ichigan Tradesman. Published Weekly. lider 10. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHE RS. Pvc ee ne OCTOBER 1, 1892. $1 we Yeu NO. hill If you have any beans and want tosell, we want them, will give you full mar ket price. Send them to us in any quantity up to car loads, we want 1000 bushels daily. BEANS | W. T. LAMOREAUX CO., 128, 130 and 132 W. Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Julius Berkey, Pres. S. S. Gay, Vice-Pres. Wm. McBain, Sec’y. J.D. M. Shirts, Treas, i _, and Rapids Brash Co., Manufacturers of BRUSHES GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Our goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses. The Green Seal Cigar Is the Most Desirable for Merchants to Handle because It is Staple and will fit any Purchaser. Retails for 10 cents, 3,for 25 cents. Send Your Wholesaler an Order. i Mm MAP & CO, 9 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. WHOLESALE FRUITS AND PRODUGE: Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. AMERICAN Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan make, IMPORTED Limburger, Swiss, Fromage de Brie, D’ Isigny, Camembert, Neufchatel and Also our XXXX Orchard. VINEGAR WRITE FOR PRICES ON CH EESE H. E. MOSELEY & CO. 45 South Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Caprera. GS. S&S BROWN, JOBBER OF Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Vegetables, Oranges, Bananas and Karly Vegetables a Specialty, 24-26 No. Division St. Send for quotations. Our Fall Lines of Oi Cloths, Garpets and Gurtains Now ready. Write for prices. SMITH & SANFORD, 68 Monroe St. ~ + TELFER SPICE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. 1 and 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS - BLACK BASS CIGARS NEVER GO BEGGING. Made only by .G. F. FAUDE, IONIA, MICH oSee} Quotations, edt THE NE PLUS ULTRA OF A NICKEL SMOKE! | . J. L. Strelitsky, Including the following celebrated brands, man ufactured by, the well-known house of Glaser Frame & Co.: k Vindex, long Havana filler................ $35 Three Medals, long Havana filler........ 35 4 Elk’s Choice, Havana filler and binder... 55 EE O_O —————— 55 Jobber of La Doncella de Morera, ................. 65 a Pe, ee Oe Os i ce voce e acs 55 ON oe en eke i ec ccni escent 60 * OO ee alte MOSELEY BROS., - WHOLESALE - FRUITS, SKADS, BEANS AND PRODUGE, 26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA ST., Cyrand Rapids, Mich. 10 So. lonia St, Grand Rapids, a * MUSKEGON BRANCH UNITED STATES BAKING CO., Successors to MUSKEGON CRACKER CoO., HARRY FOX, Manager. “, Crackers, Biscuits # Sweet Goods.) MUSKEGON, MICH. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS. Don’t Forget when ordering CANDY 22 To call on or address A. E. BROOKS & CO., Mfrs, 46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. Special pains taken with fruit orders. NUTS, FIGS, STANDARD OIL CO GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. DEALERS IN Illuminating and Lubricating , | -OrILs- NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Offic., Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave BULK WORK3 AT GRAND RAPIDS, BIG RAPIDS, ALLEGAN, MUSKEGON, GRAND HAVEN, HOWARD CITY, MANISTEE, CADILLAC, LUDINGTON. PETOSKEY, HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR KMPTY GARBON & GASOLIN’ BARRELS. RINDGE, KALMBACH & CO. 12,14, & 16 PEARL ST. Fall Season 1892. Tere GOO... eee een JOBBING GOODS. we know will be satisfactory. We never had so nice a line of shoes slippers WARM GOODS. and buskins, also feit boots and socks. RUBBER GOODS. We carry a full line and can show you all the novelties of the season at prices We sell the best, Shoe Co.’s. the Boston Rubber Satisfaction guaranteed. Who urges you to keep > | « hy c ? | a) | | | e The aoe z +: By splendid and expensive advertising the manufacturers create a ~~ | i | demand, and only ask the trade to keep the goods in stock so as to supply ~ the orders sent to them. Without effort on the grocer’s part the goods , isell themselves, bring purchasers to the store, and help sell less known goods. Anv Jobber will be Glad to Fill Your Orders. LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY, IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Grocers :: Wholesale Grocers. BALL BARNHART = PUTMAN C0... BUCKWHEAT FLOUR We make has the an absolutely pure and unadulterated article, and it GENUiNE OLD-FASHIONED FLAVOR. Our customers of previous years know whereof and from others we solicit a trial order. per bbl. in paper 4 and 1-16 sacks. THE WALSH-UEROO MILLING CO, Correspondence Solicited. us ae JOBBER © OYSTERS. - OF we sneak | Present price BD HOLLAND, MICH. SALT FISH POULTRY & GAME Vail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. « See quotations in another column CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF POULTRY AND GAME SOLICITED | + o. | at ah | MICHIGAN TRADESMA N. VOL. 10. GRAND RAPIDS, i cts OCTOBER + 12, , 1892, NO. 473 OYSTERS! Solid Brand Cans. coe, 28 Standards he ee eae Seca eos laos 20 ee ee eee ee ee en. 22 Daisy Brand. PI a sae ce a 26 Standards.. ce cay cn 18 Favorites. .... 16 Mrs. Withey’s Home-Made Mince Meat. Loree OO 6 = Ib pails ee a 6% aoe OE a * ee 64 [ee 6% 2 1b cans, usual weight, per doz............ $1 50 4ib * . - a . 3 50 Cnesce Dairy Hutter ........ ............ 18 Pure Sweet Cieer ip Bele... 16 . Vineeee.... 10 Choice Lemons, 300 and $60 ............... 7 00 New Pickles in bbis, 1200... -_.- aS: 5 25 . half bbis, 300 ...... oe Lo. 3 00 The at prices are made low to bid for e. Let your orders come, EDWIN FALLAS, Prop’r of Valley City Cold Storage 215-217 Livingston St., Grand Rapids, TIRTH, KRAUSE & C0, JOBBERS OF CHILDREN’S “SHOES Leather and Shoe Store Supplies. 12-14 LYON ST. GRAND RAPIDS ESTABLISHED 1841. ll THE MERCANTILE AGENCY R.G. Dun & Co. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada OUR NEW LINE OF Tablets, Fall Specialties School Supplies kte,, ARE NOW BEING SHOWN ON THE ROAD BY MR. J. L. KYMER, OF OUR FIRM. MR. GEO. H. RAYNOR, MR. WALTER B. DUDLEY, MR. CHAS. E. WATSON, MR. PETER LUBACH. EATON, LYON & CO. COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO. 65 MONROE ST. Formed by the consolidation of the COOPER COMMERCIAL AGENCY, AND THE UNION CREDIT CO., And embodying all the good features of both agencies. Commercial reports and current collections receive prompt and careful attention. Your patronage respectfully solicited. Telephones 166 and 1030. L. J. STEVENSON, Cc. A. CUMINGS, Cc. E. BLOCK. TOS aCe epee ase mea wo Stwo FOR PRICES GRAND RAPIDS,MICH. RR PROMPT, FIRE INS. co. CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. T. Stewart WHITE, Pres’t. W. Frep McBain, Sec’y. S. A. MORMAN, WHOLESALE Petoskey, Marble- LilM EB ? head and Ohio Akron, Buffalo and Louisville CEMENTS, Stucco and Hair, Sewer Pipe, “FIRE BRICK AND OLAY. Write for Prices. 10 LYON ST., - GRAND RAPIDS. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres, Offices in Se et cities of the United States, Canada, the European continent, Australia, and in London, ngland. Grand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg. HENRY ROYCE, Supt. FRANK H. WHITE, Manufacturer’s Agent and Jobber of Brooms, Washboards, Wooden AND Indurated Pails & Tubs, Wooden Bowls, Clothespins and Rolling Pins, Step Ladders, Washing Ma- chines, Market, Bushel and De- livery Bas ets, Building Paper, Wrappin Z Paper, Sacks, Twine and Stationery. Manufacturers in lines allied to above, wish- ing to be represented in this market are request- ed to communicate with me. 125 COURT ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. A. J, SHELLMAN, Scientific Optician, 65 Monroe Street. Eyes tested for spectacles free: of cost with latest ret methods. Glasses in every style at moderate = Artificial human eyes of every color. Sign of big spectacles. THE FALSE SUMMONS. The red curtains were drawn, the fire blazed cheerily on the hearth, and the click of the sleety rain against the win- dow-panes only seemed to heighten the enjoyment within, where a shaded lamp gave out its serene glow, and the pic- tured folds of an ancient Chinese screen shut all possible and impossible draughts away from the ruddy fire-side. Doctor Fengrove sat on one side, with the newspaper in his tap; Mrs. Fengrove sat on the other, tranquilly occupied in darning stockings, while a chubby year- old lay asleep in its crib, just where the firelight touched its curls with fleeting glimpses of gold. ‘‘Well,’? said the doctor, letting the newspaper slip down to the floor, ‘‘this is comfortable. I don’t often get an evening at home since—Hello! What’s that? Some one knocking at the kitchen door?” Mrs. Fengrove rose and answered the summons. Presently, she came back. “It’s Milo York, doctor,’’ said she. ‘“‘Milo York, eh?’? Doctor Fengrove’s countenance darkened as he_ spoke. ‘-Didn’t I tell Milo York never to darken my door again?” ‘“‘But he’s hungry, my dear,’’ pleaded the gentle-hearted woman, ‘‘and home- less. Mr. Evarton has turned him away, and—”’ “Tf don’t blame Mr. Evarton!” tartly interrupted her husband. ‘‘A miserable drunken loafer, who—’’ “TY don’t think he has been drinking to-night, doctor,” said Mrs. Fengrove. ‘‘He looks pale and tired. He says he has had nothing to eat since noon and has no place to sleep.’’ “That’s no affair of mine!” retorted Doctor Fengrove, who, though free- hearted and hospitably inclined in gen- eral, had hardened his heart like a flint against this particular instance of hu- manity. Mrs. Fengrove still hesitated. ‘*‘What shall I tell him?’ asked she. “Tell him to go about his business,” returned the doctor, energetically stir- ring the fire until a red stream of sparks flew up the chimney. Mrs. Fengrove closed the door, and went back to the kitchen porch. ‘‘Milo,’? said she, ‘‘my husband will have nothing to say to you.” “TI don’t blame him much,’’ dejectedly responded Milo York, who was, indeed, an unpromising looking subject enough, with his unkempt hair hanging over his brow, his garments in rags and the end of his nose chilled and purpled with the bitter night air. ‘But it’s a dreadful night,” softly add- ed Mrs. Fengrove. ‘*Wait out here—the porch will shelter you from the rain. The coffee-pot is on the stove yet, and TVll bring you a plate of bread and cold meat and a bow! of coffee.” “Thankee, ma’am,’”’ said the tramp, gathering himself like a heap of rags into the corner, to wait. He drank his coffee and ate his supper like a famished hound, and then Mrs. eecs gave him a tattered old shawl, long since cast aside by her husband. ‘‘Take this,’’ she said, ‘‘and lie down in the barn loft; there’s plenty of good sweet hay there. But be sure you’re off before the doctor comes out in the morn- ing.” ‘“‘Thankee, ma’am,’’ again uttered the man; and he disappeared like into the howling tempest. ‘‘Where have you been all this time?’’ suspiciously queried the doctor, as his wife came into the softly illuminated arch of the Chinese screen again. Mrs. Fengrove turned scarlet under his pene- trating glance. ‘‘I—only gave Milo a little—something to eat and drink,’’ she faltered. ‘You know the Good Book says: ‘Turn not away thy face from any poor man!’ ”’ “Yes,” dryly coughed the doctor, ‘but I guess the Good Book didn’t make any allowance for tramps. And I tell you what, Dolly, it isn’t safe to harbor these miserable wretches, with Aunt Dorothy’s silver teaset in the house, let alone your own spoons and forks, especially as | am obliged to be so much from home.” Mrs. Fengrove sewed on in silence; she was almost sorry that she had told poor Milo York about that snug corner in the hay-loft, but she lacked courage to con- fess the whole truth to her husband. “It will be all right, I dare say,” she told herself. ‘‘But Milo York mustn’t come hanging around here any more.”’ In the dead of the tempestuous night, there came aring at the doctor’s night- a shadow bell. Old Mr. Castleton was very ill— dying, perhaps. The doctor was wanted at once! With a yawn, our good Esculapius rose out of his warm bed, dressed himself and, saddling old Roan, set out for his midnight ride of six long miles. But when he reached Castleton Court, all was still and dark. He rang two or three times before a night-capped head popped out of the window—that of the old squire himself. ‘“‘Dear, dear!’’? said Squire Castleton. ‘‘What’s the matter? Nobody ill, I hope.” “Why, you are, aren’t you?” testily de- manded Doctor Fengrove. “12 Not a bit of it!” said the squire, in surprise. “Didn’t you send for me?’’ “No, I didn’t!” said the squire. ‘‘And if you’ve got anything more to say, you’d better come in out of this sleet-storm and say it.’’ “No,” said Doctor Fengrove, setting his teeth together, ‘‘I’ll not come in, thank you.’’ “Ft ain’t a joke, is Squire Castleton. “Vm afraid it’s something more serious than a joke,” said Doctor Fengrove. ‘Good night.” And, turning old Roan’s head, he set spurs to him and trotted rapidly away. Evidently, the night call was a concerted plan—a plan devised to leave his home unprotected—and his mind turned with keen distrust, to Milo York and his tale of distress. **God keep Dolly and the little one safe it?” questioned 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ‘‘My husband!’ she cried out hysteri- | r 4 eally. ‘*My husband!” | DO YOU HANDLE Milo York went down and unfastened | until I get home again!” he muttered be- tween his closed lips. ‘‘Faster, Roan, faster!” with a touch of the whip, which | was scarcely needed, so thoroughly did | the door—the burglars had effected their \ the good horse enter into the spirit of | nefarious entrance through the parlor! his rider. ‘‘You know not how much may depend upon your speed to-night!” Meanwhile, Mrs. Fengrove, who had just fallen into a restless slumber, after locking the door behind her husband, was unwontedly startled once again by a low, steadily continuous sound like the rasping of some hard instrument. She sat up in bed and listened a Under her window the sound of muffled and subdued voices was audible, even above the rattle and roar of the wintry storm. ‘*Burglars!”? she gasped to herself. “And my husband is gone —and—Oh, Milo York is at the bottom of this! How wrong it was of me to give him shelter in the barn!” Springing to her feet, she threw ona blue flannel dressing gown, and hurried to the cupboard, where her tew simple treasures were kept, besides the square morocco case containing Aunt Dorothy’s service of solid, old-fashioned silver. She turned the key aud was just dropping it into her pocket, when arude grasp fell on her arm. *““No, you don’t! ”’ voice. ‘Give that here!” Mrs. Fengrove’s heart turned chill as death as she found herself face to face with a tall, ruffianly man, whose face was half hidden by a sort of visor or mask of black leather, while another man was busily engaged in ransacking the bureau-diawers opposite. “Give it here!’ he uttered savagely. “Or,” grasping the throat of the sleeping baby who had awakened, with a ery of infant terror, “Ill wring the brat’s neck as if it were a chicken’s.”’ Mrs. Fengrove gave ashriek of affright, but, at the same second, a stunning blow - | minute, | muttered a gruff} | window — and Doctor Fengrove found | himself face'to face with the tramp. | York!’ he exclaimed. ‘Yes, sir, ‘York,’’? nodded Milo. ‘‘And if it had’t been ‘York,’ your wife and the (little un would have been in a bad fix.” | “Oh. Fen- husband!’ shrieked Mrs. Buffalo | grove, flinging herself into his arms. | |p; ‘‘Milo York has saved our lives!” added Milo, ‘but [ guess I’v saved your money and valuables.”’ ‘*‘But how came you here?” questioned Doctor Fengrove. “I was a-sleepin’ out in the barn,” said Milo. ‘She told me I could. She give mea blanket and food and drink when I was ’most ready to drop. God bless her! And I heerd their footsteps just arter you had gone out, and I sus- picioned as all wasn’t right. So 1 just got up and crept arter ’em, and here they ”? with a nod toward the two captives on the floor. ‘*And if you’ll just lend a hand, doctor, we’ll h’ist ’em out into the hall, where they won’t interfere with folks, and then V1l go over to the village for the constable and the handcuffs.” ‘*‘How can Ll ever reward you for this, Milo?” said Doctor Fengrove, in tones stifled by grateful emotion. “I don’t want no reward,” said Milo, stoutly. ‘‘Vd’a’ done more nor that for | ner,” with a twitch of his head toward Mrs. Fengrove. *‘Ah, sir, you don’t know is, | the sort o’ feelin’ a man has for the only | | person in all the world as holds out a 'helpin’ hand when he’s ready to drop with hunger and faintness! And now,” more briskly, *‘I’ll go.” ‘‘Dolly,” said the doctor, as the honest | fellow vanished, ‘‘what would have be- ;}come of us all this night if you had not “I ain’t altogether sartin about that.” | | | Soap? . M. CLaRK It is the Best Laundry IF NOT, WHY NOT? Soap on Earth. GROCERY Co, SOLE AGENTS. The Standard (Patented in United States and Canada.) Cash Register Is a practical Machine, Appreciated by ’ A ~ «4 from a spade-handle felled the man op-| been more merciful and tender-hearted Practical Business Men. posite, like a log, to the floor, and a!than1! God be praised that your sweet ' ee strong hand, twisting itself, vice-like, in | woman-nature gained the victory!’’ be a handsomely furnished Combination ~o ei —-; - oe ' Desk, Money Drawer and Cashier with Com- the neckerchief of the nearest villian, That was the last midnight alarm that Mnation hock — . gistering Attachment. . 2 i 7 is P a . i" - t ree s 248 -redit ‘sales. ~ competed him to loose his hold of the | our doctor's family ever sustained. The It records disbursements. ne . child. two burglars, discovered to be old and It itemizes money paid in on account. “y rill, sll you?” tk hered Mile : : It enab.es you to trace transactions in dispute. ™T ou will, ; your” thundered Mild | experienced hands at the business. were . _ —_ different lines of goods separate. Tork. ** j rnow i ays!” : : . 3 s the sac 3 slerk York. Not if I know it, 1 guess! safely lodged in State Prison ‘or the sashes cuits nee ae a And suddenly closing with the burglar, longest practicable term; the gang was = keeps an —— honest and a thief iad : : i . : : will not stay where it is. there ensued a desperate struggle fora effectually broken up, and the neighbo:- It will save in convenience, time and money, minute or two, during which Mrs. Fen- ue / : enough to pay for itse f many times over. aig ag twa / hood was at peace again. Each machine, boxed separately and warrant- grove’s blood seemed turning to ice with- | And Mile York is-an objectless, de ed for two years. _ si | é a a Ss, ae d in her veins. it was brief, however.| | : i ; ; - er ve - 2 as brie ' we |spised tramp no longer. He is Doctor Hr For full particulars address i Milo flung his opponent heavily to the Fengrove’s ‘hired man’? now, as much a . , tearing one of the sheets : i a . . 