriam ...... eerie ee sg | WEE BI cok 1 25@2 00| Flake uh ‘ a. bat erly 8 Michi | —. sie meee eam eA: Be 1 25@2 00 * ee oa 65 iqall Gatar { eee 25 SPONGES. a Ce 15 Bme 1 Mentha Piperita, —-saooe ae 28 Florida sheeps’ wool, Same. ven ueres = 23 Hib iF — 23 carriage Jelatin. Cooper....... @8 Bune negro oe Nesen shee wool 2 25@2 50 a Fre a @ Ww i Tanacetn, Wooo 30 | velvet ex ool oben wae We Have in Stock pe tree eietene* 2 wl ‘ Stoc , —_— | 2 | ext ool ee Glue, Brown WHI ee Caletied, P tra yellow eae 1 16 - oe 15 SKIE Pee, carriag ps ae ‘ B Carbonate, Pat ---- S@ 6O Grass sh G wea le 13@ 2 > RAND eae K. a : 22 cepe? ‘wool car- 85 a es —_ P| TE S, onate 95 | Hard for slate use.... IN 22 re Loe wie. "8 GINS, W | etait uM ae or slate a aaa : $ 85 3 / INES, RUMS Amygdalae ve geo STRUT. 140| “ Ammon rum @ 9 ; % . Amydalae — << 5 SYRUPS “ pen @ : , Amarae....8 ones 75 | Accacta ; H nguentum. 4° 1.0} We sell Liquo ae . & r ao 7 —— 5011 iydrargyrum . @ %| We give s for medicinal purposes a 50 yobolla, aa | @ 6 , our perso : poses only ui eke... 3 SO Sa Renee a Indigo “1 25@1 50] ¢ nal attent Cajiputi ue ee a aH aR A ‘iets 25Q@1 50 All orders shi ion to mail orders Caryophyili ve ceeeenes "son sl cae eee RR rec ovsc sss mE se oo eee Us Bigs 8 ipped and invoiced the sam a rs and guarantee satisfacti ar 1 WG 65] Rhei Arom.«..- 550... o...- a = S 1e day w Ce satistaction. ——,.......: 35@ 65 Similax Otticinalis.. ool ives rat Cecile uae wa a “ y we receive them. Se : inna. o: podium 5@ 50 ndat Ciomamonil 00....4 @i 6 | senega ace — BB 05 tial code ——- pai beacees usi visi... el Arsen’ ‘et’ Hy. %@ 80 y eer teaee SS @ 4% MAE. -- 0 eee esse arenes i rarg Iod et Hy- es eek eeeee 50 Liquor Potass Arsinitis @ 27 — sukeiinee ae 60 | Magnesia, = * Li ies he Se last 501M mies Seas * 8 ee 2@ 8 a age Z GRAND RAPIDS, MIC ’ H, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Grocery Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered buyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AXLE GREASE. Apricots. Goz groset Liveoak...:... . a 2 as... . 1... 600i Sante Cree......°... 2 00 eee... 50 Smiter... i 250 sere. ........... 8 900] Overiand............. 1 90 ——........... 8 00 Blackberries. Paragon .. .... 55 i ee 9 BAKING POWDER. Cherries 12 a ddlUl ee 14 Ib. cans, 3 a ; 45 oo nee: 1 75 a ee ac Woe... 1 20 ilb. * oe 1 00 ee... oe 1 2 ee Sea 10 | Damsons, Egg Plums and Green . Arctic Gages. 14 t cans coe ee ee @1 3 a 1 20 | California. 1 70 eS Su. 2 00 esiaaiiees [oe modeaisaes Ee 1 10 Cook’s Favorite. 100 4 Ib cams...... .. 12 00 Peaches. (ie pieces colored glass) rie. eae ene 1 10 100 44 1b cans. eS ee 1 50 (191 pieces of cryst: ul glass) ee 1 40 900 4% Ib cans.............. 12 : OO | Camsformia............. 2 2 (106 hdl cups and saucers) | Monitor oe eee 135 2 doz i —. oo. ... 9 60; Oxford bie. 1 25 (tankard pi te go oa th eac h can) Pears. per dos Domestic . oo , 13 OZ 9 Siobtae oe Riverside......... 2 10 4-02 As Pineapples. 6 0z i> | Comiem.... .... ...... 1 30 8-0z ‘* .-2 47 | Johneoen’s sliced .... 2 50 12-0z 3% . grated... 2% 16-0z «<2 rm 2%-1b 11 40 | Common — 1 10 1b ‘ 225 re 5-1b 21 60 ‘iediiaithie, 10-Ib 41 SO | Red. 1 30 j Black Hamburg... 1 50 | Erie. black ' 1 40 : —... . 40 | —— a = reer ok g@ | Straw berries. ‘ “tb a 1 50 | Lawrence . i 1 si 45 | Hamburgh ........... 2 Telfer’s, % 3 cens, doz. a. : ; “ * - i. 50 —e hl. 126 Victor. a Whortleberries, 602 cans, 4doz .......- a Ome 4... 1 20 g« ae ae ew 1 25 16 Saen............ Sagi Blueberries ........ 1 20 BATH BRICK. sei ~ - . Corned bee i aby” :. 1 cane. asses a ao | Roast beef, Armour’ ........1 Bristol..... Co ee ham, a 150 a. ee Domestic... oe _ tor gue, Si.......3 2 BLUING. Gross Mlb... 95 Arctic, 40z ovals. 400 chicken, % ID... ... 95 : os «6 hC¥.. a pints, round... 10 50 VEGETABLES. “= Ne. 2, sifting box... 2% Beans. « Wo. 3, ' ._= Hamburgh stringless.......1 25 = Me - ...- 6 French style.....2 25 ' 1 oz ball a Lt . Lees... 1 40 Lima, green ‘eect eee oe — ee 80 No. = ween et ee atc ee eens 3 25 | Lewis Boston Baked........ 135 No. . co ae Bay State Baked...........13 No. 2 2 carpet. ** Sap | World's Fair.............. 1 35 oce ceeerceos ose @& 6 i coe Gem, Si ee ee 3 0 Corn. . 100 — i “ct-71t fgg | Livingston Eden . 22.2022... 115 [eel aie 3 50 Purity ee eee = rT ene Deg 150 a. a | Moraine Glory... Le Peas “ a 1 75 | Hamburgh marrofat 135 Rice Root Serub, 2 row. 85 : early June.. / Rice Root Scrub, 3 row.... 1 25 Champion Eng...1 50 Palmetto, goose............ 1 50 | Hamburgh_ petit pois. . 195 ' fancy sifted.....1 90 CANDLES Soaked . i oceceeees Hotel, 40 ib. poms. a - a Harris standard. ee Star, 40 i. Van Camp’s Marrofat - 2 ee es : Early June...... 1 30 Pe ee Archer’s Early Blossom... .1 35 $$ _—________—_ | FPrench ........... .......... 1 80 CANNED GOODS. . Mushrooms. ait Premeh ...... 2.2.8... 16218 Clams —— I . ia 95 Fate Neck (1b... 110] mes 95 " - =e... 1 90] Squash. . a | Hubberd . ho. oe Clam Chowder. Succotash. Standard, Zib........... POO i atembure 1 40 Cove Oysters Es is -. oo Standard, 1 1b 85 | Honey Dew. —_— ote r 1b... 1 65 Tomatoes. Lobsters. ee 1 00 Star 1 oe ee ee ' ny co ee 1 30 Piente,1 1b. oo ee cs ee ad 2 30 ra... oe ‘ a - ie 12 CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. wee aoe co 2 95 | German Sweet.. ae 22 Metitend 2 "ieee ch o ‘225 Pen a 35 Tomato Sauce, 21b.........2 25] PUFC........ 2... eres 38 Soused, 2 : 2 25 | Breakfast ees... 40 oes | CHEESE. Columbi a River, flat.... ...1 8 ;| Amboy hi eewpageeas @io = e........5 Oey eee... as 10 @i2 Alaska, 2 a... . i eee... 2... @:0 Be acc. 22 Roa .......... @ 9% Sardines. | Skim . 7 @8 American ¥48.......-... sith th varia ase nog 11 vies enone $38 8 Ba Le a Gio a A Pineapple ....... G25 Mustard %{8............... 78 | Roaustort.....-....... G35 EIN... ssc. SO] EE OM ors no neni ge Trout. Schweitzer, imported. @30 ee ea 250| “ domestic .... Gis FRUITS. CATSUP. pples. e Label Brand. 