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Winchester, 74, vice- president of the Worden Grocer Co. at the time of its dissolution and a lifelong resident of Grand Rapids, died at his home, 447 South Prospect avenue, Sunday morning. He had not been well for some time, but had been confined only two weeks. Mr. Winchester was ‘born in a home on the site now occupied iby the city hall. He ‘began ‘his career as an em- plove of the C. C. Comstock grocery store and later entered the retail trade for himself at the corner of Michigan street and North Lafayette avenue in partnership with the late John J. Sours. He became affiliated with the Worden Grocer Co. and maintained that connection until the corporation was dissolved several years ago. He married Catharine Gibb Oct. 20, 1881. She died in 1922 and Mr. Win- chester married Rebecca Carukin Jan. 28, 1925. He was a member of Park Con- gregational church, York lodge, F. & A. M., and of the Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution. Funeral was held Tuesday afternoon in the Metcalf chapel, Rev. James W. Fifield, jr., officiating. Mr. Winchester was what is popu- larly called an aggressive man of af- fairs. He was conservative in manner and speech, reserved in matters of ac- tion, courteous and considerate in his relations to his associates. He had many friends and no enemies. Mr. Winchester was an ‘honest man. That was his strongest characteristic. He carried the imprint of integrity and sincerity in this calm, unruffled face. He was one of those men who, with- out flights of fancy or ambition to touch the stars, patiently did his work from day to day. Men sometimes rise to sudden em- inence and rest content with worth- while without the fatigues of many days and long jour- neys. Mr. Winchester accomplished his punpose through persistent, con- servative effort. He labored continu- intelligently and faithfully through a useful life to the end. accomplishments ously, Mr. Winchester never compromised with honor or duty. Probably the hardest ordeal of his life was the sign- ing of a warrant for Guy W. Rouse, his nephew, who wrecked the Worden Grocer Co. When asked to perform that service, so that the criminal might be apprehended in California and brought back to Grand Rapids for trial, conviction and sentence he never hesitated a moment, because he fully realized the act was a duty he owed his friends and associates and society in general. He probably never had occasion to regret his action, which was commended by every right think- ing man and woman in Grand Rapids. a A light-weight business stationery has ‘ben devloped for foreign air-mail. Rates on such mail are based on the half ounce or fraction thereof, so weight’s important. 22> —_ A non-inflammable awning material, made of asbestos fabric, has been de- veloped; also an electrical device, con- trolled by a three-position switch, for operating awnings. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Kent County Prosecutor Who Seeks Re-election. Bartel J. Jonkman, prosecuting at- torney for Kent county, who is seeking re-eltcion, was born in Grand Rapids, April 28, 1884. He attended the public schools and the McLaughlin business college, continuing his studies at home after marriage and then acquired his law degree at the University of Mich- igan. Between his business college days and those at the university he clerked in a Grand Rapids bank. After obtaining the right to prac- tice, Mr. Jonkman was assistant Kent county prosecutor from 1914 to 1920, four of the years being associated with Procecutor Cornelius Hoffius. From 1920 until 1928 he conducted a private law practice and has been Kent county prosecutor four years. Bartel J. Jonkman. Supporters of Mr. Jonkman’s can- didacy assert the fearlessness of his administration has been evidenced by his arduous work as counsel for the board of supervisors, in which his opin- ions have been sustained in every in- stance. It also is said he never has rendered an opinion which has been overruled; that his prosecutions have been without fear or favor; that he has maintained a policy of prosecuting the guilty while at the same time pro- tecting the innocent, and that he car- ries the approbation of the police de- partment from the chief down. As an example of the economy of his office it is pointed out that in the case of the recent robbing of the Wealthy street branch of the Grand Rapids Savings Bank, although one of the men arrested told fictitious stories of his actions and was morally culpable, he had, from a legal standpoint, com- mitted no crime. The case against him was therefore dismissed and the county saved the costs of a useless prosecution by a thorough investigation before- hand. Mr. Jonkman lives at 1426 Franklin street, and is a member of the Sherman street Christian Reformed church, Lotus club, Knickerbocker club, Lion’s club, Cascade Country club, Isaac Wal- ton League, Kent County Bar Asso- ciation and Michigan State Bar Asso- ciation. He married Miss Anna Van- derBosch, of Zeeland, in 1907 and has three daughters—Cecilia, who is now Mrs. Albert Van Eeerden, Mrs. Jack Beuker, of New York City, and Miss Gwendolyn Jonkman, a teacher in the Kellogsville school. Last year Bartel J. Jonkman was president of the Michigan Prosecuting Attorney’s Association and assisted in the codification of our present crime code. ———_>~- Worthy of Higher Honors. Thaddeus B. Taylor, who seeks to be nominated as Judge of hte Superior Court, resides at 1208 Fish street, and has been actively engaged in the prac- tice of law in this city and county for mor than twenty-three years. Mr. Tay- lor has long been active in public life, having first served as a member of the Michigan Legislature from this county from 1911 to 1915. In 1928 he was ap- pointed by Prosecuting Attorney, Earl W. Munshaw, as Assistant Prosecutor and immediately placed in charge of Superior Court. Mr. Taylor has al- ways been an active trial lawyer. Prosecuting Attorney, Bartel J. Jonkman, when he took office Jan. 1, 1929, retained Mr. Taylor in charge of the cases which are tried in the Thaddeus B. Taylor. Superior Court. From January, 1928, to August 15, 1931, when Mr. Taylor resigned as the Chief Assistant Prose- cuting Attorney, he handled over 1,200 cases in the Superior Court. The greatest battle against organized gangs of criminals ever fought in Grand Rap- ids was waged by Mr. Taylor, and to his vigorous and fearless attacks and to his absolute co-operation with police authorities, must be given much of the credit for making Grand Rapids free from major crime. The Grand Rapids Herald, in referring to Mr. Taylor, said: “Thad has handled some tough criminal cases which have come before the prosecutor, and with distinct suc- cess. His record of convictions of bank bandits and murderers has been a most remarkable one, and he is per- haps the foremost criminal lawyer in Grand Rapids to-day. Mr. Taylor is endorsed by men and women in every walk of life. Doctors as well as lawyers, bankers and manu- facturers who have been protected by him from bombers and racketeers, and working men whose liberties have been 2 safeguarded, have alike endorsed and support Mr. Taylor. His candidacy appeals to those in every walk of life, He represents no political faction, no clique, no class. He is truly the candi- date of all the people, and if nominated and elected he will serve them all in fairness and in justice. > + Status of Some Bankruptcy Activities. The Currey Publishing Co., located at Burton Heights, Grand Rapids, has been adjudged bankrupt and Fred G, Timmer has been appointed operating receiver. This business will be con- tinued without interruption and_ sold as a going business on Monday, Sept. 19, The stock of antiques and novelties in the case of Edith M. Blair, Charle- voix, is to be sold at public auction on Thursday, Sept. 8, at 2 p. m., at 212 South Clinton street, Charlevoix. A final meeting of the creditors in the case of Pope & Heyboer has been called for Sept. 7. Dividends of 15 per cent, have heretofore been paid in this case and a further dividend will be declared immediately after this final meeting. The stock and fixtures of the Graves Furniture Co., Manistee, were sold at public auction on Aug. 23, to two Manistee purchasers, F. W. Crone and I. J. Lundquist. In the case of Atbel Consolidated, Inc., doing business in Grand Rapids as. the Palais Royal, f32 Monrae avenue, the complete stock and fix- tures were sold by the receiver as a going ‘business to John W. Goodspeed and business will be continued. The clothing store of Ray Waters, Hastings, has been sold at public auc- tion to J. A. Reidy, who ts closing out the stock by retail sale. —_—__e~-.___ Corporations Wound Up. The following Michigan corporations have recently filed notices of dissolu- tion with the Secretary of State: Redford Chevrolet Co., Detroit. Chambers Agency, Inc., Detroit. Alamo Engine Co., Hillsdale. Cadillac Clay Co., Detroit. Harding Lumber Co., Highland Park. I. Miller Salon of Lansing, Inc., Lan- sing. American Malleable Co., Owosso. Kendall Refining Co., Detroit. Samuel J. Rapaport & Sons, Lansing. Grass Lake Farmers Elevator Co., Grass Lake. Rowe Hotel Co., Grand Rapids. R. W. Halsey & Co., Detroit. Berkey & Gay Furniture Co., Grand Rapids. D. W. Burke, Inc., Detroit. Midwest Piggley Wiggly, Inc., Detroit Hastings Industrial Co., Battle Creek. Middleton Oil Co., Detroit. Savery Land Co., Detrait. Detroit Hotel Co., Detroit. Harvey Drug Shops, Lansing. Handy - Wacks Corporation, Rapids. Service Gas and Oil Co., of Mount Clemens. —_——_e~-.>___ Collapsible steel containers have been developed for hardware, chemicals, etc. Returnable, Grand shipping foods, strong, they are easily assembled, have interchangeable parts. a A new deodorant, for use of crude petroleum producers and refiners, is said to be so powerful that two pounds deodorizes a tankcar (8,000 gallons) of cleaners’ naphtha. a Freedom is humanity’s destiny. 4 MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. Lowell—Clyde Kinyon has engaged in the fruit and vegetable business. Belevue—The Bellevue State Bank has increased its capital stock from $20,000 to $40,000. Detroit—The Standard Foundry Co. has decreased its capital stock from $100,000 to $2,500. Carson City—The Rockefellow Grain Co. has decreased its capital stock from $160,000 to $96,000. Columbiaville — The Blackmore Pickle Co. has decreased its capital stock from $35,000 to $8,000. Berrien Springs—Mrs. Verda Miller has sold her beauty parlor to Mrs. Mae Richardson, who has taken possession. Detroit—The Murphy Upholstering Co. 4627 West Vernor highway, has changed its name to Murphy & Mur- phy, Inc. Detroit—The Crescent Electric Co., 179 East Woodbridge street, has de- creased its capital stock from $150,000 to $60,000. Grand Rapids—The Superior Fuel & Materials Co., 1200 Burton street, S. E., has decreased its capital stock from $10,000 to $1,000. Lansing—Kline’s, 214 South Wash- ington avenue, dealer in apparel for women and children and furnishings, opened for business August 25. Detroit—J. Calvert’s Sons, 6505 Sec- ond boulevard, dealer in fuel and build- ers’ supplies, has decreased its capital stock from $1,000,000 to $500,000. Detroit—The Michigan McNamara Varnish Works, Inc., 2358 Clark street, has changed its name to the Michael McNamara Varnish Works, Inc. Ypsilanti—Brien & Stephens, Inc., 34 North Washington street, has been organized to deal in shoes at retail with a capital stock of $2,000, all subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Wolverine Ginger Ale Co., 692 Livingston avenue, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000, $40,000 of which has been sub- scribed and paid in. Olivet — The Olivet State Bank, which closed its doors in July, will soon re-open under a five-year mora- torium plan agreed upon by 82 per cent. of its depositors. Detroit—The A. H.Nimmo Electric Co., 826 Porter street, has merged its business into a stock company under the same style with a capital stock of $50,000, all subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The John W. Swain Lum- ber Co., 2842 West Grand boulevard, has changed its name to the Interstate Lumber Co. of Detroit and removed its offices to 1414 United Artists build- ing. Muskegon—The Anaconda Wire & Cable Co., an interest of Anaconda Copper Mining Co., is running on twenty-four-hour day schedule, five- day week, giving employment to about 200 workers. Detroit—D. Jerome Co., 13927 East Jefferson avenue, dealer in ready-to- wear apparel for women, has been in- corporated with a capital stock of $25,000, $1,000 of which has been sub- scribed and paid in. Detroit—Earl’s Shoes, Inc., 1029 Woodward avenue, has been incorpo- rated to deal in shoes at retail with a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN capital stock of $12,500 preferred and $12,500 common, $11,500 being sub- scribed and paid in. Hart—The Colby & Spitler Co., re- tail dealer in hardware and agricultural implements, has merged the business into a stock company under the same style with a capital stock of $15,000, all subscribed and paid in. Grand Rapids—The Schoonbeck Co., 1140 Monroe avenue, N. W., has been incorporated to deal in household and office equipment with a capital stock of 500 shares at $100 a share, $1,000 being subscribed and paid in. Detroit—Dieterle & Rundell, Inc., Eaton Tower, merchant tailoring, has merged its business into a stock com- pany under the same style with a cap- ital stock of $10,000, $5,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Acme Linen Supply Co., 3794 Eighteenth street, has merged its business into a stock company un- der the style of the Acme Linen Sup- ply & Laundry Co., with a capital stock of $3,000, all subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Cadillac Clay Co., Inc., 2312 Book Tower, dealer in building materials and drain tile, has merged the business into a stock company un- der the same style with a capital stock of $1,000, all subscibed and paid in. Grand Rapids—The Majestic Book Shop, Inc., 30 Division avenue, North, has been organized to deal in books, magazines and stationery, with a cap- ital stock of $10,000, of which $1,200 has been subscribed and $1,000 paid in. Grand Rapids—The Fox Jewelry Co., 182 Monroe street, N. W., has merged its business into a stock com- pany under the same style with a capital stock of 5,000 shares at $10 a share, $1,000 of which has been sub- scribed and paid in. Grand Rapids—William F. Barth, druggist at 401 Division avenue, South, has purchased the Robinson Road Pharmacy stock and fixtures of Earl Cassady, 1401 Robinson road, S. E., and will continue the business under the management of his son. Mackinaw City—The Bon Ton Bak- ing Co., of Petoskey, has taken over the Home Bakery and will continue it under the management of Mr. Wei- mer, of Petoskey. Leslie Dorrance, former owner, will resume the manage- ment of the Spot Restaurant, Sept. 1. Manistique—Nels Rousseau will re- open the Barnes Hotel, which has been closed for several months, on Sept. 1. The house has been completely redec- orated and new furniture has been in- stalled. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rousseau have had a number of years’ experi- ence in hotel operation. Detroit—The Otto Misch Co., Inc., 115 East Columbia street, dealer in construction equipment, etc., has merg- ed the business into a stock company under the style of the Otto Misch Equipment Co., with a capital stock of 5,000 shares at $1 a share, $1,000 being subscribed and paid in. Midland—The Pure Oil Co. has work under way on a new refinery on forty- acre tract near city, to use crude oil from company wells in Mount Pleas- ant-Midland oil fields. Plant will in- clude divisions for production of gaso- line and kerosene. Oil storage and dis- tributing plant will be built. New works are expected to be ready for service in the early fall. Total cost of project will be over $400,000 with machinery. Eaton Rapids—Kenneth A. Maupin, of the Maupin Woolen Mills, an- nounces that his firm has started. the manufacture of an insulated tarpaulin, used extensively for holding the de- sired temperature when used as a cov- ering for milk cans, vegetables, fruits, ice and anything necessitating a tem- perature with only a few degrees varia- tion either way. This new product acts on the principle of the thermos bottle, keeping the temperature either cold or warm. Manufacturing Matters. Detroit—The Sun Products, Inc., has been organized to manufacture and sell powdered wort, with a capital stock of $5,000, all subscribed and paid in. Owosso—Candy Favorites, Inc., has been organized to manufacture and sell candy with a capital stock of 100 shares at $100 a share, $5,000 being subscribed and paid in. Detoit—The World’s Wonder Med- icine Co., 2664 Waterloo street, has been organized to manufacture and sell remedies, with a capital stock of $3,- 000, all subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The fordson Radio Mfg. Co. has been organized with capital of $40,000 to manufacture radio equip- ment and parts. Radios will be in- stalled in ford cars for $49.50 extra. Detroit — Famous Formulas, Inc., 1653 Union Guardian building, has been organized to manufacture and sell cos- metics, with a capital stock of $10,000, $6,700 of which has been subscribed and paid in. Detroit — The Production Die & Stamping Co., manufacturer and deal- er in tools, dies and stampings, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $5,000, $1,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in. Owosso — The Burwood Products Co. has been organized to manufacture and deal in wood and “synthetic”? wood products, with a capital stock of $75,- 000 common and $35,000 preferred, $72,500 being subscribed and paid in. Grand Rapids—The Michigan Felt Co., 510 Widdicomb building, has been incorporated to manufacture and sell cotton and woolen batts and uphol- stery material with a capital stock of $20,000, all subscribed and paid in. Detroit—The Kelvinator Corp., man- ufacturer of electric refrigerators, is planning immediate production of a line of new oil burners and oil-burning equipment and will give over part of plant to this output, with increased working force. Lansing—The Electric Heater Co. is arranging to increase line of produc- tion, and will operate a department for manufacture of electric household ap- pliances. Company will change name to White Electric & Mfg. Co., to ac- commodate expansion. Flint—The Flint Tire & Rubber Co., recently organized, plans the establish- ment of a plant for the manufacture of automobile tires, including a new type of semi-rigid tire tube and casing, and department for tire rebuilding. Other August 31, 1932 rubber goods will be manufactured later. Muskegon—Norge Corp., manufac- turer of electric refrigerators, a divi- sion of Borg-Warner Corp., Chicago, is running on maximum _ production, with three eight hour day and night shifts. Plant has established new pro- duction record of 1000 refrigerator units in twenty-four hour day. oo Boyhood. When every dawn was gladness When fraught was none with sadness But each was just another With some new sport or other When skyland clouds were cattle Whose thunders told of battle And every hook was wishing To go with me a fishing— That’s when I was a boy. When green grew grass to creep on And daisies bloomed to sleep on When kisses went as money To sip the clover’s honey When swallows swift were vieing To catch mosquitoes flying When robins robbed the cherries And cream drowned short-cake berries— That’s when I was a boy. When I my pockets weighted With trinkets unrelated— With round smooth peas for missiles Wire puzzles, willow whistles A jack-knife, top and sling-shot Lead-sinkers, string and what-not I wonder, now, I wonder Where did I find the plunder— That’s when I was a boy. My cup was overflowing My world I knew was growing Much better every minute And everything within it; “Remember then’’ said mother “This world is nothing other Than heaven on earth to-day Enjoy it while you may.”’— That’s when I was a boy. Charles A. Heath. ————_+ +> __ Corporation Fees Due Soon. Before Sept. 1, approximately 17,- 550 Michigan corporations will be re- quired to file annual reports and pay the 1932 privilege fee. This fee is based upon the corpora- tion’s paid up capital and surplus as shown ‘by the company’s books at the close of business Dec. 31, 1931, or at the close of the corporation’s fiscal year preceding the filing date of the report. All corporation privilege fees are payable Sept. 1 but a period of ten days is granted before the corporate powers are suspended. Once its right to do ‘business is suspended, a corpora- tion cannot legally transact ‘business until the proper fees have been paid and the suspension lifted. If the fees are not paid within two years, the cor- poration’s charter is revoked. ——_2+._____ Tower Hosiery Price Raised. The Tower Hosiery Mills, Burling- ton, N. C.,, has advanced the price of its No. 764, women’s four-thread, 42 gauge, full-fashioned picot top stock- ings 25c per dozen to $4.25. The mark-up is made necessary by the sharp advances in raw silk, the com- pany said, expressing the opinion that further rises will ‘be necessary within the near future. Most of the price ad- vances registered in hosiery so far have been confined to the $4 number, some mills advancing them as high as 50c, but the upward movements are expected to spread shortly to other higher price ‘brackets. —_~+--___ That horrifying flatness of the late forties is combatted by nothing in the world so effectively as by family claims. —_>-+___ A house is a shut-in place into which many people bring their moods. pekinese ee aa - j= : August 31, 1932 Essential Features of the Grocery Staples. Sugar—Local jobbers hold cane granulated at 4.70c. Beet granulated is all sold out. Tea—The market during the week has been largely uneventful. No changes to speak of ‘have occurred in this country. It was expected that the fall in Japanese exchange might affect the prices in Japan and Formosa teas in this country, but. it has not done so yet. Consumptive demand for tea is fair. The first hands demand about as usual. Coffee—The situation in Brazil con- tinues to cause advances in Santos coffee, which have advanced a further fraction since the last report. As the week closes, however, there is a slight indication that the feeling in Santos is not quite as strong as it has been. The reason for the advance in this country is the reduction in supplies of coffee coming here from Brazil. Rio coffees are not advancing in the same propor- tion as Santos. Milds show no change for the week. The present high prices of Santos will probably not continue very long after Brazil settles its diffi- culties, opens its ports to exportation and starts to send Santos to this coun- try. The jobbing market on roasted coffee, speaking of Santos particularly, is higher. ‘Canned Fruits — California fruits show a somewhat mixed trend. Cling peaches are firmer, that is, Northern pack. It is doubtful at this writing if Standard No. 2%s can be bought be- low 92%c and most packers want 95c. Choice range from $1.02%@1.05. One Southern packer is still quoting 90c@ $1, Coast. Pears have been inclined to sag but there is less easiness in the Northwest. Royal Anne cherries are very short ‘both in California and the Northwest and berries are reported as closely cleaned up. Canned Vegetables—A firming up of stringless ‘beans and fancy refugees is noted as the pack will doubtless prove to be quite short. There have ‘been some withdrawals by packers of standard stringless, while many fac- tors are inclined to mark their recent prices up 5@10c per dozen. Peas con- tinue very firm in the face of much trade resistance. There is not much doing in fancy sweet peas especially, but there is no indication of weakness in the market. Canned Fish—Demand for salmon is quiet. Some is selling every day, but im a small way. Prices are still dis- tunbed on everything but fancy grades, which are firm on account of scarcity. Demand for crab meat ‘has been very fair. Sardines and other tinned fish show a moderate demand at unchang- ed prices. Serious labor trouble has developed in the South concerning shrimp fishermen, which has_ spread from one state to three, and which may very well indicate a belated and curtailed packing season. Added pack- ing costs, of course will be reflected in the price and the trade would do well to watch the situation closely. Dried Fruits—The California prune pool campaign, after achieving the necessary signup of 170,000 tons, has rejected 10,000 tons because of riders to contract. The campaign has been extended until Sept. 2, by which time MICHIGAN TRADESMAN it is hoped that the needed tonnage will have been signed. Spot prunes continue ‘firmer on the Coast with ad- vances up to 34c per pound in some sizes. The local market drags behind the spot market in many cases, al- though there is a tendency here among some first hands to reject low prices. Raisins are not doing much. of spot requirements is very limited, because of the nearness of new crop. First shipments of new crop will not be made until Sept. 10, however, and old crop raisins will be necessary for Buying fill-in purposes until the new crop gets here. Apricots continue firmer and dried apples also showed a better tone. In short, the dried fruit market has shown a stronger tendency in all but raisins and peaches. Beans and Peas—The market for dried beans continues strong and ac- tive. Position is better than for a long time. At the moment it is a seller’s market for almost the entire list. If there is an exception, it is California limas. The same can be said of dried peas. Chtese—Cheese has had a steady, quiet week without incident and with- out any change im price. Nuts—The market shows a stronger trend for the fall, while spot shelled nuts are in low supply here and are stiffening up in many _ directions. French walnuts are strongly