4} ground, and, tearing : vv - _ friend as a servant, and you may see him, HE STANDARD AGENCY, from the bed, he twisted it around and any sunny day, at work in the garden is above him, knotting it here and there,| .. | CL : ’ Sole Agents for Michiga WIS. sing ' se ” Roan’s gallop on the half-frozen road struck like welcome music on Mrs. Fen- grove’s ears. mismanagement, it is safe to say, will never occur under the present owner- ship. Prince Albert Coats and Vests bespeaks ; their excellence. WILLIAM CONNOR, Representative of Michael Kolb & Son, Wholesale Clothiers, Rochester, N. Y, ~ + PORT OF GRAND RAPIDS. Water Communication for the Valley City. SECOND PAPER. Written for THE TRADESMAN. The importance to Grand Rapids of be- coming alake port, by improving Grand River, was dwelt upon in a former arti- cle. This paper will be a review of what has been done, showing, conclusively, that the utilization of Grand River as a means of water transportation for the varied industries of our city is no idle dream, but a real, substantial advantage, to acquire which we have but to put forth united effort. Congress has repeatedly recognized the status and importance of Grand River from its mouth to Grand Rapids as a national water way. Surveys and exam- inations of the river were first authorized in 1880. Asa result of this survey the following appropriations were made: 1881, $10,000; 1882, $15,000, and 1884, $25,000. These sums were mostly ex- pended in deepening the upper portion of the navigable section, in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, by dredging, but the contract price was duced the net results. A further exam- ination was authorized in 1886, and again in 1888, when, for the first time, ‘ta channel of navigable width and mini- mum depth of 10 feet’? was called for. It is from this report, made March 22, 1890, by Col. Ludlow, Major Corps of En- gineers, that the facts and figures quoted in these articles are obtained. In his report Col. Ludlow bore strongly on the great importance of making a thorough examination of the river, in view of mak- ing an accurate estimate of the cost of the needed improvement. The Grand Rapids Board of Trade had made a sur- vey of the river, at a cost of $3,000, and this survey, together with a large amount of valuable data, showing the value of the proposed improvement to the city, added weight to Col. Ludlow’s report. The Board of Engineers in New York de- clared the river ‘‘worthy of improve- ment,’’? and an appropriation of $4,000 was, accordingly, allotted to perfect the examination. Col. Ludlow’ estimated the cost of making this specific examina- tion at $8,000, but afterward it was de- cided that $4,000 would be sufficient, in connection with the survey made by the Board of Trade, showing that the Board made the best possible use of every dol- lar of the $3,000 expended. It must be remembered that this special survey and examination of the river be- tween Grand Rapids and the harbor was accomplished by the best engineering skill and was exhaustive in its nature, specific information being called for in the Act, without reference to what the progress of the survey might show to be actually necessary. A thorough explo- ration of the river valley was made and every topographical feature was ascer- tained; also, the quantity and valuation of such lands as might be subject to over- flow, in case a dam were constructed, were determined. The details of this specific survey and the projects and es- timates made thereon may be seen in As- sistant Engineer Fred Morley’s report, made in pursuance of Col. Ludlow’s in- structions. In relation to this report, Col. Ludlow says: ‘‘The volume of the stream is ascertained at a time- when, from prolonged annual deficiency in pre- cipitation, the lake level has fallen 214 feet since 1886, until it has reached a excessive and re- THEH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. i point lower than the low level of 1872, | BARCUS BROS., MANUFACTURERS OF CIRCULAR ~ the lowest heretofore recorded. The discharge and low water elevation of the : : | river were employed as a basis of com- putation. a 10-foot navigation stage, the foot and a half depth found during several months of the increases the practicable draft.” Mr. Morley commenced work at Fulton | street bridge, on July 1, 1891, assisted by a recorder, three stadiamen and one ax- man. It wascompleted on Sept. 10, 1891. No rock or other difficulty was discov- | any way act as a} ered which would in barrier to the undertaking. No mate- rials were found in the river bed which | would interfere with the ease and per- manency of the work of dredging. In- deed, there exist, at the present time, in the bed of the stream, not far removed from the channel, dredge dumps, placed there six or seven years ago, which have remained without any effort having been made to confine the material behind train- ing dykes. Some of them are from two to four feet above low water and have young willows growing upon them. The total fall from Grand Rapids to Grand Haven is only about six feet, practicably confined to the first nineteen miles, be- ing from Grand Rapids to Lamont. The lower twenty miles, from Lamont to Grand Haven, is practically on a level with Lake Michigan. We have a4- foot draft at low water elevation, to be- gin with, which is one foot more than the araft for which the Cumberland is striv- ing at an expenditure of millions. We can secure twelve and one-half feet during several months of the year, with a ten-foot minimum, ata cost of less than $750,000. Col. Ludlow says that $670,500 will secure to Grand Rapids this great boon. This includes $169,000 for wing dams, ete., which may possibly, he says, be found to be unnecessary. In this total cost of making Grand Rap- ids a lake port, provision is made for every possible contingency. It is time that these projects were contemplated and estimates made accordingly, but Col. Ludlow recommends the adoption of the open 10-foot channel, and the granting of an appropriation of $100,000 for be- ginning the work. In the next, which will be the last pa- per of this series, will be embodied the views of the Board of Trade, the Im- provement Board, the Transportation Company and other factors in the city’s future prosperity, as to what has been done, what is being done and what is proposed to be done, to bring about the dawn of this new era of prosperity for the Valley City. Who shall say that the loading and un- loading of lake vessels at the docks in Grand Rapids is a chimera? E. A. OWEN. i> o<—-—_—$_$_— The Attributes of a Merchant. Chief among these is to note what a community is most in need of, and to supply the need most capably, without resort to trickery of any kind. The cunning man is less clever than he thinks, and is not the one to win con- fidence in the long run. The art of buying and selling goods at retail requires at least as much study as any one of the handicrafts or professions, and he who would come to the front must count among his attributes at least a smattering of philosophy into the bar- gain. Furthermore, it may be ob- | served that, as the project provides for | at the minimum | additional | navigation season correspondingly | | ~ Siutsambals. — | Equalled by few and excelled by none. All our saws are made of the best steel by the mose | Skiliful workmen, and all saws warranted. Burnt saws made good as new for one-fourth the | list price of new saws. All kinds of SAW REPAIRING Done as cheap as can be done consistent with good work. Li:mber saws fitted up ready for use | without extra charge. No charge for boxing or drayage. Writ> or prices and discounts. | | | MUSKEGON, ~ “ ICHIGAN. See that this Label appears on every (package, as it is a guarantee of the genuine ar- ticle. MENT, FERN cso VAP Tye) Mer BY Fea RIVERDALE DISTIUS as a FEMME vay THER Mrr'p BY cat IVERDALE DISTILY eo" 0 FERMENTUM THE ONLY RELIABLE COMPRESSED YEAST Sold in this market for the past Fifteen Years. Far Superior to any other. Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited. Endorsed Wherever Used. JOHN SMYTH, Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich, Telephone 566. 106 Kent St. wW MENT, See that this Label appears MEN FERC Uap on every package, as it is a FERN sa UM THe" RIVERDALE aT guarantee of the gennine Tyg RIVERDAI eSTHLEN CHICAGO article. CHICAGO Y Y It Pays Dealers to sell FOSFON because there are but two sizes, Five Ounces at 10 cents, Sixteen at 25 cents and it pleases better than Baking Powders. See Grocery Price Current. THE BREAD [RAISER SUPPLANTS BAKING POWDER Fosfon Chemical Co., Detroit, Michigan. SOLD BY ALL RELIABLE GROCERS. THE MICHIGAN 'TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE, AROUND THE STATE. Detroit—Fred E. Platte succeeds Petz & Co. in the jewelry business. Red Jacket—John D. Monroe has re- moved his grocery stock to Hancock. Saginaw—Wm. A. Rose succeeds Wm. A. Rose & Sonin the grocery and meat business. Battle Creek—Geo. Eggleston & Co. are | succeeded by M. E. Brown in the jewelry business. Hudson—Richards & Habran are sue- ceeded by Pierce & Briggs in the boot and shoe business. Hancock—J. C. Ley & Co., general dealers, have dissolved, John Cliff retir- ing from the business. St. Johns—Norman S. Kuhn has pur- chased the bakery and business of J. M. Frisbie. Menominee—It is reported that the lumber firm of Wright Bros. & Rize will remove to Ft. Howard, Wis., Nov. 1. Shelby—The mortgage on the general stock of Benjamin Morse has been fore- closed by G. B. Getty, trustee for the mortgage creditors. Woodland—C. C. Deane will open a branch clothing store at Freeport. It will be under the personal management of Harmon J. Grant. Manistee — J. P. Williams, late of Whitehall, has purchased the City Drug Store stock and will continue the busi- ness at the same location. Kendall—Saul Frank has sold his gen- eral stock to F. W. Nort and Wm. Hay, who will continue the business under the style of F. W. Nort & Co. Chesaning—Albert B. Clough writes THe TRADESMAN, denying the report that he is sueceeded by Clough & Walker in the grocery, drug and implement bus- iness. Stanton—H. H. Howe and Geo. Pre- vette have purchased the furniture stock of A. J. Barber and will continue the business under the style of Howe & Pre- vette. Detroit—Jacob Brown & Co., who con- ducted a wholesale notion and men’s furnishing goods business in this eity for twenty years, but were attracted to West Puliman, Ill., last spring by virtue of a handsome bonus, have failed. Their li- abilities are given at $147,000 and their assets at $156,000. The firm found much trouble in getting its building completed, and further delay in getting its machin- ery placed. F. confectionery When ready to do business, there was trouble in getting help. These drawbacks used up the firm’s assets and impelled a surrender. It is reported that the members of the firm will return to Detroit and small scale, having already leased floor resume business on a space and power. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Evart—George B. Ehrencrook & who have operated a shingle mill near this place, have it to Beech- wood. Co., removed mill will cut 30,000,000 feet of lumber a| year. Marquette—W. H. Sawyer will finish | cutting the tract on which J. C. Brown) began operations for him last winter, putting about 5,000,000 feet into Iron} River. It is very large, fine timber. He | has also 2,000,000 feet of logs in Lake | Michigamme, which will be sawed for | him by F. W. Read & Co. this fall. Gaylord—George Fiege, who built a/! hoop and sawmill here last spring, is | cutting maple and birch lumber, and is | putting in machinery to manufacture! staves. He says maple and birch are | | selling slowly, although birch is fine lumber for house furnishing. Elm, oak and ash are the varieties chiefly called for. Cheboygan — The Pfister & Vogel Leather Co., of Milwaukee, has purchased aconirolling interest in the tannery of Chas. 8S. Shaw & Son, and a new company will be organized to continue the busi- ness. Chas. O. Show, who inaugurated the business, will be manager of the tan- nery and hopes to be able to be in full operation by Dee. 1. Sault Ste. Marie—S. G. M. Gates, of Bay City, has established two lumber camps tributary tothis place. One camp is eight miles north of Eckerman, where Mr. Gates has 7,000,000 feet of pine, half of which will be cut this winter. The other camp is near Kenedy, on the ‘‘Soo’’ line. Here Mr. Gates has 10,000,000 feet, 5,000,000 feet of which will be cut this season. Detour—Work on the new mill of the Island Cedar Co. is being pushed, and it will be ready for operations early in the spring. It will be remembered that the Moiles Bros. mill was spirited away from Detour to Georgian Bay two years ago, and has been idle nearly all the time since, while the locality it vacated is to be occupied by one of the finest mills in the State. Alpena—Work on the extension of the Loon Lake branch of the Alpena railroad began last week. The road will be ex- tended about nine miles, the northern terminus to be at Rosetown, Iosco county. The line traverses a large area of fine hard wood timber purchased by the French Land & Lumbering Co., and the timber will be railed to East where it will be manufactured. Whitehall—The flour mill and grocery firm of Oleson, Degen & Co. has been dis- solved by the retirement of Christian Degen, who has been connected with the business from the start. H. H. Oleson and Abraham Youngquist, the other partners, have bought out his entire in- terest and will continue the business as heretofore. Mr. Degen will rest for a while and then engage in the wood yard business in Wisconsin. Farweil—The latest novelty is a steam stump sawer, operated by Clute and Ter- bush, of this place. The machine re | ceives its power from a portable engine, to which is attached 100 feet of hose, so Tawas, Menominee—The Lumbermen’s Min- ing Co. has been election of Hon. S. M. president. The Kimberlys chased the Carpenter interest. The new company will begin work at once. have Spring Lake—The Cutler & Savidge Lumber Co. is building a sawmill at Bristow, at the mouth of Serpent River. Ont., tributary to which has 50,000 acres of timber limits. The re-organized by the | Stephenson as} pur- | | utilizing timber for shingle manufacture the company | ago the idea would have been laughed to all stumps within aradius of 100 f et /ean be cut without moving the engine | They have also a large bolting and cut- | off saw, which cuts the stumps into con- venient sized bolts. Six average pine stumps will make a cord of shingle bolts, and, as there are thousands of stumps in Clare county, a profitable industry in will doubtless be developed. Ten years scorn. The Unknown. There floweth once in the life of all Some chancing streamlet full of glee, Whose waters taken with the fall Would lead us onward to the sea, Unplucked, the blossoms change to brown, The autumn leaves fall one by one; Ungathered chances fiutter down Or vanish with each setting sun. Untouched are chords that would unfold Sweet music rolling on the air; Unfound, the brightest gems of gold Lie hidden round us everywhere. Unknown, the golden way to win Is ever nigh, yet fading fast; Unseen, the thing that might have been Is lost forever in the past. Not every rose that bloometh fair Is warmed by beauty’s smile, I trow— Not every one has for his share To wear a star upon the brow. Yet this is truth that all should know: ‘here is some honor for each state, And should we rule or plow or sow, *Tis doing duty makes us great. —W. A. HAvVENER. 0 The Grocery Market. Sugar—A portion of the anticipated decline in sugar occurred last week, the Trust having reduced hard grades \@ 3-16 cents and some of thesoft grades 14. As refined sugars are still relatively higher than raw material, the refiners cap well afford to go still lower, but the indications favor a steady situation for a while. Spices—Singapore pepper is higher and firm. The same is true of Zanzibar cloves. Cassia, Penang mace, Sumatra pepper and white and Penang pepper are stronger in sympathy, Fish—Cod continues scarce and firm. Box herring are steady. Barrel herring are unchanged. Oranges—Remain scarce, with no good stock to be had. Louisiana will soon be in fair condition, but no really good fruit can be had until Flordas are ripe—about Dec. 1. Lemons — Remain searce and high— Malagas are the first to come in, but not very desirable lemons can be looked for until the big Messina crop comes—about the middle of November. Bananas — More plenty. low, with light demand. Oysters—Unusually fine this season and prices very reasonable. Foreign Nuts—Remain steady and firm with prices unchanged. Peanuts—Prices have ruled very firm and steady the entire year with no pros- pects of a change at present. Chestnuts—Ohio and New York dealers report the crop as light, but the nuts are large and fine. The first shipments are now due. Candy—The holidays are near at hand and the large buyers are placing their orders, which, together with the advan- ced prices “f material, makes prices firm at quotations. Figs—New are in market. is excellent. -_ << The Dry Goods Market. Prices are The quality The market still remains firmon prints | and cottons. The lower grades of prints range from 4° to5'4 and full standard count command 6c. Several jobs are in the market, such as Bedford cords, Stir- ing cords and Edinboro’s, ranging from 6°4 @ Te. Former prices, 844 @ 101e. Banockburns, formerly 12!4c,are now be- ing sold as low as 64%e. In ticks Conostogas have been shown in skirting and light stripes and a goud trade has been done in them. NO em Beech & Booth have decided that an European hotel is not suited to the wants of the Grand Rapids market and have, accordingly, changed the Kent to the American plan, placing the rates at $2 per day flat. | FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this | head for two cents a word the first insertion and !one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. | No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. | Advance payment. | AOR SALE OR WILL EXCHANGE FOR grocery stock—New house, barn and store j building in Kalamazoo; lot 4x8; buildings are BUSINESS CHANCES. , worth price asked for entire place. Address | A BC, Kalamazoo, Mich. 589 {OR RENT—A NEW STORE IN ONE OF j the best locations in the city fitted up for | dry goods or boots and shoes, Address 590, care | Michigan Tradesman. 590 W WANTTO QUIT WORK, BUT CAN’T DO IT 4 because J have a first-class stock of drugs on ; my hands. If thereisamanin Michigan who | wants to buy Ican give himabargain Address “Quinine,” care Michigan Tradesman, Grand Rapids. 591 OR SALE—CLEAN NEW STOCK OF DRY goods, notions, clothing, furnishing goods, shoes, groceries, cigars, tobacecos and confee tionery, located in one of the best business towns in Michigan. Doing over 82,500 per month spot cash business. Not a dollar of credit. Stock will invoice about $5,000. Address No. 594, care Michigan Tradesman. 594 GOOD CHANCE FOR AN A NO, 1 GRO- cery business. Reason of selling, poor health. W. L. Mead, Tonia, Mich. 576 OR SALE—A STOCK OF GENERAL MER- chandise in LeRoy, Michigan. Stock will invoice $10,000, but we will reduce to any de- sired amount. We courta thorough investiga- tion, as we offer an established trade and a profitable investment. Will rent or sell the building. M. V. Gundrum & Co. 582 OR SALE—STOCK OF DRUGS AND FIX- tures, about $1,200, in good location with low rent. Established trade. Part cash and easy terms on balance toright party. Fine open- ing for a physician. Satisfactory reasons for selling. Fred Brundage, Muskegon, Mich. 595 XCELLENT OPPOKTUNITY FOR A BUS- iness man with $5,000 to $10,000 ready mone to embark in the wholesale business in Gran tapids and take the management of same. Fiouse well established. Investigation solicited from per-ons who mean business. No others need apply. No. 556, care Mizhigan Tradesman. 