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By 1S im my ae vy oC + ai aH ie. ik - a ee Ay 1 ie yoo a os NOE ee A RA JES ine ; L7/ME E& (G oe aS “ SE S KO (Gee PRG CR ERAS ELVES ete (S3 eh reg FAG Se cf ZZ A Pe INAINSEZAN cay A S PUBLISHED WEEKLY 7 Se TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERSE& i ee Soy WARS” | EST. 1883, ‘9 SOs SOS Oe a SO a Re FOES BASS FON ee Forty-eighth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1931 Number 2483 ee NN LF GT OT GT GT” GT GT AGE AGT GT GE GE GT AGT” IGT LAGI” OG” GT GT” OT IGT LT TT ln ln alan Public Reference Library, Library st THE JOY OF LIVING If nobody smiled, and nobody cheered, and nobody helped us along— If each, every minute looked after himself, and the good things all went to the strong— If nobody cared, just a little for you, and nobody cared for me, And we all stood alone, in the battle of life, what a dreary old world it would be. Life is sweet just because of the friends we have made, and the things which in common we share. 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Entered September 23, 1883, at the Postoffice of Grand Rapids as second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879. JAMES M. GOLDING Detroit Representative 507 Kerr Bldg. Significant Trends in Trade and Com- merce. Trade reports show, as_ expected, some recession from Easter holiday ac- tivity, but store volume is said to be running ahead of last year’s sales in the corresponding period. Department store dollar sales in March were down about 3 per cent. for the country as a whole. Declines were far from uniform, however. In one district they reached as much as 15 per cent. In two, Boston and Min- neapolis, gains of 5 per cent. were reg- istered. As the most effective single measure that could be taken against unemploy- ment, President Green of the American federation of labor advocates the five- day week. The suggestion is made in the current issue of the Harvard Busi- ness Revue. Mr. Green thinks that shorter hours would not only take up the slack in joblessness but give wage- earners a chance to assume the full responsibilities of citizenship as well as to enjoy life in full measure. Although estimates of April automo- bile production run pretty high, trade authorities are now figuring on a total output for the year of not more than 3,100,000—400,000 less than in 1930 and comparing with 5,621,000 in 1929. General Motors dealers sold 101,339 cars in March, a gain of 47 per cent. over sales in February. A year ago the number sold was 123,781, an in- crease over February of 39 per cent. Auburn automobile shipments this year up to April 11 exceeded by 195 cars the entire number sent out in 1930. Precipitous world price declines have been checked if we are to believe a report of the National Industrial Con- erence Board. Conditions in twenty- five countries were surveyed. The conclusion arrived at is that “while no immediate and rapid business revival is expected, the business situation in 1931 should slowly but steadily im- prove.” Estimated earnings of General Foods in the first quarter are put at $5,300,000, about 6 per cent. less than in the first quarter of 1930. Westinghouse Electric & Manufac- turing earnings for the first quarter went off sharply, net income being esti- mated at $2,000,000 less than enough to cover all charges. This compares with net income of $4,546,618 in the first quarter of 1930. Improvement was observed in March and current earnings are said to show substantial improvement. The oil cracking patent pool has been upheld by the Supreme Court on the ground that, since only 26 per cent. of gasoline is “cracked” as dis- tinguished from “straight run’, there is no resemblance to a monopoly. The evidence showed, also, that the pool had done nothing in restraint of trade, such as refusing licenses. The decision is regarded as one of importance in the series dealing with anti-trust law in- terpretation. New life insurance written in March amounted to $1,028,328,000, 15.9 per cent. less than in March, 1930. Additional taxes next year are likely to take the form of a sales tax on a wide range of articles, acording to persistent rumors from the Treasury Department. When questioned,, offi- cials usually mention the eminently satisfactory sales tax on cigarettes and refer to the facility of raising money by sales taxes during and after the war. While it is probable that Fed- eral income taxes will not be increased, no assurance can be given as to other forms of taxation. Chambers of commerce in all sec- tions of the country are realizing the necessity of building up their own in- dustries rather than to lure manufac- turers away from other communities. This movement will be discussed at length this summer, and by early fall hundreds of chambers will have launched campaigns to procure and dis- seminate practicable economic data that will enable manufacturers to con- duct their business more profitably. Both curiosity and anxiety are ex- pressed regarding the next anti-trust suit by the Department of Justice. It is probable that several cases, to be filed in the near future, were an out- growth of investigations by the Federal Trade Commission. They mean that the commission found the findings as to the facts more serious than an- ticipated. Some time ago when the writer asked a prominent Government official to briefly express the funda- mental cause of cases of the kind, he answered instantly, “Shyster legal ad- vice.” Practically all anti-trust cases during the last five years have shown con- vincing evidence of attempts to tech- nically evade the law. It seems that the Government is now determined to prove that it can’t be done, for the reason that the anti-trust laws deal with results and not with methods, and where the results are illegal the meth- ods are condemned. Opposition to sales taxes is being vigorously organized by the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. The subject will be discussed at length during the chamber’s annual meeting, April 28 to May 1, at Atlantic City. The op- position will cover all forms of taxa- tion on retail sales. Interested officials say that while in principle the sales tax may be satisfactory, in practice it tends to increase at a dangerous rate. They mention the Federal tax on cigarettes as exorbitant, and point to state gasoline taxes which began gen- erally at one cent a gallon and rapidly increased to six cents in some states. ——_---+___ ‘Retail Trade in Period of Radical Transition. Reporting early findings of the cen- sus of distribution, John Guernsey, in charge of the retail section, reveals some interesting facts bearing on the trend toward scattering stocks and in swings of types of service. In the city of Washington, for instance, com- bination grocers do 41 per cent. of their busifess in meats and poultry, while fruit and vegetable stores draw on groceries and meats for 17% per cent. of their volume. Shoe stores sell stockings in considerable number. Fur stores carry other wearing apparel and women’s ready-to-wear shops deal largely in furs. As for the five-and-ten to a dollar stores, their stocks embrace nearly half a hundred different branch- es of commodities. On the service side Mr. Guernsey observes a like confu- sion. The old. order was for better merchandise, improvement in_ styles, handsomer stores and more facilities for customers. The flood of goods that came with the war period led to merchandising with fewer frills and lower mark-ups — finding its perfect fruit in the chains. Success of the chains, Mr. Guernsey notes, has brought about a _ reversal of this progression. The chains are now en- larging and beautifying their premises as well as adding to their service. In- dependents in many cases, on the other hand, are restricting service,, adding to lower price lines and opening base- ment stores and suburban branches. Retail trade, in short, is in a period of radical transition in which contra- dictory trends afford anything but clear clues to the outcome of the strug- gle for supremacy. But happily this medley is characteristic in most cases of the minority rather than of the maority. It is the inevitable conse- quence of irresolution induced by too great attention to competitors at the expense of steady prosecution of busi- ness along lines carefully matured after thorough study of fundamentals. The old maxim which bids the shoemaker stick to his last has not lost all its value even in this heterogeneous age. Knowing how to do your own stuff better than the other fellow is still as sure a means of attaining success as it ever was. ——__ + ____ American Business Men Should Right About Face. A word of timely advice touching foreign trade of this country was given recently by James D. Mooney, Gen- eral Motors’ executive in charge of foreign sales, in an address to the New York Board of Trade. Like many business men of broad vision, he con- demned the Hawley-Smoot law for slamming the door on our good cus- tomers abroad who wish to exchange goods with us. But his main concern was for our inertia while the remainder of the world is busy with trading ar- rangements which threaten to leave America out in the cold. He cited as an example the proposal of Germany and Austria to open their respective doors to each others’ products while excluding ours. No one who keeps himself informed of affairs beyond the seas can fail to observe with astonish- ment the tendency in administration circles to encourage the old notion that the United States is sufficient to itself. There was a time before the kaiser’s war wihien views of this kind were pop- ular. Our independent growth made talk in that vein sound reasonable. Short as most memories are, however, few adults now alive can have forgot- ten that our greatest expansion as an industrial Nation came with the enor- mous demand for our products which accompanied the outbreak of hostilities seventeen years ago. Nor can many sensible persons now doubt that with- out foreign trade revival our own re- covery will be seriously retarded. It is reflections of this kind that give point to Mr. Mooney’s temperate ob- servations. What he said should rouse business bodies to the urgent need of calling attention to the demand for action lest, too late,, we shall awaken to the fact that foreign doors have been slammed in our face. —_—_>++___ Seasonal Quiet in Glass Trade. Comparative seasonal quiet con- tinues to hold sway in the several sec- tions of the flat glass industry. The demand for both plate and window glass so far this month has been well below the seasonal normal, and the same may be said of the rough-rolled and wire glass branch. ‘Conditions in the plate glass market, in line with the trend for some weeks past, are rela- tively better than in other branches of the trade. The demand is more active, due to well-sustained operations in the automobile industry. —~-+>___ Gold is not the only goal. SUDDEN SUMMONS. ‘ Death of L. J. Koster, Veteran Dry Goods Salesman. Louis J. Koster, who had so!d goods for Edson, Moore Co., Detroit, since 1879, died in Grand Haven Tuesday morning. He started to call on his customer at Cedar Springs, but died from heart disease before boarding the train at the depot. Biographical. There are two prominent character- istics in the genuine German—he is never in a hurry and he always man- ages to get there on time. It is not the old story of the tortoise and the hare, for the son or the grandson of the Fatherland does not take all day to do nothing, any more than _ his American brother, but he does take his needed time for the work he in- tends to do; and, when he begins, there Louis J. Koster. (as he looked thirty-five years ago) is no rest until the work is done. The German is yet to be found who runs to catch a train, and the train is yet to be located which ever left a Ger- man passenger. This idea of being on time began with the subject of this sketch in De- troit, March 28, 1856, at which place and time he promptly announced his own safe arrival. Born of German parentage, the chi'd when he had reached the proper age, was sent, naturally, to a German school; natur- ally, because the parents, foreign born, had a firm belief that children are not fit to govern until they have learned to obey—a feature not extensively en- couraged and practiced in the Ameri- can home and not too often in the school. So, then, from an early school- time—a period coming earlier with the German chi'd than with us—until he was 12 years old, he came under the rigid discipline of the German school- master—a discipline which cannot be too much encouraged—and then be- came enrolled as a pupil of the De- troit public schools. Four years brought him to the end of public school fife, and then, with a year at a commercial college, he bade good-bye MICHIGAN to schoolbooks and entered upon the study of law. A digression may be of service here. The idea is firmly grounded in many minds that the study of the schools— especially the public schools—unfits the pupil for the real work of life. It germinates and fosters the thought that the pupil is above work and that the common Jot of earning a living by the sweat of the brow is a decree not referring to him. With that thought this instance does not agree. After his school was over, for three years, he followed the study of the law; but, finding then that the profession was not equal to the demands which ad- verse circumstances required of him, without a thought of compromising himself by his action he closed his law books, left the law office and went to work in the retail dry goods store of Anthony Kirschner, in Detroit. That was the turning point in his life. The work pleased him and he kept on with it. After a year with Kirchner, he entered the wholesate notion establishment of Gillis & Sprague and was with them for six months. At the end of that time, he entered the ranks of Allan Sheldon & Co., a wholesale dry goods house, and was their entry clerk for a year and a half. At that time Edson, Moore & Co. were on the lookout for a man of his makesup, and in the fall of 1879, he became one of the force of that we l-known Detroit house. He entered as entry clerk and kept at it for two vears. Then they wanted a_ house salesman; he was ready for the place, took it, and filled it for two years. Then the firm wanted a good man on the road and sent him’ out. That was a date worth remembering—a pleas- ant milestone for the young man to pass—and he passed it October 11, 1883. Ever since that date he called on his customers with the regularity of clock work. So far as the record shows, he never antagonized a cus- tomer and never failed to make good friends of both customers and clerks. He had a pleasing personality which made his calls on his trade social as well as business events. Mr. Koster was married in the spring of 1889 to Miss Agnes S. Stark, of Grand Haven, and one child—a daugh- ter now grown to womanhood—blessed their. wedded life and their com- modious home in Grand Haven, which is located on the best residence street and in the midst of the district set apart as the abode of the idle rich. Mrs. Koster died only a few days be- fore her husband. Mr. Koster was a member and trus- tee of the Presbyterian church. He was a Master Mason and a member of several other fraternal and benevolent organizations, He was always first and foremost in every movement for the public good, whether it originated in his home town or in the distressed regions of the Old World. Like all other Grand Haven men, he was loyal to the city of his adoption, ardently claiming that the Sand Hill City possessed the only open harbor on Lake Michigan, and that no other location this side of the Pearly Gates had any attraction for him. : TRADESMAN Handsome in appearance, gentleman- ly in manner, loyal to his house, faithful to his customers, proud of his family, pleased with his position and prospects, Mr. Koster had every rea- son to regard his career with satisfac- tion and his future with hope and courage. > Soups Essential To Low- Cost Diet. The European method of ‘making soup, using all the water in which vegetab‘és, except very strong omnes, are cooked, together with left-over meats and vegetables, was recommend- ed by the Bureau of Home Economics, Department of Agriculture, in a state- ment April 13. Soup is essential to a low-cost diet, the Bureau said. The statement follows in full text: Soups are one of the most import- ant and palatable of the ways of serv- ing inexpensive foods and for these reasons are indispensable to a low- cost diet, according to the Bureau of Home Economics of the Department of Agriculture. They can and fre- quently must make up the main dish of the meal, but the Bureau says for this purpose they must be thick with vegetables, whether made from meat stock or not. With the addition of bread and butter such a lunch or sup- per is satisfying and has the added value of being suitable for both chil- dren and adults. The Bureau advocates following, in so far as possible, the practice of Eu- ropean housewives in their manner of making the appetizing soups for which they are famous. They keep a soup pot on the back of the stove almost continuously, but the Bureau says the refrigerator is a better place, for then the vitamins will not be destroyed by heat and the valuable materials that give flavor will not be continually evaporating. Into the pot they put all water in which vegetables have been cooked, except the very strong ones, as well as left-over meats and vege- tables. With this as a foundation they proceed to develop many different kinds of soups, with the exception of the cream soups and clear ones. One of the chief advantages of soups in a low cost diet, which the Bureau points out, is that inexpensive cuts of meat with bone are used for the foundation of those soups that are made from meat stock. By slow cook- ing the flavor is extracted from the meat which, together with the mineral salts and soluble vitamins, is retained within the body of the soup. It is all eaten, with the exception of the bones, and even they have given up consider- able nutriment from the marrow and cartilagenous portions before being discarded. The extractives derived from soup meat are left in the liquid. They give flavor and are slightly stimulating. This means that most of the flavor has been taken out of the meat but a great deal of the nutritive value is left. Meat from the bones can be ground and served with the soup or used at later meals in combination with highly flavored foods, such as _ tomatoes, onions and green peppers. - Of the two types of soups, clear and thick, the former’s function in the diet is to stimulate the appetite and to im- Vegetable April 22, 1931 prove digestion. But for the purpose of single dish meals, thick soups are all that need to be taken into consid- eration. They are the means of in- troducing into the menu a variety of starchy foods such as rice, noodles, tapioca, and barley, the quantity of which increases materially the lower the cost of the diet. Surplus bread can be utilized in the form of croutons, and dumplings can be added. Cream soups and chowders instead of being made with meat stock have milk as the basis for the former, and salt pork with or without milk for the chowder. With vegetables of all sorts, dry legumes, salt pork, dried, evap- orated, or fresh milk, we have the means of providing soups of high nutritive value. When meat stock is used the Bureau advocates the propor- tion of one pound of meat and bone to one quart of water. The shinbone of beef with meat is one of the best cuts because of the large amount of marrow it contains. A knuckle of veal is nec- essary for jellied soups. Some of the requisites for making vegetable soups are outlined by the Bureau as follows: Cut meat in small pieces; saw or crack bone; soak meat and bone in cold water for 30 minutes Or more before cooking; simmer for three to five hours, don’t skim off the protein which coagulates and floats to the top as a brownish scum; add spices, herbs and vegetables toward the end of the cooking period—allowing only time enough to cook vegetabes until tender; cook stock quickly; keep in cold place and do not skim fat off until ready to use. 2s? >_____ Big White Season Foreseen. Developments in Summer season preparations to date presage one of the biggest “white” seasons on record. The style trends at the Winter resorts have given marked impetus to a vogue for white, and both retai’ers and manu- facturers are planning to promote the tendency very strongly. The vogue will be particularly notable in coats and dress ensembles, it was said, but will also appear in millinery, shoes and ac- cessories. Accompanying the favor for white will be expanded use of color contrast in conjunction. The buying emphasis is on moderate-price mer- chandise. —_»~+~+___ Orders Start on Vacuum Bottles. Orders for vacuum bottles and other Summer goods, delayed for weeks by jobbers and large retail establishments, were placed in the New York market this week. Selling agents comment- ing on the revival of demand in this type of merchandise admitted that the volume of individual orders proved much smaller than was expected. De- mand for gallon vacuum jugs and simi- lar articles designed for use of motor- ists showed the greatest shrinkage. Small bottles of pint and quart capacity held up fairly well, —__--o.--_2—___ Everyone now believes that there is in man an animating, ruling, character- istic essence, or spirit, which is him- self. This spirit, dull or bright, pretty or grand, pure or foul, looks out of the eyes, sounds in the voice, and ap- pears in the manners of each individual: It is what we call personality —Chas. W. Eliot. —— a * a { ee € r 2 ‘ eh II Seg i — > , i hag a. ne ‘ ® 4 April 22, 1931 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN DETROIT DOINGS. Late Business News From Michigan’s Metropolis. Results of the rather severe retrench- ment program undertaken by Crowley, Milner & Co., Detroit department store, during 1930 are reflected in the annual report of President D. T. Crowley to the stockholders. He says in part: “Your company is in a very strong financial position, having paid off all bank loans, which amounted to $1,349,400. Balance sheet shows net current asset ratio of almost 9 to 1, compared with 3.63 to 1 in 1929, an improvement of 142 per cent. Working capital is the largest since 1925, having increased $1,000,000 during this period. “Tt is generally known that during 1930 all retailers were confronted with declining commodity prices, which necessitated a reduction in controllable operating costs. This was accomplish- ed without detriment to the business. Inventories were reduced to meet re- quirements in order to minimize losses form recognized falling prices and de- creased volume of dollar sales. In- ventories of merchandise on hand and in transit have been reduced $990,175, which is more than 18 per cent. less than in January, 1930.” Mr. Crowley pointed out that he believed that the most difficult period of retail merchandising was behind and that the storm having been weathered, the company was entering 193! with greater confidence due to its greatly strengthened financial position, the sat- isfactory adjustment of javentories end the welding together even more close- ly during this trying period of in2 company’s organization. Officers of the company have con- curred in the opinion that the regular common stock dividends should be continued, as in addition tu having a surplus of $3,910,822, the company has averaged earnings over a period of twelve vears of $1,373,709 annually, even under such trying conditions as existed in 1930, when profits amounted to $682,685 after deduction of Federal income taxes and the setting up of substantial reserves for exigencies which might arise. Directors of the company at their recent annual meeting re-elected Mr. Crowley as president, and in addition made him treasurer of the compeny. James B. Jones was renained vice- president and general manager; and James H. Crowe was re-elected secre- tary. A new office, assistant treas- urer, was created and filled by the election of Elmer B. Schick, formerly controller of the company. Composition offer of 25 per cent. cash has been accepted by creditors in involuntary bankruptcy proceedings against Kutinsky Bros., dry goods and shoes. Nominal assets are given as $16,800 and liabilities $15, 161 in sched- ules filed in U. S. District Court here. Sales of assets for $1,875 has been confirmed by the U. S. Court here in the voluntary bankruptcy proceedings of Closon Bros., men’s furnishings, The Union Guardian Trust Co. is trustee. Assets are given as $5,648 and liabili- ties $5,336 in schedules filed. There are no creditors with claims of $500 or more. An involunatry petition in bankrupt- cy was filed in U. S. District Court here against the American Upholster- ing & Mfg. Co. by Lawhead & Ken- ney, attorneys, representing C. A. Fin- sterwald Co., $1,966; Wolverine Bed- ding Co., $778; Northern Express, Inc., $39. Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings have been filed in the U. S. District Court here against Aaron and Morris Newman and Benhur Sobin, individ- ually and as copartners trading as Newman-Sobin Co., by Marvin Gin- gold and Irwin I. Cohn, attorneys, rep- resenting B. & B. Clothing Co., $700; Acme Paper Co., $77; M. Starr, $66. An involuntary petition in bank- ruptcy has been filed in U. S. District Court here against Dora Burnstein by Max Kahn, attorney, representing In- ternational Shoe Co., $250; S. & S. Shirt Co., $103; Herald Bertsch Shoe Co., $124. A composition offer of 50 per cent. nas been accepted by creditors in in- voluntary bankruptcy proceedings against Adolph Shreibman. The offer ‘s paycble 15 per cent. in cash, 10 per cent. in four months, 10 per cent. in five months and 15 per cent. in six months following confirmation. Assets are given as $29,741 and _ liabilities, $143,331 in schedules filed in U. S. District Court here. This city once again is asked to ex- neviment in an effort to solve one of the problems that its universally used commodity, the automobile, has creat- ed for all cities. The experiment con- cerns the relocation of trolley tracks on main arteries in order to open the center lanes to high-speed motor ve- hicle traffic. Street-widening operations on Gra- tiot avenue have brought the proposal before the Detroit Common Council. If it is approved, the four lanes from the curb outward to the middle of the thoroughfare will be distributed as fol- lows: First, for parking cars; second, for slow motor vehicle traffic; third, for street cars; and, fourth, for high- speed private passenger vehicle traffic. The electric passenger automobile reiuses to pass out of the picture. A. O. Dunk, who in 1928 was assigned the task of winding up the business of the Detroit Electric Car Co., has just taken larger manufacturing quar- ters for the concern, and production is to be stepped up to 200 cars yearly, it is said: Current models of the De- troit Electric much more closely re- semble gasoline cars than did their predecessors. They have a wider tour- ing range and an even greater ease of handling in traffic. Only custom models are being built and they are priced at $4,200. When Alfred Reeves, general man- ager of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, declared here recently that the industry would en- joy an extended buying season this year, he stated the opinion of virtually all factory executives. They believe abandonment of midsummer models gives the industry a much firmer grasp upon its distribution problem. Be- yond that, they see a greater orderli- ness in production and steadier em- ployment of labor as inevitable results. Orders from the field which have forced increases in production in many factories demonstrate clearly that April will be the industry’s best month since the depression. Continued improve- ment at the present rate will see the industry close to normal by midsum- mer. State employment figures further re- flect the industry’s improvement during March. They show that not only did employment increase during that month, as compared with February, but that average weekly pay gained at an even faster rate. The latter in- ceased 8.5 per cent. from $26.99 to $28.99. The aggregate payroll went from $4,665,203 to $5,191,544. The number of workers active in forty- six automobile accessory concerns dur- ing March was 179,064, as compared with 174,461 in the previous month. —— Recent Business News From Ohio. Marietta—The firm of F. Zide & Bro., operators of the Fair Store, has dissolved partnership with F. Zide, re- tiring. The business will be con- tinued under the firm name of John Zide, who now is the sole owner. lLogan—The temporary appointment of Joe S. Case and Rexford Hyre, as receivers for the Owens Manufactur- ing Co. furniture factory here has been made permanent by Judge Harley M. Whitecraft in the Court of Common Pleas. Edward W. Davis, C. G. Bow- en and Harry L. Smith were named appraisers of the plant and stock. The factory is being operated by the re- ceivers. : Cleveland—The American Shirt Fix Co. has opened a manufacturing and sales office at 200 Superior building. The concern produces a men’s furnish- ings accessory of elastic and leather to be worn as a shirt tab. F. G. Burg- hard and E. W. Stoll, of Cleveland, are promoting the project. L. A. Har- rison is in charge of the office here. Patent is pending on the article to be marketed under the name of Prince Leigh Shirt Fix. Ashtabula — Joseph B. Krohgold, manager of the M. K. Shoe Co., has been elected president of the Ashta- bula Retail Merchants’ Assoéiation. Mr. Krohgold started to work in shoe stores at the age of fourteen years and managed stores at Cleveland and Lorain before coming to Ashtabula fifteen years ago. Cincinnati — George E. Mulvihill, who for the past few years has con- ducted a men’s clothing store on the second floor of 135 East Fourth street, has opened a new store on the ground floor of the Pounsford building, 133-137 East Fourth street. He occupies a storeroom with a capacity of approx- imately 2,000 ++____ Pickford Grocery Co., of Pickford, renew their subscription and say they would not be without the paper. Correct nt . thinking makes doing. correct : MR ee a Go =o 4+ ' aw Se ee -~- April 22, 1931 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Essential Features of the Grocery Staples. Sugar—Jobbers hold cane granu- lated at 5.20c and beet granulated at 5c. Tea—The market shows no particu- lar change for the week, but there are indications that within the next few weeks the prices are going to be firm- er in spite of the administration plan to reduce production. Prices are about steady. Coffee—The market for future Rio and |Santos coffee, green and in a large way, has sagged still further since the last report. The market is very dull and ‘weak, and actual Rio and Santos coffee has at last been affected by a reduction of possibly %c in the whole line since the last report. This gets No. 7 Rio, green and in a large way, down close to 5c ‘per pound, the low- est price in many years. In symipathy, milds also declined another fraction during the past week. They are get- ting on a very low level. The jobbing market for roasted coffee is feeling the effect of the weakness in green and conditions are compelling a reduction here and there. The consumptive de- mand for coffee is fairly good. ‘Canned Fruits—Fruits are a little irregular. Some independent canners in California are offering standard cling peaches at marked differentials from the general asking price. Pears are quoted at concessions in some hands. The grapefruit outlook is ‘bright, and firmer prices are in prospect as the fresh fruit season nears an end. Can- ning operations have ceased, and un- sold stocks are very moderate. Dried Fruits—The firmer prices put on raisins late last week in the offering to commercial packers is seen as an evidence of confidence that the future of this item is favorable. The pool does not see any difficulty in moving out its estimated 55,000 tons of Thomp- sons ‘before the new crop, and since present indications are for a consider- ably reduced crop in the coming sea- son, the outlook is for a steady trend. Some have expressed the belief that the pool's regular price advances earlier in the season was one of the reasons for the buying apathy which developed, but there is a (better feeling now and trade confidence is growing. Damage by storms to the Greek cur- rant crop has brought higher prices on old crop fruit. The movement of prunes both here and in California is satisfactory. Jobbers and distributors are able to quote very attractive prices cn many items which are closely sold up in California. There are some large szed California and Oregon prunes available here at primary market costs cr less. Small sized varieties are sell- ing well through chains. A consider- able enquiry is coming in from the in- terior trade embracing the full line of fruits. There is a better feeling in evaporated apples, although demand for them has not yet struck its full stride. The top grades of peaches, apri- cots and pears are practically all gone in first hands. -Canned Vegetables—California pack- ers named prices on new spinach dur- ing the week on the same basis as last year. The pack in spite of this is con- siderably under last year’s. Canned goods business generally is rather quiet. The packers seem to be feeling a little firmer. Golden bantam corn is per- haps not so easy to buy at the prevail- ing low prices. Peas are unchanged, rather spotty and weak and a fair de- mand. Fancy peas are being ‘shaded. Canned Fish—Salmon is steady in price. Pinks have moved freely re- cently, ‘but unsold stocks are getting down to lower levels now, and with the approaching season of (better consump- tion, most Northwest factors look for a firm market on pinks within the near future. Salt Fish—Demand for salt fish is still quiet, without any change in price or general conditions. Beans and Peas—Market for dried beans and peas is still very dull and very weak, with the situation in buy- ers’ favor all along the line. Cheese—Cheese has been fairly steady since the last report, but toward the end of the week was weakening somewhat. The demand is very quiet. Nuts—The market is seasonally in- active. There is a certain routine busi- ness ‘being done in unshelled varieties, but the trading lacks any definite snap. Importers are carrying unusually light stocks, and look for a clean-up in all hands before the new crops are avail- able, even though present buying is light. Primary markets continue to offer only sparingly. There is a fair amount of interest in Manchurian shelled walnuts. French varieties are very scarce on the spot, and shippers abroad apparently jpretty well cleaned wp. Levant shelled filberts continue firmer, while Italian shelled almond shippers are cautious in view of storm damage to growing crops. Spanish almonds apparently are pretty well sold out. Unshelled nuts at the (pres- ent time are quiet. (Stocks here are very low. California almonds and wal- nuts are moving out in a routine way. Reports from ‘California continue to indicate a lighter yield of walnuts in the coming year, while there is gen- eral caution in predicting the almond crop until a later date. Rice—Buyers are taking up their re- quirements of Blue Rose rice as need- ed, but see no reason to stock very far ahead. Distribution is holding up well, and unsold stocks, largely in the hands of growers, are down to a point where a clean-up is seen under ordin- ary conditions. The growers continue to hold very firmly, and only Prolifics appear to tbe easier at the mills. All long grains are firm and scarce. Sauerkraut—Makers of sauerkraut could tell of no changes in the situa- tion. Prices remained very low. Bulk kraut was being sold to retailers at as low as $7. Only a small demand show- ed for sauerkraut in cans. ‘Supplies continued large. Syrup and Molasses—Sugar syrup remains unchanged for the week and buying is routine and prices steady. Compound syrup is selling fairly well with no change in price. Molasses ‘un- changed, fairly active for the season. Vinegar—A small hand-to-mouth business marked the vinegar market. The item was still suffering from sea- sonal dullness. Prices were all un- changed. —_>+.