held, and would advance on any buying move- ment of considerable proportions, as the primary market reports a short crop and holders are seeking to recoup after last year’s experiences. Brazils and filberts are firm to higher. Higher prices on pecans, ‘both in the shell and unshelled, are looked for. Stocks will doubtless coutinue light, as long as the prevailing policy of replacement buy- ing rules. Olives— The market remains in much the same position as the previous week. Consumers operate on a hand- to-mouth ‘basis out of spot and nearby supplies. There is still no great de- sire to book goods for forward ship- ment despite the acknowledged. ‘firm- ness in the shipment center because content to wait the market out and to buy supplies when needs pressed. Pickles—Pickle quotations are firm but unchanged. Genuine dills of the new crop will not be on the market before October or early November. The new pack was expected to be the smallest in many years because of a virtual crop failure. It was estimated at no more than 1,000,000 bushels, as against a normal of close to 6,000,000. With the carryover 6,000,000, includ- ing the new pack, and consumption between 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 a firm- er market ‘was looked for. Last year prices were depressed by a carryover of 10,000,000 bushels. The executive committee of the National Pickle Packers’ Association held its) summer meeting at Chicago last week. Secre- tary Joseph Mitchell says the new crop will not exceed 20 per cent. The acreage was cut heavily and dry weath- er and insects did much crop damage this year. The carryover stock has been cleaned up and the sales outlook is improving. Rice—The market is definitely on the upward trend in the South, as weather conditions prevailing in the growing states continue only fair, with rain reported in some points. First arrivals of new rough rice bear evi- dences of ‘weather damage, and the carryover, which threatened to be a weak point, is now being held much more firmly because of superior qual- ity. Fractional advances have been made in both the short and long grains and growers show a stronger holding tendency. Salt Fish—The demand for macker- el and other salt ifish is somewhat bet- ter for the week with buyers interested in new pack fish on which prices are still attractive. But little is doing at the moment in foreign mackerel. Prices on salt fish show no change since the last report. Syrup and Molasses—The demand for sugar syrup keeps up very well. Production is being kept down and this makes the market very steady and healthy. Compound syrup shows a little better demand at prices fairly steady. Molasses is about unchanged, but the market for grocery grades is steady to firm. The demand is fair. —_+ > __ Review of the Produce Market. Apples—25@35c per bu. for Red Astrachans, Wealthy, Strawberry and Dutchess; selected fruit commands 50@75c. Bananas—3%@4c per lb. Butter—Last week ‘butter declined Yac because the demand was poor and the general feeling soggy. Later, how- ever, it advanced again, due to a re- versal of former conditions. At the present writing the market is le high- er, with a moderate demand. Jobbers hold plain wrapped prints at 21%c and 65 lb. tubs at 20%4c for extras. ‘Cabbage—40c per bu. ; California Fruits—Plums, $1.75 per box; Bartlett Pears, $2 per box. Cantaloupes—M ichigan now at their best. Osage are They are sold as follows: Doe = 75 Wo 1.00 TA 1.25 Carrots—25c per doz. bunches. Cauliflower—$1.40 for box contain- ing 6@9. Celery—Home grown 20@35c per ‘bunch. Cocoanuts—75c per doz. or $1 per bu. Cucumbers—No. 1 home grown hot house, 50c per doz.; No. 2, $1 per bu. Dried Beans—Michigan jobbers pay as follows for hand picked at shipping station: €:. . Pea trom elevator ______- $1.80 Vea tom fafgier _ 1.50 Light Red Kidney from farmer-_- 1.40 Dark Red Kidney from farmer-- 1.60 Eggs—Offerings of fine fresh eggs, free from heat ‘blemishes, are not very large and the demand absorbs them all. Undergrade eggs are plentiful but hard to move. Jobbers pay 16c¢ for 56 Ib. crates and 17c¢ for 57 and 58 Ib. Jobbers sell candled eggs at 18c. Grape Fruit — Florida commands $7@7.50. Green Corn—10c per doz. for Yel- low Bantam; 12c for Evergreen. Green Onions—20c per doz. Green Peas—$2 per Calif. or Wash. Honey Dew Melons—$2@2.50 for crates of either 9 or 12. hamper for 5 Lettuce—In good demand on _ the following basis: Imperial Valley, 6s, per crate ~-$2.75 Imperial Valley, 4s and 5s, crate 3.25 Home grown leaf, per ‘bu. _-___- 90 Lemons—The price is unchanged from a week ago, as follows: S00 Sunkisé 25 $10.00 O00 Sunkist 2200 10.00 we Ned ta... 9.00 MG Med Fal... 9.00 Mushrooms—40c per one Ib. carton. Oranges—Fancy Sunkist California Navels are now sold as follows: Mo $4.25 De 4.25 Me 4.25 Al 4.25 a6 LL 4.25 Oe oC, 4.00 Oe 4.00 Wee -2-5) 4.00 Beets—30c per doz. bunches; 65c per (bu. Onions—Home grown, 50c per bu. for medium yellow. Parsley—40c per doz. bunches. Peaches—Receipts of home grown are greatly in excess of the demand. Growers turn away from the market every morning unable to find an out- let for their offerings. Prices are al- together in ‘buyer’s favor, about as follows: They range Iechesters =. 30@50c South Havens... 35@50c Pibetas 50@75c Othee varieties 25@30c Pears—Bartletts, 50@75c per bu. Pickling Stock—Onions, 60c per box of 20 Ibs.; cukes, $2.25 per ‘bu. or I'Sc per 100. Pieplant—60c per bu. for grown. Plums—Prices range as follows: Eombards .... 65¢ Me. rr 75@90c Potatoes—Home grown, 55¢ per bu. on the local market; country ‘buyers are paying 50c per 100 Ibs. Poultry—Wilson & Company pay as follows: home Maywhiws .... .. 13c Denti... 10%c Vn. We Light Hegiless, 2 fie... 12c Rock Broilers, 2% lbs. up ____ 15@17c Radishes—10c per doz. bunches. Spinach — 65¢ per ‘bu. for grown. String Beans—75c@$1 per bu. Tomatoes—Home grown, 30c per % bu.; 60c¢ per bu. Veal Calves — Wilson & Company pay as follows: home Patey 6@9c eee 6c ACG i 5¢ Wax Beans—75c@$1 per bu. Watermelons—35@40c for Georgia and Indiana. Whortleberries—$2.25@2.50 per 16 qt. crate. ——_+-+___ A recently developed electric am- monia dissociator offers a new, cheap source of hydrogen and nitrogen. It yields a dry gas 75 per cent. hydrogen, 25 per cent. nitrogen. —_->___ A great deal of what passes for cur- rent Christianity consists in denounc- ing other people’s vices and faults. —_---.__ Rage is the most effective producer of courage in the world. 6 MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE Fire on the Farm. The farmer has a very real interest Nearly one-fourth in the ‘fire menace. of the annual National fire loss, or $100,000,000, en farms. and farm fires account for 3,500 deaths. Occurs The farm fire victim suffers greater proportionate loss than the victim of a city fire. The latter may lose his home or his place of business, but rare- ly ‘both. When the farm home burns, the fire often wipes out barns and other buildings, perhaps destroying the developments of a lifetime of work. The cure for the farm fire is, as in the city, unremitting care and diligence —and better fire fighting facilities. Progress in this direction has been made in a number of states. First- class rural fire departments are made possible by motorized fire apparatus, good roads and telephones. Ingenuity has been shown by rural fire fighters in overcoming lack of water, through the use of windmill tanks, multiple hose connections and relays of trucks. Some departments use chemicals only, which are extremely effective in fighting the common roof fires. An Iowa law has empowered townships to vote a tax for the maintenance of fire protection, either independently or in conjunction with other communities. The bulk of states, however, lag be- hind in rural fire protection, and there is a general lack of efficient, modern facilities. As a result, the farmer bears a larger share of the fire loss—both in lives and property—than other classes of citizens. The adequate develop- ment of the farm fire department— along with the dissemination of knowl- offers a edge on how to prevent fire fertile field for organizations interested in the farmer’s welfare. ——_.+++>__ Another Mutual Gone. The above is a pet slogan of the non-mutual companies that are smart- ing under the keen competition of the mutuals. Here is the record—66% per cent. of all mutual fire insurance companies ever organized in the United States are stilf here and doing business, while 66% per cent. of the non-mutual com- panies ever organized in the United States are not here—out of business. How the mutuals and non-mutuals paid their losses in the great fires of this country—Boston fire, 1872: mu- tuals—33 paid their losses in full, one settled for 75 cents on the dollar. Non- mutuals—22 out of 30 paid 41 cents on the dollar and quit. Baltimore fire, 1904: Mutuals—All paid their losses in full, and all but one continued in ‘business. Non-mutuals —5 paid 64 cents on the dollar and quit. San Francisco fire, 1906: Mutuals— All paid their losses in full. Non- mutuals—More than 100 discounted their payments from 5 to 60 per cent. Chelsea fire, 1918, and Salem fire, 1914: Mutuals—Al but one paid their losses in full. Non-mutuals—More than 130 settled at reductions of 5 to 60 per cent. ——_~2 ++ Know Yourself. One of the reasons why mutual in- surance does not appeal to every in- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN surer is that the average insurance buyer does not understand mutual in- surance, If the theory upon which mutual insurance is operated is once understood, any other form of insur- ance will be declined in favor of the mutual plan. This is shown by the uni- versal acceptance of the mutual plan in life insurance. To thoroughly un- derstand the mutual principle is to know that that is the only right prin- ciple upon which to provide for the un- certainties of fires and other casualties. Mutual insurance know yourself. —_—_+2 2. When On Your Way, See Onaway. Onaway, Aug. 30—This year, more than ever before, the tourists are loath to return to their homes. The summer has been an unusual one—just warm enough and just cool enough; plenty of nice rains, worlds of sunshine, cool nights for sleeping; glorious sunsets as seen shimmering over the surface of Black Lake, equalled only ‘by such moonlights as are seen “up North.” Together with these, old Aurora Bore- alis puts on an exhibition occasionally which delights the spectators. Imme- diately thereafter messages go forward to the folks down state, “You should come up here and see the Northern lights.” Eventually they come. Andi so Mrs. M. L. Steele, of 917 Vandenburgh Place, Port Huron, gets out her camera and goes after a moon- light scene on Black Lake and to prove that she gets it is only necessary to look in the gravure supplement of the Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Steele not only secures ‘her subject, but secures a nice dollar bill as a reward for the artistic ability with which she is en- dowed. We have seen dozens of Mrs. Steele’s artistic compositions taken during he¥ outings at Black Lake and embracing scenery, including rivers, lakes, waterfalls and landscapes. The Free Press need never want for ma- terial when such talent is available. Why do tourists come to Northern Michigan? For fish. Fish they want and fish they do get. Thousands of game fish recently put in lakes adjoin- ing Onaway. Over 600 perch pike (the largest known variety of wall- eyes) and other varieties planted in Black Lake alone and a ‘total of over 6,000 planted in lakes in this vicinity. Now fishermen, trim up your fishing tackle. Dan, Farrow, city clerk, steps up for his reward of merit and presents his credentials—a beautiful creel of rain- bow trout caught in Pigeon river. Dan’s basket was too small for the event when a 22 inch rainbow protruded from either side of the lid. What a picture they do make and what a whale of a meal they make for a big family. City Commissioner, E. J. Me- Clutchey, East End grocer, and. wife have returned home from a_ three weeks’ visit with relatives in Canada. The office building of the Tri- County Telephone Co., on East State street, is being remodeled to perfect a better heating system. This office, under the management of Mrs. Far- row, is giving excellent service, which, combined with the telegraph service, is greatly appreciated by its patrons, especially the tourist trade. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Smith and daughter, Edith, and husband, of Har- bor Beach, were visiting in our city last week. Wesley was one of Ona- way’s ‘busiest meat merchants a num- ber of years ago. J. Frank Morford, first cashier of the Onaway State Savings Bank, and for the past three years cashier of a Big Rapids bank, is visiting in our city. Frank is leaving to take a simi- lar position at Flat Rock, Mich. Squire Signal. ——_++>___ A dollar in a man’s pocket is worth two that he owes. A Business Man’s Philosophy. The simplest things are often the hardest to do. When wrote Crusoe” he did something just as good artistically as Milton achieved in “Paradise Lost.” Everybody is able to Defoe “Robinson read “Robinson Crusoe” with pleasure and profit, but not one in 10,000 can master “Paradise Lost.” Yet the peculiar fact is that even those who have never read ten lines of “Paradise Lost” will give Milton a higher rank as an artist than Defoe. Writing that is simple, lucid and un- derstandable is usually considered in- ferior to that which is involved and smothered by technique. The foregoing is a prelude to a quo- tation from Tolstoy, the great Russian novelist, who wrote: August 31, 1932 “T remember once speaking to a famous. astronomer who had. given public lectures on the spectrum an- alysis of the stars of the milky way, and saying it would be a good thing if, with his knowledge and masterly delivery, he would give a lecture mere- ly on the formation and movements of the earth, for certainly there were many people at his lectures on the spectrum analysis of the stars of the milky way, especially among the wo- men, who did not know why night fol- lows day and summer follows winter. The wise astronomer smiled as he answered: ‘Yes, it would be a good thing, but it would tbe very difficult. To lecture on the spectrum analysis of the milky way is far easier.’ ”’ William Feather. 4 When you buy property you give a great deal of attention to the deed or abstract which legally shows ownership. Realizing a need for insur- ance you call an insurance man, buy a policy and promptly forget about it. When a building is destroyed Retail Hardware Mutual Fire Ins. Co. Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota Implement Mutual Fire Ins. Co. Owatonna, Minnesota An Insurance Policy Often Turns into a Deed FEDERAL HARDWARE & IMPLEMENT MUTUALS the only “‘deed’’ you have on it is the insurance policy. Carelessness in placing in- surance may be fatal. It is highly important to buy safe protection. That is the kind of insurance sold by the Federal Mutuals. Why not investigate? Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Ins. Co. Stevens Point, Wisconsin wa ff ™ GRAND RAPIDS MERCHANTS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. A LEGAL RESERVE MUTUAL COMPANY 23 YEARS OF DIVIDENDS TO POLICYHOLDERS Afhliated with THE MICHIGAN RETAIL DRY GOODS ASSOCIATION 320 Houseman Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. OUR FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES ARE CONCURRENT with any standard stock policies that you are buying The Net Cots 3B O% Less Michigan Bankers and Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Fremont, Michigan WILLIAM N. SENF, Secretary-Treasurer * August 31, 1932 IN THE REALM OF RASCALITY. Questionable Schemes Which Are Under Suspicion. The recent ceremonies at Manistee, in which Governor Wilber M. Brucker decorated Corporal Colburn Munger, of the Michigan State Police for his meritorious service in clearing up the murder of Evelyn Sanford, of Freesoil, have focused public interest on this organization and have emphasized its importance as an adjunct to the local law enforcing agencies. The State Police have at their com- mand two powerful weapons which are helpful to the local authorities in their war on crime. One is the bureau of identification, where there are on file the finger prints of nearly 1,000,- 000 individuals. The other is the State Police radio. 3efore the days of the automobile and high speed transportation, crimes usually were committed by individuals residing within a few miles. Now, however, criminals may be in another county or another state within a short time after they have robbed a bank or committed other deeds of violence, and local authorities are necessarily handicapped in dealing with the situa- tion. It is in cases of this sort that the State Police come to their aid. Through the bureau of identification, it is possible to determine whether criminals working in a given locality have operated previously in other por- tions of the state. Often the tracing of their records in this manner leads to their early apprehension, The radio not only greatly increases the efficiency of the State Police or- ganization in its ordinary duties, but is especially valuable in an emergency, when it is desired to concentrate men or cars at a certain point within a short time, or, to throw a net around a certain area. The Commissioner of Public Safety, from the radio head- quarters at East Lansing, can direct the cars from any part of the State to go to any other part. With a map in front of him, it is possible for him to know at any given time where every car is and to direct their movements for the most effective results. A typical finger print case in recent months was that of the robbery of the Stutting oil station, at Mt. Pleasant, on the night of April 17. A window had been broken and a quantity of merchandise stolen. Sheriff Shertell, of Isabella county, had saved the glass taken from the window. He gave it to Elden Sears, the State police detective assigned to the case, the next day. Sears powdered and photographed the finger prints on the glass. The sheriff informed Sears that three men had come to‘his jail at 11:30 the night before and had asked for a night’s lodging, which he gave them. Sears, suspecting that this might be the clue which would solve the case, asked the sheriff to finger print these men—John Murray, Gene Taylor and Harry White (alias ‘Clayton Little). On comparison of the prints, he iden- tified Harry Smith as the man who broke into the station and handled the glass. The men confessed and led the offi- cers to the hiding place of the stolen goods, near the tracks of the Ann MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Arbor Railroad. In their confession, they stated they had stolen a pistol and had planned to hold up a_ boot- legger in Evart and kill him, but changed their plans and came to Mt. Pleasant, where they decided to hold Sut the attendant had already closed up so they had broken. into the station and taken what merchandise they could lay their hands on. Another case, which involved, con- up the gas station. tacts with local officers in widely sep- arated sections of Michigan, was that in which Harvey J. Wilson was con- victed of obtaining money under false pretenses. The case dated from Oct. 11, 1929, when the two men were fe- ported to have swindled some people at Mancelona out of several thousand dollars through selling stock in a non- existent company. Other complaints of his activities came from Saginaw, where he was declared to have passed worthless checks. Through the aid of the bureau of identification, it was learned that Wil- son was serving a sentence in Milwau- kee for forgery. On the completion of his term, he ‘was brought to Michi- gan and was sentenced on May lI, 1932, to from six and one-half to ten years in Jackson prison, by Judge Parm Gilbert, of Bellaire. In many cases, the State police are able to be of assistance in the recov- ery of stolen cars. Only recently they have been working to break up the activities of a car-stealing ring oper- ating in Van Buren and Berrien coun- ties. Nine cars have been recovered. The names of the supposed leaders of the ring (thought to be from Chicago) are known to the authorities, but thus far only the men in possession of the stolen cars have ‘been caught. State police figured prominently not long ago in the apprehension of one of the robbers of the Hermansville Bank, in Menominee county. It was on May 31 that bandits escaped with $5,000, taken from this bank. The same day two of them were caught by local au- thorities with a portion of the loot. These were John Kunasiewicz and Frank Jacobinski, On June 1 the State police officers, together with Sheriff Reindl, caught Edward Kun- asiewicz after a gun battle near Sagola, fifty miles away in Dickinson county. John Jacobinski escaped at that time. Later, however, he was arrested in Oregon and was extradited. The other three were sentenced on June 8 to from fifteen to thirty years in Mar- quette prison. Sometimes the local authorities ask the State police for help on purely local cases. One of this nature was the murder of Dorias Lambert, at Cheboygan, on Aug. 2. Sheriff Gilpin, Cheboygan county, reported the case to Lieut. George Adlrich, in charge of the Cheboygan post of the State police and asked his assistance. Minnie Lam- bert, wife of the murdered man and his brother, Albert Lambert, were found to be guilty. life sentences on Aug. 8, only six days after the date of the crime. 3oth were given In the Evelyn Sanford case, the girl’s father appealed direct to the State police post in Manistee. Cor- poral Munger called Sheriff Colver, of Mason county, and a posse was organ- ized to search the swamps. It was learned that Francis Nash had. scratch- es on. his face, which he at first cleam- ed had been caused by the branches of a tree. But a doctor, who was called to examine him, identified them as finger nail scratches. Investigation by Corporal Munger at Nash’s house and in a vacant ‘house nearby led to the discovery of the girl’s body buried underneath the basement of the latter. While the State police do their most spectacular work in the combating of major crime, they perform other use- ful functions. One of these is the patrolling of the highways, with a view to curbing reckless drivers. On special occasions, when crowds are gathered, they direct traffic. Often they are at the scene of automobile accidents, or are called to take charge soon after- wards. Another function is the oil in- spection service. This can ‘be most economically performed by the State police in connection with their other duties. The night patrols sent out from the twenty-four district headquarters are regarded as especially important in de- terring crime, just as the presence of a city policeman on his beat at night keeps the neighborhood safe. When the disastrous oil well ex- plosion took place at Mount Pleasant a year ago, the State police rendered assistance day and night, and made a hasty trip to Lansing for alcohol to relieve the suffering of the victims. Another unusual case in which they took part in 1931 was the transfer of prisoners from the old Detroit House of Correction. Not a single prisoner escaped. During 1931 the appraised value of stolen cars recovered was $86,349.25 and the appraised value of other goods recovered was $39,021.72. Oil inspec- tion fees collected amounted to $70,- 986.52. Out of 70,438 finger prints re- ceived, 52,891 were identified. The present State police force con- sists of 189 men in the uniform di- vision, eighteen in the detective bureau (plain clothes), twenty-one in the bu- reau of identification, and six in the radio division. In addition there are several clerks, cooks and mechanics. A training school for recruits is maintained at the East Lansing head- quarters. New men taken into the force are thoroughly investigated first and then are given from four to six weeks’ training at East Lansing be- fore being sent out on the road. Every man on the force comes to the state headquarters for a week each year for a “review school.” New branches of work now being developed by the bureau of identifica- tion are in ‘ballistics—the use of a microscope to compare the markings a on bullets with the bores of firearms— and in “moulage’” whereby masks of person's’ faces may be taken and pre- served, or reproductions made of heel prints, and the like. +. ___ Thinks It Is Time For a Change. Lake City, Aug. 30—Enclosed find check for three dollars. And I will say I never saw it so hard to collect anything, not even interest. I paid a bonus on three head of cattle to get them the other dav so as to clean up the interest. I thought sure I was go- ing to lose forty acres more land and I don’t want that. We taxpayers sit around and see fellows working for the state who are no good any other place and drive the official car that belongs to all of us nights and Sun- days. This man ‘has not bought a k- cense for his own car this year. His daughter drives the state car all over. Here is hoping there will be a big change in affairs and I think there will be. W. J. Ardis. —_+--~-____ Another Unemployment Problem. Little Dick started kindergarten. He hated it the first day; liked it the sec- ond; adored it the third, and by Thurs- day he was so keen about going he even offered to wash his own knees! Friday, Dick asked the teacher what they were going to do Saturday. Teacher explained that there would be no school Saturday or Sunday. When the youngster got home after Friday’s session, his mother saw he was very depressed. ‘“What’s the mat- ter,’ she asked. Dick sat down at a table, leaned one arm on it, said in a hopeless voice: “Darn it, I’ve been laid off for a cou- ple of days.” Michigan State Normal College Opened in 1852 Educational Plant Campus of one hundred acres. Twelve buildings with modern equipment. Training School, includ- ing Elementary and High School Departments. Certificates and Degrees