556 2 jek SALE—A FINE AND WELL-ASSORTED stock of dry goods, boots, shoes, hats, caps and gents’ furnishing goods, in live railroad and manufactu:ing town of from 500 to 600 inhabi- tants. Only business of the kind in the locality. Other and more important business requires the attention of the proprietor. We court a thorongh investigation and will guarantee a profitable investment. Address No. 571, care Michigan Tridesman. 571 SITUATIONS WANTED. ANTED — BY REGISTERED PHARMA- cist with eleven years’ experience, posi- tion with retail druggist or traveling salesman for wholesale drugs or sundries. Address Drug- gist, 120 East Main street, Kalamazoo, Mich. 598 vy Ae 4 FOSITION OF TRUST, AS manager or clerk in dry goois, general or wall paper store by man of 17 years’ experience, Give full particulars L.A Bly. Muir, Mich.592 ANT#D--A FIRST-CLASS WALL PAPER hanger is looking for position in large town where steady hanging by roll can be had. Connection with large retail house preferred. Full information desired. “‘E,” care of L. A. Ely, Muir, Michigan. 593 MISCELLANEOUS. D° YOU UsE COUPON BOOKS? IF sO, DO you buy of the largest manufacturers in the United States? If you do, you are customers of the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. VK SALE —GOOb DIVIDEND - PAYING stocks in banking, manufacturing and mer cautile companies. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids 370 Ree SALE — BEST RESIDENCE LOT IN Grand Rapids, 7vx!75 feet, beautifully shad- ed with native oaks, situated in gooi residence locality, only 200 feet from e.ectric street car line. Will sell for #2 500 cash, or part cash, pay- ments to suit. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 354 "F\WO RESIDENCE LOTS IN VILLAGE OF Belding to exchange for grocery stock worth $1,00 to $1,500. Wiil pay difference in cash. Address No. 470, care Michigan Trades- man. 510 _— tED -CUMPETENT REGULAR PHY- sician to locate at Wacousta. Only one | physician in place, which is center of good | farming community. Address No 5383, care | Michigan Tradesman. 588 NKaAND CHANCE—TO RENT—A FINE DRY goods store, with all fixtures, in a town of about 4,00 inhabitants; not an exclusive dry goods store in the town; no large towns within 25 miles: a splendid opportunity for a dry goods man. For particulars address H. F. Marsh, Marsh block, Allegan, Mich. 596 OR RENT—MEAT MAKKET— FULLY equipped with good ice box, hooks, bloeks, etc., in good location for meat business. Must be a good meat cutter to cater to first-class trade. Rent $300 per year. For particulars apply to J. C. Dunton, Widdicomb building. 597 WOOD WANTED! We will pay cash Wood, delivered on Grand Rapids. for dry Beech and Maple cars within 150 miles of Correspondence solicited. 8. P. BENNETT FUEL & ICE CO., Grand Rapids. «< 4a 4a GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Chas. F. Heyer has opened a grocery store at 626 Broadway. The Lemon & Wheeler Company furnished the stock. Valdemar, Thomsen & Co. have de- cided to open a grocery store at Trufant and have given the Lemon & Wheeler | Company their order for the stock. The MHerold-Bertsch Shoe Co. has leased the fourth floor of the Norman & Wilmarth building, finding the ground floor and basement inadequate to accom- modate all the goods earried in stock. F. Gardner, who was formerly en- gaged in the grocery business at Boyne City and more recently at Traverse City, has re-engaged in business at that place. The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. will fur- nish the stock. The Grand Rapids Packing & Provis- ion Co. is putting in a steam tanking ap- paratus anda couple of power sausage machines, which will enable the corpor- ation to utilize all of the waste products incident to the slaughtering season. L. W. Sprague, the Greenville hard- ware merchant, was in town a couple of days last week attending meetings of the State Board which has charge of the Mich- igan Soldiers’ Home. He says that a movement is on foot looking toward the converting of the potato starch factory at Greenville into a refrigerator factory, which movement is in no way a reflection on the potato starch business, as the enterprise was badly managed from the start, having been handicapped by ex- perimental machinery and a visionary superintendent. So sanguine is Mr. Sprague that the manufacture of potato starch can be made sueeessful in Mich- igan that he still offers to take stock in a company organized for that purpose, providing the number of stockholders is not so great as to become cumbersome and the enterprise has the benefit of com- petent and experienced management. As will be noted by the proceedings of the last meeting of the Retail Grocers’ Association, alease of Protective Brother- hood hall, on Pearl street, has been exe- cuted, sothat the Association is sure of comfortable and commodious quarters for the year to come. The membership of the Association is increasing with every meeting, and from present indications it willnot be many weeks before every gro- cer in the city will be enrolled on the list. > > <—.- Gripsack Brigade. Russell W. Bertsch, A. C. Wenzel and Fred E. Walther have started out on the road for the new house of the Herold- Bertsch Shoe Co. Thos. Ferguson has been obliged to resign his position as traveling represen- tative for the J. M. Bour Co., owing to the precarious condition of wife’s health. Willis P. Townsend, formerly with the former firm of 8S. K. Bolles & Co., has en- gaged to travel for M. E. Christenson, taking the territory formerly covered by Frank Green. Geo. W. Kalmbach takes the territory formerly covered by Fred Walther for the shoe house of Rindge, Kalmbach & Co. Mr. Kalmbach is a son of J. G. Kalmbach, who is in charge of the me- chanical department of Rindge, Kalm- bach & Co., and formerly traveled for Geo. H. Reeder & Co. his THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Frank R. Miles fell asleep on a stone | at the Lawton depot a few days ago and the train came along without arousing him. A half hour later he awoke and | remarked that the train must be late; | and all reports from Lawton agree that the air in that vicinity was decidedly blue for some time, as the failure to make the train knocked him out of half a day’s time. A Chicago man says, in all seriousness, that he was once living in a hotel in the Windy City where the custom was chiefly that of traveling salesmen who were ac- customed to being called at all sorts of hours. One night he had just reached his room when a terrific storm burst over the city and three distinet claps of thun- der sounded close to the hotel. ‘Every man in the house sat up, yawned and shouted, ‘I hear you. All right.’ ’’ i -?- < Purely Personal. J. W. Califf, State Agent for the Catlin Tobacco Co., of St. Louis, Monday. Wm. Logie is expected home from Bos- ton and the other shoe centers of Massa- chusetts the latter part of the week. Wm. Widdicomb has returned from the East, where he spent a month, mostly in New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore. He was accompanied by his family. Wm. H. Spayde, of the drug firm of Harrison & Spayde, at Bloomingdale, visited Grand Rapids during fair week and was very much surprised at the man- ner in which the heat annoyed him. On retiring for the night, he was dumb- founded to see that, in his haste to make the train on leaving home, he had put a couple of shirts over those already on. The matter someway reached the ears of his Bloomingdale friends and itis now in order for them to enquireif four shirts are the regulation number to wear when visiting the Grand Rapids fair. was in town i < Selfish Salesmen. In many retail stores there exists an evil which many good merchants com- plain of and a few possibly have not dis- covered—the habit of some salesmen for purely personal and selfish motives at- tempting to monopolize the trade of cus- tomers by deceiving them into the belief that he or she, as the case may be, can do better by them than by other salesmen in the same store, and customers so de- ceived and prejudiced will sit and wait for hours in some offices for their favorite salesman. Other and better salesmen in the meantime may offer to serve them, but they invariably receive the reply, ‘Il will wait for Mr. Jones,’’ and in some cases Salesman Jones has so thoroughly prejudiced customers that they will go to another store to do their shopping rather than allow another salesman or even the proprietor to serve them, which is very discouraging to an honestly aspiring salesman and a great loss to the proprie- tor. This very bad state of affairs is brought about by Salesman Jones, who quietly and slyly said to customers who chance to fall into his hands, ‘‘When you come again call for me and I will do bet- ter by you than others can,’’ etc. The many bad results of such a prac- tice are very apparent and should be cor- rected at once. Sucha salesman is an unprofitable and a dangerous element and should be discharged if found nec- essary to the correction of the evil. Customers should be made to feel that they will be served alike by all salesmen, and that the proprietor alone is responsi- ble for all transactions. This will en- courage salesmen, promote harmony among them and increase their sales. —_——_—>-o—__— It pays to illustrate your business. Portraits, Cuts of Business Blocks, Hotels, Factories, Machinery, etc., made to order from photo- graphs. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, Said he: | Grand Rapids, Mich. | “rhe Ken t.” AVING conducted the above named hotel | two months on the European plan, and | | come to the conclusion that we can better serve | our patrons by conducting same on the Ameri ean plan, we take pleasure in announcing that | our rates will hereafter be $2 perday. As the | hotel is new and handsomely furnished, with | steam heat and electric bells, we are confident | we are in a position to give the traveling public | satisfactory service. | Remember the location, opposite Union Depot. Free baggage transfer from union depot. BEACH & BOOTH, Props. Teacher—Whatis DODGE Independence Wood Split Pulley. THE LIGHTEST! THE STRONGEST! THE BEST! HESTER MACHINERY 60, 45 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS. ghase &S anborp THE BOSTON *(U IMPORTERS, Are naw receiving by every incoming steamer and Overland, New Crop Teas of their own importations, which means that in pur- chasing from them you get Teas of special character and at only one reasonable profit above actual cost of importa- tion. You are surely paying two or more profits in buying of the average wholesaler. Chase & Sanborn, IMPORTERS, BOSTON. CHICAGO. MICHIGAN Fire & Marine lnstrance C0. Organized 1881. DETROIT, MICHIGAN. the best Cigar soldin this country to-day? Class (in chorus)— Ben Hur! 10c or 3 for 25c. Made on Honor ! Sold on Merit ! ORDER FROM YOUR DEALER. GEO. MOKBS & GO, Manufacturers, DETROIT. CHICAGO. Established 1868. HM REYNOLDS & SON, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Building Papers, Carpet Lin- ings, Asphalt Ready Roofing, Tarred Roofing, Felt, Coal Tar, | Roofing and Paving Pitch, Resin Asphalt Roof Paints, Mineral Wool for deadening purposes, Asbestos products, Pipe cover- ing, car, bridge and roof paints, Elastie roofing Cement, Ete. Practical ROOIET' In Felt, Composition and Gravel, Warehouse and Office Cor. LOUIS and CAMPALDU Sts.. Grand Rapids, - Mich. Flags, Banners and Streamers. Of all kinds and made to order We Make'’a Specialty of Campaign Banners and streamers. Portraits of Candidates on Cloth or Paper. CHAS. A. COYE, 11 PEARL ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Most Profitable Lines. From the American Grocer. Naturally the retailer devotes the | most time and attention to the sale of | such goods as he believes pay the best | of dealers conclude | profit. A majority that goods affording a handsome profit, such as tea, spice, syrup, fancy shelf goods, are the more profitable. They May or may not be. The question which will decide the matter is the number of times the stock of each article ean be turned within a year. This isa question to which all grocers do not give proper consideration. In our last issue a city grocer stated it as his belief that canned goods are to-day the most profitable stock that a retailer handles. He says: ‘“Tea, spices, wines and liquors pay a larger profit, but are not as much used nor quickly turned. Canned goods cer- tainly pay a much better profit than im- ported fancy shelf goods, and as much as glass domestic fancy goods. There is no drawback from breakage; they take up less room than bottles, and are an or- nhament in any store.” Is not the city grocer correct? Canned goods are in daily request, being in sea- son the year around, particularly in large cities. Therefore, it is wisdom to keep the stock moving rapidly at such a mar- gin of profit as will induce free buying, for that means free or increased con- sumption. Ten per cent. on canned goods is really a better profit than 30 to 50 per cent. on other lines which are in general demand during only a portion of each year. If a grocer can turn over $1,000 worth of canned goods every month at 10 per cent. on their cost he makes $900 per annum; whereas on $1,000 worth of spice sold in one year at 50 per cent. advance on cost he makes $334. Well directed effort would lead to an increased demand for spires, but the results would be far out of proportion to those obtained by de- voting the same amount of labor and at- tention to other goods. In one ease the demand is limited and in the other it is capable of indefinite expansion. For instance, the amount of stove pol- ish, matches, salt, pepper, tea, coffee and flour that a family uses is well defined. in every well-regulated household there will be searcely any variation from year to year in the quantity of certain articles furnished, providing the size of the fam- ily remains unchanged. There is, how- ever, no limit to their purchasing power, so far as it concerns goods that please the appetite and are of a character to be used every day without risk of satiety. What are these goods? Different arti- cles in different places; hence every gro- cer must study and determine for him- self what lines will pay best to sell at a low profit in order to turn the stock quickly and often. Consideration must be given to the expense of handling. It costs more to put in stock, take care of. sell and deliver one line of goods than another. In glass goods breakage plays an important part; in canned goods, swells, if they are cheap brands: in Ineats, evaporation or shrinkage; in flour, the expense of delivery; in butter, the loss in weighing out small lots and waste; in cheese, the same as butter, with the expense of nibbling and crumbs thrown in. These are all minor details, yet all have important bearing upon the result of the business. That grocer who best masters the little things connected with his work, who learns how to adjust prof- its, knows the relation which the sale of any one line of goods bears to the total sales, is the one who will tell you that the ‘‘grocery business pays.” It pays because he is master of his evecetion. —- >_>. A novel spectacle of a steam vessel be- ing stoked with bank notes was wit- nessed recently at a Mediterranean port. Forty-five sacks of the apparently valu- able paper were forced into the furnace ef the vessel’s boiler under the eyes of the stokers, who seemed to desire to possess themselves of at least a handful of what they somewhat inelegantly styled “rum fuel.” The notes were cancelled documents of the Bank of Algiers, whose manager watched the combustion. ——_ 2 Use Tradesman Coupon Books. USE 'MILE-END. TET” Best Six Gord Machine or Hand Use. FOR SALE BY ALL Dealers in Dry Goods & Notions G. R. MAYHEW, Grand Rapids, Mich., JOBBER OF Wales Goodyear Rubbers, Woonsocket Rubbers, Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. THE MODEL (Trade Mark.) FORM. * on Karth! Denilings FRENCH SHAPE \ wT *"|| | pa Send for Illustrated Catalogue. in this journal. SCHILLING CORSET CO., Detroit. Mich. and Chicago, Il. See price list Dry Goods Price Current. ree COTTONS, Brees ‘* Arrow Brand 514 Ayes 6 ‘« World Wide. 6 AGents AA......... 6 a 4h, Aulantic 2 bees ce 6%|Full Yard Wide..... 6% — -- O_rcoras A... .. Ge = ; Sie eee 5%/|Honest Width....... 6% . __ Ne GC [Mercroress ......... 5 Oe i cull, 5 |Indian Head........ 7 ae % aioe en Bs 6% Archery ee es Beaver Dam A A. Bh Lawrence LL...... 4% Blackstone O, 32.... 5 |Madras cheese — 6% Biack Crow......... 6 Newmarket G.. 5% Bite Mock ........ 6 oe ee 5 oe a 7 - 5... 6% Capital A 54 . DD.... eee ¥..... 5% o = ..... OE Chapman cheese cl. 3, moe &..... 5 Comes CH... 514/Our Level Best..... 6% Come. -.. ..., . Genito &........... 6 Dwiemt Star. ...,.... 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S _ = ““ “ U 7 3 ' Mg 2. 9% - . _.. -104% 7 el 11 . 2.1... 12 1 eT oc CARPET WARP. Peerless, white..... —_ eety colored. ..20 _ Weite Ster.......... 18 Integrity .. = «(C ** colored. .20 “DRESS GOODS. Hamilton .. S mameciem..........- 20 - . ee 25 " Tu Se 27% GG Cashmere " oe Mametess ... ....... 16 f -- 32% oc “ 35 CORSETS, Coraline............89 50/Wonderful. .. #4 50 Schilling’ i > OiSeehion.. ........ 475 Davis Waists . 9 OiBortroe’s .......... 9 00 Grand Rapids..... 4 50 ao eae eeee 15 00 CORSET JEAN Say 2... 6% Naumkeng satteen.. 63 re oo (I MOCKDON........... 6% Biddeford.. - © Momensors,.......... 6% Brunswick. . - S44) Walworth .......... 6% PRINTS. 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Slater, Tron Cross... 8 ;Pawtucket.......... 10% Red Cross.... 9 ee 1556 . es... 10%/|Bedford.... .... e Best AA..... 12% a ne ee Bi: Mee T4IKK . ies G Big WING SILKE, Corticelli, doz. . a Corticelli ae, twist, doz..37%| per %oz ball...... 30 50 fa doz. .37% OKS AND EYES—PER @ ity 3 “se ae No 1 BI’k & (White.. - ie 4 BI'r ¢ & "White, 15 2 -20 oo " 1.25 No 2—20, M - — 50 No <3 PF dK...... 40 3-1 18, Danae No : White & BIk, et ‘No 8 2 White & BI’k..20 . 8 ity : “ | “ss . “ 26 peel. PINE. Pee, cs 28 = a Ee 36 NEEDLES—PER &M. A. James beac 1 40|Steamboat 40 Crowely’s. . : 1 50 Marshall’s..... TABLE ra he igex “— _ 2% 6—4...3 2 --195 6—4...2 95 e 2 10 |. ee io oom weed Twine. "8 inahen Ce geee Ue 18 . Rising Star 4- Piy-- io 3p. -a ie peorth Siar... 20 scontonemamalt Meant 13 |Wool Standard 4 Ply Soa Valley...... 1 Powhatan ......... ee 18% PLAID OSNABURGS Ae 6% —— Pleasant.... 6% a oc be 6% ~ saan —. 5 een... 7% iim 5 a eee. ....... 