‘ Te . | } ‘y HENS Et yee] L ARI) ray. WR ale ERA Seemed Michigan Tradesman. Published Weekly. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. 8 1 pw Year, VOL. 9. GRAND RAPIDS, SEPTEMBER 7, 1892. NO. 468 Our Fall Lines of Oil Cloths, Carpets and Curtains Now ready. Write for prices. SMITH & SANFORD, 68 Monroe St. J. L. Strelitsky, — Including the following celebrated brands man- ufactured by the well-known house of Glaser, Frame & Co.: i Vindex, long Havana filler................ $35 Three Medals, long Havana filler........ 35 E1k’s Choice, Havana fillerand binder... 55 Ea Wie €6 Alfonse... ... :............... ae Jobber of La Doncella de Morera,................. 65 Re toe Sle a Oe....................,. 55 Madellena... Ud pe dee Gal eee cay oy 60 Wise Ge Teme... 35 10 So. Jonia St, Grand Rapids. (> NM MAP & CO. 9 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. WHOLESALE FRUITS AND PRODUGE. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. PEACHES RICES have be en ruling low, but on account of the = _ a of the early varieties they were notsocheap after all. Frem now a we be ee in t vette rs bout Tom an’ the Lord knows what all, an’ we hed ter hold her ter keep her from flingin’ herself out o’ bed. Long about night she got still again, an’ about five o’clock in the mornin’ she jest quietly passed away.’’ There was a pause. added: ‘‘Now ye know how the doctor came by the child. He knowed about ez much ez acalf how ter take care uv it, but bein’ half Injun, o’ course it was hard ter kill, an’ 1 did all I could to kelp him along. Ef anything turns up, he comes ter me to talk it over terthis day. Wal, he’s jest guv himself up ter takin’ care o’ thet child,an’ dotes on it, ez I never see a man dote on a child yet. He’s sot out ter make a lady ov her, I reckon, with all them store clothes he rigs he up in, Thinkno’ ’Liza’s child bein’ a lady! She’s pretty much spoilt, 0’ course, but he will hev itso. An’ I do believe the Lord’ll make it a blessin’ ter him in the end.’’ Epirn ELMER. Presently she HESTER MACHINERY C0., 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 8. Division St., Grand Rapids, FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. D. A. BLopeett, 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. Pe ee ee eons ~~ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Bay City—N. Comeau has removed his stock of clothing to Mt. Pleasant. Cheboygan—James Gallagher succeeds | Gallagher Bros. in the grocery business. | Evart—The Engel Lumber Co. will re- | move its office from this place to Cadil- | lac. | Bay City—The grocery firm of Larkin | & Olmstead is succeeded by Chas. S. | Welter. Oscoda—The stock of Geo. M. Barnes, dealer in fruits, ete., has been seized by creditors. Caro—Frank Jobnson is reported as having succeeded W. H. Parker in the grocery business. Carleton—J. F. Coleburn has pur-} chased the furniture and undertaking business of A. Gee. | Shepherd—H. M. & A. Hance have purchased the agricultural implement stock of A. G. Struble. Imlay City—J. T. Messer & Co. have purchased the general] stock and banking business of Lamb & Messer. Brown City—Rice & Mapes are report- ed to have succeeded Sherman, Mapes & Co. in the hardware business. Hamock— Hamilton Stewart is eeeded by Richard Barkell in the furni- ture and undertaking business. Lake—J. Henry Manning, who had been engaged in general trade here since 1888, died August 18, aged 44 years. Chesaning—A. B. Clough is succeeded by Clough & Walker in the grocery, drug and agricultural implement business. Alpena—A. B. DeChampayne is re- ported to have succeeded E. H. Barlow & Co. in the fancy and dry goods busi- ness. Bronson—The hardware and agricul- tural implement stock of Fisk & Clark is in the sheriff’s possession and a receiver has been asked for. Lake Odessa—I. M. Tolles has pur- chased the grocery stock of M. R. Alden and will continue at the same location. Lansing—Rouser & Conklin have pur- chased the drug stock of W. K. Walker. Mr. Rouser has been prescription clerk for Mr. Walker the past seven years and Mr. Conklin is brother-in-law of Mr. Rouser. Shelby—F. W. Van Wickle has pur- chased the drug stock of R. Fuller and will consolidate the same with his own. D. V. Jackaway has purchased the holi- day and fancy goods stocks of both Mr. | Van Wickle and Mr. Fuller and will con- | duct the business in the store formerly occupied by the latter. suc- |; the business MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Traverse City—Wm. H. White has sold his interest in the Traverse City Lumber Co. to his partner, C. A. Barker. Hart—The deal which Peck & Cutler | thought was consumated by which they | were to come the Wigton grist mill, was declared off and the property sold to Messrs. T. S. and C. | A. Garney. Peck & Cutler looking up timber with which to supply the mill they will erect at South Grand Rapids. into possession of are how _— > —_ The Grocery Market. Sugar—The have their prices ‘ec during the past week and the market is strong and excited, render- ing further advances by no means im- probable. The refiners are heavily over- refiners advanced | granulated in sacks and an eighth extra for other grades in sacks, | nominally steady. | Prunes are still firm for spot goods or | higher. | same as a week ago. | owing to a break in the arrivals at the sold and a searcity in some grades of refined may ensue as the result. The refiners now ask a sixpence extra for which prac- tically leaves anything but goods in bar- rels out of the market. Corn Syrup—The manufacturers have advanced their prices 2c and the jobbers have followed suit. Jelly—The market has sustained an- other advance, 17 Ib. pails now selling for 85c, while 30 Ib. pails bring $1.30. Fish—Mackerel is in less urgent de- mand, but prices are practically un- changed. Cod is unchanged and dull. Herring are in moderate request and Fruits—Currants are firm stock. for prime Dates are inactive and nominal. those to arrive. Spices— Black Singapore pepper is White Singapore is firmer. Confectionery — Advancing in sym- pathy with sugar. The market is very active and the demand is strong. Oranges—Out of market. Lemons—-Scarce and prices remain the Bananas—Will be searce for a week, seaboard markets. Prices and unchanged. a Will Be Here Next Week. William Connor will be at Sweet’s Hotel Sept. 15 and 16 with his closing out bargains, and such merchants as call are steady upon him will see such great bargains in ready made clothing as is seldom offered | to the trade, as his employers, Michael | Kolb & Son, of Rochester, New York, | have decided to make a general clearance | early this season and offer these great | bargains to the trade generally, instead | of their falling into the hands of one or two leading houses, who are always on the alert for such bargains. Don’t for- get the day, Thursday and Friday, Sept. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Sweet Boughs, Dutchess and Pippins | are in good demand and adequate supply at 65 @i5c per bu. Beans—Dry stock is in small supply and active demand. and hold city handpicked at $1.85@1.95 per bu, Beets—50c per bu. Blackberries—Wild berries continue to come in, commanding 7@7'2c per qt. Butter—Higher and firmer. Dealers pay 18¢ for choice dairy and hold at 20c. Cabbages—s0c and 60¢ per dozen, according to 81ze Celery—Choice home grown commands 25c per dozen bunches Cranberries—A few consignments of unripe wild berries have come to market, but enough to establish a price. Dried apples—Evaporated {is firmly held at 8@9ec; sundried is strong xt 5@6c. Eggs—Higher and hard to get. 15¢ and hold at 16¢ per doz. Grapes--Ives are in limited supply and de- mand, commanding 65c for 10 lb. basket. Green Corn—!0c per doz. Honey—1l4c perlb. Very scarce. Musk Meilons — Osage, $1.25 per crate; nut- meg, $1 per dozen. Onions—Onions of good keeping quality will be in comparatively light supply and prices are likely to range high for such stock. There is an immense amount of immature and poor onions that will have to be sold early, thus fora time causing an apparent over-supply and a depres- sion of prices in September and October. The commercial onion fields of Michigan, [linois (mostly about Chicago), lowa (about Davenport) and the extensive onion plantations in Ohio will average 20 more than the very short crop of last year in those regions, while the quality is very poor due to the extremely wet season. Peaches—The market is well supplied this week, commanding about the following prices: Early Crawfords, 82: Barnards and Eoone Johns, $1.50@%1.75; Early Michigans, $1.50. Next week will be the big week of the peach harvest. Pears—Clapp’s Favorite command $1.50@#1.75 per bu.; Bartlett’s bring about #2; Flemish Beau ties are beginning to arrive and will be in mar- ket by the end of the week. Peppers—Green, $1@1.75 per bu. Plums—Green Gages bring $2@#2.25; Lombards and Damsons are in ample supply at #1.50@#1.75 per bu Potatoes—Local dealers pay 50c per bu. and sell at 60c. Sweet Potatoes—Will be asmaller crop than last year. In Jersey they promise a full crop, in Texas and Arkansas an average crop, but in most other states the yield will be below that of 91. Dealers quote Jerseys at $4.50 and Baltimores at $3.50 per bbl. Tomatoes—Acme and Trophy are in ample sup ply and active demand at 5vc per bu. Watermelons—In fair supply at $20 per 100. Whortleberries—The crop is nearly all mar- keted, stray lots bringing $2.50@%3 per bu. Dealers pay PAMPHLETS (CUTS for BOOM EDITIONS For the best work, at reasonable prices, address THE TRADESMAN COMPANY. 15 and 16. WILLIAM CoNNOR. BANANAS! If you want large bunches of the best quality, send your order to THE PUTNAM CANDY Coa, Peaches! Plenty for All. The EARLY CRAWFOhDS are jusi beginning to come in and with favorable weather there will be plenty to supply all orders latter part of the week and first of next. at the first opportunity Let us suggest that you place your order for CRAWFORDS to be shipped When quality is fine and prices are reasonable. At present we can supply choice grades of Mountain Rose, Honest Johns, Early Michigans, Snows, Orange, Crane’s Karly market value. We are headquarters. prices. Snows. Fosters, Barnards, ete.. at lowest If you are in the market write us or wire for Market report and quotations furnished free of charge. Address ALFRED J. BROWN, Grand Rapids, Mich. Dealers pay $1.50@1.60 for unpicked | not | FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and ; ope cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. | BUSINESS CHANCES. GOOD CHANCE FOR AN A NO. 1 GRO- cery business. Reason of selling, poor health. W. L. Mead, Ionia, Mich. 576 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 XCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR A BUS- iness man with $5,000 to $10,000 ready money to embark in the wholesale business in Grand Rapids and take the management of same. House well established. Investigation solicited from persons who mean business. No others need apply. No. 556, care Michigan Tradesman. | 556 | J WANTTO QUIT WORK, BUT CAN'T DO IT because I have a first-class stock of drugs on my hands. If there isamanin Michigan who wants to buy Ican give himabargain Address “Quinine,” care Michigan Tradesman, Grand Rapids. 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. Other and more important business requires the attention of the proprietor. We court a thorongh investigation and will guarantee a profitable investment. Address No. 571, care Michigan Tredesman. 571 = SALE OR EXCHANE—CLEAN STOCK of dry goods and gents’ furnishing goods. Good point for trade. Reason for selling, other business requires our attention. Address No. 568, care Michigan Tradesman. 568 OR 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 #2,500 per month spot cash business. Noc a dollar of credit. Stock will invoice about $6,000. Address No. 549, care Michigan Trade: man. 549 OR SALE — GROCERY AND CROCKERY stock, located in a thriving village with 1800 inhabitants and doing the largest trade in the town, Will invoice sbout 83.000. Sales last year, #28 000. Good location and best reasons for selling, Address No. 575, care Michigan Tradesman. If you want a good thing, write. 575 OR 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 OR SALE— CLEAN STOCK OF STAPLE dry goods, clothing, furnishing goods, mil- linery goods and boots and skoes in one of the best villages in Michigan. Stock will inventory $3,000 to $3,500, Liberal discount for cash. For > address No. 530, care Michigan radesman. 530 SITUATIONS WANTED. ANTED—SITUATION AS REGISTERED druggist. Twelve years’ experience, good references. Address care Michigan Tradesman. No. 578. 5738. MISCELLANEOUS. 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. OR SALE CHEAP — THREE WILLIAMS fruit evaporators; also other apparatus be longing to fruit evaporator plant. Fenton Elec tric Light Company, Fenton, Mich. 577 OR SALE — GOOD DIVIDEND - PAYING stocks in banking, manufacturing and mer cantile companies. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids. 370 OR SALE — BEST RESIDENCE LOT IN Grand Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad- ed with native oaks, situated in gooi residence a only 200 feet from electric street car line. ill sell for $2.500 cash, or part cash, pay- ments tosuit. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 354 rJ\WO RESIDENCE LOTS IN VILLAGE OF Belding to exchange for grocery stock worth #1,00) to $1,500. Will pay difference in cash. Address No. 470, care Michigan Trades- man. 570 \y JANTED— DESIRABLE LOCATION FOR hardware store. Address, giving full par- | ticulars as to a of town and surround- | ing country anc | Michigan Tradesman. 552 rentof building, No. 552, care r “The Kent.’ - 11S new and handsomely furnished hotel, locate 1 directly a ross the street from the Unior Depot, is now open to the public. It is conducted entirely ou the European plan. Rooms with steam heat and e'ectric bells range from 5) cents t:.$1 per day. First- Jass restau rant and dining rvom in connection. Free trans er of baggage from Unio’: De. ot. The patronage of truveling 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, SE ont 2 SF eat a egress RE th. Atha sikh epee tt 2 a na ant SAD GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Jacob Fisher & Co. have opened a gro- cery store at 117 West Bridge street. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Wm. Graham, flour and feed dealer at 703 Madison avenue, has put in a line of groceries, supplied by the Lemon & Wheeler Company and Musselman & Widdicomb. The Widdicomb Furniture Co. recently purchased a tract of red oak timber, situ- ated about six miles north of Falmouth, and is building a spur railway, two and one half miles long, running from the Eastern terminus of Chittenden & Her- rick’s logging railroad, which connects with the G. R. & I. system at Lake City. The company will transport the logs to Grand Rapids, where they will be con- verted into lumber at its mill near the factory. a Purely Personal. Sumner Wells, buyer for the 1 M. Clark Grocery Co., is spending a fortnight’s va- cation at Sylvan Beach and other resorts. Henry B. Fairchild left Thursday night for Sault Ste. Marie and will spend ten days on the fishing streams of the Upper Peninsula, going wherever inclination dictates. J. M. Cook, the Grand Haven grocer, has sold his blind trotting stallion to Alvin Jackson, of that place. Mr. Cook found that a grocery store and a trotting horse do not go well in the same class. Frank C. Hawkins, book-keeper for the Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co., left Saturday night for Chicago, where he will spend his fortnight’s vacation. He is accompanied by his wife and son. Willis Dimick, of Ithaca, N. Y.. is spending a few days in this city, the guest of his cousin, Harry D. Jewell. Mr. Dimick is favorably impressed with Grand Rapids and may conclude to take up his residence here. H. J. Koopman, junior member of the firm of John Koopman & Son, of Fal- mouth, was in town a couple of days last week. The firm conducts a general store, grist mill, saw and shingle mills, owning about 25,000,000 feet of hardwood timber, which is being converted into lumber at the rate of about 3,000,000 a year. Chas. McCarty, the Lowell Poo Bah, was in town Monday on his way home from Macatawa Park. He saysit it a matter of everlasting regret to him that he did not enter the lying match at the annual picnic of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, as he is confident that his presence in the race would have precluded any competitor entering the same contest. Monday was the twenty-fifth anniver- sary of the wedding of Frank J. Wurz- burg, the Monroe street druggist. With an excellent wife and a family circle of eight happy, healthy children — which has never been invaded by the Angel of Death—Mr. Wurzburg enters upon his second quarter of a century of married life with calm resignation and ample as- surance that he will yet live to celebrate his golden anniversary. ———_—__—~ -4 Lower Prices on Oil. The Standard Oil Co. has reduced quotations on its W. W. Headlight and Water White oil and stove gasoline lc per gallon. << Use Tradesmanor Superior Cowpons. | gets there, the other does not. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5 THE ART OF GETTING THHRE. In business, as in a foot race, there are always two ends to the procession. One The com- parison holds good, not only in results, but in reasons. The winner may secure the prize on his merits as a leg manipu- lator, or he may handicap his competitors and win in a hippodrome, but be that as | it may, success secures applause and a silver cup. It is so in business, the man who succeeds is seldom cross examined | as to his methods, and the fact of a stone front and a big bank account covers a multitude of sins. There is nothing in modern times that can redeem a reputa- tion or give it a finish as can a greenback and a check book. In saying this we do not assume orimply that business suc- cess is impossible with a fair amount of conscience and an approximate regard for the ten commandments, but we wish to emphasize the point that the public mind is so keenly appreciative of results that it insists on lifting its hat to success without a care whether the winner is a sinner or asaint. No one needs to go out of the corporation in which he lives to know this. The measure of a man is not made by a legitimate tape line, but is nevertheless the popular yard measure. When the man who made his business a success retires from his ledger to his coffin, he is honored generally, not for what he carries with him, but for the bulk he leaves behind him, and in death and in life it is the money more than the man to which the public makes a crook in its marrow bones. ‘Those, however who in the race are found at the tail end, are labelled as being ‘‘no good.’? Their biography is peppered with criticism, and as blanks in a lottery. They are disappointments and failures. Good qual- ities with no interests in the mint are overlooked, and no record of virtue or honor can compensate for the inability to ‘‘get there.’? With this sarcastic and fallacious sentiment served up as choice, diet on the public plate it ceases to be a surprise that the man who gorges on chicken should grow feathers, and that scores of men in business should have no higher aim in life than ‘‘getting there.” It is perfectly right for a man to aim high, and to do his level best to make his business a success, but if he is morally indifferent as to the methods he uses, if his fortune should reach the upper story his soul is on the door mat. We cannot, of course, eliminate the ambition, but we can do a great deal with a broom in the methods. The law of legitimate success is based on integrity, industry, good judgment and presistent application. These are indispensable, and if they sometimes fail in making a fortune, they never fail in making a man. It is of this kind of stuff the national and indi- vidual character must be made and, to men on the threshold of business life their chances both of personal happiness and prosperity are dependent on their character. That uppermost, success can never demoralize aman, but that missing, there will be more money than man at the end of the race. In that sense, suc- cess is a misnomer, and ‘‘getting there’’ a case of suicide. FRED WooprRow. a et 9 et Ignorance is the pasture ground of the lawyer and doctor. —— ni —- — A man who is so good and generous to the outside world that he has no goodness and generosity left for home use needs reforming. The West Michigan ¥a AT COMSTOCK PARK, Grad Rapids, Sept. 19 to 23 1892. Will Excel Any Held by the Society. Half Fare ov + Railroads The Famou: Grounds, Fast Track, Fine Buildings, Ample Accommodations and Unusual Facilities, backed by Liberal Premiums, will bring Exhibits and Visitors and make a grand success. The Bench Show will bring Hnndreds of Fine Dogs. Liberal Parses will Draw Fast Horses. Kvery Day Will Have Many Attractions. Every Stock Grower and Mann‘acture Should Exhibit and Everybody Should Attend the Fair. For Premium Lists, Fold- ers, Entry Sheets, Etc , address C. L. WHITNEY, Sec’, Grand Rapids. H. H. COOPER & CO, TA, NM. Y., Manufacturers of Men's, Youths’, Boys and Children's OTHING|! Snaps in every line. We are the people? REPRESENTED BY A WESTER, Owosso, Mich. Se ee THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Store Advice to Customers. From Dry Goods Bulletin. Many storekeepers are frequently non- plussed to know how to reply to cus- tomers when the latter enquire what they shall buy to eat, or to wear; particu- larly in frequent cases where the cus- tomer is undecided between two or three things. So far as eatables are concerned a good answer is to select that which is seasonable, and whenever it is done the customer usually says he was well satis- fied at the proprietor’s selection. Then it is always well for storekeepers to make a specialty of seasonable eatables, be- eause such things when in season are far more palatable than when out of season. Then again it helps the farmers in the neighborhood ; consequently when the latter learn that the storekeeper ing a practice of recommending things just when they are ready for market, they will give that particular store their best trade, for with them it is merely a question of reciprocity. With dry goods, shoes, etc., while the case differs somewhat, in a general sense the same rule should apply, if a fine judgment of appropriateness accom- panies the advice. It is right here that many storekeepers retain a large class of customers which other stores asking low- er prices for the same goods are unable to get. And this is one of the secrets of the successful salesmen. Many store- keepers think it the safer policy to be noncommittal when asked to decide for the customer, particularly if the pur- chase is important or comparatively costly. But the weight of the evidence on both sides inelines the decision that it pays best to enter right into the feel- ings of the customer and advise in ac- cordance with all the circumstances which can be brought to bear on the question. It is well to try it anyway, particular- ly where a certain taciturnity has long prevailed; there is so much room for judgment, and the most skillful judgment in such matters, that storekeepers who have not already become proficient, in oth- er words,experts in this particular, will be greatly interested in noting the effects of the adoption of sucha policy. There is not one lady in ten who knows exactly what she wants when she is buying; she is frequently governed by the surround- ing influences of the moment, and in con- sequence about as often buys what she does not want as what afterwards is cal- culated to afford permanent satisfaction. If the salesman really understands his business in such cases he has right here the whole field to himself to make a per- manent and valuable customer. He must sink the fashions into some degree of appropriateness for the customer’s circumstannes; while in other cases an extra fashion is calculated to give the more permanent satisfaction. A book might be filled with the details of how a salesman should act when his best ad- vice is asked, but the limits of this ar- ticle do not permit too many explana- tions. The first point is never to de- ceive the customer under any circum- stances; and next in importance is to be frank and above board and never advise the purchase of goods because the store wants to get rid of them; and, last of all, never try to load up a customer with more goods than the customer can afford to purchase. Sharks advise otherwise we well know, and fora time seem to thrive in consequence, but if the sales- man wishes to build up a permanent trade he must sincerely make his cus- tomers’ interests his own. >>—_ ‘Card to the Public. GRAND Rapips, Aug. 29, 1892. Certain statements having been made derogatory to the character of Messrs. Rowland & Gauthier, growing out of the entry of bogus wrappers in our towel distribution, we take pleasure in stating, in justice to Mr. Gauthier, that a thor- ough investigation of the matter con- vinces us that Mr. Gauthier had nothing whatever to do with the attempt to im- pose on our company, Mr. Rowland being solely responsible for same. L. WINTERNITZ, Gen’l Agt. Joun SmytuH, Grand Rapids Agt. Fermentum Compressed Yeast. — 2 a Use The Tradesman Co.’s Coupon Books. is mak- | Sehilling Corset C0. CORSET *e THE MODEL (Trade Mark.) FORM. Schilling’s FRENCH SHAPE A” # Send for Illustrated Catalogue. See price list in this journal. SCHILLING CORSET CO., Detroit. Mich. and Chicago, Ill. BUY THE PENINSULAR Pallts, Shirts, and Overalls Once and You are our Customer for life. STANTON, MOREY & CO., Mfrs. DETROIT, MICH. Gero. F. Owen, Salesman for Western Michigan, Residence, 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids. USE AAP race OO, ps) POOL rr” Bast Six Gord — FOR — Machine or Hand Use. 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NRE ian es se 6 |Top of the Heap.... 7 BLEACHED COTTONS. ee. ............ 84 /Geo. ee _e A os one cones 8 |Glen Mills...... 7 See... - --..- 7 |Gold Medal. . —. oe Art Cambric oe 10 Green Ticket....... 8% Blackstone AA..... 7 Voces aie. .......-. 644 Beats All.. pn cese MUTI, noe oe rons oncens 74 en 12 vat on, oe 4%@ 5 EE Ee 7 jKing Phillip nie 7%; oo 6% i 1% Coaster Oek........ 5%|Lonsdale a. 10 Cowes W...-.+.-..- 74|Lonsdale...... @ 8} Choveiena ...,.. ... 7 |Middiesex.... .. @5 Dwight Ancher..... Sxuino heee............ 7 . dork. 6 eek Yeew........... 6 eee Ss wee Oee............ 5% SS 7 |Prideof the West...12 ae a 7% Fruit of the Loom. 84/Suntight............. 4% Peeve ....+ ---- ¢ ten BeM......... 8% wie Peee.......... a. _ Nonpareil ..10 Fruit of the Loom %. 7%/|Vinyard............. 8% Petrmoant.......... 4%4| White meme. ede ee 6 Pus Veewe........... — ~*~ Roex.. i. oo HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. ae 7 |Dwight Anchor..... 84 Ferwet....... 8 CANTON PLANNEL Unbleached. Bleached. Housewife Discos Housewife _ - 5% —— 5 en . C on H S Sn ' ne 6 ' ibiceus 8 _ Se 6% , ise 8% ig wee 63 c Fi 9% “ oa 7 ' _..... -10% “ a %% ‘ a 11 se A ie 7% Reehhaee 2 “ Dative _ 2 .. 13 “ a... 834 ‘ i. ...9% ' a... 10 ' N. .10% ss a ae 11% . Dodou 14 CARPET WARP. Peerless, white.. ...17%|Integrity colored...20 colored. . ae Ww hite a 18 pete... 8%| ** colored. .20 pare GoopDs. aio. ........-.. EE ee 20 12a ee 9 ee owe 25 Ce -10% a 27% GG Cashmere...... 20 eee 30 panes ... ..-.... r -- 32% el 18 gee 35 CORSE eee. ....5....5, #9 50 Wi onderful . -» 84 50 Schilling’s......... 9 Girignton.. ........ 475 Davis Waists..... 9 GOiBortree’s .......... 9 00 Grand Rapids..... 4 50jAbdominal........ 15 00 CORSET JEANS. CO — — 6%|Naumkeag satteen.. 7 Androsco a eu oe meer pers....... .... 6 Biddeford........... vote ee ee 6% Brunswick. .... .... 8% werwene .......... 6% - NTS. Allen — reds.. Berwick fancies.... 54% boo cee Clyde Robes...2.... “ pink &purple 6 |Charter Oak fancies 4% ac. 6 DelMarine cashm’s. 6 . pink checks. : mourn’g 6 . staples ...... Eddystone fancy... 6 " shirtings .. 44 chocolat 6 American fancy... 5% " rober.... 6 Americanindigo ... 5% ' sateens.. 6 American ee 4% Hamilton =~ ._6 Argentine Grays.. | y 2 o.... © Anchor —— ‘Manchester ancy.. 6 Arnold ens ‘a new era. 6 Arnold Merino ... 6 |Merrimack D fancy. 6 _ long cloth . 10%| Merrim’ck shirtings. 4% e 8 . Repp — 8% “ century cloth 7 Pacific fancy .. 6 = poceoe..... 10 es 6% ‘* green seal TR 10% Portsmouth robes... 6 “yellow seal. .10% Simpson mourning.. 6 - oe.....-..- 11% eys 6 “ Turkey red. —_ . solid black. 6 Ballou solid black. . Washington indigo. 6 “ golors. 5% “ Turkey robes.. 7% Bengal blue, green, ** India robes. . es and orange... 5%; “ plain Tky x % 8% Berlin oeeee.......- 5% oil nue... ...- 6% “ ou a = oo ..,. ee Meee ............ 6 _ Fou ards .... 5% melee Washington = ee... .- Turkey red &..... ™% . - oy Martha Washington ' + 0 Turkey ree........ - “ 34XXXX 12 |Riverpolnt robes.... 5 Cocheco faner...... 6 |Windsorfancy...... 6 madders... 6 . gold ticket - XX twillis.. ed indigo Dine....... 10% - oe...... Si jMecmomy.......... .. 44 TICKINGS, Ameioos ACA....108 CU B..... -....... - Hamilton _... 7%|Pemberton AAA.. ....., . Swift River. Farmer oe 7 Pearl River. _ First Prize ede aan Tig Weeren....... eee Lenox Mills ........ 18 COTTON DRILL. —-. Pe Cee AC. ae a aoe pees GINO Mame........ . 7% cntton, Ph eoice ee 634 |Top of Heap ae os 9 DEMINS. Amoskeag..... ..--.12%/Columbian brown. .12 18 90z..... 13%| Everett, blue........ 12% brown .13 brown. ....12% IE, a eee no on 11% Haymaker pame..... 7% Beaver Creek AA...10 brown... 7% - 8 Leeeee........ ...... 11% “ x ROCORIE. ... 4... 004. 12% Boston, Mfg Co. br.. 7 |Lawrence, 9o0z...... 13% blue 8% [ No. 220....13 “ da twist 10% ” No. 250....11% Columbian XXX br.10 r No. 280....10% XXX bl.19 — Aneoeees ...... .++ Lancaster, staple... 7 ‘“ Persian dress by ’ fancies . 7 ' Canton .. 8 “ Normandie 8 . i 10%|Lancashire.......... 6% ’ Teazle...1044|Manchester......... 5% _ Angola..10%|Monogram.......... 6% ’ Persian.. 8%|Normandie... no ooh Arlington staple.... 614)Persian........ . 8% Arasapha fancy.... 4%/Renfrew Dress. . T% Bates Warwick dres 8%/Rosemont........... 6% staples. = BEMGOPOVIIIO ......4-. 6 Centennial. ........ 1S Gomerees.......---+. 7 Cotierion ....... Ree re... «4-0 1% Cumberland staple. 54 Tol du Nord......- 10% Cumberland.... .... Moet a ens T% I os cece tcc wees ‘“ seersucker.. 7% Boo he he eres ve iy ee 8% Everctt classics..... 8% Whittenden,........ 6% Bxposition.......... U4 ' heather dr. 8 COMORES... 06. nonce 6g . indigo blue 9 aes... ...... 6%|Wamsutta staples. . - oo CS ™% Westbrook hwauauee Meee... . .-++3- i 10 Johnson Uhaloncl % Pp eeemneee.- ae cues 5 ” indigo blue 944/York .... ..cc.ceses 6% - soe....— GRAIN BAGS. suas nhs 16% | Valley City......... 15 dpc nien oo nee pees... ..-.....0 American........... HS IPeeiee...-... -....... 13 THREADS. Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's........... 88 Coser, 2. @F......- \merenall's.... ...... 88 Molyoue............- 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. White. Colored. mo 6. = me M......- 37 42 * fe ee Mises 38 . ee mee Bea 39 44 - eT Pesca 40 45 CAMBRICS, , 4%|Edwards........... 4% White Star...... i 4% min Gieve..........- Ee 4% Newmarket......... 4%|Brunswick ........ 4% RED FLANNEL. Fireman...... «+s eee Creedmore...... . AHIFT Telnet A AA......... Oe ey rane oon 35 Nasseems..........- STi Buckeys.... ........ 32% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & — plaid. -40 ores ok W......... 17% Union R.. .22%| Western W ......... 18% Windeot..... 18% MO ic ee wee 8% 6 oz Western. 2) (Piushing XZz.....- 23% Usten ©.........-.- 224|Manitoba........... 23% ae sy FLANNEL. Nameless . i" @ 9% ee 7 ons i. Soto “ —. CANVASS AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black./Slate. Brown. Black. 9% 9% 944/13 13 13 10% 10% 10%4)/15 15 15 11% 11% 114 |17 17 g 12% 12% 12% vd 20 20 puc Severen, 8 oz........ 9% West Point, s =. .-.10% Mayland, con....... 10% z ...12% Greenwood, 7% 0z.. 9% ieee eR iseeuctes 13% Greenwood, 8 oz....11% Stark eee 13% Boston, 6 o.....-.-. 10%|Boston, 10 0z........ 12% WADDINGS. White, Gos........- 25 — bale, 40 dos....87 50 Colored, doz........ 20 SILESIAS. Slater, Tron Cross... 8 ;Pawtucket.......... 10% Red Cross . eee... 9 si a Oe aa 10% _ Beat AA..... 12s Valley City......... 10% a A Wisco, tec e 10% a SEWING SILK. Corticelli, doz....... % {Corticelli a twist, doz. .37% 50 yd, doz. .37% per %oz ball...... KS AND EYES—PER GRO No 1 BI. & White.. = No _— Ké "White. S . 3 _ “PB "2 - “3 PINS. No 2—20, M C....... 50 es 4—15 F 3%...... 40 © €-2,80.......- 45 COTTON TAPE. No 2 White & BI’k..12 |No 8 White & BI’k..20 oe 4 “ “a “ 10 “ : 23 = 6 4 1° & - a SAFETY PINS. Mas....... 1...) ee... NEEDLES—PER M. A. James Ls ou oon ne a 1 40|Steamboat.... ... — = Crowel — ieceee cous 1 3iGold Eyed.......... 1 50 Marshall’s........ .--1 00| TABLE =< CLOTH. .-8 DB — 3 --195 6—4...2 % 2 = * ee OTTON TWINES. Cotton Sail Twine. 25 peeeees......... «.- 18 eee... 2... 12 Rising Star 7 -- AT Dae .........-. 18 3-ply....17 a SS ieee eee.......... 20 NE oe oe ee 13 |Wool Standard 4 plyiv% Cherry Valley...... 15 IXL 18% Powneseem ......... PLAID OSNABUBGS Biebemes..........:- 6%|Mount Pleasant.... 6% Areeee..........- 6%/Onelda......... 5 I oon hpe ncn oy 7%4|Prymont | Gate Hooks and Eyes.. oe 70&10&10 Yankee pluck and hard labor. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10| stanley Rule and Lev a ca. : — The most surprising thing I notice COPPER, ed. 4 inch endl ROPES. i i mn 5 Sisal, nen an chee tue ot here is the extra cost of fresh meats. ree SS ae es -+ per pound 38 | Manilia.......... nn co His line of sugars | When I mention 18 cents for sirloin steak | Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.... ........... 23 SQUARES. dis, . cai pecans fran. 6. ao 75 Q ' Cold Rolled, ee 23 sacks) | and 14 cents for rib roasts, you may well | Bottoms ........... -..c.cccece cece cee Ds an = BOVE «+ 2+ vane ae nas ones ores t 50 wonder why this is considered a eattle incre dis. ‘SHEET IRON. ” i oe i" : Mores Oe Sige... ................, 50 Com. Smooth. Com. loaf or pow-|raising section. Salt meats are sold | Taper and straight Shank................. 530|Nos.10to 14................. ..4 05. 82 95 at about Grand Rapids prices, while but- | Morse’s Taper Shank...................... - BO) NO. 150.17 «0... .ee cess eee eeee eee 405 © BOS se ik Oe ce ici, hikes ok ile aiid DRIPPING PANS, Nos. I8 to 2 ee 4 05 3 05 ee ee ee ee ee eee a ce ae ieee me er 07 = ho ss rs a : 15 Pork in bar-|are considered cheap. California fresh | Large sizes, per pound...... ......... ..... So sz 3 = tierces. | fruits bring big prices and home-grown oT All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 iuches : mi Com 4 ieee Gin dos. -_ 75 | wide not less than 2-10 extra small froits are even worse. To-day | | Cormigated |. 4 SAND PAPER. | justab} t ' ieee. } f and | paid 25 cents a box forfresh blackberries. RR Sear tote cri sete nten dione) ats og sonic SASH CORD. 2 nN oo : oo EXPANSIVE BITS. 5. Silver Lake, Mate A list 50 Barrels are W ee ee low and some of the | cia:r's, small, $18; large y Boas eeee cree 30 ae ANA N 7 os boxes and] Michigan traveling boys would kick with | Ives’, 1, 818; 2, 824; sesceccereeses OD iT aon be a el al 50 i WO ieee see tute te, ‘ 5 a vengeance if they had to struggle russ—Now List dis. “ White C “ge Hl ; Ce ud 6410} Discount, 10 against fate out here; but one thing we| New American........ 20.0.0 000 co eeee cee 60410 gagH WEIERTS, have and that is good, pure, mountain —— ae Spenser tte tarot Solid Byes... per ton 825 7 i i TOMOr'S....... 2c ees ee eee ee ceec ee eceeeeeeee SAWS. sale,|air and beautiful sunshiny weather, | Helier’s Horse Rasps....................6++- 50 ss ET wie 20 ee Ponta i” oud GALVANIZED IRON. Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 76 which offsets a great many of our other ‘sith Badd bates of “ Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot... 50 discomforts. B. F. EMERY. List io | aS 14 15 1. if ‘\ Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot. . 30 CoLorapvo Sprines, Colo., Sept. 3, 1892. Discount, 60 ai Cuts, cham i sam Electrié — x GAUGES. 8. ul ' “ a > H K Fi Cut Tob Moi Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 50 Steal, Gama... __.. TRAPS. a dis Eastern house-| 2°W t° Keep Fine Cut To saad sens KNOBS—New List. dis. | Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35 dius One who has had much experience in — —— —— ol = — ——— Hawley & — sete 70 " aa is i avs: **The aS iste 7 oor, rcelain, jap. trimmings. as ROR COR adds wines ic r doz this line says: The best moistener 1 Door, ae, plated trimmings. . ms SG) Meuse, dciuvion $1.50 per = ever had, and the only one I would use, Door, porcelvin, trimmings............. ae 55 WIRE. is a double fold of heavy red flannel. I} Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. “ 70 a a _- Bats “— ac _ , side 4 nen j LOCKS—DOOR. 8. meen weeneee. 70—10 place the ary side mt xt the tobace> ro Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... ee elie 60 the pail, and in the winter time dip my | Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s 56) Tinned Market. |). ............ 8. hand in water usually only once and not Branford’s el mn 55 Barbed F Sorte GheGh, ..... 8. oftener than twice, and rub it over the Rn 8 cee ee aa a 55 | Barbed Fence, a eee cea oc upper fold of the flannel; the dry at-| adze Eye..............0.ccc0eeseeeee 816.00, dis. 60 ao i mosphere of the store acts on this and on ee cata a —_ ee aa 7 20 . » r i a 8 ce ee eee eee 8. never reaches the tobacco. The cloth dis. | Northwestern...................... dis. 1010 can be removed and washed and dried as | gperry & Co.’s, Post, poe oo. WRENCHES. dis, often as it is necessary to keep it clean. MILLS. “dis, Baxter’s ‘ee Mekeied. ss... 30 In the summer there is usually too much boned sseneey ther abe iano eshte oa - Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........ Coe’s Patent, malleable............. ~as&i10 MISCELLANEOUS. dis. Bird Cages ......... eee au eu 50 Pumps, ee ee, TE &10 perewe Newiws.... C 70410 Casters, eae @ Fiete................. 0810810 Dampers, American... dee 40 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods. a '6F&10 PI@ TIN. rue feces... , CO 28¢ ZINC. Duty: Sheet, _ 7 | 660 pound casks. Dee 6% Per pound.. sae ee ee " SOLDER. %4@* . .16 Extra Wi ing . 15 ae rices of the ‘many ‘other qualities of n solder {in the market indicated by nrivate brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY Cookeen.........:......._...-.. per pound Pale es ................_.... 13 TIN—MELYN GRADE. 10x14 IC, Charcoal Dee ss Ce eda cece ee ua gu $750 14x20 IC, Sn 7 50 10x14 , ' eee Mee ecu edues 9 25 1 1x, teeter eee eet ee 9 25 Each additional X on this grade, 81.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE, 10x14 IC, Charcoal eee cree eeee ee es case cess $6 7% ee Seco eas 6 75 10x14 1X, _ oe 8 25 14x20 a ee 9 25 Each Pcaditional X on this grade $1.50. ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, Weegee ............. 2... 6 50 14x20 IX, . Fee 8 50 20x28 IC, . a 18 50 14x20 IC §6Allaway Grade........... 6 00 ee eee aut 7 50 20x28 IC, " - ele eee ees 12 50 si, | * hy TD 15 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATS. —_ 72. ....... toes Geeta eet ecco ce ceye ™ 0@ 4x31 IX — me for No. : Boilers, t per pound.... 10 ee ee ede ee cae ch ae te eae pce ciaseiiagein aaenetataeh nashnciaalnae 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. A WEEELY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY — THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, One Dollar a Year, - Postage Prepaid, ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of fheir papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- class matter. je When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in Tue MicHigaNn TRADESMAN, E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1892. EVOLUTION IN TRANSPORTATION. In the evolution of commerce the first demand is to increase the area of trade. For this purpose natural waterways are the most available as channels of trans- portation, and consequently population first spreads itself along the coasts of seas and lakes and upon the shores of navigable streams. People seldom re- move far from such means of transpor- tation and communication, unless tempt- ed by mines of the precious metals and other such riches or advantages. This is the history of the settlement of all new countries. But when settle- in the in- terior the construction of artificial means of communication a necessity. For canals or artificial waterways were first in demand, ments are once established at once becomes this purpose but the rise and development of railways have furnished a means of transporta- tion so well suited to the requirements of commerce that they have, to a great ex- tent, superseded the ordinary canals, and although several of the most important are still maintained in use, it is not like- ly that any more canals for the ancient horseboat service will be constructed. When, however, we come to ship ca- nals, or cuttings through which large vessels may pass and thereby have their voyages shortened or be enabled to de- liver cargoes at an extreme destination without breaking bulk ortrans-shipment, it may be said that the era of these im- portant works is just coming into a de- served prominence. Too much cannot be said in favor of connecting seas, lakes, rivers and other such natural waterways by means of artificial cuttings, and. the day is not distant when ships will be able to sail through the American isth- mus from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. There will also be a ship canal across the peninsula of Florida, and an- other across Cape Cod peninsula. Lake | Ontario wiil be turned into the Hudson River and Lake Michigan will have an open waterway into the Mississippi Riv- | er. © intercommunication there is an obvious | demand, for not only is the quick dis-} patch of merchandise desirable, but the | | i | | } greatest economy of expense in effecting the transfer is also necessary. The most significant step of progress in the evolu- tion of modern commerce is seen in the cheapening and speeding of transporta- tion. Itis this great increase of speed and economy that has cheapened the prices of most necessaries. At places farin the interior, through the blessings of | cheap transportation and quick dispatch, the people are enabled to enjoy as daily indulgencies articles which for the lack | of railroads were luxuries so costly as to) be beyond the reach of any but the rich- est. There are not wanting persons who remember paying fifty cents per copy for eastern newspapers, anda dollar apiece | for oysters in the shell, when those arti- cles were brought at great expense and with much difficulty in the winter in| sleighs or coaches on the overland stage routes to remote mining camps in the Rocky Mountains. To-day those places are reached by rail in palace cars and every luxury had anywhere is | found there. The stage coach which carried mails and passengers has given place to fast | steam trains and the lumbering wagons | dragged by mules or oxen through muddy | sloughs and over mountain ranges have been set aside for the through freight trains provided with refrigerator cars to carry to the most distant markets slaugb- | to be tered meats and fresh fruits and vege- | tables. And withal! this increase of | speed there has been a corresponding in- crease of economy, for whatever other ex- actions commerce may endure, it will not bear high freight rates. And so in cheapening the prices of necessaries, the vast aggregations of capital invested in railways operate directly for the benefit of every consumer, every workingman. 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 Washiugton | to attend the encampment of the 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 whe wish to return by | way of Philadelphia, all return tickets | will be honored either via the short line | or via Philadelphia, allowing stop-over | at Baltimore, Philadelphia and Harris- | burg. Thestop at Philadelphia will per- | mit of a side trip to New York and re-| turn at the low rate of $4. During the summer season the Michi- gan Central gives the privilege of stop- ping over at Niagara Falis 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 therefrom. 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. 470 Correction as to Price. Through an oversight on the part of | THe TRADESMAN, the price of Gillies & Co.’s *‘Aroma’’ coffee was quoted in an- other portion of this week’s paper at Zige. It should be 18%¢c. Gillies & Co. have made a complete : |revolution in their scheme spices, hav- For the improvement of the means of | , | | } | i ing decided to put up nothing but pure goods hereafter. i 2 Jackson, two (2); Calhoun, two (2), Wash- Berrien, two (2); Oakland, two (2); Muskegon, two (2); Marquette, two (2); Genesee, two (2): Kalamazoo, two (2); Allegan, two (2); Ingham, two (2); Houghton, two (2); Ottawa, two (2); Montcalm, two (2); Ionia, two (2); Sanilac, two (2); Tuscola, two (2); Monroe, two (2); Eaton, two (2): Macomb, two (2); Shiawassee, one (1); Hillsdale, one (1); Van Buren, one (1); Lapeer, one (1); Gratiot, one (1); Huron, one (1); Clinton, one (1); St. Joseph, one (1); Branch, one (1); Man- istee, one (1); Barry, one (1); Cass, one (1); Me- nominee, one (1); Livingston, one (1); Newaygo, oue (1); Mecosta, one (1); Isabella, one (1); Mason, one (1); Oceana, one (1). The counties of Midland, Gladwin and Arenac shall constitute a representative district and shall be entitled to one representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Midland. The counties of Wexford, Missaukee and Clare shall constitute a representative district and be entitled to one representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Wexford. The counties of Osceola and Lake shall con- stitute a representative district and be entitled to one representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Osceola. The counties of Grand Traverse, Leelanaw and Benzie shall constitute a representative district and be entitled to one representative,and the elec- tion returns of said district shall be made to the eounty of Grand Traverse. The counties of Antrim, Charlevoix and Kal- kaska shall constitute a representative district and be entitled to one representative, and_ the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Antrim. The counties of Iosco, Alcona, Roscommon and Ogemaw shall constitute a representative district and be entitled to one representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Iosco. The eounties of Alpena, Montmorency, Otse- go, Oscoda and Crawford shall constitute a rep- resentative district and be entitled to one repre- sentative, and the election returns of said dis- trict shall be made to the county of Alpena. The counties of Cheboygan, Emmet and Presque Isle and Manitou shall constitute a representative district and be entitled to one representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Cheboy- gan. ' The counties of Chippewa, Mackinac and Luce shall constitute a representative district and be entitled to one representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Chippewa. The i two eounties of Delta, Schoolcraft and Alger shall constitute a representative district and be entitled to one representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the county of Delta. The counties of Dickinson, Iron and Baraga shall constitute a representative district and be entitled to one representative, and the election returns of said district shall be made to the eounty of Dickinson. The counties of Gogebic, Ontonagon, Kewee- naw and Isle Royal shall constitute a repre- sentative district and be enttitled to one repre- sentative, and the election returns of said dis- trict shall be made to the county of Gogepbic. This act isordered to take immediate effect. Approved August 6, 1892 TRADE WINNERS | | | | | | | All Goods Manufactured by Us. Quality the Best! Purity Guaranteed! PUTNAM CANDY CO. | HAVE AN ORIGINAL DESIG Printed on your Commercial Sta- tionery. It don’t cost much. Write te THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, rhey Do It. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. SE ee aa RE Ee Tee ME eee Nee erie sek Bs foe 2 ha a es Some Phases of the Labor Situation. | A certain labor unionin this city re- | cently conceived the idea of increasing | the scale of journeymen’s wages from $14 to $15 per week, ignoring the fact that | the scale at Kalamazoo, Muskegon and | other competing points is $12 per week. For the benefit of those who are not post- ed as to the exact meaning of the term ‘‘scale,’’ it may be stated that it is an ar- bitrary figure, established by the unions, representing the minimum amount which may be paid a union workman. No matter how incompetent he may be, he must be paid the scale, and when he be- comes so enfeebled by age or illness that he is unable to retain his position, either through competency or charity, he is crowded out of the race by younger members of the union and consigned to the charity of friends or the tender mer- cies of the poorhouse. As a matter of fact, thoroughly competent men never have to work for the scale, and in the trade above mentioned probably as many men were receiving $15, $16 and $17 a week as those who received the scale price of $14 per week. The employers declined to grant the demanded advance, on two grounds: (1) The condition of the busi- ness did not warrant any change in the present rate of wages and (2) the men whe were worth more than $14 were re- ceiving more, regardless of the estab- lished scale. The union thereupon ap- pointed a committee of a dozen workmen —some of them of pronounced anarchic views—and a committee of the employ- ers gave them a respectful hearing, but firmly declined to grant any advance over the existing rate of wages. A writ- ten proposition, embodying the demands of the union, was then sent to the em- ployers, and was promptly laid on the table. An organizer from the national or- ganization graph and came on from Louisville. He established state at a first- class hotel—within convenient distance was then summoned by tele- himself in of the bar—and summoned some of the refractory employers to him. pelled to humiliate himself by calling on the obstinate gentlemen in person, but without result. quently arranged between the organizer and a committee from the union on one side anda committee of the employers on the other, when a proposition was made that the emyloyers concede the ad- vance to $15 and were receiving $16 even the thing up. so warmly supported by the organizer and his committee that an agreement was reached at once. The organizer then demanded that the employers sign the scale, which they firmly declined to do. He then peremptorily informed the committee that he was authorized to in- sist on the signing of the scale or declare a strike, but he subsequently down and informed the committee that he would not insist on the signing of an agreement. When asked if he thoughtit was not unjust to reduce the wages of competent men, in order to raise the | wages of incompetent men beyond their | earning capacity, he remarked that the | ‘**Good men can take care of themselves,”’ | or words to that effect. The result of | the readjustment of wages is undoubted- | appear before No one appeared, and he was com- A meeting was subse- who to $15—to This proposition was reduce the men and $17 cowed and some of them threaten to secede from an organization which relentlessly barters away the rights of the competent man in the attempt to secure unmerited compensation for the incompetent. These men are bound by an iron-clad oath, how- ever, and in all probability they will continue to be led around by the nose until they are engulfed in the impending wreck of unionism. + + * No competent workman is compelled to join the forces of unionism to secure remunerative employment, but the slov- enly, incompetent and unreliable work- man almost invariably allies himself with an oath-bound organization, know- ing that the influence of the union will be exerted to hold his wages above his honest earning capacity, no matter how much the competent workman may have to suffer by reason of this artificial fore- ing process. The significance of ‘‘labor day,” to the average trade unionist, is conclusively shown by a glance at the official pro- gramme, published by the Central Labor Union, which contains the cards of over sixty saloons and liquor dealers. The inauguration of this nonsensical holiday in 1888 witnessed more drunkenness than was ever seen onthe streets of Grand Rapids on any similar occasion and the ratio of intemperance appears to increase each year, the event of each succeeding season culminating in a saturnalia of drunkenness and disorder. The incongruity of designating the au- tumnal celebration of Bacchus ‘‘labor day’’ will be conceded when it is remem- bered that only a small portion of the laboring men of the country are permit- ted to participate in the event—the priv- ilege of walking in the procession being accorded only ‘to those poor dupes who have taken an oath which arbitrarily and absolutely governs their future conduct and deprives them of their liberty and every attribute of freedom, binding them hand and foot, body and soul, to the des- potic exactions of the walking delegate, master workman, strike committee and district organizer. Such distinctions tend to create class feeling—to array clique against clique and clan against clan—thus encouraging and maintaining a warfare which ought to be discouraged by every honest man and _ patriotic citi- zen. —~- <> = Gripsack Brigade. John N. Loucks has returned from Ottawa Beach and will resume his former position as traveling representative for J. L. Strelitsky. T. M. Sims, who has represented the Thompson & Taylor Spice Co., of Chica- go, for the past four months, has severed his connection with that house. J. H. Webster, Michigan representa- tive for H. H. Cooper & Co., clothing manufacturers at Utica, N. Y., was in town a couple of days last week, leaving Saturday for his home in Owosso. H. C. Booth, junior member of the firm of Beach & Booth, proprietors of the New Kent, is an old traveling man, hav- ing covered the retail trade of Connecti- cut and Massachusets nine years for Ben- net, Sloan & Co., jobbers of fancy gro- ceries and grocers’ sundries at New York City. Mr. Booth is aman of pleasant ly anet gain to the employers, but the| address and rare ability as an entertain- } workmen whose wages are cut down by | the action of their organizer are loud in er, as many representatives of the fra- ternity have already ascertained by stop- denunciation of his arbitrary methods| ping with him. RINDGE, KALMBACH & CO, 12,14, & 16 PEARL ST. Fall Season 1892. FACTORY GOODS. JOBBING GOODS. we know will be satisfactory. We never had so nice a line of shoes, slippers WARM GOODS. and buskins, also feit boots and socks. RUBBER GOODS. If you want the best wearing quali- ties, we make them. We carry a full line and can show you all the novelties of the season at prices We sell the best, Shoe Co.’s. the Boston Rubber Satisfaction guaranteed. TELFER SPICE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. 1 and 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS MOSELEY BROS.., - WHOLESALE - FRUITS, SKEDS, BRANS AND PRODUGE, 26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA ST, Grand Rapids, Micn. LION COFFEE DRANK BY MILLIONS EVERY DAY. Best Possible Proof of Its Fine Drinking Qualities. MERCHANTS: If you wish to build up a lasting trade on pack- age coffees, it will pay you to try Lion Coffee. Superior quality is its strong point, but the pre- miums given to customers also render its sale an easy matter to the merchant. We roast all kinds of coffees, and invite a trial order. WRITE YOUR JOBBER FOR QUOTATIONS OR CALL ON WOOLSON SPICE CO, | Roasters of High Grade Coffees, TOLEDO, O. T. S. FREEMAN, Distributing Agent 101 Ottawa St. Tel, 414-1R. Grand Rapids, Mich, | | ee nee eo ace ee 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs # Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Two Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Three Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor Four Years—George Gundrum, lonia. Five Years—C. A, Bugbee, Cheboygan. President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Meetings for 1892— Marquette, Aug. 31; November 1. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ase’n. President—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Vice-Presidents—I. H. L. Dodd, Buchanan; F. W. R. Perry, Detroit; W. H. Hicks, Morley. Treasurer—Wm.H Dupont, Detroit. Secretary—C. W. Parsons, Detroit. Executive Committee—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo; Jacob Jesson, Muskegon: F. J. Wurzburg and John E. Peck, Grand Rapids; Arthur Bassett, Detroit. Local Secretary—James Vernor. : Next place of meeting—Some_ resort on St. Clair River; time Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Escott, Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of Marck June, September and December, Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, W. C. Smith. Vuskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President N. Miller; Secretary, A. T. Wheeler. Courtesy as an Element of Success in Business. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Among the manifold items of advice tendered in print, referring to the rela- tions between dealer and customer, po- liteness is mentioned as the principal retaining a Each writer has, no means of building up and profitable business. doubt, in view some living exemplifica- tion of bis ideal Chesterfield. not consist so much in language, action This may or dress; though each is a part of what may prove attractive to most Outside of all this there is a certain sub- tle something which no writer can de- seribe or account for, that goes into the people. make up of a truly popular salesman and may easily be recognized by nearly every- When once noticed or felt, however, it remains a permanent one at first sight. nature that one is always glad to duplicate the favorable sensation at the earliest oppor- tunity. The men of whom the above may be truthfully asserted constitute the army of commercial progress that singly and sometimes in squads attack the outposts impression of such a pleasing of country dealers, and by their genial, good-humored way of putting things win in the great majority of engagements. This much in passing is due tothe traveling man, the true business pioneer, who at first is coldly received, being only partially understood; but lateron proves himself an apostle of courtesy, and a friend whose regular visits are gladly welcomed. If here and there one of a different manner is encountered, the ex- ception serves to bring out in brighter contrast the sterling character of those who, as a whole, maintain the honor of the guild. Politeness is a virtue not always easy to practice in this age when so many customers are a continual provocation to the exercise of an opposite manner. Too many are in the habit of considering one who sells goods as a common enemy, whom it is lawful to circumvent, even at the expense of truth. They accordingly decry the quality of goods, hector, con- tradict and abuse the one who for the time happens to be the unfortunate vic- tim to their bad manners. In the face of false statements made to serve a purpose, or coarse, insulting insinuations, the ay- erage dealer or clerk deserves all the eredit he receives for keeping his equa- But when peo- | nimity under pressure. ple of a higher moral] tone equally lack- ing the spirit of true courtesy use their whims and perverse fancies as scorpion public favor, if the volume of trade is | Lansing, | » designated by Executive Committee. j who vainly attempt to please, the Mark | Tapley of trade becomes a conspicuous | figure entitled to special merit. Among the large number who in the | way of business are brought in contact | with the public, politeness finds expres- | sion in Yet the ways of | some who really mean to please do not always attract nor conciliate. I once knew the proprietor of a large hotel who | threw into every action a palpable effort to be agreeable; but he succeeded in be- |ing a bore of the first magnitude—mak- ling his guests uncomfortable in propor- various ways. ition to their differing degrees of sensi- tiveness, and provoking the sarcastic comments of a few to whom every human peculiarity is lawful game. Another who carried about him more suavity to the square inch than even Beau Brummel of olden fame, found it wasted on the public, because all could see that it was too constrained and unnatural for the genuine article. The first had no tact— the last lacked the germ of courtesy, which is sincerity. Even the roughness of him who means well showing it to be inbred is preferred to either of the sam- ples described. The quiet, even-tempered man with no pretense to polish can win the approval of the public where pom- pous and overbearing civility is sure to fail. He advantage over the one whose politeness is for rev- enue only, and whose business tag is visible through all of his pretense. For, like a garment, genuine courtesy looks best on the person that it best fits. As in the different shades of color in the garment it proclaims the tone of the wearer as well as his personality. No refinement of business will also have an manner, however, ean gild a bargain in the eye of a pur- chaser the second time if the goods first bought have not proyed to be as repre- sented. In the competition of season- able or fashionable goods the tendency is in advertising, to tempt the customer by statements that, while technically true, create a false impression and pave the way to disappointment. The gilt of po- lite behavior cannot make these var- nished temptations always pass current in open market. When found lacking in the intrinsic value of truthfulness they are often discounted more than the alloy really denotes, because of the damage done to confidence. The most important thing is to have whatever is done or said in the way of good feeling or kindly per- sonal attention be at the time just what it is intended to seem. After all, the successful prosecution of business does not depend on the civility shown to customers. They are not, in the main, governed by sentimental con- siderations when making purchases. In many stores where the largest sales are made no one has time to stand on cere- mony. ‘The graces are neglected for the all-important question of cheapness. Self-interest is the drawing card, added to the momentum with which a prosper- ous trade gathers increasing patronage. I have in view a dealer who has the manner of a chestnut burr. He has a | wide reputation for being a rough dia- mond, and thus attracts many customers | who desire to become personally acquaint- ed with this modern Petruchio of com- merce, whose language even, is rugged | with lapses into profuse Saxon. Yet his lack of polish seems to be a passport to & whips to goad the hard-worked employes any index; since in no other point does he surpass any of his competitors. The influence of refinement and sur- face polish upon trade is felt mostly in certain lines, and to a limited degree as an incidental attraction. It is not the main feature that dominates the avenue But when busi- ness is conducted wholly through per- sonal contact and solicitation the best manners and most polished address win against all competitors. In this money getting age men often forget, in the rush for wealth, gems by the wayside that, if seen and gathered, would enrich the possessor by making his material gains more available for perma- nent happiness. The small courtesies that smooth the asperities of trade— the sterling honesty of purpose that would rather give or lose than take an- other’s disadvantage—the spirit of fair- ness that conquers self—the sweet char- ity that places in needy hands unnum- bered and unrecorded gifts, prompted alone by an impulse that knows no change through fear or hope of reward— and above allan unfaltering belief that whatever happens in the vicissitudes of commercial life, the right way as blazed by conscience is the only true way to final success—these are the ‘“‘gems of purest ray serene’’ without which no bus- iness man, though possessed of technical knowledge and insight into human na- ture beyond the ordinary, is perfectly equipped for his calling. S. P. WHITMARSH. i — ilo _ The Drug Market. Opium is steadily advancing. Oils orange, bergamot, anise and pennyroyal are higher. Castor oil has advanced. to commercial success. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. Fora great many years doctors pro- nounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Ha'l’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoon- ful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. ee" Sold by druggists, 75c. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address PECK BROS., “Guinn rarits. 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 Goology. Laboratories, shops and stamp mill weli equipped. Tuition free. For catalogues apply to the Director, Houghton, Michigan. MICHIGAN Fire & Maring Instance 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., Pres. EUGENE HARBECK, Sec’y. GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. . W. Baer & Co.s Breakfast ss Coc Is Absolutely Pure and itis Soluble. Unlike the Dutch Process No atkalies oi other chemical: or dyes are usec in its manufac: a P ture. A description of the chocolate lant, and of the various cocoa anc hocolate preparations manufac: ured by Walter Baker & Co., wit ,e sent free to any dealer or .pplication. ¥. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass 'SPHALT FIRE-PROOF ROOFING This Roofing is guaranteed to stand in ali places where Tin and Iron has failed; is super- ior to Shingles and much cheaper. The best Rooiing for covering over Shmgles on old roofs of houses, barns, sheds, etc.; will not rot or pull loose, and when painted witb our FIRE-PROOF ROOF PAINT, Will last longer than shingles. Write the un- dersigned for prices and circulars, relative to Roofing and for samples of Building Papers, etc. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Practical Roofers, Gor. Louis and Campau Sts., Grand Rapids, Mich OUR NEW LINE OF Yablets, Fall Specialties School Supplies kts., ARE NOW BEING SHOWN ON THE ROAD BY MR. J. L. KYMER, OF OUR FIRM. MR. GEO. H. RAYNOR, MR. WALTER B. DUDLEY, MR. CHAS. E. WATSON, MR. PETER LUBACH. EATON, LYON & CO. i ccene: — ~~ —— THE MICHIGAN TRADES MAN. Wholesale Price Current. Morphia, S, P. & W...1 60@1 85 | Seldlitz Mixture. .... @ 2|Lindseed, boiled .... 44 47 naceeaneunicias se + om mn. 3. 1 gt 7 — a @ 18 —— Foot, winter ol m, oil orange, oil bergamot, oil anise, oil pe y ' i Oe eee tec anes as ; Tanned il pennyroyal, castor oil. oie Gea deen = —_ aaa. De . SpiritsTurpentine.... 34 2 oe oe ee 35 . Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10| Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes 3 35 PAINTS. bbl. 1b, ACIDUM. Cubebae.. oe @ 450 meena. va a ede 22 | Soda Boras, (po. 11). . (0G) £1 Bec Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 Aceticum ogee 2 10 Bxechthitos.. (cami 2 sO? a hanes Sania wi = aac, H. & P. D, on Soda et Fotass Tart... 27@ 30| Ochre, yellow Mars....1% 2@4 enzoicum erman.. 5 vis uri Ce : le oe (ree... z eee. .... ee ” op | Gaultherla ............2 00@2 10 ' ee 50 Picls Liq, N , 1% wal Soda, Bi-Carb......... $ 5 | Putty, a—«,»,, as niee Carbolicum.. ......... 2@ 35| Geranium, ounce..... wo 75 Aloes Ce a 60 | _, doz a 3%@ 4|_.“ strictly pure..... 2% 2%@3 aaa oe ol coats a Us Araten | i gg SRR A AG ple la Te 3@ 5 | Hedeoma ............ 2% ————————ooo—o |. UL. LU. | Spte. Bther Co ........ 50@ 55 a ll 13@16 aA ........... 10@ 12| Junipert....... 6.2.2... 50@2 00 Asafcetida...... Ce Pil rteen, (po. 80).. @ 3%i “ Myrcia Dom..... @2 Vermilion, English.... 65ap70 oe 10@ 12| Lavendula ..... “| 90@2 00 | Atrope Belladonna. eeu eee 5 Piper Nigra, (po. 22).. @ 1 “ Myrcia Imp... .. @3 00| Green, Peninsular..... T0@QT een a... in 20 cena ties cen 2 roms C0 ee ---- 3. a. 60 Piper Alba, (po ¢5)... ] 3 7) ned oe bbl. Lead, en ee 7 @i% ET r dee a ca a OM Sn a ri nia a ales oi E = Ce 2 25 eo eee 7 Sulphuricum.... .. .. 1%@ 5 Mentha Verid.........2 20@2 30 onguineria a 50 Sas age eee 14@ 15 Less 5¢ gal., cash ten days, © 7 Whiting, white Span.. a 0 ea. 1 40@1 60 ane, al. ........1 Gees en oo , 50 pe bi Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 Strychnia Crystal..... Whiting, Gilders’. @% Pe 32 | Myrcia, ounce......... _@ 3 Santharides................. 7 yrethrum, boxes Sulphur, ee 24@ 34 White, Paris American 1¢ A 75@2 75 | Capsicum ................... a) &F. DD Co. dos. .... @1 25 Roll 24@ 3 Whiting, Paris En AMMONIA. Fick as Liquide, (gal..25) 10@ 12|C# damon... ............... Pyrethrum, pv........ 30@ 35| Tamarinds . ie &@ 10} cliff . - Aqua, 16 a oo. Sue 65 | elcint 96@1 00 .... i Grantee 8@ 10| Terebenth Venice i. 28@ 30 Pioneer Prepared Paintt ong: 4 : ee 54@ 7 Rosmerini inet 75@1 00 Castor ......... Quinia, 8. P. & W..... 27@ 32} Theobromae . ....40 @ 45| Swiss Villa —, Carbonas ee 12@ 14 ae ounce. 6 50@8 50 oh = i S. German... 20 @ 30| Vanilla... . LL sg ce@ae 66) Fainw......... 1 00@1 20 Chloridum ............ 12@ 14 Succini a 40@ 45| Cinchona ...............-..- 50| Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14] Znei Sulph......... 7@ VARNISHES, Se 9@1 00} Ce 60 | Saccharum Lactispv. 29@ 30 N ’ ANILINE. Santal ...... .........8 50@7 00 | Columba .................... 50 | Salacin 1 50@1 60 oILs a. ens ee Blac 2 OO@2 25 | Sassafras. .... .. B@ 55 eee 8... 50 Sanguis Draconis... 40@ 50 ' ee TEP .--- +-<- «=. 160@1 7 Brown 8oepi 09 | Sinapis, ess, ounce @ 65|Cubeba..... ................ Be Seno ‘ Bbl. Gai | Coach Body ........... 2 75@3 ae - oF oe a @ § | Digitalis . 50 | Sapo, W......-..---+-. 120 14 | Whale, winter....... 70 70|No.1Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 Bed os evveeseeesesoeeg SBS OO Phyme sce cecesccccce, 40Q 60] BEBO... oo cesses — eC [ia = ti wee ei ' Beet it me Be rere eaeasncs 1 ai a —s 7” . BACCAE, Theobrogias........... 15@ 2 - oo. 60 ne... o = bh s+ WO@IS — (oo G)...... = . POTASSIUM. Guaica a - ~ | as... ae 15@ 18 | Zingiber . weenecee tence 50 : ee [ . .- Bichromate 13@ 14} Hyoscyamus.. Le 50 BALSAMUM. — a 26 Iodine...... ae Cee . 12@ 15] “ Colorles 7 Copatn .. te we = c Chlorate (od 19)... 16@ 18 Ferri Storia moore Terabin, C anada ..... 35@ 40 a Serene 50Q oa : oo 50 Women. .....-.-..-.-- 35@ 50] Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 24@ 28 ee ee Lobe t ee 4 CORTEX. Potags Nira, ao @ eS Nik Veuiee eo ' , ) Nitras,opt..... § Abies, Canadian. ......--- 18] Potase Nitraw! or a.) oS Cinchona Flava .......----- 18 Saeaae o a 28 30 + deme 2 00 sect ee 0 biseac oe AurantiCortex...... ....... 50 Importers and Jobbers of yrica Cerifera, po......-..- 2 EEE EERE Se eC ee 50 Pranua Virgini........-..--- ee 2 ee : Quillaia, grd...... ‘ OT Aeee 2 5 Rhel.. 50 Sosektres ...... 12} Anchusa .. i 12@ 15 Cassia Acutifol oo Ulmus Po (Ground a 10 | Aro, OG,...,......... @ B Co 50 hl... 20@ 40 sl... EXTRACTUM. Gentiana (po. 12)..... 8@ 10 CO ae 60 Glycyrrhiza Glabre... 24@ 25] Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 oe Le. 60 2. en = 35 —o Canaden, ve sgeaias .. Haematox, 15 OX. x 0. 35) ee on | Veratrum Veride............ 50 ia eens 13@ 14 He lebore, Ala, po.... 1 20 ’ Me. ... ++. 14@ 15] Inula, . eee e ess 15@ 2x ene Sisco a8 Ieee sage | a 20 CHEMICAL FERRUM. Iris plox '35@38) .. 3 40 sas — = : . - = = I AND e a ie... 50@ 55} Alumen...... 2 Carbonate Precip...... asta a 060U™UlUl Cl SS hl . 24@ 3 Citrate =~ . Qs - Podoph itu, oa m = 7 ‘ground, (po. 2% 4 (Sate Solubee........ @ Winn fees alae lll Ferrocyanidum Sol. @ 50 the Dee ee cee Gees 75@1 00 Annaito Le 55@ 60 Solut Chloride @ 15 aa tee _ ai & Antimoni, ...... 4I@ 5 Sulphate com'l. an 1%@ 2 aia dics stae ee no et PotarsT. 55@ 60 ulp! Fgh @ 7 es 35@ 38 —— a @1 40 Pp Sanguinaria, - ha @ Mi Antiienrm........-..... @ FLORA. a 400 = — Nitras,ounce @ 58 men 10 | SOMOBE --..------- +--+ 45} Arsenioum ............ 7 v se +: Laut oo. = Similax, om, F g = — aa Bud.. 38 40 Seneee i Re tosnaedceenes @ | 2 smut ee aes | 2 10@2 20 Matricaria 25@ 30] Seiilae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12} Calcium Chlor, 1s, (%8 ses FOLIA. — Feeti- 19 ee ey 9 ene 1 00 us, po @ 35| Cantharides a, a ‘Acuiifol, Tin: : Valeriana, eee .30) an = po. a @1 00 es nivel ly . = = ingiber a.. f Louis. 12@ 15 Capstet ‘Fructus, at.. g = Zingiber J... 066... 18@ 2 y “ : Salvia min 48 “ 20 one Ms.......-- it 12@ 15 SEMEN. Caryophylius, oa” 94) a 12 _ 10 ye 8@ Anisum, (po. 20). @ 15 fan an Roe ...... @3 75 G@uUMMI. {A pom (graveleons) .. "20 2% —— aoe ‘ “7 veeee 50@ 55 Sole Agents for the Celebrated Acacia, 4 i g = oo (po. 18)... ae oo! 12 eae aiaaian tore sees $ = 2 L coos : iia... 25 818 FTUCtUB........ : i 3 = Si <--- 2 # a $3 SWISS WILLA PREPARED PAINTS : cog 80 | Cannabis Sativa....... ee , ae 7 1 00 hloroform oa oe 8@ 63 Aloe, juan ae _ _ “— = c enopodium ........ 10g 12 squibbe . @1 25 { 60 @ 50 | Dipterix Odorate...... 2 50@2 7 Chioral Hya ¢ oe “1 20@1 40 Socotr i, ). Foeniculum..... .... @ 15| Chondrus . 20@ 2% — on 448, 1 Foenugreek, ne 6@ 8 Cinchonidine, +B. &W ss = e . ; i ane ee 55@ 60 et cae 4 @4% ne , Assafcotids, (po. 8).-" HQ Lint, grd, (bbl. 3%) . 4, @ 4% «cel — ee 2S coo 50@ 55 Lobelia. _.. B@ 40] Cent ....--..---. eee 60 ee * 50@ 53 PharlarisC anarian.... 5%4@ 6 | CTeasotum ........... @ 3 8 Camphor®......------- : Rapa La Creta, otbbL. oo... |... @ 2 Euphorbium po .....- 35@ 10 Gai @3 50 Sinapis, ibe Se oF | Bee... s sn 5@ 5 * cn on ee m tea) 11@ 12 recip.........- %@ 11 Gamboge, po..-------- W@ . eR @ 8 Guaiacum, oo BO) .. @ Ne ne Kino, (po 40)......--- @ 35| Frumenti, W., wis Co. .2 00@2 50 = We are Sole Preprietors of Mastic press @ go DBR... 1 75@z 00 $ "7 yrr. (po. oe 10@1 50 Oni, (pa 2 6D) |... 1 86@1 9) Jun ris Co. 0.'T....1 73017 = = , sohi a £3! 9 |Sanipe HQ | Bier Sul 08g 10 Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Remed ss apne ees 30@ = Saachsrum N. #...... 1 73@2 00 Emery, ae numbers. . ¢ 6 | 8 aceon _» eee Tragacanth . 0@ 7 90 He Galil Ea 1 75@6 50 Sessee, te CCN 60@ 65 HERBA—In ounce packages. ni Oporto ........... 1 25@2 00 Fla k ‘ ty a =“ bode cee 122@ 15 phate... .500.--.> <0 gs | Vini Alba............. SIR oan ses sess nonnss @ 2B MAEM isa 6 as hanes 20 SPONGES. aman ao Lobelia. eee 25 sit eoad wool, Gelatin, Cooper ey @ 70 We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of Majorum........--------+++: 3 carriage se a a ee 40@ 60 Mentha . Piperita SE $8 | seca ee ee ne Cheameens flint, 75 and 10. 9 ps’ wool by bo: WH. KIE BR he ND EB AS, AE 30 rea *é @iue ll 9@ 15 IS S; IES, é | Bee... ...... Team, ees eee > wool carriage....... 110). White........... 183@ 25 "s quan omemmoaas Bxira, yellow aaa . Glycerina oo... 184@ 2 GINS, WINES, RUMS. eo. go | Grass sheeps’ ‘wool car- Mamnins........... 253@ 55 ee Se ol ee. gs | Hydraag Chior Mite.. “@ 8 Carbonate, K.& M.... 0@ 2% a for slate a: : % & Oates. © zs ;| Yellow Reef, for slate : no Carbonate, os er 1 40 : Ammaniett. . 2 oo} We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only. . ig nguentum 5 55 : ; : Absinthium . .........3 50@4 00 SYRUPS. i sisaeumue or z as We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarante® satisfaction. ABTAathe’ Amar ‘s 45Q %s jon manstes Cermnenceers 50 13 chthyobolla, Am All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. Send a trial order- i 1 75@1 80 Ipecac ay 60 a Resubl........3 Auranti Cortex.. a2 Tome OO Weert fod................ ... So | togetoma.............. TI 7 Bergamil ........ ...3 25@3 50} Auranti Cortes.. : 8) ain... t..... 5 i Cajiputi ............-. 60@ 65} Rhei Arom.........-. .-.--- 50 | Lycopodium .........- 50@ —s: echt 65@ 2 Similax a cinaiia deen een ae Gi mace ..............4.. 75@ 80 eee 35@ 6 ' C6...... & - Chenopodii ........... @1 6 | Senega .......... 50 “= oe — 7 27 % } ee pecadvuus —- — = Ta ieee eas ; : > ae gaioh (bbl 10@ 12 —__ ae esi ent a a, Sulph (bbl —— ae. oc n ss We Ot eee Us ae... ik) tee eiieees sista GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. GQopeiba .......-.-.04- 90@1 00! Prunus virg.............---. 50] Mannfa, 8. F.... 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Grocery Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered buyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AXLE GREASE. oz gross ne oe 55 6 00 Cer cee... 2. 75 9 CO Peeees............ 50 5 50 eg ee 80 9 00 —. ee. OF 8 00 are. Ce 55 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Acme. % _ cans, : doz. 45 % Ib. 85 per doz Dime cans.. 90 4-0Z C 133 6-02 1 90 8-0z rr oe oe O”.CiNS a «|6*lCUU —aib * ue 4lb - Be [s * ae 10-Ib 41 80 Red Star, is > cans........ = ie +> ee 1 50 Telfer’s, ‘ ~ cans, doz. . oe % oq “ “oe a 1 50 BATH BRICE. 2 dozen in case. eatin ............... _ 90 eee 80 ee... 70 BLUING. Gross Arctic, 4 - ovals ae eee 4 00 Ce hee _7- r ll Le 10 50 « Boe, , Sifting box... 27 a... 3, i i. 00 -“ eS . 8 00 - Jt. ......... 4 50 BROOMS. EE 2 00 .- .. 2 a eeee.........--..... 250 No. 1 - eee 2% ees... 3 00 aoe wee... 1 00 Fancy ee 12 ee 3 50 BRUSHES. Stove, No. - a “ “ Rice Root Scrub, 2 row.... Rice Root Scrub, 3 row.... 1 Palmetto, goose............ 150 CANDLES Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes.......... 10 — & * in _. 2 oe... i ae... ee CANNED GOODS. FIsH. Clams. ewok, “ “ 2 ».. 1 90 Clam Chowder. StanGerd, SiD.............-- 2 00 Cove Oysters. Standard, 11b _ 21b Gages. NE ibe eek occ nsce, @1 2 California ae 1 70 Gooseberries. aes... 1 20 Peaches OO ew nes es 1 30 Pere... 2 00 serra ............. 1 85 Celereis............. 210 ee (C.-....e.e. 1 8 ie oe eee Pears. Dee .......-....... 1 20 is 210 Pineapples. Pe 1 30 Johnson’ e slieed...... 2 50 peee...... 2% Quinces. eee .............. 1 10 Raspberries. i... 1 30 Black Hamburg....... 150 Erie, black : 13 Strawberries. i a 1 2 Hamburgh . 1 ae. : 1 30 I io ee 123 Whortleberries. en 1 10 ow... 1... 1 15 Blueberries ........ 110 MEA Corned beef, Libby’ ea 1 90 Roast beef, Armour’ 8. 1 Potted ham, 4, “es a oo od es 80 eT tongue, ib Louse . ~~... 85 . chicken, 4 Ib....... % snteieieae, Beans. Hamburgh stringless.......1 25 Frene style as 223 _ eee a 140 (ee eee. 2. se 80 Lewis Boston Baked........ 135 Bay Siete Baked............ 1 35 World's Fair Baked........ 13 ree enee............ 1 00 Corn. Hamburgh i i Livingston Base 1 2% ———...................., Honey Dew.. oe nr Glory oles eee Soaked .... ee 115 Peas Hamburgh marrofat . oo — (soe . Champion Eng...1 50 Hamburgh petit laa oa 1 7 fancy sifted.....1 90 ae... . _..._......,... 65 Harris standard....... -_ Van Camp’s Marrofat to” . Early June...... 1 30 Archer’s Early Blossom....1 35 Pee 1 80 Mushrooms eae... 15@20 Pumpkin. PN oe, coos 9 Squash. aes 1 20 Succotash. ackerel. a to... ...-..- 1 = << ee 1 90 ee, Se... 2 22 Tomato Sauce, 2Ib......... 23 nae a e.......... 2B Salmon Columbia River, a... 1 8 ...... 1% Alaska, 1 OO 1 40 a bobs eke eee oe 1 90 ardines. American xs a 4%@ 5 LS hp iceia el -6%@ 7 Imported “a. ee eee ee a a eres Se............... 708 ae... 20 Trout. ese... 250 FRUITS. pples. 3 Ib, standard... han York State, gallons. — 3 60 Hamburgh, * 275 Apricots. Live oak....... a6 2 00 ee 200 Se 200 ees 1 90 Blackberries. i cane ese % Cherries. ete ithe dee enn 120 Pitted Hamburgh 1% eee ee hae oie 1 30 le ee 120 Seonteun, Egg Plums and Green Tomatoes. Hancock . 1 05 —— determi ke 1 10 Se 1 10 I ei cictcane sco. 1 Galion ... ................--2 © CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. ee... eee se 22 — a 35 ee ee ca, 38 Breakfast cee. ....... , 40 CHEESE. ic @11% Aeme. : @i1 Riverside . @11% Gold Medal. .......... @10% — 7 8 i oe 10 ae... 7... @i 00 ————————— 23 Limburger oi @10 ee 05055555... @2 —- aoe oe wai Ln @35 Schweltaer, ipod ported. 15 ak Blue Label Brand. _— pint, 25 bottles ae 2% eeu 50 Quart 1 doz bottles . 3 50 CLOTHES PINS. Baer eee... 40 eins COCOA SHELLS. a neo were on epee Less quantity........... Pound packages........ 6%@7 COFFEE. GREEN. Rio. a ee is ee ee 16 —... ... . . | 17 —-............... 18 cee vc prc me nn sc cu ee 20 PONEY oo. 5 ccc ew eens ae 20 Santos eee 16 ES 17 Cee. 18 Peepers .................-- 20 Mexican and Guatamala. cde ec iene ci eden 20 i ee ee 2 oe .... 23 Maracaibo. ae... 19 — | 20 Java. ee 25 Prevete Growen.............. P74 Raat ...............- 28 Mocha. —_ ee 23 ee ees 26 ROASTED. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. PACKAGE. Arbuckle’s Ariosa...... 20.30 McLaughlin’s XXXX.. 20.30 it... 19.80 Lion, 60 or 100 1b. case.... 20.30 Cabinets containing ackages sold at case price, with additional charge of 90 cents for c+tinet. EXTRACT. samer City % STOSS.. Hummel's, a. STOSB...... 1 50 Lola ds 2 50 CHICORY. Bulk.. 8 oe 6 CLOTHES LINES Cotton, ft....... per dos. 1 2 . e....... * 140 . 60 ft.. _ 1 60 . |. . 1% st 80 ft.. ' 1 90 Jute —s..... ' 90 ' 72 ft _ 100 CONDENSED MILE. 4 doz. in case. a en... American Swiss... .. = utter. Seymour XX oleh lea 6 ome nome XXX, cartoon..... 6% i J Family XXX, cartoon...... 6% panet one... 6 Salted XXX, cartoon ...... 6% Kenosha . ..-. —.. 8 ener biscuit . 6% Soda. Soda, XXx.-. .... Soda, ee 7% Soda, Pees... ........ 8% Crystal eee 10 Long Island Wafers ....... 11 ai oer aan... 6 ioe Cyeer. Baek............ 6 Poren Over... ....... 6 CREAM TARTAR, Strictly ss , 30 Telfer’s Absolute.......... 35 oe 20@25 DRIED FRUITS. — Sundried, sliced. = bbls. 6 quartered ‘“ 5% Evaporated, 50lb. boxes @8\% APRICOTS. California in bags....... Evaporated in boxes. 16% BLACKBERRIES. nae... iy esis NECTARINES. (oe... re homes... .......... PEACHES, Peeled, in boxes........ 19 Cal. — 14 . in Dage...... 13 PEARS. California in bags..... PITTED CHERRIES. I ck sca ce, ee Oe ose 20 =* a Se 22 PRUNELLES. om. bewee............. 