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A PRAYER FOR COURAGE

God, make me brave for life,

Oh, braver than this!

Let me straighten after pain

As a tree straightens after the rain.
Shining and lovely again.

God, make me brave for life,
Much braver than this!

As the blown grass lifts let me rise
From sorrow with quiet eyes,
Knowing Thy way is wise.

God, make me brave. Life brings
Such blinding things.

Help me to keep my sight,

Help me to see aright,

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his letter says:

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store and asked the General
Foods salesman for help. He
picked out my new location. Then
he planned my Grand Opening
Sale, working in my store from
early morning until late at night

for two days.

2201 Packages in 2 days
We sold 2,201 packages of
General Foods products in two
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merchandise.”

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that the General Foods salesman
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results of years of studying the
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Fiftieth Year

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1933

Number 2586

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
E. A. Stowe, Editor

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HOME OWNED STORES
Money Paid Them Keeps Circulating
in the Community
For many thousands of years the
church has existed, and during all this
time its influence has been felt in every
community. They had churches even
back at the time the Pyramids of Egypt

were builded.

The church could not exist if it
was not for the support it receives from
the community, and during these thou-
sands of years the communities have
supported the churches. Billions of
dollars have been spent on them, and
because the community during these
thousands of years has supported the
churches it makes them a community
proposition. It is definitely and dis-
tinctly a part of the community.

It is out of the money that stays at
home, that the church receives its
support. The church you belong to
gets its support from the money that
stays in the community, therefore it is
of vital importance that you spend
your money, so it will stay at home as
long as possible.

You all know your schools are a
creature of the community, and can
only be supported by the circulating
money within the community. They
can only be supported by home own-
ers and other institutions and individ-
uals who keep the money at home. If
it was not for this, your schools would
be closed within forty-eight hours.

Your community must look out for
itself. Money which leaves your com-
munity cannot support anything at
home At least the profit involved in
the dealings of everybody in the com-
munity, should stay at home and be
invested there that it may become a
revolving fund for the benefit of every-
body.

It would be a good thing for you
and your neighbors to sit down and
quietly think of the causes that pro-
duced your community. Why is it
there? What made it? Who made it?

Where did the money come from that
builded and supported your commuin-
ity? Who is going to support your
community in the future? Who cares
anything about your community?

Naturally only those who live there
care anything about your prosperity.

It does not take a large amount of
common sense to reason this out: but
people do need to think about their
communities, families, churches and
their schools, and about the business
institutions that belong where you be-
long. They are all a part of your life.

One of the most encouraging. and
one of the most valuable conditions
found anywhere, is where the people
of the community, churches, schools
and home owned stores work together,
build together and develop together.
When some catastrophe overtakes the
community, or even overtakes some
individual of the community, the people
are bound together and immediately
jump to the help of that person. When
credit is needed, as it often is, the
home owned stores can always be de-
pended upon to help. When the church
needs financial help you know your
home owned stores, those owned by
your neighbors, always help.

When the students in your schools
are promoting something possibly ath-
letics, or whatever it may be for your
schools, it is the home owned stores
who help, because they know that by
helping the local schools they are
helping themselves. They are helping
the local community to be more and
more tied together.

Do not expect some group, or some
person at a great distance from you to
be your helper in time of trouble, or
to help build your local institutions.
It is you, you folks who live there
who must do these things. You must
stand together, and as I said in my
talk last Sunday, if you do not stand
together you finally pay the penalty.

Your boy or girl may want a job
and should obtain employment at
home, but they cannot if you who have
money to spend, are negligent and
careless as to where you spend it.
Bind your community together as one,
and you can be prosperous, you can
grow, you can obtain employment at
home and be employed by those inter-
ested in the same things you are inter-
ested in. These young people can keep
the money at home.

For a generation or two, it has been
the policy of the United States, and
more or less sanctioned and promoted
by all political parties, to pass tariff
laws to keep our money at home, and
to cause us to spend our money among
ourselves. This is exactly the same
principle I am asking for your local
community, and upon this principle

has been built some of the greatest
civilizations of the world.

Yes, people are interested in their
communities and I am surprised at the
great number of very complimentary
remarks that I am getting on these
little community talks. Many people
say I am calling their attention to
things they had not thought of, but
now realize they are of vital importance
to them.

In former dissertations in the
Tradesman I joined the interests of
churches, schools and the home owned
stores, but to-day I want to talk to you
about the stores which are owned and
conducted by your neighbors. These
neighbors put both life and money into
making your community what it is, and
I feel they are deserving of special
mention. If you wish to be classified
as intelligent you must not pass these
local interests by without giving them
equal attention with public
schools.

Your local stores are owned by peo-

your

ple who live in your community, they
their money into your
churches and have helped to promote
and pay for your public schools, and
when any local problem has developed
these are the folks you found doing
their best in bringing about develop-
ment and the good of the community.

The money you pay into your home
owned stores keeps on circulating in
the community. Perhaps the dollar
you spent today in a local store was
paid you by a neighbor, and today you
spent it for something you needed, To-
morrow the home-owned store pays
out this dollar for the development of
churches, sidewalks,

have put

schools,
streets, wages, delivery, credit, and so
on. Compare this dollar with the one
some one spent yesterday in such a
way that it immediately left the com-
munity. It was gone by sunrise the
next morning. It was not exchanged
with your neighbor for something he
had to sell.

homes,

How on earth can your banks have
money to loan you when you need it.
if you spend your money in such a way
that it immediately leaves the commun-
ity? The banks cannot loan money
that is gone.

True, part of the money you spend
in your home owned stores sooner or
later is spent for merchandise, but it
stays in the community all the way
from a week to two months and keeps
right on circulating in the community.
Even then before it leaves, you and
others have spent more money in the
community, so the supply is contin-
uous and is at work day and night.

It is strange that people who have
fair judgment on other things cannot
see, or at least will not see, the com-
mon sense in what I am saying. Is it

because they have allowed some one at
a distance to prejudice them against
their own community and neighbors
and against the welfare of their own

pocketbooks? Remember that when
some outsider tries to make you be-
lieve your neigrbors and friends are
not efficient, that they are not up to
date, that they cannot serve you, this
is not done for your good, but for the
good of those who promote such sen-
timent.
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State Could Stop Peddlers

If house to house canvassing be-
comes a nuisance tto householders, it
would be possible to invoke, through
legislation, the police power of the
state, states a comment entitled “Val-
idity of Restrictions on House to
House Selling,’ in the February issue
of the Michigan Law Review.

The right of salesmen to make such
calfs is based upon the presumption
that there is an implied invitation by
property owners to anyone having a
lawful mission, but if this liberty is
abused and a nuisance is created, the
implied sanction would no longer exist
and property rights of the individual
could effectively be maintained by
legislative action.

If this type of sales becomes so
widespread as to become a social evil it
would fall in the same class as that of
other cases which have been judged
in favor of neighborhoods which have
objected against such conditions as the
presence of obnoxious fumes from in-
dustrial plants, the writer points out.

The author also indicates that the
Supreme Court decision to allow indi-
viduals ‘to exercise their occupations
has been proved to be a qualified lib-
erty and that a case involving the con-
stitutionality of house to house selling
would fall within this qualification.

Mark W. Alger.
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An Amazing Food Law Case

Even though witnesses for the de-
fense as a part of their testimony ate
samples of the seized evidence, the
Federal Court for the Southern Dis-
trict of New York recently upheld the
legal right of the Government to seive
worm-infested fish and decided that
two shipments of wormy tullibees were
adulterated under the pure food and
drug law. The Government had con-
fiscated 590 boxes of whole and dressed
tullibees, shipped by the Manitoba Cold
Storage Co., Winnipeg, to a terminal
warehouse in New York. The claimant
of the goods contended that raw or
smoked fish of the nature of these tul-
libees would not be injurious to health,
and witnesses for the fish company ate
portions of the infested tullibees in the
court room. Counsel for the claimant
also held that the presence of the long,
white, thread-like worms would not
impair the taste of the fish. The court
held that the fish was adulterated.

 

 

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TRADESMAN

 

April 12, 1983

 

Lines of Interest To Grand Rapids
Council.

Memorial services for those travel-
ers who have packed their grips for
that long, long trip from which no
traveler returns were held by Grand
Rapids Council Sunday afternoon at
three o'clock n the council chamber
in the Moose Temple. Rufus Boer
and A, F, Jannausch, committee on
arrangements, had. the hall beautifully
decorated with ferns and baskets of
cut flowers. Allen F. Rockwell, who
occupied the Senior Counselor's sta-
tion, was assisted by W. S. Lawton,
Junior Counselor; L. L. Lozier, Past
enior Counselor; H. R. Bradfield,
ecretary-Treasurer; W. E. Lypps,
Conductor; FE. Groom, Page; 6. C.
Saxton. Sentinel; and Gilbert H.
Moore, Chaplain, The officers gave
their work very effectively and are de-
serving of much praise. Wm. Zylstra
officiated as eulogist and his oration
was highly commended by those pres-
ent. His subject was, “The Vacant
House.” H. F. DeGraff, one of* the
oldest members present, was in charge

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of the flower service. As the name of
a departed brother was called, he tend-
ered a lily to the flower girl, little Miss
Mary Elizabeth Jannausch, who placed
them in a basket. Each flower was
symbolic of a departed brother and
seven lilies reposed in te receptical.
Those whose names were called with
no response but alec were Geo. W.
Alden, Roy B. Parmenter, Otto Weber,
Lucien A. Dexter, Alva W. Brown,
Wm. E. — and E. A. Souffrou.
Some very beautiful solos were rend-
ered by Mrs. Ger - J. Wagner and
W. J. Hohn. They also sang a duet.
They were eSetaimaig eS on the piano
by Mrs. J. Jans Helder. There were
about seventy-five present. The attend-
ance should have been many times
that number. It is to be regretted that
the members can not forego some of
lar routine and pause for a

short time to render homage to those
Without
all must travel that long,
m which no one returns

surviving fraters will be

who have gone on before.
question we
long trail fro
and that ou
called upon to participate in a fitting
memorial service to Our memory.
Therefore, now is the opportune time
to join with our brothers to pay a trib-
ute to the memory of those who have
been called by the Supreme Counselor
on High while we are still in the flesh.

All banks in Muskegon and Battle
Creek are open for unrestricted busi-
ness. It is reported that there is a
preceptible pick-up in business in
these communities. The Citizens Bank

Flint will open the first of the week
for unrestricted banking business. This
should be heartening news to salesmen
who make these particular towns.

As J. B. Olney, representative for
the American Type Founders Co., was
just settling himself for a nice quiet
Thursday evening by his fireside the
trident clanging of his telephone
wakened him from his reveries. Upon

answering, he heard the voice of his
boss in Chicago. After the usual greet-
ings, John’s boss said he had a very
important message for him and that he
should come over at once. This state-
ment got John all warm and bothered
and it was not long before he was on a
rattler on his way to the windy city.
We haven't learned what the message
turned out to be, but we did hear that
John arrived in Chicago in time to help
her celebrate new beer’s eve. He
stated that immense crowds thronged
the places of dispensation and that
they were orderly and of the better
class of people. We are in the dark as
to John’s opinion of the new product.

The team work group held its noon-
day meeting Saturday at the Elk cafe-
teria under the direction of H. F. De-
Graff. Robert Merrill, member of the
Board of Education, was the principal
speaker. His subject was the discus-
sion of China. His talk was very in-
teresting and much was to be gained
from it. The team work group has
pledged itself to co-operate with the
Salesmen’s Club and when a member-
ship of 100 has been secured, the Club
will again begin its activities where it
left off last fall. Judge John Dalton
will be the Club’s president and Homer
R. Bradfield will be Secretary-Treas-
urer. They plan to make every one of
the meetings interesting by having
present some speaker of note. Every-
one is invited to attend these meetings
as they are open forums for everyone
who is interested in business. The
speaker for next Saturday will be S.
C. R. Harvey who will speak on Sales-
manship. The time will be Saturday,
April 15, at 12:15. The place, Elk cafe-
teria in the Elk temple on Ottawa
avenue, across the alley from the city
hall,

Judge: “What were you doing in
that speakeasy when it was raided?”

Hardware merchant: “Making a
bolt for the door.”

David Reid, 66, proprietor of the
Reid hotel at South Haven, died Thurs-
day of last week and was laid to rest
Saturday afternoon. His death was the
direct result of an automobile accident,
in which he was injured about one year
ago. Mr. Reid was popular among the
traveling men for his courtesy and the
genuine warmth of his greeting as
host. At one

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time he was sales agent
for the AuBurn automobile at the cor-
ner of Bond avenue and Michigan
street. His son, Raymond, is cae
manager of the Herkimer hotel in
Grand Rapids.

Harvey Gish, a member of Grand
Rapids council and long a resident of
the city, is now residing in Pioneer,
Ohio. He is president of the Pioneer
Milling Co., which does a National
business. His plant is operating night
and day, turning out special brands of
cake flour. The company has received
one order from Chicago which requires
60,000 pounds of one brand of cake
flour. The products of the mill are
marketed under the brands of Purity
and Crescent. Harvey formerly trav-
eled for the Dr. Hess Stock Food Co.,
covering territory in the United States
and Canada. The Council members ex-
tend their greetings and best wishes for
his success as a manufacturer.

We will soon begin to compare our
state Legislature with that of the Na-

tional representative bodies under the
Hoover regime. It just seems as
though they cannot agree on any one
particular thing. Michigan was first in
bank holidays, first in ratifying the re-
peal of the eighteenth amendment and
will in all probabilities be the last to
figure out a means for handling the 3.2
question, Apparently the case
body believes they cannot. have their
cake and eat it at the same time. Per-
haps it will be necessary for Governor
Comstock to wield the old whip lash
over their sessions before any real re-
sults may be expected. Perhaps he
had better tie up the Republicans until
that august body of solons has
recessed.

A gold-digger had died and all her
worldly possessions including a parrot
were being auctioned off. “What am I
offered for this beautiful bird?”’, said
the auctioneer.

“One bean,” said

“Two bucks,’

bystander.
roared another.

“Make it five, daddy,’ croaked the
parrot, ‘and I’ll give you a kiss.”

Some of the boys have gotten out
their pencils and have figured out that
they got skun out of .7 kick when they
purchased the new _ beverage. We
haven't had the time or inclination to
figure out just how much kick has been
left out, but we have a well placed
hunch that no one but an expert chem-
ist could tell the difference and he
would have to resort to the laboratory
to detect it What is a mere 7 when
vou are thirsty?

We are going to wake up some fine
morning and find ourselves paying a
sales tax. It is going to be anything
but pleasant to have to swallow such a
pill y ote we have about all the taxes
we can handle now. We understand
that the administration is in favor of
such a thing. The people of Illinois
are forced to pay such a tax and they
are doing a lot of kicking about it.
About the only good we can see for the
thing is that it will give the lowly cent
a chance to come into its own. In
Illinois you pay a graded tax on every-
thing over 15 cents which is purchased
in the state. There is no tax on goods
which are bought and shipped across
the line. It would be a revelation to the
general public if the law makers (?)
who gather at Lansing could think of
some other. means of raising money
other than hopping on to the poor tax
payer. If they would harness some of
the useless energy that is used up in
the Capitol and put it to some use per-
haps they might be able to discover a
more acceptable way to bleed the poor
devil who now is wondering how he is
going to eat the next meal.

The unfortunate situation of the
banks in the smaller communities is de-
terring the buying spirit of those who
would restock their shops and of those
who need various commodities. The
situation has begun to affect the trav-
eling salesmen and the companies he
represents. A community can get along
about so long without funds, then
something constructive must be done
or a destructive force sets itself into
motion. We believe if less haggling
was indulged in over the question of
3.2 and some real effort was devoted
to the banking problem, prosperity
would be given a chance to assert it-
self and its influence would be felt by

those who are now skeptical as to the
possibility of better times. The spirit
of buying is here, what we need. now
is a mansion of means to house that
spirit.

There isn’t anything to be wonder-
ed at when the inability of enforcing
the eighteenth amendment enters into
a discussion. There isn’t any plaus-
ible reason to give why it should have
been a success. Beside watching the
activities of everyone within its bound-
eries, the enforcement forces had abou;
11,100 miles of border to watch to keep
out the flow of liquor from outside
sources. With the huge area of the
United States and the thousands of
miles of boundary to watch, there was
not a possible chance to hire enough
honest men to make even a feeble
attempt to dry up the country. If the
government only had what has been
spent on an impossible thing, the bud-
get would be balanced and plenty of
pin money left. With this information
at hand, we wonder if the Antis were
ever really serious in their attempts.

A circuit court jury in Grand Rap-
ids had deliberated all afternoon and
was still unable to reach a decision.
About 6 o’clock te judge ordered 12
dinners sent to the deadlocked group.
“Hey” yelled John Olney, foreman of
the jury, “make that eleven dinners
and one bale of hay.”

If by chance you ever happen to be
fishing off the bank of the Amazon
river at its mouth and some light
hearted enthusiast should ask you to
take a row across the river with him,
take your lunch because you won't be
back to eat lunch on your side of the
creek. It is 150 miles across the river
at its mouth. Picture yourself and a
row boat starting for Traverse City.
3etter wear gloves, too.
pull on tender hands.

lt is a long

If the banks don’t open pretty soon
all my assistants will be marooned at
home and then we will be much shyer
of news than we are this week, The
boys are not circulating and when they
do they are so occupied with their own
troubles that they forget to keep their
lamps trimmed for the unusual. The
old alibi is working overtime now and
we are just speculating on what the
excuse will be when everything
hunky-dory once more, We
be unusual.

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bet it will

President Roosevelt has again shown
good judgment in selecting a man for
a tough job. Mayor Frank Murphy,
of Detroit, has all the spirit of the
fighting Irish and should make a fine
governor general of that island pos-
session in the far East, the Ph ilippines.
Some of the finest cops im the country
have come from Irish stock and if ever
a place needed a good law enforcer. the
little island is one of them. We believe
that Detroit has lost nothing in the
way of talent if Frank Couzens, suc-
cessor to Mayor Murphy, shows any of
the fire his dad has shown. We believe
that all parties concerned have made
a good move and that real results will
be noticed when they get into action.

We wonder if plane rides for con-
victed murders will entire those who
have never had that opportuni ity to try
their hand on someone in order to get
the thrill of a plane ride. One can
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Buy American made goods from
your independent dealer and help trade
recovery in America, Be American.

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Michigan Bakers Forming New
Association

Grand Rapids, April 9—Following is
a brief resume of the progress which
has been made in the formation of the
Michigan Bakers Association.

Under date of March 29 a meeting
was held in Lansing at the Hotel Olds
which was attended by about two hun-
dred, bakers and allied tradesmen,
which, by the way, is reputed, accord-
ing to a number of the older bakers
present, to be one of the largest meet-
ings of bakers ever held in Michigan.

The purpose of this meeting was to
lay the foundation for an association
based on broad principles for the ultim-
ate good of the baking industry and for
the salvation of many an independent
operator.

Quoting from Article 2, Section 1, of
the Constitution adopted, Purpose:

“The purpose of this Association
shall be to promote and protect the
best interests and development of the
baking industry in the State of Mich-
igan and to increase the use of com-
mercial bakery products by the wider
application of standard and advanced
baking methods; by encouraging tech-
nical education and research; by en-
couraging proper and discouraving im-
proper legislation; by improving and
perfecting the hygiene of the bakery;
by promoting fair-dealing, good ethics
and honorable business practice; by se-
curing full recognition of high stand-
ards in every phase of the industry; by
promoting better relationship between
the baking industry and the public: by
the promoting of co-operation and
neighborliness; and by doing all things
germane to the betterment of all con-
cerned.”

The problems confronting each baker
are almost identical in that the major-
ity of them are operating at a direct
loss, which in the final analysis has
many contributing factors, among
which may be cited:

(1) The average baker has not
known his costs.

(2) He appears to think that meet-
ing competition means cutting prices,
resulting in cheap merchandise, which
has been causing more disrespect, not
only for his individual product, but for
the products of the industry,

(3) He appears to have eliminated,
or at least curtailed to the vanishing
point, constructive and educational ad-
vertising, his, being more along the
line of simply advising the public of a
further reduction in the price of his
product.

(4) He does not appear to under-
stand the demand of his market.

(5) A striking lack of knowledge
on the part of the consumer, on the
merits of bakery products.

(6) He appears not to have sensed
seriously, the aggressive merchandis-
ing methods, of other food manufac-
turers, which have been making tre-
mendous inroads into the baking in-
dustry, and have taken such a large
share of the food dollar.

(7) And last, but by no means
least, the utter lack and failure to
recognize the spirit of co-operation in
the solution of their problems.

In addition to these there are local
problems in each district peculiar to
that locality.

The way this Association has been
formed by dividing the state up into
twelve zones, each zone functioning as
a separate body, but dependent upon
the state body in the broader applica-
tion of its work. The governing body
of the board being one governor elected
from-each zone. This results in it be-
ing a 100 per cent. state-wide organiza-
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division of the baking industry but the
baking industry as a whole.

The Board of Governors at the meet-
ing held in Lansing on Thursday, April
€, employed as full time paid Secretary
Mr. H. J. Balkema, who is to devote
his entire time to Association duties.
Mr. Balkema comes to the industry
absolutely unbiased and unprejudiced.
giving him in the capacity of secretary
and manager the value of about
twenty-five years executive experience,
sxteen years of which were spent as
comptroller of Nichols & Cox Lumber
Co., which was his last connection.

Watch the Tradesman for announce-
ment of your zone meetings, the first
one is to be held in Grand Rapids at

the Hotel Rowe, Thursday afternoon,

April 13 at 2:30 p.m. followed by a
dinner at the Rowe. Other meetings
throughout the state will be held as
rapidly as the program can be
arranged, and the state meeting will be
held. in Detroit the latter part of May.
H. J. Balkema,

Sec’y Michigan Bakers Association.

South Haven Inn Proprietor Dead

South Haven, April 8—David Reid,
proprietor o fthe Reid hotel in South
Haven and father of Raymond Reid,
manager of the Herkimer hotel in
Grand Rapids, died Thursday after-
noon in South Haven of complications
following a motor-car accident more
than a year ago.

Mr. Reid formerly was in the auto-
mobile business in Grand Rapids.

Mr. Reid was injured Feb, 1, 1932,
in a headon collision of his automobile
and another car near Holland while
driving home from Grand Rapids in a
fog. He recovered so as to be about
his business but had been confined to
his room or to his home for a number
of periods varying from a few days to
several weeks in the last year.

Mr. Reid came to South Haven from
Douglas about 1894, For many years
he was the owner of a livery stable bus-
iness. He purchased the Hotel El Erd-
ing business from E. H. El Erding in
1909, renaming it the Reid hotel. Sell-
ing out in 1910, he moved to Kalama-
zoo to engage in the automobile busi-
ness. In 1913 he moved to Grand Rap-
ids and became the first dealer to
handle the Auburn. His son was asso-
ciated with him in the agency, located
at the corner of Michigan ave. and
Bond st. He sold out in 1918 and spent
the next year on his farm at Ganges.
In 1920 he again purchased the hotel
business, together with the buildings
in South Haven. Once more he sold
the hotel in 1929, but August of 1931
found him back at his old location in
South Haven.

Always jovial and a lover of fun, he
had a host of friends. He was a mem-
ber of several Masonic bodies and of
the Elks. Through his efforts an Elk
lodge was organized in South Haven
a few vears ago. Mr. Reid had been
active in the business, social and. poli-
tical life of South Haven.

Besides the widow and son, he
leaves a sister, Miss Minnabel Reid of
Eugene, Ore.

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Buyers Watch Farm Relief Bill

The imminent enactment of the farm
relief bill attracted a fair number of
cotton goods wholesalers and retailers
to the Eastern markets this week, as
they wished to be prepared for what-
ever may take place after the measure
is enacted. The trade is undecided as
to what may be the course of cotton
prices and, consequently, buyers have
been marking time to some extent. If
cotton shows signs of spurting after
passage of the bill, mills look forward
to a buying movement on a consider-
able scale. Buyers, however, will be
cautious, as they do not wish to repeat
their performance of a few weeks back,
when inflation talk was rampant.

TRADESMAN
IN THE REALM OF RASCALITY

Questionable Schemes Which Are
Under Suspicion

Certain unscrupulous individuals and
companies carefully watch the death
notices appearing n newspapers.

On learning of the death of some-
body fountain pen, or
what-not, is dispatched, parcel post,
and addressed to the deceased. With it
goes a bill for an amount ranging from

 

anybody—a

three to ten timse the intrinsic value
of the article shipped.

Reaching the residence of ‘the de-
parted, during a time of grief and
stress, the article is tenderly laid aside
by his family in the belief that the
“order,” supposedly sent by the de-
ceased prior to his death, was one of
his last earthly acts.

No such order was, in fact, ever sent.
These unscrupulous “Death Notice Vul-
tures” hope that a careful investigation,
due to the confusion resulting from
death, will never be made. In due time
the bill is paid, the “Death Notice Vul-
ture” smiles, pockets his fraudulent and
exorbitant profits, and
death notices for more victims.

If such an article is mailed to a de-

reads more

ceased loved one of your acquaintance,
demand a.copy of the “order,” with
the signature of the deceased appearing
thereon, before making payment.

Misrepresentation in the sale of rem-
edies for poultry diseases will be dis-
continued by
Omaha, according to an order of the
Federal Trade Commission.

George H. Lee Co.,

The company is ordered to cease
representing with reference to its pro-

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that its use alone
proper and_ sufficient
treatment or remedy for such specific

duct ‘““Germozone,

constitutes a

diseases and conditions in poultry as
bacillary white diarrhoea, pullorum,
blackhead, coccidiosis,
diphtheria and aspergillosis.

limberneck,

With reference to the products “Giz-
zard Capsules,” the company is not to
assert that their use alone will serve
to rid fowls of either pin worms or
tape worm heads.

The Commission’s order was issued
on consent of the respondent company
which had waived trial of the case.

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Mr. Parr Is Friendly to Independent

Grocer

Big Rapids, April 4—I have noticed
with interest an article about Mr. E.
|. Parr in a recent issue of the Trades-
man. This article particularly referred
to his friendliness toward the grocers.
As Mr. Parr’s grocer for many years
I wish to heartily endorse what you
said about his attitude toward us.
When he moved to Big Rapids he
started to trade with A. J. Zeller and
when Mr. Zeller sold out to W. R.
Whitacre, he stayed with him until he
went out of business, then transferred
his account to us. I positively know
he has always been a strong supporter
of the independent merchant and that
he not only sees the independent re-
tail druggist angle, but he also realizes
the predicament of the retail independ-
ent grocer and is constantly working
for his interest.

A. H. Goltz.
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MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS.
Detroit—The Cook Coffee Co., 8430

Hamilton avenue, has decreased its
capital stock from $75,000 to $50,000.

Manistee—Lloyd & Smith, Inc., 429
River street, plumbing, has decreased
its capital stock from $50,000. to
$15,000.

Grand Haven—The Story & Clark
Radio Corporation has changed its
name to the Grand Haven Radio Cor-
poration.

Saginow—John Hartig, conducting a
grocery store at 1004 Maple street, has
opened another grocery on South
Michigan avenue.

Jackson—Sample & Blackmer, Inc..
253 West Michigan avenue, dealer in
drugs, has changed its name to Noble
& Blackmer, Inc.

Menominee — The Superior Sugar
Refining Co., Wells and Rine street,
has increased its capital stock from
$100,000 to $150,000.

Saginaw—George Koehn has opened
a grocery and meat market at 929
North Bond street, formerly conducted
by C. Ruffini, deceased.

Battle Creek—The Battle Creek
Bread Wrapping Machine Co., Marrill
Park, has increased its capital stock
from $150,.000 to $250,000.

Milan— The Cornell Department
Store, Inc., has been organized with a
capital stock of 5,000 shares at no par
value, $2,500 being subscribed and
paid in.

Escanaba—The Lauerman Brothers
Co., Ludington street, wholesale and
retail dealers in dry goods has increas-
ed its capital stock from $700,.000 to
$1,700,000.

Detroit—The Colonial Malt Co.,
7722 West Fort street, dealer in hops
and brewers supplies, has changed its
name to the Colonial Sugar & Dry
Fruit Co.

Detroit—The Kopy Keen Corpora-
tion, 2761 Union Guardian Bldg., has
changed its name to the Atwood Mul-
tiple Writer Corporation, 188 High-
land avenue.

Saginaw—A. L. Rupprecht has pur-
stock and fixtures and is
now in possession of the meat market
at 2246 State street, formerly owned
by George Koehn.

chased the

Lansing—The Joyce Style Shops,
Inc.. a Michigan organization with
in Detroit, Ann Arbor and
Monroe, have opened local store at 109

Yetroit—The Mid-West Catering
Co., 606 Woodward avenue, has been
incorporated with a capital stock of 50
shares at $100 a share. $5.000 being
subscribed and paid in.

North Washington avenue.

River Rouge—The Golden Market
Co., 10411 West Jefferson avenue. deal-
er in groceries and meats, has been
incorporated capital stock of
$2,000, all subscribed and paid in.

Detroit—The Trading Co., 330 East
Adams avenue, has been organized to
deal in general merchandise with a
capital stock of $10,000, all of which
has been subscribed and paid in.

Port Huron—The Emerson Drug
Co., 602 Water street, has merged its
business into a stock company under
he same style with a capital stock of

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Dowagiac—The Dowagiac Dairy
Products Co., 108 East Railroad street,
has been incorporated with a capital
stock of 100 shares at $100 a share,
$10,000 being subscribed and paid in.

Detroit—The Detroit Wire Die Co.,
Inc., 17360 Lahser avenue, has merged
its business. into: a stock company un-
der the same style with a capital stock
of $1,000, all subscribed and paid in.

Detroit—The Associated Furniture
Mart, Inc., 420 East Jefferson avenue,
has been organized to deal in furni-
ture, carpets and linoleum with a cap-
ital stock of $1,000, all subscribed and
paid in.

Grand Rapids—The National Radio-
Kraft Corporation, 508 Grand Rapids
Trust Bldg., has been incorporated
with a capital stock of 50,000 shares
at $1 a share, $1,000 being subscribed
and paid in. :

Detroit—The Schaldenbrand Pen
Co., Dime bank bldg., has been incor-
porated to deal in pens, stationery,
etc.. with a capital stock of $25,000.
$1,000 of which subscribed
and paid in.

Detroit—Seymour’s Clothes, Inc.,
313 Michigan avenue, dealer in cloth-
ing for men, also furnishings, has been
incorporated with a capital stock of
$10,000. $2.000 of which has been sub-
sertbed and paid in.

has been

Detroit—Mason’s, Inc., 11001 East
Jefferson avenue, dealer in dry goods
and wearing apparel for men, has been
incorporated with a capital stock of
$25,000, $1,000 of which has been sub-
scribed and paid in.