___ Using your backbone is better than using your jawbone. Review of the Produce Market. Apples—Current quotations are as~ follows: Spies, A Grade 22 $2.75 pies, Commercial 20k. 1.85 mies, Rakiwie 0 2.50 Spies, Haney 2 ee 4.00 Baldwins, A. Grade <2. 2.50 Baldwins, Commercial _.------__ 1.60 Ben Biavis, A: Grade 2 210 Ben Davis, Commercial 9... - 1.60 Western apples command $3 for De- licious, $2.75 for Winesaps and $2.50 for Roman Beauties. Bananas—41%4@5c per Ib. Beets—New from Texas 75c per doz. bunches. ae Butter—The market has had two or three declines during the past week, aggregating about 2c per pound. The reason appears to be very quiet de- mand. Jobbers hold 1 tb. plain wrapped prints at 24c and 65 lb. tubs at 22t%4c for extras and 22c for firsts. ‘Cabbage—75c per bu.; new from Texas, $2.25 per crate of 80 lbs, Carrots—75c per bu.; new from California, 75c per doz. bunches or $3.25 per crate. Cauliflower—$2.50 per crate of 12. Celery—Florida stock is $1.75 for 2 doz. box and $4.25 per crate. Cocoanuts—80c per doz. or $6 per bag. Cucumbers—No. 1 hot house, $2 per doz. o Dried Beans—Michigan jobbers are quoting as follows: G. Hy. Rea sBeans os $4.10 Eight (Red Kidney. 2:0. 904) | 10.00 Dare Red Kidney 2: So 10.50 Eggs—The market has shown con- siderable weakness since the last re- port and thas made a series of small declines. which possibly aggregate about 2c per dozen. Supplies are ample and the demand not very active. Local jobbers pay 15c for strictly fresh sizable eggs. Grapefruit — Marsh Seedless from Texas is sold as follows: Se $4.25 6G ee ee 4.00 20 20 ee ee 4.00 CO) 3.75 Extra fancy Florida sells as follows: Ge Oe ee $3.25 Of 2 3.25 00 as SQ 525 D6 3.25 Bull, $3.25 per 100 Ibs. Green Onions—60c for shalots. Green Peas—$2.25 per hamper for Southern. Lettuce—In good demand on _ the following basis: Imperial Valley, 4s, per crate ___.$5.50 Imperial Valley, 5s, per crate __ 5.00 Hot house leaf, in 10 lb. baskets__ 1.25 Lemons—To-day’s quotations are as follows: SOU Sitrmrst Ue $5.50 SUG, Sunlsict 2202 5.50 o00° Red Ball 4.50 300 Red Balle. 2 2 4.50 Only California lemons are now in market—thick skin, little juice—about as poor stuff as can be produced. Limes—$1.75 per box. Oranges—Fancy Sunkist California Navels are now sold as follows: a $4.00 ES ess a 4.00 5 ie 4.00 Wi 4.00 ee ee 4.00 ee ee 4.00 OO fee ae 4.00 oe ee 4.00 Floridas extra fancy are held as fol- lows: 126) 2 Se oe $4.00 150 ee 4.00 E(G 2 ee 4.00 (A) ee ee 4.00 ONG ee 4.00 Qo 3:75 O88 3.75 Bulk, $4.50 per 100 Ibs. Onions—Spanish from Arizona, $2.50 per crate; home grown yellow in 100 Ib. sacks, $f. Parsley—50c per doz. bunches. Peppers—Green, 65c per doz. for California. Pieplant—$2.75 for Southern in 40 lb. boxes. Pineapple—Cuban 24s and 30s com- mand $4.75. Potatoes—Home grown, $1.10 per bu.; Wisconsin, $2.25 per 100 lb. sack; Idaho,, $2.65 per 100 lb. sack; 75c per 25 Ib. sack. Poultry—Wilson & Company pay as follows: Freavy fowls: 2222 20212 te 242¢€ Paghe fowls 22220552 Zhe Dueks: = 2 ee 14c Geese 205 a ee 12c Strawberries—$3 for. 24 pint. case for Louisiana fruit. Sweet Potatoes—Indiana, $3.50 per bu.;. Tenn., $2.75 per bu. Both are kiln dried. os Tomatoes—$1.35 per 6 Ib. container, Southern grown. Wax Beans—$5.25 per. hamper for Southern stock. Veal Calves—Wilson & Company pay as follows: Raney 22022. 10c Good: 2 8c Medium 22s 6c Poor 262) oe 6c —_—__ ~~ Machine To Test Quality of Canned Foods Success. Testing the tenderness and texture of canned fruits and vegetables, here- tofore done by expert graders, will be accomplished iby the work of a new machine which takes the place of teeth _and tongue, the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture announces. The new apparatus already has — proved its worth in accurately measur- ing the relative tenderness of canned peas, peaches and pears, and the ad- ministration is confident that it will be of equal value in the case of many other canned foods coming within regulatory scope of the McNary-Mapes amendment to the Federal Food and Drugs Act. The canning trade is particularly in- terested in the new invention and many canners already have made ar- rangements to supply themselves with one of the new machines, which the Department of Agriculture ‘finds can be constructed by the average skilled mechanic from relatively inexpensive materials. Application has ‘been filed for a public service patent on'the new device. ic et —-»~2—-~> mie f . au Lack of -sleep makes an easy, job seem hard. ° ~ HOW DID YOU GET THAT WAY? Lucid Answer To a Perfectly Legiti- mate Enquiry. An old-time friend read one of my -articles in the Michigan Tradesman, then wrote and asked, “How do you get that way?” Another old-timer asks: “How long did you carry those germs of revolt in your system?” Well, I don’t know just how I did get that way but, if there are any germs of revolt in my system, they must have been there from the very beginning, but they did not become active until late in life. Perhaps it would be better to have said that I did not dare let them expose themselves until I felt fairly safe about my bread and butter problem. We all know that under our present economic system the struggle to make a living makes cowards of us all. The worker dare not express himself for fear of losing his job. Merchants dare not express themselves because of los- ing trade. The professional man dare not be open and above board for fear of losing his clientage. Even the clergy dare not be honest with themselves for fear of losing caste. The fact of the matter is that we, one and all, are so intolerant and ready to boycott anyone who differs from us, religiously or politically, that only the man who knows that he has enaugh of this world’s goods stored away in his cup- board and is not looking for more can afford to be somewhat honest with himself. Our economic system instills in us greed and fear which makes liars of us all. One who thinks that he can change society for the better without first changing our economic system is either mentally lazy or religiously stupid. My friend asks, “How did you get that way?” Well, some of my ances- tors were religious fanatics, paying for their fanaticism with their lives. That was the time when Catholics and Protestants so loved the Lord, they killed one another for His sake. I. just. mention this because, even to this day, many of us are liable to have more or less fanaticism in our systems. I know in my own case, whenever I think a man is peculiar, all I have to do is to get under a microscope and look myself over. Then the other fel- low doesn’t look so queer. No doubt heredity plays a big part in our lives, while environment plays even a greater part. It is hard to fathom the things which guide our destiny. A youngster may meet a companion, read a book or listen to a lecture which may be the means of sending him to the presi- dent’s or to the electric chair. Some call it fate. I don’t know. At the age of five I attended a parochial school in the Netherlands. Once a week a clergyman used to come there and talk to us children. One time he told us how God works in a mysterious way and if we were only meek and lowly, He would take care of us. To illustrate his point to our youthful minds, he told us a story of how a poor old widow, living alone in a shack,, was worried because she had no money with which to pay her rent. She prayed earnestly for help. MICHIGAN That same day while she was eating her meal, the landlord walked in to collect the rent and she hastily covered up the bowl containing her dinner, with her apron. At that the landlord became suspicious and thought she had covered up her dinner because she didn’t want him to see that she was living on the fat of the land, and that ‘vas the reason she could not pay her rent. So he yanked her apron from the bowl and found that her dinner consisted solely of cooked potato par- ings. He walked away without asking for the rent. In that little community most of us children knew something of poverty and, at this story, my little mind be- came perplexed, Since that time I TRADESMAN Thursday at 10 o’clock, the king was to drive through our village and, like all parochial schools, we were strong for the powers that be. Because of the king’s proposed visit, we were given an extra dose of patriotism. We practiced our national hymn three or four times a day. But that is not un- usual, because all European countries take great pride in the singing of their national airs, escpecially when they are drunk. The drunker they are the loud- er they sing and, of course, that is all right because, from my religious point of view, the most dangerous creatures are those who lustily sing their nation- al airs when they are sober. Our national anthem was like all others. It said something about Great God G. J. Johnson. have heard thousands of sermons and talks by clergymen, but that potato paring story is the only one that stuck. I can now look back and see that the first seed of revolt sown into my sys- tem was done by a clergyman in a parochial school. And, even to this day, I cannot reconcile myself to be- lieve that if God is the Father of all, why he should give some of His chil- dren nice juicy beefsteaks, while others have to live on potato parings. That, to me, is not the teaching of Jesus, but it is the kind of teaching that Christianity tries to put over. That parochial school had an aver- age attendance of about 200 children and I was among the youngest. One day the superintendent came into our room all excited, for he had just re- ceived word that the following week, our King, the land of liberty and our flag over all. We kids were not only trainzd in singing, but we were drilled to march out in the street and form a double line in front of the school house and the king was supposed to ride in be- tween the lines while each child waved the flag and sang the national air. At last the great day came and the whole village was decorated. We children all had our hair oiled; our faces were shiny from the effects of the soap; shoes shined and dressed in our Sunday best. Each one of us had a red, white and blue (also the Hol- land colors) sash, draped from the shoulder with a bow on the hip. Solo- mon, in all his glory, was never ar- rayed like one of us. At ten to ten we left the schol house. We felt our April 22, 1931 importance and were as proud as pea- cocks. We lined up and were all ex- cited as the clock struck ten; then it got to be ten fifteen and no king in sight. Then ten thirty and still no king. Our feet began to get sore and our legs go so weary that we’ began to sag in the center. Our teacher walked back of us, carrying a big cane, and in no uncertain manner lam- hasted us on that part of our anatomy that sagged. It got to be ten forty- five and still no kind. Then God in all His mercy had compasion on us by sending a drizzling rain. Yet, in spite of that, we held out bravely for our flag, our king and our country. I can still feel the cold rain as it trickled from my oily hair, down my spinal column to my waist line. After a while of drizzle, then down came a deluge of water and we were gruffly given the order to march back to the school house. We 200 crest fallen, rain-soaked kids were the most pathe- tic and disappointed children on the face of the earth. Then the superin- tendent told us that no doubt the king was sick. He had us stand there in ou- soaked clothing while, in a long drawnout voice, he prayed for the sneedy recovery of our king. Later in life I learned that our king had had a lodge not many miles from our vil- Inge in which was stored some of the finest liquors, and the lodge keeper had a beautiful daughter and the reas- on the king did not reach our village was because he stopped at the lodge and got on a glorious three-day drunk while he made love to the lodge keep- er’s daughter. In those days, kings were considered divine and could do no harm. And if a king should be- come enamored by some good looking daughter, it was not only an honor to the young woman but also to the par- ents. So, with all due respect to Cueen Wilhelmina, like all other kings and queens, she was lucky to have been born at home. Such is fate. “How did you get that way?” Why, even to this day, when I see crowds humbling themselves before kings, queens, princes, princesses, bishops, presidents or generals, I am again that little boy out in the street with the cold water running from my oily hair and trickling down my spine. It may be necessary that in the days of our youth we go to school and acquire what we call an education, but I doubt if a man can ever be enlightened until he learns that he has to unlearn most of the stuff he has learned. It is not the schooling, but what I soaked up out in the street in front of the school house that has been the cause of my being somewhat de-bunkenized. This, my life experience, is my answer to the question, “How did you get that way?” G. J. Johnson. << Nice’s Bruise and Sprain Lotion. Ammonium muriate ~---------- 1 oz. Chiorolonm 2 drs. Aconite root tincture ---------- 1 oz. Ammionia spirit .._..---------— 1 oz. Water 2.04 to make one pint Dissolve the muriate of ammonium in ’ the water and add the other compon- ents. Gives instant relief and cures rapidly. EP Ghee $- ae es ef April 22, 1931 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN RETAIL GROCERS AND MEAT DEALERS ASSOCIATION OF . MICHIGAN Official Program of Annual Convention to be held at Ann Arbor April 29 and 30 and May |. Wednesday 9 a.m. Registration. 1:30 p. m. Convention called to order by Leigh Thomas, President of the Ann Arbor local association. Community singing led by Waldo Gutowsky, of Detroit. Invocation. Welcome address by Mayor of Ann Arbor. Response by Paul Schmidt, Second Vice President. Introduction of State President Gerritt Vander- Hooning. President's Address. Secretary's Report. Treasurer's Annual Report. Appointment of Committees on— Audting Credentials Nominations Resolutions Rules of Order. Question box. Reports of locals and cities represented. Announcements by local association committee. Adjournment. Thursday 9 a.m. Community singing led by Waldo Gutowsky. Convention called to order by President Vander- Hooning. Closed meeting for members only—Committee on rules of order. Address by John A. Cunning- ham, Secretary Iowa State Association. Topic, “Legality of Chain Legislation.” Open meeting. Address by George Graff, Sales promotion department of Quality Bakers of America. Report of Resolutions Committee. Question box. Announcement by Local Association Committee. | p. m. Meeting called to order. Community singing led by Waldo Gutowsky. Address by W. L. Butler (Progressive Grocer) Topic, ‘‘Ecomonic Order Filling Department’. Announcements. Inspection of Ann Arbor Co-operative Delivery System. Tour of Ann Arbor and its institutions. Golfing for those who do not want to take the tour. 6:30 p. m. Banquet Michigan Union Ball Room. Special program for this occasion. Friday 9 a. m. Community singing. Convention called to order by President Vander- Hooning. Presentation by Charles H. Jansen, Secretary Na- tional Association of Retail Grocers, of “Jimmy and Betty Broadcasting Episode’; also three reel film prepared by the National Association as educational trade film entitled, ‘Making Good in Homeville.”’ Open discussion. Report of nominating committee. Adjournment. 2 p. m. Community singing. Meeting called to order by President Vander- Hooning. Report of auditing committee. Report of resolutions committee. Election of officers. Selection of convention city. Unfinished business. Drawing of premiums. Adjournment. 7:30 p. m. Final high school debate at Hill audi- torium. Special announcements to be made by Ann Arbor Local Committee. Banquet Programme, Thursday Evening—6:30 p. m. First Verse of America. Invocation—Rev. R. N. McMichael. Group Song—Waldo Gutowsky, leader, Detroit. Dinner. Midnight Quartette. Introduction of Toastmaster by Leigh Thomas, Pres- ident Ann Arbor Grocers & Meat Dealers Association. Toastmaster—Prof. J. L. Brumm, Professor of Journalism U. of M. Accordian Selection—Prof. Leno. Remarks—C. H. Janssen, National Secretary of Grocers and Meat Dealers Association. Solo—Miss Patty Lou Williams. Remarks—John Cunningham, Secretary of Grocers and Meat Dealers Association of lowa. Tile “YOU"’—N. L. Schmid, Woolsen Spice Co., Toledo. Both officers and hosts join in hearty invitations to every merchant interested in the convention. CaP Pa eM ee eRCR SE Te UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION. The world’s longest air-passenger route opened transcontinental service between New York and San Francisco the other day with three planes each way daily. Already we have a dozen transcontinental bus routes. And our railways shuttle their trains back and forth between the Atlantic and the Pacific ‘with the regularity of clock- work, From Portland, Me., to San Diego, and from Miami, Fla, to Seattle, Wash., the country is spiderwebbed with steel rails, crisscrossed with mod- ern highways, freckled with airports. Up and down both coasts and through the Panama Canal plies a constant stream of freight and passenger ves- sels. Inland rivers and canals are churned by fleets of steamers and barges. The needs of a rapidly expanding Nation ‘brought forth, half a century ago, a group of men who built the backbone of a transportation system for the entire country, built it of steel rails. And they built well. But they built in a time of rapid expansion, of a rapidly growing population, of rapid industrial development. The momen- tum was ‘beginning to run down twenty years ago; the war gave it new impetus. Now, with the added pres- sure of a world-wide depression, the expansion era is definitely giving way to a settling down process. The railroads have been squeezed in the readjustment; so have other busi- nesses. In many railroad organizations the persistence of the old expansion- era way of thinking made the squeeze more painful. But what has made the situation most trying has been the combination of changing conditions and new forms of competition. While business was slowing up, relatively speaking, the bidders for transporta- tion business increased. Private auto- mobiles, busses, trucks, airplanes, long- distance power lines, pipe lines—a dozen new competitors arose. Thus far the loss of railway traffic has not been acute. Last year the railroads carried nearly 76 per cent. of all land-borne freight in the United States, and during the last ten years there has ibeen a slight increase in total freight movements by rail. Passenger traffic, however, has consistently fallen off. Passenger mileage last year was only about 60 per cent. of the total for 1920. Most of this passenger loss can never be regained, and the railroads accept the fact; the bulk of it has gone to private automobiles. But what worries the rail men and those inter- ested in the future of American trans- portation is the problem of retaining present passenger mileage and the problem of freight competition in the future. This competition is as yet relatively slight. Motor trucks last year carried only 2.5 per cent. of the Nation’s freight, pipe lines carried 4.9 per cent. and inland waterways carried 16.3 per cent. But truck lines are growing, pipe lines are stretching all across the country and long-distance power trans- mission lines are cutting into coal haulage. The railroad men are looking into the future and seeing very sub- stantial ogres. To defeat these ogres the forward- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN looking rail men have a logical, rea- sonable program. Realizing that new times are demanding new services, they would co-ordinate all forms of trans- portation, with the railroads continu- ing in their logical position as ‘back- bone of the system. But they would incorporate the use of busses, trucks, inland shipping, airplanes, pipe lines and such other developments as may come, and they woud work toward the most efficient, most economical dis- tribution of freight and passengers possible. ‘They would so harmonize all forms of transportation that one billing at one agency would insure the movement of freight by the most de- sirable means available, from origin to destination, whether it was carried by rail, truck, boat or all three, and they would do the same for passenger traffic. ” America, in a word, will be served in the future by a co-ordinated system ct transport which will make the best possible use of every facility at its hand. THE NEXT SPEAKER. If Nicholas Longworth had survived, no Republican could have defeated him for Speaker of the House when Con- gress met in December. Precedent alone would have given him the nom- ination. ‘He had served as Speaker during three Congresses and had been elected to the present ‘Congress. Thomas B. Reed, after this first elec- tion, served as Speaker while the Re- publicans controlled the House until he resigned to ‘practice law in New York. David B. Henderson, who suc- ceeded him in the chair, served until he declined re-election to Congress. Joseph G. Cannon took his place in 1903 and was elected and re-elected until the Democrats won control in the election of 1910. Champ Clark was Speaker four Congresses and was suc- ceeded by Frederick H. Gillett, Re- publican, in 1919. When ‘Mr. Gillett was promoted to the Senate after three terms as Speaker, Mr. Longworth was lifted from the post of Repubican floor leader to the Speakership. His death has made the control of the House even more uncertain than it was after the November election, In a little speech at the adjournment in March he said, “It is only an all-wise Providence who is going to determine which of the two great political parties will organize the next House of Repre- sentatives.” The Republicans had elected 218 of the 435 members. He was aware that in the natural course of events some of these would die be- fore next December, although it is not likely that he expected to be one of them. It is not yet certain who will be se- lected by the Republicans to succeed Mr. Longworth as Speaker if they are able to organize the House. Precedent favors John Q. Tilson of \Connecticue, the floor leader. There is talk, how- ever, of the political importance of promoting a man from one of the Western States. The Westerners do not regard Ohio as belonging to their part of the country. They are talking of Willis 'C. Hawley of Oregon, who was chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in the last ‘Congress; William R. Wood of Indiana, Homer Hoch’ of Kansas, Carl E. Mapes of Michigan, C. William Ramseyer of Iowa and Bertrand H. Snell of New York ‘State. Mr. Snell was. chairman of the Rules Committee in the last ‘Congress, the actions of which were not satisfactory to the Insurgent wing of the party. Even if all the vacancies caused by the death of ‘Republicans are filled by the election of other Republicans# the party cannot organize the House unless its candidate for Speaker gets the votes of the Insurgents. One or two of these have already threatened to’ vote with the Democrats unless they can be as- sured that their pet projects will be supported. SHAKEN CONFIDENCE. Within ten days a series of meetings will be under way which may finally furnish a program by which business itself may meet some of the severe problems brought to a head by the de- pression. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States starts its sessions in Atlantic City on April 29. This an- nual meeting runs to May 1. ‘Then, from May 4 to 9 ‘business leaders from forty-six foreign countries will gather in Washington for the sixth biennial congress of the International Cham- ber of Commerce. Discussions at the domestic meeting will center on what ‘business can do to promote stability in trade and indus- try and also on the part which the Government may play to help achieve this stability. It is stated, however, that it will approach these problems not as an “immediate emergency” but from the larger viewpoint of what may be done to prevent a recurrence. While this object of the convention is laudable in a sense, because of the many ineffective starts which busi- ness has made in the past to accom- plish the same thing, it would seem just as well for this highly representa- tive body to fix some closer objectives. There is always danger, it must be admitted, that once the emergency is over the desire to deal with future emergencies grows a good dea! less insistent, With not a few good reasons’to offer, the critics of trade association lethargy have attacked the puny efforts made by organized lbusiness to cope with its problems over the months of de- pression. They have pointed out that many organizations have become so fixed in their habit of denouncing legis- lation rather than of offering construc- tive proposals that in the end it may be necessary for government to per- form what they fail to do. What these meetings accomplish, both for present and future business conditions, should have a decided effect in either raising or lowering the rather shaken confidence of business men in their trade organizations. NEGRO HAS LONG WAY TO GO. That the Negro, nearly three-quar- ters of a century after emancipation, should still have to \be fighting for elementary civil rights is a serious fe- flection upon our iboasted equal treat- ment of all citizens. But there is cause for gratification in the successes he wins against the odds of local prejudice. April 22, 1931 One important success of the past year, set forth in the annual report of the National Association for the Ad- vancement of the ‘Colored People, has to do with participation in. party primaries. To exclude a person from the primary of his party is to cripple his political rights and may be equiva- lent to denying him a voice in the elec- tion itself. Virginia passed a law en- abling political parties to define the requirements for participation in pri- maries. This law was designed to make it possible for the Democratic Party in Virginia to exclude Negroes from its primaries and would have had that effect. It was declared unconsti- tutional, Another case of a different sort also scored a triumph. For a colored man to ‘be accused of criminal assault is in- several states certain to result in his be- ing lynched without «a trial. But in Louisiana a colored man so accused was accorded a trial and acquitted. The case is characterized as “unusual if not altogether unique in the annals of the Southern courts.” It brings out the crowning tragedy of lynching—the slaying of an innocent person. How often this sickening thing has happen- ed nobody can say. The North cannot point the finger of shame at the South for discrimination against the Negro, although in general he has greater freedom here. Indiana is on the roll of states in which there were lynchings last year and in Chi- cago a colored girl, a high school student of Columbus, Ohio, was bar- red from playing with the National High School orchestra (because of her color. If the Negro has a long way to go before he can enjoy the civil rights which are his on paper, it is because the white man, despite this asserted superiority, has a long way to go in the process of becoming civilized. eet en DRY GOODS CONDITIONS. Under the influence of more favor- able weather, reports on retail trade for the past week indicate that some in- creases have been made. Apparel vol- ume was /better in both the women’s wear and the men’s wear divisions, the improvement being more marked in the latter. Knit goods, shoes and millinery thave lbeen active. The home furnishings departments are stil] re- ported subnormal, although purchas- ing activity on the smaller items has gained, Some Summer goods promotions have already been started and with fairly satisfactory results, according to information obtained from the stores. In most cases, however, there seems to be a desire not to rush into the new season except in the ‘way of offering specialties which may bring action on more seasonal goods. Nevertheless, an excellent sports ‘wear season is ex- pected. So far the month’s results for the retail business have been quite in line with expectations, namely, that it would be very difficult to hold up vol- ume. On the other hand, store execu- tives explain that there have been sur- prising twists to consumer demand and that it is more necessary than ever to keep close watch on these changes. ene Don’t start until you know where you're going. rn ne * een Sg ee April 22, 1931 OUT AROUND. Things Seen and Heard on a Week End Trip. En route to Lansing Saturday we tarried long enough to call on Will C. Stone and —&. G. Waylor at Port- land. The former has converted his garage into a grocery store, adjacent to the school grounds, and has a store which is very compact and convenient. Mr. Stone told me he had sold codfish and dill pickles for forty-two consecu- tive years, which is some record. Mr. Taylor was busy securing signatures to an agreement to maintain sprinkling service on the down town business streets during the summer. At Lansing I called on John A. Af- feldt, Jr, O:. HH. Batley and M. ©. Goossen, who are doing all they can to make the Ann Arbor convention the most successful gathering the retail grocers and meat dealers have ever held. To that end they invited a dele- gation of Ann Arbor grocers to visit Lansing Tuesday evening of this week to go over the preliminary work with great care and thoroughness. I confess my disgust over the man- ner in which the daily papers play up the sneaking youths who blow into estores, offices and oil stations and hold up clerks and cashiers at the point of’ a revolver. The papers refer to these sneaks as “daring bandits,” when they should be described as “dastardly whelps.” There is nothing daring in intimidating a man who is unarmed and ’ who is approached unawares and re- quired to hand out the contents. of his pocket, cash drawer or cash register under penalty of death. These crimes are usually concocted in the pool rooms which succeeded the brewery owned saloons when the Voistead law went into effect. They are based on unfair- ness, inhumanity and crime of the basest sort because they contemplate taking advantage of a man who is unarmed and not prepared to defend himself against the cowardly sneaks who are apparently encouraged in their nefarious acts by the flamboyant man- ner in which their crimes are played up by the daily papers. I have known a good many travel- ing salesmen in my day, but I have never seen one who works so hard to assist his customers as [ra Gordon, general salesman for F. E. Myers & 3ro., of Ashland, Ohio. Mr. Gordon’s interest does not cease when he has made a sale to the dealer. He seeks out the customers of the dealer and gives them carefully worded advice which means much to them in the in- stallations of their equipments. I speak from actual experience, as well as long- time observation, having purchased two pumps made by his house during the past half dozen years. But for his assistance in both transactions I would serious mistakes which have made would have cost me hundreds of dol- lars. Any one who owns a country home which compels him to create his own water supply will find linuiself especially fortunate if he is: able to MICHIGAN TRADESMAN command the advice and expert knowl- edge of Mr. Gordon, At the recent meeting of the execu- tive board of the Michigan Retail Hardware Association a committee of four was named as a nominating com- mittee to select and recommend a successor to the’ late Arthur J. Scott, as follows: A. D. Vandervoort, of Lansing, Warren Slack of Bad Axe, James Tyre, of Detroit, and Scott Kendrick, of Flint. These are all good men, but why not recognize Western Michigan in naming the committee? As now constituted, all the executive officers of the organization are Eastern Michigan men—and have been for sev- eral years. This policy is in keeping with the traditions of Eastern Mich- igan along political, religious, fraternal and