3 Ib, standard......... 85 | Hal potties....... 2 75 York State, ow. 240| Pint pele 6 ..--.... 4 50 Ham’ burgh, 250 Quartfil doz Dotties........ 350 CLOTHES PINS. Dies PORES. cc... cs..). 40 COCOA SHELLS. oie Sees... @3 ieee cuanty...-....... @3% Pound packages........6%@7 COFFEE. GREEN. Rio. —..;...... Pe 7 oe... De 18 es... aes... ee Santos. ae Le ee. ce ee 18 Peepers ... 3. 20 Mexican and Guatamala. —............. 20 ee. ge, Pee... oe. 2% Maracaibo. Prime . as 2 20 gave. Peeeieee 2... a Private Growtnh........<. .. 7 Mandehling . ee Mocha. Imitation . os ‘sa Aveeee............ oo ROASTED. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add \c. per Ib. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. PACKAGE. Arbuckle’s Ariosa...... 19.30 McLaughlin’s XXXX.. 19.30 I i eke ies a ss 19 30 Lion, 60 or 100 lb. case.... 19 30 aos ............... . 16-80 Cabinets containing 120 1 Ib. packages sold at case price, with additional charge of 90 cents for cabinet EXTRACT. _— cea 75 ce ee 115 Hummel 5, foil.. 150 ee 2 50 CHICORY Bulk... 8 moe... ee. 6 CLOTHES LINES, i Cot tton, 40 tt per doz. i 25 ‘ 50 ft e i 40 _ 60 ft ' 1 60 70 ft : 1% ' ore... 5... is 1 90 “Tradesman.” 8 1, per hundred peu bees Oe . ” - peisacshene an _-_ = -. 300 i a ones lag 3 00 $10, = - 40 _ « | 5 00 “Superior.” S i, per baondend........... 2 50 = - 3 00 __ 3 50 _. 4 00 7, * 5 00 we, * 6 00 ‘Universal.’ ee $ 2, - ‘a as 3 = ‘s g 5, “ 810, “ #20, a3 Above prices on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 oF OVOP... ....... 5 per cent. 500 * can soo 2 Se ee _ COUPON PASS BOOKS. = an be made to represent any — from $10 down. | 20 books ede cea ae $ 10 ee 2 eT ale 3 — 6 25. esi bees 10 00 a Ca ee 17 30 CONDENSED MILK. 4 doz. in case. Dee. sc. 7 40 ONE. 6 Stokes cranes ce 6 3 Cees Gwil............. 8.00 American Swiss.. ........ 70 CRACKERS. Butter. ge ae IS A ea 6 Seymour XXX, cartoon..... ot ce eae : Family XXX, cartoon...... 6x4 Salted XXX..... ‘iaees Ol Salted XXX, cartoon ...... 6% Kenosha . nage a poe. Butter biscuit . hate oy Soda. Meee. Bee.... 0... 8 me Cer 7 Doge, Duchess. ............. Oe Crystal Weer. ce. cc, 10 Reception Flakes.. ........1 yster. 8. Oyster xxi. ihcpeans City Oyster. eG EE 6 Faring (Oyeter..........,... 6 CREAM TARTAR. Berieiey Were... 30 Telfer’s Absolute. : 35 Ce ga os es cS 10@15 DRIED FRUITS. Domestic. APPLES. Sundried, slicedin bbls. 5 . quartered ‘ 5 Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes @7 APRICOTS, California in bggs.......9%@10 Evaporated in boxes. ... 10@11 BLACKBERRIES, noe...) 4% NECTABINES, ve im, ORRA ......u.. oe ih ages... Q oon PEACHES. Peeled, in boxes....... Cal. wn Ll: seis - in bage...... 8@ 8% PEARS, California in bags .... @i PITTED CHERRIES, ee ss 10 _— boxes . oe oe 11 eee 12 PRUNELLES, 30 lb. boxes.. coc 11 RASPBERRIES, oe ee 15 ae eae 16 17 Foreign. CURRANTS, Patras, in barrels... .. @ 3% in %-Dbis....... @ 3% . in less quantity @4 PEEL, Citron, Leghorn, a boxes 20 Lemon ' C 10 Orange . s ° - 11 RAISINS. Domestic. London layers, : crown.. 14 +. & . ocr. .....2 & Loose ube eae. bee 1% 70 Ib _bags @5% Foreign. Ondura, 29 Ib. boxes.. 4? : % Sultana, 20 - oat Valencia, 30 ‘ ‘ ue 6% PRUNES. TR... ce cee ce @ California, 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. 8 80x 90 ..8% . 7! x80 e a ' 60x70 “ 914 NE 5 oe beso rapes @5% EE 11% ENVELOPES, XX rag, white. Me te... $1 75 PR SB, i oct ecce esac esse 1 60 POO BO ak ee coy eon 1 65 No. 1 50 No. 1.35 No. 2 13 6% 1 00 .. ‘ 95 “Coin, Mil he. 8... ... i, 1 00 ‘arina, 100-1b. kepe... 2.202... 3% Hominy. BORO iecccenensésesssicee 8 OO CUE cai cecce cos tbee eae - 350 Lima Beans. BNO io sts ose... 4 Maccaroni mh Vermicellt, Domestic, 12 lb. box.... Imported... iox@iiy Pear Barley. ~ Peas. Gree We... nck ceveccnsn ld @ Split per ooo issrinentes 3 00 Sago. WOE 6 oki cu edeeueckc.cy 4 Baat India.......... es 5 Wheat. Crecred.........,.. ih wenece 5 FISH--Salt. Bloaters. Wareaggin..2.............-- 1 10 Cod. Pee a Whole, Grand Bank... 6 asx Boneless, DEDOES: 5 .4.. THK Boneless, strips. . tes Halibut. Bmeked ....-55......,. 12 Herring. NE cc cee eee sede cn 18@20 Holland, bbls... ees 11 00 ROCA... cases 85 Round shore, + 4% bbl... 2 00 \% bbl. iw cag age Ho. 1. 4) Wiis SO ibes...<...-. 11 00 No, i, Wate, ie... 123 Family, 6 bbls., 100 Ibs.... 5 50 kits, 10 16.4. 5c. vis) Sardines. Bussiek, bene... 5.5.5... 45 Trout. No.1, 4 bbin., 100ibe. ....... 6 50 Ge ft, Wake, 10 ess. sy, 90 Whitefish, No. 1, % bbls., 1001bs........8 00 No. 1, kits, ee 110 Family, } 4 bbis., 100 lbs.... 3 50 kits the. Se FLAVORING EXTRACTS, Jennings’ DC, Lemon. Vanilla 2 - folding box... 30 4 00 1 30 son - 12.1 50 2 00 6 oz . “a ae 3 00 8 0z " ..3 00 400 GUN POWDER, wu | Hel? EE rea CER Reel SE eG 5 60 ee HERBS, Rs eee eee see ee eee 15 SE eae uae % INDIGO. Madras, 5 1b. boxes....... 55 S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes, . 50 JELLY. 1 te eee. 55 —o Pe Gece eee we 85 LICORICE. Pee. 30 ee SS AE 25 he eect eee ee 12 Condensed, 2 ‘doz cdeeeeesees 1 25 ee 2 MATCHES, eo. © see... cose 123 IBSEOR WATUOE, . 56 ccsccencas 170 a I Oe TE na eons, 400 MINCE MEAT 3 or 6 doz. in case per doz..1 00 MEASURES. Tin, per dozen. Tee oe i. 81 75 Half pean lee aces 1 40 ME ote ees ss hae ewe 70 Pmt. aoe Cone 45 Half pint . (hes his eu eines 40 Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. a. ere ee oe 7 00 os oes oe oa in 4 7 Quart elieh he cere Sa es oe 3% oe 2 2% MOLASSES. Blackstrap. Sugar house......... jaconn See uba Baking. eeeey ....5-.... keane 16 Porto Rico. Ser Beh SU pesto 16 OU. cccnene oneces New Orleans. ee a 14 CE oe eee a ee 17 Metre BO0G. .. oss... se 22 oo ih ie eee eee 27 PORCT . ..ccses conscn ss cans One- half barrels, 3c extra OATMEAL. Barres Oe...........- @4 7% Half barrels 100...........@2 WD ROLLED OATS. OO Tas vo keen as @4 75 Mae bhieD..,....... @2 50 PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count........ 83 50 Half barrels, 600 count.... 