ne acetate cae A A GRRL A se Ty —— “ Published W pes “THE TRADESMAN ‘COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. - > Qi tee Sena YOU. 9, GRAND vemndenilstchin AUGUST : t7, 1892. NO. 465 TELFER SPICE COMPANY, : MANUFACTURERS OF : Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers ot 5 Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. 3 Land 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS If you have any beans and want tosell, B b A N S ge sig ogg do € Wreen Hea 1gar : quantity up to car loads, we want 1000 bushels daily. s the Most Desirable for Merchants to Handle because W. T. LAMORBAUX Co. It is Sitenle and will fit any Purchaser. 128, 130 and 132 W. Bridge St.,. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Retails for 10 cents, 3 for 25 cents. Send Your Wholesaler an Order. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT 60. wa atm S. A. SEARS, Manager. Foreign and Domestis Fruits and l/eqetables, Cracker Manufacturers, Oranges, Bananas and Karly Vegetables a Specialty, 37,39 and 41 Kent St., - Grand Rapids. /Send for quotations. 24-26 No. Division St. Our Fall Lines of J. L. Strelitsky, ees or an neces ; U/ } ‘ i ea Havana fille steeceea a. Uil Cloths, barpets and Gurtains te x : Jobber of me Pier de Aifanmse,..................... «ee Now ready. Write for prices. Se Santis do ener... coe ae SMITH & SANFORD, 68 Monroe St. * fee 10 So. lonia St, Grand Rapids. C. Fe. RAPP oS C7. Oo eaimeas Forget when ordering 9 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. NUTS, FIGS, at; A N D V »: a WHOLESALE FRUITS AND PRODUGE.! : -—=- To call on or address A. E. BROOKS & CO., Mfrs, 46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. Special pains taken with fruit orders. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. | MUSKEGON BRANCH UNITED STATES BAKING CO, MOSELEY BROS. MUSKEGON CRACKER Co., - WHOLESALE - HARRY FOX, Manager. Crackers, Biscuits» Sweet Goods, /RUITS, SEEDS, BEANS AND PRODUGE, 26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA ST, MUSEEGON,' MICH. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS. Grand Rapids, Mich. PRAGHKS! PRAGHKS! PEACHES! BLACK BASS CIGARS I make a specialty Palys Leasisane apnea to please. Give me NEVER GO BEGGING. Made only by a trial and be convinced! THEO B. GoossEN, G. F. FAUDE, IONIA, MICH Wholesale Commission, 33 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. THE NE PLUS ULTRA OF A NICKEL SMOKE! haa STANDARD OIL C0, —...... Sarorio» GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. . The Public !? DEALERS IN By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers create a Illuminating and Lubricating aout and only ask the trade to keep the goods in stock so as to supply |the orders sent to them. Without effort on the grocer’s part the goods ‘sell themselves, bring purchasers to the store, and help sell less known | goods. LMUN & WHEELER COMPANY, NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Office, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave. | | IMPORTERS AND BULK WORKS3 AT GRAND RAPIDS, MUSKEGON. MANISTEE, CADILLAC, | BIG RAPIDS, GRAND HAVEN, LUDINGTON. | ALLEGAN, HOWARD CITY, PETOSKEY, | HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR EMPTY CARBON % GASOLI¥” BARRELS, GRAND RAPIDS During the building of the Kansas & Pacific Railway ic 1] ry) mm e : Ss BUFFALO BILLGoods. LAWNS, CHALLIES. INDIA LINENS, ORGANDIES, WHITE : ; peg ae GOODS. MULLS, FRENCH CAMBRICS, GINGHAMS AND Contracted to furnish the laborers with meat, killing in one PRINTS, STRAW HATS. ee —— season four thousand eight hundred and sixty-two B UJ kK K A | () Grain Bags, Burlaps and Twine, We have taken the contract to furnish every dealer in Sates Ee P STB ( BIRE Xv SONS, Michigan with BUFF AIO SOAP — & Company, MOW Cases BEST LAUNDRY SOAP ON BART}. Fir-Glass Work On Of Every Description. I. M. CLARK (FROCERY Co. WRITE FOR PRICES. SOLE AGENTS. '68 and 65 Canal St., - GRAND RAPIDS. - oe ee regs a el Es ¥OL.. §. COMMERGIAL CREDIT C0 65 MONROE ST. Formed by the consolidation of the COOPER COMMERCIAL AGENCY, AND THE UNION CREDIT CO., And embodying all the good features of both agencies. Commercial reports and current collections receive prompt and careful attention. Your patronage respectfully solicited Telephones 166 and 1030. STEVENSON, Cc. A. CUMINGS, Cc. BE. BLOCK. iL. J. GREEN GOODS. Fowwn J, Guus & Cos BLENDED COFFEE READ THIS. HE fact that a coffee is a Java does not always fmply that it will make a delicious beverage, for Javas |} differ very materially on account of the section of the Island of Java on which they are grown and the method used in cultivating, some being grown by priv ate planters, other under the government sup’ vervision. Some of these Javas are delicious, others rank and worthless. The Diamonp Java is a blend of those Javas wnich ex- cel in any peculiar degree in fine flavor or full etrength, and which ee ng harmoniously together produce the perfection of a coffee. ! The Diamonp Java ts packed in air-tight cans when | taken hot from cylinders, and its fragrant aroma is thus oe until used, This brand of Whole Roasted ! Coffee is intended for those that appreciate a fine article, and desire to use the best coffee that cen be obtained. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR IT. {Fhe eannot supply you send us his name. | IF YOU ENJOY A GOOD CUP OF We are importers of Green Culfees and do our own roasting by the most improved methods known. Our proprietary brands are perfect and reliable. We say this on honor, knowing what we are talking about, as we can always show the green coffee from the production of our roast. Our coffees are tested on the good drink- ing qualities. Cleaned before and after roasting. Kept and shipped in air tight cans. Every pack- age inspected before it leaves, by the Superin- tendent. All done in our own spacious building under our immediate supervision. This means grcenbacks to the live dealer. E. J. GILLIES & CO., NEW YORK, IMPORTERS & ROASTERS. MICHIGAN REPRESENTATIVE, J. P. VISNER, 167 No. Ionia St.,Grand Rapids, Mich. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. D. A. BLopeeEtTt, President. Gro, W. Gay, Vice-President. Wa. H. ANDERSON, Cashier. CAPITAL, - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Make a specialty of collections. Accounts of country merchants solicited. STUDY LAW AT HOME. Take a course in the Sprague Corres _ dence school of [incorporated]. cents [stamps] for particu lars to J. COTNER, Jr., Sec’y, No. 375 Whitney Block, DETROIT, MICH BARLOW BRO'S"xBLANK BOOKS= dias Te Wee Vee) da en). \el bat amen Teal Peale PAMPHLETS CUTS for BOOM EDITIONS For the best work, at reasonable prices, address THE TRADESMAN COMPANY. A. J. SHELLMAN, Scientific Optician, 65 Monroe Street. Eyes tested for spectacles free of cost with latest improved methods. Glasses in every style at moderate prices. Artificial human eyes of every color. Sign of big spectacles. THE FIRE , INS. co. PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. T. STEWART WHITE, Pres’t. W. FRED McBau, Sec’y Fire & Burglar Proof All Sizes and Prices. SARRSI: invited to correspond Partiesin need of the above I. Shultes, Agt. Diebold Safe Co. MARTIN, MICH. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F, CLARK, Pres, Offices in the principal cities of the United States, Canada, the European continent, Australia, and in London, England. Girand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg. HENRY ROYCE, Supt. FRANK H. WHITE, Manufacturer's Agent and Jobber of Brooms, Wasiboards, Wooden AND Indurated Pails & Tubs, Wooden Bowls, Clothespins and Rolling Pins, Step Ladders, Washing Ma- chines, Market, Bushel and De- livery Bas'.ets, Building Paper, Wrapping Paper, Sacks, Twine and Stationery. Manufacturers in lines allied to above, wish- ing to be represented in this market are request- ed to communicate with me. 125 COURT ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ESTABLISHED 1841. OMEN IPMN eaa A aS GIT aN NE THE MERCANTILE AGENCY n.G. dun & Co. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada A SUPREME MOMENT. ‘‘Him? Oh, he’s jest ther camp’s leetle chap! He come hyar wuth hes feyther some’at over two year’ ago, an’ when they’d been hyar a few months ther man he died o’ ther fever, leavin’ ther leetle chap sort o’ lonesome in ther world, so we fellers says’t he warn’t more’n amite anyhow an’ wouldn’t be we'd locate him.” The miner was standing on the edge of the shallow stream that washed their “diggings.’? He had been panning and held the pan as he talked. The sunlight was full in his face, the slouched hat pushed back, no skulking on the rough, bearded face, the eyes meeting steadily the eyes of the ques- tioner. The new miner no bother, so had come up with his pick and was leaning upon it as they talked. He was attracted by Dick. He himself was young and sympathetic. That sadness had touched the lad he was certain. There was a look upon his face, tanned and freckled as it was, that only sorrow could have laid there. His eyes were upon the boy helping the men further up the stream, taking his lesson in mining from the rough life itself. “His marm?’’ the elder man said, in reply toaquery. ‘‘He hain’t got none, pardner. She’s dead along of ther old man. Not hyar—no. She died afore they come. Hain’t got no folks, ’s far’s we know! I reckon we can be’s good to him ez a hull lot o’ relations.’? The shad- ow of a heavy frown fell upon the rough face. ‘‘Relations ain’t everything ter be thankful fer. I’ve had my experience! “No,’’ the frown disappeared among the furrows, and laughter stirred the bearded lips. ‘‘Ther leetle chap hain’t got no folks, ’ceptin’ us, an’ we’ll take purty good careo’ him.” ‘*Yes,’”? the new miner said, as he turned back to his ‘‘claim,’’ swinging the pick as though it were nothing of weight in his muscular young arms. ‘‘You’ll never be ashamed of him. I was only thinking it must be a sad history that set a lad in a rough camp. Not that he’d get any harm here,’’ hastening to dispel the angry flush on the other’s face, “only it isn’t just the place one would expect to see a little chap like him.” ‘“‘Theyre’s worse places’n a camp!”’ the other retorted wrathfully. ‘‘He ain’t goin’ to get no hyarm frum us, Mister Newcomb!’’ The young man laid one hand on the} other’s shoulder as he was stooping with | the pan of sparkling water. “See here, friend,’’ he said quietly, ‘if [said anything to make you speak like that to me, ’m sorry!’’ The other relented somewhat. “Oh, ef ye meant no hyarm, o’ course!” he said gruffly. ‘‘I ain’t ther feller ter hold onto a grudge when tother feller’s owned up! Only”—someway ‘‘t’other feller” had his hard hand in a close clasp —‘*’tain’t safe ter run ther leetle chap to none o’ us!” Dick himself knew nothing of these skirmishes in his behalf. The men were GRAND RAPIDS, “WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1892. | | | from MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. NO. 465 good to him, and there was a certain charm about the wild life that attracted the boy. Still—he always valiantly smothered the sigh following the thought—it not in any way like his own home. He was fond of the men: tender him, was they had no a mother or father for y gave him words of but in their aifection. It wasn’t home, but it camp, and—Dick caught his breath at the thought, it was so marvelous and en- couraging—wasn’t God there as well as in the and his father had been forced to leave when mother died and father lost his and had to come here totry to his for- tunes? Hadn’t his fashion the was a kindly big house he money rebuild mother taught him God was everywhere? And if God were there— ‘ oo * % The camp was not far from one of the and the and distant the breaks of the Dick fond of ran between him toward the sunrise! had taken their last that line. traveled to and cross-continent railway lines, shrieking of the engines rumble of trains were camp’s these and monotony. trains. They the old home He and his father journey together on Other as strange lives fro upon them. There was no station within miles of the camp; but Dick liked to go, when he thought no one knew, and siton the high bank, watching ‘‘his ” He ealled them his. He and they held something in common. They didn’t know he was watching—just a chap like him—or that he cared about them, but he knew. At first the men sences of the boy; after a while they dis- covered his errand, and ceased their jok- ing. “It’s ther lonesomeness,’’ they whis- pered together. ‘‘He’s sech a leetle chap ter hev no home folks! Thar ain’t nothin’ we him, but was very trains. ‘wondered at these ab- ” wouldn’t do fer *tain’t jest ther same.” The place Dick specially chose as a post of vantage to watch the trains was on arocky embankment, below which ran the glittering lines of rails curving round sight in the wild mountains. To the right in full view from his post was a mad mountain river, which stretched the shining rails. Many a time Dick watched the dash and thunder around speed like a living over train the curve and thing over the roar- ing river and out of sight, an exultant throb at his heart, at the power that could so easily under its feet. place time and distance This river was deep and black and vio- lent, always the sense of dread. ‘There was something so mad about it, so daring and free. More than after a heavy storm, he had seen great trees whirl down the black torrent, and the flaring lightning seemed to rend the heavens and touch the moun- tains with fire. Even the rough miners were silenced. When the storm ceased, dying away in long rumblings among the hills, and the touching boy with a once, 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. sunlight conquered the clouds, the world around them was stricken with desola- tion. Trees were hurled from their hold; rocks were rent; wild streams, newborn, hurled themselves bodily from rock to rock: earth was washed in deep gullies from the claims. One of the sauntered out to reckon up the damage them, talking ness as though the mighty power hurling men done with less reckless- this storm upon the world had touched even his reckless Then Dick | thought of the river over which histrains must run, and, as usual, saying nothing of his errand, picked his way among the | hurtled stones streams to the frowning behind the huge uplift of earth that hid the place from the camp. It must be a furious thought, as he stepped carefully over the hearts. and gullies and new|} embankment | river, indeed, he | If these new rivers | the’ storm, what that old river be? He did not think of any special danger, but was only moved to curiosity to see what the storm could do against those powerful steam mon- treacherous stones. had come with must sters that traveled miles in minutes. When he the westward-bound express was nearly He stepped out on the edge of the embankment and peered down to left and right. Then— He drew ruddy face hands as though he had been struck. To the left the rails gleamed, glitter- tering like silver along the ground; tothe right they curved, shim- the its new reached the embankment, due. his breath with a gasp, his whitening, reaching out his sodden mering like serpents, to the edge of river. Only to strength and might, with the heat of the the edge. In lightning and the roaring of thunder, it had lifted up its mighty waters and hurled the powers of spanning rails and sleepers into ruin; had hurled and hurtled on—on—out of sight, leaving only the black gaps and maddened wa- ters between the banks. Dick was trembling and pale. to him so clearly what must follow ifthe train rush along the down-grade! he do? What could he do? In spite of his dread of the river, he would have crossed upon that open bridge } to save the train; but the gone, and therein lay the danger. It was too late to go back to camp, run- ning as fast as he might, for Whatever was must done at once, and he must do it. He could never swim the black torrent It came allowed to come on its mad What could were bridge was help. done be river; the horrible would hurl him ito the A signal from there would be too even if The make it down. late, would headway in time. thing The terrified water was so black and so deep! as a flash of light—swift as all thought seen. down-grade mere thought him. impossible to stop the| There was only one | he must cross the river somehow! | The} Swift | falter now. With one long look back in the direction of the unseen camp and a swift sweeping of the line of sight, his keen ear set to hear the warning shriek of the locomotive, unless— the scrambled, the treacherous gravel crumb- ling under his Down steep embankment he feet and a loosened rock now swaying or falling with a deafening crash to the His were keen, too. must be The new feeling that God was near him gave beneath. There some way tocross the river. rails eyes found strong He was still white and trembling, but his mind was not weak- its purpose. It might him! Yes—but it must mean death to how many others should he fal- ter? Not far up the still keeping watch for a possible crossing, he present- him confidence. ened