Lansing — Egan-Bates, Inc., 413
North Washington avenue, has beer
erganized- te deal in auto parts and
equipment, etc.. with a capital stock of
$15,000. $8.000 of which has been sub-
scribed and paid in,

Detroit—The Lawrence Hardware
Co., 11350 Dexter Blvd., has been in-
corporated to conduct a retail hard-
ware business with a capital stock of
300 shares at $10 a share, $1,000 being
subscribed and paid in.

Flint—Robert’s Clothing. Inc., 310
South Saginaw street, has been incor-
porated to deal in clothing and fur-
nishings for men with a capital stock
of $25,000, $9,000 of which has been
subscrbed and paid in.

Detroit—The Stylerite Hat Co., Inc.,
8997 Grand River avenue, has been
organized to deal in hats for men and
women at wholesale and retail with a
capital stock of $3,000. $1.700 of which
has been subscribed and $1,500 paid in.
Port Huron—Christian Kern, 511
iver street, manufacturer of bever-
¢ has merged the business into a
stock company under the style of the
C. Kern Brewing Co.,
stock of $50,000, all
paid in.

Detroit—Fred CC. Schaldenbrand,
Inc.. Dime Bank Bldg., dealer in jewel-
ry, precious stones, silverware, etc., has
merged he business into a stock com-

with a capital
subscribed and

any under the same style with a cap-
ital stock of $25,000, $1,000 being sub-
scribed and paid in.

Detroit—Leeman & Raphael, dealers
in fruits, vegetables and foods, have
merged the business into a stock com-
pany under the style of the Leeman-
Raphael Co.. 16642 Hamilton street,

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with a capital stock of $25,000, $1,500
being subscribed and paid in.

Saginaw — Julius C. Heyn, 1207
Court street, has leased the store at
1205 Court street, adjacent to his pres-
ent location. Both stores are being re-
modeled with new fronts. When com-
pleted Mr Heyn will have one of the
best equipped meat markets in the
state.

Detroit—J. Calvert’s Sons, Inc.,
6505 Second Blvd., dealer in fuel and
builders’ supplies, has merged the bus-
iness into a stock company under the
style of the Calvert Fuel & Supply
Co., with a capital stock of $80,000
preferred and 1,000 shares at $1 a
share, $1,000 being subscribed and paid
in.

Manufacturing Matters.
Ferrysburg—Johnston Bros.,
furnace manufacturers, have decreased
their capital stock from $300,,000 to
$200,000.

Jackson—Yard-Man, Inc., Fern and
Wildwood avenues, has been organ-
ized to do manufacturing with a capi-
tal stock of 25,000 shares at $1 a share,
$10,000 being subscribed and paid in.

Hamtramck—The Auto City Prod-
ucts Company of Hamtramck, 8214
McDougal avenue, manufacturer of
beverages, has changed its name to
the Auto City Brewing Co. of Ham-
tramck.

Grand Rapids—McLauchlan, Wise
& Koch, Inc., 1600 Monroe avenue,
N. W., has been organized to manu-
facture and sell advertising novelties
and other lines, with a capital stock of
5,000 shares at $10 a share, $1,200
being subscribed and paid in.

Bay City—H. Hirschfield’s
manufacturer and dealer in pipe and
waste material, 1414 North Madison
avenue, has merged the business into
a stock company under the style of the
Hirschfield Pipe Reclammation Co.,
with a capital stock of 200 shares at
$100 a share, $20,000 being subscribed
and paid in.

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A Business Man’s Philosophy

ioc.

Sons,

One of my readers thus expresses
himself on business letter-writing and
filing:

“If a grown man ever came into my
office and talked as he writes, I would
think he was crazy. Yet we not only
get these letters, reply to them in kind,
but actually save them in our files.

“A few years ago there was an ex-
pressed need around our office for some
additional filing cases. Since this was
pre-depression, the expense did not
seem important. We were really both-
ered for space in which to put the addi-
tional equipment. The emergency
prompted me to examine some of our
files.

“We soon found an exchange of four
letters with a business friend, all on
the subject of a future date agreeable
to ourselves and two others for a game
of golf. Doubtless, the other half of
the foursome exchanged their ideas by

mail also. The game was never plaved.
but the letters were actually filed. A
few hundred others assured us ‘your
valued order has been received and will
be shipped this even date,’ and four
lines more of the usual assurance and
thanks and beg-to-remains. The goods

were received, used and promptly paid
for and forgotten—but the letters were
still there.

“A short time later two of our cases
were stored in the plant—empty.”

William Feather.
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For Greenhouse, Pipe Line and Down
Spout.

From making plants grow faster in
greenhouses to keeping factory floors
warm and dry and maintaining tem-
peratures of liquid products and fac-
tory pipelines is another interesting re-
cent jump. It all began with the de-
velopment of a flexible lead sheathed
cable which could be buried beneath
the soil to keep the roots of plants
warm. Someone got the idea that
ponds containing rare plants or exotic
fish might be kept warm in the same
way. Hatching eggs and_ protecting
chicks turned out to be another field
of usefulness. And now almost any
industrial process requiring mild, con-
tinuous heat offers a possibility for
practical use of the new cable.

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Prediction: Hitler won’t long make
a hit.

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Essential Features of the Grocery
Staples

Sugar—Local jobbers hold can gran-
ulated at 4.70c and beet granulated at
4.55c.

Tea—The concerted restriction of
tea production which was supposed to
become operative on April Ist has had
no effect as yet upon the markets in
this country.Some of the primary mar-
kets have fluctuated, but here business
is quiet at unchanged prices. Consump-
tive demand for tea is about as usual.

Coffee—For the most part the mar-
ket for Rio and Santos, green and in
a large way, has been very sluggish
during the week and has shown a num-
ber of small fractional declines, These
were followed by a decline in actual
Rio and Santos green and in a large
way. About the middle of the week fu-
ture Rio and Santos strengthened
somewhat, but actual coffee did not im-
mediately follow but continued weak
and dull. Mild coffees in sympathy with
the continued weakness in Brazils are
off possibly % cent a pound for the
week. Jobbing market on roasted cof-
fee remains about unchanged. The
whole coffee situation is easy and this
condition has not been helped by a
2 cents per pound cut made by one of
the large chains on its own brands.

Canned Fruits—A development of
interest is another advance in Calif-
ornia peaches. Among the usual low
price sellers now, standard clings are
being held for much higher values. It
is very hard to find any standard
sliced at any price. Apricots, also,
have shown signs of increased srength
and some orders have not been con-
firmed,

Canned Vegetables—Maryland _ to-
matoes hold steadily, with some tend-
ency to advance. Corn continues a lit-
tle higher in the Middle West, while
peas are in much the same position as
a week ago. New pack asparagus
prices have been delayed, but the vari-
ous plants are getting busy on the pack
and it is hoped that when formal open-
ing prices are named it will not be ne-
cessary to revise them several times,
as was the case last year. New pack
spring spinach is looking a little bet-
ter in California and the market on
No. 2%s has been fairly well estab-
lished at $1, Coast, although some
early business below that price tended
to weaken trade sentiment.

Canned Fish—The market on Alaska
salmon is much improved, and while
no considerable change in buying ideas
has been noted here, the general im-
pression is gaining that the advanced
prices in the Northwest will not only
be well maintained, but that there is
a strong possibility of further increases
before new pack salmon is ready.
Alaska chums are particularly short,
and many sellers are out of them en-
tirely. This fact should further
strengthen the demand for pinks.

Dried Fruits—Demand for dried
fruits has shown some letdown in the
past week or so and, like many other
commodities, fruits have suffered some
reaction from the inflation sentiment
which existed around the bank holiday
period and brought buyers into the
market in a bigger way. However,
most of the jobbing houses report fair
degree of activity on small orders, and
it seems likely now that as the warmer

weather approaches business will be
conducted on a somewhat closer re-
placement basis. For fruits as a whole
prices held well here, and show some
improvement as compared to a few
weeks back. But there is not enough
volume demand to put the spot market
in line with the Coast. Highly com-
petitive conditions here are keeping the
spot market down. Reports from Cal-
ifornia are encouraging. Packers re-
port a good volume of business being
done in various distributing centers
throughout the country, and there has
been some new demand for export,
which is helping Oregon prunes par-
ticularly. California prunes are very
well maintained and raisins have held
firm. Dried apples are stronger.

Beans and Peas—Demand for dried
beans is not large, but in spite of this
most items are steady to firm. Pos-
sibly red kidneys constitute an excep-
tion, They are still easy. Dried peas
are about unchanged but are steady.

Cheese—The market has been steady
to firm during the week on account of
rather light receipts. The demand is
only moderate,

Fish—The Lenten demand for mack-
erel and other salt fish is still good
and will remain so probably for a week
or ten days longer when it is expected
to show a decrease. Prices on every-
thing have been steady during the
week, but may decline after Lent is
over, although stocks are low and this
may prevent any material decline.

Nuts—The market has been quiet
for this season of the, year. There has
been a good demand for shelled pe-
cans, where stocks can be had at an
attractive price, but distributors re-
port only routine movement of French
walnuts, filberts, Brazils and other
varieties, The spot market has held
within a narrow range in the past
week, and no material increase has
been noted in the Easter demand. The
unshelled nut market has likewise been
rather slow, much more so than usual.
There has been little demand for nuts
for Jewish holiday requirements.

Olve Oil—The olive oil market
shows no material change this week.
There are very few offerings from
abroad for shipment. Quotations have
been about the same for the past week
or more, and there is only a routine de-
mand for shipment. Stocks here are
light and some sellers report poor bus-
iness while others are doing a satis-
factory trade.

Pickles—Genuine drills hold firmly.
This is not so because of a large de-
mand, but because stocks that were
limited to start with have been eaten
into. The demand for the large sizes
and up to the 1,800s is good. Glass
goods are still firm. Sweet pickles and
chows, on ‘he other hand, are being
neglected.

Rice—The market has ‘been rather
quiet here and in other distributing
centers. Some letdown in activity has
been anticipated, however, and there is
no pressure to sell. Milled stocks are
light, both here and in the South, and
rough stocks are being very strongly
held. Retail outlets are getting a good
response to featuring rice and are not
covered very far ahead.

Sauerkraut—New developments are
lacking on the kraut market. Con-

sumer interest was at a low ebb, only
hand-to-mouth sales being recorded.
Syrup and Molasses—The market
for sugar syrup shows a steady day to
day demand, but the market is ‘firm be-
cause the production -is limited. Com-
pound syrup is in fair demand. The
market is unsettled on account of the
unsettled corn markets, which are un-
easy on account of forthcoming farm
legislation, There is a moderate rou-
tine business for fine grades of mo-
lasses at unchanged. prices.
Vinegar—The seasonal increase in
the demand for vinegar is starting to
show. Sales quite normal. Prices are

unchanged.
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Review of the Produce Market

Apples — Red McIntosh, $1.50 per
bu.; Spys, $1.50 for No. 1 and $1 for
No. 2; Baldwins, 75c @ $1; Greenings,
$1 @ $1.25.

Bagas—Canadian, 75c per 50 lb. sack.

Bananas—4% @ 5c per lb.

Beets—75c per bu.

Butter—The market has had very
few ups and downs since the last re-
port. There have been two or three
small fractional advances aggregating

about le per pound. Demand is quiet

and the receipts about enough to take
care of it.. Jobbers hold plain wrap-
ped prints at 19%c and tub butter at
18%c.

Cabbage—75c per bu.; 90c for red.
New from Texas, $2.75 per 75 Ib. crate.

Carrots—Home grown, 60c per bu.;
California, 60c per doz. bunches and
$2.75 per crate.

Cauliflower—$1.60 per crate contain-
ing 6 @ 9 from Calif. and Arizona.

Celery—Florida commands 45c per
bunch and $3 per crate.

Cocoanuts—90c per doz. or $5.50 per
bag.

Cucumbers—No. 1 hot house, $1 per
doz.

Dried Beans—The price has advan-
ced greatly since last week. Michigan
jobbers pay as follows for hand picked
at shipping station:
¢. HE Pea from elevator.-._____ $1.85
Bea from tarmer 2-2 1.65
Light Red Kidney from farmer-- 2.25
Dark Red Kidney from farmer_- 2.25

Eggs—There has been a pretty good
demand for fine fresh eggs during the
past week. Therefore, in spite of large
receipts, the situation has been firm
during the entire week with the market
ruling about the same as a week ago.
Receipts so far are 80 per cent. larger
than a year ago. Jobbers pay 7c per
Ib. for receipts, holding candled eggs
at 12c per dozen for hen’s eggs and 9c
for pullets.

Grape Fruit—Present prices are as
follows:

Biorida Mor Jaice....22_..._... $2.75
Blorida Sealed Sweet)_-.2-___ .__ 3.00
‘Nexas, Choice 2. 2 3.25
Tete, Fates (3. g20
‘Wexas. buchele. 2222s 2.25

Green Onions—Chalots, 60c per doz.

Green Peppers—50c per doz.

Honey—Comb, 5 @ 6c per Ib.;
strained, 5 Ib. tins, $4.50 per doz.; 60
Ib. cans, 8c per Ib.

Lettuce—In good demand on the
folowing basis:
Imperial Valley, 6s, per crate-.--$5.00
Imperial Valley, 4s and 5s, crate_ 5.50
Hot house, 10 Ib. basket._..___-_ 85

Lemons—The price s as follows:

5
300, Sankist $5.50
SO SOONER i nas 5.50
a0 Red Balle 0 4.50
S00 Red Ball = os 4.50

Mushrooms—28c per one Ib. carton. |
Oranges—Fancy Sunkist California
Navels are now sold as follows:

6 $3.25
OO a a 3.25
916 5 ee 3.25
OO siete hens 3.29
7) a ee 3.25
B96 het 2s a 325
CU po eee 3.25
OA 349

Red Ball, 50c per box less.
Indian River oranges are sold on the
following basis:

6 a $3.50
Me 3.50
6 3.50
OO 2
OE nes Seen ne en
BOR ee ee 3.25

Bulk, $3.50 per 100 Ibs.
Onions—Home grown, 65c per bu.
for medium yellow. Domestic Spanish,
$1.40 per crate. :
Parsley—50c per doz. bunches.
Parsips—$1 per bu.
Potatoes—Home grown, 50c per bu.
on the local market; Idaho bakers, 28c
for 15 Ib. sack.
Poultry—Wilson & Company pay as
follows:

Heavy fowls... 0 12c
Ereht fowls 2) 10c
Ducks 220 8c
hupkeys (2 llc
Geese 2 7c

Radishes—35c per doz. bunches hot
house.

Spinach—90c per bu. for Southern
grown.

Strawberries — Louisiana command
$2.50 per case of 24 pints.

Sweet Potatoes—$1.50 per bu. for
kiln dried Indiana.

Tangerines—$1.90 per box or bu.

Tomatoes—Hot house, 10 tb. basket,
$120; 5 Ib. box, 75e.

Veal Calves — Wilson & Company
pay as follows:
Naney - ee 6@7c
Good 222 5@6e

——_~+~-___
Sash Vogue Helping Ribbons.

The vogue for sashes and shoulder
bows on cotton dresses is moving an
additional yardage of wide ribbons,
leading manufacturers report. Moiré,
satin and types, ranging
from five to ten inches, are being
bought in pastel shades and ombre
effects. Crépe and maline ribbons are
also receiving attention and promise
to sell in quantity. Hairbows in moiré
and taffeta numbers with satin stripes
are selling well. Orders from both the
chains and variety stores for ribbons
gained during the week.

——_—_ ~~

No one with a sense of historical
perspective can fail to be gratified
when he reviews the steady progress
made by American labor, not as a class
distinction, for of that we have none,
‘but for its expression of leadership in
its advances in standards of living in
which we all rejoice, and tits sense of a
full share of civic responsibility in all
community efforts looking to an en-
larged and enriched opportunity for
men and women and children to make
the most out of life—Herbert Hoover.

messaline

 

 

6

MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE

Insurance Business Will Be Differ-
ently Distributed

Clarence W. Hobbs,

the National Convention of Insurance

Commissioners, in discussing the trend

field re-

 

speaking for

of events i1

the insurance
cently A

; f + iocective
significant suggestive

 

used this
paragraph.

Ee | is hardly necessary to state that
in point of dollars and cents some
cee are less expensive
Even prior to the de-

types of
than others.
pression these types of insurance were

1

growing at a more rapid rate than the
more expensive types and more elab-
orate organizations of selling force
and claims, however well founded, of
superior service, were not sufficient to
curb the Under
conditions it may well become a mat-

tendency. present
ter of necessity to bring the insurance
cost down to the point where the pub-
lic will buy. Some organizations of
insurance sellers appear to be of the
opinion that all their companies need
is an adequate rate. This seems a
trifle optimistic. The rate charged
must accord with the needs of both
insurer and insured; and if the insurer
wants more than the insured feels in-
clined to pay the insurer stands to
lose the business. It seems distinctly
on the cards, therefore, that the more
expensive types of insurance must
bring their cost down or that the in-
surance business of the future will be
distributed very differently.”
—_+-+____

What You Should Know and Should
Do

In mutual insurance companies, you
are a part of the company, and mutu-
ally interested with every other mem-
ber.

When you need insurance always
consult some good, reliable mutual in-
surance agent.

Avoid excessive insurance and de-
ception when making application for
fire and storm protection.

Read your policy carefully, it is
your legal contract with the company.
Remember distinctly, that if you take
out additional insurance. you must
have the approval and endorsement
on each of your other policies cover-
ing on the same property.

Concurrent insurance is encouraged
when the amount exceeds $2,000, on
any one building and contents, or
group of buildings within fifty feet
of each other.

If the hazard is increased on any
insured property, permission must be
obtained from the insurance company,
a rider attached to the policy, and ad-
ditional premium paid.

Notice must be given to the insur-
ance company or companies when
personal property is removed from one
place to another, and permission en-
dorsed on the policy.

In case of loss or damage by fire or
storm, notify the company or its direc-
tor or agent. Repair bills will not be
paid unless authorized. All property,
real or personal, damaged by fire or
storm, must be immediately protected
against further loss, by the insured.

 

MICHIGAN

rallenmnc and 41 = ssi1d
Dwellings and all other buil

~

are not permitted to remain

tor a longer period than ten days.

less a varoney — be ob

—_++<-___
Fire Insurance Questions
[hese are the questions asked by
the State Insurance Departmen at
the State wide examination for agents’
li held January 21, 1933
1. When is the premium on an in-
surance policy due to be paid by the
insured?
2. What is the

L + ° 77 tT. Co et c + 1
the two mortgagee clauses commoniy

difference between

 

—
used?

1€ provision of the policy

that covers the insuring of a building
standing on leased ground. *

4. Need any special provision be

made in a fire insurance policy to have
it valid in the event of the assured’s
death? Why?

When would you recommend Use
and Occupancy Insurance to an in-
sured? Profits Insurance?
$5,000 in-
What
co-insurance would you recommend

usi ing?

An assured wishes only
surance on a $10,000 dwelling.

7. Following your recommendation
in question No. 6, what amount would
»e collectible in the event of a $4,000

8. How is unlimited shut-down priv-
ilege provided for in policies covering
manufacturing risks?

What is the penalty for rebating?
Is the receiver of a rebate involved in
any way?

10. Why does a

insurance”

,
“permit for other
appear in riders attached
to most policies?

11. State the
as a company’s agent may cancel a
gue

12.

manner in which you

Can an agent represent a com-
pany not licensed in the State?

13. Discuss insurable
applied to fire insurance.

14. When can appraisal be de-
manded, and by whom?

15. How may an assured assign his
interest in a policy after a loss?

16. What is the difference between
short-rate and pro-rata cancellation?
When is each used?

17. Why do most policies have the
lightning clause endorsed on them?

18. Define and illustrate (a) Blanket
Insurance, (b) Specific Insurance.

19. Explain briefly whether you con-
sider accepting the payment of pre-
muums on the instalment plan rebating.

—_+ 2+ >___
Who Is Responsible?

“If John Jones,

mobile recklessly

interest, as

driving his auto-
down the street,
knocks you down and breaks your leg,
you expect John Jones to pay you
damage for the injury and resulting
loss of time. If he does not. you enter
suit.

“What is the difference between the
above and the following:

“Fire, starting in your risk, spreads
to the property of John Jones, next
door. Why should you not pay him for
the loss he suffers, the loss of his prof-
its, the time he is unable to conduct

 

TRADESMAN

his business? Perhaps he may sue you.
ance company does not take
loss, though it takes care

he above could be prevented

by care—Careful drivi

ng prevents acci-
dents; careful attention to protective
measures prevents fires.
is another phase of res ppon-
Why should
you not pay the city for the costs of
Wh Nav + the wate 1$e 1? rt d
\no pays tor the water used‘, anc
the wear and tear on the fire appara-
tus? ou are responsible morally, if
“The above is the basis of principle
of law. known as ‘Personal Responsi-
i Already a number of states

 

have passed laws making careless
: :
property owners responsi ible. If we

ar not mistaken, the New Yor k Courts
have held that existing laws cover this
situation. Ohio has declared the prin-
ciple is basic in the common law.
Other states are quickly falling in line.

“How can your neighbor and the
+1

state retaliatez It is only necessary to

show that fire was preventable

“In the last analysis, it is a fact that
all fires (except those due to lightning
and explosion) are preventable.

[ more reasonable to pay
ey to prevent fire than to collect
insurance afterwards. If, despite all
you do, fire occurs, it is proof that
you have not done enough. The
trouble is, most property owners start
with the idea of fire protection rather

 

April 12, 193:
than prevention.

precaution are taken to prevent its
starting.

“Beware of possible lawsuits, dui
to your negligence.”

—_+-+____
Bervig Everlastingly At It

Lansing, April 4—Thanks very mucl
for reproducing the April message
also for the extra copies.

We hope to get an unusually good
attendance at the group meeting to
be held in Grand Rapids, Friday, April
21. at the Rowe Hotel. James De-
Kruyter, of the Madison Square Hard-
ware, 1227 Madison avenue, 1s chair-
man. and Arthur H. Hunt, of Baxter
& Hunt, 2027 Division avenue, sout]
is vice-chairman.

The meeting will start with dinner at
7 o'clock. I am attaching a circular ad-
vertising the group meeting. We have
an unusually interesting program pre-
pared.

Harold W. Bervig, Sec’y
——_—_——_+> + +

More “Super-Markets” Planned

Reports that the grocery field in
New Jersey will be invaded shortly by
a chain of ‘five A eave pinkie” pat-
terned on ‘those now operating in Eliz-

ties in the State, dis-
manufacturing and
The new markets,
capital and

abeth and other cit
turbed grocery
wholesaling circles.
backed by New _ Jersey
headed by a former chain-store execu-
tive, are to be opened in Hackensack,
Jersey City, Camden and two other
localities not decided upon as yet. The
rapid spread of the new type retail
units s causing uneasiness in tthe trade.

 

 

 

 

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MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.

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23 YEARS

OF DIVIDENDS TO POLICYHOLDERS
Affiliated with

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Measures are taken
for fighting fire after it starts; few

 

 

 

 

OUR FIRE INSURANCE
POLICIES ARE. CONCURRENT

with any standard stock policies that
you are buying

me Net Cots 3 O% Less

Michigan Bankers and Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
of Fremont, Michigan

 

 

 

 

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April 12, 1933

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

NEARLY CENTURY OLD

Oscar F. Conklin Foretold Drop in
Farm Prices

Exhibiting as keen an interest in
public affairs as he had fifty years ago,
Oscar F. Conklin, venerable Jackson-
ville resident, to-day finds his astute
business judgment vindicated on a pre-
diction that he made thirteen years ago.

Mr. Conklin 1s
ninety-sixth birthday and still retains
all ‘his faculties and his lively interest
in the economic conditions of to-day.

approaching his

One of his principal interests for many
years has been farming, and to-day he
finds his judgment was correct several
years ago. In an interview given the
Jacksonville Journal, July 3, 1919, he
predicted that farm prices, then at a
high war-time peak, would decline
sharply, and he planned for his own
farming interests accordingly.

Widely known as an expert in the
management of farms, Mr. Conklin has
for many years enjoyed the admira-
tion of the community.

Mr. Conklin came to Jacksonville
more than 34 years ago. He was born
in Jefferson county, N. Y., May 6, 1837,
When he was 13 years old his family
moved to Michigan, where Mr. Conk-
lin received his education. Later he
went to Missouri where he secured a
position teaching school. The state
provided funds for the schools districts
and each district could keep the school
open four months a year. Mr. Conklin
could get a school at any time during
the year so it made a continuous occu-
pation for him. When the civil war
broke out the secession legislature took
the funds for, as they said, armed neu-
trality, so no schools could be main-
tained except by private subscription.

When all funds were exhausted Mr.
Conklin returned to Michigan, where
he entered business with his brother,
W. P. Conklin, who is still living in
Michigan, The brothers conducted a
prosperous general merchandising bus-
iness for 28 years. In order to take
care of the funds of their customers
the Conklin brothers added private
banking to their business and hence
their literature read: “O. F. and W.
P. Conklin, Bankers, Dealers in Gen-
eral Merchandise and Real-estate.” In
addition the brothers managed their
large farming interests.

In addition to general business and
farming, Mr. Conklin at one time was
employed by the G. R. & I. railroad to
purchase right-of-way for an extension
of the railroad. When the railroad was
completed the town of Conklin was
named after Mr. Conklin.

The railroad extended from Grand
Rapids to Muskegon. Mr. Conklin was
a strong advocate of the railroad ex-
tension, and because of his knowledge
of the country to be traversed by the
new railroad and land values generally,
he was entrusted with the delicate task
of buying the right-of-way the entire
distance. In placing the check book of
the G. R. & I. in the hands of Mr.
Conklin, the late William O. Hughart
remarked: “Buy the right-of-way, Os-
car, and buy it right, but don’t leave a
single sore spot anywhere between
Grand Rapids and Muskegon.”

Mr. Conklin complied with the con-
ditions imposed upon him by the ven-
erable executive of the G. R. & I. and

subsequently turned in to the railway
officials deeds to every parcel of land
needed for the right-of-way except
one small corner of the farm of the
late S. A, Sheldon, near Marne, who
held out for a higher price than Mr.
Conklin felt justified in paying. Mr.
Sheldon declined to accept the offer of
the G. R. & I. for several years, finally
settling the controversy on his own
terms with T. J. O’Brien, general coun-
sel for the railway.

In answer to a question regarding
the present economic conditions, Mr.
Conklin stated that the present crisis
results from the great war.

“After the great war across the sea,”
Mr. Conklin said, “France placed an
army in Germany and at the point of
the bayonet demanded that Germany
pay in cash and coal. Impoverished
Germany had to say ‘we can’t do more.’

“Russia threw grain into the Euro-
pean markets at prices with which the
United States could not compete, and
as a result a great surplus has been
growing yearly.”

In speaking of governmental costs,
Mr. Conklin said that the country is
now taxed to the limit.

“Chicago has 14,000 school teachers
who receive salaries as high as $300
per month. In my opinion this num-
ber could be greatly reduced. I believe
that two teachers could do the work
now being performed by three teachers.
Many of these teachers are on the pay-
roll for political reasons only.

“Tn Illinois my own political party
has been guilty of profiteering. Game
wardens have been hired in the larger
cities.

“There are too many persons on the
payroll who do not earn their salaries,
their only purpose being to help build
up a political machine.”

In speaking of the farm situation,
Mr. Conklin, who thas been an exten-
sive landowner, stated that there was
no way of predicting what will hap-
pen to agriculture in the future.

“The plight of the farmer is ruin-
ous,” Mr. Conklin said. “He cannot
live and pay taxes.” He stated that
many farmers thought that when they
purchased land they had something
for life. They now find that all the corn
they can raise won't even pay their
taxes with present prices prevailing.

“In order for a farmer in Morgan
county to make both ends meet,” Mr.
Conklin stated, “he should receive at
least 80 cents a bushel for wheat, 35 to
40 cents a bushel for corn, 28 to 30
cents for oats and $7 a hundred for
hogs. With these prices a farmer could
get along very nicely.”

In conclusion, when asked if men
should be encouraged to buy land at
present prices, Mr. Conklin asserted
that no man can tell what the future
of land may be and hence he had no
advice to give.— Jacksonville (IIL)
Daily Journal.

a

Every trouble is an opportunity to
win the grace of strength. A trouble
is a moral and spiritual task. It is
something which is hard to do.
Strength is increased by encounter with
the difficult. Every day we are blessed
with new opportunities for the develop-
ment of strength of soul—George
Hodges.

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LIFE IN A METEOR

The statement by Professor Charles
B. Lipman, of the University of Cali-
fornia, that he has discovered bacterial
life in meteors, some newly fallen to
earth, is made with the restraint of the
true scientist. He expects, he says, to
be challenged and he offers his evi-
dence exacly as he finds it. In nine out
of twenty-four cultures prepared from
the interior of meteors he found liv-
ing organisms. The meteors had been
scrupulously sterilized on the surface
and the experiment was conducted un-
der the most careful conditions.

These precautions may turn out to
be insufficient.
serted that
originated in a totally sterile solution,
but it was learned later that its be-
ginnings were by a sort of infection
from the life that is everywhere. Pro-
fessor Lipman is satisfied that scrub-

Years ago it was as-

living growth had been

bing and soaking and burning he elim-
inated from his meteors the last vestige
of life which they might have picked
up in this world. There is no doubt
that he found bacterial growth in the
powdered stone and metal taken from
the center of the fallen fragments from
the void of space. Where did it come
from?

The question is one for science to
answer, when science is satisfied that
these bacteria actually came out of the
sky. That point, at present, is only
partially proved. But Professor Lip-
man’s experiments are of interest, be-
cause they represent the first definite
evidence concerning a question which
has puzzled mankind since human curi-
osity began. It is altogether unknown
to human experience that life exists
anywhere except on this earth, There
is no lack of argument that it must
exist or may exist elsewhere. Many
believe that its presence in other plan-
ets and invisible worlds may be proved
by philosophy. Some astronomers
think life is a rare accident in the uni-
verse; if not entirely a terrestrial phe-
nomenon, Some say it is unreason-
able to deny life to other earths.
Others hold that it is unreasonable to
assume what cannot be proved.

Meteors are probably the remnants
of some collision in the sky, the frag-
ments of a lost moon or planet. They
may have traveled millions of years in
space before falling to earth. There is
much, therefore, for Professor Lipman
to explain, if he would undertake to
explain what he believes he has proved.

SN

 

INFLATION TALK RENEWED

Renewed talk of inflation, centering
this time on devaluation of the dollar,
has added a rather disturbing element
to business, which thad settled down
after the banking crisis to action upon
its own affairs. The best that com-
mercial interests can make of the mat-
ter is that while certain Congressmen
and even some leading business rep-
resentatives and economists are for
currency inflation, the Roosevelt ad-
ministration is definitely against any
such scheme.