2 26 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count. 00 Half bbls, 1,200 count 250 PIPES. Clay, No. 216................ 1 75 T. D. fullcount........ 75 RO ces te 1 2 POTASH 48 cans in case. II cinee ec uac sanatens 4 00 Peuna Salt Co.'4.......... 3 ROOT BEER —, per aoe. ........ 1% - OZ, Case... 5 00 RICE, Domestic. Carolina EEE ER Se Sibi 6 BO, Bios sp icicle an ee @4 BORON. o5 oo oces. js... ene SIG Imported. Japan, = S eck eee cee 6 deca se setae ceed 5% aera... SE ee 5 Pee, Aedes 5 SPICES, Whole Sifted, ROS, na 10 Cassia, China in mats...... 8 - Batavia in bund....1 " Saigon in rolls...... 35 Cloves, a pide oe ceaas 2 Mace Batavia.. ee ~ ee = Pepper, Singapore, Diack... .15 Re white... .25 - reece a eaoran 19 Pure Ground in Bulk, Bios... 1 Cassia, Batavia cee Curae eae 20 and Saigon .25 on 35 m_. + Aree Wo as 18 - Saas Oks 20 Mace Materia... ......... & Mustard, Age Trieste, = Nutmegs, No, 2 ee Pepper, Singapore, a = “ aon 2 es “Absolute” in Packages. 4s Yes Bios 64 155 CRRMIONE ons se os ose 84 155 ee & 155 nee, Pee. ..... 4: .. 84 155 . eR obo eeen cuca? 84 1 55 eegere: ... ces... 84 155 Peer oe... 84 155 Sane... ioc coun Oe SAL SODA LE te as . Granulated, boxes.......... 1% SEEDS. Ave... 4... @12% Canary, Smyrna....... 4 PN oe oss cons 8 Cardamon, Malabar... 90 Hemp, Russian....... 4% mimes Ba........:.. 4%4@ 5% Mustard, white....... 6 ees oo ks cs 9 TO kee tg cen cae 6 Cusee bone. .......... 30 STARCH. Corn. 20- > boxes Cickla bebe es pondes 6% eg a ona eine a 6 Gloss. 1-Ib packages eae tees seals 5% ee es 5% 6-lb Oe pees Siete ues, 6 @ and 30 ib. boxes...... .... 4 MOM ccc i ne eee. one 4% SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maocanoy, Ms ware... ....... 35 french Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, : ue eee kee okies oe Shy oy ae... ce 4% SALT. 100 3- = SACKS.......... ... 82 25 ee otk sce 2 00 28 101, sacks.. 3 - eee leith. 2S 24 3- i ee Ce 150 56 Ib, dairy in linen bags. 28 Ib. drill oe Warsaw. 56 lb, dairy in drill bags... 35 naib 6 . ge ae Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 7% Higgins. 56 lb. dairy in linen sacks. 7% Solar Rock. ee 25 Common Fine. gee ieuieey ao Manes «. 2. is. ee ee 85 ~- gee oie THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 17 SALERATUB. Chohoonh or scl 32 @s4 | Warpath....................14 | @RAINS and FEEDSTUFFS ~ Si wT ‘Rew IN ; 1 mar xe © Iba. in box. I oii ress 10 @12 a Red eivcas nee peean hes 15 ce ans EDSsUr es sas PELTS and FURS | PAPER & WOODENWARE inks 83 30 i CU ede ccouc 20 y . erkins & Hess pay as fol PAPER, : eee 315 ee = Dried... .......+...... 17 | No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) g5 | lows, prices nominal: ee eee ee } eee Oa Meer 18 @2 | Niewer Head................ 2 No. 1 Red (60 Ib. test) a5 HIDES. Rockfalls .... Taylor’ Choice..... a2 Money DOW... ie. i eo cay 7 ee ee a 3 00} LROICE............. 60. @25 ; : Green. 2%4@3% | Rag sugar... ee Choicest Cy @35 — Block.........+. -...+ = aie oe 1 29 | Part Cured... @ 3% | Hardware.................. 2h j : en Gee 2 ; : * ; 3akers cs SOAP. — a ea aa. 24 | Granulated... 1 40 — see NCTE 3 : ag ee LAUNDRY. . Thee Sa 28 FLOUR es ee . oa i 7 ox on no eh a . Kips. reen. 342... See oe Jute Manilla.... co. : 4 Allen B. Wrisley" is Brands. —— to fair....... 25 @35 Ont Mili PORTYs so... ts. 25 Straicht, in sacks........ 4 50 P Se oe 2 ; > | Red E ;xpress No. ‘1 ia q Old Country, 80 1-Ib.... in fine to finest....50 @65 | Brier Pipe.. ........ .30 “ * Demreia, 2... 4 60| Calfskins, green... 4 @ 54 No. 2 444 Good Cheer, aes 90 | Choicest fancy........75 @s5 | Yum Yum........ -++.-32 | Patent sacks... 5 50 - cared. oe 5S = Tw ue White Borax, 400 .4¢-Ib...... 3 60 OOLONG. @26 a TOVET. .0. 2... see eeeee = a a j barrels. tees | D Go Heunonskine | 46 239 a INES, e i Proctor & Gamble. Common to fair... ...23 @30 | Handmade........7..72/221.40 re aes 350) No 2 hides ¥ off Cotton, No. 1 7 i a 2 80 IMPERIAL. oe 3 i es ‘s ee h fee te oe 6 We naa gare 23 @2%6 | MILLSTUFPFS. : Bearings ............ 10 Bs — isle and, assorted....... @ oe” ee = Superior tofine........ 30 @35 WASHBOARDS. fier tet as Lome 4..............2) @ wo No 5 Hemp . betecee cd up ues 15 ; 3 65 im ariots quantity WwooL, o.6¢ ... bo a ar ee Mottled German.. <1 oP iollarehia fanemamenn _ Bran. . -c---e0 O15 OO $16 Wl Washed... ...........20 @25 WOODENWARE, ee 3 00 | Common to fair....... 18 @% Screenings .... 15 00 16 00 | Unwashed 10 @w# . 8 Superior to fine.......30 @40 Maange. 16 00 17 00 leo se Tubs, No.1... sees G00 i COURING AND POLISHING, i Mixed Feed... 20 50 20 50 MISCELLANEOUS, oe oe 4 i doz... 2.50 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. Coarse meal 20 50 20 50! Tallow . 24@ 4 L —_ : ec. ; an Oe Ce 18 @2 CORN ” ay Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 35 I ae @2 Car toe... 53 Grease butier - 1%o : wu No, 1, three-hoop 1 60 } SUGAR. ee 40 @50 bese tian car loin. .........55 Ginseng 2 002 50 —— eae = Cm tpet ........ @ 5% er ee anus oe a oo ee 99 ae... @5 TOBACCOS. as San POULTRY. 15 1 60 Less than ear lots .. 8 vl ‘| Powdered 20)... @ 5% Blas 7 WT nein seen es 2 35 frmdeted 45@4.69 Fine Cut. i nn _ HAY. Local dealers pay as follows assorted, 17s and 19s 2 50 Confectioners’ A..... 14%@4.16| Pails unless otherwise noted No, 1 Timothy, car lots ...13 10} for dressed fowls: * 158, 17s and 19s 2 7 | ee 4.31@ 43 | Hiawatha ............ 60 No. 1 o ton lots 15 00 ee ae Baske ts, market....... a 35 xtra Goes ©... 3 4 Medi sat ee : 34 Turkeys... ae @15 fan oe bushel.. 1 bo LJ teen ee ce ee wvene eGin lay 2 akg © a4 | - 1 0 Yel i @ 3% Te a2 OILs. TT: Live | Poul try — willow ci I'ths, No.1 5 7 ow @ 3% | Valley chy. 32 . i Sr i er ih. te ae! willow cl ‘t 18, No.1 5 7 { Less fan bbls. 4c advance andy Jira 7 The Standard Oil Co. quotes | 7) hag — ipgainmine” 1 Bee No.2 6 25 Torpedo 2) as follows, in barrels, f. 0. b. : io od No.3 7 35 : P wae sone seeees 2. Grand Rapids: Ee ee 2 @i3 | s dint ‘ No.1 3 50 SYRUPS. in drums ... 