Life Certificate on completion of Three Years’ Curricula. A. B. and B. S. Degrees on com- pletion of Four Years’ Curricula. Special Curricula Home Economics, Kindergarten, Phys- ical Education, Public School Music, Music and Drawing, Drawing and Manual Arts, Commercial, Rural, Agri- culture, Special Education. Normal College Conservatory of Music offers courses in Voice, Piano, Organ, Violin, Band and Orchestra. Fall Term begins September 27, 1932. Write for Bulletin and list of rooms. Rooming houses for women students offer a single bed for every girl. Cc. P. STEIMLE, Registrar YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN FALL M. E. Davenport President. AUGUST 29 and SEPTEMBER 6 Business training puts one in touch with the busi- ness leaders. Secretaries and Accountants will be needed as long as business is transacted. Selecting a school for your business training is very im- portant. DAVENPORT-McLACHLAN INSTI- TTE is Chartered by the State as a Class A Col- lege. Write, phone or call for information. DAVENPORT-McLACHLIN 215 Sheldon Avenue, TERM STARTS INSTITUTE Grand Rapids, Michigan THE BASIS OF AN EMPIRE. These are such days as send ten mil- lion stalks of towering corn still furth- er toward the sun in that great inland empire of America, the Middle West —hot days and humid nights when golden tassels scent the air with sweet- ness and ears droop heavy with the ceaseless energy distilled from soil and rain and sun. In those black bottom lands, on a still August night, the lis- tener can hear amid the gentle rustle of the swordlike leaves the soft, sure crackle of growth itself. There lies the great new home of America’s majestic grain, that maize which once grew wild and _ grasslike in the steaming lowlands of the tropics. But everywhere, from coast to coast and Gulf to Lakes, the tall corn grows. Every road to the open country leads past fields of waving corn where even now a man can disappear from sight as surely as a mouse in ineadow grass. Six feet and more it rears its yellow crowns, and before the frosts come to sear the husks it will be even higher. Row on row, acre on acre, it stands like a young forest, lush green on dis- tant hillsides and flowing like some emerald flood down the valleys. Yet commonplace as these fields now are, the corn from which they grew and into which they will ripen with the autumn frosts is one of the lasting wonders of the New World. The In- dians knew and used it long before the white man dreamed there was a land between their homes and India to the West. And before those Indians which we recognize as such knew corn, their ancestors or other races of America’s A grass it Then some forgotten past knew maize. surely was long, long ago. one found its grains were worth the gathering, and still others took from the leftover harvest and planted fields in some new place. And so it grew and changed, and the tropic grass migrated North. Un- conscious choice of seeds picked out those variations from the parent plant which best thrived in new _ environ- ment. Trade introduced it to still oth- er peoples, and new soils, new seasons, new ways of cultivation brought out new traits. And then, after time so long that none can safely estimate, the white man came and found the Indians and their maize. The white man called it corn. The white man called it good. And the white man made of that strange grass grown tall and fruitful the very basis of an empire. The many plans put forward to speed business recovery usually have their good points, but practically all of them deal with superficial remedies. Reduction of working hours, for in- stance, would serve an admirable pur- pose in distributing jobs and cutting down on unemployment. At the same time, if no provision is made for living wages, then the situation would no doubt grow progressively worse. Fundamental data are required upon industrial equipment and how it may be used for the common good. This is the task to which the group at Co- lumbus University has addressed itself with rather amazing results in its pre- liminary studies. Technocracy, as this MICHIGAN TRADESMAN organization has named its work, pic- tures a problem which far outstrips the meager findings on which so many recovery plans have been based. But this is not to say that the hum- bler efforts should be disregarded. They are all pointed in the same direc- tion, and yet it would be exceedingly wise if all business planners with their five, seven or nine point programs might make themselves thoroughly fa- miliar with the essential features of our economic situation and not be too given over to temporary expedients. When the whole price system, un- der which the world operates, is brought into question, there is bound to be a defensive recoil. And yet, if the facts of industry and distribution require a change, and may bring about that change regardless of the hold ex- éerted by tradition, then the subject should receive most careful considera- tion before and uot after the crisis has been reached. It would be a wise move, therefore, for all trade associations and other business organizations to maintain con- tact with those groups which are dig- ging out the fundamental facts about our system. TONES DOWN THE PICTURE. Official pronouncement that the financial crisis is over and that it now rests upon business and banking in- terests through their own efforts to lift the depression probably added its bit during the past week to improved sentiment. Securities and speculative commodities continue fairly buoyant. On the other hand, outside of the tex- tile lines, there is little change record- ed in the low level of basic industrial operations. Definite evidence of agri- cultural unrest rather tones down the picture of brighter prospects. Advances in the cloth, steel and power indices are offset by the decline in the automobile and carloading series. In the automotive industry greater confidence is being expressed in the business expected to develop within sixty days. Car registrations, never- theless, make a more favorable show- ing. So far as the major lines of industry are concerned, the textile field presents about the only scene of expanded op- erations. Many of these lines were unduly depressed and, like the security markets, have rebounded. Orders have been compressed into the last two or three weeks which would ordinarily be placed over a period of two months or more. Low stocks and price ad- vances have whipped in business even though buyers are still quite a little uncertain whether retail demand will justify larger commitments. The principal question just now is whether the general return of confi- dence will prove sufficient to promote a buying movement and lead-to ex- pansion in industrial activity. Textile gains do not offer so good a base for an upturn as another more highly paid line might. BUYERS REGAIN AUTHORITY. The change from central office con- trol to individual buying operations announced recently by a large depart- ment store chain and a similar change made public last week by a smaller organization have been received with great satisfaction by manufacturers and wholesalers and are regarded as marking a new development of sig- nificance by retailers. The buyer in these cases regains his former freedom of action and assumes responsibility for his department. In the broader aspect, the change means that one of the most important systems devised after the 1920-21 de- pression has gone by the board. Many other systems which worked well when everything was running smoothly and trade increases were difficult to avoid have already been discarded. It re- mains to be seen, merchants agree, whether the buyer is equal to his new task and can show better results now that he is given more authority. Perhaps something of a forecast can be made in this matter. As in business generally, a number of executives were carried along on the tide of prosperity, but nevertheless claimed much of the credit for increased business and larger profits. In the good years since 1921 there were only minor emergencies and nothing to compare with the problems now presented. It can be predicted fairly safely, therefore, that the buyer who knows his job will operate better under the “new freedom,” while those who have been merely going through the motions will fare even less satis- factorily than if they had the assist- ance of a central office. DRY GOODS CONDITIONS. Interest in summer clearances has shown an abrupt drop in retail trade, and demand during the week has turn- ed to Fall offerings. Buying of a scat- tered type is reported, although it is also noted that better-grade goods here and there are meeting with much bet- ter response. This development is being watched closely so that price lines may be adjusted accordingly. Since the month has two extra busi- ness days this year for the large de- partment stores which close on Satur- days, it is believed that the percentage decline may fall well below the two weeks’ figures. In the wholesale merchandise mar- kets during the week there was not only a new peak set for the season in the number of buyers in market, but activity is pronounced and prices are very buoyant. A combination of a late season and the advance in raw mate- rials has brought about many price increases in cotton goods, silks, rayon and woolens. Cotton goods have seen a succession of advances and many products have been placed on an “at value” basis. For the time being the state of re- tail trade is being ignored, but it may become more important when the pres- ent market spurt subsides. MONTICELLO. It is regrettable that the threat of foreclosure should be mentioned in reference to Monticello, the historic home of Thomas Jefferson near Char- lottesville, Va. This seat ranks close to Mount Vernon as an attraction for tourists and students of history. Its importance as a shrine is so generally recognized that when, in 1923, the August 31, 1932 Thomas Jefferson Memorial Founda- tion acquired title to the 650-acre es- tate and opened it to the public, mil- lions of school children contributed their pennies toward its purchase. Upward of $800,000 has been spent by the foundation toward acquiring and maintaining the property, but its president, Stuart G. Gibboney, an- nounces that $100,000 of the $500,000 purchase price remains unpadi. Other outstanding indebtedness brings the sum needed to clear the property of debt to about $127,000. A Nation-wide appeal has been made for this amount, which must be raised soon to avert the threatened closing of the estate and its return to private hands. SCIENCE PREFERS BLONDES. To the long list of those who have made personal sacrifices for science should be added the names of several unbobbed blondes of Montreal. A\l- ready in the laboratories of McGill University the hygrographic record of changes in humidity testifies to their martyrdom. Scientists have good rea- son for preferring blondes. None but fine gold hairs can be used on the deli- cate instrument that records hourly changes in humidity. The hair of bru- nettes is too coarse. Only tresses long enough to reach the waist will satisfy so fastidious an instrument as_ the hygrograph. Yet the McGill Univer- sity weather man made only a few telephone calls before he was assured of an adequate supply of these neces- sary strands. There is no question that these few strands represent femi- nine sacrifice. If there is such a thing as chivalry in science the Montreal blondes ought to be rewarded. Clear days for jelly making or perhaps bright nights for courting should be their portion. RED ALDER FORESTS. The plan of South Carolina’s State Forester to solve the forest-fire prob- lem by growing fireproof trees is not quite so foolish as it sounds. The idea is to plant cut-over and burned-over land with red alder, which, both in foilage and branches, is fire-resistant. Fires in red alder growth are rare. But forests of red alder are limited in their usefulness. As covering for watersheds they would be excellent. The other uses of the tree, however, are not large. Alder once was used to provide the higher grades of charcoal for the manufacture of gunpowder, but that demand has waned with the in- troduction of new processes. It was once used for pilings and many Vene- tian buildings still stand on alder un- derpinnings many years old, but there, too, new methods have reduced its usefulness. Occasionally alder is still used for making furniture, but pine, gum, basswood and even poplar are in far greater demand. Vast growths of alder, therefore, would be woodlands of limited use. Savings in welding are effected by a new electrode holder stand which shuts down the welder one minute after holder is placed on the stand, starts it when holder is removed. acne RAR et aie amma enter Fath i coeainicacamainsanacnanaiidinaneliiiSunmansaerstncnban August 31, 1932 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 OUT AROUND. Things Seen and Heard on a Week End Trip. I had the pleasure of calling on four bright business communities last week: Middleville, Hastings, Clarksville and Lake Odessa. All of these towns are replete with good merchants who joined with me in the sure coming of better times and more profitable busi- ness conditions. At Hastings I was told that Leo Wellfare had purchased a third inter- est in the grocery stock of F. & B. Wellfare, 129 East State street. The business will be conducted hereafter under the style of Wellfare & Son. J. J. Mead, who bought the insolvent grocery stock of E. C. Russ & Son last December, expects to have the stock closed out within the next two weeks. He will continue his grocery store at 740 East State street. Considering the large amount of travel on M 37 it would seem to be the part of wisdom on the part of the county road commissioners to shorten the eighteen miles of gravel roadbed between the Kent county line and Hastings. There is, perhaps, a mile of cement in and around Middleville and about the same Northwest of The road maps show less cement mileage in Barry county than any other county in Central or South- ern Michigan. Considering the good condition Barry county is in, financial- ly, and the enterprising character of her people, I look to see these requisites find expression in the hard surfacing of M 37 in the near future. Hastings. My first call at Middleville was on W. F. Thomasma, who is undertaking to acclimatize a new species of bean from the Netherlands on ‘his farm two miles Southwest of town. He is meet- ing with fair success im this undertak- ing and is led to believe that as times improve the farmers will take to the new product. A. M. Gardner showed me a chart recently handed to him by the in- spector of the Department of Public Health of Barry county, maintained for the sanitary inspection of food handling establishments, showing that his food emporium was 99 per cent., as compared with a possible 100 per cent. Mr. Gardner ‘has ‘been identified with the retail trade of Middleville fiftyfive years. He has done business at his present location for forty years. Frank Lee, the grocer by the bridge, told me that his father, who was a pioneer farmer in Barry county, was in the habit of taking a load of dressed hogs to Grand Rapids every winter back in the sixties, selling it to the meat dealers of the Valley City for $3 per 100 pounds and using the proceeds to purchase a sleigh box of ground gypsum rock, which he used when he planted his corn the next spring. Every hill planted to corn received a little sprinkling of land plaster. Which reminds me that about the same time of the year the farmers in Lenawee county, where I was born, formed clubs of forty to ‘fifty back in the sixties and made their way to Grand Rapids every year with loads of dressed hogs and oats which they sold in the “lumlber woods,” which meant Grand Rapids in those days. They invested the proceeds of their loads in land plaster. I never heard of their using it on corn. They thought they had to sprinkle it on their clover to get a good crop. My first introduction to Grand Rap- ids was in the spring of 1870—sixty- two years ago, We were headed: for Lamont and ‘boarded the side-wheel steamboat, Daniel Ball, which then made daily trips (in conjunction with the L. & L. Jenison) between Grand Rapids and Grand Haven. Our first stop was at the dock of the Eagle plaster mill, three or four miles down stream, where we took on about one hundred. ‘barrels of land plaster. I called at the office of the Grand Rap- ids Plaster Co. a day or two ago and asked if the company was still ship- ping ground plaster in barrels. The assistant manager said that land plas- ter was now put up in 80 pound sacks; that the promoters of commercial fer- tilizers ‘have given the land plaster business hard knocks for some years, but most of the leading authorities have recently reversed their attitude on the subject and are recommending the use of land plaster—not as a fertilizer, but because of the sulphur and calcium it contains and. the assistance it gives the soil in retaining moisture. The production of gypsum is one of the oldest industries in the city. Com- paratively little is known about the business iby people who do not reside in Grand Rapids because of its remote- ness from the city. I think I will go over my data on the subject and write an article thereon at some future time. Such a treatment of the subject would naturally include the development of stucco wall finishes made from the purer fonms of gypsum, wihich has played an important part in the com- mercial history of the Valley City for about fifty years. Glenn Blake has moved the machin- ery from this mill on the Thornapple to the rear end of his garage in Mid- dleville, where he is manufacturing chairs, ferneries and other articles for household use. He still owns the fac- tory and water power and expects to see it occupied by an industry which will give employment to a consider- able numlber as soon as times improve. Much has been said and written of late years concerning the utter foolish- ness of maintaining unnecessary churches in localities where one live church could do more good than three or four struggling congregations. I was reminded of this situation, as ap- plied to merchandising, in passing through Elmdale, where there are now two merchants where there really ought to be only one, The stocks in both stores do not aggregate $500 in value. There were no customers in evidence in either store and no auto- mobile, team or traveler of any kind within a mile of the town either East or West. The logical thing to do in a case of that kind is for the two mer- chants to get together and draw cuts as to which one will remain and which one will seek a new field where there is prospect of making a decent living in a locality where a store is needed. I found a very different atmosphere at Clarksville, a few miles from Elm- dale. Lloyd Houghton was very busy waiting on customers at his grocery store and insisted he was having a very satisfactory run of business. One of the Marvin Bros. told me their hardware store was being well patronized and that they could see even better times in the dim and dis- tant future, rapidly heading this way. I have a warm attachment for the Marvin store, because it was establish- ed by the late George E. Marvin, whom I knew as head clerk in the Edwards hardware store at Newaygo for many years. We were both ‘born in the same county (Lenawee) and had many friendly points of contact. The sons are undertaking to maintain the high standards of their remarkable father. Mrs. Nash told me she was bending every energy to bring about the re- organization of the bank established by her late husband, which she was obliged to close a few months ago. I found the Lake Odessa Canning Co. running full handed on corn, which was coming into the factory in large loads with rapid ‘succession. Manager Reed reported a good run on everything he has undertaken to put in cans this season except peas, the pack of which was reduced to 30 per cent. of normal by sudden attacks of the aphis. He is now in possession of a formula which will enable him to put a quietus on the pest as soon as it ap- pears, so he will have no further loss from that cause. Mr. Reed is entitled to a great deal of credit for the man- ner in which he has built up the busi- ness of the canning company, starting modestly and increasing his output every year. It is a great friend to the farmers who grow raw products for the cannery. I hail the day! Harrison Parker, one of the greatest swindlers who has ever disgraced the criminal annals of the United States, was convicted in Chicago last Saturday of embezzling $349,000 from the North American Trust Co. and sentenced to serve from one to ten years in the penitentiary at Joliet. The Chicago Tribune makes the following reference to the matter: The indictment charged that Parker embezzled $349,000 in the funds of the North American Trust Co., which he controlled, and which was the out- growth of the Guaranteed Reserve System, a Delaware corporation which Parker had headed. judge Kelly, in announcing his decision, said the state had established the embezzlement charge. “Parker has ‘been a ‘financial rack- eteer in ‘Chicago since 1912,” State’s Attorney John A. Swanson said after the verdict. “This is the first time the law has caught up with him, although he has been accused of confidence game, swindling, conspiracy and other crimes. “There are thousands of victims of Parker in Cook county alone. The public lost $28,000,000 in the Co- operative society. An additional $4,- 000,000 was ‘lost in the failure of the City State Bank, a co-operative society organization. His swindles in real estate were enormous. He promoted land sales in Fruitvale and other parts of Michigan in which the investors lost.” The trial was one of the longest in the history of the Criminal court. It began last _November before Judge Kelly. More than 500 exhibits were introduced to show Parker’s /financial manipulations by means of which he diverted to his own use money intend- ed for other purposes, Parker is the chap who sued me for $100,000 in the United States court a dozen or fifteen years ago. In com- pany with the late Robert D. Graham, I went to Chicago to attend the land show promoted jointly by Parker and the Chicago Tribune. The Tribune ad- vertised the event in spread eagle style, offering a “free lot” at Fruitvale with every 50 cent ticket to the show. The Tribune played up what purported to be a beautiful lake, covered with sail boats and small craft, surrounded by a large hotel and wonderful cottages. The location of this “earthly paradise” was purported ‘to be located a few miles North and East of Montague. To complete the transaction and se- cure the ownership of a lot each pur- chaser of a 50 cent ticket found he must pay $3.75 additional for abstract and deed and tthe recording of the deed. Mr. Graham and the writer de- cided that the whole thing was an arrant swindle and I said as much in the next issue of the Tradesman, strongly condemning the Chicago Tribune for the part it played in the affair. Parker responded to my charg- es by starting a libel suit for $100,000. The Tribune played the matter up on its front page with glaring headlines, asserting that “No compromise will be accepted and no apology will be con- sidered. The matter will be speedily pushed to the bitter end.” Realizing that we were up against the real thing, with a crook at one end and a rich newspaper corporation at the other, I visited the location of the “earthly paradise,” in company with my attorney, the late ex-Judge Hatch. We found a wilderness of wild cut- over land, no boats, no hotels, no cot- tages, no fountains playing—only pine stumps, second growth oak trees, and a struggling little creek which was subsequently converted into a_ little pond by damming. We stood pat on Parker’s charges and prepared to meet the issue, knowing we would be able to expose him as a swindler if we could ever get the case before a jury. The day before the case was set for trial, Max Pam, a leading lawyer of Chicago at that time, came to Grand Rapids, called on my attorney, paid him his charges for legal services to date and reimbursed us for the ex- pense we had incurred in working up the case for trial, dismissed the case and returned to Chicago on the eve- ning train. I succeeded in obtaining a list of the victims of this swindling scheme and sent every one a copy of the Tradesman containing my refer- ence to the outcome of the suit. Asa result, few if any lot holders ever paid any taxes on their purchase, resulting (Continued on page 23) 10 FINANCIAL International Interchange of Goods Essential To Prosperity. The British Empire conference at Ottawa has now closed delibera- tions, signed such agreements proved possible and announced to the public such of the final conclusions as were thought wise. It may be, as some critics say, that Great Britain has been obliged to grant quite definite conces- sions to the various constituent parts of its “commonwealth nations” in return for uncertain that may or may not prove to be of great benefit to the home country. This, however, is a matter of concern to Great Britain chiefly. Other countries, and particularly the United States, are more concerned, or ought to be, with the general meaning the debates conducted and the conclusions reached at Ottawa and the effect the agree- ments there concluded will have upon the economic welfare of the rest of the world. As to this there can be no disputing one If the peoples of the world are awaking to the need for greater sanity and more good horse sense in respect of the matter of trade restrictions, there was no evidence of it at Ottawa, any more than there is in the United States of America, where post-war super-excess- es in such matters were well started on their way some years ago. Just as the United States has its conception of a self-sufficient, walled-in domestic market, just as the Germans of all people are ‘bowing down before the image of what is now there termed “Autarkie,” just so has Great Britain, popularly thought of as the home and the haven of refuge of unrestricted trade theories, her powerful advocates of Empire self-sufficiency. Wrong- headedness on this question of reason- ableness in permitting goods to pass from one country to another seems in- deed to be a world-wide disease. its as of assurances of sweeping generalization: There is no question here of what is known as free trade. We _ have progressed far beyond that point. The deep-dyed-in-the-wool protectionist of the Payne-Aldrich days is but a pale reflection of the individual who to-day demands that foreign goods be exclud- ed from this country. It moreover makes less and less difference as time passes to which party such exclusion- ists belong. It has long been known that the Democratic party harbored many ardent restrictionists, and the party itself has softened its old slogan “tariff for revenue only” to “a com- petitive tariff for revenue.” We have led and still are leading the way, but other peoples are now proving apt pupils. The world has now reached a stage where international trade is all but impossible in many classes of The conferees at Ottawa un- fortunately showed no consciousness of this situation and no recognition of the gravity of the position in which world industry and trade is thus placed. goods. The peoples of the world can prob- ably still make a living without inter- national trade, or with international trade shriveled almost to the vanish- ing point, but they cannot provide themselves with the essentials of a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN standard of living ordinarily consid- ered suitable for modern times, Un- til such time as general willingness to introduce greater freedom in the inter- national interchange of goods, re- places the determination in evidence at Ottawa further to restrict and impede this trade, it will be futile to expect sound and even relatively permanent prosperity anywhere. [| Copyrighted, 1932.] ——_++.