6 audalean ielesickes fe Georgia Sede bee 634|Riverside.......... Fly ee Surmemven A... ... Oe snd ae: ive PO cl THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 7 Have You Ever Noticed That? Have you ever noticed when you’re buying ber- ries by the peck, That those on top are large and ripe without a spot or speck; While those beneath are small and green—not worth the looking at, And — worthless—have you ever noticed that? t? Have you ever noticed in the winter, when the days are culd, The ice man leavesalarger chunk than what your box will hold; But when the days are scorching hot and nearly fry your fat, He leaves the merest trifle — have you ever noticed that? Have you ever noticed that the man who’s al- ways telling you About the wondrous things he’s done and what he’s going to do, Is loafing at the present time—his purse is busted at, And “won’t you loan a fiver?’—have you ever noticed that? Have you ever noticed fishermen all have such awful luck? The mammoth fish they nearly got fell back into the brook. And while of great fresh water whales they ever wildly chat, They bring home tiny minnows—have you ever noticed that? Have you ever noticed office seekers, ere election ay, Grasp everybody’s hand and something kind and fetching say, And who, when safe in office, with a salary big and fat, eo humble voter—have you ever noticed that? _—-.<—_-__-— A Chapter on Clerks. From “On the Road to Riches.” In selecting clerks for a retail store as much care must be observed asif the business was of the largest proportions. Every person who steps into a store does not comein with his mind made up to purchase. Some of the customers come in merely by accident; some of the callers are on atour of enquiry; some come in without any intention of buying then or thereafter, but merely to pass away time, or to post themselves, so that their regular dealer may not take advantage of'them. And the clerk who will take trade of this kind and turn it into purchasing customers, must be something more than a wooden-headed young man. It does not do to take every man’s word for it that he does notintend to buy. This is a question you can decide better after you have tried, and you ought to have some men around you whom you would be willing to turn over one of these questioners to, with the feeling that the clerk will get an order from him, if one is to be had. The first important requis- ite of a good clerk is that he shall under- stand his business. I know of nothing more unsatisfactory than to trade witha man who knows no more about his goods than is told on the label. 1 would rather twice over attempt to sell a bill at whole- sale to the ordinary merchant than to wait on the best class of consumers, un- less I knew my business from A to Z. The merchant’s knowledge of an article is often merely a selling knowledge, but the consumer is a practical man, knows what he wants, may have posted himself among his neighbors about their ex- perience, and he is an expert to all‘in- tents and purposes in the line of goods he asks for. If I make a mistake he is abundantly able to correct me, and if he sees L am not well posted in the article I am selling he can easily confuse me. We all like to deal with a man who knows his trade, and we have more confidence in the goods you are commending when we have found you are well posted about other brands known to us. I think itasure sign of ability in a young man tosee him constantly learn- ing points about the goods he is handling and who has an eager interest in every- thing concerning his trade. I go into stores daily where clerks have only the most superficial knowledge about their wares, and lam surprised that they are kept in employ. There areenough young men who will eagerly grasp at a chance to work up, and no clerk can work up without at the same time helping his em- ployer. Itis the best test of the value of a clerk to know if he is working towards a higher goal or not; if he does not care for his own future he certainly will not strain himself in your behalf. Then the clerk with knowledge should have a pleasant manner. There are a great many ways of being pleasant; but one can be affable and yet need not sit down and tell stories toone man while others are standing around with no one to wait onthem. The clerk who can sell a bill the quickest is the best clerk in a large retail store where time is money. Yet there are men who can hurry trade and at the same time appear to be taking it very leisurely. One does not need to rush at a customer with a ‘‘What is it you want?” as if you wanted him to buy like lightning and then clear ont. One of the most disagreeable men to me in a store when | buy goods isa clerk who dives at me the moment I come in the store with ‘Something you wish?” and I always think heis going to add, ‘*‘because if there isn’t we have no room for loafers.” I know him so well that I know it is only his way, but it is a very disagreeable way to me. A very unpleasant habit permitted in many stores is that of allowing clerks to earry on chat with cach other while they are waiting on customers. I know of nothing more exasperating than to have aman ask you ‘twhat next?’? and when he begins to cut or weigh the article out see him turn to a brother clerk at his left and pick up the thread of his story about what ‘‘I said’’ and ‘she said,’’ and more especially what ‘‘she said.’? This ought not to be permitted for a moment. A clerk has all he can attend to properly in waiting on the customer before him, and if he is anxious to talk let him talk about the goods he wants to sell. It is a great mistake when you have several clerks to pay them all the same salary. It does not encourage a good man to do better to find he is paid no more than a dunce who stands near him; and the shiftless man will not improve any the sooner when he is now paid as much as the best men. Clerks are good judges of each other; they watch each other closely, and if one man does less than another, or is slower witted, they soon find it out. Pay your best man the best price, and have it understood that every other man whowill do as well shall have the same pay. Good retail clerks can be hired at $35 per month, and boys can be had at almost any price. > -+ > He Took It Literally. An implement jobber who was former- ly in the hardware business had in his employ a young Englishman who always accepted in its truest, literal meaning, every statement made or instruction given him. One day the proprietor said: ‘John, if we happen to be out of any eertain article that is called for, always try to sell the party the next thing to it.” A few days later a lady came into the store and asked for a coffee mill. Now it happened that the proprietor had sold the last mill on hand that morning. John knew this, and when the woman made known her wants he replied: ‘We are out of coffee mills, mum, but,’ glancing up at the shelf on which the mills were kept, ‘‘could ye not use a cow bell instead?’’ c eo Some people live to be old without finding out that one of the great elements of suecess in life is minding one’s own business. Wise men see this from the start and succeed. Others never see it and fail. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURBS AND BITS. dis. a. ................ : 60 awe... 40 mommies. Gergen 88k 25 Sennines, Ween 50410 AXES. First gays Ss. - renee $750 B. Bronze.. 00 ‘ z B. 8. Steel... 50 . De ee 13 50 BARROWS. as mimieee ce ee ee ee a ee pet 30 oD BOLTS. dis. ie ee 50&10 Carrlage sere.......... pone ee... 40&10 Sleigh a 70 BUCKETS. Wea oe 8 : 2 Well, swivel........... BUTTS, CAST. << Cast Loose Pin, Gouree........ ............- 0& Wrought Narrow, eoright 5ast joint. venecc ceca 66&10 Wrought —- Pee 6010 Were Tee ao Wrought Inside Pate... — Wee i ec Bund, Carks............ eee ec w0&10 Bl ind, Swan, 1. 70&10 Blind, Shcpaeas 70 BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892. ......... 50 CRADLES. HAMMERS, Megane @Cew.... - = Wipe i... eeoce doe ores @ Pigs... 8.8... i co = “40810 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. . . .80¢ list 60 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel. Hand ... 800 40&10 HINGES. —_ ee dis.60&10 r doz. net, 2 50 Screw i Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and onger Cae dis. 50&02 Screw Hook and Bye, He. net 10 CROW BARS. a un ~ net 8% Cee Te perb 5 a Hf a = 7 FE H+Ob ob cee ecee + eau ‘ CAPs. Seep ee --die, oO Ely’s 1- 10 ee ee perm 65 , HANGERS dis. eee i u 60 | | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track.. . .50&10 G.D 2... ieee eee eee ee eet eee eee “a | Champion, antl friction.................... 60&10 ee 60 | Kidder, wood track . om CARTRIDGES. oa HOLLOW WARE. “ SE ei een a aca nade tien atte 60&10 ox | Kettles. . 60&10 Cont Pao... Ct dis. 25 ee 0410 CHISELS. am | | Gray onemeleg .. 40610 Se. 70&10 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Soccer evens... 70&10 Stamped Tin Ware.. ew meee 7 [cE Sette nee e tee er ee eee eee eae ee ee aan Japanned Tin \ C2 NTA TN 25 eee reece erescceccrccestcesecececs é rani a Butebors Tanged Pirmer............ ...... 40 7 —— ae @ooDs. oe —- COMBS. dis. ea ole roaiogio Curry, Lawrence ao | Screw Eyes.........0.0.00ccecceeetesees a eee... a | Hook's ..........--..-----2 see ee eens. -T0&10&10 ee Gate Hooks and Kyes............... 70810410 ° LEVELS. dis.” White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10| stanley Rule and Level mae. 0 COPPER, OPES. Planished, 14 oz cut to size... .. per pound 28 a % inch aud d larger 14x52, 14x56, 14x60 ................ | acai Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.... ..........- $8 | steel and Ir SQUARES Cold Rolled, 14x48...........00...0. Secs on. Ta ea ee Se ae vtec eee teens DRILLS dis. a—.. ...... SHEET IRON. Morse’s Bit Stocks... .......... econ noere 50 Com. Smooth. Com. Taper and straight Shank. ee ie ee Te Oe) gs Morse 6 Taporeusne...................... ee 4 05 3 05 DRIPPING PANS, Biom sees oe ; = 7 05 Small sises, ser pound ...................... OG ees ee ae ree eas ae 05 15 Large sizes, per pound...... 22.22.02. oo. ain : — | Were granted to the United States under | the Greenly expedition, in 1882, when he/| condition, social rank or any other cir- ; cumstance, may become a murderer. ~< THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Native ys. Foreign Born. The American Artisan reproduces an article from a recent issue of THE TRADESMAN, comparing the methods of native and foreign born people in the struggle for wealth, commenting on same in the following manner: The above is from a thoughtful article entitled ‘‘The Struggle for Power,’’ and is so well-timed, veracious and suggestive that we print it for the general benefit. It certainly does not err upon the side of patriotism of the ‘‘hurrah’”’ order, but we are compelled to agree that the arraign- ment of the native American, who lags behind in the race for wealth and honors, appears to be deserved. We think it will not be disputed that a majority of the leading business men in our large cities, who have conducted successful enter- prises and become wealthy by dint of steady, persevering effort extended over a long series of years, were born in other lands. The naturalized foreigner seems to be endowed with the genius of ‘‘stick,” if we may so define his peculiar quality, which is lacking in the native-born Amer- ican. The latter becomes weary if suc- cess and wealth do not come with a turn of the hand, and a change of occupation follows. The old proverb in regard to the impossibility of a rolling stone ac- cumulating a great deal of moss is too often illustrated in his business career. The native American is ambitious to succeed at a bound; he would be a mil- lionaire, but he does not want to be one if it is necessary to climb the height step by step. Speculation is his forte rather than an aptitude for overcoming obsta- cles and winning success by the slow but sure method of adding one dollar to an- other and taking care of both. The nat- uralized citizens have usually been brought up in lands where the value of money is well ascertained. A dollar or its equivalent does not grow upon the wayside in the old lands. Most of the people who get hold of money there have first learned its value by hard knocks. When they come toa country where the opportunities for accumulating wealth are immeasurably greater than in their native lands they do not forget the les- sons of their youth. With the native it is different. Disregard for the small sav- ings idea has generally been encouraged by precept and example on the part of his associates. If the son of people fair- ly well off in life, he has been taught to realize upon all the pleasures within sight at the quickest possible moment and to hold nothing over for a future day. There may possibly be sometring worthy of commendation in the spirit which is superior to the practice of ac- cumulating stray dimes and nickels, but the man who would make a successful trader or who ever expects to be any- body, if he comes into the world without an assured future, must learn the dis- tinction between thrift and miserliness as well as to practice the former even while he abjures the latter. The native American fails where the naturalized foreigner succeeds because the old-fashioned maxims and methods of the latter’s progenitors have had the ef- fect of forming and developing racial characteristics in many ways in contrast and in some ways superior to those which mark the native. The foreigner may be slow, if not absolutely dull as compared with the quick-witted native, but he possesses the all-compensating gift of steadiness of purpose which in the long run discounts any amount of meretri- cious ‘‘smartness.’’ The variableness of the native charac- ter is illustrated by the frequent change of occupation which usually marks the eareer of the native-born young man, who starts out to get rich by short meth- ods. To-day he is projecting a trans- continental railroad upon a capital of magnificent self-confidence and_ irides- cent hope. To-morrow you will proba- bly find him peddling a patent nutmeg grater and the next day he is beating the record with a phenominal trotting horse. The foreigner who comes here to make his home has a more settled purpose. He denies himself pleasures because they are too costly. He gives his atten- tion strictly to business, content to sell nails over the counter or to follow any regular calling until by slow degrees he ean save enough money to start for him- self in the particular business which he is competent to conduct. There is this to be said by way of apology, if such be needed, for the lag- ging behind of the native, to which our contemporary calls attention. The great inrush of foreign population has swamped him. Figuratively speaking he has been crowded out of house and home as well as out of business and polities. Every new arrival knows that coming here with- out hope of assistance in life’s battle and without ties his success or failure depends entirely upon his own exertions. He crowds to the front by the superior force born of a fixed purpose, before which the native gives way. To sum up the ease, both have their good qualities; neither is perfect. A future generation may develop the better traits of the amalgamated stock and then perhaps the race will be more even and the results more satisfactory. me The Lucky Five Per Cent. It is said that only five in every hun- dred make a success of life. Ninety-five fall by the way, give out before the goal of asufficiency is reached. This being true it would seem that the odds are largely against us for some reason or other. This is sald of those who try merchandising for a living, but, if we look into other departments of human activity, do we not find the same sad re- sults? Medriocrity and failure are found everywhere. Here and there only are found an eminent doctor, a lawyer or a minister. Going into the country we find the schoolmaster and the farmer in the same plight—struggling hard against he stream, not making a big success in the ir business, hard lines and poor picking almost universally. What a good thing it is that in the face of these discourag- ing facts there is always a growing crowd tilled with the idea that they can work the oracle! They go in and stir things for a while, only to find out at the end that all is vanity, disappointment and vexation of spirit. All honor to the fellows who have tried and failed! Suppose they had fold- ed their arms and never made an effort, what should be thought of them? No respect or praise would be accorded them by God or men. The farmer ploughs and harrows, digs and hopes, but the season comes in too wet or too hot, and so he is out the cash he paid for help, and little to show for his own early ris- ing and daily sweat. But he sings ‘‘Try again’? and keeps at it, doing his best and leaving the rest to luck and the Al- mighty. If you are in the favored circle —one in five—be good and grateful; don’t run away with the idea that you are any more deserving than others who have fallen by the way. Every good worker is earning food, raiment and shelter for five, Taking into account the young, the sick and the old, that is the estimate. It is probably correct. All the supported ones should see that the noble fellow is well fed, and has an easy bed. Suppose he has well cared for five through forty years, is he not en- titled to worthy mention and a crown? Indeed, he is. He will get his reward, for he has ‘*well done.’’ Gro. R. Scorr. $< Barnes, Reeves & Co., who have con- ducted the Monroe County Bank at Dun- dee for several years, have concluded to merge the business into a State bank, with a capital stock of $15,000. The of- ficers of the corporation will be as fol- lows: President, W. C. Reeves; Vice- President, C. F. E. Long; Cashier, T. W. Barues. COFFEES -- QF RVERY KIND.-- Ute LEADERS Are QO. D. =ls MERCHANTS: GRADES. ONE-POUND PACKAGES, Lion Coffee, Standard Maracaibo JAVA ai i QUITS PY WE INVITE A TRIAL OF THESE THREE 0. D. JAVA AND STANDARD MARACAIBO ARE BULK COFFEES, WHILE LION IS SOLD ONLY IN THEIR EXTENSIVE USE IS TBEIR BEST RECOMMENDATION. WRITE YOUR JOBLBER FOR PRICES OR ADDRESS ee WOOLSON SPICE CO, Roasters of High Grade Coffees, TOLEDO, O. TTT T. 8. FREEMAN, Distributing Agent, 101 Ottawa St. Tel, 414-1R. Grand Rapids, Mich, HENRY 8S. ROBINSON. CHAS. E. SMITH. RICHARD G. ELLIOTT. H- S- ROBINSON “»> COMPANY. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in Boots, Shoes > Rubbers, 99, 101, 103, 105 Jefferson Ave., DETROIT, MICH. State Agents for the Candee Rubber Co. HEAVENR A BROS. MANUFACTURERS OF TAILOR-MADE GLOTHING, 138-140 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich. COMPLETE LINES OF MEN’S, BOYS’ AND CHILDREN’S SUITS AND OVERCOAT S ALWAYS ON HAND. 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs # Medicines. Staie Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Two Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Three Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor four Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. five Years—C. A, Bugbee, Cheboygan. President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Meetings for 1892 — Marquette, November 1. Aug. 31; Lansing, Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Vice-Presidents—I. H. L. Dodd, Buchanan; F. W. R. Perry, Detroit, W. H. Hicks. Morley. Treasurer—Wm.H Dupont, Detroit. Secretary—C. W. Parsons, Detroit. Executive Committee—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo; Jacob Jesson, Muskegon: F. J. Wurzburg and John E. Peck, Grand Rapids; Arthur Bassett, Detroit. Local Secretary—James Vernor. Next place of meeting—Some resort on St. Clair River; time to be designated by Executive Committee. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President. W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Escott, Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March June, September and December, Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, W. C. Smith. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Axsoctation, President N. Miller; Secretary, A. T. Wheeler. BOOTS OR BALLOONS IN BUSINESS. It is one of the characteristics of mod- ern business that everyone is in a hurry to squeeze the lemon before it is grown. Ambition is impatient, and get the moon by erying for it, we do not Itis with this childish and of our if we cannot want it at all. whimsical idea that too many adult juveniles rush into business with more faith in than boots. We map Out success in a personal and pure- balloons ly imaginative atlas, andin this pictur- esque geography we leave out the hills to climb and the we have swamps we have to wade. It is, therefore, by no means surprising that so many make a start for the business Canaan and leave their anatomy and satchels on the wrong side of Jordan. This sentiment in busi- ness is of the evaporative kind, and can- not stand the stress of time and facts. It fails as a cobweb does in keeping the wind out of a fence, and subsides into invisibility as a snowflake in astovepipe. Time tries men as it does shingles, and the success or failure of any business is decided by rule not of the thumb, but of law. There is no getting away from this kind of constable, nor of dodging the subpcena totrial. No advantage can discount inefficiency or the violation of business principles. Weare all familiar with instances in which everything seemed favorable to success both in money, location and established trade, where the end has been vice versa of the advantages. It is not supposable that the man whose bankrupted anatomy was carried out on adebtor’s bier had any premeditation as to financial suicide; he simply made the mistake of thinking he could reach the top floor without climbing the stairway. The fact is, that though we have improved in both in baggage and business, we have made no change in the laws of success. They are as old as the grandsons of Adam, and as unchangeable as the poles of the planet, andthe man who thinks he can dodge the issue is as blind as Balaam, whose donkey saw more than hisrider. Sue- cess in business is not deposited ready- made, like a hen’s egg in a barnyard his own our methods of rapid transit, nest. It is a product and not a pro- gramme, and has as many elements inits | make-up as are found in a potato or a} locomotive. There may be instances of | success where the man who eats the but- | ter does none of the churning: but in | these cases it will be found that the! virtues missing in the man are located in| his deputy. It is none the less a fact | that if absent in a business, success in everything but making a first-class fail- ure is impossible. The idea that a fall- ing apple will always find its way to an open mouth never yet gave a man his dinner, and it is equally as disappoint- ing in a business as in an orchard. Asa rule, the men who prosper do so at an equivalent of labor; it may be manual or executive, but the results are as exact- ing as is a dollar or a hundred cents for its change. Everything has its price, from a rat-trap to a railway, or a coal mine to a post hole, and in the econom- ics of business the insistence on an equivalent is beyond escape. It was never more imperative than it is to-day. Competition is making mince-meat of margins, and the pressure of industrial conditions is such that no trifling with business is exempt from a fine. Intelli- gence, industry, prudence and unsleep- ing vigilance are indispensable to sue- There may be old-fashioned vir- tues, but these have never suffered from old age or too much familiarity. They may not be as popular as they were when men were slow but sure, and trusted more in boots than in balloons; but they count just the same in the arithmetic of business success. We can travel round a city nowadays without infringing on the good-nature of shoe leather; we can reach the upper rooms of a hotel or a sky scraper without climbing the stairs, and ijluminate a township by the touch of an electric button, but cannot make success as weecan a corn cake, or order it as we cana restaurant pie. The business successes of to-day, yesterday and to-morrow are all founded on the bed-rock of hard work and hard sense, and though a man may have more than the law allows him of both, and yet fail in securing the golden apple, it will be found an invariable rule that permanent success in business is due to the virtues we have named. It is a misfortune that so many of our adolescent aspirants for business honors prefer balloons to boots, and believe in catapultie ledgers, Time and the sheriff may eventually eradicate this kind of insanity, but while the fu- ture penitents will be religiously devot- ed to repentance and the auctioneer, the sensible worker and the true believer in the gospel of hard work will be constant- ly adding to finance and security to his business. FRED Woopnow. —_ 2. <— The Drug Market. Gum kino is very scarce and higher. Bromides of potash. soda and ammo- nium have all advanced on account of an advance in bromine. Higher prices are looked for. {pecac root is scarce and advancing. Tonka beans are higher. African capsicum has advanced. German quinine is higher and very firm. Opium is steady. Morphia is unchanged. Strychnia has again advanced. Linseed oil is very firm and another advance is looked for. Her First Cake. She measured out the butter with a very solemn cess. we air; . | The milk and sugar also; and she took the great- est care | To — the eggs correctly and to add a little it Of baking powder, which, you know, beginners oft omit. The she stirred it all together and she baked it full au hour; But she never quite forgave herself for leaving out the flour. Se —$$—— Use The Tradesman Co.’s Coupon Books. $100--Reward--$100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and thatis catarrh, Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis- ease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys tem. thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting na- ture in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith 1n its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Doliars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F J CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O. t= Sold by Druggists, 75c. HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO, JOBBERS OF HEROLO-BERTSCH St AND - SHOES, Agent for Wales-Goodyear Rubbers, 5&7 Pearl &t., Grand Rapids, Mich. SOHLUSS, ADLER & CO, MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF Pants, Shirts, Overalls AND— Gauls Furnishing Goods, REMOVED TO 23-25 Larned St,, East DETROIT, MICH. Dealers wishing to look over our line are in- vited to address our Western Michigan repre- sentative Ed. Pike, 272 Fourth avenue, Grand Rapids. BUY THE PENINSULAR Pants, Shirts, and Overalls Once and You are our Customer for life. STANTON, MOREY & CO.,, Mtrs. D&TROIT, MICH. Gro, F, GwEN, Salesman for Western Michigan, Residence, 59 N. Union St.. Grand Rapids Playing Cards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Daniel Lynch, 19 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. Geo. H. Reeder & Co., JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOES Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for 158 & 160 Fulton St., Grand Rapids. GINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address PECK BROS. Wholesale Druggists . GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN MINING SCHOOL. A State School of Mining Engineering, givin tical instruction in mining — allied ous eons summer schools in surveying, Shop practice and Field ae a. ae and stamp mill well equipped. Tuition free. For catalogues apply to Disector, Houghton, Michigan. na — Do You want a Cut OF YOUR STORE For use on Letter Heads, Bill Heads, Cards, Ete.? We can make you one similar to sample for $6. THE TRADESMAN OO, Engravers and Printers, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 44 Wholesale Price Current. Advanced—Gum kino, bromide potash, powd. ipecac, tonka beans, African capsicum, strychnia. Declined— ACIDUM, —. . s ee TINCTURES. xecht tos.......... 2 50@2 75 " Benzolcum Gemma Ps . Erigeron .............- 2 25@? 50 | Aconitum Napellis = a. oe Boracic on | Gaultherla ............ Neate 50 tone 2@ 40} Geranium, ounce..... @ 7 NN oes nt vereeee 6G Citricum ...... 5O@ 52 | Gossipii, Sem. gal.. n@ 7 ae ern 60 Pidwichion |. 3@ 5 ee 2 70@3 00 aa wot eee teen ete e teens 50 Nitrocum 10@ 12 | Juniperi.. an sacn = nas one eno 0 Oxalicum ...... 10@ 12] Lavendula -- --, 90@2 00) 2 enzol a oe Phosphorium dil og | samOmin 8.8... 2 50@3 (0 | PENZOIN........-.-. eee eee 60 Salieyli Mentha Piper.......... 2 75@3 50 CO.... 2.2.0... see 50 alicylicum .... r 9 202 Pear cl, 50 Sulphuricum Mentha Verid......... 2 G2 30} Pp ene fy Morrhuae, gal........ 1 00@1 10 emmmant ee ret 50 Tartaricum........... gg ounce......... @ eau ree se ee ee TQ? 75 | Capsicum ................... 5 AMMONIA. Picts welmie (gal..35) A 12| Us ee teerce cere c eas 4 ee oe } 21 ' ‘ nS 16 i rr 4 5h R eee Le T5@1 00 a. ee 100 iets "7. “{2@ 14 | Rosae, ounce.......... 6 50@s 50 aon Weer eeeee cerca cree 50 Gilatdam 12@ 14 mace... ............ 40@ 45 nenona 50 cane ae Sabina ................) ©@1 00} tote tee aes 60 ANILINE. i Oe 3 50@7 00 — settee eee cee eee = 9 9s MONMEOR 5O@ 55 | vOnlum ........... .-....... ‘ Brown ..2-...202.2 "80g 00 | Sinapts, ets, ounce:."” “ @ 65 | Cubeba. 50 ee 5 oo 0s = LAR a ce eS 50 po ee ele ‘ ae @ 60 Gentian .... 50 BACCAE. Theobromas........... 15@ 20] Guatca O.-- seer eee e eee eee = Cubese (po 6)... 50@ 60 POTASSIUM. OS gmmon ses -ccsssc OD Juniperus ..........- 2@ 10] Bi Carp...... i ee 50 Xanthoxylum ......... 25@ 30) Biohromate ........... 13@ 14| Hyoscyamus................ 50 BALSAMUM. — Be? oS cue 2. = Chlorate (po. 22)... 20@ 2 Ferri Chioridum 0.000) 35 vot ig ot! te NE ee eo cee oe mele _ Terabin, Canada ..... 35@ 40 Todtde ET 2 9@3 00 nn 50 Tolutan ............-.. 35@ 50 | Potassa, Bitart, pure. Ce 50 CORTEX Potassa, Bitart, com. @ i5\Nax Vomica .............. 50 r Petass Nitras, opt a 8@ 10 Opit Bee eee ee cc 85 Abies, Canadian.... ....... 18 | Potass Nitras.......... 7@ 9| “ Camphorated........... 50 aoe eae et a Prassiate .... as 28Q x Diet 2 00 nchona Flava ..........-- ulphate po.......... Euonymus atropurp........ 30 P gor 5@ — settee tere ees = Myrica Cerifera, po......... 20 ° oo oo a aaa aaah eat 50 ae Vo eee a — oe = = a 50 Qieeattes III de] Amelnawa 22200000000002 JaQ a5 | Campta Aeutitor 00000000 bo Ulmus Po (Ground 15)...... 15 oo lie aaa pe = ioe. = EXTRACTUM. Gentiana (po. 12)..... 8@ 10 ee a = Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 24@ 2 | Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 Valorin et ee 338@ 35 — a, anor an wae eS Haematox, 15 lb. box.. 11@ 12 = @ 30 Furm VOree............ .... 13@ 14} He ly Ala, Po. 15@ 20 MISCELLANEOUS C oe. ........ 14@ 15] Inula, o— i 15@ 20 “ igs. $6 t7 | ecec, po... 2 40@2 50 | Ather, Spts 7 2@ Ww un Tris pane ¢ (po. 35@38).. 35@ 40 i 4F.. 0@ & Sen ore ee. Com Si Alomen............... 24%@ 3 Carbonate Precip...... @ ©} Maranta, \s........ @ “ ground, (po. Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50] Podophyillum, po...... 15@ 18} 7).. i | aa Sate Soluble........ ath 75@1 00| Annatto.... 2222222012, 55@ 60 ao Bee ent. @!1 7%5 | Antimont, po. . 4@ 5 Bd mt Clana... Ge ne 75@1 35 et PotassT 55@ 60 Sulphate, com’l.. 1%@ 2 Spigelia 35@ 38 Antipgrin « an @1 40 “ pure.. @ 7 Saanmenie, (po %).. @ | Antifebrin............. @ B i Deel. 30@ 32 a Nitras,ounce @ 58 ican Senegal 65@ 170] Arsenicum............ 5@ 7 Avetes...... 1k@ 16 Similax, Officinalis, H @ 4 ‘ame Sata Bud.. 38@ 40 Anthemis ........ x@ 35 @ 25| Bismuth 8. N......... 2 21@2 2 Mace sites. 40@ 45] Scillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12 — Chlor, 1s, (48 FOua. en Fosti- 12; a 11 22@1 30] ~,2us, PO-...----. @ = Canknarides — a Gancia "Acutitel, ia. wap Valerian, a. Go 50) ne BD capsict ¥ fous a a = nivelly ....-. --..--- 2 28! ingivera............. 12@ 15 “ Alx. 350 50) zingiber j is@ 2] a = ans maa: . Ff... | @ 20 one Se... 12@ 15 SEMEN. Caryophylius, a PD 10@_ i2 Ure tee... ....:...... 8@ 1] Anisum, (po. 20) @ 15 coo aoa se eam aa GUMMI. spn (graveleons).. 18@ 7 Cora inva... 22... 2). 38@ 40 Acacia, _ picked.... g _ Carul, foo 1 = 12 — ‘Sructan eee ol $ _ e oo 40 Copeeen.....:....... oe fa .:h : sees @ Corlandrum........... 10@ 12 omateeee. .... . 5... @ 10 gifted sorta... @ 3 omer 2... 8... @ #0 a 80 Cannabis Sativa....... Yi Chlorof 68 Pe cas GO@ a fe cea uu 75@1 00 sacquiaae ast ee 60@ ago, Bam. ee S- 50@ 60! Chenopodium |... ... 10@ 12 aibb @i 25 Cape, (Po. 20). e i Dipterix Odoraie..... 3 00@3 25 Chiora ie Seeees......1 aS co —— 15 | VRondrus ............. UWS Catechu, ts, (igs, 14 348, a ee Cinebonidiag, ® aw 180 acme a eee en 7 heat : St Corks, list, dis. oo Assafotida, (po. 35) .. 3w@ 35 Lae. 35@ 49] Comt .............-- 60 Benzoinum..........-- W@ 55 PhariarisGanarian | 5%@ 6 Cres 0 eee ster one @ 35 uphorbiuis ce an oe ee cr nin 6@ 7 | Creta, (bbl. 75)........ @ 2 Euphor orbium - =. sinapis, Al ENS Se 3s ee i Gamboge, . a oo ae 8). Goes... @ 8 Guaiacum, M(po 30) . @ % corning Cree 33@ 35 Kino, (po 45)......... @ 40 Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50] Cudbear............... @ % aes @ 80 D. BP. R....-1 75@2 00 Cupr! Sulph ee 5@ 6 trh, (po. 45) ........ is sete tcc aen 10@1 50 | Dextrine .............. 10@ 12 x uy 0@ i, (po 2 By Ld Tet 8 Juntperts Co. 0. T.. 1 BQ! is 68@ 70 oe 8 a bleached... 30 35 | Saacharum N. #......1 feos 00 | EMEP: ee Tragacanth ........... 30@ 75) Spt. Vini Galli........ i T5QE 50 Ergota ) a 70@ 75 HERBA—In ounce nee ini Oporto .........-- 1 25@2 00/ Flake White.......... 12%@ 15 Vee Aloe... 1 2@2 00/ Galla..... es @ 23 Absinthium 25 Gasania 7 @B8 Eupatorium 20 SPONGES. Gelatin, Cooper anes: @ 70 2 elia...... = Florida sheeps’ —_— ¥rench........ 40@ 60 Majorum .... . 293 | Carriage... 2 25@2 50) Glassware flint, 75 and 10. Mentha eaperita. tes eceeee 95 | Nassau Spheepe? “wool ‘ai by box 70 ee ae, 30 Velvet extra “shops! Glue, Brown.......... 9@ 15 fom, V.- 22 Wee... ....... 13@ 25 Tanacetum, wool carriage....... 1 10 oe , 25 | extra sane sheeps’ ee a Ss 15%@ = ernane. ae. | Humulus.----.. 25 55 Calcined, Pat.......... 55@ 60 | Grass sheepe’ wool car- gs | Hydraag Chior Mite... 85 Carbonate, Pat........ U@ 2 es at ets = fae g 80 Carbonate, K.& M.... 20@ 2% Yellow Reef, for slate it Ox Rubrum @ # Carbonate, Jennings.. 35@ 36 aa ’ 140 “ Ammoniati.. a @! v0 ee EE eee * nguentum. Absinthium. ......... 50@4 00 SYRUPs. Hydrargyrum ......... @ 64 Amygdalae, Dulc... .. ee oo Bee oo ces 50|Iechthyobolla, Am. .1 25@1 50 Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 25 | Zingiber ................%... et regres 4... 75@1 00 ae. 1 80@1 65 ae 60 | Iodine, Resubl........ 3 89@3 90 Auranti Cortex....... 2 75@3 00 mee es et deere... .........- : @4 70 Bergamil ............. 3 25@3 50| Auranti Cortes.......... ..- SS ee Gu@ 65 eS oe GO ee Avos............ --..- 50 | Lycopodium ........ 10@ 75 Caryopbylli .. 65@ = Similax Officinalis.......... . — ssa rae: 75@ 80 — ee. — S.:.hlUhlUmrr”r:”:trtw*~C~<‘< Pl uor - oe ....:... 16018 Voi ea ee eee ee ec ae eae Te... 8 27 Senopodil es i 1081 15 Seillae. i 50 | Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12 ; a 45 Oke oe bow casa lca 50 | Magnesia, Sulph (bbl Genin 38 caches 30 Tolutan 50| 154) 3 Onium Mac.......... u Bey ead 6 ceed sae knee o ESS SS ee Sos 06 ' Froumeus ¢irg...:............: Gt Mannia, S.F......... 60@ 65 Morphia, S. P. & W...1 60@1 85 | Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 2 aN. ¥.@& Sinap! Bo, @ 18 Ce Oe. 1 50@1 75 - d @ 30 Moschus Canton...... @ 40 —_ I accaboy, De Myristica, No.1....... 65@ 70 Weee. @ 35 Nux Vomica, (po 20) .. @ 10 Snuff, Scotch,De. Voes @ 35 On sene.............. 22 | Soda Boras, (po. 11). 10@ il Pe sin Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 27@ 30 i G0; Soda Carhb............ 14a 2 Piels Lig, N..C., % gal Seda, Bi-Carb......... @ 5 ee @2 00 | Soda, Ash.. _._..... aoe 4 Picis Liq., — - @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas. . _ @ 2 ae ..:.... @ &/ Spts. EtherCo........ 50@ 55 = Hydrarg, (po. 80) .. @ 50 = Myreta Dow..... @2 Piper Nigra, (po. ape @ i Myrcia ... .. @3 00 Piper Alba, (po ¢5) .. @ 3 ial oo Rect. bbl Pix Burgun........... a Fi ...7.............. 2 25@2 35 Framins Reet .......... 14@ 15 icon 5e gal., cash ten days. Pulvis Ipecac et opil..1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Crystal.... 1 40@1 45 | Pyrethrum, boxes H Salphur, Subi......... 24@ 3% | . DD. Co, dox..... @1 25 - - _ _... =e o 30@ : SURAEINGS ............ 8@ 10} Pyrethrum, _Py-------- 93Q 48 | Terebenth Venice... 3@ 30| uinia, S. P. & W..... 27@ 32| Theobromae ......... a S. German... .20 @ 3 Vanilla.. 4 00@16 00 Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14|Zinel Sulph.......... 7@ 8 Saccharum Lactispv. 23@ 25 Sateete 1 59@1 60 marie Sanguis Draconis..... 50 = Gai Sapo, _...... 12@ 14] Whale, winter........ 70 | a. 2... 10@ 2] Lard, cxtzva.......... ot 68 | - =. @ 15| Lard, No. 1. a 48 Linseed, pure raw... 44 47 Lindseed, boiled .... 47 50 Neat’s Foot, winter aereeo | ...... 50 60 SpiritsTurpentine.... 34 40 PAINTS, Dbl Ib. Hed Venetian.......... 1% ae Ochre, yellow Mars... 1% Ber 1% 28 Putty, commercial....2% 24%@3 “ “strictly pure..... 2% 4 23, @3 Vermilion Pr ae Amer- comk...-...-... ..... Ia Vermilion, English.... 65@70 Green, Peninsular..... 70@7 5 Lea@ red..... q Qt} % ‘ white . 7 @i% Whiting, w hite Span. @70 Whiting, Gilders’. So @% White, Paris American 1¢@ | "oa Paris Eng. cliff Pioneer f -repared Paint1 2ogiss | Swiss Villa or | Paints. 1 00@1 20 VARNISHES. No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@i 30 Extra Tur tones as OE TO Coach HBody...........2 75@5 06 No. 1 Turp Furn......1 Qi@ii 10 Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 | Japan Dryer, No. 1 Geet eae can TO@7T5 | urp. AAELTINE & PE Importers and KINS DRUG Ub. Jobbers of DRUGS CREMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES DEALERS IN Paints, Oils “> Varnishes. Sole Agents for the Celebratea SWISS WILLA PREPARED PAINTS. Fall Line of Staple Druggists Sundries. We are Sole Preprietors of Weatherly’s Michigan Gatarrh Remedy. We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of Ss WHISKIES, BRANDIE GINS, We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only. WINES, RUMS. We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarante? satisfaction. All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. HARELTINE & PERK ) Send a trial ord3r Mill GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Grocery Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered buyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. | AXLE GREASE. Gages, doz gross f fe Aurora... . .. 