10% RASPBERRIES. ae... 21% ee i es, 22 ete ence ees» 23 Foreign. CURRANTS, ry in barrels...... @4 ee @ 4% ' = less quantity @ 4% PEEL. Citron, Leghorn, oo boxes 20 Lemon 10 Orange oe = “ce “ 11 RAISINS, Domestic. London layers, 2 crown....1 50 3 ok oO ” roe... 195 Loose Muscatels. one is 1 40 Foreign. Ondura, 29 Ib. _.. @8 Sultana, 20 @i2 Valencia, 30 ' if @ 5% PRUNES —— tt . = California, ae ie.......... 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. “ 80x90 “cc 70x80 oe : oc 60x70 “ i i i, @ a ENVELOPES. XX rag, white. Be hee ................. 81 75 ee, 1 60 oe ie 1 65 —ss.....,mhmhmhmD,LULU 1 50 XX wood, white. ot ee... 1% ee OE ccs een 1% Manilla, white — 1 00 ee ce ee 95 Coin. ao mo. 4........ _ oe FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina. 100 Ib, kegs............. 3% Hominy. Lima Beans. Dated. ..... ee 4 Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 12 lb. box.. Teeperted.............. ‘ioxe@nty, Pearl Barley. i @2% Peas ne A eg ee em 1 85 oe oe DD ........-.. 3 00 Sago. ClGEMAOR 22.2200 a 4 eee 5 Wheat. (Creched........... - 5 FISH--Salt. Bloaters. erent... ._.........- Cod. Pio ................ Whole, Grand Bank... @5 Boneless, bricks ...... 64%@S8 Boneless, strips. . . 64@8 Halibut, | Smoked ..... he tctoepee 12 Herring. oe 16 @17 Holland, can ieee 11 00 Se 85 Round shore, % bbl... 2 00 \% bbl.. 110 Mackerel, ee... 42 mo. 1, eee, ee... -... 1 2 a oo oe... 3 50 No. 2, mee... 1 05 Family, % bbls., 100 Ibs.... 5 00 ' kits, Co 65 Sardines, Mumian, kees.............. 45 Trou No. 1, % bbls., ioolbs ees 6 50 No. 1, kits, 10 Mi 90 Whitefish. i, % bbin., 100ibs........7 80 ne 1, kits, 10 "RN 95 F ily, \% bbis., 100 Ibs... 3 00 Zea WO Ue......... 40 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Jennings’ D C. Lemon. Vanilla % 2 oz folding box... % 3 oz - ie 1 50 402 ' .-1 50 2 00 6 oz . -..2 3 00 S$ oz * «es oe 4 00 Gunpowder. Austin’ 8 Rifle, ae... 5 00 . 06.0. 2% - crack Shot, ress -5 00 = 4 kegs 2% us Club Sporting = oo “ % “ 3 WB HERBS. si pecs babe ah bece oeccum eee... . 2... oe sesaveees Gus 15 INDIGO. Madras, Sib. bowkes....... 55 gs, F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes. . 50 JELLY. ry Te. bere......--..-.... _— ee LICORICE. PN edi iai eee te sences Calabria ae eee habe ba ce cei snes Condensed, 2 2'dos esasadeeus 1 25 . ee.......-., 2 2% desaiin To, © mulphar............-+. 1 2 AnChor PATIO... ..0.ceer0ee 1 70 No, 2 home.. 1 Export parlor. EE 400 MINCE MEAT 3 or 6 doz. in case per doz..1 00 MEASURES. Tin, per dozen. a " 5 Tee Saree........2...... 1 40 = a bs 70 Ludeu eek otesiee panes 45 Half WE os ne inc, see. 40 Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. ee 7 00 Half pone. _.. 2 meee ...... 3 75 mee oe 2 W MOLASSES. Blackstrap. Sugar house........... ecoe 15% Cuba ecpeneet EY on nn essen. 16 Porto Rico. 16 20 14 17 22 27 ancy.. 35 One- haif barrels, 3c extra oe a ae ........... @5 50 Half den Me... @2 88 ROLLED OATS. Darreis To... ........ @5 50 eee See S.......... @2 88 PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count........ $5 50 Half barrels, 600 count.... 3 25 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count. 6 50 Half bbls, 1,200 count 3 75 PIPES. Clay, — .. .......... 1% T. D. freon... & arom ee. S.... .......s ...: 12 POTASH. 48 cans in case, NE oe ee ot 4 00 reuse Gat Oo 8.......... 3 25 ROOT BEER Williams, per dos......... 1% . 3 doz. cage... ... 5 RICE, Domestic. Carolina es eee ice eae 6 eee ee . Bi econ as 4 Beeeen..............,. 3% Imported. J apan, met... co 6 Re 5 oe et eee ee ieeeie ssc. . ro.. .......... 5 SPICES, Whole Sifted. ee... 10 Cass a, China in mats...... 8 Batavia in bund....15 e Saigon in rolls...... 35 Cloves, Aeeeen........... 22 PN es oss 4, 13 meee Heeeeee....... ...... 80 Nutmegs — — ee 80 No. ic GG 75 RO Oi icc: 65 Pepper, singapore; —.. «e “'25 - Wee. ............, 19 Pure Ground in Bulk. CO 1 Cassi a, Batavia cdeeneeke oa 20 and Saigon. = “ Mace Batavia............... 80 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .25 - ce ck cesc ccs 27 Nutmegs, No.2...... socec se Pepper, mye og —_ " Cayenne. Sooke ecepca 25 ge “Absolute” in Packages. 4s as I isis es ccnaye 84 1 55 84 155 84 1 55 84 155 84 155 84 155 84 155 84 SAL SODA. I i ieeeeip ied ees sae 1% Granulated. boxes.......... 1% SEEDS. meee @12% Canary, Smyrna....... 6 Ce oot oe cose suee 8 Cardamon, Malabar... 90 4% 4% 6 9 Rape 6 Cottle bone........... 30 STARCH. Corn. Pe on 55 sone ys 6 MW ceesee sees eens eves 5% Gloss. 1- > packages bide eeseevuces as 5% Pe ee Salt 5% 6- ib Odea acs 6 40 and 50 lb. boxes.......... 44 Ree i 4% SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders.........37 Macenboy, in jars........... 35 french Rappese, in Jars..... 43 SODA. Bosse .......... cam Englis GALT. => > sacks.. 82 25 eo ol 2 00 98 io ib. sacks eee arose 1 85 Se a; 2 2 Sib eS AE 50 56 Ib. dairy in linen 7. 32 28 Ib. drill _ = Warsaw. 56 lb. dairy in drill bags... 32 a | r re Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in inensacks.. 75 Higgins.- 56 lb, dairy in linen sacks. 75 Solar Rock. 56 lb. sacks.. coc Common Fine. meee ......1...,....... 80 Pee ks. sc... 85 SALERATUS. Packed 60 lbs, in box. roe 30 Pelee ................-- 3 15 Ee 3 30 oo ee 3 00 SOAP. LAUNDRY. Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 80 1-Ib........ 3 20 Good Cheer, 601 Ib.......... 3 90 White Borax, 100 %-lb...... 3 60 Proctor & Gamble. neers. ...2 2s... 2 80 veces, ee... .... ....-.. 6 75 Soe... 4 00 Ce 3 65 Wottied Geeman........... 3 15 Toe eee... sss... 3 00 SCOURING AND POLISHING. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50 hand, 3 Ook 2 50 SUGAR. = sane |... @ 5% ee ea eee @5.56 cote oe) @ 6% ' Standard.. @ 55 Granulated, - = .5.31@ 53% oe... 5.31@ 5% ea > cee 5.18@ 5% TS 4% White Extra C........ @ .81 Extra Mess cok eter. @ 45 Be ee ee a @ 3% ee ea @ 3% ee. . @ 3% Less on bbls. 4c advance SYRUPS. Corn. MOSWOUN, . nos cccnen cess 200. BO eee oe 28 Pure Cane. Sakai 19 MN erie ihe pentane 25 I. oe obese eno soa 30 SWEET GOODS. Ginger Snaps.......... 8 Sugar Creams.. we 8 Frosted Creams....... 9 Graham Crackers..... 8% Oatmeal Crackers..... 8% VINEGAR. e Oss cans a : Ss ea cae. $1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD. Bat eer ee ....... ..... 30 Beer mug, 2dozincase... 175 YEAST. Mania, per box.............. 1 00 ki ene cas 100 Yeast Foam, per ie 100 @26 @35 @x% @40 @2z TEAS, JaAPAN—Regular. Ne ee ete dea sacs a Miao ete as eens 24 eee 32 WR aa ced ce 10 SUN CURED. es MI ok oe ices sence eee 24 — ae Toi isre ceca es ones 10 BASKET FIRED. a 18 ME okie lec neces Ceeeeer............ .. Extra choice, wire leaf GUNPOWDER. Common to fair.......25 Extra fine to finest.... Choicest fancy........ 75 OOLONG. Common to fair... ...23 IMPERIAL, Common to fair....... 23 Superior tofine........ 30 YOUNG HYSON. Common to fair....... 18 Superior to fine.......30 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. a be Cmeeee.................8 oe cel 0 TOBACCOS, Fine Cut. Pails unless otherwise noted meee... 5... es, Sweet Cubsa......... : Poo ......... ...- iy a Valley City........... Dendy Jim..........+. Taeene... ........ C in drums.... Toe vow ........... Sorg’s Brands, oeecneee ............ a Monee Tweee............ eee Scotten’s Brands. [ee Hewatha............. Valter Coty -_........... Finzer’s Brands, Old Honesty.......... SOny TA. .......o.2. 5 @28 G0 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMA Ne Middleton’s Brands. Bees V6 UE gi ascc ase EG Ae... coos. se 31 Jas. @ Butler & Co.’s Brands. a Ube e ea eet ese eed ieee eee 26 Out al Sight cease de oe HIDES, PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol lows, prices nominal: HIDES. Green . 2%G3% Part Cured... @ os - ...... @ 4% Boe acs 5 @5 Kips, eee 24@ 3% ng ee @ 4% Calfskins, green......4 @S& cured...... @7 Deacon skins.. ...10 @30 No. 2 hides % off. PELTS DOORN, 2.4... 5 10 @25 TOME 66. ol 20 @ 50 wooL, vee .. ....._.... a 23 Unwashed... . 10 @20 MISCELLANEOUS. Tallow . . -—— 334 Grease butter ........ @ 2 Switches . .. is %@ 2 Ginseng. — ie 0@2 65 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFSs WHEAT. No. 1 White (58 1b. test) 68 No. 1 Red (60 Ib. test) 68 MEAL, oe... .........4....., 1 Granulated.. . a FLOUR. Straight, in osene......... 420 DAErOls,....... 4 40 retcat “ eocke........ 5 20 [ DaRrel........ 5 40 Graham “ sacks.... ... 2 00 Rye . eS J. 2 MILLSTUFFS. Less Car lots quantity —s......... $14 00 $15 00 Screenings .... 15 00 15 50 Middlings..... 15 00 15 50 Mixed Feed... 20 00 20 50 Coarse meal .. 20 00 20 50 CORN. Car lots.. = Less than car lots.......... 54 OATS. Car tote .... a Less than car lots. -- .. <2 New oats, 2c less. HAY. No. —"* ear lots....11 00 No. ton lots 12 00 FISH and OYSTERS. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH. Weemceee ............ 8 @2 eee 8 eS Pere a... @15 Ciscoes or Herring.... 5 @6 Peeemen............... 11 @I12 Fresh lobster, per Ib.... 20 Soft crabs, per doz...... 1 00 SOriap, per gal......... 1m coe... ...,.............0 ae ie. | Peekerel......... @8 oe. @7T Smoked White........ @7 OYSTERS—Cans. Tne Counts.. @40 2. D. Bereets....... @35 fase ee @27 Ancae.......... oe @25 4) ................. @22 SHELL GOODS. Oysters, per i? ... 1 25@1 50 Clama. ...: CO@l BG OLLs. The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows, in barrels, f.o. t Grand Rapids: S Kocene...... 9 Water White, ‘old test. @ 8% W. W. Headlight, 156° 7 Water White ........ @ 63% eee. et. @7 Stove Gasoline........ @ 6% re... 27 @36 maa ...... ......... Oa Black, 25 to 30 deg.... @i™%* FRESH MEATS. Swift & Company quote as fol- lows: meer, Carcems.......... 5 @6 = hed quarters. . 6 @ 6% " fore 3 @3% ' loins, No. S49 @ 9% _ oe 7 @8 . oo 5 @5% Hoeue. 8... @ 4% ra eee ............. @9 ~*~ spowden ...... @7 Sausage, — orhead @ 4% Loos @ 4% ' eee @i7 ates cs. 7 @S8 Oe i 6 @7 POULTRY. Local dealers pay as follows: DRESSED. a 8 OUEMOWE... . os. 5.4... 10 oi Pe oe 11 @13 LIVE, Ciaomenn, .........-... 8 @l10 a 7 @& CO eee 9 @10 Spring Duck.... .....1@ @it Nd MENT, cone SED Yr TURp x VERDALE or Ws oa 0 See that this Label appears on every opackage, as it is a ie — of the genuine ar Ke yin sre eT CHICAGO 13 FERMENTUM THE ONLY RELIABLE * COMPRESSED YEAST Sold in this market for the past Fifteen Years. Far Superior to any other. Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited. Endorsed Wherever Used. JOHN SMYTH, Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. Telephone 566. EMENTOR, BER VERDALE DISTIUSS CH “3 Go 106 Kent St. See that this Label appears EN on every package, as it is a CEM Ny guarantee of the gennine Tyg 2€ RIVERO HIS ere STILL article. CHICAGO 7 Each Sheet is separately sealed with a border of wax. ach double sheet separates into two perfect single sheets. Se - oe S&S EW Than, Goon, RAPIDS, MICH. TANGLEFOOT Sticky Fly Paper. Tanglefoot is spread heavily on impervious paper. Tanglefoot is the only sticky fly paper which can be pur- chased advantageously by the box for use in stores, offices, hotels, etc., etc. No sheet will spoil, no matter how long a box may last. JOBBERS FOR oe) B You should by all means use our Coupon Books. You will avoid great loss. BY ALL PRICE: One Box. Mocs cc 648 One Case (10 Boxes)............. 4 00 Each box contains 25 Double Sheets and one TANGLEFOOT Helder. DO YOU UN ONE? THE TRADESMAN COWPANY, 100 Louis Street, . Grand Rapids, Mich. 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. SCIENTIFIC SHOPPING. A Man Accompanies His Wife on a Pur- chasing Tour. From the New York News. Of course it goes without saving that the unhappy side of my picture refers to places that do not advertise. With this introduction, permit me to introduce my family. I have often wondered why, when my good wife returned from a shopping tour, she always looked as if she had been drawn through a knot-hole, and why she was as cross as a saw-buck, and why she invariably appeared as if she wished she had a dozen children, so that she could turn them end for end and impress upon their minds and bodies the fact that she was the warmest friend they had in the world. Whenever these returns have come in I have invariably wandered away, permitting her to have the house to herself, knowing full well that it was no place for me, and that, as we are cautioned in Central Park, I must not monkey with the animals. I have solved the problem, and I here- with present the elucidation for the ben- efit of my brothers in misfortune who may not know exactly how, when or where to switch off a cyclone that is head- ing straight for them, without going down into their cellar or scooting for the woods. The lady of whom I write is of a natu- rally timid disposition, except when she isin my company, and knows that no- body dare talk back or insult her while she’s hauling me over the coals, and she has doubtless, therefore, been greatly imposed upon and snubbed by salesladies with whom she was compelled to come into contact. In order to ascertain if she really had any cause for her ebullitions of temper in post-shopping seances, I concocted a double-barreled scheme a few days ago which settled the whole diffi- culty to the satisfaction of our two-but- ton family, and if I ever appear in pub- lic again with my temper or eye ruffled, it will be because she has broken out in a fresh spot, has forgotten her experience with me and mislaid her promise to be good. The scheme was this, to wit: The some- what prodigal use of our apparel had rendered rehabilitation absolutely neces- sary, and she wanted some new dress goods, shoes and so forth, and I required asummer suit, hat, etc., in order that 1 might flash a becoming presence upon a busy-body world that would not mistake my shabbiness for eccentricity and might imagine that I had been playing the wrong horse. Said I: ‘*This talk about tiresome shop- ping, as an excuse for barbed-wire tem- per, is all fol-de-rol. I don’t come home that way when I’ve been doing chores. Now, when you go shopping the next time V’ll go with you. Ill note every- thing you have to contend with. The next day you go with me, and note my experiences. Then we’ll compare notes, and organize a swear-off association.” The motion was put and carried unan- imously. The next day we started out. It was wife’s day, and this is what I saw: We entered adry goods store. There were a million women, and if 1 underes- timate the number, it is because I was dazed at the sight. Not a woman of them appeared to see any other woman in the store. They walked with their elbows unfurled, as if they were taking their first lessons in flying and were trying to get there first, in order to win the prize. They pushed, and shoved, and rushed, and dashed, and were wild-eyed and frenzied- looking. One in a hundred purchased. ‘*‘I reckon the place is afire, and we’d better get out,’’ I whispered to my wife. She vouchsafed me a withering smile, and said: ‘‘Bargain counter! Hurry along, or we won’t get any!”’ She took my hand and pulled me toward the Mecca where crash towels were seliing at the ruinous sum of five cents per ¢rash. She grabbed six of them, and just as she was telling a haughty-looking princess behind the counter that she’d taken them, another woman grabbed them from her hand. She made a reach for more, but, presto! the counter wis swept as clean as a pie- plate that the pet of the family has chaperoned. The disappointed members of the con- gregation looked at each other and scowl- ed and set their teeth firm and hard. Sud-| denly we were almost carried off our feet | by arush in another direction. We got there involuntarily. Women stood five | deep around the counter. They were | shrieking: “Is there a skirt to match this waist?” | “Is there a waist to match this skirt? ”’ **Will the goods wash? ”’ The girl behind the counter shouted | back, at all points of the compass, and | not at anybody in particular: ‘‘I don’t | know, madam;”’ ‘‘I’ll see, madam;’’ ‘‘I | think they’re all gone, madam.”’ | They were selling muslin suits for $1.49, | and they were going witha bang. Only} the women with the longest arms and |} shrillest voices got there. Some got misfits, but everything went, and then they handed over what they had grabbed, together with the money, and waited for their change and parcel. In the mean- time the surging crowd had swept them out of their places, and when the change and parcel showed up they were far, far away. They finally connected, however, and unwrapped their parcels. Some of them had suits that would do as sore throat bandages, while some little women had sentry-box fits. After awhile mat- ters were straightened out to everybody’s satisfaction, and, scowling at each other, and dealing in women’s swear words, they melted away in search of more bar- gains. Material for a dress was finally ob- tained. It was of India silk, and cost fifty cents per yard. Twelve yards were procured. That cost $6, as wifey said she wanted something cheap to summer- ize in. ‘Tien I summarized. ‘Now I must get some lining for it,’’ she said. She obtained eight yards of silk lining, at fifty cents per yard. Isuggested that, as they cost the same, the India business could be used as lining, and could be built on the double back action plan, so that she could turn the dress on alternate days. She reminded me that I had prom- ised to keep my door closed, and I shut up. She then proceeded to the lace counter, and purchased ten yards of lace ata bargain. That cost her $8.90, as the bargain piice was eighty-nine cents per yard. Then she purchased five yards of ribbon, at twenty cents per yard, and the buttons, sewing-silk and whalebones cost her $1. ‘“‘How much is it going to cost you to have that dress made?” I gasped. ‘“*Ten dollars,’’ she answered, glibly. ‘‘Holy cucumbers!’’ said I; ‘‘the orig- inal material cost $6; the trimmings and decorations and making, $24.90; to- tal, $30.90. Jewhittaker! If that ain’t like buying a $10 umbrella to cover a $4 suit of clothes, I’1] chew my shoes. She withered me again, for she was getting hot under thecollar. She hadn’t been able to get exactly what she had wanted. The princess at each counter had bulldozed her by telling her that this or that desired article wouldn’t suit her complexion, was out of style or wouldn’t match. The trusting woman had not dropped to the racket that per- haps the thing she wanted wasn’t in stock. She finally, however, obtained all that she desired there, and we were el- bowed out to the sidewalk ata gait the reverse of slow. I had noticed that the shop-girls, alias salesladies, "were not Chesterfieldian in their behavior. I did not wonder at that. Were 1 a shop-girl, I imagined that I would carry a club always on tap up my sleeve, and, as it is against the rules to sass customers, 1 would biff when they weren’t looking, and blame it on some other woman. A shop-girl’s life is not a happy one, and they have to rub up against some rare specimens. On the other hand, 1 had noticed that they snubbed only the timid, fluttering women and kept off the grass when they braced up against a woman with trouble in her eye. y had also noticed that most of the women carried parasols, or unbrellas, and that they were in for war. They wore the parasols or umbrellas in a halo all around them, and thus kept would-be trespassers at a safe distance. PROVISIONS. | Walnuts, ——- ede ces othe sien eees @14% ib bd bec debi oe aes The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, | ' cee ge ee @10 quotes as follows: Ta ble Nuts, Pee, @13% PORK IN BARRELS. ik sere Be pee ee ee ee e aan” [oe ee... 58 ee 12 25 | Cocoanuts, full sacks... ce _ @3 i ii 14 50 PEANUTS. | Extra — Pig, —_ MME cece wee aeores 25 Bd | Fancy, H. P., sosaaacgrettes ste enes @5% eee _ oo oe Tek ee we 35 50 | Fancy, H. P.. Flag Roaste Gen ae e ea Boston Clear, short cut................-..-.. 15 50 | “ a” @™% | Clear back, short cut......-.........-----..- 15 50 | | Chotce, H. P., Extras. oes @ 4% | Standard clear, short cut, best... ._ po a @ 6% saUsaGE—Fresh and Smoked. . | California Weleuts....... ...... 0... 12% Pack Gee... om a. ‘9 ‘Crocker & Glassware | Frankfort Sausage . 7 ¥ Blood Sausage...... o-oo | Bologna, = 4 FRUIT JARS. Bologna, thick......-.-- -+--+++++.0e0 see eee RT weudte alia $ 6 7 Head Cheese. ........ Pa gM aa 5 | | ¢ uarts ..... : 00 Kes re emanates 3 Rendered. Granger. Family. pound nO oo 45 i on 3h 61 B | Rubbers... ......se sees ee ceee ee sees eeeeees 50 Ib. Tins...9 8% 6% 634 LAMP BURNERS. | 20 1b. Pails.. 9% 83% 7 6% No. 0Sun ee 45 — ” .. oe 9 7% 6% Me be eee ete reas pee ete es cae 50 — §— . I 7% 7 —s lL. —- 2 —_— lc hw V4 vi 7 Tubular.. _.— a BEEF IN BARRELS. +. a + hae Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs. 6 a4 Laar of eee Extra Mess, Chicago packing.. 6 6 doz. in box. * Ronbiess, ramp bat... 9 50 | No.0 Sun............ i SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. ie ag : ee ea ese ene Tees sas : . oe ‘By | _ First quality. “ “ 19 in 14 the........ 21% | No.0 Sun, crimp <9 EE 2 25 BE OE eee eNOS SO NOD ee ceee cee M0 * bestbomelem.................-...,..., 8¥x | No.2 a i Sax Flint. EE Ee ee 8% ' . 2 60 Breakfast Bacon, boneless.............--++-+ 10% No. 0 Sun, crimp top.. wetee teen ee eek Dried beef, ham prices..................0-.+0 eT teenchtnanes cash andenns tos : 80 Be NG LESTE No.2 i. 80 — medium. i NT ENE No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled eee ae 3 70 CO EE aos af . re 470 oe No. 7, ' " a 4 88 La Bastie CARDEN, FRUEES and HUES. = 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz. ..-.---- +2206. ‘ = Tn 2 a SS anneee: - 1 crimp, per oe. ; = . 7 nos OC fe EE ec en ncreor Full Weight. _Bbis. Pails. |" ° HP Rosia en 7S Be setae cima a i 6% 1% oe. 0, er Brome. ....................-.. 23 Se iS ees 6% 7% a a | feeaceaamn tae a“ No we ee UE alae ced ert menage oleae mee - Boston Cream .......... 20 lb. cases 845 | N . ewe ee 7 Coe Lee. .............. oo % serene ee ane: nh per 7 oa. ...... .......... ee 8% cose pt ey MIXED CANDY. Butter Crocks, 1 and 6 gal..............-. 06% Full Weight. ons ns Jugs, is gal., per doz as S 8. ails. c ao eee... we 6 q (2. ee “ 1 80 — ———————_—__ 6 7 Miik Pans, . gal., per G06........- «- 60 me ee 6% i% eieeed ..... % eee a, | 8 re ' : ' Lee eee English We eee ae , 8 . . 1 * ’ coer. .....---- 90 ee 7 8 Broueea Taey........--...- baskets 8 Peanut senuwen epeetseeae 8 9 Prone Crem... 2... -,. on -- 10 Vas Coee.........---........ 13 Midget, 30 lb. baskets a... 8 me om i ee ee ee ee 8 : Fancy—In bulk. Full Weight. Pails. Lozenges, a 10 a : aa eee aia 11 fj <= CROCOIRLS DIOPS...... 2... oc reccccseescce sees 11% 3 il Chocolate Monumentals.................---- 13 FowiN ut i iS bs Go's i a lL 5% | cee ee cons ee 8 eee ae 8% eee Fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box a ee i peer eee... .- ws 55 eae ee 60 | ~~ I iwc rece ckeetee nsec ee 65 i Cece Poee.................. a a ae 40@50 cicorce Ores. -._.............., a 1 00 Le A Cis Bie a NEW. ~vork. Lozenges, —. dee id pe cette ae 2 —— —— Printed... -.----.----0+---e-r0eee IF YOU ENJOY A GOO} CUP OF ee ned ck tee cee 60 COF . E ap READ | TULS. i a is ie we nee ne 70 THE fact that a coffee is a Java does not always impl eee eee eee ee ee TE ENT 55 eth aa cag Pa PS oo eke eds eee 55 ery and Made Creams..... i 85@95 ees... eee eels ee “To Pi ao ec String Rock....... bee ee 65 The Diawonp Java is a bler us x- Pores eee. Cw 1 00 cel in any pec wor or full stren tk Wisteesrsen Barre 60 eer ra ly together produce the CARAMELS. "Ske tuicoun Fans ak No. 1, wrapped, 2 Ib. boxes oe ecesceccrecccces 34 ssiben ot fro ae in a rt and ‘t ‘fi = . far th No. ne : |... ee. 51 preserved until used, No. 2, “ 2 ES 28 Coffee is intenc le d for tho t No.3, “ 3 ‘“ Se 2 and desire to use the best coffi Stand up, 5 1b. boxes............... Ce ASK YOUR GROCER FE ‘OR zr. i Ihe cannot supply you send us his name. |) — Oe . — we ee 4 50@1 tek eee 2 cone bs ORANGES. / \ R / \ CR eee eee nk ae @ .) M 2 Messinas, Choice 200................+00- @ A clean blend, whole “ aa ee oe oe eS eae . essina, choice, ee eee eee 00 fancy, 30 28 | Roasted Coffee only ce cts. . choice 300...... @8 00 ’ fancy 300 Maioris............ OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Tam coming, but do not wait until I call—drop Figs, fancy layers, — . @13 me a postal for anything you need in our various — @14 brands, they are all bargains—especially on a ee @ rising market. . ' a ne Dates, Fard, 10-Ib. box.................. g 8% J. P. VISNER, Ee 6 ss esta ao lb, See : eg 167 No. Tonia St.,Grand Rapids, Mich. NUTS. Almonds, ao a Si seeeeaet snes oneenm @19 REPRESENTATING eee ene eed eee. 17 ‘ aS $4; E. J. GILLIES & CO ee 10 - eee ee eek cee eles bees @11% NEW YORK, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. = I had also noticed that it was hot enough to melt an electric fan, and that most of the women were in the same con- dition. We then proceeded to a shoe depart- ment. Wifey wanted No. 2 C. It’s a foot that caught me in my courting days, and there are bunions or corns onit. A 2 C fits it to perfection, with just enough room left to give its lungs good working capacity. The saleslady had evidently just had a catch-as-catch-can wrestle with a trouble-in-her-eye woman, for there was a cat-with-a-pompadour-back expression on her face. At first she took no notice of the new customer, and final- ly asked what was wanted. She was in- formed. The lady of my house undressed her foot. ‘I think that a 3 B would suit you bet- ter!’’ said the attendant. My wife wavered. “It will make your foot look more slender. It will look tooclumpy in a2 C,” said the maiden. “If you haven’t any 2 C’s perhaps we can obtain them somewhere else,” I mildly suggested. Hully gee! 1 had put my foot in it! The ruleress of all the Russias gave me an icecream-freezer look, and [ could feel the cold chills wiggle up my spine. “Excuse me!’’? she said. ‘‘We don’t sell men’s shoes here!” I excused her but forgot to tell her so. Il couldn’t find words to express my ideas. My wife finally obtained a pair of shoes that exactly suited her taste, as suggest- ed by the North Polaress, and for fear that the latter might go for me again, I said that ’'d wait outside until my wife had closed the negotiation. I must ad- mit that 1 went and took a drink to quiet my nervousness. We then went to a glove department. A pair of 514 cham- ois gloves, buff in color, and of the mous- quetaire brand were desired. The lady behind the bar insisted that white was the proper caper and 5!¢ the correct size. What she said went. Some underclothes were purchased while 1 was across the street seeing what time it was. We had expended four hours of valuable time, and the following items of valuable mon- ey: Dress and trimmings, _— making in prone. ........ coe ee $30.90 a eee ee ae 6.00 mee 2.00 Under garments, two suits—silk......... 15.10 — LL. $53.90 My wife was tired and the least bit vexed. I did not wonder atit. She had been pulled, hauled and pummeled by sister shoppers and inveigled into pur- chasing what she did not want by tired- of-life saleswomen and oh-for-a-husband chits. ‘“‘Now we'll go and have something to eat,” said I mollifyingly. ‘‘Let’s go to one of your places,”’ she, pleadingly. “This is your day,” said I, firmly—com- paratively so, for | hadn’t yet recovered from my last shock, and I saw a don’t- touch-the-animals storm brewing. We went into a place exclusively pat- ronized by female shoppers and their male companions. Scores of women were eating lobster salad and ice-cream, pickles and cake. Here and there an oyster stew anda cup of tea kept com- pany—thermometer ninety-four — while said _some had a sandwich and an oyster patty. My wife was too tired to eat, 1 too fright- ened. She ordered a sandwich and a glass of milk. L followed suit. The sandwich was of about the length and breadth of a paper of fine-cut, and about as thick asa papercutter. They charged us eight cents apiece for the wafers and five cents apiece for the paled water. While we were fooling our expectant stomachs, I looked over the bill of fare. The patties, the size of our boyhood pork pies, were nineteen cents—catch the bargain counter idea?—oyster stew— good—nineteen cents; tea or coffee eight cents; half a roast chicken, thirty-nine cents; raw oysters, nineteen cents; glass of hot water—think of it!—five cents, etc., etc., etc. We were both tired out and we started for home. “Do you wonder that I am a little bit out of sorts when I get home from a shop- ping tour?’’ asked wifey. I shook hands with her and told her I wondered that there was a picket on our fence. The next day we started out to encase the Lord of the Manor in fresh habili- | We entered a populous clothing- | ments. store. The obsequious clerk approached us and I told him what I wanted. The store was doing arushing trade, but he took us at once to a counter. I got a $20 suit of clothes in less time than it takes totell it. were to be made, and they were made while I waited. I purchased two neglige shirts at $2.50 apiece. 1 obtained six pairs of stockings at forty cents per pair: a straw hat for seventy-five cents; a pair of shoes for $3, and two ties at fifty cents per tie. My wife was seated near a win- dow, and when I tapped her on the shoulder, she said: ‘(Don’t be in a hurry. Take all the time you want. Im enjoying myself looking at the passers-by.” ‘‘Lovens-tovens!” said I, ‘I’m through.” ‘‘When are you going to buy your other things?” she asked. ““Pve bought ’em!’’ [answered proudly. She gasped. ‘‘Now, we'll go and get something to eat, my plan,”’ I said. We went to a restaurant, and while she made away with a half broiled chicken and fixings, I settled the hash of the other half. We had all we could eat and it cost exactly one dollar. Here is my bill: Coes. i $20 00 Shirts.... 5 00 Stocking, s 2 40 Straw hat. 7 oe 3 00 Meentios, fourin hand. ...... ...... ..... 1 00 —....................... $32 15 I had clothes enough to last me all Summer, and had paid $32.15 for them. My wife had purchased enough for one change and the bill had been $53.90. If she should wear her dress more than a half-dozen times without ripping it up the back and making it over again, neighbors would stick up their noses at her and say that her husband ought to stop drinking and pay more attention to his wife’s back than to his own stomach. I can wear my suit every day until Sep- tember and then hide it under an over- coat until snow-shovels are ripe. If I puton another suit before September, my friends would ask me, ‘‘Where was the fire?’’ or gently hint that ’d robbed a bank. Next year my wife’s silker will be in the soup, and probably the scullion will be wearing it. Dll have mine serub- bed, and they’!] carry me through another Summer as second-best. It required four hours to worry through stores and defend ourselves against slaughter in order to purchase my wife’s trappings. It took me half an hour to get exactly what I wanted. “What did our meals wifey. “One dollar!’ I answered. ‘Women shouldn’t fight for the right to vote,” she said, placidly; ‘‘they should insist upon the other rights that men have. Equal rights in things necessary to life and happiness.” I patted her on the back and teld her that if I had been alone my meal would have cost me nothing. That witha glass of beer, or a milk punch, or any other beverage I desired, I could obtain soups, roast beef, ham, turkey, cheese, pickles, oysters, crackers, olives, and almost any- thing else I desired to take, free of charge, by going to a first-class cafe She sighed and I reciprocated. Why in thunder is it that they don’t give women free lunches with ice cream or soda water, and why in thunder are not women treated as men are? Wanted to See Him. Clara—I got a note from a drummer the other day who said he would give the world to kiss me. Maude—What did you reply? Clara—I told him to call on me with a full line of samples. cost??? asked —___ > -.<——— Dry Goods Genius. Clerk—How shall I mark these goods? Old Tapeyard—Just figure out 50 per cent. profit and add seven odd cents, so the women will think it’s a bargain. One or two alterations | the | MIGHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falls Route.’ DEPART. ARRIVE a MU ooo occ en eects. 7:00am 10:00pm i dcaeueid a o 7:06am 4:30 pm a i? Le dseiee --. 1:20pm 10:00am "Atlantic, = Pacific po 1:00pm 6:00am Now York Euproess............ ....., 4pm 16:45pm *Daily All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Express at7a.m., returning leave Detroit 4:45 p.m. arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m. FRED M. Briea@s, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe St. A. ALMQUIST, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. O. W. Ruaeeuss G.P. & T. Agent., Chicugo. TIME TABLE NOW IN EFFECT. DETROIT GRAND HAVEN EASTWARD, |*No. 14|tNo. 16) tNo. 18|*No. 82 Trains Leave Ly. Chicago.... Ly. Milwaukee. G’d Rapids, Ly 7 30pm! 8 30pm) ....... 6: 50am} 10 4 2am| pm/12 05am lows, |... Ar} 7 45am/11 25am/) tpm| 1 1sam St. Johns ...Ar;} 8 3vam|12 17pm) 5 20pm) 2 14am Owoss)....../ Ar) 905am] 1 20pm! 6 05pm} 3 05am E. Saginaw..Ar/|10 45am} 3 45pm; 8 0pm 6 4am Bay City.....Arj11 30am] 4 35pm) 8 45pm| 7 15am Flint --Arj10 u5am)| 3 45pm) 7 (05pm) 5 40am Pt. Huron...Ar!