19 .. wanes Zen YOM... 1... 26 Eocene 9 No.2 4 2 Corn. “Ingle oe oe ote : No.3 5 f Barrels... ...:.. i : 22 Plug Wilson er #2 00 Ww 7. W. White, old test. @ 8% ae S aren. 24 Sorg’s Brands. Se er te ne WU WwW. Headlight, 156 i 2 ns speared i eee a: < -RPCRERCAG «2... esas = 4 eee aptha. ee > | ' ee. 19; Joker ..... settee teense 2 PP a Nat Gasoline. @ nag FISH and OYSTERS. ' | on) NODDY Fwist....--....-. SO i tenetry |) le 1010} © MRR, 27 @% ee On My to) | enanee 1 75| Engine me ae F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as u a . ‘ Fy] 2 " SWEET GOODS. Seotten’s Brands. ite Double, , g, | Black, 25 to 30 deg . @ 7% follows ee 4 Ginger Snaps.......... g | Kylo.....-.-.-+.....--. 22 Reus ee = Whitefish i le 8 4 Suger Croams:........ 8 et... anes 38 Riy ] ee eehaaeun Ce ees aac Nee it . @ , ~ . Tallow (die ee 6c. 2 oe Frout .... oe 7 @8 Frosted Creams....... g | Valley City ........-.. 34 Dene 2 00 Halibut ; oo @15 Graham Crackers..... 8% Finzer’s Brands. Creceenes 20) Ciscoes or Herri 5 @6 Oatmeal Crackers. . 8% | Old Honesty.......... 4) Red Star...:... 2S Bluefish : 1: Gee —__--_-—~ er COON OM ee aaa ae 32 Shamrock . 2 50 Fresh lobster, per lb ... 2) TEAS. B ee Brands. ss Ivy Leaf.. a 2 Soft crabs, per doz...... 90 CTE I 18......eeeeee. xt "VINEGAR. Shrimp, per gal...._.... 1x JaPan—Regular. Old Stglé........ Si | 40¢er.. acc udet sma 7 Cod ies we+ereeel® @I2 F aaa, G. Butler & Cos Brands} Sh or..... . ....:.-.........8 No. t Fickerel........ @ 8 Something Good.............. 38 $1 for barrel. Pike. ae — RS a eee see e WET MUSTARD. Smoked Wh sin a @i uto g _- oe) Oe were... - tn. 30 ors ie) j : Private Brands. Beer mug,2 doz incase... 1 75 ie 7 rns : Cans. , aera Sweet Maple Lele eles 30 YEAsT—-Compressed. Fairhaven Counts. he @4) y : a 23 | Fermentum per doz. cakes.. F. J. D. Selects ....... @35 ‘ ee ee. @17 Smoking. Nenibe SHELL @00Ds. : Geog... .. Te ee von 1256 Fleischman, per doz cakes.. >, sai per 100 1 25@1 50 neiee 2% @% iC rolonel’ 6 Chonee sec, 13 : peri ag 12008 75@1 00 ¥ ERMAN anp VICTOR COFFEE & oo | BAMING POW DE COPFEE STRONG, RICH and FRAGRANT. y A Combination ot Old Dutch Java and the Finest Mocha. FINE PICTURES AND BOOKS FREE. VICTOR BAKING POWDER IS THE BEST! Stristly Pure! Highest eavening Qualities! Always Uniform Wholesome | SOLD BY JOBBERS EVERYWHERE. ge G88 HIGH GRADE GOODS within the reach of ALL. ea am ae a a SPICE CoO., Toledo, Ohio, Always in 1-lb papers, never sold in bulk. SEE CERTIFICATES IN EACH PACKAGE FOR PARTICULARS. ‘s . « “« 3.6.6 2,00 sa THE TOLEDO PARAMARIBO, DUTCH GUIANA Roasters of HIGH GRADE COFFEES, Grinders of PURE SPICES ” a a intial ta lietin asl eeger 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. LANDLORD AND TENANT. PAPER Il. Written for THE TRADESMAN. It would, no doubt, be a difficult mat- ter to find a business man whose name appears on the big subscription list of Tue TRADESMAN, who has not been, or is not at present, either a landlord or a tenant. Where is the business man who never did, or does not at present, either receive or pay rent? And whenever the element of rent comes in, created. Tenancies partake of the na- ture of an estate in land, but the lease creating the estate is not a conveyance, and the itself is only a chattel interest. though it extend a number of years, or be renewable forever. The es- tate of the lessee is not subject to the a tenancy is estate lien of a judgment, but could be seized and sold under as a chattel; yet a lessee for years acquires an estate in possession in severalty during the term, and in our State he is regarded and treated in Hé may maintain ejectment and acquire a home- stead in the In Connecticut, it has held in two different cases that a husband’s interestin a lease owned by his which a attach under contract and such, no doubt, is the case in our own State, especially where such husband does not enter into such contract as the duly authorized agent of his wife. A tenancy arises by implication when one takes possession of premises belong- ing to another, if the circumstances and character of the occupancy do not nega- tive its existence. Actual occupancy is not essential to liability for rent, if the key of the premises is held by the tenant. When a tenant holds over his term with assent, express or implied, he holds by implication of law upon the conditions of the original lease, in so far as they are not expressly modified, and this im- plication arises independently of the in- tention of the tenant, and is not over- come by mere notice on his part that he will hold over under a different tenure. A mere holding over the term will not imply a renewal of the lease, if the hold- ing is not by consent; execution law as the owner. premises. been wife is not one upon builder’s iien can with the husband; and, if the prem- ises have been conveyed by the owner, there is no presumption that a holding over is upon the former terms. To prove a tenancy by parol, no par- ticular words are necessary; but it must appear that possession was surrendered to the tenant. In a California case it was held that a verbal lease may make rent an offset to interest upon a note. In our own State it has been held that an oral agreement for a lease for a year, limited to take effect at some future time, is valid, if it may possibly be performed within the statutory period; and a lease void as te the term by the statute isa good lease for a year, or from year to year, if possession is had under it, and will regulate the tenancy except as to the duration of the term. Any contract upon which a tenancy is based, running for more than one year, in order to satis- fy the Statute of Frauds, must be signed by the lessor, or his agent, duly author- ized, and the lessor is bound though the lease or contract is not signed by the lessee. It may be fully satisfied by a written proposal and a