But, nevertheless, it is made clear
that the administration also recognizes
the need for “reflation” or a mild jn-
flation, since most of its acts so far
have been of-a distinctly deflationary
character. The net result so far of the
bank holiday has been to cut off four

MICHIGAN
billions in deposits. The economy
measures mean striking off a billion in
government expenditures,

Any study at all of currency mat-
ters has shown that the amount issued
has been more than ample even for
boom-time operations. The real
trouble has been in velocity or turn-
over. The bank deposits guarantee bill,
soon to be acted upon by Congress,
should provide a real remedy for this
difficulty. The depositor will know his
money is safe, and hoarding will be
greatly reduced. At the same time the
banks will not have to maintain absurd
degrees of liquidity and should imme-
diately be able to supply full accommo-
dation to business enterprise.

The coming conferences with world
statesmen, the public works program,
railroad, farm and mortgage relief and
other undertakings of the government
point in the direction of inflation, but
the sounder that way have
already been taken or are under way.
The program cannot pause, but it is
likely that the more extreme proposals
will not even be found necessary.

steps

 

MONTH’S RESULTS HAILED

3usiness interests in the week added
their plaudits to others for the re-
sults of the first month of the “new
deal” administration. Reduction of the
Reserve Bank rediscount rate to 3 per
cent. signified the conclusion of the
banking crisis, additional economies in
government expenditure brought near-
er an absolute balancing of the national
budget and beer was ushered in to
climax the month’s work. Speedy
progress was also attained on the farm-
relief measures, preparations for the
World Economic Conference, tariff re-
adjustment, protection for investors
and banking legislation.

The pace has been a dizzy one and
with little evidence of slackening, But
the public reaction is highly favorable.
In business there has appeared some
hesitation because of the effect cer-
tain legislation may have. The inertia,
however, is not slowing down the gen-
eral trend, which has turned upward.

Evidence of this advance is provided
by the weekly business index, which
has recorded another substantial in-
crease. The drop under last Summer’s
low has now been regained. Commod-
ity prices were again buoyant during
the week and wheat and the grains
moved into higher ground. Dun’s list
showed price increases and declines
drawing closer together. Hides re-
couped their losses and lumber ad-
vanced. Residential building last menth
was sharply higher.

Continuing the recent improvement,
business failures last month dropped
25 per cent under the total for March,
1932. For the first quarter the reduc-
tion was almost 21 per cent. under the
corresponding period of last year, an
indication, credit authorities say, that
business recovery is under way.

 

GETTING AT CAUSES
Although the Black 30-hour week
bill has been passed by the Senate, its
chances in the House are not consid-
ered good. The bill would prevent the
movement in interstate commerce of
goods produced by employes who work

TRADESMAN

longer than five days a week and six
hours a day.

This legislation has been highly ap-
proved in some industrial quarters
which have invariably fought similar
proposals, The obvious reason for this
change of front has been the general
desire to prevent ruthless price-cutting
made possible by long working sched-
ules and low wages. Manufacturers
have finally come to grips with their
problem and recognized the basic fact
that all kinds of agreements and codes
of one sort or another fall down when
there is no standard in working condi-
tions.

Possibly the opposition to this bill
ts not strong because there are grave
doubts of its constitutionality. It 1s
viewed as similar in most respects to
the Federal child labor act which was
declared unconstitutional.

On the other hand,, the Supreme
Court recently gave surprising sanc-
tion to the coal operators to fix prices
within their central organization, Ap-
palachian Coals, and it is to be won-
dered why they should deny Congress
the right to fix either working hours
or wages, which, after all, are merely
components of price. The causes can
scarcely be denied if the effect is sanc-
tioned.

Whether the Black bill with its “dy-
namite” is passed or not, a number of
manufacturers have shown that they
have finally decided where the price-
cutting evil originates.

 

LESSON FOR STORES

From the 1920-21 depression the
lesson of holding down their inven-
tories was learned by retail stores. The
post-war shortage of merchandise, the
brisk demand and rapidly advancing
prices led to a heavy accumulaton of
goods in that crisis and the mistake
has not been repeated.

In the present depression, however,
another error has shown up—the over-
expansion of plant and fixed assets.
This lesson is probably well under-
stood and the same trouble should not
arise again. At the same time, it is
quite possible that the stores in trying
to earn enough to cover additional
fixed expenses may new
sources of trade.

uncover

The inventory error of the post-war
depression brought in its wake an-
other development whch has contrib-
uted to present difficulties. In the at-
tempt to hold down inventories and
push up turnover, the stores added ex-
perts of one kind or another and built
up rather complicated organizations
and control methods. Buyers were
aided by merchandise managers and
stylists.

The original mistake, therefore, was
followed by another one, and the pres-
ent trend in the stores is distinctly
toward greater simplificaton in organi-
zation and control. Overmanned staffs
are being reduced. However, there is
a flexibility here which is not found
in the greater problem of fixed assets.
The burden of the latter can be re-
moved only by a rise in prices, larger
trade volume or adjustments where
possible,

 

April 12, 19233

DRY GOODS CONDITIONS

Easter business jumped to very sat-
isfactory proportions in the stores las}
week, Locally sales are reported t:
have run ahead of a year ago in quit:
a few instances, and reports from
other centers free from banking: tie-
ups were similarly encouraging. Of
course, the comparison of sales figures
was with the post-Easter period last
year, due to the earlier holday. Wom
en's apparel and accessories received
the bulk of the demand, but men’s
wear business also picked up.

Early reports on chain store results
last disclosed reductions that
were quite small for the most part,
considering the handicaps imposed by
the bank holday. Sales losses of sev-
eral of the largest organizations were
increased by only 5 per cent. or less.
Since use could not be made of charge
accounts to offset losses in cash trade,
the showing was excellent,

The present improvement in trade
should mean a sizable cut in the de-
clines that were reported in the first
quarter, It is felt that the Easter spurt
may carry over and reduce the loss
this month to the lowest in some time.
Better buying interest on the part of
the public is observed.

While the peak of the demand was
passed in the wholesale merchandise
markets last week, orders were still
very brisk and spot deliveries rather
difficult to obtain in some lines. Stocks
are clean and manufacturers will go
into the post-Easter period in excellent
condition for the most part.

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FILLING TO MEASURE

There is a new apparatus which can
fill two hundred one-pound containers
in an hour with nuts, bolts, dry chem-
icals or anything else which moves
when it is shaken, and never vary more
than 1/64th of an ounce in the accu-
racy of each measurement. If the con-
tents (such as bolts) are sold by count
instead of by weight, this machine will
do the work with guaranteed accuracy.
Two hundred pounds is not its limit,
by the way. Into larger containers, it
can put several tons of material in one
hour.

A scale, an electric eye, and a vib-
rator are the essential parts. Action
can be button-controlled by an opera-
tor, or it can be continuously auto-
matic. The machine may also be used
with a conveyor line, and a still further
variation provides two speeds, fast for
the first part of the filling operation,

and slow for the finish.
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PRETZELS

Although considered an almost nec-
essary adjunct to malt beverages,
pretzels have not been neglected dur-
ing the years of Prohibition. On the
contrary, this industry has prospered,
possibly because of enforced discove-
ries that this curlicue confection goes
well with an unlimited number of re-
freshments. Now that beer is coming
back, still more business is promised
for the pretzel industry and, accord-
ingly, more employment for pretzel
benders, whose nimble fingers acquire
a skill that no machine has been able
to duplicate.

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TRADESMAN

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. OUT AROUND

Things Seen and Heard on a Week
- End Trip.

Last Saturday’s Out Around in-
cluded calls on my customers at Low-
ell and Ionia. I took with me a supply
of the blanks used in securing the re-
turn of the money paid for oleo licenses
and made good use of them. I was sur-
prised to note how many merchants
had read about the matter in the
Tradesman and have since forgotten to
make application for the rebate. Most
of those I called on have $24 coming to
them, including interest from the dates
of payment. I cannot understand the
carelessness and indifference of most
merchants in a matter of this kind
when you come to consider the amount
at stake. I shall undertake to keep a
supply of blanks on hand at all times
to meet the requirements of those who
are entitled to them.

 

I have never had any sympathy for
the so-called oleo tax, because it re-
acted on the stock growing farmers,
who suffered great losses on account
of the levy. It was, of course, brought
about by the dairy farmers of the
Nation, who took that method of pen-
alizing stock growers for permitting
the fat on their steers to be made into
an edible food product. I think this
prejudice was due largely to the fact
that when the Chicago packers started
making “butterine,” as it was then
called, they marketed it as dairy but-
ter, which was then the great staple in
the butter line, just as creamery but-
They made it under ad-
mirable sanitary conditions, covered it
with clean cheese cloth and sheeting
and packed it in boxes which had been
used in shipping boots to give the new
product every appearance of dairy
butter. This and other merchandise
deception was so cleverly accomplished
that it was some time before the sub-
stitute for dairy butter was detected
and became generally known. I recall
that when the dairy butter men went
down to Washingto n to secure an out-
rageous tax on the substitute they de-
scribed its manufacture as filthy, which,
of course, was not true. It was more
wholesome and inviting in appearance
than the dairy butter which was
brought into market by the average
housewife. The agitation for the first
tax was started during Cleveland’s ad-
ministration and the bill went through
both houses of Congress with a rush.
Cleveland did not approve of the meas-
ure, but he signed the bill under pro-
test, which he expressed somewhat as
follows: “I do not think class legisla-
tion of this kind should be attempted.
I do not think such a bill should be
enacted, but in this case I am disposed
to yield to the superior wisdom of
both houses of Congress and sign the
measure.” Then we all knew that
Cleveland proposed to stand as a can-
didate for President a second time,
which he had a perfect right to do. He
was defeated by Harrison, but ran
against Harrison four years later and
was elected. Few members of Con-
gress voted for the measure because

ter is now.

they thought it was justified, but
yielded to the pressure brought to
bear on them by the active and un-
scrupulous lobby maintained by the
milk farmers of the Nation. The law
has been amended from time to time
until animal oleo has nearly become
obsolete. In my calls on the trade Sat-
urday I failed to find a single dealer
who had handled a pound of animal
oleo for four years. The right to tax
is the power to destroy.

My first call at Ionia was at the big
factory of Fred W. Green, where I
was told that orders were coming in
better than has been the case for sev-
eral years. Mr. Green was out of town
and Mr. Lawrence was at his post of
duty at the American Home Security
Bank at Grand Rapids. I might have
known as much without enquiry, be-
cause where duty calls there you will
find Howard Lawrence every time.
His very name is synonymous with
duty.

As is usually the case when I visit
Ionia Saturdays I was unable to park
my car anywhere in the business dis-
trict on the main street. I usually
meet the same experience at Hastings,
Battle Creek and St. Johns, but not to
the same extent as at Tonia, which is
one of the strongest Saturday trading
towns of which I have any knowledge.

I found the business men of Ionia
very happy over the opening of their
State Savings Bank
which has been closed for something
like a year. With fresh capital and
strengthened official line-up the insti-
tution is expected to make a good
showing as to earnings and service to
the community.

re-organized

J. H. Shoemaker, general dealer at
302 East Main street, has been drafted
to sit on the grand jury of the United
States Court. The time the jury func-
tions includes the dates Mr. Shoe-
maker usually reserves for his annual
fishing vacation. He asked me how he
could solve the problem, but I con-
fessed my inability to suggest a way
out.

——-_

I am glad I was never drawn on a
grand jury, because I could under no
circumstances ‘have served on such an
unAmercan institution — unAmerican
because.it is unfair to condemn a man
who has no chance to defend himself;
unfair because in many cases he does
not even know that proceedings are
pending against him; cruel because
even if he is subsequently acquitted by
a jury when he comes to be tried in
court the sting of the indictment clings
to him as long as he lives. I have a
deep-seated hatred for any procedure
which is conducted along surreptitious
lines, I cannot understand how the
American people consent to tolerate
such an abuse of power. I have seen
men repeatedly indicted by grand ju-
ries solely because of their being ene-
mies of the district attorney or his
assistant. In such cases the indictment
is usually quashed by the presiding
judge before the case comes to trial,

but the taint left by the reprehensible
and utterly unfair action stays by him
as tone as he lives. Ti [| were a
younger man [I would devote my life
to the utter extinction of

power.

this abuse of

I hope to see a large and representa-
tive attendance of grocers and meat
dealers at the annual convention to be
held in this city next week.
member of the
urged to attend and remain to the end
of the programme, which covers a wide
variety of topics. I have only one fault
to find with the programme and that is
the election of officers is set down for

Every
trade | call on 1s

the last session, when very few mem-
bers will be present except the officers.
I voiced the same criticism of the
Michigan Retail Hardware Association,
which has always made the same mis-
take in this respect the grocers have
done. The arrangement is decidedly
unfar, because it enables a little hand-
ful of the officers of any organization
to perpetuate themselves in office in-
definitely.

The past week has brought me many
letters and telegrams from officials of
both wholesale and retail drug organ-
izations and officers of
druggists and drug manufacturers con-
cerning the call to arms I uttered two
weeks ago relative to the proposed
undertaking of the A. & P. Co. to
establish 50,000 drug stores during the
next twelve months, I have replied to
all of these enquiries the best I know
how, urging drastic and decisive ac-
tion with as little delay as possible.
I believe that effective action will fol-
low as the result of this preliminary
warning on my part.

wholesale

The present Legislature is proving to
be the most inefficient body ever
assembled in Michigan. Absolutely
nothing of a progressive character has
yet been accomplished and
talk of an early adjournment is heard
on all sides. Of course, the apparent
inability to function is due to the ab-
sence of a leader. Governor Comstock
means well, but he apparently possesses
no genius for leadership, which ex-
plains the situation. President Roose-
velt, on the other hand, has suddenly
developed into a master leader. Know-
ing he can never get anywhere by de-
pending on Congress, he asks that
Congress turn over all important ques-
tions to him and he handles them ad-
mirably, while Congress looks on like
dummy bank and
assumes the prerogatives of “yes men.”

already

directors in a

I am glad to see the bakers of Mich-
igan have suddenly awakened to the
fact that a strong and effective organ-
ization is the only thing which will en-
able them to emerge from the lethargy
into which they have drifted of late
years. I wish them well. Of course,
much depends on the character of the
secretary they select to stand behind
the guns. It looks as though the man
who is slated for that position would
be able to function to the satisfaction
of all concerned. A good secretary
always ensures a good association, with
rapidly increasing membership. A poor
secretary means a weak and unpro-
gressive organization.

Some things make me very tired.
I note by the daily papers that Post
No. 18, Veterans Democratic league,
Friday night voted to send a protest
to Gov. Comstock against the appoint-
ment of a Republican conservator for
Security
Because the last two men who occu-

the American Home bank.

pied the position of director of the
State Board of Pharmacy were utterly
incapable of discharging the duties of
the office in a satisfactory manner, the
Board —all five Republicans — looked
about for the best possible men to as-
director. They
found him in the Ferris Institute at
Big Rapids. After they had decided on

sume the duties of

his selection, they learned he was a
Democrat, but that made no difference
because he was the best possible ap-
pointment that could be made.

 

For the same reason Governor Com-
stock appointed Howard Lawrence
conservator because ‘he is the best pos-
sible man in Michigan to take up the
arduous duty of unravelling the diffi-
culties which confront the bank. Gov-
ernor Comstock fully realizes that he
was not elected by Democratic votes,
because there have not been enough
Democrats in Michigan to elect any
state officer since the war: that he
owes his election to disgruntled Re-
publicans who believed it was time to
rebuke the Republican party for its
misdeeds. In availing himself of the
best talent to be obtained in the work
of regeneration, he meets the approval
of the rank and file of the best people.
Ravenous partisans who whine over his
attitude will never get anywhere in
this world or in the world to come.

I regret to note that the hotel land-
lords of Michigan have made no move
toward securing appropriate legisla-
tion forbidding the entertainment of
dogs in hotel dining rooms and sleep-
ing apartments. This abuse, which was
not much practiced until the decad-
ence of the hotel business, due to the
become
such a nuisance that it should be abol-
ished by

depression in business, has
law without further delay.
The landlords are too timid to end the
abuse on their own account, so it has
been suggested that the end be accom-
plished by legislative enactment. Two
annual conventions have been held
since this conclusion was reached, but
apparently no committee has ever been
given authority to proceed in the mat-
ter. Personally, I will not sleep in a
bed covered with dog hairs or occupy
a room where the rugs, carpets and
chairs have been defiled by hirsute
reminders of a canine. I surely thought
Michigan Jandlords had more courage
than they have exhibited in this mat-
ter.

Lakeview, April 8—At the last meet-
ing of our local Chamber of Commerce,
J gave my views as to action against
priate eer here 7 Michigan.

was somewhat along . 2 sug-
gested in my list inie The ee
trom my suggestions made at the meet-
ing met with favor with those present.

The indictment made by President
Roosevelt against greedy wealth, in his
inaugural address, is most encourag-
ing. Senator Norris has done much jn-
vestigating of Wall street bankers and
their interlocking directorates in nu-
merous large corporations, You prob-

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10

FINANCIAL

“Committee for the Nation” Presents
Its Program

Perhaps the most arrogant name that
any group ever has taken unto itself
is “Committee for the Nation.” The
title sounds important enough for one
to conclude that the membership must
have been appointed at least by the
President of the United States, and
perhaps even by Congress itself, con-
vened in special session for the pur-
pose of appointing a group to solve al!
of our ills. Actually it is merely the
audacious title given by a group of
panacea artists to their organization.

The Committee in a current release
presents the “Five Next Steps” for the
rebuilding of “prices and purchasing
power.” The program is released with
the indorsement of one hundred and
one business men and one economist,
Professor Irving Fisher, of Yale Uni-
versity. The suggestions are based, to
use the modest language of the Com-
mittee, upon the “specific economic
surveys prepared for it and the infor-
mation contrbuted by bankers, econ-
onusts and financial experts who ap-
peared before it as well as its own ex-
haustive studies.”

First of the “Five Next Steps” is for

the Government to guarantee “the de-
posits of all banks which have been
re-opened.” It is maintained also that
“the Government would be justified in
expanding the currency to protect the
depositors of banks which have not yet
Second, the embargo on
gold and suspension of specia pay-
ments should be continued until an
agreement is reached with Great Brit-
ain whereby the restoration of the gold
standard may be accomplished “on a
basis that will give each country the
price level it desires.” This is held as

re-opened.”

feasible because, according to the Com-
mittee, Congress now “can discuss and
alter the monetary laws without ill
effects.”

Third, the United States must not
only discontinue its efforts “to keep
the dollar at its former gold parity,”
but, if necessary, must sell dollar ex-
change in order to drive our currency
to a discount in terms of foreign cur-
rency. The purpose of this is to en-
able foreign countries “to pay their
debts to us and to use it in buying
goods from American agriculture and
industries.” Fourth, the gold content
of the dollar is to be reduced by an
amount sufficient to raise the price of
gold from $20.67 per ounce to $36.70
per ounce. This increase of 75 per cent.
is admittedly “an arbitrary temporary
level.” It is selected because the Com-
nuttee estimates that it will bring the
commodity price level to a 1926 base.

Finally, there is to be appointed a
“Federal board” which
shall have the function of stabilizing
the general price level at the average
from 1921 to 1930. The
membership of this board is to consist

nonpartisan

prevailing

of representatives from each important
economic group and it is to be charged
with the additional responsibility of
“steadying the dollar in foreign ex-
change” after it has fallen to the
proper discount,

The Committee for the Nation sup-
ports its program merely by making

MICHIGAN

arbitrary statements. In using the
same method one may say that every
guarantee of bank deposits that has
been tried in this country has under-
rather than
banking system; that we could have
Britain until

mined strengthened the
conferences with Great
doomsday on the basis on which we
would return to the gold standard
without its necessarily controlling the
price level; that driving a currency to
artificially low levels in terms of for-
eign currency
never can give a permanent advantage

never has given and

to the country thus manipulating its
that a reduction in the gold

content of the dollar will not result in

currency ;

t
an increase in the price of other than
export commodities in this market ex-
cept over a very long period; and fin-
ally, that no board and least of all one
imbued with such ideas as those being
put forth by the Committee for the
Nation could stabilize the price level
at any point,

Ralph West Robey.
Copyrighted, 1933.
—_+--+____
Some Form of Inflation Necessary

stocks
better.

In the past week common
and commodities were much
The bond market as a whole worked
lower wth some issues having sustain-
ed a substantial market loss. This is
particularly true in the German issues
as a result of the fear of Hitler’s pol-
icies, However, U. S.
bonds registered a small increase. The
genera] Washington situation had little
effect on the bond market. This is
probably due to the fact that the farm
and railroad problems are still hanging
fire.

There seems to be some improve-
ment industrially although it is largely

Government

seasonal business, which was formerly
held back by the banking crisis. The
financial structure continues to show
improvement with an ease in the money
market. The fact that bonds declined
in the face of the ease in the money
market and improvement in stock and
commodity prices must be attributed to
institutional liquidation and lack of in-
vestment confidence as well as infla-
tionary talk.

This uncertainty will probably con-
tinue until the program of the admin-
istration functions and until the pro-
gram outlined is successful. There is
some confusion as to the various plans
but it now appears that all efforts to
stem the depression are practically jn
the Government’s hands, They, of
course, emphasize the maintenance of
sound money and strict government
economy, There seems to be an in-
creasing belief that some form of in-
flation will be instituted after the ne-
cessary deflation of certain situations
has been effected.

J. oH. Petter
—_—_++-____

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love, you attract. You are to-day where
your thoughts thave brought you; you
will be to-morrow where your thoughts
take you. You cannot escape the re-
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You will realze the vision. (not the idle
wish), of your heart, be it base or
beautiful, or a mixture of both, for you

will always gravitate towards that

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your hands will be placed the exact
results of your thoughts; you will re-
ceive that which you earn; no more,
Whatever your present en-

which you, secretly,

no less.
vironment may be, you will fall, re-
main or rise with your thoughts, your
vision, your ideal. You will become as
small as your controlling desire; as
great as your dominant aspiration.—

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MEN OF MARK

Ernest

E. Brown, New President

Ferris Institute

On the sixth of this month E. E.
3rown, president of South-
State Teachers College, left
Oklahoma to assume the presidency of
Ferris Institute, pioneer Michigan ed-
ucational institution at Big Rapids. To
the leaders of education in Oklahoma
the name of the new institution he
heads and its founder, Woodbridge N.
Ferris, teacher, statesman, and public
speaker, are well known, but to the
rank and file of our citizens who are
interested in Mr. Brown and his fu-
ture there come the natural queries.
What kind of an institution is Ferris
Institute? What is its size, the class of
students it serves, the training and
equipmen of its faculty? Oklahoma has
lost one of her leading educators; what
of the college which has won him?

former
western

The answers to these questions re-
veal that Mr. Brown has gone to a very
important new post; to an institution
both worthy and prominent, Ferris In-
stitute established nearly fifty
years ago, by the man who was later
to become not only dearly beloved by
a great host of young men and women
of Michigan but also the Governor of,
and later United States Senator from,
that state. As shown in the latest cat-
alogue of the Institute, “two small
rooms, fif teen pupils and two instruc-
tors were the beginning in 1884 and
nine years later, in 1893, the foundation
was laid for the first permanent school
building in the present Ferris Institute.
Step by step from then on it has grown
in capacity and equipment, and while
it has had its ups and downs and there
have been times when Senator Ferris
struggled to keep the project going, it
is today on a firm foundaton and has an
investment in equipmenti and build-
ings representing close to a half mil-
dollars and serving annually a
enrollment of than two

”»

Was

lion
total
thousand students.

The same source further discloses
that Ferris Institute was organized “to
meet the demands of two classes of
students, first: that large class of men
and women, who, early in life, were
deprived of the advantages of school,
but who in later years have come to
fee] the need of an education; second:
ambitious students who have their own
way to make in the world and need a
practical education.” Thus the appeal
of the Institute is “to all men and
women, regardless of their age, regard-
less of their mental attainments, re-
gardless of their present condition,
who desire to make themselves
stronger and better.”

more

Both college preparatory and regu-
lar college work are offered, with grad-
uation from the former equipping the
student to enter any regular college or
university. The preparatory course 1s
approved by the North Central Asso-
ciation of Colleges and Secondary
Schools. The college work offered is
largely vocational, embracing prepara-
tion for specialization in medicine,
forestry, dentistry, law, education,
pharmacy, commerce, and business, as
well as a general literary training. The
course of study includes also those
thorough and broad courses found of-

MICHIGAN

fered by sound business colleges and
universities everywhere.

Few privately owned and operated
colleges in America occupy a position
of prominence and influence equal to
that of Ferris Institute. Its age and
the dynamic personality and high ideals
of its founder and president have for
sO many years given it such a warm
place in the hearts of the citizens of
Michigan that it challenges in position

even the strongest state owned and
operated educational institutions.
Hence Mr. Brown's elevation to its

presidency automatically makes him a
figure of importance in the public life
of Michigan. He steps from the public
arena of ths state sphere of
activity equally as important and in-
fluential in his newly adopted state.

into a

Judging from press notices, his re-
ception by the students, faculty and
friends of Ferris Institute is enthusi-
astic. His election as President was
announced by headlines in various
daily papers, supported by prominent
articles discussing him and his work.
The Big Rapids Pioneer, the home
paper of Ferris Institute, announced

 

 

 

 

Ernest E. Brown

that “after thorough investigation of
eligible candidates for president, the
trustees chose Mr. Brown as being the
most qualified man for the position.
He was recommended to Arthur J.
Butler, chairman of the. Board of Trus-
tees, by Dr. Clyde R. Miller, director
of public relations of Columbia Uni-
versity.” The article concluded with the
statement that “Mr. Brown is highly
recommended by public officials and
educators of Oklahoma. Arthur J.
Butler and Roy S. Buck made a per-
sonal visit to Oklahoma before the de-
cision was reached.”

Mr. Brown, who will be Dr. Brown
within the next month when he com-
pletes all requirements at Columbia
University for the Doctor's Degree,
leaves behind him in Oklahoma a
record of unusual achievement. A
graduate of Central State Teachers
College and the University of Okla-
homa, from the latter of which he
holds also his Master’s Degree, he is
author of the important bulletin, “A
Statistical Survey by Counties of Edu-
cation in Oklahoma,” published by the
State Department of Education in 1925.
As an outgrowth of this bulletin, which

*

TRADESMAN

was based largely upon his work as
Chief High School Inspector, and be-
cause of his participation in the State
Educational Survey, conducted by Dr.
William T. Bawden, he was privileged
to write the Permanent State Aid Law
for schools in Oklahoma, which passed
the House of Representatives unanim-
ously and the Senate with only two or
three votes against it. His masterly
handling of this bill through the legis-
lature, although having occurred in 1927,
is yet one of the legislative achieve-
ments of note discussed by educators
wherever they gather in Oklahoma.
Recognition of his distinguished
Education came in 1925
when he was awarded the General Ed-

service to

ucation Board’s scholarship of a year’s
Columbia This
opportunity, to which he has added two
extra summer terms, has enabled him

‘o the required work for his Doc-
tor of Philosophy Degree.

work in University.

Among the more important of his
contributions to the
founding of the State Honor Society,

Oklahoma is

which occurred during his regime as
Chief Mem-
is granted to
the highest ten per cent. of the high
state
year in accredited high schools.
6,000 to 8,000
cepted as members in
annually.
Another of his

High School Inspector.
bership in this society
school students throughout the
each

From are

students ac-

this society
contributions is the
establishment of the system of check-

ing in detail college training of high
school teachers in Oklahoma. This

more to
raise the standard of the teaching pro-
this state
single factor.

system has done probably

fession in than any other
During the five vears he was presi-
dent of State

institution

Southwestern Teachers
that

change.

underwent a
Where,
arrival the faculty comprising thirty-
eight teachers could muster a total of
but seventeen years of graduate train-

College

profound upon his

ing, at his departure it showed a total
of sixty-six graduate

During his administration a

years of such
training.
handsome library building was erected
and stocked with one of the finest lists
of books to be found in any state edu-
cational library in Oklahoma. He plan-
ned, laid out and started a stadium that
when completed will seat ten thousand
persons—all for a total cost of scarcely
$20,000.00. He fused all the elements
of support in his district into a solid
enthusiastic which made the
progress of Southwestern State Teach-
ers College noticeable to all who had
contact with it.
scholarship and

force

Insisting upon sound
adherence to high
ideals, he was at the same time prac-
tical enough to make successful con-
tact with which
trolled his appropriations, and with the
other

the legislature con-

t
governmental, educational and
business forces affecting his school.

So much has been packed into the
life of Mr. Brown that one is surprised
to learn he is but forty years of age.
A native of Illinois, where his parents
went in an early day, met and were
married, his
side, civil

amecestors were on one
war veterans and, on the
other, a part of the immigration from
Southern Kentucky to Illinois which
carried with it Abraham Lincoln and

his parents. Reared in a household

11

where both parents were assiduous and

enthusiastic readers of Emerson, with
consequent leanings toward, transcen-
dentalism, it is no wonder that early in
life there was planted in his mind an
interest in the more profound things of
life. He liked to read, indulged in good
took

kindly to the influences of the school-

books upon every occasion and

As the eldest of a family of
with a father

room.
three boys and four girls,

in poor health, upon’ his shoulders
rested many burdens to which the av-
erage boy of tender years is wholly
unaccustomed.

Shortly afer winning a competitive
scholarship which admitted him to the
Western Illinois State Normal School,
at Macomb, he moved with his family
to the new State of Oklahoma,

Olustee, where he and his

near
brothers

were able to earn a satisfactory liveli-

hood upon a fine 160-acre farm. He

was but fifteen years old then. His
father, aware that his end was near,

decided to have conferred upon him the
rights of majority, and this done, deed-
When

he passed on, he left upon the shoulders

ed to him the family property.

of nineteen-year-old Ernest the entire
responsibility of conducting the family
affairs.

That the youth met these responsi-
bilities in a manner to win the appre-
ciation of friends and neighbors shows
in the act of some forty or fifty citi-
zens of his home school district, who
went to the members of the Board of
Education and instructed them to em-
ploy Ernest Brown as teacher of their
school for the next year, at the high
salary for those days of $70.00 a month,
had carried

Previously his ambition

him through a term of summer normal,
with a short term

which he followed

as a teacher in a country school.
His advancement henceforward was
both steady and rapid. For two years

he taught in then

1
schools,

the

rural was

made principal of

Hollis

elementary

grades in the schools, From
1915 to 1917 he was Superintendent at
Erick: from 1917 to 1922,
termission for military service, Super-

from 1922 to 1924,

with an in-

intendent at Sayre;

Assistant State Superintendent; from
1924 to 1927. Chief High School In-
spector; from 1927 to 1932, President

of Southwestern State Teachers Col-
lege,

During all this time he was using
summer terms and _ correspondence

His

keen interest in education, added to his

work to complete his education.

broad contact and interesting experi-

ences, simulated his mental develop-
ment to the point that it was easy for
him to win universiy degrees.