>___ Inconsistencies Raise Several Inter- esting Questions. There are fundamental iniconsisten- cies in present-day conceptions of cer- tain aspects of current banking and credit that ought not to escape atten- tion. Nowhere are conflicting doctrines more in evidence itthan in two of the most frequently heard generalizations about such matters. The first of these has to do with the practice of virtually all the larger and successful corporations during the decade following the depression of 1920 of supplying themselves with ex- ceptionally liberal supplies of capital on a long-term basis. The fact that such a large proportion of such enter- prises sold so many bonds and stocks during that time that they no longer needed ‘to depend upon the banks for ordinary commercial accommodations is cited as the main reason why the banks of the country were “obliged” to go into the securities business to keep their funds at work. Successful corporation managers are to-day con- gratulating themselves and the organ- izations they represent on the fact that they have been able to keep their working capital well intact, and are therefore no more dependent on the banks than they were at the end of 1920. The very same individuals who note these facts with no little satisfaction in many instances in the next breath lay down a second and basically inconsist- ent generalization to the effect that what is needed most of all to stimulate business at the present time is more liberal extension of commercial bank credit. If it is asked to whom the banks ought to extend such credits, the reply is usually vague, but makes reference to ‘‘smaller’” corporations, business men in the “interior” or to large sections of the hinterland where by reason of bank failures ordinary credit facilities are said no longer to exist in adequate degree. The fact that the large number of corporations that by reason of their cash resources have no need for credit of any sort are no more able than any other to obtain orders for their goods is waved aside as immaterial—or is conveniently for- more gotten. Are those who thus appear to con- tradict themiselves really suggesting that the commercial ibanks of the coun- try should more and more devote themselves to the sort of operations heretofore largely carried on by the finance companies, lending on receiv- ables, ‘financing consumers and other- wise providing funds to enterprises that by reason of bad management, misfortune or for some other reason can show little or no working capital of their own, and to individual con- sumers who have not the money to pay for the articles they wish to buy and consume? A greater disposition quietly and dispassionately to face the facts of the credit situation and closely allied ques- tions would clear the atmosphere a great deal. [ Copyrighted, 1932.] ee Determine Tendency of Stock Through Charts. The old time traders who read the stock tape watched the ticker for ac- tivity and when stock would break out of its range with increasing volume, they would buy or sell it. This theory was very well when there were only a few leaders ‘but it will not work in the present market when there are nearly a thousand different stocks being trad- Some stocks are mov- Con- ed in one day. ing up while others go down. August 31, 1932 sequently, this type of trading will not be successful in the market. The investor who hasn't tthe oppor- tunity to study the tape should watch his charts and daily newspapers for stocks that have a volume of 100,000 shares for that particular day. These stocks are either leaders or are going to be leaders. In watching stocks in this manner, one will find that on some particular day the volume will double. This indicates the move is on, either up or down, and the investor can start trading against it. A good rule to follow, if a stock has a large volume of ‘sales in a day and has made a very small range, is to not buy or sell until this range becomes wider and ‘then to go with the trend. Analysis of any se- curity furnished up- on request. J. F. STERLING, Statistician J. H. Petter & Co. i} Investment Bankers 343 Michigan Trust Building Phone 4417 ¥W West’ Michigan's oldest and largest bank solicits your account on the basis of sound polli- cies and many helpful services . . OLD KENT BANK 2 Downtown Offices 12 Community Offtices Established 1860 Incorporated 1865 THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN GRAND RAPIDS The Largest National Bank in Western Michigan August 31, 1932 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11 3 S ry ac oc c i x e . + . . e : By studying past history of a stock ordered filed. Upon receipt of same list Bill Roh, Grand Rapids ___._____ 6.80 Aug. 24. We have received the order and knowing the future will be a of _assets and liabilities will be muide Harold Smith, Grand Rapids —___— 36.90 of reterence and adjudication in the mat- send: ies herein. i : i ae Strong Electric Co., Grand Rapids 68.67 ter of Happy Day Laundry Co., a Mich- duplicate of the past, you can deter- res a his have snes ee ; en & Cornell, Grand Rapids 34.59 igan corporation, Bankrupt No. 4966. The : : : : cation and order of reference in the mat- Thompson Typewriter, Grand Rap. 14.00 bankr lid its siness i calamaz mine the c ous : i : ee oe : 2 : Type iter, € tap. i ankrupt did its business in Kalamazoo. uaa according to the time ter of the Oliver. Elevator Co., Bankrupt Vans Radio Sales, Grand Rapids 43.68 The court has ordered the schedules filed, and condition. Sometimes it is neces- aa 4967. poo eA alesis bank: = \wanner €o — 8 54.19 and upon receipt of same the assets and ee ee oe a muptey. and the Schedules have beem Or- Geo. Walsh 9.96 liabilities listed on said bankrupt’s sched- sary to study back conditions and base dered filed, upon receipt of same the list Leo Walsh, Grand Rapids _._____ 16.00 ules will be stated herein. This is an your calculations on the past action of = assets and liabilities will be published Phil Wisner, Grand Rapids —__--. 289.10 involuntary matter. oe 1erein. Max Wolfe, Grand Rapids _._______ 438.57 Aug. 25. I have received the schedules the market. In the matter of Edith M. Blair, Bank- Ernest Wheeler, Grand Rapids ~~ 168.52 order of reference and adjudication in the Investors should always make a real "UPt No. 4677. The sale of assets in this Western Newspaper Union -____- 34.83 matter of Anthony J. Majohrzak, Bank- dea ee , matter has been called for Sept. 5 at the John Weeda, Grand Rapids —__-__-- 30.89 rupt No. 4986. The bankrupt is a resi- study yefore trading. If the stock has ee ee scores ness Oe Central Mich. Paper Co., Grand R. 2,664.3 dent of Grand Rapids, and his occupation had a big move in previous years < rupt at 212 South Clinton street, Cnaric- G. R. Savings Bank, Grand Rapids 854.96 is that of a general contractor. Thé & co” previous years and Voix. The stock of merchandise used in Aimerican Koller €o. .-..._.-. 10.43 schedules show assets of $141.50, with now fluctuates in a narrow range, do interior Sr ak ae pene Baxter-Hunt Hdwe., Grand Rap. 3.3: liabilities listed at $6,285.72. The court 5 ca ties appraised at 28.26 wi be sold. Don Archer, Grand Rapids ar 2 ie : : : not Dae ; a 2 a : : - d , Gre Tapigs -.-2.. _ $.00 has written for funds and upon receipt make a commitment until it shows Aji interested in such sale should be pres- fonnet Brown Corp. =. 40.00 of same the first meeting of creditors a definite move. If a stock has been ee - the yi ae oe ebore — ee parce, Grand Rapids ______ 290.93 will be called. The list of creditors of ae a & ; : _ In the matter of Burr Oak 3 fanufactur- Z3oulet Plbg. Shop, Grand Rapids__ 11.74 said bankrupt is as follows: a leader In a previous bull Campaign or ing Co., Bankrupt No. 4580, final meeting Bingham Rollers =. 20.00 Stuart & Dewey Tile Co. _._._$2710.00 a previous ‘bear campaign, the chances - oS was held ae goes . kee Distributing Agency — ___-_ 52.50 Jordan & Jordan, Grand Rapids__ 150.00 : Z E : rustee was presen pers an arold Covell, Grand Rapids 42.05 Verhey Lumber Co., Grand Rapids 2.8 a : : : a a sent : : ll, é ‘ 2.0% y © .. Grand Rapids 82.50 are it will not be as good a leader in represented by Fred G. Stanley, attorney. Carpenter Distributing Agency 21.50 Williams & Work, Grand Rapids __ 13.25 the next unless the charts show that fo a pila anes ee en Printing Co., Battle Creek 19.56 Meyering Elec. Co., Grand Rapids 44.95 se iC : er, ¢€ y- re rs were SE Central Mich. Paper Co., Grand R. 280.52 Spinner & Skutt Lumber Co., G. R. 63.60 it 1s going to lead an advance or a G. R, Credit Men’s Association. - Several Geo, F. Cornell, Grand Rapids -- 18 Hmmet F. Roche Co., Grand Rap. 19.55 decline. claims fixed for hearing were taken up, Louis Doele, Grand Rapids -_-_-- 54.5 Riverside Lumber Go., Grand Rap. 733.84 Sid heard and disposed of. Certain attorneys Central Trade Plant, Grand Rapids 122.3 Frank Fryear, Grand Rapids --__. 280.40 Study groups of stocks and watch bills were ordered paid. An order was Franz & Bailey, Grand Rapids __ 14.36 John Smolenski, Grand Rapids 47.90 how they act on rallies and reactions. made for the payment of ex Reuse of ad- Fellows Distributing Agency -_--__ 20.00 Cc. W. Firhk, Grand Rapids ______ 324.00 se oe : ministration and for the declaration of Fuller Engraving Co., Grand Rap. 13.66 Frank Kaplanoski, Grand Rapids 63.90 This will determine whether they are Lica : be Whoa fC oe of a Herald, Grand Rapids ..._..______ 5.40 Dealers Finance Co., Cincinnati, O. 230.00 iG , : per cent. No objection to discharge. ina Press, Grand Rapids 11.78 EC Hollander Gr. a ( . ie te a ‘ sikh a a ae 2 ; Ss, é Se a ae Se c ollander, Grand Rapids __ 941.60 8g g to go up hos a bull capes or meeting | then adjourned without dé te. ™ J. Hunter. Grand Rapids _. 9.27 Stiles Materials Co., Grand Rapids 33.57 whether they will be a part ina bear : In ae ee ae boas and international Ink Co. __.. 89.42 Rademaker Grocery, Grand Rapids 31.5 oo . xeorge inick, individually and as CO- Johnso-Borgman, Grand Rapids 16.22 Jos. Ste i ese a a 9 5 a Mpale: ie L ee ae piyeaha : ra Ne ah ye v A an, é tapids__ 3.23 Jos. Stehouwer, Grand Rapids -_-. 12.50 campaign. Olt course, the only way to partners doing business as Winick Bros. WwW, H. Kessler.Co., Grand Rapids 2.30 W. J. DeGraff, Grand Rapids - 100.00 determine this is through charts. a ee Co., ee a ea Ludlow Sypesraph 2.37 Central West Tin Shop, Grand R. 16.00 ; ing of creditors was held Aug. 1s. Tus- Meyr eBoth Printing Co. ___- 59.92 ‘ oo ‘naee 99 Jay H. Petter. tee was represented by Messrs. Wicks, Menjes Folder Ca ee Cee 35.00 (Continue OF ene oe a a foe ie gout ee ee Vincent Edwards €o 5.22 ° . sente y 3enjamin < wInIth, @ orney. West Michigan Paine = | 7.45 Proceedings of the Grand Rapids yatter of show cause taken up and it printer pas Us Bankruptcy Court. was determined an order would be pre- Togan-Stiles Lumber Co., Grand R. 4.50 ptcy pared reciting the facts, Certain attor- Brandjten & Kluge, Grand Rapids 10.00 Grand Rapids, Aug. 22—In the matter eys’ ‘ills approved and allowed. Trus- (. R. Hlectrotype, Grand Rapids__ 3.41 of Regal Oil Co., Bankrupt No. 4259. The tee’s equity in and to property located = Cedar Springs Clipper, Cedar Sp. 56 final meeting of creditors has been called @t Camp Take. tomcthor with person Chamber of Commerce, Grand R. 3.00 for Sept. 7. The trustee’s final report property in the cottage thereon, wae Holland Sentinel, Holland —_______ .d8 will be approved at such meteing. There S°ld. An order was made for the pay- G. R. Savings Bank, Grand Rapids 3.00 may be a first and final dividend for cred- ™ent of expenses of administration aS f[nland Printer --_-------__----_--- 3.64 oe far as funds on hand would permit, there Sampson Olliver €o. ____.._ 3.64 In the matter of Harry T. Richter, Peing no dividend for creditors. a Sal lawrence Weembhofe 2.48 doing business as City Drug and Book Jection to discharge. inal meeting 4d- Si Louis Sticker Co. ____|- 11.00 Store, Bankrupt No. 4773. The final meet- Journed without Gate, on tank Mill Mutuals Agency, Grand Rap. 64.41 ing of creditors has been called for Sept. In the matter of Charles Marks, boy aaa M & I Eypesetting 23.39 7. The trustee’s final report will be ap- ~UPt No. 4690, adjourned final ar ee Monarch Printing Co., Grand Rap. 11.50 proved at such meeting. There may be was held under date of Aug. a Edison Nichols, Grand Rapids 27.99 a first and final dividend for creditors. were no appearances. Trustee's) He INIA Service 4.62 In the matter of Pope & Heyboer, Inc., report approved and allowed. Certaim ue or ees aie ee Bankrupt No. 4571. The final meeting of attorneys’ bills approved anid ordered Mergenthaler _Linotype €o., creditors has been cailed for Sept. 7. The paid. Order was made for the payment BrGonigit, NC vo eS 20.40 trustee’s final report will be approved at 0f expenses of administration and for the Montgomery & Bacon ~----------- 3.11 ON CAMPAU SQUARE such meeting. There may be a first and final dividend for creditors. In the matter of August C. Fox, Bank- rupt No. 4944. The first meeting of cred- itors has been called for Sept. 6. In the matter of August C. Fox, Bank- rupt No. 4944. The sale of assets in this matter has been called for Sept. 7 at the premises formerly occupied by the bank- rupt at Occidental Hotel building, Mus- kegon. The following property will be sold: Jewelry, custom jewelry, findings, tools and equipment and silverware and dishes, appraised at $9,616.33. All inter- ested in such sale should be present at the date and time above stated. In the matter of Franz R. McElwain, Bankrupt No. 4976. The first meeting of creditors has been called for Sept. 6. In the matter of Lewis R. Power, Bank- rupt No. 4981. ‘The first meeting of cred- itors has been called for Sept. 6. In the matter of Charles A. Wood, Bankrupt No. 4970. The first meeting of creditors has been called for Sept. 6. In the matter of Anna Klindera, doing business under the assumed name _ the Art Shoppe, Bankrupt No. 4977. The first meeting of creditors has been called for Sept. 8. In the matter of James Houlihan, Inc., Bankrupt No. 4975. The first meeting of ereditors has been called for Sept. 8. In the matter of James A. Houlihan, Bankrupt No. 4974. The first meeting of creditors has been called for Sept. 8. In the matter of Hery H. Niewoonder, Bankrupt No. 4978. The first meeting of creditors has been called for Sept. 8. In the matter of Cecil A. Geer, Bank- rupt No. 4900. The first meeting of cred- itors has been called for Sept. 9. In the matter of John Haveman, Bank- rupt No. 4983. The first meeting of cred- itors has been called for Sept. 9. In the matter of Ralph Stimer, Bank- rupt No. 4979. The first meeting of cred- itors has been called for Sept. 9. In the matter of LaVerne N. Atwater, individually and doing business as the Grand Rapids Mercantile Adjustment Co., Bankrupt No. 4971. The first meeting of creditors has been called for Sept. 9. In the matter of Harold Kline, Bank- rupt No. 4973. The first meeting of cred- itors has been called for Sept. 9. In the matter of Reeves Comfort, Bankrupt No. 4982. The first meeting of creditors has been called for Sept. 9. Aug. 22. We have received the adjudi- cation and order of reference in the mat- ter of Currey Publiehing Co., a Michigan corporation, Bankrupt No. 4972. The bankruvt concern had its residence in Grand Rapids. This is ane involuntary bankruptcy and the schedules have been declaration of payment of divided. No objection to disharge. Adjourned final meeting adjourned without date. ‘Aug. 24. We have reeived the sched- ules, order of reference, and adjudication in the matter of Louis J. Hinken, Bank- rupt No. 4984. The bankrupt is. a resi- dent of Coopersville, and his occupation is that of a creamery proprietor. The schedules of the bankrupt show assets of $6,881.68, with liabilities listed at $18,- 073.34. The court has written for funds and upon receipt of same the first.meet- ing of creditors will be called. The list of creditors of said bankrupt is as fol- lows: Coopersville State Bank, Coopers- ie $3,672.00 Old Kent Bank, Grand Rapids __ 2,200.00 Peoples Savings Bank, Coopersv’e 6,600.00 Blink Bros., Marne —-------------- 363.00 Bolthouse Lumber Co., Holland -_ 31.00 R. Bennett, Coopersville —-_____--_ 62.60 Coopersville State Bank, Coopersv. 2,450.00 Cuthbert Cournyer, Coopersville-- 20.00 Coopersville Co-operative Elevator Co., Coopersvile --------------- 8.00 Durham Hardware Co., Coopersville 50.00 Lyman E. Durphy, Coopersville ~~ 500.00 Glarence Bubank, Marne -__-___ 20.00 Bernie Lemmen, Coopersville ----- 15.60 Lubbe & Rankans, Coopersville 60.00 Mills Paper Co., Grand Rapids -- 9.69 -Mohrhard & Laubengayer, Coopers- ville 25.00 @ ~------~--------- - --- - -- = --- = Oost & Helmboldt, Grand Rapids 30.00 Ottawa Couty Gas & Oil Co., Coopersville --_--_-_._____-_---- 33.00 Roswell Reynolds, Coopersville ~~ 259.00 Fred G. Timmer, Grand Rapids —- 7.00 Van Allsburg & Bush, Coopersville 218.00 Square-Deal Hardware Co., Coopers- ville Aug. 24. ules, in the matter of Curry Publishing Co., Bankrupt No. 4972. The bankrupt concern had its residence in Grand Ran- ids. The schedules of the bankrupt show assets of $13,208.60, with liabilities listed at $16,034.92. The list of creditors of said 62.00 bankrupt is as follows: State and county tax —--.-...____ $462.91 Harold Covel, Grand Rapids —~---- 7.40 Donald Arher, Grand Rapids —----- 27.30 Ernest Wheeler, Grand Rapids -~ 133.78 Frank Bayer, Grand Rapids ---~ 211.50 Phil Wisner, Grand Rapids -_---- 146.70 Louis Doele, Grand Rapids -------- 96.45 Max Wolfe, Grand Rapids __-_---- 214.28 Duplex Machinery Co., Battle Cr. 4,490.00 Mergenthaler Linotype Co., Brookivn, No Yo. 3,635.00 Proudfit Looseleaf, Grand Rapids 10.05 Quimby-Cain Paper Co., G. R. -~ 282.08 Remington-Rand Type. Co., G. R. 15.00 Reed Engraving Co., Grand Rap. 56.82 S PRADA TL PIE TEC Bankers who take a sympathetic interest in the business of their customers help more than by mere loaning of money. Such an interest has helped many a company prosper and grow far beyond the amount loaned. GAOL GRAND RAPIDS SAVINGS BANK “The Bank Where You Feel at Home’ 17 Convenient Offices 12 RETAIL GROCER Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Associa- tion of Michigan. President—Paul Schmidt, Lansing. First Vice-President — Theodore J. Bathke, Petoskey. Second Vice-President -— Randolph Eckert, Flint. Secretary — Herman Hanson, Grand Rapids. Treasurer—O. H. Bailey, Sr., Lansing. Directors—Holger Jorgenson, Muske- gon; L. V. Bberhard, Grand Rapids; John Lurie, Detroit; E. B. Hawley, Battle Creek; Ward Newman, Pontiac. Both Wholesaler and Retailer Must Be Progressive. One wholesale grocer I had not visited for nine years. The external aspect of his place seemed unchanged. I entered and asked him what adjust- ments he had made to cope with mod- ern developments. He had made plenty, of course. Otherwise he would now be out of business. But this is what he said: “I started in this business in New York in 1888. At that time it was commonly said that the wholesale grocery business was doomed to im- mediate extinction. In modern slang, it was “through.” I have heard that same statement every year of the in- tervening time—forty-two years and more. We have all heard the same thing about the retail grocery business. It is time we got over that notion. “The fact is, of course,” he con- tinued, “that both wholesale and re- tail business have changed: but change ‘is the natural condition of everything that lives. We only cease to change when we die—and our business is not dead yet.” Thereupon I remarked that I was glad to run up against an old-fashioned wholesale grocer. He promptly ob- jected to being called an old-fashioned wholesaler or old-fashioned anything else. “T have not thought up a word my- self that is adequately descriptive of our ‘business as it stands to-day, but I wish you or somebody else would think up one which reflects our real present condition and the character of our service,” he concluded. Well, how will “Modern Wholesale Grocer” do? That ought to cover it for to-day, to-morrow and all the days thereafter, because what is modern is always up to date and the wholesale grocer we find functioning now is up to date—of that you may be certain. A short time ago I asked another wholesale grocer whom I have known for twenty-five years whether he had taken a voluntary chain under his wing, ‘because I had heard a rumor to that effect. His house, by the way, has had a continuous existence during the past eighty years or so. “Voluntary chain?” he answered, “we have always operated a voluntary chain. It has consisted of grocers lo- cated far and wide over our big ter- ritory and it consists of those grocers —or their successors and assigns—to- day. Each and every grocer among them has always come to us volun- tarily. He comes voluntarily to-day. That, of course, was a bit of pleas- antry. He knew what I wanted to know. His answer was intended to tell me that the ways of the house had not been changed from its original plan. But I can vouch for its having changed in detail in conformity with business of the community. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN current usages, habits and modifica- tions. And therein is a valuable lesson for all of us, for unless we are ready to conform our ways and methods to current usage we might as well pass out of the picture voluntarily—or the picture will pass from us as back num- bers. Let me hasten to add that neither I nor the jobber last quoted intended to cast aspersions on the voluntary chain or any such organization, The vol- untary has its proper place in modern distribution. The corporate has its place. The individual—miscalled ‘in- dependent”—has his place. And each of these will remain and persist so long as he fulfills an economic need— and not a second longer. F'nally, each of these—all of them together or separately—must keep in tune with the times, or it will be just too bad for ‘him. I think along these lines particularly when I get into a city of, say, 360,000, in which are 1,200 grocers, and realize that 300 of those grocers are doing the For it is well known that 25 per cent. of any body of grocers always does 75 per cent. of the business. Let us think, then, of the 900 who are pitifully struggling along on a quarter of the business of their town. Now, why do they so struggle and fail? Because, basically, they do not change with the times. But within that general cause are a thousand de- tails. For example, they do not know the rudiments of their business. Their customers run them ragged with de- mands they try to meet and cannot, because nobody could meet them. This means the customers run the business and inevitably run it into the ground. Such alleged grocers never go out of their stores except to run their cars. Not one.in the thousand ever visits other grocery stores to see for himself what the great world of trade is actually doing. If they did this every two or three weeks, they would in that way alone derive such a wealth of new ideas and learn so many advanced methods that they would be far ad- vanced on their hard road toward success. I am not apologizing that I repeat that if such grocers would visit their neighbors, especially chain units, note prices, methods of display, store ar- rangement and such other points as would automatically impress them- selves on the mind of any observant man, the ‘benefit they would get from such experience would be incalculable. And those who do this know that what I write is true. Customers are running credit ac- counts with grocers who are not en- titled to credit anywhere. Grocers seem unable to learn much about how to prevent loss and derive additional profit from their credit business. If any grocer would open an account at a department store and run it for two or three months, carefully noting how the department store handles his own account, if then he would follow out a similar system, he would profit be- yond belief. Simple enough? Yes, most big and important things in life are simple. Perhaps it is their simplicity that de- ceives us—like two and two, for ex- ample. For it is all about that simple. I thought much of this a few days ago when I visited a grocer who is an official—president, I think—of a vol- untary chain organization. His store looked like—well, this is a polite paper, so I cannot express myself adequately. If that man had a slight tincture of open mindedness, he could gain a world of ideas in a single forenoon of visiting other stores. But he is bumptious, conceited, cock- sure he is the bees knees, so he is just one of the hopeless grocers. Belong- ing to the organization, he does as he pleases about using the advertising service thereof, which means he does not use it. He also does as he pleases about purchasing its brands or giving it the preference in his purchases, and that likewise means he does not co- operate. That story would not be worth the space in which to print it if it were not representative of that vast army of 900 out of the 1,200 in this town of which I write who are doomed never to attain anything but a precarious living—if that. CON Tarren NG @ VITAMINS B-D-G » $B xo crea OF taMCG NoUe memes Mo pheno an SE p ee eeeeee ew % Or Bere Omron See mend it to them. Fleischmann’s Y east A Product Of STANDARD BRANDS INCORPORATED KENTSTORAGE COMPANY Grand Rapids, Michigan will do for YOU! Many physicians tell us that 90% of the common ills are caused by constipation. They recommend fresh yeast as an ideal corrective. | Try eating three cakes of Fleischmann’s Yeast yourself and see how it tones up your whole system. Then you'll more thoroughly appre- ciate how this healthful fresh food will help your customers, and you'll be glad to recom- August 31, 1932 y Look back to my first date above: 1888. Already I had been more than ten years behind the counter But there ‘has not ‘been a year in the interval when there was less competi- tion than now—or greater opportunity. then. Paul Findlay. JOBBERS OF FRUITS—PRODUCE—BUTTER—EGGS General Merchandise Warehousing + COLD STORAGE Y ote what tt > ¥ ay August 31, 193% MEAT DEALER Michigan State Association of Retail Meat Merchants. President—Frank Cornell, Grand Rapids Vice-Pres.