organization lines. A Jine drawn North and South through Lansing is usually the dead line. All executive officers must be located East of this line. I think it fs high time our hard- ware friends broke away from this tradition of the ages and bestowed on Western Michigan at least half of the important jobs at the disposal of the organization. Not having heard from our long- time contributor, Old Timer (James M. Merrill) for a month or more, I called on him at his home in Grand- ville one day last week. I found his silence was due to the fact that he has been overtaken by failing eyesight, for which he is receiving treatment. I hope to learn of permanent improve- ment, so we may welcome him back to our list of correspondents. He has lived a long and useful life. The Rotary Club of Battle Creek has done a very graceful thing by naming John I. Gibson as their rep- resentative to the International Rotary convention to be held at Vienna some- time during the summer. This will en- able Mr. Gibson to take a little side trip to Ireland, the land of his birth, and still get back to Battle Creek in time to manage the centennial celebra- tion which that city plans to put into effect next fall. Mr. Gibson is a very versatile gentleman. He can do any- thing, from conducting a prayer meet- ing to managing a three ring circus. Commenting on the real origin of the Pullman sleeper in this department two or three weeks ago the Vice- President of the Pullman Co. writes that “our records show that George M. Pullman was the actual inventor of the Pullman sleeper” The records of the Pullman Co. also disclose that four of the Pullman brothers went direct from Albion, N. Y., to Chicago, where- as I have positive knowledge, based on the statements of trustworthy men who lived in Grand Rapids at the time, that the four brothers lived in a house on North Lafayette street (of which I have a photograph) for several vears before they took up theif resi- dence in the Windy City. The Vice- President of the Pullman Co. may be villing to distort the facts of history to hboister up the claims of one mem- ber-of the-Pullman family, but I. prefer to accept facts as they are recorded.in the early history of Grand Rapids— which established the fact that A. B. Pullman was the real inventor of the Pullman car and that John Mowatt, of Grand Rapids, constructed the first sleeping car under the supervision of A. B. Pullman, its originator. [ have watched the career of the co- operative buying organizations among retail grocers with much interest and have come to the conclusion that some of them, at least, are making a great mistake in catering to their arch ene- mies in the production field. The man- ufacturers of Quaker oats, American ‘amily soap and Campbell soups have always favored the chain organizations in every way possible. Likewise, they have apparen tly done everything pos- have apparently done everything pos- for the independent merchants. In- stead of resenting this condition, as I think they should do, by consigning such products to the demination bow- wows, the buying exchanges strain their resources to buy their products in car lots in order that they may make a pretense of competing with the chain stores. Of course, they cannot obtain the same consideration the chain stores do, no matter how great a con- cession they secure by mass buying. They secure the same price the jobber does, but are denied the rebates the chains are granted for advertising ex- pense, show window expenses and other trumped up deductions some of the manufacturers still grant the chains. If the independents would show their resentment over this con- dition by keeping goods which are sold “crooked” far in the background and furnishing them only when the cus- tomer insists on having them they would soon show discriminating man- ufacturers that they are an element worthy of consideration, instead of being an object of contempt by the food producers who can see no virtue in assisting in the maintenance of the dignity and integrity of the independ- ent merchant. Independent merchants complain— and with good reason—over the con- sumers who chain. stores when they have ready money for their purchases, while having unpaid bills on the books of the independents. They ought to be equally critical of them- selves when they buy goods of the food producers who cater to the chain stories by according them preferencial patronize prices. In doing that they array them- selves under the banner of imitators when I think they should be origin- r4 ators at ail times. he same is true of their advertising cut prices Friday and Saturday of each week, which places them in direct competition with the chain stores on days when they need additional business less than at any other time in the week. . If they would do their advertising in the Sun- day or Monday morning papers, mak- ing their ‘bargain prices good for Mon- day. and Tuesday, they would make those days about as good in point of sales as Friday and Saturday now are. Mr. A. S. White’s reference to the original sectional book case, published elsewhere in this week’s paper, reminds me that the original idea,of the Wer- nicke case did not contemplate its use in connection with ‘books at all. As a young man Mr. Wernicke was em- ployed in a large farm implement agency in Minneapolis which carried repair parts for sub agencies in several states. Urgent telegrams would come in during the summer season for re- pairs, pleading haste on account of the expense involved in-delay. So many telegrams came in during the night that Mr. Wernicke soon saw that some plan must be devised to keep the repairs so conveniently arranged that he could go into the repair department at night and locate the part’ desired— in the dark, if necessary. The result of this determination on his part was the creation and installation of section- al compartments which could be piled one above the other, with wooden fronts instead of glass fronts. Later Mr. Wernicke conceived the idea of replacing the wooden front with a glass front and there was born the idea of a sectional book case. Shortly after the removal of Mr. Wernicke to Grand Rapids, Fred Macey started manufacturing sectional book cases and subsequently sued the Wernicke Co. for infringement. Mr. Wernicke undertook to induce Mr. Macey to admit infringement in ex- change for a shop right, which would be given him without compensation, but Macey was obdurate and refused to entertain the proposition. This would have discouraged other manu- facturers from engaging in the produc- tion of this class of book cases. On the trial of the matter in the local Fed- eral Court, the late Judge Wanty held that there was no infringement of the Macey patent ‘by Wernicke. In sum- ming up the case Judge Wanty said: “Mr. Wernicke was, undoubtedly the inventor of the-sectional idea as ap- plied to bookcases, but he was very unfortunate in the selection of his patent attorney, who did not embody in his claims for Wernicke all the patent properly involved.” This de- cision left the field open to any manu- facturer in the country who wished to get into the game and practically de- stroyed any patent protection which Wernicke and Macey might have en- joyed if Wernicke’s plan had been adopted. A gentleman who has a world wide reputation as an educator, philosopher and investigator, writes my friend Garfield as follows from’ China: Never in my life have I been so much in “the hands of the Lord,” or apparently so adrift as now, and yet I don’t know whether I have evér been happier in my work. We still nave two months in China, and then three months for Japan, to which we are looking forward with particular interest. We shall probably not get cae to America until nearly Septem- yer: . Ghardi is unquestionably a towering figure, and to my mind he sums up the case for Christianity in India. ‘ I think that the beliefs he announces thar he still holds. such as cow pro- tection, are permanent drags on Indian progress His strength as I see it lrzs aimost completely in the fact that he has taken more literally than al- most any other living man the Sermon on the Mount, and while I think his 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 22, 1931 philosophy of Khadder is sound at bottom, I did not discover that he has even the outline of an adequate pro- gram of economic and social recon- struction for the villages of India. We are just back to China from a month in the Philippines. The trip proved to be even more interesting than we had anticipated, and indeed was one of the very best we have had. both from the standpoint of things personally interesting, and with re- spect to the sort of thing I am after. The temperature was pretty well up and they said was warmer than usual, getting as high as 95 some days in Marila. But the nights as a rule were comfortable. and as we easily fell into the siesta habit, we got along very well. We saw the islands from almost the extreme South to the extreme North. There are 7,000 of these islands, al- though only 500 of them have an area of an acre or more. There are about a dozen of the larger islands. The in- ter-island trip to the South, which we took ‘on a new and very comfortable boat, proved to be one of the really great water trips we have had. Then we had an automobile journey to the far North, including a side trip to Baguio, which has become a great re- sort and is located at a height of 5,000 feet, with higher mountains in the dis- tance. We got out into the villages, and I became convinced that while fhe islands haye made very great com- mercial and economic development in the past thirty years, the little man on the land, either as small landholder or tenant, has not profited as much as have other groups, in fact, 1 have con- cluded that the crux of the Philippine problem lies in the question whether during the next generation or two there can be developed a class of peasant proprietors or of tenants, who have a fairly satisfying economic status. Whether the Philippines are complete- ly independent or not, and whether or not industries develop, or great planta- tions, the other problem still remains the fundamental one, whether looked at from the economic. the social or the political viewpoint. There is. undoubtedly, a strong pub- lic sentiment for independence, but as my inission was specific, I did not feel at liberty to take up the political ques- tion very much and got it only inci- dentally. I would think, however, that it is important that the policy of the United States should be fixed, because the present uncertainty retards devel- opment. I suppose, however, that with our system of government, the assur- ance of a settled policy is almost im- possible. It would be particularly un- fortunate if economic selfishness should lead to a type of political situation that left the islands economically isolated from us. Fortunately, the imports from the United States have become of sufficient importance, so that there is a countervailing economic interest. At first thought it would seem as if the Protestant ‘Christian church did not have much of a field in the Philip- pines, but I have become convinced that without doing anything that is really proselytizing, there is a field of considerable magnitude, so far as num- bers are concerned, and most decidedly so, as far as community service is - concerned. The employes of Edwy C. Reid, the veteran editor and publisher of the Allegan Gazette, gave him a con- gratulatory dinner at Hiargies Inn last Saturday in celebration of the sixty- third anniversary of his espousing the printing business. Mr. Reid was born at Brantford, Ontario, Feb. 12, 1852. His parents came to Michigan when he was an infant. Edwy got ink on his fingers at Otsego, April 19, 1868, so he has been a printer gixty-three years, He and the late Don Henderson ran the Allegan Journal ten years. Be- cause of Henderson’s bibulous habits, Reid cut loose and started the Allegan Gazette and on May 6 he will celebrate fifty years as editor and publisher. Reid was postmaster of Allegan for nine years and under his regime the rural mail service was established. He was a delegate to the Republican Nia- tional convention at Chicago in 1912 and for twelve years was secretary of the Michigan Horticultural Society. He has been a hard worker and a sturdy fighter for his party, his town and his state and when May 6 rolls round he should be given the biggest ovation.by the people of Allegan they have ever given any citizen of that enterprising city. If they permit that event to pass without giving Mr. Reid the recognition he deserves I shall be greatiy disappointed, The sudden death of Louis J. Kos- ter Tuesday morning gave me a shock which has completely unnerved me. Mr. Koster has been my close personal friend for nearly fifty years and I do not think I will ever become reconciled to his passing. March 28 we motored to Grand Haven to join his multitude of friends in congratulating him on his 75th birthday and only a few days later we repeated the visit to condole with him over the death of his wife. He was a noble man in all the word im- plies. I never knew him to say an unkind word about any one. I never heard of his telling an untruth or do- ing anything which would tend to in- jure another or create a hardship for a fellow being. He was pure gold. I never expect to see a finer type of manhood than he was. E. A. Stowe. ———_+-.>____ Subleasing of Space in Stores. The leasing of departments and sec- tions. in retail stores, confined largely to service divisions until a few years ago, has grown to cover many lines, according to information made avail- able April 17 by the Department of Commerce. In the larger stores, it was pointed out, such features as beauty parlors and pattern sections are nearly all leased, for they are regarded as unre- lated to the main business of merchan- dising. Leasing has grown to cover more than sixty-five different lines, however, in a number of Southwestern states in which a survey was recently made by the Department. 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.>. - If you have faith, preach it; if you have doubts, bury them; if you have joy share it; if you have sorrow, bear it. Find the ‘bright side of things and help others to get sight of it also. This is the only and surest way to be cheer- ful and happy, ; Cherry Canners in Plan To Advertise. Red sour cherry canners throughout the country have taken a step impor- tant to ali interested in the packing, distributing and growing of this fruit. A campaign will be launched immedi- ately to advertise red cherries region- ally and Nationally, with the apparent co-operation of 75 per cent. of the red cherry packers in the United States; that is, 75 per cent. of the production. At the Chicago convention in Janu- ary Karl S. Reynolds, of the Reynolds Preserving Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wis., was made chairman of a committee to investigate the advisability of advertis- ing red sour cherries. A great deal of detail work was done, leading to a preliminary meeting of the committee in Chicago March 30 and 31. Detailed competitive representations by seven advertising agencies were heard, and the members of the committee gained a number of ideas concerning cherries which they had not previously known. They became convinced that cherries have suffered from a lack of publicity and that the public will gladly consume more red sour cherries if given more information about them. “One has only to consider,” Mr. Reynolds states, “that the population of the country is 120,000,000 and that the Jargest known crop of cherries was 92,000,000 pounds to be convinced that there is not an overproduction of cherries, but rather only a Jack of knowledge of cherries in the country. Eminent medical authorities agree that the red cherry is one of our most, if not the most, helpful and nutritious of our fruits. We are also enthusiastic -about the appetite appeal that can be generated by the beautiful color and delicious flavor of this splendid fruit.” a Strike Holds Down Hose Stocks. With hosiery sales declining con- siderably during the last month, the strike of workers in the Philadelphia mills has helped to prevent a heavy accumulation of goods which might become a burden on the market later on. Most of the mills running are now manufacturing for stock only, and those producers who have lbeen stop- ped because of the strike are being placed in a stronger statistical position. No definite outcome to the strike can be predicted. The union appears to have brought into line as many mills as possible, and with the exception of one small mill no other plants are ex- pected to join the workers. ———~>-+ > ____ Plan Square Shapes in Dinner Sets. Encouraged by the popularity of square plates in medium and popular price dinner sets, domestic manufac- turers of chinaware are considering the feasibility of producing square saucers and other pieces in the near future. Lines produced and sold this Spring carried a number of sets in which the square dinner plate and platters were featured. The popular response to the new shapes, it was explained, convinced producers that a complete set with all but the cups made in square designs wi'l prove profitable. The peach shade, predominating in this season’s sales, will be featured. —_——_>~__ Broadcast your troubles and you'll get the air. QUAKER EVAPORATED MILK Supreme Quality Absolutely Pure Perfectly Wholesome 300 per cent. increase in Sales during the past six months over previous records is the evidence of satisfied consumers. Sold Only By Independent Merchants LEE & CADY 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 22, 1981 FINANCIAL United States Foreign Investments Gain. Recent developments in Spain, al- though less disturbing in American financial circles than some of the political upsets last year, tend to re- strain a return of confidence in foreign obligations. In spite of the small amount of for- eign issues offered in American mar- kets in the last year or two and the lack of interest in such securities dis- played by investors here, it is estimated that American investments outside this country amount to $17,500,000,000, of which about $10,000,000,000 repre- sent obligations of governments, mu- nicipalities, corporations, etc. Most of this investment has been made in the last ten years, although prior to the war there was a small mar- ket in the United States in foreign issues, Americans have not become “for- eign-bond minded,” however, in spite of their large investments abroad. A great part of the capital exported has been advanced by relatively few indi- viduals. For the most part, ‘small in- vestors are interested solely in do- mestic issues. “Considering that the volume of for- eign securities absorbed by American investors in ten years approximately equaled that placed with British in- vestors over a period of fifty years,” says a pamphlet on foreign bonds is- sued by the First National Old Colony Corporation, “it is not surprising that in isolated cases the itype of foreign ecurity was not of uniform high stand- ard or that, now and again, some bond houses and dealers with little knowl- edge of and less training in foreign financing, sponsored certain foreign bonds that should not have been issued. “On the whole, however, it may be emphatically asserted that surprisingly few foreign government bonds in pro- portion to the volume placed can be considered as doubtful risks.” “Not all foreign government bonds offer the same degree of security,” the pamphlet continues, “and diversifica- tion in foreign bonds is as necessary as in domestic investments. “Intelligent discrimination in the purchase of foreign government bonds requires more than a superficial ac- quaintance with foreign economic and political conditions. There is no short cut to acquisition of the art of success- ful investing in foreign government bonds, but there -are certain general tests that may be applied by an in- vestor to enable him to form a com- prehensive opinion of the risk in- volved.” William Russell ‘White. [Copyrigtlted, 1931.] ——_—_2>->____ Expansion Is But Growth. ‘Bankers acceptances have grown to an importance in financing the trade of this country that is unbelievable to the man who looks on the instrument as something too technical for his comprehension and lets it go at that. In a new book entitled “Facts and Figures Relating to the American money market,” Robert H. Bean, ex- ecutive secretary of the American Acceptance Council, traces the history Beginnings of of dollar acceptances in this country in a way that gives you both story and figures. Students of the money mar- ket the world over will be indebted to this authority for his valuable contri- bution in a field where he more than any other man is qualified to present sinmply a highly technical subjuct. For, if Mr. Bean is right, the tre- mendous expansion in our acceptance business marks but its beginnings. He ventures the prediction that with a re- covery of world trade “there will be a greater demand for all kinds of dollar credits of American banks and bank- ers than ever before.” Britishers will not welcome the thought but he does not hesitate to add that when the time comes we will finance “a considerable volume of business that would normal- ly go to the London market.” Says ‘Mr. Bean: ‘The type that has to do with transactions in foreign mar- kets will be especially favored as long as we are able to offer advantageous rates.” Skipping over Mr. Bean’s interest- ing historical background, and the re- cent trend toward a concentration of this growing business into fewer bank- ing thands, let us turn to the classifica- tion of ‘bankers acceptances. Originally the Federal Reserve act of 1913 limited the permission of na- tional banks in making acceptances to transactions involving imports or ex- ports. The field has broadened with the years. Now it falls under several categories: 1. For some years our total of im- port and export acceptances followed the volume of our foreign trade in merchandise and equaled roughly 50 per cent. of the dollar value of that annual trade. In late 1929 and 1930 extremely low rates in the American money market and a general decline in foreign trade drove the proportion of acceptance business on imports and exports up to about 70 per cent. 2. The volume of bankers accept- ances against goods shipped within our borders has never been large but Mr. Bean believes that in periods of a re- duced supply of bank credit, with ac- companying high rates for loans, “‘it is possible that the banks, desiring to ease their position, and their customers to secure a lower rate, will make great- er use of the acceptance credit for do- mestic transactions than they have in the past six years.” 3. Warehouse credits have grown but the greatest expansion relatively has been for the increased use of ac- ceptances for foreign storage and ship- ments between foreign countries. Paul Willard Garrett. [Copyrighted, 1931.] —_>~~______ Excess Optimism Leads To Unwar- ranted Expansion in Production. Apparently Magnus W. Alexander of the National Industrial Conference Board is one who shares the view that more of the troubles in American finance may be traced to an excess of temperamental optimism than any oc- casional overdose of pessimism. Certainly in his ‘Cincinnati address yesterday he emphasized the need for an elimination of excessive optimism in periods of prosperity as one effective way to minimize he severity of these recurrent depressions, - - aes Says he: “When the wheels of in- dustry turn rapidly and goods are con- sumed almost as soon as they are pro- duced, when in consequence profits are large and wages are high, there de- velops a general, psychological atti- tude of overconfidence in the future that is bound to lead ultimately to re- action. I do not mean to say that psychology is the basic factor in pro- ducing the upward and downward movements of business activity. On the contrary, we have learned that it is futile to attempt to create economic prosperity by merely disseminating in- formation intended to produce a more hopeful attitude toward ‘business con- ditions.” And it is this excessive optimism that inevitably in his opinion leads to unwarranted speculation, not to men- The ability to invest wisely is the keystone of prosperity A. E. KUSTERER & CO. 303-307 Michigan Trust Building GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN The Oldest Investment Banking House in Western Michigan tion unbalanced production, unwise enlargement of our production capacity, growth in installment buying, exces- sive expenditure and unsound economic thinking. Whatever others may think Mr. Alexander preaches the doctrine that “speculation diverts human activities into unproductive channels,” and represents the attempt to beat the game of chance which few can beat. He even works into his comments this little rhyme: Pa was poor and Ma was poor, So they took a market flyer. Pa bought this and Ma bought that, And the stocks went high and higher. Then Pa was rich and Ma was rich; They thought themselves quite clever. But like a flash there came a crash. And they were poor again forever. Something must be said for the view Phone 4267 ¥ A Sccad Rapids’ oldest and largest finan- cial house, offering every service conforming with sound banking practice, and bringing these services almost to the customer’s doorstep & OLD KENT BANK 2 Downtown Offices} 12 Community Offiices US HELP YOU SOLVE YOUR INVESTMENT PROBLEMS — PHONE 4774 — EITTER, URTIS& ETTER Investment Bankers and Brokers Grand Rapids Muskegon oe “4 See a a April 22, 1931 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 18 that an excess of optimism in the Many New Faces To Be Seen at . speculative markets leads to an excess ‘ a Se on Pieass Gnd : : Ann Arbor, ss ‘ @ in production to the aes Le men enclose a comm Gk invitation written multiply their hopes of the future in by Mayor of our city in regard to con- business—an influence accelerated by vention, which I hope you will publish } a rising stock market—they multiply in this — issue. I am also — their expectations of business expan- you, un ler separate cover, cul h Measure oft Py Ban : May 7 this en- sion. They think in terms of increased oS we cy BOC Dany e industrial output. In these respects if All last minute details in pete stes 1929 taught this country a lesson the for the convention have been taken a 4 : . : (\9F tolls of depression will not have been or and the Ann Arbor oe The ability of any banking institution i i i it is eel that we are now in a pos g : - ; of ee Peas rae ae et take care of and entertain the largest is measured by its good name, its financial the question arises whether the lesson conyoation ia yeate Oke UOnEY. hae teen Totnes Fotees has for Tie our undersmmema. (gt the resources and its physical equipment. T the present generation. Pontiac association are coming to Ann Paul Willard Garrett. Arbor ia a oe oe Shea lke sing association will have an un j : ieope Eee large delegation, Detroit will be much Judged by these standards we are proud ——__—-» - ____-- better represented than usual. Sag- li E d Must Guard Against Visitation of inaw will be represented by about forty of our bank. It has always been linke False Sentiments. TSS: a Se: : : : : groups from the Southeastern section mmunl an When deep depression runs so long oF the State. These are the towns x with the progress of its . 4 ty that men begin to accept the situation have had inside information on, and ° re more than adequate. + as inevitable it usually is time for the we are hoping that the remainder of the Its resources are q turn State will not be outdone by the above. ree Grand Rapids should be unusually well Slowly this adjustment to the low represented in that the Grand Rapids commodity level, reduced earnings, in- Union high will debate St. oy, = tense competition and management Dee oh v3 rete hubs a prgriems 1 Wepressitg on sien the secre eee the question: “Resolv- likelihood that ‘business is drifting into ed—That National chain grocery stores a “new era.” But it is not the sort of operating in the State of Michigan are | . 2 - | “new era” that these same observers a detriment to ne people 2 the State. q eventually accepted as permanent along — aes aos a ne eae! s BA | in 1928. "Pye the 1929" sonception of a Sete orportanity tor the eet ood 1 | GRAND) RAPIDS SAVINGS BANK | “new era” in reverse and you will have tail information on the grocery situa- “The Bank Where You Feel At Home” Ae the 1931 definition. But is not the ex- tion in the State of Michigan. ‘ treme attitude of pessimism in 1931 ‘\s a final appeal, I hope the reader 16 CONVENIENT OFFICES Milly (6 eo as fac wrens ty Guieencct- will pack his grips and arrive in Ann : oe = . 8 P Arbor not later than noon ‘Wednesday, ing business as did the extreme op- April 29. Ann Arbor assures you three timism of 1929? days of excitement, entertainment and \ Any people highly sensitive to stock sound information. movements must keep a guard against Do not disappoint Ann Arbor. - ag * these extreme visitations of false senti- ments. Right now there is a growing disposition to accept ‘the unsatisfac- tory business situation as a restora- tion of sobered industry. Current pessimism comes chiefly from the downward adjustment in dividend payments, the sharp fall in early 1931 corporate earnings, the lack of con- vincing recovery signs in business and a wavering stock market. These developments give news re- ports a blue tinge instead of rose but they reflect past troubles. Dividends are always cut at this stage of a de- pression for the reason that directors hesitate to dip ino surplus when they have no knowledge of what the future may ‘be. Net corporate earnings late in a depression period always look their worst. Even commodities frequently give least evidence of stabilization just before the downward corrective move- ment terminates. Usually the very acceptance of a prosperity period as a “new era” of permanent good times is the reason for its collapse. And when men begin to accept the adjustments that go with deep depression they are unconscious- ly preparing the recovery. That is why the talk we hear nowadays of a “new era” of adversity is encouraging for the similarity it bears to what alwavs is heard when things are at their worst. Paul Willard Garrett. Leigh H. Thomas, Pres. Ann Arbor Grocers and Meat Dealers Association. Tell Your Customers What Your Prices Are. A cent more on a good many articles does not make much difference. Cus- tomers may be willing to pay the extra cent in order to save the trouble of buying downtown. But there are a good many people who take it for granted that they will have to pay much more than a cent—unless you tell them. 'They look upon the small store as a high-priced store and the big store as a low-priced store. It is “up to you” to show them their mistake. The smaller merchant should buy carefully, guard against dead stock, speed up turnover and feature prices on goods that are being sold at big store prices. But it is absolutely necessary that people should be told about the prices. They will not take the trouble to ‘find out for themselves. —__+~+-__ Many Anniversary Sales Planned. A considerable degree of activity in the wholesale markets is being con- tributed by completion of plans of re- tailers for anniversary sales. Some of these events will be launched during the latter part of this month, but the majority of them in numerous stores throughout the country will be staged in 'May. The type of buying being SS GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL BANK ‘ done indicates that these sales will be Aes [Copyrighted, 1931.] on a larger scale probably than at any of en time in the last few years in order to Established 1860—Incorporated 1865 — Nine Community Branches No merchant or employe can be one swell! dollar volume for the period as ae ‘ , kind of a person outside of ‘the store much as possible. The situation, it was GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL COMPANY and another kind inside. We do not contended, reflects the sharp reversal Investment Securities 8 change our identity when we get in- of opinion with regard to sales, which Affiliated with Grand Rapids National Bank 0 ‘ side behind the counter. until last year had begun to lose favor. 