At the second year of
teaching ‘he married Miss Etta Beck,

end of his

the daughter of a homesteading farmer,
near Duke. They have two children, a
daughter, Eloise, fourteen, and a
Warren, nine.

son,

Oklahoma regrets losing Mr. Brown,
but his great host of friends and ad-
mirers are glad to know that he is fa-
vorably located as the new President
of Ferris Institute. Those who know
him best forecast that he will make a
splendid record in the Michigan col-
lege. By instinct and training a re-
search student who goes to the bottom
of any problem in which he is inter-

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12

MICHIGAN

 

TRADESMAN

 

April 12, 1933

 

RETAIL GROCER

Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Associa-
tion of Michigan.
President—Paul Schmidt, Lansing.

First Vice-President — Theodore J.
Bathke, Petoskey.

Second Vice-President — Randolph
Eckert, Flint.

Secretary — Herman Hanson, Grand
Rapids. :
Treasurer—O. H. Bailey, Sr., Lansing.

Directors—Holger Jorgenson, Muske-

gon; L. V. Eberhard, Grand Rapids; John
Lurie, Detroit; E 8B. Hawley, Battle
Creek; Ward Newman, Pontiac.

 

Some More Facts About Farm
Incomes
comes the cry:

From Kansas }
“Wheat will advance within 90 days if
Congress will let it alone!”

Brass tacks information on farm in-
comes in various states is better than
guesses based on wild hearsay. Bear
in mind these are averages which, like
averages in groceries, include the sub-
zeroes with the super-successful; but,

indicate that

a

also like groceries, they
efficiency gets results in farming.
California is first with average gross
value of products per farm of $3,460.
Next is New

tinent, with $3,062

Jersey, across the con-
Then to show that
the East is not so slow come in their
Nevada, Rhode
Arizona, Wy-
We find,

state of abandoned

Connecticut,
Island, Massachusetts,
oming, Iowa and Nebraska.
too, that Vermont, ~
farms,” is ahead of Kansas: that New
outranks Minnesota and
Delaware is just

order

Hampshire
before Wisconsin,
which is not surprising to one who
knows what a garden is all of Del-
aware.

Let’s not get the idea that agricul-
ture has gone-to the bow-wows alto-
gether. Probably it needs not a bit of
after all—all that is
wanted, and that will come about any-

anybody’s “relief”

vay, is readjustment.

Final news from Chicago big meet
is that wholesale grocers—a selection
of them—and voluntary chains are now
in the saddle

naming terms to many

manufacturers: canners depressed, also
brokers. The news means much to an
observer of the development of fresh
fruit and vegetable marketing on an
all-year basis of late years.

Many

hard time to keep the wolf and her

grocers associations have a
progeny from the door, because when

grocers join voluntaries they are apt

 

from
the association to the voluntary group.

to transfer allegiance—and dues

This is not universal: but it is so in
cases where associations have them-
selves centered on some buying-group
plan,

Evolution will produce another kind
of association in time. Some that now
suffer will survive and revive with gro-
cer reawakening to the eternal truth
that their troubles never stay put.
When buying is solved, other difficul-
ties remain or develop. There never is
—never has been—should not and will
not be—a royal road.

For example, it is true and can be
proven that the entire retail grocery
business handles, and always _ has
handled—during the last 20 years, say,
at least—certain complete lines of
staple merchandise not only without
profit but at hetanua loss, no matter
how figured. The trade—all of it—is in
servitude, no tthe and it will remain
so until it revolts as a unit. Grocers

sense this to a degree; but they do not

really know and hence have no ade-
quate conception of what price they
pay for dissension and antagonism
among themselves. When individual
grocers, vyoluntaries and corporate
tackle such problems unitedly,
make more money than
hitherto.

Hence we see the merry-go-round of
varied factors proceeding on its char-
acteristically varied, kaleidoscopic way!

To illustrate, go back 20 years or so
and find the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
taking its first great expansion into
one-man stores of which the manager
closed for 30 to 45 minutes at midday
for eats. These were holes-in-the-wall,
stocked with a few basic staples. They
were distributed widely and_ thickly

chains
all grocers will
they have made

over densely populated communities.

Now from no-service we swing again
to full-service. In Evanston, Illinois,
the A. & P. grants credit accommoda-
tion, It is scoffed at by many associ-
ations because it is back-handed; cus-
tomers making deposits against which
they can charge. But Macy has always
done that, so let’s not be sure, Then,
too, Evanston is a rich man’s residence
suburb where folks care more for con-
venience than most anything else, I
incline to think we shall find that the
A. & P. is not so wet after all.

And then in the far East we find a
revamped full service, comlpete market,
not operated on any slash-price plan,
rendering full service. In February it
did more dollar volume than in Feb-
1932, and showed profit instead
of previous loss. Normal Saturday de-
liveries fall of 1932 were ae The
lowest for any Saturday this February
was 1045 and the average for ak month
on Saturday was 1132.

ruary,

Life is not going to change essenti-
ally. It will continue to be one thing
after another. Business will always
call for wakeful men. Others would
better not apply.
margins are due for
narrowng, every-
where are going down and, as one well
informed expresses it, “labor is a glut
on the market.” These are hard, stark
conditions, They are facts. Like it or
not—believe it or not—the indications
are plain. Men able to cope with such
factors will be okeh. For others it will
be just too bad. But there will be
plenty of grocers to serve the public
regardless.

For example,

further Expenses

”

Steel store equpment gains popu-
larity because of beauty, practical char-
acter and the high cost of good lum-
ber. It comes in units, readily installed,
with the minimum of planning on
where to put it. So, as always, noth-
ing stands alone. Improvement and
problems go together.

As one merchant puts it:
never ceases

Progress
but we find that some
progressives do.

Another encouraging sign of the
times is that hardware stores have
again stocked up on old-fashioned
kitchen lamps with glass chimneys, so
many folks having cut off electric cur-
rent, copecaily farmers, can still have
light, and bulk coffee is in growing de-
mand on its economy appeal. Relief—
the real thing, not the politcal pap
variety—comes now as always in the
past: from the bottom up, not from the
top down except,

 

That as I write, we have to note a
tremendous, truly historic occurrence:
That for the first time since our Na-
tion was formed, we are to cut down
on pension grabbing. That one fact
should be sufficient to put every
mother’s son of us eagerly, whole-
heartedly behind our President; but
signs are not wanting that there is
more to come. So let us all be FOR
this fine man we have in the White
House, and back ‘him up with all our
strength: and tell him so!

Let it ever be clear that nobody
wants or has wanted that a single
soldier who suffered through his serv-
ice should be uncared for, nor that any
of his dependents should be neglected.
It is of those who suffered not at all
that we must be freed if our Nation
is to survive. And of these our Presi-
dent, aided by most commendable co-
operation by the House and Senate, is
freeing us.

Rumor has it that the forthcoming
National convention in Atlantic City
may be a frost for attendance, so many
grocers feeling it their imperative duty
to stay at home to stall off the sheriff.
That would be unfortunate; because
association activities should be carried
on with extra enthusiasm in dull times,
just as extra pressure is indicated for
business in such seasons,

Paul Findlay.
——_-_ oo
Grocery Inventories Unusually Low
Just Now

Inventories generally are at the low-
est level in the last four years, and re-
placements are being made cautiously
both by wholesalers and retailers. Trial!
orders are frequent to test out con-
sumer preference, with reorders con-
fined to the most popular items. In
canned goods,
tomatoes,
peaches,

stocks of peas, corn,
green and wax
pears

beans,
and pineapples, the
seven leading staple articles, in the
hands of canners on January Ist were,

 

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in the aggregate, nearly one-fourth
lower than those on the same date oi
1932. While stocks of canned tomatoes
on January 1 in the hands of canners
were 3 per cent. larger than they were
a year ago, this is accounted for by the
short pack of 1931. Stocks of the other
six items were lower than on January
1, 1932, the net decline in the number
of cases on hand for the seven items,
as a whole, being about 23 per cent.
Stocks on hand were reduced by a wide
margin from the total reported on Oc-
tober 1, 1932. The uninterrupted flow
of relatively large supplies of fresh
foods to central markets during Janu-
ary obscured the fundamentally strong
statistical position of the canned goods
division, This situation was changed
radically during February, when ex-
ceptionally cold weather and violent
storms caused a temporary curtailment
of the movement from the farms and
resulted in sharp rallies in prices of a

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MEAT DEALER

Hopes Are High for National Meet

 

The annual convention of the Na-
tional Association of Retail Meat Deal-
ers, which will be held in Chicago June
12 to 15, one week after the opening of
the World’s. Fair, is expected to eclipse
all previous conventions in attendance
and interest. Here retail meat and food
merchants will meeet and discuss the
many trade problems with which they
are confronted today. In addition mer-
chants will have the opportunity of
attending the World’s Fair, which: will
be the center of all attraction this year.

General Chairman H. A. Stark is
keeping the three local secretaries,
Charles W. Kaiser, of the Chicago Cen-
tral Association; A. J. Kaiser, of
the Southwest Association, and Jos.
Niemierowicz, of the Northwest Asso-
ciation, mighty busy making prepara-
tion for the entertainment of thousands.
Chairman Stark has appointed his
many committees on which will be
found the names of the leading food
merchants of the city, many of whom
operate upwards of thirty-five stores
aud with the National Association of-
fice, which is located at Chicago, giv-
ing its full cooperation, a real conven-
tion, long to be remembered is planned.
On the reception committee are many
of Chicago’s leading combination store
merchants who will forget business for
the week to make it pleasant for the
Visitors.
the committee in charge
feels that the majority of large con-
cerns are exhibiting at the Century of
Progress, the association will not feat-
ure an exhibit with its convention this
year, but a splendid souvenir year
book, which will be a work of art and
education, will be given all who regis-
ter as a keep-sake to bring back the
pleasant memories of the convention.

Railroads are offering reduced fares
and information has reached the na-
tional association offices of many
parties and groups of thirty and_fifty
who have already made arrangements
to attend the convention in a body,

Local associations have been active
in render.ng service of various kinds to
theis members und have reduced ducs
in accord with the spirit of the time:
the result of which is surprising. The
membership is growing in leaps and
beunds, unre local association taking in
70 new members in February. The re-
tailers are realizing the need of associ-
ation connections to make progress.
The committee in charge of the year
book have stated that many of the
leading packers and wholesale grocers
have aiready contracted for advertis-
ing space io feature their products, as
this year’s year book will contain
many meat tests brought up to date to
meet with current low live stock and
wholesale prices and as the books: will
be preserved for years the advertising
pages within will be of greater value.

The fact vhat the Chicago retailers
entertained the national assocation in
1924 leaves a spam of nine years since
the delegates visited Chicago and with
the added a‘traction of the world’s
fair many of the delegates will bring
their famities with them, needless to
say the local atid national packers and
wholesalers of food products are co-

Because
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MICHIGAN

operating whole-heartedly to make the
event a grand success.

A splendid program has been planned
by the commiztee in charge and enough
pleasure will be mixed with the busi-
ness sessions to make it well worth
any one’s time to attend this conven-
An invitation is extended to all
retail meat and food dealers whether
members or not to attend the open ses-
sions of {the convention. The three
ladies auxiliaries will have a special
program of entertainment for the vis-
iung ladies who attend and register,
which wili keep them busy while the
mien are in attendance at the various
sessious of the convention.

oo
When Meats Sweat

When meats are slmy it is due to
faulty circulation of ar in the cooler or
display case, refrigeration
say. When it occurs in cold weather
it usually is the result of the store be-
ing unheated, the heat leakage between
temperature and box tempera-

tien.

specialists

room
ture being so small that the compres-
sor is not requred to run very much in
order to maintain the correct box tem-
perature. Under these conditions the
running time of the compressor is not
sufficient to bring the coil temperature
down to the required differental below
box temperature to set up and main-
tain proper air circulation,

Suggested remedies are:

1. Install small lamps in the warm
air flues.

2. Shut off part of the cooling coil
area and lower the switch setting to
allow the remaining coil area to oper-
ate at a colder temperature than before.

3. Open the door of the cooler
slightly to allow more rapid heat leak-
age.

In hot weather the trouble can us-
ually be attributed to one of four
causes: (1) Improper bafiles; (2)
circulation due to improper
placing of meats; (3) coil temperature
too high; (4) ttoo much cooling coil
area.

blocked

Improper baffles may mean anything
from the wrong type to no baffles at
all, and is too lengthy a subject to be
treated here.

Blocked air circulation due to crowd-
ing the space in and around the air
flues, especially if the coil tempera-
tures are relatively high anyway, will
prevent the normal amount of moisture
being taken from tthe meat.

Circulation is in a great measure de-
pendent upon the difference in temper-
ature between the coil and the box—
the greater the difference the more
positive is the air movement.

If the average coil temperature is too
near the box temperature, circulation
will be insufficient to insure dry meats.
The remedy, of course, is to bring the
coil temperature down by setting the
controls for a lower temperature.

Too much cooling area is sometimes
responsible for sweaty meats due to
the fact that the excess cooling area
necessarily means a higher coil tem-
perature for a given. box temperature.
On installations where pipe coils of
the side wall type with no baffle con-
struction are used, the box tempera-
ture should be carried at 33 to 35 de-
grees and the controls set so that the
pipe coils will operate as frosted coils.
On the average pipe coil job the cir-

TRADESMAN

culation is not positive enough to allow
the coils to operate on a defrosting
cycle.
—_—__><- .
Scrapple

For making scrapple use two pig
heads, two pig tongues and two pig
livers. These should be cooked in an
iron-jacketed kettle that will hold about
45 gallons. Cover thoroughly and then
remove from kettle and cut up the
same as for head cheese, viz.: the
cooked meats are chopped by
with a knife until reduced to the proper
size. After the
livers are taken from the water, skim
the grease and add forty pounds of
cornmeal and five pounds of
wheat to the water, putting in a little
at a time, strring as put in. Cook
slowly for five hours. Seasoning should
be added before buckwheat and corn-
meal are put in, consistng of: 2 ounces
white pepper, 1 ounce red pepper, 8
ounces sage, 4 pounds salt.

After the meal and water has been

hand

heads, tongues and

buck-

cooked about four hours and forty-five
minutes, add the heads, tongues and
livers, stir thoroughly fifteen
minutes, shut off steam, and place in a
pan. When about cool, but while plas-

about

tic, add to each pan top a coating of
the grease skimmed from cooking,
2
Lard Has Highest Shortening Power
Chicago, April 10.—The discovery,
based on thousands of scientific tests,
that lard has the highest shortening
power of any plastic fat commonly
used in cooking was announced to-day
by Wm. Whitfield Woods, President
of the Institute of American Meat
Packers, which is the trade, research
and educational organization of the
American meat packing industry.
“The outcome constitutes a scientific
discovery of great importance to the

 

   

13

live stock and meat industry, as well as
to consumers,” Mr. Woods stated, “for
the tests, made in the Research Lab-
oratory of the Institute of Chicago,
show that approximately three-fourths
of a pound of lard has the shortening
power of a pound of other plastic
shortening.”

“The high digestibility of lard has
been definitely established by a num-
ber of impartial investigators,’ Mr.
Woods continued. “For example, C.
FE. Langworthy made a study for the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture on the digestibility of fats and
oils, and proved that lard is equal in
digestibility to any fat. The data show
that various ‘hydrogenated vegetable
oils vary somewhat in digestibility, but
in no case was any of them ever found
to be superior to lard. Lard, more-
over, is probably the most economical
shortening on the market today.

“The function of a shortening,” Mr.
Woods continued, “is to make a pro-
duct flaky and tender, or, as the house-
wife and baker designate it, short,

“The tests were conducted on pie
crust, which was selected for the rea-
son that it is one of the most widely
used articles of food in which the short-
ening agent is ‘an important factor. The
breaking strength of the different
crusts was determined on a shortom-
eter, a device adapted from machines
used to test building materials.”

—__» +.

We are told by some that we are
slaves. If being a slave means doing
only what we have to do, then most
of us are in truth slaves, but he who
does more than he is required to do
becomes at once free. He is his own
master. How often do we hear it said,
“Tt was not my work.” Too often we

fix our minds almost entirely upon
what we are going to get and give
no thought at all as to what we are

going to give in return.

 

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MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

April 12, 1933

 

HARDWARE

Michigan Retail Hardware Association.
President—Wm. J. Dillon, Detroit.
Vice-President — Henry A. Schantz,

Grand Rapids. :
Secretary—Harold W. Bervig, Lansing.
Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit.
Field Secretary — L. S. Swinehart,

Lansing.

 

Spring Suggestions for the Sporting
Goods Department

The great value of sporting goods,
so far as window display is concerned,
is that they lend themselves readily to
picturesque effects. A merchant with
ingenuity can evolve a lot of effective
window trims at comparatively slight
cost. The materials and fixtures used
one year can be carried over to the
next, and used again with minor vari-

ations.

Fishing tackle should be shown
early. In most places it starts the
spring sporting goods trade. Get in

touch with the fishing clubs and invite
the members to come in and see what
you have to offer. Get after the unat-
tached anglers by judicious advertising
and attractive window display.

A good effect is secured by showing
a trout stream in the background. In
the foreground is shown the dummy
figure of a fisherman with a broken
line. Show the trout careening off with
the other end of the line in its mouth.
A stuffed fish, a wooden model painted
in natural colors or even a cardboard
model will give the effect. Then put in
a show card with a catchy slogan,
“Why didn’t I buy one of those good
lines from Blank’s?” Such a display
requires some work, but it is good.

A simpler display shows a fisherman
indulging in his sport amid realistic
surroundings. Such a display is not so
difficult to put together. Of course you
need a dummy figure. Forest or river
bank can be suggested by a generous
arrangement of artificial leaves, grass
and moss. At the back of the window
show a fisherman casting his line into
a lake. The water in this, as n the
previous window, can be suggested by
a stretch of mirror soaped over in
places.

Fishing rods, to be shown to the
best advantage, have to be jointed to-
gether. Except in the very cheap
grades it is seldom possible to make a
sale unless the rod is shown jointed.
A customer will like to see just how
the rod balances and hangs. The more
easily a rod can be shown the more
readily it will be sold. If the clerk has
to reach down into a box under the
counter, or even has to joint the rod,
the delay will have an injurious effect
on sales.

The best way to show fishing rods is
to have them either on a rack or stand
(jointed) or on one of the counters or
tables down the middle of the floor.
In this way, 25 or 30 different rods can
be shown, with the number and price
marked on each rod. If it is not pos-
sible to show the rods in these ways,
a sample of all styles and prices of rods
can be carried in stock, and those pay-
ing the best margin of profit can be
selected for particular display. It is as
a rule inadvisable to give too much
prominence to cheap steel rods or the
low-priced split bamboo rods. These
sell readily enough, with only a slight
margin of profit; it 1s better to con-

centrate on the quality lines, stressing
their strong selling points.

When a sale is made, the sample
shown should be delivered to the cus-
tomer. This rule should also be follow-
ed in the case of reels. Then you will
have no accumulation of
stock. Reels should be shown in the
case according to price and number,
and the price as well as the size marked
accompanying tag, on each
reel. The tag should be taken from the
reel when sold and another reel from
the stock immediately put in its place.

After his fishing displays, the mer-
chant can feature the later lines, such
as baseball, tennis, outfits,
yachting supplies, golfers supplies, and
the like. Baseball will be, of course,
the big item, as far as popularity is
concerned; but no line of sporting
goods should be neglected. Quite often
the demand for one of the more negli-
gible lines can be very much stimulated
by judicious advertising and display
and by encouraging “key” individuals
to get interested in the game.

shop-worn

on the

canoeing

Window displays, newspaper adver-
tising, interior display and circulars to
a selected mailing list will all help to
get business. It will also pay the dealer
to go out personally after business.

This is not so much a matter of can-
vassing for orders as it is of taking a
personal interest in the various sports
and sporting organizations. The dealer
should interest himself in the sporting
affairs of the community. If some one
member of your staff has special
charge of the sporting goods, he should
be the store missionary to the various
clubs. and in constant touch with their
activities.

Be ready to help any movement to
organize a club or association. If you
have a room to spare for the purpose,
put it at the disposal of the club for at
least its organization meeting. Do
everything you can to stimulate the
sporting activities of the community.
Whatever you do along this line will
react to the benefit of your business;
but the more unselfish and disinter-
ested vour activity, the surer it is to
bring results for your business.

If vou have the room, it may be
worth while to run a repair department.
This is, of course, conditional upon
having someone on your staff capable
cf dong the work: either a salesman
with « knack of repair work or a repair
man who, in busy moments, can get
behind the counter. A repair depart-
ment can be extended to include
bicycles. The fact that a store is in a
position to give a service of this kind
at reasonable prices will help to attract
trade.

In handling sporting goods it is de-
sirable not only to put on window dis-
plays as frequently as possible, but to
give the line quite a bit of display in-
side the store. Group the sporting
goods together, and, if possible, select
some member of your staff to take
especial charge of the department, If
possible, locate the department near
the front of the store, so that the goods
cannot fail to be seen. Above all, see
that the goods are neatly arranged and
free from dust. Sportsmen like to look
over the goods; and to show them fish-
ing rods covered with dust or smeared
boxes containing baseballs is a pretty

to give them the impression
are looking at old stock.
Victor Lauriston.

sure Way
that they

—__~++>—___
Proceedings of the Grand Rapids
Bankruptcy Court
April 3, 1933. We have today received

the Schedules, Reference and Adjudica-
tion in the matter of Percy G. Beals,
Bankrupt No. 5175. The Bankrupt is a
resident of Kalamazio, Mich., and _ his
occupation is that of a laborer. The
schedule shows assets of $500 of which
the full amount is claimed as exempt,
with liabilities of $7220.16. The court has
written for funds and upon receipt of
same the first meeting of creditors will
be ealled and note of same made herein.

April 1, 1933. We have today received
the Schedules in the matter of Wm. Mil-
ler Hardware Company, Inc., Bankrupt

No. 5156. The schedule shows assets of
$19,145.86, with liabilities of $15,261.11.
The first meeting has been called for
April 18, 1933, at 2 P.M.. Bastern time.
The list of creditors are as follows:
Persona! tax on stock: =. $456.58
B. F. Avery, Louisville, Ky.______ 87
Adams Co., Dubuque, lowa________ 40.86
American Device Mfg. Co., Red

Bud i 3.09
W. D. Allen Mfg. Co. Chicago __ 5.84
American Stove Co., Cleveland____ 1.93
Arco ©o.,, Cleveland. 24.48
Aluminum Goods Mfg. Co., Manito-

WiC Wis. a3:70
American Screw Co., Chicago ____-_ 25.15
Aluminum Cooking Utensils Co.,

New Kensington, Fa. 33.78
Anderson Stove Go., Anderson, O.-- 65.50
Ajabastine Co. G. B.2- 2 = 87.88
Beckley Ralston Co., Chicago___-___ Lad
Brown & Shelter Co... 5G. a... 109.21
W. &§. Bruener & Sons, Heber

Springs, Arkansas... 42.98
Belding Basket Co., Beiding ______ q. fo
Baldwin Stove Co.,, Cleveland____ 2.55
Boye Needice Co., Chicago _____ 9:19
Barlow & Seelig Co., Ripon, Wis. 10.60
Boer Bros. Ne Nee 33.49
Bun Sons Co., Detroit... = 176.66
Boyer Chemical Co., Chicago__.__ 24.40
Carborundum Co., Niagara Falls,

De ye 19.23
Carbola Chemical Co., N. ¥....___ 29.55
CG. © M. Corp... Buffalo, N. ¥.____ 75.12
CO. & KK. Co, Cleveland ..: 31.73
Clauss Shear Co., Fremont, ©.__.- 110.04
Corona Chemical Co., Milwaukee. 11.04
Casement Hdwe. Co., Chicago, Tl. 65.38
Cribbin & Sexten Co., Chicago... 423.38
Detroit Vapor Stove Co., Detroit 60.08

Deshler Broom Co., Deshler, Neb. 60.08
Eugene Dietzgen Co.,, Chicago____ 7.26
Damascus Steel Products  Co.,

Birra: oe es 56.02
Co Banmrch Columbus, 0.0 - 2 144.32
Eclipse Machine Co., Prophets-

eanea ae ee 232.3
Kconomy Plumbers Co., N.Y... = 20.50
Extension Garment Hanger Co.

Dallas: Tanase oe 1.90
mW; 2D. Hawards Co., Detroit... 3.87
Ferguson HWlectric Co., Manistee__ 18.64
Filer Fibre Co., Miler City. 142.22
Fulkerson Bros. Handle Co., Pux-

iio so. LLU 38.80
Fair Ave. Park Shop & Hdwe. Co.,

Benton Marpor 0 9.00
Fuller Warren Co., Milwaukee____ 32.24
Flint & Waling Co., Kendallville,

ga ee 33.39
Frankfurth Hdwe. Co., Milwaukee_1775.02

‘Fort Dearborn Watch & Clock 3

OO.,° (eae Ge 1.74
Greenlee Tool Mfg. Co., Rockford,

AU 9.67
Gilbert & Bennett Co., Chicago... 59.53
Griswold Mie. Co.. Mrie. Fa. = 51.10
Gendron Wheel Co.,, Toledo, O.__ 116.66
i; Gould & Co; Chicago =. | 153.86
Hill Motor Sales, Manistee________ 2.25
Huenefeid €o.,, Cincinnati, O._2__ 58.13
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartless & Co.,

Cnicare, Te 53.15
Hazeltine Perkins Co., G, BR. 100.00
A. R. Haeuser Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. 17.10
Indianapolis Stove Co., Indianap-

Olis te 90.00
Independent Electric Co., Muskegon 27.04
Jackson Fence Co., Jackson___.____ 596.16
Manape & Voirnt, Gi 6.21
ove: Mie. Co, UWrie, Fas | 3.46
Lawrence Bros., Sterling, Ill.____ 88.70
H. Leonard & Sons Co.,, G R.____ 38.35
Lloyd & Smith, Manistee_________ 4.34
F.. E . Myers & Bro., Ashland, O. 28.50
Majeztic Miz. Co., St. Louis. 1.67
Mayes Brothers Tool Mfg. Co., Inc.,

Port: Avstin, Mich 23.10
G. H. Mansfield Mfg. Co.,, Canion,

MAGS 14.97
Midwest Products Co., Cleveland,

ae ee 98.81

Martin Varnish Co., Chicago, Il. 146.76
Martin Senour Co., Chicago______ 828.62
Milcor ©o., Milwaskee .. 38.69
Moore Bros. Saw, File & Toole Co.,

‘sveenvine, Mich.2 oe 168.8
Mich Tidaye, (Co. Go Rio. 427.71
Manistee iron Works Co., Manistee 37.50
National Stamping & Elec. Co., :

SRA ge 13.18
Natinoal Brass Co., G. BR. 92.26
Ohio Glass Co., Toledo, O.________ 43.56
C. H. O’Neil & Sons Co., Milwau-

BSCR ee ee ee 219.32

$100.

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., G. R. 50.00
Perfection Oil Stove Co., Dowagiac 177.57
Pritzlaff Hdwe., Milwaukee____-_-_2064.65
Pere Marquette Line Steamers,,

Co.;- Manistee... 3.05
Quick Meal Stove Co., St. Louis_-__ 2.38

Quaker City Rubber Co., Phila, Pa. 20.00
Richards Wilcox Co., Aurora, Ill. 12.69
Jas: B. Rhodes, Kalamazoo... 6.56
J. EF. Rittenouse Co., Akron, QO... 31.73
J. Rauschenberger Co., ,Milwaukee 99.64
Reed Mfg. Co., Canadiagna, N. Y. 42.28
Ranney Refrigerator Co., Greenville 15.05
Round Oak Furnace Co., Dowagiac 55.04

Sheboygan /Coaster & Wagon

Works, Sheboygan, Wis... _ 17.14
Savory €o:,, inc., Newark, N. J... 45.82
Safe Padlock & Hdwe. Co., Lan-

CASter ays. 2 ee 29.22
iW. GB: Stevens & Son, N. You | 13.37
Sherwood Hall Co.. G. BR. 6.86
Schantz Dmplement Co... G RR... _.. .%3
4. G.. Spalding Co:., Chicazo ___ 435.
Simmons Hdwe. Co., Toledo, O._.-. 348.12
Speich Stove Repair Co., Milwau-

Ce NAVAS 21.08
Sargent & Co., New Haven, Conn. 2.90
J. H. Schults €Co., Manistec 25.85
BE. tressine Co., Chicago | 74

Tennessee Stove Co., Chattanooga,
Tenn. 5.
Toledo Plate Glass Co., Toledo, O. 84.96
7
5

U. S. Graphite Co., Saginaw______ 56
Union Cutlery Co., Olean, N. Y.._ 25.63
Upson Walton Co., Cleveland, 0. 56.37
Union Steel Products Co., Albion,
Mich. 2 13.80
Valentine Co... Chicago. 1.37
Vaughan & Bushnell, Chicago______ 33.27
Wisconsin Abrasive Co., Milwaukee = 4.56
S. A. Weller Co.,. Zanesville, O... 52.09
West Bend Aluminum Co,, West
Beng. Wis. 2 45.84
Wooster Brush Co., Wooster, O.__ 83.42
Western Union Telegraph Co.,
NiamIstee 6 1.63
Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Stamford,
Conn See ea 9.52
Wim. F. Zumfach, Milwaukee, Wis. 138.35
American Printing Co., Manistee__ 73.25
Howard Bottrell, Manistee, Mich. 1.1
Globe American Corp., Kokoma,
SAG ey , obe.51
Detroit-Michigan Stove Co., Detroit 104.01
Merkie Brom Co, Paris, Til: $2.25
Manistee County Savings Bank,
MaAmIStbe (2 2750.00
Olson Lumber Co., Manistee_______ 3.85
Manistee News Advocate, Munistee 1.00
Manistee Co. Savings Bank, Man-
RStG ee ee es 70.00

April 3, 19383 . On this day final meeting
of creditors in the Matter of John Starr
Clark, Bankrupt No. 4862, was lheld.
3ankrupt only present. Trustee's final
report approved and allowed. Bill of at-
torney for bankrupt approved. and al-

lowed. Claims proved and allowed. Made
order for payment of administration ex-
penses and first and final dividend of
1.5%. No objection to bankrupt’s. dis-

charge. Meeting adjourned without date
and files will be returned to Clerk of U.S.
District Court.

In the matter of Judson Price, Bank-
rupt No. 4994, final meeting of creditors
was held under date of April 3, 1933.
Fred G. Timmer, trustee, was present
in person. Kim Sigler, attorney, present
for certain creditors. Trustee’s final re-
port &nd account approved and allowed.
Order made for paymet of expenses of
administration, preferred claims and first
and final dividend to creditors of 15.3%.
No objection to discharge. Final meeting
the adjourned no date.