—E ¥. Abbott, Flint. Secretary—E. J. La Rose, Detroit. Treasurer—Pius Goedecke, Detroit. Next meeting will be heid in Grand Rapids, date not decided. Facts on Quality and Cost of Meat. The “national meat research pro- gram,’ n which the Department of Aerculture and private packers and livestock organizations are taking part, already has developed facts on the quality and cost of production of meats which will enable livestock producers to meet more fully the needs of the packing industry and the consumer, although the program is far from com- plete, E. W. Sheets, Chief of the Ani- mal Husbandry Division of the Bureau of Animal Industry, said in a paper prepared for presentation at the eighth national meat research conference in Chicago. Heavy layers of fat on a carcass are valuable in storage of meats, Mr. Sheets pointed out, but they are costly to put on the animals. It has been found, he said, that heifers can be brought to as good a finish for market in 140 days as steers attain after 200 days’ feeding on the same feed Com- parisons of the quality and costs of meats produced by different methods are going forward, he added. His paper follows in full text: This Eighth National Meat Re- search Conference is concerned solely with quality in meat and with eco- nomical production methods that will give the consumer even better roasts and steaks and chops. Our group consists mainly of repre- sentatives from the research staffs of state agricultural experiment stations and the Department of Agriculture, the Institute of American Meat Packers, and the National Livestock and Meat Board. Our program is based upon the con- viction that all groups from the pro- ducers of livestock to the consumers of meat will be benefited when we de- velop more certain and economical methods for producing more certain and desirable quality in the steaks, roasts and chops which go to market from the Nation’s feed lots. I wish that I had time to tell you of all the many practical results of this research to date. The home economists have worked out standard methods of cooking and recipes or directions for cooking which will enable housewives to duplicate the best results. You have heard about some of these modern methods of cooking meat in talks on the farm and home hour. There are many problems in pro- duction of livestock to be solved. Chief among them is the matter of fatness in our livestock. When is meat fat enough? When it is exactly right from the standpoint of the farmer’s and packer’s interest, is it too fat to please the customer? Although it is too early to attempt to answer this question. finally, we are learning some things which are highly significant. Fat is the factor which meat must not lagk if it is to be of high quality. We call it finish. Without fat or finish, meat is like toast without butter; like milk without its own-cream, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fat in meat has many other func- tions. The covering of fat on a nicely finished carcass of beef or pork or lamb acts as a most efficient wrapper in storing, shipping and handling. Be- ing relatively dry it discourages the growth of micro-organisms. When chilled it normally becomes hard and facilitates cutting. It protects the meat from drying out. Without it lean beef cannot be held sufficiently © long to develop its maximum flavor and tenderness. And ‘finally, the con- trast of creamy white fat with bright lean makes a pleasing picture, a pack- age attractive to consumers. But like all virtue, fat in meat can be overdone. For one thing, it costs farmers like 60 to put excess fat on an animal. Your young, growing ani- mals make the best use of feed. Grains slow up as your livestock approach a high degree of fatness. Gains that cost $1 on a calf and $1.05 on a yearl- ing cost $1.25 on a two-year-old and $1.60 on a three-year-old steer. Lean meat contains about 70 per cent. water, and water costs you but little or nothing. Grass, your next cheapest feed, is a marvelous producer of high quality lean, with almost enough fat to classify as finished. But the kind of fat that comes in layers of covering on an over-finished animal, contains a small percentage of water, and is man- ufactured chiefly of grain and other comparatively high priced concentrat- ed feeds. Furthermore, it is protein and not fat for which meat is so valued. The world produces a surplus of fats, all competing for the consumer’s favor. But nutrition experiments everywhere have demonstrated that animal pro- tein possesses certain properties and qualities not equalled by vegetable proteins, and that it is therefore one of the foods that cannot be replaced. One of our big tasks in this meat re- search program is to determine the proper degree of fatness in a meat ani- mal. Where does fat cease to be a virtue and become a waste? We found one answer to that question when we compared steers and-heifers. We learned that heifer ‘beef is fully as high quality, as palatable, as profit- able for the farmer to produce, and as high yielding for the packer and the retail meat dealer, if it is marketed at the proper time. That proper time is determined by one factor—fat. On the same feed, heifers of the same age and breeding and of like quality be- come properly ‘finished at an earlier age and at considerably lighter weights than steers. In an experiment at the University of Illinois choice heifer calves weigh- ing 400 pounds reached the same de- gree of finish at the end of 140 days of feeding as did similar steers at 200 days. Putting it another way, if you market your steers at say, 850 pounds, market your heifers at 725 pounds, or feed them differently from the start. In short, heifers make good beef, but they become wasty, over-fat, before the steers are fat enough. Heavily finished lambs fed at Pur- due produced no more tender roasts than those that carried a moderate finish. Roasts from fully fatted North Carolina hogs were not more desirable than those with only a medium-thick covering. So, fat in livestock and meat can be overdone. The proper amount of it is indispensable to high quality. Too much of it is a costly waste. Perhaps next year we can tell you more nearly just what degree of finish is most de- sirable. We are learning other things about meat, instance, grass will make good meat provided it is good grass. Thin, weedy, dried out tures should not be called grass. Young animals will produce a mar- ketable quality of meat even if their ancestry is not the best. Those of you who are grading up scrub cattle will sell a more satisfactory product if you will feed and market the offspring when it is young. I think it is a favorable sign, that all branches of the industry are co-oper- ating to learn what does represent the minimum in all factors affecting qual- ity in meats, and then, ‘how to achieve that. I am glad to be able to report that we are making good progress. tao. Hor pas- a Do You Recognize Me? I creep like a gila monster over valley, mountain and plain. I build no cities. I develop no farms. I erect no buildings. I construct no sewers or water- works systems. I build no schools, support no churches, endow no _ hospitals, beautify no parks, serve no chari- ties. I come only when others have builded to garner the fruits of their efforts. I seek out no _ unprosperous places, but only those where pros- perity reigns, that I may fatten off the well-being of the people. I have deceptive ways. Why shouldn't I? For I am not inter- ested in the strangers among whom my lot is cast. What I take unto myself | send far off, that those who claim me as their own may pay large divi- dends and revel in luxury. | have no compassion on the bread-winner out of work. When he tells me his baby is sick or his boy hungry I have no interest in him or his. Why should | give him of medicine or food, if he has not the money right now to lay down on the counter? I come to take and not to give or help in any way. I curtail service. | will not de- liver that which he purchases, nor extend one farthing of .credit. I neither patronize local indus- tries nor buy from any local per- son, for all my purchases are made afar off where my masters live. I am one of the Molochs of in- dustrial greed, destroying those who stand in my way and then reaping my reward off my cus- tomers when my antagonist is no more. I am the Foreign-Owned Chain Store.—Grocery World. —_—_+~+.+—__—_ A new office lighting unit is built into a top compartment for a standard sectional bookcase. It floodlights the ceiling, is said to provide a high qual- ity of illumination. 13 Winds of adversity winnow the chaff from the wheat. —_—_—_+++—__— True-blue success: Heartening others. Store, Offices & Restaurant Equipment G.R.STORE FIXTURE CO. 7 lonia Ave., N. W. Phone 86027 FRIGIDAIRE ELECTRIC REFRIGERATING SYSTEMS Pp RODUCT OF GENERAL moors WITH FAMOUS coLD 3 CONTROL AND HYDRATOR All Models on Display at Showreom F. C. MATTHEWS & CO. 18 E. Fulton St. Phone 93249 DEALERS Here is one of the con- vincing newspaper ad- vertisements we are running for dealers who wisely are stock- ing this scientifically balanced new DOG FOOD. Order NOW! | p SUNNY, é Y/ ; rt WM | VEVERY rin =) ll | / / W) /, ROWENA*°. Epitaphs in the Cemetery of Failure. He lacked tact. Worry killed him. He was too sensitive. He couldn’t say “No.” He did not find this place. A little success paralyzed him. He did not care how he looked. He did not guard his weak point. He was too proud to take advice. He did not fall in love with his work. He got into a rut and couldn’t get out. He did not learn to do things to a finish. He loved ease; he didn’t like to struggle. He was the victim of the last man’s advice. He tried to pick flowers out of his occupation. He could not transmute his knowl- edge into power. He lacked the faculty along with others. He knew a good deal, but could not make it practical. of getting SPECIAL DIE CUTTING AND MOUNTING G R AN D G A N R AP IDS, MiiI C H I August 31, 1932 DRY GOODS Michigan Retail Dry Goods Association. President—Geo. C. Pratt. Grand Rapids. First Vice-President—Thomas P. Pit- kethly, Flint. Second Vice-President—Paul L. Proud, Ann Arbor. Secretary-Treasurer—Clare R. Sperry, Port Huron. Manager—Jason E. Hammond, Lansing. To Stress Quality Trend. What to ‘buy and how to present fashion merchandise of quality to the consumer will be featured at the Fall Fashion Presentation and Quality Merchandise Conference of the Na- tional Retail Dry Goods Association to be held in the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, on Sept. 14, according to the announcement of Channing E. Sweitzer, managing director of the association. The event will introduce new phases of fashion merchandising, of particular significance under current economic conditions. All of the costumes shown will be of a practical, salable type, chosen by a fashion committee of outstanding style experts, he said. The quality will be featured not only at the luncheon, ‘but in the models them- selves, the significance of each being pointed out when the garment is worn on the runtway. P, A. O’Connell, president of the association and head of the E. T. Slattery Company, Bos- ton, will preside. The event, which will ‘be confined to retailers, will be under the direction of John Hahn, di- rector of the Garment Retailers of America, now merged with the dry goods group, who is being assisted by Chandlerhall. —_+- + Curtain Trade Disturbed. Caught between a rising raw ma- terials market and a sluggish consum- er demand, manufacturers of low-end curtains are faced with a serious prob- lem in adjusting their ‘businesses to current conditions. Sources of supply have made frequent announcements of price increases since the improvement in textile markets started some three weeks ago, it was explained, and in many instances curtain producers are now called wpon to pay one-half to one cent more per yard for popular curtain fabrics. “The situation becomes not only difficult but virtually impossible,” one manufacturer explained yesterday, “when it is remembered that retail stores are not selling any more cur- tains than they did before the price rise started. In ordering for Fall ‘buyers refuse to accept an advanced price on goods. Many manufacturers who were selling at almost no profit last month in order to keep mills going are now losing money steadily on all orders they accept, but are afraid to decline ‘business for fear that the re- covery will eventually spur ‘buying to such an extent that they can enforce higher quotations.” —__2-+-___- Electrical Appliance Plan Spreads. Current campaigns intended to stimulate local demand for electric irons and other small socket appliances have been taken up by distributors in other sections and a considerable in- crease in ‘sales has resulted, manufac- turers reported yesterday. The or- ganized sales drives sponsored by producers are confined to the metro- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN politan area, but stores following the plan on their own initiative in other sections have met with equal success. Sales emphasis is centered by retailers on medium-price products and_ has served to divert attention from ex- treme low-end goods, Re-orders reach- ing producers from the metropolitan district and from points in New Eng- land, Pennsylvania and Delaware show a strong preference for irons re- tailing in the $5 to $7.50: ranges. —_—_>>.___ Sheet and Towel Prices Again Up. Leading branded sheet and_ pillow- case lines were advanced another 5 per cent., while towel prices were marked up 10 per cent. Lady Pep- perell, Pequot, Utica and Mohawk bleached wide sheetings, sheets and pillowcases were the brands raising prices, while Cannon Mills and other producers advanced towel quotations. In addition, Pepperell colored hem sheets and pillowcases and Lady Pep- perell solid color and colored hem styles were advanced 10 per cent. The Pepperell Co. also marked up Krinkle (dimity) bedspreads 2%c each, Bidde- ford canton flannels “vc per yard, four- quarter bleached muslin “%c per yard, and withdrew quotations on table felt and felt pads. a Advance Prices on Curtains. Price advances ranging up to 5 per cent. on low-end cotton curtains and 10 per cent. on rayon products were put into effect by curtain manufactur- ers ‘this week. The increases, ascribed to advancing raw material prices, are meeting strenuous opposition from buyers and in some cases producers weakened and accepted orders at the former price level. Lack of buying in- terest on the part of consumers leaves the retail stores in a position to hold up orders in cases where manufactur- ers insist upon the higher quotations. If current rayon and cotton prices hold, however, producers feel that op- position ‘to ‘the new quotations will disappear. Oe Present Model Art Wares Display. A model retail display for the in- struction of ‘buyers attending the trade opening this week was set up at the National Artwares Show at the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York. The display utilizes gift and art wares from the exhibits of manufacturers partici- pating in the show and is intended to improve the merchandising methods which have hampered sales in smaller gift shops in other years. Buyer reg- istrations at the National Artwares event and at the New York Gift Show at the Hotel New Yorker are reported as 12 per cent. ahead of the corre- sponding period last year. Buying continues active but is limited to medium and low price merchandise. oo Retail Price Lines Headed Upward. While the effects of recent whole- sale price advances in dry goods are still obscured at retail by the offering of merchandise bought before the in- creases ‘became effective, a creeping advance in retail price lines is due to materialize very soon. In addition to the fact that increases in textiles are beginning to be reflected -in prices of finished merchandise the stores find it almost impossible now to obtain quan- distress merchandise. This latter development of itself will cause upward revision of low-end retail price points, which have been estab- lished only ‘because of the distress goods available. a Accessories Begin Season Well. Retailers are already beginning to make some headway in the sale of early Fall accessories and certain items in this category are tending to stand out as likely leaders. With the Fall emphasis on the natural lines of the silhouette, consumer buying of foundation garments, girdles and brassieres iis receiving a notable early impetus. Keen interest is being shown in women’s neckwear and, scarfs, with confidence strong that an active sea- son in this merchandise is in prospect. The new leathers and colors in hand- bags are being shown more extensive- ly. Medium-priced lines are showing up better than the low-end. a Denims Are Again Advanced. A further advance of lc per yard on denims and additional rises in outing flannel quotations were reported in the cotton goods market Saturday. Joshua Baily & Co., selling agents for the Erwin Cotton Mills, marked up the price of denims lc to a basis of 10c per yard for 2.20 yard styles. The company said that this price was rea- sonable in view of the fact that the same quotation prevailed at the cor- responding period last year at a time when cotton was ‘higher than it is now. The Baily Co. also raised flan- nels 4@%c per yard, as did the Hunter Manufacturing and Commis- sion Co. tities of a Warns Against Price Profiteering. A warning against unwarranted price advances at this time was sound- ed last Saturday by a leading buyer in this market. Increases based on actual market developments will prove conducive ‘to healthy recovery, but any trend toward “speculative profit- eering” will delay improvements, he said. He cited retailers as in position to gauge actual or fictitious advances on most lines of finished merchandise and declared that tthe producer at- tempting the latter would “kill the goose which lays the golden egg.” The reaction upon consumers of unjustified price advances this buyer saw as per- nicious. oe Lead-Weighted Silks Not Injurious. Properly processed lead-weighted silks are not injurious is the announce- ment of Ephraim Freedman, director of the bureau of standards of R. H. Macy & Co., Inc., following the con- clusion of tests which the store lab- oratory has conducted during the last five months. The lead-weighted silks, however, he added, may increase the number of customer complaints be- cause of the higher rate of deteriora- tion when exposed to sunlight and be- cause of the tendency to discolor in sulphur-laden atmosphere. The Macy bureau of standards, he said, will in- sist on the labeling of lead-weighted silks as such. —_—_>+ > ____ ‘To Push Copper Ware This Fall. Plans of leading copper manufactur- ers to shoulder both pewter and ster- 15 ling silver from dominant position in the ‘thollowware field this Fall are be- ing perfected this week. The produc- ers plan two methods of attack, one through promoting natural color treated to tarnishing and the other through means of chromium-plated copper. The latter will be placed in direct competition with both pewter, plated- silver and sterling goods. The natural copper will be employed in an attempt to promote a decorative scheme _ of copper and white for buffet and table ornamentation. > ee Offers Low Price Gym Pants. In an effort to keep the mill operat- ing during a normally slack season, one Southern producer of gym pants decided last week to cut profits to a minimum and to offer a very low- price style. He ibrought out a vat- dyed, 80 by 60 ‘broadcloth number to sell at $1 per dozen, making it a two- for-25-cent retailer and received an ex- ceedingly good response from buyers. The volume of orders obtained to date will enable this mill to continue run- ning for quite a few weeks yet and pos- sibly until production is started on the Spring 1933 lines, which will open be- fore the close of next month. a ee Auto Men Order Cotton Fabrics. The rapid advance in cotton prices during the week sent automobile com- pany buyers of coated cotton fabrics scurrying into the market to cover on requirements for the early part of next week, with the result that substantial orders were placed for delivery start- ing Jan. 1. One of the large manu- facturers purchased between 300,000 and 400,000 yards of fabric and, in a few instances, was compelled to pay a premium of 34,@lc above prices pre- vailing last week. The styles bought were ‘the so-called artificial leathers for use as automobile tops. a Rise in Coat Prices Expected. A general rise in coat prices is an- ticipated in the near future. Several of the resident offices in New York expressed the view that advances ap- pear inevitable, with ‘both fur trim- mings and better grade woolens firm- ing up in price and in limited supply. Some coat manufacturers have al- ready instituted price advances, par- ticularly in the $39.50 range, and on which trimmings are used which have gone up. Retailers here said that the advances ‘will be reflected in the mov- ing of each coat range one price line higher at retail. nee Glass Specialties Meet Call. An improved demand for pressed and ‘blown glass specialties and talble- ware is noted. Additional glassware factory units are going into operation and there are unconfirmed reports that several factories which have been idle for six months or more are preparing to resume. Demand: for and production of flat glass of all kinds continues ex- tremely slow. Basically, the flat glass trade probably is in ‘better shape than it has been for several years, with con- ditions stabzilized in both the manu- facturing and distributing branches. ++ The doctor is often more dangerous than the disease. copper lhollowware resist 16 HOTEL DEPARTMENT Deserved Tribute To Miller’s Hill on Glen Lake. Los Angeles, Aug. 27—-Dr. W. D. Moore, city physician for San Pedro schools, with whom I became ac- quaited on a trip to the South Sea Islands, several years ago, and who was devoted to me during my recent unpleasantness, now has charge of the summer camp of San Pedro youths in the High Sierras. He has invited me to abide with thim for a couple of weeks at the aforesaid samp and, as a consequence, if I do not fall into some gulch or canyon, my next communica- tions will have much to say about this royal summer playground. Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt, formerly with the Federal department of justice in conjunction with liquor enforcement, but who is now defending California grape growers against this same species of “justice”’ has been writing a series of newspaper articles on the subject, for which I presume, she is well paid, for they are, to say the least, copious. She has thrown no new light on prohibition except to tacitly admit that the enforcement we hear so much about, is only “alleged,” and _ that claims miade by the enforcement de- partment, are a species of “overdrait.” She freely admits that prohibition does not prohibit, that the bootlegger and the moonshiner are the natural off- spring of prohibition and that the sev- cral states which have no enforcement acts have practically nullified the eighteenth amendment. Of course there may be something behind the curtain with which the public is un- familiar, which mav also be the reason why a lot of folks are of the opinion that Mabel is a poor loser. Many resort hotels are trying to stretch out the resort period so as to extend it beyond labor day, but with- out much showing of success. It is particularly true of Michigan, how- ever, that the most agreeable month of the entire season is September; but custom has ordained that the young hopeful must report for school duties soon after the first of September, and this custom is ‘bound to be respected. A few. hotels situated in localities which are immune to hay fever, will still continue to operate after that date, but judging from my own experience, I rather imagine more for the purpose of accommodating their patrons than from any thought of profit. One of the most famous bits of scenery in Western Michigan is the view from Miller's Hill, overlooking Glen Lake. I was reminded of this the other day by catching up with an old patron of mine who happened to meet Judge Shiras III, formerly of the Fed- eral court, who was also a guest of mine On various occasions, and was famous for his contributions to the Geographic Magazine. In one. of these articles this noted author includ- ed Glen Lake in a list of four of the most wonderful lakes on earth, The others were Lucerne, in Switzerland; Placid, in New York, and Louise, in the Canadian Rockies. But the view from Miller’s Hill is famous not only because it gives one a comprehensive view of the Great Sleeping Bear dune, rising 600 feet above Lake Michigan, but of North and South Manitou Islands as well. This view is popular with all persons who really know their Michigan, all of . whom concede its wondrous beauty. I have always claim- ed this particular viewpoint should be- come -the property of the State for public park purposes and I hope some- one back there will some day start a movement to bring it to the attention of the State Conservation Commission, It is surely as important as _ Isle Royle and far more accessible. -cause they fields, and harmed nobody. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN When the American Hotel Associa- tion holds its annual meeting at Memphis, in October, it will be the best equipped organization for the betterment of hotel affairs that oper- ators have ever known. Just now es- pecially the proper committee is bend- ing its efforts to the end that the re- peal of the eighteenth amendment shall have a proper appearance in court, as it were, and that representa- tives are elected this fall who may be depended upon to represent their sup- porters instead of the holier-than- thouers, who talk much about the suc- cess of prohibition without knowing one blessed thing about the exact situation, and who prefer to make their neighbors uncomfortable rather than spread the mantle of charity in the sense that it is taught in the scriptures. Every test that has been made in the past half dozen years, has shown that the voters in every state in the Union —except possibly Kansas—have dem- onstrated emphatically that they are disappointed with results and would prefer to return to Government regu- lation of sales, omitting, if possible the saloon. And that is all the hotel keeper asks for, and that is what the American Hotel Association is fight- ing for—Government regulation with an income, and the hotel man’s re- moval from the “violator” class, es- pecially where he is innocent of any intention of violating any of the pro- visions of the law. 1 am much pleaced to notice the spirit of fairness exhibited by the Tradesman in conducting a symposium of prominent hotel operators, in de- fense of their position on the question of repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment. They certainly have suffered much directly, and hotel investors have also felt the sting indirectly. And now Hotel Barlum, Detroit, is in the thands of a receiver. J. J. Bar- lum, one of the heaviest investors, has charge of the property. It was one of those examples of home enterprise, fostered by people who “didn’t know it was loaded,” and now have an op- portunity of “repenting at leisure.” Reno Hoag, whom we all know and think a heap of, writes me that in his Hotel Lafayette, at Marietta, Ohio, he posts his ‘hotel room rates, has no dif- ficulty in carrying out the plan and that his patrons approve of the policy. California last week deported nearly 4,000 Mexicans, sending them back to their own home towns, and they all seemed as though they were willing to go. Here are a bunch of people who are mostly law abiding, came here be- were needed in California When it comes to field work down in the Im- perial Valley, where the thermometer hovers around 120 degrees when there is any work to be done, I am thinking that berry pickers and melon gatherers will be minus, and these particular crops and the raisers hereof will feel that the work of the unemployed, which it was hoped to encourage, will drag somewhat. Two to one Uncle Sam will be imploring the Mexicans to return before another harvest. At every hotel convention there is much talk about the iniquities of the tourist camp. Out here in California they are looked upon as_ legitimate competition and many hotel operators have interested themselves to the ex- tent of investing money in such enter- prises. Every time I catch up with an Easterner who ‘has negotiated the coast trip by motor, I learn of the wonders of tourists camps. I am not speaking of the so-called ‘‘free” camp, but of such as are operated at a mod- erate charge, with accommodations commensurate with such charges. I take the position that travelers who are unwilling or unable to pay for camping privileges which are whole- some and adequate—the cost being reasonable—ought to remain at home and avoid paying out money for gas- oline. But there are a lot of people who feel that they would like to see the country and are prepared to pay for modest accommodations. Why not cater to this class and be satisfied with a fair return on the investment? Now that the author of Out Around has confessed to once being the assist- ant advance agent of a circus, I will also stir up a secret sorrow of my past life and admit that I, also, during the early ’80s, indulged in the practice with the Burr Robbins “greatest” of all shows, under the supervision of a former Janesville, Wisconsin, news- paper man, H. H. Bliss, now gone to his reward, Murder will out, but I still claim my show was the biggest. No matter what may happen in other industries, there will never be a five day week in the hotel business. People must eat and sleep during the entire week of seven days and the probabilities are that hotel patrons will do more eating and sleeping than ever before if they do have some idle moments. But arranging for service for an entire seven day week, carried on by five day help, will present an- other problem which may well be threshed out at future hotel meetings. The traffic department of California is inaugurating a “hog-calling” contest. Not the same as we have been reading about in the newspaper reports of county fairs, but more of a “calling- down program. Since the state su- preme court has decided that private homes and private conveyances may not ‘be searched without the proper documents, the motorcycle cops have been withdrawn from that branch of service and have been ordered to round up “road hogs” which infest the pub- lic highways. “Calling” these swine over to the curb is more than a mere stunt, such as I spoke of, but is a real beneficence as well as a useful occupa- tion. It is said that there is nothing a hog dislikes worse than a pen, and from now on, it is asserted, it is going to ‘be the pen or a financial setback. The bean growers out there now think they want a little help from the magical farm ‘board, which did so much for the grain grower that he doesn’t have to worry any more about some bank blowing up and making a permanent investment of his profits. The wine makers also want something, but with “liquid” assets they ought not to worry greatly. The Shallows Inn, Sault Ste. Marie, under the management of Mesdames Oscar Peterson and Stewart David- son, is a recently announced candidate for gastronomic appeal. The announcement of the death of Percy D. Palmer, treasurer of the Hotel Norton-Palmer, Windsor, Can- ada, operated iby the Norton organiza- tion, is in the news columns, Mr. Palmer, before entering the hotel field, enjoyed a large acquaintance as a com- mercial traveler, and) was more re- cently interested in the affairs of the Michigan, Detroit and Windsor hotel associations. Detroit city has changed its school year for the sake of economy, shorten- Warm Friend Tavern Holland, Mich. Is truly a friend to all travelers. All room and meal rates very reasonable. Free private parking space. GEO. W. DAUCHY, Mer. August 31, 1932 Hotel and Restaurant Equipment H. Leonard & Sons 38-44 Fulton St., W. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CODY HOTEL GRAND RAPIDS RATES—$1.50 up without bath. $2.50 up with bath. CAFETERIA IN CONNECTION “A MAN IS KNOWN BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS” That is why LEADERS of Business and Society make their head- quarters at the PANTLIND HOTEL “An entire city block of Hospitality’ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Rooms $2.25 and up. Cafeteria -t- Sandwich Shop MORTON HOTEL Grand Rapids’ Newest Hotel 400 Rooms “i 460 Baths RATES $2.50 and up per day. Park Place Hotel Traverse City Rates Reasonable—Service Superb —Location Admirable. GEO. ANDERSON, Mgr. ALBERT J. ROKOS, Ass’t Mgr. New Hotel Elliott STURGIS, MICH. 50 Baths 50 Running Water European D. J. GEROW, Prop. Occidental Hotel FIRE PROOF CENTRALLY LOCATED Rates $2.00 and up EDWARD R. SWETT, Mgr. Muskegon -j3- Michigan Columbia Hotel KALAMAZOO Good Place To Tie To a nes “We are always mindful of our responsibility to the pub- lic and are in full apprecia- tion of the esteem its generous patronage implies.” HOTEL ROWE Grand Rapids, Michigan. ERNEST W. NEIR, Receiver. A ea AERC +» - August 31, 1932 ing the period by two weeks. This will meet the desires of resort oper- ators who would like to add two weeks to their season. Hotels Windermere, Chicago, which have for the past year been under con- trol of a trusteeship have finally been recovered and placed on a sound: basis. I notice my friend Ward James re- tains the general managership, under the re-organization. Frank Hall, of Chicago, has taken over the Palmer House, at Colon, for- merly operated by William Schmauder, and is making decided improvements, after which it will be re-opened to the public, One of the gravest objections to minimum wage laws which have been adopted within recent years is, that they are not attuned to fluctuation of employment conditions, and to certain lines of business, more especially in the hotel field. In the state of Wash- ington, for example, the wage scale in effect is the same as that adopted in 1921, when (business ‘was booming, liv- ing costs were higher and there was actually a shortage of help in many lines. The Washington hotel organ- ization is trying to demonstrate to its legislators that the cost of living has decreased one-third, which indirectly raises wages fifty per cent., and that the ‘hotel operators, except so far as he is interested in public catering, have not enjoyed an advance in rates to cover this contingency. In California wages of public employes may not be reduced involuntarily, with the result that instead of employing a full com- plement of workers at shorter hours and wages, there must necessarily be a lot of unemployment. A, P, Gianinni, head of one of the largest ‘bank corporations in Califor- nia and the country, so far as that is concerned, ‘cannot see where a home loan organization such as suggested by the President will avail anything, for two specific reasons, the first be- ing that $126,000,000 now set aside for that purpose, would not meet the re- quirements of Los Angeles alone, and secondly, the man without a job and no prospects of meeting his interest payments promptly, will fare no bet- ter in securing a Federal loan than he would if he applied to the regular loan agencies. And Will Rogers confidently states that most of the corporations whose stocks are just now ‘being exploited in Wall street, will be found on the lists of those which are daily announced as “omitting” dividends, which does not make them tempting bait for laymen. Both of these individuals’ advice is at least worth careful consideration by the individual who is still utilizing the old family tea pot as a “safe” deposi- tory. Even those convinced that the re-election of President Hoover would be the best thing for the country, can hardly expect ten million idle men, and their twenty million wives and relatives, all voters, to ‘be cheerful merely because certain stocks, that they don’t own, have gone up in price. Business men who really want to re- elect the present incumbent would bet- ter put. five million men to work and let stocks stay where they are. A young man placed this advertise- ment in the want column of a large ‘city daily, according to Burr McIntosh, radio philosopher: “I have just enough brains to keep my mouth shut, my ears open, and present a good execu- tive appearance. Do you need a front for your (business?” The broadcaster looked thim up and found a man 42 years old, with a large family to sup- port. He had been a_ professional singer, deviser of radio programs and thinks he would be a grand stuffed MICHIGAN TRADESMAN shirt for somebody’s office. He said that he had been employed as an exe- cutive by a large ifirm and was an ac- complished greeter and handshaker. “I simply want to get a position in a firm whose executive doesn’t care to be known, or perhaps, would rather have someone else do the handshaking,” he said. “It might even be a company run by a woman who is smart enough to handle the concern but needs a man’s prestige and appearance to put her over. Well, here I am.” He cer- tainly talks like a real executive. Looks like another historic mark had been hung up. Press dispatches tell of a Minnesota man who recently ate fifteen pounds of sauerkraut in fifteen minutes. Any wastrel who has dabbled in this delicacy will know that to put away a pound of kraut in a minute is a gigantic task. Those who are using it for medicine would probably say this was an over-dose. The Department of Agriculture has approved a new dye that will impart a blue ‘hue to food. Hereafter house- wives, chefs, canners and domestic science devotees engaged in the prepa- ration of food will ‘have to be provided with a “bluing bag” so that their out- put may lbe presented in the various hues from deepest indigo to the palest blue sky. It has been tested chemical- ly and physiologically and has been declared ‘beneficial to health. After all, there is no more reason why it should be detrimental to the human anatomy than is the yellow dye so commonly used to make butter look appetizing. In an attempted ‘bank hold-up in Los Angeles yesterday, the manager of the bank happened to not only be possessed of nerve, ‘but also a knowl- edge of how to handle firearms ac- curately. He killed two of the bandits on the spot and later on another suc- cumbed, out of a possible five, all of whom were apprehended. Now out of the five, three were recognized as recent convicts paroled at the state prison. It seems like a travesty on justice to convict a wrong doer at great expense to the state and then turn him loose without adequate pun- ishment through the activities of the pardon ‘boards. But there are a lot of people out here who seem to think that almost any malefactor has been punished sufficiently after the jury has got through with him. Also another large element forget about the enorm- ity of the crime as years go by and are strong for pardons. There are some unfortunate individuals who are pun- ished as much as they ever can be as soon as they are sentenced, but there is an example to be set for the rest of the world which is hardly accomplish- ed by a too prompt application of the probationary prerogative. Frank S. Verbeck. te Novel Will. A merchant, being told he had only a few days to live, called his lawyer, and said: “Make my will so my overdraft at the bank goes to my wife—she can explain it. My equity in my car to my son—he will have to go to work to keep up the payments. Give my good will to the supply houses—they took some awful chances on me and are entitled to something. My equip- ment you can give to the junkman— he has had his eye on it for several years. I want six of my creditors for pallbearers—they have carried me so long they might as well finish the job.” +> What becomes of all the loving cups, a hundred years afterward? Belated Letters Concerning Hotel Men and Volstead Law. Detroit, Aug. 26—Replying to your letter relative to the possibility of the immediate repeal of the Volstead law, allow me to say, that while [ do not feel as optimistic as yourself, this is one time when I hope I am. in error, for, to my mind, the repeal of this unpopular law will do more than any one thing to end the depression and unrest that is sweeping the country. In view of past experience, the re- turn of the open saloon would hardly be advisable, especially when, as you suggest, there are other agencies through which the ‘Government could maintain a strict control at all times. The losses suffered by hotels the past four years has been tremendous, but if they are allowed to serve wine and (beer as a beverage, there is but little doubt that, instead of operating in the red, as is the case with most houses, the industry would soon again be back on a paying ‘basis. While this is but the opinion of my- self, I venture to say that the majority of replies received by you are of the same tone. I wish to commend you for your effort in keeping this question alive and before the public and to thank you for the opportunity so generously of- fered me to express my views. Fred Davidge, Manager Hotel Tuller. Harbor Springs, Aug. 26—Answer- ing your letter relative to future legis- lation for handling of liquor traffic, you have expressed your candid opinion and will wish us to do the same. We, too, are unalterably opposed to the open saloon. But we are also un- alterably opposed to the handling of liquor in connection with hotel opera- tion. It is not our intention to secure a livelihood through liquor traffic and if it becomes necessary to deal in such goods to successfully conduct a hotel, we shall be compelled to look for some other means of support. We have successfully managed sum- mer resort hotels in Northern Michi- gan for the past ten years and have never found prohibition of the sale of liquor in our hotels in any sense a handicap. : If, and when it becomes necessary to run a bar to succeed in hotel opera- tion, we will go out of the hotel busi- ness. It is our opinion that when honest men are elected to office who do not have their “price” liquor laws may be successfully enforced. Until such officers are elected, we shall continue to suffer through the traffic of liquor in whatever form it is handled. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin C. Sears, Managers Ramona Park Hotel. ——__.+.>—___ ‘ Death of Bellaire’s Oldest Merchant. Funeral services were held at the Nixon home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock for Bellaire’s oldest pioneer business man, William J. Nixon, who passed away Saturday morning at 9:30 at the age of 82 years and thirty days. Mr. Nixon was the last one of Bel- laire’s original settlers. When he came here in April of 1880 there were only seven families and one unmarried man here. In 1883 he chopped a hole in the woods, built his home, which still is one of the largest and most beautiful houses here, in a very desirable loca- tion on a small hill on the West side of Bellaire. Mr. Nixon was born July 28, 1850, in Kent county. When a small boy he moved to Van Buren county with his parents. As a young man he taught a country school near Paw Paw. From there he went to Montana for a few years and thence to Chicago for three percale price lists last 17 or four years before he moved to Bel- laire in April of 1880. During the month of December in 1880, he and his brother, Allan, of California, who is a few years older and still running a grocery store, open- ed a general store here, which was eleven years before the first village election was held in April of 1891. Af- ter that he and his late brother, Byron, became partners for a number of years. He had been in business alone the last thirty-five years and during that time, and the fifteen years previous, more than half a century, he was not out of the store because of illness. He has been in business longer than any- one else in Bellaire. He was extraordinarily ambitious for a man of his age. His regular routine was not broken until Wednesday noon, three days before he died, when he worked in the store until noon and was operated on Wednesday afternoon, which was his only chance for recov- ery. After his operation he slept away and suffered very little, just regaining consciousness long enough to recog- nize his wife shortly before his death, and his daughter, Mrs. Vallie Turner, when she arrived Thursday from De- troit. Mrs. Nixon came here in 1881 with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Richardi. She met Mr. Nixon in the store repeatedly when purchasing gro- ceries, which culminated in their mar- riage, June 11, 1883. If Mr. Nixon had lived they would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary next June 11. He had been a member of the spirit- ualist church the past thirty years, was an Oddfellow and treasurer of the Masonic lodge for thirty years. He has held various village offices and been a member of the school board. Prayer was offered at the house by Rev. Alexander, after which the regu- lar Masonic rites were used, conducted by W. H. Richards. Interment was made in Lake View cemetery, with his grandchildren acting as pall bearers. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Emma Nixon; his daughters, Mrs. Vallie Tur- ner, and Mrs. Rose Pryor, of Detroit; Mrs. Lenore Johnson, of Lincoln, Ne- braska, and Miss Beulah Nixon, of Bellaire, and son, Allan Nixon, of De- troit, who were all present at his funeral. One daughter, Mrs. Lois Gunn, preceeded him in death eleven years ago. He also leaves twelve grandchildren. Mrs. Avis Richards. —_—e + Some Percale Lines Withdrawn. Several important houses withdrew week while others continued to quote current fig- ures. Leading converters took no definite action. Price advances in various lines of colored goods ranging up to 10 per cent. continued numer- ous, with ginghams being marked up %4@%c by a few houses. Muslins were advanced another %c, while bed- spread mills planned additional price rises, including some on institutional styles. A number of price announce- ments scheduled for this week are withheld, as cotton lost its earlier gains, and the general market was thankful for a respite which would allow a check up of the situation. 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN es DRUGS Michigan Board of Pharmacy. President—Clare F. Allen, Wyandotte. Vice-Pres.—J. W. Howard Hurd, Flint. Director — Garfield M. Benedict, San- dusky. Examination Sessions—Three sessions are held each year, one in Detroit, one in the Upper Peninsula and one at Ferris Institute, Big_ Rapids. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association. President—F. H. Taft, Lansing. First Vice-President—Duncan Weaver, Fennville. Second Vice-President—G. H. Fletcher, Ann Arbor. Secretary—R. A. Turrel, Croswell. Treasurer—William H. Johnson, Kala- mazoo. Michigan Highly Honored at Toronto Convention. The twenty-ninth session of the Na- tional Association of Boards of Phar- macy closed at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, last Tuesday after- noon. It was a good session from all standpoints. The committee reports were well handled. The banquet was a success in all respects and Michigan succeeded in electing her president, Clare Allan, as the National President for next year. The banquet was held Tuesday night. W. M. Hankins, of Daytona 3each, Florida, was the chairman and > toastmaster. He introduced Mr. Al- lan, who introduced Dr. R. J. B. Stan- bury, who was the speaker of the eve- ning. Dr. Stanbury is the secretary of the Canadian Pharmaceutical Associa- tion. Over one hundred attended and favors were given to the ladies in at- tendance. The election of officers was held Tuesday afternoon and Dr. H. M. Lerou, of Norwich, Connecticut, chair- man of the Executive Committee, put Mr. Allan’s name before the conven- tion. His speech was short and right to the point and he was immediately supported by Mr. Denton, of Spring- field, Ill. The vote was taken and out of thirty states represented, nineteen votes were for Mr. Allan in preference to the Wisconsin nominee, G. V. Krad- well, of Racine. 