5 600] _. Sr nae * . Cister Of........... 75 9 (0 | California. oo ' Diamond............ 0 5 50 | Gooseberries. Fraz . 8) ei oes... 1 20 Mica ............... % 5 00 | Peaches, Paragon = ol en 1 30 BAKING POWDER. eee 2 00 Acme. (cee 1 85 ‘4 Ib. cans,3 doz....... ... 45) Oalifornia........112)! 210 eee OO ee 1 8 1 Ib. 1 1 = Ore <———_ | Pears. 14 Ib cans ole poate... ___- a % b 1 20} Riverside.. : 210 TM sete eee eee ee os Pineapples. - —_ .. He 1 30 5 oz. cans. 4 doz. in case g9 | Johnson's sliced... 2 50 ee ee ae > 00 | “ grated 2% Dr. Price's. — : per doz | Common .... 1 10 Dime cans. 90 | Raspbe tries. — 183 Red 1 30 $ . 1 Black Hamburg.. 1 50 3-02 5 2, Erie. black 125 oe oe 12 Strawberries. 2 1b “ 11 49; Lawrence. . 12 2%-lb 11 4 a Lib 18 25 Hambr irgh . 1 2 5-lb 21 60 ree... eu 1 30 10-Ib 41 so Terrapin . 1 Whestenentes. ans 46 Common 1 10 i . ;ClF.& W. 1s i 1 50 | Blueberries ... 110 Teifer’s, ‘4 Ib. cans, doz 45 MEATS. be tb. S> Corned beef, Libby’s....... 1 90 1 Ib. 150 | Roast beef, Armour’s....__. 17 BATH BRICK. Potted ham, Ye a. 12 2 dozen in case. ‘6 a 80 English .............-- 90 tongue, %4Ib...... ..1 35 Bristol. ... sv Ib. oe Domestic ak co chicken, \ Ib....... 95 BLUING. Gross ues Arctic, 4.0z ovals..... 4 00 VEGETABLES. ‘“s “6 7 00 Beans. 16 50 | Hamburgh stringless. uk _2o French style..... 23 40 ' Ca 5, . 6 Lima, en... 13 toctall _._... . OT a... 80 BROOMS. | Lewis ae oo 1 35 eo oe . ------ 2.00) Bay State Baked............1 35 No. -+e++e++-- 225 | World’s Fair Baked........ 135 No. 2¢ ‘arpet.. . 2 50| Picnic Baked .. ee Mot . = | Corn. Parlor Gom......... 3 ¢ -| Hamburgh ... a Coramon Whi se 1 00 | Livingston Eden ...........1 20 Fancy 1 2)! Purity . oe Warehouse........ . 350) Honey Dew.........1... 1 BRUSHES. 5: | Morning Glory — Stove, No. 1. ; o. | Soaked... ee “< 49 1 “4 Peas 15 a nies Root Scrub, 2 row.... 85 eee marrofat i. e Root Sc 1s ei any + = Rice Root Scrub, 3 row io " Champion Eng...1 50 Veneetie, geenn ' Hamburgh petit pois 1 %5 CANDLES. ‘nen fancy _ 1 90 1, 40 Ib. boxes... 10 0 . 65 i - oo ¢ Harris standard. 5 Van Camp’s ¢ Marrofat | -1 10 . Early June......1 30 so i 8s Early neces 1 35 a. 180 DS, GAREED 600 Mushrooms. aa eee. ne ae 15220 _ Pumpkin. Little Neck, 1Ib............ 115 2 Ib.. eee — mer Chowder. Squash. as ee... Sime. :. 1 20 Cove Oysters. Succota: Standard, 11b....... i i es Se _ ,,, Lobeters. Homey Dew... gan a te. . ci... rt = 2m. 0 Pieniec.1 ib 2 00 Tomatoes, ‘ 2ib _ 2 90 | Hancock 16 Mackerel. Excelsior cs Stan iderd i ib. 16 Eclipse «1 10 Ib. Len ee coon e, 1 90 Hamburg tw Mustard, ee -2 25 | Gallon "2 gp Tomato Sauce, 21b.........2 25 | ———_________-_" Soused, 2 lb : 2 25 CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. Salmov. German Sweet 22 ‘ Columbia River, flat.... ...185| premium. 35 - oe... ae : 38}S Alaska, 2»: wee ceceen ene : = Breakfast Cocoa...) 49 Sardines. a. CHEESE. American ys eta. Cl @11% AS Sets... ..hC @1% Importe 148 11@12 | Riverside ..........1 7! @12 Los 15@1é | Gold Medal @il Muse’ ard Xs 7@8 | Skim .... 6 @9 Boneless ae. LL, 10 Tronat. — 1 00 st .......... Selteen. ......... 23 . Limburger @i1 spent SeeeeeONS......,...... @3 Apples. | Roque: 2. @35 3 Ib. standard | Sa B2 — Stat : gallons 30) s |! Schweitzer. imported. @24 Hamburgh 2% 4 Apricots. omestic .... @i4 Liveosk....... . | 2 00 | CATSUP. Santa Cruz 2 00 bie Blue Label Brand. Lusk’s : 2 00 —_ pint, 25 bottles i. oe Overland.. 1 90 - 450 Blackberries. ~ ou 1 doz bottles — 8 50 B.& W CLOTHES PINS. . "Cherries. 7 | Semi 40 Pitted Hamburgh | i 1s COCOA SHELLS. White 1 30 | 3511 1b. bags... Erie . 1 20 aa @3% Damsons, Ege Plums and Green fous Soa CSN Oe ar 6%@7 COFFEE. Poetry ...._.. ._..._...... 20 Mexican and Guatamala. — . 20 ae 21 — ..... 23 Maracaibo. Prime . 9 Milled . — "Java, oor... ae Private Growth....... 20 aoe... 28 —_— Imitation . im [2 —. lr 26 ROASTED. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add ¢c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. PACKAGE, Arbuckle’s Ariosa...... 21.30 McLaughlin’s XXXX.. = = —-... Lion, 60 or 100 1b. case. a 30 Cabinets containing 120 1 Ib. — sold at case price, with additional * charge of 90 cents for ct inet, EXTRACT. Valley City % gross : z Felix . 1s Hummel’s, foil, gross.._... 1530 . tin - 2 50 CHICORY Bulk. 5 a 7 CLOTHES LINES, Coton, O....... per dos. 1 25 - -..... . 140 . oe... _ 1 60 : =... 1% _ ore....... " 2 Jute 60 ft . 90 . 72 ft ' 1 00 CONDENSED MILE. 4 doz. in case. ee 12 a» © Genuine Swiss. ee 8 00 American Swiss.. ........ 700 CRACKERS. Butter. Seymour XxXx.. 7 Seymour XXX, cartoon. Lees 6% —s ter. 8 Family 3 XXX, cartoon...... 6% aa. CU 6 Salted XXX, cartoon ...... &% Kenosha . . 2a. Boston. . oS 8 Butter biscuit _ 0 6% Soda. Boon, ZEx....... i. Soda, City. ee Soda, Duchess... | = Crystal os Long Island Wafers ...... it _— 3. Oyster XXxX.. so 2 City mie eee 6 Pare Cee 6 CREAM TARTAR. Strictly p ——......... . 30 Toners Absolute. ......._. 35 eee. W@z DRIED FRUITS. — LES, Sundried, Pe in bbls. 6 e quartered ‘“ 5% Evaporated, 50lb. boxes @8 APRICOTS. California in bags....... Evaporated in boxes. 16% BLACKBERRIES. In boxes.. / 4% NECTABINES. eae eo eee... PEACHES, Peeled, in boxes........ 19 Cal. evap. cc 14 ' in bage...... 13 A PEARS. California in bags .... PITTED CHERRIES. SS = boxes ie cree 20 pie eels 22 PRUNELLES. ee 10% RASPBERRIES, In barrels. . sis bees 21% 501b, boxes............-. 22 Se 23 Foreign, CURRANTS. =, - barrels... .. @4 ee... @ 4% ' = less quantity @ 4% PEEL. Citron, Leghorn, 25 Ib. boxes 20 Lemon 2 * 10 Orange " 2 * is li RAISINS, Domestic. London jJayers, = eng = “ .....2 00 Loose meniaieie ‘banen os 1 69 Forei Ondura, 29 Ib. boxer.. @ 9% Sultana, 20 . @ Valencia, 30 . @ 8% PRUNES. Pee... . & California, 7 i.......... 90x aaa bxs. “ee a es o 60x70 ' ' co . 8 —— lhl o ENVELOPES, XX rag, white. ot $1 7% No. 2,6% .. . 18 et 1 65 Rene... 1 50 XX wood, Ve No. 1, 6% 1% No. 2, 6% a 1% Manilla, white. oe 100 . eee 95 - Mill No. 4.. 1 00 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina. er cee 3% Hominy Berreis...... eee sete ecru 3 00 ROEM oe ccs, 350 Lima Beans. ae Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 12 Ib. box. . Import ie ‘tox@r1% Pearl Baziey. aoa . @2% Peas. —— oe. 1% ao oer 2% Sago. ae... + Moettadia....... ._.... _. 6 Wheat. eee 5 FISH--Salt. Bloaters. Tee Cod. ee, Whole, Grand Bank... @ Boneless, bricks ...... 6%@S8 Boneless, strips.. ..... 6%@8 Halibut. en 12 erring. Gibbed, % bol Pe ee 3 25 Holland, pol. Loca ees 9 00 mee. | 65 Round shore, % bbl a 2% oie ae 1 55 Beaieg.............. 16 Mackerel. ee ee 4 2 No. 1, kite. ibe. |, 1% No. 2, 40 Ibs ee om No. 2, 10 ibs... .. : Family, Me bbis., 100 ‘Ibs... Le 5 oo Kits, 10 theo) 65 Sardines. Russian, peer ee eos eee 45 No. 1, % bbls., j0dlbs ote eon 6 50 No. 1, kits, Che 90 Whitefish. No. 1, % bbis., 100lbs.. --7 50 No. 1, kits, 10 he 95 Family, % nage _— ~«. 2 OO ae 40 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Jennings’ D C. ve Vanilla ‘ 2 * folding box p-3] 30 1 50 4 = “ ..1 50 2 00 6 oz ” .2 00 3 00 8 oz " is 00 400 Gunpowder, Austin’ s Rifle, kegs.. . 4 50 egs.. - 250 ' Crack Shot, kegs -4 50 “ "yy kegs 2 50 - a Senne - so “s “ % “ 8 2 HERBS. Pepper, a= —- oo ee 15 white..... 30 a 15 _ Cayenne........... 25 ee INDIGO. Madras, 5 1b. boxes....... 55 “Absolute” in Packages. Ss. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes, . 50 4s ys JELLY eee................ 84 155 17 Ib. pails Ce 85 a a = i= io [ | 20 PO os pets cose wenn e eS : Ginger, Jam.. & 155 LICORICE. 0 Pee 84 155 TE ee rc a he eededsuabeueeuns a... |... 84 155 eee 25 Pepper SL 84 155 ee 12 Sage...... a Condensed, : doz eas eee 1 2 ——~ — —.........2 2 2 SAL SODA. —— ee 1% Mo. 9 suiphur............... 12 ee ess powes.......... 1% oa parler... ortecseee ; > SEEDS. eee. Cee a oo | Amine @12% a o--. . Canary, Smyrna....... : TCE MU otc de coos ncee ee ae ee 90 ; Hemp, Russian....... 4% meses Bee... 4% Mustard, white ...... 6 Peeee .......-......... 9 —..... 8 Cumse bome .......... 30 STARCH. Corn. ae Penn... ... 6 40-lb * 8 or 6 doz. in case perdoz.. 95 MEASURES. : = packages os Tin, per dozen. = a... $1 75 40 and 50 lb. boxes ee Half galion....... oecoe. Barrels 40 Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, in jars........... 35 —— for vinegar, per doz. | french Rappee, in Jars.....43 a. daneeeenecee-obeas 7 00 SODA. ite | seeteepensiagans: ~ eeernunieneameners Shy geass 4 oo —— ee SALT. MOLASSES. ” ° > sacks es . = a ls ie sacks. 222222220. Tes Beer Ronee... _......... : 20 14-1b. ca — 16|243-1b cases... ... 22. 1.50 ae 56 Ib. dairy < linen bags.. 2 ie Porto Rico. 20 28lb. rill 18 Resey eth 30 ‘a : New Orleans. - ~ dairy in drill bags. . = a. CO One dbes ee ee nee eeeas = Ashton. Extra good.........-...... | 561b. dairy in Mnensacks.. 75 a oe . = Higgins. ‘One haif barrels, Sc extra *” | 56 1b. — iii Po ace res @5 60 i, teks... Lk. 27 Half barrels 100........... @2 95 Common Fine. PO 80 ROLLED OATS. a a 85 perso .. ........ @5 60 SALERATUS. ee See .......... @2 95 Packed 60 lbs. in box... = Comteee .... —— Pelee s ...... |. 315 iaiaiies ata a6 00 | DWight’s...... ...... 350 Half barrels, 600 count... 3 50 meyers... 3 00 Small. SOAP Barrels, 2,400 count. 7 00 i alf bbls, 1,200 4 | ee , “F —— = alee B. — 8 — - ountry, a. OPS iivcouni. "7-7! B| Good Cheer, 01 lb... 3 90 Cob, No. 3 ae 25 White Borax, 100 %-Ib...... 3 60 Pee Proctor & Gambie. POTASH. aoe. 2 80 48 cans in case, Ivory, 10 oz 6 75 - ccouy de 4001 reno “32 Penna Salt Co.’s ......... 3% Mottled {German ee .2 ROOT BEER Oem eee... 3 00 Williams, per doz....... 1% SCOURING AND POLISHING. $ don, cane... . 5 G0) outs, xtechen. 3 dos... 260 RICE, ™ Rand, $doe._..... 2 50 Domestic. Carolina meet eae cone os ceeee 6 SUGAR. rete tees eee ees S 1Get teat. | alee (SOS... “A Capes @ 5% Broken...... eine 342 Powdered — S ~~ 9 : Imported Af Standar % i Granulated, medium. .5.19@ 5% Japan, No. 1 bees hee cece ue : ne.......5 19@ 5h PA areca at ee ois sealant A 5.06@ 54% anon er erereren=nn- . is... @ 4% oe. White Extrac.....”. : @ 4% Extra Meas ee wees @ 4% @4 SPICES, Golden” Ee g 3% ellow 5g Whole Sifted, Less than bbls. “Ke ‘advance -_ aia} i. ee ae a, na in mats . Batavia in bund....15 = s. - Saigon in rolls......35 eee 26 Cloves, ——— oc = ms ae * "93 Zanzibar......_.....13 | Half bbls.. fe Mace Coke 80 Pure Cane. 65 nani Singapore, black... 15 | Ginger a Goons. ° “ shot white = Suger Creams.. : 8 A acannon Frosted Creams....... 9 Pure Ground in Bulk, Graham Crackers..... 8% = ice Oatmeal Crackers.... 8% . VINEGAR. “ a eR @8 Cloves, Am ee... @9 = Zanz $1 for barrel. Ginger, African WET MUSTARD. Cochi: Bulk, porgal ....... ....: 30 . Jamaic: ql 2 Beer mug, 8 doz in case. 1% Mace elavi............... 8 YEAST Mustard, Eng. and Trieste, .2 magic, perbok.............. 1 00 ' WMD. #4... -0... 0, 27 | Warner's “ os ek Mute, Wo. ...........04 65 | Yeast Foam, per ns 100 » a - wad THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 18 TEAS. saPaANn—Regular. ee @i7 —...... @20 bo a 24 @%6 ano 32 @34 MR eck cede ers. 10 @i2 SUN CURED, ee, @17 ee... nee @20 Cg8ee........ --24 @26 Choicest....... -.32 @34 wee. 10 @12 BASKET FIRED. ee 18 @w Se i @25 te @35 Extra choice, wire leaf @40 GUNPOWDER, Common to fair....... 25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Choicest fancy........75 @s85 OOLONe. @Q2x6 Common to fair... ... 23 @30 IMPERIAL, Common to fair....... 23 @26 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Common to fair....... 18 @2%6 Superior to fine.......30 @d40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. LE 18 @2 cee 24 @28 Ree... oc. 40 @50 TOBACCOS, Fine Cut. Pails unless otherwise noted Hiawatha... ee 62 Sweet Cuba 36 McGinty ee ' 24 56 DRIS....... 22 Valley City........... 32 Dendy dan............ 27 MOEpeGO ... ...- ...... 20 e in drums.... 19 Yum Yam ........... 26 Plug. Sorg’s Brands. —_— ee ee 38 ae Rapp, os .-........, 39 My eee 29 Scotten’s Brands. Byid.......... eee. 25 acaaliin oe 40 Maloy City ......-.... 34 Finzer’s Brands, Old Honesty.......... 40 Jonly Var... .:......... 32 Middleton’s Brands. Hore Be... ........... id Miste......5.... 5... 31 Jas. @ Butier & Co.’s Brands, Something Good.............. 38 Out of Sight eee ee eG. 2 HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol lows, prices nominal HIDES. rege 2%G3% Pare Oured........... @ oe @ 1% ee 5 @5 Kips, green el ceca -- 2%@ 3% ' Gaeee..... @ 4% Calfskins, green... 4@5 cur ‘ @ 6's Deacon skins..........10 @30 No. 2 hides % off. PELTS Shearlings....... @25 Lempea ..... @ 90 Washed . @2s Unwashed .. _. @2 MISCELLANEOUS, eee 34@ 3% Grease butter ........ @2 Swecmos .............- 14@ 2 — See eee 2 00@2 75 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT. No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 68 No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 68 MEAL, meee... .... Granulated.. Straight, in an ic oe Derreis........ 4 40 Fatent “ aacks........ 5 20 " ” Desrem...... . &@ Graham “ sacke.... ... 2 00 Rye " ee 2 30 MILLSTUFFS. Less Car lots quantity pren $14 00 $15 00 Screenings .... 15 00 15 § Middlings..... 16 00 16 50 Mixed Feed... 19 00 19 00 Coarse meal .. 19 00 19 00 CORN. Car lots. a Less than car lots.......... 52 OATs. Car lot .... i Less than carlots........... 40 New yt 1c less, No. : Timothy. = lots....10 00 No. ' ton lots “11 50 FISH and OYSTERS, F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH oe 8 9g Trout . 2 9 Reeeee.....-......... - cs Ciscoes or Herring.... 5 @6 Pane... ik 12 Fresh lobster, per lb.... 20 Soft crabs, per doz...... 1 00 Shrimp, per gal......... 123 Cod. . ~io--s soe Glee No. 1 Pickerel......... @s8 Piece. . 2... .......-.... @7w Smoked White... ... @it OYSTERS—Cans, Fairhaven Counts... @35 Fr. J.D. Selects.... @30 Selects . ‘ @25 Anchor......... @22 ss ............ @i9 SHELL e00Ds. Clams." per me ...... 1 25@1 50 Clams. -- ai © Ls. The Senatned Oil Co. quotes as follows, in barrels, f.o. b. Grand Rapids: Mocenme 1... _..... 814 Water White, old test. @8 W. W. Headlight, 150° 7 Water White ........ @ 6% Beets. @i Stove Gasoline........ @ 6% a 27 @36 mere ..... .... .. 13 @21 Black. “25 to 30 deg Qt FRESH MEATS. Swift & Company quote as fol- lows: Beer, Carcam.......... 4@5 ‘+ hind quarters... 5 @ 6 " fore c ~-.3 @es . loins, No. 3 9 @9% -“ oe ........... 7 @s : Founds......... 5 @5% Boreas... ........ @ 4h Pore fans ............. @illg ~6shouldere .. @™%4 Sausage, blood or head @ 4% liver ... - @4% . Frankfort - @?7 Mote 8 7 @8 Wee i @7 - POULTRY. Local dealers pay as follows: DRESSED. Now. 8 @9 ee tee or ecte aes @12 DORE oo @12 LIVE, en 7 @8s owe 7 @8 Tiekevys..........-...- 11 @12 Spring Dack.... ....- 10 @l1 — Jonocennes.0 DRY GOODS HARDWARE ea As) Farming is a grand success. We have : ada Co-cperative Buiter & Checse Fuctory here for five years, It was built by Davis & Kankin Bldg. & Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ills. Ad- dress them for information if you wish a factory, and how to getirt, PRACHKS! PRAGHKS! PRAGHKS! Can Ship Them 1000 Miles I make a specialty of them. Wire for prices, Am bound to please. Give me a trial and be convinced! TEHHO. B. GOOSSEN, Wholesale Commission, 33 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Fali apples are about atan end and Winter fruit is beginning to come in. Dealers pay about $1.75 per bbl., holding at $2.25. Beans—Dry stock is in small supply and active demand. Dealers pay $1.50@1.60 for unpicked and hold city handpicked at $1.85@1,95 per bu, Beets—50c per bu. Butter — Without change. Dealers 18¢ for choice dairy and hold at 20c. Cabbages—35ec and 45¢ per dozen, according to s81ze, Celery—Choice home grown commands 20@25¢ per dozen bunches Cranberries—Cape Cods are held at # bbl. D.C. Leach has put on the ms urket some berries from his Excelsior marsh, at Walton, for $2.75 per bu. crate. These berries are large in size and fine in quality. Dried apples—Evaporated {s firmly 8@9e; sundried is strong xt 5@bce. Eggs—Without change. Dealers and hold at 20e per doz. Grapes—The crop is the largest ever known here and the demand is poor. As a result, Con- cords and Niagaras go begging at 14%@2c per lb., while Delawares are in no better condition at 2@24¢. Honey—l4e per lb. Very scarce. Musk Mellons—Osage, 50@7de per crate; meg, 30@40c per dozen. Onions—Red command 75@90e per bu. Peaches—Smocks continue to come in freely and will probably be in market for the next two weeks, commanding #1.50@2 per bu., according to quality. Peppers—Green, 50¢ per bu. Potatoes—The market is alittle stronger again. Dealers pay 5i0c this week and hold at 60c. Quinces—$2 per bu. Tomatoes—The market is higher again, choice stock commanding 50@60c per bu FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. pay fete o per held at pay 18c nut- D. A. BLopeeErt, President, GEo. W. Gay, Vice-President. Wm. H. ANDERSON, Cashier. $300,000. CAPITAL, Transacts a generai banking business. Make a specialty of collections. Accounts of country merchants solicited. Tu Favor of the Bu yer j ASK YOUR GROCER FOR IT. | Are Our § tandard Bends. ROASTED GOFFEES. Order now and Save Money. J. P. VISNER, AGENT FOR Rdwit J. Gillies & Go, New York. from the sweetest and best stock. THE j & BS BRAND Or STDERR Will again this year, as in the past, be the very best procurable and packed daily Regular season opens Sept. 15. us and do the Oyster business of your town. THE PUTNAM CANDY CoO. Start in with a large trade. Can take care of all that POTATOES. We have made the handling of Potatoes a ‘‘specialty” for many years and have ean be shipped us. We give the best ser- vice—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen. Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value. Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago. WM. H THOMPSON & CO., Commission Merchants, 166 So. Water sy ore Quality the Best! TRADE WINNERS All Goods Manufactured by Us. Purity Guaranteed! PUTNAM CANDY CO. i4 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. JiM ALLSPICE. Then and Now--Reminiscences of the | Grocery Business. Written for THE TRADESMAN. The with his cost book in his hand, looking | over the stock of a well-kept wholesale | grecery house, as he looks at the pur- chases of the new fall and summer pack | of canned goods in fruits, vegetables and condiments, with all the numerous varieties, little thinks how things used to be. Imagine a brisk and thriving lumber- ing town on the shore of Lake Michigan, and the date a few years after the late war. Wheat was $3 per bushel; cull lumber $6 and mill run $12 per thousand; pork $30 to $40 per barrel; wages were big and business was booming, and tray- eling men were searce as hens’ teeth; no railroads; stages and steamboat lines oe- casionally to suit travel and freight in sight. Trose were the good old times when money was made easily and was plentiful. Canned goods, baking pow- ders, prize schemes and gift enterprises unheard of. Soap came in plain, unwrapped three-pound bars, coffee all green in the berry. not very were Ground spices were with, perhaps, the ex- ception of pepper, everybody, as a rule, buying their spices whole and grinding their own. In those days bluing was in- digo and sold by weight. Very few ar- ticles in canned fish, with the exception of sardines, were heard of. Well do | remember my first purchase of baking powder, and how hard I worked to introduce it in our village, for I had taken the agency and signed a contract to sell only at 75¢ per pound. *Lud- lams” was the brand. Price’s and Royal were unknown. Our plug tobaccos were pigtail, nail rod, fig leaf and black Squares. There were no cutters. Fine cut and smoking came in kegs and half barrels and were weighed out, the pack- age and revenue stamp act not then be- ing in vogue. Nothing was known of curly cut, plug cut, cut eavendish or any of the fancy smoking or plug tobaccos. I recall my first purchase of 10 barrels light yellow C sugar at lle, and its very quick sale at 12%e. salable, Granulated sugar and As sold 15¢ to 18¢ per pound. In syrups we had straight sugar syrup, West India molasses or ‘“‘Demerara” in original hogsheads, corn or grape syr- table and so-called Vermont maples, in cans or otherwise, being un- heard of. The canning business was in its infancy, with popular feeling against in tin. Very few fruits and vegetables were offered in that shape. Barrel pickles, catsups and prepared mustards, along with canned goods, but very slowly founda foothold in the re- tail stores; after a time, however, the attractive packages and labels, with the dealer advocating their sale, made the good housewife a convert to the new and progressive order of things. To-day the canned goods department of a first-class family grecery store forms a large share of the stock. The well-stocked shelves make an inviting appearance of bottled pickles, sauces, catsups, fine fruits in glass and fancy labeled tins. What a contrast to the old way of plain packages, kegs, barrels and sacks, old-style *‘squat’ cans filled with candy or whole spices; kerosene, or *‘coal oil,”’ selling at 75¢ per gallon, with candles the light of the times; codfish plain and unadorned, no blocks or tablets—just codfish “wid de ups, faney all goods | skin on.” grocery traveling man of to-day, | Armour, with his faney ways |of putting up meats and lard, was just | entering the field, to the great consterna- | tion of the home butcher, the packing of | meats in tin or glass working its way in- | |to the public favor, along with canned goods. | Store fixtures, such as paper bag | holders, paper rolls and cutters, dried beef | | cutters, fancy cheese safes with patent cutters, fancy floor cans for the display of coffees, haye grown into use only in late years. Many old storekeepers will remember the old way of tapping a bar- rel of molasses with a 2-inch auger, all the help being then called in to set up the barrel. Nowadays with a patent truck one man can do the same work, without extra effort. Instead of putting a common iron faucet into a barrel of kerosene and taking the chances of los- ing half the contents by leakage, this is done away with, and we have the patent can and pump. Another thing with which we had to contend and which was one of the worst features of the old-time village or crossroad store, was the keep- ing open nights until the last man had left town or gone to bed, or the tobacco in the free box had given out. Early daylight found the clerks and the store all slicked up for the day’s business. The store fixtures of a well-regulated, well-stocked grocery at the present time represent, on an average, one-third the cost of the stock, whereas, in the olden time, a 2-inch auger, a hammer, a hand cr buck saw and a big box steve and iron poker about composed the outfit. There is a very large item of expense, nowadays, in any town or city of impor- tance, in the soliciting of goods and the free delivery service, which is steadily growing worse. Those old days were on the Ben Franklin system — everybody lugged and wheeled their own—but who would want to ‘swap back?” Tele- phones, electric lights and cars make bus- iness and keep us Yankees on the alert and pushing ahead for the big $$$s of our daddies and other folks’ good coin. JIM ALLSPICE. >_> >< Meeting of the Retail Grocers’ Asso- ciation. At the regular meeting of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, held at Protective Brotherhood hall, Monday evening, Oct. 3, the minutes of last meeting were read and approved, Three applications for membership were re- ceived and the applicants accepted—Julius J. Wagner, Geo. H. Cobb and H. J. Vinkemulder & Bro. On motion of Daniel Viergiver, the President was given one month’s further time in which to select and announce the standing committees. A proposition was received from the Protec- tive Brotherhood, relative to the rental of their hall. The organization proposed to give the Association the use of the hall the first and third Mondays of each month, including heat, light and janitor, for #50 per year. The proposition was accepted and the President and Secretary were authorized to execute a lease for the time named by the Association. E. J. Herrick moved that the Association hold two meetings a month while getting into run- ning order, which was adopted. Messrs. Odell, Walbridge and Viergiver were appointed a special committee to investigate the flour matter and report st a subsequent meeting. The Secretary was instructed to procure a question box and place same in a conspicuous position at each meeting of the Association. On motion of E. J. Herrick, the President and Secretary were instructed to procure suitable signs to hang in the stairway of the place of meeting, and advertise the next meeting in the daily papers. The meeting then adjourned, vie <>< is Use Tradesman Cowpon Books. | premature discharge of Observations of the Philosophic Grocer. If you don’t want to fill a bier don’t let beer fill you. Better far be poor in purse than poor in principles. The most promising candidate is not always the one who makes the most promises. More men have been injured by the their mouths than of their guns. Don’t growl about the world being so bad. It wouldn’t be quite so bad if you were a little better. Don’t concern yourself too much about your neighbor’s affairs. Those of your neighbor’s neighbor may better need your attention. If you keep a bank account long enough it will reciprocate by keeping you. The bone of contention is not a funny bone when it leads toa lawsuit. A man with loose habits doesn’t im- prove them by getting tight. If you are uot sure cf heaven, it will not hurt you to live in such a manner as to deserve it. Silence is more eloquent than words when you have nothing to say. Do not write long love letters. They consume valuable time when they are read to the jury. or 9 Rice paper is not made from rice nor from rice stalks, nor has it any connec- tion whatever with rice. Itis of Chinese manufacture,.and is made from the pith of a certain tree resembling the elder. PROVISIONS The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS, eee 12 50 ee 14 50 Peere Cicer pie, ahert cut................... 15 50 See eee . ee . oo oO Boston clear, short cut............. - 15 50 Ciear bak. saert Gut... ...... | - 1550 Standard clear, short cut, best............ 15 50 saUsaGE—Fresh and Smoked. ae. 7% ee 9 ere oT Deseo eee 7% ree 5 enews, eee | Poets, Cee... 0 eee 5 LARD. Kettle Com- Rendered. Gomme. Family. pound. Teerces ...... 9% Br» 6 50 Ib. Tins. ..93% o% 6% 6% 20 Ib. Pails.. 9% 9% 6% 654 ee” (a 95 ¥ 6% >. 6 he 93% 7% 7 — |. 9 734 ver) BEEF IN PARRELS, Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 6 50 Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ 6 50 oe ee... 8 75 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average 20 lbs S 16 ibs eS inl 11% vig . oie... Ls ae. a. re 93% See cy sees oe Breakfast Bacon, Pee 10 Dried beef, ham prices he ee ee ae Long Clears, oe ee Beem, erm. ............... -. 8% us ios... Sedan ee . 3% CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS, The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases Bbis. ~— Stenderd, por)... 6% ss ee 6% i eee 4.1, 6% 7% Boston Cream ........... 8% OE MORE ocinc eke en sce. « 8% Bawa 5. o........ ‘ . 8% MIXED CANDY. — Pails. a 7 —-- ices Mvereederceeecs (] é 7 te bees ee 6% i% ae oe 6cyc led 7 8 en ee 7 8 oreo. 8 Broeon Pee baskets 8 Peanut Squares............ 9 SOOO ON 10 Valle . 13 Midget, = baskets. bedeee ce. ceil bask bias 8 —ok * ...,. ee 8 Pancy—In bulk ~_—- Lozen Oe ee i, eT it leach carnitine ace. 11% Chocoinie Monussontein............. 22.22... 13 es Pee 5% og eee ee 8 Sour = ee et eeipes cori cece ewes estos a4 als . —_ PaNcy—In 5 lb. boxes. “Per Box EE 55 — Drops alls ape een se ee eer = ‘ep el aie ot oat A Se Chocolate MO el, ee te. 65 Em Chooses Drape... ..-. ~.- 90 i 40@50 ere 1 00 A. @. teers eee... 80 Lozenges, —— eS lL 60 ee. es 65 OE 60 ee Cream Bar. . Molasses Bar..... Hand Made Cream ene a Decorated Creams... eee eee ee 'S Burnt Almonds. . Gee ee ec -- Wintergreen Berd 60 CARAMELS. mo. 1, wrapped, Sih. boxes. ............... 34 No. 1, r 3 - : 51 No. 2. > ' 2 . 28 No. bi 3 . . 42 lense Cones... ...... ea BANANAS. ee ea ... 1 50@1 75 ee 2 CO@2 25 ORANGES. Californias, 96 i. ee @ ay Messinas, choice 200.......... -.- ns @ LEMONS. Messina, choice, =: . le. 6 50 mney, 2... 7 00 2 Coieo MeaL.............., a 7 00 ns fancy 300 Maioris............ 8 C0 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Pies, fomcy layers 6S...... @ ig aie ee ae @ “ extra OO ee @17 - . _ ae @ Dates, Fard, 10-lb. box i. @&% a @ 6% : eae. i box... @4% NUTS. Almonds, Tarragona @19 Ivaca.. reece eee cee ee @17 ’ California. ee ois Brazils, new. ee @ 9: Filberts ..... eee eee @11% Wainuts, Grenoble. 001) 1. eee @15 ———-....... . Chili.. 10 Table Nuts, fancy. @13% aes: @i2 can, Texas, H. 124%@14 Cocoanuts, folie @4 a Fancy, H. P., eee cine ebe cr eee eee @ 5% ce re 7% ener, &. Fee @5% ' omee............ @T™% Cewetce, H.P., Matias... @ 4% r ee @ 6% Conon Weenie... 8, > Crockery & Glassware FRUIT JARS. eee $6 75 marts..... Se Half Gallor 9 00 ee 275 Pere. 40 LAMP BURNERS, cml fA 45 ee ce 50 ee 75 ee vis) LAMP CHIMNEYS. —Per box. 6 doz. in box. mo. Gan...) 1. % = Se 88 oe ad SS Se eos mc carCeana gg e 70 Soe quality. No. : ee 2 25 No “ “ o ni J 2 40 No. ; ue ” Fee 3 40 XXX Flint. me Ole, Ce Oe 2 60 not * a ee 2 80 as . heel e bet ee oe 3 88 Pearl top. _ : Sun, wrapped one nheiod. 3 70 sé * aL. 470 Ne. 2 Hinge, “ - ee elec ae: 4 88 La Bastie. _ : Sun, plain bulb, per doz. ee 13 ee ee 1 50 No: 1 crimp, per. ee 1 35 ucm tee Es 1 60 LAMP WICKS, No. 0, POT STOBB..-. 00.0... eteee eee se eece neces 23 coat TE ee ail 28 No 2) Gs 38 No. 3, 4 ne Mammoth, per SE 7 STONEWARE—AEKRON. Butter Crocks, 1 and 6 gal................. 06% Jugs, Hs gal., per doz bebe desc a | Pees ek cele 90 * ee ee 1 80 Mix Pans, oy gal., per. Me $5 - eanet |... 7 is . 1? ge 78 . _ a gianed .... 5... 90 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES. Advice to Merchants in Regard to Using the Wire. From the Shoe and Leather Gazette. The law imposes upon a contract of earriage by which a telegraph company transmits a message, many liabilities which the express contract between the parties does not contain. The ordinary conditions attached to the contract of telegraph delivery, are briefly as follows: that in order to guard against mistakes or delays the sender of a mes- sage shall order it repeated for which one- half of the regular rate is charged in ad- dition; it is agreed between the sender of a message and the telegraph company that the company shall not be liable for mistakes in the transmission or delivery, or for the non-delivery of any unrepeated message beyond the amount received for sending the same, nor for mistakes or de- lays in the transmission or delivery, or for the non-delivery of any repeated mes- sage beyond fifty times or other specified multiple of the sum received for sending the same, unless specially insured, nor in any case for delays arising from unavoid- able interruptions in the working of the telegraph line or for errors in cipher or obscure messages. Under such a contract as this, it is ap- parently clear that unless the sender ofa message has it insured by the company, and pays the premium for their assump- tion of the liability, he is limited in his recovery for any danger which may result to the amount specified by the con- dition upon the contract. This is not strictly true. A telegraph company, in the eye of the law, is acommon carrier and there are certain liabilities against which a com- mon carrier cannot contract. Notwithstanding such a contract as this the telegraph company for instance will be held absolutely liable for all dam- ages without limit which may result from its negligence or the negligence of its em- ployes. The telegraph company by operating its line assumes to do its work with a reasonable degree of care, and against the consequences of neglect of that duty the law will not permit it to contract. The measure of damages for the delay, non-transmission or mis-sending of a telegraphic message is the actual proxi- mate damages which result from the neg- lect or fault of thecompany. This is, under the rule of damages, such injury as might reasonably be expected to result from the error complained of. The rule for the recovery of damages, as was stated in the leading cases upon that subject in this country in one of the early New York decisions, is in the fol- lowing language: ‘‘The party injured is entitled to recover all his damages, inclu- ding gains prevented as well as losses sustained; and this rule is subject to but two conditions—the damages must be such as may fairly be supposed to have entered into the contemplation of the parties when they made the contract— (that is, they must be such as might nat- urally be expected to follow its violation) and they must be certain, both in their nature and in respect to the cause from which they were produced.” Under this rule, only nominal damages or the price paid for transmitting the message can be recovered for neglecting to transmit or to deliver it, if its purport is not explained to the agent of the com- pany or its operator, oris wholly unintei- ligible to him; for no other damages in such a case could be within the contem- plation of the parties. The operator who receives and who represents the company, and may for this purpose be said to be the other party to the contract, cannot be said to look upon such a message as one pertaining to trans- actions of pecuniary value and impor- tance, and in respect to which pecuniary loss or damages will naturally arise in case of his failure or omission to send it. If ignorant of its real nature and im- portance,it cannot be said to have been in his contemplation at the time of making the contract that any particular damage or injury would be the probable result of a breach of the contract on his part. It will therefore be seen that it is of importance to the business man in send- ing telegraph messages which are attention of the receiving clerk or the representative of the company, whichever it may be who receives the message, | that itis a message of importance and) must be handled with eare. While it is true that the fact thata) merchant resorts to the telegraph of itself | indicates that the matter involved is of | importance to justify the ex-| enough penditure of the increased cost of teleg- raphy over that of postage, the fact im- ports no more and therefore is notice only to the company that it is of impor- tance to the sender to the amount of the expense which he incurs in sending it. It is for this reason that in the absence of any notice of further liability than this the law holds the company only to liability for the price of the message. But if the contents of the message itself are such as without explanation convey to the operator or any intelligent persor upon reading it sufficient notice of its importance to charge him with knowledge that breach of his duty with regard to it would result in pecuniary loss, then the message itself is of suffi- cient notice, but as a rule with telegraph messages they themselves do not contain the information which would put a per- son ignorant of the contemporaneous cir- cumstances upon his guard. Nor can the company, upon receiving notice that pecuniary responsibility of a specified amount is involved in the trans- action of the message, refuse to trans- mit it unless itis insured and an addi- tional fee charged for that insurance. It is the legal duty of the company to transmit the message and transmit it without negligence on its part and, if notified of the results which may natu- rally follow from neglect in respect to the message, although the company might refuse to send the message unless in- sured and state upon receiving it that it would be liable for no damages beyond the amount of the message unless in- sured, it would still be liable as a matter of law for any damages resulting from the negligence of its servants, as this it cannot contract away if properly notified of the probable result of negligence should it occur. ————_—_—<—_o<—___—_ The Barometer of Business. The accepted barometer of mercantile business in the United States is the record of failures compiled and verified by the established commercial agencies. It is, therefore, extremely gratifying to observe that the general prosperity, of which there are accumulating evidences on every side, is reflected in the agency reports of the nine months of 1892, end- ing on Saturday, Oct. 1. These are the figures for nine months of each of the years following: Year. Failures, Liabilities. ie re $ 92 471,000 6 sae 138,871.0 0 1892 ee T%3 76,971,000 The volume of business is constantly increasing in the United States. New fields for the development of industrial activity are being opened; corporations are multiplying; capital, greater in amount than at any previcus time or in any country, seeks profitable investment, and the newer motors and agencies, electricity and natural gas, furnish en- tirely new fields for enterprise. The population of the country is increasing. The profits and the savings of the people find, almost exclusively, employment here, while a steady current of foreign capital comes to American industrial stock companies, breweries, mines, ranches, and mercantile establishments, Under these circumstances, the increase of failures and of liabilities resulting therefrom should naturally keep pace with the growth of population, business and material wealth. Such does not ap- pear to be the case at present, as these figures show, estimating the remaining three months of 1892 on the basis of the nine months for which figures are at hand: Year Failures. Liabilities. — ...,.... 10,679 $123, 829,973 oe... ci, Co 148.784,337 ie. ma ........-... 189 856,954 Te Bias, [on ..... lcci 190,868,638 Tee ee. 102,628,000 10, {fn other words, failures are fewer than of | before, while business is larger. lt is grave concern to him to take the trouble| an encouraging, gratifying and signifi- | when he sends the message to call the) eant exhibit. This is a great country, | | and evidences of this fact abound every- | | where. a What is Money? London Tid Bits lately offered a prize for the best definition of *‘money.” The prize was awarded to Henry E. Baggs, of Sheffield. His definition was: ‘‘An article which may be used as an universal passport to everywhere except heaven, and as an universal provider of everything except happiness.” The following is a selection of some of the best definitions submitted: “The reward that sweetens labor.’’ “The balance that adjusts the scales in well nigh every transaction of human life.” “The recognized measure of value and medium of exchange.” ‘*Money is an idol, worshipped in every clime without a single temple.’’ ‘The best microscope for finding re- lationship with.” **?Tis a bee that stores honey, if you know how to useit; but it stings and then wings, if you only abuse it.” “The only commodity that remains in fashion from generation to generation.’’ “The father’s independence,’ the mother’s satisfaction, the son’s snare and the daughter’s blessing.” “The guerdon of industry, the will-o’- the-wisp of indolence, the servitor of love, the sinews of war, the good man’s portion and the bad man’s idol.’ “Money is next to religious faith, the mightiest comfort in life, whose value, however, can only be fully appreciated by those who have both possessed and felt its wants.”’ ‘‘That which every one desires to ob- tain in order to have the pleasure of parting with it.” “The ‘counters’ used life.’’ ‘““Money toaman is like water to a plant, only useful as long as it promotes and facilitates growth; like water in the fountain or water in the tank, keep it flowing and it blesses, keep it stagnant and it injures.” MIGHIGAN CENTRAL ** The Niagara Falls Route.” in the game of DEPART. ARRIVE Dotroit Express. .........ccecccees-es 7:00am 10:00pm eee ........................_...... 7:05am 4:30 pm Das irprees.............. .-. 4:20pm 10:00am *Atlantic & Pacific Express......... 1:00pm 6:00am New ee eee 5:40pm 10:45pm *Dai ly. All other daily except Sunday. e Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Ekegant parlor cars leave Grand Rapids on Detroit Express at 7a. m., returning leave Detroit 4:45 p. m. arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m. FRED M. BRIGGS, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe - A. ALMQuUIST, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. eit W. MUNSON, 30% Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. O. W. RUGGLES G.P. & T. Agent., Chicago TIME TABLE ay atel ms GRAND HAVEN MILWAUKEE NOW IN EFFECT. tay a Za EASTWARD. Trains Leave |*No. 14| \tNo. 16|tNo. 7 30pm| Ce te oe 8 30pm | ta 18|*No. S82 Ly. Chicago.... Lv. Milwaukee. | G’d Rapids, Lv | 6 50am 10 20am| 3 25pm! il ‘00pm Ionia ........Ar| 745am/i1 25am) : 27pm) 12 42am St. Johns . Ar 8 30am|12 17pm) 5 20pm) 2 00am Owoss)......Ar| 905am| 1 20pm! 6 ¢5pm| 3 1@am KE, Saginaw. -Ar/l0 45am| 345pm! 8 0pm 64 am Bay City ....- Ar/|11 30am 4 35pm| 8 45pm) 7 15ain Flint ........Ar|10 05am) 3 45pm) 7(5pm) 5 40am Pt. Huron...Ar|12 05pm} 6 00pm) 8 50pm| 7 7 36am 3 05pm) — 5 23am 4.05pm! 925pm) 6 45am Pontiac ...... Ar/}i0 53am Detront,...... Ar|11 50am WESTWARD. *No. 81 |tNo. 11 |tNo Trains Leave o. 13 “Hn 15 Ly. Detroit. . G’d Rapids, Ly G’d Haven, Ar Milw’kee Str ‘“ Chicago Str. ‘ 6 50am) 10 50am] 4 05pm 1 0Opm| 5 10pm| 1! 20pm 2 —_ 6 15pm) 11 20pm “ 6 30am} 6 30am 6 Goan 10 45pm 7 06am 8 — *Daily. t+tDaily except Sunday. Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. Trains arrive from the west, 6:45 a m, 10:10 a. m., 3:15 p.m. and 10:30 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Paricr Buffet ear. No. 18 Chair Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward— No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11 Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetear. JouN W. Loup, Traffic Manager. BEN FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agent. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. Monroe Street. 12:50 a. m., Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect September 25, 1892. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going South. North. | oe Cadillac and Saginaw...... 6:15am a: 20 am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:00am 1:10pm For Cadillac and Saginaw...... 0pm 4:15pm | For Petoskey & Mac kinaw . 8 10 pm lv:10 pm From Chicago and Kalamazoo. 8:35 p m Train arriving fr om south at 6 15 am and 9:00am daily. Others trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going North. South. | For Cincinnati. 30 am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and ( Yhic we i, 10:05 am For Fort Wayne and the Wast.. 11:50am 2:00 pm For Cincinnati..... $:15 p m 6:00 pm For Kalamazoo & C thie ago. 11 00 pm 11:20 pm From Saginaw. 11:50 a m From Saginaw 1100pm Train leaving south ‘at ll - m. runs daily; all | other trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING & PARLOK CAR SERVICE | NORTH 1:10 p m train has parlor car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 0:10 p m train.—Sleeping car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. SOUTH--7:00 am train. - Rapids to Cincinnati. 10:05 am train.— Wagner Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. 6:00 m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 113;20 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand «pao to ea REO. Chicago via G. BR. & WL RB. R. Lv Grand Rapids 10:05 a m 2:00 pm Arr Chicago 3:35 p m 9:00 p m 10:05 a m train through Wagner Parior Car. 11:20 p m train daily, par Ww agner Sleeping Car. -Parlor chair car Grand 11:20 pm 650am Lv Chicago 705 am 3:10 pm 10:10 p m Arr Grand Rapids 1: 50 pm 8.35pm 6:50 am 3:10 pm through Wagner Parlor Car. 10:10 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon —Leave From Muskegon— Arrive. 6:55 a m 10:00 a m 11.25 am 4:40 pm 5:30 pm 9.05 pm Dunday train leaves for Muskegon at 9:05a m, ar- riving at 10:20 am. Returning train leaves Muske gon at 4:30 p m, arriving at Gsand Rapids at 5:45 p m. Through tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A, Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- tion, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich ©. L. Lot *KWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent CHICAGO AND WEsSi SEPT. 11, 1892. MICHIGAN R’Y, GOING TO CHICAGO. Ly.GR’D RAPIDS......8:50am 1:25pm *i1: Ar. CHICAGO 3:35pm :45pm RETURNING FROM CHICAGO, Ly. CHICAGO . .---9:00am 5:25pm *11:15pm Ar. GR’D RAPIDS.....3:55pm 10:4,pm ¥*7:05am TO AND FROM BENTON HARBOR, 8ST JOSEPH AND INDIANAPOLIS. 5pm *7:05am ly. G R.... 8:50am 1:25pm . *11:25pm Ar. GR .......*6:10am 356pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM MUSKEGON, iy. G&. H.... 8:50am 1:25pm 5:35pm 6:30pm ~~ Ga e... . 8 10:45am 3:55pm 5:20pm TRAVERSE CITY, MANISTEE & PETOSKEY. Ly. G EH... : NT 5 5 a Manistee Traverse City = Charlevoix Ar. Petoskey .... ee od Ar. from Petoskey. etc. : 3: ‘30pm 1 :00 D BL; Traverse City 11:50 a m, 10: vO pm. THROUGH CAR SERVICE. from Wagner Parlor Cars Leave Grand Rapids 1:25 pm, leave Chicago 5:25 p m. Wagner Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *]1:35 pm; leave Chicago *11:15 pm. Free Chair Car for Manistee 5:35 p m. *Every day. tExcept Saturday. Other trains week days only. DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. SEPT 11, 1892 GOING TO DETROIT. Ly.G RK... 7:00am *1:25pm 5:40pm = *11:30pm Ar. DET... .11:50am *3:25pm 10:: dspm = =*7:30am RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Lv. DETR ... 7:50am *1:35pm 5:15pm *11:00pm ar G i....... 12:55pm *5:25pm 10:20pm *7:0. am TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8ST, LOUIS. Ly. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. GR 11:50am 10:40pm L & HASTINGS R. R. TO LOWELL VIA LOWEL Lv. Grand noe iggy Ar. from Lowell. THROUGH CAR SERVICE, Parlor Cars on all day trains between Grand Rapids and Detroit. Wagner Sleepers on night trains Parlor cars to Saginaw on morning train, *Every day. (Uther trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk e offers a route making the best time betwe : Grand Rapids and Toledo, VIA D., . & N. Ly. Grand ene On. : 7st 215 a.m. and 1:00 p. m. Ar. Toledo at . --. 12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p, m. a. A. & M, Ly. Grand Rapids ~ . 6: 50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m. Ar. Toledo at. 2:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m. Return connections equally as good. W. .H. BenneETT, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. 16 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE COUNTRY’S CROPS. Summarized Statement of Their Condi- tion and Prospects. Potatoes—Reports to the Agricultural Department indicate the lowest Septem- ber condition ever reported. This show- ing is due chiefly to excessive rains caus- ing rot. and blight also exists in many sections; but in Aroostook county, Me., drouth was the prime cause. In Ohio early planting gave best results but only a light crop, but Michigan, Indiana, Iowa and lilinois early crops suffered from an excess of moisture, and drouth affected the late plantings. The mountain states have a good condition, and the Pacific coast only medium. The September con- dition of 74.8 as compared with 94.8 a year ago, together with the reduced area, are ample proof that potatoes will re- turin more money to farmers this year than last. Sweet Potatoes—Not doing so well this year as last, the general average condi- tion, Sept. 1, being 88.6 as compared with 93.5 a year ago. Onions—Supplies have not been com- ing forward so freely to market and choice lots are searce. This indicates that the poor stuff has been about rushed off, while growers are holding on to their good onions for the better prices to come later in the season. Cranberries—Coming to market rather slowly and prices have ruled from $6 to $8 per barrel, according to quality. The total shortage in the crop will be about 50,000 barrels as compared with 1891, and 100,000 bbls. less than ’90, but the fruit is larger and of better quality than last year. A determined effort is being made to enlarge the export trade in cran- berries, thereby preventing any surplus at home and giving a firm tone to the market. Honey—Generally short, especially in California, New York and Wisconsin while some Southern and Western sec- tions have a slightly larger crop than usual. Poultry—Has ruled higher than usual throughout the summer months, choice stock always selling well. The fall and winter season opens with a strong de- mand and good prices, especially for good fowls. Wool — The market has steady for several months with no nota- ble change in prices. Eastern markets are amply supplied, and manufacturers have, as a rule, been buying only for immediate requirements, but the actual consumption in American factories has been enormous, with every indication of its continuing. Foreign wools are some- what firmer, especially European carpet grades, owing to the existence of cholera in Europe and the check put upon their importations. If this prohibition con- tinues, and Australian wools coming from London should be stopped, the val- ue of domestic wool should certainly in- crease. Butter—Will rule high from now on. The season has been a good one for but- ter and prices have held their ground and steadily advanced. The great pro- ducing centers of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois report decreased production, which has materially affected the quan- tity of butter in cold storage. Pasturage is now falling off and good prices for butter must continue to rule from now until next season. The English market is also suffering from a short supply, to- continued | gether with a very small hay crop, which will enhance the price of feeds and, con- sequently, of butter. —_—— os 2 > The Hardware Market. Trade in General—The opening week of the month has been no exception to the last week in September. The volume of business keeps up and there is every indication of a good trade. In the mat- ter of prices, there have been but few changes, and the majority of them have been in the nature of a downward move- ment. Cut Nails—But few moving in this mar- ket, and no change in price. Wire Nails—-The demand is very large, notwithstanding which prices are going down. Jobbers are quoting from $1.75 to $1.85, according to size and assort- ment. Barbed Wire—But little moving. Prices are now lower than ever before known. When the bottom will be reached no one can tell. Quotations are still $2.40 for painted and 45¢ advance for galvanized. Annealed Wire—The demand for this time of the year seems quite large, but more especially in the smaller sizes, which are mostly used for bailing hay. Jobbers are quoting the following prices: nae.....UlLU #2 10 aaa 2 20 — .... ee 2 30 os... 2 50 ae 2 60 mas ..LLLULUL.L 3 00 For large orders these prices might be shaded. Window Glass—Manufacturers are try- ing to advance prices a little, claiming the figures they are now getting are be- low the cost of production. How well they will succeed, time alone can tell. 80 and 10 by the box, with an advance of 10 per cent. by the light, are the ruling prices in this market. Builder’s Hardware—As is usually the case at this time of the year, everything in builders’ hardware is in great demand. The finishing of houses and blocks which were begun in the spring create a great demand for locks, knobs, ete. Prices in this class of goods change but little, as bed rock was reached long ago, Sheet Iron—Very scarce, but nochange in price. Sheet Zinc—The demand is so great, it takes several weeks to get an order filled. Prices quoted by sheet are 7c: full casks (600 Ibs.) 1e less. Rope—An advance in sisal rope is ex- pected daily, owing to an advance in sisal hemp. >.< ____ A Partnership of Forty-two Years’ Duration. The death of Chas. Price, the veteran baker of Boston, recalls the remarkable partnership which existed between him and his partner, Richard Pease, who died April 20, 1872. Pease & Price were a firm of bakers, and they were in part- nership forty-two years, the business re- lations being severed only by the death of Mr. Pease. The two men were the clos- est of friends during their minority, went into partnership on attaining their majority, married sisters and made one family, and lived together in one house- hold, which they shared in common. Their relations were of the most har- monious and brotherly nature, and not until Mr. Pease was nearing his end was there a division of profits. Mr. Pease’s first son was named for Mr. Price, and Mr. Price’s first son for Mr. Pease. Both partners dressed alike to a considerable extent, their relaxations from business were enjoyed jointly, household furni- ture was owned in common, a second house (furnished) was kept and used for | the entertainment of friends. and even ;the old doorplate on their home bore the inscription, Pease & Price. “There’s a Destiny that shapes our ends, Rough hew them as we will.” There’s a Meat Chopper that cuts our meat fine, No matter in what shape it is found. The one referred to is that manufactured by the Enterprise Manufacturing Co., and are the only kind on the market worthy of mention. They are coated }with”pure tin, and thus are rendered im- pervious toj rust or discoloration. They are unaffected by acids, are very easily cleaned and very desirable in every way. The choppers are simple, easily taken apart and will, last a lifetime with moderate care. The process of cutting is asfol- lows: The meat is fed into the hopper and carried forward by the screw until it reaches the drilled plate, the pressure of the screw forcing it into each of the small holes in the plate, at which it is chopped off by the revolving knife, which makes four cuts for each hole with every revolution of the crank, the small pieces thus cut being forced out by the next pieces so cut. The simplicity of this ingenious machine makes it par- ticularly desirable for family use. progres TEVENS & G02 wants BANANAS]! If you want large bunches of the best quality, send your order to THE PUTNAM CANDY CoO, PEHEREINS & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. TOG, HEPLSTEMER & arse | ee WHOLESALE Dr Goods, Carpets and bloaks We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Liv+ Geese Feathers. Mackinuw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. OVERALLS OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE. Voigt, Herpolshemer & C0. 4° Seana Rasiae Spring & Compa ny, i T HeSE ee 0"! ne pay for themselves in the | haudsemest ever offered to the breakage they avoid. Price $4. | trade. They are —_ to fit any IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN a | of our boxes and can be changed from Soe 2 Se a ee a one box to another in amoment They i i will save enough good> trom flies, dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pay Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloa Ks, for themselves. Try them and be convinced. Price, 50 cents each. Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, NEW NOVELTIES Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties: Prints and Domestic Cottons CINNAMON BAR. ORANGE BAR. CREAM CRISP. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well a Ce cet ee NEWTON, arich finger with fig tilling. This is bound to be one of assorted stock at lowest market prices. | the best selling cakes we ever made. A oe | " x nn Spring & Company. |THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO., 'S. A. Sears, Mgr. GRAND RAPIDS. You can take — choice New Prints | —- ee Best Flat Opening Blank Books Also Fine Line of Robes ie he Meee: nek ee same Siete thw Od Aefie Badin, Write ter petoen wn OUTINGS, WIDE BLUES, FANCY SHIRTINGS — GRAND RAPIDS BOOK BINDING 00. ionses At = =—ti—“(‘“‘i SC; a Corel St, Grand Rapids, Mich. Dress Goods IN CHEVRONS, WHIPCORDS, BEDFORD CORDS, | 1 3 ie fF tT i J S 2 aaa 3 aay 7 STORM SERGE EFFECTS. la Yarns, Blankets, Comforts, Underwear. Overshirts, Pants and Overalls. Correspondence receives our Personal Attention. P. STEKETEE & — seul leas eat & Company, Stump before sid | Fragments after a blast. STRONGEST and SAFEST ALOSi Emnown to the Arts. > POWDER, FUSE, CAPS. Electric Mining Goods. Manufacturers of EEFLOULES, —— FOR top atiay OW Casts es ccee tin a. | HERCULES POWDER COMPANY, Firgt-Glass Work Only. ANNIHILATOR, 40 Prospect Street, Cleveland, Chie, jo. W. WILLARD, Managers Of Bvery Description. Agents for os! ne yen? @ tN 0. WRITE FOR PRICES. Western Michigan, 68 and 68 CanalSt.. - GRAND RAPIDS. WRITE FOR PRICES if i H. LEONARD & SONS. { ed tan GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 5 Special Offer for an assorted package Ansonia Clocks. ; All are half-hour, slow strike, back action, with or without alarm i sy = i E : at ” = AUSTRIA. Oak finish, eight day strike: ALASKA Slack walnut. eight day strike. ADEN, Black walnut, eight day strike. Dia! 6 inches, height 20 inches. Dial 6 inches, height 21 inches. Dial 6 inches, height 20 inches. aa \ f >) G5 | Se. .. , : wi mr: reese re thdetaesonesrmand onto eghlpeheeneedbes agains anpeennewsattensnn-on = Fae - i mi i = i ae = - —— ——~—= = AMERICA. Black walnut, 8 day strike. AMAZON. Oak finish, eight day strike. AFRICA. Oak finish, eight day strike. Dial 6 inches, height 21 inches. Dial 6 inches, height 2044 inches. Dial 6 inches, height 21 inches. - No Charge for Box. { No. 20, 6 clocks, 1 each as above without alarm for $12.90 net. No. 30, 6 clocks, 1 each as above with alarm for $14.25 net. 7a Send us your order. old by the case only. } 7 \ t )