In the Matter of Valley City Oil Co., a
Michigan corporation, Bankrupt No. 5149,
first meetig of creditors was held April
4, 1933. McAllister & McAllister, Attor-
neys, present for the bankrupt; certain
creditors present in person and repre-
sented by Hilding & Baker and Boltwood
& Boltwood, Attorneys. Bankrupt’s at-
torney stated that it was impossible for

Don G. McAfee, president of the bank-
rupt corporatio to be present. David

R. Eason, Grand Rapids, Michigan, trus-

tee; bond $1,000. Meeting adjourned to
April 11, 1933 at 10:00 A. M., Eastern
time.

In the Matter of Leo E. Conkli, indi-
vidually and doing business as Golden
Star Record Co., Bankrupt No. 5151, first
meeting of creditors was held April 4,
1933. Bankrupt present and represented
by Cornelius Hoffius, Attorney. Claims
filed only. 3ankrupt sworn and exam-
ined without reporter. Fred G. Timmer,
Grand Rapids, Michigan, trustee; bond
Meeting adjourned without date.

April 4, 1933. We have today received
the Schedules, Reference and Adjudica-
tion in the Matter of Hilton A. Piper,
Bankrupt No. 5176. The Bankrupt is a
resident of Muskegon Heights, Michigan,
and his occupation is that of a salesman.
The Schedule shows assets of $82,125.00
of which $700 s claimed as exempt, with
labilities of $219,704.49. The first meet-
ing of creditors will be called and note
of same made herein. The list of credi-
tors are as follows:

Taxes due and owing... $. 42013
Rot Alberts, Muskegon___________ 4,000.00
Sanford P. Wilcox, Grand Rapids_13,000.00
Sanford P. Wilcox, Grand Rapids_ 3,500.00
Peoples State Bak for Savings,
MUSKOSOH 2
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April 12, 1933

DRY GOODS

Michigan Retail Dry Goods Association.
President—Geo. C. Pratt, Grand Rapids.

First Vice-President—Thomas P. Pit-
kethly, Flint.

Second Vice-President—Paul L. Proud,
Ann Arbor.

Secretary-Treasurer—Clare R. Sperry,
Port Huron. :
Manager—Jason E. Hammond, Lansing.

 

Show New Store Display Fabrics

Widely varied types of decorative
iabrics for window display of Sum-
mer merchandise are now being placed
on the market. Intended as a back-
ground for bathing apparel, a rubber
fabric features a realistic surf or water-
fall effect. An open-weave cloth, with-

out seams, permits use over a com-.

paratively long space without the lines
of the display being broken. A new
mottled imitation leather material is
being shown which is suitable for
either floor or background. It may be
walked upon without damage and is
washable. Increasing use of cork cloth
is being made by men’s stores for win-
dow backgrounds.
—_+ +>
Misses’ Ribbed Hosiery Cut

The hosiery market was disturbed
during the week by a break in the price
of misses’ 300 needle ribbed combed
goods below the 85c per dozen level,
which had been prevailing for some
time. Asa result several producers de-
cided to bring their mercerized num-
bers, which are usually quoted slightly
higher than the combed styles, down
to 85 cents per dozen, thereby enabling
retailers who buy from jobbers to sell
them at 15 cents a pair. Some pro-
ducers are of the opinion that the lower
quotations are only temporary and that
the former prices may be restored
shortly.

—_——__?os>—_- .

Wider Laces Move More Freely

Wider types of cotton and silk laces
are selling in increased quantities, with
a big business being done in narrow
Alencon lace for underwear. Alencon
and cord effects predominate in the
cotton laces, with the silk varieties
stressing Chantilly and Bohemian
types. Lace-trimmed linen and novelty
dance handkerchiefs have been moving
in good volume. The linen merchan-
dise is being sought for graduation,
confirmation and wedding promotions,
A scarcity is noted of Puerto Rican

embroidered handkerchiefs.
—_2+2>—____

Launch New Store Display Items

French nude is the new shade ma-
king strong headway in display mani-
kins. This hue is of the medium sun-
tan type and is being widely sampled
by leading stores. For millinery dis-
play, new heads made of goatskin
leather are just being offered, which
give a very “soft” appearance to the
iace, The simulated hair is of kid, per-
mitting hats to be put on and taken off
The heads are equipped with
glass eyes. New forms being intro-
duced for evening wear display are
being slenderized as much as possible
and are “cut” low in the back.

—_-2>—___
Defer Men’s Wear Council

Plans for the formation of a men’s
wear council are in abeyance at the
present time and will probably be de-
ferred until the Fall. The organization
committee feels that at this time main
emphasis should: be placed on the ef-
forts of the men’s wear division of the

easily.

MICHIGAN

3etter Business Bureau and that this
group will be able ‘to cope with any
unfair practices which may develop. By
Fall, it is felt, the economic situation
will have cleared and the industry may
be in a better position to support a
project such as the council.

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Most Blenket Lines Now Priced
With the opening this week by Cat-

lin-Farish Company, Inc., of the Arnco

and Arnall blanket lines, most of the
leading ranges have been officially
priced. The Arnco

Arnall all-cottons were priced in line

with the market. Since the openng of

the lines very little buying has appear-
ed, as buyers apparently are not en-
tirely satisfied with the new basis. It
is reported that a good-sized amount
of advance business was booked by
some mills at levels below the official
opening, and whether large buyers will

he new figures is a

part-wools and

be willing to pay t
question in the trade. Sellers, however,
fee] confident tthat wool will move up
shortly and assist in strengthening the
blanket market.

—_—_»<- 2 ____
Hard Surface Rug Call Up Slightly
A slight increase in sales is noted
this week by manufacturers of hard-
surface floor coverings. The pick-up
is seasonal, however, and confined to
only a portion of the sales area, The
volume involved, producers admit, is
too small to have any noticeable effect
upon the market generally, which is
quiet. Spring buying throughout the
country has been so restricted that the
manufacturers are now having diffi-
culty in decidng upon styles for the
Fall season. No definite, consumer
preferences have been apparent, they
said, because purchasing has been scat-
tered over a wide range of both prices
and styles.

—_-_-> 2 >
Summer Lamp Orders Placed
A substantial volume of orders for
popular-price lamps for late Spring and
Summer sale was placed in the whole-
sale market this week. Small pottery
table lamps with parchment shades
were in principal demand in ranges up
to $7.50. More than 40 per cent of the
orders were for lamps to retail around
$3 and $4. There was a limited call for
regular Spring merchandise in ranges
up to $18. The preference in regular
goods was for bridge and other styles
of floor lamps. Silk and silk and rayon
shades specified for the floor
lamps.

were

++ ___
Dry Goods Jobbers Still Cautious
Despite the prevailing opinions in
the primary textile markets that prices
will advance as a result of impending
national legislation, dry goods whole-
salers continue to purchase cautiously.
Organdies are the one item which they
buy in large volume. In other lines,
jobbers cover only their immediate
needs, in addition to placing some ad-
vance business on blankets. They re-
port that the recent stronger tone in
gray cloth prices are being reflected in
various finished goods lines.
a
Better Rayon Demand Expected

30th tthe knittng and weaving trades
look forward to at least a slight in-
crease in demand for rayon cloth and
other products, following the price re-
duction. The persistent rumors of the
last few weeks thas retarded buying to
a great extent, and orders for even im-

 

TRADESMAN

 

mediate needs are held up. Cloth sellers
insit ‘that present quotations anticipate
the reduction, but it is regarded as
likely that buyers will press for further
concessions. Rayon and rayon mixture
hosiery may be cut about 5 cents per
pair, it was thought. The DuPont Ray-
on Company announced yesterday that
it had made new prices in line with the
Viscose cut. Other producers are ex-
pected ‘to make similar announcements
shortly.

—_» + 2 ____
Pre-Easter Sales Help Curtains.
Curtains which can be retailed at $1

or less are in sharper demand this

week and the majority of curtain
manufacturers are operating plants at
75 per cent. of capacity.

three weeks ago the rate of operation

    

 

15

was well below 50 per cent. through-

out the market. Special pre-Easter

promotions now under way in retail
for the improvement.

stores account

Purchasing delays incident to the
bank holiday have retarded the nor-
mal movement of goods this season,
producers said yesterday. and they
predict that preliminary showings of

Fall

month as a result.

lines will be delayed at least a
—_--<___

To insure good health: Eat lightly,
breathe deeply, live moderately, culti-
vate cheerfulness, and maintain an in-
terest in life.

 

 

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Less than The wise man is his own best as-
sistant—Walter Scott.
8 a as

 

 

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FRIENDLESS?

But she has no telephone with which she
may call friends or be ealled by them. For that
reason, frequently, she is not included when
“spur of the moment” bridge, dinner, theatre

and dancing parties are arranged.

A telephone in the home is almost indispensable
if you have a room or garage to rent, or if you
are advertising in the “For Sale” or “Wanted”

columns of the newspapers.

A telephone in the home “Pays its Way”.

GRAND RAPIDS PAPER Box Co.

Manufacturers of SET UP and FOLDING PAPER BOXES

 

 

 

 

 

 

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April 12, 1933

 

HOTEL DEPARTMENT

Earthquake Stories Which Are Abso-
lutely Untrue

Los Angeles, April 8—I am indeed
pained to learn of the death of that
most estimable woman, Mrs. Frank
Ehrmann, of Kalamazoo. I have known
the Ehrmann family for many years
and they have always been among my
choicest friends. Outstanding in her
intelligence, kindliness and hotel as
well as home affairs, she surely estab-
lished a standard which might well be
followed by others. To her husband
and family I exteifd my most sincere
sympathy.

 

 

One of the favorite indoor sports in
this community right now is the telling
of sensational stories regarding casual-
ties in the recent earthquake, which
bear as little relation ‘to the truth, ap-
parently, as do the Eastern reports
which so grossly exaggerated the ef-
fects of the tremblor. Every story re-
lated is “personally known to be true”
by the teller, according to his version.
He was told it by a doctor or a teacher
or a welfare worker who was right
there. Oh, yeah? Here are some of
the favorite themes: That an elemen-
tary school buildng collapsed, killing
60 little children in the gymnasium;
that a school plunge collapsed, killing
forty boys who were swimming. (As
though elementary school children or
high school boys would be indulging in
gymnastics or swimming at 6 o'clock
in the evening, or that the mourning of
bereaved fathers and mothers could be
stilled into secrecy.) That one under-
taker reported 90, or 40, or 100 bodies
in his establishment which were not
included in the casualty list. Of course
the fact that no trace of such bodies
or their identities or their families can
be found does not interfere with this
ghoulish tale. That an expectant
mother was dragged from the ruins,
a raving maniac, a week after the
catastrophe. That a man, trapped
under a beam, was dragged from the
Long Beach debris, also a raving ma-
niac, a week after the event. That a
woman, trapped in a rest room, turned
up a week or so afterward. All re-
ported to be maniacs, but apparently
none of them made so by lack of sus-
tenance. That in places the earth
opened up a foot or two, and then
closed up again, shearing away all the
tires of the automobiles on the road.
This phase is always offered by eye-
witnesses. There are many other tales,
of course. But to date these fairy
stories are favorite bed-time offerings
at social gatherings and club meetings
in a city already done much harm by
exaggerations of the quake. And—
needless to say—all of them are abso-
lutely untrue.

The convention guest is undoubtedly
a good thing to have at your hotel
occasionally, but so much more val-
uable is the fellow who comes along
several times a year and leaves a few
dollars in your collection plate. You
may crowd him out at convention time,
but he is gritty enough to come back
for more punishment, especially if you
give him the glad hand as though you
really mean it.

I notice by my Detroit paper that
Michigan hotels are being inspected by
state authorities. This has been at-
tempted several times, but the results
have not been announced and [ trust
if the work is continued the authorities
referred to will use funds placed at
their disposal judiciously. I think from
my own knowledge I might be in a
position to offer a few pert suggestions
which might help them along in their
investigations. There are, in this good,
old world of ours, a lot of people who
think they could conduct almost any
class of business much more satisfac-
torily than those who are fillnig the
jobs. That’s the reason they always

have so much time to think they could
do all these things. Maybe Michigan
has a place for a few of such, How-
ever, since the induction of the way-
side inn into the game it has been felt,
even by hotel proprietors themselves,
that for sanitary reasons at least an
inspection by parties with vested au-
thority is desirable. Each resort is
supposed to be checked for adequate
and safe water supply, sanitary toilet
facilities, with a proper check on the
disposal of garbage, etc. There should
also be a careful investigation into the
food sources, especially those for milk
supply. These are wise provisions and
it is to be hoped they will be carried
out to the very letter. The matter of
cleanliness in hotels has been a sub-
ject of state regulation for a number
of years, but my personal observation
leads me to the conclusion that such
regulations were perfunctorily en-
forced. It doesn’t matter much if the
sheets are a few inches short of the
prescribed length, but it is an affair of
great moment if the blankets and
quilts are unclean. Other states have
had hotel inspection for some time. If
it can be kept out of politics and the
appointment of inspectors made from
the ranks of such as have a practical
knowledge of hotel requirements, it
ought to be worth while. Otherwise
it will mean absolutely nothing, and
will be of no benefit to anyone.

Hotel Blackstone, Chicago, after
much talk and guesswork, is going to
be reopened. as a hotel and not as an
office building, as has been conjectured.
The National Realty and Investment
company, engaged in hotel operation
elsewhere, has taken a lease from the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Com-
pany, and Roy Carruthers will be man-
aging director. A piece of news, in con-
nection -therewith, which will interest
my Michigan friends, is that George
Lindholm, who_assisted Mr. Carruthers
in the operation of the Book-Cadillac
in its earlier days, will assist the latter
in the operation of the Blackstone. Mr.
Lindholm is at present manager of
Hotel Drake, Chicago, and has a bunch
of friends wherever he is known.

J. W. Wood has taken over the man-
agement of the American House, at
Detroit, which has been remodeled. and
redecorated.

There is some talk of Ernie Rich-
ardson, who until recently was con-
ducting Hotel Wolverine, Detroit, ta-
king over Hotel Vincent, Benton Har-
bor. I hope it can be arranged, for the
Vincent needs just such an individual
as Mr. Richardson, who is familiar
with conditions in that city, to place it
on the map in the position it should
occupy—top of column, next to read-
ing matter. D. J. O’Connor, the pres-
ent manager of the hotel, and head of
the operating company which controls
it, announced some time ago that he
had no desire to remain as manager,
and this leaves an opening which, ow-
ing to long experience and an extend-
ed acquaintance Mr. Richardson is
fully qualified to occupy. I presume
this would mean, also, that “Dick”
Murray, the former’s son-in-law, would
be with him in the undertaking. What
a re-union I would enjoy with these
good people when I return to Mcih-
igan for my summer visit.

Howard V. Heldenbrand, scion of a
race of real hoteliers, who has been
connected with the Durant, at Flint,
for some time, is assuming the man-
agement of Hotel Waldron, Pontiac, a
modern hotel with 100 rooms—ultra
modern, I might say. Howard, who is
a writer on hotel topics, of no mean
ability, is possessed of certain char-
acteristics which go to make the suc-
cessful hotel,man, and I expect good
news hereafter from that quarter.

There is much discussion among the
hotel men throughout the nation as to

just what method to apply in handling
sales of the new 3.2 beer. There ought
not to be much difficulty involved in
solving the problem, if the hotel and
restaurant operators will confine them-
selves to legitimate sales of that par-
ticular article, instead of taking the
position the former saloon operators
did, in considering a Jicense to sell
liquor as a special privilege to commit
burglary, hold-ups and possibly mur-
der. I believe in the future that the
sale of all beverages will be safeguard-
ed, the same as they are in most of the
foreign ‘civilized countries, which lift
them into the channel of legitimacy.
The various hotel and kindred organ-
izations have taken a firm stand in the
matter, which ought to have an im-
portant bearing on future actions. In
the meantime let’s try and be good-
natured as well as supremely happy.

In the town of Annaheim, a short
distance from Los Angeles, church
socials, luncheons and dinners became
so numerous that the restaurant and
cafe men finally called upon the Cham-
ber of Commerce for a solution of their
problem of an ever decreasing number
of patrons. The church people were
called in and explained that the mem-
bership had been serving the public at
large because it was considered a com-
munity need. When the facts were pre-
sented and the nearness of failure of
some of the caterers explained because
of this unusual condition, the ministers
admitted the fault of their congrega-
tions and agreed: to co-operate in eradi-
cating the practice. Why isn’t this a
very brilliant solution of the whole
problem? This encroachment is felt
almost everywhere, but the real facts
have not heretofore been brought to
the surface. Hereafter instead of be-
wailing your fate, call a conference of
all who are thoughtlessly engaging in
this type of competition, and the
chances are your troubles will be ironed
out.

Sometimes I wonder if we are not
getting back to the good, old days
which preceded those when “big bus-
iness” began to sit up and take notice.
Then each man owned his own bus-
iness. He was a cobbler, carpenter,
tailor or mason, he owned his own
shop and tools. Then all at once con-
solidations began—became an accepted
fact. The corporation owned: the shop,
the tools and the business, and the
former proprietor became dependent
on someone else for a job. Then came
along the consolidation of the small
stores, so that, instead of a hundred
different institutions there were the
department store, which owned its own
delivery system, had its own window
trimmer, did mass advertising, went

 

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Excellent Dining Room
Rooms $1.50 and up
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GRAND RAPIDS
RATES—$1 up without bath.

$2.50 up with bath.
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HOTEL

Grand Rapids’ Newest
Hotel

400 Rooms -t- 400 Baths

RATES
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“A MAN IS KNOWN BY THE
COMPANY HE KEEPS”

That is why LEADERS of Business
and Society make their head-
quarters at the

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Rooms $2.25 and up.
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Warm Friend Tavern
Holland, Mich.

Is truly a friend to all travelers. Ali
room and meal rates very reasonable.
Free private parking space.

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Park Place Hotel

Traverse City
Rates Reasonabie—Service Superb
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50 Baths 50 Running Water
European
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Occidental Hotel
FIRE PROOF

CENTRALLY LOCATED
Rates $2.00 and up
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Muskegon “fe Michigan

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KALAMAZOO
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interest in wanting to
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into the business even of feeding the
public and a thousand and one ©ther
things. But from my personal observ-
ation and what I have had told to me
by chain store conductors, there is a
possibility that consolidation has out-
consolidated itself. Quite likely’ spe-
cialization became such a force that
even some of the bigger concerns are
beginning to realize that it is much
better to devote one’s energies to some
one thing and let specialists handle
other lines. It thas really got so far
along that when a delivery truck comes
to your door with the name of some
great merchantile institution gaudily
painted, on its sides it may not mean
anything at all. The truck may be
owned ‘by a private express company
who is performing this service on a
contract. If you eat lunch or drink an
ice cream soda at a drug store fountain,
you may not be patronizing the drug
store at all, but you may be really en-
riching the coffers of some large cater-
ing establishment. The cigar counter
where you buy your cigar may be con-
trolled by another lessee. A new, large
department store I know of in Los
Angeles, is really but a community of
small dealers who sublet certain space
for bartering their own wares. If you
buy haberdashery you are simply pa-
tronizing a small shop keeper, and the
same may be said of shoes and even
toilet appliances. This is often appar-
ent when one looks over the adver-
tising of many of the so-called depart-
ment stores, and notices the lack of
co-ordination in exploitation. In a
general way, however, the effect upon
the patrons is about the same, but it
makes a vast difference with the man-
agers if they are in reality handling
their own affairs, even if they are fol-
lowing a fashion set by someone else.
Sometimes it is a good plan to accept
the advice of the other fellow, especi-
ally if he has ‘been educated in the
school of actual experience. It is worth
the while of the average small mer-
chant to occasionally take stock of
himself in order to make sure that he
is not subjecting himself to handicaps
which ought not to be tolerated. My
experience as a road salesman availed
me much when I afterward became a
hotel conductor, but I never lost sight
of the value of co-operation with other
conductors and learning of their
methods. Conditions are daily chang-
ing. Why not keep up with them and
not take the time to study them up

afterwards?
Bonk S. Verbeck.
2
Items From The Cloverland of Mich-
igan

Sault Ste. Marie, April 10—The new
deal has given the Soo a new postmas-
ter. This time we have for the first
time a woman postmaster in the ap-
pointment of Mrs. Mary A. Ripley.
Her appointment is significant and is
in keeping with the modern trend of
women playing an active part in gov-
ernmental functioning. Mrs. Ripley de-
serves credit for her activites, which
has helped win this appointment. Her
many friends know that she wili suc-
ceed.

Election is over. Congratulations all
around. Now let’s get back te work.

It looks as if we have to wait until
We can get beer made in America. Pro-
hibition of export to the United States
of beer, ale and porter, wines, etc., has
been lifted by the Canadian government
at Ottawa, but it is not likely that very
much of the brews will enter this port.
“The duty on beer, ale, porter and all
malt brews is $1 per gallon, while the
duty on wines varies. The average
wne duty is about $1.25 per gallon.”
Chas. Williams, the customs collector
here, has received no official word
about the importation of 3.2 per cent.
beverages

We are to have another new doctor
here. The latest arrival is Doctor
Henry Moorehouse, osteopathic physi-
cian and surgeon, who will open offices

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at 136 Ridge street. ground floor, in
the Partridge and Barnes block. The
doctor will specialize in the removal
of tonsls by the electro-surgical meth-
ad. For the past three years’ Dr.
Moorehouse has been engaged in prac-
tice at Gladstone.

Jerry Lynch. of the Lynch Timber
Co. 3s inspecting the land near Bodi
lake, preparatiry to his lumbering
operations which start there within the
next few days. It seems like good
news to hear of lumber operations
starting up again, as it reminds us of
the good old times we enjoyed years
ago.

Our city commission is doing things
now. At the last session they cut out
the salaries of the city manager and
other city and county officials, also
asked the gas company to make a
lower rate. Everybody is doing it.
Why not we?

Little Willie wants to know if the
Government cannot do something
about all the toy banks which are be-
ing liquidated.

Earl Turk and William Higgins have
taken over the billiard parlor formerly
conducted by Young & Mowhiney, at
109 West Spruce street. They will
continue to handle cigars and tobacco
in connection with the billiard parlor.
The new proprietors
members of the coast guard attached to
the Great Lakes division here,

The new Andary store in the Waco
block is now opened for business with
a complete line of new merchandise
and all new fixtures, furniture, mod-
ern equipment and shelves. The new
store is one of the most attractive in
the city.

R. R. Reinhart, formerly traveling
salesman for the Hekman Biscuit Co.,
of Grand Rapids, has been appointed
city treasurer, and has resigned his
position as traveling salesman. James
Lapish has been selected to succeed
Mr Reinhart for the Hekman Co.

Miss Grace Jones has opened a new
hat shop and ladies furnishings in con-
nection with the Bailey boot shop on
Ashmun street. The shop is main-
tained exclusively for women by wom-
en. All of the fixtures have not yet
arrived. The shop will be equipped in
modernistic furnishings and shades of
old rose and beige.

Willam G. Tapert.

—__2-+____
When On Your Way, See Onaway
Onaway, April 11—Election week is
past history. George Graves, popular
west side grocer, becomes the newly
elected city commissioner. Will B.
Gregg was re-elected justice of the
peace, third term for four years. Only
five townships out of sixteen going
Republican and entire number favor-
ing repeal of the eighteenth amend-
ment, although Onaway proper gave
by far the largest per centage of votes
against repeal. It might have been
worse. Now watch results.
Harry Webster, superintendent of
Black River ranch, comprising some

twenty thousand acres, is aiming to-
wards developing a very interesting
place—enclosures of a good many

acres of deer park, together with the
wild animals which abound in the vi-
cinity—wolf, fox, coyote, elk and a
possibility of getting a buffalo. Harry
also states that as a curiosity he may
add a Republican to his collection if a
speciman can be found, although the
species is becoming very rare.

Trout fishing will soon be the pas-
time—a perfect network of trout
streams in the vicinity of Onaway. The
East and West branches of the Black
River, Big Rainy, Little Rainy, Can-
ada Creek, Milliken Creek, Pigeon, Big
and Little Ocqueoc, Tomahaw, Ox
Bow, Silver Creek, McMaster, Bowen
Creek, all teeming with either speckled
or rainbows—all open for fishing May
1. That tingling sensation which starts
at the finger tips about this time of
the year and gradually extends the en-
tire length of the arm until, becoming
unbearable, the affliction compels the

 

were formerly °

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sufferer to jump from his bed about
3 o'clock a.m. May 1, rain or even
snow will not stop him. There is only
one remedy for the malady—freedom
and plenty of bait.
Squire Signal.
Death of John A. Green

In the death of John A. Green at his
home in Cleveland on the night of
April 1 the trade has lost one of its
staunchest members. He was 79 years
of age and was apparently enjoying his
usual good health until stricken with
a sudden attack of indigestion, Al-
though retired many years from active
grocery business he never relinquished
his interest in and support of every
movement directed towards the ad-
vancement of what we term the indi-
vidual grocer. During his long career
he served as Secretary and as Presi-
dent of the National Association of
Retail Grocers. He has acted as their
representative and spokesman on many
important occasions both in this coun-
try and abroad. He made trips around
the world, studying conditions in the
grocery business in the countries visit-
ed and the result of these observations
he gave to his fellow grocers in many
interesting letters, many of which have
appeared in this paper and in talks and
addresses before trade meetings and
conventions. He was ever the cham-
pion of fair dealing and just considera_
tion for all factors in the trade,

For many years John Green (Uncle
John as many of us called him) and
his late wife, Kate, were familiar fig-
ures at all conventions in the Food
Trade, National, State and local. He
gave freely of his time and money in
carrying on this good work. Besides

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loyalty to and great interest in
grocery trade matters he will be best
remembered for his adherence to those
principles which
good; for a character full of love
his fellows and while
defend the right we never knew him to
speak ill of any. His was a long and
busy life and while his friendly person-
ality will be missed his memory will be
kept fresh and living for the good he
has done.

Funeral services were held at his
late home on Wednesday, April 5.—
American Grocer.

his

stood for right and
for
always quick to

>
H. V. Heldenbrand writes as fol-

“T thought you might be inter-
ested to know that I am leaving the
Durant, where I have been connected
for the past eighteen months, to return
to Pontiac to take the management of
Hotel Waldron, effective April 1. The
rooms are unusually comfortable and
well-furnished, and the rates are scaled
to the present-day market. An attrac-
tive coffee shop will be conducted from
the standpoint of pleasing the palate
without displeasing the expense
account.”

lows:

2. ___
What’s Your Average?
00 pepr cent.—I won't.
10 per cent. E cant.
20 per cent.—I don’t know how.
30 per cent.—I doubt it.
40 per cent.—I wish I could.
50 per cent —I think I might.
60 per cent.—I might.
70 per cent.—I think I can.
80 per cent.—I can.
90 per cent.—I will.
100 per cent.—I did.

 

 

ings probably came second.

start to share.

closed.

quality at reasonable prices.

 

Retailing during 1931 suffered tremendous blows,
in 1929, according to the census of distribution, amounted to
$50,000,000,000. For 1931 they were certainly below $40,000,-
000,000. Specialty shops handling the finer qualities of goods
in the higher price ranges were hit the hardest.

Retail Conditions as Viewed
by Market Authority

Dr. Paul H. Nystrom

Sales

Home furnish-

Department stores have had the
most severe test in their entire history. Food stores, generally
speaking, have suffered the least.

The outlook for 1932 is for a continuation of the same
conditions as have prevailed in 1931.
ness improves it will take some time before retail trade will
There is no likelihood of improvement during
the spring season over the sales of a year ago.
do but little more than wait on more fundamental economic
improvements, the most necessary of which is a stabilization
of confidence in our banking and monetary system.
meantime good planning for most retail stores involves budget-
ing to secure sales approximately the same as last year,

Even when general busi-

Retailing can

In the

This does not mean that opportunity for retail ability is
Consumer interest in fashion is as keen as ever. The
desire for satisfactory service is probably stronger than ever.
A wholesale mistake made by many manufacturers and retail-
ers during recent months in marked cheapening of qualities of
goods leaves a wide open door of opportunity to individual
concerns for aggressive promotion in the sales of goods of

Dr. Paul H. N ystrom,

Professor of Marketing, Columbia University.

 

 

 

 

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DRUGS

Michigan Board of Pharmacy.
President—J. W. Howard Hurd, Flint.
Vice-Pres.—Duncan Weaver. Fennville.
Director—E. J. Parr, Lansing.
Examination Sessions—Three sessions

are held each year, one in Detroit, one in
the Upper Peninsula and one at Ferris
(Institute, Big Rapids.

Michigan State Pharmaceutical
Association.
President—F. H. Taft, Lansing.
First Vice-President—Duncan Weaver,

Fennville.
Second Vice-President—G. H. Fletcher,

Ann Arbor.
Secretary—R. A. Turrel, Croswell.
Treasurer—William H. Johnson, Kala -

mazoo.

Some Practical Hints for the Prescrip-
tion Room

It is, of course, agreed by all that
the prescription room is the heart of
the pharmacy, the nucleus about which
the entire pharmaceutical universe re-
volves. The more time one devotes in
the prescription laboratory the greater
are his opportunities to come in con-
tact with those little and big problems
the solutions of which make the sail-
ing smoother. There are one hundred
and one details which can be accom-
swifter dispatch and
because of either

plished with
greater efficiency
greater thought devoted to the details
or because of longer experience. In
this article I shall endeavor to pass on
to my pharmaceutical friends, not some
unusual laboratory practices or trick
manipulations, but a few little, prac-
tcal hints which may make the work
in the pharmaceutical room a little less
burdensome.

For instance. there often arises the
problem of labelling stock bottles in
the cleanest, neatest and cheapest way.
Labels often come off and leave one in
the dark as to what the bottle contains.
The best and cheapest way that I
know of labelling bottles, and also the
safest is to paint the name of the con-
tents directly onto the bottle. Make
up a solution of the following:

Methyl violet 0.1 gm.
Best white shellac___________ 10.0 gms,
Alshsl O55) tC

Shake thoroughly, and apply to bot-
tle either with a small, very fine brush,
or toothpick.

The problem of compounding a pal-
atable castor oil is one that often con-
fronts the druggist. There are per-
haps a score of methods of getting up
such a mixture. At the time of taking
they are decoyingly sweet, and later
this is succeeded by a bitter taste in
the mouth. The following method is
not only the cheapest way of com-
pounding a palatable castor oil, but, as
far as I know, the best. The method is
as follows: Mix an ounce of castor oil
with an ounce of glycerine and add 2
drops of oil of cinnamon. Children will
really love to take this mixture.