3efore the vote was taken Mr. Al- lan asked that his name be taken from the list of Vice-President candidates and afterward the district moved that Mr. Kradwell be made Vice-President for this district of the Association. Mr. Allan is the second president of this Association that Michigan has ever had. The first one was John D. Muir, who was one of the earliest officers of the Association at the time of its organization. ——__+++__ Developing the Curb Trade. It requires the service of three boys to wait on customers, at the curb, for the Alpha Creamery Co., Denver, Colo., according to Mr. J. W. Seacrest, manager, but the addition of these boys to the sales staff doesn’t increase the company payroll one cent for none of them work on a salary. They are remunerated from tips given by the customers. This curb business is the largest of any store in Denver, it is said, for automobile parties from all sections of the city stop here for refreshments, owing to the quality of the ice cream served. The seating capacity of the store is usually taxed to the limit and how to serve additional patrons was becoming a problem until Mr. Seacrest hit upon the curb service idea. Curb service was nothing new, of course, but he sought to increase it by making it more popular by providing what in the automobile world would be called “super-service.” In other words, he sought to make it desirable to sit in the automobile and partake of refresh- ments rather than get out, wander into the store, seek a table and_ receive service. Incidentally, we might pause to remark that the upholstered seats of an automobile generally are more com- fortable than the chairs to be found in the average ice cream parlor. Further- more, there is a bit more scelusion, and, on hot summer evenings it is cooler in the car than in the average ice cream parlor. Speed service, courteous treatment on the part of nice-looking, witeh- jacketed boys would be an inducement to accept curb service. At first the boys were paid 50 cents a night by the company. They were privileged to ac- cept tips from their customers and as the curb business increased, so did the number of tips and the company was able to reduce the salary paid to 25 cents a night and later to nothing at all. The proposition of tips may not appeal to some ince cream and soda fountain men, but it is something of an institution in America, and the public has become educated to the idea of giving something to the waitresses and waiters for “super-service.” As long as people insist upon giving such remun- eration, it is almost impossible to pre- vent its acceptance. Incidentally, it is a widely known fact that a waiter or waitress will give better service to a customer in the anticipation of a tip than if working on a straight salary without any tips. Thus in this case, the public encourages prompt and cour- teous service by paying for it them- selves. Needless to remark that the curb boys give service, since their only hope of remuneration is from tips received. There is no demand upon the patron to fork over a dime or a quarter in addition to his payment for the ice cream, and those who do tip would be likely to do so if they were to come into the store and obtain refreshments while seated at one of the tables. From the boys’ standpoint, it is ex- cellent business. They average six cents a car in tips and they make three and four dollars a night—from\ six to midnight. Mighty good wages for such hours, and Mr. Seacrest declares he has no difficulty obtaining employes. “They fight for a chance to work for us. We want boys of fifteen, sixtenn and seventeen years of age. The younger boys are too content with a few dimes. If they get a dollar in their pockets they think they are rich and are willing to call it a day, and there- fore aren’t as keen to look after the wants of later customers. On rainy nights we cut down on the number of boys at the curb and apportion the work so that those remaining, be it one or two, will receive fair remunera- tion for their night’s efforts.” It is but a simple problem in arith- metic to compute the number of cus- tomers served in automobiles when the average tip per car is six cents and the boys can earn from $2 to $4.50 each per night. It takes salesmanship, too, for there is an art in arranging the change on the tray so that the customer will feel like leaving a dime, a nickel or a quar- ter on the tray for the boy. None of it is hidden, to be sure, but when it is scattered about—well it’s too much trouble sometimes to pick it all up. While all this service is going on at the curb, it must be remembered that the soda dispensers are not idle and some thirteen employes are busy in the store and at the fountain. And all this shows that when you haven’t room in the store for all your custom- ers it is possible to utilize the parking space around you—space on which you do not have to pay any rent. —_.+ > __ Fresh Mint Chocolate Soda. Pour about two ounces of chocolate in a twelve-ounce soda glass. Add two sprigs of fresh mint leaves. Stirr well August 31, 1932 with a spoon. Remove the mint. Fin- ish soda in usual way using vanilla ice cream. Top with generous amount of whipped cream and a cherry. = Co-operation smooths operation. BROOKSIDE BRAND WHISK BROOMS he ROTARY PRIZE Whisk AMSTERDAM BROOM CO. AMSTERDAM , N.Y. ALL STYLES AND PRICES | TOURISTS DEMAND BoOosT FOR MICHIGAN WHOLESALERS THEY BOOST FOR YOU. RESORT ASSN National Candy Co., Inc. PUTNAM FACTORY Grand Rapids, Mich. BECAUSE GOOD CANDY PENCILS, Grand Rapids SCHOOL SUPPLIES PENCIL AND INK TABLETS, ERASERS, PENHOLDERS, PAINTS, INKS, MUCILAGE, COMPASS- ES, SLATES, CRAYOLAS, CRAYONS, CHALKS, PENS, COLORED PENCILS, NOTE BOOKS, DRAWING TABLETS, ARTISTS BRUSHES, SPELLING BLANKS, THEME TABLETS, COMPASS SETS, COLOR BOXES, LOOSE LEAF COVERS, SCHOOL COMPANIONS, PENCIL BOXES, PROTRACTORS, BAN- NER NOTE BOOKS, NOTE BOOK FIL- LERS, MUSIC BOOKS, ETC. Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. PRANG'S DICTIONARIES, Michigan ‘5 icant waneneenl August 31, 19 , 1932 Fre S sh r queeze juice nee Frost u : - O : p. Add abot f one lemon in mi I MICHIG syrup a it two o in mixing ndeed, it i AN G and one unces of si the on 1S 1 TR c yne s ol s ie < rot | A arbonate ege 3] simpl : childre 9y any DES oe : ed water MG shaved ice e work the n who are a means onl MAN L c ie . i oe " a Cz - sliced orange a in mixer. S and fain. A candy box and ikely to a WH ge and < Xer. 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C shotgun is and- : Formal OZs. @ 40 Swect tr ozs. @ 50 ans., 0Z as ate use of fanc _that Eo the the other _ One barrel i 1 is now on Pound dehyde, = <= = fue. Me | aoe 50 psom, Ib Tay Whole Wheat Fla., 24 1 90 BROOMS Leader, 4 sewed ____ 3 45 Our Success, 5 sewed 5 25 Hustlers, 4 sewed ___ 5 50 Standard, 6 sewed -_ 7 50 Quaker, 5 sewed -_-. 6 25 Warehouse ....____. 6 50 Bose 2 2 15 Whisk, No. 3 oo 2 25 Amsterdam Brands Gold Bond Par., No.5% 7 50 Prize, Parlor, No. 6-_ 8 00 White Swan Par., No.6 8 50 RCLLED OATS Purity Brand Instant or Regular Ta x 4 > 4 rs ee si = 7 Small, 2 Large, 12s 8 China, large, 12s — 2 Chest-o-Silver, 12 lge. 2 98 Glassware, 12s, large 2 Purity Oat Snaps, 24s 2 Post Brands Grapenut Flakes, 24s Grape-Nuts, 24s u--— Grape-Nuts. 50 Instant Postum,. No. 8 5 40 Instant Postum., No. 10 Postum Cereal. No. 0 25 Post Toasties, 36s -- 50 Post Toasties, 24s —_ bo bop LOW * OTF 60 bo or Oo Post Bran, PBF 24 -- Post Bran PBF 36 -_ 2 85 BRUSHES Scrub Solid Back, 8 in. ---- 1 50 Solid Back 1 in. _._ 1 7 Pointed Ends — i 2 Stove Shaker .. 22 1 80 Neo S08 2 oe 2 00 Peericss — (2222 0 2 60 Shoe No. 14-0 2 2 25 No, 2-0 3 00 BUTTER COLOR Dandelion 2. 2 85 CANDLES Electric Light, 40 Ibs. 12.1 Plumber, 40 lbs. ---- 12.8 Paranine, 68 — 14% Parattine, 1275 —_ 14% Wieckine 40 Tudor, 6s. per box -- 30 CANNED FRUITS Hart Brand Appies No 10 2 4 75 Blackberries Pride of Michigan ____ 2 55 Cherries Mich. red, No. 10 --_. 5 25 Red: No. 2 2 3 00 Pride of Mich., No. 2 2 60 Marcellus Red —_----- 2 10 Special Pie 1 35 Whole White -------- 2 8C Gooseberries No. 10 7 50 Pears Pride of Mich. No. 2% 3 60 Plums Grand Duke, No. 2%__ 3 25 Black Raspberries No 82 2 80 Pride of Mich. No. 2. 2 fed Raspberries NO 2 3 25 MNO. 4 2 00 Mareellus, No. 2 _ 2 35 Pride of Mich. No. __ 2 90 Strawberries NG. 2 3 00 B OZ. 1 wu Marcellus, No. 2 ___. 1 85 CANNED FISH Clam Ch'der, 10% oz. Clam Chowder, No. 2_ Clams, Steamed. No. 1 Clams. Minced, No. % Finnan Haddie, 10 oz. 30 Clam Bouillon. 7 oz.__ Chicken Haddie, No. 1 4d Fish Flakes, smal] __ Cod Fish Cake. 10 oz. Cove Oysters, 5 oz. _. Lobster, No. 4, Star bm DS hr DO DO Oe PS DO bo or > o Shrimp, 1, wet 45 Sard’s, %4 Oil, Key __ 4 90 Sardines, 4 Oil, k’less 3 85 Salmon, Red Alaska__ 1 90 Salmon, Med. Alaska 1 45 Salmon, Pink, Alaska 1 20 Sardines, Im. %4, ea. 6@16 Sardines, Im., %, ea. 25 Sardines, Cal. 1 10 Tuna, % Van Camps, doz. Tuna, ~1 ou 4s, Van Camps, te oe 8 or CANNED MEAT Bacon, Med. Beechnut Bacon, Lge. Beechnut Beef, Lge. Beechnut 10 Beef, No. 1, Corned —. 2 00 Beef. No. 1, Roast __ 70 Beef, 2% oz., Qua., sli. 39 Beef, 4 oz. Qua., sli. Beef. No. 1, B’nut. sli. Beefsteak & Onions, s. 70 Chili Con Car.. is 1 20 Deviled Ham, 4s ___. 1 80 Deviled Ham, %s -_-- bet DD et et DO oh DO DO NO OT OO CO bo or Potted Beef, 4 oz. __-_ 10 Potted Meat. % Libby 52 Potted Meat, % Libby 80 Potted Meat. % Qua. 75 Potted Ham, Gen. % 1 45 Vienna Saus. No. % 1 00 Vienna Sausage. Qua. 90 Veal Loaf, Medium —__ 2 25 Baked Beans Campbelis 2 64 Quaker, 16 oz. 60 Mremont, No: 2... = i 25 Van Camp. med. CANNED VEGETABLES Hart Brand Baked Beans Medium, Sauce, 36 cs. 1 70 No, 2% Size, Doz... 95 No: 10 Sauce Lima Beans Little Quaker, No. 10 10 50 Little Quaker, No. 1_. 1 15 Baby, No. Pride of Mich. No. 2_-- 1 60 Marcellus, No. 10 -_-- 6 50 Red Kidney Beans 0 4 No: 40) 2.0402 25 NG ee 95 Bz, = 60 String Beans Littic Dat, No. 2 2. 2 25 Eittie Dot Noe. 1 ...2 7 88 Little Quaker. No. 1__ 1 60 Little Quaker, No. 2__ 2 00 Choice, Whole. No. 2__ 1 90 Choice, Whole, No. 1. 1 25 Cut: Wo, 40 = 9 00 Cut No. 22 1 60 Cut, No.1 2 110 Pride of Michigan —-- 1 35 Marcellus Cut. No. 10_ 7 25 Wax Beans Little Dot, No. 2 --__ 2 2b little. Dot No. 1 ..-. 1 80 Little Quaker, No. 1_. 1 45 Choice, Whole, No. 10 10 25 Choice, Whole, No. 2 1 80 Ghoice. Whole, No. 1 1 35 Cut: We: 10 2 9 00 Cut; No: 2) 2202 ee 1 60 Cut No, 1 2s 1 10 Pride of Mich., No. 2 1 25 Marcellus Cut. No. 10_ 7 25 Beets Extra Small, No. 2 —- 2.50 Fancy Small, No. 2 -_ 2 00 Pride of Mich., No. 2% 2 00 Hart Cut, No. 10 _._. 5 00 Marcel. Whole, No. 2% 1 35 Carrots Dieed, No. 2 1 15 Diced, No. 19 —.__-- 5 25 Corn Golden Ban., No. 2-- 1 20 Golden Ban., No. 10 10 U0 Little Quaker, No. 1. 90 Country Gen., No. 1. &5 Country Gen., No. 2_. 1 20 Pride of Mich., No. 1 x0 Marcellus, NO. 2 oo 95 Fancy Crosby, No. 2_. 1 15 Whole Grain. 6 Ban- tam: No. 2 2 1 45 Peas Little Dot. No. 2 ---. 2 40 Little Quaker, No. 10 11 25 Little Quaker, No, 2__ 2 15 Little Quaker. No. 1-_ 1 45 Sifted E. June, No. 10 9 50 Sifted E. June. No. 2__ 1 75 Sifted E. June, No. 1_-- 1 25 Belle of Hart, No. 2-- 1 75 Pride of Mich.. No. 2__ 1 45 Marcel., Sw. W, No. 2 1 50 Marcel., E. June. No. 2 1 35 Marcel., E. Ju., No. 10 7 50 Pumpkin No. 40) 2 _ 4 35 No. 2% 2-2 1 35 No 2 2222 1 05 Sauerkraut No 10 2 4 25 No: 2% 2220 115 No 3) 2 85 Spinach No. 246 co 2 25 Noo 2 ee 1 80 Squash Beston, No: 3 -_. 1 35 Succotash Golden Bantum. No. 2 : 10 Hart, No. 2 1 80 Pride of Michigan —-_ 1 65 Marcellus, No. 2 ---- 1 15 Tomatoes No: 10 2223S 5 80 Noe 2% 22. 2 00 No, 2) 1 50 Pride of Mich., No. 2% 1 70 Pride of Mich., No. 2_ 1 35 CATSUP Sniders, 8 oz. ~------- 1 35 Sniders, 14 oz. ------~ 215 Sniders, No. 1010 ---_ 90 Sniders, Gallon Glass_ 1 25 CHILI SAUCE Sniders, 8 oz. —-.-_-—_ 2 10 Sniders, 14 oz. ------ 3 00 Sniders, No. 1010 ~--- 1 25 Sniders, Gallon Glass_ 1 45 OYSTER COCKTAIL Sniders: 8 02. =. 2 10 Sniders, 11 oz. ~...-— 2 40 Sniders, 14 0z. ~------ 3 00 Sniders, Gallon Glass 1 45 CHEESE Boguefort 22 55 Wisconsin Daisy ------ 15 Wisconsin Flat ..______ 15 New York June 24 Sap Saco 2. 40 Brick 15 Michiean Wiats =. ---_- 14 Michigan Daisies ------ 14 Wisconsin Longhorn ~-- 15 Imported Leyden ------ 23 1 lb: tamberger: .._-: 18 imported Swiss —- 52 Kraft Pimento Loaf -- 20 Kraft American Loaf __ 18 Kraft Brick Loaf Kraft Swiss Loaf ---_-- 22 Kraft Old Eng. Loaf__ 33 Kraft, Pimento, % Ib. 1 35 Kraft, American, % Ib. 1 35 Kraft, Brick, % Ib. -_ 1 35 Kraft, Limbur., % Ib. 1 65 CHEWING GUM Adams Black Jack ---- 65 Adams Bloodberry ---- 65 Adams Dentyne --_------ 65 Adams Calif. Fruit -- 65 Adams Sen Sen ------ 65 Beeman’s Pepsin ------ 65 Beechnut Wintergreen_ Beechnut Peppermint —- Beechnut Spearmint -- Doublemint —o-- 65 Peppermint, Wriglevs -- 65 Spearmint, Wrigleys -- 65 suicey Hruit, 22 2 65 Wrigieys P-K _—...-_ 65 WONG 22 65 Peanerry 22 65 Droste’s Dutch, 1 Ib.__ 8 00 Droste’s Dutch, ¥% Ib. 4 25 Droste’s Dutch, % Ib. 2 25 Droste’s Dutch, 5 Ibs. 2 50 Droste’s Dutch, 28 lbs. 35 Droste’s Dutch, 55 Ibs. 35 Chocolate Apples --_. 4 50 Pastelles. No. 1 ____ 12 60 Pastelles, % Ib. ~---_- 6 60 Pains De Cafe ______ 3 00 Droste’s Bars, 1 doz. 2 00 Delft Pastelles --____ 15 1 lb. Rose Tin Bon Bons 2 18 00 7 oz. Rose Tin Bon Bons 2 00 13 oz. Creme De Cara-_ 3 Que) 20 12 02. Rosaces =... - =. 7 80 % lb. Pastelles -__--- 3 40 Langues De Chats __ 4 80 CHOCOLATE Baker, Prem.. 6 lb. % 2 50 Baker, Pre., 6 Ib. 3 oz. 2 55 CLOTHES LINE Hemp, 50 ft. --. 2 00@2 25 Twisted Cotton, 50 ff) 2223s 50@1 75 Braided, 50 ft. ...._. 1 90 Cupples Cord __-_---- 1 85 COFFEE ROASTED Lee & Cady 1 Ib. Package Arrow Brand : Boston Breakfast -._. 24% Breakfast 22 imnerial = 37% BOW 18 Maiestic oe 29 Morton House -------- 33 Nedrow {22.0 28 Ouater 22040 30 McLaughlin’s Kept-Fresh Coffee Extracts M. Y¥.. per: 100 _-. 2 Frank's 50 pkgs. -- 4 25 Hummel’s 50, 1 Ib 10% CONDENSED MILK Bagle, 2 oz., per case 4 60 EVAPORATED MILK see 2 55 Bee ee 1 43 Quaker, Tall, 10% oz. 2 30 Quaker, Baby. 4 doz. 1 15 Quaker, Gallon, % dz. 2 30 Carnation, Tall, 4 doz. 2 55 Carnation, Baby, 4 dz. 1 28 Oatman’s Dundee. Tall 2° 85 Oatman’s D'dee, Babv 1 43 Pet. Tall 2 50 Pet, Baby, 4 1 25 Bordens Tall, 2 85 Borden's Baby, 1 438 Page, Tall Page. Baby dozen __ 4 dozen 4 doz. OCLGARS Hemt. Champions -_ 38 50 Webster Cadillac ____ 75 00 Webster Golden Wed. 75 00 Websterettes ________ 38 50 Cincos Garcia Grand Babies 38 50 Bradstreets 3 La Palena Senators_ 75 00 Odins Throw. Outs —___...._ 37 50 R G Dun Boquet _. 75 00 Perfect Garcia Subl. 95 00 Budwiser 22... 02. 19 50 Dry Slitz Stogies -. 20 00 Tango Pantellas —___ Isabella-Manilla -... 19 50 Hampton Arms Jun’r 37 50 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Pure Sugar Sticks-600c 4 00 Big Stick, 20 lb. case 17 Horehound Stick, 5 lb. 18 Mixed Candy Kindergarten =... 14 oeamer 22 1l French Creams - ~~ __--- 13 Paris Creams 2. 14 eupiter 2 09 Haney Mixture .-._— 14 Fancy Chocolate 5 lb. boxes Bittersweets, Ass'ted 1 50 Milk Chocolate A A 1 50 Nibble Sticks =_..___. 1 50 Chocolate Nut Rolls — 1 = Blue Ribbon E2 Gum Drops ee Champion Gums —______ Jelly Strimgs 222 2. " Lozenges Pails A. A. Pep. Lozenges -. 14 A. A. Pink Lozenges A. A. Choc. Lozenges __ 14 Motto Hearts ..... A$ Malted Milk Lozenges__ 20 Hard Goods Lemon Drops oO. F. Horehound drops = Anise Squares Peanut Squares ~_-----. il Cough Drops _. Bxs Fitna sg: 1 35 oinith Bros, —- 1 45 Gen Ss) oo 1 45 Specialties Pineapple Fudge -.--- = 48 Italian Bon Bons -----_ 14 Banquet Cream Mints__ 20 Handy Packages, 12-10c 85 COUPON BOOKS 50 Economic grade 2 50 100 Economic grade 4 50 500 Economic grade 20 00 1000 Economic grade 37 50 Where 1,000 books are ordered at a time, special- ly printed front cover is furnished without charge. CREAM OF TARTAR 6 lbl boxes DRIED FRUITS Apples N. Y. Fey., 50 Ib. box 13 N. Y. Fey., 14 oz. pkg. 1€ Apricots Evaporated, Choice _. 9% Evaporated, Ex. Choice 10 ax. BPaney. 2 Citron 40 ib. box 25 24 Currants Packages, 14 oz. --__. 17% Greek, Bulk, lb. ~_---- 16% Dates Imperial, 12s, Pitted 1 85 Imperial, 12s, Regular 1 40 Peaches Byvap, Choice =.____ 8% Wane. 2 10 Peel Lemon, American ----- 24 Orange, American __--- 24 Raisins Sesded, bulk 2.20. 1% Thompson’s s'dless blk 7% Thompson's seedless. 15 oz. Seeded, 15 oz. California Prunes 90@100, 25 lb. boxes__ 80@90, 25 lb. boxes__ 70@80, 25 lb. boxes_- 609@0, 25 lb. boxes__ 50@60, 25 lb. boxes__@06% 49@50, 25 lb. boxes__.-@07%4 20@40, 25 lb. boxes__@09% 39.030, 25 lb. boxes__.@14 18 024, 25 lb. boxes__ +> isan ime ha RIE aN + saat ecnni Ratan ABI org, August 31, 1932 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 Hominy Peanuts, Jumbo, 12 PLAYING CARDS , ’ ’ HERRING SOAP TEA Peel, 100 i). eoeks 350 1 Th. case -.... 05 Battle Axe, per doz. 2 65 Holland Herring Am. Family, 100 box 5 85 Blodgett-Beckley Co. Pecans, ¢, star .._..__ 25 Bicycle, per doz. ---- 4 70 Mixed Kees 76 Crystal White, 100 ___ 350 Royal Garden, Se ib = Bulk Goods ro ee eae 40 Torpedo, per doz. ---- 250 Mixed, half bbls. ------ WOE GOs) 215 Royal Garden, 4 lb. 77 s, i a : ‘ Elbow Macaroni, 20 lb. 05 Walnuts, aaa aaa it Aa pie. are ee oe Da tee 100 box 6 00 Egg Noodle, 10 lbs Sa UC ilkers, Kegs —-_------- 86 ake hite, 10 box 2 85 , sone ORY 2202 07 : POTASH Milkers., half bbis. —-_— Grdma White Na. 10s 3 50 Japan Babbitt’s! 2 doz. _-.. 2 7 Mimcers bbs) =. 2. Jap Rose. 100 box _-__. 740 Medium -------.------ 17 Kairy, 100 box _..._ 466 Choe —. ..._. 24@31 0000 Pearl Barley a ee | apn : coed Moats Palm Olive, 144 box 990 Fancy --- 2 Ieee Soe eee OO: eamnew. Ne. 8 : , 5 2 O95 lo ) 35 Barley Grits —______- 50 24 1 wh. Collap’s case 1 95 Lake Herring babes ao ae oe oe No. 1 Nibbs ------~----- 35 Ghester (Oe ae 3 50 7 BbrE, 100 lbs. —_-___ Detazon, 120 5 00 . ds oe “ os Mackerel Pummo, §0@ box ____ 4 85 op eers et. == Tubs, 60 Count, fy. fat 6 0 Sweetheart. 100 box __ 5 70 Gunpowder Gane aint Con ee oe ee Hit. ---- 11 Pails. 10 Ib. Puney fet 150 Grandpa Tar, 50 sm. 210 Choice ----------------- 40 East India ------------ 10 Peanuts, Spanish Com. dtcoe & Heit. ie ae see Rie Ts api a gence: eral tee - a bags —.-. | o% White Fish bl Barber Bar, 9s _ 50 ‘i SS Jilliams Mug, per doz. 48 eylon Tapioca Pecans Salted --------- 55 Veal Med. Fancy, 100 Ib. 1300" ek 5 Pearl, 100 lb. sacks -- 7% Walnut California 0 40 Top 222 11 Milkers, bbis. -______ 18 50 Fak, eee = “s Minute, 8 oz., 3 doz. 4 05 Gaede 190 KK K K Norway -- - 50 Dromedary Instant -- 3 50 a ll lg CL ee ..--—---—- 40 SPICES English Breakfast Jiffy Punch MINCE MEAT i Euien = i 50 Whole Spices Congou,. medium —__.__ 28 3 macs einer! a” 2 2h aoe one 4 doz. --- 6 20 oned, 10 lb. boxes -- 16 Allspice, Jamaica ---. @24 Congou, Choice ---- 35@36 sorte avors. uaker, 3 doz. case -. 3 15 Lamb Cloves, Zanzibar ---. @36 Congou, Fancy -__. 42@43 Yo Ho, Kegs, wet. lb. 16% Yearling Lamb ----~--- 15 @assia. Canton —.___ @24 OO) 2 eee 14 SHOE BLACKENING Cassia, 5c pkg., doz. @40 FLOUR Medium 2 10 21 ‘ Gineer, Africa @19 Ool Vv. C. Milling Co. Brands OLIVES Poor 08 Sap eka ang dz. : eh Mined. No. 3 a @30 Medium i uieess oe 39 LB hinge See . : Fe Jar, = doz. 1 05 Dri-Foot, doz. —___-- 300 Mixed, 10c pkgs., doz. @65 Choice ----------------- 45 est Queen ------ oz. Jar, Plain, doz. 1 95 Bixbys: doz. 130 Nutmegs, 70@y0 _--- @50 Baney =. 2). 50 ba? ges am Graham, - out Compound, tubs _ | 8 28 lb. bags, Table ____ 40 Splint, seo" _ 6 44 Pure, 6 oz.. Asst., doz. 90 Pure Pres., 16 oz., dz 1 85 STARCH : @ Corn Sausages u : . Churns larine Bolorcna 22 13 Kingsford, 24 lbs. ---- 2 30 Barrel, 5 gal., each —. 2 40 JELLY GLASSES Piven 15 Fewd. Deas. oer 106 3% Harel, 10 get. cacn. § Se % Pint Tall, per doz. 38 Brashfert 5 15 ro Sang Ti pkgs. 152 3 to 6 gal.. per gal. 16 % Pint Squat, per doz. 38 Por ee 20 ream, 24-1 ~--------- 2 20 Cll ee 19 A ‘ Margarine iron Barrels Tongue, Jellied ~------- 25 ri Pails ’ Mieht 220 62.1 Headcheese —----------- lo MORTONS dias a. Geena 2 60 Medium 2-220 2 62.1 S ‘ we 2 at. Galvanized -_ 2 85 I. VAN WESTENBRUGGE Heavy ---------------- 62.1 aa) ee A ee be os a Cae 3 1U Food Distributor Special- heavy -------- 62.1 Smoked Meats = Ae bh y eS. < if 12 at. Flaring Gal. Jr. 5 00 Extra heavy --------- 62.1 Hams, Cer. 14-16 lb. @14 = ; Argo, 8, 5 Ib. pkgs.-- 246 10 at. Tin Dairy ----- 4 ou Polarine GH.) =o. 62.1 Hams, Cert., Skinned = ae ee i: i Transmission Oil ----- 62.1 no eee @14 3 wee eS ‘Craie Finol, 4 oz. cans, doz. 1 45 am, drie ee = wigec. 5 eee 75 . Finol, 8 oz. cans, doz, 2 25 Knuckles -------- 24 = ee 2,75 Mouse, Wood, 4 holes_ 60 Foose 10 7S California Hams _. Wi12% - Mouse, wood, 6 holes_ 70 Parowax, 40, 1 ib. .. 7.55 Picnic Boiled Hams @16 Mouse. tin, 5 holes -_ 65 Parowax, 20, 1 Ib. 7.8 eS a @22 SYRUP or penne Bese Cate oe = i. ince ame __ @14 Corn a SS U Bacon 4/6 Cert. ---- @15 Home es is " Bees Rune. = 26 oz. 2 2 Blue Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 3 38 c OS == a Blue Karo, No. 10 __ 2 #3 Tubs Cream-Nut, No. 1 ---- 18 enone eiiedaas wa @22 00 lodized, 32, 26 oz. —- 3 40 Red Karo, No. \% _. 266 Large Galvanized ____ 8 75 Percola, No. 1 -------- 09 era a ° aa Five case lots ------- 230 Rea Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 3 64 Medium Galvanized -_ 7 78 ais Rea Karo, No. 10 ___.- 3 44 Small Galvanized ____ 6 ia BAT Liver BORAX Wilson & oo Brands rears —————— 10 Twenty Mule Team : Washboards eo v oe J a 24, 1 1b. packages __ 335 __ Imit. Maple Flavor Banner. Glohe ______ 5 50 See 13 oo ee 48. 10 oz. packages -. 4 40 Orange, No. 1%, 2 dz. 310 Brass, sinsla 6 25 Special a 96. % Ib. packages __ 400 Orange, No. 5, 1 doz. 474 Glass, single 5 @ ae . o ssa CLEANSERS Double Peerless —-_--- 8 50 Semdac, pt. cans 5 ae Single Peerless -----.. 7 5 Semdac, 12 at. cans 4 90 Fancy Blue Rose -- 3 50 Maple and Cane Northern Queen —--_-- 5 ic MATCHES Fancy Head . 06% Kanuck, per gal. ---- 150 Universal of Diamod, No. 5, 144 6 00 WASHING POWDERS oe © acl can 6 ae a 7 2 Searchlight, 144 box ‘< PICKLES Bon Ami Pd., 18s, box 1 90 Swan, 144 ------------ . RUSKS Bon Ami Cake, 18s_- 1 65 . Medium Sour f : : é a5 Wood Bowls Diamond, No. 0 ------ 4 75 Postma Biscuit Co. Brilo 22024 ee 85 : pe ; § gallon 400 count -- 475 4 Dostma Biscuit Co, ,, Glimatine, 4 doz ———- 3 69 weton, Se mutt case 4.40 15 In Butter -——---—- he Se ee 2 oe Ls 50 Welch, 12 tee ae We oe Ble 13 00 cartons, per case_- 2 15 randma arge -- 35 Faloh 36 See a Boa 9: Safety Matebee Sweet Small 1 cars Ger ace i | Suowhoy, 12 Large . 2 55 Waleh. 46-4 os. cane ¢ su 19 iu. Butter -_--- # 2 OY Red Top, 5 gross case 5 45 5 Ganon, 500 7 25 Gold Dust, 12 Large 2 05 Polo, 5 gross case ---- 4 7 oo Se Golden Rod, 24 __-_-- 4 25 Va eauee L Bs COOKING OIL 2 OEE ENS oo SALERATUS fe ean fon ae Mazola Fike. Mania. white. * MULLER’S PRODUCTS Dill Pickles Nace ca Dees 2 Getagon, Ko --.__- 290 Piate > Gos. --------- .< Rulchers eo Macaroni, 9 02. ------ 20 Gal., 40 to Tin, doz. -. 7 15 He 2 6 te to 05 ppeagrn 9 0%. ------ 3 20 32 oz. Glass Pickled_-_ 2 Co Rinso. 248 ________-__- 5 25 ea oe Ces . cS Kraft Stripe Ce Ov oN aa iol 9 oz, 2 - 32 oz. Glass Thrown -- 1 45 ae can oo No More, 100, 10 “s ed ce caah % 45 Ege Noodles. ae hh RR 8. Le 3 85 » Gall “ans, each —. 3 40 Ege Vermicelli, 6 oz. 2 20 Granulated, 60 lbs. cs. 1 35 Rub No More, 20 Lg. 4 00 VEAST CAKE Egg Alphabets, 6 oz.-- 2 20 Granulated, 18-2% Ib. Spotless Cleanser. 48. TABLE SAUCES Magic. 3 doz 2 70 Ege A-B-Cs 48 pkgs.-- 1 80 Dill Pickles Bulk packazes =-__-_-- 1 10 20 oz. -------------- 385 Lee & Perrin, large-_ 575 Sunlight. 3 doz. —-_-- » 7 5 Gal. 200). 3 3 65 Sani Flush, 1 doz, -- 225 Lee & Perrin. small.. 335 Sunlight. 1% don Ss iG Gal. 650). = 11 25 Sapolio, 3 doz. --~--_- 315 Pepper —--------------- 160 Yeast Foam, 3 doz. .- 2 +0 NUTS—Whole Gal, 108 30 00 ° Soapine, 100, 12 oz. -- 6 40 Royal Mint ---------- 240 yeast Foam, 1% doz. 1 35 oo n: COD FISH Snowboy, 100, 10 oz. -- 4 90 Tobasco, 2 9%. --~----- 4 23 Almonds, Tarragona-- Brazil, large -------- Middles 22.0.0 20 Speedee, 3 doz. ~----- 790 She You. 9 62.. doz... = 25 Fancy Mixed ___----- Peerless, 1 lb. boxes 19 Sunbrite. 60s —.__---— S90 Ast jaree 9.2 { th YEAST—COMPRESSED Filberts. Sicily ------ PIPES Old Kent, 1 Ib. Pure 27 Wyandotte, 48s ------ 40> Aol small o--- 285 Fleischmann, per doz. 3" ‘i ; Cob, 3 doz. in bx. 1 00@1 96 Whole Cod -__--_---- 11% Wyandot. Deterg’s, 24s 2 75 Caner. 2 02. ---------- 3S 30 ted Star. per doz. ___. fu Peanuts, Vir. Roasted 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN August 31, 1932 SHOE MARKET Michigan Retail Shoe Dealers Association. ’resident—Klwyn Pond, tlint. Vice-President—J. E. Wilson, Detroit Secretary—Jvoe H. Burton, Lansing Asst. Sec’y-Treas.—U. K. Jenkine Association Business Office, 907 Trans- portation Bidg., Detroit. Is Shoe Industry “Fashion-Slow?” Style has speeded up. It no longer waits for acceptance at the top. It no longer slowly percolates down to the bottom. country in weeks instead of seasons. If business hopes to ride on the wings of fashion, its pace. We can look from our editorial win- dows right into garment lofts produc- ing by day and night dresses in a new color. We can see messengers hurry- ing to supply houses for fabrics, trim- mings, thread, ornaments and all the accessories to harmonize with the fash- ion wave of “burgundy” color. A style or a color can ride into pop- to-day with such speed as to Such a meteor across the sky of fashion is the “burgundy” color. No definite indication of this vogue was apparent to the Styles Conference in May. A word or two was said about the “wine reds” but, in the main, fash- ion opinion was fixed on blacks and browns. In July, however, the color best described by the name “burgundy” spread into the dress trades, and in a month it had touched practically every house making garments, suits and coats. One enthusiastic dress manu- facturer made the prediction that at least a million dresses would be manu- factured, sold to retailers and selected by women of America this Fall. If such a color fashion is to flash into popularity, it must naturally carry with it a number of accessories. The first showings of models in New York were with black shoes or with brown shoes to contrast; but somehow or other the depth of the color makes even black look dusty. The deeper browns have perhaps a closer affinity. Can it be said that tanners were caught unaware and have not moved with the speed of the apparel weaver and dyer: Can it be said that the shoe manu- facturer was caught unaware of the possibilities of a market for extra shoes It smashes right across the it must learn to speed up ularity upset all previous calculations. in an extra color? Can it be said that the retail dealer was similarly unaware of his oppor- tunity—or is it an indictment of an industry that has gone sluggish in its acceptance of the “new” and out-of- the-ordinary colors and fashions? As an industry, is the development of new things resisted because we have made a platform and wish to adhere to it? Are we standardizing all for sweet economy’s sake? If a modest million dresses are made up in a particularly popular color, isn’t there a store here and there that will take a chance through ordering and buying the darkest shade of “burgun- dy” to be a fit foundation for a very pleasing color ensemble? We do sense a belated flash of action. Some shoes, but very few, are in the works, but at that they trail the sale footwear of the garments. It isn’t too late, how- ever, to “take a chance” if the bur- gundy shade hasn’t as yet arrived in your community. It may be the fash- ion of a moment—to fade out like the Eugenie hat—but it is too substantial a color to be a fad alone. Even if the store does take a loss on the few trial pairs that it orders, it at least gets a reputation for follow- ing the fashion. Any new shoe color has its hazards. Blue was retarded more by trade inertia and trade fears than by the resistance of the public. Blue is here to stay because of the acceptance of the public—and in many cases in spite of the shoe merchant. The deep burgundy color lends itself admirably to footwear, and in spite of the lateness of the movement in shoes, it is worth considering. Leather tan- ning and shoemaking has speeded up so there is no unsurmountable diffi- culty in that direction. The basic complaint is the attitude of the man within the industry who lacks the spirit to venture and who seems to think that the problem of sizes and widths is such as to make imperative standardization of colors, patterns and lasts so that all possible risks are eliminated. What this trade needs more than all “open mind and a spirit to Boot and Shoe Recorder. else is an venture.’