of mean death to river, | ly saw that a log, hurled down the river, had swayed from its course, whirled cross ways and caught, the fierce rush of wa- ters setting this narrow bridge firmly in place from bank to bank. It was treach- the green covered it; the the black water lifted and dashed quite Dick’s one chance, and his hurrying feet covered the inter- vening almost as quickly thought. On the edge of the water he paused for an instant. But erous; foam over it: but it was space as It was so terrible—so terri- those God’s words of strength in and power back, the coward thoughts; and, with the sweet old home- taught ‘‘Our Father” upon his white lips, Dick down and the quivering log that bridged the black wa- ble! comforting nearness crowding came out got crawled upon oer. He never quite knew how he got over. The memory even yet whitens his bronzed face. But his faith did not desert him. He saved the train! Out of the horrible water he dragged himself with searcely strength to stand, and gathered himself up and scrambled over the rocks and gullies and on to the track again, running along over the sleep- ers as though his small feet were winged, to save the train. He heard the whistle. like a shriek of tops and tossed to and fro, till it seemed boy to fill the world. Then came the flash of the sunlight on the rushing headlight and and roar of whirling wheels over the rails down the grade—down the grade! Dick clambered up the bank and tore off his coat. It was ragged, and it ripped ruthlessly as he jerked his arms from the sleeves, and flaunted it madly above his head, shouting wildly, though the roar of the train drowned his voice as though it were a whisper. Would tke engineer never him? He must save them! With one frantic hand he tore off one of the sleeves of his It was lifted up horror to the mountain- excited the rumble see | red shirt, the other hand still waving the was at this supreme moment—in through | his innermost soul fell the words: “Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place.... The hand of the Lord is mighty.” Weren’t those almost the last words his father uttered as he lay dying in the bare with the beside him, his face buried clothes, his father’s faltering hand upon his head, the group of rough miners in the background with bowed heads? Hadn’t it been his mother’s teaching camp, boy on his knees in the bed- unseen signal. But the red flag caught like a flare of | fire in the broad light; the engineer’s eyes were sharp for danger; the whistles rang down the brakes; the hand on the lever was steady; the wheels grated and slid on and on over the dangerous grade; the huge throat of the monster panted in its effort to get away. Would it never stop? Strong hands on the powers of ma- ehinery with souls behind them con- that God was always near? Dick did not quered. The wheels ceased revolving— faltered—grated and—stopped. The huge monster, dragging its line of cars laden with lives, was overpowered and halted on the brink of death! * # * * Kindly hands lifted the unconscious lad from bank where he had fallen that his work was accom- Tears from womanly eyes fell on the motherless head; even strong men were not shamed by their emotion. the when he saw plished. When he was able to sit up, smiling to hide his faltering, he told his story sim- ply but with a power that melted the hardest heart among them. And they? The camp declares itself desolate be- cause ‘‘the little chap”’ has left it. Dick has graduated from college, and life opens well for him. He is to be a civil engineer, and his friends argue that he will never put them to the blush for having given him his startin life in re- turn for their lives saved at the risk of his own, while the young man, that new- comer in the camp who had been so at- tracted to the boy—well, the sign over the entrance to the civil engineer’s of- fice proclaims that there is a partner in the coneern, and the junior partner re- lies most trustfully and affectionately upon him; while the frank, dark eyes of the partner often follow this young man with pride. JANE KATE LUDLUM. —_ 2. — Use Tradesman Coupon senior Books. MICHIGAN MINING SCHOOL, A State School of Mining Engineering, giving prac- tical instruction in mining and allied subjects. Has summer schools in surveying, Shop practice and Field Gcology. Laboratories, shops and stamp mill well equipped. Tuition free. For catalogues apply to the Director, Houghton, Michigan. SMASH Go Prices on BICYCLES. CALL AND SEE! PERKINS & RICHMOND, 13 Fountain St. call IMPORTERS, Are now receiving by every incoming steamer and Overland, New Crop Teas of their own importations, which means that in pur- chasing from them you get Teas of special character and at only one reasonable profit above actual cost of importa- tion. You are surely paying two or more profits in buying of the average wholesaler. Chase & Sanborn, IMPORTERS, ROSTON. CHICAGO. The GENUINE TiiOMPSON’S ld Cherry Phosphate A Delicious Beverage Condensed, Pos- sessing Wonderful Medicinal Properties. Tonic--Nervine-- Diuretic Anticeptic--Refrigerant Cheaper and Easier made than Lemonade and much more palatable. DIRECTIONS. One teaspoonful in a tumbler of water. Sweet en to taste same as lemonade. Ask Your Jobber for It. F. A. GREEN, Gen’l Agt. 34 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Send for circulars or call and sample it. SCHLOSS, ADLER & CO. MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF Pants, Shirts, Overalls ——AND—— Gents’ Farnishing Goods. REMOVED TO 23-285 Larned St., East DETROIT, MICH. Dealers wishing to look over our line are in- vited to address our Western Michigan repre- sentative Ed. Pike, 272 Fourth avenue, Grand Rapids. ereeert aca eee Se. | Courtesies of Business. Written for the Tradesman. It is too often the case that men en- gaged in trade consider all other dealers | as competitors whose interests are dis-| tinct or even hostile to their own. In consequence, they maintain, as it were, a position of armed neutrality, watching for some opportunity to make a profit at the expense of their neighbors and care- fully guarding against expected reprisals in kind. One who is very mean will adopt the spy system; and if he catches his neighbor napping in any particular, will, like a guerrilla, run in and eut out profits in a way not according to the Strict laws of honorable competition, and think he has made a commercial ten strike. Another, in order to prevent a customer visiting a rival’s store, will send or go himself to procure an article he does not happen to keep in stock. Many will slyly insinuate doubts con- cerning the quality of stock kept bya competitor, or say they believe he does not deal in certain lines of goods en- quired for. The equities of business they do not seem to care for or under- stand. Entering commercial life as a makeshift to temporarily increase their worldly store, believing it to afford bet- ter opportunities of accumulating wealth, they forget or fail to appreciate all the sweet courtesies of commercial ethics that elevate the business of buying and selling above the usual jockeyings of a noisy, crowded horse fair. It is not so much in large cities that we find the class above deseribed, but in small towns and in localities where two or three dealers comprise the busi- ness portion of the population, one often remarks a lack of harmony among those whose material interests would be most benefited thereby. Sometimes, unfortu- nately, a town of considerable importance is cursed with some material division, as a river, or perhaps arailroad, and thence- forth each portion becomes a deadly rival of the other for all time, and the busi- ness animosities thus engendered shared by citizens in general, and they expen- sively duplicate public improvements to the disadvantage of all concerned. While tending to progress in one direction this peculiar condition detracts from its de- sirableness as a residence town, because business and social harmony in any com- munity adds much tothe cash value of property on the assessment rolls. Where but two or three stores are needed to supply the wants of any local- ity, a wise policy would dictate some equitable division of certain portions of trade where the entire sales in each line are so small in volume as not to be worth competing for, yet having a certain ir- regular demand. If all concerned are actuated by true business courtesy, it will be easy to make amicable arrange- ments to fully supply the wants of cus- tomers, with due regard to the interests of all. When competition in such goods is carried to excess, it becomes equally unprofitable to merchant and customer, for excess in supply alternates with de- ficiency, and the public, not being regu- larly served, might as well not be served at all. As a general rule, the public havea right to be supplied according to their needs with staple articles, and the dealer should make it a matter of conscience to keep his customers supplied, so long as these are in active demand. If proper courtesy be observed, each dealer could THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. be apportioned his ratio of trade in ne ; that are in fair demand, but not to a' | large extent; and so stocks being moved | oftener could be kept in better condition, | especially perishable products, being sold on a closer margin. besides | For want | of some such understanding, much of the | capital invested in small places is used to great disadvantage and the communi- ty fails to reap the benefit it has a right | The natural tendency of trade | to expect. in small towns is to increase stock so as to cover almost every article likely to be called for, making a miscellaneous as- sortment of goods that can hardly be classified, and adding dead stock to be marked down at each annual invoice. Business courtesy, by keeping up a good understanding, will make it possible to arrange these miscellaneous lines to the mutual advantage of both dealer and the public. The latter, though glad to re- ceive the benefit of competition, will acknowledge that the permanence of sup- ply in this class of goods is after all the most desirable thing. The petty jeal- ousies of business men will vanish when- ever they take a common sense view of the relations they sustain to the public The duties and responsibilities of our advanced civilization are reciprocal. The money consideration is not the only one to be thought of. When the dealer ap- peals to the general community to pur- chase his wares and they respond, he should by every means within reason strive to meet promptly all the demands thus invited. If he be the only one in his town, his duty in this respect is limited only by his means. But when more capital is embarked in like enter- prise, nothing short of mutual and con- siderate action will fill the measure of their voluntarily assumed obligations. While this may to some finical critics appear to be in the nature of a combina- tion, so often in bad odor, and deseribed as a trust, it can be justly defended on the ground that it is in the direct interest of the majority of consumers whose varied needs can be more promptly met, and without increased cost. If every town and village was well supplied with business men who unite true courtesy between themselves with fair dealing with customers, the condition of what are called middle men would be better appreciated, the resources of the state developed to the largest extent, and its permanent prosperity fully assured. S. P. WHITMARSH. > Clerks Not Entitled to Free Tobacco. Gus Sirang, a Minneapolis grocery clerk, sued Helgeson Bros. for $51.02 balance due on a two years’ clerkship at $25 a month and board. The firm put in acounter claim of $31.81 for goods he had trusted people for without instrue- tions and $19.20 for tobacco smoked. Gus claimed he had a right to help him- self, as the other clerks did so and he heard one of the firm tell a cigar man: “I don’t keep cigars, for it is enough to furnish my clerks with tobavco.’? The eourt held, however, that he had shown no right to the free use of tobacco and, as he admitted smoking a 10 cent pack- age a week, allowed the firm $15.20 for tobacco. Of the other claim $6.65 was allowed and Gus given judgment for $29.17. A Coldwater—Patrick O’Shaughnessy, of the firm of O’Shaughnessy Bros., cigar manufacturers, is dead. GRAND RAPIDS BRUSH 0, Manufacturers of BRUSHES Grand Rapids, Our goods are sold by all Michi- gan Jobbing Houses. MICHIGAN Fire & Marine Insurance Co Organized 1881, Fair Contracts, Kquitable Rates, Prompt Settlements. The Directors of the ‘‘Michigan” are representative business men of our own State. D. WHITNEY, JR., EUGENE Pres. HARBECK, Sec’y. DO NOT FAIL TO VISIT DELKNAP, BAKER & CO. Exclusive Carriage Repository AND INSPECT THEIR Carriages, LINE OF Surreys, Phaetons, 2 Buggies. 5 & 7 NW. IONTA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GHAS. A. GOYE, MANUFACTURER OF TS Horse and Wag on Covers, JOBBERS OF Hammocks and Cotton Ducks SEND FOR PRICE LIST. li Pearl St, Grand Rapids, Mich, THURBER, WHYLAND COMPANY New York, Aug. 8, 1892. nae oe aa, a e this day declared a SEMI- A DIVIDEND OF FOU R PER CENT. on aa alee pony payable on the 15th inst Checks for dividend will be mailed to stock holders. Transfer books will be closed on Wednesday, the 10th inst., at3 p.m ,and reopened on Wed nesday, the 17th inst., at 10 a. m. ALEX1s GopDILLoT, Jr., Treasurer. Playing Cards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Daniel Lynch, 19 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. HESTER MACHINERY CO. AGENTS FOR Plain Slide Valve Engines with Throttling Governors, Automatic Balanced Single Valve Engines, Horizontal, Tubular and Locomotive BOILERS. Upright Engines and Boilers for Light Power. Prices on application. 45 S, Division St., Grand Rapids. Established 1868. HM. REYNOLDS & SON, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Building Plain Linings, Asphalt and Coal Tar Best G Asphaltum and Fire-proof Roof Paints, Coal Tar and Coal Tar Pitch, Elastic Roofing Cement, Resin and Mineral Wool, Ashbes- and Sheathing Papers, and Corrugated Carpet Prepared Roofing, rades tos Fire-proof Sheathing, Ete. Practical Rooters In Felt, Composition and Gravel, Cor.cLOUIS and CAMPAU Sts.. Grand Rapids, - Mich AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Gaylord—Geo. H. Smith will remove his general stock to Ewen. Mecosta—Geo. Thomas succeeds Smith & Thomas in the meat business. Shepherd — V. Brown succeeds Archi- bald Noble in the hotel business. a W. Reed W. & M. S. Reed in general trade. a C. Forte succeeds D. W. Peabody in the a goods business. Belleoue—B. F. Spaulding succeeds B. D. Vaughan in a drug busit Caro—F. A. Poole purchased the confectionery stock of M. N. Menoninee—L. Magnuson & Co., ers, are succeeded by R. P. Kingston—Fred C. Lee has purchased the furniture stock of John B. Frankfort — Chandler Chandler Bros. & Co. ness. Saginaw—Chas H. Nast is by Conrad Kreuchanuf in the grocery busi- sueceeds A. leSs. has Drew. buteh- Sorenson. Curtis. Bros. succeed in the bakery busi- ness. Oxford—J. C. Evans & Co. succeed B. G. Evans & Co. in the confectionery bus- iness. Ida—Putnam Fisk, formerly a meat dealer at this place, has closed out his stock. Camden—D. C. the drug and Hubbell. Imlay City—Mrs. S. J. ceeds Mrs. E. F. business. Clark has purchased grocery stocks of J. B. Bentley Milbourn in the millinery suec- & Son Kelley in the drug, grocery and crockery Lyons — Kelley succeed David business. Milford — Warren succeed Johnson & Crawford in th Johnson & Padley e drug business. Trahan & & Co. in Saginaw—E Son sueceed Frank H. Twist business. Vassar—Dano & Me ceeded by Stilson & Dano in the business. Manistee—W. H. Willard to remove his drug stock to Battle Creek about Sept. Detroit—W. J =. 2 dealers, Perrinton—C, 8. the grocery Connell are suc- Frocery has decided the patent Ballery, of firm of Ballery & Co., is dead. medicine Keifer is for the reception of erecting a brick store building his drug stock. Eaton Rapids—R. H. purchased an interest in the stock. City—Gardiner & Laird, dissolved, P. W. continuing the business. Reynolds has Albert Por- ter grocery Bay dealers, have furniture Gardiner Graafschap—Rutgiers & Tien are erect- ing an addition to their in which store building, they will carry their stocks of dry goods and boots and shoes. Muskegon—Geo. H. Allen from the firm of has retired grocery Philabaum «& Allen and will take up his residence in Chicago. The business will be continued under the style of Edward Philabaum. Kalamazoo—F. C. Andrews, formerly with Zander & Walter, pure the stock of wall paper and paints of R. has based W. Smith and will carry on the business under the firm name of F. C. Andrews & Co. Allegan — Geo. R. Smith, who has clerked some time for S. 8S. Dryden & Sons, has purchased the Armstrong hard- ware stock and will conduct the business, in partnership with Smith. his brother, James succeeded THER MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Kalamazoo — A. F. Woodhams bought a half interest in the flour and | teed store lately purchased by W. E. Mershon of J. S. Carr, and the business will be conducted under the firm name of Woodhams & Mershon. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Saginaw—Th Co., Co.. Thompsonville Flour & Feed is sueceeded by the Saginaw Milling incorpo Saginaw rated. ~A. a deal for a new shingle mill to be erected . Bowen has closed here, whieh will by Sept. Lake cutting shingle be ready for operation George—E. J. Roys will finish timber here next week, and his mill will then be removed to Missaukee county. Gladwin—W. F. shingle mill about has built a two and a half — Stevens miles Gladwin, on cutting 30,000 shin Marquette—F. ping 2,000,000 feet of this port, the lumber mills at Michig from railroad, and is Ss a day. W. R sad & Co. are ship- piece stuff coming from their amme and Eagle Mills Wetzell—Jess Wisler has ies W. D. Snyder’s interest in the Wetzel Turning Works, and the business will hereafter be Wisler. Bay City—H. W. conducted by Harding & Sage and H. A. Em- ery last spring purchased 15,000,000 feet of timber in eut the across the Lake to be manufactured. Alpena—G. N. lumber in Canada the coming will put in 6,000,000 feet. ed that Canada logs will come to Alpena mills next year. Georgian Bay. Mr. has logs and Fletcher & Winter, and It is calculat- fully 100,000,000 feet of Elk Rapids—A stave factory company has been organized here by Mr. Myers, has | from | Emery | they are to come} : : |again, after aten days Sons will | mn. & Lewis, BM. 6. Lang and EK. W. | Bagot. The company will have $10,000 eapital and will manufucture barrel | staves. Alpena—The Alpena Cedar Co. has been organized with, a capital stock of $60,000 by Albert W. H. Johnson, ald McRae. eedar ties, poles Pack, F. W. Fletcher, Thomas Collins and Don- The corporation will handle and posts. Lawton—The Michigan Ballot Box Co. has box with sides of glass and rubber rollers like a wringer, ballot Every tim made a new through which each a crank. is passed by means of e the crank is turned the ally marked and registered. a bell rings, and ballot is automatic- Bay City—James Davidson has started Twin Lake branch, recently purchased of the Grat- wick, Smith & Freyer Co., and will put in about fall and They will be railed here and converted into lumber. Midland—The work of Midland Salt & mill, wrecked by a boiler explosion last spring, camps in the timber on the Lumber 20,000,000 feet of logs this coming winter. rebuilding the Lumber Co.’s finished and the The A good put two new a saw dust carrier and automatic been operation. $8,000. has plant is in eost of rebuilding was deal of has been in, including boilers, filer. Clare—Jolin Setsmith started his saw- mill last week, xpects to run the rest of the season, cutting pine and hard- wood. He has a stock of the skids in the woods, but has been delayed, inability of the railroads to ears. In with the sawmill is a lath mill with a capacity of 45,000 daily. and ex logs on owing to the furnish connection new machinery Tawas City—The Prescott sawmill has forced to shut down temporarily, the mill docks being full of lumber. A delay in receiving logs from has caused the mill of the Winona | shut down a few Tawas mills are| been Georgian bay Salt & Lumber Co. to days. A number of largely stocked with Canada logs, this point being convenient for rafting logs from across the lake. | Saginaw—Wnm. B. Hawks, of Port Aus- at that place and established a similar concern | last June, filed a mortgage attorney Saturday in favor of Hall, a well-known banker of | Port Austin, as trustee in trust, ninety creditors whose names are append- | tin, who owns a general store in Saginaw through his <¢ James H. for some | ed to the document, their aggregate | claims amounting to nearly $35,000. The | mortgage covers the dry goods, carpets, shoes, goods and chattels in the Saginaw | Mr. Hawks resides in Port Aus- tin, where he been in business for also having a branch establish- ment in Millington. Among the heaviest creditors are Edson, Moore & Co., Detroit, $9,294.29; G. M. Dayton, Lansing, $3,350; | A. E. Buckheart & Co., Cincinnati, $1,- 946 and A. C. MeGraw & Co., of Detroit, $1,190.90. The Saginaw firms interested are Anderson & Co., $126.75; Buehtel & Graham, $108.92; Morley Bros., $44.03; Borden & Drysdale, $39.43. oe 0 - | Gripsack Brigade. Irving W. Feighner is on the warpath lay-off in quence of the illness of his wife. Wm. H. Sigel, left the employ of C. G. A. Voigt & Co. about four months ago to go on the road for A. S. Davis, has re- his former and is again covering his former territory. store. has years, conse- who turned to position have each entered a traveling salesman in the | ‘he wholesale grocery houses lying contest at the grocers’ picnic, as | follows: Dr. J. B. Evans, Byron Daven- | port, James A. Massie, *‘Hub’’ Baker, Chas. Brooks, D. E. McVean and Jack | Cozens Traveling men who have had_ their | clothes pulled off from them by the rival liverymen of Pentwater will be pleased to learn that E. A. Wright chased the Gardner livery arrangement has been entered into with the other liveryman there by which an | equitable division of the business is pro- for. One livery takes the Hart} business and the other furnishes the con- | has pur- and that an } vided veyances to Ludington, and during the | the between Pent- | water and Ludington will be driven on al- | ternate days by each liveryman. This arrangement will prove more acceptable to the traveling public and more profita- ble to the principals. winter season stage FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment BUSINESS CHANCES, OR SALE—A FINE AND WELL-ASSORTED stock of dry goods, boots, shoes, hats, caps and gents’ furnishing goods, ia live railroad and manufacturing town of from 500 to 600 inhabi tants. Only business of the kind in the locality. attention of the proprietor. We court a thorough investigation and will guarantee a profitable investment. 571 4WWR SALE—SMALL MACHINE & FOUND ry business, with or without tools. H. L. Chapman White Pigeon, Mich. 558 pee SALE—A FIRST-CLASS HAT AND gent’s furnishing goods business at Benton Harbor, Mich., stock all new, controls the finest rade in the city; present proprietor going into other business; long lease of premises now oc cupied guaranteed. Apply for full particulars | of Dent & Dunn, sal estate brokers, Benton Harbor, Mich. 566 | dress given below. | sirable vacant building | Rapids and | Mic higa nh Tri ade: man, | fine opening for confectionery in | Can | on time. | dence to purchaser. Ra | locality, ;}mentstosuit. E. worth RUG STOCK FOR SALE—ANYONE WANT- ing to invest ina drug stock can find the best bargain they ever struck by writing the ad- Stock inventories $2,200, can be bought for 31,600 on easy terms, Located in one of the prettiest and best towns in the State. Largest days sales, $48; smallest, #6. Rent low. Address Bargain, ¢ care Mic higan Tradesmt um. AT2 YROCERY, BAZAAR OR GENERAL ME R WJ chandise stock wanted in exchange for good Detroit real estate, farm and town property or will pay 50 to 6 cents cash on dollar. Cor respond with us. Rothwell & Co., 92 Griswold stret, Detroit. 564 NOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—GOOD HOTEL inthe hustling city of Belding. Also de lots on easy terms, For particulars, address Lock Sox 13, Belding, Mich. 562 OR SALE—‘GOLD MINE,” IN SHAPE OF a first-class drug stock, on easy terms. For particulars address J L K, Box 160, Grand Rap ids, Mich. 560 ee ee NITY FOR A BUS- iness man with $5,000 to $10,000 ready money to embark in the wholesale business in Grand take the management of same. House well established. Investigation solic ited from per-ons who mean business. o others need apply. No. 556, care Michigan Tradesman 556 EXCHANE—CLEAN STOCK gents’ furnishing goods. Good point for trade. Reason for selling, other business requires our attention. Address No. 508, care Mic ‘higan = radesman. 568 JIOR SALE-CLEAN NEW STOCK OF DRY goods. notions, clothing, furnishing goods, shoes, groceries, cigars, tobaccos and confec tionery, located in one of the best business towns in Michigan. Doing over $2,000 per month spot cash business. Not a dollar of credit. Stock wiil invoice about $6,000, Address No, 549, care 548 OR SALE OR of dry goods and | ee SALE—C OR NER DRU G STOR E IN T HE city Doing first-class business. Living rooms above. Good chance fora doctor or a Holland druggist. Proprietor about to leave the state. Will sell cheap. Address No. 554, care ichigan Tradesman. 554 } SALE—CIGAR AND TOBACCO STORE, invoicing about $1,000,in the best town in Michigan and the best location in the city. A connection, give good reason for selling. Will want two-thirds cash Address Derby Cigar Factory Belding, Mich. 550 WOR SALE—STOCK OF DRUGS AND FIX- tures, $1,200 or less,in good location. Es tablished trade. Will sell for part Cash and balance on time to good party. Good opening fora physician. Satisfactory reasons for selling. Fred Brundage, Muskegon, Mich. 561 NOR SALE—NEW AND FINE CLOTHING and furnishing goods stock. Good cash trade. Rent moderate. In the fast growing city of Holland, Mich. A good Investment for a man of some Capital. Address Box 2167, Holland, | Mich. 551 QIOR- ‘SALE—SMALL STUCK OF DRUGS which will invoice $709. $500 cash, balance Will rent or seli resi re chance for physie¢ian or young man. Address Doctor, care Michigan Tradesman. 544 NOR SALE —CLEAN STOCK OF STAPLE dry goods, clothing, furnishing goods, mil linery goods and boots and shoes in one of the best villages in Michigan. Stock will inventory $3,000 to $3,500, Liberal discount for cash. For particulars, address No, 530, care Michigan Tradesinan. 53) VOR SALE—GROCERY STOCK AND FIX tures in corner store in desirable portion of having lucrativetrade. Best of reasons for Address No. 504, care Michigan Trades 504 *92 sales, 3! 600 city, selling. man. MISCELLANEOUS. I O YOU USE COUPON BOOKS? IF SO, DO you buy of the largest manufacturers in the | United States? If you do, you are customers of the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids, age SALE — GOOD DIVIDEND - PAYING stocks in banking, manufacturing and mer cantile companies. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St., | Grand ice 370 NOR SALE —BEST RESIDENCE LOT IN Gri and Rap ‘ids, 7Ux175 feet, beautifully shad ed with native oaks, situated in gooi residence only 200 feet from e.ectrie street car Will sell for $2 500 & ash, or part cash, pay- A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 354 — RESIDENCE LOTS IN VILLAGE OF Belding to exchange for grocery stock line. #1,00, to $1,500. Wiil pay difference in eash. Address No. 470, care Michigan Trades — 470 WOR SALE OR EXCHANGE AT A BAR- gain—for house and lot in Grand Rapids— First-class flouring mill in thriving village near Grand Rapids. Good farming country. Reason for selling. death of owner. 569 6¢ The Ken C. Other and more important business requires the | ryX\HIS new and handsomely furnished hotel, located directly across the street from the Union Depot, is now open to the public. It is conducted entirely on the European plan. tooms with steam heat and electric bells range from 50 cents to #1 per day. First-class restau- rant and dining room in connection. Free trans fer of baggage from Union Depot. The patronage of traveling men and country merchants is earnestly solicited, as we are con fident our hotel and its service will commend themselves to all seeking clean, quiet, and home like accommodations. BEACH & BOOTH, Props, ~ sis nana a aes oe MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5 GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Wm. H. Van Leeuwen has sold his drug stock at 601 Cherry street to Clara Ware, who will continue the business under the management of Ezra Ware. Cyrus E. Prince, grocer and crockery dealer at Vermontville, grocery store at Charlotte. Judson Grocer Co. has opened a The Olney & furnished the stock. A. Dunn has opened a general store at Hoppertown. ‘The man Co. furnished the groceries and Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. the dry goods. V. H. Tibbs has purchased the A. W. Lobdell drug stock, at the corner of East Bridge and Barelay streets, and has also purchased the fixtures in the same store, owned by the Wolverine Drug Co. H. E. Moseley, who has been connect- ed with bis brothers of the firm of Mose- ley Brothers for several years, has con- eluded to embark in the cheese and vine- 45 South Division street. Morris H. Treusch & Bro. chased the W. R. Cushman at the corner of Monroe and North Ionia streets, and will continue the business. They have leased the rear gar business at 4 have pur- cigar stock, portion of the same building and will remove ao wholesale stock from its present location on South Ionia street to the new quarters about Sept. 1. Mr. Cushman will move to Chicago, where he takes a po- sition in the tobacco factory of Spaulding & Merrick. re- Arrangements for the sixth annual pic- nie of the Grand Rapids retail grocers, Thursday, are about com- pleted and every indication points to a large and The arranged a yarried and interesting programme, with to be held on successful gathering. Committee on Sports has liberal prizes to the winners, and the Executive Committee has arranged for a sufficient supply of badges, the printing of the programme, and other details necessary to the success of the event. J. P. Visner announces that he will fur- nish cold tea for the crowd, which offer will probably be aecepted by hundreds of dauenmeaies > > <—> Utter Failure of the Tanners’ Strike. The strike recently inaugurated by the union tanners of Milwaukee has ended the same way nine-tenths of the strikes terminate nowadays-—in the utter defeat of the strikers. The tanners have brok- eninnew menandare all running as well as before the strike, and the strikers present the sorry appearance of holding out against former employers who do not eare to hire them. ‘The finishers, who had no grievance, but went out to help the whiteners, have now an opportunity to reflect on the extent to which they have elevated and helped the _ trade. Several hundred men who formerly earned from $1.25 to $1.50 have learned the trade and the strikers have, many of them, changed places withthe new work- men and receive $8 to $12 a week instead of $15 to $30 as when in the tannery. 3all-Barnhart-Put- | FINANCIAL NOTES OF THE WEEK. | While industrial stocks are not quite so | actively dealt in as they have been here- | tofore, a noticeable absorption of them by investors has commenced, which tends | tomaintain them at their presentadvanced quotations. The surplus income, both |of this country and of Europe, has not gone into new enterprises to any great extent since the Baring collapse, a year ; anda half ago, as the accumulation of currency at the great financial centers | demonstrates. Consequently, the best | old securities are nearly out of the mar- ket, and when they are to be bought at all they bring high prices. . This the attention of capitalists to newer less enterprises, and at the large dends promised by the industrials. they are deterred from freely as they otherwise, by the secrecy which veils the affairs of the companies, and I do not very well see how the veil can safely be lifted. In- dustrial operations are of such a nature that the details of them have to be kept from the knowledge of the world, and in- formation about them obtained from pri- vate sources is always more or perfect. turns and approved them look makes longingly divi- Still, buying these as would less im- The only thing an outsider can do is to rely upon the personal character of the managers of the and if he various enterprises, is not willing to trust them with his money, he had better do some- thing else with it. They are like the general partners in a business firm of which he is only a_ special partner. Everything depends upon their honesty and ability, and a special partner nothing else to look to. Meanwhile, the process of combining and consolidating numerous small indus- has trial concerns into single great ones goes goes on apace, the latest example being the formation of the National Wall Paper Company out of about twenty little corporations and engaged in the manufacture of wall papers. The capi- company is $20,000,000, and its promoters assert that they have the control of 60 per cent. of the entire wall paper product of the country. As in Other similar cases, it is also asserted that with little or no increase of the sell- ing prices of the goods, great profits can be made by reducing the expenses of manufacturing and management. seems to be firms tal of the new This on and is While capital is thus be- coming every day concentrated in fewer hands, the movement for the organiza- tion of labor is, on the contrary, anything but prosperous. As I[ remarked, week before last, the chief obstacle to a per- fect union of workingmen is their want of discipline and leadership. Leaders, especially, sufficiently educated and in- telligent so to order and manage strikes as to ensure seem few and far between. The Homestead workmen evi- dently were ill informed about the num- ber of men able and