Just as much as palatable medicines
are desired for internal administration
just so much are non-messy, non-stain-
ing preparations desired for externa!
application. The greatest drawback of
iodine treatment is its staining pro-
pensity. That is why the manufacturers
of patent iodine ointments stress the
fact that their iodine ointments. don’t
stain. The druggist can put up a stain-
less iodine ointment with as much ease
as he can one that stains. The follow-
ing is the simplest and best that I
know of:

Iodine in fine powder___------- \Y oz.

MICHIGAN

Oldie amd 1 oz.
Pott patagne {220 22 2 ozs.

Mix the iodine and oleic acid gently
while stirring on a water bath, until
combination takes place. Then add the
parafine, stir, allow the ointment to
cool, Lanoline may be used as a basis
if preferred.

Quite often a customer comes in in-
quiring for something that will remove
There are
many preparations on the market

iodine stains from linen.

which can remove iodine stains, but
they are quite complicated in composi-
tion and also rather expensive. The
simplest solution that I know of which
can be safely applied to linen or other
cloths which will remove the iodine
stain completely and without injury to
the material is a saturated solution of
Epsom salts. You can quite readily
imagine the profit you can make by
dispensing this to remove iodine stains!

Many women complain that the cold
cream they get from the druggist is
too greasy and hard to apply to the
skin. A little thought along this line
has produced a cold cream which is
lacking these drawbacks. If you want
to get the reputation of dispensing a
superior cold cream the following is
the best formula I know of:

White wax -. 2 1 oz.
Spemmarcet: 2202 1 oz. 1 dr.
White petrolatum  _________ 2 oz. 2dr.
Stearic aci@ 89 2 dr.
Dried. sodium carbonate___._____30 er.
Riose qpatet 2 fi. 02.

To overcome the bitter disagreeable
taste in quinine prescriptions i's a great
achievement. There are many elabo-
rate and quite expensive formulas, but
the simplest and cheapest one that I
know of is the following:

Quinine (the alkaloid) _____-__ 512 ers,
Ol tomonis = 8 dis.
Potassilm carbonate __________ 15 grs.
Sinipie syrup 12 ozs.

Rub the oil of lemon and the potas-
sium carbonate together in a mortar,
adding four ounces. of the syrup. Add
the quinine to the remainder of the
syrup. One dram of this mixture will
contain 5 grains of quinine.

You thave perhaps noticed that most
of the manufacturers now have a cell-
uloid capping over the bottles of their
liquid preparation. This adds a desir-
able air of attractiveness to the bottle.
A patient’s resistance to pay is greatly
overcome when he is handed his medi-
cine attractively gotten up. You can
apply celluloid cappings to all of your
prescriptions. at very little cost. The
following mixture is a simple and in-
expensive one to produce liquid cellu-
loid for celluloid cappings:

Gun coiten =. 4 gms.
Borne acd 1 gm.
Colepuony 2029 3 25 ems:
Hoffmann’s anodyne ________ 100 gms.

Color (any aniline dye will do, red,
green, etc.) sufficient quantity. Mix and
allow to stand, with occasional agita-
tion to complete solution,

Most druggists mix up tincture of
benzoin, glycerine and rose water when
“benzoin, glycerine and rose water” are
called for. The result is usually a
muddy mixture with which the cus-
tomer is much dissatisfied. With a
little care a perfectly clear solution can
be obtained. In order to accomplish

this mix the tincture with a little talc,
add the rose water, filter and add, the

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glycerine. The result is a beautifully
clear solution and a satisfied customer.

The problem of massing deliquescent
and liquid substances is a perennial
one. Let’s take potassium iodide as an
example. The simplest procedure is to
mix together one part of beeswax and
three parts of castor oil by the aid of
gentle heat. Mix thoroughly and cool.
The KI is then massed with this and
put into capsules. Any other deliques-
cent or liquid can readily be substi-
tuted for the KI.

The problem of putting up a good
zine oxide ointment is one that is con-
tinually confronting druggists. Tihe
following might help him in this per-
plexity:

1, Lard makes an ointment that de-
velopes a disagreeable odor and one
that granulates.

2. Lanolin makes an ointment with
an unpleasant odor even when fresh.
This becomes more disagreeable in
time.

3. Yellow petrolatum makes an
ointment that develops a disagreeable
odor,

4. White wax gives an ointment
that has some disagreeable odor and
one that is liable to shrink as time
goes on.

5. Ointments made with yellow pe-
trolatum and lanolin are likely to show
some separation of oily drops.

6. The ideal ointment is made with
white petrolatum 65 parts, paraffine 15
parts, and zinc oxide 20 parts.

It frequently happens that a patient
suffering from heart disease requires
iron as well as digitalis. Quite often
the iron will produce an incompatibil-
ity with the tannin of the digitalis.
However, ths is overcome when the
prescription consists of the following
proportion of the ingredients:

Tincture of Digitalis... ddr.
Tiect terri perciior___ Y% dr,
Ac ote Gh Y% dr.

 

April 12, 1933

Aq: ehiero. as. ad.2.--4-.. = 4 ozs,

There are also one or two general
laboratory ‘hints that I think would
prove useful at times to the prescrip-
tion compounder. Those of us who
use rubber tubing in our manipulations
want to make it last as long as possi-
ble. Here is an excellent way to do it.
Carefully wash off all the talc. Then
dry and paint the tubing with a syrupy
solution of the best quality of caoutch-
ouc in pure benzin. When this has
dried a second coating is applied. This
tubing will by this treatment be made
perfectly impermeable to gases and
will last almost indefinitely. The tu-
bing of the physician’s stethoscope is
identical with that used in the labor-
atory, I have done this little service
for quite a few of my physician friends
free of charge. They have been not
only mightily pleased by this little fa-
vor, but the prescription room business
has also benefited by this little bit of
extra work, It does not take long to
do, but it will certainly win you not
only valuable friendship, but business
as well.

Very often the glass stopper gets
stuck in a bottle and no amount of
tapping or heating it will budge it. In
fact, too much of either will break the
stopper and permanently seal the bot-
tle. The very simplest method that I
know of which will loosen a glass
stopper is to dip the neck of the bottle
into a solution of hydrogen peroxide
and. the stopper will become loose at
once.

I have passed on these little hints in
the hope that at least one or two of
them, if not more, will prove of value
to some of my pharmaceutical colleag-
ues. They are not intricate manipula-
tions which require unusual skill or ap-
paratus. They will certainly help to
make some of the work a little less
difficult, and a few, I hope, will reflect
in the books with an increased amount

 

Grand Rapids

 

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of business. If any of these hopes are
realized I shall certainly feel well
repaid. Take a little thing like filling
capsules. For instance, it is a rather
good idea to keep the tips of the fin-
gers dusted with lycopodium. This
prevents smearing the outside of the
capsules if ‘the powder is sticky. You
will get a much more satisfactory fin-
ished product if you will roll the filled
capsules between the folds of a cham-
ois skin.

There are many children who cannot
take the ordinary cod liver oil, The
mother will ask for a palatable cod
liver oil preparation. You can very
easily prepare one yourself and dis-
pense it at a much greater profit than
those prepared by the pharmaceutical

houses, Here is how it’s done:

Saccharn 22.300 eee 0.5
Compound Spirit of Orange_--_-- 20.0
Cod Liver Oil to make_--- ___- 1000.0
Dissolve the saccharin in the spirit and
mix with tthe oil. Chill and filter

through paper, returning the first por-
tions until they run clear. Keep in
cool place.

To reduce the bad tastes of various
preparations it might perhaps be useful
to remember that a 10% solution of
disodium phosphate diminishes the bit-
ter taste of a 10% digitalis infusion and
of a 1/10 solution of strychnine nitrate.
A 10% solution of acid sodium phos-
phate renders a 10% solution of ver-
onal-sodium practically tasteless.

A simple way to incorporate pepper-
mint oil in pills or tablets is to rub it
down with an equal quantity of pow-
dered medicinal soap, then mass as
prescribed.

To preserve the labels on the pre-
scription room bottle it is desirable to
apply a label varnish over them. The
cheapest and most efficient that I know
of is made from:

Copal 2650 ee ee 4 ozs.
Ether, acetone, alcohol (95%)
Of each) 22 5 ozs:

The following, properly speaking, is
not a prescription room hint, but it is
of value in the general appearance of
the store. In the winter time the win-
dows have a disagreeable habit of be-
coming frosted and hiding the display-
ed merchandise from ithe public. This
can be prevented as follows: Make a
mixture of two drams of granular aca-
cia to one pint of water. Apply this
solution with a well saturated cloth in
an even film over the window and
allow to dry without rubbing. This
will keep the windows free from frost.
The same procedure works also for
preventing the steaming of the mirrors
in back of the soda fountain.

Prescription difficulties are easily
solved if a little thought and care is
exercised, I shall present a few typical
prescription difficulties and their solu-
tion. For instance quite often a patient
brings in a prescription reading:

Potacscuun chtorate ...2.-_-- 2 drs.
‘Tincture of myrrh___....__..-.. 4 drs.
Waiter Gis. ade ee 8 ozs.
A pleasant and presentable mixture is
made by dissolving the potassium

chlorate in about six ounces of water
and the mixture previously mixed with
four ounces of mel boracic. Strain,
and add the balance of the water. A
clear solution will result.

Another common prescription diffi-
culty is presented by:

Hebthivol: G50 5 3 gms.
Extract belladonna ._._..__ 20 gms.
Cacao butter. 3 gms,

If the unmelted cacao butter is mix-
ed with the extract and ichthyol lumpy,
resinous masses will separate. The best
method is to dissolve the ichythol and
extract separately in a very little water,
then evaporate the solutions with the
melted, but not too hot, cacao butter.

A favorite cough remedy which is
seldom filled properly consists of:

Ammonium chloride ___..__.___ 4 drs,
Ext. liquorice Gig.) 2 2) drs.
iy. camphor ¢o. 8 ee 12 drs.
Water qs ads 000 ee 6 ozs.

Both ammonium chloride and the acid
benzoic in the tincture tend to throw
down. a precipitate of glycerrhiza. This
may be cleared up by a few drops of
dilute ammonia.

Quite often the following prescrip-
ition difficulty comes up:

Zine Oxt@e 8 a es 2 drs.
anol 20k 2 dpe!
Lime water © 2) Eo 3 ozs,
Olive oll 3 ozs,

This prescription is best filled as fol-
lows: Mix the oil and lanolin (in a
warm mortar if a large quantity) then
add the zinc oxide, then incorporate
the lime water gradually.

Sometimes a customer with a black
eye will trot in and ask for something
to take the discoloration away. The
best black eye paint that I know of is
made with bismuth subnitrate, 2 parts
color with carmine or calamine to skin
tint. Wash the bruised area with a
mixture of glycerine 1 part, water 5
parts, dry and apply the powder, The
black eye will disappear. This s a very
simple and inexpensive procedure but
it will be very much appreciated by the
patron.

Julius Levine.
———_>—~>____

Clayton Quayle Falls to Death

Clayton Quayle, former Gwinn busi-
ness man, either leaped or fell from a
sixth story window in a sanatorium in
Battle Creek, Wednesday night, and
met instant death. He had long been
despondent and unable to. work.

Mr. Quayle, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Quayle, was born in Ishpem-
ing 42 years ago and attended the local
schools and Lawrence college, Apple-

ton, Wis. He was associated with his
father in ‘business in Gwinn, where
they had a large department store.

This business was sold a year or more
ago,

Possessed of a splendid baritone
voice, Mr. Quayle was _ frequently
heard in concerts in different places in
this country.

Surviving are his wife and four chil-
dren, Richard, Barbara, Robert and
Donald; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Quayle, of Gwinn; and two
sisters, Mrs. Charles C. Hawes, of Ish-
peming, and Miss Mildred Quayle, of
Gwinn.

Mr. Quayle held membership in
Zenith lodge, Knights of Pythias, and
the Negaunee lodge of the Masons.—
Ishpeming Iron Ore.

——_+-~-____

I do not care to fool any man; when

he discovers I have fooled him, the will

do me more harm than my cunning

did me good.—E. W. Howe.

WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT

 

Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day of issue.

Acid
Acetic, No. 8, lb.
Boric, Powd., or

tal Ib 2c ee 20
Carbolic, XtaL,lb. @ 43
Citric. Ib: a @ 45
Muriatic, Com’l.,

ib. 2 hla «OCT0
Nitric, Ib: 2... 0s @ i165
Oxalic, Ib. 2.-_.- 16 @ 2
Sulphuric, lb. -. 034%@ 10
Tartaric, ib. _... 35 @ 4d

Alcohol

Denatured, No. 5,

Gal 2 48 @ 60
Grain, Gal. --.. 4 00@5 00
Wood, Gal. _... 50 @ 60

Alum-Potash, USP
Eump, bd. .. 0 @ 13
Powd. or Gra., yb. 0O5%@ 13

Ammonia
Concentrated,lb. 06 @ 18
450 Ibo 222 05144@ 13
eae ID 2 05%@ 13
Carbonate, Ib... 20 @ 25
Muriate, Lp., lb. 18 @ 30
Muriate, Gra., Ib. 08 @ 18
Muriate, Po., lb. 20 @ 30

Arsenic
Pound... 07 @ 20

Balsams
Copaiba, Ib. —._. 50@1 20
Fir, Cana., lb. 2 00@2 40
Bir. Ore. Ib. .. 50@1 00
Peru, Ib, 1 70@2 20
Bolu, Ib 2. 2! 1 50@1 8v

Barks

Cassia,

Ordinary, lb.. 25 @ 30

Ordin., Po., lb. 20 @ 26
Saigon, Ib. —- @ 40
Saigon, Po., lb. 50 @ 60
Bim, Ip. 222 40 @ 50
Elm, Powd.. lb. 38 @ 45
Him, Gd, ib. 38 @ 45
sassafras (P’d lb. 45) @ 35
Soaptree, cut, Ib 15 @ 25
Soaptree, Po., lb. 25 @ 30
Berries
Cubeb, Ib. —_. @ 15
Cubeb, Po., lb. @ 80
Juniper, Ib. __.. 10 @ 20
Blue Vitriol
Pound 22 05 @ &
Pa or Xtal i 06 @ 13
Brimstone
Pound .2. =. @ @ 10
Camphor
PounG: oo 50 @ 65
Cantharides
Russian, Powd. —- @3 50
Chinese, Powd. @1 25
Chalk
Crayons,
white, dozen__ @3 60
dustless, doz. @6 00

French Powder,
Coml., Ib. .. 034%@ 10
Precipitated, lb. 12 @ 15

Prepared, ib. .. 14 @ 16
White, lump, Ib. 03 @ 10
Capsicum
Pods, bh. ...... G2 @ 7
Powder, lb. -... 62 @ ES
Cloves
Whole, lb. ~-_. @ 3
Powdered, Ib. -_. 30 @ 40
Cocaine
Ounce 11 438@ 13 60
Copperas
atalk Ib... 03% @ 10
Powdered, lb. -. 04 @ 15
Cream Tartar
Pound = 22%2@ 35
Cuttlebone
Pownd 220s 40 @ 56
Dextrine
Yellow Corn, lb. 064%@ 1
White Corn, lb. 07 @ 1
Extract

Witch Hazel, Yel-
low Lab., gal. 99 @l1 8%
Licorice, P’d, lb. 50 @ 61)
Flower
Arnica, Ib. .... 76 @ &s&
Chamomile,
German, lb. -. 35 @ 45
Roman, lb. —. @ 90

Saffron,
American, Ib. 35 @ 40

Spanish, ozs. @1 25
Formaldehyde, Bulk
Poun@d 2222220 —_ 0 @ 20
Fuller’s Earth
Powder, Ib, --.. 0 @ 10
Gelatin
POUNG 22. 55 @ 65
Glue
Brok., Bro., Ib. 20 @ 30
Gro’d, Dark, lb. 16 @ 22
Whi. Flake, Ib. 27%@ 35
White G’d., lb. 26 @ 35

White AXX light,

Ib, 202 40
Ribbon 2.22.27. 1240 50
Glycerine
Pound 2 144%@ 35

Gum
Aloes, Barbadoes,

so called,lb.gourds@ 60

Powd., Ib...
Aloes, Socotrine,
lb.

Bowd., Ib. 2. _
Arabic; first, 1b.
Arabic, sec., lb.
Arabic, sorts, lb.
Arabic, Gran., lb.
Arabic, P’d, Ib.

Asafoetida, lb.

Asafoetida, Po., lt

Guaiac, lb.
Guaiac,
Kino, Ib.
Kino,
Myrrh, Ib. ...
Myrrh, Pow., lb.
oe Orange,

Ground, Ib.

Shellac, ‘white,
(bone dr’d) lb.

Tragacanth,
No. 1, bbls. ._
No. 2, lbs.
Pow.. Ib... _
Honey

oe

35 @ 45
@ it
@ 80
@ 40
@ 3
15 @ 265
@ 35
25 @ 35
_4(@ 50
D. T3@ 82
@ 60
@ 70
@ 90
@1 00
@ 60
@
5 @ 25
1 @ 25
30 @ 45

1 60@2 00
1 50@1 75
1 25@1 50

@ 40

= @ i

‘iydeaces Peroxide

Pound, gross
4% Lb.,

25 00@27 00
gross 15 00@16 00

% Lb., gross 10 00@10 50
Indigo
Madras, Ib. .___ 2 00@2 26
Insect Powder
Pure. fh. 2 25 35
Lead Acetate
tar Ihe 23 17 25
Powd. & Gran. 25 @ 35
Licorice
Extracts, sticks,
per bex .... 1 50 = 00
Lozenges, lb. __ 40 50
Wafers, (24s) box q. 50
Leaves

Buchu, lb., short

Buchu, lb., long.
Buchu, P’d., Ib. 60
Sage, bulk, lb. 25 30
Sage, loose

pressed, ‘4s, lb. 40
Sage, ounces __ 85

Sage, P’d & Grd.

Senna,
Alexandria, Ib.

50

SQHEH HOH EOESH
aw

Tinnevella, lb. 20 30
Fowd., Ib _. 26 35
Uva Urai, lb, ... 20 25
Uva Ursi, P’d, lb. 30
Lime
Chloride, med., dz @ &§5
Chloride, large, dz. @1 45
Lycopodium
Pound 22 | 3874@ 60
Magnesia
Carb., 4s, Ib. __ @ 30
Carb., 1/16s, lb. @ 32
Carb., P’wd., lb. 15 @ 25
Oxide, Hea., lb. @ 75
Oxide, light, lb. @ 75
Menthol
Pound 220020 5 12@5 60
Mercury
Pound 2-2 1 25@1 35
Morphine
OQuneces @10 80
ee ee @12 96

Mustard

Bulk, Powd.,

select, Ib. __.. 45 @ 60
No. ft, Ib = 25 @ 35
Naphthaline
Balls, ib, 22 06%@ 15
Flake, lb. _.. 0%@ 15
Nutmeg
Popnd 22. 1 @ 40
Powdered, Ib. —_ @ 50
Nux —

Pound <<... @ 25
Powdered, i. oe @ 26
Oil Essential

Almond,

Bit., true, ozs. @ 50

Bit., art., ezzs: @ 30

Sweet, true, lb. 1 00@1 60

Sw’t, Art., lbs. 1 00@1 25
Amber, crude, lb. 75@1 00
Amber, rect., lb. 1 10@1 75
Anise. Ib. 22! 1 00@1 40
Bay; lb =... € GOGs 25
Bergamot, lb. ~~ 3 50@4 20
Cajgeput, Ib. .... I 50@2 00
Caraway S’d, lb. 2 65@3 20
Cassia, USP, lb. 1 75@2 40
Cedar Leaf, lb. 1 50@2 00
Cedar Leaf,

ComL,; Ib. ._... 1 0O@1 26
Citronella, Ib... 75 @l1 20
Cloves. Ip... 1 75@2 25
Croton, Ibs. -.. 8 00@8 25
Cubeb, lb. 4 25@4 80
Erigeron, lb. -. 2 70@3 35
Eucalyptus, lb. ~~ 75@1 20
Penne) =... 2 00@2 60

Hemlock, Pu.,lb. 1 155@2
Heml’k Com., lb. 1 00@1
Juniper Ber., lb. 3 00@3
Junip’r W’d, lb. 1 500@1

Lav. Flow., lb. 3 50@4
Lav. Gard., lb.. 1 25@1
Lemon, 1b, -.._  25@2

Mustard, true, ozs. e
Mustard, art., ozs.
Orange, Sw., Ib. 4 ooo
Origanum, art,

PD eo 1 00@1
Pennyroyal, lb. 3 25@3
Peppermint, Ib. 2 75@3
Rose, dr @2
Rose, Geran., ozs. 50@
Rosemary

Flowers, 1b.-_ 1 00@1 5
Sandalwood,

PL. ib 22. sg 00@8

Ww. L Ib. -... 4 50@4
Sassafras,

true, Ib, _.. 1 G0@2

Syn, Ib . 1 @i
Spearmint, Ib... 2 00@2
fansy Ib. 2 3 50@4
Thyme, Red, lb. 11 15@1
Thyme, Whi., lb. 1 25@1
Wintergreen

Leaf, true, Ib. 5 40@6

Birch, Ib, - 2 2 H@s

SYR 2 75@1
Wormseed, lb. __ 3 50@4
Wormwood, lb. 4 75@5

Oils Heavy
a Gal ... | ib@1

ocoanut, lb. __ 2
Cod Liver, Nor- ae

Wegian, gal. “a 00@1
Cot. Seed Gals Ot
Lard, ex., gal. 55@1

Lard, No. 1 gal. 1 25@1

Linseed, raw, gal. 65@
Linseed, boil., gal. 68@
Neatsfoot, “
extra, gal _—s-« Sh @t
Olive, :
Malaga, gal.__ 2 50@3
Pure, gak =. 3 00@5
Sperm, gal. _.__ 1 25@1
Tanner. gak __ 75@
Tan Sab oe 50@
Whale, gal @2
Opium
= ozs., $1. ~
ees 7 50@20
Powder, ozs., $1. i. °
: Ip oa _50@20
Gran., 0Ozs., $1.4
i 17 50@20
Paraffine
Pound _ 064 @
Papper

Black, grd., lb. © 25 @
Red. gerd, Ih 42 G

20
25
20
75
00
50
80
=

28

20
50

20
50
95

60
75

20

00

90
60

30
40

57
10

10
10

White, erd., Ib. 35 3
Pitch ‘Burgundy
Pound =. — 20 @
Petrolatum
Amber, Plain,lb. 12 @
Amber, Carb.,Ib. 14 @
Cream Whi., ‘lb. 17 @
Lily White, lb. 20 @
Snow White, lb. 22 @
Plaster Paris Dental
Barrels @b
hess, ly 034%@
Potassa
Caustic, st’ks,lb. 55 @
Hiquor, Ih, @
Potassium
Acetate, Ib, -~ 60 @
Bicarbonate, h 30 @
Bichromate, lb. 15 @
Bromide, lb. __ 51 @
Carbonate, Ib.-. 30 @
Chlorate,
atal, Ib... 17 @
powd., Re 2 7 @
Gran, Ib _. 35 @
oe Ib. 364 @3 84
ermanganate, Ih. 22
oe =e
ed. Ib 80
Yellow, Ib. _.. 60 g
Quassia Chips
Found 25@
Powd: Why 22 @
: Quinine
2 0Z Cans., ozs. @
re in Sal
psom, LE oo OS
Glaubers, =
aaa Ih, 8
eran. Ib. @f
Nitre, a
Xtal or Powd. 10 @
Gran... Ib 09 @
Rochelle, Ib. ___ 17 @
Soda, lb. -_____ 02%@
Soda
Asn 2 03

Bicarbonate, Ib. @
Caustie, Co’l., Ib. 08 @
Hyposulphite, lb. 05 @
osphate, Ib. 23
Submits, £
mh lk 4
Dry, Powd., Ib. 12%9
Silicate, Sol. gal. 40 @

Turpentin
Gallons oa @

 

  

20

MICHIGAN

GROCERY PRICE CURRENT

The prices quoted in this department are not cut prices. They are regular
quotations such as jobbers should receive for standard goods. Because of present
day uncertainties, sharp buyers who are in good credit may sometimes be able
to induce the jobber to shade some of the quotations, but we prefer to quote
regular prices on regular goods, because cut prices obtained by duress or under
force of circumstances never accurately represent the actual condition of the

 

market, which is the proper province of this publication.

ADVANCED

H. P. Beans
Kraft Paper
Green Split Peas

DECLINED

V Camp Pork & Beans
Kaffee Hag

Sanka

Gold Dust

 

 

AMMONIA
Parsons, 32 oz. —_-_-_ 5 3S
Parsons. 10 oz. —_--- 2 70
Parsons. 6 ov. 1 80
Little Bo Peep, med. 1 35
Little Bo Peep, lge. 2 25
Quaker, 32 oz =. __ 2 10

APPLE BUTTER
Quaker, 12-38 oz., doz. 2 00

Musselman, 12-38 oz.
foe;

BAKING POWDERS

Royal, 2 oz., doz... 93
Royal, 4 oz., doz. _._. 1 80
Royal, 6 oz., doz. .... 2 20
Royal, 12 oz., Goz. ____ 4 37
Royal, 2% lbs.. doz._. 13 TF
Rovyai, 5 ibs.. doz.____ 24 SU

     
  

    

DRA
25 1G 4

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2
*

3

    

10 oz., 4 doz. in case 3 40
5 oz., 4 doz. in case 5 20
25 oz., 4 doz. in case 8 80
50 oz., 2 doz. in case 7 00
5 Ib 1 doz. in case 6 00
10 lb., % doz. in case 5 75

BLEACHER CLEANSER

Clorox, 16 oz., 24s -. 3 25

Clorox, 22 oz., 12s __ 3 00

Lizzie, 16 oz., 12s ---- 2 15
BLUING

Am. Ball, 36-1 oz.,cart. 1 00
Boy Blue. 18s. per cs. 1 35

BEANS and PEAS

100 lb. bag
Dry Lima Beans 100 lb. 6 25
White H’d P. Beans__ 2 90
Split Peas, Yell., 60 Ib. 3 95
Split Peas, Gr’n 60 Tb 5 25
Scotch Peas, 100 lb. __ 7 00

BURNERS

Queen Ann, No. 1 __ 1 15
Queen Ann. No. 2 __ 1 25
White Flame. No. 1

and 2, doz.

BOTTLE CAPS

Dbl. Lacquor. 1 gross
pkg., per gross ....._ 13

BREAKFAST FOODS
Kellogg’s Brands
Corn Flakes, No. 136 2 50
Corn Flakes, No. 124 2 50
Pep, No. 224 ~-------
Pep, No. 250
Krumbles, No. 412 -_-
Bran Flakes, No. 624
Bran Flakes, No. 602
Rice Krispies, 6 oz --
Rice Krispies, 1 0z. --
All Bran, 16 oz. -_—_
All Bran, 10 oz
All Bran, % oz.
Kaffe Hag. 6 1-lb.
pans 22 2 57
Whole Wheat Fla., 24 1 90

obo DO et

Post Brands
Grapenut Flakes, 24s
Grape-Nuts, 24s -----
Grape-Nuts. 50 ------
Instant Postum, No. 8
Instant Postum, No. 10
Posium Cereal. No. 0
Post Toasties, 36S --
Post Toasties, 24s --
Post Bran, PBF 24 --
Post Rran PBF 36 --
Sanka 6-17b--------+---

ODS DS PS LO DS om OTF 69
nw
on

2 57

Amsterdam Brands
Gold Bond Par., No.5% 7 50
Prize, Parlor, No. 6__ 8 00
White Swan Par., No.6 8 50

BROOMS
Quaker, 5 sew fe 6 25
Warehouse ---------- 57
Rose ----------------- 2 15
Winner, 5 Sewed ---- 3 70
Whisk, No. 3 -------- 2 25
BRUSHES
Scrub
Solid Back, 8 in. ---- 1 50
Solid Back. 1 in. ---- 1 75
Pointed Ends ------- 1 25
Stove
Shaker --------------- 1 -
No. 50 ---------------- : 4
Peerless ~-------------
Shoe “oe
No. 4-0 ----——-----~--
No. 2-0 .....___-— 3 00
BUTTER COLOR
Jandelion ~----------- 2 85

CANDLES
Dlectric Light, 40 Ibs. 12.