written accept- ance or by any letters or separate docu- ments which may together disclose the terms of the contract. Acts of part performance will not usu- in a court of law; but, when the lessee has fully perfurmed his part of the con- tract, a specific performance will be de- creed against the lessor. A tenant may claim compensation for improvements or repairs made upon faith of a parol agree- ment within the statute. of an agreement for a future lease, when out theintention of the parties, as against a purchaser of the premises, chased from the lessor with notice of the contain the usual covenants, and other | provisions locally customary, A party to an agreement for a lease may elect to sue for damages for its breach, instead of claiming a specific perform- ance; and the damage to be recovered by the proposed lessee is the actual loss occasioned directly by the breach, in- cluding the loss and expense incurred in moving, or preparing to move, together with the difference between the real value of the lease and the contract price. lt is no ground of mitigation of damages that the plaintiff, duri:i g the term, was engagedin a more profitable employment. In an action against the lessee for re- fusing to take the premises agreed, the measure of damages is the rent for the term, less the amount received for rent during the term from others. The writer saw, not long since, a copy of anold lease executed a century ago, and covering nineteen acres of land in New York. It was given to one Noah Conrad and his heirs ‘‘so long as wood grows and water runs.’ This instru- ment, in effect, was a conveyance of the land in fee simple. Tenancies are, practically, of four kinds—tenancy by sufferance; tenancy by will, or from year to year; tenancy for years, and tenancy for life. Perpet- ual tenancies are foreign to our State. A tenant by sufferance is one who has entered lawfully and holds over without authority or consent of the owner, or by mere permission without contract. ......Ar EK. Saginaw..Ar Bay City... Ar Flint . 1. Al I I Pt. Huron...Ari! 6 0Opm Pontiac Ar jl | 305pm} 8° 5 37am Detroit. AY iil $05pm) 924pm) 7 00am Trains Leave ‘*No. 81 Lv. Detroit aa 1 opm 5 2 10pm Gd Haven Ar Milw’kee Str *Daily. Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a, m., 3:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. +Dail y except Sunday. Trains arrive from the west, 6:45 a m, 10:10 a. m., 3:16 p.m. and 10:3) 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 Was lor Buffetcar. JOHN W. t ffie Manager. BEN FLETCHER o Pass. Agent. Jas. CAMPEELL, City Ticket Agent. *93 Monroe Street. MAY 15, 1892 CHICAGO oo ANDOWES? MICHIGAN R’¥. GOING TO CHICAGO. Ly.GR’D RAPIDS 9:00am 12:05pm *11:°5pm Ar. CHICAGO .-. 2:10pm S:20pm 77 ‘oem RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. v. CHICAGO 8:25am 4:35pm *11:15pm Ar. GRD RAPIDS 3:15pm 10:10pm *6:10am TO AND FROM BENTON HARBOR, ST JOSEPH AND INDLANAPOLIS, Lv. Grand Rapids 9:00am 12:05pm *11:35pm Ar. Grand Rapids 10am 3:15pm 10:10pm r) AND FROM MU*KE6ON, LY. = R 10:0. a 12 03pm 5:30pm 8:30pm Ar. 4 Ieee as. nee [iSpn Sip OC... mw an FROM MANISTKE, TRAVERSE CITY AND ELK RAPIDS, Ly. Grand Rapids 7:25am 5:17pm Ar Grand Rapids. ... vinbabaeies 9:40pm rHROT GH CAR SERVICE. Between Grand pids and Chicag ro—Wagner ve Grand Rapids *11:35 p m.; leave 15 pm. Parlor Buffet Cars—Leave Grand Rapids 12:05 p m; leave Chicago 4;45 p m. Free Chair Cars- -Leave Grand Rapids 9:00 am; leave Chicago +: Between Gran a f: Rapids and Manistee—Free Chair Car—Leaves Grand Rapiis5:17 pm; leaves Manistee 6:55 a m. DETROIT, 2 = L ANSING & NORTHERN R, R, GOING TO DE TROIT. Ly. GR’D RAPIDS 25am *1:00pm. 5:40pm Ar, DETROIE.. . = 0am *9:1°pm 10:40pm RETUKNING FROM DETROIT. . DETROIT : 7:05am *1:15pm 5:40pm pete *5:i5pm 10:15pm nd Howell—Same as to An GRD RAPIDS i To and from Lansing ¢ and from Detroit. TO AND FROM SAGINAW, Ly. Grand Rapids Ar. Grand Rapids ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS, .-- 7:05am 4:15pm .11:50am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. B, Ly. Grand Rapids 25am 1:00pm 5:40pm Ar. from Lowell..... 12:00m 5:15pm THROUGH CAR SERVICE, Between Grand Rapids and Detroit cars on all trains, Seats 25 cents — Between Grand Rapids and Saginaw—Parlor ear leaves Grand Rapids 7:05 am; arrives in Grand Rapids 7:40 pm. Seats 25 cents. *Every day. Other trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. STUDY LAW AT HOME. Take a course in the Sprague Correspon- eence school of Law [incorporated]. Send ten cents {stamps] for particu lars to J. COTNER, Jr., Sec’y, No. $75 Whitney Block, DETROIT,- MICH Parlor THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. A DULL MONEY MARKET. [CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13.] lew. Borrowers of money, as I have often pointed out, want, not coin nor paper, but the things that coin and paper will procure for them by exchange. As a matter of fact, in very few large bor- rowing transactions does actual money change hands. Usually only a bank credit is transferred by the lender to the borrower and by the borrower to the sell- er of the commodities he requires, and except in paying wages and buying from small producers no actual currency is em- ployed. It is true that we are adding every month between $4,000,000 and $4,500,000 to our stock of money, and thus apparently to our. loan- able capital. The only result is that by augumenting the total volume of currency we inflate the prices of commodities, and thus counteract whatever benefit might be derived from the hindrance to impor- tations caused by our tariff. The pro- cess is bound to end, sooner or later, ina reduction, through the export of gold, of our circulating medium to the qnan- tity needed for use, but in the mean- while it accumulates in bank vaults or remains in other depositories. Naturally, in view of this dearth of opportunities for the employment of cap- ital