willing to take their places, and they likewise underestimated the public detestation of rioting and law- lessness in enforcing their demands. Against the blunders which they have made heads would have warned them in season, and would have advised them to accept the terms offered by their employers, biding a more favor- able time for demanding better ones. The building trades strikesin New York City have been more skillfully managed, but still this result, so far as any result has been reached, indicates that they founded probably true. reason success, competent | were not justified, and will prove fruit- less of good. Nevertheless, | adhere to my opinion that a complete or nearly complete union | of workingmen is the result toward which society is tending, and though it is yet a long way off, it will be reached at last. Imperfect and often mischievous as are the labor their present con- dition, they are better for the workingmen then the old chaos of individualism which some employers idly talk of restoring. As Benjamin Franklin said to his fellow patriots after signing the Declaration of unions in Independence, so the workingman ean | say to all other workingmen, ‘““My friends, we must hang together, for if we do not we shall be hanged separately.” While, too, like all other good citizens, Labhor personal assaults as a means of en- forcing united action, I lowance for the great al- | and manners of men engaged in mechanical occupations. Every animal fights the which come readiest to it. Cats their claws, dogs their teeth, their wiles and blandishments, men argument and cated men their fists. muscular make habits wit! weapons use women educated and unedu- rough | beating is by reason, Besides, to artisans a no | means so serious an outrage as it is to| more delicate creatures, and it does not express the same malignity. Time and experience will correct the evil, and by its disappearance the cause of united labor will gain immensely in pub- lic estimation. The smallness of the gold exports last week and the prospect of their early ces- sation is pretty generally with satisfaction by but for what reason I do not understand. The total amount of coin and paper money in the country, according to the _ latest Treasury statement, is over $2,000,000,- 000, of which $1,600,000,000 is in the hands of the people and in the vaults of the banks, leaving $600,000,000 locked up in the Treasury. To this enormous mass we are adding every month about $4,000,- 000 in legal tender notes, viewed our financiers, issued against purchases of silver bullion under the act of July, 1890, so that in a year from this date currency further in- creased by about $50,000,000. Why, in view of these figures, anybody should fear a fallinthe price of securities and merchandise whenaver a few millions of dollars in gold are sent to Europein liq- uidation of our debts, is more than I can explain. If every dollar of the gold in the Treasury and in the banks were thus exported, it would not in the least dimin- | our will be ish the amount of money in circulation, and if the entire stock of it in use in the country were withdrawn the loss would | be only about $300,000,000, leaving us | still $1,900,000,000 to go on with. | | The fact is we have too much currency, and the export of gold is the natural a | rective of the redundancy. Were it — so, the loss of gold we have already sus- | tained would have produced a rise in the} prevailing rates of interest, whereas, as we see, nothing of the kind has taken place. Indeed, so difficult is it to lend | money at any rate whatever, that one of | the largest trust companies in the city | has cut its depositors down to 1 per cent. per annum, andis reluctant to take fresh | deposits even on those terms. Itis sig- | nificant, too, that the West is calling this | year for much less money than usual to move the crops, showing that its local | supply is larger. | The friends of silver have been a little | cheered during the week by a cable de- spatch from Vienna announcing that the famous statistician, Prof. Adolph Soet- beer, has devised a scheme for promoting an increase of the use of silver money, the principal feature of which is the re- | striction of gold coinage to pieces of the value of not less than $2. Considering that in practice this restriction long ago took effect, and that the smallest gold coins in circulation anywhere in Europe are the British half sovereign, the French 10 franes, and the German | 10 marks, all of which are worth $2 and more, I do not see what the learned pro- fessor is aiming at. Nobody in this country could be persuaded on any terms , to carry around in his pocket more silver than he does now, and there is no reason for believing that Europeans differ great- ly from us in this respect. The approaching International Bime- tallic Conference which has been called at the request of President Harrison will probably result like its predecessors, in a wearisome and fruitless threshing over of old straw and nothing more. The new Ministry in Great Britain will be more hostile te silver than that which is about to go out of office. Germany certainly will not undo the reform in her currency which she accomplished at so great an expense in 1875, and Austria-Hungary has within a few weeks formally resolved to substitute the gold for the silver stand- ard and has begun to mint her new gold coins. Without the concurrence of these three great nations nothing in favor of silver can be done, so that the conference is foredoomed to failure, Dr. Chauncey M. Depew’s opinion to the contrary withstanding. not- Congress has adjourned without pass- ing any of the mischievous financial measures feared fromit,so that the busi- ness community will have a respite from its anxiety in this respect until next win- ter. The crops promise well, and ought to furnish lucrative occupation for the railroads, besides swelling our exports to Europe in payment for imported goods. Altogether, I think our people have rea- son for looking cheerfully, if not with enthusiasm, at the immediate future. MATTHEW MARSHALL. 9 |X = Hot weather E verybody ppreciates iz dient Drinks Tnat are Heaitnrul | Feauttiew LJariv: aled J _ucious Williams Root Beer Extract makes ithe best drink of all and can be made in five minutes. For sale everywhere. Quotations in price column. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The New Man. The new man is generally obtrusively | anxious to get business. He no sooner | registers at the hotel than he makes a) beeline for the dealer. He isn’t delib- | erate in his manner, like the veteran, who has very little to say for himself, and goes about his work without hurry or excitement. The longer aman is on the road the more matter-of-fact he grows, and the more he does his work as if it were a regular, everyday occurrence. The new man is aptto be ina hurry to; finish up his work in a town, and get out | of it as soon as possible. In this he is| likely to make a mistake. It never pays to attempt to force things. It must not be forgotten that the dealer is called upon to give up a great deal of time to traveling men, and is, indeed, sometimes considerably bored by them. The trav- eler must not always calculate on finish- ing his customer at the first interview. He must study his mood, and if this doesn’t strike him as favorable he should not stay too long, but, having personally paid his respects, promise to call around later. It is unwise to attempt to force business at an inopportunetime. Better miss atrain than t» intrude on a dealer who is out of humor, or who is busy with eustomers. The new map is very apt to reveal his newness through a disregard of these necessary precautions. He has an exaggerated estimate of his own im- portance, and is apt to regard any ap- parent indifference on the part of the dealer as a piece of rank impertinence. Isn’t he a traveling representative of Rich, Gold & Co., the wealthiest and most ancient and aristocratic firm in the country? This intimation, therefore, of the upstart dealer, of Podunk, that he should wait until a horde of country bumpkins have been served, is a piece of unpardonable effrontery. He has a very good mind to pick up his traps and leave the place without giving this rude fellow a chance to even look at his sam- ples. He may think better of it, how- ever, and smother in its very infancy this rash resolve, but he cannot conceal the irritability that has been aroused. The old hand never allows little things like this to disturb his equanimity. The same old hearty greeting and pleasant word fitly spoken, the same unruffled de- meanor, the same bonhomie secure for him a successful interview on the mor- row. The new man is very likely to re- veal his freshness on the way from the front door to the office in the rear of the establishment. One of the most difficult things for a young actor to master is said to be the walk across the stage, but the achievement can secareely be more dificult than for the new man to walk the length of the store, on his first eall, without arresting the attention of the clerks. His studied air of indifference to his surroundings, and his supercilious enquiry for the proprietor (nothing short of the proprietor for him) are a clean giveaway. His carriage differs from that of a veteran. The latter slights no one in the establishment. He has a pleasant ‘good day” for every man and boy in his way, and the respectful smile he has for the girls makes him ‘‘perfectly love- ly’? in the quick-discerning optics of the fair ones. Before he has reached the office he has captured the whole insti- tution. It doesn’t do to slight the clerk, for it may turn out that he is the very one to be consulted in making up an order. While it is a good plan to learn the proprietor’s name, and to become acquainted beforehand with the lay of the land, this knowledge can never ex- cuse an omission of the little amenities to which I have referred. The new man will not be very old in the service before this lesson will have impressed itself indelibly on his mind. But when he has mastered all of these little details of the craft he will have shed his outer skin and ceased to be ‘‘the new man.’’ oo > o> —— A prosperous country and enterprise in trade are factors which can produce only one result, viz., agreat consumption of all kinds of goods. a Use The Tradesman Co.’s Cowpon Books. MILE-END DK Tees Best Six Gord Machine or Hand Use, FOR SALE BY ALL Dealers in Dry Goods & Notions Schilling Corset Co. \ Noes = Send for Dlustrated Catalogue. SCHILLING CORSET CO., Detroit. Mich. and Chicago, Ill. BUY THE PENINSULAR Pants, Shirts, and Overalls Once and You are our Customer STANTON, MOREY & CO.,, Mfrs. DETROIT, MICH. Gero. F. Owen, Salesman for Western Michigan, Residence, 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids. Dry Goods Price Current. UNBLEACHED COTTONS. Agee ...........: 7 ‘* Arrow Brand 54 sae... 6 “« World —_ 6% Atlenta AA. 8 - i. - 4% Atlantic . .... 6% |Full Yard Wide... - 6% _ Geom A.......... 6% : re 5%} Honest Width....... 6% - a 6 iMeriforca ......... 5 gg aa S iindian Head........ 7 SS 64) King Se 6% Archery Bunting... 4 |KingEC. . 5 Beaver Dam A A.. 514|Lawrence Les 5% Blackstone ste —.... 2 |Madras cheese cloth 6% Black Crow. .s | Newmarket nS 5% Beck Gock ........ 6 | i... Boot, St............ 7 i . ..... a Capital A... ...... Sai) . DD.... 5% Cavanat V. ' a . a... 6% Chapman cheese cl. Se . 5 oe © c........, a Our Level Best..... 6% ao --. Ce Guicurerd B........... 6 Dwight a Oar ees... 5... 7 Clifton CCCc........ 6% PE oe antes cues 6% |Top of the Heap.... 7 meg COTTONS. ABC. ............. BS¢iGeo. Washington... &§ eee Speen Meet 7 ee ee 7 iGold Rae... Art Cambric........ 10 |Green Ticket....... Blackstone AA --: Coeeens OMe... . 4%4| Hope. . Beats All.... AIAN AIH +3 RR aR Boston .. . 12” jJust Out.. @ Cabot... (King Phillip. Lae Ce, &.....- - 6x | en Cherter Oek........ 5%|Lonsdale “a 10 Comaray W.......... 714|Lonsdale..... @ 8% vee ...... -.- 7 |Middlesex ao @ 5 Dwight Anchor i. 814/No Name..........-. 1% shorts. / Edwards. . M4 Empire.... Farwell... _ -. 26 Fruit of the Loom. 8 -. 4% Prchvile ......... 7 poeen Bie......... 8% Piet Prase.......... 7 . Nonpareil ..10 Fruit of the Loom %. 1% Vonseee........,.... 8% Paro. ......... és W hi eS Boree....... 6 Pall Valeo.......... 6%! a... .. os HALF — COTTONS. a... ce Anchor..... 8% Pe eee tae. eet ag CANTON FLANNEL. Tremont nh .......... No. .....— Hamilten a... sn eo ; _ . 2.20 Middiesesz AT.....-. 8 “ - 7... a i - £2 _ ao. .... 9 | BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL. Hemtiion H......... 7 | Middlesex A A ae 11 Middlesex rY...... 8 eo... 2 a ...,.. 9 . AG... 13% “ aa 9 | “ a 17% ’ Z Y..... 10% ' a 16 CARPET WARP. Peerless, white.,.... 17% a a. eee. 20 re White Siar.......... 18 Integrity . . ee ' " colored __20 DRESS GOODS. ett. ........... : [Nameless eee ee cee 20 as “ oy 6 oe ee a 27% GG Cashmere......20 eS 30 Nameless Mee oes 16 e ee eee eee 32% ee 18 . ep CORSET ae... 89 50 emtertel . + on oe Schilling’s......... Gergen... ........ : 2 Davis Waists..... : On ieoraroe ses .......... 9 00 Grand Rapids..... 4 S0|Addominal........ 15 00 CORSET JEANS. Armory . — ee. 7 Androscoggin ee 74) Rockport i 6 aoe 6 operors........... 6% Pia. ..... .... 6%|Walworth .......... 6% PRINTS. Allen turkey reds.. 5%|Berwick fancies.... 54% robes. -- 54%/Clyde Robes...... " = & purple BH) chesten Oak fancies 4% . a. |Del Marine cashm’s. 6 ’ ae checks. Sel mourn’g 6 ' maples ...... 5M Eddystone fancy... 5% - shirtings . “7 chocolat 5% American fancy. 5% | . rober.... 5% Americanindigo.... 5 " sateens.. 5% American ee 434 | Hamilton fancy..... 5% Argentine Grays... 6 staple .... 5% Anchor Shirtings. 4 |Manchester ancy. - 5% Arnold ay na - 6%) new era. 5% Arnold Merino..... 6 |Merrimack D fancy. 5% " long cloth = 10% Merrim’ ck shirtings. 44 . 8% Re _— 8% “ century cloth 7 7 Pacific fancy .. -- 5% * oneon..... 10% peeee......... 6% ‘* green seal TR10% Sestemmaiis robes... 534 “yellow seal. an Simpson mourning... 5% . ee... 11% ” oone...... oe “ Turkey red..10% . solid black. 5% Ballou solid black.. 5 |Washington indigo. 5% ‘colors. 5%] ‘“‘ Turkey robes.. 7% mens al blue, green, ‘* India robes.... 7% red and orange... 5%; “ plain Tky x % 8% Berlin = cores Si 10 oll blue...... — a = - = oo .... Oe i 6 “ FPoulards .... 5% Martha Washington - 2... 2 Turkey red &..... 7% - OM eee "” Martha Washington - Oe le ee oe 9 ' “ 3-4X Xxx 2 2 Riverpoint robes.... 5 Cocheco a 6 Windsor roy ...... 6 madders... 6 | gold ticket - XX twills.. 6%| indigo blue....... 10% ” aes... ee ee 4% TIC KINGS, Amoskeag ACA....i2%/AC A - 12% Hesetton N......... “Ti |Pemberton AAA.. SY . P........, Oe eeee.....-.. oon... 10% - Awning..11 Swift eee. eo ys T% ee 8 ipeart Biver:........ 12 piesk Pre.......... 1144) Warren....... oN 13 Lenox Millis ........18 COTTON DRILL. sane. ts eee ». ....... 8 a 6%|No Name........ 7 Clifton, ao 644\Top of Heap........ 9 A. Simpson bee aa foe Ig cere a 10% weceree cous i8 Black.. ee eeeee OO na 16 Be @10 ee es oe , 10% ACA Be 12 Amoskeag Poea ° “ ee Beaver Creek AA.. . BB.. “oe Boston. Mfg Co. br.. blue 8% d & twist 10% ” No. 250. eae =H DEMINB. -..12%/Columbian brown. .12 o<..... — Everett, blue........ 12 . brown. ....12 Haymaker oo. .... 7% brown... 7% Co 11% Lancaster epee cess 12% Lawrence, 7o...... 13% No, 220....13 Columbian 7 a 10 ' No. 280....10% GINGHAMS. _ 7 Lancaster, staple.. “* Persian dress 8% fancies . | c .- 8% ' Normandie 8 . avc.....- 104%|Lancashire.......... 6% ” .- 10%] Manchester......... 5% ay Angola. .104|Monogram.......... 6% _ . 8%|Normandie......... T™% Arlington staple.... 644|Persian.. i Arasapha fancy.... 4%|/Renfrew Dress...... 7% Bates Warwick dres 84%|Rosemont........... 6% " staples. 644|Slatersville......... 6 Centennial......... 10%|Somerset............ 7 ss ......... Ore 8 eee ea ™% Cumberland staple. 5% Toll du Nord.......10% Cumberiand.... .... ae... 7% ee... au “ss seersucker.. 7% Ree... wearer... «..... 8% Everett classics. . 4|Whittenden......... 6% Rxpoeion.......... . heather dr. 8 Grenerte.......... ‘ si indigo blue 9 Gienerven.... ...... 6% Wamsutta staples... x Giemwood........... ™% Westbrook ee Peele... . .... — 2hlr,tC 10 Johnson JVhalon cl %|Windermeer.... .... i indies blue SiG Vork..... .......... ox GRAIN BAGS, Aoeeosieag -1634| Valley City ........-- 15 ae on EE 15 American. —_—a 13 THREADS, Clark’s Mile End.. Barbour s.....-. se oe (oem, J. &F......- ..45 |Marshall’s.... ...... 88 Holyoke eee een uel oe 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. Colored. mo. 6... oo mo. M.....- 37 42 : -.. ce 38 43 _ =. . -.--...00 44 . we 45 CAMBRICS, oe 44%4|Edwards.. a Wate Star........- 4% Lockwood. . _... Bie Giove............ woot... .....,-. 4% Newmarket......... 4%|Brunswick . —_ RED FLANNEL. Percmeam...... ..... ar es... RY Croodaure.......--- eee 32% ‘Tee 52 2......... = ie, aee......... 35 Mameeemt........... 27: BUCKeye.... ........ RK MIXED FLANNEL, Red & Blue, plaid. -40 ines Gk W......... 17% Union R 2344] Western W ......... 18% oeee...... .....- 18% eer............... 18% 6 oz Western........ 