— —s.> 2 > 5 Proceedings of the Grand Rapids Bankruptcy Court. (Continued from page 11) Thelen Lumber Co., Grand Rapids 579.13 Thelen Materials Co., Grand Rapids 169.02 Louis C. Voss, Grand Rapids __-~ 406.64 Jos. Siegel Jewelry Co., Grand R. 54.60 Herpolsheimer Co., Grand Rapids 35.84 Anton Vanden Berg, Grand Rapids 172.50 E. O. Cilley. M. D., Grand Rapids 44.00 Mich. Bell Tele. Co., Grand Rapids Marion Koprowski, Grand Rapids__ 26.3 oO > Andrew Kwaitkowski, Grand Rap. 4.00 John & Harriet Marszal, Gradn R. 175.00 Henry Smith Floral Co., Grand R. 13.00 Quality Shoe Store, Grand Rapids 10.50 Ideal Shoe Store, Grand Rapids _~ 2.00 Jos. Zoet Hdwe., Grand Rapids -_ 45.30 Creston Hudson & Essex Garage, Grand Rapids ..._- 29.10 Garage, Grand Rap. 18.45 Mess Rinner & Co., Grand Rapids 22.00 Houseman & Jones, Grand Rapids 44.50 Dr. C. Droste, Grand Rapids __---- 28.00 Ed. De Vries, Grand Rapids —----- 14.70 West Side Sheet Metal Works. G.R. 108.77 Garrison Tile & Marble Co., G. R. 10.75 Furn. City Glass Co., Grand Rapids 42.26 Choals Elec. Co., Grand Rapids 5 Watson Hdwe., Grand Rapids Dunham, Cholette & Allaben, G. R. Paul Steketee & Sons, Grand Rap. Standard Builders Sup. Co., G. R. 490. 00 Aug. 25. We have received the sched- ules, order of reference and adjudication in the matter of Metzgar Co., Inc., Bank- rupt No. 4985. The bankrupt is a resident of Grand Rapids. The schedules of the bankrupt how assets of $1,808. 19, with lia- bilities of $47,607.38. The list of creditors of said bankrupt is as follows: City of Grand Rapids ____________ $2,091.29 Stocking Ave. Geo. Mitchell, Grand Rapids __-~--- 30.00 Geneva Slayman, Grand Rapids -_ 30.00 Frank Alaria, Grand Rapids ------ 38.13 Samuel Van Etten, Grand Rapids 46.50 i... &. Perrine, Dallas, Texas —___- 1.00 Glen P. Crissmiah, Detroit ____--- 12.40 ia: Wis ee ee 6.00 Moise Metvear =o 22 20.00 Old Kent Bank, Grand Rapids ~_25,000.00 G. R. Savings, Grand Rapids ---- 1,700.00 Il. W. Smith, Grand Rapids _____- 170.00 Fice & Rice, Grand Rapids --_---- 175.00 Welmers-Dykman Fuel Co., G. R. 300.61 Mfers. Supply Co., Grand Rapids 11.88 High Speed Hammer Co.. Roches- ter, WW 10.82 Dickinson Bros., Grand Rapids __ 327.35 G. R. Electrotype Co., Grand Rap. 12.34 Den G. McAfee, Grand Rapids __ 84.26 Roler Br. Co. of Am., Trenton, N.J. 33.87 Central Engraving Co., Grand Rap. 16.05 Cc. O. Porter Mach’y Co., Grand R. 44.62 Camera Shop, Grand Rapids oS 5.19 Bostwek-Braun Co., Toledo, Ohio 28.21 Tisch-Hine Co., Grand Rapids _- 1.00 C. A. Roberts Co... Chicago —.-- 62.70 Mich. Welding Co., Grand Rapids 21.36 Foster-Stevens Co., Grand Rapids .68 G. R. Forging & Iron Works, G. R. 1.03 Stalter Edge Tool Co., Granda Rap. 2.63 Cc. W. Mills Paper Co., Grand Rap. 13.35 Grand R. 11.97 Kellogg-Burlingame Co., Grand noms =. 10562 Sweets Catalog Service, N. 187.60 Wrought Washer Mfg. Co., oe 192.67 FEF. & L. Label Co., Cheago coe 18.60 Lamso & Sessions Co., ¢ ‘leveland__ 14.85 Townsend Co., New Brighto, Pa. 42.81 Etheridge Co., Grand Rapids ----- 260.00 Snow-Church Co. Automatic Stapler Co., Chicago —- 7.63 Allen G. Miller Co., Grand Rapids 25.00 Amer. Envelope Co., Chicago ~----. 80.21 Globe Vise Truck Co., Grand Rap. 5.15 S. & J. Van Horn, Middleville _--- 317.45 G. R. Machinery Co., Grand Rapids 50.00 Home Fuel Co., Grand Rapids __-- 44.87 Lansing Stamping Co., Lansing -~ 175.00 MacRae’s Blue Book, Chicago —--- 225.00 Industrial Serv. Corp., Grand R. 9, 106.53 Dickinson Bros., Grand Rapids —_- 452.63 Colonial Oil Co. of Ind., Ft. Wayne 26.85 Carborundum Co., Niagara Falls 4.70 Detroit Ball Bre. Co., Detroit —__ 7.32 Davies Lumber Co., Grand Rapids 7.4a Madison Mfg. Co., Muskegon ---. 2.49 Robert Metzgar, Grand Rapids __ 1,844.22 Leroy Metzgar, Grand Rapids _~ 4,184.71 OO Items From the Cloverland of Michi- gan. Sault Ste. Marie, Aug. 30—The Ca- Choa Club has arrived and will swell the tourist business during their stay here. The CaChoa members are the peppiest summer visitors we have dur- ing the season. They held their an- nual picnic at Alcot Beach last Wed- nesday. Seventy-one members attend- ing the picnic. The manager of the Temple theater invited the club to a complimentary show. They also at- tended a dinner and dancing party at the Hotel Ojibway last week. The country club will-also entertain the club next week and a number of other entertainments are scheduled during the next two weeks. At the Alcot Beach party a picnic lunch of weiners, sweet corn, baked ‘beans, potatoes, salad and all the customary picnic edibles was served on a long table. This was one of the most enjoyable events held thus far by courtesy of Mrs. Glawson, proprietor of the Pavillion. The hall was used for dancing and card games after the picnic. The victims of hay fever sure- ly are fortunate in having the Sault as their headquarters, where life is worth living and the depression seems only imaginary. Ned Mahooney, a former Sault boy, who distinguished thimself as one of the best cornet players now with the Columbia University band, and also with the 69th regiment band of New York City, is spending his vacation with his. parents here. His many Sault friends are pleased to know of his unusual success since leaving the Sault. William McGuire, one of the live merchants at DeTour, was a business caller here last week. : Gov. Wilber M. Brucker paid us a visit last Wednesday. He told of his honest and sincere administration in solving state problems, which made a lasting impression with all who attend- ed the meeting at the Temple theater, which was too small to accommodate the people. It looks as if he will get a big majority in this county, as he has done much for the Upper Penin- sula and made good on all of his prom- ises since ‘he has been in office. Some people seem to think that prosperity won't come from around the corner until it sees somebody rush- ing the growler. We were pleased to learn that the carbide plant here expects to increase production about Jan. 1. Last winter the plant operated on full time, but we can hardly expect a full time opera- tion under present conditions. Harvey Morris, representing Swift & Co., Chicago, paid the Sault a visit last week. Harvey has just returned from a trip to Texas, where he said the depression is far more severe than most of the places he has visited. After meeting his Sault friends and noticing the activity in this, his former old town, he said the Sault seems to be the liveliest place he found in his travels. Congratulations to the farmers of the Sault district who again have won first place at the Upper Peninsula State fair at Escanaba. Lhis is the fifth year for the annual exhibition and it is a source of pride that all the stock from this end of the Peninsula continues to win high honors and good prize money. The incentive to raise best crops and stock is greatly in- creased by the right kind of a fair and there is a great field for such develop- ment in the Upper Peninsula, where farming will become more important each year as we learn just what each section can best produce. Escanaba showed splendid initiative in securing an institution that, rightly conducted, will mean real dividends. One thing which hasn’t been cut in these slicing times is the amount of talk. Senator James Couzens, of Detroit, spent this 60th birthday here last I‘ri- day, fishing in the St. Mary’s rapids. It is the first time he has ever ‘been away from home on his birthday. He is ‘taking a much needed rest.” The residents of Marquette Nationa! Forest may obtain free permits to take fuel wood from Government land, which will give them an opportunity to lay in a season’s supply of firewood. Last year eighty-nine families availed themselves of this offer and cut 1.400 cords of wood, which did much to re- lieve the poor conditions. William G. ——_2-.__ A new corrugated ‘fiber board liner in which metal wires are buried is said to increase efficiency of carbon dioxide cooled shipping containers. Tapert. The wires conduct incoming heat into the carbon dioxide. ——_2+.-___ A hot water bottle which stays hot has been developed. An electric heat- ing unit, thermostatically controlled, i in the stopper. It is said to be safe, economical to use. ositive protection profitable investment is the polity of the WY MICHIGAN 24 SHOE DEALERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Mutual Bullding : Lansing, mM ‘chigan i 3 4 4 I ; ‘ 2 4 ; August 31, 1932 DETROIT DOINGS. Late Business News From Michigan’s Metropolis. Day Krolik, receiver of A. Krolik & Co., Inc., reports that two proposals were mailed to creditors last week, one offering 45 per cent. cash with note of new company for 5 per cent., payable in March, 1933, making a to- tal of 50 per cent. The other proposal is to pay 10 per cent. cash on acceptance, and on Sept. 15, 10 per cent. more; also 5 per cent. on Oct. 15, Nov. 15, together with 10 per cent. additional on Dec. 15 and Jan. 15, with a final payment of 10 per cent. on March 15, making a total of 60 per cent. of approved claims. Acceptances of one or the other pro- posal have been already received from a number of creditors, and from pres- ent indications practically all creditors are expected to accept one or the other proposal. Offers of co-operation on the part of creditors appear to be gen- eral. The time limit on these proposals expires Aug. 31. Henry ford announces that a 20 per cent. reduction in the pay of all of his employes, from the highest to the lowest, will igo into effect, Sept. 1. Joseph Leach and Harry Leach, to- gether with Bancroft Brien, have formed the H and J Shoe Co., Inc., with present offices at 3804 Cortland avenue. The company has secured a Michigan charter. The company will conduct a chain of shoe stores, of which seven are now in operation as a nucleus in Detroit and Michigan. The former stores and business of Brien Brothers (Brien Wholesale Shoes, at 139 East Larned) and the Dollar Shoe Stores, both groups formerly conduct- ed by the Detroit Comfort Sleeper Co., and the two West side stores of Leach brothers form the nucleus of the new chain, John M. Bonbright of Brooke, Smith & French, Inc., who for five years has directed publicity for the Graham- Paige Motors Corporation, has been adjudged winner of a National adver- tising contest sponsored By John Wan- amaker, New York, who sought the best slogan descriptive of a newly patented construction now used in Silver King golf balls. The prize is a trip to Europe for two persons, includ- ing a week’s golfing at St. Andrews and Gleneagles, Scotland. The win- ner, accompanied by Mrs. Bonbright, sailed Aug. 27 on the Ile de France. Judges of the contest, which was ad- vertised Nationally by Wanamaker, sole distributor for the Silver King in the United States, were Jack Kofoed, Nan O’Reilly and Grantland Rice, editor of the American Golfer. Bonbright is a former Philadelphia newspaper man. Since 1927, he has been associated with the Graham- Paige Motors Corporation and Brooke, Smith & French, Inc., which handles the Graham account. Here’s the winning slogan: Its core adds distance when you whack it Because the patent inner jacket Imparts live power where others lack it. An invitation is going forward to Roy D. Chapin, Secretary of Com- a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN merce, asking him to be the honored guest at a banquet to be tendered him at his convenience. The date may be late in September. The Board will sponsor the affair and it is expected that Mr. Chapin’s host of friends will show, by their presence, the genuine Nation wide enthusiasm that has re- sulted from his recent appointment. You will be notified when date is set. —_—_.+..___- OUT AROUND. (Continued from page 9) in a loss of many thousand dollars to Muskegon county for advertising and undertaking to sell the lots, which were so small in size that owners had to purchase the surrounding lots if they decided to build a cottage of any size thereon. I have since denounced every swindle Parker has undertaken to ex- ploit. When he started a National bank and trust company in New York City I wrote the New York Times, giving it a complete history of the man and his methods. -» .___- Swagger Suit Volume Large. An excellent business continues to be done in swagger suits and en- sembles, with these styles figuring notably in the re-orders which have been reaching the manufacturers. The bulk of consumer ‘buying of these types is concentrated in the popular price to low end lines. At the same time, however, an increase is reported in calls for better grade coats. The belief is gaining ground that the con- sumer demand for ‘better coats will be larger than was anticipated at the start of the wholesale season. Some retailers in their forthcoming promo- tions will conifine stocks to eight care- fully selected models, feeling that con- centration will ‘be desirable and profit- able. Offices Urge Advance Orders. The delivery situation has reached the point where leading resident dry goods ‘buying offices in New York be- gan advising retailers that it is “abso- lutely necessary” that requirements be anticipated and orders placed for fu- ture deliveries. Mail orders for ready- to-wear and accessories are heavy and the bulk of the calls stress quick ship- ment. Stocks on hand, however, are so low that it is almost impossible to meet such requests. Moreover, price advances are now ‘beginning to be noted in finished merchandise, particu- larly coats, dresses and fur jackets, in addition to textiles. > Call Starts For Fireplace Sets. Bronze and wrought iron fireplace sets, in retail ranges up to $15, are in fair demand for early Fall delivery. The majority of orders are confined to the $7.50 and $10 sets, with a sprinkl- ing of demand for better price offer- ings. Stores are purchasing in larger quantities than they did last year and are asking for much earlier delivery on orders. In some instances retail- ers said they expect to do a heavy vol- ume of (business on low-end sets throughout the early Fall and will re- plenish stocks with higher-price goods in November for the holiday trade. ——__» ~~». Prepares For Home Wares Sales. Last-minute purchases on the part of home wares buyers bring excep- tional activity to the wholesale mar- kets. The majority of retail stores will launch promotions after labor day and have been building up stocks in antici- pation of the event for the last two weeks. In kitchen equipment, cook- ing utensils retailing from 10@75c and cutlery to sell up to 50 cents are want- ed. Electrical appliances, including irons, coffee percolators and toasters to retail around $5, were ordered in quantity for immediate delivery. —_+-<-+___ American Woolen Withdraws Prices. The American Woolen Co. with- drew prices on its men’s wear line, departments 1 and 2, effective at the close of ‘business last week. The com- pany’s announcement contained no additional information, but the move is regarded as preparatory to a general advance in quotations before the end of this week. Other mills are report- ed planning to mark up prices 2@12%c per yard on various numbers, includ- ing both men’s and women’s fabrics. Orders have come into New York selling offices in larger volume during the week and some mills have already raised quotations 2@5c per yard. —_——__.—- —___ Expect Rise on Fall Underwear. Price advances ranging up to 50c per dozen on standard lines of heavy- weight cotton ribbed underwear are expected tbefore the close of the week. Many are surprised that the rise has not already been put into effect, but the opinion is expressed that mills, are waiting for buyers to assimilate the advance on the cheap lines before taking action on the regular goods. As a result of the cotton spurt, Spring lines may be offered shortly after labor day instead of in October, as originally planned, —_++ > A woman of charm is as rare as a man of genius. sage ss 4 | z ; ate FAILURE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AS INCENTIVE TO CRIME I have not studied crime from the standpoint of the scientist. The most of my ideas on crime and criminals have been gained through actual contact with the criminal and experience in our penal institutions. I served two years as assistant county attorney, six years as county attorney, almost a decade as district judge, and six years as parole attorney in the governor’s office. In the last few years I have spent more than nine months within the walls of the penitentiary and reform- atory. There are so many different kinds of criminals that it is very difficult to classify them. In a general way we may classify criminals as normal crminals, subnormal criminals, and neurotics. The normal criminal is a person who is antisocial and should be punished until he recognizes the right of society to make laws for its safety and preservation. The subnormal convict is treated as a criminal but is not really a criminal at heart. He is an unfortunate who should be cared for by society. His is properly a custodial case, and with the proper attention he can usually be taught some useful trade whereby he may become’ self-supporting and happy. The neurotic is likely to commit a crime, and when he does he is classified as a criminal; but he is mentally sick and needs medical treat- ment, and not punishment. The more punishment he receives the more nervous he becomes, and consequently the more menacing to society and to himself. In such cases punishment defeats the ends sought. According to Freude, we are all born criminals. I shall say we are all born anti-social. The fact is that we all have instinctive drives which would control our lives but for the fact that society demands that certain of the in- stinctive drives must be held in control; and the sooner we are taught to conform to these rules the better it is for us. If we are not taught. to control these drives while we are yet in our homes, we must be taught to do so in the school of hard knocks, or be classified as crim+ inals. If the conscience, or super ego as some of the psychoanalysts call it, is properly developed it can and will control our instinctive drives. If it is not properly developed we shall be controlled by the instinctive: drives and remain antisocial. Society virtually says to the individual: “For the good of society you must permit the regulation or supervision of certain of your instinc- tive desires; and you will be protected in the enjoyment of those not relinquished or submitted to regulation.” So long as society respects the rights reserved to the individual and protects him in the enjoyment of same, the individual may be expected to respect the contract and live within the regulations prescribed by society. But if society fails to keep its part of the contract, then the individual feels at liberty to breach the contract and express the in- stinctive drives denied to him by the implied contract. Society must of necessity have the right to punish and restrain those who are antisocial. Tennyson said, prophetically: “The individual withers; but the world is more and more.” In our complex civilization it is necessary for the individual to give up some things that are not harmful in themselves and that are perfectly proper in thinly-settled communities, but these things can not be tolerated in cities. On the farm a man may well keep his milch cows and his pigs; but\ when he moves to the city he has to give up these things. They are proper on the farm, but are a menace to comfort and health in the city. I do not agree with the statement that a man cannot be a free moral agent, and that he is wholly a creature controlled by the influence of’ heredity and environment. Was it not said that no good thing could come out of Nazareth? Other leading figures in history might be cited to show that many leaders have been developed who had no background, either of heredity or environment, to which they might point with pride. It is probably true that the moron is very largely a creature of heredity and environment, as he does not have the capacity to rise above the community in which he is raised. Our instinctive drives and our super ego are constantly contending for the mastery. If the super ego becomes careless or ceases to guide the instinctive drive we readily become the victim of our natural instincts. The moron does not have the capacity to control the instinctive drives, and for that reason is likely to become a dangerous criminal; and this is especially true in regard to sex crimes. It is probably true that the man with strong instinctive urges, in whom the super ego is in constant danger of losing its control over the ego, may find some satisfaction in seeing others punished for crimes that his super ego has had trouble in repressing. He fancies the punishment of others aids his super ego to keeping the upper hand. Freude says: “Fear of punishment and hope of being loved repre- sent the two social regulations of human instinctive life.” We strive to adjust ourselves to obtain pleasure and avoid pain; human instinctive drives demand expression of gratification. We must adjust ourselves so as to allow the greatest freedom permisible consist- ent with the rules laid down by society. The renunciation may go so far and it may be impossible for it to go further. Any attempt at further renunciation disturbs the equilibrium. A failure to gratify the demands of nature is one form of punishment. The fear of punishment has a tendency to cause one to curb his: instinctive impulses. This is a form of punishment; and when one has endured this punishment it tends to make him feel freer to follow his instinctive drives. If we threaten him with too severe punishment the inner moral influence may be lost. When some criminal who is clearly guilty is not punished and some innocent man is punished it makes one feel that his rights and the rights of his neighbors are not safe. He naturally rebels against his repressions and is likely to become a criminal. One trouble with cur law enforcement is that our attitude toward laws and law officers is wrong. When an officer starts out to uncover a crime and brings the wrong-doer to justice he is likely to be called a snooper. We applaud the criminal who confesses his crime, but condemn him if he assists the officers in the capture and prosecution of his accomplice, or any other criminal, and brand him as a “sqealer.” We thus align our- selves with the convicts, who brand this man as a “rat” when he enters the penitentiary. In other words, if the prisoner lines up with those who are trying to protect society we condemn him; but, if he lines up with the criminal and refuses to give evidence necessary for the conviction, we applaud his action. A person may become a criminal by the influence of heredity, en- vironment, and mental or physical conditions. A weak mentality yields more easily to temptation than a strong one. A sick man is more irritable than a well one. There are some reput- able authorities on crime who claim that the failure of the endocrine glands to function properly is the cause of much crime. I would not like to close this discussion without offering some sug- gestions that, in my judgment, would tend to cure some of the present errors in our manner of handling crime and criminals. I am convinced that long sentences do not tend to reform the criminal, but have the opposite effect. If two or three years in a penal institution is not sufficient to work a reformation in a convct, no amount of punishment will do so. The only legitimate reason for keeping him long is to keep him out of circulation, and possibly to make him afraid to commit another crime, although I do not believe ten years will make him any more afraid than would two years. . The fact is that the normal man who commits a crime does not expect to be punished at all for his offense. If he knew he would be captured and compelled to serve two years in the penitentiary he would not commit the crime. The habitual criminal is not imprisoned for his own good, but is kept in confinement for the protection of society. He should never be released. Prisoners should be sentenced to the penitentiary until released by the parole board, and not given a definite sentence. Then the prisoner\ would be kept in prison until the parole board was satisfied that he. would not again violate the law when released from confinement. Many prisoners are now released from the penitentiary upon the expiration of the full term, when all the authorities who have anything to do with the prisoner are satisfied that he will be returned to prison in a short time because of some new crime he has committed. Our sheriffs should serve longer terms than they are now permitted to serve under our Constitution. The proposed amendment which per- mits sheriffs to serve more than two terms should be adopted. A great deal of time is wasted and unnecessary money expended in the selection of twelve jurors to try lawsuits. 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