in trade or in schemes for the de- velopment of new sources of wealth, well established paying investments are more sought for and higher in price. The rise in our coal stocks, particularly Delaware and Hudson, is mainly attributable to this cause, and it is needless to seek for others more remote. All sorts of ex- planations are given of the advance of Manhattan Railway stock, but the divi- dends it pays and is likely to pay in the future make them entirely unnecessary. Any long continuance of low rates of in- terest on temporary creates a willingness to pay more for per- manent interest and dividend paying securities, and, were it not forthe uncer- tainty that attends all should confidently prices for them. predict still higher But, though the results of this year’s harvests here and in Europe | competition loans inevitably | are in a very unsettled condition, still,in view of all the conditions, I recommend my readers not to hesitate to pick up any really good investments that may be of- fered them. Eventually, no doubt, the present dullness will be succeeded by ac- tivity, but the change will not be sudden, nor the waiting for it profitable. Even- tually, too, another reaction will ensue, like that of 1890, and after it another de- mand will spring up for good investments such as now prevails. Too much caution and foresight, it is well to remember, is as bad as none at all. It paralyzes action and_/purchases safety at the ex- pense of profits ‘which might be made, but which, through irresolution, are al- lowed to pass unappropriated. MATTHEW MARSHALL. i tt The Report Confirmed. U nder the caption of ‘‘An Unwarranted Report,’’ the Cadillac News publishes the following: Through investigation we learn that there is not the least foundation for the report, printed in the MICHIGAN TRADESMAN this week, that the D. A. Blodgett & Co. bank, of this city, would be merged into a National bank. The banking firm are satisfied with the pres- ent method and status of their business, and the business men and citizens of Cadillac would much prefer the D. A. Blodgett & Co. bank should remain where it is and as it is. It is one of the very strongest and best banks in the State, and its business relations with the busi- ness men of this city and this section of the State are as liberal and accommodat- ing as safe transactions in that line will possibly admit. It is possible that Mr. Blodgett knows his own business quite as well as the editor of the paper above referred to. In the light of Mr. Blodgett’s positive statement that he does propose to merge the firm of D, A. Blodgett & Co. into a National bank, THE TRADESMAN. is disposed to accept the announcement as authoritive, even though it is con- | tradicted by a person who has no | financial human affairs, 1) whose commercial rating is not of such a interest in the business and | character as to cause the present bank- have yet to become manifest, and the con- | tingency of a war in Europe has to be con- sidered,and the financesofourGovernment | j ing house any fear that it will ever have in banking from such a source. _ i Use Tradesman Couvon Books. E are on top, in the way of Boys’ Express Wagons They are daistes--the finest in the market—and the prices are within the reach of everybody. Don't fail to get our catalogue and prices before you buy. Prompt attention given to all communications Betton Manufacturing Co., Manufacturers of Had hakes, SOW Shovels, Boy’s Carts, Express Wagons, Children’s Sleighs, Etc. POTTERVILLE, MICHIGAN. GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. mq W. Baxer & Co.'s Breakfast » (Cocoa Is Absolutely Pure and itis Soluble. Unlike the + Dutch Process ¥, No alkalies oi {i other chemical: or dyes are usec in its manufac: ture. A description of the chocolate lant, and of the various cocoa anc hocolate preparations manufac- ured by Walter Baker & Co., wil e sent: free to any dealer or -_pplication. ¥. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass THE ONLY Right Package for Butter. Parchment Lined Paper Pails for 3, 5 and 10 Ibs. LIGHT, STRONG, CLEAN, CHEAP. Consumer gets butter in Original Package. Most profitable and satisfactory way of marketing good goods. Full particulars free. DETROIT PAPER PACKAGE 60., DETROIT, MICH. ee Oh in 3 Be i LEMONS It will be a good idea to order 25 boxes before it gets warm. There’s money in such a purchase. Get our prices. PUTNAM CANDY CoO. , wacky Fly Paper. TAINGULAFOotT PRICE: One Mae... ees One Case (10 Boxes) ............. 400 Each box contains 25 Donble Sheets and one TANGLEFOOT Helder. Each Sheet is separately sealed with a border of wax. Each double sheet separates into two perfect single sheets. Tanglefoot is spread heavily on impervious paper. Tanglefoot is the only sticky fly paper which can be pur- bai chased advantageously by the box for use in stores, offices, hotels, etc., etc. No sheet will spoil, no matter how long a box may last. FOR SALE BY oe ALL JOBBERS. kt Cg nnn Coenen een ieee ee eee ed —— ee eae — : _ - —s . perenne aR INNO a THE NATIONAL, WITH GOMBINATION LOCK. No. 33, Evidence that The National IS the Best. The “Cashier” ts of no Use. Sr. Louis, Mo., March 15, 1892. There is not the slightest comparison between the American Cashier and the National Cash Register. Yours is a register in every sense of the word, while the American Cashier is a slight improvement over an ordinary memorandum book. A. H. Sippy, Prescription Druggist, Vandeventer and Finney Aves. The “Cashwer” ts no Protection. Sr. Louis, Mo., April 4, 1892. I have this day ordered a National Cash Register, at the same time disposing of the one I had in my place of business, called the Cashier for the following reasons: The Cashier is really no pro- tection against mistakes, and it requires too long to figure it up, consequently taking too much of the valuable time of any person doing any amount of business. M. E. FRIEDEWALD, Druggist. Would