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 22, 1931 Sectional Bookcases Used Before the Wernicke Era. By many persons, credit for the in- vention of the sectional bookcase was awarded to O. H. L. Wernicke, recent- ly deceased. While it is true that the first patent for the invention of such a case was awarded to Wernicke, sec- tional bookcases were constructed and put to use in Grand Rapids before Wernicke had finished this studies in the primary schools of his country. Previous to the year 1871 the territory embraced in the city of Grand Rapids was divided between three common school districts. One district 'was on the West side of the river; another was in the North section of the city, while the remaining section ‘with a part of the township of Grand Rapids consti- tuted the third. Under the provisions of an act passed by the Legislature in the year 1871, these several districts were consolidated. A high school was maintained by district No. 1. It was located on Barclay avenue, the present site of the Central Junior High. The district had accumulated a library of about 4,000 volumes of a miscellaneous character which were stored in a smail room (on shelves) at the high school in care of the janitor. The room was opened on Saturdays and books were available for patrons of the school and students on ‘those days. After the consolidation of the several districts had been effected, the Board of Educa- tion, of which A. Lamont Chubb was president and James H. McKee, sec- retary, decided to lease a floor in the Leonard building—the site now occu- pied by Houseman & Jones—and moved the library to that location and employed persons on full time to man- age things. The Ladies Literary So- ciety had accumulated several hundred books which were offered to the board for distribution to patrons. ‘The sub- ject of moving the books was brought up for consideration at an early meet- ing of the board and a member sug- gested that a number of large baskets be purchased and used in making the transfer. A practical member of the board suggested that boxes in the shape and form of sectional bookcases as they are constructed to-day, be pur- chased instead of baskets. Such ‘boxes containing the books could be stacked one on top of another to such a height as might be desired. A considerable item of expense might be saved in moving the books when at some futuré date it would be deemed advisable to move the library. The idea was adopted. Several hundred boxes were ordered and the sectional book case was started on its career of supplanting in many offices and homes the cases which had served the pur- poses of the owners in the past. In the course of time Wernicke perfected a device for attaching the cases and manufactured the same in a more at- tractive form than the originals which were constructed for the Grand Rapids library. Other improvements ‘were made ‘by Fred Macey; also by W. S. Gunn, the Imperial and New England Furniture companies, for which patents were awarded by the General Govern- - ment. Wernicke started his first fac- tory at Minneapolis, but its productive resources were so small that he sought and obtained larger facilities in Grand Rapids. A vacant factory owned by DeGraff-Vrieling & ‘Co., was leased and business was soon established on a large scale. Miss Frances Holcomb was ‘the first librarian. A young man named Bacon spent ‘much of ‘his time in the library. One evening she surprised Seth Hol- comb, an uncle with whom she resided, by announcing in a sporting term that she had “brought home the Bacon.” Mrs. Bacon continued at the head of the library several years, but finally moved with her husband to Chicago. Arthur S. White. —_ 2 +e Ann Arbor Mayor Says “Come.” To the members of the Michigan Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers As- sociation, Greeting: As Mayor of the city of Ann Arbor, on behalf of the members of your as- sociation living and doing business in said city, and also on behalf of our citizens, generally, I extend to you a most cordial invitation to attend the State convention of your association to be held in this city April 29, April 30 H. Wirt Newkirk. and May 1, at the Michigan Union, the convention to open the afternoon of the 29th. Ann Arbor is widely known as a city of frequent and notable public gather- ings, as well as a city of extreme hos- pitality, and I can assure you a most enjoyable time during the three days you will be our guests. Let “George” look after the store, about then, and you pack your grip for Ann Arbor. H. Wirt Newkirk, Mayor. +++ —___ Selection of Secretary Again Post- poned. The executive board of the Michigan Retail Hardware Association held an- other meeting at Lansing Sunday noon to consider the recommendation of the special committee created to recom- mend a suitable candidate for secre- tary to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Arthur J. Scott. The recommendation was _ that Harold Bewig, who is now associated with the National Retail Hardware Association, at Indianapolis, be elected at a salary of $6,000 per year. Unfor- tunately, he cannot relinquish his pres- ent position until ‘Sept. 1. The com- mittee was anxious that a contract be entered into immediately, to take ef- fect Sept. 1, but on motion of Herman Meyer, supported by Lynn Gee, final action was postponed until the annual meeting of the National Association in Cleveland the last ‘week in June. The only other candidate was Mr. Dignan, of Owosso, but his application was not given consideration by the committee or the Board. aeeacmeereen ie Ae pn —— Gold is not the only goal. MAKE YOUR OWN STORE SIGNS AND SHOW CARDS Attractive Displays, Banners, etc., with 1 A-TIARIA [sxow CARD WRITER L Pa ewii es Easy, fast, interesting, and economical. Send for free descriptive folder & prices. NATIONAL SIGN STENCIL CO., Inc., 1622 University Ave., St. Paul, Minn. Conservative Investments E. H. ROLLINS & SONS Founded 1876 Grand Rapids Savings Bank Building, Grand Rapids New York Chicago Philadelphia San Francisco Los Angeles Boston London Paris Milan Phone 61366 JOHN L. LYNCH SALES CO. 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April 22, 1931 MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE Firebugs Rob Public. “Let me give you an idea of how arson affects every policyholder,” said an expert of a state rating bureau, when questioned recently about inven- diary fires. “In many instances, the building which is to be ‘burned contains a valuable stock of goods or furniture which is fully insured. Such fires usually result in total destruction of the building and contents. “In one building, when the plot was discovered before the torch had been applied, a disastrous fire with possible heavy life loss was avoided. It hap- pened that a workman on an adjoining building noticed the roof of the struc- ture in question sagging. Investiga- tion showed that the supports between the floors of the building had either been sawed in two or entirely remov- ed. Had the fire ‘been set, the struc- ture would have collopsed almost im- mediately, doubtless taking the lives of firemen called to the scene. “When a prepared fire of this nature is started, it is usually out of control by the time the fire apparatus responds, and when flames gain such momentum, they often sweep to adjoining or neigh- boring properties. A heavy loss thus results not only in the original prop- erty but in other buildings, whose owners are innocent of arson. “There are various types of firebugs. Some burn simply for revenge. Then there is the pyromaniac, who must be discovered and curbed, so that the pub- lic need not suffer from his insane de- sire to set fires. By far the largest group, however, is made up of those who burn for greed. ‘Some burn other people’s property for the fee they can collect; others burn their own prop- erty. In any event, the result is the same. Heavy losses are suffered every year from these fires. In fact, the actual amount of loss cannot even be estimated with any degree of accuracy because evidence of the crime is so often wiped out by the ‘fire. “It now becomes clear how the fire- bug robs the public. The annual fire losses are swelled tremendously through arson fires, and since the cost of insurance depends upon the burning rate in each section, premiums cannot be reduced to the lower level possible if such heavy losses were not sustained in this type of fire.” ‘When asked how the situation might be improved, he said: “The main trouble is that the public is not ac- quainted with the facts and aroused to the point where it will demand that prosecuting attorneys push arson cases to a successful conclusion and try to obtain convictions. Yet editors of newspapers are taking greater interest in these cases and are writing vigor- ous editorials. Fire and police author- ities, in co-operation with the arson squads of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, have put forth strenuous efforts in many states. The poor re- sults so far obtained can ‘be traced to the reasons just given. Nevertheless, insurance companies are making it in- creasingly difficult for persons sus- pected of having had an arson fire, or ‘who have been connected with such a fire, to obtain insurance protection. Once people realize what is happening MICHIGAN TRADESMAN and how it affects their pocketbooks, they will demand protection from the fire criminal.”—-Safeguarding America. —__++—____ January Fire Losses High. According to figures compiled by the National ‘Board of Fire Underwriters, the losses by fire in the United States for the month of January were $44,- 090,449, which shows the continuing high trend of the fire losses. This figure compares with $42,244,035 for January, 1930, and $44,713,825 for the same month in 1929. From the fig- ures tabulated it will appear that the fire losses were distributed all over the country, no one section suffering much above the average losses. This condi- tion also holds with respect to the various classes of insurance coverage. As previously stated, the extent of the moral hazard losses appearing in the totals is problematical. Some au- thorities are of the opinion that a large percentage of the fire losses can be attributed to the moral hazard which has always contributed an important element in the fire losses during times of business depression such as the na- tion is now experiencing. Other au- thorities are just as firmly of the opin- ion that the moral hazard has not been of much importance in the loss situa- tion and that it has had a negligible effect upon the totals. But neverthe- less the fire losses are still shamefully large as compared with fire losses in other civilized nations, Another element that should be taken into consideration in the discus- sion of the fire loss situation is the fact that the total of fire insurance is very perceptibly smaller than it has been for some time in the recent past. Values have been scaled down in prac- tically every line of insurable property to a point which, has been unknown since the great world war upheaval. Fire insurance companies having an eye to the continuance of a profitable business, take cognizance of this con- dition and are making underwriting commitments in accordance with the price tendency. As a consequence the fire loss total should show a gradually lowering trend. Fire insurance hopes that this tendency will be evident dur- ing the year. —_~+~+__ Novelty Lace Curtains Featured. With shipments on initial orders for better curtains moving into retailers’ hands at this time, lace curtain pro- ducers have turned their attention to novelty merchandise to stimulate mid- season business. Gold and ecru rayon bobbinet curtains are being pushed with considerable success. The bob- binet curtains, in a variety of pastel shades, are also receiving attention. One house this week brought out a combination brown and white lace curtain for sale as a better-grade nov- elty item. 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A young Englishman assured us that we could get plenty of five room apart- ments in Rome for $25 per month and up, that most of them had central heat- ing, that such heat was so liberal that it had to be- cut off frequently. But because he was English we knew he was no judge of heat from our stand- point. As for ideas of what is suitable for a private residence and its setting and surroundings, those are also wide- ly various. The other extreme was a man with long Roman residence who said: “O, if you look for real comfort of a mod- erate cost, either in apartment or hotel, don’t go to Italy at this season. Heat can not: be had except in the most expensive hotels and there your room alone will cost you $10 per day.” Another said Italian fireplaces gen- erally smoked and were of indifferent efficiency at best; that it was almost impossible to make “those old stone buildings” reasonably warm in any event; that in Italy our custom was reversed about wearing wraps, because whereas we wear wraps to go out of doors, in Italy you bundle up to keep warm in the house, although often you get nicely comfortable in the sunshine outdoors. After much consideration we deter- mined to try it anyway—and we had many kinds of experience. We found that there is no heat in Italian hotels until November 15 regardless. It cuts no ice whether the thermometer is ‘way down; the calendar rules. For- tunately, except for a few short inter- vals of discomfort—which see later— we got by without serious difficulty. But we also found that the word heat means even more various things— mostly inclining to the minus side— than we had guessed. For suggest to the maid or porter or whoever else may have direct contact with the heat- ing of a hotel that it is not warm and he or she goes and feels the radiator. If that is warm—slightly warm—to the touch, there is heat—what would you for goodness sake? They look at you incredulously—what are you talk- ing about? Radiators are little things and the circulating pipes—all being water sys- tems, but I did not say hot water— run from three-eights to half inch. Hence even a vigorous fire would hard- ly raise the water to a warming tem- more. But that is the local standard— there is no common ground for un- derstanding, We got used to that soon. We found it useless to protest. We simply did not speak the same language. So, for example, when in the Rosetta Ho- tel, in Perugia, we told the clerk that our room was cold, he went up to ex- amine while we dined. Soon he re- turned, radiating enthusiasm enough to be quite warming. “Your room is very warm now” he beamed. We dis- covered that it was not quite as cold as when we left it but we let it go at that. It was bearable and that was something, I hasten to add that, as will be shown, we enjoyed the Rosetta so much in other ways that we have no evil recollection of it. And of all these hotels this is further to be said: that they give everybody perfectly wonder- ful beds, firm, yet soft, with excellent springs and thick mattresses; and they are provided not only with an ample supply of pure linen sheets and large, downy pillows, but abundance of fine textured, extra heavy, fleecy woollen blankets are always available. The maid does not even look surprised when one asks for more coperti, re- gardless of the general temperature and the fact that she sits complacently in a room in which an American would congeal to the marrow, The background of this conditon is diverse and should not be overlooked. For there is a reason for everything. First, then, this climate is mild. That is to say, the range is from perhaps just above freezing to plenty hot in summer. It gets so cold that folks used to shelter feel keenly uncomfort- able and natives shiver and turn blue in the morning in the fields and shops before the sun hits them. But such cold is an Act of God in the first place and can be borne in the second. I shall try to convey later the utter primitiveness of their homes whereby they are inured to physical discomfort such as few of us ever knew. Next, Italy is a very old country, occupied by man since the beginning. About 20 per cent. of its surface is naturally wooded; but not until lately has anything like reforestation been set about on any consistent plan. Begin- ning with the disintegration of the Roman Empire, everybody has taken wood as and when he wanted or could get it, and none has replaced any of it. Italy has no oil or coal deposits and electric energy, now being develop- ed with giant s‘rides. is yet only 10 per cent. advanced to its final possi- bilities. Every ton of coal comes in by sea principally from Great Britain. A lit- tle comes from Germany, sometimes in some circumstances from the United States. This makes coal precious. Ap- parently all of it is first used in gas works because what I saw everywhere coke. Hence, fuel is the con- stantly pressing problem, fires for mere heating comfort are a luxury, little heat is made much of. All of this brings us to focus on the final factor: That in relation to arti- ficial heat, these people begin at a tem- perature of around 35 deg. and work was upwards to their idea of full comfurt at about 50 to 55 deg. Se we, who start at 68 deg. and end around about 72 to 73 deg. have no common basis on which to discuss temperature with them. They just do not understand our language. Little sticks and twigs of the tiniest are made into charcoal. This is used in the peculiar porcelain cook stoves wherein a separate diminutive grate fire is built under each pot. It is also kindled in braziers of many sizes, the biggest large enough to heat a clothes closet fairly well. These are set about in houses and shops, people crouching over them as we migth over one of cur trick electric “heaters” look so good and are such a frost. But the little braziers are as big as a tin dip- per, made of porcelain with bail over the top. The handful of charcoal is therein lighted on a residue of ashes and folks carry them about, or.set them in workshops, being content to warm their hands over them. which Folks stand these conditions as the Eskimo stand their climate living in now But it’ all how there is no common ground for un- derstanding between Americans and Italians on the heat question, houses. shows From the beginning we were for- tunate in our weather. We did not suffer. We did not go on the basis of living at the best hotels. I have told how and elsewhere. But on Christmas day we cut loose a hit on extravagance and lunched at the Ex- celsior Hotel, in Rome, as fine a hotel, perhaps, as there is in the Eternal City, and to our minds, fine enough for any- body. I speak from a most complete and long-extended experience with the best American hotels. The meal was perfect in quality of materials, balance, all accessories and why service. Not to mention the bottle of wine, it could not be had in any American hotel for much less than twice what we paid. Our bill for two, service charge and tax included, was $4.26. But we noticed that the entire place was comfortably warm—entries, halls, dining room and all. So we investigat- ed what it would cost us to live there. We were shown two beautiful rooms. One faced a charming inner garden, kept in perfect condition. The other faced a street. Both were generous in size and tastefully furnished with ful- lest appointments. Without private bath, we could have either room and half pension, which means room, breakfast and _ either luncheon or dinner, for $10 per day for the two, all extras included. We could have had full pension, that is our en- tire living, plus private bath, for $14 to $15 per day for two, including all extra charges. Our only item not in- cluded would be wine in either case. I do not know where in America similar living could be found in any hotel of like grade for less than about twice the cost. This obliterates the information that it would cost us $10 per day for room alone if we were to have comfort in Rome. For we par- ticularly noticed that every part of the Excelsior was warm, every corner of it comfortable, What follows is a plain narrative of our hotel experiences. I do not plan to pass out any applesauce to any of them; but I also expect to give each due credit and relate as accurately as I can waht we got for what we paid. It is proper to remember that while the lire costs us 5%4c, it means much more than that to an Italian, although how much more I am not able to say even approximately. The intricacies of exchange are too com- plicated for me to follow that out. international Even so, nobody could feel he was not getting vastly more for his money in Italy than he could get for similar cost anywhere on the American side of the Atlantic, Canada included. [ have already told about our Amalfi and Ravello hotels, except that I have not quite finished with the Palumbo of Ravello. The cost there was $3.12% per day each for a beautiful room, with a fire in a funny little stove which yet gave ample heat, three meals with wine and all extras. The food was excel- Parlors and other general space were ample and there was a well stocked library free This place is so beautiful that one would willingly pay more. lent, the cooking good. to guests. The Syrene in Sorrento, where we were sent from the Palumbo, was a The food was not service stingy, Thus though the loca- tion was charming and the gardens pretty, we sorry to leave. Price charged here was fair enough if we had got anything for the cost. disappointment. high grade, the was cooking poor. were not I have told enough of the Conti- nental in Naples to show that it is an excellent middle class commercial hotel. We want nothing better and shall go there again. Naples we were recom- mended to the Ludovisi in Rome as first class, moderate priced and heated even if not exactly in season. We got there on the evening of Nov. 6. It was a wet, dreary, chilly night. The hotel was a tomb for temperature, nor cowld we get a room with fireplace. We were told that the steam plant was under “riparations.” That “riparations” stuff always re- minded us of the Arkansaw Traveler. Leaving He arrived at a farm house in a rain storm. A woman was cutting a hole in the floor to let out water coming through the roof. The Traveler asked her why they did not mend the roof. “Can’t mend it, it’s raining”, she answered. ‘Why don’t you mend it when it’s dry?” he asked. “Don’t need it then,” answer. “Ripara- tions” are not made in these places during the torrid Roman summer be- cause artificial heat is not needed then. Well, for one night we froze in the Ludovisi, and when, next day we got ready to leave, we were urged to stay on the ground that they’d turn on the heat that night; but we had no con- fidence in that. Then, being driven out, the management charged us an extra price because we had not stayed three days or more; plus 15 per cent. instead of 10 per cent. for service: plus also 1534 cents for a cake of soap. We had heard that soap is usually charged for in European hotels, but the Ludovisi was the first contact we was. her perature. But there is seldom a vig- orous fire; radiators are warm, no a a April 22, 1934 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 had with that expense. All along the line, in hotels great, medium and small, we had toilet soap furnished without charge. We got partly even on this because, finding it on the bill, I went back to the room and took the soap with me. Protest to the swallow-tailed ac- countant elicited the reply that on the basis of our short stay it was “im- pawssible” to give us pension rates. That’s another pet word among these swallow-tail boys. They pronounce it as I cannot convey through our alpha- bet, but they make a mouthful and an impresisve one of it, while their de- meanor indicates that we have arrived at a positive impasse—another word the intonation of which must be heard to be appreciated, Well, we thought that this manage- ment might after a time discover how little was really “impossible’ to be done to corral the few American dol- lars which are likely to drift to Italy this season; and I am pleased to know that already the Italian scale of hotel charges has been cut a horizontal 10 per cent. from the 1930 rates. Mean- while, feeling that the Ludovisi had added insult to injury, we paid our bill and got out. Followed more than two weeks solid comfort at the little old-fashioned Al- bergo Inghilterra, or Hotel d’Angle- terre. Gives me a pain the way these léalian hotels ape the French. For my part, | want to hear and see Italian words and phrases in Italy. We can read French menus in any American hotel. But in this hotel, designed to serve English guests, which prints its menus in French, we had a spacious and com- fortable if somewhat shabby room, with Southern exposure, central heat that was good, supplemented with a nice fireplace fire any time we wanted it. We had good cooking, on a near- French plan, plenty to eat and willing service—all at moderate cost. Iollowed our Roman housekeeping, of which I have told elsewhere in de- tail. Then we traveled Northward to Perugia. Seeking information on Perugia, we learned how often one gets inadequate information from travel bureaus, Cook told us that there was “just one hotel” in Perugia, the Brufani. It was not high priced, to be sure, but it was much higher than we had been paying. A Roman business man who travels widely in Italy and, like all commer- cial travelers, knew where real com- fort and. full value was to be found, laughed when he heard of Cook’s rec- ommendation and said: “Go to the Rosetta.” And yet Cook and other travel bu- reaus have their side of this story. Asked why they consistently steered people to the most costly hotels, they told us it was because Americans al- ways wanted the best and would be content with nothing else. Thus ex- perienced travelers always cross-ex- amine those agencies if they seek value for their money and real contact with some atmosphere other than can be found in any American hotel. When we expressed preference for somtehing less expensiv than the best we also got full information—except in the case of Perugia, where perhaps Cook slip- ped in saying that “there was only one hotel there.” How sadly this system works out sometimes we saw in the case of a young Chicago couple. They were housed in the Negresco, Nice, the apex of costly luxury in European hotels. This being their first trip, they had accepted the plans of a tourist agency, through. New foursome pack... . that delightfully splits into twos or singles. Just the right smack o' salt. Dimpled and browned to a queen's taste. Say Hekmans to your grocer and he'll know you want the finest in crackerdom. et... HERE iT IS New flakiness .... more uniform crispy brittleness clear had been put into first-class cabins, stopped at La Russie in Rome, on a par with the Negresco; and when we saw them they were sadly disillusioned. First, they had seen nothing to speak of except the inside of expensive hcs- telries. Second, they had been so frozen in Rome—despite high rates— that the wife had falen ill and they had to cut their trip and change their re- turn itinerary. Third, as she told us of it, the wife said: “Now they have us booked for five days in Rappello. What is there to see there?” Inasmuch as Rappello is just a replica of San Remo, or Nice or any of these Riviera towns, they would have another five days of another expensive hotel. Frankly, they envied us our quiet comfort, living in our own little apart- “To use a Chicago expression,” (Continued on page 31) ment. erie reals seaintne ope 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 22, 1931 DRY GOODS Michigan Retail Dry Goods Association. President—J. B. Mills, Detroit. First Vice-President—Geo. E. Martin, Benton Harbor. Second Vice-President—J. T, Milliken, Traverse City. Secretary-Treasurer—Thomas Pitketh- ly, Flint. Manager—Jason E. Hammond, Lansing. Riding Jackets Grow Shorter and Color Is Featured. No doubt the little girls who go to the circus frequently come home with visions of growing up to be a bareback rider, balancing on one toe and resplendent in spangles. It may be sad to realize that most of us de- scend from spangles to tweeds and twill, but the tweeds this season are very consoling. Habits are inclined to be more col- orful and are cut on more boyish, fitted lines. The coat is usually a bit short- er than it has been. Riding is such a sporty sport that every one wants to look smart, and the shorter, more boy- ish lines are flattering and youthful. Sometimes the coat is of melton cloth, in brown and tan mixtures or brown or green or occasionally blue. Black is always good, of course. Worn with these are breeches or jodhpurs of whipcord, cavalry twill, or bedford cord. They come in tan, buff, chocolate or Vandyke brown. ‘The hat matches the coat and is fre- quently a vagabond—worn up or down —with a contrasting feather. There is a new vagabond hat with the shallow crown we have become used to. This is very nice. Another new and amus- ing hat is a tropical helmet of Mada- gascar straw with a pongee band. A felt tricorne with contrasting feather is becoming to almost every one. Shirts are of broadcloth or silk, and should be carefully chosen, as they make a spot of color that helps the whole scheme. If you want an es- pecially nice shirt, there is one of madras-figured silk and wool that has a small figure in blue, brown or red on a beige ground. Striped silk shirts are youthful and attractive. If you are one of those before-breakfast riders, you probably want a turtle-necked sweater or a chamois vest. The thing to do is to have an inter- esting color scheme, with the coat and hat matching and contrast in the ac- cessories. Regulation boots, crops and string gloves are worn. The more conservative houses are pretty severe about these colorful departures and frown upon anything but classic habits, but color is creeping in everywhere, and if it is carefully chosen and har- monized it is exceedingly attractive. A suit that is striking in color, but won’t shock your thoroughbred, con- sists of black ‘that, coat and boots, worn with orange brown breeches and a white shirt. Another safe bet is a habit with a coat of brown melton cloth, biege cavalry twill breeches, brown hat, boots and string gloves. A green, yellow or white shirt would be nice with this. Green and yellow details are characteristic of this sea- son, A green tweed coat, green hat, biege breeches, brown boots, tan shirt and brown or green tie make another popular combination. If you want to be really different, wear a black silk crepe shirt and white tie with white linen breeches and black boots. Children are allowed a little more leeway in color and may have navy, horizon blue, beige brown or yellow jodhpurs, tweed jackets and gayly col- ored shirts and ties. For Summer, linen, Palm Beach or linen-duck habits are cool and attrac- tive. A well tailored linen at about $17 is a good value. Another notable value and good for Summer camps— cotton whipcord breeches with leather reinforcement, under $4. A_ house noted for sportswear and good tailor- ing offers jodhpurs of cotton gabardine, cut and fitted just like the more ex- pensive ones and with plenty of ma- terial at the seams for growing girls, for $8.50. Another suit found at this house that is not really a riding habit, is for campers, dude ranchers and wo- men who do not wish to spend any- thing extra on a riding habit. It con- sists of a sleeveless jacket and knick- ers and comes in blue, green or brown cotton covert.—N. Y. Times. —_——~-o > -__ Programme For the Annual Conven- tion. Following is the complete pro- gramme, of the annual convention of the Michigan Retail Dry Goods As- sociation, to ‘be ‘held at the Hotel Statler, Detroit, April 23 and 24: Thursday, April 23. 10 a. m. ‘Ball room floor and con- vention hall, Hotel Statler. Registration—members and guests— including exhibitors. Get acquainted. Take a trip to 13th and 14th floors to inspect merchandise. Reception by officers, directors and convention committee. 12:15 p. m. Luncheon for members, exhibitors, guests, all included. President Jos. B. Mills presiding. Brief address—“Enthusiasm, the A to Z in Business,” by Harvey T. Camp- bell, Vice-President Detroit Board of Commerce. 2:30 p. m. First Vice-President George E. Martin presiding. Brief welcoming remarks. Address, “Some Thoughts on ‘he Present Retail Situation,” Oscar Web- ber, manager J. L. Hudson Co., De- troit. 3 p.m. Address, “What is Style— What is Fashion?” Amos Parrish, New York. 3:45 p. m. Address, “Credit Prob- lems and Methods,” H. B. Godfrey, of the J. L. Hudson Co., Detroit. 6:30 p.m. Dinner. Music by the J. L. Hudson Glee Club. Address—“Radio Opportunities in the Publicity Field,” Leo. J. Fitz- patrick, WJR Broadcasting Station, Detroit. Address—“What of To-morrow?— To-day is Here,” Lew Hahn, Hahn Hahn Department ‘Store Co., New York City. Friday, April 24. 9:30 a. m. Call to order. Second Vice-President J. T. Milliken presiding. Address—“The Importance of Sell- ing the Store,” G. R. Schaeffer, Pub- licity Director, Marshall Field & Co., - Chicago. 10:30 a. m. Address—‘Unfair Com- petition,” Dr. Frederick Juchhoff, Pro- fessor of Economics Michigan State Normal College, Ypsilanti. 12:15 p.m. Luncheon for members, exhibitors, guests. Former President Fred H. Nissly presiding. Brief address—“Modern Business Success,” by Rober M. Andrews, Man- ager Detroit Times Publishing Co. 2:15 p. m. President Jos. B. ‘Mills presiding. Address — “To-day’s Problems in Business,” Alfred B. Koch, of LaSalle & Koch Co., Toledo. 2:45 p. m. Address—“Yesterday’s versus To-morrow’s Problems in Busi- ness,” by Robert P. Gerholz, President Michigan Real Estate Association, Flint. Reports of committees. Business meeting. Election of officers. Adjournment. ——_+ +. —_____ Contempora Designs For Linens. Public showings of ‘fifteen Contem- pora designs applied for the ‘first time to linens will be made, when the stores throughout the country simultaneously will feature the new creations in yard goods, ready-to-wear and accessories, it was announced yesterday. ‘Most of the designs have been created by Miss Vally Wieselthier, outstanding Vien- nese sculptress and ceramics artist. The designs are applied to handkerchief linens produced by 'N. Erlanger, Blum- gart & Co., Inc. In New York, Best & Co. will feature the designs in dresses, while James McCutcheon & Co. will show them in yard goods. Up to the present ‘Contempora designs have been featured only in silks. ——_>-+>_____ Complain of Crockery Imports. Attempts by domestic producers of kitchen crockery to meet Japanese competition on low-price merchandise have failed in spite of the tariff, it is claimed by one of the leading manu- facturers in that line. Tariff increases put into effect last June have been circumvented by reduced production costs in the Japanese market, and the domestic producers still find them- selves excluded from the volume or- ders placed by chain stores. Plants in this country, however, have made sub- stantial gains in the sale of medium and better price merchandise since the tariff went into effect, and are doing a fair volume of trade in those lines this season, —__. 