20 iFiusning XZz...... 23% rele © ......-....- 22)4|Mamitoba..........- 23% noe FLANNEL. Nameless a 8 @9 rc 9 @10% 8% ye . 12% CANVASS AND PADDING Slate. Brown. Black./Slate. Brown. Black. 9% 9% 934/13 13 13 10% 10%/15 15 15 11% -1144/17 = 17 12% 12% coal 20 puc Severen, 8 oz. West Point, 8 oz....10%4 Mayland, 8oz. ee % 10 on ....12% Greenwood, 7% 02.. 9% iaaiait e........- 13% Greenwood, Sen... ‘11% Stark ee 13% Boston, 6 os.....-... 10%|Boston, 10 oz........ 12% WADDINGS. White, Gos.......-. 25 _ bale, 40 dos....87 50 Colored, i eae 20 SILESIAS. Slater, Iron C TOSS. Pawtuceket.......... 10% ee ............. 9 - .......- eee 10% na Best AA. a ee on. 10% 4... ee ce ae 10% .. . . a SEWING SILK, Corticelli, doz....... % {Corticelli ree 50 poate doz. .37% OKS8 AND EYES—PER GRO No 1 Br Ke & White.. B per 40s ball...... No 4 Bl’ r& ‘White.. 15 8 -20 oe : “ce 10 “ = No 2—-20,M C.. 0 gd sues 40 © 3—-18, 8 No 2 White & Brk 12. "INO 8 White & BI’k..20 i _ ot: _ - 28 “ 6 “2 ' ae SAFETY PINS. Mes. on. neo OO 36 NEEDLES—PER M. - oeee............ 1 40|Steamboat ane aoc 40 CO onesies wees 1 woes Byee.......... 1 50 Marsheirs........... 1 00) TABLE OIL CLOTH. 25|/5—4....195 6—4...2 95 OTTON TWINES. Cotton Sail Twine. -28 |Nashua. -18 a ee Rising Star ‘ply. 117 ees ........... 18 3-ply....17 as ............ - ere Ge..........- 20 Bristol . corse DOOR Standara + plyit% Cherry Valley. iain 3 Powmatian ......... i 18% PLAID OSNABURGS ok ee a 6%|Mount Pleasant.... 6% ATameenee,.........+ I oe cence rs eee 5 I noc twas one WSGIEEMROME ..... 2040 5% Ar — es 6 |Randelman......... 6 ee 614| Riverside..........- 5g MND et ainecesnens tw — Bec eae cae 6% Haw River..... ‘ ED caecese ce adoe Haw J ———— eT SRY ASI ae aera eas on eae ae | ig BORA PRT DROS a eas RAND 7 Rebate Decision. An important decision on rebate agree- ments was recently rendered by Judge Lacombe, of New York. His remarks re- fer to the rebate contracts on alcohol, but apply as well to agreements for reg- ulating the sales of patent medizines. He stated: ‘It is insisted that the paper set out in the fourth count became a contract on May 7, 1892, when the purchasers signed it, and that it is distinetly charged that defendants made such contracts in re- straint of trade and commerce among the several states on May 7%, 1892. But though it be conceded that the contract set forth in the indictment was made on that day, it does not follow that it was a contract in restraint of trade. The only trade which it is pretended was at all curtailed or affected in any way was the trade of Kelly & — in distillery products between Sept. 23, 1891, and May 7, 1892. ‘During that period they bought sueh products only from certain named dealers in a limited number of states and sold only at prices fixed by the defendants; but they did so only because they chose to, because the offer of a rebate to pur- chasers who would thus conduct their business was an inducement operating upon their self-interest. No obligation of any kind constrained them so to do; during that entire period certainly no contract restrained them, for there was no contract in existence. They were en- tirely free to buy from whom they pleased and to sell at any price they chose. The statute does not prohibit the offering of special inducements to such purchasers as shall make all their pur- chases froma single eoncern and shall sell only at prices fixed by it, even though those inducements be so favor- able as to accomplish their object. It is not the actual restraint of trade (if such be restraint of trade) that is made illegal by the statute but the making of a con- tract in restraint of trade—of a contract which is intended to restrain trade. It is difficult to understand upon what principle it can be contended that trade is restrained by a contract when no eontract exists. That when the trade in distillery products, which Kelly & Durkee carried on between September 16, 1891, and May 7, 1892, was restrained (if restrained it were) there was no con- tract in existence is conclusively admit- ted on the face of the indictment itself, which changes the statutory offense, to wit, the making of a contract the same as on May 7, 1892. ———~ 2 ‘“‘How Much Was He Worth?” There is a terrible significance in the question sometimes asked upon the death of a wealthy man, if we only understood the real significance of the question. ‘How much was he worth?” we ask. And the angels might reply, ‘‘Worth? He wasn’t worth anything. His money was worth something. His body is worth something, as a source of fertility to the soil. But he wasn’t worth anything.” So we vary the question: ‘‘Yes, but how much did he leave?” ‘Oh, leave,” it might be answered: ‘‘Yes, I will tell you. He had houses, lots, bonds, stocks, gold, notes, merchandise, farm. And he left —Great God! he left them all. He car- ried nothing with him. Naked and des- titute came he into the world, and as naked and destitute did he go the way whence he came. He carried nothing, neither land, nor money, nor yet did he carry with him the blessings of the poor, the grateful tears of the orphan, the benediction of the poor. He left all—he earried nothing away with him.” 3ut his neighbor has died; a man who was not known on ’Change nor in the tax list. ‘‘And what has he left?’’ we may, perhaps, curiously ask. ‘‘Left?” he has left nothing; but he has taken much with him. He has gone to his reward, laden with blessings and the gratitude of the poor, of the helpless, of the young, of the aged, of the widow, of the friendless; of those whom he, by his counsels, and his acts and his prayers, had blessed; of those whose poverty he relieved, whose ignorance he had enlightened, whose darkness he had dispelled, whose bodies and whose souls he had fed.” When Wilberforce died, Daniel O’Connell said: “He has gone up to heaven bearing a million broken fetters in his hands.’’ Happy he, whatever he may leave, or may not leave, on earth, who goes thus freighted into the other world. a A Tight Money Market. ‘‘Lend me a quarter till to-morrow, will you?” “Sorry, but money is very tight just now.’’ “Only twenty-five cents.” “Do you happen to know that we ship- ped 34,500,000 in gold to Europe yester- day?’ “Pll give you the quarter again in the morning.’’ “You don’t seem to know that the Bank of England has been foreed to raise its discount rate. Hadn't heard of that, had you?” “If you can’t spare a quarter, make it twenty cents.’’ “Money is being lent now only on gilt-edged collateral.” “IT really need that twenty cents very much.’’ ‘Capital is very sensitive to-day. I was reading in the morning papers that Jay Gould——— “I might possibly get cents.’’ ‘**As 1 was saying, call loans are not being made now, except———— ”’ “It is imperative that Il handle fifteen cents before four o’clock.”’ ‘As I would have said, if you had given me an opportunity, financiers feel quite nervous over the overflow of gold, and 7 ‘“‘What do you say to a dime?”’ “The precious metal can hardly be ex- pected to return until———”’ “Pll return the dime early in the morn- ing, but I must have it, really.’’ ‘“‘What makes matters worse is the fact that no aid can be expected from the Treasury Department, and——— ”’ ‘Say, let’s call it a nickel.’’ ‘‘Well, here are the funds, but, as I said before, the money market is very tight, and capital isin an extremely sen- sitive condition. ”’ lle Keeps His Accounts on a Board. From the Minneapolis Commercial! Bulletin. There is an old merchant in a thriving little town near Minneapolis who scorns a paper ledger and insists on keeping a pine board account with his customers. He planes this board off onee every five months and starts afresh. Some time ago a customer dropped into the old merchant’s store to pay a balance of forty cents of six months standing. ‘‘I guess you don’t owe me nothin’,”’ replied the old trader to a question about the debt. The customer protested that he did owe the debt, in fact he remembered buying the goods some six months ago. “Oh, well, five months alters the case,’’ said the weigher of sugar and molasses. ‘You may owe me forty cents for all I know. You see I’ve up and started a new board since you got your stuff and I don’t rememter your debt. You may pay me if you want to, but if you don’t it’s all O. K., as ’ ve shaved your account out.’? The trader got his forty cents. ee Use Tradesman Coupon Books. along on fifteen Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. Bae. .....-...... 60 Ce 40 rome Wen... ck 25 oie; meee 50&10 AXES. Piret Guality, &. B. Bronse.................. $750 " D. B. Bronze.. 2 eee 50 ' De aoe... ............ 13 50 BARROWS. dis. meio. .........................,..--e- 8 14 00 ooeee ..................,............ pet 30 00 BOLTS. dis. EEE Eee eee 50&10 Cc es meow ee 75&10 PO ee 40&10 Sleigh aa... 70 BUCKETS. EE $3 50 CE ee 4 00 BUTTS, CAST. dis. Cast Logue fin, Geured........ ............. 70& Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 6010 | Went Loose Fis.................-.......- 60&10 | Wrougat Tabie.......... ee eee cee. 6010 | Wrougnt roscoe Blind. ...............-..... ore Wrought Brass... : Blind, Clark’s.......... ees i a "708210 | Blind, Parker's. -70&10 Blind, Shepard’s — 70 | BLOCKS. | Ordinary Tackle, list April 1692. aes 50 | CRADLES. re ee dis. 50&02 CROW BARS, on sea ere oS CAPS. vee... .... er a 65 Hicks C. a eee " 60 y..... ......... eee ete eee cece 5 a Ll eect cee 60 CARTRIDGES, ae. 50 | Come Pie. ...... ............. ne 25 | CHISELS. dis. | lat -» 70&10 | EE 7O0&10 | Socket Corner...... ec BOcmee Sees... Las owen | Butehers Tanged Firmer............ -..... 40 | COMBS. dis, | Curry, E@wromces ....... 8... 40 | De ee 25 | CHALK. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 COPPER, ee, = oz cut tosize... .. -™ ae 28 x52, 14x56, 14x60 . 26 | Cold Rolled. 14x56 and 14x60... ........... 23 | Cold Rolled, 14x48... ee 23 Doone... eee 25 DRILLS. dis. Eee " 50 Taper and straight Shank..... a 50 Movse’s Taper Shank............... Pee e 50 DRIPPING PANS. Riad Mince Or OWN .................,.... 07 Terre eice, por pound. ..... ......... ..... Gi ELBOWS. Com. 4 viece, Gin.................. dem. net 5 Correeeeo..__......._.....,,..-....-. Gan 40 Adtusiabls et ee cece cess ses... SOO EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, small, S15; a 3 ass —.............. 30 Ives’, 1, 818; 2, 824 . ..... . 25 Fites—New List. dis. Teeter se... ........ Mente ees or ste ee New American...... ee POO 88 ene eo ee ee we so, (I Ee 50 Helier s Home Maape........................ 50 GALVANIZED IRON. Nos. 16 to 2; 2 and 24: 3% and 2%: 27 3 List 12 13 14 15 16 17 Discount, 60 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 50 KNoBs—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 | Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55 Door, poreeluin, trimmings................. 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. 70 LOCKS—DOOR, dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. C : (anew Het ....... 55 Meloy, Wucoer & Caw... 55 Brantord’s ...... bee ecu ee eal ge 55 eS ee ee 55 MATTOCKS oo ee............................. oo, Oo, Oo Meet eee. .815.00, dis. 60 Hunt’s.. Cees eee eee 818.50, dis. 20&10. MAULB. dis. Sperry & Co.'s, Post, handied............... MILLS. dis. Coffee, ae Co.'s. ae 40 Pr. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables.... 40 . Landers, Perry & Cie iE's........_..-. 40 Bs Enterprise Be ie eee ae ecu 30 MOLASSES GATES. dis. Stebhire Pattern................ Beles eee 60&10 Recs Genus... 66&10 Enterprise, eee a 25 s Pees mole Gee. el 1 85 (EE 1 90 Advance over base: Steel. Wire. Base 10 25 35 45 45 50 60 7 90 io i oe ee oe ieee cee cee eras 1 60 1 60 65 90 7 90 1 10 7 80 ou 6 90 as... 17 1% PLANES, dis. Cure Teor Coe, fancy ...................... an Sous Geeee........ ................... Sandusky Toot Co.s, fancy................. @40 een, Gee eneres.............-..-.-....... Stanley Rule and — —~ weee...... Ga oe Ae dis.60—10 aoa iia — Pieeee dis. 70 RIVETS. dis. Ioan Tiere... ........ ... 40 Copper Rivets and Murm.................... 50—L0 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. “A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 10 20 “B Wood's o- at. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 Broken packs 4c per pound extra. HAMMERS, — ate... Mtceseee se Gi || oe Ripe... |... eden 25 Yerkes & Plumb’s. tet erenes ecko. rn Se Mason’s Solid Cast Steel....... 30¢e list 60 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand... .30c 40&10 HINGES, Gate, Clare's, 1 2,3............ .....-dis.60&10 eee. “per doz. net, 2 50 Screw Hook and — to 12 in. — 14 and longer ... os 3% | Serew Hook and Eye, } v - ae 10 1... oo. e C . . -net 7% ‘ ‘ . x... --net 7% | Strap and T.. me “i .. | Gi. 50 ‘Hl ‘ANGERS. dis. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10 Champion, anti-friction...... -. 60&10 | Bidder, wood track ..........._.... . 40 HOLLOW WARE. —.......,..........,.,.. 60&10 Kettles. eee 60410 Spiders | . 60410 | Gray CaN 40&10 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, peompec Tin Ware................... new list 70 | Japanned Tin Ware.. Granite Iron Ware . tee new list 340 WIRE GOODS. Brigm............ __.90&10a0 Screw Eyes. --70&10&10 Hook's .... 70&10&10 | Gate Hooks and Eyes.. Le eee 70&10&10 | LEV ELS, dis.7 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... ao ROPES. Bisel, 4 imc and larger. ................... Oa Rane a 13 SQUARES. dis. | Steel and Iron..... ee 75 ——— Cd. 60 ae. bee eg 20 SHEET IRON. Com. Smooth. Com. Noe. 1016 4... oe ee ar OS 82 95 Nos. isto 7 ........ Pet eeeetee eee. @ CO 3 05 mon teue......................., 2a 3 05 Nos. 2 oz .... 4 05 3 15 Nos. 25 to 26 4 3 25 a... 445 3 35 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER. List acct, 19, ’86.. mnt cevs «Gh 50 "BASH CORD. : Silver Lake, White A.. Ke teee ee ss ee 50 aes. . 55 r =... : 50 . ——:................. 55 . White C. Ty 35 Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS, ee per = ‘we SAWS. = Fe 99 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,... 70 ‘+ Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.. 50 . Fe ial Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30 ‘ Champion and Electric Tooth X —— o.................,.......... 30 TRAPS. dis. Steel, Game.. 60&10 Oneida C ommunity, Newhouse’s........... 35 Oneida Community, oe & + Norton’ / 70 Mouse, choker. : «s+-.-.800 per dos Mouse, delusion...... oe 50 per doz, dis. WIRE. Brieht Maree... we... Annealed Market. oa 70—10 Coppered Market.......... Cece ee. 60 Tinned Market. eee eee ae Coppered Spring Lee 50 Barned Pence, salvanised.................. 3 00 ‘ painted . ee HORSE NAILS. An oe ...... :. oe aa . OO INorehwesterm................._.... dis. “1010 WRENCHES. dis. Baxter’ 8 Adjustable, nickelod.............. 30 tat... 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, eee. 75 Coes Faten€ maticaiio...... ....... ...... 75&10 MISCELLANEOUS. dis, Bird Cages . eee tects . . A) Pumps, © RN CT, Ti &10 Serews, New List.. 70&10 Casters, Bed a d Plate. . 50610810 Dampers, American.. oa 40 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods. ee 6 &10 ETA PIé TIN. Pig a 266 Pig Bars..... 28¢ ZINC Duty: Sheet, ¢ ae - pound. 600 pound casks... oe. 6% Per pound.. Meee cee oe "SOLDER. eee eee bedeeet ieee ae Extra Wiping ....-. 15 The prices of the ‘many “other | qualities of solder in the market indicated by nrivate brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY Ce ee per pound ae... _............. 13 TIN—MELYN GRADE. ad Charcoal... oe COO jonia 1X, ede eau sees tou 14x20 IX, - _.. Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE, 10x14 IC, Charcoal De tee temo g tee) eee cua. $67 14x20 IC, ee ee ee eee ou au a, 6 1 10x14 IX, ee 8 25 Cl 9 25 Each Jaditional X on this grade $1.50. BOOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, C 14x20 IX, . 20x28 IC, ° 14x20 IC, . 14x20 IX, vi 20x28 IC, ue Sais, = BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE, ioe 7 ee = 03 tints 1, f for No. : Boilers, | per pound... 10 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman ficial Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, i. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, One Dollar a Year, - Pestage Prepaid, ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Communications invited from practical busi ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, mn a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their | ed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second ciass matter. pe" When please say that you saw their advertisement in Tue MicHIGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1892. EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR HUMANITY An idea very commonly prevails that and cruel c1imes tell the story of their character in their faces, and that their brutality and truculence are readily betrayed, not only the persons who commit brutal in the expression but in conforma- tion of the features. This is a mistake, and is almost wholly due to the lively imaginations of writers the sonages that people their romances, are the characteristics of fiction, who, while creating per- able to make external and interior harmonize. It is enough to out the villain in the pick play, beeat externally to enhance, by his forbidding physiognomy, the wicked and treacher- ous roles he is to play. Shakespeare has portrayed the moral itt, as a forbidding in his monster, Richard hunchback, and physically ap- pearance, and Schiller has done likewise for Frantz de Moorin ‘The Many lesser writers of fi Robbers.”’ *tion have fol- lowed these eminent examples, but all this proves nothing. We must appeal to f human nature to gain any real information on the subject. + | enough that habits of vi- cious indulgence, if long persisted in, will proclaim themselves on the exterior and substance of the human body. Hab- its that exhaust the nerve power, that impair the digestion and enfeeble the muscular strength, will betray their action by bloating or emaciating the form, | by intlaming the visage or painting it with pallor, but all this is the plain oper- ation of physical causes upon the physi- But who can look into the human face or re- eal functions of the individual. gard a man’s form and thereby discover all the interior nature of the individual? It would be positively untrue and, be- sides, a great outrage on a vast number of honest and good people, to assert any sort of connection between personal ugli- ness and evil There is no dispositions. sort of warrant for supposing that peo- r ple deformed in body are also crooked in character. That would be an assumption that the accident which displaces muscles and distorts features also effects changes on the moral and spiritual na- yt necessarily for publication, but as | writing to any of our advertisers, | easy |} ise he is commonly gotten up } like | ture. Nothing could be more false and more illogical. On the contrary, it is certain that some of the most famous shedders of blood were remarkable for their physical beauty. There is no more illustrious example than the great Napoleon. He was a small man anda model of regu- larity of features and a white complexion. His beauty was almost feminine in its General, Claverhouse, *‘the bloody Claver- house,’’ as he was commonly termed. He was a small man and beautiful as a woman, according to contemporary ac- counts and the portraits which remain. Of the Russian nihilists of our own the daring, desperate and blood-thirsty have been women, all re- markable for their beauty. Vera Sausa- | lich was an eminent example. | day, most | Butthe history of every age testifies |}to thisend. It is impossible to look in- so the faces of men and women and read Sometimes when people | are under the influence of strong feeling | they may betray some glimpses of their } real natures, but the contrary is the rule. There is but little real symmetry be- our bodies and our souls. The | chrysalis whieh incloses the most beauti- | ful butterfly is often a hideous thing. We are taught that to the spiritual eye and the spiritual perceptions the out- | ward husk of the human body is trans- parent, and the angelic or devilish spirit | within is readily discerned. their crimes. | tween But few on | this earth are able to see with the spirit- | ual eye. | Police detectives have devised many ways for the identification of criminals. | Every process has proved unsatisfactory but that of measurement intro- |duced by a French physiologist, Bertil- lon. It isa system of measurement of ithe head, hands and body of criminals. |so far It is proved that not only are no two peo- iple of precisely the same dimensions, but no person is perfectly symmetrical. If a perpendicular line be drawn down- ward from the top of the head the meas- urements will be different on the right side from those on the left. j 1 } But no sys- tem of measurement has been discovered which will infallibly distinguish good | people from the bad. There are possi- | bilities in physiognomy, but it has not |yet been sufficiently developed to be | wholly reliable. it is not easy to detect the hypocrites and rascals who veil their villainies be- hind a fair exterior. THE ATLANTIC FERRY. Perhaps the most imperious demand of modern commerce, and commerce rules the policy of nations to-day, is the desire for swift transit, rapid transportation. | This demand is doubtless the result of the use of the electric wire for the trans- mission of intelligence. able to send 3y this means messages in an in- stant to the most distant points and to order telegraphic transfers of money in an instant of time, and these facts create a necessity for the swiftest means of travel and for the least possible delay in the transportation and delivery of mer- we are chandise. Who is there in this age of electricity that has not wished he could arrive at distant soon as would his telegram. some type, as also was that of the Scottish | destination as ] | most earnest desire to arrive by the fleet- | | est possible means, human science and |ingenuity are being most strenuously | applied in every civilized country to the | solution of the problem of quicker trans- it, both on land and sea. The people generally do not realize the zeal and ac- | tivity with which this most important | problem is being attacked by the me- | chanical engineers, the electricians, the shipbuilders and the aeronauts, until the | public is startled by the announcement that a fast passenger steamer has made the passage of the Atlantic from the Irish Coast to New York in an unprecedented- ly short time. The quickest trip on record now is that of the City of Paris, made a few days ago in 5 days, 15 hours and 58 minutes. This is only a spur to greater exertions. It is a tonic which increases without satisfying the appetite for speed. No- body supposes for a moment that the electricians and balloonists are satisfied with a voyage across the Atlantic in five and two-thirds days. We do not propose to forestall their hopes and experiments, but express the wish that they may solve all the mysteries of aerial navigation successfully and safely for the traveling public. In the meantime we go back to the rail and the screw, which to-day represent our best instrumentalities for transit, It is probable that by means of im- provements in steam locomotives and increased stability and straightness in railway tracks, the speed of passenger trains may be raised to a mile a minute for sustained and continuous effort. Some further improvement in steamships will be made, too, but the grand desideratum This san be done by limiting it to the distance between Queenstown, Ireland, and Hali- fax or some other port in Nova Scotia. The distance is something over 1,500 miles, while that between Queenstown and Sandy Hook is more than 2,800 miles. A ship that can make the latter voyage in five days and sixteen hours can make the shorter in less than three days. Shorten the voyage by two-fifths and you reduce the danger as well as the time. Three days across the Atlantic would make the passage aferry. Rail already exists from all principal cities | into Nova Scotia and all the way to Hali- fax. But it has been proposed to build a dyke across the Straits of Belle Isle to keep the icebergs of the Arctic Ocean out of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. If this were done it would permit an all rail route from New York toSt. Johns, New- foundland, which would reduce the | water passage to less than 1,200 miles. This would make the water transit a ferry, indeed. We wiil come to that be- fore many years. will be to shorten the sea voyage. GETTING ACQUAINTED. We are constantly told that the inhabi- | tants of the earth are steadily growing | better; that a state of perfection is the | ultimate destiny of human beings and they are now moving on straight to the goal, and the millennial conditions of peace, love and charity over the whole earth are almost ready to be realized. This is comforting intelligence, and while we cannot accept it in the gilded We venture | and glowing terms in which it is an- to say that the number of times that this | nounced, we are glad to believe that wish has been expressed is almost past! there is in many’ respects a progressive counting. |improvement in the physical comforts As a consequence of this imperious and | and political freedom of the human race. It is plain that the people of civilized | countries generally are better housed and | better fed than in any former age. While ‘the failure of crops in one country may threaten the people with starvation and subject them to much suffering, the enor- mously improved facilities of commerce enable those countries where there is a surplus of food to send with speed and promptness relief to the sufferers, while not only do governments provide for the necessities in such cases of their desti- tute people, but private charity is also exercised upon a scale that is often grand and colossal. As for wars, they are vastly less nu- merous than in any previous age, and when they occur they are usually short, sharp and decisive, and are not marked by the extremes of rapine and devasta- tion which were common in other ages. Not only are peace and settled order the general rule in most countries, but the great progress in science, the increase of luxury and the diffusion of wealth, caused by the development of new coun- tries, have combined to stimulate and support many industries which contrib- ute to the comfort and material benefit of the people, and, as a consequence, many things which were once luxuries and con- fined to a few are now matters of every- day convenience, at the service of the many. It is through the agency of such caus- es that the workingman to-day is able to ride to and from his daily carriage which is as open to him as it is to his rich employer. It is due to such causes as we have mentioned that the working classes, to a large extent, are able to live in more moral and more sa- lubrious neighborhoods, and to enjoy the labor ina protection of sanitary and hygienic pre- cautions which science has_ provided. To-day, through the assistance of free public education and the extraordinary facilities presented by the press, the people of all civilized nations are brought into closer association, and are able to enjoy whatsoever benefits may arise from the extension of sympathy and acquaint- ance. It is under the influence of these caus- es that race hostilities have been miti- gated, and a stranger in a strange land is far less than formerly the proper victim of violence, spoilation and oppression. Wonderful increase in the inter-asso- ciation of the people of all countries through the operation of commercial in- terecourse and immigration, will, if car- ried on at the present rapid ratio, evi- dently result in bringing the chief races of men very close together in interest, manners and customs and and even in institutions and social con- ditions. This will not be accomplished without more or less of war and violence, and, doubtless, some races will be exter- minated and others brought to complete subjection in the processes of general assimilation. But if the present extraor- dinary activity in commerce, immigra- tion, exploration and colonization is to go on, it mustresult in remarkable ef- fects upon the inhabitants of our planet. It has not been more than four centuries since the existence of one-half of this in language, earth was not known to the people of the What wonderful results may we not look for at the end of another four |centuries from the impulses of explora- tion, migration, colonization and general movements of population set on foot in They started the people of the other. 1492, earth to getting acquainted with each other. The appointment of Geo. W. Chandler asa member of the Standard Insurance Policy Commission, in place of Charles Buncher, is adirect slap in the face of the business men of the State. Mr. Bun- cher owed his appointment to the in- fluence of the Michigan Business Men’s Association and kindred organizations, allof whom united in demanding that the business interests of the State be rep- resented in the make-up of the Board. This point Governor Luce very promptly conceded and named as the first appointive member of the Board a dry goods jobber who was thoroughly representative of the business portion of the common- wealth. Governor Winans was asked to re-appoint Mr. Buncher, or some gentle- man representing similar interests, but turned the business men down in favor of the insurance corporations, whose in- fluence appears to be, have exceeded that of the business public. Strictly campaign goods will form a leading feature of the fall trade. Where- ever a manufacturer can adapt any article to the political principles and human emotions which will be uppermost with the American people for the next four ‘months, will it be done with the quickness and originality which belong to this class of men. From this point of view a national political contest is an advantage to manufacture and trade, whileit brings out a wonderful amount of ingenuity and taste in the designing and production of these goods. The ideas are always happy, and the goods are always sold at popular prices. As neither of the parties in their organizations and clubs, and people themselves, are lacking in meney, the ex- penditure will reach an enormous aggre- gate. Wide-awake manufacturers should take advantage of the situation and give us everything to make the contest mem- orable in its emblems. First Picnic of the Jackson Grocers. Five years ago Grand Rapids inaugu- rated ‘Grocers’ Day’’ and has religiously celebrated the event every year since. Last year the Saginaw grocers wheeled into line, and this year the retail grocers of Jackson have inaugurated the obseryv- ance of an event which will probably be a feature of the midsummer months for many years tocome. THE TRADESMAN hopes to see other cities in the State fol- low these examples and is pleased to learn that the Bay City grocers contem- plate a venture of this kind in the near future. The Jackson grocers chose Wednesday, Aug. 10, as the date of their virgin effort in the picnie line and Bawbeese Lake as the place. Both selections were happy ones, the weather being perfect and the picnic ground all that could be desired. Bawbeese Lake is situated on the main line of the L. S. & M. S. Railway, about two miles east of Hillsdale. Well-locat- ed picnic grounds on the west side of the lake were purchased by the railway com- pany last spring and handsomely fitted up for picnic purposes, including the construction of one of the finest pavil- ions to be found anywhere. The grounds are under the management of Samuel B. Griffith, who has conducted THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 9 The trip to the pienic ground was made by two special excursion trains, dorf, the oldest retail grocer in Jackson and the first president of the present organization. Mr. Sagendorf stated that this was the first time that all the grocers of Jackson had ever met on a common level and he hoped it would mark the era of a better under- standing between local dealers and a more thorough co-eperation all along the line. He thanked the grocers and their guests for their attendance and asked them to come again next year. Games and sports followed the ad- dresses, taking up most of the afternoon, and at 7 o’clock the trains started for home, carrying a happy and contented party who had enjoyed a grocers’ picnic without a single mishap of any kind. i — ~ h: alre , en invented. ¢ a 2 i E | A 3 Ded Pe C r eC 6% shuttle had already been invented, and/ that time and let Howe go ahead and| Whortleberries--The market is well supplied| « — Persian, 50-Ib. box Lc ous Howe was making sewing machines in make all the machines, the royalty on | 20d the crop promises to last a couple weeks NUTS. Boston under the American patents that] ine feeder alone would “ty a ie f _ | longer, although the quality is much inferior to | Almonds, Tarragona ....... a a. gal : : 1e feeder alone would have made for the | most of the offerings earlier in the season. “ Ivaca.. @i7 he had pawned in Europe fora few hun-| singer Company an immense fortune. It | Handlers are now asking $1.5 @#2.50 per bu., “ California oe Co dred dollars and subsequently redeemed. was, principally, the royalties on these | according to quality and condition of the mar-} Brazils, new. oe @10 Singer was an inventor and machinist, | three inventions, the point-eyed needle, | ket. Filberts ..... teveteseeees oe ra. RLS and with a few improvements of his OwD | the shuttle ‘ Q : ae Weipa, Grenoble... @isr pl : : e and the patent feeders, that ni nn oe... @ devising he, too, set up a sewing machine made sewing machines so expensive PROVISIONS. ' om ee @10 factory in Boston. But the point-eyed through a long series of years. Singer The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, | Table Nuts, ee ec at ata aie aly oi : ene i en 3 SF ‘ sagt ie ol ee 2 — a od — ling ‘shuttle were/ was paying Howe a fortune every year | 9¥0tes as follows: Porans (eree Bo Poe ee = Fi — y oo in the Rage in royalties on his needle and shuttle, PORK IN BARRELS. Cocoanuts, full sacks....... 