>lumber, 40 Ibs. ---- 12.8
Paraffine, 6s -------- 14%
Paraffine, 12s -------- ig

Wicking ;
Tudor, 6s, per box -- 30

CANNED FRUITS
Hart Brand

Appies
No. 10. 4 75
Blackberries
Pride of Michigan ---- 2 55
Cherries
Mich. red, No. 10 ---- 5 00

Pride of Mich., No. 2 2 60

Marcellus Red --_---- 2 10
Special Pie —-...___- a 30
Whole White -------- 2 8

Gooseberries
ING 90 ee

Pears
Pride of Mich. No. 2% 2 25

Black Raspberries

No. 2 2 55
Pride of Mich. No. 2_- 2 36

Red Raspberries

NO. 22 3 00
No. 4s 1 40
Marcellus, No. 2 -__. 2 35
Pride of Mich. 2... 2 75

Strawberries

Mo. 2 2 3 00
8 of. 2 1 20
Marcellus, No. 2 __.. 1 80

CANNED FISH

Clam Ch’der, 10% oz. 1 35
Clam Chowder, No. 2. 2 75
Clams, Steamed. No. 1 2 75
Clams, Minced, No. % 2 40
Finnan Haddie, 10 oz. 3 30
Clam Bouillon. 7 oz.__ 2 50
Chicken Haddie, No. 1 2 75
Fish Flakes, small -- 1 35
Cod Fish Cake, 10 oz. 1 58d
Cove Oysters, 5 oz. -_ 1 35
Lobster, No. 4%. Star 2 00
Shrimp, 1, wet —..... 1
Sard’s, 4% Oil, Key -- 4 25
Sardines, % Oil, k’less 3 35
Salmon, Red Alaska. 1 90
Salmon, Med. Alaska 1 45
Salmon, Pink, Alaska 1 20
Sardines, Im. \%, ea. 6@16
Sardines, Im., %, ea. 25
Sardines, Cal. —....__ 1 00
Tuna, % Van Camps,

Gog 2 1 75
Tuna, %4s, Van Camps,

CANNED MEAT
Bacon, Med. Beechnut
Bacon, Lge. Beechnut

Beef, Lge. Beechnut 51
Beef, Med. Beechnut 07
Beef, No. 1, Corned -_ 1 95

Beef, No. 1, Roast —.
Beef, 2% oz., Qua., sli.
Beef, 4 oz. Qua., sli.
Beefsteak & Onions, s.
Chitt Con Car., is ____
Deviled Ham, %s ----
Deviled Ham. ¥%s ----
Potted Beef, 4 oz. ----
Potted Meat, 4% Libby 45
Potted Meat, Libby 75
Potted Meat, % Qua. 55
Potted Ham, Gen. % 1 45
Vienna Saus. No. % 1 00
Vienna Sausage, Qua. 80
Veal Loaf. Medium —-_ 2 25

DOR DODO Pe bo oo bo He
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or

Baked Beans
Campbells, 48s ‘
Van Camp, Bean Hole,

BOS 2 70

CANNED VEGETABLES
Hart Brand

Asparagus
Natural No 2:2 3 60
Tips & Cuts, Ng. 2 -- 2 25
Tips & Cuts, 8 oz. -- 1 35

Baked Beans
1 Ib. Sauce, 36s, cs. .. 1 50

No. 2% Size, Doz. -. 90
No. 10 Satiee -. 3 60

Lima Beans
Little Quaker, No. 10 8 25

Baby, No, 2 2 2:90
Pride of Mich. No. 2_. 1 60
Marcellus, No. 10 -__. 6 50

 

TRADESMAN

Red Kidney Beans
3

No. 4) 2 75
NO) ee 85
BS 02... 45
String Beans
Little Dot, No. 2 --.- 2 %
Little Dot. No. 1 ---- 1 80
Little Quaker, No..1_- 1 60
Little Quaker, No. 2-- 2 00
Choice, Whole, No. 2__ 1 70
Cut Ao. 10 2. 8 00
Cut Wo. 222. 1 60
Pride of Michigan -. 1 35

Marcellus Cut, No. 10 5 50

Wax Beans
Little Dot, No. 2 ---- 2 26
Little Dot, No: 1 ---- 1 80
Little Quaker, No. 1_- 1 45
Choice, Whole, No. 10 10 25
Choice, Whole, No. 2 1 70
Choice, Whole, No. 1 1 35
Cut, No. 10 9 00
Cut; No. 2 1 50
Pride of Mich., No. 2 1 2
Marcellus Cut, No. 10 5 50

Beets
Extra Small, No. 2 -. 2 50
Fancy Small, No. 2 -. 2 00
Pride of Mich., No. 2% 2 00
Hart Cut, No. 10 —--.. 5 00
Hart Cut, No. 2 85
Marcel. Whole, No. 2% 1 35
Hart Diced, No. 2 ---. 90
Carrots
Diced. No. 2. 8b
Diced, No, 10 4 00
Corn
Golden Ban., Mo. 2_-_ 1 25
Golden Ban., No. 10 10 00

Little Quaker. No. 1__ 90
Country Gen., No. 2. 1 20
Pride of Mich., No. 1 80
Marcellus, No. 2 --- 9%
Fancy Crosby, No. 2-. 1 15
Fancy Crosby, No. 10 6 50
Whole Grain, 6 Ban-

tam, No, 2 —...._ 1
Peas
Little Dot, No. 2 -.-. 2 25

Little Quaker. No. 10 11 25
Little Quaker, No. 2__ 2 15
Sifted E. June, No. 10 9 50
Sifted E. June. No. 2__ 1 75
Belle of Hart, No. 2_-_ 1 75
Pride of Mich.. No. 2-- 1 45
Marcel., Sw. W. No. 2 1 8
Marcel., E. June. No. 2 1 35
Marcel., E. Ju., No. 10 7 50

 

Pumpkin
No. poe te 4 75
No: 2% 2.2... 1s.
Sauerkraut
No.
No.
No.
Spinach
No; 2% 2. 2 25
No 2 2 1 80
Squash
Boston, Na: 3 —...---- 1 35

 

 

Succotash
Golden Bantum. No. 2 2 10
diart; No: 2 2 1 80
Pride of Michigan --. 1 65
Marcellus, No. 2 ---. 1 15
Tomatoes
No: 10) 5 25
No. 2% —- 180
No. 2 14
Pride of Mich., No. 2% 1 35
Pride of Mich... No. 2__ 1 10

Tomato Juice

Hart, No. 10 2.2 4 75
CATSUP

Sniders: 3 07... 95

Snidera 14.07. 2 2 1 55

CHILi SAUCE

Sniders, S 02. —._--_-— 1 65
Sniders, 14 02; 2: 2 25
OYSTER COCKTAIL
Sniders,; 11 of. ..—_— _ 2 00
CHEESE
Roguefort 22.00 55
Wisconsin Daisy ----- 14%
Wisconsin Twin ------ 13%
New York June ------- 24
San Saeo 222220222 40
Breck 2222 a= 45
Michigan Flats -------. 14
Michigan Daisies .-..-. 14
Wisconsin Longhorn -- 15
Imported Leyden ------ 23
1 lb. Limberger -------- 18
Imported Swiss -------- 50

Kraft Pimento Loaf -- 21
Kraft American Loaf -- 19
Kraft Brick Loaf ------ 19
Kraft Swiss Loaf ------ 22
Kraft Old Eng. Loaf_. 32
Kraft, Pimento. % lb. 1 50
Kraft, American, % lb. 1 50
Kraft, Brick, % lb. -- 1 50

Kraft, Limbur., % Ib. 1 50
CHEWING GUM
Adams Black Jack ---- 66
Adams Dentyne ----~--- 65
Beeman’s Pepsin ------- 66

Beecnhut Peppermint -- 66
Doublemint
Peppermint, Wrigleys -- 66

Spearmint, Wrigleys --- 66
Sunicy Brit 2. 66
Wrizley's P-K __..-__ 66
PMegberey 22.2 2 66
CHOCOLATE

Baker, Prem., 6 lb. % 2 38
Baker, Pre., 6 lb. 3 0z. 2 22

CLOTHES LINE
Riverside, 50 ft. ---- 1 30
Cupples Cord -------- 1 85

COFFEE ROASTED

Lee & Cady

1 Ib. Package
Arrow Brand —_._---
Boston Breakfast ---- 23
Breakfast Cup —---.--- 21
imperial 2 35
Ho ON. ee 79
Majestic... 29
Morton House _-_------ 33
Nearew 20 26
Oneker (25007. 29
Competition ---------- 15%

McLaughlin’s Kept-Fresh

 

M. Y.. per 100 ------ 12
Frank’s 50 pkgs. -- 4 25
Hummel’s 50, 1 lb. 10%

CONDENSED MILK
Eagle, 2 oz, per case 4 60

EVAPORATED MILK

 

Page, Tall. _............ 3 56
Page, Baby -~--------- 1 43
Quaker, Tall. 10% oz.
Quaker, Baby, 4 doz.
Quaker, Gallon, % dz. 2 40
Carnation, Tall, 4 doz. 2 50
Carnation, Baby, 4 dz. 1 25
Oatman’s Dudee, Tall 2 50
Oatman’s D’dee, Baby 1 25
Pet. Val 2 50
Pet, Baby, 4 dozen __ 1 25
Borden’s Tall, 4 doz.
Borden’s Baby, 4 doz. 1 25

 

 

April 12, 1933

CIGARS

Hemt. Champions __ 38 50
esi’ oe oe

ebster den Wed. 75 00
Websterettes eee 38 50
en 38
arcia Grand Babies 38
Bradstreets  — “ 3 0
La Palena Senators. 75 00
OGing oe

R G Dun Boquet __ 75 00

Perfect Garcia Subl. 95 00
Budwiser —_.-....____ 19 50
Tango Pantellas ____ 13 00
DHVNHOS [U5 19 5¢e
Hampton Arms Jun’r 37 50
PEOjam oo 35 06
Rancho Corong 2... 35 06
ONWAY 225 20 00
CONFECTIONERY
Stick Candy  Pai)s

Pure Sugar Sticks-600c 3
Big Stick, 28 lb. case is
Horehound Stick, 120s 75

ie Mixed Can
Kindergarten Y

wae
French Creams age 11%
Paris Creamng. 12
Jupiter. 09
Fancy Mixture ______ 14

Fancy Chocolate

Bittersweets, ance: 25
Nibble Sticks _____ 1 35
Chocolate Nut Rolls — 1 50
Lady Vernon -_______ 1 15
Golden Klondikes ____ 1 05

Gum Drops
Jelly Strings

Cases
FE Gee inns ee 14
Tip Top Jellies 2 09%

Orange Slices _______ 091%
Lozenges Pails
A. A. Pep. Lozenges __ 13

A. A. Pink Lozenges _. 13
A. A. Choc. Lozenges __ 13
Motto Hearts 2 1¢
Malted Milk Lozenges__ 19

Hard Goods i
Lemon Drops ecliuae rag
O. F. Horehound drops 12

Anise Squares _______ =. 43
Peanut Squares ______ 13
Cough Drops By
Smith Bros. ee Ses 1 43
Luden’s oe ee ies 1 45
Vick's,. 40/10¢ 0 | 2 40

Specialties
Italian Bon Bons -____. 16
Banquet Cream Mints_. 17
Handy Packages, 12-10c 80

COUPON BOOKS
50 Economic grade 2 50
100 Economic grade 4 50
500 Economie grade 20 00
1000 Economic grade 37 50
Where 1,000 books are
ordered at a time, special-
ly printed front cover is
furnished without charge.

CREAM OF TARTAR
G dbl bores 2. 4

DRIED FRUITS

Apples
N. Y. Fey.., 50 Ib. box 13
N. Y. Fey., 14 oz. pkg. 1€
Apricots

Evaporated, Choice __ 10%
Evaporated, Ex. Choice 11%
AMO 13

x. Fancy Moorpack 15%

Citron
Sie ee a 24

10 lb. box

 

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21
Currants Margarine POTASH HERRING SOAP TEA
Packages, 11.07, __ 114% Babbitt’s, 2 doz. _... 2 75 Holland Herring Am. Family, 100 box 5 60
Mised, Keres 2.205. Crystal White, 100 ___ 3 50
_ — bbls... Me Gia 2 00 Japan
Wilson & Co.’ ae WS, ----------~ Fels Nartha, 100 box 500 Medium ..____.+_=.§#+_...= 16
; me Dates ak ao. Brands FRESH MEATS Milkers, Kees Wiake White, 1 box 285 Choice _._.__.___. 19@2s
Sper, Lae, DiCeC— Nu Milkers, half bbls. ____ Grdma White Na. 10s 350 Fancy __- .  9g@a6
Imperial, 12s, Regular 1 15 en on oe e Milkers, bbls. -_---__- Jap Rose, 100 box 740 No. 1 Nibb 3
eee Palm’ Olive, 11 box 8 25
Peaches Good Steers & Heif. __ 09 Lake Herring ee ee 5 ay a
Bvap., Choce _______ 09 MATCHES Med. Steers & Heif. __08  Bbl-. 100 lbs. ____. er ek a Vw. ues
Fancy —......___--. 10% Diamond, No. 5, 144 615 Com. Steers & Heif 07 Mackerel eet ne ate Sor ee
Searchlight, 144 box 6 15 oe Tubs, 60 Count, fy. fat 6 00 Grandpa Tar. 50 sm. 2 10
Swan 144, Pails. 10 lb. Fancy fat 150 Grandpa Tar, 50 Ige. 3 50
Diamond, No. 0 _____- 4 - Trilby Soap, 50. 10c 315 e Garton
Wiliams Barber Bar, 9s 50 Pekoe, medium --______ 41
Lemon, Pe oe 24 Pop, bee! es ee 09 Williams Mug. per doz. 48
Orange, American _____ 24 Good 08 White Fish Lux Toilet, 50 ------ 3 15 Enal
Safety Matches Mann 07. Med. Fancy, 100 Ib. 13 00 c nglish Breakfast
Red Top, eee case : . Milkers, pole. aos 8 50 SPICES Cannas ace er
signa ight, 5 gro. cs Norway .. 19 50 ice ____ @36
Raisins Sb pala = 1 40 _ Whole Spices Congou, Fancy ____ 42@43
‘ Cut L h Allspice, Jamaica -_.. @24
Geeded tak 6% amb unch -——-——————— 150 Cloves, Zanzibar @36
Thompson’s s’dless blk. 6%4 Spring Lamb -—------- 13 Boned. 10 Ib. boxes -- 16 Cassia. Canton ____-. @24
Thompson's s’dless blk. 6 MULLER'’S preeees: OC 13 Giaae. be ten. Gan. @40 adieu Oolong
cane ~ e Oe . Ginger, Africa —~_----- a Ge 45
eeded, OZ f SRAe Obey Stee cae Se ee Tee reg NO fF G0) Bancey
Elbow Macaroni, 9 oz. 2 00 SHOE BLACKENING Mixed, 10c pkgs., doz. @65 = 50
gg Noodles, 6 oz. -- 2 00 2 in 1, Paste, doz. __.1 30 Nutmegs, 70@90 -____ @50
gg Vermicelli, 6 oz. 2 00 M B. Z Combination, dz. 130 Nutmegs, 105-110 ____ @48 TWINE
California Prunes Kgg Alphabets, 6 o0z.-. 2 00 utton Dri-Foot, ‘doz. _.____. 200 Pepper, Black ________ @23 Cotton, 3 ply cone 95
sega gore Oi Pie ec ee Selise: 2 BY Stns —~ F
. xes__ eum ---——— = mois. dom. 90 ----
70@80, 28 Ib. boxes_.@06 Poor -----------—---- 02
60@70, 25 lb. boxes__@06% NUTS—Whole : Pure Ground in Bulk. VINEGAR
50@60, 25 lb. boxes--@074 Almonds, Peerless ---- 15% Aillspice, Jairaica __.. @16 F. O. B. Grand Rapids
40@50, 25 lb. boxes__.@07% Brazil, large ~----— — 12% Pork STOVE Cloves, Zanzibar ____ @27 Cider. 40 Grain _. 16
30@40, 25 Ib. boxes--@08% Fancy Mixed ____---- Te eu cad r as Blackn Peon Cassia Canton @2 White Wine, 40 grain__ 20
s0ees, 35 tb. boses..@12. wilberts, Naples -.- 12 Buy. oe ae te, Fe C(ineer. Corkin _____. @is White Wine, 80 Grain 25
’ = ee 08% ack Silk Liquid, dz. 130 Mnusiaré ait : 2
18@24, 25 lb. boxes--@14% Peanuts, Vir. Roasted 6% Shoulders... 06%4 Black Silk Paste, doz. 125 7.. BE ene @19
Peanuts, Jumbo ----- Tee SpP@Qreribs.. 20 06 Enameline Paste doz. 1 30 Mace ’ Shane nT mes @65 Ww
a 26 Neck bones 03 eee te ae we Pe oF Ba é oa pb _
c ecaus, Jumbo — .----- 4 Ayes t EZ Li : emess oe OO SS SS -----. 30
Hominy Pecans. Mammoth ___.. 50 Primmings 2.000 05 Mean ee = doz. } : Pepoer, White _.___. 23 a : Her srosa 1 25
Pearl, 100 Ib. sacks -- 350 Walnuts, Cal, ---. 13@21 Rising Sun, per doz. 1 30 Pepper, Cayenne _.._ @25 No? Ber Grose | 1 bu
Hickory 220 07 654 Stove Enamel, dz. 2 80 Pap oa, Spanish . _— Peatloen Halles a: aod 2 30
PROVISIONS Vulcanol, No. 10, doz. 1 30 Rochester, No. = ps
Bulk Goods Barreled Pork Stovoil, per doz, _____ 3 00 Rochester, No, 3, = =
Elbow Macaroni, 20 lb. 4% Clear Back --. 16 00@ ‘ 00 Seasoning Rayo, per doz. elise ‘ be
Egg Noodle. 10 Ibs. --12 |. <—_ Peanuts Short Cut Clear -.-. 12 00 Chili Powder, 1% 0z.. 65
Fancy, . o-------- as Celery Salt. £56 oz __ 80
24 1 lb. Cellop’e case SALT Sage. 2 97. 22. 80 WooDenwann
F. O. B. Grand Rapid Onion Salt ______.. —_ 1% askets
Pearl Barley D § Belles 1s oiei0-7%  Qolonial, %4, 2 Ib. "6 Gu 135 Bushels, Wide Band,
O00) 7 00 a ‘2 Colonial, 36- te 90 Ponelty. 3% oz. --- 3 25 wood handles ______ 2 0c
Barley Grits -------- 5 00 Shelled Colonial, Iodized, 24-2 1 35 ‘iitchen Bouquet -._. 4 25 _—, drop handle... 9¢
Ghester ...---______-- 350 Almonds -----_____--_- 39 ‘ave Med. No. 1 Bbis. _.. 2.99 Laurel Leaves __-_____ 20 arket, single handle 95
Peanuts, Spanish Pure in tierces sy, Med. No. 1, 100 lb. bk. 1 00 Marjoram, 1 oz. —__-_- 99 Market. extra _____ 1 60
=a B% 60 ib. tubs advance 1 mafmer Spec. 70 Ib. 100 Savory, 1 oz, -_--___. 65 Splint, large --_______ 8 50
os Filberts ieee aa 2 60 ib. tubs advance 4% ‘~uockers Meat, 66 th 8665 )|«6(Thyme. 1 ox. _....___ 90 oattae medium ~--._. 7 56
al lk et ce ~e oo ap er 7. oe & Ae rei et % si oe
- pails ----advance % Butter Salt, 280 Ib. bbl. 4 00
: - — eee ; Block, 50 40 Churns
» pails —_advance Baker Salt, 280 Ib. bbL STARCH Barrel, 5 gal.. each __ 2
: . bbl. 3 80 f -- 6 40
Tapioca MINCE MEAT oo ig a 8% 6, 10 Ib., per bale 93 : Corn oe 10 gal., each._ 2 55
Pearl, 100 Ib. sacks -- 7% non, Sch. 4 das... 6 20 ’ [oo 20, 3 lb., per bale ___. 1090 ‘ingsford, 24 lbs. __-_ 2 30 to 6 gal.. per gal. _. 16
Minute, oo = 49) Quaker, 3 doz. case _- 2 65 Pi Te Ge LES. Bees. per 10 2S
Dromedary Instant -- Yo Ho. Kean, wet. lb. 16% Séussase Areo, 24 1 ib. pkes. 1 15 Pp
Bologna 10 ee a9 16 at Gana 36
ee 0
Eivet 220 13 12 qt. Galvanized __ 2 85
Jiffy Punch Hrankfort 2 12 14 qt. Galvanzed ao
8 doz.. Carton <._____- 2 25 J ee 1 05 PORK 222 15 Gloss 12 qt. Flaring Gal. Jr. = a
Assorted flavors. 7 oz Jar, n, doz. Tongue, Jellied ... 21 Argo, 24, 1 lb. pkgs. 152 10 at. Tin Dairy _____ 4 00
16 oz. Jar, Plain, doz. 1 95 4 2
Headcheese ~----------- 13 Argo, 12, 3 ib. pkgs. 2 17
Quart Jars, Plain, doz. : > Argo, 8 5 lb. pkgs... 2 46
5 Gal. Kegs, each —--- Silver Gl “a te _. 1% Traps
FLOUR 3 oz. Jar, Stuff., doz. 1 15 Sauntiad Meats Bla: aie 8 -- 114 Mouse, Wood, 4h
V. ¢, Milling Co. Brands § oz. Jar. Stuffed, doz. 229 Hams, Cer. 14-16 Ib. 12% a 1 ®° Mouse. wood, 6 holes. fe
Lily White ----__-._ oz. Jar, “2 Hams, Cert., Skinned Tiger, 50 es q Ouse, tin, 5 holes __ 5
Harvest Queen __---- 5 20 1 Gal. Jugs, Stuff.. dz. 2 40 jay ee @ oF a gy Rat. woqd 2. 1 ”
*< Ma’am Graham, ck Ham. dried beef ae spring _ 1 00
S$ ---------~-------- Muckigs 2.02. @23 Ge SURI 8 20
California Hams ____@09 SYRUP
PARIS GREEN Picnic Boiled Hams @16 _ —
eo Ma 34 Boiled Hams ________ @18 Blue Karo, No. 1% -- 2 36 Tubs
Lee & Cady Brands te 32 Minced Hams ____.. @12 Blue Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 2.99 Large Galvanized ____ 8 75
Rome ee ------- Qs and bal. 2 30 Bacon 4/6 Cert. __.. @14 Blue Karo, No. 10 __ 2 99 oo ao 7 i
------ Red Karo, No. 14%  —_ 2 57 vanizead ____ 6 7a
Bas a —o No. 5, 1 dz. 3 44
ee e caro. No. 10 ___. 3 28
Free Run’g, 32, 26 oz. 2 40 : Washboards
oe en. Boneless, rump ----@19 00 five case lots __----- 2 30 Banner, Globe 5 50
FRUIT CANS 6 gation. 400 count 4 75 Todized, 32, 26 oz. -. 2 40 Brass, single _.... 6 25
Presto Mason & ’ -- e tuae Five case lots -.._.- 2 30 Imit. Maple Flavor Glass, single .... 6 0C
F. O. B. Grand Rapids ee ns us 9 ga Double Peerless _ 8
Beet 22 ee 11 Orange, No. 1%, 2 dzz. 2 93 ¢./Udte £ ceriess --_____ 50
Halt pint .....--____. 7 15 iu ae N > £4712 sangle, Peerlesa __ 7 be
ps Wnt, ces : 2 oe oe he range ‘io, 5, } due, 4 18 Northern Queen ______ 5 5t
me quart -_-..._-____ SwestSsmall: 8 ° 2 y Ma Universal 7 25
ple and Cane = 7
Half gallon ---------- 1155 § Gallon, 500 -_------- 7 25 we ee 1 Kanuck, per gal. ---. 1 50
RICE a oe waceegee oan OE. © aot cent = Wood Bowl
Fancy Blue Rose -. 3 re 48, 10 oz. packages -. 4 40 13 In. Butter | 5 00
Raney Head —.-.....- 4 75 96, %4 lb. packages __ 4 00 : 1S im. Buiter 9 OU
FRUIT CAN RUBBERS Dill Pickles Grape Juice It in, Batter 18 00
Presto Red Lip, 2 gro. Gal., 40 to Tin, doz. __ 7 60 hey 12 quart case 440 19 in. Butter _-_____ 25 O¢
Carton) 2 s0 es 82 oz. Glass Pickled_. 2 00 RUSKS Welch, 12 pint case_. 2 25

Presto White Lip, 2

ero, carton —....-___. 76
GELATINE

Jellso, 3 GO“. 222 2 20

Mintite, $ doz. ....-._- 4 05

Plymouth, White ---- 1 55

Telsert, 3 aon. —.-.-- 1 40

JELLY AND PRESERVES
Pure, 30 lb. pails ---- 2 60
Imitation, 30 lb. pails 1 60
Pure, 6 oz.. Asst., doz. 90
Pure Pres., 16 oz., dz 1 85

JELLY GLASSES
% Pint Tall, per doz. 38

32 oz. Glass Thrown -- 1 45

Dill Pickles Bulk
5 Gar 200 3 65
16 Gal. 660 >... 11 25
45 Gal., 1300 =.= _- 30 00

PIPES
Xob, 3 doz. in bx. 1 00@1 20

PLAYING CARDS
Battle Axe, per doz. 2 65
Bicycle, per doz. -_-_ 4 70
Torpedo, per doz, ._-- 2 50

Postma Biscuit Co.
18 rolls, per case ~_. 1 80
12 rolls, per case --.. 1 20
18 cartons, per case_. 2 15
12 cartons, per case_. 1 45

SALERATUS
Arm and Hammer 24s 1 50

SAL SODA
Granulated, 60 lbs. cs. 1 35
Granulated, 18-2% Ib.

packages --..------- 1 10
COD FISH
Peerless, 1 lb. boxes 18

Old Kent, 1 Ib. Pure 25

WASHING POWDERS
Bon Ami Pd., 18s, box
Bon Ami Cake, 18s_.
BIO.
Climaline, 4 doz, ____
Grandma, 100, 5¢ ----
Grandma, 24 Large —-
Snowboy, 12 Large -_
Gold Dust. 12 Large--
Golden Rod, 24 ~___--
La Frace Laun., 4 ds.
Old Dutch Clean., 4 dz.
Octagon. 96s .._-...__

Ol 6 WO 6B Pm OO WOO
°

Iinso.. 409 2.2 20
Ringo. 248 220 25
oo Cleanser, 48.
SE Sees 3 85
Sani Fiush, 1 dow .. 225
Sapolio, 3 doz. ~.-.--- 3 16
Speedee, 3 doz. —_---- 7-20
Sunbrite. 50e ~.-__---_ 2 16
Wyandot. Cleaner, 24s 1 85

Welch, 36-4 oz. case_. 2 30

COOKING OIL

Mazola
ints. 424 G@04) 22. 4 60
Quarts, | doz. 4 30
Half Gallons, 1 doz... 5 40
Gallons, .cach ....-_ 81
5 Gallon cans, each -. 3 35

TABLE SAUCES
Lee & Perrin, large. 5 75
Lee & Perrin, small__ 3 35

rapper: =. 1 60
Royal Mint ........._ 2 40
Tohasco,.. small —.._.- 3 7
Sho You, 9 oz. doz. 2 00
Ast: large —_ 22. 4 75
A-) ama 20 2 85
Caper 2 on 2... 3 30

WRAPPING PAPER
Fibre, Manila, white__ 05

 

No. I Fibre 06%
Butchers D F 05%
Krate ..... eeeecroieecns eee ane

Wraft String ....._.._. 09%

YEAST CAKE

Masic. 3 dow. ........ 70
Sunlight. 3 doz. ...... 2 70
Sunlight, 1% doz. -_.. 1 35
Yeast Foam, 3 doz. .. 2 70

Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 1 35

YEAST—COMPRESSED
Fleischmann, per doz. 30
Red Star. per doz. -... 20

 

22

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

April 12, 1933

 

SHOE MARKET

Michigan Retail Shoe Dealers Association.
President—Elwyn Pond, Flint.
Vice-President—J. E. Wilson, Detroit.
Secretary—Joe H. Burton, Lansing.
Asst. Sec’y-Treas.—O. R. Jenkins.
Association Business Office, 907 Trans-

portation Bldg., Detroit.

 

Common Foot Trouble That Needs
More Consideration
Dr. A. Schwartz
Corns (most common of all foot ail_
must enter into the considera-
shoe fitters. At how

ments)
tion of all good
many fittings have you heard your cus-
tomer complain “when your feet hurt,
you hurt all over’’?
not expect but hopes that you may ad-
vise him intelligently.

Most of all questions
troubling the layman and the shoe-
man. are: (1) What is a corn? (2)
What is its cause and cure? and (3)
What is the relationship of shoes to

The customer does

prominent

corns?

Corns are not unnecessary evils at-
taching themselves to feet promiscu-
ously. There is always an underlying
cause responsible for their growth, and
with that cause eliminated, they are
curable. It has been definitely
shoe store rec-

usually
proven by clinical and
ords that shoes are responsible for at
least 90 per cent of all corns Proof
of this is offered by the following ex-
ample: An individual who has been
bedridden for a period of two months
or more will discover to his amaze-
ment that his
After a month
lowing his discharge from bed. the
corns will reappear at their previous
proof is

corns have disappeared.
of wearing shoes fol-

sites. No more convincing
necessary to corroborate the above
statement. Modern shoes are basically
the cause of corns.
For all practical purposes, then, it
is agreed that shoes are the funda-
mental cause and cure of corns. An
enormous percentage of these growths
can be eliminated by the conscientious
shoe salesman. When
shoes are both the causative and cura-
tive agents of corns, the natural con-
clusion the judgment of the
shoe fitter lies the balance between
cause and cure.
Now let us
this corn situation.

and well-trained

is that in

get to the “kernel” of
A normal, unblem-
ished foot molested by the pressure of

ill-fitting shoes must retaliate with
corns. Why? Because the foot 1s

forced into malposition by the poorly-
fitted shoe long before the period of
“breaking in” of the shoe has ended.
It is really the foot that is “broken” in
this “breaking in” process. The first
reaction of the foot to ill-fitting shoes
is mechanical (the foot being forced
to adjust its size to that of the shoe):
(1) doubling of jjoints of toes, (2)
overlapping or too close proximity of
toes. These reactions predispose the
toes to the initial irritation.

Now let us examine the most com-
mon site of corns—the little toe. This
toe is bones and two
Because joints are the logical
points of corns, we have two potential
areas to consider. An ill-fitting shoe
forces the tip of the little toe to double
on itself or swing under, above or too
closely to the fourth toe. In any case
of these malpositions, the joints are ex-
posed to irritation. When the toe is
doubled, the joint is so raised, as to be

composed of three
joints.

irritated by the toe-box of the shoe.
Where the toe is forced under the
fourth toe, it must withstand
weight at an angle and be irritated by

» ody

the innersole of the shoe.
In the case of the little toe being
above the fourth toe, it is again even

more severely irritated by the toe-box

of the shoe, And when the fifth toe is

too close to the fourth,

the correspond-
ing joints irritate each other to develop
soft corns, Soft corns are not so named
because of their weakness or failure to
give pain. Corns between the toes are

kept soft and spongy because of the
moisture that is ever present between
toes.

The first reaction of the skin to pres-
sure and irritation is inflammation (in-
creased blood supply). This initial sign
would readily if the cause

When the

mmation be-

disappear
were promptly removed.
pressure persists, the infla

ymes chronic. with an enlargement of
}

ylood vessels supplying the part.
These engorged blood vessels bring an
over-abundance of blood cells to the
site. Blood cells being skin food, the
ayers of the skin are forced to add one
on top of the other at the point of irri-
taton. The shoe pressure
piled-up layers of skin hardens the tis-
sue and the lesion commonly known as
corn is developed. The height of the
growth is determined by the persist-
ency of the pressure.
Corns are differentiated
louses by a small

on these

from cal-
nucleus or center in
the corn that penetrates deeper into
the layers of the skin.
transmitted

Pressure is then
corn, the
norma] eee of the skin and onto the
inevitable nerve which ‘transmits the
symptom of pain.

through the

The growth of the

corn continues indefinitely as long as
any irritaton remains. Well-fitting
shoes will eliminate most of the corns

even at this stage. It is only when
there is a severe

such as tendon

mechanical deviation,
contraction or joint
anchylosis, that a cure cannot be an-
ticipated.

Con-
opinion and commercial
advertisements, corns are positively not
root construction. Frequently the nu-
cleus or depth of the corn is mistaken
It would be a simple task
to remove roots by operative proced-
ure, the same as teeth,
were COFrect,

There are no roots to corns.
trary to lay

for a root.
if this theory

Drawing an analogy to the cause of
corn development, let us suppose that
you undertook to dig a ditch. After a
day of this unfamilar work your hands
would be sore and blistered (the same
reaction as that of the feet to the ini-
tial irritation of the shoe). A contin-
uation of this form of labor would pro-
duce a layer over the palms of the
hands as a protection from the irrita-
tion of the implements (similar in re-
Your hands,
can withstand this
indefinitely. On return-
ing tto your usual work, however, you
traces
All changes, m

action to that of the feet).
now well-hardened,
unusual work

would lose all of callous,

anifested either in the
hands due to the friction of the shovel
handle or to the feet due to shoe pres-
sure, were of nature’s
creation.

own purposeful

Soreness (inflammation and

increased blood supply) and blistering
is nature’s method of counteracting an
irritant or a foreign body.