2. See Steady Upturn in Men’s Wear. That the upturn in men’s wear re- tail trade, predicted at various times to start on March 1, ds actually being realized is the opinion of several fac- tors in the trade. ‘Since the last week in February slow but steady progress has ‘been made by the majority of stores. In several instances some stores have spurted ahead consider- ably, but this has been offset by other declines. The average trend continues favorable, however. During the cur- rent week retailers reported gains in the sales of clothing, particularly of suits. Furnishings continue to sell well, although not in any striking vol- ume, it was said. pee eee Don’t “wait for a chance.” Chances lie ahead. See $4 Shoe Gaining Favor. In the steady re-order business for men’s calfskin shoes which has been appearing recently a growing demand for shoes to retail at $4 has been no- ticed, it is pointed out in the trade. The $5 seller continues to obtain a large portion of the current business, but it was thought that the $4 number may eventually replace it if present de- mand continues. ‘Retaiers are looking for distress lots and closeouts of mer- chandise for sales, but there is a dis- tinct scarcity of such goods, it was said, as manufacturers’ and jobbers’ stocks are very low. Demand for sport shoes to sell at $5 is increasing and some orders are now being filled. —__»>+ + Ask Better Notions Displays. Greater attention to counter displays and fashion developments are suggest- ed to notions department executives as a means of increasing business in a bulletin sent out by the National Notion Association last week. The bulletin is the second in a series com- piled as the result of a study of notion departments conducted during the last few months by the organization. Point- ing out that notions receive only half the advertising appropriations they should have, the report claims that substantial increases in ‘business will follow increased allowances for adver- tising. —_—_>++___ Velvet Terms To Be Unchanged. No change will be made in the sell- ing terms covering velvets it is stated ‘by M. Mosessohn, executive chairman of the Associated Dress Industries. The proposal to revise terms from 6-10-60 to 7 per cent. net has been abandoned ‘by 95 per cent. of the velvet producers, who have agreed to con- tinue the old basis, Mr. Mosessohn said. The decision, he added, followed a series of conferences on the matter, in which it was asserted that the re- vision would work a hardship on the dress trade, as it would be equivalent to an advance in prices. —_.2>————_ * Kitchen Tool Orders Up Sharply. In contrast to he slow condition of trade at this time in most houseware lines, orders for low-end kitchen tools took a decided upturn this week. ~ Chromium-plated kitchen tools to re- tail at 10 cents are being purchased in volume quantities for immediate sale. Stainless steel utensils which sell re- tail at 25 cents each are being ordered also. Jobbers are showing more in- terest in the 10 cent items and placed substantial orders this week. Knives, mixing spoons and similar items equip- ped with green enameled handles, are also wanted. ——_eeo_ May Sales To Influence Rug Prices. Price trends at the floor coverings opening June’1 will be governed by the volume of business booked by manufacturers next month. Unelss demand for merchandise picks up to a considerable degree during May, it is predicted prices will remain at their present levels. An improvement in sales, however, may ‘bring price in- creases on Fall lines. Those ques- tioned yesterday were firm in the opinion that no reductions can be looked for in any event because of the low prices which are now prevailing. SS ar nen SN ANSTEY | ; i t "} L- i } i ! i tins treater tne? xa om gy rte a ee ensenraiisttsioy aes on : e mete — April 22, 1931 SHOE MARKET Michigan Retail Shoe Dealers Association. President—Elwyn Pond, Flint. Vice-President—J. E. Wilson, Detroit Secretary—Joe H. Burton, Lansing. Asst. Sec’y-Treas.—O. R. Jenkins. Association Business Office, 907 Trans- portation Bldg., Detroit. Using In-Stock To Sell More Pairs. A great many shoe merchants recog- nize fully the usefulness of the manu- facturer’s in-stock service but regard it chiefly as a convenience in buying, to be taken advantage of now and then when some sudden emergency demands shoes in a hurry. They do not seem to appreciate that in-stock can also be a tremendous aid in selling, provided the retailer understands how to make use of the factory’s service for this pur- pose. This is an age in which merchandise must be timed to the moment. The store that sells the shoes is the one that can deliver to the customer the particular style and type that is wanted on the day when it is wanted. In- stock helps to make this possible, but not if the merchant uses it merely for an occasional] fill-in order. The retailer who decides to take full advantage of the manufacturer’s in- stock service must rig up his merchan- dising practice so that the will be open to buy the shoes that are timely and will thereby be enabled to present a succession of new offerings to the pub- _ lic. It can be accomplished only by keeping his own stocks clean, and the way to do this is by making use of a good stock record system adapted to the needs of the store plus a carefully planned method of sales promotion that will keep shoes moving off the shelves. A style well bought is unquestionably half sold, and to buy well from in-stock merchants must study carefully the trends in consumer demand on the one hand and the sources of supply that offer merchandise to meet that de- mand on the other. Modern shoe retailing isn’t a leisure- ‘ ly occupation under any circumstances. When a merchant elects to seek in- creased sales and extra profits by the in-stock route he must speed up his merchandising operations all along the line. Some retailers think of in-stock as an aid to lazy buying. They think that by using the stock department they can hesitate somewhat longer be- fore making up their minds as to what styles will sell, then jump in at the last moment when the ‘trend has ac- tually revealed itself and cover their actual necessities from stock. The wise in-stock operator doesn’t work in that way. He studies the ad- vance trend as carefully as the mer- chant who buys virtually all of his shoes to be made up. ‘He keeps his stocks clean by giving constant and painstaking attention to window dis- plays and by advertising in the ways that he knows from experience are ef- fective in producing direct sales. He reads the advertising and studies the catalogues of manufacturers and whole- salers operating in stock departments to acauire a complete familiarity with the sources of supply for types of shoes he needs. And then he times his buying so as to have the shoes his public wants when they are wanted. Used with intelligence and discrim- ination, the in-stock service of shoe MICHIGAN TRADESMAN manufacturers and wholesalers thus points the way to increased profits in bundreds of retail shoe stores through- out the country. This season in-stock will be a verit- able life saver to many merchants who have delayed buying of summer foot- wear. The exigencies of the current depression have caused most retailers to make special efforts to reduce stocks to the lowest point consistent with ability to supply customer wants. Many will find that in their eagerness to cur- tail inventories they have underbought. Fortunately, wanted types of footwear are available for immediate delivery and merchants who find their stocks inade- quate will be able to replenish—Boot and Shoe Recorder. ——_>~+-+___ Merchant Must Keep His Premises Safe For Customers. Needless to say, a business man is ‘bound to keep his premises reasonably safe for his customers, and others who are lawfully upon ‘them, and any in- jury suffered by reason of neglect on his part may render him liable there- for. If he allows rubbish to accumu- late on the floor, piles his aisles full of boxes, or leaves stairways unguarded which causes a customer to fall the business man may usually be called to account. However, this liability of a business man for the condition of his premises is limited to that part of the premises open to the public, and does not give the latter any right to wander at will thereon and into parts not used for the transaction of ‘business. It follows, if a customer suffers injury in such part of the premises, the business man will not, as a general rule, be respons- ible. For example: In one case of this kind, there was a stairway behind the counter in a re- tail store that led to the basement. This stairway was guarded by a swinging gate that could not be entered unless a person went behind the counter. The space behind the counter and the stair- way was of course for the use of em- ployes only. ; Plaintiff went into the storé to: make a purchase, and passing down ‘the aisle came to the opening. At this point plaintiff stepped around the end of the counter, passed through the swinging gate, and fell down the stair- way suffering serious injury. Plaintiff thereafter sued the ‘business man for damages, claiming he had failed to keep his premises free from danger as the law required. In stating the gen- eral rule of duty in the case the court said: “One who is on the premises of an- other as a customer for the purpose of purchasing goods is there by implied invitation and is entitled to the care and protection due an invitee. Even though a person is an invitee upon the premises of another, the duty of :the owner of the premises to maintain the same in a safe condition applies only to that part of the premises that are appropriated by the owner asa place in which his ‘business is conducted and the necessary and proper parf-of said premises reasonably to be used by the invitee to gain access to the portion of the premises used for purposes of busi- ness. Following the above statement of the general rule, the court directed its at- tention to its application to the facts of the instant case, and, in holding plaintiff could not recover damages, said: “As the hatchway door through which (plaintiff) fell to the basement was behind a counter and was guarded at the end by a gate situated 2% feet from the first step leading to the base- ment, it must be admitted that she as a customer was not within the area of the store set apart for the use of cus- tomers, and she was therefore a tres- passer, or at most a licensee, when she stepped through the gate ‘behind the counter and fell down into the base- ment. : “Had she remained on the outside of the gate she could not have fallen down the steps. It was her negligence in going behind the counter, a place she was not acquainted, without look- ing to see what was there, which brought about her injuries. Having done this she entered upon the prem- ises which the merchant was not un- der obligation to make and keep safe. As a licensee she was obliged to take the premises as she found them. So the court refused to hold the de- fendant merchant liable for plaintiff's injuries, and, on the facts of this case, the holding is without doubt in accord with the great weight of authority. This authority taking the position that a business man’s obligation, in respect to the safety of his premises for cus- tomers, extends only to that part of his premises open for business. Of course, if a business man invited a customer to parts of his premises not 19 usually open to customers, he will be liable for injuries to the customer caused by conditions there. But, in the absence of such an invitation, a customer passing ‘behind counters, through back doors, into back or stor- age rooms, etc., does so at his peril. And, if in the course of his roaming, beyond the part of the premises ob- viously devoted to the transaction of business, he meets with an accident he wil not be in any position to place the blame upon the businessman. Leslie Childs. —_+<-».—____ To Standardize Dress Sizes. Preliminary steps for the drawing up of simplified and standardized sizes for women’s and misses’ dresses was taken last week at a meeting at the Hotel Pennsylvania of the ready-to-wear group of the merchandise managers’ division of the National Retail Dry Goods Association. The action was described as the first move to correct increasing alterations of garments and reduce returns to manufacturers. The standard sizes will be drawn up by a working committee headed by John B. Swinney of the Specialty Stores As- sociation and will be passed upon later by an advisory committee and then submitted to ready-to-wear manufac- turers. Albert Post, of Mandel Broth- ers, ‘Chicago, presided over the meet- ing. —_———_-s.2r>-2>_______ If it ever came to pass that all men stood on an equal footing they would be standing on each other’s toes in a very short time. ——_e~~~+ ___ Believe in yourself—but keep it a secret. Mutual Building INSURE WITH US Our Assets and Surplus are at the highest point in _ history And we have returned to policyholders since organization in 1912, $1,090,327.64 in Losses and Dividends When in Lansing visit us and get acquainted et MiIcHIGAN SHOE DEALERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. LANSING, MICHIGAN Phone 20741 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 22, 1931 RETAIL GROCER Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Associa- tion of Michigan. President — Gerritt VanderHooning, Grang Rapids. First Vice-Bresident—William Schultz, Ann Arbor. Second Vice-President—Paul Schmidt, Lansing. Secretary — Herman Hanson, Grand Rapids. Treasurer—O. H. Bailey, Sr., Lansing. Directors — Ole Peterson, Muskegon; Frank Marxer, Saginaw; Leigh Thomas, Ann Arbor; M. C. Goossen, Lansing; R. J. LaBarge, Pontiac. Wines and “Hard Likker” in Latin Europe. Writing strictly as a food merchant, observing Italy and France at close range, I am moved to say a few words about wines, whiskys and other old- time beverages as I find them, for these are drinks. Some hold they are foods as well as drinks. Anyway, they were an integral part of the high grade food business of America up to a dozen years ago and are a vital element in the food and drink business hereabouts now. Please understand that I am _ not mora izing. I set myself up to be nobody’s keeper—not even my broth- er’s in this connection. And if I touch even casually on our !aws and the ef- fects thereof, that is only incidental to my main story. My thought is to tell what I see, how I see it and what re- flections the aspect of these countries in that connection evokes. For my personal bias on this ques- tion, I may say that liquor of any kind never meant more to me than soda water might mean or coffee. I have always liked good beer, but never needed it to be happy. Wines never did appeal to me. Liquors were ab- solutely nix with me. A background may bé this: During an illness that kept me on a bed of excrutiating pain for three solid months I was doped with much morphine and—not to get too much of that drug—I had a rather stiff mixture of whisky and water served hot very often. When I got up and about I was so fond of that whisky drink that I cut it out at once and shunned it as a pestilence, fearing what it might be- come. Not for twenty years thereafter did I taste whisky. Then I learned what a highball was—in my 42nd year —but never cared for it. I think I never understood how to use whisky, but I felt no deprivation therefore. That’s that, and all of it. I write it to indicate that I may be a competent, disinterested observer of present phe- nomena. Visiting England in 1924, after forty years’ interval, we had some wonder- ful wines served us by the entertain- ment folks who made the advertising men’s trip pleasant. We both liked those wines and felt that previous failure to like wines was the fault of the quality—we being no judges there- of. I also enjoyed the ales and beers. ‘But the aspect of the English “pubs” counterpart of our old-time saloons, made us both glad that those were no longer a part of American life. Conditions in France and Italy were what they are to-day, so I can write of that now. It is said—everybody has heard it said—that there is no drunkenness in these Latin countries. That is pretty true. We saw one man who was fairly pickeled in 1924, and I have seen one this trip in Rome. So as far as I can see it, that observation stands about 100 per cent. correct. But there is a haziness that settles over these communities every mid-day. The haze is so thick that business ceases for two to three hours. ‘At the closing hour, 12:30 to 1 p. m., doors are locked and iron shutters put on as if for the night. Everybody goes to his lunch, during which he drinks a goodly measure of wine and eats fully two man-sized meals. Then every- body goes to sleep for an hour or so. It seems that no matter how well seasoned one becomes—and I have been through a steady apprenticeship now for more than five consecutive months—one just cannot acquire en- ergy to rise from the table and pitch into hard work on the characteristic American plan. One has to have his siesta. But in these lands that ends it. There is no tippling, though workmen often do mix wine and water while they mix mortar between meals. I have learned how to use Scotch whisky, too, that is, to suit my tem- perament. I do not fear it either be- causeé my use extends to one to two tablespoonful daily. I like very much certain of the Ita'ian wines and a few of the French ones. Thus I market for these items while buying other household supplies; and some interest attaches to the prices. Black & White, old time favorite Scotch, has cost from 67 lire down to 60 francs. That is $3.52 down to $2.40. John Haig, Gold Label, costs more, and Dewar’s White Label still more. ‘Sanderson’s Moun- tain Dew I have not seen yet and Johnny Walker’s I have tried only once. But these variations in prices of the same brands have led me to make some close enquiries. I have had it hinted that some brands were not gen- uine by one whose price was excessive. That scared me for a while, because certainly one wants nothing like boot- leg here any more than elsewhere. But enquiries have been reassuring and in- structive enough to form the keynote of what I now write. I learned from unimpeachable au- thority that laws and inspections are extremely strict and that brands can be bought in Italy and France with perfect confidence in their authenticity. Next, these drinks are sold literally everywhere. There is a license to pay, but it must be graduated, because the smallest shop, kept ‘by a woman and daughter, selling a few groceries and other foods, has a few bottles of wine and also two kegs from which bulk wine is drawn. Now, whether you enter an exclusive wine shop with immense stock or the most modest place, you find an at- mosphere of cleanliness, decency, so- briety and order. You find in large wine shops long rows of casks and plenty of bottled goods, all in charge of a neat, quite young woman who serves you as if she were selling but- tons and thread. Men enter and have their bottles filled, pay their 12c or so and leave as if they bought bread. The keynote, then, hereabouts—in these Latin lands—is law observance. Fundamentally, then, the trouble with our liquor business is character- istic of all Anglo-Saxon and’ Scandin- avian lands: No liquor business ever played fair with any law. No regulation however mild or moderate, has served to keep any American brewer or other liquor dealer or dispenser within the law. Every effort at regulation—of any kind—has always been met with evasion, breach, disregard, and de- fiance. The American saloon was not a drinking place only—never was. It was a gambling hell and a pander to white slavery. And at this very minute if you enter a “soft drink” parlor in a place like Benecia, California— or any other water front town—you will find a blear-eyed man sitting at a card table beside or opposite to a poor, painted, 'bedraggled creature, showing (Continued on page 31) NOW is the Time To “Fix Up” Your Store the MONARCH WAY See it in Glass—Buy it in Tin Te cost of installing this up-to-date equipment is so small that increased sales quickly pay it. Monarch Super- Quality Foods are nationally advertised. Sold only to merchants who own and operate their own stores. Fifty thousand independents find The Monarch Way a real winner. You will, too. Quality for NEW PRICE TAG SYSTEM Complete, attractive, effective, economical. 78 years. Coupon brings details : REID, MURDOCH & CO., P. O. Drawer R M, Chicago, III. sand : Please tell me about the Monarch Way. y : . 5 ee ee, oe. : a i ; UFOS eo es oe eee ae cee a Pook as en kek GRAND RAPIDS PAPER Box Co. Manufacturers of SET UP and FOLDING PAPER BOXES SPECIAL DIE CUTTING AND MOUNTING G R AN D R A,P I DS, MICHIGAN Always Sell Rowena Yes Ma’am Graham Rowena Golden G. Meal LILY WHITE FLOUR “*The Flour the best cooks use.’’ Also our high quality specialties Rowena Whole Wheat Flour ss: =) {(@"] Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. VALLEY CITY MILLING CO. Rowena Pancake Flour Rowena Buckwheat Compound Grand Rapids, Mich. 1D Dy ‘I DD D pI = Ri ¥ Rusk Bakers Since Leading coms —_ have a@ supply POSTMA’S RUSK as they are ee all Seasons POSTMA BISCUIT CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN ; Prin i April 22, 1931 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN - 21 MEAT DEALER Michigan State Association of Retail Meat Merchants. President—Frank Cornell, Grand Rapids Vice-Pres.—E ¥®. Abbott, Flint. secretary—E. J. La Rose, Detroit. Treasurer—Pius Goedecke, Detroit. Next meeting will be held in Grand Rapids. date not decidec Prejudice Against Heifer Beef Un- founded. In comparing the meat-producing abilities of wel!-bred heifers and steers, the United States Department of Ag- riculture and seven state experiment stations disprove some of the argu- ments which have been advanced in support of the long-standing prejudice against heifer beef. One of the most interesting and im- portant facts discovered by the in- vestigators is that the meat from well- finished heifers is equally as palatable as that from steers when the two are slaughtered at the same age. More- over, in these experiments, the dress- ing percentage of the heifers was fully as high as that of the steers. In the course of their studies on the relative merits of the two sexes as meat producers, the investigators likewise found that yearling heifers ordinarily reach an acceptable market ‘finish more quickly and at ligher weight than do steers of similar breeding and feeding. It follows, of course, that the heifers become overfinished sooner than the steers when the feeding is continued. These research findings are signifi- cant in view of the present market de- mand for lighter-weight carcasses of good finish, the department says. The housewife likes to buy small ‘but well- finished cuts of beef. She likes steaks thick, if not otherwise too large, and would buy roasts more often if she could always get them small enough. The well-finished light heifer, slaugh- tered before she becomes overfat, ful- fills these requirements. This study has uncovered some facts which should be of marked benefit not only to the consuming public but also to the pro- ducer, the meat packer, and the retail- er, the department says. ———_.+ > Recipe For Making Bologna. For a 100 pound combination use: 75 tbs. cured beef 25 Ibs. pork trimmings (cured) 8 ounces fine ground white pepper 174 ounces mace % ounce cloves 4 pound sugar to be added with spices while chopping the meat. If beef trimmings are fat, the sau- sage maker must use his good judg- ment—adding more beef and less pork than specified above. First—Cut cured beef and pork, each separately, through the Standard plate of the chopper. Second—Place beef in silent cutter or any other chopper. Add the above spices and chipped ice and water while chopping. Chop beef to almost the proper fineneses or consistency for bologna. Third—Add the 25 Ibs. of standard cut pork to the beef. Mix and chop the pork and beef together. This pork and beef mixture should not be chop- ped and mixed too long. Pork for bologna is not to be cut as fine as beef and should show up in tiny cubes. By too. much chopping and mixing pork and beef together, the pork can be overworked. : Fourth — ‘Stuff into casings and smoke until the desired color is ob- tained. Fifth—Cook ring bologna at 165 de- grees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes. ‘Long bologna or straights require from 45 to 60 minutes cooking, depending upon the thickness. Sixth—After cooking place in cold water for cooling. Remove from cool- ing tank and plunge in hot water or splash hot water over the sausage to give a nice plump appearance and dry the casings. ——_>2~>___ Recipe For Making Frankforts or Wieners. For a 100 pound combination use: 70 Ibs. cured beef 30 tbs. pork trimmings (cured) 8 ounces ‘fine ground white pepper 1 ounce mace 1 ounce nutmeg YZ lb. sugar to be added with spices while chopping. If beef trimmings are fat, the sau- sage maker must use his good. judg- ment—adding more ‘beef and less pork than specified above. First—Cut cured beef and pork, each separately through standard plate of the chopper. Second—Place beef in silent cutter or any other chopper. Add the above spices and chipped ice and water while chopping. Chop beef to almost proper fineneess or consistency for wieners. Third—Add and mix standard cut pork with beef. ‘Chop pork and beef together to the proper fineness, but do not overwork. Continue adding chipped ice and water gradually until chopping is complete. Fourth—Stuff into sheep or narrow hog casings and smoke with heat until the desired color is obtained. Fifth—Cook for 15 minutes at 165 degrees Fahrenheit. ‘Sixth—After cooking place in cold water for cooling. Remove from cool- ing tank and plunge in hot water or splash a few dippers of ‘hot water over sausage to dry the casings. ——»+>___ “Hello World” Donations Stop. Stating that the income of the Hen- derson radio station at Shrevesport, La., from retail merchants has prac- tically ceased, Max D. Bannon, who is associated with W. K. Henderson in the broadcasting of propaganda against chains, explained that the merchants who put up the $12 donations possibly thought this paid their dues for life. It is more difficult, he said, to go out and renew the memberships than it was to get them in the ‘first place. Henderson is now exploiting his Hello World coffee. ——E—E Prospects For 1931. Even should unemployment con- tinue, cider, malt and Mabel ‘Wille- ‘brandt’s California fruit syrups will work. ‘Many new connections will 'be made, especially by telephone _ operators, electricians, brakemen and the clergy; also, numerous radio hook-ups. Traveling salesmen with snappy lines (and wives) will take a lot of orders. Locomotives, baby carriages and the family next door will move. Build up your goodwill with the big red heart! | Buy Michigan- = grown vegeta- Cy b d bles and fruits ... packed in fh C van | Michigan. . oe Hart Brand YOu know ate has made mon- 2 4 ey for Michi- ee gan grocers for 40 years. W. R. Roach & Co. Grand Rapids VINKEMULDER COMPANY Grand Rapids, Michigan BRANCH AT PETOSKEY, MICH. Distributors Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Cranberries, Grapefruit, “Yellow Kid” Bananas, Oranges, Onions, Fresh Green Vegetables, etc. EGGS - EGGS - WE BUY — WE STORE — WE SELL EGGS We are always in the market for strictly fresh current receipt Eggs, at full market prices. We can supply Egg Cases and Egg Case Material of all kinds. Quotations mailed on request. KENT STORAGE COMPANY - GRAND RAPIDS GRIDDLES _— BUN STEAMERS — Everything in Restaurant Equipment Priced Right. Grand Rapids Store Fixture Co. 7 N. IONIA AVE. Phone 67143 N. FREEMAN, Mar. URNS MOTHERS DAY MAY 10th WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLETE LINE OF PACKAGES - FOR THIS OCCASION. PUTNAM FACTORY NATIONAL CANDY CO., INC. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN PARCEL FREIGHT SERVICE Cheaper than Freight or Express on small parcels up to 20 Ibs. 4 Fast Services Daily To Big Rapids and North on U.S. 131. East to Belding Greenville, Edmore, Alma, and Saginaw District. : NORTH STAR LINE, INC. R. E. TIMM, Gen. Mgr. Crathmore Hotel Station. Phone 81138 Grand Rapids, Michigan MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 22, 1931 HARDWARE Michigan Retail Hardware Association. President—Waldo Bruske, Saginaw. Vice-Pres.—Chas. H. Sutton, Howell. Secretary—Arthur J. Scott, Marine City. Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. Bathroom Fittings Are a Good Line To Feature. The business in bathroom fittings is worth going after. Many hardware firms do not realize this. Yet it is a clean business, taking up little room, and netting a fair margin of profit. The bathroom is receiving more at- tention to-day than it did a few years gao. Expensive and high-grade fix- tures, running into big money, are now offered and sold; and even in the cheaper homes, low-grade quipment is rarely used. Manufacturers of bath- room fixtures are also turning out num- erous small articles that are very useful in the bathroom and which customers are learning to demand. The field is, consequently, a growing one for the wide-awake hardware dealer. The addition of these smaller fix- tures, such as soap and toothbrush holders, towel racks, shelves, tumbler holders, mirrors, medicine cabinets, etc. will add materially to the comfort, convenience and appearance of any bath room. Many hardware dealers who do not conduct regular plumbing departments are doing an extensive business in these smaller fixtures. Some customers still demand the cheaper class of fixtures. People who regard only the immediate price will always be numbered among our cus- tomers. But in the majority of cases, customers are willing to pay a fair price to secure a dependable fixture; and in a good many and increasing number of cases, they are willing to pay what used to be regarded as fancy prices for extra fine fixtures. Even the tight-fisted man who builds a house to rent or to sell at a profit is coming to realize that plumbing and bathrom fixtures are to-day subjected by in- tending buyers or tenants to careful scrutiny; and that a handsome and well-equipped bathroom is a good ad- vertisement for any house. What are the best methods of hand- ling and featuring these lines? A hard- ware dealer who had an established vlumbing business of his own made an advertising feature of a model bath- room. This bathroom occupied a small corner in the rear of the store, ad- joining the office. The store was a small one, and the dealer’s problem was to utilize every inch of floor space to the best advantage. In the model bathroom the floor space used was about the usual bath- romo size for a small house. It was fenced in on the two exposed sides by a low iron railing. A ceiling was put in at a height of about six feet from the floor and covered the entire bath- room space, thus heightening the illu- sion of an actual bathroom. The two walls and ceiling of this model bath- room were covered with metallic sid- ing, emphasizing the value of this ma- terial for bathroom purposes. The floor was covered with linoleum, which served to attract attention to yet an- other item of bathroom equipment car- ried in stock. The bathroom was _ completely equipped, having a large bathtub, a corner wash bowl, side-wall wash bowl, sanitary appliances and a complete line of the smaller accessories, including towel rack, soap tray and medicine cabinet. The only difference from the actual bath room was the lack of water connections. The equipment was not the most high priced line, but good standard equipment of the better qual- ity, such as the dealer had found pop- ular with the homes in his community. Incidentally, this model bathroom served a dual purpose necessitated by the limited store space. I have men- tioned that the ceiling was set about six feet above the floor. This left a considerable space above the ceiling and below the main ceiling of the store. In other words, the dummy ceiling provided a sort of shelf as long and as wide as the model bathroom. This shelf space was used for the stor- age of oils. On the side in view of the customers they were screened by a row of shelves, thereby adding to the shelf space of the store. Thus the model bathroom was displayed without in the least reducing the regular shelf and floor space of the store. A most effective method of selling bathroom fixtures is to display the goods. They make very attrictive dis- plays. ‘The unique and practical de- signs and the clean and bright appear- ance of the goods assist in making any display attractive and effective. An attractive display of fixtures in the store windows is sure to create interest. The display should be backed up by a staff of salespeople who possess a thorough understanding of the good points of the fixtures on display and who, are able to intelligently discuss them with even the best posted and most critical customers, Bathroom fixtures will not sell if they are hidden away in boxes or stored on inaccessible shelves. They should be displayed all the year round. A wall case or a show case inside the store will give a nice display to the smaller lines and materially help in making sales. Salesmen, however, should not wait for customers to ask for the goods. It is worth while to reach out after business. Call the attention of your customers to the line, and, particularly, to any novel device you may be intro- ducing. If you hear of new houses being built, canvass the builders for business. Show cards in connection with your window displays, or inside the store, should emphasize any strik- ing features of the line you handle. Two things it will pay you to feat- ure. One is the high quality of your staple bathroom equipment—and, of course, the fact that quality pays for itself in the long run. The other is the desirability of having the bathroom completely and properly equipped with all the latest devices. Very few bath- rooms have everything; and it logically follows that there is an immense field for the hardware dealer to develop business in connection with the many novelties introduced in recent years. The question is naturally asked, “Can a retail hardware dealer who does not conduct a plumbing department and does not equip complete bath- rooms sell sufficient small bathroom fixtures to make this department a success as far as sales and profits are concerned?” At first thought one would incline to the belief that the plumber would get the bulk of this business, if not all. The possibilities for the hardware dealer without a plumbing department depend, however, upon the intelligence with which these bathroom fixtures are handled by the plumber who hasn’t any harawdre store. Where two or three plumbing shops in a small community cater to this trade, put on displays, and go aggressively after the business, the prospects for the hardware dealer to break in are only