not keep the « Cashier.” Mancuester, Ia., April 14, 1892. After having used the American Cashier Register for 18 months, I find it does not prove successful enough to keep it longer. The National Cash Register | considered so much better, even considering the price and all, that I finally made the change, and am well pleased with the way the National works. I think it fully pays for the difference in cost. Henry GOODHILE, General Store. He: Returned the Pech. Ho.ianp, Micu., April 5, 1892. I have returned this day a Peck Cash Register and bought a No. 33 National Cash Register in place of same, which I think is much easier to operate and better in construction than Peck’s. I am well pleased with it. Joun PEssINK, Baker and Confectioner. Countermanded Their Order for the Peck. Capitiac, Mic#., April 8, 1892. We have this day countermanded our order for a Peck Cash Register, and have ordered one of the National Registers, No. 33» same being less than one-half the cost of the Peck Register. Witcox Bros., Grocers. Discarded the Peck. That I have seen fit to discard my Peck Cash Register for one of your No. 3 National Cash Registers, shows for itself what I think of the value and usefulness of the two machines. Of course, Peck’s Cash Register is not to be compared with your National Cash Register for simplicity and usefulness, to say nothing of the labor saved in adding up itemized figures for the entire day’s busi- ness, which has to be done by users of the Peck machine. Gustav Geiss, Evansville, Ind. We Make 34 Different Styles of Registers. PRICES: $15, $20, $25, $30, $50, $65, $75, $100, $125, $150, $175, $200, $225 and $250. Our Regiatirs aw THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO., DAYTON, OHIO. 1SA4A4 _ LEONARD & SONS, #2 Illustrated Catalogue, No. 108. 260 pages. COPYys is largely increased I HI d (ce in size over any previous year, and we boldly claim that it is the most com- plete, perfect and simple catalogue pub- lished by any firm in the United States. | We Offer You PROMPT SHIPMENT, LARGEST STOCK, VERY BEST TERMS, | we want your trade. We Remember want the trade of every solvent firm in the terri- tory. Our experience of 48 years in one line of merchandise has placed us in a position to give you greater value for the | money, in many genuine bargain lines of | staple | America. LOWEST PRICES. | goods than any other house in| Now ready for delivery. drop us a postal and we will promptly mail it to merchants, postage paid. | If you have not received a , the quality of our We onaralte goods to be exactly have made sweeping reductions in the prices of many leading lines and should there be still further reductions from the prices named, owing to the pressure or the ‘‘squeezing’’ we often bring to bear upon the factories, we shall give you the | OUR TERMS: | NO GOODS sold at wholesale except to merchants or dealers. IF YOU WANT credit and are strangers to us, please refer us to a house with whom you are dealing. as represented. We | |advantage of every such reduction, no} matter at what price you may order the | goods. Our Roslyn Delavan Dinner Sets As illustrated in colors on page 29 is the prettiest shape with the neatest decoration of fine flowers relieved with gold we have ever shown. It is a per- fect success as a ‘‘seller’? and no experi- ment. It pleases every time, and the price is within the reach of all. Retails $20.00 per set. » Latayette Water Sets. This is only one of many styles shown | but itis a leader, and on pages 74 and 75, if you order a package you will with a good profit. Made from } t glass, richly decorated, and in the sell it the best I atest French shapes. Pearl Glassware As shown on page 67 with the ‘‘sets’’ rately illu crystal ware yet the strated on page 72 is produced wore the brighte and seems to have taken popular fancy by storm. We are obliged to order t line in car load lots to keed upa and this is merely a sample of the our new glassware is having ym. The assortment contains y needed in a pretty lin and to a discount of 50 per the prices quoted. Order a > — 2 ; Berry Sets At popular prices. Never before has any n offered such beautiful crystal glass sets at the prices shown on page 68. Only 18 to 38 cents for the most brilliant th The is in this pack- giass in ie latest patterns. **Dutchman’s 1 per cent.” i ae a age which costs only $3.35 complete. Ten Cent Berry Bowls This ‘“‘Clipper”’ assortment should be shown or counter. That’s ail you have to such goods—show them, and they I Price, 85c. per cdi I ll size and never t i , LO , €a posta ( a packag age 68 Silver Plated Knives. Ha dinines © immense ine of Knive Forks, Spoons, ete., we Ss ving on pages 56 to61? The s ‘ Ver price from he neapes good ware to the best quality manufac- tured. Wedonot keep any “‘trash’’ so that every item sold’ in this -line is guaranteed to be just exactly as repre- that we carry the Plated Ware in we wish to cail your special Kemembet 2st lines of Silver sented. larg the state, and reduced attention to the new discounts quoted. Akron Stoneware. Many dealers purchased their ware early in the season, from car load lots, but the unprecedented demand of this spring has already exhausted mapy stocks. If you are out of such staples as Milk Pans, Small Batter Jars, ete., don’t remain so and let your neighbor do the business. Correspond with us, and we will try tv help you out, from our stock. The English Hedgerow Dinner Ware. This beautiful design, lithographed in exaet colors on page 23 is our latest Eng- lish decorated pattern and you only need to glance at the page to show you the success it is. The price puts it within the reach of every family inthe country, and as it is very heavily stocked in open assortments, in addition to the cheaper assorted crate lots, it is a safe pattern to adopt as it can always be matched, a very great point to a customer. You can easily retail a complete dinner