0...) 0... @3 90 struction of asewing machine, and for}, i "2 was - 3 ee, eee... ... 12 25 PEANUTS, £ as ) * B 7 these devises Howe held the Americar — 0 tag 2 Lae... 14 00 | Fancy, H. P.,Suns....................-. @ 5% € American) fortune in royalties on his self-adjus ' ee ul illo Haggai yg : yaities on his self-adjusting | Extra clear pig, short cut................... 15 50 ae... ae a _ Howe ; soar 8 re feeder, and the people who bought the | Extraclear, heavy......................004. Fancy, H. P., in... ag ete bars 2 5% good business and was financially able to ines . : ca tk 4 j Cicer, fab beek.............-... oe r ' oaste ee cte ee TH lett his sashie, and be etal ee ee ee Oe ee ae gee ae !lCUe protec us rights, and he immediately | after all, the shuttle patent was an 1 tter- : ‘ “ ss t took measures to prevent Singer from ea : : Oe ere Oe a ole y Rennes... -- ae : se : ] ee ly indefensible one, the shuttle having | Standard clear, short cut, best.... - 15 50 | California Walnuts ...... ...... aa 12% using his protected needle and his pro- been in use for centuries; it was only in SAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. — —— acted s le. There wasa hard s 2 i : agi ce a 7% tected shutt e. The svg in hard _s trug-| its use in connection with the point-eyed | fam mean CG ce cn AK nT nN 9" Crockery & Giassware gle between the two inventors, but] oy eye-peinted needle that the shuttle | Tongue Sausage....................-.......... 9 Howe’s rights were upheld, and Singer patent could stand. Deemer Gaumeee |... ee FRUIT JARS. was compelled to withdraw. With its contracts and its patents, the oo ees ai bine aneinire ainsie ss a ath 3, ee 87 2 However, Boston and New York were! singer Company now had the business | Bologna. thick... IEEE 8 | Quarts. > oe o , rs « > ave « Mt i: i i. 1 Age 4 raLlO Steet ecssese Hee eee ehew ae vt = o oe —— paige a practically in its own hands. But, with | Head Cheese. -....... a 7 eh 3 00 York, and, by securing sufficient capital ats great suecess, came internal dissen- Kettle i i “ , ’ Se ene P sions that promised, for a time, to ruin tendered. Granger. Family. pound, ragnianesdl uated asuenugnas there, make a successful fight against everything. Singer and Clarke, equal Mierces ..... 84 8 614 5% 00 45 the Boston concern. He held patents of partners in the business, were naturally a oe ty = ed Be ig ere resi te = Ee ery iL oi ee is ». Falls. 8% ee 6 CE . 7 his own, and some very good ones; but very differently constituted. Singer was|10 lb. “ .. 9 8% 7 65% Tobglar ee TT lige the indispensable parts of the machine, impulsive, confident of success, specu-|51>- “ -- 9% 8% 7% 6% a RE a the needle and shuttle, were owned by | jatiy og Ea ga 3ib. “ ...9% 9 7% 6% in a Wauke aeek te ee Sk a lative, ready for almost any venture. BEEF IN BARRELS. 6 doz. in box. inter a we i sie tiah Maus C] di i Clarke was ashrewd lawyer, careful, con- | Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... Se is . goon ao is gk arke,and| ceryative and cautious. It was his ee eee packing................ 6 50 a a arene titers a --oo8 SS with the arke money and the Singer money that was at stak di : one Sree a 27 patents and brains the factory of the 7 teeth ang = _ prrnarenanatlyey--creliaaaag aac lita gy angen is > id : : fond of taking risks. Singer proposed Hams, we a ne ... 12% | No. 0 Sun, crimp top.. oo Singer Sewing Machine Company was and started many new schemes that 6 lbs. en 13 aoe lhUrTlUmr 2 40 opened in Ce treet This was cau r i a - 2 to 14 ibs. te i EEE ig — ges —— : This = po . #| Clarke did not approve of, and for many| «+ ptente.. ET ieiae a ome Filnt, — 1€ persons out Of ten! months a ruinous break between the el Siz | No. 0 Sun, crimp i) ee 2 60 throughout the country had never heard partners seemed inevitable. The open- Shoulders...... ee ee eee el 2 80 of asewing machine, and when the fe : : a : N” | Breakfast Bacon, boneless................-... 10% | No.2 “ ' eee ee ede ee a & ’ len the T€W/ing of the big Singer showrooms machines tm aap wane neniiy aft beeee es | ger show oms | Dried beef, ham prices eee ee Pearl top. rot 7” Y, | Broadway, involving the rental of a five-| Long Clears, heavy........-...-....-...s..ee. No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled.............. 370 cumbersome affairs, made only for cloth- story building, was one of the most im- aon, ere el eae 4 70 ing manufacturers. portant of these Singer schemes " eee No. Sinn rc r — 4 88 It did not take Howe long to learn that With the opening of the reat Broad a No.1 Sun ri in bulb, da 2 iis dina de aaek ta es a Pp g£ t gre ‘oad- CANDIES, FRUITS and ¥ 0 un, plain bulb, per doz. .............. 1 25 o at work in New Xork, and! way salesrooms, a daring venture for iy a 2 tee or the second time he asked the courts | thos : ae No. ‘1 erimp PET OZ... 2... - ee eee seer eee ees 135 ? ail ' *| those days, the shrewd Scotchman, Mac- . 1 ‘ r ; to stop him. The patent needle and the] penzie pi So the feet, Mecki ac-| The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: No See ae carta aiemi nine ts 1 60 shuttle were stumbling blocks that could ea : ogg petty puovieass ji dingo iy : ' was, originally, a box maker and packer Full Weight. Bbls, Pails, | NO. 0, per QrOSS...........- 6.0 .ee seer eres ees 2 not be avoided, and Singer was again eN-| in the factory, drawing a salary of $9 a| Standard, per Ib...........0..2...... 6 oT No.1, eee cue ee 28 joined from using Howe’s inventions. | week. The foremen in the mechanical : = = 7 a 2, nett eee e eee ee tee ee cee es 38 i j Si Ay is ie : we 6 7 oO. ' eee But this ane Singer had money at his departments were paid $12 a week. By | Boston Cream .......... 20 lb. cases 8% Mammoth perdox. 000 75 —— - instead of being completely | pis industry, skill and shrewdness Mac-| Cut Loaf............ 0.0.00... eee. 7 8 ; ae -See. estopped, a compromise was arranged | ponzi cs i. EE cases 7 8 Sutter Crocks, 1 and 6 gal................. 06% under which Singer might go on manu- kenzie had worked his way into the of- MIXED CANDY. JUG, M gel. per doe. % sg aan sein eda Mas i - fice, at an increased salary. As events Full Weight. oe CT 90 é &, paying Howe a heavy royalty! proved, Mackenzie carried the manage- on ee Fu tianateeesiosns sane i? for every needle and shuttle used. On| rial prain of the company. When the | Stamdard...... .-..----------.-2+ 7 | Milk Pans, % gal., per dog......... .....+e 60 these terms the Singer Company con- i irae NT Es 6 7 glazed ...... .. 75 acen sue singer Vompany con-| Broadway house was opened he was mit os Fe ee 7 _ to make machines for several made its manager. Nobby 7 8 . . 1 _ glazed eedaeeees 90 ee ok ae Clarke had put up with a great many English Rock... 0.00.0... ey 3 : an S not the man, however, tO! of Singer’s daring ventures, but- the ex- | Broken Taffy.............. baskets 8 STAN WOOD & Co. be content with the sewing machine as| pensive Broadway establishment was | PeanutSquares............ 8 9 : it then stood. He was continually mak-| more than he could stand, and he insist- | | French Creams.......... - +0 0 10 Gloucester, Cape Ann, Mass. ing an improvement here and an im-| eq upon either buying Singer’s s interest | Midge SD Ibe b sket a . provement there, and at length he hi bow ter wn Benoa coos ees eoes cone cee 8 RECEIVE saga ngth he hit! or selling hisown. Inthiscrisisthe gen-| Modern, :0lb. “ ...... 00.0... cece cece ees 8 upon the self-adjusting feeder. The eralship of Mackenzie saved a disruption Francy—In bulk, : feeder is that rough, detached plate wan Wags. Pails. ea a gh, detached plate! and made a complete change in the state | 1 SION, WI on ose its eeneannedeciew enn 10 iy ; - L, ” conjunction with the finger] of affairs. Mackenzie drew his shrewd | ee 11 that descends, carries the work under geotch brain together and went to Clarke | CB0colate Drops. . ssrressecreescoes II i i the needle. In the original How i Chocolate Monumentais.. thes etcnterenee IB - 4n the original Howe Ma-| with a proposition. | Shoe en 5% chine the descending finger came downa ‘“‘Here you have a fine business,” said Moss Drops. . os ee ain — distance, neither more nor less, he, “increasing every year, but only an| = Drops... te eee wl aaa 8% DIRECT FROM THE FISHERMEN. so the es . ae i 10 © that the same pressure was brought! infant now to what it is bound to be in Fancy—In 51b. boxes. Per Box to bear upon all work, whether it were a| the future. If you end Me. Gineer ta-| bomen Brome... 55 heavy army blanket or a web-like piece sist upon disagreeing and ti Cee | OE I ns cence sors ores connecononraneones 55 Represented in Michigan by J. P. Visner, 167 of cambric. By simply inserting a deli-| }.; p isagreeing and separating, the | peppermint Drops................ cee 60 | North Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich., who will a a oe 5* business will be broken up. New com-| Chocolate NNT MR soccee 63 | DC Pleased to quote bottom prices that first-class cate spring above this finger, Singer petitors have come into the field, but’ H. M. Chocolate Drops.......... Le pon oni ..99 | Stock can be offered at by any producer or curer THE MICHIGAN TRADES MAN. with your contracts and the Singer pat- ents we have the upper hand. make a stock company of it, taking in all few shares of stock, which they can out of their putes arise the stockholders can decide. Of course, you two partners will retain a controll- ing interest in the stock. but the other holders will all be men whose livlihood depends upon the suceess of the com- pany, and their decision will be in the company’s best interests.’ At first, Mr. Clarke did proposition; but, as matters grew worse between himself and Singer, he reluc- tantly consented. Mackenzie then set to work upon Singer and procured a not too willing consent from him, and the stock company was formed. Singer and Clarke held an equal number of shares— of course, an overwhelming majority of say ten shares each, pay for by installments salaries? all the shares; but, when they were di- vided, the votes of Mackenzie and the other employes. controlled matters. Mackenzie was made one of the directors, and at the first meeting of the Board of Directors he was made general manager of the entire business. With Singer and Clarke still at swords- points, Mackenzie thus became the great man of the company, although his hold- ing of stock was comparatively small. The other small holders could always be depended upon to vote with him, and, as he was inclined toward conservatism, the Clarke shares usually backed him up, and in inverse ratio the Singer shares held aloof from him. Singer and Mac- kenzie were soon as bitter opponents as Singer and Clarke had been, and it did not take Singer long to find that, in con- senting to form a stock company, he had given over his authority to his partner and his former employes. This was a bitter dose for Singer to swallow, but there was now no help for it. Clarke and Mackenzie elected their own directors, the directors elected their own manager, always Mackenzie, and everything was in their own hands. The store proved a profitable in- best thing the company could have done, but it was little satis- faction to the father of it all to turn around and say, ‘‘Didn’t I tell you so?” He had lost control, and, although still a large owner, was hardly more than a spectator in the factory he had founded —barring always the privilege of draw- ing immense dividends upon his shares of stock. But one consolation was left to the founder of the Singer sewing machine business. He was still the inventor. Neither capital nor shrewd management could deprive him of his inventive brain; and when improvements were needed, application must be made to Mr. Singer to invent them. ‘‘Go on,’’ he said to Mackenzie on more than one occasion, ‘eo on with your scheming. I invented this machine, and I can invent a better.” This implied threat perhaps prevented his company from ignoring him entirely. Though they had worsted him in busi- ness management they still regarded him as aman who could devise any improve- ment that might become necessary. Even at this time the company had made hardly anything but manufacturing machines — large machines for sewing heavy fabrics, too heavy and entirely too expensive and altogether unsuited to family use. There was a single-thread family machine in the market, but its working was not satisfactory, and the Singer Company determined that the time had come to produce a machine that might be used in every household in the country. Ata meeting of the directors it was resolved that Mr. Singer should be requested to prepare the plans for such a machine. It lay with Mackenzie to in- form Singer, and his opportunity soon eame. When Mr. Singer entered the of- fice a few days later Mackenzie said to him: “We have decided, Mr. Singer, that it is time to put a good family machine on the market, and that you shall be re- quested to invent it.” **You damned nine-dollar-a-week box maker,’’? Singer burst upon him, ‘‘are you going to give me orders in my own factory ??’ Broadway vestment, the Why not | Mackenzie ‘T have nothing to do “Not at all, Mr. Singer,” placidly replied. | with it except as general manager of the the heads of departments, giving them a/| | himself that there not favor the} | rectors. | you of their resolution and ask you to set Then when dis- | between you and Mr. Singer | orders of the di- have directed me to tell under the They company, to work upon it.’’ Singer was furious, but he saw for was to be money in such a machine, and he set about invent- ing it. He did not hurry himself, how- ever, and months passed without any visible results. At length the directors grew tired of waiting, and another reso- lution was adopted. This it also fell to the lot of Mr. Mackenzie to convey to Mr. Singer, and this it was that drove Singer to bid farewell, for good and all, to the factory. ‘*The directors have ordered me to say to you, Mr. Singer,’’ Mackenzie told him, “that unless you have the plans ready for the family machine without further delay they will be compelled to employ some outside inventor to do the work.”’ Then it was that Mr. Singer grew pur- plein the faee, expressed very forcibly his opinion of the factory and everybody in it, and slammed the door behind him. How, in subsequent years, a similar con- tliet between Clarke and Mackenzie ended by putting Mr. Mackenzie in almost ab- solute control of the company’s affairs is more recent history. The few shares of stock that were given to the foremen and superintendents when the company was organized afterward made every one of them arich man. > -@- pm) 7 (5pm) 5 40am Pt. Huron...Ar| \11 55am 6 0Opm — 7 30am Pontiac ......AT|10 53am 3 05pm) 8 25pm} 5 37am Detwot,....../ Ar|i1 50am] 4 05pm} 9 25pm} 7 00am WESTWARD. Trains Leave |*No. 81 |tNo. 11|tNo. 13|*No. 15 Lv. Petrowt.....11 Sn G’d Rapids, Lv| 7 04am Ar| 8 35am Milw’kee Str ‘| Chicago Str. *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12 5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. Trains arrive from the west, 6:45 a m, &. m., 3:15 ee" and 10:30 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No. 18 Chair Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward—No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11 Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar. Joun W. Loup, Traffic Manager. DEN FLETcHER, Trav. Pass. Agent. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. 23 Monroe Street. m1 50am | 4 05pm 1 vopm| 5 10pm)1) 20pm 2 10pm| 6 15pm)11 20pm ---| 6 30am) 6 30am 6 ‘OOam| 6 00am *5O a, M., 10:10 WIRTH, KRAUSE & CO, JOBBERS OF CHILDREN’S SHOES Leather and Shoe Store Supplies. 12-14 LYON ST. *+RAND RAPIDS Geo. H. Reeder & Co., JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOES Felt Boots and Alaska Soeks State Agents for 158 & 160 FultonoSt. Grand Rapids) 15 Graned Rapids & Indians. Schedule ia effect July 3, 1892 TRAINS GOING e from Leave going S« North. For Traverse City & Mackinaw 6 50am 7:20am From K 9:20 am For irav ity ckinaw 1:50 p m 2.00 pm For Trave it ul 4:15 pm For f v 8:10 pm 10:49 pm From Ch mazoo. 8:35 p m For Saginaw .. i a : 7:20 am For Saginaw . 4:15 pm Train arriving. f-om 50am and departing north at 7:20 am daily; « r trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS G¢ om Leave going South. 7:00 a m 10:05 am For Cincinnati. oe Kalamazoo and Chic Lg For Fort Wayne and the | ‘ast.. 11:50am ) pm Poe COmermase »:20 p m 5:00 pm Row Citcaro. cl. . 10:40 pm 11:29 pm WrOeh GAMEIAW. 2... occas oe ee oss 11:50 ¢ Prom Saginaw, .............. .. 10:40pm Train arriving from the ha 20pm and leav ing south at 6:00 p. m, also train leaving south at 11:20 p.m. rundaily; allother trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. NORTH 7:20 a m train,—Parlor chalr car Grand Rapids to Traverse City and Grund Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 2.00 p m train has parlor car Grand Rapic is to Petoske y an i Mackinaw. 10: 40 p m train.—Sleeping car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. SOUTH--7:00 am train. —Parlor chair car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 10:05 am train.