fair. Where, how- ever, the plumbers devote themselves largely to their work, put on practical- ly no displays, and do not feature equipment and fittings, then the hard- ware dealer has a big opportunity to do busfness. : Under either set of circumstances, however, the hardware dealer has one distinct advantage. His place of busi- ness is usually well located, as a rule on the main street or a good business street. He has window display facil- ities and knows how to use them. Cus- tomers are continually coming and going. His other lines attract a Jot of people. If he displays a line of bathroom accessories it is bound to attract the attention of a large number of customers and prospects; and to make sales. Some years. ago the representative of a manufacturer of bathroom fittings tried to interest a hardware dealer in his line. ‘No use,” returned the deal- er. “The plumbers get all the busi- ness.” The traveler frankly stated that the plumbers handled the fixture busi- ness in a perfunctory way. He finally induced the dealer to put in a small stock. : When the goods arrived, the dealer regarded them with considerable mis- givings. Then he decided to take the bull by the horns, so to speak. He price-tagged every item and put on a window display representative of the whole assortment. He instructed his salespeople to call the attention of cus- tomers to the new line being featured. He made a number of sales—sufficient to decide him to continue the line and improve his facilities for handling it. He constructed a wall cabinet near the front of the store and lined it with Automobile Tires and Tubes Automobile Accessories Garage Equipment Radio Sets Radio Equipment Harness, Horse Collars BROWN & SEHLER COMPANY Farm Machinery and Garden Tools Saddlery \“iardware Blankets, Robes Sheep Lined and Blanket - Lined Coats Leather Coats GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Wholesale Only. 342 Market St., S. W. Manufacturers and Distributors of SHEET METAL ROOFING AND FURNACE. SUPPLIES, TONCAN IRON SHEETS, CONDUCTOR PIPE AND FITTINGS. We Protect our Dealers. THE BEHLER-YOUNG CO. EAVETROUGH, Grand Rapids, Mich. Michigan Hardware Co. 100-108 Ellsworth Ave., Corner Oakes GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 4 Wholesalers of Shelf Hardware, Sporting Goods and } FISHING TACKLE ony do: | t April 22, 1931 black cloth. The black background showed up the white and metal goods to splendid advantage. Electric bulbs were installed in the cabinet; and these were turned on when customers in- spected the fittings. Display being near the front of the store, practically everybody who came in stopped to look at it. The dealer put on occa- sional window displays; and in time worked up a good trade. To plumbers he allowed a discount from regular prices; this enabled him to .buy in larger quantities to better advantage and at the same time satisfied the plumbers, who otherwise might have put in extensive stocks. As it was, they could make money without tying up capital, and were just as well pleas- ed with the arrangement. The hardware dealer who handles the larger equipment and has a plumb- ing department is missing a great op- portunity when he does not make an aggressive drive for replacement or- ders. Any home built more than fifteen years ago is apt to have unsatisfactory plumbing equipment. It is probable that in the average community at least 50 per cent. of the plumbing instal- lations are unsatisfactory. The piping and connections may be defective, the taps perenially leaky, some item of equipment broken or cracked, the flush tank out of kilter. In other words, people are experiencing constant an- moyance from defective equipment. Here is the cue for a replacement campaign. A window display could feature a modern standard set with a full line of smaller fittings and show cards to drive home the question: “Why not make your bathroom up to date?” A model bathroom makes a good window display; and if the win- dow is large enough, the model bath- room and the old style bathroom can be set up side by side. Feature the idea of replacement at the same time in your newspaper advertising. And, also at the same time, send a good, strong letter to a carefully selected mailing list of prospects—people whose bathroom equipment you know or sus- pect to be out of date—calling atten- tion to your model bathroom and sug- gesting replacement of old and worn out equipment. There is a lot of business waiting to be done; and whether you get your share of it or not depends upon how aggressively and yet tactfully you go after it. Victor Lauriston. —_—__++ > — Proceedings of the Grand Rapids Bankruptcy Court. Grand Rapids, April 13—In the matter of Emery C. Knudsen, Bankrupt No. 4457. The first meeting of creditors has been called for April 29. ee In the matter of William J. Topp, Bankrupt No. 4460. The first meeting of creditors has been called for April 29. In the matter of Gerritt Van Maanen, Bankrupt No. 4450. The first meeting of creditors has been called for April 29. In the matter of Donald Perkins, Bank- rupt No. 4459. The first meeting of cred- itors has been called for April 29. In the matter of Elwin Fredenbure, Bankrupt No. 4444. The first meeting of creditors has been called for April 29. In the matter of Roy Beerbower. Bank- rupt No. 4453. The first meeting of creditors has been called for April 28. "In the matter of Edward H. Brown, Bankrupt No. 4458. The first meeting of creditors has been called for April : In the matter of M. Katz & Son, Bank- rup No. 4445. The first meeting of cred- itors has been called for April 28. In the matter of Kalamazoo Cement Products Co., Bankrupt No. 4376. The first meeting of creditors has been called for April 27, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN In the matter of Muskegon Barber Supply Co., Bankrupt No. 4452. The first meeting of creditors has been called for April 27. In the matter of Felix Hojnacki, Bank- rupt No. 4426. The first meeting of cred- itors has been called for April 27. In the matter of Peter C. Miller. Bank- rupt No. 4449. The first meeting of creditors has been called for April 27. April 13. We have to-day received the adjudication and reference in the matter of Theona Brick Co., a corporation. Bankrupt No. 4448. This concern is lo- caed at St. Joseph. This is an invol- untary case and schedules have been or- dered filed. April 13. We have to-day received the schedules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Cornelius Mouw and James Ha'cklander, copartners as Mouw & Hacklander, Bankrupt No. 4463. The schedule shows assets of $722.55 with lia- bilities of $1,338.69. The first meeting of creditors will be called and note of same made herein. April 13. We have to-day received the schedules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Winning Baking Co., a co- partnership composed of Louis Keil and Adolph Keil, Bankrupt No. 4454. The bankrupt concern is located at Muskegon. The schedule shows assets of $30,652.21 with liabilities of $41,309.49. The first meeting will be called and note of same made herein. The list of creditors of said bankrupt is as follows: City of Muskegon ~--~--.---------- $1,016.38 Oscar Olson, Muskegon —--------- 222.00 Alfred Somers, Muskegon -----~-- 185.39 Albert Wickerink, Muskegon -_. 204.00 Frank Kerling. Muskegon ---—- 252.00 Daniel Dobberstein, Muskegon_. 228.00 George Huch, Muskegon ---.---. 204.00 Estella Kolasa. Muskegon —~_------ 120.00 Charles Keil, Muskegon ---------- 80. Hayssen Mfg. Co., Sheboygan, Wis. 360.00 J. H. Day Co.. Cincinnati, Ohio 502.93 Hathaway Motor Co., Muskegon... 356.29 Doughnut Machine Corp., New Y. 650.02 Bankers Trus Co.. Muskegon ~~ 2,500.00 Doughnut Machine Corp.. N. Y. 1,500.00 Anderson Packing Co., Muskegon err Crescent Miils, Fremont -------- .00 Central Electric. Muskegon ------ 23.00 Commercial Photo Co., Chicago 4.50 Consumers Tire, Muskegon ---.- 83.99 Consumers Power Co., Muskegon 61.57 Detroit Wax Paper Co., River R. 592.18 Fredricks Lbr. Co.. Muskegon -_ 76.03 Griffith Laboraories, Chicago _-__ 60.00 G. R. Coat & Apron Service, G.R. 55.78 Abe Hartsema, Muskegon -------- eer John Hume, Muskegon --- 20, Hume Grocer, Muskegon —------- 60. Lockwood Mfg. Co., Cincinnati__ 115.92 CG. W. Miils Paper Co.. Grand Rap. 54.58 Muskegon Paper Box Co., Mus. 56.00 Mich. Home Tel., Muskegon --—- 4.80 City of Muskegon ~---~-----~-~~--~ 2.25 Campeau, Mullaly & Meier, Mus. 11.40 Martin Moon, Brunswick ~------- 12.32 Muskegon Gas Co., Muskegon -- 7. Chronicle, Muskegon ~---~------~ 427.20 Mecher Bros., Muskegon -------- 7.00 Muskegon Hdwe. Co., Muskegon__ 11.68 Michigan Sanitary Supply Co.. Muskegon Heights -~----------- 16.65 Muskegon Bldg. Mat., Muskegon 15.75 Malt Diastase Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. 39.69 Peoples Mill & Elevator Co.. Coopersville ~..---------- ok See 40.00 Peoples Milling Co., Muskegon -_ 107.00 Puffer Hubbard Mfg. Co., Minne- SATE a 70.29 Red Sar Yeast Co., Muskegon -_ 233.33 Ryskamp Bros.. Grand Rapids____ 24.00 Republic Transfer Co., Muskegon 4.00 Standard Brand Inc., Muskegon 9.8 Swift & Co., Muskegon —--_----- 282.86 Steindler Paper Co., Muskegon__ 33.90 Steketee & Son, Muskegon ------ 50.00 Sanitary Dairy Co.. Muskegon -- 70.00 State Electric Co., Muskegon -_-- 27.14 Hubert H. Smith, Muskegon -~--_ 2.14 Van -Camps, Chicago ~--_-.__---- 27.69 Wit & VanAndel, Muskegon -. 522.69 Workman Printing Co.. Mus. Hts. 7.00 Wilson & Co., Chicago ~----..--. 26.83 Wolffis Bros., Muskegon __-----~~ 5,758.68 Watson-Higgins Co., Grand Rap. 800.00 Blackburn Milling Co., Muskegon 1729.67 Doughnut Machine Co., New York 183.75 Oscar Olson, Muskegon ~-_--~---~ 130.53 Albert Wickerink. Muskegon -—--_ 18.00 Frank Kerling, Muskegon ---~~- 711.00 Daniel Dobberstein, Muskegon__ 449.81 George Huch, Muskegon -_- 363.54 Estella Kolasa, Muskegon -.-~-- 55.11 Charles Kiel, Muskegon ~-~---.. 231.81 Ross Chicote, Muskegon -W_--_-- 246.50 Richard Chilcote, Muskegon -___ 74.36 Kimpbali Co., Muskegon --______ 573.94 Reliable System Co., Muskegon ~. 60.54 G. T. Railroad Co., Muskegon -~ 52 -00 Kansas Milling Co.. Muskegon__ 3,491.95 Kal. Veg. Parch. Co., Kalamazoo 1,191.32 Super Serv. Sta., Inc., Kalamazoo 37.15 Emil Keil, Muskegon ~____._-___. 5,460.05 E. B. Gallagher Co., Grand Rapids 892.47 Etta Burdick, Muskegon ~~ _~. 357.00 In the matter of George Rickman, Bankrupt No. 4195, the trustee has here- tofore filed his final report and account, and a final meeting of creditors was held April 3. There were no appearances, ex- cept that of the trustee. Claims were proved and allowed. The trustee’s final report and account was considered and approved and allowed. An order was made for the payment of expenses of ad- ministration, as far as the funds on hand would permit. There were no dividends. No objections were made to the discharge of the bankrupt. The final meeting then adjourned without date. and the case has been closed and returned to the district court. = In the matter of Jesse E. Stover. Bank- rupt No. 4415. The first meeting of cred- itors was held April 8. The case has now been closed as a no-asset one and the files will be returned to the district court. In the matter of Hale Hat Stores, Inc., Bankrupt No. 4372. the trustee conducted sales of assets at Gary, Ind.. Springfield, Til.; Decatur, Tll., and Fort Wayne, Ind., on April 6. 7 and 8. The stock and fixtures at Gary. Ind., were sold on April 6, to Lester Smilack, of Toledo, for $300. The stock and fixtures at Springfield, Ill., were sold to Maurice Keiserman, of Spring- field, Ill.. for $550. The sale was _ held April 7. The stock and fixtures of the estate at Decatur, Ill., were sold on April 7 to Jack Loeb, of Decatur for $315. The stock in trade and fixtures at_ Fort Wayne, were sold on April 8 to Lester Smilack. of Toledo, for $335. The trustee was present in person at each sale and acted as auctioneer. Several bidders were present. The sales have been confirmed and adjourned without date. This com- pletes the liquidation of the physical as- sets of the bankrupt corporation. April 15. We have to-day received the schedules, reference and adjudication in the matter of John B. Addis, Bankrupt No. 4465. The bankrupt is a resident of Grand Rapids, and his occupation is that of a huckster. The schedule shows assets of $6,230.42 of which $375 is claimed as exempt, with liabilities of $4,283. The court has written forf unds and upon receipt of same the first meeting of creditors will be called. April 15. schedules, reference and adjudication in the matter of Leon P. Ellis. Bankrupt No. 4464. The bankrupt is a resident of Grand Ranids, and his occupation is that of a millwright. The schedule shows assets of $514 of which $425 is claimed as exempt. with liabilities of $1,105.99. The court has written for funds and upon receipts of same the first meeting of creditors will be called. In the matter of Grames Mfg. Co., a corporation, Bankrupt No. 4211, the trus- tee has heretofore filed his final report and account, and a final meeting of cred- itors was held April 3. The bankrupt cornoration was not represented. The trustee was present in person. Claims were proved and allowed. The trustee’s final renort and account was apvroved and allowed. An order was made for the payment of expenses of administration and the declaration and nayment of a first and final dividend to labor claims of 33 ner cent. No objections were made to the discharge of the bankrupt. The final meeting then adjourned without date, and . the case will be closed and returned to the district court. in due course. April 13. On this day was held the sale at auction in the matter of Wild- wood Outdoor Club. Bankrupt No. 4242. The trustee was present in person and conducted the sale as auctioneer. Certain items of assets were sold to Shirlev C. De Groot, for $18. The remainder of the items offered for sale were sold to Amelia Greening, for $201.25. The sales were confirmed and the meeting adjourned without date. In the matter of John F. Dall, doing business as Dall’s Fashion Shop, Bank- rupt No. 4387, the trustee has filed his first report and account, and an order has been made for the payment of ex-* penses of administration to date. In the matter of Robert A. Denman. Bankrupt No. 4416, the trustee has filed his first report and account, and an order has been made for the payment of ex- penses of administration to date. In the matter of Wego Oil Co., Bank- runt No. 4191. The sale of assets in this estate has heen called for April 28, at Muskegon. The assets of this estate con- (Continued on page 31) Jennings’ Pure Extracts Vanilla, Lemon, Almond, Orange, Raspberry, Wintergreen. Jennings Flavoring Extract Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Sand Lime Brick Nothing as Durable Nothing as Fireproof Makes Structure Beautiful No Painting No Cost for Repairs Fire Proof Weather Proof Warm in Winter—Cool in Summer Brick is Everlasting GRANDE BRICK CO. Grand Rapids. SAGINAW BRICK CO. Saginaw. We have to-day received the | These Be Our Leaders Sold only by The Blodgett-Beckley Co. Members India Tea Bureau Main Office Toledo Detroit Office and Warehouse 517 East Larned Street - SARLES Detective Agency Licensed and Bonded Michigan Trust Bldg. Grand Rapids, Mich, I. Van Westenbrugge Grand Rapids - Muskegon (SERVICE DISTRIBUTOR) Nucoa ~ beeen! All varieties, bulk and package cheese ‘““Best Foods”’ Salad Dressings Fanning’s Bread and Butter Pickles Alpha Butter TEN BRUIN’S HORSE RADISH and MUSTARD OTHER SPECIALTIES RAR ap cinerea re Abr SaeSe pio at niet 24 HOTEL DEPARTMENT Late News About Hotels and Hotel Men. Los Angeles, April 18—William G. McAdoo wouldn’t play when the Democrats had a pow wow here last week. McAdoo, it will be remembered was the big “I am” who during the world war, when everyone was mak- ing unusual sacrifices to help raise funds for carrying on that controversy, married President Wilson’s daughter, spent eighteen million dollars as rail- road administrator in replacing tickets, stationery, etc., with his name and title printed thereon, but which did not add one iota to their validity. I shou'd say any party would probably exist without such a blighter on their roster. Now the Government is wrecking one warship which cost nine millions in 1918, and has two more carded for the same fate. There will be no sal- vage whatsoever, and the wrecking ex- pense will be considerable. It may not be the right way of looking at it, so long as the nations consider powerful navies to be necessary, but one can’t help thinking of what might have been. Suppose the money to build this ship and similar ships of other powers had been left in the pockets of the people, from whom it was taken? Suppose it had been used in the construction of roads, or construction and endowment of free hospitals, or any one of the hundred projects for human happiness that readily suggest themselves? No doubt such ships as these are insurance against war. But also it is seen that they are part of the far larger expendi- ture, constant and clamorous, that is keeping the nations poor. A civiliza- tion which cannot get along without such expensive machines of war is not thoroughly successful. But the very fact that such ships are being de- stroyed is a hopeful sign. I notice that the Wisconsin and other hotel associations are consider- ing adopting a college hotel course similar to the one which has been so successfully established by the Michi- gan organization. Even the Great Lakes association is arrangine to be represented at the Michigan meeting which is to be held at the State Col- lege, Lansing, May 4 to 8 inclusive. As before stated this course is de- signed primarily for those ambitious people in the hotel business who want to learn more about the business itself, who wish to go into a detailed study of the particular subjects in which they are interested. It is not to be con- sidered as a strictly association meet- ing, but rather as the serious pursuit of education and training. It is hoped that the managers, proprietors and owners of hotels will co-operate by ex- tending the opportunity to their em- ployes in the various departments of their hotels to attend the classes they desire, improving their understanding of their own positions and finally by their acquired knowledge, benefitting the institutions with*which they are associated. The course will be con- ducted ‘by experts in their particular fields. The bulk of the instruction will be given by college faculty members. Each subject will be taught from four to eight hours during the week’s ses- sions, and it will be so arranged that those selecting one of the courses may complete it in two or three days if necessary. The subjects that will be considered include accounting, practical psychol- ogy, purchasing, textiles, decorations, heat, light, power and ventilation. A registration fee of $3 will pay the tuition of the entire course, and this charge includes the cost of a banquet which will close the session. The ses- sion will be in charge of Miss Ruth Mary Myhan, manager of Hotel Sham- rock, South Haven, who is chairman of the short course committee, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN George W. Woodcock, manager of Muskegon Country Club, who has been spending the winter in Los Angeles and vicinity, writes me that he arrived home safely, with the Mrs., under his Own power, stopping at Grand Can- yon and other points en route, en- compassing the distance from Los Angeles to the Sherman House, in Chicago, in just seven days, arriving home in a snow storm. The Wood- cocks enjoyed their California sojourn and so did their numerous friends out here. Recently a hotel manager received an anonymous letter containing two new dollar bills, accompanied by the statement that 23 years ago the writer had stopped at his hotel and had car- ried away a towel. He did not want to go before the judgment seat with the towei on his mind and he begged to be permitted to enclose two dollars to cover the price of the article. An auditor figured out that with the or- iginal cost of the towel at 50 cents, the accrued interest compounded would apporoximate $2. Some conscience, surely. Possibly some of us retired hoteliers will receive belated com- pensation of a like nature. M. L. Meyers. in Hotel World, of- fers this: “Every other hotel will tell vou that it is the ‘hotel with the home- like atmosphere.’ And in many cases it is true. That’s one of the chief rea- sons for the steady gain of hotel resi- dence in recent years. ‘Gazing into the crystal globe, I can see the time when, to induce my friends to visit my home, I’ll have to boost it as the ‘home with the hotel-like atmosphere’.” A lot of hotels are talking of putting on extensive advertising campaigns this spring. No sort of business needs publicity more than the hotel, but from my _ personal observation less judgment is displayed in the mediums for securing this line of publicity by hotel men than in any other line of business. When you select publica- tions which are read by the traveling public, or the commercial men, you have accomplished much. The Club Managers Association of America, held a meeting in Detroit last week, and put in a lengthy ses- sion in the discussion of the feasibility of refrigerating dining rooms so that their attractiveness might be accentuat- ed in extremely hot weather. A good thing to talk about, and something ac- complished if it can be brought about, for nothing decreases cafe patronage like torrid atmosphere. Most folks do not feel like eating when they are suf- fering from the heat, and when they come in from the street and ‘find an air-cooled dining room it has more to do with loosening up. their purse strings than anything yet offered. Their appetite is stimulated and they enjoy a hearty meal. The motion pic- ture people ‘became wise to this fact some time ago, when they adopted iced ventilation and sold just as many admission tickets during dog days as at any other time. The recent dis- covery of “dry” ice, which is soon to revolutionize refrigeration, ought to help some in this direction. The Hotel Top-in-a-bee, at the vil- lage of that name, which was placed in the hands of a receiver on the death of John Bailey, who conducted it for many years, will quite likely be op- erated this year as the result of a judicial order, which gave the receiver permission to oven for the resort sea- son, it being maintained that the best way to conserve the assets was to re- tain the prestige gained by the Baileys. The property is under charge of a De- troit trust company. Those patriots up in Ishpeming are bound to have a ‘first-class hotel to take the place of the Nelson House. April 22, 1931 “A MAN IS KNOWN BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS” That is why LEADERS of Businesa and Society make their head- quarters at e PANTLIND HOTEL “An entire city block of Hospitality” GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Rooms $2.25 and up. Cafeteria -i- Sandwich Shop NEW Decorating and Management ng FAMOUS Grand Circus Park. Oyster Bar. 800 Rooms” - : - 800 Baths Rates from $2 HOTEL TULLER HAROLD A. SAGE, Mgr. MORTON HOTEL Grand Rapids’ Newest Hotel 400 Rooms “i RATES $2.50 and up per day. 400 Baths DETROITER ROOMS 75O BATHS FREE GARAGE UNDER KNOTT MANAGEMENT Republican Hotel MILWAUKEE, WIS. Rates $1.50 up—with bath $2 up Cafeteria, Cafe, Sandwich Shop : in connection Park Place Hotel Traverse City Rates Reasonable—Service Superb ——-Location Admirable. GEO. ANDERSON, Mgr. ALBERT J. ROKOS, Ass’t Mor. HOTEL KERNS LARGEST HOTEL IN LANSING 800 Rooms With or Without Bath Popular Priced Cafeteria in Cen. nection. Rates $1.56 up. E. Ss. RICHARDSON, Proprietor NEW BURDICK KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN In the Very Heart of the City Fireproof Construction The only All New Hotel in the city. Representing & $1,000,000 Investment, 250 Rooms—150 Rooms with Private Buropean $1.50 and up per Day. RESTAURANT AND GRILL Cafeteria, oe Service, Popular ices. Entire Seventh Floor Devoted to Especially Equipped Sample Rooms WALTER J. HODGES Pres. and Gen. Mgr. SINGLE ROOMS WITH PRIVATE BATH ake NO HIGHER HOTEL OLDS LANSING 300 Rooms 300 Baths Absolutely Fireproof Moderate Rates GEORGE lL. CROCKER, Manager. Occidental Hotel FIRE PROOF CENTRALLY LOCATED Rates $2.00 and up EDWART R. SWETT, Mgr. Muskegon +f Michigan Columbia Hotel KALAMAZOO Good Place To Tie To HOTEL CHIPPEWA MANISTEE, MICH. Universally conceded to be one of the best hotels in Michigan. Good rooms, comfortable beds, ex- cellent food, fine cooking, perfect service. Hot and Cold Running Water and Telephone in every Room, $1.50 and up 60 Rooms with Bath $2.50 and $3 HENRY M. NELSON, Manager In Kalamazoo It's PARK-AMERICAN George F. Chism, Manager “We are always mindful of our responsibility to the pub- lic and are in full apprecia- tion of the esteem its generous patronage implies.” HOTEL ROWE Grand Rapids, Michigan. HRNEST w. NEIR, Manager. i | April 22, 1931 Ata recent meeting of the city council the mayor was. authorized to give a warranty deed for the property to the hotel company, for a consideration of $5,000. That is for the site property, which: is the best in the city for this particular purpose. It seems ‘that over 300 of the town’s people have con- tributed $50,000 for the purpose of buiiding this institution, which is to be one of the most attractive in the Upper Peninsula, and it now looks as though it would be completed this summer. Ex-congressman ‘Crampton, of ‘Mich- igan, who has been given charge of the administration of the Boulder Dam district, announces that grading ma- chines, manned by three individuals, which will do the work of 100 laborers, will be used in construction work at the new dam. Very little encouragement in this statement for the thousands of unemployed who have already arrived at the dam site, anticipating substan- tial jobs. Also comes the announcement from Secretary ‘Stimson that the cost of sending a fleet of battle ships to the Virgin Islands and other West Indies points, to transport President Hoover there and back, was only $235,000. He qualifies this statement, however, with another one to the effect that the president paid for his own meals, which ought to leave a slight margin of profit to the Government. The Ontario legislature has passed a law penalizing chair warmers who are so much in evidence in hotel lob- bies. It may work out, but it is al- ways a delicate matter to differentiate between loafers and persons who may have real business with guests of the hotel. An astute bell-captain is, to my notion, worth a whole volume of legis- lative acts. Of course the law is a sort of protection, in a way, against the possibility of damage suits from in- dividuals who are wrongfully ejected from such establishments. The announced plan of ibook pub- lishers to confine their activities to so- called tabloid products and ‘to encour- age abridgment in all literary produc- tions, is simply in line iwith the trend of the ‘times in almost everything. This is the age of condensed milk, baled hay, peewee afternoon speeches and sermonettes. Pocket editions of almost everything are in demand—even of radio advertising—if it ‘can be put in that form. ‘The lawyer no longer harangues judge and jury, and the doctor puts it up in capsules. Several years ago I crashed 'the gates of the Saturday Evening Post with an ar- ticle on the tabloid meal of the future; picturing ‘the hotel guest standing in line ‘for his meal which was dropped upon ‘this tongue with sugar tongs. No chefing, no dishwashing, no tips for overworked waitresses—everything in tablet form—a tbalanced ration for every appetite and every degree in life. It may not come until the next unem- ployment period, but according to Dr. Woods ‘Hutchinson, is on the way. The tonsils and ‘teeth are already a thing of the past. The palate will be sure ‘to follow. On the occasion of a trip to ‘Califor- nia and Hawaii, five years ago, I de- cided the best ‘way to make the jour- ney understandingly was to make the trip in many stops ‘and consequently I stopped off at a Harvey hotel every night, thereby securing a closeup on evry inch of the scenery along the way. I remember, with a great deal of pleasure a stop I made at Santa Fe, New Mexico, for 'a neriod of two days. Recuperating, as it were, in the Plaza, immediately in front of the museum which occupied the old state capital, I formed the. acquaintance of the local Episcopal dominie who very kindly volunteered to show me the high lights of that unusual city. The trip MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ended up with a visit to the executive offices of the then thead of, the New Mexican Government, Governor Dil- lon, who was a very interesting getitle- man, brimming over with hosipitality, following up the rather lengthy call at . his. office by.a return visit to the hotel, that evening. He knew my good friend Charley Renner, and I expect it was for this reason more than any other that he:supplied me with a let- ter to the management of ‘the Fox studios in Hollywood, and through which I was accorded the entre of that establishment—a privilege accord- ed to but few and which was strictly individual in its scope. Now. all this is preliminary to the fact of an an- nounicement just made in movie circles to the effect that that most clever, ver- satile and ‘beautiful actress, Madge Bellamy, is leaving the screen service on account of incompatibility of tem- per. -I can hardly believe 'this to tbe true. I became quite well acquainted with Miss Bellamy, and she frequently included me in parties of friends to whom she used to boost California from her high-powered car. Her film career is certainly a tragedy. (She is still a singularly beautiful woman, her work on ‘the still screen ‘was wonder- ful, ‘but it is claimed that on account of her flamboyant temper she is not to Ibe considered for the talkies. I spoke about its being ‘hard ‘to. ‘secure admission to the movie studios when I first came here. It is still so, and while I still manage to “crawl under the canvas’ occasionally, I am always admonished to preserve absolute quiet so far aS movements and conversation are concerned. ‘It is ‘for this reason that the visiting list is restricted. Thousands who live in Hollywood have never been privileged ito view a movie stage in real action. The rubber-neck busses scurry you through the grounds on some ot their sight seeing trips, but you are never permitted to linger. The studios have figured it out that it costs them an average of $100 for each per- son or party taken through the studio. The entrance of a party may mean de- lays and the distraction of 'the atten- tion of actors, directors, camera men, electricians and others whose com- bined efforts are costing the producers sometimes as high as $10,000 per day. And some visitor is very likely to ruin a shot by whispering, shuffling this feet, stumbling over something—or trying to say a few words to or get an auto- graph from some celebrity. A lot of visitors thoughtlessly, of course, do these fool things and that is why they have to lbar the doors to all except those who have business there or are brought in by film executives. Soon after giving up his job at the White House Mr. Coolidge was out here and got into the show without a great deal of delay, ‘but since that time—possibly through no fault of the Northampton executive—the maharajah of one of the principle states of India—a real king in ‘his own country—was kept sitting in an anteroom for three whole days before his secretary finally convinced an official that he was really of “some pumpkins” in this own ibaliwick, and he drew a pasteboard. A lot of out- siders employ all sorts of dodges to get in. They told me about three girls who hung around a place outside the studio where extra girls went to lunch. They studied the costumes of the movie girls, some of which were par- ticularly striking, and proceeded ‘ito make similar ones and followed the regulars through the gate, fooling the gateman, but the moment they reached the set the trick was discovered and they were cast out rather than in. They tell a good one on our own Michigan (Muskegon) product, Buster Keaton. Recently a man stepped up to him near his ‘home and said: “Mr. Keaton, I have often seen you in the set. I’ve had the honor of being at- mosphere in several of your pictures. But I have never had the pleasure of speaking. to you.” . Buster: shook hands with. ‘him, and when the individual in- timated he was then on ‘the way to the M: G. M.° studio, offered to give him a lift in his cat which was- standing there. Mr.'Man got in‘on the strength of the. Keaton equippage, but one of the numerous. policemen sized him up and whizz! ibang! ‘There he was ex- tricating ‘himself from the mazes of the gutter. But ‘for all this I still main- tain that Madge Bellamy, without ex- ception is the most beautiful girl I ever saw in the pictures. Beautiful on the screen or off the screen, married or unmarried, and it is a shame to have her career cut short by a mere matter of temperament. Frank S. Verbeck. — eo +? a Items From the Cloverland of Michi- gan. Sault Ste. Marie, April 20—Fair and warmer are the conditions here this week, with the men starting to work on several large contracts and naviga- tion in full swing. Merchants are feeling a slight increase in business, with the expectation of continued in- crease from now on. Many enquiries are being received at the tourist bu- reau which makes us feel as if we should hhave.a. good tourist business. Only one of our manufacturing plants is closing down for a short time and that will be running again not later than June 1 or as soon as repairs can be made. G. Ferguson, of the Soo Hard- ware Co., returned last week from Florida, where he spent the winter. When asked how he found conditions in Florida during the winter, the said they could not have been ‘worse. Mr. Ferguson is taking charge of the Durocher & Sons ‘business, at DeTour, for the creditors, much to the satisfac- tion of all concerned, so that the De- Tour merchants are quite optimistic, as the Durocher plant is the largest industry at DeTour, ‘but has been handicapped by poor financing hereto- fore. Manistique will soon have a new hospital. Dr. George A. Shaw has purchased the Thomas property on Ridge street, which is now occupied by Edward Sheahan. The home, which is one of the largest in the city, will be entirely remodeled and re- decorated. The new hospital will have accommodations for twenity pa- tients, including three private rooms. It will be equipped with modern X- ray and diathermy equipment. Dr. Shaw has been practicing medicine and surgery in the city for the past four years, taking up the practice formerly conducted by Dr. S. H. Rutledge. His practice has continued to expand and has resulted in the decision to conduct a modern hospital. The handle factory of the North- woods Manufacturing Co., at Manis- tique, started operations last Monday, giving employment to twenty men, which may be increased as soon as conditions warrant. L. E. Dayson, who has been con- ducting a confectionery and tobacco store at Rudyard, has sold the busi- ness to Hyram Potter & Son, who will continue the business. Mr. Dayson has made no-.mention as to what he will do in the future. A writer declares that railroad crossings never should be heautified, but made ghastly in appearance. Many auto drivers have done their best to carry out this idea, A new Variety store at Manistique wias opened last week by A. B. Waters. The new store carries a wide variety of novelty and gift goods. It will be known as “Bert’s Variety store.’ Mr. Waters was formerly a member of the firm of Waters & Stamness local jewelers. Economists say business is on the upswing. That means the speculator miay get soaked under the chin, in- stead of having his foot stamped on. Word was received of the death of 25 C. cA." Parker,awhoe died. last week at Anthony. Idaho. Mr. Parker conduct- ed a grocery store at Gould City some véars ago and was well known throughout Cloverland. The end came as 2 result of-heart trouble, from which he had been suffering for some time, Z. W. Bays, who has ‘been. service manager for the Lundstrom Chevro- et Co., at Manistique, until recently, will open the garage formerly conduct- ed bv the Schoolcraft Auto Co. R. R. Reinhart, formerly manager for the Soo Beverage Co., is enjoying a trip through the copper country. He is accompanied by his wife and chil- dren. Ted Steffens, who for the past sev- eral years was traveling salesman for the National Grocer Co. here, is con- nected with the Sims Motor Co., sell- ing automobiles. While this is a new venture he reports being well satisfied with his success in the new line. It ts a pity that the farmer cannot make as much money out of a good hog as the citv man can out of a blind pig. William G. Tapert. ~~. _____ The surest antidote for adverse con- ditions is illumination, optimism and hard work; customers go where lights are ibrightest, sales people cheeriest and trying hardest to serve. ee Hi t Friend Tavern Holland, Mich. Is truly a friend to all travelers. All Warm room and meal rates very reasonable. Free private parking space. GEO. W. DAUCHY, Mgr. CHARLES RENNER HOTELS Four Flags Hotel, Niles, Mich., in the picturesque St. Joseph Valley. Rumely Hotel and Annex, La- Porte, Ind. Edgewater Club Hotel, St. Joseph, Mich., open from May to October, All of these hotels are conducted on the high standard established and always maintained by Mr. Renner. Hotel and Restaurant Equipment H. Leonard & Sons 38-44 Fulton St., W. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. New Hotel Elliott STURGIS, MICH. 50 Baths 50 Running Water European D. J. GEROW, Prop. CODY HOTEL GRAND RAPIDS RATES—-$1.50 up without bath. $2.50 up with bath. CAFETERIA IN CONNECTION MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 22, 1931 - DRUGS Michigan Board of Pharmacy. President—Orville Hoxie, Grand Rapids. Vice-Pres.—Clare F. Allen. Wyandotte. Directur—Gartield M. Benedict, San- dusky. Examination Sessions — Beginning the third Tuesday of January, March, June, August and November and lasting three days The January and June examina- tions are held at Detroit. the August examination at Marquette. and the Marcl: and November examinations at Grand Rapids. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association. President—John J. Watters, Saginaw. First Vice-President—Alexander Reid, Detroit. Second Vice-President — F. H. Taft, Lansing. Secretary—R. A. Turrell. Croswell. Treasurer—P. W. Harding, Yale. The Therapeutic Uses of Tin. Among the chemical elements which have of late years occupied the atten- tion of pharmaco'ogists and practical clinicians as a possibility in the treat- ment of disease has been tin. Its bene- ficial effects on the human organism was discovered in quite an accidental way, as have so many of the other medicinal compounds now in common use. It was noted, many years ago, that workers in factories where tin was used were “ ~» of skin affections, particularly those in which staphy- lococcus was the causative factor, while other people in similar circum- stamces of life, but not in daily con- tact with tin, were afflicted with skin lesions. This casual observation led to further study, and it was noted, by Gregoire and Foium in particular, that tin inhibited the growth of staphy- lococci in vitre. That tin is not poisonous has been shown by the fact of its being used in the packing of foodstuffs and in the lining of cans, pots and drinking ves- sels. It does not form soluble tin combinations. Precaution, is however, indicated with strongly tart foodstuffs, especially with those which might form tartrate or malate of tin. Internally ‘the administration of tin in any form had not been undertaken until Pateuko gave to dogs, in a series of experiments, 0.2 gm. of tin daily for six weeks without observing any wn- toward effects. These investigations went on and Dommers recommended tin in the treatment of tape-worm in which he found, from personal observa- tion in many patients, that the results produced were truly remarkable. Further bacteriological research in connection with the bacteriacidal ac- tivity of tin and its preparations show- ed that the protochloride, iodide, oxide or metallic tin added to bouillon, diminished the abundance of anaerbic cultures. In bouillon containing 1 per cent. of lactose, maltose, glucose or levulose very little difference was seen in the development of organisms in anaerbic culture, but in all cases the virulence of the staphylococcus was decreased. Experiments carried on somewhat later showed that animals inoculated with cultures, made in the presence of tin, Jived from four to eight days longer than controls. The therapeutic effect of salts of tin in- jected twelve hours after inoculation with a vrulent staphylococcus was very evident. The treated animals lived from three to six days longer than the controls. The field in which the tin has been most extensively used and in which the best results have been ob- tained is that of dermatoolgy; particu- larly in cases of furunculosis, abscesses and other staphyloccoccic affections. There are various modes of adminis- tering tin and its compounds for thera- peutic effects. It may ‘be given in- ternally, as French physicians have re- cently been giving collodial tin intern- ally and intramuscularly. It may be used in the form of a lotion or a salve. It is best used, however, internally in some form or other with the application at the same time of a tin salve locally to the lesion. The tin most suitable for internal administration must be free of lead and arsenic, the metals most often found in association with tin. It is usually a mixture of metallic tin and the oxide of tin. In cases of skin boils the usual dosage is from .5 to .1 gram daily, and no dietary restriction or modification is necessary. Local applications of tin ointment may be made. At the end of the second day the pain is usually found to ‘be diminished and the in- flammation completely disappears in from four to five days. In serious cases of generalized furunculosis, treat- ment for fifteen days is necessary for a complete resorption of the furuncles. In childhood one of the most fre- quent affections is styes. With tin the effects on styes in children and even in infants has been found to be most satisfactory. The single doses varied from .22 to .44 gm. of tin. For best results it has been found that treat- ment should be instituted when the first reddening and swelling of the lids appear. In the majority of cases, the lid becomes perfectly normal in two or three days. More advanced styes should be continued for three or four weeks, because the styes recur if this is not done. Until now the chief therapeutic in- dications for tin, as has been men- tioned before, has been in skin lesions, particularly those in which the staphy- lococcus was the etiological factor. Research is constantly going on at the present time in an endeavor to dis- cover other distempers in which this element may exercise its beneficial properties. Not only has tin become a topic of interest among clinics, but others of the primary elements are be- ing viewed as therapeutic possibilities. Thus lead has now been used for quite a few years in the treatment of certain forms of cancer, chorione-pithilioma, in particular. Iron is an element whose worth in treatment is very high; titanium, in the form of an oleate has been tried in cancer by English in- vestigators. . There is but little doubt careful investigation is made of the therapeutic possibilities of others of the chemical elemenits, which are not now used in medicine, some interesting discoveries will be made. In many instances more gratifying results have been obtained with simpler agents than with expensive and complicated com- pounds. Among some of these simple ele- ments which have been serving with undoubted efficacy in the field of therapeutics have been -nagnesium as an analgesiac, antipyretic, mercury and that if. “ounces of arsenic as specific in syphilis, gold in skin tuberculosis, silver in gonorrhea, and many, many others which space will not permit to enumerate. Edward Podolsky, M. D. ———_.~>~+ Benzoin and Glycerin Lotion. A mixture of glycerin, tincture of benzoin and rose water is a common household lotion for the hands or face, and the usual method of mixing these is unsatisfactory. The following im- proved methods have ‘been suggested: 1. Tincture benzoin ___________ 6 drs. Sigeitia 2 4 ozs. Rose water, to make ________ 16 ozs. Mix the glycerin and rose water in a bottle, shaking well. Then very carefully pour the tincture on top of the mixture, cork the bottle, and slowly invert the latter once or twice without shaking it. Z.dinctare peqzoin 22 3 drs. siveerg 8 8 ozs. Rose water, to make ________ 16 ozs. Add the tincture, in repeated por- tions to 4 fluidounces of glycerin, agi- tating thoroughiy after each addition. Allow the mixture to stand for an hour, and then add, in small amounts and with thorough agitation, enough rose water to make 8 fluid ounces. Strain the mixture at once through a very finely meshed cloth, rubbing it through with a glass rod or bone spatula. This operation should be re- peated three or four times. Allow the mixture to stand for several hours, add the remainder of the glycerin and shake well, and then add rose water and again agitate thoroughly. This preparation is best not pre- pared extemporaneously but should be made as above and kept as a stock product. ——_»++—___ Cosmetics For the Hair. In the case of oily and greasy scalps, shampooing must be rather frequent, after which a spirituous lotion may be rubbed and brushed into the head. Euresol is a valuable remedy for this purpose—though its employment car- ries us into the sphere of dermatologi- cal medicine rather than cosmetics, but it must be remembered that the pre- vention of seborrhoea may save the hair from falling. A useful hair wash containing both oil and spirit is the following the ingredients of which may be varied in quantity according to which type of local conditions prevaiis: PUUNESON 25 10 gr, AlostSN 2 dr. Tiact cantar 1 dr. Spt. Iavand. spt. rosmarini aa ad 1 oz. Careful combing of ‘the hair is es- sential and in the case of girls this must be done morning and_ night. Loose plaiting is preferable to tight curling. Singeing of the hair is a barbarous procedure, utterly without rhyme or reason, and the practice should never be permitted. Hair dyes are seldom or never required in the case of children. ———_> + < —--__ Furniture Polish. The following will dry rapidly. Dis- solve 2 ounces of shellac in 1 pint of strong alcohol; add 1 pint of linseed oi! and half pint of turpentine. Mix well and add 2 ounces of ether and 4 amonnia water. Apply rapidly with a sponge. IN THE REALM OF RASCALITY. Questionable Schemes Which Are Under Suspicion. We warn our readers not have any dealings with Henry J. Breitenfelt, who does business in Milwaukee un- der the style of Artisan Press, Mon- arch Press and Boston Printing Co. He is a man of small means and con- ducts his business in his own home, which is a small one-story bungalow. He is utterly irresponsible. He has solicitors in Michigan which are equal- ly irresponsible. A man named E. P. Hinkley, of Jackson, is undertaking to exploit a device which he calls the Oxygen Health Machine Co. Realm has ob- tained the following report on the device from a high medical authority: “A call was made at the residence of Mr. Hinkley, Hinkley boulevard, Vandercook Lake. We found Mr. Hinkley living upstairs in-a farm home, rented from the family living downstairs. Mr. Hinkley has an office at 709 Central State Bank building, Jackson. The pamphlet put out by Mr. Hinkley The- Internal Air Vi- brator has been changed to the Oxygen Health Machine Co. Mr. Hinkley gives a demonstration as to what the machine will do, curing every known disease there is. He states that he re- cently visited Mr. Edison at his Florida home and while there obtained a pic- ture of Mr. Edison and Mr. Edison’s physician and also states that he left his machine with Mr. Edison as a mat- ter of trial for Mr. Edison’s deafness. He states further that as soon as they complete arrangements some people in Jackson are going to form a com- pany to manufacture the machine, as well as sell it. Mr. Hinkley is to do nothing but receive royalty from the machine. “He does not receive money for treatments, but does demonstrate the machine, stating that he cures one ‘hundred headaches a day. If anyone wishes to purchase or rent a machine he can come to Mr. Hinkley’s office and he will demonstrate it and show how it works until he gets used to it. ~ Money paid will be credited on rental or purchase price. He claims to have been investigated by the Chamber of Commerce of Jackson and he obtained legal advice from Mr. Spencer, of that body, who advised him tha,t he must not diagnose or agree to cure any dis- ease. .He gave me a demonstration of the machine. It is nothing more than a forced atomizer. Two drops of med- icine, which he claims is a prescription from a Chicago physician, are forced through the atomizer and will last for twenty treatments.” A fraternal magazine of large circu- lation which prints the advertisements of two companies selling abdominal belts and each claiming fat reducing qualities for such belts, has signed a stipulation with the Federal Trade Commission, agreeing to co-operate in the elimination of this advertising, which is alleged to be false and mis- leading. The publisher stipulated that * proceedings against advertisers may go ea - we. ee, ‘ a A. an al e a4. oY- at $ e é ? A . a April 22, 19 ’ 31 cee without joining the publ : MICHIGAN TR sa ubli A etapa and the publisher . ments to the effect th : DESMAN ceo y such action as the ns will ouescome cient at this treatment : ise W ay take against the gacnae resentations are ce ge such rep- HOLESALE DRUG P 27 - dicate clear! so as to in- RICE Five ad : : rly that they ref CURREN : vertiser-vend of sterility d er to cases Prices T tising ag ndors, one ad y due to functional quoted are nominal ency, and ver- es only; al weakness- based i . one publi y; or that : : Acids on market d ; — stipulations wah oe have competent 2 preparation is a me oo 10 @ 20 yok ras __._ 1 25@1 50 . of issue. ; e n ta A =e ‘ rade Commission : ederal cases of sterili or remedy for Carbolic -- bo @ 0 Eee 5 0U@5 25 foe Cuan’ circulati agreeing t erility caused b Cikie 33 @ 44 Eucal - 4 00@4 uchu @2 40 culation of f : o stop weal y functio itric ---------- 4 wots 1G 25 Cantharides —_--- @2 ee alse and misleading ad knesses. nal Muriatic tae G vomiee a i apt Pope eta @2 : n : ad- : : Nite g Juni : re-. 2 00@% “ m ----- such oa alleged remedies for Stipulation 046: Selling il Oxalie see 1B o - suniper wood’. i bow 78 Chashins -=------ oi “4 ae Ss as piles d remedy for s an 4 eged suiphurie ‘ 25 sard, extr: = 50@1 75 c ona ility, bow : , deafness, st y for stomach Tartario 3%@ 8 Lard, N w% ..-. 1 55@1 65 Jolchicum - @2 16 el dis oe, Sek de : and bowel dis ric —------ 4 rd, No. 1 ____ 1 28 eo Gili . @1 daw. orders, obesity and i an advertiser-vendor A ,eo8 fi Flow -- ‘ ee _ Digitalis aaa @2 _ : stop stati : to é arn. 1 28@1 5 nin @2 04 Detail ng that his tre . ; Ammonia Lemon _- luein Gua Esa of the cases are as fol or successful pica icanew unien: of dee 8? 7 Linseed, boiled, ones Gu, Ae” ° 2 28 Stipulation 043: Th ollows: ee method of treating dis water 18 deg.__ 06 c a Linseed, raw Pes @ = Wie @2 _ and vendo . e manufactur : e stomach - Water, 14 deg... 5 g insed, bld., less Sa tadina. Coliriaea. @i r of a er the n » or adequate Carbonate 54%@ 13 Linseed, , less 90@1 03 1e, Colorless_ 25 and fend of 4 treet fr pls plsh more than tempor Sequate for Ehoraa'tasaay 1 Seb mone stg 99 Kino. ge treatmen : ng claims that i a more than tem : g Oliv oot See ees 30 Myrrh — oe @1 44 een sabe oy all pain; afford ee will also refrain ean eh relief. He Balsams Ulive: Malaga. 3 0005 00 Nux Vomica ---- cr = : or chroni - tions : representa- Copaiba _-- : eS re Gat. Cale Sg 1 80 fering from piles is ; ee tee 3 oo ae prescribed - ee (Canada) —- 2 103 oS Malaga. «eer © Guin: Hoes o1 “4 b : needless; o ominent physici y “ir (Oregon) me q 0 green _ ‘ Rh , Deodorz’a 1 y a person’s rememberi r that with astoni i ysician in many cases Veru ---------- 3 soos 0 Orange Sia 2 85@3 26 ubach << & 40 he can forget the pile ing the name trial will ishing results, or that a Volu ------------ cols cio oe ees 92 : a =. will prove i e Uriganur z — @2 Pain Stipulation 044: A treat it to be a meritoriou B Fenccpal a ceed 50 Lead, red dry . an artificial ear d company AOE oe S cassia ( a Panne oo 4 name 20 Lead, white dry 134@13% tisi r drum will stip ad Stipulati ‘ ae ae 25@ 30 Rose ure ---- ¢ 50@4 ia tend wine ot uaa ing so as to lead ee i on 047: Printin sassaf aigon) -. 40@ 60 Rosemary Flow nweewe Coo Oil 134%@13% lieve that a p ead the reader to be tisement for an abdomi a an adver- oa cas LS 60c) @ 50 saadebwcda ee 1eagits Hoe allow ps @ 2% erson : . mina ee powd.) elas ee ed Venet’ ss 3 the business but Monae active in ona of a magazine of bok the — 20@ 3 Saadateas teas 12 60@12 75 pee Veuee'a uo s4@ : gaged in i Boks ead is still en- ulation, agreed t : e cir- >assairas, ue 2 OU@2 2% W eee . 8 : it, giving his advi en 6 0 abide by whatever Berries Spearmint aryl eat Whiting, bbl, —_ 5@ 8 attention Soe vice and the Com : Cubeb Shee 5 00@5 25 iting @ 4% Other an signing correspondenc against the ad scone may take Si8h -------------- ou oe << rs ee isrepre ; : e. advertiser, loniee cee @ 2 ‘tne Gee 6 00 pe acy 2 65 et uae: Ei sagas to be stop- known that the belt sn ee made Prickly. Nan 1u@ 20 Turpentine, bi. ee = Msceillaneo ed; that th foe eed of th merece tat Go Fee ee _ 6 (oe. -~ e use of the d : Tes ; e wearer b nlergreen tee ai@ % sto : rums w sage action : y a mas- ‘ Extracts leaf __ , ain nee 06 ‘ re hearing; will re- Its all : ad powd. z @ 12 ing; that th : 4 alleged in Licorice -- : Winteecan Se 6 00@6 2 grou - and drums wil egal me pending ; proceed- Licorice, powd. wo@ 75 ntergreen, sw % demu ae set will make the teader o € Wee aa, aes the’ savéctiser . powd. -. bu@ iv oo eee ye sc? a Subni- 09@ 15 ctive pu r pros- ; a claim i a ntergreen, art UWS 26 Kurax xtal or 2 12Q: a eget hear (unless such leading, and deceiv is false and mis- Flowers oo neat 6 ao vy et Aine = 2 12@2 40 : 1ons are qualified eee Stipulati ived purchasers Arnica = -------- 75 wood __ 10 o0@10 = Cautua cd ----—— ute@ they will not be effecti Lt indicate Stipulation 048: An ad a Chamomile Ged.) 2 8u 6% Cocaci tS ee 13 pee! ee aera : fdvenicins =o oe oe SS Geen ae ou ; afness). The firm will al cas€S the paring and placing copy f : @ 90 BF otassium cae ee 55 stati i < also vendor seis 5 or icarbonz Gasaa Ha 5 inc - in advertisements that the a coca of artificial ear drums Gums Bichromiate Bee 35@ 40 Ciace Buds 3 ma vy i = : i . ‘ache Mida 2 ole a a. Chea BC Ghee Qe eee ae Se Le a2 a g so Bromide Ibe ip suse Aismioi iy is solely by i : s 4 may go ahead wi Noneian Sette @w 40 orate. eran’d. 4@ 71 Chore be ‘ 6 Stipulati y it. out making th ad with- ac ' Sorts ___. 25@ ehicrat. grand. 21@ : c ai ttydrat i@ 64 ion 045: Sterili : g the advertisin cacia, 1’owdered 40 Geox €, powd. 28 Cocaine ___ e 1 zuwl 6u come by ‘I rility will be aver party defendant ana g agency a genie (Barb bow) Le a0 Gee ee aa ie 23 Cocoa Butter 12 xd9@1s 40 a é a certain remedy, accordi abide by hat , and the agency will aS (Cape Pow.) 2B 33 a Ss 2O 90 Cuins, list ida ee 90 s advertiser-ve z ording : whatever acti ea ves (suc. Pow. be 3 lodide --_______ 4 : : Ss 3UflL0 to ndor. It : missi ions the C Asalvelida -) sow bu ermangana 34@4 55 COpperas 4 every m : . will ena ssion may 5 om- OC cba & Vrussi te 22 ‘ S RGSS Le! 40-10% arried woman wh : ble eect p make. The vendo ae Oe oe v@ bu Bo yellow ae 35 Copperas, a. -~ us@ lo dren to obtai PRO Wants chil- cial ear drums i eo Se me Gc Ga aia an Corrosive Sublm” tw lu cdi n them, it was said. Th wade falce sad : is alleged to have oe rae i yd phate 225 bah 15 eons ‘Varlar 2 00@2 30 r agreed to cease maki : e aes Sia ent ee pow d ___ . or w 40 an bone sow 45 ing state- : ge ee 4 oe — es er Correct thinkin eat nino, powdered_ os Roots - vuver's Lowder 64@ 15 g makes correct doing pe ee = os 2u Alkanet SAMOry, all Ne. 4 vuw4 ou S yrrn, rea lo lOOd. NGaoe luery, Fb Nos. lu Gude ar wil Zo Gee ae x ia. goers e etna Peoe ae vuw2zi o0 Hlecampane, pwd. Sa 6 bl Sane te G03 % Shellac, Oran vow 3y Gentian e, pwd. 20@ 65 burgot, Oo less 3%y 2 Seu. Ww ge 40@ 50 Ginger, powd. 30 30 Flake, \ dered __ @ uv ea Vraue lle sow sr, African @ 30 Bora Vhite _ : 4 vw Sona Fe acanth, pow. iu powdered , maldehyde Ib. dw 2 e ° Lraiecnn th » yo (2 Ginger. Jamaica “oe Co » Ib, 09@ 35 Base Balls. I ercnandise Durpentine -<-. @ 28 Ginger. Jamaica @ 60 Uiassware, 1e3s 83 gue v0 alls . : bowderea iassware, Tull pee ’ ndoor Balls Golf B : Gcidaneece 6a a edhe Salta, ss 6U%,. GOLF SUPPLIES ’ alls a insecticides ie fea 5 ae 50 Ging Salts we eno rsenic — s icorice . -- 400@4 60 Ul » Brown _ ; lu — ide \itloL “OBL” 7@ 20 Licorice,” powd.—_ 35 a nen Gal ie TENNIS SUPPLIES a Bags, Etc aie Vitor. yee wee Bs oe powdered ia 30 Une inte dee = —— 5 ordea. Mix D 6 Powd 5@ 40 ly matte nile grd. z : a Lacie ry 10%4@ Rh ered 2 yeerine _ - tw 3% INSECTICIDES. ROGER ls, Rackets, Etc Suwdenia ci af. Ebabarh powd, < 4 Lops cast “ing 2 : nsect ------ 156@ 2% Saves naciil wd. Seen _%@ 9% ROGERS BRU S$ HOUSE PAINT | fajienaiee 2 6 aoe oe ae ud and Sulanue eo Sudauceviin. sence ad Acetat 30 PICNIC SU SHING LAQUER oe sik aienag Sarsaparilia, Mexic. - - ane ee 1i@ 2% PPLIE. aris Green ___- pe = satin apdas ae piace bowdered— wi bu @ 45 T dered oe wi bu ’ vee powd 10@ 80 Morpuine ____ 1 6 50@7 20 WAL . alerian, powd. _ 20@ 25 Nux Younes” 13 583@14 33 SODA FO L PAPER CLEANE Buchu =e 0 poe peewee eae : ‘ : z UNTAIN RS Buchu, powdered @ 50 Seeds Pepver, McG pw. 35@ a >a @ ; P ite, ES — B i 25@ ee anise ae Burgundy. 3@ 85 e, eal ¢ Se ---------—— uassiz a KODAKS AN 2age, < @ 40 ase ---20@ 30 qin: ie ue * DF 2s ke 35 . a6 twa os 1b 2 lex. _ 5 Canary 13@ 1 nelle Sal @ 60 Senna, Tinn --- 50@ 75 Carawé 7 = Sacchari ts __ 2@ 3 ; hinn. pow wa 12@ . ne ; 35 MOT PAINT BRU Uva Ursi ----- ; ace z Gaedanan Po. 30 25@ “ ea Peter _____ 2 60@2 75 ce Rotardes na Sidlitee here ll BATH H KILLERS — ANT KIL a ; ee a eae ee ug " Menuet Ge mm Sot = ——— ; 0 t cas 30 ING SUPPLIES FO LERS — Bitter ee So ee ea 50 ae white Costin @ % ae rue . X, ——- CRS. oS ; SPONG OD JUGS aude ST» yoy y feeucrne ona ASB aa “ani © ES ee CHA artificial er, Sain pwd. 15@ 25 _less, per bar tile C MOIS ne FE Almonds. Sweet. 3 00@3 25 Lobelia, powd. _ g 15 — Ash ____ _- @1 60 omplet S TC true -- Mustard, yellow @1100 Sod Bicarbonate ; s@ 10 | ine Line Al | Meee: teen Aye TA 2 scan Sarton res . mitati : ppy _-__ os 3 > Nal ak 08 ways on D “ate aa 1e@1 a Quince 15@ = Sulphur, eaeeer @1 20 ispla Amber, crude -. 15@} So 2 25 Sueur sen, e y mber, rectified “Sema ore oo ia azeitine & P . Anise --—---- 1 50@1 75 Sunflower =~ — fo E craiigr = ‘0 . erkins Dr | oo 2 ones 26 Worm, American , 26@ 18 Turpentine, Ven. 500 ig Grand R- id ug OQ fae 00@2 25 : ant _ 6 50@7 00 Vanilla Ex. en, 50@ 7 — Michi - Guia 3 00@3 25 Venilla ee ae 1 50@2 00 tenigen Wari fear Gane : so) 0 Piette fac Suliat. 2 25 2 50 ee a ieee ae ~ Webster Ci . @acoanut = 3 50@8 75 pny ee =< Websterettes Co. Brand Gna tives oo 22%@ 36 oo oe. on ae Cincos és ee 3 = Croton -----—-- 1 40@2 00 Belladonna —_____ @2 28 Webster Cadillacs —- 33 50 ee $00@8 36 Henscin | @s ‘4 Golden "Wedding “= 75 00 Pens @2 as 28 Commodore __......” 75 00 nic 95 00 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Peeing apenas Seana eantoeedenaeeadalaeeeton) April 22, 1931 GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mailing and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices, however, are liable to change at any time, and merchants will have their orders filled at mar- ket prices at date of purchase. For price changes compare with previous issues ADVANCED DECLINED Pork a Cheese : Pet and Borden’s Evap. Milk Soap AMMONIA ROLLED OATS CANNED FISH 2 Parsons, 64 oz. Purity Brand Clam Ch’der, 10% oz. 1 35 ns, 32 oz. Instant Flake, sm., 248180 Clam Chowder, No. 2. 2 75 » 18 oz. Instant Flake, sm., 48s 3 60 Clams, Steamed. No. 1 3 00 Parsons, 10 oz. Instant Flake, Ige., 18s 3 40 Clams, Minced, No. % 2 25 Parsons, 6 oz. Regular Flake, sm.,24s 1 80 Finnan Haddie, 10 oz. 3 30 ps ee 4 55 Pe Bie 25 10 lb. pails, per doz. 9 40 15 ib. pails, per doz. 12 60 25 lb. pajls, per doz. 19 15 25 lb. pails, per doz. 19 15 APPLE oe eo. Quaker, 24-21 oz., doz. Quaker, 12-38 oz., doz. 2 35 BAKING POWDERS Arctic, 7 oz. tumbler 1 . Royal, 10c, doz. 3 a 4 oz., doz. -__._ 1 80 Royal, Royal, 6 oz., doz. ---. 2 45 Royal, 12 oz., doz. -. 4 85 Royal, 6 im, 24 50 KC, 10c size, 8 oz. KC, 15c size, 12 oz. -- KC. 20c size, full lb... 7 20 KC, KC, KC, KC, 25¢ size. 25 oz. ~ 9 20 50c size, 50 oz. -- 5 lb. size ~------_ 6 85 10 Ib. size ~----- 6 75 BLEACHER CLEANSER Clorox, 16 oz., 248 .. 3 8 Lizzie, 16 oz., 126 -... 2 16 BLUING Am. Ball,36-1 oz.,cart. 1 00 Boy Blue, 36s, per cs. 2 70 Perfumed Biuing 4 02., 128 .. 80 4 oz., 345 -. 1 560 Sr Moh Lizette, 10 oz., soe BEANS and PEAS 100 lb. bag Brown Swedish Beans 9 00 Pinto Beans ~~... 9 Red Kdney Beans White H’d P. Beans 65 35 Sol. Lima a 2. 8 ae Bla,ck Eye Beans -. Split Peas, Yellow -- 5.60 Split Peas, Green -.-. 6.50 Scotch Peas 4 70 BURNERS Queen Ann, No. 1 and “ BOTTLE CAPS Obl. Lacguor, 1 gross ‘ -, per gross -_-- BREAKFAST FOODS Kellogg’s Brands. Corn Flakes, No. 136 2 85 Corn Flakes, No. 124 2 85 Pep, No. oo Pep, No. 20 rambles, No. 424 __. 2 70 __Bran Flakes, No. 624 2 45 Bran Flakes, No. 602 _ Ri ies, 6 oz. __ Rice arena 1 oz. _. 1 10 Kaffe Hag, 12 1-lb. NN a 15 All Bran, 16 oz. —---- 2 25 All Bran, 10 oz. ~----- 2 70 All Bran, % oz. —---. 2 00 @ Regular Flake, sm., 48s 3 60 Regular Flake, lg., 18s 3 40 China, large, 12s ____ 315 Chest-o-Silver, lg., 12s 3 25 Post Brands. Grape-Nuts, 24s __.___ 3 80 Grape-Nuts, 100s -_.. 2 75 Instant Postum, No. 8 5 40 Instant Postum, No. 10 4 50 Postum Cereal, No. 0 2 25 Post Toasties. 368 __ 2 85 Post Toasties, 248 .. 2 85 Post’s Bran, 24s __- 2 70 BROOMS . Jewell, doz. ~.-----..- semeened Parlor, 23 lb. 8 25 Fancy Parlor, 23 Ib... 9 25 &x. Fancy Parlor 25 lb. 9 75 Ex. Fcy. Parlor 26 ib. " 7 ei SESS A Ae aN Whisk, No. 3 ~-------- 2 75 BRUSHES Scru Solid Back, 8 in. -... 1 50 Solid Back, 1 in. ---. 1 76 Pointed Ends -------- 1 25 Stove shaker ..........._... 1 30 No, 50 ~.---.--------- 3 00 Poemess 2 60 Shoe Nea) 2 25 Ne 20 2 3 00 BUTTER COLOR Dandelion — ------.--- 2 85 CANDLES Electric Light, 40 Ibs. 12.1 Piumber, 40 ibs. ----- 12.8 Paraffine, 6s ~-------- 14% Paraffine, 12s ------- 14% Wicking... 40 Tudor, 6s. per box -. 30 CANNED FRUITS Hart Brand Apples No. 10 ___...___..._..-_-_- 5 75 Biackberries nS, 3 Pride of Michigan --.. 3 25 Cherries Mich. red, No. 10 ~_--11 75 Red, No. 10 —...-__._ 12 Res; NO. 2 2.5 415 Pride of ~_— No. 2.. : = Marcellus Red ------ 0 Speca: Fie 60 Whole White -------- 3 25 Gooseberries No. 19) 8 00 Pears 19 oF, wipes Pride of Mich. No. 2% 3 80 Plums Grand Duke, No. 2%-- 3 25 Yellow Eggs No. 2%-- 3 25 Black Raspberries . oe ee Pride of Mich. No. 2_. 3 25 Pride of Mich. No. 1_. 2 Red Raspberries NO; 2 4 60 NO. te 3 Marcellus, No. 2 ----__ 3 60 Pride of Mich. No. 2_. 4 Strawberries Pride of Mich. No. 2.. Clam Bouillon, 7 oz._ Chicken Haddie, No. 1 Fish Flakes, small __ Cod Fish Cake, 10 oz. Cove Oysters, 5 oz. __ Lobster, No. %, star Shrimp, 1, wet __.. Sard’s, % Oil, Key _. Sard’s, 4% Oil, Key __ 5 00 Sardines, % Oil, k’less 4 75 Salmon, Red Alaska__ 3 76 Salmon, Med. Alaska 2 8§ Salmon, Pink, Alaska 1 35 Sardines, Im. \, ea. 10@22 Sardines, Im., %, ea. 25 Sardines, Cal. _. 1 35@2 25 Tuna, % Curtis, doz. 2 50 Tuna, 4s, Curtis, doz. 1 80 Tuna, % Blue Fin __ 2 zu: Tuna, 1s, Curtis, doz. 6 10 SD DON pt = DO dO Go BO OO bo ~ oa CANNED MEAT Bacon, Med. Beechnut 2 70 Bacon, Lge. Beechnut 4 50 Beef, No 1, Corned __ 2 80 Beef No. 1, Roast __ 3 00 Beef, 2 oz., Qua., sll. 1 38 Beef, 3% oz. Qua. sli. 2 25 Beef, 5 oz., Am. Sliced 3 00 Beef, No. 1, B’nut, sli. 4 50 Beefsteak & Onions, s 3 70 Chili Con Car., 1g _._ 1 35 Deviled Ham, %s ____ 1 60 Deviled Ham, %s ____ 3 85 Hamburg Steak & Onions, No. 1 __.__. 3 15 Potted Beef, 4 oz. ____ 1 10 1 Potted Meat, % Libby 52 Potted Meat, % Libby 90 Potted Meat, % Qua. 8% Potted Ham, Gen. % 1 45 Vienna Saus. No. % 1 36 Vienna Sausage, Qua. 90 Veal Loaf, Medium __ 2 25 Baked Beans Campbella oo 80 Quaker, 16 oz. 75 Fremont, No. 2 ______ 1 25 Snider, Ne 4. 4 19 Snider, No. 2 ___ = 1 26 Van Camp, small _.__ 9 Van Camp, med. ____ 1 45 CANNED VEGETABLES Hart Brand Baked Beans Medium, Plain or Sau. 16 No. 10, Sauce ________ 5 60 Lima Beans Little Dot, No. 2 __. 3 10 Little Quaker, No. 10_13 25 Little Quaker, No. 1 __ 1 80 Baby, No. 2 2 18 Pride of Mich. No. 1__ 1 55 Marcellus, No. 10 __.. 8 75 Red Kidney Beans oO 6 No. 50 ND. Do 3 70 he ee ee ee 1 30 De Ree 90 String Beans Little Dot. No. 2 ____ 3 20 Little Dot, No. 1 ____ 2 40 Little Quaker, No. 1-- 1 90 Little Quaker, No. 2 __ 2 90 Choice Whole, No. 10_12 75 Choice ‘Whole, No. 2__ 2 56 Choice Whole. No. 1__1 70 Aout, NO: AO 10 Cut, No. 2 210 Cut, No.2 1 60 Pride of Mich. No. 2__ 1 75 Marcellus, No. 2 ___. 1 50 Marcellus, No. 10 ____ 8 25 Wax Beans Litlet Dot, No. 2 __._ 2 75 Little Dot, No. 1 ____ 1 90 Little Quaker, No. 2__ 2 65 Little Quaker, No. 1 1 80 Choice Whole, No. 10_12 50 Choice Whole, No. 2__ 2 50 Choice Whol, No. 1._ 1 75 scenester neneeetyresnnasenseesanrnrvecserineseoeenienssataneeitseireaen isomers ut. No. 70 = 10 25 Cun Bio, 2 2 215 Cue, NO fe 1 45 Pride of Michigan __ 1 75 Marcellus Cut, No. 10_ 8 25 Beets Small, No. 2% Sento 3 Etxra Small, No. 2. 3 a Fancy Small No, 2 au 2 46 Pride of Michigan __ 2 20 Marcellus Cut, No. 10_ 6 50 Marcel. Whole, No. 2% 1 85 : Carrots Diced, No, 9.5 1 30 Diced, No. 10 _____ 7 00 Corn Golden Ban., No. o.. 3.60 Golden Ban., No. 2__1 90 Golden Ban., No. 10_10 75 Little Dot. No. 2 a 2 oO Little Quaker, No. 2 1 70 Little Quaker, MO, 124-35 Country, Gen., No it 36 Country Gen., No. 2__ Pride of Mich., No. 6_ Pride of Mich., No. a Pride of Mich.. Os 1s Marcellus, No. 5 Marcellus, No. 2 Marcellus, No, 1 Pe Bt peek peek aa et tek Ot et ee Co Fancy Crosby. No, 2°. 4 76 Fancy Crosby, No. 1__ 45 Peas Little Dot. No, 1 A Little Dot. No. 2 ieee a Little Quaker, No. 10 12 00 Little Quaker, No ae Little Quaker, No. é Bifted E. June, No. Sifted EB. June, No. p.. 5:75 Sifted E. June, No. 1 Sifted Kk. June, No. 1 Belle of Hart, No. 2.4 Pride of Mich., No. 10 8 75 Pride of Mich., No, 2... 1 Marcel., kx. June, No. 21 Marcel., E. June, No. 5 4 Marcel., E. Ju., No. 10 7 Templar E. J., No. 21 Templar E. Ju., No. 10 7 Ov “ea BO 5 50 OO Se oo 5 No. 2 Be Marcellus No 115 No. 5 00 No. 1 60 No. 1 25 No. 2 50 No. 1 990 Squash Boston, No. g.. Succotash Golden Bantum, No. 2 tutte Dot. No. 2 -.. 2 325 Little Quaker ____. 2 25 Pride of Michigan —. 2 10 Tomatoes NOs 40 os 5 80 De. 8 2. 2 25 No. =z 65 Be ae 1 Pride of Mich., No. 2% 2 10 Pride of Mich., No. 2__1 40 CATSUP, Beech-Nut, small ____ 1 60 Beech-Nut, large ____ 2 40 lily of Valley, 14 oz.__ 2 25 Lily of Valley, % pint Sugars. 8 Of, 4 §6 Sniders, 16 oz. ______ 2 3d Quaker, 10 oz. ______ 1 35 Quaker, 14 oz. ______ 1 80 Quaker, Gallon Glass 12 00 Quaker, Gallon Tin __ 7 25 CHILI SAUCE Snider, 16 oz. -. 3 15 PINOT, B06 2 20 Lilly Valley, 8 oz. _. 2 25 Lilly Valley, 14 oz. __ 3 25 OYSTER COCKTAIL Sniders, 16 oz. _____. 3 15 pingers, 8 ox. = 2 20 CHEESE moguefort 68 Wisconsin Daisy ______ 17 Wisconsin Flat _______ ad New York June 27 Rap Sapo 40 Bee ee 18 Michipan Wate 2 |. 17 Michigan Daisies ______ a7 Wisocnsin Longhorn __ 17 Imported Leyden ______ 28 1 lb. Limburger ______ a 26 Imported Swiss _______ 56 Kraft Pimento Loaf _.. 26 Kraft American Loaf __ 24 Kraft Brick Loaf ______ 24 Kraft Swiss Loaf ______ 35 Kraft Old Eng. Loaf__ 44 Kraft, Pimento, % Ib. 1 90 Kraft. American, % Ib. 1.90 Kraft, Brick, % tb. __ 1 90 Kraft Limburger, % Ib. 1 90 CHEWING GUM Adams Biack Jack —_.. 65 Adams Bloodberry -_.. 65 Adams Dentyne —.._.. 65 Adams Calif. Fruit __ 65 Adams Sen Sen -.___. 