set for $12.50 and your customers cannot fail but appreciate the ware and the price. The profit is excellent, especially if or- dered in crate lots. Look this up care- fully and remember it is positively the prettiest set shown in the market this and is far ahead of last year’s season, styles. Children’s Carriages, Our suecess with this line was so pro- nounced last year, that we have made extra efforts to show the best line ever illustrated, from the best manufacturers in the United States. Every earriage is a marvel of grace and beauty and.built to last right through a large family. Our prices are guaranteed to be the best factory prices, our profit the slightest commission. carefully, new this season, and if handled them order a you will Please exam- which are all you few to never be ine the styles try. without are confident The Grocer’s Refrigerators re int are ¢ ECs itis are a marvel convenience, and espe- yance ang cially the latest style No. 61, with drawers to keep the cold air inside and a sliding butter jar compartment, is at and economical The super bly self closing Horseshoe once the most complete arrangement ever vilered. carved front with Locks, feature of a appointed store. It eriorate in value and is alway weil cannot det worth the moderate price we We also make ali giass refrigerators for windows or Grocers Refrigerators witb glass doors. Prices on our entire line quoted on application. makes itone of the most altraccive | . Refrigerators As usual we illustrate the most com- plete line shown in any catalogue. We should do this much, as everybody knows that we manufacture them employing two hundred and fifty men in our factory, and work them every work- ing day in the year, and we sell our well- known **Leonard’’ refrigerators in every state and prominent city in the Union. Our line is very much improved for this | season and is unquestionably the hand- | somest example of wood work shown. Our special features are made by no other firm, and make ours the easiest |} selling Refrigerator on the mafket. Seven Walls for Preserving Ice. Solid Iron Shelves. ‘‘Leonard’’ Patent Ice Rack. *“‘Leonard” air tight lock. ‘“‘Leonard” Refrigerater Trap. ‘“‘Leonard, Refrigerator Casters. **Leonard” System of Cooling. ‘‘Leonard’’?’ CLEANABLE flues. Our Kitchen Cabinet: On page 151 we illustrate a modern convenience which will set set upon any kitchen table or upon one of our Refri- gerators. It is a eabinet containing every useful article used in the kitchen. Food of all kinds and tools to work with. Discount quoted upon application. Our Special Filter. The Zanesville Stone Water page 152 is now simplest and best Filter on recognized as the creasing sales for five years and it has | been thoroughly proved that the use of being merely | this filter will positively prevent all dis- eases arising from the common deep well | as well as from the impure river | water, water. The filtering dise is a natural | deposit of stone and possesses the mar- have never | We | ask for it. | velous property foul and of converting the most stagnant water into a healthful j}and pure condition, extracting all disease germs and rendering it perfectly whole- some. The prices are very low, and no family can afford to be without one Lawn Mowers. Now is the opportunity to make sales of these staple articles; you can order one or more from us as sample and if you will notice prices on page 213 you will see that they were never so cheap as at present. Every mower guaranteed to please as we have sold this line for the past five years and know exactly how well they suit. Grass Catchers to retail for $1.00 each also illustrated. The i6- inch lawn mower is offered at a par- ticular low figure so that it may be re- i tailed at $5.00 each. ourselves, | Filter on | the | market. | We have sold them with constantly in-| MOST SATISFACTORY arrangements may be made for new stocks of goods. Correspondence on this subject is invited. |60 DAYS’ TIME allowed to merchants who have a good commercial rating, provided satisfactory references are given as to character, promptness, ete. 2 PER CENT. discount for cash in ten days (not. twelve) on bills exceeding $5. No discount on bills of less amount. PROMPT PAYMENT required, when billsare due, otherwise sight draft will be made. Automatic Porch Chairs. swinging Porch or Lawn chairs, as | Shown on page 245 is a convenience that | only needs to be seen to be appreciated | On every porch or lawn in the country. The price is very much reduced this season owing to the enormous quantity of them that are now manufactured, and the universal verdict of those who have used them is, that they are the most comfortable and luxurious addition to | summer life that has ever been invented. Piease examine them carefully and order one at least as sample. You will surely follow it by ordering a package of. one half dozen. | | | The steel, automatic, friction acting, j Croquet Sets. Page 243—Price List. No. 5 4 balls retails at S5e, each. mo. 166 a ** $1.00 oe nO, 204 ** ie ' Leo ' ne A 8 ' “: 2135 ‘6 ne AAR. baie ~ Tooo -. no. G4 “ * 3.60 F me 61S. UY ati * 2.90 “ No, - 75 o * 2 oe ” Te * *. 3.00 +6 Children’s Velocipedes. Our boys’ and girls’ velocipides and bieyeles are the best that can be pur- chased. They are our specialty and used in the largest quantities. We carry | stock of all sizes suitable for children of fevery age. By samples, can catch always keeping a few if no more in your stock, you many a sale that would other |wise be missed. See description and price list on page 242. se ryy ' Five and Ten Cent Department Counter Goods are. still one of our most satisfactory depart- ments. By making a specialty of this wonderful line, we are able to show very many most astonishing bargains, that have never been offered in this class be- tore. Weeall your special attention to the entire line of new and reduced prices we quote throughout our catalogue.