Callous is

her agent to protect the underlying tis-
sues and membranes. Nature defeats
her own purpose in her unselfish de-
sire to help the foot. She is ignorant
of the fact that an undue and severe
burden is thrust on our feet. Because
llous does not restrain foot
aches, but incites them. Modern civi-
ization with its hard pavements, long
ill-fitting shoes and lack of
foot hygiene is really too much for ma-

When you consider
the abuse that people give their feet,

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the unnecessary evil of badly fit-
ting shoes, it is miraculous that we
little as we do with our feet.
Our feet are abused more, and yet re-
taliate less, than any other part of our
body.—Boot and Shoe Recorder.
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Proceedings of the Grand Rapids
Bankruptcy Court.
(Continued from page 14)

National Lumberman’s sank,
Muskegon =... --

pius

suffer as

1,825.00

Cg. Johnson, Muskegon_ 22572500 00
Hackley Union Nation: oe Bank,

MEK OPOn 8 ee 67,069.20
F. L. Flanders, Muskegon____- ___5,000.00
Arctic Dairy Products Co., Detroit 2,550.00
National Lumberman’s Bank,

Muskeron — 750.00
Hackley Union National Bank,

Mushernan:: 22S ee 18,000.00

Wm. D. Hardy Co., Muskegon_. 176.44
Charles W. Latimer, William J.

Wilson, Frank E. McKee,

Charles W. Porter, Alice W.

Latimer, Muskegon, Mich.-_---- 79,399.72
Hackley Union Natl, Bank, Mus-

en ee 174.01
Piper Motor Sales, Muskegon_--- 1,381.68
Y M CC: A. Muskegon- Pe ee 6.00
Community Chest, Muskegon__ 31-25
Otter inc... G B.S 24.00
Wacers Gootery, G 2 15.30
Jeane’s Shop, Holland ______-__.__ 21.95
i A. Rood. Grand Rapids _____- 11.13
Mueller’s Jewelry, Muskegon_-_-_- 15.09
Herpoisheimer Co., G. B.________ 21.89
Wagner-Kelly, Muskegon_--_----- 1.50
Paul Steketee & Sons, G. R._--- 16.88
Wurzburg Dry Goods Co., G. R._- 13.35
Westin Hdwe. Co.,, Muskegon-_- 20.00
Sonth Flats Co.,, Muskezon ____ 150.00
Otiaga Co... G&G 8... 50.00
Norris, McPherson, Harrington &

Wace (Bo 1,074.50
Mercy Hospital, Muskegon_------ 19.00
ir V¥. S Laurin, Muskecon __ 18.00
Walter Johnson, Muskegon__---- 15.48
The Dasiels Co., Muskegon-___-- 56.95
Bunker & Rogoski, Muskegon__- 1,252.00
FEF. S. Sanford, South Bend, Ind. 90.68
Ole Peterson, Miuskeron: 5.78
Tannehill & Steele, Muskegon__ 48.00
Dr. Ward L. Chadwick, G. R.---- 29.50
Reid & Graff, Muskegon Heights 1915
Tom Minshull, Muskegon__-_-----_ , e124
Dr Pykeman. Muskecon 20.00
Walter's Pharmacy, Muskegon-- 41.81
>. Christie Muskegon _-______ 60.00
Dr fJonn Tf. HBodeen. — RK. -- 15.00
Drs. LeFevre, Muskegon... _._ 147.00
Edwards Lumber Co.,, Muskegon 13.28
Bakers Trust Co., Muskegon__-_ 225.00
Garnett Flower Shop, Muskegon 18.65
}rosperity Laundry, Muskegon_-_ 251.00
Muskegon Country Club, Muske-

Son 30.80
Century Club, Muskegon_____- 23.05
Square Clothing Co., Muskegon_ 10.00
Towner Hdwe. Co., Muskegon__-_- 10.79
Arbor Fioral Co., Muskegon_-_-- 11.05

Chaddock, Winter, Mulder &
Adberts. . Miuskeron 71,50

R. J. Quigley, Muskegon Heights 17.25

Price Dry Cleaners, Muskegon__ 135.00

Magoon, Conger & Swanson,
Muskepon 202 16.50
Hollan d Furnace Co., Holland__ 62.55

Alice-Jane Shop, Muskegon__--__ 6.90
Wm. D. Hardy & Co., Muskegon 30.70

April 5, 193838. We have today called a
first meeting of creditors in the inatter
of Hilton A. Piper, Bankrupt No. 5176
The date is April 18, 1933, at 10 A. M.,
Eastern time.

April 6, 1933. We have today received
the Schedules, Reference and Adjudica-
tion in the Matter of Edna May Oplas
and -Isabelle Brown, co-partners, Bank-
rupt No. 5177. The Bankrupts are resi-
dents of the City of Grand Rapids, Mich-
igan, and their occupation is that of
buying and selling apartments. The
schedule shows assets of $3550.00 with
liabilities of $9694.65. The court has writ-
ten for funds and upon receipt of same
the first meeting of creditors will be
called and note of same made herein.
The list of creditors are as follows:

Somes Beason, G. Bio es $300.00
Welmers-Dykman F'uel Co., G. R. 203.65
John. Yowarsn: Go Ks 300.00
Charles Harrison, G. HR... 2 | 35.00
Gienn Cain, G. Boo - 96.92
G:. Ro Heraid, G. BR. 40.00
George Brouwer & Co., G. R.__-- 147.25
Parl Streeter, G. BR... 28.84
The Hil Plumbing. Co:, G. RR. _ 2000.00
DeBoer Heatine’ Co., G. Rio. _ 1800.00
Gerard Wiersma, G. Ro 20.00
Cowan & Washburn, G RK... .. 214:69
bishop Pim. Co, GG: Bo 4000.00
Jonn Vander Wal, CG. RR. 5.00

Frank D. McKay and wife, G. R. 503.30
April 6, 1933. We have today received
the Schedules, Reference and Adjudica-
tion in the matter of Modern Beverage
Co., a corporation,, Bankrupt No. 5178
This concern is located at Kalamazoo,
Michigan. The Schedule shows assets of
$2630.63 with liabilities of $5572.65. The
first meeting of creditors will be called
and note of same made herein. The list
of creditors are as follows:
Roy Tucker, /Kalamazoo_________- $325.00

  

Joe Slumkoski, Kalamazoo___-__~_- 156.00
Joe Polka, Katamazoo.- 156.00
Blanor Jubb, Kalamazoo .-__-_- _-- -__ 48.00
Isadore H. Sklansky, ,Kalamazoo_ 452.63
Allen, William, Kalamazoo_______~- 5.00
Artic Dairy Products, Detroit____ 342.20
Consumers Power Co., Kalamazoo 19.11
Calif. Fruit Growers, Chicago_._.__ 27.00
Crown, Cork & Seal, Chicago______ 1.06
Detroit News, Detroit____--_____- 10.80
R. E. Fair, Kalamazoo_ 60.89
Foxhead, Waukesha, Wis._------- 553.00
Halpert Tire Co.,, Kalamazoo__.._ 39.40
Charlies ©. Hires, Phila,, Pa. _ 104.00
Hurty Peck Co., Indianapolis__-_ 147.52
Kal. Chemical Go., Kalamazoo__-- 10.00
Kal, International Co., Kalamzoo 30.37
Klamazoo Gazette, Kalamzoo____- 10.00
Liquid Carbonate Co., Chicago____ 175.00
M. & T. Battery, Kalamazoo____-- 1.67
Mattison & Myers, Detroit___-_-_-- 45.97
Michigan Bell Tel. Co., Kalamazoo 9.60
Mich. Bottlers Assoc., Detroit__._ 10.00
Mandet Cork Co.,, (Detroit____._._- 108.75
National Fruit Flavor, New Or-
OanS, Ted. ee pe ee 246.70
Frank Pasch, Milwaukee______.____ 24.75
Pure Carbonic €Co.,. ;Cnicago. =. 45.00
Prima’ Co. Chicago. 22 2 1686.17
Progress Paint Co.,, Cleveland... 81.25
Rose Tire ©... Kalamazoo..-._- | 70.59
tae Sklansky, Kalamazoo_______-_- 100.00
Tasty Products, ~Chicago. 98.00
Vera Cola Co., New York City_..._ 138.50
Welfare Federation, Kalamazoo___ 5.00
Vora Ace Detroit $6.38
Joseph S. Folz, Kalamazoo_______- 100.00

I. H. and Rae Sklansky, Kalamazoo 150.00

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DETROIT DOINGS

Late Business News From Michigan’s

Metropolis
Consderably more than a quarter of
a million destitute Detroiters were

very near the brink of actual chaor last
week and in imminent danger of the
loss of the meager means of survival
now at their disposal. As these pages
have declared for some weeks the task
of providing the bare necessities of life
for more than 250,000 persons on De-
troit’s welfare rolls is the largest and
most important problem with which
the community is beset.

For some months the welfare load
has been carried for the most part by
funds from the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, The R.F.C. finally took
the position that no more money could
be given Detroit until the state of
Michigan extended some direct relief
to its destitute citizens. The state
treasury, being nearly bereft of all
funds, was not in a position to comply
with that demand.

With $2,800,000 of the R. F.C. wel-
fare funds tied up in the frozen banks
and with the city coffers emptied to a
point where city payrolls were weeks
in default, the outlook for the welfare
families of the city was indeed very
dark, This situation was further com-
plicated by the fact that food mer-
chants had gone the absolute limit in
extending credit to the municipal wel-
fare department, and were compelled
to announce that further credits must
be denied, at least until the January
bills were paid.

On several previous occasions an ac-
tual crisis in welfare funds has existed
n the city. Formerly, however, the
welfare load was considerably lighter
than at present. At the last moment in
the previous crises something amount-
ing almost to a miracle has happened
and food and shelter for the hungry
and the sick has been forthcoming.

It began to look, last week, as if we
had reached an impassable point. How-
ever, on Wednesday afternoon Gov-
ernor Comstock and leaders of the
House and Senate in Lansing wired
the R. F. C. with assurances that cer-
tain funds not allocated for road pur-
poses from the weight and gasoline
taxes will be made available by state
law for direct welfare work, This is
taken as adequate assurance for the
R. F. C. and that additional funds for
Detroit’s needy will be forthcoming.

It was a narrow escape from a seri-
ous situation. Saturday, April 8, was
the deadline. Without more R. F. C.
funds there was no place to turn.—
Detroiter.

Industrial activity in the Detroit area
is continuing to exhibit a moderate im-
provement. Accordng to the report of
the Industrial Department compiled
April 6, power consumption for the
first three days of the week showed an
improvement of 3.5% over the first
three days of the previous week. The
industrial employment index for the
last of March was 41.8 as compared
with 33.5 on March 15, representng an
increase of approximately 25% from
the low pont due to the banking situ-
ation, The power consumption index
for the full month of March was 81.5

as compared with 101 for February, a
decline of 19.5%.

Current figures indicate that local
conditions are picking up steadily, but
slowly. Building permits last week
amounted. to $32,000 as compared with
$28,000 the previous week. The work-
ing day average of passengers carried
by the D. S. R. amounted to 712,000 as
compared with 669,000 the previous
week, This is an indication of a con-
tinued upward trend in employment.
Deliveries of passenger cars in Wayne
County for the period March 23rd to
31 amounted to 740. This is more than
a 50% increase over the last period re-
ported and is actually 28% above the
same period a year ago.

William J. Chittenden, Jr., resident
manager of the Book-Cadillac, cele-
brated his birthday March 21 and was
featured in a story in a local newspaper
on that occasion, tracing his career
from its beginning in 1891, immediately
after his graduation from St. Paul’s
School in Concord, N. H., under his
father in the famous old Russell House.
He worked up to a high post in that
house and when the Pontchartrain was
erected on the site he became one of its
proprietors. When that hotel closed,
he went to the Morton, in Grand Rap-
ids, as manager, later becoming resi-
dent manager of the Book, then man-
ager of the Detroit-Leland, and finally
returning to the Book in 1931.

Those Spring sales or offensives
which are traditional in the automotive
industry have not been canceled for
the year 1933. They merely are being
held in abeyance. Present indications,
however, are that this state of affairs
is destined for an early termination.
Motor executives have been waiting
for the psychological moment, and with
sales continuing to show a slow, but
steady, upward trend, the consensus in
Detroit is that the last week in April
or, early May at the latest, will bring
the forward march order.

Motor company sales departments
have interesting detailed items, if not
record figures, to report these days.
Two such which appeared during the
past week, concerning used car sales
and the conditions of the motor market
in small towns. With reference to the
former, it is recorded that dealers in
some localities are selling four used
Although
spotty, new-car buying in smaller cen-
tres of population is beginning to trend
upward; quite emphatically so in some
places.

Hardly a week passes that some bit
of news from Washington does not
have its repercussion in Detroit. The
latest to have such an effect is the pro-
posed early conference between Fed-
eral and State officials on the subject
of gasoline tax evasions. The need for
such a session, it is felt here, is a re-
flection of the fact that taxes are well
above the point that stimulates boot-
legging and its attendant evils.

——__* +»

All business men dislike change from
the status quo, because they have ad-
justed their affairs and practices to the
existing rules of the game, and hate

cars for every new machine.

to think about new adjustments.—
Frank A. Vanderlip.
>.> ____

They that govern the make

the least noise.—Selden.

most

OUT AROUND.
(Continued from page 9)

ably noticed the senate has appointed
a committee to conduct a grand jury
investigation of J. P. Morgan & Co,.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Dillon-Reed Co.,
etc. I also notice the great press asso-
ciations are to be probed for publish-
ing false statements and news, also
suppressing facts that the people
should know, all at the behest of big
business.

I would be pleased to know your
views, as to an organized effort on the
part of business men and women, also
interested Citizens, i prosecuting
trusts and monopolies doing business in
this state. The recent move of the A.
& P. chain, to enter the drug field is
but another blow upon the heads of
independent merchants. A movement
of this kind in this and other states
would ‘hasten action in Congress to
absolutely clean up on monopoly
throughout the Nation. Our neglect
of this mushroom growth of Monopoly
is at the bottom of most of our eco-
nomic troubles.

I feel a strong urge to speak to busi-
ness men and women, through their
local organizations, as I feel the time is
ripe to strike a death blow to private
monopoly No one can better lead in
such a movement than business men
and women. Neither the educators nor
churches can bring about the great
moral reforms needed in business life.

Such a movement would not only
bring humanitarianism into ‘business,
but it would affect our entire National
welfare. If we are to continue a just
and successful Nation, we must pro-
tect the birthrights of American youth.
We have permitted greedy wealth to
largely destroy their rightful oppor-
tunities to enter business.

With greedy wealth so largely in
control of the newspapers and maga-
zines of this country, the people have
been lulled to sleep by its propaganda.
The old time spirit of our forefathers
had become numb. However, let us be
thankful there is evidence of an awak-
ening. I feel that we should not de-
pend entirely upon the views of the
few we elect to Congress and legisla-
tures; that organizations of business
men should be awake and alert to every
move, also backing up their represent-
atives with words of counsel and en-
couragement. Then we can hope to get
business back upon the track and go-
ing forward.

E. B, Stebbins.

Saginaw, April 10—As you no doubt
know, the State of California has on
their books a law which prohibits the
selling of merchandise in one part of
te state at a price different than that
being sold in another part of the state
unless reason can be shown that the
cost in one instance is greater than in
the other.

You also are no doubt aware of the
fact that the larger chains make a prac-
tice of taking a staple commodity and
they will sell that commodiiy at a very
much lower price in one section than
in another, the price depending upon
how badly they wish to cripple other
competition in some one market.

Last week there was passed in the
Senate of the Ohio legislature a Dill
aimed to curb this vicious practice and
it went through the senate without a
dissenting vote. This bill will be taken
up in the House this week.

Our Association believes that the
passage of this bill through the Mich-
igan legislature would aid materially
in eliminating some of the practices
which are resorted to to-day by the
National chains and would be a curb
on the stifling competition which they
create in markets in which they wish
to destroy their competition.

I am enclosing a copy of this bill
and when you have an opportunity, I
would be very much pleased if you
would look it over and write me as to

vour reaction and also as to what kind
of co-operation you believe we can get
from other trade associations through-
out the state who are affected by this
same plan of competition. In Ohio,
this bill was fathered, through the legis-
lature by the State Grange, as the same
practices prevail in farm produce as
prevail in trade marked items, and this
most of the farm organizations are
aware of.
P. TF. Green.

Sec’y Mich. Wholesale Grocers Ass’n.

I have gone over the draft of the
Ohio measure with care and thorough-
ness and feel that it is worthy of the
consideration of Michigan merchants.
Unfortunately it is now too late to in-
troduce it in the Michigan Legislature
so its enactment in this state will have
to be held in abeyance for two years.
In the meantime we will have ample
opportunity to note how it functions
in Ohio. E. A. Stowe.

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MEN OF MARK

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11)

esed, and thoroughly experienced as he

Page

is in building sound and satsfactory
courses of study, also a trained college
executive, it appears altogether likely
that he will quickly impress his ideals
and personality upon Ferris Institute.
His several years of service as secre-
tary of the Presidents’ Club, a group
composed of the six presidents of the
State Teachers Colleges of Oklahoma,
wherein he was called upon to make a
careful study of the many curriculum
and administrative which
came before this body, enables him to

problems

take to his new position rare equip-
ment to make it one of the outsanding
educational plants in the nation. Schol-
arship, genuine character building, ad-
herence to sound business _ policies,
complete loyalty to scholastic require-
ments demanded of a_ standardized
these are the solid
rock upon which he can be expected to
build his student

American college—

body, faculty and
business office.
Oklahoma’s loss is
—Harlow’s Weekly.
ee
The progress of the world depends

Michigan’s gain.

upon the men who walk in the fresh
furrows and through the rustling corn;
upon those who sow and reap; upon
those whose faces are radiant with the
glare of furnace fires; upon the delvers
in mines, and the workers in shops;
upon those who give to the Winter air
the ringing music of the axe; upon
those who battle with the boisterous
billows of the sea; upon the inventors
and upon the

thinkers.—Robert G. Ingersoll,

discoverers: brave

 

Phone 61366

John L. Lynch Sales Co.
SPECIAL SALE EXPERTS
Expert Advertising
Expert Merchandising
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Business Wants vDepartnent
Advertisements insertea under this head
for five cents a word the first insertion
and four cents a word for each subse-
quent continuous insertion. If set in
capital letters, double price. No charge
less than 50 cents. Small display adver-
tisements in this department, $4 per
inch. Payment with order is required, as
amounts are too small to open accounts.

YOUNG married man wishes position
in store. Several years’ experience as
manager. George Watson, 600 West ‘‘A”
St., Iron Mountain, Mich. 566

WANTED—Drug store Have
stock and equipment, 467,
c/o Michigan 567

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Some Activities of the Brewing Busi-
ness

The latest statements from brewers
indicate that two serious conditions
exist at the present time. The brew-
eries are incapable of filling the num-
rous quantity of orders on hand and
many of them are experiencing war-
time difficulties of securing deliveries
from sources of supply for brewers’
supplies and equipment. One brewery
received an order for fifty-five car-
loads while waiting for deliveries on
an order of approximately eight car-
loads of supplies. With similar con-
ditions indicated throughout the en-
tire industry, railroad  carloadings
should be appreciably benefited during
April as a result of the action of Con-
gress.

Natonal advertisers will watch with
special interest the developments which
occur as a result of the statement by
Attorney-General for the State of Vir-
ginia, who insists that no publication
bearing beer advertisiing can circulate
within the State. This is in contrast
with the generally accepted opinion
that publications bearing beer adver-
tising may circulate in any State if
publication of the advertising is legal
in the State in which the magazine 1s
published.

Brewing equipment manufacturers
report that-the possibility of com-
plete mechanization and electrification
in breweries is extremely remote, due
-o the absolute necessity for skilled
human technique in brewing. Appar-
ently no conceivable application of
technocratic doctrines can replace the
human senses in tasting, observing and
smelling beer during processing ope-
rations.

According to the Dow Service Daily
Building Reports, all northern New
Jersey has taken on new life as a re-
sult of the rehabilitation of brewery
plants throughout the northern half of
the State. Brickyards have exhausted
their stocks in Middlesex county. Re-
ports from New York, Ohio and other
States indicate that a similar impetus
to building has resulted from legal-
ization.

In the opinion of one statistical serv-
ice the direct effect of legalization upon
the idle architect, builder and material
man will be quicker and more far-
reaching than the automobile and radio
buying era, combined, after the post-
war depression,

A preliminary analysis of estimated
state taxes resulting from legalization
of beer places the national total at ap-
proximately $63,000,000 for the states
in which beer would be immediately
available. In the opinion of many
legislators this new source for revenue
may eliminate the necessity for the
adoption of emergency legislation such
as sales taxes in several of the states.

The fear of price-cutting in beer
merchandising to three cents a glass
led Detroit Post No. 1, of the Veter-
ans’ Democratic League, to pass a
resolution which provided that five

cents a glass should be established in
the public interest as the minimum
price. This, together with other inci-
dents, points to the fact that the public
not only wants beer, but it also wants
stimulus which profitable

the trade

MICHIGAN

merchandising would have upon whole-
sale distributors and retailers alike.

Druggists in Massachusetts and
Maryland and other states have vig-
orously protested the sale of beer in
drug stores on the ground that it
would hurt their pharmaceutical trade.

Chain store methods of distribution
may be adopted by large breweries if
several proposed distribution plans are
carried out in practice. Bulk thandling
in large tank trucks will carry the pro-
duct from the brewery to intermediate
bottling or dispensing stations and
small trucks will be used for route de-
livery and local service.

——>>>—_____
Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids

August Schuhardt engeged in the
meat business at 743 Jefferson avenue
forty-three years ago. He is still there,
conducting business along modern lines
in association with his son.

Articles of incorporation have been
filed with County Clerk Neumann for
the Thomas Wholesale Grocer Co., 42
Grandville avenue, by C. Thomas, 2001
Robinson road. Authorized capital
stock is given as 500 shares of common
at $100 a share. The paid in capital is
$25,000. Besides C. Thomas, the other
members of the board of directors are
Donald C. Thomas and Blanche

Thomas. The officers are as follows:
President and Treasurer, Clarence
Thomas; Vice-President, Blanche

Thomas; Secretary, Donald C. Thomas,
The corporation will conduct a whole-
sale business, handling merchandise
for the Thomas chain stores in South
Bend and Mishawaka and conducting
a cash and carry stock for local retail-
ers. Mr. Thomas’ restrictive contract
with the Kroger outfit expires in Sep-
tember, when he will probably re-
establish a new chain of groceries in
Western Michigan.

The Hecht Produce Co. has taken
the agency for the Anheuser Busch
products in Western Michigan, cover-
ing all the towns from Holland to
Mackinaw City.

Stewart Lutz, who has acted as re-
ceiver for the Henderson Milling Co.,
1505 South Division avenue, for the
past year, has sold the estate to Bert
Henderson, who will continue the busi-
ness under the name of the Hender-
son Mills.

A creditors meeting will be held here
next week Tuesday, April 18, accord-
ing to announcement of the referee in
bankruptcy of the Wm. Miller Hard-
ware Co., of Manistee. The creditors
should be well represented to bring
influence upon the referee in the selec-
tion of a proper trustee. The one who
has charge now, Mr. Bolton, may be
absolutely honest, but he has had no
experience in the hardware business.
The stock should be sold without fur-
ther delay to save additional operating
expense, to the end that the creditors
may receive a fair portion on their
claims.

At a meeting of 150 independent re-
tail grocers of Grand Rapids, held at
the Y. M. C. A. Monday evening, it
was decided to hold an independent
spring festival from April 10 to May
15. Tickets which cost the dealer $2
per $1,000 will be handed out to all cus-
tomers between these days on the
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purchase. These tickets will be raffled
off on the evening of May 15 at a meet-
ing held at the civic auditorium when
the following articles will be drawn by
the holders of lucky tickets: One $850
Continnetal automobile, one Leonard
electric refrigerator, one living room
suite, one breakfast suite, fifty large
baskets of food. °

A stirring address will be given by
Rev J. W. Fifield, Jr., in advance of
the drawing of the prizes. Much inter-
est is manifested in the undertaking.

Two more Red and White stores
will be opened Saturday—B. Wiersma,
and Economy Food Shop, both of Zee-
land.

—_—_~++<-_____
Cheapening the Dollar
Secretary Wallace presents a plea for
“controlled” inflation of the currency in
an interview, given before his appoint-
ment to the Department of Agricul-
ture, which appears in the current issue
of Collier’s. He suggests that the
dollar be cheapened by increasing “the
price of gold from $20.67 to $30 an
ounce or, in other words, reduce the
number of grains of gold behind the
dollar from 23 to 15 or 16 grains.” This
is not a new idea, Back in the days of
the Populists, the Farmers’ Alliance
and the Greenbackers, farm groups
were clamoring for inflation in order
that they might pay their debts with
cheaper dollars. Mr. Wallace’s sug-
gestion is chiefly significant because of
the important position which he oc-
cupies and because of his activity in
fostering a new farm-relief program.

—_—_+2-—___
A New Job For Paper.

A few years ago the discovery was
made that shiny surfaces are important
in heat insulation. Insulating material
does not have to be thick and solid if
its surface will reflect rays of heat as a
mirror reflects rays of light. Applying
this discovery, one paper company de-
veloped a shiny surfaced corrugated
fiber insulation for refrigerators.

Advantages discovered in the re-
frigerator business were the release of
more space for food storage, because
the new insulating material is com-
pact; lowering of shipping costs, be-
cause the insulation is light; and sav-
ings operation through reduction of
heat leakage. Now it is expected that
this paper insulation will find a place
in building construction, in air condi-
tioning, and possibly in keeping beer
cool while it goes through the streets

in trucks.
———————E

Choose Summer Volume Colors.

Pure white and five shades of blue
lead the Summer volume colors
chosen by the coordination
committee of the National Retail Dry
Goods Association. The blue tones
chosen comprise vellum, heaven,

color

aqua and the two accent hues of
dome and clipper. Pink was also
stressed, together with honeymelon

and the yellow hues of gold and sun-
nite. The greens comprised chicon
and hart greens, with mascara and
runkle representing the browns. A
Florida member reported that white
with 40 per cent, blue with 25 and
pink with 20 per cent were the three
leading colors there.
>>
Riches insulate.

 

April 12, 1933

Completes Retail Promotion Guide

Several hundred promotional ideas,
resulting from a composite analysis of
the promotions of more than fifty lead-
ing stores are featured in the Daily
Planning Guide, just completed by the
sales promotion division of the Na-
tional Retail Dry Goods Association.
The guide is designed to stress the sea-
sonal importance and promotional val-
ue of leading departments and to stim-
ulate advance thinking on the major
promotions for every month of the
year. | i

—_+--—__

Urge Sales Plan for Canned Fruits

A suggestion that retail grocers who
conduct meat departments try to in-
crease sales of canned fruits, particu-
larly pineapples, through displaying
them in conjunction with roast ham
and other meats, is advanced by the
National Wholesale Grocers’ Associ-
ation. In co-operation with pineapple
and other fruit canners, the grocery
group is suggesting methods by which
retailers can attain a more rapid turn-
over in canned goods lines. The job-
bers also advocate greater attention to
the sales possibilities in other food
combinations through proper displays
and local advertising.

—_~2--____
To The Grocery Ladies of Michigan

Grand Rapids, April 11—The Grand
Rapids Ladies’ Convention Committee
extend a cordial invitation to all the
ladies of the Retail Grocers and Meat
Dealers of Michigan to accompany
their husbands to the convention April
18, 19 and 20.

The Committee have arranged for a
tea Tuesday afternoon, April 18, at
the Grand Rapids Women’s City Club
at 3:30 in the afternoon and to be fol-
lowed with a tour of the city.

Wednesday forenoon at 10 a.m. auto-
mobiles will be provided and a trip
made to the famous Getz farm at Hol-
land, with stop over at the Hekman
biscuit plant, and luncheon at the

Warm Friend Tavern at Holland.

The above features are in addition
to the entertainment scheduled on pro-
gram of the convention, providing for
an entertainment Tuesday evening at
the civic auditorium, also banquet and
ball Wednesday evening at the Pant-
lind hotel.

Mrs. John Hekman,
Chairman Ladies Reception Commit-
tee.
—_2s2->_____
General Warning
If the Federal Farm Bill, which is
now on its way through Congress,
passes in anything like its present form,
every product mentioned in it will un-
doubtedly sharply advance almost at
once. This particularly includes flour
and other wheat products. Readers
of this paper are advised to keep in
touch with the Farm Bill and watch
the markets on the food products
which are affected by it.
—_>+~-____
Seven New Readers of the Tradesman
The following new subscribers have
been received during the past week:
H. J. Balkema, Grand Rapids
Henderson Mills, Grand Rapids
Theo. C Williams, Grand Rapids
John T. Wiersema, Muskegon
Ray G. Eckert, Ionia
Lepley-Wilson, Greenville
Plumb & Nelson Co., Ludington
—>++___
Nobody wants a sick man. The well
man has troubles enough of his own.
Therefore guard your health.

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MODERN CUTS OF PORK

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This is the twenty-sixth of a series of articles presenting modern methods of cutting pork
which are being introduced by the National Live Stock and Meat Board.—Fditor’s Note.

THREE MAJOR CUTS OF SMOKED HAM (con’d)

Two of the three major cuts of smoked ham —the butt and the center cut — have
been covered in previous articles of this series. This leaves the smoked ham shank,
suggestions for the use of which are now presented.

FIVE WAYS TO USE SMOKED
HAM SHANKS

It is often a problem to utilize the ham shank.
Five ways are to be suggested for using it. The first
two of these are contained in this article. The re-
maining three will appear in an early issue.

   

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Art. XXVI—Cut 1

 

Art. XXVI—Cut 2

HAM SHANK WITH

HEEL MEAT SLICED
A display of heel slices together

One suggestion for using
the ham shank is to slice the
heel meat as indicated in the
picture above.

with the remainder of the shank.

 

Art. XXVI—Cut 3

HAM SHANK SLICED

  
   

Slicing the ham shank has proved to be a very effective way to utilize this
cut. The slices not only are tender but are attractive in appearance.

    
  

2. To obtain ham shank slices,
the shank (skin off) should
be sliced as indicated by
the lines on the picture.

1. Remove the
skin from the
outside of the
shank.

Art. XXVI—Cut 6

” 3. A display of ham shank slices. The knuckle may
Art. XXVI—Cut 4 be used for seasoning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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