65 Beeman’s Pepsin —_____ 65 Beechnut Wintergreen_ Beechnut Peppermint_- Beechnut Spearmint _-_ Doublemint Peppermint, Wrigleys _- = Spearmint, Wrigleys 5 suey. eit 5 Krigieys P-K ooo 65 CO 65 SPADeITY Coco 6f, COCOA Droste’s Dutch, 1 Ib.__ 8 60 Droste’s Dutch, % Ib. 4 50 Droste’s Dutch, % Ib. 2 35 Droste’s Dutch, 5 Ib. 66 Checolate Apples ____ 4 50 Pastelles, No. 1 __.. 12 60 Pastelles, % Ib. .._._- 6 60 Pains De Cafe ______. 3 00 Droste’s Bars, 1 doz. 2 00 Delft Pastelles ______ 2.15 1 lb. Rose Tin Bon Bon 18 00 Se 7 oz. Rose Tin Bon eS ae eae 9 00 13 oz. Creme De Cara- RE 13 20 12 oz. Rosaces ....__. 10 80 1% lb. Rosaces —.....__ 7 80 % Ib. Pastelles ___.__ 3 40 Langnes De Chats _. 4 80 CHOCOLATE Baker, Caracas, %s ____ 37 Baker, Caracas, 4s __.. 35 SLOTHES LINE Femp, 50 ft. ___ 2 00@2 25 Twisted Cotton, BO fe, —— 1 80@2 25 Braided, 60 ft. 2 25 sash. Cord i... - 2 50@2 75 COFFEE ROASTED Blodgett-Beckley Co. TBO Old 40 Lee & Cady 1 ib. Package EARORCY, 2 16 Quaker Vacuum ______ 3234 Nedrow 28 Morton House __... 36 Meno 2 a6 Imperial 38 Majestic 31 Boston Breakf’t Blend 26 Mclaughiin’s Kept-Fresh Coffee Extracts a Y., ver 100 Frank’s 5f pkgs. __ 4 25 Hummel’s 50 1 Ib. 10% CONDENSED MILK Leader, 4 doz. BMagie, 4 dos... MILK COMPOUND Hebe, Tall, 4 doz. .._ 4 50 Hebe, Baby, 8 doz. __ 4 40 Carolene. Tall, 4 doz. 3 80 Carolene, Raby ...__. 3 50 EVAPORATED MILK PaPe Tal oe 3 80 Page. BAY oS 3 8 Quaker, Tall, 10% oz. 3 50 Quaker, Baby, 2 doz. ‘8 50 Quaker, Gallon, % doz. 3 50 Carnation, Tall, 4 doz. 3 85 Carnation, Baby, 8 dz. 3 85 Oatman’s Dundee, Tall 3 85 Oatman’s D’dee. Babe 8 85 Every Day, Tall ______ 3 85 Every Day, Baby --_. 3 85 Pet. Fen oo 3 85 Pet, Baby. 8 07.:_.._. 3 86 Borden’s, Fall 2. is 3 85 Borden’s Baby —___._ 38 85 CIGARS Airedale. poo. 35 00 Havana Sweets _____ 35 06 Hemeter Champion __38 50 Canadian Club ______ 35 vu Robert Emmett ... 75 00 Tom Moore Monarch 76 00 Webster Cadillac __.. 75 60 Webster Astor Foil.. 75 00 Webster Knickbocker 95 66 Webster Albany Foil 95 0u Bering Apollos ______ 95 00 Bering Palmitas __ 115 00 Bering Diplomatica 115 00 Bering Delioses ____ 120 00 Bering Favorita _.__ 135 0v Bering Albas __.... 150 6. CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Pure Sugar Sticks-600c 4 00 Big Stick. 20 lb. case 17 Horehound Stick, 5 lb. 18 Mixed Candy inderparten 2 17 Leader Fancy Chocolate 5 lb. boxes Bittersweets, Ass’ted 1 60 Milk Chocolate A A 1 65 Nibble Sticks _. | 1 56 Chocolate Nut Rolls _ 1 70 iue Rippon 1 30 Gum Drops Pails AMIse 15 Champion Gums _______ 15 Challenge Gums _____ a 26 Jeuy, Strings 0. 16 Lozenges Pails A. A. Pep. Lozenges __ 15 A. A. Pint Lozenges __ 15 A. A. Choc. Lozenges__ 15 Motto Hears t20 0 |: 18 Malted Milk Lozenges __ 21 Hard Goods Pails Lemon Drops 23 17 O. F. Horehound drops 16 Anise Squares 2.7 16 Peanut Squares _..__ 18 Cough Drops Bxs Putman so 1 35. PLR Sires os es 1 50 budens, (eee 1 50 : Package Goods Creamery Marshmallows 4 oz. pkg., 12s, cart. 85 4 oz. pkg., 48s, case 3 4@ Specialties Pineapple Fudge ______ 18 Italian Bon Bons ______ 17 Banquet Cream Mints__ 23 Silver King M.Mallows 115 Handy Packages, 12-10c 80 COUPON BOOKS 50 Economic grade 2 6¢@ 100 Economic grade 4 60 500 Economic grade 20 00 1000 Economic grade 37 50 Where 1,000 books are ordered at a time, special- ly printed front cover is furnished without charge. CREAM OF TARTAR 6 Ib. boxes _. amas, $8 DRIED FRUITS Apples N. Y. Fey., 50 lb. box 13 N. Y. Fey., 14 oz. pkg. 16 Apricots Evaporated, Choice _.._ 17 Evaporated, Fancy ____ 22 Evaporated, Slabs ____. Citron 0 ih een 36 Currants Packages, 14 oz. Greek, Bulk. 1b. 164% : Dates Dromedary, 36s ______ 6 75 Peaches ven. Choice: oo | 11 Wattey 15 Peel Lemon, American ______ 28 Orange, American _____ 28 Raising Seeded, bulk 08% ¥, Thompson’s s’dless blk 08 Thompson’s_ seedless, 18.02, Seeded, 15 oz. California Prunes 90@100, 25 Ib. boxes__@05% 80@90, 25 Ib. boxes__@06 70@80, 25 Ib. boxes__@07 80@70, 25 lb. boxes__@07% 25 lb. boxes..@08% 25 lb. boxes__@09% . 25 lb. boxes__@12 20@30, 25 lb. boxes_.@15% 18@24, 25 lb. boxes_.@17% eo 2h April 22, 1931 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 29 Hominy Pearl, 100 lb. sacks __ 3 50 ’ Macaroni Mueller’s Brands 9.0z. package, per doz. 1 39 9 0z. package, per case 2 20 Bulk Goods Elbow, 20 Ib. -_____ 5BYL@T% Egg Noodle, 10 lbs. __ 14 Pearl Barley Sea cea ns aaa 00 Barley Grits -________ 5 00 Chester: 22 3 75 Sage Hast india 2202: 10 Tapioca Pearl. 100 lb. sacks __ 09 Minute, 8 oz., 3 doz. 4 05 Dromedary Instant __ 3 50 Jiffy Punch 3.doz. Carton (22. 2 25 Assorted flavors. FLOUR Vv. C. Milling Co. Tily White Harvest Queen ________ Yes Ma’am Graham, DUR es 2 20 Brands Lee & Cady Brands American Eagle ____ Home Baker ___.___. FRUIT CANS Mason F. O. B. Grand Rapids Half pint 7 50 One. pint 2200 7 1 One: quart): 9 10 Half galion, 29 12 15 . Ideal Glass Top Bratt pint) 2 One pint ___ One Guart 22 at 15 Half gallon __________ 15 40 GELATINE Jell-O, & doz: 25. 85 Minute, $ doz. __ 4 05 Plymouth, White ____ 1 55 Guaker, 3:doez. 20 = 2 25 JELLY AND PRESERVES Pure, 30 lb. pails .___ 3 30 Imitation, 30 Ib. pails 1 85 Pure, 6 oz., Asst., doz. 90 Pure Pres., 16 oz., dz. 2 40 JELLY GLASSES 8 oz., per doz. OLEOMARGARINE Van Westenbrugge Brands Carload Distributor Best Foods Nmcoa Lib. 17 Holiday. 11h, 2. 12% Wilson & Co.’s Brands Ole OTUINOG) 2 coors 20 DURE ee 13 special Rell 20 oe 17 MATCHES Diamond, 144 box —_. 4 25 Searchlight, 144 box__ 4 25 Ohio Red Label, 144 bx 4 20 Ohio Blue Tip, 144 box 5 00 Ohio Blue Tip. 720-1c 4 00 *Reliable, 144 ________ 3 15 *Wederal, 144. _._.___- 3 95 Safety Matches Quaker, 5 gro. case___ 4 25 MULLER’S PRODUCTS Macaroni, 9 oz. ~----- 2 20 Spaghetti 9 oz. -_---- 2 20 Elbow Macaroni, 9 oz. 2 20 Egg Noodles, 6 oz. ---. 2 20 Egg Vermicelli, 6 oz. 2 20 Egg Alphabets. 6 oz._- 2 20 Egg A-B-Cs 48 pkgs.__ 1 80 NUTS—-Whole Almonds, Tarragona_. x Bratt; Large =... --_- 3 Fancy Mixed -------- 22 Filberts, Sicily —----_ 20 Peanuts, Vir. Roasted 11 Peanuts, Jumbo, std. 13 Pecans, 3, star —.-._- 25 Pecans, Jumbo ------ 40 Pecans, Mammoth --_ 50 Walnuts, Cal. -_.. 27@29 Hickory 226 Se 07 Salted Peanuts Paney; No: Poe 14 Shelled Almonds Salted ~__--_-_ 95 Peanuts, Spanish '259 3D. Das 22 12 Wilberte) coe 32 Pecans Salted -_.--.-_. 87 Walnut Burdo ..--:.: Walnut, Manchurian -_ 65 MINCE MEAT None Such, 4 doz. ___ 6 47 Quaker, 3 doz. case __ 3 50 Libby, Kegs, wet, Ib. 22 OLIVES 4 oz. Jar, Plain, doz. 10 oz. Jar, Plain, doz. 14 oz. Jar, Plain, doz Pint Jars, Plain, doz. Quart Jars, Plain, doz. 1 Gal. Glass Jugs, Pla. 5 Gal. Kegs, each ____ 34% oz. Jar, Stuff., doz. bo 028 bo et = or bo mm DO oo So 6 oz. Jar, Stuffed doz. 2 25 9% oz. Jar, Stuff., doz. 3 75 1 Gal. Jugs, Stuff., dz. 2 70 PARIS GREEN SOR oh ee i 34 DS se 32 28 ane 06 2s ee 30 Bel Car-Mo Brand 24 i. Eine 4 35 8 oz., 2 doz. in case __ 2 65 co Ip: patie. 2 eee 20 Ib. pasis 3 PETROLEUM PRODUCTS Including State Tax From Tank Wagon Red Crown Gasoline __ 16.7 Red Crown Ethyl __. 19.7 Solite Gasoline 9. ¢ in fron Barrels Perfection Kerosine __ 12.6 Gas Machine Gasoline 39.1 Vv. M. & P. Naphtha__ 20.8 1SO-ViS MOTOR OILS In Iron Barrels BAGG oe ee ee tek Medium 20400 Tel BReGay soe ee TEA Bee. Pigavy es TE) !? @olarine ts Iron Barrels | 61 eae el a 65.1 Medtum 222 oe 65.1 FR CAU Ye ee 65.1 Special heavy -____-__ 65.1 Pixtra “heavy 2222-22} 65.1 Polaring. ee 65.1 Tranmission Oi] ____. 65.1 Finol, 4 oz. cans, doz. 1 50 Finol, 8 oz. cans, doz. 2 30 Parowax, 100: 1b: 2. -7-$ Parowax, 40; 2 lb. __ 7.55 Parowax, 20... 1b. G8 iS SUPERIOR Pyar) A BA Bilal a oe Bears cans 3 00 eans 56 00 semdac, semdac, 12 pt. 12 at: PICKLES Medium Sour 5 gallon, 400 count ._ 4 75 Sweet Small 16 Gallon, 2250 --.--- 27 00 5 Gallon, 780 _..___.~ 9 75 Dil Pickles Gal. 40 to Tin, doz... 10 25 No. 2% Tins --------- 2 25 32 oz. Glass Picked_. 2 80 32 oz. Glass Thrown 2 4f Dill Pickles Bulk 5 Gal, 200 -..--.. -- 5 25 16 Gare, 600 22 11 25 45:Gal; 1300 =. one 30 00 PIPES Cob, 3 doz. in bx. 1 00@1 20 PLAYING CARDS Battle Axe, per doz. 2 65 Torpedo, per doz. .... 2 50 POTASH Babbitt’s, 2 doz. -.-_ 2 75 FRESH MEATS Beef ee Top Steers & Heif. __._ 18 Good St’rs & H’f. 154%@16 Med. Steers & Heif. ._ 13 Com. Steers & Heif. -. 11 13 11 Mein sce 09 Lamb Spring Lamp: 22 - 20 G@ogd 2 ee 18 Meetuin o25 ce ne. 15 BOON gy ee eee 1 Mutton Good 2 12 Medium, 22025 ee 11 Poor 2 ea 10 Pork Hoin, med) 222 16 Butts, 229 rs ee a 14 Shoulders: 2s ie 114 Sparerins 23 ee: 9 Neck Dones: es 06 “Trimmings. osc a 8% PROVISIONS Barreled Pork Clear Back __ 25 06@28 00 Short Cut Clear26 60@29 00 Dry Salt Meats DS Bellies __ 18-20@18-14 Lard Eure in tiercag: 22. It 60 Ib. tubs ____advance ¥ 50 Ib. tubs ____advance Y% 20 lb. pails ___.advance % 10 Ib. pails ____advance % 5 Ib. pails ___.advance 1 3 lb. pails ____advance 1 Compound tferces ____ 11% Compound, tubs _____ 12 Sausages Boloptia se ia: 16 Wek er 18 Meanlefort 25 20 Or a a a 31 MGA An ee 19 Tongue, Jellied ____ 35 Peasdcheeso. 2 rc 18 Smoked Meats Hams, Cer. 14-16 Ib. @21 Hams, Cert., Skinned IG-18 Ib. @20 Ham, dried beet Cun See @33 alifornia Ha ve Picnic Boiled nis oo SIRS 820: 20 25 Boiled Hams Gu Minced Hams ______ @16 Bacon 4/6 Cert. 24 @28 Beef Boneless, rump 28 00@36 00 Rump, new __ 29 00@35 00 ae Liver BC OE Gos oe SS es 1 Calta ues ce fork 2 ae 08 RICE Fancy Blue Rose ____ 5 10 faney Head ooo) 07 RUSKS Dutch Tea Rusk Co. Brand. 36 rolls, per case ____ 4 25 18 rolls, per case ____ 2 25 12 rolls, per case ____ 1 50 12 cartons, per case __ 1 70 18 cartons, per case __ 2 55 36 cartons, per case __ 5 00 SALERATUS Arm and Hammer __ 8 75 SAL SODA »vanulated, 60 Ibs. es. 1 35 Granulated, 18-2%4 Ib. DAckares: 200 es aa. 1 00 COD FISH Middics oo 20 Tablets, % lb. Pure __ 19% GOR 1 40 Wood boxes, Pure .. 30 Whole Cod ____--..__- 11% HERRING Holland Herring Mixed, Kegs ---.-.---. 35 Mixed, half bbis. ---_ 11 35 Mixed, bbls ~._-_ ie Milkers, Kegs ~.--.._- 1 05 Milkers, half bbls. _. 12 50 Milkers, bbls. ~~. 22 25 Lake Herring % Bbl., 100 lbs. -___ 6 50 . Mackeral Tubs, 60 Count, fy. fat 6 00 Pails, 10 lb. Fancy fat 1 50 White Fish Med. Fancv. 100 Ib. 12 an Milkers, bbis. —----- 18 50 K K K K Norway _-_ 19 50 Solbe patie 2.03 1 40 Cut Bunch: 2s 1 60 Boned, 10 Ib. boxes __ 16 SHOE BLACKENING 2 in I, Paste, doz. =. 1 35 B. Z. Combination, dz. 1 35 Dri-Foot, doz. -_--__ 00 Bixbys. Dezz 228 1 35 Shinola,. doz. 220 90 STOVE POLISH Blackne, per doz. _. 1 35 Black Silk Liquid, dz. Black Silk Paste, doz. Enameline Paste, doz. Enameline Liquid, dz. E. Z. Liquid, per doz. Radium, per doz. ____ Rising Sun, per doz. 654 Stove Enamel, dz. Vulcanol, No. 5, doz. 95 Vulcanol, No. 10, doz. 1 35 Stovoil, per doz. -___- 3 00 SALT F. O. G. Grand Rapids Colonial, 24. 2 Ib. 95 Colonial, 30-1146 ___.__ 1 20 Colonial, Iodized, 24-2 1 35 Med. No. 1 Bbls. 2 90 Med. No. 1, 100 lb. bk. 1 00 Farmer Spec., 70 Ib. 1 00 Packers Meat, 50 Ib. 65 Crushed Rock for ice cream, 100 Ib... each & Butter Salt, 280 lb. bbl.4 00 Bioek: 60) th. 2 4u Baker Salt. 280 lb. bbl. 3 80 14, 10 1b., per bale __-. 2 10 50, 3 Ib., per bale ~_.. 2 50 28 lb. bags, Table _... 40 Old Hickory, Smoked, 6-10 Ib. 4 50 DOR ht et et tt wo v1 Free Run’g, 32 26 oz. 2 40 Five case lots --_--- 2 30 Iodized, 32, 26 oz. -. 2 40 Five case lots —____- 2 50 BORAX Twenty Mule Team 24, 1 Ih packages -_ 3 35 $8, 10 oz. packages _. 4 40 96, 4% oz. packages __ 4 00 CLEANSERS 80°can cases, $4.80 per case WASHING POWDERS Bon Ami Pd., 18s, box 1 90 Bon Ami Cake, 18s __1 62% Brillo 85 Climaline, 4 doz. —--- 4 20 Grandma, 100, 5c ---- 3 50 Grandma, 24 Large -- 3 50 Sold Dust, 100s Gold Dust; 12 Large 3 20 Golden Rod, 24 ----__ 4 25 La France Laun., 4 dz. 3 60 Old Dutch Clean, 4 dz. 3 40 Octagon, 968 200... 3 90 Rinso. 40g 5.2 3 20 Ripso,. 24e 000 5 25 Rub No More, 100, 10 OF es Rub No More, 20 Lg. 4 00 Spotless Cieanser, 48, oz. Sani Flush, 1 doz. __ 25 Sapolio, 3 doz. ______ 15 Soapine, 100, 12 oz. _ 6 40 Snowboy, 100, 10 oz. Snowboy, 12 Large __ Speedee, 3 doz. ______ 20 Sunbrite, 50s —....__. 10 Wyandote, 48 ___.____ 15 DO DO 3 DOH MD 09 DNC a a Wyandot Deterg’s, 24s SOAP Am. Family, 100 box 5 60 Crystal White, ,100 __ 3 50 Bie Jack: 60g: 2.8 4 75 Fels Nantha, 190 box 5 5A Flake White, 10 box 3 50 Grdma White Na. 10s 3 50 Jap Rose, 100 box ____ 7 40 Fairy, 100 box _______ 4 Palm Olive, 144 box 9 50 Lava, 100 box ________ 4 9n Oetagon, 320 2... 5 00 Pummo, 100 box ____ 4 85 Sweetheart. 100 box __ 5 70 Grandpa Tar, 50 sm. 2 10 Grandpa Tar, 50 Ige, 3 50 Trilby Soap. 100. 10c 7 25 Williams Barber Bar, 9s 59 Williams Mug, per doz. 48 SPICES Whole Spices Allspice, Jamaica ___. @35 Cloves, Zanzibar ____ @47 Cassia, Canton ______ aes Cassia, 5c pkg., dos. @40 Ginger, Africay _____ @t9 Ginger, Cochir 22 46 Mace. Penang _____ 1 29 Mixed, No. t _ =. = @932 Mixed, 5¢ nkes., doz. @45 Nutmegs, 70@90 ____ @59 Nutmegs 108-110 __ @ra Pepper, Black. 2. 26 Pure Ground in Bulk Allspice, Jamaica ___. @40 Cloves, Zanzibar __._. @53 Cassia. Canton -__-. MO Ginger, Corkin ______ @33 Mourstand: 03 ee @32 Mace. Penang _______ 1 39 Pepper, Black ______ @30 Nutmersg (2000 @43 Pepper, White ________ @57 Pepper, Cayenne ___. @40 Paprika, Spanish _.-_ @45 Seasoning Chili Powder. 15¢c ____ 1 35 Celery Salt. 3 oz... 95 Saves 20%. 90 Onion Salt = 28 1 35 Gavia: 2.2 1 35 Ponelty, 3364 oz. ___) 3 95 Kitchen Bouquet ____ 4 50 Laurel Leaves ______ 20 Marjoram.¥ oz. 2. 9¢ Savory. F of 22222 90 A og STARCH Corn Kingsford, 40 Ibs. _. 11% Powdered, bags ____ 4 50 Argo, 48, 1 Ib. pkes. 3 60 €ream, 48-1) 22s 80 Quaker, 40-1 ______ 07%, Gloss Argo, 48, 1 lb. pkgs. 3 60 Argo, 12, 3 Ib. pkgs. 2 62 Argo, 8 5 Ib pkgs. __ 2 97 Silver Gloss, i8, Is __. 114% Elastic, 64 pkgs. _ 35 Tiger, 48-1 _____ -~ 3 80 Tieer: 50 ths, 06 SYRUP Corn Blue Karo, No. 1% __ 2 69 Blue Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 3 78 Blue Karo, No. 10 __ 3 58 Red Karo, No. 1% __ 2 90 Red Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 4 04 Red Karo, No. 10 __ 3 84 Imit. Maple Flavor Orange, No. 1%, 2 dz. 3 25 Orange, No. 5, 1 doz. 4 99 Maple and Cane Kanuck, per gal. _.___ 1 50 Kanuck, 5 gal. can __ 6 50 Maple Michigan, per gal. __ 2 75 Welchs, per gal. ____ 3 25 COOKING OIL Mazola Pints 2 dom 225-3. 6 75 Quarts, 1 doz. —-_-__ 6 25 Half Gallons, 1 doz. — 11 75 Gallons, % doz. 11 30 TABLE SAUCES Lee & Perrin, large__ 5 75 Lea & Perrin, small__ 3 35 Pepper 22050 60 Tobasco, 2 oz. _.___._ 4 25 Sho You, 9 0z., doz.__ 2 25 A-t, Jarge 4 75 Ast smalh se 2 85 Caper. 2:69.22 3 30 TEA Blodgett-Beckley Co. Royal Garden, % Yb... 75 Royal Garden, % Ib. __ 177 Japan Modiom: 2.02). ~-- 36@36 Choteq 2 37@62 Haney 22 52@61 No. Y Nibbs 2 54 1 Ib. pkg. Sifting _____ 14 Gunpowd Choice _____ . sie -~- 40 ane ge ee a Ceylon Pekoe, medium ________ 57 English Breakfast Congou, medium ence 2 Congou, Choice ge Base Congou. Fancy ____ 42@43 olon Medium ce ea es 39 Chidide 45 Fancy So oes 50 TWINE Gaitan . a Dept emm t at ~~ . fot . 5 4 - ae 4 e a e ~~ e x Peo i ee ee pice, ema mae ¥ cs ; ’ ~ ; eT Tp. Tics LRA: pom Pe cma W? : { A : . - = ‘ + a Ce, 4 x = ¢ pe ; ? , : — ~~ BO Res — ete. a Me NS es ee See nd e . i : , * 1 me hee = y ‘ = . ©» < 1 - aoe i Ne RRL. AE Skt x » - = Rapa ~iite wee Sot ; 4 , we y ~~ > @ . anti we sme ‘ oe l Am | f 4¥ wy x Se a April 22, 1931 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ‘4 SOME ITALIAN HOTELS. (Continued from page 17) said the husband, “we have been taken for a ride. We have spent a lot of money and have little to show for it.’ That is one consequence of the American notion that one loses cast somehow and misses something valu- able if one does not always take the “best.” Travelers like the English— and maybe like ourselves—really get the best and pay much less for it. Conducted tours have their proper place in travel. If one has plenty of money and little time or has little time anyway, one can be shown an outline of the sights of Europe that is well worth anybody’s while in a few weeks. But if one has even a little spare time and cares to forage a bit, he can see much more, see it better, enjoy experiences and close contacts with the people among whom he tem- porarily moves, and make his money go twice as far by traveling “on his own.” Moreover, the least experience will equip any intelligent person to do this perfectly well. No stranger would be apt to find the Rosetta. It is in a side court, hidden as in a back yard. There we had an innovation, for while we had pension rates, including three table d’hote meals daily, we had the liberty to order a la carte; and we found the selection , good and cooking fine. Our four days there cost us $2.25 per day each, everything included. Jf again in Perugia, we’d surely stop at the Ro- setta. In Florence, which came next, we had a lovely room three flights up, facing South directly on the Arno, just below the Ponte Vecchio. Thus were in the very heart of Old Flor- More details later, but J must right here—that directly across from our windows were some of the oldest and quaintest of Floren- buildings, righe on the Arno’s shores, and that in front of us the pool into which Tito Melema, as told in Romola, jumped from Ponte Vecchio to his death; and that Ben- venuto Cellini’s bust in the middle of the bridge was in full view. This was the Albion Hotel, a quiet, family-tourist house, wherein is no dog but where every portion of the halls and public rooms is always warm, where our room was perfectly com- fortable and where the ‘“ascensore” was always in running order. No lo- cation in all Florence could be more central or pleasanter. Food good, cooking and service pleasing. Our cost average $3.35 per day all told. Ie recommend the Albion to all who want comfort at a moderate cost. Our final memory of Italy is the Britannia in Genoa, so cold that we remember nothing else about the place. Complaint by phone to the porter brought vast loquacity about how the heat was “coming right up,” but that was all we got. Had our stay heen Jong, we should have changed. Cost was sufficient, considering it included charge for heat, which was non est. Tt is distinctly irritating to be in such a place and meet the bland as- surance with which such people slide around their obligations—while getting we ence. insert this tine was bronze paid just the same. And it is a joke which can be enjoyed if short lived, to provide your women folks with their warmest wraps while they eat in the refrigerated dining rooms, Believe me, the Britannia will have berth so far as we are con- Paul Findlay. ———__» +. Proceedings of the Grand Rapids Bankruptcy Court. (Continued from page 23) sists mostly of oil well property, for dril- ling oil wells, ete. All appraised at $6,000. in the matter of M. Katz & Son, Bank- rupt No. 4445. The sale of assets in this matter has been called for April 30, at the premises formerly occupied by the bankrupt, as stated below. the following property will be called. At 2 p. m. the Star Clothing Co., 210 Monroe avenue, Grand Rapids, men’s furnishings, bags and suit cases, together with fixtures, ap- praised at $5,446.81. Immediately there- after the Famous Clothiers. 346 Monroe avenue, Grand Rapids, will be sold, it consists of men’s clothing, bags and suit cases, together with fixtures appraised at $4,714.80. Immediately therafter fix- tures located at 412 Monroe avenue, Grand Rapids, will be sold, they are ap- praised at $182.50. Immediately there- after the fixtures located in the Bon Ton store at 211 Monroe avenue, Grand Rap- ids, will be sold, they are appraised at $182.50. All interested in such sales should be present at the date and places above Stated, In the matter of the Kalamazoo Cement Products Co., Bankrupt No. 4376. The sale ol assets herein has been called for April 29, at the premises formerly occu- pied by the bankrupt, 2127 Portage street, isalamazoo. The assets of this estate consists mostly of cement products, posts, bricks, rollers, etc., appraised at $981.75, together with equipment appraised at $702, also office equipment, appraised at $.2. -<+ —_- Crders Slow Candy Box Deliveries. Delivery difficulties are confronting manufacturers in the candy box trade because of a last-minute rush of orders for containers suitable for Mothers’ Day sale. Orders this year are said to exceed the volume of last Spring by more than 5 per cent., but buyers de- layed purchasing so lone that the fac- tories are swamped at this time with calls for immediate shipment. Boxes decorated with Coonial designs are outstanding in this year’s business. Other popular numbers include pic- tures of rustic cottages and boxes in- scribed with appropriate Mothers’ Day verses. > >... Coconut Oil Shampoo. \ formula for a liquid preparation is: Coconut olf soap... .._.-.___..2 Gas. Caycerin 22.230 ee 1 oz. Oil ob bay 20 5 min. Distilled water fo -.20 8 ozs. Heat the soap with the glycerin and water On a water hath to dissolve, then allow the solution to stand in a cool place to deposit. The supernatant liquid may be filtered to give a bright- er liquid. gs ae Pill Excipient. Jeseacanth powder. 290 4 oz. Setevliccacid = 26 Ege. Glycerin Distiled water, each 2). 1% oz. Mix $. A. Keep in a covered jar. Business Wants Department Advertisements inserted under this head for five cents a word the first Insertion and four certs a word for each subse quent continuous insertion. 'f set in canital letters. double orice. No charge 'ess than 50 cents. Small display adver- tisements in this department. $1 per inch. Payment with order is required, as amounts are too small to open accounts WE WRITE TO ORDER Folders, booklets, form letters, special articles, lectures, broadsids, or any kind of pub- licity matter. Business confidential. American Publicity Kalamazoo, Mich. 05 Service, I WILL BUY YOUR STORE OUTRIGHT FOR CASH No Stock of Merchandise Too Large or Too Small No Tricks or Catches—A Bona Fide Cash Offer For Any Stock of Merchandise ABE DEMBINSKY Phone—Write—Wire ioneer Liqui 734 oe = ae L. LEVINSOHN Phone Federal 1944. Saginaw, Michigan 32 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN April 22, 1931 AGITATION ON WAGE CUTS. An easing up in industry which may mean that little headway toward re- covery will be made until the Fall was noted during the week. The begin- ning of this trend is illustrated in the weekly business index which deals with reports for the preceding week, a decline to 79.6 ‘being shown, after four weeks of steady rise to a high level for the year to date. It is, of course, usual to expect some slackening at this time after the Spring rise and yet it was felt earlier that, with the increasing needs which have undoubtedly been built up over the period of reduced production, sea- sonal expansion might be prolonged and usher in the beginning of a real recovery. Two influences of a highly import- ant character, however, have probably acted to cause renewed hesitation. They are revived agitation on wage cuts and further weakness in com- modity prices. Until these two factors prove less troublesome, the chances are that they will check the upward movement, The wage argument now made is that investors are having their divi- dends and interest payments cut and labor should be willing to accept re- ductions also. Many employes have already suffered, but a general cut is now advocated and may be in the offing, despite the fact that part-time operations in most industries have al- ready caused Jarge earning losses. In commodity prices another re- action has taken place. The Annalist weekly index now stands at 106.5, as against 107.6 in the preceding week. Only the metals group was higher. The chemical and miscellaneous lists were unchanged. a a. Who Knew the Pullman Brothers in Grand Rapids? Chicago, April 21—Your letter -of April 20 to Vice-President Keeley has been passed on to me, as I have made some investigation into the early career and family background of Mr. Pull- man, First, as to Mr. Pullman’s responsi- bility for the sleeping car. I suppose at least a score of claims have been urged in behalf of various peop'te as “inventors” of the sleeping car. A good deal more than a score of people contributed to its development. The sleeping car of to-day is the result of a long development to which the ideas and inventions—many of them patent- ed—of many people contributed. I don’t think it has been seriously claim- ed by anybody with real information that Mr. Puliman first conceived the idea of the sleeping car. Certainly he never claimed it. By-the time he was five years old rudimentary sleeping cars were in operation in Pennsylvania. Mr. Pullman was certainly respons- ible far more than anybody else for making the sleeping car what it is and for developing the system under which it is operated: That system has not essentia ly changed much since he de- vised it. The essence of it is a fabric of contracts by which one company provides services and manages the sleepers for the different railroads, op- erating them continuously over con- necting lines, so as to make through routes and uninterrupted journeys possible over a number of different railroads. Mr. Pullman and his organization contributed many inventions and brought together, harmonized and utilized all the various ideas and in- ventions which are represented in the construction of the sleeper as we know it. By reason of this, he may, I think, fairly be regarded as responsible for the sleeping car as we know it. The system of unified and co-ordinated operation was not only applied to sleeping car management in this coun- try by him, but was borrowed from this country by Europe and is now in Operation there. The International Sleeping Car Company (Wagon-Lits) developed along American lines, fol- lowed Mr. Pullman’s introduction of his cars and management methods in Great Britain and on the continent. Now as to whether George M. Pull- man lived in Grand Rapids. At one time I was convinced that he did and made some investigation. There is no doubt that some of the ‘Pullman brothers lived in Grand Rapids, but it is my recollection that when I talked with Mrs. Frank O. Lowden on this poimt she expressed the belief that her father had not lived there; but as I recall she was not absolutely certain even on that point. Some three years ago I talked with Senator W#illiam Alden Smith and I think it was his impression that George ‘M. Pullman did not actually live in Grand Rapids, although one or two of his brothers did. If you have records which estab- lish that he did live there, I would very much like to know the dates, circum- stances and business in which he was engaged. I have two or three times stumbled into a Pullman tradition which said that Mr. Pullman not only lived in Grand Rapids, but had a not unimportant part in the very early de- velopment of the furniture industry there. Does your information enlight- en this point in any way? I would be most appreciative of any information vou can give me on this entire subject. Mr. Pullman left very few letters or other material from which an account of his earlier years can ibe pieced to- gether. The Grand Rapids episode is dated at a period concerning which there is very little illumination. On this account I am particularly glad to get into correspondence with someone who knows as much as you evidently do about this phase. It will be a real favor if you will write me as fully as may be convenient concerning the data which you have on the subject. Judson iC. Welliver. —__>+-___ Causes of Mental Depression. States of mental depression are com- mon and occur in adults in all ages. One so affected takes little pleasure in anything, and nothing seems worth while. Achievement, which ordinarily should bring happiness, appears hol- low and worthless. The depression ‘settles down like a cloud and may last for long periods. Fear of some impending trouble and episodes of nervousness may be asso- ciated with it, and the sufferer feels that he may lose all ‘self-control. The anxiety is often worse at night, and sleeplessness and bad dreams result. A depressed state of mind does not occur without cause. Occasionally the cause may ‘be quite evident as when a mother broods over the loss of her child, or when there is some under- lying physical disorder, depleting vigor and health; but such clear cut in- stances of cause and effect are not very common. The real cause is generally in the mental sphere, and people often suffer from mental anxieties and worries which unassisted, they find difficult to overcome. There may be family diffi- culties, personal troubles, loss of posi- tion, or frustration of long cherished hopes and ambitions, with a final real- ization that their full achievement is not possible. Various impulses may accompany a state of depression, impulses to leave home, to make a drastic change, even to end it all, and impulses resulting in drunken sprees and other excesses often occur. Action on such impulses is unwise and does not bring relief. The patient carries his worries and fears with him wherever he goes, and the depression after a debauch is worse than before. The treatment of depressed states depends upon the underlying causes. When these are of physical nature, im- provement in general health brings about mental improvement as well. Mental causes are seldom clearly un- derstood iby the patient, and he is much benefited by talking over the entire situation, not once but a's often as nec- essary, with a physician whose experi- ence with many patients gives him an understanding of such conditions, Fre- quently, persons have distressing prob- ems solved in this way, problems which have troubled them for years out of all proportion to their real im- portance. The resulting increase in efficiency and happiness is of inestima- ble value. Needless to say, depressed and nervous persons in their despera- tion, may (become a prey of unscrupu- lous quacks, who make extravagant promises, but whose treatment is use- less if not positively harmful. Dr. ‘Sanger Brown. ——_-+>____ Salt, Soda and Baking Powder Not Money Makers. Salt, baking powder and soda were loss items in twenty-six Louisville gro- cery stores, the Louisville grocery sur- vey shows, Baking powder and soda losses were attributed to low turnover, low aver- age order value and low gross margin. For the twenty-six stores as a group these two products resulted in an aver- age net loss of 5.7 per cent. Seven stores, however, were able to earn net profits on them, On salt the twenty-six stores aver- aged a loss of 1.9 per cent. of sales. Nine of the twenty-six stores earned’ a profit ranging from 20.7 per cent. to -4 per cent. and the fact that the aver- age is a loss is a result largely of heavy losses by four stores which re- turned a net loss on total store opera- tions. Salt profitability did not seem to bear any relation to type of commun- ity served, the survey shows. Lower general operating expense stores had an advantage as to profit, only one store making a net profit on salt being above average in this re- spect, the disadvantage in that case being offset by a high gross margin and a high turnover. Average order value was low. For the group average nearly three times as much handling is required for a dollar’s worth of sales as for the aver- age commodity, the study showed. Salt in packages accounted for 80.5 per cent. of the total sales and bulk salt for the remaining 19.5 per cent. Iwo Nationally advertised brands ac- counted for about one-third of the sales. Iodized salt of these two brands made a net profit, but the plain salt of both failed to earn a standard return. Planning New Wholesale Grocery House. Bad Axe, April 21—Organization of a new wholesale grocery concern in Bad Axe to handle the franchise of the Independent Grocers’ Alliance for the Thumb district was proposed by W. K. Hunter, vice-president of the Alliance, in an iaddress before the Community Club, The proposed concern would take over the franchise now held by Clark & McCaren Co., which will go out of business. The Clark & McCaren liquidate its affairs and discontinue business. It has been operating here about twenty-five years. Mr. Hunter declared that the new concern would be controlled entirely by Alliance headauarters and would distribute only to member stores. A stock issue of $60,000 is planned. Of this amount, Alliance headquarters will raise $20,000, the retail members of the Alliance in the Thumb district will raise $15,000 and the community must raise $25,000. A total of $10,000 has already been subscribed in the city. ‘A committee composed of William J. Schwalm, Fred, L. Wright and Clare Ross was appointed to take charge of this phase of the matter. Mr. Hunter said that budget esti- mates for the first year of the new con- cern call for a volume of business of $500,000. The present equipment and employes of Clark & McCaren Co., will ‘be retained by the new concern. —_+~-.____ Corporations Wound Up. The following Michigan corporations have recently filed notices of dissolu- tion with ithe Secretary of State: Wojcik State Bank, Hamtramck. Braden’s California Products, Detroit. Bon Marche Studios, Detroit. A. C. Belanger & Sons, Inc., Detroit. Constantine Silver Black Fox Ranch, Constantine. Milwaukee Oil Co., Lansing. Frenk E, Kenniston Co., Detroit. Spade Tire Co., Grand Rapids. Garden State Savings Bank, Garden. Michigan Grain and Feed Co., Detroit. W. H. Anderson Tool and Supply Co., Detroit. Lorraine Sales Co., Detroit. Pierce Boutine Motors, Inc., Merrill. Southwark Foundry & Machine Co., Lansing. Seherling & Hicks, Inc., Detroit. —__+ 7+ 2>__ Soap For Lavatory Basin, The best liquid soap for lavatory basin use is a coconut oil soap, since it does not cake and fathers freely when used in a small quantity. The following is a formula for a soap of this description: Coconat of 10 dr. Potassium hydroxide __________ 1 dr. Sodium hydroxide --._.________ 1 dr, Water) a a 10 dr. Dissolve the alkali in the water and mix with the oil. Allow to stand in a warm place for a few hours to sapon- ify. Test for neutrality and dissolve in 6 oz. of water. Add perfume de- sired. . Co. will Inc., ——_22->______. Red Fire. mirontia fitrate $002 8 ozs. Potassium chlorate powder __1%4 ozs. Mest: powder <5 5 2 23 14 ozs. Charcoal powder ._-..-_______ YZ oz. Powder separately and mix thoroughly and carefully. ——_s2?->______ A. Machin,, dealer in general mer- chandise at Gobles renews his sub- scription to the Tradesman and writes: “Keep the good work up.”