| 12 O5pin 6 00pm) 8 50pm) 7 30am Pontiac . Ar| 10 58am] 305pm} 8 25pm} 4 57am Detroit, ....../ Ar|t150am| 405pm) 9 25pm} 6 00am WESTWARD. Trains Leave |*No. 81 |+No. 11|tNo. 13|*No. 15 Ly. Detroit..... 10 45pm) 6 50am) 10 50am G’d Rapids, Ly! 7 0jam) 1 v0pm) Gd Haven, Ar| 8 35am] 2 10pm) 6 15pm/11 20pm Mitwkeesir “|... ...]....... | 6 30am) 6 30am Chicsga Ste 16 Qen _... *Daily. t+tDaily except Sunday. Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m., 5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. Trains arrive from the west, 6:45 a m, 10:10 a. m., 3:16 ae and 11:55 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet ear. No. 18 Chair Car. Westward — No. Chair Car. 4 05pm 5 10pm) 1) 20pm No. 82 Wagner Sleeper. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11 No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar. JOHN W. Loup, Traffic Manager. BEN FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agent. JAS, CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. 23 Monroe Street. WIRTH, KRAUSE & GO, JOBBERS OF CHILDREN’S SHOES ’ Leather and Shoe Store Supplies. 2-14 LYON ST. GRAND RAPIDS Geo. H. Reeder & Co., JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOES Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for § 158 & 160 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Elegant parlor ears leave Grand Rapids on Detroit | Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect July 3, 1892. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going South. North, For Traverse City & Mackinaw 6:50am 7:20am From Kalamazoo .............. 9:20am For fraverse City & Mackinaw 1:50 pm 2:00 pm For Traverse City. 4:15 pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw 8:10 pm 10:40 pm From (¢ Yhicago and Kalamazoo. 8:35 p m Pe 7:20am POP COM. 4:15 p m Train arriving from south at 6:50am north at 7:20 a m daily; Sunday. and departing all other trains daily except TRAINS GOING SOUTH. ning from Leave going North. South. woe Oteciueats. ............, 6:20 a m 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago... 10:05 am For Fort Wayne and the . 11:50am 2:00 pm For Cimctnnati........... - 5:20pm 6:00 p m For Chicago... -.. 10-407 m 11:20 pm Prem Page 11:50 a m Proms cemeeaw.. 10:40 p m Train arriving from the north at 5:20 pm and leav- ing south at 6:00 p. m, also train leaving south at 11:20 p.m. run daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. NORTH 7:20 a m train.—Parlor chair car Grand Rapids to Traverse City and Grund Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 2.00 p m train has parlor car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 10:40 p m train.—Sleeping car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. SOUTH--7:00 am train.—Parior chair car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 10:05 am train.—Wagner Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. 6:00 m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 11;20 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car ee Rapids toc bite ago. Ciienes via G. KR. &I. BR. EK. Lv Grand Rapids 10:05 am 2:00 pm Arr Chicago 3:35 p m 9:00 p m 10:05 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:20 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. 11:20 pm 6.50 am Lv Chicago 7:05 am 3:10 pm 10:10 p m Arr Grand Rapids 1:50 pm 8:35 pm 6:50 am 3:10 p m through Wagner Parlor Car. 10:10 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana, For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive, 6:55 am 10:00 a m 4:40 pm 9:05 p m Through tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- tion, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich. oC. L. LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. CHICAGO AND WESE MICHIGAN R’Y. GOING TO CHICAGO. JUNE 17, 1892, Lv.GR’D RAPIDS......9:05am 1:35pm *11:35pm Ar, CHICAG@.......... 3:35pm 6:45pm *7:05am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Ly. CHICAGO..... .-.-6°95am 6:25pm *11:15pm Ar. GR’D RAPIDS.....3:55pm 10:10pm GRAND RAPIDS AND CHICAGO, *6:10am Via St. Joe and Steamer. Lv Grand Rapids..........-. 1:35pm + 6:30pm Ar Chicago oo . 30pm 2:00am bv Cicero. ....... 2... 2... 9:30am Ar Grand Raplds ............ 5:20pm TO AND FROM BENTON HARBOR, ST INDIANAPOLIS. JOSEPH AND Ly. G R.... 9:05am 1:35pmt6:30pm *11:35pm Ax. GM... *6:10am 1°45pm 5:20pm 10:35pm TO AND ynom MUSKEGON. Lv. 6. ‘en 5:400m |... .... ar GR. 10: 45am 1 45pm 5:20pm TRAVERSE £ “ITY, CHARLEVOIX & PETOSKEY. my. G es. 7:30am 2:10pm 5:35pm 11:15pm Ar, FC. We: 15pm 6:45pm 10:55pm 4:40am Ar. C ‘ar oix. yipm 8:50pm ...... 7:00am Ar, Petry ..... 2 Mim 9pm ...... 7:2 am Ar. 0B Vw.....o 109m O:pm ...... 7:40am Ar. from Bay View, Petoskey, etc., 6:30 am, 11:10 am, 1:15 pm, *9:45 pm. TO AND FROM OTTAWA BEACH, ly.Gh........9:400m i:copm 5:40pm ...... Ay GH.....-. 8:06am 1:45pm 5:20pra 10:35pm SUNDAY TRAIN. Lv G R....10:00 am Ly Ottawa Beach 6:30 pm THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Wagner Parlor Cars Leavy vphenety Rapids 1:35 pm, leave Chicago7 :05 am, 5:25 ; leave Grand Rapids ¢7:30am, °2:10 pm; leave. Bay View 6:10 am, *1:45 pm. Wagner Sleeners—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 pm; leave Chicago *11:15 pm; leave Bay View +10:15 pm; leave Grand Rapids t11:35 pm; leave Ineianapolis via Big Four 7:00 pm. *Every day. tExcept Saturday. day. Other trains week days only. DETROIT, = LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. tExcept Mon vE 26, 1892 GOING TO DETROIT, Lv. G@ R.... 7:20am *2:00pm 5:40pm Ar. DET....11:40am 5:56pm 10:35pm RETUKNING FROM DETROIT. Ly. DETROIT ... 7:50am *1:35pm 6:10pm Ar. GR’D RAPIDS.....12:45pm *5:25pm 10:30pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS, Ly. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. G R.11:50am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R, R. Ly. Grand Rapids........ 7:20am 2: OOpm 5 :40pm Ar. from Lowell.......... 12:45pm 5:25pm 7:00am THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Cars orrall day trains between Grand Rapids and’ Detroit. Wagner Sleepers on night triins. Parlor cars to Saginaw on morning train, *Every day. Other trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. *11:00pm «7:00am 16 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Hardware Market. Wages— Now that this all-important question has been settled in almost all of the manufacturing districts, the hands of labor are nearly all busy. Nail mills, iron mills, steel mills and glass factories are again all busy. Wire Nails—The starting up of nearly all of the mills has, as yet,made no change in the price; but it has enabled dealers to get full assortments again. Prices at mill rule $1.65 to $1.70 and from store $1.80 to $1.90. Cut Nails — The demand continues light and prices remain as usual. Bar Iron—In this commodity it was getting to be impossible to keep up as- sortments, as none of the mills had much stock on hand but, now that they have commenced opperations, jobbers- will soon be in shape to fill all orders promptly. Sheet Iron—The inability of dealers to get their iron has been the cause of great inconvenience to the trade, as stove sell- ing has begun and everybody wants sheet iron. Not a sheet mill was in operation during July and August, and it has been an impossibility for the job- ber to keep up his stock. The mills now promise to do all they can to catch up on their orders, but it will be fully a month before stocks will be complete. Window Glass—The resumption of some and soon of all glass factories is beginning to be felt by making it much easier to keep up sizes. No change in price has yet been made. Discount by the box is 80 per cent. to 80 and 10. Tin Plate—Quiet and no change to note in prices. Galvanized Iron—At this time of the year isin great demand. The discount is 60 and 10 to 65 per cent. In large purchases this price could be bettered. Stones—lIn all lines of oil stones there has been going on, for more than a year, a gradual absorption of all the stone quarries into the hands of one company. In many instances prices have been doubled. The following prices represent the market: No. 1 Washita of] stomes.............. I ot eee OR ae... ....-... oe “ Be.1 BreeGostean slomes.............. — * Ane sees ...... ————— _— No. 1 Arkansas slips..... No. 1 ‘ Lead Pipe—Owing to the weakness of pig lead, the price on lead pipe is off a little. The price is now 5c per pound in full coils. Chain—As logging operations will soon begin, dealers have commenced to make inquiries for chain. The following prices rule, for small orders. 30c per lb. = ” “ lg 516 % 7-16 4 ye x Proot...... Gu ... i... 4.. Ge... 4... B B test’d 6%....5%..5 .. 4%... 4%.. 4%... 4% See* oe Te oe G6 oe. 8 > -4+ From Out of Town. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentlemen in trade. J. Koopman & Son, Falmouth. A. Purchase, South Blendon. Geo. E. Burley, Canada Corners. Geo. Schichtel & Co., New Salem, J. L. Covey, Reno. Chas. McCarty, Lowell. White & Fairchild, Boyne City. —___—~_ --« > A good way to make tramps mend their ways is tomake them mend the public highways. If every tramp were com- pelled to earn a meal before he got it, by preparing enough macadam to fix even one bad rut, there would be fewer bad places on the road or fewer tramps on it. DO NOT FAIL TO VISIT BELKNAP, BAKER & CO. Exclusive Garriage Repository AND INSPECT THEIR LINE OF Carriages, Surreys, Phaetons, % Buggies. 5 & 7 N. IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Mason's Fruit Jars. Note the extreme low prices at which we are now offering our Mason’s Porce- lain Lined Fruit Jars. Don’t lose any orders as there is a good profit at the price, and the demand has always been heavier than the supply at this season. Pints have same size mouth as quarts. MASON’S | DANDY With Boyd's Porcelain! Best Jars with Glass Caps. pr gr} Covers. pr gr i te oe ce ge .10 50 a ny yo ae ae 11 00 Half gallon ........9 jHalf gallons ......14 00 No charge for package or cartage. All Fruit Jars shipped on receipt of order. Price guaranteed. H. LEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids, Mich. GHAS. A. GOYE, MANUFACTURER OF AWHINGS & TEL Horse and Wagon Covers, JOBBERS OF Hammocks and Cotton Ducks SEND FOR PRICE LIST. li Pearl &t, Grand Rapids, Mich. STANWOOD & Co.,, Gloucester, Cape Ann, Mass. RECEIVE Mackerel, Codfish, Herring And All Kinds of Salt Water Fish DIRECT FROM THE FISHERMEN, Represented in Michigan by J. P. Visner, 167 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich., who will be pleased to quote bottom prices that first-class stock can be offered at by any producer or curer ENGRAVING It pays to illustrate your business. Portraits, Cuts of Business Blocks, Hotels, Factories, Machinery, etc., made to order from photo- graphs. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. = ae anes mone PHRE Ins & HESS Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WR CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. THE r & 4 BRAND OyvysTEaRs Will again this year, as in the past, be the very best procurable and packed daily from the sweetest and best stock. Regular season opens Sept. 15. Start in with us and do the Oyster business of your town. THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. The Game Laws OF THE ~ State of Michigan = Sis a i Say that “jack Snipe, Red Headed, Blue Bill-Canvas Back, Widgeon Pin Tail Ducks and Wild Geese, may be killed between September Ist and May Ist. Other wild fowl and snipe between September Ist and January Ist.” The above will undoubtedly be read with much interest by all fond of duck shooting, and it will also be interesting for them to know we have an assortment of first quality DECOY DUCKS, representing Mallards, Red Heads, Blue Bills and Teals. Success in duck shooting is assured when correct decoys are used and we have them. A coat is also quite a necessary feature in the outfit of a sportsman, and we can show you the best in the market. Barnard Shooting Goats Are made of canvas. The game pocket extends all the way around the skirt and is divided into three sections with a separate entrance to each. There are four shell, two breast and a whistle pocket. The shoulder pieces are padded to prevent the gun when carried on the shoulder, from bruising it. The sleeves are cut in such a manner as to allow the raising of the arms in shooting without lifting the load of game and shells. We claim that the Barnard Shooting Goat will wear Longer, Is nearer waterwroof and comes closer reaching perfection than any shoot- ing coat we know of. Cheaper coats do not compare with it. frasren TEVENS & CG: MONROkg ST. eee BARK & LUMBER Co., Successors to N. B. Clark & Co. 1% and 19 W id» icomb Building. We are now ready to make contracts for the season of 1892. Correspondence solicited. VUlbT NPLATE & C0, WHOLESALE Dry Goods, Carets and Glaks, er We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks OVERALLS OF OUK OWN MANUFACTURE. Volgt, Herpolsheimer & 00, “° Grana Rapids” Grand Rapids. GOLD MEDAL FINECUT Is a Winner. Don’t forget the price, --1iSC.-- You can take your choice OF TWO Of Tité: Best Flat Opening blank Books In the Market. Cost no more than the Old Style Boots, Write for prices. GRAND RAPIDS BOOK BINDING CO., 29-31 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ws Mr Stamp before a blast. | blast. | Fragments after a blagte ie i & staogtsT and SAFEST BLOSIN Rmown to the Arts. \= POWDER, FUSE, CAPS. = Kulectric Mining Goods, AXND ALL io. FOR STUMP > BLASTING, BR SALE BY THE BnoULES, THE GREAT STUMP AXD BROCE ES POWDER COMPA ANNIHILATOR, — ata pty canine | i Jo W. rERe Managers Agents for S Western Michigan Aes WRITE FOR PRICES Cracker Chests, Glass Covers S Biscuits BALL-BARNHART-PUTMAN =, Spring & Company, Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons, We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. | = | | ' ] *‘HESE chests will soon | UR new glass covers are by far the pay for themselves in the handsomest ever offered to the trade. They are made to fit any g : breakage they avoid. Price $4. of our boxes and can be changed from one box to anotherina moment They will save enough goods from flies, dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pay for themselves. Try them and be convinced. Price, 50 cents each. NEW NOVELTIES. We eall the attention of the trade to the following new novelties: CINNAMON BAR. ORANGE BAR. CREAM CRISP. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. NEWTON, arich finger with fig filling. This is the best selling cakes we ever made. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO., S. A. Sears, Mgr. GRAND RAPIDS. bound to be one of FAMUUS UICK SELLIN ‘ This solid brass Lamp, nick Lamp Retails for $1.25, el plated, which has always been out of reach of the ordinary buyer, retailing anywhere from #2.50 to $3.50 each is now controlled by usin such quan tities that it is offered to the retail trade at above figures. Dealers can make a good profit. Ask for quotations on our Umbrella shades No. 202 Nickel Piated Parlor Lamp. it, retail for 35c each. and holders to fit, “x ACTA IAT LONE ,_eccoocecececs A . : 2 37 With decorated, 14inch Dome Retail Price, $ sUis Shade and Founttomatch. One of our incomparable assortments as shown on our lithographed sheets. We are positively showing the best value of any lamp manufacturer this season, and prices are lower than ever be- fore. Heavy and strong fixtures. Send for our sheets and prices. Send for catalogue No. 108. ¥ L k Sh d To match are proving the win- ae amps ates ning card of the season. One Retail Dealer Reports the sale of 24 Barrels Of our assortments in August. Our lamps are positively the handsomest for the price ever shown. Prices are 50 per cent. below last season, with much more elaborate and tasty decora- tions. Send for our price list and lithographed sheets showing our lines in actual colors. acknowl! is auniv ly edged to lead the world in durability and light givi Positively gives the light of 400 candles by governme Prompt shipment, th lamp cuts sent on request with net ranteed as low as the lowest. l plete li Our Mammoth Rochester Store Lamp Our prices g Co prices, OTE STOR 0 20 El ti Oil Heating Stoves. dreatly improved | eC 16 for this season, shown with full nickel trimmings. new ard simple wick lift, and is the only stove on the market that can be operated with entire freedom from | smoke or odor. We are the exc!n-ive agents for Western Mich- \ igan and can offer best factory discounts. Write for special quotations.