—Wagner Grand Rapids to Chicago. 6:00 pm train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Cin¢ sane bt. 11520 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Bap vids to Chicago Parlor Car Chien via G. BR. & LR. BR. Ly Grand Rapids 10:05 am 2:00 pm 11:20 p m Arr Chicago 3:35 p m 9:00 p m 6 50am 10:05 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:20 p m train daily, thr rough Wagner Sleeping Car Ly Chicago 7:¢5 am $ 10 1 pm 10:10 pm Arr Grand Rapids 1:50 pm 8 35pm 6:50 am 3:10 p m through Wagner Parlor Car. 10:10 p m train ina throu | Ww enn Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & India For Muske *gon—Leave ana. From Muskegon—Arrive. 10:00 a m 4:40 pm 9:05 pm Through tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- tion, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe street, Grand Kapids, Mich. ©. L. LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. CHICAGO — AND WES?! MICHIGAN R’Y, GOING TO CHICAGO. Ly.GR'D RAPIDS......9:05am 1:35pm *11:35pm Ar. CHICAGO..........3:25pm 6:45pm *7:05am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Ly. CHICAGO... wee a oa «6c oe 15pm Ar. GR'D Ri APIDS. 3:55pm 10:10 pm *6:10am GRAND RAPIDS AND CHICAGO. Via St. Joe and Steamer. Lv Grand Rapids ... -. L:dopm + 6:30pm Ar Chicago of 3:30pm 2:00am Lv Chicago ET 9:30am Ary Grand Rapids ............ : 5:20pm TO AND FROM BENTON HARBOR, ST JOSEPH AND INDIANAPOLIS, Ey. G@ i.... 9:05am 1:35pmt6:30pm *11:35pm Ar GH .......%:l0am 1 dpm 5 20pm 10:35pm TO AND FROM MUSKEGON, Lv. G.R i. O:c0em G:ifpm |... .. at GH... 10:45am 1 45pm 5:20pm TRAVERSE city CHARLEVOIX & PETOSK iy.ak .... *r: 30am 2:10pm 5 5pm Ay 7 C...... 219 6:45pm 10:55pm 4:40am Ar. ChYroiz.. Sc... 7:00am Ay. Fety.... OcApm ...... (32 am Ar. B V'w 10pm 9pm ..... am Ar. from Bay View, Petoskey, etc., 6:30 am, 11:10 am, 1:15 pm, *9:45 pm. TO AND FROM OTTAWA BEACH. in Ge ...... S:4am i:copm S:4)pm ...... Ar GQ........ 8:06am 15pm 5: 2)pra 10:35pm SUNDAY TRAIN Lv G R....10:00 am Ly Ottawa Beach 6:30 pm THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Wagner Parlor Cars Leave Grand Rapids 1:35 pm, leav ec hic ago’: :05 am, pm; leave Grand Rapids $7:30am, °2:10 pm; ‘Teave Be iy View 6:10 am, *1:45 pm. Wagner Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 pm; leave Chicago *11:15 pm; leave Bay View +10:15 pm; leave Grand Rapids +11:35 pm; leave Ineii unapolis via Big Four 7:00 pm. *Every day. tExcept Sati ird: Ly. Other trains week days only : som Mon day. DETROIT, lama LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. GOING TO DETROIT. Ly.G RR... 7:20am = *2:00pm 5:40pm Ar. DET....11:40am *35:50pm 10:35pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. . DETROIT. ao (OCH sopm 6:10pm = GR'D RAPIDS. 12: 45pm: *5:25pm 10:30pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS. Ly. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. GR 11:50am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWEL if & HASTINGS R. R. Lv. Grand Rapids ....... am 2:00pm 5:40pm Ar. from Lowell.......... 12:45pm 5:25pm 7:00am THROUGH CAR SERVICE Parlor Cars on all day trains between Grand Rapids and Detroit. Wagner Sleepers on night trains. Parlor cars to Saginaw on morning train, *Every day. Other trains _— days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. *11:00pm *7 00am THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. inal Purely Personal. H. W. Samm, the Hillsdale grocer, was | in town several days last week. T. F. Moseley and family are spending a few month’s sojourn at the sea shore. Elmer Thompson book-keeper for Per- kins & Hess, has begun the erection of a weeks at Saranac, preceding a handsome residence at 9 Cass street. B. S. Runnels, postmaster and general dealer at Big Prairie, was in town last Friday, placing orders with local jobbers. Miss Zillah J. keeper for Perkins & Hess, is seriously Neal, assistant book- ill with quinsy at her home on Fifth avenue. Norton Gibbs, preseription clerk for Geo. W. Milner, at Big Rapids, has tak- en asimilar position with C. B. Fuqua, at the same place. H. F. Hasting on the 22d to at s Starts for Kansas City tend the Supreme Lodge and tri-annuai meeting of the Uniformed Rank. Knights of Pythias. J. Howard Green, the Battle Creek druggist, is erecting a fine frame resi- lence which he expects to be able to oc- eupy by Thanksgiving day. Milo. J. and lumber at Corunna, Ind., was in Thomas, dealer in hardware town several days last week, buying goods and taking in the races. The friends of W. K. Walker, the Lansing druggist, will sympathize with him in the death of his wife, caused by congestion and paralysis of the brain. Zimmerman Ross, formerly engaged in the drug business at Chase, has taken the position of prescription Harry Snow, the Grand Ledge druggist. Heman G. Barlow and wife, Chas. N. Remington, Jr., and wife and Mrs. M. S. Goodman sailed from Mackinae Island last Friday on a trip through the Georgian Bay to Owen Sound and Collingwood. Wm. Judson has returned from a fort- night’s outing, which he spent at Ne-ah- ta-wanta and at White Birch Point, where he was the guest of Willard Barnhart. He was accompanied by his family. W. J. Mills sueceeds Will Roxbury as prescription clerk at F. Fairman’s drug 3 Li store at Big Rapids. Mr. Roxbury in- R tends to embark in business on his own account as soon asa desirable location ean be secured. A. Dunn, of Hoppertown, bought a new grocery stock in this market last Thursday and went to the races in the afternoon. He had $40 in cash and his return ticket when he went to the grounds, but on his way back he discovered that a pickpocket had relieved him of both arti- cles. Friends of Chas. E. Olney will be pained to learn of the dangerous illness of his son, Geo. E. Olney, who served the Olney & Judson Grocer Co. a year in the capacity of assistant book-keeper. While playing ball at Thompson, Conn., on July 4, he suffered a severe hemorrhage of the lungs and the attacks have since been repeated. Expert medical aid was invoked from New York City and the young man taken to Saranac Lake where Mr. Olney is a lad of great promise and his friends he lies in a critical condition. will unite in the hope that he may ulti- matly recovery. —_— > The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. states that they received a full carload of one brand of fine cut tobacco in 1889, and that the claim of a neighbor house to having received the only car of the kind is therefore incorrect. clerk for | The Grocery Market. Sugar—The refiners advanced their prices a sixpence last Thursday and an-| other sixpence on Monday. You can take your choice OF TWO OF THE te mamta ae coeeons DOSE Flat Opening Blank Books of the refiners. Coffee—Rio grades are stronger, owing | to the action of Brazilian handlers in| elevating their holdings. Package man-| ufacturers have advanced the quotations | se. Mild coffees are quiet and se Rice—Both foreign and domestic are | in more active demand and are firm. Oranges—Poor in quality and high in price. Lemons—Very firm in price and ar- rivals light. No lower prices may be looked for until cooler weather. Bananas—Arrivals freer and quality better. Miss Nellie Openeer, book-keeper for Dykema & Bro., has returned from a ten days’ vacation at Macatawa and Chicago. O. A. Ball has returned home from Birch Point. His family expect to re- turn for the season the latter part of the week, accompanied by the families of ). D. Cody and Willard Barnhart. Canned Goods—Packers of corn and tomatoes now decline to name any quo- tations for future delivery. Currants—Strong and advancing. New goods will be in market in about a week. Cheese—ie. higher, with the market strong and firm. Oatmeal—Considerably firmer on ac- eount of the prospective shortage in the | | Oat crop. _ >> nan The Field of Gettysburg is to the old soldier and the student the most interesting of all the earth’s battle grounds. Those who go to Washington to attend the encampment ofthe G. A. R. in September, will have the best oppor- tunity of visiting Gettysburg by taking the line of the Michigan Central and the Northern Central, which includes a side trip to Gettysburg either going or return- ing. For those who wish to return by way of Philadelphia, all return tickets will be honored either viathe short line or via Philadelphia, allowing stop-over at Baltimore, Philadelphia and Harris- burg. The stop at Philadelphia will per- mit of a side trip to New York and re- turn at the low rate of $4.00. During the summer season the Michi- gan Central gives the privilege of stop- ping over at Niagra Falls at any time within the life of the ticket returning, upon depositing it with the ticket Agent there, affording a valuable opportunity to see the beauties of the great cataract and vicinity at leisure. Tickets are also sold to Washington via Toledo and the lines south and east there- from. The Michigan Central is the shortest route, the best route, and offers induce- ments that no other line can give. For any additional information apply to near- est Michigan Central ticket agent or to J.S. Hall, Mich. Pass. Agent, Jackson, Mich. Oo 9 The Question Answered. GRAND Rapips, Aug. 11—In your issue | of the 10th inst is an article entitled | ‘“‘Too Much System,”’? the purport of | which is that customers dread to pur- | chase when there is an excess of red} tape. You ask, *‘Cannot systems be de- vised which shall be equally advanta- | geous to the house and yet less objec-| tionable to the patrons of the concern?” | This can be answered in afew words. The National Cash Register system does not keep the customer waiting and cus- tomers prefer to trade where they are in use, because they do not have to wait and lose valuable time. The system is rapid and perfect in every respect. ONE WHO HAS USED THEM FOR YEARS. | ———— i o-—<— j Mt. Clemens—Louis Wolf has sold his | grocery stock to Rocher & Engelbrecht. In the Market. GRAND RAPIDS BOOK BINDING CO., 29-31 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Cost no more than the Old Style Books, Write for prices. 4 : “~ ~% 42" AieS | a Lt aaapysll; Ve A t , ‘ai , — / pe - ee i. ‘. 3 -/ is Ly U8 eo a “~,* “ . _ io - - * ad Me} WJ i MA's 4 ~~ aa . ee ‘ oe a \ pl - e ~) ee _ What the Unarmed Man Wished for when He Met the Bear IS EASILY GUESSED, and what he wished for at that time, all you sportsmen who are not how supplied will be wishing for when August 15 N THAT DAY the law on shooting wood- {> cock will be “off,” and if you have not now got a gun you ought to provide yourself with one. The new Baker for #25 you will find to be the best double barreled shot gun you ever saw for the money. The Winchester Re peating Shot Gun, with which you ecan fire six shots without reloading is the best of the kind in the market and cheap at #18. We have Remington Shot Guns for $55, Whit more Hammerless for #50, Lefever Hammerless, Parker Bros.’ Hammerless—you all know them, Smith Hammerless, Win- chester and Marlin Rifles, Flobert & Quackenbush Rifles, Boys’ Shot Guns, single and double barrel, from $2 to $10. | 9 In fact, tomake along story short we feel justified in saying we have y comes around. the largest and most complete assortment of Guns, Revolvers and Sporting Goods in general of any house in the State of Michigan. prasren TEVENS & CG: MONROg ST. PEREINES & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WK CARR? A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE Printed on your Commercial Sta- HAVE AN ORIGINAL DESIGN P"2tsi.cr your, gommerctat, Write to THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, they Do It. cae oh = et BARK & LUMBER CO. Successors to N. B. Clark & Co. 1s and 19 Wid icomb Building, We are now ready to make contracts for the season of 1892, Correspondence solicited 2 THE =. PUTMAN CANDY CO Are Extensive Manufacturers of Fiigh (srade And the Largest Handlers of ORANGES, LEMONS, BANANAS, NUTS, DATES, FIGS, ETC.) In Western Michigan. Your orders to them) will be promptly executed and duly appre- ciated, Bs Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons Cloaks, We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. Confectionery, - VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CO, WHOLESALE Ury Goods, Carpets and bloaks We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. OVERALLS OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & G0, “> Gyana Ramos >” Grand Rapids. Glass Covers for Biscuits. ore Cracker Chests UR new glass covers are by far the handsomest ever offered to the trade. They are made to fit any of our boxes and ean be changed from one box to anotherina moment They will save enough goods from flies, dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pay for themselves. Try them and be convinced. Price, 50 cents each. | HESE chests will soon| pay for themselves in the} breakage they avoid. Price $4. | NEW NOVELTIES We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties: CINNAMON BAR. ORANGE BAR. CREAM CRISP. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. NEWTON, arich finger with fig the best selling cakes we ever made. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CoO., GRAND RAPIDS. filling. This is bound to be one of S. A. Sears, Mer. GOLD MEDAL FINECUT W inner. Is a Don’t forget the price, --1SC.-- BALL-RARNHART-PUTMAN (Jo. Give us acall and see the n ost complete line of Holiday Goods ever presented. Our sample tables are crowded with best selling goods from every country. All purchases made direct from manufacturers in United States, England, Germany, Austria, France. No middle profits to pay. Our experience of many years in the best Holiday lines shows us the safest and most satisfac- tory lines to buy. Our assortment was never so great, our stock was never so heavy, our prices never so low as in this Holi- day season. Our personal and direct purchases from foreign and domestic factories show a grand assortment of the following goods: Fancy China Decorated Ware. A. D. Coffees Moustache Cups and Saucers Fruit Saucers lee Cream Sets Ice Cream Dishes Plate Sets Bread and Milk Sets Creams Water Jugs Toy Tea Sets Fancy Match Safes Toilet Sets. Ash Receivers Smoking Sets Butter Dishes Cracker Jars Ornaments Bric-a-Brac China Vases Motto Cups and Saucers Fruit Plates Tea Sets Dinner Sets Plush and New Fancy Wood Boxes Dressing Cases Comb, Mirror and Brush Sets Shaving Sets Smokers’ Sets Photograph Albums Photograph Boxes infants’ Sets Work Boxes Manicure Sets Jewel Caves Collar and Cuff Boxes Whisk Broom Holders Odor Bottles in Silver Frames Glove and Handkerchief Boxes Crescent Mirrors Silver Ink Stands Card Cases We have made our terms on Holiday Goods DUE JANUARY Ist, so that you can buy early while stock and assortment is full, and pay for them at the same time, as if you bought in December. Satisfaction guaranteed. come. H. LEONARD & SONS Grand Rapids, Mich. 134, 186, 1388 East Fulton Street, Prepare for it by leaving us your order. Novelties from Many Countries Jewel Cases Dominoes Blocks Aluminum Goods Aluminum Fans Aluminum Placques Aluminum Photo Frames Aluminum Mirrors Plush Mirrors Steamboats Playing Cards Campaign or Chinese Lanterns Candles Ten Pins Campaign Horns Transparent Slates Money Safes Banks Weeden’s Guaranteed Steam Toys Mechanical Banks Chatter Box le, 2e, 5e, 10e, 25e, 50e Pieture Books Oliver Optic Annual Zig Zag Series Doll Carriages Drums Silver Hand Mirrors Silver Novelties Parcheesi Picture Blocks World's Fair Games 10ec Games 25e Games 50¢, 60¢e, 75¢e, $1 Games Playing Cards Perfumery Purses Scissors Silver Plated Ware Glass Novelties Baskets Vases Handled Bowls New, Rich and Rare Colors in Bohemia Glass, Water Sets, Lemonade Sets. The Children’s Favorites Dressed Dolls Doll Bodies Doll Heads Kid Dolls 3isque Dolis China Babies Patent Dolls China Limb Dolls Bisque Babies Paper Dolls Dolls’ Hammocks Dolls’ Shoes Dolls’ Arms Dolls’ Wigs Dolls’ Rubbers and Waterproofs Dolls’ Chairs Dolls’ Spoons Dolls’ Worsted Shoes Dolls’ Worsted Jackets French Dolls Japanese Dolls Negro Dolls Mechanicai Dolls Papa-Mama Dolls Toy Trunks Toy Desks Black Boards Tables, Beds, Chairs Washboards Noah’s Arks Tool Chests Croquet Sets Rocking Horses Shoo Flies Doll Furniture Magic Lanterns Toy Casters Mettallaphones Pianos Fireman Sets Policeman Sets Soldier Sets Mosquito Drums Helmets Ships | | | The Children’s Favorites Grocery Stores Bellows Toys Paint Boxes Photo Frames Pewter Tea Sets Scholars’ Companion Laundry Sets Tin City Cars Tin Locomotives Tin Fire Engines Tin Animals Tin Horses Tin Wagons Iron Bell Toys Iron Carts Iron Cat and Mouse Banks Iron Sad Irons Iron Trains, 12 kinds lron Steamboats Iron Fire Engines Iron Hose Carriages Lron Chemical [ron Hook and Ladder Iron Chief’s Wagon Pop Guns, Pistols Carved Animals Harmonicas Jews Harps Christmas Tree Ornaments Wheeling Toys Penny Goods Snakes Bears Booby Prizes Wooly Sheep Menageries Auimals Swallowing Toys Doll Houses Toy Trumpets Song Trumpets Rattles Toy Watches McGinty Watches Marbles Agates Agate Railways Remember your experience, the demand will surely Comat _* = a